THE SCRANTON TBIBITNE SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTE3JTBER U, 1895.
pacts of Interest
Tb'Wbmen' Readers.
Symposium of Information, Partly Grave,
Partly Gossipy and Partly Gay.
THE QUESTION OP THR FUTUREl
Oh. woman. lovely woman,
Why will you be no now?
Una the old-time wny of IIvIiir
Quite lost its charms (or you?
The piano Is In tin celinr.
No more 'twill see the llKht.
For nil your time for practice,
Is devoted to the "bike."
Tour easel lies In the attic,
Uiph art has taken flight.
For you must construct a method
To set "garbage" out of tight.
Thev ruy thnt at the meeting
The way you talk anil light,
VVniii.l turn a politician's hulr
From deepest black to white.
' you have taken to the bloomers,
8tnuiK fads your brain may hatch!
Hut tell me, lovely woman.
Will you adopt the useful patch?
Philadelphia Press.
According- to the Minneapolis Times,
lovely new woman has made an extra
ordinary advanced step in an out-of-the-way
place on the coast of Massa
chusetts. Here she Is living in an in
terestlnc community of her advanced
sisters, who believe In freedom of dress,
and fearlessly practice what they be
lieve. The place is an exclusive spot,
and Is called Wlatliio. They wear what
they believe most healthful. No men
are Included in this community. Pur
ine the' summer months the women
muke this a world of their own. The
Kev. Anna Shaw is their leader. These
women believe that freedom of limb
and the smallest possible welpht of
clothing Is necessary to enjoy to the
full the out-of-door life they lead. For
bout In ami fishing they all wear di
vided skirts ending below the knee.
When they bathe they wear no skirts.
There are no puffed sleeves and no
corsets, in this little Brook Farm com
munity of earnest dress reformers.
They believe that In order to bathe
properly a woman should reduce her
suit to the smallest limits. So, to pre
vent their movements being hampered,
they wear woven jersey tights and
tunic. In fact, they wear a regular
man's bnthin suit.
!TS
These women come from different
parts of the country. They come from
as far wf.it as Kansas. Sometimes
there are nine. Sometimes there are as
many as sixteen or seventeen. The
number varies with the arrivals of
Ktiests. wrjo are continually coming and
ij.jIms. Some are middle aged. The
majority, are young and pretty. The
girls shoo the effects of their manner
of life and methods of dress. All are
jrracefut. They know how to stand and
walk arifl breathe. They have studied
the structure of the ldy. They cut
li.)s-i from everything that hampers
their movements. Their shoulders are
thrown ba':k. Their heads are carried
ns the Maker of the human body de
Biijned thrtt they should be held. They
cany themselves as the beautiful
maidens of Greece did. They all look
forward to accomplishing something in
the world, and they want to be physic
ally fitted to carry out all their ambi
tions They look forward to living and
enjoying nil the advantages of being a
woman. They believe woman has a
right to live and think and mark out a
life for he! self.
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Al! are workers. Rome are wlves.They
have left their husbands at home. Har
ried or single, elderly or young, each
woman In this community Is against
petticoat. The youngest and most ad
vanced girls wear knickerbockers. Old
er ones wear divided skirts. Matrons
ndd short skirts over the gathered bi
furcated garments. In the house all
these are changed for pretty colored or
white dresses. These are also made on
health lines. On dressy occasions they
wear gowns of artistic shades and ma
terials artistically made. On six days
the members of this community wear
bifurcated garments and chase heajth
and strength. On the seventh they
wear ordinary gowns, and observe the
Sabbath. At all times it is a God-fearing,
moral community, under the Rev.
Anna Shaw's roof. AVnen the members
of the community gather about the
table, their heads first bow in silent
trace.
The age of the heroine In novels, ns
Is pointed out by a contributor to the
Chicago News, has advanced only
slightly to meet the taste of the ad
vancing centuries. In Shakespeare's
day she was at the beginning of her
teens and'at the time of Dickens she
was only IS. Shakespeare was very
chary of mentioning the ages of his
heroines, evidently believing that a
woman is as old as she looks. At the
restoration a bunch of dramatists
came forward with an array of hero
ines, gay as to morals, bright as to
wit and of a youthfulnes most extra
ordinary in confblnatlon with their
knowing minds. Fielding, the first
realist, had a heroine of 1,7. but she
was truthful to the age. The great ro
mancers wrote of women whom they
tell us were 18 and 20. but whom we
know were 28 and 30. Sir Walter Scott,
with plaintive submission to the popu
lar desire, imeekly described his hero
ines as 17, though they were really 30.
Rebecca was no youngster, though ho
sayB so. Thackeray was too great an
artist to conform to the popular error
nnd his two women heroines he touches
but lightly In the first bloom of youth,
waiting until they are past 25 before
the real story begins. , Dickens has
only a few young girls In his books
Bella Wllfer, Dora, Dolly Varden. His
Ideal, the Agnea sort of woman, strikes
one as having never been young.
Oeorge Eliot foil In with the popular
error. Dorothea is not yet 20 accord
ing to the author when she displays a
breadth of character belonging to a
woman of 40. Her only equal is Gwen
dolen, with her wltly woman-of-the-world
speeches, who is described ns
being but 21. Modern Action shows an
older heroine. Catharine in "Rebert
Klsmere" is 26, Marcclla, 24; Miss Wil
kin devotes herself to people of 40 and
50; Cable has his creolo heroines still
18.
CHOICE RECIPES:
Canned Corn First select fine, fresh
corn, remove the husk and silk carefully,
cut the corn oft the cob; park it into Jars,
pressing it closely. The jars when done
Fhould be filled to overflowing. Put on
the tops without the rubbers and screw
them loosely. Place hay or straw in the
bottom of the wash boiler, or totter still,
W''.re frames that are made for the pur
pose, stand the jars on this and pour in
nufllclent water to half cover them, cover
the boiler tightly and boll continuously
for three hours; four hours better.
Watch the boiler carefully to See If
there is sufficient water to mako a full
If there is sufficient water to make a full
volume of mown. At the end of the time
lift the Jars, put on the rubbers and screw
down the covers as tightly as possible;
put them back into the 'boiler as quickly
' as they are screwed and when the last jar
is in cover the boiler and boll for thirty
minutes. This time ithe Jars may be in
the water, that 4s, they maybe simply
put In quickly and need not be put up
right. Take them out, screw the tops
down again and stand them 1n alcool port
of the kitchen, tout not In a draught.
When the Jars are cold wipe them off,
see that they are all firm, and keep
them In a dark, cool, dry, place.
Peach Cobbler. Fill' a shallow dish,
or a similar earthen vessel, with peeled
peaches, leaving In the pits on account
of the flavor Imparted. Add sufficient
cold water to half All the dish, sweeten
to taste, and cover with a very light
sheet of paltry about half the thickness
used for an ordinary pie will be found
' iMfht. Slit the crust In the center, prick
, ! ether places with a fork, aad bake
In a rather slow oven for forty-five min
utes. The cobbler muy be served either
hot or cold, the crust being cut into
sections und tho peaches piled upon !t,
dressed with sweet cream.
Apple .Meriimiie. Pare, slice, stem and
sweeten ripe. Juicy tipples; mash smooth,
und season with nutmeg and a liltlo
lemon Juice, nUd'.ng a smtill piece of but
ter, ns It adds much to the flavor anil
ninkes It richer. Kill u deep pie plato
with a rich undercrust, and bnke till
done. Then whip the whites of three
egg for eaeh pie to a stiff froth, with a
little powdered sugar. In the proportion
of one tabu-spoonful to an egg. Kent
until It will stand alone, then spread
over the pie three-fourths of an Inch
thick. Keturn It to the oven nnd let it
remain two or three minutes until slightly
browurd. To be eaten cold.
Peach Rread Pudding. On a pint ff
fine stule bread or cracker crumbs pour
boiling water and Btlr In a tenspoouftil
of melted butter. After stnndlng until
thoroughly snaked add two well-beaten
eggs and half a cupful of eugnr. On
the buttom of a buttered pudding dish
put a thin layer of this batter, over It a
layer of sliced peaches, nnd so on, dredg
ing eaeh layer of peaches with sugar,
till the dish is full, having batter tit the
top. In a moderate oven about an hour
will be required for the buklng. Serve
with sweetened cream. This Is an excel
lent wuy for using second quality
peaches.
Apple Fritters. Make a batter In pro
portion of one cup of sweet milk to two
cups of Hour, a 'heaping teaspoon of bak
ing powder, two eggs, beaten separately,
one tablespoon sugar and saltspoon stilt;
bent the milk a little more than milk
wnrm. Add slowly to the beaten yolks
nnd sugar; then add Hour nnd whites of
eggs; stir all together and throw In
rhin slices of good, sour apples, dipping
the batter up over thorn; drop In boil
ing lard In Inrge spoonfuls, with a
piece of apple In eneh. nnd fry to a light
brown. Serve with maple syrup or a
nice syrup made of sugar.
Green Corn Fritters. Sift together n
pint of Hour, a 'heaping teaspoonf ill of
Horsford's 'baking powder, half a tea
spoonful of salt nnd a dash of white
pepper. Cut through the center of each
row of kernels, nnd press out the Inner
part or them with the hack or a knife;
add three half pints of the corn pulp to
the flour and four eggs well beaten; mix
nnd If the corn Is not .In lev enough to
make the batter, ndd a little milk; drop
spoonruis or :t in smoking hot rat, brown
them nicely, and serve plain or with
the sauce recommended for tomato frit
ters. Apple dnmnllng. Three teacupftils
flour, two heaping teasponfuls of bak
ing powder, one tablespoonful of butter
mixed well through flour, and one tea-
spoonful snlt. Mix with sweet milk to
a dough stiff enough to roll out upon the
moulding hoard. Roll Into a sheet half
nn Inch thlch. spread with chopped ap
ples. Roll dough u as you would roll
rolled jelly cake. Pinch ends well to
gether, so Juice cannot escape. Place !n
well-buttered steamer nnd steam l'A
hours. Serve with cream or milk and
sugar, or hard sauce.
Teach Tapioca Pudding. In a quart o9
water soak over night a large cupful OS
tapioca. In the -morning cook till it tS
soft, then add a pinch of salt, six heap
ing tablesoonstul or sugar, and tne
juice of a quart of nice peaches, Htew.nl
soft but net broken. Pour half of the
tapioca Into a buttered pudding dish, lay
in tne peaches and pour over tne remain
der of the tapioca. Bake for an hour and
serve with swee: cream. ,
Corn Soup. Take ono dozen ears of
green corn, not too hard, and split the
rows of kernels through the middle
lengthwise With a sharp knife, scrape
out the pulp, being careful not to get
much of the hull into It. Add one pint
ot water and boll about nrteen minutes,
then put in one pint of rich sweet milk
und let boll up. Season with suit, pepper
and butter ana serve steaming hot.
Mock Oysters. Grate the corn from
about one dozen ears, add to it three
taibiespoonsful of flour and the yolk
of six eggs, well beaten; season with
salt and pepper; have an equnl amount
of lard and butter hot In the frying pan,
and drop the corn Into It In cakes the
pize of an oyster; fry a light brown and
serve hot.
Buttermilk Muffins. Add half a tea
spoonful of soda, dissolved In two table-
spoonfuls of warm water, to one cup ot
buttermilk add one beaten egg, half a
teaspoon fill of salt, and then stir In one
und a half cups of whole wheat flour.
Mix quickly and bnke In gem pans In a
quick oven -i) minutes.
Corn' and Potatoes. Cut from the cob
cold corn left over, and mix with an
equal amount of cold boiled potatoes
chopped. Heat a spoonful of drippings
In a frying pan and stir the corn und po
tatoes in it tin tney are smoking hot,
Send to the table In a deep dish.
Ima Beans. Shell, wash and put Into
no-.itng water Witn a lime salt; when
boiled tender, drain and season them.
and either dress with cream or large
lumps of butter, and let simmer for a few
minutes.
THE BLOOMER EPIDEMIC:
She used to want Jewels and laces and
snen,
But her fancy no longer they strike,
When you offer her sealskins she mur
murs "Not much."
She hankers for "pants" nnd a bike.
Washington Stur.
HOUSEHOLD HELPS;
Hfre's a polish for patent leather:
Ono part of linseed oil anil two parts of
cream; mix and warm In a Jar surrounded
by Hot water;1 cleanse the leather, and
npply the mixture with a flannel, then
pousn with a sort dry rag.
To make egg balls, boll eggs hard, cut
1n half und cut out tho yolks, und mix
wun a tow bread crumtis, chopped meat,
melted butter, cream and suit nnd netuier.
Mold Into balls the size of an egg yolk.
i-ut ono in each hair or the etrn whiten.
set in a pan and pour over them a tea-
'urui or cream. bprinKte over some
bits ol butter and brown in tho oven.
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To remove stains from silverware that
has been long unused, place the article
an soapy water, into which a tablespoon rul
of spirits of ammonia has been added,
nnd there leave It for three or four hours.
Then cover it thickly with a iaBte made
jniin wnmng wei witn vinegar and dry
f it In the sun or by a lire, after which rub
ott tne whiting and sirt dry, wnrm bran
over the silver, when the stains will
disappear anu tno silver will tie extreme,
ly bright,
.
To cxtermlnato moths, once each month
go over the carpets and woolens urmed
with gasoline, using it freelv. as It will
not Injure the most delicate fabric, ITso
a toy watering-pot ror the purpose. Care
should be taken about entering rooms
tnus treated witn a lamn or lire or any
kind until they have been well nlred, as
tho gasoline Is very explosive. We were
dreadfully troubled with moths and tried
everything to get rid of thorn that we
could read or hear of. but to no purpose
until using the gasoline We now use It
only once in the spring as n preventive,
and occasionally open boxes or trunks
icnntnfnlng woolens and give them a
liberal wetting, closing them Immediately,
so that the fumes will reach every crack
nnd corner. Nothing Is so easily used or
as sure a cure lor bedbugs as gasoline,
Coffee should be purchased In tho whole
state ami personally ground bv the con
sumer. To find If the coffee Is adulter
ated put a spoonful In a glass of water.
If the coffee floats for some time scarcely
coloring tho water It Is pure; If part of It
sinks and the water gets a reddish tinge
it is Impure,
There are Innumerable methods each
claimed as the best for making coffee,
One way Is to put the requisite quantity
of finely ground coffee in a gran-ltlzed
vessel and ipour on sufficient cold water
to just cover It and allow It to standjwer
night In a moderately warm position. 'Put
It in the pot next morning, pour In abso
lutely boiling water and allow It to heat
to the boiling coint. and aet back from the
Are to prevent ebullition. Bv thla method
Che full strength of the coffee will be ob-
talned and the delicate aroma preserved
without the extraction of Us bitter and as
tringent properties. ,
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To prepare 'coffee by filtration, without
the aid of an urn or French coffeepot:
Put finely ground coffee in a thin muslin
bag am) place In an ordinary utensil, first
heating the vessel thoroughly and pour
on briskly boiling water slowly around
the bag, so as to permit It to absorb and
saturate the coffee effectually and extract
its full strength, after which allow it to
stand and settle without boiling.
A FUTURE CONDITION:
If woman follows out the plan
Which seems Just now to se'ze her,
She'll doubtless scorn to wed the man
Who can't keep house to please her.
Washington Star.
HEALTH HINTS:
The best remedy for nervousness and
sleeplessness Is exercise. Ride a bicycle.
Take a hot bath at bed time and drink
a glass of hot milk.
A glass of water should always be taken
the lirst thing In the morning. It ex
ercises a two-fold advantage. First of
all, when sipped slowly it acts as a stimu
lator to the excretory organs. Secondly,
during sleep a great deal of mucous s
secreted by the membrane lining the
mouth and other organs of the alimentary
canal, and this morning drink removes It,
Many a morning, headache will be cured
if thin habit Is carefully and systematic
ally carried out.
Goose grease, rubbed on the chest, la
a remedy for acute Influenza. Another
affection In which it can be used with
narked benefit is In wasting or mnrus
miiH. When rubbed Into the abdomen nnd
groins of young children it Is a decided
nutrient, und experience has demonstra
ted Its cfllcncy when employed In this way.
It can be eaten on bread with salt, and
If freshly prepared, Is very palatable and
nutritious.
STILL THE SAME:
This famous "new woman"
Still chnrmlng appears.
She's "nilvoneed" In ideas,
But never In years.
Washington Star.
HOLDS LONDON HOSTAGE.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Is tho Chosen In
terpreter of tho New Woman as Seen on
the Modern Stage-Sho Is Young and
Gifted.
From the Chicago Record
The woman of the moment in London
is Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Painters
paint her; poets rhyme her; critics
praise her, and all London is talking of
her, and has been ever since she burst
upon a waiting world in the difficult
and unpleasant role of "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray." As she was wont
to say in "The Notorious Mrs. Ebb
smith." which she so recently and vig
orously Interpreted: "Every woman
has her hour. Mine has come."
iMrs. Campbell owes a very respect
able share of her handsome success to
her really magnificent Irish eyes, which
are large, brilliant and burn with a
magnetic light.
To her first success as Mrs. Tanque
ray has been added her crisp, forceful
presentation of the still more difficult
role of Mrs. Bbbsmlth, and Just now
her Intelligent reading of Fedora Is
adding fresh laurels to her already
fceavy crown.
What matter If her voice has a harsh,
aa polished ring; her exits and her en
trances are unfinished; her walk is un
graceful and her hair almost unkempt?
She has earnestness of purpose and
manner and a pair of magnetic eyes
teat compel your admiration and
tan see.
Hog tan In g Her Career.
And now, Who Is Mm Patrick Camp
bell? Very few people In London seem
to be clear en that subject. Her name
has led people to Imagine that she is
an Irish woman, and she is eald to
have a romantic and unfortunate past.
Other than that little is known of her,
However, according to a recent Inter
view, when asked as to her romantic
marriage she said: "Yes, It may be
called bo, for the match was a runaway
Men resemble the gods Jn nothing so
much as in doing good to their fellow
creatures. Cicero.
As there never Is a summer without a
winter, never a day without a night, and
never a Joy without a sorrow, so there
never is a city, no matter how many ad
vantages and opportunities it may pos
sess, but It also has some conditions that
might and readily could be Improved.
Such will alwuys be the case here, since
perfection 'Is only to be attained hereaf
ter. This, however, does not prove that
man should feel Indifferent as to his envir
onments, no matter how undesirable and
uninviting they may be, but on the other
hand that he constantly should strive so
to combine and overrule them us to de
velop them Into the highest good bring
ing them ever nearer and nearer to perfec
tion. Upon this Is based the law of all
healthy growth and true development.
Those who have always lived here may
parhaps have given, it but very little no
tice or passed It by entirely, but tho
stranger who visits fieranton, especially
during the summer time, can not help but
be attracted by the large and motley
crowds, cither loitering around some pub
lic corner or promenading the principal
thoroughfares of this city. Espeelully
during this season of the year Lacka
wanna avenue. In the central city, and
Main avenue. In Hyde Park, are swarm
ing with a sen of people regularly every
evening and not 'Infrequently in the day
time. Borne one will say that such Is the
case In all large cities, that people after
their day's work is done generally take
a walk "down town," thnt there is noth
ing unusual about this and certainly no
one is the worse for It. At lirst sight this
statement may seem all well and good,
but on a lltttle closer Inspection It will im
press one entirely different.
In a city as large as ours, where thou
sands and thousands of people feel like
walking out during a warm summer even
ing, as they certainly have a perfect
right to do, crowded Into a few of the
main business avenues, Is a panorama
perhaps entertaining enough ito bo viewed
from a second story window, but a horse
of an entirely different color when try
ing to elbow your way through the crowd
Into some store or tho street car. Even
the strong nnd able-bodied men are not
made tho more amiable while wedging
their way through the perambulating
throngs, although they may not bo
much "the worse" for It; but women, es
pecially when accompanied by small chil
dren, often are made to put up with In
dignities, which, to say the least, would
never bo tolerated under any other cir
cumstances. To got Into a crowd and bo
Jostled about Is bad enough if It tinp
liens very seldom, but when Buch becomes
the order of things regularly, as often ns
one may have occasion to pass certain
streets, it bocomes high time to discard
patience as a virtue to set out In search of
the causa of this unfortunate custom, and
If at all possible, speedily have It re
moved, t
It must be borne In mind that In a city
the size of Heranton there always will bo
a large number of people who have but
little to do, especially during the latter
part of the day and tho evening, A great
many of them are not Inclined to spend
that timo In their houses and quite fre
quently for very good reasons, For In
stance, a man comes home from tho mines
during the middle ot the afternoon; ha
gonerully changes his dress and feels tike
walking out Into the open air and thus
keep in touch with the world ns it ap
pears above the surface; the clerks, hired
servants as well as a great many others,
who have been closely confined all day,
after thetr work Is done, feel very much
the same way; they feel tired and are
really In need of a change of surround
ings (n order to got rested up for the work
of the following day; the homes of a great
many belonging to this class, may be a
single room upstairs in somo third class
boarding house,' a fiat, or a smnll block
tenement house, without a yard, shade
trees or anything else that constitutes
the making of an Inviting and pleasant
home; these people become hungry, fairly
starve, for more genial and inviting sur
roundings environments that are pleas
Inevnd can furnish them with some kind
mjoyment, Human nature demands
9"
onange ana is aouna w nave ii
one. I was married "before I was 18
years of age, and you will see my choice
of the stage aa a profession was a
pretty mature one when I say I was the
mother of two children before I was 20.
At one time my tastea strongly Im
pelled me to the choice of music as a
profession, for I have been devoted to
music all my life a taste inherited, I
believe, from my mother, who is of Ital
ian birth, though my father is an
Englishman."
Mrs. Campbell's first appearance on
the stage dates back to 1SS3, when she
essayed small roles at the Alexander
theater, Liverpool.
His Wife's Judgment.
It is said that when George Alexan
der. l.ondnn'8 lirst leading man, had
tho reading of Plnero's new pluy, "The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray," he acknowl
edged the play to be "great." "Hut
where," said he In despair, "can we
get Mrs. Tanqueray? Miss Millard
cannot play it in fact, I know of no
I.nndon actress who can."
The situation seemed desperate. Just
at this time It happened that Mrs. Al
exander went one night to witness the
melodrama at the Ailelplii, and at once,
upon the appearance of Mrs. Camp
bell, Mrs. Alexander said to herself:
"Here is Mrs. Tanqueray!"
Suih confidence does Mr. Alexander
repose In the opinion of his wife for
she is acknowledged to be his helpmate
in every sense of the word that a sum
mom was sent the next day to Mrs.
Campbell before Mr. Plnero, who said,
when he saw her: "Yes, this Is the
woman 1 hud in m 1ml. Now, If she can
act!"
That she could act, almost the first
rehearsal, and. of a certainty, the
"first night" of (Mrs. Tanqueray proved.
This creation has 'been further sup
plemented by her mnsterly rendering of
the unpleasant truisms and lines of the
unfortunately environed and misun
derstood Mrs. Kbbsmlth. Such a pow
erful rendering as 'has hardly left room
for the very intelligent, but opposed,
interpretation of the gifted Miss Neth
ersoli!, who has followed her In this
part.
Mrs. Cnmrbcll's Own Attitude.
Of the difficult soclul problems set by
the lines along which Mr. Plnero's later
plays are cast, and of her opinion of the
class of parts with which she has been
lately identltied, Mrs. Campbell says:
"I scarcely think It fair to ask me my
opinion. It Is sufficient for me that tho
parts have afforded me great oppor
tunities, and I certainly have no desire
to be drawn Into any controversy on
the matter. I may tell you that I have
received hundreds and hundreds of let
ters dealing with Mr. Plnero's play and
my shape In them as an Interpreter. I
gather from these not only that I have
made many very kind and sincere
friends, whom I have never seen, but
also that Mr. Plnero's handling of cer
tain problems has excited the admira
tion of hosts of people of the most di
vergent callings and stations In life.
Mr. Plnero has himself, I believe, been
Inundated with such letters."
Mrs. Campbell's conceptions of her
late unusual roles, while apparently
simple, are daringly original, and she is
free to confess that sho had no par
ticular model In actual existence from
which to build such conceptions. Hav
ing become letter perfect in her part,
she then frames In her own mind, and
often very quickly, a distinct notion of
the woman she wishes to present. 'Many
details are added at rehearsal, anil
sometimes In an actual performance.
Ilcr Personality.
Mrs. Campbell, who Is possibly a wo
man of 30, is strikingly tall, lithe and
slender; has a mobile mouth nnd. force
ful chin, set In a face of unusual pal
lor, which Is, in turn, framed In masses
of dark Jr-vlr worn In nn artistically dis
heveled manner. Marvelously striking
and becoming gowns have well earned
her the title of "past grnnd mistress of
the art of gowning." She Is strongly
of the opinion that beautiful frocks are
calculated to nll an actress and assist
the picture repsented, when they are
appropriate to the sltuntion; but that,
on the other hand, they accentuate,
rather than assist, nn Inferior per
formance. somehow. Now, then, where would you
huvo those peoplo go to in order to supply
this need? Or, In other words, what place
has our rich and otherwise aggressive city
of Scrunton to offer them? To our shame
be it said, it has none but the publlo
streets nnd business avenues of the city,
and as long as this deplorable state of af
fairs continues the city und certainly not
the unprovlded-for multitude, will be held
responsible both for the discomforts of
the toilers as well as the common nuis
ance to all upon her crowded thorough
fares. As to whero this class ought to be In
vited to go, only ordinary Intelligence
and sound common sense have decided
long since, yet by our example we still
profess our Ignorance on this very vital
problem, it is an old established custom,
dating wny buck Into the remote pnst,
for every large city, and even smaller
ones, not more than one-third the size of
Scranton, to have Its public parks, where
both rich nnd poor, young nnd old, nmy
enjoy the fresih air amid the quiet and
ennobling benuty provided so luxuriously
by Mother Nature for the comfort and en
joyment of all her children. Oo to almost
every place you will, wherever there Is
culture and refinement, generosity and
benevolence, you will find but very sel
dom a city of any consequence that has
not Its public parks save Heranton, which
although prospered almost beyond a
parallel, has none. 8nd, very sad, Indeed,
that such nn essential feature to tho
people's comfort nnd the city's fair namo
should bave been neglected all theso
years. All that has been done In this di
rection in the past may bo embodied In
an occasional newspaper article from
some of our more thoughtful and aggres
Blve citizens, a periodical overture to se
cure a certain tract of land by the city
council nnd winding up with a general In
difference nnd convenient forgetfulness
on the ipnrt of those In position to act.
We provide asylums, poorhouses nnd peni
tentiaries for the unfortunate, tho desti
tute and the criminals, and jcein It our
bounden duty to do so, but no less Is it
our duty to provide places for ihe comfort
and enjoyment of tho thousr.riH who are
obliged to live in fio congested districts
oi our largo cities, yet able to support
themselves and willing to live a llfo of de
cency and honesty. Fnlllng to discharge
our duties In this respeot we, no doubt,
often help to prepare candidates for tho
benevolent and reformatory Institutions.
If parents fnll to provide comfortable
and "Inviting homes for their children and
In this wny help to drive them out on tho
streets where they will soon go to the
dogs, they nro responsible for their down
fall, and whnt holds true with the single
fnmlly also holds true with a city, when
taken collectively as many families,
""Therefore let our city fathers, who help
to frame the Iuwm for tho punishment of
tho wayward and the evil-doer, always
bear In mind that they themselves nlso
have violated a law In not properly provid
ing for the comforts and needs of the peo
ple; thnt this may have caused the begin
ning of a reckless nnd dissipated life,
and consequently entitled to at least a
share In the attached penalty.
Yes, Heranton htia no public parks, even
In this tiny of its growth and prosperity.
Should any ono ask us why not, I am sure
nobody could answer. It cannot be be
cause there are no avnllnble sites to bo
hud, since there nre still a number of de
slrablo tracts that might be secured.
But they are becoming more valuable
every year, so thnt waiting certainly
would not mean saving. Neither can It bo
because the city cannot afford It, since
hundreds of thousands of dollars are ex
pended annunlly for other purposes and
a goodly number of them that we might
do without much rather than public parks.
Why, therefore, we ask the question In all
frankness, are we still without them?
Besides, wo have a numberof wealthy cor
porations as wen as individual families,
who could well afford to mako such a sift
to the city iln which they made thoir
money. Bucn una been done In other
places and there certainly is no reason
why It should not be done In Bcranton.
May the words thus spoken gain a kind
ly consideration on the Dart of those in
positions of Influence and responslbllty
ana percnance we w:u "resemble the
gods" In providing parks for our "fellow
creaturea" without any further delay.
k. m .'..v. '. .MM.rYWVilla,
Where Justice Is
Placed Above Law.
In Japan Judges Examine the Witnesses
and Search for the Truth.
W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record.
Kyoto, Aug. 1. One of tho greatest
objections raised to the recent treaties
mnde with Japan by the United States
and European powers was the unwill
ingness of foreign residents In the em
pire to Intrust the protection of their
personal and property rights to the na
tive courts, on the ground that they
were not sufficiently civilized and im
partial to render fair and just judg
ments in disputes tie t ween natives and
foreigners. Under the Bhoguns the
legislative, executive and Judicial
powers of the government were not dis
tinct, and various officials did not hesi
tate to exercise all three, and settle all
differences and disputes that occurred
within their provinces. There was no
notion of legislative power as we under
stand It. Three hundred years ago
Leyasu, the great shogun compiled!
what is known as "The One Hundred
Laws," which relnted chiefly to the re
lations between the sovereign and tho
subject, and were considered as wise
as the utterances of Solomon. Other
affairs were regulated by custom or by
decrees of the emperor, which, how
ever, were rare. The shogun had di
rect control of the capital and over the
live provinces that surrounded It, and
In the distant provinces the feudal
princes or dalmyos had absolute au
thority, each in his own territory, al
though finally to the shogun.
Tho Idea of judicial power was feebly
developed and was limited almost ex
clusively to criminal jurisdiction. There
were criminal courts, but no civil
courts. There were two de-partmcnta
of police called fcyo-bu-sho and danp-
dal. The minister of Justice exercised
supervision over ordinary criminal af
fairs, heard appeals from the criminal
courts, appointed all the Judges, and
often Instructed them how to decide If
they were in doubt or If there was any
political significance to the case. He
had power also to remove them at will,
according to their behavior, so that the
limited judicial system of the empire
was actually under despotic control.
The gyo-bu-sho were the city police.
responsible for public order, the public
health, the suppression of crime anu
the protection of property.
The danp-dai were political police,
and consisted of a very closely organ
ized corps of inspectors, who looked
after the Integrity and efficiency of
public officials, saw that tho taxes were
properly collected and honestly ex
pended and Investigated charges of
disloyalty among the people. There Is
a similar Institution in nearly every
civilized country, but In Japan, under
the shogun, the secret police were re
markably active and efficient,
With other reforms adopted ly tl
, i.i. v,m, , w ...... - i
government after the restoration off k
I i r mlbfiiln'fl nrttvnl th FrikfMlh RVM 1
the mikado's power the French sy
tern of Jurisprudence was Introduced,
with a minister of Justice at Its head,
who exercises functions similar to
those of the corresponding officer in
France. The government is represented
In the courts by procurators, who are
inspectors, grand Juries and prosecut
ing attorneys In all matters which con
cern the public welfare. They initiate
all criminal proceedings and conduct
them down to the e-xecutlon of the sen
tence. As In France, the Judge not
only presides In court but conducts the
trials. The lawyers have very little
pnrt In them. The defendant in a
criminal case, or either party to a civil
proceeding, may employ counsel to ad
T'se him and appear with him in court.
Tlia counfel may not, however, exam
ine witnesses or take any other part In
the proceedings except to make state
ments of facts in behalf of their clients
and deliver arguments pointing out to
the court the favorable portions of the
testimony and citing appropriate pre
cedents and sections of law. If the
lawyer thinks the court Is not getting
at the kernel of the case from the wit
nesses ho may suggest questions, writ
ing them on a slip of paper and passing
them up to the judge, who may use his
discretion In putting them to the wit
ness, but the attorney cannot entrap
or confuse a witness, nor object to any
line of testimony that the judge de
sires to pursue.
By mnny of the ablest lawyers In
Japan this is considered the weak spot
In the system. There are practically
no rules of evidence; no distinction Is
made between direct and hearsay or
direct and circumstantial evidence.
The object of the court 1s to obtain as
much Information ns it can concerning
the matter at Issue, and every fact
bearing upon the case Is adduced, from
whatever source 'It comes, although
husband and wife, parents and chil
dren, masters and servants may not be
compelled to testify against each other.
The Judge Is then supposed to weigh
the evidence In his own mind, making
proper allowances for partlnllty and
prejudice, and to reach a conclusion as
to the truth. Hut this plan Is based
upon the assumption that all judges
are wise, discreet and familiar with
human nature, which Is not always
true.
And If there Is no wrltoen law to
cover a case the judge Is supposed to
exercise his common sense, being gov
erned In a measure also by the customs
of the country and previous decisions
that may 'be regarded ns precedents.
Legislation has been abundant Bince
parliament was Introduced In Japan.
In fact, many people ithlnk It has been
excessive. A gentleman who has been
here many years and has witnessed the
development of Jnpan remarked:
The leaders of the reform here
have seemed to think that
schools and acts of parliament
were all necessary to redeem and
regenerate this country. The result
has been overedueatlon and an enor
mous amount of legislation which is
ambiguous and contradictory."
Hut there are codes In preparation
which simplify complications, harmon
ize contradictions and clear up am
biguities. Many of the present Judges were
trntned In the federal courts under the
tdioguns. They have mature age, ex
perience and a thorough acquaintance
with Japanese human nature, and in
criminal cases are said to give better
satisfaction than the younger genera
tion of the Judiciary, who have gradu
ated at the Imperial university or from
law schools in Europe and America.
The university, curiously enough, has
three departments of law. One based
upon English, one upon French and
one upon Oerman jurisdiction. There
are also private Inw schools, ono hav
ing as many as 2,500 students.
The chief Justice of the auprems
court Is appointed by the emperor for
hlsl earning, hla ability and other spe
cial qualifications. The remaining seats
upon the bench down to the lowest
grade are filled by competitive examin
ations and 'promotions. Every year a
commission, composed of the chief Jus
tice, a representative of the depart
ment of Justice, two or three professors
from the law schools and such mem
bers of the higher judiciary as may be
designated, sits for the examination of
candidates for the bench. Graduates
of the law department of the Imperial
university and recognized Institutions
In foreign countries are eligible upon
application and are put through a very
severe aeries of tests to ascertain their
learning and fitness. Those who at
tain a certain standard are certified to
the minister of Justice and: are ap
pointed by him aa reobatlonary Judges.
They have no re' W dutlee on the
btneo, ujpj "ytlnue th
practice of law. but are called upon
whenever necessary to assist tne regu
lar judges in the performance ot their
duties, to act an substitutes when tem
porary vacancies occur and often have
cases referred to them for investigation
In chambers when the regular courts
are crowded with business. They also
exercise functions similar to tnnse oi
masters in chancery, commissioners
and notaries public. In other words.
They are clean, noseless and
they are apprentices in tne juuiciary
system for the purpose of obtaining
practical experience before assuming
the responsibilities of regular Judges.
iMost of them have only a theoretical
education and are entirely without ex
perience at the bar. When a vacancy
ooeurs on the bench It Is filled by pro
motion, after a severe examination of
candidates, from the next lowest
grades, and vacancies In the very low
est gnade are filled by a competitive ex
amination among the probationarles.
In this examination a man's record Is
always carefully examined, and many
of the lower Judges whose decisions
have been frequently overruled by the
higher courts do not dare appear ns
candidates for promotion lest-they be
rejected.
All Judges are' appointed for life or
good behavior, and are removable only
after trial by impeachment before a
court of their superiors. Their salaries
are amazingly small. The chief Jus
tice receives 8,000 yen, which Is equiva
lent to $4,000. His associates In the
supreme court receive but $3,000 yen,
and the others proportionately less
down to the lowest grade, where the
salaries are only 700 yen or $330 a year.
The probationarles do not receive a reg
ular salary, but are paid by the Job,
usually 6 yen a day for the time they
aire employed.
The Judiciary does not rank as high
socially as members of the military and
naval service nor in fact do any of the
civil functionaries. A sergeant of mar
ines outranks a school teacher and the
champion wrestler Is regarded In public
opinion as a greater man than a suc
cessful poet, author or artist. Nor are
marks of distinction conferred upon
members of the bar. The sons of gen
tlemen look down upon professional
careers and prefer to Beek positions in
tho naval and military service or In the
executive department of the govern
ment. The Judiciary Is, however, absolutely
free from Interference by the executive
and legislative branches. There was
a rather Interesting controversy not
long ago. between the minister of Jus
tice and a judge of the court at Na
gasaki, who was transferred to the
Loochoo Islands without consultation.
He refused to go on the ground that
uia law nii)iuittina iiim juii(;e nimu
se:ve for life in the districts to which
. nHA nHlinAn,, n,Dinnj .. f
the law stipulates that Judges shall
ta;y are originally assigned, except
uffn application, whereupon the min
ister of justice suspended him. He ap
pealed to the prime minister nnd de
manded an Investigation, which was
granted, but before it took place he re
lieved the government from a perplex
ing controversy by dying of typhoid
fever.
As I nara bserved In previous let
ters, the Japanese people are easy to
rule. They are- very obedient to au
thority. They have not only been In a
state of subjection for centuries, but
each child from the moment Its Intelli
gence begins t develop is taught re
spect for and submission to the head
of the fnmlly. This respect becomes
reverenced when applied to the em
peror, who Is the head of all families,
and Is shared by whoever represents
him.
The people are not litigious. They
ususally settle their nfTalrs among
themselves. Nor are they quarrelsome.
They seldom lose their tempers. You
never see a fight upon the streets. Thoy
are the most amiable nation on the
earth and there are no profane words
in their language. P.ut at the same
time they nre often exasperating, nnd
an honest Yankee remarked the other
day that he would much prefer to live
In a country "where people kiss and
cuss' rather than In Japan, where they
do neither. They are great thieves,
and the most prevalent crimes are
burglary, larceny nnd obtaining money
under false pretenses. Very few Japan
ese firms have regular solicitors, nnd
they will not go to law unless compelled
to do so byy unscrupulous opponents.
COMMON MEDICINES.
Tartnrle acid was flrso extracted by
Scheelc, in 1770.
Bromide was discovered by Ballara. of
Montpeller, In lied.
Opium Is the Juice of the unripe cap
sules ot the poppy.
Phosphorus was discovered In 1W9 by
Brandt, ot Hamburg.
Chromic ncld was first employed as a
caustic bySigmund, of Vienna.
Sulphuric and nitric acids were known
to Oeber, the alchemist. In the elgth cen
tury. Creosote was discovered In ISM by Reich
enback, whp extracted it from the tar of
wood.
Potassium, the basis of many medicines,
was discovered in 1807 by Sir Humphrey
Davy.
Alcohol was first distinguished ns an
elementary substance in Albucasls, in
the twelfth century.
Glycerine was discovered by Scheele In
17S9. He considered It tho soothing
principle of every kind of oil.
Nux vomica is prepared from the seeds
of a tree that grows In abundance In In
dia, the East Indies and Ceylon.
The clove is tho dried and unexpanded
bud of a tree techanlcally know to botan
ists as the caryophyllus aromatlcus.
Bismuth was first separated and dis
tinguished as a metal by Agricoln, the
famous chemist and scientist, in 1M0.
Antimony Is found in mnny countries.
It Is exported to this country and Eng
land from France, Spain and Holland.
Lobelia, nlso called Indian tobacco, is
known as a common herb, often growing
ns a weed In many parts of the United
States.
Peppermint Is natlvo to Europe, but
It is said to be grown In several places
in this country for the purpose of pre
paring the extract.
Horse radish as a medicine and condi
ment is mentioned in the Egyptian records,
2,0110 years II. C. It Is easily grown in
almost any part of the world.
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