Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1890, Page 9

FOUGHT WITH SCOTT. The Gathering of Veterans of The Mexican War. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. ——— A Sketch of the Organization and Its Werk—A Proposed Memorial Hall— Officers of the Bedy—Purposes of the Gathering. ———_ HE grizzled veterans of 1846, the men who took part under Scott and <) taylor in a war whose history is ( Gilled with deeds of marvelous valor and whose result was the adding of ava. .omain to the national territory, meet in reunion inthis city today, It is the seventeenth anuual reunion and is held in this city under the provisions of the constitution of the na- tional association. When the war with Mexico terminated in 1843 the army was disbanded, except the regular establishment, consisting of eight regiments of infantry, four of artillery and two of dragoons, the volunteers resuming their civil pursuits in the great body of population. About one hun- dred and ten thousand men were employed in the war, rank and file, during the period of hostilities, extending from April 26, 1846, to July 4, 1943, when peace was proclaimed. The discovery of gold in California in the year 1848 opened up a new field of adventure, and vast numbers of the discharged volunteers sought fortune in that distant land, where many of them still reside. Ip 1966, after the close of the civil war, Mr. Alexander M. Kenaday or- ganized a society in San Francisco to assist his comrades of the Mexicay war who required friendly aid in sickness and death, and his a peal was responded to with enthusiasm several hundred members, who elected Gen. H. W. Halleck as their president. For about two years the drain on the association's treas- ury for eelemosynary assistance was quite heavy and the officers delegated their secretary, Mr. Kenaday, to visit Washington city and appeal to Congress for a branch soldiers home for the Pacificcoast. In January, 1869, the Senate of the United States directed the Secretary of War to report a plan for the proposed home, which was sooaneaaty done, but the commus- siouers of the national home were at that time inimical to the project and thwarted definite action, A THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Mr. Kenaday determined, however, to notre- turn to California without the branch home or its equivalent, and in 1873 he succeeded in en- listing the sympathy and influence of Gen. J. W. Deaver, Gen. Albert Pike and other promi- nent veterans of the war with Mexico residing here in organizing a national association for the purpose of soliciting relief from Congress in the form of pension to the survivors, as had been already allowed for the survivors of the war of 1512 with Great Britain. The plan was carried out by organizing the wation of veterans of 1346” in Washing- + with Gen. J. W. Denver as ident d Mr. Kenaday as correspouding secretary, and invitations were extended to all veterans residing in the states and territories to seud delegates to Washington on the 15th of Junu- 74, to organize the national body, peti- tion Congress for a pension and make arrange- ments for a national reunion at the Philadel- phia centennial celebration in 1476. The meeting im 1874 wasa great success, bringing together many distinguished soldiers of the late war who had participated on both sides during the civil conflict, and affording them an opportunity to renew the fraternal re- lations which bad existed between them in the old time when they fought together under the same flag. The persistent efforts of the officers of the Natioual association to induce each succeeding Congress to grant a pension to the survivors of the Mexican war were finally successful. The act approved January 29, 1887, has admitted some 13.000 survivors and about 7,000 widows, who receive, after attaining the age of sixty- two years, $5 a month during the remainder Of their lives. WHAT IS YET TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, ‘The association has some objects to accom- plish in this gathering besides the social pleas- ures incident to such occasions, Some of the things to be considered are outlined in the fol- lowing words from an address recently issued by A.M. Kenaday, the general secretary of the national association: “The story of the war of 1846-48 is full of thrilling and romantic incidents worthy of commemoration.and the cause of the conflict has been most grossly maligned. Every participant, whatsoever his rank in the service, should feel ® pride in transmitting to posterity a chronicle ot, the events, derived from the record, which inaugurated the golden era of American _his- tory. The acquisition of nearly a million square miles of territory, yielding incalculabie wealth and placing our country at once amon; the foremost nations of the earth, throagh feats of arms that have no parallel m civilized warfare, are events in the career of any man who shared in that campaign which make him fee! that his life's service has not been a fail- ure. His children wiil also feel that they have inherited a title tobe ranked with the best blood of the nation for all time to come. «Besides the publication of the history of the war there are other a in for keeping alive the events of that period worthy of considera- tion. Amemorial ball at the capital, with statuary and paintings to commemora' heroes and incidents of the campaign, would be @ lasting tribute to departed worth and an Ornament to our city. “Congress in 1551 generously donated the Money raised by Gen. Scott ‘for the benefit { the army of Mexico’ to the erection of a tvldiers home in this District, but sadly ne- lected to provide a domicile for the men in Whose special behalf that money was raised. A proper representation of all the facts to Con- gress might induce that honorable body to ap- propriate the sum (about $175,000, with interest since March 3, 1351,) toward the erection of a memorial ballin honorof the men to whom that money belonged without divesting the Lome, which is a noble institution, of any needs to perpetuate it. Itis certainly a sad retflec- tion on the wisdom and justice of our national Congress to deprive nearly 19,000 survivors of ‘the army of Mexico’ of their legitimate rights, by laws and regulations that close the doors of the Soldiers Home to less than 100 survivors. “The unfair discernination in the pensions paid to widows of 1 exicau veterans—€s dollars # month after they become sixty-two years of age—while the widows of 1512 soldiers receive $12 a mouth, irrespective of age—isa sabject that shouid be rung in the ears of Congress until it s remedied; but I must forego further ailusions to grievances in this connection.” THE OFFicERS. ‘The present officers of the National associa- tion are Gen, Jas, W. Denver of Wilmington, Ohio; first vice president, Gen. M. D, Manson, Crawfordsville, Ind.; secretary, Alex. M. Kena- day, Washington, D.C., and marshal, 8. L. Mo- Fadin of Logansport, Ind. Besides there is long list of vice presidents, representing the states and territories and the army and navy, ‘The vice presidents for the District are Gen. Albert Pike and Judge Edward Lander; the army is represented in the list by Gen. Geo, W. Getty and Jas. Oakes; the navy by Rear Ad- wirals Jouett and Case; the marine by the Majs. Siack and Nicholson, and the revenue marine service by Capt John McGowan and Lieut, Wm. F. Rogers. Among the officers and members of the asso- ciation are many, distinguished not only as = but as leaders in the activities of civil fe. GEN. JAMES W. DENVER. Promivent among them, conspicuous phys- feally by his stalwart form, is the president of the organization, Gen. Jas. W. Denver. Gen. Denver was born in Virginia in 1817 and removed with bis father’s family to Ohio in 1830. He @raduated from the Cincinnati law school, acticed law at Xenia and also edited the loca! mocratic paper there; rémoved to Platte City, Mo., and in 1847 raised a company (Co. H, eng baie ae ~ the Mexican war, = which served to the close, parti the battles of Contreras, Chelabacen, Molino dei Rey, Chapultepec and the Garetas, He was an early pioneer of California, ss state senator, a of ex and —, < Congress. Soon afterward was appoin' commissionor of Indian affairs. President Buchanan coer pe geet overnor of — during the of the oar struggles ra id hi ted the tarbule: CS thecountry, and he quie' mee, which had not been lessened by his distin- guished predecessors—-Reeder, Geary and Rob- ert J. Walker. Inthe civil war he was ap- pointed a brigadier general by President Lin- coln. After serving some time in Kansas he was ordered to report to Gen. H. W. Halleck at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. He advanced to Coripth, Miss., where he had command of all the railroads in that section and his force was increased to 30,000 men. Retiring to private life be accumulated a fortune in the practice of his Profession. The beautiful “City of the Plains” (Denver, Col.) was named in his honor. He divides his time between Washington and Wilmington, Ohio, where he owns a splendid farm. GEN, MAHLOY D, MANSON, Gen. Manson of Crawfordsville, Ind., is one of the most popular orators of that state and is heartily beloved by the old soldiers, He was captain of company I in the Fifth Indiana volunteers in Mexico. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted as a private, was at once made colonel of the tenth Indiana regiment and soon rose to tha rank of brigadier general. He has served in his state legislature as lieutenant governor and secretary of state of his state aud was in Con- gress from 1371 to 1873. A. M. KENADAY. The man who is probably best known per- sonally and by name to the Mexican veterans throughout the country is Alexander M. Kena- day, the general secretary, who crags founded the association and has directed its efforts, Mr. Kenaday was born in Wheeling in 1824, learned the art of printing in the office of the Missouri Rvpublican, then went to the Jesuit college in St. Louis and, completed his education on a steam boat commanded by his father, which in the western and southern rivers. While re sticking” in New Orleans during an interlude in his steam boat experi- ences news was received of Gen. Taylor's bein; eut off from Fort Brown, A drum and fife aroused young Kenaday’s patriotism and he joined the first company of volunteers accepted by Gov. Johnson in response to Gen. Gaines’ call for troops, His company was subsequently at- tached as “company B” to Col. Sam Mark's regiment. known as the Andrew Jackson regi- ment, and spent three months near Matamoras, Mexico, The regiment returned to New Orleans in August. 1546, end was disbanded, Mr. Kena- day then joined the third dragoons, raised by Capt. Jack Duperu,and returning to Mexico par- ticipated as a sergeant in his company in almost daily scrimmages with the enemy, His com- any being attached to Gen, Worth’s command fe tick part in the famous batties around the City of Mexico. At the battle of Cherubusco Sergeant Kenaday and four of his comrades distinguished themselves by their prompt bravery in leaping into and unloading a huge Mexican ammunition wagon which was on fire, and stood in the road so as to check the ad- vance of Gens. Worth and Pellow and their staffs. They took out package after package of cartridges that were getting so hot that it was difficult to handle them and threw them intoa ditch, After the surrender of the City of Mexico Sergeant Kenaday,being furloughed, served for a time as an attache of the American Star newspaper in that city. After peace was established Mr. Kenaday returned to New Orleans and then was attracted by the gold ex- citement to California, and after many vicissi- tudes as a prospector settled down to the case as a printer and became in course of time prominently identified with the typograpical unions and fora time published a journal in their interest. It was while in California that he took the lead in the active measure that re- sulted in the organization of the associated veterans of 1546, and it was as their delegate that he came to this city in 1868, Since then he has made his residence here, having been engaged in advancing the interests of the as- sociation in many ways, SAMUEL L, M'PADIN. Corporal McFadin, company G. first In- diana volunteers, the marshal of the associa- tion, is extremely popular with the member- ship throughout the country. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio, October 4, 1826, but has re- sided nearly all his life in Logansport, Cass county, Ind., where he was many years county clerk. The aim of his life mainly has been to “find a mother-in-law.” He is still a bachelor and draws 4 pension. x GEN. ALBERT PIKE. Gen. Albert Pike, whose name has been as- #ociated with the organization from the begin- ning, is one of the vice presidents from the District of Columbia, Gen. Pike’s herculean form and his striking face and head, with its long locks and flowing beard, now whitened by the snows of age, are familiar to the citizens of Washington, among whom he bar made his home. Despite his eighty years his erect figure, raddy face and bright eyes a health and vigor that many a younger “vet- eran” might envy. Though educated for the law he spent much of his time in his earlier ears in explorations in the west, in and in literary work. Asa lawyer he made phy reputation in the southwest. During the Mexican war he commanded a squadron in the regiment of Arkansas mounted volunteers, on the way. He served in the civil war on the confederate side as a brigadier general. He has resided here nearly all the time since the war, devoting his time chiefly to literature and to the order, in wi he holds exalted rank. oa a pond largely wha fre Bapptsese nd tion will de the future and success in life of & chill. ‘The choice of @ food ix, Pressiors. of me Mellin's is rich in blood GRACES OF MAIDENS. Young Ladies W7ho Are Prom- inent in Society. FAVORITES IN WASHINGTON. Popularity of Miss Florence Miller— Secretary Rusk’s Daughter—Repre- sentative Scranton’s Family — Miss Lida Scranten as a Belle, —_—. Written for Taz Evewrwo Stan. The cabinet circle of the present administra- tion is peculiarly fortunate in the number of beautiful and accomplished young ladies who assist in the home duties and pleasures and who during the season of gayety participate in the drawing rooms which contribute so much to the delights of polite intercourse. ‘MISS FLORENCE MILLER. Miss Florence Gertrude Miller, the winning daughter of the law adviser of the President, inherits a large share of the conservatism of her parents in their relations to the varying conditions of life. Miss Miller came to Wash- ington with her father when the administra- tion was formed and remained here some weeks, making arrangemet.. for the removal of the family to the capital. w. ‘le her mother was preparing the household »ffects of the old home in Indiana, Miss Miller Sas entered her twenties, She enjoyed every op, -~tunity to secure a superior education both atth, home schools at Indianapolis and at New l’aven. She entered society informally before she came to holga reclame therefore was not a st: anger tothe brilliant special entertainments at the executive mansion during the spring and early summer. Miss Miller, since her debut, has been of great assistance to to her mother in her social duties, The chief accomplishment of the daughter of the Attorney General is her musical Siero | and vocal gifts. Her voice has been culvivate with great care. In the quieter enjoyment of the friends of the home circle she contr butes large share to the attractions of this interest- ing household, Miss Jessie Miller, a younger daughter, beginning her teens, is also an ex- ceedingly bright girl. ‘MISS MARY RUSE. The junior member of the cabinet, officially speaking, is also surrounded by an exceedingly interesting family of sons and daughters in his Wisconsin and Washington homes, His eldest daughter, Mrs, Craig of Veroqua, is president 's relief corps of the Grand Army of the Republic, Miss Mary Kusk, the younger, is greatly admired here for her beauty and ac- complishments, She inherits the literary in- stinct of her mother’s family, Mrs. Rusk her- self being within the ranze of consanguinity with Bjornson Bjornstene, the celebrated nov- elist and dramatic poet Mrs. Rusk speaks the Scandinavian language, which she acquired asa young girl in Christiana, the city of her nativity, and has ever since kept it fresh in her thoughts as a memory of the land of her ancestors, Miss Rusk presents a strong resemblance to the more beautiful types of the Scandinavian maidens, which she in- herits from her mother’s side of the family. Her manners are gentle and her conversational powers strikingly entertaining. She is a uni- versal favorite in the upper official circlea, ‘MISS LIDA SCRANTON was one of the Pennsylvania congressional debutantes during the season of 1887, Her entree was the occasion of numerous festivities, which are well remembered by the fashionable world of that gay season. ‘Che return of Mr. Scranton to the House of Representatives re- introduced to the higher circles of the present season one of the most interesting fawilies in ite gay life, Miss Scranton is descended on , both sides of her house from families of interesting historic renown. Her father be- long to the celebrated Scrantons of Con- necticut, who established themselves in that section of Pennsylvania embraced within the region claimed by the province of Connecticut under her original charter and on a tract of land which today is the site of that populous industrial center which bears the family name of the Scrantons, ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE she is the great granddaughter of Secker Mey- lert, a native of Cassel, Prussia, in the pic- turesque valley of the Fulda, and an associate in banking operations with the earlier Roths- childs, Secker Meylert as a youth passed his educational years in Paris ‘and became ac- quainted with Napoleon Bonaparte, then also a young man. Young Meylert was master of eight languages and was a marvel at accounts, being able to cast up six columns of figures at once. He married in Cassel the beautiful daughter of a prominent resident of that city. His financial connec- tions, however, often took him to Paris, where be renewed and strengthened his relations with the conquering general of the French armies, the first consul, the emperor and the exile of St. Helena, At the bloody battle of Friedland Secker Meylert served on the staff of Napoleon as volunteer aid. When Napoleon was overpowered by the com- bined armies of Europe M. Meylert became separated from his imperial friend, and unable are fe of ere he large The wit Secker Meylert remained in Europe. After some years a se mm was arranged, with financial settlements. Thus released, by mu- tual consent, Mr. Meylert married Abigail Nichols of Montrose, daughter of @ deacon in the Baptist church, Gen. Amos Meylert, born f Amherst, Mass. Her father the House ee wee oe ere saree Cae gress in 1881, but it was at the close of the Forty- = Congress when Miss Scranton tered ith wi ent ie circles of Washington life, under the raidaace of her mother, who ves 8 leader ‘among the ladies then, as now. THE LADIES OF THE HOUSEHOLD of Representative Scranton during the present season embrace three generations, Mra, Gen. Amos Meylert, Mrs.Scranton and Miss Scranton. the youngest representative of the blood of Secker Meylert. being the fourth in direct de- scent. Miss Scranton is a tall brunette, with beautiful eyes and graceful figure. She is a dash- ing horsewoman, enjoying a gallop on her own steed every d: ii Meylert, r cousin, is passing the winter with her. MISS MARIE MOORE, Among the debutantes of the families of the navy is Marie Henderson Moore, daughter of Passed Assistant Engineer W. Sturtevant and Virginia Henderson Moore. She was born at Washington and finished at Brook Hall, Media, Pa., with the highest honors, having been the valedictorian of her class. Her father is a son of the ev, Josiah Moore, of a noted family ‘in the annals of the old colony of Massachusetts bay, and grad- uated from the first class of engineer officers of the navy which left the Annapolis naval acad- emy in 1863. The debutante’s mother is the only daughter of Brigadier Seth Eastman, one of the best- known officers of the old army. The marriage of Virginian Henderson to Passed Assistant Engineer Moore was one of the pronounced social events of the adminis- tration of President Grant. The intimacy between the President and Col. Eastman, who were comrades in Mexico and dur- ing subsequent military services, was very close. The — President’ and Mrs, Grant, Secretary Fish and wife and many of the most distinguished person- ages in official and social lite thronged Epiph- any church during the nuptial ceremonies and attended the reception which followed, The debutante inherits many of the gifts of her distinguished parents and is one of the favorites in the circle of the debutantes of the season. ‘MISS MARY FORBES BLOUNT, one of the brightest young ladies in fashion- able circles, a thorough linguist, a daring horae woman, began her school days in Wans- ville, Ind., where her father is an extensive manufacturer. His wealth, however, has en- abled him to pass much time in Europe with his family, and since his return he has established hishome in Washington, having in contem- plation a spacious residence on the hills north of the capital. Miss Blount closed her educa- tion in the United States at one of the fashion- able schools of Washington. With her parents sho then passed a year at Tours studying French and another year in school at Geneva. The family returned to their native land in 1888 and since have resided in Washington. The first Blounts of this family settled at Sulem, Mass., in the colonial days, Miss Blount is a tali, fine looking maiden, closing her teens. She is unusually bright in her mental powers and shows striking polish of manner. She is a young lady of original ideas and therefore is very entertaining in society. DeB.R.K ———.__. DEFENCE OF THE SMALL BOY. He is Not so Selfish as is Alleged, as This Will Illustrate, EOPLE have a way of saying that the small boy is a selfish animal, Just as the infant unborn passes through \{Jstages of primary development, which uccessively represent, after a fashion, various lower animals, so the baby newly ar rived in tie world bears a likeness, mentally speaking—at least so scientific men assert—to @ young chimpanzee, and the adolescent in his first pair of pantaioons strikingly resembles the typical savage of the wilds in his ways and in- clinations. Being a savage, he is entirely selfish—for altruistic ideas come only with civilization. Such, at all events, is the notion of learned protessors, To sce what injustice it does to the small boy one has only to look about him with an observant eye as he goes along the street, ILLUSTRATED BY ROLLER SKATES, It is unfortunately the case that every small boy is not in a position fisancially to become the owner of a pair of roller skates. Only the exceptional youth enjoys such a possession, Does one, then, see these lucky fledglin, manhood skating about over the asphalt in proud consciousness of their superior means of leasure and locomotion. Quite otherwise. ne does observe roller skates in use on every hand, but it is rarely that a single small boy is found using two of them at once. Almost in- variably he is seen sliding along on one skate with a succession of impulses conveyed by the other unskated foot. In his manner of going he resembles somewhat that curious bug which one beholds skiming about by aimless jerks over the surfuce of a still pond, Now why should this be so? son is it that the small boy so seldom has more than one skate? Simply because he has either lent the other skate to'a companion or bor- rowed from him the one he has on. Thus you will ordinarily see these small buys skating in pairs, each with one skate, aud so dividing the sport. Rarely does it appear that the owner of # pair of skates uses them both himself in- stead of sharing the pleasure with a friend, ANOTHER PROOF. Who says, then, that the small boy isa sel fish being? Why, only yesterday afternoon on Pennsyl vania avenue the beautiful sight was witnessed of three small boys devoting themselves ex- clusively to the gratification of a little com panion, who was seuted inthe middie of the street with his feet held as high as possible in the air, while the trio of his friends pulled him cheerfully along by means of ropes attached to his legs, along trail in the dust marking the path pursued by the rider, who was at the same time his own sled. How tar this youth’s mother might have been disposed to approve of this peculiar method of locomotion it is im- possible to way; but, after all, that is not at all the point, Nobody seems to have been able as yet to satisfactorily explain the distortions in the pro- nunciation of words which small boys who sell newspapers are ordinarily addicted to, For For what rea- ATTRACTIVE HOMES. The Beauties of Foliage Plants For The House. es EFFECTIVE PLANT SETTINGS. How to Make Them at small Ex- pense—Sultable Colors For a Young Lady’s Hoom—Drawing Beom Ac- cessories,. . Written for Taz Evexrwe Stan. F all the pretty customs which add prevailed wonderfally, and the fancy is still with us—has even grownin the season just past. Everywhere in drawing rooms and halls, in niches, alcovesand bay windows there are lovely “green things growing.” Cut flowers are always delicious to sight and smell, butare too fleeting in their beauty and too expensive for all to in- dulge in them. Blossoming plants are a peasure while in bloom,but seldom decorative after that period is past. The old-time flower stand with its graduated shelves, with only room for one flower pot on top, used to be the glory of a sitting room and the joy of its mistress, The plants as well as their arrangement are totally different from anything of that kind. Those whose attraction is in their leaves, and so always in the suitable stage to call forth admiration and pleasure, are the favorites now. Palms bear off the palm! Their graceful beauty makes them the first choice for decorative effects. Small palms are not much cared for either, and it takes the growth of a number of years to bring one toa size that will make it suitable for ornament Palms are expensive luxuries, too, as it is diffi- cult to make them live and thrive through a summer here. The safest plan is to take them back to the green house for hospital treatment through the warm weather. The coal gas that comes through so many registers is the worst spoiler of beauty in plants. There are many pretty foliage plants, however, besides paltas, which last a long time in good condition, A little common sense and observation will oftentimes _counterbal- ance the lack of botanical knowledge in the care of house plants. Palms in their tree state grow in tropical countries, in sandy desert places sometimes, 80 naturally they do not require the amount of water that ferns do, for instance. Their natural home is along the banks of streams, and to keep them in good condition they should be watered well every day. The florist generally says to pour water on the roots, but a lady who has been success- ful with them always sets the ferns—especially the delicate maiden hair variety—into water for some time that has had the chill taken off. The dry, hot air of houses is so different from greenhouses that more water is required for them to flourish well. As naturally they grow from damp ground with this treatment they can be kept along time as fresh and green as pos- sible, while tiny new sprays will spring up chiefly about the old roots. Nothing can be prettier or give more pleasure in the way of small plants than maiden hair ferns, but they are generally mismanaged and 80 die soon after being brought into a house, PRETTY SETTINGS FOR PLANTS, A pretty plant must have a pretty sefging be- fore it is ready for display. Either the pot must be set into an ornamental jar or some- thing must be devised to conceal the ordinary earthen pot in which it grows, The jars of different wares are in great variety and unless very large aré quite low-priced. A substitute for such an outside jar is made by tying cotton batting around the pots, fastening it with a ribbon sash as it were, which winds around the flower pot, and is tied in a square bow and ends in front. Still another device to make use of the ever-serviceable India silk, which is certainly a boon to the modern housekeeper. The idea is quite ingenious, and one often use small “left overs” of silk in such a way as this. The form is a small tin bucket minus the handles, Any size can be similarly used, but a small one with afern is more suitable for the silken covering than a large one with plant of coarser foliage. A circular piece of cardboard a little larger than the bucket is covered with silk (or silesia would do) and to this is sewed a silk bag. ‘wo rows of shirring are put in the lower edge of the silk, 13¢ inches apart, and the bag is attached to the pasteboard by’ both these shirrings, thus forming a little puff of silk, setting out from the bottom somewhat like a saucer, holding the pot in effect, At the top the silk is turned over to forma frill, which may be raveled to make a *fringed edge or it may be edged with lace. Cords draw the bag up at the top, which tie on each side with loops and tassled ends, A plant set in such a dainty case would be a charming gift at any time, especially to an invalid. AT ENGLISH DINNER TABLES a little growing fern is set at each corner, and it is a pretty idea and a good one to import; and such a cover seems well suited to inclose them. Ferns will grow in smaller pots than almost anything, so they are a good choice, but fine—mosses or little spreading vines are also good. A most economical form could be got by taking the empty cans tomatoes have come in, or the smaller ones that have enshrined the savory French peas. ‘The silks will be equally effective whether figured or plain, the ones with designs scarcely needing lace to set them off, For Easter remembrances these would be especially pretty, choosing for that occasion some plant in the perfection of bloom. Some spring-like flower—tor instance, of yellow, with the outside holder covered with yellow silk and fine white lace edging the frill.” A plant with pink flowers would be pretty, with its silken case of pink and white striped silk with a fringe as the finish to its frill, and soft pink silk cord to draw it up, Already, with Lent scarcely be- gun, one’s mind rushes ahead to Easter and its festival season, which has come to be a gift-ex- changing occasion only excelled by Christmas, A YOUNG LADy’s Room. A young lady, who is contemplating a change of color in the decorations and furnishings of her own room, asks for suggestions in regard to the same, the only things settled being that a combination of buff and blue shall be the colors and that there must be s corner divan spread with a white fur rug and heaped with pillows covered with any and all tones of buff and blue. In fabrics these colors, well blended, are to be found in maybe the greatest variety in cretonnes; also in Morris velvets one sometimes sees lovely piending and design. An hour-glass table, with blue upholstery and deep valance of cream lace, would make one pretty object, as well asa usefulone. Another larger table might bave ® square spread of either lain or figured goods, finished with tassel ‘inge in cottons, which correspond with the spread itself. Any pieces of furniture about the house that would suit in shape, if not in condition, could be confiscated and painted buff and upholstered in blue. Any such fancy painting can be ordered at various places— paint shops or furniture stores—while a car- penter, with directions given as to size and proportion, will make the foundation for hour- | glass stand and divan, | IN THE INDIA SILKS and stamped batistes are many designs in the colors desired that could be used where light draperies would be effective. Several yards carelessly caught up here and there would make pretty mantel drapery, curtains for the windows or hangings for a dressing table. One of the pillows for the divan might be made for the sake of variety in circular form. Aay size one may wish is the guide as to circumfer- ence, two colors in pongee silk or sateen are arranged in four sections, gathered all around the edge and drawn almost toa point in instance, they never by any possibility ery “Star,” but always “Stoy-ar!” or “Sty-ar!’ They seem to prefer to muke two syllables in their cries if possible; and yet, as a rule, they do not yell “Papers!” but simply ‘‘Papes!” — 00 Montana Legislators Burn Things. Yesterday morning fire was discovered in the Granite block, Helena, Mont., and the building was gutted. The fire was caused by fire- crackers carelessly thrown by members of the legislature during their jollfication over the wind up of the legislative session, The ive books destroyed, Pinon Helena dome ; beat Eg os open | some minor losses. artist went to sea tosee Ercan, Sen at GA ‘The sea was all the artist saw. - And when he saw he'd seen the Proceeded he the scene to draw.” And since his scene I often see T've seen the sea the artist saw, the center, where they are fast rosette of the twocolors. A frill two inches sateen. For a pillow forty inches ia circum- espns yan! of aia of the goods is re- q FOR SCARS, washstand, a linen of a deep buff worked with blue would be pretty. This buff linen is diff- to find at but poe cs pee gen agp at lining Aen, it can be poe iff a in the matter, if they are themselves, the idea isa good one, and an effective arrangement could be made in using the column for either purpose. peceeiine<cnmiatin HOME MATTERS. A Srooxrvt or Sraoxe Vixecan ina kettle = _ lard will prevent doughnuts from soak- bem ‘arpa Fowt can be made eatable if a Ev Seawater Warn Maxtxo a Constance Pupprxo melt a lump of butter in the pudding kettle before jutting the pudding into it. There will danger of the milk becoming scorched. = To Crean Or Parrtrxas first brush them, then wash them with warm milk diluted with water; rub with with a piece of flannel dipped in turpentine and then with a dry flannel. Avom Warer ts Samp To RE a Cure for frosted feet. Soak the feet for half an hour in a strong, hotsolution of alum water; and if ers goes is not sufficient two certainly wi Ir w tae Derr or Every Panent to isolate as far as possible any case of throat disease in the household until the patient is well. Adults with sore throats should refrain from the little ones, Some New Five O'otock Tea Crorns are like large pocket handkerchiefs with hem- stitched borders; others have designs worked in the corners in raised white or gold thread, in a very bold style. Oxp Canvep Cuerny axp Manocaxy bed posts, sometimes with curtains and tassels carved into their swelling tops, are being hunted up to make tall stands for hanging lamps or pot plants, or to frame in, as a sort of newel- post, the settles that stand in cozy corners and which divide drawing rooms in two halves. Tartoca Ick.—Soak one cup of pearl tapioca over night; in the morning boil in water till it clears, adding one cup of sugar and a littlesalt, Have a ripe pineapple chopped (not very fine) and turn the tapioca and sugar over it while boiling hot; stir and turn into a mould to cool. When coo! eat with sugar,and cream, Arter Cookino 4 Meat a@ person will feel tired and have no appetite. For this beat a rawegg until light, stir in a little milk and eugar, and season with nutmeg. Drink balf an hour before eating. A raw egg well beaten and stirred into a glass of Igmonade 1s refresh- ing and helpful to one who little or no ap- petite, Mantox Hartanp Apvises those who use what grocers catalogue as canned goods to always open thecans some hours before cook- ing the contents and empty into an open bowl, set in cool place. This removes the close, airless, smoky taste. Drain the liquor from peas and beans, cover with fresh, cold water, and let them soak for two hours. It freshens them wonderfully. Lacrio Acip, which is not far off from the beverage commonly termed buttermilk, has being doing the peptic wonders, is it an- pounced? A good many people who are “out of sorts” with liver troubles might try the but- termik cure direct, without waiting for an ill- ness to have it prescribed for them. Expe- cially old and feeble people derive benefit from the churn’s surplus, Pouep Breap is Lixep Particucarcy Wein by English people, we are told. They eat it with cheese. To make pulled bread take a loaf of freshly baked bread, while it is still warm, pull the inside of it out in pieces the size of your hand or smaller, and put these into the oven and bake them a delicate brown. When cool they are crisp and thought to be especially good with cheese, A Cornesroxpest Sexps tHe Fou.owine Recive: “Veal cutlet cooked in this way will be found as tender as sweetbreads: Divide the meat in pieces ready for serving, place these on a board and pound them well with a potato masher; then season with pepper and salt and dip in egg and cither rolled cracker or sifted bread crumbs. Fry slowly, keeping the pan covered, When nicely browned lift the cover and pour into the pan a cup of cold water. Re- cover quickly and let the meat lie in the steam fora few minutes. Then thicken the gravy with browned flour, and let the cutlets simmer in it for a few minutes longer. Place the meat on a platter, pour the gravy through a strainer over it and serve.” To Pousa Nicket Pratixa.—To polish nickel plating when it becomes dull use jewel- er’s rouge and fresh larn, or lard oil, applied to apiece of chamois skin. tub the parts. using as little of the mixture as possible, and wipe off with a clean, slightly oiled rag, or some cotton waste. In many cases, perhaps in most, uo preparation is needed to clean or polish nickel, asimple rubbing with chamois skin or very soft cotton being all that is required. Saturday Smiles. ‘The sentences of many of our legislators are like some geological epochs—dreary wastes from period to period. —Philadeiph ia Press, Fashion plates show that short sleeves are of recent origin. A sort of nude departure, as it were.—Florida Times-Union, “Times are hard,” remarked Noah, as he gazed from the starboard side of the ark into the extemporized sea, “Even the water comes high, but we must have it”—Philudelphia Press, A master once asked an old servant of his who was much given to boasting: “Why are you such a brag?” The old colored man re- lie ‘I cannot tell, ‘cepts it be that I long to the biggest family in de state.”— Richmond Religious Heraid, A blow from a drunken man might be called a whisky punch.—Binghandon Republican, Book Agent—“Sir, Ihave here a book——” Intended Victim—“Sir, I have here a gun.” (Exit book agent. )—Chieago Journal, To Inquirer—“You ask what the initial C. before Mr. Depew's name stands for. It used to be understood that it stood for Chauncey, but now they say it stands for Columbus,”— Tribune, New York “M-m-y d-d-dear, I 1-l-love you! W-w-will you be—" ‘an Mr. M. 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