THE SCRAOTTON TRIBUNESATURDAY MOBNtNG,' MAlf 1 1 i 18&5.
Fsicts of Interest :i :'r Vi ? ;
Td-Woraee Readers.'
Symposium of Information,; Partly Grave,
";' Partly QossJpy and. Partly. Qay.
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"Where ore you going, my pratty maid?"
"To Vuasur College, sir," she said,
"Sir," she Midi .
"Sir," she said,
"To Vulgar College, Blr," she mld.
"May I go with you, my pretty maid?''
" 'TIs a female college, sir," Bhe said.
"How may one enter, my pretty maid?''
"Solely by Intellect, sir," she sold.
"What will you do then, my pretty maid?"
"Take an A. B. If I can," she said
"Then won't you marry me, my pretty
mold?"
"Nay, we'll be bachelors, sir," she said.
"What will you do then, my protty maid?"
"I shall bo Master of Arts," she sold.
"Then won't you marry me, my pretty
maid?"
"You would be master of me," she said.
"What will you do then, my pretty maid?"
"Try for a Ph. D., sir," she said.
"Then I won't marry you, my pretty
mnld?"
"Nobody asked you, sir," she said,
"Sir,' she said,
"Sir," she said,
"Nobody asked you, sir," she said.
Louisville Courier Journal.
A woman has (this year for he first
time succeeded In wresting the title
"doctor of literature" away from pe
dantic man In London. The name of
the fair fortunate Is Elizabeth Dawes.
She has been chiefly taught by her
father, Ucv. J. S.. Dawes, D. D.. a well
known schoolmaster at Surbltlon, and
not many years since the president of
the association of private schoolmas
ters. Her natural capacity was quite
remarkable, and under her father's
teaching she obtained In 1SS1 the first
place In the open classical scholarship
examination at GIrton college. The col
lege authorities decided she was too
young for the scholarship she was
then not IS but the next year she was
elected to Lady Stanley's scholarship,
and commenced residence at GIrton in
October. During her three years she
pursued her studies with distinction,
and In 1SS5 she was placed we may not
yet say graduated in the second class
of the classical tripos. Meanwhile she
had been passing the examinations of
London university. In 1S82 she was
placed in the first division of the Inter
mediate, with the .prize for German,
and in 1SS5 she passed the full It. A.,
with honors In Greek nnd Latin. Two
years later she was fifth on the list of
M. A.'s in the classical branch of the
examination, and in 1SS9 she passed
first in mediaeval and modern French
and German, In order to qualify for the
degree of doctor of literature, which
she has just attained.
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THE GOLDEN MEAN:
The girl. of ninety years azo
Wore pklmpy frocks and sandal shoes!
A wholesome reverence she could show
For snuffy men with canes and queues.
The new girl kicks the traces o'er.
She apes a boy and pets an 'Ism;
Her pallid Ups Invoke no more
Papa, potatoes, prunes and prism.
And yet, though green carnations flaunt
With yellow asters down the street,
I know fulUmany afcpuntr'haunt
Where violets dwell, serene and sweet.
Nor prucles nor hoydens flourish there,
But maids the golden mean have found;
And 'tis the love their lovers share
That makes this dusty world go round.
Pall Mall Gazette.
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There are more heroes, writes "Am
ber," than those who die on battlefields;
more martyrs than those the world's
memory embalms; more saints than
those whose names are told on rosaries.
What courage does the soldier need who
marches. Into battle with the song of
bugles and a nation's cheers to overflow
his excited brain with a delirious daring
compared to that required of a feeble
woman to put to rout the legion cares
that dally besiege her way; to control
sudden temper, the offspring of shat
tered nerves, and to hold herself stead
fast and sweet through days that are
like armed men in their onslaught upon
peace. There is an exalted enthusiasm
that carries the martyr to his doom,
but In the prosaic lot of many women
what enthusiasm can clothe the barren
life with anything worthy the crown
and the palm that lie beyond the mar
tyr's suffering? The saintly lives that
cast the whiteness of their bloom In se
cluded cloisters, apart from the world's
allurements, folded from Its temptations
as lambs are folded from the preying
wolf and the bitter storm, leave fair
and lovely records. It Is true, of tender
ministrations and sweet self-abnegation;
of prayers as pure as snow that
falls on mountain peaks, or stars that
wing their way above them, but why
should It be otherwise? Should not
lilies spring in sheltered gardens and
roses clamber over the trellis that lov
ing hands prepare? But when you find
the lily blooming on the dusty highway
and the rose budding above the homely
hut of poverty, then take notice of its
beauty, for angels might honor It and
God himself consent toi wear It next His
heart. When I see healthy men and
women condemning the nervous weak
ness of some poor woman made queru
lous by battles hotter than Gettysburg
or. Waterloo, I "fancy I see a lot of
blacksmith hammers sitting In judg
ment upon the vibratory Instincts of a
watch spring.
ETHELINDA'S COOKING:
When Ethellnda cooks, oh, ho!
. Th biscuits drop, the cake Is dough,
And yet I dare not tell her bo I
When Ethellnda cooks, I guess
You couldn't make her think each mess
Was not a most profound success.
When Ethellmla cooks, alas)
I wonder how It came to pass I
.That she survived the cooking class.
When Ethellnda cooks, it's wise
To praise the puddings and the pies,
. For It you don't she sometimes crlM,
'
When Ethellnda cooks, T say
'We steal up town at middle day,
And get a lunch for which we pay,
Susie M. Best
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Speaklpff.of matrimonial complica
tions, here are two worthy of note:
Some time ago a marriage took place In
Birmingham, which- brought about a
very complicated state of family rela
tion. The woman had been married
three times before, and each time had
taken for .her husband a widower with
children. Her fourth husband was a
widower, and, as he had children by his
first wife, .who Was herself a widow
.with children when he married her,, the
newly married couple started their
matrimonial companionship with a
family, composed of the progeny of
eight previous marriages. Another
curious case was that of Dr. King, of
Adelaide, a widower, who married a
Miss Norrls. Shortly after the doc
tor's honeymoon the doctor's son mar
ried a sister of the doctor's wife. Then
a brother of the doctor's wife married
the doctor's daughter. In other words,
the doctor's son became his step-mother's
brother-in-law, and the doctor's
daughter became her steft-mother's sister-in-law.
The doctor, by the marriage
of his son to the sister of the doctor's
wife, became father-in-law to his sister-in-law,
and the doctor's wife, by the
marriage of her sister to her step-son,
became step-mother-ln-law to her own
sister. By the marriage of the brother
of the doctor's wife to the doctor's
daughter, the doctor became father-In-law
to his brother-in-law, and the doc
tor's wife became step-mother-ln-law
to her own brother. It is an unsolved
problem as to what relationship the
children of the contracting parties are
to each other.
SELECTED RECIPES:
To Make Lemon Extract. To make
a good lemon extract, grate off enough
of the outside yellow peel of lemons to
fill a small bottle and cover it with pure
alcohol. Do r.ot allow any of the white
part of the rind to get In when grating.
This will require care, but neglect in
this particular will give a blttle flavor
to the extract that Is not desirable.
Strain the contents of the bottle after
three weeks, and use an even teaspoon
ful of the extract to flavor a quart of
custard or any similar dish In which
It Is used.
Orange Shortcake. Sift two cupfuls
of Hour with two teaspoonfuls of bak
ing powder, rub In one cupful of buttei,
mix with a cupful of milk, roll out thin
and bake on layer-cake pans. Butter
whllo hot. Just before serving, cover
each layer liberally with oranges, cut
up and sweetened. Serve with a gen
erous pitcher of sweetened orange
juice. Good Housekeeping.
Orange Jolly. Dissolve half a box of
gelatine in half a cupful of cold water.
Cut six crnnges In halves, remove the
pulp carefully and lay the skins in cold
water. Add to this pulp the juice of
two lemons, cne cupful of sugar and
one cupful of boiling water. Add gela
tine, stir all together and strain. Dry
theinsldesof the skins, notch the edges,
1111 with the jelly and set In a cold place.
When stiff, serve with white cake or
kisses. This Is as delicious as it Is
pretty.
Hlce Pudding. One tea cup of rice,
one tea cup of sugar, one quant of milk,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon; bake
slowly one and one-half hours. ,
Green Sponge Cake. Two tea cups of
sugar, one of cream, two of flour, four
eggs, one teaspoonful of baking powder
and one teaspoonful extract lemon;
bake quickly.
Jumbles. One and one-half cups
white sugar, three-fourths cup of but
ter, 'three eggs, ijne-half cupi sweet
milk, one-half teaspoon soda, teaspoon
cream tartar.
Ham Salad'. One pound of boiled
ham, chopped fine; one-half dozen of
small pickles, chopped fine also; add a
little chopped celery and serve with a
dressing as for a chicken salad.
Cream Fudding. One pint of flour,
one pint of milk, one teaspoon of salt;
to this add six eggs well beaten and
three teaspoons white sugar and one
tablespoonful of extract of lemon. Bake
In buttered dish.
White Cake. One cup heaping full of
sugar, piece of butter size of an egg,
rub to a cream; two-thirds sup of sweet
milk, two cups sifted flour, two tea
spoons baking powder, whites of three
eggs beaten to a stiff froth and add last.
Corn llread. One pint of corn meal,
over which boiling water has been
poured, enough to scald It; add a pint
of milk and three well beaten eggs, also
one teaspoonful of salt and the same of
yeast powder; bake In a quick oven.
Fruit Cake. One cup of molasses, one
cup of brown sugar, ne cup of short
ening, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of
soda,- three cups of flour, two cups of
dried apples before being soaked. Beat
and stir In one egg and add raisins and
spices to suit. Soak the apples over
night. In the morning put in molasses
and sugar, boiling down quite thick.
Muffins. One heaping cup flour, two
thirds cup meal, one and one-half cups
sour milk, one teaspoonful lard, one
egg, salt and soda. Beat hard and put
one spoonful of the batter into well
buttered muffin cups. Bake in a hot
oven. They are so nice for breakfast,
and can be made so quickly. I have
seen many receipts for muffins, but
none just like these.
Flemish Carrots Boil six or eight
good sized carrots about three-quarters
of an hour, or until tender, then cut
them Into dice like pieces and stew
them with five small onions, one sprig
of parsley, chopped, one pint of water,
one tablespoonful of butter and salt and
pepper; cook closely covered until the
onions are done, then add a little thick
ening mixed in rich milk, and serve
very hot with any kind of rbast meat.
Boiled Potatoes with Sweet Sauce
Beat four ounds of boiled potatoes In
a mortar, with a glassful of white wine,
half a nutmeg, grated, a little mace and
the yolks of three eggs, a little salt
and one tablespoonful of melted butter;
make ft In a roll; beat the yolks of two
eggs well and mix with half a cupful
of fine crumbs and cover the whole
roll well with it; place in a buttered
dish; bake In a moderate oven until well
browned; serve with a sauce made with
half a pint of white wine, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, the yolks of two
egga; mix all together and stir over the
fire until it Is rather thick, then pour
it over the rolled potatoes.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
To remove Ink stains from the hands
rub the spots with the wet head of a com
mon parlor match.
In roasting meat turn with a spoon, in
stead of a fork, as the latter pierces the
meat and lets the Julco out,
A teaspoonful of cornstarch mixed with
a cupful of salt will remove all possibil
ities of dampness in the shaker.
When you wish to cook anything quick
ly In an open vessel do not leave the spoon
In It, as It carries off some heat.
Use soapy water when making starch.
Tho clothes will have a glossier appear
ance, and the irons be less likely to stick.
Instead o'f putting food In the oven to
keep hot for late comers, try covering It
closely with a tin and setting K over a
basin of hot water. This plan will keep
the food hot and at the same time prevent
It from drying. ;
The right way to roll your umbrella is
to take hold of the ends of the ribs and
the stick with the same hand and hold
them tightly enough to prevent their be
ing twisted with the other hand. It Is
twlBtlng the ribs out of shape around the
stick and fastening them there that spoils
most umbrellas. , "
When you buttonhole scallops In your
embroidery hold the concave edge towards
you, and Instead of knotting your thread,
which may cause trouble later, take a
few running stitches to start the thread.
Always put through tho eye of the needle
first the end of the thread which eomes
oft the spool, and tho thread will be less
apt to knot and snarl.
If any pant of the body Is heated more
than the rest by overdrosBing it or any
other cause an undue flow of blood sets
In toward the part, often resulting in
chronlo Inflammation. A fatal case of
kidney disease, once developed by work
ing at a link with the back near a heated
stove. Similar effects are produced by
having one part of the body more warm
ly clothed than the rest.
Table-cloths and napkins should not be
hemmed until they have first been shrunk
en; but before tho shrinking process each
one should be made Into its proper length.
If this Is done they will always fold evenly
when Ironed, which is not the case if made
up without shrinking, or if shrunken In
the piece and then made into proper
lengths.
An English way to cover flower-pots Is
to jiaste the narrow ends of the tissue
paper sheet together and cut it of the
right height, making the top edge tulip
pointed. Crimp the paper together the
same way. as the lamp shade; this will
bring it about the right size to fit an or
dinary flower-pot. . il-'lulsh with a rib
bon of tho same shade.
ABOUT NOTED WOMEN:
Russia has five female astronomers who
have submitted papers to the Academy of
Science.
Mrs. Samuel Crawbaugh, of Cleveland,
O., is tho first woman in Ohio to register
as a qualified voter.
A fashionable dress designer In the west
end of London Is computed to mnke on un
average between t-u.WV and $30,0W a year.
Having saved up 000,000 crowns since 1S0O,
the women of Norway are going to pre
sent their government with a torpedo
bout.
Mrs. Gilder, wife of the editor of the
Century Mugazlne, never pays calls. Shu
entertains a great deal and she says she
would be killed If she had to make formal
culls.
Kate Field says she thinks that Worth
made her the only dress that he ever made
of American meterlul. It' was American
satin, and it took coaxing to get him to
touch It.
Mrs. Frances Klork, of the Colorado leg
islature, has Introduced a bill In tho house
providing for an industrial school for
girls and appropriating $15,01X1 for its es
tablishment and maintenance.
An old woman who plays a hand organ
on Denver streets has been found to be
worth over $100,000 and to earn as high as
$25 a day. Last year Bhe hired a crying
child to hold In her lap for $3 a week.
Mrs. W. B. Brown, of Washington, N.
C. has given to the state council of
King's Daughters a beautiful home, which
Is to be used as a home for Imbecile chil
dren. The legislature of the state will be
asked to make appropriations for its sup
port. The Princess Strozzl was sentenced at
Bologna to twelve days' imprisonment for
theft. She was employed as a chamber
maid In a hotel and yielded to tempta
tion to relieve her parents' necessities.
The Strozzl family IB a younger branch of
the famous house of that name.
Woman In marble has frequently been
lifted high In the air as figuring liberty or
Justice, but In San Francisco the colossal
figure of Progress, for the dome of the city
hall, Is a winged female figure IT-Mj feet
high and holding aloft a torch. At night
this torch will be brilliantly illuminated,
and, as the statue Is over 300 nbovo the
ground, It makes a beacon light of Prog
ress. Miss Bird, the traveler, has stated that
Japan, of course In time of peace, spends
twice as much upon the ' elementary
schools as upon the navy, while Great
Britain spends more than twice as much
upon her navy as upon her elementary
schools. Herbert Lewis, M. P., In quot
ing this statement, remarked that the ex
traordinary progress of Japan in both di
rections might well give us cause for re
flection. A very picturesque view of cookery Is
given by Kuskin when he says: "Cookery
means the knowledge of Medea and of
Clree and of Helen and of Kcbekah and of
the Queen of Sheba, It means the knowl
edge of all herbs and fruits and balms nnd
spices, and of all that Is healing and sweet
In fields and groves and savory In meats.
It means carefulness and Inventiveness
and willingness and readiness of appli
ance. It means the economy of your
grandmothers and the science of the mod
ern chemist; It means much testing nnd
no wasting; It means English thorough
ness and French art and Arabian hls
pitallty; and, In fine, It maens that you are
to bo perfectly and always ladles' loaf
givers." Women have painted battle pictures and
they have written battle hymns, but not
until now has any American woman sculp
tured a fighting commander. "Theo.
RuKgles-Kltson," says the Boston Tran
script, "has been commissioned to make
for the city of Providence a bronze statue,
7 feet and 6 Inches high, of Esek Hopkins,
the first admiral of the American navy,
and a native of Rhode Island. It Is per
haps one of the most conspicuous In
stances in this country of the selection of
a woman as the sculptor of a heroic figure.
Her sketch model won the Instant liking
of tho commissioners and of the Hopkins
descedants. Coming from the hand of a
delicate woman, the model Is strangely
strong and forceful, simple and temperate,
and altogether satisfactory. Admiral Hop
kins In the clay sketch is represented as
giving a command from his quarter-deck
and pointing a long marine glass toward
tho enemy. It has a good deal of the kind
of spirit which has made the Concord
Minute Man' famous."
THE WOMEN OF FRANCE.
Heroines nnd Martyrs Who Have Exerted
a Powerful Influence.
At all times In France women have
exercised potent Influence, politically,
socially and sentimentally. The coun
try of Jeanne d'Arc has never lacked
heroines and martyrs. During the
reigns of Catherine de Medici's misera
ble sons, their Italian mother, by her
absolute, cruel and narrow-minded
policy, plunged the country Into the
horrors of St. Batholomew, which were
only equaled by the excesses of the
Reign of Terror. During the corrupt
reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, the
Influence of women at court, and there
fore all over France, was paramount
and entirely pernicious to the welfare
of the people.
Women In all ages have matched the
men; bo as noble aspirations, unselfish
ness, love of Justice and right were at
a discount among the men who crowded
the courts of the licentious Bourbons,
where the debauchery and depravity
were unparalleled since the era of Tl
berlous and Commodus, the throngs
of titled courtesans merrily Joined their
royal and aristocratic lovers In spend
ing the revenues exacted from the mis
erable peasants with tears of blood,
until similar tears were extorted from
them In turn by the revolution they
originated.
Many generations of bad government
by kings, courtesans and courtiers, the
oppressions of the rich clergy and no
bles who monopolized all that was worth
having In the state, and exacted their
taxes and aelgnorlal dues from those
who at last had nothing left to tax,
culminated In the Intense misery of the
years Immediately preceding 1789, the
first year of deliverance, and bred In
the hearts of the victims a ferocity of
hate for their oppressors, a fierce love
of the principles of liberty, and an
overwhelming desire for Its immediate
fruition. In 17S9 women of all classes
threw themselves with ardor Into the
great revolutionary movement, and by
thelrhurnlng enthusiasm Intensified the
zeal of the men and urged them on to
heroic deeds of eelf-sacrlflce and duty
to suffering humanity.
Women of noble and unselfish Ideals
such as Mme. Roland, or of stainless
life and character like Charlotte Cor
day, or tho fascinating, fearless, un
happy Therolgne de Mericourt, the he
roine of the women's march to Ver
sailles, or the women of the people,
full of hate and desire of vengeance,
who crowded round the guillotine in
1793, uttering ferocious shouts and
counting with exultation the ghastly
heads as they fell before the axe of
Sanson, were one and all animated by
ithe same passionate love of liberty, the
mother of all virtues. All were ready
to sacrifice their lives gladly for free
dom, conscious of the righteousness of
their cause and If its ultimate triumph.
Many unthinking, superficial people
even now, who have never known what
It is to suffer and be despoiled to sup
port the luxury and vice of tyrants,
while shuddering at the excesses of the
Reign of Terror, entirely Ignore the
causes of the sanguinary deeds which
stand forth so luridly. They do not
realize that nothing but a terrible bap
tism of blood could have regenerated
such a corrupt country, and purged It
from Its grossness and selfish indiffer
ence to wrong-doing. It was civil war
In another form. When the day of ven
geance came, how was It that the wo
men seemed more ferocious than the
men? The answer Is very simple.
They had suffered more, and "great
miseries are always ferocious." , .
WELSH J0TTIX0S.
An Interesting letter has been re
ceived In Wales from Vancouver
Island, on the North Pacific coast, from
the Rev. W. Evans (Monwyson), Wes
leyan minister, of Llandudno, who Is
on a preaching and lecturing tour In the
United States. He states that he has
preached and lectured to the four de
nominations in the United States, and
has promised to preach at the Welsh
Association of the Calvlnlatlc Method
ists and the Cymanfaoedd of the Con
gregatlonallsts. Mr. Evans is not ex
pected home until the autumn, when
he will have been absent from Wales
for twelve months. He addressed a few
meetings In Scranton last summer.
The notices of amendments In com
mittee given In connection with the Es
tablished church (Wales) bill number
over a hundred, of which no fewer than
sixty-one stand In the name of Mr.
Tomllnson. Viscount Wolmer has given
notice of eleven, Mr. Kenyon of one,
Sir Richard Webster of upwards of
thirty. Mr. Tomllnson's amendments
provide for, among other things, the
commissioners maintaining in proper
repair the cathedral churches, of the
Principality, and that the bishops and
other eccllsiastical persons shall have
at all times priority to conduct ser
vices In the cathedrals and adjacent
church properties, and that the cathe
drals shall be open nt all times for the
private devotions of the members ot
the church. Another amendment pro
vides that persons aggrieved at the Ju
dicial decisions of the commissioners
under powers conferred by the act, may
apply by summons to tho Supreme
court, and the Supreme court shall have
all the powers in reference to any mat
ter complained of as If the commis
sioners formed a court of inferior Juris
diction. Several amendments standing
In Mr. Tomllnson's name .provide for
the church being called In the act "the
Church of England," and not "the
Church In Wales." In several places
where the church Is styled in the latter
form he seeks to substitute the words
"four Welsh dioceses." Provision Is
made In clause 15 of the act for the ap
pointment of diocesan synods for pur
poses of government, but it Is now
sought by amendment to add represen
tation for ecclesiastical government In
the house of convocation of Canter
bury or In any council or synod of the
churches In communion with the
church of England, ot any general
council of the whole church. It is
sought to add thnt nothing contained In
the act shall prevent the application as
heretofore by the governors of Queen
Anne's Bounty of such portion as they
deem expedient of the funds at their
disposal for the Improvement of poor
livings or for relieving the necessities
of parishes Impoverished by the act.
A clause Is added In favor of the forma
tion of parish committees. This clause
is a peculiar one, as It requires the
commissioners, after the passing of the
act, to cause a list to be made In each
parish of the persons of full age, and
an Inquiry Is to be made whether these
persons elect to be members of the
church of England or not after dises
tablishment. The entries of the nn
Bwers are to be made In the list. This
list Is to be suspended at the church
door for a month for corrections to be
made by parishioners. A copy of this
roll Is then to be supplied to the In
cumbent and tho churchwardens, and
to the bishop, the archdeacons, the
rural deans, and other ecclesiastical
officers. Mr. Jasper More's single no
tice provides for the non-lncluslon in
the scope of the net of that part of
Montgomeryshire which Is In the dio
cese of Hereford. Viscount Wolmer's
notices are for the most part of a
techlnal or verbal character. Mr. Ken
yon proposes that the act shall not
operate In that detached portion of
the county of Flint commonly called
the Hundred of Maelor. Sir Richard
Webster's notices are very numerous.
He seeks to have the clause defining
private benefactions made more ex
plicit by the Insertion of a clause pro
viding that moneys raised by private
subscription or granting byPyncombe's
or Marshall's trustees, and moneys vol
untarily given out of non-ecclesiastical
funds, and all grants from Queen
Anne's Bounty, shall be deemed to be
the property given by a private person
out of his own resources. Another
clause In the same name enables the
commissioners. In the case of churches
erected at private expense, to vest the
same, under certain conditions, in the
applicant, If the person who erected the
church, or In hlB representative's, if the
donor be dead. A clause Is nlso Insert
ed In Sir Richard's name arranging for
the conveyance of additional land for
ecclesiastical purposes to the church
body.
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Random Notes of
Life, in Londoinio
Hiss Kaiser Describes an Afternoon's
Sightseeing in Venerable Westminster Abbey.
London, April 25. I had long been
wanting to (take another look at West
minster Abbey and Its environments,
and so yesterday I took the Under
ground, or rather It took mo, and I
happily arrived there jUBt in time for
the divine service which is perform!
every morning. The abbey was not
very full, as it always is on Sunday.
Finding a seat, I sat ithrough the ser
vice, enjoying the music and the beauti
ful Easter lillies with which the nave
and chancel are still decorated. The
organ here is a magnificent one, and
I was very sorry when service was
over, and I had to take up my guide
book and walk. I found an obliging
verger, who took me ithrough the place,
Step by step, and I am glad to Bay that
under his direction and guidance I cer
tainly learned much more about this
venerable old place than I had even
thought ot when I saw It In a rather
hap-hazard fashion last August, when
we were In London here, before our In
vasion of Wales.
I wonder If you will think me gulde
booktsh and If you will be bored If I
ventuie to retail to you parts of tha nice
little historical lecture which the verger
gave me about this beautiful old place.
I will risk It. If you don't like it, skip
it, for it cannot be so Interesting to
you way over there as it was to me,
who was right on the spot, you know,
and you certainly could not be blumed
for an attack of ennui over It, especial
ly If I went to work and said all I
should like to Bay on the subject. Here
It comes, however, so save yourselves
who can, while yet there Is time.
Ocnesls of Westminster, Abbey.
The abbey is very, very old, and
stands on the spot where there was a
temple to Apollo. In the time of Saxon
King Sebert, about the year 611, there
was a Christian church erected In Its
place, which was called St. Peter's, and
the abbey is even now known as the
collegiate church of St. Peter, West
minster, In ecclesiastical parlance. Next
upon the scene came King Edward
the Confessor, who wholly rebuilt this
church of Westminster, which was, of
course, in this time a Catholic church,
as there were no Protestants then.
King Harold and William theConqueror
were crowned in this church, and since
then every succeeding sovereign, down
to tho very queen who now rules Brl
tannia.and every coming sovereign w.'ll
here receive the crown upon their
heads, I suppose, till sovereigns ceasv
tu be entirely, for these English have
a most overwhelming respect for these
old customs and would almost rather
part with their lives than with their
old and antiquated ways of state.
Well.to get on, Henry III rebuilt It
again, and it repaid him for his pains
by burning to the ground very soon
after. Then tho two Edwards, I and II,
restored It while one of the Abbots of
Edward III did much toward finishing
It, one of the things for which we have
to thank him being the beautiful Jeru
salem chamber. Then came Henry VII,
who added a most beautiful chapel to
the Virgin, but which Is now known as
his chapel. This part Is one of the most
beautiful specimens of architecture In
the world, and, really, It was wonderful
even to my Ignorant eyts. for about
architecture I know nothing, iluf the
carvings In this chapel are simply won
derful, and Mr. Verger could hardly
get me away from this "miracle of the
world," as Leland styles It. The North
transept of the abbey Is also one of
the most beautiful parts and has In one
end a great stained glass window which
looks very medium-sized from below,
but which, my guide Informed me. Is
really ninety feet In circumference. It
Is called the Hose window, nnd in the
south transept Is another beautiful
one called the Marigold window.
Twelve lleniitlfnl dispels.
The chapels of Westminster are In
teresting In the extreme, but I had
nrt much time for the whole twelve and
so gave some of them merely a look
around, while in the more beautiful
ones I am afraid I overstayed my time.
Th first Is called St. Benedict's, which
contains the tombs of some people
whom I forgpt. The second, called St.
Edmund's, contains more tombs, the
only one I remember being that of
Lord Lytton, the novelist. The third
is St. Nicholas", which contains more
tombs of great people, one of them
having been a queen of England. Bfl
tering the fourth, Henry VH's, I was
delighted with Its loneliness, and It was
here, as I said before, that I found so
much beauty of all kinds. -
It is a larger chapel than most nnd
seems to be quite a little church all by
Itself. In the nave are the stalls of the
Knights of the Bath, who wore In
stalled In this chnpel until early this
century. This order Is a very Impor
tant one In Englnnd and ranks next to
that of the Garter. There are more
tombs here, too. In fact the abbey is
one big burying ground for the old
kings and queens and the nobility. It
Is so full now that they do not bury
here anymore, and those that are
burled here now, are, I suppose, the
last ones who will have had the honor
of a tomb In Westminster Abbey. '
In Henry VII's chapel there are a
large number of old royalties burled,
besides some of the great wits and
other notabilities of long ago. Of
course, Henry VII himself and his
queen are burled here, right In the cen
ter of the place, and their tombs are so
beautiful as to be considered the state
liest and daintiest ones In Europe.
Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary lie
both burled In the same grave. Charles
II, William and Mary, George II and his
queen, and poor, tired, buffetted Mary
Queen of Scots, atl rest their bones in
this chapel, while in a li ttle recess here
Oliver Cromwell himself was burled,
but his body was afterward torn from
Its grave In this chapel and. still wear
ing his sword, was sent ito Tyburn gal
lows and there hung up from sunrise to
sunset on the first anniversary of the
death of Charles I after the Restora
tion. -Tho
Sito of Tyburn Gallows.
This Tyburn gallows, I must stop to
say, was located not far from here, In
what is now Connaught Place, Edg
ware (Road, and I pass it almost every
day. Of course there is no gallows or
trace of It left, but J consider Con
naught Place, with its uniform and
stately old mansions and Its quiet arls
tocratloalr, very interesting, because of
Tyburn gallows, and I always specu
late about the exact spot which this
gallows once must have occupied. It Is
only a stone's throw from. Hyde Park,
and right around the corner from Park
Lane, the most aristocratic of ad
dresses In London, and which was once
known as Tyburn Lane, because it led
to the gallows, I suppose.
But' we will take a tender leave of the
gallows' now, and ride back to the ab-
' ' I ' . '
bey, steeple-chasing, so to speak. St.
Paul's chapel Is the fifth, and has more
tombs. Edward the Confessor's chapel
Is number six, and Is vastly Interesting
from the fact that it contains, besides
the tombs of, several old kings one of
which Is Henry V's, whose head, cast
In solid silver, was stolen at the Refor
mation, but whose helmet, shield and
saddle are still to be seen over his tomb
the two coronation chairs stlfl used
at the coronation of the sovereign of
this kingdom. One of these chairs con
tains the famous stone of Scone, on
which the Scottish kings were crowned,
and 'believed by some to have been
Jacob's pillow. It was carried off by
Edward I from the abbey of Scone,
Scotland, in token of his conquest of
that country, and the Scots held that
wherever it was carried the Supreme
power would go with It. This was a
most interesting little chapel Indeed. I
must not forget to say, apropos of the
belief that this stone was Jacob's pil
low, that it Is quite large enough to
have been a pillow anyway, whether It
was or wasn't. It answers all require
ments as to size, at any rate.
Soma Kloqcnt Effigies.
The next chapel is St. Erasmus', and
Is only an unimportant little room, but
leads to St. John's chapel, No. 8, which
contains the tombs of many of the
early abbots of this minster. No. 9 is
St. John the Baptist's, and has nothing
In it but old bones again, and In No. 10
is a full length statue of Sarah Siddons,
as Lady Macbeth, her greatest part,
you remember, with her brother, John
Kemble, as Cato. She Is burled near
here in a dilapidated and worn-out old
churchyard; and what I like about
Westminster Abbey Is, that while there
may not be any more room left there for
the burying of Illustrious bones, still
If you are very great or very good, you
may have a memorial statue or bust of
yourself there, anyway. There are a
great, great many memorials here of
people buried, not here, but in all the
different parts of the world; people who
have done good In the world, sMther by
word or deed, and the sermons preached
by these mute effigies are more potent
by far than the churchly sentences ut
tered here twice every day by curates,
vicars, deans or bishops.
The remaining chapels are of no In
terest, as compared to the more Impor
tant things that claim one's attention.
My verger here took leave of me, as I
had already robbed him of more of his
time than I had bargained for, and I
went into the poet's corner, which Is
one of the most delightful parts Inside
the abbey, and is a veritable treasure
room, having In It memorials of almost
all the great and beloved men and wo
men of English and American litera
ture. The body of Chaucer, the father
of English poetry. Ilea here; the Spencer
of the Farle Queen," a statue of
Shakespeare, who Is not buried here,
however, and the tombs of Thackeray
and Dickens, who deserve tombs here, If
anybody does. Our own Longfellow Is
represented by a bust, and under It are
to be found the little withered bouquets,
single flowers, and bits of Ivy, even
which are left by the Americans who
come here. A low relief of that angelic
woman, Jenny Llnd, Is here also, In the
purest white marble.and on It Is carved
"I Know That My Redeemer Llveth,'
which she used to sing so divinely.
Cells of the Anelcnt Monks.
Leaving the corner, I went out and
walked along the old cloisters, which
are Interesting again as tombs of people
noted In the church, both Roman and
English, and In literature, as well as
In war. There are some very old cells
which lead from these cloisters, having
heavy, clumsy old wooden doors, and
are as dark as midnight and very small.
In these the monks of old used to live
nnd work, mortifying the flesh very
much by so doing, I fancy, for they are
very damp and dreadful and tenanted.
I imagine, by tho evil spirit of rheu
matism.
The chapter house and crypt is a very
massive octagon room of stone, with
great old stone benches in It, in which
the members of the house of commons
met for 300 years; and It Is here, the
guide book says, that must have oc
curred all the great struggles for liberty
against the crown, even up to the time
of the Reformation, for here parlia
ment sat down to the death of Henry
VIII. The next thing I saw was the
Jerusalem chamber, which I had a per
mlt to see. This Is so called because of
the colored glass which decorates It,
which was brought from Jerusalem.
There are some very fine tapestries on
Its walls, also, which are wonderful to
behold. The infinite patience, the groat
amount of time and painstaking care
and the artistic ability of the women
who used to spend their days in env
brolderlng on these pieces of needle-
work.'whlling away the time when their
lords were away In the wars, simply as.
tound one. You will be most Interested
to know thot In this Jerusalem cham
ber the Westminster assembly of di
vines Bat for five and a half years, pro
ducing tho "Assembly Catechism" and
"Confession of Faith" followed, after
a long Interval, by the committee for the
revision of the Holy Scriptures, which
august body of learned men gave to the
world the Revised New Testament, and
has recently completed the revision of
the Old Testament.
Taking a Farewell Glance.
I wanted a last general look around,
and bo went In again and looked over
tho transepts and the nave, all of which
are rich In every kind of memorial to
the departed good and great of this
world. Old warriors of England, great
statesmen, wonderful actors and ac
tresses, who have adorned their profes
sion and raised It to a level of the arts,
philanthropists, composers, sculptors,
artUts, great singers, are all represent
ed here and placed about the aisles
where, as I said before, they preach their
mute sermons to the present generation
day after day. Now. that I look' back
and remember, I can think of It only
as a huge and Impressive church, very
grand and beautiful to look at from
without, with so much detail about its
exterior that a general Idea of It Is all
that one can carry away, and so dim
and quiet and large within that every
step echoes and re-echoes about the
place, and one instinctively speaks in
whispers.
"God Save the Queen.
Last night I went to hear SulHvan'B
"Golden Legend" given at big Queen's
hall. It was very well done, Indeed, es
pecially by the chorus. It was the first
time t had heard "God Save the Queen"
really sung, and they certainly did sing
it well. The soprano led off with the
first verse, eulogistic of the queen, you
know, like this:
Clod save our gracious queen, v
' Long live our noble queen, , (
God save our queen.
Send her victorious, ,
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us ."
God save our queen! '
Then there Is a modulation Into
lower key and the contraltos begin and
sing very uncomplimentary things
about the queen's enemies. This they
did very heartily Indeed, and it sounded
almost like swear words when they,
said: "Confound their politics," and so
on, thus:
O Lord, our God, arise.
Scatter her enemies, .. "
1 And make them fall!
j Confound their politics!
i Frustrate their knavish tricks!
On Theo our hopes we fix,
God save us nil I
Then the whole chorus, audience, ar
tists and ail Joined in with a will, and
shouted In this wise to end up with:
Thy choicest gifts In store,
I On her be pleased to pour,
! Long may she reign!
Muy Bhe defend our laws, j
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God Bavo our queen!
This ended It, and we then had the
Golden Legend In fine style. Helen
Furst sang tho soprnno part of Elsie,
Marian Mackenzie, the contralto, sung
Ursula, Edward Lloyd took the tenor
part of Prince Henry and Andrew
Black did Lucifer. They were all very
good, especially the men. -I'rlmroso
Day.
I forgot to tell you a week or so ago,
about Primrose Day, which came on
the l)th of April. It Is the celebration
of Lord Beaconsfleld's birthday, the old
conservative leader and the queen's
favorite parliamentarian In his time.
He was the man, you know, who shook
his fist nt the house once, as they
laughed at his maiden speech, and told
them that the duy would come when
they would be glad to listen to him. Of
course the duy did come when he be
came the conservative leader In parlia
ment, and the most trusted ally the
queen ever had, and his statue, now In
the square opposite Westminister, Is
yearly hung with wreaths of primroses
and strewn at the base with bouquets
and garlands of the same little flowers,
which are said to have been his favor
ites. The Scotch girl here Is a very
stiff conservative and a member of the
Prlmroso league,, and always wears
primroses on Primrose Day, as do hun
dreds of other conservatives.
Apropos of these little flowers, they
are Bald to be rapidly becoming ex
tinct, as there Is such a demand for
them on this day, that they are pulled
up by the very roots and so are really
becoming very scarce.
The Wano of tho "Sweep."
My landladies had the chimneys
swept out last week, by the chimney
sweeps. They are compelled by law,
over here, to have this done once every
three months, or pay a heavy fine. I
was not at home before when It was
done, but this time I had my Inning,
and saw It nil. I was much surprised
to see only two or three men at work,
and asked where were those cute, dirty,
sooty, little chimney sweeps that I
had read of In Dickens. They thereon
enlightened mo by Baying that llttlo
sweeps were one of the things against
which Dickens wrote, and that Lord
Shaftesbury, a philanthrophist of today,
and a great admirer of Dickens, carried
on the good work by getting a bill
passed In parliament, forbidding nny
more chimney sweeps to be apprenticed
as it was long a source of great evil,
people often stealing children and mak
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sweep would go up on the top of a house
and get down the wrong chimney they
are "all In a row" here and so get burnt
very seriously, or would get stuck In
a narrow one, and suffocate, so that It
really was a great abuse of children t
make them sweep. Now there are none
at all employed, but the man who
sweeps out the chimneys uses a port
of Jointed pole, on the top of which is
a revolving broom, and this brings
down the soot In fine style. The house
has to be cleaned after the sweeps have
been here, so we always have them Just
before housecleanlng time.
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