Show 4 I nCMANCH OF A SONO llm II Inpnlxr Irlill IIIUI ItiiMa Vllr < m lit III rlllfo Of all the old Kngllib ballad none Is better known nor more popular than Robin Adalr It Ie I a none whose pathos he appealed to listeners In every land where the English tongue IR I spoken and unlike moil of the old song of III kind It bus not been crowded out of recollection by newer melodle Although Al-though usually rland aa an Kngllah < ballad and sometimes referred to as of Scotch origin llobln Adalr Is I In reality neither Kngllah nor Scotch but n genuine Irish ballad The air through which ns ai well na the words the tear run le I based In a very nnclent melody of similar style known III Eileen Aroon and dating bock beyond H50 The moro modern of the two songs baA lie origin In nn actual occiircnce There sue n real Itobln Adlr nn Irish gentleman gen-tleman who claimed descent I from tho Desmond KlligeraMs lie was a handsome hand-some dashing young fellow and It II I no wonder that In < ly Caroline Keppcll fell In love with him even though she Will tho daughter of the powerful early of Albermarle and ho woe na poor aa the proverbial church mouse The wooing of tho handsome Irishman woo Impetuous Im-petuous but Iho family of lady Caroline Caro-line true to thn traditions In noble families In nit wellicculated families opponcd Ibo match lord Albermarle sent his daughter away lo runs her other ot-her folly but she absolutely l refused to bo cured and It wna while she was so Journlng nt Hath In order that oho might not meet llobln that iho wioto the long She pined for her lover anti her health became BO poor that at lat the father relented us most father In romantic etorle do nt Iho end nnd I < ndy Caroline Keppnll became lady Caroline Caro-line Adair Adair who WM a surgeon nf more or lent I ability afterward became be-came quite distinguished In bit profession profes-sion All thla happened In tho last century tho sang having been written In 17S5 Strangely enough its prototype proto-type WIn Aroou was alto the outcome I out-come of very romantic circumstance the tradition being that Il wan written by Carol ODaly after hls iweethearl Hllevn had been compelled by her family to marry his rival OKNCrtOSITY OF A DBLLC hits lnlil the mil lr > u Unornt lIe r eal 1 Lvrr Rtandlng In n Cincinnati llorlsti tore vnlnly striving to come to omo adjiiitment between capital and roses ono of hunt cll11 belle glanced out ot the window to HO a hack daahlng up the street A young man looked out ot the carriage door the coachman suddenly 1 sud-denly reined In hla hones nnd two country fellow jumped out and rushed Into the store ono cxclnlmlng to tho clerk I wont to Rite you a carlo blancho order for tome lowers Tho clerk looked l ntJlInv nnrt ton tinned talking to tho young woman I am In a desperate hurry must catch IIlrllnlIo limo to lose and l will give you carlo blanche Iho youth Interrupted In-terrupted The young woman contented to wait and tho clerk replied What kind would rOil HkoT No matter what they are no they are handsome some role and other thlngt aomethlng pretty for her to near ho answered ni Ibo blood mounted to his face and I Rive you carlo blanche So much utrcts was laid on tho carte blanche that tho salesman seemed encouraged en-couraged and asked tho address No Wcat Seventh street and have them hero by 8 oclock She Ingoing I In-going out Something hnndaomc carlo blanche and hero la I 2 With these word he put down tho cash slammed life door notions off Tho clerk looked at tho jounj woman and Bald American beautle are llDO apctco and rose are 1 a dozen Never mind iho tnughed make It 11 li right for the girl i and lend the bill I tome to-me Doubtless that youth thinks that city prices are not 10 bad after all |