The Washington times., 1903-02-19
The Talk of the Day.

The look Of the worlds a lie face made up
DER graves and fiery depths and nothings true
But what is horrible. II man could see
The PerilS and diseases that he elbows
Each day he walks mile; which catch az him.
Which fall behind and Craze him as he passes:
Then would he know that Lies single pill
grim,
Fighting unarued amongst a thousand soldiers.
Il II this infinite invisible
Which We must learn 20 know and yet to scorn.
And. from the scorn OF that, regard the world
As from the edge Of a far star
Convicts tortured by strait jackets in
California prisons? We thought that
Charles Reade exposed the horrors OF
such jackets once and for all in his
Never Too Late to Mend"
Pension the ex-slaves? Certainly. but
let US free and pension the white slaves
OF today as we'll as pension the black
slaves of ''befo' the wan"
So Mr.. COnreid is now said 10 be Mr..
Grau's successor. Further remarks by
Mr.. Damrosch showed that he felt keen
disappointment at failing TO obtain the
direction OF the opera" The position is
not an enviable one. There are the sub
scribers to be satisfied, and some want
French and Italian operas and some
want nothing but Wagner's music
dramas but both factions want the best
singers. Then there are the prima
donnss and the tenors must be counted
among them-who are daily TO be ap-
peased and battered The prima donnas
are the ones that sbatter the nervous
system Of the manager with their jeal-
ousies and their demands. The success
full opera manager is a born diplomat
He must not only know the weaknesses
OF human nature; he must cOldly take
advantage OF them.
contributor to the New York Times
Saturday Review writes that he in
quired lately for a library edition of
Florio's translation OF Montaignes es-
says within the reach OF the book-lOver
| OF moderate means " and was informed
that there is none. The bookseller that
informed him needed information. There
is an unexpurgated Florio in one volume.
clearly printed. and edited by Henry
Morley. But how seldom booksellers
are aware Of books that are not on their
shelves
Only by reading the ancients DO We
drous schemes Of nature Thus Der
hardin dc Saint Pierre tells US that
nature divided the melon into slices so
that It could be eaten by a family; but
the pumpkin is larger and can perhaps
/ be eaten with ones neighbors. See his
'sEtudes de la Nature"
This reminds us OF a sentence of the
/ Bishop OF Metz in 1876; The inunda-
/ tions OF the Loire are due TO the ex-
/ cesses Of the press and the on-obsery-
anee or Sunday"
/ And side by side with these obserya-
/ lions may be put this opinion OF the
| good Fenelon. Water was made 10 sus-
tain those prodigious floating buildings
/ which are called vessels"
| Full-blooded men who walk In fur
coats WOO pneumonia openly. II you are
| fat and scant o. breath and possess such
garment. talk about tits nearly
cold enough 10 wear by fur coat
\ wish l had on my fur coat'-"What do
you do with your fur coat in summer
but leave 81 in the cedar closet. no
matter how shrewd the wind.
You are not the first TO own a fur
coat. Both Anglo Saxons-pace Mr..
Freeman-and Normans sported them.
Henry VIII. that hearty old monarch.
left such a splendid collection OF furs
that for years after his death they fur
nished stock from which presents were
| given to persons OF distinction