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New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
THE REAL LINCOLN.

For many years it has been the fashion to call
Mr.. Lincoln homely. He was very tall and very
thin. His eyes were deep-SUnken, his skin Of
a sallow pallor, his hair coarse, black and un-
ruly. Yet he was neither ungraceful, nor awk-
ward, nor ugly. His large features fitted his
large frame, and his large hands and feet were
but right on a body that measured six feet four
inches. His was sad and thoughtful face and
from boyhood he had carried load of care Il
is small wonder that when alone, or absorbed in
thought. the face should take deep lines, the
eyes appear as If seeing something beyond the
vision Of other men, and the shoulders stoop. as
though they, too, were bearing a weight But
in a moment all would be changed. The deem
eyes could flash, twinkle merrily with hunnOr
look out from under overhanging brows as
they did upon the Five Points children in kind
Hest gentleness. So, too. in public speaking.
When his tall body rose to its full height with
head thrown back and his face transhgured
with the fire and earneStnesS OF his thought he
would answer Douglas in the high clear tenor
that came to him in the heat of debate carry
ing his ideas so far out over listening crowds.
And later, during the years Of war, when he pro-
nounced with noble gravity the words OF his
famous addresses, not one in the throngs that
heard him could truly say that he other
than handsome man.
1t has been the fashion. too. to say that he was
slOVenly and careless in his dress. This also is
q mistake His clothes could not fit smoothly
on his gaunt and bOnY frame. He was no tailOr's
figure OF man: but from the first he clothed
himself as we'll his means allowed, and in the
fashion Of the time and place. In reading the
grOtesque stories OF his bOyhOOd OF the tall
STRIPPING whose trousers left exposed length OF
shin. Il must be remembered not only how poor
he was but that he lived on the frontier where
In Vandalia, the blue Jeans he wore were the
dress Of his companions as we'll. and later from
Springfield days on, clear through his Presi-
dency, his costume was the usual suit OF black
brOadcloth, carefully made and SCrupulOusly
neat. He cared nothing for style. It did not
matter to him whether the man with whom he
coat at all It was the man inside the coat that
interested him-Helen Nicolay. in 81. Nicholas.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
THE MOpERN CHILD.

To-day even idleness has become a text for
child study. The infant must be taught to be
idle as he must be taught to work. The theorist
who shudders at the vision Of the alphabet, and
the theorist who intends every pastime to con-
vey q lesson, toss the child between them like
shuttlecock. 1--WE forget" says one earnest
writer upon education. that the very definition
Of school means leisure; that the child must have
sc in abundance; and that he must be protected
and sheltered from tha activities Of the great
world" Accordingly he IS occupied from the
time be Is th~ee years OH doing something which
IS 70 mould MS character for life, and an audi
ence OF adults breathlessly awaits the outcome
OF every fresh experiment. He is protected from
books Chis natural friends), but taught with
greater economy of his mental tissues" in
series OF infantile lectures. He Is protected from
using his own mind, but invited to prey upon
the minds Of his teachers. He is protected from
the frank old games OF childhood which are
frowned upon as 'boorfsh" and Immoral" and
encouraged TO think that his most vapid amuse-
ments matters for grave concern. He is pro-
tected sometimes from the very sound Of words
which form part of common vocabulary
and from contact with ideas which form part of
our common experience. 1 have known family
OF little children hedged and guarded lest
they should hear OF sin, of DEATH of pain, Of
trouble, Of fairies. OF ghosts of Santa Claus, Of
Satan, OF fear, of prohibition. of transgression
that conversation in their presence resembled
those intelligent little one syllabled books which
were published in great numbers some years
agO for the enfeebement Of the infant mind
Agnes Repplier, in AppletonS.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

was broken by the ice in the Saint Clair River.
All communication between the cities was COM
pletely stopped. Leaping on a locomotive at
Port Huron, Edison began to sound a message
on the whistle. using the dots and dashes Of the
Morse telegraphic alphabet Hello Sarnia! Do
you hear, Sarnia?" For some time there was
no response across the mile and half Of drift
ing ice. But at last locomotive whistle in
Sarnia answered. The signal had attracted the
attention of the Canadian telegraph operator.
From that time the cities were in cOmmuni-
cation.
It Is far cry from these crude triumphs to
the long struggles that ended in the incandescent
electric light and the phOnograph. yet all
through these eventful years of alternate dfsap-
pointment and success can see how large
organization and large capital were necessary
for the magnificent outcome Of Mr.. EdisOn's in
telligent and never Ceasing toll
One of Mr.. EdisOn's assistants has recorded
the fact that. in working out the 'phOnOgFaph.
the inventor has spent from fifteen to twenty
hours day for six or seven months at q stretch,
shouting the word "Spezia" against the wax
cylinders in his effort to have the sibllants dis
tinctly reproduced. The intense and prolonged
labor which has resulted in the new business
mans phOnOgraph can scarcely be realized. But
u took immense capital and widespread Or
ganization 70 place the million or more phonO-
graphs OF all kinds now In use.-James Creel-
man. in PeaFSOn'S
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
THE CITY OF FOREIGNERS.

One Of San Francisco's characteristics most
frequently mentioned was its fOreignness
Much OF this was the lingering afterglow from
the days OF Spanish glory. It also was i'm
parted Dy the predOminating presence of the
tton1an catholic, an unobtruSiVe participation
IN the daily life by the priest and the nun The
Greek Church. with it's deep mOuthed choir OF
pearded priests and its blue star-sprinkled
comes was like bit of the enamelIed briIliancy
OF MOSCOW summing itself on a dreamy plaza.
along the slopes of Telegraph Hill Olive-skinned
women and fawn-eyed youths fitted into the
UdCheIOund or blue sky and green LEAKAGE as
tney Gid into that Of their native Italy
IN tne heart of the business sectiou-a niece OF
the WORLDS Oldest civilization iTnbedded In the
neWesr-CnlnatOwn stood. all vermflion and gold
IKE an oriental banner. With the bright efFer-
NeScehce or busy streets eddying round II A. re-
manned alOof, tnscrutably uncOmmunicatfve Its
DaInlhg reserve hung between IL and the en-
SFcHns outer life like a veil. Half dozen stems
,OLoGshS the wayfareF from the green carpe4ed
T TIshIneSs OF Portsmouth Square. where the nOod
SNIP bOnaVentura bent its sails before fai~v
SFeezeS INTO the gloom Of alleys nloftJed OrIv
Dy tne hight OF crimson lanterns the ar astj-
wv Wltn tns WnlSper1ngs Of an unknown tongue and
tne snl1ting OF softly shOd feet The adraDCfDo
rVis Ss,, VI taces an bore the same suggestion OF
SVnIoiied expression, even in the ewes SCI 1iI-a
Oats OK onyx into Slits OF tight drawn sIri~ TS
Was centre or Undivulged secrets the howe -
SnS dHeh ana the unknown, at your very l7oO-
ana YET thousands OF years NWav ana 6o0~o.-Ss
SOu'-GeEaloine Bonner In The Reader
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
PROGRESS OF ESPERANTO.

The London Chamber of Commerce has put
Esperanto among the subjects for examination
IN it's educational department. Phis international
language, successor OF the unlamented Volapuk
was introduced to the world by DR.. ZamenhOf.
doctor in Warsaw, Poland, In 1887. His PAM
phIet, "An International Language by DR. Es-
peranto." published in that year, lay dormant
for some ten years. 1t is said that eighty thou
sand persons can now read write Esperanto
and there are some forty journals and magazines
and some two hundred societies Centres" for
prOpagating it. About half OF the roots in Es-
perantO are OF Latin origin, 20 per cent of Eng
lish and % per cent OF German There is no
English 20" wv" or ''y' in the language. There
silent letters. The accent Is always on
the syllable next 20 the last. At present, Es-
peranto consists OF about one thousand roots and
from two thousand 10 three thousand words DR.
ZamenhOf holds that by the use OF some thirty
prehxes and suflxes. nine hundred root words
are enough. Its grammar ought TO be learned
in an hour by anybody who knows one OF the
Latin languages. There are no irregular verbs
(biessed be Esperantoi) The plural ends IN "y'; /;
rouns in 90: ad5ecttyes in "a" 'Ino" IS the
feminine ending. For example 'pat1o," father;
'pstrln0.2 mother. NIu Esperanto so tho way
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
RAIN IN PARIS.

The sole effect rain seems to have on French
spirit is to bring out its brightness by contrast
with clouds. "Tiens! II pleut" ("Ah. 1t
rains!O And monsieur, dressed with scrupulous
care, ready to sally forth. does not stop for an
umbrella, probably. but steps out iauntily into
the street and makes no more unfriendIy COM
ment on the weather than, III ne fait pas beau
ce matin." CIT is not fine this morning'O
This is the French point of view. Discomfort
of any sort is for them only the negative of
something desirable, and they keep their
minds on what is pleasing, snaming 1t to define
the absence Of it, La petite Helene and her
little brother Henri, who go to school in the
neighbOrhOod, trOt along in the rain the bonne
at their heels carrying their school bags. Henri
wears capuchon-a cape with the hood drawn
up his head, Helene holds her head
a minuscule umbrella, which she tilts in such
fashion as to make the most Of the rain. Un-
rebuked by any threat Of something awful to
result II drop of water falls them, both
children dance along in the wet, letting the
drops fall on their upturned faces and laughing
in glee lf the rain were another playfellow.
Even his royal hlghness the baby does not
miss his accustomed outing on account of the
weather. Num-, the nurse, will shorten the
great ribbon streamers OF the white cap she
wears. and she pins up her dress to escape the
muddy streets: le bebe himself Is resplendent
in the laces and feathers which are an insepa-
rable feature OF the magnificent devotion which
the French bestOw upon an infant: he Is suugly
tucked in his go-cart. the hood is raised If it is
a heavy dOwnpour-anything less is thought to
be good for him-and off he goes.-Harper's
BaZar.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
RACHEL AS PHEDRE.

So I saw Rachel. It was Of the most
overpowering impressions OF my life The play
was Racine's "Phedre.' had read most OF the
tragedies of Corneille. Racine and Voltaire, and
was well enough acquainted with them to follow
the dialogue. But 1 had never liked them much.
The stilted artifieiality Of the diction in the
tedious monotony of the rimed AleXandrine
verse had repelled me, and had always Won
dered how such plays could be made interesting
on the stage. That ] was to learn. When
Rachel stepped upon the scene not with the
customary stage stride, but with dignity and
majestic grace all her own, there was first a
spell Of intense astonishment and then burst
OF applause. She stood still for a moment, IN
the folds Of her classic robe like an antique
statue fresh from the hand of Phidias. The
mere sight sent thrill through the audience;
her face a long oval, her forehead, shadOwed
by black wavy hair, not high, but broad and
strong; under her dark arched eyebrows a pair
OF wOndrOus eyes that glOwed and blazed in
their deep sockets like two black suns; finely
chiselled nose. with open. quirering nostrils;
above energetic chin mouth severe IN its
lines, with slightly lowered corners, such as
we may imagine the mouth of the tragic Muse;
her stature sometimes seeming tall, sometimes
little. very slender, but the attitude betraying
elastic strength; a hand with fine tapering
fingers OF rare beauty; the whole apparItion
exciting IN the beholder a sensation of astonish-
nent and intense eXpectancy.-Carl Schurz IN
McCiure's.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
THE GENIUS OF PLACE. /"

There is one mood. there IS one picture. in
which, as It seems 20 me, better than In ell the
rest IS the physiOgnony OF Rome 20 be ideally
contemplated That Is when twilight falls, and
from beneath the trees on the terrace Of the
villa Ne6icl, one looks across the sea Of palace
roofs and the ancient militant grandeur OF the
CITY Is softened by an fndescribable peace We
hessr much OF sunny Spain. Grenada on a day
sr gune explains and justiies the phrase, but the
streets of Madrid arc never more Characteristic
even fn the summer time than when the cutting
wind comes down from the mountains and
makes the sunny day seem bleak. Holland rs
radiant when the tulips are in bloom but 20 feel
81 your blood the influence Of all that Holland
signifies yOu must explore its cities, and eEpe-
c.ol.g tts smaller towns, under ieaden skies. or
stead cn one OF sts beaches with the rain END
wta1 whipping across your face. and watch the
.tsherznen shollder.ng their boats through the
angFy suEt, One might go on indefinitely re-
calling cycles of atmospheric effects in this or
that country srecessions OF episodes. ell bssun-
sps, put one OF them invariably possessing the
subtle spiritual quality .n which Che genius OF
tt1 place ie summed up.
TIE genius OK tne place. we arc assured ia
rarel. stance by TIE eLcFoech-uents OF modern
pfcxzseA I wonder Ety It should be 20. Old
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
A MUCH DEBATED WORD.

Many VIII remember that a few years ago
there went on a violent controversy about the
word tireless. The discovery had been made
that Jess was a sufnx which could properly be
appended only TO nouns. Hence the form must
be discarded. and must all take pains to say
untirinE. The duty Of doing was preached
from scores OF professional and newspaper pull
pits. No one seemed to think or care for the
various other adjectives similarly formed. and
therefore liable 10 the similar censure which
they never received. Hostility was directed
against Il alone. The actual flaw which vitiated
the arguments against tireless, its censors never
knew or took into consideration This was that
the fancied rule covering the creation OF such
words had practically long ceased TO be opera
tive whenever q new formation struck the senss
% the users OF language as being desirable
UnQuestionably In our earliest speech the
suflX -less. when employed 20 form adjectives,
was 5oined only with nouns. But the general
sloughing off OF nominal and verbal eudings
which went on 81 later centuries reduced great
proportion OF substantfves and verbs IN the
speech 70 precisely the form. In conse-
ouence the sense Of any fundamental distinction
between the two broke down in many ways, In
one way fn particular. There IS nothing easier
IN our speech than to convert q verb into
noun or a noun into verb. 1t Is a process
which has taken place constantly in the past,
and Is liable TO take place at any time in the
future. either at the will or the whim OF tbs
writer or epeaker.-Thonas r. Lounsbury in
HaFDersH.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
ANIMAL PsYCHoroGY.

Il does not require a deep psychologist -
sight to make ir clear that the calculating -
spelling. time telling and letter sorting eels'
would be as much OF miracle as q Geli-1-a. Gel.
or Pegasus. or unicorn All these ele@-----ss
belong, and with equal ObvioUsneSs. 70 t1S % -.
Of fable; and the one falls as far outslee S -
realm OF actual psychology as does uaa ~. -
escape the ken Of the zOOlOgtst. II one 49, - -,
clined TO regard that so obvious q prol9S.--I5t,
would at once command assent, ne nee1 49, 49,
OveFhear the talk OF those who come aNey $ LsS,$
these marvellous performances 90 pe ss7e-- -
that the calculating horse and the Ullcs.A - -
In popular estimation horses OF very oll-e-SS- -
cOlOrs. The latter IS at once put osloe -.,- - -
longing 70 the world OF myth; but the tS5,1ea ~. a.
though not 70 be met with In every 80 49, = s,s
regarded as falling within the occaSloA~ .
slhilities Of mundane hOrSedOm- -. a.
If we fOrset for che moment thac tHs-ss,ig
absolutely nothing IN a horses lie clst ~ ~ -.
supply the least occasion for develOpllS - ~ -
nlaTkable talent as IS needed for eouii.--. - -
spelling, we may bring ourselves % ce-S tsa
what kind OF 8 miFacl0 tho calculatll's - -
would stand for. An eXtFaVaSanr conn ,,--S.,sz.
the Berlin horse. IN maintaining CnaI -
education Is about par with tnas o = ,.ss 80
(eyen q Berlin bOy) OF twelve years lls g ~ s-s
the courage OF his convictions; notlu.s - -
would suffice TO at that genius or 8 49, 49, "a
handle numbers and words and the aoS -
IatiOn OF things as his friends allese- AL@
Zulu or an EsQuimau were. after an tTSsr-
hrieF schooling. to turn out Newton q. %
win Sc would be rather less Of q uiste ese,sss-~s
feSsor Joseph JastrOw. in The Popular S'-
Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
AT a wEsTERN wINnow

gaze from the western window.
Athwart the narrowing day.
Where the sunshine and the sba6Ou,.
In parting glory play,
To violet isles enchanted
That smile at the open door
AS the argOsies OF evening
san through TO fairer shore
The day Is long behind me.
The night Is coming on:
But / hear robin singing:
Ihe song he sang at dawn:
NOW one with the morn Is eveninS
And one are the earth and sIEy
The blossoms In the meadow
with the stars that breathe on high.
And youth. Is young forever.
And love is never old.
Though masks OF age are brealxfn~
Back 90 the primal mould
so here, from my western window
L gazes as the stars increase
And the mortal and immortal
ARE one IN this blessed peace.
Benjamin s. Parker. in The Reader.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
A DOG OF THE NORTH.

It was at Fort Yukon that White Fang saw
his first white men. AS compared with the Ind
ianS he had known, they were 20 him another
race Of beings a race OF superior gods. They
impressed him as possessing superior power, and
II is on power that godhead rests. White Fang
did not reason il out, did not in his mind make
the sharp generalization that the white gods
were more powerful. It a feeling, nothing
more, and yet none the less potent. AS in his
puppyhOod, the looming bulks OF the tepees, man
reared, had affected him as manifestations Of
power, so was he affected now by the houses and
the huge fort, all OF massive logs. Here was
power. These white gods were strong. They
possessed greater mastery over matter than the
gods he had known, most powerful among which
was Gray Beaver. And yet Gray Beaver was
as a child god among these white skinned ones.
To be sure, White Fang only felt these things
He was not conscious OF them. Yet Il Is upon
feeling, more often than thinking that animals
act and every act White Fang now performed
was based upon the feeling that the white men
were the superior gods. In the first place. ne
was very suspicious OF them. There was no
telling what unknown terrors were theirs what
unknown hurts they could administer. He was
curious to observe them, fearful Of being no.
content with Sinking around and watching them
from safe distance. Then he saw that no
harm befell the dogs that were near 20 them,
and he came in closer.
In turn. he was an object Of great curiosity 20
them. His wOl1sh appearance caught their eyes
at once. and they pointed him out 20 one an
other This act of pointing put White Fang ON
his guard: and when they tried TO approach him
he showed his teeth and backed away Not one
succeeded In laying, a hand on him, and it was
well that they did tot-Jack London in Outing
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

the all devouring monster sweeping implacably
down on their apparently doomed homes. step
by step the priests and the faithful. singing the
IIitany, retreated as the awful flood swept on,
and stiu the sound Of singing and prayer rose
above the fearful roar Of the torrent ana tne
thunder Of the mountain above belehlng ToEth
from the central crater fiery bombs and enor-
nous swirls Of cinder, sand and smoke. wh1eh
rose TO great heights. Yard by yard the iaya
swept onward; now a palatial villa would be
surrounded by the torrent, crushed down and
disappear in smoke; now a weeping peasant
would see his little cottage and vineyard, MS
all, go under in an instant. One poor woman
was thus watching the fate of her earthly be-
longings from little eminence, when a smaller
crater came roaring forth at her very feet 9He
turned to fee fell rolled to the bottom Of the
little hill, and the next moment the lava flowed
forth like the foam from glass Of beer and
swept over the spot where she had been stand
ing an instant before.-William P. Andrews IN
rhe Century.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

legs very slowly, not frog fashion. but front a..
back, as IN walking. The upper should 10
brought forward almost straight, the uHfsl
back, bent TO a kneeli1g position When they
are about two feet apart snap sharply tOgathsT.
The position Of the body is unchanged. La
on your side, with body and legs in a Straight
line; both arms perpendicUlarly over your head
and the palms turned slightly away from tls
face Bring upper arm down snIartIy. kesrins
It rigid at elbow and wrist, palm Of hand Orsls
fingers well together. Garry It through tbs
water just below the surface describing a sslli-
circle to end at the thigh. then bend arm at th3
elbow and bring it forward we'll above water
until it is straight before you in the origins.
when the upper one Is Just about through with
its stroke. and should be brought down win
force, almost parallel to 1t. that at the dllSl
IL brushes the lower thigh: then Il Is bent q:
the elbow like the other and brought 1orUa5s
just below the surface. The upper arm snosl.
rest on the water. at full reach. while the uc1es
one recOvers, until IL is at the height q tas
head.
The action OF the arms. in the side st-oss
entails q rolling motion OF the body Tsfc1
tates an artificial way OF breathing when EA5
to be learned before the stroke can Dc sErfa
properly. It Is advisable 90 make q speea.
study OF &C. Air should be inhaled through t1s
mouth as the upper arm Is being brought GqSls
and should be eXhaled through the nostAis,
under water, while the under arm goes 4orvsr-s
Some find this impossible, even after long pas
tice and breathe in and out through the uoItl
during the short period that the face IS ano,e
water. but if one can acquire the other way u
Is far the best.
The legs should be opened very slowly 5us. as
the under arm starts its reCOveTyS they s10ls1
be snapped together when the upper arm - U
the middle Of it's stroke. II properly tined -
side stroke gives clean. even prosress w.. =.
out a break or a check de B. Handlay. -
Outing
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
TIE August Maguzfnes
A Rachei-The Modern Chd-Progress

Esperanto,

dwellers in italy benoan the losses that follow
change. and in measure they are right. The
Piazza di San Marco can never be the same
without its old Campanile. The architects may
be never so faithful to the lines Of the original
tower in the construction of the new one, and
Still there will be a melancholy difference. which
every traveller who has long known and loved
his Venice viii be bound to feel. The putting
steamboats, on the Grand Canal scarcely atone
by their usefulness for the incongruity of their
presence IN waters in which the gondola, or the
sailing boat with its stained canvas. is indis-
pensable TO the picture conceived by the poeticaI
Imagination as are the marble palace walls
Royal CortissoZ, in Scribners.