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MADAME.
Helen C. Hakwood.
Madame always wore, in the after
noon, a cap with a crisp, little pink bow.
In the morning a lavender one, to which
Clemence, by a dexterous twist, gave,
daily, new life and vigor.
Tonight the lavender ribbon was still
in evidence, ajid someway its pert, in
quisitive look had vanished.
Apparently, Madame herself had
grown several incbos tinier. Wrapt
tightly in her black silk shawl she
crouched before the tire place.
"J'ai froid, Mademosielle. It must be
very cold tonight?"
"No, its warmer than it has been for
some time. How strange for you to be
cold Madame!" I exclaimed, while I felt
tingling through me a cyclonette of
hurrahs. When, oh when, had I beheld
such a fire!
"Ugh! Quel tempa! Quel temps!"
continuedi.Madame. "What weather!
What weather! Beastly! One would
think that France had imported the
English climate."
A long sigh and Madame proceeded.
"I have quarreled with my patiesier.
I don't know what I shall do. Absurd!
What did he do, but sent my pattieB
cold last night. Clemence was furious,
paurve fille. I've traded with him for
twenty years. He's very gentil, but cold
pattieB are unpardonable."
She fingered nervously, the leaveB of a
cream-colored paper book and its trim,
neat substantial appearance gave con
vincing evidence of its blessed, but rob
ber editor, Tauchnitz. A letter dropped
on the floor.
'Mod enfant, I shall never read an
other of Marie Corelli's books. Stuff!
Such Stuff! If I only had her address,
I would write to her and tell her that I
lived for years in England, and that I
know such a state of affairs does not ex
ist. Didn't I 'know some of' the very
best peop'.e in England? And France!
She makes us French nothing but
absinthe absorbers. Frankly, she lies
child."
I handed her the letter that had fall
en. "You had letters from England today
Madame?"
"Yes, one from my niece. She is com
ing to visit me soon. She sent me some
papera, I noticed in a sale of letters,
two of Charles Lamb to my father,
brought the highest price. All of his
letters to my father belonged to me. I
thought that my brother ought to have
tkem, and I gave them to him. Then
he married. Oh dear! his wife and I
never agreed. When he died she gave
them away, but, through the papera I
know what has become of many of them.
Some were sold for two and three hun
dred pounds." '
"Kenny was your father's name?''
"Yes, and he was a very good play
wright, my dear, but his plays are old
fashioned now. The Queen pensioned
him, and now the pension comes to me."
"Can you remember Charles Lamb
well?"
"Yes indeed. He and my father were
great cronies, and when I wsa just a
small gal he would take me on long
tramps, and after a little while he would
say, "Now my dear, you just sit down
here and reBt a tew moments. There
is a dear old lady, a widow, who Uvea
yonder. She is very poor, and I fear
that she's ill. I want to see how she is
today."
"But every time we took a walk, no
matter the direction, there was always a
destitute widow and Mr. Lamb must
always iuquire after ber health. I be
gan to wonder how it waa that Mr.
Lamb knew so many poor women. One
day I said to him:"
"You are very fond of poor old ladies,
it seems to me. It's nice of you, though,',
'We must always look out for the
neeoy child," he replied.
"But I don't understand how it la
that you know such lots of poor women.
They must be vory, vory, well pleas
ant; you always seem bo happy after
seeing them. I told papa how good
you were to them and he laughed and
laughed."
"Mr. Lamb 'laughed too, and patted
roe on the back and said:"
"There's always room for charity and
when you grow up you'll understard
just how it is. We must go homo now
and have a game of whist," and he
chased mo down a low hill to the house
where he and Mary lived. I had to
hav9 a dictionary on the chair in order
to reach the table, and I knew little
more than the names on the cards. But
that didn't matter. Anything that bad
just the slightest tinge of whist pleased
Charles Lamb. He played with the
dummy and I with Mary."
"And you knew Carlyle and bis wife
too. didn't you?"
"Yes, Mon Dleu! How disagreeable
they were."
Just then Clemence appeared and
announced, "Madame, est servie. Din
ner is ready."
We rose and Madame took my hand.
"You know the book store on the
Avenue Klober?"
"Yes, Madame."
"Well, I wish that you would get me
one of Marie Corelli's books. She is
really very ciever, you know."
MUSICAL MENTION.
John Randolph.
The fifth and last Philharmonic or
chestra concert was given at the Oliver
theater on Monday evening, March 20,
bofore an audience which rilled the
house. Even the boxes were thickly
populated with persons woll known in
Lincoln society, and the body of the
house displayed not merely the usual
musical contingent, but many faces
recognized as prominent in other circles,
artistic and literary, as well as social,
Mr. Hagenow has reason to be proud of
the continued improvement of the forces
under his baton. I do not doubt that
it is at the price of many an arduous
rehearsal so much more credit to the
conductor but at any rate the gain in
precision of attack and purity of into,
nation is obvious to the most critical
ear. Ineffective material has been
weeded out, the strings have been
strengthened, constant playing together
baa aided the band, and altogether the
outlook is most promising for next year
if Mr. Hagenow can hold his forces to
gether. For the element of playing to
gether year after year is necessary in a
really plastic and authoritative orches
tra; no director, nowever capable, can
get very good effects from a band which
changes its personnel every season.
This fact ia obvious in the concerts
given this winter. At the first and
second concerts given the players were
not yet accustomed so many changes
having been made, bo much new ma
terian having been added to the feel
ing of one another and to the personal'
ily of the director. Barring a few clips
which it would be ungrateful to men
tion in the midst of eo much that was
good, the concert of Monday night was
agreeable and highly beneficial and
educational to the public. If I may
venture to suggests another help in the
development of musical taste in this
community and it be not a source of too
much expense 1 advise that an occa
sional critical analysis of the more im
portant works, such as the Mozart sym
phony, be printed upon the program of
the concert or in 'one of the Lincoln
papers shortly before the 'concert. If
any one cares to add to his library be
fore next winter's series of concerts H.
E. Krehbiel's "How to Listen to Music"
and W. J. Henderson's "What is Good
Music," it would maket certain ooinposi-
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The soloist ot the evening was Mr,
Bicknell Young, a baritone singer well
known in Chicago and deservedly popu
lar.. I had.almost said the soloists, for the
intelligent and artistic performance of
bis wife, Madam Mazzucato Young, at
the pianoforte, deserves especial atten
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the singing of Mr. Young, but in en
semble with the orchestra in Jurgmann's
"Spring." Mr. Young is a singer of
polished and finished methods, from the
standpoint of the singing master he left
little to be desired. The singer was
more forceful and artistic in the Bongs
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of his wife than in his earlier number
sung with the orchestra, but at all times
proved himself a most pleasing and
thoroughly satisfactory C artist. Less
dramatic than some of the singers we
have had this winter ho is distinguished
for a most smooth and cantabile style a
style extremely rare in these days ot
declamation whwn pure song is rarely
heard. In addition to the &ougs upon
the program the singer, in response to
tho evident appreciation of the audience
gave the "D. Provenza" air from Verdi's
"La Traviata," besides a little song of
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the program as a composer as well as
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group given in the program appearing
over the name.
The orchestra also was compelled to
repeat certain numbers at the desire of
the audience. Altogether the concert
was in certain respects the moat suc
cessful of the winter and Mr. Hagenow
is to be congratulated upon furnishing
so benefloiar a climax to bis labors in
our behalf,
