Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1898, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1898-24 PAGES, MORRO C ASTLE. AS IT USED TO BE A Visit to the City of Santiago Be- fore the War. — VERY ATTRACTIVE FROM A DISTANCE But Within Itis Not So Much to! Brag About. Written for Tne Evening : EFORE THE WAR was on a trip to the Bahama Islands was the most de- lightful sea one could ta took you throu; historic group of lands discoverel by Columbus in 1493; at dawn San Salvador, the veiled contours of Watling’s Island, the brighter appari- tof nd the curved out- ke @ siiver sickle, of Crooked Is- Then others followed, coming out of mists as dim suggestions mercly, a8 of isles long lost, and with ghost- Rum ¢€ ight hous: e distant palm trees mirage] in a Cuban coast, from the long, iow nd tipped by the light tower of rose to view in sharply Traces, and a few hours’ steam- ht out distant hills and cloud- mountains. It seems a desolate miles, the hills wild and sterile, the only playing a background of cocoa palms or of trees, indicating fertility and culti- w and then a glimme: trough a fissure in the rock-bound shore guarded by hidden from ts Escondida, once the resort It was theic chesen easy of access to swift-sailing craft, but unknown end inac ‘St and legitimate navigators of se waters then. The pirates kept per- from a hill at the harbor their vessels safe out of sight, and oted the passing of rich merchant- nd den galleons, a!l un- observed themselves. Then, at the signa!, out would dart the hidden craft upon thelr now and then di mMeePpoe er n. corse un: clous prey, a short, sharp { would follow, and later the merchant ves- sel would be taken Into harbor minus its | crew its scuppers running blood. Around Guantanamo. A few hovrs farther on the entrance to moble Guant ‘mo, &@ port long known and favorably to sailors of the past but brought into promi only recenly by our gallant amo (pronounced Wan- with the accent on the second syl- ian name, like Cuba itself, e few reminders of the ab- mild and hospitable In- terminted by the S| towers thrust against the | with scarce a habitation for miles | of light | ble | stronger position, by reason of its height above the water. The pilot boards us at the harbor en- trance and guides our steamer close under the frowning battlements—so close that we see every detail of the groups of idle soldiers lounging there; so near that we can hear their conversation and feel that they might easily throw a stone or other missile upon the steamer’s deck. We sweep past this jutting promontory, the artificial and natural walls blending harmoniously in tints of pink and gray, and quickly we are confronted with Fort Socapa en the i left and on the right the battery of La trella, at the mouth of Nispero bay. Before the wir this second fortification | seemed succumbing to the waves’ ults, H1 200, led fortess reared its not until Cayo Smith we felt assured the sinuous channel had been threaded and | the harbor lay before us. Leaving Smith Island at our left, awith its clusters of fishermen's huts along shore and better class $ bove us the c: ramparts, and it wa hove in sight that oi dwellings higher up, there was } opened out to u view what old sea- [men cali the most magnificent harbor in jthe new world. Completely land-locked, | for ranges of hills inclose it on every side, j with jutting | promontories guarding placid bordered with palms and tropic trees, lets here and there, flocks of water fowl, eaming gulls and tropic birds, and over a sky of azure; such is the bay of San- tiago, revealed after the dragon at the Morro has allowed you to go by. Always Attractive. Seen from the steamer’s deck, the cit | of Santiago de Cuba is in every way pic- turesque enough to be worthy Its glorious surroundings. t, bathed At sunrise or sun vid noontide glow, Santiago is always at- tractive at a distance. One should see it at , half veiled in mist until the full- sun shoots above its background of mountains, shoula hear the harbingers of in moonlight or shimmering ‘neath the fer- | with yellow clay, which they dig from the roadside. But when the erest is reached, near tke long pile of buildings called the Beneficencia, there lies before you such @ view as may not greet your vision once again in a life time. ‘or, beyond the downward-sloping roofs of sunburnt tiles, which fill the space from hill to water's edge, lies the beautiful bay, its surface of heaven's blue, ringed round with green- est hills and bathed in the sunshine of this tsie of calm. One Foul Blot. But there fs a foul blot on this picture of trepical loveliness. Look away down to the left of the immediate foreground of this picture and you will see a long, low building on the edge of a strip of marsh land, not far from the water. That is the slavghter house, against which, on the 7th day of November, 1873, Captain Fry of the Virginius and thirty-six of his cFew were stccd and shot. They were pirates, the Spaniards claimed, and our government virtually admitted that claim, by deciding that the Virginius had no right to fly our flag. The survivors of the crew, saved by the prompt arrival of a British gunboat, and the vessel, were finally turned over to our government, but only after the men had been grossly insulted and mistreated, and the steamer befouled in every im- aginable way, until she more resembled a slaughter pen than anything else except a Spanish troop ship. A pretty story used to be current In Santiago about some of the survivors owing their escape to the diréct interven- tion of the British consul, who, it is re- lated, stepped in front of the soldiers with the all-potent fiag of Great Britain in his | hand, and simply sald, “Nada mas”—No | more of this—when the shooting’ party at |once put up their guns. But there Is no doubt that the British cable clerk did send to Jamaica for the gunboat that was the means of saving some lives. Unti! quite recently he lived in San Juan and held a similar position. Up in the Mountains. One of the attractive railroad rides out of Santiago is that to the old mining town of Cobre, up in the hills. The mountains here are very rich in copper ores, and at one time the output of the Cobre mines reached fifty tons a day. The finest land- scapes, also, are seen from the road to Cobre, as well as the most magnificent royal palms, standing up alone against the sky, clustered in social groups in the val- and formed in ranks along the ridges. | These royal beauties have a more than aesthetic value, for, to begin with, the tall trunks are cut up into timber for rough work, the long leaves are used in thatch- ing cabins, the terminal buds are delicious when boiled like cauliflower or cabbage, | and the great seeds or nuts, which hang in clusters at the footstalks of the leaves, are greedily eaten by hogs. The standing value | of a royal palm is reckoned at $10 “on the | stump,” so that a full-grown grove is not only a thing of beauty, but a profitable possession. | The railroad to Cobre and Cristo traverses | a series of vales and “pockets,” everywhere | filled with gardens, every house in every little hamlet having its environment of | thedral tower, and creasing clamor of | tants, to learn how a slumbering city breaks into life at the coming of the sun. From such a vantage ground, half a mile from the city, there are splendid oppor- tunities for studying such a place as this. Off to the right are hills, at their bases groves of palms and cocoas. When the na- tives here sp of palms they mean tie the awakening tnhabi great and glorious “palmas reates,” dr | royal palms; while that waica bears the | fruit of commerce, and ts of iowlier habit, | is merely the “cocoa.” Between the broad bay and a towering background of pur; hills lies the city of Santiago—a sloping h entirely covered with red-roofed | ures of stone. Breaking this red | of tiles, here and there, is a dome, a tower, a turret, marking a church, chapel, catie- | | str dral Im at intervals shoots its round head above a roof or garden wall, adding {ts glistening, golden green to the range | of color, red of tiles, and grays of tinted walls. Like an Oriental City. It is pervadcd by a warm attractiveness, his city of southern Cuba, like an oriental city, lying between blue waters and purple mountains, with warmth of coloring and architecture of the east—not of the occi- pinks, p2ails A sight, that unde Id to be vast and inex- ng the n Santiago was abreast us, though we did not know it until the captain of the steamer pointed out the narrow break In liffs, which but for his watchfulness have escaped our observation. It sure in the rock orces, a rending apart € cliffs, as though some on them and torn sunder. Even rer approach reveal this tor hannel in its rrow passage, made mem- orable by the heroism of Hobson and his brave men, indelibly imprinted upon Spar- ish minds by the last act in naval tragedy— ion there of Cervera’s fleet. of cliffs a Th with the sea waves thundering at their base. is abruptly ter- minated by an artificial construction, and uresque fort and castle ever America. The vast gray rock, its »ilowed into resounding caverns by the waves, is carried up from the sea line tm a succession of walls, ramparts, towers end sentry turrets, the whole combintng to form a most perfect picture of a rock-rib- bed fort such as one sees at Malaga, crumbling in ruins, or et Ceuta, on the n Coast. Perched like an owl upon 2 le of the lowermost wali overhang- ing the sea, is a domed sentry box of stone, flanked by cannon, evidently ola when our government was {fn {ts Infancy. Picturesque Morro. The waves have gnawed away the cliff all round its base, and it carnot long re- tain its hold, even if not already bowled over by @ shell from Sampson's fleet. Above it the lines of solid masonry are @harply drawn, each guarded terrace re- img upon the one above it like the @tories of a pueblo village, and each or- Bamented with antiquated cannon and the whole dominated by a massive tower. Buch was Zamous Morro before it be- came the sport of Yanked guns; {t is not 80 extensive as the Morro of Havana, not So elaborate as that of San Juan dé Puerto Rico; but it occupies an immeasurably STREET OF eloped store of | coming of Amert- | prise to be a source of wealtn to | a rent | te; ‘w reveals what is undoubtedly | SANTIAGO. éxnt. its one and two-storfed buildings, massive walls surrounding open with pillared corridors gnd ornate S$, open windows, protected by tron 3 instead of glass, and roofsscov- rect from the orlent—from south- tinge of the gratin ered with earthern tiles, al! this Is a importation ern Spain, at least, with its exotic Moriscan. The streets of Santiago never fall to In- they are So narrow and tortuous, and so awfully dirty. At the wharves where the lighters load and un- |lcad (for the large vessels cannot reach the city) there is aiways northern freight, as machinery and salt fish, coming in, and molasses, svgar, mahogany and rum going out. The real riches of eastern Cuba lie not in her sugar plantations, but In her | vast forests of mahogany (caoba), uative | ebony, cedar and other precious woods, as | well as in their mineral wealth. At the | right of the harbor, as you enter, you wilt see a high trestle, where a railroad begins | which runs up to the mountains to rich mines of magnetic ore, until quite recently | werked by an American company, and soon (o be opened up again. Its Dirty Streets. To return to the streets. They are al- ways either muddy or dusty-dirty, at all events, with narrow sidewalks and no side tracks at all. Those leading up from the shore climb the steep hill, and when the rains come down—as they are likely to come down now—they are the beds of torrents so impetuous that even horsemen hesitate to cross them. Half way up the hill is the Plaza de Armas, well paved, thickly set with trees and adorned with rude statuary. Akove it, at one side, rises the cathedral, with double towers, of the stereotyped Spanish ecclesiastical erchitecture, con- taining paintings said to possess tha charms of rarity, excellence and antiquity. To the credit of Santiago, however, she does not claim, it is believed, to possess @ “genuine” Murtilo or Velasquez. The streets above are still narrower than those below, and to reach thé crest of the hill, on the slopes of which the city is one must thread several blind lanes and alleys, hedged in by houses of the poorer (and dirtier) classes, where naked babies cling to the window gratings and nude children plaster their frown aking plantains, bananas and palms. The hills rise steeply on every side, but their regular slopes are cultivated to their tops. As the train winds in and out the valleys and con- necting cuts the constantly changing views reveal some new phase of tropical plant life, until the acme of the picturesque is reached at a little village called Los Bacas, or, the Two Mouths; but Bonita and Cristo are equally charming. The scenes of beauty succeed each other with rapidity, each seemingly as fair as anything out of para- dise, each scene composed of the same ele- ments of palm, flower, sloping hillside, &c., yet each so varied that the eye took it in with a sense of novelty unrepeated. A Cocoanut Grove. Then there were the cocoanut groves across the bay, to reach which you hire a boat and boatmen, and, after a two- mile row, finally up a winding creek, walk through a mangrove thicket to the planta- tions. On the way you may be shown the rotting timbers of a hulk, far beneath the surface of the water, which is said to be one of the famed armada’s galleons of three hundred years ago. The trail to the grove is skirted with wild pines, having long narrow leaves and hearts of crimson and. gold. Birds sing in the trees, dragon-like iguanas dart through the underbrush, golden chameleons bask in the sun and thousands of land crabs— great blue monsters nearly a foot across— waltz along the path, menacingly bran- dishing thetr dexter ‘claws, and finally pping into thefr holes in the mud. The proprietor of the grove will be clad in simple shirt and drawers of native cot- ton, and probably surrounded by a dozen children without any clothing at all, naive and hospitable, all unconscious of the odd- {ty of their nudity. Ask for some water cocoas and one of the men lounging about, half negro and half Indian, a muscular, but good-natured semi-savage, will rapidly walk up a cocoa tree. dragging a Iong line behind him. He w a ragged pair of drawers only, besides the belt around his waist, into which Is stuck a ¢ the veritable “machete,” with which we are now so famillar. With this he hacks off a bunch of cocoanuts, attaches it to the end of the line and lowers it to the ground, and thus proceeds with bunch after bunch, until the tree ts pretty well depleted. Then he will cast off the line and come down hand over hand, and if you wish will halt half way down for you to get a photo- graph. tlass—in faet, A Drink for the Gods. When arrived at terra firma he will take out the machete again and attack the co- coanvts for your benefit. They are not, re- member, the dry, brown and shaggy things found {n northern markets, but are green and smooth end glistening, as though new- ty made and varnished. Tearing one out of the cluster, the guide will clip the thick husk to a point, and then with a single dextrous stroke cut off the end and leave You need not be told what to do with it now, for there is a pint of clear, cool, sweet water in that ivory chamber, and if you are thirsty—as you ought to be in Santiago during summer time—you will simply tip back your head, elevate the cocoa—and let nature do the rest. Then perhaps the guide will take you to his lowly hut and introduce you to his pretty colored wife and the rest of the family; show you his “trapiche” or primi- tive one-ox stgar mill, and his garden, where all sorts of fruits and vegetables grow und flourish. ‘This ts but one of the many side trips that may be made around Santiago—after the Spaniards have left— in summer time. F. A. OBER. ++ Confidence. From Life, Two parents talking school.—Grottoro's @ good school.” “Yes; 1 am told that the future of the Grotboro boys 1s felt to be go secure that they teach them the harp.” Se (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.) sy, “What are you crying about, little boy?” “"Cause I’m so beastiy mean and selfish that I ain't goin’ ter give Freddie none of my. candy,” a hole in the shell about an inch across. +| THE OHIO CAMPAIGN It Will Be a Short“One-and Withou: THE BUSHNELL FACTION 18 ANGRY Republicans Will, Probably Gain One or Two Congressmen. DEMOCRATS APATHETIC Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13, 1898. The republican state central commit- tee will meet here Wednesday of next werk to elect and organize the state executive committee, which will conduct the campaign. It seems to be generally unde-stccd that George K. Nash, who was executive chairman iast year, de- sires to be relieved of further work in this line and that Harry M. Dougherty of Wash- ington Court House will be chosen “in his place. Mr. Dougherty was chairman of the state contral committea last year, having just been succeeded in that office by Cyrus Huling of this city. He is an attorney, has been a member of the legislature, 1s an as- tute politician, and has the entire confi- @znce of Senator Hanna. It was claimed ty some of Senator Foraker’s friends that six years ago Dougherty was elected to the general assembly as a Foraker republican, but abandoned Foraker in the senatorial contest and supported Senator Sherman. But, however, this may be, there has been ro room for doubt as to where Mr. Dough- erty stood as to the factional differences of the party since that time. He has bean a most radical adherent of Senator Hanna. A short and rather apathetic campaign is promised now. The republicans do not pro- pose to open their state headquarters her3 until about the first of August, and the act- {ve campaign work—the work on the stump —will not be undertaken before the middle of Sept2mbcr. The democrats do not nomi- nate their state ticket until next month. The republicans will, of course, not care to take even the preliminary steps of the ca: paign until they know what candidates their opponents propose to present, and upon what issues they determine to make the fight. The Bushnell Faction Angry. It looks now as though the republican campaign committee would be hampered by lack of funds. This will be an unusual con- dition for a republican campaign in Ohio. The state institutions are normally in th> hands of the republicans and the officials in them are liatle to assessment for cam- paign expenses. ‘These institutions are wholly in the hands of the republicans now, to b2 sure, but the Bushnell faction has ab- solute control of them. This faction was completely crushed in the state convention, Mayor R. E. McKisson of Cleveland, at the head of the Bushnell delegation, being de- nied a seat in th> convention. The resolu- tions adopted commended the conduct of every branch of the state government ex- cept the executive, the evident intentlon be- ing to humiliate Governor Bushnell. That Governor Bushnell so interpreted the lon was shown in an interview given by him on the day following the state convention, in which ne gave sarcastic’ praise to the ac- tion of what he called “Senator Hanna's convention.” His political friends all over the state also joined in indignantly resent- ing the “studied insult to the governor.” Regardless of the right involved In this matter, the attitude of the republican state convention toward Governor Bushnell was bad politics from a party standpoint, Every candidate nominated by the convention was a strong Hanna republican. Nothing was left undone by the convention that might make Gov2rnor Bushnell and his factional friends feel that they had nothing what- ever to do with the matter. Is it probable that they will feel like contributing to the campaign fund under these circumstances? Is it not likely that Governor Bushnell’s friends and appointees, holding the places from which campaign funds have been se- cured usually, wil] decling to be assessed, and the governor will not Be apt to hold the club over their heads which {s usually very rersuasive—removal from office in case they refuse? No Active Democratic Candidate. No active candidates for nominations on the democratic state ticket have been heard of yet. The prospect for democratic suc- cess in the state this year does not seem to be sufficiently encouraging to induce candidates to enter the race. Some such result as followed the Brough-Vallandig- ham campaign for governor during the civil war is expected. Vallandigham’s op- position to the conduct of the war made the support of the administration ‘the chief issue of the campaign, and on that thou- sands of democrats took a stand by the ad- ministration and Brough’s majority was raised to the then unprecedented figure of 100,000. Of course, the issue will not be so exactly joined in the present campaign, but it will be {mpossible for the democra‘s to prevent the general prevalence of the no- tion among the voters that a vote against the republican party just now will be in effect a criticism of the conduct of the war with Spain. Australian Ballot Decisions. The supreme court has just held the clause of the Australian ballot law which Provides that no party can nominate by convention until it has cast 1 per cent of the total vote of the state at the next pre- vious election constitutional and valid. This, with the Pugh amendment to the same law, made last winter, places the minority parties in a bad’ way. This amendment provides that no voter who does not propose to support a ticket can join in signing a petition asking the secre- tary of state ta place that ticket on the Australian ballot. A party that has not cast 1 per cent of the total vote can only get on the ballot by petition, and the num- ber of petitioners necessary is also fixed by law at 1 per cent of the total vote. Before the Pugh amendment was made it was easy for a party, however small, to meet this requirement. Any voter might sign it. It had become the custom to secure signa- tures from the party which would prob- ably reap the greatest advantage from the admission of the ticket to the ballot. The minority parties are bitterly opposed to the Pugh amendment, but have made no at- tempt to get a decision from the supreme court as to Its validity, and there is searce- ly time for a hearing in that court now before the fall election. As a matter of fact, the so-called minori- ty parties, by which fs meant in Ohio all the parties but the republican and demo- cratic, do not altogether contain enough voters to constitute the balance of power between the two great parties, and if they did it would not ‘be possible to secure con- certed agtion now: with & view to determin- ing the result of the election. A bill to enable. the sgldiers in the volun- teer service from 0) to vote in their camps, if they are ptillin the field on elec- tion day, failed to pass last winter, and so the votes of about 13,000 soldiers’ will be lost if the war lagts until November—more if-there’ is a c: for, more troops But these voters ard probal bly pretty evenly divided politically and® the result ts not likely to be appreciably affected by the failure of the legislature to pass the Dill. The Congressional Elections. In the congresstonal''élections the demo- crats are more likely to lose districts than to gain any. There seems to be no reason to expect that they will gain a member anywhere, while -both ‘this district and the Dayton district are likely to be carried by the republicans. Against vohn J. Lents, here, the republican are about to nomi. nate Edward N. Huggins, a lawyer of great ability and a strong campaigner. Lentz's plurality two years ago was less than fifty. The prospect now seems to be that the campaign in this state will be short and apathetic, especially on the democratic side; that the vote will be light, and the republicans will carry the state by a plu- rality considerably above the normal, and vane they will gain one or two congress- me! The Sorg-Dowling element of the demo- P Seta party—the element that supported ryan and free silver two years ago un- der protest—will control the state conven- tion. To be regular, the convention under their direction will no doubt reaffirm the Ohicago platform, but it is well Known that neither Sorg nor Dowling is any more in harmony with the party on the money Question than ex-genator Brice himself ia | A_YACHTING COST pe a ae © Pour, Pariay ARTISTIC COSTUMES Seen at Recent Functions in the Gay French Capital, UNDERSKIRTS OF RICH MATERIALS Color Combinations That Promise to Be Popular. FASHION HINTS FROM ——s FELIX Special Correspondence of The Zvening Star. PARIS, July “Le vernissage’” — varnishing da first exhibition of the year’s paintings at the “Academie” and the “Grand Prix” races at Longchamips have passed in quick succession and have sounded the keynote for the season's fashicns, which, to judge irom the tollets displayed at these import- ant social events, are manifold as they are truly artisti Fashion is just now devoting particular attention to the form and fit of the skirt. The serpentine ruffles have developed in- to double or even triple skirts, falling at equal distance, one over the other, or ar- ranged over tabliers and panels at the front or sides. Stitchings, lace appliques, bor- ders, rounded flounces and plisses edge the different parts of the underskirts. A new fancy which bids fair to appear on fall costumes shows the arrangement of several different shades of one color, as gray or tan, in which case the bodice is constructed of the lightest shade, while the complex skirt is made of the darker shades, which are carefully graduated. The sleeves may also be of the darker shade, while the belt and collar may af- ford dainty bits of coloring by being made of bright colored velvet. This novelty applies only to cloth and woolen dresses. Trimmed Foulards. Among the richly trimmed foulards and taffetar the revived fashion of knife pleat- ing is a welcome change. Our dainty costume of black and white printed foulard has white lace insertions running, horizontally around the knife- pleated skirt and blouse. The latter is ad- ditionally trimmed with falls of white lace and the sleeves are of white lace. The col- lar and belt are of turquoise-blue velvet. This style is amenable to all sorts of va- riations and color combinations. Summer wash gowns are trimmed with jaces or embroideries. Insertions are pre- ferred to edgings, and are so applied as to simulate tunics or tabliers. Fine flow- ered organdies are covered with narrow Valenciennes insertions, sewed cn in diag- onal squares. One cool gown is made of pale yellow organdie, having a large rose pattern running over it. Narrow black lace insertions appear like a trellis work for the climbing roses. The serpentine flounce on the skirt is edged with a nar- row ruching of black chiffon. The bodice, like the skirt, is fitted over a lining of pale yellow taffeta. A large shawl collar of black lace ends in points over the blouse jin front, on either side of a vest of shirred white chiffon, caught with straps and bows of narrow black velvet ribbon. The black velvet standing collar has a pleated but- terfly cravat of white chiffon Why women have chosen the very high tight collar as a particular indication of the summer styles is the more incompre- hensible since an exquisite gown of pale green cashmere has a ¥-shaped opening at the neck, which looks far more appropriate for hot weather wear, and is besides more artistic and none the less elegant than the high collar. Pretty Summer Gown. The scrpentine skirt of pale green cash- tere {s lined with white taffeta and trim- med.with clusters of narrow tucks. The bodice is tight and seamless at the back and forms a square opening at the back and at the blouse-front, which is edged with an exquisite passementerie of lace, studded with pearls and falling in two long ends on both front gores of the skirt. The square opening is filled out by a folded shawl of pale lavender and green plaid silk inter- woven with silver threads. The long sleeves have clusters of tucks on the slight- ly fulled upper arm and finish at the wrists with small flaring cuffs of green velvet. ‘The folded beit is also of green velvet. The serpentine flounce has been trans- ported to the underskirt, and many ex- quisite models of plaid in changeable taf- feta or brocade differ from the outerskirt in length only Our little illustration represents an ele- gant underskirt of heavy black moire bro- caded in diagonal stripes of pale yellow, showing a design of roses and follage. The trimmings consist of short full pleatings of satin in two shades of old r pleatings are black lace insertions with small beadings through which old rose rib- bon is drawn. Sport tcilets are allowed a wide scope by fashion, and the object 1s to be character- istic rather than to be fashionable. A Yachting Costume. Our model of a unique yachting costume follows this rule. Knife-pleated crash linen of a terra cotta shade forms the full skirt over an under- skirt of yellow cilk, which is disclosed with every movement of the wearer. A very novel yoke of yellow cloth provides a graceful fit over the back and hips and is edged with a rich passementerie of brown steel. The loose blouse, which closes in the un- derarm and shoulder seams, is composed of a yoke of yellow cloth and alternate wavy bands of cloth and terra cotta colored crash linen, each band being edged with steel Ppassementerle. The sleeves are of yellow cloth, with cuffs of crash: A full black satin tle encircles the high white linen collar. The wide-brimmed hat of yellow straw is trimmed with terra cotta colored silk cord and pompons, The low shoes are of yellow undressed kid and are worn with terra cotta silk stockings. Children With Nerves. From the London Mail. A word about nervous children. Of course there might be none, but there are thou- sands. Never scold them nor ‘‘make fun’ of them. They suffer enough without your threats or sarcasm. Pretend not to see their awkwardness when in company, nor their grimaces when alone. A case was discusssed the other day of a boy of ten years old, who, on being vexed, and often without any apparent provocation, will clench his hands and make the most fright- ful contortions of the muscles of his face and head. His poor mother fears he is idiotic. By no means. He is the brightest boy in his class at school, tond of :cauing and of natural history, but he is of a high- ly nervous temperament, and has not been taught to control the little wires, so to speak, on which he is strung. This is no single case, There are thousands of. chil- dren who give way to their nerves in a like fashion, Talk to them about these curious little fellows that should be their servants, not thelr masters. Never chas- tise them. The man or woman who whips @ nerveus child is on a level with brutes that have no reason. Encourage them. Help them. Be patient with them. They are the making of our future successful men and women, for they will work hard at whatever they undertake, Brace up your own nerves first, and then be indulg- ent toward the capers of your overnervous chiidren. a+ Table Decorations, From the Philadelphia Times. Table centers are no longer the newest things certainly, but they are still much used and are made of all kinds of material. The Soft cream silk, fluffed® into billows, edged and crossed with tralis of smilax, with sprays of roses, either all of one color (though varying in shade) or harmon- izing in tint, laid on it, would look exquis- ite with the silver lamps, especially if you had a rather high basket filled with roses loosely arranged as if falling out of it, a trail being wreathed round the handle and kept in place with a deftly tied bow of sat- in ribbon for the center piece. Decorations appear to vary now between extreme height and extreme lowness, so that guests may either see each other uninterruptedly over or under the decorations. The epergne, if a really handsome one, might very well be used, if artistically decorated either with fruit or trails of roses and smilax. The fact is, there is not any very definite fash- jon (beyond the question of height men- tioned above) in table decoratioas Zust now, but every one uses what seems best ond most artistic in their own eyes and mest convenient for their resources. Clutha glass, Aller Vale Rhodian pottery, Delft, Rouen ware, etc., are all used; nd, In fact, the great point is variety, and, if possible, inality. Granted this latter, capecial! if Sombinea with beauty, any style ia bem Thin Dresses. From tRe London Mail. The sweetest and daintiest thin dregses are now seen with no decoration but fleecy little frills of the material. A toilet of the finest and sheerest white organdie is fash- foned with a full blouse, the front and back tucked to simulate a shallow, pointed yoke, and the fullness caused by the liberated tucks bloused slightly In front and securely belted at the back. A close sleeve has a series of narrow “pinched” frills at the top ; and a smaller pair at the wrist. The waist closes invisibly over the shoulder and under the arms. The skirt is gored with scant fullness in the back and has a simple frill at the lower edge. The drop skirt, cut by the same pat- tern and joined by the same pand, has a similar edging. “The collar and sash are of organdie, the former frilled at the ends only, and laid in small narrow folds around th waist, and with butterfly bow at the back, The crush collar buttons at the back, althoagh the waist is side-closed, and has two little pointed tabs folding away from eacn side the front. Worn with this ideal dress of summer thinneas is a Leghora tat trimmed with grasses and thistledown, and pale green suede gloves add the last touch of daintiness. a At the Modiste’s, From ¥ltegenGe Blatter. oe -morning, madam. What do you wish?” “I would like a costume made jn the very latest fashion.”” “Sorry, my dear madam, that it is im- Fossible to take your for this season they are dresses with necks Great Care Required. H OUSEKEEPERS must exercise great care in buying baking powder, for every kind of scheme is employed to sell the alum compounds, which your physician willinform you are poisonous to the human system. Royal Baking Powder is well known 2s an abso- lutely pure and healthful cream of tartar powder. Above the | The U. S. Government tests show this, and also that it is greater than any other in leavening strength. Consumers who are prudent will make sure that no other enters into their food. Donot, because the alum powders may be a little lower in price (though some of therm are not), risk your health by using them. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Despite the apparent paradox, kea ice cream” {s still a favorite dessert. It Is of Philadelphia origin, and, like all Phila- delphia dishes, dainty und deljcious. Freeze the cream very hard and pack in a b’ shaped mold. Allow it to stand at k two heurs before serving. When it is r turn out of the mold on a porcelain stoneware dish and meringue, allowing the whi cover with and five tabiespoonfuls of » to each quart brick of ice cream. Flavor as desired, and be ¢ al that the me- ringue covers every part of the cream and the edge of the dish on which St rests. Set the dish on a board in a hot oven, and let the meringue crust and brown d:ticate- ly. It will take from three to five minutes. Serve at once. The cream will not be melted, as might be supposed, for the glazing protects it from heat on the top and sides and the board at the bottom prevents the heat from reaching the dish. A sherbet is an ice to which has been added gelatine or the whites of eggs to hold it from melting so quickly on ex- posure to air. Sherbet needs beating lke ice cream. An ice does not; but it requires much longer to freeze. A Sicilian sher- bet is made with the yolks of eges, fruit and sherry. While too rich for “daily food,” it is frequently encountered at “swell” luncheons. Boil together for five minutes one pound of sugar and one quart of water. Beat the yolks of six eggs until lemon colored end thick and add to boil- ing sirup, stirring rapidly. Remove at once from the fire und continue beating un- til cold. Have ready a cup of mixed fruit which hes soaked for a half hour in @ half cup of sherry. When the mixture is cold, turn into fhe freezer and freeze. Then stir in fruit and serve. The French meth- od is to serve in purch glasses. “ Now that shirt waists form an integral part of every woman's summer wardrobe, a box for holding them without crusn- ing becomes a necessity. These may be made at home b; any one with a little in- genuity. A soap or cracker | which may be obtained at the nearest grocery store, affords the foundation. his is coy- ered inside and out with pretty figured cre- tonne, using an interlining of any old soft material on hand. The cover of the box is treated in th then fastened to the box w Brass ss hing han- dies complete the outfit, and the box ts an ornament to any bed Sachet pow- ders of the favorite perfume may be tack- ed inside, and milady’s shirt waists will eee from their hiding place crisp, fresh and fragrant. - cious salad pickle, which ts one of the specialties keeper noted for her adherence Ruskin’s dictum, “See soraething nice to eat,” 1s made in thi ¥: Select twelve medium- sized cucumbers; pare and slice them. add to the cucumbers three medium onions, also pared and sliced. Mix in layers and sprinkle with one-half cupful of scit. Let it stand two hours. Drain well and aég three-quarters of a pint of vinegar, a large cup of olive oll, one-half cupful biack and white mustard-seed mixed, and one table- spoonful of celery seed. While this can be used immediately, tt improves with stand- ing. It makes an appetizing winter salud, and is always ready in an emergency. to that everybody has A lemon ice that goes far to mitizate the woe superinduced by a hot July day, ts made in this way: Squeeze the ‘uice of four large, juicy lemons and one orange into a bowl, add a pint of sugar und a | Quart of water and freeze in eqaal quan- ; tites of salt and ice. Turn the freezer fer @ while, then leave it to freeze itself. An addendum that is usually much esteemed is @ cup of rich cream added before the mix- ture is quite stiff. Remove the dasher end stir rapidly with a wooden spoon for a few moments, but do not churn the mix-ure with the dasher again. If it curd eo not be alarmed. It will come all right as it freezes. A vegetable treasure that is beginning to | grow in popular favor is .ne water cress. That the ancients appreciated its merits as | an invigorator is judged from the adage of tle Greeks, “Eat cress and learn more | wit.” Pliny declared that wat cress with vinegar had the power of curing the in- Sane. It is conceded by food xy now that cress, like asparagus, is « s good in kidney troubles, und shouli be taken in abundance in spring ani summer, With the breakfast steak, or even ead and butter, it becomes an appetizer net to be despised. The most satisfactory way to fight mos- quitoes, according to the United States BOov- ernment experts, is to destroy the larvae and abolish their breeding plac The three ways of achieving this result are the Graining of breeding places, th intreduc- tion of small fish into tshless breeding places and the spraying of povls with kerosene. Of the remedies to use in the house the catching of the mosquiices on the walls with kerosene in cups and the burning of pyrethrum powder are Goubt- less most efficacious. For those unable to take a genuine sea bath, an excellent substitute will be found by adding a handful of sea sult, that be purchased at any drug store, to the om This will be found both cool- ing and invigorating, a desideratum in the hot days, when the weariness of the 9, makes one subscribe to the assertion that “life is not worth the living.” Many of the plaster of paris reproduc- tions of fine statuary make «& Pleasing ad- ition to brary or setting room, and serve to familiarize children with the best wo of eminent sculptors. They will be foun much: more decorative, however. if proi or coated with shellac thinned wita — Save your egg-shelis now for carafes, vinegar cruets and the ilke. the shells away in a conventort box, when ready to wash the bottlea, crush the shells, fill the tle partially full, 07 them hot soapsuds; shake and rinse, V