THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAY 10. 1800. 0
FAMOUS ITALIAN MODEL
Thi Man Who Posed M ffachington ,
William Penn and Longfellow.
GREAT ARTISTS AS HE SAW THEM
Sketch or the Life of Carlo Mnll.oUl ,
Ft-lenil , Companion nnil Model to
fienrlr All ( Jrcnt Artlxl * of
the ICternnl City.
One of the most remarkable men In Homo
l Carlo Malbottl , who has been friend , com
panion ana tnodol to nearly all the great
artists who have studied nnd wrought In
the Eternal city during the last half cen
tury.
It was not only his splendid form nml
pure , classic features that made Carlo so
sought and so enthusiastically appreciated
by Therwaldson nnd Overbeck anil Cor
nelius ; by Powers and Olbson , Achtmann ,
three generations of Tadollnls , nobcrt Dom-
planl and the other famous presidents of
San Lucca ; Crawford , Ilhelnhart , Hogcrs.
Story , Simmons and Miss Hosmcr ; It was be
cause of his thorough mastery of their Ideas
nnd his quick anJ Intelligent comprehension
of what they wished to symbolize that made
him a factor of Inestimable value In the
realization of these artists' grandest nnd
most ambitious dreams.
Unllko the majority of models , his pro
fession wns not hereditary In his family.
He Is the oldest model In Rome now , nnd he
began posing when but 17 at the Villa of
the Modlcl. Ho wna born close by the beau-
tltul old church of San Andrea della Frato
on the now busy street of Capo lo Case ,
where Ellhuo Veddcr and the Norwegian
portrait painter , Ross , have their homes.
Ho was an especially well-informed young
fellow , knowing and delighting In history
nnd loving poetry nnd nrt. Indeed , ho hlm-
Bclf was a sculptor with a. fine passion for
the work. Many times , while the bits of
pure whlto marble flow from under his
chisel llko snowllakes , ho lost his patience
at the utter llstlcssncsa and Ignorance man
ifested -by the scores of models of all de
scriptions whom ho saw , about him every
day.
Sculptor AVlio llecniuc n 3Ioi1cl.
In n llttlo working stud'o ' almost directly
opposite where his fine fcrm as Spartlcus
now forms a striking ornament In the midst
ot Mcdlcl gardens. Carlo wns chipping nwny
one day at the figure of n hunter. He was
passing ono of his restless , Impetuous mo
ments , and In the heat of passion had
stripped his arms bare to the very should
ers. Ills blows were firm and rapid nnd the
elnows stood out llko cords on his splendid
arms and torso , for In the suffocation of
his passion ho had flung his Jacket wide open
too.
' * Mon Dleu ! what a superb model he would
make ! " cried a young penslonant , who was
passing -nt the moment , and whose name
wns to become very famous In the world of
nrt.
"C'est vrnl ! but I don't belelve It would
be possible-to persuade GO fine and enthusias
tic n workman ns ho Is to change his oc
cupation so completely , " replied his young
companion , nnd who had already commenced
that superb reading ot Influence through
music , whose Inspiration was then gathering ,
and which he called Faust.
Indeed , his words might have proved true ,
but for Carlo's overmastering Indignation
at the llstlessncss and llfclossncss ot the
model he had Just seen , which drove him Into
giving a hasty and emphatic consent to the
ambitious young sculptor's pleading. Before
Carlo parted with the young scujptor that
night he. had acquainted himself -with the
rubject of the now work. As he walked
homeward through the Piazza del Popolo ar '
nil that evening he studied It ; oven In h. :
ilrcam It was..before him. 'In ' the morning
he was so truly the character Itself thai
the young sculptor had reason all his life
long lo bless the inspiration ot Carlo , the
model , which helped him create one of his
greatest works.
There was no more thought after this of
Carlo's chipping marble ; hla plan was to
be a very different one Indeed to lend such
form and force to the development of artistic
Ideals as no artist in Re-mo had been nblo
to call to his aid before.
Carlo never allowed himself to take a
pose unawares ; ho must know nnd study
every phase and every circumstance ; he
was so Imperative in this that the most
gifted artists grew to know that no Im
promptu summons from whatever quarter
or for whatever Inducement would bo
heeded ; they must tell him of the history
and the people ho was to represent ; talk
with him of the ideals ho was to give ex
pression to , relate the romance ho was to
lymbollze. He was so reverently conscl-
brow His absorption In his subjects was
ono reason tor his endurance of fatlcuc In
act poses , which was as remarkable and
valuable as his other rnre qualities.
Ono of the ttudlos whore Carlo most loved
to KO In the hours that wcro free from his
adored Villa Modlcl WHS that of the great
artist , Crawford , nt Villa , Negroni. Cnrlo
never tires of spenklng of Mrs. Crawford ,
now the wife ot that great master of form
and color Terry. Crawford wns so grandly
sincere , Carlo says , that TO him his well
known severity was but like another charm.
It was In the Villa Negroni studio that Carlo
posed for Crawford's superb statue of Wash.
Ington , which Is ono of the chief treasures
In our national capital.
U was liero , too , that ho posed for our
other great artist , William Wctmore Story's
first work the colossal figure of his father
willcli marks 'his resting place nt Mount
Auburn , nnd whoso development made Story
himself an nrtlst. "How gentle and how
Mud ho wao , nnd how grnnd nnd full of
noble sentiment were bis Idenls ! " says
Carlo , while n tear glistens In his eye nnd
hln volco Is tremulous. Carlo knows ana.
honors , too , nnd Is honored by Story's
gifted son.
Carlo's figure is n very prominent ono
on the grcnt bronze doors nt Washington ,
which Hhlnohnrt nnd Ilogers finished from
Crawford's designs ; on ono he Is nn Indian
chief , nnd on the other a Contlncntnl officer.
"What a great , noble heart Hhlnohnrt had ,
nnd liow varied wns Rogers' genius ! " Cnrlo
exclaims.
I'oncil nn Longfellow nnil I'cmit
Cnrlo posed for Franklin Simmons' fn-
mous Longfellow , nnd , In ono of Phllndol-
phta's finest squares wo find him ns William
Pcnn , treaty In hand. In his nrt fcstn remi
niscences Carlo spcaka very brightly of Miss
CARLO POSED IN THE NUDE.
Hosmer , who was always a central figure at
these historic gatherings.
"Sho was a luxurious hostess , and such a
splendid .horsewoman . , " ho exclaims , "even
In the early days wticn she studied with
John Gibson , where the great Andreonl
gallery now stands. "
Ho divided many days between Cornelius
and Overbeck , posing for the latter's splen
did Adam and for the former's famous Ber
lin Cnmpo Santo works. They lived at qulto
opposite ends of the city , for though the
publlo saw nothing but politeness between
these two great artists , they were not the
best of friends.
"Though their schools and methods wore
so different , " says Carlo , ' "thero was much
of Jealousy between them. Cornelius was
OAHLO MALDOTTI AS HE AIM'KAUS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
entlous that these great artists caino to look
upon and treat him as a friend rather than
as a paid employe and took him with them
quite as ono ot themselves on their quaint
festas lu the Cervara grottoes and to their
famous artichoke feasts at Fattier Abra
ham's past the Cencl palace.
Like the great artists who "live not
act" on the placosenlco , so Is Carlo on his
throne In the artist's studio. He carries
himself with such dignity and moves with
such agile and perfect grace that no ono
ever stops to think how tall he Is. Ills
features , capable of expressing the deepest
passion and the loftiest sentiment , are purely
Greek. Ills carriage and expression remind
one of a proud Roman of the Imperial days.
In his younger days his soft , brown hair
( hair and beard are both snow-white now )
was wavy nnd be wore It In masses care-
lisaly tossed back from tils broad , whltn
always a vivacious worker , stopping occa
sionally for n glass of wine and n cigar , In
which ho always Insisted that I should join
him. The positions bo demanded were some
of the most fatiguing In which I ever posed.
Overbeck , on the contrary , worked quietly ,
almost silently. In the street Cornelius
walked with quick , firm steps ; Overbeck ,
ponderlngly and much more slowly , a little
stooping and with a cane , "
Carlo knew very well Indeed the fine Via
Marguttn studio of Mr. Terry as well ns
the studios of all the other great artists ,
Count il'Kplno chose htm as his model In
both the famous statues of himself and of
his father , one as governor of India , the
other a Drttleb general.
Although ho would dearly love to travel ,
Carlo has hardly been outside of Rome.
"But , ns large ne Is the world , so may I
be found there , " be says proudly , as if he
finds omo solace for his own privation. ' ' 1
would go to America quickly , If I could , and
there I should meet myself llko an old
friend everywhere I went , "
.Vrtlntft Whom He Itnt Knoirn ,
Carlo's first work for Rogers wns when
that celebrated artist's studld wns nt Tlnzrn
Uarbcrlnl , midway between the quaint llttlo
house where Louise Alcott passed two happy
ycnrs , and that wing of the Cappucclnl
monastery which wns first the studio of
Thorwaldsen , then of Achtmnnn , "tho re
ligious artist , " and then of Luclla Varney
Scrrao. Carlo never tires of speaking of
Thorwaldscn's splendid figure and fine pres
ence and the famous pipe which was the
great sculptor's inseparable companion , nor
of Tcncrant and Galll , his disciples , and
Montevcrdo nnd Roberto Uomplnnl nnd of
thnt silent , mysterious man who was In
Homo so long before Rome found out who
ho was the great director of tha Imperial
nrt academy In St. Petersburg , upon whom
emperor , court and culture had lavished
every highest honor and who had turned
his face away from them nil with his heart
full of cruel pain. Carlo was called to pose
many times for this artist's great Italian
masterpiece , "Tho Last Days of I'om-
pcll , " painted In Palazzo Costa ( now
Marlgnoll ) when our own Brown , whom
also Carlo served and loved , was there.
The other day I met Carlo walking rapIdly -
Idly up Via Uabulno ; his head was nobly
erect nnd there wns a pleased , new light
In his blue uyes ; his smile was as frank and
beautiful ns n child's ns ho paused to give
me a graceful salutation.
"Where nro you going , Cnrlo ? " I de
manded.
"To write to llttlo Nino" ( this was the
pretty .diminutive by which Crawford's
model knew his son In studio days ) . "Ho
lives In a beautiful palace In Sorrento and
Is a famous author now , .they tell me , but
I am sure he has not forgotten Villa Ne
groni and old Carlo young Carlo then ! "
CKUIS12 IX AST AUTOMOBILE.
Two of Detvey'M Tnr Cnnic to Grief In
the Xcir-Fimliloiieil Crnft.
Both bluejackets fcad evidently been din-
Ins and wining liberally , relates the New
York Journal. Ono had a list toport and
the other to starboard , which Indicated that
they were loading up unevenly. On thi
cap of ono Its gold letters announced that
Its owner had smelled powder In Manila
bay and eaten breakfast In the heat of bat
tle with smoke as a condiment. The other
sailor , too , although ho had removed his
ribbon , was evidently from the Asiatic
squadron. Both .became . enamored of the
humming automobiles as they lurched up
and down Broadway ,
"Let's board one o' the open ( hlc ) faced
craft , " eald he of the Olympla , catching up
the elack In hie trousers In the manner
referred to by nautical novelists as "hitch
ing. " Then the pedestrians on Broadway
became interested.
"Ahoy , there ! " yelled the able seaman
from the "blank" man-o'--war , "we want
to ship aboard your craft. " The man on
the quarterdeck of the vehicle communi
cated with the engine room of hie barge ,
and with a wheezing , whirring sound drew
up at the curb.
"Throw out a gangplank ! " yelled Olympla ,
waving a huge bronze paw with a blue an
chor In Arabesque on the back.
"Tumble In , mil , " said the other , and In
a mlhu'to ' the two tars were seated In a
horseless vehicle.
"Cast off ! " yelled Bill.
"Whcro away ? " asked the man above ,
Involuntarily .falling . Into nautical parlance.
"Right up the ( hlc ) channel , " commanded
"Bill's" companlan , "an" liall a grog shop
nt every corner. "
In a minute the craft was bowling along
under full sail up Broadway. A funeral
was encountered and the vehicle containing
the sailors was about to dodge through
when "Bill" arose excitedly nnd waved the
anchor decorated fist at the man on top as
ho yelled :
"Avast , there ! Wat d'ycr mean trying to
cress the -bowo of n funeral ? D'yer want
to Jonah us ? " The captain of the craft
yanked on his lever and drew back Just lu
time , "Get under way , " called out "Bill , "
as the last carriage passed and once moro
the sailors started up Broadway , with a
clear course ahead. By the time the craft
and crew had reached Forty-second street
the tnrs "were leaning over the bows , with
caps on ono elde , trying to Induce the of
ficer on deck to "ram" every vehicle In
front , Including cable cars , and at last their
wish was gratified. The crash came at
Forty-third street. A light truck swung out
of the crosa street and the automobile struck
It on the port bow. The sailors trav
ersed parabolic paths through the nlr nnd
lit upon the asphnlt. A policeman and sev
eral cltlzcno gathered up the bluejackets ,
who gazed at them for a few seconds , felt
over their anatomies and "Bill" chuckled.
"Not a plank sprung ( hlc ) or a seam
opened. Le'a ( hlc ) have another drink. "
"Aye , aye , sir , " said his mate , saluting ;
come erlong , shipmate. " Where the cruise
ended none can tell.
il Klcutrlc lOl
SCHENEOTADY , N. Y. . May 9. The an
nual1 meeting of the shareholders of the
General Electric company was held In this
city this afternoon , with 180,000 shares out
of n total of 208,000 represented , There was
no business transacted except the re-election
of the old board of directors , with ono ex
ception , J , P. Ord Schenectady being chosen
In place of F. 0. Hastings of New York.
PAYING WAR INDEMNITIES
Methods Usually Pursued in Closing Up
National Claims.
UNCLE SAM'S ' TENDER TO SPAIN
IIcuv 1'rniicc Srttlpil ( ho I'nnrinnnx
Indemnity Dcinniiilril li.v fcrninny
Very tiltllc Money Artnnlly
lliuutn.
Hon. Oeorge E. Roberts , director of the
United States mint , explains In the Inde
pendent the methods usually pursued by
nations In paying war Indemnities. The
payment of n consolation prize of $20,000-
500 , Just made > by the United States to
Spain , nerves as a text to show that very
llttlo notiml money changes hando. The
payment was mndo by four drafts on the
treasury calling for $5,000,000 each , fllrec-
tor lloberts says :
The drafts will go through the clearing
bouse by the regular method. It U not
likely that any gold will leave this country
or be received In Spain na the result of the
transaction. The only payment of money
will probably bo that from the sub-treasury
to the clearing house. Spain will acquire
credits In London and Paris now duo to In
dividuals In the United States , nnd will turn
these credits over to Individuals to whom
she Is Indebted. There will bo a few entries
on bank ledgers , and the thing will have
been accomplished. If the United States ,
Instead of keeping Its holdings of money
locked up In Its own vaults , followed the
iractlco of Individuals , corporations , mu
nicipalities , states and other nations In
keeping Idle hoardings In banks , this pay
ment would not create even n rlpplo on the
financial sea.
Yet there are a great many tjfoplo who
really Insist that the world Is In a .bad way ,
jecausp , having figured up the sum of exist
ing debts In ono column nnd the amount of
money to bo had In another , they find that
the former exceeds the latter. They are unable -
able to comprehend that the business of the
world Is not done with money ; that money ,
whether It be gold , silver or paper , Is used
only In small retail transactions , or In the
payment of comparatively Insignificant bnl-
inces which accrue from the settlement of
argo accounts. The business activities of
the world consist In an exchange of com
modities nnd services , nnd this Is effected by
the means of paper Instruments which con
voy ownership.
French Payment * to Ocrmmiy ,
It will , perhaps , bo of Interest to refer
back to the payment of the gold Indemnity
exacted of Franco .by Germany In the treaty
of Slay 10 , 1871. That wns the most stu
pendous undertaking of Its kind that has
over been seen. Franco obligated Itself to
? ay In all flvo milliards of francs , or about
$1,000,000,000. Of this two milliards , or
about $400,000,000 , was to be paid within ono
year and the remaining three milliards , or
5000,000,000 , on March 2 , 1874. Thus the entire -
tire sum had to bo paid within loss than
thrco years. To the people who always
think of n payment as requiring a delivery
of cash It seemed that Franco , If It had not
undertaken the Impossible , must bo greatly
distressed In discharging this debt. The
total stock of coin In Franco at that time In
banks and In private hoards was estimated
at between five and six milliards of francs.
Hence U "was supposed that Franco would
lese practically Its entire store of metallic
money. It wns feared that Its Industries
would bo crippled. Its Internal trade
paralyzed , Its commerce ruined and there
was great anxiety lest the evil effects might
react disastrously upon neighboring coun
tries intimately connected with it In trado.
M. Leon Say , the French minister of finance ,
In his review of the great operation , re
marks that the transmission , without a
crisis , of a capital sum of 5,000,000,000 of
francs to Germany Is a fact which may bo
said to have only been proved to bo pos
sible by Its accomplishment.
Including Interest , the actual amount duo
from France was $1,060,229,016 , and after
deducting the value allowed for the State
railway In Alsace and some minor offsets ,
the amount actually pal-1 was equal to $998-
132,091. Of this $1-18,473,818 was paid In
coin and 'bank ' notes and $849,638,273 wae
settled In bills of exchange. To provide
funds the French government made two
lo.\ns , nsgrcgating ft llttlo over the Above
total. To place the loan nil of the Brent
bnnks of Kuropo were Invited to becoma
agents and receive subscriptions. A eonu
mission of U or H per cent wns allowed on
the first loan , nnd nt first 1 per cent on the
second , but this was later reduced to H nnd
M. The bulk of the loan * , however , -wore
placed nt homo , with the French people , and
of the rentes ( bonds ) sold abroad It WAS cal
culated , nt the close of 1S7-1. that prnotlcally
nil had returned to France nnd become the
property of Frenchmen.
Great p.s was the achievement of the
French people In thus absorbing In three
years government securities amounting to
$1,000,000,000 , It Is worthy of remark that
the American people surpassed It In the
summer of 1S98 , when. In rcsponm to one
Invitation to take $200,000,000 $ of United
Stntcs bonds , they subscribed for over
$1,400,000,000.
lllllx o ( KxrliniiKP.
It has been said that the ability of the
French people to tnko the indemnity loans
wns duo to their habits nf honrdlng coin ,
that they brought loith these hoards and out
of them furnished that government the
means to make the payments. This Is evi
dently nn error , for the French government
did not pay or the Gorman government re-
cclvo largo sums In money. The bills of ex
change In which moro than eight-tenths of
the payments were made were created by
the sale abroad of securities that had been
held by Frenchmen. Franco was n rich
country. Its citizens held quantities of stocks
nnd bonds representing investments In Ger
many , Austria , Turkey , Italy , Spain , Egypt
nnd America , and other parts of the world.
When the loans of their own government
were put on the market these people sold
these securities on the foreign bourses and
turned the bills of exchange thus received
over to the French government or Its agents.
In payment for Its Issues. These bills of
exchange , under the direction of skillful
bankers , soon found their way Into tills of
bankers acting ns agents for the German
government. Thus the obligation wns dis
charged by a shifting of credits nnd In the
ownership of certain paper securities.
Some writers have undertaken to show that
Franco lost nothing by payment of the
Indemnity , because , they argue , It you Intoi'-
vlew each of the French Investors who ex
changed his foreign securities for rentes , ho
will protest that ho Is no worse off. It Is
apparent , however , that the annual Income
which these Investors drew from foreign se
curities was paid by . .foreignerswhile the
Income they have derived slnco from the ob
ligations of their own government has como
from the taxpayers of France. That coun
try lost so much accumulated capital.
Viirt I'luyeil by Securities.
M. Say , commenting upon the part which
securities filled In the settlement of this In
demnity , said
"Fifty years ago there were no other
International operations than merchandise
and money ; merchandise , gold and eilvar
wcro the only subjects of export nnd Im
port ; the balnnco of commerce wao settled
In gold nnd silver. Everything which was
'bought ' from the foreigner was paid for In
gold or silver , If not In merchandise.
"Ono might find then , In the statistics of
the custom house data moro or less exact ,
but at least real data , of the course of busi
ness between two countries ; .but things have
greatly changed within fifty years.
"Thero has appeared , especially within the
last twenty-five years , In International com
merce what may bo called a new article of
export , an article which In every country
has acquired a greater Importance than any
other , and which has the result of com
pletely distorting the meaning of custom
house returns. This new article Is se
curities ; It Is transmitting across the
frontiers of different states the property of
capital by representation , which Is easy to
transport viz. , these capitals of the form
of bills of exchange , public funds , shares
and obligations of railways and other com
panies.
"To understand the real course of Interna
tional business It is necessary to know not
only the Imports and exports of merchan
dise , the Imports and exports of snef.'e ' , but
also the Imports and exports of securities ;
and this last class , which Is the most Im
portant , and "which Is the key to the two
others , escapes all kinds of returns. "
Trade HiiIaneeN *
Thus It Is that the effects of any sud
den and unusual disturbance of trade , such
as result from failure of crops In one coun
try requiring extraordinary Importation ol
food stuffs , are now minimized. The great
NBW BELL QORG SKIRT FROM IIARI'KR'S IJAZAR
Despite the popular favor In which the skirt Is now held , there Is constant Inquiry
for new gored skirts .that will possess style and yet be practicable for the making
up of silk , satin or other narrow-width materials. Ono of the very latest models of
this variety U given In our Illustration , which la taken from Harper's Dazar , and
for which cut paper patterns can bo obtained. The design has already recommended
Itself to one of the first among metropolitan modistes and three models have already
appeared among her exclusive clientele. One was In mauve pique , the long gore
seams being outlined by wblto pipings ; the second In black faille , the scams being ac
centuated to within twelve Inches of the hem by rows of silk-cord trimming. The
lower parts of the weams being uutrlmmed.tho effect gained was that of n daring
ruflle. The third model was of black cheviot with seams trimmed with double half-
Inch bands of black satin stitched with with white. The model from which the Illus
tration was made was of pique. The design la especially simple and suitable for all
narrow-width goods , chovlota or serges.
To make the new skirt requires , of silk , 20 Inches wide , 8Vi yards ; of pique , 27
inches wide , 8 yards ; of cheviot , 04 inches wide , 3Vz jards.
volume of Pccurltles of International value ,
held In nil countries nnd traded in on all exchanges -
changes , nro now n. rc-cognlted commodity
for the settlement of Internatlonnl b.UancM ,
nnd are used to a grcnter extent than gold.
They have become In n measure a substitute
for gold la that office.
The payment of the French 'ndpinnlty wns
grpatly facilitated by the fact that the German -
man government disbursed or transferred
Its trrdlts as fnst as they were received. U
made great outlays In strengthening the na
tional fortresses on the frontiers , equipping
the nrmy , upon Its national railways nnd
various public works. Only about $30,000,000
wore actually hoarded- That Is still In the
fortress nt Spnndau , but even this deposit Is
represented In circulation 1 > y nn equal sum
In trp.iBitry notes. The extraordinary under
takings by thc > government stimulated great
Industrial nctlvlty In Germany , which cul
minated In n crash , nnd thin was followoJ by
n long nnd wenry period of industrial de
pression , generally attribute * ! there to that
"unfortunate war Indemnity. "
The war Indemnity paid by China to
Jnpan under the treaty of 1S9. > was 230,000-
000 Kupllng tnels , of the value of about
$163,000,000. China made a loan through St.
Petersburg nnd Paris bankers , but payment
wns actually effected through exchange on
London. In order to put Its currency on a
gold basis Jnpau drew about one-third of
the sum In gold , the balance being retnlned
In London to meet disbursements for the
navy nud other purposes.
I.IK15 l.V 1'OHTO HUM ) .
IIar < lxlilN | of I In- Poor Xot UN ( irrat
UN \urtlnTti Oilmen ,
The llfo of the peasant , the peon nf
Porto Rico , Id not a drcnm of ease and
luxury , says Harper's Weekly ; neither baa
ho ever passed through the nightmare of
wretched hunger nnd biting cold which adds
so vitally to the hardships of the poverty-
stricken of northern clinics.
In squalor nnd filth , In crudity nnd Ig
norance the larger number of the- Inhabi
tants go through their comparatively thort
lives ; for ono docs not coo many aged
people among them. They dlo oft from
fevers , contagious diseases nnd troubles
handed down from sickened forefathers nt
a comparatively early age.
At nn period of the poor man's existence
can he suffer the tortures of starvation be-
cnuoo his job of work has given out , for ,
while during whole months of the year he
may not earn a single centavo , ho still has
his little plot of vegetables on the hill ;
then , If worst comes to worst , or the land
owner turns him out , he may live on the
profusion of fruits and roots of the forest ,
or , as la a common practice of the country ,
upon the fruits filched from bis more opu
lent neighbor.
In the dry season ho complain * of- the
cold of early morning , yet ho needs but the
merest rags to cover hla nakedness , for en
no day In the year Is It colder than our
mildest autumnal weather. Shoos nro n
useless burden to his bare nnd sololoathor
lined feet , which have trodden the rocky ,
briery trails In their nakedness from in
fancy ; nnd n hat , If ho must have It , ho
makes In his own house from the gross
around the doorway.
The house In which he Is domiciled ho
builds In n few short days from poles rud
thatch nnd bark rolls of the royal palm ;
nnd n good house It Is , In splto of Us primi
tive appearance , for It screens him from
the colder winds of .the night , nnd sheds the
water of the driving rains like a duck's
back.
Children nro nn ever-present nnd nbunft-
ant factor In the domestic economy of the
peasant's life. It is called dsmcstic econ
omy since It costs nothing to supply the air
of day for the lungs of these little waifs ;
It costs nothing tar their clothr ? , for thcr
i nil about In the sun Mi hie nnd tlio ruin Juet
n God made them and slorp In odd cor
ners without cover for tCie first hnlf doznn
years of their baby lives , and when older
Mtiftlo dlscnrdwl tntltred garment adds to
their natural grnco the shield of decency.
So they live , without expense , nnd with
llttlo tenderness bestowed upon them In tha
shape of material comforts , though the
mother's kiss Is often given nud the falliot-
pats the llttlo head. They soon toddle , nt
the command of the mother , to do small
errand * , to help weed the garden , to bring
In the handful of wood fcr the fire , to dig
the tubers for n meager menl , nnd , lastly ,
to hold up their tiny hands nnd with plentl-
Ing eyre gain n copper from the passer-by
on the roadside. They nro n good Invest
ment'to the family , the majority of them
die nt nu early nge nnd It costs but n few
strained hours to the mother's henrt , n bit
of cloth for n shroud and the energy needed
to cnrry the tiny form to the potter's field.
Offsetting this Is the usefulness of these
who , by the Inws of the survival of the fit
test , pull through with sturdy forms , to pick
berries , work In the cnnct nnd tobacco
llelds nnd add to the common fund until , at
vnryltig ngo , they rebel against ttto paternal
banker and live for themselves In poverty
nnd In bondage to Uio landed kings , Just ns
the generntlons who came before them.
iMnrrl.igo Is almost unknown among the
very poor classes nnd the distinction of hav
ing the written word nnd the blessing of
the prlcat carries with It no special badgs
of honor ; It Is suggestive only of another
poor man gone wrong and n grasping pndro
n few penes richer. U Is a much e.xsler mat
ter for a man to select liU companionable
partner and sot up housekeeping lu n now
wickiup under the bnnnna trees without
moro ado.
A legal marriage by license has Iras lu It
which meoto approval In the native mind
than thnt performed by n church function
ary , for the pndro might always save thorn
from hell , while the nation's sanction la
absolutely n barefaced robbery. Geucrnl
Grant one day gave , hearing to a much ngl-
tated man who stnted thnt the priest would
not mnrry him to the woman ho loved with
out exceoslvo fees , and ho prayed thnt his
excellency would order the erring father to
marry him nt a rate commensurate with the
size of hid pockctbook. The ncuernl sorrowfully
rowfully told him thnt ho could not pretend
tend to Interfere with the church rulings ,
I even though his sympathies were aroused ,
nud suggested ho bo content with the legnl
form which mot nil the lawful needs of our
own country nnd pay the small fee to the civil
authorities. The man glared nt him nnd
disappeared ; the manifest cupidity of Amer
ican olllclals wna beyond his power to ex-
prers In words.
ItellectloiiH of nil ( Mil Mnlil.
Detroit Free Press : The false friend , llko
the shadow. Is visible only In the light.
Stone walls do not a prison make , but
stony faces do.
Instinct , whether In love or bate , Is al
ways swift ; reason always deliberate.
The only kisses thnt leave a mark nro
those Imprinted 'by ' sticky Innocence.
Good Senao Is n wise old lady , but she hns
n bad habit of falling asleep when young
lovers are courting.
I can't help liking the man who trios to
humbug me , but I do wish ho could succeed
oftenor.
It IB odd that others should get nngry over
trifles when wo nro never nngry except over
matters of real Importance.
There Is n subtle difference of nlr between
the man who la Interested In mo for my
own sake and the ono who tries to find In
mo forgetfulness of the unattainable woman
ho really loves.
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