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'JS THE COURIER. 8 OBSERVATIONS. Continued from page 1. some of them pirated and some of them authorized, but all of them selling tlike everything and needing constant V to be re-enforced with new ones. 'In 1860 about the only stories for children, execptsome discountenanced and half-forbidden fairy talcs, were those tiresome yarns of short-lived heroes who suffered agonies rather than be caught in a lie. Mothers had to read these unnatural biographies when their children clamored lor a story, and both sizes were bored into unconscious disgust before the tale was told. "When Alice in Wonderland apieared" it was no self-sacrifice to read it aloud. On the contrary, grown up people hunted up children to try it on. and enjoy it with. The inhabi tants of the nursery moved into liter ature to the satisfaction and grati tude of the keepers thereof. A few 3-cars afterward Alice Behind the Looking Glass was written and the two are usually published in one vol ume. The lyrics of the latter arc more generally quoted than the Won derland poems, but the fascinating little dandy of a white rabbit only appears casually in thesecond volume. The rhymed story of the walrus and the carpenter who asked the nice little rat oysters to take a walk and then ate them up, has subtle irony that pleases the blase and sets the children into a revery: The Vain and the Carpenter "Walked on a mile or so, And then they rested on a rock Conveniently low, And aH the Sale Oysters stood k" And waited in a row. - The time has come, the Wains said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and shipsand sealing wax Of cabbages -and kings Aad why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings. But wait a bit, the Oysters cried, Before we have our chat; For some of us are out of breath, And all of us are fat! No hurry! said the Carpenter. They thanked him much for that. "A loaf of bread," the Walrus said, "Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides, Are very good indeed; Now if you're ready, Oysters dear, We can begin to feed." "But not on us," the Oysters cried, Turning a little blue. "After such kfndnrss that would oe A dismal thing to do!" "The night s fine," the Walrus said, Do you admire the view?" "It seems a shame," the Walrus said, "To play them such a trick. After we've brought them out so far And made them trot so quick!" The Carpenter said nothing but "The butter's spread too thick!" . Mr. Dodgshun is the author of the Hunting of the Snark and several other jabberwecky poems, none of which met with any marked success. Somehow the childish flavor is lack ing. In his choice of words Mr. Dodg shun was a symbolist: "Aad hast thou slain thejabberwock? Come to my arms my bramfoh boy! Oh frabjous day! Caliooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy." The invented words remind us of the meanings of a great many words and they are perfect onomatopes. The two books aforementioned cannot be compared with anything written for children except Mr. Kipling's Jungle book; They arc both strong flights of r w T w M , "a "ToayM K 7... S. -rf-V -v . " rt- ,. J-v. M lCW- 3V)day ss 1 2 ; t z. S v k s o s g ,: & oV . . fi ;x.- -. o . xi ,. i. .ftj n . X. ftQ8 y y f? o y .? ' , , -. - a & o q- x- cy ... .- ? 3 - -O V ,o 1 ' n ? ?" .-, -? AS & -." . 4. " f V o r -, oo' : -",2,-sr - v- .,3V ...- . " X t " y "x:k. r" .k i fvi-' . kv ss r.v m -t - c . i"' &.dr4. 'w ril. '"X-J?. 6" rttoOl -- A 0V"" 4A BjCBVi" "C . & , CI n. r. A V, -p. ? " . -Vm j. .. -P. ' (I v .T x.r... r. v. J 'li - cX - ?iV.6 ecJc "Today's News Today" 10 Cents a Week -..-10Ccnt.aceK ..n News !" .a o. vrrw. ccl,w Vi-v, .-roaa - ;wY . r . -Sw-tf r-uw r . ie" vs." . . wr . v -a .a -.ft- .' ' cv : ,tr si " k-oto1 "'" Daily -J"Ml r. . 3l3d. V Sltt.11 nt siwVi ' " Vl ' a"iL BJtt0 Mcpoi,. f 3f " - ' . . t "w.-i -jn. ii Bfc- rr .s. f - x. n 41 . iM ' t- iTfcJ - "J.. lfw " .- i .--vx k fr .C.cr.v.7 -..ttb o-n v 'v0 - - , -V o - X o -v S.2Zxxtt ? . . , fe " . 'Poj- A -roo- -v- ,-' Cr ! v S?5ov. . V,. "o .r 4a. " .'' .0 ? - "P ''' , k o 'S i . r. A . i ' a7 f f f n 1 V ' V V the imagination, but tho Alice books deepen the insight into and increase the sympathy for children and thcir dreams. Mr. Dodgshun wrote for children as Boutet de Monvel paints thsai. lie reveals their innocent im aginings, their shrewdness, their habit of ignoring the real and of dwelling in an unreal world, and above all, he teaches ruthless intruders and psychological experimentalists to keep hands off from a world they have for gotten the way to. MUSICAL MENTION. In all respects tho meet satisfactory of the ser!e3 of Philharmonic concert was that given at the Funke on Monday evening. The program was sufficiently ambitious to bo a source of credit to a niucIarger c'ty than Lincoln, tho soloist won b) arty appreciation, and the orches. tCnowed a steady gain in confidence and arlistic finish Too much can not bz said in praise of the rendition of the beautiful Haydn symphony with which tho program opened. Mr. Hsgenow wisely choso for hts first serious under taking a work o? intrinsic beauty whess attractions and varlely would appeal to an audience on a first hearing. Haj dn's music will never grow old to uf, even though a new school of com posers has arisen with more modern methods, for a light-hearted happiness breathes through his works which makes them ever joung. This military sym phony has great variety in the use of the various instruments, changing from the wind to the strings with aKsareiing themes and with trumpet signals in tho allegretto. movement which gives to the work its name Besides tbi9 important composition the orchestra gave Weber's overture to "Der Freichuetz;" an ex quisite rendition of Schumann's "Traeu merei" by the strings whose repetition was enthusiastically demanded by tho audience; tha "Danse of the SylpheB' from Beilioz' "Damnation of Fau3i," in which the harp effects were given by Krs. Will Owen Jones on the piano; and in closing the stirring "Coronation March" from Die Folkunger." Miss Treat surpassed even the bc3t that her admirero expected from her. She sang with an unaffected ease and lack of nervousnes3 which was pleasant to behold, and received quite an ovation at the close of her first number, a group of songs combining great variety of style but whose spirit wa3 thoroughly caught by the singer. In the dainty Schubert lied, "Hark! Hark! the Lark," much of the artistic rendering was lost in so large an auditorium, tho effects were too deli cate for the epice; but tho 6adnes3 and weariness of the German cong by Heine was thoroughly interpreted by the singer, while the closing number cf tho group Deczi's "A Maj Morning,' be came the embodiment of joy through her clear, sweet tones. In the elaborate ariosa by Bembarg, "The Death of Joan of Arc," Miss Treats voice blended marvelously with the orchestra, and if it were the intention of tho composer that voice and instruments should form one harmonious whole, that effect was certaiaiy attained. But if, as printed on the program, the orchestra was but an accompaniment, its volume saould hava been modulated, for the singer's voice was som3time3 lost alto gether, and her words not heard at any time. This flee work has not before bee n given in Lincoln, and woull bear a repe tition. Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond in her perfect accompaniments lent artistic support to tho soloist. First Kansas Farmer I tnink a mil lion is too much for any man to have. Second Kansas Farmer I guess you mean that it's too much for any other man to have. (First Publication January 29 ) MASTER'S SALE, Docket R, No. 343. In tho Circuit Court or th? United States for the District of Nebraska. The National Life Insur- ance Company of Mont- pelier, Vermont, com-1 plainant, j-ln Chancery. vs. j Margaret A. Fedawa, et. al., defendants. J FOUECLOSUUE OF MORTGAGE. Public notice is Lereby given that in pursuance and by virtue of a decree en tered in the above cause on tho 29th day of December, 1897, I, Samuel S. Curtis Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of tho UniUd States, for the District of Nebraska, will.on tho first day of March, 18D3, at the hour of two o'clock in the' afternoon of said day, at the east door of the county court house building, in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, state and district of Nebraska, sell at auction, for cash, tho following described prop erty, to wit: All of lot3 number three (3) and nine (9) and tho west half of lot uumber ten (10), in block number thirtj two (32) in the city of Lincoln, Lancas ter county, Nebraska. The above dcocribed real estate will be offered in parcels as follows: Lot number three (3) asono parcel, tho north thirty-two(32) feet of lot nine (9) and the nor.h thirty two (.'-) feet or: the wett hulf of lot ten (lu), as one parcel; and thiSDUtb one hundredand ten (110) Teat of lot nine (9) and tho south one hundred and ten (110) feet of the west half of lot tea (10), as ono natc?l. Samuel S. Cuktis, Master in Chancery. S. L. 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