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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-4-12, Page 3ARTIST ROSA H41A ER. Visit b the 1 's Greatest Animal Painter, THE ECCENTRICITY OF GENIUS :lera:sses 1.n ]ulnae .Blouse area hale Attnre— Sher Ideal elf 'true 9•nuusa2merut—Pbate- g'ralsaa Aids tau Securing 1VnurYSvo Atta lin les—aa esI at the Monte and Atelier —Mem lE®ulrrers Eugenie Sublimed lie XICkivas ei, llo».yr—Ai1 the 6Wor]d for a. iU'ar'ss, Basch.—.The ammo of Rosa Ben- amy tai not less honored, nor hor worlas fess appreciated a America than in Seanuce, and Europe generally. Life is -<laaborious lead short, and the hours of ,liberty were. Rosa Bonheur has had a good spell of life, but for her it has lbsan labor -sous, and her hours of liberty, ;have been few and far between. Raw, women have worked so hard as ;+ilio, and few have gained such well ;pissed renown. For many years past Mesa izas ,not ..quitted her country reed - elegies at By, near the town of Morat, an the department of Seine and Marne:, ln this little village, skirted by, forest AO wood, the artist voluntarily exiles erse.1 from .the busy world, eonsecrat- all her time and zealously now as 'rise the days of her youth to her paint - 'ling. Her dwelling, constructed of stone ;,axid brit*, is elegant without being eahowy. Oa ,passing through the iron ;gate the visitor is welcomed by, two• 1aialendid dogs, whose intelligent eyes Indicate, nevorthless, that an unknown tintruder by eight would meet with a er,ery, different reception. Ascending .the staircase, with its oak- laal :teamsters, a clear, merry voice was beard in cordial greeting and a email nand e,ccustomed to chefs d' oeuvres extended ; whilst smiling amiably, Ithe great artist, as is her wont, imme- ,adie{tely, by the simplicity of her man - Aare, set her visitors at ease. In the black velvet costume which she wore she seamed to remind one of Caret, he M o was always so grand and yet so 7�epdo. DRESSES LIKE .A MAN.. (011e blue blouse and male attire which Mesa Bonheur usually wears was the eobleet of her ambition from the time„ *hien, sus .a girl, she frequented the Paris e1aughter-houses in order to make ;studies of sheep and oxen from nature. tilbe butcher -men, who would have been Astonished at the .presence of a woman, ,saluted with familiarity the youth with »port flair, who came " to take the por- graita' of the decapitated sheeps' heads. (This working costume suits Rosa ad- amirably well, whose handsome face, with ecialptured wrinkles, resembles a fine Sciatic statue, which is at once pensive, glen -este and solid, although turned 70 -pita is :still alert lively and real - ea your;, Bordeaux blood flows au her veins and Parisian wit lgmilns .on her lips. The eye is superb, aerii]i:amtly black, and lights up the deli - gate ;physiognomy, with its increasing ',3nimation BIM LICITY OF TRUE ART. au white hair brushed back lightly *rem the perfectly modelled forehead meatus • to have been raised by a passing breeze. Her appearance would have re- sealed the effect of the wind passing over atm leads of Michael Angelo's prophets, of the hind and gentle face had been less ala ersaing in its simplicity. " Rosa Bon - hear " (cs the reverse of affectation, or ptudee' l effect. She showed her atelier ;%vitt( as much self -obliteration as though be paintings there were not hers. By Armsful oho brought her studios, which were not even mounted on frames, and Bele abets d' oeuvre were presented with harming 'familiarity ; all her beautiful love of solitude falling before the guests whom she is good enough to en- tertain, and to do the honors of her museum." "THAT'S THOW, I AMUSE MYSELF." This atelier is a sort of private Louvre, where a (whole record is massed to- gether ; marvellous studies, a complete And admirable menagerie, in which one pees bow the artist has struggled with ;the nature she has mastered, a large upfleetion of animals, arranged according to the different classes to which they ;belong, steep, heavy and powerfully built nxeie, rams with their twisted horns, 'home with their fine limbs, thoughtful ?ayes and palpitating nostrils, fawns, blade -with their white under parts, foxes stretching out their necks and piercing :the canvas with their light-colored eyes, Ibisons with their hard foreheads, doge, And even lions, immovable and majestic ;creatures, with attention fixed upon an stxtraordinary woman, almost hieratic in Abair menacing or disdainful attitude. land as Rosa Bonhpeur heaped up fall ;these studies, these marvels of finished ;Art, more finished than some of ber paintings MO broadly and powerfully ren- idered, throwing them one after the 'other gen the ground, she exclaimed, laughingly, °;There, that's how I amuse myself.' WORKING . FROM ''MORNING TILL NIGHT. Bo it is with all great producers, they ;(atecomplish their work like the oak grows, -straight and strong, through retormy wind and pelting rain. They • easennse" themselves, and the joy of labor as apparent in their robust work. No trerrousness or cerebral torture. They tyle healthy and ponderous, guiding the cow from dawn till twilight. This is ;true enough, but when the great pro - :Saver is by nature frail, when the %mental 'end physical forces are not ' not because of in- danced it is ' mel ba �9 y , tortured, t that the brain is or '36ar'iuor ratan b , ;but for want of the requisite strength of gently to support the labor,impoeed upon' ;fit' by the too active intellects. The pie - tare of great masters shutting them - Pelves out from the world to live alone with their ideal is comforting. This is tree devotion to genius. So also Rosa 3S,on'beur understands ber art. AN ADEPT AT PHOTOGRAPHY. Rosa Ilonhenr is adored by the inhab- Oa sts of By, butvery rarely is she seen a 'the village, and still more rare aro e visits she pays to her neighbors.. "Oh, and in these two words All her life, past and' present, . is de- ercrileed. She wishes to finish the works a and �a a knows t commenced,h that , des- tiny alreasues the time to human beings, As the wind ie tempered to the sheep.' at her easel reamer; Pen - Milis always toy po dil in band. She does photography like - 'Wigs and in the evening, Amitrem `vriise fo r ritaetwtha two turns at reading, she ' eat= epraiments on enlarging, by which means. sae obtains the secret of certain furtive Attitudes, which are almost impossible to •catch in animate, whose movements ore generally brusque. Skin STUDY A PERFECT MUSEUM. The whole atelier which le also vast, is filed with works as fresh and Vigorous *0 any of the earliestt produced ay this, Imatiting wend. Hera` and; there„ one 10.0 a few bronees -slid ibooke. Amongst #be latter " 1'A,barie n Godolphin," by Eugene Sue, where .Rosa 'Iloahenr as studying at the ,present moment, aim derarlptlon of a •combat betweeie two . race horses, which, (she wishes to produce in ,all its 'elegant ferocity. There is also a little Scotch terrier in the study, with which the artist occasionally amueos her- self, by way of relaxation. And several manikins are there .too, • looking at teverything with their fixed eyes and clothed in costumes, b of many colors. These eery° a double purpose. ;Rosa Bonheur, having several ateliers, all of which aro crammed full of studios, bas necessariJY many treys, which she disuses of in the pockets of her manikins' cloth- ing. Buffalo Bill once gave her mus- tangs •for her painting the " Marche ,aux Chevaux," in return for which the artist gave the donor his portrait as Col. Cody on horseback. 1 EUGENIE A FAIR GODMOTHER. On another occasion Moequard, the French diplomast, paid a visit to Rosa. Bonheur, in orden .to inquire mystorious- la if she, ;the daughter of a very old Republican artist, would not feel ?un- comfortable or compromised by another visit, which he left her to divine without. more explanation. The same day the sound of .postiliion's whips was heard in the village of By, and the Empress her- self arrived from Fontainebleau, where she was then staying. Rosa Bonbour had only just time to change her blouse for the dress she put on when she went to Paris. On entering the atelier she found herself in presence of the Empress, who, presenting her with a jewel case, said, " Mademoiselle, I .bring you a little, jewel from the Emperor." And when Rosa Bonheur, on opening the case, per- ceived the cross of the Legion d'Honnour, the royal visitor said again, " I , am your godmother. Let me fasten the ribbon myself and give you a kiss." But in order to fasten the ribbon, a pin was wanted, and not one was to be found in the atelier. Pencils, pallets,ehels d'- oeuvre, but never a pin. At length, however, one was procured ,and the god- mother embraced the lady knight. Lady Bonheur has never forgotten this visit. Tfi1E 1L . Ia' Ota' BEI4C, UAI PH. It Ought to be Cultivated Shute it Means'so Ri Rich. The srmshine of a happy disposition, says " Youth's Companion," is not to be lost sight of in any consideration of the laws of health. A determination to make the best of everything, and to be pleasant under any circumstances, is one of the most desirable of possessions, either inherited or acquired. The joy of an unselfish character has been sung by poets and praised by phil- osophers, but its physical advantages have too seldom been dwelt upon. And yet the physician is brought into almost daily contact with " maladies of the nerves," in which he is fully .conscious that pure selfishuess on the part of the patient himself, or on the part of some member of his family, is alone respon- sible for the physical disorder. It is often easy to make a diagnosis in cases of this kind, but difficult to pre- scribe the remedy. A healthful interest in people and things would often pro- vide a model remedy, but it is not easy to procure. Even more hopeless is the case of the unselfish wearied woman, who meets the physician's remarks as -to what she ought to do for herself with, " I cannot do it, doctor," from which there is no appeal. Alas for the human charity which cannot see the need of encourage- ment for the mother, wife or sister It lies within the power of everyone to be a mental healer; the position re- quires no special training. And every such person is the physician's ally. He sees everything through the colored glasses of an unselfish and hopeful con- tentment. The person who is contented and happy digests his food with greater ease; he exercises with more buoyancy ; does better work. He may become ill and require a physician, but his chances for recovery are better because of his pre- vious good health and his present hope- fulness. The benefit derived from a " change of scene " is universally admitted. The novelty of the new surroundings excites a pleasure which drives one's thoughts from self. Here the connection between happiness and healthfulness is obvious. It is not always easy to be patient and to push cheerfully to its close an uncongenial task;. bat it is the only wholesome and, healthful method of work- ing and living. A constant giving way to anger, or to any other of the passions is distinctly detrimental to the physical health, and not infrequently hastens death. The habit of being happy is invalu- able to its possessor. If not always a passport to perfect health, it is a valu- able help toward it. THE 5IILTSN'e ear r• tEi lioNED. An Embarrassing 1'r. neus !received by General Lew Walt aree. • General Lew'Wallace, author of " Ben Hun" tells this story on himself: "When I first went as Minister to Turkey, a very funny thing happened me. One of the first and most important duties I had to fulfil was a call of state which I had to pay to the Sultan. As first im- pressions are most lasting. I took par- ticular pains to greatly impress the Sultan. Great was my astonishment, shortly after arriving at home, to re- ceive a visit from one of the great func- tionaries di the Sultan's court, bear- ing a token of his highest esteem in the shape of an elegant present. It was a beautiful young lady from his own harem. You may imagine, if you can, the predicament I was in. If I should refuse to accept the present it might ser- iously offend His Majesty, and cause ser- ious international complications. On the other hand, if I accepted the beauty, how culd I explain x lain to the Ameri- can people ? And there was Mrs. Wal- lace ! The short of it was that I sent her back, and next day I succeeded in explaining to the Sultan the position it would place mo in • before my people at home, and convinced him that it would not be wise for me to accept such a gift. He eventually replaced the present with one much more satisfactory—to Mrs. Wallace, at least.'( A'Bugs Week of Orenile. Of the many blocks of granite which have been blasted outofCragna` rhill , Dalbeatte; none have equate(( that which was brought' on to the floor of the quarryyes erda . Tho rock meas- ures 85x16x14 feet, and weighs nearly 660 tons. The shock of the explosion• m'it a distant.— ti 'town a -felt in he was Dundee (Scotland) t Eveping Telegraph. A year 1s Keller ,iccldent9. During the beet Year 246 boiler ex- plosions occurred in the United States, Causing the death of 220 persons, and initiator to 151 others. Duluth bas just gained 10,000 in pop- illation by the annoaiing of West Duluth. The addition also gives the city fifteen miles of water front., A boy in Saco, Me, recently ate two pomade of honey at a sitting. ABOUT . 1IUJQIJ8 E JTESr Saerillees Seem to be Common to All the Earth's Religions. PRACTICES OF THE ORIENTALS. 'Various Maceificial Ithes—Tile Brailgla. Practices, .-- (human Sacrifices — The Korona lines -Early Christian 1Lltes and. Ceremonies. India and Egypt aro the fatherlands of mystery and faith. Arabia gave us language in the present cycle of the de- velopment of mankind and the numer- als 1, 2, 3. According to the Koran, " every age hath its book of revelation." Religion entered the soul of man, and art. and science worn born. A noble rever- ence reared the sacred shrine, and the happy heart of humanity throbbed with hope. Philosophy and the poetic muse flourished where ancient tomb and tem- ple mutely mark the flight of time. The moderu pen cannot reveal what the Oriental of the ages gone has failed to 'record. The epochs that gave peoples and pointers to the world lie hidden in the grandeur of their obscurity. It was more convenient to erase the Sanscrit scroll than road it. Confucius wished for longer time to make himself thor oughly master of the wisdom of anti- quity. Three thousand five hundred years had boon reckoned, teeming with events before his time. THE BRAHMIN SACRIFICE. He and his disciples practised the then ancient ceremony of offering sacrifices on mountains., Brahma, accordiig to the Vedas, is considered as having sacrificed himself for creation— self -immolated to give humanity existence—" Brahma at once both sacrificer and victim." When the Brahmin altars crumbled the prayers of mortals were addressed to images in the temples and pagodas, and these Buddha attempted to overthrow. Private revelation had spread through- out the world. Moses and the prophets of the Hebrews knew no Trinity—no Father, 'Son and Holy Ghost. God was a stern, merciless personality. Jesus taught the unity of the Supreme Being. The Apostles gathered the brambles of trinity from the Brahminical theology of the east. Brahma as God the Father,Viehu as the Son, incarnate in Christua, Siva the Spirit, were taught for thousands of years throughout India and Asia. The sacrifices and sacraments of this creed were literally lapped up by the Judaic -Christian Church. For example, baptism migrated from the Ganges to the Jordan, and in time the waters of these holy rivers rose to the baptismal fonts, because the candidates could not be con- veniently presented ou the sacred shores; and then followed the water of purifica- tion, seasoned with salt and aromatics to keep it sweet. Also, public confessions were the rule in the early times of the Church, but two centuries after Christ the bishops instituted private confession. SACRIFICES IN ALL RELIGIONS. Along with many other customs of the East came the 'sacrifice. Christ ou the cross was a voluntary sacrifice for the salvation of mankind. Sacrifice holds a most important place in all religions. It originated in a state of the human mind, which, if not quite as primitive as that which gives rise to prayer, is, nevertheless, so early that it is practically inseparable from it. The rite became an imperative duty, and- !worshippers nd!worshippers vied with each other in the liberality of their offerings. It was physical or practical prayer. Society has sounded the praises of the Charity Ball, wherein the most lavish offerings of personal adornment were displayed. Was there not a sacrifice to a sentiment, the subtle promptings to which are mysterious and complex ? In the month of Ramadam the Moslem world is quickened to the most devout activity. The numerous mosques throughout all Moslem lands are -crowd- ed with worshippers during this month. Devotions and prayers are observed five times a day regularly. No degree of business pressure will cause the follower of the Prophet to neglect the forms of his faith. The idea among the ancient reformers indicated that a religion, to be effective,• must operate upon the material man as well as upon his mentality. The more ignorant the tribe or nation, the greater the necessity of appealing with force to the physical senses. Hence the effi- cacy of sacrifices and incense, pictures of images, tithes and prayers, altars and sacred robes among the unlettered wor- shippers of idols, the polytheists of Greece and Rome and the followers of the Mosaic ordinances. Primitive Christianity advanced slowly until Constantine adopted a long list of feast and fast days and times for the observance of a myriad of ceremonies, and adorned itself with the tinsel and pageantry of Diana of the Ephesians and the many material gods and god- desses of the ancients. It then took possession of the vast empire of Rome, and ruled with an iron hand for many centuries. The capacity for thought and reflec- tion in law and religion has been an evolution out of forms. The first trials in law were represented in pantomime ,of the subject of the controversy by the disputants before the judge. Hence the adaptation, among other rites, of the sacrifice. The objects of sacrifice have been various and valuable in every part of the world. Tho Kamschatkans, however, offer nothing valuable to their gods but what is valueless to themselves. The Copts kill a sheep, lamb or kid at a marriage for the use of the guests at the bridegroom's house. Palmer's Koran refers to the ancient custom o sacrifice as either ex- tinct or abolished by Mohammed. SACRIFICES OF LIFE. The most valuable sacrifice that can possibly be made is the human being, common among the savages of the South Sea IS•lands. In Mexico, the brutality of the practice was excused by the fact of the victim beingCattle an enemy. Ca le are next esteemed in value, and the largest ox in herds is. selected. The Soo Soos, of West Africa, are so careful to propitiate their deity that they never undertake any affair of im- Portince untilthey have sacrificed to him a bullock.t 0 her edible domestic animals are bold worthy of the honor of sacrifice. The American Indian sacrificed doge on the borders of difficult roads or by the side of raids. In China the animals slain aro bul- locks, heifers, sheep and pigs. Bulloeks, goats and sheep were the chief sacrificial animals of the Jews, se- lected with great caro to be without blemish. An aetnal sacrifice of something the owner valued is the general practice. We cover the Coffin of the dead with flowers ; the grave is often lined with them. Reverence and .respect go with these tributes• The eueto'm is a form• of sacrifice and will not Soon pees away. The ancient praetiee ,of sacrificing per - meatus the 'monotheistic ecripturee, era- bracing Judaism, Christianity and 1811411- '10M, but to a marked degree less in rho Moslem rite, Levitieue, or the third book of Moses of the Old Testaments abounds in sacri- cial ordinance, SACRIFICE. IN THE KORAN. These aro the references to sacrifice in the Koran : And when Moses said unto hie peo- ple, 'Verily, God commaudetb you to sacrifice a cow,' they answered, ' Dost thou make a jest of ne ?' Moses said, ` God forbid that I be one of the fool- ish.' "'They said, 'Pray for us and show us what cow it is.' Moses answered, ' He saith she is neither an old cow, nor a young heifer, but of a middle age, be- tween both ; do ye therefore that which ye are commanded.' " They said, ` Pray for us unto thy Lord, that he would show ye what color sire is of.' " Moses answered, ' He saith, she is a red cow, intensely red—her color re- joiccth the beholderd' They said, 'Pray for us unto thy Lord, that ho would further show us what cow it is, for sev- eral cows with us are like ono another, and we, if God please, will be directed,' Moses answered, ` He saith, She is a cow not broken to plough the earth or water the field, a sound one—there is no blemish in her.' They said, ` Now hast thou brought the truth.' Then they sacrificed her, yet they wanted but little of leaving it undone. " Strike the dead body With part of the sacrificed cow. So God raised the dead to life. " All sorts of cattle aro allowed unto you to eat, except those forbidden. " Whoso maketh valuable offerings unto God, verily they proceed from the piety of men's hearts. Ye receive vari- ous advantages from the cattle designed for sacrifices, until a determined time for slaying them ; then the place of sac- rificing t' em is at the ancient house. Lute the professors of every religion have we appointed certain rites, that they may commemorate the name. of God on slaying them. SYMBOLISM OF SACRIFICIIS. "The camels slain for sacrifice have we appointed for you as symbols of your obedience unto God. Ye also receive other advantages from them. Wherefore commemorate the name of God over them when ye slay them, standing on their feet disposed in right order, and when they are fallen down dead eat of them and give to eat thereof both unto him who is content with what is given hint without asking and unto him who asketh. " Thus have we given you dominion over them• that ye might return us thanks. Their flesh is not accepted of God, neither their blood, but your piety is accepted of him."—The Pilgrimage, chapter 22. " Ye are forbidden to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that ou which the name of any besides God hath been invocated, and that which hath been strangled or trill- ed by a blow or by a fall or bythe horns of another beast, and that which hath been eaten by a wild beast, except what ye shall kill yourselves, and that which hath been sacrificed unto idols. But whosoever shall ,be driven by necessity through hunger to eat of what we have forbidden, not designing tocsin, surely God will be indulgent and merciful to him."—The Table, chapter 5. PRIVILEGES OF TFii, FAITHFUL. "It is lawful for you to fish in the sea and to eat that which ye shall catch, as provision for you and for those who travel, but it is unlawful for you to hunt by land while yo are performing the rights of pilgrimage. " Our messengers also came formerly with Abraham with good tidings. They said, 'Peace be upon thee,' and he an- swered, ' And on you be peace 1' And he tarried not, but brought a roasted calf. And when he saw that their hands did not touch the meat he misliked them, and entertained fear of them. " And God hath given you some cattle fit for bearing burdens, and some fit for slaughter only. Eat of what God bath given you for food. " Unto the Jews did He forbid every beast having an undivided hoof, and of bullocks and sheep He forbade them the fat of both, except that which should be on their backs, or their inwards, or which should be intermixed with the bone.'—Cattle, chapter , 6. To illustrate the mysterious power of custom long established, though not commanded by the Koran, circumsion, a Judaic adaptation, is observed through- out the Moslem world. This rite is a creation of the East, and prevailed from time immemorial. THE MOSLEM SACRIFICE. The Moslem sacrifice is a devout offer- ing to God and a commendable act of charity at the same time. Tho flesh is freely distributed to " him who is eon - tent with what is given him without asking, and unto him who asketh." It is a covenant of Islam to worship no God but Him, to 'follow His law as revealed by Moses, Jesus and Mohammed, to avoid as abominations of eaten wine in any form, idols, games of chance and divinations ; to eat no flesh of swine, nor blood, nor thinge strangled, nor food of- fered to idols, nor the flesh of any ani- mal killed without invoking God's for- giveness." (Bismillah Allah Akbar.).Thus every animal killed for food is in a sense a sacrifice enjoining compassion during the act and consequent forgiveness for it. During a pilgrimage sacrifices are made according to the will of the pilgrim, one or many, according to his means. No money can be borrowed for any expense attending this observance. Sheep, cattle, camels, perfect and without blemish, are brought from a distance or purchased in the city and killed on the sand. Throughout the Sultan's dominions the faithful observe the obligation of sacri- fice a ndP erform a solemn fast for three days, called Eedoo'l-Qoorban, that is to say, the festival of the sacrifice. This begins June 10th. The people dross up, attend prayer in the mosque, visit each other and make presents to servants. Sacrifices are usual when a boy is three years old and his head is shaved for the first time. A sheep, goat or kid is killed and the meat cooked and eaten or given to the poor. This was a custom of the ancient Arabs before Mohammed's time, and was tolerated by him to conciliate thehPagan Aruba. Tho victim is called in Arabic ageegah (akeekah,) that is, the menus of redeeming (the son). The tombs o numerous £ saints s aro n roue a n d their memories are venerated at any time by . Vows of the sacrifice of gratitude are made on•theso occasions for certain fulfilmonts. An animal selected for ur this p P oso is marked and turned out to graze until taken. At the funeral of a rich person the fleshof an animal killed is given to all r who honor the occasion With their pres- ence, This custom is called in Arabia el-kaffarah (the expiation) tor it 18 in, tended to expiate, or ask that the short- coihings of the dead be forgotten. The name of Allah is commemorated devoutedly at every sacrifice (Bisinal- lah Allah Akbar). Tho flesh of the slain animal is taken by whomsoever, and if there le more than enough the remainder is removed to the desert nktd: buried: .A11 ordure of blood is remevod by the rani. tars oorps and disposed of in the. same manner. A snail tax ie levied on eaeh pilgrim for this purpose. OFFERINGS AT MECCA. Pilgrims from the whole Moslem world assemble at Mecca, geuorally in the month of Duihagee (June), the month of the pilgrimage, In the space of one quarter of an hour, in the valley of Wadyneuna, thousands of sheep and goats are slaughtered. The throat IS cut with the animal facing the Kaaba. Tho extraordinary virtue ascribed to bread and wine, typical of the sacrifice, or the Lord's Supper, is prevalent in this Nand, and the feet of eating and drinking them in faith is held to exercise a mystic efficacy over the life of the communicant. " Christianity," says Amberly, " offers only an apparent exception to the rule of the universal predominance of this idea. We do not find among Christians the periodical and stated offerings, either of animals or the products of the soil, but the idea is carried to its ex- treme limits in that religion." Had it not been for the absolute necessity of propitiating the Mosaic God there would have been no reason for the mention of the Perfect Man, Christ. The theory was inexorable --without this sacrifice God could not forgive the offences of man- kind. Prayer and sacrifice are seen to bo the most primitive and most general methods by which man approaches those objects or ideals his nature prompts him to worship. JOAN A. LANT. Wla•1l Tarn CO LL 1 11 a,dnna'. now Their Voices and t.eatures Ara Amen deaf at Welles+eu . A Boston Post welter, in an article de- scriptive of a Visit to Wellesley Col- lege, thus tells of the elocution class eon - ducted by Miss Currier : The mission of Miss Currier is to amend the voice and gestures of the Wellesley young woman and to help toward the self -poise and possession that makes up the manner of the ideal gentlewoman. Elocution,in this sense,is now on the regu- lar curriculum of the sophomore year, and one of the most popular with the students. Last year the class produced a play, and this year they will produce Tennyson's " Princess " in esthetic cos- tume before a select audience' in the 'chapel. Tho class was "just assembling. "It was a great surprise to me when I first came into the class. I never knew elo- cutioncould be taught this way—it is very original," my pretty guide had told me, and when Miss Currier said : "Now girls, we will have the exercise 'in reson- ance, and then the liberating," I began to think so, too. The girls sat in expectant rows. " Sit up straight, drop your jaws and speak from your diaphragm 1" was the order. " Now I shall begin to call on you for remarks—just a sentence, ' What a beau- tiful day 1' or ` The stn is shining bright- ly,' or 'What lovely weather for March !' or 'I'm going to Boston to -day,' Speak up promptly, and speak from your diaphragm." Miss Currier set the example by sitting up straight, relaxing her jaw and speak- ing with resonance and amiability. The girls followed suit, but she shook her head. " Miss D--, you must sit straighter— to make • an open tube from your diaph- ragm to your lips. That is the only way Mwo can get resonance." "No, Miss F—, you use the muscles of your jaw—that is not the way to let the full, deep tone out. All the class now will exercise in'jaty dropping." Some of the girls giggled, others look- ed uncomfortable, but the majority had no self-consciousness. They were solemn- ly intent on cultivating a resonant voice. Eighteen jaws dropped at Miss Cur•- rier's word. Eighteen bodies sat erect. Eighteen voices " spoke from the dia- phragm," contraltos, mezzos and so- pranos•, and they repeated Miss Carrier's sprightly question with interested inflec- tion : " Aro you going to Auburndale ?" This was repeated for five minutes. " Now we will have liberating." Eighteen pairs of hands were flapped to and fro vieorouiy. These 18 pairs of arms were shaken by sections. Then 18 young amazons balanced themselves, each on one foot, and kicked the air with energy. This concluded a highly inter- esting exercise. 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Sold en ',th ne, 0 senI33q lumL CABTE3 l!E>?iC11iZ CO,, Marg ?at hail Phil Small Dani a1I Pricy: THEY HAD THE SCARS, Physicians Cause a Sensation in a School, VACCINATION EXHIBITIONS. Had a dynamite bomb been exploded in the Brooklyn Public School, No. 35, yesterday, says the New York Daily American, it could not have created more of a panic than did the appear- ance of Dr, Fitzgerald, who announced that he had come with instructions from the Health Department to see that all pupils in the school, male and female, were properly vaccinated. Certificates from family physicians didn't go. Dr. Fitzgerald would have occular demonstration that the blushing young misses and frolicsome lads hal been vaccinated, and that the scar was clear and well-defined. The sensation among the girls was caused by the knowledge that, to avoid an unseemly scar on their beautiful arms, some had it placed elsewhere, so that it would never be seen by any one but herself and the grayhaired family physician. Public School 85 is situated at the corner of Putnam and Throop avenues, in that part of the Twenty-third Ward known as " The Brown -Stone Section." Many of the female scholars are blushing misses of 14 to 1S summers. Their in- dignation knew no bounds when it be- came noised about that they would have to show their vaccination scam wherever it might be, to Dr. Fitzgerald. Some declared that they would leave the school rather than submit to suck an indignity. Others waved a certifi- cate and declared that to be sufficient to keep off the entire Board of Health. But neither indignation .nor certifi- cate had the least effect on the heartless Dr. Fitzgerald. The doctor is a nice looking young man, of perhaps 25, with a pretty lit- tle blonde moustache. He doesn't bear any more resemblance to the ideal fatherly old family physician, whom no young girl fears, than a schoolboy does to a bank President. When Dr. Fitzgerald announced to Principal Ives his determination to ex- amine every pupil in the school, the lat- ter mildly protested and thought those having certificates from family physi- cians ought to be exempt. But this was met with a positive refusal from the doctor. Principal Ives then telephoned to Dr. Robert A. Black, general -in -chief of the quill army, and learned that Dr. Fitzger- ald was sent to the school with specific orders such as he had stated. That set- tled it and the work of examination was commenced with the boys' classes. Arms were bared and where no tell-tale scar was visible, the boy was promptly vac- cinated. Many of them enjoyed the operation as much as they would a trip to the circus. It was only occasionally that a boy rolled down his stocking and exposed the calf of his leg to show his scar. The boys finished; Dr. Fitzgerald turn- ed bis attention to the girls' classes. The little tots cried while undergoing examination or the pricking of the doc- tor's little needle. But in the older girls' classes the conditions were differ- ent. In each class there were from ten to fifteen young misses who had sought to preserve the beauty of their arms by being vaccinated elsewhere. All such had heard of the Health Board's edict and had armed themselves with certifi- cates, and couldn't quite understand why that was not enough. But it wasn't, and a small room used U Principal YIves was selectedy the he doctor as an examination room, and into this each girl was taken by her teacher. If the scar of recent examination was not to be found on the arm, then the young Iady had to roll down' her stock- ing and show the young doctor just where it was. Some who had not been vaecinated within the prescribed five -years' limit permitted Dr. Fitzgerald to scratch one of their shapely limbs with the quill rather than have their pretty arms marred by an ugly scar. In only one instance rCC had a vaccination m been ads above the region fou of the knee, g One blushing miss of perhaps 18 had a well-defined scar, bat it was high up 0n herUt ' hip. rt gHer father was sent for, produced the doctor's certificate and ex- plained the Circumstances. But Dr. Fitzgerald's orders were to see all the scars in School 85, and he did. In nearly class there were from five t0 ten girls absent. Their names were taken and doctors from the Health al h Board will visit their. homes. When Dr. Fitzgerald gete through; with the pupils in the school the teachers Will be compelled to submit to similar examinatlonp. As malty of then have been vaeeinated elsewhere than on the arm the chances are that there will, be more feminine weeping and gtiasbleg of teeth.