THE ACCOUNTS OF LIFE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 128

THE ACCOUNTS OF LIFE.

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AN. i&e Mir i eia*r aad ibrewtrr tie half-barat -_cei at the bast ot Srskasjeare. ‘ ntar. is a bssirisju- Tbe greatest ia»c>» a»ce the w«’xi e»e.- sa« «a* tie ia:re«soe»>e al ''«wk ke*j .ag. It •as ar arraagetw-xt i-x baiareiag wewne lias ras stt>re tees aj.fiiec to ererythiagfnm aeotaer greeery areuxtet to lore a»i morals. We keep swoks for al! *re»:«iass tx>». We strike ba_ar-res e«ery •»« aad sg-trr. az>l soei is tie sasc-y iisteosstaoa oi Pr.-viaeoee. we always hare

CBDextisi: dwe frvxr oaber peopSeWhra • bz. i G««rpßa ~ z.ime-1 they ?mke a *»alaz>re. aad iSeorrita i&a* it sz::«* <4 hi* Geoqge 2A* re<lly ehazrfd Bp the k* _'T'*iazi. iz>e o±-*rr pKgr.-* *»d vs’er*, the a&i birth-dav pjeseßte- lad eresy word <4 k»<e » pct c<««z a? val-oe And George £ad* :hat while t-eorgin* sjl* failed to credi: him with the fall aroooßt *:f *2l :oese thiagK she has pet isto the **•>:•ass as oz a list of otoer hems which teens rjdiecSoas so hin— The mr whose I’aek has raa azraizs*! him sonsy years eieryshitti to the debt side <4 Fate's aeeout. az*i eves czzs? ? a’.e :•:- pay the call- The who save seen tr feel that «oK*e day they will be raid with happened v* - cnea azri >nez soey wo®fd wilSingly take tea eesss -.-c the -icdlaz and cal. it sqaare- • Whas ? the naatter ionics 1 ‘ «_»&. nochisg. I have <-sly been tziakiase or the bookkeeping the irsmAm*;. • Meet of ibeeti have to keep books zx»w. ioa i they - Ye*. if they don * keep ibeir piar?*- Ido »« steak iz. j> zeesriary srs.se : I is s —-.rh_ sense- Tdis meihodi■•al z-.'tnrizle >: basisjess nothing :->t nctniz-j. something to :e paid seme lame for nas setsrsed the drama :err. ,-2y. The bcokes-bearted woman whrise hmhand has •.eserzez ter az>£ left ter :o *:..we fo? ioor aexs fesds the re cressi Urn: rei-rz & n illk-zatre, and inns the -entry Faae faftfoißi'S- 2*54- To I’nhafpnßese BcieoaoM- «. >_ Fee J :<~r s.:’- :•• ••-—£»>*— ramxt oi zeex-riL diis-Hij-c<3Kse [•r. To Fuse jmtciO'ejbSw C?_ A _ZL.fa.tszd t L-ext* -.z. :*e ±fth t.rt. v-jCoe X Att the a&eatal’.y transfers the Hapc-iness and 11-.:: :t.Cazte -. . - :an 1 tsts ■,■• ■ tt.t :- s ■ YvOred. d:e s >x-kkte:■*-•. t-. yea. \ \*t .. see ’ts si-zze ~-ttzz b— me draz a. Tte -siealmy - : la-nztie* falls it. .: *r wdzt tte onv-jei'-s seez The srrzzzA ts ?ne that TZ V .• A. . *. ez~2— —£>>4 t 'iicaAßaitsst — ~ ,: -z- 4 : : - •-. : ? --■•• ■>.--■ -•<:■ t

staa:;<e in its y>~t ~. Tae two yoong pes-ple ate <« erete—■< trtae lore a sasjoth eoorse. Ido no< see»i u> raeatkes swh nite eiamj-l-es as the fact aess oi villainy taii by the trewpeetire life senteoee. the e-eet ttai to-auee ■< a»d aarder. Tsete ate, oi eoarse. tases w’aere the oebu to ispfisess aeo-vont does s»ta affeat to be cotte et»-gi. to •aLax.te the -nbaf.jwes? eteoit aeeoost.' Foe tnstaoee. we hwsband o:*mes hark to the wife merely re-festaat. not rieh. We’’, that wonM not look ec-xigt to scaare the aeeoani. bat the iramacist pats in an itestc of it>erease«t joy in his lore. ar>i ad-i~ jeosyeestre ."ercai eare asd {.n>:eet>:-x_ ani the wife’s »wn way in every thing afterwards. To most te»: r-le that baiasees a great oeal <rf misery. If the wife shoola die in mtsery arxt starvaaciv- in the t-lay. the dramatist aaply allows the aeeonnt to be tarried' forward u- the next wond and her _ life as an v- - sir, np for it. Ssme-rtmes the item of being better off there red sees the de tit of Fare aee&snt. • Bat whex she does not tie aod the hastanc a.«es Bet woe baek f • Thex the -dramatist brings in another xaan—a better fellow a bandied times that the r-st<sz>c —ard mat haiaßees the aoee.az.i-' • Now there’s Zd-cka. j.»r Zieka. sent oat as the eswi of ■“* Ehr-k-raary. still vanished- ’ ■ Ihatzsatze deserts is a heavy iteta it plays, my rrieffidIt ra-tßres most t.*-— r ~s of itself. <»f coarse, it is different in real life. Take ' Camille.' Y«t weep over her, and she dies. j.-id yews are sorty. Bat, poor thing, her life has Wen talassred. "after all. "The gay sociery she enjoyed, tooney. diamonds, debts, k«ve. adt-irwosi, all the excitement of the life she led. credited to Fate. Fate gave her bopeiess love sz>d shame and self-eontemipt asd eccsonsj-'•tfeet. The aecoont is saware. She has raid, for the t-ieasor-es of sn. She dies arid her acooniiist is rl-reed.. Halaz-re to profit or 1 res ’ In the books of fate, who ra- say 1 It always seems a ’■w.’.a-.re vf loss when the — .very eonaes last, and a tala&ee -of profit when the tale ends Ah, ase : How sneh dees the pJensssre of a fertane senaadesed s»laee she maz whes he is waz-derizig thrvogh the world on his -jyers’ Yet -astfee is jnstiee. The •■ts-a-. nature that er.vie- hiar his wealth pities birr in his poverty, and his aaotizt with the pab-lie t*laz»res- ’ • Yon are very practical this evering.’ ■I s; •Bjetin.es’ air pcaetieal, gatuenaes. lam a tEaterialist. I that sez.tdrzje-.t az>a love are -rzite material ■•si-gs. Sestaeent arts nrtaci. the same on eertair. nerves as a deltieate -dish of free s legs or a glass of rare wine arts -;es re-TAr- other z>erv es. Love has teen taken for intoxteatfee. ze-Tv-r-css -dystepsi*. z&wd-gitis, and mazy other eoei-t-.&izts, «*?>» of are traced distinctly to iaciSi. I have no donbt, gentlerxesn, ~-ha.t when A —am fell tn love with E«e, and she with him. there ieizg nobody easearoond, they maze s&tzi;- tea « secze other herb remedy, or pot wet tow-els rejswi their heads for the sessatsisn. If t&re za-i tees: a doctor there he woolf have docbtless presenbed for them sc-me dcee cd tasty zaesSsize- ’ • Yoe’re k-sw-ek-j—.. the re-etry oat of thizgs to night-

-1 dra t iee» poerac. Bat I was saying, tae draraanra. in keeping the books in a play, never eaters the details of era *dy in the jonraal at alh The eourady in life is kepe in a kind of potty that’s throws away when the satai is added -ip. Yoong peopfe never balance their aceoozts. A man begins keeping his life's acer.zzts aboat forty and a woman at aboat twenty-fire. Life is eraberaat wp to that ume. There is capital enoogh to be wasted witbont its feiag r iswd. It is when the eapatai aeroont is being re faced, then look carefnlly to the items in life as in i-nsizes-. Love is ready money in afe's bosraess anti! a man gees married, and then be is supposed to pat it into the partner ship. He does not always do it. That is why so many : arzaerships are disroivctL ■ Bat bow aboat the fonny plays f * My ftiersd. all plays are fanny, bat the hakanee zas to be sc oared in every one of tbena ''"hen the hosband gees off •w> zbe spree the satisfaction of his repeztaz/re and zis hraailiatioa, p>laeed to the wife's vanity account balances all the feeeit he has beea g silty at In all plays the vanity aceoozz is a foog az-! uapMtant one. i' hat is it that is woonded when the wcettan rans away freer, the man ‘ Vanity, of erarae. What is the woman s dread of social seaz ial over dnwraef Vanity. What is the saffertng of the jilted lover 1 Vanity. Vanitas vanitaroiru nsy Inez is. Vanity, of patriot : vanity of wasiness -:an : vanity of p-sser, painter, anthor ; vanity of all nsezi and woroesi. The wise max said '“All is vanity.” Ah I AH is vanity. I think, except * Brother's love. That never ran desfdse. That- gesttfezer. is the only aceoant that., however overdrawn, is never dosed agaissst oar draft. 1 his b»:-kkeepisg bosiness is w za; keepspeopfe from enjoying themselves very often. They seel there’s got to be s-r-mething some time >xt the other side of the areoont. Joy azd sorrow are so mixed that the best bookkeeper ran&xs always separate them. The happy -tar, is be who does sot keep forks. az>d in ->:*ral. as in rex-Z-ez-aal masters, be iee-Mnes a aankmpt ■ultimately. Bat perhaps is ic«esn's sa-w- Perhaps it is really all the same when we are gone. Bns semehc-w or other I feel thar. cra-gyreri-rg bow the th“>3san'is of milhoES in she world get al-MZg. the tialanre z.zst all to general! v in iavoot of zar - kit»£ I will leave yoa, gectlenjen, to tarax-re—the insT- jediase aeewanl- tJood nightAbz the Seedy Maa refit she sttamp of eagar and went oat with the sasoke.

Peter Robertson.