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'aristocracy and wealth, quoted by poets
and novellsts and feted and applaud
ed alike in the Eastern and Western
Hamisphercs, will be hailed with Joy
by all who are not without hope for n
return of the sentiment and melody which
were the distinguishing traits Of the music
Of the past, and revival Of our old love
for the music and good singing which
charmed the soul and won the admiration
Of the world.
When student at the University OF
Virginia, we first heard Patti sing Home.
Sweet Home" at Charlottesville She was
then under the direction of Strakosch,
Starring the provInces"-a timId girl In
her teens, who little knew that she was
destined to command a check for 5000 in
advance for singing that dearest, sweet
est old song that will defy oblivion and
ever remain a monument to the memory
of John Howard Payne.
Another of her faworite songs that will
renew recollections Of the celebrated
prima donna, and that will strike tender
chord in every heart where the concord of
sweet sounds finds a home, is:
Ills the last rose OF summer. left bloom
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which she received the sum OF $4,000.
Her recommendations. large as they are.
find full justification on both sides of
tho bargain. In the fact that she inva-
riably fills to OVERCOMING the exchequer
of every manager who is fortunate enough
to secure her services, Each successive
visit to America has brought her incre-
ment OF fame and impaired greater Pc
cuniary value to the exercise OF her I'M
rival!ed talent.
The probability that her return to the
United States in October next will be her
final farewell to America" Is guarantee
that her engagements will be of an I'M
precedentedly lucrative character, especial
~ when taken in connection with the fact
of our increased population. with mil
lions Of wealth, as we'll as the more uni
versal taste for music,
Tor the tours to some Of the capitals
of the Union-Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, etc.-Colonel Mapleson
devoted to Madame PATHS exclusive SER
vice car practically movable hotel,
furnished with every attainable accessory
OF comfort dncluding kitchen, profession
al cooks, etc.), which were constantly at
her disposal. She said the other day In
London: "I'm looking forward eagerly
for my return, Remember, / spent my
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
Turned Up Most Unexpectedly and for Time Almost Threw the
Idler Into Dreadful Panic.
SOME VERY GLAZING DEFECTS IN Mr. RoosEvELrss THEORY

got several second. hand ones at home
that I'd like mighty well to dispose Of
at half price"
"stop!' shrieked tho Queen Bee, like
n tragedy queen; stop, | say! This Is
a gross insult--an insult that makes me
so hopping mad can't see straight. Some
body must explain
Young man" said 1. with splendid dig
nifty and a cold storage look of freshness
to the clerk, "an apology Is due some.
where Do you think my wife and arc
another case OF Abraham and Sarnh--thnt
necessity compes lis to go out and look
over assorted lunches OF babies, just as
purchasers do when they are trying on
shoes or gloves. We don't want this, child
urdcr any OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IL 1t Is
thrown in for good measure
Then the steaming volcano in petticoats,
who had shared my amazement at the
strange occurrence. burst forth at tho
salesman with an awful volume Of
feminine lava Take that poor -folksy
thing out of this carriage immediately
you impudent fellow What do you mean
I'd like to know, by sticking that horrid
little runt into my carriage? Get some
ice-tongs and rcmcve 1t at once, or I'll
have the police on you. It's an outrage
a gross outrage--and 1 shall speak TO Your
employer about it.
Now. the clerk, who, by tho way, was
about rs timd wee bit of man as have
ever seen. looked as If he had become
palscd with fright. In the flrs.. place
the newly discovered infant had taken
his breath away. and when the Queen
Bee lit into him. his decentralization be
came complete. Worse still, he was an
unmarried man, and the idea of having
the mysterious baby left on his hands
filled him, thrilled him with fantastic
bo To o55 as IT.,
discomforture. he had no more idea how
the infant got into the carriage than we
did.
Towards the last, when I saw the help
lessness Of the wretch. began to pity
him, especially as ! saw that vesuvins
(the Queen Bee) was about TO go off into
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Ing alone,
All her lovely companions are faded and
gone,
No flower of her kindred. no rosebud is
nigh,
To reflect back her bushes, to give sigh
for sigh"
This, with loft the Silly Night"
another OF A1oore's gems. which was once
50 popular. but seldom heard now. re-
calls perhaps more wildly the halycon
days of yore with "the smiles the tears
of boyhood's years. than any of the beau
tiful old songs of sentiment. PATHS ia
nous encores We're: Coming Thro' the
Rye" and "Way Down Upon De
Swannee Ribber." One OF her old encores
next winter will be MY Old Kentucky
Home"
These and other melodies sung by the
negro MINISTRIES of the days gone by were
full Of sentiment and beauty. No such
abortion prevailed In those days as rag
time and the coon songs"---the songs of
Foster the wonderful composer OF old
time popular needles, were regarded as
worthy to be sung by the most eminent
vocallsts and are still sung by the best
singers, "Old Folks at Home being held
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THE SUMMER MAN..

but as all of the other women are after 1t
too. 1t takes great skill to outwit tho
other hunters and secure the prize,
There are as many different theories
about the best way to catch the summer
man as there are about methods of ans-
ling for trout, Some women boldly hunt
it in the open on hotel galleries and an
mex 1t by force; Others spread their snares
on the golf links; still Others attempt
to. lure It, to their hand by singing senti-
mental songs In the moonlight. while
some very successful huntresses declare
that there is nothing like getting one out
in a boat, throwing It off It's guard ~
pretence Of mannishness-for no man
present-and then nab it quick before e
has time TO back to the woods. Al Wo,
men agree. however that the .only way
to keep summer man is never 10 miro
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as a classic among songs. just as the
Blue Danube waltzes was a classic among
waltzes.
When a lovely little girl she proved an
Irresistible attraction to music lovers,
Accordingly, the tiny wonder drew crowd
ed houses whilst her liliputian contempo-
raries were playing with dolls in the nur
sery of porting over Mangnall's Questions
In the school room.
In the year 1853. being then sixteen
years old Adellna Patti made her operate
debut in New York as Lucia in Doni-
zetti's master work. Two years later she
took London by storm In the arduous role
OF Amina, we'll calculated to exhibit TO
advantage the splendid quality OF her
voice, as well as Its Surprising iieXibity,
Her subsequent triumphs in all the chief
capitals of civilized Europe, In 81, Peters
burg and the United States are matters
of history, needing no recapltulation in
this place, During her engagement Of
five months and a half With the New
York Academy OF Music (lss2-1sS3 season,
under Colonel Mapleson's directlom !, e,
from the LIST Of November ~ the 18th
of April within which time limits Mad
anne Patti performed at least forty times,
two performances week, Tor each Of
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Well II this doesn't beat the Dutch,
don't know what does" said the Com
mander-in- Chief last Saturday night,
while we were sitting comfortably alone
together at home, after the juvenile
multitude had been safely tucked in bed.
1.-THE paper says that Mr.. Cleveland has
adopted Mr.. Roosevelt's policy"
Now my contempt for the good wo-
mans knowledge OF politics Is supreme,
and when l heard her make this start
ling statement. simply turned up my
nose and said "shucks, woman, you're
off your ground. Back to the Woman's
Page. Don't try to NEEDLE with public
affairs and mon folks doings"
But the paper shows that am right"
insisted the pertinacious individual, who
makes 1t point never to yield to
me in any argument. ''See here; the
item says, son is BORN TO MRS.
CLEvELAND.' Now II that doesn't show
that Mr.. Cleveland has adopted the Pres
ident's policy, don't know what does.
When the Queen Bee saw that was
puzzled to catch her point she mildly
compared the impenetra bility of my skull
to boulder Of Virginia granite and then
added: IF you had kept posted on pub
lie affairs you would recall the fact THAI
the President is an advocate of large
families. He says they are ennobling.
and that true citizenship is synonymous
with a we'll filled trundle bed.
Slightly irritated by the fact that she
whose general information 1 profess to
scorn had caught me mapping, gave
vent to ono OF my favorite outbursts Of
cynicism. Roosevelt, the thunder!" l
snorted His talk about large families
is about the weakest political economy
ever saw. If he really meant what he
said. why didn't he make good by recon-
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girlhood In America. Traces of assoca-
ton have stuck to me, and how often
have I been told that look like an
American, Many OF my closest friends
are in America, and some OF my happiest
recolections are associated with my
childhood In New York and the days
when ] used 10 listen for the call Of the
Ice cream man In Twenty-tlrst Street,
where | lived with my sister, What
changes have taken place In the city
since then, and what a change In the
modes Of travel, Now go about in my
private car. In my childhood, when /
Travelled from city to city, my father
would turn the seat over, bundle me up
in shawl and let me go to sleep There
was no supper to be had when we reached
our journeys end late at night in the
old days, SO supped on bread and cheese
and water. But ! was always happy II
they would let me have my doll. How
love the dear old Academy of Music in
New York, where ] made. my operate
debut, I'm so glad they have not pulled
1t down For sentiments sake, l should
like to make my last appearance there.
think they should let me, don't youg"
Among the numbers she will sing here
next fall are Wagners "Traume," the
Prayer of Elizabeth, from Tanhauser.
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claimed that they had had much shopping
to do and that as they we're in this store
and saw the baby carriage, they thought
1t would be a good idea TO leave the brat
there. especially ms the little one had
dropped off to sleep. The store proprietor
added that he didn't have the heart to
refuse the request. which. to his mind.
could do no harm. Both the mother and
father, he explained. looked very tired
and weary, and our bnhy Carriage. sitting
In quiet, shady corner, seemed a most
appropriate repository for the weary lttie
mite from the country.
Upon hearing this the Commandments.
Chief Strengthened herself up, and with
great dignity said: you did exactly
right, sir. ! commend You for your
thoughtfulness. 1t would have been
shame to make that chld's mother lug
1t all over Broad Street,
Then. turning significant glance at
me, she added. MY only regret is that
my husband should have seen Mt to
make himself disagrecablc ABOUT the mat
ter But men never do appreciate tho
hardships that mothers Undergo"
And SO the incident ended. Or rather,
should add that the Commander In Chief
hereupon fshed out from her pocket a
buttcred biscuit with sugar on 1t. and
gave 1t to the rural infant Then she
made me buy the baby carriage.
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another eruption. Then, too. the mystic
rious baby itself had begun to voclfera te.

another eruption. Then. too. the mystic.
rious baby itself had begun to voclferate.
a happy thought came TO me at this
juncture. l suggested that we call the
proprietor OF the establishment But Just
as he hove in sight. robust young conn-
try couple. with their arms full of bum
dies, rushed up to the carriage, and be-
fore the Commandment Chief could say
Jack Robinson, the woman had seized
the infant. 20, you precious III sligsle
plumsie; mothers so glad TO see her Ill
dlnky-dinky sweetsie honey exclaimed
the fresh looking young parent, whose
face was radiant with maternal affection.
Meanwhile tho Communicating Chief
vas cycling the stranger with one OF those
cold. searching. penetrating looks which
blend curiosity with nmazement. But
ore many seconds had elapsed, I saw
softer look come over tho face of the
Queen Bee. and shortly thereafter l
knew her eQuanimity had been quite re-
stored when she turned to the young
mother and said Has that baby cut It's
first teeth yot?'
"Ol he got ON when he was only eight
months old" was the proud reply. where's
upon Vesuvius withdrew all purpose OF
further eruption. A moment later, how
over stern, dictntorlal look came over
her features, when she turned to the
happy father of the mysterious infant
and said: you're letting your wife put
too many clothes on that baby this hot
weather That flannel rag on It's stom-
ach is enough to kill any child in the
summer"
The young man was all apologies. He
explained that this was their first child,
and that his education had never
equipped him with a proper knowledge
of the precise number or thickness OF
the flannel rags that should 90 on
babys stomach In July. He said he
would try to initiate himself into these
mysteries, howevcr--a promise which en-
tirely conclli1ted tho Queen Bee.
AT this juncture, now that the storm
clouds had passed away, we ventured
to inquire how the infant got into our
baby carriage. The young mother cx-
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responsibIlity by proxy--a Kind OF long
distance telephone proxy. where you
stand off from tho theatre OF disturbance
| and below advice and complaint. l Just
| wish you could play mother once.
This presentation of the subject kinder
paralyzed me, for the more thought
Of II, the less / fancied l would like to
be a mother. But l didn't let my secret
thoughts leak out. There's such thing
as retiring in good order.
After this little spat, we sat for some
time in silence. Thank goodness married
folks don't have to entertain each other
in fact we got the most comfortable sort
of happiness by ignoring each other. But
by and BY, when the Commander-in- Chief
removed the darning egg from the heel
of the stocking on which she was work
ing. and had bitten off the thread with
her teeth after the manner of her sex.
she said: ."Oh, that reminds me; we've
got to have a new baby carriage our
selves. We've been using that miserable
old thing William Jennings Bryan used to
ride in until 1t amt decent. 1t hurts me
every time see our baby in It,"
"And It will hurt me worse every time
see her (the new baby Is a her, you
know, in new one. was my bitter re-
tort. Long experience In the purchase OF
this line Of vehicles had taught me that
nothing fit to transport even the most un-
likely looking infant can be bought by
fathers for less than $50.
But my acrimonious utterances along
this line WOKE as water on ducks back
to the ears of the Queen Bee. Indeed. I
knew from the very moment she said
'new baby carriage" that | was III for
one And so it came to pass that on the
following Monday, like lamb led to the
slaughter | was marched off to q GER
tain establishment which assists in meet
ing the immediate needs of our ever in
creasng population----or rather that por-
ton Of it which lives on milk diet.
i've picked out a lovely one coyly
said my indispensable companion. refer
ring to the 7carriages-not to the ba-
bles. 1.-THE clerk, knowing that had
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OF something heard. so I sold short at
dat, and covered before de close. at four
and malt; clearing on de day a little
to de good of five tousand. Fannie, me
dear" he says. you may order de muE
sic room decorated as you was wanting,
and de new twenty-five hundred dollar
rug for de library"
Miss Fannie smiled, and says, Tank
you, papa" and shook her head at Mr..
Paul not to take n fall out OF Whskers.
But he wouldn't see her, and says, AS
you was remaining ra Sir, dc garnbling
In de Harlem, with barge on top OF 1t to
ep bs says whiskers reoDo
aK asr of @ aRaso Peo asse must be au
dat it is not only sinful, but bad business,
honest TOLL
You Is more dan right says Mr.. Paul.
You is all right. BY de way" he says,
oh noting much whiskers says,
comfortable like. Il heard de rumor OF a
dividend. and bought. Den director told
wouldn't send a denial into de Street until
| a few, of us could get out. and go short
enough TO pay us for de trouble of going
Noting mich" he says. Just any a iyer."
! seen dat Mr. Paul was croisy to put q
cramp In Whiskers' temper, but Miss Fan
ME give him a "Begood" look, and he sat
in at bridge, and lose couple of hundred
| to WHISPERS before quit solving 'em
small bottles
But ] was going to put you straight on
makes dat combine? Reforlners. OATS
a right as de leg OATS never left. Hon
est. | sometimes do a stunt OF wondering
If dc folks OF dis town. who makes de
Island OF Manhattan Is. 1t doesn't look a
bit like dey really knows. Listen: Dere is
tousands of men In dis town who can be
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taken fancy to It, and fearing that
somebody else might get it before me-.
set 1t aside back In the store, between
refrigerator and bureau. Let's 60
and see it."
And so we HE'D ourselves 10 the rear
OF the store through wilderness OF banS-
carriages. perambulutors ana push-carts
IA vast array. which clearly demon
strated that Mr.. Cleveland Is not the only
one who has adopted the Rooseveltian
theory. Each baby-carriage mad a small
bundle In TIA paper parcel containing
the lace paraso which is supposed to
shade the tyrannical occupants OF the
vehicle. All baby carriages look alike TO
me, so wandered through the maze like
blind man. but the Commandcr-in-Chiei
knew Just where she was going. She
steadily hiked her way to the rear, until
nally she halted with q glad Here 1t Is. !"
And then she added to the timid clerk
who followed us: "Thank you kindly for
laying 1t aside for US,
When the object of our visit had been
pulled out from its shady retreat between
the refrigerator and bureau. noticed an
unusually large bundle in 1t, but thought
it was merely another of the fancy para
soils which had been detached from the
holder above The Queen Bee. who was
deeply interested in the purchase. yanked
the little vehicle into the light,
and then gave a jump as IL she had seen
Il mouse.
why, what in the name of goodness Is
this?" she suddenly exclaimed. when the
bundle In the bottom of tho carriage be-
gan to move. Then there came strange
noise-a noise I had heard some billions
OF times before.
Darn my buttons ! wildly exclaimed,
this carriage has got live baby in It'll
Our establishment leaped beyond the
bounds OF any words to be found in my
dictionary. The clerk was amazed, and
the Queen Bees eyes flashed fire like a
blacksmith's anvil a nameless terror
seized me. For a moment | could only
gasp. Then I wildly exclaimed to the
good woman who accompanied me:
Heavens alive. you amt agoing to buy
a new baby, too, are you? Why. we've
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Especial Correspondent of The Times Dis.

Especial Correspondent OF The Tlmes-Dls-
patch)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. July 25.-The
announcement that Adelina Patti tho
sweet song angel, will make another
American tour, will carry JOY to thou
sands OF lovers of music and song, who
are looking forward eagerly for her re-
turn in October, Patti says this Ia tho
first time she has used the word fare
well" In connection with an American
tour. People have said TO me on former
visits. Well Madame Patti. this is your
farewell tour? And l have replied. Who
said so? didn't Nine. Patti is in fine
spirits. Although sixty. she is viyacious,
full OF energy and young in appearance
Her voice is still strong and clear and
musical. Thanksgiving Day. 1853, she,
made her operate debut at the Academy
OF Music. New York. in Lucia"
The advent of the distinguished canta-
trice and greatest vocalist that the world
has brought forth since the middle of
the nineteenth century-the brilliant Queen
OF Song, who has filled by right of unrl-
vailed gifts the highest place in the temple
OF vocal art; the peerless Patti, honored
by monarchs and princes, sought by
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, nending pensions for fathers. I'm sick
and tired of the so-called dignity of the
heads of families. Married men with
many mouths to feed are the oxen of the
body polite. They carry all the LOADS
of the republic 1t is to them that the
tax collector first HES himself. 1t is TO
them that the church collectors come. 1t
is to them that solicitors In every form
hurry for comfort and cash. Theres no
let M on the painting. struggling. perse-
cutcd beasts of burden. It's flowers for
funerals one day and wedding presents the
next. To-day we are called upon to con-
tribute silver spoons to newborn babies;
tomorrow we cough up for their birth
day parties. They catch lis going and
coming whereas bachelors are supposed
to have nothing and are called upon FOR
nothing. An ideal form Of government
would offer bonus to fathers for every
infant added to their households. and
would retire men with six children just
as they do broken down brigadier-gen
erals and other officials with pull on tho
administration"
1T seems to me-" auoth my disputa-
tious helpmeeS, who was now apparently
engrossed in darning pair Of very badly
perforated stockings for one OF the slum-
bering host in the back room. that any
pensions offered by government for wear
and tear caused by children, should fall
TO the lot of the mothers. Now take that
horrid old Grover Cleveland for instance.
He's sixty-six years old, and long after
he's dead and gone that boy that's just
come to them will be up to deviltry and
Mrs Cleveland to death, For
every minutes sleep Grover Cleveland
loses over that baby his wife will
lose an hour. His case is like that Of
those brlgadier- generals to whom ycal
re fer While they are standing off two
miles from the scene of battle. getting
glory and making suggestions, some per-
spring private Is at the front, scratch
ing his sfins with briers and stones and
butting into every bullet and shell that's
shot They are retired. too-the poor
it's generally on stretcher
or in an ambulance. Don't talk to me
about the responsibility Of fathers. It's