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earn his own living, at an age when
many college boys OF today are still re-
garded as infants by their doting par
ents. Among his early acquaintance
there was that remarkable character,
Mordecai Noah. who helped him 10 lind
himself" and what doubtless seemed
more important at the time. find pub
Usher.
His Struggles in New York.
He was soon writing stories for maya
zines at 81 a page and engraving gold
pencil cases for 81 or g a day. He
boarded for a while with q French
family for the sake Of learning the
language. All this was before he had
attained his majority. In 1S4S he went
to Boston. and from that time on the
narrative Is FUN of mention of the
familiar figures in the literary life of the
Boston of that day.
Like His Own Heroes.
At the age Of twenty-one Trowbridge
was. according TO the picture here re-
produced. very much Ike one OF his own
heroes, n Yankee youth with a good
forehead. shrewd, kindly eyes. a humor-
Gus mouth. and large features. He
seemed not to have regarded himself as
anything of a phenomenon. but we find
him at that time furnishing the brains
for a weekly paper, two other men fur
nshing the capital"
Here we find a bit OF history which is
omitted from other "reminiscences OF
Boston-a description of the introduction
Of Cochituate water.
A Boston Glorifcation.
There was grand procession through
the streets. Then a celebration on the
slopes of the Common overlooking the
Frog Pond. An ode. written for the
occasion by a brilliant young poet of
Cambridge, James Russell Lowell, was
sung by an immense choir Of school
children. and there were appropriate
addresses setting forth the benefits OF
the new water supply. which was TO re-
place the Anticipated wells and cisteTns
and meet the needs Of the growing city
for an indefinite future-the next mill
lennium. some predicted. After so much
impressive preparation Mayor Quincy
sriiingly asked IL II was the people S
viii that the water should be brought
in a multitudinous jubiIant shout went
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~ ETTERS HOME" the latest
book Of William Dean How
ellis. is a demi-semi novel OF
a style half way between the
whimsical farce Of THE Mouse Trap
and the subtle seriousness Of The Sual-
itv Of Mercy and "A Hazard OF New
fortunes. II is a love story. not very
long told in letters home" written by
the principal characters, the scene De
ing laid in New York.
The Outsiders and New York.
The impression which New York makes
upon people from the world outside, as
the Shakers call it. has perhaps never
been more dellcately and accurately de-
fined We have here young newspaper
man from the Middle West. frankly in
fatuated with the metropolis as a Gas
con might be with Paris; family Of
nouvcaux riches from the same town
as frankly determined to make FOR them
selves "A place in New York society
and for these there Is no French paral-
lCl a family OF very middle class peo-
pie from the same town. inn0cently ex-
pecting to take some sort OF place in
New York society-and in ali France Is
nothing as unsOphisticated as they are.
Then there Is ? Bostonian who might
be a younger Charles Bellingham or
Bromfeld Corey. without the bonhomie
of the one or the cynicism Of the other
and there IS damsel from western
New York who Is sort Of modified Pur-
itan-a Penelope Lapham made mere
sophisticated and demure Among them
all enc gets a fairly good picture Of
New ork as IL appears from that Gu
riOus inside-outside point of view at
taincd by the temporary resident
The Epic OF New York.
The account which Ardith (the Iowa
journalist gives OF his feelings Is as
good az any OF Il. He says:
When I begin anywhere in New York
want 70 leave off and begin somewhere
else. for the job is always hopeless.
Take the Christmas streets alone. at 3
o clock IN the afternoon. and II you have
a soul in you 81 scars sky-scraper high
a. the sight OF the pavements. packed
with people. and the street damned with
cars, wagons. carriages. and every vehi-
Gle you can imagine. and many you
can't, you poor old provincial I ache
TO get IL all in verse; I want to write
the Epic Of New York. and l am going
TO. would like 10 walk you down
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John Townsend owbdge ReCoecdons of LONG Even Life

ter brings out with special clearnes;
the gentle and gracious spirit of the
poet. which. even more than his sunny
tempered work. make him a beloved
figure In American literary history. i
is as follows:
The Beloved Poet.
His WAYS with young children We're
exceedingly gracious and winning Ny
own girls (then very young indeed had
been kept out OF sight whenever he
called. until one day. hearing their
laughter in the hau. ne asked 10 see
them overawed by HIS gray hair and
beard and venerable aspect but at
tracted by his smile. they approached
with bashful pleasure as ne held out
his arms TO them. when ne broke down
all barriers by saving;
A Pretty Story.
Where are your dolls? } want yol
90 show me your dolls Not the me
ones you keep for company. but those
you love best and play with every DAY.
Before the mother could interfere
they had taken him AZ his word and
brought The shabby little favorites with
battered noses and We're eagerly telling
him their Eames and histories. while
he questioned them with an interest
that wholly won their chiidish hearts
A Story Of the AutOcrat-
Among the dcsuitory rcmin'seencer
of Holmes il this curious anecdote.
Going ouco TO hear a lecture BY
Matthew Arnold I entered the han earit
and seeing Holmes alone IN one 81 ths
central seats. took a place beside hit's
for a chat while the audience was com
ing in. Soon we saw Rev James Free
man Clarke wandering dowa one Of tho
side atslcs. with his numbered ticket in
his hand scanning the backs Of seats
'' There. said the doctor is my
double. We were friends in hoyhood'
we were classmates in college; our or
bits are forever crossing; wherever J
go he appears can no more avoid
him than ] ear my own shadow. While
he was relating some CURIOUS instance
Of this seeming fatality. Clarke drew
rear. still observing the backs Of rows.
when } inquired:
What is your number. Mr. Clarke
lie named it, 'He-c il is. / said. be-
side Dr. Holmes. | an in your seat
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MY oldest sister wrote 20 me from
Illinois to ask II 1 could tell her any
thing about the author OF that strange
poem, The Vagabond. She went on to
say: L cannot help feeling that it was
written by "A person who has gone
through some such terrible experience
OF intemperance and misery as he de-
scribes. / FASTENED to inform her that
the author was no more dissipated
wretch that her own younger brother.
whose art she had complimented in sus-
pecting his sobriety Of character"
How 1t Originated
The real history OF the poem was
this:
LAS long ago as the summer Of 1855
saw In the streets of Paris strolling
Snowman with troupe of six trained
dogs. The appearance of the man. his
good-humored drOllery, evidently mask
ing more serious traits Of character.
and his almost human relations with his
patient. dumb friends. must have i'm
pressed me more than l was aware: for.
after my return TO America the year
following. he came up in my mind az the
subject Of a dramatic sketch, which
soon began to sing itself in rhyme 1
discarded five of the dogs in order to
concentrate alNtnAtph anu ~ Ahl'e@e-At
upon one. and allowed the master 10
tell his own story. with which I seemed
to have little more to do than TO put
Il into form"
Impressions of the South.
One of Trowbridges interesting ex-
periences was that of travelling through
the South in the days of Reconstruc-
ton Among his "reminiscences is the
following;
ION the trip by train from Nash
Vile TO Corinth made acquaintance
with manly young Southerner. whose
character enlisted my sympathy, and
whose conversation I cOndense here. as
a sample OF the hundreds OF such with
which my notebooks overlooked
We have lost our property. We
have been subjugated. but we brought
IL all on ourselves. Nobody that hasn't
experienced IL knows anything about
our suffering I never did a days
work in my life. and don't know how to
begin
Speaking of the negroes: We can
feel toward them as you do; I suppose
we ought to. but It isn't possible
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Wilkinson, author of two or
three original and poetic novels Some
Of the verses are bright nonsense and
few express those vague intang-
ible and all ut unspeskable thoughts
Of childhood which are to the mature
mind little more than elusive dreams. To
the latter class belongs this biz OF real
poetry:
THE GREY FEET.
II often hear footsteps a-following be-
hind
But Katie laughs. La child you hear
them In your mind.
Il call them my Grey Feet because they
seem 70 stray
Along the edge OF evening when kittens
love TO play.
They rustic in the woods they creakle
on the stair:
turn around TO speak. but no ones
ever there.
4 think they are the Shadows of all
the different things.
Tho Shadows OF tall trees, of ships and
clouds and kings.
-Tiptoeing of somewhere. whispering
Hush and Hark,
For Shadows never must be seen after
the streets get dark.
Il call them my Grey Feet; they go so
soft and blind:
But Katie laughs. La child; you hear
them in your mind -
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They've always been our owned serv-
ants; we've been used to having them
mind us without a word of objection,
and we can't bear anything else from
them now. I was always kind 20 my
slaves. I never whipped but two boys
I'm my life, and one Of them 7 whipped
three weeks ago.
Freedom Made No Difference.
when ne was a free mann I asked.
Yes: for / tell you that makes no
difference in our feeling toward them.
I sent him across the country for some
goods He came back with half the
goods he ought TO have got for the
money / may as we'll be frank-it was
a gallon of whisky. There were five
gentlemen at the house. and ] wanted
the whisky for them. 1 told Bob he
stole It. Afterward he came into the
room and stood by the dOOr-a big.
strong fellow. twenty-three years old. /
said: Bob. what do you wantg He
said: I want satisfaction about that
whisky He told me afterward he
meant that ne wasn't satisfied ! should
think that he had stolen st. and he
wanted to come 20 an understanding
about it. But ! thought he wanted salts
faction gentlemen's fashion / rushed
Tor my gun 4 q nave SApN MIN NFshN
on the spot n my friends hadn't held
ne. They said I'D best not XIII him. but
that ne ought 10 be whipped I sent 10
the stable for a trace and gave him
bull dose with it. hard as | could
lay on
Il asked il Bob made no resistance.
oh. he knew better than that, My
friends stood by to see me through. /
was wrong. 1 know. but I was in
passion.
The Best Of All.
To many readers the best chapters
will seem TO be those devoted to rem
iniscences Of Emerson. Holmes. Long
fellow. Walt Whitman. and other men
OF letters OF the middle nineteenth cen
fury Mr.. Trowbridge knew Charles @.
HaIpin. too. and Father Taylor. the sail
or preacher. and Mrs. Stowe. and Cen
eral Sheridan. and Ben Perley Poor. and
numerous others Of whom the world has
heard The portraits scattered through
the book are unusually good, ana one
OF its attractive features
An anecdote in the Longfellow chap
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up. and If 1t had been meant to reach
the moon. The mayors hand waved,
cannon Numbered, all the bells of the
city Changed.
An Unforgettable Sight.
AS if reused by the summons. lion
like head of tawny-maned water sDurted
up through the fountains collar, seem
ed to hesitate a moment at the amazing
spectacle of human faces, then reared
and lowered in Il mighty column eighty
feet in height and shook ont its tumbling
yellow locks In the sunset glow. The
flow, turbid at first. gradually cleared
changing from dull gold TO gIittering
silver. and the great concourse of citi-
Zens broke uD with countenances l.
Eliminated as II shone upon by mira
Gle; even the prophets of evil, the doubt
ers and faultfinders of the day, hardly
foreseeing how in a few years Boston
would be clamorlng for a more abundant
water supply,
A Scene From the Past.
As l look back now / cannot help
wondering how many Of those citizens
yet live and recall the wild enthusiasm
OF the hour Where are the happy
school children who sangP Who of them
survive-oid men and women now-to
tell the tale? Boston has since had
another Mayor Quincy. grandson OF
him whose appraised hand set the guns
and bells dining and the water spout
ing. The chief water commissioner was
Nathan Hale. one of Bosron-s foremost
citizens; since when son OF his. then
an obscure young country minister. has
shaped for himself "A long and useful
and distinguished career. The Cam
bridge poet. writer of the not oversize
cessful ode (too long and too full of
subtle and even learned allusion for the
occasion, with some uusingable Ines.
has more than fulfilled the promise OF
his prime and passed on. leaving a
name high among the illustrious of the
age"
This was fifty-hve years ago. the 18th
CT October
A Well-Known Poem.
One poem by Trowbridge. THE Naga-
bond" viii be remembered by people
who have forgotten who wrote Il. II
was acclaimed by elocutiouists all over
the country. He tells an amGytng anec-
dote regarding it, which is as follows:
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M Trowbridge. is not n great
1 ' l. book. but il is very In
tcresting one. The time
will come when such personal records
OF the carly years Of American letters
will be fnestimably precious and
among its kind this autobiography IS
exceedingly attractive. Mr.. Trowbridge.
who is now over seyeuty-fve years old,
began mis- career at n time when il was
still possible Tor a rising young liter
AIRY man TO know most Of the men of
letters in this country; and he tells his
story with simplicity and modcsty
which are charming.
Healthy Books for Boys.
Mr. Trowbridgc is best known as the
author OF innumeraDle books for boys.
the best OF which are among the best of
their class. The Young Surveyor,
His own Master. The Tinkham
Brothers Tide MIL are books which
no healthy boy can help liking The
fun. the adventure. the sturdy common
sense and menliness OF these books
cannot fail 20 have had an influence
for good wherever they have gone-and
they have gone pretty nearly every
where Mr.. T-Owbridge himself. while
ne frankly admits that he would have
liked 70 be known as a poet. rather
than rs a writer of Juvenile fiction. has
no false pride about his reputation in
The latter line of work. He quotes a
paragraph from a newspaper interview
as exactly expressing his views on the
subject.
Reputation Worth Having.
My best. fullest and most thought
full work has been woven into my
poems; yet | find myself far more
widely known as a stOry-writer than
as a poet But the fact has its COM
pensatiOn Wherever l go 1 am greet
ed as an old friend by boys, or by men
who have read my books as boys. or,
better still. I receive the thanks OF
some mother whose boy she fancies
the reading of my books has cOnsoled
in times OF sickness. or perhaps helped
TO find. and inspired TO keep, the right
road. I don't know but that after all
the most satisfactory monument l could
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The History of Quebec.

Sir Gilbert Parker's book on Quebec is
said to be a revelation of the amount
of stirring and bloody history that CEN
terS around that famous old city. Into
IL comes one of the most splendid tales
OF heroism in the world-the defense OF
the Long Sault by Adam Daulac and
sixteen other Frenchmen against zoe
Iroouois
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a History of Socialism.

The History of Socialism in the
United States" by Morris Hillquit. has
just appeared. 1t describes among
other things the sectarian communities:
the Shakers, the Harmony Society. Zoar.
the Amana settlements. Bethel and Au-
rora. and the Oneida community. In
Chapter III the life and labors of Robert
Owen are recounted. with clever appli-
cation OF his views to those of present
socialism
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CHENOWETH.

Boarding school for young ladies' Building over.
looking Dupont Circle; elevator gymnasium.
steam heat; large schcelroous; practics-roolns
refined and we'll appointed home AGdres
PRINCIPALS. 1927 New Hampshire Avenue
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POETRY AND CHILDREN.
Child Verse Home Made for Home Reading.

p INGS AND QUEENS " is the
odd name of a book of vers-
and poetic prose by Fiorence
wilkinson, author Of two or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-24
CHARACTERISTIC HOWELLS BOOK
A Story of New York Life Told in Letters.

Twenty-third Street between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues. and wake you up 10 the
fact that you have got country. only
you would think you were dreaming;
and IL is a dream
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OWN STORY" by J. 7.
M Trowbridge. is not a great
' l. book. but IL is a very In
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10

s elep 3 n=8 m te erm d bit.
Mnber n. Die MctionGre Der
Selaware uno Wabiion @ountp Sele-
phOn @siellidaft babsn in ibrer an,
Wuntag abgebaltenen Sabresfbune
folsenoe Seamte ertpdblt !: Serr
Sit4cOd bon Muncie, prdlioent
Serr Netterpille bon bier, 0ice= =prdIi-
bent Serr 8romlep bon Wtuncie,
Setretdr uno @eneral=Wanassr Ser,
SObniOn bon @uncie, S6abmeifer.
gs tpuroe beidlonen, 100 Wleiler
meme Sslepbonlinien in ben Counties
WaoiiOn, Selaware uno gladforo 81
etabliren.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
Bon elmer 9oeomotibe set0Stet.

Ser Sarbise Wti9ael Sumpbries
mar beute Worsen auf ben 6. 8. &
8. S0fen al Der Is. StraBe nit Dem
Iuflaoen bon &oblen bei4dftist, als
er bon Der locomotive zines einfab-
renoen perlOnensuses setrOffen unO in
iol6er gDu4t bel Settle eei9leuoert
wuroe, Dab Der S9dbel an mebreren
St.nsn brad uno iein SOB balo
oarauf err rfolste. TT mar 45 Sabre
alt, bel Der ySnbianapolis Wortar &
Guel Co." angeiteQt uno pohnte an
Der 8. Is. StruBe go. 1908.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
SuoianapoliIer 1T @aibinstom.

Waibinstoner gadritten SufOlse
itatteten bort eeitern Iniere Waitbiirser
Sarrp Stem uno SbOnlas Sagsart Dem
Yrdiioenten einen 8eiu6 ab, um oen=
ielben 81 erIuaen, fiir ibre Snterellen
uno Die Der 9lctiondre Der so
nora Mining Co." einsutrsten, oeren
SerritoriIm uno 8ruben in 0ferico
bon Der bortigen &esieruns in 8eiis
9enOmmen pOrben fino. Sie Mngele-
senbeit beiddftist felt einiaer 3eit bas
Stats s=Separtement in Waibinston.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
9 auer a ub n niB5dein

8nuerlaub n Ideine.-
Minnis 8. Wilien, Warman, nabe
Wermont. @obnbaus, sl435.- Suite
8otpman, YriebtwOoo, nabe 25., @ot=
taee, sl200.-Sohn Gtebens, 1908
g. galt, Cottage, $800.-H. %.
Murpbp, Noans. nabe glopo 4pe.,
4nbau, s200.-&. Oabibion, 1908
%. Minnefota, Mnbau, s5O0.-@o.
5. @rais. 1912 6. Stem DOrt, gsran-
ba, s200.-9. gaiiien, 1861 g. gait,
Cottage, 5000.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
glae s9nlfinSer miiiem seimpit
leia.

S9ulIuperintenoent 3enbaa bat auf
Nnoronunq Der 8eb6roe FIR Offentli9e
Werte cine Srore erlafsn, oerSufOlse
ale 9inoer. tpel6e Die Snoiarapolis
S9ulen beiuhen, bis gum nd4lt,n
Wontag seimpft iein n,iiiien, ooer lie
miihen Elm @ertificat ei.les Nr3tes bor=
se:gen, aus mel6em beroorsebt, oaB
iie ndbreno Der leBten orei Sabre
geimpft muroen.
giibt seimpfte &inoer tpiro Der 3u=
tritt 3u ben SAulsn berweisert.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
Sereiniste 0rubemarbeiter bot
glmerifa.

Oie Hational=g =grscutib 8ebDrbe Der
8ereini9ten @rubsn=Mrbeiter bielt cine
Sibung ab. uel9er Brdlioent Mitdeu,
Sice=prdiieent 2e!uis uno Secretdr
Wilion beipObnten. Sn berielben
wuroen 8. .. ytidols bomSarttobIen=
Siifrict bon penniplbanien, unb %.
$. 9astins pOn OhiO su Delesaten er=
nannt, um nod Waibington gu geben
uno bort fur bic Soar @rosbenor'i9e
Mrteitsbiu gu tpirfen.
Der Streit in ben Senneiee= unb
9ilp Wtinen in Goal @reef, Senn.,
uLroe inoOifirt unb cine Gelbiumme
CUR llnterifiisung Der Streiter anse-
wieien.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
Commercial Glub.

Gie idbrli1e @abl Der SirectOren
bes Commercial Clubs eraab fOl9enoes
&eiultat: So9n %. Gern, g. g.
&ifer, Silram Srptun, u. u. Barnes,
5. M. Serron, u. 5. Yotts, 0enrp
&abn.
gs muroen Columbia Stimm=Ma=
idinen benubt uno hieielben beipdbrtsn
fi6 in nusseseidneter Weiie.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
,&sS" Tinleb aus BEN Wr6eits=
bamie entiprlusen.

SDbn 6inlep. beher unter oem Na=
men y&sb" 6inlep betannt, 1T beute
Worssn aus Dem Qrbeitsbauie ent=
flrben.
ST bate einen Sermin wesen tbdt=
liden Nnsriffs ab5uIibert Oerielbe
wiiroe am 80. Wtai abgelaufen iein.
Obelei6 Der 8uri6e erit Is Sabre aft
lit. lit er bod ibon Oiels Male nit Der
YOlisei in Conflict ssratben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
Vim IL. Warj iO0en oir Mrienal=
@ri.nSe berfauft uerSen.

9lus WaIbington fommt Die 9ta6.
ribt, oaB Die Nrienal=@riinoe am IL.
Wdr3 1903 in 6fentli9er IuCtion ber=
fault tueroen iolen.
Sieielbsn weroen 81 bem abgei6Gb=
ten g8ert5e BON $l54, 900 anaebOten
perbsn. Inter bieIem 8etras miro
tein 9lnaebot an9enommen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1903-02-10
YerIoaal= =NOti,em.

9err Willie 66riter, Sobn beg
Serrn Moolpp S0riter uno S9pieser=
iobn oes 9errn uno 6rau Sappmeper,
lit aus &osers @itp, Wi9., gum ge=
iuae ieines ertrantten 8aters bier ein=
getrohen. Sot1lo fib Die &ranfbeit
seboben bat. miro er naa ieinem neuen
Wobnort 5uriidfebren.