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IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN.
Abandoned Baby, Dressed Ex-
pensively, Found in a Doorway.
Policeman Looncy Made Signal
Failure as u Nurse.

Somebody left two months old child
In Lexington avenue doorway last
night. and this morning the little one
made a great disturbance in police ctr
Giles for two hours before IL 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 G
o'clock this morning. when in front OF
Sl 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 II
was a child wrapped in silk shawl.
There was no policeman in sight, so nc
carried the little one to the East Sixty
seventh street station. Then II was
found that 1t was male infant about
two months old.
The child's clothing was particularly
noticeable. The underwear was fine ant
clean, and the little purple dress was
trimmed with silk and was OF the fines
quality. From this II Is believed that
whoever deserted the child was in more
than comfortable circumstances. as the
clothing was not only fne In quality
but designed with the utmost tasts' ., .,
the child crying In a minute. but after h
had walked up and down the station
floor for half an hour and the chilli
cried louder than ever. 1t was considered
that the policeman didn't know mucl
about children, and he was ordered Il
take the little one to Police Headquar
tiers.
Looney gave the child drink of icl
water before he started. with the result
that 1t cried Justify during the entir
trip downtown, and directed a rrca
deal of comment against the policeman
When the Headquarters Building wa
reached Sergt. Clark walked the chill
UP and down the halls until Its erie
aroused Matron Travers on the top floor
Then she went down and got It,
THAT child Is very sick" said Police
man Looney.
He Is not returned the Matror
| "hes hungry"
Five minutes later the baby had dram
nearly a pint of mix and was sleepin
quietly.
The police are making an investigated
| in the neighborhood in an effort to fin
the child's mother
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Graft, emphatically: believe. now you
mention i, Mr.. Miiiin seemed nee 70 nave
the voice. His forte is the harmo-
mum. You mustn't mind what he says.
They wanted you to retire fe,a sem appSanS
1t. There! SO II you won't take It up
again the chapel will have to do with
out a choir, that's ALL"
In this way Johns former belief In his
own voice was aroused, and began to re-
assert itself within him. 1t was nice to
him and wanted him back, and he was
the last man in the world to dream OF
avenging the slight that had been put
upon him by refusing TO go. And when
the minister came and pressed John.
with genuine and delighted earnestness,
to resume his old duties, John yielded
R i,,ie sorry 1StS that te MT CRAM had failed
until he was assured that Mr.. Graf
was in no wise sorry for himself.
He led the choir on the very next sun
day. ana the whole congregation heartily
Joined in the old familiar hymns again.
and sang ont OF time and out of tune
with hun, and enjoyed the singing OF the
whole service to the utmost. Everybody
seemed glad to have him back again
everybody but Mr.. Mittin, who COM
planned about II as he was walking
towards home with Mr.. and Mrs; Gran.
and was still complaining about 1t when
the minister overlook them.
II was saying, sir, how l enjoyed the
singing this morning" cried Mr.. Gran.
YES" assented Mr.. Mutt, with equal
warmth, lit did me good. 1t was splen.
did. How heartily every one Joined ini
That !s as II should be.
YES" cried Mr.. Graf, generously.
there's no doubt MIR. Wicks Is tina man
for the place. You made mistake. sir.
in putting him out of II. His singing 10
Infections. 1t makes every one else
II warns YOU only to hear II. He's fine
fellow. Powerful voice! Little unframed.
Mr. Mihin didn't know what to make
Mr.. GRAZ should desert him inthis man.
ner. That his gratitude TO John should
delfcn him to the horrors of Johns
voice was unreasonable, scarcely even
Christian. and to pretend that the
change OF opinion was wrought by real
conviction and not gratitude was a
Uarefaced wickedness Mr., Miffin was
put out.
was" he declared: there's no tune In
Yes there is" interrupted Mr.. Graz:
Hes a good fellow. He's got a good
heart, even II he hasn't got good
Ana chuckled the minister. CLAM
cling at .Ir. Graf with n sldelong smile,
and after all. there are some good
things that are better than good
"Thats it. There are" declared Mr..
'em all, sir: and he sings with every
one OF them, and-thats what makes
his singing good. God bless himt'--
Cornhill Magazine
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The whole crowd was simply crying
And looking up. dazed and bewiide:ed,
Mr.. Graf saw dimly the figure Ct a
binding. sunocating smoke with lit
tie child In his arms. Before the ma n
had reached the ground Mr. Graf
broke from the men who held him.
rushed forward, snatched the child into
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 res sb. cheer S,lp
II he had had hundred hands every
msn In the crowd would have shaken
every one Of them twice over. They
would not let him get away; they
him alone. His face was all blackened
with tho smoke, he had been singcd and
scorched by the tire, but they knew him
they, knew him IN spite q ALL GOD bless tSs
crowd rolled on before him, as he went
away, and beside him and after him,
cheering and graspinS his mana untll az
last he escaped into his own house and
shut the door on them. Then they ran
back to tho scene of the fire, and found
the fire engine hard at work and the hre-
escape just arriving 49,
Early next morning, soon after John
had opened his shop, Mr.. Gran came
quietly in, looking nervous and depressed.
His old. blatant selt-Gssurance seemed =
nave quite t3llei MIN, ne snOoh JolIi
wanted to say something, and did not
know how to begin. John. just to break
the awkward silence. said how sorry
lie was for the great loss Mr., Graf must
have suffered by the fire, when Mr.. Gran
All INSURED" he said. with an eff
fort; don't matter bit. 'Tisn't that.
Sir. Mr., Wicks," he continued brokenly.
after mOmcntary pause, she-she-is
OLr-Only one, sir, and
He gave it up. He dropped his arms
on the counter, and hid his face in them
and sJbbed in way that was pititul u
hear. JOAN did not know what TO DO;
He ran his fingers through his sinSeI
hair, and .stammeTea, 2wkwardiy that II
suddenly Mr.. Graf appeared TO conquer
himsclf lie stood upright, cleared his
throat, vigorously, began to say some
thing, stopped leaned across the counter
eiaCulIuaB. " God bless YOU ana
turned al once and bolted out OF the
shop. TWO days after he came In again
but This time he had got himself well
seif,confdence, his old air of Imperative
decision. And HAVING Thanked john in
easy, conventional phrases for saving
his little ones life, h continued;
And now I'm GGing to asa YOU 10 40
me favor Nj WiGks oboi an" NJ 'T nre iuIT':
In fact, between ourselves, | can max
nothing Of It. knew couldn't before l
started, but-weil, they would nave me
try H. and I've tried II and failed, sir,
leading il rs yourself, You led II sue,
ccssfully before: will you, as personal
Kindness to me, take It on againT'
Blu. thought" said John, innocent,
ly, taken pleasantly by slrprish. you
,th.SSSRt l hal had ,s 10 voice . ST.; Mr.
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There are some things that are better
than good voice." observed the minis
ter vaguely.
THE thing Is. does he understand
music?" continued Mr.. Graf.
MOI" calculated Mr.. Milan emphatic
mo" echoed Mr.. Graf. hes got no
voice and no ear He can't sing himself,
and he's got, people in the choir who
can't sing either. They shout, sir: they
near perfection as we can, of course,
and we came to suggest that you should
see Mr.. Wicks and explain to him in
your own perfectly friendly manner tina hat
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
determined persuasions of his visitors,
only asking, resignedly, who would take
MI: Wicks $ place II he resigned.
The best man we can find, SIR" said
which Is MIR Gran himself, SIR" de-
clared Mr.. Mitiin. he is clever vocal
list. capable choir master-a'--,,
Mr.. Graft demurred. He said NO,
no." but he meant yes. yes, and Mr.;
Miifin knew what he meant, and would
not listen to Il refusal; he artfully con-
trived 10 draw the minister into the
and nervous desire to be agreeable.
Mr.. Mutt hesitatingly uttered an APP
proval of Mr. Minis suggestion.
THAT settles II then" cried Mr.. Graf:
III you wish 1t, sir, OF course l will
undertake the post. And you may rely
upon It ! shall do my best, 49,.
After they were gone Mr.. Mutt re-
preached himself with his own weak
ness. He had not desired the altern =
ton, and yet somehow he had not only
but had been led into authorizing Mr..
Graf to take Johns place. He lay
awake at night worrying over It, but he
had not courage TO undo what he had
done. and for two days he had not even
courage TO 30 and explain matters TO
must put 1t off no longer, for that even
ing the choir met for practice, So he
called at Johns shop in the afternoon,
and found him alone behind the counter.
gioomily weighing UP moist sugar into
pound packets: his usual genial buoy =
ancy seemed TO have quite deserted him,
and he shook hands with the minister
without saying n word,
well, John" said Mr.. Mutt, neryouGly,
'you-you don't seem quite up to the
mark, eh? How-er-how Is your
mothc-?
81 met Mr.. Minin yesterday. sir" John
burst forth impetuouSiy and he said
you wanted me 10 rcsiSn, aHl-nrd'--,
lie could hardly control his voice, and
there were foolish tears com!ns in;o his
big round eyes, and he said you wanted
Mr. Gran 10 lead the choir, I've !ei Il,
sir. these seven years You meyer told
me you didn't like my style, sir"
No, John. No. my dear John" fall
"He said you thought I'd got no voice.
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follow them as best It could and by
slow perseverance master new tunes.
But when the new tunes came to be sung
on Sundays. OF course, the congregation
| could not join In singing them. and
would get the tune into such hopeless
tangle that II broke down. and left Mr..
Gran TO finish verse by himself as IL
he were performing solo with harmo-
mum accompaniment.
John had such a paternal interest in
the choir that far from feeling any mali
c!ous JOY in his successors difficulties.
the unsatisfactory state OF affairs vas
honestly q great trouble to nm: But
him do anything. All the congregation
knew how II fretted and worried him; he
was not proud enough to cloak his hui
miliation in offended silence, but gave
voice to his feelings on every opportu-
nifty, sure always Of the sympathy of his
hearers, But all his old ardor had been
severely checked: he did not take such
hearty pleasure in the Sunday services
as he had taken formerly, and by de-
grees became less regular in his attend
ance until he left off coming OF an even
ing almost entirely.
One Sunday evening. when he was not
there. just as the last hymn was being
sung, II man came hurryinS along the
brought him suddenly down from top
note. and whispered hastily In his ear.
The choir went on singing, the organ
went on playing, hut Mr.. Graft dropped
for his hat, rushed with white. terror:
stricken face down the aisle, and out OF
the chapel. like n man suddenly gone
mad. Mrs. Gran started from her pew
and called to him IS he passed, but he
was gone as II he had not heard her.
Once in the street, Mr.. Gran rcdoubled
his speed. and ran as he never ran IN
scarcely keep pace with him.
Have 80 they got my little - girl
out?" Mr.. Gran painted, hoarsely.
Dunno" responded the messenger.
And they ran on without another word.
They overlook and passed others rum
ming in the same direction; soon they
could hear confused uproar on ahead
OF them, and, suddenly turning a corner.
they came fun In view of MIR. Gran y
house. which was nothing now, so far
as they could see, but n black mass Of
wrcathing smoke. with lur!d heart of
fire.
In moment Mr.. Graz was pushing
through the crowd that was standing,
smoke, lie saw at glance hysteriCal
servant Girl standing among them,
wringing her hands and looking up with
the rest, and grasped her arm and
"Erle? Where is Emc?" he shouted.
"OH, SIR cried the girl. in helpless
terror, "Id Put her TO bed upstairs,
He was Eone no had mis- latchkey out
OF mis- pocket, and dashed wildly under
that choaing canopy OF smoke. and up
the fen steps To the front door. But
Al the same Instant an inarucul1te roar
burs. from the Cr;ire crowd three or
four men were AFTER him. and seized
him and dragged him, back by main
He's got herI hMsahI ksskI Thsrs he
Is! HuPahI
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II never said so, john
What's the matter with my singing.

II never said so. john
What's the matter with my singing,
n mN fHaYs John Very good singing
II thought you liked my singing, slr?"
II do, John. ! do. indeed. should
miss your voice IN the PLACE more than
and l hope you'll so on singing still. II
not in the choir, why, them
No. l feel as 4 ! couldn't. sir. feel;
enough for one part Of the chapel, 1t Isn't
good enough for another. I feel Tits q
sort OF disgrace like, sir; l shall still
come. but II 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 he 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. At
the same time he threw out Indefinite
hints that the alteration might be only
temporary, and that before long John
the choir again. Then he tried to turn
the conversation onto the general topics,
but could not do It successfully, and
presently inyented an excuse to hurry
away, and hurried away full OF self
rcproaches and regret.
And next Sunday the new order OF
things came into operation. Mr.. Graf
had wei!-traiaed voice. and certainly
before. John sat among the congrega-
ton 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 sympa,h!zod
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 wlylaid the minister and spoke
to him about II In such reproa chful terms
that nc was reduced to making rambling
excuses for his own share In the trans
action, and vague promises that he would
SEQ what could be done. lie was con-
sclentious man, but weak ana easily in
fiucncel. and he had u suffer on all
had acted wrongly, but did not see how
he was 10 Out matters right again now
without 'ot more unplensantness Every
sunday, morning ana evening, from his
looking. hurt and downcast, Joining in
none Of the hymns ana taking but little
interest in the whole service. He missed
Johns voice, TOO, genuinely missed II,
and felt and sail that since he had grown
mute the singing had lost all It's insrir-
me rely piece Of "Tcr1anlsm
For you see, John did not understand
note OF nuG.c, 30 he and his choir
us 4 to sing only the tunes that every
tion couId join In singing with Immense
Eu7to and eri ymcn.. But MIR. Graz SGT
himself 10 improve all this. Hc rcorrsa.
tied the choir, but st!ll ne could not got
more than two or thee people Into u
who were able 10 read music. so he h I'd
q choir meeting three times week for
practice, ct which he would sing and Mr..
MifIin would play. and the choir would
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When the new I. EbeneZer Chapel was
founded in a little front parlor In back
street of Market Marlborough, John
Wicks was one of the first men to be-
come a member OF it. He went into 1t
heart and soul. He was not SATISFIED TO
be only one of the congregations; even
going round with plate and helpihg 10
take collections did not satisfy him. lie
founded a Band of Hope, and devoted
lot of his savings towards giving IL an
annual excursion. He inaugurated a
building fund with the oD1ecL Ul e md he
chapel grew, till in due course the mus
parlor was abandoned In favor Oh uns
new and statelier editice. An organ was
erything at once: but somebody presented
a harmonium, then John orsahlzeu q
powerful choir, and courage3uSy pu'
himself at the head of 1t ana leu ~.
He sung so persistently out OF time anu
tune that II could do nothing but sing ou.
Independently of him and nope iop al an ~.
best. For though, In the Ordinary nv" u,
ing of the word, John had the voices vi
three men combined In one, IN InuslcHi
sense he mad no voice at all, His on,S
idea on the subject appeared 10 pv, 90
leader, it was his duty TO keep me ns c rS
never seemed to understand TINS POM,
and would get up speed and bury S,m on b ~,
would hear u coming, increase his own
speed Gt ra ns TfSO the w chor
nampht him I'M and passed him, and lett
him wsd and h al Sehl9d tr at to 3nG make eR
~, ~ ror a. in the next verse; he would start
s the Others w ,Ssv s sSmf not sIrc cSteS
~ ~ uonli finish with rush and "a
MN sEln u % W %S TO come harmonio9sy in on
the last with him altogether. Ineh t ,ie2
wou,j have to wait for the congregation
and anti the harmonilm before they could go
on again. $50, -,., s.,,,a ~ sIpg-
ing, but as the congregation among
themselves used also 70 slnG very rSyr ninE'
none Of them made any serious CON- IN,
plnint. The minister himself Was NOT NOT
70 him now and then that somethils
was the matter with the harmony nc ne
put II down to the fact that he h9a
kno ear" and said nothing about II;
The only person who reilly grunoiea
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Mr.. Gran, impatiently. 'Ive heard ali
the best singers in the world, male and
f fis Se aad soSs sin|ins as his sir
keen ear for music, like myself" said
Mr.; Miffin. land have suffered as
stop to n.y. IT,, i its Mr. Mr.. e Graf I
we, must have that choir reformed,
sir; half of it can't sing. And 1t must
s, Why Y, not lead It yourself, Mr.; Graf:
leader than yourself"
Well, would do It, sir" replied Mr..
Graf, If they could not find a better
BETTER? Where are they going to find
We'll, anyhow, " cried Mr.. Graft, as
evening, and Wen go and see Mr.. Mutt
about It, Good night. uncommonly in
telli lie I nan that MINI S he d sdhe si
them knows vocal talent when he hears
It. Keen hearing. He picked out my
voice right across the buildin,S,, my, dear:
My singing struck him, and he looked
He went with Mr. Mimn on the follow;
'"Sa ad oWy s hs nsa ,f sa sII'B
ing upon them through his spcctalces;
II hardly expected visitors this evening.
mo, sir" replied Mr. Graft, solemnly,
but Mr.. Mifin and ! thought we'd come
and see you about little matter con-
nected with the choir
"Yes?" said Mr.. Mutt, inquiringly.
Nothing wrong, / hope?"
He had horror Of ANYTHING ynTL s going
good man, whose chief fault was an
over-anxiety to please everybody. He
was gentle and supersensitive to such an
extent that he would put UP with almost
feelings with .unpalatable truths 1t was
not positively his duty TO utter.
We'll, 1t is something wrong" an
swered Mr.. Graft
"Yes?" said Mr.. Mutt again. inquIrlngly,
Yes. It's about MIR. Nyicks's singing,
"Wrong7' said Mr.. Mutt, uneasIiy.
Yes. Isn't a right note In IL. sir.
What do you say, Mr.. Mimn?" cried Mr..
MIR, Mifln said he was afraid it was
"RBad" CIRCULATED Mr.. Grarr, IT never
heard anything worse. Never. 1t II
simply shocking. ! don't like to say IT'S
impious. but 1t is very near.y:"
Mr.. Wicks Is very good man." re-
marked the minister feehly.
"Oh, II isn't him. II his voice was as
good as he is-but II isn't. He's got no
voice.none AZ all, sir. He can't sing,
and he ought rot to be allowed to
Lea that choir any longer l'-wel' it's
Hes fond OF his work. He does his
best. Mr. Gran. And he Is really an
earnest, good man. said the minister:
crs sq fns ak apt S doe sr nst M
low. that We are all capable OF leading
cho!rs. He's a good man, but has he got
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This Hot Weather Means Death
for Many of Them.
Bonnie Thornton Still Singing for
the Little TOTS.
Everybody Should Help Charity
Like the Sick Babies Fund.
The subscriptions.

These are fearful days and nights
for the babies. The well are weak,
the frail are fading and the iii 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 30 many customers in the lilipu-
tian shops buying feather-weight out
fits. glove-kid shoes and gossamer
stockings that 1t 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 ont Of the city as quick
, us you can
| And that Is the order OF the day.
Even those in moderate circumstances
who cannot change their residence live
on the wing Boats that 30 down the
pay carry little family parties-mother.
spent on some health-giving beach. The
( return is made in tha cool OF the evening
ana the sans, programme is repeated
the following day One can do with a
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. hanf-naked, unwashed and rest
less children may be seen in the city
parks. In the City Hail square the
impossible. Sleepless mothers and fret
full babies come from their prison like
homes In the rear tenement houses.
where pestiience and want help to make
the victories of death easy andnumer-
Gus.
Occasionally gesplng baby Is dipped
into the fountain or the aching head
It. This is against the law. but there
isn't an officer in the department who
would interrupt tn" llf"-faving toilet.
A slrn w2r.,r. belonging to the mid
ton in Washington Square, states that
that breathing spot Is the nursery for
hundreds of babies. They come before
dawn and remain until the burning rays
OF the sun drive them home.
The Hebrew institute. at East Broad.
way and jefferson street, Ia designed
for educational work, but the. claims OF
humanity were so urgent during the
last month that unorganized and un
systematic charity is being done. The
roof garden. instead Of being reserved
gymnasium and special CLASSES is uset
by the babies and children In the crowd
ed neishborhood 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 Il
a sublime kind OF mission work. Tx
the rnagnanimous directors and officer.
the Fund doctors owe the lives of sew
eral patients.
Glorious work Is being done by it'll,
Bonnie Thornton, OF the Madison Square
Roof Garden. on and off the stage sh,
has the babies welfare at heart. None
Of her friends escapes. Everybody sh,
meets is importuned for what she CALI
"a little mite" At the performance las
evening she sang her best songs against
the fireworks and the marching music
of 10000 Saengerfesters. 1t was try.
ing ordeal, but she was eqsal to it, anc
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HE SHOT THE ROBBER.
Day Led HolrOyd to a Lonely Spot,
but Mistook His Man.


Los ANGELES, June 23.-A man
sixty years old, who gave the name of
II. Day, was found on the roadside near
Sycamore Grove. In East Los Angeles
yesterday. bleeding from tho neck. He
said he had been shot and robbed of SEQ
by an unknown assIilant.
Detectives were despatched in search
of the highwayman. but bel fore their re-
turn a neatly dressed man appeared
and announced that he had shot a man
and wished TO surrender himself, pend
Samuel Holroyd, a miner, from Lake
City. Col, and that he came here to
look at mining property.
He identified tho injured mann and said
he was a chance acquaintance, who had
offered to lead him to some coal claims
near the city. When in q lonesome To-
cality Day struck him on the head
with an iron pipe knowing he possessed
considerable money. and he shot his as
sailant In celf-defense, inflicting wound
which will in all probability prove NOR
tai. Holroyd's story and identity were
confirmed.