THE COURIER.
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WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS
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The author of "Cape Cod Folks" waa
obliged to giro the characters in the
second edition of her book new names
because she hnd given them in the first
place their owe names and described
them so their second consin would not
mistake them. Authors wth a lack of
imagination and an over consciousness
of the claims of realism are doing the
same all the time. Here is another:" At
oae time them was a considerable
American Catholic colony in Rome, with
a large representation of Boston lady
converts, Sedgwicks, Metcalf s, Bre waters,
and Bristeds, and so forth. 'A chie'
among 'em takin notes' appeared in the
person of Miss Tincker, asharp-tongued
maiden lady from Maine, who wrote
several successful Italian novels, M8ig
Bor Monaldini a Niece" among the rest
Her notes on the American colony
were not written at the start, but out
spoken which convinced the Boston
ladies of her insanity. They actually
took up a subscription, and ha the
critical authoress shut up in a private
asylum for three months on trial, as it
were. Miss Tincker employed this
enforced leisure in writing a novel
in which her persecutors appeared,
thinly disguised. "By the Tiber' was
published by her as soon as she was re
leased, and ran through three editions
n as many weeks in Boston. I remem
ber a copy for which 113 was paid. Since
then Miss Tincker roams fancy free
along the crests of the Apennines and
no American from Boston asks, "Where
do you wander?' This was fifteen and
more years ago. The only comparable
shake-up given to an American colony
in Europe was three years since, when a
former clerical assistant of the Rev. Dr.
Morgan, of Paris, told in surreptitious
print what he knew of the goings on in
that city and Nice. All the copies that
came to Paris were secretly bought up.
The only way of seeing a copy was to
get around the next clerical assistant,
who had a private copy doubtless for
his own professional information. Luck
ily, the chapel of the Avenue de l'Alma
is not high-church enough to introduce
the confessional. But bow these
Christians do love one another! which
was first said in Ephcsup, or some other
city very much like Paris.'
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The wife Be careful John and don't
let baby drop on the hard floor..
The husband Iwill my dear I would
not wake him up for the wor.d.
Walker Did you notico that two
bicycle dealers had been chot as burg
lars? Scorcher Yes; and I hope to haven
that one of them is the man that sold
me this wheel.
Every one in Nebraska who earns his
living by writing is sorry that Mrs.
Peattie is going to leave the state. She
goes to Chicago in order to rejoin her
husband who is the Chicago cor
respondent of t New York paper. They
are sure to have a pleasant home and to
be visited by loving and interesting
friends.
Never was a writer more sorry for the
woes of others, more ready to praise,
more swift to champion a lost cause,
more careless of consequences to her
self. Her work on the World Herald
under the head, A word with the wo
men" has a personal note a naturalness
and directness that ia more literary
than journalistic. For newspapers now
adays think it best workmanship when
from the editor-in-chief down to the
Will Owen Jones the voice is the voice
of a corporation not of a person.
J n consequence of this system it has be
come a tiresome duty to read the daily
product of the newspaper machine. It
is a duty because few men in business
have the time to consider national and
international questions as carefully as
they suppose that editors do, and it is
tiresome because the ponderous opinions
of h column or two which appear in
western papers are a reproduction of
eastern editorials that appeared a day
or a week before. It is just as amusing
and more instructing to read an article
in an encyclopedia. Mrs. Peattie's work
for magazines and her strong individu
ality has kept her work from curing un
der the rays of the western sun. The
day laborers on Nebraska papers are
sorry that" she is going away but
glad that she will live in a more con
genial and appreciative atmosphere. Ne
braska has produced a number of very
bright people but no one ever'hears of
them till they get out of the state. The
names of those whom the dwellers in
the east delight to honor would till this
column but instead of appreciating the
honor to the state Nebraskans wonder
at the taste of those Yankees. Henry
Estabrook formerly of Omaha, prepared
his speech on "The Vecgence of the
Flag" and delivered it first on the fourth
of July at Weeping Water. The peo
ple listened to him quietly tnd dispersed
with out either applause or expression
of disapproval. He went home saying
to himself "It is a good speech all the
same but they took it like so many
cakes of soap."' In a year -or two Mr.
Estabrook delivered the same speech in
New York and the house rose at him.
After these aid familiar faces are gone
reflections upon their loveliness and
desirability as citizens are useless unless
they serve to remind us of a duty to
those who are left.
COULDN'T STOP.
And then they both began to sing,
The key was, I tnink, B flat.
Sue took the alto, May the air,
And I well, I took my hat.
Will I am tired of this life, and I am
going to the other world.
Marie What! Do you mean that
you intend to commit suicide?
Will No, no; I mean London, Paris
and, perhaps. Vienna.
Marie I, too, am tired of this life.
Take me with you, and let's have a
double funerai!
"The Volet,r by Julia Magrudert
with eleven illustrations by Gibson, is
not so good as it looks. The cover is in
violet cloth with silver lettering. The
letter press is large and clear, the paper
is thick and the margins are wide, and
withal the story is interesting, yet I do
not like it. It may be read icjan evening
and no one who begins it will lay it
down unfinished. "The Violet" is Mrs.
Bertrand who appears as a chaperon.
She is like the Princess Sonia, beauti
ful, elegantly dressed' and distinguished
that is. Miss Magruder says she is.
Her character's do not speak for them
selves but Miss Magruder speaks for
them. She says on every page
that Mrs. Bertrand is noble, and
disinterested but she is a puppet who
can not act for herself. Very likely the
author has seen fair ladies with dove like
smoothness of vesture and distinguished
manners but she is not familiar enougb
with the type to make it live. The hero
is also noble, well dressed, "-
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