WORK OF
FAIR
HANDS
An American Girl's Statuary
for the "Woman's Bnild-
Ing at the Big Show.
THEPBOGRESS OF THE SEX
Beantlfally Illustrated in the De
signs She Has Created.
PEESOK1LITIOP THE SCULPTRESS.
Err Wreck Uade fcy BtrPet Dog Brought
Her Talent to Light
I1EBT CKEDIT JOB HISTOKIC GENIUS
rooBXEsroirozirca or thi DarxicB.
Ohioaoo, July L Of all tho -women
connected with the 'World's fair movement
in a consequential way, the subject of the
photograph X send is the youngest, fairest
and perhaps the most talented. A dainty
little creature barely 20 years old and
scarcely looking her years! Her peachy
skin, big, round, blue eyes looking out
from under a fringe of jolly little curls that
constitute the prevailing bang, give her an
air of Immaturity which would sug
gest the doll baby type were not the inner
force of the little woman so plainly and
radiantly expressed in 'er countenance.
Her manner is sweidk and unaffectedly
simple. The alteration from an obscure
school cirl to a noted sculptress of Amer
ica has had no noticeable effect upon 3Iiss
Bideout.
At present she is -working away 'like any
other man" at Jackson Park completing
her groups designed for the woman's build
ing. Although her work does not in the
least suggest masculinity, yet even while
watching her about it one finds it hard to
realize that it is the work of such little
hands.
She Comes From the Golden Gate.
But to begin at the beginning: Hiss Alice
Hideout is born of American parents, a
native of California. Although she first
saw the light in Slarysville she belongs to
8an Prancisco, for she lived in the Golden
Gate City since she was 4 years old, and all
her artistic traiuing has been acquired there.
Her talent ior sculpture was developed un
der the well-known Kupert Schmidt, and
thereby hangs a tale that is too intensely
romantic to expect a woman to refrain Irom
repeating.
It seems Miss Eideout had a large dog
that commonly accompanied her when out
walking, and one morning when upon one
ot their strolls they passed Mr. Schmidt's
Jf? Mice ExdtovL
studio. The door stood open, the dog
bounded in and knocked down a recently
finished model, breaking off one of the
arms.
Xo one being about the studio, Ttfiss
Hideout set about repairing the damages,
and while so engaged the sculptor returned
and quietly and with much amusement
watched the amateur, in whom he recog
nized unusual talent. It was not until she
stepped back to survey her hurried work
that Miss Eideout knew of the artist's re
turn. The wonder is that she did not con
flagrate with her own blushes, for I noticed
the almost lost art of blushing is one not
unknown to her.
Tlio Arctdent Gave Her Fortune.
Mr. Schmidt praised her skill as exhibited
upon the remodeled arm and induced her to
study under him, and he now claims she has
fulfilled his most sanguine expectations.
so quietly nas she been about her art that
tomanv her results have been great sur
prise1, but those nearest her have confi
dent! v predicted her success.
Public attention was first attracted to her
work by her fine head of Sitting Bull,
brought out during the Sioux war. Xext
she produced a bust of President Harrison
after his visit to the Pacific coast. This at
tracted the attention of that friend to all de
serving women, Mrs. Iceland Stanford, who
gave the little sculptress an order for a bust
of hersell and one of Mr. Stanford, with
much high praise and encouragement thrown
in with the order.
Then followed the announcement that was
sent throughout the length and breadth of
our land that the opportunity was now given
for women to compete for "statuary to dec
orate the woman's building. Miss Hideout
at once entered the competition, and the
prize models submitted to Mrs. Palmerwere
according to stipulations expressly typical
of women.
Miss Hideout's Artistic Conceptions.
The first group represents the attributes
of women. A central figure is Purity, with
Sacrifice and Charity at her feet Sacrifice
is in the garb of a nun and is melting her
jewels in a crucible. Charity is, as she is
usually represented, with her children. In
the central group Higher Civilization is tho
central winged ngure. She is in the act of
giving the torch of learning to the modern
woman, who is represented in student's cap
and gown; while on the other hand the
woman of the dark ages is groping for the
light.
The pediment design shows woman in the
various walks of life as artist, author,
school teacher, nurse, housekeeper, etc.
"With singular grace and beauty the figures
stand to represent the women of the world
and their work, and particularly, it seems
to me, they will speak to the assembled na
tions of one American girl and her work.
The designing and completing of these
prize models ot groups, pediments and pan
els for this national competition between
women sculptors was only the work of a
lew months for Miss Hideout, of whom it is
said, "she has the art in her head and works
speedily and upon inspiration," but there
were "troubles, trials and tribulations be
tween her and success, for a 18-foot panel,
the model of the 40-foot wide piece that was
to surround the entablature of the build
ing and two groups of statuary were
hopelessly crushed en route from California
or else the damage was done in careless
dumping after they had reached the Fair
grounds. But however, or whenever done,
done it was, and you will readily under
stand the vexation and additional work the
'wreckage cost our artist
How She Treats the Reporters.
However, it would be hard to even im
agine Hiss Hideout in a temper or so nraeh
a a pout She is truly amiable. Of course,
Af if
she has been besieged br repor'ers, yet the
eternal patience, which is said to be one
with cenius, she graoiously extends to all,
with the preface that "after all you news
paper people have done for me it would be
more ungrateful than I think I am to refuse
the small favors yon ask. But please don't
overrate me. It really is painful to me to
sea myself credited with knowing every
thing known in the art from the days of
Phidias down to the present time. I know
bo little yet! Why, I have only studied
two years I '
This she said as though anyone could do
the same by studying two years.
In reply to an almost beseeching request
for her photograph she replied in that
naive little wav so peculiarly her own and
which is perfectly bewitching: "Yes, I
will give you my photograph, too, but not
as a proof" of my" amiability, but as a means
of self-gratification. I have hopes of yet
seeing one likeness of myself in a news
paper which will not cause my friends gen
erally to send me messages of condolence
and sympathy."
TO amen Wear Tbelr Own Inrel Now.
But, apropos of women and their work, is
it not a coutinual surprise that they have
proven themselves so capable in so many
unusual occupations? And more so when
we consider the years their natural talents
were suppressed and training refused? This
has rightly been called the woman's age.
"Women now not only dare to do, but to
own what they have done, instead of per
mitting men to wear their laurels, as in
times pait
Herr Stineback could not to-dav take all
ihe credit to himself for the doors of the
Strassburg Cathedral, allowing his sister no,
share of credit, and if Madame de Scnddery
had lived in this age she might fearlessly
aud with honor have owned the novels she
permitted to be published under her brother's
name, which brother, it is said, used to lock
her in her room to keep her at it and who
upon one occasion drew his sword upon a
friend who doubted his having written
them. So also might Fanny Mendelssohn
now claim the "Songs "Without "Words" so
generally credited to her brother. Fanny,
we are told, was suppressed by the whole
family, who dared not risk what would be
thought of her for so nnsexing herself as
to be composing music instead of washing
dishes.
rnbllc Opinion and the Sex.
Meander's sister, too, in this just era
could claim her fnll share in the ''Church
History that made her brother famous, and
so on through the long list of brainy women
ot past ages who could not lire long enough
to enjoy the tardy honors we nineteenth
century folk propose to confer upon them.
That great barrier to woman's progress,
public opinion, which fir so long'a time
stood like an insurmouotable wall between
her and her capabilities, is now a thing of
history only.
The contest between women and the pub
lic has always reminded me of the fable of
the sea wall and the tide. Slid the tide to
the sea wall: "1 think I will go up where
you are."
'Oh. no, said the sea wall,"vou must not
do that For ages on ages you have stayed
where you are and it was never Intended
that you should come up here."
The tide who had been all of these ages
finding out its God-given strength had con
cluded such power had not been bestowed
for nothing and had quietlv replied to the
sea wall: "However, I think I will go."
"What answer the sea wall made was
never known for it was no longer there.
Makt Temple Bayard.
Cnrlng Rattlesnalto Rite.
A reputable inhabitant of the rattlesnake
haunted region along the upper valley of the
Delaware river, Sullivan county, K. J.,
now states that there is a known antidote
for the poison of a rattlesnake's bite which
has been in use in his part of Sullivan
county for 80 or 90 years. He says it was
obtained by John Geer, the first permanent
settler of Long Eddy, from a half-breed In
dian, who occupied a little hut on the Penn
sylvania bank of the river almost 100 years
ago. The remedy was the frequent applica
tion to the wounded part of the bruised
roots of the plant popularly known as
"lion's heart," which resembles the milk
weed and the drinking freely of a tea made
from the arrow-leaved violet, known in
botany as V. sagittate. The correspondent
who has communicated this remedy further
states that he has known personally of six
individuals bitten by rattlesnakes who
have been cured by it, and he has never
known a failure to cure when it was admin
istered. A Rival or Lenox ana Newport
Great Barringtou, Mass., the home of the
late Mrs. Mark Hopkins-Searles, is rapidly
becoming a rival of Lenox and Newport
Property in the town is almost as high as in
a big city, and the inhabitants say that for
its size it is one of the wealthiest towns of
the New England States! From the main
street of the town may be seen the old
house where "William Cnllen Bryant was
born, and "Sky Farm," the birthplace of
the "Sky Farm" poets, Dora Eeade and
Elaine Goodale.
SIT rEETUE QAX, DONE GOT A BEAU.
rWBITTXN TOB THI DISF-ATCH.1
My leetle gal done got a beaut
Dassol
Dat young rapscalyun hangta ronn'
Heah ovah senco lie strike dls town,
But dat not boddah me a' tall,
I tough t "She des a chile, dat'a all,"
But sho,
She big eunf ter git a bean!
My leetle gal done got a beau!
Disol
I dldn' eben 'splshnn dem
When she let down dat dress' ham.
An' fixed her hair de growed up wav,
An' wo' raid rlbunds ebry day.
But sho,
Dat gal she fix ter kotch a beaut
My leetle pal done sot a bean!
Dasso!
I oughter seed right tru bit all
"When she lef on a playln' doll,
De dolls dey can't lub back, yu know,
An' dressln' dem hit pow'ful slow,
Fer sho
'Dong side ob dressln fer a beau.
My little eal done got a beau
Dasso!
He mtnhtr slickry! when he see
lie comln' roun', dat qniok sea he,
"I specs yu ongbter hep yo' maw.
She done look mighty ti'ahd, I law!.
Dasso
Day all talks when (Ley's playln' bean.
My Mttlepal done got a beanl
Dassol
De fus I knowed wna one wa'hm night,
De moon wuz shlnln' full an' bright,
De soobah hills wuz wet wid dew.
Do mllyun patch wuz gllstnln' too
Fer sho
De bery night ter bring a bean.
Hit bring my loetle gal her bean,
Dassol
I sot des whar de hop-vine trowed
Hits shadderroun de do,' an' growod
So tick dem chlllen dldn' see
Dat 'hind bit sot ole man an' ma.
Ter know
Gals kino ob blin' 'longslde dey beau.
My leetle gal done got a beanl
Dasso!
Fer with dey's swlngln' on de gate,
I hea'hd a soun', an sho as fate
I seed dat da'key up an' kiss
My leetle pal, my leetle M'llss.
"Fer alio,"
Sez paw, "daf gal hab got a beau."
"My leetle pal tlonegot a beaur"
I fix dat no-conn' fool dla day
.not sol
?
jrer Kiss a leetle sral dal
"Now des set still, ole mil ' mi ha.
"An' let dat man an' ooman be,
Ter know
Growed gala Is boun' ter hah dey bean."
"Dat gal oh yo'n she got a beau,
Dasso,
But when we done owa'h co'tta' wa
Wuz dls ez young ez dom two he,
Ole ooinan n o'b a-alttln' on,
Dat leetle gal ob owa'hn gone,
Dassol
Bekase she bin an' got a beau."-
My leetle gal done got a beau!
Dassol
Xo use ter wring my nan's an err,
De leetle gal am clean gone by.
O cbllo, bos' man yer evah saw
Will nevah lnb yu lak yo' maw! .
But sho!
Dat gal doan' oa', she got a beau!
Ann Traonm. Cuxxzwraosr.
thebeiiesofimdos
Costumes They Are Donning With the
Opening of the Summer.
WHAT THE JUNB BRIDES WORE.
Materials, Millinery, Parasol., Fan. and
Shoes That Ira Proper.
CRUETiTI TO THE OMENTAL BEETLE
rcOTHlKSrOITOKNOt OF THH DISrATCIM
London, June 2t Since the fateful
month of May expired weddings have been
once more in the as
cendant, and being
recognized as an aft
ernoon function.
They combine all the
oharms of a smart
reception, height
ened by the personal
interest of a bride's
presence. The fash
ion, introduced at
this year's first draw
ing room, of wearing
semi-tra nsparent
trains, formed of lace,
gauze or crepon,
lined with soft' silk,
adapts itself well to
a bridal attire. They
are arranged in two
Two Watteau Pleatt.
watteau pleats, one from the right shoulder,
and, to avoid inartistic uniformity, the
other springs form a little lower down.
Miss Faterson-Fox, one of the most
beautiful brides of the season, had her's
made in this wav. Miss Kinnear, who was
married to the Bev. A. "Whelpton on Thurs
day, was attended by four bridesmaids in
exqnisite dresses. The long Frinoesse robe
of fine white cloth, bordered by a six-inoh
embroidery of yellow daisies, was slightly
raised at the sides, showing an underskirt of
delicate bntteronp silk velvet. A band of
the same floral embroidery edged the bodice
three inches below the waist From the
elbow downward- the sleeves were of light
yellow velvet Above, the white cloth was
fnll and high. Tuscan hats trimmed with
very broad bows of white satin ribbon,
worked in yellow daisies, and large daisy
posies, with long garlands of trailing
foliage and ribbons, completed these very
effective costumes.
Fanciee In Color and Materials.
A favorite material is Frenoh crape,
painted with floral designs in rich colors.
A gray or other neutral ground gives the
best effect It forms charming draperies
for the front of a visiting gown with an Em
pire ooat in bengaline of the same color.
Greens, in all possible shades, are reigning
colors, especially -a peculiar acqna-marine,
which has a dash of yellow in it one misses
in "eau-de-nil," and, as fashion itself is be
coming it appears to suit blonde and
brunette alike.
Tailors are ceasing to make the lojse
backed coats. The newest style is a corduroy
jacket, three-quarter length, fitting tightly
behind, but with easy double fronts, show
ing the vest and tie. These will replace the
sacques and hooded capes, which have held
way since last autumn.
Black crinoline hats are muoh worn.
Apart from the economy, whioh appeals to
the pockets ot the maloritv, the broad, soft
half-transparent brim, ornamented .with
white orream guipure lace, flowers "a dis
cretion," and ribbon loops caught up with
artful carelessness has a distinct charm of
its own and is likely to survive the summer.
Gown for VUItiujr.
An attractive visiting dress is made thns:
Summer corduroy of a soft heliotrope shade;
the plain but well-
shaped skirt is edged
with black faille, cut
on the cross, and bor
dered at tbe top wtth
passementerie of jet,
steel and gold beads.
The bodice is cut open
in the shape of a long
V back and front,
showing black faille
richly embroidered
ana appliqued with
similar Deads and th
transparent part dis
closes heliotrope silk
beneath. Bound the
arms the material is
also cut away in a
large curve, showing
the same transparent
bead work. The lower
Vbtttng Drat.
part of the sleeve is ht and ornamented
in the same way, but above the elbow it is
high and voluminous. The same style, in
creamy fawn, with flame-colored faille in
troduced into the bodioe, and with a long
velvet sash of the same oolor, which also
edges the skirt, form an extremely pretty
dress. The bodices are buttoned down the
back.
Shoes are much embroidered. "White satin
ones can be easily metamorphosed by sew
ing a pattern of gold passementerie on the
toes.
A bine serge coat and skirt with a silk or
zephyr blouse forms a most useful addi
tion to a summer wardrobe. Discard the
coat and It becomes a good tennis dress, or
by replacing the blouse by a tight fitting
vest of scarlet oloth and moveable cuffs of
the same, or of colored brocade, it becomes
a smart walking gown. Eton jackets are
worn by young ladies with slight figures,
and should be edged with a fine gold cord.
Gowns ot a Great Occasion.
Entertainments on
a large scale have
been rare this season,
but Lady Salisbury's
reception brought
all the fortunate
"beau-monde to Ar
lington street Lady
Carew's great beauty
and noble stature
made her, as usual,
a center of attraction.
Her cown of eold
ij brocade on a delicate
gray satin ground
was a pearl of great
price, and, set off by
the famous emeralds,
she was unrivalled
even nmntirr tt frnlaTv
iof lair women.
The empire stvla
Si- aaopiea Dy tne
? 't w o daughters of
.- tTlfi Pnimf.ae rtf TItim-
-j. ..., .
ilt3 raven. They were
drapedwiThSinl
broidered in sea pearls, and broad satin
sashes hung from very high waists. To
many figures this style is unbecoming, but
it can be obviated by those who are not big
ots as to absolute chronological accuracy by
making the satin dress a tight-fitting prin
cess one, covered with an embroidered
crepon skirt, which should hang from lust
below the bust A trimming of gold or
pearl insertion should divide this skirt
from the puffing of orepon, which trims the
neck, and the high full satin sleeves should
cover the shoulders and end where the
roundness of tbe arm begins. Long suede
gloves almost meet the sleeves, showing but
a few inches of the arm. .
Mr. Comey Grain, in his new monologue,
"My "Wife's Party," introduced a skit
apropos of the latest fashion in bouquets.
He says: "Seeing my diear friend Lady B's
exqnisite posy of orchids resting gently
against her shoulder, how could I be ex
pected to guard against stumbling over its
tendrils and offshoots, which were fluttering
to the ground and lying literally beneath
myfestf' -
Aeeeisoilee f tke Outfit
Sunshades and parasols are of a simple
form,and so far arenaeMslfarrdbT the mils
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and fantastio vagaries of past seasons.
Shot silks, figured or spotted, or moire to
match the costume have good sense as well
as good taste to recommend them. Cherry
wood or olive handles well carved are more
in vogue than ebony or china. The latter
are too perishable.as falls will occur even in
the best regulated hands.
Fans are "de rigueur," but for daily use
are small, compact, and of firm material
even of glided morocco for the ends, mostly
copied from olcUSpanish faces; hand-painted
or embroidered, and are intended for real
use and the side-pocket For evening use
they are verv large and elaborate. Fainted
gauze or ostrich feathers, with yellow tortoise-shell
staves are. considered "da
cachet"
Those who study appearance as well as
economy, near shot silk petticoats, which
are very much "en evidence" in these days
of trained umbrella skirts. These skirts
should be lined with fancy colored silk.
One lady whose good taste "is unquestioned
wears a gray striped silk gown lined with
coral pink glace, while a jupon of pink and
gray shot-silk with lace quillings, shows
beneath. The London season of this year of
grace, being comparatively well nigh a dead
letter, fashion sharing its fate becomes, foe
the 'time, lax and purposeless, still, "hope
reigns perennial," and looks ahead with
pleasurable excitement to the change
which will succeed the dissolution of Farlia-s
ment, when women's thoughts, will once
more turn to things of beauty, and the erst
while sterner sex will have eyes for the
artistic masterpieces of Kate Eilcy and
Blise.
The Latest Summer Costumes.
The materials for summer costumes are of
such delicate tints that every day develops
fresh combinations, as
no color is worn with
out a contrast or a
harmony. A charm
ing morning frock can
be made thus: The
skirt and upper
sleeves of a light salmon-pink
zephyr are
made entirely in ac
cordion pleats, and a
foundation of nain
sook muslin, with tor
chon insertions, can
take the place of a Sleeva of Satin.
petticoat The bodice is smooked from
throat to shoulder with pale apple-green
filoselle. Thence to the waist, it is fnll but
held in shape by a very broad sash of soft
green twilled ribbon, the bow and ends at
the side. A wide hat of delicate green
willow trimmed with large pink carnations
of the delicious malmaison tint, and scented
artificially (a Parison novelty), completes a
dainty and youthful attire.
A tightly fitting bodice of light fawn
satin merveilleux fastened invisibly under
the arm and . covered with rich black
guipure lace has a good effect The sleeves
arc of satin onlv, very large to the elbow
and ending with a trill; below they are
covered with the guipure. The hat to cor
respond is of nutmeg Panama straw, a
large bunch of green grasses knotted in the
front and the feathery fronds standing fully
six inches high. The crown is covered with
poppies of the true wild color, intermixed
with a little piece-velvet of the same vivid
tint, and the brim is raised beb with
velvet loops.
Ihi China SHU Are Populan
China silks with pompadour, or Nankin
China blue patterns, will be muoh worn.
The trimmings should match the prevalent
tone of the pattern, not the ground color.
An exquisite tea gown for special occasions
can be produced by a" careful blending ot
pale "Blue Martin" satin and grayish
ovster-colored crape. The easy-fitting
fronts are in draped satin, ending at the
foot with a narrow dull-gold passementerie
and a soft satin ruche below. The sides and
back form a tightly-fitting princesse robe
with high Medici collar. A treble-pleated
"Watteau springs from the neck and spreads
toward the foot Long, hanging sleeves of
the same cover the large blue ones, which
should be tight to the arm below the elbow.
A. cravat of the crape should be fastened
with diamond pins. Shoes of gray Russia
leather look well with this gown, which,
well carried out, is extremely elegant
Partly because flowers and ferns look
seasonable as millinery ornaments, and
partlv on account of the societv for the pro
tection of onr feathered friends, in which
the Duchess of Portland takes so active an
interest, birds and wings and real butter
flies have ceased to adorn our hats, though,
with a strange anomaly and contradiction,
scarabei are used very much for earrings
and buttons and introduced in net work
embroidery and no voice is raised in protest
against the wholesale destruction of these
Oriental beetles which must be subjected to
death by impalement in order to preserve
their scintillating blue and green hues. "Why
not extend to them the poetic justice shown
to the feathered tribe? Astobta.
I
a Voyage to teisco in os
Some Marvelous Exporlenees of Charles
Frosch, One of a Ihoasanil Passengers.
Charles Prosch, of Seattle, has been re
calling his marvelous experience of the
voyage from New York to San Francisco,
begnn in September, 1853, says th New
York WorlQ. He sailed on the steamer Illi
nois, Captain Hartstein, from the foot of
Liberty street, and was one of a thousand
passengers, a surprising number for that
day.
Mr. Prosch paints a shocking picture of
the degradation of the women of Jamaica,
where the Pacifio Mail steamers made the r
first stop; describes Asplnwall, now Colon,
as a most unattractive town at the Atlantio
terminus of the trans-Isthmian railroad.
then in process of construction, and relates
amusing incidents of the jonrnev over the
Isthmus by boats to Gorgona and by donkey
back to Panama.
On account of shoal water the steamer
John L. Stephens had to lie two miles from
the shore in tbe harbor ot anama and the
gold seekers were ferried through several
hundred yards of shoal water to her boats.
The Captain of the John L. Stephens,
Robert L. Pearson by name, treated all
hands to champagne, according to Mr.
Prosch, to celebrate the fair weather, and
thereupon it at once began to storm and the
virtuous elements sternly rebuked him. Mr.
Prosch concludes:
"To this day I retain a vivid recollection
of the lost hot, sultry, enervating and un
comfortable summer spent in New York
City."
And to think that in those days there
were no negligee shirts, no russet shoes and
no Ecmsen coolers)
Ha Would Not Visit the Battlefield.
"Victor Hugo records in his notes that
when he was in Brussels he refused to visit
the battlefield ofv'"Waterloo, To him it
represented not only the triumph of Europe
over France, but "the complete, absolute,
startling, incontestable and final sovereign
triumph of mediocrity over genius."
Be Not Too Hard.
New Orleans Picayune.
Too hard, too hard be not.
With faults nay, even sin;
Thou canst not tell quite what
Temptations may have been;
Thou canst not tell, oh friend,
How hard the fallen one
Has struggled not to bend,
The danger tried to shnn.
Condemn not, nor despise, .
Though great. Indeed, tho wrong;
Think, tempted thou likewise,
Wouldst thou have been as strong!
Thv gold, if tested so,
Would It have proved aa purer
To passion's onward flow,
Thy banks been moie securer
Hold not thyself aloof,
Though he has fallen low.
Withhold the sharp reproof
Retard the oruel blow;
Tar from the weary Jieart,
' Bid sorrow and dif may;
The blinding tears that start,
Lo, gently try to stay.
"With loving, gentle' main,
dust jrulde him up the hnl
Upon thee let him lean.
He is thy brother still)
ThV strength shall greater be.
Thy light grow never aim, '
Tor God shall deal with thee,
As Skew kaat oealMrstk hltn,
SILENCE OF THE SEX.
While Women Gossip of Little Things
They Keep Great Secrets.
UNSPOKEN WOES OP THE HOME.
Queen
Elisabeth Ejmv When to
Nothing and When to Lie.
Bay
WILLIAM IDE 6ILENFS HAED LUCE
rWBITTIN TOE THZ DISPATCH. 1
The virtue of silence is so universally ad
mitted that it is strange how few wise men
are noted for this reticence. Men will talk.
It is their nature. They blab and blab and
gab and gab. They were built that way.
Talk about women as gossips they have to
take a back seat and a low-down mark when
compared with the sterner sex. Men at
gossiping beat the world. "Whether as to
character, social condition, business, poli
tics or Individual characteristics they take
highest rank, although the idea is that
women with their alleged ohronicles of
small beer and narrow ideas are supposed
to rank first
Women talk tq men, but rarely men to
women. Men have grown up with the
notion that women are so apart from them
as regards business aud politics, that'thev
rarely show their true inwardness save as
man to man.
"What Bessie Thinks Men Think.
A man imagines that the feminine mind
is "away ofi" from his, and cannot compre
hend the vastness of the difference between
Blaine and Harrison, or Cleveland and
Hill. He goes placidly about getting a
living with the thought that his wife hardly
knows that two and two make four, and he
is sort of happy in the idea that, as business
goes, she is simply a goose. He does not
say so, nor would he admit it for the world,
but the fact is, that he likes the idea that he
is the great Mogul of the family, and that
tbe "old girl" doesn't know a thing, except
what he desires her to know. The young
man's ideal of a wife is expressed by him in
the words: "She must be perfectly ignorant
and a bigot She must know nothing aud
believe everything." That is, she must ap
peal to his Judgment, aoccpt his fiats, and
sweetly do whatever he decides to be the
right and proper thing under all circum
stances. Marriages, where the husband was tbe
supreme boss and the wife the silent part
ner, used to be considered the most happy.
"Where he had everything his own way,
and her way was hls'n" was assumed to be
the right style of it by the old story tellers.
In the "decent order ot things in that elder
day, when she was "dead and gone," he put
up a right smart tombstone, setting forth
her many virtues, and then married another
in a year.
Women Keally Do Keep Secrets.
Silence in women is so common as to ex
cite noicomment They, as a rule, keep
their grievances to themselves. In mar
riage a woman makes or mars her life. It
does not take long to take the measure of
her husband. She knows whether she has
drawn a prize or a blank very soon. But
whether or no, she keeps her own counsel.
If, in the lottery of life, she draws a blank,
she silently, accepts the situation, and
makes the best of it Nobody knows from
her that her hand is poor, and that no
trumps are in it worth counting upon. She
almost invariably shows a bold front to the
world, even when fortune has used her
most unkindly. She goes down to the
grave "unhonored and unsung" who most
deserves a monument Indeed, if silent
martyrdom ever found a stone, it should be
raised in honor of her who gives no voice
to disappointment, no sharpness to resent
ment, no bitterness in the daily goings on
of life.
Women have the credit of being the talk
ing sex. History gives no honor to them
as "the silent." But did written records
take the measure of mankind aright, it
would be found that if there is any merit in
silence, women could claim the prize. They
talk much, it may be said. They gabble
greatly, aud gossip a great deal it will be
admitted. But tor silence they have a
genius when occasion demands it
The Mlchty Griefs Are Damb.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs records many
who died in defense of their faith, and
through merit of their own obstinacy, but
no volumes ot history will ever record the
"Acts and Monuments" of the domestio
martyrs at the fireside. "Light cares
speak, when mighty griefs are dumb."
Women through all history have shown the
gift ot silence. "Speeoh is great," said Car
lyle, "but silence is greater." What ca
pacity his wife had ior silence he never
knew, or appreciated until she was dead.
'How dumb was her martyrdom In his be
half he never knew, and could not measure.
George Eliot put her soul into words, but
her life was one of silence as to herself.
Lady Byron kept silenoe as to her domestic
troubles for over 40 years, under the insult
and contempt that her famous husband did
not scruple to heap upon her, conscious as
he was of her honor and goodness.' Many
women less known to fame have done like
wise. Many have died without a word,
that spoke of shattered hopes and lives
wrecked and ruined for all time.
Elizabeth Was a Good I.Iar. .
Elizabeth ot England showed how silent
she could be in all great matters when,
while playing the coquette ostensibly, she
outwitted every statesman in Christen
dom for half a century. She
played William of Orange and Philip
ot Spain, as if they were cards in a game
of euchre for the glory of England and the
ruin of Spain. She kept her own counsel
and was silent, even with her own minis
ters, as to her plans, until she was ready for
action. She had no scrnples as to lying.
The most wary and skillful diplomatists
found her matchless in finesse and intrigue.
She was a profound politician, and well un
derstood the virtue of silence, while fooling
ambassadors with the idea that she was
giving her policy and plans dead away.
"Silence is one of the great arts of con
versation" that many women will under
stand, though none, perhaps, are known to
fame by having "the Silent" tacked to their
names like William of Orange. "Holy
Mary" is credited with knowing a very
great deal, but with also keeping all the
sayings of that busy time in her heart as
do many women of to-dav. But storins up
all things, and dying in sllenee, however
common and heroic it may be, avails bnt
little in the history of the world. Heroes
are needed, and "William the Silent"
stands out as did Ajax and Ulysses of old
who are quoted as the most eloquent, and
yet most silent of all men.
William the Sllents' Wife.
William, who won the reputation of "the
Silent," had it ground into him by early
training. With the sovereignty- of EngJ
land in view, be could take sides 'with,
neither Protestant nor Catholic. He was a
devoted compromiser, and a conciliator.
He was jealous of the power of his wife.
His pride of mind was humiliated by the
thought that while he was by virtue of the
church her head aud ruler, yet by slate
statutes, he was second in command and
subordinate in order of precedence. He
kept his head shut, but he aid a power of
thinking upon this point For a long time,
we are told, he Was cross and hateful with
his wife, until he was advised that she pro
posed to be obedient and let him have
everything his own way. With that as
surance, he quietly took possession of Eng
land and under the name of "William and
Mary" became a royal boss. She had been
educated to read tbe uible ana to tace in
the creed of the prayer book as to the sub
ordination of women. Owing to his silence
she did not, for some time, know that his
discontent and ugliness were owing to the
tact that her superior olaim to royalty was
at th bottom ot their nnhappiness. But
when she did discover, at last, that
William's silent grievance and oontrarinss
f tamper tovnd frwshrtt la tk raakliag
knowledge that she by birth and law
stood first she was swift to let him know
that, under religious rules and prayer book
enforcements, she was his inferior and had
no objection to such position.
William Bald Nothing for Ten Tears.
History tells ns that for over nine years
William "the Silent" suffered under this
supposed grievance without a word and that
Mary never knew what was the matter with
him until Bishop Burnet enlightened her as
to the cause of his jealousy. A married
man silent for nearly ten years as to his
position in tbe house and cross all the time
because first honors were not awarded to
him is something of a wonder. When
Mary found out that all that hurt William
was the idea that she, and not he, was boss
of Britain, she sacrificed, of course, politi
cal to domestic bliss.
Grant, in our day, has gained the title of
"the man of silence." He diver gave him
self away bv his tongue. He kept himself
quiet, smoked cigars and said nothing.
When making him commander of the army
of the Potomac, Lincoln was governed bv
his silence rather than his speech. "This
man has got something in him" was his
thought not inspired by speeches made by
Grant bnt by his silent action. Grant
never gave himself to expression in words
until impelled by stress of desire for the
welfare of his family.
Why Grant Wrote His Book.
With those he loved provided for he
would have gone down to the grave without
a book upon which his individuality was
stamped. Even with it there is little known
of the man. He was silent unto the grave.
He gave the few events of his life, the little
environments from whence grew the hero,
but the solid background ot silence as to
his inner life is there after all never to be
disclosed.
Henry Ward Bsecher, with all his ser
mons, his speeches, his lectures, was a silent
man as the articles written by hi3 wife
show.
Quay has made his name the synonym for
sileuoe. "Addition, division and silence,"
will be marked upon his political tomb
stone, however his other virtues may be
lauded aud magnified. t
But after all, silence is not a rare virtue.
All men talk, though they may say nothing.
The eloquence of silence is often times be
yond speech. The old god whose feet "were
shod with silence," is still a good god for
very many people. Bessie Bbasible.
A CAT OF CHABACXXB.'
How She Saved n Helpless Tonng
wren
From a Hnngry Keptlle.
In the mountain districts of Pennsyl
vania, says the Brandon Bucksaw, two wrens
had built their nest under the eaves of an
old farm house, and there they reared a
small and interesting family. Anfong tbe
attaches of the farmer's household was a
white cat, and when the wrens became so
tame that they used to hop around the pi
azza in search of crumbs, the cat would lie in
wait for them, and several times came with
in an ace of catching the adult birds.
When the farmer noticed this he kicked tbe
cat, and,she finally learned that it was dan
gerous to fool with the wrens.
When the baby wrens grew larger one of
them one dav fell out of the nest, and,
being too weak to run and unable to fly,
lay helpless on the grass. The cat saw the
accident and ran rapidly to seize the bird,
but, seeming to remember the lesson
taught her, when she reached the helpless
little thing she only touched it daintly with
her paw and then laid down and watched it
Presently there came a black and yellow
garden snake toward the fluttering birdling.
The cat wa3 dozing and was awakened by
the fluttering of tlie bird. Instantly, she
roe and struck at the reptile with her paw.
This was an enemy the snake did not ap
preciate, but it was hungry, so it darted
forward and attempted to seize the bird un
der the very shelter of the cat's head.
Like a flash the cat seized the snake just
back of the head and killed it with one bite.
When the farmer happened along in the
afternoon he found the cat crouching in the
grass sheltering'the bird, and ten feet away
was the dead snake. This made it clear
that the cat bad carried the bird away lrom
the snake, and the young adventurer was
soon restored'to its anxious parents.
A BAEHYARD CTJBI03ITT.
A Tanner and His One-I.egs;ed Hen Create
a Sensation Among Old Women.
A prosperous farmer in Lone Tree Valley
has a hen that has set the tongues of all the
old women gossips wagcing. It is a com
mon barnyard hen, bnt it has, nevertheless,
created a sensation. Some months ago a
mule stepped on the hen's" leg and broke it
The farmer was in the barn at the time and
heard the hen squawk, and, upon examina
tion, found the mule standing upon its leg.
He took his knife, cut the broken leg .off
and turned her loose, and indue time -she
recovered and was the liveliest kind of a
one-legged hen.
After this accident, however, the hen
would not go near the barn and in fact had
a babit of wandering off by herself. Some
time ago it was discovered that she had a
nest full of eggs in a fence corner, and was
sitting on them. The eggs were coffee-colored
and mottled, looking a good deal like
turkey eggs except that they were small.
Last week seyen of the eggs hatched and
they were the funniest looking chickens
that were ever hatched; instead of with
feathers they were covered with a woolly
covering that resembled fur, a sort of cross
between feathers and hair. Four of the lit
tle chickens had wattles that stood straight
up from the ears above the head, giving
them a very mulish look. All the women
are sure that it is a case of marked chicken.
The San Jose Mercury is credited with this
story.
JAPANES2 IN AMERICA.
They Have a Strong Desire toBaoelve Their
Ednoatloa In This Country.
There is a strong desire on the part of
young Japanese to come to the United
States to acquire or perfect themselves in
the English language and complete their
education, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
The welcome given to earlier students has
led many who have entirely insufficient
means to undertake the journey come, in
deed, with scarcely more than enough to
pay .their passage to this country.
Others, better provided for, have no idea
of the increased cost of living here, while
many hope to receive aid from persons who
may become interested in them here, or to
find some employment while they are carry
ing on their studies.
The practical results are not always
fortunate, and many of the students referred
to would be better off at home. The repu
tation of having been educated in Europe
or America has a certain value at present
in Japan, however, and the Japanese
students are, almost without a single excep
tion, a credit to their native country.
THE LATE EMPEBOK FREDERICK.
While Crown Prince He Delighted in II
lustratln: Bismarck's Great Influence.
One of the stories which the late Chief
Burgomaster of Berlin, Forkenbeck, used
to tell was of the late Emperor Frederick,
who, while Crown Prince, liked to illustrate
Bismarck's great, influence with the old
Kaiser. '
"Yes, gentlemen," the Crown Prince
would say, "if Bismarck were to propose to
my father an alliance with Garibaldi nay,"
said he, pausing, "that is not an extreme
enough case, for Garibaldi is at least a
General If Bismarck were to propose to
him an alliance with Mazzini, what would
happen? At first my father would march
up and down the room, exclaiming: 'Bis
marck, Bismarck! what do you mean to
make me?' Then he would stand still in
the middle of the room and say: 'Well, if
yon are firmly convinced that this thing is
indispensable to the Interests of the State,
there is, of course, nothing to be done in
tiweadkvttepnt'BpwitXit"'
SEEING OFF TO SEA.
Formal Breakfasts and Steamer Let
ters for the Ocean Voyage.
THI FIOWEES AT A LUNCHEON.
Peeps st the Interiors of Some of the Paliee
Homes of Newport
FRESH GOSSIP BT HAEGAEET H. WH.CH
IWBTTTIN TOB THE DISrATCH.1
The lore of functions is for the moment
considerably varied by steamer breakfasts
and luncheons. On Wednesdays and Satur
days the sailing days of the great Atlantic
fleet, many gay parties assemble to say
goodby to friends, prefacing the actual ship
board adieu by a jolly breakfast or luncheon
at some uptown hotel or restaurant These
are occasionally quite formal invitations,
called "bon voyage'' cards, being issued
days beforehand, and the "breakfast" a
banquet of importance with elaborate
favors and much decoration. More often
they are impromptu affairs or certainly
much less conventional ones, with occasion
ally the honored traveler absent till the
last course, a victim to the emergencies of
preparation.
Only the other day at the Canard pier a
group of people waited a couple of honrs,
loaded with flowers and fruit, to speed a
very popular young woman on her Euro
pean outing. It lacked three minutes of
sailing time, and ocean lines have
the inexorable punctuality of rail
road grains, when a carriage dashed
down the wharf and from it alighted an in
stant later Mademoiselle, all agitation and
anxiety lest she had missed the boat Her
chaperon hurried her aboard, the gong
sounded "all ashore," and the huge vessel
slowly swung out from her moorings, with a
distracted young woman leaning over the
rail and calling back disjointed explana
tions, apologies and regrets, as long as she
could be heard.
"Steamer letters" are also a distinct phase
of ocean practices. These are sealed and
labeled for each day of the voyage, and are
witty, grave, gay and sentimental, accord
ing to the mood, temperament or relation to
the recipient of the writer. "Have yon a
book of quotations, Kipling's Tales From
the Hills,' or a copy of Shakespeare?" was
the succinct but rather surprising inquiry
made of a New York friend by a young
woman the other evening. The questioner,
with two girl companions, was spending the
night at the friend's house, preparatory to
seeing two more young women oft for Eu
rope the next day. "We've got to do our
steamer letters to-nisht, you know, and we
want to 'cull' a little, ot course," she ex
claimed. Which would seem to indicate
that the "steamer letter" in the hands of
some young women may be very eclectic in
character.
Books are the most satisfactory of all fur
nishings. A simple room is enriched by
them and a handsome apartment takes on
more dignity with their presence. Many
persons with but one room to use 03 parlor,
library and sitting room, economize space
and furnishings, and impart elegance to the
triple apartment by running around two of
One Wav to Dispute of Boohs.
its sides, or three if desired, a row of irreg
ular shelves such as is shown in the cut
These are filled with books, odd pieces of
pottery and any curios or bric-a-brac that
one may possess. Tuck-away spaces for
pamphlets and magazines can be curtained
with brisht stuffs and the result is charm
ing and effective. The shelf work mav be
ot a soft wood like pine, and may be stained
and varnished in cherry or' walnut, or
simplv furnished with a hard wood finish
which keeps the pine bnt little darker than
its usual color. A little study can adapt
the suggestion of the cut to individual
needs and resources, and the remit will be
found to be much more satisfactory than
stiff conventional bookcases and cabinets.
At a Ijncheon the other day a huge
mound of roses in the center of the table
disintegrated itself, with the assistance of
the bntler at the end of tbe meal, into a
generous bunch apiece, separately tied with
ribbons for each of the ten guests a pretty
aud economical arrangement
A new occupation for women has arisen
in the office of minister's assistant It
might better be written minister's wife's
proxy, for the function of this recently
created church official looks more to the
performance of duties heretofore relegated
to the minister's wife, than to those of the
clerical man himself. It is an evidence of
our growing civilization that ministers'
wives are being more and more permitted
individual existences. The fitting of a
small salary to a large family is the usual
occupation of these devoted women, and it
is a sufficiently absorbing one. To add par
ish calls, Sunday school teaching and leader
ship in all church work is unjust The
new assistants occupy a middle field, which
takes these burdens from the minister's wife
as well as from the pulpi itself. As yet
they are only employed in city congrega
tions, but their usefulness ought to extend.
'1am not at home to-night," said an up
town young woman recently to the new
maid of the household, "if anyone should
call," and proceeded to her own room for
an uninterrupted aud undress rest About
9 o'clock a card was brought to her; she
glanced at it, saw that it was the name of a
man she knew well, was almost sorry that
the not-at-home dictum had been uttered
and went on with her reading. At 10
o'clock the maid, who had opened the door,
passed the reception room, glanced in and
was seized with alarm. She hurried up
stairs to tap at her mistress' door. "I am in
bed, Ellen, what do you want?" came from
within. "Ob, Miss the gentleman is wait
ing for yon yet"
Tableau and a penciled card sent hastily
below to dismiss Casabianca, followed "by a
more extended note ot explanation and
apology the next day.
The sumptuous homes of America are be
ginning to be recognized. A man last sum
mer straight from Europe drove along Ocean
avenue, Newport, and declared that he saw
nothing abroad except the palaces of royalty
to equal the magnificent mansions of that
city by the sea. The charm of many of
these homes is not their princely size and
finish but the beauty of individual taste ex
emplified within their walls. An American
woman with no money makes her horn a,
bower; when her resources ore ample enough'
to give her original and artlstie fanoiss free
play the result la perfeetfon. A noble
music room seen lately Is the large hall of
a beautiful home on a high elevation. On
end curves widely; a low broad window
seat follows the semi-circle of plate glass
through which the smiling valley and rive
edged plain show in a lar-reaching perspeo.
five. Jn the embrasure stands the piano,
whose performer may draw inspiration fronx
the lovely landscape stretched before hiaj
or, if his eye wanders to the wall at on
side the faces of the old masters ot mafic,
Beethoven, Mozart, Mend elasohn and me
rest, will set his harmonicSin lofty ideals.
The pictures are not hanging separately,
but are set in the wall in irregular spaces, a
uniform molding outlining each. Oa
the opposite wall is a mantel
with an odd Japanese musical In
strument standing before it, whose hammer
struck, give ont a curious twang in har
monious discord; other instruments from
Egypt, Arabia, and various remote corners
of the globe amplify the musical expression
of humanity, and musical curios and brio-a
brae adorn mantel and hanging cabinet
shelves. The frieie of the room is the staff
in black lines on a gold ground, and around
its sides is written in black notes a sweet
tune quickly read by the music learned,
while across the deep crimson silk curtains
a black velvet staff similarly sets forth ia
velvet notes a briefer but not less swsett
strain.
A Few Cushion.
Now that so many cushions are needed oa
the piazza, in hammocks and on floors, ior
it is a notion to pile them in a window
niche from the floor up, or in winter to
make a "lounge" of them before tbe fire in
your own snuggery everywhere, in fact, Ik
is desirable to have variety in form as well
as color. A novelty is the one illustrated,
which has the merit of being very simpla
to make, and the additional one to some
women of calling for no embroidery. Put
the down into a rather large bag and make
the second cover still larger. Sew two
bands of ribbon rather snugly crosswise
around the pillow, finishing with a large
bow oo'one side. Then pull the extra full
ness into the comers. The model seen was
of pongee in its natural shade, tied with a
darker shade of brovn ribbon, and was In
tended for hammock use, as pongee ia
readily laundered.
A "sun rise picnic" is a June relaxation'
in tbe suburbs. At one last week the com
pany assembled at the house of the hostess '
at 3 A. M. Bouillon and wafers were served
and then carriages took the company to the
foot of a mountainous hill a mils away.
From there the party climbed to the top on
foot, armed with alpen stocks and making;
the way merry with song and laughter. At
a certain vantage point, way up, a halt was
made and the eastern sky watched as
"jocund day" sent out its heralds of gold
and crimson, changing with every passing
moment till the lull sunrise panorama was
nnfolded. A3 the picnic was to be a genu
ine cne, not "Ward McAllisterized aa
somebody put it, the mountain climbers
carried their hampers as well as their stocks,
and by the new-born light made coffee ana
ate breakfast 2,300 feet abovo the sea level.
3IARGAKET H. WEiCK.
I A m Tired To-Xlsht
Boston Globed
lam tired to-night and lomethlng
Tr-e wind, maybe, or the rain, .
Or the cry of the bird in the copse ontiMe ,
Ha brought back the past and Its pain.
And I feel us I sit here thinking.
That the h. nut o: a (le-id old Jnne
Has reached out hold of my .
strings.
And is drawing them up in tune.
I am tired to-night and I miss you
And loux for von, love, through tears
Anu u seems dus to-uay mat 1 saw yoa i
ion who nave neen gone ior years;
And I seem to be newly lonely,
I, who am so much alone:
And tbe strings of my heart are well In tsxt4
But they have uot the same old tone.
I am tired, and that old sorrow
Sweeps down the bod of my soul.
As a turbulent river mUht suddenlybrsat
Away from a dam's control.
It beareth n wreck on lti boom.
A wreck with a snow-white sail.
And the hand on my heartstrings thrums
away.
Eat they only respond with a wall.
Ella Wheeler TrVeom.
Europe's Kichrgt Brewer.
One of the richest brewers in Europe la
Dreher, of Vienna, who is reported to be
worth over 140,000,000, to which the profits
of his breweries add ?2,000,000 a year. Yet
he spends no more than if his income
amounted to only so many thousands, and
never gives a cent for charity.
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