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His Christmas Enlka

1 likes my fr'en's in springtime wen we
plows de furrow long.
En- de mockin' bird is primpin' In de peach
tree fer a song.
En- de larks is des a-skimmin' er de con-
feFs cas- en- wes',
But l likin' en- I lovin' er my Christmas
folks de bes'!
I knows wen Chris mus comin'-taInt de
fros' dat's on de shed.
De crisp road ter de cabin, or de holly-ber-
rfes red,
Or de singin' err de fiddle. wen de white
sans on de flo.
Wild de niggers in de cabin des a-iingin'
heel en- toe:
En- heb come ole Br'er Rufus.-he been
a-hoein' con
Sence wen dey say de stars felled-'fo de
bes' er us wuz bo'n
He take his dram. en- thanky. he th'ow his
stick away.
En- Look out! 1 a-comin'. en- Lawd bless
Christmas Day!
oh. dey amt no time dat's like 1t! Come
in heah. one en- all.
En- take de white folks Christmas des I'D
en- down de hall!
De jimmyjohn is ready. en- de or-time fd-
dies des .
,A-sayin' en- a-singin': '.Ain't yo' Christmas
folks de bes'?"
Frank L. Stanton, in the Christmas num-
Der Of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
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stevenson's Literary Plans.

Not the least interesting portions Of Mr..
Graham Balfour's Life Of R. L. Stevenson
Gust published) are the references to the
literary projects that were never carried
' out. After tie production Of Deacon Bro
de- Stevenson proposed to busy himself
with the following plays:
!. Honour end Arms: Drama In three
acts.
1.-The King Of Clubs: Drama In four
acts.
"'Pepy's Diary: Comedy.
1.-THE Admirable Crichton': Romantic
comedy in five acts.
Ajax: Drama in four acts.
1.-THE Passing Of Venderdecken': de-
gendD in four acts.
Farmer George: Historical play in I'VE
acts.
1.-The Gunpowder Plot: Historical play.
"'The Atheist: Comedy.
1.-The Mother-in-Law': Drama.
MADAM Fate: Drama in a prologue
and four acts.
MADAM Destiny
Farmer George was to have covered
the whole reign Of George the Third. ending
with a scene in which the mad King recov-
cred for a while his reason."-The Academy
Uondon).
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For Romantic Actors.

Speaking Of the striking stage adaptable
ity of ''Lazarre," Amy Leslie. the dramatic
critic. says: 'Lazarre" is a book for the
Hacketts and the Southerns to handcuff to
their futurities. Mrs. Catherwood's charms
as a writer are SO many and dazzling. her
pictures 50 exquisite, her sharp maxims n
aphorisms so original and convincing. her
dialogues so exactly natural, that he trick
Of putting her novel into dramatic form
will not be destroying, II intelligence and
amiability be yoked pleasantly together in
the making of the play-""Lazarre." Moth
ing this thoroughly satisfying and really
brilliant literary woman has ever written
has such consuming and delicately sweet
romance. nor holds out so many pictur-
esque invitations to the costumer and to
the painter.
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would laugh at a German who. wishing
to learn English, is afraid to try and speak
it because Of the plumbers he would make.
Why not initiate those family gatherings
where some member of the household sits
down at the piano and all join in at the
chorus. ~gray-haired father, faxen-haired
little sister and all?
They do not stop to wonder If they v
fine voices. nor do they compare their ef-
forts with those Of the great artists.
They sing rs the birds sing. because they
love 1t, and they have the habit.
But the American woman who sings Is led
astray by her ambition. 1t Is the stage or
the fashionable concert-room for her.
To sing every night In the parlor for the
sheer love Of Observation-Disclosures is a
waste OF time and vocal enerGyI
What a grave mistake it is!
Not to every woman is 1t given to be a
great singer. but there Is no reason why
any woman whom heaven has blessed with
a sweet voice should keep that voice from
being heard as often as her friends wish
to hear 1t.
Birds that can sing and will not sing are
in Utmost as poor a condition as birds who
cannot sing at all
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The Temple Balzac.

In view Of the several editions of Balzac's
works which are now appearing. his read
ers will be interested in the news that the
Temple edition Of the Coincide Humane
has just been published by the Macmillan
Company in forty volumes. It appears I'M
der the editorship Of George Saintsbury.
first volume contains a general intro
duction and classification of the novels.
while each book has its special predatory
essay. The sets are bound both in cloth
and limp leather. and each volume has an
etched frontispiece. The binding is dainty,
in Uniform style with other Temple edi-
tons. The paper is a little larger than the
Temple classics. n from a mechanical
point Of view the edition is an altogether
pleasant one to handle and to see. The
same remarks apply very largely to the
Temple edition of the Bronte novels. which
is complete in twelve volumes, each with
photogravure frontispiece, with drawings
by ]. Grieg. The page is a little smaller
than the Balzac set. This set is also pub
lished in cloth and leather binding, with
uncut edges.
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rur FAMOUS PR INA DONNA WRITES OF 1lE
BEST WAY TO MAKE US A MUSICAL NATION.

And IL you live in a city remote nen
oneras. get your education at the concse
nv the orchestra. where so much great mnp
sic is played, and played we'll.
And. further. I would say TO every sa
Who sings. If you do not practice each day.
your voice will soon master you. instead
Of you mastering it.
teacher may teach you how to use your
voice how to avoid firing 1t. and how to
place IL 50 as to bring out its best tone
But the lesson will all be wasted il daily
The torres will become misplaced. the
throat will get tired. irritated and hoarso
The woman who knows how to sing and
VET refuses when asked. for no other rea-
SON than that she is not a great. singer. b
an ;mpediment in the way OK musical
growth
ING unless your women carry back into the
home circle the music they have absorbed
there.
more literally and more constantly.
Make singing a feature of social and lam.
" life. and you have taken a great step
fovard Amerca's becoming a musical ma
ton.
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Life in Town and Country" and Russian
Life" etc. Some notable works on art have
come out this year, including Sir w. Arm
strong's Life of Turner" Numerous books
on sociology appeared this year. as fog
many years ~past-which are likely to be
criticised entirely subjectively, according as
they agree or disagree with the opinions OF
their readers. There has been a reasonable
list on science. and a very large list on the
various useful arts and trades, of which it
would be impracticable to give any adequate
idea by mention Of the titles. A book that
Will prove of interest to st. Louisans is the
closing volume of Lyman p. Powel's His
toric Towns" 1t is entitled Historic Towns
Of the West" and contains a sketch of st.
Louis by q ~well-known local writer; and Of
Interest to all town and city readers is NJ.
Robinson's Improvement OF Town and
City,"
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Let me. too. sing in New York, in Phila-
delphia. in Boston!
Your greenhouses are magnificent struc-
lures. You have to support the stars. a
wonderful ensemble of talented men and
women who sing the second parts as they
have sung the first parts in the royal opera
houses abroad. .
But with all this superb tuition. to which
you listen so eagerly, you do not go home
and sing songs OF the opera to the family
as you should.
And. mark my word. 1t Is this family
singing that makes a great musical ma
tion.
In Italy. in France. in Germany. good
music is a part of ordinary homespun
education, a part Of the daily life Of the
men and women Of the family. who sing
together the great airs from the operas.
Don't you think that they would laugh
at you II you told them that you would
never sing a fine chorus after you had
heard 1t SO magnifcently rendered at the
Metropolitan Opera-house or your own
Academy of Music. just because you would
feel mortified at your own attempt?
OF course they would laugh, just as you
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as well as Mime. So-and-So. whom 1 nearo
last night. I won't sing at all"
Moreover. those of you who have soo1
voices and sing well do not give enough
time to 1t.
Let me advise each one OF you girls VINO
sing to sit down at the piano for an nouT
a day or night and sing something. u balia'
or an operate air.
II you have a musical family. call In
some Of your folks and make them join you
in some of the choruSes.
Form a quartet in your own home. SO
that you may go over the operas the next
day. after you have heard them sung oS q
great company the night before.
And when you go to the opera, watch the
artists when they are singing, see how they
dwell on certain notes, how they interpret
certain passages.
Then the next day sit down at your piano.
get out your score and sing over your opera
in the light Of the knowledge you gained
the night before.
After a while you will find that you and
your family will discuss singing at the din
ner table. just as you were formerly wont
to discuss art. literature or politics
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How often have I heard a girl endowed
by nature with a sweet voice say:
Yes. / have studied music. but I do not
sing much. l think it a waste of time, for
l haven't enough voice for a career"
And SO her piano remains closed and her
voice. once sweet and powerful. dwindies
away to almost nothing for lack Of work,
/ practice and that sort Of humility which. to
give pleasure. is ready to do its best and
rest content with that.
The point I wish to make from all that
l have said and all that I shall say is. that
the only way for America to progress still
further in music Is for her women to make
OF music a similar center of home life a,
they now make OF books and art.
I have spoken Of your great development
CT the appreciation Of fine music.
1t Is the women. I believe. who have
brought this about. 1t Is the women. whose
quick grasp Of the Intellectual part OF
music has stimulated musical interest n
SO brought to your cities the greatest ar
lists Of the Old World.
Pity 1t is that this very intelligence.
this very power OF analysis and compare
son, should be at the root OF that self-con-
,ence which says: Because l can't sing
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appreciate and vigorously applaud was
loves labor lost in the United States.
To-day-this very season. a huge audi
ence will resound with a thunder OF OPP
p!ause the moment the last strain OF this
same aria has died away. for to-day you
Americans are beginning to know what
is good and fine in music. and with your
characteristic New World agility OF thought
you have in five or six years learned what
it took Germany a quarter OF a century to
learn.
Then. why should you not learn to DO q
great singing nation?
In answering my own question. I Will say
for you who sing. as my first advice: sing
more and listen less.
You listen too much. You sing too little.
America should lead the way to be q
singing nation. Why not2S
You nave the best in the world as Your
tutors. This is the promised land-the lana
Of milk and honey for the foreign singer.
The worlds greatest artists are brought
to your stages. Your three great Eastern
cities are the Ultima Thule nowadays to
all great musicians.
What foreign artist OF renown is there
whose ambition does not impel him to say:
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Most Popular Books.

From reports from booksellers over the
whole Of the United States, the Bookman
decides that the six best-selling books of
the month are:
1. 1.-THE Crisis" Churchill. CMacmilIan.)
s1.so.
2. "D'ri and l." Bachelor. Uothrop
Publishing Company S1.D.
3. 1.-The Eternal City" Game. (Apple-
TOM sl5o.
4. 1.-The Right Of Way" Parker. liar
PERI s1.0.
5. "Blennerhassett." Pidsin. CLARK Pub
fishing Company s1.50.
6. "Graustark." McCutcheon. (Stone.)
s1.a.
The best sellers in st. Louis are as fol-
lows:
1. The Crisis" Churchill,
2. "D'ri and l." Bachelor.
5. 1.-The Eternal City" Game.
4. "Sister Teresa" Moore.
5. 1.-THE Helmet Of Navarro" Runkle,
6. 1.-The Right Of Way" Parker.
London prefers the following books:
'Tristram of Blent.' BY Anthony Hope.
es. q. Murray
THE Crisis" BY Winston Churchill. 6.
(Macmillan)
THE Grip Of the Bookmaker." By Percy
White. Is. CHutchinson.)
1.-The Casting Of Nets" BY R. Bagot. IS.
(Arnold.)
The Serious wooing." BY j. Oliver
Hobbies. Is. (Methuen.)
Both Sides of the Veil" BY Richard
Marsh. Is. (Methuen.)
1.-The Luck Of the vails." BY E. F. Ben
son. 6s. (Heinemann.)
Anna Lombard" IS. Gong.)
Cinderella BY S. R.. Crockett. g.. u.
Sister Teresa" BY George Moore. es.
CUnwin.)
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the teaching of the church with regard to
those Scriptures. and to the application of
the doctrine OF the incarnation to the study
of the written word. (). How the modern
methods OF Bible study and the application
of evolution and comparison have affected
Our view Of the history OF the religion of Is
rael. 0 An illustration OF modern methods
of Bible Study in general by a particular
application in the case Of the Psalms. "a
A survey Of archaeological discoveries
bearing on the Old Testament. and the
treatment of q few points in which the his
tory of the religious. political. and literary
history of Israel has been illuminated by
archaeological research. with practical ap-
plication to the book of Daniel.
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BY LII.II LEHMAN.
ITTTN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC


America "A musical nation?
That is a great question and a good one.
If individuals In America develop their
musical talent as America at large has de-
veIoped as a nation. there is no telling what
will be the result in another decade.
I feel that / cannot help saying this TO
all those women who sing because. although
It is q part of practical advice. II also ex-
presses a deep feeling that We foreigners
have about your American singers.
1t is many years since ] first came to
this country to sing and it would seem
and sound incredible II / should give You
a truthful comparison between the artistic
atmosphere of Americans and America
4 then and now
have heard many OF your matrons and
maids who sing. and I have had the pleas
ure of singing before thousands of your
womankind. but never in my most sansuine
saoments did ! think that your musical
world would show the evolution and de-
~velopinent that the last decade has brought
about.
( A few years ago a delicate aria that the
audiences Of the Old World would quickly
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New Churchman Volume.

'.The Old Testament and the New sohol-
arship'' is the title of the new volume in
the Churchman'S Library. It is by the Rev.
erend Doctor John p. Peters, well known
n q writer on theological subjects. and for
the account which he wrote Of his explora-
tons and adventures on the E%uphrates. The
book II divided into four parts, dealing re-
s~pectively with ~ what Is to be understood
by the inspiration Of the Sacred Scriptures.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
Ralefnl IGNORANCE.

Little Willie: paw. where is tn Isthmus
Nv Panama." :.
Father: The sthmus of Panama? Willie,
do you mean to tell me that you have been
studying grammar two years and you don't
know where the Isthmus Of Panama is? If
you amt able to conjugate the Isthmus of
Panama for me by tomorrow night I'll
mako you go to bed at 6 O'Clock.
State Journal.
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The American Girls Appeal.

The American Girls Appeal.
Am 1 Priscilla" Of the bard.
For Miles" pursued? =
Or apple-parins "Huldah." whs
By ''Zeke'' was wooed?
Or the intrepid warrior maid.
With firearms
More thoroughly acquainted than
With hymns and psalms?
Am I the poor and petty thing
That Howells makes me.
The stone that sharpens up the wit
OF him that takes me?
Or am / Mary Wilkins's kind.
Bilious. .nane.
All conscience and self-consciousness,
Never quite sane?
Am l Anslo-Yankee priS
OF Mrs. Ward?
Does she or does she not portray
Quite by the card?
Tell me I'm each or all Of these;
My faults unfurl
To every breeze: but am !. pray.
The Gibson girl?
Am I the wording he depicts.
The ''up-to-date."
Self-seeking, mercenary, shrewd.
A thing to hate?
My sweet girl cousins cross the sea
Du Maurier drew.
And every one adores. while L
What can I do? -
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IT'S 'Punch's' dowager gets OF
The naughtiness.
But I am made to voice 1t. oh.
Have I redress?
What knight will to the rescue. who
Will speak me fair.
And on his heart and pencil my
True colors wear?
&C. Leech in the December Critic.
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Youths Legacy.

1O0SH "S60S
Not that we shun the darkness or h rain.
Not that We fear the hazard Of the cold.
Not that We shirk from sorrow OF from
pain,
Or dread the Bitterness Of growing old;
But while spring flowers and while the skies
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

All persons found playing cards b M
way cars in Russia are subject to hssNR
penalties. /,
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Writing by Rule.

"H10AH6 " OS01Ce
Sir Walter Besant had a set of rules
which he claimed to follow. English pa
pers. In %reprinting them. said they were
interesting" They are. coming from such
a writer. They are as follows:
l. Practice writing something original
every day.
2. Cultivate the habit Of observation.
8. Work regularly at certain hours.
4. Read no rubbish.
s. Aim at the formation of style.
6. Endeavor to be dramatic.
Z. A great element of dramatic skill Is
selection.
9. Avoid the sin OF writing about a char
acter.
9. Never attempt to describe any kind of
life except that with which you are ia
miliar.
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Fire losses in England amount to ~ -
cent OF all premiums paid.
An India rubber tree gatheref IN lk.an
averages sixteen pounds Of Juice daily.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
A Game for Two.

Once upon a time q young gentleman an
a younger lady were alone in q bright paz.
lor in front Of a cheerful open fire. with .
table between them. playing cards. Al thaI
continued to play and chat the table Wa0
not so much between them. for they botA
got nearer the fire and played the g1m0 -
one corner Of the table.
They had started In top lay euchfa. bge
after an hour and q half they found that
they were playing hearts.
MoraLWe are not always sure what a.
game Is.
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are blue,
We hoard LIES gladness for a heritage
That winters sunshine may the spring 70
new.
And all Youths pleasure live to dov0
Age.
-Gelett Burgess. In "a Gage Of Youths
Small, Maynard & Coz ]
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

Miss Montresor has utilized incident
and intrigue in this excellent story to
give a vivid delineation of character.
The love of a mother for n prodigal,
the self-sacrifice OF a woman, and the
mingled motives of an adventurer. are
all sketched with the delicacy, pene-
tration AMI grasp Of motives that
have distinguished this talented au-
thor's work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-24

Thursday morning, Mr. James Burke,
one of the oldest citizens Of Centre
Wheeling. died at his home on South
Main street. Although he has been
confined to his room for nearly eight
months, his demise was a sad blow to
the family. The immediate cause OF
his death was old age, coupled with
other complications. Mr.. Burke was
born in county Galway, Ireland, and
came to this county thirty-seven years
ago, and for thirty-four years has re
sided on South Main street, He is sur
vived by three sons and two daugh-
ters. one son being Councilman Thomas
Burke. Mr.. Burke was a Democrat and
always took an interest in the citys
welfare. The funeral will take place
from the Cathedral and the remains
will be laid to rest beside his wife at
Mt Calvary cemetery