The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20
Copyright. Ns@.

il a good thing 10 DC endowed at
mes birth with enthusiasm Per-
l,Aps those people who are stoiid
and do not allow their fancies to
&c. the advantage OF them go
through life in a more even man
t.,t I Doubt IL they get one-hah OF the
ss,s.ss,re out OF everything tnat comes 10
- a. does the enthusiastic woman. /
- enthusiastic woman because enthu-
I 49,. In a man IS apt 10 degenerate into
f.,.sss4ss unless II grows Into hearty likes
- aisllkes about the time ne l. II. But
thai Is another story
r.asn 3irst read the Prose Fancies"
- Eleharl lie Gailsenne, / said 10 my
- aHsre is a man who knows how
- rra Suauty IN everything. and here is
~-sn who Isn't ashamed to have Intense
80 snd dislikee. and aefe's a man " no
e.ss.sssa,s the best English have met since
= ~as introduced TO the essays Of Steven
Tssn from here and there would come
q. r,otsu with the somewhat romantic sig
-.tare of Richard lie GaIiienne. and after
E-s.le the newspapers began TO tell. not
- Ais great zeniaa--that isn't the way OF
OF his peculLaritfes and
Ssslncfiye Ikings or course. n0abosiy
s.rot.afs to anything who has not decided
no. ard dislikes, and as we are ali so
Sasf If saying this world Is free and peo-
- ar DO az they please In IL / fail TO
So Why. IL man prefers wearing lace
"a 81 his hair little longer than ordi-
e.rr ar inc.ines 10 knee breaches or finds
< hose jacket more comfortable, he
gshou,d not follow his fancy.
rsek or two ago took into my hands
~. most strange book. The Quest of the
CaAsn Girl" / say most strange" A
81 sresf many other people put "A different
adjective to it. but there must be some
thsuu else In this world except milk for
fsahex and as IL Is already in Its ninth
s,I;sen there must be other people who,
,snha me- found II, Ii much that was Inter
vsesiinx. Perhaps. indeed certainly. ! did
ecs saprove OF everything. Perhaps. in
lesd most certainly. l disagree with the
eanihor about some things. and not per-
hans and very certainly there are some
y the most delicate touches, some OF the
! noss exquisite poetry. In this book that
-spere ever written. Therefore when l saw
| { small announcement In one corner OF
a. paper that Mr.. Richard lie GaIlienne
u vouId read at a certain time at certain
4 easee 1 presented myself a, the box office
| e that sheatsr and bought the first. ticket
stht was sold. since when l hear people
= Rad ike TO be near them.
There came the day AID the hour-later
m fhe man. The curtains parted and
sEshoEei stage set after the fashion OF
sInpEs English interior. There were a
~ books on the table in the center and
| 4sside them & big bunch OF vioiets. In a
1 second slender young man. dressed in
ia most conventional afternoon dress and
sweAssng a perfectly fitting frock coat,
rnade polite bow 10 his audience. The
! lace was classic to degree. II was the
/ fzss that Maclise drew so many years ago
when Charles Dickens was his sitter and
/ wksr Charles Dickens was just about the
an that this man Is. The eyes ars Pc
Aesisariy clear and the hair, which. oddly
d enough. you would first think Was long,
1 IA m reality tremendously thick. inclined
1ste save. very black. and, Though worn
iAssr than tho ase man wsaTs his
!osks. still its thickness impresses one
nueh more than its length. There were