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FANCIES FOR THE FAIR,
Sliss Kate Drexel's Plans for Helping the
Negro and the TnHlan Odds and Ends
of Fashion Fads and Foibles ol the
Sex Personal Gossip.
It is probable that Hiss Kate Drexel.
daughter of the late Francis Drexel, of
Philadelphia, will be a resident of "Wash
ington during the greater part of next year.
Xt will be remembered that Hiss Drexel,
who inherited from her father a fortune o:
about 55.000,000, took the veil in March,
1689, to become a nun. Her two years'
novitiate will expire the coming March, and
it is then that she is expected to go to Wash
ington. Hiss Drexel, or Sister Kathrina, i-
the head of the Order of the Blessed Sacra- ,
tnent, which she founded. She has pur
chased 65 acres of ground at Andalushi.
scar Philadelphia, on the Pennsylvam.
Railroad, and there will erect the home r
the order, at a cost of $40,000 to f50,C0(l
The building will be beeun next spriu;
end cannot be completed before the fall
Miss Drexel proposes to live in "Washing
ton while the work of construction is going
on. The special field to which she is direct
ing her efforts is missionary work among
the Indians and negroes. One advantage
she will gain by her proposed temporary
residence in Washington is the opportunity
to inform herself thoroughly of the work of
the Catholic church among the above men
tioned races, throuah the Catholic Indian
Bureau located at "Washington. The build
ing which "Miss Drexel will erect at
Andalusia will be an institution for
the education of missionaries lor work
among the Indians and negroes. Hiss
Drexel and her sister, Mrs. Morrell, con
tributed thebuikof the money for the Catho
lic Seminary at Baltimore lor the same pur
pose. Hiss Drexel has already spent at
feast 600.000 lor the work among the In
dians. Hereafter the larger part ot her con
tributions will probably be for the mission
ary work among the neuroes. Some time
ago Father J. A. Stephan, director of the
Catholic Indian Bureau, purchased 220
acres of land at Arundel station, 26 miles
from Washineton. says the Post of that city,
and on this property Hiss Drexel will build
a school for colored children. The building
will be put up next year. At first, only a
plain building for a day school will be
erected. Afterward, the school may be en
larged, and a more comprehensive plan
alopted.
Here is the very latest thing to be seen on
the London streets, according to Pall Hall
Budget. Hot much can be said for its
beauty perhaps, but it has the much greater
merit of comfort. That goes for a good deal
with the modern English maiden.
A very practical and much needed enter
prise has been recently started in Washing
ton by two ladies. It is a nursery where
mothers of every nation and rank are taught
how to feed and bathe their babies scien
tifically as well as sensibly, and bow to put
their troublesome cbarges to sleep.
Upon one occasion when Hrs. Allen G.
Thurman's daughter, Hiss Mary Thurman,
was a prominent figure in Washington so
ciety, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
where they were spending the winter, there
was some grand social function at the
Presidental Hansiou at which the young
lady was eager to be present. She coaxed
and coaxed ber mother in vain to accompany
her, and finding ber obdurate ordered the
carriage, and taking some lidy friend along
started off. She had not more than left the
house when Mrs. Thurman repented her de
cision, and ordered in great haste a carriage
from a livery. None were to be had for
love or money suitable for her use. This
did not disconcert her, for she ordered any
thing they bad, and soon a sorry rattle trap
with coachman to match stood before her
door, which she entered and drove off to the
White House ax well content as if seated
In her own elegant equipage. So far all
went well. She arrived in safety, had
liercnterie of friends about her and glimpsed
occasionally at her daughter, who won
dtred creatly at her mother's appearance
upon the scene. After a time everyone was
leavini;, the portico was filled with guests,
Miss Mary Thurman among them, awaiting
the superb turnouts which stood in line out-
bide. "Senator xnurman s carriage,
shouted a factotum at his Dost, and before
the family coachman could wheel in line,
the rattle-trap wnich had borne Mrs. Thur
man to the festive scene lurched forward,
and Hrs. Tburman, nothing daunted,
btepped in. The superannuated coachman,
proud of the honorable position which he at
that moment occupied, cracked his whip
with gusto; the horses sprang forward, and
lo, the strine which tied the old harness to
gether in many places, burst asunder, and
there they were stranded, blocking the way
until the damage could be repaired. Miss
Mary was mortified beyond endurance. Mrs.
Thurman thought Iter "discomfiture a capital
joke, which she loved to tell lu her own in
imitable style to her lriends.
When Judge Thurman was nominated for
Yice President, Mrs. Thurman was very
much opposed to it. "Why can't they let
him alone and let him die in peace? Ho is
too old for any such nonsense, she ex
claimed. When the race was over and he
was defeated she explained: "Oh, I've
changed my mind. I wanted him to be
elected Vice President, and am very much
disappointed that he was not."
Henry Grady's "New South" meant to the
great orator far more than new industries
and a rejuvenated commerce. It may never
come to pass that all his hopes are realized,
but that the South shall bnild up a litera
ture of its own is now no longer a hope, but
a truth. In this respect it is not necessary
to take into consideration the older writers.
Lafcadio Hern, a master, if there ever was
mic; George W. Cable, Amelie Bives, who,
with all her faults, has a singular and unde
niable genius; Miss Murlree, Hiss Seawell,
Thomas Nelson Page, the chronicler of the
negro, and Hadison Caweln, the poet. Here
re seven writers, each of whom has said
omething new in a new way; and in what
'titer manner is a distinct literature made?
Following these, as yet less widely
known, but destined for celebrity, ac-
cording to their several deserts, come a host
of younc writers. One of these is Margaret
Ellen O'Brien, daughter of Frank P.
O'Brien, editor of the Birmingham Age
Herald. She is SO years of age, and has
written poetry which not only has its own
excellences, but prophesies greater things
tor her future. Her grandfather wasHichael
Andrew O'Brien, editor of the Dublin Ra
tion, and it is from him, no doubt, that she
inherits her literary instinct She was edu
cated in a convent at Loretto, Ky, She
draws and paints creditably, a talent trans
mitted to her by her lather, who has strong
artistic tendencies. Her first poem was pub
lished but little more than a year ago. Since
then she has gone on in her chosen work,
writing not nluavs well, but never poorly,
and with a vigor and strength which will, if
allowed to wove her without check, bring
her rapidly to the front.
By-the-by, do you know how the Chinese
lily is made? By chance I dropped in a
local Chinese shop the other day, says a
writer in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, just
when the owner was busy in the mysteries
of making the famous lily. The way I saw
was this: He took the bulb of one -of those
lilies and with a pen-knife and two sharp
instruments he cut and slit the bulb into
quarters, yet without separating it He
then took the knife, scraping some of the
sott interior from the quarter, so that the
lily when grown will come out with curved
and curled leaves instead of straight ones.
It was then placed in a large Japanes'e
bowl which was filled with water and earth
or sand. The lily will there sprout and in
form will closely resemble a hyacinth. The
Chinese sacred lily, however, is different
It is rightly called the narcissus tazetta. It
is easily grown and seems to need little
more than a proper supply of fresh water
for its development when placed in a bowl
and in a suitable position. An ex
perimenter says: "We took an old
blue and white Chinese bowl, upon
the bottom of which we placed a
layer ot dry, not dyed moss, on which we
laid the bulb and imbedded it in moss. The
bowl was then nearly filled with water and
the arrangement was complete. The plant
was exposed tolight and air and sunshine
at a window with a southeast exposure, and
lelt to itself, except that water was added as
needed and the bowl occasionally turned
around. Although a fire was not made
every day in the room, the bulb threw out
seven stems, six of which bore flowers, the
main stem with its flowers rising to the
height of 29 inches in all. Perhaps the most
curious part of it was the stems of their own
accord formed a line through the greatest
length of oval quite an unlooked for event
The graceful and fragrant flowers lasted for
a long time and, with the long leaves from
the bulb, formed one of the prettiest groups
imaginable.
The two illustrations which follow are
facsimiles of some particularly costly and
handsome gowns forming part of the winter
outfit of a fortunate woman. One is of
terra cotta habit cloth, with a black
velvet waist, ornamented with gold
filigre buttons and black velvet
sleeves, bordered with astrakhan. The
bodice is in the Louis XV. stvle, with
deep side pieces, and skirt and bodice as
well are ornamented with deep Vandykes of
astrakhan and rich Oriental embroidery.
The other gown is in cornflower bine, with.a
broad skirt baud and sleeves of Persian
lamb. The coat, which is deeply slashed In
the back, is bordered with tne lamb and
JUtss Margaret Ellen O'Bi ien.
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trimmed with a scroll of jet embroidery
caught up at intervals in bow knots.
On exhibition at Tiffany's, in a separate
ease,are a number of newly imported Vienna
fans which are well worth seeing. They are
ot lace and of gauze, and illustrate the new
featnres in mounting and in applique work.
Besides these the regular stock embraces
hundreds of fans of rarest design and every
varietv of make, ranging in price from 55
to 5500. The Inchest price represents
fans of point lace, the pattern of which
is partly outlined in small diamonds,
or others of the same material decorated
with a monogram of diamonds on the guard
stick. A solitaire set in the rivet is quite
a favorite decoration.
Hew York has become a city of extrava
gance in dinner-giving, and many of these
entertainments, with all the delicacies of the
season and rare wines, cost from 520 to 5100
per cover. " Of course the latter is the out
side figure; but reckoning that one gives a
dinner once a week to a party of, say 15, at
the first named figure it will prove a snug
sura at the end of the year. In order to
render these dinners complete and perfect
the hostess must possess a dinner service
more or less elaborate, aud it is rarely, if
ever, that the majority of outsiders stop to
consider what these consist of and how much
money is spent in this direction. In the old
Boman days no greater magnificence could
have existed in the way of table decoration,
wines and service, than a millionaire new
Yorker displays, when his wife gives a large
dinner. The Astor family possesses a gold
dinner service that is theenvyof every
woman who has ever seen it It is one of
the most costly in this country. It is val
ued at 550,000, and Is now the property of
Mrs. William Astor. It has been in the
family's possession a long time; it would be
hard to describe, as it was made in different
parts of the world and was picked up on
odd occasions. It is unique and has been
talked about more than any other dinner
set in this country. The larger dishes con
sist of an immense platter and center piece,
end pieces, candelabras, wine coolers and
pitchers. In the design is represented fruit
of all description, together with the unicorn
and lion in repousse work. Hrs. Astor
uses a white linen table cloth of the fiuest
texture, made especially for her, with a
wide lace border showing a lining of pink
satin. Her table is always decorated with
Gloire de Paris roses, their exquisite shade
of pink matching exactly the satin under
neath. One youthful personage has views of his
own upon the extent to which the name of
"Baby" McKee fills the sounding trump of
fame. He is Postmaster General Wana
maker's grandchild, who cannot be induced,
it is said, to look upon the President's de
scendant with anything but disfavor. He
maintains a dignified silence whenever
"Baby" HcKee is mentioned, evidently be
lieving that children should be seen and
not heard of.
Several hundred people crowded the street
in front of a jewelry store in Washington
the other morning, according to the Post, of
that city, attracted by the sorry plight of a
comely young woman, who sat on the flag
stones right in front of one of the big win
dows. One daintily shod foot peeped per
force from under her skirts, and the other
was down in the coal hole under the side
walk. It seems tbat the iron and glass
grating that lights the vault under the side
walk just before the plate-glass window, was
broken. The hole did not seem large enough
for a child's foot to slip through. The young
woman, a pretty blonde in a handsome dark
green dress, stopped to look at the jeweler's
wares in the window. Suddenly she gave a
little shriek, and seemed to lose half a foot
ef her stature. She was evidently much
distressed at something, and little wonder.
Her French boot had slipped through the
hole in the grating and her leg had followed
it halt way to the knee, as far as it could go.
She tried to pull it out, but it was
wedged fast So she sat down on
the flagstones and began to cry
from fright and pain and mortification.
She was at once surrounded by a crowd.
The police came and made the people stand
back, and a kindly-faced old lady did what
she could to comfort the unfortunate girl
sent to a machine shop for a couple ot men,
and they came with saws, hammers and
crowbars and set about breaking one ot the
bars of the iron grating so as to release the
imprisoned foot It took fully a half hour,
and the crowd got bigger and bigger every
minute, but finally the iron bar was sawed
through, and the pretty girl was freed from
the most awkward situation of her life.
Then she took a carriage and went home.
The Jersey Lily "tubs" her esteemed form
in a solid silver bath, made by a London
silversmith for a great Eastern prince.
A queer story is in circulation about a
difference bet een the Queen and the Prince
of Wales. It Is customary for the Prince to
hold levees in behalf of Her Majesty, and
admission to one of these receptions is, ac
cording to court etiquette, equivalent in all
respects to a presentation to the Queen. It
appears that at a levee held the past season
an American lady was admitted who is not
exactly in good standing in the royal opin
ion, the Queen being apt to draw lines
somewhat rigidly. Her Majesty heard of
the act recently, probably through one of
her chamber women, whOj by the way, are
all of them scions of nobility, and she was
very angry. She called the Prince to task,
and aristocratic gossip has it that words
were not spared in chastising His Boyal
Highness; that the latter took it all very
coolly and respectfully, and that after
leaving the maternal presence he deliberate
ly wrote a note to the lady s husband in
viting them both to spend the evening with
him. This was also reported to the Queen,
and now Albert Edward and his mother are
said to be on very ceremonial terms. The
attentions of the Prince to the lady in ques
tion and the complacency of the husband
are the talk of people posted upon such sub
jects, and are viewed with regret bv those
who had hoped that the future King of
England had settled down to be an example
ot domestic propriety. The Prince was pres
ent last night at the installation of his son,
the Duke of Clarence, as Provincial Grand
Master ol the Berkshire Masons. The young
Duke, like his father, is thoroughly devoted
to the mystic fraternity, and very popular
with the order.
Chrysanthemum lamps are all the rage.
The prettiest are of cut glass supported by
quite a slender stem, and with the shade of
white or yellow silk, fringed so as to re
semble the flower from which they take their
name.
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A well-known New York furnisher is
quoted by the Clothier and Furnisher as
follows: "I have considerable dealing with
women all the year round in fact, I make
a positive bid for their custom. There are
thousands of them pass the door everyday,
and I have added little toilet artioles Xp my
stock suitable equally for a gentleman's
dressing room or a lady's boudoir. These I
display conspicuously in the window. If
you can once get them into the store it is
easy enough to remind them that there are
niany pretty things on exhibit, and as every
woman has some min, be he father, brother,
husband or sweetheart, she cares for, the
idea has put many dollars in my pocket.
I shall, of course, buy some specially decora
tive goods in neckwear, suspenders and in
other articles where especial embellishment
may be added, but not so heavily will I
bank on the bad tastes of the ladies as here
tofore. Whether because of experience or
because of the satire heaped upon them, or
for whatever reason, womankind seems to
have developed a more practical view of
what men would like to wear."
The fashionable woman has renounced one
of the nomps and vanities of the world in
consigning her jewels to the seclusion of
their caskets.
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THE PITTSBTJKG- DISPATCH,
THE LITTLE PARIS.
Lillian Spencer Finds Brnssela a
Most Magnificent City.
THE SIGHTS TO BE SEEN THERE.
LlTing Cheap in tha Most Popular Farts of
TJelsInm's Capital.
FRAUD ON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO
fcoBEEsroNDurcs or the dispatch, i
Brussels, Nor. 22. Wo walked into
Brussels at 5 o'clock in the evening look
ing more like drowned rats than eminently
respectable American women walking
through Europe in quest of pleasure, health
and adventure. It isn't nice to be wetl
Damp, draggled skirts and soaked boots are
intolerable nnder any circumstances; but
fancy our predioamentl We had nothing
to put on in their stead; our trunks were in
Liverpool, lor we had not thought of a lit
tle thing like rain. In lact, it never- oc
curred to us that any contingency .would
arise necessitating a change of apparel.
We supposed it was always fair weather
out of New York.
Details are always an abomination, but
ye gods, how wet the wet of this country isl
How the water does diffuse itself. It ran
down in round the hem of my flannel sailor
gown and swelled out my beautiful English
walking boots until I looked in
deed a sailor a sailor walking in
a boat, or rather a pair of boats.
Health-seeking walkers who follow in my
footsteps may profit by my experience and
send a small steamer trunk ahead by rail.
It won't cost a great deal. In any event,
the amount expended can't equal the Bel
gium doctor's bill. Nothing can possibly
equal that, unless it be the Belgium doe
tor's asimnity.
INTO DRIPPING BEUSSELS.
Brussels was dripping when we entered it.
It had been raining continuously for three
days. The streets were overflowing. So
were we with ill humor. But a hotel had
to be found, and considerable tramping
done. For once luck favored us. We
stepped into a hallway to get a breathing
spell, and there was the sign, "Chambre
a Louer." Boom to rent
"We'll take it," I cried recklessly. And
we did. The woman wanted 3 francs a day,
and I saw perfectly well tbat the rooms
were worth if. There were two, a parlor
and bedroom, but I was savage as a Turk,
and I stood there and beat her down to 1
francs. Thirty cents! Think of it, and in
Brussels, in a central location. There is this
to be said in my extenuation, however.
My haggling was done in French,
lam not diffident on general principles, but
I frankly confess I shouldn't have had the
nerve to do it in English. You see inlTrenchl
don't alwaysquite understand what I say,
hence my boldness in saying it. This is a
groat advantage to mc. It can't be said that
those who are trying to make me out are
similarly benefited, but that is no business
of mine.' I hold a trump card. I play it.
Do you the same in Belgium.
BRUSSELS AS GOOD AS PARIS.
Paris is, of course, the queen of continen
tal cities. It is the mecca, the paradise, the
eden par excellence. Everybody but a
fool wants to go to Paris. But everybody
can't get there. To those unfavored indi
viduals let me say Brussels will do just as
well. Brussels is a "little Paris," not half
so expensive and quite as enjoyable, on a
small scale. If you have tiu least imagina
tion, you have only to walk around Brus
sels and say to yourself, "I am in Paris,"
and presto you are in Paris. You look
at the same white houses, the same
gilded dome, the same boulevards,
the same avenues of spreading trees,
the same smooth, clean streets,
the same superb shops and cafes, alb white
and gold and mirrored, and last but not
least the same stylish women, who are Par
isian from the crown of their jaunty Parisian
hats down to the points of their dainty high
heeled Parisian boots.
Besides all these hints of Paris, you have
the same language. Everybody speaks the
French tongue, and the same glum, self
important ponderous coachman, who sits
upon his box seat as a king sits upon his
throne calm, unruffled, unconscious. He
knows you for a foreigner before you realize
the fact yourself, and you might stand and
talk your best boarding-school French to him
until doomsday and he would still sit there
and glare at you and swear he didn't under
stand his own tongue until he was black in
the face if such a red face could turn
black out of the hangman's noose.
HE KNOWS HOW TO CHARGE.
Having impressed upon your unsuspect
ing mind that he can't understand a word
vou say, he will drive you about the most
uninteresting part ot the city at a dismal
aeaa-Bua-aiive pace, auu caixuiy cnarge you
for two hours instead of one, and double the
rate at that. Then he will wrap himself up
in his own importance more securely than
ever and drive ofl iu quest of another vic
tim. Like Paris, there are a great many sights
to see in Brussels, a great many places to
go and a great many agreeable things to do.
Dining at the "table d'hote," for instance.
That little expedition consumes an hour
pleasantly. Over the door of the cafe you
will read that there are three "table
d'hotes," one at 1 frano and a half, one at
2 and another at 3 francs. If you are
traveling on an allowance ot 5 francs a day
you will take the "table d'hote" at 1 franc
and a hall. It will consist of the same
viands as the others, but you will not be
obliged to tax your digestive organs to the
same degree, for there will not be an equal
number ot courses. And you won't want
them, if you are not a gormand.
I am not, and I was satisfied
with a bowl of soup, a dish of fresh fish,
roast rib of beef with potatoes, a veal pie
(always eat veal in Belgium and France; it
is excellent), salad, cheese and coffee.
Thirty-five cents is the bill, with 10 cen
times for the waiter, two cents or four at the
most This is all that is expected.
THE KING'S GREAT PICTURES.
After one has fortified the inner man (or
woman, as the case may be) there is the
"Palace ot the King" to see. And here one
may revel to one's heart's content among
the masterpieces of Bubens, Vandyck, Hob
bema, Franz Hols and Rembrandt Kings
have too many of this world's good thingsl
It seems to me they might content them
selves with their superb palaces and dis
tribute some ot their priceless works of art
among their friends. There is a magnificent
garden connected with this palace. The
Empress Josephine loved it very much. It
was a favorite retreat of hers. But
Napoleon loved her at that time and
whatever he gave her found favor in
her eyes. I thiuk it -was rather a
nice gift myself, this beautiful palace.
But be should not have taken up his resi
dence there with Marie-Louise as he did
after he bad tired of Josephine and divorced
her. It was not good lorm. One looks for
better things in a Napoleon.
Then there is the Palais of the "Comte de
Flandre" with its decorated staircase, its
Van der tStappen sculptuary and Wautus
fiaintings. Above all, there is its four gobe
in tapestries, representing the "Elements,"
of a value impossible to estimate; and the
"Palais des Academies" and the "Palais de
la Nation," built by Harie-Therese, andl
me jioyai jjiuseum oi xrainunss, and
"Gallery of Antiquities," aud "Palace of
Fiue Arts," and "Sciences and Lectures,"
and heaven knows what alt Of course, one
sees the "Hotel de Ville," and the "Bourse,"
and the new "Palace of Justice" bnildings
unparalleled in magnitude and splendor.
FAMED IN SONG AND STORY.
And the lanious Hanikin, that small,
modest boy who has the manipulation of the
water of the fountain in the Hue de l'Eluve,
near the Bue de Uhene. This little Mani
kin, who represent a Cupid, dates back to
the year 1619, and was tne work of Dn-
quesnoy. He Is famous la song and story, Jfiance,
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7,
not that he particularly merits his distinc
tion, but from the fact that he long since
caught the popular fancy by his bizarre, but
perfectly natural, method of furnishing the
water of the fountain. Manikin goes about
on week days without very much clothing,
but daring fetes he blooms out gorgeously.
He is only a statue, to be sure, but a statue
has feeling! And when Louis XV. took
the city he presented Manikin with a beau
tilul white cockade for his hat The cock
ade didn't keep his fat form very warm, it
is trne, but the Government of Holland
afterward looked into this important matter
and rectified the oversight by presenting
him with an orange-colored blouse.
King Leopold II., the reigning sovereign
just to be outdone by his predecessors, has
Manikin decorated with the tunic of the
Civil Guard on all state occasions. It is
sad to relate, but Manikin has not borne his
honors well. He has waxed proud and
haughty and supercillious, and when an
ancient dame died and left him a legacy of
1,000 florins, he turned up his small bronze
nose and snapped his small bronze fincers
and said: "That! A paltry 1,000 florinsl I
am already rich in rents, and I have eight
costumes, and Lonis XV. has conferred on
me the 'Cross of St. Louis.' " All of which
is no vain boast on the part of his little
bronze majesty, but quite true and a matter
of history, for that matter.
THE ROYAL MARIONETTES.
They have a marionette show at Brussels
the Boyal Imperial, world-famous, incom
parable, unparalleled marionettes. Have
you ever seen an entertainment of this kind?
No? You are lucky. The wordmarionette
ought to be enough for some sensible people.
But it isn't It suggests to the non-initated
all manner of out-of-the-way amusements.
And the amusement is out of the way of
amusement.
One pays a frano to go in, and would
willingly pay two to go out if be could. But
he can't The doors are locked. This is a
wise precaution on the part of the manage
ment. The audience would otherwise make
for the street The Boyal Imperial Marion
ettes, gigantic monstrosities in the shape of
human beings, are a lot of wooden figures,
manipulated by wires in full view of the
spectator, badly painted, clumsilvmade and
atrociously dressed, ineir movements are
a successive of epileptic jerks and their
songs and dances, words fail me! I don't
know what to say. I have never seen or heard
anything in that line bad enough to compare
them with. And yet everybody goes to see
the Boyal Imperial Marionettes in Brussels
once. I will venture to wager they don't
repeat the visit
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
No one leaves Brussels without going to
Waterloo and standing on the famous battle
ground where Napoleon lost his all. Of
course, wo walked it Not in one day, but
in two, for it is a good long stretch, and
boots that bave been wet through are apt to
be stiff. This was our excuse to ourselves
for the jog-trot way in which we covered the
distance.
Why anyone should ever want to go to
Waterloo Is more of a mystery than ever,
after one has been there. It is much pleas
anter and decidedly more profitable to take
one's ease in one's inn and read Victor
Hugo's "Les Miserables." He, at all events,
had the art of extracting sermons from
stones and books from carrot fields. I
have not
Of course, there Is a battlefield, and H is
doubtless very interesting. There is a
"Chateau de Houeoumont," where King
Jerome had a brush with the English, and
there is the form of Haie Sainte, and the
ditch where the dead were buried, and an
altar of the Virgin, and the little Christ
with the toes burned off, and the chateau
where one gets excellent milk for 2 sous a
glass, and this is the field of Waterloo. If
one didn't know that that little hillock was
MountSt Jean, one would certainly not look
twice at it, and the carrot field; to the right
and left are much like everyday carrot
fields!
NOTHING LEFT BUT THE POEM.
Now there was that house in Brussels
which was jpst as great a fraud; worse, for it
doesn't exist at all! Doubtless there was a
"sound of revelry by night," and "Bel
gium's chivalry was gathered there," but
there is not a brick to tell the story to-day.
Nothing but the half brick which Mimi
carries about in her knapsack. First, the
old ball-room became a brewery and alter
having taken to drink, it went rapidly to
the dogs. So a few months ago the Burgo
master ordained it out of existence.
And Waterloo is a delusion,too. There is
nothing real there but the relics, which the
guide digs up before your very eyes. These
are bullets and bits of old flint-locks, swords
or even whole cannons. It does not take
away from the reality to know that he
buried them again to be dug up for the
benefit of the next comers. They are per
fectly real and come trom the manufactory
of "the relics of the battle of Waterloo," in
the street of the Holy Ghost in Brussels.
Lillian Spencer.
OF BEHABXABLE HEM0BES8.
Cnrlous Examples of "What This Faculty of
Man Hath Accomplished.
Trom Spare Moments.
There was a Corsican boy who could re
hearse 40,000 words, whether sense or non
sense, as they were dictated, and then
repeat them in the reversed order without
making a single mistake. A physician,
about 60 years ago, could repeat the whole
ot "Paradise Lost" without making a mis
take, although he had not read it for 20
years. Euler, the great mathematician,
when he became blind, could repeat the
whole of Vireil's "jEneiil" and could
remember the first line and the last line of
every page of the particular edition which
he had been accustomed to read before he
became blind.
One kind of retentive memory may be
considered as the result of sheer work, a de
termination toward one particular achieve
ment without reference either to cultiuation
or to memory on other subjects. This is
frequently shown by persons in human life
in regard" to the Bible. An old beggarman
at Stirling, known 50 yean ago ns "Blind
Alick," afforded an instance of this. He
knew the whole of the Bible by heart, inso
much that if a sentence was read to him he
could name the book, chapter and verse; or
if the book, chapter and verse were named,
he could give the exact words.
A gentleman, to test him, repeated a
verse, purposelv making one verbal in
accuracy. Alick hesitated, named the
place where the passage was to be found,
but at the same time pointed out the verbal
error. The same gentleman asked him to
repeat the ninetieth verse of the seventh
chapter of the Bonk of Numbers. Alick
almost instantly replied, "There is no such
a verse. That chapter has only 89 verses."
Gassendi has acquired by heart 6,000 Latin
verses, and in order to give his memory ex
ercise he was in the habit daily of reciting
600 verses from different languages.
sioincs IN CONGRESS.
Nye Doesn't Itespect the Man "Who Can't
Catch a Now One There.
A Congressman who has served one term
and cannot tell his constituents at least one
good new story or new at least ought not to
be re-eIected,saysBill Nye. I would assoon
think of going to Duluth and building a big
ice machine on the trapped bosom of that
great American Bay of Naples as to attempt
a new story in the presence of a member of
Congress.
Boccaccio, Arabian B. Knights,or Balzac,
after a day or two in the cloak rooms and
restaurants of the Capitol, would go home
and proceed to plow corn till called home
by the hand of death.
Nothing, in Chicago.
New York World.
Mr. Straillace I understand your first
husband was present at the wedding and
gave your eldest daughter away?
Chicago Lady Oh, yes, it was quite a
family affair, My second husband played
the organ, my third husband served the
breaklast, my fourth husband was the offi
ciating clergyman
Mr. Straitlace And your firth husband?
Chicago Lady Oh, I am getting a di
vorce from him.
Mr. Straitlace And whom did you come
into church with?
Chicago Lady (surprisedlyj with my
1890,
LOYE IN THE STREET.
The Shock That Came to a Couple
Who Doted on Transparencies.
A BE0KEH HEART AHD A KAHE.
Perfume Haa Its Uses, Eat Sometimes Its
Absence is a Charm.
STAGE HEK0K8 BELONG TO ANYBODY
ICOEBESFOKDKSCE Or TITS DISrATCB.1
. New York, Dec. 6.
ATRIMOHY'S fa
vorite months in this
city are November
and December, and
the annual output of
brides for this winter
is unusually large.
When you come to
consider that the aver
age maiden is seated
on the stool of pa
tience, waiting for
the desired man to
ask her to arise and
stand before the altar
of wedlock, you can realize why the subject
of courtship and marriage can never grow
stale with my sex. Anything connected
with sweetbearting is alertly observed. And
how the doings of the wooers abound in
humor.
A pair of lovers stood on the corner of
Broadway and Twenty-third street on a
recent night, gazing up at the stereoptic
transparency that shines continually at that
point. That they were lovers was apparent
by the sympathetic manner of the girl in
leaning heavily against her escort One of
her hands was in his overcoat pocket, and
her cheek almost touched his shoulder. They
were the typical John and Julia out spark
ing. He had a noticeably clean shave and
her hair had been in curling capers all day.
CUPID AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
Such simple persons will stand on
Twenty-third street for an hour at a time
and sain delight from a study of the trans
parency with its advertisements far tailors
and shirt makers. Possibly the man who
was working the machine last night was
aware that a John and Julia were down on
the corner. At all events be flashed over
the canvas a series ot advertisements that
appealed to tbat class of individuals.
"We'll need furniture, John. Let's go
down to that place on the Bowery," said
Julia, as the man shot out the name of a
fnrniiure dealer.
"We'll, I wonder if I could get to my
work at 7:30 if we went out to that place to
live," said John, as the ilide showed an an
nouncement from a New Jersey real estate
agent advising everyone to own a house at
next to nothing a year.
"Ob, I want a canary bird the first
So the Lovers Moved On,
thing," went on Julia, when the canvas
displayed the advertisement of a man that
sold bird cages.
Just then the transparency changed to a
rather confusing sign: "Buy your baby car
riages at Bunkum & Co.'s." The lovers
moved on.
HER DEAD LOVER'S NAME.
Now let us consider a sad episode of court
ship. One of the most beautiful, amiable
and beloved ladies in New York society died
a few days ago, and now there is a senti
mental story concerning her. She was
about 35 years old when she died, and had
long been a mystery to her friends. Blessed
with loveliness of person, grace of manner
and abundant fortune she never showed any
disposition to enjoy life, her greatest pleas
ure being what could be obtained from the
quietest of friendships with a few ladies of
middle age. jsien sne ouiy tolerated, and
while she was relentlessly pursued by a host
of ardent swains, sne only smiled sadly and
refused their offers of marriage one by one.
In her eyes there was a great shadow of
melancholv. and the few who knew her well
said there was a deep sorrow in her heart, of
which she never spoKe. xt was whispered
that 15 years ago current gossip hinted of a
probable marriage between this woman and
a lieutenant in the navy, but this lieutenant
went on a cruise to the East Indies and died
there of a fever. Now, it is said, there is a
romance attached to the lady's life. No one
knows how the assertion was first started.
but it is stated that she died a broken-hearted
woman, the victim of an ungratified love. It
was only learned the other day that on her
arm, in blue India ink, was the name of the
lieutenant that died when she was a young
girl.
POWER OF A PERFUME.
The subtle charm of sweet odors is almost
equal to that of music, and the art of being
a delignt to tbe olfactory sense of man is
one that women cultivate with especial care,
A perfume may be made to play an import
ant part in individual magnetism. A
clever beauty may always suggest violets to
such a delicate extent tbat her presence
would be a caress to a blind man. No mat
ter how we may regard the use of perfumery
as a vulgarity ana it certainty is one when
employed by vulgar persons it can he an.
plied with a skill that must please the most
fastidious of sentimentalists, and for tbat
reason nearly all fashionable women are ad
dicted to it
When once tne peculiar tragrance of a
particular woman is known, how delicious
to catch a alight flutter of it on a little note
asking you to ainel Or, if one is not even
acauainted with a gentle correspondent.
how one tries to judge ber nature by the fla
vor contained in her note paper. Perfume
is mighty; and yet, let me tell of an inci
dent where us cnarm was not valued.
NO SCENT TO THE PAPER.
There is a certain young Romeo Id New
York society whose manly form and beauti
ful countenance have succeeded already in
providing him with half c dozen Juliets.
Suddenly after successive escapades of more
or less momentous nature, the remarkable
fellow was conlronted Dy a young maiden
with lartre brown eyes of extraordinary in
nocence, clear, golden hair worn all simply
in a single coil a tender mouth and a neck
like a lily. He courted her almost scorn
fully, while she fell in love with him seri
ouslv. She seemed too ingenuous His
cynicism had taught him to mistrust all
wnmnnkind. and he made a wager with him
self that the girl with the brown eyes was
the greatest nirt on nis string of acquaint
ances. It so happened tnat the irresistible
young man one day received a note from his
meek slave. After he had read it he lifted
it to his face. Then he started as though
surprised.
"It is not perfumed," he muttered; and he
pressed it to bis face again and repeated bis
observation. "Not perfumed: by Jove! this
it.., l. i. iH(Trnt tmm tk. il.-- T'll
11 111UO WHO ..mv.w- ..-. .MH wwran
yet she's worth marrying,"
SaXSKJcji-vvv.
W5cs -rK SWlt-iS.
And these two are engaged.
HEROES OF THE STAGE.
All girlkind loves the theatrical leading
actor, yet regards him more as a pet poodle
than as a mac. Some of our nicest girls
will flirt with a handsome actor, but would
resent the advances of a gentleman whom
they respected. Some of them, while
possessed of ordinary gentility and modesty,
are dangerously indiscreet when fooling
with the mock heroes of the stage, and it is
a wonder that more of them do not get into
serious scrapes. Two of the especially lively
sort were swinging down Fifth avenue at a
lively pace the other morning when one of
them espied a tall, sturdy, handsomely
dressed vounc man on tbe other side of the
street, who appeared to be very much
envrmea ov tneir pretty ngures.
Both girls agreed at once that the young
man was no other than Mr. Eelcey, whose
lustrous and curliug mustache and sympa
thetic eyes are so well known and adored by
the gentle patrons of the Lyceum theater.
Vivid blushes of excitement and joy over
spread the countenances of the two young
women when they observed the interest they
inspired in the handsome gentleman, and as
they glanced sidelong across the street at
him the emotion in their young souls flashed
from their eyes into his.
AN ACTOE "WAS -WELCOME.
I do not know by just what processes it
came about, but a few minutes later the tall
young man was walking by the side of the
two girls. He was very courteous, suave
and soothing, while they were beaming, en
cquraging and vivacious. He suggested
that they turn off Fifth avenue and seek the
quieter neighborhood over on Hadison ave
nue. This was done, and a; the trio strolled
leisurely through the cross street, tbe young
man drew his watch from his pocket, re
marked that it was getting on toward 1
She Didn't Use Perfume.
o'clock, and hoped that it would not be ex
cessive boldness on his part to invite his
new acquaintances to become his guests at
a luncheon.
"Oh, really, Mr. Kelcey," began one of
the girls.
"Hr. what?" echoed the young man.
"Hr. Kelcey," repeated the girl. "Oh,
we know you, of course. You didn't think
we could take up with a perfect stranger,
did yon?"
"Well," responded the gentleman, "you
really have the advantage of me. I pre
sume you must have met me before, but you
have my name confused. Allow me to pre
sent my card."
A SAD AWAKENING.
The young man banded the bit o! paste
board to one of the girls. It contained the
name of Hr. Somebody else entirely, and
the address was the tTnion Club. A look
of fright came into the faces of the young
women, and they stood stockstill gazing
silently first at each other and then at the
smiling young man. Then, with a few in
coherent phrases of apology, regret and em
barrassment, they turned back to Pifth ave
nue and hurried away, leaving the young
man alone to gaze after them and wonder at
their strange actions.
"I was never so ashamed in my life, said
one of the misses to tbe other when they had
turned the corner.
"He's the perfect image of Kelcey," said
the other.
"Ob, what shall we ever do if we meet
him out anywhere?"
"Oh. we shan't," rejoined her compan
ion. "You may be sure he is not in ourset
or he would not have flirted openly on Pifth
avenue with two strange girls."
And in the innocence of their young and
foolish hearts the two merry jades forgot the
episode of the morning.
Clara Belle.
BATHIKG HABITS OF EIBDS.
Interestlnc Things Which a Watchful Scru
tiny Will Reveal.
The Spectator.
We never seen hawks or falcons bathing
when wild. Trained birds, in good health,
bathe almost daily, and the bath of a pere
grine falcon is a very careful performance
But no nymph could be mote jealous of a
witness than these sby birds, and it
is not until after many careful
glances in every direction that the
falcon descends from her block and
wades into the shallow bath. Then,
after more suspicious glances, she thrusts
her broad bead under the water and flings it
on to her back, at the same time raising the
feathers and letting tbe drops thoroughly
soak them. After bathing head and back,
she spreads her wings and tail fan-like on
the water, and rapidly opens and shuts
them, after which she stoops down and
splashes the drops in every direction. Tne
bath over, she flies once more to the block,
and turning her back to the sun spreads
every feather of the wing and tail, raises
those on the body, and assists the process ot
drying by a tremulous motion imparted to
every quill, looking more like an old cor
morant on a buoy than a peregrine.
If man had nothing better to learn from
tbe animals than the gieat lesson tbat clean
liness means health, tbestudy of their habits
would be-well repaid, and it is not the least
reproach to be brought against our own
Zoological Gardens, that these fine hawks
and falcons, while deprived of liberty, are
denied tbe only means of tbat cleanliness
which would make captivity endurable.
(The peregrine falcons at the Zoo are kept
in a cage sanded like a canary bird's with
no bath at all, aud no room to spread their
wings.) Sparrows chaffinches, robins, and,
in the very early morning, rooks and wood
pigeons bathe often. One robin we knew
always took his bath in the falcon's bath af
ter the hawk had finished. The unfortunate
London snarrow has few shallow places in
which he can bathe, and a pie dish on the
leads deilgnts mm. ai tae unu ua wnue,
his grimy little body soon leaves evidence
, that his ablutions have been genuine.
S00TS PILLED THE COFFIrT.
A St Louis Phenomenon That Recalls an
Old Story of Cannibalism.
The intrusion of a root into a pipe at St
Louis, and growing until it filled the pipe
and caused a small flood, recalls a case in
the East in which an apple tree root act
ually penetrated a lead coffin. Boger Will
iamr, the Connecticut evangelist, had been
buried for some years, and bis coffin was
dug up for removal to another cemetery.
Itwasfound that the apple tree root had
not only penetrated the casket, but had act
ually tilled the inside, and apparently
nourished itself and flourished on the
evangelist's remains. There was a good deal
of humor at the time at the expense of those
who had eaten the fruit of that intrusive
apple tree, and who were charged with a
species of cannibalism.
An International Match.
New York World.
(A Farce In Few Words.)
bue:
Money.
he:
Honey.
parson:
Done-y."
MOBAL.
- Funny.
iPill
A CANADIAN MARKET.
Prices at Belleville, Ont., Compared
With Those of Pittsburg.
FIGURES THAT EXCITE ENYI.
Customs That Are an Improvement on
Jhose That Obtain Here.
FAEMEE3 SELL TflEIE OWN PRODUCTS
COBRISrOSBISCX OT THE DISPATCH.
Belleville, Ont., Dec 4 There is a
marked difierence in the prices of every
thing eatable in the markets of Pittsburg
and those of this Canadian city, Belleville,
Ont, and in the markets themselves. Pitts
burg's large market buildings afford warmth
and shelter for the sellers as for the' buyers,
as also do the covered stalls out of doors,
though in a lesser degree; but there a finer
display is made of the products of .farms or
orchards and vineyards, and it is a pleasure
to stroll among the stalls even if no
purchases are contemplated.
The market here consists of a large open
common, much like the Haymarket square,
of'Chicago, which in Pittsburg or Alle
gheny, would be considered desirable ground
for a park. One large brick building front
ing the main street, has accommodations for
about 100 market women, who stand in rows,
behind long narrow tables, their wares ex
posed for sale in the space before them.
There butter, eggs, cheese, turkeys, ducks,
chickens and fancy articles from stockings
and mittens to small rustic tables are to be
procured at prices which make Pittsburg
eyes open very wide in astonishment, not
because of the high price but because of
their cheapness.
DISPLAYS 02T THE 'WAGOJTS.
Out of doors, upon the market days, Tnes-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, there are
row upon row of farm wagons, carriages and
buggies of every description, their tongues
turned to the street, and in them the various
wares are displayed. The horses are un
hitched and fastened to the wagons, while
their owners stand beside them and await
purchasers. Iu cold weather all horses are
well blanketed and the farmers and their
wives warmly clad, many of them in great
fur coats and cloaks which give them an
amusing resemblance to bears.
Saturday is the great day at the market
There are no vacant places that day, and
purchasers crowd, the streets, market bas
kets are numerous and obtrusive, and their
various owners usually good-natured. Ho
one seems in such a great hurry as in the
cities of the States. Everything is to be
had in the market bnt clothing, furniture
and hardware, from a bunch of grapes to a
load of hay or wood. Ho middle men here!
There is a wagon with a load of beef spread
out on a clean white cloth. The butcher is
tbe farmer in big fnr coat and cap, a long
apron covering his clothes, and he will cut
and weigh the meat for you and do it up
and deposit it in your basket as deftly as
any professional butcher.
SOME WA T-DOWS' PEICE3.
The best beefsteaks from round to porter
house are 10 cents to 15 cents a pound. A
rib roast is 10 cents a pound. Down farther
is another wagon which displays pork in
tempting array, and all the products of
pork sausages, lard, head cheese and pigs
feet, freih and pickled. Pork, all cuts and
parts, is 10 cents to 12 cents a pound, lard is
9 cents per pound, sausage 10 cents per
pound, head cheese only 5 cent3 a pound.
Hezt is a wagon load of vegetables. Potatoes
are selling for 75 cents per bushel; cabbages,
3 cents each; celery, 10 cents per dozen
bunches; turnips, 10 cents a peck; sweet
potatoes are 40 cents a peck; tomatoes, 30
cents a peck; beets, six bunches, 10 cents;
onions, 5 cents a quarter peck; parsnips,
carrots, squashes and pumpkins in propor
tion. How comes a wagon filled with fall fruits;
apples 40 cents a peck, beautiful grapes 25
cents a basket Herbs and nuts may be tha
stock in trade of the next dealer; apples and
nice sweet cider of another; cider at 20 cents
a gallon, cider vinegar at 25 cents a gallon
and wine vinegar 30 cents a gallon. A load
of flour is offered by a farmer farther down
the line at $1 25 a sack of CO pounds for fine
wheat flour, and ?2 a sack for buckwheat
flour. Bread of the best quality is sold st
tbe bakeries in two-pound loaves at 6 cenii
a loaf.
inET DOTE OIT POULTRY.
Poultry is abundant Every other person
who goes to market seems to purchese fowls
of some description, and it is one of the
most common of sights to see well-dressed
persons with dressed poultry dangling from
their hands or obstinately sticking out of
crowded market baskets. By making a
single purchase at certain stores upon the
market streets, you can have any quantity
of market produce sent to your address, so
vou will meander through the markkt fill
ing your basket, then carry them to the
store and purchase perhaps a can of fruit,
eggs, butter or flowers and within two hours
all the purchases are at your door.
The tenderest of chickens are 40 cents a
pair; dncks are very abundant and can be
had for 25 cents or 30 cents each, according
to size. Turkeys are constantly in the mar
ket at 10 cents a pound. Quails are $1 a
dozen, pigeons are the same, but are not
often seen in the market Babbits and
squirels are 20 to 25 cents a pair; venison
tbe same as in Pittsburg. Oysters are 50
cents a quart, higher than in Pitts
burg, but there is less demand for
them here. Fisb, however, are cheap
and delicous, as we- are very near
the lakes. White fish are 8 cents a pound,
and all others in proportion. Cranberries
are sold by the pound here, at 12 cents a
pound. Eggs are 20 cents a dozen at present,
and the choicest butter 20 cents a pound, the
highest price; at wholesale it can be had for
18 cents a pound in tubs.
DAIRY PRODUCTS AND rROIT.
The purest of creamery milk is to be had
for 5 cents a quart, and is delivered every
morning and evening. Cheese manufactured
here sells for 10 cents a pound. Honey is
cheap and delicious, being 12 cents a pound.
Lemons are 40 cents a dozen, o ranees are not
in market and we hardly ever see a banana.
California graces, however, are quite com
mon, retailing at 20 cents a pound.
A Bhode Island gentleman, a confec
tioner, who every year bnys great quanti
ties of eggs here, says that besides being
cheaper tbe Canadian eggs have a body, or
strength, that makes them very desirable
for confections. He now ha3 to pay tha
McKinley law duty, but he still takes tha
eggs. Turkeys and eegs are being shipped
to Ureat Britain from here. Xbo turceys
cost 95 cents each in Montreal, and should
they survive the jonrney they are expected
to bring 54 or $5 each. Large qnantities of
eggs are being shipped also, packed in
straw. They command high prices, and
there is no reason why farmers should cur
tail their egg production.
Bnt there are two things in this part of
Canada which are certainly higher than in
Pittsburg; they are coal and kerosene. Cnal
retails at $5 50 a ton in the fall. Keroseno
from the Canadian oil wells is 25 cents a
gallon; the American product, i. e.: the
Pennsylvania product, is 30 cents a gallop!
These prices are nearly the same as those in
Toronto, and it is possible for people with a
limited income to live very comfortably
here for much less than in Pittsburg..
Sylvia. C. Balis.
Queerest Order on Record.
Kansas City Timts.1
A retail groceryman in a country town
can get more peculiar orders for goods than
all other businesses combined. In fact '
ever aspired to be a humorist at second
hand, I should watch the retiil grocery
man's mail. The Winchester Democrat, a
Kentucky paper, the editor of which swear
by his tripod to forsake all bourbon liquors
aud to driufc pale ale if his story be untrue,
sivs that u groceryman in his town received
an order that read this way: "Dere sir
Pies send me 4 pounds of cofe and some te,
I My wife had a boy last nlgnt, aiso wa.
I pounds of cheese and: a rat trap. He wayea
d pounds, and a hatchet and nails.'!
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