New York Clipper (Mar 1895)

OopTilgbted, \mu bj Tb» Ruk Qae«n FablUiliig CoopMir (Umiuil). Found«d bv i FRANK QUEEN, 1893.1 NEW YORK, 8^TURr>A.Y, M^RCH 3, 1896. (VOLUME XLII.-Na 93. BABY IS GOING T O SLEEP. «uvmi lom TIB nw rou OLiprat, BT WILL WATBBa. tba blotaomi ttitt bloom lo tlie Kudts, Bull lUr, eMb preitj n4 nw. An kUMd b; tb« dtwdnpa ot btifen, And Mdlj Ibelr pMMi now oIom. wblle tba blida In Un mftM totaj twIMr, And UUla lUn down (tin pttp, I dt In tba twUlgbt ud Uiten— WMlg btbj !■ going to tlMp. OHonuB. BabrUgolngtoiiMp, Wbll* liuietun lesdortj peep, And uftlj tbore Look down In Ibelr loT*. Wblle bnbj If gDliig to deep. A moUier ilte unking tbe omdie, glngtng bar lOft iDDnbr TbM talli ot Iba Brownlei ud Fklrtei Tbet Uto 'fflonf tba oloiidi In tbe ik;,. And beuUtBl wblta wlng'«d ugeli Ooma down tbrongb tbe bloe time deep, Aid tandarlj witob o'er tba emdie, WbUa babj U going to ileep. Tbiongb tbe lollnbr, nng by Ibnt motber, OooMa mOj Iba beuf mndeitona, Tbnt talla ot long, long jeu* ud wetrr, Aidot tuknibitwinneTeTbadona 'Mil oloeed an ber ejeltdi no lonier. All tear atalned, ud on ibM dear breaat Tboae pttleit budi rooking tba ondta Are toldad foremln mt- To joj bean, now ao weaJT ana way won, ToDlgbt 'Ivonld a aweet comtort be TO alnmber onoa more In m j oradle, With motber, dear, ilnglig to me. Abl age baa orept on wllb Ita allrer— On mj torebetd TIme'a torrowa aredeep. And a teardrop talla here In tbe ilarllgbt- Wblle babr la going to aleep. A W OODEN LEG. wBiim Amaru anuK roB TO! inv Toai otirraii. BT ABTBOB OOLDEN. Is tbe Ml Ot ITM the urgeon, Dr. Loaia Tbeve- oet, o( Otlali, recelTed an annonjmoiu letter, wherein be waa i«ia«atid«»caUaxaoen*lsboiiae In the nbaila ot tbe town, and to bring wllb him ibe inatromenta neoeaaair to tbe ampatatlon ot a lag. Tbe eugeon'a tame reaohed tar bejrond bla la- tlTeplao^andltaomeUmea happened that be waa even etUed to England. Alltaongb an ampnlailon alwaja poaaeaaea a car- lain oharm torn good aorgeon, Dr.The'enttcosid not make op bla mind lo comply with anob u In- Tllatton wltboitanyiDInf tortber. Three daja later, bowever, be received another myiteitona InrltatloD, ezpreaaed In morf nrgtnt teima, tbla nne wttb the notice that on the follow- ing morning, at nloe o'clock, a caTilage would atop at bla booae to convej bim lo the apot dealg- nated. Tbla came to paaa, and TheTenet, now wlabing to lallafT hlmaeU aa to whom he bad to deal wllb, «n- tered tbe carnage and naked the ditrer: "Well, where aie we golngr' "TO the place I hare been oitfered to lake jon, doctor," replied tbe driver In EngUab. "Aha I" Ibonght Tbevenet, "I tave an EnglUh- man to deal with. Well, be ahall pay ma Ubenllf tor hU aervul'a Impndeaee I" When the cairlage had reached Ita deaUnntlon Tbevenet alighted, and aaked Ibe aervut: "Who la tbe alok peraon t A mu or • woman t" "Ton will aee, air," replied tbe one addreaaed, bimiur. Tbe inrgeoD waa received at tbe door bya Ine looking jonng genUeman, between twentj-llva ud tbirtr yean o( age, who ahowed him Into a huge, budiomely romlahed room. "Are yon tbe genilemu who aent tor me I" aaked tbeaargeon. "Tea, doctor, ud I am glad yon wen oo kind aa tooomply wltbmylnviutloo. Wcnldyonllksare- freabment baton yon begin the operttlonf "Tint of all, itr, aUow me to aee and anmliiethe let. Perbnpa u ampclatlon wont be neceaarr ataU." "nn ampniatlon ia neceosry, Dr> Tbevenet. neaae be aaated." The aorgeon ait down. "Let tbe reanlt be what It will, ben axe one hnn- dred gnlneaa, which bf long to yon u aoon aa yon have llnlabed the openUcn. Bat I with to be oper- ated npon.aod on tbe apot Should yon decline, 1 wui drive a bill ihnDgh ycnr head, ]aat aa nn aa tkan'a a Ood In heaven I" With tbeae worda the atnnger dnw a putol from bla pocket. "Ob, air, yon may Uke aim at me: yonr plitol won't acam me In tbe leaat. It wen better, though, I think, tor yon to teU ne tnnkly, wltboot hetUDg abcnt tbe bnih, why yon aent for ma to come hen." "Well, I've told yon plainly enosgh,lt aeemi to <ne, that yen may ont off my right leg." "Wllb Ibe graateat pleaann, ud year head be- •Idet, K yon wlah It. Bat, It I am not mldakeD, yonr leg la perfectly aonnd, for yea aacended tha ataln Jnat now with the nlfflbleneae ot a ttgbt npa walker. What la Ibe matter with yonr lag, pny I" "Rotblng. It only wuta to be oat off." "Ton an tnaaoe^ air i" "TbaVa nose of yonr boalnea, Dr. Ttevenet I" "Very weu I I have at aU eventa the right to aak yoa why yon wlah to get rid ot aach a aoond leg, agd,u we an not aoiaalnlad wllta each other, I •hoold like to be pofiure that yon era In tan pcoaaa- alon of yonr reaacn. Ton cannot blame me for ba- iDgpradenmir.'' "Dr. ThaTOHt, win yon cany ont ny wlahf "Tea, elr, u aooa aa yon give SM a rtaaon atla- '*ctoiy eaonth to Indnoa me to nndeilake anob an cimvinat opantloB." "For the pnaeat I eanaol aetotlnt yoo with the <ntb: partapo, bowtrar, It wOl ba poaribla tor OM ■cdoKUajtti'ailaa. naa Toawmhatfelata Maly jooialf ttiunyiMcintlaa «o gat iM ot a leg la dictated by laaaon only, and yoa ycnmlt will deolde In my Ikvor." "In any caee, I ahonld Ilka to know yonr name, yonr place ot realdenoe, yoor family and caDlng." "Ten will learn all that, bat not now. Allow me to aak yon whether yon ngard me aa a mu of hcnorP' "A mu ot honor dcee not oblige a aargeon, at tbe noiale ot aplitol, to ont off bla leg. Ihave datlea to diacbarge, even toward yon. and ao long aa I am not oonvlnoed that yonr baallb peremploiUy demuda It, I ahall not afrae to make yon a cripple for lite. And now, air. It yon Ond It neceaaiy to beoome tbe marderar ot u lenocent boiband ud father, thea m>ke oaa of year platol I" tell In Ion wllb ber with all the patalon I waa capable ot. Aa ibe w«a pntty, rich, ud belonged to a letpeolable Duilly, I waa act aaaUng In itvala, 111 I wu tbe only one fottaule anon|b to Had mo- toal love. In aplte of that, however, abe lethMd ne her band, ao that my gitateet bapplaaaa wia, at the aame llaie, my gnaieat mlatortima. It waa a long time befon I learned the caoea of bar ntvmX. At laat bar alaler nrealed to ma the eecnt. Hlaa Barley waa a piodlgy ot beasty, bat aha had oome lalo the world wllh ontr one leg, ud Itwnaonao- conntof thu dereot that abeivJeoKd my ielt,for fear Ibat It wonld leapln me with npngnuce. "When I leaned tbla I dimly reaolved to conn- terbaluca tbla Memlab Dycsecllng a ilollarlty year great toe woold ban aaawand yonr pupcaa, and baton tha urmlnaUon ot the Uih year yoa wlU avn Old Ibe loaa of the IIHIe toa lameatabla. I aay all tbla, of coana, wllboni Iba allghlaal dcnbt aataibaeiealleBt<|oallilaaafKn.Tnaple. I have Ibe honor, etc., L. tbivbiit," DnilBg Ibe dark dayi of the Pnncb RaTolailoa Dr. Thavenel waa dencBBotd by u envtona col- laagna aa u amtoont, ud waa obllied to Bee to U»dcB, to aacape the dangar of aa opanttoa ba htdnavarptftorffledaayetonallvlBgacnl. After bla arrival be looked np Sir ObaiteaTMnple, who raoalved blm wllh open ama. "Welcome, welconw. Dr. ThevaaMl" ha ortad. " Bzeoae ae It I drop lalo my aim chair agtlB-my AT THE BICYCLE ACADEMY, "Whti;yon aay pnvaa yon to be a wonby and oonngeona mu, my dear doctor. I abtU not be- come a mnrdemr tlmngh yon, bot I ahall, never theleaa, force yon to ont off my leg. What yoa wont do oat of tear or greed ot gold, yon win do out of pity for ma." "Bow am I to nndentud ibatf "I wUl aboot a hall thnogb my Kg befon yoor very eyea." lodeed, the young mu aeatad hUnaelt, and bald Ibe mania of bla platol agalnit bla knee pan. Tba enrgaoa epnng to bla feet In order to pnvent tbe atnnger from canylog ont bla InteaUon. "It yon itlr tnm the apot," cried the Engllab- mu, "111 in I One word mon I WlU yon oom- pel me, tbrocgh yonr retoaal, to Inmeaae my annr- Ing adll morel" "I npeat, air, yoa an Iname and what yoa uk vf me la a pleoe of tolly; bot I wlU faUUl year wlah now In order to avoid a greater eni. I wlU oat off year aafortanata teg." Tbe prepanttona wen tC'Ckly made. Befon the tint liclalon tha EdgUabmu 111 hlaplp^udawon ' wonldnotparttnmltdanngtbeopaialton;ud kept bla word, amoking UU the leg faD on the floor. Tbevenet ihowed bla uoalakUl.udlnaahoit time bU patient wia aatlialy ntfond. Attar ba had paid tbe aoigeoa ba thukad blm amid lean tot having ampitated bla limb, and ntaraed wllh leicellant wooden leg to England. Abcnt eighteen mcntba War ibavenet received Iba foUowIng latter tnm Bngtaod: >HTDuBl>o<nOB.-Eacloaed pleaaa «nd a biU u. aicbangeot 9M gnlnaaa on Fiili^.wUoh I beg yoa to accept aa a token ot my nu pa a kiW e gnil. lode. By deprlvUigmoot themam ber th attotmed lha oBlyobitacle to mybapplaea npon earth yon made me the happleat ot morlala. Aad nov,no- bIM of men,yoa«ialla» laM leanwtakwaatta Bottnct the act which yonwanpleaaadtodiag- Balaaaaplaaaot,foUy. .^^ . •VboillTatlarmytelDntnD tba Baatladlaa I ndaiha ao|aalB«aoa of maa lodty Baitef,tad between aa, and I have yon lo Ibuk, oy dear doo- lor, for Ibe realliauoa of my ratolotton. I ntoned to London ud became engaged to Hlaa Barley. For a letter bad gone ahead of me, which aprvad tbe nport that 1, In ooneeqneice ot a tall mm a boiae, bad been obliged to have a lag anpatatad. I became u object ot general pity. Not nalll Iba day afler oar marrlaga did I Inform m; wife of the aaeilllce I had made In order to win Mr band. Her love tor me waa, oonacqoeptly, lo mseb tba grtatar. My dear doctor, I wogid Icee tan mon laga wlthoal aregnt,wen each a thing nine aaa t y, lo win my Emily over again. Ifoiblng bat death oaa Umlt tbe gratlliide I owe yoo. Oome to aee na In Loa* dob, ud when yon get aeqaalated wllh ibu ugel yoo will certainly ravy me my 'piece of toUy.' Tear friend nntU death, Oaniat TmrLi." Tbevenet anawered tbla letter aa toltowc "Mr DiiB Mn. TaarLB^I ibank yon for tha retUy prtecety reongaltlon, tor I cannot daalgnata olberwlae Ibe remlBuoe of aach a anm tor tha modeataarvlce I naderedyoa. "I oonfiBtolata yoa on year manlaia with yoor adnlnble ooantrywoiun. I myaell ahonld con- alder well befon leortOdBg a leg, even tbongb by BO doing I oonld oome Into poataatonot a beuOfnl ud vtrtDoaa wife. BNU, tba aaorlBn la not loo gnat. If one anally feeu banMr with one lag tbaa with two. Indeed, It alao coat Adam a lib to ecma Into pcBBWlon ct Eve. Ifaay eihan after him have naked their bcnra for tha aaka at pntty women, aad muyeveaihelihaada. Bni,notwtlh- eluding yonr aanraacea, I ataad by my Ont opln. loo. TOQ an, In all pnbablUly, nghi for tba mo- mant, for yon an atui ander the ap^ ot tha honey moon. BatIamalaonght,o8lyw1lhtbadlSnaBaa UBt Hme la needed to joaOfy my vtaw; foroaly wllh time do we necgalae iha traUia, wWch oar Uloaloaa or car aelf ion vldala. "Befon two yean paaa, woitby air, yon will aiafe that Ibe leg bad been ampotatad balow the kaa» IB three,perhapa yon wm aek«wladgattalaa muiallna of a fool adgM have baaa NMMt. iBfesryMnyoawUfaal that aaraly ike Icoa «( oonfooBded wooden leg wont work right aome- Umea. Wliboat donbi, my wonby rrtaad,yoa wut to aee whether I have gouaa over my fotllta." "UBfonnnalely, It la otherwlae. I have come hen aa a lnglUv^ ud wlah to beg for ;oar pn- leoUoa. Too know tbe leinble evenU that have been gdng on In my nnhappy conniiy lauly." "Well, doctor, I conld daain notblng mon ar- daaUy thu lo have yon cbooae my hoaie aa yoor aayloo,foryooanlbawlaeatof Ihewlae. I woold be u admlnl oow, did not thla ooatoanded wooden lag make It Impoaelble for me loatrve In the Mvy. Ben I ifad newB of me graateet im- poftaaca, ud moat onraa my lot, which pnvenla me from taking part In uylhing that |o<a on. Il'a good that yon have coma to bring me coaaolaUoa." "Why, MrTempla, did not year ugel of formerty alao beoome tha angel of eoaacMlon to yon t" "m aagal baa, anfoitanalaly, dowa away. Bar wooden lag hmdired bar from dancing. Inataad ot that, however, aba gara beiaelf np to pmbUng and acaadal, wttboat my belag aUa to do uy thlog agalMtlb Bat, for aU that, aba waa a prauy good wile la her way." "laahoit, I waa right, ladeadP' •aTafonaaa<aly,yM^ my dear doctor. And I hare laid down tbe fooowlog ea a nla e( Hteformy aoBatogaldathemaelvaibyi Sever mate a aaorl- ace for a womu whtcb yea eaanot yeptaca. In order to plaaaa bar, ail off; It need ba, yoor ball, Toar beard, yonr tialla that win do.bacaaaa ihey wUI graw affiB, bacon yon bare Uowloiagral It Bat nam laortlae for bar allbar u arm or a lag- aven tbongb abe wan u aagel, Ilka yoer mstbar t" GOOD B LINDING M ATTER. "Sba aeeiM to ha bllad 10 hia tulta." "Tea; ba throw kla «aal la bar tfm."-TrvtlL •Vowyea'dbanarar* ^><M»<it lMt,»mU}b» agoot. -nil Iha beatIhlsgfordyapapriaca the Mftec" "I ^an doaht It," Id tha beiate l dar. «bM I tova bB Ika dfipapriB I wiat amady." ■Twia at a (emitio oyoilog Kh'»l, When bloomer o'Miamea arc ihc rule. And fairy torou, la Imn.nra lilil, Ratty Ibe bike u ahn It rid. \ nre and ndlant vlalon ali«! A drtamlaaongl Kthnpaixlvl To whom gone other then wu like. Oame forih lo lame the feitlvc tilkti She oaat abonl a bubtui (lucr, Oaud at her wiry alrM aatuoe; Theo eyed her birercaicd akin. And wnudered If a tumhle hurt Then, at the maatei'a atom command. She gruped htr itwd wllb Inrobllug hand A gaap, a tigb, wllh ingolih pont, A bonnre, a booal, and ap ahe went. Praia nni to ma ct illn alarov Of m and floodaud nuiiUI nrma; for depth ot aoe tben*" noihlng like A frightened female on a bike I She ataok, abe einlned, iho vainly airova Te make mat peaky pedal oiovt; She pamped,'ibe puihed, tumeil ghaally whMe And woiked both leet wlih all ber mlghtl And now ahe alarial abe eeenii lo feel A ihilU of life alnng hrr wheell Bni, ehl a bampl a algaag tluinpi Olil, bike, ipckee, lege, all In a Inmpi —A'renffifl Jiiti. W. H. MoLAUGHLIN Waa born In Itandolpb, Mu*., ntar Uotioo, In No- vemlior, tlM. lie received louriiollnna la vocal maalo for nearly fonr ymra from Albin Heed, • noted mober In Hoeton. llli llral protoNlonal work waa ai haaa^ for the Uiiui aire Ulob, of Boa- ton, a male quartet, with which be appetrcd In nnmenna conoerta np(in tbe NewRngUnd olronit and In other placee. Uponleaviegibli nrganlia- Ucn be came to New Ynrk to loek an enngemtut in comic npam. lie made a ooatnut wllh (Jnl, John A. MoUaull, and hie Unit appearance upnn Iba openllc alage waa made In the mio uf riih-Tiiih, In 'Tte Hllado," at Mol'aoira 0|»r< llouie, Phila- delphia, Pa., lo Novombir, lUH. During itiiu aea- •on ho alao apprared, undf r Ilia aamo imnageniont IB "Indlua" and In ' Ituildygoie." Tbofollawlng Snraoerbewent to the Academrol Hualc,Belli-' llmon, Ud,, aa a n|,oinber of tbe Hcl'aull Opera Co., udappeaRdlnanenenerenpariory. lie WMnni eoiued by Uharlea Fnhmtn for hit prndncllfln of "-Ihe," In wbloh ho appeired aa eilitli, ihn prieal. lie remained wllh thla aliracllnn dnrlogilieaniira aeaaoo and the following SnmniKr played the Hnat- awBin In a ap^clal prodnciinn of "I'lnarun" at Ken. •legion Oarden, Hi, fjoa\§, Hn. The neil aeaaon he became a member ol J. U. DuiTa (In,, which be Jolnwl In Uhlntgn. III., appratlng ai Oin. Ilonibar- doi. In "Tne (tueen'a Hitir." Ho remained h veral enanna wllh Mr. Hurt, itnglog the primn liiaw nioi In "PanU" and In toe eniire Oilbert and Hglll. VBonpenory. Afler cloalni w|ih ihlacompanr he went to Boalaml for a pleaaon inp, but while then Muig lo varlona eoterlalamenii, and alao oilid a brief bnl auoreettgl engagement aa a ballad aloaer at Iho Rmplre, Loodoo. Upon hli niiirn to thla ooonlry ha ]nlnrd Itonry R. IXiey'a U"., at raloer'a Thoaira, thla rlijr.appearlniln "loUnihe,' "Pallenoe" and 'The Sorcerer," and C4niloned wllh iMii company when It went opon the road. The followlgii Hnnm»r, ISM, he rrjnlned the Doff 00. for a afawHi at lionlafllle, Kr, «hoa Me ap- peared In "tUrmrg." "Uavallaria Roalloua," ''The Rohemlan nirl," "Pbllcmin el llaiicla," "llnmlhy," "Him lleiyet,"and the >nilre llllhertaod Sulllvu nperiory. The following regular aeaaon ha rf. mtlned wl'h Hr. Ilnir, and opened al llormiua'a Theatre, tbla city, aa Jupller, In "Philemon at Rancia," In tbe Bnt metrcpolltao pmduoilon of thla open. At Ibe cloee or Ihe briaf aeaaon hen ha wont npon the road with lbl< ramponr, appeanng In Ibe above oainad iiper' au'l lo "King Rena'a Dnuibler." iMl Rnmrncr he playnl la Boetoo, Maaa., wlih the Oanllle D'Arrllle npflm Co., In "Palka," "The Orud Dnohwa." ud a varied nper- iory, ud alao oreated (he role ol Fmti>rllllhein,ln "Had'lfloo, or the Maalo Kite." lie remained wllb ihia oniiipanr until the latter part of Ocloher laat. when h« Joined Iha Whitney open Oo., ud nrealed tbe part nt tMMtX In Hmlih and Da Knren'a open, "Koh R'l;," In ahlnh be la allll ap- prarlng at tbe llenid Hijuare Theaira, thla rliy, Mr. MoMuiblln, altiioiirh r" a very ynnng mu, 1* of heroic bnild and cnmmandlot prewnce. Ilia voice la powerful, and or eicelifnt lUge and pleaa- Ingqaallty. Italon'ahelngmrlcdlouaudaonoroaa. He ba« proOiM rreaily iiyhle atadlH and eitaa. Blve experience, ud aloga with conii methud and lolling effect and la deaervedly a pnljllo favorite. OLD TIME FASHIONS, Oreek ladlea bad alael ani liraai mlrrora, pari iola, fane anil amtlling hriltlea- tay tgnrea for aillog on ltdlea'dreaaeawenlQ' vented In Fnnee about im Onmla have heen fonnd r,n ihe mcromlea of Rgvpilu prlnotHoa of Iba io;al f«mlly. In 1611 Fnnoea I- lare in bla qneen the equiva- lent ' f alileea Ihoiinnd dollan In our money to hny a bat The women or Ihe Middle Agea alwaya parted their hair wllh a email dagger. When not In uae It wu earned in the alrdlo. Phllltppe lo Del. or Piwce, ordered that no Iradea- mu'a wife elionid wear a gown made of aioff ocat- Ina mora than Iwoniy renia a yard. Win halrplna wen Investeil In Koglud In Ittt. Before that lime the female colffarnwere held In plaoe hy dne wnodtu ekewera From ItM lo ITU Ihe eiyla of halrdreaalog la Paria ohugnd aevanmn Mmn, and went from tbe eitnme ot ebon eana ud a akoU cap to a bat mraa feet broad. . . _ . A llnoiBB-fkuc'tfr-Tammy Plpg, yon my deaae tba word "heroin*." Ibmmy-A heroine laa womu that's alwaya ciyla' u' nwrnn tha biggeal tool la Iba play. Jait beoanaa he'a got a little dooi) BMlache.—/ndlaMpdla Journal.