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I TIFTON AUDIENCE
advocated the rights of the
RAILROADS, saying he own-
ED STOCK IN TWO.
to Tbe tieorglnn.
(in.. June 14.-Mc<«rs. J. II. Kitlll.
, Korean of Haranntib nnd J. 11. 11*11
5 tiaron ■ no lie hero to it crowd of 900
K Karon zpok* hero
|L W11 , of Tift rouuty upon the polltiral
of the fireaent gubcrnatorisl cam-
fP'sulll. In s faltering nntl srbool-boy
’ manner, aot forth bla platform to an
■Lruinathetle autlieneo. and conamnetj only
SS. thlrtT-Ore mlnntea. He adroenteil the
Sfi of the railroad*, saying that he hlm-
9? k.,1 ,toned otnck In two. and waa In
Esrathr with them In their light against
li on,I I totter uchool systems. and ait-
E e*;*! the public to atand for the cantfl-
,1 .rum ttotitb Georgia.
Ur Morgan followetl Mr. Eatill In a
Jilfh that appealed only »o tbe aontlmen
{Crnrejmllcea. He spoke of Ur. Eatlll’t
IV, , r „ni poverty to riche* and poaltlon
", referred to the fact that he head* an
Uohini' home In the cite of Savannah.
SC onlr wojr to erase the line that ill-
, eou'th Georgia from the rest of the
**“. liara o tuntl of thin Ki‘.•thill from
PRETTY ATLANTA GIRLS WON
AD MIRA TION OF SPECTA TORS
Hundreds Witnessed
Parade and Applaud
ed Young Women.
BOY’S FEAR OF WATER GREATER
THAN HIS DREAD OF DEATH
Site and bara a mnti of thl«‘•radon from
imirlnc to sny polltiral preferment la to
“', f„r aouth Georgia’s randldate,” he
„ Hall followed Mr. Morgnn with an
rria full of witticisms nnd nttncka upon
ttrni.H ratio party. He stood In a Held
Mhlmarlf. the only man true to the prin-
of Democracy. lie tried to Impress
Eton the crowd the fart that lie Is n Bern-
IKat nnd that every candidate In the Reid
• tT " ' f. awllhro ’ ‘ '
... governor la without conception of what
|r* aMun* IT* *p|||p|«oil th* at ant I on
■ armor rite j mean*. He crttlelaed the action
4 the *tate l>eraocr«tIc executive commit-
LAWYERS TAKE ALL
AND WANT MORE
WIN JUDGMENT OF $30,000, THEN
DEMAND EXTRA CASH
AS THEIR FEE.
By Private Leased Wire,
New York. June 18.—The man who
goes to law I* never certain how he le
coming out. Steven Volaln. of thla
city, In prepared to make' affidavit to
thla statement. Mr. Volaln, after twen
ty years' litigation, obtained Judgment
for 130.040, and today nnd* hlmielf In
the peculiar poaltlon of atlll being in
debted to hi* lawyer*, who retained the
130.000 as a part fee.
Volsln, not satisfied with the
arrangement, ha* brought suit against
the Mitchells, retaining Wale* F. Sev
erances aa counsel.
In their answer to these complaints
Hessrs. Mitchell declare the sum re
tained la Inadequate as a fee, consid
ering the work they did during the
twenty years the case was dragging
through the courts, being tried and re
tried, argued and appealed.
Special to The Georgian.
Asheville, N. C., June 18.—The field
day exercises of the Y. W. C. A. con
ference. which were held on the lawn
In front of the Kenilworth Inn Thurs.
day, were attended by several hundred
spectators. The delegates from |he
different colleges, dressed In costumes
representing flowers, w*re formed In
a long line with their respective col.
lege and city delegations. From the
standpoint of costumes and beautiful
women the display surpassed any ex
hibition of the kind ever held at a Y.
W. C. A. conference.
Miss Mabel Cratty led the line of
march. Miss Emily Stafford, of Atlanta,
headed the gulf states delegations, and
Miss Harvey, of Atlanta, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. AH the young ladles
wore overskirts, cut so as to resemble
the petals of a rose or other flowers,
and had flowers In their hair. Each
carried wreaths.
The Savanrihh city delegation, com
posed of a dozen pretty girls dressed
in blue sailor suits, were among the
most admired of the delegates. They
carried oars and wore peanuts as ear
rings.
The Atlanta city-delegation was also
very attractive. The young ladles were
dressed In crimson and white, repre
senting their association, and wore
necklaces of firecrackers.
Agnes Scott was represented by
small delegation. There were three
young ladles who carried a large
S. I.” banner, and eang "Marching
Thro' Georgia."
The Lucy Cobb delegation of Oeor-
gla carried several large college ban
ners, and wore morning glories In their
heir. They sang "Dear Old Lucy
Cobb" and several other catchy songs.
The delegation from the North Car
olina State Normal School of Greens
boro was the largest In the procession.
There were about 40 young women In
this body, dressed to represent clover.
A banner of clover blossoms was a fea
ture of this delegation.
The delegation from Convene Col
lege, South Carolina, though small, waa
composed of a very artistically formed
group of pretty girls, who sang with
much lustiness their college yells.
A delegation which created much
favorable comment waa the body of
young ladles representing the Mary
Baldwin Seminary and the Randolph-
Macon Women's College, of Virginia.
The Tennesseeans, composed of Bsl-
iftont Seminary, Nashville, the Univer
sity of Tennessee, and the Knoxville,
Nashville and Chattanooga City Asso
ciations. were encircled by large
wreaths of yellow Jaslmlne blossoms.
Among the other delegations were:
University of Alabama. Wlnthrope Col
lege, Savannah, Ga., City Association,
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, June II.—Because his fear
of water was -Tester than hi* fear of
death, Max Mosxosynskl. 18 years old,
lay down before an oncoming train
yesterday, and the wheels crushed out
his life.
The lad was caught on th* Calumet
river bridge at One hundred and for
ty-fifth street by a swiftly moving
freight train. A leap Of a few feet Into
the river would have saved him. Ills
father and a companion commanded
the boy to Jump into the river, and
thetn.-elves s.-t the e\imiplo.
The boy crouched on the trestle,
shivering pitifully, hesitated, and then
deliberately lay down on the track be
tween the rails. When the father and
his companion climbed the bank of the
river In safety, they turned and saw
the trainmen striving to remove the
■mall crushed form from beneath the
wheels.
JOHND. FEARS ANARCHISTS;
HAS A GUARD AT CHATEAU
WHERE HE IS STOPPING
By WILLIAM HOSTER.
Siteclal Cable—Copyright.
Complegne, France, June 18.—A
guard stationed at tty> chateau every
night since his arrival, reveal* th*
fear of John D. Rockefeller that he may
be attacked by anarchists or other evil
disposed persona He also made a
careful inquiry of Mayor Baltovese
about a watch being kept on ex-crlmt-
nals who might be dangerous.
Mr. Rockefeller was greatly pleased
by learning that Under the law Com-
plegne being a palace town and a royal
chateau being situated there, ex-con-
victa are not permitted there under
pain of Immediate arrest. This Is an
ancient provision for the safety of roy
alty.
Through Dr. Blggar, the mayor has
been Informed that his request for a
donation for the poor will receive fa
vorable consideration before Mr.
Rockefeller leaves the town. The may
or's attention to Mr. Rockefeller has
brought on his head n bitter attack
“The fatal course of the
millions Is felt In this far-away French
provincial town,’’ say* The Gasette.
Then It ridicules the mayor for donning
evening dress to call on Rockefeller at
noon, and accuses him of misrepre
senting Complegne by servility to the
American billionaire.
The people of Complegne, a cold
blooded race," say* The Gasette, “pos
sess In thslr walls the richest Inhabi
tant of the world. A week ago John
Rockefeller came, but there was no
change In our normal life. We are not
getting excited, though he seems of
great Importance In free America, since
Ita great newspapers send a Journalist
who walks, rides and talks with him
dally and sends the details by cable at
great expense."
Continuing, the paper tells of Rocke
feller's horror of those who come ask
ing money, and discusses with mock
seriousness his stomach, with a side
remark about the stomachs of the peo
ple of Complegne affected by the
mayor's conduct.
The length of Mr. Rockefeller's stay
Is still uncertain. He has told a friend
that maybe he will stay a week, maybe
three weeks. It all depends on his
daughter's health.
ATLANTANS TO GO
TO LABOR CONCLAVE
A BIG DELEGATION WILL LEAVE
FOR AUGUSTA TUES
DAY NIGHT.
On next Wednesday morning, June
24, at * a. m„ In Richmond county
court house, Augusta, the eighth an
nual convention of the Georgia Fed
eration of Labor will be called to order
by President J. 8. Cohen, of Savannah,
who Is also president of the Savannah
Retail Clerks' Union, IV. C. Puckett,
or Atlanta, Is secretary.
delegation fifty strong will leave
the terminal station at 4:15 on a spe
cial car over the Central of Georgia
Tueadny night. Thla will be the At
lanta contingent of delegate* snd visit- .
or*.
Among those who will go will be the
following:
Atlanta Federation of Trades—Je
rome Jones, W. C. Puckett, T. N. Scales,
Luke Bradley, J. B. Hewitt, William
Strauss, C. O. Bailey, Q. O. Reeves.
Typographical Union—J. J. Hobby.
W. W. Oates, C. H. Brown, G. D. Ross,
Hot Weather
Head Dress.
Straw Hats in every conceivable slmpe, Split
Straws, Sennits, Mackinaw, French
Palms, Porto Rico, South American Pan
amas, Imitation Panamas. Genuine Pan
amas. We have any style Hat to fit any
man's head and suit any man's fin e; we have
dressy Hats or lounging Hats.
Wo are displaying the nobbiest line of
Straw Hats ever brought to Atlanta nnd our
prices are right.
$1.50 to $10.00.
ESSIG BROS.,
"Correct Clothes for Men.'
26 Whitehall Street.
THE BALTIMORE HERALD
8U8PEND3 PUBLICATION.
By l’rlrste Lessed Wire.
Baltimore, Md., June II—The Bal
timore Herald Is no more. It sus
pended publication with Its Issue of
yesterday. The Baltimore American
and Baltimore News havt bought the
plant, Jointly.
Machinists—F. B. Eaves, William
Robinson, J. L. Jones, Mike Riley.
Printing Pressmen—E. H. Parham,
W. P. Dnckendorf.
Tailors—J. T. Strauss, Mrs. J. T.
Strauss, G. T. Levy, Mrs. O. T. Levy.
Garment Workers—Miss Jennie
Meager, H. 8. Duncan, J. D. Stacks.
Tralnmon—W. H. Hooper,
AT COSTLY BLAZE
Lyon, C. C. Adams, G. E. Garst, E. T.
Beaeham, Z. D. Sharpe. P. H. Huleh-
,Mississippi state Association, Charles
ton, S. C„ City Association, Lynwood
College, Lewlsburg College, and Colum
bia, S. C„ College.
EXCELLENT SERVICE TO
WRIGHTSVILLE BEAOH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
During the months of June, July
and August tbe Seaboard Air Line
Railway will operate on Its train leav
ing Atlanta at 9:36 p. m.. every SAT
URDAY, a through sleeping car to
Wilmington, N. C.; returning the
through sleeper will leave Wil
mington Thursday at 3:00 p.
m„ arriving In Atlanta at
6:30 a. m„ Friday. Arrangement*
have, been made with the street rail
way people at Wilmington to have
cars ready at tbe depot to Immediate
ly transport passengers to the hotels
at Wrightsvlllo Beech. Baggage will
be checked to destination. WEEK
END rate, good for live days, |8.$$;
SEASON tickets. >18.66.
SEABOARD.
Inson.
Bartenders—James Gray, John Gal
lagher. George W. Brown. 1
Brewers—Charles Hlrsch.
Telegraphers—T. A. Pinson.
Barbers—James A. Miller.
Web Pressmen—B. B. Marks.
Painters and Decorators—O. A. Cone,
P. W. Buntyn.
Leather Workers—Pat Murray.
Granite Cutters—Bam C. Shelton.
Stone Cuters—J. W. Uridwell.
Carpenters, 129—Bben Watkins.
Plumbers—J. C. Cook.
Typographical Auxiliary—Mrs. Je
rome Jonee.
B. I-. F., No. 247—H. O. Teat, E. B.
Shellnut, W. W. Tracy.
Building Trades—J. B. Smith.
A number of ladles, either visitors
or auxiliary delegates, will go down
to the convention with the delegates,
to take part In, the social features of
the convention.
As will be remembered, th* social
side of the Federation of Labor con
vention forma no Inconspicuous feature
of the gathering, those of last year In
Atlanta, the mammoth "Eight Hour
Smoksr," given by Atlanta Typograph
ical Union, No. 48, at which over 1,404
visitors and delegates were entertained,
a suburban car ride, a Ponce De Leon
party and the baseball game forming
some of the features.
The convention will consist of some
864 delegates, coming from Rome,
Llthonla, Macon. Savannah, Atlanta,
Columbus, Augusta, Brunswick, Ath
ens and other cities of the stats In
FIRE AT ST. PAUL CAUSES DAM
AGE AMOUNTING TO HALF
A MILLION DOLLARS.
By Private Leased Wire.
St. Paul, Minn., June 18.—Half i
million dollars Is the estimated dam
age done by a lira which yesterday
completely gutted th* alx-story Ryan
ann4x building. Ths Are waa discov
ered about 8 o’clock In (he morning
and burned fiercely all day Sunday.
Stocks owned by occupants were either
destroyed nr badly damaged. >
Thirty-seven firemen were overcome
by heat and smoke. Ten of the** ware
taken to the hospital and the rest to
their homes. All will recover, with the
possible exception of Lieutenant W. A.
Edwards, of Company P, who fs re-
R nrted In a critical condition. Several
reinen were badly cut by flying places
of glass.
A defective electric wire Is thought
to have started the Are In the base
ment of the Palace Clothing Company.
A aeries of gas explosions prevented
the firemen from getting tt the flames,
and caused the blase to spread through,
th* structure.
which central labor bodies exist.
leaves here Tuesday night will
be large libbnn badges hearing the
tallsmanlc "Atlanta 1410,“ and which Is
to be worn during the entire trip.
HIGH DEGREE MASON
MEETING IN BOSTON
NERAL GRAND COUNCIL
GIN8 IT8 SESSION ON MON
DAY MORNING,
By Private Leased Wire
Boston, Mass., June II.—For the first
time since 1150 Boston Is entertaining
the general grand Masonic bodies of
the Cryptic and Capitular rites. The
general grand council of Royal and Se
lect Matter, began Its sessions today,
to be followed tomorrow by tho con
vocation of the general grand Royal
Arch chapter.
Among the high degree Masons who
are officers of one or the other of the
bodies, nnd the majority of whom are
attending the gathering, are: licet.>r
G. Brown, of Topeka: Charles N. Illx,
of Hot Spring*: William C. Swain, of
Milwaukee: Christopher G. l'ox, of
Buffalo; Bernard a. Witt, of Hender
son, Ky.; Fred W. Craig, of Des Moines;
William F. Kuhn, of Kansas City, nnd
Andrew P. Bwanstrom. of St. PsuL
SAVES HINDOO WOMAN
FROM FUNERAL PYRE
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Jui^e is,—The Cnun.es* Ma
bel de Lesdsln, who rescued a Hind . )
maid from tha funeral pyre of her base
band In India, arrived In Chicago with
her charge yestsrdsy nnd at once went
Into retirement at th* home of her
sister, Miss Josephine Haile, refusing
to sea any ons but her Intimate friends.
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UPTON SINCLAIR’S NOVEL OF PACKINGTOWN—THE
M
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STORY THAT LAID BARR THE PACKERS’ CRIME
LJ
iitriHE JUNGLE.’’ Upton Sinclair’s novel, which first called attention to
I the methods employed by great meat packing houses In Chicago, th*
1 center of the industry, begins today In The Georgian, and will ba
run as a serial, through the courtesy of the Hearst Syndicate.
Before the firm put the book on the market It assigned unbiased In
vestigator* to verify the accusations made by Mr. Sinclair. These probe yp
made a report which corroborated in every detail the expose of the author.
They found that meat unlit for human consumption was being packed In
cans and sold throughout the country. They found that so-called food, al
most rank In-Its condition,'was being palmed oft on the public aa a nec-
Mtary of life,'when In reality It was practically a poison.
Reader* of this serial—launched as a novel, but now ranking a* a
document Inseparable from the light for better conditions In the country-
will have an opportunity to get Into Intimate acquaintance with the meth
od* employed by the greateit packing houses In the world, and will be en-,
staled to realize how monopoly can, under existing conditions, mulct the
public and make profit out of commodities which ar* not only uzoltsz az a
diet, but are positively Injurious.
The story Is dedicated to the workingmen of America.
THE JUNGLE UPTON
By
SINCLAIR.
CHAPTER I.
(Copyright, 1448, by Doubleday, Pag# * Co. All right* reserved.)
It was 4 o'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began
to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exu
berance of Marija Bercsynskaa. The occasion rested heavily upon MarIJa'a
broad shoulders—It was her task to see that all things went In due form,
sad after the best home traditions; snd, flying wildly hither and thither,
bowling every one out of the way, and scolding and exhorting all day with
her tremendous voice, MarIJs was too eager to see that others conformed
to the proprieties to consider them herself. She had left the church last
01 all, and, desiring to arriv* first at the hall, had Isaued orders to the
coachman to drive faster. When that personage had developed a will of hi*
own In the matter, Marija had flung up the window of the carriage, and,
caning out, proceeded to tell him her opinion of him, first In Lithuanian,
Which h* did not understand, and then In Polish, which he did. Having tha
advantage of her In altitude, the driver had stood his ground snd even ven
tured to attempt to speak; and the result had been a furious altercation,
which, continuing all the way down Ashland avenue, had added a new
swarm of urchins to the cortege at each side street for half a mile.
This waa unfortunate, for already there waa a throng before the door.
The music had started up, and half a block away you could hear the dull
■broom, broom” of a .’cello, with the squeaking of two fiddles which vied
With each other In intricate and altltudlnous gymnastics.. Seeing the
throng, Marija abandoned precipitately the debate concerning the ancestors
of her coachman, and, springing from the moving carriage, plunged In and
proceeded to clear a way to the hall. Once within, ah* turned and began
to push the other way, roaring, meantime, "Elk! Elk! Usdaryk-durla!" In
tones which made the orchestral uproar sound like fairy music.
’ Z. Gralczunas. Paslllnksmlnlnnams darza*. Vynaz. Bznapsax. Wlnez
and Liquors. Union Headquarter*”—that was the way the signs ran. The
reader, who perhaps has never held much converse In the language of
far-ofr Lithuania, will be glad of the explanation that the place was the
rear-rooq! of a saloon In that part of Chicago known aa “back of the yards.”
This Information Is definite and suited to the matter of fact; but how piti
fully Inadequate It would have aeemed to one who understood that It was
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also the supreme hour of eratacy In the life of one of God’a gentlest crea-
tures, the scene of the wedding-feast and the Joy-transflguratlon of little Ona
Lukoasalte!
She stood In th* doorway, shtpherded by Cousin Marija, brsathlssa
from- pushing through the crowd, and in her happiness painful to look upon.
There was a light of wonder In her eyes and her fids trembled, and her
otherwise wan little face was fiushsd. She wore a muslin dress, conspicu
ously white, and a stiff llttl* veil coming to her shoulders. There were llv*
pink paper roses twisted In the veil, and eleven bright green rose leave*.
There were new white cotton gloves upon her hands, and as she stood
staring about her she twisted them together feverishly. It was .almost too
much for her—you could see the pain of too great emotion In her face,
and all the tremor of htr form. She waa so young—not quits sixteen—
‘and small for her age, a mere child; and she had just been married—and
married to Jurgls*, of all men, to Jurats Ruifkus, he with th# white (lower In
the buttonhole of his new black suit, he wltb the mighty shoulders and th*
giant hands.
•Pronounced Yoorghl*.
Ona was blue-eysd and fair, whlls
Jurats had gnat black eyss with beet
ling brows, and thick black hair that
curled In waves about hi* ears—In
short, they were one of thoae Incon
gruous and Impossible married couples
with which Mother Nature so often
wills to confound all prophet*, before
and after. Jurats could take up a two-
hundred-and-flfty-pound quarter of
beef and carry It Into a car without a
stagger, or even a thought: and now
he stood In a far corner, frightened as a
hunted animal, and obltgad to moisten
his lips with hla tongue, each time be
fore he could answer ths congratula
tions of his friends.
Gradually there was effected a sep
aration between the spectators and th*
guests—a separation at least sufficient
ly complete for working puspoaea.
There was no time during the festivi
ties which ensued when there were not
groups of onlookers In the doorways
and the corners; and If any one of
these'onlookers came aufllclently dose,
looked sufficiently hungry, a chair
i offered him, and h* waa Invited
was i
Combs of Exquisite Beauty
Some in the plain sheen of the tortoise-shell, others
^Wlfnlly adorned with delicate tracery of gold, nnd
ritlll others showing pearls or jewelled settings. We
have the freshest fashion-fancies in these and all the
other little belqngings that women want.
Maier & Berkele.
the feast. It was on* of the laws of
the veeellja that no one goes hungry;
and. while a rule mad* In th* foraats
of Lithuania la hard to apply In tb*
stock-yards district of Chicago, with Ita
quarter of a million Inhabitants, still
they did their best, and th* children
who ran In from the street, and even
the dogs, went out again happier. A
charming Inforthallty was one of th*
characteristics of this celebration. Th*
men wore their hats, or. If they wished,
they took them off, snd their coats with
them: they at# when and where they
pleased, and moved a* often as they
pleated. There ware to be spsechea
and singing, but no on* had to llaten
who did not car* to; If he wished,
meantime, to speak or sing himself, he
waa perfectly free. The resulting med
ley of sound distracted no one, save
ered against one aide of hla forehead. In
the oppaslle corner are two. tables, fill-
Ing a third of th* room and laden with
dishes and cold viands, which a taw
of the hungrier guests ar* already
munching. At th* bend, where sits ths
brids, U> a snow-white cake, with an
Eiffel tower of constructed decoration,
with sugar roses snd two angel* upon
It, and a generous sprinkling of pink
and green and yellow esndlea. Beyond
opens a door Into the kitchen, whera
there Is s glimpse to be hsd of a range
with much steam ascending from It,
and many women, old and young, rush
ing hither snd thither. In the romer to
th* left sre the three musicians, upon
a little platform, tolling heroically to
make some Impression upon the hub
bub; also the babies, similarly occu
pied, and an open window whence the
populace Imbibe* the sight* snd sounds
and odors.
Suddenly some of th* steam begins
to advance, end, peering through It,
you discern Aunt Elisabeth, Ona'*
stepmother—Teta Elzblets, aa they call
her—bearing aloft a great platter of
stewed duck. Behind her la Kotrina,
making her way cautloualy, staggering
beneath a similar burden; ar * ’
.. and half a
minute later there appear* old Grand
mother Majauetklen*. with a big yel-
low bowl of smoking potato**; nearly
** big as herself. Ho, bit by bit, th*
feast take* form—t hert Is a bam and
a dish of .sauerkraut, boiled rice, maca
roni, bologna sausages, great idles of
possibly slone ths babies, of which
there w«
were present a number equal to
the total possessed by all th* guests
Invited. There waa no other place for
the babies to bar and so part of th*
preparations for th* evening consisted
of a collection of cribs end carriage*
In one corner. In thee* th* babies
slept, three or four together, or wak
ened together, as the case might be.
Those who were still older, and could
reach the tables, marchsd about
munching contentedly at meat bones
and bologna sausage*.
The room le about thirty feet square,
with whitewashed walls, bare save for
a calendar, a picture of a race hone,
and a family tree In a glided frame.
To th* right there la a door from th*
saloon, with a few loafers In the door
way, and In the corner beyond It a
bar. with a presiding genius clod In
■oiled white, with waxed black mus
taches and a carefully died curl plast-
ng pitchers of beer. There I* also,
not six feet from your back, tb* bar,
where you may order all you please
and do not have to pay for It. "Elkaz!
Oralrzlan!” screams Marija Bercsyn-
■kaa, and fall* to Work hsraslf—for
there I* more upon the stove Inside
that will be spoiled If It be not oaten.
So, with laughter and shouts and
endless badinage and merriment, the
guests take thslr place*. The young
men, who for th* most part have been
huddled near the door, summon their
resolution snd advance; and th*
shrinking Jurgfa Is poked and scolded
to describe them? All this time they
have been there, playing In a mad
frensy—all of this scene muet be read,
or said, or sung to music. It I* the
music which makes It what It Is; It
Is ths music which changes the place
from th* rear room of a saloon In
back of th* yard* to a fairy palace, a
wonderland, a little corner of the high
mansions of the sky.
The little person who lead* this trio
I* an Inspired man. Ills fiddle Is out
of tune, and there 1* no rosin on hi*
bow, but still he Is an Inspired man—
the hands of the muses have been laid
upon him. He plays like one pos
sessed by a demon, by a whole horde
of demons. Tou can feel them In, the
air around about him, capering frenet
ically; with their Invisible feet they
set the pace, and the hair of the lead
er of the orchestra rises on end, and
hla eyeballs start from their sockets, as
he tolls to keep up with them.
Tamoszlus Kusxlslka Is his name,
and he haa taught himself to play the
violin by practicing all night, after
working all day on th* “killing beds."
He Is In his shirt sleeves, with a vest
figured with faded gold horseshoe*
and a pink-striped shirt suggestive
of peppermint candy. A pair of mili
tary trousers, light blue with a yellow
■tripe, serve to give that suggestion
of authority proper to the leader of s
bend. He I* only about 5 feet high,
but, even so, these trousers are about
8 Inches short of th* ground. You
wonder where he can have gotten
them-»or rather you would wonder, If
the excitement of being In hlz pres
ence left you time to think of such
things.
For he Is an Inspired man. Every
Inch of him Is Inspired—you might nl
moat say Inspired separately. Hi
etsmpe with hi* feet, hex tosses his
head, he sways and awlngs to and fro;
he has a wlsened-up little fare, Irre
sistibly comical; and, when he exe
cutes a turn nr a flourish, hla brows
knit and his lip* work snd hlz eyelids
wink—the very ends of his necktie
bristle out. And every now and then
he turns upon his companions, nod
ding, signaling, beckoning frantically
—with every Inch of him appealing.
In behalf of the muses and
there Tamoszlus mounts upsn a stool
Now he Is In his glory, dominating
the scene. Some of the people ere
curing, some sre laughing and talk
ing, but you will make a great mistake
If you think there Is on* of them who
dose not hear him. Ills note* are never
true snd his fiddle busses on the low
ones and squeaks and scratches on th*
high; but those things they heed no
more than they heed the dirt and note*
and squalor about them—It Is out of
thla material that they have to build
thslr lives, with It that they have to
utter their souls. And this Is their ut
ternnee; merry snd boisterous, o
mournful and walling, or pasalonat*
Imploring,
their ball.
For they are hardly worthy of
Tamoszlus, the other two members of
the orchestra. The second violin Is a
Slavok, a tall, gaunt man with black-
rimmsd spectacles and the mute and
K tlent look of an overdriven mule;
responds to the whip but feebly,
and then always falls back Into his
old rut. The third man la very fat,
with a round, rad, sentimental nose,
and he plays with his eyss turned up
to the sky end a look of Infinite yearn
ing. He le playing a bass part upon
Ms 'cello, and so the excitement Is
nothing to him; no matter what hap
pens In th* treble. It Is his task to saw
out one long-drawn and lugubrious
note after another, from 4 o'clock In
the afternoon until nearly th* same
and rebellious, this music ' Is their
music, music of horn*. It stretch** out
Its nrms to them, they have only to
give themselves up. Chicago and It*
saloon* and It* slums fsd* away—there
are green meadows and sunlit rivers,
mutiny forests and snowclad hills.
They behold horns landscape* snd
childhood scenes returning; old loves
and friendships begin to awaken, old
Joys snd grief* to laugh and wasp.
Some fall back and close their eyes,
some best upon the tsbl*. Now and
then one leaps up with ■ cry and calla
for thla song or that; and than tha
fire leaps brighter In Tsmosslus's eyes,
and he (lings up his flddl* and shouts
to hi* companions; and sway they go
In msd career. The company takes up
th* choruses, and men and woman cry
nut like all possessed; sum* leap to
their fret end stamp upon the floor,
lifting their glasses and pledging each
other. Before long It occur* to eotps
one to demand an old wedding song,
which celebrate* the beauty of th*
bride nnd th* joy* of lov*. In the ex
rltement of this masterpiece Tamoszlus
Kusslslka begin* to edg* In between
broad Slavic face, with prominent red
cheeks. When she open* her mnniii
It Is tragical, but you cannot help
thinking of a hone. She wean a blue
flannel shirtwaist, which le now rolled
up at the elsavet, disclosing her brawny
arms; she bas a carving fork In her
hand, with which she pounds on ihe
table to mark ths tlm*. As she roars
her song, In a vplce of which It Is
enough to say that It leaves no portion
of th* room vacant, the three musli inns
follow her laboriously and let- pv
note, but averaging one note behind;
thus they toll through stanza after
stansa of a love-sick swaln’a lamenta
tion;
Hudler’ kvletkell, tu brnnglnosls;
Budlev’ Ir lalme, man blednatn,
Matau—paskyre tslp Aukazczlauels
Jog vargt ant evteto relk vlenam!
head, where slta th* brids. There Is
not a foot of spaca between the chairs
of th* guests, and Tamoszlus Is so
short that he pokes them with his bow
whenever he reaches over for tha low
notes; hut still he presses In, snd In
sists relentlessly that his companion*
must follow. During their progress,
nedless to say, th* sound* of the 'cello
are pretty well extinguished; but at
last th* three are et th* head, snd
Tamoszlus takas hi* station at th*
right hand of th* bride and begin* to
poqr out hit soul In melting strains.
Little Ona Is too excited to eat. One*
In ■ whlls she lasts* a little something,
when Cousin Marija pinches hsr elbow
and reminds her; but, for th* most part
she sit* gazing with tha zame fearful
eyes of wonder. Tata Elsbleta Is all
In a flutter. Ilk* a humming bird; her
sisters, too, -k**p running up behind
her, whispering, breathlea*. Rut Ona
seem* scarcely to hear them—the music
keep* celling, end th* far-off look
When the song Is over It Is time for
the speech, and old Dede Antana* rises
to his feet. Granuiather Anthony, Jur
ats' father, Is not more thsn sixty yrurs
of age, but you would think that he
eighty. Ha haa been only six
months In America, and the change hss
not done him good. In his manhood
he worked In a cotton mill, but then a
coughing fell upon him, nnd he had to
leave; out In the country the trouble
disappeared, but he has been working
In th* pickle room at Durham’s, and
Ih* breathing of the mid, damp nlr all
day has brought It back. Now, as he
rises, he Is seised with n coughing fit.
end holds himself by his chair and
turn* away hi* wan and battered fare
until It pass**. <
Generally It Is the custom for Ihe
speech at a vssellja to be taken out of
one of th* book* nnd learned by heart;
but In hla youthful days Dedn Antanns
used to be a scholar and rrallv make
up all-ths lov* letters of bis friends.
Now, It Is understood that he bns ram-
posed an original speech nl congratu
lation and benediction, nnd this is one
of the erentn of the day. Even the
boy* who are romping about the room
draw near and listen, and some of the
women'sob and wipe their aprons In
thetr eyen. It Is very solemn, for An
tana* Rudkus ha* become possessed
of the Idea that he haa not much longer
to stay with his children.
His spsech leaves them all so tenr-
ful that one of th* guests. Jokuhux
Szedvtlas, who keeps n delicatessen
store on Halsted street, and is fat and
hearty. Is moved to rise and any that
things may not be at bad as that, an.|
then to go on and make a little spec |>
ot, his own. In which he showers con
gratulations and prophecies of hap
ness upon the bride and groom, p
reeding to |>artlrulara which
pi
comes beck, aad she sits with her j delight th* young men, hut which .
by the old folks until he consents to! hour next morning, tor bit third of ths
seat himself at the right hand of tha' total Income of 81 per hour.
bride. The bridesmaids, whose In
sign la of office are paper wreaths,
come next, and after them the net
of the guests, old snd young, tjoys and
girl*. The spirit or the occasion
takes hold of th* stately bartender,
who condescends to a plate of stewed
duck; even th* fat policeman—whose
duty It will be, later In tb* evening,
to break up the fights—draw* up a
chair to tha foot of the table. And th*
children shout end the babies yell, end
every one laughs and slnga and chat
ters—while above all the deafening
clamor Cousin Marija shouts orders to
tha musicians.
The musicians—how shall on* begin
Before th* feast haa been 5 min
utes under way Tamoszlus Kuszlrlks
has risen in Ms excitement; a minute
or two more and you zee that he la be
. nostrils are dilated end .hla breath
come* fast—hla demons are driving
him. He nods and shake* his head at
hi* companions, Jerking at them, with
hla violins, until at last the long form ot
th* second violinist also rises up. In
the end'all three of them begin ad
vancing, sup by step, upon tb* ban
queters. Valentina vycsle, (he 'cellist,
bumping along with his Instrument bo-
tween notes. Finally, all three ere
gathered at the foot of th* tables; and
hands pressed together over her heart. | Ona to blush more furiously than c
Then the tears ‘
. tears begin to come Into h*r ! Jokuba* possesses what his wife coin-
eyes; and as she Is ashamed to wipe(placentiy describes as “poetb/ka val-
them away, and ashamed to let them I dlntuve"—* poetical Imagination,
run down her cheeks, she turns and : Now, a good many of th* gu>hove
shakes her head a little, snd then ■ finished, and, since there Is n.. pro.
flushes red when she sees that Jurgls stance of ceremony, Ih* banquet begins
I* watching her. When In the end to break up. Some of th* men k-.iii->-
Tamoszlus Kfiszlelka has reached her about the bar; some wander ab-ut.
side, and Is wavltjg bis magic wand (laughing and singing.- here and then
above her. On*'* cheeks ar* scarlet, will be a little group, chanting meril-
and she looks as If she would have to ly, end In subllmq Indifference to the
get up and run away. others and to th* oreh-Mru n> well.
In this crisis, .however, eh* le saved , Everybody 1* more or It— r.-tics- -
by Marija Bercsynskaa, whom the one would guess that somethin); is -n
muses suddenly visit. Marija le fond their mind* And so It proves. Tim
of a song, a song of lovers' parting; 'last lardy diners
■he wishes to hear It, and. as the must- ' time to finish belure
dans do not know it, she has risen, the debris are shored
snd I* proceeding to teach them. Ms- snd the chairs in.I th-
rlja Is short, but powerful In build, f of the way, uni there.
She works In a canning factory, snd , th* evening begin*,
all day long she handles cans of beef (To be continued In t.>
that weigh fourteen pounds. She has * gtan.)
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