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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY JAPRIL 20 , 1800.--SIXTEEN PAGES. 11
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Madame Patti Gives Scmo Advice to As-
pinng Young Girls.
OULTIVATION OP THE VOIOE ,
Ton Kni-ly KlTorl. IH OIHcn InJiirloiiH ,
lint no Kuli ; can ( iovcrn Thin
Hard Work IH tlio
J'rllllO KH
Pnltl , In npirlnr alttlng In n hlgh-buckctl
fhnlr , at u convenient illstmice from u mirror ,
in which nn occasional turn ot the heiul will
oniiblo her to ailmlro her reil trusses ; with u
big bunch of violets to bury her fuco In , and
one , perhaps both , of hur absurd lltllo hluiulo
ilojrs on hoi1 Unco , looks like u thoroughly
happy nnd wcll-condltlnnuil woman of Jlvo or
six years less than hur full age , writes u New
York correspondent of the Louisville Courier-
Journnl. ,
Though she Is to leave tlio country In n
fortnight , I have not seen u dcarriptlon of the
presonl appeiiranre , off the staffo , of the fam
ous singer which would convoy to u stranger
nuy truthful Idea. Pattl does not look
"young , " much less "girlish. " She Is not
"beautiful.1 She Is u Unc-looklng womim ,
with n good figure lilted to u blue cloth polo-
imlse , braided with blnek and opening over u
bhu-U velvet petticoat. Her fuco Is mobile ,
and , like all such animated , expressive conn-
teiwiii'os , shows lilies that rome later or even
fail to como nt all to more impassive women.
Kho Is forty-seven ; she looks , perhaps , from
forty to forty-two.
She dresses her hair exactly as .she did ten
years ago. It is i-nrleil rather loosely in front
and wound in u high roll fastened with small
gold pins. She never seems quite unconscious
of her rolffure , but gives the brlek-reil
tresses little approving puts , as who should
ay : ' 'Is not the ehango becoming1 In
truth the coloring is very uniform and even ,
not patchy , but it has taken all the beautiful
sheen out of her hair , whleh now looks dill !
ntul always wiry. The contrast with her
Spanish complexion qnil eyes Is not pretty.
Jn speech i'attl is direct , frank , inarkedh
Inlellig-nt ; who talks uncommonly well
She has not at all u stage bearing. I him
seldom seen nn amateur who had played onci
for "cimrity" who was not more theatrical
I luivo never seen n IJolsarto student wht
was not more of u poseuso. I'atti ia uimf
fccted.
In manner she is cordial , almost caressing !
to her dogs effusive. Jf one of them , saj
Pluck with the yellow ribbon about bis neck
happens to stray in tlio next room she Is 01
her feet in an Instant. "There , darling ,
como back to mammal Yon wore so lone
some , poor child , weren't you , In there ul !
alonet" If Manrico lies down at her feet 11
is : 'Mump into mamma's hip , dear ; come
darling , and uce mamma ; there , my pet
there 1"
Her voice is low toned In conversation am :
pleasant. She has u very rapid , vivacious
utterance. She "chats" most charmingly ,
Slii' impresses you us a woman who Is aoso
lutely content , who has and who fully am
happily realizes that she has u thorough ! }
good time. She says she has made her Ias1
American tour ; her plans may alter , but hei
homo is too pluasant to leave , and thoi :
"you've all grown so German I'm afraid you
don't love mo any more. " Hero her mocklnj
"bird chirps a note or two. "That bird , " slu
says , -'is so ambitious ho sings everything J
do , but he's a devout Wagncrmn ; hi
bcreams. "
She had promised to give me , for the bene
fit of the millions of young women who imag
iii'1 themselves budding priinu donnas , hei
views as to how a girl should bo trained for i
singer , mtd if she is not to be heard again ii
this country the careful and well considorei'
directions of the greatest vocalist tlio countrj
has ever known for the cultivation and pro
siTvation of the voice will bo of more than or
dlnarv interest and value. While she talked
Nicollni , big and burly , walked up and down
occasionally picking up 1'luclc mid again drop
ping him Into her arms.
"There iiro more good voices , " she began
when the mocking bird was quiet , "umoiifi
American women than among those of 11113
other country. I have heard many America )
girls who sang divinely. The success ol
American singers abroad is noticeable. Tin
uncnlUuated American tone is nasal , but tin
cultivated American voice is most musical. '
"At what ago should u girl bejjin losing1 !
"That depends upon her voice entirely
People have an idea that too early use of tin
voice is hurtful , but 1 sang in public when 1
was only seven. They gave mo my doll U
cnrrv upon the stage when I was to warbU
'Abi mm Olunge. ' It is not often that n chili
has a voice of such strength or compass , 1ml
Albant , the great contralto , was u very llttli
child when she sang the very dlfllcult iiml <
ados of HosMni. and Uoslo made her debut in
opera before siio was fifteen. Thoearliei
ejnging is taught , the better , provided always
tlio voice Is not strained. A girl should not bi
allowed to reaehafterhigli notes or to test tin :
range of her voice too severely. I was with
drawn from stage singing at eleven or twelve ,
but Strakosch kept mo at hard study until I
was fifteen. Then I made my debut In New
York as Lucia. That was in 1S.VJ , and I
have been singing since , constantly. No , it
is not true that there Is anything abnormal hi
the very early development of musical gifts. "
"What kind of training would you recent-
momU"
"Hard work. 'Hint's about all there Is tc
it , except , of course , ono must have a good
master who will not give false methods. "
"Is it possible for a singer to get thorough
musical training in tlds country i"
" 1 know very llttlo about your musters.
There must , bo some excellent ones. "
"If a cirl goes abroad should she study In
Paris oi1 Milan or Munich i"
"Munich ! Now you're swearing ! " Uotli
hands went up In horror. Pluck found his
seat uncomfortable , and sprang to the floor.
" ( lormany for a singerl Never ! For har
mony , yes. For thorough grounding in the
principles of musical composition , yes. Hut
lor tlio unYo , O no. Now. If you quote me ,
don't nuiko me say this unkindly or rudely ,
for indeed I am extremely fond of ( Jermuu
opera , but 1 would never advise a woman tc
sing it who isn't prepared to sacrifice bet
voice for a brief triumph , Just as the hei < dot's
his life when ho stings. Wngnerian music
calls for a constant succession of now singers.
Materna has been singing for some time , mid
she sings magnificently , but that Is not tlui
rule. 1 never heard Lohiimiui. She was not
talked of when 1 sang in ( .Jernnmy. Wag
ner's operas an > not constructed with the
slightest reference to the possibilities of the
voice , and his demands on It are wildly un
reasonable.
"A girl who would make a singer , pure and
simple , should go to Paris mid put herself
under tin1 charge of Mme. Marches ) , the best
teacher of singing In the world. Then she
will learn something of the laws of good
voice production. Marchesl trained such
vocalists as ( Jerster mid Trobelli. Or else 11
student should go to Milan for a good Italian
master. "
"Whlcli of Wagner's operas do you pre
fer P
PTristan mid Isolde' Is beautiful. Sols
'Lohengrin. ' "
"Who Is your favorite Italian composer1 )
"That I can hardly tell ; but composers who
wrote for singers were Kosslnl , Donizetti and
Uollinl. Think of Urlsl and t'atalinl and
Paste and IVrslanl and Vlanlot mid Mnlo-
biiin. The ( ionium opern can never de
velop such finished singers. OIH.UIIS llko
'La Sonnamhula' bring out the best work of
the best singers. A vocalist always delights
In the brilliant finale of act three 'Ah ,
lion gulnge ! ' I am very fond of Dellbo's
'Lalaao. ' "
"What will bo the opera of the fnturol"
"Who knows , but at least it will be sing
able. It is not possible to believe that the
world will over glvo up melody or llnUhed
soiiir. "
"How would you ndvUoayonnu sinner to
regulate her foodf"
"Dieting for the sake of tlio voice Is non
sense. There must be moderation of course ,
in all things , for the singer , above all other
persons , must study intelligently her indi
vidual health conditions. She must learn
how to keep herself well. The girl who is
ambitious to sing need not deny lior&otf any
thing at the tnhle .sho fancied unliws that par
ticular thing happens to disagree- with hor.or
unless , indeed , she U to appear on the sUigo
that snmo day. On the day of a publle per
formance It is necessary to eat very little.
"Soup Is really the best food for singers ,
btrong soup , well made , Uuro beef is good ,
fruit unit vegetables. Pastry and sweets HIM
not good , but arc to bo avoided more because
Keeo Your Bridgeport , Alabama.
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THEV
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Commencing Tuesday , May 6th 1890 , to Continue Until Saturday , May 10th.
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Brideport is situated on a plateau , one hundred and fifty feet above high water mark ; a most charming panoramic view , valley surrounded
by mountains. Complete drainage , and health resort of the south. It is the key to the Sequatchet Valley. We are at the head of navigation on
the Tenessee river. Six feet of water at the landings atthe lowest stage of river. Free wharfage. Railroad freight rates contracted same as at
Chattanooga.
Look at the profitable investments far manufacturers. "We have the best'coking coal in the surrounding country. Coal delivered on the
track in Bridgeport at about 9O a tori. Our 8OOOO acres of mineral , coal and iron lands are covered with large sized timber , hard and soft vu-
deposit of clay for
water works and
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Infes. JxAM.D ] & I M 1 JrlCJ VlMN
Wcsutamit report of MnjorJ-WKelley , mlnernl expert and engineer on our mineral .
they hurt the complexion than because they
hurt the voice especially. "
"What wines may a young singer allow
herself ! "
"If she really means to succeed , no wines
ntnll. I don't believe In wine ; It hurts the
throat almost invariably. Some young sing
ers I know arc not strong , and doctors pro
scribe claret for them , but It is a bad m-.ictlao
to drink it. For myself 1 never touch wine.
1 drink water , or , if I need a stimulant , 1 take
water with u little whisky in it. "
"If you were Interested In n girl with n
voieo would you have her go In for athletics
to build herself up physically ( "
"That would bo ruinous policy. The girl
who Is going to take rank as a singer must
keep out of the gymnasium. She can't fence.
Sim can't row. She can't vide horseback , i
enjoy nothing more than horseback riding ,
nnd I ride well. 1 used to ride about Mount
Vernon up above hero when I was only siv
years old. Hut 1 linvo given up all that en
tirely. 1 never ride now. It interferes with
tlio llrinness and evenness of the voice nnd
gives n tremolo.
"Walking is the singer's 'exercise. The
singer who has a good pair of legs must think
herself highly fortunate , I can walk three
or four hours nt u good pace , and I do so fre
quently. I believe In Regular exercise , and
the best way to take it is to drive , then leave
tlio carriage for awhile , but let It follow to
pick you up If you find yourself getting tired.
"if 1 were interested ln-n student 1 would
urge her to be careful about the sort of airsho
breathes , it is very necessary to give atten
tion to the ventilation of one's bed-room. It
should not have n lire in it and the air should
be frequently renewed. She should not asso
ciate too closely with tobacco users. Kven
the fumes of tlio weed are bad for the
throat. "
"How would yon dress a young singer ! "
"No directions are necessary except the
hint that good voices have been spoiled before
now by tight lacing. 1 believe inn well-mado
mid properly lilted French corset , but it
should not bo drawn closely enough to impede
free breathing and the proper expansion of
the lungs. Crowing girls especially should bo
careful not to practice with lacings tightly
drawn.
"Kverythliif ? is summed up in the advice to
take sensible care of one's self. The singer
must go to bed early and not allow herself to
get tired. She mustn't fret. Weariness and
worry' tell on the voice terribly. She must
have as few outside care as possible , concen
trate her clTurt.s in n slnglo direction , live for
her art and live happily.
"Is'ow then , you must sav that I've enjoyed
my American 'tour so much and glvo my love
to everybody. I have to sing in Albert hall
on .May 14 , and then Iain going to Craig-y-
Nos to see my own llttlo private theater nnd
have such n lovely time. 'Coming backi'
Oh it's all in white nnd gold mid 'going to
sing here again ! ' I'm so'much attached to It
and 'shan't you hear mo agaiiif The open
ing performance will bo so pretty , and if
you really love mo yet you'd better , hear mo
before I sail away. "
I'attl was to have paid St.500 for her passage -
sago and that of hersniteon the City of Paris ,
sailing the 2 ! d. The accident to the fast
steamer has made her anxious about getting
across in season for her lirst concert on the
other side.
"Wlio Is She ? "
The last Issue of Freund's Music nnd
Drama , iS'ow York , contains the following ,
under the above head : "An Omaha correspondent
pendent writes to us about a phenomenal
voice In that far western city. 'Omaha has , '
ho says , 'in the person of n young lady of
seventeen , one who bids fair to rival , at no
distant day , the greatest of American so
prani. Her voice is strong , pure and sympa
thetic , extending from 'F1 below to the 'A'
above high 'C.1 This extremely high note
she takes with the utmost ease and llnte-liko
sweetness. When permitted , I will disclosed
her name. "
When it Is considered that the number of
great artists who nro possessed of such a
voice can bo counted on the lingers of one's
hand , curiosity is aroused as to the lady's
identity , which Tin : Hiu : hopes to bo allowed
to disclose soon.
A Colored Woman's Wonderful Voice.
Seventeen years ago n young colored man
mimed Sampson Williams lived In Omaha.
Iliswlfowas timid , retiring- scarcely more
than n girl and wholly devoted to her hus
band , llo was a bell boy In a hotel. Dnrlni ;
a snow blockade a concert was organized in
the hotel to amuse the storm-bound travelers.
Young Mrs. Williams , for some reason or
other , sang at this concert. Her hearers were
ntnn/cd. For the ilrst time she learned that
nho possessed a wonderful voice , says the
Philadelphia 1'ress.
Then began a heroic struggle nn the part of
the young couple to develop that voice. Ho
became a .sleeping-car porter , a hotel porter
anything honorable which would bring money
ho worked at. They lived with the oxtremest
economy. All the time every spare penny
went to the teachers of music.
Finally they went to HosUm , and the col
ored singer's voice created a sensation there.
She was dubbed the "brown Pattl. " A bcno-
llt was arranged and Knropo was the next
step. Octolh-r M , l SMrs. . William ( who
bail adopted the stage name of Mine. Marie
Sellka ) , sang nt n concert in St. lames'hall ,
1 . ( union , her name coming on the programme
second after Mme. I'arlotta Paul's.
For two years she sang In Kuropo. When
she retimed to America it was not as a great
singer. She Is a woman with a mission.
Mme. SellKa Is willing to make a sncrillco of
her life that the colored race In America may
learn of higher music than that with which
they have hi'rotoforo been acquainted. Her
Work so far , however , has been somewhat dis
appointing. Hut her efforts to elevate her
race , she says , will end only with her death.
She Is truly n great singer and u bravo
woman.
JIVSH'.ir .I.VW iHt.MI.tTHf.
Mr. Kdwln Booth has become n life mem
ber of thorn-tors' fund.
Mrs. Thomas Harry retires from the stage
at the close of this season.
Marie Walnwrlght closes her present
season In Chicago on May : i.
Fanny U.ivenport has entirely recovered
hop health nnd has resumed her tour. ,
JoiTerson and Florence will inalto another
Joint starring tour of the country next season.
Accounts from Kuropo declniv Hint Law
rence Harret Is once more in excellent health
unit spirits.
Helen Ottolengln has been engaged to iilav
the leading female role In "Tho Hurglar1'
next season.
Mr. John Wild has given up "Running
Wild" and will bo a member or Thatcher's
minstrels next season.
Funny Davenport's tour closes early In
May. She in having the most successful
season that she has ever known ,
Hurry Pavcnport , the brother of Faun/
Davenport , was married to Isab.-l Archer In
San Francisco on Sunday , tho'.Kid nit.
Louis Harrison , next season , doe * "Tho
Xoblest Homan of Thorn All , " n spectaculai
farcical comedy by .Tessop & Harrison.
Miss Gabriellc Du Snuld has le.ue.l Wilson
nnd Lewis' farce comedy , "The Lion and
the Lanib , " nnd will star In it next season.
Mr. Arthur Hi'han intends to let Mr. Aug-
ustiu Dalv's farce comedies alone next
season. lie will revive "Under the Gas-
light. "
The tiger which Sarah nernlmrdt cnrrieil
with her during hei- lust tour in this country
died at.Inrdln dcs I'lantes , Paris , recently ol
la grippe.
Byrne mid Korker's opera , "Castles In the
Air , " will bo produced at the Ilrondwny
theater , New York , May 5 by the UcWoll
Hopper comic opera company.
Australia has sent to England a new coil'
tmlto , whose voice Is said to bo of excep
tional richness. Her name is. Helen Kowi
and she is a great favorite in Melbourne.
A tour of California , Colorado , Utah and
Montana 1ms been arranged by Mrs. .Jennie
KImball for Corinne and company to play tin
two burlesques , "Monlo Cristo , Jr. " anil
"Arcadia. "
A. M. Palmer has recently purchased an
English dramatization of a French play
called "A Pair of Spectacles , " and u drum ! )
bv Paul Merritt , said to bo a version of tin
old French play "La Marquise. "
Arabella Goddard. oneo n famous pianist ,
has recently been discovered in extreme pov
erty in London , and a bonelit concert for hei
has realized $ > , ! > u < ) which , with other contri
butions , makes u total of . lUl. , ( ) (
There is a company out west playing "Hani-
let' ' with marked success , which is attributed
to the fact that a , new feature is introduced ,
the melancholy Dime singing "Little Annk
Kooney' ' just after the soliloquy.
Mr. Frank Daniels will bo managed , next
season by' Mr. Frank Murphy , who is nl
present with Mr. Wilson Barrett. Mr.
Daniels' present manager , Mr. S. 1) . Cox. is
to transfer his services to Messrs. Donnelly
and G Irani.
William Young's tragedy , "Ganelon , " will
not bo sold at pre.-.ent , notwithstanding
rumors. Lawrcneo Barrett has it again in
his possession , and will very likely keep it
thereuntil it auain reverts to the author , . 01
until a proper disposal can bo made of It.
Edmund Gcrson , the well known play spec
ulator , has , in conjunction with Arthur Shir
ley of London , purchased the nolo rights ol
the Paris spectacle , "Lo Voyage do Suzatte. "
Mr. ( lei-sou will attend to the American pro
duction and Mr. Shirley to the London.
Dlmro and Bolossy Kiralfy will again .join
hands. They make their Ilrst joint effort
alter the separation on May r , at Niblo's , re
viving "Around the World in Eighty Days. "
An effort is being made to have Nellie HI vac-
company Phlneas .Fogg on his tour of the
world.
The Pachmann recitals have been ono of
greatest artistic successes of the present con
cert season , says the New York World. In
every way M. do Pachmann may be said to
have made himself , by his wonderful interpre
tation of Chopin , the fashion , His success
has been legitimately won.
When Francis Wilson begins his season at
the Broadway theatre , New York , August IH ,
ho will do so with a new opera. Cheever
Goodwin wrote the dialogue and Woolson
Morse put the music together. The mime of
the opera is not given and It is the purpose to
hold it back until the time of opening is near
at hand.
Schiller's "William Tell" was recently per
formed for the hundredth time at the Vienna
Burg theater. Enthusiasts desiring to make
sure of their seats began to gather ut the en
trance of the theater as early as II ) o'clock in
the morning. Tlio cast included all the most
famous singers in Austria , many consenting
to accept small parts in order to add to this
perfection of the production. The opera was
tlrst given In Vienna in 1.VJ7.
An innovation in the placing of the orches
tra , inaugurated at the lirst "Ascanio" per
formance at the Paris'C mud opera house , con
sist In making all tlio player * face the audi
ence , instead of play'ng partially toward the
binge and partially toward'the audience. The
conductor's stand is placed at the jmint
farthest removed from the stage , and he , of
course , turns his back from the audience ; but
as bo is in front of all his forces bo is not ob
liged , as Is often the case now In our operatic
performances , to turn partially or whollv
nround to make musicians nwaro of his in
tentions.
That sour-tempered , cross , dyspeptic Indi
vidual , should take Dr. J. H. McLean's Sar-
xaparilla ! It will make him feel as well and
hearty as the healthiest of us. He needs
bracing up , vitalizing , that is all.
"POOR .M.\.MA. "
Site Had Never lOxperieni.-ed tlio Folio-
Ity of Woarlnt ; "Pants. "
Notjiwny things in the life of n hey
sL'om inoro important to him Hum his
Ilrst { jettinjr into trousers , snys the
Youth's Companion. It is to lie doubled ,
Indeed , if ho is likolyto Had much in his
nftor life that will tflvo n joy so keen nnd
unmixed , nnd when Mnstor .laiuio , hnv-
intf reached the inntuiv ntfo of "most
live , ' ' us ho put it , wns jjiven his lirnt
jwilr of knickerbockers , the whole family
were naturally culled upon to rejoice
with him.
It WIIH after his flrnt transports of ilo-
lirht { were over , nnd ho wns nblo to
Hiienk of the ( , 'i-ent event with calmness ,
thatlames caiiiu to his motliur , nnd ,
utter jinnxillntr "P uul down hoforo her
two or three times , snid , in a tone of per
fect sntisfnction :
"Oil , mummii , pants mnko mo fool llko
somebody. Don't 1 look real yrown up ,
munimnV'
Ills mother smilingly ( old him that lui
I'ot-tninly did , arid that shoeouhl not fool
that ho was hur biihy any more.
"Did it make you feel grown up ,
mamma , " .Inmlo began , "when you ' 1
Ho stopped short. It hail ovulently
; -omo to iiis mind that his mother had
never known this deep delight whleh to
illled his boul. Ho looked at her a mo
ment , an expression of the deepest pity
Doming over his /ago , and then ho took
IKU- hand in botli his and laid It against
Ills cheek.
"Poor mamma ! " lie said , softly. "Poop
mamma ! If you'd boon my little girl I'd
tmvo lot you wear pants just the name us
if you'd been a boy. "
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Dr. IJlrney , practice limited to catarrh
ih discuses of node and thruut. Buo
TIMES OF HEROIC GREECE ,
Recalled by a Visit to the Athens ol
Today.
PULL OF OLASSIO MEMORIES ,
Tlio Glorious I' 8t llcunllcd by
nnd .Scenes About Grecian Cap
ital A PliiiMii.v A
the Nations.
ATIIUN-S , March 21 , 1SJX ) . [ Special to-Tin
Bin : . ] Prom Omaha to Athens it is a good
third of the way around the world , if you fol
low the parallels ; nig/tagging across conti
nents and seas as ono actually makes the
journey , it Is much farth'T. ' I crossed tht
Missouri as the sun was sinking on August
121 last , and en September from the Sarouk
gulf , f saw the sun rise upon IlymoUns. It
was n long Journey by the time-tables and the
log-books. How much lonirer by the land
marks of history ! Not a matter of thirtj
days , but of thirty centuries.
Yet , strange to siiy , Athens as old as Egypt
is still as young as Omalia. Aristophanes
mid Kdison '
.KMri.i : IIAOII oTltr.n JN Tin : * ! : STIIIITS : : ,
the Acharnian peasant ; driving his charcoal
, cart , or the wine-dresser , urging on his pa
tient donkey laden with-'panniers of grapes , 01
marketing his bursting wine-skins has onlj
to turn the corner , anilj'lotho ! heroic ago ii
the glare of the electric light. Hntering tin
Piraens one sees no mom the trireme wliicli
settled the old eastern-question at Salami-
hard by , but the modem iron-clad and mer
chantman ; while on th ? shore the smoke
stacks of thirty factories send up an Incense
unknown U > tho-Olympbuuuods.
One should drive inty-Athens as T did , ovei
the ancient roudwuv oncelyittsf between the
long walls , Which are now quite demolished ;
but he may come up by rail. In that case he
alights nt a railway station , sandwiched in
between the Ccr.iuiii.1is and 'tho Thescum ,
the ancient e-'inetery-whose splendid associa
tions inspired the eloquence of Everett nt
Gettysburg , and'the most perfect of all the
ancient temples which time has > spared us.
Beyond the Cei-amicns your eve traces the sa
cred way over which the torch-lit mystic pro
fession us-Ml to pass to celebrate the solemn
Elenscinian rite ; the olive groves
\vmm : : rt.ito TIL-OUT ;
the pass of Daphne , cleaving ; the range of
Panics from E aleos which fence in the
Attic plain on the west ; rock-ribbed Salamis ;
and the distant heights of Argolis and Me-
gara. Turning toward the Thosenm , almost
at a single glance the eye sweeps the crowdIng -
Ing glories of Athens ; the Pny.v , from whoso
bema Demosthenes "fiilmlned over ( Jreece ; "
the Areiopafiis. seat of the supreme tribunal
of Hellenic jnstici ; lie dawn of history ,
scene too , of Paul's proclamation of the un
known ( ! od ; "tho Acropolis , whoso place as
heart , and citadel of Athens is only a typo of
its relation to the intellectual history ot the
world ; and still beyond bravo old Hymettus
running down to the blue ( Hgean. Is there
any other railway station in the world to
offer such a panorama ? And the only surpris
ing mid inharmonious thing in it all is the
railway station itself.
In the presence of these stupendous con
trasts , these august associations , one is awed
Into silence , that is. if he has ever learned In
any measure to realize and reverence the he
roic past. For half a lifetime I had dreamed
of Athens , and Athens at last became a fact
of my experience , so triuisctimlcd all my
dreams that six months of daily contempla
tion has not begun to break her spell upon
me. ICxp.-cting disillusion , I have found it
only in the inadequacy of my own ideals.
Hero In nil the world ono feels that the
HAM1 HAS .NOT 11BBN 1OI.O
and that it never can bo told or conceived
save upon the spot. Only Greece as the cre
ative hand has shaped her could have set the
stage for the part the Greek race has played
In the world's history , At thib moment I am
writing In the splendidly sculptured marble
chair of the priest of Dionysus In the Diony-
siae theater. Hacked against the north wind
by that majestic rock , the Acropolis , with
no canopy but the fairest of southern skies ,
the theater looks full upon the mountains ,
the plain and the sea. It Is only one of the
countless witnesses that In ohl f5recce man
and nature had got upon excellent terms. No
wonder a great di-iima arose to be the inspira
tion of religion and patriotism when nature
herself set the stage and furnished forth the
scenery ! Prom the Bcma.nf Demosthenes ,
center of civic energy ; from the Areiop.igus ,
fountain head of justice ; from the Acropolis ,
at once citadel and sanuulnry and treasurory
of art ; from this thcati'i' , whose oftlco was to
inform anil inspire rat her than to amuse :
from no one of these Wju ono look abroad
without feeling the ' exquisite harmony of
place with imrposev-tlwtj unerring sense of
the Illness of things whioli In art and litera
ture mndo old Greece the 'world's ' muster for
all time.
Von may hear today-on the stuffy little
boulo on Stadium Mmft a debate on the
Cretan question , on the Hour a handl'nll uf
members and perhaps 100 iieuple la the gal
leries. In the olden time n question as im
portant would have drawn'
TWKSTV TIKH'MMITIIKNMX I'ltiiMi\ : : :
to Pnyx Hill there , in \i\ \ \ ( view of their his
toric monuments on tlnvojio hand and of the
sen that had witnessedyiejf splendid achieve
ments on the other , to bp bill-rod and swayed
by the matchless orators. I have myself
assisted at the productltih ot ( would Greek
nlays In the now theatre .tone of them , "The
Persians" of Aeschylus , was brought out as
purl of the festivities attending the crown
prince's marriage with the sister uf the Ger
man emperor , evidently to recall the supreme
moment of their ancient glory on an invasion
which promised ( alns ! how vainly ! ) the dawn
Of a larger national life. The Persians , 1
grieve to say , had been done into modern
Greek nnd the Persian queen nppearod in a
Parisian costume , lint all this was no draw-
oack at all as compared with the pretty mod
ern thenter.wlth Its painted scenery replacing
the majcstlo btago on which the play was
Ilrst set. Then the men , who , with the poet
himself , had fought at iaahimls onlv seven
years before , could look forth from tills hugo
amphitheatre almost IIIMIII the Hold of then-
great victory while they hoard its story told
in Aeschylus' majchtlu verso.
( Jo where you will thu $ > amo impression
masters you , it cannot be shaken oil. Heaven
and earth and man conspire to make -old
Cirtrco what she was radiant In beauty , t > u-
prcuiu lu art , sublime In action , The semur
partners are still benign nnd fair. If man b
less majestic perhaps the Uoimui and th
Turk and all the other miscreants of misrul
that darkened the ages Intervening may sup
gest the reason why. For my own part , It 1
not the degeneration of Greece that I murvt
ut , but her regeneration. For let it not b
forgotten that this free kingdom is Httl
more than half as old as our own republic
strictly it docs not antedate the preset !
reign. The heroes of her war of indepei !
deuce , many of them still linger on the stage
From Marathon to McMilonghi , from the1 IIrs
route of the Persian invader to the Until ex
pulsion of
TIIU rXSI'KAKAIII.i : TfllK ,
is n stretch of twenty-three centuries , an
the heroic nsro of Hellenic history carries u
nt least seven centuries back of Marathon
Here there is a nice with u continuous hl $
tory In the same seats of more * than thirt ,
centuries. This very Acropolis was Athena'
sanctuary when Homer sang and even the :
Mycenae was an ancient eitv. This rac
persistence is unique. Tlio Greek alone , n
all the Aryan stock , has maintained hi
ground , his blood and his language' from th
very dawn"of history to this present houi
and his race vitality bids fair to carry hh
an undiluted Greek 'through thirty ccnturie
more. At least , now that helms survived fo
seventy generations the successive conquest
of Macedonia , Human , Goth , Vandal , l < r.inli
Venetian and Turk , and stands today Gree
master of free Greece , ono can hardly conceive
ceivo of political conditions that could crus !
or dc-Hcllonizo him.
I repeat , it is notthedegeneration of Oreec
that needs to be accounted for but her regci ;
oration. Sixty years ago an apparently Iielj
less vessel , she is now among the line-st m
lions of the earth. Athens , then a squall
oriental village , is now one of the fairest o
European capitals. The country is imleci
poor , but with little wealth there appears t
bo less want. Agriculture is indeed biu-li
ward because land is in excess of populnttoi
and the peasantry in large part still tend the !
Hocks or dress the olive and the vine , yet tc
day is gaining on antiquity. Several rail
ways are in operation and new and lunge
ones are building. The telegraph has takei
the place of the lire signals which Hashci
from peak to peak the fall of Troy ; the elec
trie light has driven out the torch ; mannfac
torles are developing ; education is universal
the expenditure of printers' ink is enormous
and the Athenian press is the most outspoke- :
in Christendom ; while the society ol thi
capital for rollnement and distinction ca :
hardly be outdone in Europe. As 1 have in
timatcd
nnnnci : I-I.AVS Tin : si'iivxx
with ono who beholds her after long years o
loving expectation. Even the bree/v globe
trotter lowers his voice , if he does not quit' '
drop it for a moment. For myself 1 am enl ;
now , after nearly six months' residence , be
ginning to fce'l that I may speak out loud ii
the great audience offered mo by Tin : HII : :
And even yet it is n hard pull to got out of thi
atmosphere of the old rhiipsudist into that o
the modern newspaper. But I know the audi
cnco and in their number I could call n loiif
roll of enthusiastic spirits whoso fellow-feel
ing would give me an easy verdict if taken b
this fault. For have I not communed will
them In every corner of Nebraska , not in lint
iirinslons and aspiring colleges alone , but ii
homes and schools reared without sound o
hammer or saw because plow and spadi
answered every purpose ! Tlio sod-honst
passes away and with it Nebraska's hot-oil
ago , but its pioneer generation has more ii
common with heroic Greece than one mighl
think. It is tlio men and women , the boy ?
and girls , now shaping a great free common
wealth in Nebraska , that I shall have in miml
as I try to sketch .some features of this Greeli
land and life. And f hope to do this In sucli
a way as to continue , even at this long range' ,
rny work lib a Nebraska te-aeher.
IllVIMi , ) . M V\\TT.
AVhon the ilch man Hnds it hard work tc
breathe he is no better off than a poor man
who must work hard for a living.
A GRAND ASSORTMENT OP
inerij
Many now Trimmed Hats just it ) . In
spection Invited. Prices will please
yon a well ns thu goods.
Mrs.R.II.Davics
. . .
109 and in S. 15th Street
Opp. Po.stollice :
. .
Vtuilpllit HMk , i l .ll u < tnxt.B.ll.dH.ltiifnf.
Miiiu ERIE MEDICAL CO , , BUrTALO.Ni V
"TIME IS MONEY. "
We must soil out the romnlndnr ot our retail stock without further delay ,
ns our wholesale business demands our entire time , attention and capital. Kor
the next few elnys wo Invlto yon to a feast of bargains such as you will never
acaln enjoy. Wo are liable to rent store and soil our llxturea now any day , so
come at once before It Is too late .
All Our genuine Diamonds now go nt importer's prices and the mountlnsi
thrown in. $00,000 worth of Diamonds to select from , prices ranglnij from
$2.50 up to $3,000 , for Kings , Pins , Ear-rings , fee.
Solid Gold Watches from $15 upward. Solid Silver Watche's n-om $5 up.
Nickel Wntchos from $2.50 up.
Solid Qolit Chains from $7.50. Host Rolled Plato Chains from $3. Charms
and Lockets , $ l' and upward. Solid Gold lUiujs , $1 and $2 ; worth $3 to $5. A
lot of Solid Sterling Silver Collar Buttons nnd Scarf Pins nt 25o and GOo each
worth $1. Heavy Solid 14-karat Gold Collar Buttons , wet th $2.60 to $5 each
now , choice for only $1. Ono lot assorted Gulf Buttons at COc pair ; worth $1 to
$2. Solid Gold Spiral Hack Studs , 50c and $1 each ; worth four tltnos the
money. 1,000 flue"Broaches and Lrxco Pins from 50o up.
Fine French style Mantel Clocks , 8-day , half-hour strike , cathedral uongs ,
at $5 , $0.00 , $ B ami $10 ; worth $10 to $20.
Elegant Silver Lamps , with silk umbrella shades , from $5 up.
Hundreds of other equally c od bargains. Open Saturday evening until 0
o'clock. Store for runt and fixtures for salo.
MAX MRYEJR & BRO. ,
Cornet- Sixteenth nncl Farnnm Streets , - - Omnhn , Neb.
. Emerson.
Etchings.
. Hallet & Davis.
Engravings.
Artists' Supplies. Kimbnll.
Mouldings. Pia'nos & Organs.
Frames. Sheet Music.
IBIS Douglas Street , Omaha , Nebraska.
ORIQINAL
Stove Repairs and Water Attachments
For all stoves and rangesof any description. Gasoline stoves and
gas burners cleaned and repaired , work guaranteed ,
Hubert ridlR , Prop. r\i \ ' - C l.VimiiWm1'C \ - SIO N.lfitli St.
Ulll KCpJlll011S , Ti'b'phonoOOO.
C. 11. Katun , Mnngr.
CALIFORNIA
TIM" LAND O1- "
DISCOVEKIES.
and
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THCON.LY- .
quAHArJTEcn
cur\E rot\
Santa : Abie
l-'orsalo by ( jo xtinun
TO WEAK MEM
Biifti-rnu from tlio ritri-Unt joiithful errors , rnrlr
( Irrny. waMIni : urnknrti * , litnt ! imiih MKj , < t' ' > , ] will
Fi-li'l n viiluuljli ) trc'atlMi iM-ali-ili i-niitHliilHK full
liarllfiilnrs for Immn runI'll Hi ; of i harpA
tplomllil mnllrnl wurk . hniili | lui ri-ml by i-i-ry
nun "I" ) Ii i ! nronn mm ili-lillllnli'il. Xililrrw.
J'rof. I' . * ' . l'O\VIiutlIooilii : , 'oiui.
RESTORED.
Manhood . . . Tuctc. \ victim
of ) < mUifiil linprudrnit' .
muring 1'iTtaiiluro tH-ray. - Nt-nou * -Mnty I > , l-unt
MAiilitMMl. A'a.tu vlnptrlftllii valnevi > rykiifiwit n nn *
Ay , honUtMNm-ml > liiiiilu nifminof nvir mri * , wljk'U
bit r | | | HIU | iK-nle.l . ) KltKU tu liiMlnw milffifrn.
Adtlrt'b .J II. itKUVES r.u. JioiXftO.NewVoikCitjr.
DH. CLUCK ,
Eye and Ear.
llnrkrr Illuck , l.Mli uml Kariinm. T li' | > liniiu U.VI.
DR. n. M. HOWE ,
Treats Diseases of Eye , Ear , Xosc & Throat
ncrurdniK to tbu Inn-it w U-ntllliMui'lliml en tnuulil
III Iliu MiinUullnu find N'eir York KyH nntt Knr InUnn
tuict llbuuui le A l ! Ai I.UKlMU lli-.k. tall DuUtiU Si
> KOI'HAI.P ) fur Inilliin Supplies null Trans
3 portation - Ili-partnii-nl oC the Inti-rlor ,
( Hiiro of Indian All'alrs Washington. April 15 ,
IS ; * ) . Si-nlril proposals. Iniloisi-il "I'roposali
for lloi'f , ( bills for Ili-i-f witxt Im submltti'i ] In
M-parato rim-lopes ) . Huron , l-'lonr , ClolhliiK or
Transportation , i-U- . , " ( us Hit- ease may bo ) ,
anil illn-i-ti'il to tin' ( 'omtiil < Inni'rof Indian
AlTuli-s , jVm. fiYininl fi < II'I < ( IT flirrt , A'rit' ' Viiils.
Mill jiu ii-i-i'lvi'd until I p. in. of Tiimlttu , Mity
Jl , ifHiU , for fninl-ililii fur tln < Indian si > r\ | i > o
about WIM'OU ' pounds Huron , JM.IH ) MJIIO iiounilu
llfi-f on tln < liiiof , l.iJW.uxi ixmiiiK ni't Ili-if ,
L'Tn.lKKl pounds IliunsKi.OOU ( pound * Making
I'nwdrr. MHi.iKKI pounds Corn. Isii.iifin pounilH
Colin- . s'i < KM > 00 pounds I'lonr , 5.VIHN ) pounds
1 Veil. i.v > .ii 0 pounds Haul llrrail , < i. > , Uon pounds
Hominy. mMum pounds l.iril. : TIKI IIMI-H Is
1'iii-K. IT.OiKl pounds Oatnual.I.AtHKl | anils
( lats , Ivfi.oiK ) pounds Itk-e. U.ooo pounds Ten.
IIIO.IHH ) pounds Suit. "SO.IK1I pounds Soup , IC'0,000
Sim-nr , and TO.niK ) pounds Wlinat.
Also , UlunUt'ts , U'ooliMi unit Cotton ( ioodt ,
( consisting In part of TlcUIn , KI.HK ( ) yaids :
Simulant 1'nllro , 100,000 yaids ; Ilrllllni ; . 14.000
yaids ; lluidi , frcn fioni nil M/Inc , " ,00 < ) j ards |
yards ; Cullt-o 'Shlrtlim. 7.WXI yards : \\lnsoy ,
2,000 yards * ; ClotldnK. ( IriK-i-rli's. Not lout ,
Ilardwaio , Mi-dlual snjilU's | | , School 1 1 no Us ,
iVo. , aniHi long list , of nilhi-cllanrous in tides.
Midi ns llaini-ss , I'loivs. HuKrs , I'orKs , Xi- and
for iiliout Mil ) Wagons iriiilivd | for tinMrvleo ,
to IKI ili'llvi-ri-il at Cdi-aiii. ) Kmsu ) ( Ity anil
Sioux City. Also for \Vuxoiisiisnmyho \
ii'ipiliiMl , adupti-d to tliuullnniu- tlu > raollld
Coast , with ( Jallfoi nla brakes , ilcllvcmlut San
I'raiiclhi-o.
Also truiispiiitiitlon fur snrh of the nill'-li-H.
foods and hiiiuillrs Hint m.iv not liccimtraotiiu
for In be dcllvi-fi-il ul tin1 A i'iu-n-s.
IIIIH.MI'S'I HH M.MIHOI'TIPMIIIVI'.IINMrST III.ANKS
Si-hi'dnlrshhiiwlii ) ; the kinds and Humilities
of sul > slsti > ni > snp | > lli'sii ' > iiiln. | ( l foicaihuin -
i-y and Schniil , anil tlin Kinds and iiuiintitli-s In
uf all ollii-r pinds and arlli-li s. IUKI ihc r
with liliink piopoHuls. coiidlllons to Inol > -
sirxi-il liy lilildi-is. I line uml plai . f di-livury ,
timihof i-iinti-art and payment. liaiiKpurla-
tiou mule's , and all oilier ni-ri-ssary Iniitriio-
Ildiis will he fuinlslii'd upiiiiapplli-iifliin to HID
Indian Olllei ) In Wasliluirluii. or A'n ( /.iiMilb ?
\'iu \ } lrr "licit. New I'ditbo ComniissuMiis of
Siilisl.strni-11 , I' ' . S. A. , ul ( 'lii'cniH' Chli-iijjo.
l.i > avi-ii\Miiti | , Omiiliii , Saint l.oulv S.ilnt I'uill
u nil Sun KraiieNeo ; I'ostmiisli-is ul - > i ux
City , louu ; ViinUton , S. Dakota ; ArKaiisai
t'lty. < 'aldwi-ll , Topi-Uu anilYlihltu. . Kansus ,
and Tui'Kiin , Arl'/onu.
The rliibt Is it-M-rvril by tlio fJiivoniiucnt to
lejei-t any anil all lilds , or any mal of any Idil ,
and Iliese proposuls ar < - ln\ lied nmlri iiiovl.'io
that aiiiroirlatlon | | hliall lie made for I ho sup.
piles hy COIIKITSS.
Hills \ > lll lie opened at the hour and day
above Blaled , and bidders are Invled to bA
pi-L-siinl at the opening.
CriMTIflKII CIIKCKS.
All Idiln mint lin ai.-i-iimpuiili- < l by i-i > rllllcil
i-bri-ltHiirilrafts iiiion oomn I'nltril Kiuti's Do-
iiiisltory or tlio IIisl National IlanU of San
rraiK'lM-o , Cal. . for at least IT | urecatof ilio
amoiinl of HID proposal.
T. J. MulttlAN , ( iimniit.itiiiu'r
CHICHtSTCn'O ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PILLS.
RED CROSS DIAMOND GRAND ,
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, . . I > ruffgUtfor IMnmur < l IIruntlia rtl l mruiila
k/rr Uutt , * t l.t vltti blue r It lo TuLino ulhrr *
t > Kful lis ilj- | f.-r itnloulmri mi.i "ItrlttT fur
1 if l.U4lf | , * 'frt tttUr.lj rrtliriuuull. Auwt 'uref
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