The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-10


tional copyright by Congress-. He. Haw.
thorne and Bunner. by the way, were the
only ones among the speakers who were
dr. cd as they ought TO have been, IN Prince
Albert coato. Most OF the readers wors cut
aSays and ordinary business suits. TO the
scandal OF the many ia,hlonable ones in the
audience. At tbs head OF the programme
was quoted this FROM Charles Dickens
speech
There must be an international copyright
arrangement. IL becomes the character OF a
great country, firstly. because il Is justice
secondly, because without II you can meyer
have, and keep, literature o. your oEn."
And there were similar publications from
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. The audi
ence, which had paid 81 900 to crafty its
curiosity and did by o means expect 10 be
artistically entertained, was surprised ut the
high excellence of the reading. Not only
did the authors render their works intslli.
gently, as was to be anticipated. bat they all
showed some technical knowledge as how to
stand, how TO walk. how to use features.
hands, tone ard infection. Every one OF the
ten speakers articulated distinctly and spoke
so as TO be heard by the rsmotest auditor.
Ali were well rendered, bat Carleton and
Bunner excited real enthusiasm, mainly be-
cause the contribution OF the former was
highly dramatic. and that OF the latter drolly
humorous. Bunner, moreover, looks so
young, and dresses so daintily, and carries
on his phiz such funeral expression that il
seems inc ongruous to find him prince OF 30.
hernia ana head cutter OF the garments of
Puck. Howells with his bang conscienti-
onsIy parted in the middle. read some chap
tiers 10 appear in Harper's IN July, of an
American bachelor, fst, forty aud Eighty.
going to ball IN q Florence palace and try
ing 10 dance. He had q white handkerchief
peeping from the breast pocket OF his cuia way,
and as ne read he gesticulsted with his right
In AEf Ar.A A.la a.
thumb sustained in his pantaloobs pocket on
the other side. Ii was sort of festive. not
to say convivisi occasion. BURNER frankly
told about the strange spooks he sees when
one goes home a. night; Professor Charles
Carroll read Oliver Wendell HolRes' ode TO
Holland gin and Hawthorne read with
good deal OF vocal vigor, the article in which
be sings the praise OF Barden beer Today
there was another audience filling the thea
ter In every part Frank Stockton was to
read new and ap using story. but sent his
regrets; Mr.. Beecher gave 8 lasts of the Star
Papers," George Parsons Lsthrop re.
Edward Egg lesion gave r some touches of
Hooser humor; MsrkTwsin tickled the geo
pie into Mysteries ard Fl wells gave another
installment Of q new story, which WAS re-
ceived with particular favor | mst Mr..
Howells q few minutes at the Century office
this morning. and he expressed lively graft
bOdtVh lilo luuU Whe EctsaIiA 5uCu u
lift. La the letter which Dc. Holmes sent
be spoke of authors as the soft handed sons
OF toll, and said many brilliant things. i.
wilfappear In the Century. Hitherto Mr..
Latbrop has born most OF the heat aud bur-
den OF the day. in the fight for an interna.
tional copyright. bat now the contest has en-
listed an army OF recruits and goes forward
under new auspices. arc with more cheering
hopes, 1t seems to me very pathetic thing
for the young and ambitious literary MA OF
q land to be appealing in vain to its congress
for right to love. Even Howells James
and Hawthorne can not sell more than two
or three thousand copies of any book as long
as the best authorities of E0gland, Francs
and Germany are printed at once and sold
for ten cents each in all our book stalls. l
undertake to cay that there Is no writer in
the United States who could make enough
to pay his board If IL were not for newspa.
peIs and magazines: aud less than twenty, all
told, get their living by writing for smsga-
zines No land of which that may truthtully
be said can possess literature.
GRANT AND THE DOCTORS.
General Grant is so much better thst he
thinks OF sending his physicians off some
where to rest. One has already been dis.
charged en- account of an alteration brought
by the two better known doctors, who are
called for consultation, that he advertised
too much" Miffed at this he brings in a
good stiff bill. Ia Garfield case, To this
the-e is said to be an Offset in the shape OF
parties speak for themselves-the two subor.
dinate doctors having now rendered their
bills:
THE BILL.
ulysses Grant to Doctors Leech
To winters service. debtor.
Ter thou and dollars Que TO each
because hes getting better.
Five hundred each per week,
For regular diploma.
And anxious moments spent to seek
For epifhelioma."
THE OFFSET.
"Hold on! Ar Offset here for you.
The debt Is equalizing;
That same amount from each Is due
To me for advertising.
You were obscure but now are known.
AS Paul informed the Roman:
Like Moses grave an desert lone
Your place was known to no man."
THE RKJoINDER.
"0ur fame Is nix: the pubic grins:
We've taken notice oft;
For. ahi We've issued bulletins,
And sacrificed the prophet!
There is no offset; pay the fee:
louiv bafied inh umatiou,
SO, gaining notoIety,
we've lost in reputation"
Whether they will jump accounts, Grant
and bis doctors, or whether the doctors will
have to pay balance Is not yet determined.
will keep watch of the case for you The
popular heroes features seem likely to be
preserved for posterity. There are at least
ten portraits that have been made from Sit.
tings, and own . bronze bust is being fin
ished by Rupert Schmid. the famous artis.
from Munich. Schmid has q well defined
European reputation. Kings and Popes
have sat to him. called at his studio aud
saw the work. 1t represents the head OF the
General, heroic size, and just enough of the
shou lders to show su epaulette, the whole
poised upon the outstretched wings of an
eagle. which, in turn, stands upon cannon
ball. The bail and esgle thus take the place
of the conventional pedestal. and great i'm
prcvement they are. The facs Is rendered
with maenifice nt spirit and strength. 1t is
to be put both into marble and bropzs. snd
two OF II Q former and one OF the latar have