- . - . - - - . . * - . - . - - . - , , -t . . , - - - - - - - - - - t1- , _ v , 0 ' . r - . . . - - . . . , . , - . . - - - , - -v I Ii I I . - I - 1(1 . - ; . THE : . OMAhA : DAILY BEE : "ffiTNDAY 1' , FEBRUARY 10 . , 189. . I t - - - - - - STORY OF DU ! IAUIUER'S ' LIFE - Author of "Trilby" TThs of lila Eal1y . Trials and Later Successes , illS PLEASANT HOV1E AND F/MILY / IN LONDON . Tile J"ot of "Trllhr ; , " Into Offered to Jrnrr . JRme , Turn" Out to 10 the FRII of r' , I the Year-Noy J llacd 011 R No , Novel. , ( Copyrhht 15 by R. R. McCure , ) A8 I croBel1 Ilampsten . heath I passed a group of devout people , to whom , standing among them , 1 Snlvaton army girl , with an . Inspired face , wa preaching with ardent fervor. I did ( not slay to listen 10 her , for George Ilu Mnurler had appoInted mo to meet him at his hou5e 01 3 on that Sunday after- noon. nut as I went my way I heard the words : "Never you envy even those who "Nc"jr Btefll most ' to b& envied In this world for In even thO happiest life . " and that was all. t . al.Du Maurler's house Is In a quIet little strcet that leads from the open heath down to the township of lampslend , a street of few houses and of high walls , with trees c'erywhere and nn air of seclusion anti quiet over all. As ana enters the house one notices on the wal to the left just after the thres- ' hold Is crossed . the orlgnnl : of one of Du Manner's drawings In Punch , a drawing con- corning two , Imllonalresscs , " with the text written beneath the pIcture In careful , al- most lithographic penmanship. "That was where I received my traInIng In literature . " said Du Maurler. "So Ansley t lterature. 10 'me the other day when I told hIm how surprised I was at the success of lily books , considering thaI I had never writ- . ten before. 'Nevr wrilen I' he cried oul. fr \Vhy IY dear Du Manner , you have been writing eli your life. and the best of writing practice at thnt. Those little dialogues of prnctce ' yours which week after week you have fled . to your drawIngs In Punch have prepared you nllmlrably. I was precise writing , and gave e . you conciseness and repartee and appositive- r ness , and the best qualities 'of the wrer of w fiction. ' And " added Du Maurler "I be- : hove Ansley was quite right now that I come . to think of It. " DU IAURER IN HIS STUDY. I. was In his study that Du Maurler re- it' celvel me . a large room on the first floor . window overlooking the with a quare bay , quiet street on the right and a large window almost reaching to the ceiling . and looking In the dlreten of the hearth , facing the dcr. A luxurious room It was , with thick car- ' pets and inviting arm chairs , the walls covered - ered with stamped leather and hung with ! ninnY of the master's drawings In quiet r frames. In one corer a water color portrait - troll by Du Maurer of Canon Alnger , and ' from the same brush the picture of a lady 4 with n violin on the wail 10 the left of the ' decorative fireplace . from over which In the ' : place of honor another smaller model of the I , . . < . I , : . " I ; GEORGE DU MA1JRI1R. i armless Venus looks 'down To the right Is I grand piano , and elsewhere other furniture - of notceablb style and curtains , screens . ' . ali ornaments. A beautiful room , In fact , and within It II none of the litter of the m n' of letters or of the paInter. 4 , 'DU MAUIUlR'S FAMILY hISTORY. It was hero l that I first saw Du Maurler. a ' quiet man of no great stature who at the lrst sight of him Impresses one as a man - who has suffered greatly , haunted by some evil dream or disturbing apprehension. HIs ' . welcome Is genial and kindly . but ho docs . not smile , even when he Is saying a clever and smile-provoking tblng. c "ly full name Is George LouIs Pamela Dusson'du Manner , but we were ol very small ncbiiity. lly name Pamela was given to ' ' mo In souvenir of the great friendship be- tween my father's sister and the duchess de Pamela who was the wife of the Portuguese ambsador to France. OUr re31 family name Is Dusson. the du laurler conies from the chateau Ie Maurlor. buIlt some time In . the fifteenth century , nl1 still standing In Anjou C ' Maine , but n brewery tOday. I I'- beonged to our cousins the Aubel's.oo were the title du Maurler , and an AUbrey du laurler who distinguished himself In that century was Louis of that name , who \va * French ambMsador to Holland . and wa well liked of the great Idng. The Auberys ' , and the Dussns married and . intermarriel . and I cannot quite say , without referrIng to ' family pallrs-at present at my nk-when the"Dusln9 assumed the territorial name of du Mnurier. but grandfather's 7- laurler' my name was Hobert , MathurIn Dusson du laurler , and . ' 1ls name Is always followed In the papers which refer to him by the title 'GenU- bomme Verrlef , ' gentleman glassbiower . For . until the revolution . glassblowing was 1 monopoly of tile 'gentilllomtucs . ' that Is Jo say , that no commoner mIght engage In ! ? this srI. Industry ' , at that time considere an PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE. , "Iy father was a small router whose in- ' - coml was Jlerlvel from our glass works In " Anion. )0 , vas born In England , for his ' father . had fled to England to escape the ' I guillotIne . when tile revolution broke out , t and they rollrnell to France I In 1816. ly grandmother was 1 bourgeoise. Her name ' was flrnairi and she descended from Jean I Bart the admiral. "M ) ' mother ' was nn Englishwoman and ' was married 10 my father at the Drilsh embassy nt Paris. and I was born In Paris on March 6 , 183. , In a lIttle house In the . ' Ohalp $ Elyecs. I bore the number 80. I was afterward sell by lY father anti has . slilco been rulell down. 1 often look at the spot when I am In Paris 1\1 al walking ' lhrough lhe Champs Elysees . anti what J " . , most regret at such times are the pile trees which In my chl\lhooll used to b lherc- . ' very dIfferent from the miserable stumpy \'enuo of today I Is a disillusion which copies upon me with equal force at each new ' visit , for I remember tH trees and tile tiees only. on\ A 10USlmO.D OF MANY ItEMOVALS . "We stayed three years In Belgium , a 11 'when I was 5 years ohl I went with lY par. cqts ' to I.ondon.'hero my father pa. a house which I year later was taken by Charles Dickens , 1 DevLnshlrc terrace , llry- lebone road. - roal. "We only stayed a year In Devonshire terrace - race , fOf my father grew very poor He . was a n\1 of scIentific tastes and lost his money In inventions which never came 10 " . 1ythlng. SI we hal ( 10 wander forth again . and Ihls. titus went to BouIDgn . and there ' wend In a beautiful house nl the lop of , ' the Grande Uup. I hal sunny hour there and was very hal'p ' ) I Is a part of my life , which I shall describe II ole 01 my books . . "Much of my chIldhood Is related In 'Peler ; , Ibbstson , ' My favorite batk was the 'Swlu Ii\nly Robinson , ' anti next 'loblnsol Cru. Ice. ' I used 10 devour these bool\s , " lac. was I late pealer. My . parents must Ive \ thought me dllb. And one day I mul : lrled them all by coming out with a long 's&ntenel. I wu : 'I'ap eat utIle chez lonl i- ' . boucher sour acheler de la vlanllo pour ) .IalflUfl ' all so 1810nllhell Iwer'bolly . ' "We ' ust1 to speak 'olh l relch and Eng. lanKulgel. lIL ! I' At home' , and I waa brought up In both , . From 1oullgne0 went 10 Paris. I wcifl to school at tim ace or 13 to the Pen- flolFrol"sard , , In tto Avenue du ibis de ' : : llouloiU { J 11 ashamed to say that I did nQ11lnul , " uuyaclt at Ichool. 1 shall ' 'wilt. llY school lIfe In my new nor.I , 'The I - tall & . ! . \ ' \ thl age tt Ii I Wllt ul' tr ! . - - - . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - my 'bachot , ' my b1cclaurllo degree at the Sorbonne all was plucked for my wrItten Latin versIon. I Is true 'hat my nose be- gln t blect during the examInation . all that upset me , and . beside , the Professor who was In charge of the room had got an Idea Into his head that I had smuggled a 'crib' In , Gnd kept watching mo so carefully - fully that I got nervous and furrlc1 My . per mother was very vexed with me for my failure . for wo were very per at that time and It was important that I should do well. My father was then In England , and shortly after my discomfiture he wrote for me to Join him there. Wo had not Infermcl him of my failure . and I felt very miserable a I cosscl. becaus I thought ho would b very angry with me. lie met me at the landlhg at London BrIdge and at the sight of my utterly , , o-begono face guessed the truth awl burst out into 1 roar of laughter. I thInk that this roar of laughter gave mo the greatest pleasure I ever experIenced In all my life . DU MAURlm A SCIENTIST. "My father then ne\'el reproached me for my failure In the bachot examination . In- ( iced . never once alluded 10 It. lie had made up his mind that I was intended for 1 scien- tst and determined to make me one SO he put 10 as a pupil at the Drkbeek chem- Ical laboratory of UnIversIty college . where I studied chemistry under Dr. Williamson. I am afraid that I was a most unsatisfactory pupil . for I took no interest at all In the work , nll spent almost all my time In draw- Ing caricatures. AMBITIOUS TO DE A MUSICIAN. "My ambition at that time was to go In for music and singing . but my father objected very strongly In this wish of mine and invariably - varIably discouraged it. My father I must tel you possessed himself the sweetest , most beautiful voice that I have ever heard and If he hall taken up singing as a profession would most certainly have been the greatest singer of his tml Indeed , In his youth he hall studied music for some time at the ParIs Conservatoire , but his family objected to his fo\owlnl the profession for they were legitmists and strong Catholics , and you know In what contempt the stage was held at the beginning of this century. \Ve were all musical In our family-my father my sister the sister who married Clement Scott a most gifted pianisto and then myself I was at that time crazy about muslo and used to practeo my voce ! wherever and whenever I could even on lho top of omnIbuses. I remember - member one night we were crossing Smith- field market together and I was talking to mY lather about music. ' 1 nm sure thaI I could become a singer , ' I said . 'and I you like I will prove It to you. I have my tuning fork In my pocket. Shall' I show you my A ? ' 'I 'Yes , ' said my father , ' 1 should like to hear your Idea of an , A. So I sang the note Jy lather laughed. 'Do you cal that an A ? Let ml show you how to sing it. ' And then there rang out a note of music low and sweet at the outset all Iwelng : as It went till It seemed ody. to fill all Smithfield with divine mel- ody."Jy poor lather , I may add as I am speak- Ing of his musical powers , died-in my arms -as he was singing one of Count de Segur's drInking songs He left ' this world almost with music on his lips. ADOPTS ART AS A PROFESSION. " 1y poor father died In 1856. and at the age of 22 I returned to Paris and went to Ivo with my mother In the Rue Paradis PolsmnlereVo : were very poor , and very dull and dismal I was. however It was not long before 1 entered upon what was the best time of my life. That is . when having ' decided 10 follow art as a profession I en- tered Gleyre's studio to study drawing all painting. Those were my joyous Quarter Latin days spent In the charming socIety of Poynter Whistler . Armstrong Lament and ' othera. I have described Oleyro's studio In ' Trllby. ' For Oeyre I hal 1 great admlra- ton and at that time thought his ' 1uslons Perdue' a veritable masterpiece though I hardly think so now. Jy happy Quarter Latin life only lasted one ' year for In 1857 we went to Antwerp , and here I worked nt the Antwerp academy unde Dc Keyser and , Van Lerlus. And It was on a day In Van ' . Lerlus' studio that the great tragedy of my life occurred " THE LOSS OF ONE OF HIS EYES. I 'hp voice ol Du M . turier . Wh till . the hal been chatting with animation . ! suddenly ! fell . anti over the face came an indefinable expression - pression of mingled , terror and . anger and sorrow. "I was drawing from a model , when sud- 'dcnly the grts head seemed to me to dwin- die to the size of a walnut. I chapped my : hand over my left eye Had I been mls- taken ? I could see ns well as ever. But when In its turn I covered my rIght eve ' ' I , learned what had llappened : .ly left eye hal failed me . 1 might b altogether lost. It ' was sa sudden a blow that 1 was as thun. deratruck Seeing : dismay , Van Lrlus came up and asked mo what might' be the matter and when I told him he said that It was nothing that hi had had that himself and so on. And a doctor whom I anxiously consulted that same day comforted me and said that the accident was a passing one. However my eye grew worse and worse and the fear of total blindness beset me/con- stanthy. " I was with a movement akin to a shudder that Du Maurler spoke those words and my mind went back to what I had heard from the girl preacher as I crossed the heath as In the same low tones and with \ho \ same Indefinable expression he con- tinned : "That was the most tragic event of my lfe , I has poisoned all my existence. " Du Maurier . as though to shake off a troubling obsession rose from his chair and waltel about the room cigarette In hand. "In the spring of 1859 we heard of a great specialist who lived In Dusseldorf , and we went to see him. Ho examined my eyes all ho said that though the let eye was certainly lost , I hall no reason to . lear .10s- Ing tho.other , but that I must bo very -are- ful all not drink beer and not eat chees and so on. I was comforting to know that , I was not to bo blind , but I have never quite shaken oft the terror of that apprehen- sion sion.lAKIG IS OWN WAY IN LIFE . "In the following year I felt that the time had come for le to ear my' own living , and so one day I asked my mother to gIve mo no to enable me to0 to Lon-don. and told her that I should never ask her for any mora money. She did not want to let me go , and as to never asking for money , site begged mo not to make any such resolu- tion. ton."My frat lodging In London was In Newman . man street ' whro I sh red rooms with Whistler. I afterward moved to rooms In Earl's terrace In tile house where Walter Paler died. I began contributing to Once a Week anti to Punch very loon after my arrival In Lontion and shccklngly bad my drawing was at that time. ly first drawing In Punch app ? are In June 1860. anti repre- sentedVlulsther and myself going Into a photograJher's sludlo. I was marrIed In 1863 , and my wlCe and 1 never knew financial - clal troubles ly only trouble has been my fear about my eyes. Apart from that I have been very happy "Most of tile jokes In Punch ere of my own . but 1 sod many are sent to me , which I twist and turn into form Posthethwaito . flunthuorne Mrs. Ponsonby Tomkyns Sir Gorgeous l1113S. and the other characters asoo'alel with my drawings are all my own creatons , flU 1AUnI1S INTERESTING FRIENDS. i "I have made many Inlerestng friends during my long life In London , and the lee- lures whIch I ha'o delivered all over England - land contain many anecdote abut them. "I.eech was , of course . one et my Intl. mates my master , I lay say . for to some cxlcnt my work was moleled on bls. I spent the autumn of the year which pre ceded the death of hIm at.'liitby. . lie was not , 'cry funny . but was kind , aml4ble , and genial , -elghtful man. " 1 shall lever forget time scene al Ills lu- neral. Dean hole was ollntng , and as , the frt led fell with a , FoUndlng thud on the coln of cur dear lead trienti Mlals , who was standing Oi the ( edge oC the grave . burt out LobtIllIg. I was R signal , for the moment after each man In that great can. course ol mourner was sobblrS hQ. I was a memorable sight. " OFFERED hENRY JAMES TRI.Y PLOT , Then going on 10 speak ( f his literary work , Du 1aurer : said : "Nobod ) ' more than myself was surprised at the great success of 1) ' lliVClS. . i never expected In'lhlng of the eort. I did not know that I could write. I hal no Idea that I had any eXperiences worth rccor4lng . TJJb circumstances tinder which I callus to Write are curious 1 waa walking one evenIng with henry James up alli dQwnhc \ Ighl street In 1ayswater Jaunts Jlll that \0 had great dlncllly II finding plat for hIs ! torles. 'Pl b , ' I e- clanmed. "I Rm full . ( f plots ' antI I vent on tn , tea him the Plot of "frlby. 'Dut you , oUlht to write that' etury ' said . Jantei ) 'I 'an't I l % 'rite . ' I i hI , 'I have never written . U' you 10 ; the 11 t so lue4 ) U y take It. ' flat TODAY is the 10th-andtghteen days from now \ve lTov to the northeast corner 0f 16th and Douglas Streets. We thnl't move up there with any of the shoes now on hand. - We prefer to create a name for ourselves bMng you the greatest Shoe bargains in America at ' . , . . , . O' " " " . 4 ; " . 'C'a t-right's : Moval Sale' : : : * < ' ' ' ' ' ) ' . . ' ' , ; of Fine Shoes ' , " : ' . ' . Ii costs ' a ' big.pile' of money to In ve a stock of Shoes even that short distance , besides considerable - able annoyance : : We are , knocking : off the pxices , allowing , for annoyance and moving expense , so that you can get" a. : .good pair : of shoes awful cheap of us tomorrow. . . . . : . - - , , . . ( . Those fine lInn(1.turne(1 ( ShOIS ! , In ' co lnh's ) Chllldrefl'S nI1118 CS' flue grain 11t n Ilnh's hilell's eliflinel calf ulioeim . . CII 1 cnl Coiuiflon Sense nll oxford Insls , hint button RhoCR , nlHlu Iy ) P. Cox Hhoe necdlc loc 111 i1iir'nrii tots ; foilitet' ' are iii slzcs 2 W8 to 'I' $ only we muiko (1o. , mimi SOll 1)V . 10 2.OO. . ' ' , . . . ' 111'11 forlcr $ 4 0 0 1I II 4'1 ell ; mnl\ 111 sull ( ) till nt $1.O $ : II'h'l' ' .6.O. ) We cnu't liltIve them , so _ . n th'sperntu . effort to cuRe them . mill 9 5 ' - 'Ve wIll tel \111 gone-and tiny $1 I 0 they go at. . . . . . . . . 10YC . . . Ihcl . . . . . j7 out. Come i'nt'iy , fOl' they 11i not. last won't lllt nud slzcs , I' 10lg I COle . . . . . . ct'I . . . . . . . . . . . . . wllot . . , . . . . . . . . . sit . . . . Inlt . . , . 101 . . . . -11 . . . . . whll1 . . . . . . . . Itll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 IHlrl 11C1 Willtel' tnl u4110oS , double ' Sh ( ) ( ' , Pflhlitl ( titli ; foruni't1)11CC ) $ . : $ l.m tomorrow viII huy shoes that 'ou 100 pail's c1iiid't 11 and straIght goat lllllll tnl fo'lel' II'lce : .01 $ 3 5 0 ' wi you 10 1lh's hll'R { ! nll Rlrllht Ioat just 10 iuuik e you hnllll 'e'II sUl , . have ne'cr Imhl1 less UUt $ 4.tX ) fet hut.tol ; the HlzCR nld whlhllre not ' thcl ti Inl te "le ' gone. . . . . wc'l . . . . scl. . . ! : I'lIe3- n1e Iude on the new Chicago , 95 exnctr regular , but thmty InC . Crniner's . Piulllliehlllllt mititi bPerft' lasts 1111(1 fl1'O $1.95. goods , that SO1l ( frail ! U , .1.75 and beuutcs Ihlndelllhia . . . . . 111 . . . . OI11'11'lusll . . . . . . . . . . . . ull . . . . n1O . . . ' . . $2.0. 101)11 l'he ' IUIII wllore f1ol : nttidsinoing I , 8 5 C 122 Imh's ) lultui'g Freiteli cnlf : I at { . . . . . . . . . I Icn'l Frelch 1IIIclt sale I . . . . . . . . . . . Iculhcr Il'l'OW toe ImhclHhiliy iuut t , all . ViltIlS ( uiiitI SiY. ( S. F'OVlllOt' lric& ) $ ( .50 ; - wlllhs I.'I'lm' 11'ICl 2 mIsses' ctuuel calf Incea "C'Y , . " 'e luae still quite h. tulinluer oC thoso' , just I ) 111 you UI 1 ( len how luch ! rOj 3 7 ' 5 ' ' . ' , hlYO sti i n\uhm' $ ' \ i llotr shoe.-t. regular price $ 2.5O ; . , , ' quie . ' , , ' iw'ftr ' to tdi'oet , we'll sell all Si ( miiiii 6.OO welt i4ioes In titoney . $ $5.00 $ 1I''Cct. I . to add 101'0 fuel to thin hottest shon . small o 'Inl we uiro cibsing thocs ; out 9 5 C this luolth IOle at. . . . . . . ' we'l . ' . . . Hel . . ni. . . J ten Halo this ever shoe recorded wlhoutI'cCOUlSelulule In this city , we wi $1 . .5 : 0 II "n t' . . tuit . . . . . . . . . U1O . . . . cosllg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by 1. Cox Shoe Co. , Hochestel' , itt 'We have n few dozen ' pairs oC ladles' . Inllel' GO Imh's of Indies' Imlell leather ynml ) , g' ' ' ' IIuhliilurl4 that fOl'llil'l'ly uold " 0 wl'm uullcl's . f01ll'ly told 0 , $1 0 o . ' cloth lOll ! hulon shoes , lellul OIICl'U $ 2.50 for $ : they are fur h'llled , but . 45 airs misses' calf lace and button . .1 pairs Ilsses' elf 11c n11 buton too reguhatslze8. A Yel' ' dressy ShOC , . ) ; very ; for all that the ' are SIIII heel , 111e b y P. J Cox Shoe Co. . 1eluln1 price , $ 5.OO. . . . . . . . 11'ess . . . . . . . . . . . ni 1'1 Itochmester ; neyer was known to be sold , Uochestclj for less tiunit $ 2.5O WIS , except nt this 5 0 . . " ' also hn\'e utumber oC muatron' grILItI shoe 'iuiovtil sale. WTe will close $1 , " Those 111011's French calf full ] , Bole ttw 0 ' \ a nUlbcr lah'on'8 ' the entire 10YII nt. . slle. . . . r . . . . . . . . wi . . . . close. . . ; " I $ buls . U , len t'o that snore we than hnyo 1lllU'ccutCl always cork sold nt for $ 4 . 0 0 . IflCVIY them WUll. ut sold 'fu1 hul tllllCll nt II'lce $ UiO , , IlIIIIC'1 now thnt sell for 7 5 C ire pairs cliiltl's pebble gent heavy half double sole Cramer's siuoeu , that our Mcn's patent lenthcrs-on n flue French atW Only a fmv of the lied Romeo slippers . selng . . price In sizes 8 % to 10 ' % was $1 0 5 calf-time 111 we always sold for $ 3 6 0 wurm n unl nice , that we used to bell $ 1 2 5 ' this movhiig sale . they $1.50. 11USt At get out. Priceless . . . . . . . . mO'lng . . . . . . . . . . . . $ O.5O unl more , Lenuox toe . , are now. for $2. but now they are s T. Po CARTW.RIGHT Sc CO. 1415 ; . . CARTW , B . . , Douglas St. Yet < , Going . to move .to 16th and Douglas Street March 1st. - Must , sell all their shoes before they move. - . James would not take It , He said I was too valuable a present and that I must write the story myseU. HOW HIS NOVELS WERE WRITTEN. "Well . reaching liome that nlgh-t ' I ' "et to work , and by' the next morning , I had wrllen work . first two numbers , oL 'Peter Ib- ' betson. ' I seemed ' to \ \ from my pen without effort In a full stream. But I , thought It must be per stuff . and I deter- inlned to leak for an omen to learn whether any success would attend this new deptu.e. . So I walked out Into the garden , ana toe very first thing that I saw was a large wheelbarrow , and that comforted me and reassured - assured me for as you will remember , there Is 1 wheelbarrow In time first chapter of 'Peter ' Ibbetson. ' "Some . time later I was dinIng ' with Os- good and he said : ' 1 hear Du Maurier . that you are writing stories , ' and asked me to let him see something. So 'Peter Ibbetson' was sent over to America and was accepted at once. 'Then 'Trilby' followed . and the 'boom' came a boom whch ! surprised me immensely for I never book myself au Eerleux as a nov- elist. Indeed , this 'boom' rather distresses ' elst. ate ' when " 1 reflect that Tbackery never had a He works at irregular intervals and In such moments as he can snatch from his Punch works , "For , " he says , "I am taking more pains than ever over my drawing " And so saying ho fetched nn album , In which ho showed me the elaborate preparation , In the way ol studies and sketches which vas the preliminary to n cartoon which will appear - pear prelminary or two In his paper One figure . from a female model had been ' drawn several times. There was here the infInite capacity tmes takIng paIns. "My best tne for writing Is just after lunch. My writing Is frequently interrupted . and I walt about lhe studio anti smoke and then back to the ' MS. once more. , Afterward I revise , very care- fully now , for I am taking great - pains with an my new book ' TbaMartians' is ' to be a very long book , and I cannot say when It will be finished. " A MAN AT Ils DEST AFER 40. Over- tIm fro In the comfortable room , whither we went to have lea at Mrs. Du whiher ' request , the conversation touched on many things. "Every book which Is worth anything , " said Du Maurier "has had its original life. " And again , "I think that the best years me. 11 n man's life are after he Is 40. So Trolope used to say Docs Daudel say so , too ? A man at 40 has ceased to hunt the moon. I would add that In order to enjoy life after 40 It Is perhaps necessary to have achieved before reachIng that age , at least some success. " lie spoke of the success. letters he had been receiving since the "boom " and said that on an average ho re- i celvel five letters 1 day from America of a " of correspondents - flattering description . "Some my crre- spondents , however don't give n lan his 'due ' " ho remarked , with a sbadow of a smile The . day on whIch he la able to devote most time 10 writing Is Thursday. "C'est man grand Jour. " On Wednesdays he Is en- gaged with a model ; 1 female model comes every Friday. It Is characteristic of the man that he should work with such renewed application [ In of the fact that at his old craft spite cIrcumstances have thrown wide open to him lho gates of a new career ' lie reminds one as to physique and In certaIn manifestatons ofa L _ _ very < u.u neryous . tern . _ - perament of anotner glan wuu-ae , wuu. " name Is Emile Zola. But ho Is altogether original and himself , and striking intlividusilty . n man 1\ strong Individualiy. altogtlier deserving of his past and present good fortune , . RODERT . H. SHERARD. 1EII' J'U > S - IN JJW'JnJl' , Rhinestones and gamete are introduced In the stock collars with stunning effect . I Center pieces for the dinner table are now I ' the most exquisite hand embroidery FIve o'clock tea china Is so dainty and exquisite - quisie that cern . ; Is apprehensive In using I. Latest des'ens ' In capdle shades for dinner are Impos91blo swallows and bulternles. The court [ Jlater patch on china or cheek has been revived by modern "grand dames. . " Gentlemen forget that heather "apata" originate - nate In I nglanl among "mlu's" gro ms. Circular should be sent out 10 make It known to all that draping pictures with searls al are entirely out of date It I note that many opara glasses In feminine bands have a bow of bright-colored ribbon fastened to the top. Somehow or other people who expect slang anti Ilelegan expression from the masculine- attired girl pre not disappointed. Foot bal souvenir spoons are the latest . The bowl II a loot ball . and the arllcle I. , per- lisps more ornamental than usful , Igh combs more or less Spanish are , woven In tile back haIr : also on side of the heed , or anwhere likely to be seen ' - ' , ' - . _ _ , POPULATION [ [ F TIE , WORLD \ ; What i'.1 "PrmistBe t .l lntlad , . 1iat.it . - . . I A VALUABLE STATISTICAL ' COMPILATION I - The World's Gain Estimated at Five 111- lens R' 'Year-Eftoct 00 Contnents and . ation5-COmparatWO 8malncls In Hulk ( Copyright 1&9 : by John Bolt Scholn& . ) The population of te world has been given by various statisticians ns follows : In 1874 , according .to Dehm and Wagner , 1,391,000,000. In 1878 , according to Levasseur , 1,439.000- 000 000.In In 1883. accordIng to -ehm and Wagner , 1,43,000.000. In 1886 , according to Levasseur . 1,483,000- 000. 000.In 1891. according to Wagner and Supan , . 1,480,000,000. The last estimate may be regarded as sufcenty trustworthy ns u .worldng basis ; Messrs Wagner and Supan have earned a just repulaton for painstaking and thorough work , and moreover this estimate or thq German savants has been , established l niore than one-hal its built ( ( c. . to 67 per cent of' ' the 1.480.000,000) ) upon the actual result of recent censuses. ' In dealing with this large population we 'have to deal wlh big figures and a good ninny of them. For example : Ponulatlon. 'Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b2G.9IO Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367,379.(1 ' ) Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lrt.353,00i : ) AmerIca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . ] 21.713t' In Oceania Ihand end , l'oiar regions . . . IIIIIR . . . . . . . . . 11)lar . . . 7..10 ( Australia . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . - - , : o.r < The world. . . . . . . . . . . . . .I.I,72J.to Here Is another way to obtain a clear Ilea of how the world's population .Is split up. Thus , for every 1,000 persons In the world , there arc : In Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( : , rSOn3 . In Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 11 1.f'Ii In Alrlcn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lit p" " ll" In America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 persons In Oceanic Islands and Polar . regIons . . Ilnmls . . . . . . . . . . . . I persons In Austrnll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 persons The . . . . . . . . . . . , persons TiE DISTRIBUTION O POPULATIN , We see that more than one-hal of the world's population live In Asia , and nearly one-quarter II Europe ; that about one-ninth of the people live In Africa and just under one.twelfh In America ( North Central and South combined ) . and that the aggregate populations of the Oceanic Islands Polar regions and Australia atcount for only seven persons out of every 1.000 people In the worid I asked to guess ! at the dlstrlbuUoQ of lhe. world's population nine people out of ten would probably place Asia first , Europe second America third. But wo see that Africa takes the third place instead of . It being occupied by America . This Is mainly due' .to the north tropical zone of Africa which Is larger than' the whole of the United Slates , contains 42,000.000 more people , and which Is also more densely populated To this population of the north tropical zone of Africa 60,00.000 ; ro' conlrlbulel by the Soullan and Upper Guinea only-a number which nearly e'llls the 63,000,000 of the United Slates of ' America enumerated at their census of 1890. Now let us compare time sizes of these continents . elc. , whose ' populations we have briefly glanced at : - Square Miles. Asia . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,01,0 Mies America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H,8IO A ( rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.m.0 EUI'O\Ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.767,01 ) Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,072,000 Oceanic Islands und Polar regions . 2,461,0 The world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,315O POPULATION 4 , WITH REFERENCE TO AREA The following . figures help' U8 to appreciate the sizes 01 time six dlvlrlons of the world For every 1.000 quaro mles of land ares In the world there are : . In Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 sq. miles I In America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 2 sq. miles In Africa . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 21 : sq. miles In Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . \.1111 In Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5(1. miles Oceanic Islands and Polar re- . , . , . . . . . . , . . , , , . , . 47 . nilcs glens . . . . . . . . . . . . . sq. mies The world . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 Sll. miles Thus , nearly one thIrd of the earth la In . Asia which also p05sese3 more than one-hal , the population : more than one-quarler of tlO earth went to make America and over one- fifth for Africa. Europe contains only one- , fourteenth part of the world's area nlhough . aha has 'nearl ) one-quarler of' the population . , ' = ! d. Australia . 19ntalns one-elghteenlh parI. The last division 'on our lst takes ' the " 1iTl- ] . lings from .the guineas , " being a t'enty- oneth part of the world'a , area. DENSITY OF POPULATION. Having new 0 fairly definite mental con- cepton cf the distribution of time world's ' population and of its area , we may turn to the Inlerestng feature of density of populaton ! In various parts of the world : In , Europe is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 acres In Asia is. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 13 acres In Africa Is . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 44 acres In America 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 acres 1n Oceanic Islands and Polar re- gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 acres In Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . acres In the world is. . . . . . . . . : . . 2 acres This way of looking at the facts concerning density of population shows us that there Is still amp rom In th world for all of us , whe - ever we may chance to be locled. The overcrowding . crowding of which we hear so much disap- pears whe WO take an extended view 01 the facts , which seem to invite us to spread our- selves out more than we do. THE FUTURE. ' Hera are the results of some calculations I have very carefully made as regards the future growth of the population of the world , and as td the year A. D. , when our descend- ants will 'havo EO Increased In number thaI ' there will then be only one acre for e'aclm per- son In the world . Instead ol the twenty-three acres mentioned above As ' a preliminary. I wept into all the available - able facts upon which to compuf the annual rate of Increase In the world's population . and finally I determined that the rate of Increase might be taken ' , at I per 1.000 persons per annum ; this means that for very 1,000,000 persons living In 1891 there were : In 1892. . . i. . . . . . . . . . . .1,0,0 persons In 1893 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.01.02 persons In 1891. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.01.075 ; persons In 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.020,15 persons etc . etc. And the re lls , for the future population of the world work out thus : In 1891 there were 1.480.000.00 persons. Ia 1900 there will be 1,548,000.000 perBons. In 1910 there wl be 1,986,000,000 persons. In 2000 there will be 2,548,000,000 persons. In 2030 there will be 2,060,000,000 persons. In 2100 there will be 4197,000,000 ; persons. In 2200 there will be 6.910,000,000 persons. In 2300 there will be 11,379,000,000 persons In 240 there will be 18,738,000,000 versons In 2116 there will be 33,418,000.000 persons In 251 timers will be 33,586,000,000 p rsons. These figures show us , for example , that In A. D. 2030 the 1891 population will have doubled Isel and will have taken 139 years to do It in Tile population of the United Kingdom has doubled Iself In eighty years ; and the population of England and Wales In fifty-seven years : but we should bs quite wide of the mark If we applied our own rate of annual Increase 10 the population of the world-for our raIl cf Increase Is above the average. In France . for example . the increase of population 1 very slow ; In fact but for the attractions I' ' offers foreigners as a residence ls population would of late years have shown a falling off , because . whie the births decrease - crease , the dealhs Increaae. POPULATION , AND ACRES I may also point out that the : blv figures show us that between A. D. 251'J and . \ . 1) . 2517-G21 years later than this present year 1895-there wi be In the worl : , many people as there arc acres there being 33- ; 482,000 acres of land , a number . vhich . as we see . tails between the last two numbers In the above column DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION . For every 1,000 persons In Europe there t . are : In European hturmuia . . . . . . . 2G2 persons In he German empire . . . . . . . . 139 persons In Austrla.Hungary. . . . . . . . 16 persons . In 1"I.ance.\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 persons In Great Britain and Ireland . 10 pnimons In Italy . Intaln . . . . . nnl . . , . Ircnnd. . . . . 811.ersl prons In Spain . . . . . . . . . , , ! ' . , , . , . . . 48 persons In Ilolgiumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11JerSOns In other parts of Europe . . . . 121 persons Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,0:0 : Jersons The eight countries name ! l are those which contain the largest populatIon Turkey , \ Ihoul Bulgaria , has fewer IJeople than I lit Iglun ! , and , moreover , Ichll1 , la a very 11. lstrlous and worthy little \ouII : ) ' . and more enled ; to a place than Turkey ; so Turkey may be Included In other parts of Europe. As there t are GtO acres In I > 'Uara untie ! , we see that the Inhabiants of Belelum ha\c eatt , ( f them upon the avenge , very little more than one acre of space , lelglum I essentially I m4nufaetu lnK coulllrY-lt simply has not the room for extenJlve agrl- I uHural Industries. In every available hole and corer the Belgians buW themselves with agriculureand alhough agriculture s carried on with much industry , the Del- laf& . are largely ! , depend nt u1ol foreign supplies for their food . THE POPULATIN OF ASIA. After Europe comes Asia In point of In- terest-old Asia , older even than Europe In Its quaint manners and fashions of men and thing But how incomparable with western Europe Is Asia of lhe nine lee nth century ! Asia Is for the main part ( China ) , hopelessly conservative . and we have had a recent I ! lustraton r how modern progress may enable a little nation hike the Japanese em- plro to get the better of an old nation nearly nine times ns populous. The Chinaman shows to us the abuse of conservatism In the cast as plaInly as've have seen the abuse of liberalism - Ism In the west. \Ve see the distribution of Asla's population rather significantly In the following figures. For every thousand persons In Asia there arc : , In China proper. . . . . . . . . . 424 persons In British .Intiia. . . . . . . . . . . 37 persons In the Japanese empire. . . . . 37 parsons In the East Indian , Islan 9. . . . 48 persons In French India. . . . . . . . . . . 2 persons In CorelL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 persons In Slam . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . lpenons In British Burmab. . . . . . . . . 9 persons In Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 person In Russian Central Asia and 'J.urkestan . Centrl . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 persons In 'jJrkestan . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . 6 persons In Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . I persons In Cc lon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . persons In Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 parsons In other parts ol Asia. . . . . . .52 persons Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,00 parsons Drltsh India Is the only division of Asia that ns regards population como anywhere near China and these tivo' divsions ! combined absorb more than three-quarters of the whole of Asla's' pelJle. , Time quality of tho' Japanese - ese stands out in ' favordble contrast with the quality of the Chinese when we note that lhere are In Asia 424 Chinamen for every fort-elght Japs. THE WORLD'S POPULATION IN DULK. And now let us see what a realy Insigni- cant body Is this population pl the world. For example every living person could be contained In a square common less than twenty.two miles each way : each person of time 1.480,000,000 could have a square yard to stand on ; and A. A. Chase or some other expert cyclist could be left outside with his machine and ride round the square contain- log the world's population In about three and one-half hours for the elght-seven and one half miles of lhe boundary fence. Or the lt80OOOOOO persons could each occupy a square yard of standing room In nefor < shire ammd , then fill UII only lwo.thlrds of that county They cou11 be tucked away down In Radnorsbmire' by a little squeezing and leave all the rest of time world mply. Even al the Isle of Man would hold nearly one-hal of the world's populaton at anD person 10 tile square yard A fact like this serves to illustrate tbo really trifling Impotanco ' 'of the worhl's realy population enllasse , and , Incidentally . tile utter insignificance of the Individuals who compose It. J. HOYT SChOOLING , F. R. S. S. r Lt1'I1.JI IriS. Rev Mr. Bedelh . who used to Ilreach Metimodist doctrIne In Calhmouma county , says Melhol\st the Athnla Constitution , was what Is called "n jack of all trades. . " Whie ho was living at Newton It Is related of him that a young runaway couple seeking to eel married came to the ferry at thaI place and called for the ferryman , when Deel respolded to their el and put them across the rlvcl' Whll doing so the young man InlJu'red for a Ilacksllh , ns liedehi hI wanted replied { some : repaIr mad on his buggy Beel "I 1 qm 1 blacksmith and will repaIr I. . The young man next Inquired . for a hotel to stop ) at Dedel replied : "Como with me ; I keep the hotel and will . " entertain you. Time next Inquiry was for time cleric of the court of ordinary In order to procure 1 mr- rlagl Icense : , Bedel answered : " ! am time clerk and can issue you a I. . " cense. . cense. finally inquired for a minister to per- 10naly form time marriage ceremony. 'fhe man of many occupations was again equal 10 time elergency"and informed time would.be bride- grC1 : "I am a 'mlnlsler and ) \'IIJerform the ceremony " mony for you I" - The Worcesler ( Mass. ) Gazette tells a stan' of tile 11ev. Ur. Ilancroft , father of George Ilancroft . the lmistoriamu . and once \astor ' of the 1 ITt Unlarlqn church of \\'grcc.ster A carpenter was comm.slone to make two tablets on wblcb the ten commandmentl were to be painted , The carpenter made time tubMs . - - w " ol knotty boards . perhaps not realizing their , use When Dr. Dancroft directed the painter not 10 Itt the knot sh w" the nman who was , 1) a waglsh character of the day , . painted the ten commandments , aiul carefully left I spaces ' where the nets , ought to stand : -Dr. Dancrof had 1 sense 01 humor anti I Is believed he laugimod or perhaps ' smiled . - ' II then told the painter he had mt tmndOrztood him and had better restore the nots. ' . The "sermonetto" Is a recent fad In pulpit circles nays the Chicago Tribune. Evening services are supposed to be rendered more attractive . tractvo by the advertisement that "ser- monettes" Instead of sermons will bo , preached. In a little social coterie the other - " night the new term was discussed ' t J "Do tell me , " said 1 clover girl "what a sermonete IE. , "Why , ' answered answerel tiie-man-wlmo-alwaye. knows-It-al. "It Is a emaIl sermon . " 0. I see . " commented tim girl "nml It Is the Ingenious device of some 'preaciterette , ' , . I suppose. , " supose. ' Heardso-Do you think It hurls a church S member to go to the theater ? Salso-That , J depends on the individual ; some wouldn't be hurt even by amateur theatricais , Mrs Yo lgsporl-What a fine delivery the new minister has. Mr. Youngsport-Yes , he ought to have. le was crack pitcher al the university bal team for - three years. coxivUJ3:1 : . CU..UJlr.JLITLES. Priscia ( just arrlved-Aro ) there any men here ? Phyllis-Oh . there are a few apolo- gies for men. Irlscla-Wel , If an apology Is offered to le , I shal accept It. Married Man-Wimy don't you get married Miss Perldna ? You Ire getng to look like n "back number"-'ou will soon b an ell maid. Missl Perkins-If I were as easy' to please as your wife was I would have been married long ngo . King Alexnnder' of Servla wanl to marry time Princess Sihyle of Hesse , , but old Me , . and lrs , Icsse , or whatever their lame 1 , , ' ' wish to wnlt two years to see If the king Is a smart enough Alex to keep his throne - Mr. ald Mrs. Hesse know their busimmess Judge Otis of the St. Paul district qourt has rendered a decision lhat a man Is legally responsible for the damages done by his wlfc's unruly tongue. Under this decslol 1 wel known St. Paul citizen has been held liable for $5.000 for gossip traced back , to his wife wife.1rR. . D-I can't see what's your objection to young Mr. Goodly. Everybody speaks well of hum Miss U ( patimetlcahly-Mmmmmn ) , surely you wouldn't wish me to marry a mn'ua that I would never have a right to scold. Etiltor's Wife-Who wrote this beautiful article on "How to Manage a Wlfo ? " gllor Jones , Idltor's : " ' -Young I'dlor's "m'tte-\Vimy , 1 dldn't isn't Iwo\ ho was married . Editor-lie IRn't.Mr. Mr Moneyhags (10 ( married 11aughlcr-0 ) course every one says that Jack marrlell you for mnommey Dau/hlH-Why. father that's rllculous ( , I haven't any money-It all went to pay Jack'm , debts. Jldgo Pryor of the Now York court of comlon pleas , cOlloenlng upon time Iluslal lumher of divorce cases which arc constantly cOllng before time court now , said that tIme - mal-lago ritual should bo changell In this " state so as 10 reaml "imusbantl : alit ! wife until do . " death or divorce us lart , There have been two veritable hombshels exploded In New York society recently In tIme Hhape of clerical matrimonial engagejuonts That of lLeYllommry Mottet of holy Coinmunion to MillS Gallup , umieco of Mra , Syivanus Reed , absolutely Imaralyzed society. holy Corn- mummlon s'us Mrs. Joinm Jacob Astor , sr's , churcim , ammd iii attendeil by many tasimioum- duos. None of time clergumneum who imavo hitherto occupied its Imulilit were married , it being timuim wilimout precedent for tile roe- tor to take unto imi'mnaeht a wIfe , therm , PIns beemm a great fuss armd splutter , 11ev , Dr. Wmmllmoho Warrc'mm of Holy 'I'rimmity 1mm about to ied a beautiful imlommti0 witiow , a Mrs. Drown. immg , tlamighiter of Henry C. ICuhiuuimarmlt1 'Flu. is time clergyman about wbmomn tue question ot contract labor was raised. I I"irt 14'ttrr 1' mm rrierm. It is not clear that , time letter carriers were regularly employed before 1753 , wimerm tradition tells. us timat iienJarmmln Iraumklin , _ time new postmaster general , emnployed tlmtmrn in Pimllalleipimla , anti Imostilmly imi New York , The earliest evidence I have is of 1702 , when time I'Imiiatlrlpiuia poetummmmster advertised that imIs "boy" had ruin away , and that patrons mmmust coil for their letters at tim'vostofflce , Time Postal Jotirnal of iluglm Filmisy , a storehouse - house at sound iimforjnation , teimm ) us that 1huon imti no letter carm'ler In 1773 , Of New York , Ime says tilat "Eoomm after time am' . rival of a mall lime letters are quickly tie. ' hivereml by a runn r , " whittii nleans mneasen ger or letter carrier , . carrier'm . . , -'m * ' ' ' ' ' . . , , ' , , - - ,