Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-27
AS TO VOICES
whnt the Musical CrHc said .O tBe Girl Who Wanted to sing
 tO Him.

'1s this Alr Kaile, the eminent mu- sical critic and urban philosophers"
 \ gentle, implorjng creature spoke. The scene was a summer resort, not many miles from Boston. The hotc. piazza was comparatively deserted.
 \ eonservatiYely blonde, robust and impressive man made haste toreply;
 "I am Mir. Kaile, " he said in father ly manner, beaming through his glasses; but am not eminent. and sometimes, when l listen to the Bos- ton Municipal Rain hand,I doubt if l am musical No man, my daughter, can be eminent, even though he be musical, if he is subject to good diges- ton"
 Nr. kaile beamed once more through his glasses in fatherlY manner.
 sOh l am se glad ] have met you. Mother said she knew il was you, be- cause she saw yoW picture in the Tx bridge anguard when the Worcester musical festival was held last winter ] want to ask you if il would he too much trouble for you 10 hear me sing this evening. and tell me honestly what you think of my voice.
 One of the glasses through which Mr. kaile had been beamiug fel oA the piazza railing, where Mr Kailc had just placed if, with crash 1t would have been useless at that time for there was no more beam in the eye of the good man, nor did he look then like kind and ihduigent father.
 He gasBed once or twice and replied:
 Ny dear girl. it is true that my pie tare was printed in the Vanguard, one time, next to pure reading matter, and l hasten 10 assure you that | did not pay for it. Il is also beyond dispute that l was present. as is my custom, when the musical festival was pulled off, but yet Withai lack that courage which enables less sympathetic men to referee voice tests and give honest opin- ions
 He was warming to his subject and he did moi wait for reply
 "Gouare young. he continued. beam ing once again, as d new glass was brought to replace the old. '.You are young. Eouare fair. Undoubtedly some good or poor teacher is tryiHg10 pay his rent by convincing you that before you is an operatic future. and that perse- verance is the keynote ot the hour. as long as you pay for The hour. IL is not for me the chairman of our mu- sieal branch of the Confidence Opera tors' union, to interfere with brother efaftsman.s means of livelihood. Be i'm T., vation cannot hurt it. The same culti= vation which helps you will help my feI- low trades-unionists as well. You are young and hopeful. Somebody has al- ready told you-I see it in your eye that even now you are as much beyond NorGica asNordica is beyond Margaret Kline or melancholy figs That may or may not be true. l shall not dispel your illusions. 1 will not decide"
 Thegentc. inploring creature looked perpleNed and sorroWful.
 Cant you give me just one word of advice, Mr. Nailc 2''
 With pleasure. Have you ever test cd your sweet young voice on My Old New Hampshire Home'?"
 Why, mo-"
 "Thcn don't"
 And inc critic who disclaimed em- thence suddenly saw somebody in the distance who was not there, yelled eheeriIy: In just a minute in reply to summons that had not been issued, saluted gracefully and departed with surprising celerity.
 What funny mani"
 And with those words the gentle, im- ploring creature also disappeared.- Boston Journal.
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