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16 THE FOOTPRINT OF PRINCESS TRUEBETSKOI. By Tljthe Hopkins. Copyright. 1900. by M riur*. !*hl!Hpa A Cos. Two thlnr* wer* to iw.t* in r-poof 4h# round hVh Capt. fltrode, Oovarnor of John HowsM I >t N W.. mad* a gusty morning of March Th* Ur it. that It a i n'i • irly !. ur for him, th* second, t it l.e I .i.l pit on hi* uniform In |>l i- of the oi I twni) eht-itlng Ju k,-t dinar? The** thing* bring th stafT conclude*! that •omrlioly wit* -omtni The common toirlt of prlofi arrive* Hiih a frlnuwl onlf*r from fha home of tii • %v h Mm to walk through tha bu:!4tn# at a horn* In th© rom pny of # " principal'' wirdtr, wi*> hon him tha elran ©>ri4iiorf, • '>© clmii' r call*, and tha rri*<*nara. who ar cl* of all. Tha visitor vnuy iioi * j<* ;k to tha ptli* oner© arl tha ptliorerfl may not ©peak to tn© 'intor, who away thinking thjt jT.ioTi k* a very cia.tn, quiet ptaro- wh\ h It l. But tha Governor doe§ n#>c put off hi* ©hooting Jacket. Hivltif flnlehoil hla round. (*apt Ptrole calleel tt parade of ih* wanlera who were j*ot on duly, and Ui*p*-rt*J then* < are ill 5 ? .</ _ j i ISMSSfe^i Kasnlr Tour English prison* are too coin fort a!*!©. Mora comf<_>r*able thon tha Ruoaia ones. fully In ths outer iwjunri* of the prison them, h turned to hla chief warder mwJ said; "I will go through C eg a to.'* "Y**s. sir.** * i-hlef Warder flykrx. stout end florid. Me ft my b*ul trlmm**! u point. kn*wr no more than the r* t who wan the some body that was itnquestiotMthlv coming. The steel-tMirrMl gt* of C hall was unlocked again, and the Governor and the chief warder entered. O, the alienee end the oleatilineea of thoae hails: If on<’ could about r sing out once, or sptd a bucket of wu*er over that spotless con. Crete! The nolxolf *g>. n lining hail, with I!.* thre i:c*rs of nils *> i either elite, hwtl the faint smell of clean, hut o*gl hu manity There wart 100 prisoners locked In C—3oo, all hut the half doxen whom a warder w:i* teaching to stitch bags at a 1 :hh* U. the center of the long narrow ward. The governor stopped a? a cell on the left side. '•Open O 22'* door/’ ho aw'd to the ehl*f ' hi 1 •.*• lo k, * A sallow little wiry man eat at an Iron hand loom wea\lng towels. Ho h t the learn g* anl *.m*o up to atte?i9ion. hi* hands at his *M*, a the governor en tered. "Any complaints, Orloff?** "No complaint m. sJr." answered the. prisoner, who wore the knl* kerbotuir •tilt of n convict as dlstlnvtiish* and from the trouser eult cf a short-term nun "Your Knsllsh prison* ara too com* furtabie." fils Knglish was fluent, with *4 foreigner’s a trees* on the wtong syl lables. "Mora comfortable than the Russian ones?" ‘•Much more comfortable than the Ru •lan ones, sir.** •’Then I hope you w.m't he making tha change again J*at yet," gen**' • | \ cHms of \io lenc# tn KwrlanJ. the prl ner Ofloff lay under cusp! inn of .-ompl •-!ty in t won* affair in Kinti.i. lie ptnllnl *Tt will be time for n* to think of that, sir. when I have flit!*tied mv *emnca here f am very comfortable here.** Returning to hi* office. Cart fit rode asid l#rh*fly. to hi* chief wander: **A lady to vldt the prison thl* morn- Ing. The Prince** Trubetskoi, flirt*tan H>h* will be here at 11." It I* a rule of the home office, very rarely departed from. *hnt no lady mar visit tte male sIV of H M prl*on# If •he is unhappy enough to be the wife, sister or lover of #• cnnvl- t she sees him at an interval f months in the visitors room, with a warder at her el low-she is never admitted within the prison proper During the service of Chief Warder Sykes one very august lady lad been condu tel a* <i visitor through the balls, and no other Bui the chief w infer had taken himself the governor'* habit of si'ence He waited for a further word, hut Cap Btrode walked ahead and said rothlng Mr. Cykfi follow* and him to tbe door of bis office under the colonnade, with the pretty little gnrlen plot In front. J ist vKMtnst the boundary wall of tl* prison. Capt. fitrrsle passed Into his office with out a word. "Very well, sir," said the chief war der. and withdrew Within, as without, there Is no super fluity of ornament in prison (an economy v hlch is. perhaps, not wholly of the wis est). and except for Its plerea of strictly utilitarian furniture, the governor’* room va* only levs bnre than the cell he had just qultbd The tin paired walls, tinted a feeble mauve, had for their sole rm he!' I.nif .V mop f I If and. copy I.f th* rules nn-l the fable of the warder#*’ hours; and the * ontents of the l*ook efts* cf varnished do .1 Included nothing more alluring than a blue hook The governor’s table wan heaped with papers, and the papers, like t book*, were mostly blue Vnlocktrg h e drawer, Capt. Strode took from It a letter (blue again) and a tele gram The letter, which carried the printed sd , I "Private and confidential,*' was exactly a fortnight old; the telegram had been received by an* Ktod* thut morning The letter, to which was affixed a signa ture well known In the service, ran to the effect that 11. M commissioners of pris on# had granted special permission to PrlMeas Anna Trul*etskol to visit John Howard prison on ur.y day and at any hour of her choice. On* sentence In the letter was given the dignity of a thin un derline; "The Prince** may express a de sire to speak with the convict Orloff. and if this request M tnad* If need not be re fused." The letter was at once n formal mandate from the home office and a word tX friendly IncUuclion to the governor, < i who ©tood In favor at headquarters aa a *.fe od watchdog of iha service Tut taleirt m. a tdresaed from CUrldp'i hotel, *f I briefly that Prince** Trubet ek t would visit the prison that raorn log. It warned is minute* of U when the governor hod given a final glance at the* .IP; t he? hut h- had no further nrffor© to Pivua. Ill* prkon u.a r*wly for ir. q-eotion. He f*lt tt nwh©r ©facial interest In tha coming of the prlrr • • Aflrnt Trubetskoi, hut It was in t<* f- ' *** ??>e i.i r- -t of gallantry. The governor w • < i*h nr lor >r U A With nothing of the h< • ln hi-* appaurante—shoru *h* k-*©t mi I *msll ey'd. hut with ji akin **f diamond clear- Bnaa. There w* no thsiifkf tn hi* rafnd of an u.* htir appeal when he put off Ms shooting Jacket for h.s uniform. Tha Inter**? of the governed in toe prince** wa* atiietly an#! entirely prof* •- dotml Bha Wiia kr*wn to him nwtely a < an ama teur c,t pr *n*. who I *1 v lt*.l (with tha e*iper .! approvAl, It was h.otel, of t;<f imp*' ! guv* rnmeriti every k il of t. te in Europe n.r hostility to nihilism wan equal*' l only hy her a*‘*t *f penal re form. find t'apt Htmle w rnteri lining hun*e)f with the aasuraiX'* that nh# had no prison which would beer com (Hinson with hi*. #n the stroke of 11 tha gita warder pre*. ntefj hltn #lf at the governor's door, iluted, an#l tendered *• card. B r*'*dy glancing **f It. Capt. Sir*>de ro© and followed h *# mriasanger to the oiHer Kite of the prison, where a small, nest brougham with dork blue wheels, await- j ••d permission to enter beneath th** arch way t*npt. B*ro*l% standing at the i w'tcket In the great double door, aigimled the coachmen to advance, the d*or wn# j thrown open, the carriage passed In. and i the door was closed and locked behind It. An upright, soldler-llke young man with his dark mount a he brustied on sTalght. stepped fr*k the brougham and i*tW'<*| to the Governor as he handed mi? the lady. Bh* wan not an Inch above the medium hight, atul the **>•*• sack Jack ** with the collar that came above the cars seemed rather to accent time than • conceal the slimness of the figure within. What a pallid fa* e showed through the light veil, and liow strained the look It wore! Beamingly, the princess had not I M**ad cm<>.ionic** Jhrouuh the pris m* • f Kurope. ‘Hie grakhi. b!. k-brown hair tlwit allow# i| a little undcroeath her toque was slightly touched with gray, umi the ' ivory che. ks l*>r** two little Itfiws, run ning from tlie corners of the eye* to the • orner* of the mouth. Yet the face was that of a woman below 30. Hike had (h a i eyes, thought the Governor, of the luhlllai Orloff. Ue doffed his cap of office a* he said to her: "I have your card, mod#me; anJ you, doubtless, have your passport ’* "Ah. you are so etrlct. monsieur lo atal the wan face shj light ®|f Up had put on his uniform In place of the old tweed .homing Jacket. rd hy ths ,rrr,p,t smllr. ”1 411 not know that 1 ,nouid nemi It, but I brought It." Ths PtlnoMt, drew from im mnrr pork rt. ond liandrd to the tlovrrnor. a Imi, tilun rnvrlopr. Capt Htrods. throuah his gold iIMCIMIra. sklmmwt th tncionur*. “And this urntlrm.in niodiimi!'. Is your brother, CApt. PonhHlefT, who Is nwntlon- In the Inter It was the customary ni,sslve In the fine round hand of the homo ntth-e. signed wltti the spreading riulll of the weereiary of 11 M. commlasioner, "My brother, monsieur," s-iid the I‘rln. css Trubetskoi. "You make me feel ,a If I were in St. relerehur* " cotnpHmere. madsme! 1 think, how ever, that we nre now uulie in order.** lie hiimled the offl l.il letter to hla ehlef wnrder. who pnssed It to the gate warder, who gave (I lo the warder at the door of the rereptioei room on the right, who doubtless dkl the proper thing by t. The ehlef warder opened the light Iron gaie fust beyond the big outer door of the prison, nnl Ihs Governor an.l his visit ors passed through. At once the Princes, became an snlmaled tslng Not "ft-n t>efore had the Ooarrrnor of Hlr John How ard prison been so famously catechise,!. "This la the model prluon of London, monsieur. Is It not?" She pnusert on ths gravel path, her eyes everywhere. "It Is th, newest, tnadnine. and ths best that we tiMve been able to build so far." ••who built nr* “Every stone was set up by convict ta bor.” "Vralment!” Cut bow did you secure THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1900. r * CoKCIKTRaied SlßllfGlß LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT or ce r. ‘ I S.gnJ m blue^l your prisoner* h* fora the w.ill was raised?” • We had a little wooden boarding In closing tha ground, madunc, and a wia** gov cri nor " “Aiu\ n*l*>dv escapedT* “Nobody attemptvi.” ••You have notions of dllc!pl!ne, , • oa!d the princes*. "W have leen trying for fifty years to better them, m idame.” returned the gov ernor Whenever they stopped the princess re new*! har questions. Capi I**ntitiaff. who t*ad scaredy any Engdfth, said little, hut observe*! keenly, and required his sla ter to transl.it* ns*t **f the governor** replies The ml li.iry bearing of the war der* seemed gre.itly to Impress hlfn, and he ruile his s*lser a k whether, in ttu event of an assault, they re let! solely ui*on th*lr batons The gmirnor a-•> ned # him tbev had no other weap*n. In the gr* #i airy kl'cheti the white-* apped anl white apromd warder cook pres* n*d th*.ri with pannikins of the soup that was being *ervd for dinner. “Ver’ line aoup,** sold ('apt. I'oniati**ff, his first complete s#*n t*nr In English. The comparative chcr lain* ss of the cells (Into e.i h of which, the governor observed, the sun pettotrated at s •iino hour **f the day) plea a*, i tha prin cess Capt. T<*tilatlrfr thought, them not quite solid enough. ' Vet we have no escapes, sir,” said • rotni ci ♦ vasions. mon . her,** Interpreted •he print*"*, and her brother stnil**! |*>- HteUy . The Princes* asked whether there w'er* no wor e cell# In the prison than the on#** they had in*iect€d Hho was aware that the English government no longer toler ate*] dungeon**, htit sbf had h**ard f ism hhment cells called “black hole* " A pun- Ishm nt cell was promptly unlockcc! It was bars except for a plank bed, and very dim, hut the torture of dirknoa was not fell there. The cell chanced to be tenanted ty a middle-aged Malty, who was seated cn die edge of his wooden bed twitllrig hi* t numbs. The patience of the Governor endured nil questions and oil criticisms. foV the further he bxl his visitons the tnoro wa* he convinced that the triumph of John Howard prison wa* great. The Princess. Indeed, made no scruple to ay that she had not pen l?e Ilk**. The worksheet*;, where tra<kt were in progr*-#*# or In <’jiirce of h ing taught, were Inspected and. last of all. the library, among tin contents of which a few volumes In I'r* ncfi and a Bpanlsh grammar attract*-*! not lea. The Prlnrena wan ourtoun to know whether hooka in foreign iiiiixuaKe* were often naked for. “Our educated prlaoncra, answered the (lovernor, “read everythin* they can *e! hold of; here >• a Trench history which, aa you may see, haa passed throUKh niriy hands. The librarian. "Ur chaplain, la aek. <4 now nnd then for a book tn some lot)• goaifc ntnioat unheard of." “I <k> not auppose you have any hooka in Russian?** natd th* Princess. "I think no*, madam. Your country does not supply <* with many j>tlsoner*;thou*n I y "the way, we have a Russian In our krepine Jut now. I don't know what hln readmit; la. hut he read* English ue easily ts I do.** "A Russian?" eald the Prtnceea. "Who Is he, monsieur?*’ "The man Orloff la nervine the first months of his sentence here ** "You do not tin an!'* Thu Princess fiuah ■ and anartly. ■•Xu entends?** she eald to her brother "Ce vllain d'Orloff est Id.** "Tlenal" he exclaimed; *'w# have seen him" ' The governor explained that ft convict spent the firs* nine months of hls r n t, nee In seiwrate conttnement, laavlns hi* rell o*il>* for chatiel and ex. icla-. "Jlut we (Missed the cell.*' he conltnu.d. "not five minutes aco You shall ace the man. If you please ** From the moment that OrlolT's name had f.tllci* the Princes* ha'd shown all the excitement <>f Indignation. "This moil, monsieur.*' rho said to th governor. “1* canaille, bas., v;le He 1 of the Nihilists, and In Russia we kn.'W what he lias done. What he lias done here Is little, but In RuasW-!“ To ter I collier she aald. abruptly. "Veil lu lo voir? M le Kouveritcur noua accorde la pertnlselon.'* Capt. Ponlatleff. less moved than Ms sister. Me mod r.ot over cacer to em brace the offer. “For you to say,** aald he. shruxttlnif hi# eh-eil Irr* “Are you sure, monsieur, that It Is Or loltr* asked tho Princess. “F'or myaelf.** rcplb-d the coveinor. "I never set eyea on him till he was brought here. A* far aa I know, this Is hia tlmt sentence In FLnitland. I miy teil you. however, that since hls udmls-lon her he has been aeon by Rum lan. French and limtUsh detective*, two of whom ar > prepared to ewear that ho Is the Oitoff who la wanted in Ruasia for the .tfTalr which the Princes* seems to hint at There lwi* been some talk of raisins the question of extunlltlon; but I don't quite see how that can be dealt with until lit has settled his account in tnta country He was wanton* od at the Old Bailey to five years' pend servitude.** “AllonsV said the Ptlncoss. *llh rn sfiort. • “I will see him—but I wLto 1 hoi not known that he was here” “Como, then. maJatne.** sold the *f*w ernor ,- We have not twenty stepa to o T;ie man la knitted In the hull we haie just paaaed through, quite close to the >k’ OT -'' They descended from the lltirary. a room near tho governor's office, to the cokmade or covered way which cm munlcatod wllh tho flr-t ha.l of th prtwyn Rain wa* falilm;. but tlun were net alx >rds to traverse In the o |n. The Kte or Rrllle of llsht Iron Lire whl* h shut off C ha.l fiotn the r* *t ot ttie iwison was unlocked a n.n. nm !**spi. Strode etoppvd at the evil marked *"“lt Is a matter of form, m.idame,'' he aald, * he sh*Mik out a key from hls 1 hunch, "but I must aak you to give lua i your word that you wall hand, no writ- I1 m* IO ihe prisoner, nor any tool or weapon ” 1 ••Monsieur.*' sold tha I‘rlnceei Trtitie*. I “I gave you tho only paper that I had.' I never carry tool* and 1 have no weapon.'* ••you see.’* said the Governor, with n smile na he turned hls key tn tho loe*t of cell a. **ln prison ve are the most tim id of pop!e. The maxim of the Home office M. that 'Suspicion s.ee:>- nt wisdom's *aie '*' It was Capt. Berode's osic quota tion from Ihe po*te. As he threw oj>en the door Qf the cell, little Orloff looked up from hla loom. “Lai. La! I not ma ll like.'* saal Cnpt Ponlatleff as hls sister went a lot a. •'Or loff? No; I iroat him never.** The Princess had left the and svr ajar; 1 liut the nerves of Capt. Ponlatleff, who had held himself so reserved s. mo I now on ralge. He flustered In a fidget to and fro In front of the rell door, drew the Governor sway, led him bn k. anil Slid perpetually. "You think safe? Or loff! ‘ln Russia we should tie some chains at him.*' Then, aa If ashamed of hls nervoneneas for hls alster, Capt. Pon.itleff with a Herculean effort at Esigllsh. launched desperately Into praise of the prison. •'Yey' flu* (trvuseol ,\Ye viaeet many pr, sen—France. Jalrminy. Eetaly. Hwe -4*1(1. The iTlncc ee, sis go ail the time in pree fis Hut Bnon llcnard! No; tt I* not to make com pare*-sen. < r ' , **et la prison d**s prisons. I cam splendid!” ' < .dtaille. va!” And itrer** was n pound from ■ <*.! :i a* if a blw were struck. Fur bleu' I knew'” said ('apt, Fools ti*ff, hut tha governor w first at the <eii door. Th* Hrlncesa Truhet-kol stumbled * r . n th* threshold. l- iving. thrcajgh the hi r open**l i*.r, u gl mi-** of Ofloff r i lit"* in i corner of b rell. Tin •*’.* ;i or swunc to toe tioor with a iia. h T ‘ br>/<ttu of discipline had char.-' j him quo kly into the offended ga#lt r "Mu lame,” be raid brusquely, ”1 do not a How even my w irdecte to lay n hand ui-on ft prlsont-r. If you w*-re insulted, your remedy was with me." • Pardon," murmured the princeea. Bhe h i thrown t * r-**lf. trembling frgn head to f•, ufon her brother’* shoulder, 1 it*} r*," she rrpeat*d. "ll* kn*w me, * I b -tilted me. arid I *ru k him ” The v r y t mb* r *f her voice was altered. Hu# t • governor, too, ha.l h*n Insult ed, and his dignity was lm#enetrable. ••Al! ns!" sold (?apt. Ponuttieff. raising hi* "It m ->t an nfadogy toi nwn • r • governwtir. A woman—male, that h * toujour* Irop ala hat*." \| olame will prolmhlv not wish to stay longer, *!d Cap#. Strode. The prinewrw rcmalfa**! *H*r*f and qulv *r\nk on her ,r..th r shoulder <’ i> H f ro*lo led the pray to the gate of tt>* ward, and thence straight toward tha outer door of the prison. The rain cad not ret*#*ij; j* was it dull prorea4on: rid i to* |tili.rf her arm tight In her brother**, led her fine skirt trail ov* r the * ►Men path. Under the archway, be •w. n th** Inner and the outer gatea, the ttrouvhnm waited f*r them. At Ue* lisi-r gate stood the chief ward •r. *nd if * he ot*ene*l it the governor ‘t**>! aside to |t htw visitors papa. In the c| of following them, tils was arresti*f by i* very curious mark ui*bn the weg gravel. C*i*f Btr***le , eyes biased, and a isrnMe l*s>k * i*vwd hi* ( t* . but In moment h- wns co#l nguln. fly a pet ite scarcely iwrreptihle. he show**l t/ie chief warder wh.it ho had s*-en on the then quietly to h!m. The tda-k c.rs-* from my ctipljoard— quit k“* Wh.it rppf. fttrodo had seen was that each step iha Princess Trubetskoi had taken U tw* en C hall arid th<- gate she hul lust passed through bad left upon t ie muddy w#i!k the impress of th** broad trrow. whUh 1* cut In the sole of every onvtct's shoe# (’apt. Poi.lsttefT hud a’ready banded bis sister Into t e brougham "f be I vo I n;'isl detain you one m#>- ment longer,“ said th* governor, ap proaching the door. "It Is the rule In our prisons tor visitors to sign their names, the I*ook Is here In the reception room.” Indlcath g a floor Immediately opposite to th* floor of tho brougham. The prln * •* m* I to hesitate, but the governor offered h**r bis band to • light, she roused here elf and su-p|M**l out. As they entered the reception room wnere the tivk open *n 'he desk, ftie chief warder enierwl behind hem. What did he ho *1 which caught the eye of Capt. iVnati* ft. whose hand w-* n# like a flash to a pocket of hls o/cr oat? "Hands up! You'ra covered!" said the chi* f warder. The prln* < s. who had taken up the pen to write her name, turned swiftly, nnd looked alor e the barrel of Mr. Bykfes* re volver. With a cry. half horror ajxl ha f despair, she threw up her hands art I reeled against the desk. The governor stepped beside* the chi* f wanter. i*sk frocn hls other h ind the fellow* of the pointed u apon. nnd, raising hls whistle to ht lips, he blew a summons. The guts war tier was on the scene In a moment. "Handcuff nnd bring here at once the prisoner In C 23” gald the gvernor. "I don’t know what birds w. have trapped, Mr, Sykes.” he lidded, "but In n minute or two wc will ask the lady to re move her veil." At this point the princess found a strainc 1 and feeble voice. "What 1* It?” sh* said. "What k>s th! mean?" "Madame or sir,* "r* turn* and the governor, for nt th© in ment I will not swear to your t-** it is a simple question of the **hos that you ure wearing. I fancy that I vour bootmaker has Signehow contrived to wlentlfy you with one of mp prisoners, a mistake? We shall clear it up in a m< ; ment.” A tap on the floor, and two wstriers I**l ; in a grotfsquv little figure. He or she was correct In the tunic and kmckerbock • rs of the convict, but hi* or her legs were j cased In s.lk, uud tho feet in patent ; leather -hoea. , The lost *;ame told Its own disastrous taiu. j "ITm." said Capt. Strode, "not qlte ! quick enough at the change, eh? Very | -id Very sad. upon my word; but thee jttle matters ar** difficult to bring off ncatlv. Has cither of you any statement io make here, or wi I you wait till we g**i m How street? Plenty of lima before the court rises.'* They fire used In prison to the aspect of suffering, but the tragedy of tho three was rather pitiful to Im hold Th** hand cuffed and disrobed "Princess," bmp be tween the two warders, turned a face of pni“dorate sympathy upon the "princess" standing quite a* limply at the desk Wreck#*!—w*r#*rkcd nnd grounded! But the little creature In the handcuffs was think ing only of the Mttle creature against the desk, for whom freedom had been so near, ly won. "Capt. PonlatefT* still held himself de- M intly. ami looked as though—had his com win lon* been armed ns he was—he would have led a rush for the gate. A* It was. there were iwo very ready revolvers to be rccokncd with, and warders were tow swarming at the door To muka th* attempt would be like smiting the a#a with a sword “Ccme," he said to Orloff and the "prince***." "It Is done with us. We fight not to-d#y." A noise of heavy wheels rolled In under the archway—-the first prison van with ptl*oners from ,tho police courts. "Handcuff Orloff and tho other," said the Governor. "Th#* van will wait. AVhat. Orloff"—aa the steel circlets w* re slipped upon the little figure In the Paris jacket • and you found John Howard so mu- h more comfortable than the Russian pris ons!” As the prisoners were led out from the reception room, the gate warder handed a telegram to the governor. It read: "Bootland Yard—OrlofTs broth ! * r will visit the prison to-day disguised ns I ITlnceaa Trubetskoi " - CIIDFdR CIIK.KHKHAFJS. (liinrar by Henna the Pnber • Ift*■! Folk They Are IHetured. By Isiac Taylor Headland. An eminent scholar tn reviewing the writer's book of "Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes." speak* of some of the Illustra tions which "present tho Chinese children ' r’avlrg their s*>h* r little games.** Why he should call such a g ame as "blind mnh's l tiff," *>nl-me-nl-ml-ni-mo,” "this little pig went to market," or "rft!-a-cake.” "sober little gum ft," unless It Is becaun of pr**-cone |v# 1 notions of the Chinese people. It I* difficult to say. There 1* a • general Opinion that the fTilnese are u 1 ober people, and therefore whatever they •io must be d*r.c In a sober way. When :ley ha vs a dinner party It must be n sober party, when they play games th* must be sober games. When they sing nursery songs t< their children the\ must be sol < r ► ngs. when they writ* >)oetry It must b<* Aoher poetry. nn*l. ] uppose, when they make war, It must i be a sol>er war. The Chinese say that "where there 1 much smoke there must be some fire," nnd so this general opinion must have some foundation. Tbs cause of UUa wklt- spend idea of Chinese gravity is. as we beltev's. the disposition of the people to be dtgnifted. It Is Impressed upon the leys, thst: Whenever grown people are present, a child Should i*peak with a voice that is gentle urn! mild. And at the game time the girls are told that they sould: Never turn your head 1n walking nor display your teeth in mirth. Never move your kn<* when sitting. Nor when standing shuk© your dr**e. laiugh ruH when pleased, when angry never talk with over-stress Let the sexes ne'er commingle, whether th* y be rich or poor, Never go beyond th*' gateway, nor stand gaalng fromJ.be door, finch ars some’of the Instructions to children in their books of etiquette. It is, however, when people art* off their guard that w get gilmp • * of their real chancier. Go Into the nursery and listen to mothers an 1 nur • s >ng songs llkv the following to their smiling offspring and you forget that they are not to "dls lPy their teeth tn mirth.” There’s a cow on the mountain* the old saying got l *. On her legs ere Jour feet, on her feet or#* * ght tqca. Her tall is behind on the end of her back. And her head Is In front on the end of her neck. The following la a drive at their un fort un/te method of conjugal sele***!ofuv As la well-known neither the bride or groom sees the oth**r until the bride is brought to h*r husband's b>me. The following rhyme represents the ha|py couple sitting on their brick bed in a dark room, when. lie pulled up the wick. With the cwndle-stlok knife, And found he hid married A baid-he* led wife. Her eyes were askew. And her mouth was awry. Ami the silly old fellow. Was so mad ho could cry. No cartoonist could present a more vivid of amusing pi- ture of their absurd method of selecting a wife than Is pre sented In this nursery song Almost all phases of life are caricatured In th** eatne way. The n**rvous man is describe*? as having In his agitation Jump ed out of l>od In the morning, snatched tip hls wife’s gr#en trous#*rs whFh he put on by mistake, and started to market, ridlfg a donkey, "hls face turned toward It* tnff *' At antflher time he la ma#le to say everything "wrong dda too." as for Instance when he hears n disturbance out side bis door he discovers it to have been caused by a man biting a #log. He 1n hls haste "took up the door and opened hls hand '* Running outside ho says; "I snatched up th© dog J should say double quirk. And thr*-w him with all my fore© at a brick.** Then aftey having been bitten by the brick h#* was so disconcerted as to having ridden astride a sedan chair, and to have l*een carried on h horse, after which h "blew on a drum and b#*at on a horn." In still another of these children's songs a cake-*c*!ler informs the public in stentorian tones that hia cakes Will restore s.ght to the blind. "('ure the deaf nnd heal the lnme. And pr*scrve th© teeth of tha aged dame," an*! that they wljl further cause hair to grow on a bold head, and give courage l> a hen-perked husband. A girl who has Iwcn whii*p<*d by h#*r mother, mutters to herself bow sho would love and serve a husband If only she had one. even going to th#* extent of calling her mother-in law mother, and when overheard by her Irate parent, nnd asked what sh© was saving, she answers: "I wa* saying th© beans are boiling nice. And Ida Just about Ilm© to add #he TlC©," all of which will serve to show that the life of the Chines© child Is full of sun shine. Chinese children nr* fond of Tracking Jokes on bald heads. In one of their songs we are tol l that a certain hairless gentle- I man on a notable occasion w* nt to burn Incense, not as p* oplo usually bum !n --nnsr "to get h'm an heir,” but rather "to get h m some hair." "When be found in three days all hia ha ( r had returned, Tie. the k*>l gave a coat and more ln r* nse be burned. When he fouml In three days all his hair bud dropped out. He upset the god and he kicked him alfout. Then the god hecams angry and took up a sword Anil mad© Itjto dipper* that bald headed gourd." The cheerful side of Chinese life Is not confine*! to the nursery or to ehllbood, but Is found In nil ages end all depart rm nta. nn well ns all rank** of life. The Chinese laboring mnn cracks the s.tm© stale Joke? as the son of Erin. 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