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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-29
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kent Pe1rhgn, q wealthy young clubman IS
annoyed % hear he Is reported 20 D. engaged
Il Helen BrOoks. a society girl Re likes
Helen- buc IS not sure that hc loves her II
Is june she IS leaving for Newport. He
calls to say e0od-bys and that she ulu not see
him unJil august
Upon leaving the Brooks home in Madison
Avenue, he walks down by vvav Of Fifth Avenue
ard Washington square, finally landing al
Bleecker Street IN which neieh5orHogd He pzs
born v-5Ila1's scream calls attention 90 a
en-lu Who mas fallen beneath an approaching car
he rescues TIE child UnhUrT and restores Il %
is mother Russian. who has just been di5-
possessed 4 benevolent German starts q col
lection, 10 which PeuTlyu contributes i.heraliF-
a very ATTRACTIVE e1Tl q about twenty asks Pen
Tyn Il iIs can speak 70 tie woman in French
BE dos q, AID aiJh The girls help secures
nea lodgings for the Russian family PcuraVu
Is greatly Impressed with she charm and dig
n-JJ q the 5ieeeser street maiden. who works
l. sna3i store which bears the name ri
Arthur frsbie- After tie incident PCurtyu
goes TO the river front and u.ed-t4tes On the
sisslr1lty Of social barriers he ATTENDS the
Casino with friend. Ned Watson. VINO j. en-
gagged 70 be married 10 Ella Granger d society
girl Ned IS deeply lH love and eCrois love
and ulaFTlage-u1th the right girl Cites on ac-
happlness y marrying out Of ones own social
station PenFhyn, at home wonders al Wat
sons enthusiasm He thinks that the nearest
Re ms come 70 II vas when his Bleecker Street
heroine spoke 10 him
lie cannot get her out Of his mind. and the
net day On the excuse IF looking Tor his cane
he returns 70 North BIeecEer StTe-t. The Ger
man grocer has kept the care for him. So
there Is no excuse OF gong 60 tue store where
the young woman works. lie learns. however
that she IS Louise fre5ie. daughter Of the pro-
prletor- he goes uptown 70 his club. still
Eliminating On the alsuralty % class distiuc-
tons in a free country
Although 1e does not see louise Pretsle. ne
cannot tear himself away from town On the
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IN a recent magazine article. ElZa-
beth NIcCrackeH. q worker IN the tene-
ment district OF New York. recounts
some interesting experiences which
she has had in lending books to the
tenement folk. Two things become
apparent to the reader; one. that the
very poor do not care for subJIeues Of
expression and art for arts sake, the
other, that they do care for high
sentiment and noble thought rather
than the commonplace or trivial in
literature
This throws some light on mistakes
which have been made in the past, in
dealing with the poor and Huterate-
Philanthropists have been fond Of in
Weighing against their tendency to
read trashy novels which stimulate
the imagination, and have tried II
vain TO substitute a sort OF mflk-ana-
water pabulum unfit for the attention
Of any human being. That is one req
son why the bolder and more original
spirits in the slum population enter
tain absolute contempt for their
wouId-be benefactors-
t is reasonable enough that a
woman whose days are spelt IN hard
work amid squaIid surroundings
Should take what pleasure she can gel
Of an evening in reading about some
thing different. That is what her het-
tiers do, as the popularity of gold-and-
5ewei-embroidered historical TO
nlances proves: and statistics show
that tenement children seize upon
Scott, when they can get him, quite as
eagerly as upon stories Of the dime
novel type.
It is also reasonable that the man
who comes in daily contact with the
hard facts of existence should not care
for platitudes and trashy religious
sentiment voiced by those who nave
never undergone a greater trial than
the loss Of expected preferment, OF
illness IN luxurious quarters with TIL
best Of care. And, as a rule. he treats
such pseudo-religion with the con
tempt which is good for
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the effort to have the audience forget
the man in the character. and he is set
in his determination that. persons who
arrive at The theater in time for the
opening act shall not be disturbed by
late Corners.
Nine. Sembrich will give only one re-
citai in New York, November p Her
program then viii include numbers by
Gluck. Bach, Beethoven. Campra, and
Pergolesi. Nine. semb.fch viii appear
in Washington the afternoon Of Noyem-
Der 20 at the National Theater-
Wallace Worseley is no longer lead
ing man Of the -'Notre Dame" Com
pany, of which Bertha GaIIand is the
star Mr. WorseIey retired from the
| cast owing TO difference Of opinion
with Miss Galland regarding the relative
rights OF star and leading man in Ger
tain scenes. An amicable agreement
could not be reached. and Mr.. Worseley
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By THEW WHITE, IT.,
Of the Profession" "The Affair IsngtOn" "a

If you are sure of that wOuId1't
hesitate on that account There are eZ-
/ ceptons to every rule. you know"
You are thinking of andy BIetche~
as not being one OF the exceptions?
Yes. I am
And you consider the cases to be
analogous
TO a certain extent, yes"
Then your advice TO me would BE thc
old. old one Of Punch-Dont?7
Watson did not reply at once. He
! blew out several wreatiis of smoke. got
up to knock the ashes from his cigar
cite, then replaced the latter in MS
mouth, and said. rather indistinctly:
Pen, old fellow. this is a case in
which you must follow your own ideas
of what is best for you. Anything I
can say won't take out Of your heart
( the love for this girl
Assuming that it is there. " answered
Penrhyn. 4 think OF my mother Of nv
family. Ned I know you know how they
would feel about a thing Of this sort. It's
false idea Of life to be sure: I feel
a shame for my kind when I reflect on
the injustice Of it. But the prejudice
exists, and as long as I wasn't in very
deep. had made up my mind that ]
would respect it and avoid trouble. BUT
now"
Penrhyn broke OF abruptly and rose
to his feet. He took a turn or two about
the room, and then came over to stand
beside Watson.
Don't you see, Ned, he went on.
there's another side to this affair.
Even if did not recognize any claims
my family might have on me. wha,
could I do?
These Prebies appear to be people
of fine discernment. They have not
asked me 20 call; I cannot very well
go there without an invitation. Thus.
you see, I am hemmed in on both sides. -
Then you are safe. man. You cannot
commit any indiscretion, so what have
you got to make you look SO gIum2v
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is the language of the soul If one has aught to
say speaks. II it not from
music avail It will mean nothing
It viii not be his It will be reflection
else
He that speaks truest then he Who speaks
from his soul-gyes Of himself But the must
clan who speaks speaks clearest the
souls Of others.
They US that teIegraphy messages be
only points perfect accord with the sender
So would touch other souls other hearts,
o those hearts attuned to his
Now he who fnds hearts attuaed
his the most popular That is the waves Of his soul
speech in with the greatest number Of other
hearts
There many ways Of sending these heart-waves.
only stately halls and costly thea
ters infrequently- This music does not
reach many hearts find attuned that of
sender
music that sweeps the boundar-
fashionable theater concert hall; carried
in the hearts the hearers is sung, played
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present time there seems TO have been
a genteeI suficiency Of difficulties be
tween capital and labor, a trial Of her
plan cannot make the present conJi-
ton Of the help" question very much
worse than it now is.
The days were when we were
blessed with good servants and plenty
of them. and at Just and reasonable
wages But we-and they-laye been
ruined. not by Chinese cheap labor.
but by the influx of wealthy families.
who met the increased demands OF the
daughters and sons OF our ante-beuum
aunues and uneIes with the cheerful
bliss of ignorance of the worth of the
service they were engaging. Nauur-
ally, they regarded It q folly 60 be
wise when the sum total OF what was
required was less than what they paid
81 home Dixey, the comedian u
-Adonis" fame. always assured is That
fifty cents was not dear for tides: s.
but it makes some difference in the
worth of the money expended if the
value received is in carded Irish lace
or simply an antimacassar Of IN
cOmbed wool
The proposed arrangement, which
has been modelled on one made in
Germany" seems, however, to have
many good features, which viii be OF
service 20 both mistress and maid
The latter is provided at the agency
with a card, on which are entered tn.
testimonials Of her previous places ol
service, and these are much more apt
to indicate some idea Of the appli-
cant's efficiency than the to-aII-whom.
it-may-cOnceTn letter Of recommends
ton that is written by the mistress O
an establishment with the desire o
getting rid of a poor thing that she NJ
longer desires TO call her own
On the other hand, If the. servant
+ has met with alleged injustice or baC
treatment, the union VIII investigate
/ it, and thus give TO our wives. our SIS
tiers, our cousins. and our aunss,
/ practical illustration Of the beautiei
Of our last national acquisiuon-th,
tribunal Of arbitration.
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they are recognized, by both sides, too"
That's the reason they took the
Eighth Avenue car homel" Watson had
just recovered from the long breath he
drew after hearing Penrhyn's reveIa-
ton
Yes, that's the reason. and it's just
the same as putting a period to our
acquaintance, Come in. won't you. and
sit awhile?'
They had halted at the foot Of the
steps leading up 10 the clubhouse.
Il Will Pen. don't like to leave you
alone in your present state OF mind
I think I understand how it is with you
now"
They went up in the elevator 10 Pen
rhyn's apartment, where the latter flung
himself into a chair and began biting
yindictiVe!y at the end Of a cigar
What do you think Of Hiss Preble.
Ned?" he began abruptly. after the
other had seated himself Il the window
seat and had begun to circle columns OF
cigarette smoke above his head.
Well, I think she's rather pretty. and
she Is certainly intelligent. You and
she appeared 20 get On famously to-
gether"
What should you 5hink if I married
her?' went on Penrhyn. adding quick
/ ". Mind you. I'm not stating that I
intend TO do this I merely want your
candid opinion Of what the remarks of
nay friends would be likely TO be in this
event
We'll. / suppose I should be very
much surprised Everybody would be.
You've never been the sort OF fellow
TO shock people"
Then you think my marriage with
Miss Preble would shock our set?'"
Watson colored somewhat, then re
piled frankly: Yes. I think It would,
Pen"
But ought the opinion of others to
Influence my own sense OF what would
make me happy" Penrhyn interjected.
"Ah. If it is going 10 make you happy
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What have I got?"
Peurhyn raised his voice as he made
this reply, then dropped It to an in
pTessfvs undartone as he went On: And
you yourself in Jove?'
Watson started up, dropping The ashes
from his cigarette over his waistcoat
He did not stop to brush them on. but
put out his hand to rest it on his com
panioa's arm
Forgive me, old fellow" he said. !
did not realize that the thing had gone
as far as this.
Il did not realize myself how far it
had gone till tonight.
PeaThya drew up chair with his foot
and sat IN il close beside the ether The
storm had cooled the air, and a refresh
+ Ing breeze blew n at the window
I can scarcely account fer l.. You
know I've been considered rather cold
and heartIess- ! suppose that was be-
cause the right one had not come into
my life TO touch me yet. Now my Whole
being seems hungeTtDg for companion
ship such as / had tonight No girl OF
my own set ever appealed TO me in JUS
this way. and you yourself. Ned. sad
something that made me realize more
keenly than ever how far IL had gone.
Do you remember it-about her eyes
following meg"
Yes. Pen, I thought when I spoke
that it was, as I said. all plain sailing
/ between you.
But it isn't, Ned; you can see for
/ yourself that it isn't. can't you2 And
I don't know what to do about it; I de-
clare I don't know
Ned Watson could scarcely realize tha.
it was Kent Penrhgn who sat beside
him. The fellow had always appeared
20 be so seIf-contaiued. so uniformly
dignifed-
Go in and win. my boy" he said now.
Let custom and convenuonaIity 90 to
the dogs, Be happy"
But how Don't you see I can't 90
there unlimited without subiectfng nv
self to the risk OF being grossly misun-
derstood? De you suppose that that girl
has any idea 7 want TO marry her?
'Ah, she's proud, and so is her father
can imagine how stubbornly they
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It's perfectly apparent to me that she
cares for you"
How do you know she doezg she
hasn't
Fenrhyn stopped short and bit his
liz
oh, no. she hasn't told me Of it."
laughed Watson.
I wasn't going 10 say that" resumed
Penrhyn- I was going TO tell you that
she had known me only little while"
Oh that doesn't matter. Look at
Van Kirkham and Clare Black. they
became engaged after months ac-
quainJaDce- But I was going to tell
you how I knew she had soft sDor in
her heart for you. watched her ewes
While you were talking 70 all Of US.
That's sure sign-if they rest pretty
often on the adored object when he isn't
addressing her directly. But how long
has this thing been going on. old man
You've kept mighty dark about It. and
hang me If you look as happy as q
lover whose affection IS reciprocal Ted
should look"
I'm not happy, Ned. I'm about as
miserable as man wen can be"
Penrhyn came out with this in a
burst.
What's the natter Your father
doesn't object. does be2"
You don't know anything about It. !
wish we'd never gone to Manhattan"
Penrhyn dug his stick dercely into
the inJerstices Of the ear mat.
Great Scott, man" Watson ex-
claimed under his breath. for they
were slowing up for a station. what's
come over YOU
Penrhyn pressed his knee and wins
Dered: Wait till we get out, Ned"
They had but ten more blocks 20 20,
and when they reached the street Wat
sen slipped his arm through that Of his
companion and said: Now. Pen. ou;
with it. may be able TO help you"
I don't know about that. Ned: I done
know. It seems to me affairs Of this
sort are best locked Up in ones own
breast know / should never have
thought Of telling you Of mine If you
hadn't seen enough OF the thing yourself
70 make an explanation necessary"
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HAND ORGAN POPULARITY THE
TRUE TEST OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE
By PIETRO MASCAGNT.

whistled disseminated il way and made known to
others 1t the brook when pebble is
dropped therein broadening ali sides until they reach
he banks
Now when this music is once heard, and
heard by the heart is loved and taken in
part OF ones for everywhere It is
by every possible instrument and voice The more
it is known the more democratic it becomes
democratic it is simple must be. And the
most popular music be the simplest
greatest music has beer the simplest and
the simplest mas been throJ shout the world
The most democratic instrument in the world is the
hand organ organs 20 among the most democratic
people and carry anything with them but the sim
pIest the music It is therefore
true that carried by this democratic OF
instruments to the democratic people is heard by
the greatest attuned and is therefore the
popular
The popularity Of the hand organ mean the music
made popular by be the truest and
organ popularity therefore is the tuest OF mus
composition.
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timent in connection with it, whi>h vas
not ST range. IL the circumstances
For .Tears she had lived with her fam
lily in three rooms on the second aoor
Of a large house. having been driven
from tie other rooms. by the increasing
volume Of the library The dictionaries
had tvao hobbies. the civil war and
China, and TO scrap Of Information IN
books, magazines. and newspapers,
on eth 81 Of these subjects. was allowed
80 escape him Thvt hird door was filed
with m e5gazines ard newspapers. sorn-
ing aim osst a compact mass from vail 70
wall No one was ever permitted To 90
any duslang- The collection vas sold Tor
$4,000, and was removed in ninety
three cases ol eighteen thousand vol
umes.
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PALiN0DE OF The ROBINS.

Rest is the gift Of autumn, a goodly gift
is rest,
Sweet is song, but after song silence IS
the best.
And robins. need you waken now the
OLD unrest of song2
I listen but the moment: for the silence
viii be long.
o doubtful spiritual. echo Of spring, il
air or in my breast.
The robins caroHing under breath the
last, last song and best
Is this The ambrosiaI bower Of green
that 10 the lyric fire
ResouuIed, overmasteTed with the my
Fad flutes OF desire?
Now in the autumnal thicket the fading
memories cling.
Phantom Of frolie, whisper Of april. lis
ten, the robins sing,
Catch the rain and ruin of gold in a
falling last half-song.
Ny russell breasts Of memory! for the
silence viii be long.
Sing, Tor the forward eyes of April look
ed TO this at last:
Hush. for a backward face Is autumn,
and her heart the past:
Hush. for the leaves are weeping. breath
less beautiful fire.
And hush not yet 0 hush not yet. April
hearts desire.
Joseph Russell Taylor, in the Novem-
Der SCTibneT s
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II you think youu regret it after
ward, I beg Of you not TO say q word, -
said Watson. as his friend paused.
7 must speak now, Ned Penrhyn
went on, talking rapidly Don't you
see I must2 1 viii tell you why tha.
sudden change came over me after part
ing with those people at the foot OF the
Elevated steps II is because there is
no certainty that shall ever see Louise
PrebIe again"
Never see her again. mani ex-
claimed Watson WHY. what do you
mean? You surely hadn't quarreIed.
What is to prevent your going around 10
call on her tomorrow night? All, old
nan, think understand your desire 10
( pass the summer in town
7 cant 90 and cal there tomorrow
night, or any other night. Ned" re-
/ sponded PeDrhyn. solemnIy, because I
/ haven't been invited
why, I thought they were old friends
Of yours
No Didn't you notice that / was
obliged to tell her my uame?"
You've met them before. though.
surely"
"Once-yes. and L can understand why
they DIDN'T ask me TO come and see
them. Do you know where they live
Do you know what business the father
! is in?"
NO: I was curious 20 find out. but he
didn't seem TO be communicative Wat
sons voice was fun of interest: lie was
looking eagerly up into the face OF his
companion as they walked slowly
through Thirty-fourth Street toward the
club.
"He keeps a little fancy goods and
trimming store in Bleecker Street. and
they live over it. How can they ask me
10 call under these circumstances Oh.
I understand 1t well enough You may
talk all you please about this being a
democratic country with no class dis
tincuons that ought to be recognized.
But there are such distinctions. and
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BY0UHinq Mods

The London Daily News throws
some lszht on an obscure line Of a very
obscGrs poem Of Browning, and proves
incidentally that even a poet so care
fuI of details as he was. occasionally
makes a slip It has long puzzled stu
dents Of 'Childe Roland 10 the Dark
Tower Game to understand what kind
Of horn a -.sIug-horn" might be. for no
mention OF II IS TO be found in medieval
literature It now appears that this is
what the News calls a '-ghost-word. -
that is, word without tiny legitimate
being Chauerton spoke of the "sIog-
gorne. and somebody, in quoting Chat
terton. spelled it slug horn. Brown
ing apparently took IL 30 be a particular
kind Of horn, and used # thus IN the last
line but one of the poem
DmntieSs TIE slug horn TO my lips I set.
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would resist having her placed in q posi-
ton where she could be looked down
upon BY my people. Ned. it seems hope
less to me. utterly hopeless.
Penrhyn dropped his head into his
two hands.
I don'c see why II need be. Old man"
rejoined Watson after a brief pause
Where there's VIII there's a way"
How about a stubborn viii. though 90
Penrhyn smiled as ne raised this ab-
lection.
Love levels all ranks. you know.
Hark, there's twelve Ginning out from
the Brick Church I must leave YOU
Don't fear that shall betray your
confidence. I can't express to you how
hoEOred I feel by It Good night. old
mcn''
Good night. Ned
The two men stood for an instant
bound together by hearty handclaso.
Their relations seem ed the reverse OF
what they had hither to been. Always
Penrhy2, who was o. the stronger na-
ture, had taken the cad. and Watson.
who was two years yc unger. had looked
up 20 him as If much more than that
measure Of time sepaI ated their ages.
Now Penrhyu's dignity seemed to
have vanished, he was IS yielding clay
in the hands of his f1end. When the
latter had gene he stood facing the
closed door, murmuz ing to himself:
Was he right? Can hope? How hap
Dy he is All why did not my heart
follow my judgment ard
He turned away, fash mounted
quickly to his temples he had just
realized that his wish W IS nearly equiv
alent to al insult to the woman Who
had Won that heart.
a sopy of an evening paper was on his
table. He took It up ana turned to the
steamship sailings. aim 9st determined
to 20 down On the morrow and enEazs
passage by the frst one on which hs
could secure a berth Then he went TO
bed and fell asleep from utter WEAKNESS
of nind
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Tennus On s EarLR Rork.

Some interesting information about
Tenuyson is found in a recently pub
lished n 5aoraph by Sir Alfred LyaH.
one Of the first friends CT the poet and
his work vas Edward Fitzgerald. who
wrote OF him sixty years ago: win al
MS faults ne viii publish such a volume
as has never been published since the
.irne OF Keats, aud which, once pub
lished, WI never be suffered TO die
We are a. SO told that in his later years
Tennyson refused the offer Of twenty
shllIIngs q word. made him By a famous
firm of publishers OF Christmas cards.
who wanted some eight-Iine verses from
him
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Mistress and Maid.

Mrs. Clara Miller. of Philadelphia,
has. 1t seems, been long imbued with
the theory that q trade union Of
houseUlaids is the one thing that is
needed 10 regulate the vexed and
mueh-mOoted question Of domestic
service What her practical knowl-
edge Of such a system has been does
not appear, though from the fact that
she uses her own Christian name in
place Of her husbands. it seems likely
that she IS really and truly profes-
sional agitator, and one that win later
on doubtless blossom out as q lady
walking delegate
At all events she has succeeded in
Interesting some Of our housekeepers
IN her scheme. and though Just at this