Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-20
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A friend of Edward MacDowell at
tended a recital given by a mediocre
teachers pupils, and when he met the
American composer. he remarked: Il
heard one of the pupils, a little girl OF
Is, play your TO Wild Rose" The
composer sighed dejectedly. Il sup
pose," Mcdowell remarked, "that she
pulled it up by the roots"
During the protracted sessions of the
Parnell commission. Justice Day ha-
bitually sat with closed eyes. 1t was
commonly supposed that his lordship
was sleeping. and the late Sir Frank
Lockwood, observing that the learned
Judge was very much awakened by a
little tiff between the president and Sir
Charles Russell, exclaimed, quite au-
dibly: ''This is the dawn of Day!
The late w. e. Henley once met
Robert Louis Stevenson, and found his
friend distressed because he was not
Voltaire or Dumas, though he had
an equipment which ought to have
made him their peer. Stevenson put
his failure" down to the weakness OF
his lungs. Perhaps you are right,
Lewis" said Henley; "Pve always felt
that, If had not been a blessed Grip
pie, / could have taken the earth in
my hand and hurled it into the sun"
A young San Franciscan, the owner
Of a large and valuable collection Of
autographs, once wrote to the late
James Mcneil Whistler politely re-
questing his signature. The letter was
sent in care Of the London Royal Acad-
emy, with which the famous American
painter was at outs. After four
months, the letter was returned to the
San Francisco address from the dead
letter office in Washington. Covering
the envelope, was the word. repeated
numberless times: unknown" "Un-
known"
1t is related that one evening last
winter, at dinner given in honor of
Mrs. Pat Campbell, in New York, the
English actress remarked, loftily:
"They wanted me to play Tess of the
D'Urbervilles in England, but 1
thought it vulgar character, and I
can't be gross. you know" This from
the woman whose whole fame rested
on her impersonations Of women with
malodorous pasts or notorious presents
was astounding to all present, each one
of whom had said something in ex-
tenuation of the sins Of poor Tess and
in admiration Of Hardy's masterpiece
as dramatic character drawing. For
a moment there was an embarrassed
silence, and then Miss Warren, who is
to star in the play this season, spoke
up innocently: "It is dreadful to be SO
sensitive. 1 expect, Mrs. Campbell,
you find it hard even to accept your
share of the gross receipts"
A pretty story, illustrative Of the
change Of feeling which. has come over
the Irish peasant toward King Ed
ward since the recent royal visit, ap-
pears in the English press. Two Lon
don journalists. on their way from
Dublin to Cork, accosted a shaggy.
farmer-looking native at a Queens
County station with the words: well.
Pat, what do you think Of the King
of England now" king of England,
is it?' replied the Irishman, and there
stole over his face an inimitable ex-
preston of drollery as he went on in
stage whisper: "Sure, avic, ye'll
want viceroy over there. I'm think
in. Himself an herself are not goin'
back to yez at ALP An old dame in
Galway who had spoken with the
King, was questioned as to what she
thought of his majesty. She delivered
herself of long and enthusiastic eulo-
gy, to the effect that Edward the
First of Ireland" was "a grand man
entirely" closing with the remark that
she had "only wan thrilling fault to
find with him." and that was that
"they keep the poor man SO long in
the Phaynix Park beyant that they
have him talkin' with a strong Dublin
accent"