The courier., 1901-07-27

thinks he ie too much Of gentleman to
say anything about his feelings then.
But hear about them sooner or later
in one way or another. l sometimes
look with envy, Penelope. upon your
unclaimed, irresponsible existence. To
be sure. you have an exigent mother.
but mother is woman and sometimes
neglects to revenge herself on injuries
received from her offspring. A husband
never forgets and hardly forgives enough
to ignore an opportunity OF reprisal.
We are having concerts, every Tues
day and Friday evening, on capitol
square. The Hagenow band is very
good one and about 1000 people gather
to listen to the music. Or rather about
800 come to listen to the music and dis
pose themselves in quiet groups on the
grass. Their purpose is partially de-
festsd by two hundred ruffianly boys,
who set off some explosive, whistle and
who wreetle with each other among the
patient groups whose purpose they en-
tirely frustrate. II the patrol wagon
could be kept near the grounds during
these concerts and the unruly few, who
destroy the pleasure of the many, arrest.
ed, the time would soon come when we
should present as cultivated an appear
snce while listening to music as Mexi-
cans or Germans. The boys with whose
inveterate diabolism no one interferes
do not come to listen to the music, for
they never listen to it. They come to
create disturbance and make other
people unhappy. Ours is the only coun.
try on earth where a few brutes are SUI
fered to destroy the purpose of large
concourse. The police stand within
arms reach Of boys who are making
more piercing noises than the band, and
do not arrest them. We are not a mu-
sical people. and these crude, dirty,
foul-smelling hoodlums who shout,
whistle and swear louder than band
can play. are proof OF our barbarity.
Very rarely the band plays something
fine. When it does the applause is
louder than after "Whistling Rufus"
disproving the statement that only edu-
Gated musicians like nocturnes, sonatas,
etc. Do you have free, popular, hood
lum-infected concerts in Omaha?
Thursday is day Of prayer for rain.
/ suppose it lie all right, but does it not
seem queer to ask Him to change His
plans and interfere with the natural
causes which have caused the present
conditions? But every individual, be.
lever or agnostic, asks for help when
death is imminent and human help of
no avail. Every day the clouds gather
and try to drop their burden on the
earth. and the dry air all around them
sucks it up and holds it in suspended
dampness too far above US to do any
good. The farmer, whose seasons work
is destroyed, watches the clouds with
anxious trepidation ever since the dry
spell began. He is praying all the time
with an iteration that would tire him il
It were audible. These thousands of
prayers from farmers and farmers wives
have been ascending for month, with
put affecting the deep-seated meteoro.
logical cause. l am like poor Mr.. Dick
and the head Of King Charles which he
vas unable to keep out of the converse.
lion, try as he would. The state is in
10 attitude Of waiting for coolness and
and while we wait we can
think of nothing except what we are
Waiting and praying for.
Wright, the rainmaker. is going to
'hoot of his guns next week. He ia