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New-York tribune., 1901-12-01
4HONG THE OLD MASTERS.
LADIES NOT APpREcIA-ED.

-2E-NuRAHDT-s SHADOWS AND RUBENss FAT
LADIES NOT APPRECIATED.
\ good looking young woman. who had evi-
derrly been fed n large quantities Of 'cultur-
enc" plotting about the Art Museum the
other 5ay fat anI comfortable middle aged
soul. whose agreeable hut totally uninspired
features showed that hers was the proud privi-
lage Of being mother to her companion. The
girl dragged her mother from canvas TO canvas,
explaining things in a high pitched voice,
Rembrandt was Q Dutchman,' she observed
.'YCu see how full Of shadows his pictures are"
'sSha do7vs indeed returned the mother. 4
must say, though II was well for that lady he
cd rut her in the shadow He must have been
We'll paid for painting her, ! should say" she
added with scOrn.
The two passed on TO Rubens-
"Afn't they fat, those ladies-if you can call
'era ladies'" exclaimed the portly matron, for
once interested.
He used his wife as model, mother volun-
teered the cultured one
well now" said mother wrathfully, TO
-F-fnk 4 man would make such show Of his own
z,fear No. may not be 50 we'll educated as you,
1,5r 7 know better than that hope"
The conversation. carried on in clear tones,
had attracted the attention Of half the room
The sirl blushed deeply, and drew her mother
away in the direction Of the modern rooms Inc
ToE,eless remark doated back:
No, Antoinette 1t amt no use Them old
rasters all look alike TO me-"
New-York tribune., 1901-12-01
TINES CHANGES

From The Washington Star
'Diogenes was a great man." said the con-
ternplatIye person and yet he had no use for
money. H was content to coaine his posses
sions 10 d single tub"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum. "a tub
might have been all right in those days. but
what q man wants now IS barL"
New-York tribune., 1901-12-01

.sz.NnRASD1~s SHADOWS AND RUBE,ss FAT
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

it. James? says she. That, answered
James. handing her the letter. It's come
at last Come says Mary. What S
come? Tell me, James-ah, tell me!
They've called me out, came back.
Called We out?' says Mary. 'Ay', says
James, that's so. I've been expectin' it
but 1 said nothin'. What was the use of
talkin?' Called ye out% says Mary
again. Where, James, where?' off to
the war, I'm thnkin'.' answered James.
and the word was said.
"They tell me that for half an hour
after the news came Mary said no word,
nor James, nor so much as looked at
each other One this side of the hearth
and one that, they sat staring at the
fire, as dumb as the dead. James sat
striving to smoke. Mary striving to think
with the child asleep beside them, and
the bread burning on the griddle, and the
letter in Mary's lap. The blow had come
sir, had come.
AT last James lifts the tongs to stir
the fire. and at that Mary rises, comes
over and kneels by him on the floor,
" James, says she; sure it's not true?
Sure, it can't be true?
cts there answers he, nodding at
the letter; but Mary catches him by the
arm.
Mono says she; we can't, We can't
Ye mustn't go. No, no. How can We
go? Ye mustn't, James; ye mustn't
"I must answers James.
"'But ye can't; ye mustn't. All, my
God, it'd break my heart. I'd sooner
die at once-now-here where / am, than
see We go. Why, it can't be. Sure, God
would never punish me like that To
wait hereto lie awake thinkin an think
into sit dreadin an dreadin' Ito see
ye in my dream-to know We were fight
into have your face always before me
All, my God, l can't. James, you'll not
go. All, say We won't!
"T must answers James
"'What, go an leave us, go an leave
us!
Il must answers James.
"'Go away from US for ever an ever
an ever.
Its there says James from his stool,
looking at the letter I'm on my oath.
I'd be a deserter. 1 must CO.
"'An' you WHIP
"T must answers James; then turns
to Mary. and strives to comfort her. Sure
there was little TO worry about. With
Gods help, all would come right In the
end He'd be back before long. Peo-
.pe said the war would last only month
or so. Maybe he'd never go abroad at
ALL Maybe the doctor would cast him;
maybe more troops would not be want
ed. And IL he did go what matter any
way2 He'd bring her a pension maybe,
and a medal, and loot from the Cape.
She'd have government money, with the
help OF friends she could manage whilst
he was away. He'd write often.
He'd .
Talk What's the good Of talk when
the sky is failing? What's the use Of
tongue comfort TO a broken woman? A.
well offer life 10 q corpse, or preach wis
dom 20 a fool James was going-James
was going 70 the war just that was
all that Mary heard or knew, and no
words could alter Il. He was going
going, gong. one day soon he Won d
march away ana bullet would ind him
ana she'd never see him again. There
WAS the trouble for Mary. Talk was no
use. peadlng could do nothing; 10 she
went back 20 her stool, took the child
upon her knee. and aat reading the hre.
Like = stone she eat dfc8mlng aud think
INK nr Silent a. thc grave james "a
going. SONG. going, thinks She then,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

a humorous observation, that the cloth
does some Of our ministers who have es-
tablished regulations as witty after-din-
ner speakers. There is no premonitory
smile, like "a fagman sent out ahead to
announce a joke. If Minister Wa had the
humorous features of the Hon. Thomas
b. Reed he might possibly fail in an eff
fort to live up 20 them. As 1t Is, when
he first INDUCES his humor his au-
dience believes that it is quite by acct
dent until 1t discovers the regularity with
which his humor arises to the occasion.
mot long ago Minister WI was the
guest Of honor at the Lotos Club.
"'When the president Of your club and
the chairman Of your committee he said,
came to Washington to tender me an in
vnatlon to be present at this banquet
did not know at first exactly what Il
meant; but when l heard the name or
the club then | knew that In that name
lay the cause of the Invitation. OF all
the plants that grow IN China the lotos
Is the most appreciated because Of les
purity
Minister WI hesitated just a moment.
and the laughter which greeted his in
genious explanation went around the ia
bles. His grave ana logical conduct OF
an absurd proposition won his audience
from the start, ond the few men who ace
ceptod his explanation seriously cheer
fully admitted their mistake long before
Ills EXcellency left the grill-room below
whore the informal aftermath OF Isoios
club dinner evidently was not unaDaro-
eiatod by the guest 81 the cvenlnF. Dur
ing mo past winter Minister Wu has been
the star attraction ol every dinner Whioa
be has attended"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

me before / spill your blood. So they
searched him and there in his coat pocket
was the watch. Ay, there IL was, sir, with
every hour Of the day marked upon its
face.
A light broke upon me. MARY put it
there" cried J.
ITO be sure answered Dan; ito be
sure she did. Sooner than have James go
to the war, she'd make him a thief aud
have him tried and sent to Jail. Ay, chats
Ivhat she'd do. Again Dan paused, sight
ed then deeply and went on "Ah, God
help her innocence" sold he, with all fer
yor, land God keep her and send James
back 10 her. Her trial was sore; her lot
Is hard. She did her best-she did her
best. II was foolish and mad Of her, but
twas the best she could do. And all no
use, no mortal use in the world. For next
day, before the mag strates, the whole
story came out, ana James was DISMISS
cd. and Mary repHmandcd and
there she Is now, trudglng home through
The mists TO her lonely hearth, with
James gone from her, and bitter days
before her, ana the heart dead within
her Dead. DID ! say? Well. maybe nOt
For didn't james forgive her IN the end
ara hadn't she something Of his to COM
fort her for many day-the bruiso on
her cheek that ho gave her la the bar
racks when he turned and looked AT her
and guessed what she'd done"7
Shan ~ Bullock
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
MIR. WI AFTER DINNER.
Chinese Minister the Star Attraction
of Every Dinner He Has Attended.

George Barry Mallon in Ainslee's)
"When His Excellency WI Ting-fang,
the Chinese Minister with whose name
the word clever is now invariably link
ed made his first after-dinner speech in
this country less than two years ago, the
American people claimed him as their
own. His speech was so replete with
humor, so filled with solid advice, and SO
delicately critical OF some Of our national
characteristics that he leaped into in
slant popularity. His subsequent after
dinner talkS-and he Is not prodigal Of
them, though his mail Is filled every day
with requests to address various ASSOC
Citations, have done more to make him
the most popular Chinainan who has ever
been in this country than even his more
important services as diplomat during
the stressful period of the siege OF the
Pokln legations. Not only Is Minister
Wu's use OF English scholarly. but his
Wit ~ OF the kind which We have always
assumed modeatly was American. his
impassiye Oriental face and 70 our ears,
"a slightly monotOnous voice are Boiled
hy his eyes, which twinkle IN an nppre-
ciatiye way when some one else says
good thing. Minister Wa, with the art Of
q skilled actor says his own good things
with face thot gives no Indication OF
undue appreciation Of his own wOfthi-
ness This racial quality OF his gives
Alm the SANS advantage, when hc ulhkea
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

marched a hero among the hills! Boys.
but his tongue scattered lies about the
hearth-stones! All, sir, but Mary was
glad to see him and walked proud by his
side! She was happy now. happy as any
Queen. There was no dreaming in her
eyes now when she looked at James. no
signing when he spoke, no incoming when
she sat by him at the hearth. She just
worshipped him; and he thought well Of
her, to be sure, and one day they joined
hands before the parson, and he married
them.
They settled down on a wee farm
back there beyond the canal; and in their
way managed bravely. True enough,
their roses had plenty O. thorns; stin,
blossoms came sometimes. James was
steady and ready; the knack OF work
came back to him after a while; he did
what he could. Mary strove her best,
looked happy. and was contented. Like
many another couple in these parts, they
seemed settled down for life; little beside
them. little except drudgery before them,
but enough with the help of God for all
tleir needs. They had health, they had
friends, they had roof above them, a
bit to eat, and as much to spare as would
pay the rent; what better or more could
they want. So the days passed and the
months tramped by. Spring came and
went; summer slipped away; autumn
brought the harvest and left it snug;
winter cawled in and the land went
asleep. James put away his spade and
fell to making nets by the hearthstone.
Mary took to dreaming again as she
sewed near the candle. About Hollentide
a child was born to them. Al seemed we'll
and promising well. And then the blow
fell, came swift and sudden, like a flash
from the sky or a bullet from a trench.
All, but war is the sore thing;
but it's cruel and heartless! Like death
it spares no one. The happier you are the
harder it hits you. And the ones it hurts
most are the ones that never see il, the
ones that sit dreading at home.
ut was only the other day that the
thing happened-only the other day.
Mary was at home in the kitchen, sing
ing to the child and baking oaten bread
at the table, when in through the door
way came James with q letter in his
hand. He looked a bit strange, I'm think
in, for at sight of his face Mary stops
her singing and turns to him. What is
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

wi all my heart He'll forget soon
enough, The worst that can come to
him is friendly bullet. But she'll never
forget, and it's the pains of death she'll
suffer every day. Think of what she'll
endure from this minute on and on, wait
in an watchin', dread.n' an hopin', tor
turin herself with a thousand fancies,
seem him drowned on the sea, or killed
in the war, or lynn wounded in
she's endured this last week over
since word came to James. Think of
what she did to keep him.
Dan paused; stood awhile in thought; then
beckoned me toward the refreshment-
rooms Come till I tell ye," said he;
come away till tell ye'
"Over there" said Dan, as we sat smok-
ing in a corner, his words as faithfully
as can reproduce them, being just these:
day to Bum, you'll find two houses in
the townland of Giant standing nearly
side by side on the face of hill. They're
decent little places in their way with a
share of bad land to each and a piece OF
turbary, and no stint of fresh air whis-
ting through the doors. AS long as l
mind, the same families have lived in
them, just struggling for life and bread,
and making their way through the world;
twenty years ago, two children were born
in them-a boy in this that they christ
ened James, and girl in the other that
they called Mary; the same pair, you'u
understand, that we've just been watchin'
on the platform. Ay. the self-same pair.
''Wel, sir, they came into the world.
and somehow or another they managed
to keep alive in it and TO thrive as they
grew. They got their share to eat, 1
suppose; there was always a roof to
stop the rain and a hedge to turn the
wind and a place to stretch in at night.
What clothes they had let out the wet
and let in the air; some days they went
to school, most days didn't, and for play
ground hadn't they the width of a
county? They were like hares for Wild
ness, and for devilment in every shape
you couldn't match them from Mail
Head to the Cove of Cork. No man might
fathom their tricks; and if you saw the
whinns aight on the hill, or a neighbours
donkey without a tail, or a stone flying
through the window, ten chances to one
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
ON THE RESERVE.
BY Shan F. Bullock.

Copyright. 1901, by Shan F. Bullock.
We were standing-Dan Wilson and I
on the bridge that spans the platforms
of CIogheeu Station, just leaning idly
mon a parapet and passing dun time.
Il was a chill wet day in December, one
Of the last days of the year 1899. Twi-
light was falling rapidly through the
roists. Above US the roof stretched
black and grim; below the platform lay
cheerless and deserted. with the rails
cleaning between them out and away
IL, the shivering fields. There seemed
no hope in the world, just then. no light
and no cheer; one felt. standing there,
as if shut within prison bars away from
all bounty of life.
In a while, the street door slammed
behind us, feet sounded on the flags, and
TWO figures passed out below the bridge
and slowly went up the platform; a man
,arrying a rude bundle, a woman carry
ing a child and a basket. They were
the only figures on the platform and nat
urally ones eyes followed them as they
went. Dan, beside me. grunted express
sively, pulled his soft hat over his eyes,
and leaning his chin upon the parapet,
watched them keenly.
DO you know them?" said I.
Il do" came back. Keep an eye their
way
1t wanted yet some ten minutes or so
minutes are of small account on Irish
railways of the up-train's time; and dis
covering this by means of the station
clock. the two put down bundle and bas-
ket and stood waiting by the bookstall,
rbe man with his back toward us, the
woman facing US in the lamplight, Dis
ttnctly now one had view of them and of
all their doings.
The man was a tall, upright fellow of
the farming class, dressed in tweeds,
patched overcoat, peaked cap and heavy
boots, his trousers heavy with mud, his
back splashed to the collar, a clay pipe
Sn his mouth and switch in his hand.
His face one could not see, but the wo-
mans stood out clear below her flimsy
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

Tho Duke ~ Westminster sent por-
sonal invitation 10 his wedding 20 a resi-
cent of New York. who waa gardener NJ
Eust0p iiln, tbe WeHiminater estate,
when lhe Duke WAS a child
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06

York long ago and settle down, else
where under a changed name. Either
that or suicide. What kept him here
with his awful burden, which whitened
him prematurely and gave him the look
of a hunted creature? He believed him.
self in constant danger of assassina-
ton. and IL is said had a permit from
the police TO carry a weapon of de-
Tense. Only a few years ago he was
heard to say in the Hoffman House
lobby that If certain person did not
keep away from the hotel he would
"cut his bloody heart out" When he
ordered an inoffensive gentleman from
the famous bar because he happened
to be looking with some contempt upon
a party of Stokes friends carousing at
a nearby table, the slayer received
they say, the worst calling down" of
his life. Il know you are armed"
said the man, slender chap, land
know you are ready to commit an
other murder, but you won't murder
me, and you won't put me out of this
room. You are a cowardl You are
AFRAID of your own shadow! / dare
you to raise your hand against me! Go
ahead! / have no gun" Stokes scowl-
ed savagely and walked away.
One of our leading lawyers said,
when he heard of the murder: Med
stokes has killed the ablest man of the
age. l have heard men tell wondrous
stories OF Fisk's popularity in the Ma
tional Guard. They say that when he
was elected colonel of the Ninth Reg
fment his enthusiasm and liberality
We're so conspicuous that three colo
nels of different regiments offered to
resign in his favor If he would accept
the positions they held. In his bust
ness office Fish was martinez. He de-
manded absolute obedience and I'M
swerving loyalty, else off went head.
Once having tested a man and found
him true, he never allowed rumor or
hearsay to tarnish that mans reputa-
ton. That he was a fast friend is
shown in his remem berance of the
companions of his early days. But let
person once try to injure or circum-
vent him! Then he had no mercy. In
his official relation with men, no mat
ter what he was socially, he bore him.
self as Frederick the Great did to his
boon companions when the death of his
father was announced: mo more fool
ing; / am Emperor
Fisk's favorite expression, when he
had ruined an enemy or overcome an
opponent, was: He has gone where
the woodbine twineth." / should like
to know where he got the phrase. Is
it a quotation? Two brilliant careers.
from a worldly point of view, were
ended by Stokes bulletins own and
that of his victim Had Fisk lived II
is probable that Jay Gould's entire ca
reer would have been changed. Had the
blight been removed from Stokes life
there is no question that he would have
become a powerful factor in our COM
mercial and political existence. Thirty
years ago Fisk believed that the rail-
road offices should be up town and
that stations should be built some-
where in the vicinity of Twenty third
street. For that reason he removed the
Erie Offices to the Grand Opera House.
He was a long way ahead of his time,
but his judgment will soon be vindi-
Gated. If he had lived there would be
three bridges now spanning the North
T:iver, and trains from the South and
OF the city.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06
The Evil Eject of "chiId Labor"

Editor of the Morning News: Allan
ia is favored with the presence of Mrs.
Ashby- Macfadyen. a charming person,
and ono with a real mission; she comes
to us from England, this being her sec
ond visit. in the interest of the little
children who are now employed in the
cotton mills at a tender age, much to
their bodily and mental injury. She
will urge upon the Legislature OF the
Southern states the need for a law for
bidding the employment of children
under twelve years of age, and will
show cause. 1t seems as though this
need would be evident to every person
who realized the evil that must come
from such practice, and which is doing
a great injury to these little ones.
When this question was agitated in
England it brought forth good results.
Mrs. Browning stirred the hearts of
all English-speaking men and women
by her appeal:
But the young, young children, o,
my brothers
"They are weeping BITTERLY
"They are weeping in the playtime of
the others,
'In the country of the free"
What was true then In Great Britain
is true to-day with us.
This gifted woman has the good
wishes and cooperation of thousands
who feel that no good reason can be
given why children of less than twelve
should be required to toll in the close
atmosphere of a mill She will also
ask that these be also relieved OF night
labor until they reach mature years.
/ met my friend Burroughs this
morning. He wants an Experiment
Station for South Georgia and he
gives the best of reasons why II should
be. My own belief is that no section Of
Georgia offers better field for labor
than does South Georgia. / hope we
may have the experiment station there.
as well as a Governor from the same
section--it looks that way now.
Mrs. Macfadyen. although a strang-
err has grasped the real inwardness OF
many questions which interest the PEG.
pie 81 the South With a ready intu-
ltion ghe sees the evil result Of outside
pressure. 10 induce changed conditions
IN our social liff, especially upon the
future 81 the negro, Il IL evident 10
her, ana she readily afirmH. that re-,
cent events have proved harmful 20 the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06

referred to the sentence in which the
Commodore informed the department
that orders could not be obeyed, earn
estly as all have striven."
IF a subordinate informs us that
he is unable to obey orders we do not
charge him with disobedience. We may
censure him for bad Judgment" Capt.
Parker continued, but for nothing
more serious. Failure under such cir
cumstances is not always disobedience.
We can all look back and see how we
could have done differently. Now
say that Commodore Schley never had
any orders. 1t was merely a sugges-
ton as to what he should do. He was
to find out if that squadron was there
and to see that it did not leave without
a decisive action. Even if true that
that the commodore committed gross
errors of judgment, which I do not
admit, but even if true, he had no mo-
tive but to do his whole duty as from
the beginning he had always done it
no more, no less"
Concluding his remarks for the day,
Capt. Parker said he did not think the
Colon could have been sunk in the har-
Dor.
There is one little incident about the
matter. We are permitted to go up
to the first of June. and we see by
the log of the Colon that she was there
until 1895. At o'clock in the morn
ing the commander-in- chief, Admiral
Sampson, came there, and the Colon
was pointed out to him, and there she
lay for four hours and a half without
gun being fired at her. I am not
faulting anybody for this"
THE exercise of the slightest judg-
ment," Capt. Parker said, when the
clock struck 4.
Times up" said Admiral Dewey,
and, without giving the Captain an OPP
portunity to conclude the sentence, the
court adjourned.