Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1898, Page 17

a WIFATS 6, 1898—24 PAGES. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST COSTUME FOR BRIQESMAID. Grerrignt ies, by 8. Bate Her Majesty, the Queen of aly, Her 3iaJosty, Queen 3taria Dona Pig. Her Imperial Highness, Countess @' B® ‘The Princesses ot Bulgaria. Princenses Tobann@, Radstowill, anid (Qdallasky, O€ the Coors of Basal ORCHIDS AND MYRTLE Dainty Toilets for Bride and Brides- maids. —- + HOUSSELINE DE SOE OVER SATIN In Rose Color, Pretty Model for Summer Ball. DESIGNED BY FELIX Bpeciel Correspondence of The Ev2ning Star. PARIS, July 29, 1898. Elaborate preparations are going on for several notable weddings to occur in the early part of September, and a number of exquisite creations in the shape of bridal gowns and bridesmaids’ toilets are emanat- ing from the ateliers of fashionable dress- makers. While the bridal robe is always more or less similar, and it depends solely upon the wearer to give it distinction and individ- uality, the accessories are subject to pre- vatling fashion. Thus the favorite flower for the bridal bouquet fs the white orchid, which with its rare and fragile beauty com- bines well with small sprays of green myr- tle and maidenhair ferns. The dainty bou- quet is tied with white satin ribbon, and is entirely veiled with fine white illusion tulle. A small bunch of myrtles is fastened with the veil at the center of the coiffure. Our illustration represents a model of the gowns to be worn by the six young brides- maids who will officiate at a fashionable wedding In the American colony of our cos- mopolitan metropolis. on of the skirt is of white supplanted taffeta for lin- is itself better than the fabric to the soft forms now adopt- it is cut v slight fla the much discussed and finally discard- : Three plaited and pointed white taffeta cover the lower part of the s , forming points in front, and are surmounted by a smail tunic of wh e guipure. ows the irrepressible bolero i graceful form, made of whi mounted on white satin, and ful z a blouse of pleated rose-colored e de soie. The bolero joins in with ba of bias black velvet fast- with large rosettes of rose-colored eline de soie. 1 = of brocaded taffeta are slight- i over the tight fitting white “, and are extended into a puff pper arm. e wrist is fl shed with a pleating of iored mou: line de soie. very high standing collar and cc e of brocaded taffeta is also the white satin, and is edged jarrow pleatings of mousseline de folded belt is of black mirroir e hat is a dainty creation of white rice trimmed with full folds of white tan and two high standing plumes. brim is tited high on one side and, ut with pink roses and puffs of white Soft Fluffy Effeets. The eminence of soft diaphanous stuffs which have been favored for some time past is by no means 6n the wane. Few summer toilets are without at least some | trimming o: mous comp accessory fashioned from line, chiffon or gauze, and many are sed entirely of these fabrics, which are shown in such dainty colorings and dis- play to such advantage the silken lining underneath, that the dressmakers delight as much in making them up as the wearers do in donning them. A simple but none the less effective model 4s composed of pale rese taffeta entirely veiled with mauve mousseline de sole. The color effect is most pleasing. The skirt is quite scant and is adorned hem with three rather narrow s of white embroidered mousseline The folds at the back of the blouse bodice ©f mauve mousseline de soie over a tight- fitting rose taffeta foundation are stretched So as to adjust them closely to the figure, while the front is slightly pouched, and the fullness at the waist is gathered into a folded belt of white taffeta glace. The bodice is cut low at the neck, and the decolette is filled in by a round yoke of gathered white mousseline de sole, border- ed with three rows of ruffles like those on the skirt. These ruffles fall gracefully over the shoulders and supply the fullness of the ap- pearance of the Otherwise tight sleeve of mauve mousseline over rose taffeta. These small frills of white embroidered mousseline de sote also encircle the wrist. Dainty Neck Finish, The folded collar is of mauve mousse- line over rose taffeta, and is surrounded by an embroidered white mousseline frill. The hat is of white straw, with a garni- ture of mauve and rose and sprays of Marechal Niel roses with foliage. This model has the advantage of being ily copied in other materials and colors. Nun's veiling, for instance, applies itself well to this style; also organdy, which now reached perfection in coloring and manufacture, and be employed with mos tisfactory results. rding to all appearances, Fashion s the headgear should be in ac- ance with the gown. or is it the hat alone which mus respond with the gown, but shoes, ho: and underskirt must be of a shade to monize with the dominant color of the co: tume. The elegante, therefore, chooses a cer- tain color for wear for the fall and win- ter, and has all her gowns made in the various corresponding shades, which af- fords variety enough and saves expense of time and money. . Féuix, Paris.) a Si gona QUEEN VICTORIA’S COSTLY HAT. Made of Tortoise Shell by Natives of the Navigator Islands. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Her majesty, Queen Victoria, who is the dcwdlest royal personage in Europe, has in her possession the most expensive bonnet in the world. It is rot @ triumph of the milliner’s art, and {t {s not likely to be the mode. In fact, the queen has never worn it. It is not one through which a hatpin is easily thrust, and—oh, prime reason that its case is hopeless!—it is unbecoming. The natives of the Navigator Islands were most anxious to make the queen a present. There was formed a committee, which debated long and patiently what would be :aost appropriate. Jewels were out of the question. It would cost a for- tune to give to one of the richest sover- eigns in the world a jewel that she would appreciate. Even the most gorgeous cloths were not advisable. India had excelle them in weaving. The gift should be suggestive of their part of the world and made by their peo- ple. But what?—that was the question. Their women were skilled at plaiting gras and making it into everything, from furn ture, matting and mural decoratfon gowns and hats, but this would not be v: veble enough. Aside from the thoughtful- ness of the gift, it must have some intrin- = worth, The committee disagreed. One gentleman resigned in despair. The new member in- jected some ginger into the crowd and re vived their lagging spirits. The new mem- ber said emphatically that even a queen had vanity enough to want to po: the most expensive bonnet in the world. One of their own tortoise shells should be made into a bonnet. It should be carved by cwn people, and while it would not cos them very dearly, Victoria would find i quite expensive if she went shopping for it in Bond street. The tired.members of the committee voted the new membor a knowing one, and {if they did not promise him a monument it is because that form of greatness is unknown in Samoa. An elaborate bonnet was made of a whol shell. The workmanship was exquis Never was a tortoise shell more artistically carved. The shape is like that of the Sal- vation Army lassies’. In due time the queen received the gift, and wrote the committee a note of thanks. The queen found the material, as well as the shape, a little impractical as far as everyday Wear goes, so she sent it to the British Museum. But the committee, which feels that a load is off its mind, draws mental pictures of Queen Victoria driving down “The Lady's Mile” and nodding to her faithful subjects and wearing the gift that caused so many wrinkles in the gray mat- ter of its brain. ——_+e+_____ Clever Way to Obtain Gifts. From the New York Press. Men, as a rule, do not desire to present handsome souvenirs to women who have been gracious to them, but women who intend to obtain certain things do not hesitate to maneuver. An instance of this kind occurred recently, and in this wa: Having accepted an invitation for a mati- nee, a charming girl found upon arriving at the theater that she had no fan. The air, to her, being intolerably stuffy, she insisted upon going to a shop near by to get one. She was accompanied by a man of the party, and after choosing a fan she had dectded upon days before excuses fol- lowed about paying for it. What could the poor man do? He paid for the fan and Swore at himself for being trapped. With- in the next month this same charmingly innocent maiden obtained a handsome smelling bottle in the same way. But later on the two men discussed this affair over B. and 8. at their clubs. They have ceased their visits at-the house of the young wo- man, but she goes on collecting from other men friends in the same ingenious way. Just why girls prefer this way of accu- mulating small luxuries is not quite clear, because those who follow this scheme are in @ position to buy, or have bought for them in their own families, the same arti- cles they take from men. A SENSE OF HUMOR Army Officers Enjoy Jokes and Fair = Play. INCIDENTS OF WESTERN POSTS How a Regimental Band Had to Play for a Corral of Mules. GENS. SHAFTER AND LAWTON Written for The Evening Star. OST OF THE GEN- eral officers of the army and the high- ranking officers of the navy, whose movements _ hither and yon on field and flood have of late months been filling the American eye— not to say, indeed, the vision of the world—are men pos- sessed of an essen- . tial American en- dowment, the sense of humor. They are, for the greater part, men into whom long years of service in command of men who are nothing if not human have instilled the strongest sense of humanity, which means that their minds. and hearts are as harmoniously attuned to the humorous phases of their military lives as they are susceptible to be wrought upon by the darker and more pathetic features in the lives of common soldiers and sailors. The huge, courageous, and vastly-experi- erced General Lawton, for example, is a man for whom old soldiers of the regular army have possessed an ineradicable af- fection for much more than a quarter of a century. General Lawton’s Indian-fighting experiences have often been told about since beginning of the present war, but these narrations present the man simply from the point of view of a care-weighted, stern, hard-campaigning officer. They do not reveal much of his human, every-day nature, and it is from this view-point that Fordy Dollars.” enlisted men—whose estimate of an officer is, after all, perhaps the most to be r lied upon—figure out the merits or demerits of their superiors. The passing generation of regular army soldiers still tell of how Lawton once had his regimental band spend a day playing high-grade music for the delectation of the regimental mules in the corral, Lawton was in command of one of the far-western regimental posts. It was a post that was very much visited by the society people of an adjoining city, and post hops were given on two or ‘three tights a week. The regimental band fur- nished the music for these hops. The band was under the direction of a foreign band- master, who possessed a considerable co: tempt for enlisted men, although his knuckling affection for the man with the shoulder straps was notorious. In the army a man possessed of these character- istics 1s called a “dog robber.’ General Lawton had a detestation for a dog rob- ber. He endured his bandmaster, but he never gave him ‘any of the best of it over any of the members of the band. The bandmaster was obsequious in his attend- ance upon the musical demands of the pcst’s officers. One day the enlisted men of the post de- cided to give a hop themselves. A com- mittee of the soldiers approached the bandmaster to ascertain if he would be willing to furnish the music. The band- master at first declined io listen to any sort of 4 froposition, but finally consented to give the services of the band for a night's Gancing for the sum of $40. “That's a whole lot o’ money, my wind- jamming fricnd,"’ said the soldier who was at the head of the music committee. “I am free to say that I think you could take a heap of a reef in that figure. What's your idea, anyhow, in soaking it to us fel- lows so hard, when you play all night for the officers a couple o’ times a week for nothing “But you ain'd officers, alretty,” replied the bandmaster. “You are notting but buck privates, ain’d it? Vell, T sharges you vhat I blease. Fordy tollars.”” “All right, bunkie,”” replied the soldier, “if you think you can make a hit in this layout by putting it onto us this way, it's up to you to make It stick. We'll pay you the forty, because we've got to, seein’ that there’s no juniper (civilian) band around this camp. But I think you're makin’ a bad break, all the same.” “Foray tollars,”” answered the bandmas- ter, and that was the end of it. He had the bulge, and he worked it. The soldier who had done the interview- ing with the bandmaster was an old-time -commissioned officer, who had sol- diered alongside Lawton ‘on a number of critical occasions. He went up to Lawton’s quarters to have a word with “the beak,” otherwise the “old man,” about this music business. The boss wind jammer,” said the soldier to Lawton, “surely is rubbin’ it in onto us some,” and he told the commanding officer of the only terms the bandmaster would accept. = “Does he want it in advance?” inquired Lawton, rubbing his chin reflectively. “He's got it in his pants pocket now,” re- plied the soldier. “We had to give up on the spot.” “A right,” said Lawton. ‘Let it go at that.” The old non-com. left Lawton’s presence somewhat surprised and aggrieved at the atter-of-fact fashion with which the commanding officer took his report on the smallness of the bandmaster. The Soldiers’ Hop. ‘The enlisted men’s hop came off all right. It was largely attended by the sweethearts of the soldiers in the adjoining city, and it was a howling success. The band’s music was only fairish, however, and the band- master, from his platform perch, regarded the uniformed dancers on the floor with contempt slumbering in his eyes. Along toward 2 o’clock in the morning Col. Law- ton made his appearance on the floor. He enjoyed the spectacle of his men having a good time, and he told the boys to go ahead and keep the dance going until reveille if they wanted to. Then he left the hall. The hop broke up about half an hour be- fore reveille, and the soldiers made for their quarters to get mgady to stand the first roll call of the day. The bandmaster and his musicians, sleepy, and very ugly over the prolongation of the dance, repair- ed to their quarters to turn in for a few hours’ rest. First call'for reveille went in the gray dawn of the morning, and then assembly. When the tired soldiers got into Mine outside their quarters they were sur- prised to see their commanding officer. who was ordinarily a late sleeper, standing in the middle of the parade: ground in full uniform, and that at half after 5. The coi officers made their report to the.officer of the day, who wheeled and reported to. #e commanding officer. ton, quintir; “mare tiie ence ati ‘on, quietly, “have the trumpeter go1 thes call ‘To ice e e officer of the day gave the comman 5 and in less than a minute all of the wit Permitted to “lle in’ for revellle, including the bandsmen, came running out on parade ground, only partially dressed. obsequious bandmaster joped up to the commanding officer, saluted, and stood to attention. me) Music Loving Mules. “Bandmaster,’”” said Lawton, “one of the characteristics of this outfit of mine that delights me is thdt most of the men are very fond of music, There's not a man of *em, I believe, that wouldn't walk through nine miles of kneestleep snow to hear a bit of really good mtSic. Have you ever ob- served this fact?™ -* “Vell, I don’d so tnuch know, sir,” replied the sleepy bandrhister, rubbing his eyes, and apparently Wondering what this queer line of talk was dl} about at such an early hour in the morfiftz. “Well, I know} went on Lawton. “It's about as musical“atbody of soldiers as ever Thad the honor t6éommand. But, musical as these men até" continued the com- manding officer, sWeeping his arms around the quadrangle formed by ‘the barrack "Ym in command of another outfit in th: A Treat for the Mules. post—an auxiliary outfit, it is true—the component members of which are also very fond of music. I refer to my mules. I've often taken note of the fondness of those mules of mine for music. Bandmaster, you are to at once assemble your band, in heavy marching order, taking not more than fifteen minutes for this purpose, and then you are to march the band down to the corral. Arriving there, you are to be- gin a varied program of select music, and you are to play with spirit and precision, and not lag in your enthusiasm. I'll be around from time to time to see that you attend to these orders. See that you do at- tend to them.” At the Corral. The soldiers were dismissed trom quar- ters. They bolted their breakfast, and re- paired to the corral in a body. Then they stretched themselves out on the grass in easy attitudes, chewing straws and watch- ing the performance. ‘The perspiring members of the band turned up promptly at the end of the fifteen minutes, and be gan to play for the mules, and the mules cocked up their ears ily and ke-hawed and ke-hunked appreciatively for some time. The sun rose high in the heavens, and yet the smen ed on. Along toward 10 o'clock the commanding officer turned up. “Just a bit more life to that tune,” said he to the bandmaster. The band responded with whatever’ ‘enthusiasm it could, and the commanding officer stood by .and lis- tened for a while. Then he strolled off to his office. The men continued to lie around chewing straws and listening tg the muste until most of them: were moned away by fatigue, drill and other The mules blinked lazily ih the sunshine and regarded the puffing banUsmen with wondering ey As the feelings of the different mules We from time to time worked upon by pecu- liarly mellc a Vent to about noon to the commanding officer strolled down the corral again. “Just give those mules the overture from * said he to the bandmaster, will be about enough Tannhause: “and I guess that practice for this mo: The bandm: sic W ignal after the , and the soldiers pi the ‘Pannhauser overture with spirit. When dt was conclud the com- manding officer beckoned to the band- master. ‘e understood,” said he, “that the men giving the hop last nist lad a bit of a difficuity with you regarlag Ue figure you fixed tor the furnishiig ci the mus’ It didnt strike me, when | heard of th that you acted with any grcut cimount of generosity toward your comrades. I would recominend that you sees to adiact your difference with the men somewhat more satisfactorily to them. You may now march the band to quarte The bandmaster obeyed the order, and it was not an hour later before he 1 his appearance in the soldiers’ barrac with a §20 gold piece in his hand, which he gave to-tl.c suldier who had made the ar- rangement with him for the hop mus “Id was a mistaig,” said the bandmaster. “I was only fooling mit you fellers.”” But he transferred out of the regiment as soon ab he could make It go through, uevertec * 6 Shafter’s Love of Fair Play. General Shafter is another of the general officers who, as a colonel, had a keen sense of humor, allied to a strong sense of jus- tice. A few years ago, when Shafter was colonel of the Ist Infantry, and in com- mand of Angel Island, Cal., he had in one of his regiment’s companies a young bucko of a corporal who had achieved the reputation of a slugger from his entry into the outfit. ‘The corporal was an out-and- out bully, although he was at the same time a good soldier. It was one of his de- lights to pick quarrels with husky-lookmg young recruits just joining the regiment from the recruiting stations, and to “try them out” in reguiarly-arranged pitched prize fights. He had never been beaten in one of these affairs up to the time of this The Figure of Shafter. story. Then a slender though muscular young chap, a trifle under the middle size, came along tocthe regiment from the re- cruiting rendezvous at Columbus, Ohio. This young fellow was quiet enough in his ways, and devoted himself strictly to his own business. He was rather fond of phys- ical exercise, and so he set up in his corner of the barracks: over his bunk, a punching bag, which he worked at with a good deal of assiduity, The bucko corporal got his eye on this young ehap, and proceeded to step on his toes at the first opportunity. This occurred ‘at the guard house, when both men wereion guard. The young re- cruit, when the two had taken off their belts after being ‘relieved m guard, stepped up to the corporal and said: “I can’t very well thrash you here and now, while you’ye got your chevrons on your blouse. All the same, I'd be glad if you'd give me an opportunity to get hunk with you on even terms, so that you wouldn’t have your cheap stripes on your trousers legs to fall back upon.” A Fight to the Finish, ‘This was what the bullying corporal was looking for, and the fight was arranged to take place that ie night. A select few of the buck privates and non-commissioned officers turned up at the abandoned quar- termaster’s storeroom to witness the bat- tle. Seconds and timekeepers and bottle holders and all.of the rest of the regular officials were appointed, and the battle be- gan. The recruit was rather a scientific man, but he appeared to be somewhat out- classed by the corporal. The latter, how- ever, resorted to foul fighting tactics, and the recruit’s friends made a howl over this. ‘When the argument was at its height the Shafter was seen right throng of excited con- tenders. Shafter was always more or leas of a night-wandering Harounal-Rascnid, and he had happened down the quarte: master’s line of storehouses on this night just to see what he could see, when the ar- riving gang of soldiers informed him that something Was on. “T've seen this thing almost from the first round,” said Shafter to the startled gang of soldiers—they were too paralyzed with astonishment to bolt for it—‘and so long as you two men have started In to violate military regulations, you might as well fin- ish the job. But there are to be no more foul tacties. And, Doherty’—addressing the recruit—“if you don’t lick this corporal within an inch of his life I'l find some means to let you decently out of the serv- tce. Go in and thrash him right.” Then Shafter withdrew. Commanding of- ficers have means of finding out things, and when he heard the next morning that the recruit had taken heart after he, the ¢m- manding officer, left the seene, and mauled the bucko corporal to a proper finish, Shaf- ter saw to it personally that the recruit was transferred to another company of the regiment and promoted. — A BRUSSELS EPISODE How a Dishonest Doorkeeper Tried to Collect Twice From Americans. Prompt Redress the Officiai—An Extempore Ballet in the Hotel de Ville. Specinl Correspondence of The Evening § BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 10, 1888. in foreign traveling there is always a set round of sightseeing which one’s conscience will insist upon being performed, but any little unlooked-for incident will give a zeal to it and fix a scene in the memory more vividly than possible in the ordinary routine. We enjoyed such an episode here the other day which gave an added inter- est to our vjsit. We went, of course, to see the beautiful Hotel de Ville, and as the hostess had an engag2ment to fill that morning, she left us at the great building to do our sightseeing, arranging to meet us in the court yard an hour later. We went in, paid our entrance fee to the man ar, in waiting, who, reaching over to the back of a table at hand, gave u: description of the little prin rooms shown, and ched the Gothic in the second story we had an amv glimpse of a novel scene. A grand official ball was to be given there a week later, and we were informed that the hall was not open to visitors that morning, as some la- dies of the corps de ballet from the theater were rehearsing in preparation for some part they were to take in the coming f tivities. As the door from the corr was were peering in, we >, for the ht was An tempore Ballet. The temporary was in full view from the door, and the truly French young women were dancing in costumes which the exercise demanded. The str2et skirts h been slipped off and pretty silk petticoais or fluffy white ones gave the nece brevity, while often unbelted t was an incongruous top fi airy freu-frou beiow. We passed on lcwer vuter door, on the opposite side from which we had cntered. p offic stand- ing there inquired for our tickets, to which we replied in meager French that we had none. He asked if we had paid our fee—a half franc, as I remember—and we had, but that no tickets had been ¢' in return, and we, not knowing, had asked for them. “Very well,” he said, would accomps door and d we lor open, however, and a group of people nd did like- stage reached th: he ny us to the man at the first to ap- inquire about it. Just cur rel we saw our French proaching, who asked, of cou matter was, and went on with us. n we had encountered at the first en- nce stoutly denied that we had paid him anything, and when I showed him the | let h2 had giv us could not reme anything about then, jend Obtaining Justice. My friead at once said, “I wish to see the secretary and spak to him about this,” and the second official said that would be the best way. So we were conducted to the secretar office, where we wer> polite- ly received, and witnessed the, to us, very entertaining interview, of which we could only understand a word now and then, but which the vivacious gestures and volubility of Madame S. made pretty intelligible to us. “Fancy her chagrin,” she said, “to find that her Ameri nm so treat- ed.” They are from the capital city of America, and what would be the thought of people there if on their return thy tell their presicent they have been ch in the very city hall itself of Brussels. Prompt Redress, The secretary said he was very glad she had come to nim, for once before it had been thought that doorkeeper had done something of the same kind, and he would see it was not repeated. He was extremely sorry that it should have happened, and asked if we had already seen the building. On hearing that our ‘View of the great hall had been preverted, he said if we would call the next morning, he would be most happy to show it to us y. Of course, we returned the following day, and after being informed that the offending loorkeeper had been dismissed imme- diately after our departure. we wera conducted all through the great build- ing, into private rooms as well as public, and had a mueh better time than if we had gone through uninterruptedly at first. Madame §., though she had Ii ed in Brussels fifteen years, had never seen half before that she saw that morning, but the strongest’ impression remaining with me is of a room, now a private office, where under the high window is a platform, on which stood the infamous Duke of Alv: on the 5th of June, 1568, gazing across the square, when by his order those twe brave young noblemen, the idols of the people, the Counts Egmont and Horn, were led out to their execution. We are learning by experience these da something of the Spanish character, and the terrible duke of 8 was a worthy ancestor of the men who have starved and murdered the wretched concentrados of Cuba, and fired on our wounded soldiers in this year of grace 1895. A. ee She Married Him Anyhow. From Pearson's Weekly. A convict at a French penal settlement, who was undergoing a life sentence, desired to marry a female convict, such marriages being of common occurrence. The governor of the colony offered no objections, but the priest proceeded to cross-examine the pris- oner. “Did you not marry in France?” “Yes,” he said. “And is your wife dead?” “She is.” “Have you any documents to show that she is dead?” é “No.” “Then I must decline to marry you. You aon produce proof that your wife is lead.” There was a pause, and the bride pro- spective looked anxiously at the would-be groom. Finally he said: “I can prove that my former wife is dead.” “How?” “I was sent here for killing her!” And the bride accepted him notwith- standing. ——_+o+—____ The Pipe Face. From Pearson's Weebly. ‘The newest discovery in the “face” line is the pipe face, which is grown by men who smoke pipes. The habit of smoking the pipe has a per- ceptible effect upon the face. The pressure or the lips to hold the pipe in position in- creasés the curvature of the Mps round the stem, and the muscles become more rigid here than in other parts. Thus: the lips at a certain point become stronger and the pipe is unconsciously hela in the same habitual position. ~ »~ After long continuation of the habit small circular wrinkles form parallel with the curvature of the lips round the stem. ‘BAKING IN THE CHURCHES The board of directors of the Central Union Mission has requested its chairman, Rev. B. D. Bailey, to prepare plans for or- ganizing the Bible Training School, for ich there has long been a demand, but which has so far been crowded out by the multiplicity of other duties. The plans will be laid before the board very soon, and, if possible, the prelminary steps will be ty nm at once, in the hope of starting the school early in the fall. A member of the mission has received a letter from Mr. D. L. Moody, with whose work in the field the Central Union Mission is colaboring, in which\Mr. Moody say “Nearly every military camp in the coun- try is now ~eached to a greater or less de- gree by the commission. We have also made a begiining in Cuba and the Philip- pices. Three kinds of work are being don al! of them with the one ing the men with the Gc of Christ. We are aiming to send able and ex- perienced ministers and evangelists to th» camps to preach a hearing from the soldiers. who have alrea ard, Maj. D. W. Jesus Among those Whittle, Dr. A. C. Dixc Rev. R. A. Torrey of Chicago, Dr. H. M. Wharton of Baltimore, Rev. D. S. Toy of Staten Island, Ira D. Sankey, J. H. Burke and Ferdinand Sch . Each one holds a Gospel meeting every evening and four or five each Sunday.” A number of the members of Southern Methodist Churches of this city were pres- ent Sunday at the dedication of the new Grace M. E. Church South, Baltimore con ference, at Middletown, Va. The ceremon- ies, which were elaborate, were conducted in the presence of a large crowd of minis- ters and laymen. The church is one of the gest within the bounds ce, outside of the large cities and town Fully 1,200 people had gathered to partici- pate in the dedicatory services and witness the successful culmination of years of self- denial on their part. Seated in the chancel were many divines of the Baltimore con- ference, besides ministers of other denom- inations. Over 1,000 people were unable to obtain entrance to the church. The fol- lcwing ministers were pre: Bishop J. C. Granberry of Ashland. Rev. J. S. Ingalls, Front Royal; Rev. J. L. Ktbler, Shepherdstown, W H. H. Ken- nedy, Woodstocl ree T. Tyler Marshall; Rev. L te Fox, Winche Dr. 8. Tongue, K. Cox, Winch: Charlestown, W. Va. Strasburg; Rev. M. M. Reed, inburg; Rev. H. L. Hout, Ronceverte, ; Rev. A. G. Link, Cedar Cliff; Rev. W. Everett, Middletown; Rev. C. D. Har- Mount Crawford, and Rev. Dr. B. W nd, presiding elder of Winchi dis- trict. The ceremony of dedicating the church took place at 8 o’clock p.m. At the morning service a collection to pay the re- mainder of the taken and the has a seating ¢ ; Rev. J. W. Rev. J. 8. over $2,800, the amount of was realized. The church ty of 1,000. The chief attraction is the memorial windows, of which there are twenty-five, costing the onors over $1,000), All the fixtures, includ ng the pipe organ and pulpits, were pre- sented to the church. The building is light- ed throughout by gas and heated by steam xtensive improvements are being made Holy Name Church. The present edifice is being enlarged and sacristies built on each side. The addition will give twenty- eight more pews. making in all 114. The ceiling is to be raised and arched. The present windows will be replaced by stain- l glass. Father Kervick announced to tho congregation last Sunday that he had twenty-three stained glass windows to put in, and that he relied upon the members of the congregation to pay for them. By esday at noon all had been taken. The owing is the list of the new window: . J. J. Dougherty, Bridget Wilson, Holy me Commandery, Knights of St. John; Margaret Campbell, Patrick and Bridget Dougherty, Caspar Barker, Bernard and Ida Geler, James and Mary Brown. a friend, Rev. John T. Delaney, Aioysius 3eier, Division No. 6, A. O. H.: Mary and Angelina Blake, Mary T. O’Brien, George nd Catherine Lautner, Joseph and Eliza- beth Barker, James and Mary McCarthy, Thomas and Margaret Cannon, widow and children of F. Paul Regan, and children of the Sunday school. A lawn party for the benefit of St. Ann's Church was held on the grounds of the pastoral residence Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last. The ladies and gentlemen were actively engaged for many weeks past preparing for it. The following the names of those in charge of the ta bies: Supper table, Mrs. J. J. Murphy. sted by Miss M. Callagham and urphy; confectionery table, in charge, ker, Mrs. C. and Georgi Kinley, I nd Florence fancy table lia Cum: s Fl Agnes 2 Mar and Mrs. Ben. Paxton; fish pond. Misses Jane Endres, Ada Poore, Clara Way, Minnie Lester and Martha Poore. St. Paul’s Drum Corps were present. A number of the young ladies of St. Jer- ome’s parish held a lawn fete on the grounds of Mr. J. A. Blundon, Piverdaie, Md., Tuesday evening. tra from W dancing. The young ladies Misses Elizabeth Blur A stringed orches- in charge were . Edythe G t. Mesdames R. White, . Ed. Castell, Jos. Rogers, Giachettt, ard Messrs. Wm. Guista, Elmo Guista, J. ROYAL | The absolutely pure ; Highest of all in leavening strength. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. men who will command | y gone are Gen. 0. O. How- | of the confer- | w. | lebt_on the church was | {ot y ago. H kamadryad, or king c | and poisonous of mest powerful cr hhington furnished music for | POWDER j F. Hickey, W. J. Hickey, J. F Gallant and Paul McFarland | Of all the various church 3 | ae a closer many Christian work. One of the of the order is in Washi der the superintendence of Rev. Dr Ames Of the objects of the orgar L_R. Meyer said a few days | “Unlike other children h, it has been self-sup ring from r and it has never called upon of the church for a dollar's wants are met by the numer ‘ donations our friends. The growth of the order has been us generous Six months after the action of th r confere’ the first national conference was held in the r training school in Chicago. A | vention for ne unif | the Dei Home of the j Episcopal Church was elab« rat ing the sub of organ t sion, trainirg, costume and su plan was readopted in all tures pre are working in line less it be In the mat Our order is quite diff. istration from that of the sisters a dred orders in the Roman Church are no vows to be taken nor ec functions to be discharged. It is sim band of faithful women performing erificing work among the poor, sick and distressed. “Deaconesses are of many kinds. They are visitors, nurses, both in and out of hos- pitals; teachers of the Bible in our training school singers, editors and w ; sten- ne Ur s pr organ’ nt ir ographers and clerks, kinderg: and | Kitchengartners, speakers, hospital super- intendents, physicians, housekeepers, cooks, ete. Anything that any Christi: man car do may be done by a ¢ Nothing is too high for her—nothing is too humble. “There is a special course of training for ; all classes of workers. The nurses receiv ! instruction, both theoretical and practical wo- .coness j Quite like that given in the best trafni schools for nurses connec with our city h , Supplemented a careful drill in the and in the church discip| thoroughness an¢ Phe is followed 2 course la: Ur the her ear ing two y rrobationer own expenses, they are be j At the close of two yes formally consecrated by a simple tiful public nd | ther ‘work. are three : | Which invariably be complied | before applicant can a dea- | | coness: She the ning to fit | her for the special work she may feel call- | ed to do, agree to work without 5: and to refuse all presents, and wear the simple ecstume of the 4 ess.” Since the founding of the work there ave been fifty-one deacon frutions | erected, located in Germany and Africa, besides in the Including ‘the _non-licensed there are about 700 employed in the various | fields. Propert n accumulated to | the value of § H), Statistics of w Jone each year are so incomplete th equate report on that line can be given. Since the inauguration of deaconess work by Mrs. Meyer it has been taken up by the Woman's Home Missionar iety of t Methodist Church, and this society is vig- crously pushing the work on ery hand | and meeting with most gratifying success, Four years ago the society repor deaconess homes Now it has training school for deaconesse for nurse-training, and a deaconesses, dedicated at Ocean the 1th of July. eS Shape of the Tongue Telis. From London Black and White. Yet another science has been disco It is called “glossoman red. and consists in telling people’s characters from the shape of their tongues. 1 am told that the prin- ciples are very simple, and that in a few lessons any reasonably intelligent person can master them. The inventor of the new art is a lady, and she asserts that it will render appreciable services to persons en- j Saged in various pursuits, such as poli- ticlans, diplomats and—pork butchers! As she does not explain more fully, I am ra- ther at a loss to understand how they are to benefit; but no doubt, if called upon, she Wili enlighten the world on this highly in- teresting subject. However, let us pray that glossomancy may not become the rage, as chiromancy and cartomancy did in past years. | ——__ ++ Surgery on Snakes. From the London Sketch. Snakes in captivity, it seems, sometimes find difficulty in getting rid of the skin which 1s shed every year. An Australian diamond snake in the Bombay Museum, which appeared likely to succum!, was quite blind and refused all food. A pean sympathizer there | tive snake keeper into | snake, and himself, wi | pointed scissors, performed and risky operation of clipping < membrane which adhere | _J. M. Phipson, editor o | Bombay Natural Histor! Socie ed a far more dangerous opera ti ro- re pressed the na® | son grips | and a native I m fe further down, and when the rept gles were over a third man. surgeon scalpel, removed eignt i membrane from each eye.