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almost on friendly terms now, but this dog
makes me feel as ! did " hen | gave my
hand in marriage TO my first wiie-as one
might, you know, who stood in the pres
enee of a superior being.
| would no more tell him 10 ''Go lie
down" than | would have told Goliath of
Gath TO go lie down"
And il isn't his size. after all. because
| weigh I90 pounds myself, and my teeth
are still good. but it's his manner. He
seems TO know that started out with no
advantages. He seems to read me through
and through. | never saw such dog.
lie sort OF realizes that | never moved in
his set. He is better bred ,han | am, one
would think, and he has more dignity.
He is so dogniiied that he wont even bark
His name Is ElosSy.
We live in the timber where it is pretty
thick, and / have had to clear of a few
acres for F.ossy TO Wag his tail on. He
does not wag it the same way that one
ought 10 under Republican form of
government. he does il as a well bred
duke might shake hands who had strain
OF royal. strumous blood in his veins.
Pm afraid that | can never live up to
Flossy. | have looked into his great, sad
eyes for hours and tried 10 discover one
responsive ok of love, or even respect,
but | have not seen II.
Once l laid my coat down by him and
told him 10 watch il. He looked at it
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language whose songs she is to sing, and
she must, / honestly believe, be thoroughly
acquainted with its people and be in SYM
pathy with them, or she will never score a
success in reaching and touching the
hearts of her hearers. The dialect song is
matter of heart as we'll as of the voice.
And if the former is not In sympathy with
the words that are sung no amount of fine
execution will supply the lack of feeling.
A very pointed instance of this comes to
my mind at this moment. was travelling
through Western town few months ago
when my eye was attracted by large play
bill bearing my name. Upon looking at it
second time | saw that it bore also the
name of young woman who was adver-
Using herself as the "only imitator of
Maggie Cline" The song she was to sing
was ''McCluskey," and the piaybill went
on to state that the young woman could
not only initiate Maggie Cline, but that in
many respects she was far superior.
Having a little spare time on my hands,
l determined to go and see the young
woman who. though thousands of miles
from home, could initiate me SO perfectly
And | also thought THAI I might possibly
learn something from the young woman.
for do not profess that have arrived at
q stage when 81 know it all" as the say
ing is.
When the curtain rose upon the little
Western theater that night l might have
been seen seated far back in the "dress
circle with veil drawn over my face so
that no one should recognize me, for l
wanted to get the full benefit of the West
ern version Of "McCluskey."
When the young woman who was to
''imitate Maggie Cline" came on the stage
was struck at once by her flippant man.
ner. She seemed about to make fun of
somebody q something and as if she re-
garded the whole idea as joke. When
she began TO sing her voice, though fine
and clear, was thin and there was not a
particle of earnestness or feeling in it.
TIE q, .dience ooplauded, but l could see
that they did not do so heartily, and the
delighted yels of the gallery gods were
lacking. The girl scored success after a
fashion, but if she had been gifted with an
Irish heart and the knack of true Irish
dialect she would have become a star
the other attractions"
Now, my conception of "McCluskey" is
that it should be sung earnestly. 1t is the
Irish woman with hot blood coursing
through her veins and fire in her eyes who
tells of fight in which one of her country
men comes out crowned with blood and
glory. The scenes of the battle are all
present to her eyes as she sings and the
audience atches her spirit and grows en-
thusiastic as Pete" McCracken loses an
ear or an eye. In no place should there be
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calling on the undersigned, who is about to
start for Europe
/ will cell my English massifi, Faossy, or ex-
change him for farming implements in good
order. He is a very large dog and can sneeze a
candle out at eighteen PAGES. He l. good dog
TO roll lawn with anu has good habits He
broke into Il corn field and damaged il twelve
dollars worth last summer, but IL was not
through malice. He would not hurs 4 flea
TWO of my men easily manage him and hold
him down while the children play with him.
He would like to go abroad as a com panion Tor
an Old lady.
would also exchange him for billiard table
or iur ove!coat. two-bushel muzzle aud a
hearty godspeed go with him.
His skin would make good rug, and the
sausage maker would find him a snost mex
haustible. l would lump him OFF 60 the buyer
or sell by the pound
For one who likes dog that can wag the bric-
a-brac from the mantel with his sail or 90 to
sleep under the dining room table watkins up
with wild start and tipping it over on promi-
nent guests. he Is great boon.
1 do not sell him because doubt his worth,
but because he Is a constant reproacn to me for
my simplicity OF manner. l have eaten bacon
cooked ON q stick in camp along with the Duke
OF Marlborough and did not feel half SO cut up
or ashamed al / did once when glossy came
into the room suddenly before l was dressed.
Another reason iOr selling is that need his
kennel to put pair of work mules ia.
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which shows that the accomplishment IL
rare one
Very true it is that the fast skaters Of
the world are born and not made and gen.
orally they are born of fathers who were
themselves faster on the ice than the aver
age. The doctrine of heredity seems to
play a strong part in the matter. Take
Joe DonCghue, for instance, the present
youthful champion of the world, of whom
America and Newburg may well be proud.
His father, "Old Man Tim" Donoghue,
was for twenty years the undisputed skat-
ing champion on the Hudson and only
succumbed to the prowess of his sons, all
four of whom became famous skaters--and
the four girls. by the way, turned out as
good as the average man.
Axel Paulsen, the great Norwegian
skater, was born of father who for many
years was recognized as one of the swift
est and surest strokes in his own country
and one of the greatest skating en-
thusiasts.
As far back as 1878 we find William
Turkey" Smart and .Gutta Percha" Sec
fastest skaters of the day, the number in
Guiding Turkey" Smart's nephew,
George "Fish" Smart, and "Gutta
men destined to become even more famous
in a few years than their seniors. Today
James Smart, another nephew, is I'M
doubtedly the greatest professional fast
skater in England.
Thus one finds in every country that the
art of fast skating seems to descend in
families with increasing glory from one
generation to another.
1t is very rare that one finds man in
middle life able to keep up the great spNed
of his youth ana retain the championship
as fast skater. The champions are gen.
orally at their best about %, particularly
those who develop the long steady stroke
which has brought such men as Donoghue
and the Norwegian Norseng to the front
rank. Still, a great deal depends upon a
skaters style, and man who in his
younger days mastered the right stroke
can hold out until 40 and be considered
first-class. l remember only the other
day seeing challenge issued by an old
man on Long Island over 20 years old
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ter with what she has been singing. In
her farewell bow she may shake her fist
at the audience with a tiny grimace. or
she may even stamp her foot or otherwise
carry out the part she has been singing.
This last impression must always be that
the dialect singer is very much In earnest
and could not to save her life have ex-
pressed herself in any other way.
Regarding the popularity of the dialect
song a great deal might be said. Ii
cleverly done the dialect song is always a
favorite with an audience 1t is funny.
And there is a touch of nature about it
which goes straight to every heart.
In Boston, where people are prim and
particular. they laugh at a dialect song be-
cause it is type and shows an amusing
side of nature. In Philadelphia, where
they are sober and subdued, they like the
dialect song because it is clean and the
whole family can go and hear it. And In
New York-"darlint" New York--they
like the dialect song, and especially
the Irish song. because thousands of the
sons of Erin-God bless them ARE toiling
and living in this great city, and to hear
the good old mother .brogue sung heartily
warns the cookies of their hearts.
MAGGIE CLINE
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the slightest levity. And in singing the
song ] must confess that | am 50 often SO
overcome by il and so aroused by the bang
ing and the booming behind the scenes
that when | have finished the song and
while the piaudits of the audience are
ringing in my ears. think | could go out
singie-handed and tackle ''McCluskey"
myself.
Thus must the dialect singer and char
acter impersonator feel, or she cannot
carry her aud ence with her. The requi-
sites of good Irish singer are a fair voice,
hearty, healthy appearance, quick SYM
pathles ana a natural brogue.
Ii is not necessary that dialect singer
shou have been foreign born. 1t is only
necessary that her tongue should have
knack for the language which she is going
10 sing In my own case l may say that
the Irish hrogue Is merely knack. | was
born in this country, and have been so
much with people who speak pure English,
that | could readily have gotten rld of the
last trace of Irish br0gue ii had been SO
inclined. But love ireland. And love
Irish people. And when began 10 cuiti-
waite brogue for my songs ! found that l
took TO il az naturally as duck takes 10
water. Nearly all OF the bes, Irish sing
ers have had Irish hearts. But do claim
that men and women artists VINO have not
a drop of IriAh blood coursing in their
veins, can do just as well, provided they
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are born with good voices and a supple.

are born with good voices and supple,
nimbie tongue.
The makeup for dialect songs, and es.
peciaily Irish ones. is peculiar. There
must not be the slightest suggestion for
doing anything for effect. The Irish i'm
personator must be healthy in appearance,
as have said. and the makeup should
only make her look healthier. Her cheeks
must be very red. her eyes very bright and
she must De plump-no matter how it is
accomplished. wan, pale, delicate, ''in-
teresting" woman would never take with
an Irish audience; nor with any other if
she sang Irish songs.
When l first began to sing one of my
supporters said 1 would be q success be-
cause look strong and because l am. as
the Irish say, "a foine woman an the full
of the door comm i'm That is the Irish
expression for good physique.
Unless dialect singer is going to dance
along with her singing she must be big
ana broad. The public will tolerate SLIM
ness, slendeTness and a delicate physique
only from those who have talent in
their limbs as well as in their voices. The
lrlsh lmpersonator must look as if she
could do big days wash and be none the
worse for her efforts. In fact. one of my
stock hits, when tired of repeated encores,
IS to come out on the stage and say:
Il d rather do a hard days wash than
sing ter yeZ any more" and the whole
house laughs heartily at the saucy health
and strength implied.
Another point in brogue or dialect sing
ing Is the emphasis with which gestures
are made. Delsarte isn't in it at all for
dialect singing. The gestures must tell
the story and tell it emphatically. Often
the song has to be sacrificed to the gesture.
frequently the dialect singer has high
note to sustain and several emphatic gest-
ures to make at the same time. If unable
TO do both at once the singer should sacri-
nee the note, letting 1t grow faint, or even
"Hat, " rather than leave out the gesture.
From the time a dialect singer appears
before her audience until she disappears
from view she should maintain the char
acter which she is impersonating.
have frequently seen a singer come on
the stage in a perfectly natural manner,
bow sweetIy to the audience and then
suddenly throw herself, as it were, into
her part and begin to sing in an Irish
brogue or German dialect, giving all the
tone, accent and infection necessary to the
part. When she had finished she would
suddenly recover herself with Jerk. bow
sweetly and walk off the stage couuet-
tishiy pirouetting a fan.
Such method spoils all.
The Irish singer should come on the
stage with the bold tramp, the assertive
manner and the saucily tossing head of
the Irish woman. When she bows she
should do so with little stamp of the
loot, just enough to show Irish earnest
ness. And no matter how fine may be her
dress she should not wear French heeled
shoes, nor should her arms be so confined
that she cannot swing them over her head.
AS she Is leaving the stage, if the audience
appiaudS her song, she may acknowledge
with salute. but it must be in charac-
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FATE's FRUSTRATED JOKE.

Once Fate, With an ironic Zest
Made mana most delicious fest
"FrOm out the void man evOke,.'
Said Fate, my best aud latest josei
stand him on two slender props,
Two pins Oh which the createre hops.
IL watch the unbalanced gawky sprawl.
Prong after prong behold him crawl;
Aud when strong wind from the east
Bows on this perpend cular beast,
III laugh to see him topple DER,
And all the gazing gods shall roar!
This mite shall feed the lions NAV
Aud dangie on the tiger paw:
Shall be the sportive panthers prey,
And fee from dragons night aud day.
This featherless bird oil awkward mold
shall chatter through the winters cold;
No hair or wool to MIN | give,
No turtle shell in which 10 live;
Nor can he, ike the bear" said Fate,
dig holes in which to hibernate.
Dat IN the universe fling
This naked. helpless, shivering thing;
o! all my jokes this Is the best,
This masterpiece OF JestI
But Fate, in mixing man his braias,
Forgot 10 take the usual pains.
Dropped III, and made II learlui miss,
An extra scoop OF phosphor lis;
Then man he slyiy said: You wait,
And / Will get the joke on Fate"
He did not iced the lions nav,
Or dangie on the tigers paw,
Bu, cut the lion into steak.
And used his kin coat o make.
The VIII rlwind from the east might blow.
But still IL could not overthrow
This Gathered biped, ior It's plain
This extra phosphorus in hi, braia
Was just enough upon each limb
To hold him up and balance him.
And SO through ali the years that come
tie keeps his equilibrium.
And so this pgonged and topping thing
stood straight and made 6lm>e & king;
This stfandiiug oipe1 did not fail
Iorule the elephant and the aaIs,
And even great Leylathan
Accepts the sovereign sway OF mas;
And sheltered safe from wounds and scar
His thoughts went out beyond The stars,
And travelled through times .horeless sea,
Ana wandered though eternity
And bufiied Fate saia; well, see
The fellows got the JOKE on me-
Samuel Woszer Foss
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sadly, read the name of my tailor on the
loop. shuddered and burst int, tears.
II hate to see great, strong dog weep
that way, but it showed me that l am
not up to. him at all.
How poor and cheap everything must
look to Fiossyl Once he speat the even
ing with Us, but it was very stiff and dull
Tor hum, and after we had piayed a niece
for him and l had sung Scandinavian
lullaby he came and asked To be shown to
his room.
thought he would do moss of his loaf
ing IN the library, but he only remained
there half an hour, looking over the titles
OF my books, many of which are by
American authors. He looked for a time
at the Christmas London Netrs. and then
sighed so deeply that two OF nv holiday
magazines. from which / had removed
the advertising. were blown Zap the chin
ney fiue.
1t Is an awful thing to be cowed bv
dog. All my articles of virtue. even those
brought nome from Paris, where they are
SO rare, tail to please or even interest
Flossy.
Yesterday he went out in the glad sun
shine and rubbed himself against the
barn, not knowing that it had been built
by contract. He was sorry shen he saw
what he had done, and cana and licked
my face with his great wealth of warm,
wet tongue.
The doctor says l wild never hear again
with the ear on that side. He is the most
copious dog l ever saw. But he has al
ways moved in different sphere from
my own and has been mere tenderlv
reared. l was reared by main strength,
but Fiossy was nestled in t:,e arms of
noble ladies and been fondlesj and kissed
by them. ! have not. / have never been
fondied much since the death of the Wing
party. Since that time have had to dress
myself and live for a purpose.
FIossy turns up his nose at North
Carolina and seems dissatisfied, He never
saw possum before and does not know
what to do with one. l see no way to have
any fun with him.
One day l dressed up to make call.
ana when l returned he came running
toward me. barking glad welcome. He
came twenty yards, and it was down hill.
He mlstoook me for an aristocrat probably.
and was coming to put his paws on my
shoulder and lick my spectacies off with
JOY, but l turned quickly ASIDE and he
went on through the conservatory.
1t it would not be too much trouble I
would like to insert the following notice
here and will call in and see about it after
q while:
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Persons of cultura pgn sacura % ru,a dnv bv
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Springfield Republ can.

Forty or nifty years ago Bill Curtis kent
the livery in Lenox. Mrs. Butter (Fannie
kemble) often took buggy rides, and a.
ways insisted that Curtis himself should
drive. On one occasion he was more
loquacious than usual. Mrs. Butter in her
tragic tones said: Mr.. Curtis. | hire Won
TO drive and not TO talk" Silence reigned.
When her bill was PRESENTED at the end of
the month she noticed that os.e DAYS
charge WAS 1915, instead of - cents. as
usuai--iivery vas cheaper in Leysox then
now. She inquired the reason. de re-
piled: ''Seventy-tlye cents for che ride
and 81 for your sass" She paid without
further question.
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FOURTH OF MARCH.
Ceremonies Attending the In
auguration of President.
|JEFFERSON'S THE SIMPLEST.
Lfncoin's the Most Exciting, Garfeldsi
Entered the Capital in 1884.

The most dramatic Inauguration cere-
mony OF president was that which oc-
curred ST midnight on September 10, 1881,
awhen Gen. Arthur received the oath of
scfice. The simplest--and it has always
been called the typical Democratic cere-
mony-was that which characterized the
Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson. The
most exciting ceremony was the one
Extending the Inauguration Of Abraham
Lincoln. and perhaps the most brilliant
was that one which accompanied the in
Anguration OF President Garfield.
! President Washington was inaugurated
With such spiendor of ceremony as gave
something OF offense to the citizens of the
republic, who, even then. believed that a
great democracy should not ape for
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THE DIALECT SINGER.
Maggie Cline Tells the Requi-
sites for an Irish Song.
WHERE WOULD-BE ARTISTS FAIL
Asggie's Conception Of the Great Song
"Trow Him Down, McCluskey'-
Intensely in Earnest.

A dialect singer is born-not made.
That is my honest opinion.
l do not believe that by any amount of
study woman who has only a good voice
and pretty manners to begin with can
ever win her place in public approval as a
dialect singer unless there are other quail
ties in her makeup.
Ii she IS going to be an opera singer of
pure English she has only to cultivate her
voice and learn stage manners. If she in
tends to sing only in concert all she needs
Is lot of good clothes. capable manager
and fine voice, of course. But dialect
singer must have natural gift for the
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THE SWIFT SKATERS.
Only a Score of Them Have OBJ
tanned Worldwide Renown.
0ONOGHUE q YEARS OLD.
Differences in style and Stroke In Differ.
ent Countries-Donoghus Stroke
L. Six Yards Long.

would speak of some Of the fast skaters
of the world. the young men, for they are
rarely over so. who come flying in first nc
great tournaments on the ice, covering
themselves with glory and making their
countrymen proud of their records. The
population of the world is about i, 500. 0O0-
900, and of these not more than a score can
be called great skaters in point of speed.
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II you are Bilious take BEEcHAxs PILLS.

DR.. J. Eugene jordan has removed IRON tn
Yesier residence to safe Deposit building.
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Ladies, 20 10 j. J. W.ttwcr, dis Froa: sir5s:.
and have your nsir properly attsn led "a
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CNAMEIIIOGS.

The storms OF passion must possess the soul
OF any poet who would move the world;
Above the forest OF his heart must roll
The hurricane mid GsafeEing thunders
huTledi
But am quite content to build rhyme
And pat two eyes OF b ne, TAO lips OF rose,
Two dainty feet (lest II should pass for prose-
Aad golden cufis in it-whiie killing time.
Lee PqSrckUL
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