The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-06
Views and Interviews.

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some of our churches, embarrassing III
degree. and which little thought or
reflection should correct" said gentle.
meun who Is a regular church goer. sit
is the habit of those who get earlier 10
church, to ocnpy the ends Of the pews.
/ forcing those who come later or after
service shall have begun. (which Is cyl.
| dent bad taste,l 60 walk over the feet
of those occupy ing the ends Of the news
to reach the unoccupied places, whereas
| III they would leave the end seats vacant.
| these who come later could bp seated
without confusion. Especially does This
habit prevail in certain church IN this
| city, where the services are very inn
| preSsive solemn and beautiful ani
where the rector delivers decidedly in
| structiye and intellectual sermons, and
where the seats are all free.
'sOn a recent Sunday ] attended this
| church. and walked well hp one OF the
aisles without obtaining a seat, in eonse-
queqce OF the end seats heing fills1
| though there was plenty Of room Just
| beyond tine end in several Of the pews.
| Being advanced in years, amid less agile
| than when any hair was black, and I'M
! willing to risk fall over the pedal ex-
tremities OF those III the end seats; ara
not living in a FORMER age, when,
| Twas impious then, so much was age
revered.
| For youth to keep their seats when an
old man appeared,
/ turned to retreat TO the rear Of the
church, when | saw Two uplifted sym
pathetic hands, beckoning to come there,
and | was given a seat on the last row.
by two eslitors-on from Raleigh the
other a conlely one from a honrishing
sister city.
THE occurrence reminded me fore-
bly, of something | had read d long
time ago, and which | viii relate us
nearly as my memory viii now permit
At a public representation at Athens of
same play exhibation in honor of the
Commonwealth, an old man came too
late for a place suitable to his age and
quality, Many of the young men VINO
observed the difficulty and confusion h.
was in. made signs to him that they
would accommodate him n he would
come where they sat. The good man
hustled through the crowd accordingly,
but when he came TO the seats 10 which
ne was invited. the jest was TO sit close
and expose him as he stood. out of
conntenance TO the whole audience. The
froaic went around the Athenian benches.
But on those occasions tl4re were par
ticular places assigned for Foreigners.
When the good man skulked towards
the boxes appointed for the Iacedemon-
ians, that honest people more yirtnous
than polite, rose mp all TO man to re-
ceiye him among them. The Athe-
mans being suddenly touched with
sense of the Spartan virtue, and their
own degeneracy, gave a thunder OF APP
plause. and the old man cried out: The
Athenians understand what is good, but
the Lacedemonians practice it
when | was scented, and my embar-
rassment had well NIGH subsidized, ! de-
termined two things in my own mind
One was, that the contented. unmoyed
Christian worpnippers understood what
was good, and the other was. that the
two foreign and domestic editors had
practieed it.
SIT will take the men who make
| fight with the negro ON the amendment
next year quarter of a century TO get
over odium that will attach to them ON
that account" said well known clt-
zen of Halifax county yesterday u can
understand of course why Pritchard and
the old timers who are already III foff
IT should keep on, but what puzzles mes
is why any young man, however frnllJ
ne may believe in Republican principles.
should align himself with the negro IN
such a crisis. Indeed / should say that
the better Republican he is IN more
reason there is that he should want the
.,<se.,.e question illuminated from politics
IF ] believed in the gold standard, hlsi'
tariff, imperialism and adj the rest OF =
I should go in to get the negro ont CT
tha way that the fight might be made
along those fines. As it is the Whlle
Republicans of the East are aslalnei oi
their party and between elections VIII
scarcely admit that they belong 10 IL.
Buffers stand on the amendment =
no surprise to me" sand q meinner 81
the last Legislature yesterday. 4 pre-
dicted last winter when some OF US We're
discussing the matter what Butter
course would be. There was really noth-
ing else for him Ito do if he did not IN
tend to retire from politics ana he mas
no more intention of doing that IMAM ne
has of practicing law. His stand ON the
amendment and his getting admitted 10
the bar are separate plays OF the same
game-which is nothing other than 10
make a fight for the Republican party
in this State and then claim as reward
from Mckinley an appointment OF some
place that he would have to be lawyer
to fal." The diagnosis OF the foxy citi-
zen from hucklebeTry dand may not D.
far wrong.