New-York tribune., 1891-12-25

Won want TO Invest little cash in scheme am us
Enro1I would like to go in with you first rate,
old man but the tact Is have Just begun TO save
ia going TO give me.-tsmith, Gray d CO.'S Monthly.
The author Of the poem, Ny Mothers Hands,
which appeared the other day In The Tribune, is Mrs.
ellen N. IL. Gates OF East Orange, n. J. 1t fst
appeaped nearly twenty-five years ago and has been
almost continuously copied ever since. Mrs. Gates
q also the author Of the following poem which has
besn widely copied
SLEEP SWEET.
Sleep sweet within this quiet room,
o thou, whOe'er thou art,
And let mournfu yesterday
Disturb thy peaceful heart.
Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest
With dreams OF coming Ill,
THY Maker Is thy chlngeless friend,
His love surrounds thee still.
Forget thysef and ell the world,
Put out each feverish Light,
The stars are watching overhead,
Sleep sweet-Good night Good nighti
recently consecrated bishop Of the Episcopal
Church has youthful son, who not long ago asked bis
sunday-school teacher who the stlngest
mentioned in the Bible. The teacher saw that the
lad wanted the opportunity 10 answer the question
himself, so he said, al don't know, do your "fes,
Caesar was the reply. "why CaesarlD asked the
puzzled teacher awhy don't you see ~ said the boy.
aThe Pharisees gave our Lord penny, and when lie
asked them Whose subscription is thisP they said,
Caesars and think he must have been pretty
mean man to give SO little
Too Demned Democratlc.-Mr. Goodsell ION vestbule
TrlnBut what do you t9ink OF our paacecar servcsf
Lord Howlong-I think It's an Internal nuisance. u
always makes me uncomfortable TO see other people
a comfortable as am.-(Puck.
Women have Just been admitted for the 1rst time
TO the orchestra chairs Of the Opera Comique, In
Paris and the Paris papers are Signalling that face
as one Of the signs of progress which the sex is max
ing. The subventioned theatres. the Coincide Fran
caIse the Opera and the opera Comique have al
ways enforced the rule that the orchestra and tho
parterre should be reserved solely for men, women
being permitted 10 occupy only seats In the balcony
and the boxes. The strength OF this tradition has
long since been lost in the other theatres. whero
women are permitted on the floor. What a marked
change this makes In the character and appearance of
the Opera Comique audiences can be appreciated only
By those who have frequened It's performances. The
habitues are understood to be protesting vigorously
against the change and the newspapers have already
entered on q discussion Of hats in the theatres
question which has not hitheto had much prominene
In Paris.
ANACREoNuC.
In the year five hundred and si1ty-two
To Greece was born son,
And Jolly oily hsathen it seems wa. he.
anu II ae ACCOUNTS CUNTS Of Ys the Gentleman be true
And his name was Anacreon
lie sang of the virtues Of sparkling vino
From the cellars OF ColoPbon,
AS 10 bubbled and danced Ike an amber spriu
In its golden chalice, blissful sight,
And he drank as ne sang, the merry wisn<
For he was a poet that loved TO dne
This Greclan Anacreon.
He sang OF the charms OF women, too.
OF beauties that dazzling shOne,
OF flowing tresses and dimpled smiles,
OF mirth and music and Cipd's guiles.
For well he
The poet Anacreon.
And he wrote of the solace OF happy song
po When h the the pssses 0 yS yS vv wes Sa s%s
The winged Muse trpped on Iambic feet
His touch was dainty, his thought complete
Tho method was right IL the moral were wronS
In the verso OF Anacreon.
Wine women. and song was the triple thems
That he loved to dwell upon,
And so it Is true, as Horace says
"Time has not drowned his sporavo lays
All fair were the old Achaean days.
When life a tuneful, bibulous dream,
The days OF Anacreon.
Morris Bull In The Rochester PostExprns'
The girls Of Cornwall according TO a recent trav-
eer, give nobody any trouble In early lfe They an
little automatons in youth, silent as pagan stone cir
cles In girlhood voiceless and blushing thereafter
until welded, when they at develop such strensta
Of character temper and tongue. that half the men
Of Cornwall are known individually as "Jnny's JACK
and in railery are greeted with the inquiry "Iio"A
the woman as owns EEL"
First Time on Record In writing up this e1 Gu
tion," observed the city editor, "you have made an
objectionable OMISSION
vi thought got all the facts fatered the new
"No,' reioned the city editor kindly. but firmly.
"you did not You failed to say that the doomed man
slept soundly the night previous to his execution
-(Chieago Tribune.