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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY S. WIS.
The Impulse to do well frequently lone
Us force when joit .?foj) to
think it over.
Get Dack on the night Track
PREVIOUS action ot tho Sennto
Commlttco on Itnllrouda haa been
overruled, and yewterday It was de
cided by a vote of 7 to 6 to report out
tho ropcalcr of the full crow net. Tho
measure has already passed tho House.
Passage of a bad law Is excusable,
for there must bo experimentation In
legislation as In all tilings, but failure
to repeal an act which has been proved
by expcrlcnco to bo bad Ih Inexcusable,
Tho full crew law Is nothing moro
than an arbitrary and unnecessary tax
levied on tho railroads, doubly bad be
causo tho Stato does not recelvo tho
tax, which goes Instead Into tho pock
ets of prlvnta individuals.
It Is manifestly absurd that a rail
road should trust Its valuable prop
erty to the hands of Inadequate crews.
Moreover, a general law specifying tho
number of a crew Is unscientific, be
causo It takes no account of varying
conditions of operation. Wo liavn In
tho Public Service Commission a regu
lating body fully competent to protect
tho public. Tho subject Is, indeed, one
that naturally falls within Its purview.
The Senate should not hesitate to
remedy the Injustice which tho exist
ing law occasions. There is no politi
cal capital to bo made now by railroad
baiting. Tho public Instead wants ef
ficiency and economy. The full crow
law Is detrimental to both.
Deficits Do Not Deter
WHEN the war spirit stirs a
nation it does not stop to, count
tho cost, either In money or In men.
Great Britain, therefore. Is facing an
Increare of tho national debt, amount
ing to no one knows how ninny bil
lions of dnllais, with a light heart, de
termined to raise all that Is needed In
tho great emergency. Tho Chancellor
of tho Exchequer surprised no one
when ho oxplalned In Parliament yes
terday that thero would be a deficit ot
$4,000,000,000 ot the end of tho next
fiscal year If tho war continued that
long,
Tho French and Germans are Ilke-
wlso raising billions with no thought
of the reckoning beyond tho day when
peaco Is declared. Moralists and econ
omists may philosophize all they will
over this manifestation of human folly,
but thero bo those who still think that
the instinct of self-preservation, In
men and in nations, 13 not a mad
passion nnd that responding to it Is
better than dying because It costs too
much to live.
Minor Changes in Reserve Districts
THERE is practically no objection In
Philadelphia to the transfer of cer
tain, member banks In tho northern
part of Now Jersey from tho Philadel
phia Tteservo District to tho New York
Reserve District. It was obvious from
tho beginning that tho business of
these banks naturally gravitated to
ward New York, with which city they
are In closer geographic contact. So
In other districts certain changes have
been considered ndvlsable.
It Is probable that, as experience
shows the wisdom of It, thero'wlll be
still more readjustments, and It Is even
possible that there may be a renaming
of some reserve cities. Tho system Is
Intended to facilitate business, not to
advertise towns.
The Hydra of Nations
WHIPPING tho Russians is one of
the most hopeless and discourag
ing taBks in tho world. The moro you
beat them the more there are to beat.
Their armies may be annihilated, hut
new onei spring Into being. They may
be. routed, yet they reappear In myri
ads. They flow back llko tho waves of
the sea, Russia thrives on defeat. It
permits their victories to overwhelm
her enemies, Twice already In this
war Russia has been "decisively" do
feated. But Instead of retreating her
armies advanced. She seems to be tho
Hydra of nations.
The Dye Scare Fades Away
fnilE dyestuff bugaboo, paraded by
- X-the agents of the German chemists,
is .not frightening half so many people
today as It did six months ago. We
were told that unless something were
dona to relieve the situation the
textile mills would have to be closed
in, thirty days, and the Secretary of
State was asked to use all his Influence
with the Allies to secure permission to
get a, cargo of German dyes through
tho blockade.
The hosiery and underwear men,
however, who are meeting In this city,
do. not seem to be frightened. The dye
men are telling them that they have
iBOlved the dye problem and are Inde
pendent of Germany. Some of tho
manufacturers are-letting it be known
fh8,t they have dyes enough to last
tttem for two years or more, whether
$fe war ends or not.
Jt may not be immediately possible
for all the others to get the shades that
were tMed before the war. but Ameri
can chemists bava produced dyes that
ar satisfactory, an4 American knit
ting twi textile- me are willing to us?
them. This la tho toault lhat was ex
pected. If American dye- men tfttio ad
vantage, of Iho opportunity they can
monopolize tho market here at home
after tho blockade on German ports la
raised and after the German Importers
begin again to bring In foreign colors.
Lucky Wilson
TUB war in Europe has vetoed the
low tariff law. It has erected a
barrier as effective ns protection, it
hns llkewlso flooded tho country with
wnr orders, putting many mills on ftill
time. The result Is a rcmarknblo proof
of the value of protection ns a stimu
lator of prosperity. Business was stag
nant whllo the Underwood tariff oper
ated Under normal conditions. Tho mo
ment these conditions were changed
nnd the wnr became a substitute for
protection tho return to prosperity bo
Ran. The movement has been hastened
by orders for war material, of course,
but this has not been tho decisive
fnctor.
Mr. Wilson may sec, therefore, a
prospeilty induced by tho nullification
of his economic measures; a prosperity
brought about in splto of his policies,
not on nccount of them. Nevertheless
ho Is certain to profit from tho condi
tions. Voters do not ask whys nnd
wherefores. They aro satisfied when
they nro prosperous and dissatisfied
when they nro not prosperous. The
war has Introduced Into the political
situation a now fnctor favorable to the
Democrats.
It Is Imperative, therefore, that tho
Republican party enter tho campaign
next summer united. It has a hard
fight ahead of it In any event. It can
not afford to mako mistakes nnd It
cannot afford to bo reactionary. It
must bo aggressive, ns It was In Lin
coln's day. It must wngo a campaign
of education. Otherwise the electorate
mny be deluded into believing that
prosperity occasioned by temporary
conditions Is permanent. Our great In
dustries must not bo dependent on tho
policies of other nations, but on tho
economic program adhered to by tho
United States,
Good News for Fayette County
THERE will be rejoicing throughout
Fayette County when Josdah V.
Thompson completes tho arrangements,
which he says are now under way, for
discharging the receivers In charge of
his vast interests.
Tho general Impression Is that Mr.
Thompson's assets aro sufficiently
largo to meet his liabilities If tho prop
erties nro properly managed nnd not
sacrificed. Pennsylvania coal lands nro
ns good ns gold, but they cannot be
sold except when thero Is a market for
them. Mr. Thompson says that he has
secured financial backing which will
enable him to meet his obligations ns
they mature, with tho understanding
that It may tnko flvo years to unravel
tho tanglo fn which his nffalrs aro In
volved. All that remains to bo done, accord
ing to him, Is to produce ovidenco of
ownership nnd a list of claims properly
verified. Thon tho money will bo forth
coming as needed. Such an outcome of
tho trouble was hoped for by all who
wero familiar with tho financial abili
ties of Mr. Thompson.
Pic and Ingratitude
ONE of tho commonplaces of morals
Is that n gift of pie should bo wel
comed with thanks Instead of curses.
Therefore when a man who swore ot
the woman who gave him a piece of
pie Is sentenced to Imprisonment for
ton days for his lack of courtesy, every
dispenser of pastry to tho unworthy
feels llko sending a bouquet to the Just
Judge who saw that the offender got
his deserts.
Tho man who did not show proper
appreciation for tho pieeo given him by
a woman running a Poplar street
bakery has made It moro dlfllcult for
every other hungry man to get the as
sistance ho needs. As his kind would
say, he has queered tho plo game. Ho
Is a common typo of offender and bo
longs lit the same class with tho nuto
moblllsts who abuse tho discretion
which motorcar owners nro expected
to use and bring down on all tho pun
ishment that should bo meted out only
to the grievous offenders. Tho worthy
poor suffer because of tho misbehavior
of tho unworthy, and tho worthy rich
have to suffer also because of tho mis
behavior of tho lawless well-to-do.
Philadelphians Raiding England
A SPECIAL, committee of tho British
National Gallery Is considering
ways and means for preventing raids
upon the art treasures In the possession
of the great British families. It 13
feared that the death In battle of tho
heads of some of these families will be
followed by the sale of their art pal
1 cries In order to facilitate tho settle
ment of the estates. Tho committee
has found that of 316 paintings soltl to
America In recent years, including
some of the finest In Great Brltnln, 39
were bought by P. A. B. Wldener and
II, C, Frlck, IS each by J. H. McFad
den and John G, Johnson, nlno by
Clement A. Grlscom and seven by E.
T. Stotesbury, Indicating that PennsyJ.
vanla families havo been raiding the
British Isles to some purpose.
William Barnes' grandfather was
also Interested In State printing.
Have you received an Invitation to
Join the Junket to Ban Francisco?
Russians win great victories when
the Germans are busy elsewhere.
Every one seems to be surprised that
the people are going to the "pop" con
certs to hear the music.
There Is the May clean-up and the
November clean-up, and both of them
are exceedingly important.
There is complete agreement that the
Gulfiigbt was damaged by an explo
sion.. Disagreement begins when you
try to ,earn what exploded.
EVENING CUSPGBB-yHIIADlilLTHIA', WEDNESDAY, MAYJjUjlgj
GERMAN ARMIES
MENACE THE CZAR
The Enveloping Movement in
Galicla, if Successful, Will
End the Grent Carpathian
Campaign.
Dy FRANK II. SIMONDS
POLITICAL quite ns much ns mili
tary considerations miiRt bo reck
oned with In analyzing tho early re
ports of tho Austro-Oerman success
nlong tho Dunajcc. If tho Teutonic
Allies have shattered Russian armies
nt this point, if, ns the (lermnn reports
nssort, they have routed them as at
tho MnzurJan Lakes, tho end of tho
Carpathian campaign Is In sight.
But It must bo recalled at once how
Inevitable It would bo thnl Vienna
and Berlin should exnggorato a local
success, another brilliant stroke llko
that beforo Yprcs two weeks ago,
which ended In a gain of less than
five miles on a front of about tho snmo
extent nnd left the Allied lines Intact.
Itallnn decision Is hanging In the bal
ance, Turkish courage needs stimu
lating In tho present hour. German
nnd Austrian public sentiment would
bo usefully fortified by tho reports ot
great success In the east following
tho achievement In tho west.
With this precautionary notice It Is
pnsslblo to nnalyzo rlenrly what the
latest Gallclan operation means. Look
at any map of tho eastern nnd western
fronts nnd It will be seen that each
makes n right angle. In the west tho
battle front descends from the North
Sea to tho Olse at Noynn nnd then
strikes off In 11 perpendicular direc
tion to tho Meuso. In tho east tho
lino descondB from the Bzurn west of
Warsaw until It meets tho Cnr-
pathlnns south of Tnrnow nnd then
nt right angles follows tho range for
many miles to tho Dniester.
Like Western Situation
Whnt tho Austro-Gernian com
manders have now attempted Is wholly
analogous to the French attacks upon
tho Gorman lino north of Noyon nnd
about Pcrouno nnd St. Quentln In
September. Had the French suc
ceeded they would havo moved cast
behind the German front from Noyon
to tho Meuso, cutting tho railways,
which woro tho life lines of tho Ger
mans In France. German retrcnt from
Franco would have been Inevitable)
had this thrust succeeded.
Now, looking east, it will bo seen
that tbn ftont between the Car
pathians nnd the Vistula above Tnrnow
exactly corresponds to the elbow In
tho German position in France be
tween Noyon nnd St. Quentln. Could
tho Germnns break the Russian lino
nt that point they could ndvnncc, rak
ing the whole Russian front along
the Carpathians.
To savo themselves the Russians
would have to draw their troops nut
of tho Carpathian passes, out of tho
Dukla and Lupknw, the first of which
Is barely 25 miles from tho Dunnjec
Blala front, wheie the Germans nro
attacking. The troops thus with
drawn would hnvo to be realigned,
facing west Instead of south. Mean
time the Austrian forces defending
the passes would pour Into Gallcia
nnd Join hands with the Austrn-Ger-man
forces advancing from tho
Dunajec
If the Austro-Gernian forces havo
won tho success Berlin and Vienna
now report, if tho Russinn troops de
fending the flank of tho Carpathian
army havo been routed, tho end of tho
Carpathian campaign Is in sight. Back
of tho Dunnjec the first good position
for a defensive stand Is along tho Snn,
running from tho mountains north
through Przomysl and Jnrnslav to tho
Junction of tho Vistula nnd tho San,
Menntlmo It Is necessary not to lose
sight of tho Austro-Gerinan troops
moving north and west from Buko
wlna nnd now reported along the
Dniester River. Theso forces nro
striking at tho other flank of Rus
sian nrmios in Gnllcla. They are mov
ing toward Lemberg from tho south
nnd east, ns tho Dunnjec army Is com
ing townrd thnt city from tho north
nnd west. Hero Is ono more of those
grandloso enveloping movements so
dear to tho Germnn General Staff, the
movement that won Lodz, Tnnnen
berg and tho Mazurlnn Lokes.
Retreat May Bo Forced
If tho Austro-German forces cast
of Cracow nlong tho Dunajcc nnd
those west of Czernowitz on the
Dniester can continue their advance,
tho whole Russian strength In Ga
licla will have to retreat to escape tho
two armies closing In on tho rear.
The same situation would develop In
the west If tho French army in the
Chnmpagne nnd the British army fac
ing La Bassee could both break the
German lines In front of them. If
this should happen all the German
forces between the OIso and the Meuse
would have to retreat to escape en
velopment. In sum, tho hulk of the RiiBsInn
army In Gnllcla Is facing south, trying
to force the Carpathians. On Its
flanks two Russian armies, one at tho
Dunajec in tho west, the other at the
Dniester In tho east, aro endeavoring
to hold back Austro-German forces
striving to advance In the rear of tho
Carpathian army and Intervene be
tween It and Its base of Bupplles.
Once these German plans, for they aro
plainly German, begin to promise auc
cess, the Carpathian forces must re
treat. Their position will be like that
of a paper between two blades of a
pair of shears.
Such Is tho maximum of German
possibilities. Less considerable but
scarcely less desirable results would
be achieved If the pressure upon the
Russian flanks along tho Dunajec and
the Dniester compelled the Russians
to withdraw divisions from the Car
pathians to reinforce these threatened
flanks. This would mean a deadlock
In the mountains, the end of any Im
mediate danger of Russia Invaders
reaching- the Hungarian plain.
TRIFLING CRITICISM
Men of breeding, sometimes men of wit.
T' avoid great errors mut the lew
commit
Neglect the rule each verbal crltlo lays,
for not to know tome trifle I a prate e.
BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF TPIE MAGAZINES
(1) Harper's Monfnly, "My Quest In
the Cnnadlnn Rockies."
I) Atlnntlc Monthly, "Letters on nn
Klk Hunt."
(31 Field and Stream, "Black Bass
ond That's Not All."
ADVENTURING
THERE arc many grades of ad
venturer, from tho Arctic explorer
plodding through uncharted snows,
down tho lino through milder forms
of sport to tho slumming party tour
ing Chinatown, or tho grass widow
looking for plunder. They aro all ad
venturers from various points of view.
The real adventure of the wilderness
was for a long tlmo rather monopo
lized by tho males, along with most
of tho other diversions of lite, but, ns
all tho world knows, this Is changing
rapidly. Among the ndventure stories
In this month's magazines nro two by
women, told In tho first person, ting
ling with tho Joys and the hardships
of naturo and tho forest primeval.
Mary J. Lobe, who bearH tho formida
ble letters F. R. G. S. after her name,
describes .1 trip through tho Canadian
Rockies In Harper's (1). Incidentally,
sho analyzes in her first paragrnph,
rather Interestingly, tho urge nnd en
thusiasm which carry theso climbers
through extreme hardships with un
daunted eagerness.
It began at Winnipeg In June. "Why
shouldn't we go In nnd have a look at
that big mountain?" Miss Sprlnsate and
I had asked each other. Sho, a 'nardy
Englishwoman, was keen for roughing It;
I was at homo on the trail. It was In
evitable that our trip should materialize
Into something worth while. "There's a
fine new country beyond the Smoky,"
the Alpine Club mountaineers rnnd said.
They bad glimpsed It from the peaks of
the Ilobson country. Obviously, here was
a chance for personal achievement, not
merely achievement for public approba
tion, but achievement for our own pure
delight. Here was a chanco to see what
on the Government maps was only a
blank white spot. Who knew, savo a
(solitary Indian or two, What was hidden
In the recesses of those dense forests and
forbidding ranges'.'
On our longest day out, wo had been
on the trail ten hours and had traveled
M miles, we had made an ascent of 5000
feet and a descent of 40uO. It was the
only day wo had stopped to make tea
dml have some substantial food on the
trail. Heretofore a few raisins, a little
sweet chocolate and a cracker or two had
kept us going from a 6:30 breakfast un
til a 2:30 p. m. camp. That night
our campground was so Bteep that I
rolled out of my tent
On the home trail I could scarcely drag
one foot after the other. The unvaried
diet of unsalted caribou was palling upon
me. I was growing desperately weak. I
would have given my birthright for a
pinch of salt. Troubled lest darkness
overtake. I marched ahead, putting all
my strength In this final spurt the last
two hours back to camp from a 10-day
climb. It was not enough. My water
fllled boots retarded me at every step.
I fell In my tracks when we stopped to
rest. Presently I was stumbling and fall
ing JuBt because my feet would not, co
ordinate. Our entrance Into camp that night was
one of the intensest moments of my life.
Safe, dry-clad and satisfied In the shelter
of the base camp, I now realized for the
first time that we had taken long chances,
but we hd explored "Kltchl," the Big
Mountain,
Elk Hunting En Famllle
Another woman, Ellnore Rupert
Stewart, gives a naively feminine de
scription of her experiences on a Mon
tana elk .hunt. She 18 a Western
rancher's wife, and accompanied her
husband and a neighbor's family on a
long overland trip, which she la de
scribing in the Atlantic Monthly (J) : r
Such a way as wo came over. Such
Jolting and sliding. I bad no Idea a
wagon could be got across such places,
I kept shutting my eyes trying not to see
the terrifying places (there was no road)
and opening then) again to see the beauty
spread everywhere, until Mr. Stewart
said: "It must make you nervous to ride
over mountain roada. Don't bat lour eyes
10 fat ana you'll e more." 80 then I
, mSm ...... Ain'' iiJ' rl1111'
M ImrM y'-v M-nv 1 1, 1
"I DID IT!"
Mlffencd my back and kept my eyes open,
and 1 did see more.
Then enme a long, hard climb. At last
we leuchcd the top und sat down on somo
bo.ulders. I was plumb out of breath,
but men v.ha aro most gallant elsowhero
are absolutely heartless on a hunt. I was
scaiccly through panting before we began
to descend Wo hastily secreted ourselves
along the narrow gorge through which
the elk must pass. We were nil on one.
side, and Mr. Hayncs said to mc: "Rest
your gun on that rock and aim at the first
rib bnclc of tho shoulder." It didn't seem
n mlnuto before wo heard tho beat of
their hoofs and a queer panting nolso
thnt I enn't describe. First enme a beau
tiful thing with his head held high; his
great nntlers seemed to llo half his length
on his back; his eyes wero startled, and
his shining blnck mane seemed to bristle.
I heard the icport of guns, and he tum
bled In n confused heap. He tried to rise,
but others coming lenped over him and
knocked him down.
Mr. Hnynes shouted to me, "Shoot,
shoot: why don't you shoot?" So I fired
my Krag; but next I found myself pick
ing myself up and wondering who had
struck mo ond for what. I was bo dizzy
I could scarcely move but I sot down
to whore the otheis were excitedly ad
miring the two dead elk that they b.ild
wero tho victims of Mrs. O'Shaugbnessy's
gun. She was as excited and dellghtod
as If she had never declared she would
not kill anything. "Sure, It's many 11
meal they'll miko for little hungry
mouths," sho snld. Sho was rubbing her
shoulder ruefully. "I don't want to llro
any moro big guns. I thought old Goliath
had hit mo a biff with a blackthorn shll
laleh," sho remarked.
Mr. Haynes turned to mo and said:
"You aro a dandy hunter You didn't
shoot ot all until after the elk wero
gone, nnd the way you held your gun, It
Is a wonder It didn't knock your head
off Instead of Just smashing your Jaw "
It was dark before wo reached camp.
Supper was ready, but I went to bed at
once. They all thought It was because
I was disappointed, but It was because
I was so htlff and tore I could hardly
move, and so tired I couldn't sleep.
Shag Tobacco and Its Kick
There Ib a thoroughly masculine de
scription of a Ashing trip In Field and
Stream (3), by Robert Davis, Thero
aro black bass aplonty In the story,
but more characteristic than tho ac
tual adventure Is tho combination of
poetic and comic feeling with which
Mr. Davis describes a night In camp.
Unless you are Interested In waters
where black bass can be taken on flle3
threo at a crack, and on plugs In pairs,
you had better pass this article up, and
turn to the advertising In the back pages.
We pitched our tents In the high
est point, taking shelter In some scrub
pine and hemlock, through which the
night winds breezed a perpetual lullaby.
Then McLaurln pulled out a corncob
pipe, tamped It full of shag tobacco and
put the place on the bum. Shag, for the
benefit of the untutored, Is a combina
tion Btench that suggests a smoldering
hair mattress that has caught flro In
tho livestock shedu of a State fair. During
tho Typing rebellion In China, when the
stinkpots were Introduced as a phase of
warfare, shag tobacco was in its Infancy.
But In later years It came Into Its own
and has since established a record for
purtrescence that Is without a peer In the
history of odors. McLaurln, through per
sistent endeavor, an Inconquerable will
and Inexhaustible patience, had learn id
to Inhale It
What some of us that night mistook
for sleep was In reality asphyxiation. In
the morning Larry, with a herculean ef
fort, emerged from his coma, and by
throwing buckets of cold water In the
faces of his swooning comrades, revived
us one at a time. Packard, being a sen
sitive man and somewhat delicate owing
to the pursuit of literature, did not re
cover consciousness till after breakfast
Upon discovering that he had missed a
meal he lapsed again to a state of In
sensibility. A hasty conference was held,
and thereafter, so far as we were con
cerned, there was an embargo on shag
in Canada. We put the camp in ship,
shape, hung out our blankets to fumi
gate and piade for our canoes. The nov
elist and the banker, with a bookful of
flies, took the west shore. Larry and I
took tho east. McLaurln took a nap on
shore.
INFLUENCE OP THE OPEN SKY
The American temperament needs at
this moment nothing so much a that
wnolesome training of semlrural Ufa
which reared Hampden and Cromwell to
ajiume at coo. grasp the sovereignty jf
England nnd which has ever slnco served
ns the foundation of England's greatest
ability. The best thoughts and purposes
seem ordained to come to human beings
beneath tho open fcky. Tho llttlu
I havo gained from colleges and libraries
has certainly not worn so well as the
llttlo I learned In childhood of the habits
of plnnt, bird and Insect. That "weight
nnd snnllv of thought" which Coleridge
so finely makes tho crowning uttrlbute
or wordswortlt Is in no way so weu ma
tured und cultivated ns In tho society
of nnture. Thomas Wcntworth illgsin
.son. FUNCTION OF THE NEWSPAPER
Newspapers nro bound more or less to
reflect rather than to dictate tnc tastes,
Interests, views nnd emotions of a no
tion. Tho most that a paper can do In
the direction of moral and eoclal improve
ment is to keep Just ahead of Its readers
and to uphold an Ideal which Its readers
can sympathize with and understand. A
paper must keep In touch with actual
feelings and living Ideals to havo any ei-
feet nt nil. It cannot maintain an ideal
of 50 jeurs ahead. That Is the work of
the piophot, and not of the leader of
men A. C. Benson.
ALL BRANDS WELCOME
I'rom tho Xew York Eenlns Sun.
Mr. Taft Bays prosperity appears to bo
present, but It's artificial. Well, bo Is a
good deal of the Ice now used. Neither
fact prevents our keeping cool.
THE SPRINGTIME PLAINS
Heart ot me, aro you hearing
Tho drum of hoofs In the rains?
Over tho springtime plains I ride,
Knee to kneo with spring,
And glad ns tho summering sun that
comes
Galloping north through tho zodiac!
Heart of me, let's forget
Tho plnlns, death-white and still.
When lonely love through tho stillness
called.
Like a smothered Btrenm that sings of
summer
Under tho snow on a winter night.
Now the froBt Is blown from the sky,
And tho plains aro living again.
Lark lovers sing on the sunrise trail,
Wild horses call to me out of the moon.
Watching me pass with Impish eyes;
Gray coyotes laugh In tho quiet dusk,
And the plains are glad all day with me.
Heart of me, all tho way
My heart and the hoofs keep time.
And the wide, sweet winds from the
greening world
Shout In my ears a glory song,
For nearer, nearer, mile nnd mile,
Over the quivering rim of the plains,
is a valley that spring and I love best,
And the waiting eyes of you.
Badger Clark. In Bcrlbner's Magazine.
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FIDDLE IN FETTEtf
Olc Bull's Famous Violin. ms
by Cellini, Carefully pr
servea in .Norway.
In Norway a violin Is locked In r. I
n for lite, like many other !
up
specimens of art, separated from !!?
monor xreasurcu, nnu wrannert i. .'SI
majesty of Its history.
ts history. U la wallln, JK I
. played agnln, but it wSl
It In vain Thou.t .1 - M
haps, to bo
nrobably wal
nufl1tnH. linVn h.nn n........... , '
rtln4.4 I. V "?
bu...ui.,o ... .,.v... 'ipiiuimeu to w4ii
Its Interests, It still remains silent .i
rests, bolted securely in a Btecl ca k
hind the doors ot Hergen s VoMlinh..
Kunsllndustrl Museum Its tonV, -.;,.'
onco thrilled tho attentive audience .2
dollghled connoisseurs for centurln 'v,. -died
away, probably forever, tor wi
fne denth of Olo Hull no other vlollni..
however great his reputation, has dM
a bow across Its strings, nnd law M
decreed that ouch shall be tho casa m
tho end of time. Seals, parchmente i.
signatures have tied It down at w
lenvlnr It a snecchess nrlsnnnr i . ."
proof Vatican. Thero It lies, its varnf,
blackened by centuries, a grim, mal-iS,
relic ot the Itallnn Henalssance. n!
scroll, with Its Intricate carving and M
caio coloring, rnniuoneu by none eiUI
than the arent Cellini, ami tb .:.?
made by Caspar de Salo, ate hidden r,.L'
tho light, nnd protected from the rlteri
of heat and cold, to be shown to ikl
public only on somo great occasion. Tin
violin, which many an export haj caliu
t'no finest ot nil such Instruments hu
found Its resting place fnr from Its'luj.
Inn home where It wns mndo 300 yM
ago, secured, moreover, In red tii
which Irf calculated to prevent Its M
traveling again.
Yet tlmo has been when It was lockcj
away before, but escaped despite the n.'
monstrnnce ot Its gaolers Lonj tufon
Olo Hull's technique rnlscd him to Ui
hslghts of tho mighty the dingy maittf.
piece of Caspar do Salo hnd become i
tieasuie beyond price, with a past reicli.
Ing back Into tho dn.vs ot tho old Italic
masteis. For decades It was a model, i
venerable pleco of woodwork, belongiri
to the aristocracy of fiddles, which nut.'
ers of the violin were proud to follor,
Jt was made by tho order of Cardinal Al
dobrnndlnl, one of a noblo Roman famltj
noted tor Its patronago of tho fine am
It cost the Cnrdlnnl 30CJ N'eariollln
ducats, no small sum even today. Latt,
ho presented his violin to tho Innsbruct
treasury, wbero It gradually gained t
reputation, nnd wns heralded with tki
ime ot me --ricasurv v namoer violin."
There It staved until the star of NaDolm
appeared. When tho French took tni
bruck In 1WI9 they took the violin also, aij
It wns carried to Vienna, where a weakly
Bohemian, named Ithaczek, purchased It
He owned a splendid collection of rri
violins, ond tho Gaspar do Salo-BenTe-nuto
Cellini became his most preclooi
specimen. flnBllsh, Russinn and Pollii
noblemen offeied him enormous prices for
It, but Rhnczck always replied, "N'ot for
mo price or nair Vienna
In 1S3D IthnczHt attended some coneKti
that Ole Hull gavo In Vienna, met the vio
linist, and became nn enthusiastic ad
mirer not only of his marvelous skill u
a player, lint ul.io of his wide nnd varld
i nowledge of the violin nR a piece ot
handiwork. Llko tho rich Bohemian, (Hi
Bull hnd scoured ISuropo for violins, ail
could recognize the Amatl and Stradlvu
lus as well as tho best collector. Ho hi
many talks with Hhaczek. nnd their sjts.
pathy In tastes and pursuits resulted In x
warm friendship. Though Ithaczek could
novcr bring himself to part with his ft-
mous violin, ho often promised Ole Bull
preference over any man in tho world,
should It ever leave his hands. Two jean
later Rhacssek died, nnd a letter from hii
son told tho Norwegian artist that Ithj.
czek on his death bed had rcmembertl
his promlsp. For a high price Olo Bui
purchased the Gaspnr do Salo.
Ho seldom played it at concerts, for In
tones, tnougn mellow and sweet, lackot
crpnl nnivflr Intf 1, lAn I. ,..ii. ui S?
,.-..., fc ,,w .,;,,,. ,u .v.lii nun al
ways, knowing well Its merits. Soai
time nfter Olo Bull's death tho violin wit
given to the museum at Beigcn, nccordlni
to tho mastor's wish, There It Is un
served ns a model, as tho best mearti ot
perpetuating Its value. Tho deed of gift
Is what holds it prisoner with no loop
hole for escape, for In tho condition U
advice for every posslblo contingent;.'
Sara Bull, the wlfo of the violinist, pre
sented tho violin, and her instruction!
nave oeen followed with religious care
Boston Transcript. i
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