The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-24

ucC a NOllldii ndtDt III II ftCklt>S manner.
shun them; they are the very worst mem
bers of the community: men lost to every
SENSE OF honor, every feeling OF humanity.
I Many good and worthy woman sscharacter
has been forever ruined and her heart
/ broken by 2 lie, manufactured by
some villain, and repeated where
il should not have been. and in presence of
those whose little judgment could not de-
ter them from circulating the foul and brag-
! giDg report. A SANDER is soon propagated
and the smallest will fly on the wings of the
wind and magnify as it circulates until its
mOnstrous weight crushes the poor woman.
( our mother and sisters are women. and as
/ YOU would have their fair name untarnished.
! end their lives unembittered BY the SANDER
! ers bitter tongue. heed the i'll your own
/ word may bring upon the mother. the sister
or wife of some fellow creature.
When Mr.. ]. r. Fields was Young a class
mate complained TO him that he was i'm dan
| ger OF being supplanted in the regard of
young person of the gentler sex BY a youth
belonging to another School. who was daily
in the habit of calling on the lady and re-
peating to her from memory whole poems
oil considerable length. What would you
doT sighed the lad. DO said Master
Fields; II would beat him on his own
ground, and at once commit 10 memory the
whole of Paradise Lost book by book and
every time the intruder left Amelia's house
| would rush in and fire away, If YOU give
way to idle repining and do nothing that
fellow will soon be firmly seated in your
place. / should not wonder if he were now
at work on Thomson's Seasons, for his in
famous purpose. Delay no longer but at
tack John Milton after supper tonight and
win the prize above all competition
Ezekial began in good earnest, and before
the summer was over he had memorized the
whole OF Paradise Lost" rehearsed il to
Amplfo and uroirad ba a.-if.<
writer in the Buffalo Courier, comment
ing upon the applause often bestowed upon
yOcalists who have not even the rudiments
of vocal art at their command, and the com
pliments lavished where severe and decided
criticism should be used, truthfully remarks
that injudicious amateur praise has
wrecked many a fine voice because OF its
great influence, for with superficial natures
it takes root easily, but il is eradicated rare
ly if ever. To sing well is an art that is
only acquired by diligence in study, intelli-
gence in receiving instruction and applica-
tion to the established rules of music No
inheritance makes artist, neither does
nature leave her defined laws 10 perform
miracles: We must therefore acquire any art
by work. To sing for the pleasure of those
who enjoy our voice and take pleasure in
the revival of memories which songs excite,
is precious privilege, but the voice and ed
ucation required 10 do that are not to be
presented to the public, neither is the pub
lie unappreciatiye if it finds no merit or sat
isfaetion in such performance.
DR.. ]. NJ. Toner, of Washington, has COM
piled a list of theaters, churches, and other
public buildings which have been destroyed
by fire within the memory of man. He goes
back to the year 54S Il. c., when the temple
at Delphi was burned, and in the year 356,
when ''the aspiring youth" fired the Ephe-
sian Dome. The table includes the follow
ing notable conhagrations, with the dates
of their occurrence and the number of lives
lost in certain cases: Church of ST. Sophia,
Constantinople, 532 A. D.; st. Paups, Lon
don, 1877; st. Paul's and 60 other churches
London, 1856; Drury Lane theater, London,
1872; the Flemish theater, Amsterdam. I772,
700 lives; Trinity church, New York, l773;
the Saragossa theater, 177S. 400 lives; the
theater at Montpelier, 1888, 500 lives; Lon
don bridge, 1912. 5000 lives; Chestnut
Street theater, Philadelphia, 1920; Park the
ater, New York, 1921; Bowery theater. New
York, 1928; theater in Canton, China. 1915,
2,300 lives; Niblos theater, New York, 1916;
church at Santiago, Chill, 1868, over 1000
lives; Niblo's Garden, New York, 1872; Sara
gossa theater, 1872, 600 lives, and the Fifth
Avenue theater. New York, 1873. The lat
est report gave-the number of the lost by
the Brooklyn theater fire as 2Ss. -s
During the long winter ordinary evening
amusements lost their charms to the chill
dren. So a neighbor and myself invented
new plan for the entertainment of our
large families Every week We have one
eve ming that Is called STORY Night" On
this evening each person present tells
story, made up for the occasion, or CLEANED
from readings The youngest member
opens the entertainment, then the next
older, and so on till the father, mothers,
aunts, uncles, and visitors, if any are pres
ta1l crrN tolx cfr no obi
dren have been in school, they frequently
select poems from their reading-hooks and
recite them with appropriate emphasis and
gesture. or write out a story and read it. The
evening spent in this way is quite the pleas
antest one of the whole week, and looked
forward to with anticipative preparation
by every member OF the two families. III
any one chooses to sing song, or play an
instrumental piece on the piano or organ,
that is gladly accepted in lieu of O story;
but no one is exempt from contributing
something to the common fund of enter
tainrpent. 1t is wonderful the improve
ment manifest in the ability of the younger
ones, and the elder ones, too, in narrating
events and handling character. Criticism of
the kindest sort, and all are entertained by
the efforts of the others.
A principal reason why comparatively few
young men succeed, is because of their i'm
patience of restraint while familiarizing
themselves with the details OF their vocation,
The aim and object of the average young
man of the period is to be at the head, or at
least partner in business. Hence ii rs that
at fifteen he is constantly on the eager search
for an increase of salary, and not unfre-
quently sacrifices position of great ultimate
success for one OF far less promise, but
which offers the temptation of an immedi-
ate advance in wages. The boy who is
surest to succeed is the one who when
ba lacfroc 10 n oil laotx
is willing to begin at the bottom of
the ladder and work his way to the top by
slow and patient perseverance; who is rs
ready and willing TO perform the duties re-
quired of him for $500 year as though his
compensation were five times that amount;