The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-11-07

t0klrC me hE tue h01d. she led me INTO
her s1'oH, and pointing TO q table on
which, tn q superb ease, "a beautiful
golden wreath-of pure gold-st0od
she said See how I cherish what Is left
me Of my dear American friends
Above the crown She had draped the
Stars and Stripes Speaking Of the
voices Of American girls, she said
The voices of American girls are
surerbi they are quick 10 learn, but few
out OF he many who come here do any
thing, because they do not study, but
enter into The gay life Of the boulevard
and are lost. -
While on this theme let me ask the
American mothers and guardians why
they allow their chlldreu-ibeir girls
10 come 60 an immoral Babylon like
Paris without protection, without
guidance? Our Girls from America are,
as . rule, pretty, vivacious and full of
the clio that attracts, and are rich bait
for the r0Ue and profligate. and only
God knows how many Of them lose the
purity of womanhood that might be
her browning delight and glory An
American lady living here for a number
Of years told me: 81 have had 10 close
the doors Of my salon against the Amer.
lean girl studying here / have been
so many times deceived Oh. the pity
and the shame Of a. Has the manhood
that once protected and cared for the
maiden fair, such as Tom Moore speaks
Of in his poem, fed from this world2
Have the men become, indeed, british
beastsY
"A dear little italian girl to whom I
was introduced by the American lady
mentioned above--a girl who sung
beautifully, spoke four languages,
played the piano as only an expert can
told me in this lady's presence: I have
talent. have tried TO get engagements,
and failed Why because I would
not become as, God help them, other
poor girls have had to become In this
wicked city to get an engagement, to
advance in their chosen profession
And yet American mothers send, I'M
protected, their daughters here to be-
come, perchanCe, what2 | heard Miss
Eames In Romeo and Juliet" Of Gou.
nod, and, while she lacks warmth aud
passion, she has a beautiful voice, a
most pleasing personnel, and II Is much
10 hold her own In such place as the
Grand Opera House of Paris. where
Cabals and jealousy of all foreigners Is
lhN NiuNA VI lht huNs NltcN olbll sun
derson. the California girl, sings this
autumn at the Theatre dc la Mounale,
Brussels, in "Esclarmonde" Of Masse
net, and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.
| heard at the Grand Opera "L'Afri-
caine' last evening. IL was most
supcrbly placed on the stage In every
detail. The ship scene was marvel.
The cast was excellent, but the baritone,
a
shoulders above everyone else. have
never heard such a voice, nor such oX-
quisitely satisfying singing.
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a drummer set out on his trip one day;
His heart was light and he felt quite gay,
AS be thought Of the orders, more large
lie expected to get from his customers an.
An experienced drummer, a veteran he,
Selling goods thrO' the South from noun
tain 10 sea,
lie house was the oldest, his goods the best,
His friends ever ready 20 invest.
lie had tips aud he'd letters from every
state;
some wrote they'd buy early, some said
they'd buy late;
For he was a drummer Of no little ronown
q ANAA bNAfNA WY NV 'AAAA1 h'"Na
The first place he made he did very we'll,
Tho he didn't brag much he'd expected to
sell;
On this trip last spring many thousands
That he'd beat Il this year he felt very bold
But alas at the next town a telegram
His spirits went down, he grew awfully
tame
sore;
Ills luck was now worse than ever before.
How different now from the drummer just
out,
With his samples complete and HIS heart
The salesman who started with spirit so
light
Was now, indeed, in the sorriest plight
lie looked at bis message and read It once
And he read it fully forty times DER and
DER;
Each time be read it he felt worse aud
worse,
He barely could sigh-he was too weak to
curse.
With never a word and scarcely q look,
Sadly be folded his thin order book;
HOmeward he turned with bis samples aud
To see he was ''rattled" you needed no
"up,"
Now here was the cause Of his sorrow aud
woe,
And his was the message that wounded
This cut was the deepest, these words most
unkind;
''Return samples at once your house has
assigned"
He went ont like a "touust,n he returned
like a tramp
As a scout On the back track sneaks back
10 his camp;
Like a halfdrowned rat or a bo5-Jailed
mouse
Is a drummer recalled BY a '.husted' house.
Clothing Ga-l,ts.
-.
One Of the most famous of modern
pictures Is Hans Makart's Diana Hunt
ing, snd perhaps The most striking
figure in this animated grouping is that
Of a beautiful naiad in the foreground.
When the picture was first exhibited
this particular figure created a wonder
ful sensation, and there was manifested
a widespread curiosity 10 learn who
stood as a model for the painter
The tradition has been that an Aus.
TITAN uoblemsn, falling In love with the
figure upon the canvas, prosecuted a
search for the beautiful original aud
married her. Tie truth about this has
I Just come % light.
A short time ago the model herself
I appeared In a Vienna police court CD
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