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!
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"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."
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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
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