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GERMAN.

Joel iii, 9: "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: Prepare war. Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears."

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This character is aggressive. He is in earnest, enforcing his opinions in broken English. Study the speech of Prof. Dinklespeigleman, and for dialect the example below.

A pleasant source of amusement has come from dialect recitals, accompanying the peculiar form of speech of the German, Frenchman, Englishman, American, Chinaman or African, with the gesture and facial expression of each. The study and practice

of this art is interesting, and not altogether unprofitable. It may be serious, representing these characters in unpleasant difficulties, or amusing, amounting to burlesque, as in the following:

SIGNS AND OMENS.

An old gentleman, whose style was Teutonic, was asked what he thought of signs and omens.

"Vell, I don' dinks mooch of dem dings, und I don' pelieve averydings; but I dells you somedimes dere is somedings ash dose dings. Now de oder night I sits and reads mine newspaper, und my frau she speak und say,

"Fritz, de dog ish howling!'

"Vell, I don' dinks mooch of dem dings, und I goes on und reads mine paper, und mine frau she say,

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Fritz, dere is somedings pad is happen,—der dog ish howling!' "Vell, I goes to pet, und I shleeps, und all night long ven I vakes up dere vas dat dog howling outside, und ven I dream I hear dat howling vorsher ash never. Und in de morning I kits up und kits mine breakfast, und mine frau she looks at me und say, werry solemn,

"Fritz, dere ish somedings pad ish happen. De dog vas howl all night.'

"Und shoost den de newspaper came in und I opens him, und by shings, vot you dinks! dere vas a man died in Philadelphia!"

Luke iv, 24: 66
Verily I say unto you,
No prophet is accepted in his own coun-

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try."

Perhaps the most difficult expression of countenance that the elocutionist attempts is the putting on of the features of another. In the illustration it will be noticed that the strong and firm, as well as decided attitude of Douglas, as given by this honored statesman in his emphatic utterances, completed by the shaking of his heavy head, are quite true to the original. The elocutionist studied this great orator, in his most brilliant efforts, before the civil war, in which he came out so strong for the Union; and, repeating some of the words of his eloquent climaxes, naturally secured his facial expression. Study the following example:

DOUGLAS.

But this is no time for a detail of causes. The conspiracy is now known. Armies have been raised, war is levied to accomplish it. There are only two sides to the question. Every man must be for the United States or against them. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots or traitors! We cannot close our eyes to the sad and solemn fact that war does exist. The government must be maintained, its enemies overthrown; and the more stupendous our preparations the less the bloodshed, and the shorter the struggle will be.

PERSEVERANCE KEEPS HONOR BRIGHT."-Shakspeare.

Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,

A great-sized monster of ingratitudes.

Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devoured

As fast as they are made, forgot as soon

As done. Perseverance, dear my lord,

Keeps honor bright. To have done, is to hang

Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail

In monumental mockery. Take the instant way:
For Honor travels in a strait so narrow,

Where one but goes abreast; keep then the path;
For Emulation hath a thousand sons,

That one by one pursue: if you give way,

Or hedge aside from the direct forthright,
Like to an cntered tide they all rush by,
And leave you hindmost.

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The holy tone accompanying the above face, we are glad to say, is giving place to the direct impressive tones of practical earnest address. See Gough's "Fare Ye Well, Brother Watkins," for an example of oratory in which the expression is like the above or worse. For the other extreme, see Talmage on the "Sale of Pews in Heaven." We give a brief extract:

But finally the holders of the chief pews lost their patience, and said: "Drive those common people out. They vitiate the atmosphere. We will give something nice to have a mission chapel for them down in one of the back streets of heaven. Let them go there and be by themselves. Send down to them some of those third-class harpers with their harps, and let that angel with the bronchitis go and preach to them. But get them out of this place. Away with them." At this all the first-class pew-holders shouldered their gold-headed canes, and began to clear the premises; and Isaac Watts was shoved out, and Henry Martyn, and Philip Doddridge, and Elizabeth Fry, and a great multitude that no man could number.

Abundant as the treasures in the valley fair,
Glad as the bird in the upper air,-

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Broad as the waters near the river's mouth,
Warm as the breeze from the sunny south,

Full as the promise of the morning gray,

Grand as the grain waves on a summer's day,-
So abundant, broad, glad, warm, full and grand,

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Is the Mission of Charity in a Christian land.-Griffith.

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where men may read strange matters. To beguile the timelook like the times, bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.

Shakspeare.

Lady M. These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.

Macb. Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more!

Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep;

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care,

The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath,

Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.

Lady. M. What do you mean?

Macb. Still it cried, Sleep no more! to all the house

Glamis hath murder'd sleep: and therefore Cawdor

Shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!

Lady M. Who was it that thus cried? Why, worthy thane,
You do unbend your noble strength, to think

So brainsickly of things:-Go, get some water,
And wash this filthy witness from your hand.
Why did you bring these daggers from the place?
They must lie there: Go, carry them; and smear
The sleepy grooms with blood.

Macb. I'll go no more;

I am afraid to think what I have done;

Look on't again I dare not.-From Macbeth.

MIRTH.

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See laughing exercise on page 83; Queen Mab, page 82; Orator Puff, page 228. See Darius Green, page 259, where "Stop Laffin', Solomon" comes in, and where the boys cannot stop.

Though various are the tempers of mankind,

Pleasure's gay family holds all in
chains,

Some most affect the black, and some the fair;
Some honest pleasure court, and some obscene;
Pleasures obscene are various as the throng
Of passions that can err in human hearts.

"Tis from the pleasure of repast we live,
'Tis from the pleasure of applause we please,
"Tis from the pleasure of belief we pray.

Brought forth by wisdom, nursed by discipline,
By patience taught, by perseverance crowned,
She rears her head majestic.-Young.

Mirth is high excitement of pleasurable feeling. There should be more gladness, joyousness, fun, frolic, glee, festivity, among our men and women. With heart serene, conscience free from canker, laugh and grow fat, is a good motto.

Most true, a wise man never will be sad;
But neither will sonorous, bubbling mirth
A shallow stream of happiness betray;
Too happy to be sportive, he's serene.- Young.

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