Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24
DIR. TAINAGE's Horsr.

DR.. Talmage lives in q big four-story brown
stone house on the corner Of South Oxford and
Calvert streets, Brooklyn 1t is in a good
neIghborhOOd, and the house is perhaps the
finest in tine block. Passing up broad brown
stone steps, yOu enter a wide hall. the floor OF
which is porcelain tiled in blue and yellow. A
black walnut staircase leads from the right OF
this ball to the second story. and at the left.
lust opposite this. Is the entrance TO the parlor
This parlor IL about twenty-five feet long and
there il another smaller parior separated from
IL by folding doors at the back. 1t contains as
many curiositles as a museum. Beautiful pic
lures hang upon the walls and an old master in
oils representing Christ casting out devils
hangs inst at the left Of the entrance. The
floors are covered with Turkish and Persian
rugs. which DR.. Talmase picked up at Damasc rs
at the time be made the tour through the Holy
Land, and there are swords from Cairo, tables
from Constantinople. rare busts from Italy and
articles of vertu and curios from all parts Of
the world The rest Of the house corresponds
with the Psrlors, and every article in it to
have q history.
TALNAoE IN HIS DEN.
It is in this parior that Dr. Talmace receives
his visitors. He is besieged with callers, and
though he receives almost every one he has to
guard his privacy. His Workshop il at the ton
of the house. 1t is a big room, furnished in the
plainest manner and packed full OF books There
are books on the tables, in the cases and on the
floor. Magazines are scattered here and there
and the tables which take Up different parts of
the room are Uttered with manuscripts, news
paper clippings and papers. Not a half dozen
men get into this den during the year. DR..
Talmage restricts its occupants to himself and
his private secretary. The servants are not
permitted to clean il. and at long intervals only
is Mrs Talmage allowed in with her dust brush.
There are no fancy books IN this library and the
newest copies are torn and mutilated. In using
Aquotation DIR. Talmase tears out the para
graphs to which he refers aud pastes them into
ms manuscripts to save the time OF copying
them He does the greater part of his work by
aietatlon- He dictates readily, and some of his
best writings are taken down by an amanuensis
~ the rate OF l5o words per minute.
IL was in the pariors that Doctor Taimage
received me. and noted that the step with
which he entered was firm and springy. He
viii be sixty years old IN January next but his
hair 10 still brown. his dark, rosy face shows
that his blood is full Of iron, and he saws he
can eat his three square meals every day and
enjoy them. His talk with me was full of
bright savings. II was perfectly unconventional
and simple. IL covered a great valiety of sub
tscts aud only give taste OF its substance.
palestine AND THE JEWS
Referring TO the Jewish troubles in Russia I
ssked DR.. Talmage IL he did not think tina, the
Hebrews would eventually drift. back to P.lss-
tine He replied:
Il doa't think the prosperous Jew of Amer;c.
land offers no field for their undoubt ability
and they would be surrounded by discomfort
and misery. The future Of Palestine. it seems
90 me, is not destined TO come from the Jews.
II 10 field for the work of all nations and be-
heve that all the people Of the earth are to
unite in its improvement The lands between
Jerusalem and the valley Of the Jordan are as
barren as the plains OF Colorado. and In climb
ing up the hills Of Judea you pass through a
country where only the sparsest Of vegetation
Is Seen on the hillsides and where the erop is
made up Of rocks These hills. however. show
evidences that the land was once garden. The
hills are terraced and you see signs Of them
having been carefully cultivated In past ages.
! believe it viii become garden again These
roek% which lie upon the ellis above the
plains OF Sharon, where the Phillistines lived,
are lime stone. This stone is disintegrating
and becoming skeietonized. The lime Is sink
ing into the soil and Palestine Is getting by the