, 1884-08-29

CARL scHURz CIV SKATES.
a Risk witch Dignity should MOI
USoIe-4Iy Take.
Long Branch Leuer.l

8E0A1RN $50
lLong Branch Letier.l
II Is not my purpose TO Lold an eminent
gentleman up 10 lid iculs. And L. WA not !
who Induced AIR. Schurz, ex--iitor, et4ecra-
rary Of the interior. and always ono OF TIE
most cultured Of German AInrricsns. to put
on parlor skates He really ought not to
have don0 1t. There nra risks which dignity
should not ueisSly tako. Now, 1 onco saw
Mr.. SchurK in mpmsnts of relaxation that
wsro not doroga orr to his personality.
BE was playing on a piano, and doing it 70
easily aid well that the manner and
muIs wors alike ciarIuilZ. IL Is tru3
that hts lsgs sprawied a CREST dsai under
the Instrument, seeming TO go two or thrae
II nes around the Tyre before hlA foot
rested upon tho pedals, but his hHnds dabbed
The keys with iminsnre skill, and it whs clear
that, Whenever journalism and politics hould
Tail to yield him q satisfactory incoIus, he
could become u music teacher with SUGGEST
But ho must toly On his head and hands iof
success But be must rely on his head and
hands for desirable distinction. Whsa Liz
heels rise above them, he becomes exhilIrnt-
ing u others and disastrous to himself. There
is an expansive .ki.ing floor at the west end,
and It seemed that hs Wa not sa;tired. nS
most men were, with gazing, from an mart
seat, on tho friskdness OF youth and beauty on
rollors. saw his brow knit and corrugase,
as with II turbulence Of brain inside, and !
Imagined thai sons great moral or political
question or other was being -tumultuously
solved; but no. he was simply In the mental
process OF deciding whether TO put IN Gkhtsa
His conclusion WIS an affirmative Tbs
mistake that he made, o. he aiterward told
mo, was in supposing thut a previous condt
ton OF R4epineE3 In skRting on ice qualified
him for disportiDg on tho rollefa- There
was the dust of disuse on the only pair Of
skates IN tue establishment long enough 70 lit
him; but they wero wiped. oiled and fastened
on. The attendant stood him upright and
sent him rolling toward the miadls Of tina
floor. His legs twisted into n single strand,
and he fell faced squsrely backward. in a
vain effort 10 divert n.myef from the courss
that the skates chose to tako. they ran
as though they had langes and were Gu IA IA
III | can't 60 in the direction Of my prefer
enco,p Euid he to himself, u can at lellAt stand
still
Could 10. thought Well, not by the leo
skaters method OF throwing ali his weight
suddenly on his heels He tIiod it that way.
Toe rear set OF whs-li did not plough INTO the
door and halt him. Ihsy went z-z-zip, and
down he camo. He struck vita d. eacIu
punctuation II there is any such thin as
an iialis period, then that Is tao KIN OF fun
stop wbi-h he imprin-edo on The smooth, hard
plank. And high atove thae dsep dot rose
his logs, alternately forming exclamation
points I'D interosationj. just Us though
tley were at on 9 sw caring ana asking qrcs
tons he subsequently declared tlat he saw
stars had the rink boon dark, and hk
limbs pho plorated. the spectators would
nave seen the mogt wonderful OF fireworks.
Il don't hin l was made for a ska err, be
remarked, as lie had tle skates detached.
~Nor for an o .sy faIlcr." was the comment
OF a bystander; mo man who sits down
where the small Of his back ought to DO Gun
afford to drop the whole length OF his lsgL"