Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1898, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898-24 PAGES. 15 Fer Foareery ‘CopraDe me by 8 o Nantwe, PROMENADE GOWN FOR THE AUTUMN. \ Vin) Ni vtus, Panay i | i | i i STYLES FROM PARIS A Street Dress Model in “Cyrano Red From Felix. , PLAY INFLUENCES THE FASHIONS The Rage for Guipure and Other | Old-Time Laces. PLAIDS AGAIN IN VOGUE September on invariably bears testimc ra successful play, = are Pa Paris enthuses ov olors of the tumes worn by the prin None will dispute the in- . Bernh: in suet rat plays as “C and “La Tosca” has had her g¢ m © or less s with loves to adorn her: “Rejane” wings s suc Mme season's color card testimony t ni now ess of . and arc eur th fin de whose £ of rich browns zre consequences tic play. Our street gown Cyrano” red smoothfaced clot redingo style. and forms a becor undation to rin non the circular founce redingote. front the garment opens over an In- q vest and tablier of black taffeta draped wit t and embroidered ne The a narrow folded waist telt like the skirt port eta of the same shade full blense emanates e lined with e sleeves are ly puffed gown is worn a large Gains- torough hat of black vel Skirt and Sleeves Scant. As the season advances the form of the skirt and sle mes more and more but the a/justed sleeve made lortable ight fullness a tight skirt lends grace and the flare roem to ficient movem: to be hoped that Fashion elf with the present be roportions he r " nd sat- } i w are » evening and heise gowns, “'s re ‘satin equally some years ugo. the running of A nar- row ru on of the same shade es th heavier part of the design Yodices a decorated, Appliqued With Chenille. nother st which looks particulart: well in black is the n of the lace or insertion on the nA with biel chenil ich makes a handsome finish and enh the lace considerab'y. Embrotdered ch used in gown of- this s and combi mousselines m A graceful made in our atellers for t tion with guipure. escription was * young Coun- tess a'G. ‘The skirt of rose-colored taffeta is cover- rose-colored mousse- i and embroider- igh ated ed with knife-p: line de sole, richly Jett ed w black ik. The ing of the decollete bed ry with the same soft pleated material and is additionally adorned by a short round zourve jacket of ecru guipure, the round- ed points of which meet in front under a fcided band and bows of black velvet held by strass buckles. The folded belt and shert sash at one side are also of black velvet, fastened with a strass buckle. and a wide dog collar of black velvet encircles the threat and is rickly studed with pearls end diamonds. The transparent sleeves consist of short puffs of rose-colored mousseiihe, and a larg re a loosely | the y of red astened at or vhoulder. Velvet and Smeoth Cloth. | Velvet will again be worn for very ele- gant street or visiting wear and w | be trimmed with fur, and haggy furs showing renewe but the serviceabl of cloth, plair ng preferred, if the rage is indulged in. nence, made be velvet and designs for varied. Bias folds of silk, much in vogu garniture for this proval. (E. FELIX, Paris.) +e+ Note Paper. From the Philadelphia Press. The woman who likes to keep al times even in the little ul life looks into the s onery at least once or twice in These autumn mornings are for overhauling desk drawers and ten in their autumn showing by and there lection. | ‘Tinted papers are now coming Not those intense colo and on which pretty n, pearl ¢ charming c blue paper v herder is not more ch wide, and until realize the wh eves the ink ete. noice in these than an eigiy e little upper - envelc | built to gor | It is oblong in or a valentine. nd broad, cov | of the reverse side. | outlined, of cours | of white. | circular monogram left-hand corner of t pe which fitted th hape, like a bil The en Circular monograms in well-cho: binations are still first favorit chic is to have type the head of the sheet. Carte de visite note is lovely for send regret when only needed : Something very new for the loves an accepta! ed for wedding invitations, small with place cards to match. Acros: of e cop: ed from that lovely ware. On the flaps of the envelopes is a group of cupids, while on the left-hand corner ards is a similar group. | ‘ans. \ the Philadelphia Press. | smaller, but never were more | me of the 1 xpensive in epe de e painted with flow which are fn thers, in white silk, display qua small trailing lsaves and an ¢ lettes, while some of the new have the ivory mount divi he tin t d inte the ribs { mounts, the most beautif mounts, net only rd some of t al patte Ostrich feather fans have out, but they Ar: for the moment s to the painted ene Fr m the New Ocleans Tin Demcerat. Divide anything up Into pairs fy it. A certain wise man way to give his wife an idea of h $1,000 is. She had no idea of mo purenases were enorm It hapy t her eye felt upon a rhe ring, and she coveted it. But what was $1,000 to her In co with the ring? Of course her hush ted to: the purch: What e a@ dutifui, affectionate h tried this method of cducating his | cerning tue gre stru in In c mail ame pieces the pennies, money, dimes, bagful afte: fore. When the her it ala went up at once own opt mone: med her; thi price of n abandoned. ———— A sail of underwear, lk poppies with black hearts long-haire street gown wi | Smooth-faced Fancy cloths are generally trimmed with combination bject of ing them smartly, for the shops have got- is no danger of making a fal: which scorch hades of blue, lavender, tints th border of white. ou have seen it you daintiness of the is pla is she ght to a woman's heart. The flap is especially long ring almost the entire su with the narro ur address in small, neat in the upper left-hand corner ‘or paper in pretty tints a half dozen words are e woman who oxelties is Wedgwood paper, intend- ich outer sheet runs a Wedgwood frieze 1 on to the ivory ich is separat: When £1.906 Looked Bix It cost $1,000, sband do? t price of the ring. ted his banker to send her the $1,000) She never had such an idea of $1,000 be- was piled before a hundredfold, and was considered an extravagance which she of her (Copyright, 1808, Life Pubtishing Company.) inva- d pro for lace cloth or breast of accessories of sta- the year. propitious restock- this time into fa- is lost; age is a The th of an ed heet. et Was he Met doux velope is edge sen com- Another nee or a note siz 8 the to} © of pail- lace fans > two t f iv form the ul paini- lack silk painted, in s not gone ubs! and you took this ow much ey. Her ened one wgnificent mparison band con- Ise could But he wife con- He in- quarters, r bagful. | the ring A ROYAL PILGRIM With Great Pomp and Ceremony Will Enter the Holy City. WILLIAM TI 10 VISIP JERUSALEM Sultan's Grand Preparations in His Honor. THE KHEDIV. GUEST ALSO (Copyright, 1898, by the International Literary and News Service.) BERLIN, September 12, 1898. “The national heart swells with the thought of the approaching imposing entry of the kaiser in the venerable old city of David and Jesus. We picture to ourselves the mighty impression which this majectic spectacle will make. ‘The indissoluble char- acter of the friendship between the sultan and the German kaiser will be raised to a quasi-article of faith.” I quote the forego- ing from a leading German paper. As a matter of fact, the kaiser is one of the most prominent “Zionists” among the “apointed of the Lord.” His poetic im- agination has contributed many surprises to contemporaneous hisiory, but this trick is likely to surpass and excel every other attempt at magnificence and picturesque- hess. The lively imagination of this imperial manager has left nothing to chance. Ger- man discipline is to characterize every part of the program, down to the hour when William If will exchange his tourist dres for the full royal rig, and in complete war- paint enter the holy city through the Cha- ul followed by a_ brilliant e ‘Turkish host in s. For variety, ar- this kaleidoscopic ps, @ most mem- ory of this coun- their pisturesque rangement and _ effect scene will furnish, perh: orable chapter to the hi try In honor of his “beloved brother,” the sultan’s bankrupt exchequer has been fur- ther depleted to the tune of 160,000 piasters, to be expended in widening the main street of Jerusalem and beautifying the palace of Kademi-Sherif, intended for the emperor during his stay in the holy city. As a mat- ter of fact, England as well as Egypt in- tends to sw the pomp and ceremony by @ispatching a portion of the English-Eeyp- tian hosts from Kharteum, and with a few hundred prisoners in ch shew the kaiser how a dervish looks in captivity New Church on Historie Site. The kaiser’s main and solitary object of this journey is to preside over the cere- mony ef consecration of a new Lutheran church, built on a site given by the sultan to the late Emperor Frederick while he was still crown prince, on the occasion of t to the Holy Land. The church in tion is erected on the foundation of an dat- ent edifice of the from the ame ch: crusader The ueter, im October. 1808, and at Jaffa two a: the grand entree into Jerusalem for the evening of October consecrat £ royal couple will visit the tombs of Ab: ham, Isaac and Jacob at Hebron, over which a moscue has been erected. No or Hebrew has ever been permit- id of this mosque with the solitary After the emonies of the church the exception of the Prince of Wales when he visited the Holy Land while still a young in the company of Dean Stanley of estminster. be taken for granted that the present sultan, who owes so much to the friendly support and championship of his cause by the German emperor, extend to the latter the same courte and facilities in the matter of visiting He- bron as were conceded thirty-six years ago to the future king of England. After leaving Jerusalern the kaiser and his consort propose to journey overland Mount Sinai to Egypt. in response to an invitation from the khedive, and the re sources of the Turkigh government will be taxed to the utmost to prevent any unto- ward incident happening to the imperial pilgrims, such as, for instance, attack and capture by marauding Bedouin tribes. It is difficult to conceive the on which would ensue were the German emperor and to be ¢ ed off me such tribes as these in the inter! and held for ransom. The these tribes to the sultan is purely nomi- nd in their rocky fastnesses, which can be reached only by weeks of camel Lack travel through waterless deserts, the are practically secure from attack or pun- ishment. Queen's Lifelong Dream. It is no secret im English court cjrcles that it has been the one dream of Queen Victoria's life to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and at one moment dur- ing the early years of her widowhood she was on the point of proceeding thither with her friend and spiritual ser, the late Dean Stanley, as cicerone. But the time for an our has long since past away, and is too far ad in er years and too infirm to be able to put into ma jest anced caxccution a project which shc ed in her heart has nurtur- ince the days of her early girthood. Tr there are all sorts of fa- cilities today for getting to Jerusalem which were not in existence twenty and ty years ago. There i ith comfortable railroad cars that Jaffa to Jerusalem, and it is pos- ich Bethlehem and other places tn the vicinity by means of the pilgrimage of these present ese riking contrast to ot former when the faithful rank , from kings a railroad equip- of tramw times thosc interest a age and ¢ compelled to trudge w of eve peasants, wer over the sun-parched desert stones that lies between the the Zion of Chris $ titious Pear Dar of sand and coast and nd Hebrews. Supe ser. While no one need fecl surprised that Emperor William should desire to under- take the trip to Palestine, yet there are who regret that his “Zionism” should led him to permit his wife to accom- ny him on the journey, and among su- peretitiou. pprehension is felt ressed in connection with the pro- For it is a strange peculiarity that rdly any royal couple have ever visited Jerusalem together without being shortly afterward overtaken by misfortune. Only pecple much rn months igo the visit of the Arch- and Archduchess Charles 1 of 4 followed by the sudden death of the former, who, as second brother of the Emperor ‘Francis Joseph. stood next in line of succession to the throne, and » until that time, had enjoyed per- fect health. Another imperial couple whose pilgrimage was followed by still more a astrous resulis were the Crown Prince and Cfown Princess of Austria. Phe quarrel which culminated in Ru- lolph’s shocking death at Meyerling fol- immediately on their rcturn to Vi- enra from Palestine, while the stay in Jerusalem of Emperor William's eldest sis- ter, Chatictte, who was accompanied by her husband, Prince Bernhardt of Saxe Meiningen, and attended by Baron and Baroness ven Kotve, had as its material sequerte what is now known in the civiliz- ed world as the “ancnymous letter, or Kotze scandal,” in which Princess Char- lotte and her consort were so seriously compromis:d as to render ther depariure from Berlin necessary, while Baron yon Kotze hims:lf, after fighting innumerable duels, being crippled for life, and sub- jected to imprisonment, is now living in retirement with his wife, both of them dis- g:aced and socially ruined. ‘These are only a few of the large number of analogous cases that could be cited in this connection. But they are sufficicnt to show that superstiticus peep’e have some grounds for apprehending misfertune in the event of the kaiser taking his wife with him to Jerusa'em. For, curiously enough, those who make the p'igrimage alone and who leave their wives or their husbands at home appear to escape the fate that over- takes those royal personages Who neglect this caution, and with the exception of Empress Eugenie, who lost her throne a few months only after her return from the Hely Land, the Emperor of Austrja, the late Emperor Frederick of Germany, 2 Prince of Wales, King Leopold of Belgium, the Empress of Austria, the Crown Princess of Sweden, King Oscar, the Crown Prince of Italy and Prince Henry of Prussia have all been able to visit Palestine without being overtaken by subsequent misfortune. Pious Pilgrimages and, Otherwise. It may be questioned whether it is purely a spirit of religious devotion that leads royal personages to journey to the Holy Land, and there are reasons for believing that the Zionism of the crowned heads and of their families is prempte@ by other sen- timents than those of mere pity. For, speaking of them as a class, the princes and princesses of the blood cannot be de- scribed as really religious in the ordinary sense of the word. They iseldom govern their private conduct by the rules of any church, and almost never regard ecclesias- tics as nearer to the divinity than them- selves. They conduct themselves and speak in a manner to convey the belief that they feel themselves abovethe mere details of religion, ard it may >be doubted whether they have any real preferences, save such as are dictated by questions of mundane policy, for one form of worship more than for another. Queen Victoria, for instance, when she is in Scotland, takes the com- munion from the hands of Presbyterian ministers and according to the Presbyter- ian rites, although south of the Tweed she receives the sacrament according to the canon laws of the Church of England, of of which she is not only a member, but also the supreme head. The present ‘czar, when at Balmoral, attended Presbyterian services, while the king and queen of Italy, as well as the Catholic princes of Bavaria and Saxony, in defiance of the laws of their church, were conspicuous at the Lutheran services heid at Hamburg not long ago under the auspices of the kaiser. The lat- ter, ogain, although he considers himself to be the “summus Episcopus” of the Luther- an rite, does not disdain to kiss the eruci- “fix that is tendered to him when he visits any Catholic ins-itution, church or mon- astery in his dominions, and his grand- mother,, the late old Empress Augusta, was quite as fond of attending Roman Catholic services and functions as are the daughters and granddaughters of Queen Victoria. From this it will be scen that, whereas obedience to one church or another is on the ineresse among both classes and the masses in every part of the world, it is distinctly declining among the “anointed of the Lord.” it ir merely another illustra- dion of that ingratitude for which princes have been celebrated since the days of the psalmist, and under the circumstances they cannot be surprised if people are dis- posed to ascribe to something else than simple piety the Zionism which leads them to make pilgrimages to Jerusalem. IN THE CHURCHES Methodist Protestants in Washington and elsewhere throughout what is termed by members of the denomination the Maryland district are looking forward with muc ure to a coming reunion to he celebra- in all their churches. Seventy ago the Methodist Protestant Church of the United States was established by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church who had separated from that church because of the refusal of the governing body to allow equal representation in church affairs to lay as well as to clerical delegates. The de- cisive step was taken in Baltimore at convention held November 12, 1828. On the second Sunday of Nevember the anniver- sary of the event will be celebrated in all the Methodist Protestimt churches in the Maryland district. The celebration will be in accordance with the sugges ion made at the last annual conf-rence of the church. At that time a special prograri commiitee, composed of Rev. D. T. H. Levis, Rev. W. M. Poiscl and Mr. Deniel Baker, wa pointed by the presideat of the confere Rev. A. D. Melvin. 4¢ The Maryland annual co Methodist Protestan ized in April, 120, Separation from Church, with te: a Ss ap fe-ence of the Chuteh was organ- Tiye ingncas efter the Meihoui st Episco preachers, "10 members, no property, but much enthusiasm. The ryland district now includes all of Mary- nd, Delaware and the Distr :t of C In_the district: there 130 145 preachers, hurehes and par- wr members and o@1 scholars and ty years of Sts exis ence the has. employed preachers in its itinerant ministery, h: ceived into church fellowshiz more 47,00) persons and has raised for evangeli- cal purposes $4.441,27% During the last ten years, which have, been the most prosperous in the history of the denomination, there has been a net increase of 42 per cent in membership. _ A meeting of all the Catholic in the United States will be hold in. Wash- ington October 12. During the session iin- bortant resolutions Iooking to the further Spread of the Catholic Church in the United States and its recently nequired pos will be introduced, ani, it is exp cepted. ‘The resolutions were pr a committee composed of Ri Ig- natius F. Hortsmann, D.D., bishop of Cleve- nd, Ghio: Right Rev. Williara G. McClos- ve- than archbishops D.D., bishop of Louisy iile, Right - Camillus P. Maes, D.P». hop of Covington, Ky.; Right Rev. John A. Wi ter on, D.D., bishop of Col mbus, Ohio; Right Rev. John s. Foley, D.D., bishop of Detroit, Mich.; Right Rev. Joseuh Rade macker, D.D., bishop of Fort Was Right Rev. Henry J. Richter, D.D. of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Right Rev. Fran. 8. Chatard, D.D., bishop of Indianapolis, Ind., and Right Rey. Thomas S$. Byrne, D. D., bishop of Nashville, Tenn. A letter received here contains an official statement from Bishop Galloway of the Southern Methodist Church in reference to the much-talked-of nayment by Congress of almost $300,000) for damage of property of the denomination in Nashville, Tenn. during the civil war. Bishop Galloway's words are: “In response to many inquiries and in order to remove some ncssible m: apprehenisons, I feel constrained to make a brief statement about the publishing house war claim: “1. The biskops of the church, at their own instance and with perfect unanimity, have proposed, on stated conditions, to take proper steps to have tendered back to the United States government the money appropriated in payment cf that claim. While reaffirming its righteousness, believ- ing it a debt of honor that should have been paid years ago, we could not con- sent, so far as our responsibility extends, for the church to reiain the money, if affirmed it was misleading statements ntatives. We felt as much sured then as now that in making this formal tender we represented not our- selves alone, but the overwhelming senti- ment of the entire church. “2.gPhat action of the bishops has been formally and officially communicated to the Vice President of the United States, with the respectful request that he Jay it before the Senate and inyite prompt action thereon. . The further ‘steps’ promised, sponse to that solicited action on th of the Senate, and bishops are volunt and sacredly’ pledged to take. absolute fulfillment of that promi: E chureh hes no oceasion for additional as- surance “4. Wh either hovse of Congr appropriated on the of our re in re- part ro tever may be necessary to pre- serve the stainless honor of the church will be assuredly and promptly done. But every step must be taken legally aad con- stitttionally. Precipitate action weuld al- most certainly produce complications that would delay ‘final and -heporable adjust- ment. ~ “5. Personally, I chnnot’ commend the wisdom of an immédiate session of the general conference on this'fnatter. Still, it may become necessaty. If so, I am sure the call will be pron ae “6. Apart from lathen nersonalities that may have been jindtilged in carnest discussion, the widespread-gensitivencss to any criticism to the §{ainlges name of our church is occasion for t gratification. Such godly jealousy eserve her per- petual purity. “There has nevergbee: the slightest possibility of the cliiirch’g failure to do absolutely right in the wh@le matter. The question of money moral principle is in 5 Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler, pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church, has just returned from Cumberland, Md., where he went to attend the funeral of his brother, Mr. Ken- nedy H. Butler, a prominent resident of that city, who was killed by falling from a building on one of his farms near Fred- erick, Md. The fate Mr. Butler was one of the leading business men of Cumberland during the past fifty years, and was one when a vital of the most extensive manufacturers of furniture in the state. He was widely known and universally respected, and his funeral was the most largely attended of any that has eccurred in Cumberland in many years. Sister Keturah, the well-known Luth2ran deaconness, who has been engaged at work in several of the churches of that denomi- nation in this city for a number of months pest, has returned from her summer vace- tion, and is locatzd at the Woman’s Chris- tian Home on 13th street northwest. ‘The Lutheran synod of Maryland, which also comprises the District of Columbia, will meet shortly in Taneytown, Md. Eight of the Lutheran ministers of this city are members of that organization. Bishop John F. Hurst of this city has ac- cepted memb»rship in the advisory council of the League for Social Service, an or- ganization formed by Rey. Dr. Josiah Strong of New York, who is well known in Washington. The operations of the league are expect2d to extend throughout the entire Union. The president of the league is Rey. Dr. Strong, until recently secretary of the Evang?lical Alliance; its secretary is Pro- fessor William H. Tolman, and its treas- urer Mr. Spencer H. Trash. The committee of direction comprises the following per- scns: Washington Choate, Mary Lowe Dickinson, William B. Howland, John W. Kfelgaerd, Robert C. Ogden, Margaret E Sangster, Albert Shaw, Josiah Strong, Wil- liam H. Tolman, Spencer Trash and Mor- nay William: The advisory council is composed, in addition to Bishon Hurst, of these prominent men and women, who re- side in various sections of the country, a3 follows: Mrs. Theodore W. Birney, Miss Jane Addams, R. Fulton Cutting, Rev. Dr. H, B. Frisseli, Richard Watson Gilder, Rev. Washington Gladden, Miss Clare de Graf- fenried, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Bishop F. D. Huntington, Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Rey. Charles H. Parkhurst, John H. Pat- terson, Bishop Henry C. Potter, Rev. R. 8. Stons, Rev. Dr. K. B. Tupp2r and Bishop John H. Vincent. The object of the league is to educate public opinion and the popular conscience. It proposes to reach the public ear by the distribution of literature, by opening a bur2au of information, by furnishing defi- nite answers to all the questions which may be asked and by giving lectures on secial problems. Bishop Satterlee has consented to take a leading part in the thirteenth annual con: vention of th> Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which, as heretofore stated in The Star, will be concluded in Baltimore just pre- vious to the assembling in Washington of the great triennial convention of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church. The former is on2 of the most powerful auxiliaries of the latter, and its sessions, which will begin on Wednesday next, will continue for five days. Between one thousand and two thousand delegates are expected to attend. —>—__ IDYLS OF THE Strange Meditations of the Lookout n the Crow's Nest. Frem ihe Spect stor. As if ecstatic in their appreciation of the banishment of night, a school of porp s five thousand strong indulge in riotous gambols. Leaping high into the bright air, their shining, lithe bodies all a-quiver with Fure joy of abundant life, they churn the Findly sea into foam, leaving in their m frolicsome rush a wide track of white on SEA, the smoothness behind them. So fixwless is the calm that even the tiny argosy of the nautilus is tempted to rise and spread its silken sail, a lovely gauzy curve just a shade or so lighter in hue than the sap- phire of the sea, and so discernible from that height to the practiced eye. In quick succession more and more appear. until a fairy fleet of hundreds is sailing as if bearing Titania and her train so some en- chanted isies, where never wind blows But lo! as if at a signal from a pigmy miral, the squadron have van- ished bubbiew From where they lately rode in mimic pageant rises ghosvike a vast flock of ftlying-fish, the hum of ¥ vibrant wing-fins ascend to the ear. Many thousands in number, glis stnblaze like burnished silver, through the aii whole shoal r undulations, with inc ng and falling in we if in the performance of preconcerted evolutions. They have been flying upon a plane of perhaps twenty feet above the sea for some five nundred yards, and are just about to re-enter the water. when beneath them appear the blazing beauties of a schcol of dolphin (not the aull-hued mammal, but the poet-beloved fish). At that dread sight the solid pha- Janx breaks up, huvied back upon itself in the disorder of deadly panic. In_ little groups, in single fugitives, they scatter to every point of the compass, a hopelessly disorganized mob, whereof the weaker fall to swift oblivion the gaping jaws of their brilliant, vigorous foes beneath. The main body sheer off, sadiy thinned, in a fresh direction, long, quivering ra‘ders leunching themselves in hot pursuit upon their rear, devourirg as they rush, until caters and eaten di ear, and the battle- field lies in pi uuty as if never dis turbed. One hovering bird, a “bo'sun,” with long, slender tail and’ feathers of purest white, circles around on unmovice, outspread pinions, slowly turning his pretty head with dark, incurfous eyes upon the strange biped so awkwardly perched in his dominions of upper air. Whence and when did he come? A moment since and he was not. Did the vacant cther produce him? Yet another moment and he is gone as he came, leaving hehind him a palpable sense of loss. But now all attention is concentrated upon the horizon, where the trained eye has caught a giimpse of something of greater interest than either fish or bird. A series of tiny puffs, apparently of steam, rises from the shining surface, but so evanescent taat nothing but long practice would discern them at so great a distan¢ Irregularly, both as to time and p they aprear, a shadowy _ procession faintest indefinite outiines, a band of brief shadows. Yet upon them eager eyes are bent in keenest attention, for they repre- sent the possibilities of substantial gain, and bring the mind back from the realms of pure romance with the swiftness of a diving sea bird down to the hard necesst- ties of everyday Hfe. They are the breath of marine mammalia, mightiest of ocean citizens, and strangest of links between the inhabitants of land and sea. A little keen scrutiny, however, reveals the disappoint- irg fact that those feathery phantoms mark the presence of that special species of whales which enjoy complete immunity from attack, either from above or below. ‘their marvelous agility, no less than the exiguous covering of fat to which they have reduced the usually massive blubber berne by their congeners, gives abundant recson Why they should be thus unmo- lested. So they roam the teeming seas in the enviable as well as almost unique posi- tion among the marine fauna of exemption from death, except by sickness or old age, as much as any sedate law-abiding ef London. They seem to be well aware of their privileges, for they draw nearer the ship with perfect confidence, heeding her huge shadow so more than if she were a mass of rock rising sheer from the ocean bed, and incapable of harm to any of the sea folk. From our lofty eyrie we watch with kee interest the antics of these great creatures, their amatory gambols, parental care, elegant ease and keen spor iveness. Yonder piehald| monster, who seems the patriarch ef the school, after basking placidly in the scorching rays of the sun, now high in the heavens, gravely turns a semi-somersault, clevating the rear half of his body (some forty feet or se) out ef the water. Then with steady, tremen- dgus strokes he beats the water, the hun- dred square feet of his tail falling flat with a reverberation like the sound of a distant bombardment. The other: 1 out of the water, sedately as becomes their bulk, or roll over and over each other upon the surface, occasionally settling down until they look like fish of a fcot er so in length. They even dare to chafe their barnecle-studded sides against the vessel's keel, sending a strange tremor through her from stem to stern, which is even felt in the “‘crow’s nest.” But no one molests them in any way; in fact. {t must be placed to the whaler’s credit that he rarely takes life for “sport.” though callous as fron where profit of any Kind may be secured. ——-00e A Dry Shampoo. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Many women who have luxurious tresses and who take cold easily are obliged to forego washing them ds often as they would like, because of th> difficulty of get- ting thent dried quickly. For such, a dry shampoo is the next best thing, and if carefully and thoroughly done, it removes the accumulated dust and dandruff almost as well as washing. The hair should: be shaken loos2ly out over the shoulders, and the head manipulated with the fingers till all foreign matter is well loosened and ecat- tered through the hair, which should then be parted in different places all over the head, and the parts cleansed with a sti, litle brush, after which the entire head and hair should be very thoroughly brush- ed in sections till the dandruff is brushed out ss much as possible, when some good scalp tonic or scalp clsanser may he rubbed. on, and the snarls engendered by the whole process gently combed out and the ends clipped: This should always be done once a month to promote the growth and fine glossy condition of the hair, WARSHIP VISITORS Crowds Who Throng the Big Ships Whenever in Port. WITH JACKIE ALL OVER THE TEXAS Pride of the Officers and Men ir Showing Their Charges. TIPS NOT IN FAVOR Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 23, 1898. It is estimated that fully one hundred thousand persons have visited the various ships of Admiral Sampson’s victorious squadron since their arrival from Cuba. From 9 in the morning until 5 in the aft noon the decks of the New York, the Brooklyn and the rest of the triumphant fleet have echoed to the tread of an admir- ing host of American citizens—citizens who have just awakened to the fact that they have a navy that can fight remarkable bat- tles in a remarkably short space of time. The mere fact that these vessels have all been inspected and viewed many times be- fore has nothing to do with it. That won- derful chase off Santiago and the annihila- tion of a mighty Spanish fleet have vested each craft from the stately flagship to the second-class battle si as with such a halo of interest and romance that the drawing properties of a circus pale into in- significance before it. The crowds that descended upon the fleet directly anchors were dropped off Tomp- kinsville literally besicged the ships, and when it became necessary to commence needful repairs the authorities at Washing- ton were compelled to issue orders closing the gangways and even the gates at the Brooklyn navy yard. There were no com- plaints because of this influx of visitors from the officers and crew, however. Jack and his superiors are never happier than when the decks are thronged with visitors from shore. They like the attention and they like to feel that their masters—the American people—are interested in them. Captain Evans, the captain of the lowa, said recently: “I would be glad to show my ship to every man and woman, boy and girl in the whote country. I am enly sorry at I can't go on deck and greet every visitor personally. They are indeed wel- come to any ship I command. There are very few officers in the na today who would not echo the sentiment. And that is the reason why visitor to a man-of-war when he leaves the nav yard gates, or the gangway, as the case may be, feels that he has been personal! welcomed and has been treated with cord: hospitality. 1 That is a way the naval offi- cer and the naval Jackie have. The Brooklyn navy yard is the Mecca of two-thirds of the strangers who annually visit New York city, but within the past month hosts of honest citizens, who have lived all their lives almest within sound of the naval workshop whistle without enter- ing the gate, have eagerly sought admis- sion to see the ships of Sampson's fleet. Formalities to Go Through. Admission is by pass obtained from the captain of the yard. Armed with this the visitor betakes himself to the gate at the foot of Sands street, Brooklyn, where he is compeiled to submit to the scrutiny of a watchman and several marines. Once in- side the yard, a yard regularly laid out with streets and buildings and parks, gas lamps, police and an efficient fire depart- ment, it is easy enough to find the water- ps front where ure moored the various s of war undergoing repairs. It is now the visitor finds that the pa: an officlal-looking document duly signed and sealed—is potent only in the yard it- self. The pass has no standing or influence on beard a ship in commission. This fact is learned when the honest citizen is stup- ped at the gangway of a ship by a marine sentry and informed in any kind of a di lect that “It’s no good here, sir. If you want to go aboard this ship you must get permission from the officer of the dec! During certain hours, however, this par- ticular yard of red tape ts not in evidence, and visitors are permitted to look and ex. piore and stare to their hearts’ content Once over the gangway the welcom: shows itself. ‘Lhe officer of the eck, a dap- per young ensign looking very cool and neat in his white uniferm, generally ap- proaches and asks ff the visitor or visitors would like to see the ship. On being an- swered In the affirmative, the young officer beckons to scme apprentice or blvejacket, of whom there a number in waiting, and says Thompson, show these people the sights. Explain the tur- rets an@ anything else they may cure to see.” Thompson,” as trim and neat in his way as the officer, grins and gives his head a queer little duck to the ladies of the party and steps toward the nearest gun, which, in the case, say, of the Texas, is a six. inch breech-loader, mounted as a pivot on the edge of the quarterdeck. the training lever in a busine: ner, shows how the piece ts cle pressed, then opens the breech with a quick swing. Roth Utility and Beauty. ‘This here gun is a beaut, ladies and gen- tlemen,” he says with pride. “It fires a shell weighing a hundred pounds, uses fifty potnds of powder to do it, and say, what do you tink, one of these here shells'll kreck the stuffin’ out of any old Dago ark afloat. She's a lulu.” A red-painted submarine mine, closely re- sembling ore of the buoys to be met in very barbor, stands near the gun, and Thompson states that it was picked up in juantanamo shortly after the Texas had ursuspectingly passed over it. “It was what me barber calls a close shave,” explains the bluejac! “If that ting had gone off while we was above it, th’ Texas would be joining hands wid the poor old Maine. We found enough gun- cotton in it to blow th’ slats out of any heoker afloat. We struck it all right, but th’ firin’ pin wouldn’t work. Just like all th’ stuff them Dagos git up. He leads the way to a hatchway forward of the six-inch pivot. The ladder extend- ing belew fades into obscurity, and it is with some timidity that visitors prepare to descend. The incline is sharp and the aperture small, but Thomp in safety, saying as he does so, “Just duck your heads, there, ladies and gents, That ccaming is harder than bone, bet'cher life. There was a dude rammed his nut agin it yesterday, and he made a damp spot on th’ deck with his bleed. This way, please. We've got to go a deck lower before we can git into the turret Incandescent lights make the gloom of the interior more apparent, strange objects. Shapeless in the semi-darkness, bar the way xt every step; there is a closeness in on pilots them the air which would be stifling if it were not for the ventilating blowers which can ach be heard whirring and humming in passageway. The ceilings are iow, cork-painted beams reach within a of the visitor's head. On both sides stretch partitions of steel. Thompson leads the way with perfect confidence, and presently a ray of light is seen in advance. It broadens at last, and a huge circular chamber mahy feet acrgss and rising to double a man’s height “is reached. The bluejacket guide waves his hand, and says with the air of a show man exhibiting his most valuable curiosit; “This, ladies an’ gents, is the for’ard tur- ret. Among the Deadly Guns. A little gasp of awe comes from the fem!- nine portion of the.visitors. There 1s some- thing grimly impressive in the great iron chamber with its curicus objects of war. In the center rests the monster’ twelve-inch breech-loading rife, bullt up on a pedestal of steel girders and wheels and levers. The massive breech frowns at the spectators, and its brown-coated sides extend seem- ingly an interminable number of fest out through the oval aperture in the turret. “Isn't she a daisy?” asks Thompson, jerk- ing his thumb toward the gun. “You're now locking at th’ popper that we swatted th’ Dagos with. You want to look closer an’ understand that it was this here gun that fired a shot that knocked th’ stuffen out of the Mariar Teresa, Admiral Cer- vera’s flagship. What? No, I wasn’t in here at th’ time. I don’t belong to this division. But, say, I heard it bark, and you'd t'ink th’ whole roof was comin’ in. How do we icad it, eh? See thie ledge at th’ foot of th’ turret? That's a ilttle ratl+ Way au’ cars run on it from th’ magazine shaft around there. Th’ fellers yank @ shell from th’ liftet, place it on th’ carriage and run her around here to th’ breech of th’ gun. Then other feilere git th’ hy- Graulic—that's water, d'ye see?—rammer to work, an’ in she goes, They put th’ charge in then, an’ when all is ready, th’ officer in charge—he stanus up there in that firln’ little hood where you see th’ telescope— sights th’ » glts th’ r: and there you are. It's great wock. Thompson winod his forehead after this burst of descriptive eloquence, and escorted his party to the forwava b deck The apartment contained a numoor of marines and biuejackets, who seemed entirely ob- vious of the visitors’ presence. Sume were stretched out upon bits of canvas or sheets Cf newspapers, sleeping caimy, as if the; laughter and talking and (he maltitudinous et noses & man-of-war community were simply parts of a mother's lullaby. Others Were reading or writiag, thelr desis being & cramped knee or the uny ty 1 of a} eitty box. One man was shaving with the’ aid of a triunguiar pieze of giasa resting against a A cuone and 2 tall «aunt ma- vue, coatiess and with the coliar of hie’ flannel shirt thrown open, wis working at a bit of needle staff. son stopped near the port forward corner of the deck. About the leve: of his head was new square patch of steel in the ship's side. It had not yet received the ast coat of paint, aud 1t loomed and ugly in the semi. loom. secs An Historical Patch. was “There a big jaggel hole there a few days ago,” said the bluejacket in a peccliarly sad tone of volee. “it's where th’ shell came throo that exploded on th’ other side of th’ deck a i one of cur apprentices. You n’ story jn pa pers, I guess. I—1 saw it all, an'—* Thomp- Son brushed one hand over his ahirt with a queer gesture of repugnar 1 helped pick him up. He was a good boy an’ him an’ me chummed it as a rule came throo th’ steel side with i tike th’ popping of a toy balloon; then it struck a stanchion where that new 0: exploded within « = now, an” foot ef the apprentices. I thought th “who side of th blown up. There was a shock | nents n’ lightning, an’ I felt a red glare aie Th’ smell was enough to choke s08,, an" I thought my last end had c Say: if you'd been there you'd bx yet. Was I scare: Hua! time to think of ft The bluejacket shrug, and spat contempla deadlight. pas coughin’ I didn't have sed his shoulders ¥ through an open Spot where the prentice hep seemed dist: i to him, ‘ot his party of visitors to the up. per deck as dily as possibie. After Showing them the steel conning tower, with its strange el, ctrical contrivances and its mite of a steering wheel, anc ae «& wheel, and various other The of more or less interest. h turned with the party to theese Te “I hope you like th hooker,” hi standing with-cap in by. and a friendly are all proud of her. bet’cher lite They 5 d she was a hoodoo, an’ that th’ « Texas would all feces With nervous. Prostration wher 2s a4 shot at h rs but T guess she Z He stopped and took a st One of the party bad thrust hand wea him containing a small wad of green tn the palm. Thompson looked hurt. * No Silver Crossed Pa “I beg your pardon, sir,” he ut you must Tims. said slowly, scuse me. We boys don’t take nothing like that. When w nh’ ship We do it because we are proud of her, No, “very much. Will I give you inly. I'm William Thomp- son, seam: en in th’ service three full etait he eXpect to sta th’ rest of my me. s000d-bye! Come again vel time. | ome again an’ wel- With a bow and one of his queer little ducks the bluejucket” turned sy vitae peared forward. The me mber of the re who had offered the mone ped Up to the offi er of the deck and said: : “I want to express my appreciation of your ship and your gallant crew. sir. ‘The man who plioted us about is a rough jewel of the first water. His name ts Thompson pelieve. I'd like to leave this bill to be I balieve. ave this bill to be be wacuse me, but Ido not think it would ne Wise, 5 interrupted the young offic The 3 with a smi 3 S are Tather strict on that subject. Thompson wouldn't j a on Wouldu't thani me if I took anything for him. ¢ Dato sir. ou are heartily welcome. some ee, ly welcome. Come As the party threa: i ite way down the crowded gungway, one of the members glanced buck and saw several bluciackete escorting other parties about the stip, One pt ithe sailors was Thompson, grinning, happy and glad of his task. New York Herald. Do you pay doctors’ bills? Som: don't. Do you have an idea that the medi- cine men are in the same ¢ ry with street railway companies and therefore to be “be n” in season and out of season? Do you object to getting a bill fr physician, and object on general y persons m your neiples? Then go to Sweden. That's the place for you. That's the yp where doctors cease from troubling and the poor debtor is at rest. No doctors’ bills rs Who wouldn't be a Swede? When you ure ill in Sweden and require the services of 2 physician, all you have to do is to send for him. He is likely to be an efficient man and courteous to a degree. Your needs a will be ministered tween the times of feeling your pulse and aking your temperature he won't slip one. of his professional cards in your | remind you t he Nothing ts said of p tor looks after you faithfully have recovered. When you dating the obligation you'll find that it is a case of write your own ticket. 1i you have been holding an oftice under Tammany prior to your trip to Sweden, or have struck it rich in sugar, you may’ fill out your check for a handsome sum. The money will be accepted and no comm made. If you have been writing on s for some years or have pickei th» horse races wrong end first, you may send a smail donation to the doctor, and it will be just as unemotionally a“ The Swed: .h doctor on his native heath, tends the sick and makes no rates Jits' wealthy patients pay him han-lsomeis, his poorer patients give what they can afford. i xtromely poor give moar at all! get the same treatment. The system appears toh its advantages, but there are grave doubts as to the practicabiiity of its adoption in America. It might resolve. itself into similarity with the payment of taxes on Property, the principles uf which are so well krown that a feature ts made of the Tact that certain rich mer stly pay in proportion to their resources. It used to be that the doctors in the Scot- tish Highlands operated on a stmilar princi- { the Swedish rm ple to that dicos, tish caution must, however, bave stamped out the practice, for in the middle of the present century the custom was, abandoned. Prior to that time the doctc had collected their dues only once 2 market day, and whe This was on woul class of; from the pee for the os 1? Hear!” From the London Chron The parliamentary “H t hear!" wa always an expression of approval. So learns from the most recently issued part not ne of Dr. Murray’s great dictionary. The phrase was originally “Hear him! hear him!” used as an exclamation to call atten- tion to a speaker's words. We have a ree- ord of its use in 1689, and as late as A member of the house of commons tn being interrupted in a speech b; retorted: “'T! very word, “he of all others;’ and a member ferred to its use as “disorderly. “The bridged forms“Hesr him!” was in use so una- late as the beginning of the present cen- tury. Lord Stanhope tells us, in his “Life of Pitt,” that when that statesman reap- peared in the house of commons in May, 183, after a iong absence in-opposition, he was hailed as ne passed the gangway with cries of “Hear him!” Francis He ner, Who Was in the strangers’ gallery, noted as a runurkabie thing that when Pitr rose to deliver his memorable speech on that occasion as cheered—met with cries of “Hear him!"—before he had uttered a word. We have warmer blood nowaday ee Re First Summer Girl—“My physician tells. me that the best time for bathing is during the morning hours.”* Second Summer Girl—“Don't you believe. it; there're hardly any spectators aroung ttl afternoon.”—Trenton Gazette,