The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-24
A NIGHT PRAYER.

Grdnl that MS sleep may soft and hall
Because these prayer-clasped hands may
never dare
To smooth or bless his bed. Close with
Thy rare.
Caressing peace his weary star-eyes. Free
From other ward some angeI-guard, that
May, keep the dark watch that I may not
Greet with Thy new days joy his waking
Inspire him lest in weariness he slip
Cpon the days ascent. Grant me the bliss
of praying for hinl-Lord. take Thou a
From out Thy altar-fre, and on the lip
Ihat may never touch lay Thou its kiss.
Didn't Know Italian.
j. l.. Toole, the famous comedian,
once told this story in his own inimit-
able manner.
Il was in the Pittf gallery, at Flor
ence," said TooIe, with John Bill
ington. We had been looking at the
pictures all day. I was just going to
tell Ellington that I had had enough
when an Irish voice expressed the
same IDEA, but more eloquently than
should have done.
No, my darlint, I'll not go in
there; I'm laundering toired av the
whole thing
eve turned round, and there was
the typical Hibernian gentleman talk
mo darlint. III sit here till We
come out; go an see the thing; I'm
toired av the whole showl'
He was very hot, mopped his face
with a handkerchief. and composed
himself quietly on bench at the en-
Here's chance I said to Bill
lington.
Il had a catalogue in my hand; up
went to the Irishman. and in the
best bogus italian 1 could invent I
pretended to draw his attention to the
objects of art which he was neglect
ing.
Isl. signor,' 1 said. 'Proccacinia
contralto Carlo dolci, grandioso del
MY good man. he replied in a
fine brogue, 4 don't understand a
word you say; I'm an Irishman, and
can't spake your lingo
Ah, della fatissomi,' said, shrug-
ging my shoulders, delta forragio con
amore.'
"'It's no good said the Irishrnan.
I'm toired av the entoire show, and /
don't understand a blissed word av
it,
He turned away wearily. and /
said:
"'Then, be jabers, can ye tell me
where I can get glass av Oirish
whisky?'
:. The saints save us!' he exclaimed.
''The change of expression in his
face, the way he jumped to his feet,
was not an Italian at all, and, like
himself, was weary of Sightseeing,
knew no bounds. 1t was quite a little
comedy in its way."-Chicago Post.
How Rockefeller Lives.
For several years Mr. Rockefeller has
spent practically all of the year at one
OIs 1f hi hnr acsf
Hill, country place near Cleveland, O..
where he lives from May until October;
his New York town house on Fifty
fourth street or his great estate at Po-
eantico Hills, near Tarrytown-on-the-
Hudson. 1t is fair to judge something
Of mans character from his homes
particularly when the man is one who
is freed from the necessity of consider
ing cost in building. Mr.. Rockefeller s
homes force several reflections on one.
pretentious. No one of the three houses
he occupies has any claims to rank
among the notable homes of the coun-
try They are all unpretending even
to the point of being conspicuous. Not
only that, they show him to have no
pleasure in noble architecture, to appre-
ciate nothing of the beauty of fine lines
and decorations. Mr.. Rockefeller's IA
vorite home. the house at Forest Hill,
is a monument of cheap uglineSs-a
great modern structure built in the first
place as a sanitarium. it is amazing
that any one not compelled to do SO
should live in its shadow. His city
house is without distinction, and there has
never been an appropriate mansion al
Pocantico Hills. The daily life
on his great estates is studiously SIM
pie. Mr.. Rockefeller regulates his house
hold as he does his business. Family
and servants are trained to strictest
economy. There is no more gas burned
than is needed, no unnecessary heating
no wasteful providing. There is nothing
for display, nothing squandered in the
senseless American way to prove you
are rich, SO rich you need not care. On
every hand there is frugality and care
fulness. And this frugality certainly is
q welcome contrast to the wanton law
taste and destroys the sense of val
ues. One would be inclined to like Mr..
Rockefeller the better for his plain liv-
ing if somehow one did not feel that
here was something more than frugality
that here was parSimony-not only
that that here was parS1mony made a
virtue, and that one of the chief vani-
ties of this richest man in the world
is seeing how little he can spend on his
rich man is in seeing how much he can
spend.-Ida M. Tarbell in the August
MeCIure's.
Trust Knows No Law.
Says Mr.. Charles Edward Russell, in
his article on "The Greatest Trust in
the World in the August Every
body'S:
.'The great packing houses are, and
always have been, independent of and
superior to law. If they were amen