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. tice one of them has his mouth open
and seems to be shouting, ‘ Lay on, Mac-
duff!’ at the same time hitting the man,
next to him in the ear with a clothes-
pounder, while the other fellow is re-
ciprocating with a base-ball bat; and the
excited individual there in the centre in
the yellow leggings, is apparently. trying
to chop off the legs of the pony in front
of him with his battle-ax, and—”

“ Clothes-pounder! base-ball bat! bat-
tle-ax! ” sn‘eered Ferguson. “ Ain’t there
something else you could twist‘ those
polo—mallets into if you tried? ”

“ Polo—mallets! You don’tmean to in-
sinuate that those weap0ns they are
fighting with are intended for polo-mal-
lets? ”

“Who said anything about fighting?

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are all trying to hit the ball at once;
that accounts for their being mixed up
in that way.”

“Then why don’t you call it polo—
playing, or some such title as that, in-
stead of vaguely alluding to it as a land-
scape? ” I asked. _

“What do you know about art? ” de-
manded Ferguson, loftily. “ I want you
to understand that this is a landscape.
The figures are only thrown in to fill
up. The chief interest and beauty of
the picture centers in the scenery itself.
Note, for instance, that lofty, range of
mountains in- the distance!" _

“ Mountains!” I echoed, in amazement.

“ Yes, sir, mountains! If you can’t see
' them I feel Sorry for you,” replied Fer—
guson.

“I see where somebody has spilled a
quart or so of saffron—brindle paint across
it. You don’t intend that streak for a
range of mountains, do you? I don’t
know much about playing polo or paint-
ing a cow and a tree, but when it comes
to mountain ranges I’m right at home.
I’ve summered in the Catskills, wintered
in the Helderbergs, shot griizlies in the
Rockies, tramped over the Alleghanies,
went fishing in the Adirondacks, tobog—
ganed down the Green Mountains on'a
piece of hemlock bark, dug for gold in
the Black Hills, and—”

“That settles it!” interrupted Fer—'
guson. “ I see you don’t know anything
about art. If painting came as easy to
me as dodging the facts does to you, I’d
soon be a second Raphael or Mike An-
gelo.”

And with this parting Parthian shot,
Ferguson gathered up his landscape and
stalked forth into the night, with the an:
of a man who feels deeply. injured about
something—though I can’t think for the
life of me what I could have said to
cause him to fly off the handle that way.

Queer how touchy some folks are. Es—
pecially people, who are afflicted with
genius. I suppose I «have rulned my
chances for ever seeing any more of Fer—
guson’s productions, which is sad.
shall try to bear up under the blow.

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A CHARMING STORY OF
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BY WILLIAM G. PATTEN.

 

 

 

A Favorite Author, in a most delight-
ful vein. The Boy Gypsy is a character
around whom centers a high dramatic
interest. He is not what he seems and
out of the mystery of his life springs a
romance which makes rare reading. It

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Happy-Boggy Papers.

FERGUSON’S LANDSCAPE.

I have a friend named Ferguson.

He has three or four other handles——
Bartholomew Erastus Philander, or
something of that sort—but I always
call him Ferguson for short.

Ferguson is an artist. I know he is
because he told me so himself. He did
not seek to disguise the matter or beat
around the bush, but came right. out
openly and confessed that he had paint-
.. ed a landscape, and had brought it in
g to show me and get my. opinion of it.

' After I had looked it over, I told Fer-
guson it looked to me more like a land—
slide than a landscape, but he insisted
that ' was a and e . ‘
that: 1t 1 scap , so I let it go at THE COMINth MAN-

But I improved the opportunity before A vast deal has been said, written,
he took it away to ask him a few ques— and sung of the Coming Man, whom
tions concerning the details of the work; everybody places so far in the future
SO I ‘Saldz, that very little save an outline of him

“ Now, if you’ll be good enough to tell can be seen. If he has any faults they
what the principal figures are intended fail to Show themselves at so great a.
to represent,_ perhaps I will begin to distance, and so only his virtues are im.
comprehend 11’: . . agined and extolled. I will pause to ad-

“Now, for instance, this haystack 1n mit that there is a far—ofl man coming
the foregrounq, Wlth 3—” . down the road with many manly virtues

Haystack! gasped Fergusoh. ‘, in his valise, who may rightly be said

Yes? I was gomg to say- ... to be a Coming Man, but I beg to say

“ But you needn’t._No haystack there, ‘ that the Coming Man is already very

he‘fnterrupted: hastlly- 9 ,, ' lnumerous and ornaments the present
We“, t,hen' What Is it: I aSKedZ . | day to a conspicuous extent.

.. A oclmr, » replled he, w1th a superc1ll-l At yon gate at supper time I see an
ous sml e. , , .

. , . lent woman stand With anxiety

1.31“: I dldnt see any wagon for his $332.1 upon her brow in crayon, and
belng so stuck up about 1t. He ought indignant eyes wandering far down the

to know what it was intended for, see- , ,
ing that he painted the picture himself, 5”th loofing faggillleigofilfig gag-e 13;:
and I’ll bet two cents if I had painted COImng an P a

' ' ‘ hilosophical thoughts.
it I could have told, too, only I never portlon of her. p _
would have made such a locking thing The lenufiei gilde egycgllcll 3:01:33 23111;:
as that and then tried to pass it off on and ‘the we ua S g 1 thin
a confiding public as a cow. warms up. She opens the gate to e 1‘
“ What is‘the cow doing?” I finally in and they enter the house tggzigéell‘ré
asked, after two minutes. study; .. trying But as he forthw1th enggrges a: D de‘
to swallow her hind foot? " the corner restaurant, ere ar 0 '
Ferguson looked disgustod_ auctions to draw, only that the Coming

' ' ' too late.

“That cow lS lylng down under a Man armved . _

 shade tree in an attitude of repose, chew-a _ one Of the most 00mlng (flit all Conild

ing her cud, and gazing over the adja. ing Men is the assessor, an we won

cent landscape.” very much prefer that he was a gomg
“ Ah, yes," said I; “I see now; the man. He is the Coming Man who asks

COW and the tree are blended so ar- you the most impudent questions con-

tistically I couldn’t tell them apart, and cerning the uncertam state Of Your
under the circumstances I naturally mis— finances; and 3'0? are Obl’iged to ten Who
took them for a lop-sided haystack. you rent your Plano Of- the mottgages

“By the way, Ferguson, what is the you have on the house you’llve in, the
old chap off to the left of the picture amount 0f money You haven t gOt in “1,9
doing?—catching pickerel throughthe bank, and make such a complete exhi—
ice? Or is he knocking persimmons off a bition Of Your afialrs that you want to
tree with the pole?” so and drown yourself.

Ferguson gave me a look of mingled There is the Coming Man Who pron"
pity and contempt“ ‘ ises that he will surely come to-morrow

" That,” said he, calmly’ “ is the me- and settle. But the roads of life are un-
simile of a farmer drawing water with certain. and those WhiCh lead to the
an old-fashioned well-sweep.” places of payment are more so.

I was glad Ferguson told me this. I I think my gas-fitter is the Coming
never would have found it out without Man 013 very high rank. to WhiCh he is
assistance. Then I asked him to eluci- eminently gas-fitted. When the wicks in
date a few other points in the picture my gas-jets burn out. or the pipes set
which were not exactly clear to my be- too much gas squeezed into them and
nighted senses, are choked up, or something happens

“ I would like to know what that party that we are left in the dark, I send for
of intoxicated Indians in the background him. “ I am coming immediately,” he
are doing?” ' says. In two days he is promptly on

“Intoxicated who?” hand, examines the pipes and goes ofl,
_ “Indians, I said.” remaining until I send for him again,

“You’re ’way off again, Noah. Those when he cheers me by saying. “ I am
ain’t Indians. They are students—Ameri- coming.” When he does come he tears
can students on horseback." things up around the house for an hour

“ What are they doing? ” 3 and goes off to complete some other job

“Great Scott! you don’t mean to say which he has begun in a like manner,
you don’t know what they are doing, and sends word that he is coming.
do you? ” And Ferguson arose and be— To young Arabella, Charles Adolphus
gan wrapping up that choice specimen is the Coming Man, and if there were
of art in an old newspaper, preparatory more nights in the week for him to come
to escorting it home. : he would be still more of 9. Coming Man.

“ Hold on there!” Cried I; “I want With far greater faith than the seer
to find out What those Students. as you looks forward to the ideal Coming Man
call them. are about before you snatch does she look to him. He is the reality
that gilded enigma forever from my vi- of her ideal, although the old man has
sion. Are they haVing 3- I‘OIIS‘h-and- his own ideas about the matter and
tumble fight among themselves. 01‘ What keeps an eye on the drift of events gen-
‘ are they acting 80 for. anyway? I 110- Eerally. Arabella thinks that he fills the

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bill though he_will'be the Going Man
when she grows older. '
My Coming Man is an old fellow who
affects spectacles and is addicted to deaf—
ness, who comes every day to talk on
things which he knows nothing about
and which I care nothing about. He al—
ways comes when I am about to think
of scmething funny, which accounts for
the way I write. He looks over my man-
uscript and tells me where he has seen
that joke before. I have got to talk so
loud to him that when I run away from
him and talk to anyone on the street I
have got so in the habit that I yell at
them. He never comes when‘I am at
leisure, and, besides, he always comes to -
dinner, and he is always ready whether
it is or not. He is not here at the pres-
ent writing or :he would read this. He is
a Coming Man, but does not fill my idea
of what that individual ought to be.
Verily the Coming Man is largely
among us, though hardly the dream of
the philosopher, and if he lacks appre—
ciation it is his own fault and he can
pay for it himself
Philosophically yours,
PRESERVED POTTS. P. H. D.

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' Bannerelles.

——The announced engagement of How-
ard Gould, the youngest son of Jay
Gould, to Katharine Clemmons, the ac-
tress, is a society and theatrical sensa—
tion. As George Gould, the elder broth-
er, found a wife in “the profession,” so
the younger scion of the great railway
magnate has gone to “the boards” for
his life—mate. Well, why not? Some of
our brightest women are stage stars, and
though the number of scandals and.di—
vorces among stage people is surprismg,
there are very many, true and high-
minded ladies in the dramaticranks, as
everybody knows. The young million-
aire has won a very beautiful woman,
who, doubtless, like Mrs. George Gould,
will make a good wife and model mother
—if children are to bless the union.
Howard Gould has everybody’s congrat-
ulations. .

—As to Miss ,Clemmo-ns, she is, in real
name, Viola Dayan. About a dozen years
ago she made her first stage venture in
San Francisco, where her mother, Mrs.
J. W. Dayan, now resides. In 1893 she
was in Chicago without an engagement.
Buffalo Bill there met her, and, con-
vinced of her talent, decided to, star her.
A romantic drama, “A Ladyx of Venice,”
a kind of Shakesperian piece, was chosen
and the venture made, with a. fine com-
pany, which Cody backed with his
money, Miss Clemm-ons being the star,
with a truly magnificent wardrobe and
a splendor of staging which could but
command attention. ,Yet, after a brief
season, 'the play was withdrawn; it did
not~‘~‘~ draw ” ; the great exposition was,
in itself, the greater showwhich killed
all kinds of dramatic ventures in or near
Chicago, and since then Miss Clemmons
has, we believe, not been seen on. the
American boards, but has spent much
time in Europe. Now she will perma-
nently retire, and, as Mrs. Howard Gould,
play a brilliant society part no doubt, for
she is a brilliant woman-

—That Mormon propagandism is still
going on actively in Europe, and in the
older States of this country is not gener-
ally understood, but so it is. A recent
report from “elders” at work in the
mission field showed 124 conversions in
one month in Fulton Cdunty, Pa. The
missionaries journey on foot through the
country, holding meetings when a church
can be obtained gratuitously, as they
have no money. and depend upon the
hospitality of the farmers for food and
lodging. They carry, however, a. large.
supply, of tracts and copies of the Book
of Mormon. The latter are Sold when
possible, but to probable converts una-
ble to afford them are given free, as are
the tracts to everybody. T-Welve “ eld-
ers ” are covering Pennsylvania, and ex-
pect to move to adjoining States as soon
as their work in that State is completed.
What acomment on human credulity!

—-An innovation that greatly interests
skaters is a. skate which’really sharpens
itself. It is made by welding between
two ' sheets of fine steel which con-
tain a large percentage of carbon and
are capable of receiving a high temper a.
sheet of steel containing little carbon
and incapable of rtaking any temper at
all. These sheets form the runner of the
skate. As the hard outside wears away
by friction with the ice the soft inside
sheet wears also, keeping the bottom of
the runner from wearing round, and
keeping the edges always moderately
sharp. ’

——Do trees sleep? Certainly they do.
Do they suffer when kept awake? Yes,
just as a person would suffer. Repose is
as essential to vegetation as to man and
animals. As a proof we are now in-
formed that,‘ in Chicago, the trees are
dying at the top, in vast numbers, and
why? Because the near-by electric
lights make it impossible for the trees
to sleep. ' '

-—Electricity is, indeed, the age’s mar-
vel. It is so revolutionizing things out
of doors and indoors that we really do
not know, from day to day, “ where we
are at.” The electric light now has
ceased to be a wonder. It is a household
and open-air necessity. The trolley car
is commonplace. Soon the horseless
carriage will be “in our midst.” to stay
and give the noble horse a. permanent
rest. But the conservation of energy of
the great dynamo is doing such wonders
that in the near future power for any
purpose will be on tap anywhere. Not
a. day now passes without the record of
some exten-IVe project for the trans-
mission of power, or of the completion
of some installation in which the cur-
rent is used either to supersede steam,
or in places where steam would otherwise
have been selected. Mills, mines, facto-
ries, shops of all kinds all over the coun-
try are steadily coming to the use of this
impalpable energy, that no.0ne knows
whence it comes nor whither it goes. It
is beyond human ken. Is it elemental?
Is it the life of the universe? Is it the
cause of motion in the. spaces, of crea-

 

 

without it would there be no being—only 3
an inert world? No man is wise enough 1
to answer. Will any one ever be able
to answer?

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acts, DON’T YOU DO IT:

 

A correspondent’s injunction which we
quite indorse is this communication:

Sir: , Has the “ Far West” joined the
Seven Cities of Cibola in the realm of
rainbow land, and the antelope become
a. menagerie rarity? April 9, 1896, found
us on the B. & M. Road en route
for Moorcroft, Wyo. After we left
the sand hills of western Nebraska we
crossed a. barren tract of countryjn the
southwestern part of South Dakota,
where there is nothing to be seen but
sage brush and bones of animals which
have perished there.

The first thing to attract our attention
after entering Wyoming was a bunch
of five or six antelope, which had been
startled from their grazing by the shriek
of :the engine, and were bounding awayI
over the grassy land toward the hills.
As I had never seen an antelope running
at large, I began to feel as if I was touch-
ing the Western border. During the
Summer I have seen deer grazing in
quite a number of places. In some local-
ities the deer and antelope furnish the
settler with a goodly quantity of Winter
meat. The large gray.wolves are quite
numerous. A few days ago a hunter
brought into Dead-wood, S. D., a large
bear and six deer. A number of deer are
usually to be seen there on the market,
where the skins are dried and shipped
to the East. There are miles and miles
in Wyoming and the Dakotas where the
traveler sees only birds and droves of
cattle and horses, with an occasional
coviiboy, riding among the cattle on
the range. All these things make one
feel as if there is a “ Wild West ” in the
mountains.

But to the boys whose minds are filled
with visions of heroic bravery among the
Indians and Wild animals I would like
to tell of one who has tried it to his
SOI‘I‘OW. He spoke with great emotion of
his father, who is a minister in the East,
and of his early associations.

“1 waS,” he said, “ in a good college
in the East. I thought I was having a
pretty tough time. It wasn’t the kind
of life I wanted. So I thought I would
come out here and enlist at the I. T. and
have a good time. So I came, and I
didn’t know anything about it. I was
having an easy time there.”

He had been here but three months
and was bitterly repenting of his rash-
ness. I have thought so often since of
the boys who get such vague and fanci-
ful ideas about bettering their condithn.
And there are a great many young men
in the West who could warn them
against taking such a step.

Boys, don’t do it. M. S.
‘ Whitewood, S. D.

 

Wine of the Win.

PREMONITORY.

“My wife’s mother’s coming to spend
the winter with me.” ,

“Has she sent you word?”

“ Yes; a barrel of apples and two tubs
of butter arrived yesterday.”-—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.

 

A GAME FIGHTER:

“ John,” called his wife, “are you put-
ting the baby to sleep? ”

The pugilist laughed bitterly in the
darknass. .

"I've got him against “the ropes,” he
answered, for there was yet hope—De-
troit Tribune».

RETURNS NOT IN.

“_I congratulate you, Wiggington, on

hgvmg your three daughters married
0 .l,
“ Just wait a while, Hopkins; I can’t
tell yet whether 1‘ have three daughters
married ad or three sons-in—law mar-
ried on.”—Chicago Record.

UNGENTLEMANLY.

“ It seems to me,” shouted Uncle Allen
Sparks to the fleeing bloomer girl, whose
bicycle had given him a severe jolt at the
crossmg, “ you might stop a second or at
least look around to see whether you’ve
knocked anybody down or not. That
would be the gentlemanly. thing to do.”—
Chicago Tribune.

A PRACT‘ISED EY E.

“ By gol,” said the farmer, “ fer a man
who was raised in town you have the
quickest eye in ketchin’ a squirrel mov-
in round through ,the trees I ever see.”
“ All in practice," said the city man.
“ I have been watching the ballet through
the fmlage of high hats for years.”—-In-
dlanapolis Journal.

A. FRIEND OF PROHIBITIONISTS.

Perry Patettlc——-“ Now, this here paper
says that the production of beer in the
United States is fifteen gallons fer every
inhabitant—and that’s where the Pro-
hibition party is a good thing."
Wayworn Watson——-“ Fer why? ”

Perry Patettic—“ Because every fifteen
gallons the thit’s don’t drink is that
much more for us liberal people.”——Life.

A MARVEL! 0F HONESTY.

f‘ Honest? ” exclaimed the man to
whom the query was addressed, “ why
that than is (fibsurdly honest; he is unnec-
essari y an foolishly honest. Wha
you think he did? " t do
 Give it up.”
81:11:39 fturnisltled tgood material on a Gov-
en con me Oh, he’ll get a. dia.
mend-studded harp if any one does.”—
Chlcago Post.

ONE OF  GALLANT MILLION.

Seeker—“ There goes one of our gal-
lant old pensioners. I have a great admi-
ration for men of his heroic mould.
They. tell me he had three horses shot
under him during the late war.”
SSaglfmanjilThat’s a fact.”
ee er—" en you know

solutely true, do you'.’._" it to be ab.
Sageman———“ Indeed I do; he was living
over a livery stable during the entire

 

tion? Is it the pulsation of being, and

period of the war.”———Boston Courier.

Correspunlfls' Calumn.

ents. Inquiries answered as fully and
as promptly as circumstances will .pero
mit. Gentributions not entered as de-
cllned” may be considered accepted. No
MSS. returned unless stamps are in-
closed]

DECLINED: “A Sail Under Stream;::
“ The Cowboy’s Catch; ” “ A Disbeliever,
&c.; “Not Any in His’n;" “ The Last
King Pin of Bang-Up;” “Will” He
Know?” “A Truce in Court;” The
Wisest Man," &c.; “ Doc. Tinker's Resur’:
.rection;” " An Old-Tlmer's S'tory,
(stolen;) “ The Raider’s Rustle:’ ‘ A

“ La-La. To You; " “ A Patent Sensation."

STEVE D.: Great Britain has possession
of a. number of the West India lslands.—-—
F. L. 0.: Ask some Masonic brother, but
he probably will not tell you.——CEPHAS K.:
Pensioners increase because the gates are
wide open for all kinds of fraud—«Tuna.
0.: As you are not “ next of kin," you
stand not the least chance in a contest of
the will, we should say—OPUS MAGNUM:
The idea. that comets presage evil, or
produce plagues, is supremely silly.-——-
MISS A. E.: The hymn “ Love divine, all

quotation is not quite correct. So see the
true version—Anorak: The terms spirit-
ism, spiritualism, mean the same—IN
THE COUNTRY: The moon shines only by
reflected light, like a mirror. It is liter—
ally a dead planet; no life on it possible-—
OSWEGO Sun: The Rand and McNally
maps, we believe, give the best delinea-
tion of Scuth African boundaries.

DUDLEY D.: Five feet three is a good
height, and ninety-four a good'welght'
for a boy of fifteen. Your penmanshlp is
excellent. '

BRAX’I‘ONZ The nose can be straightened,
but only by a severe and delicate surgi—
cal operation. Have nothing WhateVer to
do with quacks. ~
FLAHERTY’s THIRD: There has been no
rifle contest, we think, between English
and American teams sinCe that at Wim-
bledon, England, in 1883—when we were
beaten.

KINKY: Make hyacinth and tulip beds
in March. Better have made the plant
last fall, but March will do. Put‘bulbs
in rich ground and dry, six inches deep.
Same for alllilies.

HOTSPUR: The‘ various trade sizes of
paper are rather numerous for us to
mention, with their inch measurement.
“Folio Post ” is.17 x 22 inches, and
“ double cap ” 17 x 28..

S. S. H.: Sign your letters by your own
name—Sarah Semmes Hollton~or, Mrs.
John D. -Hollton. Either form is both
correct and permissible.
preferable on your calling cards. .-

F. L. T.: Have no statistics as to num-
bers of Odd Fellows and Lodges in New
York State. It is not true that the Odd
Fellows or Masons vote as they are dl~
rected by the Masters.
untruth.

ELLA F. D.: Would suggest Hill's
" Elements of Rhetoric." Others are

laws of Verse and, rhythm, and inform us»
to the various kinds of verse. Yes. you
can readily study, rhetoric at home. v

Novels " started in 1860. All were Writ-
ten by noted authors and were uniformly
fine stories. Much of the best fiction or
romance of that time was in the series.
Yes, they ,now are wholly, out of print.

CANTONESE: As people differ so much it
is not possible to fix the age proper to
marry. Many women are quite mature
at‘ 16; some do not mature until 20. or
even later; so there really can be no
rule or law to regulate the matter.»

EVER E. J.: No Congress makes rules
for another. This present; Congress is the
54th. It expires on the night of March
3d" It cannot extend anything into the
55th Congress. If there is an extra ses-
sion it will be of the 55th Congress.

MRs. PRINCE P.. All States make their
own law as to divorce. They differ great-
ly. There is no Federal law on the sub-
ject The new States haVe made lax
laws and divorce easy merely as a mat-
ter of business—to call people there and
give lawyers, courts, and hotels custom.
It is a sorry business.

ALBERT DINSMORE: The weight of the
five-cent (nickel) piece is 77.16 grains;
copper, .75; nickel, .25; value, five cents.
The deviation of weight allowed in coin-
age, 3 grains. Deviation allowed in met—
al, 2.5 per cent. of nickel. Neither nickel
nor copper can be called precious metal,
for both are so common and cheap as to
be classed with iron and lead. '

TRAPPER: All kinds of tra in 'alon
the shores of Lakes Mlchiganpifndgfluron‘.
in Michigan, long since ceased to be
profitable. Even hunting there is poor.
Some trapping is still done in the North
Woods of Wisconsin, around Green Bay
and along the tributary streams, but
hunting and trapping-as a» business is a.
£001; occupation save ln'the far North-

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Tnxvnnsn BEND: General McClellan
was superseded by the appointment oil
General Burnside, November 5. 1862; Gen-
eral Burnside was superseded by the ap—
pointment of General Hooker, January
.0, 186.1; General Hooker was superseded
by the appointment of General Meade,
June 27, 1863 General Grant was made
commander-in-chlef March 3, 1864, and
then assumed the conduct of affairs in
Virginia.

Lovnn: You can order such a ring from
any responsible jeweler’s. Send to Tit-
fany the required size and the design,
and you will probably be well suited.
The gems that you would need are Chry—
soberyl (a pale transparent green) or
White Chalcedony, Amethyst or Agate.
Rubies, Idocrase, (yellowish or brownish.
and transparent, and Emerald.»~At any
time that they and their friends may
agree upon as mutually agreeable and
convenient~from six weeks to a year.
We do not believe in very long engage-
ments where they can be avoided. ’

IDA GERMAINE: We would not v
you to seek the stage as a profgsgiégio.
Your mother is quite right in opposing
your Joining amateur theatrical socie-
ties, if your tendencies are of so decided
a nature. If you are “ quite resolved to
lead a public life," there are choices that
you can make, asxde from the perilous
and always exacting, anxious one of an
actress. Nor must you dream that you
would find such a life only a. rose-strewn
pathway. Your own idea of your talents
may better more flattering than that of
the critics who know what will take with
the public; and, in any case, you would
have to commence with the mere drudg—
ery of the art, and probably endure a
large amount of toll and hardship before
you would even gain a tolerable support.
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