National Republican., 1873-06-02
A MARINE BAND REFRAIN.
MUSIC At THE PRESIDENTS GROUNDS.

aute-The Rich on the Other side-Tbe
old Man aud the Little G,ri-rhc Aspa-
sias-Thc Dyspep,Ic Ciaim AEen,-Tho
vidcw.-.Ths Beariifai Old Lssies.
Like hundreds and Hundreds Of others, our re.
portoriai way was wended TO the Presidents
grounds last Saturday evening 70 hear FRIES, the
leader Of the Marine Band, play Vcrdlh ana
schuman's music; TO hear "Devil's GALL BY |
schacht; 10 hear Strauss wat1er sfnd fbt's |
"0ood Night and many other prcty copceits |
Of composers. Those who love, music went 70 |
hear the music. They went with their eara
open. Some other people went with theh eyes |
open. Things were seen and heard. Bristed
thinks there IL nothing In thls world but words.
tIeayen and rich uncles gave him fortune, and
he can ind time 10 study words. Less fortunate
brothers, who have TO exert themselves 70 get
sixty cents 10 buy dinner with, hayea much
highor appreciation Of Juicy steak than OF
wonu-eatcn extract from Homer, II they Know
anything, they know that Homer aud Virgil, Tor
auato- rasso aud Dante, spencer and Milton
loved wine. Wine and music are things. The
dew Of uymcttus the old Fllcfnian In cellars,
the Expressed yelnsr Of the vinlferous hills OF
Italy and the nagons OF rich old ale, combined
with the reed, cymbal, harp and guitar, would
have never been known, however, hal II
not been for the starch IN potatoes, and
the muscle psrmeatlng twcnty-pound
roast. To-day Il costs so much pound 10 buy
beci, and 80 much a half peck for vegetables.
Yesterday, 50 to speak the old Greeks and
Romans, aud the splendid Italian and English
warriors OF the erusahes, went TO market and
plankcd down their silver Tor green peas, pheas-
ants and asparagus There Ia no use talking 1t
took mouey To 90 to market ten thousand years
| ago. and u takes money to-day. Our experience
In this world has been limited, but we have lived
long enough to know that even Charles Astor
Dnsted does not get his ham and eggs by ruml-
Mating on the force aud beauty Of 10 prep0n aud
10 Ldlon but by and oniy through an actual, nay
sreenbacis. greeubacks whieH bJss9lJ and
probably a "horny hand OF toll" mas han1led
before they passed into the possession ~ his
| white and aristocratic hands. Maybe the sOled
ten-,lollar bill he handed over To market
master yesterday was nrst earned new and bright
from General Spinnera hands ny abronzed shov.
eler of earth, and that Il hal really once fe hard
working wife and six fat and diry callco-lrcsSed
children. Alas, aud alack Sthc practical times
are such that the same ten-dollar bill must buy
the dalntes Of the season--strawberrles and
cream-for a man who IN two hours would utterly
perish on the face Of the earth II he really had 10
mi what has ali this do with the music at the
PfcSIdenps groundaf Nothing, OF course, and
we are still outside OF the gato-still stopping In
Of ne snS ,SnSs wing bs o. ss
sweet growing flowers. Who Is thiS7 SureB
, not old blind Bartimeus, but modern beRHer,
ssslns lns Sn Sms fiS 4 he image % of poverty. p BY
. him roll In splendid carriages, drawn by steeds
. caparisoned In nussia leather and plated brass,
wal walk 10 The music gTouuds the husbands Of
: Sat H and tho siisen,ro6ed belle. BsitImeu,
SS on %. ,nc 0.s.r "a sds TSsg d !. sa @
= ago, even when Christs lovely examples
!, were peryadlng the earth. Why should they not
j always was. A beggar In rags Is not "king OF
1 menn In palace, and he has no influence, hence
no patronage. he may have silent s1, bHt very
| may be pleased TO hear his prayers, but the
thOughtless would hardly ever stop 10 note such
Nov ,~,Sro we Are ~ Tna Tnm INC oTsl Sn
a the green lawn and prominent In the landscape
4 we place the children. Washington Is Rreai
place for children: woman here NH Sho Is no.
a the opportunities Of this healthful climate and
4 the men are all ambitious to become fai Iers'
They love 20 ace the little things around in white
Z dresses pink shoea blue aashes and French caps
= They are specially proud Of a black nurse with
a them and when, 10 crown their fatheTly instincts
! they see the babies growing beneath tue canopy
Of 4 miniature carriage they are ready 10 die o.
too much gratined paternity. said white, curly
haired, black-eyed, fresh-complexioned and beau
tiful old lady Of seventy, as We passed on int
The grounds, 'sTbere Is no such place as this io
babies; feel IKE adding pair OF twins TO th'
population myself"
i from French-capped girl OF three years Is al
= old man. There Is no river between them ant
n yet In an Instant we see IRON shore TO shore.
c One stands on the brink Of life, the other hai
: brayed It's depths and shadows and IL ready 4
y step upon the golden sands OF the Promiset
. Land; the other has simply wet lts feet ~
Is river full and roaring with nurky waters. vii
It the little thing get safely over Wlll she have
T, passing through, the guiding, anectionate han,
4 o. parents, or viii she be en 70 bullet me wave
II walking round on the outer CIRCLE OF the crowd
" And who are theJ3 one Is IN 4 rich pearl sill
e aud light green isy3rs very Grec'an e, an IN % ne
ID and the other Is IN cherry silk, with black lac
e shawl, very beautiful In form and feature, u
y handsome fSr woman S sIoSes ,S Is LOT man
l. lie fred pistol at Fisk Fisk died and Stokes fOun
e himself behind the Iron crates Of cell. And nov
d he Is a condemned murderer. This one at tht
Ie music kills wives. In this respect she Is dan
Is gerous customer. We say she kills wives. WhA
Is Is the killing Of wifr' There are more ways o
T. doing Il than by cutting her throat from car q
ear Take married man, for Instance, who onlj
earns one hundred aud twenty-five dollars pc
mOnth-and there are plenty OF married mel
In this city who have to live within that margin
y and LOOK over his book OF absolute and actua
- expenditures, and how does the account stand
Thlrty-nye dollars for rent. a wife aud tw
NJ children and one servant and hlmselt-lnaTket
le ing for the family, sixty dollars; bill for gas
J, eight dollars. Where are we now7 We hAy
=, got'only twenty-five dollars left for purposes o
H. lress for schools and school books, for doctors
10 and druggists bills, for amusements, for ca
M fare. for decacies aud all the minor pnrpoAe
Al aud uses Of life. Twenty-two dallarsl at shA
IS be kept for what the family needs" says II
o owner. While this pious resolution Is being mad
p the pearl and cherry silks again sweep by
"a Human nature = weax anu wlh y,eid, an,
'r to Aspasias house, and Just as Pompey lost bat
ties for the sake OF an hour with Cleopatra, ant
y lnst as David, the harpist OF Israel and Jullu
4 posed Richard CeuT de Leon and Ge0dnrey d
u Boulllon, and lust as BonaParte, Wellington AM
10 and M Byron and Kests, southey and Bawer, ant
,c lust as Washington himself and Hamilton an,
1. Burr, and Just as willis and lialleck aud Poe
and lust AS all great and decent msn love-
this Is the reason why the twenty-five dollars wa
T. not taken home-the very reason why that Ore
l. clan-faced woman on the outside OF the crow,
ia can put hundreds OF dollars into that pearl silk
= aud it also revealed the reason why the yrtuou
Il. woman inside the crowd was wondering wher
E. the two dollars and nifty cents was 70 come fron
!. TO get her baby new pair Of white-stringed
u, hTAss-heeled and pink leathered shoes? It's q
$, very curious, isntitT II we really wanted 10 b
awful wise we'd tell right here some very seriOu
l. and homely truths to wives, but we ar
ID ony up 10 the Presldents grounds TO hea
9 the music and see the sights, aud not to troubl
" ourself with domestic philosophy.
81 At this moment there brushes by US a long
er bearded, .graJ-halred dyspeptlc. lie Is olall
agent, He'll order an egg and toast for hi
breakfast. lie lust gives the order "eRg an
T. toast" The innocent son OF Africa goes on an
III brings him back an oyerdone egg, and toast wit
10 hlRhly-nhNOreu DutteT Oh u. IL Woulu 10 bel
ye sacrificing mule good TO hear him swear II
turns white with rage, gives up his breakfast |
despair, and goes TO his miserable bachelor ROOF
10 seek consolation by playing some SPANS
waltz on his guitar. That man Is not happy, an
!, yet he nudges our reportorial shoulder, an
~ wants to know why so many widows are on th
ground. Wen, the beauty OF IL Ia we had a
Il, ready asked that question 10 ourself. General
speaking, what's the use OF going into black owe
n- husband, any how7 lie might have been
ID fellow ave feet and a half high, with bow legs,
al freckled face and red hair, while the world
O. full Of men six feet high, swarthy compexloni
OF long boards, open-necked shirts and turn-dow
L. collars, and lust one halt the arts widow know
K how 20 use win make fool Of snch mAn In nv
u minutes. But, after all, we never see wldol
th at the music, listening te the Beautiful Blu
or Danube" aud wanting TO dance, or at churcl
nd bending over her beads and prayer-boOk, viii
ct out thinking Of the cold husband six fe,
On under ground. What was he 10 herr
d. would take columns TO answer the question
he and then we should not be half throngl
ch Leaving that out Of sight, how taking with
1t, these widows weeds are! But right here, whel
'ct the musical programme Il put M, we've met OF
M dyspeptic claim agent friend again. This tin
an he Is swearing about the asses III blfurcated "a
ments who are smoking around all over u
ground promiscnously. "NOw," says he, "Bu(
a thing as this was never known In WashlngtC
NV before the war, Is II possible that these iank
No sons OF Plymouth rock don't know what deCen,