Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 336, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1900 — Page 18

THE INDIANAPOLIS.-. JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DHDUuBEU 2, 1 iOU'.

ECHOES OF HORSE SHOW

TYPES OF "WOMEN TO II K SEEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, The Horsey Irl in the Morning niul Her Knowledge of lIore Inning of Fine Clown Lnter. New Ycrfc Sun. The horse shov girl makes her appearance this week at Madison-? quare Garden. Fhe is very different at different times of the day. The girl you see there in the morning is an entirely different person from the young woman who drop3 In during the afternoon, and the radiant creature of the evening is as 'unlike the other two as though !hc belonged to another planet. But the sir! is a part of the horse show, nevertheless, whatever her phases. It is never without her. and were she to depart from it the horses might play to empty houses through the week. Morning finds the horsey girl at the show. She 1 raicly seen at any other time or elsewhere, but she never misses the garden while the equine exhibition is in progress. She 15 Intelligent on the subject of tho horse and takes an active interest in the animals, talking about points and classes with the confidence of an official judge. Other women may v.r. It for the horse show as an occasion to do. their gayest gowns and most stunning hat;', their richest laces and furs; but the hors-ey girl abjures all these frills and f.uKy effects and rejoices in the show because it enables her to don a strikingly sporty costume. She, brought the things with her from London on the last trip over, for nowhere in the New York shops can be found such cloth; s as one will see in the morning at the show. The horsey clrl' hat is severely straightbrimmed an', is apt to have leather bands about the crown. nnished with businesslike little buckle suggesting a harness. Her hair is brushed back and braided as though for . horseback exercise. Her collar is of linen an 1 her tailor gown of English cheviot, and j-hort enough to shov heavy bulldog shos rf calfskin. Her trig waistcoat Is sumetirr.es of a vivid scarlet, which sho calls pink, ami hi Iocs? heavy gloves are of whit dogskin, clasped omv over the wrist and made with a gus?et in the palm for driving. She is a very odd figure, this horsey girl, and of course she fits in with the picture; but the typical American woman has always put on her prettiest and most frivolous frocks to do honor to the horse, and it is dirf.cult to admire the Imported type, who talks of "good uns" and knovs stable language like a book, cue looks down on !he butterflies of the show, and her conversation displays familiarity with pedigrees t.nd stables. GOWNS SEHN AT NIGHT. She is quite likely to come back after luncheon to watch some special exhibit, but when the afternoon brings its 4 o'clock riowd she vanishes and Is seen no more. The afternoon of late seasons has brought the prettiest gowns and the prettiest girls to the garden. Of course, there is none of the glitter that corner with the blaze of the electric lights. The I o'clock girl is as fluffy as the young person who has preceded her is severe. She will be fluttering witn lace and jingling with a purse und a lorgnette swung over her neck. She talks society horse, which is altogether different from real horse languge. She only foreshadows the glory of the gowns which will appear after dinner. There are soma horse-show enthusiasts who endeavor to make lightning changes between tho afternoon and the night and exhibit two distinct appearances at the show each day. A woman who can do this successfully lor two or three days i3 quite likely to regard the show n3 an atlliction after It ia passed. The week is one gay whirl of luncheons, dinners and suppers at the hotels, and this, with constant changes of gowns, makes a thorough doing of tho show as ditlicult a performance u the feats of the champion jumpers and the high steppers in the ring and quito as worthy of a rosette. Lady's maids are all overworked during the wtrek at the garden. The entire-'town feels the effect of the horsy show. It gives a distinct boom to trade in every department. Dressmakers and tailors and milliners have been rushed with work for weeks, and when the first day dawns it finds the hotels crowded with people in from their Westchester and Long ifiand homes for the occasion, as well as the throngs of out-of-town sightseers. The jewelers thop windows till up with all sorts of horse trappings and emblems done In gold and silver and gems. There are horse show pins of all sizes. Some unwritten Taw allows men to dress loudly durjng this week at the Garden. Not only are the waistcoats resplendent, but the linen of the horse shov man will be gay with scarlet and blue and violet. His fob. cuff links and pin will all show some equine emblem. Even his card and cigar case will have a little medallion in color showing the usual whip, shoe, stirrup and whiffietree that give them the character of the occasion. Invariably the show brings out some new design in a coaching coat for men. The loose, baggy-backed, saucerbuttoned coat that almost trailed upon the ground and worn with the exaggerated bell-crowned hat has given way to a more reasonably fashioned garment, discreetly dark in color, the buttons tmall and of bone, matching the cloth in preference to pearl. Some of the new English coats are of waterproof material and are thus capable of double duty in bad weather. The extreme bell hat was worn by only one man last year, and will probably not be eene this week at the Harden. The coachman type of face that many men affect so successfully that they might be mistaken tor their own grooms is seen at its glory at the show. It is difficult to explain what produces the effect. It Is something more than the closely-shaved face that suggests the actor or the clergyman. It goes .with a stocky, heavy build and is a fashionable masculine type. A FLORISTS HARVEST. Horse Show week is a busy and profitable time with the tlorists. Many of the Broadway dealers decorate their windows with representations of the horse, garlanded each day with fresh blossom.-?. The chrysanthemum is the lioTse Show flower. It comes to town tens of thousands strong for the week of the festival. While the vloht Is worn by women exclusively at the Horse Show and elsewhere, the man who escortn her will display a huge ragged white .blossom In his coat, although after the week fashion decrees a quitter boutonnlero. The chrysanthemum blooms on tables and as house decorations during the week and is used as a presentation flower, for it is at Us best and has the place of honor. A rather pretty custom that has gained popularity in the last few seasons is the Interchange of gifts as souvenris of tho week's entertainment. The owner who is successful in landing the blue ribbons will give lavish dinner favors in silver ami gold. One always liberal and always lucky horseman has ordered for each of Ins twelve guests to be dined one evening a email lovim: cup of silver, just larg; enough to h. !d a bunch of liowers at each plate. These cups are ornamented with a group of rising equipments in bright tr.amcl and are engraved with the dato and place of the dinner. At the hotels the chefs have been busy devising new conceits in the way of ices and menu cards for the various events. Horse heads of chocolate ice cream, with bright tinsel reins and bridle, and tiny blue ribbon tows, are designed for one luncheon, where the table will be set as a horeshoe, with many pink-shade J electrio candles. Menus with cleye; reproductions in color of English sporting pr nts are a novelty, and will be used at a breakfast where slivermounted riding crops will he the favots. Undoubtedly the most picturesque exhibit rf the show is the throng of visitors who each night move laboriously along the 'Clotheswalk," as It h&s been called. The crowd Is so great that progress is slow, but this seems to please the majority, as it gives them an opportunity to observe the boxes and consult the numbered lists to ascertain the names of the occupants. Very little attention is paid to what is going on In the ring. Some special excitement within the rail or the crash of umpr3 going over the barriers is all tha'c will call their attention from the human show in the first tier. The horse-show proeeaica is cosmopolitan and picturesque. Be

sides the open-eyed ones there may be seen actors, clergymen, authors and college men. Professional beauties In every walk, including that new and wonderful American type, the society bounder," move along in the serried ranks of the clothes parade. FREAKISH ATTIRE. Eccentricities of attire humorous enough to suggest the make-up of a comic opera rtr.r furnish amujcmer.t'for the boxholders. Last year one wealthy Western widow exhibited white satin slippers beneath her dark dinner gown as she pressed onward in the throng with her escort. A man with a white silk beaver hat of ancient stamp and foreign vintage was another feature. College boys with exaggerated clothes of all sort come whooping to the show after some victory or defeat and execute flying wedges through the crowd. There Is considerable quiet rivalry and not a litt Ir? betting among the exhibitors. The owners and the riders and drivers at least appreciate the real feature of the show the horse. There is a great deal of money at stake, not only in the prizes, although their value Is sometimes considerable, but also on the sales which follow the shov. Many horse buyers looking for fancy stock wait till the week at the Garden and come on from other cities to purchase the ribbon takers. The professional drivers and riders make considerable money and receive a liberal percentage on any prizes they land beside their regular pay, so that horse show week is a profitable one for them. The horses arc r.s eager to perform as though they were actors waiting their cue. As the blue rosette Is pinned to a winner's bridle it tosses its head, curvets prettily ?.s it turns and then vlth a beautiful burst of style goes about the ring fully recognizing its accomplishment and the applause which it gains. In the stalls In the basement of the Garden, where theinimal3 are housed, the true horse lovers will be found bending over the stall of some prize winner standing proudly among the framed trophies it has carried away from previous shows. Baby Shetlands look up with soft eyes to acknowledge the caress and admiring exclamations of their friends, the women and children, who never tire of looking at them.

REVIVAL OF THE WHIPPING POST. Mere Confinement Not n Sufficient Deterrent of Crime. Harper's Weekly. We have been interested to note a conspicuous revival of the discussion of whipping as a punishment for crime. The general impression among well-informed men is that our penal institutions are too popular among criminals to be strongly deterring influences. The penitentiaries have been developed alone lines which are too purely ideal from the offenders' point of view to act as a restraint upon their evil tendencies, and It Is felt in many quarters that something less comfortable than free board and lodging for a term of years, with a modest amount of daily toil to increase the appetite, is demanded to make crime more unpopular as a profession. Whipping seems to be the most feasible and humane deterrent available. It certainly fills the offender with a wholesome dread, and physical pain is something which most of the hardened criminals fear more than the loss of personal liberty, to which by degreethey become used. Certainly, whether or not the whipping-post be revived and there are potent arguments against its resurrectionwe have latterly been surprised at the attitude the man in jail has been permitted to assume In the eyes of society. Our penal institutions provide not only tread and butter, three substantial meals a day, lodging and absorbing occupation for tho malefactors who have been sequestrated for a period by the operations of th-3 law, but much entertainment is afforded them. Evenings of magic and even authors readings have been provided for them; musicales are a frequent source of entertainment, and there is to-day published for their tmusement and exploitation a prison journal, edited and contributed to by those who are serving teims of imprisonment for various crimes a journal from whose columns the prison-made jokes are quoted as freely by metropolitan newspapers as are those of the free and Independent comic papers. We do not exaggerate the situation when we say that the prison life of the offenders of the clay is made far pleasanter and more comfortable for the averag? of them than that which they enjoy when the are free. This may be a humane method for the time being. Whether it effects the greatest good for the greatest number is a serious question. Society should not, of course, be vindictive in meting out justly incurred punishment, but neither should it err in the other direction, and by a too complacent attitude tcward the lawbreaker destroy the reformatory influence of his punishment, and to that extent encourage him to continue in his career of crime. A good whipping administered In private would possibly be far more effective as a preventive than a period of comfortable sequestration upon the banks of the Hudson river or in any other of the first-class criminal hostelries of the country. HUMOUS OF ADVERTISING. A Comparison of Engli.Hh mill American Stylew. Agnes Repplier, In Lippincott.' It Is In their intimate tone, their confidential attitude, that the English advertisements differ most widely from our own. The brief announcements, so familiar to us, of "well-furnished rooms," "pleasant apartment at the seaside," "board for two single gentlemen in a private family," have a cold, almost repellant aspect, when compared to the genial hospitality with which strangers are invited to enter "the fair, free homes of England." Miss Sophia Deale, of Devonshire, for example, offers to receive a few "Sketching Boarders, or other Students requiring peace and quiet. View of Pines and Harbour from windows." One sees the "sketching boarders" every Englishwoman sketches as a matter of course washing in the sky-line on their little pads, and grateful occasionally for the shelter of Miss Deale's windows in a land of perpetual showers. Still more personal is the following seductive advertisement which appeared once only In a well-known magazine: "Home for Iady in charming- old detached Cottage near River Thames. Convenient to Station. Seventeen miles from London. Would suit literary Lady requiring quiet yet cheerful home. For companionship and tuition to young Wife of neglected education, would arrange easy terms." There Is. the material for a novel In these suggestive lines. The lonely. Ignorant young wife in her "detached" cottage; the husband, older, of courre, with just enough of learning to feel his sense of superiority; the stranger introduced to play complacently the part of guide, philosopher, and friend. What complications might not arise from such a situation; though in point of comfort and luxury it falls far short of a companion advertisement in the same paper. "A gentleman residing alone in his distinctly superior Country House (one hour from London) desires a permanent guest of congenial and refined tastes (Lady or Gentleman), who would have the run of his delightful secluded gardens, and of the entire premises equally with himself, and who would appreciate the retirement of a quiet home. Write fully, stating age, habits, and profession." You Be4, Atchison Globe. The average woman will allow the poorest kind of a girl to cook the three meals a nay for the family, but when her club meets she does the cooking herself. An Antidote. Atchison Globe. If your conscience troubles you, eat kraut and lH)iled pork. You will soon begin to experience sensations in your stomach that will make your conscience give up the job of trying to hurt you. "Dorm to Sleep." November woods are bare and still : November drirs nre clear an! bright: Kach noon burns up the mornings chill; The niornirif s xnaxr 1 jrone by nlht. llich ilay m trt.s grow slow, xrow liht, A through the woois I reverent creep. Watching ajl things lie "down to sleep." I never knew before what beds. Fragrant to mll an J oft to touch. Tin lore: t sift anil shapes and fj'reads; I neer knew before how much of human pouni ther i3 in surh I.OW tcmts am through the forest 8vep, When all wlM things llo "down to sleep. Fach day I tlnd new coverllbi Tuckei in. and more sweet eyes shut tifcbt; Sometimes tbe viewless mother bids Jler torn kneel down full in my si?ht; I hear their chorus of "good nights;" And half I eirlle and half I weep. Listening while they He "dow n to uleep.' November woods ar bare and stll!; November days are brUht and srood; Life's nocn burns up life's niornlnr chill: Jdf's niirht rests feet which long have stood; Some warm oft bed, in field or wood, Ihn mutaer will not fail to keep. Whero wne can "lay us dowr to sleep." Helen Hunt Jackson.

MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

FATEOP OSCAR WILDE, OXCE TIIK APOSTLE OF ESTIIETICIS3I. Became nn Ontcnst, "Whom No One Would Shelter, After Ills Fnll Sir Arthur Sullivan Satire. Chicago Tribune. The death of Oscar "Wilde followed closely after that of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the composer of the music for "Patience," the most bitter satire ever penned on the esthetic craze which made tho "Englishman notorious. Wilde never heard of Gilbert after the rendition, of his famous satire without showing some cign of the irritation it had caused him. It remained an open wound until his death. Oscar "Wilde was born in Dublin on Oct. IP, 1SZG. lie was the oldest son of Sir William "Wills Wilde, who attained fame and knighthood as a specialist. Oscar's mother was one of the earlier champions of home rule in Ireland, and under the name oT "Speranza" contributed numerous caustic articles on that subject. The home of the youthful Wilde was frequented by the most famous men of Europe who visited Dublin, and before the lad was eight years of age he had heard every subject possible, almost, discussed at his father's table Always the companion of his mother, ho was thrown with grown-up people, and seldom associated with -children. lie never attended a public school, his early education consisting of a literary instruction entirely, that being an Ideal preparatory work in tho estimation of his parents. As a boy Wilde traveled extensively in France and Germany. He was not an admirer of German literature, but read tho works of Goethe and Heine closely, French writings seemed to possess a fascination for him, and much of his time was spent in their study. He went to Trinity Collego in Dublin one year, winning a gold medal and a scholarship for his excellent work in Greek. In 1ST! he was sent to Magdalen College, Oxford. Here again he distinguished himself, obtaining a scholarship and taking two firsts during his four years' study. In IST'3 he was given the first in "Moderations." and in 1S73 he was again at the head in "Greats." During the closing year his poem, "Ravenna," won him the Newdigate prize. The lectures of Ruskln fired him with admiration for Italy, and he went to Florence. When he returned to resume his studies it was with a "soul steeped with splendor of a religion preached through color and glow." The South attracted him again in 1S7S, and he went to Greece, returning in time only to take his degree. His studies completed, it was natural he should seek the home of his mother in London. Cadogan House, the home of Lady Wilde, was visited by the most distinguished people in London. Fer son seemed satisfied to Indulge In intolerable mannerisms, but the emptiness of the family exchequer, depleted through the carelessness of his father, who paid more attention to his studies than to the care of his money, drove him to seek some livelihood. AN APOSTLE OF ESTHETICS. "Agnostic Esthetic! mM attracted him, and he became Its apostle. Punch caricatured him and Gilbert ridiculed him in "Patience." His religion of color and his attempt to beautify sin soon made him notorious. His creed was expressed in these brief paragraphs: "The tendency to sin is Inborn. Sin, therefore, enters Ipso facto into the scheme of the universe as much as virtue. Now, there are variations of sin as well as shades of virtue. Since virtue carried to excess Is nauseating and can only be praiseworthy when practiced from ethical motives, is not its antithesis, sin, also a means to certain ends? Cannot sin bo studied, in other words, with a view to its utility as a servant, instead of as a master? "Has any one ever made a study of the possibilities of sin? Has sin ever been dissected and experimented with from worthy motives? No. The physician who exposes himself to the contagion of smallpox and consumption, that he may better kr.ow and battle with those diseases. Is a hero In the cause of science. Similarly the being who exposes himself to every form of temptation and yields his soul to the debaucheries of a Tiberius at Capra, or practices the exquisite wickednesses that have rendered the name of Hcllogabalus synonymous with sensual slavery, will, if prompted by worthy, motive?, retain every vestige of his Innocence."' In ISso. when Wilde began the publication of his poems, the critics lampooned him unmercifully, and the announcement of his prospective visit to America to proclaim the doctrines which had made him the -cynosure of English eyes drew bitter denouncement from the Western critics, though the reviewers of the United States were more kind than their English contemporaries. Decorated with an enormous sunflower and resplendent in colors as rich as those of the rainbow Wilde came to America in 1SS1. Everywhere he was received with enthusiasm. He delivered 200 lectures while here, traveling the breadth of the continent and- visiting every point of interest. His love, for tho euphonious and the beautiful led him often to refuse engagements when he did not like the name of the town. "Griggsville" was one of th unfortunates, and he never forgave the cr.mmlttee for Inviting him. While in the United States Wilde wns the guest of hundreds of well-known families, letters of Introduction from England giving him ready access. His tour was successful financially and he took thousands oi dollars back to England with him when he departed. Upon his return to England he was received almost as enthusiastically as he had been in America. HIS BOOKS. The next ten years of his life were spent in lectures and the publication of his books. "Vera," a play, was given to the world In 1SS2. "The Happy Prince" was published in 1SSS. Between that year and lhOl, inclusive, he wrote "Dorian Gray," "The Portrait of Mr. W. H.," "Intentions," "Tho House, of Pomegranates," "The Sphinx." "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and "The Duchess of radua." His first play to be produced was "Lady Windermere's Fan," in 102. London gave it, an enthusiastic reception, and since then it has delighted thousands of Americans, having been presented only a few weeks ago at a local theater. "A Woman of Importance" was published in 1S03, and a one-act tragedy, entitled "Salome," a little later. This play was produced in Paris by Sarah Bernhardt with striking success. Ilia subsequent works were "An Ideal Husband." "Tho Importance of Being in Earnest" and a look of poems, the most talked about being "Reading Gaol." A play called "Mr. and Mrs. Daventry," said to be the most immoral ever presented in London, was given on Oct. 23, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell at the head ot the cast. The playwright to whom the production was accredited was Frank Harris, but shortly after Its appearance Kyrie Bellt w and Mrs. James Brown Potter stated they had contracted with Oscar Wilde for a play written on the same lines. They claimed he had fulfilled his part in writing it, but had disposed of it to Harris, who had some reputation as a writer. Wilde was married in to Miss Constance. Lloyd, daughter of Horace Lloyd, a conspicuous member of the English bar. Two children were born to them Cyril, in lSvSö, and VI via p the. following year. The career of Wilde reached its height in 1S23. Grave offenses had followed hiß appearance everywhere, and his sins finally found him out. He was ostracised by society, apprehended, tried and sent to prison, the heavy gates of Reading Gaol, made more famous by his poem penned within its massive walls, opening to receive him. He served his time patiently, but 111 health aroused the sympathies of the prison officials and he was pardoned in March 1S37. No one in England had the hardihood to receive the outcast, and he crossed the chancel to Paris. As long as his money held out he lodged In the Hotel Voltaire. Deserted and shunned, he soon became penniless, , and the rich clothing he was wont to attire himself in gave way to glistening sleeves and tattered trousers He found refuge at last in the Hospital la Salpetriere. Then friends of former day came to his relief, and the hospital authorities wer Informed If they could cave the unfortunate's life he would be

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taken to Scotland and cared for. After a hard fight they were unsuccessful. Willie Wilde, a brother of Oscar, was married to Mrs. Frank Leslie in New York, but they were soon divorced. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Professor S is one of the rare old fellows who at sixty years still have all the youthfulness of twenty, together with a priceless fund of optimism such as Is not too plentiful even with youngsters. His acquaintance is a privilege but freely accorded; and with the professor friendship follows fast upon the heels of first acquaintance: scarcely Is there a single step between the two. Physically, too, he is cast In an uncommon mold. Of late years his tall, thin figure is a trifle stooped, but still there is enough of height to Impress one at first glance, and indeea afterwards. His strong features: nose big and hooked, eyes set deeply under thick gray brows, the large forehead extending back quite to baldness these are well matched by a white beard carelessly trimmed, Into which flows a heavy white mustache of the German sort. The professor wears steel-rimmed spectacles, uses a cane (gold-headed and handed down from a former generation), and Is Invariably clothed In black tho long-tailed coat and baggy-kneed trousers In cold season reinforced by a long, sombre-hued cloak . with a wide, somewhat frayed velvet collar, worn loosely over his broad, bent shoulders. Such, to the casual eye, is the professor. To know him is" to gain some Idea of the quality of the milk of human kindness. The question of our proper relation to our fellow-men having been In some manner raised one evening when, with a small party of friends, he was refreshing the Inner man at a little German beer saloon, the professor related a fragment of a story the story, in fact, of his own life. As it is quite impossible to set upon paper words that would truly transfer any idea of the dear old fellow's eloquence or his deep accent of the Vaterland, his recital has necessarily, though with reluctance, been turned into sober, matter-of-fact phrasing. But, told by the professor, sitting at the table's head, his kindly, frank, young-old face beaming upon us all, it was met by attentive ears and sympathetic hearts that swelled at the story teller's great voice, grown almost wistfully tender as he spoke of one who had done to a friendless lad that which the good Lord would have all men do unto their brethren. In substance the story prologue, rather is here given, though where it concerns the professor It has been slightly and most properly embellished, but to an extent his honest modesty would certainly forbid. When his arrears of rent had assumed proportions of such unpleasant significance as to impel his alarmed landlady to doublelcck the door of his little furnished apartment, young Carl S betook himself to an adjacent park for leisurely consideration of his affairs. Although the decreo of separation from his worldly belongings was quite unwished for upon his part, Carl was possessed of so fine a sense of Justice that he found it In his heart to condone the act of its enforcement, and was sufficiently a philosopher to remain unaffectedly light-hearted despite the serious nature of his affliction. This was due partly to the accident of birth, partly to the breadth of his education. By nature ho was a little of a poet, a little of a draughtsman, and a good deal of a vagabond. Education, as before mentioned, probably without evil Intent, had fcrced these seeds into bud and added another, which Carl would fain have tended all hours of the day and night: namely, a knowledge (though scarcely such as he deFired) of music. Notwithstanding a surpris ing vastness of personal experience and the apparently Impossible extent of his reading, he seemed to bo very young indeed His face was pleasant, his eyes uncommonly good to look into,-his age a little past twenty. It was very comfortable in the park that September afternoon. Carl took possession of the nearest unoccupied seat, leaned back, crossed his legs; and In this attitude of enviable ease with accustomed fingers he mado a cigarette, lighted it, and rolled forth several heavy rings of fragrant tobacco smoke. A young lady blessed with unmistakable charms of person and raiment sat alone, with carefully spread skirts, upon a nearby bench, so situated as to allow a mutually frank examination. The opportunity was gratefully accepted upon both sides, and presently her inspection having apparently inclined her to look favorably upon him the young lady smiled prettily, her glance describing a limited radius of which Carl was to all appearances the exact center. Unhappily for the success of this adventure the careless young fellow was too deeply Interested by reflection of another character to proceed further than a natural glance of complimentary admiration. This ungallant position being steadily maintained the young lady, with some slight exhibition of petulance, rose and hesitatingly started down the path, not neglecting to allow her voluminous skirts to brush him carelessly in passing. This, and a blushing smile of apology cast over her gracefully turned shoulder, unfortunately proving ineffectual she continued upon her way with a perceptible Increase of speed, and Carl was left to the bittersweet enjoyment of undisturbed meditation. He rolled another cigarette and set to making a sketch upon an envelope back of his late neighbor. This good-for-nothing fellow had been at large In the worlt since the beginning of his teens, yet he still had a marvelous conception of the Iovellnesa and purity of womanhood, nor did his acquaintance with any specimen of femininity ever alter this exalted respect for the sex, which he carried to the grave. It was inborn, with his music " and love for the beautltul. The afternoon was ending. He began to epply himself more seriously to the business in hand, to-wit, the securing of a place t) lay his head that night. Of late the evenings had been chilL and the nights too cold to allow even consideration of the thought of sleeping out of doors. His clothing was light: too light, certainly, for thatIn his pockets remained not a trace of money, silver or copper. Something must Immediately bo accomplished. Yet the vagabond continued to tit on tits comfort

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able bench, for still there was a trifle of f unshine and a fine warmth in the air most grateful to his lazy sense. But his heart was not so light as it had been. To those that have never undergone the experience it may not be thoroughly intelHgble this dreary feeling of loneliness, the bitter misery of being friendless and penniless. Of this Carl began now to tasts; some vague uneasiness stirred within him. Someone sauntered up the path, and paused beside him in an attitude of polite inquiry. Carl looked up. Involuntarily nodded, and fell to sketching again. The newcomer was a carelessly attired, spectacled young man with a heavy coat of blond hair and a thin, pointed yellow beard. Presently Carl became aware that he was whistling softly, that he was whistling Mendelssohn's "Spring Song," and in perfect time and with beautiful expression. Thereupon Carl looked up again and begged a light for his cigarette. "My disposition," said the other, gravely, "is that of a miser. I will exchange a match for some tobacco, if you like. My own I have left behind." Carl stared a moment, then laughed and extended his pouch. , "My name," continued the other, "is Otto H , and I am an impertinently curious fellow. Why did you laugh just now?" Carl looked supiciously at him, but could detect no evidence of levity in his serious .features. "I laughed," he replied, then, first repeating his own name to the other, "because you spoke exactly as should I, were we placed each in the other's situation." They smoked for a little in silence, when, with a trifle of smile, H said: "In the beginning of my career of smoking I was wont to think that endless time was required to empty a tobacco pouch." "I, too, labored under the impression once," returned Carl, sighing as he felt of his own, now sadly diminished In bulk. "The ideals and the promises of youth are, alas! short-lived." "For the greater part, perhaps," corrected Carl, seriously. His companion glanced at the envelope still lying on the bench between them. "May I see?; he asked. Carl gave It without constraint and humorously recited Its history. "I am glad to find you an artist," complimented H , sincerely. "And I," said Carl, "to learn that you are a musician." "Ah! the 'Spring Song!' " "And a composer, perhaps," suggested Carl, kindly. The other flushed. "Some slight beginning I have made in that direction," he replied, turning with more sympathy toward his new acquaintance. "I have wished " began Carl, and stopped short. "And I, I have wished " mocked II , with a friendly beaming In his eyes that set the spectacles to glittering. "I sec we are well met," Carl laughed. "Make another cigarette, Mr. II ." "if you think so," said the other. "I beg that you will call me by my first name. It is a little fancy my few friends Indulge, Mr. S ." "If you will no longer bemlster me," promised Carl. "You have, no doubt, a considerable knowledge of music," said Otto. But to this Carl entered a fervent protest and presently was unbosoming himself to his companion. So, the confidences of each leading the other to further advances, these two sat together, while dusk came on, bringing in Its wake a cold, heavy mist, and In no great while had learned the whole of each other's fortunes and desires. Carl found that II was a first violin in an opera house orchestra, that he had had published though they had as yet obtained no great sale two compositions for the piano, and that he was not quite so poor as the proverbial church mouse. In the midst of these interchanges of confidence darkness stole over the park and Otto rose from the bench. "You will sup with me to-night, at least," he urged, taking his friend's arm. "With cheerfulness and resignation." replied Carl; and so the' turned down the path together, arms linked, and both quite happy over the result of the "encounter. In an hour there had sprung up between them a marvelous sympathy. The policeman at the corner noted their pas-sing. Something there was In their apparent mood that drew from him an involuntary nod of friendly sympathy. They were very close together, and one was saying softly: "We will see this iron-hearted landlady of yours to-morrow." The policeman looked curiously after them until the two harmoniously moving figure. were lost to his sight in the gray of approaching night. A dreamer rescued from disaster, his simple philosophy vindicated, his threatened faith in his fellow-men preserved and newly strengthened. so, happily, ends this passage In a life. But its influence has endured for forty years, and the fruit of the seed has been most beautifully apportioned among a second generation; in which sense it may well be said that the end Is not yet, nor will be until that day which sees love withered in the hearts of all mankind. "That was long, long ago," said the profest-or. breaking a little silence that naturally followed the ending of his tale. "But," questioned someone, "who was this Otto H ? Was it the great II ?" The professor turned affectionately to one of the older men, who sat at his right hand. "Dost thou remember him. Max?" he said, in the language of the dead fatherland. "The title fits. Yes, my dear friends, it was he, the great II . Great, not alone In his music, that sends the quivering to the soul; great he was-in all that he did in his too-short life, In all he spoke, all he thought great and good and sweet and fine. Ah! the ever-open purse the big and tender heart! Gentlemen, rise," said the professor, his eyes glistening with unashamed German tears, as he pushed back his chair and stood up straight by the table. "Let us drink to his memory." fieecher Refused All Titles. Brooklyn Eagle. A reporter probably broken Into work after Henry Ward Beecher died, recently referred to the late Henry C. Bowen as "prominently related to some of the troublous years In the life of the Rev. Dr. Henry Ward Beecher." Dr. Henry Ward Beecher was not Henry Ward Beecher. He refused all doctorates, whether of divinity, of philosophy, of letters or of law. He did so. not ostentatiously, but so positively that degree-conferring institutions at last passed him by. His naive and characteristic statement was: "I prefer to be known by the name my mother called me." And somehow, amid the throng of D. D.s. LL. D.s. S. T. D.s or D. C. L.s. plain Henry Ward Beecher on a programme or on a poster or in an advertisement had an explicit distinction by itself, because the greatness of the man exceeded the greatness of all degrees. "His mother," , by the way, was his stepmother. His mother died In his Infancy. His stepmother came Into his life when he was four years old. She was all love, tact and wisdom to him. Xearlr There. Chicago Tribune "Haven't you got through yet?" asked the Impatient customer. "Purty near," answered the bootblack, polishing away with all his might. "I kin see my finish." To One In Paradise. Thou waet that all to me. love. For which my soul did pine A gTeen isle in the tea. -love, A fountain and a hrlrn, i All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers. And all the flowera were mine. And all my days ar trance. And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dar eye glances. And where thy footstep gleams In what ethereal dances. By what eternal streams.

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MATINEES Wednesday and Saturday at 2. FIKST TIMÜ Illinois F. C. WHITNEY and EDWIN KNOWLES present the sensational New York and London success, dramatized by Stanislaus Stange, staged by Max Free can.

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Arthur Forrest, i William Leyden, Samuel Edwards, 5 Walker Dennett, Richard Buhler, Herbert Pryor, Robert AlcWade, George Conway, Wilton J. Douglas, Ward McDonald,

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TO-MORROW NIGHT SOUVENIR PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENTIRE COMPANY. NEXT WEEK "THE GIRL WITH THE AUBURN HAI It" H- f n-J. 1 and Nat. C. Goodwin's great success OniUSIOn

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the peerless AD rIfA IDF, Widow of HERRMANN, THE GREAT, 66 McMAIION and KING Princes of Black-face Comedy. Mr. and Mrs. Jlmtule Darry Refined Comedy Sketch Duo.

ZIMMER The Jugline Artist, HARRY HOWARD'S Com'dyPonIes,Dogs,Monkeys

Jgf BASSETT-MARSHALL COMPANY gk'Sa.MSJS! 10c, 20c, yOc. Dally Matinees. Everybody Goes to the Park. Thursday-The Gorgeous Spectacle, "THE DEVIL'S AUCTION."

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EMPIRE THEA TER. LADIES' MATINEES. Join Us At The Most Popular Family Resort In The policy of the management is well known, the future an they have had In the past. on all the time to interest and M'selle Dorine Lady of Panthers," with her wonderful group of Performing Panthers and Jaguars, will make her first appearance Monday. Signor Jose Barrios and his group of forest-bred LIONS, a revelation of animal sagacity, including Emerson, the man-eater.

Feeding of the Carnivora at 47) p. m. and 10-0 p. m. Twelve hours of amusement and Instructions. Free rides on the elephants, ponies, camels, donkeys and quaggas.

COMING A tannine "CHIMPANZEE," ity to-iay ana exnirutea ror ue nrst time DAI L 1 . Open from 11 a. m. to ll j. m. daily. ADMISSIOX-Adults, Direction of MIL FRANK C. HOSTOCK

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