THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : NOVEMBER 21. 1880. TWtiLVE PAGES.
THE OPERA IN OT YORK ,
The Banners of "American" Warblers Hnng
on the Lro.idw.xy Walls.
THE CHANGES OF RECENT YEARS
The ! Display of Wealth nnd Shoddy
Aristocracy n Show In Mscll
General Adam Iladcnu'r *
UP view or Music nnil
ttH PntroiiH.
Ni.w YOUK , Nov. 18. ICorrcspomlonno
Of the HKJ..J Now York is hardly New
York without the opera. More even than
in London or Paris the opera is hero the
outward nnd visible sign of fashion and
prosperity.
TIII : KI\V : MKTitoi-ot.irAN UI-KHA
has linally vanquished Us rival ; the an
cient abode of music ami society is do-
Kortedj the elder temple is given over to
itinoranfartlsU nnd ruined companies.
Not only the Italian opera is hoard no
more al Irving Phico.but even the plucky
Mrs. Thurber , at tlm head of the Ameri
can cohorts , hangs out her banner on the
Broadway walls.
The new house is the roprosontntivn/n
a new regime. With its display and its
color , Us array of exclusive tioxcs Idled
with people of wealth and mimes known
at least to the newspapers , its diamonds
and full dre-s , 11 makes a pageant quite
as showy as any on the stage , and quite
as often receiv.ng notice from critics and
public. As many in the parquet go to see
the audience as the play. The lookers on
arc looking upward half the i-vomng.
To one who has lived out of New \ ork
for n quarter of a century the change in
the people and the play houses is very
striking.
rwKvrv-nvn VIAIIS : A < IO
I knew at least two out of every three of
the people one wanted to know in jNow
York. But Hie world has grown lartrer
and ditl'orent since. Hundreds of my no-
qiminlauees of oilier days are dead ; and
of those who survive some have grown
gray or grouty , or stout , or lame ; some
have lost fortune or families ; niaiiv ot
course have married , and the belles 1 ad
mired so long ago are chaperones and
dowagers now. I asked the other night
who was thai ( 'harming woman I saw
across the house. "That is the married
daughter of vonr old llame , Lucy I' :
don't yon roinomber her wedding before
the war ? ) ' The last lime 1 saw that
charming woman , she was in lout ;
clothes , tinil I held her in my arms. She
will bo an English peeress some day.
1'wetit ' a year or two ago teA
A HAM. AT Mil ! " . AhTOIt's ;
it was my lirst party in Ne\y York in a
decade and a half ; and 1 said to myself ,
"Now , 1 shall see all my old friends ; for
this is a house to which every one goes
who is asked. ' ' I entered tlie picture
gallery where the cotillon was danced ,
but not one of Ihe walf/crs could I recog
nize. Once I should have known nearly
all. Finally I discovered two or three
whom I remembered , and was going up
to renew the acquaintance ; when I sud
denly hulliought mo is was twenty years
since 1 had met those budding beauties ;
how could they possibly look so yoniiH
after ull this while. It was the daughter
who recalled to mo the mother I had once
admired. J left the ballroom and strolled
into the other apartments where the
older company eongrogalod ; and Ihcre
among llio gray-haired dumos and cor
pulent gentlemen by degrees I found myself -
self nl home. These ore the fresh girls
and robnpl .youths whom I had left be
hind. These faded charms , these
matronly forms , or withered
shanks and grizzly beards were
the remains of the beauty and grace , the
youth and girlhood of twenty-live years
ago. As 1 looked I wondered what
changes they must have seen in mo ; for
some ga/ed curiously before the recol
lected mo , and others quizzically after
wards : some were sad , and some would
not believe it was 1 at all. To these per
haps I recalled painful memories of what
they had lost in the interval ; to others 1
renewed the fancies that never had been
realized. It is different when wo grow
older together ; we do not notice then tin
jradual ohougcs that timc-or disease 01
fortune or circumstance mark on form
nnd feature from day to day ; but when
Home ono returns whom you know before
1800 , this ghost of other days in his trans
formation tolls yon of your own. If you
, who have remained see all lids in tin :
.wanderer , what must it be to him who ru-
turns and finds the houses ho once fro
quwiited filled with other faces , the old
ones changed , the young ones all um
known.
Hula Irnco to sadness. 1 began to wrik
about the opera ;
THK NIJW Ol'KIlA AN1 > THE NEW 1'KOJ'I.K
and to tell how it all slrikosan American
who has lived in other societies and been
a frequenter of other opera houses. This
honso is as line in interior oiled as any in
the world : the women are as handsome
and us well dressed ; the show in the an-
dicneo as good as any abroad. No one
could teh that all these democrats who
Btill smell of 'the ' people from whom th ! .y
Bprang last year , or of the shop thai was
the source of their jewels and brocades-
nobody would know from looking thai
they were not-real aristocrats. Princes ol
the blood don't dress any liner or belmyt
nny better than those sons and wives anil
daughters of brokers and businessmen ,
editors and , railroad presidents ; patent
medicines , steamboats , standard oil , Cal
Ifornia and isinglass , groceries and tin
China trade , all are represented ; and 1
have seen at more than ODD palace a >
well ns playhouse in Europe people ol
llio bluest blood and oldest name whc
carried themselves no more proudly am1
bore their bodies no moro seemly. For
TIIK MVTII AllUl.'T ' AlllsTOI'lt.U'V
ohonld bo exploded. U is simply whal
tho.se who were in once said to those whc
Tvuro out ; what those who have still saj
to those who have not. It is like the km ;
in the story who was told ho wore a su
Verb garment which no one could sot
who was nut nobly born. Ho rode in llu
Btroots stark naked , and ever so cold , bin
everybody cried out at the uoauty of hi :
robes , Thoy-did not dare to own thoii
blindness , lest their origin should bo dis
closed , Thu poor king himself wtu
afraid to say diow ho shivered. He migli
low ) his crown. Finally a little boy in tin
Btroots. who had nothing to lose , crici
qnt ! "Why. tlio king is miked ! " and thoi
everybody agreed , I am the little boy ii
the btrocts. 1 tell you the kings are al
naked , and tluv aristocrats too. I havt
soon thorn. They are no better than yoi
and I. When wo have line clothes wi
look quite as line. Moralizing again
nnd at the opera !
Well , I was btriiek with the beauty am
distinction of all these
LOW 110IIN AIIISTOCIIATS ;
nnd I was proud of it. Why should wi
not have our libro d'oro ' as well as llu
Vouitiau inert-hauls who married moil
urchs ; ( .the Medics were apothecaries )
or thu Dutch republicans who kept am
bussadors , th.nigh these represent tin
persons of sovereigns. The only thiiifi
is that our aristocracy will upo the for
eign ones ; it must Imvo coats of-urms ti
which it is not entitled , and which if i
were , it bhmild discard ; it will talk of oh
families , when everybody knows whicl
of the very oldest families are descondo (
.from bakers nnd which from market gardeners
donors ; and that the recent ones , who art
jusi as well bred , just as highly educator
often as any , arc fresh from tholiip-boan
or the ntabie , the shop , or tlm servants
hull ( ( icnoral Wool , who wus second litho
the old army , once waited at the tabli
behind the gentlemen with whom after
ward lie dined. ) Yo.u may lind those' .
t-ilknfm ry ntjjht nt the opcrn , none
t.io wor :1 : for tli-'lr origin , only for
the pretence of n diTerent one ; and as no
European aristocrat recognizes any
American aristocracy , oven two genera-
lions old , why should wo trouble our
selves to claim what we can never attain ,
whal is no way better than we already
possess ; especially when we have eveiy
other good , am ! can make those whom
wo envy and imitate admit our equality.
For there is not an aristocrat in Kuropo
but will confess the power and wealth
and luxury , and when they have soon It ,
the breeding of the Amerinau democracy ;
but they will not admit thai we are aris
tocrats. If we w'ere wise , even in a social
way , no American would over , under any
circumstances , admit aristocracy. If
American fashionables would say to Mug-
lish and other aristocrats : "We are what
our institutions proclaim , " they would
allow what thev deny when we sue under
false pretenses and borrowed clothes ,
and stolen coats of arms. For these ap
preciate reality , and power , and success ,
lint despise shams , as everybody else
does thai is worth anything. Bui
TiiKot'KttA , TIUOI'IUA : : !
Let me try once moro. The old opera
was Italian , Ibis is German. The old was
inn&io , this is drama ; the old was song ,
this l.s declamation ; ' .ho old was melody ,
this is harmony ; the old was art , this is
science ; the old was exquisite , this Is
learned. The old was delicious , sweet ,
pus.sionato. lyric. It was ( Jfisi , Marie ,
Snlvi , Bettlni , La Crange , Bosio , Sontag ,
Badiall , Maritd , Patti ; human beings ,
flesh and blood , personalities , not swans ,
nor Venusos nor Volkyrs. And they tell
us we had no music in those days ! The
people who lived and admired and lis
tened and foil then in F.urouo and Amer
ica were ignorant , uncultivated , stolid ,
common-place , by comparison with those
who prefer the l noon of Sheha and the
Moistorsinger. There was no one befoio
Wagner. Opera was not opera then ;
IIIIIMC was not music. Nobody was cul
tivated or rollncd or educated until the
Metropolitan opera house was opened.
All the great and gracious of every clime ,
who listened to Donizetti and Bellini and
Mo/.art and Verdi and Meyerbeer
( leorge Sand , Thaokoruy , Jules Janin ,
for instance and their contemporaries :
knew nothing of music or passion of life
or art. Buolhovon was only a pioneer ,
( loulho and Gluek were not geniuses because -
cause they never heard Parsifal. Pshaw !
THIS CIlA/.i : WILL I'ASS AWAY.
There is a line show , there is a great
deal of niuguiliccnt sound and fury , there
is a great ( leal of harmony and science ;
but there is no music greater than we
have heard before. There is no more
subtle embodiment ot human feeling , no
grander utterance of human emotion , no
Miblimcr inspiration of human hope , no
diviner solace ot human sulloring than
tlie other masters gave us In other years. .
Surely Wagner is great in his way ; ami
the world is better for his existence but
he has not made them altogether things
of the past. There are things be cannot
do thai they have doiio. Does anybody
suppose that if Wagner could bavo
written melody he would not have given
it to nsV As well tell me thai Tennyson
would not have written Hamlet had it
boon in his power. Then Wagner is not
of the greatest because it requires
education , culture , learning , to appre
ciate him. Hut the greatest things in art
or literature apneal to the unlearned as
well as the learned ; the greatest actors
move the galleries as well as thu boxes.
Thu htirily gurdies are a witness of
genius , and yet it is th < . common reproach
preach of tiie older masters to-day , that
the Imrdy gurdies nlay them and t lie com
mon people like tlicm. The line people
\vill yol conic back to melody ami pas-
hion put into voice and sound. This
fashion will have its day.
For fashions are common in literature
and art as well as in dress , and Wagner
will go down like bangs and high bon
nets , to conic up again and take his legit
imate place among , but not at , the head
of. the great musicians of the world.
As fur as New York goes , hit is the
merest of fashions. The richest stock
holders cannot pronounce without appeal
on aslhelics or art. The lincst diamonds
ami largest boxes have no elTeet upon
permanent fame.
NK1TIIKK VANIM5HBH.T NOU f.OULI )
with all his millions can add one cubit to
his own stature , much IUKS to Wagner's.
They may provide scenery and orchestra
such as America has never known before ;
superb mounting , admirable perform
ances , fashionable audiences , but all this
does not make Wagner greater than Mo
zart. Give poor Lucia and Norma the
same mounting , the same orchestra , and
the same stamp of fashion and the world
would run after them again as it did be
fore. I venture lo say iballhc Iruelover ?
of music , not born hf Germany , thu truu
critics of the stage who have lived louy
enough to remember , had a profoundci
emotion , moro exquisite pleasure , an
equally rclincd appreciation when they
saw and heard Grisi and Marie in tin ;
"Lucrutia Borgia" for instance , or Bosic
and Salvi in even "Lucia di Lanunur-
mooi , " or La Grange and Formes in tin
third act of the "Huguenots , " than tho.v
over received from from anything thai
Wagner wrote or the robust people at tin
Metropolitan performed.
I went as a boy to the last perform
ance of
JENNY I.INl > IN AMIIUIt'A.
I had heard little great nuiiit then , but 1
accompanied an old aunt whose memories
went back lo Mo/arl himself. I was ol
course enranturcd with the Swedish
nightingale , and as she dropped out the
liquid notes ot "Casta Diva" or the "Echc
Song , " I could hardlv speak in my young
cestaey ; bill my old aunt tin nod to ino tu
1 sal entranced , and said"You : should
have heard Muhbran , " I suppose my
youthful readers will think I am like m\
aunt , ami can only remember Grisi whcil
they talk of Wagner and Lehman.
But they may go to-night and lioai
Pattl , and loll mo atterward whether the
music that I talk about is not a good
thing. Tlm other things , 1 repeat , arc
also goodthu combination ol clothe.
and sclonic oll'oct , the dramatic result ,
above all the orchestral harmonies ; bin
"because than ait virtuous , dost then
think there- shall bo no moro cakes am !
nluv"
A descendant of Canning once told nu
tliat when the fashion of dry wiuu wa
first introduced into Kngland , her famoiu
grandfather declared ; "Tho man whc
.says ho likes dry champagne , lies. " The
mot may bo known to omo of my read
ers , and it tolls perhaps against mo , foi
dry champagne is accepted ; but it h.-.i
not supplanted Bordeaux or Burgundy ,
even in Knghnd ,
General Sherman , whom I met at tin
\\alkuroon Wednesday , made mu think
of ( banning. When 'wo talked tibou
Wagner , 1 asked the great warrior if a
least ho did not admire the scene in
which Siegmuiid draws the magio sword
but tbu general replied , thinking , 1 sup
pose , of Atlanta and Shiloh : "I nevoi
know a soldier to sing when lie drew hit
sword. " ADAM BADKAU.
Matrimony Cieoirrnpfiicnlly Declined
"Bob , where is the state of matri
monyy"
"It is ono of the United Slates , It if
bounded by hugging and kissing on om
side , and cradles and babies on the other
Its chief products are population , broom
sticks and staying out o' nights. It was
discovered by Adam and Kvo while trying
to tiuU the northwest passage out of Var-
adise. Thu climate is rather sultry till
you nass the tropics of housekeeping
when squally weather commonly sets in
with snlllciont power lo keep all hands
cool us cucumbers. For the principal
roads loading to this interesting State
consult thu first pair of blue eyes you rim
against. "
FKOMfJKO. W. NOWLIN , OUEKN-
F1KLD , TKNN , Dr. J. II. MeLean'sTai
Wine Lung Balm , gives the highest satis
faction bore. Plea o ship us six 'dozen at
, oncO | wo are out and liayo calls daily.
THE WIDOW HAfflERSLEY ,
The Most Beautiful Woman in New York
Fashionable Society.
A BIG CATCH FOR SOME FELLOW.
A Woman In Orent Ijiick Opera AH
Helicon II tali-Ton oil Churl I y
For Ijadlcs Only.
Clarn Hollc' . i Contribution to tlio Hoe.
Is'uw YOUK , Nov. 18. [ Correspondence
of the HKK. ] It may seem : i rashly
sweeping and conclusive assertion , but I
am conscientiously going to make it.
The most beautiful woman in New York
fashionable society is
Till : WIDOW HAMMUHSUIV.
All the other belles commonly men
tioned as beauties arc merely pretty , and
Ihelr physical equals could bo casually
encountered in a half-mile stroll on
Broadway. But Mrs. Louis 0. Hammers-
ley has conic forth nt tlie opening of tiic
present season as a specimen of perfect
loveliness. It is true that she is the pos
sessor of moro than two millions ot dollars
lars In her own clear right , but 1 try to
prevent that from prejudicing me against
her. Nor do 1 perceive that on grand
opera nights the beaux admire her less
or the other women hate her more , on
account of bur immense wealth. She is
practically a debutante. 1'or live years
she was tins vile of a highly eccentric
young Croesus , who marrfed her for her
loveliness , adored tier desperately , wrote
verses incessantly in her praise , and
willed her all his property. She was born
at Troy , N. Y. , twenty-six years ago. Her
father was Commodore Prieo.of the United
States navy , and although her family
had only his pay to live on , they did so
in marked rolinement. and were figures
in the pretentious circles of local society.
Lillie Price irrew early into a beauty of
the queenly type. She was tall , erect.
with regular features , sweet facial
expression , and positively regu
lar manners of urbane lint digul-
lied courtesy. She disregarded the
wooing of Trojans , and ilcame to be un
derstood among her acquaintances that
nothing short ol millionaireism would
recommend any man to her favorable
consideration as a husband. In the odd
Louis C. Ilammerslcy she found this
qualification. He was
A sixm'i.Ait CHAKA TIK : ,
an object at once of respect and ridicule.
His .appearance was naturally singular.
and he heightened it by quaint costum
ing. He was all the while doing queer
things. Hut in his behavior was ever-
polite , his morals excellent and his dis
position kind. Did Ids bride love him ?
Nobody knows. She was a robust , faith
ful wife at all events.
The Widow Hammersley's period of
conventional mourning bus now expired ,
and she his appeared at the opera as the
acknowledged
QI'IIKN OF HKAtrrV.
Even the most envious do not think of
questioning her supremacy. Hut she
docs not let the general admiration de
pend alone on her perfection of face and
form. Her costumes are wonders of ar
tistic construction , and she has not yet
worn ono of them twice. Her jewels ,
have thus tar been changed every night.
1 do not recall an instance of costlier or
more elaborate toilet preparation for a
social season in New York by any belle ,
and if she carries through the win
ter's succession of balls , receptions and
dinners the policy which she has thus far
pursued at the opera , she will by spring
become the most celebrated woman in
America. She lias evidently gone in for
a great triumph. She is the owner of u
box , and its tiny parlor at tlie rear is
superbly furnished. The walls arc freshly
hung with rare llowers.and an elaborately
carved combination of sideboard and ice
box yields wines to her guests between
acts. That she is courted and adulated
needs not to be said. She" is the most in
teresting personage in the nousc , not ex
cepting the foremost singer on the stage.
The opera audiences are
ct.'uiors smuEcrs FOR STUDV.
What struck me , while sketching the
Widow Hannnorsloy on the sly , was that
somn of the daughters of wealth , denied
beauty , were seckiiifj ; to earn by exertion
the distinction winch she got without
ollbrt. That is to say , they endeavored
by irregularity of costume , or idiosyn
crasy of demeanor , to fix masculine at
tention. Often they succeeded. In one
ins iiiinn it was done by an odd arrange
ment of the hair , after the manner of
this scare-wigs of the minstrels ; in an
other the theatrical poses of a Juliet lop
pmg _ over her balcony rail wore prac
ticed over the box's front ; in numerous
cases audaciously vivacious conversation
served tlie purpose. Mr. August Belmont -
mont is a shrewd observer and humorous
commentator of these scenes.
"That young lady , " he remarked ,
meaning a girl who was holding a group
of fellows in her box parlor the door of
which gave an open view to all passersby -
by mixing drinks for them in a pretty
travesty of barkeoping , "reminds me of
a female gymnast whom I once know of.
Both won by strangely doing common
acts. This ono piques curiosity by pre
senting a barkeeper in the form of a
dainty belle. The other was a young cir
cus performer.
SIIK Tlllir.W KUl'-ri.Al'S
in' the sawdiijt ring , and didn't command
much notice. Then she transferred her
self to u theatrical stage , as a ligure in a
pantomimic struggle. . There , in the
long-skirted costume of a fashionable
belle , she turned the same old flip-flaps ,
but to tremendous applause and admira
tion. For a fact , there was less impro
priety in it for she was fully enveloped.
while before she had worn professional
sklrtlessness but the oddity won. In
society , too , the Ilip-llappers sometimes
succeed , "
son.vi , Kidntr.s.
A remarkably pretty young woman was
considerably admired at the charity ball
of 1831. She was a graceful brunette ,
with a good air , and she hail a quiet de
portment. This ball , as yon doubtless
know , has long been a distinctively mod
ish a Hair , with much ado as to its exclu
sive character. Therefore , when the ad
miration of the ft ranger led to enquiries ,
and the dandies from tlm avenue learned
that she kept a boarding house , they no
longer sought her hand In the wait/ .
Betore the night was over , a detective
idontilicd her as the wife of
Charles Billiard , alias Piano Char
ley , n professional thiot , and
she was requested to go out. She has
now come into notoriety as the heiress of
seven millions from Juen Petro Terry , a
Cuban planter ; and 1 am not going to
rehearse the facts , for yon have already
had them in print ; but what 1 wonder is
what she will do with her immense for
tune , On being ejected from the charily
ball , as I am told by a committcomaii ,
she cried angrily : "If 1 had a million I'd
bo welcome at this ball , or any other hall
in Now York. 1 could walk into John
Jacob Astor's parlor if I had five mil
lions,11 Well , she will soon have seven ;
and of course shu can't buy entry into
good society with It ; but if 'oho doesn't
show us some extraordinary things in
showy luxury then I shall be disap
pointed.
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lllCHTONKD CHA1I1TV.
An exquisitely fashionable thing hero
in Now York is a charity to the good
graces which "ordinary people" nre not
admitted ; an institution for the relief of
"ladles only" to the exclusion of women
who are not "ladies. " It has opened clu-
g'tmt hotu.lquarters on Fifth avenue , near
thy Astor residency. ' Thu words .quoted
nro used b\ the prdi ( Jt.rs of the cn'or- '
itnso to imlieato boundaries of their
benevolence As one of ttlic managers
said to mo , "Ordinary people have ave
nues for cmploymcnt-iti which thoj mil-
ui'iilly lind work , but reduced ladies are
nl a great disadvantage in attempting to
earn n living atid it is to assist these
latter that this society is established. The
writer had called to learn how the line
was drawn between "ladies" or "gentle-
women in reduced circumstances , " unit
"not ladies , " to make uso-of ttio formula
of logic. Apparently it had never oc
curred to her that there might , be a possi
bility of confounding the classes ; tlie
question was so altogether novel that it
had to lie put in several forms before she
comprehended its fundamental meaning.
Then it wasdemonstratcd'Thal : servants
were not ladles , of course ( invincible
argument ) ; that "ordinary womon"could |
not be ladles ; that is , women who had
been accustomed to work lor a living in
shops and factories ; that women who had
always been poor ( born in reduced cir
cumstances presumably ) , could not hope
for aid in tlieexehaiige ; from all of which
it seemed to follow that the real distinc
tion between "ladies" and "not ladles"
consisted in the respective habits of not
earning and earning a living. "Hut , " to
come at last to tlie language of the mana
ger , "the responsibility for determining
who arc proper subjects ( i. o. ; ladies ) for
assistance , rests with the members and
managers of the exchange jndivid-
ually. In such an association of
such ladies it may bo granted , t suppose ,
that no mistakes in the way of perfect
discrimination are made. ( That is a
lad v may bo depended on to recogni/.o a
lady instinctively. ) The system is this :
each manager buys one or more tickets
at ! ? . " a piece , each ticket entitling three
person to the privilege of consigning ur-
tides to the exchange. The manager
then disposes of the ticket as ho sees lit ;
she may have among her acquaintances
One or inore reduced ladies to whom she
presents the ticket , or such gentle
women may bo recommended to her by
persons competonl to judge whether they
are worthy or not. The linal holder of
the ticket then has the privilege of eon-
signing goods to us for sale. We have
several department ? , you know , needlework -
work of all kinds , patented work of all
kinds , embroidery , brie a brae , old furni
ture , eotlec and cake , etc.
A UKOIH'KI ) LA1 > V
who lias any of th(5so ( articles , or makes
any of them in the various departments ,
and holds ono ot our liekets , can bring
die goods to us. Wo mark : i price anil
display them , and when they are sold we
turn I no money over to the consignor ,
less ten per cent , which we retain to pay
for the running cxpensesof the exchange.
In addition to the reduced ladles who
hold tickets as gifts from the managers
are many who purchase their own privi
lege. It is to them a business in
vestment like the buying of space
at a fair or desk room in an ollico.
Of course we do not sell such
tickets broadcast ; the purchaser may be
recommended and vouched for by some
manager or responsible lady known to
ns. And there is one feature of the ex
change that perhaps ordinary people
would not appreciate ; the identity ot the
consignors is not disclosed to 'the cus
tomers. Kvcn the clunkbiirtiid executive
pHicers deal with them ( through the in
itials only. So a rodncdll lady is com
pelled to sull'er none't'ofUhe annoying
publicity to which peopliutire subjected
elsewhere in .seeking employment or dis
posing of work. "
TUB K
occupies two floors of. 1hc building on
Filth avenue. The lirsbflloor above the
street is devoted to the ulistilay and sale
of noodle and art worki , It is very at
tractive in nppcaraiiM-- like a depart
ment in a church fan- , where artistic
ladies have charge. Boiow-is the room
for pastry , old f urnitnra and bric-a-brac.
This is as attractive as antique mahogany.
ancient blue chairs , and : the freshest , of
nice cakes , pies , picUlesrnnil preserves
can make it.A couple- lunch tables
are spread from noon until ! ! , this being
the latest improvement in the exchange.
It is designed to make it a
comfortable meeting place for la
dies. where they may feel free
to sit down a few minutes conversation ,
Among the artichjs in tlie room was an
pld-fasliioiied mahogany sidebooard bear
ing a complete service of rare bine china
upon its shelves. The writer suggested
that this might have a story back of it ,
some unfortunate huiv in reduced cir
cumstnnccs compelled to part with an
lioirloom , perhaps , or presenting for sale
one of the luxuries of her better times.
"I don't know. ' ' mused the lad.y
manager : "It may bo ; I often wonder
how some of the consignors comt
into possession of the articles
they bring here. Tt would seem
strange that poor people should
spend their little money for snub things :
Imt , there is a constant demand for an
tique goods , so perhaps the reduced la
dies buy them at a bargain as a biisinos'
investment and place them hero to bu
sold at a prolit. . "
"Do women who are not ladies cvci
try in consign their goods 10 you y"
"We don't take consignments from
such. "
"But do they try to deceive yon ? "
"Verv seldom ; they seem to knmv thai
wo are strict , and they make little oflbrl
to get the privilges " of the society undoi
false pretences. CI.AKA BKI.I.K.
PKPL'KUMJNT DUOI'S.
Sweet iinino-n beehive.
Biirlosquo opera will ho roimdo this winter
A chestnut hell The telephone anmmcl
ator ,
A tiiir Is the only thin ; ; tlmt has Its tnws ho
hind.
The obltiiitry column Is full of the lust su ;
writes.
PnkiT Is tlie popular rauio In Ciilcnco a' '
piosent. The city bristles with it
( ienmimo is rapidly Icarnlnir to play polcer
At last thcitrmy luialdm jiiat wlieio it want ;
him.
him.When
When an old maid gets married the cronin
should ring the chcstu at hullo. There's lie
joke In nuroiiij , ' mi old maid ,
The Phrenological Journal says : "In
'
dioosliii ; a wife bo novornod by no'r chin , '
A man Is apt to bo uovcnu'd by the sunn
tliliiL' after ho ( 'c-ts a wife.
It was nrotty nearly half-nast eleven o'clocli
when ho tioiran to slii } ; "How Can 1 lxav ; (
Thou" to his best tiil. Pretty soon her pnpn
eaino down stairs and ho lound out how easj
It was.
I'runk .lames , the Missouri bandit , K.IVO II
out some tune a o that hevns icolm , ' to re
form nnd lead tlolifoof | a ircpectidilcdtl/.cii
but 11 rejioi t has just coiuo in t'jat liu jieddln
tickets all day at the pulls in Independence ,
Mo.
Mo.A
A carpet tradn pupor tolls n story of a per
spiring hak'smau who ( ouuied to bo unabli
t .suit a lady after unrolling mllns of lib
slock.Vlion tlm lady rumnrlcvd to her coin
p.inlon : "Jiaby likas to seoJihiiiroll them cm
and It s not Hum 10 take the train yet , " hi
Ktivo it up.
A Kont'eiuan stopping onotuvoiilni : at s
country hotel said to the maid servant win
waited upon him , and who scouted nearly ox
Imustcd with the rationing Uutlesof her situ
alien , "I Inivoiio doubt , " sul the. "biityoi
enjoy your bid when you pet Into It. " ' 'In
deed , no. sir , " she replied , ' 'lor.ns hoon as 1
llodowa al nlKht I am fs t. asleep , nnd a :
soon as 1 waku in the mumlm ; 1 am obllei
to u'ct up. so that 1 have no enjoyment hi m\
bed at all. "
Another Clianco for That
Follow.
Kentucky State Journal : "iMiwat the
divil is nil this talk about that Now York
irirrnl they calls the ( Joddess. ot Liberty * "
asked Airs. O'Kauorty of her next ifooi
neighbor.
"I suppose it's wau av those porlos-
sional beauties that's come over hero ,
Mrs. O'Hallerty. "
"Vis , an1 they makes her a goddess ,
'
The first Ihing'shc knows that dubhardt
felly will bo after her the same'as he WHS
after thai Langerty woman. J declare to
gracious , scandal takes betthur in this
eounthry Hum any.thin' Use. "
GREAT EVENTS IS BOSTON ,
President Cleveland's ' Visit to tbo Hub
and His Hearty Rccoptiau.
DRAMATIC KINGS AND QUEENS.
\\HHOII Um-rctt , Adonis Dl.vcy , ntul the
< ronl I'ntti , Hooked for a Season
litlicrntlty of llostoiilnns A
l'i-e niletitlul ) oko.
BtiMON' , Nov. 17. [ ( . 'orrespondoncc of
the Bii- : ; ] Laying aside : ill party prejudice -
dice anil uncharitable narrowness , it
must bo admitted that President Cleve
land's first visit to lloslon xv.is a most
plea ant one. That it was thoroughly
enjoyed by the people of Boston and vi
cinity tliero ran bo no doubt ; and If the.
.same Is not true of the president and his
pretty wife , they must indeed be vcri
clever iiuturs. Their reception hero was
such a one as only Boston people can
give when tliey once get aroused , which
is not vury often. It it very .seldom ( hat
a real bine-blooded conservative evinces
any enthusiasm , but when ho is onee
stirred up you may know that it means
.something. We take it that by this time
Tin : I'KKsniKsr
is { pretty well used to the booming of
e.anmm and the shouts ot the multitude ,
and all this sort of thing ' 'as ' ' "Si its
uharm to him. Hut the ellVet on ( lie
youthful collegians in ( 'ambridgo was
somewhat dillerent. It was with dillirnl-
ty that the picturesque Lancets force' )
their way through tlie mass of excited
Immunity whieli thronged Harvard street
on the morning of Mr. Cleveland's visit ;
but when tlm four prancing grays whieli
drew Ids carriage stepped Into the gate
way of the college imadranirlc. enthusi
asm seemed to outdo itself. The bells of
( he city pealed forth their merriest , the
cunnon thundered on Ca.ubridgo common
ns they have not done since the ( toys of
Washington , and a thousand
SONS OK MAUVAItl )
yelled a hearty "three times three. "
\Vhat : in inspiration it must have been to
the ambitions undergraduate , to see the
chief magistrate of the nation and of the
commonwealth , the presidents of till the
principal American colleges , ambassabors
from I'.urop'j , and such men as Oliver
Wendell Homes , James Russell Lowell ,
George Bancroft , and Senator Hoar ,
marching arm in arm toSanders' theater
to atteuuone of the most literary and
dignified meetings of a century. Hut
tliero is another view of the situation
which shows that the male dignitaries
were not the only
LIONS OK TI1K ( KVAMON.
It is safe to say thru the crowd was as cu
rious to get a view of the president's
charminjr wife as of his excellency him
self , and the crowd of shivering souls
which stood for two hours and a half
about the doors of the theater to eutoh a
glimpse of her , was soinctniug prodigi
ous.
*
* *
NEW KNCI.AM ) TIIKUT
is proverbial. Notldmr is more unchar
itable , however , than"to insinuate , as
New York papers are accustomed to do ,
that with this'thrift there is scattered r.
generous amount of natural stinginess.
Nothing could be more grossly false.
It is true that Boston reserve and its at
tendant qualities are often mistaken by
rushing New Yorkers for parsimony. Jt
is also true that if the so-called hospital
ity whieli is so often practised upon
country merchants and the like in i > ew
York , were tried upon a Hoston man , he
would immediately "drop" to the fact
that he was being 'worked for a lish. ' '
In charity to the metropolis 1 shall not
mention the comparatively small amount
which that city has given to the Charles
ton sufferers , but beg leave to mention
that the chairman of the Boston relief
committee has received a receipt for the
handsome sum of $100,000 from Mayor.
Courteuay of Charleston. "And now. "
says Mayor Courtenay , "will you let say
to the people of Hoston how deeply
touched is tins community , not only a't
the liberality of their gifts , but also the
considerate and thoughtful manner of
their giving.
"Writing as I do in the shadow of our
great calamity , feeling the heavy burden
we all have to bear , realizing the many
difficulties we as a city must overcome ,
wo feel stronger for oiir work by the con
sciousness that we have Boston s sympa
thy and support. May a kind Providence
favor and bless your noble city and people
ple through all time ! "
* *
*
TIIKATF.lt ( iOKlIS
and lovers of music are beginning to have
their hands full as the season goes on
The three "proper" theaters of the city
are the Globe , the Bost-m and the Holiis
street. The Park and the Bijou come
next , while tint Howard and the Windsor
supply the wants of still cheaper patrons.
The cosy little Bijou has taken a very
marked step downwurd within a your ,
At the Glebe Mr. Wilson Barrett has
made a decided hit. Ho is indeed a forc
ible and talented actor , young , educated
and handsome. His Hamlet is entirely
dillerent from Booth's and many like it
better. He nortruys Hamlet as a school
boy of eighteen instead of a man of
thirty and gives his reasons for so doing.
His Olaudian is novel and strong ; his
Clito , which lie produced last week for
the first lime in America , although it is
jilaycd in a most rclincd and nnsuggch-
tivn manner , savors pretty strongly of the
loose. Itoman times which it represents ,
Still it is beautifully tragic and shows
the qualities of Mr. Barrett's excellent
company to good advantage. The prin
cipal lady , Miss Kastlako , is one of the
cleverest actresses Boston has seen for
some time.
Mrs. Langtry i < playing at the Boston
as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons. " She
plays to big houses but him is received
coldly and with reserve and seems to owe
her popularity to tao fact that she is a
great beauty rather than a good actress.
Dixey is still drawing full houses at the
Holiis street as Adoii'n. It is well known
that Dixoy is a prominent member of the
masonic order in this city , and his mason
ic brothers have conspired to do him
great honor. On Thursday evening the
entire house has been purchased by the
nobles of the mystic shrine , AloppoTom-
tle , and members of vaiious masonic
lodges , and it is said that the red fez will
bo worn.
Theallair will bo an event of no little
significance in theatrical circles ,
*
* *
DIXUY'S lUNQL'ET TO WILSON IIAIIHr.TT ,
Speaking of theaters reminds mu that
hi.it night chronicled one of the most
sumptions feasts that has been given in
the Hub for some time. It was thn occa
sion of a banquet given by Mr. Dixoy to
Mr. Wilson Barrett , the great Knglihh
actor , whom wo have mentioned in this
letter. The marble columned banquet
hall of the Vcndonio had been changed
into a perfect paradise under the direc
tion of a skillful llorisl , and where imt
one week ago sat President C'lovoland and
his bride , "tho observed of all observers , "
were now arranged long tables most ex
travagantly and" sumptuously ladun for
the 107 tired actors who were to join Mr.
Dixoy in doing honor to the illustrious
Briton.
Wo can no moro than mention a few of
the features of tlm evening such as
speeches from Mr. Dixoy and Mr. Bar
rett and a poem by J. C. ( ioodwin , Mr.
Dixoy was most hospitably received by
Mr. Barrett in London , and tjhu link of
their friendship has been wcjdcd in a
most mc.iutifnl nnd lusting manner ,
*
*
OllC TJIANKsOJVINfJ
is to be Mirrouhdodf as it were , by I'utti
concerts. 'I li'is cell brat -d sing r \ 111 jrivo
two farewell concerts in Mnsie Hall next
week , ono on the evening before and the
other on the evening after Thanksgiving.
The second act of Semeramtdo will be
given on Wednesday evening and .the
garden oono from 1-aust on Friday. This
will bo a rare musical treat and nltlionsh
seats will cost $ .1 , ! ? I , and $ * > , crowded
houses are a foregone coiicltiilon.
*
The lirst thing a stranger criti/.ies in
Boston , especially if lids a westerner is
the evtreme crockoilni'M ami narrowness
of our streets , lie immediately concludes
That the buildings were put tip promis
cuously and the streets picked out I'.ftor-
wards , and indeed his conclusion is not
far from correct. The names of streets
are as capricious as the streets them-
selves. For instance , a street erovdug
Washington street is called Summer stioet
on one side of Washington and Winter
street on the other , when in reality they
are oiui and the same street. The same
is true of Klliottaml Kneel , and when it
crosses Trcmont , near Seollay Square ,
the buildings on one side of the street are
on Tr mont How and on the other side of
the saitR' street are called on Court street ,
Add to all this the extremely barbarous
way of having door numbers increiise
on one side of a street and decrease on the
other and you can form some idea of the
facility with which a stranger linds his
way in the city of culture.
A certain member of the board of al
dermen IniM become ( lie object of much
ridicule and a corresponding amount of
pity since he conceived and made known
the novel idea of taking out the show
windows of shops .uid constructing side
walks in their places along the front and
on tlie ground Moor of buildings. The
itlea is rather Chinese and I fear that it
"must go. " The labyrinthian streets ,
however , are only to be found in this old
part of the city. The Back Bay district
or fashionable purl of the city is beauti
fully laid out in broad avenues and lias
a more modern appearance.
Commonwealth avenue is the richest
and most aristocratic. On this is situated
the most noted of Boston's hostelrics , ( lie
Vemlome. And this reminds me of
Pro-blent Cleveland's joke while breakfasting -
fasting at the Vemlome. ( Pronounced
Vomlonie. French : vous save/ . )
Looking out. upon the. rich brown stone
mansions which adorn the avenue , and
being told that ils name was Comm >
wealth , his excellency remarked that as
name xyas inappropriate since it was
very evident that none but the iineoui-
monwcalthy could all'ord to live there.
This being a presidential joke must needs
be laughed at by every loyj-l American ,
ami will therefore be a good one to close
with. KUANSIIML. : : .
MTKItAHV NOTKS.
"From Meadow Sweet to Mistletoe" is
the title of a beautiful volume by Miss M.
A. Lathbury , artist-author of the "Seven
Little Maids , " "King-a-Honml-n-Kosy , "
etc. It consists of1(1 ( original designs
printed in photogravure , from theoiig-
inal Sepia drawings ; printed on extra
size , heavy drawing paper , with illustra
tive verses by the author. Inclosed in a
cover of unique design , printed colors
and gold. The price of this holiday book
is $2,5 ! ) . It comes from the. pre > s of the
Worlhmgion company. New York ,
which continues to maintain its reputa
tion for producing artistic and appro
priate American books for American
children.
The Century company has published
Frank II Stockton's story , "The Casting
Away of Mri. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine , "
in book iorm. The ocean adventures of
Mr. Craig and his two rather elderly
protegees is told with a simplicity , di
rectness and honest candor , that exhibits
a most delicate and sympathetic humor ,
by tlie presentation of a trio that acted
so natural , easy and unconcerned , in
time of danger. Their Hobinson Crusoe
existence as boarders on the lonely isle is
original and clever.
"How to Win" is a book for girls ,
written by Francis K. Willard , with an
introduction by Hose Kli/.abcth Cleve
land. Thn volume consists of talks to
girls on many subjects , with tlie intent
to render them more serious and con-
scions of their place in life by centering
their thoughts above the limc-killirtg in
ventions of society. Ideals in woman
hood and manhood are spoken of , and
tlie way in which these ideals may be
realized is presented. Bread-winniiig is
touched upon mil lightly. This UOOK is
published by Funk \i \ Wagnalls , New
York
'Must One Day. " by John Habberton , is
a very funny and amusing story , fully
equal to his "Helen's Babies , " being
truthful and told with spirit and humor.
It is a natural and amusing story of chil
dren in every-ilay life , and will amuse
and cheer all who read it , for it is full of
humor , is intensely real , and will in vari
ably move the reader to lanqhter. It is a
good book for every husband , wife , father
and mother to read , for it is tilled to the
brim with fun , frolic , and reality , r.ml
there is in it a sweet undercurrent of
pathos that lends a special charm to the
whole slor.t. All should read it. It is
published in uniform style with "Helen's
Babies , " price lifty coniy , by T , B. Peter
son & Brothers , Philadelphia.
Fords , Howard tfc lltilbcrt , New York ,
have ; just published an interesting volume ,
"The Volcano Under the City. " It is a
history of 'he riots in the metropolis in
180 ; ) . It is a long time since any writer
lias opened so strangely inlon.'sting a
crypt in American history. Tlie nation
al'large has pretty much forgotten if in
deed it over knew that it OIICD had a
great riot , in which more than fourteen
hundred men were killed. It docs not
rcali/e that a mob once contended ,
through four successive days and nights ,
for the mastery of the city of New York.
The author was what was known as a
"Volunteer Special , " one of those citi
zens who came to the aid of the over
taxed police authorities , and were as
signed to special duties ns volunteers in
the ranks of law ami order during the
serious outbreak. Hit was an eye-witness
of much of tlm dreadful work of those
days and nights and speaks , therefore ,
from personal knowledge.
Leo & Shepard , Boston , have published
Tennyson's "Dora" ' in a very nrtUtlo
style. The illustrations are masterpieces
of art , both as to de.iign and engraving.
The volume is printed on heavy paper ,
and is handsomely bound In old gold
covers. Altogether it makes a beautiful
holiday book.
"All Taut , or Higging the Bout , " by
Oliver Optic , is the latest addition to the
"Boat-Builders series1 published by Lee
& Shcpurd , Boston. ' 1 he book contains
about the .sumo amount of incident and
adventuru as its predecessors in the ( -.cr
ies ; bat they are events which forward
the action of the principal , and illustrate
his method of reforming bud boys. The
Lily is rigged , and makes a very good
record as a fast sailer. Tlm principal ,
though the actual work to Iw done by the
students is only to rig a foro-und-aft
schooner , explains to them the dill'i rent
kinds of vessels , classed by their rig. and
fully illustrates the system by which the
spars , rigging , and aiU of a ship are
named , MI that he makes quite an easy
matter of it for the boys.
"The Book of Eloquence,1' published
by Lee it Shepard. Boston , is a collection
of extracts in prose and verse from the
most f unions orators and pools , ami is in
tended as exercises for declamation in
colleges and schools. It is arranged by
Charles Dudley Warner , who has exer-
cibcil care in making the selections.
"Where dots the laioklxiard ? " asks tluv
Doitim Hcifttd.V'o lUm't .know. In t'ict' :
w < > have never heard , ullhoiiL'h the
lias tic''U asked a nuuiUi-fot times. '
f t t'VH nnl1\lMT | | 1T 111MAI I\T
CALM PUUlm IN IJhRUN
Abject Destitution of Tons of Thousand ? in
the Go man Metropolis.
THE SYSTEM OF RELIEF.
Xonrly Kidty Thousand I'orsotis Do *
pendent iijion Ctini-lty , While u
( Jtinrlorol a Million K\K <
on IIV H Than Thirty
Cents a Day.
Br.iM.tN , Nov. 8.--fCoriospondencc of
the Bi'i.l : 1 was asked ( he other day if
there was much Millering among the
poor of our capital. The question re
minded me of what 1 had heard n New
York lady say recently : "I have been
paitictiiarly struck by one tiling , " she
remarked , "during my six mouths1 so
journ ! n your great city ; I do not sen
even on the street tho'i ) ragged , hollow-
checked figures that attract so many
pitying glances in London , Paris Home.
and the large American centers. So I
conclude that there is but little poverty
here. " I hastened to inform my good
friend that she was mistaken. Since
Berlin has become a grand metroiioliH
and new trades and industries have
grown up until they are the most nour
ishing in Germany , its ludigetiey has in
creased at the same rate as Its wealth.
And what this trout tn is becoming , may
be judged bv the fact that there are li8 !
families in Berlin with an annual income
of from 525,01)0 ) to. * iTi,0(0large : ( sums
in Knrone , however small they may seem
in America.
Thousands of families ami single in
dividuals come to Berlin annually from
the country hoping to find hero better
Wages and lighter work ; but , unless
favored by circumstances , the greater
part of these deluded people fail to get
on , and thus increase eveiy year the
quantum of our
ourI'Al 1-I.lllSM.
That a stranger living inja hotel on the
west side of the city does not meet with
beggars and misery , is ; very natural , for
that is the aristocratic quarter. Them ,
again , our police regulations are very
strict. Mendicity is prohibited , and any
body found asking alms is promptly ar
rested ; if the nutortuunio wretch can
give neither an address of his own nor
that of an employer , he is promptly com-
milted to the workhouse as a tramp.
You are not apt to be troubled by beg
gars at your front door bell , for the "Hat"
system prevails in Berlin , and the porter
at the main entrance is as watchful as
Cerberus ; yet should a eunnimr mumper
succeed in gaining the stair-case , 1m
wo'.ild lind himself confronted at every
'
door with a notice reading as follows' :
"Members of the Society for the Sup-
pros-ion of Mendicity. " This moans
that the lamily within docs not intend to
give without lirst consulting the society
and linding out whether this be a worthy
east ! . This admirable orgaiii/ation , sup
ported by the wealthier portion of Ber
lin , is of course unable to help all the
needy who apply , but it does consider
able good , and at least protects us mem
bers against impostors of both sexes.
The society lias ollices scattered about
the city , and requests for help are caie-
full.y examined into before being-granted.
Similar societies exist in almost all the
largo German cities.
How then dons the voice of the poor
reach the car of the. rich ? By means of a
written appeal , which is an advantage to
both parties , for the mendicant can fur
nish a complete and truthful account of
his wants , while the alms-giver can sat
isfy himself that his money is not being
wastcil on drunkards or vagabonds. 1
have received during the past week 150
appeals of this kind. What accounts of
St'KI'KKINO \VItKT'llKINliSS (
they give ! Some of these descriptions are
doubtless exaggerated. Many , I can see
by the writing , are the work of the sumo
hand .some scrivener who ekes out his
existence by inditing begging letters for
others. However , most of these sad
stories are found to be only too true on
investigation , ami you .sometimes meet
with eases where the misery js so great
that the pen cannot do them justice ; and
ali this in spite of our admirable city
poor houses , our hundreds of private
charitable institutions and very generous
individual almsgiving.
1 make it a rule never to irivo , without
at lirst inquiring into the ease , and as I
was beginning my regular round of in
spection , the other day , I invited the New
York lady already mentioned to go with
me. Now , nothing is more dillicnlt , in : i
large city , than to find out who are poor
and who are not. Many a family sup
posed to be wealthy is living under the
shadow of the poor house ; but I have to
do now only vvith those who are depend
ent upon charity for their existence.
OKK1CIA1 , STATISTICS
show that Ii0il7 ! , ( ! inhabitants in Berlin ,
whoso population is now about a million
and a half , were relieved from taxation
in 18S. > because their annual earnings did
not reach $105 , while M8,1'JS persons
earned $105which gave them about thirty
cents a ( jay for all their expenses. Be
sides this mass of starving people who
live from hand to mouth , and are never
able to lay aside a penny fora rainy day ,
tn.riSl still moro unfortunate beings re
ceived aid from the poor fund , some for
a season only , and others throughout the
whole year. Again , 17till ! families wens
exempted from the payment of their
house rent because of their poverty ,
while ! tJl' ! ! ' more families who tried to
meet the demand of their landlord failed
to do so.
I might go on and lift still moro the
veil that partly conceals this abject desti
tution , I might show you the crowded
tenement houses , the wretched lodging
rookeries tor men and women whore all
the demands of modesty are forgotten ,
and the low cellars , those haunts of
disease and epidemic , where narents and
children sleep on dairpstrawand breatl o
mcphltic air ; but why dwell longer oi.
such human sullering ? U would be moro
profitable and pleasant to recount how
the stale , the oily , and the private
eili/.en Jabor together to aflcvialo
this wretchedness , how every
night homes lor the friendless shelter
those who have no bed nor roof and how
everything possible is done to lift up the
struggling beggar and make him an inde
pendent man again. But what we try to
do in Berlin in tlnsdircction is doubtless
much the same as that done ii the other
large cil es of the world. 1 have shown
that the New York lady was wrong , that
the German , like other capitals , is cursed
with poverty , and that is moro than
enough to have to toll in one letter.
LlNA
lid Had to ( Jot Illri Key In.
Topcka Common wealth : Tint night air
was .somewhat loaded with his hiccoughs
as he struggled homo by daylight. Thu
ears had commenced running , but ho
would not take ono. lie knew that ho
had nii.-sod the lust car long ago , and ho
could not understand that yesterday was
over and to-day hud conio. To him no
ears ran after forty minutes past twelve
o'clock , and it hud been forty minutes
past twelve o'clock for hours. There
must bo some other ears. Ho was sur
prised to meet a good many people com
ing down town , and in trying to pu//l
out what waup he gradually reached
lioine. A stray policeman who had lu.'on
left ( > ui all night heard a revolver shot ,
and in defiance of danger ran. Ho found
the inebriated gentleman tiring through
his own door ,
"Hello ! what are you doingV"
. "Tliasli all right. Yon Jet me alone. "
"What are yon shooting atv"
"Darn it , can't yjn SL-c-y I can't -lind
the .keyhole ; of this door anil 1 'm'shootin1
in a now one. I've got to get my key
into this door somehow. " :
