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I . -t. " ' .. , , : t ;jr " iy. OIGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1Q. 1S03. tmmm i re ! Wil n I t-'Jife-'' r l r II 111 Hi -V ; Un Mi '! I ;fi m m m' mm it ill ::?;' Bri Ans Tracjr.- -gVKNT y-ftVB pit cnt of th for icners iludyliiK Incina "under the ladlnx master In Perie are Amerirana. They number not far ' ahort of 800, and a large proportion are - deairoua of becoming proreeslonai aing ere. . It la a constant complaint wtttt theae young artlats that their difficult 'tla Bntr" beetifwhra thetr-etiidtea -end. ,- Frequently they have to wait years be : fore they can get an opportunity of thi tnhllltL Blul 1f they are so fortunate s to get -WuHng . from this or that famous concert man ' ager or operatic director- It often 4akea place under conditions the reverse of -JUvorbi : i... The candidate Is ushered with a beat . lng heart Into the presence of the great man whoae word means fame or blight ed hopes. , Everything la . new, " the ' acoustic properties of the-empty hall Or theatre are unfamiliar, an aria Is chosen and sung and the voice almost invert ' ably forced from sheer nervousness, and '. before the aspirant has' welt reamed what has happened a deprecating' ware of the hand has signified more plainly ' " than words that the verdict is unfavor- ,.' able. " . - " - ' '- - How la' this state of things to be ... rented teVlT'. The problem Is one of sb . sorblng Interest, not only to the Amer " lean colony In Paris, but to every one . Interested In the development of Amer t - lean. art. The . practical .solution has 'been discovered. , - - ' "Why." asked some one. "should ' Ameiicam singers not be afforded 'An op i portunlty of appealing directly to the public just as American painters and sculptors do. who- exhibit their work at - the salonsr'. ; . . Money Quickly Ouirinteed. The ides, found favor." Mrs. "Clinch Smith,' who made so uncommon a suc cess in Parisian society this season by conducting a ladles' orchestra, took it up with enthusiasm, and soon a patron age committee was formed to guaran tee Jhe necessary outlay. It wu pro poses to hire a theatre and give three full performances that la to say, with ,' orchestra and" acenery of some of theri tw.t-lrnnwn operas. M. . Onjh rector of the Grand Opera, and the lead' lng professors et singing and musical - crUtce- were consulted as to- the feaaU : blllty of the undertaking. They were unanimous la their approval. Oscar : Hammersteln pronounced the Idea e eellent and- declared his readiness to . engage any talent that pleased htm. The list of patronesses includes such -well-knoivto name as Mrs. William As ter, Mr. Rutherford-Stuyvessnt. Mrs. J. W. Mackay, Princess Oalltsine, Mm a. - Waddlngton, Lady, Lange, Countess .Rene de Coetlogon, Mrs. Clinch-Smith, Mrs. Mllllngton Drake, Mrs. P. Mason - (wife of the eonnul-general), Mrs. J. A. Taber, Mrs. H. H. Baird. Mrs. Herbert Ward. Miss Delia Ournee and Miss Pom eroy. - r- The next step was to hire a theatre, and the choice fell on the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. The negotiations were sue- . cessfully carried through and the build ing engaged for June 4. The original Intention to give three performances was found to be Impracticable for two reasons first, ths heavy expense of hiring the theatre for threo nights; sec ondly, the difficulty of bringing togeth er the leading tnanagera and critics .In. Parts on more than one occasion. Their presence; It must be recollected, Is an . essential part of the scheme. -' One Hundred Applicants. , I The organisation and arttstlo dlree- t Ion-of the undertaking are In the hands of J. H. Duval, a young American artiat who has already made his mark In Rome. He has succeeded in - finding some remarkable talent, and It Is con fidently expected that some, st least.- of the young American prima donnas are destined to rank among, toe great sing ers of the world. The applicants were sbeut 10A. Of these eight have been se lected.' They have, of course, all -studied or are studying in Parts; '--- -- iri.j. iLiaiwiM will eeeelet af riliwW I fl V ae wa I tsMa svn s, t uiTVTVl Ug llrl-sl Vy T "Orphee," In two acts, and of single seta of Gounod's ."Romeo t Juliette,'' Verdi's "Alda," Dellbes4 "Lakrae" and ' Meyerbeer's "Huguenots." m The best professional orchestra and chorus will be sngaged and no pains will be spared to make the staging as perfect as that of the grand opera. . Miss EstherTaylor of Detroit, who will appenr in "bskme." Is an' artist of extraordinary - capabilities. At the finale of the bell, song she will sing the famous radensa which was specially written for Van Zandt. 'She takes a In altlsslmo with the greatest ease, and what Is rare In such voices, her notes Jars clear end velvety throughout. Her ! velocity In scales . and- trills Is mar velous. '.,. . Miss Brooks of Denver, Colorado, who sang for several years with Mr. Bav- ': age's oompanles. -will make her debut In V Europe on. this ocpe1on. " She has a ma ' Jestlc prexencs and her soprano reminds ons forcibly of Mme. Nordics. Orphee will te taken by Miss Mary l-oulee Rogers of New York, who Is the tor- gill tunate possessor of that rare t of rare voices, a genuine contralto. Miss Ruth Martin, a handsome girl from Memphis, Tennessee, has a very beautiful and carefully trained soprano. Raoul de -t-XVeJinei elm i nines rrnnrriivtirKn ada, has a rich and flexible tenor voice er Has M UCH Interest was s roused In America by 'the cable die patch stating that Captain Alexander. 8lmpson had com pleted his 71st voyage between England and Australia, thereby bringing his rec ord of lea travel up to approximately 1.000,000 miles. Captain . Simpson hss been 40 years in the service of ths Aberdeen White Star line to Melbourne and Sydney, and i for many yeara has been the commodore or the neet.. None of the vessels under his command has ever met with' a serious mishap, which is a record he la far prouder of than of-the vast distance he has covered In voyages between Great ; Britain ' and Australia. ' Not a few Influential Australians of today set out from London with Cap tain Simpson, when he waa in command of the old emigrant ship Captain Pllro soll, and- when It was no uncommon thing for a voysgs to Australia to take four months. He has commanded many famous wlnd-Jammrs, but they have long been replaced by steamships. He was In command of tht steamship Aus tralasian In. which Froude -made the journey which gave birth to that much discussed book "Oceana." Froude a de-l scrlptlon of him still fits, save that he Is now much older snd grayer, than when the lines were penned.. - i . . "Add the handsome captain, some II years old, with blue, merry eyes, gra cious," pleasant, a skillful seaman, will ing' to talk to us about his business; inaklr ua weeBomaiagCh4rtroom at all fitting seasons, ready to explain the mysteries-of great circle sailing; besides this, a true-hearted, brave, en ergetic snd truly admirable man." Many interesting sea yarns the vet ersn. skipper is able to spin of his own experiences, but the most curious re lates to the manner In which the wreck of the French vessel, Tsmaiis waa made known. ' She waa lost on the Inhospita ble Croxets In the Antarctic sea a. This was learned from a-tin plate found at tached to the neek 6f an albatross which waa -picked up dead on the teaeh at rremantle. West Australia. The cord had been tied so tightly that In trying to smallow a limpet the bird had been choked. - A relief . vessel was at once dispatched, : but on arriving" at the Croseta It was, found that the ship wrecked sailors had set out In 'a boat for a neighboring Island. They were never beard of again. , ) , Captain Simpson la sn expert In me teorology, and for Iff years haa been testing the set of the seas over which be travels br tasting overboard every Skipp 1 1 with an extremely fine - top register. Then there Is Miss Mary Gordon of Nsw Tork, a nigh soprano, who will sing Cupid In . "Orphee," snd Valenttn Andreal of New Orleans, who is a prom ising "bartt one: ' . i - Mlss Reglno AK.-b6 ttrprtvatr1tfe Voyaged Two tea Captain Alex, day -when oo the great ocean a bottle containing a reoord of the ship's posi tion and sv request, printed In several languages,, aeklng the finder t return; It to sn address In London, .with ths name of the place where It waa picked ua and the date. Out Of ,t0 bottled Ur II , m -, t , I S .;. 1 -:! .. . mi i : r..i i ----- i in in i' -a ,i .iH iim .J n lucvamg.rrAVTAg-mTW'Hrn ' ' 1 iiou LVl l u.rv triii wi vvt vk ii Is known as Miss Loeffler, is a Pitts burg girl. She has been studying for about. Ave yssrs under M. Arteau. Her voice :Jm .. a. drametlo . soprano, big . In range and powerful. She will ' appear in -French and Italian roles, "A Ida." k, -'Les Uu snienots. "La Julve" (Halevy), etc. She will make her debut In Paris ss Valentine In the fourth act of "Les Huguenots." This- ywung -artte- hear U4..Oeor t Hammersteln was stsying at the Qrand hotel and called -on Mm-. ' "Who are you and who knows you?" Mr. - Hammersteln s disconcerting question. ; : . " "I'm nobody 'and nobody knows me, but I Just want you to give me a hear ing." was. the equally frank reply. ' Mr. Hammersteln, who had coma to Europe In quest of the first artists In ths world for the new Manhattan opefa house and who has engaged such singers as Kdouard and Jean de Ressker-Melba. Bond, Anoona. ' Delmorla, Renaud, Du-frannes- and Krucnlckt, was not very eager to waste his valuable time over a humble aspirant to fame whom nobody knew. Still, there waa something In the girl's frank courage Inst pieasea -nim and he .finally consented to give her a hearing. - ; '; --' ' I engaged a hall and went down wlthmy teacher at tl o'clock on 'the (ppointed morning, not daring: to hope that Mr. Hammersteln would I.eep his promise. But he did. I first sang the grand, aria in Oberon, snd he looked siirnrlsed and pleased. Then I aang again and- again, and at last he jumped u d and said: "Miss Ana, am ssion- Mflba muat really hear you sing." - And Melba did hear the American girl sing and waa as pleased as Mr. Ham mersteln. .'..v.-. ..... .1. , The end of It was that the manager offered Miss Arte 'a three yesrs' en gagement on most favorable termand that Is how It has come about that this unknown American artist will make her debut by the side of Melba and the de sbut by ' ne "J " a lalaXrepeatedajejnajkaoMe lady, esakes at Manhattan -opera house nextT mtlA -h, ,tM. . v uciuuei. Million Mies Simpson. records thus consigned to Father Nep tune, more than 100 have been returned to ' aim, some of which have drifted more than It.OOtf miles. ' There la no doubt that at times they have traveled contrary to the currents set down la the admiralty cbarta. ' -. 1 l He followlhg letter was written by" Mrs. Charles 8. Fee, wife of the general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, to Mrs. Robert Mitchell of this city, and will be of interest not only to ths msny friends of ths writer but to.' all ths readers of The Sunday Journal as . well: HoteJ Del. Monte. Cal.. May 11. My first letters were so hurried that..,! could say little of anything except npr safety. Thinking you might care for s mors detailed account I Unclose this. If it is a very human -document and bristles with V you will please par don It .. ,.T - - had left a call for 7:o on the morn ing of the lith. I waa awakened from soundest sleep by a loud pounding on mv door and eat up In my bed, and called to' Rome, who slept In'the same room. "Why, la the boy trying to break the door down?" but could hardly finish the cry. for crash .after crash 'came from-above us; ' something of tremen dous sice wss falling before my win dow. I screamed above the horrible deafening tumult (such noise" I never heard). "Oh. what ts It, what Is it. what Is pouring out of the sky?". .1 thought of a cyclone, then a tidal wave, then the end of the world,- for -the room pitched and tossed like a ahip tm the waves. The window csme over to my bed facing it then went back, the mantel and mir ror over It, on the side wall, bowed over three times and back and all of this tlms a battering ram seemed to be pounding under us, over. us. on all sides of us. Poor little Rome said, "Mamma, don't don't scream, it'a an earthquake!" and swayed and plunged -overdo -my bed. where he put his srms around me. Crying himself. -' Before that I bad. thought I was dying all alone, and then I thought, "I am dead, and this Is what" I've got to stay with It's going to do this always, and "" now wnjtniis 1 sm - Thwr'TTTw-Ter TromliKiriXy slopped, Tha6'leTfrga'h to grow a little less, the room, rocked less, and through the window I saw the big two-story, brick - kitchen and. Its obelisk of a chimney and the lawn be tween it and our wlndoow, and the three lmmenae palm trees growing there dsno- lug an d pi'siit'liig -a gainst a queei dnih-f bright blue sky;, then- they described about a 30-degree curve, then a lS-de- gree one, and I thought: .-. Kitchens Do Not Dance. - "WelCTm-craxyTTve'lost' my mind, there's no use denying It; such things as brick kltohena and palm trees do not dance, but all the same, I .would like to know what came down out of ths sky." -, - I never thought for a minute that It was an earthquake; It all seemed to come from above. - . . - Marcia came -In by ihls time ana said we ought to open the door we had been advlned to do thla always but I pro tested. -I felt we were safe by this time, and that if we opened the door , "It" might come In. But she finally con vinced me it waa an earthquake.. Then I felt perfectly safs; but I did not want another on.e as hard. We threw on our wrappers,' I opened the door, .and a man In hts ba Hi robe came along. I said, "Oh, do you think it will do It again?" He laughed, say ing. 'Well, madam, I aincerely hope not." . Then Marcia and I saw a fallen chim ney out' the hall window, and my glgan tlo intellect siow'y began to work. "Why tnat whole chimney , fell; someone might have been hurt If it had been day time anorpeopTs-Brmjnor. A woman appeared and suggested that we dress, as there might "be another shock. - We dressed completely, and I did take ray money and jewelry with me. t repeated the- brilliant remark about Vhe chimney to the clerk, adding wnat a mercy no, one nsoeen hurt. which he queerly sssented to. - There was a crowd of people all around out- Dead on Their Honeymoon. Hurt: Don t you see that place up there where the chimneys fell In don't you know there's a bride and groom dead m that room? Tben I Anally began. to have a glim mering notion that I'd been just a happy Idiot and missed a good deal of anxiety. but I'd been right after all about some thing coming out of the sky. Thirty two immsnae brick7 chimneys weighing over two tons apiece had come down. two of them over us.' Two had carried this young, couple, bedstead and ' all. down through the floor below. . Thirty had mercifully slid off ths . roof or plunged off. -. - V: The employes removea the M remaining as quickly as possible and the fall of every one shook this Immense- hotel so that everybody jumped, thinking It another shock. Sometimes there were shocks and ths men, with ropes around their waists, working on ths chimneys, would be seen to swsy then make a jump for the roof r sometimes they would quit work for half an hour, their nerve so shaken. . We have had many shocks since, 'but nothing severe. A shock we had last night (May 11) was pretty sharp, but I've got' so t can sleep without a light. I never'dta go to bed with my clothes one, as many have. I never saw such management In a hotel. --Breakfast was served at T o'clock and everything went on like clockwork and has ever since. They sre lovely to as here In every way, and Chart comes every Saturday to Monday, so we shall stay until we can decided what to do. No schools, no musio teachers, no chil dren mine .know left In town what would we do there? No one knows what they want to do our mlnda dnnt work y.t.T' StbriesCaused Heart to Bleed. At the time of the earthquake- Chart was In Los Angeieai I tried to wire him we were safe, but found I could get nothing through, the wires were all down. Ha beard that Del Monte had collapsed and everybody was burled In the ruins. Neatr-he heard ffhat U people had .been killed and. . badly injured, but could get no names. He left Los Angeles oh a special train and reached here at 11 a. ra.. driving peVt way . and walking over Salinas bridge." His anxiety and ours, shut off from all ths world, was dreadful. -No telephones, no telegraph, no tralna. and the moat terrible rumors. We will never forget that long 4 hours. No muslo was ever so sweet as the first train whistle on the fourth day. . One euto from San Francisco ths night of the Uta brought the first dreadful news from there, f '' On Monday week 'we went to the city.' Charl met as at the Third and Town-1 end street station wllh the tuto w. ich Mr. tlarriman, had presented to 'h! a ) presented one te each, ef five U mental and we had, Mrs. and Mlas Hnell. wife and daughter of the manager here, with ua. We had a nice luncheon wtth ua and went out to our house. Lee, to our amasement, had informed ua. h had "on wife, two babies." He got Melvin Pfaff to write' asking if he oould bring "one wife, one little baby 10 daya old, from hospital fix up tine room In obr basement." At first I said: 'It .she's Chinese, yes;- It she's white, no," but It wss only In the first moment, and then I aatd snythlng-anythhig without a roof can have shelter as long as we can find a place for them to He down. - But I was g'.id she was Chinese and a little footed woman at that, .and the baby la ths cutest thing you ever saw don't know how we'll ever give them up, and yet fear, the neighbors ' won't stand for a new Chinatown at 161 Buchanan tract. -The oldest baby, nearly two. waa brought over from a lady friend's,' so we have the united Lee Sing family. Mel Pfaff and Charlie Sealy. both, St. Paul boys, are rooming upstairs. . - J - - ; Lfttlo Lost in the House . . We tendered the house to General Funston to keep It out of the hands of others, snd! he haa not had to make use of tt. - There Is one chimney top down and, I loet my Tiffany lampshade and Ellaabeth-s bust. . My china and . cut glass were not touched. ,No crarka, no plaster down. My silver waa aaved. Lee-set a ntce table and spread the luncheon we'd brouerht,.-'and Charl brought out' a bottle of wine and we drank to no mora earthquakes. Then my next door neighbor, Mrs.-Solomon, called. I'd never met her before. - Her bmtherwe met outside, alno their Irish cook. Thoy all greeted u as if we were their very own. I also ran In to see'Mrs. Huffman across the street and aha, cried with Joy; they all hold you, like the ancient, mariner, Jo .listen to their experiences, But there tare no tears exrent of joy over the' safety wt oU'fctJ WewciiL-ont to ec mum kt the TrmdirrtSTToXrVfT Funston snd her hlster. Then to the Ferry building, where the. Southern Pa cific men ere all In one big. room, desk after desk no privacy and no quiet. I don't a ee how they do anything. Than to Oakland, where we took the train -bay' strenuous day I ever put In, from a, m. to I ft. m., when we got to bed, means a good many hours and I was Just-a'ereck next day-noC onlyfrom4 the exertion, but most of all from the absolutely heart-breaking sight of the city. I've told you all the bright side of our trip there are no words In the English1 Isnguaga to deacrlbe the de struction snd mln and distress. ! I love Sen Francisco with all, my heart. ' Good Old San Francisco. . . There never' waa anything so beautl-fat-am-happy, there never was such joyous, light-hearted people and so kind, so big hearted, so unconventional-, and the warmth of its sunshine and the bracing tonic of its winds from the western sea seemed to be a very, part of its people. The gorgeous colors worn on the street, while at first a shock to people from the east, soon seemed the pnly proper wear under such sunny skies and made the. streets one constant revel of color. I . Desolation would be desolation any where, but elsewhere, where the kles sre grayer snd peones are not so gsy and go clad In somber colors, this ruin would not be so striking th change not so appalling. V . To ride through ruins 'that seem end less khd to' see the" people "confronting all this without a tear, with a courage that must be abnormal, Is a remarkable feature of the horror. The people are still daxed. they do not realise what they are facing, one dreads the hour when the aweke. There Is nor water In our part of town, but little In the Richmond, district ' and Panhandle. Everybody Is still cooking In the streets on sll jnann er-of- stoves, with- sereone around them. No lights are allowed after HTO even -6none-aian :Tor three nights." When I rode out on the streets I-cried $50,000 on a X - it ft - ; , . . IS are having a great rally among the lovers of bil liards In New Tork just - . now," remarked a man who sat patching Sutton make his rec ord average In the recent tournament at Madison Square Garden, "and a lot of . money will change hands before it Is over; but I can tell you of a game of billiards which resulted In a bigger wager than all these latter ones put together. "Furthermore. It was made on a single shot, asd ths stakes were In value close to 50.00. " The story -was told to mo by an eyewitness, who wltn anotner man was the only spectator of this high play with the Ivories. Back In lm. it my memory serves me, there wss a breeding farm for trot ters established on the Ocean parkway In Brooklyn by John H. Shults. He pur chased a large road house, also, and fitted It up as a residence. In one of the rooms he set up a billiard table to amuse himself and hla friends during tha long winter evenings. ' Amonr the out-or-town visitors -to Parkvllle farm, as It was called, waa W. H. Wilson, who had a similar place in Kentucky. He was a big. rawboned man. fond of more sports than horse racing, with a reputation of belng handy with aparlf or carda as wen aa wnn a cue. - "WRH him was a veterinary surgeon front1 tha Blue Graaa region, and they were' entertained In the royal fashion for which their host was noted. After caDltal dinner. Ranked by numerous cold quarta. ths party adjourned to, the billiard-room for a smoae, ana ine wen tucky breeder was Invited to try hla skill against the master of the Brooklyn farm. "He road a good showing and "ths game waa a pretty close one. After a fairly " good run-Wilson Wf the ball In -a difficult lineup and far apart on the rail.- As Mr. Bhults stepped up for his Innings his opponent said: Tfou don't expect to count this ilme? 1 "'Tee, of course I do,' waa the reply. That's an easy one.' " 'I'd like to bat you something you miss.' said the Kentueklan. How muchr'sald hla'Ti6r. " 'Oh,' lei's mske it a horse,' said the visitor. . "Not long before Wilson had secured v 'liable stallion In Perwlmnion, a son i i famous George WUkea, U bead llke-a baby, but when I got In my home, and everything looked so sweet snd fa miliar and dar, I wanted to stay and told Charl I could not aee any reason fir not doing so. He would not hear of it. Ms jor De Vol said In two weeks there would be a scarcity of food, that thoae who could afford to stay away should do so. they hava too many mouths to feed as It Is. , -. - The Problem of Food. .' ' What is to become of all theee peo ple? The United States cannot feed, a quarter of a million much longer. The money given waa enormous in amount, but It is nothing it 1s a drop In the bucket. - There nevet was such a prob lem "before any city. Chicago, Spoksjas, Seattle had so much help from eastern capital, and I hope we will, but oh., we have such a Immense territory to re build 'twill take so. much time, and what la to become of all the clerka In stores, the waiters? ray wstter saya there were 1.000 waiters In Bsn Fran--Cisco alone all who can will escape such, a scene of misery aa long as they: MR.... -J, .u.,.; ....; r ..:..; j.. It will be five years before we can hope to feel that we have a city again, and no matter bow beautiful it la and how dear to us it will never be the. old) San Francisco, The only Isndmarks left are the Cliff house, Coppe's, the Fair mount but that Is new ths St Fran cis, of course I mean in the business district but there's no "Zlnkand's," no "Techau tavern,"- no Talt'e." no churches and no theatres, and from Van Ness to the -water front nothing but miles of scrap iron. ' It was a clean fire It left no "reeking debrla to brine peHtllence, and t hope our trade winds will prevent that usual typhoid which, follows a. fire. . Mortnr dust will fill the lungs, but all will blow away from th residence district (another blessing. The earthquake was dreadful, but the fire did almost all the damage, and If only T'nir Clilef nullUmr iimiinaa for ala Mg" filled with sea water,-had been granted there would have bcn very little dam age done. A few old buildings which should have been' long ago condemned would have gone, many of poor eon- -atructlon would have had to be taken have compared with these lives, ISO, Service of the Auto.! - r T-hT"au fosid iidseT-rieV' untold, -"'and;--"- seemlngly impossible. We rode . over debris and piles of bricks which seemed -'-.-Impossible for anything to go over. C'harl's chauffeur spent i3 hours without sleep, carrying sick and injured to placea of safety on hla machine. The horrore of those -three days and nights can never ba told, especially that first night. Three daya, neither day . nor " night, except a pillar of cloud by day, a pillar of fire by night, and only coming destruction to. anticipate hour by hour. Mrs. Calvin, wife of our general man ager, spent that gilght in Lafayette park with her little children. Miss , Ryan, daughter of one of the Southern Pacific men, spent It In Jefferson park, and held the hands of two women who died . there In-ehHdbrlrth.. Bentie-bred women and children, huddled in wtth the scum of the earth sll helpless, without food or water or shelter with the coming --fire-glaring over them, smoke almost stifling them and the continual booms et the dynamiting racking -nerves alidad y . ' atrained to ths breaking point. . ' When people bear- such agonies as these with a dauntless courage, do you. wonder we -long to go back and live right with them? I feel like a coward) to have" been" tnerctrattr trartif tmir, and) long to go back just aa soon as It's right for me to go and do the poor little bit we can do to help, and we'll all love each other better than evaf. and the day may " ; come when It will all seem a horrible nightmare. Surely" a kind providence will not treat us this way again. . May be. as an eastern woman sekf to me. "When I came down the mountains Into Calif ornlI sa ldt"8 urely t h 1 a d I s tee wss sent to remind mem tnat calllornia warnota parsdlseotherwle . thsy might well forget that It la so beautl-,- fuk'" -- Billiard Shot his stud at Cynthiana, and when Mr." Bhults said 'All right. Persimmons for1 me,' Wilson waa a bit startled, for that meant the bulk if his worluly chattels. "He strtt thought he had a practical cinch, however,,, and. - moreover, envied) tha Brooklyn breeder "the possession of that good sirs, Pancoast, for whom Shults hsd paid 138,000 at auction a ahort time before. Here seemed the chance of a lifetime to land a big prise, so Wilson snapped at the suggestion, and promptly said: " 'it's a go of you put Pancoast up against my horse.' ' , - "So the big wager was made in a Jiffy, and Wilson, who- now fancied he had moral' on the other man's valuable trotter, suggeatsd they put it in writing. That waa agreeable to Mr. Shults, and a memorandum of the bet was duly drawn up and signed by both principals, with the veterinary surgeon and tha . -superintendent of Parkvllle farm as wit- ' "Then the cool bid gentleman with tho white - hair 1 and - mustache took us hie cue, chalked it carelessly and" with a powerful push of an. Iron arm aent the ball apinnlng across from the object ball to the third one as if hs were making a straight carom. Then hs turned to hla . guest wtth a merry twinkle; In hla keen blue, eye and found the latter propped back against Ihe witTTor support.- look" lng aa white about tha gills aa his own collar. - " 'What's tha matter, Wilson r ha Id he. "''I did didn't think you could com within a yard of that hot.' stsmmere1 the tall Kentueklan, who eaw ruin star ing .him In the fare aa -tho result of his sure-thing proposition. "Tbafe all right, my boy. said his conqueror wtth a reassuring, smile. 'You're my gueet and as I never mla4 a croas-table shot like that It wouldn't bo fair to take your horse. We ir have another bottle and call Jt off.' f , "Then Wilson came-back to earth with a sigh of relief that could hava been heard down at Coney Island, accepted the Invitation like a man who had been on the water wagon for a year and loro up the memorandum as If It bad been a death warrant. "All the same, he really stoo.l to wl or lose a couple of pieces nf po that were then worth at I ' ' I mentioned before solitary "" ' f,f T ' tat le. Il recur it
