Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1898, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1898-24 PAGES. BATHING COSTUME oF Useieierne ame, by 2. nemeateme, — —" Sommer 10 ‘Her Majesty, the Queen of Tay. Her Majesty, Queen Maria Dona Pia Her Imperial Highness, Countess ¢'y ‘The Princemes of Bulgaria. Princesses Lobanof, Radsiewit, an, = A Odotioaky, of te Court of Russie, —Sets @ Peus, Paria) THE PERIOD. BATHING COSTUMES A Subject of Interest to Women in Summer Time.- WUST BE PRACTICAL AND BECOMING Felix Designs a Model of Heavy Black Alpaca. DETAILS OF THE TOILET ee ee Bpecial Correspondence of Tke Evening Star. PARIS, June 18, 1898. The heated term is announced by the opening of the fashionable seaside resorts, for which the feminine part of the fash- fonable world has made elaborate prepara- tions. Dieppe and Trouville, two of the most ex- elusive bathing places in the world, will soon be thronged with elegantes from every part of the globe, who will display their various outing gowns, afternoon toilets and evening dresses, and last, but not least, their bathing costumes, to which no smail part of their attention is devoted. it is a recognized fact that, regarding bathing costumes, “many are called, but few are chosen.” Why can a pretty wo- man prove such a disappointment in a bathing suit? True, long skirts, dainty neckwear and gauze sleeves cover a multi- tude of sins, and curling irons and powder practice additional deception. Small. won- der, then, if the bathing costume calls for particular care, as it must be practical, as Well as tasteful, and, if possible, becom- ing. The ultimate benefit of sait water bathing to beauty as well as health is so great that it seems a pity to forego such a luxury for fear of tan and freckles and wet strands of hair. Careful choice should be made of cloth and color for a bathing suit, as salt water shrinks and fades. Navy blue serge ts, per- haps, the most useful and durable, but al- paca is less clinging, and dries faster. A Suitable Costume. As most women feel more “dressed” with stays, and are, therefore, loath to do witb- out them, even while in for a salt water dip, the question regarding a suitable sup- port is an important one. The illustration of our model of a bathing corset will, we hope, solve the problem. These stays are made of strong cotton stiffened with plant whalebones at the back, where it is laced with elastic strings. Silk elastic bands form the front, and are fastened together along the center by a steel clasp. The lowest elastic band below the waist- line is finished with small buttons. for the the purpose of fastening legiettes and thus doing away with additional fullness and preserving the gracefulness of the waist line. Our model of a bathing costume supplies all requirements in that line. It is made of heavy black alpaca. The Turkish leg- lettes attached above to the stays, as de- scribed, are very full, and are caught be- low the knees into a tight cuff and black alpaca trimmed with rows of red braid. The loose blouse of black alpaca is caught into deep pleats, which adjust themselves closely at the waist, and continue over the hips, forming a basque, and finally open into a full long flounce, trimmed with rows of red braid. Dainty Details. » A similar pleating forms the large col- lar, which fastens over a vest of white flacnel embroidered with a red anchor and edged at the decollete neck with rows of red braid. Two large buttons close the bodice in front, and a bias belt of red washable silk closes with a graceful knot at one side. Long black siik mitts cover and protect the arms and reach almost to the short. tight sleeve. Black silk stockings are worn, with high boots made of black cloth with cork soles. The jaunty Dutch cap, fastened under the chin with red tape, is of yellow straw and oiled silk, and is trimmed with a bow of red braid held by a gilt buckle. These Dutch caps are not limited to the bathing costume alone, although their realm does not extend farther than the beach on sunny mornings. They are worn with the light morning costume of fine cot- ton stuff, or the outing suit of flannel. Another new fashion for beach or gar- den hats ts the usage of crinkled Japanese crepe paper. Very graceful hats can be easily put together of this material, the cate colorings of which prove very be- coming and more durable than one would suppose. Stylish Shirt Waists. Fashions come and go, but the conven- ient shirt waist remains, in spite of the protests of the couturiers, who therefore might as well accept it with gocd grace and turn their attention to improvements in de- tails. To be real swell in appearance, the silk shirt waist must not be trimmed, but this severity is acceptable to but few. When cross-tucks are used they appear in clus- ters. A new model of white taffeta has a double yoke back and bishop sleeves with turn-over cuffs. The fronts have three long tucks on each side, while two full ruffs edged with narrow lace cover the cen- ter from collar to belt. The collar of white linen is encircled by an Ascot tie of white satin. When this blouse is worn a white hat and @ parasol of white taffeta lined on the in- side with shirred white mousseline de soie —a new conceit in the paraso! line. With the addition of a skirt of white Pique,, white flannel or pleated mousseline, and a y handsoine belt of chased metal set with turquoises or amethysts, this costume is appropriate at any time or place. @ Féur, Paris) SUMMER SASHES. They Are Gorgeous Triumphs of the * Costumers’ Art. From the New York Herald. The summer sashes are triumphs of dell- cate art. If one has a last season's gown she is not quite sure about, the addition of one of these accessories will seitle all doubtful questions of appearance, while to the new gown it adds the final touch of perfection. The sashes are long and of medium width, varying from three to six or seven niches. Fiuffiness is the distinguishing character- istic of the summer sash, as it is of all other parts of the toilet at present. The material may be of ribbon in single or double width, tae two joined by a strip of insertion, of chiffon, silk, mousseline de soie—in fact, any material that can lend itself to such need. They are outlined all about the edge with tiny double ruchings of some fluffy material, either like groundwork or in contrast. ‘i hese ruchings, im turn, may be of the same color or a contrasting color to the rest of the sash, or, instead of the ruchings, there are on some tiny ruffies of lace running across in ten or a dozen rows. The sashes do not tie about the waist, but are fastened with rosettes to a body giready made of some stiff material, cov- ered with the same harmonizing material. These bodices are wide under the arms and narrow in front and back. One very pretty imported sash on ex- hibition in one of the fashionable stores was of blue, polka dotted with white, mousseline de soie, outlined with a tiny ruche of white chiffen and ruffles of the chiffon at the ends. The sash was over three yards long, and fastened to a blue and white ribbon bodice with rosettes of mixed blue and white. +o. Hetrothal Rings. From the Lendon Mail. Ba Modern Greek peasants exchange a gold and silver wedding rirg, and they drink ine from the same cup. But the regular ritual of the Greek Church ordains that solemn betrothal precedes the actual mar- riage, in which are used a gold and eilver wedding ring blessed by the priest, the gold ring being given to the man, the silver ring to the woman. The form of the espousal is then poe and ~ rings are placed on the right nds, and then exchanged, that no inferiority may be betokened by the woman wearing the silver ring and also to indicate a common ownership of prop- erty. An Armenian mother usually chooses ber Gaughter’s husband. After all business pre- ectnaries are settled between the fami- Hes, the bridegroom's mother, acc»mpanied Dy @ priest 9nd two matrons, visits the the | bride and gives ber a ring in token of espousal.-and with this ring the covple are ultimately married. Among the fishing communities very ancient and elaborate rings are used, they descend as heir- lcoms from generation to generation. In Japanese marriages arranged between \ery young people the girl receives a -ing in evidence that the union is binding. In Malabar an old native custom seats both bride and bridegroom on a dais. and a rela~ tive washes the feet of the bridegroom with milk and puts a silver ring on the Breat toe of the right foot. He then hands a gold ring to his kinsman, and a necklace and chaplet of flowers are put on the bride's neck gnd head. ——+é+ A Thiéf-Proof Watch. From the New York Herald. For the summer girl, shirt waisted or in a muslin gown, a new sort of watch has been devised, a watch that might be called “thief proof. The police court records Prove that there is abundant need of stch @ watch. Ever since women first took to wearing their timepieces on the outside of their frocks a new temptatio: for the sneak thief. Om” es arisen He has found many a rich harvest of an afternoon, for any watch hanging on a Ift- tle hook pin may be snatched away readily. But the sneak thief has now his match, The new style of woman's watch cannot bo snatched off. If an attempt is made, a 00d portion of the waist will come too, or else the watch will remain in its place, un- injured. : between these and the old watch lies—there is a small scfew, pre- cisely like the screw of a man’s screw shirt stud. This screw is a part of the case. As she adds the finishing touches to her toilet the woman who her gown. —s0-. Stained Fingers, From Harper's Bazar. Now the time has come when the house- wife who does much of ner own cooking or fruit stains from the fingers. lump of sulphur in a tin plate, little alcohol, and set it on fire. finger tips above the flame, coloration will disappear. oo A recently rear end with the sections and then inward acros: in a knob or head, the together as the pin is ing inside the hat 25 soon as the crossed rtion is reached to prevent from Slipping owt until potas head. HOUSEHOLD HINTS! WITH RATING BADGES See To the dainty woman who wishes to keep her hats up to the standard withou: a great Outiay of money or constant re- ccurse to Madame Milliner, the practical hints giveu her classes by a first-class teacher of millinery may prove worthy of consideration The best velveteen, says this woman who knows, is better than silk velvet, so far as durability and keep- ing in order are concerned, for making or trimming hats. Rain will not speil a good quality of velveteen, as a little steaming will make it as gocd as new, While a tew drops of water on silk velvet makes little indentations hard to remove. For black hats, chip or straw, beginning to grow rusty, liquid shoe polish may be used to gcod advantage. Hats should be brushed every day before laying aside to ke2p the dust from grinding in. Artificial flowers drcoping and crushed may be brighte1ed and freshened by shaking for ten minutes. through the steam from the volling tea kettle. Ostrich feathers respond to the same treatment. A good quality of rib- bon makes the most durable and conse- qvently cheapest of all hat triamings, Standing the moisture of the sea or flying dust of business streets or country diiving heiter than flowers, feathers or lace. Stvel ornaments may be made as good 1s new bya scrubbing in hot soapsuds, using a nailbrush to reach the interstices, then polishing with a chamois or drying in saw- aust. %o renovate old black thread cr French laces, dip into a solution of weak green tea, then spread out upon several thicknesses of newspaper laid upon. the froning board or other“ilat surface. With a pin pick out each little point or scallop, cover the lace with sheets of newspapers, and put a weight on the paper, atlowing it to remain twenty-four hours. Fine white laces, delicate ribbons and silks, may be freshened and cleaned with powdered :nag- nesia, or, if not too badly soiled, with hot flour—taking care that it is not browned in the hearing. Sprinkle the magnesia or flour upon a smooth sheet of wrapping pa- per, lay the silk or lace upon the paper, and sprinkle more magnesia over it, Cove: with another sheet of paper, place a book or some light weight on the paper, leLting it rest there several days. Take the fab- ric up, shake well and brush with a soft brush. For laces that require stiffening rinse in a pint of water in which gum arabic the size of a pea is dissolved, roll atout a bottie and puil or pat with a soft towel untii dry. Some good points to remember in the making of ice cream are these: Milk should always be scalded or it may taste watery. If fiour is used to thicken, cook in a double boiler for twenty minutes. If cornstarch, ccok an hour. When candied fruits are used a double amount of sugar is required. In making brick ice cream allow two table- spoonfuls of gelatine to each quart. For ginger ice cream use the preserved ginger. In freezing, ice cream takes one-third as much salt as ice, and the ice stould be cn top. In packing after the freezing leave the salt on top. Always allow the cream to stand from two to three hours before serving, as it makes the cream richer or refined. Caterers in making cream for en- tertainments usually make it two days ahead. Poorly ventilated, overheated kitchens, says one who has given the matter much thought, are responsible in many cases not only for the proverbial ili temper of cooks, but for their predisposition to disease as well. Rheumatism, vericose veins and tuberculosis are frequent maladies which afflict the cook, while alcoholism and a first-class cook are too often synonymous to be pleasant. The reason adduced for the prevalence of the alcohol habit is that men or women working in air heavy with odors of food are seidom hungry, but crave stimulants. The Germans make a delicious pineapple pancake, that is worthy general adoption. A plain, thin pancake, batter of eggs, flour and milk is made and poured into a big buttered fryingpan, hot enough to begin the baking at once. As soon as the batter spreads out, cover with a layer of stewed pineapple, not too juicy, and dredge with powdered sugar. Put the pan in a hot oven, and bake for eight or ten minutes, until brown and well done. Cut the cake into triangular pieces and serve hot. The question of the proper form for a widow's card is one often discussed. Au- thorities on card etiquette usually concede that a widow may retain her husband's name upon her cards if she desires, though the maiden name is more generally used. If the widow has a married son of the same name, she may add sr. after her name, if she uses her husband's. The English cus- tom of designating the widow as “dowag- er” is one that has manifest advantages. One of the daintiest ways of serving strawberries with ice cream is to make a vanilla cream and pack in individual molds. Hollow out the centers of each one and fill with a cup of fine, perfect berries, well Sweetened. Cover close, and pack in salt and ice until thoroughly chilled and set. Turn out on glass or fine china plates, and surround with whipped cream. A delicate strawberry pudding that even an invalid will enjoy is made in this way: Mash a. quart of ripe berries through a sieve; add to this the juice of one lemon and a cup of sugar, and mix well. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, and whip into the berries. Pour in a but- tered mold, and bake in a slow oven from fifteen to twenty minutes until firm. The lovely Benares brassware, as well as the Moradabad ware, can be kept bright and fresh by using a cut lemon. Hub the lemon into all the little interstices, give that article a good polishing, then wash in clean warm water and dry with a chamois or a nice piece of canton flannel. A dress- ing. of this kind will keep it fresh for months. Be careful about pouring boiling water over the teatrays, as it cracks the varnish. Wash in lukewgrm water with a little soap, and use sweet oil to remove the white marks frequently left by hot things. Peas should always be shelled the same day they are to be used, as otherwise much of their sweetness is dissipated. Save the water in which they are cooked, add milk, season and servé with croutons for soup. ee COLORING OF THE BUBBLE. How a Scientist Has Made Use of It for Decoration. ¥rom the Philadelphia Record. So far all artificial colors have been pro- duced from dye-stuffs exclusively, most of the latter having a pronounced color of their own. The handsomest of all, how- ever, are the spectral colors produced through prisms and distinguished by won- derfui clearness and purity, which it has never before been deemed possible to ac- curately reproduce. To a certain degree, the scientist Henry, in Paris, has now suc- ceeded In permanently fixing the delicate cclors resulting from the interference of light waves. The objects upon which the colors are fastened are thin sheets of wa- terproof paper, polished glass plates or thin boards, which are placed in a dish and covered with water. On the bottom of the dish there are a number of very small openings, governed by a stop-cock, en- abling the operator to let off the water slowly and evenly. After the water has settled in the dish a few drops are added of a solution of asphalt, bitumen or a similar material, which is separated from the water in an insoluble shape by the action of air and light. When the essence has covered the surface of the water it forms a very thin film, and vibrations of the air produced by whistling across the surface of the film, are transferred upon the thin film, bringing forth a series of color combinations, each of which cor- responds to a given scund. After a short time the medium wherein the bitumen has been dissolved evaporates, and as the first small wrinkles arpear in the film the stop- cock is opened, and the water is allowed to flow off slowly. The film sinks evenly Heer tae tee es oe and the result is the appearance of won- # —— Opportunities fof Enlisted Men in the | Navy. ” {LANDSMAN: 10°. WARRANT OFFICER { A i Various Lines Along Which Pro- motion”"May Come. 1.) __ BRASS BU#TONS AHEAD Written for The Eveving Star. ANY READERS OF especially the news of the fleets, find dif- ficulty in understand- ing the given rates of the navy’s enlisted men. They grasp the significance of the officers’ titles, from ensign to admiral, but the official han- die to the names of the rated men for- ward puzzles them! Some of the rates bestowed upon enlisted {men in the ordinary course of seniority, or for merit, fail to indicate the duti of the rated men in their titles. There is a regular iine of successive promotion for the enlisted men of the navy, just as there is for the officers. The difference is that enlisted men never “rank” any of their shipmates, but only “rate” them. “Rank” is ‘a term reserved for the officers aft. Moreover, there is an enlisted men’s staff, as well as an officers’ staff, in the navy. In fact, but usually not in practice, the apprentices aboard an American man-of- War rate at the bottom of the enlisted men’s muster roll—that is, they muster last of all the crew, and officially they are supposed to come after all hands. Actually, howevec, zpprentice lads of the first class— young feliows whe have passed through their third and sccond class apprentice- ships, and are approaching their majorities —cut a good deal more of a figure aboard ship than the landsmen, the most inferior men of the line in rating. By the time an apprentice has worked himself into*the ap- prentice, first class, designation, he is a good deal of a man-of-war sailor, and he naturally feels himself a bit heavier in quality than the raw young landsman who may never have been aboard a ship in his life until ne shipped on a receiving ship. The apprentice lads are trained with a view to their holding rates as petty of- ficers and chief petty officers when, at the finish of their apprenticeship, they ship over again in the navy, and they are al- ways given the preference in the distribu- tion of these rates, just as they are in nine cases out of ten singled out for war- rants as gentlemen of the quarterdeck, when vacancies in _ these billets occur. When an apprentice ships over in the navy after the completion of his appren- ticeship he receives the designation— which, however, Woes. hot entitle him to wear the petty officels “crow,” as the sailors call the rating badge—of “‘sea- man gunner,” anqfe mediately in line for a petty offic ip, whatever line he* elects to serve im Fef there are several branches of deckjs e in the “enlisted line.” $ His Firgt motion. The landsman ‘wip Yhips as such—and no man, unless h¢/is gx professional sailor or a skilled mechanic of some sort, can ship in any other apa@tty than as a lands- man, if he prefer¥ toggoin the “deck” or “line” force~gets® bis ‘rst shove forward when he is madefait @dinary seaman. A landsman has p mfo serve aboard a man-of-war for two Yeurs before he is rat- ed en ordinary seamaify and there are nu- merous landsmen? wh@.put -in an entire three-year cruige’ befog® they receive this rate, with the. Tew Ff @ Thonth addl- tional pay. The apt landsmdn, however, stands an excellentjghance of being rated an ordinary seaman during his second year of service. _,There are, of course, many sailors of: the s@erchant marine who ship at once as ordin seamen or able sea- men, but these men grow rarer every year. For some unaccountable reason, merchant sailors are chary of shipping-in the navies of the world. notwithstanding the fact that naval sailors are better paid and infi- uitely better treated’ than merchant sea- men. F The man who has started in as a lands- man and who during his first three-year cruise gets the boost to the ordinary sca- man’s rite, is almost invariably rated an able seaman immediately upon his ship- ping for 4 second crulse. As a landsman he wore but one white stripe on the cuff of his mustering shirt, and as an ordinary seaman he was but a “two-striper.” As an able seaman, however, he wears three stripes on his shirt cuffs, and he is then in line for promotion to a “crow.” He has to take his chances on vacancies, and naval sailors, unless they are ex-apprentices, are not often given their choice of petty offi- cers’ billets. From the rate of able sea- man_ the various branches of deck service are numerous, and the able seaman is put in the place, when he is promoted, that the officers who know his qualities think he is best adapted for. If he is a good steers- man and a careful man in the handling of running boats, h2 is likely to be made a coxswain, which makes him a petty officer and entitles him to wear his first eagle badge. If he has shown especial aptitude around the big guns or in handling the smaller pieces, he 1s likely to be rated a gunrer’s mate, third class, when his offi- cers conclude that he is entitled to pro- motion, and then he is in line of promotion in the gunnery branch alone, and is not likely to break away from that branch dur- ing his entire period of sea service in the navy. Openings Ahead. If the able seaman isa man who shows Proficiency in signaling and in the care- taking of bunting gear the natural promo- tion bestowed upon him by the officers is that of quartermaster, third class, which thrusts him into the line of promotion to a chief signal quartermaster’s billet. If the able seaman, after being rated a coxs'n or even before displays capacity in han- dling the men of his cleaning station, and in getting the work out of them, he is made a boatswain’s mate, third class, and then finds himself with his foot on the bot- tom rung of the ladder leading up to the brass buttons of the chief bo'sun’s mate. The able seaman who is singled out by the officers with their eyes upon him as a man of self-control, nerve, good habits and Figgrs sages sooner or later finds himself at the must, responding to the executive officer’s inquiry aa to whether he thinks he can handie himself asa master-at-arms, third class. When he’gets the rating badge of a third-class :master-at-arms on his watch arm he ts tn.linesof promotion to the highest chief petty. officer's billet in the American navy, ithatvof chief. master-at- arms. Commanding officers, however, do not always pick cmen.from among petty officers for the hiiietszof chief master-at- arms.+ They havebeendknown to clap th eyes upon humble jandamen of proper man- ly qualities and beest them at the very out- set of their naval eareers into the coveted ratings of chief mastery-at-arms. The com- manding officer of;,one,of the ships attach- ed to the Pacifte aquadgon had a great deal of trouble in finding a; suitable chief mas- ter-atzarms a few years ago. He solved the riddle by appointing a coal passer chief master-at-arms, and the coal passer made an admirable man for the rate. Come Slowly. Promotions do “hot follow very thick or fast for the enlisted men in the navy after yarns Li often enter into the proposition. ‘There is but one chief petty officer in each branch aboard each of the men-of-war, and when an American naval sailor attains the rate of chief petty officer he very rarely gives it up, but ships over and over at his rate until he is too old for service. The civil service maxim about “few dying and none resigning” holds with reference to naval chief petty officers. Not infrequently, how- ever, chief petty officers are “broken” and reduced to the rating of ordinary seamen for violations of regulations, and these are the opportunities of the first-class petty ef- ficers. A chief petty officer may only be “broken” by sentence of a general court- martial, and his offense must be pretty se- rious to bring on such a punitive visita- tion as this. The fact is very little known, by the way, that a commissioned ofticer of the United States navy may, by sen- tence of a general court-martial, bere. duced to the rete of an ordinary seaman. This regulation was made during the civil war, and it is still on the statute books, although it is not carried in the naval book of regulations. The staiute has never been repealed, and many years ago it was em- ployed on the China station for the reduc- ton of an cfiicer, tried on a serious charge, to the ordinary seaman’s rate. This re. duced officer was, of course, permitied to leave the service. It is not jikeiy that the statute will ever be used in the American Navy again. Work is Light. When a man gets to be a chief petty off- cer of the Iine in the American navy his Position is largely a sinecure. He is then a@ sort of enlisted overseer- n-chief of the men aboard his ship who serve in hie par- ticular branch, and his duties are almost entirely removed from his shoulders by the betty officers under him. There are numer- ous petty officers of the same ratings. first, second end third (lass, abeard al! of the ships, and these men understand how greatly it is to their intercst to “make it soft’ for the chief petty efficer direc! above them. It is the business of the stg. nal quartermaster, a chief petty officer, for instance, to see to all of his ship's bunting, to attend to the displaying and dimming of the standing lights above the spar deck end to stand by for every manner of sig- naling, day and night. The quartermas- ters, first, seccnd end third class, how- ever, do not permit the chief signal quar- termaster to overwork himself at these tasks, and it would not g0 50 very easy for them if they did, for the “chief” of a branch has the recommending er turning down of men under him in his hands. The chief signal quartermaster may smoke his pipe and look aloft and feel Fretty confident that his chores aboard are being attended to by the inferior petty offi- cers of his branch and the seamen and landsmen: under the petty officers. In short. the deck chief petty officers do not perform pny actual work themselves. They make their daily reports, morning and evening, at the mast, and they keep an eye onen for slovenliness in their departments — but when they put on the blouse of their rate th are through with the work of the hands. Sta@ Petty Officers, Besides these line petty officers of the deck, there are staff petty officers of the deck. The chief carpenter's mate, for ex- ample, is a staff petty officer of the deck, and he has a crew under him of rated men known as shipwrights. These shipwrights, staff petty officers, are all men who have done their period of work at shipbuilding ashore, and aboard ship they have constant tinkering of some sort or other to ‘orm with the woodwork—which, by the way, is 8rowing less and less on American men-of- war with each new batch of ship: The ship’s painter is a line petty officer, not, however, a chief petty officer, and he is ina little institution by himself. "His assi: tants are all hands, and he is simply the mixer of paints. Then there is a deck blacksmith, another staff petty officer and an institution by himself. He has a portable forge that he occasionally manipulates on deck, but his job is largely a sinecure. So is that of the plumber and fitter. The plumber and fitter is probably the } verworked man of a ship's company. The saiimaker’s mate has it pretty soft, too. There are few ships in the United States navy of today that carry so much as steadying sails, and the sail- maker's mate's chief job is that of keeping the hammocks in repair. When a man dies aboard, the sailmaker’s mate sews him up in his hammock. All of the line chief petty officers are in the way of promotion to warrant officers’ billets, and there are likely to be many of these during the progress of the war and after it. In truth, a very large number of the men who wore the uniform of chief petty officers before the outbreak of the war, have already been warranted gentle- men of the quarterdeck, and are now salut- ed by their former messmates forward. Standing in the Navy. Chief petty officers in other navies, in the English navy, for example, rate a great deal higher than they do in our service. They are practically officers, exact the im- plicit obedience of the men they direct, and are literally, and not nominally, the repre- sentatives forward of the officers. It not quite so in our navy. The unrated men forward yield a certain amount of defer- ence to the chief petty officers, and obey them when work is in progress, but they address them familiarly and almost on equal terms, and waste no efforts in their desire to break down the barrier between the bluejacket uniform and that of the chief petty officer. Other staff chief petty officers are the equipment yeoman and the paymaster's yeoman and the apothecary. The two yeo- men of the deck are clerks, the equipment yeoman to the executive officer, and the pay yeoman to the paymaster. They per- form only clerical work, and, while they draw more pay than most of the other chief petty officers, they rate after the men of the line in the chief petty officers’ uniform. The apothecary draws the same pay as the yeoman, but he should by right be a warrant officer, and probably will be when the navy reorganization bill goes through Congress. The apothccary of an American man-of-war owes his direct obed- ience only to the ship's surgeon, and he is always an invaluable man in the hand- ling of the sick. When the ship's surgeon or surgeons become sick, the apothecary, simply an enlisted man, handles all of the patients aboard himself, and the examina- tion that an apotiecary must pass before he gets into the service at that rate is extremely difficult, considering the rate’s pay, $00 a month. The apothecary is the compounder of the medicines, and the nurse-in-general of the sick men. He is practically always on duty. Many of the apothecaries in our service are immunes from some of the world’s worst plagues— immunes, too, from experience with plagues gained in the navy. An apothecary now serving with one of the ships attached to Dewey's Manita fleet has had, since he en- tered the navy, a couple of decades ago, yellow fever, smallpox, Asiatic cholera, chagres fever, and a long list of other dis- eases contracted in infected ports, and he is a valuable, lively man today. “I'm waiting for the leprosy to come along,” said he to the writer, upon recov- ering for his dose of cholera. “That ought to finish me.” Im the Engineer's Ga All of the men of the engineer’s force on an American man-of-war belong 10 what is known as the staff. The men who ship -for the ergineer’s gang, unless they are skilled mechanics, have to go in as coal passers. If they are nimble, hard- working and alert they stand good chances of betng made firemen, second-class or even first-class firemen during the first cruise. ‘Then, when they ship over at the first-class fireman’s rate, they are in line for promotion {to petty officers’ billets. There is but one quired while in the navy a degree of en- gine-room proficiency in the handling of tools, and he may even catch the first-class machinist’s rate if his ship happens to be short-handed. But the chances of his se- curirg the chief machinist’s billet are small. The chief machinists of the navy— there are from four to ten of them on petty officers, i : LE feel eile Baking Baking powders SPRING IN THE KLONDIKE Conditions of Life at Present Are Not So Very Bad. A Washington Man's Description of the Country About Lake Linderman. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LAKE LINDERMAN, N. W. T., May 25, 189, The evening arctic sun is tinting a few soft clouds on the horizon with the dain- tiest colors and burnjshing the snowy crests of the mountains which appear on every hand, a gentle southern breeze fans the bosom of the upper margin of Lake Lindermann till it breaks into dimples and dances in the sunset glow, while a little lower down appear masses of water-soaked and rapidly-melting ice. On the shore di- rectly opposite my camp, in a cozy cove, nestles the tent town of Linderman, possi- bly 2,000 tents with 5,000 souls, and on the open waters which separate us are floating a variety of craft ready for the long voy- age down the Yukon. The picture is as charming as it is unique, and as I sit coat- less beside my tent, over which fioats the stars and stripes, penning these few lines and drinking in the health-laden, pine- scented ozone, I am easily reconciled to my temporary exile from beautiful Wash- ington—except that my home is there. To the untraveled resident of the east the now familiar names of Skagway, Dyea and the Yukon suggest remote, indefinite and undesirable sections of Uncle Sam's domain; but though separated by thous- ands of miles, the first two named places, and even the headwaters of the Yukon, where I now am, are hot as distant, rela- tively, as was California in the days of ‘49, or even central Arizona in the early 70's, when I first cast my lot in the midst of the good-natured, wild, innocent and savage Apaches. To reach those sections then involved many wearisome travel by stage coach, wagon or ho: coupled with hardships and dangers pecu- liar to the western frontier. Today one may take a parlor car from Washington to ; Seattle and a cozy state room in a swift and commodious steamer from Seattle to Skagway or Dyea. Thus the @angers and inconveniences of travel are reduced to a minimum while making a trip unexcelied in the world for scenic effects. Scenic Wonders. The masterful enterprises which have de- veloped our great commercial centers, the grand, sweeping prairi+s of the middle west | and the everchanging glories of the Rockies, Sierras and Cascades furnish in- terest, beauty and grandeur which satisfy but never satiate. As the tourist enters Alaskan waters new scenic wonders greet the vision. The steaemr glides steadily through the narrow channels and passes the icy, green waters ripple along the som ber and tenantless shores, an enaiess sweep of forest fringes the banks and bluffs, while above and beyoad tower the maj-stic moun- | tains of snow, graceful, dimpiea, snimmer- | ing clean-cut and stately, a spectacle un- surpassed in grandeur and impressiveness. When our fashionable American tourists have wearied of Norway and the Alps they may, witn confidence, hope to find more varied, extensive and majestic creations of the Supreme Architect in the silent Alas- kan mountains, mantled in eternal snows, with their mighty glaciers of azure blue perched, with threatening aspect, upon the brows of towering, crags or creeping with measured pace to the bosom of the sea. Skaguay is now a pretentious city ai claims a population of 5,000 or 6,000 souls. Of course, it is still cri.de and rude, but one can be made very comfortab:e there and can live in a plon but substantial manner at a cost not much exceeding the hotel and restaurant charges of the states. The appointments, as might be expecced, are less luxurious. Dyea is only five miles from Skagway, an older settlement, and stands at the I: of navigation on Lynn canal. Its general | conditions resemble those of Skagway. Thes¢ are the rival twin cities ot south- eastern Alaska. The health of both these communities has been good, and excelient order prevails. The open-handed robberies perpetrated by the “shell game” and “‘sure thing” gangs head the category of crime. Army of Adventurers. Since tke news of fabulous fortunes un- earthed on the Klondike reached civiliza- tion the great army of eager and ardent adventurers to the Yukon and its tribu- taries have made the Ciilkoot pass famous | as one of the most accessible gateways to the land of nuggets, frosts, mosquitoes, scenery and science. By this route the trail lexds from Dyea nine miles along the Dyea river to Canyon City, thence five miles through the canyon in winter, and over the mcuntains now to Sheep Camp. My first visit to Sheep Camp was on Made of Cream of Tartar. and other harsh, caustic acids are low- er in price, but they are inferior in work and injurious to the stomach. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. ROYAL The Absolutely Pure Powder mage from alunt April It then presented a busy, unique, | Weird spectacle. Tents, shacks, shanties and buildings of varied shape, size and hue Were crowded along either side of the road Wlich follows the narrow ravine toward the pass. Thousands of people, of all ages and nationalities, women as well as men, were camped here. Throngs of adventur- cus gold seekers were moving hither and thither in every direct trudging over the snow drifts with heavy packs or tug- ging away endeayor to 1 sleds toward the I passed again on the 1th Instant the glory of Sheep Camp had de- parted, and likewise most of its population Many of these are now building boats on the bank opposite my camp, while others have gone farther down to Lakes Bennett, | Tagish and Le Barge. The spring rush of Klondikers is over, and the future of Dyea and Sheep Camp depends entirely upon the utility of this trail to the Yukon From Sheep Camp to the summit is about four miles, and midway between these two points we pass the scene of the dreadful avalanche of April 3. On either side of t trail here the mountaips rise abrupt rugged. The musses of snow which gathered on the precipitous cliffs the storms of winter had been softened by @ southerly wind. Warning of danger had been given, and some of the victims were fleeing to places of safety. A few mo- ments more and a majority would have escaped, but fate had fixed their destiny: in the midst of ¢ blinding snow storm came the thunder of the mighty avalanche. ant in a twinkle, three score of those weary, hopeful toilers, who had struggles with j their supplies to the very gateway of the tand of promise, were swept into eternity. Déad at Sheep Cam: nd 1 during | On APpFil 5 it was my melancholy privi- lege to aid in the recovery of some of the bedies from the snow slide. Fifty-two were recovered at that time. The reced- ing snow yielded up two more of the vic- tims last week, and it is beifeved there Were a number more lost whose remains will not be found till the snows are entirely melted by the summer suns. A tiny snowflake nestling on a petal of summer ms but an im- with no suggestion stible and death-deaiding force lurking in such atomic form. Expansive manties of ermine taday hang like a seam- less drapery from the crests and shoulders of these towering arctic mountains, giving | to the myriads omes and pyramids and peaks a peaceful, dignified and glorious ap- pearance as they gleam and glisten in the | sunlight like stately monuments of purest alabaster. Even after the mighty ava- lanche of April 3 had accomplished | swift work of death one might have passed its unruffed crest little dreaming that it | Was at once the cruel shroud and silent tomb of scores of luckless mortals who had been overwhelmed by clemen: rush and thetr helpless forms hermetically sealed in the icy, vice-like grasp of the | Temorseless storm king of the Chilkoot JOHN P. CLUM. | From the Baltimore Sun, United States strict Judge Jackson of West Virginia ts a hard-working official, | but despite this fact the docket of his court at Charleston has grown to huge propor- tions on account of the dilatory movements of the lawyers. Wednesday last the judge announced his purpose to clear the docket j of all its dead wood if possible, and at once commenced the work in earnest. The re- sult was the exhibition of more humor than had been witnessed in the judge’s court for a long while. In one case the judge asked a prominent attorney whom he represented, and the re- ply was: “I don’t remember; some one who wanted to collect money, I am sure.” This case was stricken from the docket. In another case the judge inquired: th s anything left in this case that the haven't got?” A response quickly : sir, there is, and they should be allowed a chance to get it.” Stricken from the docket. In another case the judge remarked to an attorney that he seemed to have inherited to which the lawyer replied that he “was willing to renounce the inheritance. “He wants to escape the inheritance tax, said another attorney, sotto voce. There was another case in which all the parties to the suit were dead except one corpora- tion, which had “gone up.” These are but samples. The docket was largely reduced. +o. Railroad Ralls for Gun Protection. From the Sctentific American, The War Department is working on a new method of protecting gun emplacements as a substitute for masonry and concrete. An experimental emplacement is being erected at Fort Washington with 4 protectiv> shield of worn-out railroad rails. This work is within range of some of the 10-inch guns Which constitute a part of the Potomac river defenses at this point. A test will son b> made on the efficiency of this type of protection against heavy projectils. ees eos Husband—“That man you've invited here used to kiss you before we were married. Wife—“So did you.” “But I've gotten over it, and he hasn't.” —Life. THE OLD WORLD From Pench. mst, eee : AND THE NEW.