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REALLYPOLITICS,
The Women's Club Convention
Had a Pretty Little
Fielit for Offices.
A SLATE FROM THE EAST
lhat Was Smashed Into Smithereens
bj Wrathy Westerners.
WODLDXT ALLOW AUY SET-OP JOBS
A Variety of Topics, Including: Reporters,
Ablj Discusstd.
CHICAGO A FAILURE IX ENTERTAINING
IWMTTEX FOB THE DISPATCH.!
One of the most entertaining, exciting
and instructive sessions at the recent con
Tendon of the National Federation of
"Woman's Clubs in Chicago, was that de
voted to the adoption of the proposed con
stitution, particularly as to section 5, which
read as follows:
The six general officers of tlie Federation
and nine otlier members or the Board o! Di
rectors shall bo elected at biennial meetings
by ballot on report of a nominating commit
tee, or after nomination from the floor. A
majority vote of those present entitled to
vote, and voting, shall constitute an elec
tion. During the discussion upon this section
it became plainly evident, as some thought,
that the Eastern delegates especially those
iroru New England ere bent upon bav
ins a "nominating committee" to set up
the names of the candidates for election.
So persistent was their advocacy of this
measure that it presently dawned npon the
"Western delegates that there might be a
slate in the background, or a set-up job
somewhere concealed, but ready to be ma
terialized when occasion offered.
The W et Knocks Oat the Est.
Mrs. Julia "Ward Howe, whose name and
opinions carry great weight, came to the
front in zealous support of the nominating
committee. Her daughter, Mrs. Florence
Howe Hall, ardently supported her dis
tinguished mother, and was followed by
numerous others from the Uew England
section. These contended that a more care
ful selection of competent candidates could
be made under the deliberate and dispas
sionate consideration of a nominating com
mittee than by the method of nominations
from the floor. Mrs. May "Wright Sewell,
of Indiana, and many delegates from the
Western States opposed a nominating
committee as too much of the star-chamber
order, as an attempt to smother the voice
of the majority and as a measure subversive
of true democracy. Miss Frances Willard
spoke eloquentlv against the committee.
and cited the methods and workings of the
great armv of 300,000 women, of whom she
Is the leader, to establish her position. The
Pennsylvania delegation, from what they
knew of "bossism," were strongly on the
same side.
After what was the wannest discussion of
the whole convention, and which brought
jiiauT urjguL women 10 meir leet,
the
measure was put to vote and those favoring
the "nominating committee" were defeated.
The vote stood 190 to 87
w England Forces a Compromise.
This backset did not dismay the advocates
of the unpopular side. They were shrewd
and sharp enough to do an immense deal of
talking, and to set np a powerful row of
reasons in favor of this measure privately
during the evening, and as a result they
Fecured a reconsideration next morning.
This reopened the subject for what seemed
an endless debate. Atlasfcthe compromise
was reached that a nominating committee,
consisting of a member from each State,
should be appointed, and that each State
delegation should choose its own representa
tive. The meeting of this committee, when it
was finally appointed, was like unto a small
sizea Minneapolis or Chicago convention.
Eah State desired to-be represented in the
ofHces. Xew England clamored lor recog
nition. The Pacific slope was eager lor a
chow. The Northwest thought it nothing
but right that their growing greatness should
be recognized. The South would, of course,
feel slighted if their section was not honored
bv a place. Missouri wanted a member.
The claims of Kansas were duly set forth.
Ohio had favorite daughters presented in
persuasive words. 2sew York desired recog
nition, as did Pennsylvania likewise. These
last two "got there" in the persons of Mrs.
J. C Croly (Jennie June) for Uew York,
and Mrs. Mary E. Mumtord, President of
the 2Sew Century Club, Philadelphia.
A Krconition at Rare Merle
The sternest and strongest advocates of
only one term of ofSce gave way before the
fitness and capability of Mrs. Charlotte
Emerson Brown, and she was re-elected to
the office of President by an unanimous
vote. Her grace, dignity, courtesv and un
Jailing good temper disarmed all opposi
tion. Perhaps the proudest man in Ameri
ca was Eev. Dr. Brown, her huBband, when
the result of the election was announced.
To be the chosen heard of an organization of
20,000 women, gifted beyond the common
in the way of education and intellect, is an
honor for a wife that no husband could fail
to appreciate and rejoice over.
One of the best papers read was by Dr.
Lelia G. Bedell, of the Chicago Woman's
Club, on the "Helps and Hindrances in the
Organized Work of "Women." Her sharp
criticisms and witty characterizations of the
women who are to be found in the member
ship of every society, whether lor church
work, charitable enterprises or club cul
ture, were apt and trne to life, as was illus
trated even in the proceedings of the Feder
ation. The "chronic objector" was there, who
rose to her leet continually to get in her
gab about the most trivial matters. The
"narrow-guage leaders" were there, who
were afraid to take one step beyond the
boundaries of the strictest conservatism.
The woman who always wanted to have her
own way, and who imagined the organiza
tion would go to pieces it she was not grati
fied, did not, however, largely obtrude her
self She no doubt realized that her pre
tensions, however large, would receive lit
tle or no consideration in that crowd of
brilliant, brainy women.
The Women Who Didn't Know.
But there was a pretty fair sprinkling ot
those women who do not know, you know,
and are persistently and everlastingly ask
ing questions, xnese were doubtless cre
ated by high heaven to match the men in
the halls ol Congress and in other organ
izations, who are continually obstructing
business by asking for information as to
what it was their business to know, and
pretending cot to understand points that
are perfectly clear to everybody else.
At the evening session Thursday Mrs.
Ednah D. Cheney read a long paper on
"Realism in Art" and was followed by Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe with another upon
"Women in the Greek Drama." That these
were excellent goes without saying, as they
did tor the most part without hearing. The
high position that these ladies have attained
in the intellectual world gives guarantee
that these papers were of the highest order,
but it is much to be doubted if, in the great
multitude that packed the music hall, a
dozen words were beard beyond the few
front seats. But withal it was a great
pleasure to everybody to even see these
grand old ladies, who had been the com-
fianions and friends of Margaret Fuller,
talph "Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker
and others who used to sustain the reputa
tion of Boston as an intellectual city, and
to give body to the old belief that baked
beans and brains were in some way very
closely connected. But nevertheless the
tension of the endeavor to hear, the hardness
of the seats, and the tendency to sleepiness
gave to the evening a taste of martyrdom.
So close were the addresses in their effect to
the monotonous utterances of the utterly
orthodox D. D.'s that "the sand roan" got
in ctasiderable work, and set many people
to "nid nid nodding."
A Talk From Susan B. Anthony.
The "Battle Hymn of the Kepublic" 3t
last aroused the multitude, and they joined
in the chorus with enthusiasm. Apropos
to women speaking in public,Miss Susan B.
Anthony made a few happy remarks, and
gave a rule that had been of vast use to
herself. Forty years ago she attended her
first convention, and the women who were
thoroughly in earnest had not yet come
from under the ban of silence. Thev were
too scared to speak above their breath.
Samuel J. May who was a warm supporter
of their cause," gave them a good talking-to
upon the subject. Susan B. profited by his
remarks, and no more able speaker than
herself is upon the platform to-day. Like
uuto her is Frances "Willard who has al
ways something to say, and can interest and
influence an audience in a way beyond the
power of most women or men either.
Other women there were of lesser eminence
who proved themselves to be forcible, direct
and logical speakers. The extemporaneous
speeches, limited to three minutes, gave'
token of rapid thought, swift concentration
of ideas, and a quick comprehension of
the main point. Many speakers have an
absurd habit of making apologies and of
plastering their opponents with flattery be
fore they begin to attack their ideas, but all
this has'to be cut pretty short under the
three-minute rule, if they want to say any
thing beyond these conventional courtesies.
The discussions were one of the most inter
esting features of the convention as may
well oe imagined when Massachusetts and
Georgia, Maine and California, Pennsyl
vania and Louisiana were brought into close
sommunion by free thought and free speech.
A Pupil Teaches the Teacher.
Thursday afternoon was given to a paper
upon the "Principles of Parliamentary
Law" by Mrs. Harriet R. Shattuck, of
Massachusetts, who is the author of the
"Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law,"
which is merely an abridgment of Cush
ing's large work upon the subject As a
large number of the delegates were presi
dents of clubs and theretore pretty well
posted upon the subject, it was not a little
amusing when matters got somewhat
tangled up that one of these had the pre
sumption to "call down" Mrs. Shattuck in
one ot her decisions, and that the latter, had
to own up she was wrong.
"The Columbian Fair" was the subject ot
a paper by Mrs. Charles Henrotin, Vice
President of the Board of Lady Managers
of tho Exposition. This paper presented
the aims and ends of the Woman's Board,
and made a strong appeal for the support
and co-operation ot the Federation. She
was followed by Miss Frances Willard
upon the same theme. Miss Willard's
speech was able and eloquent, and gave
splendid tribute to the executive ability
and energy of Mrs. Potter Palmer, the
President of the Board of Lady Managers.
Mrs. Palmer is over the seahobnobbing
with the potentates of Europe in behalf of
the Columbian Fair. She has had an inter
view with the Pope, and has so interested
him on the subject that he is to promulgate
an encyclical letter to the people of his de
nomination and tell them what to do in the
matter.
A Fight Over the Reporter.
One of the most amusing incidents of the
convention occurred upon the last night.
In advocating The Home Maker the maga
zine of which Jennie June is editor as an
organ for the Federation, Dr. Jennie de la
M. Lozier, the President ot the New York
Sorosis, alluded in rather a slighting way to
the reporters, whom she did not scruple to
accuse of reporting flippantly and incor
rectly. As merely "ink slingers," she said,
neither praise nor censure amounted to any
thing from them, since they were incapable
of impartial judgment.
At the conclusion of her remarks, up
jumped Mrs. Perkins, of Cleveland or
"Sarah Ann," as irreverently dubbed
who warmly defended the "ink slingers."
She said in all the years she had been
working in reforms, she found them her
best friends and allies. She had been in
the fight against slavery, she was working
now tor temperanoe and equal suffrage, and
through all she had found lhat the reporters
were ever doing good and not eviL This
little tilt was apparently forgotten, but on
the last night a gorgeous basket ot roses
was brought to the platform with a request
for Susan B. Anthony to present it to Mrs.
Perkins on behalf of the reporters of the
press of Chicago for her gallant defense of
them when attacked by Dr. Lozier. Susan
B., in answer, stepped to the front and, in
a most lelicitous speech, she made contrast
of how she was treated by the press some
40 years ago and the kindness she now re
ceived. She ended np by a tribute to the
power of the press that brought down the
house in thunders of applause. Mrs.
Perkins received the flowers with a little
speech ot appreciation that was full of good
sense.
The programme of the last evening was
devoted to education. Among the speakers
was May "Wright Sewell, Vice President of
the General Federation, who, as an extem
poraneous speaker, is hardly to be excelled.
Her way of putting things in charming
expression smooths out all the wrinkles and
tends to put everybody in a calm and
heavenly frame.
Chlcaco as an Entertainer.
Chicago, which claims to do everything
up to the top notch of elegance and excel
lence, got ratner a oad blot upon its record
on Saturday. During the convention an
invitation was extended to the members by
the Board of Directors of the "World's Fair
to visit the grounds and inspect the build
ings. The courteous invitation was accepted.
Notification was made that a blue ribbon
was necessary for admission, and that the
ladies should assemble in a body at the
Palmer House. At the appointed time over
300 women were crowded in the parlors and
halls of the hotel. The blue ribbons were
duly distributed and the crowd proceeded to
the station at Van Buren street No one
was there to meet them. No special train
was at hand, but all crowded into the local
accommodation, in which most of them
had to stand up without even a strap to
hang on. This seemed strange. But stranger
still was the fact that on arrival there was
no one to meet them or give them welcome.
Inquiry showed that the subordinates had
received no instructions, and not a man in
authority was to be found. Another walk
to the main omce, where nobody knew any
thing, made it very clear that some blunder
had been made. After a long wait of an
hour or more, standing on the wet ground
and rain beginning, many took the train
back to the city. "What explanation or
apology was given by the managers of the
Fair tor this neglect and discourtesy depo
nent knoweth not. But it is very evident
that they paid no heed to the Scriptural in
junction: "Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers, for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares." Bessie Bramble.
D.mcln; Invented Long Before Christ.
According to Eusebius, dancing was in
vented by Curetes 1531 B. C. In olden
Greek and Roman dramas dancing was in
dulged in by actors, and 3,000 years after
the original invention of the art certain set
forms were introduced. into England from
Italy.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
O birds, sing your truest and sweetest,
O, flowers bloom your fairest to-day,
And breathe out the wealth ot your perfume
Aike on the Blue and the Gray.
Strew the same flowers on each grave.
Cover with laurel and bay,
Tiue hearts will honor the brave.
Whether the Bine or the Gray.
Bury deep all harsh thoughts 'neath the
flowers,
Let all BWife and all bitterness cease,
For up from the red field of battle
Has bloomed the white lily of peace.
Stiew the same flowers on eace grave.
Cover with lamel and bay.
True hearts wilt honor the brave
Whether the Blue or the Gray.
. FlORXHCS A. Joxxs.
Ujmttox, Ia.
THE
THE FLOWING STYLE.
It's Yery Commendable, but Getting
Some Unfair Criticism.
YEILS ARE WIDER AND LONGER.
What a French 'Milliner Is AMe to Do WJth
a Piece of Ribbon.
POINTED SHOES BTILL FASHIONABLE
lirnrmx ron the dispatch. i
Bow knots are the favored ornament of
the hour. House decorators first revived
them with the Louis XVL furniture, and
they have spread over everything, from
parlor walls to underwear. They form the
new lace scarfpins, enameled like two
toned, changeable ribbons: in metal they
are on card cases, they are stamped on note
paper, woven in the pattern of gowns, em
broidered in lingerie, and put in every con
ceivable place that will take a decoration,
and the demand for ribbons surpasses that
of any season within the memory of sales
men. But a bow knot is a decoration only when
its lines make curves that are beautiful ab
stractly, without reference to the fact that
they form part of a bow, and it is necessary
to remember this if one is to apply to them
With Sash and Veil.
any critical discernment, for the stores are
full of imitations of tied ribbon in metal
that have no beauty at all The Louis XVL
bow knots have lived because their curves
were made to form part of a characteristic
style, and not because they imitated ribbon.
A mere imitation is vugar; and therefore do
not buy the metal ornaments, whose only
value is that they look like something they
are not "Wear real ribbons instead. It is
wonderful what a thing of art a piece of
ribbon will become in the hands of a French
milliner.
The Iiatest Styles in Veils.
Veils grow wider and longer. Black ones
having reached their extreme, white ones
elaborately embroidered are the novelty.
drooping to the waist and falling Dehind to
the feet One would think, to see the
women going about thus invested, that we
were in Mecca during the sacred months,
when a white veil swathes every woman
the veil that is so consecrated she lays away
for her winding sheet. The largest veil sold
in the stores is 2 yards long nd a third of
a yard wide. It is bordered all round. Of
oourse women of taste are not seen with
these things floating behind them in the
street, though such a woman may wear a
long black one in the country, when driv
ing, winding it about her throat White
veils are almost too pronounced even for
carriage wear, and women ot refinement do
not wear them in the street. A long strip
of wash blond to wind about the face and
throat at the seashore would be a pretty
protection and in harmony with the envir
onment. The size of the conservative veil now
worn is one yard in length and three-eighths
of a yard in width.
The new ideal of form which has come in
Some French Bows.
this summer, namely, the loose, flowing
style! that hangs from the shoulder and
sweeps outward thence to the feet, is get
ting a deal of railing at from persons who
comment publicly on dress. They suppose,
apparently, every departure from the
curve-in seams they have been accustomed
to in fashionable dress must necessarily be
ugly. But it is not safe to denounce a
form in dress with no more basis for opinion
than that it is unfamiliar.
The Ioosr, Flowing Style.
In reality we have had nothing so artisti
cally hopeful in a long time as these flow
ing lines, together with the present way of
marking the waist by a belt instead of" by
biases. If the vogue lasts long enough it
may give us a lasting impetus toward
those qualities that made classic dress beau
tiful, and whieh it to some degree emulates.
1 namely, "a sublime simplicity and reserve
of treatment; a dignity ot truth and line,
never elaborated or arranged for common
place effect" "We do not want the classic,
but we should express ourselves in dress
with equal beauty.
One of the flowing costumes spoken of
above was of .lightweight cheviot in stripes
of grayish green and yellow green.
Tie coat is box plaited back and
A Koveliy in Slippers.
front, hanging straight from the
shoulders, but with a fitted silk lining
underneath. The hat is black, with a green
crown and deep magenta roses. The parasol
is black with a green lining. This costume
is a charming French model, in both oglors
and form.
In the trousseau of one EasUr brids
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PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
is an outing dress of dark blue
cheviot with lines at intervals
of pale blue. " Five slashes were
round the bottom of the front, growing
deeper at the sides, turned under like a
hem, with light blue silk run through and
showing at the openings. She has a Figaro
jacket with the reverse faced with pale blue
and the back of the neck, which is high, is
slashed and turned under, with the pale
blue run through. The sleeves are full to
below the elbow, and thence down are close,
with the stripes running round, and the
bottom finished like the back of the neck.
Of course all these slashes are lined with
French Trimmed Hoi.
pale silk. The blouse is of the pale silk,
and is finished under the collar with a bias
tie ot dark blue. The belt is made of four
yards of two-faced ribbon, dark and pale
nine. Part of this is made into a bow
sewed at one end. The other end has two
hooks and is fastened into the skirt band in
front, and the ribbon is wound round the
waist several times, making it as wide as
one likes, and showing both shades, and is
fastened with the bow in front This also
is a model dress.
Effect ot the Train on Locked Arms.
The news comes from Paris that trained
skirts threaten the final extinction of an old
habit. The occasions when a gentleman
might offer his arm to a lady have been long
growing less, till now, according to my
French authority, it is bad form even for
lovers to link arms for an evening's prom
enade. This is cruel, but bloody wars have
been waged for a less cause than a woman's
petticoat. What with the preoccupation of
her hands in holding up her train the lady
finds herself only embarrassed by the offer
of her escort's arm. It has always been the
proper thing for the lady to enter the Lou
champs Hippodrome on the gentleman's
arm. This year for the first time it' was not
done, and it is apropos of this that Paris
remarks sadly on a classic, custom passed
away.
The occasions when a gentleman may still
offer his arm to a lady are stated to be in
passing through a theater foyer, at soirees,
to promenade the salon or go to the bnffet,
and to pass to the dining room when one
An Evening Dress.
has been assigned to a lady by the hostess.
In New York it is not usual for the gentle
man to offer his arm through the theater
foyer.
The Colors That Are Popalar.
Colors in favor this year are all shades of
pale green that verge on gray. Yellow
green looks hot and must be sparingly used
in hot weather. Chocolate brown and green
is a favorite and good combination. Gray
is much worn, bnt it needs another color in
combination to give it character. Bluish
gray is detestable and makes a sallow per
son sallower. Greenish gray is best It
should be trimmed with either dark gray,
brown or black. Pink mingled with cold
gray is a mistake very commonly made;
nothing could be more crude. Pink and
black are liked together this year, and pale
yellow is popular.
A Japanese 6ilk evening gown for a
woman of plump proportions is shown in
our illustration. It is pale yellow, figured
with deep orange. The trimming is lace
and orange ribbon. A lute-string ribbon of
black, laid all the length of the orange rib
bon, and tied in with the bows, carries a
thread of blacc through the borders, and
adds greatly to the charaoter. The fan of
yeltow and orange should have a blotch of
The Latest Coat.
red and a few lines or a ribbon of bl ack.
The combination of colors in this dress is
very rich and beautiful.
Shoes are growing broader for people who
walk a great deal, but women who do not
walk but drive continue to wear them very
pointed, which is equivalent to saying that
pointed toes are still fashionable. Low ties
have almost driven high shoes out, over
gaiters turnishing ankle protection when
wanted, even in winter. Tan colored ties
will be much worn this summer by refined
women. Ada Bache-Cone.
The Forests or Pari.
A census of the trees of the city of Paris
reveals the fact that within the limits of the
French capital there are growing upward
of 120,000 trees, and about 300,000 shrubs.
Of the trees, about 20,000 are in the parks,
and the others are planted along the streets.
If these trees were planted all together, in
the fashion in which trees grow in the
forest, and at an average of 20 feet apart,
they would make a wood more than 1,000
acres in extent
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SUNDAY MAT 22.
PEEPS INTO A PALACE.
An Evenin? at the WanamakerHome
With the Vassar Aid Society.
FORTUNES IN THE FURNISHINGS.
Richest of Everjthing- Blended Into a
Tasteful Beauty Bower.
ITS VERY PRONOUNCED INDIVIDUALITY
connKSPODEsci or the DisPATcno
Washington, May 21. There is a flour
ishing society of young ladies in Washing
ton called "The' Vassar Aid Society,"
whose aim is to provideschoiarships for de
serving though impecunious girls, and thus
help them to a college education. Of course
Pittsburg knows all about this kind of work,
and I need not commend it. In Washing
ton the prime movers in this society are
themselves Vassar graduates and influential
girls in society life. One of their methods
of "ways and means" is to give a literary
evening in some beautiful home. Tickets to
these are sold personally by the members,
and are most select entertainments and quite
"the thing" to attend.
One such evening was given recently at
the home of Postmaster General Wana
maker, 1731 1 street, N. W. The house is
a square brown-stone, the same the Whit
neys occupied during the Cleveland admin
istration. As one enters the front door,
opened by a white butler in livery, with
two others opposite him, you find yourself
in a wide hall, in the center of the house,
extending about one-third of the way back.
On the right of the hallway is a double
doorway leading into the library. The
sides of this are finished in a high, dark
nara wood wainscoting. Above this on a
background ot tinted paper.hnng quantities
of beautiful photographs of celebrated
things and places. These are framed in
narrow dark wood moldings.
A Photograph ot Mrs. Harrison.
The fireplace occupies one end of the
room. The most conspicuous object on the
mantel above the fireplace, is a large, full
length photograph, tastily framed, of Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, attired in a magnificent
dress of white satin and peark, made decol
lete and full train, She equals In splendor
and poise of body any queen or princess in
existence. Substantial chairs and couches
are placed temptingly around a large, hand
some writing table occupying the center.
Opposite the library is a wide opening,
hung with heavy, silk portieres, leading
into the front parlor. This room is fur
nished with the most exquisite set of gilt
furniture, upholstered with brocaded silk of
beautiful design and richness. At the win
dows hang curtains of lace, fine as cobwebs
in texture. On the mantelpiece stands a
clock, the round face of which is fastened
against the strings of a gold harp. Around
the face is the pendulum in the form of a
circle, set with brilliants, which dance and
sparkle while moving. In two corners of
the room stand cabinets of rare design filled
with pieces of exquisite Dresden china and
bric-a-brac Elegant pieces of Persian and
Turkish silk embroideries are gracefully
thrown over arms of chairs, onyx tables and
soft couches.
The Wanamakers Have Good Taste.
The elegance is so different, so much more
rare than other elegant parlors. It fairly
dazzlesone. Back of this room, connected
by a wide opening draped handsomely, is
another large room, furnished with a mas
sive set of furniture, upholstered in genuine
tapestry most rare and beautiful. On each
side of the fireplace are bookcases filled with
handsome volumes and covered with bronze
busts of mythological beings,Dresden vases,
and novel bits of fine bric-a-brac. The
same abundance of handsome embroideries
abounds. Thefre is no wall at all between
this room and the dining room at the right
hand. The dining room is larger than both
front and back parlors, and is furnished in
dark rich reds, of elegant material. Two
long butler's tables occupy two sides of the
room. These are filled with silver and cut
glas. The fourth side of the room is
principally one of windows, dainty, small
square ones, filled with stained glass.
Charming window seats are under
these. The dining table covered
with a dark, rich cloth, surrounded br six
leathern chairs, has in the center a mass of
pink hyacinths growing in a holder of fili
gree sliver. Xhe carpet is a rich red velvet
to match the sides of the room, which are
covered with brocaded silk tapestry. Over
one of the butler's tables hangs an immense
painting of Rosa Bonheur's, "The Cattle."
It is about the size and same style as "The
Horse Fair," by the same artist, now in the
Metropolitan Museum, Central Park.
A Beantifal Art Effect.
Passing on from the back parlor through
silk hangings, you find yourself in a charm
ing alcove, just broad enough to accommo
date a divan, which is covered loosely with
a costly piece of Persian embroidery. Back
of this divan on a pedestal is the beautiful
life-sized group of statuary. Cupid and
Psyche, in the attitude of Cupid finding
Psyche asleep on a mossy bank. A blaze of
softened light falls on this, and to find
where this light comes from, you emerge
into the brilliantly lighted ball room. The
walls are one blaze of light and color, for
on them are hung beautiful works ot art tn
the shape of oil paintings. One could spend
a week delightfully in this one room.
All the rooms have fine paintings on
their walls, but this is the climax. It is
the finest private picture gallery in Wash
ington. Extending the whole length of the
further end of the room is an immense fire
place, with mantel and mirror in due pro-
puniuu. yjix kue uiuutci biuuus pair OI
enormous Japanese vases, all of which
give this part of the room an air of vast
ness. On another side of the room, in a
niche of the wall, is a raised platform with
a window on each side. The whole is a
mass of silk hangings, cushioned window
seats and Persian cushions and tapestries.
The railing around this and the steps lead
ing to it are completely covered by these
embroideries. At the foot of the railing
are palms in handsome vases. Here on this
raised spaee are the orchestra players or the
speakers, as it happens to be.
Mammoth Proportions of the Room.
In the center of the room, on a raised pe
destal, stands a most majestic palm. This
immense piece of foliage makes one realize
how large the room is. It will easily seat
from 200 to 300. The ballroom was built on
to the house under Mrs. Whitney's direc
tion. Around the sides of the ballroom are
the quaint old-ftshioned pieces of furniture
such as chairs, stools, couches and pillows
that were used in the French salons in the
time of Louis XIV. They are very sugges
tive of the gav, glittering French rooms of
that time. The inlaid hardwood floor is
covered with handsome rugs when dancing
is not the programme of the evening.
On this particular evening the guests
were assembled in this room and listened to
some vocal selections and a lecture by Miss
Welch, After this Mr. and Mrs. Wana
maker and two daughters mingled with the
gdests in social conversation and an hour
more was spent most pleasantly. Mr.
Wauamaker himself is not so large as his
pictures represent him, being only medium
sized. He has a kind, genial countenance,
and both he and his wife are most pleasant
and gracious in manner. He keeps up two
other homes that are even mora beautiful
than this Washington home. His summer
home at Jenkinstown is the most lovely. His
home in Philadelphia is very handsome.
His Washington home has an individuality
and inconventionality that renders it dis
tinct and different from all other Washing
ton homes. Caeobel.
WHAT WOJfEH WAHX TO KNOW.
Shirley Dare's Talks About Complexions
and Aboot Etiquette.
Among the numerous queries lent 'Shir-
1892.
ley Dare' by readers of The Dispatch
she has found time to consider the follow
ing: Miss B. B. Is there any way I can get
rid-of hair growing on the side of the face
without using patent medicines?
The hot air baths weekly, with massage i
and the electric bath immediately follow -
ing, together with a thoroughly wholesome
diet, will in most cases completely clear the
complexion from a hirsute finish. That ii,
of a downy sort, not bristly and long. Or
true toilet cerate faithfully applied in many
cases does wonders in this way, if the com
mon warm baths are kept up, and a freely
opening diet adopted. Hair on the face
and arms is a sort of excretion, never found
where all functions are in working order.
2 What will make short hair curly with
out the use of the curling iron?
Those who like curly hair and who does
not? have no better source than the old
fashioned curl papers. Electric lights will
soon leave women no chance even to heat a
curling iron. Use thin, wiry paper in three
cornered pieces, roll the lock np neatly and
twist the ends underneath, or pin them, and
they will hold the hair and not have an ab
solutely Medusa effect if discovered. If the
hair is strictly clean, it will seldom need
curling fluid. Still, the careful proper use
ot curling irons should not injure hair in
the least The question is one of conven
ience solely.
3 How shall I gain a good complexion?
I have no pimplos or blotches, but my face
looks dark and muddy.
Charcoal is the best thing to whiten dis
colored ivory and girls' faces that are dark
and muddy. One teaspoonful of powdered
charcoal with one-halt teaspoonful of sul
phur or syrup mornings is good.
Mrs. J. C., Kansas Can yon tell me what
will cure coarse open pores on the face?
They almost amount to pittings in my case,
and I have tried various creams and lotions
in vain.
Oily creams and glycerine lotions have
nqt the least effect on coarse pores already
distended with oily secretions. These re
quire outward and inward treatment at the
same time. Two tablespoonfuls of borax
dissolved in a half pint of boiling water
with as much alcohol or cologne is a very
good lotion to be ued half a dozen times'a
day. Spirits of camphor may be used in
stead of plain spirits in some cases, but
camphor does not suit all skins. A daily
hot bath, with a spoonful of liquid ammonia
to the gallon, followed by a brisk towel rub,
should not be neglected. A course of such
baths tor three months will work wonders
with a coarse skin and improve the general
health. If a full-blooded person, sponge off
with tepid or cool water after the hot, if it
feels pleasant I fear my readers will tire
of the injunction to use graham or brown
bread, bnt it is a sine qua non with these
troublesome complexions. Powdering the
face thickly with magnesia at night may
improve the skin. I wish it was possible
to give the desired answers "next Sunday,"
but letters have to go a long and a round
about way, and "next week" is past before
they arrive.
TJ. TJ. B. When a young man is intro
ducing his friends to each other, one a lady
and one a gentleman, which" name should be
used first?
The gentleman is presented to the lady,
always, and his name is used first if you
simply name them to each other. When
the lady is older or higher in social position,
it is graceful to say "Mrs. Blank, let me
present Mr. Dash."
2. What is proper for those introduced to
say in acknowledgment of the introduc
tion? I notice that four out of five men say,
"Happy to meet you."
As generally used, the last phrase has a
wretched smack of ready made cheap man
ners. It is often said so flippantly as to
sound a rudeness. The best usage is simply
to repeat the name of the person introduced,
and find something else to say as soon as
possible. As a bright young fellow who
studies his manners to good elfect avers, "It
doesn't matter so much what you say as how
you say it" Speak easily and at the same
time with entire respect, pleasantly, with
out the ready worthless smile.
3. What is the best book on manners for a
boy to read and the price?
The hand-book of Decorum, 51 25, is the
most convenient compilation of the social
code. For manners which shall be some
'thing more than surface gloss, read George
William Curtis' manners on the road, and
anything else you can get by the same
author. While you are on the subject, read
Lord Chesterfield's letters, which remain
the statutes of good breeding.
Growlnj Up 'With tho Country Too SIo vr.
Being tired of working for a salarv. I
decided to go West and grow up with the
country. I invested in real estate and be
came land poor, and was obliged to make a
living for my wife and children some other
way. I saw Mr. Morehead's experience in
the plating but mess by accident in an old
newspaper. I did as he did, sent 55 to H.
F. Delno & Co., of Columbus, O., and went
to work plating first in my own neighbor
hood, and found I did so well that I hired a
man and he brought in the plating, which I
did at my house. There is plenty of money
out West here, if you only know how to
get it, and I hope my.experience will help
anybody who is having a hard time. I made
last week $12 and the week previous $13 14.
Anybody can get circulars by writing to
Delno & Co., Columbus, O.
Robert Lixdsay.
Ohyx Awkisos Entirely new and fast tn
colors and exquisite In designs, at JIamanr.
& Son's, 539 Penn avenue. Tel. 197 Thsu
AUTOGRAPH LETTER
A Young Grocer Clerk, Who Got His Teeth Knocked Out in Defense of the
Iron Chancellor, Rewarded.
The illustration shows an autograph let
ter received by Wilhelm C Wiese, a 25-year-old
German grocer clerk employed at
Oakland, CaL Wiese was born in Holstein
and served some time in the Eighty-fifth
German Infantry. He looks the soldier
every inch. Early in March, while the
bread riots in Berlin ivere holding public
attention, Wiese overheard a party of
young Americans with whom he was
slightly acquainted discussing German pol
itics. He took no part in the conversation
at first, the ignorance displayed merely
amusing him until an attack wast begun on
his beloved Chancellor. His friends, know
ing his opinions, mischievously continued
the attack, till words led to.blows and the
defender of the Prince found himself on the
THE PROPER DINNER.
To Give One Nowadays Requires No
Little Executive Ability.
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I FASHION'S DICTATES IN GOTHAM,
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flow a Terr Kich Baby Has Tut on Mourn
ing for a Near I'elatiTe.
MAEGABET H. "WELCH'S FBESH G0BSIP
tWBITTXN TOR THE DISPATCH.l
To give a dinner in Kew York after the
manner of fashionables is a complex and in
tricate thing. Not more than a'dozen fami
lies probably of even McAllister's 150 can
manage'a large dinner of 40 covers, for in
stance, without assistance from outside. An
establishment of 20 and 25 servants with a
chef at the head finds its routine seriously
interfered with, and usually gets in a few
men to assist. In the busy season an order
for a dinner must be booked at lea'.t ten
days beforehand and there are two dinner
weeks in the year that need six weeks
booking.
"In the mid week of December and Eas
ter week," says a fashionable caterer, "I
could not take another order a month before
hand if I were offered 55,000." Still it
might not be safe to make this offer.
Having made up her list and settled upon
her date the hostess consults with her
caterer. If she is a regular customer she
knows his chefs ind has a preference. She
will change her date to secure an especial
chef. The caterer consults the chef and a
menu is submitted. This is carefully gone
over, dishes changed and expurgated
delicacies out of season added all of which
influences the estimate. Ten to twelve
dollars a cover at this season will secure
brook trout and choice viands all through
of course exclusive of wine, which ought
always to come from the family wine cellar
and not from the caterer.
But so much a plate by no means covers
the expense. The flowers are extra if any
profusion is used, and the dinner cards are
another large item. These the caterer will
provide, but hostesses prefer to get them
made to older after some exclusive design
Two to five dollars apiece may be easily in
vested in these dainty trifles. The table is
now to be considered, oval, square or
round. All caterers and many families
have an assortment of dinner tops of dif
ferent sizes and shapes, which aro fitted
onto the usual dining table of the house. A
dinner of over 24 guests is usually served
at small tables; two or three dining rooms
in private houses in New York are of suffi
ciently noble proportions to seat 40 persons
about a single round table. On the night
of a dinner to be served at 7:30 the chef ar
rives about 5 o'clock with his assistant,
and the family cook leaves him in undis
puted possession of the kitchen. The butler
and his men also come at that time and
proceed to lay the table. One man is al
lowed to every six persons, so that for a
dinner of 18 two besides the butler will be
needed.
As the hour approaches for the guests to
arrive, one of the men servants of the family,
the coachman or footman, is stationed at the
door, provided with a list of the guests ex
pected, so many ladies and so many gentle
men. As each comes in he checks the
arrival off, and when the last has come he
sends word to the chef. The rule is to serve
dinner 15 minutes after the last guest
arrives. Meantime, just before the hostess
is dressed and just before she takesher place
in the drawing room, she steps in to look
over the table, approving, suggesting, criti
cising or sharply condemning as she discov
ers things. If possible her changes are
quickly carried out but, from the moment
a man throws open the door and announces
"dinner is served," the responsibility of the
dining room rests with the butler.
After the dinner the clearing-off process
is usually prolonged to touch the time
when the guests shall have gone, as an in
terview with Madame to hope that she is
pleased -means a $5 or $10 bill sent out to
the chef, and a second one to be divided by
the butler among his men and himself. Be
fore thehouse is closed for the night there
will be no trace tf the evening's entertain
ment left, save the freshest of the drawing
rodm flowers.
An Astor Baby's Monrnlnjr.
The young scion of the house of Astor,
who will one day, If he lives, come into
possession of the aggregating millions of
his name, is a healthy looking boy who
screams and doubles his fists as if he were
any average six-months'-old baby. Since
the death of his grandfather he takes his
airings in a. little, baby carriage, whose
trimmings are all in white, wears a close
white cap and an embroidered white cloak
with double capes. This is iu contrast with
former fitting of his out-door establishment,
which has been pink and blue.
The small William is always acoompanled
by two maids, that one may be tree to ren
der quickanduntranimeled assistance in case
of emergency royalty itself being not
more important than this tiny bit of hu
manity. These maids wear now black
dresses, long plain white aprons of fine
lawns and deep hems and wide strings,
FROM BISMARCK.
Am4
f sidewalk a badly whipped man and minus
three tront teeth. Un the occasion ot .Bis
marck's birthday Wiese wroie him a letter
congratulating him and expressing his love
anddevotion. He told ot the loss of his
teeth in defending Bismarck's good name,
and avowed his willingness to suffer untold
loss for his idol. "I think," wrote he.
"that since you have ceased to, command
there is something wrong with dear old
Germany."
In reply came the letter in the ex-Chancellor's
own handwriting, a fie simile of
which Is given. Translated it reads as fol
lows: Fkiidbicusbuh, April 5, 1893.
For your kindly congratulations on the
occasion of my birthday I give you my sin
cere thanks. O. Vox JIibxahcx.
Wiese's friends now call him Bismarck.
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short black jackets and black hats with
black veils thrown over back and reaching
to their knees. "
a Nice Fruit for Spring.
One of the most grateful of spring stewed
fruits is the prunella. Its tart flavor satis
fies the craving for acid which most peopls
have at the end ot a course of heavy winter
food. Like its fellows, prunes, cherries
and other dried fruits, the manner of cook
ing this sour little plum has much to do
with its acceptable taste. Soak the fruit
over night in a covered earthen dish,
one that it may be cooked in, and in the
morning without pouring off the water put
the dish on the stove. It should come,
slowly to the boiling point, but not continua
to boiL Instead, the dish- should be put
where its contents may simmer slowly for
several hours, or until the syrup is a rich
jelly and the fruit tender and soft Sweeten
about three-quarters of an hour before tak
ing from the stove, allowing two caps ot
sugar to the half pound.
A ft'ovelty In Floral Decoration.
A rose screen, now that the month of
roses is just ahead of us, is something to
know about They were used with great
effect at some handsome garden parties last
season. They are made with the assistance
of a low clothes horse, or even a high ona
if to be used on a large lawn. Wire net
ting is tacked over the frame and then
thrust full of roses and greens. Smilax or
feathery asparagus is a good background
and the roses may be massed close. A
small one :s especially lovely standing
across the corner of a piazza.
A Russian on 'Woman SafTrace. '
At the recent luncheon in New York to
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a well-known
woman suffrasist, Mrs. Colby, of Wyoming,
told a story of a Eussian whom she encoun
tered out there. She was urging him to
give his influence; but the man was obsti
nate. 'If the women vote." he said, "they
all go to Chicago (the Mecca of that part o"f.
the country) and put posey gardens on the
street corners, and taxes go wav up."
From this position he could not be "routed;
his only idea of woman in politics was a
flowery one.
The Annoyances ot a Curtain.
One of the small annoyances of a house
keeper is the ease with which curtain loops
slip out of the proper position. After they
are adjusted at the most desirable spot
they refuse with provoking per
sistence to stay there. It is a
suggestion to sew them fast to the
curtain jnst at the top. For the moment
this arrangement of muslin curtains is well
liked, and is especially effective when the
curtains are next to the pane. The same
draping is used in large doorways when the
portieres frame the opening rather than per
form the use of a door.
Answers to Correspondents.
Bertha Before varnishing a'n oiled wal
nut table sandpaper it thoroughly down to
the wood to remove the oil. Then apply
the varnish. To conceal grate use a piece
of ordinary matting fringed at the end. At
any art rooms inexpensive squares of mat
ting may be found with pretty designs
painted on them, or paint it yourself if you
can. It may be fixed to a frame that stands
on the floor or run on a rod that is fastened
to the mantel. Some clean the grate walls
thoroughly then whitewash and fill with
asparagus for the summer. Your other
queries will be reserved for another time.
A Hint for the Housekeeper.
The best sweeper for matting is not a
broom, bnt a brush, one with stiff, not soft
bristles. This penetrates the meshes of the
matting and removes the dust Afterward
wipe with soft cloths wrung out of luke
warm salt water.
Fads In Dinner Cards.
Dinner invitations have the dinner flower
painted on them, violet pansy, lily-of-tha
valley or orchid as the case may be, and thj.
dinner cards are similarly decorated
The "ews From .London.
The striking loose-back cover-coats have,
it is said, already received the cut direct in
London. The 6hort driving cape has sup
erseded them.
Margaeet H. Welch.
Why allow bedbugs to keep yon awake at
night when a bottle of Buglne will destroy
them all In half a minute? 25 centi.
MrrHUKf Awxisas Sage green, warranted
not to run, at Mamaux & Son's, 539 Pens
avenue. Tel. 1972. Than
Striking.
The delicate aroma and fruit
taste of articles flavored with
Dr. Prices Delicious Flavor
ing Extracts as contrasted
with the coarse and disagree
able taste of those flavored
with the common flavoring
extracts now in the marker,
is really one of the striking
peculiarities of these famous
and valuable products. The
difference is so notable that
any person once using Dr.
Price's Flavors will never
again use any, other. They
are valuable additions to our
food, the use of which is cer
tain to increase as knowledge
of their superior qualities
.spreads.
SHADES
OF
GREEN
Are unquestionably most
popular this year in light
effects of fashionable wall
papers. Yellows and
light Terra Cotta share
the honors.
PRICES
ARE MUCH
LESS
Since the "manufacturers'
pool" was broken. You
can easily afford tasteful
and beautiful decorations.
&
FINE "WALL PAPER,
Wood St. and Sixth. Aye.
Telephone 1324.
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