TIIE SCH ANTON TRTBUNE---SATUi?tAY MOKN1NO, ' APBIL i!7, 1 895.
Facts of Interest ' ''-:l7'';:;;-:'
To Womee .Riders;
Symposium of ' Information, Partly Grave,
vy- partly Gossipy aiii! Partly Gay.
IWHBN' MARIA IS MAYOn:
When Maria,' Jane' elected to the Mayor-
"' e-Ky chair
There'll be many wrongs corrected that
are now apparent there. '
The) sidewalk will ibe carpeted, the streets
' swept thrice a duy.
The alleys be as fragrant as flelds of new-
. mown hay.
What with parties and receptions and oo-
' " nationally a bull.
There will be u transformation aiound the
. CMy Hall. . . . .
And each ward In the city will be repre
. . sented then -
By Jovely Alderwomen and not horrid Al
. dermen.
i .
When Maria Jane In Mayor, none but la
dles' will, of tourHfe..
Be appointed members of the city police
force; '
And In their bloomer uniforms they'll
look so very sweet " .
The gang to bo arrested will consider It a
treat.
The stores will be compelled to have a
, bargain sale each day,
And for chewing gum and soda you will
not be unked to pay.
Oh, great rptorms will bo projected, all
the wronjrs will be corrected,
When Maria June's elected to the Mayor-
. alty chnlr. Chicago Record.
.
, Miss Jane ti. Jlrown'ell, the Eryn
Mawr fellow lnpbllUcnl economy for
1894, mado an original Investigation
into the growth and limitations of pop
ulations In the Ilnltcd States and took
her-, master's degree with a thesis on
"The Significance of a Decreasing Birth
Rate." It was published In the Annals
of the American Academy of Political
And Social. Sconce, and. has received
,wlde recognition from political econo
mists la this country and in Europe.
Herbert Spencer has added a page to
thefifth edition of the "Principles of
Biology?' to welcome.. Miss Urownell's
statistics as confirmatory of some
Views which he put forth many years
ago regarding, the laws of multiplica
tion. HOW TO WIN A WOMAN! .
The woman Is cold and hard to woo
. Who is of a nature royal;
She Is distant, shy,' and her friends are
few.
But to every one she's loyal.
To win her act ever a manly part,
Of meanness be guilty never.
And If ever she gives you a home in her
heart
She will keep you there forever.
New York Press,
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If all the clamor of the shrieking sis
terhood concerning: rights and privi
leges has no result more momentous,
says the Chicago Herald, than instilling
Into the feminine mind a belief in the
duty of taking oaro of the body, It will
not have been In vain. A Bocial econo
mist makes the statement that "old"
women, of ' the house-mother, home
maker description, always put house
and home first and health afterward.
The "new woman," according to the
same authority, knows that the
"career" for which Bhe Htrlves is im
possible without good health. Since
her advent the eclalr-and-tea style of
luncheon has been going out, and the
Lchop-and-bakLvl-xetAtuort- takjmr -Its
'plaoer. ry, ... . ;
' "What on earth," Inquires "Amber"
In the Chicago Herald, "Is going to be
come of us If this awful wave of effem
inacy which has struck the race does
not soon subside? Ear-muffs and ga
loches, heated street cars In April and
double windows up to rose time have
done their best to make molly coddles
out of men, but when we are starting
a generation of boys to play marbles
with cushions to rest their hands on the
sex had better abolish hats and trou
sers and take to hoods and shoulder
shawls. Give me ft -boy and not a
pocket edition of an old woman.' He
need not be a tough nor a bully, nor
Yieed he be cruel nor untender because
his is a boy, but I want him jolly and
brave and up to every harmless prank
that's going. I want him to use slang
and wear muddy shoes, slam doors and
iriake cll-orts of futile feints at 1eop
ing his hands clean, provided, always,
he appreciates the opportunity offered
to show the gentleman that's In him by
iiever appearing at table looking like
a tramp. Even that Is better, though,
than being-, a , 'sissy.' . Give him time
and the untldlest. boy In the world will
develop into a gentleman, but eternity
Itself could not evolve a man out of
the boy who plays marbles' with a
cushion!" ... ...
WOMAN'S CHAMPION:
Thas spake a little married man
, - To his ambitious spouse, :-
With voice and gestures' which were
. . meant
Her terrors to arouse;
"What mean these knickerbockers vile,
Thels 'mannish' gaiters, rough ' aud
, . ,blar-k, .' .. . .
flPhls.coat of mine upon your back,
Permit me to inquire?
You're not the husband, you're the wife,
Why dress Inmalo. attire?. .
And whither-are you going now,
Your eventide to spend, . .
vyhlle I must stay at home, no doubt,
'The baby to attend?"
yms spake the lady;
, Mr. Jones; ' '
.Tonight I mean to make ' '
A- grand oration at my club
-'For trampled woman's sake. :
I long to mount my bicycle,
And at a spanking pace.
To rush through Charing Cross as though
Competing .In a race. . -So
mind the darling, pretty pet, .
Good-bye, my little man,
t shall bp home at 12 o'clock,
As nearly as t can."
"Delightful dame!" said Mr. Jones,
"How flippantly you apeak, '.
Of trampled woman's rlKhts, Indeed!
,JTls trampled woman's chee-k.
If-you're not back "by half-past nine.
My mother will be here; ' ',
She'll take me home with her besides'
The UtUebfiby dear."
The lady smiled defiantly '' ' '
.. While off she went to roani, '
But as the oloek struck half-past nine J
v She walked into" her home. Judy. ;
: - a. a a ' "
Dr. F, Wlnckel, a professor lit the
Koyal University Clinic for-Women at
Munich, thus tells the new woman how
to be health! To begin with, she must
have plentybf healthy blobd. To keep
1P a sufficient of this she must eat an
abundance of. nourishing., food. She
should drink plenty of milk and eat
plettty of eggs and meat. Fresh meat
Is especially .essential. A woman will
jiub iiB-roBuiuuienn appexue to eat abun
dantly Utiles he eserclst freely and
If.Bhe floes eatabnndantly she will have
need -of RtlllntH Km BcMd,. -
the active wrfwirunM r.r ,..,
CADI LU UlWIIIiriH
ewrcH rreeiy; that : exercise sho.qld
haitalti' ttAl-4li. . . .....
"c ""', uic rauw neatmiui con-
attlbn possible. 'She should wear loose
cWWiIhgat all tlrhea,.i!ut bove all when
.ejterclslng.. All her exercise should be
taken, so far a practicable, in the open
air. On rising In the morning take a
plunge In cold water. I mean by that,
take a plunge Into water and out again
without remaining a minute or even a
second under the surface. Many wo
men will Imagine that this will give
them a cold, but it will not If properly
done. The whole point 1b to have reac
tion take place immediately. To secure
this have the apartment in which the
bath IS taken heated to at least 85 de
grees Fahrenheit. Then the . moment
that the fair bather emerges. from the
water the warm air. will strike the mo
mentarily chilled surface of her body
and reaction will immediately take
place. This should be still further pro
moted by vigorous rubbing with a
Turkish towel, lying for a few minutes
between warm blankets, etc. It mat
ters not how cold the water, provided
the entrance Into It and exit from it be
instantaneous. No cold can be taken
where there is Immediate reaction. On
the other hand, a similar plunge into
the atmosphere of a cold room will al
most inevitably cause the bather to
take cold. The reason why sea bathing
so often proves detrimental Instead of
beneficial Is because a bathing dress is
generally worn. The bather emerges
from the water and the reaction that
would utherwlBe ensue Is prevented by
the wet bathing dress, whose dripping
folds cling clammily to her form.
Having taken her plunge bath, wo
man should next take her exercise. If
the weather permits, she should don a
loose robe so that neither her move
ments nor her circulation shall be re
stricted,' and stepping Into the open air
she should go through a regular set of
callsthenlc movements. The Import
ance of this can scarcely be over-estimated.
A judicious system of home
gymnastics faithfully followed will cor
rect round shoulders and flat chest and
a stooping gait. Show me a woman
who has persistently and perserverlngly
taken fifteen minutes' wise gymnastio
exercises each morning and evening In
the open air daily for a year, and I will
show you a woman with an erect, noble
bearing, a firm and graceful walk, a
complexion whose, bloom no resource
of art can simulate, and a calm, self
possession that enables her to meet
your gaze without flinching, blushing or
any other evidence of awkwardness,
embarrassment or self-consciouBness,
Among the best improvements to per
form in such a system of exercise as I
am recommending I may mention the
following: The lady should stand per
fectly erect with her heels together and
thoroughly Inflate her lungs with the
pure, morning air, drawing in her breath
very slowly and expelling it In the same
way. This should be repeated eight or
ten times. Then bring the arms forward
at full length with the palms together
nnd throw them vigorously backward
till tho backs touch. Repeat this mo
tion seventy-five or a hundred times.
Then let the lady put her arms down
with her hands close to her sides, the
thumbs pointing forward. Then let her
raise her arms straight up till the backs
meet above hor head. Then bring them
down again till the palms again rest
against her thighs.,.. .Ear the next move
men lot Ttur extend her arms to the ut
most above her head, with the palms
pointing forward, and let her then lean
gradually forward without bending her
knees until she touches the ground In
front of her toes with her finger-tips.
Then lot her slowly recover her former
position and repeat this movement ad
libitum. These three simple move
ments, vigorously executed for half an
hour a day, will have wonderful Influ
ence In making a well woman. They
will do- more they will make - her a
pretty one also, In form at least, If not
In face.
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WOMAN, WOMAN, WOMAN:
Woman! woman! woman! woman!
Aren't you getting tired
With woman this and woman that
Till patience is expired?
Tho stage is filled with woman's plays.
All books are woman's, too;
The woman fad will drive us mad,
1 swear, 'twlxt me and you.
Woman! woman! woman! woman!
(live us peace, I pray;
Let poor, weuk, simple-minded man
Have Just a little to say.
Of course the earth, the sun, the moon,
The starB of heaven and all
Were but designed for womankind,
Hut Is man, then, so small?
Womnn! woman! woman! woman! .
fllvo us Just a show;
It Is a woman's ago, of course.
Her paradise below.
But man poor nature's sad mistake
Will still exist, I fear;
So treat him klnd1y-him who blindly
Owns you as his peer.'
Now York Press.
SELECTED RECIPES:
Shanklln Eggs Hard boll four eggs,
takeout theyolksnndpnss throiiKh a sieve,
with eight olives and four red chillies,
Mix all together, adding a little salt, and
put back Into the whites, cut lengthwise.
Serve up cold, on pieces of fried bread.
Pickled Eggs Boll one or two dozen
eggs until hard; when they are cold re
move the shells, and stick In each three er
four cloves; put them In a Jar containing
vinegar and two deep red beets; let them
remain two or three days, and serve cut in
halves.
A Convenient .Rice Pudding Pour upon
two cups of cold boiled rice a pint of milk.
Hub the rice smooth, then boll It up In tho
milk. Remove from the fire and add half
a cup of sugar, a bit of butter, two beaten
eggH, essence of rose or lemon, and SAlt
to taste. Put in a buttered dish, grate
nutmeg over the- top and bake half an
hour. "
Potato Souffle Roast twelve good pota
toes and rub them through) a coarse sieve;
pour a pint of boiling cream, flavored with
the grated rind and juice of one. lemon,
over the well-beaten yolks of six eggs, and
mix lightly Into this the whites of the eggs
beaten to a stiff froth, and stir it all Into
the potato; pour -the whole Into a buttered
and papered souffle dish, and bake.
Gems Allow three cups of flour, shaken
down In the cup, to one cup of cold water
and one cup of sweet milk. Add the water
and milk gradually, so as to Smooth out
the lumps. Then beat steadily Just five
minutes. Have ready hot and buttered
gem pans., The pans Bhould be heated
very hot 'on top of the Btove, then fill
them even full. Bake a, nice brown in
twenty-five minutes. They can be made
of graham flour. .
French Broiled Steak Cut the steaks
two-thirds of an Inch thick from a fillet of
beef 'Dip Into melted butter, lay -them
on a hot gridiron' and broil over a hot.
lirei When nearly done sprinkle with pep
per and salt,; -Beat to a cream some but
ter and minced parsley. and pour Into the
middle of the dish. Dip each steak when
done Into the butter, turning them over,
and lay them round on the platter. -If
liked, squeeze a few drops of lemon over
and serve-Very hot. , ; '
"Rice Tand Apple Souffle Boll tW(J tabled
spoonsful of rice In half a pint of milk;
when soft add the yolks of two egg's, and
sugar' to sweeten; make a, wall with' it
around the sides of tho dlah. Stew some
pared and cored apple until eoft, fill up the
aperture In the applos with red cur
rant jelly, pile them in the center of tho
dish, and cover tho whole with the whites
of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth and
made very sweet with white sugar. Brown
in the oven and serve with cream.
- Minced Ham Take scraps of cold boiled
or fried ham and mince. them as fine as
possible, removing all-the gristle and bits
of bone. Put In , a. pie pan and barely
moisten with hot water, then cover and
set on the back of the stove. Heat a toa
rupful of milk, to which arid a tablespoon
f ul of butter and a dash of red pepper, and
when It bolls up once, one well-beaten
egg. Sot back and stir Into It the mlncnd
ham. Have ready some slices of brown
toast, which dip in hot water and right
out again, and lay on a hot dish. Pour the
ham over the toast end serve.
Beefsteak Stewed Without Water Take
three or four pounds of rump steak, out
about an Inch thick. Put two tahlcspoon
fuls of butter In a frying pan largo
enough to hold the steak, wash quickly
In cold wuter and put It Into the pan. As
soon as It Is thoroughly heated through
scuson with a sultspoonful of pepper ami
14 teaspoonful of salt. Cover the pun close
and Bet bnck where It will simmer, not
boll. When perfectly tender, which will
be In an hour and a half or two hours, re
move the steak to a hot platter and add
half a teacupful of tomato or two table
spoonfuls of walnut catsup to the gravy
In the pan. Let It boll up and pour over
the steak.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
If your old glit picture frnmcs are hope
lessly dull, give them a coat of white
enamel paint and touch them up In lines or
loaves of gokl.
If rlco or oatmeal or anything of that
klni Beems determined to cook to the bot
tom of the vessel, put a thin piece of tin
or sheet Iron between the kettle or pan
and the stove.
A woman who make a business of pack
ink dresses for swell society women who
aro about to travel says that If you will
fold newspapers Inside of gown folds there
will be na creases.
Half an ounce of gum arable dissolved
In a gill of boiling water and thickened
with plaster of purls makes an excellent
cement for china. It must be used at once
before hardening, which It does very rap
Iclly. . . . ,
When the color haB been taken from a
fabric by an acid, liquid ammonia applied
without diluting will often restore the
color., It Is well to experiment with a
scrap of the material Hrst, however, ns
there are some colors that will not stand
ammonia at all.
You can easily test a soft custard to see
If It Is done by lifting some in a Bpoon; If
It leaves the spoon clean It Is not done.
If It clings, it Is ready to be removed from
tho fire. The eggs aro bound to separate
form he milk and form a, kind of curd if
you leave a custard over the fire too
long, even when both eggs and milk are
perfectly fresh.
To stain tin, use as a body shellac or
gum sandarac varnish. To make It ad
here, add to It half, a. part of the boraclc
acid to one thousand parts of lacquer.
Color with suitable pigments, such as
gamboge, Prussian blue or carmine- Ani
line colors may bo used, but tend to fade.
Excellent results may be attained by add
ing a, little castor oil, which make the
lacquer tougher.
An accident which happened not long
since In one well-regulated family has had
the happy effect of suggesting an Im
proved form of Welsh rarebit. It was be
ing prepared In a chafing dish and the
chief cook suddenly discovered the nb
Bonee of the mustard can. This was
brought from the closet, sprinkled Into
the cheese and the rarebit was pronouced
delicious. A casual glunco at tho mus
tard can a little later revealed tho fact
that powdered chocolate had been used
by mlstuke.
There are two kinds of freckles, sun
and constitutional. The first come from
the sun, lust all summer and disappear at
the approach of Jack Frost; the others
come from, a superabundance of Iron in
the blood or a bad condition of the liver.
Citric acid, applied to "the pinches of
Phoebus," Is recommended by reliable au
thorities. No harm will be done the face
even If they do not come off. The dis
colorations will wear off ns the weather
and the sun cools, and a diet of carrot Is
said to .assist nature. Nothing will do
away with constitutional freckles but a
blood purifier or liver reform.
Housekeepers who have never had a tin
covered table for kitchen use are still un
acquainted with one of the most valuable
articles of domestic economy. An ordi
nary kitchen table takes kindly to tho
metal cover. Fit a sheet of tin on tho
table and perforate the edges for tack
ing. The tin should cover the thickness of
the board top, that It may bo tacked on the
under side of the table. A table so cov
ered needs no scrubbing, Is Impervious to
hot kettles, sheds grease as the proverbial
duck's back does water, and in fuct cheers
the heart of tho kitchen mold more than
anything on earth, except her wages and
her "company."
WOMEN GROWN FAMOUS:
Mrs. Ellen Davis, late of Niagara Falls,
leaves an estate of $123,uuo, all mude In
keeping a museum.
There Is In New York a woman who Is
but 40 years old and hus been married
eight times during that period.
An American editor pays that the worst
"copy," In respect to bad writing, he ever
saw he recently received from Miss Beat
rice Harradan, author of "Ships That Pans
in the Night.'.' . . ...
The Honorablo Gwendolln Fairfax, in
Oscar Wilde's new play, "The Importance
of Being Earnest," utters a great culinary
truth. "One never Bees cake In the best
houses nowadays," she says.
The czar believes In the higher educa
tion of women, and has ordered the re
ppenlng of tho Women's Institute of Medi
cine at St; Petersburg, which was closed
by order of the government some years
ago.
Countess Rantzau was one of the
twenty-eight guests at thif luncheon given
by Bismarck on March 27. The presence
a woman at a political gathering Is a
novelty In Germany. But the world
moves. . '
Mrs. James T. Field, of Boston, who Is
treasurer of the fund, has announced that
tho American friends of the poet Tenny
son will send i2M) as a contribution to
tho memorial fund now being subscribed
In England. t .
Sarah Bernhardt Is showing that time Is
telling upon her,, The novel, elaborate and
costly Inducements to travel tempt her
not, and she feels best when left alone
in Paris, where sho has her home and is
near the theater she serves.
Mme. Ferdinand de Lesseps Is still a
comparatively young woman, and Is of a
vivacious temperament. The renowned en
gineer used to say th&f to her encour
aging letters, Written to him every week
while In Egypt, the world owes the Sues
canal. t ,
"What Is man's least forgivable fall
ing?" was the question discussed at a
woman's club the other day. . The best an
swer was given by a young woman who
declared that It was "his tendency to
marry another woman after you have re
fused him.'.'
Mrs.' R. h. Stevenson asks all persons
having letters from her husband to send
them or copies of tbem to the British mus
eum that she may select such as should be
published, and gives notice that the publi
cation of any. letters without; conBent of
the executors Is Illegal.
-Helen Gould, who- Is rapidly achieving
the position of en old maid In the light
of her young sister's marriage to the
Count de Castellane,, always showed a
talent for that role. , She. does not care
for society, is. rather .plain, and when she
was at, Mrs.. Sylvester Reed's famous
school was noted.for her excellence In
mathematics,. V - . ; .
- Sister Agne, the duperloresS of a nurs
ing Institution at Brest, has received the
order of the Legioit-of Honor. This makes
the twenty-ninth nun that has received
the honor. The first was Mme, Blget,
known as Sister Martha, who was decor
ated by Napoleon In lblS. Apart from sla
ters nineteen women In all have received
tho decoration.
Nearly everyone has a hobby of some
sort, but Unit of Princess Mario of Edin
burgh, now the crown princess of Kou
manls. Is an unusual one the collection
of perfumory bottles. In this she resem
bles her grandmother, the late empress of
KuhbIu, who at hor death had mude a col
lection of perfumory bottles which was
valued at 7,000.
The women of the west are rapidly re
moving the reproach of sentimental weak
ness from their sex. One preached her
husband's funeral service a little while
ago, and another, Mrs. S. J. Krutleld, M.
V., of Kansas City, assisted In a post
mortem examination of her suddenly de
ceased husband's remains. .
Mr. Irving tells a good story of an old
Scotch woman, living not far from Bal
moral, who criticised, the queen somewhat
hostllely for having ridden out on a Sun
day. Mot with the retort that Christ him
self plucked ears of wheat on tho Sab
bath, the orthodox old person exclaimed:
"Ah, yes, 1 ken all about that, and I dlnna
think anyi the better of Him for It."
Mrs. Hart Is a woman who has written
a book to prove that most of the Ills to
which flesh Is heir ure due to a meat diet.
Bhe says that there Is more bickering In
English families than In any others which
Bhe has visited, nud sho ascribes this la
mentable state of things to tho Anglo
Saxon fondness for roast beef. Mrs. Hurt
hus gone further than this and has studied
tho mild Mongolian and other Hunt-living
races, and holds them up as models of gen
tleness due to vegetuble.dlet.
Countess Toucher de Corell, whose late
husband was ambassador to the Austrian
court and senator, has been made a
Knight of the Order of the Legion of
Honor in her capuclty of president of the
Society of the Ladles of Franco. There
are only very few ladles who have at
tained to this distinction, among them be
ing Rosa Bonheur, the famous lady paint
er, and Mme. Dieulufoy, who assisted her
husband, the celebrated archaeologist, In
his excavations In Persia,
THE NEW WOMAN:
She does not "languish in her bower,"-
Or squander all tho golden day .
In fashioning a gaudy flower j ' .
Upon a worsted spray;
Nor Is she quite content to wait
Behind her "rose-wreathed lattice pane,
Until besldo her father's gate
The gallant prince draws rein."
The brave "now woman" scorns to sigh
And count it "such a grievous thing"
That year on year should hurry by,
And no gay suitor bring;
In labor's ranks Bhe takes her place.
With skilful hand und cultured mind;
Not always foremost in the race.
But never far behind.
And not less lightly full her feet 1 j -
Because they treud the busy ways
She Is no whit less fair and sweet .
Than maids of olden days.
Who, gowned In samite or brocade,
Looked charming In their dainty guise,
But dwell like violets In tho shade,
With shy, half-opened eyes.
Of life she takes a clearer view,
And through the preys serenely moves,
Unfettered, free; with judgment true,
Avoiding narrow grooves,
She reasons and she understands;
And sometimes 'Us her Joy and crown
To lift with strong yet tender hands
The burdens men lay down,
Chambers Journal,
WELSH JOTILXGS.
Rev. J, Macbreth Rees will conclude his
ministry at I'enygrocs and Llanllyfnl In
May, and begin his ministry In London tho
tlrst Sunday in June.
Owen Phillips, ship owner, London, has
accepted an Invitation to" contest the
Montgomery boroughB as Liberal candi
date. He is a brother of Wynford Phil
"HS. ....
A large number of amendments to the
Welsh disestablishment bill are on the
paper, and the Conservatives have deter
mined to do everything In their power to
obstruct It.-
Sir George Morgan, writing to the Cefn
Mawr Debating society; Buys ho is op
posed to the appointment of a secretary
for Wales on the ground that such an ap
pointment would be antagonistic, to home
rule for Wales.
Rev, E. T. Davles died n.t his residence,
Parkfleld, Abergele, recently, at the ago
of 73. For forty-six years he hail been en
gaged In the Congregational ministry, and
Bince he resigned the pastorate of the
Abergele Welaji church, Blx years ago, -lie
has been engaged In the training of stu
dents for the ministry.
Welshmen will not regret to learn that
the extradition of Jnbez Balfour has at
length been granted by the Argentine au
thorities, and by order of the supreme
court Bnlfour was unconditionally given
over to the British authorities. Ho sailed
from Buenos Ayres for England oil board
the Tartar Prince, In tho custody of In
spector Froest. In the written state
ment that he has made to the Times of
Argentina Balfour asserts that he Is fully
prepared to meet the charges mado
against him, which he maintains are all
based on an erroneous assumption.
There Is a possibility of a somewhat
novel development In connection with the
Liberal candidature in the Denbigh bor
oughs. Colonel Naylor-Leyland, the for
mer Tory member for Colchester, Is will
ing to Contest the seat In the Liberal In
terest. The colonel is connected with Den
bighshire, and Is well known In the neigh
borhood of Wrexham. The crisis In the
Denbigh boroughs Is a grave one, and the
Liberals in the constituency are not just
now In a position to hesitate long over
their choice of a candidate. Colonel Nay-loy-Leyland
may not exactly be a member
after the heart of "Cymru Fydd," but If
he Is capable of winning Wrexham, which
is the key of the situation In the boroughs,
the Denbighshire Liberals can scarcely af
ford at the present Juncture to Ignore his
claims.
The current number of Franciscan An
nals, which Is published at Pantasaph,
Holywell, contains the following note:
"Wales and the Welsh are at present an
ecclesiastical problem both to English
politicians and prelates of the church.
Whilst Lord Rosebery is seeking to dis
establish the Anglican hierarchy In the
principality, the holy father and the emb
olic bishops of England are anxious to
establish tho Catholic church upon a
firmer footing than It Is at present among
the Welsh people. Roman correspondents
speak of a Welsh diocese, or rather mis
sion, -governed by a vlcar-apostollc. For
Franciscans the religious fate of Wales
has a peculiar historical Interest. In olden
days the sons of St. Francis were most
popular as well with the people as with
the native phlnces of Wales. Owen Glen
dower si revered the friars that he gave
their houses the right of sanctuary, and
made the' friary his home whenever he
happened In hH progresses to be near one.
The last Catholic bishop of St. Asaph was
a Franciscan. And In these latter days
of Catholic revival the ilrst Franciscan
monastery established In Great Britain
was that of Pantasaph, among the Welsh
hills of Flintshire, May the faith again
flourish In Wales, arid the sons of St.
Francis be among its cherished teachers!"
- Mixed His Metaphors.
"When Sir Byle Roche made his fa
mous speech, "I smell- a rat; I see him
floating in the air; but mark me, sir, I will
nip him In the bud," his Ideas were clear
enough, but he lost sight of rats, air and
buds In the thought that was In his mind.
If 'the "reader also could lose sight of
them, thls passage might perhaps appear
eloquent. But they obtrude themselves
very humorously upon the mind. -.
Ths Suspicious Mugwump, v.. , -From
the Indianapolis Journal. ' - " -i
"This old fellow," said the teamster,
fondly patting his horse on the neck,- "has
been hauling for Aha city for twenty-five
years." .....
. "Got a pull, X suppose," sneered ths
Mugwump gentleman ( .
Random Notes of
Life iim Loedomio
AdeUna Patti Is Now, Alas, Only a Reminiscence'.
Sublime St. Paul's Cathedral.
London, April 7. Last week there
was a concert, either orchestral or oth
erwise, every night and I was tremend
ously busy, going about to hear them.
The great one of the week was, of
course, the Philharmonic, 'which was
Interesting, Indeed, from every point of
view. Little Fraullen Ibenshutz did the
Schumann Concerto with the orchestra
and some new pieces called "From the
North," by Sir Alexander, were done
for the first time. They were perfectly
delightful, and the audience received
them wildly.
The audience, by the way, was the
finest one. In point of brilliancy, that I
have seen at Queen's hall this winter.
It being the occasion, you know, of
Pattl's appearance In London. We
were all on the qui vlve for her solo,
which came down near the end of the
programme, and Just before her com
ing out, we just sat and hugged each
other almost, in sheer delight, that we
were at. last going to hear this most
wonderful Adellna warble. Well, we
sat still, getting our glasses for Instant
use, and waited and waited for about
Ave long minutes, but no Pattl came,
and we turned to each other In despair
with "Suppose she Is in a temper and
won't sing'!' or "What If she is indis
posed?" and such dismayed ejacula
tions, for we really got to fear that she
was not going' to sing.
Adellna Pattl Appears.
At last, however, some sensible crea
ture, who evidently knew Pattl of old,
began to clap softly. Another nearby
Joined In, then some more, and soon the
whole fashionable and distinguished
house was In a roar of applause for the
great diva. Very likely the adorable
madame had been waiting for Just this,
for she Immediately sailed forth before
our delightful eyes, beaming, smiling,
bowing, flirting about with us all at a
great rate. I was very near her and
could see her beautifully, and even had
a glass to help me, If necessary.
She had on- an unspeakably lovely
whlto satin gown which was picked out,
so to speak, with pink satin here and
there, and the whole confection looked
like a lovely flower, as a white rose,
you know, with a pink heart, or any
thing else pretty. But the diamonds
she Wore, both on herself and on her
gown, were simply legion 1 Diamonds
all over, and such beautiful ones! Real
ly, they were a treat to see. She had
them In her hair, which, by the way, is
black again, she having forsaken her
auburn cplored locks with her mourn
ing, and on her neck, and In her ears,
and on her dress bodice, and even on
her skirt and sleeves. Gracious! how
she sparkled! Everything that art can
do Is done for the preservation of this
famous prima donna's good looks and
youthfulness at fifty-three and she
was Indeed very youthfully "made up"
and all too evidently, artistic through
it was.
La Diva's Reception.
She gave us "Una Voce Poca Fa"
nnd responded to an encore with anoth
er Italian selection, after which she
was brought out again to receive some
bouquets, at the sight of which she gave
some suppressed little gasps of delight,
throwing up her arms In ecstacy as
each one was handed up to her, and
bowing and laughing at a great rate all
the time. This, they say, is the regula
tion way in which she always receives
flowers, even though she, no doubt,
knowB all about them beforehand. She
certainly was Interesting In the ex
treme. On account of her kindness in
singing for the Philharmonic society,
she was Invested by them with the
Beethoven gold medal that evening on
the stage, with a very long speech from
the secretary, to which we all listened
with breathless Interest. It was a sort
of eulogy of her services to art and all
that, you know, and was most Interest
ing to us, and no doubt, very pleasing
to the great diva, who so loves to be the
adored and adorable soprano of the age
that she cannot give up singing, even
at the advanced age of fifty-three and
though she knows that her powers are
by 110 means what they were In her
prime, long ago.
Of course, she was applauded and ap
plauded to tho very echo by a large
part of the audience there, most of
whom had come. In fact, to worship at
her shrine, but so far as the voice and
singing of this dear, fortunate. God
gifted woman goes. It was tho greatest
disappointment In the world to me. I
could have cried with anger almost, at
having heard such a performance, after
what I really had expected to hear. I
went thinking that I should at last hear
this heavenly voice that had ravished
the ears of the past generation of music
lovers; thinking that I should at lant
have a tapte of this glorious and In
comparable "method" of Pattl and so
on, and what did I hear? A worn out,
hard old voice, in which every ugly
break was only too evident, and whose
"method" was such a one that I do not
want to copy; broken phrasing, bad
breathing, great grievous faults In the
moving from one note to another,- and
worst of all, dreadful, horrible, high
notes all out of tunel I could have
shrieked With disappointment! I was
an fllnmnllv -rilsmjil over It nil.
ilntn, -i iv. . t llntfltv Y
Of course .the audience would not let
her go until she sang "Home Sweet
Home," and as the opening bars wore
struck one of the girls turned to me
with "This Is for you, Miss Kaiser,"
and I commenced to listen nnd get
ready that little tear which I have al
ways been told, would steal down your
cheek when you heard Pattl slng"Home
Sweet Home," and as I am a rather
chloken-hearted and homesick person
to be away from home and friends for
a long time, I certainly expected that
she would at least afford me the luxury
of a good cry over her song. But no;
It' was bo commonplace that I was
robbed of only a giggle or "two, Instead
of that crystal tear, which It Is the cor
rect thing to expect from one after
hearing thin touching little song. All
that I can truthfully say of the whole
performance Is that I have heard doz
ens of singers here, who are tar and
away lovelier than Pattl. She was no
doubt the most beautiful singer ot the
whole world when she was In the hey
day ot her power and charm, but it is
too much to expect one's youth, voice
and beauty to last forever, and Iter's
are no exception to the rule. Her voice
Atlll possesses some agility, but nothing
else to Bpeak of at all, and If any young
debutante of to-day should come before
the public with tha exact voice, method,
affectations and everything Just as
Pattl has It, she would be hooted off the
stage for a certainty. . - .
. Pattl Is a Back Number,
' It Is -unquestionably' the memory of
Pattl'a ancient triumphs that gives her
the applause of the people nowadays,
and not her present work or -worth. She
Is to sing in opera from time to time
this season, and I hope to go and hear
her there, and perhaps will like her
better, as she is said to have been So
lovely In opera long ago. Take it all In
all, though, I o,m very glad that I have
seen Patti and incidentally heard her,
arid I am not one of those who' contend
that Pattl should retire from public life
and be seen and heard of no more. I
think that Pattl Interested me most the
other night, not as something or some
one to listen to, but as someone to look
at and see. She delighted my eyes far
more than my ears, and I have my own
little private opinion that she should
now cease to be considered some one to
hear, and become somo one to see. Peo
ple should say to tourists and sight
seers, "You must not forget to go and
see Pattl, remember," instead of say
ing "You must be sure to hear Pattl."
This little woman who has been the
spoiled child, the petted and adored
Idol of nearly all the civilized world In
her time, is far too Interesting a relic of
theno times to be now immured from
public gaze entirely. All those cute lit
tle adorable smiles and bows, and coy
little flirtatious ways with which she
cajoles her audience, her. little sup
pressed shrieks of delight as she re
ceives bouquets,- her beautifully as
sumed expressions of genuine surprise
as she Is recalled . time after time,
all these things which she haB acquired
during her lifetime of work In concert
and opera, and which are now such a
part of herself that they are really all
there Is of her, are too Interesting and
amusing to be quite lost to the world
forever, and she should now pose as
one of the sights of the world, but not
as ona of the sounds.
Vive la Patti! Long may she wave
on those conditions.
Some of the papers "roasted" her the
next day for her bad singing, among
thorn the Pall Mall Gazette being par
ticularly bitter, while others quite Ig
nored her altogether, and some few
kept up the dear old farce by- giving
her some cautiously worded little prais
ing notices. I would far rather listen
to David Blspham, Ben Davles, Plun
ket Greene, . Amy Sherwln, Ella Rus
sell, Albanl, or a dozen or two others
than to her. Nay, I would prefer to lis
ten to nothing, If I had the choice of
the two nothing and her but she is-
quite the most interesting person to
look at that I ever saw.
Passing from the sublime to the ri
diculous I must say it I hod my first
experience of singing professionally in
London last evening, when I made my
little bob to an audience of only two
or three hundred souls, at a reception
given by people who live In Kensington
Palace Gardens, a most lovely part of
London. People were very nice to me
and I really was received very well In
deed, the guests and even the host and
hostess complimenting me very kindly,
but the nicest thing was the few words
of commendation I received from the
members of the orchestra with which
I sang. Their praise Is , worth 'some
thing; they are musicians. The host,
who happens to be a member of parlia
ment, rather promised me a card of ad
mission to the house soon, and as you
must be admitted that way, of course I
shall be very glad to do the houses of
parliament, if I get the opportunity.
It is very hard to get in there, I under
stand, Tho Last Popular Concert.
April 9. The last of the Monday pop
ular concerts took place on Monday
evening and was the most brilliant of
the whole series. Vocal music is mere
ly a side Issue at these concerts, which
were organized long, long years ago,
solely for the "purpose of rendering
chamber music, and to which pur
pose I oe management have most nobly
stuck, there being only one vocal solo
ist, or two, on the programme at every
concert. People who go to.thp "Pops"
are always 'the instrumental cult, and
a Pop audience is as thoroughly music
al a one as can be got together any
where on the face of the earth. Lady
Halle, the pet violinist of England, is
always one of the most welcome per
formers there, as are also Borwlck,
Eibenschutz and other famous pianists.
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from Berlin every, winter to play hero
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He was the bright particular star ot
tha whole firmament the. other even
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The "Schumann Trio," as they ara
called by the piano lovers, Borwlck,
Muss Eibenschutz and Miss Davles, alt
three pupils of the distinguished Ma
dame Clara Schumann of Frankfort-on-Maln,
pluyed In duetto and trio, and
were a credit to their dear old teacher.
Dear, charming David Blspham-sang
most beautifully, and Miss De Vers
Saplo made another appearance, I saw;
Mary Anderson Navarro and her hus
band in the audience, '
Mary Anderson, by the way, very!
often runs up to London to lay freBhl
flowers on the grave of the great tra
gedienne, Mrs. Sarah Klddons, who 19
burled In Paddlngton churchyard, very!
near where I live. Only yesterday, as
I passed the old church, I walked in
among the old gravestones and BtoodJ
awhile by the tomb or this actress, tha
greatest, or one of the two greatest!
tragediennes the world has ever known.
The old verger, with -whom I had al
ready made friends, came and talked
to me about the former glories of his
church and parish, now much poorer
than It once -was, he said. He showed
me the grave of Wllkle Collins' father,
who la burled here, and took me to the)
spot In the chancel ot the- old churchi
where the painter Hogarth was mar
ried ever so many years hefore my;
guide or I was born. It was a very In
teresting morning Indeed for me.
Impressions of St. Paul's.
I did St. Paul's cathedral not long
ago, but what can I say about It? A
description would be vain, and even
pictures and vlewsof parts of this beau
tiful place are unable to give one any
Idea of Its grandeur and sublimity. 1
had been there before, last summer,
and, of course, it was not new to me,
but I discovered things that I had never
Been before, and all of them so beauti
ful that looking at them for days would
not begin to suffice. The Reredos and
altar are, of course, the most beautiful
pieces of work in marble that can bo
Imagined, and the choir end organ are
marvels of wood carvings, while tha
dome of this awesome cathedral quite
takes away one's breath. What must
St. Peter's at Rome be. If this, so much
smaller and less beautiful, Is yet so
awe-lnsplrlng, I wonder! Still Thomas
Carlyle is remembered to hate paid
that St, Paul's "was the only edifice
which struck him with a proper sense
of grandeur." Sir Christopher Wren,
the architect of this marble pile, lived to
a good old age, 90 years, and his chief de
light, as an old man, was to be carried
once a year to look at his noble work.
His epitaph is In gold letters over the
north door, in Latin words, which in
formsthereaderthat "beneath is buried!
Christopher Wren, the architect of this
church and city" and that If the reader
"seekest his monument, look around."
One does look around, as says the guide
book, and the whole interior of the
cathedral, finer than the outside, seems
like a magnificent vault over his single
body.
There are many notable statues in
the Interior, chief among them being
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Nelson, Gen
eral Plcton, General Napier, Sir John,
Goss and General Gordon. The Duke
of Wellington's monument occupies a
chapel in the south nave aisle, and the
tomb of this general, besides those oC
Lord Nelson and Sir Christopher Wren,
lie underneath In the crypt. It Is in
this church also that the famous whis
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SCO steps and is a circular gallery so
constructed acoustically that the faint
est whisper uttred on one side can be
distinctly heard on the other, a long
distance away, especially for a whisper.
I do not think that It is open to sight
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