JaJJiyUW qnfnrngvs! 10' wanted to know was the precise area of India in square miles. I referred him to Whlttaker. He bad never heard of "Whit taker. He -wanted it from my own month and I would not tell him. Then he swerved off jnst like the other man to details of journalism in our own country. I ventured to suggest that the interior economy of a paper most concerned the people who worked it. "That's the very thing that interests us,' he said. "Have you got reporters anything like our reporters on Indian newspapers?" "We have not," I said, and suppressed the "thank God" rising to my lips. "Why haven't yon?" said he. KIpliuS Gets Smart. "Because they would die," I said. It was exactlv like talking to a child a very rude little "child. He would begin almost every sentence with "Now, tell me some thing about India," and would turn aim lessly from one question to the other with out the least continuity. I was not angry, but keenly interested." The man was a rev elation to'me. To his questions I returned answers mendacious and evasive. After all it did not really matter what I said. He could not understand. I can only hope and pray that none of his readers will ever see that portentious interview. The man made me out to be an idiot several sizes more drivelling than my destiny intended, and the rankness of his ignorance managed to distort the few poor facts with which I sup plied him into large and elaborate lies. Then," thoughtL "the matter or Ameri can journalism shall be looked into later on. At present I will enjoy myself." No man rote to tell me what were the lions cf the place. No one volunteered any sort of conveyance. I was absolutely alone in this big city of white folk. By instinct I sought refreshment and came upon a bar room full of bid Salon pictures in which men with hats on the back of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. Gets Slangy on Free Lou ch it was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as ranch as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a dar man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt Kemember, this if ever you are stranded in these parts. Later I began a vast but unsystematic ex ploration of the streets. I asked for no names. It was enough that the pavements were full of white men and women, the streets clanging with traffic and the restful roar of a great city rang in mv ears. The cable cars glided to all points of thecompass at once. I took them one by one till I could go no further. San Francisco has been pitched down on the sand bunkers of the Bikaneer desert. About one-fourth of it is ground reclaimed from the tea any old timers will tell you all about that. The re mainder is jnst ragged, unthrifty sand hills, to-day pegged down by houses. From an English point of view there has not been the least attempt at grading those hills, and in deed you might as well try to grade the hil locks of Sind. The cable cars have for all practical purposes made San Francisco a dead level. Ho American Language. Oliver "Wendell Holmes says that the Yankee schoolmarm, the cider and the salt codfish of the Eastern States are responsible for what he calls a nasal accent. I know better. They stole books from across the water without paying for 'em and the snort of delight was fixed in their nostrils forever by a just Providence. That is why they talk a foreign tongue to-day. "Cats is dogs, and rabbits is dogs and so's parrots. But this ere tortoise is an insect, so there ain't no charge," as the old porter said. A Hindu is a Hindu and a brother to the man who knows his vernacular. And a Frenchman is French because he speaks his own lan guage. But the American has no language. He is dialect, slang, provincialism, accent, and so forth. Now that I have heard their voices all the beauty of Bret Harte is being ruined for me, because I find myself catch ing through the roll of his rhythmical prose the cadence of his peculiar fatherland. Get aan American lady to read to you "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar" and see how much is, under her tongue, left of the beaut? of the original. But I am sorry for Bret Harte. It hap pened this -way. A reporter asked me what I thought of the city and I made answer suavely that it was hallowed ground to me, because of Bret Harte. That was true. "Wei," said the reporter, ''Bret Harte claims California, but California don't claim Bret Harie. He's been so long in England that he's quite English. Have you seen our cracker factories or the new offices of the Examiner?" He could not .understand that to the outside world the city was worth a deal less than the man. I never intended to curse the people with a provinciolism so vast as this. Admits a Degree of Beanty. Night fell over the Pacific and the white sea fog whipped through the streets, dim ming the splendors of the electric lights. It is the use of this city, her men and women folk, to parade between the hours of 8 and 10 a certain street called Kearney street, where the finest shops are situated. Here the click of light heels on the pave ment is loudest, here the lights are brightest and here the thunder of the traffic is most overwhelming. I watched young California and saw that it was, at least, expensively dressed, cheerful in manner and self-asserting in conversation. Also the women were very fair. Perhaps 18 days aboard ship had something to do with my unreserved admi ration. The maidens were of generous build, large, well groomed and attired in raiment that even to my inexperi enced eyes must have cost much. Kearney street at 9 o'clock levels all distinctions of rank as impartially as the grave. Again and again I loitered at the heels of a couple of resplendent beings, only to overhear, when 1 expected the level voice of culture, the staccato "Sez he," "Sez I" that is the mark of the white servant girl the world over. This was depressing because, in spite of all that goes to the contrary, fine feathers ought to make fine birds. gThere was wealth unlimited wealth in the streets, but not an accent that would not have been dear at 50 cents. "Wherefore, re volving in my mind that these lolk were barbarians, I was presently enlightened and made aware that they also were the heirs of all ages and civilized after nlL There ap peared be. ore me an affable straneerof pre possessing appearance, with a blue and an innocent eye. Addressing me by name, he claimed to have met me in New York at the "Windsor, and to this claim I gave a quali fied assent. I did not remember the fact, but since he was so certain of it, why then I waited developments. Picked Up for anJgnoramus. "And what did you think of Indiana when yon came through?" was the next question. It revealed the mystery of pre vious acquaint ance and one or two other things. With rep rehensible carelessness my friend of the light blue eye had looked up the name of his vic tim in the hotel register, and read "India" for Indiana. The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself. He could not imagine an Englishman coming through the States Irom west to east instead of by the regularly ordained route. My fear whs that in his delight in finding me so responsive he would make remarks about New York and the Windsor which I could not understand. And, indeed, he ad ventured in this direction once or twice, asking me what I thought of such and such streets, which from his tone I gathered to be anything but respectable. It is trying to talk unknown New York in almost un-" known San Francisco. But my friend was merciful. He protested that I was one alter his own heart, and pressed upon me rare and curious drinks at more than one bar. These drinks I accepted with gratitude, as also the cigars with which his pockets were stored. He would show me the life of the city. -Having so desire to watch a weary old play again I evaded the offer and received in lieu of the devil's instruction much coarse flattery. Curiously constituted is the soul of man. Knowing how and where this man lied, waiting idly tor the finale, I was distinctly conscious as he bubbled compliments in nry ear of soft thrills of gratified piide stealing from hat rim to boot heels. I was wise, quoth he anybody could see that with half an eve; sagacious, versed in the ways of the worfd, un acquaintance to be desired; oar . I who had tasted the cup of life with discre tion. . Writes Himself a Wise Man. All this pleased me, and in a measure numbed the suspicion that was thoroughly aroused. Eventually the blue-eyed one discovered, nay, insisted, that I had a taste ' for cards (.this was clumsily worked in, but it was my fault, for in that I met him half way and allowed him no chance of good act ing). Hereupon I laid my head upon one ( side and simulated unholy wisdom, quoting odds and ends of poker talk, all ludicrously misapplied. My friend kept his counte nance admirably, and well he might, for five minutes later we arrived, always by the purest of chances, at a place where we could play cards and also frivol with Louisi ana State Lottery tickets. Would 1 play? "Nay," said I, for to me cards have neither meaning nor continuity, but let us assume that I am going -to play. How would yon and your friends get to work. Would yon play a straight came, or make me drunk, or well, the fact is I'm a news piper man, and I'd be much obliged if you'd let me know something about bunko steering." " My blue eyed friend erected himself into an obelisk of profanity. He cursed me by his gods the right and the left bower; he even cursed the very good cigars he had given me. But, the storm over, he quieted down and explained. I apologized for causing him to waste an evening,aand we spent a very pleasant time together. He Accepts American Hospitality. Next morning I had entered upon the de ferred inheritance. There are no princes in America at least with crowns on their heads but a generous minded member of some royal family received nSy letter of in troduction. Ere the day closed I was a mem ber of the two clubs and booked for many engagements to dinner and party. Now, this prince, upon whose financial operations be continual increase, had no reason, nor had the others, his friends, to put himself out for the sake of one Brittnn more or less; but he rested not till he had accomplished all in my behalf that a mother could think of for her debutante daughter. Do you know the Bohemian Club of San Francisco? They say its fame extends over the world. It was created somewhat on the lines of the Savage by men who wrote or drew things, and has blossomed into most unrepublican luxury. The ruler of the place is an owl an owl standing upon a skull and crossbones, showing forth grimly the wisdom of the man of letters and the end of his hopes for immortality. The owl stands on the staircase, a statue four feet high; is carved in the woodwork, flutters on 'the frescoed ceiling, is stamped on the note paper and hangs on the walls.He is an ancient and honorable bird. Under his wing 'twas my privilege to meet with white men whose lives were not chained down to the routine of toll, who wiote magazine articles instead of reading them hurriedly in the pauses of office work, who painted pictures instead of contenting themselves with cheap etchings picked up at another man's sale of effects. Sneers at His Hosts. Mine were all the rights of social inter course, craft by crait, that India, stony hearted stepmother of collectors, has swindled us out of. Treading soft carpets and breathing the incense of superior cigars I wandered irom room to room studying the paintings in which the members of the club had caricatured themselves, their associates and their aims. There was a slick French audacity about the workman ship of these men of toil un bending that went straight to the heart of the beholder. And yet it was not altogether French. A dry primness of treatment, al most uutch, marked the difference. The men painted as they spoke with certainty. The club indulges in revelries which it calls "jinks" high and low at intervals and each of these gatherings is faithfully por trayed in oils by hands that know their business. In this club were no amateurs spoiling canvas because they fancied they could handle oils without knowledge of shadows or anatomy no gentleman of leis ure ruining the tempers of publishers and an already ruined market with attempts to write "because everybody writes something these days." My hosts were working or had worked for their daily bread with pen or paint, and their talk for the most part was of the shop shoppy tha., is to say, delightful. They extended a large hand of welcome and were as brethren, and I did homage to the owl and listened to their talk. An Indian club about Christmas time will yield, if properly worked, an abundant harvest of queer tales; but at a gathering of Americans from the uttermost ends of their own continent the tales are large, thicker, more spinous, and even more azure than any Indian variety. Defending a Client. "The prisoner is undefended, Sam," said the Court "The square thing to do would be for you to take him aside and do the best you can for him." Court, jury and witness then adjourned to the veranda, while Sam uelson led his client aside to the Court House cells. An hour passed ere the'law yer returned alone. Mutely the audience questioned. "May it p-p-pleas the U-court," said Samnelson, "my cljent's case is a b-b-b-bad ope a d-d-d-durned bad one. You told me to do the b-b-best I c-could for him, Judge, so I've jest given him y-your b-b-bay gelding an told him to light out for healthier c-c-climes, my p-p-professional opinion being he'd be hanged quicker'n h-h-hades if he dallied here. B-by this time my client's 'bout IS miles out yonder somewhares. That was the b-b-best I could do for him, may it p-p-piease the Court" The young man, escaping punishment in lieu of the prisoner, made his fortune ere five years. Other voices followed, with equally won drous tales of riata throwing in Mexico or Arizona, of gambling at army posts in Texas, of newspaper wars waged in godless .Chicago (I could not help being interested, but they were not pretty tricks), of deaths sudden and violent in Mon tana and Dakota, of the loves of half breed maidens in the South and fantastic huntings for gold in mysterious Alaska. Above all they told the story of the building of old San Francisco, when the "finest col lection of humanity on, God's earth, sir, started this town, and the'water came uo to the foot of Market srteet" Very terrible were some of the tales, grimly humorous the others, and the men in broadcloth and fiae linen who told them had played their parts in them. How It Impressed Trim, "And now and again when things got too bad they would toll the citv bell, and tha Vigilance Committee turned out and hanged. tne suspicions characters, a man didn't begin to be suspected in those days till he had committed at least one unprovoked murder," said a calm-eyed, portly old gen tlemen. I looked at the pictnres around me, the noiseless, neat uniformed waiter be hind me, the oak-ribbed ceiling above, the velvety carpet beneath. It was hard to re alize that even 20 years ago you could see a man hanged with great pomp. Later on I found reason to change my opinion. The tales gave me a headache and set me think ing. How in the world it was possible .to take in even one-thousandth of this huge, roaring, many sided continent? And I forgot all about India for ten days while 1 went out to dinners and watched the social customs of the people, which are en tirely different from our customs, and was introduced to men of many millions. These persons are harmless in their earlier stasres that is to say a man worth 53,000,000 or $4,000,000 may be a good- talker, clever, amusing and of the world; a man with twice that amount is to be avoided, and a $20,000,000 man is just $20,000,000. Take an instance. I was speaking to a news paper man about seeing the proprietor of his journal, as in my innocence I supposed newspaper men occasionally did. My friend snorted indignantly: "See him! Great Scott Not If he happens to appear in the office I have to associate with him; but, thank heaven, outside of that I move in circles where he cannot come." And yet the first thing I have been taught to believe is that money was everything in Americal BTJDYAKD KlPLUtO. The Right Way to Shine, Boston Herald. 1 It is all righl for a man to shine in society; but if his clothes do, it is quite a different mailer. LEARNING TO DANCE Many Years of Patient' Practice Con tribute to a Few Hours' Pleas ure for the Public. BALLERINAS BEGIN AT SEVEN. Monotonous Drudgery of Learning the Ele mentary Motions and Their . Combinations. AMEBIC! BEHIND IK CHOEEGEAPBX. A BtUit Btcetml sad fats Abtttt tfet Salaries Fail to tit Curf&cts. IWBOTEH FOB THE DISPATCH. ,HEN the public sits down in a com fortable theater and watches a gor geous ballet, such as was presented by the "Crystal Slipper" Company last week, it never thinks of the years of patient toil on the part of the dan cers which have contributed to the e v ening's pleas ure. It sees only the poetry; the hard prose is all behind the flies. The study for the ballet begins at the FtUtterto MarchtUU tender age of 7, sometimes even earlier, and at least five years of daily practice ar THE BBHEABSAIi IK necessary before the s'tudent can become a "first line" coryphee, that is a dancer who, though not a soloiste or prima ballerina, dances well enough to occupy a plaoe in the fit line of a gavotte or bourre or some other collective dance. The A. B. C. of It The beginner is placed at a horizontal bar, which she grasps with one hand, while she is taught the elementary five positions of the feet She practices these for two hours dally until she acquires a thorough mastery over the ankle joints and can rapidly change from any one position into another. After these elementary motions are mastered the pupil is instructed in the five positions of the arms. Next the elementary steps are The Flrtt Lesson. practiced without the aid of the bar and in conjunction with the motions of the arms. All this while neither foot loses touch with the floor, but now the first five positions are practised by one foot at a time, some six inches above ground. The petits batiments are quick motions of one foot from the instep to tne neei oi tne otner. The romsams are next on the list They consist of segments of circles executed by one foot There are outward and inward romsams, and those ex ecuted in front and behind the other foot These exercises are first practised with the sole rubbing the ground and then about ankle-high. The Heal Test All the foregoing exercises have not moved the pupil one step from the spot whereon she stands. The combination of positions in quick succession which pro- In Rtheartal Skirt. duce a dance are taught at a comparatively advanced stage, and only then can it be determined whether a girl has really talent for the ballet A good many of even the gifted ones never rise to the choregraphlo eminence of a prima-ballerina, but remain always in the ranks of choriphees, as the members of the corps de ballet are called. The best authorities are divided on the point of nationality. Borne, and they are in the majority, give the palm to Italy, while others declare that Germany produces the best dancers. There are only two recog nized schools of danoing, the Italian and w . "" " T T? THE PITTSBURG- DlSPATOH. the German, though Bussia has produced some very clever ballet material. Comparatively few men are in the busi ness; those who have studied the art soon leave the ranks of ballet dancers to open a dancing school or to assume positions as leaders of the ballet Filibefto Marchettl. the master of the ballet Pittsburg enjoyed last week, began his studies at the conserva tor in Turin, when eight years old. For eight years he held a position at the Opera Khediviale in Cairo, Egypt, where he had chargeofl20balletdancers.Signor Marchettl regrets that the ballet does not find its proper artistic recognition in America, where it is 'as yet considered id the light of an accessory. Bnch a thing as an entire piece in which dance and pantomime express emotions and interpret the action of the play is unknown here. Career of a Favorite, Fraulein Clara Qnafitz, the prima bal lerina, made many friends in the city last week. She was born in J3udapesth, Hun gary, and began to danca at the age of S. Unlike the ordinary ballet dancer, she never danced in the line.appearlng as prima ballerina in Piacenza, Italy; at the age of 12. She has been a prima ballerina ever sinceappearing in all the large cities of the world. "How did I acquire the ability to dance on my toes for any length "ot time?" she laughed when I was introduced to her. "How do people learn to excel in anything but by hard work and constant practice." "Do I like dancing? Why, my entire soul is with my art," and here Miss Qualitz went into the little rhapsodies which artists indulge in when they possess true inspira tions. Through the courtesy of Manager Hen derson I was permitted to. witness a ballet rehearsal. The curtain had descended the night before upon a blaze of glory and light, now the stage's cavernous depth was sparsely lighted by stray beams from the high sky light, that straggled through the network of drop scenery. The musicians played with their overcoats on, and the merry gavottes and minuets they played sounded sadly out of place in the deserted house. Large gray tarpaulins covered boxes and benches, and the usually cheery interior of the Dnquesne Theater assumed the sombre aspect of a church draped for a funeral. All the Poetry Gone. Upon the stage, bereft of its painted visions of beautiful landscape, there stood STREET COSTUMES. the corps de ballet The "maestro" (Mar chetti) with his back to the orchestra rapped the choriphees to order by stomping his stick upon the resounding boards. What a spectacle they presented I Instead of the airy fairies of the evenipg there stood an array of young ladies in every known variety of cloak and jacket and bonnet Only a few of them wore the rehearsal- Practicing a Step. skirts which leit the ankle joints un hampered. Occasionally the maestro inter rupted the rehearsal to correct some of the dancers or to give instructions to the con ductor to omit a bar of music or add one; once in a while he danoed a few steps, car ried away by the music "Is" dancing a remunerative business?" was asked of Signorina Maccari who dances in the first line. "Well," she answered," it is as yon take it In Italy we get from 250 to 350 francs ($50 to (70) a month, but living is very much cheaper than here in America, where salaries range irom 00 francs to 750 (100 to 5150). We pay. 65 cents in Italy for satin slippers, which cost here 2. For 100 francs a month (520) we can room and board there as well and even better Gian for $45 in America, which is 125 francs more a month," First-class artists, like Miss Qualitz and Miss Newman, draw, of course, much larger salaries than ordinary dancers, some receiv ing as high as $150 per week for their ten minutes' work per evening. Max de Leppmau. STANLEY T8ED FOE CHABIXT. Novel Flan of Some English ladies to Hake Bazaar Attractive. It has remained for some ladies of the English gentry to bestow'quite a remarkable compliment on. that much-complimented man, Stanley, of Africa. At a bazaar opened recently by the Countess of Wharn cliffe at Leeds, England, the hall was ar ranged to represent Stanley's camp at Bu wenzori. The stage was set to show the camp in its entirety, and was accurately compiled from photographs taken on the spot, with figures representing the explorer and his chief officers. All the stalls were tents, and tall grasses were so disposed in andaboutthem as to produoe the effect of their being set in the midst of tropical vegetation. A "Cafe Zanzabar" was a side attraction of the affair. and everyday during its week of progress a. procession faithfully representing in every detail Stanley's caravan on the march made a tour of the place and posed on the stage.' This may be a suggestion to some perplexed committee on ideas among Amerloan charit able workers. THE FlY-EATISO PLAIT. It Has little Traps by Means of Which It Captures Its Food. The fly-eating plant looks like moss. In the green moss are tiny shells, like clam shells, only thin, -green and half open. Along the edges are green hairs like eye lashes. A flr enters the .little shell, then the leaves close, the fly diet, and by and by bis body is absorbed by the plant 'lhey grow only in South Oarolinai HWimW itff ' n n n SUNlJES, JANlfAfi'i' H, RED HAIR'S ALMIGHT Just as Good Brain Grows Under It' as Under Any Other Color. THE PREJUDICE ALL flONBENSE. Empress Eugenie's Redeeming Act Making Eed Fashionable. Was DECISION OF THE INSURANCE HEN rwBiTTXir ros rax xmpatch.i When Eugenie became Empress of France she seemed to have little idea of any of the duties of such a position save those of be coming the leader of the fashions, giving extravagant and showy entertainments, and making an ostentatious display of piety and devotion to the interests of her church. Perhaps no other woman ever gave so much attention io dress or spent so much money in a parade of foolishness. The revelations of her court show that she went through an elaborate change in dressing three or four times a day, and prided herself upon never wearing the most costly of her gowns more than twice. She had an allowance from the treasury of 120,000 a month for pin money, and yet she was hardly ever out of debt When the toiling peasants and working men of France were kept poor by taxation to support such extravagance, who can won der that they abolished royalty, and sat up a republic that from the heights of such splendor Napoleon and Eugenie were de throned and driven into exile with hardly "a stitch to their backs." Eugenie in her flight had not an opportunity to change her gown three or four times . on her way to England, but had to make her appearance in that country in borrowed clothes. A Story Hard to Believe. , If the same sort of silly women were not parading before ns day after day, spending money like water in the eagerness for a dis play of dress and diamonds, luxurious liv ing, magnificent houses and sumptuous en tertainments that would discount Luculius, it could hardly be believed that a woman could be as madly foolish as Eugenie showed herself to be. Not content with the possession and enjoyment of all the goods the gods provide, such women seem to be unhappy unless they can flaunt their riches and display their splendor so as to excite the admiration and envy of their poorer neighbors, regardless of the. fact Bhown In history that no better way of inflaming the passions of the masses and inciting revolu tion and anarchy could be devised. The Duchess of Marlborough once a plain American girl testified recently that she could not live in proper style on an in come less than $110,000 a year. She cannot keep out of debt on such a limited sum. Poor womanl to what straits and close econo mies and debts she will be reduced, since it has been decided that she must now feel the biting pinch of poyerty on only $90,000 a year. The throne of France, the lives of husband and son, were sacrificed to the "clothes mania," the silly vanity, the prejudices of a woman whose mind was too narrow for any thing save pride, ignorance, selfishness nd the vulgar ambition for a display of luxury and theatrical effects. It is laid that her influence brought about The War With Prussia, which she was wont to allude to playfully as "my war," until its disastrous effects so turned the wheel of fortune that threat ened by a mob, and with the precedent of the ill-fated Marie Antoinette in mind she was glad to leave France and her dresses 'and jewels behind her, and seekreiugein England and obscurity. As a leader of fashion, Eugenie infected the earth with a rage for extravagant dres sing and pompons display. How the whole world of women wore "hoops" and "tiltera" and torrents of "trimmings" and costliest of gaudy apparel at her behest is well known. The effect of her example in this respect is not lost yet . Although her successors as the leaders of fashion in Paris are the stars upon the stage and the demi-monde, there are still American women so devoted to Frenchiness that they must have Parisian gowns, cost what they may. Even the ladies of our Bepublican administration are so indiffer ent to the protection of home industries that they pride themselves upon their Paris gowns, and glory in having upon them the stamp of ''Worth" to attest that they were not made in this country. Eugenie's Redeeming Act But while Eugenie will go down in history as a woman who ruined herself and her family by her vanity, love of dress and bijrotry in religious matters, she is to be credited with relieving, if not removing the old-time ridiculous onus upon red hair. The deference shown to this superstition is to be seen in the efforts of her friends, who writfaabont her; when they call her hair "a rich Tluburn," which by those who saw her in the glory of her days as Empress, ii said to have been "unmistakably and unmiti gatedly red," However that may be, it is certainly true that since she, in her beauty, set the fashions in dress and adornment, the stigma of ridicule which once made red hair a calamity and a cross to its possessor, has-been largely removed. This; prejudice seems to have been founded only upon fancy and supersti tion. Like the rage for golden hair and powdered wigs, it may have been a mere matter of style. Fashion is a tyrant that sways all minds and gives beauty to every absurdity. Fashion at present prescribes long skirts for women, and in obedience to this ridiculous decree millions of women are 'parading around to-day in the slop and l.l. A !1. nt IM..mlA toll. " 1,.. Mn I comfort, health, and risking their lives or fear pi being called "dowdies tor lear an inch or two shorter might stamp thdin as out of style. "What fools we mortals be." The Brick-Tops at School. In the good old days agone children at school who had red hair suffered ,a sort af martyrdom. As "brick tops" they were hooted and reviled and subjected to such abuse as only the untamed barbarity of children coma aevise. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn says Bobert Burns, but the inhumanity of children to their fellows when they get "mid" at them is cruelfv almost inconceiv able. One bright girl i have in mind had curls sotitterly red that they could not by any stretch of fancy be toned down into "auburn" or "sandy." She was studious., quick-witted, well-behaved, and "so smart that she always stood high in her class, and, as a consequence, was everlastingly held up by the teachers as a model for the class. For this was she taunted as a "red head," and her life made miserable by being dubbed "stuck up." , Envy is a mean weed that grows every where in church, and state and society. Bat nowhere, perhaps, does it flourish more luxuriantly than in the schools, where chil dren have not learned to conceal their feel ings or control their tongues , and tempers. When pupils of talent and industry rise nigh above their classmates and receive praise and distinction they immediately be come marks for detraction, abuse and ridi cule from their fellows, who, it would seem, rack their brains to invent opprobrious nicknames and strain their powers of inven tion to devise methods to make the hated persons miserable. TTnitonlniiAil and ltsittKA "i One of the brightest and besf 'of 'girls had her school life made most unhappy by the envy and malice of her Schoolfellows, who displayed their jealousy by nicknaming her "Long-tailed Blue" and by perpetually taunting her as "a goody-goody." There does not appear to be anythiug particularly dreadlnl in such expressions, but behind them there were the meanness or spite, the thorns of envy and the sting of hatred. Not knowing enoneh of worldly philosophy to comprehend this cruelty as really a compli-' atDt to an taienu ana sonny, tne sunsrea greatly. "Pope congratulated Addison -mx having a good'share of envy and calumny, telling him that "to be uncensured and to be obscure were the same thing." But to be smart and to be a "redhead" was enough formerly to give flame to envy and voice and point to the approbrious name of "brick top." with the advice thrown in to keep their heads away irom haystacks and out of the sight of bulls. To become an "old maid" was the doom vindictively and unre lentingly predicted for the "red head" by the other girls, if she happened to go np head. A girl who was "real smart" and a brick top beside could not, it was supposed, find favor with any man. But now, when red hair is esteemed the most beautiful and be coming for these who possess it, and is now much more of a beanty than a calamity, there comes a new attempt to discount it in favor of golden blondes and brunette beau ties. Bed Hair and Disease. A recent accounfasserts that medical ex aminers for life insurance companies con sider a red-haired subject a greater risk than others and some will refuse certificates to all applicants who have Titian red, or sandy locks, on the score that red-haired people, especially women, have more deli cate constitutions than others In general, and are more liable to pttlmonarydiseases. But when it is considered how many peo ple grow gray and live to a good old age who have been "red-heads" in their youth, this seems' to be a conclusion not well sus tained by facts. Plenty of cases will come up in everybody's mind where the Titian tresses, the auburn locks, the sandy top knot, have faded into the silvery white of age, with the moderation of- mind, the sweetness of temper, the philosophical ac ceptance of the crosses of life, that a culti vated intelligence, a good conscience and sound powers of reasoning insure. It may be that the insurance men have information and statistics to go upon to support the statement that red-haired people are bad subjects for Insurance, that they are more liable to disease, and more likely to die young than others by reason of high-strung tantrums and fiery tempers, but it is more than probable that these notions are due less to science and the census than to super stition. Why She 'Didn't Marry. Of the origin of this prejudice against red hair but little is known, but that it has existed for centuries is shown by the state ment of one of Queen Elizabeth's biogra phers, who, in attempting to find some good reason for her being an "old maid," says : "It was certainly not for lack of those charms and accomplishments that would adorn and beautify a wife. Her person was graceful, her stature queenly and her bear ing noble. Her 'eyes were lively and spark ling, her complexion was beautifully fair, but the color of her hair was against her." But who does not know this is all bosh; that Elizabeth had dozens of proposals; that she declined alliance with the royal families oi France and other countries in Europe; that Catharine de Medici was very anxious to become her mother-in-law; that 'Philip of Spain, the "tyrant of the Netherlands," would fain have hung np his hat in her hall at Windsor Castle, or her palace in London, as her husband? Moreover, in contradiction of the insurance idea that red headed people are liable to die young, is the fact that Elizabeth reigned over 44 years and lived to the allotted three score years and ten. It must be admitted that she gave some color to the statement that red haired women are more quick tempered, more vehement and irritables than others,more prone to let their fiery pasions rise. Wasn't Slow to Anger. ,. She scolded the great men or her court as if they were schoolboys. She met the Inso lence of Essex, as Greene tells us, with a box on the ear, she swore at her minister on occasions, and the envoy oi Philip of Spain wrote to his royal master, "this woman is possessed of a hundred thousand devils," but she possessed to the full the love, loyalty and admiration of her people. In society she might be a vain coquette, but she was the coolest and hardest of politicians at the council board. Unlike Eugenie, she lived simply and frugally, and her policy was simply that of common sense. By her political tact and diplomacy, we are told, "she hoodwinked and outwitted every statesman in Europe" for nearly half a century. She could read men so well that no sovereign of England ever had so wise and great a Cabinet as that composed of the councilors she selected by her quick appre ciation of merit and character. She gave peace and order and golden days to England during her long reign, and, with all her faults, showed that as to wisdom and ability in a ruler there is no distinction of sex. Another illustrous "red head" was Isabella of Castile, whose sagacity, power and capable administration of Dublio affairs is the boast of Spam to-day. In the face of the timidity and weakness of her councilors. she had the enterprise and energy to assume, tne responsiniiiiy oi tne voyage oi VyommDUS that led to the discovery of America, and which has filled the earth with her fame. Intelligent and Great Brick-Tops. Although in writing of famous women and men, the fact of their being "red beads" has been generally omitted, there are enough known to show that they are not a whit behind others in what constitutes su perior intelligence and greatness. We-have gone through the lives of the women ot the White House, but none of them so far as accounts go were "red heads," but neither on the other hand have any of them been 'distinguished for intellectual greatness or remarkable talents. Bnf in the domain of letters, there are two famous "redheads" Julia Ward Howe and Frances Willard. Mrs. Howe's hair has faded into while and thus plays havoc with the insurance idea, bnt she furnishes testimony .to the fact that brains and red hair go well together. Miss Willard, with herjsandy loeks,is a born leader,, a woman gifted with genius for ad ministration, a talent for politics, and power to sway the .multitude. Thousands of red-haired women are in the front ranks to-day engaged in every good work, and these give token that it is time for the old superstition as to red hair to be laid out dead. Bessie Bbamblh, SHOW AKD ELECTEIC CABS. A New Tork Company Has so Much Trouble li" Stops Business. i The Fourth Avenue Bailroad Company of New York took oft the electric cars from its line during a recent snow, and the officers of the-Umted Electric Traction Com pany are 'now trying to invent some ap pliance that will enable the cars to run easily when snow is on the gronnd. Super intendent Skittsays that during the recent snow storm it was impossible to keep the tracks, clear of snow. As soon as the sweeper passed over the tracks wagons would cross and throw the snow back again. As the electrio cars are not drawn, the wheels simply slid round and round without the car advancing a foot Mr. Skitt thinks that a remedy can be found, and says that the officers of the road were now considering the feasibility of attaching snow brushes to the cars in front of the wheels that will re volve with the motion oi the car and brush away the snow. A HODEBU BIP VAN WIffKLB. For Thirty-One Tears He Has Heard 2fo Bound Save His Ouard's Footsteps. Mew Tork TVorld-a The .King of the Belgians has just granted his liberty to an unfortunate man who might well be called the modern Bip Tan Winkle. Thirty-one years ago the mur derer, TImmerman, was sentenced to solitary confinement for life, and ever since then he has existed in a cell of the penitentiary of Antwerp, cut off from all communication with the outside and forbidden even to talk with his jailers. Ko sound reached him but the steps of the sentinel walking np and down before his d6or. He is in total Ignorance of the progress of civilization, and gas, telephones, electrio light, tramways, are absolutely un known to him. Long has he been craving for freedom, bnt it is very likely that this boon will lie heavily on his shoulders, so helpless and simple-Blinded hubs become. THEY SKIN 'EM ALUE. A Bevolling Crime Against the Sheep Perpetrated in Pern. CEUEL AND HEARTLESS PEOPLE. Tired Donkeys Stagger Under Burdens Dntll Thej Fall Dead. L0TE MAKING WITH 1 BEASS BAND rcoaaisroirozscz or thx dispatch.! Lima, Pests, Dec. 6. In common, with other Spanish Americans the Peruvians show a strange mixture of gentleness and cruelty, sentimentality and heartlessness. They are excessively polite to the minutest detail of an exaggerated etiquette, on all occasions at home or abroad. Their voices are low and musical, their vivacious gestures and profound obeisances the per fection of grace, and their every-day man ners such as Lord Chesterfield might have envied. If a lady young or old, handsome or hideous comes into any public place where gentlemen are congregated, instantly the buzz of conversation ceases, every man rises to his feetf takes off his hat and remains standing until she has passed out or is seated. When a funeral procession goes by, men in their carriages, in the horse cars, on the streets and in the doorways or balconies of their houses, uncover and bow their heads; and the same custom is observed-whenever the door of a church is passed. Their defer ence to the aged, the obedience of adults to their parents, their tenderness to the young and their toleration of and charity toward the vast -army of. beggars, are beautiful to behold and worthy of emulation. Beggars and Highwaymen. They will put themselves to the greatest amount of trouble to serve a stranger, with ouf expectation of reward; their hospitality is unbounded, their generosity proverbial and for a point of honor most of them will lay down their lives. Yet the temporarily reduced will resort to a thousand polite pre texts to get money out of you, such, for ex ample, as a dead friend who had recently lost all his property and whose coffin must be bought by subscription; won't you donate $10 toward so charitable an object? or a tale of woe about a poor widow and her children, left penniless in the cold world, who are de sirous of going to their relatives in some distant place; surely the senora will be hanpy to assist them? etc., etc 1 myself snbscribed small amounts from time to time for dozens of coffins and poor widows With i weeping families, until I learned the little game. Even the Peru vian highwayman will take off his hat to you in the most deferential manner before politely requesting your money or your life; and if it comes to the unpleasant necessity of forcibly taking the latter in order to secure the former, he will crave your pardon while plunging his dagger into your vitals; will compliment your handsome appear ance in death, and tarry long enough, at whatever risk to himself, to not onlv burr you decently, but to set up a cross over your grave, so that future passers-by may pausen to say prayers lor your unsnnven soul. The Children Never Cry. In all the months I have remained in this country I have never seen a child whipped and have scarcely heard one cry. The poor est among them loves mU3io and poetry, flowers and sentimentality, more than his daily meat and drink) yet a vein of coldest cruelty and utter heartlessness runs through the best of them. This is evidenced in many ways besides the bullfight, the cock pit and their conduct in war. Perhaps the most common example is in their treatment of donkeys. No tongue can tell what those patient and tractable little creatures are made to endure till merciful death at last releases them from torment, overwork and slow starvation. Everywhere we see pitiable examples of beasts bearing heavy burdens upon raw and bleeding backs, which daily press deeper and deeper into the festerintr flesh until the bone is laid bare, and still no attention is paid to it, nor is the burden in any way lightened. We see them with huge welts criss-crossed along their backs and flanks, raised by the merciless whip, which falls un ceasingly, whether the poor animals travel fast or slow. Some have their ears lopped and broken by blows from cudgels, and many have their nostrils silt up on each side the hose, so that there may be "no non sense" in the way of difficulty of breathing and consequent loss of speed in the higher altitudes. Torture of the Donkeys. The theory appears to prevail that a don key can carry as much as can be piled upon him, and they are generally covered from head to tail with loads that bulge far ont on each side; or when carrying human freight, two men, or a couple of women, or three or four boys bestride him at once. When hardly able to move, eithervfrom excessive burdens or lack ot food, his energies are stimulated as long as possible by twisting his stub of a tail or his sensitive ears; or by. the boy who rides him, who selects a nice soft spot somewhere on the animal's flank or fore-shoulder and works away at it with a rusty nail or scrap of iron or tin, till the hide is worn away, the raw flesh exposed and bleeding, and then to continue' nagging the wound. Not less to be pitied are the street car mules nd horses, which are beaten inces santly no matter how hard they pull or how desperately they exert . themselves lash, lash, goes the long, heavy whip over their suffering backs, up grade -and down, from dawn till midnight An extra man is hired for the express purpose of whipping the ani mals, who stands beside the driver and ap pears to be the most industrious person in Peru. Skinning Sheep Alive. The most blood-curdlingly cruel thing that has yet come under my ooservation is the manner in which are obtained the so-called "pig-skins" that so commonly serve for bot tles and casks. They are not the hides of I pigs, but those of sheep, and, horrible to re late, are puiieu ou me. jiving animal, the poor sheep being actually skinned alive, or more correctly speaking, skinned dead, for, of course, he does not long sur vive the operation. The modus operandi is as follows:- The beasts are driven, one by one, to the appointed place and firmly tied to a stake. Then the bide is neatly cut around the neck and down the middle, without touching the flesh or severing the arteries or hurting the animal much; after which hooks are fastened into the loosened skin, a rope being attached to each hook; strontr men take firm grip on the ropes and pull backward, pulling and pulling, until the hide is torn off clean to the tail. It is said that during this frightful torture the cries of the poor sheep are almost human in their expression of agony, and that the bloody, quivering mass some times lives several minutes. The only ex cuse for the barbarous practice is that the skins are much more flexible and durable when thus taken off alive than when the animals are dead. A Tonthfol Lover's Sighs. A youthful army officer, who was Intro duced to our party by the resident consul, has been exemplifying some of the traits of his race in a marked manner. He was im mediately "taken" by our Yankee young lady, and, redoubtable warrior though he desired to be considered, desired to surren der unconditionally at first sight "Our Little Colonel," as we called him, was hard ly more than a boy, and like the rest of his class, was a scion of, aristocraoy. It is not uncommon to find captains in their "teens" in the Peruvian army, and all the officers are the sons of "first families," quite sep arate and apart from the common soldiers, who are half-breeds called Cholos, and the military bands, which are mostly made up of negroes. He wore the usual toggery, without which a Peruvian officer is never seen, at home and abroad, to Wedding and funerals, "U mill and to meeting." The persons who make j clothes for the Peruvian army evidently ex pect them all to grow, for the trousers are invariably so loose and baggy that tha "seat" appears near where the knee ought to be and the knee midway between that mem ber and the ankle, making the side stripes look like black serpents. But the jackets are so short and small, with a tendency to ride upward, that the rear buttons which are supposed to mark the waist-line occupy a prominent position near the shoulder blades. Surreptitious Demonstrations. The little Colonel was very demonstrative in his love-making, so far as sighs and "sheep's eyes" go, but found himself wo fully hampered by the restrictions of local etiquette. The object of his devotion could speak but little Spanish and he not a word of English and of course he could never see her at all without the presence oi her mother. But when the latter's back was turned, as was sometimes purposely done when a convenient mirror would renectthe scene, he would instantly throw himself into the attitude of the typical grand-opera lover, with head on one side, eyes "in fine frenzy rolling" and both hands pressed to the region of his heart, to the infinite amuse ment of the lookers-on. One day he astonished us by pleasantly remarking: "You may perhaps observe that I show a need of washing,' but I took cold last week and am not yet rid of it" And then we remembered the Spanish superstition, held in universal respect, that it is dangerous to wash one's face and bands during a cold, though it may last a month. The young Colonel was not of those ple beians who serenade their Dulcineas with guitar or mandolin, assisted by the voice; nothing but the full brass band would sat isfy him when the intensity of his feelings demanded musical expression. The Beer Cost Too Much. We endured it several times; but finally were obliged to beg him to desist, on the gronnd that we couldn't afford the expense which will be readily understood when I explain that the regiment band was 30 pieces strong, every man of them addicted to beer (which is all imported and costs 80 cents per bottle), and that custom permits them dur ing an evening's serenade to order what ever they like to drink at the nearest bar, the bill to be paid by the unfortunate per son to whom the music is addressed. The Sociedad Benificencia, or Benevolent Society of Lima, which exercises a general supervision over all the public charities, has lately given a series of Sunday after noon bull fights, with hired matadores and picadores from afar, to increase their fund from the proceeds. The bullfights of Pern are not nearly so barbarous as those we have witnessed in Mexico and Cuba, because here no blinded horses are forced on the horns of the maddened toro to be gored to death for the delectation of spectators, and then dragged out with entrails protruding. But at its best, the so-called sport is cruel enough to satisfy the most bloodthirsty, and to sicken the unaccustomed. The Devil Most Fay. Hhe "Sociedad," though made np of the strictest church people, does not scruple to accept a share from Sunday bull fights, from the cock pits, lottery ventures, eamb- Jing houses and similar entertainments and institutions, contending that it is well to take from the devil anything that can he captured for a worthy cause, rather than to "let the tail go with the hide." Here is a hint to those good people who object to making the liquor traffic pay a part of the burden imposed on society in the pauperism it induces, as is provided in the license laws, on the ground that this is a compromise with Satan. By the way, I have often heard in churches here the fiuest waltz music rendered by thet full choir in a jubilant burst of melody just before the most solemn and impressive of all ceremonials, the elevation of the Host and when I mentioned the matter one day to v a priest of my acquaintance, he said: "And why not. pray? Why should the Prince of 1 Darkues3 have all the best and most iovfnl ' music, and the Lord of Hosts only the most dolorous?" Faitnik B. Waed. A BEGLHEHTAL SCAHBAL. High Officer and a Prince or theBIoo4 Boyal in a Scrape. WBXTTS3 rOB THX DIsrATCH.1 A great scandal hs lately taken place in the Uhlan barracks at Stuttgart, and which the Court is doing its utmost to keep quiet, but a gossip from there sends me the following details: On a dark November evening the Colonel of the Nineteenth TJhlan Begiment (Imperial Army) paid an unex pected visit to the hall reserved for the special use of the officers, in the middle of which he saw ballet girls dancing. In the room were several officers and six women, and it is said that among the whirllnz ballet dancers a prince of the blood royal was seen. The other officers belong to the most notable families ot the German aristocracy; they were all dismissed the service, notwith standing the highest influence being used to try and get the Emperor to relent; but he would listen to no such thing, for the men had brought disgrace on his well-beloved army. The royal Prinee was obliged to leave at once for Vienna, so that he might make valid the alibi in his favor. Naturally, the officers who have suffered punishment are very wroth with the partiality shown; but the Colonel, to quiet them, told them to send in a list of their debts. An endless list was sent in, which were duly paid. It might be asked, "Who paid them?" MAKE THKIH VICTIMS DBTOK. Plants That live on Insects and Frogs A Caricature In leaves. "Here is what I call the beer saloon," said a florist in the Botanical Gardens at Washington the other day. "You see this is shaped liked a pitcher, hangs from a long stem and has a curved lid. Inside is a fluid that intoxicates all insects that drink it They are then absorbed by the plant This other one, like a round, hollow tulip stem, is of the same nature. "Then, here is a big green pitcher plant Well, frogs climb in this to drink from the fluid at the bottom. But they can't get out, for when they try to, a couple of sharp horns in the lid overhead stab them in the back. "This on the board is what we call stag moss. You see it grows on the side of the house from a clump of brown leaves like a deer's head. From it branch out four large green prongs of leaves exactly like horns. Of all curious plants this is about the oddest These green leaves are spotted with white, and you can always trace a face on the outlines, and I call it the caricature plant" MADAME A. RUPPERT Complexion Specialist. a Mme. A Buppert's world-renowned faeo bleach Is the only face tonic in the world whloa fosltively removes freckles, moth patches, tackheads, pimples, birthmarks, eczema and all blemishes ot the skin, and when applied cannot be observed by anyone. The faca bleach can only be had at my branch office, Ne. 93 Fifth avenue, Hamilton building, rooms 283 and 204, Pittsburg, or sent to any address oa receipt of price. Bold at S3 per bottle, or three bottles, usually required to clear the complex Ion, S3. Send 4 cents postage for fall particulars. ecii-au unci. a. nurrrAi, ryK !- r w l .., AS&k
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