TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAXD, JANUARY
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rB ARB olnr to Windsor." tr
announced, to explain our
rlr ippurtnce at break
fast ooo mornlns In London.
Vindaor wbara the caatl laT asked
th barrister. In such weird nasal tones
that we knew be waa trying to speak
"the American language." "Once I went
thrre by a alow train, and the most In
terestlns; sltcht of the day was a hue
American lady who thrust ber bead out
of the window at erery station and
askfrl the cuard. Is this Windsor where
the cull Jr But I supposa you are
coins; by the express."
-We are." we aald; lfa safer." Eng
lish reserre la so treat that It extends
eren to the names of stations. We
know just bow like a distracted hen
that old lady felt. Dozens of -times
we've looked out of the train to see the
nam of the station, and found nothing
but a Urge sign with either BorrlWor
Upton's Tea on it. We've Just learned
to look for the tiny names on the tops
of the lamps, but have never been able
yrt to see them before the train pulled
out." !
HARDSHIPS OF STUDENT LIFE IN PARIS
AS OBSERVED BY A PORTLAND WOMAN
Trials, Disappointments md Dangers Taat Beset Ambitions American Girls Eager to Shine in Art The Cost of
Instruction and the Incomparable Opportunities. ,
BY EMMA HECKLE MAKSHAIA.
r the thousands of young people
who dream of studying abroad
Paris Is as the magnet to iron, for
the stories of the centuries are filled
with th gifts It offers to musicians
and artists. In fact, to tha student In
general, whether bla god be art or sci
ence. There Is something very allur
ing In the knowledge that student life
. i.in.ii a feature of Parts as
that other life that of th boulevard
. -ki.t. mnch caDltal Is
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famous.
t vnnw that th needs, the desire
ven the Inclinations of student are
.M.rA and catered to as carefully
as are the demand of those whose sole
aim la tt queat of gaiety. Is in usei
..ni-.inn However, the path of
the Paris student 1 not softened with
rose leaves. If she is determined to
.. realises that to achieve
success means hours of concentration
and self-sacriflc sha will. IT tner is
foundation on which to build, gain tha
end for which she la striving, for in no
other city Is thera a greater incentive
to study or a better atmosphere to In
spire than that of tha fascinating old
French metropolis, but la no other city,
either, ar thera mora stubborn ob
stacle to overcome, mora heart-rending
discouragements to surmount or
greater temptations to resist than th
foreigner finds barring progress here.
It all. then, depend on tha Individual;
on the dominance of her ambition; the
Inflexibility of her purpose, her per
severance and determination and her
strength of character.
Perhaps th latter attribute should
be placed first as a penon of weak or
vacillating character should never go
abroad to study, however talented he
or she may be. Paris is less censorious
of men than women but. even so, thera
la do sat plaea within her boundaries
for a weak man.
A Frenchman Is lnsoulcant and vola
tile; It Is his nature to be so and
comes as an Inheritance born of en
vironment but It dova not interfere
with th consummation of his ambition
or with hi business. But th Ameri
can Inherits a vastly different nalura
and ona that cannot b assimilated
with that of tha seemingly careless
Frenchman, even after year of for
eign residence, and therein lie th
danger to the student of weak char
acter. Th common. vry-day routine
of life, as It has been for centuries to
tha Parisian, appeals by It very differ
ences. Its gaieties. Its apparent frothl
nesa, to th sense of th stranger, who
cannot and never will understand It,
and th greater tha genius th greater
th temptation sine genius and bal
ance seldom go hand In hand.
Tet I say again that to the student
with ability who Is deeply In earnest
and has strength of will sufficient to
plod steadily onward toward the goal
ambition has eet. Pah Is holds all that
will make artistic aucoess possible.
Student life. In It methods of study
and ordinary avary-day routine. 1
"Toull have to hurry up." waa all
the barrister said. In his best American.
We did. and almost missed the train,
perhaps because there were three of us.
perhaps because Pat was helping us
oft Pat Is the Irish porter and a Joy
forever. He heaps coal on the draw-Ins;-room
fire, places a chair In the
cosiest corner. "There, sit you down,"
he says, "and warm yourself until the
fire wears Itself away." He describes
the bo and bills and heather of his
beloved Connemara In wonderful prose
poetry that brtnfrs the lovely, sad Irish
country before our eyes. He knocks at
the door and says. "It's me, the head
porther." Oh, the fine Celtlo Imagina
tion of the man! It Is a small hotel,
the head porter la the only porter there
Is; he la "boots' as well, and can be
trusted to s;o to the nearest shop and
buy a yard, of ribbon (black or white
or green). We wonder how many un
derlines, exist In his fancy, and If he la
as kindly and cheerful with them as be
is with us. On this morning be put us
all In a taxi and gave directions wrong
end to to the chauffeur. "Taddlogton
much the same for both sexes and I
have used the feminine pronoun be
cause I am brought Into more intimate
contact with the girls who are ambling
along the well-beaten track, though
circumstance and acquaintanceships
have also initiated me Into a rather
close association with a number of
young men who ar also treading this
same old time-worn way with more or
less rapidity and promise of eventually
reaching th goal of their ambition.
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I think that word "eventually" I a
good on for the student abroad, to keep
tacked up where the eyes can rest on
It often, for It Is a good stimulant In
tha dark hours of discouragement that
com to everyone, a it stands for final
triumph and Is a constant reminder
that on cannot succeed In a few
months or even In a year or two. Nat
urally, If one comes here very advanced
and with a repertoire, the time is pro
portlonately short, but there are many
who, at home, considered themselves
advanced that And, when applying to
a master here, that their method has
been wrong or that a few songs and
arias, however well sung, ar as noth
ing to th teacher who demands a rep
ertoire, and to him a repertoire does
not mean an aria or so from a couple
of well-known opera, but th entire
cor of several.
In fact, soma of th masters, whose
charge approximate 2t a lesson, will
not consider a puptl who has not a
repertoire They will say. sometime
wrathfully, "Why do you com to me
for th rudiments? I don't teach be
ginners. Go to or and learn
your a b c's." In other words, ther do
not teach breathing, ton production
or vocal execution. This Is th busi
ness of teachers of less note, often th
assistants of the autocrats. The latter
but f erfect.
There ar exception, of course,
where the autocrat recognises genius
or unusual talent and desires the
honor and credit of bringing tha fa
vored on before th public but even
for ber th path is strewn with sharp
stones, for autocrats ar hard to please,
uncertain as to temper and. to put
It mildly, occasionally mora than harsh
as to language and actions.
It Is often asked. "Are ther not
a good teachers In America as In
Kuroper and the answer must truth
fully be In the affirmative, particularly
in view of the fact that the majority
of the most successful European teach
ers ar Americana. This is not only
true of Parts but Berlin and many of
the other musical cities of Europe.
But In all tha arts the teacher la
only the Instrument which makes
progress possible. Atmosphere 1 an
Important factor. and nowhere In
America can on Ond the real atmos
phere that la so apparent In the musi
cal center abroad. To dilate on tbla
would make an article In Itself, so we
must waive It aside, fascinating as t!
subject la. Environment counts for
much and affords the reason why vo
cal students congregste in the same
section of the city. The same is true
of Instrumentalists and artists also.
As the majority of the teachers of
singing are west of the river. In passy
nd In the neighborhood of the Etolle.
their pupils usually locate within walk
ing distance of their studios.
Tbe on advantage of the Latin
Quarter Is tha fart that because It
1 the home of artist and th many
station." he said. "Walt a minute." and
dashed back Into tbe hotel for some for
gotten overshoes.
We didn't have to ask where the castle
was, for we saw It standing Imposing
and dignified as befits a residence of tbe
kings of England, above the Thames and
above tbe town. And when we reached
the entrance, "They knew we were
coming." we said (Perhaps our American
Imagination has something in common
with the Irish), "Isn't It wise of them?"
for' a band of stalwart soldiers In gray
coats snd black busbies was playing In
front of the old stone gateway that looks
down the narrow street where Nell
Owynne's quaint house still stands. We
went first to gaze on the great Norman
Keep, a grim enough structure of feudal
days, standing on a steep, l'ttle hill, once,
no doubt, necessary for defense but now
a most charming garden with rose bow
ers, rurv'ng paths, nights of stone steps
and thickets of evergreens rising from
the grass plota and flowerbeds that Oil
the old moat. Beyond, through a gate
way. Is a lovely view from the north
who are studying piano, organ and
violin, it Is recognized a the "Stu
dent Quarter." and In consequence
has many good but cheap restaurants
which cater entirely to th thousands
whose ambition 1 rampant but whose
purses are lean.
Ther 1 little difference In living
expenses In different part of Paris
if ona wishes to live comfortably. If
one must live In an attic and subsist
on the cheapest fare naturally she
seeks the poorer sections of th city,
but If such condition are necessary
aha should be at home, not In Paris.
On ha choice of three modes of
living: A pension, or boarding-house;
a room, with meal separate; or an
apartment, but In the end th expense
is about th same.
In one of th most Inexpensive of
tha comfortable pensions In the Latin
Quarter a young man ct my acquaint
ance pays S franc (about $1) a day
for a small room and three meals.
breakfast consisting of rolls and coffee.
He furnishes his own light and heat.
the light being derived from a coal
oil lamp 'and th warmth from a grate
In which he burn coal. A grata Is as
much a part of a Paris room as Its en
trance door, A sack of coal costs
about 90 cents and In the cold, damp
weather, which Is characteristic of
Paris Winters, lasts about a week. Of
course, he tips tbe maid well for at
tending to lamps and ashes.
He practices dally on a big organ
at th organ factory, a privilege ac
corded organ students because they
ar not allowed to use the organs in
the churches. In hi room he ha a
piano with an organ pedal attachment
which serve for purposes of technique.
Hi also has an alcohol lamp and a
chafing dish and can make and serve
tea as gracefully a an English wo
man, and Is constantly seeking to en
large his book of chafing dish recipes.
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A few doors from him lives another
student of organ and piano. He has
a large corner room which look out on
a wide, busy boulevard. A grand piano
occupies tha greater part of the space,
while a rack filled with music that
brings a shudder to tha finger of the
amatur performer, a case of book
on composer and their works, and
the grata fill tha remainder of th
wall space.
He, too. pay extra for light and
heat In addition to hi lit room rent
per month, but he eats where fancy
dictates, which Is sometimes at "Hen
rietta's." or, as It has long been known
to fame. "The Queen of Hearts," the
latter title being derived from the wall
decorations Illustrating the old nuqsery
rhymes. Sometimes he goes to "La
Due's." also well-known In the quar
ter, or to some other favorite cafe
where a good meal can be obtained
for a frano or two.
He, too, la provided with the stu
dent's usual equipment for making tea
and many a Jolly spread In bis apart
ment has for guest "men only," for
on th Continent men ar quite as con
firmed tea drinkers as women.
In the student cafes one may eat as '
expensively as the pocketbook will al
low, and temptation plucks bard at Its
clasp for the food Is most attractive
to nostril and palate.
Many girls live In the same manner
a these young men, but frequently
several girls will club together and
rent an apartment, either taking turns
terrace: In the distance Eton chapel ris
ing above the other school buildings,
nearer the Thames, flooded by recent
rains, a meadow with sheep browsing,
and just below, big beeches rising from
a garden with lawns and winding walks.
The state apartments were open that
day, not the ones occupied by the pres
ent King, but the ones used for the en
tertainment of royal guests, and a guard
took ua through. First we. were asked
to admire a dinner set of Crown Derby.
I didn't: In the china closet of my mind
I put Crown Derby on the high top
shelf, quite out of sight, where the kind
ly dust may cover It (It Is not a t'dy top
shelf), and keep any other porcelain
whatever polished and shining on a level
with my eyes. Then we came to a stair
case with suits of medieval armor;
these 'we could admire and the husky
men who wore them in the days of
short-distance fighting. Steel clothing Is
no longer fashionable; even war seems
to have grown more comfortable since
those days. Beyond was a dining-room
with wonderful wood carvings by Grin
ling Gibbons. Grinllng Gibbons Is one
of tbe most painful subjects In England.
The BngllBh are people of veracity, and
yet Grinllng Gibbons either worked all
of his lifetime without eating and sleep
ing or taking advantage of bank holidays
.1 AnH thf. la.t h,rHlv Imarln.
able In an Englishman), or else he did '
with the housework or hiring a maid,
but unless they have a chaperon this
way of living Is not advisable in Paris,
where American freedom of action is
not understood and hence Is censured.
With a chaperon, apartment life pre
sents some desirable features, as It ad
mits of more room to stretch, gives a
greater home feeling and Insures a
privacy that is impossible In a pension
or rooming-house. Pension rates range
from 5 franca a day In tha cheaper
pensions of the Latin Qarter to in the
section west of the river, though the
average rat paid by students in Passy
Is 7 franca a day, exclusive of light,
heat and baths. The latter Is quite an
item to the one who Indulges fre
quently In the tub, as th price per
bath averages a frano and a half,
without counting the tip of 25 or BO
centimes. Few of the houses In the
Latin Quarter are provided with bath
rooms and the inmates or tnese are
obliged to patronize a public establish
ment when ablutions by the medium of
bowl and pitcher are deemed Inade
quate. Student life in a pension 1 some
times productive of better results than
the quieter life In an apartment, for
the reason that during meal and In
th nvftntiiffi thtnra nertainlnsr to mu-
flln anri mnslriana are freauently dis
cussed, and this Interchange of thought
and Ideas Is Inspirational a wen as
educational, while the sound of prac
ticing creates an atmosphere of wotk
of whioh on Is forced to be a part. A
drona finds little encouragement In a
pension which houses earnest workers.
But here again Is the necessity for
strength of character, apparent since
pension life presents more distractions
ih,n th hnma life of the anartment
as there are always some boarders who
ar not ' students, and these sometimes
engage the attention of even a well-
intentioned student ana incline nr w
i . . .h(,.h tr..n hr tin late at
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night, and late nours ana siuay -solutely
incompatible.
a ki.ha l. r f .niirM a renulsite to
th music student and fortunately ren
tals are low. The work of the pianist
demands a better Instrument and con-
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than that of the vocal student, who can
secure a small but excellent piano ior
IS.40 per momn.
r.. n, launn varies, the aver
age rate charged by good teacher be
ing 15, on a basis oi iure ichum .
week. Teachers like De Resque nave
jif.l.it. u fininar their time with
American pupils at $25 per lesson, but
are willing to taae a cm wi
for $10 per lesson each. Not bad, eh?
t..ii i.inhtn usuallv Insist that the
pupil have the services of an accom
panist who snail also coacn in uicuira
at least twice a week and. unless the
pupil Is proficient in French, she must
aim take from two to three lessons
a week in that language.
If the student Is preparing for the
oporatlc stage, dramatic art and stage
work require another teacher who will
not be content with less than two les
sons a week. If one is studying with
tha Idea of teaching, these lessons are
recommended because of a better com
prehension and Interpretation of the
text. The prices charged by tnese
instructors vary, but tre usual rate
asked by the diction teacher and the
dramatlo Instructor Is 11 per hour,
while French lesson average 50 cents
each.
Musical compositions cost about as
much as In America, but as every
teacher demands .that his advanced pu
pil shall become proficient in several
operas during the year and these
scores approximate 12 each with an
additional 80 cents for a permanent
binding, it will be seen that music
alone Is no small Item In a year's ex
penses. Another Item seldom considered by
some of It by machinery or hired It
done. No one man could have done so
much wood carving as he Is credited
with In England; but we granted him
that In Windsor Castle, so exquisitely
are the fruit and fish and game carved
over the doorways.
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Beyond was the magnificently propor
tioned : long banqueting hall, used last,
so we 'were toM, for a great state ban
quet then Manuel. King of Portugal,
was guest of honor, the same young
Manuel who Is attending lectures at
Oxford thia Winter, planning a trip
around the world, and hoping that his
turbulent people will call him back to
the throne. There are many other rooms,
very elegant, with handsome Persian
carpttA brocade walls and rare paintings
by Holbein, Van Dyck and other artists.
One of the most interesting is the long
room used last when Manuel waa made
a Knight of the Garter. The chairs
and carpets are of beautiful blue with
the motto of the order woven In and at
one end of the room is a gorgeous, gold
en throne of Indian workmanship, all
set with amethysts. The most beautiful
room Is the reception hall where guests
assemble after dining; it is all of mirrors
and gold with elaborate crystal chande
liers and must present a gay sight at
night.
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verger took ua around. He had so much
to say of Queen victoria tnai. mmims"
thi girl contemplating a year or two
of study abroad is th opera. Euro
pean teachers consider attendance at
the opera part of the regular curric
ulum whether the student Is preparing
for the operatic stage or fitting her
self to teach.
The cheapest seats in th Grand
Opera-House are two franca, equivalent
to 40 cents, but they are not considered
very desirable even by a regular "gal
lery god." The usual price paid by
students at this house approximates
four francs and even then one ascends
to a gallery at a height quite unknown
In American theaters. However, the
students console themselves with the
thought that sound asce'nds and one
gets the real quality of tone in the
high tiers and enjoys a segregation of
voices and Instrumental harmony
which one. fails to perceive In Its per
fection In the more expensive seats far
below.
Seats at the Opera Comlque and the
Galta are cheaper and the musio Is
often better than one hears at tho
larger house. Here the students pat
ronize the topmost gallery where prices
are two francs for the best seats and
one franc for the cheapest.
Fortunately for the girls, ladies may
attend the theaters and similar places
of amusement without male escort, but
It Is always advisable, I might say,
almost imperative for two girls to be
accompanied by an older woman, as
French etiquette regards the unattend
ed woman as fair prey for street loung
ers. Pari Is kind to th student who
comes with ample money to supply her
needs, but woe to her who Is so un
sophisticated as to dream of getting
along 'on a small amount. For her the
end comes quickly. If she Is strong
of character, strong enough to go home
and tell the truth she will succeed in
the end If she has talent, but If a false
pride forbids her to acknowledge her
self mistaken In her estimate of the
cost of living and lessons, or, hardest
of all, to confess that she had over
rated her own abilities, and sne refuses
to return to friends or relatives at
home the finale is tragically pitiful
for Parts Is not kind to such as she,
because she does not understand Its
people nor they her, and so well, there
are beasts of prey here, as elsewhere,
eager to pounce on tbe weak or the
discouraged.
Pathetic are some of the appeals for
help made to the public through the
columns of the Paris edition of the
New York Herald, most of them un
doubtedly genuine. True, there are
generous-hearted people who endeavor
to keep In touch . with the needy stu
dents, but they cannot reach or help
all cases.
The churches do what they can to
encourage attendance and confidence
and at the Sunday night meetings musi
cal programmes are rendered by pro
fessional artists. At a recent meeting
In the Students' Atelier, in the Latin
Quarter, Arthur Hartmann, the famous
violinist, whom Portland people gladly
pay high prices to hear, rendered seven
numbers in his best style with' no
thought of remuneration other than the
pleasure he was giving to appreciative
students, because he, too, had once been
one of them and the memory of those
days stands side by side with the
triumphs of his later years.
These Atelier reunions on Sunday
evening are always crowded, the au
diences numbering at least 00 English
speaking students, showing In their
apparel every degree of prosperity or
its reverse. Some of the faces evidence
contentment and the self-satisfaction
that hard study gives, but on some of
them there is something strongly sug
gestive not only of poverty but of the
last flickerings of hope, and to them
these meetings mean more than words
can express.
we had never seen her, the little widowed
queen who ruled her people so long be
came a reality to us. Above the choir
of the chapel le a sort of royal box
where Anne Boleyn with Jane Seymour
In her train sat to see her father
knighted. Here after Prince Albert died
Queen Victoria ueed to Bit during ser
vice. She wished to give no trouble, the
verger said, so always lighted and blew
out her own candles and went away,
locking the door behind her, never think
ing of the open fire that must be made
before and put out, after she went away,
with great care lest some part of the
old chapel catch fire. Queen Mary eat
In the box when the late King Edward's
funeral services were held here. High
In the choir hang the brilliant banners
of the Knights of the Garter. King Ed
ward VII's is still among them and will
not be taken down until the coronation
next Spring.
In a small side chapel is the monu
ment to Princess Charlotte, considered by
many people, one of the most beautiful
of modern monuments. A golden light
from the windows takes away some of
the austerity of the marble and touches
tenderly the radiant, ascending figure of
the princess, the shrouded body below,
and the mourners at the corners. We
stood quite dumb before It; it is one of
those perfect things, rarely seen, that
take away words and thought and fill
one with a reverence greater than either.
Ignorant we didn't know who the Prin
cess Charlotte was we ha"d never heard
IRVING'S MEMORY MADE
IMMORTAL IN BRONZE
Statue of "Wonderful Late Actor Unveiled in London Son Speaks With
Gratitude and Emotion of Career of Father.
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HEXRY IKVIXG STATUE, WHICH SHOWS TIIE GREAT ACTOR IX
HIS UOBES AS DOCTOR OF LETTERS,
ONDON, Jan. 2S. (Special.) When
your holiday makers take possession
of the metropolis again next year.
they will find a fresh object of Interest in
the statue which has been erected in mem
ory of Sir Henry Irving. The memorial
Is of bronre. nine feet in height and
stands at the back of the National Gal
lery, v
All sorta of people dlstinguisnea in
drama and 'literature associated them
selves with the unveiling ceremony, ear
rled out by Sir John Hare, who said tho
memorial would not only speak to future
generations of the greatest actor of the
time, but also of the legacy of venera
tion and affection he left to the brothers
and edsters In the art he loved and served
so well.
H. B. Irving spoke on behalf of his
father's family with - gratitude and emo
tion, telling the famou? actors and act
resses gathering around him that if ever
a man was master of his fate and captain
of his soul. It was his father.
The etatue, which is the work of
Thomas Brock,' B, A bear the follow
before of the sculptor but we saw befo
us the sadness of death and the hope a
Joy of a life beyond
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The Albert Chapel where King E
ward VII is buried is closed to ti
public during the court's year
mourning. Through a gateway to V
left we came to the horseshoe cloiste
with their picturesque buildings
red bricks and brown oak timbers,
one of the rooms Shakespeare's "Mer
Wives of Windsor" was played for t
first time. Beyond Is the old belfi
built hundreds of years ago of gre
oak beams that will last hundreds
years more. Strangely enough. It w.
like nothing so much as the old Jap
nese feudal castle at Nagoya, built S
years ago by a famous Japanese ge;
eral. We wondered if tbe Japane
got his idea from Europe at that ear
date.
Then we went to the mews. It ce
talnly Is a "good billet" as the Brlth
say, to be carriage horse to the Kli
of England. No horse can look do
on the position; the company is e
elusive, board excellent, private apar
ments luxurious, attendance all th
can be desired. A Paris cab hor
would think himself In heaven. T
royal carriage horses are dappl
grays, while all the riding horses ai
the carriage horses for guests a
bays, and there are 100 all told. Tv.
new horses, just bought, were restiM
and looked at us with curiosity, havli
evidently not acquired enough cou
manners to make them aloof and di
nlfled like their companions. W
didn't try to count the carriages
baggage wagons, but were lntereste
In the little low carriage Queen VI
torla used In ber last years and
the small white Hungarian ponies thai
drew it. The ponies are growing o
now and are used only by the royil
children.
We drove to Eton through a qualrj
street where Eton schoolboys slouche
along with hands In their trouset
pockets. I think the Eton slouch mur
be only to counteract the effect
the "topper"; it seems to be a kind cl
protest against that head covering,
most unbecoming and unnatural hea
covering and of a dignity abhorrert
to their boyish souls. Have you eve
seen the masculine being, boy or mat
who wore a "high hat" of his ow
free will, who didn't feel In his lnne
consciousness that it was the mod
absurd hat ever invented?
The school was founded by Henr
IV, and on the day we were ther
his statue in the quadrangle wore
huge green wreath bung on It o
founder's day. It was dim twilight 1
tho chapel but we saw Watt's famou
picture of Sir Galahad, the young un
tried knight. standing beside hi
charger, a picture so popular In Amer
lea that one sees copies or it every
where. We were so relieved to see i
and like it for we couldn't like Watt'
pictures in the Tate gallery In Londorj
It's the proper thing to like them an
very uncomfortable If yeu don't. W
saw the library and learned that Lor
Roberts Is Eton's most dlstlngulshe
living graduate; then It was train
time (train-time seems to come oftene
than mealtime when we are tourists) s
we drove bac'h through the queer ol
street to the station and on the wa
saw the pale new moon hanging ove
Windsor Castle.
v . t. we
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mm
ing inscription "Henry Irving, Actor,
Born 1S3S. Died 1905. Knight. Lltt. D.
Dublin: D. Litt. Cambridge. Erected by
English actors and actreases and by oth
ers connected with the theater in this
country." Tho statue represents Irving
In the robes of a Doctor of Letters, with
one hand on his hip and the other hold
ing a roll of manuscript.
A Tar on Shore.
Detroit Free Press.
George von L. Meyer, the Secretary of
the Navy, praised at a naval dinner In
Washington the old sea dog.
"One of these typical old sea dogs." he
ended, "was persuaded one day In Phila
delphia to attend a tea. I met him a
short time afterward, and paid:
" 'Well, Marllnspike, I hear you've been
doing tea parties In Philadelphia?"
" 'Yes, sir.' the old salt replied. I did
go to one tea party, sir.'
" 'And how did you feel there among
all those ladles?' I asked.
" 'I felt like a sperm whale doing cro
chet work he applied.'
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