Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1882, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, THBRSDAY, JUNE 1, 1882—-DOUBLE SHEET. *. - SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE. A @ene of Brilliancy and Beanty. At the commencement exercises of the Spen- @erian ness College in Lincoln Hall, Tues- day evening, a dense throng of friends of the graduates assembled long before the first strains of music began. The audience was composed of the leading bankers, merchants, business men, public officials and their wives and daughters. Large numbers who were unabié to gain admis- sion sat patiently waiting on the outside steps for any vacancy within that might occur during the exercises. The hail was elaborately deco- Fated with shields, banners, portraits of emiment men, tropical plants, lace curtains, ships, an- hors, harps, birds, with every manner of floral tribute from appreciative friends of the class of "82. The Marine band opened the exercises with a charming concert :—Fantasia, ‘Madame Fa- vart,” by Offenbach; selection, “Patience,” by Builivan: polka, “Sky Rockets,” by Vogel. At 8 o'clock the curtain rose. Upon the stage were seated Prof. and Mrs. Spencer, Hon. Jas. Gilfillan, treasurer of the United Stat Rev. Fred. D. Power, chaplain of the House of Repre- sentatives; ex-Mayor Emery, Commis- sioner Josiah Dent, Gen. Eaton, commissioner efeducation; Prof. Henry N. Copp, supervising Incipal of first district public schools; John T. fitchell Prof. and Mrs. A. H. Hinman, of eacher of mathematics; Prof." D. A. Brown, teacher of phonography; Prof. Geo. A. Little, teacher of drawing: Mrs. Elizabeth But- terworth, the venerable mother of Representa- tive Butterworth, of Ohio; Mrs. Nancy H. Cro- well, of Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohi daughters of Treasurer Giitillan, Mrs. and Miss Howe, Miss Edith Henshaw, Mrs. Brainerd Spen- cer, and the graduating class of forty-three members. The invoeation was offered by Rev. Fred. D. Power, pastor of the Christian church, of which Prof. Spencer was a member when a student of Garfield’s at Hiram college, Ohio. The gentle- men’s salutatory, a ste g, ringing ai John E. Clark, was received with nearty lanse. The ladies’ salutatory, a piquant, orig- r for respect and’ room for enter- sirls in business avocations. was ef- delivered by Miss Lucile L. Miller, has been the star of her class during the year. Storm Signals, an original address by John W. Helbig, was filled with bricht points, and well delivered. This young gentleman attained the highest ave an essay by Miss blonde, was ‘deliv- Marine band, whieh performed brilliantly throu received a perfect ovatic ce at this point, after rendering “Home, Sweet Home,” in which the cornet solo by William Jaeger was the chief attraction. The ladies’ yaledictory was delivered by Miss Minnetta Powell, whose tender, sweet voice made the class farewell impressive and touch- ing. The gentlemen's valedictory, by Mr. Geo. WL. Buckler, was fall of deep thought and Fich feeling, ‘and roused a thousand happy menuiories in the hearts of the audience. Mrs. Sara A. Spencer addressed the lady graduates and their friends briefly and happily upon the di; ty, propriety and purity of a life devoted to and the justice and neces- sity of securing a fair and regular compensation for the valuable work performed by women. She said parents wrong their daughters irre- trievably by instilling in them the idea that they should devote their lives to labor without pay in the home until the father dies, and then de- manding of them at once the duties of husband, father. brother and son. They should receive something better than ‘‘poetry and soft soap” for the rich service they render to the home and the world. Prof. Spencer addressed the gentlemen grad- @ates and their friends, giving an outline of the history of the Spencerian Business College. It Row occupies the building formerly used by the Young Men’s Christian Association, who did a good work in preparing young men for the other world, while the Business College, though not losing sight of that duty, is especially careful to prepare the young for the activities of this life. The idea of placing the useful before the namental is beginning to take a firm hold Bpon the minds of the people, and quoted Her- bert Spencer upon the tendency of nations to @acrifice the useful to the ornamental. He counseled the graduates to credit their @apital accounts with physical force, mental wer, good character and ambition, and watch t the debits of losses do not weigh down the acale of credit gains. A beautiful xylophone solo, “Sounds from Ringing Rocks,” performed by Mr. F. W. Lusby, was heartily encored, and the Marine band re- ceived a harp of flowers, a basket and seyeral other floral tributes. Hon. Josiah Deat paid a high tribute to the tical commonsense training given by this itution, and in the name of Washihgton thanked Professor and Mrs. Spencer for the valuable service they are rendering to the com- munity. General Eaton, Commissioner of Education. gaid that among other civilized nations institu- tions conferring such benefits as this were en- dowed by the governments; not left to individ- ual enterprise. These sound educational ideas were taking root all over the civilized world. Hon. James Gilfillan awarded diplomas to the following graduates: GRADUATES. Ladies, Day Classes—Margaret A. Allen, D.C.; Mary E. Boyer, D.C.; *Lucile L. Miller, saluta- torian, Neb.; Mary O'Donoghue, D.C.; Minetta Powell, valedictorian, Ohio; Nellie Spencer, Ohio; Virginia Andrews, Va; Bessie E. Meyers, Va. Gentlemen, Day Classes—Geo. J. Bauer, Va.; Chas. E. Bernhard, D.C.; Jno. W. Blakelock, D. €.; George W. L. Buckler, valedictorian, Md.; Geo. 8. Bush, Il; Jno. E. Clarke, salutatorian, U.C.; Julius A. Eisenbeiss, D.C.; Marcus Z. Par- well, Iowa; ‘ei E. French, D. ‘ge W. Grinder, Md.; tJno. W. Helbig, Va; Nathan- fel BE. Hungerford, M loseph E. Keene, D.C. Chas. B. Kirkland, Wis.; Chas. C. Lewis, N.J. Henry S. Matthews, D.C.; Lawrence Nordhoff. N.J.; Wm. A. Smith, D.C.; Leonard Garfield Spencer, D. C.; Robert Pinkney Stone, D.C.; Alfred H. Wells, Md.; Court Foster Wood, Mich. Gentlemen, EveningClasses—Chas. 8. Gor Ind.; Nicholas Grimm, D. C.; Wm. B. Howell, N.J.; J. Burrell Hymen, N. David R. Rawlings, N.C.; Thomas Arthur Tomlinson, N.C.; Walter M. Wooster, Conn., and bookkeeping certificates to the followi —s a Va. reg tp D.C.; Al- exan Kaufman, D.C.; Wm. K. Rogers, jr., Ohio; Jacob M. Shindel, Pa. The following committees rendered admirable service: RECEPTION COMMITTER. Ladies—Minnie Xander, Anna W. Baden, Susea W. Baden, Mary W. Bingham, Edith Boyer, Meta Boyer, Mary Butterworth, Anne CLaney, Elizabeth Coleman, Ruby D. Crowell, Agnes L. Daly, Aunie Dougherty, Carrie Guggenheimer, Jennie M. Wilson, Mary A. Herbert, Mazy E. Howard, Mary H. Howe, May C. Jones, Monita W. Smith, Norah Ketcham, Anna Latterner, Emma F. Marshall, Nellie Maloney, Annie @’Don- oghue, Emma Patten, Kate H. Ringwalt, Jean- nette Rodgers, Elizabeth E. Tilley. Gentiemen—Robert McMurray, Geo. E. Bell, Wm. H. Bennett, Andrew Burga, Wm. L. Burk- L. Bush, Jno. E. Brooke, Theo. L. A. Clarke, Wm. Darling, J. Edw. Demar, Edw. Davis, Cornelius Eckhardt, John Ewing, Geo. H. Ellis, Gouverneur C. M MeCoid, Guy W. McCord, Geo. Waite M Wm. J. O'Dwyer, John C. Rives. Otto lerman O. Plugge, Vincent Steep, Edw. B. 3. 8. Tebbs, Wm. 4 . Win . W. Zimmerman, General committee—Jonas H. Michaclis, Har- vey 8S. W. DeGaw, Jno. G. Dickson, Louis A. Ghlselit, Chas. 8. Kaiser, Frank LaFlesche, R. H. Martin, Sam’l Murray, Wm. O'Hare, Jno. R. Padon, Jno. T. Parker, Edw. H. Pillsbury, Geo. 7. Pulaski, Wm. G.Sehafhirt, Frank Henry W. Scherger, Hi C. Schulz, John J. V. Shea, W. D. Steadman, Wm. S. Tebbs, Frank J.Tnarp, Henry C. Wilson. Flower bo: Wilvur S. Clary, Fred Paul Johnstone, Ebel, Chas. W. Botsch, Herbert, Geo. A. Howe, “Highest average etanding among ladies throughout the ‘Tue River Traps. DIPHTHERIA. Its Definition. To the Editor of the Evexixe Star. received aday ortwoago thefollowing postal card: “Will Dr. Johnson please give in Tae STAR the deiinition of diphtheria as he did of pneumo- nia, to comfort a mother who lost @ dear child with that disease very suddenly a few weeks ago?” Diseases of the throat are as old a3 the human family; but it was not until about half a century ago that the word diplitheria was applied to designate a disease of the throat. The word is of Greek origin, and of French introduction. It means “ the prepared skin of an animal,” and the term was suggested from the fact that it is constantly observed, when the dis- ease makes its attack, that it is always accom- panied by the formation of a white skin or false membrane upon the inside of the throat, and this skin is thrown offin successive layers or leaves. It is therefore for the reason, it false membrane, or white patches are formed, thrown off, and again re} laced within the throat, that the term dipht eria is now applied, and exclusively used to Indicate a malady so se- vere, pronounced and terrible as this disease usually is. The cause of this disease is atmos- pherical; and may be local in @ neighborhood, or general in acity. It arises from a specific poison, taken into the lungs, through the me- dium of the air, and is most active during the continuance of a cool Soap seal of weather. It is as often as virulent in the open atmosphere of the country as itis in the confined air ot the ity; but, notwithstanding this fact, it does dis- play its prevalence most fearfully in certain parts of a city or in certain regions of the country. Its mortality varies from twenty to thirty per cent. ITS SYMPTOMS. It has no premonitory symptoms to herald its invasion, but invades at once, and varies in du- ration from forty-eight hours to one, two or three weeks. Each case becomes a type of its own, varied and varying in accordance with the personal or physical constitution of the indi- vidual attacked. Those cases that get well usually show signs of recoyery about the last of the first week or the beginning of the second. All ages are susceptible of the disease; but it is most prevalent among those under ten years of age; that is, among infants and children. It makes its attack, sometimes violently, some- times Insidiously, and in some cases it is so se- cret in its onset that the little one is otten beyond relief before the presence of the disease is even suspected by the parent or guardian of the child. These are far from being exceptional cases; and when a child shows the slightest complaint of the throat this disease should be carefully looked for, and close examinations repeated two or three times a day, as long as the child com- plains of ita throat; for frequently, in the short space of a few hours, the false membrane or white patches of diphtheria are so rapily formed as to extend almost at once into the windpipe and choke the child to death. When diphtheria kills, it is either from the immediate depressing effects of the poison of the disease upon the nervous system or from the extreme Inflamma- tion and ulceration of the throat, leading to im- mediate or gradual suffocation and deat! HOW TO DETECT IT. The symptoms which should lead a parent to suspect his child is getting diphtheria are that the child is dull, languid, uneasy and slightly feverish. Its face is usually pale and dejected, and, if noticed, some pain will be manifested in the effort to swallow: and if the child Is old enough to talk, it will be apt to say “it hurts me to swallow,” and if the inside of the throat be now examined it will be found to be unnatu- rally red and swollen, and if white patches, how- ever small, are observed on the tonsils and on the sides of the throat, the parent may safely conclude his child has diphtheria, and should therefore be informed how best to care for it, for such are often the only symptoms of the Presence of this terrible and often unmanage- able disease. When these apparently slight symptoms make their appearance few parents regard them with more than ordinary concern, little thinking that they denote the presence of @ disease which, in a few hours or days, may place their dariings in the jaws of death; for it is a lamentable fact that many children are in a hopeless condition with this disease before their parents think them at all sick. Therefore let merepeat, forthesake ot impressing upon the minds of pesents, te almost symptom- less approach of diphtheria, that when a child suddenly appears dull, languid, slightly feverish and drowsy, and complains of pain in the ear and uneasiness about the throat, or manifests the slightest difficulty in swallowing, let the throat be carefully examined on the inside, and if the parent or nurse observes the tonsils to be Ted and swollen, with white patches here and there about the throat, they may safely conclude that the child is not getting, but already has diphtheria, and ts in more or iessdanger of all its terrible and rapid consequences, and should at once give it all the care that a rational solicl- tude can suggest. The disease is insidious in its invasion. insidious in its pro: and insid- fous in its termination, and is only bold in its destructive effects upon the throat, and no par- ent can be too watchful in the care of a child when attacked by this malady. J. B. Jounsox, M. D., 922 New York avenue. ————+2-____ DECORATION DAY AT THE NATION- AL HOME, FORTRESS MONROE. Handsome Observance of the Day. Correspondence of Tur Eves1na Stan. National Home For D. V. 8., Neak Forteess Mowror, Va., } May 30th, 1883. The veterans of this Home have, for the past few days, been busily in making wreaths and other beautiful floral emblems, and to-day the greenhouse and grounds have surrendered their whole floral collection to com- plete the decoration. At 7:30 this morning the line was formed, and every inmate able to march fell in. The whole command proceeded to the National Cemetery, but a short distance from the Home, and then, under the supervision of Thos. F. Meagher Post, No. 3, G. A. B., William P. Sands, Post com- mander, the soldiers’ graves were decorated. This being done, the command returned to the Home. Captain Woodfin, who is always glad to do anything to add to the comfort or ines ot the large number of inmates under his charge, has certainly, by the earnest interest he has taken in the preparation and conducting of the ceremonies ot ‘is Decoration Day added to his reputation as an efficient and worthy governor. Thus another Decoration day has come and foes thant open th siaep. there wil pare hence close them visions of a and “Far from skies Over the sean and graves te icy Where the day of the lightning and cloud is done, Aud Joy reigns alone, as the lonely sun.” Sve Opi. “Lady” Washington. ‘To the Editor of Tax Evzwmxe Stan: ‘The annual council of the regents at Mount Vernon has been exceptionally interesting this Year, and the pubite generally accords the high- est praise to the good women who have that sacred spot in charge and to the efficient officer by whom thelr behests are executed. The Bal- timore Sun, with ite usual zeal in the public good, has, by special letter, informed its read- ers as to during the session, and no occurrences subject, however trifling, has been omitted from the daily : E i E i ress il init a E ————_-+-—______ .—Harbormaster Sutton at the river front as Totowa: Coase me ya g ‘Wood for J. Gsricr: cxoal bost THE MINES OF MEXICO, Late from Batopiias—The ef Gov. Shepherd—His Y« A Steam Engime in Breeches, The following extract froma private letter written by Mr. L. H. Stevens to a friend im this city will interest many readers here: Cutuvanva, April 15, 1883. My Dear —— Your careful study of Mexico has danbtless sufficiently tamiliarized you with its phy to cause some surprise at receiv- ing a letter from me ata point so far east of Batopiias when you knew | was making my grand attack on that slivery valley from the Pacific. But Gov. Shepherd is concentrated dynamite, and the unexpected is always oc- curring in the kaleidoscopic atmosphere he carries around with him. And so the third day after my arrival in Batopilas, almost before I had brushed off the dust of travel tairly, some annoying things turned up which we talked over alittle, The solution seemed a little dificult and I left him to meditation while I retired to my room to write some letters. In about five minutes he came in and after.a little preliminary skirmishing “he gaid: tell you what it is Stevie, old boy, its pretty tough on you just as you have got down to us, but it you could run up to Chihuahua you could straighten all these things out. I can't get aes Know andits too bad to ask yon to bi sane and”— All right, Governor,” sald I, “That's the thing. I'll go. I'm off in the morning,” and daylight of the next day found me once more on amule climbing the first mountain. And that’s how my first Mexican letter is dated Chihuahua, in- stead of Batopilas. And, by the way, I made the fastest trip on mule ever made by almost two days. Ten days was the old standard time. It has been done in nine and eight and rarely in seven. I did it in five days and one hour, but it was pretty hard on man and beast. I wrote you on the steamer just before we Teached Mazatlan and the soft Spanish tongue. We left M. the same night by stage and had uite a pleasant trip for four days. Reaching 1 Fuerte, the first vexatious thing occurred in that our lazy Mexican agent there had paid no attention to my telegram from Mazatlan, and no mules had been provided. My limited knowl- edge of Spanish is almost altogether confined to useful and polite phrases, aud my indignation had to find its vent in what little profane Eng- lish I have picked up from time totime. And do you know the rascally fellow kept us there three days. However, on the fourth we were off bright and early in what I really think, with good company, is the most delightful mode of travel. Nothing equals a trip over Mexican mountains by muleback. PIO-NIC ON A MEXICAN MOUNTAIN. We sent a runner in to tell the governor when we would arrive on the top of old Descubridora mountain, as he had expressed a desire to meet us there. We arrived on the appointed day, half an hour ahead of time. Punctually to the minute the governor came around the mountain trail, followed by four or five of our congenial spirits and a mule loaded with ‘‘bustamento,” which is the Spanish for the edibles and arinka- bles required ona day’s pic-nic. Had you ac- companied us and had no other pleasure on the trip, I think the next few hours would have re- warded you for the journey. It was a Jolly party ot friends meeting on a wild mountain after many months separation, and the imagination better than the pen can paint the happy hours. At night-fall we mounted our mules and dashed down the mountain and through the arroyos into the town, and thence ap the river to the hacienda. There the governor halted us, formed aline, ordered the Dig nice to be thrown open and in we tramped. Behold the portal decorated with lamps and Chinese lanterns, and fes- toons of American and Mexican flags, beneath which were grouped the governor's family and other friends to bid us cordial welcome. It was a pleasant meeting, and the hoursof the evening stole rapidly away. AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE. The skilled hands of Mrs. Shepherd and her fair daughters had prepared a most agreeable surprise for me, inasmuch as I found myself quartered in most delightful rooms—a pretty parlor and a cosy bedroom, nicely furnished and decorated as only woman’s taste can provide. I was simply astounded, for of old { hada mud floor, two simple chairs, a rude table, a few nails to hang garments on and a bed made of two horses with reeds stretched over them. But for many months good Mrs. Shepherd had been preparing a place that would banish any homesivkness I might be disposed to have, and she succeeded wonderfully with the meager facilities at hand. Among other pleasant tea- tures of surprise there was a mysterious cur- tain on one side of my little parlor, over which was inscribed in illuminated letters “‘Blue- beard’s Closet.” Dividing the curtains, as pretty an array of drinkables ranged*on a series of shelves met the eye as one could possibly wish. Whisky, brandy, eer, champagne, bitters—a ly selection that her thoughtfulness had providing formonths. And so, altogether. you cannot wonder that among such kindly friends and with so pleasant surroundings I felt quite as though I had arrived home. They one and all half robbed themselves to make pleas- ant quarters for one who has a heart of respect and esteem, and love and devotion for them. But my agreeable surprise at this was nothing compared with my wonder of amaze- ment when next morning early I went out to glance at the work Governor Shepherd has done Cee left Batopilas. To put up his mill he rations Work— BLAST OUT HALF A MOUNTAIN SIDE on the east, and fill up I don’t know how much to the west. To bring down his ore he had to blast out of the mountains bounding the river a railroad track a mile long, with culverts and bridges over ravines. Twenty stamps were pul- verizing silvery ore, every bit of the machinery for which had ‘to be transported 300 miles on mule back, and put together piece by piece. To make proper grades for the various parts of the work of reducing rock to silver, to protect the site from rolling rock on the mountain side and from sudden freshets on theriverside,thousands of cubic feet of stone masonry had been built. All these, with a hundred other accompaniments necessary to make the system complete, had been done in about one year in a country where labor is scarce, and skilled labor none; where nothing can be bought, and every screw and nail must be thought of and ordered months ahead—every plece of timber and bushel of lime and brick of adobe foreseen. And yet, when its time came every article was there, and when the mill started it was complete and in perfect running order. At the mine a ton of ore is dumped Into acar. One mule trots along the easy grade with three cars, and the carload is dumped into a bin that feeds under the stamp as required. Only one handling is required. It isall a work of genius, and SURPASSES ALL THE OTHER WORK Governor Shepherd has ever done, vast as his old time labors were. Early and late, here and there ubiquitous, he was the hardest wi man physically, with all the business matters of vast enterprises to occupy what tothe rest were sleeping hours. The first half holiday this man had taken in 18 months was foreign land buried in the mountains; had ina correspondence never let a mail leave with A Neighborhood that Needs Attention. To the Editor of Tar Evenrxe Stan. Allow me to say a few words in Tae EVENING Stam about @ matter which our authorities have seomingty entirely overlooked, for which, however, I would not blame them, taking into consideration the many things which of necessity engage their attention. The matter in question is the condition of the locality at the junction of K and 7th streets northwest, which ts one of the worst eyesores in the city, notwithstanding the fine and expensive improvements made there lately in the way of parking. Strangers, of whom certainly @ great umber yisit that will at the first glance ask, in utter amazement, ‘What are all these nice im- Which not only ruin the costly pavement and street, but the air of the neighborhood for a and these ugly, dilapidated are very dangerous in case of are allowedto stand there?” ‘There ts cer- tainly work for our, health officer and bullding in- spector too, the first of whom ought long ago to have condemned ‘Wagon nuisance and the lat- ter the tind ti r the neigh- fats are for the whole outside of the in the middie mi fhe ay aps half a e hot summer deal out death and destruction by their Crvis. HowarD Univengiry.—The commencement ex- ercises of the normal and preparatory departments of Howard University were held last night. ‘The following wero the graduates: Normal depart- ment— Sophronta H. Ht Miss Kila L. ‘Thomas and Miss Blanche M. Glover; preparatory department_Howard P. A. Brodie, Edward P.Cor- bett, Kelly Miller, Wm. R.A. Palmer and John L. H. Watkins. Th program was ren- dered phronta H. Hodge, d.,“Puritanism;” Ella L. Thomas, Washington, B.C., *c 3” Blanche M. Glover, Washington, D. 0., poetry, valedictory: must: Howard P. "A. Brodie, Benhing's Station, D. C., “Reforms ‘and Reformers;” Edward P. Corbet Charleston, 8 C., “The Phoenix of America;” Kelly Miller, Winnsboro’, 8. C., “Intellectual No- bility,” music; Wm. R. A. Palmer, Charleston, 8. ¢., “Display Your Flag and Fight for 1t;" John L. H. Watkins, Baltimore, Md., “Monopoly;” music and benediction, pa rs Popular Bights vs. Military Innova- tien. To the Editor of Ta Evexixo Stan. ~ ‘The form of government under which the one hundred and eighty thousand people of the District of Columbia live is very far removed from popular control—as much so, perhaps, as that of any other municipality in the world, ex- cept, possibly, that of the city of Paris, which is 8o closely assimilated with the semi-military system now controlling the destinies of France, under the name of arepublic. Congress, how- ever, in eliminating entirely from our form the principle of popular suffrage, has not failed to leave some traces of the privileges which usually attach under American institutions to the people, when thrown together in large masses, Such as now congregate around the dome of the Capitol within the limits of this District. Among these may still be round that provision of law which, for the protection of the interests of the people in the matter of a proper supply of water from the aqueduct, con- structed at great expense for the purpose, directs the appointment of a water registrar to whom the entire detail of the local distribution of Potomac water is left. Had Congress, under any contingency whatever, desired to invest the engineer corps of the army or any portion of it with this duty, they would have enacted it in the same legislative clause which confides the aqueduct Itself to the of that corps, But evidently looking upon the distribution of water to households as a purely domestic duty pertaining properly to a civil officer, Whose actions in the performance of it would bring him into constant daily contact with the people, they wisely omitted it. And in all these aspects the officer known under the law as water registrar, in his actions tor better or for worse, more seriously affects the daily life and comfort of the people than almost any other of our public functioraries. The duty ofcutting off a supply of water from an humbie domicile is painful to contemplate under any circum- stances, but when done upon the behest of a military officer, with the arbitrariness incidental to the system of which he is a part—at the edge of the sword as it were—it becomes repugnant to every principle of American popular liberty; aye, even revolting, to our sense of American manhood. Tam led into these remarks by inti- mations roe see out as to a purpose on the part of the District Commissioners to merge the duties of water registrar into those of oneof the military officers now detailed for duty at the Columbia building on 43¢ street. Inthe interest of republican institutions, it is to be hoped that no such fusion will take place, our system of local government being already too strongly mill for the good of the ceptable to them. sets by city markets, Of if, close by one of our main Northern ine and attended night and with a Chen gm of dozer slop and dozen night soil wagons, which, in months, stench. 1 followin} people, or to be entirely ac- wery such consideration is @ protest against it, while, upon the score of economy, there is nothing in the suggested change to commend it either to public or con- gressionalfavor. Ifconsumm: it will doubt- less soon be followed by an increase of salary to the military officer to whom the duty may be as- signed equal to the amount now paid the civil- eo Pde ee may be, it recta pe gal otherwise tl a8 unnecessary, impolitic and anti-republican, I write not as an-office holder or an expectant, but for the people a3 ONE OF THE PEOPLE. $+ THE LABOR PROBLEM, Breakers Ahend—Proposed Strike of the Peansylvania Lronworkers, &c. The Philadelphia North American, which 1s always conservative in its discussion of labor and business topics, says: “The mt depressed and unsettled con- dition of the iron trade is the blackest and most threatening of the clouds which darken the business horizon. It is no ‘exaggeration to say of this great trade that it furnishes the best means of testing our industrial and commercial status. When the iron men are busy, when their mills are kept ranning on full time in the execution of profitable contracts, when the manut are able to pay the highest wages to men in their employment, and exten- sive production is not followed by undue accu- mulation, it follows asa tolerably safe inference that the country is active pa he us; and the converse holds equally g ich a fall- ing away in the orders sent in as compels tl iron men to put a limit upon their out put, to run their mills for less tl fall time, to dis- charge some of their employes, or to order a general reduction of e3, isa sure sign that the national prosperity has recelved a check. It shows that something has gone wrong in the industrial system of the country, that some- thing has occurred to clog the wheels of trade and to impede the pro; of the nation. This, unfortunately, is what the state of the iron trade indicates at the present time. “For some months past the manufacturers of — eae been doing a pepe ry business. pros} 'y upon which they entered at the time of the great revival of trade it the country which ae has not been maintal: ly during the year have they ‘had to complain of a diminution in the volume and in the profits of their operations, It would not be practicable at this writing to engage in any extended dis- cussion of the influences by which this reaction has been brought about. may probably be attributed to the abandonment by various railroad cones of enterprises in which they had somew! improvidently em- barked, or to a temporary: r the ressure of adverse plans for im) it .and extension of their lines, itary | every cent,” and had sce SUMMER FASHIONS For Walking, Traveling, Staying at Home, Piaying Lawn Tennis, and Visiting. 4 DISAPPOINTING SPRING. ‘From Our Own Correspondent. New York, May 31, 1888. The truth in regard to fashions worn during May is very easily told. Woolen dresses, shabby silks, water-proofs, Newmarket coata, cloth ulsters—a gay spring bonnet here and there, looking very much out of piace—here and there, algo, a light or thin costume, with a small straight cape, and @ girl shivering under it. Fashions must give way to temperature, and this has been unfavorable to everything but a prolongation of the winter's warm dressing and the constant use of comfortable outdoor coverings. It has been & season peculiarly favorable, also, to English tailor-made suits and garments, but not at all propitious to dainty French costumes, which are “chilly” even in appearance. Flannel has been in vogue for house dresses, and the finer cloth- finished suits for the street. The dress of navy blue flannel ts = modern invention. It is for cool days, rainy days, and between seasons. The cost, ready made, is from ete $15, (at the able. It is ho wonder, ‘undisturbed year after ular, and holds its . Estes suits are made of year. But these rather flannel, and are rather roughly made, so that a lady hardly wants to wear one. Thus there is a demand for a better class of ma- terials and workmanship, and this is supplied at about $25. These suits may be of fine French finished flannel or American woolen suiting. The range of shades and colors is wider, and comprises not the mere standard colors, but the newer and more artistic as well as fashionable colorings. The fashion of them is less stereo- typed, the basques are deeper and better cut, and there is a choice of double and single breasted bodices. These are, in reality, excel- lent dresses for a sea voyage, as they are well Hove and ae us ine en one unfortunate con- ‘retemps—the ripp! of seams, the co. apart of threads that hold the sea ed ant various other mishaps which are likely to befall cheaply made suits, There ts a higher altitude, however, reached by the woollen suit, and that is in the Simon- pure, English tailor-made and tailor-finished costume of fine cloth, cut and made with all the precision of a dress coat. These are an English invention and the product of the best English makers—Dore, Redfern, Cobbe, and others. They are not a novelty, as my readers are well aware, for I have many times alluded to and de- scribed them; but they have never been popular in this country as they are in England, and they have been practically very little known until very lately. The English tendencies in what is known as our “best” soclety have done at least one good thing in bringing out these handsome and practical walking and riding dresses, which are models of good taste and neatness, but quite destitute of the rubbish which French dresa- makers seem to think Americans must want, and which American copyista of these spurious “French” fashions religiously reproduce and ex- aggerate. The true tallor made suits are not cheap. They are manufactured of fine English cloth in the best shades of olive, bronze, Sark myrtle, green, pure blue, iron gray, and brown. Only the best workmen are employed on them, and when they succéed by some special knack in pleasing they are paid good wages. The cut is never fantastic, but always simple and marked by good taste; the facings are of silk or satin; and the small buttons little gems. After the comfort and pleasure of wearing a walking dress, which is always in fashion, which never its out of order, and which is unmistakably he dress of a lady, a lad: without one, even If it But it would be a rather profitable subject of juiry to endeavor to find out how much culture it takesto make a woman willing to pay fifty and even sixty dollars tor a cloth sult in which the only ailk that is used is not seen. American women of old time did not not like “all woollen” dresses, and many do not now. London trades people always recognize an American in a lady who wantea woollen dress trimmed with silk or velvet, which, according to the ieee mixes, , and in a word. THE NOVELTY OF A WARDROBE. ‘There is hardly a person, probably, who has not at some time in thelr lives pictured to them- selves what they would do if suddenly endowed with fortune, and it must indeed be a very in- teresting and curious experience, one that all would like to have a chance of trying, though it is doubtful If many would find themselves per- manently benefited. One such case, however, has occurred this spring, and it was to a young married woman, who had heretofore been obliged to use the strictest economy, who had been obliged, as the sayi goes, to “count ly ever thought of the gratification of a taste, all her resources being required for necessaries. Naturally, she Was dazed by this sudden and apparently un- limited accession of fortune; but strove hard, as did her husband, to act with good sense and judgement. A necessity, however, of the new pasos was a complete reconstruction of the ly’s wardrobe—or rather, the uisition of one, for like many another woman, like the ma- jority of women, in fact, she had’ never been except in fragments, and was quite ig- norant of a thousand things which are said to be “necessary” to the wardrobe of any and every woman. Under these circumstances a friend, supposed to be well informed on all such matters, was consulted. The latter, after ob- taining alist ef theavailable stock in position, ad- vised its unconditional abandonment, and the ac- quirement of @ complete and handsome, not ex- travagant, wardrobe, “‘just as if,” she remarked, “you were going to be married over again, and “Fe SE cen, ng att tw is advice, , Suited the band beiter than the wife. had an affection for the satteen polonaise she had puzzled over and waited for, even if it did fit in the back. She thought fondly of her hi bought before her marriage and kept for ocea- sions of importance since, though its fashion was neither old nor new. She pleaded hard for gathered and puffed cotton, maintained was “ iz will not willingly be oes cost fifty dollars. curious and not un- lory of her friend and husband carried their point, and the following was the result: One fine flannel suit in dark green. One English cloth suit in brown, with New- market coat of a lighter shade. One all black costume of satin surah, and Spanish lace, trimmed with masses of’fine Jet and Ince, and accompanied by an all-jet (very small) bonnet. One all-cream costume of nun's and motre antique, with rich Spanish lace trimming a ee eee ea led with the bows. A richer dress of peacock’s blue satin, with overdress of lace tled with peacock and lemon- colored ribbons. yery handsome dress of pongee, with parasol to match. Two parasols, one cream color and one all Dek ve handsome, trimmed with Spanish ‘A smaller parasol of tinted satin covered with : é ME j é i i i i zt i | ra Lf i iH it i li ea aH F marked logetically, “‘my clothes are very mos pat ob thes bord basins ifhad nothing to wear.” SUMMER SPECIALTIES. Among the summer fabrics which time cannot wither nor custom stale, notwithstanaing there is no great variety in design or color, are the pure linen lawns. The merit of these eternally good and lovely materials is their refinement and inexpensiveness. They are not in high now, for are an: but showy ; Dut they ars dellate, retned, cool and deserve to be kept in mind by women who spend much of thelr time wear dresses ind who can light in color and delicate in texture, but do not want frail or gauzy tissues. The tint of linen is vestocl grays ite, and these have a SS covered small, broken, leafy, coral, fibrous patterns, in dull violet, primrose, black or brown shades, which are drawn in lines too fine todarken very much the surface. They are ive for the house (except by = ng }), and are made up in le apes—princess 01 skirt tucked hy with fine torchon », the sides of the front tied with gros grain ribbons, the color of the figure ; oo may be confined to abow at the For young girls they are very » made with Belted aoitice ode hisg A we with pleated blouse waist and and very thin tissues, such as nun’s veiling and the like. Here they are discouraged, and have been almost discontinued on account of the inability of the commonly ignorant and inexperienced dress- maker to make them table. They have been accustomed ree f to ly plain waists, basques, jackets and the like, and they do not know what to do with fullness, or how to dis- of it 80 as to preserve the symmetry of the its outlines. The were a difficulty when they appearance, twenty-five or . It was believed then that only a man would ever be able to fit a basaue,—tallors under- took it and the male dress-makers who were very numerous in those days, but it Was believed to be out of the reach of the feminine ress-maker’s intellect. In fact, they did at times make ead work of it; but they acquired the art of cutting a basque in time, probably with the help of the plain pattern, and now we are told they cannot make anything else; that tullness—Grecian or in a corsage is quite beyond them. Of course there are dress-makers who can fit a slender figure with a full corsage, but one of the troubles, and not a minor one but 8 serious one in this country, is that If you undertake to have anything well done you must pay at least twice as much as it is worth to get it done. THE COMPLETE SUMMER COSTUME. A spectalty of the season is the complete dress, black or cream color, with lace veiling, and accompanied by bonnet and parasol complete. The distinction of it is largely due to the depth and beauty of the lace trimming and the finish and harmony of the entire costume. The foun- dation is usually satin surah; th ¥ ‘ish point, is often so deep ti a much lace, Spant hag two widths of one laid across the front of the skirt, the other in close paniers upon the sides—will cover It except the fine kilted flounces, and a scant puff- ing Ce ares =| a Bestint to thnen, The lace leftly and gracefully woven into the dray at the back, forms the Tnantle or visite its deep ruffied collar and flouncing, and Ay of old gold ox" ruby high spa ween y of ol or ruby upon the je. The effect of the lace in the richest costumes is augmented by a fine embroidery of jet which is used in broad bands and panels, an 1s supple- mented bys small bonnet entirely of jet. Of course the costume is weighty, but it is writing’ tous shea bgheed desires a dark ing without much regard to cost, there is nothing more ed. A lighter all black and one that those ladies would fer who do not like and will not wear is of black embroidered nun’s veiling over satin surah used in the same way as S ih lace. The hat isa black chip, large, and of the “Creole” or igdented form, an trimmed with a profasion of feathers and a fac- ing of silk net. Nearly all special summer cos- tumes are accompanied by and many by afanto match. The new satteens are sent in boxes, accompanied by these acces- sions; and I have ina + eaderved letter described the cheese cloths with cretonne appliqued or bands embroidered, which leted by the addition of bonnet and fashion were com} Js a prett; but it fingers The | nir rings; but hands do at aoe i for and obtainable in black, white 3 E i! is somewhat expenai 50 tare saree a iy requisite Spanish F a : g F H i ibe Ay tall i intention is not, however, to provide for hard wear, but a dainty summer for occasions when the skies are fair ‘and the heat not too intense. SUMMER STRAW BATS, The widest latitude is permitted to the head gear of the period, but ft is not in the city streets that we see the exaggerations of styles that are displayed in the shop windows. The Prevalence of the poke and the wide brimmed tat affords an opportunity which 1s too good to let pass. So we have extraordinary moon shaped brima, brims that 0) ih a tion like the hat of an ancient Sp = prio sombrero hats with broad ‘exible ots ond hats wide indented brim, whi unfitness, its tailure to afford any protection; and the majority excuse themselves by saying that this is the only one that is admissible at theaters, the =, ‘one suited to receptions and church wear, and that a cheap, shady straw is readily obtainable for the county. Neverthe- less, the modified poke ts the permanent bon- net for wear, and is bound to grow in favor. It softens the lines of the face, shades the eyes and eomplexion from the rude action of sun and wind, and is quite as much the bon- net of a lady—indeed more, because it exposes: the face less than any other at present avaliable. Strawsare in all colors—red, bronze, white, olive, black, grey and ficelle, which is a cooler shade, more of a drab than ecra. The fine satin- finished braids are the most expensive, and are effectively trimmed with delicate lace, loops of satin ribbon of the same shade, and striped tulips. Gipsy straws are faced with a shirring of silk and trimmed with a thick wreath of small flowers or fruits, or both, such as berries and their blossoms. The most expensive bonnets of this kind have shelis of lace or flufly pale gauze, or mull to fill up the spaces left by the Sowers. Bonnets usually have strings; hats do not. COLORS AND COMBINATIONS. Perhaps the most fashionable colors of the Season is stone color, and its kindred shade, ficelle, which is a pale drab; literally, twine color. In lace and all thin materials this color 1s more fashionable than white. It is used over ruby, peacock blue and dark green or olive, and also in conjunction with black. It Is also ex- quisitely refined in iteelf, and In soft cashmere, in surah, or almost any fine and soft material, makes lovely complete Costumes. Mouse color is more rare; so rare that It Is al- most impossible to find it, but it is very dis- tinguished and is used for serviceable dresses in hne wool or al » With facing of ruby satin. Itis diso highly esthetic, and is chosen for velvet and cantoncrepe gowns by those who like long lines and dispense with the overskirt or overlaying upon a rich fab- ric. The dark subdu greens grow more and more in favor and like black are fashionably, combined with the new em- broidered gold lace, and also with facing and linings of dull goid clothand gold satin. This lace will be likely to have a vogue next winter upon black silk, satin and velvet sults and costumes, as it is more effective even than embroidery. A very elegant dress was recently made of thick dull black satin, the front of the skirt capitone with small gold balls, the train plaited and pest fectly plain, the long sleeves trimmed with close epaulcties and cufts of gold lace, and the bodice trimmed a deep square with It, the square being filied in with gold embroidered silk mull. This distinguish: dress will be as ed for a year to come as it is to-day. GLOVES AND COLLARS. The long summer gloves of the present season are & great improvement in style and finish upon those which have preceded them. The finish is better, almost equal to fine kid; the shades of color are good, and the styles are more varied. Silk appears as well as lisle thread for cool summer wear, and is pretty in dark or very light colors; but silk gloves are not so useful or suitable for general wear as well made lisie caren te pele prey Grab, some and andin the doll maize, which mer tint, and es) I led. wrists which have iy elastic divisions into unmeaning Mitts in pale tints are lovely for fine delicate hands, upon whose pretty souve- io mitte—that is if they are much exponad. Bull very suitable for dressy out-door occa- is —e ought reading,” headed by Prof. By the way, we may mention thet Mr. Stuart Cumberland gave a Roses successful ex- posure of “thought ling” before a distin- ished audience the other He easily evening. vered an object hid by Monsignor Capel in Mr. Cumberland’s absence “rom the room husband to have a role in the new comedy which Sardou is now writing, witha view to her ap-