THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ST'IDAY, MORNING. SEPTEMBER 27.
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MOROSINI'S RELATIVES LIVED A LIFE OF POVERTY
Aged Sutcr-m law of Dead New York Banker Telia of His Wooing and Hi's Sorrows-Story of Child of Mystery Moroami a Son Now Living at Riverdale Home of tne Family
late Mra Moroalnl and widow for SO
years. 8he Uvea la a tenement house at
I Uia Hundred and Twelfth atraet and
Third nvimua Her only place of abode
I in dark hall bedroom.' but,, wllbal.
Mi la a kindly, momeriy aoui. one ex
NEW TORK. fept. II. While po- tarly daya of poverty, and tell how her
pi were buey speculating yes- sister first met Mm. "I waa, married
, trday where th million of Olo- then." aiU Mra Baaquln. "and I waa
vannl P. Moroalnl, tbe lata inultl- working In the famllyf Mm. Ada Mid
millionaire banker, war to go, dleton. In etaten laland. My slater waa
The American learned of the extatenca a handsome girl, and aha uaed o eome
of a olster-in-law of Moroalnl. who only to oall on me. Giovanni had a cottage
yeaterday noon had to borrow t cents nearby, in which be kept bachelor apart
with which to purchaae a Joaf of bread, menta. ' One day my father and alater
Thla woman la Mra Amelia Baaquln, Glulla were over to vlalt me. My hua
formerly Amelia Chauaae, alater of Ihe band took my father to a nearby, aa
loon to gel a anna, ana were it waa,
that Moioslnl flrat came Into our Uvea.
The three men were walking back to
gether, and Ululia met them at the rate.
Sly buaband Introduced her to Giovanni
tresed the ouinton to an American re- vannl waa onlv starting In thnae daya.
j oricr that aha would come In for aome- but hhi rise waa rapid after he goi-ln
thing under the will of the lata banker. wuh ijould. -
"My mother died aome zo yeara ago
In our home at One Hundred and Seven
teenth atreet and Third avenue.. About
two yeara before my alater died rny
mother aald to me, 'Amelia, our Ululia
leads a sorry life; her husband gives
her everything, but ho doesn't allow ua
to eee btr. 6he la really like a prls
oner.' "
Mra. Baaquln aald that aha waa with
Mra. Morosinl when her flrat three chil
dren were born, but that It waa 20 yeara
after her third child waa born before
ahe aaw her Hgaln, and that waa two
yeara before Mra. Moroalnl'a death. .
fcWa were given to understand," aha
aid. "that tier huiiband did not want
women eallera, and that thla meant '
Gtulla'a relatives.
"Uould and Kiske and auoh men were
hia constant visitors, but not Giulla'e
relative I never knew ahe waa 111. or
dying, until I beard ahe waa dead; then
Joe waa aiwaya kind to me," ahe
aald. referring to Mr. Moroalnl, "and I
know that I and my only living alater,
Mra. Mary Uuiglols, of No. 7 Ferfar
lrtt Montruat, will receive something.
Vntll four yeara ago Mr. Moroalnl sent
me a check for 14 each month, and
aometlmea It would be more. He also
Kent my alater money, but not ao much,
as she waa not a .widow and bad no
children."
Asked If ahe would eonteat the will
should she be left out tne old lady
oulckly - anawered: "Oh, dear. no.
Neither T nor my alster would fight In
court. "We are too proud for that, , The
brolher-ln-law of my mother wae Bn
Jnmln Dellle. and he waa grand cou
ntable at court In Montreal in 184. We
come from good people, and we are too
troud to go to court Joe haa remem
erd ua; we know be haa"
i I went to tne runerai, ana wnen i iui
".there vouns OIudIU ehook hands with
Tells oh Moroiinl'f Wooing:.
It waa Interesting to hear tbe alater- m ghea a aweet girl. After the f u-ln-law
of the dead banker talk of hie neral they took me back aa far aa the
THE JOKER By X A. Tiffany
1AM" working for St. Philip's hos- If I wwno auggest that the
, pltal.. Won't you take a chanoe ",7
. on a nice, aofa cushion, that I t0 include the Joker and I ah
made myself Mr. VaughanT" one chance, the long chance I
AM working for St. Phlllp'a hos- If I wrto auggest that there should
IJI l J-i -U, V IIW
nrty-tnree,
hould take
made myself Mr, "Vaughanf one chance, the long chance I apoke of,
"With pleasure Miss Hand- and nobody else anyr
- - "And the price of this chancer!
Ts It only the commercial aspect of
the mattefthat appeals to you?"
"I have to consider St. Philip's before
anything else. If the accruing benefit
to St, Philip's be sufficiently consider
able, I may consent to be led like a lamb
to the slaughter. The price, Cedric?"
"That Is for you to say."
"Modesty forbids."
"Well. I am not a rich man: but I
have a thousand dollars lying Idle, as It
happens. Now. do you think you would
care to risk the consequences the tre
mendous consequences. Ettio of my
- ; ' drawing the winning card, the one card
old before I knew in fifty-three; and claiming you for my
must - nave auowu own "to nave and to noid,. you Know-
"Miss Handson'f"
" "Mr. VauKhan'r ;
"Oh, well you knowl"
" ".'-l ' know' whfttn--r3: y "'.
"Oh, nothing!" ' ; ! ' .
"Preciselyl I am glad you have
gauged the extent ot my knowledge ao
accurately.'' ..; ' .
I did not mean that"
"No?"
Vert&inly not"
"How long have wa known ehch
other?"
"I was 19 yeara
you. Therefore,' l
you alnce the day you were born. You 'for keeps?' Dare you rik this for the
can't he more than twenty.". . - sake' of benefiting St. Philip's to the
"Pretty, but not true. Tou are only extent of a thousand dollars Ettle?"
five vears older than I. Cedric." "It's a fearful risk, Philip; but for
"Ah! v Cedrlcr That's better. Why the sake of St Philip's I'll run it."
the formality of Mr. VaughanT "Thank you, Ettle, When may I call
To avoid tne laminaruy or x.eanc, S "
wnpn-nne la becarina-. I don t like to
presume upon old friendship for , this
hind or thing, you Know.
"Toraorow evenlnK.'
'Not until then?"
"Are you so anxious to get It over?"
wel
"That is to say. -you don't t&P" that you can
".''."n'nt.1 no! v"eUrv kini " And whFJh render, you callous to mr
.Zh I' untue- and 001 very kl nd-feelings in the matter4-to my-natural
tak a
u.ic. i v. niiiro uii 1MB uny, ticii.
come tonight. If you must, Cedric I
may as well knowThy fate."
"Shall I bring the cardsr '
"I thank you No, I am told you are
pretty handy with cards, Cedric, I would
"Then?
"I don't know. Will you
rhnnoe. Cedric dear bor?
"How many ara there, Ettle dear1
-in, himitreA onit cent to a dollar."
"Kiftv dollars, all told. Isn't that nrefnr tn fnrnlxh ihpm TniT.olf "
rather steep for a sofa cushion, Ettie? "As yoa will, -Ettle. But, to reverse
But look at the end In view, Cod- the laws Of duelling, which provide that
ric." - ' the person challenged shall have tha
"1 am looking; rather at tha means to choice of weapons; I am somewhat su-
the end, Ettie.'r . ' perstitious may I choose my own cards,
"Th m.ana? ih ItimUT?" " :- Ettle?" ','.-
"Xes; I think you may. Cedrlo. I pre-
"The 'means? the money?" ,
No the instrument
i.. . . i i . ,
TOUT flUZZlUie IMU VIIII ' .v . w A.uat UL 4li liT IIV,
"Humble? - I have heard of ; 'a pride I mean Spadesf I suppose you will feel
at apes humility But I have al- as If you were digging your own grave."
...... i . i a 'Trt all lirffasttnna. TxTr. "
Sums it will be the Kin of Hearts no:
that
ways considered you too proud to apa
anything." ... -r
"Thank you, Cedrlo. W1U you taka a
chance please ?T - ,
"I was Just thinking."
". "Are you ao poor or ara you tem
porarily embarrassed?"
... . "X am not rich; and I am very much
; embarrassed, at present though , not
financially. I , was Just thinking I
' would take a . long chance at much
. higher stakes were It. offered me." ,
, "On what, pray?"
"Are you very much Interested In
this hospital, Ettier'
"Do you not know that I am?" ;
"No." .
"Again, thank you."
" 'For nothing,' being the ellipsis un
derstood." '
"Waa I not one of tha founders of St
"Philip's? Have I not devoted . time,
money and even health to the cause?"
"All of which are consistent with mo
tives other than purely philanthropic, in
young ladies of leisure,, wealth, and"
. , "Vanity." -
"I did not say that." v
"Only thought it" . V
"No. Again, I would say that J think
you are too proud to be vains"
"And again I thank you. Did ' you
, ever dabble - In analytical chemistry,
Cedric?" '
"I never had ambition enough to dab
ble in anything." "
"No? I thought you were In a very
analytical mood. - Do you remember
what the bishop aald In his sermon last
HundayT that one should try to give
people credit. for the best motives? But,
then --you know . so little of me."
"I would like very muck ' to know
more.".
"1 will answer any questions that It
may please you to propound, with a
view to enlightening yourself upon my
thoughts, motives or ldiosyncraslea"
-"No thank you.'
- "Ton are afraid my answers might
not be Ingenuous or truthful?"
"I -don't believe you would tell a 11a
to save your life."
"Too proud r
- "Exactly." -"Thank
you."
"So, you are very much Interested In
' St, Philip's. I hlrik you said?"
"i believe I did.
- "Tou give time, money and even
health. Is there nothing else that you
: jcould give?" .
1 "If you can sbow me anything else
that I- possess worth giving I will
give 1. gladly."
"I think I can."
"Name it."
"Yourself."
"I am already given."
"Not absolutely."
"How could I give myself more ab
solutely, Cedrlef-
"In the same way aa tha aofa cush
ion." "A hundred chancea, at one cent to a
dollar?"
'Tou don't Imagine that I appraise
yon at the value of a- sofa cushion r
nil .miUY
3 - IF
fi'V . "' , V'! . 'Vvsm- '
veranda, gave me a-lot of nowers, nn jnorusini waa aiwaya gooa sdoui giving
took me on down to the depot This ner money until four yeara o, when
w."., lwy.".hif-.w-?ii.1Oi0,vllnn?" r '.ba atopped. sending word that her son
Ululla's antlra life with Olovai.nl. , contrUuU towart nr ,upport.
Telia tf "Child of Mntery Tn,,,, woman told a patbetlo tale:
Mra Baaquln knew the hlatory of the away and ahe has never heard from hlin
r,. , '.,... n a mi!. who. the since. She Uvea conatuntly In the hope
"child of myatery. Amelia, wno, m m u wUJ u
aaya, was named after her. one saiu -en(, wor,i 0f Is wbereabouta Teara
that Amelia waa not weak minded, but trickled down the worn faue when she
.I. . .01 .hnrrihiv bitten by a pat talked of him. and she brought forth a
that she waa horribly bitten by a p f aJ(Ml tlnt pe whoh held lovlngiy
dog when the family lived at .Yonkere. M bB tVed. ( ..
. u. .hn about II yeara of aga In relating her experience at the
nlavlna- with the dog one day funeral of her alater, Mrs. Basquln aald
when H ud& sank Ua Uetn in her " '""k.1"'!-. i15,.'1V, '''."li
'"eVVa'er'ferred hydrophobia." said
Mrs. Baaquln. "and hurried W to Paris,
where she was among the flrat to re-
for there were absent Attlllo, Victoria,
the banlahed onea and Amelia, who waa
never allowed in public
Mra Baaquln claims relationship with
Cramer, the dry plate manufacturer In
ivouis. sne says that Frank Krneat
1
Cl -
MI
""sTajaaw- m
had been kind to his wife's relatives In
death, and hud helped to bury his wife's
father, mother, also several of her
brothers and alNtera there was a fam
ily of seven, and the family name waa
Cliauaaa.
The American secured a letter, writ
ten by Mrs. Langlola, the alater who
Jives In Montreal. It was written on
January So. 1807. In It tha writer com
putus bitterly of not having reoelved
money from the bankor, and aha takes
young olulla to taik. "'What do you
think or Olnlln MuroalnlT' Ilia writer
Inquires of the one to whom she wrote.
"I think it is a shame of her not to
think of ua She will die like us."
This letter was written to people who
are acquainted with both slaters. Tha
one who received it here requested that
her name be not used in connection wlt
the' atorv. For this reason It Is not
given. Her brother, however, was born
inn nrnu.ni urt with in. aihap 'niLiiMia-
aon of the orealdent of the drv and Informed in Amor loan rnnrtr that
vuuvuiw, iiinnivu nnr iubco. i ntjjr wnen fti ra. uiuvanm Aioroaini was a lit
tle child he uaed to carry her in his
arm a -
Ulovannl. tha ann who hears tha fath.
gave me a Mttio money and tbld mo not er's name, has figured very little In
to worry. They said they would take the stories, which have been oubllahed
me inaiior up wiin m aiuroaima, ana , rrom time to time snout tne ramiiy.
that I would get some money. They are For many years, it . Is underatood, he
at Riverdale now. and- will remain for 'was away from home, but what he did,
tpa runerai. ho, I'm not going to at- or where he lived. It has been impossl
tend. I'm a-ettlnir ton old in tnv.l vmi V.1 a l m . mnnsm .im r,.u h.
1 ,m 78 y8r" oi Lags." . - has been living at the Riverdale home .
The old woman, aald that tha banker with the family. ' . - ,
THE ERA OF PROGRESS
By Maurice Maeterlinck.' ' horlxons of snace ouestlons foreign to
. TJR conception of the universe Is al our uncertainties. '
Changing, It luta been greatly and the lmlnfta muat n.l,.n ua Inrea.
most effectively modified, and, santly and incessantly place us In the
above all. It Is . tending to be- presence of the infinity of our Ignor-
A em mr..irA ,n aqoe, wniun is me oniy visioie garment
. ... X. modlf,1 mor and ' mor beneath which It allows us to conjectura
rapidly. Without our accounting for It, the Infinity of Its existence.
each of the numerous discoveries of : Our Intelligence, In order to live on
was "nriventil. but her beautiful face t 8t. Lou!
M'i'f"" "heavh.fyr ."te'Jo
- LuJd .ven in the house.- Once or twice were here to see me this week on their
veiled, even in tne way to Sheeoshead Bay." said the old
';, ,l, .''. ' . . .! ...",-. woman, her face lighting up, -"and they
o:
science whether affecting history, anth-
the confines of itself, where it accom-
' Tt M M i o itm 1 n f f I f ml..lnn mil thmiirlir
ropology, geography, geology, medicine," in order to fill the whole space ot our
physics, chemistry, astronomy or the brain, needs to be continually excited
rest chanaea our accuatnmed atmna- bY fresh reca Hinge of the unknown.
rest changes our. accustomea atmoa- A- Boon u ceaBes to be aum.
phere and adda soma essential thing to moned to the extremity of iu ; own
an Image which we do not yet dlstln-. strength by soma new fact, it falls
gulsh, but which wo sea looming above afnk,P'intondecaty ff,V" Wy "d
us, occupying tha whole horlson and one thing alone "is capable of dilat
whlch wo feel, by a presentiment, to ba tng equally, In all their parts, all the
enormous - ' o - lobes of our head, and that Is the active
enormous. . .. ..... c ..-. . , , , Idea, which we conceive of the riddle
Its features are straggling Ilka ilium- tn the midst of which we have our
Inatlons wa see at i evening fetes. A being.
frontal, cupola, colonnade and portico, Is there danger of error. In declaring
all Incoherent appear abruptly. In the that never was the activity of this Idea
sky.t We do not know what they mean, comparable with that of today?
to what they; belong. They bang ab- Never before, neither at the time
surdly In the motionless ether; they are when the Hindoo, Jewish or Christian
inconsistent dreams in the styi flrtna- theology flourished, nor, In 'the days
ment. But suddenly a .ittle line of when Greek or German metaphysics
light appears across . the blue and in were engaging .all the forces of human
the twinkling of an eye connects the- genius, was our conception of the unl
cupola with the columns, the portico verse enlivened, enriched and broad
wit h the frontal, the steps with the ened by proofs so unexpected, so ladun
ground, and the unexpected edifice, as with mystery so energetic, so real. tJn
though flinging aside a mask of '"dark- til now It was fed on indirect nourish
ness, stands affirmed and explicit ln ment so to apeak, or rather It fed l..u
the night. , v alvely on itself. It inflated Itself with
It is this little line of light, this de- its own breath, sprinkled Itself with its
vij ,,;.nrM . sh was T never allowed ciaing unauiation, mis riasn or general own waters ana very nine came to it
1 . Jk C .miiv .iihniirh ih had ana complimentary lire mat is still lacK- irom wunout. ;
JSa,W nt iht uDneoartf he hose. in the night of our intelligenca Today the universe itself begins to
tha run of the upper Part.oi tne aouw But ,we feel that ,t ex,Bts that It Is penetrate Into the conception we have
"While Amelia Is about 22 years old. tnere, outlined in shadow in the dark- of it The diet of our thought is
she dresses and acts like a cram, ana neSB and that a men nothing, a spark changed. That which It takes comes
her principal occupation is t otaw pic- issuing from we know not what science from outside Itself and adds to its sub
turessof ships, and play with dolls, au wl1 be enoU8rn t0 light It and to give an stance. It borrows instead of lending,
the members of the family loved ner exact an(1 infaiiibie-sense? to our im- It no longer sheds around itself the re
and treated her, with tne greatest cou mense presentiments and to all the ecat- flection of its own greatness, but ab
slderation. - tered notions that seem to stray through sorbs the greatness around It.
Mrs. Basquln said that it was not the unfathomable space. " Until now we have been prosing, with
birth of Amelia that cost Mra Morosinl Meanwhile this space, tha abode ot the aid of our infirm logic or our Idle
her life, but a decline of. health due to ' 0ur ignorance, which after the disap- imagination, on the subject of the rid
the shock of her daughter, Victoria, pea ranee of the religious Ideas, had ap- die; today. Issuing from our too in
marrying tha coachman, and the supse- beared frightfully empty, is gradually ward abode we are trying to enter Into
quent action of the father in banishing Becoming peopled with vague, but enor- relations with the riddle Itself, It
the pet child of the household. . . mous figures. questions us and we stammer as best
When as"ked if she ever felt unltrndiy Each time one of these new forms ap- we may. We put questions to it, and,
toward Morosinl because he lavisnea bo pearSi the boundless extent in which it in reply, it unmasks, at moments, a
much, money on his daugnter uiuua, comes to move, increases In proportions luminous and boundless perspective In .
Mrs. Basquln said she did not feel "1- tliat are boundless in their turn, for the th Immense circle of darkness anild
kindly toward him for this, but mat u nmits 0J boundlessness evolve In our which we move. ' ,
hurt her when she knew -he was con- jmagination without ceasing. We were. It might be aald, like blind
f rIKiittnar larffelv to charities. While OS rr. l.n.lt. i A A .u...u v.-
Aiiew vith , v. .
when I was at the Morosinl home this
poor child would flit through a nearby
room, and I could see the weakened flg
i.rA finldlna- a dolL but the face was al-
iv. ivi with a veil. It. made a
'To all suggestions: No.1
"And your choice will be?" .
"The Joker." ' ,
"la it Impossible for you to be se-
rious? Must you Joke on such a subject
ss this, Cedrlo involving so much to
bothof us r , " .
"A Jest Is the safety valve to sol-;
enmity, I was never more serious in
my life."
Very well, - Cedrld. wa will call It
the Joker," ,
"One condition more, Ettle."
"Name it, Cedric."
"Another superstition: I should like
you to buy a new deck of cards of the
fleur-de-lis pattern. I saw a scack of
them for sale this morning in Jack
son's window." ,
"A my lord wllla"
e
"Tou are punctual, Cedric."
"Who could be otherwise, with such
an Issue at stake?"
"Yes, It is a heavy stake, I suppose
a man's liberty. Don't you- repent your
rashness, Cedric?"
"One. two, three, four, five, six, seven"
"What are you doing with that hand
kerchief, sirr
"Fourteen, fifteen merely wiping my
Attlllo Morosinl and Mrs. Ernest. H.. Schilling, the Morosinl girl who Mrs. Basquin's Own Tragedy.
brous notion which assumes life and la world from Inside a shut room. ' Now
explained only by the displacing of we are those same blind men whom an
frontiers which we thrust back further ever-silent guide leads by turn into the
eloped with her father's coachman, are shown In the upper part of Mr, Basquln a cneerful. kindly SJKBt"hiS g5; nie m0U"-
the picture. To the right Is the Mausoleum and at the bottom IS woman with pure white hair, large blue acquire a eonaciousness only with the Their eyes have not yet opened, but
the Riverdale gateway of the.home of the dead banker. , r eyes and a worn countenance. She said aid of a few phenomena that start up their shaking and eager hands are able
v w J invMiji, v - .. i CJ" . ... . on points more or less distant from the to feel the trees, to rumple the spikes
, . , - ' . .. . ., - -. . ... ... center of our imagination. of corn, to gather a flower or a fruit.
Vatniw Kpim Hr Counsel. All tbe World Over. It is efficacious only through the mul- to marvel at the ridge of a rock or to
flBlure neeps xier vvuuoc. tlnllcltv of the. an to aneak. tunirlhla mll. vlth the rnnl im whlln thnlp
AU tha world over and all the way noma and Doaitive faces of the unknown which ears learn to distinguish: without need-
too rlngina- in a cold deck of fifty-
three Jokers! Here's the deck she Vj... .... irn her counsel still,
hmi.hi .nd that 1 nhnnaerl an allnklv. Y1 W.ature Keeps ner counaei w liu.
"Hello! Joker at - the bottom, - eh?
What the! Joker on top! How the!
Joker in the middle! Where the!
Jokers everywhere! By the mustache of
Mahomet! Fifty-three Jokersl Cold
decked! by Ettle!"
And rolls her round and works her wilt Love sings in the rigging and pipes to
- With a Retainer.
How . will an expert testify?
Those people who are versed
Know, that depends upon which side
Qets to the expert first.
Houston Post.
A Mean Observation.
From the Atchison Globe.
It can be told whether a- man is talk
ing to a woman over , the telephone by
tha number of times he says good-by.
hand EtiiewentyTt uud tries to quit " .
Man, questioning, pauses to essay
Some new-born science of the day,
First -causes, principles, intents,--The
wherefore and the why and whence,
The cry for light the greed to know
The thus and why and if and so:
But not the mountain yet nor plain.
Have stopped the moment to-complalnj
The rivers run,- the bays endure, .
The skies are blue, the stars are pure,
The mighty forces, calm or; wild.
Smile down the years aa, they have
smiled , . '
From Alpha ad the primal dew
Unto this hour of me and you. -The
avalanche leaps, the lightnings
play, n v
The night descends, or it la day;
With patient purpose good or III .
Vast Nature keeps her counsel still.
s Baltimore Sun.
tha foam:
AU the world over, and here where wa
She keeps' the sweet dream of her hid
in our breast;
AU the world over, up hill and through
. .. valley, . --
She pipes to her pennant and sounds
the grand rally:
All the world over
Love lives in the clover,
" Nods at the buttercup,
; Bends in the dew;
All the world over
Loves smiles from the clover, :
: . - Leaps from the lily, dear,
Upward to you.
. ( . Baltimore Sun. '
It reveals to us In 'its depths. It does Ing to understand, the thousand real
hot become comprehensible and perceptl- songs of the sun and the shade, the
ble to us until it shows animation and wind and the rain, the leaves and. the
movement -and kindles on the several waters. .-
ANCIENT ORIGIN OF MOD-
ERN SPORT By George L. Knapp
N'
they are somewhat mnlst."
"Well, put that haiidkerchlef In your
pocket Immediately." '
"One- moment fifty-one, two, three.
There! Fifty-three carda I absolve you'
from all suspicion of cheating."
"How will you draw, Cedric?"
"Please deal out the cards, face down
wards, until I say 'Stop.'"
"Aa VOU will! One. two thra fnnr
five, six, seven, eight nine, ten, eleven,
"Stoo!"
"Are you a member of the Thirteen
t,-iur. wearier1
"No."
"Why don't you turn the card over,
Mr. Vauahan?"
Tnere la so much at
In Massachusetts alone there Is more
neaiecieu water power going to waste
than is available at Niagara Falls.
Asia and Afrloa have about 8,000,000
Christians and , 42,OO0,O00 non-Christians.'.:
- ' ' -
General- Morteza Kahn, Persian min
ister to the United States, estimates
that within the last few years 80,000
persona have been killed In political
riots la Persia. ' :
LETTERS TELL BRYAN'S CHANCES
OW la "tha : time when tha base
ball "fan'' makes a noise In the
land and shows us, by auricular
demonstration, that the evolu-
: tlon of languages Is still going
merrily on. He is an. enthusiastic fel
low, this fan, and not at .all given to
hiding' his light under a . bushel. ' In
fact, , the baseball fan, like tha lover
of classical - music, has a deal of the
old missionary fervor In his bones and
Is never, so happy as when trying to
first taught our ancestors to keep step
and really work together..
' Now, with the exception of a very
few of these games of young children,
there Is no sport that can show a longer
line of honorable ancestry, than our na
tional game of baseball. .' I ara speak
ing now of Its descent from the British
"rounders." I mean its relationship to
the activities of ancient daya Go
back as far as you will in the rec
ords of the rave and you will find the
work elements from which baseball was
comriounded alive and vleorona. In
deed. It could hardly be otherwise. You
. ' ,r ' . . vCan hardly imagine a time when the
"""" .n wiuci ii.vu . . u - ability to run fast
I am afraid.
stake."
"It Is a targe sum:" '
"You misunderstand me. wilfully."
"Oh! You are afraid of the result?"
"No I have faith In my luck."
"And are satisfied that you cannot
nave been so unfortunate as to draw
the fatal card, when there are fifty-two
chances sgalnat It?"
"On the contrary, I am elated In the
conviction tnat l nave drawn the Joker.
See!"
"You are a terrible man. Mr. Vaug-
UIB.
-
"Where are the cards, Ettle?"
"Thev are In mv Docket. C.rArtt"
"I would like to have them, my deaV."
"No. sir: they belong to me. Bought
rtu dbiq ror wim my own money.
"Please let me have them. How much
did they costr"
Ther are 2t cents a pack, Cedric"
T will give you a dollar for them."
"No, str."
"Five dollars."
"You cannot have them, Cedric,"
"Ten doll ara"
"No. sir."
-I will give yon fifty doUars for
Just about right for ME." cannot part with Ibim. Thev Zm V.rv
o. t would suggest rawer c nances deer to m :
"Toe thought fifty dollars "pretty th, Ettie.
steep for that Perhaps It would be "Tou are i
ind a higher tariff."
"How many chances? what tariff?" '
"That Is hardly for sae to say."
"halt we call la aa aseeesorr
"No. Ettla This ts a matter In which
. I should not ear to take a third per-
inn tntp eur eonOdenoa"
"But it I aaa to put myaalf tip at
suction. In thla way. an any people must
te invited to take chancea
"Not Beaaar1ly."
1h. I aee! Ten want U take all the
fences yeuraelf?"
'1 certainly doat waat anybody te
fcae a flisrw" .
A latlncti'm "
"With a difference" , ,
"Not a-aafly r-eftfble." .
"I rok of taking a lonr ehajx-e." -
I era very reaeonabla What la yur
M"'
w n. rklitr very drlta t waa
f Tt-.ta Ihtnk ef mntn way that
--u'd f.r )fs aa nrorf'l'f of fo-r-t
r f ur )v r.5 to PM.'p's and ef
-.t ov !'r w;Ntr.tii te . Ihm
1-4 ! Is t'n rt-t "
"One hundred doUara."
"No. Cedrtc."
t "Five hundred."
"No, deer. It may be that T have anld
myself to a rard-sharper for nobody
but a little fool like wivself would be
lieve that ywu drew that Joker by fair
means: but I won't aell. at any prloe,
ven for the sake ef gt Phlllo'a the
cards bv which I gain so haadsoma a
husband."
"Let nte awe them fist for a me
mnt EUi. Let me klas them,, once,
sweetheart"
"No. elr: nary a klsa And yea d bet
ter re borne. It's late"
"Very wrlL Ooog alrht my leva"
Xtood alght dear Cedric."
.
"I wonder t tttle will think, arbaaj
an laoam at those erda araln, and dia
eevera the tneen trick I flaye her. Any
way. ahe d!-ln t eni very sorry at say
wrrnlrg. The dr girl!
"Ttut what a fool I wae tn U
eard! I urroe. In any
V4 risatrtM ter. before we
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A MAGIC SQUARE fEOPHXSTIXO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MR. BRTAX.
vlewa
Jlnd I wish him succesa I know ha
is noisy, I . know his dialect at the
Pme la a strange-and fearsome thing,
know his manners are totally lack
ing In the repose that marks the caste
of Vers de Vera ' I know I am due for
the scornful sneers of the unmusculnr wnen tn
for taking the - baseball enthusiast's tTy ,
part. But I do it none the less and fonent 1
mean to keep on doing ft There are
many unlovely, things about profession
al sport But it Is worth while, even
with all Its disadvantages; and thanks
are due to our friend, the fan, for tug
ging so manfully -at the skirts of a,
busy old world, and coaxing it to come
and play. ... . ,
For play Is needful, not only to the
right development of childhood ant
youth, but to the full and oomplete liv
ing of any age. Play keeps the world
young as nothing else can. We do not
much quit playing because we grow
old. as grow old because we quit play
ing. .
And the reason la simple. Good play
takes ua back to the very Infancy of
the race. It brings out those activities
which have become second neture to. us
through tne age long molding or cl
to throw strain-he
and hard, and to hit quickly and ac
curately with a club were not of uso
to our ancestors of the younger world.
And these are . the base elements of
baseball today. Wi have brought them
together, conventionalised them, stand
ardised them. - We no longer except
when the -"squeexe" play is in question
fracture the skull of our on-
bv the things we throw: and
the object ' we try - to, strike with tha
club doesn t mind the thumping. But
these are Incidents. The main lines are
the Mine. The running Is the same
even in the fact that it Is a race over
a course with many halting places, that
once were trees to climb, and now are
bases to touch. And' the whole es
sential basis of the great game bus
come down with trifling change from
the days when the qualities that base
ball demands were dualities without
which life could hardly be sustained.-
Seen In this light baseball Is older by
hundreds of centuries than football.
Football dates back only' to the days
when mankind had learned to work to
gether. It is the playful counterpart
of tbe ancient . phalanx of apearmen.
ana its Keynote is .me massea rusiu
The Greeks whir charged at Marathon
cum.incea pf.y l,""a" recapUuWon ot Plataea. and th, . Zulu, who wlpod
primitive work. Tha essential element
in it Is that It shall exercise the
muscles and senses on lines to which
tbey are adapted by heredity, and that
means the lines of ancient work. The
things our ancestors did for a living
we do for sport They hunted for.
meat, and we hunt for pleasure. They
climbed trees because ether meat-eating
animals made the ground unhealthy;
and our boys VJimb frees bvcause the
prod ef ancient custom will not -let
them stay down. Our aires of old
wrestled sod boxed and ran races, with
life for a prise to the victor, and death
the 'penalty ef weakness or awkward
ties a We today do the same things
for less momentous stakes, bet oar en
joyment Is per hank more keen.
Think for a moment of the plays of
childhood and youth and manhood, and
ee how apparent Is thla ancvetral bar
als of use- Perhaps the earliest game
that any ef us played was hlde-end-aeek.
And la there any game that
shows more clearly Ha line of deafni?
Remember, that primitive man lived .
when the great ' rats were abroad In
the world, and the rave tiger ranrd
from Scotland to Africa. htnen"ber,
that Krobablr even eur ancestor were
pot exactly phlJanthmple In their t-
out the British detachment aflsln-
wandla, were doing the work or which
football Is the sporting representative.
And either incident Is a thing of yes
terday compared to the time when roan
began to hunt-nd race and fight: to
kill game nt a distance and to defend
himself with a branch broken irom a
tree. .
Bo, let the fan shout' I-et Mm tie tr.e
air In tangle! snarls with cheers and
groans; let him ah out advice in a mys
terious tongue, as alien from ordinary
Knglish aa is the Choctaw Bible. He Is
supporting a great game, a game al-
most as old as humanity, a game that
require qualities humsnlty can 111 af
ford to lose. Quick right ' quick and
accurate Judgment, tralnVd mueclea and
steady nerves are newr out of data end
all thee baseball demands In hln
measure. Tbe ' fo Is doing a good
work In support'" such a game: and -I
hope yon will follow his example.
But It would be still better If
wouid play the game yourseif.
Oh, So Hrl-faL
New. If at first vow don't eaoceed."
Before artn you try.
firudesfran 'VnSTThy" 'B4
connVa7ment1U an? The' TV " 'rfuk Preea
grab tbf
Bv startler wKfc tH Mtv mimr mlt Mlnt fhla .tr Rrna will tHMM CaaMnrton arhnol ho v. Tnf
'""- 1 hHi t,. re toll ter. before we -ft- k lr, . w. -.. nr,k1, - Tktn umn 'ad believe atronaly that Bryan will
r.m. Fit. rw ahe wtil fie- t. couth t be oar next president This 4aar elC, ana hta pr-wim;m -rii
1 atnaa yea fra-X And .a a Umay. braaj trtca, U any UcUe yea Q Cad year, ferect ways. Xt la the. work of a 1- chart is aico.t siarUing.
rlars se larre a part la the mrfttal life
f yotmg rhlHrea new. And what Is
trwe ef Mde-nd- Is tree tn ie
drm ft nearly a. I fmrm, ecrt tne
rt-.TthmlrsI luoM. like London hrulrt."
for Inmr". Tt e"i r Kr
Vltaia of u.at rbyt&znical teoai.y that
Tor eereral weks aftr t Brttl,i
Steamer Pmwtr'i waa trndt c,a te
rot ef Oi)tefia a !aTtiy twn. w.s
lrhted firVitf frr.rn fm ijx.m-
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