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THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15. 1891.
BSJMhSiiiiJltBifei3QSixpM
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE.
BY CONAN
I had called upon my friend, 3d"r. Sher
lock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last
year, and found him in deep conversation!.
with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gen
tleman, -with fiery red hair.
The portly client puffed out his chest with)
an appearance of some little pride, and1
pulled a dirty and wrinkled new spaper from
the inside pocket of his great coat.
As he glanced douu the advertisements
column, uth his head thrust forward audi
the per flattened out upon his knee, I"!
took a good look at the mau, and endeav
ored, after the fashion of my companion, to-
read the indications which might be pre
sented by his dress or appearance.
I did not gain very much, however, by
my inspection. Our visitor bore every
mark of being an average commonplace
British tradesman, obese, pompous and
f-low. He wore rather baggvgray shepherd's
check trousers, a not over clean black frock
coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab
waistcoat, with a heavy brassy Albert chain,
and a square pierced bit ot metal dangling
dow n as an ornament. A frayed top hat
and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled
velvet collar lay upon a chair, beside him.
Altogether, look as I would, there was
nothing remarkable about the man save
his blazing red head and the expression of
extreme chagrin and discontent upon his
features.
"Can vou not find the advertisement, 3Ir.
"Wilson?" asked Holmes.
"Yes, I have got it now," he answered,
with his thick, red firiger planted half-way
down the column. "Here it is. This is
wliat began it all. You just read it for
yourself, sir."
I took the paper from him, and read as
follows:
To the Ecd-Hcaded League.
On account of the bequest of the lato
Ezekiah Hopkins of Lebanon, Penn., U. fa.
A., there is now another vacancs' open
which entitles a. member of the league to a
salary of 1 a week for purely nominal ser
vices. All red-headed men who are sound
in body and mind and above the age of 21
vears are eligible. Applv in person on Mon
day, at 11 o'clock, to Duncan Ross, at the
oflico of the leagne, 7 Pope's court. Fleet
street.
"What on earth does this mean?" I ejacu
lated, aficr I had twice read over the ex
traordinary announcement
Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair,
as i as his habit when in high spirits. Then
he said:
"Very good.. X ow, 3Ir. "Wilson?"
"WclOt i just aslhavc beentellingyou,
Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Jabez Wilson,
Mopping his forehead. "I have a small
pawnbroker'sbnsiness at Coburg square,near
the city. It's not a very large affair, and of
late years it has not done more than just
give "me a living. I used to be able to keep
two assistants, but now I only keep one: and
I would have a job to pay him, but that he
is willing to come for half wages so as to
Jearn the business.
"What is the name of this obliging
Youth? asked feherlock Holmes.
"His name is Vincent Spauldiug, and he's
not such a Youth either.
"He is still with you, I presume?"
"Yes, sir. He and a girl of 14, who does
n bit of simple cooking and keeps the place
clean that's all I have in the house, for I
am a widower, and never had any family.
Ve live very quietly, sir, the three of us;
and we keep a roof over onr heads, and pay
our debts, if we do nothing more.
"The first thing that put us out was that
advertisement. Spaulding, he came down
into the office jut this day eight weeks
with this very paper in his hand, and he
Eavs:
'I wish to the Lord, Sir. "Wilson, that
I was a red-headed man. '
" Whv that?' I asks.
" 'Why.' savs he, 'here's another vacancv
-on the League of the Red-Headed ilen. It's
worth quite a little fortune to anv man who
gets it. If my hair would only change
color, here's a Iiice little crib already for me
tostepinto.'
" 'Why, what is it, then?" I asked.
"'Have you neer heard of the Leagueof
Red-Headed Men?' he asked, with his eyes
open. 'Why, 1 wonder at that, for you are
eligible yourself for one of the vacancies. '
""And what are they worth?' I asked.
"Oh, merely a couple of hundred a year,
hut the work is slight and i'. need not inter
fere i cry much with one's other occupa
tion.' "Well, you can easily think that that
made no prick up my ears. 'Tell me all
about it," said I.
" 'Well, ' said he, show ing me the adver
tisement, you can see for yourself that the
league has a vacancy, and there is the ad-(Ire-
where you should apply lor particu
lars. Asfaraslcau make out the league
was founded by an American millionaire,
Ezekiah Hopkins, who was very peculiar
in his ways. He was himself red-headed,
and he had a great sj mpathy for all red
headed men: so. when he died it was found
that he had left Jus enormous fortune in the
hands of trustees, with instructions to apply
the interest to the providing of easy berths
to men w hose hair is of that color. From
all I hear it is splendid pay, and very little
to do.'
"Spaulding seemed to know so much
about it that I thought he might prove use
ful, so I just ordered him to put up the
thuttcrs for the day and to come right away
with me. He was very willing to have a
holiday, so we shut the business up and
started off for the address that was given us
in the advertisement.
"There was nothing in the office but a
couple of wooden chairs and a deal table,
behind which tat a small man, with a head
that was even redder than mine.
'"This is Mr. Jabez "Wilson," said my as
sistant, 'and he is willing to fill a vacancy
in the league."
" 'And he i admirably suited for it," the
other answered. 'He lias every require
ment I cannot recall when I have seen
anything bo fine.' He took a step back
ward, cocked his head on one .side and gazed
at my hair uutil I felt quite bashful. Then
suddenly he plunged lorward, wrung my
hand, and congratulated me warmly on my
success.
" 'It would be injustice to wait," said he.
'You will, how ever, I am ture, excuse me
for taking an obtious precaution." "With
that he seized my hair in both his hands,
and tugged until I yelled with pain.
" 'My name,' said he, 'is Mr Duncan
Ross, and I am myself one of the pensioners
upon the fund left by our noble benefactor.
"When shall vou be able to enter upon your
new duties?"
" 'Well, it is a little awkward, for I have
a business alreadv,' said L
" 'Oh, never m'ind about that, Mr. "Wll
Eon!' said Vincent Spaulding. 'I shall be
able to look after that for vou."
" 'What would be the hours?" I asked.
"Ten to two"
"NTow a pawnbroker's business is mostly
done of an evening, Mr. Holmes, especially
Thursdav and Friday evening, which is iust
before pay dav; so it would suit me very-
wen to earn u nine u me mornings, iie
fcides I knew that my assistant was a good
man and that he would see to anything that
turned up.
" 'That would suit me verv well," said L
And the pay?'
"'Is Hi a week."
" 'And the work?"
" 'Well, you have to be in the office, or at
least in thebuilding, the whole lime. If vou
laave you lorlcit your whole position "for
ever. The will is very clear upon that
point. You don't comply with the condi
tions if you budge from the office during
that time."
" 'It's only four hours a day, and I should1
not think of leaving," said L
" '2To excuse will avail," said Mr. Duncan
Ross, 'neither sickness nor business, nor
anything else. There you must stay or you
lose your billet."
"'And the work?"
.- ... .W.. VUV .UV. ..Ub.l.lUIlUlli
Jintannica.
There is the first volume of j
:. You must find your "own j
j: in that p-ess. You must hnu yourTiwn
DOYLE.
iink, pens and blotting paper, but we pro
vide this table and chair. Will you be
ficady to-morrow?"
" 'Certainly,' I answered.
" 'Then, goodbv, Mr. Jabez "Wilson.
"Well, I thought over the matter all day,
'and by evening I was in low spirits again,
for I had quite persuaded myself that the
"whole affair must be some great hoax or
fraud, though what its object might be I
could not imagine.
"Vincent Spaulding did what he could to
cheer me up, but by bedtime I had reasoned
myself out of the whole thing. However,
in the morning I determined to have a look
at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle
of ink, and with a quill pen and seven
sheets of foolscap paper, I started off for
Pope's court.
"Well, to my surprise and delight every
thing was as right as possible. The table
was set out ready for me, and Mr. Duncan
Ross was there "to see that I got fairly to
work.
"He started me oft upon the letter A, and
then he left me; but he would drop in from
time to time to see that all was right with
me. At 2 o'clock he bade me good day,
complimented me upon the amount that I
had written, and locked the door of the
office after me.
"This went on dav after day, 3Ir. Holmes,
and on Saturday the manager came in and
planked down "four golden sovereigns for
my week's work. It was the same next
week, and the same the week after.
Every morning I was there at 10, and
THIS IS WHAT BEGAN IT ALL.
everv afternoon I left bv 2. By degrees Mr.
Duncan Ross took to coming in only onco of
a morning, and then, alter a time, lie ma not
come in at all.
"Still, of course, I never dared to leave
the room for an instant, for I was not sure
when he might come, and the billet was such
a good one, and suited me so well, that I
would not risk the loss of it.
"Eight weeks passed away like this, and
I had written about Abbots, and Archery,
and Armour, and Architecture, and Attica,
nnd hoped with diligence that I might get
on to the Bs belong long. It cost me some-'
thing in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly
filled a shelf with my writings. And then
suddenly the whole business came to an
end."
"To an end?"
"Yes, sir. And no later than this morn
ing. I weut to my work as Usual at 10
o'clock, but the door was shut and locked,
with a little square of cardboard hammered
on to the middle of the panel with a tack.
Here it is, and you can read lor yourself."
He held up a piece of cardboard, about
the size of a sheet of notepaper. It read in
this fashion:
The Bed-He ided Leaqdi :
. -
": is :
Dissolved. Oct. 9, 1891 -
Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this
curt announcement and the rneful face be
hind it, until the comical side of the affair
so completely overtopped every other con
sideration that we both burst out into a roar
of laughter.
"Pray what steps did you take when you
found tlie card upon the door?" at last in
quired Holmes.
'I was staggered, sir. I did not know
what to do. Then I called at the offices
around, but none of them seemed to know
anything about it. Finally I went to the
landlord, who is an accountant living on
the ground floor, and asked him if he could
tell ine what had become of the Red-Headed
League. He said that he had never heard of
any such body. Then I asked him who Mr.
Duncan Ross was. He answered that the
name was new to him."
" 'Well,' said I, 'the gentleman at Ko. 4."
" 'Oh,' said he, 'the red-headed man?
His name is "William Morris. He was a
solicitor, and was using my room as a tem
porary convenience until lus new premises
were ready. Hemoved out yesterday to his
now offices, No. 17 King Edward street,near
St, Paul's."
"I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I
rrnt. tn that address it was a manufactory of
artificial knee-caps, and no one in it had-
ever heard of either Mr. William Morris or
Mr. Duncan Ross, so I went home to Saxe
Coburg square, and I took the advice of my
assistant. But he could not help me in any
wav."
"Well, Watson," said Holmes, when our
visitor had left us, "what do you make of it
all?"
"I make nothing of it," I answered,
frankly. "It is a most mysterious busi-
"This business at Coburg square is seri-I
ous," said Holmes; "J. shall want your neip
to-night."
"At what time?"
"Ten will be earlv enough."
"I shall be at Baker street at 10."
"Very wellv And, I say, doctor 1 there
may be" some little danger, so kindly put
vour army revolver in your pocket."
It was 9:15 when I started from home and
made my way across the park, and so
through Oxford street to Baker street.
Two hansoms were standing at the door,
and, as I entered the passage, I heard the
sound of voices from above.
On entering his room I found Holmes in
animated conversation with two men, one
of whom I recognized as Peter Jones, the
official police agent, while the other was a
long, thin, sad-faced man, with a verv
shiny hat and oppressively respectable frock
coat.
"Ha! our party is complete," said
Holmes, buttoning up his peajacket and
taking his heavy hunting crop from the
rack. "Watson, I think vou know Mr.
T
Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me introduce
j you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our
I companion in to-night s att venture.
"I hope a wild goose may nqt prove to be
the end of our chase," observed Mr. Merry
I weather gloomily.
"I think you will find," said Sherlock
TInlmpa "fnof vnn will Tlnv fnr n bifrlmr
stake to-night than vou have ever done jet,
and that the play "will be more exciting.
MftwsW M
SI-TTTT fTTT H TTTJ C1?T7Pn TVT V TT A TT
For you, Mr. Merryweather, the stake will
be some 30,000; and for you, Jones, it will
be the man upon whom you wish to lay
your hands. "
"John Clay, the murderer, thief, smasher
and forger," said the police agent in.expla
nation. "He's a young man, Mr. Merry
weather, but he ist the head of his profes
sion, and I would rather haye my bracelets
on him than on any criminal in'London.
He's a remarkable man, is young John
Clay.
"His grandfather was a royal duke, and
he himself has been to Eton and Oxford.
His brain is as cunning as his fingers, and
though we meet signs of him at every turn,
we never know where to find the man him
self. "He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week,
and be raising money to build an orphanage
in Cornwall the next. I've been on his
track for years, and have never set eyes on
him vet."
Sherlock Holmes was not very commnni
cative during the long drive, and lay back
in the cab humming the tunes which he had
heard in the afternoon.
We rattled through an endless labyrinth
of gas-lit streets until we emerged into Far
rington street, and had reached the same
crowded thoroughfarein which we had found
ourselves in the morning.
Our cabs w ere dismissed, and, following
the guidance of Mr. Merryweather, we
passed down a narrow passage and through
a side door which he opened for us. With
in there was a small corridor, which ended
in a very massive iron gate. This also was
opened, and led down a flight of winding
stone steps which terminated at another
formidable gate.
Mr. Merryweather stopped to light a lan
tern and then conducted us down a dark,
earth-smelling passage, and so, after open
ing a third door, into a huge vault or cellar,
which was piled all around with crates and
massive boxes.
The solemn Mr. Merryweather perched
himself upon a crate, with a very injured
expression upon his face, while Holmes fell
upon his knees upon the floor, and, with
the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to
examine minutely the cracks between the
stones.
A few seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for
he sprang to his feet again and put his glass
in his pocket.
"We have at least an hour before us," he
remarked, "for they can hardly take any
steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in
bed. Then they will not lose a minute, for
the sooner they do their work the longer
time they will have for their escape.
"We are at present, doctor as no doubt
you have divined in the cellar of the city
branch of one of the principal London
banks. Mr. Merryweather is the chairman
of directors, and he will explain toyou that
there are reasons why the more daring crim
inals of London Bhould take considerable
interest in this cellar at present."
"It is our French gold," whispered the'
director. "We have had several warnings
that an attempt might be made upon it."
"Your French gold?" .
"Yes. We had occasion some months ago
to strengthen our resources, and borrowed,
for that purpose, 30,000 napoleons from the
Bank of France. It has become known that
we have never had occasion to unpack the
moncv, and that it is still lying in our cel
lar. The crate upon which I sit contains
2,000 napoleons, packed between layers of
lead foil." . . .
"Now," observed Holmes, "it is time
that we arrange our little plans. I expect
that within an hour matters will come to a
head. In the meantime, Mr. Merryweather,
w e must put the screen over that dark lan
tern." "And sit in the dark?"
"I am afraid so. And, first of all, we
must choose our positions. These are dar
ing men, and though we shall take them at
a disadvantage, they may do us some harm,
unless we are careful.
"I shall stand behind this crate, and do
vou conceal yourself behind those. Then,
when I flash a light upon them, close in
swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no com
punction about shooting them down."
I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the
COPYING TIIE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
top of the wooden case behind which I
crouched.
Holmes shot the slide across the front of
his lantern and left us in pitch darkness
.such an absolute darkness as I have never
before experienced. The smell of hot metal
-remained to assure us that the light was
still there, ready to flash out at a moment's
notice.
To me, with my nerves worked up to a
.pitcn oi expectancy, mere was someming
depressing aud subduing in the sudden,
gloom and in the cold, dank air of the:
vault.
"They have but one retreat," whispered
Holmes. That is back throuuh the house
linto Saxe-Coburg square. I hope that you
,have done what I asked you, Jones?
"I have au inspector and two officers
waiting af the front door."
"Then we have stopped all the holes.
And now we must bo silent and wait."
From my position I could look over the
case in the direction of the door. Suddenly
my eyes caught the glint of a light.
At first it was but a lurid spark on the
stone pavement. Then it lengthened out
until it became a yellow line, and then,
without any warning or sound, a gash
seemed to open aud a hand appeared, a
white, almost womanly hand, which felt
about in the center of the little area of
light.
For a minute or more the hand, with its
writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.
Then it was withdrawn as suddenly as it
nyinpnrurt anil nil iraa Hrlr flcrnin mva ia
.single lurid spark, which marked a chink
between the stones.
Its disappearance, however, was but mo
mentary. With a rending, tearing sound,
one of the broad, white stones turned over
upon its side, and left a square, gaping hole,
through which streamed the light of a lan
tern. Over the edge there peeped a clean-cut,
boyish face, which looked keenly about,
and then, with a hand on either side of the
aperture, drew itself shoulder high and
waist high, until one knee rested upon the
edge.
In another instant he stood at the side of
the hole, and was hauling after him a com
panion, lithe and small like himself, with a
pale face and a shock of very red hair.
"It's all clear," he whispered. "Have
you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott!
Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for itl"
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and
seized the intruder by the collar. The
other dived down the hole, and I heard the
sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at
his skirts. The light flashed upon the bar
rel of a revolver, but Holmes' hunting crop
came down on the man's wrist, and the pis
tol clinked upon the stone floor.
it s no use, John Clay, anas Vincent
Spaulding," said Holmes blandly. "You
have no chance at all."
"So I see," the other answered, with the
.utmost coolness. "I fancy that my pal is all
right, though I see you have got his coat
tail." "There are three men waiting for him at
the door," said Holmes.
"Oh, indeed. You seem to have done the
thing very completely. I must compliment
you."
"You'll tee your pal again presently,"
said Jones. "He's quicker at climbing
down holes than I am. Just hold out while
I fix the darbies. Now would you please
march upstairs, where we can get a cab to
carry you to the police station. '
And John Clay walked quietly off in the
custody of the detective.
"Really, Mr. Holmes," said Mr. Merry
weather, as we followed them from the cel
lar, "I do not know how the bank can
thank you or repay you. There is no
doubt that you have detected and defeated
THE FIGHT IN THE CELI.AE.
in the most complete manner one of the
most determined attempts at bank rob
bery that have ever come within my experi
ence." "You see, Watson," Sherlock Holmes
explained in the early hours of the morn
ing, as we sat over a glass of whisky and
soda in Baker street, "it was perfectly ob
vious from the first that the only possible
object of this rather fantastic business of
the advertisement of the league, and the
copying of the 'Encvclopedia.' must be to
get this not-over-bright pawnbroker ont of
the way for a number of hours every day.
The method was, no doubt, suggested to
Clay's ingenious mind by the color of his
accomplice's hair."
A NEW STORY Next Sunday TdE DIS
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Emma Y. Sheridan, the actress and author
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The Allan State Line's Latest Addition
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The "State of California" is the first high
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The vessel has a number of novel arrange
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With Suggestions That Will Help
Girls to Look Pretty.
HOW NOTED WOMEN AIDED NATURE
In the Matter of Producing Delicate Tints
on Fine Features.
WHAT IS BEING' AND WILL BE WORN
A costume seen at a recent fashionable
gathering was of light beige cloth, with the
enect oi a corselet
and skirt made to
gether and worn
over an underbody
of chiffon and silk
of the same color.
The skirt is em
broidered very
tastefully u p and
down the front, and
the bottom of the
skirt and the top of
the o or selet are
edged with a nar
row border of feath
ers. Another nret
ty invention oijthe
week is a gown of
aray Bedford cord.
Of LlgU Beige. It is trimmed with
steel passementerie and has a vest of white
broadcloth, ornamented with cross-bars of
steel and a jabot of fine gray embroidered
chiffon. A cape of the same material, with
a gray velvet Medici collar edged with
feathers, accompanies it when worn ,ontof
doors. A beautiful costume of Parisian
origin is a "peignoir a la Venitienne." It
is of thin faience blue cloth, with an em
broidered empiecement opening over a very
light blue gauze chemisette ana skirt. The
sleeves are very bouffantes and are made of
gauze embroidered with beads. The cuffs
are of blue cloth.
Certain teetotal advocates, correspond
ents of a religious paper, have been arguing
that when Paul advised Timothy to "use a
little wine" he intended the alcoholic stim
ulant for external application only. How
ever ludicrous the idea of rubbing wine out
side "for the stomach's sake" may be, says
Mrs. Fenwick Miller, a London writer, it
would not be so absurd a prescription as ap
pears at first if Timothy s "many infirmi
ties" included a bad .complexion. Red
wine (i. e., burgundy or claret), with an
equal quantity of rosewater, is an old pre
scription as a tonic for the skin. It, is an
astringent, and might be useful, if indus
triouslv rubbed on wrinkles, in partially re
moving them.
Mary Queen of Scots, indeed, used to
bathe in French wine. Her beauty must
assuredly have been a combination of fine
coloring and personal magnetism, for
those who saw the various portraits of her
in the Stuart Exhibition can no longer be
lieve in the lovelines's of her features. Even
the most charming of those portraits tho
one belonging to successive monarchs al
most from her own day, and known as the
Windsor miniature,froin which it is believed
that the face (really beautiful) on the West
minster Abbey tomb was copied shows her
as rather dignified and interesting than
beautiful. What, then, can have been her
charm? Be sure that complexion had much
to do with it, and grace and attractive ways
yet more. Well, we cannot find a prescrip
tion for that combination of many excel
lences which we call grace, but it is some
thing to know that this famous beauty used
wine baths for her skin. There is a letter in
the record office from the Earl of Shrews
bury complaining that the allowance made
to him for the expenses of the Queen of
Scots and her suite was insufficient; and,
among the other heavy expenses to which
he was put by her Majesty's presence, he
records the purchase of hogsheads of French
wine for "this Queen's baths."
Diana de Valentlnois, the marvelous
beauty who is said to have been as lovely
to look upon at 70
years old as In her
youth, "and above
all, her skin had a
wonderful white
ness," was, in her
own time, believed
to use a complexion
wash containing dis
solved gold. But
those who can by no
means afford any
such extravagant
luxury may be com
forted by being told
that Diana's physi
cian, after her death, VenUian Peignoir.
deolared that she never used anything ex
cept rain water and dew gathered before
the sun rose. Rain water caught as it falls
is "soft" i. e., free from lime and this is
advantageous for cleansing purposes. Dis
tilled waser, too, is known to be far prefer
able to ordinary well or spring water for
the complexion. In cases of very delicate
skin a thin oatmeal gruel and no soap is
found excellent.
' There is no point on which authorities on
this extremely important subject differ
more than on the use of grease for the face.
Some of them say that it is a fatal practice;
and, of course, it seems, as amatterof logic,
that it must be injurious to fill the pores of
the skin with fat. But, then, on the other
hand, the skin has in itself a natural fat,
which does more or less come to the sur
face; and experience seems to show that
very often an addition to this natural sup
ply does nothing but good. The most strik
ing illustration that we all of us know of a
lovely complexion remaining unimpaired to
an age at which such charms have generally
faded the illustrious lady who must by
this time be tired of being told that she
looks the younger sister of ner son is ac
customed to use a "cream" (that is, of
course, a pure fat) to her face instead of
soap and water, except once a day.
I think that the most dazzling complexion
that I have ever seen, says .Mrs. Miller,
was that of the' late
Dr. Anna Kingsford;
she was a beautiful
woman in every way,
but her complexion
was unrivalled; it
was so soft, so clear,
and so unwrinkled,
though she was a
hard student aud
even an original
thinker. She used
cold cream daily to
her face, and the last
time I saw her, two
moths before she died
of consumption, I
could not resist re
marking to her that
her face looked the
same as ever. She
said pathetically: "It
Gray Summer Gotvn. must feed on the cold
cream that I still have put upon it." Her
complexion was unspoiled, though she was
then 40 years old, and her figure was wasted
by illness. One thing is certain that
women who rouge, whether for the stage or
as a daily habit (a bad, deceptive,
and demoralizing habit, mind!) must always
keep the paint out of the pores by
rubbing grease on first, or they will poison
their skin. What does Jeremiah call it?
"Rending" the face,with paint a phrase as
true as it is expressive. Actresses, how
ever, who nightly "make up" their faces
artistically with grease paints, have Gen
erally good complexions; really good, when
not "made up" and off' tne stage. Miss Mary
Moore made this remark to me recently as I
sat chatting with her and Mrs. Bernard
Beere; and certainly those ladies were both
striking illustrations of the truth of the ob
servation; but not more so than many other
actresses. So I think it must be conclnded
that the use of nice "cream" is good for the
complexion.
As a relief for oppressed and crowded
housekeepers who must live in flats,
wouldn't it be a good idea to include in the
building of the modern apartment house a
recess ot suitable size into which a paneled
frame, with suitable machinery for raising
and lowering, folding beds shoulft be fitted.
This frame would answer the purpose of a
bedstead, into which an ordinary woven
wire mattress could be fastened with bolts.
The dread of the average fiat-dweller is the
bed problem, and if in rooms intended for
sleeping apartments there could be these
frames, forming a pa-t of the building, it
would be as great a convenience as the sta
tionary range.
i
At late summer garden parties the toilets
are well worth studying, says the New York
Recorder. Sleeveless jack'ets over shirt
waists of red surah are worn on occasions
not too formal. Apple green with black is
a mixture one sees often, and pinkish gray,
creamy fawn and rosy lilac come out con
stantly. One of the prettiest of this week's
Two Garden Gowns.
festivities was held in a hollyhock garden
on Long Island. Tree hollyhocks, covered
with great white flowers with fruity red
pistils; bush hollyhocks with white flowers
seamed with pink and purple, and tall herb
hollyhocks, with vivid scarlet and crimson
blossoms, edged the paths and made bright
avenues.
Flowered muslins walked up and down
among the flowers, under broad garden hats
and broader and brighter parasols. Every
frock without exception was made in the
simplest fashion, with broad ribbons at neck
or belt to relieve tho Dolly "Varden effect,
or, as often happened, to make it more no
ticeable. A pink and brown flowered or
gandie was one of the costumes of which
notes were made. Velvet to match the
brown was laid in narrow ribbon stripes
about the skirt and niade the peasant bodice.
Velvet ribbons banded the light yellow hair
in fillet fashion. Bronze slippers were worn
with bronze stockings.
Surely soon there willbe no single field of
effort left untrodden by the daring foot of
the end-of-the-century maiden I Quite a
sensation was caused by Miss Leale's fairly
successful shooting at "the new Wimble
don" Bisley Camp, England. She did not
win tne prize lor which she competed. She
made 05 points as against a highest score of
66; while there were several men's scores
standing at all the figures intervening.
Nevertheless she is considered to have done
remarkably well, considering that she was
shooting (with the Martini-Henry rifle) in
a competition open to all the crack shots of
the kingdom. The novetly of the 6ight of a
young and pleasant-looking lady shooting
for a prize drew crowds of spectators; and,
as in every instance of a new achievement
by a woman, some men generously admired
her skill, and were pleased with her success,
while others openly expressed their un
willingness to have their masculine supe
riority put to a practical test. Miss Leale
wants to shoot for the blue riband of the
butts, the Queen's Prize; but before she
can do so it seems she must raise, equip and
get recognition for a regiment of female
volunteers! Only "efficients" in the recog
nized volunteer corps' ranks are allowed to
join in the competition for the Queen's
Prize. Miss Leale comes from Guernsey.
For a lady to be a oodjshot is by no
means a novelty; it is only the surrounding
conditions that have given Miss Leale such
notoriety. For instance, the lady who
would, but for certain little historical inci
dents, be now the Queen of France the
Comtesse de Paris is quite a crack shot.
"What Is and Will Be Worn.
Pan nnd box plaited backs are to be worn
on autumn gowns.
Diagonal designs in stripes and figures are
the latest feature In silk designs.
The trained skirt and high sleeves show no
signs of disappearing for some time yet.
IlEBRisaBOirE embroidery Is frequently
seen as a decoration for light summer mate
rials. Among the most fashionable and tho most
expensive furs next seasonwlll be, the dark
mink.
Ostrich and coque feather trimmings for
cloaks, jackets, gowns and hats will bo very
much worn.
In soft materials the bodice is made with
as few seams as possiblo. The fit is secured
by gathers at the waist.
The new French sleeves, which are gath
ered all round the armhole, have not yet
achieved any marked degree of popularity.
Fon slight forms a becoming and pictur
esque style which promises to become fash
ionablehas puffings over the hips, under a
Swiss bodice or corselet.
A belt of folded ribbon at the waist has
three rosettes ofmoussellno behind, under
which are fastened wide sash ends and
loops of the moussellno bound with ribbon.
A dhaped flounce cf lace, carried up on
tho sides of the skirt, with paniersanda
diaped llchu of lace to match,.will make an
old lashioned evening gown of silk look like
a new one.
Flaking collars of the Medici order, with
various modifications, are fashionable. They
are otten faced with rich embroidery and
edged with feather trimming and stand up
high enough to form a back-ground for the
neck.
Cotton muslins of a sheer and crisp tex
ture are quaint and old fashioned in effect.
Batiste muslins which come in all the popu
lar shades and designs are sometimes made
up over Chambery instead of the more ex
pensive silk linings.
EDUCATIONAL.
Pennsylvania Hollida sbursr.
noIlldavsfourK Seminary for Young Women and
Girls. Thorough instruction. Methods adapted
to the indlvidualltr of each pupil. Home com
lorts. Location exceptionally healthful. Malaria
unknown. Address 1IK3. H. S. HITCHCOCK.
jell-17-TTS
"TTrEST WAL.VUT STKEET SEMINARY
V foryouug ladies; 25th year. Is piot ided
for giving a superior education in collegiate,
clectic, and preparatory departments: also
In music and ait. JIIIS. llEXRIETTAKPTZ,
S0I5 Walnut street, Philada. au2 83-vws
122 and 124 West Franklin St., IlaltImoro.JId.
EDGEW0RTHBDARD1KG AND Off SCHOOL
For loung Ladies will leopeu Thursday,
September 2i. 23th year.
MRS. II. 1'. LEFriiVEE, Principal.
jy5-58--ns
BISHOr BOWMAN INSTITUTE A COL-LEGIATK-
school for young ladies,
comer Penn :iv. nnd Fourth st. The next
session begins Sept. 9. , A full course of
study. Music and modern languages by
competent professors. For admission ad
dress REV. It. J. COSTER, A. 31., Kector.
jyl6-72--s
"Shadyside Academy
Begins September 16. Prepares for any
college or scientinc school. Six department?
or study, with a specialist at the head -of
eac)i. Laboratoi 7 nnd gymnasium. Especial
attention to pli; sical culture. Apply to
HENRY A. BRE SD. Sec, 316 Market St., city.
au8 IG-tus
A
Until September 1 Drs. Copeland and Hall
Will Continue Tills Bate for Medicines
and Treatment.
The summer is the best time for the treat
ment and cure of catarrhal troubles. The
climatic conditions are then most favorable,
liability of catching fresh cold being then
reduced to the minimum, and the even tem
perature and the condition of the atmos
phere favoring the progress of the patient.
Drs. Copeland & Hall have, decided to treat
all patients, old and new, applying to them
for treatment before September 1 at the
merely nominal rate of $5 a month, fur
nishing all medicines. This applies to pa
tients by mail as well as patients in the
city. It is to all patients, old as well as
new, and for all diseases. All patients tak
ing treatment from Drs. Copeland & Hall
before September 1 will be treated until
cured at the rate of 55 a month.
It should take from two to four months of
regular treatment to cure catarrh, com
mencing at a favorable season of the year.
Patients troubled with catarrh taking treat
ment under the above conditions who are
not cured in that length of time will be
TREATED THEREAFTER FREE until
they are cured.
TWO TEARS AN INVALID.
Entirely Unable to Work, and Apparently
Suffering From Heart Dlsense and Lang
Trouble as the Result of Neglected Ca
tarrh Mr. Daniels' Remarkable State
ment. "I am glad that an opportunity offers
itself to me to recommend Drs. Copeland
and Hall's treatment for catarrhal troubles,
and to describe from what a serious condi
tion I was rescued by them." The speaker
was Mr. Aaron Daniels, residing at 2302 Gay
street, one of the oldest and best known resi
dents of the Southside.
Jfr. Aaron Daniels, S202 Gay St., S. S., Pittsburg.
In further conversation he said: "I suf
fered for over six years. I had at first the
usual catarrhal symptoms, such as pain in
the head and eyes, buzzing noises in ears,
stopping up of nostrils, hawking and spit
ting, etc. I became finally so weak that I
couldn't walk. My back ached constantly.
My stomach, breast, ribs in fact, my whole
body was racked with pain.
I WAS A COMPLETE WKECK.
"1 feared that my lungs were affected, and
my heart would flutter and palpitate so
much at times tnat A tnougnt to my otner
complaints would be added heart disease.
"I had not been able to work for over two
vears. In this state J. consulted Dre. Cope
land and Hall, and these gentlemen told
me that they believed that a cure was even
yet possib'e. I at once took treatment.
The doctora at my first treatment removed
SIX POLYPII
from my nostrils. I gradually, under their
methods, became better and better, until
now my aches, troubles and pains have all
left me. My friends all remark that I am
so much changed that I seem like a different
person, and I do. I can now work again,
and I cannot too highly commend Drs.
Copeland and Hall and their treatment."
FROJI REPRESENTATIVE RESIDENTS.
Well-Known Men and Women In Pittsburg
nnd Vicinity Make Remarkable
Statements.
MR. JOHN BODEN, City Hall, Pittsburg.
"The skill of these eminent physicians,
Drs. Copeland and nail, relieved me of a
trouble of 12 years' standing. I have every
confidence in these gentlemen and their
methods employed."
MB. W. H. BROWN, 194 Bnena Vista street,
Allegheny, and connected with B. A. Elliott
& Co.. 5 Sixth street, this city:
"After mv constitution was wrecked with
catarrhal a'ffections, Drs. Copeland and Hall
worked in my case a wonderinl cure. They
enjoy my highest personal confidence in
their ability."
MR. J. G. FRAZIER, Architect, 6710 Kirk
wood street, Pittsburg:
"I am pleased to give my hearty indorse
ment to Drs. Copeland & Hall: Their treat
ment of catarrhal troubles is advanced and
scientific, the results obtained simply won
derful." MR. J. O. MOORE, Restaurateur, 1109 Car
son strect.'fi. S., Pittsburg:
"What do I think of Drs. Copeland & HallT
Why, I think they are the most satisfactory
physicians in the city and that the good
they are doing the people of this city and
vicinity cannot bo estimated."
ME. W. GOLDIE, salesman for Dilworth,
Porter & Co., and stopping when in the city
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel-
"I have been a sufferer from catarrh for a
great many years nnd state that six weeks
ago I began treatment with Drs. Copeland
and Hall and have received great benefit
from their treatment. I can cheerfully
recommend these gentlemen as courteous
and skillful physicians."
MR. THOS. MAYBURY, 218 Thlrty-ninth
St., Pittsbure:
"Drs. Copeland and Hall are gentlemen
and physicians worthy of anyone's patron
age. 1 speaK irompersonni experience. A
have taken "rent pleasure in recommending
a number of my friends to them, and they
have cured them. This is certainly the best
of all testimony. If I myseir ever need a
physician again I shall most certainly con
sult them."
MR. J. O. NICELY", Deny station. Pa,:
"1 must acknowledge Drs. Copeland and
nail's treatment as pre-cminentfy success
ful. Personally I have found them scrupu
lous, kind and sympathetic."
MR. It. McDONALD, Duquesne, Pa.:
"Their claims are lust; they promise noth
ing that is not fulfilled. Drs. Copeland and
Hall stand at the head or their profession;
personally they have the confidence of their
patients."
MR. WILLIAM MAWHINNY, 19 Overlook
street, Allegheny:
"I cannot praise Drs. Copeland and nail
too highly. As physicians they are among
thefoicmostrankof tne profession: the re
sults attained from their treatment are
highly successful."
Their Credentials.
As has been said. Dr. W. H. Copeland was
S resident of his class at Bellevue Hospital
lodical College, New York, whore he gradu
ated, the most famous institution of its kind
in the country. His diploma bears the writ
ten indorsement of tho medical authorities
of New York, of the deans of prominent med
ical colleges in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hull's
credentials are no less ubnndantandnnqnal
ified. lie also is formally Indorsed by
tho secretaries of various county and
State medical societies. Both gentlemen,
after thorough hospital experience and
practice, have devoted their Uvea to the
practice of their specialties, with what suc
cess the columns of the dally papers show.
In addition to the high medical authorities)
quoted above, may be mentioneda Pittsburg
medical authority, which is by no means to
be depreciated. "The diplomas of both gen
tlemen bear the formal written Indorsement
of tho Western Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege of Pittsburg.
Das. Copeland and Hall treat successfully
all curable cases at C6 Sixth avenue, Pitts-"
burg, Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 A. 3i.,2 to 5 p. x.
and 7 to 9 p. si. Sundays 10 a. m. to 4 p. M.
Specialties Catarrh and an diseases of the
eye, ear, throat and lungs, chronic diseases.
Consultation, $L
Many cases treated successfully by
mail. Sendcent stamp for question blank.
Address all mail to
DRS. COPELAND & HALL,
au!5 66 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
EDUCATIONAL.
Private Shorthand Institute.
Fall term opens Sept. 1; shorthand and fypewrit
ing: Graham and Pitman systems; Callgwph and
Remington machines; day and evening sessions;
terms easy. Pallor address PRIVATE SHORT
HAND INSTITUTE, 415 bmlthfleld St., Pittsburg,
Pa. au6-S-Trs
THIEL COLLEGE, GREENVILLE. PA.
For both sexes. Opens September 10.
1891. Expenses very low. Address JOSEPH
IS. TITZEL, Secretary of Faculty, Green
ville, Pa. Jy3140-s
JEFFERSON ACADE3IY. CANOVSCtrnR. PA.
Prlnrlp.il. C. M. Des Islets. Ph. D. (Prince
ton). A home school; open September 18, 1891;
thorough Instruction; college preparation a spe
cialty; experienced teachers; has educa'ed msur of
the ablest men of the South and West. Seud for
handbook. JelS-B-TTS
"ITrASHINGTON FEMALE SEMINARY
I V The next session opens September IS.
For catalogues or information applvio MISS
N.SHERRARD, Principal, or REV? J AS. L
BROWNSON, D.D., Pres. Board of Trustees,
Washington, Pa. Jyi-33-Tus
"TTTESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNJ
V ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, Sep
tember 11 and 13.
$100 in PRIZES for best entrance examin
ations. For particulars write to
W. J. HOLLAND, Fics't, Pittsburg, Pa.
Je4-9S-TTS
LUTHERV1LLE SEMINARY (NEARBAL
TIMORE) for young ladies. $225 pef
year. 39th year. Modern conveniences,
large campus, lull faculty, thorough train
ing, home comforts. Send lor catalogue.
EEV. J. II. TURNER, A. M., Principal,
Lutherville, Md. 1y21-77-TTS
Harcourt Place Seminary.
A school of tho highest grade for young;
ladies and girls. Established upon original
lines, its success has been remarkable. Eor
catalogue, address the principal, MISS ADA
I. AYER, B. A, Gambler, Ohio. Jel5-TT3
T) EMOVED-KING'S SCHOOL OF ORATORY.
Llt elocution and dramatic culture removed to
Universitr Bnllding, Diamond St.. opposite Court
House. Byron W. King, manager; James M.
Wfsinan, associate manager. Class and private
lessons, literature, French and German. Delsarte,
old school and modern systems. Send for pros-,
pectus. aull-59
ST. GEORGE'S HALL, bD
St. George's, Md., Prof. J. C. Kinear, A. M.,
Principal. College or business. Noted for
thoroughness, health, comfort, situation and
reasonable charges. Jy25-U-ws
Kenyon Military Academy.
This old and remarkably successful school
provides thorough preparation for College
or Business, and careful supervision of
health, habits and manners. For illustrated
catalogue, address LA WHENCE BUST, LL
D., Kector, Gambler, Ohio. jel5-9-TTS
IAieK INSTITUTE,
201 North Ave., Allegheny, Pa.,
Prepares for college and business.
German and French, Shorthand and Type
writing. Next term opens September 2.
LEVI LUDDEN, A. M., PnncipaL
1y9-83JTTS
ENNS YLVANIA MILITARY ACADEMY,
Chester. Pa.. 30th vear, opens Sept. 16.
A M1LITAKY COLLEGE.
Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Architect
ure, Arts. A preparatory course of one year.
Circulars of Mr. F. G.Paulson, 441 Wood St.,
city. COL. CHAS. E. HYATT, President.
JyS-23-ws
E GDLLERF A NEW SCHOOL
t,: i.-,...,,.!:,." .": """-
umvciMiv Duiiuiu, L'utiuuiiu street, oppo
site Court House, Pittsbnrg. Full corps of
instrnctors. English, Normal, Classical,
Scientific. Ladies' Literary course. Night
school and Saturday classes. Shorthand,
Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Mnsic, Elocu
tion. Send lor prospectus. Opens Septem
ber L E. M. WOOD, D. D., LL.D., President.
aul2-41-D
f"l I DDV UNIVERSITY,
UUnni sixth st.
A live, successful Institution. Thorough
organization. Vigorous management. Every
teacher a master in his specialty. Full col
legiate course. Normal and English Train-"
Ing departments. Business college and
school 01 shorthand prepare for immediato
service in business. Opens Sept. L Send for
catalogue. II. M. ROWE, Prest. au4-D
HellnjutJ? h
Education
calth Homo
College
For YOUNG WOMBS
and GIRLS.
Lanrfl illnstrated Cnfalnfrrcft untnn nnnllratlnTi
fetudents from all parts of America. Number re
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OHIO MILITARY ACADEMY
PORTSMOUTH. O.
PORTSMOUTH, O.
Scientific. Classical, Commercial
and Select Courses . InfanUy. At tll
lery and Cavalry Drills. tWBeaif
hfuland Healthful Location; Mag'
nifcent Grounds and Buildings.
Newly refitted. Kezu Term Opens
Thursday, Sept.Z.l.Cataloguefree.
COL. A. L. BRESLER, SuPT.
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BLAIRSVILLE SE3IINARY, 41ST YEAR
opens Sept. 9, "9L Beautiful grounds
commodious buildings, healthful location
electric light, steam heat, special attention
to health, manners, morals; thorough in
struction in preparatory and advanced
courses of study, unci in art and music.
For catalogue address KEV. T. R. EWING,
D.D., Principal, Blalrsvllle, Ta. Jy24-87-TT3
HOLY GHOST COLLEGE.
Next session opens September 2. New stu
dents should come to be examined August!
3L Special Business Department for Book
keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. Ger
man and Elocution free of charge. For cata
logue and further particulars address
BEV. JOHN T. MURPHY, C. S. Sp.,
President.
Night School opens October 5. Jyl4-63-TT3
PITTSBURG ACADEMY.
Academic, Normal, Commercial. Students
prepared for advanced classes In the best
colleges, for teaching, for business. Young
Ladies' Seminary Department. Fall term
opens Monday, September 7, 1S91. Office days
Wednesdays nnd Saturdays. Hon. Thomas
31. Marshall, President Board of Trustees.
For catalogue address J. WARREN LYTLE,
Principal, No. 7 Fourth avenue.
jy9-81-TUThs
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Permanent income from the State. Annual
revenues, $150,000. Twenty-five departments.
Forty-three professorsand assistants. Classi
cal, scientific and technical courses. Ten
laboratories. Both sexes admitted. Tuition
free. Send for catalogue. jy23-3rhs
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE FOR
Women. Situated in a beautifnl park,
on a commanding plateau, in the suburbs of
Pittsburg, away from city noise and dust.
Unsurpassed for beauty and healthfnlness.
Excellent lacllitles for study of natural
sciences, classics and mathematics in short,
every department well equipped. Season
opens Sept. 9, "91. Early application Is desir
able. For catalogues and lurther informa
tion, apply to 3IISS HELEN E. PELLE-
TKEAU, President, Pittsburg (East EndJ.Pa.
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A CHILDREN'S SCHOOL THE ATTEN
TION of parents and guardians having
children between the ages of 5 and 15 w
hereby called to the excellently equipped
home school for boys and girls on one 01 the
charming hills overlooking Butler. Tho
situation of the school is unsurpassed for
beauty of scenery and health. Special atten
tion is given to training of children and
home Culture. For terms and particulars
address KEV. P. C. PKUGH, D.D., Butler.
Pa. References: B. Wolff, Jr., and P. Keil,
Pitt3burg. anU-93-TTS
PITTSBURG FEMALE COLLEGE CON
SERVATORY of JIusic. Full and special
courses of study in language, literature, his
tory, natural science andelocution; in grand
organ, piano, voice, violin, etc.; In drawing,
painting, crayon portiaiture, decorative art,
etc. Four distinct schools; 2.5 instructors.
Central. Eighth street, near Penn avenue.
Snperiorhome comforts for boarding pupils.
Thirty-seventh year opens September 18.
Kates moderate. Send for catalogue to
PRESIDENT A. H. NORCKOSS. D. D., Pitts
burg, Pa. Jyll-l&Tlis
WILLARD SCHOOL,
41 FIFTH AVENUE.
A select school for the careful and thor
ough preparation of boys and young men
for college, scientific school or business.
The course of study is such as to afford an
excellent preparation for Princeton, Yale or
Harvard College. Tho next session begin
Tuesday, September 1. Private lessons will
he given during the afternoon to a limited
number of pupils, boys or girls.
ISAAC W.KOONTZ, A. 31., (Princeton),
aul-44-TTS Principal.
URSULINE ACADEMY,
OAKLAND.
Boa rdinsrand day schools. Reopens Tuesday.
ay, '
Sentember 8. Terms For boarders, session
of flvemouths,$150. Children under LTyearsof
age, $125. D.iy schools for girls. Pupils taken
from the age of 6 to IS. Terms varying from
$15 to $33. Tuition includes all branches of
an English education, with French or Ger
man, elocution, vocal music, calesthenlcs,
outline drawing and fancy work. Private
lessons in music, French, German, drawing
and painting, at moderate terms. For fur
ther particulars apply to Mother Superior.
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