Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-09
Z, THE NATURAL METHOD.

YIN the sofa LAY a Nioliiis va W.
were beer-glasses, and fondling these
glasses were two young men. The
conversation was in German, which !
translate into English.
'eYou have done well to come
TO America, if it is for money,
said the elder of the two men, finger
ing his heavy watch-chain, and eyeing
complacently his genteel boots.
1T is money | want, answered his
companion" money to buy me leisure
and freedom. 1t shall be the servant
of my art 1t is the life of a dog,
this teaching. 1t will kill in me the
creative. Five years in this land, you
say. are twenty in Germany FIVE
years of the dogs life will buy me
fifteen of the musicians.
"Oh, Carl, you lamb of an inno-
cent?" cried the other from out a cloud
of smoke. "You landed yesterday.
You are not yet Americanized. | tell
YOU this is the place to win money,
and the place to find out what money
is worth. There is nothing money can
not do in America. You would buy
leisure You will want your
money to buy good clothes, good com
pany and pretty wife
Carl shrugged his shoulders in
protest
THAT is what have done. Between
us two am humbug, but |
am tolerably successful hum
bug They do not suspect it.
They are gullible when it comes to a
bargain i'm the fine art. Let your hair
grow long, rate your talents high,
talk as bad English as you can, and
be what the ladies call so charmlngly
foreign There you have it. "
''Ah, Friedrich, you are changed,
said Carl. with laugh and a sigh and
a shrug. "And have you forsaken
your art Do you rise no higher Are
you SO soon contentl
Carl, that is all your German senti-
ment You have something in you,
have always seen that But if you
mean To amount TO anything you will
not go moaning around with your
head among the stars, talking eternal
" about your art You Will find your
self in a garnet that is what art does
for man in America You have q \
rare chance with me for a friend eX /
cuse my plain speech You have come |
TO give lessons on the piano and violin, .
and to play when you can. How much .
English do you lnowl'
Enough to eat and drink and .
sleep
You could not tell laundering
girl how to hold her hands properly /
Il could quickly learn, l think. ]
have the English books.
THAT will not do. You must take /.
IA shorter way. Let me think.
Carl walked over to the window
and looked curiously out on the for
eign street scene He was a we'll 7
formed young fellow of twenty-five I.
with Teutonic features and complex
ION. His hair was tossed back from |
square, broad forehead His eyes
were dark and deep.set and would I
have been melancholy as the tradl /.
tional artists had not an occasional /
flash revealed that the boy, too, was
sull behind them.
friedrich had called in his pipe to I.
assist his meditatlous Il have it. y I
he cried at last You have no OBJ
jections TO lying a little in good I
causel Or stay, there is no need of .
that | Will tell you young man, this .
is your course Find ont an Amori- /
can music teacher, and take lessons Of
him for few weeks Pretend YOU /
DO not know one note from another; I
make every blunder conceivable (
Then store up his corrections, and F.
will wager six weeks of that will give
YOU more of the English YOU want
than SIX months of the dictionaries /.
IL Is the natural method. which they /.
are all going crazy over Sauyeur I,
would advise you as | do Then drop /.
in when | ann giving my lessons I.
give fifteen or twenty a day-a lesson /.
of half hour-and catch what YOU
can then.
Carl Enlightened There was
flavor of adventure about this
scheme.
1t viii be a very good Joke ON the
music master, he said He will
never guess that have PLAYED before
List 1t will be very mischieviouS. | .
ann afraid.
ut viii not hurt him, laughed
FREDERICK. You would better look
Tor hum as soon as yoa can. | must
leave YOU now go to dine with tie
NandenhoppeIs That is what have
achieved
The next day young Germpn was
walking slowly along a shabby gen
teel street and looking earnestly at
each door he passed
MuScek lesS-uns, museek lesSuus
ne murmured; but no such sign had
meet hls eve All here at last is a
window that contains the invitation.
lessons ou the Piano.
He rang the doc. bell quickly. and
made ready his little speech. An ell
derby lady answered his ring.
d" Goot-day. come for museek
Lessons, SAID the young man slowly
The old lady looked as il She thought
him dangerous, and held the door but
part way open.
i haf greet luf Oft mu,eek.
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