Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1889, Page 8

ARCHERS AND SPEARMEN. et Savage Bowyers and Arrow-Makers, PRIMITIVE MODES OF FIGHTING. Types of Weapons Shown in the National Museum Collections. ———.__ ‘SEE UNIVERSAL USE OF SPEARS AND BOWS AXD ARROWS—THE METAL-WORKERS OF AFRICA AND WLINT-WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA—INGE- ‘WIOUS DEVICES FOR STRENGTHENING BOWS. ———_—_. OBIN HOOD himself would have to tug pretty hard to string some of the stout bows in the collection at the National museum. The thews of the savage makers of some of these bows must have been as tough as the sinews they used for bowstrings. There is one particular bow made of wood and given its springy char- acter by the sinew that lines it, which has resisted forts even of rather athletic Selentinte So ecm it, The bow and arrow and the spear, lance, or javelin are almost uni- ly used by savages or people in a rude state as weapons of war or implements of the chase, just as they were in earlier times gener- ally used by the nations that have now ad- vanced to the high state of civilization repre- sented by the Krupp gun. In one of the halls of the National museum is s heavy armor plate of steel 8 inches thick, with a hole in it made 8 steel shot from a modern gun. Prof. Otis Mason remarked toa SraR reporter that this told the whole story of warfare—of of- fense and defense. In the shield and spear of rude people the same ideas were represented. A change or improvement in the weapon of offense brought about a modification of the of defense, and likewise improvements armor led to changes in the weap- ve. For a long time after the in- vention of firearms the bow and arrow held ‘its ewn, because a skilled archer could discharge e 2 A it dwell along the banks of the Congo of staniey” alla” are provided are wthn sboneiang as an armor to ag from th of e ical and th Ie leaf shaped b the base the arrows velin of which wound with a narrow st of brass, o iron. mehr trng rane = - yt iron spud, which, however, is not found on Tae hurling. It is said that in the act of throwing the weapon the negro gives it a vibratory motion so that it passes through the air with a whistling sound. Arrows are made in the Congo region with uncomfortable-looking barbed points, Some savages use poison on their arrows. In South America slender arrows, the heads of which have been dipped in a poison known as curare. are disc’ by means of a blow-pipe. In Africa recent accounts state that some men in Stanley's expedition were filled with poisoned QuiveR A INDSNEBAASRA —-ASSINIBOWN [OS arrdwn There the poison used is obtained by pounding into a mass large numbers of a species of ant that has a poisonous sting. In Borneo the natives use small arrows, which are poisoned and discharged as in South America, through a blow-pipe. In a corner of Mtr. Hough's studio opening upon one of the balconies of the museum stand two Japanese bows, each about seven feet long. They are made with bamboo and finely wrap- ed. Not many years ago, in the feudal age of jell the warriors of the Island Empire were armed with bows like these or with lances or spears having long glistening blades like sword Hades tached fo them. There were lances, too, of similar pattern made for women, because a Japahese woman was expected to fight if oc- casion arose. These Japanese warriors wore helmets, breast-plates, greaves, metal gaunt- lets and coats of mail. very much like those worn by knights of mediwval times in Europe. Bows are still made in Japan on the old pattern and used, as they are in this coun- try and England, for pastime. The arrow is not discharged from the center of these long bows. The bow is held bythe hand about one-third of the way from one end, and the arrow is discharged from there. There is a stand for arrows that goes with the bow. It holds three or four sheafs of arrows, Chinese pictures in the museum represent men hunting on horseback with bows of the type known as Tartar bows. These are short, with two curves like Cupid’s bow. The Tartar bow is usually composed of three pieces, a was constructed of an old knife blade. toothed by making indentations along the edge of the blade. There is in the collection a specimen of the salmon skin used by Indians of the northwest coast in decorating the backs of their bows, and two wrist-guards used by the Eskimo, fiat pieces of stone or ivory with a thong ‘attached, which are bound on the wrist of the bow-band to protect it from the bow-string. SHIELD NEW GUINEA ae wire ma The Hupa Indians and the neighboring tribes in northern California attamed great skill as arrow-makers, To-day, however, the art is un- derstood only by a few old men ‘among these Indians, Lieut. Ray, who made collections among these Indians, says he bas seen no man under 40 years of age who could make a bow or an arrow, and only oue old man who could make a stone arrow-head. The war arrows of the Hupas are described by Prof. Mason as the perfection of grace. The arrow-heads are of jasper, chalcedony, obsidian. and_bottle-glass, from three-fourths to two and one-fourth inches in length, quite uniformly. five-eighths of an inch in width and three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, Side notches are made for the sinew thread which forms the lashing of the head. Bird arrows, designed to stun rather than to wound, lack the stone head. THE STABLES OF THE VANDERBILTS, BELMONT, AND ROCKEFELLAR—HOESR LODGINGS FUB- ISHED MORE LUXURIOUSLY THAN MANY BAXD- SOME HOUSES—RUGS AND HANDSOME CHAIRS. The glory has departed from the Vanderbilt stables. “Small Hopes” and “Lady Mac,” trotters, which the commodore used to drive and bequeathed by him to William H. Van- derbilt, are dead. “Aldine” and “Early Rose” now belong to Frederick Vanderbilt and are in retirement, and “Maud 8.” stands in Mr. Bonner's stable. The only horses now there are the carriage horses of Mrs, Vanderbilt and the riding horse of Mr. George Vanderbiit. However finely housed are other horses in this city, they have no “view.” These are more fortunate, They look out through win- dows with ornamental borders on the proud- est part of Madisonavenne. Just below is the Villard group of houses, and across from these the cathedral and archepiscopal , ad- joining the spacious grounds of the orphan asylom. The stuble is the most extensive in town, since it occupies four city lots. It also holds a proud position on the corner, Al- though serving for the merest household needs, it is kept with the scrupulous nicety of its proudest days. e arrangement is different from that of any other stable, The horses are ranged along the Madison-avenue side in oak-bound stalls, trimmed with black walnut and in the style which is known here as cabinet finish. This revails throughout the stables, and in the larger carrisge house takes the form of large ornamental — extending to the ceiling. In front of these panels are two oblong rugs and on each rug stands a handsome arm chair. My only previous experience of this sort of thing hax been in churches and throne rooms, but I have since found that two rugs and two handsome chairs are, in fact, features of fine stables. Evidently these are intended for the great folks when they pay visits to the stables and are appointments of dignity rather than of necessity. In the rear of this room, which is very spa- cious, is the sky-lighted track for exercising the horses on bad days, and in the center of this is an asphalt platform where light wagons stand. The appointments are in every way handsome, from the carriages, Paris-built and for every conceivable occasion, und the mounted harness with THE VANDERBILT MONOGRAM, to the brass-mounted brooms and hay forks and the wooden pails hooped in brass, with W. H. V. in large brass letters, and polished to the last degree of brilliancy. Beautiful house- wives , indeed, are all the stablemen. The: puil out drawers and open closet doors witi Prompt readiness to show not only blankets in ekg order but the salt bags with which the jorses are rubbed, as neatly folded and spot- less as tea towels, A small door on the 5ist-street side opens on to what is called the office. Itisa tiny cacpeted room, with a lounge, a desk and achair, On the walls hang a colored print of “Small Hopes” and ‘Lady Mac” making i in the days when 2:23 was a nine-da: But the pride of the stable i rint of Mr, Vanderbilt—the resemblance being something closer thau @ large man with abundant side whiskers—driving Maud 8. and Aldine, It te on that memorable day of which Col. Kip spoke, in which the little lady helped Aldine and cov- ered herself with glory at Fleetwood and estab- lished a record of 2:15i¢. The memory of Maud —_ arrows while a man with s clumsy arquebus could load and fire his piece once. The improvements in armor, which rendered arrows aed useless, and the improvement in firearms, which in turn rendered any armor a man could wear of little avail, resulted first in the retirement of the bow and arrow and then im the gradual abandonment of body armor. Archery is still practiced as a healthful pas- time, especially in England, where the bow, as ® weapon of war, is associated with the most glorious memories of the = If it were not for the achievements of Eng! bowmen on many a hard-fought Sleld against all foes, Christian or Saracen, English history might have been much briefer than it is. But there are bowmen and spearmen to-day— Bot dilettante archers in flannel suits who send straight center section and two curving ends. pretty arrows into bulls-eyes and rings painted on straw-stuffed targets—but swarthy. half- naked warriors, who live and, perhaps, die by their bow or spear. The strength of a bow or of a bowstring. the straightness of an arrow, or the efficiency of a spear are to them matters of serious concern. visitor to the National museum, upon entering one of the halls from the rotunda. is apt to be startled by the a pearance before him of three warriors rudely clad. The figures, which are life-size and life- like in form and color, came from the Trocadero museum, in Paris, and represent African war- riors, They are clad and armed just as thereal warrior in life is clad and armed. In the cen- ter is the figure of a tall, lithe and m black savage, almost completely naked. = that might have started out of one o: = lsggard’s novels. This represents a Massai warrior from the region of Lake Victoria Nyanzi. About his waist is a broad brown belt ‘ae some plaited fiber, in which is thrust a long | STAWRENCE gine Astin, Ann. oat ms arn BIRD ARROW anife of native manufacture and a short club made of rhinoceros horn. His head is adorned with a fan-like headdress of ostrich feathers. Upon the upper of his right arm is a curi- ous arm-ring of bone, which seems to sink into the flesh. This ring was placed on the warrior’s arm when h joy, and as he grew in stature became immovable. It serves Se eS aentes which to re- ‘a blow, but it is worn as a badge of man! dignity. The warrior leans apon a large oval- shield made of buffalo hide strength- and stiffened with wood. One hand holds & spear or assegai about six fect long with a wooden shaft, anda slender leaf-sbaped head of iron provided with a socket, into which the shaft fite. The spear is quite as universal in ite use as the bow and arrow. It is probable that « pole or stick with one end pointed or and hardened ina fire was one of weapons used by man. Among the who are metal-workers the spear head takes many forms. Generally the head or Diade is made with « sock and jinted like dag- are some in the collection that Besides this Massai warrior is another, a ® man of coppery color and ho wears a robe like and ‘spears or retina th leat heads of iron. With his left hand he round shield or target of This shield is only about 10 id has to be used with be effective. The other bara who Utne Ge E i : <* ARROW HEAD The bow was once comet used among the American Indians. It has, however, almost disappeared as a weapon of war or the chase, as the Indians have been provided with fire- arms. The remains found in mounds show that the art of arrow-making and of chipping flint arrow heads was practiced in ancient times. Several cases in’ the museum are filled with the bows, deer-skin quivers and arrows collected among the Indian tribes. Some of the arrows are metal-tipped, others have barbed points of bone, but the most common arrow-head is of flint or obsidian. The arrow- shafts are often decorated with streaks of paint, The Indians of Northern California make the gee ood and neatest arrows, with the straightest and smoothest shafts, neatly feath- ered and decorated with alternate rings of red or blue or green paint. The quivers made b; some of the Indians are elaborately adorne with work. Yew, hickory, and other springy woods are used in constructing bows. Prof. Mason has arranged in the museum a collection of the rude tools used in arrow- m.sking and bow-making. Some of these im- pliments are from the Eskimos, who are ex- pert both in the use and the manufacture of ARROWS W Quivt the bow. The Eskimo, who lives in a treeless land, has many difficulties to ‘overcome. In some regions he makes his bow and arrows of Grift-wood. As this wood is brittle and inelastic he devised what is known as the sinew-backed bow. A long cord of sinew is attached to one of the “‘nocks” of the bow end then carried several times down over the back of the ‘“nock” at the other end, and twisted and wrapped se- curely to the bow. The sinew is so wound and secured with liar hitch that the — the strain on bow the ti reget id in On | mind. pisces of wood together makes a bow of reindeer antler, eral pieces lashed or riveted ducing a bow length sev- ’ pro- the or Cupid's tion of arrow-makers’ are several little straight of bone or ivory, with small The foreshaft to which the arrow-head is at- tached is a small stick about 3!¢ inches long, which is inserted into a socket in the end of the shaft. The shaftment or feathered part of the shaft is usually about 6 inches long. The Hupa bows are made of yew, the war bow being about 4 feet long and ‘the hunting bow a little over 3 feet, The backs of the vows are covered with a lining of sinew, carefully shredded and laid on with sturgeon glue. The grip of the bow is seized with a strip of buckskin and bound by two rings of otter fur. The bows are effective for game up to 50 or 75 yards, and would inflict a serious wound at 100 yards. When such bows were generally used among these Indians it was common for the braves when on the warpath to wear a cloak or armor of elk-skin, which was proof against arrows, Saturday Smiles. Charity begins at home, and in the prize ring it is better to give than to receive,—New Or- leans Picayune. The people who come over the Atlantic this season Mig see remarkable icebergs. Whales have gone out of fashion.—St, Paul Glove, The two most “striking” figures in newspa- per literature to-day are Sullivan and. Kilrein, —WNorristown Heraid, “Will you share my lot with me?” asked he of the real estate agent’s daughter. a. “What is it worth s front it?” calmly in- quired the sweet creature.—C/ Mail, 1jOne low doesn’t make a summer, but veveral swallows often make a fall.—Burling- ton Free Press. When a man makes iy a mind that he has got to economize, his first impulse always is to begin by oaaitee into his wife’s personal expenses.—Somerville Journal. e Detroit Free Press says that not all colo- nels are Kentuckians. This explains how #o many battles are lost in the great wars.— Courier-Journal, ty of hay fever has been discov- Pennsylvania paper. An il City jaged to five grass widows.—From the Garden City Herald, It is told of a pious, well-meaning man here that on one occasion, while offering up a prayer in Sunday-school, he referred to the superin- tendcnt in this manner: ‘‘And, O God, bless the superiatendent, who has ledsuch along, tedious Christian life.—Kingston Freeman, “It really isn’t fair,” remarked Mr, 8t, Louis, indignantly, “for Chic to annex all the Cronin murderers just before the census is taken. Why, really, uniess we count in the flies our honest city will have no show at all.” --N. Y. Herald, “Dry—Ki yi!” and “Wet Yet” are id as suitable poems on the recent Peunsylvania vote. Several Pennsylvanians who rod home i e election were, however, heard muttering pepe etanza: —Louisville Courier-Journal, “This is no picnic you've brought me tol” “No picnic! Why not?” “Where is th trousers? Where is tree? Where is th yutting up the wing? Boat tal ot is shan Aes them here! Parker Dear is thename of the new post- master at Linda Rosa. How nice that name will sound when Linda Rosa demsels call him soe the office window.—Pomona (Cal) “mes, ‘Can you tou Gcitorial on ‘Marriage a State of Bestricted Editor—One of our lady correspondents, Woman—“Oh, well, I cht it wasa and I was ieeiee oe piece of ae But if it wasa woman guess it is right.”—Burlington Free Press. tore maiter "Hope you are not going to or, t nubs or hooks on the ends, | SIF 8. is still ones regarded in the Vanderbilt stables, It has been thought that it was for Mr. Vanderbilt, who regretted her sale, that Gen, Grant made Mr. Bonner the offer of $60,- 000 for Maud 8, The dean of the stables, a soft-voiced old man, “the third generation” in the Vanderbilt stables, he tells with some pride, speaks of the little mare with affection. he said. “I was on the Union course when Flora Temple made her great race. I have seen Lantern and American Girl and other great racers bring the time down, but none of them in beauty or form or disposition, for she is the one of the sweetest horse natures I ever saw, ever came near to Maud 8.” “Do you believe she will ever break her own record or that any other horse will do it?” “Yes; she may do it herself, or if Mr. Bonner would mate her with one of those swift Cali- — runners her descendants might surpass er.” “What are the two essential things?” “Bottom and ad. If Mr. Bonner would do what I have said he would be breeding with reference to those two points, and I don’t doubt would produce a trotter such as has never been seen. Mr. Frederick Vanderbilt is breeding from Early Rose and Aldine, and I donot doubt will get something superior to both,” ‘MR. BELMONT'S STABLE was the first of the handsome private stables, having been built over twenty years ago. It now compares favorably with the best. Both in its appointments and in the routine of the stable itis essentially English, even to the coat-of-arms on the pillars inside. There are no finer carriage horses in town than the Bel- mont horses. None are better bred, more per- fectly groomed; no are so immaculately banged, no manes ¢o carefully cut to a hair; there are no coats go silken. m the tips of the horses noses to the hindermost wheels and to the most reserved button on the footman’s clothes nothing is ever amiss with a Belm turnout. As liberty, such perfection is only purchased by eternal vigilance. Mr, Belmont's stable has the reputation of being the best working stable in town. Every- bed is for service, nothing for show. Six stablemen are required for its service, andnone of Mr, Belmont’s runners are kept here. The department of stalls in which the horses are lodgea is better lighted and sweeter-emelling than most people's houses, Each stall has its owner's name in red letters of cast-iron—Prim- rose, Blossom, Sir John, Darnly, Danby. Th aa of the stable is Royal, on Mr. Belmont’s ‘arm, bred from Kentucky, who shed gior: on the Belmont stables when Zephyras ani Have land, that are now carrying the maroon and scarlet, were unborn, The men are at work polishing with sand the steel-mounted poles and making the horse col- lars reflect like the convex glasses in the park. The harnesses are kept in @ cave-like room ad- Joining. The floor, for some reason, is terraced and sanded, Here is it seems, for every size and grade of thing that draws, There are no elaborate mount but the least experienced eye can see that in this quiet ley is the last word tobe said on the subject of harness, Everything in this room, the groom says, is rubbed up each day,whether required for service or not, which accounts for that immsculateness of equipage for which this stable has reputation, A chapter coul ful dogs that the white of fashion and with accompliehments that they coulda’t possibly acquire in the public achools, ANOTHER HORSE PALACE, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is in no sense a man devoted to horses, The mantle of his grand- father, nor yet of his gather, has found the shoulders on which to But Mr, Vander- i | i EE i i l | Hl a it) number of letters, &c., collected duri Hae i Z i i F EERGa an : E framed stalls where stand Femidole, Cleora and the other famous trotters that under Mr. Rock- efellar’s whip are so well known on the road. a the second fioor are the feed rooms and the rooms for the stablemen, Brussels carpeted and decorated after the fancies of the stable- men. Still above is a handsome suite of a ments for the superintendent, as the —ar in - Rockefellar's stable is calle Fifty-fourth, 55th and Séth streets, between ‘7th avenue and 5th avenue, are | of colonies of famous stables. Holbein studios on each side of 55th strect are built over stables, and are among the most popular studios in town. Here are the veteran . Geo. In- ners, Mr. Kenyon'Cox, Mr. Wm. L. Coffin, Mr. Horace Martin, Mr. Geo. Bogert, Mr. Hartley, the sculptor, and some of the best-known men in town. This is to prove that New York stables are so admirably kept that they offer desirable habitations for human folks. It is on this row, and almost — to the handsome stables of Mr. Wm. D, S.oane, that Mr. J. B. Houston has built his new stable. Mr. Houston's stable was intended for the accommodation of his string of trotters. These, but a short time ago, were sold at auction, andthe sole tenant of Mr. Houston's stable, now that the hot days are here, is his small boy's pony and a trio of lively cockie spaniels. MR. HOUSTON'S STABLE is handsomely paneled and ceiled in oak. The ceiling would be handsome in a private house. The horse stalls, which are arranged in the lofty, sky-lighted room in the rear, as in other stables, are marked off by handsomely-turned oak columns, and these ‘the stablemen_bave adored with « curious straw fringe, mixed with colored woois that is exceedingly ornamental. In fact, all through these different stables the evidences of taste for ornament, particularly in the manipulation of straw, which I have noticed before, is conspicuously ap nt, Equally conspicuous has been love the men have for the precious beasts and the pride they take in them. The unusual suscepti! ility of horses to cold requires them to be always blanketed when in the stables. Each day they are exercised either on the road or in the stable. If on the road, after they are back in the stable they are sponged down and rubbed off with the salt-ba, cloths and their legs bandaged. While people in consequence have been indulging in tonsilities, the fashion- able epidemic in the fashionable stables has been sore throat, Maud § and all the swell horses having been a little indisposed. Many Gay Humparers. THE CITY POST-OFFICE, How the Business of the Omce Has Grown in Recent Years. The following figures show the amount of business of the city post-office: In the registry division the number of pieces handled during the year 1888 amounted to 1,992,620, of which about 75 per cent was official, being an in- crease of 158,557 over the year 1987, over 8 per cent, The number of letters, cards, &c., handled in the mailing division during the year 1888 amounted to 44,375,600, being an increase of 7,805,640 over 1887, or about 20 percent. Dur- ing the same year the number of pieces of printed matter amounted to 43,616,400, being an increase over 1887 of 1,882,650, or 4 per cent. The number of sacks of printed matter handled during the year 1888 ounted to 372,738, be- ing an increase over “987 of 30,243, or 9 per cent, The number of pouches handled during 1888 amounted to 189,230, being an increase over 1887 of 6.923, or 4 per cent. The number of special delivery letters handied during 1888 amounted to 21,486, being an increase over 1887 of 4,858, or 29 per cent, The total increase of all items handled in one year amounted to 9,780,809, with an average increase on each orl a year of 1,946,061, or 13 per cent ‘THE CITY DELIVERY, In the city delivery division the number of packages and letters received during the month of May, 1889, was igre. in May, 1888, 70,147, nearly 12 per cent, number of sac ond, third and fourth class matter, satied during the month of May, 1889, was 7,318; in May, 1888, 6,666, or 9.7 per cent, ‘I’ number of packages Carge), first-class matter, received during the month ‘of May, 1889, was 14,098; in ber of packages cf deed latorssecoived dansey r Oo} the month of May, 1889, was 19,080; in May, 1838, 14,866, 32 cent. The number of car- riers employed in 1889 is 113; in February, 1888, 87. The number of letters, &c., delivered during the month of May, 1889, was 1,862,610; in May, 1888, 1,621,658, 14.8 per cent, The month of May, 1889, was 1,161,217; in “May, 1888, 1,080,418, 7.4 per cent, THE GALE OF STAMPS, The receipte from sale of stamps for the fis- cal year ending June 90, 1888, were @344,752.95, being an increase of $11,589.95 over the fiscal year ending June 80, 1887, The receipts from sale of stemps for the quarter ending March 81, 1889, were about $104,000. The receipts ending J 7 ery its friends, the cent and the ay in- crease of each item was 13 cent. The city ee in the month <4 od one- e more pieces ;than corresponding month of 1887, and the delivery by carriers for was nearly 15 per ceut more than in May, the floor the Scbeargeey meee we ". on ing line, AGdiiotal general delivery wad stamp windows have been provided. ‘BRANCH POSTAL STATIONS, Srutatn ee Bee) toertens scab Sve temnch powal stations have been established, as fol- lows: Station G, 1100 Connecticut avenue north- west; station H, 2004 7th street northwest; sta- tion K, 85 H street northwest; station L, 751 8th street southeast; station M, 1415 H a ving facilities for money order, not Bince , the ment hangs seductively in the shop windows. Lace is beating, for all its open mesh, and one had sooner wear a tennis shirt of cambric-wool than a wool or silk-lace bodice high in the throat, So the coolest-looking thing out this morning is « blouse of white washing silk with pale-blue lines, belted and worn with « plain tie of the same silk in a bow at the collar. The ni waist was simplicity itself, no tucks, no smocking, with a turn-down collar and gathered at the belt; but for hot weather noth- ing suits like the linen shirt-waist, such as ‘Miss Mary Booth used to wear at her editorial desk in the Bazar office, where she grew gray in five years. The fresh linen blouse, white with a narrow stripe, seems the thing of all others for office wear for professional women. Speaking of the Bazar, it strikes one not a lit- tle sadly to go into the familiar rooms and find newcomers in the chairs where friendly well- known faces beamed so — Mrs. Sangster, the new editor of the Bazar, known so long by her religious in the weekly isa fair matronly lady,weil and rather rich dressed, with a suave manner, reminding one of Helen Hunt Jackson, Mrs. Sangster is trying to give the Bazar a more yalar tone than it has ; for many years it has been the standard of le society. Editors of womens’ journals and wo- mens’ departments seem rather out of material to keep up the interest they want. They can have plenty of smart, sensational articles from womens’ pens, but they are not to be depended on for facts, and people grow tired of reading iridescent columns of paragraphs without foundation. Qne who wrote a dozen years or more can remember very well how the corps of women correspond- ents used to passaround the charge of their managing editors, which always was, “be ao- curate; get the facts right. Be brilliant as you can, but state the facts correctly.” Now, it seems as if the word was, “Get up a good read- able article and let the facts take care of them- selves.” Still, it is the middle-aged women, and not the girl alumni who are the stand-bys of newspaper work. CELIA LOGAN. A gratifying recognition of conscientious talent is the accession of Mrs. Celia Logan Connolly to the editorship of Belford’s Maga- zine since Mr. Donn Piatt’s resignation. The main charge of the magazine bas for months been in Celia Logan's hands, whose long and arduous training in journalism has been the best possible school for editing. She did fine work on the Washington Capital under Mr. Piatt, and the lines of her keen, trenchant pen,signed or unsigned, distinguished them from the com- mon run of newspaper work, The force snd finish of English culture 1 in her, and her writing really ranks with the best that women do in the foreign reviews. Her culture and | associations were of no mean sort, to begin. The Logan girls were carefully educated ai one of the most select private schools at Col- lege Hill, near Cincinnati, where I have heard their old teacher say Olive was one of her very best scholars, and a irl of such serious views that the | it thing to be expected of her was going on | the stage. Celia was extraordinarily beautiful, in fine points of figure and exqui color, of the antique Venus type. Unfortunately to this she added a sensibility and taste for which the | stage offered poor cherishing. She is, besides a | woman of the most generous heart and hand, | whose faithful kindness many a one in difficul- ties among the authors’ and actors’ guilds bas reason devoutly to remember, and it gladdens | one to see her looking once more fair and comfortable in the office-chair she can ‘fill better than most men. Mr. Robert Belford, ee ope himself, now heads the magazine, which has hitherto catered specially to western and souther tastes, Mr. Belford ex- Presses himself decidely that the public ap- preciate a higher order of lite: style than | ped are commonly treated to, and he is on the | lookout for work at once brilliant and enduring. Nothing wears so well or pays better in the end — = clear literary a J writing, not fine ing as generally knawn, but vigor, freedom mail poteneoguanier combined. FEMININE HOTEL KEEPING, The smart women seem to be running sum- mer hotels on the Jersey coast or in the mount- ains, and we may expect to see a female hotel- keepers’ organization presently, with clam- bakes and excursions at the end of the season. Really, where a woman has a husband who can do the carving and look after the servants when she isn’t around, few occupations offer a more lucrative field. People must live and eat and be sheltered, and there isn’t & boarding-house keeper who half knows her business who isn't making atleast a good livelihood by it. I know one woman in & house with eleven rooms in a plain neighbor! who has a nice class of people the year round, and says she can clear $1,000 or $1,200 a year above expenses, and another who began in New York four yearssince, little used to the business, and is now negotiati1 house of fifty rooms to accommodate her ers, I also know a young society corre- spondent who grew of spending all his salary to Rey bis board at Long Branch hotels through the season to have something to write about, and took two houses at Asbur: Park, hired a of servants, overlooked himself made a thi — and —— me poy e ¥ employer, an were care of as hanged 3 had — for housekeeping, or I suppose we must call it ex- ecutive ‘abilities ofno Soon order. EBXPERIMENTS IN SUMMER LIVING. in- | throug! i H s PEE cua i | Juice should E i i Lt i if # Hi E f E | i | & E 4 fi ghd cb ie i j i i | H# E i EEE i i +E f a 5 ie i z | i Fel. rt H i FH with ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, “Killian” wants a wash to darken or restore the hair to its color. Try black tea, very strong, bay ram and rosemary tincture, in equal parte, epeites Gaty ant well brushed into the roots ol Shack They at Of the process people usually neglect. This is near season for making the walnut hair in proportions of four ounces of green w: ut shells to eight ounces So they are stoeped, after be. Ing eter which gradually darkens is an ounce in six ounces of warm water, Two of a liquid anewer to an ounce, nearly enough for use. Those who want to color brown bair «Titian shade may send to one of the i i use to dye their tresses an orange very shades of bair are now admired, A collection of frizzes at a brilliant cherry tinge, by comparison crimson, The smoke burnt camphor collected and made into @ paste with cola isan oriental ‘- for ening the lashes, lo remove @ mole tak: plaster and apply on ita anda of croton oil, plaster. Then apply a’ bit cover the mole, no more, when it will raise « fester which destroys the blemish, It may cota pen ees bad bother gut tho docter to tell you just how to proceed with the plaster, “Constant Reader” will take notice, “Laura” can take charcoal out of the pound it fine and sift it thro pint bottle of taraxacum sent from New York and the express charge, payable when it reaches ou. The bottle is securely boxed to avoid eoakaee. The letters which cannot fail of the interest are those from working people, ill-ed- vised what .to do for their health and anxious to keep up their waning strength. Such « let- ter comes from a cashier in a shop, kept busy from 8 a.m. till 6 and 6:30 p.m. every day but Sundays, with little fresh air and exercise, who asks what she con do to offset this want. Secure as good ventilation in your office as pos sible; at noon sit by sn open window at lunch to breathe » change of air, and, if you can afford it, buy the exercising appara- tus with weights and pulleys, which costs @8 and gives the muscles fontle but thorough re- lief in « little while. fk his can be used in one's own room, takes but little « onl, ib to hook up cords and weighs. "3 = one balcony or porch all the better. Don't excreise hard after working ail day, unless it feels good todoso. If you have dyspe don’t eat white bread; try graham wafers or the hard round grabam biscuit sold by the pound by cracker manufacturers, and be particular to eat the nicest butter, Ordinary butter, kept in all sorts of conditions, ruins more digestions and complexions than would be be- lieved. The toast from whole meal bread is grateful to dyspeptics. She says: ‘Tell me of | some things that will give strength and not e me stupi heavier food de, though I eat ver) * Take broth, which comes canned as Various soups, and in summer persons of weak digestion find nothing more total or strengthening than clam-juice taken yy the cupfi ‘The way to prepare itis to chop fresh clams and put them to scald in their own liquor, letti em boil up once, when the € strained to take out the coarser part of the flesh. The juice needs no addition whatever, and will be found most appease when nothing else can be taken, With a few Grabam crackers it is a diet in itself, and one can live weeks on it out tiring. It keeps well for half # day, and can be taken either hot or cold with relish. So well are its virtues understood that the juice is now canned or bottled at drug shops and grocers, and in cases of gastritus or inflamma- —_ when ped else can be borne, it has saved the life of sick persons, A tab) ful of the bottled juice will make « cup of broth, and it is good even for sick babies, With this try the unfermented grape juice. 1 hope all the grape-growers are m: reparations to turn their surplus crop into the life-giving bev- erages. Sumer Dane. Syepeuteeelosseneucmmerccuerseny ~ Seal WH ase