Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-04


g e ElS mind 10 specify
a some OF the wors.
aud say on paper
what my tongue rair.y throbbed TO utter
personally 20 the objects Of my wrath.
Foremost amoag these place spoiled
children and pablo pianos. Children
and music are the two cLiefest blessings
Ia life, bat am writing Of spoilsd chill
lren snd pss6ls- pianos. and / am per-
fectly sur. every homes. and fearless
traveller, or for taat matter stsyer-at-
home. win agree with me that mere dis
comfort 5 70 be obtained from these two
sources IN . given time than days Of
peace can compensate.
One lies in oIe's berth or on lounge
In the saloon on board ship, haunted by
he inelapcnoly and vague fo-ebodings
which eiih-- precede, follow OF servo as
substitute for raai dc sssr, and although
ife Is not apparently worth the living.
one endrres il with certain amount OF
ktoic@l philosophy uatil somebody sits
down at the piano and with d prelini-
nary skirnisli nd and down the key
hoard, ike the howl of wild beass in
sight OF is prey. or the war waoop
OF . band OF CUnaackes. begius tne
Blue Danube" waltz CT the Guards
MARCH," or somebody's dream, or the
o.her ones cradle song, o. soEs flight
ful atte-cg. at Wagner, o. rcrhaps oely
~ etude ard !. few chrorcatic scales.
%hzt-rer i. IS IL il pretty sure to be i'll
played. md tie agony CT assisting q. al
.Acge fa,se notes, fascoc. c-nsh-s. trying
sgsiss ard frantic attempts 1t plunging
through by main force, is foretssto OF
purSatc-y to which one should not be
called upon to submit before death.
: Or il. by Eone chance, tbs pianist is
rcrrps.ent aud tho piano in tune, there
Is sdr.s.hing irritating and upse:sinis
abous music when one is not well Md is
icaginx sor quiet. like music as ven
4 ~ moss resp!s. although ssoa's balIsvA
irose people like it as well as they pre-
tend 10, Bot dca't Ike it out OF IFS
proper satfi-g ,ad occasion. The opera
Is necessity OF civilization, and some
body 20 pay ard sing at a reception is
In9tspeasaele. and - little music" on
Vie water goes well with moonlight,
Romance. and all that. but music when
b1o Is gassrically unhappy, or try
ing 70 sleep. or to read, or to find
pas>wheys sne's money has all flown,
tr 80 write letter even while one
loathss the psn--uussr al these circum-
ttsncss music, no matter how good, Is
IN iupertlneuce, an annoyance, yes, q
hs1iss.ace, aud I always ehiver when, in
kx6g shrpugh the saloon of steamer or
r. . slotes. see . plano open and grin
kihx 6enance at mo from every one Of
Is s:zty teeth. As for hand organs,
tfrs-s ta.ii'r, ballad singers AMI all their
ilssttfen. slle wcrld has lis opinion oad
[ hesi ncs add mine, butif I were an
hutccrat would certainly place every
variety Of nusic unde- strict -cguls-
lions, and sec il il might be possible to
trevent it from ever again becoming q
tzSilc nuisauce.
= IA for syciisd children, am afraid it
lEoa,d &c more diEscrls to absts this
e2issEcs, aud Jet il is in some respects a
heavier one.
- Probab,y'tAcro arc no ether children
In the woSll 50 bright, SO handsome, and
yet SO spoiled and 80 irrepressibls Is
American children.
The national spirit OF independence
develops earlier .asn the national self
respect ard SELF government. which. tcith
the independence. make American adults
the most respscsaSle men in the world,
but the chill tee most impossible In the
World. unless brought I'D by exceptional
parents, and Of course ail mr. friends are
q this exceptional class
Bat the child vaom one often meets
% steamers, and It hotcls, and in picture
galleries. 'ud In all puslic plxccs Is Nm
tiy terror. Forward and unabasaied.
l. takes possession on tbs bes. seat, the
best window, the best coigsc de rantaT.
frthlessly t-snplin- on cne's a-aperfes.
laying sticky ssSers on ones s,sevs or
glove. puziing. cibosisg and graspiny
Hntil one Is glad to yield For the SKIS cs
sccape. IL cn0vsrsaGon IL astsa,ted,
Iris kind OF child either obtrrlaes his
DIVE quessioas and comments. or persists
ln facing bis mother. cos1sin or aant to
attend to hin and ais own topics to the
GesfrscfioE e the conversation.
AZ sabl- this soss of v3ild demands
sverythsr-N. air is oa-'N aissorl,s Ia
servs1ts ass-s ecSAss;ss ri attention. n
lss natural gusriss9s. waso vdnIy try 70
e>avince him that Iobsasr salad. milk,
pickles. srs ef,ser Will Nv. b likely 70
Nfee VIVA s7ih,. sssi viii "cypoee o,a
arsoshrr. : as they say N sparisa. in the
course ef dieessfon. Er persists IN his
own selectisa- aad ss.er. dinner Is either
sroS - . little Asod or III. 81 that mani
ms must retire with tim and coone back
h. dissunrse spcn ms extraordinary deli
c,cy Of Tommy o. 1ssty's constitution
and thexaethcis she has pursued to Keep
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has either lcolnez sn With szniiing sp-
prevail. or. surai,x skssr hscks uDen shs
wSoss p-sesea,,g, retire to sa~ir csbsns
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