Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1894, Page 20

20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1894-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, FROM THE ORIENT China, Japan and Corea in tie N:- tional Museum. MANY INTERESTING © COLLECTIONS The Progress Made by the Mikado's People. = ie ~ GEN. GRANT'S PRESENTS EFFECT OF + war in the east is that Japanese and Chinese subject e receiving more atten- tion than at any previous time. For the satisfaction of this awakened curi- osity Washington is better equipped than any other city east of the Pacific slope, for besides the many Chines and Japan- ese people of both high and low degree hered in the American capital for polit- feal and commercial re: the National h in oriental ma- quisition. uke, the pioneer rs ago conclud- rh ch of it of recent o-K diplomat of Ja ty ye ed the memor: treaty with the United States, the first ¢ natic relations estab- ished with a * country. But Nao- e was so far ah als that for this break with the excius' ists he was in 160 honored with assassina- tion, a reward more than once in human histery accorded men giving evidence of too much advancement. His statue stands in the museum not far from the office of the curator of ethnology. He is, of course, at- tired in the anctent garb, and wears a sword. So peculiar is the appearance of the in t visitor would <e its original to be a veriest heathen of heathens, rather than a p of progress, were it not for an extemied account of the hero (printed in good English “at the Seishi-Bunsha, Tokyo") “which accompanies the label. ‘This account states that the martyr of less ahan four decades since is now honored by | and predominates upon the memorial gateway which stands at the west end of | one of the ethnological halls, because such gateways are erected by permission from the emperor. It 1s considered a high honor. At the rotunda entrance to the hall stand | two Chinese towers or pagodas. The cases to his right seen by the visitor on entering the museum contain the large and import- | ant collection of Chinese porcelains gath- |ered by A. E. Hippisiey of the imperial | maritime customs service of China. Some of | the pieces are more than 600 years old, and there are several of great market value, particularily a few decorated with bright | blue designs. A printed catalogue and a thorough system of labels make the col- lection one of the best prepared for the | student in the museum. Junks and Carrying Chairs. Fine modeis of Chinese junks in almost exhaustive variety may be found in the hall of navigation. Of terrestrial locomo- tive devices from the cast the museum Possesses several carrying chairs and models of a heavy wooden cart from Man- churia and of the Japanese jinrikisha, the two-wheeled vehicle that resembles an American gig, but is drawn by men. One of the covered carrying chairs in the col- en. Grant's Banner. lection was purchased from the Corean exhibit at the world’s fair, another is a rude bamboo affair from China, without cover, and provided with long supporting shafts, while a third is the elaborate and valuable Japanese Kago presented by To- Kamo No Kami Navsuke. a people thoroughly revolutionized in atti- tude, an] desirous of developing in every rense its relations with the United States. Japanese soldiers are now attired in unt- forms of western type. The contrast be- tween the present and the not very remote past is shown at the museum by a large case containing a group of five fierce war- riors representing a “council of war,” at which a wounded civilian is excitedly _re- counting some alarning adventure. The warriors are attired in armor which eug- gests the metailic garments of “Christian” men killers of the same age. Quite differ- ent are the figures in another case of two barefooted, bareheaded Japanese laborers, clad In a coarse blue fabric scantily gathered about the person in a simple fashion. Into the belt of one {s thrust the indispensable pipe, with long stem and minute bowl. To every laborer ample leisure 1s allowed each day for the enjoyment of this indulgence, for to smoke in the Japanese fashion requires both time and concentration of effort. The Rude Ainos. But coarser than the clothing of the la- borers ts that of the figured Aino man. It is made of elm bark cloth, and is very dur- able. The Aino is the aboriginal of Japan, and he is characterized by excessive hairi- ness, all parts of the body being covered. ‘These people are stronger, larger and darker than the modern Japanese. In the same case with the human figure are models of the grass-covered dwellings and store- houses of the Ainos. Their houses are dirty, smoky and gloomy. In marked coutrast with the simple garb kugawa lyeneri, the shogun of the Tokug- awa family, who reigned from 1787 to 1837, to his daughter at her~marriage. It is an elegant piece of ‘acquer work, decorated with the family crests of the contracting Farties. It was used only on state occa- sions, and was borne by six or eight car- rier Some of the most curious of the musical instruments belonging to the great collec- tion in the north hall are Chinese and Japa- nese pieces. Particularly interesting are several temple bells from both countries, There is a big painted Chinese drum re- sembling those from Siam, and little on lacquered, and shaped like hour glagses, from Japan. Among stringed instruments are several big “harps,” lutes, guitar-like pieces, a dulcimer and very je fridies. The fiddle is of comparatively modern in- troduction, and is thought by some schol- ars to have come into China from India. Presented to Gen. Gra Gen. Grant was given some interesting specimens by the Mongolians, which are deposited in the museum. Suspended from the roof is a great red satin banner, dis- playing in gilt Chinese characters an ad- dress to the illustrious American by the Chinese merchants of Hong Kong. From the Japanese he received twenty-three Pieces of ancient and fifteen of modern coin, mostly in gold. The ancient pieces (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) are alloys of gold and silver and are thin, ex- pansive and of various outlines. Of the modern gold coins there are one, two, five, ten and twenty-yen pieces. A gold yen is equivalent to an American dollar. The copper pieces (one sen or more) are larger than the American for like denomi- nations. The smallest coin is one rin (8 mill). A i se case 1s devoted to a thorough exposition of the Japanese lacquer indus- try. The marvelous Capron collection of lacquer ware has been for some months a little out of order, but some time in the course of the alteration now in progress the fine vases and the elaborate flower and bird group fabricated from gold and silver will rest upon lacquer ware pedestals. This metal work group alone, it is claimed, would bring $10,000 in market. The robe chest formerly belonging to the Tycoon is one of the finest representative pieces of the work of old Japanese artists extant. One of the smaller but very interesting pleccs ts a superb gold lacquered fire brazier or hibachi, ‘This article of furniture is the hearth of the Japanese home, and is always present in some form, often in fantastic shapes. Japanese of all ages and both sexes smoke, using a plpe with a tiny bowl, which ts lighted at the brazier. Great dexterity is acquired in the art of rolling a pellet to fit the bowl, and the pellet will be consumed with one or two puffs, After leaving the United States bureau of agriculture Mr. Capron, in the Japanese service, enjoyed unrivaled facilities for the gathering of this material at the most advantageous terms, yet he is said to have expended $30,000. Congress offered $10,000 for the collection. a Luck Stood by Him. From the Lewiston Evening Journal. A veteran of the Aroostook war tells a story ef how good luck brought a poor marksman out of a bad scrape. Gov. Fair- field visited Houlton and reviewed the troops s joned there as commander-in- chief, end, of course, it was the biggest kind of a military event. The Dexter Rifle Company had some crack shots in it, and 8 2 part of the exercises in honor of the Thor's coring, they were marched out for target practice. As they made some ex- cellent hits (the figure of an Indian being & mark) the governor expressed his pleasure in thelr proficiency and said loud enough for the men to hear: ‘ow, I would like to see your very best rksmen try his skill.” the company was a man noted for r being able to hit anything, and at once, in a spirit of deviltry, the ery ran long the iine repeating his name in answer to the nor’s call. Without flinching paces to the front and salut- Where do you want me to hit him, gov- A Laboring Man. ef the peasant and aboriginal is court costume of the fsland, placed upon Wax figures of a man and a wo:en of royal lineage. These figures are perfect rep- resentations of the human form through- out, and were expensive. Most visitors sup- ese that the tw grimaces at each other, so comically puck ered are the features, but the expressions sre intended for the normal. ‘The summer dress of a Coreen man, to be seen on a figure standing with two others sn.cthereg in fur garm: ious, and could not be cther than cool. ‘The materia! ering the body 2 resem! cheese cloti black hat, wit wide rim, is ribbon after the manner of an American lady's bonnet. Rep- Tesentations of Chinese people 2 their costumes and products and specimens of arehitecture constitute a predominant fea- ture of the same part of the museum. The interior model of a Chinese domicile, which formerly oecupled much space in the hall, has been set imio a convenient room once used by the property clerk for storing pur- Doses, adjoining Prof. Mason's office. The Substitution of rugs for chairs is a neticea- ble feature of this odd home scene. Yellow ts the Chinese imperial or royal are engaged in making | | he asked with perfect com) bottom of the left ear, sir, sald the chief magistrate, pointing at t mark. “All right, sir.” The soldier raised his sun, shut his eyes and turned his head away as usual, and fired. The men were all on a broad grin at the great joke of the thing, but when the bullet struck the mark, whittling off a piece of the Indian's left ear, there was a shout of surprise that could be heard all over the township. From the 5 In a north room, yellow shades are n- | dispensable; they impart aa effect of glow- j ing sunshine that Is as cheerful, if not as warming, as the real article. For a vesti- | bule door that faces the south, China silk shoudl not be used; the ardent sun not only | fades the colors, but rots the fabric as well. | A lace or lace-and-serim curtain, shirred | top and bottom, on a small brass rod, is the best in the way of service und appear- ance for such doors. An inside linen shade of dark green, or ecru, if preferred, tones the sunshine in the day time, and’ of an | evening permits an unviewed flight up | Stairs, if the seclusion of a rainy night | and an old gown is threatened Ly an an- | nouncing ring. ———_eo_—_____. For Callers, | From the New York Herald. | Upholsterer—“Madam, this ts a fine re- | ception chair. Our latest desisn. Try it, please." | Mrs, Society—“Dear me! how uncomfort- | able it is! I couldn't sft in it for five min- | utes.” Upholsterer—“That’s it exactly, madam. You see. jt Is intended for callers.”* IN PLACE OF COAL An Interesting Account of Two New Railroad Devices. A CHEAP KIND OF LOCOMOTIVE FUEL Guarding Against the Operations of the Bold Train Robbers. —_— A VESTIBULED TENDER —__+—_—_. Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. F THERE IS ONE thing more than an- other that will start a controversy among raliroad men it is ithe praise of new ap- pliances as applied td railroad equipments Everybody outside of railroad circles, with humane instincts, will hail with delight the adoption of the self- ceupling platform on freight cars, but sev- en out of eight railroad employes will give the innovation sarcastic praise. They have become so familiar with the old appliances, which required skill and nerve to master, that they dislike to see this experience go for nanzht. Yet developments in the past year or so have almost compelled the adoption of two new ideas Ly the railroads of the country. These are the substitution ef cheap fuel for coal and wood for the locomotives and the protection of the employes and cars from train robbers. Wood is becoming scarcer every year and the forest fires in the west this summer are hastening the end. Coal has always been expensive. The month of October has already furnished the de- tails of a successful “hold-up” down in Avizona, the blind baggage car, or, more properly speaking, the car platform next to the locomotive tender, again being the vantage spot for the robbers. The locomo- tive engineer must a ys be controlled before a train robbery can be successfully attempted, and this.cannot be done from the ground or any other place so well as from the front of a blind baggage car. It is now proposed to use oil in locomo- tives and to protect the engineer and fire- | man from robbers by doing away with the blind baggage platform and substituting a sort of combination tender and baggage Ar. he mode of makilg steam for railroad locomotives through an oil instead of coal fire is accomplished by placing a steam radiator, the colls of which should be_per- forated, at the base of the fire box and the feeding of the same with oil. This descrip- tion, although crude, really covers the ground minus technical terms. How Oi Of course there are a hundred and one patents involving the idea of running a locomotive with steam made from an oil fire, but the majority of them are based on the plan of utilizing the present fire box for the flames and the locgmotive ten- der as the reservoir. One of these ofl burners that seems to be very practicable and simple was pat- ented in 1888 by a Washington boy and has been experimented with by many of the western railroads with considerable success. A coll of pipes resting on the grate at the base of the fire box is per- forated on the order of a gasoline burner. From this coll there runs a pipe back to the tank, the space formerly used for car- rying coal being utilized as an oll reservoir. Another pipe runs up to the top of the boiler to the steam chest and there catches waste steam, which {is used to quicken the combustion by being mixed with the original flame through a fine spray and also to produce a forced draught. Leading from the pipes are three rcds which run up into the locomotive cab and are within easy reaching distance of the engineer. One of these rods controls the flow of ofl from the reservoir to the burner. Another regulates the flame and the third rod the draught on the same. The heat is so intense at times that the pipes that supply the of! would be melted inside an hour's time, but to guard against this they are packed in asbestos, leaving only the top surface exposed, which is also in turn protected by the first flame, which is many degrees less intense than the flame result- ing from the spray of steam and waste oll. In the side of the fire box a peep-hole or tube is provided which enables the engineer to see the exact status of his fire and to increase or modify the same as the ne- cessity arises. bie As to the advantages of oil-burning lo- comotives on our railroads, it is stated that they are many. Contemplate, fur instance, a hundred-mile ride free from the pesky cinder. That would be the clilef comfort derived by the traveling publi Cheaper Than Coal or Wood. For the railroad corporations, it ts claim- ed, there is a great saving as between the oil and coal and wood. It has been shown that to kindle a fire only one and one-half galions of oil is required to do what takes one-eighth of a cord of wood. One car load of off, equaling 6,000 gallons, will kindle as many fires seventy-one car loads of wood, equaling 500 cords. ‘The difference in the cost of transporting, handling, sawing and storing the wood and oll is saved by the use of the latter. Less space 1s occu- pied by the appliances and the material for kindling with off than is needed for the wood. Oil is always equally efficient at all times, whereas wood, ff it Is green or wet, will not kindle readily. Wood is more liable to be stolen, there 1s more risk of fire when it is stored, and as a larger number of cars are required to transport it, the danger of wreckage is greater. In’ the matter of kindling fires ofl! is therefore cheaper, the appliances are simpler, more convenient, cleancr; much time is’ saved in getting up steam; wood sparks, which are very lable to start fires, as the record in the southern states will verify, are not thrown from the chimney, and the annoy- ance and delay connected with the supply of wood‘are avoided. In the matter of coal, after the fire has once been kindled, the record is also great- ly in favor of oil. When it Is taken into consideration the many thousands of cars of coal that are used annually by the rail- road and the transportation of the same to different parts of the road, an easy cal- culation can be made of the immense say- ing that must result. To make a run of a hundred miles the large locomotives now being used on passenger trains will eat up about eight tons of coal, at a rough caleu- latloa, which is about haif a car load. The immense “Hog” engines that haul freight trains will consume fujly three times this much and even after ‘allowing so much coal sometimes refuse to steam up to the requirements, For the same distance, in the case of a passenger engine, one reser- voir filled with ofl would suffice and in the freight-hauling service but one renewal of the reservoir would be ample. Therefore, in the matter of transportation we have one car load of ofl against eight car loads of coal and seventy-one car loads of wood. The oll flame is much fiercer, and in conse- quence, steam comes quicker. Some Practical Objections. The chief objection against using ofl for locomotive purposes is the supply. While the supply of ofl at present seems adequate for all possible wants, still this proposed use would consume a vast quantity. While it is cheap now, such a great demand would surely increase its price and prob- ably to such an extent as to make it pro- hibitive. Then, again, all patents are per- fect in the eyes of the patentee and the general public until they are proven de- fective, and one defect, in some cases, is enough to squelch an idea forever. During the great coal strike last summer the Burlington and Quincy road experiment- ed with oil as a locomotive fuel instead of bituminous coal, which the strike had made scarce and high, so scarce, in fact, that the road had to resort to the expedient of sending the coal to different parts of the road under seal in express cars, for fear a rival road would confiscate it on account of being in the same straits. The experiment proved a great success, both as to the ef- ficiency and economy of ofl as fuel, but at the very zenith of success an explosion of the of! on @ rapidly moving locomotive cev- — oF ered the cab, engineer and fireman with burning Hquid and demonstr:ted that a new element of peril was added to the life of an engineer, and, in a slightly less de- gree, to the whole train. Vestibule for the Tender. ‘The Pennsylvania and New York Central roads have been experimenting with ofl fuel for some time it and have found everything satisfactary but the supply. It is estimated that the use of oil in all the Pennsylvania locomotives would absorb so much of the ofl produced as to raise the price very greatly and make it economically unprofitable to use it. If this is an estab- lished fact the general use of of] as a loco- motive fuel is, of course, out of the ques- tion. With the rush of train robberies in the west came a great supply of ideas to the patent office, all of which guaranteed to protect the engineer's life, and, in some ex- travagant cases, also claimed to be able to capture the robbers. One of the best of these devices is put forward by a railroad mechanic avith an inyentive turn of mind who has been giving his attention to the safety of the men on the engine and in the mail and express cars that form the forward part of every first-class train. This idea, which is covered by a patent issued last spring, is from the car shops of a great western corporation, and is in the form of @ tender provided with a vestibule. One of the principal claims of the device to general acceptance is its efliciency in keeping off train robbers. The efficiency of the vestibule in prevent- ing telescoping is an idea which has grown concurrently with the development of the vestibule itself, and the instances of ac- cidents in which its use has prevented in- jury, or even shock, to the occupants of the cars so protected have been many. But the necessity of providing similar protection ‘tween the foremost car and the locomo- ive tender, the most dangerous point in all collisions, and the most dangerous in the Proportion of three to one in collisions be- tween passenger trains, has up to the pres- ent time never received sufficient considéra- tion to produce any practical result. OLD HUTCH. The Old Financler is as Full of Pluck as Ever. From the Chicago Dispateh, Benjamin P. Hutchinson—"Old Hutch”— has opened a cigar store at 28 Pacific ave- nue. The plaice has not been extravagantly furnished, but there is a showcase and a handsomely finished apartment, in which there Is a plush couch, finished in rich blue plush, with magnificent porticres. There is also a back room, where there is a nice poker table, at which the old man and his friends enjoy themselves, It was a pathetic picture that was found by a@ reporter for the Dispatch in an ad- Joining saloon. There was “Old Hutch,” with his old friend, Michael Doran of St. Paul, a member of the national democratic central committee from Minnesota. Mr. Doran himself is a man of sixty-seven rears, just the same age as Mr. Hutchin- son. He is a member of the Chicago board of trade. Mr. Doran was befriended by Mr. Hutchinson in the days wheg he was un- known as a capitalist and before he him- self became a millionaire, and he was here to care for his old friend and take him to French Lick Springs in Indiana, if the old man would go. “See here,” said he to a reporter for the Dispatch, “here's a cigar I am selling for a cent. It costs me $7.75 a thousand. It's a good cigar at that. But here’s an Up- ham I pay $18.25 a hundred for, I’m selling that at a quarter. & “Oh, yes, I put up the sign ‘Old Hutch cigars.’ I am going to carry on business and I am going to make a living, and an honest one at thet.” “Come to French Lick Springs with me,” sald Mr. Doran, “it will @o you good.” “I never was a pensioner on any on replied the old speculator, “and I won't ‘But you won't be a pensioner,” replied Mr. Doran; “you'll be my guest, and I will deem it an honor for the good you have done me in the past.” “Old Hutch” was evidently touched by the remark, but he replied: “I won't go. I am going to stay here and sell cigars for from 1 cent aplece to 25 cents. I am still a Yankee, and you are an Irishman, but you are a good one, and the only man who could control ‘Old Hutch.’ Yes, I am nearing the end, but while I am here I am going ,to stay and do business with my old friends.” |< —-s00—— NO THIEF DARE TOUCH ‘IT. SEETIES Diamond Ring on a Public Statue ina Madrid Park. A ring, studded with diamonds and pearls, hangs suspended to a silken cord around the neck of a statue in one of the most frequented parks of Madrid. It is safer there than in one of the strongest rooms of the Bank 6f England, says the London Answer. Thousands of people pass it every day and admire its beauty, but the greatest thief in Spain hesitates even to touch it. It is believed to deal out death to whom it be- longs. The ring was specially made for the late Alfonso XII, who gave it to his cousin Mercedes on the day of their be- throthal. Upon her death it passed into the posses- sion of the king’s grandmother, Queen Christiana. Three months afterward she died. The king passed on the deadly band of gold to his sister, who died a month af- ter she received it. The king then placed the jewel in his own casket of precious jewels, and lived less than a year after he had done it. oo AN EASY WAY OUT. The Railrond Man Knew How to Re- lease the Woman, A woman crossing a network of railroad tracks in Long Island City not long ago stepped on a frog, which was unlocked, and pinioned her foot securely, says the New York Herald. There was possibly no danger from an approaching train, for there were many men about, but her posi- tion was not comfortable. Her cries attracted assistance to her side, and the groups of men began suggesting first one thing, then another to release the foot. “Give a sudden jerk,” suggested one. “Slide your foot forward,” sald another. The woman tried, but could not move her foot. that won't do,” cried a rd. “Get a crowbar. Get anything. We've got to pry it out.” At this the woman became hysterical, and the men all grew nervous. Several ran up the track, and several down to signal any approaching train. Just then, when the excitement was high, a railroad employe crossed the track, swinging a tin dinner pail. “What's the matter?” he asked of one of the crowd. The situation was explained to him. Every- thing had been tried, his informant said, and they were waiting for a crowbar. “Why don't you unlace the shoe?” he sald, and taking a knife from his pocket he cut the laces, No one had thought of that, but the remedy was effectual, and in fifteen seconds the half-fainting. woman was able to pull her foot from the ‘shoe, and a slight effort then released the latter. ——_——oo—__—_ The Tramp’s See-Saw. From the New York Hetald.* A tramp with a blase,manner lackadai- sically walked up to the rear entrance of a farmhouse and gently tapped the door with his finger tips. The Goor'was opened by a sharp-faced vision, who inquired what the gentleman of leisure desired. “Madam,” he said, with a very profound bow, “I have a requeft to bprefer.” “Well, = be quick about it,” was the not encouraging reply. pow “Madam, 1 would fain edtt.”” “Do you see that wood, sir?” she replied, pointing to a large pile of timber which had not been shortened to the required stove length. Slowly he turned his head and jooked in the direction of the pointing finger, then with as much calmness as he could com- mand he spake thu: “Madam, you saw me see the: wood, but you won't see me saw the wood.” Before the womarr had recovered from her surprise he had been wafted away with the parting breeze. ———_-2o-____. A Natural Consequence, From the Pittsburg Catholic, In the examination of an Irish case for A PROFESSOR'S WEAKNESS From the Pall Mall Budget. “Has the mail gone?” asked the Hour Hand. It gave a scarcely perceptible jerk as it spoke. “The mail has gone,” replied the Minuts “Hand, with some acerbity. “And if you hadn't been as near asleep as doesn’t mat- ter, you'd know the mail was gone. You'd know, too, that it was an Indian mail to- night, and that it was two minutes late Starting. Why on earth don’t you look about you? "Pon me word you give me the fair hump.” Charing Cross Station was, by comparison with its recent stress and turmoil, deserted. A few people, who were still waiting under the clock for other people who had arranged to go with them to the play, but had mis- taken the year, looked anxiously up at the Minute Hand and said “Bother!” and men- tally gave themselves just five minutes more. Porters came back from the plat- forms, furtively counting gains, and mop- ping their foreheads with the backs of their hands, “Oh! two minutes late, was it?” said the Hour Hand, slowly. “By gad!” said the other, with affected admiration, “you can grasp an idea quickly when you like. Huw on earth do you man- age it?” “It reminds me,” went on the Hour Hand, Placidly, “of one night—” And told this tale. oS eet ie, es: 1 ey a Young Mrs. Waterhouse finished the writing of a dutiful letter to her mother. The letter assured the anxious old lady that the writer was quite happy; that there was really no necessity for worry, and that mamma might make herself quite content at Biarritz, Geoffrey was the best of hus- bands, and, although of course much en- gaged at South Kensington with his fear- fully abstruse experiments and his new book on steel fibers, he was extremely at- tentive and kind. And she was, with much love, mamma's affectionate daughter, Helen Waterhouse. “Mamma won't believe it,” said young Mrs. Waterhouse, with a kind of comic despair. “She is always wanting to know about the skeleton, Thank goodness, there isn’t one!” On the clean blotting pad was an impress of some of hgr ausband’s wriung. A pal- ette-shaped mirror stood on the table, and, half unconsciously, she turned the pad to- ward it. “Wonder to whom he has been writing?” It was quite easy to see. Mrs. Water- house glanced at it casually at first; then, her face fiercely pink, with much attention: “I want you, my dearest, to believe that I am quite true to you. I am bound by certain ties to others, but to you, my sweet- heart, my own dearest Alicla—~* “Alicia!” erled Mrs. Waterhouse aloud, as she panted and sat back in her chair. “Alicia! Alicia who, I wonder?” She knew his writing so well that she could scarce be deceived on that point. The whole thing in a moment was clear. Her dear mother, with a less cramped experi- ence of the world, had been right, after all. “There is a skeleton,” said the trembling Mrs. Waterhouse. She tore up her letter to Biarritz into many pieces. As the last fragment went into the ferns in the fire- place she felt a kiss upon her neck. “Don't do thi please,” she cried. “Beg pardon,” said her husband. frighten you “He took off his hat and adjusted his pincenez. His coolness almost took her breath away. “I must say, Geoffrey,” she declared, “that I can’t help admiring your—your cheek.” “My love, I admire yours. I meant to have kissed it just now.” She took up a newspaper and, twisting it violently in her excitement, made an en- deavor to speak with calmness. “I have been reading rather an interest- fragment, Geoffrey. Shall I tell you what it is?” “Did I Alicia. The professor dropped his glasses and looked intensely disturbed. “Now, my dear love.” “Oh, no!” said Mrs. Waterhouse. “My dear Helen, then, will you allow me to say—" “I only want to know one thing. Did you write this ridiculous stuff, please?” “Why, yes. I'm not going to “deny that. Of course, it’s only a part of the letter to the girl, but if you like I can tell you what happens afterward.” “I don't want to know. If this gets known what will be thought of you? You will be the laughing stock of all your colleagues.” “That's very true,” acknowledged Prof. Waterhouse with concern; “that’s very true, and it must never get known. I can’t drop the affair now, unfortunately; but you know’ e smiled at his wife a little anx- jousl, here really is no harm in it, and I'm not the only man who—" “Really!” Ina tone of remote and frigid interest “I frankly admit, though, that I should be very sorry for it to get known. Of course, it seems to you a very foolish thing to de “By no means.” “But I reaily don’t believe that I could have endured the strain of writing that new work of mine if, at the same time, I had not—" “Let me ask you one more question, please. I understand, Geoffrey, that you are sorry now that you ever lent yourself to such a—such a despicable business. “That not quite the point, dear.” He was recovering now his usual tomposure. “That's not what I'm sorry for. I’m sorry to be found out. I wanted to keep it quiet. But there's no earthly reason why anybody but ourselves should know. After all, every man has his hobby.” “Geoffrey! I won't listen to you. ‘Well, my dear, I can’t force you to, can I? I believe if you would only let me tell you the whole affair from beginning to end you wouldn't be so much annoyed about it. It really isn’t so bad as you think. Alicia is a most delightful girl, and it has been a recreation for me, you know; and I have been slogging away so of late, and—” The door slammed. Mrs. Waterhouse went upstairs to her room and hurriedly, yery hurriedly, packed a portmanteau. There was time to catch the mail at Char- ing Cross, and she meant to catch it. The great thing was to get away to Biarritz, away from the stifling atmosphere of this house, away from London. She rang for her maid. “Parker.” “Yes, ma’am.” “The mail goes at 8 from Charing Cross, I think?” “It used to go at 8, ma'am,” said Parker, cautiously, “When we went away, if you remember— “Yes, yes, of course. I want you to pack a bag for yourself, and we will catch the mail tonight.” ‘Catch the mail, ma’am, tonight?” “Yes, yes. Lose no time, please, and send out for a cab.” “Well, I never,” murmured Parker. Mrs. Waterhouse had some intention of having one fine, big, square scene with her husband before she left, but there was lit- tle time to spare. Moreover, it occurred to her that she could be quite as bitter in a well-composed letter, to be dispatched from Biarritz, as in a hasty interview. ‘Come along, Parke! she called. ‘It's all very well to say ‘come along,’ ” muttered Parker, discontentedly, “but this is a rum sort of a game, and I don’t half cotton to it." “We've got twenty minutes. Tell the man to drive carefully, but to drive very fast.” The most galling thing about the whole deplorable affair was the certainty that her mother would meet her at the station with an “I told you so, my poor lamb,” expres- sion. Still there was no one else to whom she could go, and, at any rate, she could always control mamma. She always had done so. Charing Cross. “The mail, lidy?” said the porter, civilly. “The mail goes at ite fifteen, It's later'n it used to be.” “Parker, will you get some papers? Get one or two for yourself, you know.” Parker, still rather inclined to be cross, went to the bookstall. It half restored the excellent maid to complacent submission to what she termed all this ramping about to find the new number of the Lady’s Own Chatterbox on sale. It was her own par- ticularly favorite journal. “We'll get in now, Parker,” said Mrs. Waterhouse. “There's twenty minutes to Chatterbox. Mrs. Waterhouse took it up and held it in her hand. -_ said Parker, coughing slightly and pulling on her loose black cot- ton gicves, “reminds me of the time when married, ma’am. I shall never forget that time. There was me and you and the pro- fessor-—' Mrs. Waterhouse gave a little scream. “Please don’t speak to me for a little while, Parker. I-1 want to read.” She began, now that the first heat was over, to wonder what her future life woul be like. She was a dutiful daughter, but life with mamma at Biarritz (mamma es- pecially etrong in regard to inconvenient reminiscences, mamma with a predilection in regard to the table in favor of every- thing being boiled) did not seem to her to be the cheeriest possible existence. She looked at the tiny geld watch on her wrist but could not see the time until she b patted each eye with her handkerch! Parker, bolt upright in her corner, after the manner of Mrs, Wilfer, gave a sympathetic sniff. Eight ten. Doors were being closed, second-class pa sengers were rushing on, cry! anywhere.” Jt is never you passel.gers who cry “Get in anywhere “I must read,” whispered youn Waterhouse to herself. “I must do thing to keep myself from thinking. faint if I don’t divert my thoughts. The Lady's Own Chatterbox lay on her lap. She put one small foot against the seat opposite and leaned forward to Ket the steady glare of the electric light on th page. on the platform aggressively. “We commence this week a story by a new writer, Walter House, entitled, “Alicia's Only Love.’ It will be found replete with romantic interest, and, in short, a wor ful picture of high-class life of ‘the pre day, with all its faults and foibles.” ‘ow, then,” cried the inspector on the platform, in ‘an aggrieved tone to a_be- lated passenger, “are you going on there or are you not going on?" Mrs. Waterhouse began to read. Ci I was headed “The Countess.” ‘Alicia was half leaning, on an ottoman, reading a deli letter from thus: half_reclini ately scen ir Harold de Beer. It open: “I want you, my dearest, to be that Iam quite true to you. I am bo: by certain ties to others, but to you, my sweetheart, my own dearest Alici. 6 Parker!’ screamed Mrs. Ws h a gasp of delight. “Come out quickly Right away,” shouted the inspector. Stand away there, pleas “Here, stop,” cried Mrs. She caught up her skirts and jumped nimbly out. An active porter s bags, and, as the train was mo’ the descending Parker neatiy, a r round upon her feet. “ hat, umpire?” asked the porter, “O—u—t, out,” said the inspector. H turned his hand lamp to Mrs, Waterhous “Hope you're all right, ma’am. terhouse. “Thank you, yes,” said Mrs, Waterhouse, breathlessiy. m all right now.” “aes 6 8 © + & The Hour Hand, interested in its story. had not notiged the close approach of the other. Down below the porters, armed with giant brooms, were sweeping the dust off the platform on to the waiting passengers The bookstall was closing and the boys Were hav.ng a furtive game of snowball with the rolled-up discarded placards of the evening papers. The professor is still writing, anony: mously, for the Ladies’ Own Chatterbo: remarked the Hour Hand, “and his wife doesn't_mind—" “I wish you'd mind,” said the Minute Hand, with some bitterness. It was sev- enteen minutes to nine. ‘When you've auite finished all your chow-row, perhaps you'll kindly allow me to pass. ii The Business Girl and Matrimony. From the Chicago Record. ‘The social philosopher had been petting her chin in an absurdly hayseedish manner, and as the thoughtful panorama was omi- nously regarded as a forerunner of a more or less prolonged lecture, rhe didn't dare disappoint her admiring petticoated au- dience. So she said: “It seems to me that the very moment that a young woman shows ability in any chosen profession about #0 ordinarily charming and lovely individuals rise up like solicitous hens over a weak-legged chicken and implore her not to spoil her good work by tumbling into the matrimo- nial tank, “Huh!” puffed the girl who always inter- rupts, “the motherly hens had better wait until she gets a good chance. Then they'd see how quickly ‘Yes, sir; I'm yours,’ could be said.” “What nonsense!” the social philosopher designed to answer. “very girl has oppor- tunities to marry, but no girl in her right mind is going to blindfold herself to the dozens of things to be considered. There’: the money question, for instance. That al- Ways comes first, for if you are a business woman, earning a fairly decent salary, it is absurd to marry a man who receives but little more. Diamond tastes and window- glass purses make a mighty unsatisfactory combination, my dear. Besides, perhaps you are fond of your work and dislike household managing, but if you go down town to business every day people will look wise and say mean things, and you'll wish yourself unhooked from your matrimonial venture. “Perfect men are so hard to find, too! Now, what girl could endure a bald head or a red nose, even if it went with loads of wealth and bushels of love? Why, in less than six weeks she'd be making the poor man wear a frilled cap and a prepared chalk nose. A man’s good looks go aong way with a girl, I'm ashamed to confess, and a jerky manner of talking or a sissy walk or a nervous movement of the hands will make a girl's tceth grind and her tem- per fray at the edges—that is, unless she's really and truly in love; then he might be a tallor’s dummy, noseless and cross-eyed, bewhiskered and with rouged cheeks, and she'd still think him the ioveliest thing on earth.” Acream of tartar baking pow- der. Highest of all in leavening strength.—Lakst United Siates Governmen Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Oo, 106 WallSt, ¥.¥. FPOCEDOSOOOSOSO*SEOOS tarrh 4s annoying and offensive. Nearly every one suffers from it in greater or Jess degree, but It cam be cured, spcedily and effectually, by Foster’s German Army and Na Catarrh Cure. ‘Used in numerous cases with unvarying success. 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