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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.
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Trains leave savannah for Warsaw Island at
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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
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RAILROADS. ~
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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.
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H. H. WOODRUFF, G.'F. and P. Agent.
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"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.
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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
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‘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,
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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.
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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
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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
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best Brushes made; bristles cannot come out.
Also an importation of
SOLID BACK HAIR BRUSHES,
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Buffalo Horn and Rubber Dressing Combs.
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Corner West Broad and Stewart streets.
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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.
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