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THE MORNING ASTORIAN. r STOMA. OREGON.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1M1
I Discord !
Harmony.
... NANCT BREST ...
Professor Mau-ier, lost In the gran
4mt of "lannhau8er" rendered by
tdmtelf on the piano, failed to hear the
ret tap at his studio door. The visitor,
ridently realising how tantalizing it
Is to atop midway in a feeling of trans
port, waited until the last note of
Klsal prayer died away, then knocked
again and finally, by an energetic rat
tle of the doorknob caused the pro
fessor to come back to a realization of
things mundane,
"Ah, I was awaiting you, mademoi
selle! I was anxious to hear how you
sang so beautifully for monsieur the
snanager."
Edith Garth threw her music roll on
tb piano and walked over to the fire-,
place, where the extravagant professor
had lighted the gas log.
Tre simply disgraced you," she said
Miserably, holding the toe of her damp
nrimrm tn tin rm.
"Perhaps you might ' find a spot
allshtlr drr." he suggested.
"It's -sllly of me to start off this
matte gasp, l never was so mrptwrt
In my Uf.'. 1 told htm I dldnt know
what vas the matter I'd never had
such an avtack before. He said he hnd
ofteu had candidates for positions In
the choir et so nervous they coulilu't
sing nt first and for me to rest a few
minutes aud try again.
"But I thought how hard I had trlc-d
for thai position as soloist and how
hard I had studied with you for the
last six aiouths, when the people t
home had scrimped and saved to keor
me here Jn the city, ami I don't know
how 1 lost my grli. but great big tears
commenrod running down my cheeks',
not nice ladylike tears, but the Kro:
big splashy kind that you can't vnl
low aud that a real ladylike handker
chief will cot so;ik up."
She had uuug the ladylike haudker
chief before the tire to dry, and th.
big Motd professor, who looked uiotv
like a Xorce sea king thau a French
v-Htr of voice, handed It to her. with
"Totr arcsr oo aoaw, madkmoisjxle."
shoe to the blaze with a despairing in
difference to the smell of burned
lesiber.
"Impossible! Tour voice is most
eeautiful, and I had taught you the
oratorio until you could render it with
closed eyes," the professor expoeru
lUed. The girl tat down, hunting vainly for
kcr handkerchief.
"I don't know what my voice was,
tot when I tried to sing for that hor
tSA man this afternoon I didn't have
any voice of any kind. It wabbled,
avoided the tone-did everything and
fnally died away in an asthmatic
gasp." She found the handkerchief,
cad it proved to be too small for the
demand, a suspicious limpness indicat
fog that it bad previously seen much
service.
"Ma panvre petite;" The professor
gazed at her perplexedly. "I'll make
a top of strongest tea, bitter as the
English and the Americans could wish
for. While we drink it and eat some
crackers and a can of the tiniest sar
sEnes that I have In the back of the
male case you can tell me your de
pression." He put the kettle on the alcohol
lamp and drew the piano bench in
front of the fireplace, spreading a sheet
f music for a table cover. The glr:
Wed her eyes furtively, and after the
outdoor chill her nerves slowly relax
ed by the comforting gas log. She
watched him with the amused toler
ance a woman has for a man's house
keeping, and when he brought the
"Tannhauser" score to put under the
teapot sho forgot her woe long enough
for a faint smile, which the professor
quickly observed.
"Ah, yoa are feeling better even now.
and when you have eaten six of the
BtUe fish and two of the crackers and
ask for a second cbp of this well cook
ed tea jw may tell me your story."
He arraeged three of the prescribed
Bttle fish on a cracker and deftly
squeezed some lemon juice over them.
"I believe I am equal to three more,"
she said, selecting an unbroken crack
er from the box and holding it while
he angled for the sardines. "And now
I must te'tl you what a failure I made.
When my voice stopped with that asth.
way again. The director told me to
come again next week and he would
hear me that It I could sing In half
the whole souled way I cried I ought
to make good. You ought to be aaham
ed to laugh at me," reproachfully. "I'll
never have the courage to go again,
and I'll always be afraid to sing In
public now. My voice might act that
way again, and I wanted so to make
my living by singing."
He leaned toward her and spoke ear
nestly.
"You must go again, mademoiselle.
In my country we always drive a horse
back and make him look at the object
that has given him the fright It Is so
with this nervous terror of yours, pe
tite, it will grow larger day by day
until you will be so sensitive you can
not do the solos In the church or the
concert Will yoa try It again next
weekr
"I feel that I couldn'tpositively
couldn't" she gasped, trembling at the
thought of a second fiasco.
The professor got his bat and coat
to walk down the street with her to
her boarding house.
"I go with you next week, mademoi
selle. I play your accompaniment for
yon. You must forget yourself, and
when he hears you sing the place as
soloist at St John's la yours for the
accepting. Monsieur the director will
implore you to accept"
The next week an elated girl entered
the professor's studio. She was not
alone. The professor himself threw
the roll of music on the piano, with a
little whoop of enthusiasm.
"Never have you sung so well, and
do you not feel glad that the horse that
balked was led back to try again?"
"I don't mind being called a hone a
bit I'm so happy," she exclaimed.
"You couldn't offend me even If you
called me a donkey. And It's you-you
who have done It all. I found out
yesterday that you have been teaching
me for practically nothing when your
other pupils are paying outrageous
prices. It was good so good of you,"
and she held out her bands Impulsively.
The professor took them In his, and
the blueness of bis eyes sparkled into
hers.
"It was not goodness, petite it was
happiness."
He led her to the chair by the fire
place and stood looking down at her.
"I have been here so long, petite, in
a country where I have not the home
feeling. There are five years that I
have taught, at first to few, then to
many, much; yet petite, I have not the
home feeling. And your voice I loved
first and then you. I wanted to make
you succeed so you would not despair
and go back to' the country before I
had the time to try to make you care.
Petite, may I go to your country home
tomorrow aud ask the honor of your
hand from madam, your mother?"
The girl laughed softly. "That is
not the American style. If you want
to settle in America for life, don't you
think It would be well for you to con
form to oar customs?"
"And will you tell me the best way?"
he pleaded.
"Suppose you should go not by your
self, but with me to see my mother,
and then"
"Yes, yes, and then, petite?"
"You might say, 'I love your daugh
ter and and your daughter loves me
so she has brought me to see my new
mother,' " she said, keeping her gaze
on the fire.
Ho knelt beside her and turned her
face gently toward him.
"The beautiful home we'll have and
your beautiful voice will be with me
always. We go on the early train, the
most early trail), to see madam, the
new mother, mon ange."
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In V&2. lu tlx arrangement of tbe
Julian calendar, ten days were drop
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then now but (lie present basis of cal
culating time. So as to keep thing
running right It was determined tbat a
year ending a century should not be
blsextfle, except every fourth century.
Thus there was no leap year In 1700.
1800 or 1900. It Is. or at least was.
rather rough on the ladies, who bave
special advantage In leap year; but,
though there will not be many of those
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latter year, ending a fourth century,
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Chinee Aversion to Surgery.
It may occur to many people that
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that all orientals maintain a profound
objection to surgical operations. In
deed, they much prefer to die rather
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escape. Chicago Journal.
The eighth grade graduation exer
cises held in I. O. O. F. Hall on Fri
day afternoon were listened to by the
large concourse of people present
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exercises. The essays and orations
delivered by the 16 (four from Adairs
school, and 12 from McClitres build
ing) graduates showed them to be
thoroughly conversant with the subl
jeet in hand which they handled with
considerably more than the average
degree of originality and intelligence.
Miss Ella Karincn's essay on "Our
Flag" was well delivered and espec
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paper on "Quarantine Stations". was
excellent, in it he gave the history of
the quarantine system, also the de
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much to the pleasure of many pres
ent who were sadly ignorant on that
subject. Miss Kate Shivcly surpass
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which was enthusiastically applaud
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song was given in her usual charming
manner and sweet voice and Miss
Hilda Kallunki delighted her hearers
with her rendition of the solo as
signed to her. Miss Wilma Young
gave her piano selection with taste
and expression while Miss Gertrude
Kearney never played so well. Miss
Warren presented the graduates with
their diplomas in a well directed
speech and Rev. Mr. Owen addressed
the class in an able and "spiccy" man
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congratulations by bringing quanti
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mementoes of the happy occasion.
Gateway Social Club-Miisei En
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J. L Kline were selected to entertain
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The steamer General Washington
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Miss Clara Larsen, Miss Rose
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Mrs. Rowcna Springer, Mrs.
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