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The evening world., 1894-06-23
81 never said so, john
What's the matter with my singing.

II never said so, john
SIR" -
- thought you liked my singing, SIR,
| miss your voice In the place more than
any ones, You sing with all your heart,
not In the choir why. them
No. ! feel as II couldn't, sir ! feel
somehow, that II my. voice is not good
good enough for another. / feel Tits q
sort OF disgrace like, sir: j shall still
come, but IL can't sing"
He looked so utterly miserable, with
the tears standing in his wide. troubled
eyes. and his lips quivering, that the
minister took his hand and said what he
could to comfort him. He made him
that ne should leave, the choir. but the
wish of those musical experts, Mr.. Gran
| and Mr.. Miffin, whose opinions In such
matters could hardly be disputed; AZ
hints that the alteration might be only
temporary. and that before long John
would be back in his old place leading
the choir again. Then he tried to turn
but could not do II successfully, and
presently Invented an excuse to hurry
away, and hurried away full OF self
reproaches and regret.
things came into operation. Mr.. Gran
had well-trained voice, and certainly
led the choir as It never had been led
before, John sat among the congrega-
tlOn with his mother, but he did not sing.
How could he after what had been said
OF him? He was ashamed OF his own
voice, and stood there silent and detected.
The older members of the congregation
and many of the younger sympathlZ
with him, and felt that he had been un-
fairly dealt with, and did not hesitate to
say so. Some of them during the next
few days wiylaid the minister and spoke
10 him about II In such reproachful terms
that he was reduced to making rambling
excuses for his own share In the trans
action ana vague promises that he would
see wlat could he done. He was con-
sc!entious man, but weak and easily in
fluCnced. ana he had 10 suffer on all
had acted wrongly, hut did not see how
he was to nut matters right again now
without n lot more unpleasantness. Every
Sunday morning and evening, from his
pulpit he could see John there In his pew
looking. hurt and downclst, joining In
none OF the hymns and taking but little
interest in the whole service. lie missed
Johns voice. too, genuinely missed II,
and felt and said that since he had grown
mute the singing had lost all its inspir-
Ing hCartiness, ana the choir had become
merely a piece OF nee 1an!Sm.
For, you see. John did not understand
note OF music. so he and his choir
used to sing only the tunes that every
ton could join in singing with immense
gusto and enjoyment. But Mr. Graz set
himself TO improve all this. lie reorSan-
lied the choir, but stlll he could not get
more than two or three people into II
who were able to read music, SO he had
practice, at which he would sing and Mr..
Mimi would play. and the choir would
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IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN.
Abandoned Baby, Dressed FIX
pensively, Found in a Doorway.
Policeman Looney Mado q Signal
Failure as Nurse.

Somebody left a two months old child
In Lexington avenue doorway last
night, and this morning the little one
made great disturbance in police cir
Giles for two hours before II was finally
given into the care of Matron Travers,
at Police Headquarters.
John Bowling. OF 2lS East Fifty-ninth
street. was on his way to work at 6
o'clock this morning, when In front of
S51 Lexington avenue he heard child
crying. and saw an animated bundle on
the stone steps of the house.
He picked up the bundle and found It
was a child wrapped in a silk shawl
There was no policeman In sight. so he
carried the little one to the East Sixty
seventh street station. Then II was
found that It was a male infant about
two months old.
The child's clothing was particularly
noticeable. The underwear was fine and
| clean, and the little purple dress was
trimmed with silk and was OF the finest
quality. From this 1t Is believed that
whoever deserted the child was In more
than semrortable eirevm sn as the
but designed with the ut most taste.
Policeman Looney said he could stop
the, child crying In minute, but AFTER ne
had walked up and down the, station,
floor for half an hour and the child
cried louder than ever; It was considered
that the policeman didn't know much
about children. and he was ordered to
take the little one to Police Headquar-
tiers.
Looney gave the child drink OF ice
water before he started. with the result
that it cried Justify during the entire
: trip downtown. and directed a great
/ deal Of comment against the policeman.
! When the Headquarters Building was
reached Sergt. Clark walked the child
! UP and down the halls until its cries
aroused Matron Travers on the top floor
, Then she went down and got 1t.
That child Is very sick. said Police
man Looney.
| He is not" returned the Matron
"hes hungry"
Five minutes later the baby had drank
nearly a pint Of mink and was sleeping
quietly.
The police are making an Investigation
in the neighborhood in an effort to find
the child's mother.
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THE LONDON STAGE,
Sarah Bernhardt's Rousing Re-
ception at the English Days,
Willard's "The Middleman" De.
cIared Behind the Times.
An American Actress Put to Test In
tho French Language.
Copyright. 1884, BY the Associated press.)

Copyright. 1894. by the Associated Press)
LONDON, June 23.-The event Of the
week In the theatrical world of London
has been the reception which Mime.
Sarah Bernhard. the great French
actress, has met with at Days Theatre.
On Monday last the audience assembled
reached a pitch of enthusiasm seldom
seen in England. and this was in face
Of the fact that the remarkable acting
Of Nine. Eieanore Duse, the great Italian
actress, had led people to imagine that
q star of unusual magnitude had arisen
ara hat 1t was destined 70 eclipse the
supposed-to-be waning light Of the
gifted and versatile tragedienne who
had SO long held the sceptres OF power
over the stage.
But Bernhard proved herself SUBJ
timely equal to the occasion. and
demonstrated beyond any doubt that
she was still the magnetic actress of
old, that she had lost none of her Won
derful qualities of fiexibility OF voice and
dramatic fire, and that, SO far as per-
sonal appearance Is concerned. she
seems to defy the ravage of time. After
the third act of "Izeyl," Nine. Bern
hardt was recalled eight times, and It
shower too much applause upon her.
"Izeyl." as outlined in these de-
spatches some time ago, Is four-act
sacred drama" by NM. Armand. Syl-
vestre and Moran, which has had long
run at the Theatre de la Renaissance. in
Paris. The plot Of the play is located in
India at the time Of the coming Of Bud
dha. Izeyl is a beautiful courtesan, who
tries In vain to ensnare the new
prophet.
e. 8. Willard was accorded the most
cordial welcome at the Comedy Theatre
upon his temperance in London after
his American tour. But Mr.. Wizards
company was considered by the critics
to be inadequate, and his play. THE
Middleman," Is pronounced to be behind
the times. AS a result. the Comedy
Theatre audiences during the week have
been slim.
Another event of interest in the world
OF theatrioals was the appearance OF
Julia Nelson and Fred Terry. both Of
whom have for a long time past been
members OF, the Haymarket Theatre
company, in the melodrama Shall We
Forgive Herr" at the Adelphi Theatre
on Thursday last.
Tyrone Powers's 1.-THE Texans is pro-
nounced by the London critics to be con-
ventional and crude, but 1t met with a
sympathetic reception at the Princess
Theatre on Thursday. AS already an
nounced, 1t is the intention Of the syndi-
cate behind Mr.. Powers to produce his
other plays. THE Sins Of the Fathers"
and 1.-THE Potter's Daughter" .., 81.
,, The Queen has taken box for the
Drury Lane season of German OPERA
which opened on Tuesday last with a
fine performance OF "Walkure."
In order to meet the competition OF the
triennial Handel Festival, which opened
at the Crystal Palace on Thursday. Sir
Augustus Harris has decided that Jean
de Reszke Is to appear on the Festival
days next week in his favorite operas,
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The whole crowd was simply crying
and sobbing and shouting all together
And looking up, dazed and bewildered
Mr. Gran saw dimly the figure Of a
man coming down a ladder through that
binding, sufrocating smoke with lit
tie child in his arms. Before the ma 7
had reached the ground Mr.; Grafi
broke from the men en-, ThP 10 held nhi,, Nm I'm
his own arms. and held 1t close, as II
he could not assure himself, even yet
that 1t was safe. But the crowd
swarmed down upon the reseuer, cheer
II he had had hundred hands every
man In the crowd would have shaken
every. one Of them twice over. They
pressed about him. and would not leave
him alone. His face was all blackened
with the smoke, he had been singed and
scorched by, the fire, but they, kneg him
him. 1t was John Wicks. And the
crowd rolled on before him. as he went
away. and beside him and after him,
last he escaped into his own house and
shut the door on them. Then they ran
back to the scene OF the fire. and found
the fire engine hard at work and the hre'
Early next morning, soon after John
had opened his shop, Mr.. Gran came
quietly in looking nervous ana depressed.
His old. blatant self-assurance seemed q
hand warmly. and seemed as II he
wanted to say something. and did not
know how to begin. John. just 10 break
the awkward silence. said how sorry
have suffered by the fire. when Mr.. Gran
interrupted him.
>" All Insured" he said, with an ef-
fort: don't matter a bit. 'Tlsn't that,
sir. Mr.. Wicks," he continued brokenly
after momentary pause, " she-she-is
oLr-only one, sir and =
on the counter, and hid his face In them
and sObbed in q way that was pltltul u
hear John dd not know what 10 do;
hair, and St8mmCred awkwardly that II
Was all right AMI didn't matter, When
suddenly Mr.. Graf appeared 10 conquer
himself. He stood upright, cleared ms
thing, stopped, leaned across the counter
AID grasped Johns hand again, huskI!y
Calculating: GOD bless YOU" and
turned at once and bolted out OF the
shop, TWO days after, he came In asaln,
but this time he. had got himself wei
under control. he spoke with his old
self-C0ntldcnCe, his old air OF imperative
decision. And having thanked John, in
easy. conventional phrases for saving
his little ones life, n continued:
And now I'm going To ask you TO do
me a favor, Mr. WiCks. | am too much
upset 10 attend 10 the choir NJ present
In fact, between ourselves. | can Elake
nothing OF 1t. Knew couldn't before /
try II; and I've tried 1t and failed, sir,
and | know of no one so capable or
leading II as yourself. You led II sue
eessfuily before; win you. as a personal
but l thought" said John. Innocent
thought i had-I had no voice. sir"
'Mef Not me. oh. no. cried Mr..
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a good voice?"
than good voice." observed the minis
THE thing is, does he understand
music?" continued Mr.. Graf.
No" calculated Mr.. Mi%n emphatic
mo" echoed Mr.. Gran. hes got no
voice and no ear He can't sing himself.
and he's got, people In the choir who
don't don't sing n,, Now, sir, we want to get as
and we came to suggest that you should
see Mr.. Wicks and explain to him, in
your own perfectly friendly manner that
credit for starting the choir, but he
shouldn't try to do more than he can
The minister still vaguely and uneasily
put forward the argument that Mr..
Wicks was doing his best. and was
really very good man. but he felt that
he was beaten; he was weak and anx-
ious to please. and yielded at last to the
only asking resignedly. who would take
Mr.. Wicks' 5 place II he resigned. -.
The best man we can find, SIR" said
"whish '' /! p! Mr.. Gran himself. SIR" de-
clared Mr.. Mimi. "he is clever vocal
list, capable choir master-a"---
Mr. Graf demurred. He said No.
no." but he meant yes, yes, and Mr..
Miffin knew what he meant, and would
not listen to a refusal; he artfully con-
trived to draw the minister into the
discussion and, out of mere politer ess
and a nervous desire to be agreeable
Mr.. Mutt hesitatingly uttered an APP
proyal Of Mr.. MINIS suggestion.
THAT settles II then" cried Mr.. Graf:
III you wish 1t, sir. OF course / Will
undertake the post. And you may rely
upon 1t shall do my best"
After they were gone Mr.. Mutt re-
preached himself with his own weak
ness. He had not desired the altera =
ton, and yet somehow he had not only
consented to ask John Wicks to resign.
but had been led into authorizing Mr..
Graf to take Johns place. He lay
awake at night worrying over II, but he
had not courage to undo what he had
done. and for two days he had not even
courage to go and explain matters to
must put II off no longer, for that even
ing the choir met for practice. So he
called at Johns shop In the afternoon,
anf found him alone behind the counter,
pound packets his usual genial buoy
anCy seemed to have quite deserted him,
and he shook hands with the minister
without saying word.
well, John" said Mr.. Mutt, nervously,
"you-you don't seem quite up to the
mothcr|
II met Mr.. Mifln yesterday, SIR" John
burst forth impctuously, and he said
you wanted me 10 resign, and-and'-,
He could hardly control his voice, and
there were foolish tears coming into his
big round eyes, land he said you wanted
Mr.. Graf 10 lead the choir. I've led IL,
sir, these seven years. You never told
me you didn't IKE my s Sssr s1r Gh, ,.,
tered the minister. You SEE
He said you thought I'd got no voice.
The evening world., 1894-06-23
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with, No voice, sir. None at ALL" said
Mr.. Graft. impatiently. I've heard all
KITS i me1 aae oys m snShs as MIS- sir
keen Mr M ear for .n music II. IKE myself" said
stop to H, iD te apte; Mr. M P Sraff :
We must have that choir reformed.
have a new leader who"-
Why not lead 1t yourself. Mr.. Graft,
i sls In tpo sure 1t Sou!dnt have better
well, I would do 1t, SIR" replied Mr..
Graf, II they could not find a better
~ "Bstts err, Where are they going to find
Well, anyhow, " cried Mr.. Graf, as
evening. and wen go and see Mr.. Mutt
eeiisent man 90o that s Min is he ADDED led
to his wife. after Mr.. Mimi had left
them: "knows vocal talent when he hears
1t. Keen hearing, He Picked out my
My singing struck him. and he looked
round to see who II was. Very clever
man he seems to be |"
ing day to see Mr. Mutt. who received
them alfably In his neat little study.
sit down. gentlemen" he said. beam
Ing then sor HI;
Sit Sa,v, $500
mo, sir" replied Mr.. Grafr, solemnly
but Mr.. MifIin and thought we'd come
and see you about little matter con-
yes" said Mr.. Mutt. inquiringly
Nothing wrong, ] hopper"
He had a horror of anything going
wrong. He was an easy-going. quiet,
good man, whose chief fault was an
over-anxlety to please everybody. He
was gentle and supersensitive to such an
extent that he would put up with almost
anything sooner than hurt any ones
feelings with unpalatable truths II was
not positively his duty to utter.
We'll 1t Is something wrong" an
"Yes?' said Mr. Mutt agan. inquiringly.
"Yes. It's about Mr.. Wicks's singing;
sir" pursued Mr.; Graf declsiveiy, land
"Wrong;' sah Mr., Mutt, uneas!ly.
What do you say. Mf Mimi" cried MIR,
Mr., Mifin said he was afraid it was
bad" calculated Mr.. Gran, 81 never
s smpy s sSSeEnE GSn Eevs ter saw
impous, but II is very nearly"
"Mr Wicks Is a very good man." re-
marked the minister feebiy.
"oh, It isn't him, II his voice was as
aud he ought rot to be allowed 70
lead that choir any longer. It-weil it's
Hes fond of his work. He does his
best. Mr.. Gran. And he is really an
Gran, Indignantly. "But II does not foi.
low that we are al capable OF leading
choirs He's good man. but has he got
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TIE MAN WITH NO VOICE.
But John W9ckes PROCEED That He Had
the SOMl of q Hero.

was the gentleman who played the har-
monium. And he was said to be jcal-
Gus because Johns voice was so power
full and the choir so large and loud that
he not only could not hear himself play,
but the congregation could not hear him
either. That put him out more than The
singing, and he made so many COM
plants about 1t that, at last, On the
minister's suggestion, John reduced the
choir.
Then there was not sufficient volume
OF sound in the reduced choir to tone
down the singing Of John Wlcks. His
voice could be heard above all the other
cope with it on anything like equal
terms except the harmonium. And be-
tween Johns voice and that instrument
there began a great struggle for pre-;
would be given out. the harponium
would have prelude all to itself, then
umphantly. But the harmonium was
after 1t at once, hand over hand, so to
speak; caught It. lost II caught t again,
strove with 1t desperately, and some
, times the one was temporarily success
full and sometimes the other, but no
permanent victory could be achieved by
either.
This state of things could not always
continue, but 1t lasted for some six or
seven years. Then George B. .Gran
the congregation, He had come from
London, and was a smart. energetic
man, who boosted that he knew good
singing when he heard 1t. and that he
had led the choir at his chapel in Lon
don. And when he heard John sing he
had no hesitation in saying 1t was the
worst sample OF vocal melody that had
ever come beneath his notice,
Its the first time I've heard him, Mr..
Miffin," he said to the gentleman who
played the harmonium, as they walked
away after service. but. sir, my nerves
apnSitiVn that fhny Inn rrpUel
and torn by the sound"
"Well. sir" replied Nj. Mifln, glad to
have found partisan, II have been try
ing TO stop II for some years past, l
have spoken to Mr. Wickg, but he seems
to think | am actuatad by personal
spite against himself. / have spoken to
MIR. Mutt, our good pastor, hut newell,
you seq, Mr.. Wicks was almost the iirst
to join the chapel, he has taken a lot OF
interest in II. and has done a lot of
work for 1t, and is very popular. lie
started the choir
"But that's no reason why he should
lead It when he's got no voice TO lead It
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Bonnie Thornton Still Singing for
The Little Tots.
Everybody Should Help n Charity
Like the Sick Babies Fund.


These are fearful days and nights
for the babies The we'll are weak,
the frail are fading and the Ill are
dying.
Every mother who can AFFORD II has
left town, or will leave as soon as she
can get her little folks ready. There
are so many customers In the lilipu-
tian shops buying feather-weight out
fits, glove-kid shoes and gossamer
stockings that II Is difficult to be served.
Family physicians who are called in to
see what ails the precious darlings Of
their regular patrons. to a man, pre-
scribe the same treatment. viz:
Get baby out OF the city as quick
as you can"
And that Is the order OF the day.
Even those In moderate circumstance
VINO cannot change their residence live
on the wing. Boats that go down the
bay, carry little family parties-morher
babies and nurse. The whole day Ia
spent on some health giving beach. The
return is made in the cool of the evening
and the sans, programme is repeated
the following day. One. can do with a
minimum of food and clothing. but
abundant fresh air cool breezes and
clean water Is the price of life.
AS early as o'clock, these feverish
mornings. care-worn and misery crushed
women. with one, two. and sometimes
three, ha,f-naked, unwashed and rest
less children may be seen In the city
parks. In the City Hall square the
stone steps OF the public buildings are
impa ssable. Sleepless mothers and fret
full babies come from their prisonlikt
homes In the rear tenement-hous
where pestilence and want help to make
the victories OF death easy andnumer'
Gus.
Occasionally a gasping baby is dipped
into the fountain or the aching head
and burning hands are laved to revive
it. This is against the law, but there
isn't an officer in the department who
would interrupt the lf"-,aving toilet.
A SUM war'.r. belonging to the mid
ton in Wash Wilmington square, 'e states thai
that breathing spot Is the nursery fol
hundreds OF babies. They come befor,
| dawn and remain until the burning ray
OF the sun drive them home
The Hebrew Institute, at East Broad
way and Jefferson street, is designed
for educational work, but the, claims o.
humanity were so urgent during thu
systematic charity Is being done. TIL,
! roof garden, instead of being reserved
| for the young people belonging to thu
by the babies and children in the crowd
ed neighborhood. Any man or woman
with a child Is carried up In the ele
vator and given the freedom OF the roo
| until 10 o'clock In the evening This 4
| a sublime kind OF mission work. T,
| the magnanimous directors and officer
the Fund doctors owe the lives OF sew
eral patients.
Glorious work Is being done by littl,
| Bonnie Thornton. Of the Madison Squar,
Roof Garden. On and off the stage sh,
has the babies welfare ut heart. Non,
| Of her friends escapes. Everybody sh
meets is importuned for what she call
"a lit tie mite" At the performance las
evening she sang her best songs agains
| the fireworks and the marching musi,
OF 10000 Saengerfesters. 1t was a try
| Ing ordeal, but she was equal to II. ant
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When the new I. Ebenezer Chapel was
founded In a little front parlor In back
street of Market MumborouSh. John
Wicks was one of the first men to be-
come a member of 1t. He went into 1t
heart and soul. He was not satisfied to
be only one of the congregation; even
going round with plate and helping to
take collections did not satisfy him. He
founded a Band OF Hope. and devoted
lot OF his savings towards giving 1t an
annual excursion. He inaugurated a
building fund with the object Of ERECTING
O real chapel. and the fund grew ana the
chapel grew, till in due course the ilttlc
parlor was abandoned In favor OF the
new and stateiier ed!hce. An organ was
out OF the question; you can't have eH
erything at once; but somHbody presenter
harmonium. then John ORGANIZED
himself at the head Of 1t and led It.,
But It did not follow him. IT could not;
He sung 30 persistently out OF time anu
Independently of him and hope for the
best. For though, In the ordinary mean !.
ing OF the word. John had the Nolces oi
three men combined in one, " musical
idea on the subject appeared to be, as
leader. II was his duty to keep at least
one note ahead OF the choir. The choir
and would get up speed and hurry on in
a determined effort to overtake him; he
would hear It coming, Increase his own
kind of neck -and-ncc race Till the choir
caught him up and passed him, and left
him a word and half behind at the end
OF the verse Then he would try to make
up for It in the next verse ne would start
first. the others would come hurrying
after, and, finding they could not catch
him up would flnish with rush rush ana Z, "a a
the last with him altogether. Then they
would have to wait for the congregation
and the harmonium before they could go
II was not a high-class style OF sing
ing, but as the congregation among
themselves used also to sing very much
on the 'go-as-you-pleaee" principle.
none OF them made any serious com,
q musical critic. and though 1t did occur
to him now and then that something
put II down to the fact that he had
Emo ear" and said nothing about II;