Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-12-30

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A BRIGHT BOOK OF TRAVEL.
When New England woman born with
those qualities which, In that favored cor
ner of the world, are known rs "faculty"
and "gumption," adds to thess indomit-
able perseverance and ambition, ID is quite
possible that she wiz attain those ends
whereto her purposes are set.
Mrs. Adelia Gates was 9 woman thus
gifted; q really original and interesting
character. She was never too young or
too old, too poor, or too much discouraged,
to do anything that she thought was worth
she thought was worth Q vis'
| Like Lucy Larcom, she Was . mill hand
| at Lowell; then district school teacher.
4 At thirty shs began the study of Latin In
4 preparation for q college course, the necez-
sary funds for which abe earned BY two
4 years. hard work ut making bird cages.
| She endured the hardships OF pioneer life
In Kansas, yet the prosiness of housework
did not wean her from study,
or prevent her from developing the
| artistic side of hsr nature, for
| st fifty ycers ue find her bsoomias ont as \
I! professional painter of flowers. At sixty
1 three she started out to see the WORLD
he great wide world beyond the ocean
| alone, and with but slsnder means. I'm
| psrturbable, cherry, sympathetic, abe
found friends In all lands. Whatever was
best to be seen In European cities abe saw,
| and much also that ordinary travellers
never see. She visited Iceland and the
Sahara, the vslley of the Nile and the
| North Cape. She travelled as her means
| allowed, contented with deck passage on
any sort of craft, or third-class passage
on train, or with q single pony and no
| baggage when other tourists required q
caravan. In the Sahara she visited places
where no other white woman had ever set
foot, and it was here that the Arabs con-
ferred upon her the title of "Sid," which
being translated means lady or mistress.
This name has suggested the pleasing
| dtle of q very pleasing book, "The Chron-
icles of the Sid.n Like those other
| "Chronicles of the Cid," wherein are per-
petuated the exploits of the Spanish ma
tional hero, Ruy Disz, IL Is full of interest
| and adventure. but with less of romance,
and more of wholesome cheerfuIness. Tha
writer is Mrs. Orpen, lifelong friend of
Mrs. Gates, and she has lovingly recounted
| the doings and sayingn of her friend In a
very bright and vivid way. Some of the
later records of travel are given In Mrs.
Gates own narrative, and the book lie
commended to all who are fond of enter
tanning biography and travel, and also to
those whose ambitions, whatever direction
they may take, are fettered and checked
by their reliance upon the power of the
purse and the lack of that 'fgo-ahead-
itiveness," that carried our New England
'sSid" 80 successfully and happily when
ever she thought best to 60.
xoRE TosagE TANGLEs.
Nervousness, anger, excitement; con-
stitutional difficulty In articulating certain
sounds and consonants; the speakers
thoughts outstripping his utteranoe, any
of these, and possibly an impish malice in
the unruly member itself, are the predis-
posing causes of "tongus tangles." They
are sS:d - DO growing very common, and
probably are token of the nervous rapid
ity with which most of us live and move,
but they are always to be dreaded since
the sympathy of even ones best and dear
est is overwhelmed by their righteousness,
and laughter is not to be repressed.
Even accustomed speakers trip over their
own tongues, 30 to speak, and then, en-
barrassed, founder about distressinely.
Such was the case of the preacher who be-
gan: 1.-THE gospel which / have read to you
unfs Inorufug, my -rrrezrSssy ss
the miraculous healing of q man who Tas
both duff and demb." Then he paused,
conscious of some dreadful error, rallied
and went on: 'I mean, of course, demb
and duff"
Another clergyman delivered q familiar
passage In this wise: sit is easier for @
camel to 20 through the nee of an idol
| than for q rich mani. Here he saw
the amusement upon the faces of his audi
ence, and deepened 1t TO open laughter by
explaining, 'I should have said the nidol
of an ee."
Is 1t heedlessness, owing to an undue
sense of security in familiar words that
causes such blunders as thesei We find
| SO many of them attributed to clereymen,
| who must use certain phrases repeatedly,
that IL seems as If their own
carslessness must occasionally be the
cause of their embarrassing mis-
takes. One speaks of the "Dook of
deuteronomy" another of the "Colostle
to the Epesians," and still another an
| nounces that ga collection will be made at
the poor for the benefit of the door" An
English clergyman, now 9 Canon, once
took for his text the words from Ecclesi-
astes, "a living dog is better than dead
lion," and read 1t thus-'.A living lion is
better than dead dog" then hesitated,
blushed, and improved the matter by read
ing 1t again, "a dead dog Is better than q
living lion." Another good man. having
blundered by saying, 'from the crown of
his foot to the sole of his head" hastened
to rectify the mistake. 'T mean, from the
sole of his head to the crown of his foot"
And then, In desperation, he shrieked out,
"from the foot of his sole to the head of
his crownl"
A minister, we'll known In New Haven,
was once preaching to congregation of
strangers, having exchanged with their
regular pastor. A young preacher, who
seemed In melancholy mood, had accom-
panied him. The subject of his discourse
was worldliness-ttths cares of the world,
the deceitfulness of riohes," the need of
rousing themselves to higher, nobler pur-
pose. "Oh! I tell you, my brethren" he
said, In impsssioned tones, 'if 1t were not
for sae love of the girls-of-the-girls
I'VE should be happier" words
trailing of family as the smiles of his
hearers grew broader. Then, hurriedly-
But tho smiles of the audience were still
visible, long after he had taken up the
broken thread of his theme, and he felt
that the impression his sermon had left
upon the minds of bis hearers was any
thing but serious one. After the service
was over he said to his young companion,
81 don't see why should have made such
ridiculous blunderg'
"But you were right, brother" replied
/ buo uolhucuoly you6A, Wuo otiocutly Has
suffering from some painful experience.
Actors also occasionally speak "trip
pingly ON the tongue in manner not
| Intended by Hamlet when he gave his eele-
brated advice to the players. One an
nounced that the injured man had received
. "thullet in the borax," and another,
whose part 1t was to rush excitedly upon
the stage at the critical moment In an eae-
. cution, waving paper and shouting tfThe
presidents reprisver" brought down the
house by her thrilling cry, sThs residents
| perieveW And neither of them was suf-
feriDg from stage fright.
Itwould be easy to multiply examples
and to show that tongue tangle IL no re-
speetor of persons. (And, by the way,
those words almost wrote themselves tang
toungles by way of proving that state
{ ment, or limiting that enough had been
) herein chronieled concerning them. But
one more instance may be given by way of
warning to those inhospitable souls who
frown coldly upon the stranger within the
gates of their church pews. "Pardon me,
SIR" said one of that ilk, pompously, ''but
you are probably not aware that yox are
occupewing my pie"
Lest this whole column should bs occu
pied with these freskish tang tounglee
2 (there 1t is Dit will be well to pause right
= here. HILARY.
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