THIRD PART.
TALKS OFSTATESMEN
Some Easy for tho Intemew
er to Get, Others Kot.
EDMUNDS' CHILLY POLICY.
Ingalls' Big Boom for a New England
Soap Manufacturer.
AEEPOKTEB WHO WORSTED BLAINE
ICOEEESrONDESCE OF TUB DISPATCH.
Washin gton. March 15.
pisxBAA HE tempest in the
which has been raised
as to the reporting of
the secret sessions by
the newspaper corre
spondents is br no
means new. Every
year Edmunds, Har
ris, "Wilson and other
Senators make wild
threats against their
brothers who give out
the doings of the executive sessions to the
reporters and the avenues of news are so
niany that the executive sessions are more
fully reported than the open ones. About
three-fourthsorthe Senators hold confidential
relations with the leading newspaper corre
spondents, and every newspaper man in
"Washington has one or more men upon
whom he can rely to cive him accurate in
formation as to anything berore Congress.
Many Senators "give out news without
knowing it, and an adroit interviewer is
never at a loss lor the lacts in any case.
Senator Edmunds position in regard to ex
ecutive sessions is so ell known that he is
The Workman and JSlainc
seldom approached by any of the old corre
spondents. Young reporters now and then
attempt to interview him, and he treats
them politely,
TELLING TJJESI THEIB MISTAKE
and asking ror their address, saying that if
they will give it he will send them a docu
ment that they may read to their advantage.
The green reporter hereupon gives his card,
and tbe next day he gets by mail a copy of
the rules ot the Senate with a blue pencil
mark around the following paragraph:
"Any Senator or officer of the Senate who
shall disclose the secret or confidential busi
ness or proceedings of the Senate shall be
liable, if a Senator, to suffer expulsion from
the body, if an officer, to dismissal from the
service of the Senate and to punishment tor
contempt."
Senator Edmunds seldom submits to an
interview upon any subject, thouchhe some
times dictates his views upon certain ques
tions before the Senate, and when he does
the talk is always worth reading. He often
gives information with the proviso that the
matter shall not be used in interview shape,
and he is in this respect much like a num
ber of his brotner Senators. Ingalls oiten
talks in this way, and his conversations
sparkle with ideas craphically expressed.
He is lull of information, is up to the times
on every subject, and if one can escape his
prohibition to publish he is good for a
column any hour of the day.
SHERMAN IS ACCESSIBLE.
Senator Sherman, though he is said to be
"cold," is always ready to talk to a news
paper man. He answers all questions put
to him. aud gives interviews whenever he
can. He will not say what he does not want
to, and he is perfectly (rank and open in his
expressions. He sometimes dictates his re
plies to the interviewer, and he is accessible
both at the Senate and at his home.
Leland Stanford is another very accessible
man, and he has as many ideas to the square
inch as any other statesman in the country.
His head is packed fall of information of
all sorts, and I have never heard a subject
mentioned in his presence upon which he
bad not something new to say He is not
afraid to say what he thinks, and his talks
are always readable. Senator Allison talks
readily, nut he hedges so much in his state
ments as to take the life out of them. He
is too much of a diplomat, and he roosts on
the fence.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, never
submits to an interview. I remember my
first experience with him. I was corre
spondent lor the Cleveland Leader, and I
told him that I had been sent by its editor
to ask him certain questions. He was sit
ting in bis dressing gown and slippers in
his library when I made this remark, and he
straightened himself up like a shot and shut
his mouth like a clam as he chopped out the
words:
no mincing or words.
"Well, young man, you may put
your questions, but I warn you I will not
answer one word."
I then told him that I did not expect to
interview him bv force and that if he had
nothing to say there was no use in my asking
questions. He then told me that he had
wade a resolution to publish everything
that went from him into the papers oer his
own signature and begged my pardon for his
seeming grnffness. He wanted me to stay
and look over the cartoons in .Pud!; with
him, but I thanked him and left.
I find that the New England Senators are
as a rule afraid to call their souls their own
and the most knobbish man on the Supreme
Court bench is Justice Horace Gray. He
never submits to an interview and he told
me once when I asked him some question
about Supreme Court business that he
thought the country would be better served
by his attending to the business of the
court, than by saying what ought to be
done as to its improvement- Not long ago
a lady correspondent of "Washington was
preparing an article on the private libraries
of the Capital. She wrote to the leading
statesmen who were known to have collec
tions of books aud asked permission to call
and see them.
JUSTICE GRAY'S REFUSAL.
From every man of prominence with the
exception ot 'Justice Gray she cot a polite
answer. Gray's roply was iorraal, almost to
rudeness, and it stated that Justice Gray's
library had been gathered together for other
purposes, nnrt that the public would be just
as well served uy not hearing anything
about it. This is from the Justice of the
-
Mi
raffllfflTl 'I !'"1 ki'-c
Supreme Court who went down the river
with the President in an English hunting
costume a month or so ago, and who, when I
called upon him, received me in a silk vel
vet coat, patent leather pumps, a velvet vest
and light pantaloons.
Senator Dawe of Massachusetts, is not
averse to an interview and he talks well.
Speaker Iteed now and then gives a sentence
or two to the correspondents, and SIcKinley
is a good friend of the newspaper men.
Joe Cannon is full of ideas, and he can
grind out a column in an hour. Senator
Hawlev is verv busy, but he is a newspaper
man himself, and he will talk freely if you
catch him at leisure. "Wade Hampton never
interviews, and the reporter who gets any
thing out of Joe Brown is a genius.
INTERVIEWED IK BED.
Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, is al
ways ready to give away a good thing when
he has it. I remember once calling upon
him about 8 o'clock in the evening. I was
told to walk up to his bedroom, and 1 found
him with his head on the pillow and the
bed clothes well up to the neck of his frilled
nighttrown. He told me that he had had a
hard day's work, and that he had cone to
bed early to sleep himself fresh. He said
that he could sleep at any time and that he
was good lor 12 hours or could get along
with four as necessity demanded, and he
gave me the information I desired while he
lay in bed.
Frank Hiscock, of New York, is a poser.
He seems to swell when he is asked for an
interview, and if he has not some ax of his
own to grind he wilt say that he is very
busy jnst now, but if you will call npon
him" to-morrow he will be able to tell you
whether he can talk or not Senator Joe
Blackburn is a good man to interview, but a
hard man to report. His language is so
flowery that you lose the ideas if youare not
careful, and he ought to be quoted just as
he talks to do him justice. Yoorhees is cau
tious, but he often tells a good story.
George Test is lull of ideas. He is not
afraid to talk and he dictates an article as
well as most correspondents can write it
He walks up and down as he dictates, and
his words flow freely.
THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET.
President Harrison has given no big in
terviews as yet. It is not considered eti
quette to ask him questions, and the ordi
nary rule is that a Cabinet Minister ought
not to be interviewed. Nevertheless, Wan
amaker talks frequently, "Windom gives out
expressions on some subjects and Blaine has
made one or two utterances since he became
Secretary of State.
Speaking of Blaine and the newspapers,
one of the best stories I ever heard in re
gard to his experiences with the reporters
was told last night on Newspaper Bow.
The subject of executive sessions was up,
and a number of the correspondents were
chatting abont public men and interviews.
Smith D. Fry, of the St. Paul Globe, de
scribed Blaine's adventures with George
Nicholas.
"Nicholas," said Fry, "was a reporter of
the Chicago Times, which was during the
days of Editor Storey a great friend of
Blaine's. Blaine was in Chicago at the
Grand Pacific Hotel, and Clint Snowden,
the city editor, Sent Nicholas to interview
him. As he entered tbe howl he saw Mr.
Blaine go into the dining room arm in arm
with a prominent politician of Chicago.
He waited until they came out and saw
Blaine go to the elevator and up to his
room.
BLAINE -WAS NOT IN.
Mr. Nicholas then sent up his card to Mr.
Blaine. The boy returned immediately and
said that Mr. Blaine was not in. Nicholas
waited half an hour and sent up his card
again. The same result. He waited another
half hour and sent up another card,and still
Mr. Blaine was not in. By this time he was
rather angry, and seeinrracross the streetnn
old Chicagoan who looked very much like
Mr. Blaine it occurred to him that he would
get even with Mr. Blaine by making this
man personate him. Nicholas was a curious
fellow. He stuttered in his speech and he
was a good deal of a wag. He went over the
way and patted this man on the shoulder
and said: "How do you do, Mr. Blaine?"
The man looked around and replied:
"What is it, Nick? "What's the lay?"
Said Nicholas: "I have been sent out to
interview Mr. Blaine, and as you look like
Mr. Blaine I will interview you," and he
thereupon began to ask questions. The man
took the cne and he answered the interroga
tories in a characteristic manner, saying just
the things, however, that Blaine should not
have said. He referred in impolitic terms to
General Grant and criticised Garfield.
THE PLUMED KNIGHT "WAS MAD.
Nicholas wrote up the interview and it
was publjshed in the Times. Blaine not
iced it the next day when he was traveling
somewhere in the central part of Wisconsin.
He was very angry and he telegraphed to
Mr. Storey "that he had had no interview
with any of his reporters and asked what he
meant by such an outrageous misrepresenta
tion. Storey grew excited over the tele
gram. He called in Snowden and asked
who had written that interview. "It was
Geore? Nicholas," replied the city editor.
" 'You must discharge him at once,' said
Mr. Storey. 'The inerview never took
place and I have just gotten this telegram
from Senator Blaine.'
"Snowden went back to his office and a
moment later Nicholas came in.
" 'Well, Nicholas, you're fired," said
Snowden. 'Blaine has telegraphed that he
had nothing to do with that interview and
the old mtn savs you've got to go.'
" 'Indeed,' said Nicholas. 'I think both
Blaine and Mr. Storev have not read the
Sherman is Accessible.
interview. It does not pretend to be a talk
with Blaine bnt it expressly states that it is
a talk with a man who looked like Blaine.'
and thereupon Nicholas told the story of
how Blaine had illtreated him, how he had
sent up his card three separate times and
how Blaine had refused to receive him.
GOT A RAISE IN SALARY.
" 'That alters the matter,' said Mr.
Snowden, and he thereupon went in to Mr.
Storey and the two looked over the article
together and round it was as Nicholas had
stated. Mr. Storey was very angry at the
treatment of his reporter by Mr. Blaine
when he had done so much for him, and he
asked lor Nicholas. When Nicholas came
in he said: 'Mr. Nicholas, if you ever treat
a public niau that way again I'll discharge
you, but for the prese'nt "von may stay, and
your salary will be $40 instead of 525 per
week. Good day. Mr. Nicholas.' "
It was a short time alter this that Nicholas
came to Washington. He was engaged as a
reporter on the National Republican, at the
head of which was George V. Gorham, who
hated Blaine and who was fighting him.
Blaine's hatred of Gorham was equallv
great, and Blaine would never have thnuglit
of giving an interview to the National Re
publican. He was building his house here
then, and spent some hours ot each day in
watching its construction. Nicholas was
sent to interview him. He watched for the
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
time when he went out to see his new house
on Dupont Circle, and jnst as Blaine entered
the front door Nicholas jumped down
THROUGH THE COAL HOLE
and took off his coat, rumpled up his shirt
and in a short time appeared before Blaine
in the attire of i workman. Blaine is, you
know, a very approachable man upon certain
occasions, and Nicholas went up to him and
said:
"Mr. Blaine, we workmen think some
thing about politics as well at other people,
aud do you know that I have been greatly
interested in your great career. I liked your
speeches in Virginia, and as for this son-of-
Ingalls Said Me Was Jiuined.
a-gun who edits the National Republican
and who is always denouncing you, we
workmen don't think much of him."
This was said in Nicholas stuttering way
and Blaine listened to him, sympathized
with him in his effort to talk, and was evi
dently flattered bv his appreciation. He
replied to the work"men, telling him what he
thought of the issues of the campaign, and
drawn out by questions, gave a long discus
sion upon the matters which were of the
most interest to the people at that time. As
the talk went on. however, he thought his
workman seemed to know a remarkable
amount for a man of his position and sud
denly stopped and asked:
"By the way, young man, who are you?"
THE OPEN CONFESSION.
ITI er I am the man who tried
to interview you for the Chicago Times iD
Chicago, but d d did not succeed. I I
am now in Washington and I er write for
the Republican."
To sav that Blaine was angry is unneces
sary. Nicholas left, however, before he ex
pressed his wrath in action, and the next
dav a long and important interview ap
peared in the National Republican, in
which Blaine's views were given to the peo
ple in a characteristic way.
You would hardly find a correspondent in
Washington who would attempt to get an
interview in this manner to-dy, and the
action of Nicholas would not be approved
of by either editors or correspondents. The
newspaper correspondents are as a rule fully
as gentlemanly in the getting of their in
formation as the most polite of the states
men, and there is not a man in the gallery
who would betray a confidence or a secret.
Most of them are close in the counsels of the
public men, and not a few ot them daily
keep back information intrusted them in
confidence which might make them money
and which often might ruin the public men
who give it to them.
PUBLISH UNLESS FORBIDDEN.
The rule, however, in newspaper work is
that a public man in giving an expression
to a correspondent intends it for publica
tion unless ho absolutely prohibits or re
quests tbe contrary. One of the funniest
interviews of the past three years was that
which was unconsciously given by Senator
Ingalls to Mr. Lewsley, then ol the Wash
incton Post, but now connected with the
New York World. Mr. Lewsley was sent
to interview Senator Ingalls on politics.
Senator Ingalls did not want to talk, andhe
turned the conversation at every question
that Lewsley put to the subject of shaving.
When Lewsley asked him as to the pros
pects ot the pa'rty. Senator Ingalls remarked
that Mr. Lewsley's beard needed trimming,
and, "as a friend," told him "a gentleman
could not go through life without shaving
himself at least once a day."
"You should shave the first thing in the
morning," said Ingalls. "You will want a
cup of hot water, and as to the razor "
Here Lewsley broke in: "But, Senator,
I want to ask you as to the Presidental situ
ation." "I was speaking of the razor, Mr. Lew
sley. I would advise you to get one of the
Sheffield make, of a hollow blade and the
lighter aud smaller the better, and "
"But, Senator Ingalls," interrupted
Lewsley, I want to talk to you about tho
political "
HE BOOMED ME SOAP.
"Ah, Mr. Lewsley, I forgot to speak about
the soap. The finest soap you will find on
the market is that made in New England
by a man named blauk," and here Ingalls
mentioned the name of one ol the noted
soap men of the "United States and went on
with a quarter of a column of eulogy in his
usual linguistic pyrotechnics upon the
virtues of this shaving soap. Mr. Lewsley,
finding he could not get what he wanted,
lelt, and having a certain amount of space
to fill, he wrote up the interview on shav
ing, quoting Ingalls' words as they were
uttered. The next day everybody in Wash
ington was lnnghing over this interview and
by the following week it was copied into
nearly every paper in the "United States.
Senator Ingalls did not object to it until he
saw it on one of the advertising pages of
Harpers' Weekly. The shaving soap man
had taken a picture oi Senator Ingalls and
had paid for a whole page of Harpers'
Weekly for this and the interview advertis
ing his soap. Mr. Lewsley bought Harpers'
the day it came out and he had it in his
pocket as, going up toward the Capitol, he
met Senator Ingalls and said:
"Senator, there are some things in my
lie of which I feel very proud and some for
which I am sorry. I feel for once, how
ever, that I have done myself great credit,
and I have never appreciated that fact as
just now,"
"How so?" said Senator Ingalls.
RAISED HIM TO GREATNESS.
"I find I have been the hnmble means.
Senator, of making you truly iamous. I
have elevated you to the rank of Patti,
Henrv Ward Beecher, Lvdia Pinkham,
Harriet Hu board Ayer and the other really
great who find their place in the advertising
columns of great newspapers."
"What do you mean?" said Ingalls.
'"'I mean this," Baid Lewsley, and he
thereupon handed the Senator the paper.
Ingalls screwed his double-spectacled eyes
close to the paper a moment without speak
ing, and then he raised it up and said:
"Great heavens, Lewsley, you've ruined
me!"
"Ob, no, I think not," said Lewsley. "It
is just as you gave it to me, is it not?"
"Yes, I believe it is," said Ingalls, "and
there is no use in trying to lie out of it, I
couldn't afford to enter tbe ring with a great
professional liar like yourself. I will do
one thing, however. I will prevent the re
appearance of that advertisement," and
thereupon the Senator went to his room and
telegraphed to the soap man that if ho did
not take that advertisement out ot the paper
he would be subject to a suit for damages.
The resnlt was that the advertisement was
dropped. Frank G. Carpenter.
No case of rheumatism can be so bad
that Chamberlain's Pain Balm will not
help it- The prompt relief from pain which
it affords is alone worth many times the
cost, which is CO cents. Wlbsn
y-fe? JlH&ntyl ck
PITTSBtTRG, SUNDAY,
PLAZAS OF BOGOTA.
Statue of Simon Bolivar, the George
Washington of Colombia.
HIS COXGRESS OP THE AMERICAS.
Babies flare a Hard Time Among the Poor
Classes of the People.
A COMPLAINT COMMON TO TISITOES
tCOBBKSFOKDZHCI OT TUX DISPATCH.!
Bogota, Colombia, February 3.
HIS ancient capi
tal has more than
the usual number
of plazas, or public
squares. The prin
cipal plaza, named
in honor of the
patriot, Simon Bol
ivar, whose statue
stands in the mid
dle, ocenpies the
exact center of the
town, and extends
80 meters in every
direction. The
"counterfeit pre
sentment" of the
Liberator, the co
lossal statue in
bronze, is a mag
nificent work,
which was exe
cuted by the cele
brated sculptor,
Tenerami,and pre
sented to Colom
Ibia (then New
Grenada) by Senor
Jose IgnacioParis,
a gentleman prom-
f npnt In lnfal nnli.
tics, who at that time had the presidental
bee buzzing loudly in his bonnet.
The figure is attired in the alleged mili
tary costume which nobody on earth ever
wore but statues, its trailing robe, some
thing like that which disfigures the marble
A VIEW OF SANTA
caricature of poor Lincoln in the Capitol at
Washington, a cross between Soman tosa,
Spanish cloak and bed-sheet, adorned with
elaborate embroidery. The head is uncov
ered, the right hand holds a rapier, and on
the breast is a beautiiul medallion of George
Washington, the .Father ot Republics.
Great Bolivar, Colombia's first President,
whodid so much toward shaping tbo destinies
of South America, and in whose honor the
Kepublic of Bolivia was named, was a
genius in his day. The congress of the
nations of the three Americas, which has
lately been making the grand tour of the
United States, was the ontcome of an idea
originated by him, as far back as the year
1821. At that time the several sections of
Spanish America had just achieved their
independence, and were for the most part
organized into Bepublics, but on no sub
stantial basis.
CONFERENCE OF THE THREE AMERICAS.
Bolivar urged the doctrine of "America
for the Americans," and suggested a confer
ence of all the American powers North,
South and Central to be held at Panama,
the middle point. The proposal found favor
in the "United States, but there was some
hitch in the arrangements made to comply
with the invitations. Fur one thing the
place of meeting was ill-chosen, the climate
of Panama, though not obiectionable to the
South and Central Americans who are
accustomed to it, being deadly to those from
the far North. Two delegates were sent
from thcsPnited States to that early con
gress; buj one of them died on the way, and
the other, owing to some delay in transit,
found, on his arrival at Panama, that the
conference had adjourned some days belore.
The idea did not die out, however, and
after President Garfield's inauguration it
again took definite shape. One ot Secretary
Blaine's first acts was to issue invitations to
Mexico and the Central and South American
governments to meet in Washington. After
Garfield's uutimelr death, Mr. Blaine's
buccessor recalled the invitations; and the
jroject again slumbered until a lew weeks
jelore the expiration of President Cleve
land's term, when Secretary Bayard pre
sented tbe matter to Congress, the invita
tions were reissued, and the result we know.
This historic space, which has rejoiced
under various names during the last three
centuries, and is now most commonly known
as the "Plaza 4c la Constitution," has been
the scene of many stirring events. From
its breast has emanated the growth ol art,
science, religion and liberty. Most ol the
wars have begun and ended here. Here
Quesada unfurled, for tho first time, the"
blood-red banner ol Bpain above the symbol
of the Cross. During more than 200 years of
viceregal rule it witnessed the workings of
slavery, ot the Inquisition, the stake and
the scaffold. Here Bolivar unrolled the
flag of freedom.
THE -WONDERFUL CATHEDRAL.
On another side of the same square is the
great Cathedral, a wonderful structure as to
tsze, but not much to boast of in the line
of architectural symmetry. It was begun
shortly after tbe Episcopal See of Bogota
was founded (in 1663, I believe); but its
original builders did not seem to un
derstand their business very well for
the whole pile tumbled down, killing
cores of people in its fall, on the very
day it was to have been consecrated I About
30 years later the work was recommenced;
and many alterations having been madjb at
subsequent periods, by as many different
architects from designs of their owri, the
building has a singularly mongrel loot.
Its facade rests upon a basement of sduare,
hewn stones, slightly raised above thefatrio.
Above the basement eight Doric pillars rise
in a group, forming portals for tte side
doors. Tbe entrance to the greatcentral
door is between two fluted columnsof the
Ionic order. Above the first story runs
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an elaborate cornice; and immediately below
the cornice, in spacious niches over the side
doors, stand colossal statues of St, Peter
and St. Paul.
THE OTHER PUBLIC PARKS.
Not far away form Bolivar's statue is the
plaza de las armas, 100 meters long, and
traversed from east to west by the San
Augustin river. On the northern bank is a
pretty garden, of irregular shape because
following the bends of the river; and on the
opnosite side, beyond another flowery space,
stands the fine old church and former
monastery of San Augustin. Besides its
religious history, which dates back nearly
three centuries, this church is memorable
for having withstood a siege ot three days'
duration, in the revolution oflSGl.
Scarcely second to this in historic interest
is the Plaza de los Martires (the Martyrs)
so named because within it have been exe
cuted many of Colombia's patriots, politi
cians, councillors, soldiers and statesmen,
shot by the Spaniards during the bitter
struggle for independence. Again and
again has it been deluged with human blood
which perhaps accounts for the fact that
grass and flowers seem to grow more rankly
here than elsewhere. It has also been the
scene of several auto de les, in those earlier
days when Bomish Inquisitors had power
to burn alive those who dared to incur their
displeasure.
In tbe center of the plaza a lofty obelisk
has been reared to the memory of "los Mar
tires." The cornerstone of the splendid
monument was laid in 1872 by Dr. Manuel
Murillo, then President of the Eepublic;
but tbe work was not completed until as late
as Trujillo's administration. The beautiful
statues that adorn its sides are the work ol
the Italian artist, Zombardio.
Then there is the Plaza de la Capuchins,
surrounded on three sides by the finest
private residences, and flanked on the other
by the College oi Mercy and the ancient
church of the Capuchina. Straight through
tbe middle of this plaza runs a river, shaded
on both banksby tall, ugly eucalyptus trees,
said to be the first ever planted in Colombia
imported by the monks, whose favorite
promenade was along this stream at the sun
set hour.
OUR LADY OF THE CLIFF.
Speaking of churches, one of the most
curious in Bogota is that which shelters
"Our Lady ot the Cliff." Like other in
tensely Catholic communities this has its
miraculous Virgin, which corresponds to
the Mexican Guadalupe, the French Lady
of Londres, tbe Spanish Virgin de los
Bemedios, or any other of the numerous
forms in which the Mother of Christ is said
to have revealed herself to man. The "Lady
of the Cliff" was discovered by an Indian
FE DE BOGOTA.
carved on the face of an almost inaccessible
precipice away up in the mountains. With
infinite labor and expense the solid rock
upon which the miraculous carving appeared
was cut away from the peak and carried to
Bogota, where a church was erected in its
honor.
The only Protestant place of worship in
Bogota is the Scotch Presbyterian Mission
house, which occupies a building that was
originally constructed for a printing office.
There are galleries along both sides and at
the farther end are two very high windows,
above the raised platform, which holds the
reading desk ana a rather squeaky har
monium. The services are mostly con
ducted in Spanish, for the benefit of native
converts, of whom, I am told, there are a
considerable number. Aud queer enough
it sounds to hear the samo old home-tunes,
endeared bv so many associations "Bock
of Ages," "Old Hundred," "Jesus, Lover
of my Soul," etc. rendered with words ot
another tongue, and the Lord's prayer re
peited by the congregation: Dar nos este dio
nuestro pan, "Give us this day our daily
bread." Protestantism is protected in a
measure, in common with all other forms of
religion by the "Liberal" government.
Trie more superstitious ol the people have
a horror of all religions save their own. A
former missionary in Colombia relates how
a poor woman came to him one day, weeping
and evidently driven to desperation by the
pangs of hunger, bringing her baby in her
arms, which she offered to sell to him "for
the service of the devil," she fullv believing
that the mission ot the Presbyterians was to
gather in souls to his Satanic Majesty.
BABIES DON'T COUNT FOR MUCH.
The maternal instinct is by no means
wanting; but among the more degraded the
women have so many children and are so
habitually hungry and hopeless that it is no
wonder human instincts nearly die out of
them. In some cases infauts 'are utterly
neglected and left to shift for themselves
soon as able to walk, to live or die, "assi
Dios quere" (as God wills), as their parents
would piously remark if questioned on the
subject. An American gentleman tells me
that he was riding one day in the suburbs
when his horse accidentally ran over and
killed a child that was lying asleep in the
road, its dirty aud naked brown body com
pletely hidden in the sand. Of course he was
stricken with horror and remorse, and hunt
ing up the mother, gave her all the money
he happened to have about him (amounting
to about $40), as a balm to assuage her
grief. A few days later, riding along the
same road, he saw ahead of him another
child squatted in the sand in precisely the
spot where the other was killed. Dismount
ing to investigate, he discovered that tha
little thing could not get out of the way,
being securely tied in a flat basket. He did
not run over any more babies.
Throughout all Spanish-America the
death of a child seems to be a matter of re
joicing rather than of sorrow the idea
being that the little one, not having arrived
at years of discretion, must be without sin,
and therefore in no danger of the torments
of purgatory: whereas, had it been permitted
to live longer "quien sabe" (who knows)
what might have been its eternal future? The
small corpse is spoken of by all as otra
angelita, "another little angel." It is dec
orated gaily with birds' wings, flowers and
bits of gaudy paper, kept'in tbe house as
long as possible, often a great deal too long;
and its interment is celebrated by lively
music, followed by a feast for all concerned
and sometimes dancing.
Fannir B. Ward.
The severe pain incident to rheumatism
is promptly relieved by Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and many very bad case have been
cured by its continued use, CO cents per
bottle. wibsu
ENJOYING THE PLAT.
A Glimpse of Famous Men and Women
in the New York Theaters.
MRS. CLEVELAND HIDES HERSELF.
Gen. Sherman Always on the Loot on t for
the Good-Looking Girls.
A CONTRAST IN THU GOULD FAMILY
rCOHIlESFOXDEN-CE or THE DISPATCH. 1
New York, March 15. Men and women
of national celebrity can be seen at almost
any performance in the leading New York
theaters, and it frequently happens that
opera glasses are leveled quite as much at
tbe occupants of some particular box or
seats as at the stage itself. The presence of
well-known people at a playhouse is sure to
be a drawing card, and shrewd managers
make use of such a fact for advertising pur
poses every time. Their attendance at a
"first ni,'ht" is especially desirable, and it
not infrequently happens at such a time
that every box in the house is given gratui
tously to celebrities.
Ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland always
occupy a box at the theater. Both are fond
of the drama and are frequently seen at
principal playhouses. Mr. Cleveland has
no special preference for a box seat, and
would probably prefer an orchestra chair to
show his Democratic spirit, but he is alto
gether too big and fat to occupy one with
comfort. With Mrs. Cleveland the case is
different. Shb resents the gaze of a crowd,
and although more conspicuous in a box,
she is also more remote lrom the people who
scrutinize her as they would a freak in a
dime museum. Every theatrical manager
in the city knows that she has refused to
attend performances altogether rather than
sit in the body of the house. She gives in
disputable evidence of her feelings by turn
ing her back squarely upon the audience.
Mr. Cleveland always sits behind his wife
in an inconspicuous position. He leans
back in his chair and pays close attention
to the performance. He is chary of his
applause, but occasionally claps his bands
in a perfunctory war. Between acta he de
votes himself to the ladies of bis party
there are usually one or two besides Mrs.
Cleveland bnt at the same time be finds an
occasional opportunity to survey the audi
ence through his opera glasses". He per
forms this feat from a position where but
few can see him. He and Mrs. Cleveland
still receive more attention at the theater
than anybody else in New York.
SHERMAN PARTIAL TO BEAUTY.
That grizzled old warrior, General Sher
man, is an enthusiastic spectator of theatri
cal performances. He has the entree to
every theater in the city. He likes a seat
well-down in front, for his eyesight and
hearing are not as good as they were when
he marched through Georgia. An expres
sion of solid satisfaction and hearty enjoy
ment fills his face as he watches the show.
He is a good listener, and follows closely
the unfolding of the plot. For the good
looking girls of the company, too, be has an
appreciative eye. Nothing delights him
more than to be taken back of the scenesand
be introduced to some performer who has
caught his fancy. In his applause he is
generous. He always appears in evening
dress, and his well-known rngged face,
promincmt nose and closely-cropped white
beard look, much more familiarin a swallow
tailed coat in these dysthan if gold braid
andtenaulettes were beneath them.
Jay Gould always sits in a box, and takes
an upper one if he can get it. He is by no
means a constant theater-goer. He is even
moreretiringthan Mr. Cleveland, and rarely
allows himself to be seen by tbe audience.
Ho never applauds, bnt occasionally be
comes so interested in the play as to emerge
from his place of concealment and crane his
neck over the edge of the box. When the
exciting scene or striking tableau is over he
seems to become suddenly aware of his con
spicuous position, and quickly sinks into
the background.
NOT QUITE SO RETIRING.
Young George Gonld is not so eager for
concealment as his father. He sits boldly
in the front ot the box, with his face in full
view of tbe audience, or stands behind his
wife, leaning back of her chair. He pajrs
strict attention to the stage, however, as it
is characteristic of the Gould family to al
ways get the worth of their money. At the
comedy touches he laughs heartily, but
never applauds. He likes to look at the
audience, and frequently divides bis atten
tion between it and his party when the cur
tain is down.
Mrs. Edith Kingdon Gould Is directly the
opposite of Mrs. Cleveland so far as objec
tion to public scrutiny is concerned. When
one of a theater party she invariably sits in
tbe most conspicuous seat in the box.
Whether unconscious! or not, she also sits
in a position from which she can see the
stage and the audience can also see her face.
She cannot tbe called an enthusiastic spec
tator, but seems to be studying the tech
nical work of the players mure than listen
ing to the play, a tact probably dne to the
influence of "her past career. She engages
in frequent conversation with her husband
during the performance, and usually has a
smile for every word he speaks.
OCHILTREE AND HIS FRIENDS.
Colonel Tom Ochiltree is a good listener.
He extracts rare enjoyment from a clever
performance, and he finds better ones in
New York than he ever saw in Texas. He
is always ready to lend a helping hand as
regards" applause, and between acts likes to
wander in the lobby and talk with friends.
"Usually he can't take two steps without
meeting any number of them.
Colonel John K. Fellows, who didn't con
vict the boodlers, likes a good minstrel
show better than anything else in the show
line. Merry Marshall P. Wilder is not like
tbe majority of professionals when Ap the
role ot spectators. He goes to 'the theater
to enjoy himself, and it is a cold day when
he (ails to do so, be the play good or bad.
He never studies the acting or dissects the
drama. At the thrilling passages he looks
like a wondering schoolboy, and at the funny
ones he leans back in his chair and emits a
trne Wilderiati laugh. He is generous with
his applause, and will help along an encore
to the best of his ability.
Mrs. Kendal has been a frequent attend
ant at the metropolitan theaters Bioce her
American tour began. She steals away to
a matinee whenever she can do so, and
although, of course, she is studying the art
dramatic of this country, she apparently
obtains hearty enjoyment in doing so. She
is a sympathetic listener, and never lets a
good point pass witnont applauding it.
DEPEW'S MERRY TWINKLE.
Chauncey M. Depew listens during the
play and does his talking between acts.
Often-times when his face is sternest he is
keenly appreciating some clever or humor
ous hit, aud it would require a 6lose observer
to detect the merry twinkle in his eyes.
When he claps his bands he does so with a
vim. Mayor Grant is a great admirer of
comedy. Colonel Eobert G. Ingersoll is a
Shakespearian "crank," and never fails to
attend a good production of any of Shakes
peare's plays. He is an authority on the
subject himself, and those who have heard
him wax eloquent over the great dramatist
have enjoyed ohe of the rarest of treats, as
Shakespeare is one ot the few subjects ot
which the famous agnostic never tires. At
the theater he keeps up a steady fire of criti
cism, observation and wit, qnite as inter
esting to those with him as the play itself.
Mrs. Frank Leslie and Ella Wheeler
Wilcox are vivacious and interesting 33
well as. interested spectators. The latter
becomes especially enthusiastic over a
clever touch or thrilling climax.
Sweet Brier.
V&h0y'jk 'tttTO&YOir THE TWE
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS,
Author of "Gates Ajar," "Beyond the Gates," Eta,
AND THE REV. HERBERT D. WARD.
Continued From
CHAPTER XIX.
A HAPPY MARRIAGE IN JTJDEA.
There was merriment in the house of
Malachi. The people of Bethany were once
again wending their ways to his now notor
ious door.- Beady to forget a scandal for a
feast and to forgive an unpleasant reputation
for a frolic, the neighbors collected one
bright winter day, and salaamed across the
Phirisee's threshold politely in gala clothes.
The occasion was no less than the marriage
of his daughter.
It was a question of much local interest
when or how Ariella and Baruch had
effected the preliminaries to this event
Tbeir betrothal which was a solemn affair,
according to the customs of their people, had
taken place scarcely six weeks belore the
marriage day; Malachi had surrendered to
the situation by the hardest persuasion; but
he had surrendered thoroughly. Malachi
was a shrewd fellow, who took no long
time to perceive the pit of unpopu
larity to which he had dropped. Some
thing must be done to retrieve himself among
his neighbors and acquaintances. Why his
very rentals had begun to decline! Gossip
gave him the name of a hard man; and
tenants were afraid of him. This would
clearly never do. Malachi consulted what
LAZARUS DEFIES
he called his own soul, kept his counsel,
confided in nobody, admitted nothing, but
against the growing intimacyofhisdaughter
and Baruch, to the amazement of Hagaar, he
offered no protest. In tact he seemed to see
or know as little as possible of the love
affair, treating it with a cold indifference
which would have wounded to the auick a
daughter whose affection he had ever chosen
to cultivate. When Hagaar timidly an
nounced one night that Baiuch had formal
ly made request for the hand of Ariella, her
lather scornfully replied:
"The girl is naught but a nuisance about
the house since all this sorcerer's business
hath set her against herowu flesh and blood.
Let her marry the beggar if she will. I shall
only be too glad to be rid of her."
It was more difficult to say when the lovers
themselves had reached the definite mile
stone of marriage in their vague and some
what aerial courtship. Tormenting and
blessing each other by turns of devotion and
withdrawal, they had at last come to the
limit of a kind of spiritual ciprice who
could tell how? They themselves, perhaps,
least of all. Pate had led them by strange
wavs into the common human circumstance
of fortunate love. Marriage, tor so long im
possible, nay, the inconceivable in their
afflicted lives, was the last thing to make
itself practicable, nay, the last, perhaps, to
make itself necessary to their new and happy
lot. The possession of the simplest human
faculties tbe unregarded preciousness of
sight, the unestimated mercy of the power
oflocotnotion treasure so usual that other
loving men and women noted it not this
was paradise enough at first for Baruch and
Ariella.
The thrill ot health, the delirium of vi
sion, the late sweet consciousness of having
become like other of God's creature?, here
was the fruit upon tho tree of life. Slowly
they came to the knowledge of the good and
the evil in unshared experience. They ar
rived at the necessity of uniting their bless
ednesi, by those almost unapparent stages
which sometimes make the period of court
ship as delicate and fair as the prism in an
opal, and sometimes crowd it with sharp
pangs and perils that go too far to destroy
its delight.
At any rate, however, thejr did it; they
came to the old familiar turn in the winding
road of love, and, insensibly, as one foot
follows another in a long march, they pissed
with extraordinary sensitiveness into ordi
nary happiness.
The wedding of Ariella was a great event
in the hamlet of Bethany. Her father un
expectedly developed a stubborn vanity in
tbe matter, and insisted on as much show as
possible; partly, Hagaar suspected, as a
taunt to the proverty of the bridegroom,
who naturally, poor lellow, had not so much
as a trade yet, to show for himself; though
he had prospective opportunities to acquire
the delicate handicraft of constructing
musical instruments; for which both his
taste and his refined fingers were well
adapted. But at all events Ariella was
ceremoniously married.
The girl bore herself through the gayeties
of the evening like a white flower, still and
sweet. There was something singular about
her beauty, which seemed less bndal than
celestial ts look upon. The rudest eye re
garded tbe pale, slight, serious bride with
reverence; and the rudest tongue which
alas", sometimes gave itself freedom at tbe
weddings of those times was bridled before
her.
"Verily," said Martha, tbe widow of
Simon the LeDer. "the marriage ot those
twain is like nnto themarriage of two
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ghosts. This wedding seemeth to me like
the rising rom tbe dead."
"It seemeth to me as happy as a resurrec
tion," said Mary smiling, "if that be tha
meaning of thy thought."
Tbe pleasant tumult, the laughter and
jesting, song, music, dance and feasting
circled about Barnch like tbe movement of
fays, or beautiiul witches or beings of an
other race. He found it to be confusing to
become akin to bis kind, by all this com
monplace festivity. It made him silent,
like a spectator. Yet, perhaps, Baruch
liked it all well enough, in his own way.
The goodliest saint has a throb of pleasure
in finding himself forced to share in human
merriment like other people. Baruch looked
on with a remote smile. He heard the
quick, soft breath of Ariella. He took her
by the hand, before all' the world; he trazed
upon spiritual beauty, intoxicated. What
eye that was used to seeing could look coon
a bride like that?
As one stirreth in a vision, Baruch jd
her from her father's house. The procession
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THE HIGII PRIEST.
formed in swift, bright links to bear her
away. The home of his mother would re
ceive the bridegroom and bride. Chapleta
of myrtle crowned the heads of the bridal
party. All the flowers that theseason would
yield were showered before their happy feet.
'Periumes filled the air. Timbrels sounded
shrilly. Sweet singers chanted love songs.
The light-bearers bore brazen and carven
lamps filled with scented oil, and fastened
to the top of poles. These flickered gently
upon laughing faces and rich robes, and tha
wavering outline of dancing figures.
"Impossible," thought Ariella, "that
this bride is I." It seemed to her every mo
ment as if she should make a misstep -stumble
and fall back on that bed of mis
ery, that nine years' old grave, and lie there
helpless, hopeless, aching, and start and
sob because she had waked out of such a
pretty dream.
"Impossible," said Barnch, "that thir en
raptured man is I." He looked at Ariella.
Her long, fair hair flowed like sunlight
down her shoulders; it rippled in the light
breeze, like a brook. Her veil was of sitver
white tissue, half transparent and shining.
Her delicate throat waa visible. A chain of
golil encircled it. The chain stirred with
theheavingof her breast. Her hands and
white arms trembled. Baruch said to him
self: "I shall turn my bead and darkness
will blot it all out. Tbe vision will shatter
before me. I shall strain my sightless eye
balls till they burn into my'brain. I shall
move in blackness. I shall be guided of a
lad upon a solitary way."
Bnt when he saw the lad Enoch verilr
standing npon his valuable head, in a prom
inent place at the front of the procession,
and wearing his chaplet of myrtle npon one
wagging foot, Baruch concluded his situa
tion possessed the elements of reality. He
recovered himself and crushed the hand of
Ariella, like any common bridegroom, and
was only uncommon in tbit that he blessed
uuu uecuue ot nis eanaiv joy, ana remem
bered that it was of heaven.
In the bliss of Ariella and Barnch there
was one sturdy disappointment. First la
tbeir thoucht had been the great benefactor
o their afflicted and blessed lives. To wel
come him among the marriaee guests would
have added the last throb to delight and tha
last prayer to the sacrcdness of the hour.
His benediction would have brought their
joy to its highest and most solemn level.
The rabbi might even have married them,
Ariella thought Bnt the rabbi was not to
be found. He was traveling in distant vil
lages, followed by blessing and malediction,
by trust and suspicion, by adoration and
enmity, by a few faith nl friends and a
fickle crowd; by the scorn of the socially
influential, the espoinage and hatred of
ecclesiastics, by the loving tears and smiles
of the poor, the sick, the crippled, unlucky,
unhappy, of the outcasts, erring, and de
spised of men.
The rabbi was about what he called his
Father's business. These were strange
words to the followers who so blindly loved,
but so darkly comprehended that mystical
life. Perhaps few were constituted so as to
have understood them better than these two
young people, whose experience of snfferinjj
had refined both the Imagination and the
spiritual vision necessary to tbe case. Yet
their conception of it was vague and poor
enough. As one looks back npon that
sublime history, the most touching thing
abont it seems to be the heart-breaking soli
tariness of the man; whose nearest friend
could not apprehend his simplest motive.
His motive tor not appearing at the mar
riage festivity of Ariella and Barnch wa
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