THE "OPEN POOR" TEA SALOON IN NEW YORK
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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
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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.
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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
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Recipe for Molit Haml*.
To avoid moist hands during the
warm season wash them three times a
day in lukewarm water, to which tan
nic acid has been putin the propor
tion of three drains to one pint of
water; afterward use a powder com
posed of powdered salicylic acid, three
parts; talc, seven parts; starch, ninety
parts. This powder should be sifted
inside the gloves.
A Cour>\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.