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the hill, occupied by a local sales agent
who comes down to the station and
strolls up and down the platform when
a train is due. wearing pair OF riding
pants and leather puttees, to give the
place the proper society tone He con-
stitutes the visible populace. with the
exception OF a survivor Of the original
inhabitants. who now drives the local
hack for a living, and a station agent
who runs the telegraph wire and handles
the baggage: also chewing gum and
souvenir post cards.
THE lone veteran Of the strange
aboriginals who lived there before the
development company came along and
gave his tribe blue beads and s. In casn
for land that is now selling at so much
a front caret. wanted me to ride in his
hack. But l said no. because my friend
lived only a short Ave minutes from the
station. That Is. 1t would be short
FIVE minutes II the speed laws were sus-
pended and you had a racing car to do
1t in. But ! walked.
my way led me along lovely wind
ing road that was nine feet wide and
ABOUT the same depth. although
wouldn't be positive as to that because
after I'd lost my umbrella and one
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HSiI gentle spring. ana diso rain anu
snow. But so far IS I'm personally con-
ccrned you can search me. There's no
terminating evidence on me. not even
a bad cold The delightful lassitude
which steals over M il the springtime.
causing me to feel just as languid as
feel ct certain other seasons of the yea-.
namely. summer. fall and winter. his
not yet begun to steal to any Doticeabe
extent. / read in the per the other
day that the robins had come north for
their regular spring practice. and that
in the south the base oall players were
leaping nimbly from sack to OK utter
ing the bell-like notes of their kind. all
except the variety known the Mer 1le
bird. which never touches the sack. But
personally / haven't seen any of the pro-
nounced signs OF spring as yet-oh. yes.
come to think Of 1t. III have to take that
back, because I've seen some of the
signs, too
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hair and a vacuous smile, recited a
wordy grafton over the deceased. Then.
when the prince had been inferred in a
trap door everybody danced on his grave
and went home sober.
After all these festivities we thought
that Lent would be deadly dull. but it's
not SO at all. On Saturdays all the
Americans meet at tea, and l must say
never met a jollier crowd. We have
gotten into the way of going to the opera
in punches. and also to tne Wagner
Abund'' Thursday nights, where one sits
at little tables and hears the best Wagner
music for ten cents. Then on Sundays
every one walks In the Promenaden-Platz
during the hour the military band plays.
Absolutely l never saw a more interest
Ing parade. not even on F street on Sat
urdays. There are LADY artists arm
in arm with their afhnities. who wear
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the likes Of that are taking forward
steps all the time. 1t Used to be that II
took sever al months and some causes %
get divorce. Now they hand them out
the same as crullers In a qui lunch
and you don't have to have any cause 1t
all. You just say you want a divorce
and that's ample. Once upon time IL
man had a pain in his tummy he We It
to the dock and got the STANDARD pre-
scription for the cramp collie and nil
for one bone to services rendered. Now
adays the doctor meets him at the door.
shakes hands with him with one hand.
slams a chloroform cone over his face
with the other. and when he comes TO 40
has nine stitches in his side. all new
ones. where he only hid one before. and
the surgeon is standing over by the viii
dow holding his vermiform appendix up
to the light and saying: Yours just re-
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as all the royalties looked bored and the
music was execrable. So We left early
only to find that it is one Of the oppressive
German customs that no one can cross
the street for half an hour before the
parade comes along, There we were.
wedged in between a iieartless crowd.
just opposite our hotel and absolutely I'M
able to get to it. Il see this happening
in America" Irene cried wrathily pick
ing up her skirt preparatory to crossing
the muddy park. Just as she doing
a marvellous Eliza ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS leap
two firmly Directing policemen seized her
rigidiy and set her back in the crowd.
The dignified Irene said the English equiv,
alent OF "Donner wetter.' and we both
trailed morosely through the mob hope
less about ever getting to our balcony.
All of q sudden we caught sight of four
wildly waving arms, reckoning to Us
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markable quality Of F1tsGerald's poem was its
fidelity to the original.
In short. Omar was a FITZGERALD before the
latter. or FitzGerald svas q reincarnation Of
Omar: It is not to the disadvantage Of the later
poet that he followed so closely In the footsteps
Of the earlier. man OF extraordinary genius
had appeared in the world: had sung song Of
ineomprehensible beauty and power in en-
guage Of narrow range; for many generations the
song was virtually lost. then BY miracle OF
the nrst. was born. who took up the forgotten
poem and sang It anew with all Its original
anemsn. Of .ras Of ant r seems to nae Idle to
ask which was the greater master; each seems
greater than his work. The song Is like an In
tone. which Is worthless In common hands. but
when 1t falls, at long intervals, into the hands
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ANY German girl-any one but for
eigner-would have known better" ex-
pic ded one stout Teuton in Irenes ear.
Yes she said calmly. Il suppose they
would"
They certainly are pig-headed.'' she
told me later, but between US Jane. L
believe we may reform Munich manners.
Certainly these people are far ahead
Of Americans for material.sm. One day
came attired like Lohengrin, in shining
armor, to pay very stiff and formal
call. Irere and 1 tried on his helmet,
played with his sword and treated him
generally like boy. Finally he told us
just what he had to I've on. how impos-
sible 1t was to marry unless he got a
rich wife and concluded by DEMANDING
frankly what we consider we'll off in
America, and IL We, ourselves, came un-
der the category! Irene told him quite
but had been disappointed in love, ard.
alas. would never marry. He went away
quite downcast, like a person who bets
too late on the vim ng horse. and we've
never seen him since. except as he stalked
by in the procession on the prince regents
birthday.
This gala occasion comes on the 18th Of
March. and is the reason for all sort Of
festivities. OF course. the King of Bavaria
is as mad as a halter and the prince
regent has absolute power. second only
to the German emperor. So on his birth
day there's grand parade of all the
Bavarian soldiers, and then a torchlieht
procession which is really beautiful. At
the parade We had a distinctly funny
time. We were to meet the two Ameri-
can illustrators right at the Palace Hotel.
where We had engaged balcony to see
the review. But before this we went to
the Trauenkir to take a peek at the
royal mass-this proved quite tiresome,
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ceived and contents noted or words 20
that effect.
But women's fashions, strange things
that they are. just go round in a ring.
No matter how much she spends on hac
wardrobe a woman is always wearing
something that's like what she wore ten
years ago or like. what she'll be wearin,
ten years hence. IL she lives. And that's
what you married men spend your cool
money for. - - 49,
MY wife was readin' to me where it
Gays the new fashionable waist line would
be located only six inches above the
knees remarked the House Detective.
LAS a modest and law-abiding citizen
trust that the report has been grossly
exaggerated said the Hotel Clers.
with the waist line six inches above the
knees that would naturally throw tie
ankle line down into the fiat on the noor
below. - I'LL.
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WING heard much
about Bohemia =
that Is, the Bohe-
mia of song and
story-two Wash
ington girls who
are studying art
In Munich decid-
ed to make a
journey of obser-
walton. The story
is told by one of
them:
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galosh, quit making soundings and
stuck to the comparative high ground
bordering the edge. I'm q poor swim
naar anyhow. and I never cared to
take those risks. l spoke Of the condi-
ton of the road after I'd reached my
friends place and had been revived by
the use of suitable stimulants. and he
explained that it was merely the spring
thaw setting in. I'd known all along
that It was very dangerous IL the measles
or the mumps set in on you. but I'd
never thought a thaw was SO serious.
/ can only hope that I'll never be taken
down with one.
He had a great place. all right. The
house roamed all over the lot and had
reception hall in 1t that was fully a
quarter Of mile across. / knew him
when he lived In one Of those Harlem
flats where. when there's company In
the parlor and somebody gets up to
go. all the others have to sit still while
the one who's leaving picks out his own
legs. But now he's away up in the face
cards and he has a living room about
tie size Of the state OF Rhode Island.
with balconies running around It. and
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Irene suddenly decided that Vienna was
no home Of art. and pinned for Munich:
that was the beginning of 1t all. There
two American girls we knew were franti-
cally hunting for a lodging place, and
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Liable brevity. He thinks American women
are hopelessly unprogressive not to have
the suffrage, and loves to write long
harangues about 1t to Irene; but he won't
talk Well. when we all get together In
our tiny studio-living room there's a sure
enough high time. / can tell you. Three
languages all going at once are conducive
to perfect Babel. and the student and
Katie always get fussy about who shall
do the talking. Last night II was the
student. who came in. very dignified. with
his head all bandaged
Fight" asked the pen-and-ink man.
The student nodded trying hard to APP
pear careless. though in reality he was
bursting with pride. He is member of
one of the numerous fighting corps at the
university. and has just passed from the
undignified rank Of fox freshman) to
tina; of n ''bursch" or fighting fellow. He
used TO he fond of relating the dreadful
stunts he was made To go through. such
as drinking beer until told TO stop. pro-
ceeding which involved twenty-five tall
stems Of brewed malt and hops. Now he
has changed TO narrowing descriptions OF
duels and intricate cuts Irene Is too
much of perfect lady To listen. /. being
q journalist am all ears. II seems that
these fighting corps are made up OF GER
tain clques. who. under the guise OF
common profession. such as engineering.
law medicine architecture, etc, get to-
gether 10 test each others strength
Each corps has its picked men every
semester who fight at least three duels
each. The student has just completed his
fourth. and is very proud of the hideous
scars which record his prowess-he says
that without these no one is a man.
Last night one of the English girls
asked IL they didn't forbid it-that il. the
police.
The student grinned They are sup
posed to. because it's against the law.
but they hardly ever interfere, and when
they do they are pretty easy on US. Just
for an ordinary fight where no one is
hurt much. they hold man for two or
three days. but they always let him go
out 10 walk. and even when he's up for
A pistol shooting. which means two
months. he's moderately free.
What ii somebody is knocked out
frigid?" The pastel man put the question
oh. then. they send the one who did
4 TO jail for six mon his. that's ALL re-
piled the student cas- ly. You see the po-
lice can't be too particular whe 5000
men are concerned. and then duels are So
common they hardly come und ,r he law
You must come to see a fight and you
will quite understand: we all sit around
at little tables and sing and drink beer,
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f. l. l., s Pr n g 8
came said .lle
House Detective
of the st. Reck-
less. huskily. as
he felt in his
ulster pocket for 4
handkerchief and
blew his nose with
vigor.
Yes said the
Hotel Clerk. AS
the poet says,
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Of the estate. although It might have
been the expiring gasp OF the stean.
heating fixtures as the fire in the furnace
went out and while he was looking for
a full crop Of buds nd blossoms almost
any day. still he had to confess that
spring was proving just a mite back
ward.
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justly called the cafe-nursery of genius.
All over the walls are hung drawings and
paintings given by loyal artists to Kathi
Kobus, the proprietress OF the place. She
is fat, comfortable soul Of about fifty.
adored by the students and full OF all
sorts Of fun. For many years she has
made the little gasthaus a veritable home
for lonesome spirits. always encouraging
jolly good fellowship. but absolutely ada
mant against any Improperly For in
stance. during carnival I saw all kinds
Of fancy dances beautifully performed at
SimplicissimusEKathi herself danced the
cakewalk with the man dressed as Prince
Carnival, but the minute a rather outre
person started a suggestive dance she was
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Of the supreme master 1t yields melody Of
transcendent enchantment to all that have ears
to hear. II we look at the sphere Of influence
OF the two poets there Is no longer any COMPARE
son. Omar sang to half.barharous province:
speech is spoken or read the Rubaiyat have
taken their place a classic. There is not
there is not q cotere to whom Omar Khayyam
ia familiar friend and bond Of union. In
America he has an equal following, in many re-
gions and conditions In the eastern states his
adopts form an esoteric sect; the beautiful vol.
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II was afraid so. too. until l st rted
down the avenue the next afternoon and
ran into a parade of fair women and
brave men and also l may say some
brave women and a few fair men. Then
knew that spring might as we'll get
over its lingering diffidence and cofae
right along. because the women ware
wearing their spring clothes, anyhow
hooking chilled but pleased They'r
wonderful clothes this spring. too. Larry.
wonderful. AS far back as last fall.
when every properly dressed woman ha1
to carry her head as if she was trying
to see what the people in the top story
were having for dinner. I knew if the
fashionable stock got any higher the
female ear would either. have to be re-
moved or else buttoned through a hole
In the goods the same a straw sum-
bonnet for horse. / guess. maybe, the
designers for the fashions saw the dam
ger. too. because they took knife in
hand and at one fell swipe they hewed
the whole blame works away. SO that
now there's no collar at all. and the
skinny sister Is left with a sort of An
undressed air. like a cassowary with its
head sticking out of a churn. I'm tod
that this Is known as the Dutch NECK.
so called, ! presume, because the neck
Is where the Dutch usually have tr
handed to them.
THE same leaning toward economy is
shown in the rest Of the costume Those
l saw were built SO straight UP ami
down that thin woman looked ike
one of those dance program lead pencils
and a stout one like a brick lie with a
flower pot turned upside down on top OF
it. But II they're skinny and saving
with the material they're cutting loose
regardless on the buttons. The paper
said the other night that one of the new
frocks would have 500 buttons on II.
Think of, going to take a girl to the
theater and waiting until she'd buttoned
herself 500 times and then had to do 1t
all over again because she's started
wrong. Just think of that. Larry. and
.urst into loud sobs. will you:
We'll. sir, 1t looks to me like they
make more changes and fewer improve
ments in women's clothes than In any
III
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Dixie. suggested that we-lrene and /
give them our share of the apartment
through February and March.
Since you're SO crazy to leave u.s. she
concluded. loftily.
FASTENED to say that ! only sought new
fields 10 write up. and didn't care where
I found them, and Irene looked grieved
and said with dignity:
Don't be silly. Dixie; yon know it's
only on account OF art. Besides, Well
meet you in Paris. just the same.
So the American g!r.s came and We
vent out. leaving the little apartment
where we'd had such jolly four months,
and the two girls we'd chummed with
and must say our eyes were rather red
as the train pulled out for Munich. Once
here We found it very different from
Vienna. In the first place It's much
ouieter. and. of course. sma Ter and more
homelike Instead of boarding which
we've come IN loathe-we took TWO ro1rns
in an apartment and had our meals sent
up from the pension below. thus getting
all the comforts of home without bother
ing 10 housekeeD. As soon the main
issue of food was decided ] went with
Irene TO hunt up art schools This s Ger
tainiy tedious and hum. .iating business IN
Munich. for although there are oceans Of
schoo!-some coed. some had-all o. the
instructors are horribly Sniffy bout wCm
en- They're even worse than in Vienna
At one school Irene had heard Of the man
growled a coed deal about girls never
working. and always getting mdrr.ed.
then finally ne said ungrac usly:
We'll. you can try but don't blame me
N you don't succeed-fore gners are never
In earnest.
Trenes blue eyes biaZed but he took no
notice The other day. however. Ire told
her she did rine work. and ought 10 stay
over TIVE vears-tiiat i great deal fuF :,
German to say.
At the large academy. tic finest school
OF all. they have a ridiculous habit Of eN-
Guiding women entirely. but Irene GO in q
two others that really very good. At
one they do nothing but draw. which is
the speciality here. The Munich art SITS
boast always that they have the fine-
course in drawing of any place In the
world-Mun!ch for the foundation, Paris
for finishin". they say. Irene came in last
night disgustedly and threw a huge sheet
Of rough paper the diSan:
There. look at that" she said. What
would you do with it-take il 10 Par 3?
The model squirned one couldn't tell
II he was fat or thin or light or dan x
No wonder the teacher said ! must bt
tired"
OF course there are discourse ing days.
when she feels like running hofre or back
t. Wanna but then when she has coed
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the cities Of the west you will find the quatrains
one Of the most thoroughly read books In every
A FTER these many years. when the
"a RubHiyat have taken their accepted
place In literature-with Omar and Fitz.
Gerald and Carlyle perhaps knowing but
silenced-and when the echo Of that. much
mooted question has died away. IBID
Om"r khayyam give fame to Edward
FitzGerald or did Edward FitzGeralt
give European fame to Omar Khayyam %
/ wonder IL FitzGerald could speak now,
the Rubaiyat! I wonder, If FitzGerald
could see his name today as It Is en-
graved in the Hall OF Fame, If he should
suddenly step back into the gre tness the
accommodating years have given him, how
he would interpret this quatrain from the
English translation of the original:
What profits It, our coming and going?
And where is the wool for the warp Of the stuff
How many delicate bodies Of the world
Burn away to dust! And where is the smoke Of
theml
wonder, too. IL the philosophic old tent
maker himself has met all our recent and
present day poets who have taken liber-
ties with this reflection as expressed in
quatrain forty-four:
Be prudent for the means Of life are uncertain
Take heed, for the sword Of destiny IS keen.
II fortune place almond sweets in thy mouth
Beware! swallow them not for poison Is mingled
therein.
I wonder! DAVID WAKEFIELD.
TT is an INTERESTING fact that nearly all
great men in all the bulk-little or big
of their successful work make one COM
plete perfect achievement. which stands
out alone and Is their greatest monument
for posterity. What In the lingo lingo of
the twentieth century we might call their
popular appeal to the memory of the
future. 1t Is as II at one moment in their
career the very flower of the spirit is
united to the fruits Of experience. the ever
divided seasons meeting as by miracle to
give birth to a perfect inspiration. 1t is
the moment in the career of a genius
when his faults are finally overcom IS
lesson learned. while his mannerisms are
not yet acquired nor has his creative
faculty begun to lag. 1t is his meridian,
whether 1t comes early in his life or late.
and this is what the Ruha mar
Khayyam is for Edward FITZGERALD.
CLYDE FITCH.
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told to stop or leave the cafe-and she
stopped. The last night OF carnival was
really worth coming to Munich to see
especially at Smrlicissimus. OF course.
Munich frankly goes crazy all during the
ante-Lent festivi les. Staid citizens throw
aside their dignity and appear In the
shops and on the streets in all sorts OF
fancy dress: the officers are on tear.
and the ar lists and students simply lose
all sense The favorite stunt is for the
men to appear at the principal cafes as
GainsborOugh girls. frocked In Write satin
princesse robes. and do the skirt dance or
some fancy Spanish steps Cakewalks.
100. are in high favor. Then there are all
sorts Of masked balls and street process
sions. and all of Germany lCses its head
with truly Par:sian abandon. At one
ball two men calmly picked Irene up and
carried her the length OF tie room on
their shoulders-she nearly died of morti-
f1ca,ion. but. as l told her. you needn't ex-
pect anything else during carnival. It's
not the fashion to be shocked. I myself
fiirted like mad. sitting on a balcony rail
between two desperate. wild-brained Ger
mans, who made weird love in broken
English. and finally when | smoked very
bad cigarette felt that I'd reached the
climax Of bohemianism. In Vienna carni-
val is taken more seriously-very recher-
che balls are given. and elaborate frocks
are planned and worn, but iere they ell
go In any old thing leave their IDEAS
Of propriety at home and have the time
of their lives.
The last night at simplicissimus is
the finishing touch. Besides the usual
song-and dance performance given volun-
tarily. there is a very mournful burial
service at midnight when the last rites
are said over Pr nee Carnival, and he is
buried by gruesome procession Of black
yelled students until another year. Our
little Russian herself led the line. and
hoarse-voiced household poet. with long