Onoo upon a time I here was a hand flbme hen who lived like a great lady m the poultry yard of a rich farmer, sur rounded by a numerous family which clucked about her, and none of whloh clamored more loudly or picked up the oorn faster with his beak than a poor Uttle deformed and orlppled chicken. This was precisely the one that the mother loved best. It ie the way with all mothers; the weakest and most un sightly are always their favorites. This misshapen creature had but one eye, one wing and one leg In good con dition ; it might have been thought that Solomon had executed his memorablo sentence on Coquorico, for that was the name of tho wretched chicken, and out him in two with his famous sword. When a person is one-eyed, lame, and one armod, he may reasonably be expected to be modest; but our Cusiilian ragamuflin was prouder than his lather, the best spurred, most elegant, bravest and most gallant cock to be soen from Burgos to Madrid. He thought himself a phoenix of grace and beauty, and passed the best part of the day in admiring himself in the brook. If one of his brothers ran against him by accident ho abused him, called him en vious and jealous, aud risked his only re maining eye in battle; if tho hens clucked on seeing "him he said it was to hide their spite because ho did not condescend to look at them. One day, when he was more puffed up with vanity than usuul, he resolved nc longer to remain in such a narrow sphere, but go out into the world, where lie would be better appreciated. "My ladv mother," said he, "I am tired of Spain ; I am going to Home to see tho pope and cardinals." "What are you thinking of, my roor child !" cried his mother. "Wf-n - /*)>- HIS MOTHER GIVES HIM SOME ADVICE. Bttch a lolly into your head? Never lias one of our family been known lo quit lib country, and, for this reason, we are th honor of our race and are proud o.' ou: genealogy. \\ here will you linda poulli;. yard like this—mulberry trees to shad' you, a whiter.ashed lion roost, a magni ficent dunghill, worms and corn every where, brothers thai love you, and three great dogs to guard you from the foxes • Do you not think that at Homo itself yoc will regret the ease and plenty of such ; life?" Coquerleo shrugged his crippled wing in token of disdain. "You are a simp.- woman, my good mother, ' said Ie "everything is accounted worthy of . miration by him who has never quitti t his dunghill. But I have wit enough i> see tine my brothers have no ideas, a; t hat my cousins are nothing but rustic-. My . .cuius is stilling in this hole; 1 wis: to roam tho world and seek my fortune.' "But, my son, have you never looked in the brook?" resumed (he poor lien "Don't you know that you lack un eye, a leg and a wing? To make your fortun you need the eyes ol' a fox, the legs of a spider and the wings of a vulture. On- i outside of these walls you are lost." "My good mother," replied Coquerici -. "when a hen hatches a duck she is al ways frightened on seeing it run to tin water. You know mo no better, ii li my nature to succeed by my wit aim talent. I must have a public eligible ol apprecla ing the charms of my person , my place is not among inferior people "My son," said the lieu, seeing all hei counsels useless; "my son, listen ui least to your mother's lust words, li yon go to Home, take care to avoid S: Peter's church ; tin mint, it is said, ill likes cocks, especially w hen they ciow. Shun, moreover, certain personagc cailcd cooks and scullions; you will kuLu them by Uieir paper caps, their tuck up sleeves ana the great knives whi> i tliey wear at their sides. They a - li. En-ed assassins, who attack our step v. i hout pity and cut our throats withou. giving Us time to cry mercy. And now, my child," she added, raising her claw, "receive my blessing. May St. James, tne natron saiut of pilgrims, protect thee 1" coquerleo pretended not to see tlif tear that trembled in his mother's eye. lior did he trouble himself any mon about his father, who bristled his plu mage and seemed üboul to call bin back. Without earing for those who., he left behind he glided throug.'i -I half open door, aud, once outside, llapp liis only wing and crowed three line to celebrate his freedom, "Cock-a-doe.. . doo!" As he half Hew, half hopped over ;i. fields, he came lo the bed of am which had been dried up by the sun. ,i the middle of the rands, however, trickled a tiny thread ol' water, so .1 tl.at it was choked by a couple of die leaves that had fallen into it. "Mv friend," exclaimed the streamlet at the sight of our tiavelcr, "my friend you see my weakness, i have not eve, the strength to carry uway these leave.: Which obstiuet my passage, much lem to mai.e a circuit, so completely am 1 exhuu (cii. With a stroke of your beali you can restore me to life. lum not an ingrate. If jou oblige me, jou uia.i count on my gratitude the ti st run-, day, wnen tic water Horn . e.:..-n M .U have restored in strong-11. "Yo 1 ilie je-tlng, said I o.jtleiieo. 1 "Dm 1 ,'io.i tike one whose busine situ' to sw- , 1 the brooks? A,; iy t> those o! 1 vour own sort.' And, wt h liis soul, leg, he .eapail across tin- 1 ■ .1.11 let. "You will leiuenibci 11.- when you I least expect it,' wurmtii- d the biook but with no feeble a voice hat it was losi on the pi oud cock. A little further ou Coquerleo suw tin 1 wind lying breathless on the ground. "Dear Coquerleo. come to my aid," I' cried; "here on earth we-should helj •ati other. You see to what I ;~s 1 Aooed by the heat of the day; I, who la former tfniee uprooted the olive tree* end lashed the waves to fremy, lie here well-nigh slain by the dog star. I suf fered myself to be lulled to sleep by the perfume of the roees with whloh I was playing, and lo I here I am, stretched al most Ufsless upon the ground. If yon will raise me a couple of inches with your beak and fan me a little with your wing, I shall have the strength to mount yon dor white clouds which I see In tho die tenco, where I shall receive aid enough (row my family to keep me alive till I gain fresh strength from the next whirl wind," "My lord," answered the spiteful Coquerleo, "your excellency has mors than once amused himself by playing trlcka at my expense. It Is not a ngsE since your lordship glided like a traitor behind me. and diverted himself by open ing my tall like a fan and covering era with oonfuslon in the fuoe of nations. Have patience, therefore, my worthy friend. Mockers always have their turn. It does them good to repent and to learn to respeot those whose birth, wit and beauty should screen them from the jests of a fool." And Coquerleo, bristling his plumage, crowed three times in his shrill est volco and proudly strutted onward. A little further on he came to a newly mown field, where tho farmers had piled up the weeds In order to burn them. Coquerleo approached a smoking heap, hoping to find some stray kernels of corn, and saw a little flame which was char ring the green stalks without being able to set them on fire. "My good friend," cried tho flame to the newcomer, "you are just in time to save my life; lam dying for want of air. I cannot Imagine what has become of my cousin, the wind, who cares for noth ing but his own amusement. Bring me a few dry straws to rekindle my strength, and you will not have obliged an ingrate." "Wait a momont," said Coquerleo, "and I will servo you as you deserve. In solent fellow that dares ask my help!" and behold he leaped on tho heap of dried weeds and trampled It down till lie smothered both flame and smoke; after which ho Bhoutod "Cock-a-doodle-doo?" and Happed his wing, as if he had done A great deed. Proudly strutting onward and erow n-g, Coquerleo nt last arrived at Home, lie place to which all roads lead, •nrcely had he reached the city when e hastonod to the great church of Si. cter. Grand and boautiful as it was he Id not stop to admire It, but, planting -imselfln front of the main entrance, vhere he looked like a fly among the treat columns, he raised himself on tip .oe and began to shout, "Cock-a-doo-dle loo !" only to enrago the saint and dis obey his mother. He had not yet ended his song when one of the pope's guard, who chanced to hear him, laid hands on the insolent wretch who dared thus to insult the saint, and carried him home in order to oast him for suppor. "Quick!" said he to his wife on enter ng the house, "glvo me some boiliiu. .vater; here is a sinner to bo punish tl "Pardon, pardon, Madam Wan-; !" jrlod Coquorieo. "Oh, good and genre enter, tho best and purest thing in tin world, do not scald pray you ! ' "Did you hare pity on me vvhen I im plored your aid, ungrateful wretch?" an swered tho vvator, boiling with indigna tion And with a single gush inundated liiui from head to foot, and left not a bit ol down on his whole body. The unhappy Coquerleo stripped of all In s feathers, tho soldier took aud laid him on the gridiron. "Oh, iiro, do not burn me!" cried he, in ifn agony of terror. "Oh, beautiful ami brilliant fire, the brother of the silt aid cousin of the diamond, spare an uu - happy creature, llestrain thy ardor, ■in soften thy flame; do not roa-' "Did you have pity on mo when I im plored your aid, ungrateful wretch?" an swe red tho lire, and fiercely blazing will mgor, in an instant it burned Coquorieo to a coal. The soldier, seeing his roast chicken in lliis deploruble condition, took him by I lie leg and threw him out of the win low. Tho wind bore tho unhappy fowl ton dunghill, where it loft him for 1 moment. yIT-ffr W .* * A 'I ii|p jjpvlis 'is? Spff < W' W ON HIS TRAVELS. "Oh, wind " sighed Coquerleo, who Still breathed ; "oh, kindly zephyr, pro tecting breeze, belio d ine cured of my vain follies; let me rest on the paternal dunghill." "Let yon rest! roared tho wind. "Wait, and I will teach you how I treat ingcat -s. ' And with one blast it sent II i 111 so high in tho air that as he fell buck he was transfixed by a- steeple. There St. Peter was awaiting him. With his own hand ho nailed him to the highest steeple in Home, where he is -till shown to travelers. However high placed lie may be, all desoi-ie hiin be cause lie turns with the s i purest wind. Black, dried n!•, stripped of his feathers aud bent" 11 bv tho rain. In- no longer called Coquei ic 1, but Weathercock, and thus expiates eternally, his disobedience, vanity and wl-10-dness.—Pro in Labou lye's Fairy Ta s of All Nations, copy right Isi a! by Harper .t Brothers. Known by IVitinanwhi]). Handwriting has its characteristics, ind is a study in itself to those who want .0 become familiar with its peculiarities, ays the St. Louts "Globe-Democrat." It tan very easily bo told whether a person whoso writing you want to identify is a man or a woman, a minor or adult. It is vi--y seldom a handwriting assumes its permanency before the writer is d."> years >ld. Tic- age of tlie writing can approxi mately be determined by various ni -thuds. If it has a Spencorian appear anoo, you may know it was written after IS-s'l. as at that, date the Speiicerinn • vs tom was Introduced. If it is Ihe bin aniline ink -hat is generally ui-e I every where now, you may know it v.-- written after The older inks li 1 Iron or some diluted dyost.uff for a bn-i and preceded the unillno. An onaly.- of the writing will most gonerally dc (.ermine the date of the writing. THE FANCIES OF FASHION. TLOW KB BEDS FOB HATS AND Itr WVLI BLOOM. Drtal Viritty la Shad* HaU, aad Hoil of Thorn an Ckanolof-laT.lli.. for Oardoa Woar—Soaaothlag Ju>i Low ftoa a Preach Watering Place. Paohtono la Sheer. t flowers were'only used as trimming for hats, but the present fashion? have determined that hats should be entirely made of them. Thus one of our ohlef novelties In milli nery Is a mush room shaped hat with drawn tulle foundation and the flattish orown looking like a flower bed In full bloom. Green wheat-ears, blades of grass, strawberry loaves Inter spersed with flowers literally cover tho crown, and a light wreath of leaves, with a forgot-me-not, a clover flower and a daisy peeping out here and there goes round the brim, whilst a high bouquet of various flowers stands up in the middle of the hat. Shade-hats were never more charming nor In greater variety than this season. Even for the beach are wide shapes made of white or yellow laco. For garden par ties there are lovely models that are both poetic aud picturesque. Silk mus lin hats rival those of lace and tulle for Bjl try summer wear. These are closely shirred and trimmed with loops of mull or point d'esprit net, mingled with laco coquilles. Black hats in Spanish fash ion have long graceful scarfs, which come from the back, and are of sufficient width to veil and envelop the throat and sometimes the shoulders. These are usually trimmed with red brier roses, salvia blossoms, or scarlet lobelia blooms. AVlde-brlmmed Milan braids in corn yellow, olive gray, and like fashion able shades, appropriate for general wear at the seaside and In the moun tains, are faced with pleated lace or dark velvet, and simply trimmed outside with large Alsatian bows of moire or fancy Persian or Koman ribbons ar ranged on the crown. Among tho ele gant novelties for garden-party wear are thorny rose stems interwoven in basket fashion forming very charming Maud Muller hats trimmed alone with rose leaves und tea or damask roses and buds. Here is something fresh from a French watering place, where tho newest toi lettes intended for watering place and seaside wear are expected to com bine elegance and t, • simplicity, and in so doing display beauty in qui c a WnwjislJ new light, one /ufflwlga of these toilet.es was made of AWICT slato gray linen ftw/'fl ' \ crepon. The un- llnl I J der dress is made J I I in one piece, held TO| ; ll I in at tho waist ■ !;! dthjj With a sash, and JUL I [If til HL ha* tight sleeves &fyt| Kfljj■ W with small black affflslJ Hp*? m,; buttons. The iSfjJ sJlklE long tunic 1 s WL aaLeawv tight fitting be hind, loose in front, and has sleeves falling to the edge of the skirt trimmed Willi black cord to match the latter. The bluish straw hat is trimmed with black and yellow ears of corn. The fancy for low shoes over dark silk hose, even for promenade, is more than ever general this suminor. For the house and for full-dress uses the very low-cut Dieppe sandal of black satin tipped with jet embroidery, or of dark tan Swedish kid, are two styles v. iv popular abroad. Kid in colors matching t.ho evening toilet, contrary to reports concerning them, are not regarded as in best form, aud have almost universally given plnee to sandals of black or bronze kid. With the exception of jet bead adomlllffß and clasps and buckles of Irish brilliants, ornaments upon slippers have almost ontircly disappeared. Fine soft shoes of undressed kid, most easy and delightful to wear, are shown in many now shades to match the costume. Tho dove-gray and pale-brown models, however, excepting those of the very popular tan dyes, find the largest sale. These colored shoes do very w ell for a change and to completo a suit of one' color entire, but for real elegance and neat aud ladylike appeaium there is no foot-covering that can compare with a perfect-lit ting shoo of fine black French kid. It suits ull styles of dress, all oc casions. and makes the foot look trim mer and smaller than a shoe of any other descript ion. The colored iftgroHk silk bodices, red, pale blue, light v pink aud cream —T7JDI— color have gained a new charm by .. Km t 111,1 introduction /'. TtV?! of a novel sleeve C& V Vi made half of gold fir ' 'J/ lace and half ol fC /' . (S\ slik. The gold -Sffir/j. 'll lace simulates an under sleeve ovci ■HP'rifiaß which i lie silk Ml /<. ■'!■* those intended to be worn at laci- le -object to various ec centric addition*,* Though they may not always di-piay a highly teliiied taste, tliey a v ord full play to inanv a fancy, cliainC'-ristie of the oeea* m on which they are worn. ink" for lli-tanco a toi lette for the raee course, pui together ol various materials. In our dlustl'iiticn loose tulle la- adt lis full overa dark faille skirt slightly draped and trimmed with light poplin an t fancy buttons. The bodice has a pns'illion basque behind and Is short and bat.' tight in front. To th's slieph-r • -. but with laco, ribbons and flowers FASHION A'Om. While violets and lilies of the valley have I, en the favorite flowers for bridal bouqlii ' •• during the season. As ll. any as ID" iocs are sometimes ma*se . together for an opeia or bildal bouquet. The cidor known as officers' red is fash ionable even at. this time of year. The frock coat is the only formal coat of ceremony for men's wear in the day. time. TBE WORLD OF MFOXTB. What an Authority Ha* to Say About r a .New Gam*. Water polo, to be played by swimmers, which has established a position for itself in recent times, I had occasion to write i about last seaeon when I anticipated that „ It would be found necessary to make al , teratlons In the rules, several regulations as to the mode of playing the game being ' then very unsatisfactory. X was no half hearted prophet, evidently, for the rules , have since been remodeled, soot aad branch. The game as played last year may be fitly described as the Bugby style. Now the asaoclatlon method has been adopted. Last year players were allowed to grab the ball with both hands, or hug it under the arm, aud swim with it, the opponent, being allowed to "collar" him when In possession. Thle "collaring," of couree meant submitting the possessor of the ball to the preliminary stages of drown ing, so long as he refused to release his hold. It also led to a great deal of uufair play, as well as much that was unsatis factory without being necessarily pur posely unfair. A man about to seize the ball was, quite as often as not, collared before be bad accomplished his object. Sometimes this was because a player coming from behind could not tell the exact moment QUEEN CITY GUN CLUB, HECENT WINNERS OP A GREAT MATCH AT ALBANY. whan the ball was taken, and thought it better to be too soon than too late. There is now no collaring whatever, and the ball may be taken in one hand only, which is not a very easy thing to do, for the hall may not be less tliun eight inches In diameter. The play that is naturally fostered by this Is the patting and passing game, which is altogether more suitable to the dimensions of the field of play, which may on no account exceed thirty yards from goal to goal, than was the old sys tem of throwing as far as one could. In this connection the goalkeeper, who was able to throw a goal from his position when the field of play was at ull shor Is now prohibited from throwing It moi than half way. An opponent can now Is interfered with only by the intervention of ones body, as at association football. A great alteration has been made in the height of the goals. The defenders of the goal at the deepor end had a very hard task to perform, for It was impossi ble for a goal-keeper treading water to raise himself to a height of live feet to stop the ball, whereas the goal-keeper c the other end had the bottom of tl. bath to spring up from. Now the height of the crossbar from the water at th deep end is three feet, which, in my opin ion, is still n little too high. But reform of this kind Invariably take time to ac eomplish, and I think water polo player must congratulate themselves that they have found one sufllciently unanimous to enable tliein to progress as far as they I have done. The game is now far more I satisfactory in every way than it was. The action of the owner of the Mon mouth race track in cut ting off ull tele graphic reports of the races during their progress is inspired by the single pur pose of compelling men to pay toll to him ior the privilege of making their books lor doing their betting, Mr, Withers, I who owns Monmouth Bark, cares noth- I Ing for tho breeding of horses or the pioinotlon of an ancient sport. He is out for the money. His horse races are run for gambliug purely and solely. The result of this policy Is to squeeze tho bookmakers, to force combinations between the men who enter horses or the jockeys who rido them and tho men who bet, and thus to reduce the whole busi ness to a dishonest gambling game in- I stead of a square and splendid sport, j 11' this policy shall be copied in this state tho Ives Law, which now permits racing and betting under certain condi tions, will be wiped off tho statute book so soon as the legislature can be made j to understand the use which private greed I has made of the privilege secured with such difficulty for the horse breeders and patrons of th turf. When the betting is ! forced into bl.vl.Tcg grooves the people | will have no e -utldenoe in tho races, and ' public sentiment wilt forbid- it. Any sport which cannot endure instant pub licity ought to be barred. | This will probablv be the last year for I the numerous boat houses along the I Hudson river, in the vicinity of tho Ely- I -inn Fiolds, and the amateur oarsmen who have had many years' onjoyment around the place are beginning to look for new quarters. All the river front along Elysian Fields is owned by tho Hobokeu Land and Improvement com pany, or, rather. Col. E. A. Stevens, and that gentleman has sold most of the laud that was familiarly called the "liver walk" to some large corporation, and they are erecting piers very rapidly and filling in the river about fifty feet from shore. The secretaries of the Hill side, Kosedale, Bohemian, Active, Col umbia, Atlantic, and Valencia clubs are expecting Police to vacate daily. The Oermnuia Boat club, situated at the lower end of the "river walk" has already been notified. The Valencia Boat club members are all right, a* their boat house is erected on u float and can be towed away, while the Atlantic Boat club has an annex quarters at Guttenberg; but the only show the other organizations have 1* lo either disband or rebuild u now boat house at Guttenberg, and this is some thing which they cannot all afford to 1,0, us their financial condition is limited. However, they can join the Atlantics or Valencia?, and make these two aqua lie organizat ions the strongest in America. It is only twenty minutes' ride from Ho -1 token to Guttenberg in tho horßo cars, and. besides, tho water course at this [.... it. of the Hudson i- excellent. i,,.- lime next year, providing the mem bers of all the Hoboken clubs work to gether, thev will be able to turn out many strong crews and make a notablo I name for the rowing clubs at Gutten berg. which will bring them into as much i prominence a* those aquatic ci"|bs yvhich I are now located on tho bank* of the l'as saic and Harlem. In this country one of tho most exo lt- Ing shoots of recent days was the one ab t Albany in which the Queen City clue wa6 victorious. I send portraits of t.ht winners. BROOKLYN'S MONUMENT. i TO THIS SOLI)tKJtH AND SdILOTB UV THE CIVIL WAIL It I* t* Oe*t trie,ooo anil Will b* ta tlx* Form of *n Arch nt the Main En trance of Froopect Park—The Archi tect! Idea* and Hew They Have Been Paat la Ha* Work. While New York collects very slowly by popular subscription a fund for an arch on WasluNgion square, the city of Brooklyn ha- appropriated $250,000 for xii c ell at. the entrance to Proepeet park THE LATEST DESIGN, which shall serve as a monument to the soldiers and sailors of the civil war. In doing this, Brooklyn follows the example of Hartford, as it has so often in the past patterned itself on Connecticut. Last year the common council author ized SIOO,OOO to be spent on a soldiers' arid sailors' monument and the matter went so far that a design by Henry Baerer, a sculptor born in Prussia, but American by long residence, was as good as accepted From a raised platform, reached by four flights of stairs and adorned with four largo groups of figures in bronze, rose a simple square pedestal bearing four Corinthian columns and a simple attic with wide cornice. Above stood a draped figure of Brooklyn on a I half globe. As the cut shows, the com position is not intricate, and in that re spect good, but it has little novelty, while the proposod groups, which would be tho most important features, are far from artistic. This is tho design which recent developments in tho local politic* of Brooklyn nipped in the bud; in place of it the arch here shown has been ac cepted. T hat the change is one for tho better is very evident, if for no other reason, that the aroh is one of tho most dignified and massive forms of decoration for great cities, and on this side of tho world one of the rarest. At Hartford tho arch commemorative of tho civil War is in the naturo of a bridge entrance, such as ex isted in the Middle Ages, when bridges were fortified, and subsequently adorned with structures semi-military in nature. The Washington square arch is to be less mediteval, more classical. That at Prospect park will in some respocts ap proach the Koman triumphal arch, bui ally itself more to the Arc de Triomplie de l'Etoile of Paris. It is to stand detached, like that great arch. There will be no suggestion of a gateway, as we find at Berlin in tho Bradenburg Gate, which is also an arch of triumph. While at first the arch of triumph may seem to portray a gate, say tho entrance to a conquered town, tho probabilities are against this explanation, and in favor of its evolution from an Independent structure of stone which took the place of a perishat-i" aroh of wood run up for the triumphal entry of a conquoror. Exactly so the wooden arches on Fifth avenue wer>- hastily constructed, and one of them thought worthy of perpetuation in stone. The Brooklyn arch is to stand across tiie roadway, after passing tho fountain and before reaching tho entrance to tin*, park. Now modern streets are not so narrow as tho ways of Kome. Unless a' arch is to be a gimcrack ornament for e lawn, it is necessary to have a wnti span; but this entails a heavy body o' masonry at each extremity; otherwise the downward thrust of the arch wouh. be too great for the sido shafts to bear. The architect of the Brooklyn aicli lias met this difficulty by designing two tower-like masses, and throwing between them an arch of much less thickness from front to rear. Ho has also made this part shallower from archivolt to cornice than v, e find it In French and Koman tri umphal arches. In these the relatively* higticr and n/o rower opening below the arch gives a mole massive look to the j whole edifice. Moreover the Koman arches of triumph bore very high attics, so that atue us well as entablature above tho arch might carry elaborate inscrip tions on a largo scale. Hence tho ma sonry that supported them was very thick; but often ways for foot-passengers wore carried through the latter, and thus j the heavy look of t ho sides somewhat re lieved. The chosen design calls for a span of G-l feet and measures oi> feet in the clear from tho roadway to tho archi volt, while the out side measurements for height and breadth are about 10" feet eacii. Comparison with classical arches, such a* that of Septimus Severus ami that of Titus, will demonstrate that fil by 05 is a very large opening indeed, Uu tho other hand, little has been done to relieve the heaviness of the two masses of masonry which carry this superb sweep. These have not been pierced for foot pas engois. Th.ey contain stairways reached by doors on the sides, by which one ascends to a chamber above the arch, wiieio relics of the war, Luittle-ilugs and statues, may bo preserved, and where light is obtained from the roof in such a way thai no windows will detract from tho solid appearance of the structuie. As the architect supposed when he made his design that the arch was to serve as a gate way to the park, he treated his sub ject accordingly, and made no provisiou for the outer sides in tho way of reliev ing 'hose sides from bareness, for the outer shafts were to a certain extent to beliioken by the walls abutting, or by soul*- architectural device which might attach the structure to the lino of en closure for the park. On tho same understanding ho sought rather for relief for the two main shafts in front and rear. For thi9 purpose he introduced solid projections which might carry inscriptions or bas-reliefs below, and break the monotony of the lower front with sets of triple round columns 1 jii.*t dise-aged. These projections stnu " | ply officiate as pedestals to carry groups "! of statuary, indicated on ills plan by I purely fanciful figures, which do not y j show* the groups themselves, but the ' | general outline wh'oh they might, take— -1 ] an outline somewhat pyramidal. The 1 I size and | r enin ueo of these pedestals make them sin.d*ir to false porches. ! Their columns apparently have Bo r j man composite capitals, such as appear 'j on the arch of Titus at Kome. The ? bareness ot the inner walls is interrupted I by uicheis for statues of soldiers und tailors. Tho aquandrUs, or three-cor nered spaoee between the curve of the architrave, ere filled with large recum bent figures in relief. The attic Is diver , allied with bold, simple architectural de tails, but only one rather narrow space is left for the inscription, whloh will lead: TO THE DEFENDERS OF TUB CHIOS 1861—1865 Home large group in bronze will crown this triumphal arch in the orthodox fashion, but whether the statuary here and on the roofs of the false portlooe oa both sides below will prove sncoeaeful must depend on the sculptor choeea te embellish the structure. For arches may In one sense be considered merely very beautiful stands for ths display of sculp ture, which latter will always remain as the chief test of the artistic level of ths people for whom the monument is erected. The gentleman who won the prise of i 1,000 for this monument, under the name Bed Seal, Is ilr. John H. Duncan, a member of the Architectural league, find the designer of many handsomo d wellings In New York and elsewhere. The competition was in the hands of the mayor of Brooklyn; the experts called In tojudgo which of the thirty six desighs deserved first prize of SSOO, were Professor William R. Ware, of Columbia college, and Mr. Charles B. Atwood. They decided that no other de -ign departed sufficiently from •he commonplace, and offered enough eigne of having been prepared by a man competent to carry out such a structure in a proper fashion. As they gave to no do.-ign the second prize, a fair inference is that between Mr. Duncan's arch and the others there was so wide a gap that none appronched it. And in fact it is difficult to induce architects of the first, rank to enter competitions at a11... In the first place, tho specifications are never exact enough to warrant busy men run ning the risk of losing all chance of suc cess by lgnoranco of some vital necessity of the particular case in point. Then committeos of award have been so often thoughtless or unfair that there is little confidence In tho profession that justice will be done. Mr. Duncan is a uativo of New Or loans, and still a young man. Helta* designed the outlook tower at Newburg, New York, which stands near the Wash ington headquarters. It is probable that the arch when finished will vary in important particulars from tho design by which he has won the SI,OOO prize. In their report to Mayor Chapin and the rest of tho committee having the monu ment in charge, the experts make a sug gestion which can hardly fail to improve the proportions of the building, if cur ried out. As tho arch is to stand in th • plaza before the entrance, there is no need of so wide a span, for, like the big areh overlooking the Champs Eh sees, which it will approach in size and somowhat in general disposi tion, it will be used only for procession nnd on festal occasions. By shortening t lie span the outline of the opening will become much finer in proportions; nar rower, It is true, but apparently higher; certainly of a nobler look. Along witii '.he diminished thrust from this nai - tower span goes a lighter and handsomer treatment of the supports. They need not come so tar forward, nor is it nece-- eitry to make thorn so heavy; there will be an astonishing economy of material, arid a corresponding one of money, no that more of the fund can be applied to the statuary, which, on any scale com mensurate with so large an arch, will cost a great deal. Brooklyn is to be congratulated, not so much on the pre en t design—for that is obviously in many important respects ill adapted to the new position it is to occupy—as on the de sign a trained architect like Mr. Duncan will perfect, after ho has fixed all the new requirements in his mind, and hud time to study thoroughly eery detail of the arch. Such buildings are, to bo sure, simple affairs struetuially, but timir very sim plicity makes them extremei . difficult to accomplish. A large working model has to be made, and studied from all direc tions. The relative broken and un broken spaces have to bo weighe" ill T i a Srk x JjK i | ' THE ni SIO ETRST ACCEPTED, against each olhtn. - . ius ne pro portions of attic to shafts, uiul areti opening to attic. It is n ticklish que tion how the statuary should be disposed, and whether at n given point there should be figures in the round, or in high relief, or very low. The slty-lino !-> a most important matter, and then come the ctelii a'e question • of light and shade —what and how much shadow shall !• secured by this or that architectural de tail? Arches of triumph have as man Intricate problems in architecture to solve as a (ireek temple, and woe-to him who imagines that it is sufficient to fol low precedents without ttnahzins the why and wherefore of each detail! If the prize design were to be the ac tual Uestgn of the areh, it might be asked whether the group- borne on tho pil lared projections In front were in them selves snivel nt warrant for those pro jections, which are sufficiently large to force one to demand tb&t they should give some account of themselves. Do you add to the stability of the arch? one i might ask them. Aro you structurally a •counted for in llm design? Tiiou tho i tiiehes tor statues benefit h '' •urclm. should t lie inner faeos of the '.any , more than the curve of the a . imali i above, be weaken#! of the jnq*-! mw - pression of u stn ug, clean sweep by > breaks In the surface? Should not deo i orations In siieh pluees bo iu compara tively low ro.io'These are some ol the puzzling que*.tons that must beset an r architect who is studying out the muni ) fold details of a great and conspicuous 1 public monument, which will be certain I to make or mar his fame for life —Charles • de Kcij-, fa Harper's Weekly