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waxes very wroth over the
" ^ attack lately made upon the Judges
by a certain contemporrry of ours. It should
not treat Marc seriously ; nobody does.
'' In his dastardly attack on Mr. E. P. Car-
penter yesterday," says Presto, " t h e canion
crow of the Courier forgot to state one circum-
stance in connection with that meeting at the
Auditorium on the night of August 20th. The
omitted link in the story is this : Blumenberg
called Mr. Carpenter aside, and demanded his
resig?iation, coupled with a recommendation to
Hon. John Boyd Thacher that he, [Blumenberg],
be appointed to the vacancy. To this Mr. Carpen-
ter refused compliance, and Blumenberg then
tried his usual blackmailing tactics—threaten-
ing exposure of old, dead and gone issues, etc.,
the penalty of which Mr. Carpenter would incur
if he persisted in his refusal of the demand made
upon him. Mr. Carpenter was then told that he
had better commit suicide than attempt to hold
the office for which Blumenberg had so great a
longing and in the acquisition of which he had
been so greatly disappointed.
"No doubt the Courier thinks it has done a
great thing in thus attacking a man whose
greatest crime lay in the fact that he would not
make way for Blumenberg ; but it is mistaken
unless the greatness of the action is to be
measured by the harm it has done to itself.
"Everywhere can be heard expressions o
contempt for the paper whose editor has shown
the shameless effrontery that has been exhibited
by Blumenberg in this affair. The signs are
very ominous, and we predict that the trade
will not be slow in ridding itself of this black-
mailer—this robber and defamer of character—
this ' old man by the sea ' who has clutched its
neck so tightly for so long a time.
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' As to the effect produced against Mr. Car-
penter by this attack, it has only caused the
trade to rally more closely to him, and to-day
there will be placed before his colleagues and in
the columns of the public prints an expression
of confidence in his integrity which is the spon-
taneous and unsought tribute of the trade men
of Section I. Yesterday representatives of the
leading houses in the Section called on the body
of judges and verbally expressed their endorse-
ment of and confidence in Mr. Carpenter.
" Blumenberg can gnash his teeth in impo-
tent rage as long as he will. He can get only
the sweet satisfaction of knowing that he is
making a disgusting spectacle of disappointed
greed of himself. He can rest assured also that
the trade, to use a gamin's expression, have
' tumbled to his racket and his name is mud.'
" Blumenberg also attempts to besmirch the
character of Dr. Ziegfeld, because the Doctor is a
judge and Blumenberg isn't. His tirade, all
anent the suit instituted against the Trocadero
by Mile. Nikita, and he charges the Doctor with
misrepresentation of facts, etc. Even admitting
that the Doctor did misrepresent facts, it is a
piece of sublime impudence on the part of
Blumenberg, whose whole career has been one
long series of misrepresentations, to throw mud
at him.
" However, Dr. Ziegfeld is too well and favor-
ably known for the attacks of the New York
vampire to injure him."
"THE HIGHEST TYPE."
STUCK
HANDS
A poet writes : " I know sweet songs I can-
not sing. " There are a great many other per-
sons in the same predicament ; but, unfortu-
nately, they insist upon singing Ihein.
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" D o you call this a band of picked music-
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" Ach, dot vos so; I bick 'em minesellef,"
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"Well, then, you picked them before they
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The Rector : "Well, Mr. Smithers, what did
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" Now, which kind of music do you desire to
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" I am very glad to hear you express this
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" Yes.
When you play classical music
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Fair Musician : "Well, what do you say to'
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Critical Friend : " My dear, they will be
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&c, are forgotten."
Fair Musician, (delighted) : " Oh, really !"
Critical Friend : " Yes—but not before."
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