The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, June 08, 1895, Page 9, Image 9
Tips SCB ANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNINGr, 'JUNE 8f 185. 9 of , Interest Tp;.Womeni Readers. . Symposium of Information, Partly Grave, ' ,. ; Partly Gossipy and Partly Gay. SOMEWHAT: ' t Aren't you weary, stranger, wsary, Of the .."Coming Woman" fad. And the woman who U naughty . For the sake of being bad? Aren't you tired, sick and tired Of tha liondon hlgh-llfo scandal) And the now erotlo rantlngs -OI these literary vandals? Tea, Indeedyl Aren't you weary, neighbor, wearj) Of thlf mania (or counts. And this gushing over titles That are Bold for targe amounts! Aren't you tired, solely tired Of this question, Who ahall load In the ranks of the Four Hundred, ' Who-shall follow, who shall precede T t , -, , , 1 should smllel Aren't you weary, neighbor, weary; Of this squabbling over Piatt, And this wonder where, politically, .Morton, Strdng ft Co. are at? ' Aren't you tired, deeply tlmd Of the Uyrnes-and-Parkhurst row, - And the' harping, carping wonder How 'twill wind up any how? ' Right you arel Aren't you weary, friend.' most weary Of the Heardsiey erase In artT Of the Knickerbocker bloomers That are thought to be so "smart"! Of ten thousand other erases That the faddist hounds us till we , Feel like yelling. "Uo to biases!"! i ' ' . Well, I guess I "Amber'1 has been trying hard to get reconciled to the prospect of the new woman ln bloomers. "I had hoped," she writes In the Times-Herald, "that I might die before I beheld the women whom I love, and their name Is legion, spinning along on wheels, but there Is that in even the best bohemlan that falls In line "behind the popular banner, now and then, even if he does object on general principles to what the world Issued as its edict. The sight of a wo man on a hirse will horrify future gen erations as greatly as the sight of a wo man on a wheel would have horrified my grandmother. And as for the ulti mate fate .of the fast vanishing horse, the girls of fifty years to come will run across his nicely articulated skeleton In a museum's collection, and wonder if such animals really ever existed this side the prehistoric epoch. A young man came Into my office the other day, and when I told him that I was going out bicycle-hunting, to look up styles, types and costumes, he said: 'Amber, for heaven's sake, don't advocte bloomers f I .heard a bright, healthy woman, who believes n out-door exer cise for her. sex, and who is most de lightfully free from affectation of any kind, remark to her friend in the street car this morning. My husband says he will give me the handsomest wheel that money can buy If I'll wear bloomers, but somehow I don't want to. I can't!' I Just wanted to take off my hat to that woman. I was glad to see one type of what you call the 'new woman cling to her womanliness and repudiate bloom ers.' What the young man said to me I find in tha universal language of the men in whom the Instinct of chivalry Is not yet dead. -They love to hold on to the belief that woman, at her best, was created no whit lower than the angels, and the Idea of an angel In bloomers goes against the grain! Im agine a picture of the lovely Madonna la a cut-away coat, a four-ln-hand, and baggy trousers! .- "Of course, however. If women are going to ride wheels, they must dre9s for It, and the great question of the day is how? A girl on. a wheel In a tailor made gown would be aa Awkward and out of place aa a rose In a bonnet or a lark with spectacles. Incongruity Is ugliness. If a customs la to be thought out therefore,' for the woman, bicyclist, let It be suitable and at the same time pretty. Beauty Is its only excuse for being, and like truth will sail a fleet of errors. According to my way of thinking, the dress to be desired is the moat picturesque that (an be devised. Let there be color, plenty of U. Of course, this dress will be suited alone for young women and girls. Any thing over 60 on a .wheel should be amenable to law. ' So this question of costuming aged women need not be dis cussed. If 1 had a daughter who was pretty and wanted to ride a wheel she should do It, provided she would allow me the privilege of a prayer or two that I might become reconciled to the Lord's will. ' Here Iff something of my Idea of a suitable costume for a girt bicyclist. In tha first place, a soft Mexican hat of tan felt, with a brim and a droop to It. Then a doublet and leggings of the same color sloshed and faced with violet. A skirt of the richest broadcloth heavily shot, and reaching below the knees. Tan gloves, and per haps a violet cockade or aigrette for the hat. The leggings should be of . the softest undressed kid, and should wrinkle a little bit, like the wrist of a mosquetalre glove. A small shoulder cape of tan, Mned with violet, and clasped with a silver buckle at the throat, might be added to the suit at pleasure. In my mind's eye a preMy woman with brown hair and golden gleam to her eyes would look well In such a suit. Any of the colors might be substituted -for tan and .violet, but there should be coloring to add plctur csqueness to a costume very easily . made grotesque and hideous." Iri the same paper Dr. Julia Holmes Smith thus discourses upon the physio logical aspects of the bicycle tad among women: "So far as In her lies it surely Is the highest, holiest duty In each wo man's life to fit herself to be the mother of a virile race. She should make and keep her body strong, her mind clear, her Intellect keen, her emotions In sub jection, and If to this end the use of the bicycle can subserve, by all means mount her on the wheel and encourage a wise amount of exercise of the bodily and mental faculties In God's free air and sunshine. I use the words mental faculties advlsely, for1 It sems to me that no woman can thread her way through our - crowded streets and thronged park driveways without most careful attention and great .self -con-trot. Attention Is one of the highest 'attributes of the mind, which Is dl restly under the control of the will, and Its cultivation should be one of the primary objects of all mental disci pline. To attain perfection in bicycling a woman must have her faculty of attention so developed that It will act automatically, and while ohattlng with friends, or enjoying' the beauty of na ture's panorama, she will readily avoid danger and In the event f sudden sur prise self-control should be so well de veloped that hysteria need not result, but emergencies of a broken wheel or an accident be calmly met. Such Im proved faculties are surely transmis sible and In process.ot generation may become In their highly Improved state an Integral part of the race. But we must wait for the chiseling of time to work such changes In humanity. The duty which lies nigh us today is to warn women of dangers which come from over enthusiasm In the pursuit of this pleasure. Two-thirds of the wo men ride wheels foolishly, because Ig norantly. The saddle Is too low, giving a cramped position. They subject them selves to Jure quite unnecessarily by Jumping off Instead of gliding from the wheel. A woman should be taught to mount and dismount, as men do, and should be careful, to have the saddle exartly of suitable size. In every academy for teaching the riding of the bicycle Bhould be a sign posted: 'No pupils received wearing corsets; tight belts forbidden,' and the woman's own conscience and common sense should forbid her favorite exercise at physio logical periods when nature claims a rest." "For one." writes Kate Field, "I am weary of this idiotic babble about the 'new woman.' " "There ain't no stch a person." declared Betsy Prig, of Salrey Oump, when that portentous person flaunted 'Mrs. Harris' In her ri val's face for the last time, which breaks the camel's back and makes pa tience cense to be a virtue. There is no new woman. So much nonsense is written about my sex nowadays as to make earnest women hide their heads In shame and long o be another kind of creature that might quMly go about Its business and be Judged purely on Its merits. No self-respecting woman wants to be Judged by sex if she be a worker. All she asks Is Justice. What with woman buildings, woman edi tions, woman columns generally devot ed to twaddle, fulsome flattery, horrid ly distorted fashion plates and cooking recipes for indigestible dishes, the real woman Is lost sight of. She is not new. She represents the glorious trinity ot love, devotion and self-sacrifice. She bathed Christ's feet In tears, and was first at the cross. She sold her Jewels that Columbus might discover America, led the armies of France to victory, and was burned at the stake for her patri otism. She was torn to pieces for her beauty and learning In this republic, where she dares to think for herself and disagree with self-organized saints who mistake their livers for their conscience. She gave the Gracchi to Home, and sent' her sons to fight for our union while scrap ing Unit for the wounded In her deso late home. She wrote lyrics in old Greece, 'Aurora Leigh' and 'Adam Bede' in modern England, and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' in our own country. From the beginning of history she has been the half creation and the comple ment of man. With advancing civili zation the real woman waxes In self knowledge and begins to realize the grandeur of her mission. The tag and Rlave are gradually disappearing, . No home worthy of the man can exist wherein reason, Intelligence, confi dence, truth and love- do not reign. Without such homes this republic can not last. Scales are fast falling from the eyes of despairing men. Tbey see, as never before, that the salvation of our Institutions depends upon homes that can only be redeemed by a noble and exalted womanhood. The woman movement is a war of sense against 'oily; or reason against prejudice. . If there be a war at all. It la a war be tween two kinds of women dolls and brains. Men are merely spectators. Whatever the majority of Woman want men will accord cheerfully. That brains will be victorious ere many years Is as inevitable as progress. The world does not retrograde, though Silurians still walk the earth and for get the age to which they" belong." Equally pertinent is "Amber's" re mark uoon the aims sublet': "When by our own vol"on we thrust ourselves out Into the wor'd with men, when we square our chins, roil up ,our sleeves and put our srms akimbo, declaring ourselves abundantly able to fight our own battles, what wonder that men abandon their primal Instincts of chiv alry, dub us 'new women,' and bid us accept a fair Held and no favors? Lot us not make complaint of discourteous or disagreeable trtment that we have brought upon curatives by leaving the pedestal we were placed upon and get ting down to run foot races with men in the dirt. Tho old woman was smart enough for me. She had all her rights. She occupied a place In history and In the hearts of 'men, second to nothing that God has yet created, and she has left an aroma In the world like the smell of the orange (lowers that sweeten Pasadena. As tor me I would ask no higher tribute than tone written with the obsolete race of 'women.'" I desire no loftier meed of glory than was granted the nameless host of mothers whose sons have oarrled forward their blessings in lives consecrated to all that was truest and best. The new woman may vote, but no ballot that she can ever cast wl'l equal the prayer the 'old woman' offered when she buckled the sword to the side of her boy and sent him Into bat'.le, or when, by patient precept, she guided htm Into useful cltl senshlp and splendid manhood. The new woman may ride a wheel, be glib in parliamentary debate, manage real business concerns, whip the men single handed, organize clubs, and wear trous ers; she may bo bright and brave, ac tive, hustling and vivacious, able to take care ot herself and her husband, too, plant potatoes, plow cornfields, and break colts, but 1 shall turn her down with my last existing breath unlets she preserves her womanhood through It all. She cannot do that, my dear, any more than you can preserve the flavor of a wild strawberry after it is canned, or the perfume of a wood violet when you have cultivated it along with gar lic Give me a leader; but let it be tho one we are used to, The new one will do for a circus ring, but not for the gar dens, the meadow-lands, nor the path that leads over the hill to the grave." '.-' NOTED BEAUTIES: - , . Jenny Llnd was petKe, and a blonde of the Swedish type. Sappho Is said by the Greek writers to have been a blonde, , According to the teachings of at least one rabbi, Eve was a blonde. Mrs. Slddons was large, with Very strik ing features and an air of great personal dignity. . ' Aspasla was a typical Greek beauty, with regular, features and very large, ex pressive blue eyes. The Empress Elizabeth of Russia was one of the stoutest women of nor time. The Fair Kosamond was an English blonde, with fair hair and blue or light gray eyes. Mme. da Montespan had beautiful eyes. Several of the poets ot her time celebrated their praises. Catallnl, the famous soprano, was ot medium height, and had Irregular though very pleasing features. Jazebel, the queen ot Ahab, according to one of the rabbis, had "block eyes that were set on fire ot hell." The Empress Anna of Russia was very portly, and the fleshneaa of her face great ly dutraotud from its good looks, JUST LIKE A WOMANj "What Is It, Mamie?" "It's a boy, mum, with a telcgraft." "A telegram I Oh, ask him If James is killed!" "Ho nys all ho knows about it Is that It's marked 'collect' and he wants his money." Oh, dar! Oh, dear! What shall I do? Here. Mamie, here's the purao. Pay him, pay him whatever ha uslts. oh. my poor James! I Just know something would happen to him before he went away this morning. Will they bring lilm home In an ambulance, MamleY" "I 'pie so, rr.'im. Muybs you'd batter read tho telegraft." "t can't, I can't. Oh, it serves me right for not kissing him but threo tlmoa when he left. And we've been married such u short time, tool" "Why don't you open tho telcgraft, mum?" "Well. I suppose T must, but, oh, I can't te'l you how I dread Ml" Reads telegram: "Will bring friend home to dinner. James." "The henrUus beast I" New York Morn ing Journal. THE ARTIFICIAL GIRL: She whs young and she wns pretty. She wore a bunch of violets, but they were artllHal. She also wore a smile; that, too, was artlflcta'. Hln crowded Into an ele vated car and sat down back to back with an old ladv who had got on nt another station. She leanod back In her seat, her wido-brlmmed hat conflicting with tho old lady's bonnet. She preionded not to notice. The old lady changed her seat. Still tho mll9, madd and artificial. A station or two turther on an acquaint ance lolned h?r. "You wero not at the mission today," reproachfully. "N-no," from the violet girl. "But you promised me you would be there, and I depended on you." "I was not 'fling well." "You oro hern." "Yes, but t didn't feel like having tho dirty little ragamoffins ollmblng ovor n you know," and b lifted up her pretty face, with its artful smile, for 'be other's benefit. The mission girl turned away with nn expressive rhrug. It did not disturb lie smile. New York Herald. A PARADOX: I nevet could quite understand It, For It beir.s without reason or 'hymi, That the woman forever demand'.'. 'er tigh'.s Is the one who gets left every ilm. -T.lfe. Labouchere. m a moment of despoad ency, to which we ar9 Ml. nlas, subject at fmes, onie wro: Before hp d'mln Ished hepe, Knowledge destroyed our illusions And exporionce has deprived us of tntereat. Ser. then, 'a he authorized dictionary of diaiwrrtent: What n creative? A 'allure. What is "i' A bore. What H man? A fraud. what is nomas? Bo'.t a fraud and a bore. What in oea'itv? A deception. What I nv? A disease. What h diarrtaga? a mistake. What is a. wife? A trial, wnat is a child ? A auita.ce. What is 'tin deviW A table. ;! What ' good? Mvpoi;rv, What is evil? Poteotlun What m M(Jon)? 8elPhiea. . Whai hpi"a? A e"J.'orA W hat is 'rlemiMri H'.hi,g. What Is genonwtty 1 liubeMi'ty. What is mouy R'vanrth'ng. And whiir averyth'iig? Nothing. W -e pe-nats, not happier when we were monkeys? SELECTED RECIPES: (31rab:r'jr Ice Cream Pudding Whip on 0'io.rt rich sweot c'Aatn until t'"", U'l two cues powdered Kf. anrt Iiatiy . one quart ripo strawberries throne" it) ceom; till this Into a pudding romi. wUb a tube In tho center; cover ligntlv, RnO put a atrip of bettered pacer around tho c4t of the cover so that the we'er can enter; have ready a large pail or but ter tub, p'lt some cracked Ice on the hot torn, cprlnnle over some rock salt between cover the top of form with ice, tho whole witn a pece of carpet or a cloth, and set in a cool place for four hours When ready to serve lift from Ice, remov? tho paper, wipe off tho form dip It li, hot water, turn the pudding Into a dish and serve at once. Soft Snail Crabs a la Moltre d'Hotel. Cloan, wt.n well and win dry six 't shell crab; bruih over wl'h mei'ed but ter or oil, season with one even taMe spoonful salt, one-haif oven teaspoonf"! pepper; put then, on a broilor and broil over tho clear fire aboit live minutes on each side. B-rvg at one on a hu diiiti on buttred toast w'tn one ounce nial're d'hotel butter spread over. In place of toast six BT.all mice brid fried in butter mny be laid under the cran. Plneopplo Plomblere. Pare and cut into small dice one rlpo pineapple, n'jt them into a dish and pour one pint cold sugar syrup over them; let It stand tour houra; two hoirs before freez!iig put the fruit into a freitT and freeze unt'l It begins to thicken; then Rdd one pint whipped cream and lot It remain a ll'tlo whlio longer In tho freezer; fill Into a form, cover lightly, paste a strip nt b'iford paptr around the dge of covt r and prck in Ice and salt for two hours; In serving d'.p form Into bot waer, quickly wipe It dry; turn tts dom blere into a round dish and g&intah with fancy cake. J r end Fritters. To a quart bae'nful of stale bread, broken small, put a quart of boiling milk, cover It for ten or fifteen minutes. When quite soft beat It with a spoon until smooth, add two well-beaten esgs. half a nutmeg grated, a tableppoon f'll of branOy. one of bu'.t-r and a littlo alt. Ueai It llht, &lake an omelet pan hot, put In a small piece of butter, and when hot pour In svniclont baiter to run over the pan; lot It fry gently. AVhen ono side Is a fine brown turn and brown the other. Lay on a hot plate, put butter, sugar and a little nutmeg over It; loy one on the other, cut them through in quar ters and serve them hot. Malvern Appis Pudding. Chop a pound of apples very small; mix them with two pounds of currants wathed and picked, three or four large t&bleipoonfuU of su gar, a glats ot brandy, tha grated rind of half a lemon, and four welt-beaten eggs; add to the whole a pound of bread grated vry fine. Butter and flour the cloth; tie tha pudding up quit loose or It will break when turned upon a dish, and boll It four hours. Tb'.s quantity makes two large puddings. i Clam Chowder.-Forty clams, one-half pound of fat pork, six large onions, six large potatoes, three soda crackers, one quart can of tomatoes. Chop the pork and put Id the keltlo. When ail the groaae Is extracted remove the soraps. Chop the clams fine, also the potatoes and onions and add them to the grease In the kettle. Add the water and tomatoes and let all cook slowly for two or three hours. Add as much of the clam Juice as the saJtlness of the pork will allow. When It Is near time to serve, roll the threo crackers fine and add. Have the milk heatad In a sep arate kettle and add the lost thing. Do not allow the chowder to boll after milk Is added, as It Is very apt to curdle. Prune Jelly. Stone one pound of prunes and put them Into a saucepan with suf- j flclent cold water to cover them, add ono quarter pound ot sugar and the veal ot half a lemon, and stew all gently for two hours; then pass the prunes through a wire sieve. Soak one-halt ounce of gela tine In water and add It to the prunes; then break the prune stones, and ndd the kernels' to the Jelly. Doll altogether for two minutes, then pour Into a mould. This Jelly fs ofton served In border moulds, and the center flllod up with whipped crernm.' A Jit tie carmine Improves the color, and claret Is sometimes used In stead Of water to stew the prunes In. Pound Seed Cake. One pound butter beaten to a cream; one pound sifted lump sugar; one pound flour, well drlodi eight eggs, yolks'and whltos beaten separately, and caraway seeds to taste. Mix thane Ingredients and bunt all well together for one hour; put tho hattor Into a tin lined with paper and buttered; bake In a moder ate oven for ono and one-half hours, Itallnn Cakes. Half a pound of finely sifted flour, half a pound of well-washed butter, half a pound of slftod sugar, throo wholo eggs, the yolks of three more and one tnblospoonful of extract. Hunt the butter and sugar to a crenm, ndd tho cgRS beaten and the extract and beat for ton minutes longer; add tho flour. Form Into small cakes and bake. AN HONEST TRIBUTE. Tho llrltlsh Statistician, Mluhuol O. Mill hull, Kx plains In Figures the Oroatntiss of tho United Slates and Its Enormous Possibilities. From tho Washington Post. The people of tho United Stftitcs tire more accustomed to nbuso than flattery at tho hands of foreign writers. They have ceased to care much for the for mer, and are, or ought to be, indifferent to the latter. What they havo a right to expect Is an honest effort to tell tho truth, and they are glad to note an In creasing tendency In that direction. Michael O. Mulhall Is ono of a conHtder ablo number of prominent and capablo English writei'B who have studied America and tho Americans without prejudice and written of them truth fully. In the North American Review for June Mr. Mulhall has a paper on tbo "Power and Wealth of the United States," which Is filled with Interesting facts and Just conclusions. In his open 'ng sentence he says: "If we tako a survey of mankind In ancient or modern times as regards the physical, mechanical, and Intellectual force of nations we find nothing to compare with tho United Stait.es In -this present year of 189!!;" and a Mule further on he odds: "The physical md mechani cal power wh'ch haa enabled . ?om munlty of woodcutters and 'armers to become '.n 'ess than W years the great est nation In the world 's f.he aggre gate of tho strong arms of men and women, aided by horse power, maeb'n- ery, and steam power, apiil'l to tho useful arts and sciences of everv-day life." Expressed Sta'MlcaUv. Mr. Mulha.'l is a st'Bclan. ind In that character h has an enviable repu Utlon for horoughness nrd reliability. He calculates on 'he baf's that the average work'ng power ot an able bodied male adult Is an too fons dally, that cf a horse S.OOC tons, and of steam horse power ',000 onii, .prt how that the working power o n.,-b Inhabitant In this country aa Increased from an average of 4-16 foot tons da'ly in 1S21 to 1,910 toot tons in '893, or more than quadrupled. Then we have a compari son of the working power o' the psople of the United States with that of Euro pean counr'es: In the United States, 1,940 foot tons oaliy per inhabitant; in ttreat Britain, l."3 foot tons; in Trance, 910 oot tons, and in Germany, 902 foot tons per inhabitant. Tb average pro rtuc'ive energy of each person in the Un'ted Sttes, as measured In grain end neat, Is 350 bushels of grain nnd l.iiSO pounds of muat, while In Oreat Britain the same average productive energy per Inhabitant I 'to bushels ot gralp and 1.09'i pcinds of meat, and in Gurmany 75 bushels of grain and 3R0 pounds of meat. An O'dlnary 'arm hrnd In tho IJn'ted Sloten rala as much grain a three in England, four In France, and Ave in Germany. That tne American DeooJp are not de generating from a nal'on of wo'Vcrs to a nation of Idlers, Mr. Mulhall thinks, la proved by the fart that InlSCO the num bet of urban and rural wo'kers was placed nt 15,0:8.000, and In lttift, thirty years after, when the population h.d almost exactly doubled the workers hd Increased to 32.120.000 or more than twice as many. But the great change that hns taken place In that time In the me' hods of production and In wnges Is evidenced In the fact that the annual accimuJations per worker In cities has increased from $44.70 in I860 lo S73.M In 1S9U. while In the country they have fallen from $105 Irt 1860 to 47.30 In 1890. Our Intellect nul Supicmncy. But tho most gratifying rcpulls of Mr. M'ilhl''s researches havo to do, not w'tn the material, but with the' Intel lectual progress- of the United States, As compared with other countries the United States spends $2.40 per Inhab ltnt for school purposes, Great Britain $1.30, France 80 cents, and Germany 50 cents, and the yearly letters per Inhnii ltant In this country are more thin double the average number written In Great Britain, France and Germany. These are not oil the cheering con elusions found In Mr. Mulhall's great statistical reservoir. He refers to the 41,000.000 Instructed citizens In the United States, the average wealth of $1,039 per capita, not Including publlo lands, the money spent In building rail roads, averaging $1.000,noo a day for twenty years past, the money Invested In houses In the same time, averaging an annual investment of $13 per Inhab itant, and the dally hccumulallon of wealth, . averaging ; $7,000,0O0-these faots, Mr-. Mulhall concludes, "tell us a wonderful country has sprung up be yond the Atlantic In a single century, and furnish a scathing commentary on the books written by English travelers only fifty years ago. Englishmen of to day have more correct views and re gard with honeBt pride and, kindly good will tho descendants of the pilgrim fa thers, while the rest of mankind marks with wonder and admiration the on ward march of the great Republic." A Good Appetito Always accompanies good health, and an absence of appetite Is an indication ot something wrong. The loss ot a rational deslro for food Is soon followed by lack of strength, for when the supply of fuel Is cut off the fire burns low. The system gets Into a low state, and Is llublo to fe vrro attacks of disease. The. universal testimony given by thoee who have used Hood's Sarssparllla, as to Its great merits In restoring and sharpening the appetite, In promoting healthy action of the dlgeat lve organs, and as a purifier of the blood, constitutes the strongest recommendation that can be urged for any medicine. Those who have never used Hood's Saisaparllla should surely do so this season, . t . , A Selfish Point of View. ' , ,' From the Detroit Free Presa hv (;'', . Landlady Would you advise me to send my daughter to a cooking school or to a music school?" . Boarder (reflectfvely)-Well, I think I'd Send her to a cooking school. .It- may be more fatal In Its results, but I Isn't any thing like so noisy. Random 'Notes Life te London, Miss Kaiser Concludes an Interesting Series Of Letters from the Great Metropolis. London, May 23. Life over here Is .be coming wonderfully busy, and every body In London, It seems, Is constantly on the Jump and go nowadays. At least we are, at any rate. There Is so very, very much to see and to do and to hear at this ttmo of the season thut the constant rushing about Is something almost breathless. There Is a restless ness of spirit that seems to have at tacked us all and no one stays at home, especially of an everting, now, If one can possibly help It. Our mansion has contracted very bad habits in this re spect, and directly dinner Is over, tho whole family immediately decamps, Somo make directly for a theater, where a fine play is running; others hU; them solves off In dazzling full dress raiment to a good concert, and others to an en gagement, perhaps. We never see each other then until wo come home late at night and compare notes over our cocoa and blHcults. It certainly Is a very busy life, Indeed, and with the study and practice of tho daytime, takes up quite all one's time. I am sura It does mine, and my normal condition Is getting to bo a very sleepy one, Indeed, and the rising and breakfust bells In tho morn lrig, lalo as they are, cannot be said to have any charms for me. Still, I would not change this delightfully breathless way of living for any peaceful quiet In the world, lust now, for I am learning all tho time, I know, and my friends say that my taste In both musical and dra. matlc matters is no longer to be dc aplaed, at which kind verdict I greatly rejoice, I am sure. But It Is simply lovely to go about this way, one night to the opera, another to see a fine ac tress or actor, another to a big orches tral concert, and so on. Mr Muburly's Concert. Last night my landladies took me under their wing and we bowled away In a hansom (which I dearly love) down to St. James' hall, where there was ono of Mr. Moberly's orchestral concerts on. It was a great treat to me to hear this splendid organiza tion play under the leadership of Mr, Moberly, who Is one ot the finest of TCngllsh conductors. His orchestra "onslsts of ninety young ladles, all play era of strings, and very fine ones at that, three-fourths of them being ladies of the highest social position In Eng land, who prefer to devote that time to the pursuits of musical art thai other wise would be frittered away In fashion able gaiety. They play beautifully, and simply delighted me. all fiddling away up there in their pure white dresses and looking so lovely, too, that I was per fectly happy all the evening. The audi ence present was a very large and bril liant one, and appreciated the refined work done by Mr. Moberly and his young ladles very much. Indeed. The duchess of Albany, and the duke as woll, were there, and sat not far In front of us, with a number mor? of be Jeweled grandees. I could see her very well, indeed, and you may be sure, mads the most of the opportunity; and afterward, when the concert was over. and we were waiting for our Miss Radi cal. . who Is Mr. Moberly's principal double bass In this orchestra, to come from the green room, I went and sat la the chair where the Duchesa had sat and rut my score down on the little red pluf-h table which they always set In front of tho royalties for programmes, opera glasses, etc., and made the other girls get up and remain Htandlng while 1 swept past them gtin1ly on my way ou. Just as the people had done, when the Duchess passed out earlier In the evening. The night before that I had the great plcaure of singing at a reception given by one of the Liberal leaders in parlia ment to the Women's Liberal League of England. The company was a ver Interesting one, and I enjoyed walcn Ing them all very much, all by myself, There were no speeches, It being a pure ly social affair, and everybody was very kind and complimentary to me again, Evening In i'lcturclnnd. The following evening or so, I had tho pleasure of attending one of the con versazlones of the Royal Institute of Pointers in Water Colors, down on Piccadilly, where I enjoyed an evening In plcturel.md, and whero I had been engaged to sing two songs during the evening. It was a delightful evening; 1 enjoyed the pictures and all the lovely people bo much. Next Friday I am to try my wings again at a reception of the West Hampstead Art society, where I hope to sing to the credit of my teacher. If I only can. Then on Sunday after noon my dear old teacher gives an "at home," at which he nays I am to lift my voice again, so you see I am mo9t dreadfully busy, what with these, and all the fine concerts, great actresses, the opera and my attendance at the Royal Academy ot Music every day. It Is quite dlrzying sometimes, and I often feci Inclined. Just as I am about ruRhlng off on a fresh tangent, to stop and aBk, with the member of our house at Wash ington, "where I am at." The other evening we took In the Phil harmonic again. We are religious Philharmonic goers, one of the other girls and I, and I am sure they do me a great deal ot good and teach me a num ber of things. We havo heard several orchestral things, one of them, a new symphony, written by one of tha har mony masters at our school, and a solo from dear Madame Amy Sherwln, who sang better than I have heard her for a long time. Tho appearance of the evening, however, wns that of dear, dignified German Willy Burmester, who played such a fearful and wonderful concerto with that marvelous little vio lin of his that all the other violinists In the house went nearly mad, besides the excitement of the rest of us non vlollnlsts, He Is certainly wonderful, and his playing seems more superb than ever with every succeeding hearing of It gtavenhngon Appears. The much-talked-cf Stavcnhagen made his first reappearance in London after his American experiences by play ing a. concerto written by himself. It was, I suppose, a .fit composition for bringing out and showing to their full est advantage, all his best points. It was very well done and received an en core. He really did play -beautifully that evening; not, however, 6n a Knabe. Let us hope that his Knabe experiences are forever behind him, and us, tou. The other day I had a most tremen dous piece of good luck, I had been positively ' languishing with wishing that I could go to tho Rlchter concerts, which commenced this week,' but as they are so expensive, the very cheap est seat being half a crown, and the best ones fifteen shillings nearly $4 of course, I thought I should have to deny, myself of them. But one after noon the postman came with an en vobpe for mo, from 'the agent who manages these concerts, and In it were two of the fifteen-shilling tickets for each one of the four Rlchter affairs. Think of Itl How rich I felt, and how I did proceed to rejoice! Bo now we In dulge in tho Rlchters, and I take one of tlie ludlcs and we go in state and at tend the Rlchter concerts. How grand we feci! Last Monday was the first, and wo went and enjoyed both the con cert and the audience immensly. There is no finer audience, from both a mus ical and a social point of view, than what one finds at a Rlchter, and we saw simply dozens of ci.-Iebrltles all over the house. - Blngers, vlulinlsts, pianist, conductors, composers, all sorts of people In tho musical world, can be seen here In a bunch, while the royal family Is sure to be represented, along with tho highest church dignitaries In the United Kingdom. There in really no other place where so much of the very best In all tho branches of art can bo seen to such an advantage as at a first night Rlchter, and wa Haw It all. The duko and duchess of Edinburgh sat very near us, to their intense satis faction, no doubt, and several other grandees whom X did not know, how' ever, wdie In our neighborhood. Picture of Hlchter. But to proceed to Rlchter. What a reception this grand, old German did get! They simply overwhelmed him, and I do not blame, them now, for I have seen him conduct. He is a large, firm looking old man, with a kind fiitherly face, and a patriarchal beard and Is tho most beloved and adored of all the German conductors. His or chestra simply worship him, and so do some who are not of his orchestra You like him Immediately, He Is accepted at sight, at least he was by mo, and I am Riohter-mad, too. He conducts with no mannerisms at ell with a grand, large sweep of arm and with a kindness of eye on his perform era that makes them response to the very expression of his face. Once in a while when something has been partic ularly well done, you can see him Bay ing an approving word to his men and smiling at them. He impressed me even more than Herr Levi, who is so clever, but not at all bo lovely and fatherly as this grand, old man was. I happen to know his principal bass play er, of whom he is a great friend, and who says that after the concerts are over, they go out and lunch together, and If you would like to know what Rlchtor has, it is Just a pipe, a pint of lager and German sausages. A Glimpse at Parliament. On Monday Miss Radical and I did the houses of parliament, taking for It a whole afternoon. It was something of a task, and very tiring, Indeed, at least to me. Wo bad an Invitation from a government member, whom we know, and, starting at 2 we reached there at 3. and walked through the long, dim corridors to the outer lobby, where we were to wait for our friend, the member of parliament, to meet us, Policemen abound here, and stand at every door and turning to offer you help or hindrance, according to which hey think you most need. Packages Rnd parcels cannot be Introduced here since the explosion of S5, for fear they contain some hidden Infernal machine whlcn might blow up the place, and you must leave them behind you. We had some chocolates with us, with which to stave off the pangs of hunger later In the session, and we smuggled them In under our arms and In our pockets. It Is a most stately and beautiful old pile, occupying over eight acres of ground, having four principal frontages and containing many queer open triangular nn.1 . quadrangular courts, besides numbers of royal state apnrtments, eighteen official residences and 500 other apartments. The clock tower, with tho great bell In It called Big Ben of Westminster, is very high, 320 feet, I think, and the hands of it aro 14 and 12 feet long, while the little minute ticks or spaces are large enougn ror n man to stand within them. We did not remain long outside, but went, as I said, Into the outer lobbv or Octagon hall, where we met our member at 3, Ho then conducted us over the place and showed us all of It We saw the lord's committee room, the lords robing Toom, and the lord's di vision ilobby, where they go to be counted when there is a division. All of these places aro very handsome chambers, indved, being done in dark red carpet and leather, and ornamented with most beautiful and costly old carvings, plotures and dark, dim stained glass windows let In the walls way up high. Tho frescoes In these hnlls, also, must not bo forgotten, as they wero most beautiful, and our friend told us almost priceless. From the division lobby we passed Into the house of lords, which was not sitting then, and so we passed about seeing it all. At Victoria's Throne The throne of Queen Victoria la at the head of this room, and on each side of It a smaller and lower throne chair for the Prince and Trlncess of WToles. In front of this throne Is tho famous wool-sack, a red cushion, on which the lord chancellor sits. I asked our mem ber If I might touch it, and did, with his permission, but I did not sit in It. Having sat In tho chair of the duchess of Albany I was quite content, In the line of chairs, at any rate. The lords sit on benches which run down the sides of the room, whllo the peeresses, when they wish to be present, sit in galleries at tho side, parallel with the lords' benches. There nre not so many lords as there are' members of the house of commons, and the small number of four are a quorum to trans act business, while In the house of commons forty members are necessary for the purpose. Wo passed from the lords' chamber Into the queen's robing room, where her majesty comes when she assumes robes of state for the till TTrHrt t-tt nnon. Ing parliament. All the furniture In mis room, even to the Are Itnnn nnri grate, are surmounted with her crest and crown, and on the walls are some very nno wood carvlnus renrnuntini, events of English history from the ume ot Annur or the Round Table down to the more mode rn enlanrloa The house of commons was next In order, and thither our friend conducted US, taking US. Of Course, to tm Inrlln.' gallery. This Is a tiny room up above the reporter's gallery. Anil Ifl . varv stuffy, having no windows at all, but lurnisnea as luxuriously as possible, under the circumstances, as it cnntaina not much room to be furnished, The front of It faces the house, and is com pletely covered with en iron fretwork, through the holes of which the ladles peer and' watch the proceedings and listen as they sit , back of this cloU)ter-llke grating, ithrough which the members below cannot see at all. even if they should wish, to look up at a friend or relative. It was on Monday, wnich is, with Wednesday, the beat day for debates, and so, after having had given to us a list of the questions before the 'house that day, so thait we could see and understand about whait tha members were talking, we settled our selves behind the myaterlous) Iron screen and looked about us. This houue Is larger than that of the lords, and yet too small for all tho membcrH, shoul-t ithey by any chance all attend at onoe. When yofi know that there are only between 000 and 700 of them, you can readily understand that it is rathir small. It Js very richly an1 comfort ably furnished and has an, air of quiet elegance, with its dark oarvlng-i, stained windows and boa'utlful light ing arrangements, and I liked t very much. Tho Notables Present. There was a large attendance r.f members that day, and Mla Radical showed ' trie John Burn's, tntrnber for Battersea; Mr. Asqutth, 'the home rotary; Tim Healy.'Mr. Ullloh,. Admiral Field,. Sir WJlliam .Hurcourl, and a great many other notables, most' of whom wo heard speak. It was a "government night" and the members of Sir William Ilarcourt's cabinet wei-e all there In full force, answering: ques tions from the opposition as fast us they came ehooting across from the other side, and when one side made a point they laughed and cheered, while the others groand ard tried cto drown their noise with what they made themselves. The chief de bate on was that cf the disestablish ment of (tho Church of England in Wales, called for short "the Wet h, dlw-stablishment bill," and .we heard some very lively debating on ithls ques tion, on the issue of which th?re were no less than two divisions, the oppo sition winning first and the government tho next time. When, they had the di visions nil the members got up and madu for the door pell mell like a lt of boys running for a game of "scrub," as happy and eager as you can Imagine grown-up old men to be, and when out In the division lobbies, were counted ono by one on each side, and th-n came in again to hear he rnult retd by one of the clerks, after which th y made as much noise as possible, oti- side over the victory, the other over the defeat. They all wear very tall and shiny silk hats, and some of them k(p . them on, except when addre-splng th? speaker or the house, and I looked all over the place for Keir Hardy In his deerstalker, but did not see him. He may have been there, however, as I hid a very good view of the governnKnt side, but not of the opposition, to whif-h he belongs. We had tea. served us In a cute little old-world mom in anotber part of the building and then returned to watch the wheels of government tra round, oh! so slowly, though, and I tired of It after three or four hours of att tv tion to business, and went home leav ing dear Miss Radical still fresh tnd Interested, keepinp tally with her house bills in her hand and listening with both -ars. We met again la.te t'lat nlight. and she informed me thait I hii missed a great deal that had been b.T.h interesting, instructive and over-exciting, but I could not help It; the lad!:' gallery had bee-n itoo much for me, anl I had as lief be put In a convent cell as there again for four or five hours at a time. T'nnllOTed Miss. On Thursday nighit I had a vertl.iMe dip Into unalloyed bliss, while hearing Madame Albanl and Tamagno in Otel lo at tho opera. It was simply magni ficent, and I draw groat breaths of de light now when I think of it, the whole performance was so magnificent. Lon don Is simply ait Tamagno's feet, and I do not wonder. On Saturday nitrht I am ito have another plunge into Para dise and hear Melba and AlvtMvz in "Faust." Just think of it! The duke and duchess of Tork were there in one of the principal boxes ait "Otello," but so far away ithat I could only se? her but poorly. And, besides, the siasa and what was on It took up all of my attention, anyway. It was IovJy. and I am waiting for Saturday night to come, when I shall hear the won-ierful Melba, too, at last. Sadie E, Kaiser. ON THE VERGE Of Giving Up the FightAn EL mira Citizen's Last Resource Proves a Success. From the Elmira Gazette. to you know Mr. J. S. Bodder, of 214 SouthMalnstroet? He hns been a business man and permanent resident of Elmira for over twenty years. A man whoso sialo ment cannot Vie disputed. Well, Mr. Boe der's case in a nutshell Is that he has been a sufferer from kidney disorders, but doesn't suffer any more. Wo will lot him toll what has brought about the change. 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