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slit in one end of the card holds the
loose thread, and prevents Its wlnd.nsr
around other articles. There rlkjuW h-i
both black and flesh colored court plas
ter, a tube of vaseline, and a p;e c or
oil silk for sore throats. An Indelible pen
cil, or one of some sort, seems indispens
able to a well furnished Housewife, and
a tooth brush is a good addition. Some
of those sent in were even supplied with
chewing gum, doubtless a donation from
a young miss who wished to divide the
comforts of life with others.
STALWART VOLUNTEERS.
Arrival of the Renowned First
Montana Infantry Regi
ment.
Colonel— H. C. Kessler.
Lieutenant Colonel— R. B. Wallace.
U. S. A.
Majors— James W. Denman. 11. B. Cook
and John R. Miller.
Surgeon — Major P. J. Adams.
Assistant surgeons— Captains L. C.
Brunning and Leroy Southmyde.
Chaplain— Captain G. C. Stull.
Adjutant— First Lieutenant B. E. Cal
kins.
Quartermaster— First Lieutenant A.
Acadorf.
Battalion adjutants— Lieutenants "Wil
liam Hanna, Louis Sanders. William
Brown.
Company A, Great Falls— Captain J. E.
Moran, First Lieutenant Charles French,
Second Lieutenant C. I. Boardman.
Company B. Butte— Captain Charles
Gardiner, First Lieutenant William F.
McGrath, Second Lieutenant J. Corby.
Company C, Bozeman— Captain James
F. Keown, First Lieutenant J. F. Turner,
Second Lieutenant W. H. I'oorman.
Company 1), Virginia City— Captain I
George W. Reif, First Lieutenant C. \V.
Head, Second Lieutenant Kdward Goivan.
Company B, Dillon— Captain A. Jensen,
First Lieutenant E. J. Bird, Second Lieu
tenant H. Rickards.
Coirpany F, liutte— Captain William !
Hill, First Lieutenant George Nickol, j
Second Lieutenant Adolph Keffner.
Company G, Butie— Captain E. W. I
Wynne, First Lieutenant fi. S. I'axon, j
Second Lieutenant \V. I.. Knowlton.
Company H, Kalispel — Captain F. E. ;
Green, First Lieutenant S. Hilborn, Sec- ;
end Lieutenant S. B. Mclntyre.
Company I. Lewiston— Captain G. H.
Preston, First Lieutenant K. A. Foster,
Second Lieutenant J. M. Croft
Company K. Anaconda -Captain T. G. ]
Dillon, First Lieutenant J. M. Kennedy
Becond Lieutenant Philip Greenan.
Company L, Helena— Captain A. L,
Duncan. First Lieutenant Waiter Brad
shaw, Second Lieutenant Peter French.
Company M. Anaconda— Captain John I
Haliihan, First Lieutenant Bryan Conrad
Second Lieutenant Gerald Sullivan.
These are the commissioned officers of
the First Montana Regiment United
States Volunteer infantry, as splendid a
body of men as ever responded to their ;
country's call.
The regiment Includes the best blood of
the State, and a more stalwart, hardy lot
could not be found anywhere. Colonel
er is one, of the •most prominent
business men of the State, and has been !
long in the service of the National Guard.
! a thorough soldier and a strict dis
ciplinarian. Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace
graduated in the class of '90 at West
t, and up to the time of his appoint
ment In the volunteer service was first
lieutenant in the Second United Stan-
Cavalry. For the past three years he has
been on detached duty with the Montana
National Guard, and is rated among the
Vest of the younger officers in the regular
service. Lieutenant Hanna, adjutant of
the First Battalion, is a nephew of United
Slates Senator Mark A. Hanna of Ohio,
•while Lieutenant J. M. Kennedy of Ana
conda is Speaker of the House of the
Montana Legislature and an ex-Judge
and veteran journalist. Two prominent
preachers— W. J. Hannah and J. H. Foust
Cthe former also being a State Senator) —
are in the ranks. It is the boast of the
comar.d that not less than three-quarters
of its members gave up positions paying
from $3 DO a day and upward to fight for
Vncle Sam and $13 a month. The ma
jority of enlisted men are miners and
Blockxnen, and are veritable giants In
stature.
Montana was called on to furnish one
regiment of Infantry and one troop of
cavalry under the first call. Nearly 5000 j
THE SECOND FLEET OF TROOPSHIPS FOR THE EXPEDITION TO THE PHILIPPINES,
volunteers presented themselves, conse
quently only the cream of the National
Guard was accepted, the others being the
pick of the volunteers. Nearly all the
men are hardy and used to roughing it:
besides they are all familiar with fire
arms, most of them being crack shots
with rifle or revolver.
Two battalions of the First Montana
reached the Oakland yards during the
night and were held there until morning,
coming over to this side hy the early
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1170 Marki* St, Saa Fr&ncisco.
Fred A. Pollock, Manacer.
DEMAND THE SOLDIERS' NICKEL.
Troops Are Moved From the Presidio to Accommodate
the Southern Pacific Company.
General Merritt has shown his appreciation of the more than kindly
offer of the Presidio and Ferry Railway Company (Union street line) In
placing their cars at the disposal of the volunteers, and comments on the
magnanimous treatment of his troops afforded by the company In the fol
lowing letter:
PALACE HOTEL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,., May 27. 1898.
Denr Sir: I am directed by General Merritt to acknowledge the receipt of your
kind letter of this date, offering the free ÜBe of the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Com
pany's lir.» to all uniformed Volunteers during the present mobilization, and to say
that this information will be published to the troops.
The General appreciates very much the kindness which prompti this patriotic action
on the part of your company, and he directs me to thank the company through Its
president. Very respectfully,
T. BENTLET MOTT.
First Lieutenant, Seventh Artillery. Aid-de-Camp.
George A. Xewhall Esq., president of the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Company.
A hope was expressed that Mr. Vlnlng of the Southern Pacific Company
would take cognisance of the published offer of the Union street line and
for once in its history imitate an example that would have a tendency to
create a kindly feeling in the minds of the people of the city toward the cor
poration.
The hope, however, seems a forlorn one, as Mr. Huntington's agent not
only refuses the volunteers the free use of his cars the short time they will
remain here, but has succeeded In collecting all the troops, with the excep
tion of two regiments, out in the Richmond District, where the soldiers, in
order to get to and from camp, must of necessity pay their nickels into the
coffers of the Southern Pacific Company, as they alone control this entire
section of the city.
It is considered by the public rather significant that all the troops should
be moved to an out-of-the way place to suit the convenience of the monop
oly, leaving the Presidio, where they rightly belong, absolutely desolate.
The Government, it is claimed, is going to the expense of constructing
water mains in the streets adjoining the camp at Richmond in order to supply
the necessary water facilities, when half the expense would not be necessary
in supplying the Government reservation with the same Improvement.
boats yesterday. The third battalion was
delayed by a wreck near Truckee, and
did not reach here until 11 a. m.
The delay, however, gave the first com
ers ample* time to do full justice to the
hot breakfast provided by the Red Cross
Society, and none of the troops that have
arrived here relished it more, for the
Montana men traveled for three days on
short rations. When the last section
landed they, too, were taken in to break
fust by the ladies, and during the meal
the escort band and the regimental band
of twenty-four pieces alternated in an
impromptu concert for the edification of
the wearers of the crimson cross.
When the last straggler had filled up
on meat potatoes, coffee, bread and but
ter sandwiches, fruit and pastry until he
could hold no more, the entire regiment
assembled and gave three times three
cheers for their entertainers that threat
ened to shake the massive ferry depot
from its foundation.
Passengers to and from Alameda points
stopped to see the Montanans, until there
was almost as great a crowd Inside the
depot as there was on East street. The
men are such giants that few National
Guard uniforms could be used, conse
quently a majority were in citizens' dress
and not as military appearing as some of
the others, but those men can fight.
Preceded by the two bands the com
mand. In charge of Lieutenant-Colonel
Wallace, marched through the gate into
East street at 11:30 a. m. and a moment
later the big cannon in the tower of the
Claus Spreckels building boomed out the
announcement to the people that the
pride of another sister State was march
ing up Market street to join their com
rades in arms at Camp Richmond. Im
mense crowds thronged the streets and
wildly cheered the soldiers, their salvos
being emphasized at intervals of a few
seconds by the thunderous voice of Ihe
Call's artillery.
Up Market street to Golden Gate ave
nue, out that boulevard to Devisadero
street, to Geary and Point Lobos avenue
the regimeiu marched to its camping
ground opposite the main entrance to
Or>d Fellows' Cemetery, where it will be
chartered during its stay in this city.
With the exception of two squares re
served for the Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments of regulars, near General
B. L. Otis' headquarters, the old Bay Dis
trict tract is now fully occupied, but a
large tract has been secured north of
Point Lobos avenue, two or three blocks
from the main camp, and there the Mon
tana regiment went into camp, and the
North Dakota troops that arrive to-day
will follow.
Although the regiment brought its bag
gage across the bay in the morning, it
was after 4 o'clock when it reached the |
camp, the men being compelled to lie
around in the sand for several hours be
fore they could pitch their tents. By
dark, however, all the tents were up and ;
strict military discipline established. Be- j
sides uniforms and arms, the regiment is
scantily provided with camp and kitchen
equipage, but Lieutenant Neall, IT. S. A.,
soon ascertained what was needed, and in
a few days at most will have the men
made comfortable.
THE PRESIDIO.
Fortress of the Golden Gate,
Where the sea-girt hills around
Give their pageantry and state
To the soldiers' tenting ground,
Spaniard named thee lc. j ago:
Now thou art his proudest foe.
Glorious Presidio!
Now thou keepest watch and ward
O'er Columbia's Western wall.
All along thy trampled sward
Fife and bugle cheerly call.
Bugles call and trumpets blow.
Shouts of captains come and go;
Hearest thou. Presidio?
Freedom's banner o'er thee streams;
Soldier-hearts their faith declare;
Duty calls and glory dreams,
When the starry flag Is* there.
Dreams of battle flash and glow.
O'er the- Western wave they flow —
Dost thou see. Presidio?
Youthful hearts are wild and strong.
Risking all for noble deed.
"Follow honor! Smite the wrong!"
Is the soldier's simple creed.
Ye, whose hearts for freedom glow!
Freemen, fronting every foe!
Ye axe our Presidio!
THEODORE C. WILLIAMS.
Oakland. Cal.
WASHINGTON TROOPS.
Hop© to Be Sent to the Front
With the Next Expedition to
th« Philippines.
Tho two battalions of Washington Vol
THE SA^" FRANCISCO CAI/L, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1898.
unteers who are quartered at the Fon
tana barracks are putting- in their time
in daily drill and are becoming quite pro
ficient in the manual of arms and field
evolutions. They are very anxious to go
to the front, and expect to be sent with
the second expedition to Manila. Lieuten
ant Colonel Fife, who is in command of
the Washing-ton troops, says that the men
are overwhelmed with contributions of
edibles from the people of San Francisco,
and that the numerous delicacies, such as
cake, pies and so on, are not conducive to
the health of the soldiers, who indulge in
too many luncheons between meals.
Colonel Fife, while appreciating the gen
erosity and attention of San Franciscans
in this respect, does not hesitate to say
that there is "too much of a good thing."
Hereafter he proposes to have all food
contributions placed in the hands of the
commissary, who will see that they are
properly rationed off to each company and
served only at meal time. The only ex
ception will be when delicacies are re
quested to be presented to any particular
man. In that event the recipient will at
once be given the artii -les. with instruc
tions not to eat them except at meal
hours.
Fifty ladies visited the Washington
volunteers at the Fontana Barracks on
Thursday and entertained the soldiers
with songs and recitations.
FLAG PRESENTATION.
An Event in the Barracks of
the Washington Vol
unteers.
A handsome flag was presented to
Company D, First Washington Volun
teers, now camped in the old Fontana
warehouse, Thursday afternoon. Major
J. J. Weisenberger made the presentation
speech in behalf of citizens of Seattle
who had subscribed for the flag, and he
was responded to by Captain Frank E.
Adams of Company D. Major Weisen
berger's speech was as follows:
The trumpets of war have sounded and you
have voluntarily come forth from all the fields
of manual and intellectual labor to assist in
vindicating and defending our glorious repub
lic. When I l^ok upon the men I now see be
fore me— satriotlc in spirit, trained in ac-
cordance with the best modern tactics, keen of
eye, firm of purpose, bold, intelligent and skill
ful in many arts and callings, almost as use
ful In military as in civil life, I feel nroud of
the distinction of having been the founder and
first captain of this company. I feel that you
are fully equipped to successfully cope with
the uniformed automata who have forced the
present issue upon us. I have no fear of the
result of the contest between the "armed
thinkers" of your company and the machine
soldiers" of the enemy, and feel that vhe honor
of our country Is SRfe In your hands. Our
nation la not only famed for its patriotic men,
but for its patriotic women as well, and
prompted by this spirit the mothers, wives,
sisterß and sweethearts of the pallant men un
der your command, led by Mrs. Helen V.
George> mother of one of your men. she herself
being a widow of a veteran of the late war.
have banded together, and following the ex
ample of Betsey Ross, who at the suggestion
of the "Father of His Country." made the
first American flag, have made this flag. They
YELLOW LIES EXPOSED.
Nebraska Soldiers Denounce One of the Exam
iner's Recent Fakes.
The following letters do not need a long Introduction. They were
written because of a foolish Examiner story that soldiers were being
poisoned, a rumor on which the sheet hoped to base a sensation:
HEADQUARTERS FIRST NEBRASKA REGIMENT, May 28. 1898.
To the Editor of The Call. I wish to use the columns of your paper to
contradict the report published in the Examiner of yesterday morningstat
ing that soldiers of my regiment had been poisoned. Some few of the men
were sick as a result of over-eatins. but the article as published in yester
day's Examiner is utterly false and without foundation. When the Examiner
reporter interviewed me In regard to the rumor I told him I had investigated
I concur in the above:
F. A. SNTDER, Major and Surgeon First Regiment.
CAMP RICHMOND. FIRST NEBRASKA INFANTRY. May 28.1898.
To the Editor of The Call: The men who were reported to have been
poisoned were members of my company, F, and were merely Indisposed as a
result of Imprudent eating. The report published in the Examiner t -it they
had been poisoned is utterly false and without foundation, and this was
known to the Examiner's representative when he wrote the article.
CHARLES A. VICKERS.
Captain First Nebraska Volunteers, Commanding F Company.
NO PIES WANTED.
One Colonel VJt>o Draws a
Srjarp Line-
The colonel of the Thirteenth Min
nesota fancies that his men nav^
had enough pie, hence he speaks
these words of wisdom to the loyal
and generous people of ban Fran
cisco.
Headquarters Thirteenth Regiment
Infantry. Minnesota Volunteers.
San Francisco, Cal.. May 27. 1898.
To the Generous People of
San Francisco : While I do
not wish to appear lacking in
appreciation for the kindness
which prompts the donations
of delicacies to the members
of this regiment, I would re
quest that no more fruit or
pastry of any kind be brought
to us. We are going on a long
and trying journey into a
still more trying climate. It
is absolutely necessary for the
efficiency of the men that they
remain in perfect health, and
to keep them in such condi
tion will be impossible if they
are allowed to indulge their
appetites for "goodies."
If your benevolence must
find expression I would sug
gest fresh eggs or fresh vege
tables
C. McC. BEEVE,
Colonel Commanding.
The Red Cross Society desires to
have it known that it is not respon
sible for this "pie avalanche. It
simply supplies necessaries for the
care and comfort of the soldiers in
cases where the Government does
not supply such necessaries. me
pies are the donation of individuals
well meaning, but, in official eyes,
misguided.
bring It to you to carry it into the battle with
valor and to the significance and glory of this
our national emblem of union, liberty and pur
ity, they add the beauty of their love and ask
you to bear it in honor ana bring it home In
triumph. The donors bid me say that their
blessings and prayers will follow you wherever
duty may call, and they charge you to move
upon the enemy's works" even thiough a bap
tism of blood and fire.
Receive then, captain, from my hands, tnis
beautiful flag, and with it the warm felicita
tions of all concerned in the presentation,
whose earnest an>l unanimous . wish is that
you soon return with the same in triumph,
covered with honor and glory.
A GENEROUS GIFT.
Tobacco Freely Distributed to
the Soldiers at Camp
Richmond.
Blnrkwell's Durham Tobacco Company
has won the gratitude of every soldier
and officer in Camp Richmond. Yesterday
the company, through its agent, Herman
Heyneman, distributed to every soldier in
camp a sack of smoking tobacco. This
large amount of tobacco was hauled to
the camp in an immense four-horse dray,
which was decorated with flags and bunt
ing. Mr. Heyneman visited all of the
headquarters, where he was gratefully
and cordially received, and turned over to
each regiment and battalion commander
the tobacco for distribution among the
men. Nearly 3000 pounds were given away
to the soldiers.
War Incidents.
San Francisco Lodge No. 3 and Oakland
Lodge No. 171 of the Benevolent Protec
tive Order of Elks, will hold a joint re
j ception in Elks Hall on Friday, June 3.
I to those members of the order who are
j with the regiments of volunteers now at
Camp Richmond and at the Presidio.
' A committee of the two lodges is making
I strenuous efforts to locate every Elk in
I the volunteers, so that each may receive
| an invitation. The Sacramento and Stock
ton lodges will send large delegations.
Through the courtesy of the United
i States military authorities mass will be
celebrated for the United States soldiers
in the military encampment at the Bay
District track on Sunday. May 28. at
11 a. m. All are invited. The services will
be held on the lot south of the Kansas
regiment.
Catholic soldiers who wish to receive
books, medals, scapulars or other ar
JOHN P. BRATT, Colonel Commanding.
PIES TAKEN TO CAMP.
An Army of Patriotic Boys Present Home-Made Pastry to
the Volunteers. •
SEVERAL hundred children, each bearing a pie to the volunteer soldiers quartered at
in line of march at Van Ness avenue and Vallejo street at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and ™ a^ ne £ ™ h^d
quarters with their offerings. Knowing the ostrich-like appetites of tho men in blue a *£ 1
camp life and hard tack gave soldiers the digestion of a dodo, the boys' mothers made the P|«« °' ai "P lep ropo
tions. To avert possible trouble, the hospital corps yesterday prepared an extra supply of hydrocmonc :au » ;
remedies for Indigestion. The boys of the Spring Valley School, accompanied by many sweet little misses, mwrcaea
proudly to the music of the drummers, wholly unconscious of the deadly nature of the food they earned.
At the head of the procession they carried one extra-large pie, as a signal that the army was on its way* m o boi
diers seemed much interested in the visit of the children, and though the presentation was wholly lniormai taere was
much appreciation at camp. Some of the little fellows were almost tempted to sample the pies on tne w, v.n^
others clutched them eagerly, lest some rude hand snatch them. On the whole, it was a pretty picture to see me utue
children with their patriotic offering as they marched down Van Ness avenue yesterday morning.
tides of devotion will please call on the
priest after the mass. The Rev. P. C.
I Yorke will celebrate the mass and preach.
Buena Vista Parlor No. 68, Native
! Daughters of the Golden West, will give
a grand entertainment at Native Sons'
! Hall on Wednesday, June 1, in aid of the
i California volunteers. The features will
■ be "living pictures," a military drill in
' bewitching costume, musical and literary
, numbers and a dance. The ladies have
' been much gratified to receive the follow
: ing acknowledgment of their efforts in the
i past:
Headquarters First Regiment California United
States Volunteers Infantry, Presidio, May
26 IS9B
' Secretary Buena Vista Parlor. Native Daugh
! ters of the Golden West— Dear Madam: Permit
< me by means of this to tender to the parlor the
: sincere thanks of the First Regiment California
United States Volunteers Infantry for the very
handsome donation of first-aid appliances and
GOOD STORIES
BY
MAX MULLER
HERE are some of the recollec
tions of Professor Max Muller,
the greatest of modern philolo
gists, regarding some of the
celebrated people he has met:
One of his earliest invitations
i at Oxford was to meet Thackeray at
: dinner. The novelist was then writing
■ "Esmond." There were only four in
I the party. "We were all very much
| awed by Thackeray's presence, partic
j ularly I, no-t being able as yet to ex
j press myself freely in English. We sat
silent for some time, no one ventured
to make the first remark, the soup was
i over, and there was a fine John Dore
on the table waiting to be splayed. We
were hoping for some brilliant sally
I from Thackeray, but nothing came.
"At last Thackeray suddenly turned
his large spectacled eyes on me and
said: 'Are you go-ing to eat your own
ancestor?' I stared, everybody else
stared. At last we gave it up, and
Thackeray, looking very grave and
learned, said: 'Surely you are the son
of the Dorian Muller— the Muller who
wrote that awfully learned book on the
Dorians; and was not John Dore the
ancestor of all the Dorians?'
"There was a general 'Oh, oh!' but
the ice was broken, and no one after
this horrible pun was afraid of say
ing anything. All I could tell Thack
eray was that I was not the son of
Otfried Muller, who wrote on the Do
rians, but of Wilhelm Muller, the
poet, who wrote 'Die Homerische Vor
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other useful articles. The regiment very warm
ly appreciates the thoughtfulness of the ladies
of the parlor and will ever remember the kind
ness shown to it when about to take Its de
parture for duty in the service of our common
country. Permit me to remain, yours respect
fully. JAMES H. SMITH.
Colonel First Regiment California United States
Volunteers Infantry.
Forty recruits for the Fourth United
States Cavalry are expected at the Pre
sidio to-day from Chicago.
Assistant Surgeons Straub and Keefer
will arrive in San Francisco from Alaska
to-morrow and report to General Mer
riam, who will very likely assign them to
duty on the Manila expedition.
Sam J. Allen, an old veteran of the
navy is endeavoring to organize a force
of discharged men who are ineligible for
re-enlistment in active service for the de
fense of San Francisco, and calls upon
schule' and 'Die Schone Mullerin,' and
as to John Dore being our ancestor,
how could that be? The original John
Dore, so I have been told, was il Jani
tore, that is, St. Peter, and had no
wife, as some people will have it, or
at least never acknowledged her in
public, though he was kind to his
mother-in-law. All this did not prom
ise well, yet the rest of our little din
ner party was very successful; it be
came noisy and even brilliant.
"Thackeray, from his treasures of
wit and sarcasm, poured out anecdote
after anecdote; he used plenty of vine
gar and cayenne pepper, but there was
always a flavor of kindliness and good
nature even in his most cutting re
marks."
Another, though less frequent, visitor
to Oxford was Tennyson. "His first
visit to our house was rather alarm
ing. We lived in a small house in
High street, nearly opposite Magda
len College, and our establishment was
not calculated to receive sudden guests,
particularly a poet laureate. He stepped
in one day during a long vacation,
when Oxford was almost empty. Wish
ing to show the great man all civil
ity, we asked him to dinner that night
and breakfast the next morning. At
that time almost all the shops were
in the market, which closed at 1
o'clock. My wife, a young housekeeper,
did her best for our honored guest.
He was known to be a gourmand, and
at dinner he was evidently put out
when he found the sauce with the sal
mon was not the one he preferred.
He was pleased, however, with the
wing of a chicken, and said it was the
only advantage he got from being poet
laureate that he generally received the
liver wing of a chicken. The next
morning at breakfast we had rather
plumed ourselves on having been able
to get a dish of cutlets, and were not
a little surprised when our guest ar
rived to see him whip off the cover
of the hot dish, and to hear the ex
clamation: 'Mutton chops! the staple
of every bad inn in England.' How
ever, these were but minor matters,
though not without importance at the
the naval veterans of the war in this
vicinity who are desirous of serving to
call and enroll themselves.
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time in the eyes of a young wife to
whom Tennyson had been like one of
the immortals. He was simply de
lightful, and full of inquiries about tho
East, more especially about Indian
poetry."
A later glimpse of Tennyson is af
forded at a lunch given by Dean Stan
ley in honor of the late Queen of Hol
land. She had asked that a number
of literary men be invited— Tennyson,
Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton),
Huxley and several more. "We were
waiting and waiting, but Tennyson did
not appear. Stanley suggested that
we should not wait any longer, but
the Queen refused to sit down before
the great poet's arrival.
At last it was suggested that Ten
nyson might be mooning about in the
Cloisters, and so he was. He was
caught and he was placed next to the
Queen. The Queen knew wonderfully
how to hide her crown and put every
body at their ease. She took the con
versation into her own hands, and kept
the ball rolling during the whole lunch
eon. But she got nothing out of Ten
nyson. He was evidently in low spirits,
and sitting next to him I could hear
how to every question the Queen ad
dressed to him he answered, 'Yes,
ma'am,' 'No, ma'am,' and at last, by a
great effort, "Ma'am, there is a good
deal to be said en both sides of the
question." He then turned to me and
said in a whisper, but a loud whisper,
'I wish they had put some of you talk
ing fellows next to Regina.' "
Dean Stanley himself, Professor Mul
ler records, not only had no love for
music but actually suffered from hear
ing it. Whenever he could he walked
out of the room where there was music.
He never disguised his weakness, he
never professed any love or admiration
for music, and yet Jenny Lind once told
Professor Muller that he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever re
ceived. Stanley was very fond of Jenny
Lind, but when she stayed at his fath
er's palace at Norwich he always left
the room when she sang.
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