Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1889, Page 8

A Ld Written for IN THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY. HONOR VINDICATED BY THE CODE. DEATH = EVENING Stan. OF JONATHAN ee CILLEY. A Nation’s Sacrifice to a Barbarous Idea of Chivalry and Honor. WON. HORATIO KING'S OLLECTIONS AND cOM- MENTS—HOW REPRESENTATIVE GRAVES AS- SUMED THE QUARREL OF EDITOR WEBB—THE FATAL MEETING NEAR HISTORIC BLADENSBURG. ——~o—— Fiftieth Con 8 witnessed a number of scenes, suggestive of the older times, when milder speeches and less resentfal phrases in legislative debate might have been a achallenge to mortal combat on the duelling field, or, perhaps, assassination. A notable degree of improvement and reform during the last half century has succeeded to a state of public sentiment that formerly ren- dered the experiences of northern legislators exceedingly trying, and illustrates the progress of bumane ideas and ¢: methods of ad- cre justing party or social differences in all parts | of our land. THE KILLING OF JONATHAN CILLEY. One of the most terrible shocks to the public peace, and one of the most cowardly stabs at the pride and affection of the people of the northern states, was in the killing of Hon. Jonathan Cilley,a representetive in Congress from M. by Hon. Wm. J. . & me ber of the House from Kentucky, in a duel fought on the 21th of Fi tired s abe three mi and the sé distance the District lin Bennings bridge. Most of if ut all, of th upon the honor and indepe b England and her representatives in the national councils asa tradition, WHAT Lrp To THE DUET. I therefore propose to give a brief, cireum- stantial narrative of the events wl untimely death of one of th d brilliant men w Maine in the National Con » most hon- nted is derived P Hon. Hora’ ° memory of public events extends ba for some refer- tand records “Tne canses which led to the death of Mr. Cilley,” says Mr. King, “were intimately con- nected with the proceedings of the House of Representatives. On the 12tn of February, 1833, Mr. Henry A. Wise, Representative from Virginia, presented to the House a publication iu the New York Courier and Enquirer, charg- ing a member of the House with corruption, upon the authority of an anonymous writer nuder the signature of “Ihe Spy in Washing- ton,’ and thereupon moved a resc appointment of a select committ tosend for persons and papers, to the charges. The allege: source being vouched for by the edi Courier and Enquirer, led Mr, Wise, for some reason, to insist that the House waa ‘called upon to defend its honor and dignity against the charges."” MR. CILLEY'S SPEECH. “Mr. Cilley addreased the House in opposition to the resolution. In the course of the debate he said: ‘I know nothing of this editor, but if itis the same editor who had once made grave charges against an institution of this country, aud afterward received facilities to the amount of some 252,000 from the same institution, and gave it his hearty support, I do not think his charges are entitled to much credit in an American Congress. “These words were strictly in order, nent to the subject under discussion. di exceed the limits of bis place aud daty, and although they implied a doubt inconsistent with unblemished Renee and character in the person alluded to, Mr. Cilley was justified in the use of them by a report of a committee the House appointed in 1832 to books and exa erti- not ” saya Mr. King, “was founded on a statement of the House committee, virtually charging James Watson Webb, the editor referred to, with b ing been bribed by a pretended loan of to cease his opposition to the U. S. bank become its advocate. “Other members of the House enpported Mr. Cilley in opposing the resolution of Mr. Wise; using the most bitter and contemptous ex sions and he gai against the editor i the Courier and Enquirer, and especially against the ‘Spy in Washington,’ in whose letter from the capital the offensive charge was contained, EDITOR WEEB'S DEMAND. “Bat Mr. Cilley’s remarks aroused the re- sentment of Col. Webb, who went to Washing- ton, and on the 2ist of February addressed a letter to Mr. Cilley, asking if he (Webb) was the editor to whom he referred in the debate of the 12th of February, and msisting upon an ‘explanation,’ which he claimed the character of the remarks rendered necessary. “This demand, under the circumstances then existing, could not be misinterpreted, and was not misunderstood, Mr. Graves at this stage of the affair was, so far as anything has ever ap- peared. on perfectly amicable relations with Mr. Cilley, and it has, to most people, alw: remained 4 mystery why he should have been led into taking such a singular interest in the quarrel, which it is plain, Col. Webb intended to force on Mr. Cilley if possible. “Bat Mr. Graves, at Col. Webb's re quest, be- eame the bearer of the note to Mr. Cilley in the ball of Representatives while th session. Mr. Cilley dec on the ground that he pres= House was in d subs quently repeated that he could not allow hit self to be drawn into personal difficulties with the conductors of public journals for what he might consider it his duty to say in debate aa a Fepresentative of the People; that he said Bothing against Col. Webb as a gentleman, and stated other reasous as good as already men- tioned. MR. GRAVES’ PART. “In the correspondence that ensued, Mr. Cilley explicitly disclaimed any disrespect for Mr. Graves; but it was not satisfactory to him. Mr. Graves then took up the quarrel, or pro- ceeded to pick a personal quarrel with Mr. Cilley, ostensibly in behalf of Col. Webb. He accordingly sent a second note by Mr. Menefee. e@ member of the House from Kentucky, who gave it to Mr. Cilley in the House daring a ses- sion, accompanying its delivery with an ex- ression of the hope that he would perceive priety of relieving Mr. Graves from a position that was becoming painful to him, ‘This note demanded whether Mr. Cilley ‘de- clined to receive the communication of Col. Webb on the ground of any personal exception to him asa gentleman and @ man of honor,’ and to that question demanded a ‘categoricay answer.” “Mr. Cilley replied refusing to admit Mr, Graves’ right to propound the question to which a categorical answer was dei and any further response to it.” THE CHALLENGE. “The next step was a demand for ‘that satis- faction which is recognized among gentlemen.” ‘The challenge was conveyed to Mr. Cilley by Mr. Wise, as the second of Mr. Graves, and on the same day, February 23, was accepted by Mr. Cilley, who selected Gen. Geo. W. Jones, dele- pore, Congress from lows terri , as his second, ‘to make arrangements suitable to the occasion.” According to the rules of the duel- sna! for | 13 h resulted | er ‘and | | [P | was: ‘This is yielding nothing, and plac ing ‘code’ the challenged party was permitted to select the weapons, and Mr. Cilley named rifles; February 24 as the time; parties to be placed’ side to side at eighty yards distant; riflesto be cocked and triggers set; the words tobe, ‘Gentlamen. are You ready?’’ Neither party answering ‘No,’ the words to be in regular succession, ‘Fire; one, two, three. four.” ther party to fire before the word ‘fire’ nor after the word ‘four.’ Po- sition to be determined by lot. The second of the party losing the position to have the giving ofthe word. “Dress to be ordinary winter clothing, subject to the examination of both [ate 8, Each party to have on the ground. besides his second, a surgeon and two other friends: the seconds for the execution of their respective trusts to have a pair of dueling Is each, but no other person to have any weapon, rifles to be loaded in the presence of the secouc Tur DUET eeting was at3 o'clock p.m. Mr. Cil- nied to the field by his second, as his friends, and by L m Obio, as his surgeon, ed by Mr. J. Crittend Mr. Meni .as his friends, as his surgeon. u 1 Hawes, of Ken were also permitted to be present as were also the hack driv perse The cahber of Mr. Graves’ rile was nearly twice that of Mr Cilley, being about 80 fro’ to the pound, while Mr. Cilley’s would take about 132 to the pound. Mr. Wise had two rifles on nd, contrary to the urrange , h he was required to pl onde: elevated his erately. Three shots wer s r last of which Mr. Ciliey was shot through th body, and failimg in the arms of hts friend, Col. Schauml: med: ‘He has hit n Tam gone; 1am and very soon expire: * * * . + WAS IT A Conspiracy? ny incidents connected with the duel.” 8 Mr. King. “confirm the general belief held at that time, that it was the fruit ofa conspiracy on the part of Col, Webb and others. [think that Col. Webb shared most heavily in the tached to the f punter, and that probably Mr. Graves received a lar commiseration thai s known by qumittee of inves- of Morrell ment sut ation by two perse nd Jackson, att that Wel pared to go to pair of ducling pist 1 him to her settle the matier ween them on the degrading conditions first proposed, or fight Webb at such p! Cilley might nam to fight, he ’ tarm with a pistol from meeting Grave tes had lett iends took a carriage drove to Bladensburg, expecting to find Cilley there. con. WE “On the way Col. We ‘On reaching the parties,’ said » ‘Tl approach ¢ nd tell ‘this ix my quarrel,’ and he must fight me if he aims his ritle at my friend Ill shoot him on the spot.” * * * ‘It is probable that some one will raise his w yon at me, when I «il instantly shoot Cilley, and we must pro- ceed to defend ourselves "in best way we ean,’ The ducling parties could not be found after a desper: h, and it was reported that the place of meeting was changed for the purpose of avoiding Webb, whose intentions were known or suspected by the challenging ty, estimony of the friends of the princi- witnessess not concerned in the matters showing the supposed animus nging party is a sad review of im- ts, and leaves the mind still ina puzzle concerning the origin of the motives of the challenging party for assuming the respon- sibility which entirely belonged to Col. Webb, for effecting any possible adjustment of the misunderstanding with Mr. Cilley. A brief statement of impor terviews between the principals and seconds: also with the friends of the principals, is necessary to give the reader a fair understanding of the case. MR. € ELIEP. “Previous to the meeting Mr. Cilley re- marked to Col. Schaumburg: ‘Mr. Graves has taken upon himself to demand of me to say, and that in language dictated by himsclf, that James Watson Webb is a gentleman and a man of honor. Now that is what I am not going to disgrace myself by saying. I see into the whole affair, Webb has come on here to challenge me because he, and perhaps others think that, as I am from New England. I am to be biuffed, and Mr. Webb will proclaim himself a brave man, having obtained an acknowledgement on my part that he is a gentleman and a man of honor. But they have calculated without their host, Although I know that the sentiment of New England is opposed to dueling, I am sure that my people will be better pleased if I stand the test tnan disgrace myself by humiliating concessions, Sir, the name I bear will never permit me to cower beneath the frown of mortal man, It is an attempt to brow-beat us, and becanse they think thatI am from the east I wiil tamely submit. Why have these gentlemen not been bold enough to challenge Dr. Duncan, Mr. Bynum, Mr. Gholson, and others? ‘Th said a hundred times more than I. I recognize the right of Mr. not es to interro- gate me as to my opinion of Mr. Webb or any other man, and would not reply to his interro- ."" When asked who bore Graves’ chal- e replied. “That fellow Wise.” ‘Are you and Mr. Wise uot friendly?’ asked Col. Schaumburg. “““Lexpect not,’ said Mr, Cilley. ‘We have had some severe sparring im the House, Mr. Wise and myself had, not long ago, some very severe words in the debate on the Florida war; in fact, sir, I believe he is my enemy.’ “While on the field, during the intermission between shots, Mr. Wise demanded that, as re wasno malice between the principals, Mr. Cilley should offer some apology or expla- nation that would satisfy Mr. Graves, To which Mr. Jones responded for Mr. Cilley that he had refused to accept Col, Webb's note through Mr. Graves from no disrespect to Mr. Graves, for whom he had the highest respect and the kindest feclings. Mr. Wise's reply the affair upon its original ground. Will your friend, Mr. Cilley, not say that in declining to receive the communication from Col. Webb he did not refuse because he thought Col. Webb not to be a gentleman? “He cannot and will not do that,’ replied Gen. Jones. “The reader of the present day is bewildered in endeavoring to conceive a possible, reason- able pretext for compelling Mr. Cilley to re- spond to the demands of his opponents, or to imagine the subtleness of the ‘unwritten rules of cob-web fineness,’ known as the duellist’ code, or ‘code of honor.’ Not Don Quixote, nor any other hero of ti or the veritable history, which is often far stranger, ever ex- hibited any such aberration from principles of truth and reason as did many in our own country in past times in their pretenses of de- fendi he ‘sacred laws of honor’ which al- most inevitably involved the degradation of manhood’s rights and self-respect, or the al- ternative of a light to the death of any one or both the parties to the quarrel. *-Inone of the lengthy discussions in theHouse, following upon the tragic event described, Hon. Amasa Parker, of New York, said; ‘With my constituents, the rules of honor are the rules of jon and morality.’ He also said: is a violation of thy laws of God and o MR. CILLEY'S LAST worDs, “Mr. Cilley’s friends contended,” says Mr. King, “as did also Mr, Crittenden, the friend of Mr. Graves, that the quarrel should cease after the first fire, and that the parties should become reconciled. It was shown to be novel and unprecedented for a challenging party, after the acceptance of a challenge, and a shot exchanged, to demand further explanation or apology. The challenged party had put his life in jeopardy, and said and done all he could in reason to satisfy an honorable man; that the challenging party could not actin a more mag. nanimous manner than to withdraw the chal- lenge, and both parties meet as friends. Just before the last slot. when Mr. Bynum went to Mr. Cilley and told him it was im ‘ible to compromise the affair, Mr. Cilley said, (the last words he .was heard to 8) Dehoen re- ceiving the fatal ball, ‘hey must thirst mightily for my blood!’ “Mr. Wise testified that when he went to Mr. Graves after the second fire, Mr. Graves remarked: ‘I must have one more shot.” . “Col.Schaumburg testified that when he spoke to Mr. Cilley before the final shot, the latter id: ‘I see the ae poe of the opposite party.’ ‘Yes,’ replied Col. S——, ‘it appears to be a sine qua non for the opposite party to obtain for Mr. Webb the character of a gentle- man and @ man of honor.’ ‘Well,’ Mr. Si, eit a Reema oe his statesment with the following TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO MR, CILLEY, “Thus terminated the existence of a brave and accomplished man; a victim of others’ feuds; » sacrifice to vain, unimportant, and in- ' lavin’ the holes.” . representative from | jor * | opponents were in a majorit, tangible trifles, and a martyr to truth and de- yotion to the preservation of his rights and an indomitable spirit of honorable firmness and independence of character.’ “On February 26, two days after the duel, Hon. John Fairfield in the House, and Hon. Renel Williams in the Senate, from Maine, paid eloquent tributes of respect to the character and memory of the fallen Representative of their state. “Mr. Williams said: ‘Mr. Cilley was ;@native of New Hampshire and belonged to one of its most ancient and honorable families, Patriotism and bravery were his inheritance. His grandfather was a distingnished patriot and brave officer of the Revolution, and his brother, Captain Joseph Cilley, a gallant leader of a brave charge in the iate war (1812). SKETCH OF MR. CILLEY. “Mr Cilley graduated at Bowdoin college, and by his superior talents attained a high position at the bar of his adopted state. He was a good lawyer, an able advocate, and powerful debater; ardently attached to the princip ernment: a zealous advocate of the rights of the whole people, and a determined opponent t aim of the few to tyrannize over the | sa proof of the uncommon conti- | Cilley by | 1 to Con- 3 political Mr. Williains logistic cin, a friend, | ress in is37 in a distriet where indulged in extended remark of the character of Mr, Cilley us: i tesman, as did Mr. Fairfield in the ¥ OF THE DUEL. “The death of Mr. Cilley under circumstances | se inexcusable caused a wave of violent indig- nation al through the wide north and east. Even from parts of the south, especial! |the states represented by the challenging | party, came earnest words of protest and con- | demnation against means and methods of | | the foul ‘taking off” of the intrepid Maine Con- gressman. In Kentueky the public press failed to respond to the expectations of the friends of Mr. Graves to such an ent that Mr. Crit tenden felt called upon to address a letter to Hon, Leslie Combs, of te. urging iim to arouse and f + sentim: le to Mr. w oster a hi hope | sort of defense.’ “A COMMITTEE OF was appointed by the House of Connecticut, hardly well INVESTIGATION of which Mr. | was chairman. | before a It <} flood of petitions began to pour into Con- was organized | gress containing proceedings mense public assemblages in the northern cities and towns, expressing the | | popular indignation and denunciation of th | authors and abettors of the “atrocious murder.” | asitwas named ina powerful petition from | | Massachusetts, presented by the ven: fe | | champion of free speech, Hon, John Quincy | resident, and then a member of | at all responsible for bringing on | pelled from the Wouse and that | the Hous: | the due , ti be ex; | James Watson Webb be brought before the bar | of the House to answer for contempt of that be Asan instance of the unanimous dis- approbation of the quarrel and its deplorable j results, in one day, the records of the House slow ther tr vere received about twenty petitions m the city and county of Philade iphia con- | taining many hundreds of names of the most | influential citizens. Both branches of Con- | gress were engaged much of the time, for weeks, in gislation against dueling, in which many | members uttered eloat nd passionate denunciations of the code” and of the con- | Spiracy, as it was believed to have been, by | al | which the House of Representatives had been | violently bereft of one of its most esteemed | and useful members, ‘The tragedy was felt to | be a national calamity. ~The committee divided in their con- clusions, and mad separate reports, Mr. | for the majority, canvassed the cireum- es very fully, and in summing up, said: ‘Tras “The present is without any circumstance of A member of the extenuation manner me casion most appropriate corons and moderat House, in a y;on an ¢ defense of the honor | of the House, a n anonymous and un- founded charge of corruption, had alluded to the published records of former proceedings with perfect truth and : had, in obedi- ence to his duty, declin demand for explanation in a m 1 the commit- tee can discover no canse of offense; avowedly without hostility, and against the protestati of others, was required to fatally expose him- self to the third discharge of a rifle,’ he committee condemned the dueling code in the most scathing manner. It was a relic of | unenlightened and barbarous ages; ‘a signel monument of the want of the highest attribute of moral courag ‘a game of chances, and a ” ‘It can fur- scramble for undue advantages. nish no criterion of truth, and deals out its inflictio 1 nd the helpless; n those who every stage of deeply deplored by all men, submit tait, and is forbidden it by all laws, human and divin he majority of the committce reported res- olutions recommending that the members of the House concerned in the duel be expelled, but the House finally passed a vote of ‘cen- sure’ upon them, THOSE WHO TOOK PART. “Of all the actors or eye-witn fearful tragedy,” says Mr. King, “George W. Jones is the only one known to be living. He is nearly ninety years old, and was present at the recent inauguration, and a guest at the re- ception given to Hon, Hannibal Hamlin by Mr, Gardiner Hubbard, of this city, on the Ist of March, Hon. Thomas B. Reed told the writer a few days since that he saw and conversed with Mr. Jones while in Washington, and that he in- auired with much interest concerning the fam- ily of the lamented Cilley. General Webb died a few years ago. Mrs. Cilley survived the death of her husband but a few years, Mr. Graves, who is remembered as an amiable and talented Representative of his honored state, after a few unhappy years, died in 1848, at the early age of forty-three, Mr. | Wise died in 1877, He was long in public life | after the duel; was governor of Virginia just before the war, and signed the ahs warrant of ‘Old John Brown,’ thus helping to precipi- tate a contest of arms, ‘previously inaugurate in Congress and on the fieldof honor,’ says Mr. King. “He was also a general in the con- federate service during the war, WHY THE DUEL WAS NOT PREVENTED. “Why did not the colleagues and friends of Mr. Cilley prevent the duel? Many have asked this question. It is a fact that but one Con- gressman from Maine testified to any knowledge of the preparations for the duel in season to in- te any measures to prevent it, Itappears to have been studiously kept secret from them, as was alleged by witnesses most interested to prevent it. Hon. Reuel Williams, who boarded in the same house with Mr, Cilley, referring to this matter suid: ‘I add, in justice to myself and for the satisfaction of Mr. Cilley’s friends, that I said and did all that could be said and done to prevent the fatal meeting, without forcible restraint, or hazarding the honor and ineurring the hatred of him whom I esteemed su highly, “Hon. Franklin Pierce, Senator from New Hampshire, was acquainted with the cireum- stances preliminary to the duel, as a confidant of Mr. Cilley, rendering judicious advice, but without effcct, to avert tlie fatal contest. “The ‘code duello,’ a resort to which for the settlement of real or fancied personal wrongs, has caused many mad contests of arms and shedding of fraternal blood of some of Ameri- ca’s brave sous on the field of old Bladensbury and in other places of our country, is a thing o} the past; relegated, it is hoped, to that oblivion to which it is deservedly consigned by the purer advancing sentiment of our enlightened country.” F. wes in this ——— a Written for Tux Eventxe Stan. Listening. THE GERMAN OF HEINE PARAPHRASED. Little stars with golden feet, Wandering in the realms of light, Softly move nor wake the earth Slumbering in the lap of night. Silent stand the listening trees, Every leaflet now an ear, While the dreaming mountain sends His deep,solemn shadow here, Flowers of beauty, rich and rare, Breathe their fragrance on the air. Hark! What music doI hear Floating on the air so sweet? 1s't the nightingale that sings, Plaintive in her lone retreat? No, ‘tis she whom I adore, Singing of her hope and love, While the stars with golden feet Wander pensive far above, And all nature seems like me, Filled with wondrous ecstacy. —DeWrrr C. SrRague. ‘Wasnrvoron, D. C., April, 1889. — 00 An Irishman was planting shade trees when a “You're out the holes, are you, Mr. “No, mum. Oi'm " out the dirtan’ Texas Si | in view of the cost | Showed what could be done in this way, ‘The | the Japane: yfrom |? nt favor- | i discussing the matter of | yw Written for the Eventnc Stan. JAPANESE DECORATIONS. How Eastern Art is Employed in Bea’ tifying our Homes. AMERICAN ARTISTS WHO HAVE ADOPTED ORIENTAL IDEAS—BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS OBTAINED AT LIT- TLE EXPENSE—MAGNIFICENT ° JAPANESE ROOMS IN THE VANDERBILT AND MARQUAND HOUSES. (Copyright 1889.) The most rational of all the manias which from time to time ravage the communtty has been the Japanese. The fan and sticklees para- sol contain elements of decoration which are difficult toabuse and which in the proper hands are capable of the most pleasing decorative effects, Wesaw that at the last exhibition of the water color society when the National Academy of Design received an unusnal touch me ball, Then the large Ja frieze of gold Japanese cloth i gold parasols were placed as u branches of palm, the gold and ing in beautiful harmony. APANESE BED ROOM, Dr. William Hammond years ago had a Jap- anese bed room witha frieze of fans that souta room h: in which ¢ lishs betwe dail green min merit of Ja » decorations is looks cheap if managed with any > of skill; aud the reason why it is ut to offend in u canse yan artistic peo mmonest paper, » simplest ware tically an instinet forms amounts nature's fresh- h finds in ple that the the cheapest cottor Drawing is witl | a lively sense of pleasure. ance with which they juxtapose colors, defy laws, and harmon ¢ irreconcilabie dis- | covers an a aptures us, ECORATION. So far removed as the east is from the west @ Japanese theory of decoration from tha eval Earope, the source of that modern we have received filtered through school, It is the cuise between y wh THEORY OF v }in your Americ makes our pl room you P| ata time, third commandment, as the command prophet, | 80 profor Hnoneing the direction of | Moorish ornament, ‘ihe position ot naturalism | to-day, both inart aud literature, has been sthened by and reacted in favor of Japan- John La Farge was the first man in this dat k fi rs ago, to | art, At that time it w: arry any one beyond the conn belief that the Japanese di about perspective, but th surroundings had not set in, THE VANDERBILT NURSERY. One of the first and equivalent rules of our American stained glass were three panels made by Mr, La Farge for the nursery of Mr, Cornelius Vanderbilt. ‘They were Japar fects in which ountain, Pu demand for artistic ful piece of gestiven find a place in Jap: pendent adapter of « : Mr. Robert Blum, the artist. 1 ere ween ina studio occupied b, Mr. Blum and Mr. Lungren, and its novelty apitred every one who entered is A coarse canvas fricze on which | were pajnted branches of cherry and apple, | skimming birds: Japanese embleins and Japa- | Nese stuils and wares asssisted the decoration, EXTENSIVE DECORATIONS, Mr. Blum was then called upon to decorate the dining-room of the house now occupied by Mr. George Blanchard, on Washington square, which was done on a more elaborate scale, And he is the decorator of the tower-room in Mr, Charles J. Osborne's villa at Mamaronec! Mr. Osborne's villa is beautifully situated on | the Sound and this tower-room overlooks the prospect of wood and lake, — It is conical and the decoration begins above the matted dado. This seems to be taken from cloud effects that are seen oncheap Japanese fans, It consists of waving bands of shaded gray, blue and pink. Their irregular outlines are further defined on one side by a dull silvered cord about the size of a clothes line. he color lightens towerd the apex of the cone when it suddenly darkens | by the introduction of browns and hangs above | like a storm cloud, and outof the threatening | mas at the very top three gilded dragons lilt | their heads, | A CLEVER ECHO, Isaw this room before it was furnished, and happening to epeak while standing in the center of the room was startled by a curious response above. Looking hastily up I saw for the first time these angry beast: to come so direct, the m clever! ‘The sound appeared | rom their months, that for | ent my heert stood still. ‘onceived echo could not be devised, FANS AND PICTURES, Japanese fans and stuffs and paper of the commonest sort turn with motions that he used as successfully. I have seen a matting dado in a nursery ornamented with clever copies of the curious domestic groups that make so interest- ing and familar a part of Japanese decoration, Kakimonos, which are the Japanese pictures, | and are used to hang on the walls, ar infinitely | better than poor pictures, Some of these are | very magnificent, and the Japanese have th old masters who painted kakimonos as we have old masters in oil. They bring high prices both in Europe and this country, but the} Japanese have this advantage that the cheaper kakimonos are also good art and cheap pictures with us usually mean bad art, IN PHILADELPHIA, Dr. E, H. Williams, of Philadelphia, has a Japanese room that carries with it that inter- esting and fruitful suggestiveness which is al- ways found in Japanese art. The principal part of the decoration is the frieze, the room being hung below in Japanese stuffs. The frieze is gilded and painted upon with branches of blossoming cherry and plum. Inserted among this decoration and assisting it is a Japanese poem celebrating the delights of love and spring. MR, VANDERBILT'S JAPANESE ROOM. ‘The Japanese room, as it is commonly found, isa sort of show room for Japanese objects of art, Such is the famous Japanese room of Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt, which is a cabinet of a kind for Jap- anese curios, ‘The wood is cherry, but painted to represent red lacquer and occupies a promi- nent place above as trusses beneath the ceiling of interlaced bamboo, ‘The walls are hung in Japanese gold brocade and are divided into irregular shelves, such as we see in the teak wood cabinets. These shelves and the little curtained receptacles hold the precious wares— jade porcelains and bronzes, and here and there gleam brilliant pieces of embroidery. THIS USE OF Woop simulating red lacquer is art confined to Japan- ese rooms, but is used where certain color schemes in red are desired, here is a rich- ness in the color of red lacquer, a certain sense of yellow in the red to which it owes its full glowing tone that so readily carries upward into yellow, and which can be contrasted with certain blues with such admirable results, ‘MR. MARQUAND'’S ROOM. The Japanese room of Mr. Henry Marquana, the new president of the Metropolitan museum, illustrates the adaptability of Japanese art. room needs, Its purpose is that of a livi foom, a room in which a man may find himse! at home, surrounded not only by his family but also by the precious, but eloquent, silence of dear inanimat ae ‘The suggestiveness of Japanese art, which has been several tim: alluded to, makes it the best of com Every form is packed with meaning. tein back at his ease, the owner of this room may read wherever his eyes turn the legends, gob- lin stories, grotesque babies, mythology, and poetry of this interesting people, for these are written wherever the Japanese artist has traced a surface with brush, chisel, grave, or needle. The room is a combination of old and modern work, Mr. Marquand had collected much that could be it ted in the structure of the room, and ‘this has been supplemented by modern work carried out, however, on Japan- ese principles and in the spirit of Japanese art, A ROOM IN PANELS, Conceive of the room in panels, and each panel as @ picture or an effect in color made up of the most magnificent materials, These 4 doors, windows and treated in a way that shows the I each | of stat; | probably gets #60 A more | bi | or to a seat, eee and cabinets of quebracho we a hard red wood from Brazil, which is the wood used in the room. In one of these cabinet panels with background of silver and bronze, each piece a work of art, is a magnificent collection of blue and white porce- lain. In another panel are found juoise and green porcelain. Still another holds Mr. Marquand’s superb splash ware combined with pink and gray porcelain. The bay window in & raised alcove is another of these subdivisions, But all the significance of detail culminates at THE FIRE-PLACE, which celebrates the mystery of Japanese fire worships. The eymbolism begins with two crystal globes resting on the backs of two bronze tortoisc. These are wreathed in flame- like forms aod are lighted from be! by electric lights. On this base the mantel structure is raised, and terminates in the cross- ece cloissant panels indicating the seven won- ere of the world, Birds, flowers, wave cres! finuy things, ail the insects that are attracte by flame. find a place here in fire-screen, fender, fire implements, while the center of all this symbolixm ix an immense chased silver plaque set in the mautel breast, THE CEILING of the room is written over with rich carvings. Here the months are represented in the signs of the zodiac, the days of the week, the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, the numerals up to ten, the hours of the day with suggestive legends, tlowers, fruits, and all sorts of natural forms, unite in an elaborate scheme. From the center a chain of bronze monkeys support a vase. aronnd which is a corona of candles. The ciock isanother beantiful feature. Old time cuts out the hours. and a crystal ballon which are lying birds, swings across a back- ground of tiny turquoise vases. The bronze registers simulate tongues of flame. And a ventilating apparatus of bronze forms the pedestal tor a large pentagonie vase, the gem of Mr. Marquard’s collection, Electric light, steam heat, modern ventilation, electricity, do not belong to Japanese life, but to these Japan- ese art gracefully bends. The adaptation to the acquirements of our later civilization as it is seen here is very interesting. ONE AT A TDW Another thing is worth remarking, and apro- pos of what a Japanese of cultivation who lives id tome. bewilders me. He o further. In a Japanese ore than one kind of art ‘en the most prominent rything does its honor, ‘d and drunken on its to some other part of other beautifal thing . Dat you Americans, with rooms, suffer alw an artistic Thatis ¢ place in the room. Then y farquand’s room, which is made up of beautiful thiags, this ditticulty is obvia hdrawing them into panals of which the impression is the first. thing, leaving the Js to assert themselves later, Many Gay Humpurrys. cee OUSLY WAITING. kers Who Haunt the Depart- ments Day After Day. , occupying the chairs, Seated on the sof: leaning against the mantels and ranged along | walls, the ante-rooms of the various depart- ment buildings ate profusely decorated with ottice-seekers just at present, There is no need even i? such ornamentation had ever been considered proper for rooms in the public buildings. The office-seekers are, as a qne enongh, and as they spend the greater portion of the business day in one loca- tion they are permanent enough to be used for decorative purposes. Some of them, however, are apt to be nervous and fidgety and squirm about on the chairs and sofas at such a rate | that any other material than leather used as a covering would soon be worn out. But the government uses leather as a rule for office are, and so the wriggling visitors only succeed in imparting to the furniture a very high polish, ‘Thema jority of American citizens have. no doubt, seen the oftice-seeker in the individual, butrarely in the aggregate. At the department buildings nowadays they can be studied as a class, A STUDY FROM LIFE of this interesting species gives a different im- pression than the pictures that are usually draw! The office-seckers have been charac- teriz political life-blood of the nation, In might be concluded from what is frequently written about them that they are a dangerous set of men, An actual view of the real office- pr as he may be seen any day about the de- partments or the White House gives a ver: different idea, You see a group of men meekly and patiently waiting at the door of the de partment chief. A colored messenger, who per month, rules them with a despotic sway. ‘They approach this function- ary with deference and Eaably lace in his nds their cards, They watch with timid an- pation the dusky features as their card is hastily scanned, and then in response to an im- perial wave of his hand they retire to a corner There they sit hour after hour. ‘They see the favored ones ushered in through the charmed entrance while they are kept out. They know that these are Senators and members of the House, and no doubt the Litter reflection is frequently forced upon them that these are the men whom they are accus- tomed to hear spoken of at home, es) iy about election time, as the servants of the peo- masters in this instance, however, y tothe servants. The sovereigns of the great American nation don’t allow these re- flections, if they occur to them, to overcome their deferential awe of the colored doorkeeper, and for the time being his word is law. After all, one is apt to conclude from atour about the department buildings in these pleasant spring days that the oftice-secker is a very mild, inot- fensive sort of a person, who spends his time patiently polishing the leather upholstery of the department furniture. UNDER PROTECTION, It is only when an office-seeker comes to the department under the protection of a member of Congress that he cs Aral be at all for- midable, Then he walks into the reception- room with the air of a conquerer, and casting & patronizing glance upon those of his kind less favored he passes within the sacred door- way into the presence of the arbiter of his fate. There are some, however, whose native inde- ndence of spirit is not’ crushed by haughty osxeaoerece ae etiquette of the reception- room, They know what they want, and they recognize that the head of the department, even though he is a cabinet minister, is only a mere man hike themselves and they are deter- mined to see him without delay and obtain what they want without any needless parley, HE WOULDN'T WAIT LONGER. “Acharacter of this kind, who only wanted the position of a messenger in one of the de- partments, called on the Secretary the other day, He told him that he had been in the city since the 4th of March; that his money was nearly all gone, and that if he was not ap- inted at once he would leave that day for his ome, The Secretary replied that he must have patience, as there were a good many mat- ters ‘that occupied his time. “T told him,” said the sturdy patriot, in giv- ing an account of his interview to a circle of admiring listeners, ‘that I would wait one more day, and then if the appointment was not made i would withdraw my papers and go me. SERVANT AND SOVEREIGN. There are no doubt numerous instances of this kind where “the sovereign,” conscious of the yawning gulf between himself and “‘the servant,” as represented in the person of the head of a department, asserts his dignity and makes the inferior quail before the assertion of his superior anthoriiy. But as arule it is pro- bable that ‘the servant” refuses to quail and a is wee iy to do a explains the grou, jum- ble sexing anxious men who Ae the re- vo mer ine tinea The Cost of Private Cars. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “Many extravagant storiesare in circulation,” said George W. Allen, ‘“‘as tothe cost of private h was: ‘The profusion | as the corrupting element in American | politics. the festering sore that is tainting the | act at) LASTS AND SHOES. | A Good Heel Base to Prevent Weak Ankles A book fullof feet and a room fnll of Insts. They are dingrams of feet in the book, the oddest looking profiles you ever saw. Don't | have a diagram of your foot made if you want to retain any of the sanity that human nature is wont to indulge in with regard to a pretty | foot, The shoemaker laid before Tar STAR man a book with hundreds of profiles of feet drawn from life. They were the feet of Prominent citizens, public men, Senators, Rep- | resentatives, cabinet officers, Presidents per- haps. Consideration for whatever vanity the Possessors of these fect might retain after see- ing the profile, restrained the shoemaker from iving the names of any of the originals. The awings Were of the soles of the feet, some big and some not so big, the majority of them full of knobs and knots; some broad, some nar- Tow; some straight, some with twists and pro- trusions that had been the work of many years of tight shoes—such foot-prints in the sands of time might cause the stulente of antiquities five hundred years from now to marvel much to guess the manner of man or beast that oc cupied the earth in the 19th century. One im- pression was exactly that of a very large oyster shell, the heel whittled down and twisted like the nick of the shell. These diagrams are to assist the shoemaker in shaping up the last to make shoes for these feet; they are to locate the knots, twists, and protruberances that must be provided for in the shoe, SPECIAL LASTS. Ina back room were more than five hundred special lasts or casts upon which the shoes ere to be built, constructed to meet these eccentric measurements, They were all arranged on shelves and properly marked and numbered, so hat Mr. Emiment Statesman might order a pair of shoes by telegraph and be sure of having them made with all the alcoves, turrets and bay windows necessary to accommodate the various knots and joints of his foot. Some of these lasts were ‘as twisted and unlike anything in human anatomy as the roots of a water beech. One was of such strange shape that the re- | porter asked if the possessor of that foot was not a cri The shoemaker laughed. “He hasasstraight | and handsome a foot as most « an in town, | He has the last x so as to give int of the foot to work at he shoe is built it looks neat.” pre is no sort of r eve. b | tween the comp! | the last. The sk on these on as need be, AK ANKLES, The shoe artist laid aside his work for a few | moments to talk with the Star man about weak | ankles, and he explained the thing that so! puzzled th ' ng Women. ies in the seat of the There's where it lies, It is not whether the shoe is | laced or buttoned, cut high or cut low, square orsharp at the toe; it is right insi shoe that the trouble lies, The s |last is that part that corres; the hecl of the foot, If the shoe is bre there to let the back part of the foot in so that the whole bottom of the heel will rest on the in- sole there will be no weakness of the ankles. I think that a la e is undoubtedly better | than any other sort because it adjusts itself to | the foot, but the buttoned or low-cut will not cause Weak ankles, THE NEED OF A BASE. It is not want of support that makes the weakness; it is the weakness that renders sup- port necessary, Ladies are troubled more than men, because the cut of a lady's last is more unnatural and defective than those for men, A low-cut shoe, a buttoned shoe, or even a bigh- heeled shoe will not of itself cause this w ness, A sharp high heel will help, but the seri- | ous difficulty is the want of a broad, firm base for the heel to rest on. The in-sole of the shoe in the back part wire the heel rests is, as I say, what we call the seat. The seat of the last | is the heel of the last and it determines the breadth of the space for the heel of the foot to occuy If the bottom of the foot at the 25 inches across and,the insole it has to rest on is only 2 inches, it must spread over on either side and «lip and twist for want of a base to reston. The foot will twist just the same whether the sho. is a button ora la The sole of a woman's foot at the heel is vers litde, if any, narrower than a man’s, in propor. tion to the lengtla At all events a woman's “B” last. should be as broad at the seat st of the sume number, but it IT IS A UNIVERSAL cUsToM | to make women’s shoes disproportionately nar- row there in order to give a neat appearance at the heel. Asa rule, I should say all women’s | shoes should be at least a quarter of en inch | broader at the seat than they are. In fact the | foot ought to determine the breadth of the last there, but it is a custom to make women’s shoes atleast a quarter of an inch narrower where the heei rests than they can safely be. The shoe may be narrow and pointed-toed, with concave heels, if that one thing is cared for, to jhave the back part of the shoe and the seat large enough to let the heel of the foot well in without bulging out at the sides, A WELL-PROPORTIONED WOMAN has a good broad heel and the entire bottom of it should rest on the insole, if this rule is fol- lowed. If women’s shoes were de as men’s are in the back part they would suffer no more from twisted ankles, Care should be taken, however, not to have the shoe too broad there. | That would be as bad as being too narrow, Just the space should be given that would let the | heel down in the shoe on its fall base. A shoe jshould not bind at any joint of the foot, and it does not need to, to make it fit snugly. It should fit tight wherever there is no joint, and that is all that is necessary toa snug fit. Weak ankles are common, because it is the universal custom to make the seat of the last for a woman's shoe disproportionately narrow, All the great last manufacturers both in England and this Orn Beayrss is @—«4,_4. (Gradually Growing Greater) OH, TES, we have done aGREAT business for some time past, and, of course, feel somewhat exuberant over the knowledge that it ts growing GREATER. 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