The times., 1898-06-05

ed cigarettes, to assist and advise her. AS
matter of course. he also believed firmly
In the removal of the sex line
The plan thrived, and the rooms were
everiastingly full of bright people. who
were anxious to learn the idea, until they
met the woman, and saw how well she
carried 1t out. Her whole heart was In
the scheme. and nothing pleased her
more than its success. AZ times G1ew
brighter and the stock company with
which she appeared advanced, she would
occasionally spend money on informal
dinners and parties, and her chums re-
turned in kind so generously that the
days became long rounds of jollity. OF
course. she had her favori.>s, chief .,';i6 Ing
them the youth and an old man. but her
system forbade her showing that and so
no one was better treated than his com
radeS
But final blow fell in the middle of
the season when the old man came in one
night and found her in tears All sympa-
thy. he seated himself on sofa, drew
her into his lap and began questioning.
AT first she was reticent but with due
persuasion and number of choking sobs
the whole tale came out and ne learned
that she was weeping over the corpse of
her ideas.
ITS all the fault of you men, she
walled. You can never forget the sexes
and there's no use trying to make you
Just as soon as you get man TO a Ger
tain point he forgets all he has been
taught and goes back 10 the beginning"
'All of them?" ne asked with a half
smile.
Yes she replied. mot one but will re-
member that he is he and a she is
a she, The old man did not argue the
desirability of keeping the genders CO.
| herently separated. but asked If she had
lost faith in even her ally. the youth
Then came a perfect rain of tears
The first to forget" she wept HE
PROPOSED to me tonight and-the worst
of it-oh-you wouldn't believe It'll gave
up my theories and-and accepted him"'
The Effect OF Realism
The play was over and the audience
had risen. Back of the orchestra circle
the ushers had opened the outside doors
| and throng was already gathering in
! the lobby when the band began playing
The Star Spangled Banner" The big
audience wavered and after a moment
/ stopped and stood still. Some enterpris-
! ing youth in the gallery began cheering
and his call was feebly taken up The
music swelled and rose and echoed along
| the corridors of the theater. Several per-
sons began leaving and one man yawn-
/ burst of applause soon died away and
was lost in the assembly.
Blowing hard in his instrument sat a
little Greek cornetist in the orchestra
He was a talented little fellow with high
musical aspirations, and the salary he
made by carrying the air Of the hymn was
giving him the opportunities he needed
He was q handsome chap. too, with white
skin and fine, waving hair His eyes
We're black and radfcnt and his whole
face suffused with the brightness brought
with the anthem. For he had fought for
liberty and knew what il meant. The
Stars ard Stripes of his adopted land
were much TO him. and as the strains
reached his ear they touched his heart
and fired him. His cornet was heard
way above the rest of the pieces and the
rich blood stained mis- cheek as he listen
ed. To him that grand old song brought
remembrance of the men who suffered
under Washington and of those who died
with Grant
Into his mind it waited the realization
OF all he had hoped for and dreamed Of
and his chest heavcd. The leaders baton
seemed afar off and the music blended
only with the things that We're working in
his own brain This was his own cOun-
try-his adopted home-and his was the
privilege to fight for the freedom his fore
fathers had not won, but which had been
achieved for him in another land. And
then his hand closed over the cornet and
a sharp false note rang out clear and
strong above the rest. The audience
laughed, but the Greek was paying no
heed, For a second and third time he
blew that note, and it was only a quick
word from a compa Mon that awOke him
And that night a new-Gedged patriot
lost his job.