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On" a cold, barren island, in the Arctic
sea, where the skies were alwas gray and
dull, and no sweet spring flowers ever
gladdened the eyes of the inhabitants of
lhat dreary region, there stood on the sum
mit of a high hill a stately, old castle, in
which lived Count Frederick with his wife
and two children, a son and a daughter.
The Counters had not always lived in the
irozen JSTorth. Her girlhood home had
been iu sunny Italy, with its bine skies and
balmy air. But on account of her great love
for her husband, she left the beautiful land
of sunshine and flowers and made her home
in the lonely island. Bat the cold climate
was too severe for her tender nature, and
when little Helg was but 8 years old and
her brother Victor only 10, the kind, loving
wot&er died, leaving her children to the
care of au old nurse, for the father spent
most of his time cruising on the sea.
For Helga, as for her mother, the gray
skies and cold winds had no charms. But
the little girl's fair face and kind ways
caused her to be loved by all who knew her,
and she was everywhere known as the
Flower of the Island Helga used to wan
der along the rocky coast, and dream of the
sunny lands of which her mother had told
her, and she wished that she might only
once see the beautiful flowers and breathe
the warm air. Victor said: "I shall soon
be old enough and strong enough to go with
father on the ship, and thin I shall go to
Xtalv, and see the beautiful land where
other lived."
"And will you take ine w ith you?" Helga
had aoked.
"Of eourse, little sister, you shall go,"
replied Victor, "I would not leave the
Flow er of the Island here alone."
But a few jean, later, i hen the Count
took his son away with him in the ship, the
little girl, in spite of her entreaties, was
left on the island with her nurse. Helga
HELGA COULD DIMLY SEE
had gone to the shore to see the ship set
sail, and so great was her disappointment
that she paid little heed to the loving
words of her father and brother, who prom
ised to return soon, and bring with them
rich gifte. After watching the - essel until
hhe was no longer able to recognize Victor
or the Count, the lonely child, weeping bit
ter tears turned her Mens toward the castle.
'Helga." aida voice near bv, "why are
you weeping?"
Helira-loolced about in astonishment; but
her ees were so blinded by tears that she
could see no one. The "question was re
peated, and this time the little girl saw
standing before her a btautiiul creature, ar
rayed in shining white garments.
"Vou are suqirised to see me and hear me
call you by name," said the stranger, while
a kindly smil played over her lotely face,
"but I have known you for a long time, and
I also knew your mother. I have heard
yourv Uh to leave this cold, drearv island,
and I have come to show you a land more
beautiful even than Italy. Jv kingdom is
lies f.ir away. I have "command over all
the fairies of the Xorth. "Will j ou go with
me?
jclelga, trustingly, gave her hand to the
lairy, ami wnn tier ascended the rough
coast. "When thev reached the cliff, the
Fairy proved her hand against the rock, and
a momen later Helga was in a land more
beautiful than any of wliich she Jiad ever
drcrmed. There wcc the sunny blue
skies the sweet, bright flowers and the soft,
warni air. There, too, the birds sang mer
rily iu the trees, and crystal fountains
tparklcd and shone in the sunlight. "When
the little girl had feasted her eyes on the
beav.'ii around her, and had gently touched
tin- ilo-Acrs and gnus, she said: "Kind
Fairy, 1 th.-nk joumany, many times for
thiMcht ff your beautiful land, and-now,
when the ii:md seems dreary and cold, I
can ti.mic of your bright, nunny garden and
forget the gloom about me."
"Why can you not stay with me?" asked
the Fairy, "then j our life would be all sun
shine." "When my father and brother return."
replied Ilclgaj "they would find the castle
very loneh w ithout me."
"At lea-'t stay until your father returns,"
said the Fairy.
Helga'F eyes brightened at the thought,
and she gladly rccej.teu the kind invitation.
Every day was filled with pleasure. Fairy
laud was so wonderful to the little girl,
whose whole life had been spent on the
irozen island, and was it any w onder that
with such attention as was shown to her
that she was at last persuaded to think that
her father and brother would soon grow ac
customed to her absence, and that she would
be happier in fairjland? So the time
glided away, constantly bringing new joys,
until finally all thought of returning to the
island was abandoned.
After Helga had been away from her
home for several vears, it happened that the
Fairy must visit her other realms across the
sea. She bade Helga a loving farewell, and,
after promising to return in seven davs, she
left her in command of the kingdom; but de
manded that she would not pass through the
gate of rock. Helga greatly enjoyed being
Fairy Queen. Her little subjects were very
attentive, and the seven days passed rapidly
away. But w lien the eighth, ninth, tenth,
and even eleventh days had gone, and still
the Fairy did not appear, Helga became
very anxious, and feared lest some accident
had befallen her friend. X)n the evening of
the twelfth day the little girl could no long
er endure the anxiety.
"I must go," she said, "and sec if her little
boat isuot coming over the waves. Surely
the Fairy will forgive me if I disoTr her
only this once"
Helga pressed her hands against the
rocky gate, and was once more on the bleak
island. The sun had just set, and twilight
was fast sorcadimr over the shore. On a
cliff, overhanging the water, Helga could
dimty see a figure walking to and fro.
Thinking to find the Fairy, she quickly
advanced and discovered, instead of her
friend, an old man, who at the sound of
footsteps turned, and crid: "Helga, my
dear child, is it you?"
"With a glad cry Helga ran to her father's
arms. After the first joyous greetings were
over, Helga said: "Father, how white your
hair has grown, and how sad your face is."
"I have suffered much in the kst few
years," said the Count. "During that voy
age, when I first took Victor away with me,
our ship was wrecked, and your brother,
w ith many others, was lost. I then returned
to my home, only to find my dear daughter,
the Flower of the Island, gone, no one
knew where Since then I have lived iwith
a few servants in the castle, and every day
I have spent many hours on the shore,
hoping to hear some news from my child.
But now that I have found you, I snail for
get all sorrow, and our home shall be bright
and happv again."
"Alas, "dear father," said Helga, "I have
promised never to leave the fairies. But
come, I shall show you the beautiful land,
and the Fairy Queen is so kind that I. am
sure she will allow you to remain with
me, and we shall always be happy.'.'
Helga then led her father to the entrance
of Fairyland. She pressed her hands against
the rock, but the gate did not open. She
then beat the hard stone until her delicate
hands were sore and bruised. Still the rate
remained closed, and Helga was shut out of
Fairyland. But the Count was too greatly
pleased over finding his daughter to long
lor any other joy, and he earned his treas
ure to'his lonely home.
Very many times each day Helga went to
the rock, where she hoped to find the Fairy,
who, she knew, would forgive her disobedi
ence, and would allow both her father and
herself to dwell in the beautiful land of sun
shine and flowers. But not until several years
later, when the good Count had been buried
beside his dear wife, did the Fairy reappear
to Helga. She then took the Count's
daughter again into Fairyland, and the
beautiful Flower of thj Island was never
A FIGURE ON THE CLIFF.
afterward seen on the
northern sea.
shore of that cold,
Paysie.
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.
Pozzies for the Little Folks That "Will Keep
Their Brains Bony for Most of the "Week
if They Solve Tlicm Correctly Homo
Amusements.
Address communications for this department
to E. R. CiiADBonnN, Lewistoum, Maine.
1311 CONUNDRUM.
What puzzle is this couple likely to catch?
D. M.H.
1515 RIDDLES. (
I.
My sails arc spread to catch the breeze,
And j ct I skim no lakes nor seas:
Tho wind blows high, the wind blows low.
And I move w ith it, swift or slow,
Tot lrxed I stand, on solid land.
Just w here I first w as built and planned.
il
Present and past are in my name.
To many lands extend my fame;
Young children hail mew ith acclaim,
Their siics and gmndsires did the same.
Strange ups and downs my patrons claim:
They ri-o w ithout a breath of blame;
Dow n, down they sink, and feel no shame.
Yet there's no malice in my frame,
And pleasure is my only aim.
hi.
Ye common plodders of the race,
Behold me in such lofty place;
Unwearied though your efforts be,
You all may rise, but not like me.
Yet though I stand at such a height,
I am bnt fragile, weak and slight.
Prisoned by bonds I cannot break,
And that is well for my own sake;
For if I once should burst my thrall,
Sudden and sure would be my fall.
M.C.S.
1546 CTBTAILarENT. ,
The fotaf-becs upon the leas
Must dread to hear the one,
Whose merry tunc, in latest June,
Pioclaims their feast is done
How brightly glance, in swift advance,
The gleaming blades of steel;
How many a nest their eager quest
Does ruthlessly reveal!
And thon, anon, is played upon
Their blades u merry tune,
By sharpening one, which says that done
Is search oihces here soon.
JBrrrrat Sweet.
1517 MISS FLORA M'PLIMST'S SPBINO TOILET.
She had a stylish bonnet, but as she had A
w urn it one season sue uau it made over, us
ing only the original material, and it became
"to cite." She hnd part of a dress nade
over, and that part became assemblies. She
rearranged an old shoulder garment, nnd it
was a step. Some soft materials for tho neck
wcie made ocr, and then pertained to
music. She had a di ess made over, becauso
she was tired of it, and it became tiresome.
She gave her little sister some coverings for
tho lect to make over for. herself, but after
sho had done it, it provd that there vas
only one covering for the foot. She cut off
tho end of u wrap, and rearranged the re
mainder, and it nrns then something in
w hich to bathe. ETnvL.
1513 NUMERICAL.
A woman with an all Is one
Whom all right-minded persons shun.
She will 8,2,6,5 and 4
Your car, and then your patience bore.
6, 1,9 or the merest youth
Serves for a listener, in sooth.
'TIs 3, 7 vain, indiffotence'
Tou show, to hints like that she's dense.
The woman with a pet complete
Is one J do not care to meet.
Bitter Swebt. .
1519 CHAEABE.
2ly first, to speak phonetieal,
lives sometimes in a hive; '
Or, if you'd have it literal,
TIs to exist, or live. .
My next, if for the noun you seek,
Is numbers all complete;
Or, if the verb you would prefer,
It is to place or seat.
The whole will show another verh,
And means to quite surround.
As soldiers sometimes trap the foe
Upon the battle ground.
Ethyl.
1550 a washing.
A small boy went to a menagerie without
an escort, and the strnriire Ricrhta and sounds
affected him so much that ho lost his head -I
completely, and then becamo a public news
paper announcement, as the hurry scurry
business men of America call it "for short."
One of the animals found the head the boy
had lost, and he (the animal) became so
turned about and confused that ho mado
first a loud noise, thon n Jump, and at last
looked very white and sick.
Moral: Small boys should not go to such
places without some one to look alter them.
MRS.E.
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1551 DECAPITATION.
A parent's lecond is complete,
A childish sin to awe;
And guilty eyes refuse to meet
The one whose word is law.
Letjusticebewith mercy blent,
Then love shall cast out fear;
And hearts bo loth, by real intent,
To wound the honored dear.
Brrxxa Sweet.
1S52 AHAOItAX.
"Lineage goes" as pedigree,
Race, descent, or progeny.
lyet us hope that in our line
Bight may gain and wrong decline.
Gregory Gale.
1553 TEANSPOSmON.
' What do you read, my lordf"HdmleU
The paper, mirror of the one
For every land beneath the sun,
And some more distant still;
With two on subjects old and new,
Seasoned with salt and spices due,
And dished with nicest skill.
Tho "leader" lifts its arm to three
Evils of high and low degree.
And crushes them all like four,'
In five such thoughts and words of might
As needs must thrill the dullest wight.
And bid him "sleep no more."
M, C. S.
solving in Aran.
Prize Winners L Lottie Hughes, Apollo,
Pa. 2. Oliver Twist, Pittsburg, Pa. 3. Alice
Barnett, Pittsburg, Pa.
Roll of Honor Matilda Chambordon, Nettie
Fording Geo. C Allen. Henry Leavitt, M. K.
a.., c u. mous, xsstner x. jNeison, juary M.
Hanratt j, C. H. Simmons, Inez B. St. Clair,
Rebecca H. Nlcholls, I. Don't No, Fred A.
Hines, Olive A. Klein, Allegheny, Emma
Sproull. John Dougherty, Parker Manson, I.
C. Phlnney.
ANSWERS.
1534. Desdemona, Paroles, Fallstaff, Dog
berrv, Hamlet.
1555. L Meats, tames, mates, teams, steam.
3. Kcins, risen, Erin's, siren, resin, rinse. 3.
Aster, rates tares, tears, stare.
153G 11 . .iko-mon.
1537. JSupncr: 1. Purse. 3. Pups. 8. Spur.
i. Sure. 5. Pure. 6. Peru. 7. Ruse. 8. Super.
9. Upper.
1533. A carpet.
1539. Intemperance.
1510.- P
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1512. Daisy, dais.
1513. Tenet, tent.
CHAMPION CRACKER EATER.
A Man Stows Away Eight in Less Than live
Minutes.
St. Louis Chronicle.
Thomas Gar vy, of East St. Louis bet George
Cass that he couldntt eat six soda crakcrs in
five minutes, without drinking any water.
The bet provided Cass. was not to drink
within five minutes of "go," or within five
minutes after the last cracker disappeared
with" a horrible, crunching sound. Six
minutes before starting Cass cleared his
throat with several glasses of assorted
beverages, and eyed the soda crackers,
which never looked so large to him before,
with a critical eye, and then declared he
was ready.
"When time was called he started at the
crakers with a terrible earnestness, and in
stead of eating six crackers, Cass devoured
eight crackers in four minutes and 40 sec
seconds, and never dropped a crumb. Af
ter accomplishing the feat and pocketing
$100, he again wet his throat, in which ope
ration he was joined by those who had
witnessed the proceedings. Cass now de
clares himself the champion soda cracker
eater of Illinois.
THE PICKPOCKET IS.B0BN.
He Must Have Long, Flexible Fingers and
Moist at the Ends.
A man must have the physical endow
ment to be a pickpocket, just as a man must
have a certain mental endowment to be a
poet, says a noted criminal in the St. Iionis
Globc-DcmocraU The lining of the pocket
must be taken hold of about an inch from
the top on the inside. It must be drawn un
easily and quickly at the same time. Kot
more man nan a uozen movements oi tnc
fingers should be necessary to get the lining
out far enough. "With the lining, of course,
will come the pockethook, and this should
never be touched by the fingers until it is
almost ready to drop into the hand of the
thief.
Some experts never touch the book until
it is in the hand. Xow, the fingers to do
this should be slender; not necessarily long,
but thin and flexible, and the best pick
pockets are those whose finger ends .are
naturally moist.
PB0FESSI0NAL TEA TASTER.
He Must Not Smoke or Indulge in Spiced
Foods and Should Be Regular.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A professional tea taster is called in, and
such a man is the only reliable judge. It is
by no means an easy matter to bedome a
good tea taster. A man must not only have
an intimat e knowledge of all varieties; but
must keep his palate in the .most delicate
condition. Smoking is absolutely pro
hibited, and a taster must follow a very
strict regimen, especially avoiding every
thing like highly spiced foods.
The least irregularity in diet is at onee
felt in loss of delicacy of taste and scent,
and even a slight cold will render a man
temporarily unfit for service. A tea taster
must live more simply than an anchorite if
he hopes to attain eminence in his pro
fession. When a man knows what is re
quired to be a good judge of tea, he is in
clined to treat with a great degree of in
credulity any amateur opinions.
BOB IHGERSOLL'S BALD HEAD.
It Calls Out a Gift and a Yilo Pan From Two
of His Friends.
New Yorfc Morning Journal.
Colonel Bob Ingersoll had something of a
joke played upon him on his lost birthday.
The genial lawyer is not noted 'for the
density of hair upon his massive head, and
this hirsute deficiency was the theme of the
fun.
Two friends sent him a handsome silver
comb in remembrance of the day, and at
tached to the gift was a cord bearing this
message: "We send'you this knowing that
you will never part with it."
PASTIMES $ LADES.
1
Becoming Exerc:
Horseback.
Eiding, Boating and Dancing,
STEPS OP
GRANDPAEENTS,
With All Their Grace and Dignified Activ
ity, Coining In Again.
SOME PEETTT FIGURES AND PAYORS
CWniTTEX FOB THE DISPATCH.
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice, stole in and ant
As if they feared tho light,
But O! sho dances such a way!
No sun upon an Easter day
, Is half so fine a sight.
' sir Jons LucKtrso.
The London Times says the present sea
son has seen "driving jump to a great
height of favor among fashionable women."
It is a curious expression, but enlightens us
as to the liberty which even so great an au
thority takes with our common language.
There is no doubt of the fact that the pony
phaeton and the pair of ponies are becoming
a great necessity to an energetic woman.
The "little poney and the Ealli cart" as a
ladies' pastime is a familiar figure at New
port in the season, at a thousand country
places, and at the seaside, in New York's
Central Park and all through the West and
South.
It has been much more the custom for
ladies in the West and South to drive them
selves than for those at the North; conse
quently they drive better. Only those who
know how to drive, well ought ever to drive,
for they not only endanger their own lives
but a dozen lives beside.
Kecreatlon on Horseback.
lo form of recreation is so useful and so
becoming as horseback exercise. No En
glishwoman looks so well as when "turned
out" for out-of-door exercise. And our
American women who buy their habits and
hats in London, are getting to have ihe
same "chic." Indeed, so immensely super
ior is the London habit considered, that the
Trench circus women who ride in the Bois,
making so great a sensation, go over to Lon
don to nave their habits made, and thus re
turn the compliment which English ladies
pay to Pans, in having all their dinner
gowns and tea gowns made, there.
Perhaps disliking this sort of copy, the
Englishwomen are beboming careless of
their appearing on horseback, and are com-
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a cotton skirt. The soft felt hat has long
been a favorite on the continent at water
ing places for the English; and it is much
easier for the head. Still, in case of a fall it
does not save the head like a hard mascu
line hat. We have not yet, as a nation,
taken to cycling- for women, but many
Englishwomen go all over the globe on a
tricycle. A husband and his wife are often
seen on a bicycle near London; and women
who lead sedentary lives, in offices and
schools, make much of their afternoon thus.
Boating Beautifies the Figure.
.Boating needs to be cultivated in
America. It is a superb exercise for devel
oping a good figure, and to "manage a
pijnt has become a common accomplish
ment for the riverside cirls. Ladies have
"regattas on the Thames. Golf has.yet to be
introduced amon'g us, to rival lawn tennis,
archery and ball Fencing, which many
actresses must learn, is a very admirable
process for developing the figure. The
young Princesses of Wales are adepts in
this. It requires an outfit of a dainty tunic
to the knees, a fencing jacket of soft
leather with tight sleeves, gauntlet gloves,
a mask, a pair of foils, and costs about 15.
American women as a rule are not fond
of walking. One must put in something
like an attraction or a duty to rouse our
delicate girls to walk. They will not do it
for their health alone. Gymnastic teach
ing is, however, giving our girls more
strength, and it would be well if in every
family ot daughters there were some calis
thenic training, to develop the muscles,
and to give a more graceful walk. To
teach a girl to swim is almost a duty, and
these splendid physical exercises will have
a great influence over that nervous distress
which our climate produces with its over
fullness of oxygen.
Dancing the Old Dances Again.
But if girls do not like to walk, they all
like to dance, and it is not intended as a
Eun when we mention that "a great jump"
as been made back to the old-fashioned
dancing in which freedom of movement is
allowed. Those who saw Mary Andei son's
matchless grace in the "Winter's Tale," all
trieH to go and dance like her, and to see
Ellen Terry's spring in the pretty Olivia
teaches one how entirely beautiful is this
strong command of one's muscles. From
the German cotillon back to the Virginia
reel, is indeed a bound. Our grandfathers
knew how to dance. We are fast getting
back to them. The earliest dancing mas
ters were Frenchmen, and our ancestors
were taught to "pirouette" as did Vestris
when he was so obliging as to say, after a
royal command: "The house of Vestris has
always danced for that of Bourbon." The
galop has, during the long languor
of the dance, alone held its own,
in the matter of jollity. The glide waltz,
the redowa, the stately minuet, give only
the slow and graceful motions. The galop
has always been a great favorite with the
Swedes, Danes and Hussians, while the
redowa reminds one of the graceful Viennese
who dance it so welL The mazourka danced
to wild Polish music is a poetical and active
affair.
The Old German Cotillon.
The introduction of Hungarian bands and
Hungarian music is another reason why
dancing has become a "hop, skip and a
bound without losing dignity or grace.
Activity need not be Vulgar. The German
cotillon, Dorn many years ago in Vienna to
meet the requirements of court etiquette, is
still the fashionable dance with which the
ball closes. Its favors, beginning with
flowers and ribbons and bits of tinsel, have
now ripened into fans, bracelets, gold scarf
pins and pencil cases and many things more
expensive. Favor3 may cost 55,000 for a
fasnionable ball, or "dance," as they say in
London.
The german ia dance of an infinite va
riety, and to lead it requires a man of head.
One such leader, who constructs new
figures, becomes a power in society. The
waltZj galop, redowa and polka step can all
be utilized in it. There is a slow walk in
the quadrille figure, a stately march, the
bows and curtsies of the old minuet, and
above all, the tour de yalsc, which is the
means of locomotion from placetoplace. The
changeful exigencies of the various figures
lead the 40 or 50, or the 200, to meet, ex
change greetings, dance with each, other,
change their geographical position many
times. Indeed no army goes through more
evolutions.
A Basket a King and a Flower.
A pretty figure is "La Corbeille l'Annean
vetlafleur." The first couple performs a
tour de valse, after which the gentleman
presents the lady with a basket containing
a ring anu a uower, men resumes his seat.
The lady presents the ring to one gentle
man, the flower to another, and the Dasket
to the third. The gentleman to whom she
presents the ring selects a partner for him
self, the gentleman who receives the 'flower
dances with the lady who presents it, while
the other gentleman holds the basket in his
hand and dances alone.
The kaleidoscope is one 'of the prettiest
figures. The four couples perform a tour de
valse, then form as for a quadrille; the next
four couples in order take positions behind
the first four couples, each of the latter
couples facing the same as the couples in
front. At a signal frpm the leader the
ladies from the inner couples cross right
hands, move entirely round and turn into
places by giving leit hands to their part
ners. At the. same time the outer couples
waltz half round to opposite places. At
another signal the inner couples waltz en
tirely round and finish facing outward.
At tha time time the outer couples chae
Lies in
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croise and turn at corners .with righthands,
then dechasse and turn partners with left
hands. Valse generale with vis a vis.
A Pretty and Popular Figure
"Le Cavalier Trompe" is another favorite
figure. Five or six conples form a tour de
valse. TKey afterward place themselves in
ranks of two, one couple behind the other.
The lady of the first gentleman leaves him
and seeks a gentleman of another column.
While this is going on the first gentleman
must not look behind him. The first lady
nnd the gentleman whom she has selected
separate and advance on tip-toe on each side
ofthe column in order to deceive the gen
tleman at the head and endeavor to join
each other for a waltz. If the first gentle
man is fortunate enough to seize his lady he
leads offin a waltz; if not he must remain
at his post until he is able to take a lady.
The last gentleman remaining dances with
the last lady.
A very pretty figure and easily gotten up
is called Les Drapcaus. Five or six dupli
cate sets of small flags of national or fancy
devices must be in readiness: The leader
takes a flag of each pattern his Lady the
duplicates. They perform n tour de valse.
The conductor then presents his flags to five
or six ladies, his partner presenting hers to
the gentlemen. The gentlemen then seek
the ladies having the duplicates and with
them perform the tour de valse, waving the
flags as they dance. To give a german in a
private house a lady has all the furniture
removed from her parlors, the floor covered
with a crash over the; carpet and a set of
folding chairs for the couples to sit in. The
carpet and crash are very bad. It is better
to have a bare wooden floor, if possible.
The Koof Is an Introduction.
It is considered that all taking part in a
german are introduced to one another, and
on no condition whatever must a lady so
long as she remains in the german refuse to
speaK or to dance with any gentleman wnom
slie may chance to receiVe as a partner.
Every American should learn that he can
sneak to anvonc whom he meets at a friend's
house. The roof is an introduction and for
the purpose of making his hostess comforta
ble the guest should at dinner party and
dance speak to his next neighbor.
The laws ofthe german are so-strict and
to many so tiresome occasionally that a
good many parties have adjourned it, and
merely dance the round dances, the lancers
and quadrilles, winding up with Sir Boger
de Covcrly or Virginia reek Tho leader of
the german must have a comprehensive
glance, a quick ear and eye and a great be
lief in himself. General Edward Ferrero,
who made a good general, declared that he
owed all his success in war to his training
as a dancing master. With all other quali
ties, the leader of the german must have
tact. It is no easy matter to get 200 people
into all sorts of combinations and mazes and
then to get them out again, to offend no
body and to produce that- elegant kaleido
scope called the german.
A Technical Term Explained.
The term tour de valse is used techni
cally, meaning that the couple or couples
performing it will execute the round dance
designated by the leader once round the
room. Should the room be small, they
make a second tour. After the introductory
tour de valse care must be taken by those who
perform it not to select ladies and gentle
men from each other, but from among those
who are seated. When the leader claps his
hands to warn those who are prolonging
the valse, they must immediately cease danc
ing. The favors for the german are often fans,
and this time-honored, historic article grows
in beauty and expense every day. Bibbons
are very much used, being called "les
rubans." Six ribbons about a yard in
length and of various colors are at
tached to one end of a stick about
24 inches injength; also a duplicate set of
ribbons attached to another stick must be in
readiness. The first couple perform a tour
de valse and then separate. The gentleman
takes one set of ribbons and stops succes
sively in front ofthe ladies whom he desires
to select to take part in the figures. Each
of these ladies rises and takes hold of the
loose end of a ribbon. The first lady takes
the other set of ribbons, bringing forward
six gentlemen in the same manner.. The
first couple conduct the lady and gentleman
toward each other and each gentleman
dances with the lady holding the ribbon
i duplicate of his own. The first gentleman
dances with his own partner.
Bibbons were used for a cotillon dinner
with very good effect. "From the chande
lier in the center of the dining-room," we
read, "depended 20 scarfs of gros grain rib
bon, each 3J4 yards long and nine inches
wide, heavily fringed, and richly adorned at
both ends with paintings of flowers and foli
age. These scarfs were so arranged that an
end of each came down to the place one of
the ladies was to occupy at the table, and
care was taken in their selection to have
colors harmonizing with the lady's dress and
complexion."
The Cotillon Dinner.
These cotillon dinners have been a pretty
fashion for two or three winters to enable
four or five young hostesses to give each a
dinner, the whole four to meet with their
guests at one house for a small german after
the dinner, each hostess comparing her list
with that of her neighbor so that there
should be no confusion. It is believed that
this device was the invention of the incom
parable Mr. McAllister, to whom society
owes a great deal. The fashionable society,
like the german, must have a leader some
one who will take trouble and think out
these elaborate details. Nowhere in Europe
is so much pains taken about this sort, of
adornment as here.
The menus of these cotillion dinners are
often water-color jpaintings worthy of pres
ervation. Sometimes a scene from one of
Shakespeare's plays, sometimes a copy of
some famous French pictures, iu either case
giving something delightfully artistic.
For a supper after a dance or during it,
the dishes arc placed on the table, and it is
served en buffet; but for a set down supper,
served at little tables, or large ones, the
service will be exactly like a dinner, except
that there is no soup or fish. Oysters on
the half-shell and bouillon in cups, repre
sent these two courses, sweatbreads and
green peas, cotellettes a la financiere, and
some sort of game in season, such as reed
birds in autumn, canvassback ducks, veni
son and woodcock, salads of every descrip
are served in order. Ices and fruit follow.
Cheese is not in order. A large centerpiece
of flowers is placed in the middle of the
table. Champagne, iced, is poured from the
beginning to the end; and old-fashioned
people put sherry and Madeira on in hand
some decanters. A slice of pate de foie gras
with tomato salad is indispensable.
M. E. V. Sherwood.
GETTING BID OF SU0EE.
A Platinum Wire Over a Gas Jet Will Clear
Up a Boom.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It is not generally known that platinum
at a white heat will consume any quantity,
of .tobacco smoke and keep the atmosphere
perfectly clear. Lamps with a ring of plat
inum over the flame are used for the purpose
in the East, but apieceof platinum wire
suspended over a gas jet is much cheaper,
and really does its work better.
No one'kno ws exactly the process whereby
we air is Cleared, as it lnvanuuiy is, out an
easier way to avoid annoyance to ladies or
non-smokers could hardly be imagined.
Heated platinum, however, only clears the
air, and does not purify it, dhd hence it
will not enable the sensitive man to breathe
freely in the vicinity of cigarette smokers.
Prices In Chicago.
Jay Gould told an intimate friend not
long ago that Chicago is the worst city in
the world foi a poor man to live in.
"In the first place," said Mr. Gould, "it
costs so much to live in Chicago that it isn't
worth it. Now the undertakers have raised
the price of funerals and it costs a poor
man so much to die that he can't afford it."
What's In a Name.
Maurice Barrymore has a big, ferocious
looking dog who exists easily and lazily
Under the questionable name of "Fish'
When asked the reason of christening such
a fine-looking animal in such a curious
fashion, Mr. Barrymore said: "Oh, he don't
and wont bite."
HAUNTS OF THE POET
So Beantiful That the Most Gifted
Pen Fails to Describe.
m THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTEICT.
Xatnre Has Prpduced a Little Realm of Per
petual Delight.
GREAT .MINDS THAT REVELLED THERE
COBIlESrOJinENCE OP Tint DISPATCH.
Ambleside, England, May( 8. A Ger
man writer has truly said: "There can be
no guide to a lover of nature but that love
itself." No pen painter who has ever lived
or will ever live, has limned or can ever de
pict in a page or a book the beauties of the
English lake region. There never has been
printed an adequate guide, and even were
the best one that conld be made provided,
the traveler who 'comes here to see with
eyes and heart would suffer greater from its
insufficiency than find delight -in its expo
sitions. This is true because, in the first place, no
one with pen or brrish can produce on a
single page or canvas a single picture com
prising manifold expression. It would be a
human impossibility to comprehend in any
series of descriptions or paintings the
myriad distinct and glowing scenes which
the region furnishes. And, even could this
be done, then there would still be lacking
all those glorious promptings to emotional
enjoyment from associative interest which
the beholder of the actual scene can never
have interpreted to him by another. In
many years' almost continuous travel in
Europe I have never come upon any other
place which so satisfied in endless
variety of change nnd mood every
faculty of vision and mind; every
pure activity of thought and memory;
every tender capability of heart and souk
Word Painting Is Inadequate.
You could make a great volumcfull of
glorious paintings, winsome descriptions,
exquisite incidents, memories almost as
comprehensive as the wide domain of Eng
lish literature, and sweet with tender phfl
osophizings; and then but have barely
hinted at the majestic book of nature and
reminiscence which lies open for the enjoy
ment of all who come. The village of Bow
ness is one of the quaintest and sweetest old
nests in England. It is a dreamful maze of
inextricable streets whose houses are al
most wholly covered with roses and ivy.
The east window of its square-towered little
church is one ofthe oldest in England, hav
ing been taken from that once most magni
ficent of all of England's ancient monastic
edifices, Furaess Abbey. The place is hid
den beneath gigantic trees on the eastern
shore of the queen of the English lakes,
Windermere.
Climb Brant Fell behind it. The lake,
immediately beneath to the west, sketching
from the lower Furness Fells, in Lancashire,
to Ambleside in Westmoreland, tonus a
liquid valley of blue, set with numberless
emerald islets, its mountain shores merging
into purple depths at the far north, where
grim Helvellyn lifts its curved crest beyond
the sublime-isolation af mighty Helm Crag.
The ocean blue of Morecambe Bay glints be
yond the puce sands of Lancaster to the
south. Esthwaite and Coniston Water glim
mer among the western fells, and Hard Knot
and Coniston Old Man form mighty sentinels
in the background in the direction of the
Irish sea. .
Wave on Wave of Somber Fir.
It is a sublime spectacle. But along with
it is the ever welcome element of soft and
tender beauty. The lower masses of larch
nearest the water's edge are like gigantic
pillows of emerald. These merge in grace
ful lines into the more somber fir, which,
bank on bank and wave on wave above roll
upward in noble undulations, often to the
very crests of lofty mountains; while half
seen cottages peeping from mountain sides,
gray old chapels nestling in patches,
of sunlight, splendid halls and manor
houses perched upon lower promontories,
and countless pleasure craft specking the
waters of Windermere, and to the exulta
tion of an exalting solitude that happy
consciousness of certain, if isolate, nearness
toman.
Feast as you may at nature's lavish board,
the undertones are ever heard. Over yon
der by Coniston Water, gray and scowling
John Buskin, a prisoner in his own home,
lovely Brantwood, presses his pale face
against the window-panes and stares with
strangely-lighted eyes at the wondrous
world without, but knows it not. for mad
phantasms possess his darkened mind. You
uau see j.uu uaiei auu. gieus wmun iv orus
worth loved and haunted. Near Brantwood
is Tent Lodge, where Lord Tennyson once
lived, dreamed and wrote. , Hear, gentle
Gerald Massey wooed those pensive spirits
with whom he so wholly lived, and in whose
actual though impalpable presence he so
undeniably believed.
Great Intellects at Itccreation.
Then a sturdier lot appear. Just below
Bowness to the left, Storrs Hall is seen. It
was here that in 1825 such giants as the
statesman Canning, the philosopher, novel
ist and poet, "Christopher North" (Prof.
Wilson), the laureate of England and bard
of the lakes, Wordsworth, and Scotland's
greatest romancer, Sir Walter Scott,met and
held high mental carnival, while disporting
like a bevy of school boys, and terminated
the illustrious occasion by a brilliant regatta
on Windermere in charge of Wilson as
"Admiral of the Lakes." It would have
been worth a year of ordinary namby-pamby
life to have sat silent among them and
listened during those rare and radiant days.
Windermere, but a continuation of Bow
ness, is modern. The London and North
western Eailway penetrates to this point.
In the place of Bowness, which is now left
in drcamftl quiet, it has become the
southern metropolis of the region;
just as Keswick, to which you can come by
rail from the northeast, is the northern me
tropolis. The situation of Windermere is
entrancing. It is stately in splendid inns
and surrounding country seats, similar to
the grand mansions along the Hudson. The
place, with its modern suggestions and
countless arriving and departing coach-loads
of tourists, sinks out of sight beneath the
giant forest trees, when you have climbed
to the summit of ,Orrest Head, where the
prospect is still grander than that from
Brant Fell, behind Bowness; for you are.
nearer the head of tho vale of Windermere,
where the encroaching mountain walls are
highest, and the noble lake itself makes the
broadest expanses.
Tho Plot of Bohert FJsmere.
But near as this is to the steam whistle
and coach-horn, the undertones are even
here. From Orrest Head, the haunts of
every poet or prose writer ofthe region,
save those of Coleridge and Shelley about
Keswick, are again visible. Windermere
with its glorious foreground of foliage is
seen in its entire length. Bange after range
OI lOKe mountains rise uujfimu u to me west.
The valley of Ambleside lays like a half
defined glen of purple to the north, darken
ing at its edges, changing to livid green
along the higher ranges, the crags of Helm,
Fairfield and Nab Scar forming great peaks
of sun-kissed -splendor above. A mass of
mountain tops and misty passes lie to
ward TJllswater in the northeast. Along
the ridges toward the Yorkshire moors, one
purple furrow shows where was hid the plot
of "Itobert Elsmerc," in Longsleddale.
Besides, here are the woods and waters of
Elleray. No Cumbrian home ever held a
bigger frame, a greater heart or a loftier
ana tenderer soul than the mansion of Elle
ray. The place is now just as it was when
it was "Christopher North's" earthly
paradise, with ''several roofs shelving
away there in the luster of loveliest lich
ens, each roof with its own assortment of
doves and pigeons preening their pinions
in the morning pleasaunee;" and the
giant sycamore, of which Prof- Wilson
himself said, "not even in the days ofthe
Druids, could ther fcavs ben such another
tree," still shelters Elleray with its mighty
arms. .
A Picturcsq.no Old Water MID.
But six miles to the north of the village
ofWindermcre,lies Ambleside,more ancient,
in that it was bnce an important Boman sta
tion, than any other village of the lake re
fion. Like Bowness, the entire place is
idden in masses of foliage ana bloom.
Numberless tiny mountain streams tumble
through it, and one turns the wheel of the
quaintest and most picturesque water mill
m England. Here in a few moments' walk
one comesto the famous Stock Ghyll Force;
and to the east and higher still rises the
huge ridge of Wonsfell, with "its visionary
majesties of light," as Wordsworth sang.
From its summit grander prospects meet
the eye than at Bowness or Windermere.
Yet with all"-the entrancing excursions
among the scenic glories roundabout, more
pilgrims come to Ambleside because one
woman gave its name to the whole world.
That woman was Harriet Martineau.
"Skeptic" some called her. She held that
she had passed the boundaries of skepticism
and dwelt in a life of absolute faith. No
one need grieve for her "views," when they
resulted in so grand and diligent a life. !N o
woman ever lived who accomplished more
actual literary labor, or iu that labor did
more for the world's progress and human
ity at large. Her old home "The
Knoll" is not a stone's throw from
the highway, but is so imbedded
in foliage as to be invisible from
it. Just a few steps through a mass
ive gateway, over a drive shadowy from
laurel, hawthorn, beeches and holly, brings
you to a sunny terrace aflame with flowers;
and then facing about, the outlines of the
house are gradually traced through masses
ot ivy pushing to the very eaves. The gray
old Westmoreland stone can only here and
there be seen. The large bay windows are
half hidden by jasmine, climbing roses and
passion flowers. And the huge chimneys
and gables hint of the houses ot Elizabeth'a
time. The older villagers say the light ot
Ambleside went out when they bore
Harriet Martineau's body to its grave
in the old cemetery at Birmingham.
But it seems to me her good and
kindly face must still be shining
there with the blossoms from those great
bay windows. Just before you reached
Ambleside you could turn aside a few steps
from the highway and see in Dove Nest,
the former home of Mrs. Hemans. Imme
diately opposite -The Knoll, where lived
Miss Martineau, though hidden by the ma
jestic trees which line the banks of the
Kothay river is another fine old mansion,
Fox' Howe, where the great Dr. Arnold
passed the happiest hours of his life. Then
to the right ot the highway, not a mile from
The Knoll, is Bydal Mount, Wordsworth's
home described in the preceding article. In
the sweet old village of. Grasmere you will
find the tombs of Wordsworth and Hartley
Coleridge, in the graveyard of Grasmere
Church.
The Custom of Boshbearlng.
It is in, this church, dedicated to Saint
Oswald, so old that British antiquarians
cannot fix its origin, that the curious and
ancient custom of "Bushbcaring" has been
continued from the mists of antiquity to
the present time. Traces of rushbearing
maybe met in some other northern local
ities. It has been revived at Ambleside.
But this is the one sacred edifice in all Eu
rope where the custom has been continu
ous irom time immemorial. u very ancient
times rushbearing seems -to have formed a
portion ofthe Feast of Dedication, and the
processional bearing of rushes for the re
newal of floors, whose place they often
wholly supplied, was attended with much
pomp and ceremony. Many of the remote
early English churches had no other floors
than the bare earth, with now and then a
line of rude flags along the aisles, and this
church of St. Oswald's was provided with a
complete floor only as late as 1840. Up to
that time the small rushes which grow npon
ihe fells, provincially known as "sieves,"
were gathered and brought to the church
from Langdale in carts. Tall poles, often
large holly boughs, were provided for the
"bearings." These, curiously decorated with
crosses, harps, wreaths and frequently with
paper-flower serpents twining around them,
were carried about the village, often fol
lowed by four maidens with a flower
bordered sheet filled with the sacred rushes.
When the rushes were all strewn in the
church, usually on Saturday afternoon,
"Jimmy Dawson," the fiddler of Grove
Cottage, struck up a "Bushbearing March"
of unknown antiquity. He headed a pro
cession forming at the village bridge. After
this had threaded all the stre'ets and wynds
of Grasmere, it returned to the old church,
where the wardens, after an ancient usage,
presented each ofthe bearers with twopence
worth of gingerbread, paid for out of the
church collections.
The rushbearing of Grasmere now occurs
on Saturday in the second .week of August.
The procession, still moving forward to the
strains of "Jimmy Dawson's March," fol
lows St. Oswald's banner; and, scattering
flowers and rushes, proceeds around the en
tire village. Bushbearing hymns and a
hymn to St. Oswald are sung. Games fcr
children are provided in the rectory field.
Wrestling, '"putting the stone." running
and leaping are indulged in by countryside
champions. Bushbearing hymns are chanted
at the church gate. A choral evensong is
sung at 7 o'clock, and old-time distribution
of gingerbread, dancing and other rural
festivities are continued until midnight.
Edgae L. Wakejiait.
LETTERS HAED TO FIND.
Two Initials of Designer Morgan Hidden on
the Silver Dollar.
It is generally believed that the letter
"M," to be seen on the neck of Liberty on
the face of the silver dollar, means "Mint"
and is proof of its genuineness. The Phil
adelphia Secord says this is not true, but
that the "31" stands for Morgan, George T.
Morgan, who is the originator of the de
sign. Upon the same side there is another "M,"
also the initial of the designer. This is to
be found -in the waving locks of the fair
goddess, and it is so cleverly concealed in
the lines of the design that it can only be
seen after a long scrutiny. A prominent
Mint official, in speaking of this other in
itial, said that he had had it shown to him
scores of times, but never could find it un
assisted. MUST HAYE THEIR QUOTA OF HEADS.
livers of Borneo Not Accepted Until They
Have Killed So Many Men.
When the Very Bev. Thomas Jackson
went to the Island of Borneo among the
head hunters the people had a habit of col
lecting the heads of their enemies. The
women all demanded warrior husbands, and
the ability of a warrior was judged by the
number of heads he had gathered. When a
man proposed marriage to a woman she in
variably asked : "How many heads have
you?"
If he did not have enough to suit her she
would tell him to go and not to return until
he had half a dozen or a dozen more. The
priest3 have made a little headway toward
discouraging this custom, but it is still a
custom.
MOLTKE'S 0PDTI01T OF STANLEY.
Thought the Explorer a Vagrant Soldier
Oat for the Hard Cash.
rrof. Joest tells me that he had a
conversation with Moltke about the Afri
can exploration some time ago, says a Ber
lin correspondent of The Dispatch. "He
asked me many questions about Stanley,"
said the Professor, and he concluded by
bluntly demanding, "He is one of these
marauders, is he not one of-the type of
the vagrant soldier of the middle ages who
would do anything for money?"
Moltke, however, on the other hand, de
scribed Major Wissmann as a "most deserv
ing young dog." The veteran added, with
emphasis, "He treats those black devils as
they ought to be treated. It would not do
to play with them. Tight cravats, and not
Bibles, are wanted there."
Ixjts of Stray Clothing.
This is the tints when people toko c2
their OTrcoaU and vrasi and feel io wars
that they forget them and leave them In
stores, halls' and street cars. It may seem
queer to think of a man getting out of a
street car and leaving his overcoat, but tho
conductors say this is frequently done.
BEP0BTED HIS OWN SUICIDE.
A Prussian Sofdier"s Statement to the
Captain of tho Guards.
The Prussian soldier is so strict in- all
matters affecting his military service that he
seems to carry his discipline to the grave
with him. A Captain in the Guards re
ceived the other day a curious letter from
one of his men, written in the most formal
and official manner, which made the follow
ing curious announcement:
I have the honor to report most dutifully
that I have committed suicide by shooting
myself with the rifle provided for my use by
tho grace of His aiajesty. The three females
survinfvlTi thft hnnsa ot-mv master. Cantata
X , haye driven ino to commit this act. I.
trust that His Majesty's uniform will not ho
spoiled on account oi tnis, my last act oi in
subordination. Then follows the name of the unfortunate
soldier and his military description, written
with the most scrupulous exactitude.
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