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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
TIE LITTLE WITS.

Every honest and intelligent effort TO
rescue the unfortunate or unIuly boys
of our great cities, says the Christian
Advocate, from the downward pain on
which they have entered, should receive
favorable consideration and encourage
ment from every good citizen and es-
pecially every Christian. These boys
will grow up to swell the ranks OF the
criminal class, and to add to the corrup-
ton and vice which already threaten
the very existence of society. unless
means are provided for their redemp-
ton while they are young. The Burn
ham farm. on the banks Of Lake Quee-
chv. in Columbia county, New York, Is
an institution organized for this pur-
nose. Ii is established on Christian prln-
ciples. with Mr.W NJ. +. Round as mana
cling director. 1t isproposed to build up
a brotherhood of Christian laborers' and
TO have a training school for those who
wish to enter upon the different
branches Of industrial work. A call
for Young men who are willing TO con-
secrate themselves to this work appear
ed in our columns last week. There
are no walls about this institution, but
every one is free. and yet from depraved
homes and from more highly favored
homes. unruly boys are taken and
learned to be honest, upright, and in
dustrious. This is one of those Chris
tan institutions. provided and sup
ported by Christian money, and con-
Quoted by Christian men, for the I'M
provement Of society and the rescue OF
wanderers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

Canon LiddOn recently made some
strongl observations from the pulpit Of
st. Paul's on the marriage market OF
modern Babylon. He had, no doubt,
ample room for a picturesque satire IN
the familiar phenomenon OF London So
ciety:
Eager mothers. like generals setting
out on a campaign, prepared TO undergo
anv amount of fatigue If only the could
marry their daughters. not necessarily
10 a high.sOuled man, but In any case TO
a fortune. They could see, too, group
OF Young men, after, perhaps, career
n dissipation. thinking that the time
had arrived for settling respectfully 10
life. aud looking out, not for a glri
whose graces and character wouiu
make her husband and children happy,
but for somebody with a sufhcien'
dowry 10 enable them to keep up a
large establishment. They could nor
wonder when the most sacred OF hu'
man relations was thus placed on q
brutal level of an affair Of cash tha'
sueh transactions were quickly i0l-
lowed by months or years OF misery
misery which, after seething in private
was at last paraded before the eyes OF q
wondering world, amid the unspeak'
able shame and degradation OF the III
vorce Court"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

same Blackfriars House in trust 10 FOL
low the directions % Shakespeare 8
will. There are in all twenty deeds
all OF great interest, as, for instance an
indenture having the rare signature OF
Thomas Coombe, the gentleman to whom
Shakespeare bequeathed his sword an
other one OF l6ii, with the signature OF
John Greene, to whom the latest re-
corded words OF Shakespeare we're al
dressed another OF 1906, with the auto
graph of Francis Collyns. one OF the
witnesses Of Shakespeare will and the
poets solicitor and another OF 1901
signed and sealed by Sir Thomas Lucy
Of Charlecote, the Justice Shallow OF
the dramatist ; large number Oh re-
cords Of the Hathaway family; the Clap
ton Cartulary, compiled during the
reign OF Henry VIII, in which Is found
the earliest discovered notice OF any
part of Shakespeare property, and
deed OF 1906, witnessed by John Shakes
peare, the poets father.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
THREE HUNDRED AUTHORS

The Authors Club. of New York, &C
cording to a recent announcement. has
extended its limit of membership to
three hundred. Only fancy a club OF
three hundred American authors. II
we were to rake the country over With
fine.toothed rake we might possibly
gather one half that number OF men
and women more or less remotely en-
titled 10 be thus called, and very
funny club they would make. Imagi'
nations utmost stretch fails to grasp
the idea n three hundred Of them in
one town.
Much depends, however. upon the
definition Of an "authOr." While a
mau works only for newspaper he is
no more than a writer, mere Jour
nalist" or a newspaper man. Nobody
thinks Of him in connection with lit
srature. if he is thought of as dis
tinct entity at all. II his articles are
too long or too dull for the newspaper,
and are printed in a magazine, he then
becomes recognized as a writer, and his
name may even appear IN the ADVERTISE
ments. Still ne is not an author.
But when he gathers some OF his ar
.icles from the forgotten files OF the
newspapers and magazines and reprints
them in a book at his own expense, and
nas the publisher send out copies gratis
With request for notice, then he IS at
lnce transformed into an author. and
is eligible for admission to any Authors
Club.
Upon this basis, which is the only
one recognizable in the present condi-
lions of American literature, there IS
hardly a town from Boston TO San
Francisco that could not get up re-
spectacle Authors Club-proyided the
authors were all clubable. The pro
yiso does present some difficulties. or
the myriad OF books that issue continu'
ously from American presses the
greater number indicate a degree Of
self.esteem that could not be satisfied
unless every author were made the
president of the club, with full power
To expel all the others. IL Is perhaps
on some such considerations as this that
three hundred has been fixed upon ID
New York as a safe limit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

"With regard 20 gambling, the Bishop
-f Peterborough maintained that bet
D.. neither more nor less than price
nqfI Tor chance. That. Of course, Is
trus.aud DO is also true that every trans
action il finance, 10 commerce, IN the
mo.t ordinary matters Of daily life IN
wolves some calculation Of the unknown
events of the coming hour, or day,
1r year. which. because they can
do. be certainly predicted, are COM
monty called matters Of chance. On
tn...n uforeseeu chances. every man Is
constantly stalking something, If 1t were
only when be resolves TO endure the IN
convenience of carrying an umbrella. or
tlr-k the chance OF getting wet, Just
.sl t0e merchant stakes bis money daily
when he BUYS or sells goods on his
inlrmert of the chance that the
make. Will Use or fall. One never
dreams of saying that the taking OF
such risks. or che paying for them Is
,iu and ihe bishop concludes that the
purchase of a chance IN betting Is
also not O. sin. This position he has
been driven to defend at considerable
length ln one oi the English reviews,
adding ttai il his opinion, the only
Sin of betting lies in the direction OF
extravaganza. as when one devotes TO
DO more time or more money than he
can properly aff0rd. Then, but then
only. boo the bishops opinion, does bet
tax become sinful gambling.
We are by no meaus prepared 10 &C
Ceul The doctrine of the bishops epi-
cfm as be has expanded and e1-
planned DC. The root Of all gambling,
large or small is c0vetOusness; and no
dexterilv of distinction will do away
with that fact. The abuse Of lawful
.Qcreations which makes them an IN
adOus. because apparently harmless:
Eradication of that root Of all evil,
as So. panl calls 1t. Is. i'm our opinion,
precisely " hat the Christian mOralist
aud Christian preacher ought TO warn
,nen against. IL Is not by whiting
.hinas down until the blighting black
ness of gambling comes 20 look ike a
1aere sDeck that men can be restrained
from one of the most serious
temptations of these times. Rather,
$50 think. by pointing out tha1
fpeck. and showing how II grows
Irt0 "a mOnslrOue SIN ana uabsei
i0 society as well as to the indiyd-
lal concerned. As we have said here
.ofore. the plea that sixpenny points al
whist are nothing 70 many people VIII
not STAND for moment. To say that
any Stake. however small, Is necessary
lo 1.-The interest of the game, IS TO ad'
mic chat the stake, rather than the
ZANE. makes the interest; and whel
such an interest is necessary, even te
versions who have no need Of the money
10 can only be because the presence OF
the stake is gratifying 10 some human
instinct OF passion. That instinct Is the
love of gain for It's own sake; Tho
passion is cOyetousness. This simple
fact utterly inyalidaies all the specioui
reasoning of the Bishop Of Peter6or
ough's expanded epigram. The
LhuIchmau.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02


Probably many persons who read the
story by Charles Gayarre in The Janu'
airy Harper will be surprised to learn
that the author few days since cele-
brated his eighty-ffth birthday. Judge
Gayarre was born in 1905. and while he
has written number Of books. and
been a prolific writer Of newspaper and
magazine articles, his literary career
did not begin until 1865. after his for
tune had been lost in the war. His
principal literary productions are a
complete History of Louisiana. three
volumes (ls47 '66l; Philip III. OF
Spain, biography, for which an in
PRODUCTION was written by the Hon.
Bancroft 1866 Fernando de Lemos:
Truth and Fiction novel (lS13l
"Aubert Dubayet, a sequel 70 the lat
ter t1SS2): The School for Politics, a
drama 1854, and "Dr. Bluff, two
act comedy. He writes with equal
facility in English and French. IL is
said that portions of his History OF
Louisiana" FIRST appeared in the French
language. and was afterwards trans
lated. His handwriting is singularly
neat aud beautiful. showing little OF the
tremor which comes with old age,
though at times he suffered from
writer's cramp.N His lectures and
magazine articles have been very nu-
merous. These last have appeared IN
Harper's. the Century, the North Amer
| lean Review, the Catholic Quarterly
and the Catholic World. Among other
topics. he has even been a warm do
fender Of the cause of Mary, Queen of
Scots. He has published a work Of in.
teresting "reminiscences of life IN Louis
lana, from the period Of his earliest re-
collection down TO the outbreak Of the
civil war. Mr.. Charles Aldrich, writ
ing Of him in the Critic, says. While
his later years have been a struggle
with adverse fortune and the increas
ing ills OF age, no hero has ever shown
higher fortitude and courage. 1t has
seemed to me that in future times
Judge Gayarre will be the Louisianian
whose lifework will longest challenge
attention and be best remembered
His history of the State-an exception
ally interesting Commonwealth
found in many public Libraries, and
the demand for it by the book buying
public still continues. It's literary
merits are very high, and it stands
among the best State histories thus far
written. | have understood that a
street OF square in the city of New Or
leans is to bear his name, or does so
now. A year or two ago the ladies Of
Louisiana procured fine oil portrait
Of ''the old man eloquent" and placed
it in the Capitol Of the State, with ap
appropriate public ceremonies.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
rursr KNIGHTS OF OURS.

ID. DAYS of old, brave knights there were.
ID. FURNISHED steel, armed cop-a-ple,
,..t sworn Co draw their irusty swords
,.s'r.f lad wrong and tyranny;
cen mo- land they fearless rode,
.r. for moor and weak 10 night,
,.'..l r.snIne shields and waving fags,
Nr.Ir nlftlc-cry. "God for The kightr
tr.rnfs a. those are known no more,
,.r' have thousands growing tall
..r .lr0rr. 90 form "a gallant band
.'f.re which many foes must fall;
....f, rn afmOr save their youth.
t.,..I fo uphold ali noble powers.
. .f.rfarlls blessed by Hope and Truth
.. E,lrhts Ofoursi These knights Of ours
........ v.nato'cr SIS false and cruel.
..t ,rnafo'cr rs low and mean,
...af oNI they viii light
At .. .f.adfast hearts and weapons keen:
....I fIc, ever turn 90 flee,
A.t|rr ihat they have lost the day,
..r..na voice VIII rally them
u... comrades, face the other wayi
.... ... t' know they hide with us.
'tfIrf they prize far, Gar above
....r things upon the earth,
....rs Hul "a sisters love.
.|.uII praise and honor them,
~ ..-....n Them with the sweetest flowers
.....nn victory they win
.. En.ahts of Oursi These knights OF
rsf "a ide Awake.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
OPPORTUNITY.

1t is related that a famous sculptor
once showed visitor the treasures Of
his studio. In 1t were many mythical
gods. One particularly attracted the
visitors attention. The face was con-
cealed by being covered with hair, and
there were wings TO each foot.
What is his manner" said the specta-
tor.
Opportunity" was the reply.
why is his face hiddenS"
because men seldom know him
when he comes 10 them
why has he wings upon his feet. "
Because he is soon gone. aud once
gone he cannot be overtaken."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
nALLIwELL-PHILLIPs CoLLECTIcN

The fact that it is now year since the
death Of Mr. j. o. well-Philllpps is
of considerable interest to students Of
Shakespeare the world over. For 1t VIII
be remembered that that eminent scholar
and collector provided in bis Will that
for the space Of one year following his
death the Corporation Of Birmingham
should have the sole option of purcha-
sing for a stated sum his unriyalled
trearury of Shakespeare relics. BIZ
mingham was thus favored By hun be-
cause it is the chief town OF Shake
sneare's native county. and would be,
therefore, an appropriate abiding place
for this great collection. Some time
AGO the Free Libraries Committee OF
birmingham strenuously urged upon
the Town Council the desiraoillty OF
accepting the offer. But the Council
demurred. They were spending much
money for free Libraries IN the various
wards OF Birmingham, which they re-
garded as literary necessities, ana had
no means left for acquiring what they
held TO be literary luxuries. The oHer
was therefore declined, and. now that
the wear has elapsed. the collection lies
open to the competition Of the world.
This great collection consists OF four
principal parts, which comprise, iirst'
early engraved portraits Of Shakespeare,
second. authentic personal relics third,
documentary evidence respecting his
estates and persons connected with hl;
biography and. fourth, artistic illus.
tratious Of places variously connected
with his personal history. Ia the first
the item Of the greatest importance Il
the most authentic likeness Of the greal
dramatist in existence. the " Drceshoul
portrait,n in its original proof stats
/ before il was altered by an inferior hand
into tho yltiated form in which II hai
been 50 long familiar TO the public. Nr
Halliwcll-Phillipps had an olIer o.
| g.. 600 for this unique portrait. Ia The
second part there may be especially men
toned four indentures which form thu
title-deedsto Now Place .Stratford-upon
Avon, upon It's purchase by Shakes
peare IN 1897. which must Of necessity
! have been in his hands, for this proper
ty was not morlgaged, and deeds wer'
not intrusted t. the care OF solicitors II
those days. Also of very particula
note is the original conveyance OF tn
Blackfriars House. purchased by Shakes
peare in 1913, which indenture is mad
between Henry Walker, Citizen an
MINSTREL of London, and William
Shakespeare, Of Siratford-upon-Av, n
, in the countie Of Warwick, Gentle
man. This deed is in a notably goo
state Of preservation. There may ais
be- mentioned an indenture of 1871
transferring the legal estate OF tn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
cnOIRs on BOYs.

.'In our remarks about boy choirs we
have already touched slightly on the
question Of discipline. and as these ar
ticles are intended 30 be practical and
70 help those who are without expert
ence in the formation OF such choir.
10 may be well 10 say few words
more.
III toe choir 10 10 be a success. il is
evident that the religious idea should
be prominent from the outset. The
possession Of a good voice and correct
ear should not be sufficient 10 secure
cne admission Of boy into a choir. As
he is % be an officer Of the parish. he
should be a baptized member Of the
Church. II il obviously inconsistent 70
have the praises Of God sung in divine
service aud the worship Of the congre-
CATION led by those who are not Chris
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
cuILnREN,s FEAEs.

THE best child in the world is liable
to be full Of fears; AID the child who
il full of fears deserves careful hand
ling. in order that his fears may not
cain permanent control of him. How
TO deal wisely. firmly. and tenderly
with a child's fears, is one Of
the important practical questions
in the training Of child.
To begin with. il should be under
stood that a child fears are no sign OF a
child's weakness. but that, as a rule,
The stronger child is in the elements
Of a well.balanced and an admirable
character, tbe.more fears he will.have to
contend with in the exercise OF his
CHARACTER. Hence child's fears are
worthy Of respect ana eau lot y, 'e ieInc
looked at as cause Of ridicule or OF
severity on the part OF those who OBJ
serve them. =,
Fear is not ''cowardice." Fear j;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

DR.. Westland MarstOn, whose death
was reported in London on the 9Th in
slant, was one of the most prolific of
playwrights, and one of the most sue
cessful. He was born at Boston, Lin.
coinshire, on January 30, 1919, and in
youth was articled to his uncle, Lon
don solicitor, ne soon abandoned the
law for literature, aud in 1e4l pub.
lished 1.-The Patrician's Daughter a
live.act tragedy. This was followed by
The Heart and the World, " "Strath
more,v Ann Blake Philip of
France, pa Life s Ransom, Borough
Politics.. - IA Hard Struggle and
later by Pure Gold. 1.-THE Wife 5 Por-
trait, " Donna DIANA and The Fa-
yorite of Fortune "A Hero OF Ro.
nance. - from the French of Feuillet,
produced in 1867 at the Haymarket,
with l.. A. SOthern as the hero, drew
crowded houses for a whole season. The
piece has always been popular. Life for
Life Under Fire. and other PLAYS
both comic and serious. followed It..
Among the poems with which Or.
Marston's name is associated IS the
Death Ride at Balaclava. lie also
published Gerald; A Dramatic Poem.
lls42). and a number of smaller pieces.
and a novel called "A Lady in Her
Own Right" which was published in
1860. He was also the author OF mum
Der of short stories, and won distinc-
ton as critic OF the drama and art. A
paper by DR.. Marston on Modjeska IN
England" accompanied a portrait OF
the distinguished actress, by Robert
Blum, il the Critic OF June 3, 1891. He
was one of the editors Of the National
Magazine, and was widely known aud
highly esteemed in the literary and art
world of London. The sad story Of his
son Philip Bourke Marston's darkened
life is familiar to the readers Of these
columns,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

mot long ago it was proposed TO or
ganize a society Of Christian endeavor
In one of the cities Of Central Psnnsyi-
yania. One of the elders in the chureh
whose Young people we're so organizing
announced that his daughter should not
be allowed 20 attend the meetings OF
such a society, because at them sue
would meet young men whom he could
not think of admitting to his par,or.
Thev were Christian young men, pu'
not of the set TO which his daughter
belonged. Aud yet. if ever there was
pillar OF the Church. that elder ws ;'
one. lie was a pillar because OF hl' '
capital practical talks at the weekly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
RESPONSE TO PRAYER.

Human responses to human requests
are more likely to fall short Of the re-
auest than TO exceed it. But God 5 re-
sponses to human prayers are more
likely to exceed the request than
10 come short of it. There is, por-
hans. no time when God in his ans
wers more truly exceeds the bounds Of
our requests than when he sends 70 Us
peculiar affection. And yet there Is
no time when we are more likely than
lust then to look upon our experience
as something quite apart from any thing
that we have asked for, or hoped TO re-
ceive. We are seeking light in the
DISPERSION Of the cloud' when all the
time the light is in the cloud. We
are asking God for an explanation Of
our darkness, " and are expecting an
answer from all quarters but one
the darkness itself. We pray for
deeper knowledge. for broader expe-
rience. for higher spiritual realizatlons;
but when the best means for obtaining
those blessings are brought to our door,
we fail to recognize them as the very
things for which we have been plead
ing and hoping. One thing that a
Christian may well desire and pray for
is the spirit and power to recognize an
answer 10 prayer when it does come,
though it may come in way as mucn
better and fuller as Gods ways are
above mans WAYS, and Gods thoughts
above man s thoughts. ".-Sunday School
Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02
"REMINISCENCES OXIDE QUINCEY.


The following extracts are taken
from Nights and Days with De GUM
cey, " by james Hogg, in Harper's Mag
azine for February:
When Quincy was most depressed
there was one talisman held by which.
skilfully used. | could nearly always
lift" him. 1his'was The Baker, in
the famous essay on Murder Considered
as One Of the Fine Arts.
We had somehow gradually estab'
lished a queer sort Of freemasoDry
about this character. Ii IS difficult to
define it. Perhaps / may put it that we
had elected to consider him handy man
at pinch-a man quite free from
ly-shally-always decided IN bis
views. and with a certain ready activity
in asserting them.
When the fits Of depression cams on
and in cold weather they were often
long and severe DE Quincy sometimes
said to me that he had never been
warm ia his life), watched my
chance,
When / saw that things were at the
worst, when some peculiarly moody,
morbid observation showed the mental
tension and physical misery, | used to
remark, rather suddenly and shortly,
What would the Baker sayr'
The effect was perfectly magical. The
dropping head was raised, the pallid
face slowly wreathed into a half
amused smile, which seemed to convey
well, that is q good idea. We have
not vet considered what can be said and
what can be done from that point of
view It seemed to act as a mental
tonic. After a short pause he would
start some subject-something often
which | saw he expected would make
ne disputatious. Gradually he warmed
TO il. and as KEEP. 1.-The ball rolling d by
few brisk rejoinders, or some fresh
''feelersn which were not difficult to
find. away he went.
The original subject soon became two:
By aud by 1t branched and became hall
a dozen. The torpor and depression
seemed todisappear as the active, awak-
ened brain found expression through
the tongue. and in two or three hours l
would leave him quite a new man. lie
would afterward most gratefully ac-
knowledge the benefit which had ac-
crued in this fashion. On the next in
terview l would generally remark,
The Baker did you good the other
evening" This received a cheerful as
sent. either in words or ty a meaning
emilio
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

on orator number one and literally
chased him from the neighborhood OF
his exploits.
IF. s." writes to the London World;
The father Of Robert Browning was
for many years-forty-odd. believe
clerk in the Bank of England. where
he wrote shoulder to shoulder with a
man, one Of whose daughters married a
brother of mine. To this .ellow-clerk
the elder Browning not only lent all
his young sons early poems, but he
likewise lent him his OWL manuscript
verses. In this way | got to know,
when small boy. that Robert Brown
ing. If he did not inherit poetic gen JUS.
inherited his faculty OF rhyme from
his father. In particular, | recollect a
version Of The Pied Piper, written by
Browning pers. as being very lively
rhymed version Of his sons popular
story; and l fancy heard that the two
versions we're written by father and
son in a friendly competition.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-02

LEAVES

"He hath nerer fed Of the datnfies that ar,
bred In book; he hath not dfepoper as niocre
Ne han nofdrvnk ink; his inteilecf e MOI repien-
t.j.ed: ~ tsoniy sensible IN the duiler pGrfs. -
Iovc's db or Lost.
What Is iucice read is better remembered haT'
rsdf ls hHnscrtbed.
Samuel J0hnsoH.