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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

has not seen the picture of the young Mozart
and his sister, seated at the old fashioned
piano? This child composed a piano con-
concerto which is an elaborate piece of
writing when he was years old And when
he was told that it was too difficult he
played it himself to show how it should be
played At the age of 6 (1762) he and his
sister played before the elector of Bavaria
in Munich and they both created great en-
thusiasm. (she was II years old at the
time.)
Beethoven, the giant of musical history
was noted for his wonderful gift of i'm
provising," or as a child might say, max
ing it up as he went along" when he was
only IL years old. And the things he
made up were the thoughts and ideas
of a great master, even at that early age.
At the age of IA Schubert, the great Ger
man song writer, was said to be a master
OF the most difficult points in harmony.
And he was the eloquent poet of music.
Mendelssohn, who wrote the grand ora
torio, THE Elijah" and hundreds of other
things besides, made his first real appear
ance in a public concert at the age of 0,
When he was 10 he spoke French and Eng
lsh f1uently, as well as his native German,
and wrote in Italian. At 12 he was COM
posing music.
One could go on for pages and pages of
the more modern composers, writing about
wonderful children. We learn one good
lesson from them ALL and that is the lesson
that hard work, the best music, the highest
standards, and the honestly correct per-
formance, these-and these alone-made
those children successful.
Children, never do a thing in public until
YOU know surely that YOU can do Il well at
home. Be patient, work hard, and you
too, may be famous. A merry Christmas
to you!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

IWMNNh the introduction of any informa-
S tion about the child life OF any
OF them is always hailed with much inter
est IL is easy to look back upon Robert
Burns, and Walter Scott, and Thomas
Moore. and Browning. Longfelow, Tenny
son. Handel Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wag-
ner, Luther. Wesley. Bismarck, Gladstone
and hosts of others. and see their greatness
But whose far-seeing eye can today pick
out the boy who will be one, such as these,
in a generation hence?
We must. therefore, be careful to watch
the budding talent OF the young and
nurture 1t, for we cannot tell what the
result may be. While II is true that all
talented children do not climb to the high
est steps on the ladder OF fame, yet IT Is
also an assured fact that every man, every
woman, who is or has been famous was
once a childl How watchful one should
be, then, to see that the child Is most
carefully trained along the line to which
Il has a decided leaning. that the talent
which II loves to display is cOnscientiously
developed and fostered.
We must, withal, take heed that we do
not spoil" the child by over-estimating
its ability, or by boasting of its talents
when the child is present. Many a fondly
foolish parent has caused its beloved chill
dren a future of heartache, dlsappolnt-
ment, envy and dlscord by overratlng the
youngsters talent, and by telling the Wis
itors how very bright Johnnie OF Susie Is
when said John or said Susan is one of
the company. The child should be told
about the great things other children OF
talent have done, and what they them
selves can do, instead OF reminding them
that they are Just the cleverest children
in existence. There are various ways OF
doing this, and the indirect one is just
as dangerous as the direct one. Children
are not childish. by any means, when II
comes to the analysis OF a look, glance
or an apparently concealed compliment
Smart children are too apt to become wha
they themselves call "smarties." Little
children, don't be "smarties" People don
like it-though for papa's sake or mamma
sake, they may smile and pretend they do
People do love brave little men, an
noble little women, who can do things
and who are not too anxious to do theu
all at all times and in all places.
Do not scold the child who hangs bae
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

datiOns of great music, and is owner has
been called the Father OF Modern Music"
When the great Johann Sebastian Bach was
scarcely l5-for that is the name referred
to-he copied by moonlight, we are told, a
collection of famous organ compositions
which a Jealous brother kept from him in
the daytime. At the age OF IS he was
court musician" at Weimar,
Handel, who wrote THE Messiah" an
oratorio which is being sung and studied
now, more than ever before since its pro-
duction in l742, was the son Of a surgeon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
: And the Wind MOaned

Chicago Tribune: Listen child" said
the fond parent; 'hearken to the night
wind how it moans!"
Outside, indeed, the wind could be heard
sOughing, and signing, and shrieking
through the trees
shuddering, the wide-eyed child gazed
first at its father and then at the paregoric
bottle before asking:
did the night wind eat too much turkey.
too?"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
PROTECTION or ALAsKAY G4NE.

So complete is the mastery Of civilized man
over natural obstacles 70 travel and transporta-
ton that there are few virgin hunting grounds
left for the true sportsman. Warned by the eX-
perience of the Western States and Territories
Of this country. in which the bison has been
practically exterminated within the lifetime of
men who remember when herds OF thousands
roamed over the prairies, most Of the United
States have enacted stringent game laws, which
will probably preserve for many years the rem
nant OF wild birds and beasts proper TO our
limits.
\ few years ago the mention Of game law
for Alaska would have excited ridicule; now the
conditions in such regions of that vast terri
tory as have come in contact with civilization
$50 called through trade and the discovery OF
gold make federal action for the protection of
wild animal life imperative. To meet the neces-
sites Of the case, Representative Lacey, of
Iowa, has introduced in Congress bill (Which
has been favorably reported) prohibiting In the
Territory of Alaska:
The wanton destruction Of game animals,
game birds, nests and eggs.
The killing Of any game animal or game bird
except in specified seasons.
The killing of certain Of the female game spe-
cies any time
The sale or offering for sale at any time Of
the skins and heads of game animals or birds
The sale Of game animals or birds at any time
save during the season when it is lawful to kill
the same.
The shipment out of Alaska Of skins or car
casses Of game animals or birds.
Miners, campers or travellers on a journey, in
need Of food, are allowed al any time to kill for
their necessities, as are Indians and Esqui-
maus at all times Punishment for the viola
ton Of the proposed law is TO be inflicted IN the
form Of fine or Imprisonment, or both.
The urgent need of such legislation IS made
manifest when it is understood that for the last
two years Alaska has been without game pro-
lection of any kind and that the natives have
been and are killing deer and other large ami
mails in the same wanton fashion that Charac-
terized the buffalo hunting of our plains Ind
ians. 1t is not at all unusual for them to drive
herd Of five hundred deer into the deep snow
OF a canyon and there to butcher the whole herd
with clubs. The market hunters who supply
the settlements with fresh meat are also guilty
Of wholesale killing, but perhaps the most
blameworthy OF all are the tourists and pseudo
sportsmen who hire the Indians to slaughter the
rare and beautiful mountain sheep, the giant
moose and the caribou, merely that they may
bear away the heads as trophies" Scarcely
less criminal and hardly more sportsmanlike is
the conduct Of those men who kin only for the
sake Of a record making bag" frequently leav-
ing scores of their animal victims untouched
where they fell
Mr.. LaCey'S bill has the Endorsement of high
officials and prominent citizens Of Alaska, and
its passage will be eagerly looked for by all to
| whom the preservation of wild animal life is
| precious, either from the point Of view Of the
| sportsman or the naturalist
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Washington. March % CSpeciaD.-Oficials OF the
State Department have Just received word that
Visconte de Alte has been selected by the Portu-
guese Government TO succeed Visconte de Santo
Thyrso Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy
Extraordinary to the United States. The min
lister has recently been raised TO the rank OF Wis
conte. and has had a long experience in the diplo
matte service OF his nation. He formerly
known as Senior Jose Francisco de Harsa MUrchada
da Franco He is about forty years old. For
seven years he was second assistant secretary Of
the State Department OF Portugal and for the last
seven months has been charge d'affaires at St
Petersburg. He belongs TO a family Of Portuguese
dipomatists. his grandfather having been Minister
OF Portugal to Russia In the first quarter of the
last century His father the late Conde de Alte.
was the Portuguese diplomatic representative at
several courts OF Europe for forty years. His
brother Conde de SeIir is at present Minister OF
Portugal at The Hague. and his brother Conde de
Harini is a counsellor Of legation. visconte de
\ life sized half length portrait OF Prince Henry
OF Prussia has been presented 10 the State Depart
ment through the German Embassy. II hangs
on the walls OF the diplomatic reception room.
The original portrait was made at kiel and this
picture IS a Photographic enlargement in blStre.
The state Department has Just discovered that
II has been using the wrong portrait in its official
gallery 10 represent Robert Smith distinguished
General but acted as Secretary of state from 1893
70 ISL. Members OF the Smith family have dis
covered the error. and they have submitted
genuine portrait 10 the department for purchase.
The portrait now in the department is that Of the
grandfather OF Robert Smiths wife.
Secretary Hay and J y. Leser Minister for
Department to-day. The treaty Is drawn on the
usual lines, and Will be submitted TO the Senate.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
THE DoWAGER EMPRESS AGAIN.

The return of the Chinese imperial court to
Peking in the beginning Of the present year
was undoubtedly one Of the most picturesquely
interesting incidents Of our times For two
hundred and fifty miles the stupendous caravan,
glowing with barbaric splendors, moved pain
fully across the rugged country amid arctic
cold. Chairs, litters, carts and saddles on
horseback were indiscriminately employed by
the travellers Day and night the procession
moved, darkness being turned into murky
light with a multitude Of torches. There are
probably nowhere in the world-not even in
some of the suburbs of Yorl-worse roads
than those of Northern China But on this oc-
casion the word was given literally to cast up
the highway; gather out the stones" Every
foot of the way an army of workmen preceded
the imperial cavalcade carefully removing every
stone and pebble from the road. covering the
road from side to side with q smooth. even sur
face of soft clay and brushing it clean with
feather brushes. Much of this clay had to be
transported far for the purpose. so that the cost
Of this road building averaged as much as
$1,000 a mile
All this was characteristically Chinese. But
what shall say of the last stage of the
journey? 1t was accomplished not in a med
i8eval caravan, but on a commonplace twen-
tieth century steam railroad! 1t was the first
time in history that the Chinese court had trav-
elled by rail. That fact in itself was epoch
marking. But that was not all. We are told
that the Emperor and Dowager Empress passed
through the station and took their places in the
train "as common mortals." There was no ex-
clusiveness. The whole gaping public had free
entrance to the station and the platform to
stare at their majestes and even to jostle them
at will. Moreover the august travellers did not
seem 10 resent such treatment, but rather en-
joyed It. The Dowager Empress especially was
curious TO inspect the workings of the railroad.
and was particularly fussy and insistent con-
cerning her various pieces of personal baggage.
requiring that it should all be carried on the
same train on which she travelled, so that It
would arrive at Peking simultaneously with her
and she would have no trouble about it One
would think she had had some experience with
| the ways OF New-York expressmenl
But the supreme feature of the whole business
was the unquestioned dominance of that ex-
| raordnary woman, the Dowager Empress. Al
| every stage and in every detail It was made
! evident that she was the head of the court, and
] that the Emperor himself was merely a mem
! Der OF her imperial retinue. Her wishes were
| consulted. her will was respected, her orders
were obeyed. 1t was she more than any one
| else, who was returning TO Peking. And when
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
As TO AUTOMOBILES.

Elsewhere we publish q letter from a cOrre-
spondent complaining OF the attitude Of The
Tribune toward automobiles. To use his own
phrase. at Is quite evident" that our CORE
spondent has not carefully read the editorials
which he declares have made him weary and
against which he protests. If he had he would
not make the mistake OF regarding The Trib-
une as hostile to automobiles, nor would he ac-
cuse this journal of Overlooking the fact that
"the vast majority of automobilists are plain
'law-abiding folks"
The fact is that The Tribune has persistent
", consistently and conspicuously taken almost
precisely the ground which our correspondent
himself takes. 1t believes the automobile has
''come to stay" and that it will permanently
come into much wider use than at present 1t
believes that the majority Of automobilists are
law-abiding folk. who are willing to obey the
rules of the road, and who recognize the fact
that furious racing, whether of automobiles or
of horses, is improper and intolerable upon the
common highways. 1t believes, and has said
over and over again, that the 'scorching' Of
tenders are small minority, who are frowned
upon by the majority Of aUtomobilists, and
It has commended the latter for their efforts to
repress the abuses of so important and benef-
cent a device as the motor car.
Upon one point we are not however, able
quite to agree with our correspondent. 1t may
be that he is able to stop his automobile within
O distance Of thirty feet when 1t is running at
thirty miles an hour There are more things
in heaven and EARTH" etc But We must de-
cline to make such an experiment ourselves, or
to regard such stoppages as practicable for the
general automobiling public
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23

the capital was reached It was she who had
come TO her own again. That is, indeed, the
salient feature Of the whole Chinese situation.
There is an Emperor. who nominaly reigns.
But the person who actually both reigns and
rules is the Dowager Empress, as for full gen
Grafton past. At the age Of nearly threescore
years and ten she is still vigorous in BODY
and as astute and masterful in mind as ever in
all her remarkable career, and she bids fair TO
retain her absolute mastery of China unim-
paired for many q year to come. Through all
the perils and obloquy of these late years or
storm and stress she has maintained her infu-
ence. and now she has returned to her old
throne in the Forbidden City. That city may
no longer be forbidden. But there is no ques-
ton as to who is its head. Emperors and vice.
roys and mandarins may come and go. The
Dowager Empress remains, the one essential
and consequential fact in China.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
OTR WORK IN CUBA.

The time approaches for United States with
drawal from Cuba and for the surrender Of the
.nsular government to Cuban hands IN accord
ance with the declaration OF the United States
Congress at the time Intervention was under
taken. Naturally the mind inclines 10 review
the work which has been done in that island by
our government during its temporary steward
ship. and to note the present condition and
future prospects of Cu0a as they are affected
by our doings there. Such a review is the
whole most gratifying. The work done in war,
IN Kidding the island forever of Peninsular mis-
government, was highly important, and was, Of
course, directly in line with the long cherished
desires of the majority Of the Cuban people. Still
more important has been the work done in peace,
10 abolishing the abuses which had made the
Spanish Government intolerable and in introduc-
ing the improved administrative systems which
the island needed and desired even beyond its own
consciousness. The reformation of the govern
mental systems, the practical creation of a gen
eral school system the sanitary regeneration
of the cities are concrete memorials of the
American occupation in which the United States
may well feel satisfaction and for which the
Cubans freely express their gratitude.
It is an immeasurably better island which
we shall hand over TO the Cubans than that
which we took from Spain. But it is TO be re-
membered mat our responsibility for it does
not end with this formal REIMBURSEMENT The
very terms Of our act of Intervention four years
ago. well as other even more explicit acts
since that time, impose upon the United States
In practical perpetuity certain moral guardian
ship Of that island. Having once intervened 70
put an end TO intolerable evils there, this coun-
try could never again view with indifference
similar evils in that island, no matter from
what source they arose. The purpose, OF one
purpose, of our intervention was to establish in
Cuba q government competent TO fulfil the func.
lions of government in q manner satisfactory
10 American standards. That purpose must be
achieved. not only now and IN the immeda te
future, but permanently. Free Cuba must
never be permitted TO become the thorn in our
@de that Spanish Cuba was for so many years
That consideration invests with more than
orS.nary significance the coming ceremony OF
surrender Of the island 10 the insular govern
ment. IT is incumbent upon US not only to give
the Cuban government start, but 10 give IL
right start. and not only that, either, but alsc
TO give IL. so far as we can. the power to keeI
on in the right direction. That is dictated NO
only by abstract principles Of truth and justice
and morality but also by every selfish consid
Grafton OF our own peace, comfort and welfare
We DO not want TO take Cuba into the Union
We do not want to be compelled again to inter
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23

Vene with force in Cuban affairs. We certainly
do not want TO have demoralized and revolu-
tionary Cuba as a thorn in our side. The vel
fare of the United States demands that the ex-
pertinent of Cuban seIf-government shall be
successful Therefore selfish interest should
prompt US to do all we to make it success
full and TO give 1t the means of maintaining
permanent success. What those means are can
scarcely need detailed expicatiOn The troubles
Of Cuba have hitherto been chiefly economic
industrial and commercial. What she needs
above all else is business prosperity. That Sc
cured, her people Will be contented and tranquil
and her government will be stable and efficient.
What then, IS needed for the crownlng Of our
work in Cuba should be evident to all we
must give her the opportunities she needs IN
trade Our markets are the only ones in the
world In which she can make suitable profits.
1t is to US and to us alone that she looks and
must look for economical salvation. 1t is our
duty. and it will be enormously to our profit to
meet that urgent need Of hers, and to meet 1t
promptly. 1t should have been met before this.
The Cuban government should have been per-
mitted TO enter upon its duties with a liberal
scheme of commercial reciprocity already IN
operation between the two countries. If that,
unhappily, is not to be, at least we should see
to it that such a scheme is adopted coincidently
with the establishment of that government
That will be the best possible guarantee to the
success Of that government, and the best possl-
Bile crownng of the benefcent work which the
United States has done in Cuba.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
AMEPICAN FASHIONS.

The cut of a coat and the shape of hat are
matters OF small consequence to many men,
while with others these things outweigh in i'm
portaDce questions which are considered of great
moment by thoughtful people. In the fashion ar
tice in to-day's Tribune one may get a glimpse
into the world of fashionable ralment and may
readily comprehend that the managers Of that
sphere devote much time and attention TO its
various departments. While the serious man OF
affairs may sneer Mt fashion makers and men
who study the styles he is not unmindful Of the
power welded by the fashions, and unless he is
entirely Indifferent TO criticism and 10 ridicule
he will not deviate radically in his style OF dress
from the DEGREES laid down by those who sug-
gest. even If they do not command, what shall
be worn by well dressed men.
Only a few years ago the American regulated
his dress according to the fashions laid down
by European makers OF clothing, and the high
est recommendation for mems garments was
that they were made by English tailors or fash
toned after designs made in Europe. To-day
America IS independent in that line as 1t is IN
locomotive building, and American fashion
plates on which European styles are modified
and improved are sent to Europe for the guild
ance Of the leading talors OF the Old World
The American is the best dressed man in the
world, and the fashions by which he is guided
are made in America.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

One OF the constituents OF Judge Culberson. the
father Of the present Senator from Texas, had
wagered that he could get a definite and decided
opinion from the cid man, a proposition so un-
likely that it created little excitement in the
Texas town in which the judge resided. 1t had
been stipulated that the bet should be decided in
front OF a livery stable. where Judge Cul5erson
liked 70 spend some Of his leisure hours
A crowd collected and they discussed the
state of the and the condition Of the crops
a newly sheared flock OF sheep was driven by.
Judge" said the who had made the wager,
those sheep have been sheaVed haven't they?'
1T looks like it. on this side" replied the judge.
a young heiress with a penchant for farming
was explaining at length the many difficulties she
encountered IN pursuing her fad 7 really am a
farmer she protested, and then added, regret
fully. although II must be confessed that almost
all plant l lose Therein differing from ne .
young physician. for ind in my case that all
lose / plant. Chicago News.