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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1904
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(By Alan Dale.)
TONDON. Aug. 4. After all. tt waa
unnecessary. I might havo left
A myself a uleaaant Illusion. It
wm silly, It waa unpardonable
thai vlalt of mlna to the Qarrlck then
tre to ee "Th Fairy Dilemma.' by
VT. 8. Gilbert, Just before It waa going
to close. Why didn't I let It cloae In
peace, without rubbering, rrom a mia
taken aenae of duty?
Gilbert to me waa one of thoae aa
ered traditions In which I veritably be
lieved. Whenever I have wanted to ex
press a condition of humoroua topsy
turvydom 1 have used tha adjective
Xlllberilan." Whenever modern comic
Opera has palled upon us and we have
J "turned from It In wearlnesa of aplrlt
well, I always had Mr. Gilbert s perfect
llbrettoa to fall back upon, as models of
craftmunablp. Genuine satirical humr
was. In fact W. 8. OUbert.
And then to go and aee "The Fairy'
Dilemma!" To alt ruthlessly through a
faehle and moat laborious effort to re
vive the ashes of a Jocundity that waa
evidently paat revival! To wait for
three hour and note the demolition of
the pet adjeotlve "Gllbertlan" and to
' watch acton and actresses trading upon
the glorv of an old name, when the label
and nothing more, waa there. It waa
cruel J It waa. In fact, saddening.
M. first 1 aaked myaelf if. perchance,
fay own outlook had changed. Aa we
"get on" In years, the thing that en
tertained us In the "flret flesh" often
stem a bit difficult to swallow today.
We used to laugh ao easily, and In such
a luxury of light -heartedness. Waa W.
S. Gilbert in "The Fairy Dilemma, Juat
as amusing aa ever, and waa It I who
was "out of taater Such a condition,
Of course, might well be
But alaat It waan't. Brimming over
aa I waa with all aorta of respect and
admiration for the splendid librettist of
'The Mikado," of "Pinafore" also for
the inspired author of "Engaged"
there was no galnaiylng the fact
that The Kalry'a Dilemma" was
wretchedly dull; bewllderjngly far
fetched, and miles behind the times. Tt
was behind Gilbert's own time, too.
Tears ago he would never have offered
auch rubbish to a thirsting public.
He called It an "original domestic
pantomime," and tha program had this
note, which for the sake of your Oll-
'bertlan record I append: "In modern
pantomimes the acenes of the Harle
quinade have no ostensible connection
'with the fable of the piece; but In old-
fashioned pantomimes the good fairy
Invariably interposed at an important
.crisis of the story and transformed the
four principal characters Into Harle
quin, Columbine, Clown and Pantaloon.
The Fairy's Dilemma' Is a reversion to
the old order of things,"
But it is poor old Gilbert's dilemma
not the fairy's. For In his attempt to
make a chestnut ty mlx-up of lovers
"humorous," by means of a Couple of
"Bnpernaturals" called the Demon Al
cohol and the Fairy Rosebud, he Is
driven to terrible extremes.
In this production at tha Oarrlck the
atre, which was a handsome one, there
was a good old-faahloned "transforma
tion scene" offered aa seriously as
though the whole thing were an Irri
tating Christmas pantomime and called
the Revolving Realms of Radiant Re
habilitation, after which came the old
Alma "clown piece," not one bit funnier
than the hodge-podge with which every
English playgoer Is afflicted at Christ
mas time.
The spirit of loyalty, reverence and
tradition is so keen In England that al
though the old-time clown-piece is ob
noxious to modern Ideas of humor and
la a revival of other periods in the
stage's history, playgoera endure It.
Managers stage It year after year. Xt
la always the same time clown, colum
bine, harlequin, pantaloon Clown trips
up nurse-girl with baby -carriage ; panta
loon steals sausages from butcher's
shop; harlequin dances; columbine In
fluffy muslin skirts revolves on a pivot.
Children, as soon as they reach years
of discretion, are religiously taken to
see this. It Is as though they could
not get on In life until they have
sampled the "clown-piece." Nobody likes
It, but It la kept alive, simply' because
it has been alive.
And In "The Fairy's Dilemma" you-get
thla clown-piece without a scintilla of
humor. Gilbert transforms his English
baronet of the household cavalry into
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the clown: his reverend, clerical, master-f-arti
into the harlequin: his justice of
the high court of Judicature Into the
paataloon, and hla Lady Angela,
daughter of aa earl. Into the columbine
It eeunde mejhouph It might be funny,
but It Isn't These characters simply
give atrelvM Imitations of the clown,
figure. Possibly th Idea of Mr. Arthur
Rourchier, as clown, and Miss Violet
Vanbrugh as columbine suggested ris
ible possibilities. They miscarried. Not
a laugh, not a titter; nothing but smug
wonderment at the appalling stupidity
of the act.
Occasionally a Gllbertlan quip flashed
fitfully. "I am going to the Revolving
Realms of Radiant Rehabilitation." says
one character. "My telegraphic address
is 'Realms: I cornered that, and beg
to offer it as all I gleaned from thla
Gllbertlan attempt at "rehabilitation."
A funny thing occurred In connection
with the "curtain raiser" that formed
part of the bill. The energetic Mr. Bour
chler during the earlier part of his sea
son at the Oarrlck put on "A Lesson
In Harmony," by the Poet Laureate Al
fred Austin. I suppose he thought that
with two such names aa Alfred Austin
and Gilbert he could make no mistake.
But London wouldn't have "A Lesson In
Harmony." It was no use; the piece
failed to plea.
So the poet laureate, aa a curtain
raiser, ' was succeeded by a dramatic
critic. If you pleaae! A little play by
Malcolm Watson, called "The Couver
alon of Nat Sturge," was substituted.
In this, a bishop, catching a burglar
red-handed In hla library, offered to let
him go If he would wed the blahop's
weak-minded 'old ward! And the burg
lar preferred prison. I thought that If
the burglar had been aaked to sit
through "The Fslry's Dilemma" he
might also have preferred prison.
The lull has passed. Beginning to
day the .dramatic season starts again
In Portland with new houses, new com
panies and- new plays to divert the peo
ple, who are coming back from the
coast and the mountains filled with a
desire to once more nestle down In a
parquet seat, and see the villain prop
erly executed at the critical moment.
Aa of yore the vaudeville we have with
us always and the four variety houses
will continue to change their bills
weekly and. to continually Improve the
nature of their offerings, though at
present Portland vaudeville Is the sort
that attracts favorable comment.
Cordray's is the first of the regular
houses to open and this afternoon the
first performance of the seaaon will be
given. 'The Runaway Match" is 'the
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attraction, and It is described as a
craroing farce with more than the
uaual amount of plot, wrapped la
laughter.
The , Rakr will open a week from
this afternoon and the first of a series
.if Hardou play will be given, "Cleo
patra" belna chosen for the Initial at
traction. Melbourne MacDonnell and
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Charlotte Deane will head the company.
At the Columbia the opening will not
take place until Sunday, September 4.
when a company headed by Cathrtne
Counties will present "Captain Letter
blalr," which production will be fol
lowed weekly by other etandard plays
at popular prices.
Alter a varied set of experiences
that Included vaudeville and Anna Eva
Fay. the Empire will open for a con
tinuous run of melodrama at popular
prices. The company will be headed
by Tom Wiedemann and the opening
will occur Auguat IS. when "The In
side Track" will be the attraction.
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SEASON AT THE BAKEK.
All last season holders of permanent
aeats at thaVBaker may have same re
tained by notifying the box office by
mall before the regular sale opens,
Mondsy. Augurt 2. Hundred of let
ters have already been received and
thla prevents the trouble of atandlng In
line and watting to secure the old
privilege. The season will open Bun
day, Augut 1ft, with Melbourne Msc
Dowell and s splendid company In
"Cleopstra." the great Sardou play, to
be followed by the others of this fa
mous repertoire, the engagement being
for five weeks In all. The regular
Baker prlcea will prevail throughout
thla engagement, and It will he the
first time In Portland that the Sardou
plays have ever been given at less than
SI. SO. ' Manager Baker promise th
production of these plays complete, snd
with Melbourne MacDowell, Charlott
Deane, Ethel Fuller and other of the
highest standing. It Is safe to predict
a company unexcelled, and a success
ful Season at the Baker this year from
the first beginning.
COLUMBIA STOCK COMPAIfT.
Manager Welch of the Columbia
theatre announces the opening of his
handsome new playhouse at the corner
of Washington and Fourteenth streets,
for the afternoon of Sunday, September
4, the opening bill being Marguerite
Merrjngton'e dellghtfnl society comedy.
"Captain Wtarblalr." The Columbia
theatre Stock company Is said to be the
moat notable organisation of It kind
on the Pacific coast. It la headed by
Miss Catherine Countiss. Portland's
favorite actress, and Edgar Baum, the
talented young New York leading man,
who also ha many admirers among
local theatre-goers.
Th engagement of Rose Eytlnge has
occasljned wide comment In then Heal
circles. Mlaa Eytlnge will be seen In
a round of grande dame and character
parts. Other members of the cotnpeny
sre. Donald Bowles. William Dills.
Louts Brandt, George Bloomqulst,
THE STAR THEATRE
Scott Beaton. Anna Roberta, B. Grass
by, George Berell, M. Cytron, Edith An
gus. Kitty Dwyer and Roy Bernard.
The stage will be under the personal' di
rection of William Bernard. Special
acenery will be painted for each pro
duction by Frank King, one of the moat
celebrated mechanic artists in the
country, whom Mr. Welch brings from
New York to paint exclusively for tlie
Columbia. The orchestra, led by 8. W.
Drlscoll, will consist of 10 soloists and
the music will be one of the special fea
tures. Matinees will be given on Sat
urday and Sunday. The regular night
prices will be 15, 25 and 50 cents, with
a few choice seat at 75 cents. For
the night performances there will be
600 seats at 60 cents and 600 at 25
cents. At the matinees there will be
1,000 26-cent seats. Seaaon reserva
tions may be made at Rnwe ft Martin's
drug ntora each day between 11 a. m.
and 3 p. m., and at the theatre box of
fice from 7 to 8 p. m. At the latter
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In "A Runaway Match"
hour the theatre will be completely
lighted snd thrown open for the In
spection of those who may desire to ce
the Interior of Portland's most beauti
ful theatre.
Charles York will act a treasurer
of the Columbia and his wide acquaint
ance and personal popularity will make
him a valuable man In the box office.
Mr. Yorke goes to the Columbia highly
recommended by the Marquam Grand
management and with the consent and
best wishes of the director of that
theatre.
AT THE BIJOU OHLT.
Since vaudeville first opened in
Portland no better bill has been pre
sented than will be aeen at the Bijou
this week, beginning tomorrow after
noon with the popular matinee. Broad
way 'Inn h he Met. the auburn-haired
ponies who made Shields' park famous,
will be ttter with their prettiest
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dancea. Those who have once sees
the wonderful dancer know what
that mean.
Ml Dollt Castle has been engaged
to take th place of Edna Foley In
singing Illustrated songs, Russian
soldiers marching to the seat of War
will be ahown by the vltaacope. Tralnor
and Button are comedy sketch people
of the highest type. Their expert, ec
centric and grotesque dancing Is fa
mous. Lord and Row, black-face
comedians, who are very different from
most of their kind and Infinitely bet
ter, will let the. audience see how much
amusement to the square minute they
can provide. The Kelleya are great
character actor, who already have
many friend her.
The Bijou 1b the place for vaudeville.
Every afternoon and evening.
L-raics raw bill.
Just aa wine improves With old age
so does the Lyric improve a the time
rolls on, snd each week See a better
performance. Tha elite theatre goer of
th city attend thla house every even
ing. Th bill last week was a strong one.
but this week's bill outclasses tt from
th beginning to end. The bill la aa
follows: The Four Comedy . Juggler.
Morton. In a aenaatlonal comedy Jug
gling act; Whitehead and Diamond, the
comedy singers, acrobats and dancers;
T: J. Ray. In Illustrated songs: Walton,
the greatest of all Chinese Imperson
ators, a great act; the Two Fantas, In
a comedy acrobatic sketch. Introducing
their little pig. Mike; Murry Smith. In
character songs; and the .vltaacope.
showing the landing of Christopher Co
lumbus. All of which goes to make
up a very strong and attractive bill for
this week. '
The management gives $15 In gold
away every Friday night. 16 at each of
the three performances. Last week's
bill closes tonight and the new bill opens
at 2:30 p. m. Monday. Continuous per
formance from 2:30 today to 10 p. m.
, AT THE STAR.
Riding up the devil's chimney will
be the feature act at the Star theatre
for the week which begins on Monday.
This feat Is one that is only paralleled
by (he world-famous looping the loop,
and In many respects It Is a more spec
tacular feat. A huge cylinder, IS feet
high. Is placed on the stage and "Cy
clone." the daring performer, rides
round and round at dlsxy speed on the
Inside until he mount In spiral circles
to the top. Hers he spins a f.w moment j
on his bicycle and then plunges down
ward again. As a thrilling act. riding
up the devil's chimney may safely be
described a th limit.
The other acts on the new program
Include everything good. Paqulta and
Loa Majos, the Spanish whirlwind
dancers and musicians, will surely en
trance the audiences. McCarver and
McCarver are two colored comedians
who have complete control of the Joke
trust. Their rapid-fire witticisms will
give the hearers not one minute in
which to rest from laughing. Jamea
McGrath la a new style of laugh-maker
who sends his auditors into ecstasies
of Joy by simply telling them stories.
Not to hear him Is to miss one of the
funniest 0 minutes of your life.
A dashing soubrette, pretty and chic,
is Grace Darnley, who will sing and
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at Cordray's
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dance. Will C. Hoyt, the popular bari
tone, has chosen a new and beautiful
Illustrated song, and Ediaon's great pro
Jectoscope will close th bill with a
series of new and graphic films.
Todsy will be the last chance to laugh
at those fun-makers, Montgomery and
Cantor, the ptano king and the clog
dancer.
A TAB OH AT O OH D HAT'S.
The dull monotony of summer In the
atrical matters will be pleasantly broken
this afternoon by the reoperrfng- of
Cordrax's. when a clever and sparkling
farce comedy, "A Runaway Match," will
be presented by a very excellent com
pany of comedian.
Th plot of the piece has something
like coherence and tells about a fathei
and son who ars engaged, respectively,
to a widow and her fascinating daugh
ter. The usual situation Is reversed.
Th daddy being in love with th youth-
ful daughter, and the aon having be
come entangled with th widowed
mother. The two couples, oddly assorted
as they are, run away and by a strange
chance thy both put up at th same
hotel. Th man, of coura. recognize
each other, but the ladlea are kept In
lanorance of existing conditions. The
widow begtns to see more charm la the
father than. In th son; th son- now
realises what a fool he waa to marry
the widow when there was in the field
such a pretty and attractive lady aa
the daughter. The pair Of couple now
resolve to elope again. Both father
and aon call Into service Uie general
factotum of the hotel, who disguise
them a cooks. In their hast to get
away they forgot or neglected to settle
with the landlady who. being not blessed
with philanthropic Ideas concerning the
running of her houae, wants pay. one
hires the town constable to pursue the
elopers. Father and eon at the end
are forced Into lighting a mock duel to
Drove their bravery. At length the va
rlou partlea are extricated out of their
troubles and the father marries tlie
widow and the aon succeeds In leading
the daughter to the altar In addition
to the play itself, there are a number of
special vaudeville features, together
with new and novel musical effects. The
management will give a prjse of 120 lu
gold to that person attending the show
who writes and sends In tha best 200
word criticism of the performance. This
la an experiment never before tried in
any theatre and doubtless hundred of
theatre-goers will try to win the prlxe.
The, rules of regulating the contest are
published In the dally papers and will
be announced from th stag of the
theatre at each performance.
HEW BILL AT
Perhaps tha happiest act on the Ar
cade theatrefs new program, which
starts on Monday afternoon. Is that
preaented by Mexls and Mexls. the
clown Juggfer and the clown dog. Th
dog In the case Is an Immense and savage-looking
bulldog, and th thing that
he doe are marvelous to sea. The por
tion of the turn which the dog take
real pleaaure In is the punching of a
regular punching bag. Just how the
dog does It Is the tory.
Ranee Smith 1 a monologlat. Soma
monologlst are not very funny. They
don't make people laugh. Ranee 8mlUi
1 th other kind. McKeover and Sandy
are two sketch artists who will Intro
duce among other specialties a new and
humorous boxing act.
Laughter galore marks the entrance
upon the stage of the electric trio, three
comedians whose lifetime has been spent
In the study of merry-making. That
they thoroughly understand their busi
ness la shown by the storm of applause
which greets them. People who like to
laugh will have every opportunity to do
I so during this act
A new Illustrated song will be ottered
by Kate Coyle, the well known contralto,
who Is such a strong favorite with Ar
cade audiences, and the 'bioscope will
fl"h cenea from real life upon
the canvas.
KESCTJED FROM CRATES
Claire Washington, ' who plays th
leading role In "A Runaway Match,"
now playing an engagement at Cqrdray's
theatre, snd who In private life Is the
wlfa of Tom Bates, one of the owners of
the show, some two years ago wan fill
ing an engagement at .Honolulu. While
there she got Into the habit of making
frequent excursions Into the country
Immediately surrounding the city. As
walking was next to Impossible, she
bought little pony and on tha back of
this spirited ,anlmal ahe dally made hei
trip.
One day the little lady ventured fur
ther than, usual and rode over the top
of the old Punch Bowl, a little moun
tain supposed to be the remains of an
extinct volcano. All went well until
Miss Washington started to cross an
oddly-shaped crevice, when, without a
moment's warning, both pony and rldor
had disappeared. She had fallen Into
the mouth of a small crater, which, very
fortunately for her, had gone out of
business many years before.
For awhile she lay there stunned and
bleeding. After a time she recovered
coneelouane, and her loud outcrlea
Anally brought some of the natlvea to
her rescue. After much difficulty she
wss finally hauled to the surface again
and, though badly shaken up, she
bravely went to work and that evening
at the theatre played her part with her
usual dash and spirit,
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Commencing next Sunday afternoon
the Empire will be the home of one of
the finest stock companies aver organ
ised in the west. The policy of the
house under the new management will
be the production of high class melo
drama at popular prlcea The company
Is headed by Tom Wldemann. the well
known actor-manager, who. has built up
a reputation which Is known through
out the entire country. 'The Inside
Track," which will be the opening at
traction. Is a thrilling drama with a
strong heart Interest and many sensa
tional soenes. The sale of seats will
open this week, and from present lndl
cations will be very large.
CARCITT Of HEAL
In addressing the class of cadet.;
which recently wa graduated from the
military academy at Wet Point Gen.
James R. Carnahan of Indianapolis, a
member of the board of visitors, tried
to impress upon the graduates that they
ware not heroes.
"In all the world's history," he said,
"there have been only two or three he
roea. but there have been a great many
good soldiers. Now that you are enter
ing the army, you can take to heart the
spirit of thla little incident of the San
tiago campaign, when war correspond
ent were making heroes as fast aa they
could write
"It was the afternoon of the battle,
and a young woman came upon a sol
dier who was returning to camp badly
wounded.
" Are you on of the heroes T' she
aaked.
" 'Lord, no. miss.. I'm no hero Just
one of the Sixth cavalry.' "
Equal to It
George waa caught napping.
A pair of soft little hands covered his
eyel and a sweet voice commanded:
"Guess who It Is."
Nothing very dreadful for George In
this, you think; but when you don't know
that George haa two sweethearts and for
the life of him couldn't decide whose
voice It waa, which made it a very em
barrassing situation for htm. A wrong
guess would lead to complications awful
to think of. But a happy thought Inspired
George, and he announced:
"It's the dearest, sweetest little girl In
all the world."
"Oh, you lovely boy!" gurgled the sat
isfied one, as she removed her hands.
And now George think of applying for
a diplomatic post, feeling that hla tal
ents would he wasted In any other field.
Secret Out.
From the Chicago News.
Wlndlg What 1 the secret of your
friend Harker's popularity?
BIfbang He ha little to say about
what he has done and nothing to say
about what he Is going to do.
Contrary gam.
From th Chicago News.
The Father I don't see any reason
why our dsughter should want fa) marry
your.g Brokehrigh.
The Mother There ln't any reason
That Is why she wants to marry him.
Sil
ence
(By Maurice Maeterlinck !
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T IB idle to think that by means of
word any reul communication can
vr paa from on man to an-
otner.
The lip or tongue may repre
sent the soul, even a a cipher or a
number may represent picture of
Memllng, but from th moment that we
have something to say to each other
we are compelled to hold our peace, and
If at such times we do not listen fo the
urgent commands of silence, Invisible
though they be, "we shall have suffered
sn eternal loss that all the treasures
of human wisdom cannot make good,
for we shall have let slip the oppor
tunity of listening to another soul and
of giving existence, be It only for an
instant, to our own, and many live
there are In which auch opportunities do
not present themselves twice.
Jt Is only when life I sluggish within
US' that- we apeak; only at moment
when reality He far away, and we do
hot wish to be conscious of our breth
ren. ,
And no sooner do we speak than
something warns us that th ' divine
gates are closing.
Thus it comes about that we hug si
lence to u and are very misers of It,
and even the most reckless will not
squander It on the first comer.
There I an Instinct of th superhu
man truths within, us which warns us
that It Is dangerous to be silent with
one whom we do not wish to know or do
not love, for words may pass between
men, but let silence have had Its In
stant of activity and It will never ef
face Itself, and indeed the tr . life, th
only life that leaves a trace behind, is
made up of silence alone.
Bethink it well. In that silence to
which you must again have recourse, so
that It may explain Itself, and if It be
granted to you to deacend for one mo
ment into your soul, into the depths
where the sngels dwell. It Is not the
words spoken by tha creature you loved
ao dearly that you will recall, or the
gestures that he made, but tt I above
all the silences that you have lived to
gether that will come back to you, for
It is the quality of those silences that
alone revealed the quality of your love
and your aoul.
Aa we advance through life It is more
and morn brought home to u that noth
ing takes place that Is not in accord
with some curious preconceived design,
and of this w never breathe a word.s
We scarcely dare let our mind dwell
upon it, but of It exlatence, somewhat
above our heads, we are absolutely con
vinced.
The more fatuous of men am I lee at
the first encounter, as though he were
the accomplice of the destiny of his
brethren. And In this domain even
those who can apeak t.e most p found-
ly realize they, perhap. aven more
than others that ' ords can never ex-
prena the real, special relationship that
exists between two belngn.
Were I to speak to you this moment
of the gravest thing of all of love,
death or destiny It is not love, desth
or destiny that I should touch: and, mt
efforts notwithstanding, there would al
ways reraa.n between tin a truth which
had not been spoken, which we had not
even thought of speaking, and yet It Is
this truth only, voiceless though It hss
been, which will have lived with us for
an lnstsnt, snd by which we shall have
been wholly absorbed. For that truth
was our truth as regards death, destiny
or love, and It was In silence only that
We could perceive it. And nothing save
only the silence will hsve had any Im
portance. "My sisters," says the child In the
fairy story, "you Tiave each of you a
secret thought I wish to know It."
We, too. have something that people
went to know, but t Is bidden far
above the secret thought It Is our "Se
cret silence.
But all questions are useless. When
our spirit Is alarmed- Ha own agitation
becomes a barrier to the second life
that lives In this secret, and would we
know' what It Is that lies hidden there,
we must cultivate silence among our
selves, for it Is there only that for one
Instant the eternal flowers unfold their
petals, the mysterious flowers whose
form and colore are ever changing In
harmony with the aoul that Is by their
side. v
As gold and silver are weighed In
pure water so does the soul test Its
weight In silence, snd the words that
we let fall have no meaning apart from
the silence that envelopes them.
If I tell some one that I love him. a
I may have told a hundred others, my
words will convey nothing to him. but
the silence which will ensue, If I do
Indeed love him, will make clear In
what depth Ue the root of my love,
and will In It turn give birth to a con
viction that ahall ltU be silent, anr!
In the course of a lifetime this silence
and this conviction will never again be
the same.
Is it not silence that determines and
fixers the savor of love? Deprived of It
love would lose Its eternal essence snd
perfume.
Who has not known those silent mo
ments which separated the llpa to unite
the souls? It is these that we must
ever seek. There is no silence more do
cile than the silence of love, and It Is
Indeed the only one that we may claim
for ourselves alone.
The other great alienees, those of
death, grief and destiny, do not Detona
te us. They come to u at their own
hour, following In the track of events,
and those whom they do not meet need
not reproach themselves. But we can
all go forth to meet the alienees of love.
They lie In wait for un night -and day
at our threshold and are no less beau
tiful than their brothers. And It
thanks to them that those who have sel
dom wept may know the life of the soul
almdst ss Intimately as the a to whom
much grief has come, and, thereto-, It
Is that such of us as have loved deeply
Ave learned many secrets that are un
known to others; for thousands and
thousands of things quiver In silence
on the lips of true friendship snd love
that are not to be found In the silence
of other lips to which friendship and
love are unknown.
Son Mor Mergers.
A disposition on th part of great rail
road corporation to get possession of
trolleyllnes which parallel and com
pete with their steam systems is con
spicuous In more than one of tha states
Of the Union. This Is an Interesting
development In truffle condition nowa
days, and It is difficult to foresee how
far it may go-
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