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THE NEW JAPAN.
"We lately had 1 occasion, looking
through Chester Holcombe'8 eyes, to
study the curious, superstitious, un
wieldy peoples of the Middle Kingdom.
It Is now our privilege, thanks to
Lafcadlo Hearn's "Out of the East"
(New York: Houghton, Mifflin &
Co.; for sale In Scranton by M.
Norton) to catch a few ' equally
entertaining glimpses of the new
Japan; the Japan civilized, mili
tant and triumphant. Mr. Hearn, In a
previous book, "Glimpses of Unfamiliar
Japan," has depicted Japanese life, cus
toms and manners in elaborate detail.
His present work Is a less systematic
Jotting down of stray facts, fancies and
traditions as these thingB have oc
curred to him. but it presents several
chapters of notable Interest. We may
.nqtlce at this time one chapter only,
that treating of the position of woman
In Japan, and of th relation of the
feminine to art.
The Inability of the Japanese to enter
Into the spirit of western aesthetics
and emotions hat caused many travel
ers to brand the Japanese as essential
ly a materialistic people. Mr. II earn
dissents from this harsh judgment, al
though conceding that there Is a wide
difference between the eastern and the
western points of view. "Teacher,
please tell us why there Is so much
about love and marrying in English
novels;" the author was once asked by
his class In literature, composed of
young men from 19 to 23 years of age,
"it seems to us very, very strange."
But for his familiarity with the Japan
ese point of view in social relations. Mr.
Hearn admits that he would have
found himself unable to answer this
question. To these people any social
system of which filial piety Is not the
moral cement; In which children leave
their parents In order to establish
families of their own; in which 'It Is
considered not only natural but right
to love wife and ohild more than the
author of one's being; In which mar
riage can be decided Independently of
the will of parents, by the mutual In
clination of the young people them
selves, and In which the mother-in-law
Is not in vested with supreme com-
mand over the internal affairs of the
new domestic partnership appears like
a moral chaos.
To the young Japanese, marriage
seems a simple, natural duty, for the
due performance of which his parents
will make all necessary arrangements
at the proper time. That foreigners
should have so much trouble about
getting married Is puzzling enough to
him; but that distinguished authors
should find it necessary or desirable to
write novels and poems about such
matter-of-fact subjects, and that these
novels and poems, when written.
should be read by great numbers of
people, puzzles him, Mr. Hearn tells us,
infinitely more. Indeed, the English
love novel. In which the amours of the
hero and heroine supply the bulk of the
subject-matter ending with marriage
ana eternal imppiueaa Dt
ter, is more than "strange" to the
JaDanese. He uses that word through
Innate politeness, but the thought
which Is In his mind Is that such a
book is positively Indecent. This
thought, It should be clearly under
stood, does not arise from any sense of
shame in love itself, but from abhor
rence of the doctrine that with a man's
marriage his duty to his parents be
comes subordinate to his duty toward
his wife and children. To the Japanese
this doctrine seems the essence of Im
piety and selfishness.
By reason of this belief It happens
that while the typical woman often
figures in Japanese romanca as a
heroine: as a perfect mother; as a pious
daughter, willing to sacrifice all for
duty; as a loyal wire, wno lonowea ner
' husband into buttle, fights by his side.
.and saves his life at the cost of her
own, she never, under any circum
stances. Is represented in the virgin
stage as a sentimental maiden, dying
or making others die for love. Neltner,
we are told, does she exhibit herself In
literature as a dangerous beauty, a
charmer of men. As In China, wooing
Is utterly tabooed; for a man to tompll
ment his wife or daughter is an out
rageous Impertinence; and very rarely
does a Japanese refer In any manner
to his domestic affairs, even to discuss
the Drosuects of his children.' Never
does a beggar or an unfortunate suppll
cate for alms In the name of his wife
and children; but he may very properly
work up a sentiment of compassion by
depicting the want and misery of his
poor parents and grandparents. As in
China, also, the emperor Is supreme as
the father of all his subjects; next
comes the oldest surviving grandpar
ents ana next me parent, n m ureram
selfish in a man to love his wife and his
child more than his emperor and his
ancestors.
Mr. Hearn scouts some if ' the Judg
nunts which have been pronounced
upon Japanese women by writers like
that "extraordinary pwrson," Sir Ed
win Arnold, "who make their short
residence In teahouses and establish,
mentsj of a much worse kind, and then
go home to write books about the wo
men of Japas." Family life in that
country, he sayr, Is a life of which for-
atmuM aaa 1 1 1 1 1 1, unil Irnnur olmrtat Huith-
Uig. "Invited to the hoiw uf a Japanese
friend, you may or may not see the
family. It will depend- upon circum
stances. If you see any of them, It
will probaly be for a moment only, and
In that event you will most likely sea
the wife. Should you, after a brief
salutation from your host, be pressed
to stay for dinner, and accept th invi
tation, It Is probable that the wife will
do you the hon,r, as her husband's
friend, to watt upon you during an in
stant. You may or may not be for
mally Introduced to her; but a glance
at her dress and coiffure should be suffi
cient to Inform you at once who she is,
end you must greet, her with the most
profound respect. She will probably
impress you as a delicately refined and
very serious person, by no means a wo
man of the tnuch-emlllng and much
Rowing kind. She will say extremely
little; but will salute you. .and wilt
verve you for a moment with a'natural
ie of which the mere spectacle is a
velatlon, and glide away again, to re
nin invisible until the Instant of your
enarture.. when she. will reamwor at
b4 entrance to wish you good-bye.
ring other successive visits you may
e MmHar charming KllmbBea of hrt
erhaps, also, some rarer glimpses of
tha iwd father and mother! and If a
much-favored visitor, tht children may
at last come to greet you, with wonder
ful politeness and sweetness. But the
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innermost, 'intimate life of that family
will never be revealed to you. All that
you see to suggest it will -be refined,
courteous, exquisite, but of the relation
of those souls to each other you wilt
i . ttehind ' tho beautiful
screens which mask the further in
terior, all Is silent, gentle mystery.
There Is no reason, to the Japanese
mind, why it Bhotild be otherwise. Such
family life' Is sacred; the noma Is a
sanctuary, of which It were impious to
draw aside the veil."
Upon rare occasions, when one is
compelled to compliment a Japanese
maiden or wife. It must be prefixed
with a humble apology, as If a rude
ness, ictuses, caresses and embraces
are utterly unknown in Japan, except
In the maternal fondlings of Infants,
and these must ocase abruptly after
babyhood. Never do girls lilss one an
other. Never do parents kiss grown
children. "You may see fathers and
sons, hubandsand wives, mothers and
duughtors. meeting after years of ab
sence, yet you will probably never see
the least approach to a caress between
them. They will kneel down and salute
each other, and smile, and perhaps cry
a little for Joy; but they will neither
rush Into each other's arms, nor utter
extraordinary phrases of affection. In
deed, such terms as 'my dear,! 'my dar
ling,' etc., do not exist In Jupanese, nor
any terms a ail equivalent to our emo
tional idioms. Japanese affection is
not uttered in words; it scarcely ap
peal's even In the tono of voices; It Is
chiefly shown In acts of exquisite cour
tesy and kindness."
II. .
It Is Impossible for the Occidental
mind to conceive of an art world In
which there Is no evidence of what we
calltheeternal feminine no Idealization
of woman as the sum of beauty, grace
and truthfulness. Yet In Japan, art Is
utterly bereft of the feminine gender.
Even the language of the Japanese Is
unfitted to convey concepts of this
Ideal. Its nouns not only have no gen
der, but also Its adjectives, no de
grees of comparison, and Its verbs, no
persons. One of Mr. Hearn's classes
In English literature was once called
upon to study a well-known ballad of
Tennyson; but It flunked completely
when It came to the simple line
" She Is more beautiful than day."
Hia students could understand the use
of the adjective "beautiful" to qualify
''day," and the use of the same adjec-t'.-
c, separately, to qualify the word
"maid." Hut that there could exlet In
any mortal mlud the least Idea of anal
ogy between the beauty of day and the
beauty of a young woman quite passed '
their understanding. Before the In
structor could clear up this mystery, he
found It necessary to analyze It psych
ologically, to prove a possible nerv
ous kinship between the. two modes of
pleasurable feeling excited by two dif
ferent impressions.
The author utterly rejects the hypo
thesis that this complete eclipse of the
feminine In Japanese art and Ideality
Is due to Confucianism. It Is, In his
opinion, due to "causes Incomparably
older than the existing social structure;
older than the Idea of the family, older
than ancestor worship, enormously
older than that Confucian code which is
the reflection rather than the explana
tion of many singular facts In Oriental
life." Our author repels, also, the
charge that Shintotsm and Buddhism,
as religious influences, have been op
posed to the natural rights of woman.
"The ancient faith of Shinto," he de
clares, "has been at least as gentle to
woman as the ancient faith of the He
brews. Its female divinities are not
less numerous than its masculine divin
ities, nor are they presented to the
Imagination In a form much less at
tractive than the dreams of Greek
mythology. Virgins serve the ancient
gods, and figure In all the pageants of
the faith; end In a thousand shrines
throughout, the land the memory of
woman as wife and mother Is wor
shiped equally with the memory of man
as hero and father. Neither can the
later and alien faith of Buddhism be
Justly accused of relegating woman to
a lower place in the spiritual world
than monkish Christianity acoorded
her In the West. The Buddha, like the
Christ, was born of a virgin; the most
lovable dlvlhltits of Buddhism, Jlzo ex
cepted, are feminine, both In Japanese
art and In Japanese popular, fancy; and
in the Buddhist as In the Roman Cath
olic haglography, the lives of holy wo
men) hold honored place. It Is true that
Buddhism, like early Christianity, used
its utmoflt eloquence In preaching
against the temptation of female love
liness; and It. Is true that Jn the teach
ing of its founder, as In the teaching of
Paul, social and spiritual supremacy Is
accorded to the man. Yet we must not
overlook the host of instances of favor
shown by the Buddha to women of all
classes," one of which In which a
dogma denying to woman he highest
spiritual opportunities i sublimely re
buked by the Buddha (hlmselt -the au
thor cites In full. . .' : "
It Is Mr. Hen.rn' conjecture that the
feminine Ideal, which has so largely
dominated our western civilization,
mut have had Its birth In a race feel
ing as ancient as Aryan speech, and
utterly alien to . the East. Through
all the ccnturlen, . western fancy has
been making, neiture more and more
feminine- "Whatever delights us. Inv
agination, has femtnlzed-the Infinite
tenderness of the sky, the mobility of
the waters, the rose of dawn, the vast
caress of Day, Night, and the lights of
heaven, even, the undulations of the
eternal hills. . And flowers, and the
flush of fruit, end all things fragrant,
fair and gracious; th'e gonial seasons
with their voices; ' the ' laughter of
streams,, and whisper of leaves, and
rippling of song wfthln the shadows;
all sights, or Bounds, or sensation that
Can touch our love t)f loveliness, of deli
cacy, of sweetness, of gentleness, make
for us vague dreams of woman. Where
our fancy lends masculinity to nature,
It Is only In grlmness and In force, as
If to enhance -by rugged and mighty
contrasts the witchcraft of the Eternal
Feminine. Nay, even the terrible itself,
If fraught with terrible beauty, even
Destruction, if only, shaped with the
grace of destroyers, becomes for us
feminine. And not beauty alone, of
sight of sound, but well-nigh all that
Is mystic, sublime or holy, now makes
appeal to. us through some marvelously
woven.l Intricate-piex us of passional
sensibility. Hven the subtlest forces
of, our universe speak to.ua of woman)
new sciences have taught us hew names
for the thrill her presence wakens In
the blood,, for that ghowly shock which
is first love,, for the- eternal riddle of
her fascination. ' Thus, out of slmpU
human passion, through Influences and
transformations Innumerable, w;lmv
evolved a cosmic emotion, a femlnlno
pantheism." j
As far from this as one pole Is from
the other Is the Occidental view of na
ture and -nature's forces. The art of
the Japanese rises superior to gender,
superior even to all fantasy, and be
comes a "veritable-reflection of what
has been and what 1b; wherefore, we
have recognised that It Is nothing less
than a higher education in art simply
to look at his studies of bird life, in
sect life, plant life, tree life... Compare,
for example, our very finest, drawings
of insects with Japanese drawings of
similar subjects. The whole mlnuto
exqulslteness of the Occidental draw
ing has accomplished only an Indiffer
ent realism, while the Japanese artlnt,
with a few dashes of his brush, has
utli:ed and reproduced, with an incom
prehensible power of interpretation, not
only every particularity of the crea
ture's shape, but every Bpeclal charac
teristic of Its motion. Each figure flung
rom the Oriental painter's brush Is a
lesson, n revelation, to perceptions un
beclouded by prejudlse, an opening of
the eyes of thoBe who can see, though
It be only a spider In a wlud-shuken
web, a dragon-fly riding a sunbeam, a
pair of crabs running through sedge,
the trembling or a fish's flna In" a clear
current, the lilt of a flying warp, the
pitch of a flying duck, a mantis In
lighting position, or a semi toddling up
a cedar branch to elng. All this art
1h alive, Intensely ajlve, and our cor
responding art looks absolutely dead
beside it."
m.
Take, ngaln, the subject of flowers.
An English or aerman flower painting,
the result of months of trained labor,
and valued at several hundred pounds,
would In Mr. Hearn's opinion certainly
not compare as a nature study, In the
higher sense, with a Japanese flower
painting executed In twenty brush
strokes, and worth perhaps five snn.
"The former would represent tut VeRt,
but an Ineffectual and painful effort to
Imitate a massing of colors. The latter
would prove a perfect memory of cer
tain flower shapes instantaneously
flung upon paper, without any model
to aid, and showing, not the recollection
of any Individual blossom, but the per
fect realization of a genaral law of form
expression, perfectly mastered, with all
ita mouds, tenses and Inflections. The
French alone, among western art
critics, appear to understand these fea
tures of Japanese art. Without lifting
hla brush from the paper, the French
artist may sometimes, with a single
wavy line, Create the almost speaking
figure of a particular type of man or
woman." But he can never rise su
perior to sex. To undestand what Mr,
Hearn means by the ability of the Jap
anese artist, the reader must imagine
Just such a power of almost instantan
eous creation as that which character
izes certain French work, applied to
almost every subject except Indlvldu
ality, to nearly all recognized general
types, to all aspects of Japanese na
ture, to all forms of native landscapes,
to clouds and flowing water and miBts,
to all the life of woods and fields, to all
the moods of seasons and the tones of
horizons and the colors of the morning
and the evening. All this dawns upon
the western student gradually, but the
truth once learned Is not easily for
gotten.
In the garden pf the little house In
Kumamato which Mr. Hearn now oc
cupies, there are about eighteen rocks,
or large stones, of as many shapes and
sizes. They have no Intrinsic value, not
even as building material. "And yot.
the. author tells us, "the proprietor of.
the garden" paid for them something
more than $750, or considerably more
than the pretty house Itself could rs
slbly have cost. And tt would be quite
wrong to suppose the cost of the stones
due to the expense of their transporta
tion from the bed of the Shlrakawa.
No; they are worth $750 only because
they are considered beautiful to a cer
tain degree, and because there Is a large
local demand-for beautiful Atones. They
are not even of the best class, or they
would have cost a trre.it deal more,
Now, until you can perceive that a big,
rough stone may have more aesthetic
suggestlveness than a cor.tly steel en
graving, that It Is a thing of bsauty
and a Joy forever, you cannot begin to
understand how a Japanese sees na
ture."
The longer he dwells In the East, the
more Mr. Hearn fegla growing upon
him the belief that there are "exquisite
artistic faculties and perceptions, devel
oped in the Oriental, of which we can
know scarcely more than we know of
those unlmaglnablo colors. Invisible to
the human eye, yet proven to exist by
the spectroscope." Can we wonder at
this fueling after comprehending its
origin? L. S, H.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
President Hyde, of Rowdoln, has writ
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Thomas Hardy Is dramatizing "Tess of
the D'Urbervilles" for Mrs. Patrick Camp,
bell.
A sew edition of Motley's "Dutch Re
public" is to be included In the "Bonn's
Libraries.
A collection of the lato Robert Louis
Stevenson a letters Is to be edited by Sid.
ney Colvln. ' -
The long-promised biography of the lato
E. A. Freeman will be brought out within
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Harry FurnlsB has abandoned his silly
rival to Punch, Llko- Joka, and taken up
the Pull Mall Budget, .reohrlstened the
Now Budgot. . i 4
"Municipal Home Rule," a study ly
Professor Frank J. Ooodnow, of Columbia
college, Is announced.
Mr. Btevenson's posthumous story, "St.
Ive," wilt not be published by Stone &
Kimball until autumn.
Casnell & Co. (New York) Issue a cheap
but pleasing and sufficient "People's Life
of William Ewart Gladstone."
Henry Norman, whose book on China
and Japan has made him noted, Is a Har
Vard graduate, although on Englishman.
'A new volume of poems, by Francis
Thompson, will be published next month
under the title of "Songs Wlng-to-Wlng.
A new edition of Prof. Goldwln Smith's
"Oxford and Her Colleges" will bs Illus
trated , with . photographs of the various
bulldlngR. ,.
"All the Year Round," founded by
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his son and namesake, Is to be Incorpor
ated With "Household Words."
Grant Allah's real name, states the
London' Academy, Is Charles Grant Blalr
flndle. He published his first novels under
the pseudonym of "Cecil Power." ,
The rising Louis XVIIJ craze Is ex
pected to oulminate ott the 8th of June
the centenary of the day on which the
luckless king -breathed , his last In the
temple. ,
Charles G. D. Roberts, Jftts professor at
king's college, Windsor, N. B., and' per
haps the beat known of Canadian poets,
has resigned his chair and Intends to make
his home In the states.
There Is to bs a reissue In ten volumes
of Dyce's Baaketpears. The edition ap
pea red originally, it will b remembered,
In 1857, and during the last ten yearn it
has been reprinted, twice . .
The forthcoming subscription edition of
Richard Realt's 'verses will contain one
hundred and sixty poems. A biographical
sketch fcrtfl thres portraits of Realf will
be Included In the volume.
I. Zaflgwell contributes to tha North
Amorlcan Review a dobate-provoklng ar
ticle on "The Position of Judaism." Ho
denominates the literature of the day as
thoroughly antl-ChrlHtlan.
The Bookman says: "As tt In about
time for the popular taste to take a new
direction, we venture to predict that Max
Nordau'a, 'Degeneration' will apoedtty sup
plant 'Trilby' as a toplo of general Inter
est. . 1
Another cony of Robert Browning's first
book, "Paulino," has been recovered. It
fell Into the hands of Jesae Joggard of
Liverpool, who promptly sold It for 0,
This Is the ninth copy now known to be
extant.
Eisenach, the alto of tho Wartburg, the
scene of the sinner's battle, and tho Vo-
nuauerg, has been solocted as tho place
for the Richard Wagnor musoum. A Ber
lin merchant has given 40,(iiHI marks of the
55,000 that were needed.
It la auspicious for the cause of good
citizenship that Mr. Cary's "Life of
George William Curtis" was one of the
six books moat In dvmand during Feb
ruary In twenty representative American
cities.
"Despite Its passion, despite Its sntlro,
despite even Its eloquence," auys tho out
look, "Henry D. Lloyd's 'Wealth Against
Commonwealth' In tho most powerful
book on economics that has appeared in
this country Binco Henry George's "Pro?
rcsH and Poverty."
Jose dp .Echegsray's "El HIJo de Don
Juan" .(The Son of Don Jumi), ono of tho
chief modern dramas of Simin, has been
translated by Janiua Grahum (itoberts
Brothers). This Spun'sh lben Is now (:),
and he nun written fifty dramas s'.nco his
forty-aucond birthday. Lopaa de la Vega's
luurols are threatened.
It Is good news that wo are soon to
have a novdl of adventure from Frank
R. Stockton's unique pen. It Is called
"The Adventures of Captain Horn," with
scenes laid mainly in Bouth America und
Paris. Mr. Stockton has been engaged for
two years upon this story, wliluh la said
to be different from anything ha hud
done thua far.
John Luno, tho publisher of the "Yel
low Book" and father of tho English De
cadents, lias deserted "The Uodley Head"
for a brluf American sojourn. According
to him Aubrey Hcunlslcy has been merely
plnylng the buffoon. Buld Mr. Luno to a
Now York reporter: "I conalder Beards
ley to bo the modern Uogurth. Ills fierce
satire on tho nhsurdlties and morbid fan
cies of Oscar Wilde and his adherents has
done more In my opinion to discredit them
und to mlnlinlza their Intliiuneo thun any
other factor previous to Wlldu'a appcar
anco In a police court."
Another book of Napoleonic memoirs Is
announced by the Applctons. It will cm
body the recollections of an aldo-de-eump
of Napoleon, tho General Count do Segur,
who saw much service under the empire,
and Is eiild to have put a groat deal of In
teresting anecdote Into his nurrutlve.
The same publishers are to bring out Mr.
Dana's book on "The Art of Newspaper
Making." Tho editor of "The Sun," in
his n del reus on Journalism, has shed bril
liant light upon hla craft, and this volume,
giving his Ideas at length, will be a valu
able work on Its subject.
The anoynmous Joan of Arc series; In
Harper's has been attributed by some to
Mark Twain; but there have been guess
era that Miss Anna Dickinson Is the auth
or. Tho New York Tribune thinks that
Joan'a reappearance In popular literature,
the revival of her name upon the Hps of
readers other than special students, syn
chronizes with the swelling of tho Na
polenlc tide. The latter representa one
current, the maid Its antithesis. Napoleon
apcaks for the purely sophisticated side
of the French genius. Joan is tho type of
her nation's saving grace and the mysti
cal envelope In which Bhe survives is
Identified with the healthier impulses of
the French spirit. The contemporary Na
poleon mania signifies nothing in the
growth of France. On the contrary. It Is
a mania and nothing more, a superficial
frenzy over a character which speaks for
the material history of France. Joan c.f
Arc will become something more than the
herolno of a cult, for she was Inspired by
a spiritual fervor, and It Is a spiritual in
spiration which lives in her name."
A Feminine View of Things.
This Is how the editor of the "Woman's
Edition," of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
pitches Into male-governed, fin de
slccllsm. Tho excluslveness of churches
brings out the Salvation army and Jump-to-Glory-Jane;
from the Englsh law which
forced George ElloJ. to public condemna
tion this country is a flood-sufferer from
wildly revolted 'Yellow Asters' and Heav
enly Twins;' from the dull drabness of
some exasperating old master Is born the
red and purplo frenzy of the Impressionist,
the riotoua green and the yellow meander
Inga of Aubrey Beardslvy; the dismal
gravity of morbid religion has provoked
the seemingly Irresponsible but Instruc
tive capers of Oscar Wilde and the 'Green
Carnation' school of epileptic epigram;
from the dearth of spirited priests end
five flame on the altar of common sense
have spread the vagaries of hypnotism
ond spiritualism. Ye cumberera of the
census, Inspect yourselves minutely each
day as you rise from your couches and
ask solicitously, 'Am I alive or dead this
morning? If you decree you are alive,
fall to heartily and give the world proof
thereof; otherwise die well and thorough
ly. Do something lively and Inspiring for
ones; be dead all over and stay dead."
A BALLADE OF DEBT.
I owe her much, my laundress, she
Of round, rose-cheek, air so sedate
And killing business brusquerlg,
My hamper comes a little late;
A cuff returns without Its mote:
Bays she, nor else, "It beats the Dutch
Where things do go!" I can't berate
I owe her much.
I owe her much, and courtesy
Demands that I reiterate
At sundry seasons, earnestly -
The fact that I appreciate
Her services she tells mo straight
She has a boy horseK! (And such
A one makes brushes for the gtato!)
I owe her much.
I owe her much. Though there may be
At certain trying times a great
And sudden dearth of buttons, free
Am I her worth to colebrnte,
'My linen Is Immaculate,
My shirts come homo anns smirch or
mutch:
Here Is no matter for debate,
I ows her much.
Purse, later we'll Investigate
When yorf and scrip are more In touch,
What Is the debt If she will wait,
I owe her much.
Kate Field's Washington.
BONNET AND THE BILL.
Beholding all the miracles
q'erflowlng Fashion's mart, ,
Wnat man but's filled with wondornunt
At millinery art?
So, in this little bonnet, now.
Odd scraps of this and that
-Combine to make a masterpiece ,
That all must wonder all
How bold the fancy, and how deft
The hand that managed thus .
From such1 a hodge-podge, to evolve
This headgear-marvelousl
A bunch of flowers, a bit of lace,
' Some gausy wings, a bow,
A pin or two but they're enough .
For Gonlus, Well I trow.
Such airy trifles I Who would think
They'd make a man so mad,
Or to the modiste's bank account
Bo many ducats add? i-
Yet, O, 'til hot In handling flowers
The modiste most excela;
'TIs when she tackles figures than
It Is that Genius tells!
;Tla when she takes to ciphering -:
' That most she proves har skill)
For wondrous as the bonnet Is, .
'TIs nothing to the bill)
, Mary Norton Bradford. .
lit' the; World of
Omtdoor SportSo
Current Gossip of Baseball, Cycling, the Track
Amid Various Other 'Popular Pastimes.
LEARNING TO RIDE: ,
'Twas at a female cycling school,
Where bloomer costumes are the rule;
And fairy forms In trousers hid,
Ejuay the bike as she la rid.
A rare and radiant vision she!
A dream! u.aong! a rhapsody!
To whom none other there was like,
Camo forth to tame Ihe festive blko!
She cast about a bashful glance, '
Uuzvtl at her wiry tee as-Uance;
Then eyed her blfurcuted skirt,
And wondered If a tumble hurt.
Then, at the master's stern command,
Bho grusped her steed with trembling
hand;
A gasp, a sigh, with anguish pent,
A bounce, a boost, and up she went.
Prute not to me of dire alurms,
Of Uro und floods anil martial arms;
For depth of woe there's nothing llko
A frightened fomuio on a blko!
Bhe stuck, she tra!ntd, she vainly strove
To make that pesky pedal move;
She pumped, h!iu pushed, turned ghastly
white,
And worked both foet wllh all hor mlaht!
And now sho aturta! aho seoms to feel
A thrill of life slung her wheel!
Unt. oh! a bump! a z!nzug slump!
Girl, blku, spokes; legs, all In a lump!
New York Sun.
.
Scranton base ball cranks are gen
erally Batlsfled with "Hilly" Harnle,
the ex-Natlunal league manager, and
tho now manager of tho Scranton
team. , Ho , 1b practical, experienced
and considers bane ball as legitimate
tt business as dry goods or boots and
shoes. Ills team, too, has shown up
well In practice , play and Is not es
pecially weak in any one position. The
work of Rogers and I'utehen, who
caught for Scranton last year, Is too
well known to Invite description.
"California" Johnson, Brown, who
pltohed last'yeur for Baltimore; De
Inney, an old Kastern leaguer, and
Fox, the ex-Pottsvllllan, are each In
good fettle for work In the box. Clarke,
Ward and Whitehead on the bases
and Sweeney (captain) at short, make
an iron-bound infield. Brady in left
fluid and Houle in right, cover their
territory in excellent style and are
good hltteni. Johnson, in center field,
covered that position after Hogan left
for St. Louis last year, and has con
tinued to serve the club as well, If not
better, than the Idolized "Marty."
Wlnkleman, the extra man, has al
ready supplied temporary gaps In the
outfield, shortstop, third base and be
hind the bat. He Is a youngster and
has plenty to learn, but is satisfactory
as, a substitute. All things considered
the club should at least finish above 50
per cent., which means that It seems
as good as the other clubs of the East
ern league. Barnle's well known disci
pline and knowledge of the game may
do much toward landing the club
among the first division.
Some sport-loving antiquarian, has
compiled a list of the "has beens," who
were once famous twlrlers of the elu
sive sphere. Of course Al Spalding
comes first. Twenty years ago Spald
ing was the cleverest pitcher known to
base ball. Others famous In his time
were W. A. Cummtngs, "Bobble" Mat
thews and George Washington Brad
ley. Spalding was a member of the
Chicago team, and It won the pennant
In spite of the fact that he could not
pitch a curve and was obliged to rely
altogether upon a straight arm de
livery. It was not considered necessary
In those days to carry more than one
pitcher with a team. Arthur Cum
mlngs was a member of the Hartfords.
He could pitch a curve-ball, and is said
to be the only pitcher who ever lived
who was able to curve a ball with the
old-fashioned straight arm delivery.
He used a peculiar motion of the wrist
that "put EngllBh" on the ball. In 1JS78
one of the watchwords among the
cranks was the "Only Nolan." He was
a member of the Indianapolis team of
that year and one of the most promin
ent of the professional pitchers, but he
violated the rules of the club and was
ruthlessly suspended and thrown out
on the cold world. John Ward first saw
the inside of a professional ball field in
this year.
The year following Ward pitched the
Crovldence team Into the pennant.
"Gentle Jeems" Galvln, and Jim Mc
Cormlck, King Kelly's old battery
partner, came Into prominence about
this time, as did 'Corcoran and Gold
smith, the then star twlrlers of the
Chicago club. "Mickey" Welsh came
to the surface In Troy, in 1880; so, also,
In Providence, did the graceful Rad
bourn, afterward denominated the
"king of pitchers." In 1S82 Weldman,
the Detroit "phonom," first, won his
laurels In the big league. Next year
the only Bufilngton, with his mys
terious drop ball, dawned on aesthetic
Boston; as did lanky Jim Whitney. In
1SS5 John G. Clarkson became a mem
ber of the Chicago club, and from that
date until 1891 there was not a pitcher
In the league who excelled him, and
probably not one who was his equal
for everyday work. Ho was called
truly and rightly tho "king of pitch
ers." While Clarkson was prominent
In the league thsre were other pitchers
who were better than ordinary. Keefo,
of the New Yorks, was one of the
greatest tgener&ls who ever stepped
Into the pitcher's box. Getzeln, of De
troit, was the wonder of 18S7. O'Brien
of Cleveland, flashed like a meteor
across the sky In 1889, and for the brief
time that he served In the National
league was & wonder. Philadelphia,
strange to Bay, with a' good base ball
team and a good patronage, was never
able to secure a star pitcher. Perhaps
that should be modified to some ex
tent, for Philadelphia had a good
pitcher In the person of 'Ferguson, but
he died suddenly, to the great regret
of all the base ball patrons of Penn
sylvania. In later years, notably In
1891, the three most brilliant pitchers
who have come to ths fore are Rusle,
Young and Meekln, Rusle Is with
New York andaMeekin, starting In wjth
Louisville, 'has finally reached New
York. Young Is still with Cleveland,
where he has been since he cams Into
the National league. Other pitchers,
like Nlcholi of Bolton, Ktlten of Pitts
burg, ahd Breltensteln of St. Louts,
are men with fine reputations and
quits equal to Meekln. None of the
three,- however,, has pltohed with the
steady success that has sharacterlsed
both Rusle and Young, fitrangt to
Bay, both the Jatter pitchers began
their career In Cleveland.
DIAMOND DUBTt .
Tha Louisvllles on Tuesday made ths
, batting recerd of ths season. They aa-
curod twenty-three safe hits off Griffith,
of Chicago.
Boston and St. Louis have played error
leas games.
Baseball patrons will demand Umpire
Lynch's re-engagement.
Billy Harnle was in New York Tuesday,
He wants a good catcher.
The Baltimore club will not allow any
more presents to players.
Th salaries of the New York players
range from II, Goo to $11,000.
Tho Philadelphia pltcncra have been hit
harder than any In the league.
Umpire Campbell was ordered to New
York Tuesday night fo take 1-ynch's place.
It la auid that lack of team work la the
only shortcoming of the Phillies (his sea
son. Harry Lyons, Providence's ccnterflelder,
has rejoined the Grays. Hu has been
coaching Lafayette.
Ed (.'rune, tho pitcher, has secured an
other chance to work In a big league by
signing with Toronto.
Manager DuvIb and other members of
the New York team, have been practicing
Eliding feet foremost.
Anson Is willing to bet $500 even that
Chicago will beat out New York. Your
uncle will never grow old.
Captain Grlflln, of the Brooklyn's, thinks
that Baltimore and Boston will be light
ing It out at the finish in 1895.
Ex-League Umpire Lynch, It Is reported,
has signed with President P. T. Powera to
olflciatu In the Eastern league.
Lew Whistler, formerly of the New
Yoiks, Is manager, captain and first base
man of the Chattanooga team.
At Newark, N. J., Tuesday, the Newark
and Toronto teams played a nlne-lnning
tie game, each scoring twenty runs.
McGraw declares that there will be no
cause to cum j la In of his kicking this year,
for he I t determined to hoM his peace.
Anson has a rival. Bud Fowlor, the sec
ond baseman of the colored Page Fenco
Giants, Is 48 years of age. Hu has been
playing bull since 1809.
"Whltey" Gibson, at one time a member
of the Philadelphia league team. Is man
aging a road house at Parmersvllle, sev
eral miles outBlde of Lancaster.
John Comlskey, father of the celebrated
'.Charlie, Is the superintendent of his son's
ball park at. St. Paul. The park at Bt.
Paul Is said to be one of the finest In the
west.
Munager Maddock Is much pleased with
the showing of hla players up to date, and
says they will prove great favorites when
Toronto people see them on the field at
home,
Tho ball player who thinks that he is In
dispensable to the game should reflect that
Mike Kelly Is almost forgotten and the
"king" hus not been In hla grave aix
months.
"Billy" Bottenus, of the Buftalos, has a
brother who will be a catcher on the Al
bany team. He has been playing In the
Chicago City league, and Is aald to be a
coming bavkstop.
Pitcher Valleau, of Toronto, was sent
home from Elmlra, with a rheumatic arm.
Ho claims that the Canadian team will
head the league in baserunnlng und prob
ably in every) other way.
Eagan, of the Syracuse team, has not
yet reported, and with Barnett, their most
reliable pitcher, afflicted with the "glass
arm" complaint there is some reason for
their two oonnecutlve defeats.
Bangor has applied for Pitcher Hodson,
of Boston, who refuses to be farmed out
to Providence, but "Hoddy's" release
had already been purchased by Cleveland.
He will report there Immediately.
Louisville has released Its first player,
Pitcher Herman. He Is too light for
league service and has been disposed of to
Nashville, where hf lost his first game to
Pittsburg by an overwhelming score.
Of the champion New Yorks of 1889 but
three met nre still ou the leagua diamond.
Puck Ewiiig is with Cincinnati, Tiernun
at 111 playa with New York and Roger Con
nor Is at first for St. Louis.
Captain Griffin, of Brooklyn, says: "La-
chance will own Brooklyn befpre tho year
ends or I shall be surprised. I honestly
believe he Is tha coming king of first base
men, and Is coming fast at that."
The Pittsburg players speak In the high
est terms of Billy Cllngman, the club's
new third baseman. Nlles also played
fine ball with the team in the south, and
It Is going to be a hard matter to choose
between them.
Pitcher Setley Is the champion contract
Jumper of the profession, and the State
league should feel thankful It Is rid of
him. He has now Jumped Norfolk, Va,,
leaving many creditors behind. There Is
a warrant out for his arrest.
The Springfield management have been
driven to seek other fields In which to
practice than on the. regular diamond, as
the Connecticut river, wbich Is adjacent
to the grounds, has overspread Its boun
daries and flooded the park.
It, is estimated that 05,000 people wit
nessed the five opening games In the Na
tional league. The enormous attendance
wns divided as follows: New York, 10,
000; Baltimore, 14,000; Cincinnati, 13,000;
St. Louis, 10,000; Louisville., 8,000.
Instead of being simplified, the playing
rules are made mora complicated each
year. There are now three kinds of
strlkes-Mlie old-fashioned strike, the foul
bunt strike and that new creation", ths
strikes on a foul tip when caught.
Despite the fact that tho Philadelphia
and Baltimore tennis met nt the festive
board and drank each other's health there
still remains a pent-up feeling of bitter
ness among the players, aroused by Tues
day's game. There will bo fun later on
when theae teams meet. -
There Is a good deal of sickness In the
Pittsburg club. Menefes hasn't pltchod a
gamo for the club thin season, while Dono
van and Niles are both on the sick list.
Donovan Is with the club, but he Is af
flicted with malaria, contracted during the
club's stay In Savannah. '
Anson was tho so.-est man In the country
Tuesday. In the second Inning, while
Pfeffor waa on third one or the Louis
ville boys popped up a fly to Ansa. The
old man took II in tow, but Pfeffer slid
to the plate before Anse could return the
ball to Klttrldge.' It was a great play for
Pfeffer.
GOSSIP OF WHEELMEN:
The Green Ridge wheelmen took their
first club run last Thursday evening to
Olyphant and return.
The Scranton Blcych) club have an
nounced the following gentlemen as their
cracks this seaRon: John B. Corser, Er
nest Ollmora and Harry G. Newman.
The Scranton Bicycle club have received
their new uniforms, which consist of
bloomers and sack coat of the latest pat
tern. The uniform Is a model of neat
noss, . s;
Soma ot the riders In tha Scranton club
have started a fund, tho proceeds of which
will defray tha expenses of a pleasure
trip to Asbury Park some time this sum
mer. - . ,
Th keystone Bicycle club, of Brooklyn,
hsld a four-mHe road racs on the Coney
Island boulevard last Saturday morning.
There were nine starters, J. B. Annetnan,
ot Scranton, Pa., winning la ten minutes
flat. . ... '
One of the greatest races this Season Will
bs the rsee which has been arranged b
tween the Spalding and Stearns team.
The Spalding team consists of Banger,
Tttua and Cabanne. The - Stearns team
It composed ot John 8. Johnson, E. C.
Johnson and L. C. Johnson, batter known
as "Too Much Johnson" team. Both
firms are confident of victory and a great
race Is looked for.
A match race between Johnson and San
ger has been arranged, ths conditions be
ing that the match consist of a series ol
three races, one to occur In the east, one
In the west, and the third to be wherever
the tralnora of the participants decide,
v State Champion (John B. Corser, of
PotitavlUe, is about to locate here. Ha.
will wear the Scranton Bicycle club colors
this season. Corser Is the moat promising
iuji in r-ennsyivania, ana me ocranton ,
club are exceedingly fortunate In secur
ing such a rider to represent them on ths
track.
Dr. Carver, ths champion marksman of
tho world, was a culler at the Green Ridge
club house last Thursday night. The doc
tor Is a fine talker, and for two hours
entertained those present with accounta of
his travels and thrilling experiences while
in me government service during tho In
dian wars In ths west.
The Green Ridge wheelmen will be rep,
resented on the track this aeaaon by H. A.
Gregory and Robert V. White. Gregory,
who Is at present attending school in Phil
adelphia, Ik expected home about May 1.
He will Immediately go In training on his
arrival here. White will commence train- ,
ing next Monday.
The following race meets have been of
ficially announced: Wllkea-Barr. June 25
and !iAllentown, May 30, July 4 and Bept.
25 and 20; Binghamton, July 4. As will be
" oy mis scneuule, Wilkes-Barre will
have ono two-day meet, and Allentown
one two-day meet, and itwo one-day meets,
while Scranton Is not likely to have any at
all. This Is' not as it should be, as we
have two clubs who heretofore have shown
themselves very aggresalvo, and some- -
ming snouiu do done in reference to the
national circuit, which wants to meet
here June 24. Wake up, boys!
.
After two years of patient waiting,
local turfmen are at last to witness
good, professional trotting and pacing
races in this city. The gentlemen
who recently purchased tha Scranton
Driving park have secured a charter
under the title of the Scranton Driving
Park and Fair association, and the
work of renovating the property and
tearing dwn the old buildings, pre
paratory to a summer and a fall meet
ing, is progressing rapidly. In June"
and September there will bo meetings
of three days each for purses of $500,
the races to be Included in the Eastern
Pennsylvania circuit.- Plans for a new
grandstand to seat 2,500 persons have
been prepared and the contract made
for building It. All the old sheds have
been torn down and in their stead new
stables for forty animals have been
built. The new exhibition building
has been changed into a stable and
contalnb fifty box stalls. The track Is
being pul in first-class condition. Tho
entire property will be encircled by;
new fencing.
NOTES FROM THE TURFf
Richard Croker complains of the crash
ing weights allotted, hla horses by the
English handlcappers.
Tha Minnesota legislature has passed
the anti-pool selling bill and It is now be
fore the governor for hia signature.
Byron McClelland has passed a rule that
Henry of Navarre shall not be shown to
visitors at the stable. They became so
numerous that the horse waa kept out
nearly o the time.
Crescendo, the California crack, and LIs-
sak, the favorite for the Chicago derbys,
are In Kentucky, and are looking well.
They stood the trip from California with
out fatigue or injury.
Thursday night's fight between
Steve Judge, of the South Side, and
Mike Duddy, Qt Old Forge, at Weber's
rink, Taylor, was the hardest fought,
aquarest fight seen hereabouts for
years and yesterday there were a large
number of admirers of the manly art
about the city who were very sore be-.
cause they missed the battle. There
have been so many "alleged" fights in
this region, that the sports havs
wearied of them, whioh makes their
regret all the keener for having missed
a real battle for blood. Both of the
principals were about yeaterday and
did not show much evidence of the
hard punishment they received. There
Is talk of another fight between them,
Duddy's friends claiming that he was
merely knocked out by a chance blow,
and but for that unfortunate occur
rence he would have won. This is de
nied by Judge's friends, who are very
Jubilant over the victory. They say
that had not Judge been over cautious
the battle would have ended In the
fifth round. Judge unquestionably
showed good staying powers and was
in shape for much more fighting after
the battle was over. He is a brother
of James Judge, Who entered the pro
fessional ring at Camden some time
ago. i
I
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS!
Howard Gould's 20-rater yacht Niagara
was given a satisfactory trial Monday in
a stiff sou-wester. She is sailed by "Nat"
Herreshoff.
The match race between the horses Dr.
Rlee and Simmons, which was to have
been run today, has been declared off,
and Dr. Rice will ba shipped east for ths
Brooklyn, handicap.
"Jack" McCarthy, of the Chicago Stock
yards, and "Paddy" Slavin, of Australia,
fought nine rounds on an Island In ths
Mississippi river, near Alton, Mo., Mon
day night. Light gloves were worn, and
McCarthy, was knocked out in the ninth
round.
. The Columbia Fencing club has accepted
May 4 as the date for the fencing match
with Harvard. They suggest also that
white costumes be worn Instead of the
black velvet that was worn last year.
The Judges will ba appointed by the Har
vard Racquet and Tennis club, under
whose auspices the match Is to take place.
Tho representatives elected at the recent
meeting of Dartmouth college students to
present a new proposition to Amherst and
Williams regarding membership of ath
letic teams, were at Wllllamstown, Mast.,
Tuesday. Their plan Is to limit the mem
bership of all the athletic teams to under
graduate students studying for a degree.
A roan entering from another college must
pass one year In the regular work of ths
Institution before he can play on any
team. No student shall play longer than
four years on th team of which he Is a
member. '.''' ; '' ' .
The New Jersey Athletic dull has
novelty added to its programme for Deco
ration Day, and many are wondering Just
what a barrel race Is like. That there will
be fun during the raco is assured, and, as
this Is the first time such an event has
been given In America, the winner, who
ever he may be, will be known as ths
champion. Tho race will be in heats, each
contestant will have to dive through six
barrels, and tho committee Is going to get
them small enough so that eome of ths
athletes will have a hard tlmo to get
through. . . ,
Afraid of tho Consequences. 1
One of the favorite winter games of t,hs.
small boy who lives along tho Hudson is
"J umplng laddle-cakes. " This sport reaches
Its height Just as the Ice in the river ls
hreaklng up. and when the great cakes go
floating up and down with the tide a
doxen or more youngsters may be.seeii
running from ono cake to another, and
sometimes make really dangerous leaps.
Ono day a boy, apparently about ft years'
old, was to be seen standing on. a cak
whioh was rooking In a. somewhat alarm-:
Ing manner, and the. little fellow was
crying In a frightened son oi way.
"What's the matter r. called a passen
ger from tha shore. ' " f
And then cams the sobbing anayer:.
"I'm afraid diss cake'll turnover, an' If I
get drowned me mother' 11 lick me," " H