THE "OPEN POOR" TEA SALOON IN NEW YORK i Art's Tribute to Dewey. | * TJcmmit in Resign arid 3'ieirrrd TOith: Side ©pjnings. * * aoK x¥^>K)!o;eteieiofOK*3ieioK^sK)K«)feK^ Iu the triumphal arch and colonnade ■which is to be erected at Madison Square for the Dewey celebration, New York City is to have a work which, in the opinion of the National Sculpture Society, will surpass any thing that Las beforo been realized for such u purpose in sculpture dec oration. Iu general plan the arch will re semble the Arch of Titus. The Ro man design is altered, however, to fit it for location at the intersection of four streets by having the main piers pierced on the east and west axis of the arch by smaller openings, as is done in the Aro de Triomphe in Paris. This leaves really four piers to the arch, for the decoration of which a series of bas reliefs and groups is sug gested, depicting the call to arms, the battle, the return of the soldiers and peace. At the sides of these groups inay be placed heroic figures of great Americau naval officers. Secretary Long, at the request of the society, suggested for representation in those places the name of Paul Jones, Decatur, Hull, Perry, McDonough, Farragut, Porter and Cushiup. Over the maiu entrance will be bas reliefs symbolizing the commercial importance of New York. For the group surmounting the arch has been suggested a ship ■with a figure of Victory in the bow drawn by four sea-horses. The plans include also a reviewing-stand which shall be a part of the general scheme of decoration for Madison Square. It is planned to have it decorated with groups symbolic of Greater New York and the five boroughs, and with flags to make it contrast in color with the masoury and sculpture effects of the ariih. The work on the part of the artists which will be involved in carrying DEWEY TRIUMPHAL AUCH AND ARCADE. out these plans is offered to the city free of charge. At a meeting of the society called to consider the means of doing the worin the short time remaining, the was called for pledges of wr i co-operation, Every member .4s present at the meeting pledf ..mself without re serve to the vork. It is said that the artists in carrying out the plan will give to the city professional service amounting in value to $150,000 or $200,000. A Sad Case. Dr. Chargem—"Your friend needs -orous treatment; I never saw a in such a state of mental depres- Can't you convince him that re holds some brightness for {Sympathetic Friend—"That is un fortunately impossible. He has drawn bis salary for three weeks ahead and spent tlie money."—Pearson's Weekly. Arms of the Shamrock's Owner. Of course, it wonldn't have been the thiug for Sir Thomas Lipton, tea merchant, Cup challenger and recent ly appointed Baronet, to come over here on the Shamrock without a coat of-arms. He might as well arrive without a yachting cap. So he has had a coat-of-arms made, and, honestly, he deserves great credit for the dem ocratic and unassuming way in which he has complied the emblem. For the crest he has designed two horny hands of labor, one bearing the flowers of the tea plant the other that of the coffee plant. These betoken his IB Silt THOMAS LIPTOs's COAT-OF-ARMS. humble origin and his means of suc cess iu the world. Fidelity to his native country induces him to place upon the shield the Shamrock of Ire land, as well as the Thistle of Scot land, the country in which he made his first money. At the bottom of the shield is the horn of plenty, and his motto, "Labor Conquers All Things." It is truly a fitting autobiography in pictures. 'I lie Heat School. The best and cheapest school of journalism is the country newspaper otlice. No one can become a banker or a broker or a merchant by attend ing a commercial college. No more can a college course in journalism fit you for newspaper work. Theory is one thing; practice is another. If you aspire to enter the higher ranks, work on a country weekly as a starter. There is the best possible training for a young man who desires to become au accurate writer and a reporter of events. In the city one rarely if ever meets the people he writes about, and there are no consequences to be feared on that score. But in the country there is a personal accounting in store for ttife scribe who garbles or errs in statement of facts. This knowledge drills the habit of accuracy into one as nothing else will. The annual increase of population in the United States is about 1.000.000. 00000000000000000000000000 1 NOVEL RIVAL TO § | THE LIQUOR SHOPS.g 00000000000000000000000000 Practical belp to the poor, the ig norant, and tbe sinning, this is the watchword of the day. The latest evidence of its working in the East ; Side of New York is the establishment of a tea-saloon at 7G Allen street. The Church Army is sponsor for the new undertaking, which is managed by Colonel H. H. Hadley, an entliusias- | tic worker in humanitarian affairs. Colonel Hadley has many sympa thizers in his belief that hundreds of people drink beer because it is the drink most easily obtainable, and that if other liquids were as cheap and *s easy to get, the consumption of intox icating drinks would be greatly re duced. This is the experiment being tried at The Open Door, which is the name of the new temperance venture. The house taken for the mission was | one of the worst homes of vice iu the crowded neighborhood. It was used to conceal so many kinds of law-break- j ing that its frequenters hud to be pro tected from visits of the police by a system of private alarms. In addition to this they had secret means of egress, so that escape was possible in case of a raid. Colonel Hadley secured a three years' lease of this disrepu table building, cleared it of its old tenants, freshly painted the dingy in terior, and wrought a material as well us a moral transformation. The first tloor of the building was altered from i a bar of the lowest order, where crime and hatred were nursed, into the liu- : manitarian substitute, the tea-saloon. The effect of a bar is still retained,but over the shining counter no more del- i eterioiis drink than well-made tea ever passes. The equipments which rest 011 the counter as accessories to the drinks are bowls of sugar, pitchers of cream, and saucers of sliced lemon. Tea is served either hot or cold, to suit the desire of the patron, and it is also supplemented with a sandwich or a piece of pie or cake. The prices charged for these enjoy ments range from one cent for plain tea to live cents for tea with solids, ; and the price is the same whether the ! beverage is hot or iced. As it is the 1 custom in the neighborhood where the 1 tea-saloon is established for families to use the "growler" for bringing : drink from the saloon to the home, Colonel Hadley has tea on draught to | sell by the quart for outside consump- ! tion. He has even planned an im- | proved can for carrying it, with a central j compartment for tea and an outside one for ice, with faucets arranged for j drawing o.f either tea or ice water. In the back of the tea-saloon is ar- j ranged an assembly-ioom, where it is j the custom to hold mission meetings ! every eveniug, consisting largely of j attractive music, and into these meet- \ ings the patrons wander in increasing ; numbers. Upstairs the house is divi ded into twelve rooms, all of which are furnished, and are rented to de sirable applicants at ono dollar a week. The tea-saloon i9 open from 6 a. m. to midnight; its patrons are increas ing daily; and it is expected that it will be a formidable rival to the liquor saloon, and will prove the strongest weapon against alcoholism that phi lanthropy has ever wielded iu defence of the weak and ignorant.—Harper's Bazar. Was Not AIITA at IlifiYlme. While passing Whitehall the other day a stranger to Loudon asked u policeman if he could point out the window through which King Charles passed out to execution. The police man asked: "Who was he?" "King of England, of course," was the an swer. "But when was that?" "Over two hundred years ago." "Ah, ah! that was long before my time, sir. I only entered tbe force in 1862," was the policeman's reply. "Sorry I can't tell you." Japan has considerably more thau half as many inhabitants as tbe L uited States, though our couutryis twenty two times its area. | FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT. 1 a i..\u«»ou» Woman. Mrs. Fowler, the wife of the keeper of the North Dumpling Light, near Fisher's Island, has recenily received a letter of commendation from the United States Lighthouse board for her courage and thoughtfulness. It happened that Mrs. Fowler was left alone in tho lighthouse when the ma chinery broke down, and after a haz ardous climb she managed to ring the lighthouse bell and so call assistance. The lighthouse board expressed its gratitude for her thoughtful courage, and stated that it expected that brave and thoughtful men would be found in its service, but to find a woman able at a perilous time to assume the duties of au absent man and thus prevent peril to life and property is a matter of double congratulation. Paper and KnveJjpes. The: e is a tendency to use writing paper as thin as our frocks. For notes, gilt and silver-edged cards have come iu again, but they must not be more than four inches long. In large, square aud oblong sizes, with sealing wax to match, women who like pro uounced writing paper are buying pink, green, blue, violet papers and envelopes. ".Bond and parchment vellum, in white, are the color and surface regularly supplied now to highest class trade," said an author ity. "The same element calls for everything which is in passing fash ion, but uses the bond and vellum without regard to momentary mode. The surfaces of these papers are neither as smooth as the glazed styles of a few seasons ago nor as rough as the Irish linen, which tried the pen and the patience."—New York Press. The Wife of a Flßliter. General Frederick Funston, the dash captain of Phillipiue fame, was as ar dent in his wooing as he was in his fighting. The dauntless young man who had explored Alaska and fought with Gomez had known Miss Eda Blaukart only five weeks and was en gaged only two days when the mar riage ceremony was performed. Two flays later the transport Indiana sailed for Manila with Funston aud the Kan sas troops on board, and a little more thau a week afterward his wife sailed to join him. She has been with hiin since on the firing liue, aud her ex periences as told by her letters to her family are of extraordinaty inter est. Iu oueof them she mentions hav ing met Admiral Dewey, with whom she was delighted. She wrote home that be was an extraordinarily modest man.".lust like Fred," she said. Mrs. Funston is nine years younger thau her husband. Tlio XeKMt French Handkerchief.. French pocket handkerchiefs are very odd this season. Some receutly imported ones have floral buttonholes made in one corner; this buttons on to a button hidden in the folds of the corsage. This device is to obviate tho ueces ity of tucking the handker chief into the belt or the sleeve, for, of course, pockets are obsolete. Some of the new handkerchiefs are round, instead of square. White borders and colored centres are odd, and a novelty is a white handkerchief with a colored border and a bowknot in each corner of the same color as the border. Deep blue and lilac are very eflect've colors for these borders and bowkuots. Large, white, man.v-petal led mar guerites are embroidered iu the corn ers of colored handkerchiefs. The centre of the flower is left plain and therefore colored. Tiny shields of colored batiste worked with eutwined initials or a monogram are outlined by openwork embroidery, which is used also iu place of a hemstitched border. Butterflies, flowers, leaves and other designs are let iu with open work, with the iuitials embroidered on them. The fanc3 r borders are quite :leep, but mauy of the hemstitched edges are extremely narrow, being the merest line round the edge. Tlie <>rnrlnu« I.Hily of tlie TThite Hon.p. Very nineh has been said and writ ten of Mrs. McKiuley, and yet tho half of her gentleness aud beauty of character has never been told, writes Mrs. John A. Logau. Her most charming characteristic is her perfect sincerity and thoughtfulness for others. No day passes over her head without her doing something for some one. If she hears of an affliction of any kind overtaking any one—no mat ter bow much a stranger—she will im mediately order something seut to that person, if nothing more than a bunch of flowers or a cheering mes sage; in some way she conveys her sympathy and good wishes. Her friends endeavor to keep from her know ledge many instances of illness or sorrow, because she immediately makes a personal matter of theui, aud is untiring iu her interest until all is well again. No one ever heard her ntter a complaint about her ill-health. She is always bright and cheerful, uever in any way alluding to herself, or to the affliction that has held her captive for more thau twenty years. Her refined face, sweet smile aud ten der expression, reflect the spirit of resignation aud loveliness which suf fering has wrought. She is interestad in everything, with the enthusiasm ot the most vigorous and active of worn* en. Her busy fingers have wrought much for charity. Some time ago she had finished more than 3500 pairs of knitted slippers for larlies and chil dren, all of which have been given to friends or for charity to invalids. Many of these slippers have been sold for large sums at church and charity fairs. It does not require an expert to figure that by her own hands Mrs. McKinley has earned a considerable sum for benevolent purposes. Her example of continuous employment demonstrates that occupation is the Burest defense against ennui and de pression of spirits and morbidness from enforced coufinement, most of the time within doors.—Frank Les lie's Monthly. The I.>ito»t In Serviette King;*. New designs in serviette rings are always acceptable, especially if the de sign is in any way at all out of the common. The latest fashion in rings are those made in two thicknesses of medium or heavy weight round thread bleached linen. They are cut with one end pointed and the other square, aud at the poiuted end a button hole is made, and at the square end a but ton is sewn. Then work in embroid ery on the outside at the pointed end au initial letter, a bird or tiny spray of flowers. The way to make the rings is as follows: Cut the linen in strips about two and a quarter inches wide and eight inches long, which allows of one-quarter inch turning all round. A true half square point is made at ! one end of.each eight-iuch strip before the rings are made up. The em broidery is also done on the upper piece before putting together, and the design placed near, but not too close to tho pointed end, so that when but toned the desigu will be uppermost, thus enabling the members of a family to distinguish their own rings at a ; glance. The embroidered piece is then sewn to a plain piece for lining, turned through the square end, smoothed, pulled into shape, the square blind stitched up, and a tiny trail of French briar stitch of French dots carried all I around the ring to keep the edges in i shape. A buttonhole is worked in the point and the ring completed by a button at the other eud. With regard to the button which is placed on the square end, it is not necessary to have a very elaborate one, as anything neat will serve the purpose as well. When selecting a button it should not be too small, as most people, especially the male por tion, like something substantial to get hold of. Anything from a linen or ; pearl to a neat enamel button will look extremely well, or if buttons with ! shanks are use 1, the shanks ran be sewn in place on an eyelet hole made 1 at the square end of the linen, and the ! shank put through and secured by a ; ring or small tape tie on the under I side, this being a great advantage I should the rings require washing, 'llie same rings, made a little larger, make very handsome handkerchief or music \ holders, and are really very nice birthday presents. Woman's Life. Faaliton Note*. Veils of white and cream colored i and plain tulle without color take tho j lead. For outing notbiug can take the place of the perennial sailor hat, which, like the shirt waist, is here to i stay. Silks with blurred designs are com ! biued with some vivid hue, usually i laid under lace insertions or liniug i ruffles. Embroidered cuffs and collars of : inusliu, edged with Valenciennes lace, j are fashionable. The collars are mounted on stocks of colored satin. The Japanese woman's idea of cor ! rectness in dress is to have the bit of ! lace or embroidery of a European I chemise show where her kimoua opens at the neck. Close-fitting waists on lailor gowns are now considered smarter than those with any sort of drooping blouse ef fect, even when very light-textured materials are used. White silk shirts, with black lace insertions, at e charming affairs. When worn with a white skirt, a black hat I and a white parasol covered with black lace, the effect is decidedly pleasing. | Batiste iu lace effects and in em j broidered patterns figures largely iu : combination with foulard silks for ! vests, revers, fichus, collarettes and i other portious of the bodice and sleeves. A Million-Dollar Bedroom. "Half way between Munich and Salzburg is the third castle Herreu chiemseo—built by LndwiglJ," writes Professor J. H. (iore, in the Ladies' Home Journal. "This great structure is incomplete, fortunately for already overtaxed Jiavaria, for no one could surmise what its cojt would have been. One room alone—the renowned I bedchamber—could not be duplicated | for lesr. thau a million dollars. The , vaulted ceiling is one great allegorical I painting, the rounded cornice is covered with a score of richly covered mural paintings, the walls are panels of hair.mered gold of intricate de signs, and even the floor is of a mar velous pattern. The only suggestion of the purpose of this wonderful room is the sixty-thousand dollar bed with its canopy more magnificent than any that covers a regal throne. In the gorgeous dining-room he had erected a disappearing table, which dropped through the floor when the course was finished, aud in its place came up another set and served. He desired this so that servauts would be tin nec essary iu the room and tho most 1 secret state matters could be discussod ! in safety." PAINTING FLAGSTAFFS. Bow th« Pole* on City Kky-Scrapari Arm Redecorated. The flagstaff's which seem to be an indispensable part of the modern office building often extend to an ex traordinary height above the street level. The tallest in the city are those which have been erected above the domes, at the top of the two tow ers on the Broadway facade of the Park Row Building. . The top of the dome is 390 feet above the sidewalk, and the trucks of the flagstaff!), which HOW FLAGSTAFF* ARE PAINTED. (JThe left-hand figure shows the weight curried by stirrup. The rljjht-haird shows it carried on the chair. are fifty-seven feet in length, are therefore about 450 feet above thu street level. A few days ago the foot passengers down Broadway and across the City Hall Park were watching with great interest the figure of a man who was engaged in painting these lofty poles, and the question naturally arose as to how this perilous work was doue. The answer will be found in the accom panying engraving, which shows one of these aerial artists at work. His climbing apparatus is one of the very simplest kind, and consists of two short lengths of rope, each oi which is provided with a slip noose which encircles the flagstaff. The upper | rope carries an ordinary "bo'sun's chair"—a plain piece of board which forms a seat astride of which the painter sits—and the lower rope ends in a simple foot-stirrup. -In climbing ; the pole, the weight is first thrown on the foot-stirrnp, thereby releasing the noose of the upper rope, which is then slid up the pole. The weight is now thrown on the seat and Wie stirrup noose being released of weight is drawn a few inches up the pole. By thus throwing the weight alternately on either rope and slacking the other, i the paiuter is enabled to climb to the : top of the pole. The painting is dona from the top downward; the order oi slipping the ropes being, of course, now reversed. Underneath one end of the seat is liuug the paint pot, and a dab of putty for filling up cracks and knot holes is stuck conveniently upon the same end of the seat. A Colossal Memorial. The most colossal monument on the continent of Europe and second alone in dimensions to the Liberty Statue in New York is that of the famous Turull 1 bird recently erected on the summit of the Banhida Mountain in County Komorn, Hungary, in cominemoratiou | of the Hungarian millennium, which was celebrated with a stupendous amount of patriotic enthusiasm in i 189(3 in all portions of the kingdom, j The site is well seein<- that the monument occupies the spot where Arpad slew Swatopluk, the Slavic chieftain, on his invasion of the Hungary of to-day. It was maiulv 1 due to the exertions of the famous Magyar romancer, Jokai Mor, that the collection for the monument waa started. This bird, fable has it, has i played an extraordinary part in the ! destinies of the nation, so that the poorest, moved to enthusiasm by the eloquence of the popular .poet, con tributed the copper he could ill afford LARGEST MONUMENT IN EUROPE. (Erected In Banhida in commemoration ot Hungary's millennium.) to spare to the general fund. The conception of the monument is that of the Magyar sculptor. Douath Oyula, the metals used being copper and iron. The height from the claw to the tip of the wing is sixty-eight feet, the outspread wings are forty six feet long and the sword of Arpad, which the monster bird holds it its claws, measures forty feet. A reasonably active man walks about 297,200 miles—more than tea times the efcrth's circumference—in eighty-four years, just trotting about his house aud oflice.