THE SCISASTON TRtBtJNE---SATUBDAT MOBNIXG, MABCII 1C, 1895.
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Pacts of. Interest
To Women Readers.
; Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
' ' Mme. Itejane, the French actress, has
't Conquered' America. That is. to say.
...she has, witfiln a few short moments,
become a personngo of continent-wide
( interest. Ht.is not urbbuble that those
of us who cling to Seranton in our
theatre-going moments will see Mme.
Rejane'. Tlierel'or'e we will have'to take
a peev at her through the medium of
prjnt, ajid . a borrowed peep at thnt.
Sus our Informant: ."Whoever , said
.'ihat she Wus not) Molded by Michael
Angolo was right. 'She Was not molded
' by Coysetfox, elth In her physlog-
.-. nomy there are no-iVwUs.. It Is a fright
fully Intelligent faceuas witty as a fur
' mice full' of little- Parisian devils. It is
all style,, thought and grace, natural
, i and studied.' Her HiFlir; copper-colored,
'crowns a forehead' ..which Is . vast,
a storehouse of stance. Her dark
eyes lookVat .ones fixedly, and have
no lashes, - like those of Mona Lisa,
painted by Tieonarda da Vinci. Her
nose is undedcided, her mouth Is
extremely sensitive to smiles and to
seriousness, and she Rives one at
once an impression of enigmatic charm
and of original grace.' She loves life,
passion, vivid words, steel-edged epi
grams, white-teeth laughter, healthy
Joy and saintly Irony, She comes from
: Athens, und yet she is French nay
more, Parisian to the tips of her lin
gers. Mme. Kejane receives $l,C0l) every
time she plays, and her expenses are
paid,1 besides which she is allowed a
mall! und dressmaker."
There was a commotion In a Wash
lngto theater the, other night. Says
the Mux O'Hell-like. pen-artist of the
capital who chronicled it: "Three la
dles walked down the center aisle.
They wore hats; hats or a florid style
o'f architecture, and covered with
luxuriant vegetation. Strong, men
shuddered and grew pale with anxiety
as to where those hats would eventu
ally locate themselves, and as the la
dies Blowly moved to the front the feel
ings 'of the audience verged upon the
stormy and tumultuous. At last they
were seated well down toward the or-
."' ehestra, and at least 100 persons those
directly In the line of Bight turned
. Waaand ghastly with despair. In a
'moment, however, nimble lingers were
" "at work, and before 'the watchers could
gulp down their tlrst wild anguish,' the
hats . disappeared, and three sleek,
shapely, and Inoffensive heads ap
peared In place of them." Will the
like of It ever occur in Scranton?
Of oil the queer symposiums Inaugu
rated by a certain unique periodical de
' Yoted.to the realm' of the fair sex, the
. most peculiar, asserts the Philadelphia
.Record, will undoubtedly be the forth
coming discussion of the significance
V and use of .the relative terms "woman"
and "lady." By the strange whirligig
. of time the term "lady" has. come to
Jiave.that generic differentiation which
"gentleman" has obtained over the
. plain "man." Perhaps, indeed, the ti
tled dames of foreign lands will be in-r--JIiii9t
to . learn that their exclusive
right to this linguistic courtesy is being
wrested from them by pleblan daugh
ters of Eve. To a certain extent It is
convenient to accept the modern cus
t6m concerning these words; but, real
ly, "lady" and "woman" both refer to
'the wife. Both are good old Anglo
Saxon terms, and the "lady" of yore
was the "loaf-keepe,r." A "lady" who
cannot bear the title of "woman" is al
most as much to be pitied as a "wo
mau" who does not feel herself entitled
to be styled a "lady."
.An unique entertainment planned by
a number of gifted Jewish women In
Chicago would, It would seem, form a
desirable post-Lenten dlvertlsement in
Scranton,. especially In view of the lo-
" cal Interest now evinced In Venetian
topics, consequent upon the Shaw lec-
, tures. In Young Men's Christian asso
. elation hall. "It Is, In brief, a Venetian
masque tall, which will be as nearly
, as possible"' perfect imitation of the
'.. scenes enacted , In the marble palace of
the Doges when the heroes from the
ahrine of St. Marks ruled all the seas
and half the world. The most notable
single feature will be floats represent
ing the four quarters of the globe,
. and among the' emblems to he shown
' will be beautiful and artistic represen
tations of faith, hope and charity.' It
Is Intended that this event shall even
surpass the Mardl 3ras at New Or
leans. In addition to these, new and
entirely original Ideas will be Intro
duced In the display. There will be a
., dozen tableaux at least, alj of which
. 1 will be participated In. by both. prof es-
Aonal and amateur performers. Fol
lowing the, procession .on 'hlch the
" full blaze of the calcium lights will be
turned during Its' entire course, there
Will be a sham battle of flowers. In
this part of the programme the specta
tor as' well as the dancers will be ex
pected to take a hand In the melee.'
t. The- object of the Chicago enterprise
.. 1.1s a charitable one, and it would seem
, to offer a good basis for Imitation In
the "Chicago of the East."
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Speaking of unique entertainments,
t"ew York, too, offers one for our con
templationthe International (display.
- f costumes held' In Madison Square
garden under the auspices of the Young
Women's Christian association. The
object of the exhibition Is to show the
.evolution of the present style of dress
and for this purpose fiOO figures will be
exhibited, each representing some peri
od in history that denotes a change In
costume. These historical costumes
will be one of the main features of the
exposition, but .the. show of modern
dresses will be no less Interesting. The
gowns of all 'the historic grand dames
I and professional beauties will be seen,
and the great dudes of history will be
represented In costumes exactly as the
tailors of those times would cut them.
.In . the great amphitheater will be
erected many booths,, and hpre will be
shown by all the leading milliners, cos
tumes and manufacturers the very lat-
f , est . and most, modish' of modern cos
tumes for both sexes. This affair may
also contain a valuable suggestion for
' those who are given to conning the nlm
bla dollar In sweat charity's name.
A Introductory to a number of, '39
lected recipes the remark may be ven
tured tha,t once upon a time' It was no
- $!lfe'lA 41,' ; wtyman.Jo.taa known aM a
wuiil niMvlr ltii Aha -41mA 'it T .mila W
r tooks ranked Irhrh In urielol favor; they
"J wre,h(iuiied According to the original
ity na mcellenee or :teir dishes, -This
soverlegn. spent much bf the" time apart!
. from state affairs Imagining new meth
ods of cooking' food, especially of pre
paring . coffee, which latter was just
coming Into vogue as a beverage, Mme.
de Maintenon originated "Cotellettesen
Information, Partly Grave,
and Partly Gay.
paplllotes," or cutlets In curl papers,
In order that the (paper trimmings
might absorb the gveuse that Impaired
her digestive organs. Mme. de Sevigne
.took occasion often to lay aside her pen
and prepare certain grilled wullles that
delighted epicures us did her literary
Work men of letters. Hhe Empress
Josephine excelled In guuva preserves.
'
Egg' Plant Fritters Take large-sized
egg plant, leave the skin and stem on
and boil till tender. Hemove the skin and
mash very line III an earthen bowl with a
U'tLMpounful of salt. Drain off the liquor
and add plenty of pepper, a large iron
spoonrul of flour, hair a cup of milk tr
cream and three eggs. This mukes a nice
batter. Drop into boiling hot laid and fry
as you would fritters.
Huked Hash Mlnee tine any pieces of
cold cooked meat. To every pint of meat
add one cup of bread crumbs, a table
spoonful of butter, a sprig of parsley,
chopped, a little chopped onion (If the
flavor is not dlHllkud), .a temspooiiful or
lemon Juice or vinegar, and a seasoning
of pepper and salt. Add sutllelent gravy
to moisten it thoroughly, but not enough
to make it sloppy. Just make It warm
over the fire, mix well, and buke it In a
hot oven twenty minutes.
Chicken Patties Chop the chicken meat,
free from grlstlo, season with salt, pep
per and a little celery or sage, place a lit
tle of the meat on pieces of puff paste,
press the edges together, making small
turnovers, place them in a shallow pan,
and boko a nice brown, serve with drawn
butter or a gravy made from the liquor
In which the chicken was cooked.
.Muttins One quart of flour, one pint of
warmed milk less two tablespoonfuls,
one teaspoonful salt, half a gill of yeast,
mix at night and beat till light. In tho
morning drop the well-risen batter Into
buttered cups; let stand twenty minutes,
then bake and serve. These can be
made of water instead or milk, but are
much less tender.
Hanana Blancmange Into a quart or
boiling milk stir rour tablespoontuls of
corn starch wet with a little milk and a
quarter of a cuprul of sugar. When It
thickens set aside to cool; When properly
cold stir In a small teaspoonful ot extract
or vanilla and two or thre thinly sliced
bananas.
Iiect Cake Take equal quantities or
cnoked beer, chopped line, and soaked
ircad crumbs, add ono onion, chopped,
salt and pepper to suit taste, a 'table
spoonful or chopped pork to every quart
or tho mixture, one egg and a little sage
or suvory; place It In a flat pan, and bake
twenty or thirty minutes.
Creamed Haeon Bake In the oven sllc
of bacon till they are brown and crisp;
put them on a. hot platter; add to the fat
in the pan a tablespoonful or more or
Hour; stir till smooth, add gradually a tea
cupful and a half ,of milk and cook two
minutes.
Hominy Dabs Ope cup or fine hominy
boiled two hours in a quart or milk;
while hot add a little salt, two eggs well
beaten, a piece or butter the size or an
egg. Drop from a spoon on a tin sheet
and bake a light brown.
A Fish Sauce Boil two anchovies and
half an onion chopped very tine, In one
tablespoonful of vinegar, four of wine
and four of melted butter or cream, and
serve very hot.
.
OF IXTRREST TO WOMEN:
Susan 11. Anthony has not slept at home
for four ynrn. '
Lady Randolph Churchill wears the very
exceptionally granted and mlich coveted
Imperial order of the crown of India, con
ferred upon her by the queen.
Mrs. Burton Harrison Is said, on good
authority, to be the best paid woman
writer In the country. The Century Mag
azine pays her 13'i cents a word for all
her stories.
The Chinese now find It more profitable
to raise their female Infants than to
strangle them. In 1870 the average price
or a wire In the flowery kingdom was 5.
Now It is 50.
Women real estate agents have already
been successful in several places, and It
Is somewhat surprising that more women
do not go Into a business for which many
or them seem, well fitted.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an untiring pa
tron of manicurists, givers of facial mas
sage, chiropodists and shampooers. She
says she believes, on principle, In being as
good looking as she can be.
Queen .Victoria .will use eloctrleity for
cooking purposes. Tho necessary appar
atus has bean installed at Osborne, In the
Isle of Wight. It is, however, only used
for tho more delicate dishes.
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbllt Is going In
Tor cycling. At first she went to an
"academy" for her lessens, but now she
practices under the samif tuition in the
great ball room of her own house.
Mrs. Eva Wilder Broadhead, known In
literature as Eva Wilder Mclllasson and
who is now enjoying a wedding trip on nnd
about the Mediterranean, Is said to be the
youngest established magazlidst In the
country,
Mrs. Clara Cresslngham, one or the three
feminine statesmen in the Colorado legis
lature,, has Introduced a bill In tho lower
house of that body 'to create a state board
of arbitration and mediation for the pur
pose of settling labor troubles. . .
The fact that two English women doc
tors should be simultaneously sent to the
bedside of an Indian queen and an Afghan
king, In each case with the happiest re
sults. Is a romantic episode of the "Wo
men's Movement," thinks tho Westmin
ster Uczctto.
Dr. Charlotto Ellahy has Just come ba"k
to England after completely restoring the
sight of the maharnnl of Jamnugar,
whose court Is en fete over tho event.
Tho operation was for a caturact. The
mahuranl, according to a correspondent,
can now road small print with case.
Sister Agnes, the suporloress or a nurs
ing Institution at Brest, has received the
order of the Legion of Honor. This makes
the twenty-ninth nun that has received
the honor. The first was Mme. Illget,
known hs Sister Martha, who was decor
ated by Napoleon In 1815. Apart from sis
ters, nineteen women In all have received
the decoration. !
A woman's paradise exists In the Indian
ocean. The tiny island of Mlnlcoy, mid
way butweon the Maldlve and Lacadlve
group, Is etnlrely under feminine rule, the
men humbly taking the second place on
every occasion. The woman Is tho head
both of the government and of the home,
and when she marries her husband takes
her name and hands over all his earn
ings throughout his married life,
The ovornge waist of women' Is now 24
Inches against 19 Inches five years ago.
This development Is not attributed to
the dross reformers, but to Sarah Bern
hardt. Tho people who Invent new cos
tume have been Inspired by the grace
and beauty of Sarah's clothes. These
are copied for their customers. It Is Im
possible 'to wear these costumes with cor
sets. Hence the waist has Its chance.
It Is noticed that Mrs. George Gould has
changed her wholo manner and bearing
since the death .of her father-in-law.
When" Jay Gould was alive she was very
quiet, wont out but little and had but few
visitors even to her opera box. Now
hers Is one of the gayest boxes In Jho
Metropolitan opera house. She dresses
suporbly:. is as handsome as ever, and
her intimates say she is still the devoted
mothor. ' , . .
, . . f y i- .
i An enterprising-young woman who has
lately opened an oflioe announces that she
Is ready to render practical help to mon
and women, of affairs, to savo them time
and annoyances. She proposes, if people
will give her the opportunity, to act as
representative, private secretary, and In
termediary, where discretion, diplomacy,
and good Judgment are required; as a
purchasing agent for the household, buy
ing anything from groceries to wedding
outfits and; urtc-a-brac; as a dispenser of
charity where investigation is required;
in fact, professionally to All the office of a
"capable person'' in the community. As
in every large city there Is a constant de
mand for Just the services that this
young woman proposes to render, thero
seems to be no reason why she should not
succeed. Chicago Herald.
WASTED WORDS.
Tremendous Loss Which Results from the
I so of Silent Letters.
"When a nation noted for Its lan
guage for the first time," says M. Novl
cow, a French writer, "It made pure
phonetlclsm, since it had no reasort to
do the contrary. But spoken languages
modules every day. By the fact even
that It Is .incorporated In something
material, the sign written languages
hus more lixlty. Too often nations
consider the orthography of their fath
ers as something extremely holy. They
think they are committing sacrilege by
accommodating lttotheneedsof present
times. Then, little by little, writing be
comes less und less phonetic, and Anal
ly arrives at the oddest aberrations.
The same letters are pronounced In a
different manner, euch sound Is not rep
resented by an Identical letter, and a
great number of letters cease to be pro
nounced. These last constitute, there
fore, a veritable waste. Without count
ing the silent "e" and the "s" of the
plural, whqjn they are required for
euphony, the French language con
tains 13 per cent, or useless letters. Let
us calculate what their suppression
would bring in. Six thousand and
eight hundred Journals appear In the
French language. There is perhaps an
average or 100,000 letters In each or
them the ''Petit Journal" contains
115,000, the "Figaro" 11!2,0U0 and there
Is an average or 160 numbers a year.
This gives 108,000,000,000 of letters In a
year, and of these the useless 14 per
cent, make 14,200,000,000.
"The composition, the correction and
the Interlined words come to about $1.20
for every 10.000 letters. This makes a
useless expense of $1,988,000 for the Jour
nal printed In French alone. Those
There came to these . shores, some
months ago, a Frenchman who had
achieved a degree of eminence at home,
by the writing of several novels of atten
uated Intelligence. This man was M. Paul
Bourget. After a brief "study" of Amer
ica, covering a. few weeks of observation
from hotel windows and car eats, M.
Bourget proceeded to write his "Impres
sions" of the native Yank. Among the oh.
servatlons which he confided to the public,'
for a consideration, wus this one: "I sup
pose life can never get entirely dull to an
American, because whenever he can't
strike up any other way to put In his time,
he cun always get away with a few years
in trying to find out who his grandfather
was," which being Interpreted, means that
some few Americans are howling suobi.
The main point to this remark, however,
lies in the fact that it was M. Bourget's re
payment for the exuberant hospitality of
his American entertainers; a Gallic recip
rocation or the lionizing which certain
foolish fellow-citizens saw fit to bestow
upon hlro during the course of his short
sojourn among us." Meant to be "smart,"
It succeeded In being only caddish and un
mannerly, having not even the merit or
novelty In its small ravor. It would .how
ever, never have been noticed, but for. one
thing. That thing was the eagle eye of
that ardent patriot and zealous son-of-freedom,
the honorable Mark Twain.
Twain's sensitive spirit took offense ut
Bourget's fling, and Twain accordingly hit
back. The blow, If Inelegant, was at
least forceful. Bourget had only sparred
for points. Mark Twain struck out "for
keeps." He said: "I reckon a French
man's got his little stand-by for a dull
time, too, because when ull other inter
ests fail, he can turn in and see if he can't
find out who his father was." We will
frankly admit, since one must take sides,
that this reply was cruel. It carried the
argument from a plane of flippant Im
pertinence down to one of sweeping in
sult. It generalized France from the view
point of the Parisian boulevards. As well
Cairch
Are
IPyirify
At this season everyone -should tako
a (food spring medicine. Your blood
must bo punlledor you will bo neglect
ing your health. Thero is . a cry
from Nuturo for help, and unless there
is prompt and satisfactory response
you will bo liublo to serious illness.
This demand cun only be met by
the purifying, enriching and .
Blood-Vltallilng
elements to be found in Hood's Sarsa
purillu. That this is tho best medicine
for you to take is proven by tho fuut
that it has tho largest sales and accom
plishes tho greatest cures of any medi
cine in the world. It purities the
blood, creates an appetite, builds up
the nervous system and i-Mioiis the
cntiro body. Do not be InducirStS buy
anything else. Insist upon HOOD'S.
' A Boy's Life 8a' ed.
I cannot praise Hood i BarsaparlUa
enough for, what It has don for my boy.
Some tour years ago, when sis years old,
George was attacked by hip disease In his
right leg.. We had to get hint a pair of
rntohea with which hr-was able to move
about, but .became badly deformed.. ""Ve
bad to have his right leg lanced Just above
the knee. In a few weeks a second sore
broke out, both discharging freely. Agon
Icing pains afflicted him, he could not bear
. to be moved, his .growth .was stopped and
; ' - ' ' -"J-
Mood's
-TOP'S
printed In the English language are
more numerous (there are 17,000), and
they are larger. Wo must estimate the
number of their letters at least at 150,
000 on an average. As the number of
useless ones Is 12 per cent, the same
calculation gives a loss of nearly $7,000.
000 yearly for journals in the English
language. But press work and compo
sition are not all. Useless letters also
take up paper. If each paper averages
4.000 copies we have an over-expenBe of
$15,600,000 for paper for English and
$:i,600,000- for paper for French Jounr
nals. "But. that Is not all, cither. The text
must have been written before going to
press. A person can write as many as
7,000 letters In an hour. The 63,000,000,
000' of letters In French and English
newspapers require, then, 9,000,000
hours, that is to suy, 900,000 days' work.
Estimate the work of Journalists at $5
a day, cm ah average, and we have an
expenditure of $4,500,000. So you see in
all there Is a loss for French, English
and American papers alone of $32,600,
000 per annum."
REALLY SENSITIVE PLANT.
It knows the Difference between a Famil
iar and a Strunitc l'orm.
An Incident related by the author of
"The Pearl of India," In his description
of the flora . of Ceylon, Is almost un
canny, although we are assured that It
Is true. It Is about the mimosa, or sensi
tive plant, and makes one utmost won
der whether the plant has Intelligence.
The doctor, one of the characters of
the book, while Bitting with the family
on the broad piazza, which formed the
front of the bungalow of a coffee plan
tation, recognized a thrifty sensitive
plant, and It was made the subject of
remark. He called his young daughter
of 11 years from the house.
"Lena," said he, "go and kiss the
mimosa."
The child did so, laughing gleefully
and came awuy. The plant gave no
token of shrinking from contact with
the pretty child. ,
"Now," said the host, "will you touch
the plant?"
Rising to do so, we approach It with
one hand extended, and before it' had
Saturday ReflectlooSo '
might Bourget, for example, have meas
ured all Scru n ton by the standard of ethics
and morals which obtains In, portions of
Oakford court. The Frenchman was
showing off his Impertinence, Tor which
American editors were foolish enough to
pay him money. Mark Twain, in his re
sentment at a small Innuendo which was
really of no consequence, Junqwd clear
over the bounds of propriety and, perhaps
without really realizing it, hurled an in
sult upon the entire French nation, touch
ing a matter of the utmost delicacy.
Bourget's offense could have been, with
entire propriety, Ignored as of liislgnlll
cance. Twain's rejoinder, on the other
hand, carried the war into Africa, wound
ing thousands of non-combatants,
But there appears, of a sudden, a third
figure in the drama, to wit, one Monsieur
Blouet, otherwise known by the pen-name,
Max O'Rell. Panting, pulling and sput
tering, this modern knight de la Gasrogny
rushes into the lists, loudly proclaiming
himseir the furious champion of scandal
ized French mothers. He heralds his com
lug in the newspapers, coupling it with
blood curdling hints, and he soon after
ward realizes it to the extent of several
pages in the current North American Re
view. O'ltell is fulsome almost Kendal-t-Mque
In his flattery of his "dear Ameri
can friends," who have so liberally con
tributed of their dirty dollars to his re
fined and aristocratic needs: but he must
in all graclousness remind them that tho
percentage of Illegitimate children Is only
seven In wicked Paris to nine in their own
New York, fifteen in Chicago and heaven
know what in San Francisco.' To this
clincher ho adds perfervld enconla for
Mrs. Gallia and epithets for the aforesaid
.Mark Twain, all of which is or a certain
Interest ir the first yawp or a nervous
French cad, when followed by the answer
ing, and, let It be admitted, the vicious
growl of a Yankee mastiff, is to be deemed
of suflictent Importanceto warrant a show
down of International morals. We have
glimmerings of a nascent doubt, however,
April
the" Best Months in Which
Yoyir
And the Best Blood Purifier is
Which Purifies, Vitalizes and Enriches
in a short time he has a mere skeleton.
He had no appetite, and it was hard work
to make him eat enough to keep him alive.
A few weeks later we had hl hip lanced,
and following this flvo other eruptions
broke out, making eight running sorce in
all. We did all we could for him, but be
grew weaker every day, although we had
three of tho best physicians. As a last re
sort we were prevailed upon by relatives
who had taken Hood's BarsaparlUa with
beneficial result to give the inodiclne a
trial. We got one bottle about the Drat
ot March, and ho hsd taken the modi
cino only a few days whon his appetite be
gan to Improve. When be bad taken one
bottle he could move about a little with
his crutches, which he hsd not been able
to uso for the preceding three months. We
continued faithfully with Hood's Sarsspa
rilla, and in six months be was
Able to be Dressed
and go about .the house without the
crutches. He has now taken Hood's Bar
saparitla regularly for eighteen' months,
and for the past sla months has been with
out the orutohes, which he baa outgrown
by several inches. The sore haveall healed
with the exception of one which is rapidly
dosing, only the scars and an occasional
limn retnalnlnir mm reminder! of his suffer
ing. . Hood's Barssparllla in his case has
trul
v I
cone wonders, ana ne is aauy gain-
tog
In flesh and ffood color. He runs ab
a oo i
tut
' i nd plays as lively as sny child. We feel
lin inexprewiblo Joy at having out boy re
stored to health and we always speak In
the highest terms of Hood's Baraaparllla."
UBS. HBNBT YV. MUHf BY, cixetcr, PI. II.
and;
Only
Ml
come fairly In contact the nearest spray
and leaves wilted visibly.
"The plant knows the child," said the
doctor; "but you are a stranger." Tld
Blts. . -
FACES ON SHAVING MUGS.
Ono of the Fads of tho Passing Uour at
Washington.
From tho Washington Star.
A fad which bids fair to become fair
ly popular is now blossoming quite ex
tensively In Washington. When the
younk lady thinks he Is dear enough to
have her photograph she has a minia
ture pulnted on a shaving mug or mus
tache cup, or, better still, some bit of
china bric-a-brac. In order that It
shall stay fast the painting is burnt in.
As amateur artists have often been em
ployed In this work, the results have not
been very satisfactory. The chappies
have sent their photographs to New
York to have the work carefully done,
and some good results have been
reached. Of course, In case of a rup
ture and the selection of new loves, the
china can be as easily broken us If It
were In the hands of some of our kitch
en mechanics.
A Successful Knguguinent.
From the Troy Times.
A brilliant schemo was adopted the other
day by a theatrical company which found
itself stranded at Dayton, ., and Its
next engagement at Cleveland. A plan
was mode for the arrest of one or the
members ot.the company on the charge ot
opening a letter belonging to another
member. Tho accused was taken before
tho United States commissioner at Cleve
land, where the other members or the
conqiany were subpoenaed as witnesses.
They or course secured h(s acquittal, and
also their fees, amounting to $6.25 apiece.
It was the most prolltable engagement
they have played thl: season, but the
commissioner Is willing to bet that they
can't play it on him aaln.
A Difficult Tusk.
From Fllegende Blaotter.
Friend When are you going to paint
that gatronomlc genre picture you spoke
of?
Artist Hoaven knows! Every time I
get ready 'the model tempts me and 1 uut
It up.
whether this llttlo episode, despite all Its
shrieking stacatto and fanfaronade, is
really to be invested with the trappings cf
an epoch-marking event. To us there is
a suggestion that when the cruel war is
over, not the least considerable of the
spoils will be a precious deal of good, Juicy
advertising for whloh the respective bene
ficiaries will have neglected to pay so
much as one vulgar cent.
All of which shows that tho late Phlnens
Tecumseh Bornum wus not the blooming
hayseed that he looked when he observed
that tho American people love to be hum
bugged. The proceedings of license court this
week have not been conducive to the hope
that Lackawanna county will soon take
its place beside those fortunate counties
which have wiped out the drink evil. In
the extent and variety of its liquid thirsts,
this particular portion of the common
wealth is evidently still several degrees
removed from an Ideal civilization. But
though the number of "necessary" dis
pensaries of the fluid Which begetteth Jags
is still somewhat considerable, there is
eminent authority for the belief that
drunkenness, In its per capita prevalence,
is on the decline. Scruntunlans of twenty
years ago, contrasting the condition iff
things then with the conditions of today,
tell me thnt the progress of the commun
ity upward toward temperate Indulgence,
If not even sobriety, Is very perceptible.
Then, rows and brawls were numerous,
even In the central wards, while the spec
tacle was not uncommon of drunken men
stretched In bestial surrender uthwart the
travoled sidewalks. Now, tho rormer are
rare, and the latter sight Is not to be seen
at all. The requirements or employers
today are more rigid; intoxication carries
with It more or thei senso or disgrace and
the liquor that men drink is milder und
less dynamic. All in all, If we are not
hustling forward with electrlcul velocity,
we are ut least not standing stone still.
Wilay
to
Hood
the Blood.
" My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Volfe, at the ago of 72 years, was at
tacked with a violent form of salt
rheum; it spread all over her body,
and her hands and limbs were dreadful
to look ut. At the sumo time, my
little daughter Cluru, who was Just one
year old, was attacked by a similar
disease, like scrofula. It appealed in
Large Soros
under each side of her neck ; had the
attendance of tho family physician und
other doctors for a long time, but
seemed to grow worse. 1 reud of
muny people cured ot scrofula by
Hood's Hursupurilla. As soon us we
gave Hood's Sursupttrilla to Clara, she
began to get better, und before the first
bottlo was gone, tho sores entirely
hculed up and thero has never been
any sign of tho disease since. Sho is a
Healthy Robust Child.
Her grandmother took Hood's Sarsn
purillu at the sumo time, und tho salt
rheum decreased in its violence and a
perfect cure was soon effected. It took
about three' months for her euro, and
sho ascribes Iter good health and
strength at her advanced uge to Hood's
Sui'siipai illu. It lias certainly been it
Godsend to my family." Mus. Soi'iiiai
Wolkk, Zuleski, Olilo. .
Random Notes of
Life in London.
Some Interesting Sights Among the
Waxen Celebrities at Madame Tussaud's.1
London, March 2. The other evening '
two of us went to Terry's theatre to see
the "Innocent Abroud," which is a dear,
delightful little comedy. lOdward Ter
ry, the comedian, Is one of the funniest
of the funny men of this town, and I
laughed all the evening through at him
and his piece. We saw another funny
piece the same evening, called "High
Life Uelow Stairs," which preceded the
"Innocent Abroad," and both were un
commonly line and funny:
On another evening we went to the
Imperial Institute to a concert, and saw
the lovely women with diamonds and
lorgnettes again, besides hearing a
charming (.conoert. The Hoyal Hun
garian band played after the concert
was over und we stayed to hear It, and
arrived home quite late uud tired.
In tho llrltihli Museum.
Yesterday Miss Kadlcal took me down
to the liritlsh museum, where we spent
a very Interesting hulf day. It is such
an Immense, storehouse of treasures
that one can do very little of it at a
time, so that 1 am going down to It
again and again, ' until 1 have
seen It all. We lirst did the
Egyptian rooms, where they keep
all the old sphinxes and Egyptian
gods and goddesses. Gracious! how
ugly and interesting they are! There
were stone sarcophagi and statues of
the old Egyptian Pharoahs anil their
queens, and curious old bird-headed
and lion-headed gods from the ruined
temples at Thebes and those other old
cities that were Interesting In the ex
treme. The obelisks and old pillars
from these temples, all inscribed with
the curious Egyptlun hieroglyphics, are
wonderfully massive and heavy, and
must have cost millions of dollars to
transport to this institution. We saw
the statute of Ramcses II, the Pharoah
of the Exodus, in which I was much In
terested,, and also the famous Itosettu.
stone, which Is mounted on a granite
pedestal, and is under glass, a precau
tion against the ubiquitous relic hunt
ing nuisance. This was by far the most
interesting thing in the Egyptian room
as it was by means of this stone, you
remember, which Is Inscribed in three
different ancient languages, that the
reading of the hitherto untranslatable
Egyptian hieroglyphics was made pos
sible, and which unlocked to us a per
fect treasure house of history, most of
which would have been completely lost
to the world and some bf which would
have remained merely conjecture for
ever, had It not been for the discovering
of this wonderful stone. It is very
ragged and jagged looking, much of it
having been broken off during the
thousands of years of its existence, and
Is of a very dark, lute-like Ftone. The
Inscriptions on it are, however, as fine
and as clear as they were ages ago, and
the contrast between the three lan
guages is most interesting to see.
Among Vssyriun Holies.
We went from the Egyptian to the
Assyrian room, where we walked past
miles of the most wonderful old bas
reliefs, which have been brought here
from the old excavated cities of that
ancient kingdom. They are. as every
thing else of these times were, of stone,
and the stories cut In them by means of
these pictures are most interesting.
The battles of tho different nations, the
feasts and sacrillces, are all vividly de
lineated here by means of these ever
lasting drawings in stone, and are as
gifod as reading twenty mediaeval his
tories. They had no knowledge, what
ever, of perspective, and It was most
curious to sec the llgures which they
meant to represent as In the distance,
right above those In the foreground,
and Just us large, the pictures being
made exat-tly as the lines of words are
printed In a book, and all you have to
do l.i to fancy that the bottom line of
the page Is the foreground, the line
next above It you must suppose farther
back, and so one to the top of tho page,
where the top line, which is in just us
large type us the bottom line. Is sup
posed to be way. way bnek in the back
ground. I'm afraid that isn't a very
clear illustration, though.
Weil, to get on, we went through all
this and saw pieces of rusty and crusty
old copper Implements which were used
long ago. nnd whnt was left of them
were, upon excuvntion. sent to this
museum, where they lie under glass,
nnd ale all but dust, they are so old.
W went through' 'the ireelan and
Unman rooms (ancient) where we saw
some of the old. old statues which had
been excavated anil sent hero from
ancient Greece nnd Kome. There were
beautiful Vennses nnd wonderful Apol
los und cold white marble gods and god
desses. There were several artists in
these rooms, copying some of the beau
ties of the place, und in tho next room,
where we saw the famous Elgin mar
bles, were a model of the Acropolis ut
Athens, and several line figures from
some old Greek temples, nnd there was
an old rugged looking marble column
from the temple of Diana nt Ephesus,
which you know was one of the seven
wonders of the world.
beautiful and Intricate Mosaics.
We passed from here up n broail
staircase where were mounted several
pleves of the old Italian mosaic works
In the walls. They were most wonder
fully beautiful and of Intricate design
and lovely coloring, and I admired
them a long time. They were all ex
humed from old. burled villas. We went
upstairs Into other Egyptian rooms,
and I had the pleasure of walking past
and seeing mummy after mummy, chief
among which was Cleopatra's own per
sonal ami genuine mummy, which, with
her coffin, or sarcophagus. Is preserved
here, under glass. These collltis, of
which there are ninny here, nre very
gaily painted Inside ami out. In geo
metrical llgures, and the way In which
these colors have withstood the rav
ages of time Is a marvel Indeed. The
mummies were fine. All of them are
wrapped up In their bandages, which
are brown with ago and some of them,
with the mummies Inside them, nre
crumbling to dust. There nre a few
with all except the very Inside wrap
pings off of them, and theso show tho
outlines of tho poor, hungry-looking
old skull and the bare bones of the
body most plainly. Others again, are
wrapped up In their complete mum
my,' costume, with the . heads and
facts gilded, or with a .picture of 'the
fuc of the dead person. Insldb on the
outside of tho head covering. They
were tremendously Interesting, and
thefo were quite enough; of them as
Well.'Scvthat I nnd all the' mummies I
ever, want "to see, Collins and stone
sarcophagi, elaborately carved, painted
and gilded, were very plentiful, all hav
ing been taken, with the mummies In
them, from the chambers of the dead In
the pyramids of Egypt.
We saw a great deal of old Egyptian
pottery and old Roman and Grecian
vases and a lot of beautiful Etruscan
ware. We did only one more depart
ment and that was the rooms in which
the heathen religions are Illustrated,
all their holy books, their Bacred altar
furniture and the clothes of their
priests, together with the ornaments to
be found In ithelr temples, being dls
playedjThose of Bhuddlsm, Brah
nilnisflltConfuclanlsm, Taorlsm, Shin
tolstn, and those other religions of In
diu, China and other pagan nations are
very handsome, their canopies and cov
erings for altars being stiff with gold
and silver embrolderings, and gaudy
with their bright colorings. The school
mar'm Instinct must be strong within,
me, for I again longed to have a troop
of history and geography pupils at my
heels, and to see them enjoy with ma
the wonderful things to be seen hera
and remembered ever afterward.
The morning of sightseeing qulto
tired me out, us I dare say I walked
miles and miles, and looked at millions
of things, and I returned home to lunch
eon with what Miss Rallcal calls a
"British Museum headache" and was
ullllcted with uchlng Joints and eyes
strongly In favor of the early closing1
movement for a whole day afterward.
But as 1 said before, I am going again
and again until I sec It all.
f orthcoming Amusements.
Monday I am going to the Eugene
Oudin Memorial concert at St. James'
hall. It Is under the distinguished pat
ronage of H. H. H., the Princess Louise,
and his excellency, the American am
basador, and Madame Alboni is to sing,
as well as Madame Gomez, Bell Cole,
Ella Russell, Edward Lloyd, Benjamin
Davies, Lawrence Kellie, Slgnor Foil
and the Meister Glee singers. Ludy
Halle will play violin; Chamlrade and
Borevick will play pianoforte. So you
see what a repast of music I am antici
pating. I have been more busy this week and
have only had one little sip of dissipa
tion, that being a dinner party where
everybody was much older and wiser
than I and most interesting and charm
ing as well. Sadie Kaiser.
THE COMING WOMAN.
Gibes and Comment Concerning the
Latest Development of the Creature.
One of the advanced women claims
that the future man will have a sixth
sense. A sense of his inferiority, wo
suppose. Albany Argus.
Chicago girls ought to be eligible for
football, if what we hear about their
feet is trile. Pittsburg Chronicle Tele
graph. It is a terrible thing to think that
In the future the money a woman
makes by keeping a cow may go to her
political constituents instead of being1
spent to buy comforts for her family.
Atchison Globe.
"Why does Madge always wear a yel
low chrysanthemum'"'
"It reminds her of her best young
man. You see he's a blonde and plays
football." Chicago Record.
"I wonder you women never learn)
how to get off a street ear."
"L'mph! If we got off the right way.
It wouldn't be long before they'd quit
stopping the cars for us." Buffalo'
Courier.
Woman has a great advantages In the
locution and concealment of her,
pockets. She can slide out of bed nt
midnight and find her husband's
pockets in two seconds. He cannot find
her pockets In six months and when he
does he can't get into It." Dallas News.
Maud "I have just received an offer
of marriage which came by post this
morning. He said that his love for me
was very great but that his income was
small."
Marie "What a pity! Whom was it
from'.'"
Maud "I really did not notice. That
was enough." Boston Home Journal.
Matron "Has my husband voted
yet?"
' Ward Worker "Yes, ma'am. Early
this morning."
"That settles It. He has voted the
very way I didn't want him to. He is
always in a contrary mood In the morn
ing. I had some hopes of keeping him
nway until the middle of the after
noon." Indianapolis Journal.
"Are you going out tonight, dear?"
said the husband to the emancipated
woman.
"1 am. It Is the regularly weekly;
meeting of the lodge."
"Then I want to say to you" and
there was an unusual defiance In tho
mild man's tone "I wnnt to say that
If you are not at home by 11 o'clock I
shall go homo to my father." Judge.
"Yes," said Mrs. Voutaire, "I told Mrs.
Cnndlduytu that If shivwus going to
be elected she would have to go down
Into her bloomers and dig up her good
hard money. The girls all expect to get
a new hut out of the election, and If
Mrs. Candldayte expects to get In she
will have to start her bonnet foundry
going."
. "That's very true," replied Mrs. Elec
tlonere. "Mrs. Runner, out In the ninth
precinct of the Seventeenth, has a bale
of ribbon on tap and the girls are just
helping themselves. Mrs. Runner Is go
ing In with a rush. Now, there is Mrs.
Jennens-Huker, In the Twelfth, who has
put up nothing but rooster feathers,
and the ladles are extremely Indignant.
She Is sure to be defented. Mrs. New
man Smart has distributed OBtrlch
plumes and has a roll of dress goods
free for every voter to help herself."
Mrs. Voutaire: "Too true too true!
Still, still I don't know. Where would
our poor woman get her millinery If we
didn't have an election now and thenT
Minneapolis Journal.
t
"And have I a right," she aBked, In e
trembling voice, "the right of suffrage?"
"You have."
"Are you sure?" she faltered.' "Is if
really true?"
VYes." ';
She raised "her streaming eyes to"
hoaven.
"At lust," Bhe murmured, "at last, I
may be registered as something besides
John Jones and wife."'
Then she wept for Joy. Detriot Trib
une. Even In the most severe cases of sprain
or bruise, cut or burn, Thomas' Eclectrlo
Oil gives almost Instant reUef, It Is the
Ideal family, liniment.