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THE GAME0F THE DAY.
Sirs. John Sherwood So an ill the Praises of
tarrn Tennis Uer Rales fop rjajlnc;
ScHbonable Suggestions How to Dress
for the Court.
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AWJf tennis seems
to be a summer trame
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quite displaced cro
quet, that game which
Punch recommends
to curates of the mild
kind.
Lawn tennis has
great antiquity, of
course. "What fash
ionable game has not?
I Even our jokes we
find all date back to
i the Latin poets. Did
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A Tennis Blouse. tra institute "Les
Graces?',' "We know that Diana started arch
err, for she was always drawing a bow, and
yet she died an old maid. The
Greeks sUled court tennis as "Sphairis
tike," and the Komans called it Pila.
It Vas the fashionable pastime of
French and English kincs. Charles V. ot
Trance and Henrys V-, VII. and VIIL of
England were ail good tennis players. It
became in England the fashionable sport of
the wealthy, owing to the expense of erect
ing and maintaining covered courts, for in
early days we learn that it was always
Ready for Out of Doors.
played within doors. Indeed the history of
France is full ef it. The unhappy Charles
IX. gave the order for the massacre of St.
Bartholemew from a tennis court. The
French revolution was born in one. It was
the beginning of the national assembly,
when that third estate issued edictsafroni a
tennis court.
Getting the Game Ont-of-Doors.
Major "Walter Kingfield, an English
officer of the First Dragoon Guards in 1874,
took the net out o! doors and no longer did
four walls encompass the players. Now, in
1R91, the game which started in 1222 is the
favorite of people of fashion, and healthv
mmded young people find it the bestamuse-
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ment at Newport and at country houses, and
young men and women exercise a commend
able zeal in getting up tennis parties and
tournaments.
The name doubtless came from Tennois,
in the French district of Champagne, where
balls are mauufsctuied and where, it is
claimed, the game
was first introduced.
A lawn wellclipld
and evenly rolled is
the first require
ment. The courts
should be laid rec
tangularly. The
game should be got
ten up with re!
ence to the wind, uiri,i
et being setatngl idf
angles with it Thus
will be avoided the
tendencv of air cur
rents to carry the
balls off or beyond
the bounds and the
play will be then A Chiffon Cave.
against or with the wind, lu either case
its influence can be more easily calculated.
The lines of boundary and division should
be indicated upon the green sward by means
of whitewash, carefully laid on with brusn
and string. The larger or double court
should be 78 feet long by a width of 36 feet,
inside measure, and the smaller or single
handed conrt 78 by 27 ieet, inside measure.
How the Court Is Divided.
As in the old game of tennis, so in this, the
court is divided across the middle and at
right angles to its greatest length by a net,
bo stretched and fastened to and by two posts
standing'tnree feet outside of the side lines
that the height of the net at each post for
the double-handed or larger court is four
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Hne three feet six inches, and for the single
handed or smaller court, tour feet nine
inches at the posts and three -feet in the
middle over the halt court line. These
divisions are termed courts, and are sub
divided into half courts by a line midway
botween the side lines and running parallel
with the greatest length, which is known as
the half court line. The four resulting half
courts are respectively divided by a line on
each side of the net, parallel to and 22 feet
from it. These two lines, called service
lines, it may be observed, will then be 17
feet inside of the lines of boundary for the
short sides, known as base lines.
The implements comprise net, posts, cord
age, balls and rackets. The net should be
taut, the posts straight, the ball hollow, of
India rubber, covered with white cloth, in
size two inches and a half, weighing two
ounces The racket is made of a frame of
elastic wood, with a webbing nicelv wrought
of cat gut. The large-sized rackets made in
London are the best.
The Proper Costumes for It.
The players don a costume of flannel made
for the purpose, wearing shoes of corrugated
rubber soles, without heels. So long as the
dress is loose and easy its fashion may be
left to the individual. The choice of sides
and the right of serving are left to the
chance of toss, with the proviso that if the
winner of the toss choose the right to serve,
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Just the Thing to Delight the Heart of the Newly -Made
Mother.
The hamper basket herewith illustrated is calculated to delight the heart of the
newly-made mother, says the Countess Annie de Momaign. The pretty basket is fit for
the gift of a fiirv godparent; it is daintily brimmed with lace and ribbon, a roseate tint
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Hand-painted pillows and cradle covers are designed for baby's downy nest, and nothing
prettier could be conceived.
the other player shall have the choice of
sides, or vice versa.
There are double-handed, three-handed
and four-handed games, each having some
variation. In the double-handed game the
players stand on opposite sides of the net.
The plaver who first delivers the ball is
called the server and the other the striker
out. The first game having played, these
interchange, the server becomes the striker
out and the striker-out the Server, and
so alternately in subsequent games
of the set. The server usually an
nounces his intention to serve by the
interrogation, "Keady." If answered affirm
atively the service is made, the server
standing with one foot outside the base line
and from any part of the base line of the
right and left courts alternately, beginning
with the right. The ball so served is re
quired to drop within the service line, half
court line and side line of the court, which
is diagonally opposite to that from which it
was served, where the service from the base
line must fall to be a service. If the ball
served drops on or beyond the service line,
if it drops in the net, if it drops out of the
court or on any of the lines which bound it,
or if it drops in the wrong court, or if, in
attempting to serve, the server fails to strike
the ball, it is a "fault." A fault cannot be
taken, but the ball must be served the sec
ond time from the same court lrom which
the fault was served.
Some of the Rales.
Though the sprvice is made if the striker
out is not ready, the service shall be re
peated, unless an attempt is made to return
L the service on the part of the striker-out,
which action shall be construed to be equiv
alent to having been ready; no service is al
lowed to be "volleyed," that is, the striker
out is not allowed to return a service while
the ball is "on the fly" or before a "bounce."
If such a return of service is made, it counts
a stroke for the server. To properly return
a tervice and have the ball in play, the ball
is to be played back over the net of between
the costs before it has touched the ground a
second time or while on the first "bounce"
and is subject to no bounds, other than the
side and base lines of the court.
A ball served, or in play may touch
the net and be a good Bervice, or
return: if it touches the top cord it
is termed a "let," a "lite" or a "net" ball,
and need not be played; if it drops just in
side the net or the striker outside, or out of
bounds, it counts a fault. If, however, it
falls so as to be a good return, in any stage
of the game other than service.it must be
played as a good ball. In play, u the
Btrifcer-out volleys the service or the ball in
play, fails to return the service or the ball
in play, or returns the service or the ball in
play so that it drops untouched by the
server on or outside of any of the lines
which bound the court, or if the striker-out
otherwise lose a stroke, as we will find pres
ently when we consider the conditions com
mon to both server and striker-out, the
server wins a stroke.
Tricks of the Billiard Table.
In the handling of the racket, the greatest
dexterity may be obtained by careful study
and patience. The twist ball is a feature of
the game, which good players utilize to the
greatest advantage. The uncertainty of its
bounces is calculated to outwit the most
adroit.
Since under certain conditions of failure
on the part of the striker-ont, the advantage
is count of a stroke comes to the server, bo,
too, the striker-eat reaps a harvest if the
THE
server serves two consecutive faults, or if the
server fails to return the ball in play, or if
the server returns the ball in play so that it
drops untouched by the striker-out on or
outside any of the lines which bound the
court, or if the server loses a stroke under
conditions common to both server and
striker-out, in any of which cases
the striker-out wins a stroke. There are
conditions under which each player loses a
stroke. If the Bervice ball or ball in play
touches the player, or anything worn or car
ried by him, except the racket in the act of
striking, or if the player strikes or touches
the service ball or ball in play with the
racket more thanronoe, or if in returning the
Bervice ball or ball in play, the "player,
touches the net with any part of the body,
or with the racket or with anvthing which
is worn or carried, or if the ball touches
either of the posts, or if the player strikes
the ball before it has passed the net, or if
theservice ball or ball in play drops or falls
upon a ball lying in either ot the courts, so
much for the conditions under which a
player, either server orstriker-out, wins or
loses a stroke.
How to Keep the Scores.
As for scoring there are two systems, each
of which has its adherents. Both should be
understood, and the more thoroughly the
player understands both the more at ease
will he be in any company with whom he
may be playing.
This first'plan is this: The first stroke
now counts for the player winning a score
of 15, making a total of 30; the third stroke
now counts for him additional 10. making
the score 40. Unless there is a tie of 40, the
fourth stroke won by that player entitles
Mm to score game. If, however, both play
ers have won three strokes, the score, is
called deuce, and so on until the score of
deuce, either player wins two consecutive
strokes, when the game is scored for that
player. Six games constitute a set, and
the player who first wins them wins
the set, unless in case both
players win five game, when the score
is called "games all," aud the next game
won by either player is scored advantage
game for that jHayer; if the same player
wins the next game he wins the set, if be
loses the next game the score is again called
"games all," and so on until at the score of
"games all" either player wins two con
secutive games, when he wins the set. An
exception to this is where an agreement is
entered into not to play advantage sets, but
to decide the set by the game after aiming
at the score of "games all." In this mode
of scoring both the server and the striker
out are entitled to count, while in the
alternative method it is difiereat.
Umpires for the Game.
If the game is to be umpired there should
be one for each side of the net, who shall
call "play" at the beginning of the game,
enforce the rules, aud be sole judge of fair
and unfair play, each on his respective side
of the net.
We have followed the best manual and
the best opinions of the most successful
players in the above lengthy abstract, which
we trust will be found useful.
It is a game of science; it exercises every
part ot the human body; it requires skill,
good temper, Staying power, judgment and
activity. The .rules of the game should be
thoroughly learned. Those who play scien
tifically avoid those contentions and dis
putes which spoil any game. At the famous
lawn tournaments very costly prizes are
offered, such as silver pitchers, rings, brace
lets and highly ornamented rackets, At
Newport a game goes on every morning
from 11 to 1, and is quite absorbing in the
season. M. E.,W. Shebwqod.
Two Easton, Ta., girls met on a street
corner and had a quarrel over a man. and set
tled it in true manly style. One removed her
coat and the other her shawl and then they
slugged each other In trno style without dodg
ing blows. A crowd gathered and urged on the
tight. Contrary to female rules there was no
hair pulling, all punching.
The Fish Commissioners of Portland,
Ore., are having much trouble in keeping out
Chinook salmon from the markets. The pro.
scribed flih is smuggled into the oity incased in
sturgeon.
Jnler-Season Costume by Worth.
PTTTSBUEG DISPATCH.
RICH THOUGH POOfl.
Reduced Gentlewomen Who ATe Cared
for at the Louise Home.
A fiATHEIi PECULIAR CHARITT.
Only Forty Inmates and They 'Are Sur
rounded With Luxury.
A TJSIT IS LIKE A TKrP TO DIXIE
rCOBBESFOXDENCE OT THE DISPATCH. 1
"Washington, April 4. In the center
of fashionable Washington within a stone's
throw of the big palace of "Vice President
Morton, surrounded by the mansions of
statesmen, Generals, Judges, standi the most
aristocratic charitable institution in the
world. There is nothing else like it in the
world, and there will be nothing ever found
ed which will compare with it in delusive
ness and respectability. It is a home for,
the bine-blooded only, and its inmate has to
have her genealogical tree. It is a home
for women who have never worked, for
women who have been rich and have be-"
come poor, and more especially a home for
the reduced gentlewomen of the old families
of the South who lost their all in the late
war.
It was founded, about 20 years ago by the
millionaire philanthropist, Mr, W. W.
Corcoran, and of the (7,000,000 which he
spent in charity none was much better ex
pended than the amount which went into
this. Be erected it as a monument to his
daughter, Lonise Corcoran Kustis, who was
the wife of a member of Congress from
Louisiana, and was related by marriage to
Mr. Eustis, the present United States Sen
ator from that State.
Was a "Woman's Idea.
Louise Corcoran sympathized greatly with
the South, and when she died in the South
of France, shortly alter the close of the war,
she asked her father to make some provision
lor the women who had lost their fortunes in
it. This home was her idea. It cost $200,
000 at the start for its building and grounds,
and Mr. Corcoran gave in addition an
endowment of $250,000. A large tract of
land surrounds it, and this has become very
valuable within the past ten years. Its old
ladies trot around through gardens, the soil
of which would sell at auction for $6 per
square foot, and they have quite a little farm,
surrounded by the most expensive of resi
dences. Only 40 inmates are admitted to this home
at a time. Thev come upon invitation, and
once invited they are expected to stay in it
for the remainder of their natural lives. In
vitations are given only to those who can
show satisfactory certificates of bine-blood,
education and refinement, and a list of
candidates for entrance. is kept which is con
sulted the moment one oi the old ladies; dies.
Inmates Have All the Comforts.
Once admitted, theold lady has as pleasant
a home as she could have in a first-class
hotel. She is cordially welcomed and she is
nnder no restrictions other than those of a
hotel. She has her own rooms and a maid
to keen them in order, and if she wishes she
can take her meals in her room and receive
her company there. Surrounded with all
the comforts, she spends her time here with
her books, flowers, birds or bits ot so-called
fancy work. She trots about the house,
plays on the parlor piano or visits about
among her friends at will. Her washing is
laundered in the finest manner for her and
every Friday the clothes come in immacu
late with no bill attached. She can goabout
the city and call upon her friends, and she
knows that these conditions will continue
for her until the day of her death.
This great home is peculiarly a Southern
institution. It is a big three-story and man
sard brick with windows all around it, on
the three sides of which the sun ever shines,
and upon all of whose walls grow the lux
uriant vines of our Southern climate. It
has many shade trees, and the magnolia
blooms side by side with the trees of the
North. It is more Southern, however,
within doors. The moment you enter its
wide portals, you tarn your face front
Yankee land and ,
Find Yourself In Dixie.
Yon feel as though one of the old South
ern plantations surrounded you, and as you
chat with these gray-haired old ladies, there
passes in mental review before you the lux
nrious life of Mie master and the simple
rollicking existence of the slaves. Nearly all
of these old ladles were belles in their youths,
and they can tell you stories of conquests in
Richmond, Charleston and New Orleans.
Most of them were mistresses ol splendid
homes till the Government freed their
slaves and the war left them poor and help
less. Is it any wonder that they sit to
gether here dreaming of the dear old days
or that they take from their wrappings
again and again the Confederate flag, or
gaze frequently at the pictures of Confeder
ate heroes which so conspicuously adorn
their walls?
Notably among the old ladies is a woman
whose name has appeared with every public
mention of the Louise Home since the open
ing. This is Miss Hartley Graham, called
by a wide circle of friends "Aunt Hartley,"
and who still, at the age of 81, retains the
grace and elegance and much of the beauty
that made her a noted belle 60 years ago.
Miss Graham is a Virginian by birth, and a
descendant of the famous Scottish bouse of
the warlike Graeme.
One of Calhoun's Flames.
Among the treasured heirlooms of the
family, she ; shows with great pride a deli
cate p'earl and jeweled fan that was carried
by her ancient ancestress, the wife of Dr.
Cocke, formerly a Miss Catesby of the royal
Stewart line. Belonging to the same grand
dame is a tiny "patch box", fashioned of
mother-of-pearl and lapis lazuli. Coming
down to the distinguished friends of her own
time, Mis. Graham, who retains the intel
lectual vigor of youth, talks charmingly of
ber acquaintance and association with John
C. Calhoun, with Webster and his wife,
and of her life-long friendship with the late
George Bancroft. Her chief treasure is an
old-time bracelet made of hair and set with
a fine daguerreotype. The interest attaching
to this is the fact that it is the hair ana
picture of John C. Calhoun, and inscribed
by the giver with his name and the date.
'Miss Graham reigned a queen in the
Richmond social world, her family being
pre-eminent among Southern aristocracy.'
sue awens wim pleasure on ner nrsi
meeting and subsequent friendship with
Mrs. Cleveland. 'Xne delicate courtesies
extended to this aged lady by the young
and flattered wife of the President, are toll
over with pardonable pride and a cabinet
photograph of Mrs. Cleveland and her
mother taken together, holds a conspicuous
place on the wall of Miss Graham's pretty
room. '
Freslded at the White House.
Less written about perhaps, yet more
conspicuous as an essential part of our na
tional social history is another inmate of the
Home, Mrs. Letitia-Tyler Seinple, wile of
the late Purser Semple of the TJnited States
naYv, and daughter, of President John
Tyler. Mrs. Semple, now nearly 70, has
been a resident here for eight years and is
one ot the most delightful among that group
of very lonely and distinguished looking
ladies of the last regime.
Mrs. Calhoun, another resident at the
Home, a stately dignified woman, in speak
iug ol the race question said: "Only the
Southern people know and appreciate the
colored people. We' alone understand
them. The North dislikes the negro per
sonally, loves him politically."
She then related a touching incident:
"At the close of the war," she said, "we
were miserably poor. Winter came on and
we would have suffered from cold had it not
been for the generosity of one of our old
servants, who hud been a favorite house
servant, who hauled and split the wood be
gave us. Again and again he came with
bis load until we had a winter's supply, and
when my mother died he came again with
iiii brother and begged that they alone
SUNDAY,- APEIL 5,
might have the privilege of preparing her
for burial, of carrying her to the church and
covering her in the grave. Do yon not
think," and the lady's eyes were bright with
tears, "that there is no affection between the
races in the Sonth? Yet those very servants
all- voted the Republican ticket because of
their gratitude."
Nearly All From Virginia.
An article on the Home were incomplete
without reference to Mrs. Hareford, of
Maryland, grand aunt of Mrs. Frances
Scott Key, whose husband was the author
of the "Star Spangled Banner," or to Miss
Williston, who, in addition to Virginian
birth and bine blood, has the distinction oi
being the grand niece of Martha Washing
ton, Of. the 40 residents nearly all are
Virginians. There are but two from South
Carolina, two from Maryland, two or three
from the District of Columbia and one from
New York. Of 'the 17 admitted at the open
ing but 6 are living.
The Lonise Home is managed by a board
composed of eight ladies under the advice
of the Board of Trustees, who are gentlemen.
These directors, since Mr. Corcorau's death,
found it expedient to make one new rule.
Secnre in the possession of a life-long home,
several old ladies having wealthy relatives,
spent most of the year away irom Washing
ton using the Home as a winter residence
only. To follow out the idea of the founder
relating to a home for the homeless, it has
been decided that a longer visit than three
months is equivalent to another residence,
and the room must be surrendered in such
cases to a lady in need.
Miss Grundy, Jb.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A Few Suggestions for the- Young House
keeperExperience Is a Dear School
Herb Vinegars and Teas Facts About
Cream, Floor, Etc
IWBITTEIt FOB THE DISjf ATCH.l
It seems a pity that any knowledge of real
benefit should be withheld from the vast
army of young housekeepers who are grop
ing and struggling in the dark in the man
agement of their household affairs, for ex
perience is a dear school. To once know
how to sweep a room, to dust properly, to
make a good loaf of bread, a boiled or baked
custard, a good cup of coffee or a plain ome-
Architect Lautrop, of Chief of Construc
tion Burnham's office, has prepared a tech
nical description of the three designs for the
Woman's Building for the World's Colum
bian Exposition which were awarded prizes.
Miss Sophia G. Hayden's design, which
won the first prize and was adopted for the
building, is described as follows: It is of
the Italian renaissance order. Thq corner
and center pavilions are connected in first
storv by an open arcade, surmounted by
classic vases. There are double pilasters on
the corners of the pavilions. The first story
isDorio and the second story Ionic. The
second story curtains are recessed, with
windows opening on the balcony of first
story arcade. The center pavilion contains
the main entrance of the buildings. This is
treated with a triple open archway, and the
story above with a row of free-standing
Corinthian columns. The whole of the cen
let, is always to know. If the preparation
of a dish results in failure, after the proper
knowledge is put Into execution, it would
very likely be on account of the quality of
the materials used. There are some cooks
who never fall to produce perfect disnes.
They have their rules and they follow them
strictly, using, of course, good ingredients.
Scarcely a day passes that questions are
not asked by young housekeepers, who are
puzzled to know the cause of certain results
in cooking. For instance, one young woman
tells that she never made a boiled custard
perhaps the name misled her that it did
notcnrdle. She had tried it again and
again, but always with the same result,.
When it was explained that the custard
must thicken over the fire, without boiling,
she was surprised that she had not dis
covered such a simple thing herself. It is
the oversight of little things in cooking that
spoils many a dish. I append here some
hints out of the ordinary that will be
found useful:
To Slake Herb Vinegars.
Gather the herbs shortly before they are in
flower. Free from dust and examine closely
that there are no insacts. Cover a bnnchof
herbs with; two quarts of good vinegar, and
let stand, well covered, until the flavor is
extracted. Strain and bottle. The same herbs
may be covered ajjain with vinegar.
Herb teas sucjh as boneset, thorougwort, and
others, used for medicinal purposes, are made,
stronger and more agreeable to the taste when
steeped In cold water. The best iced tea is
made by steeping in cold water. A little more
tea is nsed, and several hours are required for
steeping.
Utilizing Corn Beef Fat.
Pare several potatoes, slice thin, and throw
them in the fat that has been saved in boiling
corn beef. Boll the fat and potatoes 45 min
utes. Skim carefully and strain off from the
sediment. The fat will be sweet and solid,
suitable for ordinary cooking purposes.
Single and Doable Cream.
Single cream is cream tnat has stood on the
milk for 12 hours. It is the best for tea and
coffee. Doublo cream stands on Its milk 24
hours. Butter cream frequently stand 48
hours. Do not use butter Bream lor whipping.
To Test Cheose.
According to the testimony of ProtVanghan,
of Ann Arbor, Mien., cheese which will In
stantly redden blue litmus paper should not be
eaten. The test is so easy of application that
he advises every merchant, on cutting a fresh
cheese, to make it. Dried cheese should be
moistened and the litmus paper then applied.
To Clarify Drippings.
Place the drippipgs over the fire in an iron
kettle.
Pare and wash a large potato and slice Into
the drippings, aud let siinmer until the sedl
ment sinks to ihe bottom.
Skim carefully from time to time. Strain and
set away to cool.
To Test the Oven.
The oven should be hot enough to brown
bread Hchtly in 19 minutes, and to bake a small
loif in SO minutes.
General Household Hints.
Flow, should never be stored In a room with
sour liquids, nor where onions and fish are
kept. Any smell susceptible to tho sense will
bo absorbed by flour.
When anything is made too salty, counteract
by adding a tablespoonful of vinegar and a ta
blespoonf ul of sugar.
In icing cakes dip the knife often in cold wa
ter. '
Ik order to keep bread moist after it is baked
and cold put it in a tin box or an earthen jar
with close cover and keep it covered tightly.
Keep in a cool place and uo not expose to air.
In this way bread can be kept tuois$ for a esk.
Put a cupful of water in tho stove when bak
ing bread, cake or pie. It will lessen the danger
or'bnrning those atticles.
TO mix mustard, put It In a cup with a small
pln6h of salt and mix with boiling water.
When salad dressing becomes curdled beat
in the yolk of an egg, or it may sometimes be
overcome by adding a little vinegar.
Htrrs are valuable for their beat giving qnal.
lties. It eaten with fruit they do not cause in
digestion. Ellice Serena.
Shiloh's Cube will immediately relieve
croup, whooping ooueh and bronchitis. Sold by
Jos. JUemimt k San. tU Market at.
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AN ART OF BEAUTY.
Facial Massage Is a Good Thins Pro
vidian It Fits the Viclrm.
DIFFERENT TREATMENT FOR EACH
Blunders of Masseuses That Result
Whiskers and Ugliness.
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A LEAF FROM A LADl'S
EXPERIENCE
rwiUTTXX rOB THE DISPATCH.
A woman who knows her New-York well
thus gives her experience with a widely
advertised complexion artist:
Strolling down the sunny side of a shop
ping thoroughfare my eye was caught by the
placard of a book on the complexion, by
Mme. So and So. I always buy every
thing; of the sort, finding them very funny
reading often, and going in found myself in
the meshes of the artfuily-spun web, idle fly
that I was. The book was a matter of a few
shillings only, but getting out was to, cost
me more, and I desire my other sisters may
have the worth of it.
"Would you like to have your face
treated?" asked the young person in charge.
"We are giving free treatment to-day to any
lady who wants, to make onr system
known."
Into the Inner Sanctuary. ,
In want of a diversion I said "Yes," out
of curiosity, and was nshered to the inner
room forthwith. It took the center third of
the floor, I should say. The carpe't was or
dinary Brussels, with a long strip of drug
get very mueh out of place, and along it
several upholstered arm chairs, in which sat
women in various stages of facial improve
ment, with each a clean towel abont her
neck.
On a coal stove in one corner a pot 'of
water was simmering. A disheveled matron
of 39 or 40 in shopping dress crouched
over a tin caldron of two gallon measure
over a gas stove on the floor, her head
and shoulders enveloped in a Turk
ish towel, in whose folds she was steaming a
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR.
ter pavilion is finished with an enriched
pediment. The mam cornice has an elab
orate decorated frieze rnnning the entire
length of the building. The whole is cov
ered with a low Italian roof. The center
building has a raised skylight finished with
enriched pediments at the north and south
ends.
Miss Hayden tells this story of herself
and her trial for the prize: "I call myself
a Bostonian, but was born in Santiago,
Chile. My father, George Hayden, who
was born in Jamaica Plains, Mass., went to
Chile when a young man, and there married
a Spanish woman. I haye three brothers
and one sister, all born in Santiago. I
came North when only 6 years old, so that
I have little recollection of that country,
and my knowledge of Spanish, my real
mother tongue, vanished long ago. My
verr red and greasy face. The women having
their faces treated were of all ages and social
classes. One or two were stylish, acnte-look-ing
club women; one elderly young lady,
vivaeions and society bred, ber prematurely
gray hair setting off her black eyebrows and
eyes and a rather brilliant complexion, not
so fine as it might be. One woman, at least
65, was apparently stopping on 'her way
home from market, with plenty .of crow's
feet and cross lines on her haggard face. Be
sides ,these were simpering, youngish women
of th'e usual vacant sort.
They Neglected Their Throats.
The girls who gave the treatment had faces
familiar to me behind counters, which had
been masseed and "treated" into a bloom like
that of the wax faces in a hair dresser's
window. It would have been better if the
treatment had been carried down to the
necks of their dresses, for the yeilow.wrink
led throats showing below the pink and
white gave too much the effeot of masks or
artificial -bloom.
I was bidden to throw off my wraps and
take one of the frowsy easy chairs. A clean
towel was wrapped around my neck and I
submitted to have my face washed in nur
sery style by one of the pink-cheeked dam
sels in a red plaid skirt and black jersey.
The washing was rather agreeable than
otherwise. She scruboed and lathered the
face inch by inch, left a wet towel on it to
soak, rinsed it off, dried with a warm towel,
and then began tne massage. Her bands
were not soft, bnt smooth and firm as mal
lets covered with kid. These mallets rubbed
out the lines between the eyes, which are
the attacking point both for time and the
massense, who defies time..
The Masseuse Has No Mercy. (
The pressure on" my forehead was heavy
enough, it seems, to erase the several long
footprints left by my 40 years and more.
Then the girl fell upon my cheeks with, no
gentle hand. They were rubbed upward
powerfully, pinched, worked, twisted un
mercifully, enough to make the muscles en
tirely forget their natural direction. The
face, smarting from .this treatment, was
next plentifully larded with a soft unknown
salve, smelling of almonds,,well rubbed in.
A veiled figure over Medea's caldron va
cated her place for me, and thp Turkish
towel enveloping my head and shoulders, I
bent over the big tin saucepan to take the
steaming, which seemed to be an essential
part of the process. The steaming was mild
at first, and I was told 15 minutes were
necessary for its completion, but I had
enough of it by the time five minutes were
passed and the heat was increased till with
massage, greasing and steaming my cheeks
felt fiery, and I was released before the time
was up.
The ladies in the other chairs presented a
very encouraging aspect, The gray-haired
young lady's face was growing fur as an in
fant's, and her dark eyes, all the brighter
for the vigorous massage, set off her gray
hiir and brilliant pink cheeks charmingly.
The careworn clubwoman, faded with the
toils of evenings our, looked fresh as a de
butante; the boarding-house keeper from
market was in a transition state, tno-thirds
ot her face cleared astonishingly, coming
out lair and smooth as that of i woman of
easy mind and income, only the untouched
cheek waiting the fingers of the massense
showing the origiual color aud fret of
urinkles.
Got Their Faces Cleaned.
The women had their faces really washed
clean lor once in their lives a process I
iccunimend to all female friends desirous of
lc.iruiiig the mysteries of beauty. Massage
eerud to agrsc with all faces bet
ter than mine. Catching sight of it
in the mirror It bore the tint of a
breakfast radish and smarted as if
the juice of one had been rubbed in by way
of "treatment." My lace was wiped off all
too tenderly, I should liked to have had it
washed and the grease taken off, but that
was nut of the question, as the foundation
of suosequeut treatment. The colorless
.iquid w..a poured into .1 little glabssauier
ami my face was gone over with a long
haudled hair pencil dipped in this slightly
smarting lotion. This I was told was the
famous face bleach, and was followed by a
skillful powdering applied by my owaj
handkerchief, which the masseuse requested
for the operation.
Daring this performance, from a very
early stage, I had been plied with advice
and inquiries abont bnying the different
preparations. Would I take the face bleach,
the soap, the cream? These wonld be 3 0
in all, by taking which I was entitled to
five treatments tree. Now, I had no use for
the cosmetics whatever. I never could go
through inch a course of greasing and
steaming nightly no matter how freely the
preparations were bestowed, but I did want
the five "treatments." A single sitting was
(5, including an hour's massage, and I
thought it cheap to buy $3 0 worth and
have my five treatments thrown in.
Started a Beard for Her.
"Hurry up and get through with that
lady," was a very audible injunction. passed
from the other side of the screen, where
several women were waiting their chance at
free massage.
My face smarting as with incipient ery
sipelas irom the friction, the robust pinch
ing, the steaming and corrosive sublimate
bleach, I went out directly into the raw
March wind, and my face had not ceased to
tingle 48 hours after. My complexion was
not one to be improved by any such treat
ment. The only effect discernible in three
days was a perceptible starting of down on
my cheeks, quite visible in a side light, af
ter I had been rejoicing in its disappear
ance. .After six weeks' use of genuine toilet
cerate I think it would only need five treat
ments, a week apart, of the vigorous school
of massage to give me a presentable pair of
aide whiskers.
But I do not intend to condemn either
facial massage or steaming. The same
treatment which irritated my eheeks to the
limit of endurance seemed to suit the rest
perfectly at least they went out of the
rooms much better looking women than they
came in but I do think, the treatment
should be used with discretion. The rub
bing, pinching and thumping which
awakens inert, leathery skins will rasp sen
sitive ones most mischievously.
A Question for Each Woman.
Whether these treatments, which seem to
urge all the blood in the body to the face,
with its sensitive skin and nerves, can be
beneficial is a question which each woman
must decide for herself. But it is certain
that it cannot be entirely safe for nerves or
complexion after steaming the face and
heating it to the highest degree, almost par-
father, who Is a dentist, is now in Virginia,
as are all my brothers and my sister. I
made my home many vears with my grand
parents at Jamaica "Plains, and graduated
at the West Eoxbury High School."
Miss Hayden irom that entered the Insti
tute of Technology and took the complete
four years' course, graduating with the class
of 1890. She is a teacher of mechanical
drawing in the Eliot School. She is a
quiet, reserved young woman, gifted with a
tremendous perseverance and fondness for
her work. Her appearance suggests her
kinship with the daughters of Spain. Her
hair is jet black and abundant, and while
her eyes are not exactly black, her long
lashes and dark eyebrows give that appear
ance to the casnal observer.
"I had not thought of competing," snid
Miss Hayden, "until some friends of mine?
in Chicago urged me to compete. I sent
for instrnctlons and received them abont
four weeks ago. I did not expect to get the
first prize, though I hoped I would not be
lower than third."
boiling ir, to go immediately into cold
spring winds, which visit the tender cheeks
with razor-lib sharpness. It would seem
as if no better means could be devised for
inviting facial neuralgia, and I am equally
certain that severe handling of the soft tis
sue of the face must result in giving a
leathery texture nnder its bloom.
Faces over-masseed present a mask-like
appearance, and the color in the cheek is as
hard as if it were rouged. I have noticed a
number of improved complexions on the
street in the same vicinity in my walks
abroad since, and they all present the simi
lar waxed, powdered and rouged appear
ance. The cplor in the cheeks lacks trans
parency, is too definite and permanent, as
if drawn there by a mustard piaster.
Experience convinces me that gentle
massage, mild steaming and gradually tem
pering the face to the air before going out,
with a total disuse of fatty creams and ever
so slightly irritating bleaches is the beit
practice In the long run for faces which
would retain healthy skin and that sensi
tiveness of color which, in my eyes, is
woman's finishing charm. Gretka.
Massage as It Should Be.
Gretna's letter and thcexperience of many
unknown correspondents' all emphasize the
principle that no system of treatment suits
all faces, and that gentle means give best re
sults. Women submit to harsh cosmetic
practice in the same leeling that they
undergo severe medical treatment, thinking
it must be good because it is so disagreeable.
I, too, have tried the popular massage, 'and
can compare it with that given by one of
Dr. Weir Mitchell's trained masseurs, who
gently begin their work as if playing with
the muscles, increasing the firm, even
pressure till the tissue is waked up to lull
vitality without inflaming and gorging it
with blood a dangerous proceeding in the
long run.
It is the most difficult thing to teach the
impetuous, impatient women, who want to
be beautified in an hour, not to overdo
their practice. They scald their faces and
parboil instead of steaming them, pinch and
twist their cheeks as if they were punishing
themselves, and go through "pivotal"
exercises with a view to gaining health and
suppleness till they have well nigh twisted
every, interior organ ont of place and
wrenched it loos? from its bearings, and the
doctoM have plenty of work curing the
neuralgias, erysipelases, inflammations and
local discouragements which follow.
Shirley Dare.
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FADS- IN FLOWERS.
Colors and Crazy Quilt Patterns the
Craze for This Year.
THE OLD PLANTS COMING BACE.
Directions for Carpel-Bedding and Arrang
ing the Designs.
TEMltlKG THE TREES A5D SHEUB3
iwarrrawroBTirE dispatch.!
The changes from season to season inhortl
cultural methods and fashions are not al
ways for the better, aithongh we are apt to
think that the conceits of other days display
a less appreciation of art and taste than the
prevalent forms of our day and generation.
The evolution of horticultural and florl
cultural art has been an interesting one,
and many of the grotesque and artificial
forms through which it has passed have ex
hibited few elements of genuine taste or ap
preciation of art in nature.
Gardens, parks, lawns and green houses
have all responded to the dictates of the
prevailing fashions, and their external
beauties, have been marred or enhanced by
the popular "fads." If one is to anticipate
the popular methods of the coming season in
horticultural and floricnltural art he has
but to consult the florists' catalogues. It
must be assumed that they pretty accurately
reflect the average taste, and in a sense
create a demand for certain plants and
flowers. They are the only guides which
the publio has at present, and the current
publications and exhibitions of the florists
nearly always determine the forthcoming
fashions in flowers and methods in decora
tion of gardens, parks and rooms.
A Season of Colors.
It is well then to consult the catalogues,
which are now piled upon .the desks by the
scores. The popularity of the flowers may
be attested to by these numerous catalogues,
issued by as many'different seed houses in
every State and increasing in number each
successive season. To a connoisseur in
flow'ers the published lists of seeds offered,
and the remarkable concensus of ideas
among the different editors of the publica
tions, these catalogues speak volumes. The
coming year is to be a blaze of colors in
flowers a dazzling mixture of all the floral
hues that can be collected together and
some of them are monstrosities. Bright,
dazzling colors are to dominate everything
else in the gardens, if these guides can ba
trusted, and there will be snch a blaze of
glory that will shame the brightness of the
sun and rival the beadtv ot the rainbow.
Only one or two catalogues are satisfied
with plain plates. Most of tbem have such
glowing colored pictures of flowers that a
truly refined taste is displeased. The bright
flowers for carpet-bedding occupy prominent
positions in the catalogues, and one is forced
to the conviction that this method of decorat
ing the gardens will be more rampant this
season than ever. This carpet-bedding admits
of the greatest variety of colors possible, and
the patterns are like many of the rich ex-
Eonsive Brussels carpets of oar parlors, ex
Iblting scroll work, figures and conventional
embroidery. The florists seem to have devoted
their time to gathering together all of the
colored flowers possible in order to push this
method of gardening to its extreme. It will
then probably reach the height of its popu
larity and die a natural death.
Some Old-Time Friends.
This fashion in flowers will revive many of
onr old'time friends, especially those who
come back to us with fashionable dresses and
colors of rich hue. Now that the foreign
plants are found to be no better than the native
ones, the return to our common home ones will
be inevitable. The fonndation of onr collec
tion for the garden shonld -be a liberal assort
ment of sbrubs, heroaceons perennials and
bnlbs, and then the annuals may come in as
later additions. Annuals are always pretty,
and they will constitute largely the flowers for
carpet bedding. Among these old-time annu
als which will be ponnlar for decoration this
year are the well-known sweet peas,mignonett.
annual chrysanthemums, verbenas, Japan and
China ninks, asters, nasturtiums, pansies.
Phlox prummondl, candytuft, sweet alyasaia
and petunas. Thee are all known to the
amateur lovers of flowers, and they can be
grown easily in great varieties. They are
indispensable for border decorations and for
forming beds and floral designs in the parka
and gardens.
Many ot them open their modest bads be
fore the April showers have eone, bnt as a rule
they should be given a start indoors and not
pat in the cold ground until spring is well here.
They should be planted in cigar boxes in good
soil, and then transplanted to the garden later.
It is no more difficult then to form designs and
figures with them than to plant tbem in a hap
hazard way. Mark the design ont beforehand,
and make the holes for the plants with a trowel,
and the result will be very effective when the
plants attain their full growth and begin to
flower. "The plants shonld be transplanted just
before a rain ana piaceu aoont a loot apart,
with the exception of the very small ones. A
few tender climbers should also be cultivated,
and of these one may with propriety select one
or all from the followiug list: Cypress vine,
tall nasturtium, tbnnbergia or morning glory.
These need to be furnished with trellis-work to
get the best results from them, and lu one
season they make a wonderful growth. Tbe
plants that have been in pots all winter should
also be attended to early in tbe spring, and tbu
sbonldnotbe neglected alter they begin to
show evident signs of making a new growth.
Among the Trees and Shrubs.
Tb hardy trees and shruba begin to pnsb
their leaf-buds ont in the latter part of March.
The bright leaves of tbe njaples are the first to
burst their buds, and these are quickly fol
lowed by the oaks, elms, birches and hickories,
until all nature is alive with tho mantle of
green. It is in the spring of the year that the
art of the landscape gardener is brought to a
severe test. 'If the selection and arrangement
of his shrubs and trees prodnce harmony, then
they will stand the test at all other seasons ot
tbe year. The rich, luxuriant foliage of the
shrubs and trees are likely to -give a feellug of
overcrowding, and mo mnch foliage gives
offense to the eyes. It is only by a judicious
arrangement and selection that the proper
effect can be given, pleasing in detail, and
effective as a whole.
But to do ibis properly tbe pruning knife and
clipping shears will have to be brousht into
play. No large, branah should be cat off at this
season of tbe year, but tbegeneral shape of the
trees and shrubs can sometimes be altered in
the spring so as,to produce a better effect. The
pruning proper should have taken place last
fall, but a spting supplementary clipping may
now be judiciously performed. There are many
ehrubs which will change their shape and
character completely when the leaves burst
ont, and it may be necessary to pinch back
many of them and clip small branches vtf. This
can bo dune without injuring eitber tree or
sbrub; but no wholesale cutting back or prun
ing shonld be thoucbtof for a moment. The
fault with many gardens is trvmg to croud too
many shtubs and trees in a small place.
Helen Whabburhojt.
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