New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-09

time ts passed WIEN actors Nere Idfhcu ~ NdEd-
servile submission 10 truculent publishers or dangling
room l0 'e' Of some aad elRd
books enlghten the IN M 9 soi ,N 70
elevate and refine by placing more pslpaoly and
Sadly " ss n the eEed With S H rng laugh
what homily I'm INJECTING on this poor little m0r-
Twas present when he was discussing, with gentle
%S9 sof Of c RyIS1 used IN spsans
Venus obiectng strongly 10 the words, Dawied
snq d wIiS Ti s fdinsss Which h. .sd
were unpoetcal, and too suggestive OK me
nspred the great poets high flights. While We de
slapped his forehead, threw back his long IocAs anu
exclaimed In bomhastie tones att,
Stand back suddenly seized with the divine
erlatusi Don't disturb me I'll have given birth to
MY inspired conceptions"
and finding none stalled mslcstlcaily to the window
and wrote tls following verses on the White shutter
40 m aRs1 20 Of the ami dao sl d5I 5r
May l. Byronlcal!y thy praises utterl
To Sing lhy pscans borne upon shnttorl"
Tsod Dickens cOpcd these lines, and gave them t.
the Same day as Dickens had tried to rub them ont
Ny father Nho had dod suddenly at tho aye Of forty
two. when ] was about twelve years OF age, was a
sSS Sens a .d@c OF Of s Soo ho Wa hd Nth
them. and in my presence. ASKED her husband 20 read
when she pressed him Ito read Just ono tale, so
beautifully written. ara quito short" no turned aD-
ruptiy and made OF mutterIng:
= hate scotch stories and everything elee SCOTCH
which Yves not any more c9inIineniay 10 ms a %mg
laughed ner ously and said: " Don't mind HIN, he
doesn't mean II.
Ono Of his most intimate friends was Maciise. the
wemown painter coni93i Hs ~, " d1dnsHt
On one occasion lac retired win D'ch1I,G Nio H.
front room where The audience san 81 ~ p.t
IRE, a taheau- non-vivaut. When Tie folding doors
farfff
Rcmlrandt-lile arrangement Of light and shade-one
screened lamp only allowed to io4 4 sla,ntfy 49,,
apartment was thrown INTO a dim mysterious Fio"m-
che 9fboG a Se a fcse form Taf reclining In
shrinking attitude on couch. one hand cl"tchnt
The other prc5Sci coayui}iScy across he p1l@r par
OF the face, II 20 shut ont some fearful sIhi. IM
hold apart by TWO CHASTITY skeleton hand, mailed
vzor, sulmoiuted by plume Of funereal blacAness'
Alouzo the brave and the fair ImogeneI p was the
Simultaneous cry after raVt silence OF surprise ana
T56a brgh, ugh was Gos9ea oyer all and the
was caused BY TIC discovery of tho material from
which the weird picture was e'Gv o sI,c ie' E,
suisided into hat-stand with bright dish coNo or
s ST helmet an ana Sp S5o and M b S bonnet
feathers. reared rampantly as the plhnol crest lht
soilcd gray gloves plnched and pulled into eony al
tenuatQn; smaller pair blown out ana deNteFousH
manipulated into the risId.'y and paralysis OF lmo-
Strange that MaCiSc, VINO possessed SLCn kioNl-
the crude chalL andwatcr colorng OF his own pct
ures
Few of ogr celebrated @en have d syer
G ns 6 TiS '{ dd RS senay bu5sd
over into oysty IN The GSGgcra nee Of his Rt
fSie1diy contact and iaHgtsr Of which las he was
al an the s2o@nd even the fay Of crowded.
ballroom could not resist IT, and the stately danes lame;
themselves positively the verge Of gleeful romp,
with all the starch gone out of them for he nonce
even at wiiis's Rooms by Mr.. Thompson, IN which
Dickens decidedly the headcentre' OF the Fly
DIchens's broihcrs, Frederick and Alfred -.
sggrieved with Mrs. Dickens. ] was engaged TO
dance with Maclsc, and he was just approaching to
claim when she GgPS c S S and assa 9 To e TO-
but she would take denial and laughing at my dis
"a shamo' and offered himself as substitute, and
danced repeatedly with him and Afal d1sa to TH
In resplendent waistcoat. woven with spun glass
Of many colGTs which III sa0e ybcn re
remarked H. and said drawing attention TO him.
sa 10 gain ' attention by its own merits lie looked
as he flashed about during tie dance, like stray me-
The evening concluded with fir RoScE De coyery
s eoR@fG IN r Tp 0e see Dickens az ore end and Me
si the other, rushing forward With long locks hylnS
other @ days. an" which had become SO rare
was staying with Mrs smlthson (now a widow,
and Dickens dined with US one evening; , when we
looking even more disconnected than usual, his lips
Bsr His miserable expression elected numerous
EXPLANATIONS, bombastic and familiar
How now my lcge. whence comes that thunder
Gus cloud OF care upon thy manly browl' cried one
Fred sauntered YEARLY to seat looked round upon
HIS uuestinnerS with calm cOndc sccnSlOn ana waving
his hands up and down like a mesmerist at work.
Assuming the mannerlsm OF Harley and cleverly
docgcrcI chant totally devoid of tune
sPm unaware OF any care, but III make you stare,
I'm going 10 share, a window where
can conveniently behold courvoisterer-er
Receive his wcll-earned hanging there
"Wbatg1 exclaimed Dlckens In surprise You're
never going TO DO such idiot whence comes thls
morbid craving TO gloat over such loathsome ex'
~Thacieray is going, believe, and am Joining
select circle OF reporters us an excitement IL
slumecrDg energies which are as stagnant as ditch
You'll be squeamish for week atterward,' re-
married. Mr.. Thompson, quietly
Have yOu over seen man hangedl" asked Fred.
"No, but Pve seen q man guilotned"
Ugh cried lhckeps with shudder OF disgust,
aThat's such messy business, all gore and sawdust-
The inverted rops-dsnce is cleaner, though less i'm
prossvo I'd heeR away from such hdeons spec lie
from principle. I'm not sure that We ought 10
dispose OF even mGrdereIs In such barbarous ways
We destroy wolves and tigers any way We can,
of death Tho animals can't help their nature. God
mads them wolves and tigers, they didn't make
things would DO vastly different. stumbled Fred.
II there's any truth in phrenology II Physl9enomy
"a I'm the least an index OF the inward tendencies,
fhele are unfortunate wretehes born with murderous
propcnstes,o said Dickens, In mnsing tone and
WITH his far-oF look. Given large organ Of
destructiveness with little benevoenee ana venera-
ton /: result murderous prOcliviiias. Add 70 this
predeStined nature, ignorance and want ana there
STALKS murder unrostraned, except by fear OF the
gallows seltdefepco and public safety demand tina,
these unfortunate brucs should be exterminaed Dat
/ pity tho poor hrutcs Notwithstanding
Etharies,' said Fred, with his oily iangh yoH
arc capable Of imlt.ting the Scotch minister who
prayed for the pnir dc'n'' ,,,.,
1WeI yes think tho puir dell the unhappesi
Wretch under heaven. ! am inclined to think WILL