Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1894, Page 16

16 Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. OWADAYS ~ CHIL- dren play no small or unimportant part in the events of the times, and as each year goes by they seem to grow more winsome. How pretty they are, too. I often wonder where all the homely tots are; surely they cannot all be beautiful and graceful. Yet a stroll through our parks and thoroughfares would convince the most skeptical stranger that the small represen- tatives of Washington's society are as bright, winsome and generally charming it would be possible to find during a journey around the globe, with the particular object 1 view of comparing our little ones with those of other climes and nations. As a rule the mothers are young and pretty, too, and talk to their children as though they Were younger sisters and brothers instead ef daughters and sons, which fact accounts in a large measure for those engaging little airs and graces which we find so delightful. Playtime, Before entering upon a detailed account of summer fashions I would like to say to all those fortunate women who are so happy as to have little people of their own don't make the playtime of your babies’ lives a burden by making them think too much of their clothes or to feel that the Testless little body cannot have its natural freedom of movement because a stylish gown may be mussed or hooks or buttons slip from their place. Give the little ones every pleasure and all the liberty possible. The dark side will come to each of them Soon enough; so let them have all the sun- shine possible. I do not mean not to teach them to take care of their belongings, for that is essential to their education. A child is never too young to be tidy, and if it only ing by hanging up its stockings at night fore long it will learn where the skirt longs and where the other garments @hould be put; but don’t make tyranny and Udiness synonymous. Never, if it can be oided, bring tears to your little girl's eyes ebout her clothes. Teach her their value, then, quietly and gently—how to take care of them. Make Them Happy. ” There is nobody quite so unhappy as the child who does not have a real childhood, who isn’t saved from as many of the woes of this life as 1s possible, and who Isn't given golden days while it is young. Make them as happy as you can; teach them to \cok upon you as an agreeable companion, and to be assured of your gladness or sym- pathy, as the case may require, and when he goes from you, as she su-ely will some day, your mother’s heart will not be sore and bruised over the remembrance of un- ecessary punishments or thoughtles:ly un- ind words. other thing to bear in mind is that the children remember such un- happy little episodes quite as well—some- times betier—thag you do. Dress Waists for Girls. Of course, these small men and maids, of whom we have been talking, must be care- fully dressed and taken care of; two facts thoroughly apprec apparently, no end to the list of dresses and fashions with which the little ones are made beautiful. The accom- panying il tions show a number of pretty, costumes, attractive for their chi as well as simp! race of light in beth led from t cle of a girl's linge hed to a low: thus remo less underb from the hips. The present style of blouse effects in dress waists makes it possible to have these underbocies very loose, so that they will in no way biad the figure, or make the muscles about back and waists soft and weak by affording them artificial support. Make every bon ai muscle in the little bedy do its own work, and give it plenty of neuristment and exercise, and instead of weak, Jelicate women, and apologies of manhood, they will grow up strong, beauti- ul Vomen, and manly men. Comfortable and Picturesque. The small lady at the top of the page §* gowned in a very dainty little robe,which {s extremely comfortable, as well as pic- trresque. The material is embroidered In- @ia linon, the skirt which falls straight and full from the square yoke being made of what is known as “flouncing.” The yoke is ade ef tands of linon, alternating with ce insertion. All around the yoke fs a generous frill of fine embroidery, the pat- tern of which should, of course, match the skirt. The full sleeve puffs, which should just reach to the elbow, may be either left t length, or finished with a lower sleeve and cuff of embroidery. The dress is finish- ed about the neck with a binding of white ribbon, ol tied in a large bow at the ched ends reaching the bot- tom of the gown. In making the yoke the sertion should have no foundation of linon ck of it, and if a more elaborate effect be — the shoulder ruffle may be of lace, stead of embroidery. This little pattern is equally .charming when made of gingham, in which instance the yoke is left without trimming, or else embroidery is used mstead of lace. A The next etyle and Washing: Belle. costume Is rather fantastic in but altogether charming in effect. le wearer, who, by the Way, {s a young lady from Washington, ¢reated quite a sensation among the prom- enaders at Lexingt when she appeared mings ago. The yoxe and sleeves ere of tvory white India st — quality @itlreiy accordion pleated. cut with a deep, ryund opening, whick was ieft a narrow beading. around of | pattern of this ‘erating each by the wide-awake } er, with the very pleasing result that | j and gen course the bodice had the poptilar blouse | effect, and was confined about the waist by a girdle of dark green velvet ribbon fast- ened in front by a huge bolero knot. The pleated skirt fell straight and untrimmed fo the knee; the epaulettes were cut in three deen points, and sewed to the dress body only a short distance each side of the shoulder seam; leaviag all three of the points quite free and undetached. A large hat of rough end ready straw, trimmed with a coquettish arrangement of dark velvet ribbon, with a lining ef white silk under the rolling brim, completed one of the most striking little tollets I have ever seen. Ths design is a lovely one, and at the same time quite simple, when taken into cons! eration thet gathers may easily and effec- tively re lace the accordion pleats, which at once makes the model available for any variety of dress goods. In Soft Texture. The next illustration shows a dainty dress suitable for almost any soft texture and may be worn on any occasion, accord- ing to the material used. The original stuff was white challie, strewn at wide intervals with small shadowy flowers tn palest pink. The square yoke of rather coarse ecru lace was overlaid, both back and front, with bands of moire ribbon in color, a delicious wild rese, each band being finished with impertinent little bows. A wide, very full ruffle of lace runs all around the yoke, and should be arranged so as to add as much width to the shoulders as possible. The retty gown is what the enlightened modiste of today terms an “empire,” but to those less learned the simple Mother Hubbard is more intelligible, and that is exactly what the popular fancy | happens to be for children’s clothing. A dainty skirt trimming {s shown in. this sketch, made of ribbon in a sert of methodical zigzag pattern, with a bow dec- deep point. Another pretty fashion {s the ribbon binding about the neck, ending in two large bows with long streamers in the back. Sleeves in the small people’s dresses are very nearly as large as those in their mothers’ and big sisters’ | gowns, and the elbow length is the favorita Pretty for Ginghams. The next design Is pretty for ginghams or any other of the cotton stuffs. The model {s made of zephyr gingham, in light blue, with dainty Mttle sprays in “old pink” and “ochre.” Tho gamp is India linon, while the dress proper has a blouse waist, with V opening, which extends from the shoulders to belt. Half way down on each side are reveres of plain blue, of which material is also made the cunning little vest, which fills up a large part of the opening. The sleeves reach almost to the elbow, and are finished with a tiny ruffle. The skirt is plain in front, but very full in the back, and has a deep facing of the un- figured material. A Satlor For the little men the sallor and jersey sults are worn, almost to the exclusion of other styles, and up to nine years bright colors are used. stripes of blue and white, with collar and plastron of solid white or dark blue, are Much liked. Black and white combina- tlons are also pretty, and occasionally they are seen in broxn end white; but this last is not nearly as pretty or stylish as the others. An extremely pretty and gay little costume ig shown in the The material {s white pique, made after the French manner, with immense sailor co!- lar, left open at the throat. Of course, the collar, cuffs and belt are of erimson, white | and red being one of the ‘ season ads” of the others j he thi chool we quite stmple in construction. the Jacket is without center seam, curved under-arm seams and seams that adjust it lar and plast: coat sle plete the gal the costume, Seersucker sults in small | next drawing. | suits have been and always will be | serviceable for boys, and they are above all @ for country, mountain r. The cult shown 1s | easy, corafortable and graceful in fit, and The back of having shoulder The deep sailor col- allor fashion, and | thered cn top, com- | rope. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. trcusers reach to the knee, having side pockets and hip kets, with the upper itted waistbands. edge adjusted by A jaunty suit of this kind could be made in navy blue flannel, with plastron or V of white flannel decorated with blue, and the ecllar and sleeves trimmed with gold braid, with brass buttons on jacket and trousers. Other styles, however, are necessary, and arr.ong these the pretty suits showing short- waisted jackets with easy knickers are Jersey Suits. much liked, and are generally worn over a loose blouse waist. Sometimes the jacket is 80 short as to leave the greater part of the bleuse waist beneath exposed. Very wide collars, with immense ruffles of lace, large cuffs, also ruffled, and a jabot frill down the front, make the small boy of today resem- ble a courtier of the time of the Bourbons. Frequently the collars extend as far as do the ruffles on girls’ dresses, and flare over the shoulders. Plain cloth usually constl- tutes the main portion of suits, with a blouse waist in lawn. Everything worn by small boys at present is made in such a way as to give entire freedom to the limbs. About the waist the seme freedom is given by the blouse while, if a closer effect be desired, easily obtained by the use of a belt. - B. V. K. ist, it is —— HUSBAND OF A SIOUX QUEEN. A Cousin of Gen. Custer, Whose Bride Was en to Him by Red Cloud. From the Sioux City Journal. The queen of the Sioux is the wife of a white man. Neither of them is or has any reason to Le ashamed of it. Red Cloud, without question the greatest Indian chief of this generation, gave her away at the altar cn the Sioux reservation. The Sioux queen's husband is Charles P. Jordan, brother of Lieut, Col. Jordan, United States army, a cousin of Gen. Cus- ter, and one of the most tried representa- tives of the government in the Indian coun- try. He bears the honor of being the only white man who was ever elected a member of the Stoux council. In their days of power, before hardly a single white face had been seen west of the Missourl river, the Dakotas (Sioux) were one nation, ruled by one chief. The last of this autocratic dynasty was Old Smoke, who died in 1839, after seelhg his people pushed westward and his power curtailed. Although the husband of more than one squaw, he left but one child, a tiny girl, who cculd hardly coo when Old Smoke got ready to float upward to the happy hunt- ing grourds. When dying he took her tn his arms and named her the Beautiful Woman, and so she has since been known. The Beautiful Woman was a princess. She did no work, but learned of missionaries, scorned dog meat, und kept her nails trimmed and her glorious black hair platted and combed. She grew to womanhood high-spirited, proud and capricious—an ideal squaw. But, as no ideal chief came to woo her, she scorned an alliance with any common member of the tribe. A Gay Wedding. Young Jordan, a tall, bright-eyed fellow of good education and address, came west as clerk to the Indian agent at Pine Ridge. He fell in love with the princess, and his love was reciprocated by the Sioux maiden. And so they were married by a priest in stole and surplice, and with all the formal- {tles of the white man’s laws and customs. The big Sioux chiefs came from miles around to attend the wedding. The army officers from the neighboring posts jingle their spurs in the old Virginia reel w! followed the benediction, the pretty Sioux queen has since be in Mrs. Jor- dan. A bevy the alliance. queen's hu a for many He is still in his prime, and his adventures would fill a book—or several of them. He has been scaiped, shot full of arrows, has been tortured, and even condemned to death by the hostiles Thirty miles from Rosebud agency 2 a fine farm and stock ranch, with oak, ¢lm, ash and box is a big orchard of cultivatel fruits close by and a series of artiticial dams down the valley, In which beaver are encou construct their own peculiar fortt Jordan's first mecting whh_ the queen was interesting and well w de- scribing. One day he went out in the hills with his rifle afte> antelope. He suddenly heard a rustling in the brush ahead of him, as of a wild animal rushing toward him. In a moment the Sioux queen leaped down the hill. She had barely cleared cover when a young Sioux brave, who had wooed the royal beauty vainly with embroidered moc- casins and protestations of undying love, dashed, club in hand, through the under- brush after the stil fleeing maiden. Other and mpre civilized endearments having failed, he was now proceeding to woo her in true Indian fashion—with a club. Before the ardent lover could get near enough to express himself to the maiden Jordan tripped him headlong Into a gulch. The girl was safe in camp long before her im- petuous lover crawled out of the mud and water and began lcoking about him for the snag which he had struck. Jordan after- ward had him discipiined by the tribe, and he was banished in disgrace. —— How Workers Live. From the St. Luts Glove-Democrat. An English health journal expresses great surprise at the quantity of food eaten by American as against English laborers. It is very curious to see how different foods preponderate in the different industries, ‘The textile worker in Europe will have 95 pounds of meat per annum for every 100 units of consumption, or, say, a quarter of a pound of meat a day, while steel workers indulge in 114 pounds for every 100 units. On the other hand, the weaver consumes more flour than the steel worker—275 pounds per 100 units Instead of 208 pounds. He also takes about 71 pounds of sugar more per 100 units and a dozen more eggs; of butter, lard and tea both take about the same, though both in tea and coffee the weaver a little exceeds the other. That is, in the calling which demands the greater muscular exertion a gieater amount of nitrogenous food is required. On the European continent the consumption of meat by workers 1s much less than in Britain, Even in the tron industry the German, with 16 1-2 pounds per 100 units, is little more extravagant than the English weaver; while the French- man consumes only -4 pounds and the pounds. On the other hand, latter consume more flour and eggs, an twice as much of each. Their sumption of coffee, too, is large—14 and unds respectively to the Englishman's 31-2 pounds; but {t must also be taken in the reckoning that tea does not appear in their accounts. But all these figures paie before the statisties of food consumption in America. The illinois fron worker manages to consume 83 pounds of meat per 100 units, and, though this fs excessive, 206 1-2 pounds afe put down as the average of msylvania, 1973-4 pounds for 4 pounds for West Virginia pounds for Tennessee. The av sumption of flour for the states is abou pounds, but voracious Ilinols again comes to the fore with 366 pounds; and sugar, but- | ter and eggs ere everywhere more lavishly used than in Europe. Here, as in Europe, iron and steel industries are found to be more self-indulgent than other trades, but the expenditure here is far above that of most extravegant worker in Eu- ch of the food accounted for in these figures is actually consumed, but a | large margin must be allowed for what ts wantonly destroyed, and when the history of the waste of food products in the United States comes to be written it will contain soine gtartiing and not altogether pleasant The | reading. HATS EQR WOME The Favorite Head Adornment Worn on Busféss Errands. THE LONG-LIVED REIGN OF THE SAILOR Most Anything ‘is Stylish if Only Becoming. —_—_+—_—_ ABSURD SMALL BONNETS ee Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. MAN'S HAT IS said to stamp his in- dividuality. If the same holds good re- garding the head cov- ering of a woman she must be a various sort of an individual, for a woman will wear half a dozen hats in a day, no two of them alike, and not a particle of in- east” dividuality about any one of them, That last statement may be qualified a little, however; the hat a woman wears when out on a business errand is the one which ts most likely to be her favorite, and is perhaps the truest index to her char- acter. The favcrite business hat just now « Modified English Walking Hat. 1s a modified English walking hat. It is of straw, with a moderately wide and slightly curled brim, hag a high crown slightly in- dented, and a band of velvet or ribbon with a feather or stiff quill stuck in the side. It is worn just a ttle back on the head, showing the fringe ‘of soft fluffy hair, and usually has a thin veil tied over it. It is just a little mannish in its outlines, but if it gets on the’ right woman, it is stylish and serviceable. It is much more chic than the sailor, which fs without doubt the vgll- est hat that a woman ever put upon her head, and is the worst abused. It still holds its own, however, with no promise of go- ing out of favor. A modificaticn of the sailor {s shown in an odd flat straw which curves just the Something Like a Sailor, least bit In the world and has a thick edge forme quilling of straw. The bows are a soft crush silk, with an eigrette of jet standing up from the center. A twist of the silk extends around the low crown. The Immense leghorns, caught up in all sorls of queer and fantastic curves and covered with chiffon, flowers and feathers, are the favorites for country wear, and are quite popular for the promenade these scorching days. They have a tendency to make a woman look much shorter than she really is, and it will be well to assure yourself that you will not look like a A Forget-Me-Not Bonnet. “dwarf under an umbrella” in one before you indulge in the picturesque but trying style. There are a few women who have tried to introduce the 1830 headgear, but it is uphill work. It was never pretty, and fs not capable of adaptation, as so many of the styles of that date are. It scooped up and out in front and had a preposterous crown with cn ostrich farm, flower garden Just a Wreath of Rose and a lace veil dangling around of all were worn the queer long ear curls. | ed It ts not at all lkely that those bonnets will come back. St ne is seen in the big flat with its wealth o plumes. It is very fet on a stylish young girl, but then a stylish young girl if she is pretty can make almost anything go. The absurd small bonnet continues in favor. It has now reached the point where @ bit of jet buckle with a flower stuck in it answers all practical purposes. If wo- men got baldheaded like men do, whatever would they do for something to balance the inconsequent things on? Cne that I saw recently was composed of a double row of forget-me-nots reaching only to the middle of the sides of the head, and had a tiny knot of turquoise velvet and a jet fan in front. It looked like a headdress, and not at all Ike a bonnet. Another favorite style for evening wear is a wreath of roses with a few knots of ribbon standing straight up in front, and sometimes one behind also; often the roses come to a Mary Stuart point in front and the knot is at the back. You can fix up anything you like and call it a bonnet or a hat, just as you like, and nobody will say you nay. You ought, of course, to be care- ful to have jt becoming, but it often the case that very little attention is paid to that; sttll, on general principles, one should really see that as charming an article of dress as a bonnet or a hat is becoming. It requires no additional expense, and only the exercise of a little taste, which an un- becoming bonnet will soon stamp a woman as lacking. EEE Fs eee BAD MEN OUT OF DATE. They Survive Chiefly in Arizona, bat Are Very Much Toned Down. From the San Francisco Examiner, Prescott is now the one place in Arizona where the cowbo: the whilom “rustler” and stage robber, the “queer” lady and other bad folks most do congregate. "Tis true they are considerably toned down since the palmy days of Tombstone. Their organization is not so perfect as of yore. Sore members have been suspended for non-payment of dues, others from telegraph poles; some repose beneath the prickly pear; others lead a sedentary life on the classic banks of the Colorado in the ter- ritorlal penitentiary, while a few have ex- perienced a change of heart and gone back to the states to lead a pure life and invest their savings with the sugar trust to buy up struggling Senators. Prescott is the center of a gold mining section which is attracting crowds of all classes and conditions. Hotels and lodging houses are overcrowded. Saloons and gam- bling houses are doing a rushing business, and the bad man occasionally turns him. self loose when filled up to the neck with tarantula juice. 1 met such a one yesterday on Montezuma strect, writes an Examiner correspondent. Coyote Cal is his nom de = and the only name I have ever eard him to acknowledge. Ten years ago he was one of the most promising stage robbers in the southern part of the terri- tory—bright, intelligent, active, energetic and respected by every man who followed his calling. In those days he could drink or leave it alone, but candor compels me to admit that he preferred not to leave it alone when he could get it. But, then, he didn’t neglect his business; that much could be said in his favor. As I picture him in my mind, he was tall, slight, with leng flaxen hair and laughing blue eyes. He rode the best horse he could steal, and his arms and accouterments were bespan- gled with silver. No Longer a Terror. Now alas! he is a common drunkard. He struck me for four bits “to eat on” and made a bee line for the Cowboys’ Rest, where I afterward learned no food was sold. He is a blear-eyed, rum-soaked wretch. I can say this with impunity, for there is no fight in him and I will tell you why later on. I hate to say harsh things that are calculated to hurt his feelin, about any man—that ts, to his face or in the newspapers. It is much better to go quietly behind his back end talk, or say what you have to say to yourself. In this, case it is different, where there is no dan- ger attached. I repeat it, then, Coyote Cal is a drunk and a bum, with all that the terms Imply. I might not have sald so years ago, when Cal and his copartners stood up the Tombstone stage and took | Hume's white-handled six-shooters and made Clum take to the brush. But that’s neither here nor there. Last | night Coyote Cal wes and as he stood in front of Obejoyful Saloon he was | waking talk. His voice {s all right—that necessary requisite of a figh is still left him, The officers had ell ing of the Third and Cal and his listeners had the sidewalk | Ives. To take his ow: rd for in amount of his c nd a portion alligate Bitter Creek, he stated, n all come from, and he also ma r remark that the the creek you go the wor elf, he said, came from uree. I don't led and shocked me ever, that he could cats and fight circt thing, but I was not n to him until a I me up and At him b eat of his breeches and threw him street. into th Picking himself u) . he rushed into the saloon and asked the barkeeper Rarkeepers, as a class, are ace: fellows, and this one of the Obejoyful prov- no exception. Shovifg the six~ into his waistband, Coyote Cal sauntered up the street to the ¢ Rest, where he partned it for whisky. HAD WHISKERS. The Sea Serpent Recently Seen in a Mlinois Lake. | Lewiston (111.) Cor. Chicago Record. Rev. A. K, Tullis, pastor of the Methodist Church in this city, has discovered the | Thompson lake sea serpent. The report has | been rife, not only this summer, but on oc- | casions In the last year or two, that some h:deous reptile, unlike in form and acttons to the common water snake, inhabited | Thompson's lake, a beautiful sheet of | water near Lewistown. This lake ts tribu- | tary to the Ilinols river and is noted for | its excellent game fish and as a resort for | hur ters. Mr. Tullis and his little son Harry were | fishirg in the lake yesterday when the | reverend gentleman's attention was called to a commotion among some sea moss and | pend lilies about 200 fect distant. Suddenly from the mass of moss a frightful object arose. It was the head of the serpent, | huge, flat, with long’ whiskers or bushy hair protruding from elther side of the head. The eyes were almost as bls as, saucers, and changed thelr color constant, while from the Creature’s Jaw a_wicke forked tongue shot in The air | was filled with a peculiar fetid odor, which seemed to be emitted from the reptile. | The creature was angry, and seemed to | be entangled in ihe sea mors, for it thresh- | ed the water into a foam for hundreds of | feet around. Sudde: with a mighty | effort, it threw a portion of its body out of | the water. It was not a snake, yet from | the amount of water disturbed it seemed as if the creature were hundreds of feet in length. The body was very large, cov- ered with huge scales, as It seemed to Mr. Tullis, although a close view of the rep could not be had, from the fact that displayed its body but an instant, ke only its head above water. While at ing to get a nearer view little Hari fell out of the boat. When his father had | hauled him on board again the reptile had disappeared. The creature has been seen at intervals mn. One farmer living near the | that he saw the creature lumber- | ing along through his corn fleld a week ago, | crushing down the stalks ten feet at a} Some fields of grain have been absc ly destroyed by the monster. It leaves | the water at evening and roams through | | | slowly boys’ the timber and fields of grain, an) to be in search of animal food. ‘The natives | in the vicinity are in terror. An effort is being made to organize for the capture of | the reptile. —-—-+e+ — Americans to Honor Keats. om the London Globe. It is astonishing to find that there is as yet no memorial of John Keats upon En- glish ground, and that the bust which is to be unveiled in the Parish Church of Hampstead on July 16 has been executed by an A sented by Americans to the English people. Well might Keats have directed that there should be inscribed upon his tomb, “Here Mes one whose name was writ in water;” for his own countrymen never scem to hav by e recognized how great a luster his genius shed upon the English name. | tirely new branch of scientific research, and will be regarded as of immense im- portance in the future. The idea of it ts | cumference of the head at the level of the | right and left ha: j the Hand below the thy merican sculptor, and is to be pre- | p NORMAL CHILDRE Twenty-five Thousand Washington Children Measured and Tested. ANEDUCATION BUREAU EXPERT'S WORK Physical Differences as Affecting Menta! and Moral Qualities, THEST CDY OF CRIMINALS Written for The Evening Star. WENTY-FIVE thousand Washing- ton school children have heen tested phy- elcally, mentally an@ morally for the pur- pose of finding out what constitutes a normal boy and girl. The work has beea @one under the aus- pices of the United States bureau of edu- cation by Dr. Arthur McDonald, who calls himself a “social pathologist.” It was he who wrote the book on “Abnormal Man,” recently published by the government. Much of his life has been devoted to the study of criminals. His speciaity is educa- tion as related to the abnormal classes. He says that we have more exact knowledge of insects than of men, and it is high time that attention should be paid to human beings, who are certainly the most interest- ing of animals. In recording the measure- ments of the children, each one was repre- sented by a number, and the numbers were finally classified accordiag to race, sex, age, social condition, ete. The laboring and non- laboring classes were kept separate for pur- poses of comparison. For example, it 1s de- sired to know whether boys of the laboring class are less bright than the sons of the well-to-do. Are they as well nourished? In London, not long ego, investigation proved that the children of laboring people in that metropolis were better ncurished—that is to say, Weighed more at the same age—thin those belonging to higher social strata, the latter being fed on two much candy and cake. The work here being unfinished. conclu- sions cannot be stated. To begin with, the height and sittirg-height of each child were taken. Long-bodied races, generally speak- ing, are inferior. It is desired to know if long-bodied individuals are less clever or less strong than the short-bodied cf the same race. Aro long-bodicd boys and girls apt to be stupid? Long-headed children are usually tall. Tall people are most often long-leaGed. Tall races are superior. The question naturelly follows: Are long-headed children superior mentally? When it is said that man has a long head, is there not sigaificance in the remark? White and Colored Children. Are tall children, then, superior? Nobody knows as yet. These are among the things which Dr. McDonald ts trying to find cut. In the classification the 8,000 negro chil- dren in Washingtcn schools have been kept Separate, 80 as to compare them with white children. How do they compare in respect to brightness, weight, physical measure- ments, &c.? The colored child surpasses the white child up to five years of age in men- tal development; then ‘the white child gces ahead. Comparisons of girls with bors naturally follow. At the age of entering womanhood girls weigh more than boy: that ege with city girls arrives a y earlier than with country girls. Indeed, there Is no end of the int obtained by such investi you look into the subjec ining it becomes. Eventually work of ts kind will be done in many cities—some- thing in the same line has been atempted the more enter- | already in Boston and St. Louis—and con- clusions will be crawn from the examina- tion of millfons of children. Jt is un en- ady human bel to si 3 as one would an ant hi iy them as t exist today. of The by j a j | | in this stick. The ‘awn from Ss obtained broro a os tmilar done in a few cities in G be ec it w ns ar over > possible to ong races. It will F able to determine with certainty | whether the transplantation of maas to | American soll has affected then benefi- | cially or otherwise. Sensitive About Physical Defects. The thorough study of a single human being 1s valuable because he is a type specimen representing a great number of indtviduals. People are much more alike than 1s gen- erally conceived. We take comparatively le notice of the points in which our ac- quaintances resemble one another, while | r dissimilarities with a jency to exaggerate them. One difficulty encountered by the anthropologist is the rooted objection which many people have to s:bmitting their persons to measure- nents and other tests, They are afraid that their physical defects will be made a tter of record. The fact is that ail re- sults obtained ere under the seal of pro- fessional confidence; the individual is rep- ented by a number merely, and in any lusions that may be published he ap- pears only tn the shape of averages, which | include scores or hundreds of persons, Other measurements made of Washington children were the length of arm, length and breadth of head, ard horizontal cir- eyebrows. The weight of each individual Was teken; also the grip-strength of the On the chart resenting tho suzamarized results ht.” “dull,” SDs, ities were fe- All sorts of conclusions are to be reached by means of such data, though only approxi obtainable from the examination of 25,000 | children. For example, is there any rela- tion between brightness in arithmetic and | 1 condition? Is arithmette a better for quclity of mind? | od in arithmetic likely drawing? Do girls who | superior have a stronger grip 3? With dull girls does the nd grip differ more from the Ieft- | rip than with bright gt last point has to do with the question as to | whether physical symmetry hea eny rela. tion to mental development. Uaquestion. | ably there fs such a relation. It is easily | geen that there is ho énd to this line of research, ot itch the inting i just been made. a Women More Seusittve te Pain. Some of the most important 4 to the children related te the Are boys to have ta ts applied tem, of these was for e. pain. ‘The fr Amos Stick, pressed against the fleshy part of In cach Tequerted to say * felt the least bit disagreeable. “Au ment recorded the strength of the praseure. It was found that girls felt (ue paig mors quickly than boys. In this and other waya - McDonald has determined that women re more sensitive to prin than mea ero, agh an opposite Potion ig widely enter- ed. By applying a ld e@ectris cur- 0 the tongues of persons of both s he hos arrived at the same fonclu- Another test wag made by asciyi 4 wrist an ingtror two mota oints. The pclate J buttons an inch apart. Abote each button wag 8 thermometer. me button wag heated | . ‘The subject was told to say when the two buttons felt of an equal tempera- fre the heated one being in process of ‘oll Then the thermometers were read. If they Glfered by only one degree the per the subject was minate well-to-do more sensitive than the children | of the 2 These questions, which have. to do with the delicacy of the nervous sye- tem, may be multiplied. Other tests, for describing which space is lacking, are ap- Piied to the wrist for determining nervous | fcuteness. That part of the body is se-| lected merely because it 1s exposed and is ot calloused by any avocation. A German profess: r named Goldschneider once lo-/ ted with great pains the extremities of | the litte nerves for perceiving heat and | @eld over about a square inch of his left | Srist, tattooing the points of heat with | Mack ink and the points of cold with red ak. Then he cut off the square inch of skin end examined it under the micro- fwope. The frenzy of the religious marty® ig nothing to the enthusiasm of science. Advaninges to Parents. Dr. McDonald spent three monghs in the Public schools of Washington for the pur- Pose of applying these tests for the nervous syotem. At first he began with the big chil-' dren, and progressed downward. But that did not do at all. The big boys and girls frightened the little ones with horrible yarns, So that the latter came up trembling with @ notion thet brains would be taken out and put back again. Parents came and took away thelr offspring tn alarm. So the opposite course was adopted, beginni with the little ones, who were entirely fear less so long as no dread had been put inte their minds. ‘Those of larger growth wera then ashamed to refuse the ordeal. A cer- tain advantage comes directly from exami- nations of the sort described. If a boy is found te be in any respect 20 or 30 per cent out of the average of boys of the same age and social position, it is desirable that the family physician should know of the fact. Suppose that the brightest girl in her class is found to be far below the mark in weight —Le., nutrition. It is not desirable, cer- tainly, to destroy the bright children by too’ much study. It is worth mentioning, by the way, that in every school there are more bright xirls than bright boys. Giris are more faithful in studying, and memor- ize more attentively. A girl will not get impatient and throw her book into a corner as a boy would. Notes were furnished by the teachers as to the unruly boys and girls. To this ex- tent the inquiry touched the moral side. It . wil! be interesting to find out what are the physical and mental peculiarities, if any, of unruly children. Is the nervous system ot varaiy boys and girls duller or more han the normal? Are they less bright? Children are more easy to study than adults, being open to close obser tion in large numbers in the schools. It is more important to study them than to =e fae People, because, if anything ut a boy or girl it may be cor- rected, pzrhaps. Dr. McDonald says that the best place to study normal boys is the reform school. The inmates of such in- stitutions for the regulation of unruly youth are normal in the main. = tera ain. Save in ex. not represent the crime inal type. The accidental criminal must be clearly distinguished from the habitual criminal. A man loses his temper and picks up the first object at hand to throw at an- he throws that; to and he is a criminal. nS ee oy have nothing to lose ry ness, and they will tell everyth! about themselves. =e sd Natural History of Criminals. In the cities, towns and villages of the civilized world every year thousands of un- offending men, women and children ere slaughtered, millions of money are carried away by the devastator, and incendiary fires light his pathway of destruction. Who is this devastator? The criminal. In nine great countries of the world, including the United States, more than 10,000 cases of homicide are recorded each year, and the number of murders actually doae ts vastly €reater. In spite of all society can do, the a breeds and becomes more nume 8. Of late years there has sprung up a new Science which seeks to investigate the nat- ural history of the crimin: It regards him as a variety uman species ically as well Speaking, he is undersized, his w out of proportion to his height, ond he hi @ tendency to flat-footedness. He la enatomical symmetry and beauty. His head and face particularly are unsymmetri- cal, s0 that a collection of port criminals suggests the notion of semblage of caricatures, He is apt to large, flat and projecting ears, like the ght is e are two schools o! rimined One holds the « oy made such chi ment. The other, luombroso is the holds heredity descendants of t infamous Jul d themselves to « ne offspring of parents who in life are said to be m n those of ordinary peop! of them are color blind. taste, smell and hearing are boss They have less sensibility to pain often they will recover from wou: would be f. v s which tal to persons whose lives are the lower animals fenerally tne ideas and experte Pears to be borh into the wor! two “instincts”—to suck and to rasp. latter said to have been derived prob from monkey-like ancestors who live trees. There is no telling, however, bow many memories and tendencies are actually Preserved from generation to generation in the human brain. T writer de to acknowledge indebtedness to Dr. Robert Fietcher. From another psychologist of reputation he has derived some information about memories, millions on millions of which are stored away in the brain. The Subject of this letter touches the ficld of Psycho-physics, and the sttiy of the brain as @ phy ical organ is now occupying the tention @ number of scicntifi the highest distinction, ee Location of Memory. “Memories,” says the psychologist refer- red to, “are cpmmonly thought of as pos- sessing neither form nor substance, but Psycho-physical science considers that each one is an actual thing with a shape and Structure of its own. Dwelling in the region of the mind, the memories are preserved and nourished by the oxygen of the bicod Which surrounds them in delicate vessel, They are scattered all over the convoluted surface of the brain, but there are corners in which memories of certain kinds are gathered together. Low down on each side of the head are grouped images of sounds, ‘There are all the old nursery rhymes, col lege songs, sonatas and operas that have Gelighted us, Near by are the words of our mother tongue. They Itve deep in the folds of a fissure calied Silvius, in the third fron- fal convolution. All the verses of our child- hood, of which we have not thought for years, are tere. “Tho part of the bratn covered by the back of the sk low down ts full of images, and glows w colored pictures of ell Kinds. There aro dear olf faces of cur fe:ends; there are familiar landscapes, end sll manner of instentaneous photographs of former sights and experiences. T: may be considered 9s an empire of tne nuraerable spizizs that live together in the harrow space of about a quarter of @ cubie foot. Spirits they are, because they ere chic existence. Yet at the same tine they are material realities, h. livin forms of bodily presence nourishing currents of blood. This spiritual empire in the brain ts ¢x- cellently provided with telegraph lines fy intercommuntcation. Thus are formed what We call associations of ideas. If it happens that a certain number of ideas associate themselves together s0 a8 to form some- thing new, like an invention or a poem, the discovery is ushered into our consclou#neas. as if from without. It ts an “inspiration * RED “Heard absut peer Spetir, the buteh Gog? jie fell into the saussge tnachine.” “Gracious! Just Imagine bis feclingsy® “Kes He was territ!y cut up.”