HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-7-28, Page 3LAUGli AND LEARN.
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I am the boss mosquito ;
Sometimes I'm called
Skeeter for short.'"
I am all right,
And hungry enough for six.
ani out for blood.
If you think I am satisfied
To subsist on
Lean dudes and summer resorts,
Or on the sunburned fishermen
With alcoholic breaths,
You are "wayoff.
I shall lini
ger n the moonlight;
And haunt the dim piazza
At midnight's solemn hour
And dine sumptuously on the
Girl graduate and the tempting debutante,
• I shall sample the blushing cheeks
On next year's Juno brides
And lull them with the melody
- Of my kazoo.
T am a skeeter that has got
; Sand,
I wear spikes in my
Shoes and my kit of tools
Is mostly gitnlets
I can ceasing the girl in the
Lower flat.
Get onto my
Curves.
The hammock girl is in full swing.
Mr. Carnegie'm charity doesn't seem to be-
gin at Homestead.
It is a pretty small wended of which there
isn't enough to go round.
It is a very rare girl who smiles so
pleasantly on an old man as on a young
one.
Verily, my son, wrath is nursed on the
• bottle ; kind Mother Nature has no food
-for it.
A liberal spirit broadens a man. You can
. always detect a liberal spirit in a man's
breath.
It is surprising how many parents there
• are who,try to scold sweetness into their
children.
Indiana has more Germans than any other
: State. They constitute 55 per cent. of the
population.
No self-respecting Saratoga trunk goes
travelling now -a -days without a leather belt
around its waist.
Woxnen are braver than men. It is not
the man who first tackles the ice cream to
see if it is poison.
According to the returns of the Census
there are nearly 2,000,000 more men than
women in the United States.
" Who steals my purse steals trash,"
, quoted Mrs. Tompkins. "Yes," observed
her husband, " dress goods samples."
Mrs. 149-1 like Dr. Winkeye so much.
Mrs. 148—So do I. He always advises me
to go to such nice places for one's health.
Siberia is to have the longest railway
on earth. It will extend 1 rom the Eastern
coast to Moscow, Russia; a distance of 8,000
miles.
" By reptiles we mean such creatures as
creep along the ground. Can you name one
as an example, Adolf ?" Yes ; my little
• brother,"
Giddy—Whatever temp ed Bricabrac to
marry that dreadful-loue ng old maid?
e Gaddy—Oh! just his fa 1 for collecting
- antiques, I suppose.
" What is so rare as steak well done? "
said the June poet !sadly to himself as he
contemplated the ill -cooked meat set before
him in a third-class restaurant.
Penelope—Whydo you say Charley Nixon
is like a spy -glass? Perdita—Because I can
- draw him out, see right through him, and
when I am tired of him, shut him up.
A man can sit down in a cheap restaurant
and smile sweetly at the pretty waiter girl
who brings him a miserably cooked mess
which would drive him to divorce at home.
Little Sadie—Oh, Uncle Harry, Miss
_ Brown and Mr. Swift are in the parlor, and
. she has her head on his shoulder ! Uncle
Harry—That is all right. She has a lien on
him.
Frankly—Now, I have taken a day off
- to see this game, and I want you to tell me
where to put my money." 'lankly— Cert,
, old boy; just go back and give it to your
wife.
The Queen has not yet donned the blue
ribbon. • Part of Her Majesty's golden wed-
• ding present to the King and Queen of Den-
mark consisted of a cask of Lochnagar
'whiskey, 20 years old.
- First juryman—We can't convict the
'iprinoner of bigamy. Second—Why not?
First—His having a wife made -his second
marriage null and void. Hence he has but
- one wife'and, as I understand bigamy, it is
having two.
Tenniel, the cartoonist of Punch, is 72
• years old, elastic of foot, supple of fingers,
and bright-eyed as in hie youth. He has
,but one eye since a friend's foil maimed him
in a fencing bout 50 years ago. But what
"an eye for effect" it is!
Casper Corker—Say cull ! If I was goin
to kill meself, I'd take morphine. Jonas
Deadbeat—Don't you never do it. Casper
,Corker—Why not? Jonas Deadbeat—A
-friend o' mine did it onct, an' they found
'im an' walked 'im eight hours to bring 'im
-to !
, In Brooklyn the other day a father com-
plained to a Police Justice that his landlady
had kept his baby because he had not paid
his board bill. She had cared for it quite a
time while the father was seeking work and
.appears to think she has a lienon the child's
affections.
Of the 11,000,000 women in Italy, nearly
'.2,000,000 are employed in industrial labor,
and over 3,000,000 in agriculture. They
are in the majority in the cotton, linen and
jute industries, and in the silk trade there
are 117,000 women employed, and but 17,-
700 men.
Philadelphia has a free milk tent on
Franklin Square where thirsty citizens are
irefreshed with the cool lacteal fluid, con-
tributed by Chester county farmers. Milk
has been rapidly increasing in popularity as
a beverage during the past three or four
years. No saloon, restaurant or stand for
the sale of summer drinks is now without it.
The greatest sum ever paid for telegraph
tolls in one week by a newspaper was the
•expenditure of the London Times for cable
.service from Buemos Ayres during the revo-
lution in the Argentine Republic. The
cost of cabling from Buenos Ayres to Lon-
don was $1.75 a word, and the Times paid
out $30,000 for one week's despatches.
In his early youth Mr. Gladstone wrote
4' poetry "—and poetry very poor ofits
kind. Curious delvers in the volumes of
the Eton Miscellany will find enshrined
'there these first efforts of a clever boy.
Hie " Ode to the Shade of Wat Tyler," is,
perhaps, the best of Ms verses :
Shade of him whose valiant tongue
On high the song of freedom sung;
Shade of him whose mighty soul
Would pay no taxes on his poll ;
Though swift as lightning, civic sword
Descended on thy fated head,
The blood of England's boldest poured,
And numbered Tyler with the dead 1
Still may thy spirit flap its wings
At midnight o'er the couch of kings,
And peer and, prelate tremble too,
In dread of nightly interview
With patriot gesture of command,
With eyes that like thy forges gleam,
• Let Tyler's voice and Tyler's hand
Bo heard and seen in nightly dream.
The new Greek Cabinet seeina to have the
Greek symptoms. Such names as Tricoupis,
Dragouniis, Theotokis, Simopoulis, Keen -
ekes and Tzamados make it as easy of iden-
tification 88 Homer's catalogue of ships.
How to get rid, of surplusmilk— cheese it.
A bootblack may be ignorant,but he is fit-
ted to shine in society.
There probably never was a man who
could wear carpet slippers without looking
slouchy and worthless.
Mrs. Rice—I have a good dog ; nowwould
you buy a gun to scare off tramps? Mrs.
Spice—No, a cord of wood.
The French and Italian silver coin of 21.
and below are 835 fine, but their twenty
franc and 10 franc pieces are 900 fine.
Dancing is taught in many of the public
schools in Scotland, and is made a feature
of the closing exercises at the end of the
term.
Lawyers must be superior to other men,
or they are generally seen at their best
when going through the greatest trials of
their live.
Mrs. Bloobumper (looking up from the
newspaper)—George, dear, what -is the labor
problem ? Bloobuniper—How to get more
wages for less work.
Tertullian, who wrote about A. D. 195,
said that kissing was first instituted for the
purpose of discovering whether the person
kissed had been guilty of tippling.
A railway locomotive earns on an average
about $100 a day until it gets smashed up.
This would be a good income, but it's life is
as uncertain as that of a rented piano.
The man who knows it all,
And keeps it, we adore;
But he who knows it all,
And tells it, is a bore.
They were juskengaged. " We had bet-
ter be married to -morrow," said he. " So
soon " M'hm. Your father and I differ
in politics, and there is no telling how soon
we may lasedeadly enemies."
Omitting a few Esquimau exceptions, all
other spear throwers appear to be ambidex-
terous. The development of a purely right-
handed implement points to a southern
origin for the original inventor.
" Why is it that you are bringing up your
daughter to work for a living when you have
enough to keep her in comfort at home ?"
"I want her to be able to support her hus-
band properly if she ever gets married."
The fifteen -inch aeriel torpedo thrower,
now introduced as a British service weapon
for coast defense, resembles in appearance a
powder gun, having the axis of its trunnions
at or near the centre of gravity of the barrel.
M. Zola used 500 gooee-quills five and a
quarter pints of black ink and haif a pint of
red ink in writing his last novel. Batgoose.
and pints of ink alone will not pro-
duce novels, particularly of the Zolaistic
kind.
Vests are quitel ndispensable in this Sum-
mer's wardrobe. Every woman who as-
pires to dress effects has a drawer full of
them. They range from delicate silk with
a frill down the front to pique or mar-
eeilles.
Minnie—I am almost sure that Mrs. Four -
hundred has not been accustomed to ,roocl
society. Katie—Why?
last night she invited Miss Sparrow to sing,
and as soon as she began Mrs. F. quit
talking.
It is said that if good seeds are sown they
are sure to come up. It may be added that
bad seeds are, edso. In the moral vineyards
no need is ever too dead to sprout, to spring
up and grow. Even dragon's teeth will
make a crop.
"Palet is playing in hard luck," said one
artist to another. How?" "He painted
a picture of the grate in his room, and got
it so natural and life -like that a new servant
he had threw a scuttle full of coal through
it and ruined it"
Rev. Dr. C. A. A. Taylor, of the Florida
African Methodist Episcopal Conference,
has figured it out that hell is really a lake
of fire and brimstone'52 miles beneath the
earth's surface, and having an area of 544,-
900,000 cubic miles.
AS USUAL.
He knew "it wasn't loaded," he was "certain
%wasn't loaded,"
And he looked into the barrel of the gun;
Then he pulled the trigger gently, just to make
assurance sure—
And his funeral's to -morrow, prompt at one.
Customer—Is this one of your "special
sale" days? Dry goods clerk—Yes, ma'am.
This is umbrella day. "1 thought it was
umbrella day yesterday." " Yes, ma'am.
It's been umbrella day right along for about
four months, ma'am.
Italian workmen testify their respect for
Christopher Columbus by donating several
days' work on his monument at Eighth
avenue and Sixty-ninth street. This is not
less touching than the story of the widow's
mite. —New York Recorder.
The gauntlet glove for shopping, driving
and seaside wear is now considered the pro-
per thing. For the seaside white and tan
chamois are the favored materials. The
cuff is frequently embroidered in black or
gold thread, with the same stitching down
the back.
The front name of Adlai Ewing Steven-
son, Cleveland's running mate'occurs but
once in the Bible, according to the Concord-
ance—in I. Chronicles—and then simply as
the father of his son, a young man who
acted as herdsman for David. The present
Adlai acted as herdsman for Grover.
Plans are being examined for the construc-
tion of a railroad across the main chain of
the Caucasus Mountains. The line will
have a length of 100 miles, and will present
great engineering difficulties. There are to
be two tunnels, one four and a third and the
other six and three-quarters miles long.
Captain Merryat, the jolly British tar,
while in New York on the Fourth of July,
1838, wondered why so many men engaged
in celebrating Independence Day should be
dependent—upon lamp -posts. He had
failed to make allowance for the praise-
worthy fact that these men had entered into
the patriotic celebration with a great deal of
'Tis Sunday in the Morning.
The prospect brightens as it nears,
Fondly as any lover
We greet the day that time endears,
Our six days' toiling over;
The good wife goes about the house
With touches of adorning ;
And hunks the while with .pleasant smile—
'TM Sunday in the morning.
Onr joy and crown, whose very name
Is ever wreathed in beauty;
And sets the longing eyes aflame
Of him who does his duty;
The lazy lout who hangs about,
All honest labor scorning,
Can never know the pleasure -glow
Of Sunday in the morning.
Ye need not set your schemes afloat,
Unsound and sentimental,
To make for us a Sunday coat
Of pattern continental;
We'll scout it as a tawdry rag,
Unfit as an adorning,
With which to meet the jewel sweet,
Our Sunday in the Morning.
Old England loves her day of rest,
(Love s bond ye must not sever),
And when sho took it to her breast,
She took it there for ever'
Hands off it then, ye wicked men,
Or take a sterner warning;
Our treasure truo we keep in view,
Our Sunday in the morning.
The man who gives while he lives knows
precisely where his money goese
It is a test that a youth is In love with a
Maid when he goes shopping with her.
Areong the white gewns worn in England
the greater number have tomehes of green.
After a woman posses a certain age she
would just as soon get married on Friday as
on any other day. •
" This is leap year," aid Miss Flypp, re-
flectively. "Yes, but • look before you
leap," replied Miss Fosdick. s
Nothing is so fortunately built 48 a, fly. It
can attdad on one leg and scratch itself any-
where with five legs at once.
mamas. 1" said Willie, when he !Jaw
the crescent moon, "the man in the moon
has turned it into a hammock."
, Teacher—Mary? And what is your last
name? Young woman—I can't tell, just
yet, but the chances are that it will be
8it
Are you sure I arn the only man
you ever Hreally and truly loved? She—
Perfectly sure. I went over the whole list
only yesterdey.
He—Have you heard ? She—What?
He—Miss Spinster is going to be married.
She—Oh, yes, I've heard that ever since I
can remember !
If you own a house
You would like to rent
Place an 'ad" in Tire Trsus
And you'll. not repent.
He—I had several good brushes drivrng in
from the races, dear.' She—Well, I should
never have believed it; why you're just
covered with dust."
"Madam, I understood your daughter had
married a rich husband." "My daughter,
sir, married a rich man, I admit, but he is a
very poor husband."
-The groom -1 can't see that cheque your
father placed among the wedding preaents.
The bride—Papa is so absent-minded. He
lit his cigar with it.
" I think society is so much pleasanter 4
in summer than in winter." Indeed ?"
" Yes, it's so delightful to be in the swim
during this hot weather."
Until August 5th Mars will be nearer the
earth than it will be again for fifteen years,
and if the inhabitants of Mars want to do
any sassing now is their time.
" Well, if that ain't mean," exclaimed the
prisoner. "Every dunked 080 0' the stories
in this here paper they've gimme to read is
continued! An me to be hung next week !"
Guest (after a delay of half an hour)—I
say, waiter, is your name Time? Waiter—
No, sir. Guest—Then it must be Tide.
Time and Tide, you know, wait on no man.
At Atlantic City—" Go out and give the
dog its breakfast, Tommy." "Oh, it don't
want any, I guess!" " Why not ?" "Well,
it had several rolls on tbe beach this morn-
ing."
" No, Mr. Gilgal," she said kindly, " I
am sure I could never learn. to love you."
"Oh, maybe you could," rejoined Gilgal
cheeringly. Never too old to learn, you
know."
Judge—You have already been punished
many times, I see. Accused (modestly)—
Yes, your honor, but please don't forget
that I have also been several times ac-
quitted.
No one knows when whiskey was first
made, but, according to Mr. Ashton, it was
hardly known until the time of the Preten-
der, being a drink strictly of the High-
lander s.
44 Your fiancee is a Boston girl, I be-
lieve ?" " Yes." "Then I suppose she is
familiar with Browning." "1 beg your
pardon. The true Boston girl is never
familiar with anybody."
" Yes, sir," said Mr. Gallacher, " it was
funny enough to make a donkey laugh. I
laughed till I cried." And then, as he saw
a smile go round the room, he grew red in
the face and felt foolish.
" John," said the minister, " will you
take this woman to be your wedded wife ?"
" Now, hero, parson, what's the use of ask-
ing questions like that? What do you sup-
pose I am after—a divorce ?"
A lady stood hanging on the strap of a
street car, when a workman in the far
corner arose and politely offered her a seat.
"1 thank you,' she said in a very sweet
tone, "but I dislike to deprive the only
gentleman. in the car of a scat.
"What has become of the big man who
used to beat the bass drum ? ' ask ed the
private of the drum major. "He quit us
about three months ago." "Good drum-
mer, too, wasn't he ?" " Yes, very good;
but he got so fat that when he marched he
couldn't hit the drum in the middle"
The late Baron de Rothschild once took
a cab to his offices, and, on alighting, ten-
dered the proper fare. The cabman re-
ceived it, but kept his hand open, and
looked at the money significantly, --which
caused the Baron to inquire whether it was
not right. "Oh, yes !" replied the cabman,
"it's quite right; but your sons usually
give me double." "They do, do they ?'
was the Baron's reply. Well, they have
a rich father and can afford ib; I have not."
Miss Pinkerly (before the good night)—
It's raining so now, Mr. Tatter, that you
had better take my umbrella. Tatter—
Thanks, Mies PinkerIer, I don't know but
I will. But (brightly) I will try and bring
it back with me to -morrow night. Miss
Pinkerly—Oh, you needn't tronble your-
self, Mr. Tutter. You can just as well
send it.
A Woman—
In Stockholm is engraver of medals at the
Royal Mint.
In Harlem, Mary Evans, is licensed
captain of a ship.
In New York, Mrs. Elizabeth Gill, pu
sues the craft of a cobbler.
In Boston, A. Florence Graht, publishes
the Woman's Voice and conducts a printing
office.
In Brooklyn, Miss Cornelia. K. Hood,
President of the Kempin Club, is lawyer,
lecturer and writer.
In New York, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi,
has been appointed visiting physician of St.
Mark's Hoepital.
In Syracuse, Miss Ca.therine V. Curry has
written 182 perfect words in one minute
and broken the record.
In California, Mrs. Juana Neal is in charge
of the Women's Department of two leading
New York life insurance cornpo.nies at a
yearly salary of $10,000.
In Washington, Miss Calhoun, one of the
money -handlers in the Treasury Depart-
partment, counted 85,000 coins in a day and
didn't pass a counterfeit
In Chicago, Miss Amanda. Jones is Pre-
sident of the Woman's Canning and Pre-
serving Company, capital $1,000,000, and
keep a secret the process of canning un-
cooked food.
Mothers, are your daughterm. pale oa
nallow? Remember that the polled when
they are budding into womanlaood is most
critical, fortify their system for the change
with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, unsurpassed
for the speedy cure of all troubles peculiat
to females. A trial of a Single box will
convince you. Beware of imitations and
take no substitute.
On Monday evening Wmwpeep, a eco -
tion man, working for Mr. lge . 'meet Port
etarted to go toeninsuiti ham,
bor. He was struck by a freight trait Ma
ADELAIDE.
A Romantic Story of a Great AOtreSs'
Life,
I. T is now a long while since the man-
ager of a theatrical company, then re-
hearsing " The New Year's Present"
in the town of Cividale near Udine,
declared that no stiff doll should be
used to represent the infant introduced
into the piece, but that a real baby
must be found at once.
"Hasn't somebody a baby ?" he cried.
A good-looking actor who was standing
at one side of the stage instantly nudged his
wife with his elbow. She laughed and
blushed.
•" Mine is only two months old, mon-
sieur," he said. " But I can -promise you
that she shall know her part, since I can
prompt her when it is time for her to cry,"
"That matter is settled, then," the man-
ager remarked, with a sigh of content; and
the name of another actress was placed upon
the list, and its parents drew a tiny salary
for its services in addition to their own.
Afterwards people said that the baby really
cried and cooed in the right places, and was
evidently a born actress.
There was after this no want of a baby in
the company with which its parents were
connected, and at the age of five the little
girl had a speaking part of her own.
Little Signorina Adelaide created quite a
furore in this part. She went to Venice, to
Milan and to Rome; and at an age when
most young actresses aro seeking an oppor-
tunity to appear was well established in her
profession.
It was at the Royal Theatre of Turin that
a young nobleman, the Count Capranica
Della Grille, first saw her.
The part she played was one that called
forth all the powers of her genius and de-
manded the costliest and moat elegant
costumes and the most brilliant display of
jewels. Her dark beauty, wonderful even
in the simplest dress, was enhanced by this
magnificence, so that it seemed actually
superhuman.
The young Count leaned from his box
with his eyes fixed upon her. His admira-
tion was so evident that the whole house
remarked it.
The admiration of a nobleman for a beau-
tiful actress was not uncommon. It gene-
rally ended in one way. The nobleman won
the lady's smiles, surrounded her with
luxury and for a while adored her. Then
they quarrelled.
When the Count's devotion became mani-
fest, as it did shortly, all the world ex-
pected this history to be repeated. They
were disappointed. The Signorina Ade-
laide had wise parents, and was a dignified
as well as beautiful girl. The Count's love
was tinctured with respect. Shortly he
made an offer of marriage to the fair Ade-
laide and was accepted.
After this he confided to his parents the
fact that he was about to marry the best,
the loveliest and the greatest genius among
women—in fact, the most incomparable
creature upon earth—and asked them to
congratulate and bless him.
They did no such thing. Parents are
seldom to be calculated on in this particu-
lar, and the young Count's were no ex-
ception to the general rule. Instead of
rejoicing, the ladies of the family be-
moaned themselves with the energy only
possible to Italians. The father, instead
of blessing, uttered curses loud and deep.]
The daughter of a poor nobody ! "An
actress !"
The son of their ancient family should
not so cast himself away. He might be -
Broth himself as much as he pleased, but he
should never marry the girl.
The old Count went to see Signorina
Adelaide's father, but was treated' with
little reverence. He commanded his son
to give up his mad idea and set before
him the fact that he was about to disgrace
his family. The son declared that the
alliance he was about to make would
honor it.
The old Count prayed his son to re-
member his mother's grief, his sister's
tears. The young Count declared that
they were not to be pitied, since they
wept when they should rejoice.
Finally the indignant and terrified father
had his son seized upon and carried away in
a fashion quite possible in Italy and con-
fined in an old castle which he possessed in
Campagna, there to remain until he pro-
mised to give up his loved Adelaide for ever
and take for a wife some high-born madame
of his mother's choosing.
Thus parted from each other, the lovers
grieved and yearned and watched the moon,
and counted the hours as lovers always do
under such circumstances, but did not de-
spair.
The guard set at the gates would never
have allowed the young Count to pass
through them or to climb the walls, but
when a waggon laden with provisions
entered no one thought of watching the
waggoner's boy in his frock and slouch hat,
and so a little bribe bought the costume of
the fellow, and the young Count smacked
his whip gayly as he drove over the hill and
got away without being discovered, though
the guard would examine the waggon before
he let it pass.
The Count sat under a tree reading a
book for a long time afterwards—that is,
the waggoner in the Count's clothes—and
when the truth was discovered the con-
sternation was so great that the confedeeates
escaped scot free.
By that time the young Count was mar-
riedlie had met his wife at a little
church, to which she came with her father
and other friends, and they were made one
and went off together. There was some
talk of the Count himself becoming an actor,
but, whatever happened, the old nobleman,
his father, could do nothing.
Finally the family held counsel that they
would forgive their son if his wife would
leave the stage.
Now, the beautiful Adelaide was a born
actress, but at the moment love dominated
her soul. Her husband was all in all to
her. She yielded to his persuasions and re-
tired from the profession she adorned.
She went to live with the great family,
who were very kind to her. She tasted all
the sweets of idleness and luxury and was
adored by her husband. She was for a while
perfectly happy.
But slowly, surely, a nameless longing
crept into her soul. She felt her life dull
and uninteresting. The artist within her
got the better of her. Her one groat long-
ing was to act once more, to tread the stage
as of yore, to live the life for which she was
born. She dreamed of it at night, she
dreamed of it by day, but she never spoke
of it Her word had been pledged and she
must keep it.
Society had teased to charm her. All
occupation was wearisome. • She turned
her attention to the poor and was bountiful
to them. Among other wretched people
she gave alms to the poor creatures in the
debtors prison. It was in the year 1847.
At that day in the place where she abode
a creditor who Chose could cast his
debtor into a foe' prieon and let him rot
there.
There was, I believe, Nome law which
merle it conipaliory to give the man who
owed money which be could not pay bread
rand wattle. For all else be had to depend
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TORONTO, CAN. AG -.EN Wante Evo whey TESTIMONIALS,
on charity, and there were bare in his cage
behind which he could Bit, thrusting out
Ms hand for whateverpitiful strangers chose
to give.
The Countess Adelaide had often spoken
to one unfortunate man, a gentleman whose
debt was very large, and one day it came to
her mind that there was a way in which he
might be :delivered from his bonds and re-
stored to his helpless wife and children. Ac-
cordingly she spoke of it to her husband.
Her idea was to give an entertainment to
the public, the object being specified in the
public prints and in private letters. The
tickets sold at high prices; actors of posi-
tion would be imported to offer their ser-
vices, and she would take the principal
part.
To this the Count gave his consent. His
parents, after some demur, agreed that act-
ing for acharity, and to such an audience,
was not objectionable, and one night the
play was put upon the boards of a magnifi-
cent theatre.
Once more Adelaide, in all the splendor
of a queenly costume, walked the stage.
Once more she was happy. And how she
aoted !
Applause rent the air. Her wonderful
genius impressed all who listened. The old
delight in it returned to her husband, and
none was more enthusiastic than his rela-
tives. I do not know what the play was,
or I would give its name to my readers,
but those who saw it that night never for-
got it.
How often did they call the beautifu
Countess before the curtain! How often
did she smile and courtesy and kiss her
hands to them ! She was happy for the
first time for long, long months. A good
deed had been done. The poor debtor was
happy, too, for his debt had been paid,
and he had money besides to begin the
world with on his day of freedom. His
wife knelt to kiss the hand of the
benevolent Countess and the poor man
himself, bewildered by his unexpected good
fortune, could only weep. Happiness was
restored to a home that had been very mis-
erable. As for Adelaide herself, hope arose
in her heart. The sensation her acting had
caused was so tremendous that the whole
feeling of her husband's family changed.
Italians are all artists enough to feel pride
in genius like hers, and when she un-
burdened her heart to them and told of her
longing to return to the stage they gave
their consent, and eo that greatest of all
modern actresses, Adelaide Ristori, began
the triumphant career that has made her
name known in every country in the world
as the greatest of all modern tragic act-
resses.
Surely no one can say that truth may not
be as romantic as fiction.—Mary Kyle
Dallas in Fireside Companion.
EXPOSE YOLD NECK r
Sir Moral Mackenzie Gives Some Good
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Sir Morell Mackenzie, who was a special-
ist in throat trouble% always insisted that
a great many of the ailments that were
brought under his notice could have been
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