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AZ tho esT-,n-s &C the csmnSinitv, against
~ho-e admission the klhs Island ofhcta.
| ent..s-si no pruts-t. though the forrixnerr
hadn't ccnt to show.
Tho strangers are EnsA~h-tvclVe Eng
h-h thrishe- and t~~lv- fnkii-h black
biri-. Who rival tho thrushe- a. musicians.
/ Mr- y y noubL.siay brought the btrti-
over. and thereby hang a tai. 81 c-nsre
/ In midocsan and q thrush hunt that ied
/ from stem 10 stern ~ the big ocean liner
and even invaded m" -acrcd pr-cinct of
the bridge
The poor, bewilicr.i httls bird finally
took to q ventiator for safety. and cruel
fate made him choo-e the ventiLator that
/ lrd to the quarters 20 the butcher. The
butcher WAS a.toni-hed. ~ was tho thrush.
but the meeting resulted in the capture ~
/ the unwilling immigrant. who with his
mates was taken To Bay Ridge and there
turned ioos-e To sing and breed singers.
All the reading public knows Mrs. Double
day az Melt ie Blanchan, friend of birds.
aud wondrou- nice in all things pertaining
| To outdoor life. Her bird Neighbour
i few through many editions. Birds that
Hunt and are Hunted was almost a. sue
ccssful. and Natures Garden not only
old well herr, but went through three
English editions. How To Attract the
Birds l. almost ready for publication.
| SO was natural enough that Mrs. Double
day should want Ia add -oma of the sweetest
sonxsters Of tho world To her Bay Ridge
circle Of bird friends; and she hopes that
the thr,ishes and blackbirds will settle
down As her neighbors.
The nbret,os Of W. 3. Gilbert are far
too clever 10 be preserved only In scattered
op-ratic form. and it sss'ns odd that they
have not before shis been put into library
edition. such an edition Il now under
way. and Mr.. Gilbert has already written
some Of the prefaces.
In the preface Ia Patience he says that
| Bunthorne was originally intended as
satire upon the traditional English curate.
and the opera was almost completed when
tn. author b~gan Ia feel shaky as To the
attitude ~ the British public toward 40
mercie-s a criticism Of the cloth. Finally
he decided IL wouldn't do. The curate
must be spared. but the hbretto Was too
| good To H. wasted.
The asthe,ic craze was just reaching
| full swing. Mr. Gilbert slashed his libretto.
ousted the curatc. smoothed tho rough
| edges Of revision and handed Patience
over to the public and the critics.
Tho fate 81 Theodore Drriser's novel.
Sister O&ine.' aroused considerable dis
| c,is-ion some years ago. The few critics
| who read II pronounced IL as clever as II
was obiectionable. but the publishers
suppressed the book before the general
! public got a chance at Il.
| Report saws that viewed in the light 81
! latter dav fiction, -Si-fer Cnine- was too
innocuou- 20 merit the treatment she
received. but tho fact 81 snuffing out re-
! mains
Now other publishers have taken over
| the plates for the book and intend to bring
! IL ont In attractive form The same firm
/ Is 20 publish n new novel 10y Mr.. Dresser.
| Tn. title is The Transgressor- and the
theme does not indicat" that the author
| has gone over 90 the conventions.
| France has an infant ph enomsnon In
Mile Carrnen Champmoynat. who. at 10.
! rcels of ver~es. prose and PLAYS that win
prsi-.. from her critics, She II the daueh-
| ter of q well-known French pianist and her
talent won no special recognition In the
family until she went with her mother TO
| London.
There NrS George Cornwalli- West heard
some Of N. verses and stories and took the
| child 20 sec Queen Victoria. who was ex-
cecdinglv Interested In her. A. a result 81
this attention. the Champmoynat family,
whom they returned 70 Paris. gave Carmen
| n little room ~ her own. and allowed her TO
write whenever she pleased.
Her progress has been remarkable
Two Of her plays have been produced at the
| Theatre des Mathurins. and she h now at
work upon one which Ia morr ambitious.
which abe hopes to have accepted at the
ComAiie Francsise.
| French writer's take the young author.
who Uses che nams Carmen d'Assilva.-
quite seriously. and Sartiou formally well
coined her into the Society of Dramatic
Authors. Her dramatic reading Of her
| own PLAYS has led To q belief that the writer
will eventually be merged into the actress.
and fa,tering offers have already been
made to tn. child by Managers.
| Ma,rimony is TO lose some al its terrors
In n volume entitled -weddings,- Mrs.
Burton Kngsiand has laid down the whole
! duty of bride. bridegroom. best man. bride.
/ maid. parents, clergyman. caterer, florist
/ and stationer.
/ with this book as guide. philosopher
and frfefld any young tlhn o' WVthah oi
even mediocre intelligence ought to In
| able 10 get married without q hitch-para-
doxicsl as that may sound Every emer-
sency Ii provided for The headings Of
tho chapters TEEN with significance ES-
| p.n--s OF the Brides Family The Ring
/ Duties of the Bridegroom Fashionable
| Church weddings.- Informal Weddings,'
| SC
No, even after marrying a peron once
| does the author shake on her r"spnnsi-
bIlf,v She makes all provision for second
marriages. and shs throws In advice for
wedding anniverAries
s.rio,i-ly, the book should be a friend to
| any one who IL bent upon getting married
according to correct form and should
| be invaluable 70 inexperienced best men.
Tn. author knows whereof she speaks.
| Rumor has II that the name Mrs. Burton
Kinssland stands for a name well known
in New York society sbut in connection with
,h. new book. as With the authors earlier
.Etiqurtte.- the anonymity is TO /" strictly
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