Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-15
SUNDAY SALAD.


human nature than party Of happy,
merry children assembled together
and boyant with the effervescent spirit
of innocent amusement. Unconscious
ly they appeal to the finer instincts Of
one who gazes upon them, ana an
hour spent In watching them VIII
drive away shadows from almost any
heart, and produce feeling akin to
that caused by n powerful and intellect
IaI sermon. II there be time In a
mans life when he feels that 'life Is a
spanu IL Is while in the presence OF q
crowd Of happy children; their voices
will bring up memories Of his own
childhood which will seem but brief
period away in the past, and IL will be
hard for him to realize that so many
years have passed and gone since his
own piping voice sung out the songs
of happy childhood.
happened to be IN the opera-house
last Thursday afternoon when Mrs.
Chas. Benton was rehearsing her class
OF children for the production OF the
spectacular play OF Aladdin, which
she will produce here sometime in
April. There were about three hum
dred children mingled in lovely con-
J fusion In the parquette, ranging from
| three to fifteen years-probably there
were few older ones In the crowd,
and never saw happier or aloveller
| collection of people than they were.
Their faces showed that they were in.
tensely interested in the exercises,
and when they struck up the familiar
song, "Climbing Up the Golden
Stairs", ! thought that IL was well that
they did not realize that they were
then climbing the emily golden stair.
ways in their lives. During pause
between the songs one OF the boys, q
lad about five years old, came up to me
and said
"Did you know Aladdin ?"
told him | did not and asked him
to tell me something ABOUT this
wonderful person.
"Oh," said he, Aladdin was good
little boy who had big.lamp, and the
lamp used to bring the good little boy
everything he wanted and
Just then the class commenced Il
sing peek. boo" and my younS
questioner bounded down the aisl,
and soon saw him In the front ranl
of the singers. / would have givef
much to hear him finish the story, bu
was of little Importance to him ate
he found that Aladdin and / wert
strangers. His handsome open counte
nance and the sincerity OF his question
produced q pleasing impression that
shall long remember. That Aladdin
will be u success, can plainly be seei
by the enthusiasm. OF both the chill
dren and Mrs. Benton, in the work.
The question OF "A public library 70
Fort Worth seems near solution II
the recent move OF the fire depart
ment. The conn ittee appointed TO
the purpose Of looking into the ques
ton report that there is over $4,000 il
money and books ready to be turned
into the department for the purpose O
establishing the library, This library
II successfully inaugurated, would hav
u tendency to elevate the fire depart
ment, OF which the city IL Justly proud
II would not be for the exclusive us
OF the department, but would be opel
TO the public under rules and regula
lions common to all public Libraries. 1
librarian would be appointed, and al
due care and attention given to tn
books. In connection with this, tn
department Is handsomely furnishing
the central hall on Main street. wher
the library will be located. The citi
zens Of Fort worth owe much to tn
volunteer liremen, aud should do al
IN their power to aid them in estat
fishing public library here.
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