The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18


Marcnesi, and the storm broke.
Inc girl burst into tears. Her sobs,
coming upon the silence, were most pain
Iul, Not one Of the pupils dared 10 rush
forward with comfort or handkerchief.
Inc SRI threw the sheet Of music on the
( floor and covered her tace with ner hands.
Ihen, dashing the tears away from her
I face she stopped down, gathered up the
/ scattered music, tore II into snreds, tossed
I Il 10 every part OF the room, and rushed
I from the platforms All felt it was
! over with her forever, 50 far as lessons
with Marchesi were concerned, and more
tnan one heart ached for her.
"Ha, ha9 laughed Marchesi, rising de-
ightedly from the piano, rubbing her
hands together, and walking, or rather
stalking. majesticaIiy through the room,
ana up and down, and again seating her
self al the piano. "Ha, ha! that girl will
sing. She has the grand fire. She is dra-
matte. She has the fine passion Of the
devil" And the girl came back the next
day and won Marchesis braves and hand
clapping.
Now, don't put up your lips like a ba-
by" she says. iii tell you that I never
saw such BOBBY. You're as awkward as
country clown. Look at your hands.
Just look at them dangling down at your
sides like jumping jack, waiting TO
witch on a pole. Mais VOLTA she con-
unued, softening a little; IF l do not tell
you are in my salon, do you know who
will tell you of them later on when you
stand for the first time before one of the
great audiences Of Europe? The reporters
will fay you alive, and deservedly. VIII
they not note down every awkward gest-
ure every gaueherie? VIII they not say,
She has a divine voice, but she held her
hands like a clown. And when you read
IL in al 1.-The papers the next morning, an!
now you will exclaim: Why did not Mar
chest correct me, tell me, reprove me, no
matter how severely Now, hold your
hands easily, one palm crossed upon the
other. the right hand across the left, the
fore finger and middle finger of the right
hand between the thumb and fore finger
of the left hand. Bon Now see what
ease of position, what repose 1t gives to
your whole figure as you stand there"
To look over the programme for the con-
certs Nine. Marchesi gives from time to
time is to read a strange collection of
names. Here are pupils from Japan. Here
is a namef rom Norway. Here is alady
from Finland Here are sturdy Sotch
names. Here are American names-glrls
from St. Louis, San Francisco, the Maine
woods, the gulf states. New Zealand has
representatives on the programme. To
look over Marchesrs album Is to see some
of the portraits Of the worlds great sin
gers and their signatures.
THE manly art Of self-defense" has
ever been a disputed question among in
telhgent mothers. With the zrowth of
'our boy" comes the question, shall the
child be allowed 10 defend himself or
not?" Most parents do not want their
children involved in disgraceful quarTels,
and vet, when he attends school, for our
bow is to be at the mercy of any rough
bully who chooses to 7ttack him is a state
of things absolutely uncomfortable. IN a re-
cent woman's paper the question, "Wheth-
or children should or should not be allow
ed to strike back?" was discussed. Inter
estnC views on both sides Of the question
were presented.
One writer says: THE best family Of
boys I ever knew fought with each other
ike Turks at times. but were never inter-
fered with by their mother and to this
day those boys, grown and growing up.
are the manifest boys and most loving
brothers ! know" &
The one taking the opposite view says:
do two wrongs make right? I would
rather my boys would suffer thousand
wrongs than to do so unchristian and I'M
gentlemanly a thing as to strike back"
To the majority of mothers probably the
happy medium would be preferable to
either of these extremes. A mother must
have an unusual amount of self-control
and calm deliberation who can stay quiet
IN inside and not interfere while her boys
are fighting like Turks
This seemed 10 do In the family men
toned, but I know of one woman. at least.
not a hundred miles from here, who would
find ii utterly impossible to pursue such
course, unless she wished to fit herself
for a lunatic asylum.
To be sure that woman cannot be con-
sidered as a guide, in that direction. as
she has a nervous horror of fighting. and
would stop chicken fight if she saw
one. The nearest street corner immediate
ly swallows her up at any indications of
trouble" on the street, yet in other mat
tiers she is not accused of cowardice. It
would be out of the question for a woman
Of this temperament to allow her boys TO
come 10 blows.
We can teach our boys. 'precept upon
precept" that it is beneath an honest, fair
minded boy to fight over matters which
can be settled in a peaceable manner; to
give to others the rights he claims as
his own; that boy of independence and
pluck wants only his rights" and that
to impose upon another, because he is
weaker. is the spirit of a savage, and not
of a gentleman.
parent has every right to forbid those
under the parental roof-tree to swear
fight or use immoral language. and this
should be law as RInalterable as that
Of the Medes and Persians. Boys can be
made to know that the youngest or weak
est will be punished as impartially as his
older or stronger brother, If he strikes
dHpAHer child by these and other means
lighting around the home, between broth
ers or visiting boys, can be done away
with But this does not prevent the evil
away from home. There are boys who.
metaphorically speaking. go around with
chips on their shoulders" trying to in
duce other boys TO knock them off as an
excuse for quarrel They are like the
lrishman. who had the most "rigant
time when he could point to the great
est number Of blackened eyes and cracked
heads as trophies OF his skill with the shil-
lalah.
A boy OF this sort invited one taught to
consider fighting disgraceful TO have
try and see which Is the Test fellow. l BET
l can lick you In two minutes"
NO sir" said the other, Il don't Ike
lighting. There's nothing to fight about.
ana we can have lots more fun some other
way" ana both boys went on good-na-
turedly to play.
That boy, now nearly grown. has had
few fights, yet Is rarely imposed upon. as
he Is not afraid Of his playmates, and is
able 10 take care Of himself when neces-
sary. Pubiis school teachers forbid fight
.ng on the school grounds and Impose a
severe penalty when such rules are dis