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11 THE IXDIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1901. THE PADEREWSKI OPERA IIlfiARIA Ml' SIC DILI .MA 'vMAMll" tkiimimis at imi:.Mii:. Critics Proclaim It (ireat. bat Tolnt Out Debt to "WaKiier, III set and Other. The great succe?. of Igr.ace, Padcrewfki's Optra "Manru," which was produced In Dresden recently, kais to the hope that it may be tufitf iu thii country next caon, whkh Is not to he a W.mricr winter at the Metropolitan Oira Hou.-c. and which, therefore, will have some time to offer a variety of modern compositions. The Dres den correspondent of the New York Kven ln Post pays of the new opera: M. Paelcrcwski was wl.-o. indrcd. in choosing the Dresden tace tor hi. debut hs a composer ot omethin;? more than th. brif and attractive piano pieces which htfve such a wide- circulation in the United fctats. He had, with the ati'lUtu . the? satisfaction of tee-in k a tirt r r.ormance, which might for all the world iiave lv:i the one hundred and fiftieth performanee Of his ma gnu 71 opus. Tbc Ire-de-n e rith s anej music lovers have lonir been proud of the ability of their opera forces to master a r?w music drama, but they ncv r witnessed a more remarkable example ef this power than now nr a more- comple te demonstration of the advantages e.f a per manent company which plays z) niphts In a year. Of course the master mind to direct and guide the whole from the musical fide Is al.o sential to such a success, and to Dresden's veteran conductor. Herr Ven chuch. the fcrtat I'olish jJ.inlt owes no imall debt for t h present triumph. a ptoiiy of iirNOAttv. "For hi libretto Iad re kl ho:-e a work by Alfred Nssjr, In Itself by no means a remarkable achievement. It I the story ef a Hungarian. ? f)'l- y who, after having eloped with and married a village maidrn, lind himself ostracised bth by his own tribe'-and tuf jeerilo and rendered miser able by the conflict between his love fer his wife a .id the lonlns for the old life. L'lanas. feelinjr h-r hunb.md's r st lossii s-s. feeks to charm him to her by th aid of a love philter secured by a faithful and tattered. Kpsy follower. I'rck. Hut a chance meeting with his old tribe, together with the wiles of a former pyj5y sweet heart. A3. who loves hltn still. Miftlic to make !iu -fooret hi.- wife ami to Join the companions of his lifetime. To the love Tdillter the listener owe: ore of the most tmichlns: lov duets ImaKlnable, well worth comparison with Wagner's greatest effort In the saint' direction in 'Tristan and Isolde. A a means of sedu in? Manru fmm hin marital allegiance Paderewskl has kilifully employed the violin and other characteristic Instruments of the Hun garian, as well m of choruse? and some tlrrlnpf d.indnr. There ate remarkably rich and beautiful stage pictures through out. "Thus far the story has run uloinr fairly well, albeit tluipingly because of the un due length of. u p.sage here- and there. With Manru carried away by the passion ate music of his race, and the fascinations of Asa, it is ns if the librettist had sud denly awakened to the fact that ids story was Ion rnoiiKn, and decided to etui it at once; With delightful and ingenious fa cility lie promptly disposes of the d.s-erter and the elesertod. The abandoned wife throws herself into a like after giving but a minute or two to the expression ef her desolation. Hardly has she disappeared In the waters, when the errant husband appears upon the neighboring heights, only to be promptly rolled down into the self fame waters which have but just closed over his unfortunate spouse. In his cast, the old gypsy I'rok and the jealous gypsy chief Oro3 are the Instruments of destruc tion used by Herr Nossl to end the play. All thl Is perilously near to bathos, or would.be but for the composer, who Is equal to tho task of thrillin the audience at both deaths, elespite. tho immediate prox imity of the greatest climax of the tlav the carrying oft of Majiru amid the Wd cries am. singing of the gypsies. THE COMPOSER'S TRIUMPH. "ThU story PaderewKkl has told with a wealth of melody, a warmth of feeling, a richness of orchestration, a vidid sense of the dramatic, and a variety f episode and Coloring Which, as one of the leading Dresden critics has truly said, puts him at i bound in the first rank of. opera com poser's. An he was from tho first the un disputed monarch of the piano-forte, so ho Is now one fsf tho great successes of the all too limited operatic world. in his hands the story taken on a strength whi it neither plot nor versification warrants. In Ms hands something of the real life and fee-!ln of the greatest natural race of musicians the Hungarians has found a true expression ami ur ly a permanent place In music libraries the. world over. "There is so much that is good, so much that Is oiiglnat. und no much that Is un usual In the orchestration et' '.Manru' that -the. erittc is reluctant to admit that Mr. IaderwFki his been Influenced not a little by Wagner as well as by the modern Irenen school in putting his ideas on pa per. Yet such is the case. In the second act, for instance, the Imitation of Wauner 1 occasionally very marked, both 'Sieg fried' and the 'Walkur.' having been drawn upon for themes. This i the most serious criticism that has been passed upon 'Manru.' That Paderewski has conceived Ills work as a whole and ns a coherent por trayal ot Hungirian gypsy life, with all its good ajid evil passions, js conceded. Hut the 'Anklänge' of Wagiur, of p.izct, and of Satnt-Snens, as the (ii rm.in pollt ly I'Uts It, are there, and mark at least tho care with which Padwerewskl studied other masters before completing tho werk which is said to have taken him vears. Vw new composers can whollr avoid this Kcnerally unconscious Imitation, but few can show in addition such marked original ity. . nuch color-warmth, such brilliancy. ;:id such a mastery of the new art to which Paderewskl has turned as are to bo foand In his first effort. "f'nder the circumstances It was not sur prising, that the large and brilliant audi ence should have gone wildly enthusiastic over Mmrus' first appearance, milv em per cent, of those present wire foreigners, the whole Polish colon v attending to honor their; countryman Hut their enthusiasm does not begin to account for tho eight re tails after the first act. the ten after the second act. and the thirty which the sing ers. Von Schlich an. I the author, shared at the end of the l lst act. The genuine ueee.- of tho evening was tue only to solid merit." SOUTH AMi:ill('A. NAi:ii:itlU M. Musical Pro rn m im That Will lie (dvrn nt Iluffnlo. Mr. John Lund, of Huffalo. has Just re turned from a tour of Inspection to Pitts burg:, Allegheny, Wheeling, Cincinnati. In dianapolis. St. Louis, Hellevtlle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Jackson and Toledo, where ho has rehearsed with the leading singing societies for the series ef concerts to be given In lluffalo June 2i to 1S by the North American feaen Verbund. The reception festivities will take place Monday June 'Jl. at :15 p. m., in the ar mory of th Sixiy-tifth Regiment. This hall will seat about f'.i"t people. The fes tival directors f..r the evening are Mr. John Lund ami: Mr. Hnry Jacoben. of l'uf falQ. The programme for the initial con cert Is as follows: "Festival Overture" Lassen Orchestra. Addresses of welcome by Mavor Conrad DIehl and Mr. Wiiliam La'utz, chair man of the reception committee. 'Jlymn of Greeting" Lund United Singers e.f P.ufialo; soloists. Ju lie L. Wyman. Charles McCreary. SrTesntatIon of the t! of the Saenger bund by Mr. Charles (. Schmidt, of Cin cinnati, to J. Hanno Leiler. pre.-ldent of the North American Saenircrnund. who will present the nag to Mr. I C. M. Lautz, president of the Huff.tlo festival committee. Torjref .Vot" racr.ten United Singers of P.nffalo; so:,.;t, Julie L. Wyman. Aria fr.m "ynon r Hie-Oa" (bddmark Julie L. Wyman. 'Musicians of the Forest" Ha.-elt United SiiiKt-rs of Jiuffalo. Grand Kommers Tuesday. Juno 'Zl. at 0:) a. in., there will te - u. rehearsal of the various soeb-tic.-, making: a chorus of 3. olce. This re hearsal takes place In the armory of th- fievnty-fourth KeKlment. which has bet. u Chan 3rd into a cemeert hall, with a se-atlr.g capacity Of and a fct.ige holding 1m pirgrs. 2"o programme for the second couctrt. on Tuesday. June 25, 2:.V p. m., with John Lund as director, is as follows: Overture "Mignon" ... Thomas Orchestra. "Sons of a Wandering Minstrel". ..Herbert Sennefclder Liederkranz. Chicago; di rector. F. A. Kern. Aria "From Poyhood Trained" Obcron-Weber L'van Williams, tenor. Suite "Lohengrin" Wagner Orchestra. Arid-'Titus" Mozart .Mm. Srhumann-Helnke. (a) "The Dreaming Lak" Schumann (b) "A Dreary Light Overspreads- Thee" L.ast?el Tenor solo, Mr. William IJartels. (c) "The Beetle and the Flower".. W. H. Veit Ilrooklyn Saenirerbund : director, Louis Kommenich. Prologue "FPagliacci" .Leoncavallo I. Ffran?con Daviex. "Hansel und Gretel ' Humperdinck Orchestra. "From the Rhine" Max Bruch Cleveland Gesangverein; director, Kmll King. "Almightiness" Schubert Mme. Schumann-Helnke. Hallet Music from "Feramors". .Rubinstein Orchestra. First chief concert of the North Amer ican SaengerburyJ. Tuesday, June 23. 8:15 I. m. Directors. John Lund and Henry Jacobsen, of Buffalo; Overture "Sakuntala" Goldmark Orchestra. "Der Scharf enstein" Firjue Masschorus ar.d Orchestra; solo by Charles McCreary. "Who Has Composed the First Song?".. Weinzierl I'nitoL Singers of Cincinnati; director. . J Louis Lhrgott. MAmrterLake" .Langer Masschorus. Scenes from "Rlenzl" Overture. Adrl ano'.s Aria, ,15attle Hymn" from "Itlewar":' f. Wagner SoIoLsts; Mme. Schumann-Heinke, Kvan Williams; Masschorus and Orchestra. Suite "Nut ' Crackers" Tschaikowsky Orchestra. "God'H (Mee ting, My Beloved One" Engelsberg Masschorus. "Whither" V... Schultz l'nited Singers of Chicago; director, (J ust a v Ehrhorn. Sulte-"IIonry VIII" Saint-Saens Orchestra. "Hark, Hark, , in the Old Oaks Rus tling!" , Gelbke Masschorus. "Artists Carnival" Svendsen ( rehestra. "March to th Rattle" John Lund Jlmc Schumann-Heinke, Charles Mc- Cie.'iry; Masschtrus and Orchestra. Second matinee, Wednesday. June 2H, 2:13 m. Festival director, John Lund; dl rertetr of the children's chorus of voices, Joseph Mischka, supervisor of tho music of the public schools of Buffalo: Overture "Borneo and Juliet". ...Svendsen Orch estra. National Songs a "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" (b; "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" (c) Marseilles Hymn" Children' Chorus. Aria "Odysseus'" Max Bruch Mme. Schumann-Heinke. Suite "Queen of Sheba" Goldmark Orehestra. "Dich. Theurc Halle" (from "Tann- hauser" Wagner Mme. L. Blauvelt. "The Legend of Bregenz" Bendall Mme. Itlauvelt, Mine. Laura Mlnehan, Orchestra, Children's Chorus. "Song of the Knight Templar" ("Ivan hoe") Sullivan D. Ffrangcon Davles. "From Everywhere" Moszkowskl Orchestra. "Bolero" Ardittl Mme. Schumann-Hcinkc. National Songs la) "America" b "The Watch on the Rhine" (c) "Star-spancled Ranner" Children's Chorus. Second chief concert of the North Amer ican Saengerbund, We-dneselay, Juno .';, at S:15 p. ni. Directors, John Lund and Henry Jacobsen: "Les rrcludes" Liszt Orchestra. "Greeting from the Forest" II. "Wagner Masschorus. "Santa Claus" Shelley Orchestra. "The Close of Day" Nessler Masschorus. Scenes from the "Flying Dutchman".. Richard Wagner Overture, Orchestra: "Santa's Ballade," Mme. L. Blauvcltt "Romance," H. Evan Williams; Duet. Mme. I.. Blauvelt and D. Frange-on Davles; Chorus of the Sailors, Masschorus. "Chorus of the Scotch Bands" Sicher Masschorus. "Fall Reverie" Pache United Singers of St. Louis; director, William Lange. Suite "Der Cid" Massenet Orchestra. "Rustling of the Leaves" Schultz Masschorus. "Beloved One, Farewell" II. Juengst Masschorus. "Festival March" Van der Stucken Orchestra. "The Vow" Meyer-OIbersleben Masschorus and Orchestra. I-'n I r II mi U Projcrnnime. The musical programme at Fair Bank for tho week commencing to-morrow by Osten clorf's Concert Orchestra, George H. Bau mann, director, is as follows: "The Chicago Athletic Club" Maurice Selection "The Tar und the Tartar". . Ittei Cake Walk "Koonville Koonlets"....'Weldt Medley "Mam'selle 'A wkins" Aarons Selection "Tan n ha user" Wagner Overture1 "Die Fe-lsenmuklo" Reissiger (a) "Gypsy Love Song" Herbert (b Intermezzo "Walla" Tobanl American Derby "Afternoon at the Races" Lamp "A Colored Inspiration" Mullendoie Selection "The Singing Girl" Herbert Chinese March "Fan-Tan" Anthony Selection "The Royal Rogue" Francis "The Military Maid" Corey Mcdley"Aunt Hannah" Sloano MiimIc otci. In Miiilc, a Chicago publication, for May there Is an Interesting article on "The Place of Imitation lit Music Teaching," by Helen Place, who recently retired from the super vision of music teaching in the public schools of this city. A musical entertainment will be given by Joseph M. Parsons and Charles A. Clary for the benelit of the Sixth Christian Church Wednesday -veninrr. June 2. at S o'clock. The following persons will take part In the programme: Miss Hazel Hurst, pianist; Mrs. W. S. Tomlin, roprano; Miss May Falk, contralto; Mr. Robert Fred erick Graver, violinist; Mr. Charles A. Clary, baritone; Mr. Joseph M. Parsons and Mr. Joseph W. Buchanan, bass. Maltre La bor l, who was Dreyfus's advo cate, and Vladimir tie Paehmann, the pian ist, are both in London now. Ten years ago Pachmaim was married to an Austra lian pianist uanied Maggie Okey. The two gave e-bnc-CTts in the United States and t-Inglune, but De Paehmann's eccentricities becatne'so trying that his wife obtained a divorce from him. Soon after she became MmQ-4abCri. and now. while De Paehmann Is playing to small audiences at St. James Hall.'LuDori and his wife are being feted by London society. Arthur 1'. Schmidt, of Boston, has pub lished Edwarel MacDowell's fourth sonata for piano. It was written last summer In a log cabin in New Hampshire, and it has the spirit of the forest in it. As usual, the com poser gives the theme of the piece in four lines pretlxed to It: "Who minds now Keltic tales of yore. Dark Druid rhymes that thrall, Delrdre's song and wizard lore. Of great Cuchullin's fall." MacDowell has dedicated the sonata to Grieg. The judges are now at work on the com positions submitted in the contest for the Paderewskl prizes. When the pianist was here In he established a prize fund of $10.0 for the encouragement of American composers. The committee in whose charge the fund was placed offered three prizes of each for the best compositions, one for i full orchestra, one for orchestra and chorus, and one for a piece of chamber music, the combination of Instruments of the latter to be at the volition of the com peting composers. The composers compet ing must b native-born Americans, this l-einir one of the stipulations of M. Padr- re wskl's generous offer. A Trst-i::m A, 1). Nevy York Evening Sun. l'thcrua gt. Trollyum awoke with a start to the psychic consciousness that It was thirty-seven eronds -past the lunch hour. "Quail, and champagne." he mu?ed. "or shall it be terranin and burgundy? Better tho latter." And at the pressing of a but ton, a sUdo opened to the rlsbt of his di aphanous couch. His eyes ran rapidly over the rows of crystal phials and transparent boxes. Selecting a box labeled "terrapin," he drew a safforn soft-capsule forth and swallowed it. Then grasping the phial labeled burgundy," he held it under his nose, and after a single inhalation replaced box and phial. The slide slid back into place. "I suppose I should not'eat so heartily," he sighed, taking up the wireless telephone receiver "Hello. Central, give me MILS.ilX, Paris. EJapse .LS21 part of a second. "Ah! that you, Hlectra, my astral affinity, my sublime twin star? I have arranged for the tryst to-night. It was impossible to se cure a not-previouslj -engaged trystlng place with any old-world romantic sur roundings, even In the Himalayas or in darkest Africa: so I have arranged to have our astral bodies meet face to face at 7:r)lt)173N:i. Mars time, at the Rock of Ages. Convenient. I hope, my soul's essence? Yes? Good-bye." ENGLISH ACTORS COMING SEVERAL LONDON FAVORITES TO ASK FOR PATRONAGE HERE. üooth Tnrklncton to Go to !NeT York for ItehramuU of Itenncalre" .Notes of the Stage The foreign invasion of the American stage next season will be heavier than for many preceding years. A large number of English leading actors are coming over to have a try at the theater-going public of the United States. Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will return and will present "Coriolanus." which they produced elabo rately at the opening of the present Lon don season, and Miss Terry will be seen in "Madame Sans-Gene." Mrs. Patrick Camp bell and Mr. and Mrs. Kendal will not come. Edward S. Wlllard has decided to cross over, but he has not decided on the play ho will use here. Charles Hawtrey will open his American season in October In "A Mssage from Mars." Kyrle Bellew, who Is known in this country as having; been a co-star with Mr..- Potter, will b at tho head of än American company In "A Gentleman of France." Martin Harvey's principal play elurlng his American tour will be a dramatization of Marion Craw ford's "A Cigarette Maker's Romance." Weedon Grossmith'p success in "The Night of the Party" led him to deride to visit the Cnlted States, and he will offer that comedy. If Kleanora Pusc decides to come she will appear in "Magda." "Camllle." "Cavalleria Rustlcana" and "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Whether or not Mme. Bernhardt will play Romeo to Maude Adams'ts Juliet in this country next season is said to rest on her ability to learn the part In English. All over tho country the newspapers have referred sarcastically to the. scheme of Charles Frohman to exploit distortion. Writers havo suggested that after this Bernhardt-Adam.? combination Mr. Froh man should present Sir Henry Irving as Lady Macbeth with Annie Russell as Mac beth, or that this or that equally grotesque enterprise should be given to theatergoers. It is even more amusing to Imagine the scene at that dinner In London. It is ejulte possible that Immediately after tho soup hael been brought on and the guests Mme. Bernhardt. Miss Adams, Mr. Froh man and others of the elect had just fin ished a discussion as to whether Ibsen or Rostand represents the highest form of modern dramatic art, Mr. Frohman sud denly popped the cpiestion, "Would it not be great to have you, Madame, and you. Miss Adams, play 'Romeo and Juliet to gether?" It is known that Mme. Bern hardt gave an evasive reply, and it Is to bo hoped that it is true, as reported, that she considered Mr. Fmhman's proposition only as a joke. Mr. Frohman, of course, was not Joking; he had in his mind's eye thai long, black string extending from the box otllce to the sidewalk and away down the street. x x x Richard Mansfield will produce "Monsieur Beaucalre" on Oct. 8, at the Garden The ater, In New York. Booth Tarklngton, of this city, on whose novel the play Is found ed, will go to New York In August to be present at the rehearsals of the play. It Is understood that the first two acts of the play consist of the story as told In the novel, and that Mr. Tarklngton has written a third act new, which presumably will take M. Beaucalre back to France and to a happy wedding with his cousin. Mr. Tark lngton has an advantage nr most of the modern novelists whose stories have been dramatized in that he has long been a stu dent of stagecraft and has practiced nt writing plays in his work ns a leading member of the Indianapolis Dramatic Club. The II u ffa Iocs' ShoTr. The Buffaloes' show at the Tark Theater to-morrow and Tuesday afternoons and nights will open with a sketch by Harry Fidler entltltd 'The Past Life of Buck town." An olio of specialties will follow, and the entertainment will be wound up with a skit in which Fidler and John Hück er will appear as two uninvited and unwel come guests at a party. "The Past Life of Rucktown" Is a local political burlesque and ragtime song and dances will be sprinkled through it liberally. Hairy Mc clain. Fred Iewis. Essio Taylor and Hat tie Beec'nam will appear in two skits. The olio will be made up of turns by Rastus Jones, Ella Lawrence, "William Hunt. Shelton and Brown, Mattie Mitchell and Harry Dunnlngton. All are. more or less well-known colored comedians. Note of the Stngr, Arthur Sldman and his wife, who are well liked by Indianapolis patrons of vaude ville, will have a full play next season. The name of the piece Is "York State Folks." "William Collier gave the 174th perform ance of Augustus Thomas's comedy, "On the Quiet." at the Madison-square Theater last night. He will continue to use this play next season. XXX John Mason, until lately one of the lead ing members of Daniel Frohman's Lyceum stock company, will be at the head of a company playing "The Altar of Friend ship." by Madeline Lucette Rylcy, next season. . XXX Maude Adams's play for next season will be of the time of the battle of Waterloo, and her part will be that of a gentle un sophisticated girl. J. M. Barrie is the au thor of the piece, and It Is said that Miss Adams told him that she never again would play a male character. It would seem that she is through with "L'Aiglon." x x Ä The London Daily Mail seems to have done a valuable service to a part of London society that drives out daily. It suggested that when Mme. Reiane came from Paris to play for English audiences she should bring with her the "famous pair of mules " given to her by the King of Portugal, and now the newspaper 1 enabled to announce that its suggestion has been adopted and "she will be seen driving them in the Park." XXX James K. Hackett and his wife, Mary Mannering, are spending a month in the south of France. Miss Mannerlng will re turn to America the last week in August to begin rehearsal? for her second tour in "Janice-Meredith." Frank MeKee will send out another company In this melodrama, at whose head will be Amy Ricard, who. those that s.iw the play here last season will remember, played Tabitha Drinkwater to Miss Mannerlng Janice and shared, the honors equally with the star. xxx Annie Ward Tiffany, a veteran actress. celebrated her birthday anniversary a few days ago at Dtizzard'R Hay, and the grand children of Joseph Jefferson decorated the Interior of her home with flowers. Now Mrs. Tiffany Is advertising that two plays "Iwdy Rlarney" and "Molly O" have ben stolen from her. and she warns managers not to buy them. She does not speak of n suspicion that Mr. Jefferson's grandchildren may have taken the manuscripts to make paper dolls with. Mr. Jefferson himself is recuperating for his work next season, but he hss taken time from his fishing to add to hi holding in New York by buying the Ft. ignore apartment house, facing Central Park west between One-hundrenl-and-slxth and Oae-hundrcd-and-aeveritli streets. A DRIVER OF DRAGONS LITTLE MISS SIt'KLE't TELLS OF A "WON DER Fl L JOIRNEV. She Saw What AH the Members of Her Graduating; C'lnsn AVert I)o- Iiik as (irowii-li. Alma L. Sickkr, of ?ll East Eleventh street, who is thirteen years old, gives promise of rivaling Jules Verne and II. G. Wells when she grows up. The following fancy flight Is the "prophecy" written by her for the graduating class of the Benja min Harrison School, and read at the class exercises a few days ago: "It was a warm, dreamy day, and I had wandered Into the country for a little rest from the heat of the city. I was enjoying myself beside a little stream, watching the fleecy clouds above mc, when one different from all the rest suddenly attracted my at tention. It was in the form of a snowy chariot, drawn by two dragons. The wheels were cow-reel with tiny white wir.gs. so that it could Uy like a great bird through midair. "Now. however, it was not doing this. The side was dipped so close to tho earth that I could see within, and It looked so inviting I entered. That was the last I knew for some- time. When I awoke and turned to look around me the chariot was floating jvcr a strange city, so different from ours that it made me stare in amaze ment. "After gazing about me I became con vinced that this city must be I'aris. How I got there no one knows, but I concluded it best to b prepared for anything extraor dinary. Wh'le 1 was drifting along through the streets a newspaper suddenly came tearing toward me at full speed, being driven by the wind. 1 at once caught hold of It and began to read. It seemed to be only a paper of fashions and society. In one corner could be seen in a scrawling hand: N. Demmerly.' So here was Nellie, still drawing pictures, such as she made at school. Now. however. Nellie set tho fash ions, and if you would be 'up to date fol low Mile. Demmerly. AN ARTIST AND A CIRCUS MAN. "Rut now a beautiful building rose Into view, whero the dragons let my chariot slowly down, and I stepped out. It was a magnificent art hall, filled with beautiful pictures. One of them brought my atten tion back to itself again and again. While looking at it whom should I meet but our old friend, Lawrance Hltt? "He then ? ho wed me a painting by him self, which was a Madonna, considered by all Europe to be quite equal to the Sistlne. From him I learned that Maud Essex was to sing that night in the leading music hall. She was considered In England the 'Amer ican Patti.' and King Edward VII had given her a diamond bracelet of Immense value. "My chariot was waiting at the steps of the museum. The dragons carried me across the water, and I was in England. While on my way to London 1 met a circus and decided to see it. There were many per forming acrobats and nnimals. Crowds of people thronged the tent. (Jreat was my surprise to find that this was an American show, and its manager Charles Meyers, jr. A long lime ago, he said, he had answered David Rigger's advertisement for a posi tion as jockey. David Is no longer a 'young boy," but he still holds that position in Charlie's circus. "After leaving London I called at the home of Lula Roberts, only her name was slightly changed. Several years before she had married an earl who loved ragtime. Lula now plays ragtime from morning till night for her husband. "When I stepped into my chariot again, being very tired, I fell Into a light doze, which evidently lasted whllo my dragons were coming to this country; at least, on awakening I found myself in Boston. Twas my pleasure to meet thero a young lexicographer of considerable note, whoso latent elictionary was coming into use for schoals. The words In It wrro all short, there being an abbreviation for each, and an entire stock of signs shortened all writ ing. Most astonishing of all, however, was the entire absence of Ts and 't's. What a luxury never to have to cross a 't' or dot an '.' Of course, only Winfred Holten could have discovered this great blessing for mankind. "In his work Winfred was aided by an invention of Robert Bennett's, which was a machine of much value. You have onlv to drop a manuscript In at tho top. turn the hand to a chosen number, and It will print that many copies for you. This was a very remarkable discovery, considering that it was able to read Winfred's writing. "After leaving Boston I went to New York. While looking over the editorial col umns of the 'World" I noticed the name of Roger Wallace as the leading caricaturist for the paper. If seems that that was the only position which his art could secure for him. He always could make people laugh. "There was also nn artkio about a couple of distinguished political spcakets who had just returned from h tour of the country. They were great opponents and were so eager to talk that, having once begun, they never wanted to stop. Their names were Thomas Boatman and Ralph Anderson. GENERAL AND GALLANT. "While riding up Fifth avenue I noticed a familiar face in the window, and stopped to see her whom we had known as Vera Jacob. She had been married for a very short period, and was just trying house keeping. She told me that Halleck Ranger was a major general. He had but recently returned from war, where his commanding figure won him renown, and his rosy cheeks favor with the young ladies. "As my chariot drew me into Philadel phia I passed a large warehouse, with thtj sign, 'Sol Stern & Co., Hardware and Bi cycles.' I learned that it was the largest store in the city and its owner a million aire. He owned a country residence In the Blue mountains. "In the Art Museum I saw a landscape by Jessie Ragsdale. She had made a large number of these, but. strange to say, they all looked singularly like tho one she paint ed for the school. "My dragons now bore mc toward Wash ington, D. C. After alighting I turned my attention towarel the courtroom. Two young lawyers, who wer In an office to gether, were carrying on a case of great importance. Their audience was waiting in breathless expectation for the verdict eif the Jury. If it were favorable it would make these, two men, Arthur Levrie and George Vawter. famous. "While In Virginia I visited a female seminary, and whom do you think I saw? It was Mary Crlley. She was Installed there as a teacher of mathematics, and with her wa Etta Martin, teaching grammar. Both declared that they were happier than any of their other friends, and had chosen good occupations. "Opal Tousey lived near them, and still wrote 'button' and '.shoe' stories, only now In simpler language. Most of theso tales were published In children's magazines, and were greatly valued for kindergarten work. "Verna Fifleld also formed a part of this friendship circle, although living nearly ten miles from the seminary. She was "mar ried and lived in a neat little cottage. She spent her leisure hours doing battenburg work and visiting her friends. AT LAST A FARMER. "From Virginia I traveled westward as far as Ohio. There I saw a young farmer, with freckled face, red hair and a big ban danna. He talked of poultry, told of his acres of wheat and corn, and bragged of fourteen cows, thirty-one horses and num berless 'pigs. He also told me that Mrs. Zimmer, for I know that you have long since recognized our friend Edgar, made very tine butter, and that city life could not compare with that of the country. "In Indianapolis I found two old friends, Horace Spencer and William Van Lan dinghana. They were engaged In the whole sale business, and seemed t be prospering financially, at least. "Eleanor Tucker was quite a society woman, I heard. She spent half of her year In Denver in order to be able to vote, and " lectured on woman's rights in the North between times. "When I passed through Chicago I learned that a Professor Nordyke. of that city, was engaged in building: a great ir- snip,,ln which he was going to Murs. Hor ace went through Shortrldge, High School and Chicago 1'nlverMty with honors, and then studied electricity. "In the same city I found Graf Dickey and Marjory Hunt doing work among the poor. They were very popular on account of tbelr charity.. In Minneapolis I found the editor of a popular Democratic paper to be our friend Nell Biggins. He was very happy with a dimpled wife and a son. & young newspaper enthusiast only five years old. "My .trip was now apparently over, for my dragons brought me back to the start ing -point to go on with everyday life and everyday tcenes." Unusual Bargains in HighCIass Colored Wash Goods ST. GALI, SWISSES-The genuine im- ported, handsome applique stripes and ligures in self colorings, nothing more dressy for a beautiful summer C( gown; l.im qualitv '..C" ST. 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II ott it Yonnjc Woman Turned (he Ta blcs on n Facetious Escort Talen of Real Interest. "I have always felt a pride in my old Hoosier State," said an Indianapolis man recently, "but I'll confess that an incident happened while I was In New York a few weeks ago that half-way made me feel ashamcei that I came from Indiana. In New York I chanced to meet the daughters of two well-known Terre Haute families whom I knew and who were staying in the city for a few days. The day I left New York I went on a sort of tight-seeing tour with those young ladies, and about 1 o'clock wc went Into a cafe just off Broadway to tako lunch. The place is rather an impor tant one on Fourteenth street, and was tilled with men and women. An orchestra was playing as we entered and started for the only unoccupied tabic in the rear of the room. Wc had fairly got started toward the table when the orchestra abruptly left off the air it was playing and started on The Banks of the Wabash,' which you know is distinctively a Hoosier air. The young ladies were of course very much astonished and the incident was of special significance to them, because they happen to reside on the banks of the river made famous in the song. The manager of the restaurant came up and escorted us to the table and as we sat down one of tho young ladies remarked to him, referring to the song: 'That is a particularly pleasant surprise to us. They must be playing for our benefit.' " 'Yes,' replied the man, half seriously, 'We know our people.' "I've been wondering since whether they knew we were from Indiana or whether the playing of that particular air at that par ticular time was merely a coincidence. If it was it certainly was a remarkable one." xxx "I have found out one thing," remarked a man bne day recently, "and that is it does not pay to get facetious at the ex pense of some one else, and especially a woman. Now, I am a middle-aged gen tleman with a reasonable amount of dig nity and self-respect, I believe, but my dig nity received a rude shock not long ago, all on account of my desire to be 'funny.' "Some time ago I went out to Garfield Park as the escort of a very charming girl who occupies an important place in tho city schools. While she is very sincere in her work she docs not spend all of her time thinking of the welfare of the pupiH with whom she is brought in contact, and on this occasion she went to the park for an outing and was not pining at all for a sight ot tho children. However, we had scarcely got well Into the park before we came across a group of little girls, ranging In age from six to ten years, I suppose. They were having a happy time of it romp ing and shouting. As soon as we came upon them they recognized the young wom an with me, but with the shyness of youth were rather inclined to ignore us. Here is where a bright Idea came into my head, and, calling to the children, I asked them if they did not know 'teacher and had not a welcome for her. They Indicated that . t 1 , i The Wm, H. Block Co 1 The Wm, Ii Block Co they 'did know 'teacher' and were glad to see her. Several times that afternoon we came across this romping group, and on each occasion I Indulged in some facetious remark about 'children and teacher.' "Finally we started home, and In order to get to the car line from where wc were It was necessary to cross a long stretch of lawn which lies high and dry along Ray mond street. In the midst of this lawn we again ran across the school children, who were prepared to recognize 'teacher again. But 'teacher was too smart for both cnildrcn and escort. Calling the chil dren about her she said to them In firm, schoolroom tones: 'My dears, I want you to all form in twos and follow this gentle man wherever he goes, pointing to me. Keep close to him, and If he should start to run you must run after him. Mind teacher now, and be sure you don't lose him. "At the moment the real situation did not dawn upon me. Later It did, when I found a procession of a dozen or more youngsters with tightly clasped hands fol lowing closely behind me, keeping step with me and prepared to stick to me as long as 'teacher' would have it so. As soon hf the parade across the lawn began my charmlns companion strode away, leaving me to my punishment. I tried to treat the matter as a Joke for the first few minutes, but it finally grew decidedly serious and at lencth it became a tragedy aa far as my dignity was concerned. After traveling all over tho lawn almost in a vain attempt to shake the little Imr- the' appeared to me I finally stopped and faced my tor mentors. They also stopped, and the ex pression on my face evidently gave them the keenest pleasure, for they fell on- the graia at my fett and rcaptd Uta to cany New Imported Tl 0 8c for 15c pique, CO inches wide. IO- for Goc PALE SWISS, r Inches wide, makes a cool wash drcs-s. OS- for 4"c EMBROIDERED SWISSES. OC in ten beautiful patterns, 2D inches wide. iOr- for 20c PERSIAN LAWNS, 22 inches 1vc wide. for 35c TERSIAN LAWNS. 22 Inches, very fine and sheer. 1Cr tor TERSIAN LAWNS, filk fln AVU Ith. 33 inches wide. 01 for 5nc FRENCH ORGANDIE, 6S inches wide, for 40c IND OK- for 40c INDIA BATISTE, 36 inches wide, extra fine quality. 0, for 10c MERCERIZED STRITED MADRAS, for shirt waists and dresses. I iO for ISc INDIA LINON, 32 Inches 1 wide. for 12c INDIA LINON, 32 inches wide. Jrror 10c STRIPED " DIMITIES, 23 zMnches wide. 50 heavy, our 1.25 VJ vTTT T Goods wmte Chickering ft, TTOR the next sixty days we will be getting in rianos In that have been rented to schools, students and pri vate parties, who are leaving for summer vacation. Most of these pianos are high-grade instruments. Some will come back with but little evidence of ue; others will be marred, scratched and otherwise damaged. We will have 51 in all some are on the floor now. If you don't object to . buying a Piano that has seen service, we will make you Prices That Will Well Repay You Trices that it will be impossible to duplicate elsewhere. Terras of payments liberal to the extreme. We are also showing a new Upright Piano for 165 which oth er dealers will ask you f 2-5 for. 128-130 N. Perm. St. young dogs in an ecstasy of delight. About this time the author of the Joke, feeling that my punishment was complete, ap peared and smilingly asked If I was enjoy ing the afternoon. What I really said she did not hear and it was not meant for her ears. 'Now, children,' said she at length, 'if you'll all come forward like little ladles and shake hands with this gentleman, you may go home." The youngsters immediate ly straightened up and proceeded to obey. They pressed forward one by one and ther was no way out of it but to shake hands with each of those children, which I did with the best grace possible." Deputy United States Marshal Boyd is something of a joker. Things are coming pretty seriously with him when he Is not in a jocular mood. A few nights ago Boyd and his wife and a relative went out to Fairview to see the diving horses and on the way back the car in which they were riding was wrecked. Boyd was jostled around considerably and since then he has been wearing his hand in heavy bandages. A day or two ago Boyd met an acquaint ance on the street, and the latter, in a tone of sympathy, asked what was the trouble with his hand. "You see I was up in the north part of the State the other day." said Boyd, "and was compelled to arrest a very desperate man. After a bad light 1 succeeded in land ing him though. That night" All this time Boyd's acciualntance was waiting with wide-open eyes to hear how the desperate man had woundeii the depu ty. "Well, what happened that night?' asked the sympathetic acquaintance, when the deputy marshal hesitated. "I was Just going to say," added Boyd, "that I went out to Falrview that niht and hurt my hand, as you see." "Well, what has that got to do with the arrest of the desperate criminal?" atked the sympathizing acquaintance. "Oh, nothing," replied Boyd coolly. XXX A young man with a brl?k voice and wearing a sort of Rough Rider's Uniform stood on a down-town corner the other night operating a weighing machine. He was doing a land office business, guessing the weight of people, until a large, fat woman came along and almost "put him out of business." He had a set of scales made for the business. Ills game was square enough, however. He would offer to guess a man's or woman's weight within three pounds, and If successful they would be expected to pay 10 cents for the privilege of being weighed. If he missed their weight more than thre-e pounds they were not to pay for the weighing. Until the fat woman came along the young man was making some marvelous guesses. He explained that he had acquired the ability to do this by practice. At length, two women came up and one of them was very corpulent. "How much do I weigh?" i he asked the proprietor of the scales. He looked her over critically as if he wanted to be absolutely sure of his ground before he spoke. "Let me sec," he finally remarked In a tentative way. "I think you will tip the scales at about 22) pounds." The woman chuckled a little maliciously as she at In the chair attached to the scales. The brisk young man gave . gafp as the woman's weight was registered at three hundred pounds. He had only missed it eighty pound, and his fair. patron did not pay. "It's hard to rues a woman's weight, anyway," the young man growled, m Us woman pasted on. Phenomenal Sale of Black Brilliantine. BLAClv RRILLIANTINE-S inche 00 wide, pure mohair; cur 5.V quality. ...W BLACK BRILLIANTINE M Inches wt.. very" line, yet good weight; our tüc quality BLACK BRILLIANTINE it inche wide, pure. 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Choice 1 0 JUS T54 Do YOU want one at the right price, on the right kind of terms? 128-130 N. Penn. St. I 1 I k i i Oliver Twist rlaintivo JSZ?' plea for "more' is being ro and breakfast tables since the introduction- of ,!Grtln kernels' the latest triumph of the Tru-Food Company, Choicest of Nature's grain t 1 . x ., trated and cooked aa to ere- " l nte a new and delicious dish: and one that is ideal in health-building quality. This announcemett is simply to invite you to try one package. After that, we can tnat l' Ort In Kernels" to tell their own triumphant story. I Tili: LAHOIt FILM). Bouses Are I'atially Respected If They Know Thrlr Job. , Waltrr A. WyiknfT, In Scrltner. Much of the talk tlAe-n the at thia tlrn referred to a late r meeting, w hc.. cn il appointed day, the fnturi for many milt alor the Uno orc to for'Kathr at (irand lltvi uii'kr tho illvixlon iup-rtntn.lrnfn order. Thr was to he a Kneral distribution then of r,a leopor Hk'PK the rHUway. Whut Intere-Mrd m nvni st this mnmmt tifca tho tone rf the mn in spk!n of thir au PTior in the nif. 1 had caught it frequent ly in arlier re-fe-ie nee to the ui-erinti-n.lei.t anion our-lv-. II was th cfw il Jn com mand of all the -otion gingt in the dlvldon and directly resronKlble for the condition cf th road. The men V.M rre that he had been a. section hand hlmnelf and then a bom. and that he had. worked his way to the po?ltloa of superlnte n1er.t In a lonjc service with the company. The frI. In that they bore htm was ne ot admtratlnn, not unmixed with fear. Thy respected hit knowledge of every dtall of thir work, and a certain liking for Mm rrew out of th fact el hii having t-ee-n a laborer like themnelvea, but they feared him with an aei-rm fear. I remember his r""1 afternoon while we were at work. We had tovJ alte at tha coming of a freight train, and. at w terri back to our work, we caught alght of a mry little man standing- on the rear fiat form of the ctooe. hla hands clasping th ratling and hit eye Intent on the read-bed. Cstorn thought that he saw the flutter of a pie-re of t aper In tha du.t raised by the pasting train, and puspertir.a: that It il an order for himself, he dropped hn tools and searched the embankment, and eveq the rielghhorlrg cornfield to the leeward. wtti an eagerness that might have murked a hunt ft hid treasure, llf could not find it. and fur tha rest of thsday. and I know not for how muctt lorwr, tbe Incident wai upon hi mind with eenae of keen anxiety. Notice to Contrartora and Ilallelera, Yellow pine timbers and Joist in stock at Indiana Timber and Lumber Co. OfTlee and yards 12. 22d St. and Monon Kallroad. Bonn is not a toilet soap, but it will clean and remove all stains from the hands. 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