THE SCIl ANTON TIUKITNE---SATITIUAY MOUSING, MAY 4, 1895.
Facts of "Interest .
To Womeo Readers
Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
A FIN DB SIECLE DUEL:
You llRht for n place In business,
Vou llKlit for a chance to speak;
Ton flKht for tho right to Btiuly
With men tholr Latin nml Ureck.
You fight for a sent ti the street car.
You light for tho nyes iui1 tho not-sj
Sou fight for our reformation;
You oven light for our clothes.
We laugh at your port presumption
You dear, divine, llttlo slirowl
Yet every man umoiig us.
Would like the taming of you.
We know the one way to conquer, .
Since this dread duel began;
So long us woman Is woman,
80 long as man Is man:
You mny scold, anil sneer, nml scoff at us,
You may play your Kattierlno's part;
Ilut l'etruclo Is victor
If hu but aim ut your heart.
-liuth Hart, In Truth,
.
"'Who are the happy? I look about
me," writes. "Amber" In the Chicago
Herald, "and try to answer tho iues
tlon. rirst I take the married filks.
Are they happy? Not one out of twen
ty. Why? liecause they exact too
much. Whisky Itself lias not wrought
the marital woe that exaction lias.
Matrimony Is a chain. Vou may pad
It with velvet orwreathe It with flower,
yet It remains a chain. There Is un
wisdom In pulling It too tightly. As
lonjr as the slave docs not feel his fet
ters he can be comparative! h:ipy.
lu: let the steel corrode his tlosh niul he
becomes aware of thraldom. AVhen a
woman goes through her husband'.
lockets on the sly she pulls at his chain.
When she sheds tears because he walks
down town with a pretty neighbor she
pulls at his chain. When she sits up to
sevld because he comes home late she
pulls at his chain. Such things may
not be agreeable for her to bear, but
there are better ways of holding a man
than hauling him alonjr at the end of a
chain. If I were a married woman and
had a husband who neglected me. do
you know what I would do? I would
begin all over again and lay siege to his
heart. I would make myself so charm
Ini? that before he know It he would fall
In love with me for tho second time.
There Is no use denying It, men are
queer. They prow tire 1 of what they
possess and are always reaching out
aftet the fruit that har.sri high. There
is something in a man's nature that
1-ads him to b-? oIway-3 on the lookout
for fresh cowwesis. I'rom the time he
besrins o drive hi.' dog In harness,
through the staee of liking to break
cort. all along the era. of love-making,
and away down to old ac, man wishes
to be muster of the situation and lord
of a. new possession. He loves his wife,
no doubt, but after a few years she be
comes an old story, and he becins to
yearn for something newer and frshr.
He doesn't mean to be exactly unfaith
ful, but he U like a man who leaves his
Bible untouched to read the daily pa
pers. The news is whit he covets; the
plan of redemption will do to save his
Foul and to base his hopes of heaven
upon, but th" columns of the 2-pennv
papr hold the current new. and that
I what he demands for daily needs.
If. then, when y- ir husbanl Is taken
by the pretty ts of another woman
yon betf'.n to 'go her one better" on the
question of beauty, you can keep him,
provided he Is worth the keeping some
times I doubt it."
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A rODEt, CHILD:
Her temper's always sunny, her hair Is
ever neat;
Sfier doesn't car for candy she says It Is
too sweet:
Bhe loves to study lessons her sums are
always ritrht;
.And she gladly oes to bed at eight every
single night!
Her apron's never tumbled, her hands are
always clean;
With buttons missing from her shoe she
never has been seen.
Bhe remembers to say "Thank you," and
"Yes. ma'am. If you please;" 4
And she never cries, nor frets, nor whines;
she's ne'er been known to tease.
Each nlcrht upon tho closet 9helf she puts
away her toys;
Eh never slams tho parlor door, nor
makes the nlltrhtest noi?;
But she loves to run on errands and to
play with her little brother.
And she's never In ILfo been known to
disobey her mother.
"Who Is this charming little, maid?
T Ion to grasp her hand!"
She's the daughter of Mr. Nobody,
And she lives In Now be re In ml!
Helen Hopkins In May St. Nicholas.
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"If yon 'know something to the dis
credit of somebody," says "Amber," In
another place, "keep It to yourself. Jf
certain circumstances lead yoti to sup-
poe a woman Is not what she should be
why should you constitute yourself the
town-crler to cry her shame? Uod will
take care of her. Suppose you look
after yourself know where your own
hoy spend their evenings before you
Jmlsre your neighbor's. There never
yet was a heart record that did not
include entries In Invisible Ink. We
cannot explain what we do not under
stand; so let us keep our eyes off our
neighbor's books and try to make our
own accounts balance. If we see a fact
that looks black nnd would make a
sensation If published, bonds oft! Only
God knows the truth, for He looks back
of results at causes nnd Judges by the
heart rather than the deed. Of one
thlnx I am determined, and I wish that
I could rally an army under tho banner
I carry. I will not lug (the devil's
powder-horn around any longer, fur
nishing scandal for him to load his Run
With. I will not tell disagreeable truths
unnecessarily, even if they are truthH.
I will make myself so busy with my
own n (fairs that I shall have no time to
spend watching others. And, lastly,
whenever there is somebody down
whom I can help to, stnnd agnln, or
somebody discouraged whom I can help
to cheer, I humbly pray thnt I may bo
there, not wltth m-truths and taunting
I. told you so's,' but with love In my
heart and evorlasting1 silence on my
lips."
"My dear," says this same charm-
for your prlnco limt get a chance to
. Don't judge him by how he can
UKtf vi iuiu ur uomntLmeni. or. nil nm
i Bister, and how ho-speaks to his old
don't go to suit him at home. You may
think all this old-fashioned talk, and
hardly, worth the heeding, but If you
Information, Partly lOrave,
and Partly Gay.
are wise enough to test your butter be
fore buying why not your husband? A
tub of butler Is soon linb.hod, but a
husband lasts a long time. Sold some
bt.dy once: 'Marryln' a man ain't like
Sotllii' aside of hint nights und heurln'
hint talk pretty: that's only the tlrst
prayer; there's lots of mi'ctln' after
that.' It that homely bit of philosophy
were incorporated Into the world's
practice there would bo fewer dreary
and loveless homes."
It there be one point on which modern
housewives are agreed it is certainly
the degeneracy of modern housemaids.
And yet there Is room' for doubt as to
whether this Is not a popular fallacy.
In a curious old tract entitled "A Trip
Through a Town: Containing observa
tions on the Humours and Manuel's
of the Age." published In 173i. there Is
a chapter devoted to "Maid Servants"
which would cause even a ft it de slocle
matron to gasp, i The writer says:
"Women servants are now so scarce
that, from 50 to 40 shillings a year, their
wages ure Increased to it!. JL'7 tind is per
annum, Insomuch that an ordinary
tradesman cannot well keep one; but
his wife, who might be useful In his
shop or business, must do the drudgery
of the household affairs, and all this
because our servant girls are so puffed
up with pride nowadays that they
never think they go tine enough. It Is
a hard matter to know the mistress
from the muld by tholr dress imy,
very often the maid I the finer of the
two. our woollen manufacturers suf
fer much by this, for nothing but silks
and satins will go down with our
kitchen wenches, to support which In
tolerable pride they have Insensibly
raised their wages to such a height as
was never known In any age or nation
but this."
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Moreover, there was In those days
something very like a trades union
among maid servants for keeping up on
exorbitant scale of wages. "Hefore a
country girl has been a week In service
In town," says the author of "The Trip,"
"a committee of servant wenches ure
appointed to examine her. who advise
her to raise her wages, or give warning,
to encourage her to which the herb wo
man. or chandler woman, or some other
old Intelligencer, provides her a place
of four of five pounds a year. This
suits Madame Cock-a-hoop, and she
thinks of nothing but vails (tips) and
high wages, and so gives warning from
place to placw til! she gets her wages
up to the top." The maid servant In
those days not only robbed her mistress;
she levied blackmail, too, upon her mis
tress" gu-sts. In shape of "vails," or tins,
as we should call them. "For now,"
says 'he author, "they make It a per
rpiU'e, a material part of their wages,
nor most their master give a supper
but that the maid expects the guests
should pay for It." And those were the
"good old tims"' Who would care to
substitute them for out- own?
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FOOD3 FOR THE SICK:
Milk Cruel. Pcald one-half pint of
milk: add six raisins, and allow to stand
Ave mlnnteq. Take a tablespoonful of
crn-starch and thorouehly mix with
two tablespoonfuls of cold milk. Hav
ing placed the scalded milk in a farina
boiler over the fire, add the cold milk
and corn-starch, stirring the whole
backward and forward until It begins
to thicken: then add one ounce of sugar
and let it cook one minute. Strain, and
place in moulds In a cool place.
Milk Oruel with Oatmeal. Fine oat
meal, two tabkispoonfuls; milk, one
pint. Stir It qul'rly Into a pint of boil
ing writer and I a few minutes until
thickened. Adt. pinch of salt and
aiv?"tn with suga.
Milk Jelly. As a., variation In milk
diet the following l recommended:
Heat one quart of milk with one pound
of sugar nnd when the sugar Is dis
solved, continue the heat at the holing
temperature or about ten minutes.
Then cool well and add, slowly stirring,
a solution of one ounce of gelatin In a
cupful of water. Next add the Juice
of three or four lemons. Pour Into
glasses and set In a cool place. It Is
necesaary to have the milk quite cold
before adding the other Ingredients, else
It will curdle.
Milk Punch. flood brandy, one or
two tablespoonfuls; eold milk, one tum
blerful. Mix. with fitignr and nutmeg
to taste. This Is a useful medicinal
drink when a stlmulnnt Is required In
conjunction with a nutrient.
Heef Tea. This Is best mnde by dis
solving a proper amount of a reliable
brand of "beef extract" In a cupful of
boiling water, seasoning wlih 'suit,
celery salt and a little pepper, and serv
ing hot.
Heef .lulce. Holl quickly a thick piece
of fresh beef devoid of fat nnd bone;
put in a meat press nnd squeeze out
the Juice. Henson nnd rerve full
strength or diluted with hot water.
Chicken liroth. Skin and chop up n
small chicken, or half a large fowl, nnd
boll It, bones and nil, with a blado of
mnne or sprig of parsley nnd a crust of
brend, In a quart of water, for.nn hour
skimming It from time to time. Strain
through a coarse colander.
Mutton liroth. Lean loin of mutton,
exclusive of bone, one pound; water,
three pints. Itoll gently till very tender,
adding a little salt nnd onion accord
ing to tnsto. Pour off the broth In a
basin, nnd when It Is cord, sklm off all
the fat. It enn be warmed up as want
ed. If btirlcy or rice Is added, as Is
desirable during recovery from sick
ness, It should be boiled separately until
quite soft, nnd put In when the broth
Is heated for use.
Cutlet for Invalids. One nice cutlet
from tho loin or neck of mutton; wnter,
two tcacupfuls; celery salt a sufficient
quantity, or one very small stick of
green celery. Itomove all flit from tho
cutlet nnd put In a stewpnn with the
other Ingredients. When fresh celery
Is used It should bo cut In thin slices
before being added to the meat, and
care must bo taken not to add too
much. Stew very gently for nearly two
hours, adding salt nnd pepper to taste,
and from time to time sklm off every
partlclo of fat thnt may rise to the
surface. It the water Is allowed to
boll fast the cutlet will be hard.
Cup Custard. One egg; one cup of
milk; sugnr, nutmeg and salt to taste,
p.eat egg thoroughly In a teacup, add
the milk nnd flavoring, mix and bake
about 20 minutes In an ovon moderatoly
heated. May be served cold or warm,
with or without Jelly.
F.gg and Hrandy. Brandy and cinnamon-water,
each four ounces; and yolks
of two eggs; and half an ounce of loaf
sugar. Hub the yolks of the eggs nnd
sugar together, and add the cinnamon
water and brandy. This Is given In two
to four teaspoonf ul doses as a stimulant
and restorative.
Imperial Drink. Dissolve from two
to three drnchms of cream of tartar in a
quart of boiling water, add tho Juice of
one lemon und a little lemon, peel, and
sweeten with sugar. When cold It mny
be taken freely hs a cooling drink nml
diuretic. A valuable drink In threatened
Huustroko and passive congestion of the
biulu.
Lumonnde.--PRre thinly tho rind of a
lemon and cut the lemon Into slices.
Put the peel and sliced lemon Into a Jug
with an ounce of white sugar und pour
over them one pint of boiling water.
Cover the Jug closely and digest until
cold. Strain or pour oft' the liquid.
Citron may be used Instead of lemon,
nnd likewise furnishes a grateful and
refreshing refrigerant beverage.
Milk Lemonade Sugar, one and a
half pounds, dissolved In a quart of boil
ing wuler together with half a pint of
lemon Juice and one ami a hull1 pints of
milk. This makes a cooling, agreeable,
iionrlsblng beverage.
White Wine Whey or Posset-To half
u pint of mill:, whilst boiling In a sauce
pan, add one wlueglassful of sherry and
nfterwards strain. Sweeten with pul
verized sugar according to taste. "A
useful drink In colds und mild febrile
disorders." (l'nvy.)
l.liiMeed Tea Place In n Jug one ounce
of bruised Unseed, two drarhniH bruised
licorice root, half ounce white sugar uud
two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice, und
Kur over them one pint of boiling wa
ter. (Viver lightly, and digest for three
of four hours near a lire. Strain
through linen before using. Thin makes
a mucilaginous liquid possessing mul
cent properties and of special value In
bronchial and urnlnitry affections.
Hurley Water with While of Kgg
Take n tablesiionf ul of course hurley
and wash well with cold water, reject
lug the washings. Then boll for an
hour or more with a pint and a half of
clean water In a covered vessel or
saucepan. Add a pinch of salt, enough
sugar to render palatable, anil strain.
To four or six ounces of barley water
tints repared add the while of one egg.
The value of this preparation In gastro
intestinal Inflammation and irritation
Is not easily overestimated. From the
Dietetic and Hygienic (lunette.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:
A gamlo of hot boiled milk Is recom
mended for n cough or sore throat. v
Carrots and turnips should boll forty
five minutes when youmr; one hour In win
ter. drained woods should be washed In cold
tea and then, utter being wiped dry,
rubbed with linseed oil.
Silver can be kept bright for months by
helm; placed In an Hlr-tlght case with a
good-sized piece of camphor.
If a tablespoonful of kerosene Is put Into
four quarts of tepid water, anil this Is
used In washing windows and mirrors. In
stead of pure water, there will remain
upon the cleaned surface n polish no
amount of mere friction can give.
In mounting photographs, always put
Just a dab of muellage on each corner,
nnd one or two about the middle. Instead
of spreading It over the whole surface.
It answers Just us well und does not cause
the board on which It Is mounted to curl
In drying.
For hives In children, rub the Irritated
skin or the pustules with castor oil, np
plled with tho tip of the linger. Pnby will
pass from fretting to slumber while the
process Is going on, the relief will be ho
great and quick. For Inflamed eyes,
bumped heads and sprained ankles, uso
abundantly water as hot as can be borne.
Hot water applied to a bruise will allay
pain and prevent discoloration. It has
superseded medical "eye waters" In tho
treatment of Inflamed and aching eyes.
An American author, whose excellent eye
sight was wonderful, when one consid
ered her nge and the Immense amount f.f
literary labor Hhe performed, attributed
It mainly to the custom of bathing her
eyes freely In water us hot as It could
be borne, night and morning.
One way of preventing delicate and
sweot-seented flowers from nagging Is to
cut them with several leaves on the stem,
and when the flower head Is placed In
water, to allow only this head to remain
above the water, while the leaves ore en-
V-ely subiniirged; by this means the
leaves seem to 'help support the flower,
which will then last for three days In a
fairly cool room.
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ABOUT NOTED WOMEN:
In civilized countries the nvernge age at
which women marry Is Zi years.
Muzzles are used on refractory women
In tho provincial penitentiary at Cologne.
Mrs. Rachel Cantor, who at 84 Is staying
at the Eorest Home, In Philadelphia, Is
said to be the oldest living actress.
One of the first women to register In
Wichita, Kan., was Mrs. Hnrrlet Mc
Murrny, a giddy girl of 115, who knew
Thomas Jefferson.
Down to the present century part of the
marrlnge ceremony In Hungary consisted
in the groom giving tho bride a kick to re
mind her of her subjection.
The widow of General Anderson, who
lives In Washington, treasures as a sacre I
relic the famous flag which wns on Fort
Sumter when the rebels attacked It.
In S!am the flrRt wife may bo divorced,
but ennnot be sold. The other wive mny
not only be divorced, but sold In open mar
ket. The men who buy them are also soi l.
If lletfonlshlre, England, girls are lucky
enough to Mud a pod containing nine pons
Ihey lay It under a gate and believe they
will have for a husband tho Hist man that
passes through It.
According to Mrs. Iturtnn Harrison, n
fjlrton girl remarked not long ago that
th" woman question would easily h'j
solved If wo could only have three genera
tions of single women.
Ladles who kiss their pet dogs nro
warned by tin less nn authority than Hi-.
Megntn, of the I'll rln Academy of Science,
that the little beasts are one of the great
agencies In spreading disease, especially
cuiiniimpijcii,
lihaubiil Fardoujeo unnnjep, nn Unban
womnn, carried off the first prlzo In lie
Itomboy Association of Artists. She we it
to Paris to complete her studies, nml ono
of her pictures wus accepted by the com
mit teo ot the salon.
At a church fn!r In Glasgow, Scotland,
forty femnlrs engaged In a towel-wnsli-Ing
content for prizes. The quickest
hands had their towels wnsh"d nnd hung
In about three minutes, and the prises
were nil won by single women,
In JK71) the census reported only seven
women sti'nrigrnphora In tho United
States. Now the number of persons earn
ing their living by typewriting nnd sten
ography Is estimated at mors than 17u,0.l,
of whom two-tlilrds lire women,
ltejnne commands a higher price for hT
talents than even a favnrlta prima donna,
According to excellent I'll r Is authority,
she receives $I,WKI ery performance, nml
In addition hor manager pays hr expenses
and provlus hor with a muld nd a dress
maker, Tho lltornry women In New York urn
Inking to publlo rending of their own
works as a menus of Increasing their In
comes nml ' their fame. Knto Douglas
Wlggnn, ItulH McEnery Stuart, Mrs. llur
ton Harrison and Edith Thomas hnvo re
cently read their stories nnd poems In pub
lic. Agnes Lormn, who Is considered In Ger
many to bo tho best exponent of the unrt
of Norn In Ibsen's "Doll's House," has
mnde a mo.it successful debut In St,
Petersburg.. So enthusiastic wcro tho au
diences that tho pleeo wns performed
threo times Instead of onco, and every
sent was booked beforehand.
In ono district of Dohomla the girls go
Into a field of poas and make there a gar
land of five or seven kinds ot flowers, all
of 01 fTo rent hues. The garland they must
sloep upon, lying wuth their right ur
upon, then they hear a voice from
underground which tells them what inau
ucr of men they will have for huslniuds.
Ibsen und the bicycle hardly uppeur com
patible.' Vet llllzabeth Kobblim, who Is
tho best known Interpreter of Ibsen on
any stage, and who has plsyed I he hero
ine In must uf Ib.icn's works that have
been put on In Loudon, Is tho same Mlla
btith Itoblilns Pennell who with her litis
bund inailii a blcyullng tour tlirounh Kn ,"
land when the Improved tumlciii ciiino
around u few years ago, lifter which '.ho
pair wrols u clever book or the tour.
WKLSII JOTTIXWS.
Welsh Llberallam Just now Is paying
the penally of complete success at the
last election. In country places Liber
als ure "resting on thelrhonnrs" and
quietly neglecting the Important work
or organization, whilst the political ene
my Is active In every Held.
The next volume of the Dictionary of
National fllography will cimlaln I he
ii.nneM of a number of eminent Welsh
men, Including Henry Salesbury, the
Welsh grammarian; William Salesbury,
the translator of the New Testament
Into Welsh; and David Samuel, of Naut
glyn, u well known Welsh poet.
An Interesting marriage took place at
I.lanelly recently, Harry Jones, of 'the'
Sun, fornierly of the South Wales Dally
News, being married to Miss Kmlly
JMalnwurlng, youngest daughter of the
late Thomas Malnwarlng, Llam-lly.
The ceremony was performed at Park
Congregational church, the Kev. II. F.l-Vt-t
Lewis olllclatlng.
Hume's views on Druldlmn had bet
ter not be communicated to llwfu Mon,
the Archdiuld or today. That hliitorlan
has written: "No species of supersti
tion wa ever inure terrible than that ut
tho Druids;" nnd a little further on,
"No Idolalroua worship ever attained
such an ascendant over mankind us
that of the ancient Gauls and llrltotis.
Wurrlnlon, In his "History of Wales,''
has eloquently eomniMlted on lite con
quest of the Cambro llrltotis In the fol
lowing words: "The fall of nations dis
tinguished only by misfortune or mere
ly Illustrious for conquest, may rise for
a moment a High of pity or the transient
effusions of applause; but a people like
the Welsh, satisfied with their moun
tains, who had been forced Into a long
and unequal contest In defense of their
mitlve rights, with few other recourses
other than their valor and u fond at
tachment of their liberties, though fall
ing In the ruins of their country, will
have a claim upon the esteem and ad
miration of the world us long as manly
sentiment and freedom fshull remain."
F. T. Llrcliam, bcal government
board Inspector, hold an inquiry at the
Carmarthen workhouse last week rela
tive to the complaint against Dr. John
Kills Edwards, medical officer for the
Conwll district, for his alleged neglect
In attending Maria Evans, a. deceased
pauper patient, of iiankbaoh. The Car
marthen board of guardians had called
upon Dr. Edwards for an explanation
of tho allegations that he hud neglect
ed to attend the old woman, who was
80 years of age, and thnt he Instructed
a girl servant to give a certificate of
death without seeing the patient and
the members expressed their disapprov
al of his conduct, and the Investigation
was the outcome of the correspondence
on the subject being placed In the hands
of tho government department. 'Dr.
Edwards brought forward evidence to
prove that he was attending a more
Important case at Carmarthen for six
hours on this particular day. The mat
ter will be duly reported to the local
government board, and the result sent
by that body to the Carmarthen board
of guardians.
Speaking at Louth, a stronghold of
Nonconformity, It. W. Perks, M. I, for
the division, said it could not fall to
gratify English Dissenters that the
most striking victory gained by the
government this session was In favor
of the severance of church and state In
Wales, and It wns a great satisfaction
to them to find thnt In the hour of trial
Mr. Chamberlain stood firm to the
sacred principle of religious equality
with which In by-gone times his name
was so closely Identified. It was an bb
tounding thing that out of the whole
band of Liberal Unionists, most of
whom were nurtured in the lap of Dis
sent, almost all of whom had over and
over again pledged themselves to Dis
establishment, two nlone were found
faithful. Every 'Methodist In the house
voted for the bill. It would have been
a most amuzing thing had It been other
wise, and It presented a more striking
refutation of the theory that the pros
perity of churches had anything to do
with the patronage and endowments of
the state. He quoted the following fig
ures to disprove the theory that, nu
merically, the Anglican church wns to
day stronger In England than Noncon
formity. The Establshi'd church pro
vided last year sittings In her churches,
chapels and mission rooms for G.4S1,;7ll
persons; the Methodists for nearly four
millions. There were 2.270.41H young
people In the church of England Sun
day schools and 1,75U.H00 In Methodist
Sunday schools, excluding the Calvln
Istlc Methodist Sunday schools In
Wnles. The number of churches In
England and Wales belonging In the
church of Kngjand In ISSJ, excluding
mission halls, was 14.7.1; the number of
Methodist chapels was then l:i,l!7il.
The first meeting of the creditors of
T. Cory, J. P.. of Swansea nml Tun
brldgu Wells, was held at the ulllclal
receiver's nlHce, Swnnsea, a few days
ago. A number of roof's having been
scoopted for the purpose of voting for
the apK)lntmetit of n trupteei the cred
itors present were asked If they had any
questions to put to the debtor. Mr.
Dovey said he should like to express his
regret at Ihe position In which Mr. Cory
found himself. Mr. Hurgess: Wo all
do that. The olllclnl receiver: I enn
Join In thnt, 1 nm very sorry, I nm
sure, to have seen Mr. Cory come before
me nl all In this adversity. Mr. Cory:
Thank you, gentlemen. It wan resolved
thnt the meeting be ndjourned to May
4, In order to enable the debtor to sub
mit a Bchomc of composition or arrange
ment, and that he be not udjudged a
bankrupt In the meantime.
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Random Notes of
Life 5n London,
Hiss Kaiser Graphically Describes a Visit
To the Celebrated Crystal-Palace.
Iiondon, April 17. They have some
funny old customs over here about the
observance of Ciood Friday and Easter,
und the days close to them. Last
Thursday, which was Holy Thursday,
Is 'also called Maundy or Maunduy
Thursday In England, from the old cus
tom of the king or queen distributing
films' at Windsor from a maundy dish
or alms basket. The quiwn was not In
England to perform this ceremony, so
It was dune by her chief almoner, who
ever that Is.
I remember, when nt the tower, see
ing two great gold plates ns large ns
Ihe ordinary dlHlipaim of tho kitchen
among the regalia, from which gigantic
soup plates tlie iHinleiit cuHtom of dis
tributing alms Is yearly observed. The
poor to whom this distribution takes
place, however, are not the poor of all
London, but only some indigent and In
llnn old beings In the parish of Wind
sor, where the palace In located, nnd
consists of u gift of some thirty or thirty-five
Hfillllngs.
l ulling Into IIIhiimo.
There used ito be mnundny money
coined In the mint for Just this Hpeclal
purpose, and also more poor to whom
to give It, but It Is one of tlb- old cus
toms whl-h they say will gradually full
Into disuse, as it here is i-hh and less
maunday money given -acli year, nnd
Instead of being distributed by the
reigning sovereign In person, who nt
the same time lined to wash the feet of
a few of bin loyal beggars us a Hlgn of
his humility, It Is usually given by some
oIllHal of 'the Queen's household, on ac
count of the ever present danger of be
ing shot, or blown up, that micron to ex
ist wherever there Is a king or a queen
to be Hhot at or blown up. I shouldn't
care to be a reigning monarch; they
seem to be considered nothing more nor
less 'than an Interesting kind of target
by some of their people.
Well, to move on to flood Friday, we
find here another old custom, and that
Is that everybody eats hot cross buns
on that day. The venders go about the
streets all day crying that old rhyme:
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Ono u penny, two a penny!
Hot cross buns!
lluy 'em for your daughters,
liny 'em for your sons,
Hot cross buns!
Hut cross buns!
We had them for breakfast. They
are Just like other buns, except that
they have a cross upon the upper sur
face. They sre full of currants, and
are not at all wonderful, as pastry, and
I managed to eat only one. The Eng
lish seem to set great store by eating,
and commemorate almost every holi
duy by something special to eat on it.
A Nation of Epicures.
On Christmas It is roast beef and
plum pudding, and as many pieces of
different plum puddings as you eat,
why Just so many happy months will
there be for you In the coming new year.
There Is a great time exchanging pieces
of plum pudding during the holidays,
so that everybody manages to get
pieces of twelve different puddings for
the twelve months In the year. Tou
have to eat them all, too, which is the
worst of It,
On Shrove Tuesday everybody eats
"pancakes" and on Oood Friday comes
the hot cross buns. Then on Whitsun
day, six weeks after Easter, comes the
gooseberry tarts, which are the national
dessert for that day, they tell me, while
on Michaelmas Day, In September, It
Is the religion of the English, or the
majority of them at least, to consume
roast goose.
Visiting Crystal Palace.
On Oood Friday my landladies took
me down to Crystal Palace to spend the
day, and a, delightful day It was, too.
"England's giant Cucumber frame." ns
John Husklu calls it, Is Just outside of
London In the most beautiful and
healthful spot that can be Imagined.
Perched upon very high ground, as high
indeed, ns the top of the dome ot St.
Paul's, and surrounded by the most
wonderfully beautiful grounds, It is a
breathing spot nnd recreation place for
the whole population of London.
The palace Is, as Its name Implies,
built entirely of glass, nt least the out
side of It Is, the different pieces of glass
and crystal being held together by n
slight iron framework, which, wherever
It appears, Is painted white, po that tho
effect of the whole building Is very light
Indeed, and It forms a splendid place
for the exhibition of the different art
collections which are here.
Almost llnffles Inscription.
I do not knotv how to pot about de
scribing the plnce, as there Is so much
to say, snd ns lit Is nil In the supertnllve,
I nm afraid "It will be rather tiresome
description. The whole thing brought
bnck the World's fair to my mind most
vividly, for It was very like It, Indeed.
Miss Itndlra! Informed me thnt It had
been, In fact, nn exhibition building,
nnd wus en vtod for that purpose In
Hyde Park for the International affair
of isrd, 1 think, nnd that nfter the
fair wns over, they had It taken npnrt,
lucked up nnd brought down here,
whore It wns ngaln set up nnd has been
used for ft most delightful plnce of re
creation, entertainment nnd Instruction
to millions of visitors ever since.
The entrance fee Is very small, nnd
the train on which we" went down was
crowded with thousands of visitors,
some of them very poor people, Indeed,
nnd most of them of Ihe "common"
rlnp.vs, so that ono cnti see what nn
Immense amount of good such n place
docs for all kinds of people, both rich
nnd poor, but especially for the poor.
Even the railway entrance to it Is lone
ly, being a sort of Moorish arrange
ment of pillars of colored stones, mid
sfterpBssIng through this vaulted pass
ago. ' we entered the pulnco proper,
where everything wns light nnd music
nnd beauty on every hnnd.
Amid Luxurious Tropical Plnnta.
The building Is very Inrnre, and, ns 1
snld before, tho glnss walls are a most
Ingenious Idea. The stronK light this
furnished, together with the warmth of
the pluce a well, make it quite a con
servatory, and one wing of It Is de
voted to the growing of tropical plants,
ferns, great pnlms, nnd so on. A pretty
little brook runs through this part and
great ferntrees grow up from It, nnd Its
cute little, mosses and smaller ferns on
the barks. The great rope vine of India
grows In a corner here, too, nnd its
foliage Is so thick nnd long that It
forms a perfect llttlo. or, rather, large
grove here, through which we passed.
The queerest and most beautiful flower
ing shrubs and trees are planted and
growing here, and blooming: away most
happily, too. Miss Radical says that
some of them are extremely rare, and
have been brought, together with the
earth in which they are growing-, from
Africa, India and Japan. I really wns
quite dumbfounded by all the tropical
luxuries here, It wa all so beautiful,
and certainly exceeded anything 1 had
seen ever In the horticultural and agri
cultural buildings at the World's fair,
which Is saying a great deal, I think.
The place Is so Inrgo, and the trees
and plants so like a piece of outdoors,
that the birds fly In through the ven
tilating windows and build in the trees.
They were singing awny like little an
gels the day I was there and flying
about as busily us though they were
perfectly at home, a I dare suy they
were,
Curious IClhnologicnl Spoclmcns.
A nice Idea connw.-ted with this trop
ical plant collection was tho exhibition
with them of the peoples of the coun
try from which they came. With the
plants from Africa there was a group
of Abysslnlun Indians, all going ubout
their little village routine, and among
the trues and foliage from Australia
were grouped the life-like Images of a
family from the Push, nnd bo on. Even
North America was represented, und
"my forefathers," aw Miss Had leal
culled them, In the shape of a family of
the Ited Indian, sat sunning themselves
umMigtheenvlronment of the trees und
plants of our glorious country. I dis
claimed the American Indian, however,
an one uf my forefathers.
We left here ami wandered through a
Pompellan village, where we could not
mako out where tho Pompellans of old
slept. We searched their fious all
over, from the front door to the primi
tive kitchen, und saw very curious
rooms and places, but we could not de
cide Just where these Italians stowed
themselves away for a nap. 1 suppose,
now, that it must have been on the
couches, which I, for one. Just took for
a sort of sofa. We then went through
some restored Egyptian temples, which
were Indeed very grand, with their
groves of gigantic pillars, In th Bhade
of even one of which I could have lol
tered as the Egyptians used 'io of old.
Another thing which wus very Interest
ing to me was an exact model which
there Is here of the Alhambra. Of
course, we went through it, and, oh!
how beautiful a thing this palace must
W-. It simply took my breath away,
ft Is, as you know, the finest example
of Moorish architecture In the world,
and, going from this, we passed
through several more models, each one
of them a reproduction of the finest
specimen of the architecture of which
it was an example. I enjoyed this tour
immensely, and saw, by the way,
among these samples of the best in
architecture the samples of what was
best In sculpture as well.
Object l essons in Architecture.
These .reproductions of the old sculp
tures were In plaster, of course, as the
originals are priceless, and in muse
ums, but these copies are of Just as
much value, from the point of view of
the instruction of the people, as the
originals themselves. Of modern stat
uary there Is no lack however, and the
palace abounds in hundreds and thou
sands of the most beautiful marbles
Imaginable, some of them very valua
ble, which have been bequeathed from
time to time to this institution.
We did several ather parts of the
palace, and then went outside to look
at the grounds, which are beautiful,
Indeed. Taking in, as they do, a great
deal of the surrounding country, and
beautified, as they are, by statuary, ar
tificial waters and magnificent shrub
bery, they are a veritable triumph of
landscape gardening. Indeed, I do not
think that 1 ever really understood, be
fore, what actual landscape garden
ing Is, There are miles of grass, over
which you may run and play to your
heart's content. It was here that the
little Joke which is now going the
rounds of the papers in both countries,
originated. A little girl, on a first visit,
exclaimed to her father: "Oh! Papa,
how many policemen they must need
here!"
"No," said the father, "why should
they?"
"Why, there Is so much grass to keep
off of," replied the child.
Painty l ittle Daisies.
We walked over the lawns nnd I
picked little daisies that were growing
there. They were not like our daisies,
but are small nnd pink tipped, and very
dainty, nnd growing away here In the
middle of April. 1 had my first glimpse
of some cedar trees, too, for I must
acknowledge that I never had seen a
real cedar before. There were quite a
number of these growing, some of them
very fine ones Indeed, nnd they looked
Just like the Hlblo pictures of the
cedars of Lebanon. The shade which
they cast Is lovely.
We went through the "Masse," a sort
of labyrinth In a llttlo round piece of
woods, out of which they say thnt yon
can never find your way without the
help of the guide, who (comes nnd
fetches you out In the end as you are
pulling your way along nnd getting
very much provoked with yourself for
being so stupid. We had to be estrl
cated Just like everyone else on a first
visit, nnd went on to n little lake near
by, where they sail little ships; then to
the cricket fields, the cycling tracks,
tho foot-ball grounds, the switch back
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railway, the toboggan elide; and those
other "Atlantic CHy arrangements"
as I promptly dubbed them.
' Wa then went through an old fash
ioned fair, which is a Very quaint and
pretty little part of tho outdoor Bights,
and from there to the lurge hike, on
which the people were rowing about in
pleasure boats, Just ns they do on the
dear old Susquehunnn at. home. We
then somehow got Into the prettiest
little. pi.-ce of wooded land thnt I ever
saw. Little brooks ran through It with
every once In a while a small still lake,
on the bosom of which a family of
very stately s-nns were floating about.
These fascinated me quite, and I could
hardly bo torn away from the contem
plation of their graceful way of moving
over the water. Little bridges spnnncd
tho stream, and cute little puths 1I
all over, while nt every pretty point
there were rocky little seats to drop
down in and enjoy tho view.
In tho liowcr of Hoses,
Wo. made our wuy through this
woods, where I should like to have
ublded all day, to the Itosary, a largo
round summer house, made of inter
secting arches of rose vines, which. In
the summer, they say, bloom until tho
end of October, thus making the wholo
place a verltablo bower of roses. I
siipposo that Is why they call It tho
Itosary. We were rather near tho
Palace again by this time, nnd could:
hear the great Handel organ in the
concert hall pealing out some magnifi
cent preludo to tho sacred concert
which was to follow, and to which wo
wished to go, so we rnad't our way in
again.
In tho center of the. PaIac Is a very
largo space which Is formed Into a con
cert hall, and which makes ono of tho
largest and finest in the world. Tho
places for the orchestra and choruses
ure magnificent; and It Is here that the
great Handel festivals are always held,
on account of the splendid space ac
commodation. Put this Is not all.
There are other smaller concert halls
within the precincts of this great glase
hou.se, besides a most beautiful and.
roomy theati-r, and a performance or a
concert is always going on, so that peo
ple can come into them, sit down and
rest and hear the music at the same
time. The management always have
the best of amus'-rn'-rits provided, and
the people hav the same talent here
as Is brought lfore the most critical
and fastidious audiences in any part
of London or the Kingdom.
Music and Monkeys.
We could not g'-t s-ats, as It was
already too crowded, so we ordered our
tea and sat down to It within ear-shot
of the concert, and enjoyed it in that
way. The contralto. Marion Macken
zie, sang, and then the sopranos, Anna
WlHianjs and Ella P.uff'-I, the American
concert singer who is doing so very
well in London. Santley and Edward
Lloyd were the men, and sang pimply
divinely, while the chorus and orches
tral works was a treat to h'-ar.
' We went to the mcakey house after
that and saw the funr.y monkeys, and
by that time the band of the P.oyal
Household troops l"-gan To arrive to
give their concert. We hurr!-i4 to get
seats for this, as they are supposed to
be the crack band of the kingdom, be
longing as they do to her majesty's
house, and being on that account ex
empt from for-rign service. We had
good seats for their performance, and
sat through it all. They cer'.ainljr did
I play very well; as well as a ban J can.
I suppose. After that wa oicuntd to
the picture galleries upFtairs, ajid spent
a couple of delightful hours amen
some perfectly wonderful pictures. W
were by that time so dreadfully tireJ
that we could not make up our minds t j
stay any later and se? the fireworl:
which were sent off outside the palac.
and which are one of the features .ll
summer long, of this fascinating place.
So we came heme, in as crowded a
train as the one in which we went ar.A
I like It so much that I am jeinc again
Just as soon as I have a half a day and
eighteen pence to spare.
I wish I could do It justice in de
scribing it to v out I could not wre
1 to use np all the nicest adjectives :n
the dictionary. It was simply entranc
ing. I can only say that ehe environ
ments are nothing short of charming,
being all that art and nature com
bined can do to make the place de
lightful. The palace itself is a monu
ment to the ingenuity of the man, Sir
Joseph Paxton, who devised It, and is
nil of actual glass, held together with
a fragile looking iron frame work. The
light and heat thus furnished the place
nre delightful. The whole place minis
ters to the good of every one who p.ns
there. Entertainment, pleasure, recrea
tion and through and above all these.
Instruction, is in every corner nnd turn
of IU Sadie E. Kaiser.
And This Is Man.
A tiny speck upon the scene where lights
and shadows meet.
A merest atom on A- field where Joy and
sorrows fleet ;
A simple 'nothing in the w hirl of atrug-
lliiK. seething life,
With Its greatest, best endeavor a mere
xero in the slrife.
A brief snd tired existence, feeble at Its
greatest height;
A flickering star w hose meagier beam is
quickly lost In nlrht;
A thing whose life nnd being hangs on a
hair-like thread,
Suspended from s. vast unknown where
sleep unnumbered dead;
With mystery for beginning and oblivion
at the end.
As myriad worlds of atoms ever on and
upward trend.
Yet this small, presumptuous morsel,
with a vision lame nnd dim.
Sometimes really thinks the universe was
solely mnde for him.
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