Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-26
THE SUM OF LIFE.

GU saH thAt The marks ann the HirICiIe>s
scar
That rude men make ON the blackboard
now
Shall still stand out like night o stars
When kind Death, kneehng shall kiss her
brow.
Nay nay as surely as you are born,
tell You that God shall take her again;
As fair All white ms that far first morn
lie set her feet in her path Of pain.
His hand 10 the h. h tia, oarI shall reach,
And la kward, and iorNard. a,alu uud
again
shall sweep tea her who loves TO teach
I'LL not one error in the sum renain
Manu- de Lryone in Frank Le lies
The PLEASURES OF TIE "PASEO."
Joaquin Miller Writes of Mexico's Hand
some Horses aud Graceful Riders
The SpaniaTl is the true and only cavalier.
He was born un hurs la q. l he cavalier Uf
irginIa is only weaA imitation But
let Us leave the post and look at the wOoded
and watered prs" before Us
OF Coure, hundreds prefer carriages on
the great drive under the tres- to Chapulte-
pee. And | never ,aw 50 miny carriages
in a city of less than hall million souls
uefore The only real, hrst class thing for
Il man TO do, however, is 10 get hUrsr and
ride like a tru, cavalier 10 the caste Of
Mo tezuma-
have not room, really not the ability,
to do justice TO the handsome no. se> and
most gra eIul hOrsemen Bnt if | tel you
that saliopei from the ate of the city to
Chapultepec yesterday with a Mexican
whose saddle and bridle a.one ,ost S:i,Oo
you can b,gIn to iuag ne that there is some
display of wealth ON the popular paseo.
Hundreds Of Lorsemen, hundreds Of car,
iageA These graceful men have their hats
II their hands most OF the time. For thsy
meet many carriages with ladies' and
their natural polittne>s keeps them un
covered in the presence OF ladies' Be
sides that, they are mostly youn :, AMI have
tine tum led and glossy hea = of hair.
A splendid band plays in the crescent that
doubles about the group representing D UNI
bus and the s,Irn Is and the whole distance
to the cast e from The city Is at 'ertain
hours IN the afternoon ahla . with beauty
and gay culOr>
And Ou must know, too that II t nearly
all OF this is Mexican Here are many for
eign legations, forel n merchants uf much
wealth, many travellers and all that SO
you see this d.Sp ay Ot wealth and beauty,
W tn its LOrIer OF flowers ON either side its
andS of music, IT. dense and stately tree.
is rather cosmopolitan after all The salu
tations are in French, a. a rule And as my
French is rather ran al, | gallop hari and
see something IN the other side OF the paSeo
when about |" meet some pretty lady who
/ expects TO lie spoken to.
Ih- price of II ride. Really have hardly
been able to ind out You see | knew my
MexIcanS IN California. And these ;awny,
fulI-Aeart-d fellows have good memories for
their al friends But | am told q good
horse costs about - ~ for the ternoon A
lady from New York who is herr with her
hushani for the wIn.er told HE, however,
that they pay for two horses, by taking
them three times each week only : per day
ach. Joaquin Miller's Mexico Lett-"
DOING THE OARLINGS JUSTICE.
The Trouble the Photographer Has with
IniantIIe Humaniiy-Presto
Are you photoSraphing many children
nowadayS'' was asked of well known pho
tographer.
Yes, tie babies are pretty steady Gus
toners and among the most Troublesome we
have. Ne It to mi Idle a led, plaln-ta"ed
| female, who wants ten years taken from her
/ age ami large stock OF b auty added 10
her tout ensemble a young mother with her
habe is the most aggravating person the
| photographer has To deal with Not one Ill
fly thinks the photographer does her dar-
| ing justice. for, Of course, every mother
has the sweetest, prettiest bahy in the world.
They bring them to be photographed when
| here is scarcely any difference between tue
| features of one and another, dress them up
m lace nj lawn, and prop them up with
! pillows When they are 20 ed there g
scarcely any thing visible but bundl' sur
mounted 10y a red ia e. Then t ne mamu.as
complain that tie camera will not ileaIDe
/ and ma, ,e cherub out OF frightened lit
tie morsel of humanity whose mos. sal mt
character istic is abnormal lung power.
! There is usually great deal of time eN-
pended arranSin the precious infant pre-
al ing u on it to smie, and ailaying it.
! fears Mamma must generally stand cloS1
/ by to preserve order and add the finishing
touches.
Still We do not have half thu trouble
/ photographing children that We used to
/ have The tune necessary for taking a
/ picture has been SO reduced that, if We can
,atch child in the right position and with
! "A desirable expression for moment, presto
I the pi ture Is tiken and there we are by
| the old method W used T. require so much
more time that II wa next To an lmpoSSl
blLty to get really good picture of a
| haby. Thy were certain TO move and blur
some of the features, or begin TO cry and
produce a lamentable failure. In those
days the artist had to b a diplomatist up
to all sorts of willy expedirntS TO keep an
infant still AMI to produ . pleasant eX
preston on its little physiognomy. When
he removed the ap with one hand lie had
TO exhibit in the 9th r a jumping ack or
ONE bright colOrvd toy to engage tentiOn,
or else he diverted the infantil mind by
whistling like a mocking bird, or Otherwi Q
foolishly di,pOrting himself That ort of
thing is largely done away with but chill
dren INA t very bad subject for the camera
all the same = Chicago Tribune Interview.
The President and His Autograph.
One of the most pleasant yet difficult
duties the president has to perform is ap
leasins the autograph craze. DoOrketpeI
l. rTi:er generally as do ,en or SO auto
graph album, lying on his tabe. When the
president comes TO his Office in the morn
Ing Lrilier takes in his little load, AMI il
the president appea to be in a good humOr
he lays them ON the table, and the president,
with II laugh ami some remark about the
craze, writes his signature nearly always
this way
Grover Cleveland,
Feb. -, lNSl
When the books have all been signed
Lrttier takes them To his desk and keep,
them until they are cab.ed for. The preSi
dent sometimes wares the way Of writing
his autograph, occasionally following the
date 10y executive mansion or white
house Tut never putting president be
fore or after his name A great many o.
the autograph books are lett by senators,
members and other high officials, but al
most every caller has a book in which they
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