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THE FITTSSUIIG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. JULY 24. 189a
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AN EM OUTING
The Britons Know Better
Than the Americans How
to Go on a Picnic.
PACKING THE HAMPERS.
Pies, JamB and the Other Sticky
Staffs ftever Go Into Them.
ENJOYING THE HENLEY KEGATTA.
Teeps Into the Lniurions Uonseboats That
Line the Thames.
OXE TOTE TIIAT MRS. STANLEY TCOX
fORRESPOKDEJfCX or THK DISPATCH 3
Loxsox, July 14. "When it comes to
having an enjoyable outing the English do
things rather better than we do in America.
I asked an Englishman to tell me -why.
Said he: "Really, now, I don't dnow, I
suppose it's because we've been doing them
so long."
That is the secret, truly. They've been
doing them so long that they have overcome
the mistakes we make; and they know bow
best to supply themselves with all that
comfort demands. A day's outing here
doesn't mean what Mrs. Josiah Allen aptly
describes as a "pleasure exertion." When
one gets home one doesn't feel harassed and
dusty and overheated and suffering with an
indigestion, and say "I'm glad that's over."
One only feels gratefully, drowsily, sen
sually tired a weariness that a bath and a
good dinner dispel readily enough and
prepares one for an evening's pleasure, and
one looks hopeiully forward toward
"doing it again next year." They've
been doing it so long, too, that
the bustle ot preparation doesn't disturb
them or arouse anxieties any longer. So far
as the lunch is concerned, they've gone on
outings that always include lunch so many
times that they have gotten that parf'down
line. They have the most convenient
hampers no English household, with any
pretensions to respectability, is without a
"luncheon hamper;" as well be without a
sitz bathtub or a tea table or some equally
important adjunct of English life.
The lcglisli Lunch Hamper.
These hampers are of wicker or tin, di
vided into compartments, sometimes also
with trays, to keep the edibles from cetting
mixed up; and on the under side of the
cover, held by loops, there's aii array of
knives, forks and spoons, and, well secured,
that depraved object that has such an apti
tude lor disappearing or staying behind.thc
corkscrew. There's always likewise a little
tin case lor packing the sandwiches in, to
keep them moist and lresh. Long experi
ence has taught what are the good things a
stomach on an outing craves, and it is need
less to say the list does not include a vari
etv ot messy things.
In a well-regulated English household it
is a matter ot bat a few moments to get a
hamper ready. There are always cold meat,
beer, wine and usually a meat pie, cake and
the like on band. An abundance of thin
sandwiches is the first essential, the next
is champagne ii possible, if not, then sherry,
claret or ale, with glasses, of course. For
a more elaborate lunch or a large party
there is added a game pie, or, failing in
that, some sort of meat pie; a herb salad,
with the dressing in a bottle to be added
when served, perhaps also an ox tongue,
roasl dock or chicken. Some biscuit.'Which
we prefer calling crackers, a seed cake, cur
rant loaf, or a mild, inoffensive, shabby sort
of fruit cake, a stack of plates and if there's
going to be a "spread," a table cloth.
That's simple enough, isn't it? 2To pre
serves, no jam, no cakes, or pies with soft
insides. It isn't a feast. It is just what it
pretends to be, a lunch.
A. Better Cltmato for Ontliigs.
The question of weather never deters an
Englishman, or woman either, Irom enjoy
ing an outing. "It we wait lor a sunshiny
day we may stay home iorever" they'll tell
you, so unless it is very threatening (in
which case old clothes are worn) they wear
their gayest garments, take along mackin
toshes and umbrellas, and defy Jupiter Plu
vius. And thev can safely wear their gay
est and prettiest belongings, for England is
such a delightfully clean, tresh turt-covered
island that there is no danger of getting
muddv or dustv, torn on snags, or gather an
overcoat ot burrs or "beggar lice.
Another esential of an English picnic is
a purpoft. They don't say "Let's have a
picnic," and then have it Js'o, indeed.
There must be a horse race, a boat race, a
cricket match, a lawn tennis game, or golf,
or ruins, or something to see. You can't
get an English party to start out aimlessly
on a picnic An object in view, and the
picnic comesnaturally tripping on its heels.
To be sure, not much attention is paid to
the object that draws them. The purpose
is ignored. But it is there, and that is
enouglu Its existence does away with that
helpless feeling of idle gadding, and it fur
nishes the answer it some misanthrope
heartlessly and ill-manneredly asks: "Yhv
are we here?"
AVe hae raw edges, the inexperience that
results Irom the lntrcqueucy ol our outings,
and so far as host or hosteesis concerned an
oer-weening desire to "do it up well," to
contend with. Our pleasures are, alas, too
suggestive oi the efforts that produce them.
At the Henley K-jratta.
I never had this so strongly.impressed on
me or so fully appreciated ,the placid
enjoyment of an English outing as at the
Henley regatta, "We are (I'm not good at
ngnres out j. 11 inaKe a venture;, I should
sav, a c;ntury behind doins the same thing,
on such a scale, so smoothly and beauti
fully even to the smallest detail, and so
completely without ouroative bustling. It
was like a midsummer da' dream.
After a 35-mile ride by rail (with the day
not spoiled by too early starting), that gave
one a glimpse of "Windsor Castle and the
Eton chapel and playground by the way,
through charming rural scenes, thatch
roofed and rose-embowered cottages, hand
some houses pouring flowers out of their
windows like floral horns of plenty, wheat
fields gav with the scarlet ponnics that
rouse the admiration of an artist and the ire
of a farmer, the turf sparkling with bright
little wild flowers that grow even close be
side the rails, one comes suddenly
upon Henley, and the Henley of
the day means two miles of gay
little river almost covered by gay little
water craft filled with gay idlers. The
banks are green and mossr to the water's
edge. Along one side of the two mile
stretch there's a line ot houseboats, built
something on the model of our canal boats,
beautifully decorated, luxuriously and
daintily furnished, with the top of each I
don't know whether von call it roof or deck,
when you're speaking of a houseboat
turned into a flower garden. Some are
painted red, some white, some a soft blue,
some ecru, with trimmings in white or
silver or gold or green. From 100 to 500
is frequently spent on the decorations and
furnishings of these pleasure boats.
Intrrior or the HocsrboaU.
The windows of a saloon have dainty cur
tains of silk or satin or fresh muslin looped
back; color schemes of the prettiest are
carried out in the furnishings; the state
rooms are as neat as the traditional band
box, and marvels of luxury considering the
inches of space; the decks are shaded by
bright awnings and fitted up with wicker
easy chairs, tea tables, work baskets and the
like between the borders of flowers, for the
world like a drawing room in a summer cot
tage. These boats are nsed by their owners
(if their owners have the money left to en-
I I joy them; if not, they're let tosomeone
uw atcMfy iwi ncckS av O, IUUD lUllUt auuu
the rivers. But during "Henleyweek"
they're moored along the two-mile stretch,
and are kept well filled each day with
guests to see the boat races that is,
they come ostensibly to . see the races.
There's a velvety meadow on the house
boat side, where one can walk with as
little danger of soiling one's skirts as
on an Axminster; great shady trees
grow along the water's edge, and under
these there were lnnches spread and parties
gathered ronnd, while by way of entertain
ment the wandering "nigger minstrels,"
with suspicious cockney accent, twanged
their light guitars and sang sang chiefly,
"Ta-ra-ra boom-de-aye;" at any rate I heard
"Ta-ra-ra" seven times in a mile walk.
As I turned into the lane leading to the
houseboat I was bound for, I saw a group
of whispering, awe-stricken gypsy girls,
one of whom had just told my fortune, and
I met a sad, little cortege, something with
its face covered, very silent and motionless,
lying on a truck, a policeman on either
side, one trundline it along. No crowd of
follower pressing -close with ghoulish curi
osity. "Foor fellow, he tipped overboard,"
the gypsies whispered, as it passed. Just a
Henley incident The jollity went on just
the same, and the gay, little river spareled
and rippled and dimpled as innocently 'as
though it hadn't stolen a human lite.
Comic Opera on a Larje Scnlr.
The gypsies wandered through the
meadows, the beggars put out their hands
nice, picture-que beggars that didn't jar on
the scene ranching and drinking went on
round the long tables on the houseboats,
under the trees, and in the small boats; the
bands played (some of them really played
"Anuie Laurie"), the minstrels sang (and
passed the hat), merry parties went up and
down the river, reclining on cushions or
perspiring over the oars. On the lawn, the
two-mile bank opposite the houseboats,
there were hundreds walking about or sit
ting about, some with their feet hanging
over almost reaching the water. The boat
men stood bare-legged, knee-deep or ankle
deep in the water. The toilets were daz
zling enough to have been the result of a
stage costumer's dream girls in light,
bright colors, with Henley blouses, Henley
shirts and Henley coats sunshades lite
gigantic blossoms; the men in striped flan
nels and the most wonderful flannel coats,
blue and creen and red and brown and yel
low. It reminded me of a comic opera on a
large scale. Even the boatmen contributed
their mite to the stage setting with scarlet
coats, white woolen shirts, and the like.
Flags, hundreds of flass, fluttered in the
breeze, and among them all the Stars and
Stripes waved over only one boat. It was
the Queen of the Thames, and was chartered
for the occasion by an American from the
President's State, Mr. Louis U. Schonfeld,
who is here buying thoroughbreds, and will
take back with him in Angust between 15
and 20 race horses, mares for breeding and
yearlings. He had a party of about 50 on
his boat, and entertained them handsomely
or, as they say here, "in genuine Amer
ican style."
VI hat the Itoat Ttaces Amount To.
ADout tne races un, yes, to be sure
there were races. Every now and then
they'd clear the course, a couple of shells
would flash out under a manly bending to
the oar, and bv and by a boat would wander
around with the result chalked up on a
blackboard. They were very exciting races,
I suppose but chiefly to the contestants,or
the contestants' champions.
As for the rest of the pleasure-seekers,
they were quite satisfied with the delicious
lancuor of floating: along in the sunshine and
flirting mildly. Given up to this enjoy
ment of the dolce far niente, I saw in a
boat party General George B. "Williams, of
"Washington, and our own Colonel Tom
Ochiltree. "Whether Colonel Tom was flirt
ing or not I wouldn't venture to say.
A Henley dav may last till twilight
comes or till twilight goes, but whether it
is long or short it is one of the most de
lightful outings imaginable.
Bits of Some Personal Gossip.
Apropos of the Stanley electioneering, or
rather of Mrs. Stanley's electioneering for
her husband: She made a speech at one of
the meetings, telling the crowd they'd ever
lastingly cover themselves with shame and
mortiGcation if they didn't vote for the
greatest man in England, and she waxed so
enthusiastic and so prettv that she won one
vote at least- An admiring fellow took his
pipe out of his mouth and exclaimed:
"Well, X don't care' a continental abont
Stanley, but I'll vote for Stanley's missus!"
Mrs. Ada Crisp Harsh, a cousin of
Speaker Crisp, who traveled for several,
years with Clara Morns' company and has'
now turned her clever head to writine. is
spending the summer in London, and here's
a letter from Stuart Bobson, which will ex
plain itself:
And, lo, a child .was born whose name was
David, and from the East came wise men
to marvel and its shapely limbs and comely
ways cave token of si eat deeds, and were
sightly In the lord of Hosts.
David Thoictiox Hobsox,
son of StUart and or .Mary Bobson, who will
be dellslited to receive Airs. Marsh anv day
next week. Br order of
STtTAffr Robsos-, parr owner.
Elizabeth A. Tompkins.
FiSHM'S DICTATES.
The Fickle Dame Is More Liberal
This Summer Than Eyer Before.
OUTING AND YACHTING DESIGNS.
Tn New Tort All That Is Chic in London
and Taris Is reproduced.
LINEN 4J0LLAKS AJD CDFFS THE GO
tCORMESFOXDENce OF THE DISPATCH.l
New York, July 22. Fashion serves lis
very kindly nowadays in every way, but
it is during the summer season that she is
the most gracious to us of late, in giving us
an attire distinguished for its comfort and
cool elegance.
Indeed.'what should we do without our
sailor hats, and'delicions little shirt waists
of silk and lawn and cambric, our serge
skirts, and our loose blazer coats that may
be put on and off with such ease? Fashion,
moreover,dictates a distinct cestume foreach
of the out-door'sports designed with careful
simple manner and yet carried a deal of
style and chio about it -The skirt was in
bell shape with a demi train, and was
trimmed about the bottom with several
rows of white linen gimp. The round
bodice was very full and confined at the
waist by rows of gimp, which garniture
also trimmed the standing collar and close
wrists. The sleeves were unlined and in
the leg-o'-mutton mode.
A very fetching French frock fust ira-
ported is of white India linen spotted with
pale gre.en and commnea witn plain linen
to match the spots.
The skirt is cored in front and sweeps out
at the hack in a graceful train, which gains
its fulness from the ample gathers at the
DIVORCE BY CLIMATE.
A Case of Separation of a Loving
Conple by a Doctor's Decree. "
THE HUSBAND SENT TO COLORADO
While the Wife Was Ordered to the HeaYj
Air of the Seacoast
A Smart Yachting Costume.
thought as to all the wearer's movements,
and with an idea of beauty and becoming
ness as well.
The smart yachting costume illustrated
is one just designed by a well-known Broad
way firm, and for brightness and easy grace
is a charming model. It is of bright navy
blue summer serge, combined with crimson
and white. The skirt is short and fashioned
in a gathered bell made to give perfect free
dom of motion. It is trimmed abont the
bottom with a three-inch band of white can
vas cloth barred across with narrow crimson
braid.
The blouse is belted trimly about the
waist, with a crimson and canvas belt,
and has but little overhanging fullness; it is
buttoned with two rows of small white pearl
buttons; the throat is cut away sailor fash
ion with revers of crimson nd white, and
finished by a sailor handkerchief of crimson
A LAWYER TALKS ABOUT TOE CASE
The Latest French Fi ock.
belt The bodice is short and belted with a
green satin ribbon -with a gold buckle. A
tapering piece of green linen is gathered
and set in at the ba'ck and front and finished
with ruffled breteles. The sleeves are of
plain linen and are in two puffs banded
about with green satin ribbon.
The graceful hat is a large leghorn "flap"
bent into scallops and trimmed with stand
ing bows of crisp green ribbon and a wealth
of English violets and leaves. Altogether
it was a most distinguished lodking costume
and deliciously cool and summery.
The old-time, painted French calicos that
were revived early in the present season
are as dainty as aquarelles, and make up
beautifully for both morning and afternoon
wear for hot summer days, and are becom
ing alike to both old and young.
One of these charming calicos is of laven-
A ST0KT ABOUT KEEKE.
How the Famous Cartoonist Won HU Bet
on the Kallroad.
Tall 3rall Budget.
In his life of Charles Keene Mr. Layard
remarks that Ke ene was once staying with a
very famous painter, whose country house
was near Godalming. Ano ther painter was
of the party, and all three were going up to
London by an early train.
They were discussing over the breakfast
table the probability of getting room in the
same carriase, when Charles Keene an
nounced that he would promise them a com
partment to themselves. No guard was to
be bribed, no porter was to be tampered
with, no consideration was to move from
customer to company, the thing was to be
done, and done silently. A bet was readilv
made, for the feat to those who knew God
alming traffic seemed an impossibility. The
three painters were early at the station, be-
lore me customary passengers arrived, and
easily secured a compartment Then Keene
gave" his instrnctions to his friends. The
brother artists painted his face brown and
yellow and red, and muffled him in coats
and gave him the corner seat, near the
window.
When the other passengers arrived they
avoided that carriage. They were business
men, grave, solid, careful ot their comfort,
men who had sons-in-laws with young
families they were not coiner to travel with
a patient in virulent smallpox. That at
least was certain. And on the wav up a
dreadful idea occurred to them: Suppose
that very night they were to return in that
very compartment without knowing it The
thing was too horrible. The guard was sent
for and instant action in the matter claimed.
And so the train was searched for that fever
stricken patient, and ever door was opened
and every passenger scanned, but Charles
Keene had won his bet and washed his face;
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An Old-Time Painted Calico.
General Outing Costume.
silk, the throat opening being filled in by
an arrangement of canvas. The sleeves are
bouffant at the shoulder and have cuffs of
the braided canvas. A "navy blue straw
sailor hat has a crimson and white band.
Costumes for general outing wear are
fashioned with a deal of chic Nearly all
of the recently imported English toilettes
of this sort are made with the very swagger
little "Eton" jackets, exact copies of those
worn by the Eton school boys, and mere
apologies for coats. They are very short on
the hips and end in a queer little point at
the back.
The model illustrated is of very 'dark
CA.TOHT BY A MONKEY,
A Simian Specimen Kntw How to Judge
ltwoen Bad and Good.
Spare Momenta.
A German had made a fortune in Liver
pool by selling milk. He started home
with a bag ol sovereigns. On shipboard,
while he was counting one of his bags of
treasure, a monkey was watching his opera
tions. As soon a it was replaced and tied
up, and the other bag emptied, Jacko
snatched up the full one, and was soon at
the masthead.
He opened the German's bag, and, after
eying the pretty gold, he proceeded tor drop
one piece on the deck and another in the
water until he had emptied the ba.
When he had finished the German threw
tip his hands, exclaiming, "He must be the
devil, lor what came from water he elves to
the water, and what came Irom milk he
gives to me."
J J feYiJ.
A Midsummer Ibile".
der, painted with bunches of all-colored
flowers in the brightest tints. It is made
with a bell skirt, quite plain and having a
deep hem, and a pointed corselet to be
worn over white linen or muslin blouses.
The corselet is trimmed about the edge
with lavender ribbon. The blouses are
made very full, with bishop sleeves ending
in small wrists demurely buttoned with
small pearl buttons.
Corselet belts of leather come in all
colors and are very convenient tor morning
wear with gingharn and cambric frocks.
Those in bright scarlet with bright plaids or
figured stnfls look very gay and effective on
young girls.
Linen collars and cuffs are greatly favored
by women of fashion. They are very neat
and distinguished looking tor traveling and
for general wear with tailor gowns.
Makie Jokbeau.
A FAMOUS AUSTBIA CAVE.
It Is Very Fantastic and Affords Sometimes
Iioom for Dancing.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Vernon S. Tranter, a wealthy young
Englishman who finds his recreation in'
traveling, was in this city yesterday, and
said to the writer: "I am going to visit
Mammoth Cave, and if it surpasses in
beauty and interest the Adelsburg Cavern,
which I explored a few years ago, I shall
be repaid for my trouble. The Adels
burg Cave, I find, is but little known in
America the nation of travelers. It
is in Austria, about 30 miles east of
Trieste, and has been explored for a
distance of nearly 3,000 yards, as far as a
subterranean laKe. The cavern comprises
several grottoes irom ou to iuu leet men.
A little river runs through it, forming'on
its way many cascades, which echo through
the recesses of the cavern. The entrance
to the cave is illuminated by hundreds of
electric lights, and a transparent curtain,
composed of large sheets oi crystallized
limestone, hangs from the roof. The
largest of the grottoes is about 650 feet in
diameter and 100 feet high.
"On "Whit Monday every year this is
brilliantly lighted and a great ball is held
in the cave. This grotto is adorned with
stalactites of every kind of the most fan
tastic shapes, and great cathedral-like
columns formed by the union of stalagmites
and stalactites give the place an appear
ance of grandeur as well as magnificence."
MKS. CHEISTOPHEK C0LUMBU3.
She ITas a
navy-blue twill. The skirt clears the
f round all round and is perfectly plain and
ined throughout with cherry colored silk,
with a deep, plissedfloance set on about the
bottom inside. The "Eton" jacket is also
lined with cherry colored silk, and is worn
over a Bilk shirt waist of speckled blue and
cherry color. The belt is of navy blue vel
vet with a smoked pearl buckle, and 'the
wide brimmed sailor hat ot navy blue has
a band , of speckled silk to match the
waist
Midsummer toilettes in the light stuff are
exquisite creations, for there is such an end
less variety of lovely fabrics and patterns
from, which to choose, from the delicate or
gandie muslins and India dimities to the
heavier ginghams and cotton crepons.
A sweet gown that I saw the other day in
Irish lawn. It was made in a charmingly
Brilliant IVomiii. bat Dlrd
Willie Very Tonne.
'Detroit Free Press. J
Whoever thinks of Mrs. Christopher Co
lumbus? Yet to her the great discoverer
was indebted for encouragement She was
Donna Felipa Falest'ello, of Lisbon, the
well-educated, brilliant daughter of a navi
gator, with' whom she made hazardous
voyages, and who gave her as a dowrv a
valuable collection of charts, maps and im
portant memoranda made during his voy
ages.' The marriage with Columbus was a love
match on both sides. Neither of the con
tracting parties had many wordlv coods.
nd after their wedding they .went to live
witn juotner-in-iaw .raiestrello.
.Mrs. Columbus died while their only son
Diego was still young. Later Christopher
fell in love with a lady or gentle birth at
Cordova, Donna Beatrix Enriquez, mother
of his son Fernando. There is no record,
however, of any marriage in this case.
CORRESPONDENCE OP THE PISrATCH.
NewYobk, July 23. While there are
quite as many divorce cases on the court
calendars of this city as usual, a new and
novel decision has made itself prominent
with the wealthier New Yorkers. By it
separations are obtained without the aid of
law, and the contracting parties, whether
willing or not, are compelled to submit or
suffer the sentence of death.
This may seem rather obscure, but it is
easily explained. In the first place, the act
is performed in an indirect way, and the
decision granted without being sought after;
although it might he admitted that while
perhaps the majority of "defendants" and
"complainants" become broken-hearted
others are inwardly ready to explode with
joy.
The scenes of these novel trials are laid
in the private offices of our prominent phy
sicians and surgeons. No day is set nor
jurymen required. A couple enter the
medical court room and ask examination by
its judge. Thev are placed in the chair sim
ultaneously and examined without witnesses.
The "judee" discovers that one has heart
failure and the other lung disease, and
when asked what shall be done with them,
"divorced by climate" is the decision, as
the climate that suits one would kill the
other.
Thry Most Separate or Die.
Thus husband and wife are promptly noti
fied that they must separate or nceive the
penalty'of death at any unexpected moment
In many cases the act is not enforced and
sure enough death comes promptly as a
penalty. But others will separate, one
going to the mountains and the other to the
seaside. Of course the law has as yet failed
to recognize this novel divorce, although
on such grounds a decision may be obtained
in the Supreme Court that will hold. But
many become desperate at the idea of a life
long separation, and as a result many a
tragic climax follows. In fact matrimony
in not always a failure.
Dr. Henry Attshul, the specialist in dis
eases of the heart and lungs at Bellevue
Hospital, and who has a large practice
among the upper tendom of New York citi
zens, has acted ns "judge" in many of these
cases. There is a remarkable case recorded
upon his diary. Edward H. Allen, a young,
wealthy and higbly-esteemed citizen o(
Waterbury, Conn., is a prominent victim
of the medical divorce law. It separated
him from a loving wife and broke both of
their hearts, althongh at times things ap
peared to be working out so as to per
manently restore their happiness. Inherit
ing a large fortune from his parents, he
took a thorough course at Yale College at
New Haven, and graduated with high
honors.
Forced to Go to Colorado.
His physique was not naturally robust.
which prevented him from indulging to
any great extent in athletic sports and ex
ercises. No attention was paid at that
time to what later proved to be the seeds of
pulmonary disease developing in his frame.
Leaving college young Allen went into no
profession or business. There was no
cause requiring him to. His means ren
dered it unnecessary, and he had the tastes
of a man of elegant leisure, and the habits
ofa scholar as well as a man of the world. His
time was spent reading and writing. He
was also a natural musician and related bv
birth to some of the most distinguished
families in Connecticut he soon took a
prominent position in New Haven society,
where he settled down to live with a
wealthy elderly maiden aunt
Mr. Allen's attentions to one of the belles
of New Haven society were suddenly inter
rupted by the announcement on high
medical autnonty mat ne wouia nave to co
West for his health. He came to this city
at the time and consulted Dr. Attshul, say
ing he was not feeling strong, and this was
the result. Something oi a social sensation
was the result of the announcement Could
there he any other reason than his health
lor this apparently abrupt resolve to leave
the associations ofa lifetime? Surely not
pecuniary reasons; that much was certain.
The young woman to whom he had begun
to show attentions which might, it was sup
posed, result in a marriage, was in every
way lively and worthy.
A Tear in Kwrlfi-d Atmosphere
A month later he bid farewell to all his
friends never expecting to return, his case
baring become so serious. He went to Col
orado, traveled through the mountains dur
ing,the summer and in the autumn settled
down to a residence at Colorado Springs.
The permanent colony of invalids there or
rather of persons who would have been in
valids had they resided anywhere else
soon found him an agreeable addition to
their ranks. He and Bobert Bigley a
young Englishman, whose brother had a
ranch up in North Park,established an inti
macy and made long shooting and fishing
excursions into the mountains.
Mr. Allen's health seemed thoroughly re
stored. The disease processes in his lungs
seemed permanently arrested. A lively
correspondence had been kej-t up with his
friends in New Haven, and in November it
was decided that he had been sufficiently
restored to health to warrant his return
East When he got back everybody was
surprised at his robust appearance and con
gratulated him on his complete restoration
to health. Allen foolishly re-entered with
new zest on the social pleasures and dissi
pations of which he had grown so fond be
fore his departure, but had been deprived
of for nearly a year..
Wedded a Now Havan Belle.
His courtship of Miss Garrison was re
newed. She was the daughter of one of
New Haven's oldest merchants and a
charming girl. They were married last
December, 1891, and set up a house of their
own, beautifully furnished, a nest in which
the most fastidious turtle doves would find
no difficulty in cooing. As a married
couple and lavish entertainers their acces
sion to society was highly prized.
But the curse was working. By April
the continued dampness and dens'eness of
the atmosphere of New Haven, a city
which suffered with the whole North At
lantic coast from the unnsual atmospheric
conditions, had again set in action the pro
cesses of disease in Mr. Allen's lungs. It
became evident that he could ill survive a
winter in New England, when the doctors
issued the first of their dread decrees:
"Break up your establishment, sell your
furniture or ship it to Colorado Springs and
bid goodby to the home of your childhood
and manhood. Death will speedily ensue if
you try to maintain a residence on the At
lantic coast, wnere tne changes ot tempera
ture are so rapid. It is Colorado Springs or
death with you."
The loving couple did hot object so much
as they were to be together.
The journey to Colorado Springs was
finally made. Mr. and Mrs. Allen reached
there in June, and were received with open
arms. ,
Btu'.t Up Another Cozy Nest. ,
Her husband's former friends now became
the friends of them both. They looked
about, them, found another house to their
liking and 'again began the work of building
up a home. The choicest of their household
belongings in the East were shipped oat to
them and, they soon had the pleasure ot re
ceiving their friends in one of the most
handsomely appointed' mansions in the
colony. -In fact life in Colorado Springs
was serene and beautiful. Never had they
been so happy in the East
Everything was, however, too lovely to
continue. Soon it was noticed that Mrs.
Allen's cheeks began to pale andLher manner
lost its animation. She was tflp victim of
unaccountable fits of depression P,nd her con
dition gave her husband great alarm. The
best medical advice was taken, with this
result: The doctors issued another
death sentence, the exact antithesis
of the first: "Mrs. Allen," said thev, "you
have an affection of the heart, which was
and would continue latent during residence
on the Atlantic coast Further stay in this
rarefied atmosphere means certain and
speedy death for vou. You must go back
to New Haven. You must live by the sea
shore, where the air is least rarefied.
Mrs. Allen, heart-broken, bade her hus
band what they both deemed an eternal
adieu and went "back to New Haven, where
she is now living very quietly.
The law or the Carlou Case.
Now here was, and is, something unheard
of an absolute divorce by climate. The
wife cannot live in Colorado or in any
mountaidous country; the husband can live
nowhere else. "What is meat to one is the
other's poison." Neither the law nor the
courts recognize such a condition of things
as legal cause for divorce. The facts con
stitute an absolutely anomalous case.
An eminent lawyer of this citv who has
been the legal adviser of Mr. Allen was
asked if the facts as narrated were correct
ly given and if he had ever known of such
another case. "The facts are as you give
them, substantially," said he; ""I have
never known of such another case. The
law does not recognize any such cause of
divorce."
"But," he continued thoughtfully, "on
reflection, I do know of other cases which
show the same conditions existing in modi
fied form. Judge Joe Bell, who was at one
timelTnited States District Judge in New
Mexico, and who married Miss Sturges, of
New York, was utterly unable to live in
this dense, damp climate, and rather than
die here has gone West to live for good.
Asheville. N. C. has manv residents who
find life enjoyable, and, indeed, maintain
able only there. Fortunately, their wives
can live with them. But divorce bv cli
mate may some day be recognized by law."
A Sad Case From Connectlcnt
A similar case which resulted in the sepa
ration of two young Connecticut people
apout to pe married is recently reported
from that State. Christine Mansfield, of
.Birmingnam, conn., had lor some time been
tne amancea wile of Albert Uersinger, a
young German employed by the Dcrbv
Silver Company.- In the summer ot 1890
young Bersinger developed an affection ot
the lungs, and. an examination by doctors
showed that consumption had made marked
progress. He scraped up what funds he
could and started for the pine forests of
North Carolina, where he was told the dis
ease processes would make least headway.
Miss Mansfield could not marry and ac
company him, as they would both have liked
her to do on account of business and finan
cial reasons. When his money rnn short
she sent him her savings, part of which had
been intended to purchase her trousseau. He
grew desperate, and in one of his letters
hinted that rather than longer burden her
he would put an end to himself. She at
once took what was left of her funds and
started for Asheville, bringing her lover
home to die. Despairing of his ever being
able to wed her she pawned her jewels to
procure for him luxuries that would com
fort his last moments, but he died shortly
after his return to Birmingham and
she is now an inmate of the State insane
asylum. James S. Hammoxd.
A NAUTICAL WEDDING.
The Kovel Ceremony Planned by a
lonng Conple of Long Island.
WHY A BABY PALLS OUT OF BED.
Flower Sandwiches Are the Latest
for the 5 O'clock Tea-
Fad
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A yachting wedding is a coming social
event in Long Island. The bride and groom
are both prominent in society and are en
thusiastic over the pleasure of yachting.
They have set their bridal for August and
have decided upon a nautical wedding.
Groom, best man and ushers are to be in
white yachting flannels, the bride in a
fetching toilet made after the most ap
proved model of a yachting suit in white
silk Bengaline. Her white sailor hat will
have a scarf of white chiffon wound about
it, knotted loosely about the throat where
it is to be caught with a diamond anchor,
falling thence in a long, soft fold to the
hem of her gown. Floral anchors and other
sea devices are to be used for decorative
designs about the rooms, and after the cere
mony and reception the' married pair will
sail away for their honeymoon in a yacht
painted bridal white, flag capped and flower
bedecked.
"I always explain to my little son just
why I do not let him have or do a thing,"
said a young mother recently, after she had
kept two persons waiting 15 minutes to per
mit the explaining process, "then he under-
length of the table on either side leaving
the space between bare, except for the
large baskets of flowers placed there. At
dessert the strips are removed, leaving an
expanse of polished surface. Of course, this
fashion exacts a handsome table of English
oak or mahogany kept in a condition of
high polish.
This beautiful garden party toilet, seen
recently at Saratoga, is shown to illustrate
the new scarf drapery which freshens and
elaborates an old or simple summer costume
wonderfully. The model was of pink and
black foulard with sleeve puffs and drapery
from the shoulders of black point d'esprit.
The collar and girdle are of black velvet
Some ingenious young women make work
receptacles out of a Scotch frieze Tarn
O'Shanter cap. One of soft gray was lined
with lichen green, a plump little bow of
green ribbon setting up against the hat
band. The cap, of course, rests on its crown
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The Latest Osy Comer.
A D0O AS A PASSENQEB,
and
The Canine Takes Street Car Bides
Doesn't Fay for Them.
Chlcsfto Globe.
"That dog has stolen a good many rides,"
said a Clark street cable car conductor yes
terday, pointing to a handsome Gordon set
ter curled up under the last seat. He be
longs to a well-known Slate street physi
cian." Fnrther questioning elicited the fact that
his dogship had adopted the street cars as a
means of conveyance two or three weeka
before and was trying , the patience of
drivers and conductors.
The conductor volunteered the informa
tion that nntil a month ago the dog had been
permitted to ride in his master's buggy, but
having attained sufficient age to justify such
a course, had then been forced to trot be
neath the buggy or stay at home. Neither
plan suited his dogship, and he soon found
a way out of the difficulty.
Recently the physician was driving down
Clark street, "when the dog boarded a cable
car going in the same direction. He was
promptly put off by the conductor, but im
mediately jumped on again, only to be again
"bred. This was repeated until the con
ductor became tired and the dog lay down in
triumph at the feet of his persecutor. Since
that time the dog has used the cable cars in
his travels. He starts out with the doctor
in the morning, but soon leaves him for
some car and rides often to the end of the
line; sometimes he will remain on the car
for a block or two and then desert it for one
going in the opposite direction. The con
ductors have come to know him and he goes
"deadhead." He never fails to appear at
home at supper time.
A BATHES HOVEL DUEL,
Two Xonnjf Frontiersmen Settle Their Dis
putes With Tarantulas.
In this country duels are rare, but when
they are fought with unusual weapons they
are even more of a novelty. One of the
strangest contests of this kind on record is
reported by the Galveston Noes, which
states that on the border line between Old
and New Mexico two young men, one a
Mexican and the other an American, had a
quarrel over a young woman whom both
loved, which resulted in the Mexican call
ing the American a coward. This was, ot
course, disputed" by the American, who
proposed to test it by making an offer to go
into a dark room where a lot of tarantulas
should be turned loose.
If either came out alive he was to have
the girl. If either showed the white feather
and came out before the death of the other
or before all the tarantulas were killed he
should give up all claim to the girl.
The Mexican hesitated to accept the
challenge, bnt for fear of his accusation
falling upon his own head was compelled
to. The room was prepared and both
parties entered, but the doors had been
closed only a short time when the Mexican
screamed out that he was bitten and was
dying. When taken out he staggered to
the floor as if dead, but on investigation it
was found that he was not bitten at all, but
had scratched his hand upon a nail in the
wall and he thought it was a spider's bite.
Somo XJxpi-nifv.9 Koral Recalla.
The most expensive royal regalias in the
world are said to be those ot the Mabarrajah
of Baroda, India. First comes a gorgeous
collar containing 500 diamonds, arranged in
five rows, some of these as large as walnuts.
A top ?nd bottom row of emeralds of equal
size relieves the luster of the diamonds. A
pendant is composed of a single brilliant
called the "Star of the Deccan," and there
are aigrettes, necklaces, bracelets, rings and
chains to match. The Maharrajah's own
special carpet, lUxG leet in extent, made en
tirely of pearls, with a big diamond in the
center and in each corner, cost $1,500,000.
The illghrst-i'rlctd Horse.
The next to the highest price ever paid
for 'a horse in the world was the $105,000 for
which the trotter, Axtcll, was sold in In
diana at the age of 3 years. It is true the
local tax assessor only valued the horse for
the purposes of his retnrni at J.VK1 and At.
tell's owners' neighbors grew indignant '
thereat Whereupon the owners observed
that if their horseflesh was assessed at any
thing like the figures which they paid for
him they would move him out of the State,
and the indignation quieted down. At that
time it was the highest But on January
11, 1892, Arion was sold by Senator Leland
Stanford for 5150,000. That beats all prices.
stands and I have no trouble to make him
mind." The child was not quite 4, so it
may be gathered that he had not very well
developed perception of right and wrong,
and in consequence these "explanations"
were frequent This is a most common,
habit of young mothers and an altogether
wrong one. The child should be taught that
his mother's judgment is all he need lean
upon; if she says no that is enough. The
child is happier and the parent is saved end
less trouble. The rock that the fond mother,
particularly with her first child, is apt to
split upon 'is her dread of correcting ever so
mildly, this object of her devotion. It she
can be made to see that her own selfishness
is really at the bottom of her "explaining"
and temporizing there is a chance for them
both.
Don't say "no" thoughtlessly; having
said it, however, don't withdraw. Don't
whip very often, and certainly don't threaten
the punishment with no intention of carry
ing it out. Herbert Spencer, in his essay
on "Education," gives a valuable keynote
to child-government Like nature's, laws,
be inevitable, he says. A child puts
his hand on a hot stove; it burns him; he
fiuts it on again; again he is burned, and he
earns presently that as surely as he touches
the stove so surely will pain be inflicted.
And after one or two trials he avoids it.
Children rarely object to being rnled in a
firm, just way. Proper discipline they ac
cept like true, soldiers. It is when a parent
displays Inconsistencies and unreasonable
caprices of authority that a child rebels or
submits in sullen forced obedience.
The newest "cozy corners" have taken on
the prevailing rococo effect, and are really,
as shown in the sketch, a sort of cabinet
screen, though not folding. Low, shallow
shelves ofler a resting place for odds and
ends of bric-a-brac and a corner chair,
small divan or a Hamlet chair may be used
with it not forgetting the potted plant
which seems to be a sine qua non of these
helps-over-ngly-stretches in the drawing
room. As with the "cozy corners previ
onslr shown In these letters this is readilv
duplicated by any cabinet, maker, and may
be finished in ebony enamel paint or any of
the furniture stains.
The Sedan victorias are a fashionable car
nage at Saratoga this summer. They are
not nearly so comfortable and luxurious as
those of the other style, and people have a
funny jointed-doll look as they sit perched
against their straight backs. Bnt they are
fashionable, and Sedan broughams outrival
the victorias in their resemblance to the
stiff little boxes of s by-gone day. The
broughams are all angles, and are narrow
and hung low so that it takes little imagi
nation to picture them home along by men,
and holding a quaint belle in patches and
brocade or a beau in lace ruffles and snutt-
box.
"Spike your hats and bonnets to the
trunk tray just as you spike them in your
hair and they will go beautifully," says a
young woman who has tried it.
Housekeepers often notice that in damp
weather in the summer the coffee becomes
tasteless and insipid. Many do not connect
the facts, but they are cause and effect In
closets and on store shelves the kernel will
become tough and doughy just as crackers
ar: affected. An old housekeeper says the
flavor is restored by keeping the breakfast
coffee over night in the warming oven, and
the dinner coffee all day in the same place.
Put the amount needed in a bowl, cover
close and let the slow heat of the back oven
draw out the oil
"Flower butter," just now fashionable
and expensive, and a good deal ofa novelty
in America, is by no means new abroad.
French butter makers have long utilized
the scheme of packing butter, wrapped first
in thin cheese cloth, in jars filled with
odorous blossoms, and at the Paris butter
stalls ro3e and clover butter are by no
means idle terms. This butter in pats,
marked with the flower whose fragrance it
borrows, is now on sale in Philadelphia
and New xorc. The process is an open
secret, and may be imitated by any clever
housewife.
In suburban houses flower sandwiches
are a feature of the luncheons and teas. The
bread, wrapped in a thin cloth, is packed in
a stone jar, resting on a bed ot fragrant
blooms and covered and smothered with
the same, the jar covered close when filled
to the lid. The batter is similarly packed
in another covered vessel, and both are set
in a cool place for several hours. Then the
bread is buttered on the loaf, and sliced
thinner than the traditional wafer, rolled
up like a scroll and piled lightly on va nap
kin covered plate.
At the 5 o clock teas it is quite the thing
to have tray cloth and doilies worked with
the flower whose perfume the bread and
butter is laden with, and rose, clover and
cowslip services are kept for such use. A
clean perlumed flower ought to be selected.
Heavy-sweet odors are not pleasant. En
glish violets are delightful, bnt roses and
clover are especially suitable and agree
able. A new notion in dinner decoration is to lay
a strip of lipen, lace-edged and with a band
of insertion through the centre, along the
tmL
A Delightful Cotiume.
and is always conveniently open, .is a catch
all for the thimble, spools, scissors and
other impliments of sewing which have such
a tantalizing way of making themselves
absent at the critical moment
"Why should my baby roll out of bed
when I lie close to the edge all night with
no fear of a similar happening?" asked a
young mother recently. "Because," spoke
up a Delsarte disciple who overheard her,
"when a child rests it relaxes completely.
Look at the imprint of a baby's form in a
bed; it shows the contact at every point
an adnlt holds himself tense and neither
falls out like a baby nor rests like a baby.
Teach yourself aban'dost in rest, relax ut
terly, decompose every muscle and joint,
and never mind if yon do fall out once or
twice."
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Bice water is recommended in which to
wash challies. Boil one pound of rice in
'five quarts of water. Cool, to the tepid
point, then put in the goods and wash well,
using the rice a3 soap. Pour off the water,
leaving the rice sediment Bub the challie
well in this, rinsing in the pcured-off
waten Use no clean water, but hang the
material to dry direct from the rice water.
'. The merest dash of cinnamon in a enp of
chocolate after it is poured adds an undis
tinguishable but piquant flavor.
Iced tea is served on fashionable suburban
piazzas in long thin glasses with a thin slice
of lemon floating on top.
Pots of blooming hydrangea are fashion
able to decorate drawing roomapBnr(foify '
Makgaket H. Wzr.cn.
Facts Abont Dercalltrt
Herculite is the invention of a French
man, and owing to its qualities of slow com
bustion and safety, is claimed to be superior
as an explosive to nitro-glycerine. It is a
yellowish gray powder, and is composed of
sawdust, camphor, nitrate ot potash and
several other ingredients. Experiments
conducted in a qnarry showed that a shot
could not be fired by sparks, flame, or de
tonation, a special igniter being required.
It is said to be possessed of tremendous
power, while its cost is only about 6 cents a
pound.
Cardinals of th? Day.
Of the 54 cardinals now living 34
are Italians, 4 are Austrians or Hungarians,
6 ore French, 2 are Portuguese, 1 is Beige,
2 are Americans, 1 is an Irishman, 1 is an
Englishman and 3 are Spaniards. Of those
three are British subjects Cardinal How
ard, now in Borne, Cardinal Moran in Aus
tralia and Cardinal Tacliereau in Quebec
r lrlnllll
y delicious
flavoring
Extracts
NATURAL FRU1TFIAY0RS.
AfenUIa p Perfect purity
Lemon -Ibf great strength.
AkOTd ZEconomyInthe!ru
Rose etftri Flavor as delicately
and dollclous'vm the fresh frur
For sale by Geo. K. Stevenson & Co, and all
first-class grocers.
FOR CHILDREN'S
OR MISSES' ROOMS.
We have some especial
patterns of paper that are
pronounced by the ladies as
very sweet and appropriate.
Not too elaborate but ex
tremely satisfactory: Some
older folks would appreciate
them for their own cham
bers. Yellow, Pink and BIu
effects.
WM. TRINKLE & CO.,
Fine Wall Papers and Mouldings,
541 Wood St. (Cor. 6th Ave.)
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