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HefiOYAL BOAR HUNT.
fA-Day With the Imperial Meet in the
Dark Grunewald Forest
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BE 3d of November is the
day sacred all over Chris
tendom to St. Hubert, the
patron saint of the hunt.
Everywhere In the -wide
world those who love the
sport by field and forest
reverently remember it.
Tor apes it has been the fashion in Germany
to celebrate the day bv hunting meets in the
forests of the Empire, and every son of the
Fatherland owning a dog and a gun and
who can obtain, eitberby favor or purchase,
the right to shoot over any of the spacitns
preserves, goes out with his hunting com
panions to make a day of it.
Royalty observes the day in right kingly
fashion, and the great Grunewald forest is
annually the scene of one of the merriest
and most picturesque hunts in Europe,
usually led by the Emperor himself. Until
a tew years before his last illness the late
JAGB SCHLOSS,
Emperor "William was never known to miss
the Grunewald boar bunt, and there are
"many noble families in Germany that treas
ure as priceless relics the tiny bits of
"'bruch" they secured whn "in at the
'death" on some ot thoe occasions in
which the gallant old Kaiser himself
gave the animal the "fang," or dagger
stab in the lungs, endinsr its career and
closing the chase. The Grunewald is a
magnificent game preserve, situated about
ten miles west of Berlin and between this
city and Potsdam, where the -imperial fam
ily live in summer, late the torest near
"Versailles, it is kept in the style of two cen
turies ago, and its dark recesses and deep,
tangled thickets afford abundant shelter for
Count JHchard Dohna Bchlobitten, Master of
the Sounds.
large game, and at the same time are ex
tremely duugrruus to the hunters who follow
the boar on horseback. Jlany a good steed
is'maimed or killed outrichthy the reckless
ness of its rider in attempting to force it
through the thickets and pitfalls of the
Grunewald.
A BKTZ.T.IA3TT MEET.
The meet will take place in the imperial
forest, and will be as brilliant as any of its
yredecessors. Emperor "William "himself
ibas invited the members of the Potsdamer
Jleiterverein to attend the "Hubertus-Jagd,"
flrsteeplechase; butunfortunatelyhewillnot
le present in person at the hunt," as he will
be absent in Greece. His brother-in-law,
.Prince Frederick Leopold, of Prussia, son ot
the "Bed Prince," Frederick Charles, the
greatest of living German military heroes,
'will be his representative as leader ot the
hunt By 12 o'clock the courtyard of the
old hunting castle, the "Jagdschloss," will
be crowded with a very gay assemblage.
Presently a group of men in the uniform of
castle gamekeepers ride out of the courtyard
and make for the pens in the forest where
the boars are kept for several days before the
hunt. These attendants all wear pink, with
jockey caps, and their signal horns hung by
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ineir siaes. xne crowd outside the walls
know now that the sport will soon begin.
"Within all is preparation, mounting and
saddling and tightening of girths amid the
liveliest chatter. The post of honor as
leader of the chase is taken by the Prince,
while immediately behind him stand the
entire party, ready for the signal. Herr
Palm, the Master of the Hounds, with his
bright pink suit, high top-boots and a pair
of black eagles surmounting his jockey cap,
sits on a strong brown horse, his "wald
horn," or forest bugle, slung across his arm
in readiness and its silver coils twined arnt
his neck. Around him are 25 couples ol
impatient hounds, held in leash bv tris as
sistants, and straining for the gate. Tby are
mostly wnite-and-tan and show the marks
of fine training and thorough haudling.
They are of the same breed as those used for
fox hunting in England.
THE HTJST BEGETS.
A quarter of an hour elapses. It seems
an age to the impatient cavalcade, which
would fain be in motion. At last a blast is
heardlrom the gamekeepers ontside, an-
9 nouncing that the boar has be n loosed.
Fifteen minutes more pass, aivd then the
master of the hunt, Count Kichard Dohna
Schlobitten, advancing to the Pi ince,salutes
him and says: "Your Boyal Highness, it is
. tiine7or the hunt to begin." Prince Fred
erick Leopold raises his hand, Herr Palm
salutes, and then, lilting the waldbom to
his lips, blows a long and powi-rful note that
t re-echoes shrilly throughout 1 he castle. At
the first sound the gate is opejed, the hounds
leap ap, and, tuggintr at thr ir leashes, pass
through and the hunters follow, amid the
cheers and vociferations of the crowd stand
ing outside.
The ladies, ride splendidly. Foremost
t among them is the lovely Princess Char
lotte, of Saxe-Heiningca, the sister of the
Emperor, who sits her thoroughbred with
afirm aud .confident saddle like a Diana
of the chase only the goddess didn't do
her hunting on horseback. It was the
Princess' father-in-law, yon may remember,
who became so famous through his model
theater. He is believed bv manv in Europe
to be the- greatest 'stage manager in the
world. Near her is. .Fraulein Von Prill
witr, and immediately behind the latter
comes the Countess Bohenau. These two
attend -every meet of the hounds.
The hnntintr part i rirht "In the middle
of the Grunewald woods. A little distanct
from the castle is tine wide and deep river
Havel, along whoso banks thereisabundane
cover. Should tlnj boar, however, take it
into his head to cross the river, he is prac
cally.safe from th't hunters; for, long before
they could cross in boats, he would have dis
appeared in the forest. But the hounds are
off on a keen scent, and as they pick up the
"faehrte"ofthegame, they give cry that
tells the hunters where to follow. Now the
whole field is in full chase. Hofjagermeister
Graf von Dohna leading gallantly on his
powerful black horse. Presently he turns
and makes room for the ladies, lor the chase
is yet young, even though the joyous bark of
the bounds can be heard at intervals, indi
cating that they are still on the track. The
prancing of some of the horses ridden by the
ladies causes a delay.
Jl. field of good eiders.
It is a large field, and all the renowned
riders from Berlin and Potsdam are out.
Prince Schwartzburg, of Budolfstadt, Count
von Arn'm; Graf Kanitz, chief chamber
lain of Prince Leopold; Graf Pappcnfceim,
a Bavarian and a lineal descendant of the
great chief who fought Gustavus Adolphns
3t Lutren; Herr von 'Willick, a well-known
General of staff; Herr von Tepper-Laski,
one of the best known sportsmen in the
Empire; Herr von Meverinck; Herr von
Krosigk, Emperor "William's successor as
commander or the Hussars, the crack corps
of the army; Graf Ziethen, the grandson of
the lamous Jneld .Harsh al ot i redencK the
Great, and many others are present mounted
on fine horses, mnstlv thoroughbreds.
.Nearly all the animals ridden are of pure
Prussian breed, or halt English, bait Prus
sian. The Emperor is exceedingly partial
to Prnssian horses, and this fact has set the
fashion where heretofore there were manv
English horses Used in the hunting field.
Our Prussian brred is slow but more endur
ing than the English, and in every way
better adapted for the rongh work of a boar
chase. t
But there, again, is the cry of the hounds.
It shows the way, and all the riders follow
in full force, with Fraulein von Prillwitz
quite in front. She is a daring rider and
takes many chances that make even men
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shndder; but she is fairly eclipsed by the
PrincessCharlotteofSaxe-Meiningen.whose
skill in the saddle is the admiration of all
Prussia. In any field she holds her own
and has often been in at the death. She
comes dashing down the field at the head of
the hunt, her Prussian mare having given
the Fraulein's English thoroughbred her
heels. Graefin Hohenau, too, courageously
pushes to the front on her bav horse, which
is rather unmanageable; but she, like a
pretty horse-breaker as she is, contrives by
rare skill to keephim in line.
THE BOAE AT BAT.
Bight on, through the firwood, sweeps the
chase. Suddenly the boar turns to the left
and makes for the lake near Hundekehle.
The huntsmen blow the signal: "Water
near," and like a flash the whole pack of
h unds follow the hunted brute into the
water, swimming alter hitn. For the first
.ime we cm now see tbe .game. He is a
huge, unwieldy fellow, a boar probablv
weighing 1,000 pounds. His ugly snout is
well out ot the water, and his thick, curling,
wicked-looking tusks shine white in the
sunlight, which also reveals his deep-set
fangs as he turns his head to glance back at
the hounds. There is a lot of fight in him,
lor the swim will cool him and make him
better able to give the dogs battle. Bigbt
.icross the lake he plunges, the hounds gain
ing perceptibly, but not enough to overtake
him. The field rides around the margin
and arrives m time to see the boar strike the
trand, shake his stubby hide an instant and
i hen dash oft; with the whole pack once
nore in pursuit on dry land.
Now besins a splendid run, a vue. The
field scatters somewhat and each rider tries
to do his best, for the end is not far off,
unless the boar should take to the river.
The brute is soon tired and the hounds
bring him to a halt, although thev keep off
at a respectful distance, knowing' his boar
ship s tactics at this stage of the sport too
well to cultivate a closer acquaintance.
Thev are surrounding him on all sides,
yelping and rushing in short circles, but
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held in check by the huntsmen, for even
in the maddest moment of the hunt the
splendid training of the hounds is ap
parent. There is a fnrious rush of horse
men, but Graf Dohna is first on the spot.
He springs from his big, black horse,
and running forward without a moment's
hesitation grasps in his strong, muscular
hands the right bind leg of the boar, which
is now half recumbent on its haunches, rest
ing for a fresh effort. There is a furious
struggle, but the powerful grasp of the
hntjagermeister is not to be shaken off.
He raises the brute's prisoned leg still
The Princess Charlotte.
higher, and as he does so the whole weight
of the boar is thrown forward on the fore
legs and be is rendered powerless. Snort
ing with rage and rooting in the turf, he is
held in this position despite his struggles
until Prince Leopold comes up with a dozen
others. The royal leader of the hunt dis
mounts, and with his jeweled hunting dag
ger gives him the "fang" a well-aimed
thrust that penetrates the left lung and the
heart, causing death instantly.
shaking the bbuch.
This is the supreme moment of the hunt!
As the bofjagermeister releases the boar's
legs, and while the latter'lies bleeding and
dead, the Prince's aid-de-camp, with his
hunting knife, cnt from the nearest pine
tree a bunch of needles, which the Prince
gaily distributes to those who hnppen to he
present tbe moment the "fang" is given.
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None who are not on the spot at the instant
of victory may share the "oruch." As each
of the fortunate hunters places his spray of
pine in his hat or coat the bugles sound the
"Hallalli! Hallallil Hallallit" the signal
of the death of the boar. This brings all
the laggards to the spot, hot and breathless
with nding and their horses flecked with
foam. Then, with his hunting knife, Herr
Palm administers the "curee" to the dead
boar, cutting it open with a single dexter
ous stroke. One of his assistant then takes
out the liver and intestines, which are flung
to the pack of dogs and quickly devoured.
After the chare all return to the Castle
Grunewald, where dinner awaits them. Merry
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Distribution of the Brush by Pa Leopold.
and hungry, chatting giily over the suc
cessful sport and without even an attempt
at toilet, the hunters sit down this time to a
regal table. Unlike the lunch in the fore
noon, which was eaten in the courtyard,
the dinner is a stately and imposing affair,
the sole peculiarity being the utter absence
of even the semblance of preparationon the
part of the diners. Thev sit. down just as
they come in from the forest, their hunting
suits torn and bloody, or soiled by tumbles
from their horses or contact with trees and
bushes. Even the ladies look slightly be
draggled, some having their long habits and
their hunting gloves stained with the marks
ot the chase, but all are pleased, and it is a
happv party, indeed, which, disregarding
the conventionalities, do justice to the good
cheer their Imperial host sets before them.
Baeon von M.
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
Mns. J. C. Kay, the wife of Major J. d. Kay,
of tbe Eighteenth Rep men t, has been ill for
sometime with a severe case of typhoid fever.
Lieutenant James K. Treacy, who has
been traveling for the past six weeks through
the South, is expected back In the city this
week.
The unfavorable weather of the past week
virtually closed tbe rifle ranges ot both of tbe
local reciments. The season has been extended
to tbe 16th inst, after which scores cannot be
counted tor records:
A meeting ot the members of Company A,
Fourteenth Regiment, is called for this after
noon at 2 JO o'clock at tbn company armory.
Important business will be brought up, and
every member should be present
Captain R. W. A. Simmons, of Company
H. Eighteenth Regiment, was reelected to
command of tbe company last Tuesday even
inc. The election was conducted by Colonel
bmith. Captain Simmons had no opposition
from tbe 33 menbers in line.
Captain "William M. Awl, of Company
F, Southside, calls a special meeting of the
members ot bis command for to-morrow even
ing at 8 o'clock. Every member ot the com
fiany is expected to be present as business of
mportance will be transacted.
The record of some ot the Eastern regiments
in sendinsr in their money for the Hartranft
monument should stimulate the organizations
In the Second Brigade to get a lively "move"
on themselves. As yet no command has for
warded any money lor this purpose, although
both the local organizations have gotten down
to work.
A 'MEETING of the officers of tbe Fourth
Regiment is called for to-morrow evening;
November 4, at the Central Armory, at 7:30
p. M.. sharp. Captains of companies are ex
pected to turn in at orice to the regimental
headquarters, one copy of their inspection
roll, ono copy of tbe abstract of daily roll call,
ana two copies of the muster and pay roll.
The Massachusetts National Guard has dis
carded steel targets for rifle practice, and
adopted canvas targets worked on tbe window
sash plan. Steel targets have many advantages
the main one being tbe cheapness of mainten
ance after they are once placed in position, but
for good results in the way of ra id scoring
and safety and easo to the markers, nothing
has been found better than canvas frames.
The building used for storage purposes on
the rifle range of tbe Eighteenth Regiment at
High Bridge, was broken into last Tuesday and
a quantity of material, including two rifles,
was stolen. This Is the second time during the
season that depredations have been committed
on tho range, and It is safe to say tbemiscreants
will be given a benefit if caught. Tbe range of
this regiment next season will probably be lo
cated a little further out tho Castle Shannon
Railroad, as tbe present site has been sold for
building purposes.
The Potter trophy, consisting of a bronze
figure entitled the "Last Cartridge," was won
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THE HOUNDS.
by a team from the First Regiment last week.
Ihe contest was confined to teams from the
irst Brigade exclusively. It is expected that
a numher of new trophies and medals will be
offend for competition in the Second Brigade
next season. For money can not be nut up for
that purpose, but they should be limited to
certain classes of marksmen, for in that man
ner rifle practice will he encouraged amonc
the poorer marksmen.
Captain John P. Penny, of Company G
Eighteenth Regiment, was favored last week
by an Invitation from the Reception Committee
on the Pan-American visitors to turn out his
command, ana show the Southerners how the
Pittsburg militia can drill. The selection of
this company by tbe committee was certainly a
wise one, as G undoubtedly stands at the head
?l '-I . t Jrst-class companies in this end of
tnehtate. If room can be gotten on tbe wharf
at Duauesne way Captain Penny expects to put
hi command through a skirmish drill, which,
when well executed, is an interesting sight
Qcaktermastee Robert Patteeson, of
the Fourteenth Regiment tendered his resic
nation to Colonel Perchment during the past
week. Lieutenant Patterson gives as his reason
S,fi5i!!te.Ptbe Pressure of private business,
but It Is Intimated by those who know that the
real cause of tho resignation will be known to
tbe public very shortly, and that the details
I11 make Interesting reading to guardsmen.
Lieutenant Patterson is an entbusfast on mili
tary matters, particularly in the shooting line,
and was spoken of as a candidate for the cap
taincy of one of the companies of the regiment
a short tim e ago.
The ordinance granting Battery B and the
Eighteenth Regiment the Fifth avenue market
house and grounds for the purpose of erecting
an armory, was unanimously passed through
Select Conned last Monday, and at the next
meeting of Councils it will undoubtedly be
sanctioned by the Common branch. The raising
of funds to erect tbe building will be started at
once, and from the feelings expressed by a num
ber or tbe more prominent merchants, manu
facturers and baukers, but little fear is felt
that the necessary amount will not bo quickly
raised. It is expected that tho building will be
ready for use in one year's time.
THE State Fencibles Battalion, of Philadel
phia, under command of Major Chaw, visited
New York City last Tuesday, as the guests of
the Seventh Regiment They were given a
royal reception, and in tbe evening before a
large audience of the notables of tbe city,
showed the New Yorkers how the Pennsylvania
boys can handle themselves by giving an exhi
bition drill. Tbe movements were executed In
the Armory or the Seventh, and as a whole
were voted by Colonel Appleton and the officers
present to be the flne't thing of tbe kind ever
attempted in New York City. Tbe Fencibles
were attired in their scarlet and gold uniforms,
with bear skin caps, and turned out 200 strong.
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AN UNA1ERICAN IDEA
Bessie Bramble Asserts That Oar
Girls Do Not Seed Chaperons.
BOYS NEED THE MOST WATCHING.
Good
Mothers WJll Always Sear Good
Daughters.
THE B00ES OP UDK0PEAN SOCIETY
rWKlTTEK FOB THB DISrATClt.l
An earnest and eloquent plea for chap
erons is made in a recent article by Mrs.
Admiral Dahlgren, but there is hardly a
word in it that will not equally apply in
favor ot the boys of the same class of which
she writes having guardians. "The first,
best and most-to-be-desired chaperon for
any young girl is her mother;" so also it
may be said that the' first, best and most-to-be-desired
guardian of a young boy is his
father. In fact, as may be readily pointed
ont, a boy really needs a guardian more at
the age when be begins to sow wild oats
than does a girl on entering society. Airs.
Dahlgren asks, "Why should a mother
not chaperon her daughter?" On the
same ground of protecting him from the
wiles and pitfalls of this wicked world,
why should it not be the proper thing
for a lather or mother to chaperon their sons
who are even more prone to go astray than
are the daughters? Numerouiiappv homes
are oftentimes thrown into a sUte of dismay
and distraction by sons of 18 or 10 going off
on sprees, spending their days and nights in
riotous living, being enticed and beguiled
by artful and designing women, and making
entirely unsuitable marriages, which mar
their lives and bring unbappiness to their
friends, and yet nothing is said about their
being kept straight by the constant presence
of a chaperon or guardian. It is not im
pressed upon a mother by society that she
must keep her eye upon her sou and accom
pany him everywhere, so as to prevent his
taking up with improper acquaintances, to
interpose formidable barriers to hisfalllngin
love with ineligible girls, and to place in
surmountable impediments in the way of
his ruining his happiness by a mad mar
riage. The impression is more than likely
to the contrary that her oversight, influ
ence and watchful care are no longer needed
or desired after the first faint symptoms of a
mustache appears. Not long ago a promi
nent man affirmed in lordly fashion that
"at the age of 13 a boy should be cut loose
from his mother's apron strings, and be
taught self-reliance and independence that
at that age he should be taken from a
woman's management and thus grow up to
be a man rather than a milksop." Other men
probably have the same opinion, as so many
of tbem show a contempt for the mother's
opinions and thus incite in the boys a dis
regard for her wishes.
"WHY GIBLS NEED CHAPEEONS.
But why should boys be let loose upon
the world at an early age, while it is held
that girls must be watched and guarded and
chaperoned until they are married, even if
that does not happen until they have
reached the season of the sere and yellow
leaf? The special duty of a chaperon, says
Mrs. Dahlgren. "is to euard her marriage
able wards as far as is possible in receiving
the attentions of men." This construed by
the unwritten law means that the chaperon
is to discourage the advances and assign the
cold shoulder to prospective lovers whose
fortunes and family particularly the
former do not come up to the de
mands of a good match, and to encourage
and promote the advances of the "eiigibles"
who have the reqnisite cash to keep up
style, whether they have any claims to
character and brains or not. It is duly set
forth that chaperons are necessary for un
married girls because they are held to be
"guileless, artless and confidine." Qualities
very lovely and attractive, but yet verv
dangerous, as Mrs. Dahlgren obseryes, in
society owing to the inexperience of the
carefully guarded girls when "launched
from their home moorings into the swift and
dangerous currents of the voyage of life."
In view of the society girls as thev are
very well-known "being guileless, artless
and confiding," most people will laugh at
the transparent pretense, while the idea that
a chaperon can make their fond illusions
sale realities, is something to upset the
gravity of a marble statue or an adamantine
rock.
The chief reason as we gather from Sister
Dahlgren'splea for chaperons is "the preven
tionoi' their unmarried wards from making
ineligible marriages," but the newspapers
and common experience show that when
girls are mo t strictly secluded and guarded,
they are far more liable to elope with the
coachman, or the gardener, or the swindler,
than when allowed to exercise freedom nd
to enjoy the pleasure of congenial company.
It is not wonderful that so manv inde
pendent American girJs scoff at this im
ported Europeau fashion, and scorn it as
implying suspicion and distrust of their
ability to conduct themselves vrith decorum
and proper dignity. They have been trained
to self reliance, moral sense, and perception
of right and wrong in the American style,
and do not take kindly to such
SYSTEM OF ESPIONAGE
as prevails in the aristocratic circles of
Europe, where so-called gentlemen only put
on their good manners in their own set or
cast. Two American ladies of culture and
refinement thought they might go out on the
streets of Berlin, trusting to their gray hair
not to be ibsulted, but they were summarily
jostled off the sidewalk into the gutter by
some of the Emperor's grand officers, who
laughed and jeered at their dismay at such
rudeness. When the nobiljty ol Continental
Europe is composed of such unmannerly
boors ot course protection is needed for
women; but where are the officer!! of the
army in this country who would so treat
women ot any age? It must take great love
and reverence lor a title, much pride and
fondness for petty distinction.-much bowing
down and sniveling after high position to
enable American women to live with and
endure such men. What wonder is it that
so many of their marriages with impecunious
Princes, and Counts, and Barons, and petty
iordlinzs turn out to be most miserable and
unhappy?
But this European system of chaperonage
for unmarried women is not, as is claimed,
for the protection of the virtue of girls it
is simply a foreign fashion which those in
love with European styles are endeavoring
to bring into vogue in tnis country in their
attempt to establish tbe same restrictions of
caste. Sister Dahlgren'a remarks as to the
necessity ot chaperons for the young ladies
of society do not apply, it would ap
pear, to the thousands of young women
working in stores, factories, counting houses
and schools. These go to their daily em
ployment alone withouta chaperon, whereas
by the code ol those who are attempting to
establish the European system for the pro
tection of young women this would be a ter
rible infraction otgood form, and subject
them to the suspicion of impropriety. These
go to their merry makings and recreations
with their triends without the re
motest idea that they need to be pro
tected by1 a chaperon from commit
ting errors and indiscretions, and for
the insuring of their proper behavior as re
gards men. They no more dream ot wrong
or impropriety than did their mothers be
fore them, who went to singing schools and
sleighing parties and Fourth of July cele
brations with their "beaux," and to "whom
the name of chaperon was unknown. "Vir
tuous mothers train up virtuous daughters,"
said a good old lady from the depths of long
experience, "and "if the girls of society
must have a chaperon always on hand to
keep tbem straight it is quite evident to mv
mind that there is something wrong about
their bringing up or elso men are an
amazing sight worse than they were In my
day."
AN UNAMEBICAN IDEA.
The majority of the young women of
America have grown up without the idea
that it was improper for them to appear upon
the street without a maid tagging alter
them, or a chaperon to insure that they be
have properly. They know they can re
ceive calls from gentlemen in their own
homes and entertain them without the
slightest loss of dignity or self respect
They know they can be trusted to conduct
themselvei with the utmost propriety under
all conditions and in all places. They
know they can cross the American continent
alone without receiving a rude word, or the
faintest shadow of an insult, and this idea
of importing the European plan of making
it not respectable for any young woman to
appear in public anywhere without a cha
peron is obnoxious to them, since it
implies suspicion, distrust and espion
age, and to suggest such weakness
of character, ignorance, and innate depravity
as can oniy oe controlled by constant watch
ing. It does not seem tp occur to those who
eem so anxious to enforce this restriction
of caste upon the social code of this country
that they thereby imply that the
morals and manners of people of wealth are
so bad that to protect and preserve their
daughters from misconstruction, scandal,
and perhaps insult, it is a matter of neces
sity that they should never appear in public
without a chaperon, a maid or a man-servant,
as is the style in Spain and France, and
Europe generally. But these should re
member that no more moral, refined or en
lightened nation exists upon tbe globe than
the United States, where millions of women
never even dream of the necessity of a chap
eron to preserve them until a husband claims
them in marriage as "blushing roses" rather
than "nign-neaoea sunflowers. in no
conntry in the world are women less liable
to insult than in our own. In Spain, in
France, in Germany, where the "chaperon
idea" prevails most largely, no woman can
walk the streets without danger of being
molested or insulted, unless" she has money
enough to nire a servant to accompany her.
in this country, where "chaperons" are an
innovation, and an attempt to establish
caste, a girl who conducts herself properly
is as sale alone, as if she had a dozen
duennas dancing attendance upon her. In
Continental Europe, where the education of
girls is conducted on tbe plan of seclusion
and surveillance, where chaperons are
looked upon as certificates of character,
where women of the higher classes have
none of
e
THE PBITHiEaES OF FEEEDOM
until married, and not to any large
extent then, unless the husband so
chooses, or is indifferent, the state of
society, as shown in books the pic
tures of the times is not distinguished by
the highest virtue. French novels show a
condition of morals and manners among the
higher classes as can hardly be found in this
country among the lowest of the low. Men
there, bjr tbe forceof example and education,
become imbued with the idea that chivalry,
deference, decency need only be shown to
women of their own class, while all others
may be insulted at pleasure. American
women who have traveled in Europe give
fnll testimony as to the boorish rudeness of
men in Continental countries who claim to
be gentlemen as it is manifested to
strangers, and ladies without escorts, and
never cease thanking Heaven that American
men are not "as other men air," either as to
morals or manners,
. Jr. . . ..
When bister dahlgren or other persons
insist that a chaperon is essential to the
protection of young girls from misconstruc
tion, hazard of good name, and risk of
scandal they cast a slur upon the millions
of the grandmothers and mothers of the
land who have lived, and loved, and mar
ried and never thought ot a chaperon as
essential to keep them straight. They re
flect upoh the purity and virtue of the
many young women who gp bravely out
into the world and work their own way in
the professions, and trades, and otner pur
suits in order to maintain themselves and
those dependent npon tbem.
Moreover this European plan in its dis
trust and suspicion would imply that
American men had become so demoralized,
that only the presence of a chaperon or
duenna conld prevent their taking advant
age of the "artless, guileless innocence" of
their wards in a manner that might subject
them to tbe hazard of misconstruction, or
possibly scandal.
The American girl who has been brought
up to freedom, independence and self-reliance
does right to resist this European in
novation. It is a system founded on sus
picion, and begets lying andintrigue, elope
ments and hasty, ill-considered marriages.
A GIBL'S BEST FKIENB.
A good mother is a daughter's best friend
and confidant. She is wise and thoughtful
and careful over her daughter's best inter
ests, even though she may not be sitting up
in the solemn grandeur of her best black
silk as a chaperon. She knows what com
pany her daughter keeps. She is aware of
all that is going on. and ha3 confidence that
her child will not disgrace her training, or
swerve, under any circumstances, from the
principles o right she has so deeply im
pressed upon her mind.
It is the merely fashionable and frivolous
beings who are engaged in the sale of young
girls to the highest bidders, who take to
this European system of keeping them
under gnard until an "eligible" with suffi
cient cash can be secured to purchase the
artless, guileless beings, antl thus take
tbem off their hands. J.t is simply a slavish
following of a foreign fashion to prepare
American girls lor the Hatzfeldts, and
Mandevilles, and Harlboroughs of the for
eign markets, whose sins nre condoned by
sillv women for the sake of their titles.
The ridiculousness of tbe chaperon busi
ness is shown by tbe fact that any woman is
eligible for the officevrho is married, be she
ever so wild and disposed herself to run
against the proprieties. Most people have
seen cases where the chaperon by her ex
ample encouraged the inlraction'ot good
form, and was the leader in all that was
harum scarum and against the rules of de
corum. The fact is that this European idea is sim
ply not a plan for the protection of vonng
girls, but is only an endeavor to se"t up a
restriction of caste such as exists in Europe,
where the favorite idea as to women is se
clnsion, surveillance and subordination.
Such n system cannot flourish in this land
of freedom. The American girl prides her
self upon her self-reliance and her ability to
take care of herself. It is stated that in
Mexico no Mexican young girl can walk the
streets unattended without being insulted,
but American girls can do just as they do
at home, and the Mexican does not dare to
molest her in any way. He knows better.
The world wonld lose a great deal of fun
if there were no "snobs." But among the
many ot these who are found in society none
excite more hilarity than Mrs. Blank, who
dilates on the danger to reputation of a girl
going anywhere without a "sTinnpyrone,"
when she herself before marriage used to
work early and late in a factory, and had
never felt the need of a guide or protector,
and who went to the circus, and to church,
aud to Halloween parties alone with John,
while her mother stayed contentedly at
home with seven children and dtrned the
stockings for the family, never dreaming
there was anything in their being together
either wrong or dangerous.
Bessie Bramble.
American Art
Exemplified on pitchers. Successfully
compete with any of the Old World produc
tions. Special designs, only obtainable at
French, Kendrick & Co.'s, 616 Smithfield
St., opposite City Hall.
A glass of F. & V.'g Iron City beer at
night insures quiet sleep.
Don't be misled. Stick toHhe old relia
ble Wainwright's beer. All dealers keep it.
6525 is their telephone number. Tasa
C. Baeueelein Bbewing Co., Ben
netts, Pa., opposite Forty-third st, Pitts
burg. Telephone 1018.
Tho Very r.niMt.
Marvin's Little Lord Tauntleroy and
Cinderella Cakes are juit out, and are tbe
finest on the market. The children cry for
them and the old folks refuse to be com
forted without them. Grocers keep them.
TTSSU
Cash paid for. old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fif (h ave, vpsn
A PESSIMISTIC YIEW
Of the Result of Holdins the World's
Fair in the United States.
IT WILL MAKE THE POOR POORER.
The Optimist Says It Will Increase Bents
and Wages.
K0W 18 THE TIME TO BDILD A HOUSE.
rwamxit tor thx dispatch.'.
The pessimistic view of the project for a
World's Fair in 1892 is about this: Very
soon after Congress selects the city where
the fair is to be held, the cost of living in
that city especially the rent rates will
advance, but there will be no commensurate
increase of pay to the wage earners, who
constitute the majority ot residents; there
fore, the fair will benefit landlords, mer
chants and great corporations, but it will
leave poor men poorer than they were be
fore. It is positively sinful, continues
the pessimist, to arrange a half-year
of junketing for millions of people,
induring them to waste their time and to
spend money that many of them bave not
earned. It is labor not play that creates
wealth and makes a great people. Better
keep the World's Fair for a time when poli
tical disorders may disturb or threaten the
existence of the Government. Then its in
auguration wonld be statesmanship. This
very year a World's Fair saved France
from anarchy and Boulangerism. Every
body knows that Christopher Columbus dis
covered America. No need ot a World's
Fair to advertise that fact. His memory is
kept green in song, story and geography.
THE OPTIMISTIC TIE'W
is that the fair will benefit everybody; that
the cost of living will increase slightly as it
always does during prosperous times, and
that earnings will increase largely; that
new industries will spring up, suggested to
inventive Yankees by the foreign exhibits;
inventive
that vast sums of foreign money will be left
in the conntry: that the already great tide
of immigration will flow faster than ever;
that a much-needed export trade will be
stimulated; that the usual depression of
trade in a Presidental election year will not
recur in 1892; that the fair will be a peat
educator, and that it will be a grand and
patriotic demonstration, due to tbe memory
of Columbus and worthy of a great people.
The architect shares the optimistic view,
bat it must be admitted that rents will ad-
First Floor.
vance, perhaps greatly advance, in and
around tbe city where the Fair will be held.
Forewarned is forearmed for the prudent
man. Let him build a house and stop pay
ing rent.
A PBETTY HOUSE.
Following will be found a brief descrip
tion of an attractive design:
Size of structure Width, including porch
at end, 66 feet; depth, including veranda
and rear porch, 51 feet. Height of stories
Cellar, 7 feet; first story. 9 feet; second
story, 8 feet 6 inches; attic story, 8 feet
Materials for exterior walls Foundations,
brick; first story, clapboards; second story,
gabies, dormers and roof, shingles.
. Interior finish Hard, white plaster
throughout. Soft wood trim throughout,
stained and finished like hardwood. Double
floor in the first story, the finishing floor
being hard pine. The main staircase in
both stories is finished with quartered oak.
Inside sliding blinds for all front windows;
outside blinds for all other windows.
Exterior colors All clapboards, ltght
drab; trim, including water table, corner
boards, casings, cornices, bands, veranda
Second Floor.
posts and rails, dark drab; outside doors,
stained to imitate hardwood; outside blinds,
bronze green; sashes and brickwork, Poni
peian red; veranda and porch floors and
ceilings, oiled: shingles on side walls treated
with linseed oil and burnt umber; shingles
on roofs left unfinished.
Accommodations The main rooms and
their sizes, closets, etc, are shown
by the plans given herewith. Beside
these there are three finished in the
attic and there is a cellar nnder the whole
house. The cellar has a concrete floor and
outside and inside entrances. Tbe first floor
rooms are large. The parloralcovehasa
fireplace and is furnished with bookcases.
Over the bookcases are pretty windows
which may be glazed with stained glass.
There is a fireplace and an upholstered seat
in the hall. The bedrooms are of (air size
and there are many of them au essential
requirement for a large family. Colonial
features predominate in the exterior.
Cost In the vicinity of New York City,
3,700. To reduce cost, omit finishing the
attic rooms to save $200; substitute ash for
oak stair finish to save about 100; Jbuild a
smaller cellar, say under the kitchen and
hall only to save about 5100.
Copyright by B. W. ShoppelL
Too Ijate to Mend.
There is a point beyond which medication
cannot go. lie tore it is too late to mend, per
sons of a rheamatio tendency. Inherited or
acquired, should use that benignant defense
against the further progress of the super
tenacious malady rheumatism. The name of
this proven rescner is Bostetter'i Stomach
Bitters, which. It should also be recollected,
enres dyspepsia, liver complaint, fever and
ague, debility and nervousness.
Cabinet photos, $1 per doz. , Lies' Pop
ular Qallerv, 10 and 12 ixih it, , rrsn
Perspective View.
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AT ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A kite-size portrait in oil, by Mr.
Emu
Foerster, Is shown at Young'.
Avxbt line bisque figure, fresh from tbe
Paris Exposition, may be seen at Gillespie's,
The work is entitled "Night," and the manner
in which the figure' is posed is extremely grace
ful and at the same time devoid ot any appear
ance of being studied or formal.
The Anjei,ts" has arrived safely in New
York and now reposes in one of tbe vaults of
the Garfield Bate Deposit Company. It baa
been permitted to enter tbe country free of
duty as the property of the American Art As
sociation, and will shortly be exhibited in New
York and subsequently in other cities.
An exhibition of works by tbe sculptor
Bayre will be opened at the American Art Gal
leries in New York during the early part of the
month, to continue Until tbe middle of Janu
ary. The proposition of at the same time hold
ing an exhibition of 100 works by coumporary
artists is also being seriously considered.
It looks now as If the Verestcbagin collection
of paintings would remain in the United States,
as tbn bond that was given for their entrance
into tbe country free ot duty, has been allowed
to lapse, and the full amountof the tariff bas
now been paid for them. The collection will
probably be hem entire ir some time to come,
and exhibited in different cities, after which
tbe works comprising it will most likely be
sold.
AXiABGE oil painting shown at Mayer's Is
the work" of Mr. Xohn Johnson, tbe scene
painter. The subject is a landscape with
mountains in the distance and a small stream
winding its way through sunny meadows
toward the foreground. This work is a very
pleasant one as regards composition, and it bas
some share of technical excellence in spite of
the fact that it shows manv touches character
istic of the scene painter rather than the pro
fessional artist.
Quite a pleasing little picture of a conntry
road, the work of Mr. H. H. -Stevenson, is
shown at Mayer's. This work is fn oiltlut it is
almost the same, subject as a study in water
colors which he exhibited a short time ago; the
same objects are comprised in tbe picture,
though seen from a pjsltion somewhat re
moved from tbe point from which he made tbe
previous sketch. This picture has fiome very
good qualities, but it wquld b improved by
elng carried to a higher degree of finish as re
gards detail. The effect aimed at is that of a
bright, sunny day in midsummer, and this
quality has been fairly well rendered. It is a
work painted direct from nature, which gives
it a freshness and character that can scarcely
be attained in any other way. and which con
stitutes the greatest cnarm of such works.
A numbeb of important works are exhibited
at tbo Gillespie gallery this week. That they
are by celebrated artists will appear upon the
mention of tbe names of Tracy, McElbaney, C.
E. Grant, Percy Moran and J. A. Walker. The
picture by Tracy represents a hunting scene
with a group of men, horses and 4ogs halting
in a corn field. The effect rendered Is that of
tbe season when antumn is far advanced antl
pressing closely upon the bleak days ot winter,
and the landscape Is toned to a sober brown.
There is some fine drawing shown fn tbe fig
ures of the men and the dogs, particularly the
latter, and tbe manner in which each separate
stalk of corn stands out in relief i well worthy
of remark. The painting by McElhaney is a
pleasant composition, showing a young girl
with a pensive look in her eyes, leaning against
the railing of an old bridge. "Watching and
Walting,,r is the title of the picture by
Grant, and it is one that is well
known here through reproductions. A
female figure seated by thewindow of a room
in an old colonial mansion. Etchings ol Mo
ran's picture bave also been frequently seen in
this city, and In this wort, too, a yonngglrl
forms the subject of interest. The picture by
Walker is called "The Courier," and in charac
ter it presents a strong contrast to those men
tioned above. A horseman riding at full speed
through a villaze street on a cold, bleak day in
winter is a subject that not only permits but
requires the exhibition of great skill in draw
ing, and Mr. Walker Is tally equal to the task.
The picture la strong in action and good in col
oring, and reminds one somewhat of tbe work
of Beauqueane.
To KANT persons the question as to what
constitutes the subtile, butat the same time im
portant, difference between the coloring of an
oil painting and a close imitation of it by the
method of chromo-litbography, remains a most
profound mystery. In tbe eyes of the average
observer the chrnmo may even appear to be
the most refined and delicate work of the two,
and some persons there are who feet disposed
to believe that paintings are not really superior
to lithographs, but are only valued more hfehly
on account of their relative scarcity. Many,
otuu aiuuug luuae woo xeei me weaicness and
insufficiency of the macbine-mado pictures, are
yet at a loss to account for these unsatisfactory
Saallties. There are also a few persons who,
questioned concerning their ideas on this
subject, would be found talie entertaining the
belief that It Is only a question of tithe when
pictures will be turned out by this method (bat
will equal painting, if not surpass it. To
describe such expectations as vlsiouary is put
ting It very milaly indeed. Aside from the fact
that no mechanical process can ever equal in
delicacy the work of tbe human hand, there are
in painting a hundred ways of producing an
effect to one that is available in lithography,
or any otner method of reproduction. In
printing colore. from blocks of stone orotber
material, it Is pnsslbfe to use very delicate and
agreeably tinted inks, but there mnstererbe
an almost infinite distance between
their shades as regards tone, and
gradation can only . be secured
by printing the colorsrdellcately one above the
other; this is tbe method actually employed,
and of late years it has been brourbt to a de
prftft of nerf entinn thrit 1ava linf ntT -Ann.
vf or further improvement. In painting also the
BupenmposiuoQ oi colors is a method fre
quently resorted to. but as a means to an end
it is only one in a hundred. Thn fnnnrfitttnn nt
all fine coloring in painting rests upon the pos
sibility of blending the colors npon the work
itself, something which cannot be done to an
appreciable extent in -any other graphic
process. There are $o many other auxiliary
means ot attaining desired results which ren
der the painter's art one of almost limitles-t
possibilities. Ilievarlatiqn in the qualities tf
the pigment used some of which are of great
body, dense and onaane. while, othmn in thin.
transparent and rich is an important factor in
the production at rich and truthful coloring,
and the composition of tbe medium with which
they are used Is scarcely less so. Oil paintine"
is merely a generic term, signifying paint
ing that is done with pigments ground in
oil. but in tbe execution of which many differ
ent kinds of vamish-like mediums are used,
each ot which exerts a material influence upon
the appearance of the finished production. Tbe
necessity for an almost infinite variety of
methods will be readily understood when it is
remembered that any object upon which the
eye may rest, although we are accustomed to
think ot it as of some particular shade of color,
is in reality Composed of innumerablo and
almost Imperceptible gradations which lend
variety to every inch of its surface. It is the
faithful rendering of .at least a part of these
subtle cradations thatconstitniM th ncrniiir
rich and pleasing qnaljty of painting, and it is
the utter impossibility of ever doing anything
like justice to them in chromo-lithography
which marks the wide difference1 between the
two arts. In lithography or any othcrmechanl-
uuttu, Qcr iuiuuhui uiu piciurB is sore to
be of about the same character or quality, nith
tbe inevitable result of the whole work being
tame and Insipid.
SnI Generis.
Yiele (greatly excited) Don't you know,
B-B-Biffie has got his c-c-cane-head fast in
his month, and c-c-can't get it out!
Vanderbuff (coolly) Can't it be dupli
cated? Viele Y-Y-Tes; but B-B-BifBa can't
Puck.
VELVET CARPETS AT 8 CEVTS
That Have Been Senium nt 81 98 All Season,
ror One Week.
Daring the week commencing; November.
4 we will offer 3,000 yards of velvet carpet
at 80 cents per yard.
We also offer extraordinary Barfalni ja
remnants of all grades of carpet.
Come la and see the. JBerders to matea
all Teaanant of fine esrpete.
Special prfees pst on foar rises of fine
Smyrna rsgi for week- fceffiaaing Novem
ber ..-., BdWaxb Gbortzinges,
Wf d W eaa atefiSje.
, An Zventr.
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Salesman Well, whateherwant?1'
Customer I want to buva hat. 6 tit
Salesman Why didn yer say to? AT&oVgt
lively now. anis ain t no morguel a
Customer I, don't like to be spokes 1
like that.
Salesman Yer don't? Well, whatche
stoppin'the wheels 'f trade ferT" DidEyerJ
ever see a real nai i a
Customer That's enough! Goodday
Salesman Just wait a moment., sir?)
recognize yon as tbe ticket seller at thelm
perial Central station. I tried to .buy?
ticket of von yesterday, and T'ye i nit. en
deavored to give you an imitation of tha.
wav you treated me. What's the size," sir.?!
Puck. '
BEECHAICTS Pills cure bilious ancf Turryrms ilia 1
Pxars' Soap secures a beautiful complexion".
Cash paid for old gold
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave.
and silver'at
wtsu ,
upur nmu p
mil. is. w. itwi.ui.1.,
Residing at Apollo, and foreman of fap sec
tion of tbe West Penn BaOroad, havingfca,
large number of men In his charge, has for
many years been a great sufferer 'from'
Catarrh of the Stomach and a diseased 'con
dition of the liver. His stomach gave him
much pain and it felt sore on pressure. His
bowels were constipated, and he had a very-
dark, sallow complexion. He had no ap
petite, and what little food he did eat seemed
to do bim no good, for he had a sick, J
nauseous feeling after eating. In faetth
very sight of food wonld often make him"
sick at the stomach. He had a dull pain v
over his eyes. "He conld not sleep, and hsT
was always tired, and more so on getting upfe'
in the morning than when he. went to bed.':?
As the disease- extended to bis throat and '
lungs he did much hawking and spitting and
he felt a weight and pressure in his lunga
It was while in this condition that he con-
suited the Physicians of the Catarrhasd '.
.Dyspepsia .institute, at sa xtnn avenae,
who told him he could yet be cured. . ,
Although he said he had already trel
with fiiteen doctors', receiving no permanen
benefit, and had bat little laitb, he befssf
treatment. Of the result he says: , j v jj
"il disease was of 18 years standinz-i.
now feel like a new man. I havestgooeV
appetite, sleep well- feel rested in the morrP
ing and am glad to state that Ihave been cured:
of alt the above conditions by tbe Physician
orthe Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute. ' "P
H.B.KUNKLE.W
Mr. Knnkla is wen known among railroad
men in-Allegheny and Armstrong counties, j
The Catarrh and Drsnensla lustltnte is ner-
manently located at i23Penn ave for the curs
of Catarrh. Dyspepsia and Diseases of "Women.1
tjonsuiiauon irae. umce n ours, in a. jlio
V. Jt and 6 to 8 T. stv Sundays, 12 to 4 p. x.
POJ-7srwTSu'
Some
Children
A.
CrTOWinffj'
Too Fasti
become listless, fretful, without ener- j
gy, thin and weak. But you can for-1
iiry tnem anq Duua them up, eyine
use of
SCOTTS ;
EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER ML AM
HYPOPHOSPHITES
Of Y.lmn anil SaAa.
i Thev will take it readily, for It is al
most as paiataoie as mm. And it j
should be remembered that AS A ?B-
TE5TITE OS CUBE OT COTOM OS C0LB5, j
HI MTH THE Oil AW YMM, IT IS
MitfMUEO. AvoidsubtltuHonMogertdA
oc2-2SotWTSB.
CURED of BRIGHT'SOISEASEiy
Mr. James Clark bas, for IS months, suffered -.
untold misery from Bright' disease of the kid-
neys. a naa great pain and soreness in an
kidneys and across-tne small of bis back, ana '
more or less soreness all over his body. Tbe
nnne yoinxi crava mm frrAt nam ana con
tained much albumen and uric add. HelosE
all desire for food, and be conld net sleep.
a. ,
fnnnri h mfmnrv fat fMHtio nit he ffTOWJyKfc,
weaker and more feeble until lie was obliged to"9
give up all employment. Having read in thoy
papers testimonials irom patients cureu uj m.
nhvsiclans of the Polynathin Institute Of dl
eases similar to his. he beean treatment with
them. He says: -J take great pleasure la"
tating to the people of Pittsburg thatlbave
been entirely cured of tbe above disease, and
in every way reel use a new man.
"James ClaimC
Mr. Clark Is well known in Pittsburg and caal
be seen every day at bis old nlace of emplOT-1
rnent, tbe Lucy Furnace, where this statemaaSJ
can oe easily proven.
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le Mrraanntlv located at PittsbUHL ftMl
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