THE SCKAXTON TTUTiUXE SATURDAY MOTtXIXG, MAttCII 23, 1895.
Facts of Interest
To Women Readers.
Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
THE NEW WOMAN:
SShe talked with great Intensity of each
has propensity, and spoke with volu
bility of woman's higher plum-:
Ehe dwelt on domesticity with mental clas
tlclty, and said that such felicity was
really quite 111 vain.
'ith gestures oratorical nnd phrases met
aphorical, she voiced the powers nu
merical that woman hud untoKI,
And spoke with zeal dramatical of voting
systematical, ami hallut boxes sphere
' leal, and votes not bought with fold.
phe said In euchvlclnlty the docto-s of di
vinity would come from femininity;
In bloomers they would lie;
And matrons with rapidity would love all
their timidity, and no mole ussinity
in Congress would we see.
And while with such audacity she showed
her great cupuc'-.y, and talked with
great dldaclty, her husband learned to
sweep;
And while with such anility she dwelt on
her utility with such Intense pug
nacity, he put the twins to sleep.
New York Hun.
The: affectation of some women for
Cigarettes Is based on u fallacy. There
Was a time, perhaps, when the cigar
ette was romantic. That time, however,
lias passed away, except In cheap nov
els and books. When In either the novel
or the play the adventuress wlsln-s to
enow beyond all doubt that she Is real
ly wicked, or the heroine yearns to be
real naughty, they smoke cigarettes.
Of course, observes the Philadelphia
lleoord, the audience Is shocked by the
audacity of the thing that is the un
sophisticated part of the audience. To
the man of the world, however, the
"wicked" cigarette in Hlmply a nonscn
fileallty; and young girls who arc con
sumed with a secret longing to emulate
their cigarette-smoking sisters should
do bo not with any deluded notion of
'nianee, but simply with the same
)l-blooded question of taste with
,.oY-h they would take to smoking a fob
pipe, like some old women, or to chew
ing navy plug.
THE DERATIC RESTED:
"Roys," said u teacher In a Sundiy
School, "can any of you quote a ver.M
from scripture to prove that li is wrong
for a man to have two wive:;'.'" tie
paused, ami In a moment or two a brit:ht
bgy raised his hand. "Well. Thomas."
S:iid the teacher, encouragingly. Thorn. M
Stood up and said: "Xo man can serve
two masters." The question ended there,
ltoston Home Juurmil.
A st stlcal New York woman haw
figurec ut that there are nearly ten
thousand of her sister in Gotham who,
belong to clubs and are more or less
active workers in their various organi
zations. There are eighty-seven wo
men's clubs In all, Important and un
important one?, ami touching all the
imaginable Interests of wonmen. from
bicycling to relieving the suffering and
ministering to the intellectual needs of
the Indians. To enjoy membership in
some of these dubs the pleasure and
privilege requires considerable outlay.
Sorosis. perhaps, costs In the course of
a year from $10 to $:,it. The foe alone Is
JJ.r., the dues are $10 and the gold badge
J.I. Then there are eight meetings in
the season, for the luncheon privilege
ff which every member must pay $1.
T"lie anniversary dinner requires anoth
er i'i of every member, and the great
reception levies again a tax of l. Mcm
bei s who wish to take one or two friends
us puests to the luncheons must pay SI
apiece for the right, anil the whole, aver
ages at least the lirst named amount
for any sister of Sorosh; who is faithful
rind a regular attendant. The Indies'
New York club comes a little higher,
but its privileges are such as men en
joy. The initiation fee is $110 and the
due3 $30. Food Is served In the club
dining room at restaurant prices, the
rn.tt of a room Is tl a day, but, besides
this, there are servants' tips, and all
winter long a list of classes and special
readings or musical afternoons is post
ed, to which generous or culture-seeking
members lightly succumb. The
Profiflslonal Woman's League modest
ly demands jr dues of Its members, and
then leave.) them to join such fr-'o
classes as they have time for, nnd to
Klve what they can nnd will over above
the dues. The licrkelcy Ladles' Ath
letic club has no membrshlp limit, and
asks $40. for its season of benefits In the
gymnasium. Kaslly $500,000 annually Is
spent by the women club members of
New York.
WHEN WOMEN VOTE:--,
A circular came In the rourseof the mall
A circular dainty and white.
Twus printed In script and well gotten
up.
And worded In fashion polite;
la envelope square and with monogram,
too,
Borne function It seemed to denote;
But when It was read It proved but to bo
A brief invitation to vote.
Bhepondored Itovernnd knitted her brow
She never had had one before
Then studied the date for a mlntito or two,
And thought of engagements a score.
And could she llnd time? she asked of her
self She'd a luncheon she knew for that duy.
And an afternoon tea it hat she ought to
attend;
The outlook was plcosunt nnd guy.
Tbe new Invitation was novel, of courso.
And tnnt had a charm of Its own,
But the Joys of a tea she had tasted before,
While those of tho polls were unknown.
She wearily sighed and picked tip her pen,
As one whom a problem besets.
And the campaign committee received the
next duy
Her daintily written regrets.
Chicago. Tost.
On Twelfth street, near Sixtfl avenue,
New York, there Is a little restaurant
that Is known as "Maria's." It Is fre
quented by inen and women of bohein
lan tendencies. A table d'hote Is served
for 30 cents. The quality of the food Is
Just about what one can Imagine 110
cents will buy. The people sit at one
long- table. They elbow each other as
they eat, nnd half a .dozen languages
are talked slmutaneously. It Is a
place, says tho Journal, that one would
probably forego if ho could afford to
pay moro than 20 cents for a dinner.
Yet to this place goesalmost nightly one
of tho most celebrated women New
York has known, a great songstress a
Women who fortune was at one time
estimated' td bo In the neighborhood of
.lr.00,000. This is Clara Louise Kelliigg,
Whose name? In ' private life Is Mrs.
Ftrukoyeh. Not long ago n large part
of the second fortuno she has .earned
was swept woy by thei failure of a
publishing house In which her savings
had been InveHted. It was a branch of
the English firm of Cassell & Co., and
had been considered a prosperous con
cern. The conlldetitlal man of the
Information, Partly Grave,
and Partly Gay.
house plundered It right and left and
lied, leaving .Mrs. Strakosch with little
or nothing. Years ago, in the heyday
of her prosperity, the singer intrusted
George W. Stebblns, the well-known
bunker, with the (list fortune she had
accumulated. This was ulso consider
able. Miss Kellogg had ample reason
to rely on Mr. Stebblns, as It was
through his efforts that she had been
able to secure an education nnd a lead
ing position on the lyric stage, lb' ob
tained for hi r, as far back as 1MM, an
eni'agement in London, and she was
thus able to establish her claim to rec
ognlt'on. -Mr. .Stebblns' speculation on
ie-r behalf went wrong, nnd she was
left without a dollar. Her splendid
voice was still a magnet at that time,
however, and before long she was once
more wealthy.
A HALLADH OF DRESS:
Loess! dress! dress!
Idol and fetish supreme
Of the female part of the human race.
Woman's nocturnal dream,
Woman's diurnal theme,
That can nurse he r eyes to beam
With an utlerly joysome gleam,
As,
Despising,
F.iilogizing,
Criticising,
Analyzing,
.She harps with a feverish, eager stress
On dress! dress! dress!
v
Dress! dress! dress!
ltiie of the poor male worm,
Who In riiviiigs about It must acquiesce
For a seemingly endless term.
While the ladles compel the germ
of madness to start and squirm
In a bruin that was shrewd and linn.
As,
Kxci rating,
Deeply hating,
( diJargatiiiT,
Cuinminatliu:,
He wishes the world did no curse possess
Like dress! dress! dress!
London 1'un.
An unknown contributor to one of the
newspapers draws this strong Indict
ment of the modern woman, which we
reprint, but tlo not Indorse: "Good
manners nr.' supposed to typ.Ty unsel
fish consideration, and It is that exact
quality the average woman lacks. She
is sharp and peremptory with the girl
who serves her across the counter or tits
her to a bonnet; shi- glares at the con
ductor who stops his car the fewest feet
beyond the crossing-stones; and calmlv
continues to hold her place at a crowded
counter, though she Is only waiting for
change, and knows there are dozens of
women behind her eager to examine the
goods of which she has long finished her
Inspection. She lefuses to cling. to a
strap In a cable car, but stumbles over
people's feet in the aisle until some
tired man in despair gives her his seat
to get rid of the annoyance. She gos
sips and laughs cheerfully through the
overture to the opera, because it does
not interest her. For the reason that
her new hat Is becoming, and because
her own seat at the play is good, she
continiie:i to wear a feather-piled abom
ination to the theater, and lets her hus
band or brother go out between every
act if he likes, provided he does not
crush her gown or to-s in his awkward.
Inconvenient pasage. Yet in general
estimation, nnd according to her own
lights, she Is a well-mannered 'woman
who holds with the majority of her
class that shop girls nnd horse car con
ductors are to be kept In subjection
only by an Insolence equal to their own;
that having paid for a seat at any pub
lic gathering, her rights are supreme;
and that really good manners, gentle,
unsellish consideration of thought and
action, are meant only for bestowal on
friends and superiors, and not to be
wasted on servunts and inferiors."
SOME SELECTED RECEIPTS:
llrown lii e.id. One cup each of rye meal
and Indian meal, one-half cup of molasses,
one telspoontui of soda, a little salt.
Mix with cold water quite soft, i'ut Into
tin pall, cover and bake two or three
houis; about half an hour before It Is done
remove the cover in order to dry oh lh"
top.
Whipped Cream for Chocolates. Pure
sweet cream, not loo thick. Is required,
and It will whip much easier if very cold; !
therefore a pan of cracked ice under the
howl is recommended. I'ut the cream in-
to a deep bowl, add a few drops of vanilla :
nnd whip to a line, stiff froth with a Dover !
egg beater. I
Woodford Pudding. Three eggs.onecup- i
ful of blackberry Jam, one cupful of sugar,
half a cupful of Hour, tablespoonful of
butter, one teosponful of soda dissolved
in threo teaspoonsfuls of sour milk, cinna
mon and nutmeg to tuste. Mix well to
gether and bake slowly In a pudding Iron.
Kervo with sauce.
linked Indian Pudding. One pint of
meal, three pints of scalded milk, one
teacup of suet shri-dded and chopped line,
one-half pint of molasses, a littlo salt and
six or eight apples chopped line. .Mix all
together thoroughly. Turn Into a butter
ed pudding dish and baku In a moderate
oven four or live hours.
Spiced Itolls. Take a piece from your
bread dough and roll It one-half Inch thick,
brush tho top with melted butter and cover
thick with clnamon nnd lino white sugar,
lie gin at one side and roll up as Jelly cake.
Then cut It an inch thick and 'lay in a pan
ns biscuit close together, and let them rise
nnd bake twenty minutes.
Chicken Consumtne. Take a chicken,
cut it Into pieces nnd put It Into a siiuee
pnn with two quarts of eold water, and let
It simmer gently until the scum begins to
rise. Hklm until every particle Is removed,
then ndd salt, a carrot, an onion ami a
tuilp chopped ami a little celery. Jioll
gently two hours, strain and serve.
Pig's Head Cheese. I loll the pig's head
until the bones come out, nnd chop the
meat very line. Roll eight crackers very
line, add It to the meat und mix thorough
ly. Add some sweet herbs, pepper, halt
und spices. Put this Into a moidd and
press It for two or three days. It is very
nice cat Into thin slices and eaten cold.
8 tewed Ciibbage. Cut up a cabbage lis
for cold slaw. J loll In water twenty min
utes. Then drnln thoroughly and barely
cover with rich milk. Cover close and boll
till tender, which will not require many
minutes. Add apalatoblo seasoning of but
ter, pepper nnd salt, nnd when ready to
servo add the yolk of u ben ten egg mixed
wHh a few spoonsfus of rich creum.
Dressed Reef. Itoil a piece of beef until
tender. Then take tho meat from the
bones, chop It line, season with salt, pep
per, mace, a little onion Juice and a dash
of red pepper. Moisten with some of the
water It was boiled In. Put the chopped
meat Into n, deep dish, put a plate on top
with a light weight on U. When cold,
slice crosswise, being careful not to break,
nnd serve with a. bit of acid Jelly on each
slice.
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN:
Tho wife of l'rlmo Minister Crlspl smokes
cigarettes.
Miss llolen Gladstone wants tho hair
combed pompadour. i
Queen Victoria dislikes the "emanci
pated woman." She has gained quite a
position In the world on old-fashloneii
tactics.
Reatrire Harraden, after tho ships have
passed, has a habit of running barefoot on
the grass of the lawn to bathe her feet in
the morning dew.
Kathryn Kidder, when she was preparing
to play "Madame Kalis Gene," went to see
Mine. ReJane, the French original of the
part, lifty-six times.
Sarah Bernhardt is tired of tiger cats and
boa constrictors, und will come to this
country in lS'.'i to watch the presidential
contest In the I'nlted mates.
During the past year Lady Henry Som
erset attended 115 meetings und 27 confer
ences, traveled over 8,000 miles and spoke
In twenty counties to about lioe.OHO.
Two English writers, well known this
Hide of the sea as well, ure seriously ill
from overwork In a literary way M me.
Sarah Grand and Mrs. Lynn Union.
The beautiful iridescent effects In brass
work which were exhibited at the world's
fair lire the Invention of an English girl,
Miss Lilly .Marshall, now resilient la New
Vork.
Miss Margaretia Churchwall of Rronk
lyn, a licensed deaconess of the Methodist
Episcopal church, has uccepted a call to
tho .South Park Methodist church, of
Harttord, Conn.
Miss lillgranii, of Hyderabad, the first
Mohammedan girl to try a university ex
amination, has passed the (list examina
tion in arts at the Madras University w ith
honors In Arabic.
Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell of Chit:' las
aliened the subscription list for a Swing
Memorial Chapel with a cheek for $10,000.
Tho I'nlve rsity of Chicago will be the plate
for the memorial.
A woman business manager for a dally
paper Is but rarely found. .Miss Lulu
l'lerce, a young lady hardly out of her
teens, has been elected business manager
of the Atlanta, (Ga.) Dally I'resi.
Across the water they sell India rubber
boots for pet dogs to wear whilu taking
their dally run in muddy weather. They
lace up the side and ure pronounced very
neat and useful. As their price Is J2.00 the
set, they are easily within the reach of
those w ho on occasion pay $1100 for the doa
that will wear them. It will strike the
person who Is not an intense admirer of
toy dogs that the world could have got
uloiig wry well without this addition to
their impedimenta, but since toy dogs
stay they might as well wear rubber boots.
Ada Ri lian continues In private life to
be lh;: most carelessly dressed of actresses.
She was seen the other day wearing u
blue serge skirt frayed slightly about the
bottom, a light gray coat und a given felt
hat. Now she has hats that would have
harmonized the gown und the coat, und
made her look fairly well "set-up," but
she simply had not Interest enough In her
costume to see to It. She wears no "make
up" off the stage, though she has u col
orless skin, and though not stylish looks
ladylike, and not at all suggestive of the
footlights.
Till: PATHOLOGICAL NOVLL.
A Medical View of thu Latest Specialty
of Modern I lotion.
Among physicians "The Heavenly
Twins" Is looked upon not as a literary
venture to be judged by urtlstlc stand
ards, but us a readable presentation of
symptoms which suggest definite path
ological conditions.
"Ships That l'uss In the Night" is ad
mired as ; pulmonary record, says the
"Medico-Surgical llulletin," nnd "The
Yellow Aster" affords an insight into
the psychic phenomena resulting from
neglect of natural Instincts and de
sires, which, surviving the appropriate
period of life.subscquontly assert them
selves in the form of belated maternal
lovu and expose facto philoprogenitive -ness.
As to Miss Harraden'fl book, while
we llnd it useful ill the profession for
Ita glimpses into relined sickroom con
versation and pulmonary persillage, we
regret, from a medical point of view,
that after giving such a careful his
tory of the heroine's case, the author
permits her to be killed by an omnibus.
It is humiliating, after following atten
tively the course of the disease and the
method of treatment, to be told that an
omnibus was the cause of death and to
be dismissed without hearing the result
of the autopsy. Moreover, we found
her style so delightful that we would
have gladly followed the hero to the
last hemorrhage, but that, too, was de
nied us.
Sarah Grand's cases are open to the
same objection of incompleteness. She
starts out enticingly with such a char
acter, for Instance, as Kdith's husband,
but leaves tho later and more Interest
ing phases of his pathologlcul history
untold. As a general rule, however, she
comes up to the requirements of mod
ern fiction; the eases of most of her
characters can be diagnosed, and with
a little clinical experience we have no
doubt that her future novels will be
ubove reproach.
There Is danger lest In the first stages
of the medical movement In literature
young writers will attempt to cover too
wide a pathological area in their novels
nnd forget the Inexorable laws of spe
cialism that obtain In the medical pro
fession Itself.
To Introduce a paretic or ataxic pa
tient In a dermntologicul novel would
not only destroy the unity of the story,
but would justly expose the author to
T.y conservative authorities, It Is esti
mated that there are 4ii places In Lacka
wanna county In which Intoxicants are
sold without license other than from the
federal government. Add to this the 4im
licensed places w hich could not -get li
censes In any other Christian county In
tho commonwealth, outside of the nnihra
cite eoul regions, nnd you have a total of
bed places iiinl the real total In properly
larger than this wherein the business of
liquor-selling Is conducted Illegally. I
mention this point not because It Is some
thing new, but because it hi suggested
apropos of l'r. McLcod'H recent sermon
pitching Into the Judges lor Ihelr gen
erosity toward the liquor Interests. It
seems to me that while our Judges proli
nbly deserve a little touching up for their
work of one week ngo, which in several
Instances, according to testimony openly
presented before them, was utterly Inde
fensible; yet the problem Is very super
llclally skimmed over when wo routine uur
criticisms to the three learned anil honor
able gentlemen who. under the law. nom
inally giant or reject applications for li
cense to sell Intoxicating drink.
It occurs to mo during contemplation of
this subject that the action of the Judges
was, after nil, a pretty accurate retlex of
the fondl'lon of public opinion In Lacka
wanna county. Nobody need fear that
when nn active nnd alert majority of the
Inhabitants of that county want "spenk
easies" to go nnd liquor licenses to be Is
sued In strict accordance with tho rule
of absolute necessity, with rigid restrict
ive features nnd honest observance of the
law, they will long be defenled In their
wish through luck of wnys nnd means for
Us realization. Therefore, tho thoiifht
nrlses that If there Is ever going to bu
much visible regeneration In thin commun
ity, on the subject of liquor Helling ami
tompcrnnrc, somebody will hnvo to get to
work with greater effect I vciht.h and longer
continuity than characterize the occh
lUotiul scoring of Judgts from newspniier
sanctums or pulpits, or the Intermittent
Jest which greets the return of tint guile
less eonstiinie w no can never see n. viola
tion of tho liquor Inw sfter his palm has
been crossed, If our friends In the clergy
can suggest tin nd equate plan of campaign
now Is a. good tlmo for them to do It. We
certainly need one.
An occurrence In Washington, tho other
duy, Is Instructive. A woman In the foru-
a suspicion of want of thoroughness.
If the writer has determined upon ap
pendicitis as his plot ho should not
waste his energies upon Irrelevant dis
eases In his minor characters. He
could gain variety by Introducing other
forms of enteric disorders, but should
never exceed the limits of the abdomin
al region. Until he has had a thorough
medical training we think the course
of a single disease should supply him
with all the medico-literary material
that he can handle In an Intelligent
manner. A blow on the head supplied
the author of "God's Fool" with all the
plot he needed. Ibsen's "Ghosts" Is
Hlmply the dramatization of an Inherit
ed brain disease, and many a success
ful story Is based upon a case of simple
mania, wi(h delusions.
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1ACTS ABOUT CUBA.
Timely Data Concern ina on Island That
Will ISclouc to I s.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Cuba Is about as large as England
proper, without the principality of
Waes. Its greatest length Is 800 miles,
Its narrowest part -0 miles, and its
average width about 40 miles. The cir
cumference of the island is 2.000 miles,
and Is supposed to contain 35,000 square
miles. The nearest port to this con
tinent Is Matanzus, lying due south
from Cape Sable, Fla., a distance of
only Rio miles. Havana Is Go miles
west of Mittanzus, The climate Is vari
able, but snow never falls In Cuba. In
the cities und near the swamps yellow
fever prevails from the middle of June
to the last of October) but In the inter
ior id' the Island It Is no more un
healthy than lit American, cities In
summer. The average temperature at
Havana Is 77, the maximum S'J, and the
minimum So degrees. The population
of the Island Is about 2,000,000, of which
300,000 are Spaniards.
Ila una.
Havana, the eighth commercial capi
tal of the world, with a population of
400,000, has a harbor populous with the
ships of all nations. .Moro Castle, with
Its big guns peeping out through the
yellow stones and its sentinel light
house, stands guard over the narrow
entrance, with the battery of La Punta
opposite. The city is rich in public
buildings, cathedrals and venerable
churi In s. The dwelling houses are uni
versally so constructed u:i'to form an
open square in the center, which con
stitutes the only yard or court attached.
The house Is divided Into a living room,
a store room, chambers ami stable
those all upon one Hour while the fam
ily vehicle blocks up In part the only
entrance, which Is used In common by
horses, ladies, slaves and gentleman
cullers. The rooms are lofty and thi
floors stuccoed or tiled in marble, while
the walls and ceiling are frequently or
namented In fresco. The most striking
peculiarity of the town house In Cuba
Is the precaution taken to render it safe
against sudden attack, each accessible
window being secured with stout Iron
bars from top to bottom, while bullet
proof doors bar the entrance. The
Cuban ladies rarely stir abroad except
In a vehicle, and in consequence the
feet of the senorltas are marvels of
smullness and delicacy. Their voices
are sweet and low, while the subdued
tone of their complexion Is relieved
by the nrch vivacity of night-black
eyes. Hut the domestic affections are
not cultivated in fact, home to the
average Cuban Is only a place to sleep.
Cuban Insurgents.
The first attempt of the Cubans to
throw off the Spanish yoke was made
In 1S23, when Simon liolivar offered to
aid the disaffected party In putting an
Invading force Into the Island. Another
was made In 1SJ5, and a third In 12s.
Under the leadership of General Lopez
a conspiracy was developed nt Cleii
fuegos and Trinidad In IMS to estab
lish Cuban Independence, but the, na
tives were timid, and after two years
of desolutory lighting, Lopez was over
powered and executed in lsr.0. The
Island was In a chronic state of civil
war from ISflS to 1S7.", a fact which so
attracted the attention of President
Grant that, in the interest of American
and Cuban commerce, he proposed an
nexation. These outbreaks were led by
Cespedes, an able lawyer and wealthy
planterof liayamo, and during the eight
years of hostilities Spain actually sent
to Cuba ll."..0ii0 enlisted men, of whom
only a few hundred ever returned.
Since 1S7D roving bunds of Insurgents
have caused the authorities more or
less serious trouble, and the mountains
and half-Inaccessible, forests of the
eastern . shore still serve to Secrete
many nrtned and disaffected people,
f ormer Troubles Over t iihu.
In the revolution of l.sTS the com
manders of the little guard costa gun
boats, probably In utter Ignorance of
International law, Interfered with Amer
ican shipping, and the Spanish Govern
ment had to pay for their rush ness.
In one year three of our vessels were
attuurday ReflectlomiSc
pnlns of maternity was placed In nn nm
biilance and taken successively to three
hospitals, nt each of which she was de
nied admission, owing to red-tape rules,
until ill last the poor creature was deliv
ered In the ambulance, while It was Jolt
ing nlong over rough pavements In search
of some moro hospitable shelter. The of
Mcluls of these hospitals, called to account
by the newspapers of Washington, ilidend
their action by citing the danger to the In
mates of their Institutions which would
result from the hasty admission of promis
cuous patients before time had elapsed for
a searching examination. "The woman,"
one of tin-in says, referring to the case
Just died, "may have been Infected!" To
which horrible suspicion the Post peril
nently replies: "It will occur lo most peo
ple that she was likely lo do quite us
much harm carrying her pitiful burden of
Infection from door to door ami beg
ging for asylum among the residences of
the city ns she could possibly have done
by entering it hospital where all the appli
ances of skill nnd science nre supposed to
bo at .hnnd." This point Is shrewdly
taken. What, may we usk. lire hospitals
for If not for the III and the dlseiised'.' It
Is to lie hoped that there will never occur,
In Hcranlon, n duplicate of this Washing
ton episode. Vet the rui' S governing our
hospitals ure, I understand, none too llcx
llilc, The singular story reaches me that one
of the prime movers In the pending cru
sadtt against the night lunch wagons Is n
woman, prominent In church work und ac
tive In temperance reform. According to
my Informant she Is the owner of eel-tain
properly leased by keepers of restaurants
nnd beer saloons. Her tenants object to
tho competition of the hot frankfurter
men, and In order to please thorn, she Is
moving to have the lunch wagons nbol
Ished. I nlve the story for what It Is
worth, withholding nnmes; hut right hero
lei me say that 1 don't believe It. I don't
believe Hint any woman could thus play
Into tho hands of thu saloon business and
ut the snmo tlmo successfully protend to
be actuated by the Christian spirit und
animated by motives of philanthropy an I
reform. There Is much hypocrisy and
fake In this world, heaven knows; but It
Is Impossible for mo to believe that any
well-bred woninn could he guilty of adding
to thn quality of shum In the manner here
in Indicated. The story Is nu doubt a
notion. " ' '"
assaulted. They were all whalers the
Ellen Illzpah, the Rising Sun and the
Edward Lee. In the case of the first
two vessels they were overhauled near
the Cuban coast, the captains taken off
and thu ships kept under cover of the
Spanish vessels until the Imperial naval
authorities saw lit to let them proceed.
The Edward Lee, when signaled,
adopted the tactics of the Allianca a
week ago, and. setting all sails, dis
tanced the gunboat which opened lire.
The claims of unwarrantable deten
tion preferred by the vessel-owners
agalnHt the Spanish government were
allowed when presented by United
States Minister Lowell, and an Indem
nity of $10,000 was paid to the owners of
the Rising Sun and the Rizpah.
Tho Edward Lee, whose case was so
analogies to the Allianca, did not get
Justice so easily. The Spanish govern
ment stood out on the plea that the ves
sel had suffered in no way, as she had
not been searched, and that the treaty
between Spain and the United States
permitted them to demand that any
vessel should establish her nationality
in quarters frequented by suspicious
craft.
1IAI) AN ASSORTMENT.
(.nicer Sign That Rungs Over a Oualnt Old
I.nglish shop.
A reminder of the days of old Is this
sign, said to be still hanging ill Fal
mouth, England: "Roger Giles, Surgln,
Parish Clark & Skulemaster, Groser &
Hundertulter, respectably informs ladys
and gentleman that he drors teef with
out wutelng a mlnlt, applies laches
every hour, blisters on the lowest tarms
and vlzlcks for penny a peace. He sells
Godfather's kordales, kuts korns, bun
yons, Uocti'ish osses, clips donkles
wance a niuuth und undertakes to luke
arter evcrybodlcs nayls by the ear.
Joesharps, penny wissi Is, brass kanel
sticks. fryin pans, ami other nioozikal
hlnstruinlnts hat grately rcydooced tig
ers. Young ladys and gentlemen larns
their grammur und langeudge In the
purtlest mannur, ulso grate care taken
off their morrcls anil speilln. Also
zariTi-zlnging, tachyihg the bass vial,
und oil other zorts of fancy work, squ
dils, pokers, weuzels, and all country
dances tort ut home und abroad at
perfekshun. Perfumery and snuff In ull
Rs branches. As times is cruel bad, I
begs to tell ee that 1 has just beginned
to sell all sorts of stashonary ware, cox,
hens, vouls, pigs und all other kinds
of poultry. Hluckin brishes, herrins,
coles, Bcrubbin brishes, traykel and
godley buk'-s and bibles, nilse traps,
brick dist, whisker seeds, morrel pok
kfrankerchcrs, and ail zorts of swuto
malts, Including taters, sassages and
other garden stuff, bukky. ;:izars, lump
oyle, pattins. bukkits, grlndin ntones
and other aitabhs, corn and bunyon
salve and all hardware. I as laid in a
large azzortmont of trype, dog mate,
lollipops, ginger beer, matches and oth
er plkkles, such us hapsom salts, bols
ters, winzer sope, unzetrar. OH rags
bort and zold here and nowhere else,
new-luyde heggs by me Rogers Giles,
zinging burd' s keopod. sieh as howls,
donkles, paykox, lobsters, crickets, also
a stock of a celebrated bruydcr. 1. S.
I tayches geography, rlthmetlc, cow
sticks, jimnustics and other shynees
tricks."
onl ox mi: DOCTOR.
His Little boy Describes the Origin of an
office Skeleton.
From the: Rutte Miner.
A few days ago tho little son of a
well-known physician was entertain
ing a playmate at his father's hous.
As children will, they ransacked every
nook and corner of the building. Their
curiosity led them to explore the re
ceses of a closet In which the doctor
keeps his Instruments and other
personal effects, among which Is a com
pk te skeleton. The strange boy was
frelghtencd when he first beheld the
grinning remnant of what once had been
a human being und started to run away
The doctor's son, however, had seen
the skeleton so often that he entertian
ed fir It only that tiding of contempt
begotten by familiarity, and in a little
while succeeded In so allaying the fears
of his companion that the youngster
began to handle the thing and rattle its
dry ones. "Where did your father get
it'.'" he finally asked. "1 don't know,"
was the reply; "but I guess It was his
first patient, for he's had it an awful
long time."
Slightly llrroneous.
Captain I. V. Charles Is the city editor
of the Chattanooga Times, and there
fore can appreciate how the types may
sometimes play strange pranks. Rut even
the captain was disgusted the other day
when he read In the Athens News a no
tice of the lecture he was booked to de
liver In that place. His subject was to be
"Who Were the First Tennesseans?" hu;
the compositor made It "Who Were the
First In Their Sins?" The mistake implies
a not iillogidher Inappropriate analogy be
tween the llrst Inhabitants of the state
und the original sinners.
There probably never was a greater In
stance of misplaced confidence than was
shown when the able legislators of Penn
sylvania Incorporated Into the municipal
uct of ISM) a provision requiring council
men to serve without pay. The Men be
hind tills action was that the nominal di
vesting of the ollli-e of councilman of Its
perquisites und emoluments would cause
u ruih among the good and holy men of
each community to Immolate themselves
upon the ullar of their city's welfare.
When It was suggested to the Tranters cf
this net that a directly contrary result
mltht follow, the suggestion was scouted.
"The great trouble with councils now."
they said this, you remember, was In lsv II
"Is that they care more for the dollar
per capita per session than they do for the
Interests of the dear people. Cut off this
source of prolll" amounting on the aver
age to the muulllccnt sum of $Mi or $;ti a
year! "and a reputable class of citizens
will have lo take the office of councilman
because the' other fellows will pass It by
In cold disdain." The theory was n beauti
ful one, perfectly applicable to cherubim
nnd linlieelles; but It suffered n rude shock
when It bumped up ugulnst the omnipres
ent typo of gentleman and scholar known
In politics as the great American boodler.
This Interesting development of our five
Institutions, far from being dismayed nt
the loss of his dollar a session, merely
spat on his hands nnd "went In to win"
with redoubled energy and enthusiasm.
The expenses of his biennial cnmpalgns,
hitherto nominal, rose quickly by llftlcs
nnd hundreds until now It Is a rare thing
for a councilman of this particular and
not uncommon typo lo spend less thin
fMO In getting elected to a position of
trust which does not on the surface, re
imburse him to tho extent of one red
penny. It may be org lied that he freely
contributes this llls-rul fund out of the
goodness of his generous heart, nnd from
motives Intimately connected with tho
public welfare. There Is, of course, a
grent deal of truth In this nssertlon, as any
one who has Inside experience In the mu
nicipal building will freely attest. Yet I
Hi lit hold to thn opinion that the framers
of that uct oi' 'till made a mistake In depriv
ing the tlrnd councilman of his dollar a
tiny; for th temptation that this depriva
tion cxposel him, to Is, I fenr, mora tliun
most weak licn can wlthtn
Random Notes of
Life in London.
First Experience with a Concert "Wait."
Ben Davies' Magnificent Singing,
London, March 7. Last Monday I
had my first and only experience of a
"concert rush." I had often heard
about them, as many of my friends
have described them to me, having had
abundant experience of conceit rushes,
but I had never been In one before. It
was at the Oudln Memorial concert,
which was a very line affair, and at
which so many of tho wonderful sing
ers were to appear, you remember. In
these concerts over here, as I said be
fore, there are alwuys sold a number
of unreserved seals. In the gallery
there ure about two hundred and fifty
unreserved, which, are the cheapest
ones In the house a shilling and In
the rear balcony are as many more,
usually half a crown, while the seats In
the rest of the house are reserved.
In the case of the gallery and rear
balcony seats, they not being reserved,
thu first to come get the best places and
So on, while the last to come are put
away In the corners. At concerts where
any noted artist Is playing or singing,
there Is, of course, a great rush for the
unreserved seats, by students and other
musical people of economical tenden
cies. In tho case of the Oudin concert
last week, the house was so completely
Sold out, even the guinea stalls being
all bought up, that the gallery price
was advanced to half a crown, und the
hear balcony to five shillings.
In Indian Pile.
I had one of the latter tickets, and
left the academy at twelve, and, taking
a hurried lunch, went down to St.
James' hall, where the concert was to
be, and waited In thu vestibule until 2
o'clock, when the doors were opened.
I happened to be the second one there,
my predecessor being another young
lady student, und we stood there at the
glas.s doors while the other concert
goers, ambitious for a good seat, filed
j in and crowded behind us, until by 2
1 o'clock, tvln-n the d'xjis opened, there
I was a perfect jam of us, most all v.o
! men, from close up against the inside
I dinars to way out to the sidewalks, the
I large vestibule having overflowed. It
was a very patient crowd, and a very
' good-natured one us well, many a quiet
little joke from s-ime poor squei zed
I mortal in the middle of the chain often
making us all smile and e ven provoking
an occasional laugh.
At last the stiff old porter came
down the stairs from the hall and un
locked the doors, which were Immecli-
I ntely pushed open by the crush behind
! them, and we fairly flew up the stairs,
through the corridors and Into the hall,
; at a pace that was perfectly mad, and
tired, hot and breathless, dropped into
the best and most desirable feats we
could capture. The one lady who had
been there before me got the best seat,
and I was rewarded for my long and
patient standing by her side at the doors
by sec-lining the next best. It was very
exciting, 1 assure you. One would
think It was a matter of life and death,
to see ladles racing into the hall and
bouncing triumphantly down into the
lirst seat they came to. They said that
the crush at the gallery door was even
greater and much more unruly, there
being a large number of the so-called
lords of creation In the crowd.
The Overture.
"We were now safely In our scats, and
there being still almost an hour to wait
be fore the concert, everybody proceed
ed to make herself comfortable. Some
who had come minus their lunch now
t'Mik surreptitious little bites of sand
wichesund others stealthily munched at
crackers and cakes, while still others
attempted to stay the Jiangs of hunger
by indulging freely and t.penly 111 choc
olates and other candles. Then most
of them took a hook or a paper, which
they had brought with them, and read,
and some took out their harmony and
worked at that, while they waited for
the opening of the concert. I had sev
eral American newspapers with me,
and read them all through, during the
wait.
liy this time the fortunate possessors
of reserved seats began to arrive,
some of them In very elegant street
and carriage costume and most glorious
bonnets, and with benutlful bouquets,
and I watched them with great pleas
ure. The stage was most beautifully
decorated with flowers. It being a me
morial to Oudin, y.ni know. I had the
pleasure of hearing both Kdward Lloyd
und Ren lavles very near together on
the programme, and Mr. Davies came
out much the stronger. He was a great
hit. The old Hue hess of Teck and Ane
of the princesses were there and were
pointed out to me. and Mr. Davies cer
tainly did exert himself more than he
usually docs, and I nm sure It was be
cause royalty was present. He just
smiled and smiled, nnd really "put on
side." ns the Knglish have It, for their
sakes. I watched them and heaved a
sigh of relief, w hen he was done, to see
them clapping very hard with their
royal hands, for 1 knew that that was
jtjst Mr. Davies wanted.
Hen lnics" Singing.
Ho sang "I'll Sing Thee Songs of Ara
by" beautifully for nn encore. 1 have
heard him very often indeed, and I
really like him much. One does not
tire of him t all, as Is the case In some
other Instances, and I always love to
listen to him. He is so very artistic,
too.
Last Thursday we went to the eighth
Symphony concert, chiefly for my sake,
as 1 was very anxious to hear tho sym
phony of Dvorak's "From the New
World." which wua to be performed.
It Is built upon a great many of the
very old negro melodies, you remember,
nnd Is a most Interesting work. A
number f the subjects were recognisa
ble, even by me, though I cannot say
that 1 am very familiar with any but
the l est known negro songs, and my
pleasure In It was unbounded. It was
beautifully done. Mrs. llenschel wns
the soloist of the evening and sang
two of Wagner's songs beautifully, ex
cept that she has a tremolo which I
wns most astounded to hear from one
who Is supposed to be so line.
Refining u Tremolo.
A prop-is of the tremolo, hero Is a defi
nition of that article which I came
across In a musical paper the other dny.
It Is rather pt, ami so I shall pass It on:
Tremolo. An orchestral ilevi.t. used
mostly ns nn accompaniment when no oth
er resource Is conveniently ut hand. It Is
capable of expressing almost all natural
nnd supernatural Ideas, such ns lingels,
lovers, villains, etc., according to whether
It Is played In tho high treble, the middle
register, or the bass, respectively. When
used by the human voice It Is generally
e xprosBlvo of fear or of Inability to sing
differently.
There were a number of other things
done at this concert, but tho Dvorak
symphony undoubtedly boro off the
palm. Although very 'long lt'wu Hi--
tened to with the keenest interest, and
the house was extraordinarily enthusi
astic over It, poor Mr. Henschel being
forced to bow his head a most dizzying
number of times ufter its rendition.
In the London Shops.
The shops are Just as alluring as ever
before, if not more mi, the latest thing
being the most beautifully flowered
silks and ribbons. Floral designs of
simply exquisitely natural work aro
fairly running riot over the silk and
satin textures In the windows Just now.
I remember saying once before that th
windows over here were not very well
decorated, but I now hereby solemnly
retract that statement, or some of it at
least, for many of the shop windows
are a fairyland to see, especially thos
where these beautiful fabrics are cun
ningly displayed, along with rare arid
wonderful laces, feathers, flowers and
everything else calculated P delight
the remlnine ey,,
I remember telling you of eome queer
names borne by the hotels or inns in
Wales. Here are a few more which ex
ist right here in London: "Hog In the
Round" is a hostelry on Oxford street,
"The Three Old Tuns" Is one at Ken
sington, near Royal Alb -i t hall, where
the oiatorloB are given. 1 pass "Th
Running Horse" on my way to the It.
A. M., and often see the "Blue Bonnet
Over the Holder," when I wander down
towards High Hoi burn or "the city" on
financial errands. Did I tell you about
the "Golden Canister," which is thu
name of a delightful candy shop down '
on Oxford street'.' I think that Is a most
enticing name, don't you'.' Hut thera
are a number more, only I cannot retail
the perverse ones to my mind Just now.
Sadie E. Kaiser.
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AUOL'T CZAR NICHOLAS.
Ilels Not So Absolute us People Some
times Think.
A cable dispatch states among many
other Interesting Items that the czar
has an annual income of Sll'.DOO.O'JO. Ac
cording to the theory of the Russian
government the czar has no fixed In
come. He Is an absolute monarch, in
the most stringent sense of the word.
IP- owns every dollar of Russian prop
erty, every foot of Russian land and
every drop of Russian blood. He is th
source of all of the power and priviiege
and liberty which Russia enjoys. lies
could send the millions of manumitted
serfs back into slavery, and he coull
reduce every man in the kingdom! to
absolute serfdom. He Is absolute lord
of life and death. There is no power in
the state that can limit or control his
authority. wThis is the bare theory of
absolutism, and the establishment of a.
constitution, however limited, would
mean a radical change in the theory .if
the Russian state.
As a practical working machine, of
course an absolute monarchy is some
thing entirely different. It 1s often
bound had and foot by red i,tp. often
the absolute monarch Is governed by
the circumstances of his position.
is controlled by usages winch he had no
hand in the making. The Mikado was
not only absolute monarch, but was
the "Son of Heaven," amounting almost,
if not quite, ti an object of worship.
Rut he was fastened by a court of
etiquette which required a revolution
to untie; and he enjoys more actual
power as a practically limited monarch
than he did as an absolute one. In
truth, the only monarchs who ever ex
ercise absolute power are men. liki
Cromwell and Xupiloon. who hav
climbed to the heie-ht of power by
actual genius. A man born in the pur
pie is apt to be governed by the con
ditions that environ him.
.
THE POSTER CRAZE.
People Who Have It Think Nothing What"
ever of K.xpenses.
From the Philadelphia Press.
It would seem that the craze for col
lecting advertising poslrs is spread
ing. The habit of collecting something
or other seems to be born in man as
much as in the magpie or jackdaw, and
doubtless our prehistoric ancestors
swapped their rude drawings on bono
and prided themselves upon the divers
ity of their In ails and tmhaic orna
ments. Coin collecting is a well estab
lished fact; the postage stamp colla
tors support business houses and hav
a literature of their ow n, end soin
have been known to hoard up the lit;!
boxes made in Italy that are sold on
the streets filled with wax match's.
Rut here comes the serious announce
ment from a publishing house that
"owing to the demand for Its posters a
few copies have been reserved for col
lectors at Jo cents each." In other
words, there Is a remarkable value f..r
the bilious looking pictorial notices
that startle one on the news stands.
Like many another craze this on
traces Its birth to Fiance, where three
or four years ago It suddenly sprang
into being, waxed fat nnd flourished.
The collector hoarded up huge rolls of
pictured paper, Intended primarily to
adorn the bill boards of the theatre or
to be spread over the blank walls of
houses or the fences surrounding
vacant lots, and was happy could he
but outdo by some reams of colored
paper his brother collector around tha
corner. The necessary bulk of his
treasures did not bother him in the
least and the reproduction of the post
ers on a smaller scale and In book form
was only of use to htm as a catalogue
of the originals. Now the craze bus
spread to this country, and we may
expect to see enthusiastic gentlemen
of leisure having special rooms built
In which to keep their cherished post
ers.
THE WITTY AUTOCRAT.
Reminiscences of tho Perennlul U'.imorof
Dr. Holmes.
From tho Worcester Gaxette.
It was Dr. Holmes who remarked
that though women tempted men to eat,
he had nn Idea that Eve had nothing to
do with his drinking. Ho took to that
on his own account. On another occa
sion, at a dinner pnrty, he remarked
with affected gravity: "I reully must
not smoke so persistently. I must turn
over a new leaf a tobacco leaf and
have a cigar only after each" Here
he paused and the company thought he
wns about to sny "meal," but ha con
tinued: "after each cigar."
When the smile ran round the tnbla
he leaned back In his chair and suld:
"A foreigner IB on alien, a foreigner
who drinks too much Is a bacchanalian;
should not a foreigner who smokes too
much be called a - tobacconallun?"
Here we have the distinct pun, and
that, too, on only part of a word. Th
hnhit of punning Btlck to a man Ilk
tmyhablt of BrSoklrlif.''