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AS Others See Us.

MIR. George Darrell. an Australian author
actor, who recently passed through San Fran
cisco Ell route TO the antpodes, has been inter
viewed in Melbourne relative TO his American
experiences. "The American STAGE" he said,
"since my last visit to the States in 1881, has.
in my opinion, deteriorated. The Gays OF the
classics are no more; the legitimate is shelVed,
and, save In rare instances, the financial sue
cesses OF the managers are principally made by
ODera-bOutfes and a series of farcical musical
absurdities that, judged from critical stand
point, are beneath contempt. One advance is
notable and encouraging. American critics
and the public are commencing to appre-
result, there are a few exceedingly well written
plays holding the stage, and there is every
prospect of better work ID the future"
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Oarbed in mock PhiIosopI1v,

Chicago paper calls Sydney Grundy's
'Sowng the Wind' clever Adephian play in
the tTappings of mock philosophy, and offers
the following extracts in evidence:
sex against sex 1t always was - it always
will be-
Sex against sex-but let the fight be fair Let
each bear its own crOss-and let everything be
called by Its true name.
Sex against sex, you stand by your mother
Sex against sex, take your fathers part.
] sowed suspicion. and you reaped the sheaves.
out Of love stnned, out OF love have suffered
One who has never loved has never lived.
To the men be the honoTs-to the women the
disgrace!
Why should women be virtuOus? Is vice to be
mans monopoly?
Why is such happiness not for such as me /?
Because l have been tempted ana have not
falIen-because 1 have suffered and have not
The sin was mine-the punishment was hers!
sowed the wind and she has reaped the whirl
wind.
met a man or a woman worthy OF respect
knew that there must be another world, n
world OF happiness not world OF pleasure-a
world where men were not In love- but loved.
Where 1 have given my love, there VIII put
my trust. ,,,,.,ou,, -.
nv fathers honor.
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JOHNNY ROgers' Ouaudarv.

John Il. Rogers, formerly Minnie Palmers
husband, and TO whose enterprise she owes her
success on the stage, writes from London TO the
Philadelphia City Item on the subject of his
troubles in England. He is printed as saying:
Where is there place for to rest and be
publicly con ldered in the right? The law ap-
pears 10 be made for the crook and the wealthy.
More than year ago tried to get hearing, and
up to date am barred First excuse. then
another.
Does 1t mean that any foreigner coming to Eng
land with his wife does placing her at the
mercy OF a wealthy or tilted scamp ana no re-
dress
II get married here would go NJ for bigamy q?
If took on mistress would lose my divorce
ana possibly be divorced with alimony TO pay the
wrong 'un,"
v hat am | to do?
Go wrong, or commit suicide?
o commit suiciue rather than go wrong means
to have ignorant jury cast verdict OF ITEM
porarly insane"
Some people never meet with misfortune and
know not OF what they speak.
let am yours merTily. JNO. r. ROGERS.
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Mesdames Bernhardt and Leslie.

At her hotel in GeImyn street, London, Mrs.
Frank l. eslie recently entertained at breakfast
Sarah Benhardt. LeXtOn Hunter editor OF the
Sybarite. and Charles Alvin Gillig, preslden OF
the United States Exchange in London. Nine.
BernhardJ and Mrs. Frank Leslie soon became
friends and unbosomed 10 each other th II
weals and woes. The French Iragedlenne eX-
pres sed her profound admiration for America
and cOsas de America
Tie Americans" she said, "haye SOUL wit
and keen apprt catlOr Of art in It's highest
form. In America you find Ihe true chivary-
The chValry which gives To woman her proper
place.
London TO me is sad, so SAD. American
cities give me life. LoOk at the climate and
the people. France ana America have always
been friends. Lafayette helped you somewhat
ID aims. America has appreciated French art.
/ sp-ak not of myself l Speak-but Nine. Les
lie, am talking, and l would rather rest.
VOLTA, | love America, and / believe In the love
between tie TWO greatest IepubIlcs in the world
and In their dual destiny"
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Across the BaV.

Oakland theatergoers will have an opportu
nifty of witnessing John Drew's excellent per
formance on August 13. at the Macdonougb
when that clever actor and his American COM
pany Will play an engagement Of four nights
and matinee, presenting The Butterflies, .
"The Masked Bail" and christopher Jr." All
cash ORDERS for seats during this engagement
will be received UP TO August 6, when tie regu-
lar sale of seats and boxes Will commence. The
Drew cOmDany's enga cement will open the
second regular season Of the Macdonough TN.
der the present management.
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is GIVING OUT.
The Use of Natural Gas Is on the
Decline.

.
Decline.
The use of natural gas has. according 10 the
report of Special Agent Weeks, been gradually
declining since its grand squirt in 1892. The
only Stale in which its use for manufacturing
purposes increased in 1898 is Indiana. While
the supply Is far below the demand in other gas
fields il is declared 10 be we'll sustained in In
diana. The reported number of feet of nine
laid increased during the year TO II. 800 .657 in
PENNSYLVANIA. 5,720,373 ill Indiana and
/, ,4O4' O98 ID Ohio. The largest production OF
IN gas 10 PENNSYLVANIA was SIS, ,2S2, ,375 in
1888, since which lime it has fallen to
S5.4SS, 900. "
ONO showed tie largest falling off in produc-
tioD. In 1892 the amount was S2I36. 900
while IN 1893 it went down to l,51O. 900 the
total value OF natural gas consumed in the
country ~ 1903 was $14.346, $50, against
Sl49Oo'714 IN 1888. The greatest value of
me Gas consumed IN any one year was S22.-
6l9,o75, ID 1888. From that time there has
ueen : gradual decline, with aggregate OF about
so,3oNooo less for last year than 1888. Nat
ural gas l' now found IN commercial quantities
oui SIDE OF the three States named in New Yort
ILLINOIS, Kansas, Missouri West Virginia,
iexds. Arkansas. New Mexico, Utah, Tenne-
see and Wlsconsin.-Age of Steel.
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the engagement, will be presented in the same
manner aS it was duUing the run of $50 nights
at the Empire Tneater, Nrw York. Liberty
HAIR Will be the second play, "GudgeOns" the
third, and The Councillors Wife, the fourth.
1t is admitted that out of the 400 players
Charles Erohman has under salary the twenty
people who appear in Sowing lie WIND are
The pick. The names prove this. They are
almost as costly as a grand Opera company. The
weekly expense for maintaining the orgauiZa-
tiOn on the road being in tn thousands. MIR.
Frohman has paid The author, Mr.. Sydney
Grundy, nearly $4,000 in royalties for this
piece. Under the old terms made with foreign
autbOrs-S10 for a night performance and SIS
for a Misunderstanding would have received Tor
the same length of time only $500 A sue
cessful plaYWrter gels quickly rlcn NOWADAYS.
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ton, May Robson and Genevieve Renolds;
Henry Miller William Faversham. Fr'nk
Mills Robert Edeson. W. II. Thompson
". H. Crompton. f. Y BackuS, John Sorrento.
J. p Whitman and Arthur BOyaa are among
the male conin gent 1t VIII bring TO San
Francisco with other plays, enc mat has un-
doubtedly met with the most marked success
of any dramatic production given upon the
American stage in several years This play,
Slowing the Wind" has for its theme The visit
ing the sins of the parent upon the child. The
''sex against sex question" is also introduced.
Sowing the Wind" would be OF more than
passing interest even though II had not already
proved a striking success, by he fact that 1t Is
from the pen of that studiOuS dramaIist, Mr..
Sydney GTundy. This author has at least a
half score of successful plays 10 his credit, the
latest being the one under notice and "a
Bunch of NiOletS," which is now the reignng
success upon the stage Of the English metropo-
lis. Sowing the Wind" the opening play o.
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after next. Mr.. Irving feels that the financial
results of his tour are assured Iii ad-
vance, and be sees no reason why be
should share his profits in the future
with American managers Mr.. Wizards ex-
perimt nj in cutting loose from A. Nj. Palmer
and travelling under his own direction last sea
son proved success, and as Mr.. Irving Is quite
as good a manager as he is an actor he
naturally thinks he can be as successful as
director in America as Mr.. Willard has Deen
Grau one of their b. st paying attractions.
According TO Mr.. AL Hayman. the managers
Of MIR. Irving's last American tour got little
more than Tie shallS of The OYSter.i
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ChangeIeSS.

He came back to his boyhood home
After some forty years,
And when he looked upon the scene
His old eyes filled with tears.
Upon the old-time commons. where
He'd played with the bat and ball,
There tOwer'd d in the smoky air
warehouse grim and tall.
OF all the scenes he once hadknown
He could not find a trace,
or could he find among the crowd
One dear, familiar face.
Naught could he hnd that was not changed.
Unit ], across the way,
HI saw the billboard with these words:
East Lynne-By Ada Gray"
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Enricn CanpobeIlo.

This wel.knOwn barytOne IS now with an
opera organization in the Southern states, ana
appears to be gathering golden opinions from
press and public During last month the com
panv plaved in Atlanta, Ca, and the COnStilu-
ton says great many nice things about the
way in which they rendered Mascagnis "Cav-
alIeria Rusticana" Mrs. Randall Is the prlma
donna, and The orchestral Leader bears the
same name as the music director at our IVoll.
Campobello is highly commend d for his sing
Ing and acting In the role of Alho Judging
from what The critic writes, lie has the same
strong yet suave voice, and the same gallant
stage bearing as of yure.
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Women in Male Characters.

Miss Olipn Webb has been appearing re-
Gently in London as Hamlet. Miss Marriott is
said to be the best-known lady Hamlet of mod
ern days, but before her time Charlotte Cramp-
ton had we'll deserved reputation throughout
The old Western States and in California for
playing the Prince OF Denmark, Richard III
and other Of Shakespeare's male characters.
Charlotte Cushman was a notable Romeo.
Miss Gladys Homfray, now playing a. the Lon
don Vaudeville, also made her first prominent
appeaTance in the British metropolis as Romeo.
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A Note From DYllvn.

PARIS, July 8, 1894
To The Gail: l have just seen the costumes
and theatrical designs for RusselPs Ccmedi.
ans during the coming season. am one of the
CalIfornlans who first left San Francisco in
1881, although / have played here repeatedly
since. After doing the Continent will return TO
the United States August L.
BERNARD DYILYN
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Strauss Masterniece.

'The Gypsy Baron" is billed for this week
at the Tlvoli Opera-house, and will be brought
out in most elaborate manner under the stage
direction Of Ferris Hartman, who was the
comedian and stage-manager for number of
years Of the Conreid Opera Company. The
opera was originally presented at the Casino,
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gifted of the Belgian school of

most highly gifted Of the Belgian school of
viOlinists and Is called "Ghe modern Paganini -
His Ill from mere technical point of view
has excited the astonishment of The art c. nters
OF Europe. He is said to have a remarkable
pure tone and digital fexibility that has few.
II any, equals. Thompson Will arrive in The
united States about November next, and PROB
ably Will include San Francisco In his profes-
sOnal tour of the country
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Grundv,s {. Sowing the Wind"

Charles Frohman's stock company from the
Fmpire Thearer New York. will begin an en-
gagement at the Baldwin Theater on Monday
evening, August 6. Taken in its entirety this
nrgauiz ltion probably now stands without an
eoraI among the stock organizations Of
America The ladies are: Miss Viola Allen,
isabel Irving, Agnes Miller, May Hamp-
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Wisdom by Exnerience.

AS has already been announced Henry Irving
has decided 10 follow the example OF E. S. Will
lard, and be his own manager when he comes
TO this country for another tour. Bran
Stoker, his confidential business man, has
already booked nearly all his time for season
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A Drama Of the Time.

New York Day by Day." to be produced at
MOrOscO's Grand Opera-house tomorrow night,
is Of the same order, bui with differing Incl
dents. as The Streets of New York." Under
the Gaslight,' and several more of like ilk. 1t
is a sort of dramatic world, peopled by nearly
every type of character thai belongs 10 our con-
ventIOnal civilIZatlon-a bad, twisted topsy-
turvy world, as Browning writes, where all the
heaviest wrongs get uppeImost a glimpse of
the ulOt Will give the reader an idea OF tae
drama:
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AndO and Omne,

An Oriental iuggler and his female assistant,
are good cards at the Peoples Palace Music
Han Besides them there is La Belle Cuba ii.
b. Clifford, DuradO, a marvellous equllbrist,
Miss Mabel Hudson, sweet soprano, with
attractions.
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Cesar Thomson.

The famous Belgian violinisJ who bears this
English name was born In Liege and is the
pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps. He is one of the
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John Drew's Windup.

The first TWO weeks of John DTeW's stellar
engagement here have ended. lie can well
afford TO smile, and. bowng lovingly with his
hand over his heart, say to this public Il thank
YOU" lie reception given him has been most
generous, The Endorsement Of his work enthusl-
astic. lie large ana fashionable audiences at
the BALDWIN Iheater have shown plainly and
ep,pnat fcally that they Ike Mr.. Drew. Miss
Mau Adams, toe. has won many admirers for
her dainty and exquisite work. Tomorrow
evening Mr. Drew enters upon the last week OF
Els present engagement. For ihe first three
nights comedy by Madeline Lucetle Ryley,
entitled .'thIlstopher Jr.," VIII be presented.
This play was successfully produced on the
last night OF Mr.. Drew's Eastern season and
with il Manager Charles Fr9hmdn VIII open the
comedians next season Iu New YORK at the
Empire IhedieI, IN Sc IembeT.
Beginning Thursday evening and FOR the re
maiuder Of lie week The Butterflies" VIII be
revived al lie Baldwin. MI. Drew is a manly
and magnetic ACTOR ana his ioYe-maN lng, oi
Whlc he has Il iOJ 10 40 IN The Butterflies,
is so GruIl. yet 80 earnest, SO Heartfelt and yet
so humorous, that one cannot help laughing al
and beng uelIghted with H. Tie aniaiOry cpl
sode under the lTer IS quite sufficient M Itself 10
make a uiay go" lUg It is not the only love
scene in which Mr. Drew ana lhe dainty damOsel
Maud Adams aie concerned. There ar several.
The balcony incident IN Tie SecGnd act, Wneie
Tie Two gltls throw hauGtuis OF rose leaves at
tAeU coy and cOhIrSsIug luF-iS, was a pdfucu-
laIIy happy though, on Henry Guy CaTletOnS
pdIt
LUCETTE RYLEN'S COMEDY,
"ChristOrLer il" IS IN four acts and tells the
story OF a ught-he rted SpeEdthTItt whose
father has ,uueaYO, ed 10 iii him for one OF tie
professions, but who IOlljCkiugly refuses 10 put
his nose down 10 tile sIiuus one aud goes
through life happily with lots Of fun and plenty
OF debts uutl love catches HIM IN lis snare.
lie refuses 10 marry lie glIl his father selects
iur lIu. but picks a sweetheart OF bis own. and
thereby gets himself. h!s pal ent>. friends, and
in IuafS i'm Fl
AR and loye-maklng furnishes a sentimental
fringe 10 the comedy 81 uatIOuS. Finally, away
OF 10 Calcutta, where the young man has
settled down, all lie complications are neatly
smoo. Led ana the hero takes TO his heart a
beautiful girl whom he had married years b.
tore buI had never seen until lie Went 10 India
Mr. Drew. who can change from gay and airy
ways 10 tile sweet seriousness Of love with The
ease OF a thorough artist, Will be the hero who
Twice marrles lie heroine, and pretty Maud
Adams The heroine.
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than the different scenes mentioned. albeit
some Of them are slightly exaggerated for stage
effect. Braham has several catchy melodies
scattered throughout the different acts.
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3ome four years.prevlous to the opening Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18

Certain it is that Q belief in the moon as
the abode of the fathers was widely spread
among the people speaking the Aryan Ian
;1iages. TO the present day the peasants
n Swabia are heard to say, May go to
the moon if did it, instead of May | die
if did it, nay, people who work on the
Sabbath day are threatening even now that
they will go to the moon-that is, that they
will die and be punished in the moon.
A more startling idea-peculiar. it would
seem, to India--was that of the moon serv-
ing as the food of the gods. And yet. though
it sounds strange to us, it was not so very
unnatural an idea after all. The gods,
though invisible, had been located in the
sky. In the same sky the golden moon, Of
ten compared to a round of golden butter,
was seen regularly to decrease. And if it
was being consumed by anybody, by whom
could it be consumed if not by the gods?
Hence the ready conclusion that it was so,
and that it was, in fact, this food which Sc
cured to the gods their immortal life.
If so much had once been granted. then
came the question. How was the moon grad
ually increased and restored to it's fullness?
And here the old superstition came in that
the souls of the departed entered the moon,
SO that the waxing of the mooa might
readily be accounted for by this more
ancient article of faith. Hence the SYSTEM
atized belief that the moon wsnes while it
is being eaten by the gods and that it
wakes while it is being filled by the de-
parted souls entering it. A last conclusion
was that the gods when feeding on the
moon were really feeding on the souls OF
the departed. Quarterly Review.
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rrsouinr a Pair of Bandits.

Two brothers, Cucchi by name, Corsi-
can villains of the deepest dye, found the
neighborhool of Aiaccio too hot to hold
them and resolved totake refuge in Sar
tene. They found small boat upoa the
beach and desired the owner TO put out to
sea. impossible" said the man. 1.-THE
boat ia too small for such a voyage and
would certainly founder. " DO rs you are
Did," said the Cucchi, covering him with
their guns Under these circumstances the
boatman had no alternative, so he got in.
and they pushed ont to sea. But the waves
were high, and by Il little dexterous man
agement he contrived TO make his boat
rock in such a fashion that the bandits
became violently sick. "You see, l was
right, he coolly remarked, when his pas
sengers seemed sufficiently reduced. You
will certainly be drowned if you go on
thus. You had much better let me put
you ashore and 20 back for II stronger and
better boat" $50 be it, gasped the ban
dts. "Oh, anything is better than this."
They were put On shore, and in due time
the boatman returned with larger boat,
but at the bottom of it lay four gendarmes
disguised aa sailors, and the brothers Cue
chi were taken before they had time t.
discover the trick -Contemporary Re
view
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Distinguished People.

Social Leader-Hello, Prominent Citi-
Zen Whereve you been?
"Been taking a rest while Leading Bust
ness Man was being interviewed.
"Seen anything Of Well known Opera
tor lately"
Eyes, saw him chatting with One Fully
Acquainted With the Facts Ia the Case"
SLOW about Heavy Stakeholder"
''I.ast saw of him he was arm in arm
with A High Official"
II saw A Leading Politician and One
Eminent In Reform Movements just step
ping into restaurant looking for an In
side Party, but want to ask you if you
met 1t Can BE Authoritatively Stated or
On the Highest Authority in your ram
blings?"
Certainly I did, and about half a
square behind him saw Refused to Allow
the Use of His Name"
Didn't you encounter A Leader of the
Opposition, An Ecclesiastical Authority,
One Who Speaks on Behalf of His Fellow
Officers, Official Mouthpiece, Political Seer,
Eminent Financier, An Old Employee,
Leading Director and all that crowd?"
"Say, Mr.. Society Leader, you're getting
ahead Of me. guess hereafter Pll tell
newspaper reporters to quote me as plain
John Smith. "-Philadelphia Call.
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.lie Arncnians.

The Armenians are one Of the most an
cient races in the world. Their country
is mentioned by Xenophon and Ezekiel
and in the cuneiform inscriptions OF BABY
lon and Assyria. All tho nations that sur
rounded them have passed away. but they
remain, though their country has been
harried with fire and sword for centuries.
The speaker ascribed the permancuce OF
tho Armenian race to the virtue of their
women and the exceptional purity and
stability of their family life. Even in
their heather days polygamy was uii-
known to them. They have been Chris
tian nation for more than 800 years ard
have undergone perpetual persecution tur
their faith from the surrounding ufieutal
peoples. Lecture by A. Ahovian.
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A Mean and Cruel Sport.

By far the meanest, most cruel and most
demoralizing forms of sport tolerated by
the law are those which consist in the
shooting, hunting or batting of certain so
called wild animals, which are not pur-
sued or killed in a true state of nature.
but are first captured and confined in some
cage or Enclosure in order that they may
be afterward turned out and worried for
the amusement of the assembled sports
men,"
Pigeon shooting, together with all kinds
of trap shooting, is well known example
of this debasing class of pastime, and as
was shown by the division list of the house
Of commons as long ago as 1888 is viewed
with strong public disapproval. 1.-THE of
Tense made punishable, said Lord Bal
four when he introduced in the house OF
lords the measure for the prohibition ct
pigeon shooting. Twas not the shooting OF
a bird, but the shooting at a bird out OF
trap or other contrivance. There was
marked difference between combining bird
in trap for the purpose of shooting at 1t
and seeking it in wild state. West
minister Review.
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,Tnok Him For Robinsoa.

Sir Thomas Robinson was tall, ur-
couth man, and his appearance was rem
dered still more striking by his hunting
dress. which consisted of tight green
Jacket, buckskin breeches andA position 8
cap. He once set off in his hunting suit
to nav a visit to his sister in Paris. He
arrived at the house while there was a
large company ut dinner. The servant an
nor,ncetl NJ. Robinson, and in walked this
remarkable figure, to the amazement OF
the guests. One of them, French able,
lifted his fork three times to his mouth
and each time laid it down without tast-
ing the food Unable at last to restrain
his curiosity longer he burst out eagerly,
Excuse me, monsieur, are you the ia
nous Robinson Crusoe so remarkable In
historys"-San Francisco Argonaut.
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The Hawaiian Language.

The Hawaiian language is composed
mainly of vowels, and a few consonants put
in to vary the monotony. And the beauty
of the system is that there is no waste. Ev-
cry vowel is pronounced. For instance.
when the American eye winks at the APP
pearance of the simple word ''naauao," the
glib native rolls out the five syllables with
neatness and dispatch. This means ''en-
tighten" Double vowels are very frequent,
but never a diphthong. Three vowels are
not uncommon, and, as above, four and
sometimes more are found unseparated by
consonants. In the mouth of the unedu-
Gated native the language is apt to be ex-
plosive, but the higher classes speak it with
a fluent grace that surpasses the French
or the Italian. In sound it somewhat
resembles the general flow Of the conti-
mental European languages, for the vowels
all have the French quality and the accents
are not misunderstanding Star.