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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
SECOND PART.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
PITTSBURG-, SU2DAY, MABCH 30, 1890.
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Chicago Has Prairies, Forests,
Farms and Swamps
BESIDES THE LAKE FfiONT
Upon Which to Erect the Buildings
for the World's Fair.
ALL IiSSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, TOO.
line Transportation Facilities No Matter
Where It Goes.
IHE POSTPONEMENT SATISFACTORY
ICOBKIEPOSDEXCE OF THE DISPATCH..
CHICAGO, March
29. Whatever may be
said for or against
Chicago's right to hold
the Columbian Exposi
tion, the point cannot
be made that the West
ern metropolis is lack
ing a site suitable to
accommodate so vast
. -an enterprise. The te
rse is true. Prob-
"ably no city in the
country can offer so
many sites for an in
ternational exposition
as Chicago. So gen
erally acknowledged is this fact that com
peting cities have not ventured to combat
her claim to this advantage.
The 176 square miles composing the muni
cipality ot Chicago contain not less than a
ecore of sites, any one of which would be
considered unsurpassed in a city differently
iituated. Eadiating from the center of the
city are the CO or more railroad lines
whose traffic makes Chicago the rail
road center of the United States. A huge
cable ot tracks strings around the southern
shore of Lake Michigan and is slowly un
tranded as it moves eastward. Within the
city limits of Chicago are thousands of
miles of tracks, forming an interlacing ot
iron and steel. Two great belt lines, as
they are called, connect these roads and
facilitate the transfer of freight business.
There is hardly a Quarter section of land in
or adjacent to Chicago which is not traversed
by the tracks of some trunk line.
WHOLE FABMS TS TOWK.
Of the 176 sqaare miles composing what
Chicagoans proudly, and in one sense prop
erly, term the largest city in the world, not
more than 75 are classed as city property.
Hundreds of farms are inside the limits.
In the majority of instances this farm land
is of the best quality. There are immense
tracts, level as a barn floor, upon which
could be reared the mammoth buildings of
the Exposition. The intricate bnt perlect
railroad system makes every one of these
-tn!Ul
Chicago's -Pari System.
1 Lincoln Firfc. 2 Humboldt S Garfield.
Union. 5 Douglas. 6 Gage. 7 Washing
ton. 8 JacLsou. 9 Lake Front. A City Hall.
BWtshmctou Boulevard. C Michigan Boule
Tard. localities a practical and possible site lor
the World's Fair. To the north is Lake
View, with its woodland and sandy prairies;
to the west is the almost illimitable expanse
of slightly undulating country, dotted here
and there by pretty and rapidly growing
suburbs. A dozen railrcad line's intersect
this territory and speed away toward the
Weti.
i Here are sites almost without number,
each with its backing of interested prop
erty owners and speculators. The same is
true of the southern section of the city.
Lake Michigan lies to the east and is per
haps the leading candidate in the race for
the site. It is now boldly declared that
250 acres can be reclaimed from the lake by
sinking piles upon which shall be erected
many of the braidings, including all the
State exhibits. There is some reason to
believe that the site committee will report
favorably on this project.
ME LAKE TEONT'S COMPETITOR.
Jackson Park is the leading competitor
with the lake front, and in the minds of
those well acquainted with the facts, and
who understand the situation, the contest
will narrow down to these two localities.
This being the case, a description of Jack
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son Park and its surroundings should prove
of interest.
Jackson Park is the largest park in Chi
cago and one of the most extensive in the
country. It is, perhaps, more generally
known as South Park. Jackson and Wash
ington Parks, with their connecting boule
Tards. compose the South Park system, an
important part of Chicago's girdle of parks
and driveways. And in this connection it
may be well to call attention to the fact that
Chicago has mapped out at an expense of
more than ?30.000,000,aud has partially com
pleted the grandest system of parks and
boulevards the world has ever known.
Nature made it possible to construct broad
boulevards whose surfaces for miles do not
rise or fall two feet, and the skill of the
landscape gardener, backed by a mint of
money, has transformed tracts of prairie
land into beautilul parks.
Three miles north of the business center
of the city is Lincoln Park, fronting a mile
and a half on Lake Michigan, whose waves
beat against the great sea wall now almost
completed. Eleven miles to the south is
Jackson Park. Five miles to the west are
three beautiful parks Douglas, Garfield
and Humboldt. Broad boulevards connect
them, boulevards over which one may ride
lor days.
SHOULD BE CALLED PAEK CITY.
Such in outline is Chicago's park and
'"itboulevard system. Few of those who pay
the city a visit ever take the time to see the
parks. It has often been said by famous
travelers who have wandered through the
breathing places of the Old and New World
that Chicago should be called the "Park
City."
0.he relative location oi Jackson Park can
bt en by examing the skeleton map of the
park and boulevard system of Chicago. For
nearly two miles it fronts on the lake.
Jackson Park lacks but a few acres of being
600 in area. Of this less than 100 is im
proved, though thousands of dollars have
been expended in the preliminary work of
beautifving the 500 acres to the south. To
many Jackson Park is the most attractive of
any in the city. In the last two years it has
taken a fi-ont'rank in public favor, and its
popularity is on the increase.
It possesses natural advantages which
have been denied Lincoln, Garfield and the
other park. While Lincoln Park fronts on
the lake, it is flankfed by Clark street, the
main artery ot the north side. The roar of
traffic and the rattle and clanging of the
cable cars is ever in the ears of those who
seek in the parks relief from the noises of
civilization. Not so in Jackson Park,
especially in the unimproved portion. For
est, hill and swamp are mingled in the pic
turesque landscape. In summer the ground
is covered with a vegetation almost tropical
in its luxuriance.
CLEAK OUT OP CIVILIZATION.
Picnic parties penetrate into the secluded
dells, and for a day are lost to the world.
No park in the country can excel in beauty
the improved portion of Jackson Part
Sixty acres were set aside for a common.
And such a commonl Level as a billiard
table and covered with a matted carpet of
green. There are no warning signs in any of
the Chicago parks. Every foot ot their sur
faces is dedicated to the people. On the
Jackson Park common any fine afternoon
last summer there could have been seen in
progress a score of baseball games and twice
that number of lawn tennis courts in opera
tion. The average Sunday attendance at
Jackson Park during the season was esti
mated at 60,000; that of Lincoln Park at
125,000. and the West Side Parks attracted
fully 150,000 more.
Jackson Park is seven miles from Madi
son street and is reached by several railroad
linesand a cable road. Two elevated roads,
now in process of construction, will be com
pleted to Jackson Park in case it is made
the site of the fair. The park is bounded
on the West by the tracks of the Illinois
Central railroad, over which the Michigan
Central, the Baltimore and Ohio and several
other roads enter the city. Just to the south
are the tracks of the Pittsburg and Ft.
SKETCH IN ITNIMPEOVED
Wayne, the
Island and
Wabash, the Chicago,
Pacific and of several
Bock
other
roads. It is claimed in favor of Jackson
Park that it is most advantageously situated
in relation to the railroads.
HANDLING- THE PASSENGERS.
All the great Eastern trunk lines either
pass the park or intersect the tracks of the
Illinois Central. Within a few weeks after
the selection of Jackson Park every road in
the city will have perfected its switching
arrangements and be in a position to land
exhibits on the grounds without transfer.
The same is claimed for the Lake Front.
The opponents of Jackson Park insist that
it is too far from the center of the city, and
express doubts about the possibility of
handling the immense passenger traffic.
The four tracks of the Illinois Central could
carry thousands of people; some claiming
60,000 an hour as among the possibilities.
The selection of Jackson Park would result
in the construction of large steamboats of
small draught, and the lake would un
doubtedly become the popular route to and
lrom the grounds. It would be a task of no
great magnitude to make the harbor navi
gable for any class of lake cralt, and this
would probably be done.
The leading argument in favor of the se
lection of Jackson Park, and one which its
advocates are not slow in pushing forward,
is found in the fact that here can be obtained
any required amount of ground on which
may be erected the exhibition buildings. If
the COO acres under the control of the Park
Commissioners are not sufficient there are
2,000 acres to the south, including the un
improved tract known as Cheltenham
Beach, all of which can easily be utilized
for the purpose.
THE FAVORITE OF THE COMMISSION.
The Park Commissioners are anxious that
JACKSON PAEK SEA TV
the park shall be selected as the site. They
realize that many of theimprovements made
will be lasting, and believe that such a
selection would make Jackson Park one of
the most famous resorts in the country. A
second argument in favor ot Jackson Park
is that it is removed from the smoke and
dust of the citv. It is unquestionably the
coolest resort in or about Chicago. There
has not been a day in vears when it was un
comfortably warm in Jackson Park.
The local papers still ignore the site
question. The Herald and Trt&ime are op
posed to the late front, and will say so the
moment the World's Fair Press Committee
removes the gags from their mouths. The
Daily Xetcs and Inter Ocean are believed
to be favorable to the Jake front. The real
estate men are generally arraved against
the down-town site, and will make their in
fluence felt when the time comes. The
word was passed around this week that the
selection of the lake front was a foregone
conclusion. Certain it is that property ad
jacent to this site has recently advanced in
value at an unheard-of rate. Parties who
believed to be in possession of inside in
formation have secured options on ad
jacent property, or have made long-time
leases in buildings along Michigan avenue
or connecting streets. The lease of a room
suitable for saloon or relreshment purposes
in this vicinity will be worth a fortune, if
the future results in the selection of the
lake front as the site.
Jl COMBINATION SITE.
There is considerable talk about a combi-
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nation site, with the lake front as the loca
tion for the main buildings, and Jackson
Park set aside for the agricultural and other
exhibits requiring a large tract of ground.
As was pointed out last week, this scheme
will be fought by the farmers and their rep
resentatives, who do not propose that agri
culture shall take a back seat for anything.
After being in a cold sweat for ten days,
during which time he aged perceptibly, the
Chicago enthusiast is again to the front
with the declaration that no power on evth
can defeat the aspirations and ambitions of
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the Garden City. During the period when
the train of events kept him subdued, the
Chicago man acquired a hatred of Tom
Piatt and Roswell Flower, which is only
PORTION OP JACKSON PAEK.
I equaled by his contempt for Mr. Hatch,
I of St. Louis. Cbauncey Depew has al-
I ready been forgiven, and the preaic-
tinn is made that the famous flew
Yorker will be invited to make
the oration on the occasion of the
dedication of the fair. Tnere has been a
decided increase in the talk about Chicago's
inability to hold a fair in 1892, and the
action of the House this week was received
with satisfaction. As the weeks roll by a
true sense of the magnitude of the under
taking comes over those whose ideas on the
subject were formerly founded on their
hopes. It the Senate should refuse to con
cur with the House in postponing the fair
until 1893, a thing altogether improbable,
Chicago would consider it nothing short of a
calamity. This is a fact fully appreciated
by every man who has the interest of the
city at heart
FAILURE WORSE THAN THE FIRE.
In a private interview a well-known Chi
cago millionaire and World's Fair Commis
sioner said: "To win the World's Fair and
then make a failure of it would be a catas
trophe greater than that which befel Chi
cago when the great fire swept away its
millions. That disaster carried with it no
loss of prestige. Chicago rebuilt her pal
aces grander than ever, and the fire was a
blessing rather than a loss. But a failure
to make a success of the International Ex
position would forever blast Chicago's repu
tation. "A city, to maintain its prestige, must
make no failures. Chicago has thus far
carried to success every vast enterprise
undertaken. I do not believe it in the
range of possibility to design and complete
the buildings and grounds for the fair in
time for an opening Mayl, 1892. New
xorK cannot do it; London cannot do it;
Paris cannot do it, and I am not so foolish
ALL AND PAVILION.
as to believe that human enterprise has
reached greater possibilities in Chicago
than in the great cities I have mentioned.
Give Chicago until 1893 and the Exposition
will be made a success. Attempt to com
plete it by 1892 and it will be a failure.
Such a failure would mark the beginning
01 Chicago's decadence." C. S. P. B.
AS C0RTIN SEES IT.
The Ex-Governor Tulaki a Revolution !
Iirewlnff In Pennsylvania.
New Yorfc l'res3.i
Ex-Governor A. G. Curtin, of Pennsyl
vania, was in New York a dav or two aim-
He shows his age and his tall form is be
coming bent, while his steps are no longer
vigorous. But his mind is still active and
his interest in politics is intense. He has
been acting for several years with the Dem
ocrats, who sent him to Congress for several
j ears, and he naturally sees Pennsylvania
politics through Democratic lenses. He said
to me while here.
"The Republicans in the Keystone State
are becoming involved in jrst such another
quarrel as resulted in the election of
Robert E. Pattison for Governor. He was
the Democratic nominee, as you know. The
disaffection in the Republican party is wide
and strong. The State is Republican, of
course. No one is so foolish as to dispute
thaf proposition. But about one year in
tea the Republicans get into a frame of
mind where they want to upset everything.
I think this is that off year."
TALE OP A TALELESS TABBY.
She Bobs Tip Just a Iho minister Strlkei
an Appropriate Sentence.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A large beautifully marked cat recently
became the favorite of the sexton, at the
South Congregational Church. Stately and
sleek, there was but one drawback to her
beauty. Sometime in the unwritten history
of her life, some unfortunate adventure had
resulted in the loss of her caudal appen
dage. She evidently endeavored to invest
the little remaining length with all the
proud grace which had characterized the en
tire feline flag she had erstwhile waved se
renely. The effect was slightly ludicrous.
A Sunday or so since the social tendency
of this favored cat asserted itself, and with
a stateliness of tread which no amount of
subdued merriment could bring to confusion
she took up her line of march, up one side
aisle, then across the wide space between
pulpit and tront pews, the wide center aisle
affording great opportunity for being ob
served; then down the other aisle with grave
satisfaction at the sexton's non-appearance.
The pastor had chosen for the morning's
chapter the 28th of Deuteronomy, and in
his usual impressive manner had read the
first 12 verses. In the meantime the feline
invader of the sanctuary had been coming
bravely "to the fore." Now the first sen
tence of the 13th verse reads: "And the
Lord shail make thee the head and not the
tail."
As the pastor began the sentence he
chanced to look down from the pulpit, and
for the first time observed Tabby in her
triumphal march below. Owing to a visual
and mental quickness of perception, per
haps possessed by few, the remainder of the
sentence was passed over in the brier silence.
It was not until the close of the service
brought the usual cordial greetings between
pastor and people that many of those present
knew how narrow had been their escape
from an "illustrative force" which might
have proved explosive.
AN INTERESTS G GROUNDHOG.
Itlrstcrlons Absence and Ketnrn of the Pet
of a Now Cnstlo Family.
New Castle Guardian.
The sons of William D. Fischer, of the
Fourth ward, one day last summer captured
a young groundhog in the woods. When
taken the animal had not arrived at such an
age that he could gaze on things mundane,
his eyes not yet having opened. They
brought him to their home, and as his days
lengthened his eyes became unsealed, and
he was as frisky as a young kitten. He de
veloped much intelligence, and was easily
taught numerous pretty little tricks, with
which he was wont to delight vLitors. Tak
ing him all in all he was about as chipper a
groundhog as ever came out of a hole, or was
chief boss of the weather.
It is not surprising that such a cunning
little rodent becsnie a much-liked inmate of
the household. Therefore the consternation
in the Fischer family may be imagined when
on Septamber 25, 1889, his hogsbio was
found missing. Days went by and he was
still missing. There was a faint hope that
he might return on Ground Hog Day, but
when the 2d of February came around he
did not show up. Then all hope of ever
seeing him return was given up.
On the morning ot March 9, 1890, while
the family were at breakfast, a scratching
sound came from a door which led into the
outer air. When one of the family opened
the door in whisked the missing ground hog,
showing signs of being much delighted at
his return. He was as plump as a part
ridge, and had evidently not suffered much
from want of food during bis prolonged
absence. His first action, after taking a
survey of the family, was to get up on his
hind legs and "beg" for food, which was
promptly given him The question now agi
tating the Fischer family is "Where was
he during his absence?"
BOBBIE BURNS SNUFPED.
The Popular Fort Left Icdlipatable Proof or
It in Correspondence.
A correspondence has recently taken place
in a Scots cotemporary as to whether or not
Bobert Burns was in the habit of snuffing.
A correspondent is surprised that none re
ferred to his voluminous communications
with George Thomson, of Edinburgh, where
they might easily have learned not only that
.Burns snunea, out mat, inlerentially, he
he had acquired the habit of snuffing. In a
letter to Thomson, dated 19th November,
1794, Burns (alter saving he encloses the
song, "Canst thou leave me thus, my
Kitty?") says:
"Well, I think this, to be done in two or
three turns across my room, and with two or
three pinches of Irish blackguard, is not so
far amiss."
A LUXURI FROM BRAZIL.
It Will Kill If Eaten, bat it Bf akci a Very
KefreihlDg Drlok.
New York Sun.
"That is a Brazilian caju," said a fruit
dealer yesterday pointing to what looked
like a Bartlett pear painted red. ''It would
make you deadly sicfc, perhaps kill you, if
you should eat it. You have to drink it
to properly enjoy it.
"The Brazilians make a claret wine out
of the wild caju that the natives dote on. It
will stand you on your head in less than ten
minutes, but the caju pulp is poison. I'll
bet you that red one yonder has more than a
pint of juice in it, and if you ever tasted it
you'd never let go until you engulfed the
whole of it. There's nothing finer. The
swell Brazilian sucks the juice dut of a caju
every morning before breakfast."
ONE KIND OF bPREAD EAGLE.
A System of Punishment That Wi In Vogue
on Shipboard Years Abo.
New York Herald J
During our Civil War the volunteer offi
cers brought into the service many of the
disciplinary ideas in vogue with merchant
skippers, for there was always a more or
less riotous disregard of statute on such
packets as the Western traders and the Cal
ifornia clippers. Spread eagleing an al
leged or a genuine offender had the merit of
efficiency, if not of legality. No one, not
even bucked and gagged, as the sol
diers may tell you, is more thor
oughly under control than a person
Can't Even Swear.
triced up, bat like, inside the rigging, with
hands and feet hauled out to the ratliness
of the furthest shrouds, with a loose bight
of rope passed around his body, and the
head kept from snapping off by efforts at
rigidity which prevented protest. Fo'
quieting cflects it was superior,! to tricinr up
a man with his hands ironed behind him
and his toes just touching the pitched seam
of the deck inasmuch as an offender in
the latter experiment could J at least swear
pact.
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CLAEA BELLE'S CHAT.
Fortunes Expended in Frolics for the
Children of the Rich.
COMPOSER STRAUSS' NEW WALTZ.
Peep Into the Jewel Casket of the Consort
of a Financial King1.
WOMEN WHO HATE GOOD APPETITES
tCOEItKSPOSDENCtt or THE DISPATCH. 1
New Yokk, March 29.
OUBTFUListhe
good taste of the ex
travagance in chil
dren's parties in
New York. These
entertainments,
which were origi
nally intended to be
simple juvenile
frolics, have recently
assumed proportions
of absurd magnifi
cence and state. Most
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of them now begin
at 8 o'clock, when
old-fashioned chil
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dren were wont to be sent to bed, and,
though they close early enough for the eld
ers, it is very often midnight when the chil
dren are shorn of their fancy dress trap
pings and tucked into bed. Orchestras,
prolessional banjo players, negro minstrels,
quartets and the services of many profes
sional entertainers are brought into play for
the amusement of children who, though
rich, possess all the character of their kind,
and would enjoy a sheet and pillow cse
scramble far more than many of the cosfjy
entertainments which are arranged for
them.
Once in a great while juvenile performers
are introduced at these parties. Elsie Leslie
has recited for children of her own age in
New York, and little Josef Hoffmann played
on three occasions belore delighted juvenile
audiences. In one case, a danseuse from the
largest concert garden a writhing, twisting,
whirling dervish of a creature called Car
mencite was broughtin to amuse theyoung
sters. She is one of those dancers who wear
skirts reaching to their ankles, and who
pose more than they kick; yet her antics
were carefully considered beforehand, and
those deemed in the least immodest were
eliminated. So the children, perhaps, saw
nothing which they shouldn't, although it
seemed queer to fetch a per.ormer from
Koster & Bial's to amuse the carefully
reared offspring of the rich.
THE MUCH-HERALDED WALTZ.
Meanwhile, our adult amateur dancers
are practicing already the waltz invented
by Strauss, the celebrated Vienna composer.
It is the heralded noveltv which he entitles
"The Minuet Waltz." "it consists of two
parts, the first a very slow movement, and
the second the usual rapid one of the Vienna
waltzes. The purpose of the composer is
that the lady shall choose two partners, one
a cavalier no longer young and agile, who
would like to dance an occasional waltz if
the tempo were not so fast; and the other a
specimen of the young beau, fast in every
thing, who would scorn to go circling slowly
around a ball room like an oyster sloop
rather than a full-rigged yacht. Then,
again, the slow movement of the first part
will afford an admirable opportunity for
combining dancing with flirting. The slow
measure will permit the cavalier to con
verse with the lady and whisper sweet
words into her ear as they glide slowly
along, without the slightest chance of the
conversation being overheard by the others.
Strauss deserves a vote of thanks for his in
genuity. The minuet waltz is sure to prove
an all-around success.
It is on exceptional occasions in New
Yorfc that great displays of precious stones
are made. The amount of money that many
New York women have invested in jewels is
well nigh incomprehensible. It would
never do to compute the immense value of
the jewel casket of a woman like Mrs. W.
W. Astor, lor it would be impossible to
come within $100,000 of the true figure. As
it is only only at the large balls and operas
that elaborate combinations of precious
stones are allowable, the owners of the great
collections are rarely viewed in
THEIR COMPLETE AKBAY,
and, therefore, their possessions are not ap
preciated by the general public. Becently
I have seen an exhibition of this sort of
wealth that was amazing. A girl, the
daughter of one of the richest New Yorfc
mothers, has become engaged, and up to
this time she has never worn any jewelry
more than a few neat little pins for the cor
sage, a turquois and a pearl ring and tiny
ear studs of diamonds. In speaking of get
ting married, this young woman appeared
most delighted in the prospect of securing
a generous portion of her mother's jewels.
In order to show to me how well entitled
she was to feel joyous in'this regard she led
me to the great oaken box in which the
jewelry was kept. It was in the mother's
bedroom, and had only been sent from the
safe deposit that morning to permit the lady
to select her ornaments for a dinner cartv
that she was to attend in the evening. As
it was opened all the gems ot Aladdin
seemed outspread to the gaze, and yet only
one trar was then seen, under which were
four others, each crowded, with countless
jewels, emitting their vari-colored rays.
The daughter who was to some day own all
this costly effulgence, selected bracelets,
tiaras, necklaces, rings, aigrettes and pins
from the mass and hastily bedecked herself
in them, striding proudly about the cham
ber to show how gorgeous she should be
when they were hers to wear. The young
man who marries this girl and her diamonds
happens to be surprisingly impecunious,
but if the bride brought nothing to him but
her beauty and her mother's jewel casket he
could well be thought one of the most for
tunate fellows under the sun.
A CONTEAST AT THE GATE.
As I left the happy maiden and went out
into Filth avenue I noticed a tattered old
beggar ringing at the lower door of the
house for a crnst of bread. He would have
been lucky if tue serrant could have fol
lowed out the biblical lines, and given him
a stone instead. A couple of bracelets would
have kept him in clover for the rest of his
life.
"Who consume the most food at your din
ners, the men or the women?" was the ques
tion put to the proprietor of a large hotel in
Fifth avenue.
"The women," was the reply in a toue
that denoted strong conviction orstrong pre
judice. "Let me explain," he continued.
"I don't mean to deny that men eat more
than women, as a general rule, but, as you
framed your question, they do not. Most
of our patrons are gentlemen in active busi
ness, who go down town to their employment
with a regularity that would put a French
clock to shame. Of late years it has become
the lashion to open fine restaurants down
there. Formerly Delmonico's branch was
the only one. Now there are half a dozen
as 'good. These places make the greatest
possible efforts lo cater to the tastes of
wealthy men, and decoy them in for a
luncheon which means really a dinner. Tbe
consequence is they aren't hungry by 7
o'clock. They nip at this, make a taste ot
that, sip a little wine and are then ready for
asmoke. The women, on tbe contrary, have
been racing about all day shopping, paying
calls, going to art galleries and so on.
When lunch time comes they are economical,
knowing that dinner is paid for. Conse
quently, they attack our table d'hote with
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an appetite that's quite surprising, and they
go through tbe list from A to Zed.
SHE EAT3 TWO DOLLOBS WOBTH.
"Why," cried the hotel man, "why,
lately I was obliged to inform a certain lady
living on the avenue, who was accustomed
to drop in for the table d'hote, that the
price was $2 00 instead of $1 SO. There was
absolutely no profit in her custom, and,
would you believe it, she not only ate
enough for two, but swept over the plate of
bonbons into her pocket in the bargain.
This was a little too much for human endur
ance. So I told the head waiter to say that
the price had been raised. It settled her.
Eich as she was, she couldn't bring herself
to pay $2 for a dinner without wine, and
stayed away after that. So you see why I
feel as I do. And next to the women come
the children. They are little harpies. They
order dishes for the pleasure of spoiling
them. I wish I could fill my house with
rich old bachelors. They axe the patrons
who delight our hearts."
Let good wives beware how they charge
their husbands to bring to them dainties
from evening parties. A New Yorker who
is remarkably fond of his wile, lately at
tended a large entertainment, leaving his
better half at home. As he was starting
out she happened to have a longing come
over her. This longing was an expensive
one to gratify, as it called for peaches out of
season. But she knew the house, and in
sisted that theie would be peaches on tbe
table, even if they costl apiece. True, the
delicious fruit was in lull sight, piled up
pyramidwise. Before the supper was over,
our hero captured two of the prizes, and
made his escape to the dressing room, where
he hid them away.
PEACHES OK THE FLOOB.
He joined some friends fora smoke, and it
was not until the cotillon had begun that he
thought of starting homewards. He had
carefully stowed the peaches away in his
hat until he could pass the crush and get
out ou the sidewalk. A Iriend halted him
in the drawing room door, and, as tbey stood
here conversing, a cry was suddenly raised:
"We need a hat for the next figure."
Before the husband could give a thought
to bis peaches, the leader rushed out and
seized the unfortunate hat. The next in
stant two betutiful peaches rolled out on
the polished floor. Tableaul
"Iteturned with thanks." said the leader
of the dance; "we don't care for a trick
hat."
But the wife had the peaches.
The mere term, "A 5 o'clock tea," sug
gests an hour of harmless, innocent, genteel
enjoyment. When the maid and the matron
peep over the rim of a Sevres cup at the
genial gentleman guest the souh of all
should surely be in the simplest possible
condition of wholesomeness. A Madison
avenue mother was talking on this subject
recently and remarked that she could saiely
let her handsome child, Anabel, go (o S
o'clock teas alone, "forthev are so innocent,
don't you know." Anabel indulged in an
inward smile when she heard her mother's
words. An hour later she went alone in a
carriage to Mrs. Somebody's 5 o'clock tea in
Fifty-seventh street. As she entered the re
ception room and was greeted by the hostess
her lovely eyes swept the roomswiftly and
finally fixed themselves upon a young man
who was hastening across the floor toward
her. A short sigh of apparent happiness
breathed from her lips.
HE APPEASED STTBPRISED.
"Ah, how do you do this afternoon?" said
the gentleman, extending his hand to Ana
bel. "This is a pleasant surprise, I assure
you."
Anabel made a murmuring reply, and the
two withdrew to a corner together. "I
don't dare to start away at once, Dick'
said Anabel when they were alone. "Peo
ple might notice it. Suppose you go first,
and let me pick you up a block or soawaj
from the house."
"But it's only an hour altogether that I
see you," responded Dick, warmly, "and I
can t Dear to leave you lor one instant.
"But you must." went on Anabel. "The
first word of gossip that gets to mamma's
ears will ruin our whole affair."
"I'll go at once," said Dick, hastily. He
vanished. Five minutes afterward Anabel
bade her hostess goodby and tripped away
to her carriage. At the entrance of Central
Park the coachman drew up his horses, and
a young man sprang through the door that
Anabel held open. This was the beginning
of a delightful drive, which was only the
repetition of one that took place the very
day before. When Anabel arrived home
at dinner she was asfced by her mother how
sne enjoyed Mrs. Somebody's 5 o'clock tea.
"Oh, not in the least." said Anabel. "I
do wish I didn t have to go to such stupid
affairs."
"It will do you good," replied her mother.
"You are Iree from all bad influences, and
meet no one but the nicest people," but tbe
young man in tbe case was one to whom she
would yield up her fortune rather than per
mit him to associate with her daughter.
OTJB ANGEL FACED OIBLS.
A suggestive little commentary upon the
beauties of education is found in a picture
of domestic contentment that confronted me
in tbe house of some well-known society
people. There were the father, mother and
two charming daughters, these latter aged
16 and 14 years. The parents possessed
good common school learning, but were
unacquainted with any ot the foreign
languages. Therefore, while the father
perused his respectable newspaper, and
the mother worked at some pretty needle
stuff on a screen, the two girls read French
books under the soit-tinted lamp. Glancincr
over their shoulders I read the titles of their
novels, and found, to my astonishment, that
they were two of De Maupassant's most
daring stories, of such a character as to
make one shudder by their direct brutality.
The older girl looked up and inquired if I
read French, and when I replied that I did,
she seemed worried.
"These are sweet stories," she said, throw
ing a glance at her mother. "My French
teacher recommended them to me, and,
though they are not in the least engrossing,
they are excellent in language and awfully
good study for us."
As I looked into the child's great, inno
cent eyes, I was compelled to sigh for the
hypocrisy of our angel-faced girls.
CLABA BELLE.
Copyright, 1S90.
A DETERMINED SPORTSMAN.
The Marqul of AnsleaeaHai to be Almost
Carried After UIs Hounds.
Boston Herald.
At a recent meet of the harriers kept by
the Marquis of Anglesea, a lively specta
tor of the scene writes over an amusing de
scription of the way the noble Marquis now
follows the hounds. He is forced to go on
foot, but as he can't climb over the stone
walls he has two servants accompany him,
carrying ladders, and when they reach a
high wall he climbs up one ladder and then
down another.
As the old chap is got up in a beautiful
dark green hunting tunic with gold lace,
black velvet cap and knickerbockers, and a
bugle strung over his shoulder, he is a
thrilling specimen of England's worn out
and effete aristocracy.
BLACK BASS EAT TROUT.
Experience Shows tbe Two Game Fish Can
not Abide In the Same Water.
New York Sun.J
It is a well-known fact that black bass and
trout cannot abide in the same waters.
Many fine streams have been denuded
through the heedless liberation of the for
mer therein. A notable example of this is
found in the Black river, which rises in
Herkimer county in this State and flows
through Oneida, Lewis and part of Jefferson
counties into Lake Ontario. This river was
once one of the best trout waters in New
York, but about 15 years ago some black
bass were placed in it, with tbe result that
tbe trout were eaten up by the bats.
WBITTEK FOB
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CCTAPTERS.
The leadine characters of the story are Geoffrey Binphara. a London barrister, and Beatrice
Granger, daughter ot the rector of Bryneelly, on the Wel'h coasr, and village school teacher.
Geoffrey is married to a titled woman. Lady Honoria. who married him for an expected fortune
that did not materialize. She fretted at povertv and made life generally miserable for Geoffrey
during his early strngcles. They have a daughter, Effle. a child ot sweetest disposition. While
outing at Brrnselly. Geoffrey is rescued from drowning by Beatrice. In spite of themselves this
incident developed into deep affection. Lady Honotia is not Inw to see it, and this makes mat
ters worse between her and Geoffrey. Beatrice has a sister. Elizabeth. The family Is poor and
Elizabeth is ambitious to become the wife of 'Squire Owen Davies. who is rich, bnt stupid. He is
madly in love with Beatrice, finally proposes to ber, is rejected, bnt continues to annoy ber with
his attentions. Dnring Geoffre's stay at Brjngelly he received a brief in a celebrated taw case.
Beatrice reads It and hits upon the right theory of tbe case. Geoffrey returns to London, tries
the case on Beatrice's theory and wins a great victory. It Is bis key to fortune. Henceforth
money roll3 in to him. Hegratifles Lady Honoria's every wlnnu Finally he is elected to
Parliament, where he soon distinguishes himself. All this time he corresponds with Beatrice.
Lady Honoria, at last realizing that her husband amounts to something, is more considerate In
her treatment of him. but cannot extract herself lrom the frivolous class of fashionable people
she ba cultivated. Tbe poverty of the Granger family becomes serious. Beatrice gives up her
salary to her father, but it is not sufficient. Mr. Granger must borrow. Scheming Elizabeth
takes advantage of this fact to compromise Beatrice in the eyes of Oweu Dsvies. She sends ber
father to Geoffrey Bingham, who not only gives him 200, bnt agrees to visit Bryngelly.
CHAPTER XX.
BACK AT BBYNOELLY.
Geoffrey and Mr. Granger reached Bolton
street about 6 o'clock. Tbe drawing room
was still full ot callers. Lady Honoria's
young men mustered in great force in those
days. They were very inoffensive young
men, and Geoffrey had no particular objec
tion to them. Only he found it difficult to
remember all their names. When Geoffrey
entered the drawing room there were no less
than five of them, to say nothing of two
stray ladies, all superbly dressed and meta
phorically sitting at Honoria's very pretty
feet Otherwise their contributions to the
general store of amusement did not amount
to niucb, for her ladyship did most of the
talking. .
Geoffrey introduced Mr. Granger, whom
Honoria could not at first remember. Nor
did she receive the announcement that be
was going to dine and stay the night with
any particular enthusiasm. The young
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men melted away at Geoffrey's advent like
mists before a rising sun. He greeted them
civilly enough, but with him they had
nothing in common. To tell the truth, they
were a little afraid of him. This man, with
his dark, handsome face, sealed with the
stamp of intellect, his powerful-looking
form (ill-dressed, according to their stand
ard) and his great and growing reputation,
was a person with whom they had no sym
pathy, and who, they felt, had no sympathy
with them. We talk as though there is one
heaven and one hell for all of us, but here
must be some mistake. An impassable gulf
yawns between the different classes of man
kind. What has such a man as Geoffrey to
do with the feeble male and female butter
flies of a London drawing room? There is
only one link between them: they live on
the same planet.
When the fire young met. and the two
stray ladies had melted away Geoffrey took
Mr. Granger up to his room. Coming down-
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stairs again he found Lady Honoria waiting
for him in tbe study.
"Is that individual really going to dine
and sleep here?" she asked.
"Certainly, Honoria, and he has brought
no dress clothes," he answered.
"Really, Geoffrey, it is too bad of you,"
said the lady with some pardonable irrita
tion. "Why do you bring people to dinner
in this promiscuous way? It will quite up
set the table. Just fancy asking an old
Welsh clergyman to dine who has not the
slightest pretensions to being a gentleman,
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THE DISPATCH.
1 when one has the Prime Minister and a
bishop coming and a clergyman without
dress clothes, too. What has'he come for?"
"He came to see me ou business, and as to
the people coming to dinner, if they don't
like it they can gamble when they go home.
By the way, Honoria, I am going down to
,Wales for .i day or two to-morrow. I want
a change."
"Inueedl Going to see the lovely Beatrice,
I suppose. You had better be careful,
Geoffrey. That girl will get you into a
mess, and it she does there are plenty of
people who are ready to make an example
of you. You have enemies enough, I can
tell you. I am not jealous it is not in my
line; but you are too intimate with that girl,
and you will be sorry for it one day."
"Nonsense," said Geoffrey, angrily, but,
nevertheless, he felt that Lady Honoria's
, words were words of truth. It struck him,
moreover, that she must feel this strongly,
or she would not have spoken in that tone.
Honoria did not often pose as a household
philosopher. Still he would not draw back
now. His heart was set on seeing Beatrice.
"Am I to understand," went on bis wife,
"that you still object to my staying with
UtTEBESTIK G GUEST. .
the Garlingtons? I think it is a little hard
that if I do not make a fuss about your
going to see your village paragon, you
should refuse to allow me to visit my own
brother."
Geoffrey felt that he was being bargained
with. It was degrading, bnt in the extrem
ity of his foil v he yielded.
"Go if you like." he said shortly, "but if
you take Effie, mind that she is properly
looked after, that is all," and he abruptly
leit the room.
Lady Honoria looked alter him, slowly
nodding her handsome head. "Ah," she
said to herself, "I have found out how to
manage you now. You have your weak
point like other people, Master Geoffrey
and it spells Beatrice. Only you must not
go too far. I am not jealous, but I am not
going to have a scandal for 50 Beatrices. I
will not allow you to lose your reputation
and position. Just fancy a man like that
pining for a village girl she is nothing
morel And they talk about his being so
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clever.
:lever. Well he slways liked ladies' so
lely; that is his failing, and now he has
cie
burnt his fingers. They all do sooner or
luier, especially tnese clever men. The
women flatter them, that's it. Of course
u i lrylnS l0 Pet now of him, and she
uiiui. uu worse, dui so surely as my name
is Honoria Bingham I will put a spoke in
her wheel before she has done. Bahl and
they lanzh at the power of women whenla
man like Geoffrey, with all the world to J
lose, grows love-sick for a pretty face: it is
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