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THE STAGE-STRUCK GIRL.
She wants to go on the stage. She
is not particularly brilliant, or clever
or wise, or well educated, but she can
sing a little and she is young and
pretty. The stage like them that way.
She has watched performances from
In front of the footlights, and she
has taken part in amateur theatri
cals. The lights dazzle her, the ex
citement and color charm her. She
'-tfe delighted with it all and her breath
«omes fast as she dreams of the parts
•he will play and the fame she will
Win in the future.
The pity of it. To waste the girl
ish sweetness of her, the youth, viva
city and innocence of her, on such a
cruel, heartless, soul-destroying thing
as the stage. 'Tis true, some win a
place, but the price, ah, the price they
pay! The world does not hear of
this, it is just a whisper between
{fiends when the lights are dim and
file storm howls without just a
whisper, as of things the world must
never, never know.
She will be a winner in vaudeville,
then she will begin to climb in ear
nest. Will she? She doesn't know a
great deal of stage life. She has never
been thrown into it alone. The ama
teurs were well managed, and well
chaperoned. Some of her friends al
ways took her home afterwards. She
never had an opportunity to become
thoroughly acquainted with the clev
er people she sees through the bewil
dering dazzle of the footlights. Oc
casionally she has met some of them,
and she thinks they are charmingly
Bohemian. Those of us who are old
er and we'll hope wiser, have learned
to rate Bohemianism at its true value.
We have learned that it is a pitifully
cheap affair after all.
Old fogies have whispered to her,
but she doesn't believe them. Any
way, nothing could be more tiresome
than a long, dreary life in the midst
of old fogies. You see, she is so very
young and the poor girl doesn't know.
She doesn't know of the cheapness,
the tawdriness, the heart breaking
nastiness of stage life as it really is.
She doesn't know of the horror of
one-night stands, the dull, deadly
dreariness of vaudeville. Neither does
she know of the prowling harpies
that dog her footsteps, the deliberate,
scoundrelly cleverness of the hang
ers-on who plot her destruction so
dispassionately. Brazenl/ they eye
her from the day her girlishness and
fresh-faced innocence are noted. Ap
praisingly they watch the beginners,
the new faces. She doesn't know of
applause behind which lurks a lech
erous jest. She doesn't know of the
blackness, the despair, the heartache,
that must be covered by make-up,
the horrible soul-disaster that must
be hidden by rouge. She doesn't
know of Golgotha, the place of skulls.
The lights burn brilliantly, the
world is kind. She will work hard
and win her place. The poor girl
doesn't know of the glistening mile
posts that stretch so dishearteningly
ahead of her, marking the way. Un
der the glare of the lights they look
like purest marble. 'Tis only as the
lights wane and the pale, garish dawn
shows them in all their hideousness,
that their real nature is apparent.
They are human skeletons! Some
with the withered remnants of flesh
still draping them ironically others,
with deep-socketed eyes, glare fiend
ishly in the uncertain light. But, as
the music plays and the lights flare
on, they disguise themselves merrily,
laughing ghoulishly at their own hid
eous joke.
These things are hidden from a
young, innocent girl. She is such a
one, youthful and wide-eyed but she
will learn of them. Her mind is made
up. She is determined. They lie in
wait for her. They know that noth
ing will stop her. They are very
patient.'
CENSUS OF ANCIENT ROME.
The Emperor Augustus took a cen
sus of the citizens of Rome three
times the first time was in the year
29—28 Before Christ, when 4,063,000
souls were counted. The second cen
sus was 8 years B. C., showing 4,233,
000, and the third was in the year of
Our Lord 14, which gave Rome
4,937,OdQ.
IF YOU ARE WELL-BRSD.
You will be kind.
You will not use slang.
You will try to make others happy.
You will not be shy or self-con
ecious.
You will never indulge in ill-na
tured gossip.
You will never forget the respect
due to age. You will not swagger or
boast of your achievements.
You will think of others before you
think of yourself.
You will not measure your civility
by people's bank accounts.
You will be scrupulous in yoor re
gard for the rights of others.
You will not forget engagements,
promises, or obligations of any kind.
You will never make fun of the pe
culiarities or the idiosyncrasies of
others.
You will never under any circum
stances cause another pain, if you can
lielp it.
You will not think that "good in
tentions" compensate for rude or
gruff manners.
You will be as agreeable to your
social inferiors as to your equals and
Buperiors.
You will not gulp your soup so
audibly that yrjvt can be heard across
the room, nor sop up the sauce in
jour plate with bits of bread.
You will not have two sets of man
ners one for "company" and one for
home use.
You will never remind a cripple of
tils deformity, or probe the sore spots
of a sensitive soul.
FOR THE
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You will not remark, while a guest,
that you do not like the food which
has been served to you.
You will not attract attention by
either your loud talk or laughter, or
show your egotism by trying to ab
sorb conversation. e~
THE CHILDREN'S HOOfi.
LUCKY TED.
That was the nickname they called
him by—
The boys at his school—and this was
why:
He was bound to win from the start,
they said
It was always the way with laicky
Ted!
The earliest flowers in his" garden
grew :f.,
The sums on his slate came soonest
true
He could sail a boat or throw, a ball,
Or guess a riddle, the best of all.
You wondered what could his secret
be,
But watch him a while and you would
see.
He thought it out till the thing was
plain,
And then went at it with might and
main.
Trusting but little to chance or guess,
He learned the letters that spelled
success.
A ready hand and a thoughtful head—
So much for the "luck" of Lucky Ted!
—Blanch Trennor Htath.
THE LITTLE STREET SINGER.
Billy and Betty had the, mumps. Bet
ty took them the evening of the very
day mother and father went. Father
had to go to San Francisco on a busi
ness trip, and persuaded mother to
take a well-earned vacation. Grandpa
and Aunt Patty, together with nurse,
could take care of the family for a
month. So off they went by the early
train, Billy promising mother to take
good care of Betty and run the errands
for the family. Toward evening Betty
had a high fever and was so sick
that Aunt Patty put her to bed and
telephoned for the doctor.
"Just a case of mumps, I think,"
said Dr. Gray, "they are all over Sum
mit just now. Don't worry. Keep her
in bed, and as the board of health will
not let Billy go to school, he. might as
well play with her during the day, so
that if he is to get the mumps he will
get them now." And thfe second day
after, Billy came down with the
mumps, too.
Betty was very sick for a week, but
Billy was only sick enough to be fidge
ty. He had promised mother to do
errands for every one and to take
care of Betty, and study hard. And
oh! the choir-practice! How could he
ever be well enough to sing his solo
in the boy choir for Easter! And
Father Philip was so anxious that all
the boys should do well, for. this, was
to be their first Easter music, and they
were to chant the Tenebrae, too, in
Holy Week, and now he, Billy, was in
the house for two weeks. Billy con
fided rather peevishly to A.vnt Patty,
while she was giving his breakfast one
morning.
"Never mind, Billy, I guess Father
Philip understands. I saw him this
morning after Mass, and he said he
would drop in to see you today."
Scarcely had she spoken when the
door bell rang, and Father Philip's
cheery voice, as he entered Billy's
room, said:
"Well, my little Palestrina, so this
Is the way you intend to sing your
solo!"
Billy smiled in answer, as much as
the mumps would let him, and then
asked, "Who
Is
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Palestrina, another
sick boy?"
"No, not sick, but another boy, Billy,
who had a voice like yours, but he
was very poor and had to work hard
at farming. Promise not to fidget
and worry any more, and I'll tell you
about him." Billy readily promised
and then leaned back contentedly on
his pillows to listen to Father Phillip's
story.
"Almost four hundred year?, ago, a
little boy named Giovanni (which is
the Italian for John, you know), stood
singing in front of the Church
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You will let a refined manner and
superior intelligence show that you
have traveled, instead of constantly
talking of different countries you
have visited.
flower basket and all, stole into the
church to one of the side chapels,
Where the crowd was not so great. It
was a little chapel of our Lady, and
as she stood there, holding her Divine
Son in her arms, the poor lad knelt
down, and looked up at her in his dis
appointment and shame and misery.
'Oh, dear Mother of the blessed
Jesus,' he said, folding his little hands.
'My mother has told me about your
holy life, and all about your Son who
died to take away our sins and trou
bles. Have pity on me. Make some
one buy my flowers so that I can
take home some money to my poor,
sick mother. Holy Mother Mary, take
pity on me.' Soon the child, so lone
ly in the midst of the crowd, thinking
only of his mother's poverty and sick
ness, forgot the people about him, and
carried away with the thought that
the Blessed Mother could help him,
began to sing aloud the hymn to the
Virgin he and his mother sang every
evening.
"'Hush!' said the bystanders, for
just then the preacher was about to
mount the pulpit. Unconscious of all
about him. Giovanni, gazing only at
the statue of the Blessed Mother,
sang the louder. Little by little the
pure exquisite voice stole into the
hearts of all. The men and women
sat breathless, fearing to lose one
tone of that sweet song of prayer.
'The priest, none other than my
patron, St. Philip Neri, stopped to lis
ten as he entered the pulpit. Sudden
ly,- the boy's voice faltered, then stop
ped. He remembered that he was not
at home, but in Rome in church. Down
from the pulpit walked the priest,
through the crowd to where Giovanni
knelt, almost fainting,.his little empty
cap beside him. St. Philip dropped a
piece of money into the cap, and turn
ing to the people, said:
'My brethren, this is' my sermon
today. Do as I have done, and my
sermon is not in vain.'
"In a few moments the boy's cap
was full.
Thank^ you, thank you, for my,
mother,' said the lad as he turned to
leave the church. But St. Philip led
him into the vestry, and seeing how
faint with hunger Giovanni was, gave
him a good meal, and bade him come
lack the next day. Overjoyed, the
boy ran home to his mother and pour
ed. his treasure into her hands. 'I
sahg quite Jou{l in church, and this is
how the Blessed Mother helped me.'
'The next day when Giovanni went
again to Santa Maria Maggiore, St.
Philip was waiting for him, and there
beside him stood the choir-master of
the little church in Palestrina. St.
Philip
arranged
away
from the beggar, you'll spoil
your
dress.'
'Beggar, I am no beggar,1 said
Giovanni, while his little face grew
crimson with shame.
"'Come, no more of this,' said the
nurse, harshly, pulling away the ten
der-hearted little girl.
"It was one of the great feasts, and
crowds were now hurrying into the
church to listen to a famous preacher,
With tears in his eyas, little Giovanni,
that Giovanni should
sing in the choir of his village church.
When the boy- became a famous
musician he was called Palestrina, and
was the leader of the world in church
music, composing many hymns and
Masses." And Father Philip went to
his next patient leaving Billy to think
over the story.
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from his mother's farm in the little
village of Palestrina, carrying, sus
pended by a cord around his neck a
basket of small fruits and flowers to
sell. Twice a week he came in to try
to earn a little money for his sick
mother. The day I am telling you
about, no one seemed to buy. Giovan
ni sang his litle songs, as usual, to at
tract customers to his wares, but no
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'Oh, see the pretty flowers, nurse,
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