Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-24

essential point, a bitterness h..,,,.
t. ~ iosshess' bun an absence al sur-ht,,s,
, ~ sne lower part OF the face 4 s,,iie
,ri,., much geniality with rathsr
M O sans caustcity, sometimes seen. ana
nnd ,,.n, lliies are austere. self-contained
would no, ID, laughter without mirth-i
~. ~ not IKE 10 say without Kindness
,,' u' rroune.s Kindness always appearod n
w III much quleter defnonstratiors ~.
,a,i'vrs struck me as particularly Nna
anu courteous; but IL one was ~ a ttrni1
,ans one need only look In his face and
49, ny -aha-by we assembled for din
hvI, ana he gave me his arm.
=, me talk fell upon growing ola" M,
rIou9e asked me how / felt about IL
'' IN ! thought Il happy thing.
HOW soY' asked Froide. sherniv
fof one thing" ] said, $50 mus Ice,
mates INK US happy. We expect less OF no 7"
IN, NJ, as TO that, one learns to expect
n,'e h ne said, bitterly; lin youth
one mad ideas Of splendid posslhiiities ~
all sorts Of reforms and rood deeds Hvd y,
ou-one intended TO set the whole unlverse
straight TO do wonderful things; but ono
soon hnds 1t all hopeless-that there's
hothlng whatever TO be done And one
hlNes II all up, and Just goes on like other
people, but ] don't see that one is much
The happier for IT," A'Ne"
IN conversation at breakfast he said
ne would always rather have people sen
arately than together.
IN committee, for instance" said he.
ycu get the united folly and moi me
united wisdom OF the whole"
On a subsequent day Froude gave me
curious account OF the first time he had
met sWlnburne--at dinner, where Mat
thew Arnold. Ruskin. Lord Hougbton and
other literary men were present swim
burne must have been little more than a
boy at the time
After dinner suddenly the door opened
anu little figure appenred-a boy man
anu bounding past the guests, stood upon
an ottoman, so that he could well be seen.
ne iad began spouting some Of his
most outrageous poems said Froude,
some Of his very worstv And the mar.
razor smiled bitterly, continuing: we all
sat IN Amusement till he finished, when
Ruskin, making his way through the com
pany' hurried up. and took swlnburne
ialriy IN ms arms, saying; How beau
tiull how dlylnely beautiful
"Swlnburne, It will be remembered. was
at this time little more than a boy"
Playing whist Mrs. Ireland made a mis-
take, whereupon she said:
am sorry l made such n stupid mis-
take while the cards were being dealt
for the next hand
Then Froude spoke with some shyness:
"Oh, my dear Mrs Ireland! don't tail,
like that. Never say you are in the
wrong! Let all the rest OF the world be
wrong, but do you be in the rightv'
Those are your tactics" she said, "but
You surely don't expect me to carry them
out?"
He looked at her with some kindness
In his eyes, she thought and said. NO,
not you, perhaps" And the matter
dropped.
1t is odd what turns the collecting ma.
MIA Will take, There IL a man in New
York who never goes to :he theatre. but
has, FOR twenty-five yeas, collected tho
programmes Of each New Yofk play,
house, weekly. Not only that, hut lac hni
clipped from each Tu,sily's papers the
criticisms OF the new PLAYS. All This vlsl
quantity OF data he has carefully pre-,
served. 1t Is odd how he started I'm the
quest Of theatre programmes and data ri
the drama. In 1870 he was IN very hat
health His doctor told him ne must ex
ercise more. So he decilNi that he woult
walk around to the different theatrel
and ask for a programme. The walkIul
he found OF benefit to his health, and 4
is an interesting fact that in twenty,
Ave years he has not Missed a day &
make his rounds Of the playhouses. II,
Is a very shy old man, and as he Ia,
grown older his walks have been length
ened out, Since new theatres have sprung
up all over New York, at considerable
distance apart
It may be news to some that JOSEPH
n. Ireland author OF the Records Of
the Now York Stage" work that car
not now be purchased at any price, f.
stlll alive and lives in the upper part q
New York city. A late copy Of Ireland'i
Record sold for $50 at auction, and 1t Il
very seldom that copy is seen In NJ
old haox atOre All nj the leading illus