Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. PLUMP GIRLS’ STYLES. Some Becoming Modes for Making Their Gowns. MODIFIED ETON SUIT. Black Material Suited to Stout People—The ‘Tailor-Made Suit Always Looks Well—Thin ‘Wash Dresses and How They Should Be ‘Made—The Popular Waists. Written for The Evening Star. RINOLINE SKIRTS and full sleeves are not ‘very well adapted to the plump gir. And, now that these whims of Dame Fashion ar@’ so much in vogue, a few suggestions may prove useful to stout sisters. Though the abnor- mally fuil sleeve does not euit her, still there are ways in which she can modify it so that it to her than to one less will be more becoming stout. In the first dlustration a summer ilk is shown. It iseu. with the usual gored shirt, ‘but the stiff crinoline is left out. The sleeves this gown are made very full, but ere di- vided into three puffs with rows of shirring be- tween. These gathering strings are tight to the armand thusdo not tend to make the wearer #ppear larger. ‘The body of the dress ix not fnil at the and has only a smail tof fr mist. The skirt is with bows of velvet ribbon piaced one other. Crosawisa bands on the clock stouter. Velvet ribbon aleo kand wrists. Tho neck BLACK DRESSES. are always betoming to large people, and noth- ing ix more striking than a black evening dress, ‘The one shown here is of black dotted net. is draped over a black silk gored it is made long and has a slight train. Long gowns, touching the floor on all sides, give the wearer a tali. ap co that stout ‘women should always have. The sleeves are short and fail. but are not lined, and show the pleasing outline of the arm through. A wide Fafile of net borders the square, low-ent neck. Biack satin ribbon bands abot two inehes apart encircle the waist and each has a ribbon rosette im front and back. ‘THE MODIFIED ETOX surT. Ore great cross to the stout girl is that she is flebarred from wearing the popular Eton suit, for this will certainly not be becoming to her. But the altered suit which is shown in the third eutenn be wern with shirt waists and look quite xs well as the regulation Eton. It is ng, but instead of the loose flapping t, darts are made 221 a stiff ribbon belt is sewed on at the waist and crosses over where the front is left open and buttons or beoks on the other side. The front is left open and shows the shirt waist and the cuffs of the col- ored waist are turned over an outside. Narrow hercules b: reveres and the skirt is trimmed with gradu- ating bands of These bands are placed elose together and lessen the broad effect which they generally give. show on the id borders tho YALLOR-MADE GOWNS 1 expressly for the plump |, and certainly these trim, close-fitting her better th: one cise. The at four) is of navy blue | a& muslin chem- |} with | re placed so as to come together in a the waist. The skirt is quite devoid ing, unless the double row of stitcn- ing which borders the hem, reveres, and in fact the edge of the whole suit, can be counted as such. point at of trim: ‘THIN WASH DRESSES should be made up on white linings, as this makes them fit smoothly and keeps the wearer looking trim. This lining is made up just asa separate corset cover and is trimmed and edged with lace, and is joined to the dress itself only at the under-arm seams and in front. With this sort of adress no other corset cover need be worn. dress shown in cut five is made in this way. The fuliness which comes from the shoulders is in tiny pleats at the waist. The whole is trimmed with narrow dainty lace and colored The material is figured swias or, if ribbon. preferable, fine India iinon. SILK WAISTS FOR EVENING WEAR. Nothing is so pretty and convenient for even- 3 the dainty ilic waists, which ean be worn with odd skirt, Thongh these waists ing w when made full, as they us coming to the they lock very here is gathe The first waist shown up tight. Three bands of this trimming con- the fullness to the lining. This waist is represented as b : silk, and the ts are bordered with ed in yellow and fitting to the. arm. ‘This can be worn with an odd black, brown or white skirt. EMPIRE EFTECT. Another evening waist, with the empire effect, is shown next. The waist, which is perfectly tigt fitting and buttons in the back. is made of white sil, with girdie and trimmings of a light duil green velvet. Tho square neck is bordered with several rows of the narrow velvet ribbon; and wher. the sleeves are gathered to the arm other rows are placed. A twisted piece, finished by a knot, en the wrist. The girdie is failed into the under arm seams and reaches almost to the armhole, being brought down toa point at the waist line. A velvet rosette is placed in front aad another in the back. Full rafiles of fine white silk lace bor- der the neck and sleeves. SUMMER SILK. Acharming way to make a cummer silk is It isa green silk and is trimmed with black velvet and represented in the eighth illustrat n. black lace. The waist is gathered at the neck and shirred into several rows of shirring at the waist line, The back ia tight-fitting and both beck and frontare slightly jointed and bordered with black velvet ribbon, knot in backand front. A falls over the top of the +! trimmed with ribbon and ing collar of biack velvet fi If the wearer wishes to avoid expense the wide flounce which is on the skirt can be left off. as weil as the knotted ribbon velvet which finishes the lace. as? Astrlich way for making cows. gingham gown is Surplice dresses wili look well when made up With the corset cover lining. The * drawn down tight ed at the shonlders and neck, tite faliness being eanght down just below the bust by three little tacks ran in the goods and shirred fe of pale corn color s have large puffs, but the which is tied ina the back and front, and with a vest of white rauslin, which reaches only to tho waist, let in at the under-arm seams, ‘The jacket has ruffies of the material, which extend over the shoulders snd around the neck. in the back and border the jacket in front, stopping about one-third of the way from the botiom. The vest is made snrplice and 1s left open at tho neck and is Faihered voveral times at the waist. ‘The ekirt uss rows of feather-edge braid for trimming. ‘WITH POINTED YORE. The last cut represents another gingham dress. This one is made with a pointed yoke and four three-cornered bretelles, two in back and two in front. This dross is gathered only at the waist, ax gingham dresses made in this way make ono look «maller. Ribbon bows and a riv:on belt trim the dress, and the reveres and skirt have heavy lace on them. A pale green pink and while stripe gingham with sage green velvet ribbon and white lace would be a dainty combination for this dress. M. E. Staspex. What a Medical Authority Thinks of the Sanitary League of the District. From the Popular Health Mazazine, Our Wavhingion readers are already #0 familiar with the organization known as the Sanitary League of the District of Columbia that to dilate upon its morits at this period of its existence would apvsar commonplace. ‘The orgnnization ia seif-commendatory. Con- ceived ina spirit of puilantaropy and fostered rough ic apiritedness it bids fair to be- come an established institution. ‘The idea of permanency in its work and influence is set forth in the plan promulgated, of “making the capital city a model among cities for cleanli- ness and heathfulness.” How eapable the league might be of attaining ench results will be seen from its scope of operation. Ita aims are ““to secure by the voluntary co-operation of residents such a sanitary surveiliance of the city as is beyond the power of the municip: authorities with the means at present at disposal; to make a thorough house to hoa inspection; to procure the removal of condi- tions that are dangerous or threaten to become 80; to prevent if possible contaminations of the water supply; to effect such improvements as . desirable in the aystem of sewage disposal, and to disseminafe usefu era and domestic hygiexe nts of te city.” feature more than any of the organiza’ E ‘The thorough cultivation of public sentiment on which to ef- Ag the fact becomes more generally zed that canitation is economic as well as. philaniaropie so wi larity aceordingly, ns of enlightenment adopt: of public lectures is being delivered prominent sanita: each proving most in- teresting and instructive. jects treated have been in relation to municipal nitation, cholera, water, the enre of children in summer, the sterilizing of milk and such like. The atten these oceasions and the charneter of the andienees indicate a desire on the part of the intelligeat masses to know more of the laws periaining to tho prevervation of health and the prevention of diseas The league numbers among its working iorees many of the most influential citizens of the District, Its syaiem of organization is complete. ‘fho practical resuits it hay already atiained are noteworthy, and the good it may accomplish throngh its varions agencies is in- calculable. Every city, would do well to main- tain such an organization. me ooo bit a Good Hold, From the Detroit Free Press. Thad stopped to smoke a pipe with a Georgia “eracker” on a log at his door, and, noticing the general shiftlessness of the surroundings, I finally asked: Why don't you fix the roof of your cabin? ““Gwine ter some day,” he replica. “That chimney ought to be rebuilt.” I'm a considerin’ vo do it “should be afraid that stable would fall down and kill the mute.” kon [ve got to prop it.” “Yes; weeds is powerful agpund vere." He was xo placid and g tured about it that I ventured further and enid: “It seems to me that with ambition and hard work you could not only make a good living on this place, bui get something ahead. “Teould, for suah,” he answered. “Thon, why don't you do it?” Waitin’.”” Waiting for what?” ‘aitin’ fur to git that ambiskun you spoke And do yon think yow'll get it?” Ho refitled bis pive, lighted it and stid off the log to get a brace for bis back. When he bad got comfortably seated ho queried: “Stranger, yo’ doan’ live around yere, I reckon?” ag Cause if yo’ did you'd dickiver that Theva mighty good thing of it ns it is and would be a fool to let go for sumthin’ new.” serena od BOMBS THAT Dt AND JUMP. Marine Darts of the Vesuvius Which Play Leap Frog for Three Hundred Feet. In the recent aiming trials on tho Vesuvius some of the carts after striking close before the target dived under it for forty feet, then jumped clear of the waves, then dived again, playing the game of marine leap frog for 300 fect. The great bombs, flying for a mile aud a half, rarely missed the object aimed at by more than a few feet, and if a vessel had been in the target's placo it would assuredly have beon blown to atoms. A new exploding devico was used at these trinls and it did not work well, bni as there are fuses which never fail, the sys- tem of throwing guncotton, or gunpowder by compressed air is a perfect sue- cess, even in m high crosa wind. What amount of damage wil be done toa vessel when one of the £00-pound charges is exploded on her deck is impossible to state, since it never yet hot red; but according to St. Nicholas it is rom the effect on rocks arth inland trinls, tuat the ship must be er and sunk on the instant. It will not always be the object of the air gunners, however, to destroy a vessel com- pletely, for it is’ often more desirable to dis- ablea vessel and capture her crew. To test this possibility trials hi: din which aship’s boat while being towed by a long line from astexmer moving fifteen miles an hour will be fired at by the Vesuvius, also going at full speed and approzching it from one side. This will be known as th & target” trial and will be very interesting, for the object will be to hit as n ible without actually striking the b if one of these b of a chip it air that the ynamite or p's plates will her machinery boilers started crew will gladly ew Visitation. guns upsct, no doubt her er before a second such Bo An Ill-Sorted Pair. From the Chieaso Inter-0e do feel so sorry for that dear little pug dog.” Piast think how an educated Mrs. Unsophist bs up ve They must fit these men’s rgeonsiy inside, ard yonr_hnabard tell ng the whole evening on mine that s. These | here shown. It is mudo with a long jacket in| velvet—Lye. ‘Thus far the sub- out of place and. her | i } \ ELIJAWS BOYS. nae WRITIDN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EVENING STAR BY LOUISE 8. BAKER. er LENGTHY STRETCH of woodiand extending through the western part of the atate of ‘Maryland is known dis- tinetively in Frederick county as “the Bar- rens.” Naturally a timo advances this stretch of woods be- comes more narrow, and many a highly eul- tivated farm of which it forms the background adds a new piece of cleared land to the thriv- ing wheatticld or “cleans up” another meadow. Rushing along, sometimes in the shadow of the great trees and often bordering a sunny road, is the stream Linganore; and the prosperous farmer who stands beside the bubbling waters with tho grecn pastures ail about him smiles compiacently to think that he has got well out of “tho Barrens,” It was years back that a very quaint-looking old. Tockaway came ereeping over the road laugh- inglycatled‘‘Hodson's T wist,”anda few miles fur- ther on took the pike in the direction of the Village. ‘iho driver of this antiquated vehicle was @ tall, spare woman of about fifty years of age. ‘The brown hair drawn tightly under her bounet was thickly sprinkled with gray, but her sharp eyes were as bright as a girl's. Mise Je- mima Beckner's entire attention was directed toward keeping her steed to the public rond, for he bad anctvous way of starting and attempting to turn whenever he come face to fnce with one of his kind, and he had a wistful way of halting at numerous grassy fence corners. All this was aggravating in the extreme, for Miss Jemima was inaburry. She hed left her bome in the Barrons at the first streak of dawn bound on a very important orrand. ‘The wonderful importance of this errand was manifest to each neighbor who spoke to Miss Beckner on her homeward journey. tor the seat beside hor and the rmali stool at her feet were each occupied by a boy. “Elijah's boys.” explained Farmer Williams to his man after directing him to “give the lady a plenty a-room to pass,"and the maa turned in his saddle and gaped curiously ‘Two fat, solemn little fellows were Elijzh’s boys, sitting ene beside Miss Jemima aud tho other on the stool at her for them as soon as «he heard She had said in her t that the old home was the right piace to shelter tie children, and she had afraid while ber Ned hand traveled slowly over the paper s mother’s relatives would step in with a She had spoken b was off in tho western dugout, that for nile seemed to belong to no one, Mixx Jemima’s letter had come asa Godsend to the worrying neighbors, and the two little boys, whom nobody else ‘wanted, were packed off right speedily to “their father’s folke in the ust. John and little*Lije Beckner brought a new life to Miss Jemima, who for more than twenty years had been ocewpied with the care of the cows, the horse and the chickens and those green graves ou the bill top. She possessed a ulty for curing for the members of her living or dead. ‘The old home was the place to shelter the ehildren, she had said in Gor letter, bat the cedars on the hill should be waving over Elijah Beckner’s grave. If sho could have taken these two little boys and set to work sodding and planting Ehjah’s grave sho would have been perfectly happy. iss Becker took a great pride in both of Flijah’s boys, but little "Lije was decidedly her pet. She would siop skimming the milk down in the old spring house to listen to little * fas he threw back hia head and laughed. Jol was good and docile and wise for his years, but little "Lije was something different frou any- thing #he had ever known. She was not a dem- onustratve woman; she did not cuddle this tow- headed pet of hers close to her bosom and sin him to sleep in the shadowy evening as mi ananut would have done, exensing herself by saying that even thongh he was getting to bo n entart-sized lad he didn’t understand what it was to lowe a mother, | Sho jut spread the jam a little thieker on his bread than was altogether jesome,and she let him own the dueks, But had handed the ducks over io littie ije_her conscience pricked her, and the next she started John into business with a half dozen hena, ‘There are some curious places in the Barrens, Newport, with its tipsy little shanties, goes straggling over the hills, and one ix apt to pass through Skinnersville aud glance back to se it. Mt. Olivet rise: arkly against the s dyed with the single door and window to the public rond, causes that portion of the civilized world that may sometimes ram- bie past the gushing Linganore and over Hod- son's Twist to smile with open delight, It was at the college that Elijah's boys “got their schoolin.’”” Ax soon as they grew to be any Fize, every morning at “sucup” during the winter months Miks Jemima’s horse carried the two boys and the precious dinner bucket through the thaw or freoze of the Barrens safe to Mr. Mowry’s. And it w astonisHing how rapidly they learned, Mowry declared himself proud to be their teacher. “The report xpread about the Barrens that “Elijah’s boys wuz bright.” Miss Jemima watched them from the little high porch of her house as they clattered through the gate one evening. She was in a eat state of trepidation, for she had news for shape of a letter one of the neigh- bors had been kind enough to fetch from the post office. Ske stepped into the kitchen, how- ever, when she saw them advaucing from the barn, John and "Lije were very much excited over the leiter even before they opened it. Miss Jemima stood locking at them as they read it together. What might the letter mean to thea and her! She rat down by the kitchen stove and taking out her kuitting began deftly turn- ing the heel of a boy's sock. “Th threw badk his head. thing as bright a: I'm a-goin’!” he eried. John put the letter on the tableand proceeded to read it aloud: My Dear Nephews: Con he nding that by this time Miss Beckner did not necd any one to tell her the letter was from themother’s people: she knew it as soon ns ske had puzzled out. the address, and she anderstood bsfore slowly Fronomneed the words that the mot! people wanted the boys. She did not worl; she would not bid them go or stay her lips tightened a little as she went on turn- the heel of the boy's sock. 1 © getting to be big, fine-iooking rhe had said yesterday they were toon for the horse, they'd “breck the critte z To boys of thirteen an snes’ letter held out Little "Lije leaned over John Ff reading sloud to Miss Jemima, and his b ees danced and gleamed. No, they get such a good chance again in a hurry; he was ready to quit the Barrens, There was Just a cuspicion of something like teacs in John’s eyes as he glanced across at huis aunt and then back at the letter irom_ tie mother's people. “We enn't both leave,” he said, hesitatingly. ‘Then little *Lije cried again in his determined voice, “i'm a-goin The two boys talked the matter over on their toand from school the following day, and iked about it in the evening as ther led the horse up from the watering trongh. ‘They were aware that the momentous decision was w \| altogether in their own hands, and little ’Lije thought they buth ought to go. Never had the homes in the Barrens appeared so mean and miserable to John Beckner as they did that day, with little "Lije urging him away from it all, “They're rich,” said little "Lije, “and they'll usup in the st When we've got a chance we ought to take it, Jawn.” t Miss Jemima had received them in the Barrens when the rich relatives had held aloof; she had worked for them and gaved for them med for them, Joha shntifed his boots and said in a whisper that he reckoned he'd stay.” ou'll be sorry for it, Juwn,” said little When you got a chance you oughta “Aunt Jemima thought of us as soon as ever it happencd,” said Jou, referring to that bit- ter sorrow in the western dugout. She wuz the one to come fo’ard with the offer of a tore,” said ations, to be much good power o’ work to Aunt Jemima.” i} ! e musta brought a | Pj } the blackberry “A man_ couldn't live ‘yer in the Barrens all his life and be much account to mobeds,” sald ittle "Lije, emphatically. “I mean some- body in the world; that's what father would a-like to see. I’m goin’ to take achance when I got it. Jawn Beckner, what'll you do yer in the Barrens?” Little ‘Lijo stared contemptu- ousiy out upon the Barren trees, and the black- berry bushes and :he miserable shanties show- ing up herve and there. But the contemptuous expression gave j lace to one of doubt and dis- may wheu Le loot John, The elder of Eh had also allowed his gaze to at iting wilderness. Little “Lije might have dreams, but John had them, too. A pathetic emile played about the reroliite mouth, but the boy could not keep ‘ack the two telltale™tears that rolled down his checks. ¥ jawn, I b'lieve you wanta go!” Little "Lije laid his’ hand on his brother's arm witha strange gentleness, aa if already the boy heroin the Barrens had become **somebod; “But 1 ain't a-goin’, "Li J “Aunt Jemima woutdu’ keer very much, mebbe.” ee “L ain't a-goin’,” rej john. “Ef Aunt Jemima anys sbe wou't mind?” “Xo."" What of awful corry?’ as, “Mebbe I won't, "Lijo: there ain’t no tellin’ “I think as it’ will be a pity, Jawn,” said little "Lije, softly; **tain't every day a body gets oie oid bs hearing the news, camé ‘The neighbors, upon hearing the new forward with their “say,” agreeing with little *Lije. ‘Ef they'll take both of ‘em an’ start both of ‘em, both of ‘em ought a-go,” was the universal verdict, ‘They kin do as they please,” said Miss Jemima; “I'm neither a hinderin’ ora helpin’. But the aunt in the Barrens ehed a fow tears over the boy's clothes that she packed in the carpet-bag, and, somehow, she felt a degree of pride in the venturesomeness of little je, though he was willingly leaving her, and snid io herself of the boy who was going to stay, “Lore ain't so much go in Jawn.” After the departure of little "Lije 9 great loneliness settled upon the small house in the Barrens, Even before spring came John set feverishly to work. : The people were not slow to notice the change in Jemima’s etony acres, and when the boy, all alone, started into grabbing ficld the’ talk spread, “Jawn’s stayed back to get the place,” they said. Mins Beckner had never’ missed any one as much as she missed little "Lije, but when his letters arrived she tead them ‘over and over and, as she said to Mr. Lowry, “they brought @ mite o’ comfort.” John, however, after read- ing little "Lije’s glowing letters, would go out into the lot and pick up stones until after dark. ter awhile, Jawn, you wuz to be lnrgest 7 THE NAVAL EXHIBIT. The New Navy Illustrated at the World's Fair by the Great Illinois, JUST LIKE A REAL VESSEL. Complete in Every Detail Except Sails and Rigeing—A Type of the Finest Naval Ves- sel Known to the Public — The District's Building. ee Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HE WASHINGTON people have no building of their own at the world’s fair, and in that respect they are less fortunate than the peo- ple of the states, but they usually find abome for themselves in Un- cle Sam’s great build- ing, and there they make themselves com- fortable and receive the best of treatment. The truth is that the District of Columbia being left out in the cold, Washingtonians bave come to look upon the government building as their proper place of meeting. Following this theory up they have not only a building, but the finest suip that bes ever been shown to the public. She lies by the side of a long picr that runs out into Lake Michigan, and there is no danger of ber break- ing loose from her moorings and floating awa; for the very good reason that she is built there and that she couldn't float at ail if she were moved. Her name is the Iifinois and she is the naval exhibit at the fair. Shs is the man-of-war in the na’ but when the big battle ships Indiana, Mavsachusetts and Oregon are completed there will be three others as large as she. A NovEL sm. Bhe is decidedly a novel ship, for she is built of brick upon piles and heavy timbers, Any ‘one who sees the big ship ata distance of 100 yarda mihi easiy be fooled into the belief CHICKENS IN THE KITCHEN. Hatching Them Out by Artifice on Washing and Ironing Days. 66¢I]\HAT CHICKEN-KEEPING DESKMATE of mine will drive me into a lunatic asy- Jum sooner or later,” said the treasury clerk yesterday. “He hes beon cackling all day about a feat which be hes accomplished in the line of artificial incubation, It seems that he had a hen on recently, or, more accurately speaking, two hens. He says that there isa science in setting a hen, and he bas always been very successful. On this occasion, however, the second hen, which had been set three days later than the first one, made up her alleged mind in the middle of the operation that she would discontinue it. He tried to overcome her determination by fastening her down in the nest by means of a board with a brick on top of it, but it was no use. “Being obliged to give that up there was nothing else to do but to put the eggs of hen No. 2 under hen No. 1, who was continuing to sitall right. Of course the ‘thus trans- ferred were three days bel the other ‘clutch,’ as I believe he calls it. He was kept awake nights for a whole week trying to think what could be done when the brood properly belonging to hen No. 1 should emerge from the shell. She could not be kept on the nest for three days longer in order to hatch out the other ecgs, and it did not seem as if anything could be done about it. “However, hon No. Lehanced to bring out her brood on Sunday last. In the ordinary course of events she was not to fetch them off the nest until the following day. Fortuuately that was washday. So my chicken-keeping friend took the unbatched eggs and put on the dresser inthe kitchen, where the tem- perature was about 100 degrees. He swe that the normal temperature for washing and iron- ing clothes is 100 degrees. It is the same for hatching chickens. There was not a chirp to be heard in any of the eggs, but they were due in forty-eight hours Just the same. “On Monday night he put them under the ken which was covering her chicks ina box from sunset to daybreak, and on Tuesday moru- ing he returned them to the basket in the kiteben, where the rormal temperature of 100 degrees was stil! maintained, because ironing had bezun. By this time thore was a rustling sound to be heard inside of each shell. That night they were put under the hen again and my friend fondly hoped that they would ali be hatched out by morning. But when he exam- ined them the shells were merely chipped « trifle and one or two little beaks were out. Itwasan anxious moment, for the hen had walked off for the Cay with her chicks, evi- “He hea the chaneo,” Mise Jemima would | that she is a gentiine modern man-of-war Tait | (gay c, Come ering i¢ 4 part of er contract say, failing to co:prehend John's actions: | ing for her orders to proceed to some far div-| “CONT nun my trend thomght that be “twas his’ own fault ef he didn’t take it 1) tentehore ‘to protect American interests.” | would take that da¥ Th: corernment neither helped or hindered.” And thea the | But a close inspection shows be. im ber trae! 000) 1e0 x @ white without people's talk came floating to her aud ske grew |character—a perfect movel, and one that | by sg eapekichiaeacanoaaghe to lock upon John ay the ‘one who bd “stayed | enables any one to learn all that is to be learned | out at any o From time to time, at inte back to git the pl about the izbting ship of the present day. < 4 7 : Sb gratiuall Tuolittle farm took on ite pros- | Along the water line the measures S18 fort; | pect” hou" So, be helped iad the perons appearance that its mistress hardly Tealizwd the change. So gradually she ac- customed licrself to each added comfort as the hat it seemed to her that she : have done without them, When was raised in front of the old ighDora became congratulatory aud friendly, she surprised them into silence by her crisp, “Dare knows, it’s ben put off long enough.” Buta pride and the new he and the ensure in his work had taken possession of John with the broadening out of Lis shoulders, As he fed the fierce fires in the limo kilns through the long summer | nights the boy’s longings had vanished and the man’s deeper thonghts and wiser desires had pt inte their place, fhe blackberry tield bad long been a smiling pasture,the creat trees had Leen felled on every side away .com > new honse, happy litde ho there in ‘place of those miser: and Inayhi nd the county was ringing with the news that John Becknet ber extreme breadth is sixty-nine and one- quarter feet; her displacement is 10,231 tons; if she could move eho would go at the rate of fifteen knots an hour, propeiled by two sets of triple-expansion engines, with a horse power of 9,000. As it is, of course she has no engines, as the berth deck rests on the timbers and piles which are the ship's foundation. On the berth deck, however, is a very extensive iit, not only of the fittings and fixings which would belong there as toa man-of-war, but of other things also which illustrate the functions of the Navy Department. TRE DECKS. This berth deek is built of Georgia pine, and at those places where there should be hatches ‘and scuttles leading down to the lower deek there are very excellent drmmies, soas to make it all look real. Above the berth deck is the main deck, which is aiso constructed of Georgia Pine, and here there aro thirteen-inch turrets, Places for rapid-fire guns and the usual fittings was cutting nimself ont of tho Barrens the day | for “working ship.” ‘There are genuine hatches that hi ‘Lije paid bis first visit to Miss | and skylights for the greater convenience of the Jemim: use of the berth deck. There is a large military Miss Jemima was getting old. Hor wrinkled | mast constructed of steel plating, stiffened with hand trembled as it pressed the hand of little | iron, and on top of this isa signal mast. The ‘Lije. She was so very proud of little "Lije. | larger mast is botlow and a can climb up He had prospered im the western city—even | inside of it by means of a Jacob's ladder. The eyond his own wildest dreams, ‘one to look at little "Lije would know that be had prospered, ‘The farmers who met him on the road and to whom he called out familiarly treated him with respectful awe; even Miss Jemima could not overcome a certain timidity dwhis presence, Bmt she loved to wait upon him und she loved to hear him talk and laugh, and she was very sorry when ho went away. 1s was on a sweet May-xecnted morning that she stood at the gute looking down the road. John had driven little "Lije to the village. She 2 of the amazement in the eyes of he viewed the place from the 1 most wonderful thing he had he said, was the improvement in the And then he had added with his ugh. “So John’s disxppointment had a ant ending after all!” “Jawn's dicay poiutment?” she had repeated.and he had cried out in surprise. “Why, didn’t you know that he was wild to get to the store? You have your- self to thank, Aunt Jemima, for the improve- ment in the Barrens.” Miss Beckner’s eyes had faded with her ad- vancing years, but as she stood there at the 1 the green siretch of fields on each ride of the yard, she suw the happy little homes nestling about. "Then she turned and stared at the house, But the dim eyes bebeld what did not lie before them: There ouce more was the comfortless old house on the side of the stony hill, there was the ugly little duck poud only afew yards from the kitchen door, there was the crooked lane uj which she had so often driven the one ol wide poreb. ever seeu horse. John bad returned and entered by the back way. He came around to the front yard look- ing for his aunt. He wanted to hear her talk about little "Lije. How strong and big and brave he was! What ani ry part of her lifo he was! Miss Je- mina smiled throngh the tears in her eyes. ‘Then she placed her hands on his broad shoui- ders and glanced from side to side before ber gaze rested on his face, He remombered long afterward the pink glow that was in her cheeks. -Jnwn,” ake said, tremnlously, “you've mado the Barrens Lioom. ses An Awful Fate. From Puck. Tourist (who bas fallen over prec has been hanging by branch for twent; utes)—"Fenn hold out no longer. Good-bye, wife—children—friends, Ah, ‘tis horrible to find a watery grave in this lonely spot.’ (Drops.) just ax the old-fas ice and min- turrets on the deck, in which are the big guns, are @ very good imitation of steel armor plate, being made out of wood framing covered with coment FOR THE TORPEDOES, ‘On the berth deck are two rooms, one in the bow, the other in the stern, for torpedoes. They inclose tubes from which the torpedocs may be fired. Thero is also captain's cabin fitted up very handsomely, ward room, store rooms, a payinaster's room, @ dispensar; Then ‘come wind!asses, boat davits, pumps, water-tight sliding doors, water-tight swinging doors, “chocks,” “winches” and the thousand and one details of a ship. A novelty among these details ix THE FRANKLIN LIFE BUOY. It comprises four water-tight air chambers of sheet copper. One mancan be easily supported by itand three men can bang on to it in the water. Itis unique in that it has automatic lighting apparatus and torches for night sig- nala, The illumination is effected by phos- phide of calcium in two small tin cases. If a wreck occurred at night and the life buoy fol- lowed directions closely, anybody fortunate enough to get hold of it would find himself the center of the most brilliant kind of stage light. It is hardly necessary to say that the Franklin life buoy is thus far simply a briddiant experi- ment, No RIGGING AND SAILS. ‘There is one thing, of course, in which the Mlinois is lacking. There are no rigging and ils, for these are bite of antiquity tnat are no longer used by the most fashionable ships. There are some Columbus caravels commg, such as sailed the ocean 400 yours ago, and they are covered with sails, and there isa fino old whaling vessel alongside of the Krupp gun building at the extreme southern end of the world’s fair park. which has sails and ropes and ladders enough to confuse anybody, but tie Iinois is free from all these things, and, ‘oned ships are helpless when there is no wind, so is the modern battle ship helpless when the steam gives ont, but it is presumed some effort could be made to use the military masts to held a few square yards of canvas, MODELS OF OTHER SHIPS. The Iinois is not deemed, in herself, a snf- ficieut exhibit of what a medel battle ship thould be, so there are shown upon her dechs models in miniature of the other great ships of the new navy. There is the which was lnid in 1891; the old monitor Mian- ‘tonomoh, which has often laid off the navy yar in Washington; the ec Monterey, now attacked to the Pacific squadron: the armored cruiser Maine, now being built at the Brooklyn navy yard New York. being built at Phi the Baltimore, Charleston, other models, ewark and ten here are ‘alko sixteen water color paintings of American ships. FLAGS AND SIGNALS. Another very interesting part of the exhibit is that devoted to flags and signals, Here you conn see the President's flag, the fiag of the See- retary of the Navy and thove that belong to admirals, rear adn commodores, &c.; also the flags of ail nations, of which there are no lees than forty-three, including such powers na Kowa, Madagascar, Tunis and Liveria, The last named. by the way, is the same as the American flag, except that the blue fieid con- tains only a single stai ‘Thero is a libra allowed to have ns shipa are Department. It . ineliaes a copy of ited States, laws re- lating to the navy, Webster's Dictionary, books on electricity, seamanship, histories of” many kinds, biographies and books of travel, there is not a single novel. ILLUMINATED AT rant. When tho Ilinots was illuminated the other night for the first time the great crowd in the grounds was fairly taken aback at the splendid appearance the presented. She has a full «np- ply of electricity. and she #pplies it according to the most apy ved methods of the present day. Among other lights the marvelous elec- tric search light was put into operation. In these mirrors aze used on all sides of the pro- jector, and an object can be seen clearly ona dark night at a distance of 5,000 yards, ‘When it comes to the guns of the Liiinois, the largest ones have been shown only as dumm because the construetion of the ship is such that it would not bear the weight of the real metal, but there nre four 6-inch brecch-ioading rifles on the main deck, beside a 5-inch rap fire gun, and half a dozen others, Of small rms there 1% a complete assortment, as there is also of clothing and supplies, even down to the regulation navy plug tobacco. ———_—_ Money in It. * the begins with a Holy P the Constitution of the From Life. Benevolent gentieman—‘My little boy, have ‘Tonrist (as he strikes bottom)—‘‘Well, I'll be | you no better way to spend this beautiful Sub- banged! To Maka THe Haan ( revent baldness anid Kee successful. ow A NaTvRAt Coron, tue scalp healthy, Hall's rege . Renewer was invented, and has proved itself | ® chump inside with my sister who is bath afternoon than by standing in front of the gate idling away your time?” Boy—“I ain't idling away my time. ‘Thore’s paying me ‘@ quarter an hour to watch for pop.” ‘egon, the keel of | e armored cruiser | by cracking the shells, and at length he bad the satisfaction of bringing all of them—there were seven, I believe—into the world. Ho wrapped them up carefully in raw cotton and that evening he put them under the hen after dark. She did not know the difference and the next morning aoa them all off with her on a foraging expedition, though the newly hatebed ones were hardly able to keep up with their older brothers and sisters “You would think that it was a great exploit, af you could hear this hen-keeping Innatic cackle over 1, He save that the artseial fucu- bation of fowis isa problem that prevents small difficulties. Even the ancient Egyptians used to practice it ona large scale in rude ovens. He believes that ostriches could be hatched out just as easily in the kitchen, without the inter- ¥eution of the mother bird, if wash days and were to alternate throughout tho would hardly be @ practicable method at home, but possibly an ostrich farm might be run in conjunction with a laundry. It is all a mattee of keeping the temperature at about 100 degrees. My friend says that he has no doubt » person could batch out an egg by hold- it in his mouth for twenty-one days.” The Cost of Newspapers. From the Philadelphia Presa ‘The great public that reads ite every morning at the breakfast table base only a vague idea of the proportions to which tho business of publishing those journals has grown. Some facts and figures given in an ad- dress by Mr. James heat coonond the Chicago Herald before the world’s press congress will help to a better understanding of the subject. Mr. Scott is president of the American News- paper Publishers’ Association, an organization ‘of 150 newspapers, claiming to represent aboxt 50 per ceut of the daily newspaper circulation in the United States and 85 per cent of the advertising. The — represented by these 150 news- papers, Mr. Scott asserted, exceeds $200,000,000 and the amount they pay for labor is €100,000 « day.or $36,500,000 « year. The other expeuses of these newspapers, he said, would bring their total outlay to at least 75,000,000, and perhaps $80,000,000. There are newspapers whose an- nual basiness reaches €5,000.000, while nearly every large city in the country has one or more newspapers whose annual business reaches €1,000,000. As Mr. Scott remarked: “This may strike you as startling, but it only shows the enormous growth of the newspapers of America in the last fi'teen or twenty years.” In fact, there is no business today better organized and demanding a higher class of talent and greater sagacity and energy than the publication of newspapers. In no business hasa keener and closer watch to be kept of the signs of the time, and nowhere else must there be a greater willingness to assume re- sponsibilities and sacrifice the present to the future. Mr. Murat Halstead illustrated this fact when he spoke of the necessity of throw: ing aside a good press, that has become per- fected by working, simply because some new gos Np ye has been made of which the public demand the benefit. Fifteen years ago a New York newspaper in getting a new outfit of printing presses congratulated itself that the ucme of perfection had been reached and that no change would be needed until the presses were worn out. But in less than five years every one of those presses was in the junk shop, although they were doing better work than when first set up, and from €15,000 to $25,000 had to be sacrificed on every one of them. | They were not worn out, but new in- ventions had put them behind the times, The day when a Greeley, a Bennett or a Ray- mond can start a newspaper ona capital of brains and courage is past. The expense of es- tablishing a newspaper is too great, the compe- tition too strong, and both these factors are be- comimg more important every day. As Mr. Scott said in his address: “There is not a news- paper in a large city in America which does not ou each succeeding year run ata greater ex- pense than it did the year before, not only in its ealitorial department and news department, but ‘he in every department of that news| Public, homer ton, greater outlay and growing financial independence of news} kai- torial expressions become more independent and informatory, their tone is more impartial and less traculent to men and parties, and the range of news is constantly fuller aud more | accurate. What has been accomplished in the past, however, is only tke inception, or the preface, | of what'the future bas in store for the news | paper. It is enough to know now that tho ‘TOWN LIFE FOR BABIES. Of All the Dangers Poor Food is the Most Fatal. For Dreaded Cholera Infantum Follows Poor Feeding. Necessary to Begin Properly Early in the Month of June, Jie eons on tos grass una pays the tower. fe rolls on and plays He builds block houses and <ligs clay wella, And makes sand pies in his hat. ‘Town life is not what sults children under five years old. But we have to deal with things as they are, and ‘this includes many thousands of children dwelling tnacity with all its dangers and diMcutties. How babies can be kept healthy in June, July ‘nd August is the greatest problem their parents have. To prevent the great infant mortality in these ‘three months has been the aim of all sorts of Philanthropy. Infant feeding has claimed the ex- haustive research of medical men.. They found fummer diarrhoea impossible to explain simply by ‘the presence of heat. ‘They found that improper feeding in the summer thme was the principal cause of the awfal mortality in this climate. A Perfect substitute for mother's milk had to be ‘made, an infant food that would be nourishing and strengthening, that would furnish material for blood and bone, that would be easily assimilated and perfectly digestible. P¥ally in lactated food ‘Was secured the combination of the necessary ele- ments of pure, healthy mother's milk. ‘The eMcacy and nu:ritive qual'ty of lactated food is today acknowledged by every one. Asa preventive of cholera infantum ft is worth more than all the medicines in the world. As astrength-giver to growing infants nothing can compare with it, Ass food that is eusy to Procure and prepare, and is liked by the little ones themselves, too much cannot be said for it. It has saved the lives of thousands of Infants ‘within the last few years. It has been the food of hundreds of bates who have never been sick. Above is the picture of ‘the one-year-old child of Mre. Edward Newcom of Logansport, Ind, which was received the other day, accompanied by the following letter from Mrs. Newcom: “Our baby had to use artificial food om gecount of no wurse. We tried several different Kinds of im fant foods, but none agreed with him until we com- menced the use of lactated food. Now he ts per fectiy healthy. We are still using the food and Tecommend it to a!l our friends.” ‘This is the experience of hundreds of mothers ‘and the demand for lactated food te twice as great as a year ago tm feeen & Pr : voi you can nd another a good for the: pelos. Sevote one entire Rovr to Panton Fonsrrene. Suites in t , Wilton Tue, jont ou tne Sole wi aly Sy tor Bed oom Boreas “nothin like it'eisewhere at our Trou need a Carpet for the Brus-cle st 39 cents per a. ALL THE CREDIT YOU WANT AT GROGAN’S | newspaper business has made its place among the great businesses of the country, and that ite commercial independence demands for it the same consideration as is accorded to any othor Wellestablished branch of human activity. — +o-- e The Umbrella Girl. From Fliegende Biatter. al and Hterary men will find ud refreshing as Morsfo nosphat sands of these classes of men. va} sis the testimony of thou | tractor and B MAMMOTH et Beauty Balm, Ave Complexion Beautiter Unegualed, READ: PAULINE GALL, ‘The Beautiful Song Bird, writen us: Philadelphia, May 2, 1898 Fenno I aboratory Ansoviation: to, be abe, to,8 im Beauty Bain, an ‘inal fars PRICE ON TY BALM is for sale in Washington at aly aA parrots, bait dresers, costumers and deal fers iu toilet preparations, FENNO LABORATORY, Sole Proprietors, 200 Norta Uibot., Puuiadelpiia m8 bess. 1920. NS, Carventor ai ‘Sand of 3, T. WALKER, Com Jobbing Uy reliable mem,