The Quiet Corner
THE QUIET CORNER I counsel thee, shut not thy heart nor thy library.---C. LAMe. Dr. Angelicus entered the library to find Euphemia crouched on all fours with a litter of newspapers spread out...
...I suppose," remarked Euphemia, "that the invitations now read: 'Mrs...
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...Now, when I was young, girls were so different...
...Far better," went on the Doctor, "than fiddle-faddling your time away on writing...
...He said they reminded him of the story about the poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox...
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...so he changed it, and the line appeared in print as: 'My soul is a light housekeeper.' " "Ahl" exclaimed Angelicus, "what a type-setter...
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...Well," explained Euphemia, "Miss Wilcox wrote a poem which contained the line, 'My soul is a lighthouse keeper.' The type-setter did not see how that could be...
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...supplemented Euphemia helpfully...
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...Well, no," admitted the Doctor...
...growled the Doctor in disgust...
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...It seems decidedly to have changed...
...who wrote it...
...It's a choice of two evils," explained Euphemia, "and every- one should be allowed to pick her own ailment...
...asked Angelicas...
...Love of Irish culture, literature, and ramie especially fostered...
...Speaking of homely arts," remarked Euphemia, "I received a charming letter the other day from an author, complaining of some typographical errors that had occurred in an article of his...
...Not according to this advertisement in the New York Times," said Euphemia...
...sked Euphemia, as she turned again to her newspapers...
...That makes me think of a poem," said Euphemia, as she gathered up an armful of newspapers, rose, and approached her desk, "a poem which came to the library the other day, and which should have been sent to the ground-hog himself as a plea for him to do his very best not to see his shadow...
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...Daylight Short and white, But how very long the night...
...I don't see why," complained Euphemia, "you always couple the homely arts with women...
...asked the Doctor...
...muttered the Doctor...
...Besides, it brings back the homely arts.--too long neglected, alas, by women /or the opera itself...
...Well," said the Doctor ungraciously, "I hope you see it, and go back to your burrow again for six weeks...
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...What," asked "the Doctor, fussily skirting the edge of the parquet, "are you doing taking up so much ground-space...
...what is the poem called...
...I don't know," said the Doctor, as he shivered slightly and gazed disapprovingly toward the empty fireplace...
...The old Gaelic conception of educa"'fmterage.'" Irish atmosphere...
...Back to the homely arts...
...Ice glare--Biting air-Snowdrifts piling everywhere--Shovels make but small impression Once the snow has gained possession...
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...Oh, by all means read it," exclaimed the Doctor, beginning to murmur reminiscently, " 'Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plains.' " So Euphemia recited: " 'Chilblains-Frosty panes-Driving snows and sleety rains-Winds that slyly change our noses Into chilly little roses...
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...Coal bills-Sneezing, chills-Grippe and its attendant ills-Bursting pipes that need a plumber-Oh, if it were only summer !'" "Oh, oh, if it only were...
...At the last concert I went to, where a certain famous tenor was to sing, the lady on my right remarked earnestly, 'I do hope he'll sing the symphony' 1" "Well...
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...Winter," replied Euphemia, as she drew forth her lilac chintz-covered poetry folder...
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...I didn't dream that modern informality had penetrated even the sacred pre- cincts of the Metropolitan...
...I cannot teU you how far more charming and bewitching they were when they gave all their time to the homely arts, and let opera and con- certs and [the Doctor looked severely at Euphemia] literary work entirely alone...
...For answer Euphemia read: " 'Lost: Yellow shawl, embroidered at Metropolitan Opera House Saturday evening.' " "How delightful !" exclaimed the Doctor...
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...I'll admit that in these days it would be more appropriate to couple them with the lively arts," replied the Doctor...
...Ah, there you've put your finger on the very reason why I ton't go any more," yawned the Doctor...
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...inquired the Doctor...
...Well, personally, I'd far prefer to be afflicted with writer's cramp than housemaid's knee," replied Euphemia...
...Why do you ask ?" "I was wondering," replied Euphemia, "if you had noticed mything ermwell, out of the traditional opera behavior going m in the diamond horseshoe...
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...Miss Winnifred J. Mott, a journalist and poet of Auburn, New York," explained Euphemia...
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...Besides, even if they have given up sewing and cooking for opera and concert, they are now far better educated in, and more appreciative of, music," said Euphemia...
...Which story was that...
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...Not if one is to believe one's ears," replied the Doctor...
...Better more winter, than a confused library like this," he grumbled...
...It's not at all polite of you...
...Gaelic taught...
...New Yoek City k opera behavior is always deadly dull--year in, year out, it's always the same...
...Had I guessed that the deadly mon- otony of the box-holders' behavior had at last been broken down, I should have resubscribed for my seats this season...
...Angelicus entered the library to find Euphemia crouched on all fours with a litter of newspapers spread out around her on the floor...
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...Somehow I don't care Eor opera as much as I once did...
...inquired Euphemia blandly...
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...You would be much happier, my dear, if you occupied yourself with those graceful occupations of em- broidery, darning, tatting, baking, and--" "Brewing...
...What do you mean ?" asked the Doctor...
...and I'm looking for my shadow," explained Euphemia...
...I'm a ground-hog...
Vol. 5 • February 1927 • No. 15
