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Show LATE EUGENE FIELD. THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POET WAS GREATLY BELOVED. A H of III lpr roftition Told Tht Ubrorcroil Uiu lisud la Lltantare by tjbe ilrnl m Wai llii Own Everest (rlUe. ' ) UGEXE FIELD, one of the best known of western poets,., died very suddenly last Monday at his home in Chicago. A short sketch of his life is published in the Record Chicago and is as fol- lows-- boy was born in St. Louis forty-flv- e J tars ago of old colonial stock, who grew tip in New England and the west, and thus came to possess as a man niajjj cf tho characteristics of the dwellers in Aioth these seettMs While he was tft a littLe Chlld his mother died, and be was placed In the care of his aunt Miss Mary French, of Amherst, Mass At 17 years of age he entered Williams college. His father, Roswell M Field, a distinguished lawser of St Louis, who is, perhaps, best known as one of tbe counsel for Dred Scott In the famous slavery case, was a thorough scholar He required the young student to carry on all correspondence with him in Latin Before the son had been long at Williams college the father died Prof John W. Burgess, who was appointed the boy's guardian, placed him at Knox college, at Galesburg, 111 He at hd led there two years, and afterward lemnned for some tlpie at the I nivers-itf Missouri. In 1S71, having attained his majority, Mr. Eugene Field went to Europe, where he traveled for six uumtns He became a newspaper reporter In 18 H, being employed on the St Lou s Evening Journal, of which he soon was made city editor. He also on a newspaper in St. Joseph for several months, and later became managing editor of the Kansas City Times About fifteen years ago he went to Denver as a member of the editorial staff of the Tribune of that city. There within a short time his writings gave him a wide reputation. Tall, slender, boyish, blonde and aggressive, this promising young man cameout of Jke west thirteen years ago. During those years the growth of his powers was continuous and rapid. Light-hearte- d and kindly, fond of friends, and yet a scholarly man, devoted to his farnDy and a little child among thildren, he was learning lessons of his art In a variety of schools. His capacity for work was prodigious. A pen capable of making only the finest hair strokes, when once set to traveling over a pad of paper am his knee, within two hours supplied enough of his beautiful, microscopic writing to fill MR. RH1NDAT Mr. a long neaspaper column ofagate type. TAMMANYS LEADER. Usually the sheets went ttf the printers .without a blot or erasure, let Mr Fields best production were by no RICHARD CROKER, OTHERWISE means hastily done A poem or a story "THE SILENT MAN." grew in bus mind for days, and sometimes for weekB or months, before a rmition 1 woid of it was written Finally Its Ju.t the II a a far the turn came, and then the whole was set lha Uighrat AiblWi down in all haste- - Apparently there was ilia life Not Afrtald of Acriiou f never a luck of subjects The trouble Mailer of liluaaalf. lay mainly in the pukiug aud Realizing that his ability to do WEXTY ( YE Rgood work ws constantly increasing was the term of so- Eugene Field was slew to publish his vice ia Tamniaitv stories and poems in book form. His , Hall required volumes were Issued because not even RUharjJCroker their severest critic, the author of them, before he beca-could help confessing that they deservUs master lnsle ed to see the light. In of its servant. that time he el Outer butt for bowed, bullied, plo Richard TaiL f Rochester, N. T . ted, nursed, and has begum suit to recover 5,000 from forced his way from a Bernard Deutschler, barber, who he the of one of the humblest, but ye; post alleges maliciously shaved off his lux- also one of the most desperate, of its uriant mustdfcbe. Tail says that he to the dictatorship. subordinates visited Deutschlers shop last Saturday the sovereign of Tammany be-and asked for a shave. Being tired he cause he had fairly earned the sceptre fell Into a doze under the soft ministraHe developed In many ways, but espe- tions of the tonsorlal artist. When he In as ho mounted. In daily awoke he found to his dismay that he 1865 he If a not was, cough himself, the had been given a clean shave and no associate of roughs. In the early sixties mistake. Until that time he had worn lie was, by trade, when ho chose to p a fine mustache, long, yellow and silky. it, a mechauic Twenty years later he of of had the been result It culti years was receiving the distinguished consideration of the officers of the very railroad company whose engines ho had onco helped to make and drive. living among men who were bullies by and to whom politics meant ths associations of the saloon, and the evasion and even the direct violation of the laws, he disclosed a courage which nore of his associates could match, and a power of which none cf them could gainsay. But by 1865 he had become a man of silence, he found It neces-sar- v speaking only to speak, and had brough his passions under rare control. He had mastered too. some of the conventionalities which give at east a hint of refined asHo had learned la govern sociations hv nioraLforcOi- instead of by the fist. He had discovered the power that Is In a look, a word, rather than brutal shoutings, and rough and tumble exHe had ploits on the pavement. learned that If he was to master Tammany he must first be the master of Richard Crokers weaker nature. He Indiknew or within that Tammany, will to It take and years grow vation, another like It. In fact, a new growth rectly associated with It, were men who will never be as soft as the one re- caied for the rough only to uep him at moved by the cruel razor. An angry caucuses and oq election day, and who altercation followed the discovery, but otherwise shrank from association wjth the barber, Talt claimed, only laughed him; and thus he became ambitious,' at his sorrow. He then consulted with while ruling Tammany to control it his friends and they advised him to sue. Tait Bays he can prove actual pecuniary damages. He was keeping company with a wealthy young lady, whom he intended to marry some day. Ills yellow. mustache he was sure was a most potent faetor In his Butt, and now, having lost it, he feels that his chances have greatly diminished. ( lige. e 1 self-contr- e did well, so did the young man. Tor by the time the iuse was out of danger w he had got into the habit of calling so Ib- -f it became natural for him to step around in the evening The acquaintance thus oJdlv begun proved fortunate Lr lx th par'its to the accident Eath admiration for the dnelopid h'a, v ' and the i. Milt was a wedding the 0 ioi evung At , the supper wUUh to mod the bridegroom. In respono to a toast, said he was probably the kvlr run in the United States whose nouns', ip bad begun by hb giving h.a f a punch In the nose. i pT i VfT CTflRV II 1 UP A 1 iiA 1 iaik, uo-- , '! 'if na-tur- e, n - J. Massey Rhlnd, the sculptor, Is engaged. In his country studio at Closter, N. J., on a heroic statue cf Calhoun. A good idea of the magnitude of the work Is given by the pict- ure. The statqe, when completed, which not be for five or six months ycl, is to be set upjn the city of Charles toiiTS, C. Mr. Rhlnd receives hla commission from the Ladies Calhoun association of Charleston, which had organized and raised a fund for the erection of a statue of Calhoun when the war broke out. After the war half of the fund was expended on a statue which is now standing In Charleston, Dut It Is not a satisfactory one, andMr. Rhtndg la designed to take Its place. Of the original members of the association only four or five now survive. One of these Is Mrs. Snowden, now ninety vaers old. She from the first has been president of the association, and Is said 10 have insured the safety of the fund by sewing the govern- luring the born at Washing-Io- n, Oc t. 28, D. C., 1857, and at the age of 18. having had a good education, he went on the stage to pla utility parts under the manage-- ui m of John T. Ford, who then had theaters In Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington. It was In this stock company. two years later, when Tom Keene waa leading 'man, with Henrietta Vad-ers leading lady, that I first met Downing and noted hi Industry, intelligence 'nd absolute devotion to bis profession. While other young men In that corns pan) were idling along under the pleasing superstition that a young man of some brains, good looks and aptness, once he gets a footing on the stage, gradually grows, by copying what he ace others do, night after night, Into a fine player through some fortuitous concurrence of playful atoms, without his taking any special pains to speed the event Downing, on the other hand, was a hard, conscientious student, not y content to be a mere approprlator of other mens theatric tricks, business, or personal mannerisms.- His own especial parts were not merely learned like a human phonograph, but he hod clearly made a point of studjing the whole play every time, and it soon became evident to me that he had a future before him and Vhat he was bound to make himself a success and a successor of Barrett and McCullough In popular esteem. That was seventeen years ago, when I saw him doing small parts well. I see him doing great parts now In such a way that as a faithful lover of the legitimate drama I take a special, almost personal, satisfaction In hla work; Trnay offend some and crltlcisors by saying that I consider him a far better actor than, Lawrence Barrett or John McCullough, but why should 1 not say firmly what I firmly believe? His King Lear alone lifts bim to a plane that 1 - ! HENRY REEVE. uaF' This was a task of unexampled delicai), for Grevllle wrote about his contemporaries without the least reserve, and waa particularly candid In hn criticisms of the Illustrious personages with whom, In his capacity of clerk of the privy council, . he was brought into close contact. It was understood at the time that Mr. Reeve to the Judgment of the queen several Important points connected with the pupbllcatlon of the "Journal;' but It was also said that the work excited a by no means favorable interest at the court. It remains, however, one of the most Important contributions to our social and political history. Mr. Reeve held the post of registrar to the privy council till 1887. He waa on terms of close Intimacy with some of the most eminent men of letters in France, and one tf his last visits abroad was paid to the Due d'Aumale at Chantilly. In the domain of foreign politics he had a wide experience, much appreciated by mbr than one of our statesmen. AN IOWA BEAUTY. came to New York In 1889, and who has sines' then produced some quite notable work. His grandfather and father were sculptors before him; and the latter produced the statue of Wtlliara Chambers, the publisher, and the reclining 6tatue of the Marquis of Mon- troserin 1st Giles works that are re- garded as among the choicest art treasures of Edinburgh. Mr. Rhlnd first studied for a short time in Edinburgh, then in London, and then In Paris under Delan, It was soon after completing his studies In Paris that he came to America. The first work be did after coming was for the decoratioa of tho Theological seminary ftl Twenty-firs- t street and Ninth avenue. New York. His reputation, however, was established by his designs for the bronze doors of Trinity church, donated by William Waldorf Astor in commemoration of his father, and his designs for the King fountain in Albany, N. Y. Ho is at present engaged on a large dec- - Llzxl Taylor, Who Waa Lately Ad lodged tjoeea of Beauty. Miss Lizzie Katherine Taylor of a, Al-bl- RICHARD CROKER. with some pretense of gentility, and to keep the Bowery swagger as Inconspicuous as possible In the proceedings of Moreover, he knew Tammany Hall. that while to be suspected Ik the lot of any political leader, so long as suspicion does not lead to proof it need not seriously harm the man whose vocation is the control of political affairs. Therefore, he seems to have so shaped his conduct that. Whatever might be said of his subordinates, no one could fortify accusation with proof of legal lapses ' on his part. CEORCIA MAN'S LUCK. fie Won Iowa, has been finishing her musical education in Chicago. The sweetness and charmofher manneF has Just received unique recognition from friends in her native state. At the Iowa state fair, recently held at Be Moines, Miss Taylor was awarded the palm of beauty among sixty competl tors. Many indeed, most ot the younfc women were entered in the contest without their knowledge, enthusiastic friends taking a Jiberty which 1 common--Tn the Hawkeye state. The contest was warm, though the friends of each candidate using all the usual means to win votes for their favorite, but Miss Taylor was declared the winner, many of the most active adherents of other girls saying after it was all over that th prize was worthily awarded. The successful candidate is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. While yet a mere Henry M. Taylor. child she gave evidence of possessing much musical talent and her parents determined that it should not be hidden under a bushel. laical instruct Ion wai good-nature- d, by iABrltl Recent Being Awkward Wedding A business man of enviable standing In Savannah, Ga., was married a few days ago as a result of his own clumsl-nes- s In a street carl Last summer he started downtown to his office one large umbrella under his srmu. His mind was much preoccupied with the details of a business venture of some moment, and he was unaware lie carried the umbrella at a dangerous angle. Before he could reach a vacant seat the car gave a lurch and he waa thrown off his balance. He was conscious of - having struek somebody with the umbrella and coincidentally With his becoming aware of that fact a woman just behind him emitted an scream. Everybody Jumped gnd looked apd to his horror the young man found that the polot of hi umbrella Jiad come-- la contact with of the the nose lady young seated Just behind him. Of course, he apologized, or tried, but It was like apologizing for murder oveg the body of the victim, for the ladys nose was bleeding and she was almost In convulsions with pain. The car was stopped at the next corner, where there happened to be a drug store, and the young man, aided and abetted by one or two elderly ladles, who at once took a lively Interest In the case, helped the young lady off and Into the store, and posted off after a doctor. One was found, the unlucky nose waa soon put in working order and the owner, attended tby the married ladles, waa sent horrie In a car. t bonds," In which It was Invested, orative figure for the portico of the riage. The young man took her address and her petticoat- - It is also said that. American Surety building. New York, with r young days, there was a romantic and an elaborate scheme of decoration hunted up a mutual acquaintance, whom he called the next- - day to see for commecfcmeat ball, Princeton hment between her and Calhoun. how the nose was getting along. The - Is a young Scotchman who lege. - '340'Jt'-X- rjitp' i' h ) V. ROBERT DOWNING. commands a wide prospect of future dominion la the domain of art. writes Lorillard Spencer in the Gallery of Players. ,Wbo else among the actors of his time has given signs of beftog able to sustain this wonderful conception of barbaric brusqueness In temper, antique energy of temperament triumphing over age and wretchedness, pathot-i- c dignity of outraged paternal affections, and a passion using this word in its older, more correct sense almost elemental in its workings like a tornado that is only silent In the ruin it has wrought? Downings Gladiator and bis Ingomat, display an equ&l intensity and rplcndor of barbaric fervor. In the and subtle, passion of Marc Antony, Downing the credentials of ezblblts also aw skilled workman, and, the of this I fresh range note I hazard achievement, distinct little In predicting for my old friend and associate a still larger measure of success and popularity. Shakespeare never dies; never palls on the divine average of taste among sensible men, nnd there will never be a lack of worthy players to present his works; for It is ono of their chief characteristics that the-sathey create good actors. At time I am so patriotic, to the point of chauvinism, that I wish to see our arriving men like Downing add to their repertory a range of American historical plays. I maintain that there are too, I en In this country-wom- en, dmib not capab!e of ,writing pla,y 'hlch, interpreted by Downing. Hanford and others whonrl might mention, would stimulate patriotism and crown author and actor with clvig laurels, as well as "put money In the purse." I look, anyway, In the nest century for a wonderful rennscenco and intensification of the national spirit, and that the stage will play Us part in this "consummation, bo devoutly to be wished, is likewise my confident expectation. Vs ' N - - 'ipt LULU TABER, what catches the public with a dramatic critic of large experience whose only sin was that he could not write of players as keenly, as Incisively as he talked, and he remarked of Lotta: "She kicked herself into popularity. It was the wsy he could sit on a table and flourish her heels that fetched the crowd. She bad plenty of talent, yes, but her feet were her fortune." But, in writing of Lulu Taber, let me not be misunderstood as implying that she has no more sufficient cause for success than a pedal nlmble-ne- es or kind of mercurial, winged grac might give her. The athlete or gymnastic part ot her performances as Madge in Old Kentucky, albeit that which makes her a picture In the popular Imagination,-- Is by no means tha best of her. Her performance of Arabella in "A Temperance Town" and other minor roles have convinced me that she is capable of far better things. Bora on a California farm, Bhe evinces a breeziness which Time may change into chic or into emotional intensity Qulen eabe? I think that character" work should be her stronghold in the future, and whtle the hag much to learn, and perhaps to unlearn, that she will be an ornament of our stags before many years, appears s fair hazard. Grace is hers. Intelligence, ambition, industry, a dash of something dashing, skin to magnetism or charm and youth, ever enviable youth! Yes, the odds ar decidedly in her favor. It is also decidedly in her favor that she appears in no tearing, flaring hurry to be a star. , KINQ OF PORTUGAL. L, Who I Trine of Wnlm? Tho king of Portugal. Dorn Carlos I., who Is visiting England and is at present the guest of the prince of Wales at Sandringham, was born in Lisbon, Sept. 28, 1863, and Is the son of Louis I., whose by wisdom, reign waa characterized moderation and benevolence. During the prevalence of a yellow fever epidemic In Lisbon, during the closing period of his life, be was remonstrated with for going about among tho sufferers and administering to their wants, and replied; "My- - post- - is where the hand of sickness weighs Carlo me ear-splitti- col-Rht- forty-parso- seml-hlBtri-o- tht V log of a popular favorite with playgoers Is a point almost as hard to discover as the North pole. In the case of a woman beauty g believed by many to be the prime essential, but the absurdity ot this position only needs to be stated to be The vast majority ot women who have made the successes that remain, on the stage and In society and over the whole range of life, have been those whose facial and fig ural comeliness has but little exceeded, if at all, the general divine average of feminity. Charm? -- Ah, there one begins to get a deeper sounding,' But charm has been known to companion a very small quantity of Intelligence, let alone intellect, and charm, as one witty fellow has phrased It, is a mysterious electricity not always on tap. Intelligence? Intellectual power? Hardly. Your woman of Intellect, like your man of the same ilk, ia quite apt to be a bore of large caliber, the very kind Rev Sydney Smith meant when he remarked thgt a certain person possessed n a power of talking. I remember discussing this question ot happy-go-luck- WORK ON STATUE OF CALHOUN. how- - NE of the younger men who baa made a fine mark-i- n tne theatrical profession is Robert Downing. He was LATE HENRY REEVE. considerable number of translations. Including I)p Tocquevilles "Democracy," but his thief literary achievement was the editing of Charles Grevllles "Joirr- - TALENT AND DEAUTYy. Em fomblalkm Veen of th Sl Just hat element go to tbojn&k self-evide- Ho 'Editor of tho "Edinburgh Re-Icw" aud (.rant Scholar. Mr Henry Reeve has died at the ad-- v aui ed age of 82, and the Edinburgh Review i once more without an edlt-o- r Mi Reeve succeeded the late Sir George Cornwall Lewis in the editorship of the great quarterly la 1855, and he ( arrled on the tradition of Jeffrey ith avknowledged success. A master of French and German, he published a A MISS LIZZIE K. TAYLOR, given the young musician In the primary ahehes; after which she was sent to Chicago, where for several years she took private lessons. Now Miss is Taylor regarded as one of the best musicians In Iowa. Even before completing her education she had given entertainments In several cities of her native stale, meeting with unvarying ft ricclllly. Half a peck of green tomatoes, one large head of cabbage, six red peppers Blue by Wir Holbrooks child, George near the home of its while playl parents in Letcher county, Missouri, The was stung by a yellow Jacket Jlittle one screamed and its mother ran to Us assistance. The sting had entered Ks left leg below the knee. The limb began to swelLrspIdfy, th child went into spasms, sn hr ten minutes after the insect had stung it the little and one bunch of celery; chop all finely together, place In a large stone Jar with alternate layers of salt and let stand for twenty-fou- r hours. Press or squeeze from it all the water possible and add one tablespoonful each of celery and mustard seed. Place in stone Jars and cover with good cider vinegar, one died. " - RtenlU 1 vmr W DOM CARLOS, heavily and where the siOkle ot death is mowing down the flower of my people. My place is by the side of the suffering and sorrowfuL It is for that I am king." It is not surprising that the spn of such a slpe should also be a worthy monarch. King Carlos was married on May 22, 1883, to Ameile, princess of Orleans-Bourbodaughter ot the late Comte do Paris, and they have two children. He succeeded to the throne Oct 19, 1889, at the age cf 23. During a financial crisis in 1592, King Carlos and the royal family renounced a fifth of their yearly income for the benefit of the people. In April. JS93, an attempt was made to assassinate him aa he was being driven through LUhoo, but it happily failed In its purpose. most n, I |