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12 THE SCOTTISH POET. ——— 1 | Berwick-upon-Tweed, 3 fois, mo pat Londons -upon- . 3 a . ., 5 A Rare Collection of His end oo ars, tva; | How People in Different Countries - | ane inegow by 4 Lang, por- Only Two Exoonding It, | Sat OF Nett estes Sachets Seasons Seka > and the other at Kirkcaldy, 2 vols. 18mo. - CAPT. SMITH’S BURNSIANA. Manuscripts, Prints, Sheet Songs, Portraits, ” American specimens in the world. First among Rngrarings and Kare English and Amer ise is tho New York edition of 1788 pub: | Time of Henry 1!—When Kissing Was In fean Editions of Burns’ Works Owned By) jished by J.and A. McLean, 12mo., and next| troduced There—Courtesies That Obtain in Capt. Smith of the Botanical Gardens. | the rare New York edition of 1799, published by| Persia, China and Japan. Soe | John Tiebout, 12mo., with portrait, by Phi | Gen. George Washington possessed a copy of Written for The Evening Star | this edition, containing his autograph on the ‘Written for The Evening Star. OVERS OF ROBERT fiyleaf. Capt. Smith has been “gunning” for HE VARIOUS CUS- ss everywhere, in it for years. Recently he located it in the se ebeating bie 134th Mbtary of Congressman B. F. Cable of Rock toms and modes of sal- —— = | Island, HL William H. Vanderbilt of New utation practiced by birthday anniversary | York was “after” it, too, but Mr. Cable declares the numerons nations next Wednesday, will | emphatically, “Vanderbilt can't buy it!” Then oh ta aati tae be delighted to learn | there is a superb copy of the Philadelphia edi- 4 i iclesata hat there ie in Wash-| &9? of 1801, by Benjamin Jobnson, Jacob John- canous om td that there is in Wasb- | son and Kobert Johnson, 2 vols., 18mo., anda study. From the earli- ington, in the private possession of one of Uncie Sam's humble and obedient servants, the greatest collection of Burns’ works to be found in America, and, ‘with two exceptions, in the world. It com- Prises in all 650 volumes, of which 150 are dis- tinet and separate editions of Burns’ poems, by actual count, and 500 « rks directly Burns of a biographical, critical or analytical nator The owner is Capt. Wm. R. Smith, = native for forty years past superintendent ‘ational Botanic Garden, chairman of king commision which looks after Washington s trees the pride of the nation— nd president of the Society of American Floriste. Despite these titles he ix a poor man, for his hobby keeps him so. His unique col- carr. sorrra. lection is the Inbor of hi lifetim and quality i# inferior oniy to the p din ai 8 ac- eumnlations of Hurnsiana at Glasgow and Lon- don. ms the collection Besides the books there are i valuable Barns wan seri; portraits, engravings. pho enrios, relics and mer " many years and artanged with loving. wd fervent volume the but in this country neither the L: gress nor the Boston public library nor any of the great libraries of New York can elaim any- | thing Like so wonderfa a Capt. Smith's, s in Yew York owns som sex pt in hologra yh TRR REPOKITORY 0 v THPSE aaures is a | {-story lodge Capt. Smith | It resembles | ish forester's cot-} t is built one of | while ite | y and the} edged with | dwelling Capt. | scholar and bookworm, | to th or are filled with ponted in ly flank the seven cases, by. ory, scien re, botany and borti- | | i | | over fifteen | b bard three after Nam four of them engraved, on and T Allen by wing of Skirving’s juminated lithograph photograph: fi portrait the poe ‘ Steel's sculpture in the p: minster Aobey, and a po: Washington and = b: « above two of the boc Washington port: nothing whatever decorations or way of ITnsiane ax REPEAT EVERY LINE YHOM xEMOBT. Marvelous « soem can re- peat from memory word and Hine of Barns’ poems from bes His love and idolatry of Bar: of ten Athe Beotland, the: ever earned —we eiting Gray's ebased a cop Burns grew as he it ma, | American cities. Not the least prized ai im which the J: In Capt. Smith « British ed rateiy. Amo: on the American and © grouped sepa- | 50 different editions se st edition pub- marnock, bh ° is a well-preserved copy of the first Edinburgh edition,1757.printed for the suthor and sold by Wm. Creech, with Beugo’ famous engraving of Nasmyih's portrait, fro. wm equally well-preserved copy of md Edinburgh, Svo., with portrait, known as the “Stinking Edition,” from the fact Of & typographical error in the “Address to Haggis.” where the words “skinking ware, (sloppy goods) are printed “stinking ware.” ‘This blunder escaped the eagie eve of Barns and bas been repeated in many editions, down to some of the very latest, notably in Alexander Benith’s Globe edition. ‘Then there tx « copy of the Belfast edition of 2799, 2 vols. L2mo., with, portrait engraved by third Edinburgh Svo.; the ton of and Day York, edition, 4 vols. lawyer. Still later is the 1826 New York edition, | by Wm. Borradaile, ro: | New York edition, by Crissy & J. Grigg, Svo.; the 1832 New York, by Booth & Son, 8vo. James B. Dow, of the same year, 2 vols., 18mo.; | the 1835 New York, by Wm. Pearson, 8vo., with 1s40 Halifax. by Wm. Milner, 32mo.; the 1841 | changing the grasp as each’ relative is named. New York, by J. & H. G Langley, 8vo.; the | “How is your father?” A grasps B's thumb. 1842 Philadelphia, by J. Crissy, with portrait | “How is your mother?” Bagraspa A's thumb. by Welsh, and the 1843 New York, by Robert your uncle?” Grasp. “How is your IP. Bi | can rarities me: | 12me | P. Hazard, 12mo. | notic © tains these, among other gem: | 1804, 3. vols. Cromek after Nasmyth; Glasgow, 1804, 18mo., with portrait; Alnwi Iu one to receive the personal editing of the im- mortal author. Next there isa edi- tion of 1800, 4 vols, 8vo., with Nasmyth's por- trait engraved by J.'Negle, and the four famous FORMS OF SALUTES. EARLY AMERICAN EDITIONS. Dropping subsequent British editions for « moment and taking up theearly American, this collection contains the largeat number of fine THE HAND SHAKING HABIT. It Came Into Fashion in England tm the copy of the rare Wi'mington edition’ of the some year, 12mo., with portrait, published by Bonsal & Niles. Coming down to more modern American inmues, there is the Philadelphia of 1807, by Peter Stuart, 2 vola, 18mo.; the Philadelph of 1811, by Benjamin Chapman, 12mo.; the Baltimore of 1812, by A. Miltenberger, with the Baltimore of 1814, | Cushing, 4vols., 18mo., ted; the Salem, N. Y., edition 2imo.; the | € 1816, by F. Lucas, jr., & Co., | Philadelphia of 1818, by Benjamin | Warner, . 1Smo., with portrait; the Bos- 1820, by Wells & Lilly. 2 vola., 18mo., the Philadelphia of 1822, by McCarty & | ols., 1Smo., with portrait. there are copies of the S. King. New 24mo., and the W. est times all forms of salttes appear to be based upon a desire to express trust and con- fidencein the personac- costed and deference to acknowledged author- ity. When a man-of-war ora fortress thunders forth a national welcome it is in recognition of & spirit of amity and friendship extended through the ting it exhibits while so honoring. The principle of submission is emphasized in the act of a sentry pre- senting arms and an officer lowering the point of his sword and inclining the colors of a regi- | ment. Removing the hat is in line with laying | aside the helmet as a token of friendly submis- jon and equality. The custom of shaking hands probably dates from the days when all men went armed, and the placing of right hand in right hand would naturally imply mutval disarming, for so long as the gesture lasted neither party could well use arms of any de- scription. An old English authority states that hand- sbaking came into fashion in the time of Henry 11. Previous to that date they were in the habit of embracing and kissing one another. Some of the tribes of Arabia seize each other’ right-hand thumb in their right hand and go gh the entire list of their relations, Then, ntograph of Y Connor, the distinguished New York haries 8vo., and the 1830 and D. A. Forbes, the 1831 Philadelphia edition, by J. 12mo, the 1854 Boston, by Hilliard, and the Boston edition, by ray & Co., the 1836 Hartford, Conn., Judd, Loomis & Co., $vo., and the New York | ition of the same year,2 vols., 24mo.; the by & Co., 12mo. Grasp. Your cousin, nephew, grand- ., and so on until the list is exhauated. Concluding the Ameri- | ‘on should be made of the 1846 adelphia, by Jobn Locken, 24mo.; of the | New York, by Harper & Brothers, 4 vois., .and of the 1356 Philadelphia, by Willis father, & ‘The Persian saves himself ail this trouble by a touching his forehead with his right nd. Mr. and Mra. is said to have originated as fol- RARE DBITISH EDITIONS, Turning again to the British editions un- d before, Capt. Smith's collection con- ondon edition, with portrait by RH lows: In earlier times the ordinary man was simply William or John. Some means of dis- tinguishing one John or William from another John or William became necessary. Nicknames derived from a man’s trade or from his dwelling place, or from some personal peculiarity, were tacked on to their Christian names, and’ plain John became John Smith. Some one accum lated more wealth than the balance of his neigh- bors and was termed in the Norman-French of the day “the maistre.” This turn soon got tacked on before his name and he became maister and his wife mistress. Gradually the title was conferred upon any who had at- tained social distinction of any kind. It is only within comparatively modern times that the term came to be considered an almost indis- pensable adjunct to every one’s name when mentioned in ordinary conversation or writing. ORIGIN OF KISSING IN ENGLAND. According to Collet “the pleasant practice of kissing was utterly unpracticed and unknown in England till the fair Princess Rouix (Rowene), the daughter of King Hougis Friesland, pressed the bearer with her lipkins and saluted the amorous Vortigern with a hus- Jen” (little kiss), But the English maids and men took very kindly to the practice of kissing and from them the Scotch are said to have taken alesson. When James I of Scotland met Anne of Denmarkhe was going to kiss her after the English fashion, “but Anne did not ap- rove of such familiarity and repulsed im. Yet after he had had some pri- vate talk with her aside she became more amenable, and suffered him to kiss her in the presence of the whole court. There are num- r of historic kisses worthy of mention, but which scarcely belong to a sketch of this char- Shakespeare records kisses of all kinds, including the treacherous kisa of Brutus, the kisses of Othello, Romeo's kiss in the vault, that of Bassanio when the contents of the leaden casket gave bim the rich prize, and dying Antony's—“of so many thousand Kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips.” ‘Titania, too, issed ‘the fair large ears of her gentle joy, d well worthy of mention are the quaint kisses of Pyramus and Thisbe. When Cavendish, the well-known biographer of Cardinal Wolsey. happened to visit a Frei nobleman at his chatenu the lady on entering the room, with her train of attendant maiden addressed him with these words: “For as much as ye bean Englishman, whose custom it is in your country to kiss all iadios and gentiemen Without offense, and. although it be not so in this realm, yet will I be #o bold to kiss you and | #0 shail ali my maidens.” Steele, in writing of kissing, states: ‘Nature was its author and. that it began with the first Certain it is that the custom ex- isted B.C. 1760, and in Genesis, 27-26, found the following: “And his father Iniac said unto him, ‘Come near now and kiss me, my son." ”* In early times the act of kissing was regarded as a sign of homage or respect; and, in Homer, Priam is represented kissing the hands of Achilies when supplicating for the body of Hector. Disraeli, in his “Curiosities of Liter- | ature.” remarks how “the great respect paid to | the tribunes, consuls or dictators obliged indi- viduals to live with them in a more distant and respectful manner: and instead of embracing | them as they did formerly, they considered themselves ns fortunate if allowed to kiss their | hands. Under the emperors kissing hands be- came an essential duty, even for the great themselves.” A SIGN OF TENDER RESPECT. Kissing was formerly a sign of tender respect and reverence. Thus Joab took Amasa with the right hand by the beard to him, and the ‘custom prevails to thix day, after a long eepara- tion. In Arabia it is more common to put cheeks together. The worshipers of Baal used to kiss or throw kisses to their god. The kisé- ing of the cheek or mouth, which is scarcely any longer accounted with us a token of reverence, was regarded in this light by the ancient Per- sians. Cyprus is represented in “Cyropardia” as kissing his grandfather, | “because he wished to honor him.” ‘The kirsing of the hand, of the foot (still perpetuated eccleatnatic- ally in the alutations of the papal toe), of the hem of the garment and even of the footprint | furnished humbler and humbler gradations to those who were considered 'uaworthy to kisa a higher part of the body. The “kiss of peace” in the early church was a mode of greeting which sprung from the oriental element. the custom of kissing hands ix not on neient, but has always formed one of the tend~ ing points of etiquette and ceremonial, both in religion and society. The ancient fire worship- ers saluted the sun, moon and stars by kissing | the hand toward them, and probably the oldest reference to this custom is that in which Job disclaims having joined in thix worship. Tbe custom was universal in Greece, and Suctan, having mentioned the various sacrifices offered REPOSITORY OF BUENSTANA, by the rich to the gods, adds that the poor 1844 and of the Kilmarnock centenary of 1886 | adored by kissing their hands. It was also in celebration of the first publication of Burns’ | familiar to the Romans. Pliny mentions pooms; and serap books containing all sorts of |it as one of those ancient customs the clippings on Duras, his monuments, statues | origin of which was unknown, _ and and pictures, and notes of progress made in the | saya that persons = who refused to movements for erecting statues of Burns in | kiss their hands toward the shrine on ontering San Francisco, Chicago, Providence and other | a temple were accounted atheists. This cere- monial easily became interwoven with the earliest institutions of christianity. and it was custom with the primitive bishops to give their hands to be kissed by those who served at the altar. Mr. Morin, who collected a largo number of notes upon this custom, says: “it is a meek form, which expresses reconciliation, ‘entreats favors or returns thanks for those re- ceived. It is s universal language, which doubtiess preceded writing and perhaps speech ‘The deeply religi wed 12mo., 1808, 2 vols., 12m CAPT. SMITH AND IIS EVERGREEXS. London, 1803, “Reliques of Robert Burns, Svo.; London, 1509, 18mo.: London, 1810, '2 vols., 12mo.; "Alnwick, 1812, 2 vols, 12mo., illustrated by Bewick: Dr. ‘Currie’s edition, | Edinburgh, 1815, 4 vols.. 8v0.. with portrait by | E. Mitchell: Glasgow, 1816, i2mo., with por-| trait by R. Seott; London, 1817, 24mo., illus- trated; Air, 1819, with portrait by Wedgewood London, 1819, 2 vols., 18mo., with portrait by . Giasgo: 12mo.; London, i with portrait by S. Free 3 vols., i2mo.; Edinburgh, is23, ortrait by Freeman after I. Malcolm’s picture; Eondon, 1826, 3imo., with portrait: London, 1828, Svo.; London, 1829, 8vo., with portrait by J. Rogers. Not so many rarities occur in the numerous editions of Burns since 1830, but these selected volumes in Capt. Smith's collection are worthy of particular mention: London, 1830, 2 vols., Simo., with portrait; London, 1831, 12mo. Glasgow, 1835, 5 vols, 12mo.; Glasgow, 1836, tinted on fooiseap, 8vo., with portrait by | reeman; London, 1833, 2 volx., 4to., illus- trated; London, 1838, 4 vols., 18mo.; London, 1833, imperial Svo., ‘with portrait by W. C. Edwards; the successive Edinburgh editions of 1835 and 1539, imperial #vo.; London, 1839, London, 1840, imperial 8vo.,’ illus d the London, 1842, imperial 8¥o., with portrait by Rogers. Besides all these are a number of more recent editions that have become exceedingly scarce. Among these are the so-calied Edinburgh- Glasgow-London edition of 1846, imperial 8vo., Tichly embellished, with portrait Robin- after drawing by Skirving; likewise the mo. Lendon edition of 1846, the 32mo. | Stocksley edition of 1547, the 48mo. London of 1847 and the S2mo. London of 1850, the | 12mo. Edinburgh of 1 in five vola., | the celebrated London “Elzivir” of 1864 a lastly the unique $vo. Kilmarnock of There are also sixty-four other sepa- distinct editions of urns notso rare. TBE LAND OF BURNS. n there is an interesting collection of ‘© books of the land of Burns; publications the proceedings of Burns clubs and societies, fifty-six in Scotland and | 4 proceedings of the Burns | federation, Burns dictionaries and concord- ances, memorials of the universal Burns ce1 f the Burns festival at Ayr in these accessory books are Rev. Hamilton Paul clerical defense of Harns, Dean Stanley's His- tory of the Scottish Church, and Wallace Bruce's Ivricai study, “The Land of Burns.” In addition to all these literary remains of Burns aud the collection of authors who have done homage to the plowman poet's genius ‘Capt. Smith's aggregation of Burns curios de- werves special notice. Here isa gilded plaster cast of Burne’ skull, a gruesome object, obtained | in 1834, when the mausoleum containing Burns’ body at Dumiries was opened to receive that of Bonny Jean.” Here also is Scotland. constructed after the |similitude of Burns’ chair, with » | medallion photograph of the interior of Burns? cottage at Dumfries, photographs of Burns’ | nieces—the Misses Beggy—and photographs of | their modest house near Avr. some pen and ink | sketches of the haunted Kirk of vy, and | an oaken whisky eup—a “qr or nuggen’ | made from the rafters of that same kirk. two other relics of these rafters are kn | a carious and ancient one. It existed in Africa THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, for a sinfal life. Pope ‘any ill luck he had sa- luted tly recalled the salutation with the addition, “Death to you,” to which the Jew would. reepond, “The same to you,” e The climate of the Persian is accountable for his salutation, “May God cool your eye” and “May your shadow never grow leas.” The Egyptians put it in another way, and take the shape of a pressing inquiry as, “How goes the perspiration?” “Do you sweat profusely?” SALUTING AFTER A SNEEZE. The practice of saluting after a sneeze is both among nations unknown to the Greeks and Romans. Strada, in his account of Monomo- tapa, states that when the prince sneezed all his subjects in the capital were apprised of it that they might offer up prayers for his safety. Prescott, the historian, fe suthority. for. the Statement that when the cacique of Guachoia having sneezed in the presence of the Spaniards the Indians of his train fell prostrate before him and stretched forth their hands, invcking the sun to enlighten him, to defend him and to be his constant ‘guard. Sneezing seems to have been regarded among the Greeks and Romans as a good omen generally, but sometimes as a bad one. To Parthenis, who sneezed in the middle of her love letter to Sarpedon, it supplied the place of ananswer. To Penelope the sneeze of Tele- manchus promised the return of Ulysses. The sneeze of a soldier encouraged Xenophon to order an advance. While Themistocles was making a sacrifice before the battle with the Persians one of his attendanta chanced to sneeze, and this was regarded by Euphrantides a8 a favorable omen which presaged the victory of the Greeks. On several occasions sneezing bas been looked upon as more or less intimately connected with fatal and daugeroustmaladies. ‘Thus, according to Thucydides, it was a symptom of the crisis | in the great Athenian plague. Pliny held that | it was lucky to sneeze to the right, but un-| lucky to the left. St. Austin states that if the | ancients sneezed when thoy were putting on their shoes they went to bed again. The Zulus imagine that the spirit of some deceased ai tor cases them to sneeze, and they accordingly utter blessings and réturn thanks. According to the rabbinical account it was formerly decreed by the Creator that the instant a man sneezed he must Jacob, however, prayed so earnestly for the removal of this decree that his prayers were granted, and he was allowed to sneeze and In the miracle wrought by Elisha “the sneezed eleven times and opened his eyes. DIED A VICTIM OF ETIQUETTE. The ridiculous rigidity of Spanish court eti- quette was answerable for the death of Philip IIL. Hewas busily engaged with his dispatches and state papers, and, the day being cold, a great brazier of burning coals was brought | into the room and set down so close to the king | that he was soon bathed in perspiration. It | was not in his nature to complain, and so he sat in patienco enduring the excessive heat until | the Marquis of Pabar, one of the gentlemen of | his chamber. perceiving how he was inconven- ienced, told the Duke of Alba.another of the ro: bodyguard to remove the brazier. ‘‘No,” sai the dake, “that was the duty of the ‘king's chief steward, the Duke of Urseda.” He was accordingly summoned, but, unfortunately, he was notat hand, and before he made his ‘ap- pearance the king was #o heated that next day fever supervened, which, acting on a naturally fervid constitution, turned to erysipelas, and then the victim of etiquette died There is devotion and energy. if little grace, in the figambo of central Africa, where the negro flings himself upon bis back and, kicking his heels high in the air, slaps his sides and screams: “Banu! banu!” ‘The Burmese exhibit | extreme humility at the expense of dignity in| their mode of groveling with the face in the | duet, Rubbing noses, which prevails in cer- tain South Sea Islands, possesses novelty if nothing more, while the Hottentots, very con- siderately perhaps, scratch each other's heads upon meeting. Europeans uncover the head as a token of | respect or reverence. Orientals never uncover it. and the Turkish ambassador is allowed to re- tain his fez even when in the presence of Eu- rope’s mightiest rulera. To uncover the head | is regarded by Turk and celestial as indecent | familiarity. In church all men’s heads are bare: in the synagogue it is con- sidered wrong to remove the _ hat. To salute with the left hand is deadly insult to Mohammedans in the east, and for this reason the native commissioned ‘officers of the Indian army in | giving the military sulute confined it to the sword held in the right band without at the same time raising the left hand to the forchead, as in the ordinary English salute. The Thibetan | women when leaving their houses to appear in public emear their faces over with a dark, | sticky substance; it is said that they do so in | compliance with a law made by a certain | lama, in order to protect their morals | y "making them look ugly when | in public. The Thibetans also put out the | tongue as asign of respectful salutation, and in similar contradiction to our own customs, the Malaya, Fijians, Tongans snd many other Polynesians always’ sit down when speaking to | a superior. At Natavula it is respectful to turn | one’s back toward a superior, especially when | addressing him, and among the Wahuma, in Congo and in central Afraica the | same custom prevails, ‘The Todas of | the Neitgherry hills ehow respect by raising | the open right hand to the face and resting the | thumb on the bridge of the nose. By way of | compliment the people of Yddah shake the clenched fist; the inhabitants of the White Nile | anc Ashantu spit on those they delight to honor. In some of the South Sea Islands the natives spit on their hands and then rub the face of the per- son they desire to compliment. A PECULIAR CUSTOM IN PERSIA. In Carmana, a province of Persia, a singular | custom prevails, When they wish to show peculiar esteem they open a vein in their arm and present, the blood as it flows for their friend to drink. This is more objectionable than the rough pulling of noses indalged in by jolly Eskimos of certain tribes wien they meet to have a comfortable gossip with the mercury thirty degrees below zero, A kick of the leg is not generally considered as a courteous method of paying one’s respects to a guest, nor do we snap our fingers in the faces of those we desire to entertnin, But the Phi ipine Islanders, when they are in a particularly amiable mood, practice both customs. ‘Tbere are natives of the South Sea Islands who testify | their delight at meeting a friend or guest by bending their bodies very low, placing their hands on their checksand raising thetr left foot in the air. In China the left hand is the seat of honor anda Chinese guest in a European’s house may often be observed to be uneasy at finding him- self, us he imagines, slighted by being placed on the ri; hand of his host. On entering a ga visitor a Chinaman’s first care is to puton his hat, not to take it off, and when a European would say, “Keep on your hat, I beg of you.” in China it would be, “Be pleased to remove your hat.” in Europe @ host requests his guest to be seated and at the same time _—oceupies | achair himself. Jn Chinait wouid be regarded. as the height of rudeness to sit down before y guest is weil sented, Europeans grasp each other by the bands by way of greeting, whereas a Chinaman clasps his own hands to- gether and shakes them at his visitor. In the matter of visiting cards the same odd character- istics are noticeable. A Chinaman nses a small card only whon on familiar terms with the per- son visited, and then it is fully six times as large us what Enropeans aro in the habit of using. When little more ceremony is requisite the card is trebled in size, and on very formal occasions it grows into a perfect pamphlet of several sheets, which, by the way, it is considered correct to return to the guest. At banquets or formal dinners tho guest brings his card of invitation with bim and restores it, with a soleran bow, to the host, before assuming bis sent $e. i id i [ B 3 d [ H { fi HF & H | nes out of place. if only there were a speck of dust Among .the Patients in the Cheery Children’s Hospital. A UNIQUE INSTITUTION.) Its Wonderful Growth From = Small Begin- ning—The Wards and the Operating Room HERE WAS A LITTLE ‘bouse on 14th street near the avenue some twenty | years ago which con-| tained six cots for sick children. It was alto- gether a private institu- | tion, what there was of | it, kept up by some | charitable women at) their own expense, and | only the most unfortun- | pile. ate of the little people | Gre who daily applied for admission were accepted, co that very many of the poor tote who really needed good care were turned a - Every year the number of applicants in-| creased until a children's hospital became a | positive necessity and steps were taken to get| enongh money to build one. The nucleus of | the building fund was fourteen black pennies | contributed by children. It grew and grew | until now in place of the modest house on Lith | street there stands on W street between 12th and 13th a large structure surrounded by a| whole block of grounds, which is a pretty big | ending for such emall beginning. Instead of six beds in two rooms there are over eighty cots in four great airy wards, and nurses in neat bine and white uniforms flit around like 80 many cheerful birds, taking cure of the little sufferers. ONLY 81x IN THE coUNTRY. ‘There are only six of these institutions in the United States and in Europe they are far more rare. A Catholic priest, a man widely traveled, told the matron, Miss Rogers, that this Chil- dren's Hospital’ of ours is positively unique, and that he had found nothing like it either | in this country or the old world. Certainly ‘one cannot imagine a more charming place; it | makes one almost wish for the chance to be ill and be taken to the sweet, clean rooms to be cared for by the lovely matron. The only place | which is repulsive and from which one wants to get away is the gruesome clinic room, or, asone ofthe children appropriately called it, the"“cyni- | gal room." The rows of shining pitchers and | bowls, the drawers full of sharp, cold instru- ments, the raised table covered with oilcloth, on which the operations are performed, tho asphalt slab under it, and that frightfully busi- ike apparatus, the “irrigator.” with its ards of rubber tubing, make a sight which gives one cold chills. If only something were on something, it would be a relief. Such exact order is almost as bad as to be laid on the table and become the focus of the | eyes of the clinic. Yet, so saya the matron, the children show an amount of courage and | nerve that is quite Spartan and are easier to | manage than the average woman. Some of them have even gone o far as to find that “the cutting things is pretty.” Such a love of the beautiful should be encouraged. A child like that would find an artistic value in the reservoir | at the head of 16th street. After the “cynical room” it is comforting to go into the wards and talk to the little inmates. TRE AUTOCRAT. They are such a quaint, amusing set. There | is, to begin with, the “autocrat” who manages | the other children. His name is Eddie and his age four vears. Eddie was born to be an nlder- man, for he has already ussumed the propor- | tions of one and estimates his importance as | they are supposed to. Ile is the first to be in- | trodneed by Miss Rogers, for upon his approval | or disapproval depends ‘one's reception by the | others, If he puts his pudgy hand in one’s | own and ays: “My name's Eddie,” one's posi- tion is assured. ‘The “autocrat” does not ap- ‘iate the fact that he is an unfortuuate little hat he has no mamma and worse than no nd that he is a candidate for adoption me kind person. He orders the children e tuict an’ top dat noise,” and tells the | matron that “zat Sadie is been bad aden an’ must be’put in bed,” as if he owned the estab- lishment. But there are others far more! miserable than Eddi There is the one little fellow who lies in bed and covers his great blue eyes with a thin, white arm when- ever any one goes near him, He is such a frightened, pititul little fellow, and seems so afraid of all the world, that one is not surprised to learn that he was brought there almost dead, one mass of bruises and sores, from having been constantly beaten by a drunken father. He is simple now, poor child; from long 1l- treatment his mind has given way. RESCUED FROM NEGLECT AND IGNORANCE. ‘The state of ignorance and neglect from which these youngsters are ofttimes rescued is com- ical as well as sad. The cleansing properties of water are unknown to many of them. When they first come within the doors they are whisked away to the bath room, bathed 2nd their clothes changed. Their horror of the un- known tub is not to be overcome. One boy, a patient for the first time, stood looking at it in dismay. andas the water rose to the top he becain more and more terrified, and finally burst into tears nnd said: “I don’t’ wanter take no swim, ner get be drownded, boo-hoo.” Those who have been iumates more than once coon learn the formula. Sadie has paid four vis | hospital and can hardly be kept away. | whe came back the last time, the moment she {set foot in the hall away she scampered ‘to the bath room, leaving her bewildered father alone, and tearing off her cap egan to pull off her socks, nor would she leave the room until she had been properly she expressed Sadie is an unmanageable individual, with a firm determination to all the out of life that she can, and who thereby gets herself inte continual hot water, Yet she ix the most cheerful little body, and comes triumphantly out of all her oes and | punishments with a face wreathed in smiles | and streaked with tears. Not that the | discipline is at all eevere, but is | periectly effe i. Children who have been | | thrashed and pounded at home are punished | tonians m know anything aboat it' Not a word they tell until a week or two later one of them ‘volunteered the information that ‘20 povelee what lived in ze house is gone to the tountry an’ is took zer furnichure wif zem.” And that was all. OAT AND KITTENa. There is a cat, too, which the children dearly love. One day some kittens were given to the matron and the little ones begged to be allowed to baveone, Miss Rogers said that they might if they would be very good to it, eo they romised and for twelve hours the unfor- mate little thing was in their hands, They meant to be nice to it: they petted and squeezed it until by night it was ju a limp mass and the next morning was dead—killed by kindness. The children’ feelings were hurt; they had been “real lovely” to that kitten and it was very pad taste on its part to go and die. Their distress was so great that they were promised snother and an older on t one survived, and now sleeps on some cot or lies stretched in the sun, a fat and happy cat. At night it sleeps on different beds, by turns, and the worst sort of punishment is to bave the cat taken away and put to sleep with some one élse. THR COLORED WARDS are a garden of genius. Here flourishes the youth with a broken leg, who plays “Ta-ra-ra- Ta-boom-de-ay" with his knuckles, and also be who dances to that music and performs what he calls a “Chinee.” This disciple of Terpsi- chore is aboy, and is named Elsie, He will “do” ““Pa-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay the and | “Chinee,” too, for a penny, and it is worth | more than that. The only trouble is that to | give Elsie s cent means to have all the other | little darkies crowd around one and roll their | eyes in the most approved mendicant fashion, muttering very low, #0 as not to be heard by Miss Rogers: “Say, miss, gimmeapennytoo. ‘They are rather mixed as to parentage. Some- times it would take a wiser man that King Solomon to find out which chiid belongs to which mother, or if it ever had a mother at all. Most of them “just growed,” like Topsy. A Woman brought in a big-eyed imp of darkness the other day, and when asked i &c., said that she “guessed it hadn't no name nohow. such neglect what wonder that the never want to leave? Here they are individ and have beds of their own, and Santa Clous brings them pretty tovs and fills their stocleing: too. On Christmas they have a tree in the pl room and each child gets at least one present, They took forward to it so, poor little things Sometimes, though, they never live to see the day. One of those was a colored baby four years old, who was dying of cancer. of being ieft alone was something pitiful. He was 80 afraid that the bandages would come off and that he would bave an- other hemorrhage that he begged the nurve to sit always beside him, An’ if you must go away pease tie my hands tight, so as T tan't pull off ze wage when it hurts.” "He wanted to ave this past Christmas so much. ‘I corjum (accordcon) an’ a pichur book. live, won't I?” he was always saying. The ma- tron reassured him, though she knew he would never see the ji nor the Christmas morning, and b dreaming of the “‘pichur book, If the petted babies of rich homes only knew what pleasure their discarded tovs would give there little sufferers they would not be thrown in the fire or the as barrel, But then, as the matron kays, not a tenth of the people here know that the hospital exists, and half of those who do know it don’t care. "As a matter of fact, it ie an institution of which Washing- y well be proud, and which is inter- esting and amusing to visit, and then, as Sadie says, “I likes to see peoples, but mostly when zey bwings me dollies.”” sti CLOISTERS IN CHINA, The Life and Duties of Chinese Nuns—The Goddess of Merey. The life and aims of the nuns of China were described in a recent issue of the Ostasiatische Lloyd, which devotes much space to the con- sideration of affairs in the flowery kingdom. The daily duties, however, of the Chinese nuns are not so exacting as those of the nuns of Europe and other western countries. “Numerous cloisters,” says the journal, “are to be found in various parts of China, occupied by Buddhistic nuns, whose patron saint is Kuanyin, the goddess of mercy. Indeed, no idol is to be found in all the country to which the people show more respect than to the god- dess who is believed to be the special protector of the weaker sex. The infiuence which the nuns have upon women is considerable. They have been always a great aid to the spread of Buddhism, as the retired life of the Chinese women makes it almost impossible for the riests to reach them.” But the great mass of e people despise the nuns as weljgas the Bonzes. This is due in part to the fmpara- tively free life led by many members of the order. The novices of the Buddhistic order are recruited in various ways. Asarule the purchase little children, As the poorer jes are only too giad to get rid of their inine members there is never a lack of children in the cloister, whose lives are de- voted exclusively to the service of Buddha, t also happens that grown people enter the cloisters voluntarily, to be enrolled later in the order of nuns. A candidate cannot become a nun proper before she has passed the age of sixteen. From the day, however, that she dedi- cates her life to the cloister and its interests she wears the costume peculiar to the order and resembling greatly that of a priest of Buddha. The similarity, in fact, is xo striking that it is often difficult to distinguish a monk froma nun. The nuns wear large, homely unbraided shoes, broad blue trousers, long linen stockings ‘and biue linen jackets with ide sleeves. The head is shaved close like that of a priest. It is covered by a cap. ‘The nun, however, is more cleanly looking than the priest. Her voice, naturally, betrays her. The principal difference in the appearance 0f a novico and a nun is to be seen in the head. While the head of a nun is shaved entirely that of novice is shaved only in front. The back hair is worn in a long plait, As soon as the young woman's head is shaved entirely she | is obliged to lead an ascetic life. She dare eat d drink only a littie. Her diet is vegetarian, “The novice is never allowed to come in con- tact with members of the opposite sex. Daily she is obliged to say her prayers in the cloiater and attend other religious ceremonies, clean the holy of holies and the altar, keep the vestal fire burning aud give advice and comfort to chose who approach the altar to pra; wise the Chinese nuns enjoy cor liberty. Their free time, however, as a rule, is taken up with visiting the sick and dying and in proselyting. They are to be seen in the streets often going from house to house soliciting alms, ana hi stitution, and then a) ons tn bust school, Yale's r the tio! sof the city One of the foremost educators in America is | Principal L. L. Camp of the Dwight Schoo! ta New Haven, Conn., whose portrait Is given above. pupils are scattered east and west, and many of them occapy responsible pos Professional Ife, which they have won in no small measure be training under him. Prof. Camp tanght frst in Meriden, then as prin cipal of the Hunting grammar school in New Britain, then as princips! of the Norwalk Union Anown preparatory elms of New Hay He was one of the first principals to see the advant- age and value of manual training in public schools and organized classes of boys who re struction in the use of wood workin Too fitted up tn the basement of the schod Prof. Camp 18 a most exemplary citizen, and as man among men his views on matters of public ine terest have been always worthy of has represented one of tne best sectic ‘a8 alderman for several terms. Hits and use of their early instraction and ois in a He » score years | bottles, and my restorat: he has labored In educational fields than is con- | is dae entirely to the use of this medicine.” tained in the following letter recentiy published in. the papers of New Haven, where pus come | cause I was rick, but because I wanted to Reap . and can do it best by the use of this helper of nature The superintendent of schools of Naugatuck, Conn., Mr. Wiliam W. Abbott, « Yale graduate, had an experience that exemplifies the marvelous power of Paine compound to restore these Who are in the depths of disease and misery. He has written for pubiteation the following statement eof May 2 “A year ago this spring a combination of ctreum+ stances conspired to undermine my health, and last fall the confinement to the echoo! room and attention to discipline attacked what Mttle health I had left, so that by Christmas I was physically « Wreck. I had no ambition todo anything. I felt unable to and was truly miserable, and each day I thonght that pr it would toe the last that T should Jeave my bed. It wasonly by the exercise of the greatest will power that Feoutd hold up my head. When 1 wasso low I was ade vised to try Paine After taking elery « under 4. Prof. Camp 18 an active, progressive man, who | was really deriving benefit of not. After using the has learned the secret of keeping young in spite of | second bottle, advancing years, and he has probably given no | was certa more valuable advice In the nearly t however, I found that my health 1 have now tuken four ntostrength and health ly Improved. ‘The best physicians unite in the statement that re is a great | Paine’s Celery Compound i of superior value for demand for the extraordinary remedy he refers to. j the weak and debilitated, the nervous, sleepless, ‘He says in his letter, referring to the f: pound that was first prescribed by Dartmouth’s | gives them new strength and new life. famed physician: 4 all who are run down. It makes people well, Tt ts pore and harmless, and hence is used in handreds of 4 the aged. 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Sapt. | Rye | here only by being made to sit on a chair or, lin very bad cases, being put to bed with a | screen around the cot. | BUT FEW UNMANAGEADLE. | But they soon come to dread these even more | than they did the beatings, and generally go | away much better children than they came. | Only once has there been an “unmanageable.” | It was a boy and he labored under the name of | Ferdinand Rousseau. Ferdinand was “not going | | to be bossed by no woman,” and he set to work | to make the matron’s life ‘a burden. He liked baths, did Rousseau; he thought they were fun. | One evening when he was in his night gown, | waiting his turn to be “scrubbed,” the nurse unwisely left bim alone for awhile. Ferdinand |turned” on the water fuli force, filled the tub to the brim, and, getting two other boys to help him, they proceeded | to havea good time. All in their night shirts and stockings they stood on the edge of the tub and jumped in. Of course there was a big eplash, but that was part of the game. ‘They jumped in again and again, and wefe in the Very midst of the fun when a nurse appeared, wading and with drenched skirts, for not’ only had Ferdinand and his friends wet themsel but the halls and the ward wero one big pud- “Bi!” remarked Rousseau, cheerfully; “‘ain’t this a Johnstown flood?” In vain to put linn to bed; he got up again, and sot a fearful ample to the others by making faces at Miss In vain to stand him in the corner; wouldn't stay. Finally, tience, the matron tied him ona chair, Ferdi- nand lifted it up, walked with it to the middle said: “Hadn't yer ‘and can get more pleasure out of a rag baby : § f8 a Hi EE r i i A-wing of each cloister—which resembles in architecture an ordinary Buddhistic cloister or temple—ts reserved for travelers who wish a night's lodging. Both men and women are allowed to live for a time in these wings.”” pa aa Souvenir Coins. 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