The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-06-05

bis pleae; lat one tina The sxorkingmen
dv@yUhere are lhaking forxafd to Satu<:.
ds{ NIGHTS and lession III a concert
ticket, instead Of lazy lettering, and
spending weeks wages for bit If dcli=
rum. Mostly the faces in the audience
wers- thoughtful and intelligent, and they
evidently Believed in the unselfish good
ness Of the young aristocrat who was do
ing all this work for them ;sgeven giving
his personal supervistCn. -
6a11 60e of, the :mel behind me; :>Ohk
that'fh nine chap, he4 us whole heart
is In It; he asks7ls af to come without
any questions about our opinions, or our
dives sTe Aperall welcome alike, you see
Ethh iSthe proper place to come to. the
hahn Of It is good.
"Hush!' said another man, II think it
would be damnable if we did not meet
him half way; better man nor him did
not live, When there isenthusiasm like
this, there is generally progress. Il,
=, When Mr.. Bethunc stepped upon tie
platform, a tall, handsome, intellectual
looking young man, full Of nervoub
energy and evident in soul-earnest, he
Eltai :sqdh,a we4b,hs as might bring more
gladncss to mans heart than one who
had never known it can possibly imagine.
There are invisible crowns, as all know,
and sometimes we SEQ such crowns in
f6ocess Of!buildin9;Softan too when the
builder is unconscious. With such earnest:
fness and force as he brings into the world,
fno one, however suspicious, or evil-mifld9
| ed, could quite poisson himself by dis
trust Of the motive which, impels the ef-
+ ol*fte, a catcss! spit Hi il the audi
! e6cc. Wien tho opening piece played
by All accomplished lady pianist vas
ended, the listener at my right hand
sayA:,r '.As soon as ever she touched the
first hey Icould see that it was goin'
| be good; i detest bad music, and You
can always tell you know"
When Mrs. Osgood, an attractive
American lady, and very popular singer
in London, came upon the stage. paying
her~aMlicnce the compliment Of wearing
F. black velvet dress en- train, u fine lace
fichu, long, white gloves, and sang in her
best manner the old song, "Shc wore Il
wreath OF roses that tall hat came off
t"B-y Jove!" said he, and threw himself
round to tell everybody behind him what
| kind of music that was, for he knew, and
don't think he had any conception that
anybody else could know! Other; hats
in the audience disappeared, and the
murmurs of fresh delight must have been
sufficient rccompcnsc for Mrs. Osgood's
voluntary offer to take part in one Of
these services called "Sermons in Song
I whispered to one Of the men that the
singer was an American lady, and the
\ neMs " srt back to the ;uttermost end Of
I the hail Oh" sayI one, aIdilh2t know
her descent, but she cant he beat fol-
singing nor for fine appearance either:
! Another says, Il never saw an. American
.Elady before, she is bcautiful!'' Some OF
the mems faces looked. positively scnti.
mental, and when. for an encoure, Mrs
0sgood sang "Sweet Home" in the most
pathetic manner, there were new whit,
handkcrhiefs unfolded all over the hous..
and stiffness pervatled that WAS mort
than religious.
\ comic song which followed, and wa
oil shout "Camomiie Tea and its place
among the 'soporitic, and comforting pan
aceas, turned beaming old face to nj
with the utterance-"now any one that
got any brains can see the meaning t
that, and multiply on it! This is bette
than going to these low music hall
smoking and drinking; you can't Sc
there mint but they come and ask 20,
what You'll have"
''And l suppose you must have itl''
suggested, 1T wouldn't be good-nature.
to refuse, would it,"
mo, YOU can't do that he answered
rather sadly. "Now, if you have brain
to see il" he continued, Ht!Iat's preach
ing Of the right Sort" asked if lie like
1t better through camomilc tea thai
through the parsons lips. The man CAV
such a sudden and loud guffaw, that TIN
''s'h's" round him ''scart' him, he saie
afterwards; "for don't you see he says,
eff you were among the upper tens yo'
wouldn't find better behavior than her
Tonight 1t was true enough.
After violin solo by Lady Lindeys
and for an encore one of her ladyship'
own composition, which was a piece o
merit and was we'll executed, and othc
4 excellent things by other artists, Mrs
osgood sang SAuld Lang syne.'' N,
Bethune with his wand stirred the audi
ence to join in the chorus, and the harti
|desd of it.must have; pierced tho Joof. 1
few brief and sensible remarks from Nj
Bethune sent the audience homo light
hearted, and some Of them full headed
and soon ollowed from the hall, the live
ricd carriages of the aristocrats and tn
quiet broughams of the artists bearin,
! with them, it is to be presumed, the salts