Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1893, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER n TALENTED WOMEN. Female Artists and Their Studios in New York. FAMOUS WITH THE BRUSH. Good Work in Bare Dens and Aesthetic Studios. ties required in fitting up a studio vary, of consequently fitted up to accommodate their needs. On first entering a studio the eye is at- tracted by the picturesque element of its Spartan ‘simplicity, and still others insist \ = QX ESE MRS. WHITMORE IN of studying it under its freest conditions, in 1888 she joined a party of artists who were going to Algeria for the express pur- pose of studying the Arabian horse, the Durest and most beautiful type of the race. She spent the winter in Algiers, and not being content until she had come face to face with desolation, she joined a caravan which penetrated as far south into the desert as the Biskra oasis. This was journey of four weeks, during which Mr: Newcomb transferred ‘to her sketchbooks many of the Incidents of desert travel and steaithily painted the picturesque Arabs in spite of the prohibition of the prophet. She also succeeded in getting some fine interiors with Arab women weaving the bernous on their native looms. Her sketches also show various effects of the wastes of sand with the dawn just breaking and the caravan resuming its early march. Eight months in Algeria were spent in these congenial labors at Constantin and other towns. Mrs. Newcomb is not content with painting at second-hand, but spends many ® morning hour sketching horses from the life in various New York stables. She is an indefatigable worker and deservedly popular in a large circle of acquaintances. The picture here represented, “Breaking New Ground,” somewhat recalls her Salon success of 1887. Across the passage in this building is the studio of Mrs. F. Gotthold, the daughter of Mr. Simon Wolf of this city, who 1s one of the most diligent and enthusiastic of wo- men artists. For many years she studied in @ class which selected for its master and eritie the late B. O. Fits, a talented figure and portrait painter who died a year ago just as he was achieveing fame and success. Mrs. Gotthold reflects much of his spirit in the treatment of her subjects and in her schemes of color. Her specialty is figure painting, but she has recently finished a number of clever canvases of still life. She leaves her luxurious home every morning to work all day at her easel in her studio, which is hung with soft colors and which contains many interesting vases, jars, bits of porcelain and old brass and copper uten- sils, which figure in her otudies. She con- fines herself exclusively to oils, several of which have been seen at the Corcoran Art Gallery. One of the largest apartments in the Sherwood studio building is occupied by Miss Maria Brooks, an English woman, who for nine or ten years has heen identified with the women artists of New York. Miss Brooks handles her brush with more vigor and power than is usual to a feminine hand, and her talent and achievement have placed her work beyond that of the average man. Instead of tapestries and bric-a-brac one finds her walls lined with completed Pictures that insist on being examined by Teason of their treatment,- drawing, tech- aique or striking color. Among them is a series of five or six delightful studies of little girls on very small canvases. Each picture contains but one figure—usually the same child—who, ciad in @ scarlet zown, is either playing with her “dear dolly” or struggling over her sums upon a slate. Her chief companion here ts “Polly,” a gay little parroquet, which makes friends with every visitor, expecting to stand on his shoulder or perch on his head, to share @ great part of the attention and to form @ topic of conversation. “Polly” seems to delight in his fac-simtle, which is seen in a clever portrait of one of Misé Brooks’ young friends who holds the vain little green bird on her finger. This is called “Two Pretty Ones.” One of the artists’ favorite achieve- ments is a study on a motive taken from Goethe's “Faust"—“Two souls within my bosom dwell.” The picture is a study in black showing a brunette with !iquid brown eyes that are uplifted, yet slightly drooped at the corners, giving one the sense of un- shed tears as she appeais to heaven for more strength to determine her avocation and to end the struggle that heaves within her soul. The great question is, shall she yield to earth's pleasures and delights, or shall she consecrate herself to a religious life for spiritual aims and end. There nothing sensational in the painting of this work, but the broad dramatic touch and treatment reveal heroic pain that 1s some- thing higher than grief or despair. The accompanying study of a child is done with the palette knife instead of the brush. The Misses Elmer also have an apart- ment in the Sherwood studio bullding, where they accomplish good and effective work. Miss Mary Elmer is one of the most successful painters on china in New York. She receives large orders from wholesale houses. The china that she uses comes al- most exclusively from the works of Tren- ton, N. J. Miss Elmer says she prefers this to any imported china as the shapes are of more beauty and the tints more delicate than the china of foreign manufacture. Her sister is a tapestry painter, or more correctly speaking, she paints with dyes on a material of silk, linen, and wool, made in France, which costs $10 a yard. The art ~ HER STUDIO that beautiful things are inspirations, and thelr presence alone is stimulating to the tmagination and create an artistic phere. A considerable number of y: artists in New York accumulate hangings, tapestries, old armor, &c., j need or use them, but because It is the cor- | ing ps rect thing, and therefore they must have | tapestry themy It is most instructive to visit the | ered, but various studios, not only tastes of the artists, but to learn of 2 life so widely different from the average ex- istence of the many. ‘The artists of } not because they | various w York congregate in ‘There is a large studio building on 10th street, where Mr., W. M. Chase and John La Farge and many other noted men have their rooms. Another bulld- ing on 6th avenue near 15th street, where J. Wells Champney resides; the upper floors of the Young Men's Christian Associ are given over to studios, one of which longs to Walter Satterlee and others to J. and Wordsworth Thompson. ‘There are studios on Mth street and West 18th street, where the sculptor Elwell has his workshop. The Clinton, West 424 street, to studios, where Bolton, A long line of sta- street have been convert- known as the “Holbein | which are very favorite artistic “the Sherwood Studio building,” on Sith street, combines the feat- ures of apartment house, studio, restaurant ‘The latter is, perhaps, the most comfortable and desirable resorts of the no- is given over offices, and finally Among the women the finest animal pain- ter is unquestionably Mrs. Marie Guise Newcomb, whose studio in the Holbein is a workshop of the best type, the walls being covered with sketches which supply a com- plete history of her art wanderings. She is a charming and entertaining hostess, and her Thursday afternoons are thronged with people anxious to see the latest product of she went to Paris and studied under Emil Schenc! largest reputation there as an animal pain- Ecouen was also for a time her head- quarters, and in 1887 she contributed to the who has the which at once stamped her as worthy pupil of the master. Newcomb paid some attention to la in combination with Was ber favorite study, and being de: a | familiar figure t ‘Though Mrs. nimals, yet th j Was known in the middle ages and subse- |@uently lost, but at the present day has mos- | been rediscovered and famous French artists are engaged in it. Godin, the greatest of | these, has as much work ‘as he can do for European governments in decorat- * interiors. As most people know, is generaily woven or embroid- there are specimens of this dyed to discover the | tapestry in Germany as oid as any known. The mixture of silk and linen is used for 2, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. is Miss H. W. Phelps, who confines her- The second race will be an equilateral self almost exclusively to figures. Sh studied for two years in Paris at Jullien's mous academy, and in 1889 a picture of hers in the Salon called “In the Cloister’ attracted much favorable comment. Her work shows knowledge of anatomy and her colors are laid on with much skill. One of her latest pictures is that of a nude lying on a green lo with yellow pillows, which is very effective. The light and shade is managed with much taste. Another picture, * Forbidden Fruit, is a clever lamp Mght study of a maiden lying In bed reading a novel. Still another represents a girl with auburn hair in a meadow who tries to catch the floating down of the milkweed. The arrangement of Miss Phelps’ studio shows at once by its absence of unnecessary adornment that it is intended for hard work. She takes her art seriously and is sure to secure a high place in the ranks of women artists in the not far distant future. Among the younger artists Miss Loutse H. King, now Mrs. Kenyon Cox, has won perhaps the greatest reputation. She firet attracted attention a few years ago by a picture entitled “The Lotus Eaters,” paint- ed in 188. ‘This was sent to Paris for ex- hibition, and on its return to New York has traveled to various exhibitions. Mrs. Cox was educated at the Art League, and is a most devoted student, working all day in a studio devoid of ornament save a few cay’ and studies. She has a strong feeling for the decorative school and loves to paint nymphs dancing rondels on the green sward, and long, slim, misty ladies of high degree that dream in violet shadows or walk hand in hand down pleached alleys. She aiso takes pleasure in making boid designs cf angels playing rebecks and other queer in- struments for cathedral windows. About a year ago she was married to the famous artist, Kenyon Cox, who long had been her master. Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nicholls holds a high place in the front ranks of the lady artists of New York. She has a large house on 60th street, which she has arranged for her work, and here holds her classes. She is one of the cleverest painters in New York. Mrs. Nicholls is an Englishwoman of good birth, who studied in Italy, where she met Burr Nicholls, an artist well known in New ‘ork and Paris. Mrs. Nicholls is a widely traveled woman, and among other out of the way places has spent much time in south Africa, where she engaged in ostrich furniture and wool for portieres and wall panels. Of course very effective work can be done with oils on cloth, but fatal objec- tion to this is that it does not wear well, paint dries and in time scaies off. In the method followed by Miss Elmer very small and stiff brushes are used; every stroke jis indelible and the dye is !aid on in the | faintest washes, the depth of color being | attained only by repeated applications of | the brush. Every part of the work is gone over at least nine times. It is consequently n exceedingly delicate process. | When | completed the dyes are set by steam, after | which time has no effect on the brillianey | of the tints. Miss Elmer chooses her sub- | Jects almost exclusively from the artists (of the age of Louis XIV and XV, preferring | Watteau, Bouchet, Fragonard, ‘and above all, the forgotten Penet, w e designs are extremely decorative. The ill ration giv shows Miss Elmer at work on “Love's Se- eret.” by Fragonard. A Portier of thi: Ze | takes about a month's hard work and sells | for about four hundred dollars. Miss Mary Elmer is also shown at work on her china painting. jliss “Marla a Becket also lives in the Sherwood. By many people she is con- | sidered the most talented land: among the lady artists. | but sells very fre pe painter She not only paints | lv, so that a visitor to | her studio rarely finds much of her work jon the malls by which he may form an idea of her powers, brilliant col- orist and her sym rem to be rath- She is er with the impi school. Unlike | most of the artists of the present her methods are American as_ is evidenced in ice of subject. The Florida receive lov- brush. She is a the visitors at the great + and various resorts in thward as far as Lake jing hotels in Flortd: Virginia and nc George. Another successful artist in this house farming. She is too busy to keep her stu- Mrs. J. Francis Murphy's Studio. dios for show, and consequently the visitor 4s impressed with the idea that the owner is a hard worker. A glance at her studios and a knowledge of her busy professional life 1s @ good lesson to those who look upon women artists as purposeless amateurs. Like Mrs. Nicholls, Miss Agnes D. Abbatt is very successful. Her studio is in a new building on Fifth avenue, where many im- portant artists live. She ts one of the few ladies who are members of the Water-Color Society. Miss Abbatt paints also in oils, and ts especially fond of landscapes. Lately she has been devoting much time to pastels. Miss E. M. Scott is also a clever painter of flowers. She has her studio in East 18th street. She went to Paris not to study un- der any special masier, but to work gen- erally as her taste prompted in schools and galleries, copying the pictures which most ‘appealed to her artistic sympathies, and de- pending upon what she calls the “exhibi- tion influence.”* Mrs. A. Burt confines herself to painting fruit, which she represents with the utmost realism. Her pictures are occasionally found on the walls at exhibitions, but, like so many others who paint in the less am- bitious lines of art, she sells a great many more canvases than are ever exhibited. ‘An important figure in the ladies’ “Art Club” is Miss McChesney, @ figure painter of unusual power. After four years in San Francisco she came to New York, where she has been coming more and more into promt- nence during the past seven years. She has an intimate knowledge of her art and a masterly technique tn water color. She does much excellent work for exhibi- tion and occasionally visits other countries, nding three months or so in Holland or rancp studying types of figure’ which are not to be met with here. On the top floor over the rooms of the “Salmagundi Club,” on 22d street, Mrs. Charlotte Whitmore has her studio. ‘The large square room has a skylight with a sort of pointed gable at one end, [his is studio, workshop and living room all in one, being @ sort of compromise. Writing desk and easel, sofa and easy chairs, screens abloom with flowers and many littie articles reveal the sex of the artist. Mrs. Wisicmore de- votes her attention ‘to landscape and is never so happy as when roaming about the country in a flannel gown and soft felt hat, carrying foot stool and easel to the spot which captivates her fancy. Not many doors away from Mrs. Whit- more a little studio is shared by Mrs. J. ‘Francis Murphy and her friend, Miss Bo- dine, who have been associated for several years. Their modest canvases are gome- times seen in the corners at the spring and autumn academy exhibitions. Mrs. Murphy Teprgsents country scenes, in which rustic children figure, and Miss Bodine is addicted to water colors in which the foregrounds receive the most attention. She :.lso paints in oils. Both of these ladies are clever photo- graphers and are able to preserve reproduc- tions of their water colors and paintings. Mrs. Murphy spends her summers in the Catskills, where she shares her husband's studio, charmingly situated half way down @ mountain slope crowned with thick wood ‘A beautiful view is seen from “Weedwild, the name of this place, and the netghbor- hood is especially rich ‘in material for the landscape artist, —_—_—.__ PROPERLY REBUKED. A Crushed Wife Finds One Ray of Un- expected Sunshine. From the Chicago Tribune, “Before you go down town, Cyrus,” said his wife, “you must not forget to leave me 50 cents. I've got to buy some things this morning.’ “This abominable extravagance of yours, Belinda,” replied Mr. Kneer, opening his pocket book with vistble reluctance, “is what keeps us poor. Where, I would like to know,” he continu becoming excited, “is the 50 cents I gave you last week? What have you done with it? Fifty cents in clean cold cash, madam, gone in less than six days, and’ gone for nothing! What have you got to show for it? Do you think I'm made of money?” demanded ‘Mr. Kneer, taking ut a coin and slapping it down’ on the table. “Do you—” ‘Don't say any more, Cyrus!” exclaimed Mrs. Kneer, with tears in her eyes, and put- ting her hand hurriedly over the money. “I'l not spend any more of it than I am actually obliged to spend, and I thank you ever so much!” With a mollified grunt Cyrus put his purse back in his pocket, took his hat and went down town, and in less than half an hour Mrs. Kneer, trembling with eagerness, svas on the way ‘to the great dry goods stores. For Mr. Cyrus Kneer, by the most calamt- tous and unaccountable blunder of his whole life, had given her:a $20 gold piece instead of a half dollar? a ‘The Wealth of Gold Unruined. From South Africa. An experimental boring 2,500 feet deep was recently made in Witwatersrand gold field, with a view to testing the lay of the auriferous deposits. The result was of the most satisfactory character, and the “strike” has led to calculations of the hidden wealth of these fields, and possibly the following by Mr. Scott Alexander 1 be interesting as showing the rich possi- bilities of the future: Circumference of basin, 400 miles: diameter, 127 miles; crea, square miles or 300,710,272,00 square feet. Taking average thickness of 8 series of blanket beds at 6 feet, equal to 48 feet, equals 16,434,(43,066,000 cubic fect of reef, or at 15 cubte ‘fect to the ton, 10,021,433, 150,000 tons. At 30s. per ton, very low, ‘Value of gold equal to £1,578,196,224,000, or one billion five hundred and ‘reventy-cight thousand one hundred and ninety-six snillions two hundred and twenty-four thousand pounds sterling. Taking the population of Wit- watersrand at 4,0 souls, this allows euch £39,454,906 128. Gd. Fract From Life. FOUR BIG YACHTS How the Cup Defenders Are Being “Tuned Up.” PREPARING FOR THE FINAL RACES Announcement by the America’s Cup Committee. DATE FOR THE BIG CONTEST. All the owners of the four eighty-five- footers are now doing a lot of thinking, says the New York Times, and Gen. Paine 4s not alone in this respect. The yachts are being prepared for the trial races, which will be sailed next week, and the owners are thinking of every possible way to make the yachts sail faster than they already have. The Vigilant, the most successful one of the four, is hauled out at City Island. She 1s being cleaned, and all her spars and rig- Bing are being thoroughly overhauled and all weak spots strengthened. She has a new hollow boom made which measures thirty-two inches in diameter, but {t 1s very doubtful whether it will be used, as these hollow booms buckle considerably. The Vigilant. The Vigilant ts the only purely centerboard boat in the quartet, and for this reason many patriotic yachtsmen and many who are not yachtsmen wish to see her selected to defend the cup against the Valkyrie. The Vigilant is regarded as the only true type of an American yacht. In the past the contests between the American center- boards and the English deep-keel cutters have always proved interesting, and the genterboard has always had the best of it. ‘This is the argument in favor of renewing the contest on the same basis this yea: and it seems a good one. The Vigilant has & Tobin bronze bottom. It was put on at an additional cost of about $15,000. Tobin bronze presents a Smoother surface than steel and does not corrode or get foul so readily as steel. This certainly gives her a. Great advantage over the other yacht: It has been reported that the Vigilant measures eighty-elght feet on the water Une, and as the agreement made with Lord raven stipulates that the defending yacht shall not be more than 86.72 feet on the water line Vigilant will have to he lghtened considerably. Measurer Hyslop of the New York Yacht Club, Says that he has not measured thi that any statement that she 1 feet in length 1s unofficial. ‘Thi be some truth in the report, however, for Capt. Haft is the authority ‘for the state- at several tons of lead taken out of the Vigilant. ee The Colonia. The Colonia, like the Vigtiant, was bulit by the Herreshoffs, and is owned by a syn- dicate, of which Mr. Archibald Rogers is the head. She is a deep-keel boat, drawing sixteen feet, and consequently is the clam- pion of all the cutter men in the country, of whom Commodore Robert Center of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club is one of the leaders, In the races during the cruise Colonia dla not do so well as the Vigilant in windward Work, but could always run faster. windward work she sagged badly to lee- The Colonia is now at Bristol, and Capt. Haff is trying to turn her up so that she will be-able to give the Vigilant a good Tace next week, and perhaps beat her. The Colonia has had a new hollow boom le and other hollow spars are being pre- pared. It is sald that in order to ke-p ner from sagging when jammed on th» wind she is to be deepened. An oak strip js to be fastened on her keel and more lead added. She now draws sixteen feet, and with this addition she will probably draw more than seventeen feet. The Jubilee, The Jubilee ts in Boston. She is one of the freaks, having a fin and two center- boards. The fin is bo'ted onto the hull and has a bulb of lead at the bottom. One « terboard drops through the fin and the other is forward of the fin and is used to keep the boat from sagging. Without her board down the Jubilee draws fourtecn feet. Bostonians claim that she is fast as the Vigilant; but then Bostoniana will claim almost anything where their boats are concerned. These yachtsmen from the east say that it was only the Tobin bronze that beat the Jubilee, and that when n Paine has put his thought into practic: nd the Jubilee is cleaned and painted she will defeat the New York centerboard boat. As @ result so far of the general's thinking spreaders have been put on the mus: to keep the rigging away from it when a man goes aloft, and the jaws of the gaff have been strengthened. ‘The sails are to be ve. cut, and will fit'much better when she comes here next week than when she ap- peared in the New York Yacht Club cruise, Gen. Paine has had some hard luck. His crew deserted him because, at their request, he would not discharge Mate Miller. A new crew has been secured from some of the eastern yachts that have gone out of com. mission. It appears that the men who caused the trouble on the Jubllee were the same who deserted from the Navahoe last spring. e seems to The Pilgrim. ‘The Pilgrim, the other Boston boat, is an- other freak. She is of the fin-keel type, and draws twenty-two feet six inches. Her hull Proper draws only five feet; then there is seventeen feet six inches of fin. So far she has been a fallure and a great disappoint- ment to her owners and designers. They are not discouraged, however, and are xo- ing to have another try to defeat the other big ones. The members of the syndicate owning the Pilgrim have agreed to put up more money to make some necessary changes, and work will begin at once. it 1s proposed to add more lead to the bulb at the bottom of the fin and so enable her to carry more sail all around. She is to have new and longer boom, a new bowsprit and a new topmast. With more sail the friends of the Pilgrim feel confident that the boat will make a much better showing. ‘A member of. the syndicate, it is «aid, after thinking deeply of the advantages of the Vigilant’s Tobin bronze bottom, propos- ed to electroplate that of the Pilgrim to se- cure equal smoothness. He applied to an expert for information, and was told that in order to do the job the navy yard dry dock must be filled’ with the solution at a How the America's Cup Committee Propone to Select a Cup Defender. ‘The America’s cup committee of the New York Yacht Club, who have been busy for some weeks past preparing the details for the trial races to select a competitor to meet the challenging Valkyrie, completed their labore on Wednesday, and have issued an official circular to the members of the club embodying the result of their labors. Outside of the fact that the regatta com- mittee of the club will handle the races, thus leaving the cup committee free to ob- serve the performance of the competing vessels, and that the courses will be se- lected on the morning of each race, no changes worth speaking of have been made in the unofficial program, which reads as follows: ‘As previously announced, the trial races will be held at New York, beginning on Sep- tember 7, and will be’ sailed outside of Sandy Hook. By the courtesy of Commodore Morgan the flagship will be used as the judges’ boat, and the regatta committee have kind- ly consented to handle the races, thus leav- ing the cup committee free to observe the performance of the competing vessels. ‘The start will be made as near 11 o'clock a.m. as practicable, and will be across an imaginary line drawn ‘rom the flagship to @ suitable mark, which will be duly desig- nated. The signals and method of starting will be as follows: Preparatory signal—Ten minutes before starting signal one gun will be slred and the Blue Peter set in place of the club burgee. Starting signal—One gun tired, the Blue Peter lowered and a red ball hoisted on the achts may then cross the line. al—Two minutes after the al one gun will be fired and the red ball lowered. The time of this sig- nal will be taken as the time of any yacht crossing after it is given. In case of miss- fire a prolonged blast of the whistle will re- place the signal gun. Recall signal—Any yacht crossing the line before the starting signal -vill be recalled by short blasts of the whistle, a prearraug- ed number being used to iniicate each of the competing yachts. Courses—The courses w}ll be thirty naati- cal miles in length, and heir direction will be duly signaled from the flagship. The first race will be to windward cr lee- ward and return, triangle. The following races will be alternately of these two descriptions. ‘The time limit will be six hours of actual time. e system of measurement, time allow- ance and racing rules of the New York Yacht Club will govern; with the proviso that any excess of 1. w. 1. length over © feet shall be counted double in calculating the sailing length. Competitors are respectfully reminded that % 7-10 feet is the limit of 1, w. 1. lengths allowable. While the above is the proposed program, the committee reserve to themselves the right to vary the character and length of the courses and determine the number of Faces as expediency may require; the time limit will, however, remain in the same Proportion to the length of the course pre- ‘scribed. a The races will be sailed on alternate or succeeding days, as may suit the conven- fence of the competitors. The committee earnestly request that the competing yachts keep together a3 much as. practicable, the special object of thes: trials being to determine the relative excellence of the boats under equal conditions. The committee announce that by arrange- ment with the Earl of Dunraven the date of the first America’s cup race has been fixed for September 23. ———__ «00 DOUBLE OR me Echoes of the Season of Silken Superfluity. 4 The double skirt is upon us in all its full- fledged enormity; also, the double sleeve— the cap. The shoulder frill has got a new Jease of life and trained itself to run down to the waist. Now more than ever In the days of Fannie Hardcastle “‘a poor family might be clothed with the superfluity of a woman of position.” It 1s @ question, though, if that same superfiuity does not really clothe poor families in a better and more self-respectful way than if the frills and furbelows were scanted to leave stuff for little garments. It is the luxury of the rich which makes opportunity for the poor. Bath AKes A ap) Everybody has heard how the gracious Em- | pad Eugenie relieved the sore distress of yons silk weavers by making it the fashion to wear quantities of silk. And the same lovely lady did a like service for the lace workers of Alencon. It fs unnecessary quite to call to mind what the Princess of Wales did for Ireland by bringing its pop- lins again to the front. And certainly among the heartiest blessings that followed Princess May and her bridegroom to the altar were those of the tradesmen, to whom the royal wedding festivities brought unex- ampled prosperity. In this roundabout way they doubtless find royalty worth all that it costs. On the other side it must be @ heavenly sensation to find oneself thus able at once to do good—the only charity that does not tend to pauperize its objects— and to indulge one’s inclination for the fine and beautiful things of life, to whose mak- ing goes so much of cheerfully patient labor. Labor is prayer says the proverb. Then truly does fashion set a many high priests in the temple of toil. Men dig in the mine for gems, go down to sea in ships, run hith- er and yon racking their brains with many inventions solely to the end that beauty may go beautifully—and ugliness be chic. After all the tyrant, Fashion, 1s a semi- benevolent despot. Like nature, her mighty law is change; u nature, ‘though, her are devious and ofttimes past finding see oF THE VERBS EXISTENCE, How They Have to Suffer and Be Stylish in Farbelows and Bodices., “Women are the verbs of existence—in that it is their mission to be, to do and to suffer,” says a social philosopher, less pol- ished than profound. Certainly the suffer- ing is in no doubt when one glances at Henri Deux ruffs, York bodices, and other furbelows which she who aspires to style must painfully endure. Quoth my Lord SUNDAY CLOSING. It Was Carried Out Vigorously in the Old Days. Inflictead for us Excuses for Sabbath Break! History’s memory has been awakened with the reagitation of that ancient question, as to whether man was made for the Sab- bath or the Sabbath for man (provoked this time by the world’s fair Sunday open- ing problem), with the result of showing some very remarkable pictures of American Sundays alone. Our stern New England fathers not only very plainly leaned to the theory that man was made for the Sabbath, but were also of the unqualified opinion that the Sabbath itself was an uncompromising and not-to- be-tampered-with institution—a sort of pro- custean bed, which, if too long, was by no means to be modified to fit its occupant, but the sleeper, on the contrary, must be retched or lopped off, as the case might to meet its rigid’ measurements—the New Haven code of laws of the seventeenth century providing indeed that “Profanation of the Lord's Day, if done proudiy and with high hand against the authority of God, shall be punishable with death.” Resting on the authority of the Scrip- tural verse, which runs: ni d the morning were the first day, began at sunset on Saturday, this Puritan bath, which to our modern eyes seems combination of fast day and day of pen- ance, and the troubles of poor human na- ture which then, as now, ever to take its began a citizen of Ply- mouth named James Watt being in 1658 publicly reproved for “writing a note about common business on the Lord’s day, at least in the evening somewhat too so01 the erring James had not sadly de- parted from the training of his youth he would instead of inditing worldly missives have occupied the time from sundown to bed time on Saturday with catechising his servants and children and with holding @ service of prayer and song in his family. To @ minister the time from Saturday's setting sun till the succeeding thirty hours ‘And the evening it had el meant almost uninterrupted devotion, which, t! varying in kind, wes identical in'alm the Saturday evening exercises and catechising of the chifiren, and servants’ being obscrved, of course, in ministerial as in lay families. One preacher wrote pathetically home to England that he “found it dificult to get a servant who enjoyed catechising and fam- iy prayers.” Upon rising Sunday morning further family services were the order o the day for him till church, after which this Puritan pastor retired ‘to his study for private devotion, remaining there till the afternoon Ing of the meeting house bell. Following the close of this service there was another lapse into his study, from which he emerged only tq reiterate the day’s sermon to the family and ser- vants, Then came a season of prayer. and after a cold su oe 7 were aged Sunday for any purpose but to preven from actually freeing to death—passaes of Scripture were read with the neholy and half-hearted aid of one tallow dip, and & psalm sung, while retirement for the night was prefaced by enother long prayer. jecping and Love Maki The shepherd though, notwithstanding this full Sunday program, had one short avenue of escape denied his sheep, an ave- nue which, though in truth leading most harmlessly nowhither, yet permitted the wanderer therein the innocent relaxation of u Sunday nap. And how many Sunday haps were taken under cover of this “re- Uirement for private devotion” is a secret that went down t» the grave with those ex- cellent New England parsons and their dis- creet helpmeets, who, no doubt, had they chosen, could have told many a tale of long unanswered raps on study doors, and even forced awakenings by ‘wifely ‘hands of slumbering spouses with soui-stirring re- minders of waiting congrecations and Sun- day duties already pressing for perform- ance. ‘The flock, on the contrary, was permitted no such latitude, but negiect of patient Sunday obligations must be accounted for and Variations of the regulation routine elaborately explained. The hearts of nine- teenth century lovers cannot but give a throb of sympathy for that New England swain and his sweetheart, who, in 1610, were accused of and tried “for sitting under an apple tree in Goodman Chapman's orchard on the Lord’s day,” while those who, in these latter day Sundays, are permitted full rein of their sociable instincts cannot but feel for lonely gregariously minded Sam Clarke of Plymouth, who, in 1659, was re- proved and warned “not to harden his neck and be wholly destroyed by hankering about on men’s gates on Sabbath evening to draw company out to him. Plymouth Missdceds. Even more numerous recoris were made of Plymouth misdemeanors, or elee the fiesh of that region must have been jocu- Mariy weak, however willing the spirit, for instances are countless of transgressions of the then existing Sunday law of town, one man with a distaste for customary cold collation of ul: and a@ longing for the flesh pots int hape of & Sunday chicken dinner being “sharply whipped” for killing towl on sun- day, and though cleanliness is said to te neXt to godliness, Elizabeth atly for ill-timed righteousness of this as the chronicles read, be Sabbatl P “fine Lytton: “A woman sighs, ‘I wish.’ A man| for wringing and heneing wet cL should say, ‘I will.’ Doubtless many a] Another citizen of® this ween dame, viewing this season’s fashion plates, has sighed, “I wish they gave us room to breathe and see.” Fancy a man in like case. It is as immorally certain as any- thing can be he would swear roundly, “I will not be choked or smothered without due process of law.” Certainly he would rebel, yet the sex is very far from being indif- ferent to fashion. Even in these sober days of ours they are as fussy and fidgety over cut and color and style and set as ever they dared to be in the days when Beau Brummel ruffed it in point lace and peach- colored small clothes, or those when George Washington spent his substance for ells of “fine scarlet broadcloth and wide gold lace.” Worth recalls the whisper that Paris had again donned the colored dress coat— plum, pure bottle green, or scarlet. By all means, let's have velvet knee breeches, buckled pumps, silk stockings, lace rufmles and cravats to'go along with jt. Then the full-blossomed exquisite would be, indeed, a sight to see. But spare us, point lace, t fronts underlined with pale pink satin —such 2s a southwestern Congressman wore at his wedding, He was not a back- woodsman nor a man who suddenly struck pay steel either. Contrariwise, he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, educated at Oxford, finished in Paris, from which his astounding wedding outfit was specially imported. Very naturally divorce trod close on the heels of marriage, for what woman of spirit could long endure such rivalry in a husband on this thrice-tender point? Let the wise men try to make us believe that male creatures have got their fine feathers wholly through the effort to win and keep the female of their species. +02 It Didn't Work. From the Detroit Tribune. Several distinct varieties of soll clung to his garments and eloquently proclaimed that he had lately walked through not less than three counties. The woman whom he met and accosted at the threshold of the lowly cottage had red raspberry stains on her apron. “Madam, T trust you will find it in your heart to assist a poor wayfarer. ‘The woman was silent, “Madam His voice was tremulous and low. “I was once the happy head of a family. he woman's face softened. “—had @ besastiful wife. Ah, she—* ‘Tears were standing in the woman's eyes now. as to my mind the sweetest and best of wives. But the dream was rudely dis- pelled when—" The woman leaned forward and held her breath. cher father lost everything in a wheat pinch.” ‘The woman gulped down a sob, entered the house and slammed the door. —_—_—————— ‘Wire nerves unstrung and heads that ache ‘Wise women Bromo-Seltzer take. town, who drove some cows “withyit aecl,” wos presented before the court. It is difficult indeed to do in those days, to esc the Sunday law, ‘since was fined 40 shillings f{ of an old felt hat to put in the object of protecting his feet from heat when marching, while Capt. Bostonian of Wealth and influcace, was get two hours in the public stocks for Fuss- ing his wife “publicquely” upon the cour. years. For a woman to «iss child was also a finable offence. x8 Consciences, too, became tender in those days, one Samucl Sabin confessing that in a moment of weak lone. lness he had visited a Relghbor on Sunday sHeiRE and “did fear he had tranegressed e law, though he felt sure no iiarm been done thereby.” a Some Excuses. And of course with all these rules and regulations as to general deportment it goes without saying that attendance on the church was rigidly enforced under the blue laws of New England, and not only must one be present at service, but one must approach and retreat from the lel edifice itself with a becoming slowness, ot unseemly haste being promptly question: one unfortunate so ‘accused protesting in his trepidation that he ran to rescue a man from drowning, though no water, save the dew on the fields through which he passed, existed for miles around. It is to be feared that, then as now, t Save oneself from blame, the truth ww sometimes stretehed to the point of being completely rent asunder, some of the ox Planations of absence from church. the penalty attached to which was the stocks, the whipping post, or a fine, at the discre- tion of the court,’ being far-fetched in the “*X resident of N Ha: resident of New Haven named William Blagden being one May Monday in. i6i? brought to account for his absene> from service the day before began his cxplana. tion: “In good truth, worthy sirs, 1 would have been a# prompt in my place yester- morn as any of you, but as 1 do stand hor when I crossed Ball's brook Saturday atrer: noon about five, on my way from work, the big log that spans it, and that pera Venture you, Master Hiffins, have marke! many a time, since it lies just below your il what one conta his shoes, with abnormally sheep tus broke with me, x into ‘the water, T did become drenchot ts the skin, “I am @ poor laboring maa, and do own but the one suit’o! it being unlawful to light Lord's day, I did bide in bed set of Sunday, my garments.” masters, lothes, and Gres on the Dear sun- waiting for the air to ary But he got no further. His romance too gauzy. He was forthwith silencel, looad fLlly of “sloathfulness” and sentenced. to be publicquely whipped come Tuesday Other Laws, The penalties of violations of the Virgin- fan laws of this period were, if jess cor- poreally painful, still very harrowing to the hearts of the citizens of the Old Dominion, since for every time one of them staye away from church he forfeited one pound uf to- bacco, while if he absented himself a month the quantity of the fragrant weed to be siven up was fifty pounds. A hundred years later, in the eiehtecnth century, the stringency ‘of all varictics of the Sunday law in the colonies haa rri1xed somewhat. fines and imprisonments for dis- obeyal being done away with. One time, though, in 1776, Sunday visiting becoming mus too common for the approval of the custodians of the public morals, a meeting was held in Plymouth “to get view of town minds” as to the best method of ‘deu‘in, with the sin, and after much deliberation ft was voted “That if any persons make un- necessary vizits on the Sabeth They Shall Be Lookt on With Contempt.” Times have changed, truly and sunday, which in those days might be described as & weekly attempt to perform the painful act of squeezing a square man into a round hole and a round man into a square hole, has come to be looked forward to as the re- ward of the week’s effort, a time when all, however drudging their week day callings, may become for @ brief hour men an1 wo- Bish OF felsure ang 8 such are entitied to don the best that their wardrobe aff TO ENTERTAIN THE VETERAN: Encampment at Indianapolis. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Press from Indianapolis says: Indianapolis is preparing for the greatest event of her life, and for one of the great- est in the social annals of munictpalities in this country. The occasion on which she is to give the world an idea of her hospitality, energy and wealth is the twen- ty-seventh annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will convene September 4. The management of the complex and tricate arrangements for entertaining the hundreds of thousands who are expected has been committed to a citizens’ organiza- tion of 3,00 persons, including leading men from outside cities and towns. The head of this large body, which ts divided up into numerous subcommittees, is Col. Lilly, presitient of the Commercial Club. ‘There is a large executive committee, of which Col, Lilly is chairman; Mr. D. P. Erwin, vice chairman; Mr. William For- tune, executive director; Mr. Allan Hen- dricks, secretary, and Mr. Albert Gall, the treasurer of state, is treasurer. The com- mittee includes Gov. Matthews, ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase, Gen. Lew Wallace and a num- ber of other well-known citizens. Crowds Will Be There. The returns show that from the New England States the number of veterans ex- pecting to attend this encampment is only about 2% per cent of those at Washington from that part of the country. But outside of that territory the returns show that the cordingly accommodations have been pro- vided for 125,000 people, and the committee holds itself in readiness to provide accom- modations for as many more if only notified in time. The prices asked run from lodging and meals up to & a best private boarding houses. sire to make do 80 thro who will available places at the price executive director will not money, but will simply bring into communication with the with whom he proposes to stop it extends x“ the same arrangement to hotels of the city. The proprietors are re- quired to enter into a contract, a copy of which is sent to the guest, one is kept by the proprietor, and one by the director, just in the case of boarding houses. ‘There is, therefore, no chance for any con- fusion as to rates in settling with the pro- prietors. These have agreed not to more than their regular rates, from $1.50 to $ per day. Im the Veterans’ Barracks. The chief probicm has, of course, been to provide lodgings for the veterans, the guests of honor. Vor these eighty halls and school houses have beer secured and will be fitted up with cots. The larger part of the vete- rans will be lodged in barracks erected epe- cially for their use, free as in all case of all cost. They will have to bring their own blankets and will have to pay for their meals.Dut meals of good quality will be furnished at @ tract to a responeiele 2 whe wil ‘fur. act to a respon person, no nish meals at 25 cents each for breakfa:t and supper and % cents for dinner. og inhare eve, has been kept this of the entertainment and Tene has reserved to require all hills of fare to be submitted for inspection and that all food shall be wholesome in quality and shall be Properly cooked. The meals will be served athe lanwent lodging Place will be ted e largest oe situa’ on Kast Washington street, immediately south of the State Reformatory for Girls, and will be accessible by electric cars di. rect from the Union railway station and also by steam cars. ‘This barracks will hold 5.0 veterans. It will be, situated in an open grass piptted field eighty acres, wi Grained and attractive, m At one end will be a large sitting room. elghty feet square, and a check room and wash room. All valuables may be left at the check room for a small nominal cha the concessionaire becoming vesponsibis for the property left with him. Other barrack: have been contracted for within four or fv squares of the heart of the city. More Uar- racks will be erected as the need of them eppears, A great many veterans will be entertained by friends. Entertaining the Visitors. The, first encampment contemplated will occur on Monday night, when the electrical and natural gas display will be made in the grounds of the state house and the court house. The visitors will be enabled to see 4 natural gas well in full blast, with all its magnificent roar and force, burning as a monster torch. Whistles “will be blown with the gas, machinery will be run with its force, and then the ethereal motor, having performed one service, will be lighted. ‘he s will be iiberated under Water, and will burn as it rises, giving it a very novel effect. ‘he electrical display e one of great brilliancy. While this ts going on for the pleasure of all who care to witness ft the veterans will be holding camp fires in various places in — gs bey By d wil’ hear the eloquent voices of soldier orators, including Gen. Harrison. ‘The, Great Parade. The grand parade will occupy all of Tues- day from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m., though the line of march will not exceed two miles on Paved streets. The chief reviewing stand will be an architectural ornament. Its ca- pacity will be sufficient for seventy-five per- sons, and will be reserved for Commander- in-chief Weissert and his staff. A reviewing stand with capacity for 400 will be erected one square east for the state, county and city . The line of march will pass stands erected for disabled veterans, for the chorus of school children who will sing patriotic songs and for thou- sands who will pay for the privilege of such seats. The parade committee 1s headed by Maj. Gen. James R. Ci chief of the Uniformed Rank, K. of P. the world, and himself a veteran of rank. A feature of the parade surpassing all previous ones will be the number of horses in the line of march. Commander-in-chief Weissert has appointed 2,00 aids-de--amp, and each of these will be provided with a horse. When it came to find saddles for so many it was discovered that this is a day of bicycles and not horseback riders, and that there were not over 200 available sad- dies in the city. ‘The committee then made arrangements for the manufacture of saddles sufficient to carry out its policy of giving every man a horse properly caparisoned who wants one. The agents of the committee are scouring the surrounding country making contracts for horses for use on the day of the parade. Tuesday night will be devoted to a spec: tacular display of fireworks. The first reg- plar meeting will be held on Wednesday. Thursday will be reunion day, and Chair. man Ketcham ts arranging for hails and tents in which 154 of these may be held during the day. He will provide places, tor within proper time. The i all who. apply night will be remarkable for the grand re- ception to the delegates by the citizens of Indianapolis. This will occur at Tomlinson Hall, and will be by invitation. The ora- tors of this occasion will include Gen. Har- rison and Gen. Lew Wallace. James Whit- will recite his famous poem, So strongly to a soldier ‘Good-bye, Jim, Take Keer of Y: be marked by fine music and much hospi- tality Friday, the last day of the encampment, will be devoted to excursions through the gas belt, and at night to the strect parade of war pageantry. traveler. “ little thing will bother a man. I other day in a ratiroad car back of a man ho was greatly disturbed by a fly: you know how a fiy will sometimes stick to can't get rid of it. The man Genet > ag fy a — — Pn every time the fly was instan the threatening hand had passed. Tt lighted on his cheek, on his forehead, on top of his head, and all around, and {t wound up by flying down his back. “Then he was disturbed. He wriggled and twisted, and stuck out his chest, and did everything but lean back, but the fy re- fused to come out. At last’ an idea struck him. He took out of his pocket a lead pen- cil, and, holding it by its point.he put the other end down his back ‘and then pried his collar as far away from his neck as he could, and in an instant the fly flew out though everytht: against ‘him. He looked ‘no somebody left him a farm. ees WHI Make the Row Get Up. From Truth. Mrs. Bunting—“Are our theater seats next the aisle Mr. Bunting. fo, they are at the other end of the ror Mrs, Bunting—“Then we'll go late.” — see, = He (from New York—"Was it you I heard singing “After the Ball,’ this evening?” She (from Philadelphia)—“After what ball?” SOME FINE HORSES, Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August —, 18% The exhibition of live stock now i pro ress at the worid’s fair is notable in many particulars and must be acknowledged to be, taken all in all, the most important one ever held in this country. It embraces, beside horses ana cattle, live stock appliances, incubators and other of the high-class accessories of model farms. To begin with the horses, there Rot a single breed of importance that not some fine specimens. ‘They the heaviest shire, weighing Es : i Wl i EfSe eli the iyipe? sik il i i i “ it Ei & i i i in i dl i i j l i if i : ie i e i | i F ; : i | H P Fi A : : i hi ile a E i + i Be i ii A i re & § i fF Z init i # i fi tf | i i i i g 1H i i : t g i 3 > 8 H | { E i ¢ A ferent are Lelf § dox- ‘There several colts. Al 5 is rather an evidence of what e than of what hay been gone. bred Arabs themselves there is and : i % i - most Russian that & j ide ul | i tei Hn | F i i [ f i i tli i i i bition tain eral recognition. The exhibited ‘number in all. thirty-eight come on farms * Tlinois, —? and Indiana, There is also «. fine of mares and colts. The and the English Hackney apt to he omontteors. ‘Of the latter and runners, but of draft horses and caach horses ail the breeds are European. Among the coach horses the breeds now most cul- tivated are the French coach horse and the Cleveland bay. ve strong repre- sentation at the fair. Among the former are fourteen stallions over five four between four and five three, Several stallion three of their colts, si are not so numerous, but among lions there are @ number of the man “coacher,”which contains a numerous bunch. There is no barn .of horses that is more constantly crowded than the one where the Shetland ponies may be found. The breed- ing of the fascinating little fellows has been rather extensive of late years, and in some cases quite profitable. Rich men seek after them for their children, and adults are not exempt from a and they come from New York, Michigan, ‘Wisconsin, Missouri and Towa.” The ing ing, which has not yet taken place, include teams of three and four abreast. All the ponies shown are good specimens. ‘This completes a cursory view of the dif- ferent breeds which ere competing for prizes. It will be noticed at once that the show comprises for the most the part useful horses of the world, and is net = exhibit f: owned by American breeders they can truly be said to reflect credit upon America. —<——— Making Preparation. From the Chicago Inter-Orean. wae “Smith ts very busy gett reaty tend the Et on wns whee ing?” ™ to live on one meal o dag.*