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Newspaper Page Text2 GOOD-BT TO THE CLOWNS! ANOTHER IDOL OF CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DAYS PASSING AWAY. A Chat With a Famous Clown on His Business—All Clowns Must Be Ex pert Tumblers, and They Have to Work Hard, Too, for Not Very Big Pay—Easy Enough to Make Two Somersaults in the Alr but Three Means Almost Certain Death—The Performer Lands on His Head and Breaks His Neck—No Apprentice* In the Circus Business, These Days, New York, June 22.—“Wbat will the future circus be like?’ the writer recently asked P. T. Barnutn, the great showman. He did not answer at once, and this led the writer to reflect that the circus had reached the zenith of its glory, and would soon de cline. “Nonsense” said Mr. Barnum. “The circus is only in embryo. It will be many years before it exhausts its possibilities. It is only in its infancy now." No one will dispute the statement of so eminent an authority, but there is one feat ure of the circus and childhood’s happy days that is passing away. That is the clown. He has been crowded to the wall. Not many years ago he was a great feature of every circus. He cracked his jokes, and he was the delight of all tne children. Now the clown is barely tolerated. He appe trs between the big acts and tumbles, and goes through a brief pantomime performance, but he has been shorn of his oldtime honor. "Why has the clown been pushed aside?’ I asked William Corrali, a noted clown, whose smilling face and grotesque humor, were known in every village and hamlet ten years ago. He is still in the circus busi ness, but he is not the king tnat he was in the old days. “The old order passeth away and the new pantomime clown comet i into existence," he replied sorrowfully. He looked like an Apollo, his limbs well rounded and mus cled and not an ounce of superfluous flesh upon him. He had returned from the ring (or rather rings, for in the circus where he tumbled and made fu , there were live, and each filled with clowns) to his dressing room. I sat down on his property-trunk with him and heard him te l a sonous story, with scarcely a susDicion of humor iu his blue eyes. He said that he was 40 years old aua had beeu iu the sawdust arena, as gymnast, acrobat, and clown f>r over twenty-one years. “We rarely ever quit the business and die in barn- ss,” he added solemnly.” “How are clowns made? “You have asked me the right question, for a majority of clowns are made and not born like poets. I never knew I had any humor in me when I began tny profession as an acrobat and gymnast years ago, and had no ambition beyond being a firs-class performer. For a time I had a circus rela tive, and we were known on the show bills as the Miaco brothers. We were great gym nasts and achieved quite a success. Like ail first-class shows the one i began with, of course, gave me more work to dj than one act, and so I went on in the grand leaping and did tumbling work on the car pet, In those days there was but one ring, and clowns told j" ikes, got off conundrums, sang sonesand uid as much impromtu gag ging as possible. I discovered that 1 had some latent humor ii me and suddenly ap- peered as a clown. It was a natural evolu lution. First 1 worked iny way up as a gymnast and all around acrobat, and then finding 1 had sufficient talent I became a clowu. A clown is always a first-class acrobat, and I believe, if you will inquire, that yo.i will find that no one ever becomes a clown until he has served his apprentice ship as a performer. Thedays of the talking clown are over. They cannot be beard in the vast amphitheaters that bold audi ences of 8,000 and 10,000 people. Han Rice, with his local jokes in each city where ho ajqieared, and other famous clowns that used to receive large salaries, have become glories of the past, and their one-ring throne has been encircled by four more, with almost a regular troupe of clowns for each ring. I remember when I used to study hard iu order tc have at my fingers, ends humorous sayings and funny jokes, my chief delight was to get off some thing improtu and, naturally, I was on the quivive all the time. The clowns in those days had not only to be wonderful acrobats, but giants in intellect as well. Still they were made, not born, because it is necessary to be a good acrobat and general performer before becoming a clown. “I should have said that I was a contor tionist and can do most anything except bareback riding. We can now appeal to the eyes of the vast audiences we have to appear before in pantomimic horse-play that requires no effort of the in tellect from clown or observer. The clowu that cuts up the most grotesque antics, flip-flops and the like produces most fun. In order to succeed we have to literally knock each other down and drag out. No clown in independent, but works in groups of from two to four. Three usually work to gether and the way we pound each other and tumble about would injure any one but trained acrobats. We yell, whistle and make short quick noises to draw attentio i to the tricks we are about to do. Wnatever seems to hurt, such as slaps and bangs, kicks and backward falls, is the repertory that carries through a talented clown of to day. In other words, everything depends upon bis physical cleverness and very little upon his voice or mental qualities. There are no Grimaldi clowns in a big circus, be cause it is impossible to grimace bo the en tire audience can witness it The panto mimic clown simply makes up a ludicrous face and goes out and plays with it until the performance ends. Often I have heard an outsider say, ‘what an easy life a clown leads, doing nothing but having a lot of fun while the real work is being done by the performers.’ It is a big mistake. We go on as soon as the circus begins and con tinually keen up our plav until the close. A star horse-back rider will probably appear twice during the evening and not be half an hour all told in the ring, while as a clown I have to rein in during the entire per formance. When the leaping occurs every clown has to jump " and cut an tics in the air. I say cut an tics in the air, but it is impossi ble. I mean leap in a spread-eagle fashion and fall spraddled. It looks easy to do, but it is not. Wben the elephants are brought in and we jump over three or four it is very dangerous, for the least slip iu leaving the springboard would precipate the unfortu nate upon the backs of the big beasts, and if he landed on his head it would iu nine cases out of ten kill him. “What is the secret of making high leaps and turning two somersaults?’ “It is skill and activity combined. Let me describe the way I make two somer saults over five elephant*. Taking a rather deep inhalation, I rush down the inclined plank and with both feet squa ely up on the springboard. At the very instant I begin to feel myself going up I take care to keep my head straight and if anything a little back until I reach the maxim altitude of my leap, when I tuck inv head down on my brehst, draw my legs up a little and over I go in a ball, whirling twice before reaching the thick mattress. If I do not go very high, of course I can make only o.ie ■omersai It before landing. These somer saults are regulated by the movement of the head, and ics.ead of saving a somer sault we say tuck, which me’ans a tuck of the head. Amateurs in leaping are prone to keep their heads down on their breasts just as soon as they leave the sp; iugboard. They do not go far but tumble to tbe ground. If you have ever noticed high springboard leaping you have discovered that the leaper never begins to descend un til he turns his somersault, if he intends to turn, and that the hight ho is in tbo air must be sufficient for him to tuck twice cr he will not attempt the double act. How do we know when we are high enough to tuck twice! It is an instinctive feeling, an as surance that comes as soon as we leave the springboard. There are times when we are deceived and land on oar backs upon the mattress, having made only one somer sault and a half. Asa rule we are more prone to turn two clear somersault < ,and start on the third before landing, than to go only one and a half. It is almost impossible to turn three somersaults. There have been several great leapers who have at tempted the feat and lost their lives. Bob Sticknev used to be a great leaper and I have he was willi g to turn three somersaults daily provided he be allowed the use of a net made by himself. “It is such a dangerous undertaking few circus proprietors will permit the attempt. After two somersaults a leaper loses bis center of gravity, so to speak, and has no control whatever over his movements. Usually the third tuck proves fatal and he strikes on his head, snapping his neck. The record shows that they all fell on their heads and met almost instant death. I have never had any ambition to do three somer saults and I generally say it is impossible, because death almost invariably results from the attempt. If I were a phenomenal leaper and could go several feet higher than 1 do now, then I might give three somer saults a study, provided I bad a netting to land on. At a fair out west many years ago a great circus loa|>er made a big bet that he could make th‘ ee somersaults be fore landing. He made them but landed on all fours. The money was offered him, the committee deciding that he bail actu ally cleared three somersauit*. Well, he wasamb tious and honest and declared that he would not take the money until he landed gracefully on his feet. He made a second leap, landed squarely on his head and died instantly.” “Does the weather affect your ability to leap?” “We all hate rainy weather. Moisture and often water gets upon the springboard ami tton we slip and fall. I cannot say, though, that rainy or even cold weather affects our muscles. After a few leaps we warm up and so cold or hot weather is pretty much all the same. What general work after the leaping do clowns have to do? We go on in the ground tumbling and are expected to give life and dash to it. It is hard work, but a part of our repertoire and we go merrily through with i . The one ring clown of years ago did not do half the work in the acrobatic line that tho horse play clown of to-day does with fifteen or twenty clowns to assist him. One thing we rarely ever do and that is ride bareback. It is difficult to cut antics on a horse with out falling off. “How do we invent horse plav? Oh, easy enough. For months before the show sea son opens we practice and do nothing but invent situations that we think will create fun. When we apply for a position in a circus we have our acts down to a fine point, and do them on exhibition for the man who employs us. What are clowns paid? A first-class clown commands a salary of $75 per week. Many of them only receive SSO a week, ami some S4O and $35. Dan Rice us<d to receive the munifi cent salary of SSOO per week in the palmy days of one riug circusses. He was an exception, of couase. Tne average clown then received from $l5O to SIBO per week. Fine horseback riders, of course receive higher salaries than clowns.” “Wbv is it that whenever a clown or circus performer applies for a place he is al ways a star?” “That is the result of not having the are prentice system. There are no beginners in a circus, because the law forbids chil dren under a certain age appearing in pub lic performances. That law killed the ap prentice system and helped gymnasiums in the large cities. W hen a boy or girl is preparing for the circus, he or she takes private lessons in some gymnasium, either from a professor or old cir us man. When the boy arrives at the age of sixteen he is, generally speaking, a good acrobat or gymnast, and applies frequently as a star. Asa rule he has a father or relative who is e star performer and the boy goes with hitn as assistant. If they do a trapeze act the boy will swing by his teeth and do other tricks that a heavy full-grown man could n tdo so easily. Bo vs are in demand, too, when mid-air swinging trapeze acts are done. He is not so heavy’ and his father or circus brother, somewhat stout, ca i catch him when he flies through the air from a swinging bar. Young girls riding and tumbling are seldom seen nowadays in cir cuses. They are generally of age when they appear in the arena.” David Wkchsler. ON THE DIAMOND. Result* of the Gaines Between the Country's Leading Teams. ■Washington, June 23.—Baseball games were played to-day with the following re sults: At Cincinnati— Cincinnati 2 3 0 1 0 5 4 0 x—ls Kansas City 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0-v 7 Base hits: Cincinnati 19, Kansas Citv 16. Er rors: Cincinnati 4, Kansas City 7. Batteries: Duryea and Keenan, Sullivan and Gunnison. After tho game President Stern of the Cincinnati club was arrested for violating the Sunday law. At Louisville— St. Louis 0 00010200-3 Louisville 3 0202000 0-7 Base hits: St. Louis 8, Louisville 11. Errors: St. Louis 3, Louisville 2. BaUeries: Hudso 1 and Chamberlain and Milligan, Ramsey and Vaughn. At Philadelphia— Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o Baltimore 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 o—B Base hits: Athletic 4, Baltimore 10. Errors: Athle.io 3, Baltimore 1. Batteries: Seward and Robinson; Kilroy and Tate. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2—B Columbus 1 0 1 0 0 0 00 0— 2 Base hits: Brooklyn 3, Columbus 7. Errors: Brooklyn S, Columbus 7. Batteries: Caruthers and Reynolds, Baldwin and Peoples. Talks a Little. From Puck. “He says ‘yes’ now,” said the baby’s mamma, as the baby s papa came iu; “he said it lots of times to-day, and he knows just what it means. Does Willie love mamma?” she continued, looking at the baby with great earnestness, while papa paused with his overcuat half off. “Papa —gone!” said Willie. “No, no; papa come. Does Willie love mamma?—wait a minute, George, he’s going to say it now; he knows. Does—Willie—love—mamma?” “Got it down pretty fine, hasn’t he?’ said George, as he finished taking off his coat. “Well, 1 don’t eare, he does know, only—say, Willie! Look straight at mamma, now. Does—Willie—love—mamma? Y —y —Does Willie love mammaF’ “Pitty 1” said Willie, looking suddenly at the glass pendants on the chandelier, with well-feigned excite ment “Now, Willie—let him alone a minute, George—Willie, be real good, now —just step into the hall, George, where he won't see you. ' There, now; Willie, do you love mamma?” “Papa-tumf” said Willie. No, papa gone, no*,” “Now,” said Willie. “Yes, now; why can’t you say what I wa, t you toF’ "ToF’ said Willie, “You’re a uaughty, naughty bov. You might as well come in, George; he isn’t g ang t) say it; he’s awfully contrary and disagreeable sometimes, and he just tries me to death.” “Willie,” said his father solemnly, “papa doesn’t like naughty boys, ma nma doesn’t, and I don’t know who does. Do you like naughty boys?” “Yes,” said Willie, with remarkable distinctness. Where Shall We Summer It? This is an important question, both to the in valid and pleasure seeker. Bowden Lithia, Georgia’s wonderful Mineral Spring, probably offers tne very best advantages to both the health and pleasure seeker. Only twenty miles from Atlanta, situated di rectly on the Georgia Pacific railroad. Trams several times daily; full mail and telegraph accommodations. A magnificent hotel; Hot Springs system of bathing. The finest mineral water in the world; Cool mountain air, and the great Piedmont Chautauqua holding its summer session there this season, make it especially at tractive. Send your name to E. W. Marsh 4 Cos., Sslt Springs, Ga.. and they will send you an illus trated pamphlet on this great health and pleas ure resort. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 24. 1889. WORK FOR SI MMER DAYS TRIFLES TO BE CONCOCTED IN SHADE OF PIAZZA VINES. How to Make Bamboo and Bead Por tieres—New Things in Cushions, Hammock Cloths and Screens—Gob elin Novelties for Table Linen—Point Lace Making. <Copyright tecured.) New York. June 22.—What will yon do on co tage veranda or hotel piazza on those delicious gray-green summer days when the rain it rains alway? While the reader of the party is swinging to and fro in her low rocker, giving yon the initial chapters of that latest study of the marriage que-tion, Florence Finch-Kellv’s “Frances, a Story for Men aad Women,” suppose yo 1 experi ment with the making of one of those Japanese bamboo and bead portieres, which are the most approved summer hangings. You can buy one if it suits you better, but the stores do not furnish, for a sum within the reach of the ordinary sweet woman who keeps her house and cares for her ba bies, any such choice of colors designs and dimensions as the bright home genius, with small expense of time and less of money, has at her own command. Fishlines are cheap at the seaside, and fishlines, glass beads and bamboo cut into short lengths are all the materials you need. Measure the opening of your door way, h ive aslender strip of pine to fit it set with small hooks from which your cords will dejiend; then when the n edle is a bur den and the delicate colors of embroidery fade and soil in perspiring fingers select cool green or clear glass beads and string. Out on Long Isiaud there is a country cottage owned by a young woman. All winter she paints in a little room up in the top of a swell apartment h msenot far from Gramercy Park, all summer she vib ates to and fro, in an l out of anotner little ro >m which is cut off from the world of g oen ness and beauty by a Roman scarf bamboo and bead portiere. Oib-d pine is her wood work, terracotta and crea 11 her walls and ceiling, India* red and olive the bead* which are strung so as to form broad and narrow color bands across her curtain. Sho has used big b ads and iarge short pieces of bamboo, and wrought in her monogra n in the middle at the top. Each strand of the p >rtiere is terminated by a tiny bell, so that her comings and goings are heralded by a m isical tinkle. Much easier than this, as requiring no care in the plaein ' of the beads on the cord, is a curtai l made by stringing bamboo and beads alternately, using only green beads, or employing a dozen different but harmonious colors. Tiie more bea is the more effective tho curtain, and some of the handsomest and simplest use, without regard to color, six or eight or a dozen har lequin beads between every two strips of bamboo. To imitate the Chinese and Jap anese designs of birds and beasts at:d flowers is almost too difficult for hot weather, in volving nice calculation as to the position of each bead. Some days ago I saw a unique portiere in a seaside cottage. The room itself was as far from commonplace as may be imag ined. The ceiling wa: tinted a pale sea green, the 3ide walls taking a deeper tone. Fishnets were draoed from friezs to floor ing and in the meshes were tangled tnany coiored fish, b mglit at Japanese shops, lobsters and tho long ribbons of sea mosses. Oars were crossed above the windows and doors. In the large doorway was first a curtain, hung straight, of small fishcord woven into a network with the long net ting needle. Many visits to the beach had resulted in a large collection of scallop and jingle shells, gold and stiver shells tne lit tle people call them, aid these had been perforated and knotted in. Outside the netted curtain hung a pair of portieres made of coffee sacking and decorated with rings of green plush and fringes of shells. The effect was wonderfully picturesque and had been obtained at small trouble aud time. I number among my acquaintances a half dozen young teachers iu a Now York private school who have spent the weeks of their warm weather vacation for two or three years past camping in a building which iu its former estate was a woodshed on the picturesque Massachusetts coast, near Gloucester. last year the mun room of this festive es ablishmeut had its side walls, which are uot plastered, covered with burlaps laid on flat and fastened bv a strip of oiiod pine which answered for pic ture m Thing. Autumn leaves stenciled on in metalio colo.s gave charac er to the frieze. All through the spring months these young w men have beeu busy with decorative worn for the 1889 campaign. Au unpo'tan. feature of the room this summer is to be a portiere made of hempen rope just out of the store. This article of furni ture was manufactured, so to speak, in po sition. A pole was adjusted at the proper hight and the rope tied over it. The cords were then knetied to form a diamond pat terned netw irk, making a band perhaps l(i inches deop aero.-s the curtain. A quantity of perforated wooden balls had b -eu turned out by a carpenter, and these were next strung on the cords three or four deep, as i.i the making of the bamboo portiere. Below the bails came more knotting and then more balls, and so on to the floor. When com pleted tne balls were given a c iat of gold paint aud the cords were painted a copper, bronze. Two of tho holiday makers are now at work on knotted twine mud jw cur tains of the same sort, with smaller balls to correspond. The curtains are to be all of the gold color, I believe. A good deal of a woman’s summer leisure connec’s itself with screens. They shut off draughts from open windows and are in valuable in cutting off awkward corners in hastily furnished summer cottages. For July aud August use there are few mate rials better than rough burlaps if the de sign is to be patuted somewhat sketchily. For summer work to bee joyed in winer days we have now a revival of the tauestry screen work so popular in the eighteen.h c-ntury. Tuo p e:ty, graceful, affected Watteau and Boucner designs will this summer occupy the brushes of skilled ama teur artists, who delight in theligut-hearted pink and white gayety of Marie Antoin ette’s era. For women who embroider, linen, siik, sateen, satin sheeting and boltoa cloth are tne favoredscreen materials, and much more artistic work is required tha 1 served to make u “show piece’ formerly. Embroidery has reached as high a plane in decorative art in tnis country as painting, and fancy work with no fancy in it is best hidden in attics or left undone Needle women with the requisite skill turn for subjects to lilies, goldeurod and the brilliant cardinal flower, fleur de its and bunches of all posies rich in color, these aro worked not iu outline, as for cushions, but in solid embroidery, and it is possible to show great skill in the choice of stitches and iu the blending of colors. It is really required to transfer the painter’s method to textiles. A beautiful design shows a foundation of cream white silk canvas, on which is worked mountain laurel in soft b ight pinks, shading into the lignter tones. The leaves aro wrought out in nat ural colorings, with a little brown and dull red added to represent those that may be fading. Women who’do not paint or embroider should make their summer screen of cre tonne, choosing the designs which show figures in the quaint costumes of the fif teenth century. Much may be done with chin; zes, and pretty effects are produced by the use of solid color thin silks in yellow and dull blue and olive tones. Where more money can be soared brocaded stuffs produce rich effects mounted in white and gold lac ?uer or enamel with tiny mirrors set in the rame. The scarfs for the table this summer should be square and should bang over the sides by the width of the border. A pretty table spread designed by a Boston artist is made of a soft gree 1 twilled cloth* with a wide border of dragons, with beaks, claws and wreathing tails, done in outline in three shades of gold floss. Another spread, on j which no less a person than the Russian Erincess who has graced New York with er presence was working some days ag >, is of a soft sage green finished texture with boner of glowing chrysanthemums in deep yellow reds, s admg into yellow. Cu-hions are made of pongee embroidered in wash silks of low tones. Tne friugsd genuaa gives a beautiful contrast of color on the natural gray pongee background. G Id braids and gold laces are lavished oa the sa in aud plush cushsons meant for win ter luxury, aad one might spend many words oa exquisite daffodil patterns wrought in pale yellow silk on ivory white sateen, but more to the point at this seas an are the hammock and piazza and boat cush ions for rough wear. Gay stout cretonne is good material for these and clever women make two or three slips for every cushion so as to change them when soiled. A brown-eyed girl up among the Cats kills 11st summer soent a good share of her leisure embroidering hammock cloths. The prettiest product of her needle exhibited was a st ip of floe grass linen three yards lo g and showing branches of the olematis vine with tne fl iwers outlined in white and bin-*. Another pre ty coverlet was of the same material worked with a conventional ized rose design. Equally useful for wrajis and much less trouble are strips of bright Jananeze cotton stuffs, gaily figured and needing no decoration. Half the women of one’s acquaintance are embr ileriug bedspreads. These are al way: pla .ned to harmonize in color with the chamber furnishings. Bolton sheeting is t:.e host material. It is not easy to em broider, being close and liable to draw, but when carefully dona the sheen of the siik makes a beautiful background. A spread just completed shows apple blossoms out lined in natural colors of buds and leaves. The sides aud ends are fringed and a cou plet from“Marmion” furnishes a motto iu the middle: “To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams and slumbers light,” This goes into a charming chintz bedroom. The woodwork is a a olive green, the walla cream colored with gilt picture rail, the frieze pale olive, cornice pale terra-cotta and ceiling cream. The hangings are of soft finished chintz in a Morris apple blos som pattern. The Russian craze has affected our table linen fas lions. Many women are embroid ering tea-cloths, carving trays and even large dinner cloths With detached figures In the old fashioned cross-stitch, done iu two or shades of red or blue. The effect is not good unless the embroidery is kept near the edges. No parts of it should be on the table. The simplest fine linen table scarfs are hemstitched on all four sides. Next these come those which have borders of drawuwork or cut-work on the ends, but plain sides. • The most eiab rate are a cob s'eu tracery of needlework. The outwork which Catherine de Medici learned in Veu ice, the drawnwork which Mary Queen of Scots used to delight in, the Gobelin work for which the design is partially colored and is fluisued by embroiders, are equally popular, the last named being the chief summer novelty. Cut work is very beauti ful when applied to colored pongees. For a pink and white lunch, for example, a scarf of pink silk has a design worked with silk floss iu buttonhole stitch, and then the intervening spaces are cut out, producing a face .ike effect when laid over the white tablecloth. Napkins sometimes admit bor ders of drawuwork, but are better simply hemstitched and embroidered in white on white, with the monogram, or better with a spray of the same flower which is dotted over the center cloth. Doillies are of the finest linen you can can compass, so sheer as to be cobwebs. They match the center cloth in color. Drawn work is the prettiest decoration for them, embroidery in wash silks coning next. Tea cloths admjt very intricate embroidery. A yellow cloth may be wrought with detached flowers in white well covering its surface. Blue linen with simple outwork pattern outlined in white is effective. Carving cloths, c irn napkins, etc., are interesting subjects for the indus try of the summer needle. Eliza Putnam Heaton. THE GYPSIES. The Story of a Wandering People. From the Academy. There is a fascination about “gypsy lore” which is, perhaps, increasingly felt now that these nomadic insurgents are being gradually—slowly, it may be, but surely—absorbed by the environing civili zation. The altered condition of modern society making tneir wandering life more difficult, their language is invaded by gaujo elements, mixed marriages attenuate the strength of the Romany blood, and, dotted over the map Europe there are flow little stationary colonies of house-dwelling gypsies, who no longer take the road, or “fold tneir tents like the Arabs.” The gypsies have been clearly visible in Europe for four centuries and a naif. Tuey have been the Ishmellites of the modern world. If at the pre ent day the law has ceased to treat the n harshly tje social pres sure is probably greater, so it is now or never for those who wish to make a scien tific study of ttiese wanderers. A volume, entitled, “Tne Gypsies,’’ by Adrian A. Col occi, forms an excellent intro luction to such a study. The persecutions of the Zic ga i uave been many and tatter. Even in toe last century they were accus'd of canni balism. To tneir foreign appearance and strange mole of life they added tne prac tice of arts that were regarded as irreligious and heathenish. It will be news to many to learn that it was not until 1856 that, by the abolition of Roman v slavery in Dacia, the freedom of the Zingari iu Euro|ie was co.nple.ei. Colocci agrees with other observers in re garding the gypsies as practically destitute of religion, although willing to adopt nomi nally the prevailing faith of any country in winch they may be sojourners. In England ther are Protestants, in Turkey .Moham medans. Morally they are untrained chil dren,indifferant to every thing but the satis faction of thedesireof the m intent, whether tnat desire be the offspring of love, or g; eed, or hate. \V hila there is but little gypsy poetry among the E iglish tribes, the “gilt and faculty divine” appears profusely both in Spain and the remoter parts of Europe; and one of the mo t interesting portions of this book is that which, gives specimens of the Romany muse. The pieces are mostly short, often strange in form, but not fre quently inspire l by genuine poetic feeling, ibis someti nes finds expression iu modes so unexp cted as to have almost the quality of genius. The gypsy sings the beauty of his sweetheart; apostrophises thß sun and stars with heathe iish fer or, and celebrates the suocesss of the knavish ruses by which he has gained an advantage over the busuo. Filial affection, also, finds a place in his songs. \Vhile he shows the frankish enjoy ment of the material side of life, there is often a spirit of profound melancholy manifested in these lyrics. Tne Zingari have always been famous for their love of music. The estimate which gives the gypsy race a million souls is probably far beiow the truth. The Wicked Dudley ia Doing Well. From the Buffalo Courier. Blocks-of-Five Dudley is a thrifty patriot, and it isn’t surprising to hear tnat he is getting rich iu Wa hiagtou. He is doing an immense claim business. He has the freedom of tho departments and is the re cipient of special favors. All the talk about the President’s having turned his back upon his personal representative oa the re publican national committee is a mere “blind.” If it we;-e true, does any one sup pose that Dudley would be warmly wel comed in the departments, that he would be received at all times by the cabinet offi cers, and that bis introductions aud recom mendations would have the weight which they do have with the a 'pointing officers? Tne most lucrative part of Dudley’s business is that of a pension claim age it. He is on the most intimate terms witn Commi sioner Tanner—a fact whie gis worth thousands of dollars to him. Dudley is not dead, nor is he even dormant. HOWELLS LOVES GOTHAM. HE DENIES THE BEtOHT THAT HE WILL. RETURN TO BOSTON. The Only Person in the Country Who Makes Literature a Profession—He Defends His Methods in Piction. t Copyright 1*99.) New York, June 22. —W. D. Howells has gme to his summer house near Boston. Just before he started I had tha rare good fortune to meet him socially, and he enter tained me for something like two hours with a talk largely ot a personal nature which I am confl lent all lovers of this emi nent writer will be only too glad to know about. The author of “Tne Undiscovered Country,” and ‘‘The Rise of Silas Lap ham,” is one of the most unaffected of mortals ia every way possiole, both in per sonal appearance and ia what he has to say. Recalling that Boston people had always felt a just pride in the fact that Mr. How ells had resi led for so many years in their midst, and that the press of that city from time to time of late had given expression to the opinion Mat their former townsman was only contented with a residence at the Hub, I ventured to inquire of Mr. ho v hi was enjoying life in the metropolis. “Oh, very mucn,” was his ready re sponse. “I regard New Yrkas an es pecia.ly attrac'ive city in which to reside, eve i more si than London or Paris. Yes, I like New York, my work is here, and here lain content to live and toil. Ig . away with my family very soon to one of tne suburban towns near Boston, to pass the summer; but we shall be back again iu the autumn.” “Can literature be made a profession to day, the same as any other?” “1 don’t see why it cannot be. With me it is a profession, wholly so, and in fact it has alwavs been, at least ever since I seri ously took up the work of writing. How ever, I supp .se I’m the only person in this country to-day who makes literature strictly a profession. Still, iu the case of one wh > has the necessary adaptation to the work, with the same energy and zeal expended as in any other pursuit, I do n t see why authorship may not be made a profession, or business, the same as any thing else. It is simply a question of fit ness and persistency, and that aloue.” “At the prase it time what is the outlook for p etry in this country?” “Of course this may be regarded as a period wuen the drift of taste is almost en tirely in the direction of the novel or short story. Yet I would by no means seek to discourage any one from attempting verse as a medium ff ex.ue-sion, thougn, regarded from pecuniary standpoint, tho returns are very slight. We h ive in this country some writers of verse—l refer to the younger poets—who are doing most excellent work, and certainly they ought to receive more en couragement from the public.” “I recall very pleasantly, Mr. Howells,” I remarked, “a little poem of yours which I came across in sumo paper ma iy years ago. It bore no name, but ran as follows: •Ooceon my mother's breast, a child, I crept.’” “Yes,” he returned w'ith a smile, “I re member it. It was the work of my early years, away back in the days when my great ambition was to become a poet. That, and several other poems of mine, ca ne to the nonce of t.e editor of the At lantic Monthly, and he gave them a place in the pages of the magazine. Thinking of those verses now, especially of the one you refer to, it seems almost incredible tnac I wrote them. It seems to me it would be next to impossible for me to write them now. My gift, rude as it is, lies i.i quite another direction. Sometime ago a lady frieud of mine importuned me to write a poem for her for a given purpose, and after a good deal of labor I succeeded in my efforts, but it really amounted to a strug gle.” “Did story-writing come easy to you at first ?” “Dear me, no. I remember very dis tinctly the first story I attempted to write, the only one in fact, before the one entitled “Their Wedding journey,” though the lat ter is hardly ia ihe nature of a story, being more properly a series of sketches. It was long ago as I lived in Ohio. At ihe time I was assisting my father in editing a paper. I got along very well with my story until I wanted to draw it to a close, and iu my efforts to do so I got into a most horrible condition of affairs.” “I sui pose it is comparatively easy for you to write a story nowadays?” “Oh! very far from it. Why,returning to a story after 1 have left it for only u few hours, I find it exceedingly difficult to re sume work. So mauy new id -as will have cone to me during the interim tnal it is impossible to know for some time in what way to use the material. With me at the best, composition is slow and laborious, and yet there is something about it that ren ders it very fascinating. But few of us are constituted as Anthony Trollope was, who could perform a given amount of work each day during the entire year, and keep it up year after year. Trollope was a man not merely of wonderful system, but o. great pnysical endu ance. In my own ease lam far from strong, and am oblige Ito limit my work to the condition of my Health and state of mind. Asa general thing three and four hours a day is all the time I feel able to give to my work; the rest of my time I devote to outdo ir exercise of a mod erate character, aside fro i a few h iur< set apart for reading and social enjoyment,” “Da you consider it a Iva itageous for a literary worker to reside east, that is, in or near the great centers!” “Most assuredly I do. A writer so situa ted can take his work in person from one editor to anot ter, in cases where it has been declined. Then, too, a writer residing in or close by the great centers, like Boston or New York for instance, has an op > >rtu nity to be thrown more into social contact with other writers. This fact has its great advantages.” “Do you mean to have me understand that editors like writers submit their con tributions in person?” “Why, editors don’t like to have manu scripts submitted any wav, but as they are dependent on contributions in order to keep the magazines in existence, I see no reason why they should object in the least to this method of receiving contributions more than in the other case.” “Is there any reason for the theory ad vanced by some persons, to the effect that magazine editors do not read all contribu tions sent them?” “Asa rule all articles are carefully ex amined, no matter from what source they emanate. Of course there are certain ex - ceptions, as for ins.ance the subject of a given article may not strike an editor favor ably, or he may have material on hand bearing upon the subject. Again, after reading a few lines of an article an editor very often can decide respecting its avail ability. Thg style of the article may be against it, and the practical editor rarely ever makes a mistake in judgment. But editors are always on the outl .ok for new material as well as new writers, and are only too glad to get hold of something which is fresh and original, even if it chances to come—as it so often does—from a person wno is wholly unknown.” “ What about the school of realism, of which you are, so to speak, in this country the ajiostle?” “On, I do not know that I am altogether entitled to that distinction. There are others working in the same line; for ex ample there are 3liss Jewett, Mary E. Wilki is, Latbrup and several others whom I could mention. In a certain sense Al dricn is a realist, and, to some extent, Cable is.” “Yes, Mr. Howells, but you were the one to bike the initiatory step.” “Possibly that is true, because I could not help regarding realism as the true method in fiction.” “But the poetry element is not so m irked in the realistic as in the romantic.” “But you see I think it is even more marked. Tue very simplicity of realism is i poetry in its highest form. In realism : there is the disposition to adhere to truth, j and what is higher than truth? Now I \ confess to an admiration for Ouida and ; enjoy her novels, not of cjurse for wh;-t she says, as for the man; er in which she 1 says it. Tolstoi, and all that sc iool of I Ru-s.an realists, are wonderful: there is nothing like their work in all fiction. A certain eminent scholar and writer of our country, referring to Walter Scott’s novels, not long since took occas on to state that it was very delightful in these modern days, when Tolstoi aid others were being so much read and discussed, to turn back to the great Sen Chilian for intellectual re freshment. I think the gentleman in ques tion lost sight of the fact that hardly any one to-day could return to Scotland his fol lowers for entertainment and find satisfac ti n. The truth is the people of the present day require quite another kind of reading from that which afforded pleasure fifty and less years ago. Tae short story has taken a great hold upon the popular mind, both abroad and ia this country. Wuen success fully handled it is simply wonderful what a p wer it has with tne reader. But it doesn’t seem to me that I could write a short story, and I prefer to leave the field to others who are better able to work the ground.” “Do you think that with us, in America, rerlism has come to remain?” "Yes, I do; at least it will never go back ward, rather, in my judgment, it will ad vance. It conforms too faithfully to trust, as I have previously slated, ever to be any thing less than it really is, beautiful and satisfying.” Walter Brooks. They Wanted Offices. From the New York Times. Congressman Asa be 1 P. Fitch tells a good story regarding the rush of republicans for the offices. He says that witain a few weeks after the Presidential election last November he received about 60U letters from republicans in hes district, properly called Harlem, each asking mm for a copy of the “Blue Book,” issued by the federal government and containing the name, place and salary of every federal official. Alr.Fitch is an obligi igjgentlemau.butas he possessed only one copy of the “Blue Book” and as unable to got another, what could he do? After inucu,cousideration he devised a scheme which worked to a charm. He seat his “Blue Kook” from Wasuington to his home at 1,376 Lexington avenue, in this city, wuero it was placed in a reception room, and then he sent a note to each of his repubi.can correspondents, explaining his dearth of “Blue Books,” and telling them that by calling at his house his only copy would be open to their fullest investi gation. They seized tae chance with an avidity wuicu gave his servants plenty of employment. Night and day for weeks the door bell kept ringing, and auxious repub licans fairly wore portions of the bio out poring over its contents. Mr. Fitch is glad that anew edition is to be issued this sum mer, for his old one is as tattered as a proof reader’s dictionary, and by no uitaDS a thing of beauty, altfuugh it may have been a great joy to hungry <>ffl .-e-seekers. MEDICAL SjKSS^sSfii The Chiet Reason for the marvellous suc cess of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is found in the fact that this medicine actually accomplishes all that U claimed for it. Its real merit has von s\/i • for Hood’s Sarsaparilla merit Wins a popularity and sale greater than that of any other blood purifier. It cures Scrofula, all Humors, Dyspepsia, etc. Prepared only bv C. T. l e AMUSEMENTS. MOZART CpJS CONCERT Thursday. June 27 th, AT LIBRARY HALL. TICKETS FOR SALE at John B. Fernandez’s, Luddcn & Bates’, L. C. Strong’s. Davis Bros.’, E. M. Conner’s, and by all members of the cl b. ADMISSION, 50 CENTS. The programme will be published to-morrow (Tuesday). EXCURSIONS. TRY Warsaw’s Cool Breezes AND A BATH IN PURE OCEAN WAVES ripOGETHER with a delightful sail in the JL swiff little steamer MARY DRAPER, run iD connection with tne Coast Line Railroad. Trains leave savannah for Warsaw Island at 10 a m. daily, Mondays aud Fridays excepted. On Saturdays and Sundays additional trips will be run, leaving Savannah at 3 p. st. FARE SOc. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays evening trips will be made down the Thunder bolt river in co mention with train leaving Sa vannah at 6:45 p. M. Far -25 c. round trip. RAILROADS. ~ Savannah anijybee K’y. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 17th (STAND ARD TIME). Trains leave Savannah daily except Sunday 9:30 A. M., 2:30. 4, 6:25. 6:15. J Returning, leave Tybee depot 7, 12 a. m.. 5 6:40, 9:25 p. m. SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Leave Savannah 9'30 *11:40 A. m., 2:tR). 3:15 and 7:45 p. si. Returning, leave Tybe depot 6:45, 11:00 a. h. 5:30, 6:15, 9:25 p. m. *To Tybee Depot only, Au’ gusta Fast Mail. No stop between Savannah an 1 Tybee Depot. Will await the arrival of Augusta train. Tic sets on sale at usual places. Trains leave South End 15 minutes earlier than time of leaving Tybee depot. R. E. COBB, Supt. H. H. WOODRUFF, G.'F. and P. Agent. EDUCATIONAL. YEW YORK MILITARY ACADEMYTcorn 1N wall-on-Hudson. Col. C. J. WRIGHT, B S A.M., Supt.; B. F. HYATT, Comd’t of Cadets. "iNIDERSITt OF VIRGINIA. SUMMER LAW LECTURES mine weekly) begin 11th July, 1889, and end 11th September. For circular apply iP. O. University of Va.) to Jams B. Minor, Prof. Com. and Stat. Law. 1 funeral invitations. Mr and Mrs a. IV. Clark, Jr., are Invited to attend the funeral of ’ daughter. Leola, from them Droad street, at 3 o'clock THIS afte£ SAUSST.—The friends and acquaintanr. . Sir. and Mrs. G. N. Saussy are invited to the funeral of their eldest sdh, Laurri Grove cemetery THIS iMond iy) MGR? ING at 10 o clock. MEETINGS. ' MAG.NOLI V LVaMPMEVt'no f Y 7. O. F. * ’ Regular meeting ■ will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING . _ at 8 o'clock, in hall of O.R Trinity Methodist BhL church building, cor- Mg ner of President and Jefferson streets. „ w - I- O’BRIEN, a P J. S. Tyson. Scribe. IteKALB LODGE NO. 9, I. O. (I. K ~ . . Are ? ular meeting will be held THIS (Mondaw E\ ENING at S o’clock, sun time. Metropol-bu! Hail, corner Whitaker and President Streets. The first degree will be conferred. There will be an election of officers for ensn ing term. Members of other Lodges and visiting brother, are cordially invited to attend. a By order of J. W. SMITH, N G John Riley. Secretary. C A LAN THE LODGE NO. *B, K. OF Regular meeting of this Lodge THIS (Monday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock. Members of sister Lodges cordially g ft a invited. Election of Officers. wcTesl A. L COHEN, C. C. \jj£<v W. Falconer. K. R. and S. Mar SPEtIALNOTICES. Advertisements inserted Notices" will be charged $1 00 a SguarctacJi insertion. “MrTrEILEV: ~ ‘T failed to see the list of biscuits you adver tised in the Morning News. So many of my friends have referred to it in my presence, com mending the quality and remarking the low prices, that I should be obliged if you will kindly send me a list by bearer, and oblige Yours truly, “Mrs. In answer to the “hundred and one” notes of this description I would say that it is a physical impossibility to find time to answer one-tenth of them. As the News is for the present our me dium of communication, please follow the special notice column every day, and you will then be informed. However, in the present in stance, here it is: 4 pound tins of Cream Lunch Biscuit, 50c. 3 1-5 pound tins of Extra Fine Milk Biscuit, 50c. 3 pound tins of Extra Sea Foam Wafers, 50c. 3 pound tins of Extra Water Thin, 50c. 2% pound tins of Extra Butter Wafers, 50c. VA pound tins of Ex i a Butter Wafers, 39c. pound tins of Bent’s Hard Water, 50c. 1% pound tins of Social Tea Wafers. 25c. 1-M pound tins of Fancy Graham Wafers, 25c. 1M pound tins of Fancy Oatmeal Wafers, 25c. THE KRIETSCH (Karlsbad, Germany) MAN UFACTURE. The finest in the world. Bismarck Salt Wafers, 50c. a tin. Karlsbad Sugar Wafers (round), 25c, Cigarette Wafers (long curled w-afers), 45c. Ice, Rose. Raspberry. Hazelnut, Lemon, Choc olate or Vanilla (all square) Wafers, 30c. The Krietsch \V afers are the acme of deli cacy and are especially nice served with ice cream, sherbet, ices of any description, choc olate, tea, wine, etc. They are much relished by the sick or convalescent. JOHN J REILY, Importer and Specialist, 30 Whitaker Street. Telephone 165. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Southwestern Railroad Cos., f Office Macon, Ga, June 21, 1889. ( Dividend No. 71. of three dollars and fifty cents per share, will be paid the stockholders of this company on and after the 29th inst. Stockholders receiving their dividends in Macon will be paid at t,e Central Georgia Bank of this city; those in Savannah at the Central Railroad Bank of that city. W. S. BRANTLY, Secretary and Treasurer. FREE SODA WATER. ‘ Each purchaser of 50c. worth of goods at HEIDT’S Will receive a ticket for a glass of their su perior beverages. FULL LINE HEIDT’S FINE CONFECTION- ERY JUST OPENED. ANOTHER LOT FOR SALE. ' Just received, another lot of ROYAL ENGLISH HAIR BRUSHES, Two in a Russia leather Case, absolutely the best Brushes made; bristles cannot come out. Also an importation of SOLID BACK HAIR BRUSHES, New Styles; Badger Hair Lather Brushes Buffalo Horn and Rubber Dressing Combs. BUTLER’S PHARMACY, Corner Bull and Congress S tresis. FAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, LEADS, COLORS AND MIXED PAINTS. Berry Bros.’Hard Oil and Varnishes. A full stock of Paint and White Wash Brushes on hand. Call and get prices at EDWARD J. KIEFFER’S Drug and Seed Store, Corner West Broad and Stewart streets. DIVIDEND NOTICE. Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos., I Savannan, Ga., June 22. 1889. ( A dividend of $.! per share has been declared by the Board of Directors, from the earnings of the past six months, as of July Ist. 1889, payable on and after MONDAY, June 24. 1889. JNO. M. BRYAN, Cashier. TO CONTRACTORS. Office Cos Firry Engineer, i Savannah, June 22, 1889. i Bids invited to construct a BRICK CULVERT between the two and three-mile posts on the Ogeechee road. For plau and specification call at County Engineer’s office, Exchange building. Sealed bids handed to JOHN R. DILLON, Clerk, on or before 12 M., the 3rd day of JULY, 1889, County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. EDWARD J, THOMAS, County Engineer. FOR CHARTER. STEAMER MARY DRAPER Is offered for charter, on reasonable terms, to private or excursion parties. For information apply to ROOM 16, KELLY’S BUILDING. NOTICE. We beg to notify our patrons that on and after MONDAY, JUNE 24tb, until SEPT. 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