r , M THE SCRAOTON TIUB UN 15-SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899. 3 ! Social and It hns always been said that young women who arc entertained as holiday guests In this city always want to come back again ami are sure to aver that they never had such a good time any where else. The same can be uatd of young men who have spent a. few dnya hoie at various seasons of festivity. Invariably they exptoss moio than is demanded by mete courtesy In giving voice to their appreciation of the en joyment experiences. Puitlculatly Is this true of business men who have ionic here from Niw Yoik .mil other lot go cities nnd who hae In a number of Serantou homes been able to fully realize the i rally delightful unconveii tlonnllty and pleasure enjojtd by the society young people. The other day for Instance, n largo imitv composed of Jotttron avenue tesldcnts oung. middle-aged nnd oven elderly, -with their fiiends, ptocci'ded to intsr with enthusiasm Into the fas cinations of coasting. They qed down Vine street hill like the wind and nt times attached the 'bobs" to sleighs going up and thus rode in both d'lec tlons. Many of tli city guests, partic ularly; the nun, hud not In vears en- Joyed such an utter telaxatloti fiom business 'uinl the uttr delight which thej seemed to experience van u source iif much satisfaction to their Scranton friends. "We neer go itii wheie else," said one oung woman. "v. hoie theie Is mich n lot ol unrcttralned fun -with no np parent thought of conventionality nnd yet whet i' theie Is su h 11 close observ ance of true ptoprlety as here. At home we -no chapel oned to death and yet I Jut know thete ln't the euies tlon.iblu tlirtutiou going on hete, among you Serantou gills a In many places where fo iiiueh otitwntd and libor"il icspeet Is paid to coiivoi'tleinnlltles." Mli 'Cleotg.- Sanelotson gave a lunch eon cste'idov In bonoi of her guest, Mis Tvlc-r, daughter of Professor Ty lei. of Cornell university, who made so pleasing nn liuprcslnti at the New Ihiglaiid dlnnir In till clt The oth '(! pu'st'iit weie Miv Cleolge Sturges, Mis ooihps, nf Mot uptown. N. J. Mtss Iloline-". of Pouglikeepsle; Miss Wiinoti. Miss Caldwell, rf Tioy, X. Y.: Miss August'i Arehb.ild, Ml-s AVIiiton, Miss L'elln Miss Welles. Mr. and Mrs. Sandron had Intended giving a mil dcale Inn night but owing to the ill ness of their son .James the affair was pi'M poned. Mr. and Mis-, 'ienige tinges enter tained a few 1 1 lends Infoimallv TIium dnv evening 111 honoi ! their guest. MKs Vonihoeo. molig thoe piesent w i . Mls 1'irke. Mls Westcott, of ' w Yoik, MK- Tvlu. Mi and Mis. Ulii"iu( Stiuc's, Mis Inton. Miss IJWiior AndetMii, Mess, ugust Huntington. Twite Ik II nnd Seidell Klngsbui. nuiiig thiiM who ntti tided the as n nibly In Wlll:os-n.iri" Monilay night, weie: Mis. .lames l Illcl'son, Miss Itickton, Miss CIspeth Wlntun: Messrs. Iiltlr, 'I hoi ne. end the membeis of the IiOumj parlies entertnlned at the noines of Miss Him ison and Mr John Kem meii'i Miss Ri'ihvibeig, the last member of the lioiise iiai ty enteitained by Mr. mid Mis. A 15. Uliekinton. left lor her hoine In Ne York yetoid.i. Miss Cotnolli. (inliun has also leturned to biMidlng heboid in that illy. Mis T. 1 Penman enteitained a. few fi lends 1 11 1 . n in. illy veteidav in honor of Mis. Inr,ing Ji.iight, of Lebanon, who bv her dunning peif.onalltv. Is luuklng many ft lends In her husband's home city Mi . C.miis D. Junes has Issued cards to u leieptlon to be given on Tliui.sday in t at h"r hoiiH' on olive street in honor of the Misses Norton, of Mill beny sticet. Cards lmvo been lecolved announcing tlie mat i lego of .Miss Louise nii.u. Soy bolt, of this lty, to Mr. Lyman Wil maith DoHuvon, of I'lltsburg, the cie inony having taken place last Thuis day. Mr. and Mrs. Dellnven will be at home at Hotel Schenloy, Pittsburg, after Jan. 1C. Mis. Clarence Shryer gae a chll dten's paity csteulay in honor of her little nieces and nephew, Fiank, and Margaret Mnirison, of H-ickcnsack. N. .T.. and Mary Wright, of Rlossburg, Md. The guests weie: Russell Rlch nrds. Julia Wallace, Rlsle and Janet Stmppler, Maigaiet Chuppell, Louise Chappell, Llolse Phelps. Knthryn Rroadbent, John Renoie, John Wentz, Joseph Glbbs, Geitiude Williams, Phll Ip Ciuttenden, William Price, John Shryer, Harry Kdwads, Iia Bioad- bent, Louise t'onnell, Gladys Conm 11, Hollo Jermyn, Kdivin and Janet Con nell, Thomas Phillips, Doris Streeter, John Moffatt, Kvetett Jones, Dorothy Wentz, Annette Howell, Hoivaid Rlch nit, Bjion Luce, Rurton nnd Douglas Eynon, Margaret Comegys. Dr. and Mrs. J. L Wentsi are enter taining a house party composed of Mr. and Miss Uussey, of Muiletta, Pa ; Miss Lewis, of Shenandoah; Mr. Clark, of Hazleton, and Mr. Falk, of Shamok In. A number of sleighing paitles wero enjoved during the week. This even ing Dr. and Mrs. Wentz, Mlhs LnIs. Miss Busey, Miss Boss Sherer. Messrs. i 71 ?9 Is Dr. Ilumphrevs' Specific for Coughs, Cold, Inlluenza nnd GRI P l'rovcnts l'licuiuoiiia. The use of "Soveaty-sovon" for Gilp prevents Pneumonia by "break ing up" the Cold, while Its tonic powers suHtnln the vitality during the attack. The doctois and officers of Boards i Health say that this epidemic of Grip Is not to severe or fatal as former ones,' but the danger of Pneumonia or other complications Is Just as gteat. If you will cany n vial of "77" in your pocket und tuko trequently jou will escape the grip. At 'druggists or sent prepaid; 23c., Wc. and J1.00. Humphreys' Med. Co., Cor. William and John Bts., New York. Be sure to get HUMPHREYS' Clark nnd Uussey will have a elelgh rldo to Mnrshwood, vhero they wilt be enteitained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fold. The most elaboiate event of the week as the Xew Year reception given Monda afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. lleniy Helln, Jr, when a largo com pany of cuoMs called between the hours of Ho una seven. Mrs. James Arehbald, Mrs. C. II Welles, Mrs. J. Hon Dlmmlck, Mrs. X. G. Robertson, Miss Wellcw Miss Cogswell nnd Mls Holmes usslsted the host nnd hostess uud Miss Belln. Mr. and M.rs. J. n Toney gave a funcy diess party Monday night at their home on Jcffcison avenue, which was nttended by u large number of friends of their son, Douglass, and was in every lespect a most delightful af fulr. The eofitumes weie varied and beautiful. The Orpheus club furnished music, -ins. II. C. Connell. Mis. It. G. Jeimyn, Mis. AV. B. Klrkpatrlck nnd Miss Lavelle assisted In entertaining the guests. Mi and Mih, ,T Hen Dlnuiilck ae a dancing p.uty Mondav night for their daughter, Miss Jean, which had been anticipated with much delight and which equalled In every icspect the expectations of the many young peo ple in attendance. The uieiubeis of the house paitles en tertained at the homes of Mi. James Aichbald. Mr. Henry Belln. Jr.. Ml. C. II. Welles and Mr. A. V.. Hunt etijojcd a slelghikle to the country club Mon day night, wheie supper was isened and a charming evening was spent. Among those piesent weie Mr. and Mis. X. G. Boberston, the Misses Aich bald. Miss Barbel, MiVs Baldwin, of Baltimore; Miss Caldwell. Miss Lln betg. Miss Holmes, Miss Cogswell, Ml Hunt, Miss Harris, Miss Belln, Memis. Foster, l"slier, Stephen Smith, Clar ence Lamed, J. H. Biooks, A. (i Hunt, P. B. Beliu, Welles. Joseph Goddnld. Mr. and Mis. Geoige fatUn enter tained at a leceptlon Monday after noon In honor of MUri Stewait, of Xew Yoik, who Is the guest of Miss Clar ence Sturges. Those who assisted weie Miss Aichbald, MIfh Curtis, of Wash ington; Misses Augusta and Anna Aich bald anu M's Steele Mis. t ir Welles gave a beautiful luncheon Monday In houoi of the guests at her home. Those piesent wete Miss Cogswell, of Albany; Miss Holmes, of Poughkeepsle Miss Linbeig, of Ti en ton, X. J.; Miss Baldwin. Miss Baiber, of Lnglewood, X. .1 Mihs Caldwell, of Tioy. X. Y.; Miss Hunt, Misses Arehbald, Miss Andeison, Messis It. II. Storis, of Change, X. J.; Joseph Goddard, of Chicago; the Messrs. Post ei, of Xew Y'ork; Lamed and Smith, of Orange, Fisher, of Xew York, A. '.. Huntington; A. G. Hunt, J. II. Brooks, A. n. Hunt, Jr. n event of unusual Interest has been planned by the Young Ladles' so i lety of the Plrst Presbytei i.in church In the piosence of F. Hopklnson Smith, the famous novelist, essayist and critic. The entertainment will be given In the Bicycle club Mondav eveninc .Tan. Ll. 1 Illirl ivlll li.i tlln nnlnt .-.f !W.i,.rtat In socletv that week. It Is expected that the distinguished author will give read ings from his book, including charac ter sketches fiom "Colonel Carter, of Caitersvllle," 'Old Gondola Dais" nnd other familiar fi lends of the boo'-, lover. It will be a great treat to vvel lome this splendid product of Ameri ca's literary giowtl: There Is much eat net discussion among progressive women of the city rcgaidlng the advlsabltltv of forming a club to be known ns the Twentieth Century club." William Warner entertained his pas tor, Sundav school superintendent and class Monday at his home on Madison avenue. Uev. nnd Mrs. Spieker and Mr. K. II, Brader were among tho guests. Dr. und Mi on Monday s J. J. Walsh enteitained evening in honor of the llfth unnlvorsai y of their marriage. On Thursday evening a mammoth piogressive eiichie party was held in tho looms of the Knights of Columbus on "Wyoming avenue, for the purpose of securing funds for tho new convent in Green Ridge. Tho patronesses were Mis. P. P. Smith, Mis. Conrad Schroe eler and Mis. T. J, Kelly. The Young Men's Institute of Green Ridge held its second annual banquet on Mondny night when a large com pany w as entei lalnd by a feast of rea son as well as by the material feast of tho occasion. Paul Harman and J. Warren Lee, of Bloomsburg, who are attending the Scianton Business college, gave nn opossum dinner to Pilnclpals Buck and Whitmore last evening. This was In honor of Professor Buck's thirty seventh birthday and Mi. Harmon's twenty-flist. Movcmefflte of People Mr. L. G. LeBar Is in Baltimore. Miss Mury Halght Is suffering from the grip. Mrs. S. I'riedewnld Is in Rochester, N. Y. Mr. nnd Mis. Henry Helln, Jr., are In New York. Miss Kdn.i v; Illlums has returned to Wells college. Miss Augusta Arehbald spent Thursday in Wllkes-Harre. Mr C P. Whlttemore spent Thursday In Wllkes-Harre. Miss Shear, of Monroe avunue. Is In Skenatles, X. Y. A T. Searle, esq, of Montrose, was In the city this week. Mi and Mrs J tale have returned fiom a visit In Slmmokln. Druggist Colwell spent several days In Ilairlsburg this week. Judgo nnd Mrs. Jessup, who have been very 111, are recovering. Hon and Mrs. P. 13. Timlin have re. turned from Harrlshurg, Mrs. J. N Rico visited Willtes-Harro friends Thursday afternoon Louis Newton, of Green Riag. was a Hnrrlsburg visitor last week. Attorney Homer Greene, of IlonesdUe, was In Scranton on Wednesdnv. Mrs r S. Godfrey and Miss Margaret Torry have returned from New York. Professor J. W Conant and .1. B. Wat son were In Wllkes-Barro on Thursday. Miss Mary Bremian, of rirbondale, Is visiting tho Misses Buinett. of Rlchmout park. Miss Besslo Dean, of Wltkf s-Barre, wus In town ycEterday after a visit in Now York. Miss MneNutt. of the Scianton Con servatory of Music, has returned from New York. MI'Kllirlii Hurt, of Nw York, Is Personal. ths guest of her sister, Mrs. Burnett, on Linden street, Miss Mirtle Stone, dlicctor of muslo nt Mnnsflold Xormul school, was In tho city this week. Mrs. W. II. Gearhtirt's condition has Improved and ll Is coiitflileicd that tho crisis has now passed. Ilobert K. White, of tho local station of theDclannro and Hudson railroad, Is con fined to his lesldcnce by Illness. Mr. und Mrs. Luucc, who huve been guests at tho home of Mr. James P. Dick son, have returned tn Plymouth. John A Grant bus relumed to Charles college nt Baltimore, from a visit at his parental home on Kevsc" uv Miua. Mrs. J. U Spilngfi- and Mis. J li Price, uf New Vol It, are guests of Dr. nnd Mrs II. B. Ware, of Clnv avenue. a. V. Millar, of the tit in or Millar & Peck, has gone to Pittsburg and othr western points purchasing poods, etc. Charles II. Doud, formi 'Ij. of Bcrau ton, who hns lice" visiting Harry Bir krr, has returned to his borne In New York. Itcv lr ll B. OlitiHtciid. of the Tab erimcle chunh. ItliiKhamtou, wns In lh cltv this we"k as the giie't of Jlev. J. B. Sweet. Miss Flon-tice rineh, who Ins spout tho last few months at Dinsvtlle mini toilum, X Y, has entlrelv recoveied her henllh Mr .1. W Gat dlicr. of llon.-ndde. hns taken up his iisMenci. ul the N'ush, hav ing teecntly become connected with Pinch's lion works The announcement ha lueti niiide cf the approaching innirlagi of Walter C ip well. of Given Ridge to Miss Al.na Tlco, of Wsoinlng i venue Miss Win In" of Phdnllcld. nnd Mtss Reynolds, of nintigi- N. .1., have re. turned to their burnt s after a week's visit with Miss Simpson on Olivo street. Mr and Mis Clmiles Otinther. of Buf falo. X. Y st nt a few dvvs this week while on their vvtddln? trio nt the homo of Rev. Philip Ilaendlgcs 01 Vine street. Mrs. Bllz.i Scull and Mnsti r ndw.ird Srelev went to Honesdnle vestetdny. Mi. Scull insl nluht Installed newlv elected omcers of riicle 71 Ladles of the Gmnil Aim j of the ltcpubllc. HER POINT OF VIEW. People have no business to my things vi lieu they ate grtimpj, much less to wilte things which a lot of other people aie expected to lead. Its bad enough to lulllet tumbles on some Intimate filetid who can do likewise when she gets ,i chance, but It is leully too much to aflect un entile commun ity with a posslinltl( view of lite be cause otic- happens to It el blue at tho pailicului time a column In the news paper Is to In- filled. One day I wiote the heathenish query "Does nnjbody lenllv enjoy On lst num these days?' A little lady whose life Is childly spent !n making other lives sunn) and blight, nssuied mo that she deeplv lesenled this unor thodox Idea. She. inr one, thoioughly enjo.veil the beautltul holldav, and it was thi' happlist dnj In the vear. Theio Is no sou of doubt that when one ets out tu make Christmas lovely for dn.ens nt pool chlldien who hive seldom known a ically happy day that one Is leasonablv sure of coiisldeilng the holiday one of delight. It is a good icclpo to use In most cases of general lnugwumpery against the woild, and I am glad to be called back to a realiz ing senKe that I was tioss and dis agreeable again. Hence the above as set Hon that one hns no business to weary others with a tiled, giumpv per sonal v lew of generalities. Life Is too short and contains too many actually gloomy da to insist that one blight day shall be shadowed for the whole woild by u mist that lies bcfoie one's own eyes alone. Chilstmas is too piee ious a season to be tteated with such dlmespect that one Is unlltted to enjoy It. Femininity In genet ul In Scianton has begun to lelnx the vlgllence which has been bciupulously piaetlced for the foi might which has elapsed since the last bmglaiv. Once again the fiont dooi Is occasionally found unlatched and the second stoiv cham ber windows aie neglected, while tho head of the house is occasionally uble to find his lie,iv top coat or his new est umbrella, a fe.it impossible during the period when the spasmodic sjstem of watchfulness wns In vogue and the nt tides in question weie hidden in a new siot daily. Once again ou can see mv lady's diamond lings icposing on the di aw ing room mantel oi on a maiblc slab in the bath loom. She has giown tired of concealing her jewels and whatever money she has been able to ho.ud since Chilstmas, in some impossible place and has already reverted to her usual custom of leaving valuables around to tempt the domestics and any weak-minded buighir who may chance to appear. Indeed I don't be lieve wo half appteclato the down light unswerving honesty of those who, for hire, render such faithful servlco In our homes. Tew Indeed are the dis honest servants In the thousands em ployed In the residences wheie master and mistress aie fiequently most caie less with their belongings. It Is the habit with many housewives to leave change nbout In plain sight, to send a maid for the purse, to constantly for got wheie It has been laid clown, and with money no less than with jewels to conduct themselves as If their her vants were utteily Ignorant as to either value or charm of theso treasures. Tho indexible honesty of the great mass of domestics is something mar velous, considering their opportunities for taking things and leaving abso lutely no clue to their disappearance. Not long ago a little ninld seivant recently arrived in this countiv came to her mistress holding a five-dollar bill In her hand. "This is money. Isn't It?" she asked with smiling fiank ness. "I wasn't exactly sine how much It meant, but I found It on the porch ns I swept away the leaves this morning, and If It didn't look like a brown leaf itself!" The lady icincm bered opening her pockctbook tho eve ning before nnd pulling snmples and other things out In seaich of her latch key, when, doubtless, the money had diopped down, but it Isn't nt all likely that as she restored the bill to Its place that she gavo much thought to tho little maid's temptation to keep tho amount, which by no possible means could be traced to her ixissesslon. They deserve far moio credit than they get, these stranger people, whom we take into our homes, and before whose ces we Haunt so peislstently our posses sions which, whether few or many, are naturally far greater than thelis "Other people's things menu naught to me," said a "brusque, heavy-faced cook In a fine household. "They aio not mine, and I never think how I'd like 'em, so I never want to keep Yni," she added, and her simple tole of hon esty held an ethlcnl value) not too fre quently found In some who ute often termed her betters. But to return to the house mlstiesses, who straightway began to hide their treasurers after the Matthews robbery, and otheis of similar boldness had sturtlPd tho community. They put things In tho most irresponsible places and suffered untold Inconvenience when memory played tilcks and tefused to dlvulgo tho spot of concealment. One lndv mled th thptr the otlmr night, alarmed the entire household and had sent in an alarm to the police because sho couldn't find her Jeweled lorgnettes, which she had carefully laid away out of the plain sight of burglars. a Fit st impressions, you know, often remain persistently und sho had shak en the laundry bag almost in pieces and had gone Into u hysterical ciyluc Bpell, becatiso the lorgnettes nnd sev eral other treasures weren't there, be sides ci eating the disturbance related In the foicgolug patagiaph, before aha happened to lemember that after all she decided not to put her money and Jewelry In the laundry bag, but in stead to vvuip them up in an old silk handkerchief and drop them down be hind the big porttalt of hor fnther-ln-law, over the desk In the llbinry, In which secluded location she found the articles But she didn't go to tho the atoi A favorite hiding place Is under the muttic.ss of the bed, but this also has Us disadvantages. A family disturb ance wns Hit ea toned the other morn lrg by u husband who untinunced at brtiiklnst that he proposed to occupy the "siiaie" loom thereafter until a new set ol spilngs oi a new mattress was put chased fot his bed For threo nights, he- giumbled, there hud been a lump under the small of his back, which he believed would yet produce nervous piostuition nnd he wanted a change. If they couldn't make up his bed so that It would be more com pilable hi' might go away on a long tilp Ills wife looked dlstiessed and grew more ill at case us lie persisted In demanding an Investigation The evpiesslon on his visage as a dissec tion of that bed revealed the piesonce of a large sized Jewel case, which had made a eli'Clded hump In the mattress, may, pet haps, be Imagined. Thf pot pounl Jai bus been In tea sonubly high favoi as presenting an Innocent and guileless front to the most acute btitgl.ir that ever burgled, but evei since a New Jei.sey woman lost hei diamond eaulngs because a new maid dec Ided the Jar needed clean ing out, that receptae le lias not been as populai as beftne foi a safe deposit vault. A Scranton woman stiuck on a hap- p Idea b tlie illspltatlon that the lit tle biass kettle on her tea table was a capital billing pliico, for severul beau tltul new teii-ilollar bills she tecedved on Christmas. So she thrust them theieln, :ut on the lid and went blithe ly off for a dilve. A day or two there after, when some fi lends called, she had some water pouied Into the kettle for tea, and It was not until nn in vestigation teiok place ns to the cause of u in steilous obstruction In the pour ing out pitiless that the qtieei looking mess of pulp was identified. "You ought to have ghfii it te mi' in gold," she' sobbed that night In somebody's nrnis, 'and then ll would have boiled!" Saucy Bess. RANDOM REMARKS. Yigilancu committee are too often any thing hut vigilant. Civility Is an oil tint seldom fulls to smooth the waves of anger. Jt was bellitlng that tno wealllel bureau should begin the year at yuu. A man w ho Is upright, both niornll nnd phsic.ill. Is a splendid specimen of God's handivvink. Solitude bus lew charms, but even soil, tudo Is better than the companionship of an unsoci ihle man Pennsylvania legislators went Purr for a speaker Tl might have koiio far thei and tale d um.-i, Peir keeping loafers off the stieet cor-ne-rs zeio weather is menu elfcettve Him a hundred police men. Wo wonder If thu dlily polities of some large ellh s Philadelphia, for m stnnc Is a direct icsult ot the ellrtv water supplied. On account of the number of tiamps Infesting Peiinsvlvnnla the old lefrui "Tramp, Tramp," is now mole teiiltiug than inspiriting. Rumor has it that at the net ecumen ical conference of lelco-riaphers. which is to be belli In Scranton. polities Is to be clnsscil with the lino arls. The sajlntrs of the wse, like nuggets of gold, ale usually heavy. Nineteenth le-ntiuy readeiH prefer something lighter even if the intrinsic value bo less. "Old Sleuth's" fiction will be compara tively Inspired reading when tlie Durvei murder case anil the detcellvo work con nected tbeicwltli an- brought Into eomt. To take n woman to tall In Scianton re (liilreel the united force' nt tluce police men On could hove m maged n drunken man. But ladles have to be handled with care Astrology, pilmlstiv nnel cl.urvoance, all of which are In some countries "c eouuteel crimes, flnuilsh without let or hindrance Yet we profess to be a civ ilized Christina nation. If the shipping companies of our east ein coast had nt much audacity as those ot the west they would en now have ells covered a Klondike In Cuba in older to boom passcni'er traffic. Newspaper correspondents are believed to be evei w lie re. but amid the uncer tainty sin i minding tlie future of tho Gravit nilroad thev have been ns good or us bad as nowhere. I have seen women as fair and lovable as nngels of light. I hive seen others as ugly and hateful as nngels of daikness; but think heaven' the bettei half if womankind nlin to be like the better an gels, and gcnerall" succeed. It has been suggested that If for eiverv guilty murderer who escapes the death penalty through the Ul-udvlsed leniency of our 'state board of pardons a member of tint board weie hung, the ends ot jus tlco would not much longer be defeated. Congiessman Roberts, of Ptah, has a haul eow to hoe With a wife on etch knee and another criing around him far n scat he must prove that the God who Insplied all civilized governments to pio hlblt polygamy Is the same Deity that commanded the. Mormons to practice polygamy and nfteiward rescinded the order. The district attorne -elect of Pottsvllle who declined to take the oath ot office becauso he saw several lawsuits aho.i.1 had small pluck. Thomas Boundy. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Jutt a siiiKcr, not a seer, Nor a sagu with mystic scroll, Nor a saint with daring guesses At tlie riddle of tho roul; But a model t woid-muslclan, With his bund upon tho kes, That emancipate tho voices Ot tho ilveis and the trees. And wb cheer him and rover him, And forgot tho poet's art. In tho woiet sonf,. hko blid song, That iltes fiom his heait. Not a fiction, noi a fable Do the Grecian puuts tell Of their Oiphtub, who was followed By the summit and the dell; For wo know a dear magician. With dominion over woids That in soi row's bleakest winter Bring the blotsoms and the oirds. And wo laud him and applaud him, and forgot tho pect's art, In tho woiel song like bird song, That llses frcm Ills bftrt. Tlwici's another sti anger story, That tho wlto todn deride. Of how Oiphons plajed In hmles, And was given back his bride. Yet l'vo heard a human blnger Of tho simple songs of truth Who can give us back the sunshine Of the burled days of outh. And we cheer him and rovero him, And forget tho poet's art. In tho word song, like bird song, That rises from Us heart. Vduinrd F. Rums In Ttoton Glnhn US MUSICAL QUESTION BOX. Profes' or J. Alfred PennlnKton, director of the Scrrnton Conserva tory of Muslo and organist of Rim Park church, has consented to re ply In the Bnttirdny Tribune to questions concerning muslo nnel musi cal topics asked by Trlbuno renders, Bvorv render Interested In muslo lr at liberty to nsk for Information. Questions may bo addressed to 'Musical tjuestlon Box, euro of Tribune, or they may bo nddrerscd to Professor Pennington. Onlv tho writers' Initials will orpeur in connection with tho answeis to their questions They may sign ficti tious Initials If they desire to remain entirely unknown. C T. I. I suppose the great rom pnsets had definite reasons tor assign ing tho names tliej did to their coin positions, but I fall to understand whv the "Preludes and Fugues" of Bach which are played upon the piano forte are culled "The well-tempered el tvlcliord " Will vou please explain this In tho "Musical Question Box?" Answer. The phraso "Well-Tempered Clavichord," refers to a collection of forty-eight preludes and fugues by the gieat composer, Johunn Sebastian Bach, who wus bor.ii In 1CS3 and died In 1750. The word "clavichord" refers to the keyed stringed Instrument which was the predecessor of tho pianoforte. The term "well-tempered" tequlres a detailed cxplunution. It Is scientifically impossible to tune a keyed Instiument like the piano or organ so that it will be in absolutely pure tune throughout, not even If done by the most expert tuner In the world. It would not tuke long for the tuner who tunes your piano to demonstrate cntltely to your satisfaction that it he tunes tho instrument so that It Is in pure' tune in some keys it will be hor llbly out of tune In all other kes. Be fore Buck's time, however, uud for many yenis nfter, this was the method emplovel in tuning. The plaeis In those das weie circumscribed. They were obliged to confine themselves to a few keys only, and to stray outside the beaten path ot pure tuning wns to fall into a musical quuginlie of rank nnd unbearable discoid. The genius of the gteat Bach felt hamnered by such an ariaugenient In those clays eveiy one tuned lilsovvn Instrument and the master of masters began to experi ment He found that by tuning in such a way as to divide each octave into twelve equal semi -tones, or, In other woi ds. instead of tuning the fifths, fouiths und thirds In ceitaln keys in pure tune, by slightly "tempering" them, that Is, b putting them the least bit out of pute tune, he would bo able to play with Impunity In nil kes. He recognized the fact, as does nny educated ear, that the chords belong ing to nny puitleular scale or key lose a certain amount of satisfactory ilch ness by this pioceedlng, but the loss is mote than maele up by the power of modulating to any key at will. The gieat Bach had no sooner made his dlscoveiy than he proved its efficiency by writing forty-eight preludes and fugues In all the major and minor keys. These have never been equaled since, and, as Schumann sas, arc "the pian ist's daily biend," a bread which, to entry out the simile, can only be cat en after several years of careful and systematic whetting of the plnnlstlc teeth. In this "tempeilnq" of the scale Bach did an untold service to musical nit. He knocked down, us It were, the bar llers which hltheito had guarded the enhance to the vast realm of unex plored haimony. In the 214 years slnco Bach was born musical art has made more piogiess than In all the ages pre vious to that time. Indeed, it seems to have come to its full development, and the "Well-Tempered Clavichoid" was the first mighty pi oof of the be ginning of the great musical era. As 1 have alreadv said theie Is a slight dlfiVience between a chord that Is purely tuned and one that Is "tem pered" In favor of the one that Is pure ly tuned rnhnrmonto organs have been invented which were purely tuned throughout and might be played In all keys but one would have to live as long as Methusaleh to learn to play them with anything like facility. In stead of dividing the octave Into twelvo paits as in the temp"ied scale, the oc tave was divided into seventeen or more parts. While a student In Berlin In 1S&5 my attention war drawn to nn Instrument of this kind which, strange to sav, had been invented bv a Japan ese. The instiument was in the form of a hnimonluni, or cabinet organ. Rach of tho black keys was divided In to two paits. If, for example, you plaved a certain chord containing r sharp you piesed the F shntp key nt the end nenie.st to you, F shaip coming in some other chord must be played by piesslng that division of the key which was farthest from you. The reason for this was that each of the two divisions of a black key gave its own Independent sound, the one differ ing slightly in pitch fiom tho other. If you played the right division pure tune was the icsult. If you played the wiong one ugh you wouldn't wont to do It again. To lenin to play a piece on this Instrument lequlred as much scientific stuily as Is required In deter mining the distance of fixed stars. To figure out the correct way mathemat ically and scientifically to play ?o sim ple a tune as "Greenville" or "Rock Ingham" would make one's head to ache tor a week. An old American gentleman, who was much lnteiested In the success, of tho Japanese and his Instrument, ttled to pievall upon me to give up my other studies, learn to piny sevcial pieces on the instiument, play them nt a German Industrial ex position, which was to be held In Ber lin, and thus put my name, nnd espec ially that of the Japanese in a posi tion to be carried down to grateful posterity. I peremptoiily declined with thanks. No; the tempered scule In iuntiu meats of fixed tone has come to stay for nil time. From tho time ot the advent of tho tempered scale every mam ceased to be "his own planoforto tuner." Tuning then lequlred the hand ot tho expert as it does to the present and always will. And now all hnll to the "Well-tempered Clavichord"! o C. T.-1I. Will jou also kindly ex plain the elanco whose rhythm Is tho basis of Chopin's "Polonaises?" Answer. Chopin's "Polonaises" aio beautiful compositions, noticeably rich In hai monies nnd rhythmic effects. They are based upon an ancient Polish dance of the same name, the music of which was In 3-4 time (tluee counts to a bar), the accent falling upon the third count, not tho first us In oidlntuy music. The movement was of a mnr tlol character, slow nnd stately. Tho following graphic account of this Polish dance is written by Robert Chul loner: "The principal theme of tho Polo naUe pioper Is a Polish air, or foils song, which Is worked up Into a dance In slow rythm. The Polonaise in its orlglnul grand fonn was only known and danced in Poland, and among tho ancient Poles', as we find them do- scribed In their chronicles, chlvahous, heroic, gifted with earnest piety, pow erful organizations, subtle Intellects, mingled with lilgh-boiu courtesy nnd a gallantry which never deserted them, "The Polonaise is without rapid movement, without any true steps In the artistic sense of the vvoul. Intended rather for display than for the exhibi tion of seductive grace: consequently It loses all its haughty importance, display of manly beauty, graceful, no ble, dignified deportment, martial, yet courtly, beating, when the dancers ute deprived of the nccessoiles necessary lo enable them to animate itn simple foi in by dignified gesture, appropriate pan tomlno, and the ancient and gorgcoii9 costume. "The Polonaise consists of a kind of match in which the danceis, In couples, defiled us though In a military parade; the master of the house in which tho ball was given lending off with the most noble or highly honoied laelv present ns his partner. The leader ot this dance was expected to conduct tho files under his guidance through a thousand capilclous mcamlciltig", through long suites of apartments, Il luminated gardens, nnd gtoves of shrubbery, wheie the muslo fell upon the car only In distant echoes. "Tho costumes as worn by the un dent Poles was one of the noticeable features of this dance. Diamonds and sapphlies weie wotn upon the arms or were suspended from belts of cash mere or fiom sashes ot silk embrold eied with gold. The dross of the men rivaled that of the women In luxury of mateilnl, in the value of the precious stones and vaiiely of colois. Mous tache' and sword were essential parts of the costume, as was the cap made of some billlinnt lined velvet adorned with plumes nnd aigrettes. To know how to take off, to put on, to handle the cap with all possible gt.ice, consti tuted almost an art. I'nless It were possible to see it danced by some of the old regime who still wear the an cient costume, no conception e-an be formed of the numeious Incidents, the scenic pantomime, which once rendered the Polonaise so giandly effective." MUSICAL GOSSIP. Miss Black and Miss Gniagan, well known soloists at the Second Presby terian church, have taken the studio In the Guernsey building, Washington avenue, formally occupied by Mrs, Katharine Wilcox, nnd will give vocol Instruction by the celebrated Matches! method. Misses Black nnd Gatagan were among the most advanced pupils ot Mts. Wilcox, and have by their work given ev Idence of a thorough under standing of the best methods In voice culture. As their tetms ute vety tea sonable' the oung ladles should have no difficulty in seeming a huge num ber of pupils. II II 11 "Mollle Darling" had a sale of over 2,000,000 copies, but all Colonel Hay, the composer, lecelved for the song wns $X, and he gave the money to a poor woman to buy n coffin for her dead child. It netted the publisher in the neighborhood of $60,000. 1! II II Beside being one ot the most emin ent and best known te.tcheis of the piano in America, Mr. Perlee V. Jer vls, one of the foundeis ot the Jeivls Hardenbeigh school, Is also a very gifted and forceful w liter. Articles trom his pen are always In demand by the leading music journals. ll II 'I Mr. Alfied L Wooler has recently been added to the faculty of the Jer-vls-IInrdenbeigh piano school, II II 'I Mr. A. K. Virgil, the inventor of the Clavier and author of the Clavier meth od, has just returned fiom Kutope, where he has been intioduclng- the In strument and method. He has had phenomenal success on the continent, neatly all the prominent teachers ami plunlsts In Berlin and London have attended his lectures and recitals, and many of them have adopted the Clav ier in their teaching and study. I1 II 1' Blanche MarchesI, daughter of the celebrated singing teacher, Mathllder Maichesl, of Paris, will make a con cert tour of the country beginning the middle of January, under the direction of the Henry Wolfsohn Musical bureau. She will make her first appearance in Xew Y'otk Jan. 2.", In n song lecital. 'I II II Mr. Fred W. Emetlch will sing nt tho Elm Park Chautauqua meeting Mon day evening. II I! II Mis. Hairletto Baldwin Balcntlne will open a musical studio In the "W. W. Scranton house, at the corner of Monioe avenue and Linden street, Jan. 10. She has organized a quartette com posed of Miss Annie Ro.se, Miss Phoebe Smith, Miss Josephine Medway and Mrs. Dora Metzgar, to bo known as the Philomel. This qunitette has al ready made a number of engagements for January and February. Mis. Balentlne has been given a nat tering offer to teach vocal muslo In the John I. Wall Presbytei lau academy, nt Blalistown, X. J where she will be three days each week. Mis. Balen tlne's many fi lends wish her buccess in her new field nf work. II II II Professor Pennington has been In New York this week selecting music and artists for the Fanny Mendelssohn concert in Apt 11. 'I II 'I The first Smphony orchestra rehear sal of tills vear will be held Tuesda evnlng ltmtead of Monday, as was pieviously announced. II II l! The Llederkranz society Is to be con gratulated upon having secured such a Ieuder as Theodote Hemberger. It must have been very pleasing to this splen did musician to have been chosen by a unanimous vote recently. STRANGE LOSS OF MEMORY. Writing of diseases of th niemoiy, a Russian doctor gives an Interesting ac count of some of the eccentrlcites of his patients In tho case of u llteiary man, somo time previous to his seeking ndvlee ho had been troubled with an absolute falluro of memory. lie could remember exactly cvciythtng ho had dono moro than a jear ago, but occuncmcw of later dato h had entirely forgotten. When attacked by tho dlseitso ho was engaged In writing a novol, whloh JONAS LONG'S SONS Men's Overcoats Less Than Cost There ought not to be an overcoat left at these prices. Absolutely the best that can be bought and at half the prices what others charge. Today less than cost stiong, statement but true. Rather give you some thing to remember us by than to carry any Coats over. On show second floor l;or Storm Coats in O.Oy blue, beaver or brown; cloth lined, double breasted, slanting pockets, deep storm collars; lotmer price was $8.o. Now.. 5.0V nQ I;or Stonn Coats of Wo genuine lush treize nothing to equal it for wear. Made lull ulster style and very stylish; foimer pi'ice 0 was $12.00. Now.. y.9o j For Shoit Length O.JiO Coats, double breast ed, flannel lined; deep storm collars. The thing for riding or driving. Former price was $.oo. Now 0JLO nC For Single Breasted 5.VO Coats of blue kersey, velvet collat s; well tailored, and the equal of any garment ever ollered at.oo 5.98 of best England double nn0 For Coats 9.9o West of kersey; single or breasted blue or black; very handsomely tailored. Former price was $15.00. Q Now 9.98 JONAS LONG'S SONS H. R. WESTCOTT, AUGTIONEE The entire contents of the "Swift mansion" 839 Clay ave., at Public Auc tion to close the estate. U. R Westcott will sell at public auc tion without lesiiw the entire contents ot tho above elcaant icxldcuie on WI3U NRSDAV , JAN 11. AT 10 O CLOCK A .VI. The sale comprises antlquo and modem furniture In mnhagony, walnut and oak ond e oiisKts lu jiarl ot llchlv calved chamber suite, xprinf and hair mattres, bedding, becrctiu aid bookcas.es, chin c closet, ot.tlv t-ldehcjrd. extension table, dining chairs, llch m'riore. hico curtains und draperies, carpets orienl.il and Amer. lean rugs, nbout iw vol hooks, rich ond costlv inatble clock and ilde ornaments mado by Hull, liltifk & Co . costly brln-n-biac. pictuies. claw foot center anil sido tames, cnavving room lurnuure, eic. to gethei with table, linen, sheets, pillow cases, towels, china cut gla . sJlverwure-, eiockerj. kitchen utensils, etc , the wholo for peremptory sale without regard to weather. Houe o;ien at U o'clock on morning of sale N R A DRFOSIT will be tecildred ot all put chasers, so come with einr money. J ALWAYS USE COCOA j PURE PURE! HEALTHFUL!! he had half finished He rcmemberrsl th first half, but ho could not t"ll how ho had intended to llnlsh It He was at last un able to remember whether ho had dlnrsl. In another case the imiliut tells of his tiavels. but rciients tho tales a dozen times an hour, with the .ime phrases. M.i would play a gaino of i.uds carefully and well: live minutes nttcrward ho would montlon that he had rot pi ij c el for weeks, lie would Fdv "Uood moinlim." when th- doctor made his llr'.t vilt of tho day, but did not remember the visit threo minutes later, If thi doctor again looked in. Qualified. ITusbtnd Plumbers oueht to make) great ehexs plajers, Wlfe-Vh ? Husband llecauxu they movo so slovv !. I'p to Date. THE PASSING OF THE POSTER GIRL. The poster gill Is passing fast. Her vogue en earth Is o'er; Her vloleit lips und gieenlsh halt Wo soon shull se no more. That wobbly wnlst. lior twisted um Her slanting ees and hands, Are fueling from thoso finudgy skies To other grntcKiue lands. Oh, oi o you die, weird poster girl, Whllo yet for speech there's room Say, when you're hurled, would you like A pink and purplo tomb? -Chicago Record. A ll 9 t
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