The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

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0 alarming state. II am truly sorry for that,
a said one Of his hearers. what IL the matte
: with him 2" well" replied the buttonhole
II was walking one day IN the lane whic
: separated Ruskin's house from mine and I sa'
9 him coming down the lane toward me. Th
moment he caught sight OF mo he darted int
, n wood and hid behind a tree till l passed. OF
> very sad. indeed.' What seemed truly patheti
to tho auditors was their consciousness tha
what Ruskin did they would have done, on
: and all. Apropos to the dlfldence 30 humof
/ ously imputed to Ruskin on this occasion. on
author points out that one OF the forms whicl
} shyness takes in boyhood IL an inability to &c
up and 60. He remembers that when Dr
Vaughan was head master OF Harrow. and huI
to entertain his boys at breakfast. this inabil
ity was met by the host In q characteristic
fashion. After the mullins and sausages hnt
been devoured and the perfunctory INQUIRIES
about the health OF your people, had beer
answered there used TO ensue q horrid silence
while the doctors young friends" sat tightly
glued to their chairs. Then the doctor woult
approach with catlike softness, and. extending
his hand to the shyest and most loutlsh boy
would say; Must you go2 Can't you stay y
And the party broke mp with magical CELEBRITY
It seems that the author once had this
story. which he had looked upon as his
own. rehearsed to him by q dissenting minis
ter. who entirely missed the point. The min
lster was relating. with extreme satisfaction.
that he had a son at Trinity College. Cam
bridge. and went on to praise the Master, DR..
Butler. whom he oxtolled to the skies. winding
up his euloRy with. HE has such wonderful
tact in dealing with shy undergraduates. You
know" he continued, that young men are
sometimes n little awkward about making q
move and going way when q party is over.
Well. when DR.. Butler has undergraduates to
breakfast, II they linger inconveniently long
when he wants to be busy. he has a happy
knack OF getting rid OF them. It is 80 tact.ul,
so like him. He goes up to one Of them and
says. Can't you gop Must you stay p and
they are off Immediately" Mr.. Russell says
man about town thirty years ago. and
I %as a 1a@ etery ' ios % 5dRsatIsS q The 50 point 5Gl1:
When the two large houses at Albert Gate. OF
other the abode" OF Mr. Arthur e~ sassooo naW w ere
hibltiye. and some wag christened them Malta
t take e "0 EordpfW DetaSss ta1 ~ f fRis m mexe Be a He
excellent joke because every one laughed at it.
houses at Albert Gate eP0T TS Enae call sne th eali M shIse
f@S fiitOd dHiaiiiy eE sa@ds" tf Hs G @alt nsSss BE IL let 4
similar way the familiar, riddle, Why was the
GTleP %SIeb the be i aa5rs animal nal s to get into It . ihs ark"
he had to pack his trunk" Lord p. having
Rrropounded the riddle. gave as the answer.
and was beyond. measure astonished when his
hearers did not join in his uproarious laughter.
VII.
In a chapter on verbal infelicities our author
adduces a misQuotation said to have been made |
not long ago by a very great Lord Mayor: "Se |
non 3 vero. . ben traviata." But, as Mr.. Rus |
sell says, Latin is bad enough. and nobody has
any business to quote italian. He recalls a
story which James Payn used to tell of a
learned clergyman who quoted Greek at din
ner. The lady who was sitting by Payn in
Quired in a whisper what one OF these quota
tons meant. He gave her to understand with
a well-assumed blush that it was scarcely At
for a lady to hear. Good %heavensl" she ex-
you don't mean to say Please
don't ask any more" said Payn. pleadingly.
Il really could not tell you" This reminds
one OF the expedient to which Silas Wegg had
when. on being pressed TO explain the
Of one Of Gibbons phrases, he re-
Joined severely that it was unfit for the ear
OF Mrs. Bofln."
Among the things one would rather have said
differently is cited the prayer ascribed to a dis
minister. who. upon winding up a
weeks mission. said: And IL any spark OF
grace has been kindled by these exercises, oh,
We pray Thee. water that spark" DR.. Lidden
sold our author OF a Presbyterian minister who
called on at short notice to ~oficiate at the
church of Crathie in the presence of the
queen. and who. transported by this tremen-
lous experience. burst forth into the following
rhetorical duplication: Grant that. as she
yrows to be an old woman. she may be made a
man: and that. In all righteous causes, she
nay &c forth before her people like q he goat
lpon the mountains" Mr.. Corney Grain. mar
N III 4. ltn ao~ID a~~nrfananz
described to Mr.. Russell an evening
'arty given by the DowaRer Duchess of s.,
It which he was engaged to play and sing.
in the evening the young Duke Of
- came In. and Mr.. Grain heard his
mother prompting him in an anxious
Pray. 60 and say something
ivil to Mr.. Grain. You know he's quit. a
not a common professional person." {
'hus instructed. the young Duke strolled up E
0 the piano and said: Good evening, Mr.. 6
train. I'm sorry I am so late and have missed I
our performance. But I was at Lady BIS. |
We had n dancing dog there" Among other t
erbal infelicities here brought forward we Gull !
he following: 1t seemsthatthe married dauRh- /
Dr. OF one OF the most brilliant men Of the {
lueen's reign has an only child. An amiable n
latron OF her acquaintance. anxious to be thor q
ughly kind. said: "0h. Mrs. W heartbat
gu have such a clever little boy" Mrs. W t
with a mothers pride, said: well, q
es. l think Roger is rather a sharp little fell II
W." Yes" returned her friend. how often h
ne sees that-the talent skipping a genera r
on" A stately old rector in Buckinghamshire. n
younger son of a great family whom our Il
knew we'll in youth. had. we are Q
Id. a remarkably well appointed rectory, of Il
hlch he wasjustly proud. To him an acquaint- Il
coming for the first time to call. exclaimed a
snially: What a delightful ~rectoryl Really. Il
stranger arriving In the village and O.
1t knowing who lived here would take IL for m
house." One OF the best known q
nglish novellsts. the most sensitive and z
OF men. arriving very late at a IL
nner party. was overcome with confuslon; al
| am truly sorry to be so shockingly late" d.
he kindly hostess. only meaning to assure oil
m that he was not the last. emphatically re- Q,
led: oh. MIR. -. you can't come too
TO-" Mr.. Russell himself had an amusing ex- m
Irience not long ago when he was dining n,