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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
[STILL ADDRESSES
TIFTON AUDIENCE
ADVOCATED THE RIGHT8 OF THE
RAILROADS. SAYING HE OWN
ED STOCK IN TWO.
to The Georgian.
Tlfton. <1*.. June U.—Stan. J. II. Lstlll
, s Morgan of Savannah noil J. II. Hall
L .( ira o spoke horo to s crowd of 500
d Macon »pok«
dtlicna of Tift county npoa tba political
“ of tbe prc»ont gubernatorial cum-
KatlH. In » faltering nnd schoolboy
manner, act forth hla platform to an
...rmoatbetlc audlcnre, anil conanhied only
X£t tldrty-Os minute*. lie adrocated the
rtSta of the railroads. aayln* that he hlm-
J3? had owned "took In two, anil waa In
Stmiialhy with them In their fight agalnat
Se njuadeea .being heaped utvon them by
•te nubile. He ejmke In le-half of good
r,,. 1 ami better achool systems, and op-
S iMled to the nubile to atand for the canal
s'from south Cleorgla.
Mr' Morgan followed Mr. Ratfll In a
..rLJ.h that* appealed only to tbe aentlment
?id prejudlcea: He spoke of Mr. Ratin'.
IS., fruiii poverty to rlchea and position
... referred to the fact Hint he beads an
!rnh«n>' l> on,e ln »"■ cl*|f of Savannah
SE? only way to erase thV line that ill
-Me# eon'th Georgia from the rest of tbe
L... and bare a man of tbla section from
■anirlng to any political preferment la to
roTe for south GeorglaV candidate,” be
Hnll followed Ur. Morgan with an
idfirvM full of wlttldama and attacka upon
*2? Democratic party. lie atood lu a field
to hltunelf, the only loan true to the prln-
li D ug of Democracy. He tried to Impress
the crowd the fact that he la a Dem*
J, rn t and that every candidate In the field
for fovernor la without conception of what
TK>morrncr mean*. He criticised the action
of the state Democratic execi^tlve commit-
LAWYERS TAKE ALL
T
WIN JUDGMENT OF *30.000, THEN
DEMAND EXTRA CA8H
AS THEIR FEE.
By Private Leaned Wire.
New York, June IS.—The man who
goes to law Is never certain how he Is
coming out. Steven Volsln, of thin
rlty, le prepared to make affidavit to
this statement Mr. Volsln, aften twen
ty years' litigation, obtained judgment
for 130,000, and today finds himself ln
the peculiar position of still being In
debted to hla lawyers, who retained the
110,000 as a part fee.
Mr. Volsln, not satisfied with the
arrangement has brought suit against
the Mitchells, retaining Wales F. Sev
erances as counsel.
In their answer to these complaints
Messrs. Mitchell declare the sum re
tained is Inadequate as a fee, consid
ering the work they did during the
twenty years the case was dragging
through the courts, being tried and re
tried, argued and appealed.
PRETTY ATLANTA GIRLS WON
ADMIRA TION OF SPECTA TORS
Hundreds Witnessed
Parade and Applaud'
ed Young Women.
Special to ThekQeorgtan.
Asheville, N. C, June 1*.—The field
day exercises of the Y. W. C. A. con
ference, which were held on the lawn
In front of the Kenilworth Inn Thurs
day, were attended by several hundred
spectators. The delegates from the
different colleges, dressed In costumes
representing flowers, were formed, in
a long line with their respective col
lege and city delegations. From the
standpoint of costumes and beautiful
women the display surpassed any ex
hibition of the kind ever held at a Y.
W. C. A. conference.
Mias Mabel Cratty led the line of
march, Mlsa Emily Stafford, of Atlanta,
headed the gulf states delegations, and
Mlsa Harvey, of Atlanta, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. All the young ladles
wore overskirts, cut so as to resemble
the petals of a rose or other flowers,
and had flowers ln their hair. Each
carried wreaths.
The Savannah city delegation, com
posed of a doxen pretty girls dressed
n blue sailor suits, were among the
most admired of the delegates. They
carried oars and wore peanuts as ear
rings.
The Atlanta city delegation waa also
very attractive. The young ladles were
dressed In crimson and white, repre
senting their aasoclatton, and wore
necklaces of firecrackers.
Agnes Scott was represented by
small delegation. There were three
young ladles who carried a large
S. I.” banner, and sang “Marching
Thro’ Georgia"
The Lucy Cobb delegation of Geor
gia carried several large college ban
ners, and wore morning glories In their
heir. They sang "Dear Old Lucy
Cobb" and several other catchy songs.
The delegation from the North 'Car
olina State Normal School of Greens
boro was the largest In the procession.
There were about 40 young women ln
this body, dressed to represent clover.
A banner of clover blossoms was a fea
ture of this delegation.
The delegation from Converts Col
lege, South Carolina, though small, waa
composed of a very artistically formed
group of pretty girls, who sang with
much lustiness their college yells.
A delegation which created much
favorable comment waa the body of
young ladles representing the Mary
Baldwin Seminary and the Randolph-
Macon Women's College, of Virginia.
The Tennesseeans, composed of Bel
mont Seminary, Nashville, the Univer
sity of Tennessee, and the Knoxville,
Nashville and Chattanooga City Asso
ciations, were encircled by large
wreaths of yellow jaslmlne blossoms.
Among the other delegations were:
University of Alabama. Wlnthropo Col
lege, Savannah, Ga., City Association,
BOY’S FEAR OF WATER GREATER
THAN HIS DREAD OF DEATH
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, June It.—Because hie fear
of water was treater than his fear of
death. Max Mosxosynskl, IS years old,
lay down before an oncoming train
yesterday, and the wheels crushed out
his life.
The lad .was caught on the Calumet
river bridge at One hundred and for
ty-fifth street by a swiftly moving
freight train. A leap of a few feet Into
the river would have saved him. His
father and a companion commanded
the boy to Jump Into the river, and
themselves set the example.
The boy crouched on the trestle,
shivering pitifully, hesitated, and then
deliberately lay down on the track be
tween the ralle. When the father and
his companion climbed the bank of the
river In safety, they turned and us
the trainmen striving to remove the
small crushed form from beneath tha
wheels.
JOHND. FEARS ANAR CHJSTS;
NASA GUARD AT CHATEAU
WHERE HE IS STOPPING
ATLANTANS TO GO
TO LABORCONCLAVE
A BIG DELEGATION WILL LEAVE
FOR AUGUSTA TUES
DAY NIGHT.
By WILLIAM HOSTER.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Complegne, France, June 11—A
guard stationed at the chateau every
night alnce hts arrival, reveals the
fear of John D. Rockefeller that he may
be attacked by anarchists or other evil
disposed persona He also made a
careful Inquiry of Mayor Saltovexe
about a watch being kept on ex-crlml-
nals who might bo dangerous.
Mr. Rockefeller waa greatly pleased
by learning that under the law Com
plegne being a palace town and a royal
chateau being situated there, ex-con-
vlcts are not permitted there under
pain of Immediate'arrest. This la an
ancient provision for the safety of roy
alty.
Through Dr. Blggar, the mayor has
been Informed that hla request for a
donation for the poor will receive fa
vorable aonalderatlon before Mr.
Rockefeller leaves the town. The may
or's attention to Mr. Rockefeller haa
brought on hla head n bitter attack
from The Gazette, the local paper.
"The fatal course of the Rockefeller
millions Is felt In this far-away French
provincial town,” eaya The Gaselte.
Then It ridicules tho mayor for donning
evening dress to call on Rockefeller at
noon, and accuses him of misrepre
senting Complegne by servility to the
American billionaire.
"The people of Complegne, a cold
blooded race," says The Gaiette, "poi-
sesa In the|r walls the richest Inhabi
tant of the world. A week ago John
Rockefeller came, but there waa no
change In our normal life. We are not
getting excited, though he seems of
great Importance In free America, since
Its great newspapers send a Journalist
who walks, rides and talks with him
Mississippi State Association, Charles
ton, S. C., City Association, Lynwood
College, Lewlsburg College, and Colum
bia, S. C., College.
dally and sends tha details by cable at
great expense."
Continuing, tho paper tells of Rocke
feller’s horror of those who come ask
ing money, nnd discusses with mock
seriousness his stomsch. with a side
remark about the stomachs of the peo
ple of Complegne affected by the
mayor's conduct. •
The length of Mr. Rockefeller's stay
la still uncertain. He has told a friend
that maybe he will stay a week, maybo
three weeks. It all depends on his
daughter’s health.
THE BALTIMORE HERALD
SUSPENDS PUBLICATION.
By Private Leased lVIre.
Baltimore, Md.. June II.—The Bal
timore Herald Is no more. It sus
pended publication with Its Issue of
yesterday. The Baltimore American
and Baltimore News have bought the
plant, Jointly.
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIQHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of Juno, July
. i!. \ugnst llio Seaboard Air I.Inn
Railway will operate on Its train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:35 p. m„ every SAT
URDAY, a through sleeping car to
Wilmington, N. C.; returning tho
through sleeper will leave Wil
mington Thursday at 3:00 p.
m.. arriving ln Atlanta at
0:30 a. m„ Friday. Arrangements
hare been made with tbe street rail
way people nt Wilmington to have
cars ready st the depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to tho hotels
at Wrlghtsvlllo Be»ch. Baggage will
be checked to destination. WEEK
END rate; good for five days, $8.25;
SEASON tickets, *18.55.*
SEABOARD.
On next Wednesday morning, June
20, at 9 a. in., In Richmond county
court house, Augusta, the eighth an
nual convention of the Georgia Fed
eration of Labor .will bo called to order
by President J. 8. Cohen, of Savannah,
who Is also president of the Savannah
Retail Clerks' Union. W. C. Fucketl,
of Atlanta, la secretary.
A delegation fifty etrong will leave
the terminal elation at 9:18 on a spe
cial car over the Central of Georgia
Tuesday night. This will be the At
lanta contingent of delegates and visit
ors.
Among those who will go will be the
following:
Atlanta Federation of Trades—Je
rome Jonee, W. (.'."Puckett, T. N. Scales.
Luke Bradley, J. B. Hewitt, William
Strauss, C. O. Bailey, C. O. Reeves.
Typographical Union—J. J. Hobby,
W. W. Gates, C. II. Brown, O. D. Ross,
E. E. Griggs.
Machinists—F. B. Eaves, William
Robinson, J. L. Jones, Mike Riley.
Printing Pressmen—K. H. Parham,
W. P. Dockendnrf.
Tailors—J. T. Strauss, Mrs. J. T.
Strauss, O. T. Levy, Mrs. G. T. Levy.
Garment Workers—Mlsa Jennie
Meager. H. 8. Duncan, J. D. Stacks.
Trainmen—W. H. Hooper, G. W.
Lyon. C. C. Adams, O. K. Garst, E. T.
lleacham, 55. D. Sharpe. P. It. Hutch
inson.
Bartenders—James Gray, John Gal
lagher, George W. Brown.
Brewers—Charles Hlrach.
Telegraphers—T. A. Pinson.
Barbers—James A. Miller.
Web Pressmen—8. B. Marks.
Pointers nnd Decorators—O. A. Cone,
P. W. Buntyn.
Leather Worker*—Pat Murray.
Granite Cutters—Sam C. Shelton.
Stone Cuters—J. W. Bridwell.
Carpenters, 119—Eben Watkins.
Plumbers—J. C. Cook.
Typographical Auxiliary—Mrs. Je
rome Jones.
B. L. F_ No. 147—If. O. Teat, E. B.
Shellnut, W. W. Tracy.
Building Trades—J. B. Smith.
A number of Indies, either visitors
or auxiliary delegatee, will go down
to the convention with the delegates,
to take part In the social natures of
the convention.
Aa will be remembered, the social
aids.of the Federation of Labor con
vention forma no Inconspicuous feature
of the gathering, those of laat year ln
Atlanta, the mammoth "Eight Hour
Smoker.” given by Atlantn Typograph
ical Union, No. 49, at which over 1,000
visitors and delegates wars entertained,
a suburban car ride, a Ponce De Leon
party and the baseball game forming
some of the features.
The convention will consist of some
210 delegates, coming from Romo,
Llthonta, Macon. Savannah, Atlanta,
Columbus, Augusta, Brunswick, Ath
ens and other cities of the slate In
Hot Weather
Head Dress.
Straw Hats in t every conceivable shape, Split
Straws, Sennits, Mackinaw, French
Palms, Porto Rico, South American Pan
amas, Imitation Panamas. Genuine Pan
amas. Wo have any Btylo Hat to fit any
man’s head and suit any man's fare; wc linva
dressy Hats or lounging Hats.
We are displaying the nobbiest line of
Strhw Hats ever brought to Atlanta and our
prices arc right.
$1.50 to $10.00.
ESSIG BROS.,
"Correct Clothes for Men.'
26 Whitehall Street.
AT COSTLY BLAZE
FIRE AT 8T. PAUL CAU8E8 DAM
AGE AMOUNTING TO HALF.
A MILLION DOCLAR8.
By Private Leased Wire.
t, Paul, Minn.. June 18.—Half i
million dollars la tha estimated dam
age done by a fire which yesterday
completely gutted the alx-atory Ryan
annex building. The fire wee discov
ered about I o'clock In the morning
and burned fiercely all day Sunday.
Stock* owned by occupants were ejther
destroyed or badly damaged.
Thlriy-eeven firemen were overcome
by heat and smoke. Ten of these were
taken to the hospital and the rsat to
their homes. All will recover, with tha
possible exception of Lieutenant W. A.
Edwards, of Company P. who Is re
ported In a critical condition. Hovernl
firemen were badly cut by flying pieces
of glass.
A defective electric wire Is thought
to have started the fire In the baie-
ment of tbs Palaca Clothing fnmpnny.
A series of gas explosions prevented
the firemen from getting at the finmes,
and causod the blato to spread through
the structure.
which central labor bodies exist.
patriotic feature of the delegation
cn leaves here Tuesday night will
be targe ribbon badges bearing the
tallsmanlc "Atlanta 1910," and which Is
to bo worn during tho entire trip.
HIGH DEGREE MASON
MEETINGJ BOSTON
GENERAL GRAND COUNCIL BE
GINS IT8 SE88ION ON MON
DAY MORNING,
By Private Leased Wire.
Boston, Mass., June 18.—For the first
Urns since 1IS0 Boston Is entertaining
the general grand Masonic bodies nf
the Cryptic and Capitular rites. The
general grand council of Royal and He.
loot Masters began Its sessions today,
to be followed tomorrow by tho con
vocation of the general grand Royal
Arch chapter.
Among tha high degree Masons who
are officers of one or tho other of the
bodies, and the majority of whom are
attending the gathering, nre: Hester
O. Brown, of Topeka: Charles N. Rlx.
of Hot Springs; William C. Swain, of
Milwaukee; Christopher O. Fox, nf
Buffalo; Bernnrrt (’,. Wtft, nf Hender
son, Ky.; Fred W. Craig, of Des Mntnes;
William F. Kuhn, of Kansas City, und
Andrew P. Hwnnstrom. of St. Paul.
SAVES HINDOO WOMAN
FROM FUNERAL PYRE
Dy Private Lenscd Wirt.
Chicago, Juno 18.—Tho Count*** Ma
bel de Lesdaln, who rescued a Hindoo
maid from tbe funtral pyre of her hu*-
ml In Jmlln, uiiIvimI In Chlcngo with
l.*-t i IniiK" y«"4ii*it|«\ nml m oni'p u«>nt
Into retirement at the home of her
sister. Miss Josephine Dalle, refusing
to see any one but her Intimate friend**.
m
“THE JUNGLE”
UPTON SINCLAIR’S NOVEL OF PACKINGTOWN-THE
STORY THAT LAID BARE THE PACKERS’ CRIME
*
JUNGLE,” Upton Sinclair’s novel, which first called attention to
1 I the methods employed by great meat packing houses In Chicago, the
■1 center of tho Industry, begins today In The Georgian, and will be
nm as a serial, through the courtesy of the Hearst Syndicate.
Before the firm put the book on the market It assigned unbiased In-
▼estimators to verify the accusations made by Mr, Sinclair. These probers
made a report which corroborated In every detail tho expose of the author.
They found that meat unfit for human consumption was being packed ln
cons and sold throughout the country. They found that so-called food, al
most rank ln Its condition, was being palmed off on the public as a nec
essary of life, when In reality It was practically a poison.
Readers of this serial—launched as a novel, but now ranking as a
document inseparable from the fight for better conditions In the country-
will have an opportunity to get Into Intimate acquaintance with the meth
ods employed by tho greatest packing houses ln the world, and will be en
abled to realize how monopoly can, under existing conditions, mulct the
public and make profit out of commodities which are not only useless as a
diet, but are positively Injurious.
The story Is dedicated to the workingmen of America.
THEJUNGLB UPTON
By
SINCLAIR.
CHAPTER I.
(Copyright, 1906, by Doubleday, Pago & Co. All right* reserved.)
It was 4 o’clock when tho ceremony waa over and the carriages began
to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exu
berance of MarIJn Bercxynskaa. The occasion rested heavily upon Marlja'd
* broad shoulders—It waa her task to aeo that all things went In due form,
and after the beat homo traditional and, flying wildly hither and thither,
bowling every one out of tho way, and scolding and exhorting all day with
her tremendous voice, Marija waa too eager to see that others conformed
to the proprieties to consider them herself. She had left the church last
Of all, and, dealring to arrive first at the hall, had Issued order* to the
coachman to drive faster. When that personage had developed a will of hla
own in the matter, Marija had flung up the window of the carriage, and,
leaning out, proceeded to tell him her opinion of him, first in Lithuanian,
Which he did not understand, and then In Pollah. which he did. Having the
advantage of her In altitude, the driver had atood hla ground and even ven
tured to attempt to speak; and the result had been a furious altercation,
which, continuing all the way down Ashland avenue, had added a new
swarm of urchins to tho cortege at each side street for half a mile.
Thla waa unfortunate, for already there waa a throng before the door.
The music had started up, and half a block away you could hear the dull
"broom, broom” of a 'cello, with the squeaking of two fiddles which vied
with each other In Intricate and altltudlnoua gymnastics. Seeing the
throng. Marija abandoned precipitately the debate concerning the ancestors
of her coachman, and, springing from the moving carriage, plunged in and
proceeded to clear a way to the hall. Once within, she turned and began
to puih the other way, roaring, meantime, "Elk! Elk! Uidaryk-duris!" In
tones which made the orchestral uproar eound like fairy music.
"2. Gralcaunas, Pastllnksmlnlnnams (Ursa*. Vyna*. Bsnapsas. }Vlne*
and Liquors. Union Headquarters"—that was the way the elgns ran. The
reader, who perhaps has never held much converse in the language of
far-off Lithuania, will be gUd of tbe explanation that the place was the
rear-room of a saloon In that part of Chicago known as "back of the yard*."
This information U definite and suited to the matter of fact; but how piti
fully Inadequate It would have seemed to one who understood that It waa
also the supreme hour of ecstacy In the life-of one of Hod's gentlest crea
tures, the sepne of tht wedding-feast and the Joy-transfiguration of little Ono
Lukosxalte!
8h* stood In the doorway, shepherded by Cousin Marija, breathless
from pushing through the crowd, and In her happiness painful to look upon.
There was a light of wonder In her eyes and her lids trembled, and her
otherwlee wan little face waa 'flushed. She wmre a muslin dreaa, conspicu
ously white, and a stiff little veil coming to her shoulders. There were five
pink paper roses twisted In the veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves.
There were new white cotton gloves upon her hands, and aa ah* stood
staring about her she twisted them together feverishly. It waa almost too
much for her—you could see the pain of too great emotion In her face,
and all the tremor of her form. She waa so young—not quite sixteen—
and small for her age, a mere child; and she had juat been married—and
married to Jurgls*, of all men, to Jurgls Ru4kus, he with the whit* floWer In
the buttonhole of his new black sulL he with the mighty shoulders and tha
giant hands.
Combs of Exquisite Beauty x
Some in the plain sheen of the tortoise-shell, others
skilfully adorned with delicate tracery of gold, and
still others showing pearls or jewelled settings. Wo
have the freshest fashion-fancies in these and all the
other little belongings that women want,
Maier & Berkele.
'Pronounced Yoorghls.
Ona waa blue-eyed and fair, while
Jurgla had great black eyes with beet
ling brows, and thick black hair that
curled In waves about bis ears—In
abort, they warp one of those Incon-
lUS and Impossible married couples
which Mother Nature ao often
will* to confound all prophets, before
and after. Jurgts could take up a two-
hundred-and-flfty-pound quarter of
beef and carry It Into a car without a
■tagger, or even a thought; and now
he V°od In a far corner, frightened ae a
hunted animal, and obliged to moisten
hi* tips with hla tongue, each time be
fore he could answer the congratul*'
tlona of hla friends.
Gradually there waa effected a asp.
aratlon between the spectator, and the
guests—a separation at least sutllclent-
ly complete for working purposes.
There was no time during the festivi
ties which ensued when there were not
groups of onlooker. In the doorway,
and the corners; and If any ona of
these onlookers came sufficiently close,
or looked sufficiently hungry, a chair
was offered him, and he waa Invited to
the feast. It was one of the law* of
the-veaellja that no on* goes hungry;
and, while a rule made In the forests
of Lithuania I* hard to apply In the
■tock-yarda district of Chicago, with Its
quarter of a million Inhabitants, still
they did their best, und the children
who ran In from the street, and even
the doge, went out again happier. A
charming Informality wai one of tha
characteristics of thla celebration. The
men wore their hats, or, If they wished,
they took them off, and their coat* with
them; they ate when and where they
pleased, and moved as often as they
pleased. There were to be speeches
and singing, but no on* had to listen
who did not car* to; If he wlehed,
meantime, to apeak or sing himself, he
was perfectly free. The resulting med
ley of sound distracted no 'one, save
possibly alone the babies, of which
there were present a number equal to
the total possessed by all the guests
Invited. There waa no other place for
the babies to be, and ao part of tha
preparations for the evening consisted
of a collection of crib# and carriages
In one corner. In these the babies
slept, three or four together, or wak
ened together, as the case might be.
Those who were still older, and could
reach the tables, marched about
munching contentedly at meat bone*
and bologna sausages.
The room is about thirty feet square,
with whitewashed walla bare save for
a calendar, a picture of a race hone,
end a. family tree In a gilded frame.
To the right there le a door from the
saloon, with a few loafers In ths door
way, and In the corner beyond It a
bar, with a presiding, genius clad In
soiled white, with waxed Mack mus
taches and a carefully died curl plast
ered against one side of hi* forehead. In
the opposite corner are two tables, fill
ing a third of the room and laden with
dishes and cold viands, which a few
of the hungrier guests are already
munching. At tb* head, where sits ths
bride, 19 a snow-white cske, with an
Eiffel tower of constructed decoration,
with sugar roses end two angsls upon
It, and a generous sprinkling of pink
and green end yallow candles. Beyond
opens a door Into the kitchen, .where
there la a glimpse to be had of a range
with much steam ascending from It,
and many women, old and young, rush
ing hither and thither. In the corner to
the left are the three musicians, upon
a little platform, tolling heroically to
make some Impression upon the hub
bub; also the babies, similarly occu
pied, and an open window whence the
populace Imbibes the sights and sounds
and odors.
Suddenly eome of the steam begins
to advance, and, peering through It,
you discern Aunt Elisabeth, One's
stepmother—Teta Elsbteta, as they call
her—bearing aloft a great platter of
stewed duck. Behind her Is Kotrina,
making her way cautiously, staggering
beneath a similar burden; and half a
minute later there appear* old Grand
mother Majausxklene, with a big yel
low bowl of smoking potatoes nearly
as big aa herself. 80, bit by ML the
feast takes form—there Is a bam and
a dish of sauerkraut, boiled rice, maca
roni, bologna sausages, great plies of
ly buns, bowls of milk and foam-
pitchers of beer. There Is also,
not six feet from your back, the bar.
where you may order all you please
and do not have to pay for It. "Elkax r
Gralcxlan!" screams Marija Bercajm*
ska*, and falls to work herself—for
there Is more upon the stove Inside
that will be spoiled if It be not eaten.
So, with laughter and shouts and
endless badinage and merriment, the
guests take their place*. The young
men, who for the most part have been
huddled near the door, summon their
resolution and advance; and the
shrinking Jurgls I* poked and scolded
by the aid folks until h* consents to
seat himself at the right hand of the
bride. The bridesmaids, whose In
signia of office are paper wreaths,
com* next, and after them the rest
of the guests, old and young, boys and
girls. The spirit of the occasion
takes hold of the stately bartender,
who condescends to a plat* of stewed
duck; even tbe fat policeman—whose
duty It will be, later In the evening,
to break up the fights—draws up a
chair to the foot of the taMe. And the
children shout and the baMes yelL and
every one laughs and sings end chat
ters—wblle above all the deafening
clamor Cousin Marija shouts order, to
the musicians:
Tbe musician#—bow shall on* begin
to describe them? All this lime they
have been there, playing In a mad
frenxy—ell of thla scene must be rend,
or aald, or sung to muafe. It la tha
music which mokes It what It la; It
la the music which changes ths place
from the rear room of a saloon In
bock of the yards to a fairy palace, a
wonderland, a little corner of the high
mansions of the sky.
The little person who leads this trio
Is an Inspired man. His fiddle Is out
of tune, end there Is no rosin on hls
how, but still h* Is an Inspired man—
the hands of the muses have been laid
upon him. II* plays Ilka one pos
sessed by a demon, by a whole hordt
of demons. You can feel them In tne
air around about him, rapartng frenet
ically; with their Invisible feet they
set the pace, end the heir of the lead
er of the orchestra rises on end, and
hls eyeballs start from their sockets, as
he tolls to keep up with them.
Tamoeslus Kusslelka I* hls name,
and he has taught himself to play the
violin by practicing all night, after
working all day on the "killing beds."
He Is In hls shirt sleeves, with a vest
figured with faded gold hors**hoes
and a pink-striped shirt suggestive
of peppermint candy, A pair of mili
tary trousers, light Mu* with a yellow
stripe, serv* to glvs that suggestion
of authority proper to th* leader of a
band. He Is only about 6 feet high,
but, even so, these trousers are about
( Inches short of th* ground. You
wonder where he can have gotten
them—or rather you would wonder. If
the excitement of being In hls pres
ence left you time to think of such
things.
For he Is an Inspired man. Every
Inch of him le Inspired —you might al
most say Inspired separately. He
stamp* with hls feet, he toes*, hls
head, he sways and swing* to and fro;
h* has a‘wlxened-up little face. Irre
sistibly comical; and, when he exe
cutes a turn or a flourish, hls brows
knit and hi* lips work and hls eyelids
wink—the very ends of hla necktie
bristle out. And every now end then
he turns upon hls companions, nod
ding. signaling, beckoning frantically
—with every Inch of him apprising,
Imploring, In behalf of the muse* and
their call
For they are hardly worthy of
Tamoeslus, ths other two member* of
the orchestra. The second violin le a
Hlavok, a tall, gatmt man with black-
rimmed spectacles and th* mute and
R atlent look of an overdriven mule;
e responds to the whip but feebly,
and then always fells back Into hls
old rut. Ths third msn Is very rat,
with a round, red, sentimental nose,
and he plays with hls syta turned up
to th* sky and a look of Infinite yearn
ing. He le playing A base port upon
hls ’cello, end so ths excitement I*
nothing to him; no matter what hap
pens In th* treble, It Is hls task to saw
out one long-drawn and lugubrious
note after another, from 4 o'clock In
th* afternoon until nearly the earn*
hour next morning, for hie third of th*
total Income of 81 per hour.
Before the feast has been 5 min
ute* under way Tamoeslus Kusxlstka
has risen In hls excitement; a minute
or two more and you as* Mat he Is be
ginning to edge over toard the table*.
Hls nostrils are dilated and hla breath
come* fast—hla demons are driving
him. He nods and shake* Ms head at
there Tumosclua mounts upan a stool.
Now he Is in hls glory, dominating
th* scent. Boom oc tb* psonl* or*
eating, some arc laughing and talk
ing, put you will mnko a great mistake
If you think there la one of them who
does not hoar him. Hla notes are never
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high; but those things they heed no
more thnn they heed tho dirt and noise
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this material that they have to build
their Uvea with It that they have to
utter their souls. And this Is their ut-l
tsranrs; merry and boisterous,
mournful and walling, or passional*
and rebellloui, this muste Is their
muslr, music of home. It stretches out
Its arms to them, they havo only to
gtv* themselves up l.'lilcugci mol Ho
saloons nnd Its slums fade away—there
II!" KM" nnd MU 111 It rivers,
mighty forests nnd snowclad hills.
■They behold home landscapes and
childhood scenes returning: old lores
end friendships begin to awaken, old
Joys and grlefa to laugh and weep
Some fall bask tlf 11888 Mr IM
some beat upon th* table. Now and
Ithen one leaps up with a cry end calls
for this song or that; and then the
lire leaps brighter In TumoMr.lus's
and ha Dings up hls flddlo nnd shouts
to hla companions, and nway they go
In mad career. The compnny takes up
the choruses, and men and women cry
■ all possessed; same leap to
broad Slavic face, with prominent red
Check*. When eh* open*-her mouth
I, 11 tragi, nl, but you cannot help
thinking of a horse. She wennt a bine
tlnnnel shirtwaist, which Is now rolled
up nt the nleevcM, dlnelonlng her brawny
nrniM; Min. hmi a curving fork In her
hand, with which aha pounds on the
table to mark the time. As she roars
her Nong, In a voire of which It Is
enough to say that It leave* no portion
of the room vacant, tho three musicians
follow her Isbnrloiislv and note by
note, but averaging one note behind:
Hill, t h" v toll through Stanr.u nfter
stanza of a love-sick swain's lamenta
tion;
Hudlev' kvjelkell, tu brnnglausls; I
Htullov’ Ir Inline, man blcdnam,
Matsu -pankyre telp Aukszczlsuela,
Jog vargt ant avleto relk vlenam!
When the song Is over It la time for
the epoech, and old Dede Antanae rises
to hla feet. Grandfather Anthony, Jur-
gis' father, le not more than sixty years
of ege, but you would think that he
was eighty. Hs has been only etx
months In America, and tha change has
not done him good. In hls manhood
he worked In a cotton mill, but then a
coughing fell upon him, and he had to
leave; out In the country the trouble
disappeared, but he has been working
In the plekle room at Durham's, and
the breathing of the cold, damp sir elt
tiny has brought It baok. Now, as hs
rises, he Is seized with a coughing fit,
and hold* himself by hls chair and
turns away hls wan and battered fac*
until I' pusses.
Generally It la the custom for th*
speech nt it veselija to be taken out of
one of the books and learned by heart;
but In Ills youthful duys Iiede Antanae
used to bo a scholar and really make
up all tho lovo letters of hls friends.
Now, It t* understood that he has com
posed an original speech of congratu
lation and benediction, and this Is one
of tho events of the day. Even tho
boys who aro romping about tho room
draw near nnd listen, nnd somo of tho
women sob ond Wipe their aprons la
their eye*. It Is very solemn, for An
tons* Budkin him become possessed
of tho tdcu that he him not much longer
to stay with Ills children.
Ill- UK li leu\ "s them all so tear
ful tlini cn.' of th" guests.
hls companions, Jerking at them with
hla violin*, until at last the long form of
the second violinist also rises up. In
th* end all three of them begin ad
vancing, step by step, upon tbe ban
queters, Valentinavycsla, th* 'celllsL
bumping along with hls Instrument be
tween notes. Finally, all three are
gathered at th* foot of .the tables, and
Ilka ■ ■■
their feet and stamp upon tho Door,
lifting their glasses nnd pledging each
other. Before long It occura to somo
ono to demand an old wedding song,
which celebrate* th* beauty of the
bride and th* Joys of lovo. In tho ex
citement of this masterpiece Tatnnszlua
Kusxlelka begins to edge In between
the tables, mnklng hls way toward tha
head, where sits tho bride. There Is
not n foot of space between the chairs
of the guests, and Tamosxlus la so
hhort that ltd pokes them with hls bow
whenever he reaches oyer for tha low
notes; but still ho presses In, awl In
sists relentlessly that hla companion*
must follow. During their progress,
nedless to aay. th* sounds of tho 'kilo
are pretty well extinguished; but at
last ths three are nt the head, and
Tnmosslua takes hls station St ths
right hand of ths bride and begins to
pour out Ills soul In melting strains.
Little On* I* loo excited to oat. Once
In a whll* sh* tastsa a little something. _ - - . ....
when Cousin Marija pinches her elbow Bxedvllas. who keeps a dcllcat
and reminds her; but, for ths most part Sfre on , Habited street, and |m fat nn.i
ah* sits gaslng with the same fearful hearty. Is moved to rise and say thut
eye* ef wonder. Tst* KIsMeta la all thing* may not be OS bad um that, and
In a flutter. Ilk* a humming bird; bar then to go on and make a little spec, h
■later*, too, keep running up behind °f hls own. ,n which he showers "«•
her, whispering, breathless. But Ona gratulatlons and prophecies of happl-
***01* scarcely to hear the: th,- ii.u-l. me upon the hrldc end groom, pro-
keeps calling, end th* fsr-off look essdtag to particulars which gicntlv
corns* bssk, end sh* sits with her delight the young men. but w hlch . .tu.»
hands pressed together over her heart. Ona lo blush more furiously than e\« r
Then th# tsars begin to com* Into bet Jokubas possesses what hls wife tom-
ayes; and as sh* Is ashamed to wipe. plsrcntly describes aa -poetiszka vnl-
them away, and ashamed to let them dlntuve"—a poetical Imagination,
run down her cheek*, sh* Isms and Now, a good many of the gurM* have
shakes her head a little, and then! flnlehed, and, alnce there Is no w-
flushes red when she sees that Jurgic fence of ceremony, the hunquet begins
I* watching her. When tn th* end to break up. Some of the no n gather
Tamoeslus Kusxlelka hns reached her about the bar; some wander about,
elde, and la waving hla magic wand i laughing and singing; here and them
above her, Ona'* cheek* nr" scarlet, will be a little group, chanting rneril-
and eh* looks as If she would have toily, and In sublime Indifferenc e to the
get up and run away. others and to the orchestra ns won.
In this crisis, however, ehe Is saved {Everybody I* more or lees rest less -
by Marija Berrsynekas. whom the, on* would gut-- that something Is on
muses suddenly visit. Marija Is fond ; their mind*. And so it proves. Tho
of a song, a song of lovers' parting: laat tardy diners ar- scarcely given
she wishes to hear It. nnd. as th* must- time In finish before the tallies and
elans do not know It. she haa rls«n, the debris are shoved Into th" corner,
and Is proceeding to teach them. Ms- .and the , hair- and th" l.nldea piled „ u t
rij* la short, but powerful In build. : of the way. and the real < elehratlon of
She works In a canning factory, and i th# evening begins,
alt day long she handles cans of be*f j(To bo continue! m tomorrow's Geos*
that weigh fourteen pounds. She has a glan.)