Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1887, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MARCH 6. 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. SENTIMENTS OF SUNSHINE. Bonoo and Nonsense Corefully Mixed up in Humor's Mortar, SOME SMILE-STARTING SCRIBES Sin Oovering Charity '—Proclama tion of Onion Bill-Brother Pen- stock Sits Down—The Mistled Man and Other * Laughs." “Pastoral Poetry." A minister may love his wife, From every ill protect her; But love ler as he mav, ala At last he's only Rector, ~Toledo American. And umur.ih she may quite rapid be No race-horse going faster, 8he'll find, however wild and free, “That he is always Pastor. - way Journal. They studied grainmar in the school “Together, out in Carson, And atter they were both made one She found him still a Parson. —Yankton Statesman. And if she wanders from the fold So far she breaks the record, Of course he'll pull her golden fleece, “I'he gentle, lovine Shepherd. —Duluth Paragrapher. And though he boasts he feels as young As when he first beheld her, His congregation all assert “That he is yet the elder. —Philadelphia Record. “Onion Bill." There is someth'ng decided.g uniquein the civilization of Idaho. In the classic town known as Beef Gap a gentleman commonly called “Onion Bill” was re- cently elected marshal, whereunon he became ** f Birdell.” On_assuming the responsibility of his position, he is- sued a circular, from which we cull a few choice items: f On and after this date there will be In this own No more compelling people to drink when they don’t feel like it. No more shooting off plug hats. No more drinking of whisky out of bottles when the bars are open. No more noisy deviltr, Any man riding or driving a horse into a publie bar will be shot, Any man raking dow the pot at poker ‘without the cards to back it up will be shot ead. 1t is the determination of the new adminis- traton to usherin an era of reform, and all &0od citizens will array themselves on tho side of the law. All others will turned over to the coroner. The comparative ethics which the chief insists upon are striking. The man ‘who drives a horse into a bar-room will simply be shot;but the wretch who rakes down the pot under unfair circumstances will not only be shot, but shot dead. Beef Gap has found a master at last. A Great Principle Involved. “What, Reginald, will you let a trifle ecparate us?’ ‘It's no trifle, Dorothy; a great princi- ple is involved.’" “How can a high hat Le called a prin- ciple” *1f you persist in cutting off your neighbor’s view, isn't that a moral act and a grave offense?’” *You forget that the man who sat be- hind me was blind.” “That makes no difference. Will you take me or keep your hat? Choose!” “Well, I'll take you and keep the hat to hold your theater cloves.” The Way It Struck Him. I went to a fair, There seemed everything there, From a m‘nmmoth piano to a row of small Jins. And this sign I rend— 1t was tacked overhead— ‘harity covers a multitude of sins.” When the malids did advance, Saying *‘Please take a chance,” ‘With species of lotteries’ vast rarities, 1 thought that the sign, Should be changed to the line: #8in covers a multitude of charities.” Hrudder Penstock Sat Down. Detroit Free Press: The city clerk of Mobile made inquiry by letter if Rev. Penstock had been absent from Detroit for tho last few weeks. An individual claiming to be that person had been working Mobile for contributions to found a chair of astronomy in connec- tion with the Lime Kiln club. He was remarked as the homeliest colored man ever seen south of Mason and Dixon's line. The secretary had scarcely finish- ed reading the communication when Brudder Penstock sprang up, waved his arms wildly about and gasped out: ““I move dat dis club offer & reward of 25,030 for de arrest of dat base impos- or. “‘Brudder Penstock, be calm,” replied the president. . “But my reputation ar’ at stake.”” *“Not atall. The secketary will repl; to that letter an’ ofter the usual rewar: of $25.” ‘1 move to make it $3,000,” shouted Penstock. ““I shall rule de moshun out of order, L1 “Den I shall resign.’’ “Brudder Penstock, if you would re- sign dis club would hev to hide its erief a8 well as possible, an' continer 1ts work. ‘While we all luv an’ admire you, we doan figuredat you am a $3,000 mulatto. De reward of $25 has been de highest sum offered in any case an’it will hev to kiver yours,” Penstock sat down with a dull thud, breaking four ribs of Samuel Shin's new umbrella and after hearing the janitor's monthly report the meeting adjourned. Let 'Er Go. Pittsburg Press: A Sewickley juvemle of six summers is physically in about the same condition as Johnny. He joined the A B C class a few days ago, and when he came home the first day his mamma asked him: “‘Well, dear; what did you learn to-day:" ‘‘Oh, learned lots; 1 learned three letters, mammal” *“‘Is that so? such a smart little boy! What are they, dearie?” ‘‘Let 'er rip, let 'er flicker, and lot 'er go Galiagher!”” That boy needs a new suit of clother and a wig. Spring Poetry. THE R AS. When days ¢ me between The February blizzards keen With promises ot spring to mock us, ‘The rustic Ananias tells ‘That he, while roaming through the dells, Or woods, has sesn. an early crocus. *a ANOTHER DISCOVERY, Te fs the self made man who roves n early March through leatless groves, While overhead the storm cloud hovers, And all the ground with snow is white, And, to his unalloyed delight, ‘The trailing arbutus discovers. A Woman's Way, Detroit Free Press: An agent with threa or four rugs in a strap called at a housa on National avenue and rung the bell without arousing anybody, when a woman called to him from across the street: *No use ringing there.” “Lady gone?" *They are too poor to buy rugs."” He was about to pass on, when a cham- ber window was raised, and a woman stuek her head out and said: “1'll show 'em whether we are or not! -1 think a carpenter's wife is just as asa drayman's wife, and has just as - much money for fine things, hich is your best rug?"”’ *“This one, ma'am—for §8." “Hang it on the fence where every- ‘body can seo 1t. Now take this $20 bi and call at all the houses around here and ask for change. You won't get it, but 111 have the right amount to hand you when you come back, The Box and the Ballet, Washington Critic. “Ihere's a lady in one of the boxes, Ste's drossed in & manner au Vhiich those who are posted on Denominate decollete, ashion, There's another one there in the ballet, W iose attire 15 quite comme il faut, Reversing the ent of the other, 1U's decollete down below. 1f you take the two dresses vresented And combine s when you are done You will tind t W combination Will result in your having but one. at shall we say of the puzzle? One garment with wonien for two, And both of them dressed in the fashion— We don’t understand it. Do you? He Was Misled. San Francisco Chronicle: The pictur- esque is always a feature of a_woman's deseription of anything. She. talks grandiloquently of coiors, and if you ficar hot duscribo o tablecloth you faney it's a_gorgeol equally eflvct My wife thing of tapestry or some ture. the husband to the has sent me_for some- ng she looked at yesterday.” s, “This is the deseription of it,”" and he pulls out a piece of paper which has in it a full description of un elaborate pattern of myriads of colors, and all in nomen- clature that sonnds like some elaborate picture. “You'll e me, [ can’t re- member the blamed thing.” “That's all right. 1 know what she T ‘You'll please wrap it up very care- fully, for if it wots spoiled before” it gets there she'll be mad.” rtainly.” Then the man goes to the shelf and pulls out roughly & piece of something. “‘Hold on,” s the husband, ‘‘that can’t be the thing. That's chintz, or dy or something, ain'tit?” is the article, sir,” “What does it cos “Forty cents a yard. “Great Scott! Forty cents a yard! [ thought from the description it would come o ubout $100.” A Miraclk ‘“What wuzde tex’ dis Johnson? I was too lat “It was_about the mi Snow. Warde Lord fed mornin’, Mis- sles, Brother ven people h.” r bout dat.” “0n, de miracle am, dey all didn't bust.” An Honest Man, Texus Siftings: **Have you got a copy of ‘Milton’s Paradise L " asked Gil- hooly of Hostteter McGinnis, one of the Austin aristocrats. What in the world is that?” replied MeGinnis. ““It's a book," replied Gilhooly. No. sir, [ ve not got such a book. Whenever [ find anything that is lost I return it to the owner. \When did Mr. Milton lose his book? What reward is he offering for its return?'’ Little Bits of Wit. If any animal on the farm earns his annual sty-penned 1t must be the hog. An unsteady man, like an unsteady light, is apt to go out nights, ‘There was a young lady named Hughes Who never was known to retuzhes To go out at night, O a young man’s invight, To take one of a couple of stughes. 1t 18 never too late to mend; but a man need not expect to have a button sewed on much after midnight. There is a merchant in this city who has an admirable sense of the eternal fit- ness of tnings. He provides his collector with a dun-colored horse. *‘Dear, dear, how fashions do alter, to be sure,” remarked Mrs. Peachblossom; ‘I see that steerage rates are cut lower.” e The Horror of the Catacombs, From London Society: Most people have Leard of the catacombs of Paris, but few have visited them, or are aware of the vast extent. They were originall stone quarries; the material use in build- ing the cathedral of Norte Dame, the hotel Cluny, the older portion of the Tuilieries and many other of the public edifices of Paris having been derived from this source. So extensive were their ramifications that of Paris within the walls more than a tenth part is said to have been honeycombed in this man- ner, It was not till within the last 100 vears that the quarries have served the purpose or received the name of cata- combs. Many Parisian churche: d cemeteries have transferred the remains ot their dead to the keeping of the catacombs. These are now under the care of a regu- lar corps of workmen, who attend to the arrangement of the bones, keep the gal- leries in order, and are constantly on the watch againstsubsidences of earth, which would otherwise be of frequent occur- rence. The galleries have been carcfull surveyed and their course compared wit! that of the superjacent thoroughfares, Indicating tablets are put up a‘ frequent intervals, so that a skilled person can at any moment name the street, and even the number of the house, which is above his head. Without such knowledge, or n competent guide, however, woe betide the ill-fated wretch who should venture to explore these grim recesses. Beneath the Rue de 1’Abbe de I'Eppe, just outside the Ossuaire, or catacomb proper, 1s seen a_ tomb in the angle of a wall, to which a terrible tradition at- taches. Here lies Philibert Aspairt, (urmcrl‘, porter of the mlitary hos- pital of Val de Grace. 7The hospital lies above a portion of the catacombs, and from if descends one of thelseventy stair- cases of which we have spoken, Inan vil hour the ill-fated porter took it into his head to make a voyage of discover; in the catacombs. On November 8, 179! he descended the winding stair. Luntern in hand he entered that awful labyrinth, and he never came back. How long he lived, or how he died; how long his feeble lantern kept alight, or for how many hoars or days he may have wandered in darkness, ere death put an end to his sufferings are among fhe secrets of the catacombs. For eleven years hie fate was not even known, but on April 30, 1804, some workmen treading in course of their duty some of the less-used pas- sages, came upon a human skeleton. Flesh and clothing nhad alike crumbled into dust, but the buttons ot the coat re- mained, and by these and the bunch of keys that lay beside the corpse, it was identified beyond doubt as that of the un- fortunate Philibert Aspairt. Marrled, Benkelman, (Neb.) Pioneer: Last Fri- day in Detroit, Mich., at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. A. S. Barnes, Mr, Ed F. Burton, of Benkelman, Neb., and Miss Adah Pease of Dotroit, Mich., were united in marriage. The wedding was a quiet one, only a very few intimate triend: being present. Mr.and Mrs, Bur- ton came in Monday night, and will here- after reside in_Benkelman. ‘Lhe Pioneer wishes them all the happiness and pros- perity imaginable and their friends wish them the same ana hope they may live long and happily. B T High License in Detroit, In 1885 the city of Detroit had 1,200 saloons within her limits, and collected nothing from them, because there was a prohibitory law against them. In 1886 sho had 1,000 saloons and collected fiso.m from them under a high license HOME AND HOUSEREEPING. Practical Suggestions Gathered from Varied Experience and Observation HEALTH, HAPPINESS, HARMONY, “Sweet Companionsnip of Life'—How to Give a Dinner—Nervous Folk— Musty Rooms — General Hearthstone Hints, What is Home? Oh! what is home? that sweet companionship Of life, the better part; The lmm\{ smile of welcome on the lip "pspringing from the hearty It is the eager elasp of kindly hands, The long remembered tone, ‘The ready sympathy which understands A celing by its own, The rosy cheek of little children pressed To ours in loving glee; yur dearest and our best, No uintter where we be. And, failing this, a prince may homeless live Though palace walls are nizh; And, having ir, a desert shore may give The joy wealth cannot buy. The pres Far reaching as the earth’s remotest span, Widespread as ocean foain, One thought is sacred in the breast of man— It is the thoukht of home. ‘That little word his human fate shall bind With destinies above, For there the home of his imn 1s in God’s wider lo: Put Yourself in Her Harper’s Bazar: There exists in every houschold a short and e method of testing the comparative neryousness of the sexes. Take the very swectest and most domestic of men, the most home loving and equable, and see if he can have patience. with the childven, day in and day out, as can a wife much le; fted by nature with these fine qus T'ne children may be the sweetest e born, and yet each will be pretty surc to pass through stages in 1ts devélopment when its cross-questionings, 1ts needless resistings, 1ts chronic d. s ndless “What!' and y Whom did you " will furnish :.'lrnumls of practice for smntship. Not that all mothers are equal to this task— far from it; but when it comes to nerves, the average mother takes all this trial and pressure in a way that puts the aver- age ;mhcl' to sham hrewd woinan who, wheneve nd had given her a lecture on nervousness, used to contr have him dress one or two of the for school on a winter’s morning, atter a breakfast slightly belated. The good man would fall meekly into the trap, not cle: membering the vastness of the la the adjustings and the tyings and the buttonings; the leggings and the over- drawers and the arctic shoes; the jacket, scarf, coat, gloves, mittens, wristers; the hat or ecap or hood, to be pulled and pushed and tied in the proper pos the complete way in which all these things, besides being put on, mutually made fast by strings and but- tons and safety pins, so that the child thus dressed is & model of compressed . and could, like a well-packed arrel of china, be sent around the world without mjury. Calm must be the spirit, high the pur- vose, of the father who reaches the end of this complex t: without a word uf impatience, while the wife whom he calls nervous has long since taken off nis hands the other child igned to him, and has long since, with —deft hands, dressed her and given one patient, 1, all-comprehending twich, and the 'whole thing is done. If you doubt whether men are, on the whole, and in their own way, as nervous as women, test them with getting the children ready for school, and remember that their mother does it twice a day at least, every day of her life, Too Tidy for Comfort. Boston Record: *‘Recollections of My Mother,” by Susan I, Lesley, gives an interesting picture of life in Northampton fifty years ago. The mother was Mrs. Lyman, famous for her hospitalivy and her devotion to reading. Here is a sug- gestive bit for housekeepers: ‘‘One day a friend came in who had justvisited Mrs. —-, who was one of the most ex- quisite housekeepers. She begin to tell my mother about the perfect con of that house from the garret to cellar, and rang the changes on the brightness of the brasses, the admirable shine of the fi'lns! and silver, the entire absence of ust on every carpet. My mother stood it just as long as she could, though figet- ing uneasily in her chair. ‘Then she ex- claimed: ‘I think Mrs. — is the dirti- est person 1ever saw in my life." ‘Oh, Mrs Lyman, what can you mean? eried the friend. ‘What I say is true’ said my mother, bringing down her hand with much force on the table. ‘From the ris- g to the setting of the sun to the going down of the same that woman's mind is on dirt. She thinks dirt, sees dirt, iy fighting dirt the livelong day. Now, [ would rather see more of it on the carpet and less of it on her mind.’ " and Foul Air and Musty Rooms. In many rooms there isalways a musty smell on a wet day in summer. Why is this? Because the windows are shut to k eep out the rain, while the tireplace is shat to keep out the soot. It is almost a note of & good housemaid to close the valve of tha stove as soon as the fires are left off; and if this remains cl , the ventilation of the room throughout the summer is left todepend on the windo ws aione. In other words, is suspended at night, and when even there is much wind orrain in the day, 1f Dr. Parker's rule never to stop up the chimney and never to close the regulator were more attended to, much less foul air would be breathed. For My Lady's Chamber. Towel shams are now considered ne- cessary in well appointed bedrooms, for concealing the towels during the day- time. They are sometimes profusely or- namented, For instance, one will have a foliage design outlined upon it, with in- grain cotton, the flowers being padded and worked over with rabbit wool. Across this_design an _oblong pi i imitition of a sheet of paper, is lud, having on it a head sketched out in black silk outlines, and to give the needful white tint of the paper, the material is darned with flourishing thread. A tri- tling novelty, that will probably be a favorite on account of its oddity, is the littie folding chair work haig. A diminu- tve chair ot ebonized wood is furnished with a bag, drawn up with elastic and headed with a frill in lieu of the ordin- ary se: The back hasalso a flat bag fastened to it like those fitted inside some rurtm:mlcnus. They are made n creton but would be much more eh'Fxmt in plush, velvet, or broeade. It has pro- posed to ornament the upper bag, if of vlush, with a monogram, and chords might well replace the elastic; the chair, to be in keeping, might then be gilded. Satin sheeting, serge, or oatmeal ecloth, could be embroidered and large ribbon bows added; indeed, the various modes of beautifying them are almost endless. Eastern embroidery is a work in which all such sorts of scraps can be used up. Itisa ra$ular potpourri of fabrics—a me- lange of res. The more variety the better. he material on whioh this quaint ornamentation is laid is red Tur- key cambrio. Japanese figures are cut out of cretonne and appliqued on. Cor- nucopias, pines, fans, circles, crescents, and stars are cut out of plush, velvet, satin. silk and cotton, and arranged in some kind of dugfn. oharacteristic of eastern work. he more prominent figures are highly raised from the ground, the edges are buttonholed over, or her- ring-boned,and the feather stitch is intro- duced whercver there 18 an uncovered space. Spangles and tinsels play a de- cided partin this manufacture, ut Good Housckeeping: It 1s b necessary to keep your daugh kitchen half the tinme to accompl results, nor is it essentinl that she should ve skilled on her marriage day in every kind of cookery, and be able to get up a first-class dinner at short notice. This should not be expeeted any more than that she F‘ to the blackboard and un- erringly demonstrate the forty-seventh proposition of Eudlid three or four years after she has graduated at some excellent seminary. But the elements of domestic knowledge should be thoroughly mas. tered, and a suitable amount of practice given in important details. The intelli- gent girl will know how to apply such knowledge when the proper time comes. The natural mtativeness of children is to be m lable,which the mother who her: after the ways of nher houschold will find an easy matter. The little ones like to be useful, if they see others about them useful; they like to fol low the mother about the house under retense of helping, though often hinde: ing her; they enjoy using thewr little hands about something that older peopla to work until false notions are instilled into their minds. Most young girls delight to have some small houschold duty committed to their care; and is this disposition should be fostered, instead of being discouraged, as it often is, on the ground that they cannot do the thing oll as an older person, they would, with exceptions, grow up with suflicient knowledge of those home matters nd interest —in them about which nowadays there 1s so much com- plaint that young ladies know so little, and care less. Mrs. Ellen Bliss Hooker writes: “We ar o great deal about the decline in trimonial ailiances, and much that is absurd is said and written of it— mainly, it is urged, that women are not fit for’ wives of men with moderate in- comes. It is said that co-operative house- keeping would insure a greater degree of family life. When from large factories, laundries, and the like, we can so order our home living asto lessen the ex- incident upon the keeping up of a tablishment, the dispensing o rvants, and proportionate ex- of food, etc., men of small pital can afford to marry, hi rooms and have meals seryed therein for a com- paratively small consideration. Without question ‘many young men who would gladly estabiish "howes of their own are deterred from so doing by the manifest extravagance (as they call it) of young women:’ Hints on Di» ving. The Queen: In 'Squire Western's time a fonming tankard would have symbol- ized the sans facon of a home dinner. But we have got past 'Squire ern’s because we have @ bf'un(l the sub- and now it would be difticult to i ymbol which should represent the quiet little meeting which means but a lospitable weleome, abjuring finery and tormality, and detmanding only liness itability of attive. And, afte small informal din- ners where people aré asked for the real pleasure given by their society and where there is plenty off general talk and all fun is common—these dinners are the most enjoyable ot all. 1f th miss the tely grandeur and supreme culinary excellence of the finet kinds, they have in them an element of friendlin and intimacy which more' than compensates for the cook’s best tireworks. But then the people must he absolutely harmon- ious. There must not be a crude color nor a false note—rot a Brahminica! wude if the joyous tramn is frankly holiemian; nor’ & grave politician if it is merrily artistic; nor a musicl semi-savage, who ‘*does not know one tune from another,” and who thinks a barrel organ as fine as a stringed band, if the talk is all of motifs and themes, Bach and Rubinstein Wagrer and Beethoven, and the amu ment all of songs, and pieces “‘spanked over the prano as if so many powerful mice were scuttling among the keys. The whole thinz must be of one harmo- nious tint—not the same, but harmonious no means in the h these discrepancies er clearness, the whole thing will collapse 1gnomini- ously. One practice which cannot be too se- verely condemned is that ungrateful, dis- courteous, and essentially false | gramed in some, of laughing at or linding fault with a dinner--an entertzinment of any kind— provided at cost and trouble for the entertainer’s friends. In all cases we have the right to supvose that people do the best they know. If we think we have a better method than that best, well and good. Let us hold by it wnd not be seduced into the worse w But neither let us fall foul ot the arrangements to which we voluntarily submitted ourselves, It is a hateful habit, and ranks with the re i tion, tne carrying about little scandals, picked up at this house and that —the telling hit- tle confidences in which no harm was to be found in the beginning, but which, by repetition, swell into monstrosities un- dreamt of by the contider. If we accept the hospitality of our friends we bind ourselves in :lfl honor to silence at the least, if wo feel that we cannot heartily commend the thing provided for us. To go away and langh at it all is an act of a L kind, for which the whip of cen- needed, smartly laid on. But a fault by no means rare in soci- ety, where gratitude for the most part is conspicuous by its absence. Yet we all owe gratitude to those who have sought to entertain us, and censure or ridicule ought to include & sturdy refusal to ever accept the like again. The little foxes of morality destroy a grest many vines; and if we would be perfect in great things we had better begin by cleansing the siall. And this small sin of de tion—especiully after having hospitality—is one of the first to abolish would we keep the temple pure. Dinner Table Decorations. ‘Lo attain success in the art of decora- ting dinner tables needs a thoughtful eye and a discreet hand, The primary ob- ject is to enhance the elegance of the table ‘That the feast may be more joyous, &2 And the guests be more contented. Therefore the decorations must be sub- ordinate to the comfort of those who are to partake of the meal: they are not to b arranged for the entertamment of look- ers on, and it should never be said of them that the servants had all the plea ure they could afford, while the guests were simply made uncomfortable. The old epergne and the golden bowl of gaudy Howers interfered with conversation, made the table heavy and ostentatious, and indicated that the dinner was pre- pared for ceremony rather than for enjoy- ment. Inselecting receptacles for tlowers and fruits, it should be borne in mind that a clear view acros the table is always to be desired, and that simple designs characterized by distinotness and ole gance are to be preferred to those that are complex and claborate, even if these last should happen to be in the best taste, considered apart from the purpose they are 1teded for. There are occasions when elaborate and costly works are found appropriate, but, as ‘a rule, they are the very things we do not want. All gold and silverreceptacles are objection- able; nevertheless, they are not to be con- demued in toto because we have seen them used with admirable effect, and the sparkle of metal is appropriate to festivity. The large silvered plateau is usually a cold obstruction or a glaring mowr,v, and uan'phnu, if w& large ol; in at plenty, are apt es! that &Iu'l.r:ble s an_imitation' of n“‘gur' eery or a greengrocer’s shop. GUARDIANS OF GOODNESS. What Woman Has Done and is Doing in the World, BOUDOIRS OF DUTY ANDBEAUTY. | Her Place in Literature — Famous Mothers and Daughters—Lovo's Schedule—Will Rose Elizas beth Marry? ‘Woman, H. Egerton Climp, From heaven to eartn the star descended (By guidescelestial attended), Predestined to a semblance human, Still half divine, it ehanged to woman; 1t still retalned within its face Some likeness of its lmn’um{ grace; ‘The vestal beauties of the skies Were mirror'd in its faultless eyes ‘The splendors of the sunlight the But changed its halo |||luh|\|l'. While rose and lily both combined ‘I'he hue of Iip and cheek designed, Sotypical of all that she Most beautiful in both mizht be, Wom Henry Flooded n's Place James in we have bee days with copious discussions as to the admission of women to the various i colleges, functions, and privi- leges, singularly little attention has been paid, by themselves at least, to the fact that in one highly important department of human affairs their cause is already gained—gained in such o way as to de- rr them largely of their ground, ormeriy so substantial, for complaining of the intolerance of man. In America, in England, to-day, it 18 no longera ques- tion of their admission into the literature; they are there in foree; the, ave been admitted with all the hone ectly equal footing., In America, one foe! tempted at mo- ments to excls that r m themselves the world ture. In Germany line of production, their prescnee is less to be perecived, ‘o speak only of the latter country, France has brought forth in the persons of Madame de me de Stael, and Madame Sand, female writers of the first rank, without counting a hundred ladies to whom we owe charming memotrs and voiumes of reminiscences; but in the table of contents of the Revue des Deux Mondes, that cpitome of the hterary movements (as regards everything, at least, but the famous doetrine, in fiction, of “naturalism?), it is rare to encounter the name of a female contributor. The covers of American and English period- icals tell a different story; on th monthly sections of the ladder of the lad and as thick as on the stair- case at a crowded evening party. The Higher of Women, New York Tri ere must be some other reason for the disproportion in the number of le and female dents than can opportunity for girls, and we think it is to be found in acertain domestic preju- dice that oxists against sending t away from home. As a rule, par and mothers especially, are reluctan ough about sending their boys away That contingency, however, they ha prevared themselves for. hey have ac- cepted it as ipevitable, but the idea of parting with a daughter just when she is blossoming into womanhood isextremely unwele Reason m:\f say thatitis for the best. The cold theory of usher- ing her into social lite accomplished and well informed may seem wise and desira- ble, but experience shows that objections on her part are listened to with an acqui- escent spirit. The girls who go to col- lege are almost entirely the girls who want to go. 1t will be necessary for those who de- re to see the higher education of women 4 commonly aceepted fact to turn their butteries against this sentiment. It will be hard to deal with. It vroceeds from affection with which all humanity 2 The time must come nts will be ashamed to give their sons better educational opportunities than their daughters. In 1880 the census showed that 154,37 of our 227,710 sc! hevs were women. This startling s of itself a loud demand for the 1 extension of the No one ce is_ more powerful in shaping our national destiny than that of per- sens who are shapmg the munds and characters of those who muke it. In these days of progress the best mental training that, in the nature of things, is possible is a young woman's right. It should be given her as a matter of course, and as freely as the clothes she wears. n Literature. per's Weekly: these Iatter they of lite an He Favored Women Bookkeepers. Des Moines Mail: There is no place in the world where woman rises to emer- gencies of trust and responsibility more efliciently or frequently than in our broad western country, One of our business men was asked recently: “Why do you employ Miss — tor your bookkeeper? Can you get her services for less than you would have to pay a man?” *“No,” said he, “'I choose her because I know I can depend upon her return each morn- ing refreshed and ready for business, i 1 in the same position is more y to spend his i ight in di: i Love's Schedule, Puck. Item: Some halr—soft golden brown, She wears it as it were a crown. Item: Two eyes. ‘They look at me, Although there's little there to see. Item: 'Two lips to sing, speak, kiss, In none of these are they am Item: A smile. It flits away Ere I its beauties can portray. Ttem: Two hands—so fair and fine; Too fair, [ fear, 10 mate with mine, Item: Two feet. To kick, in play, The follies of the wozld away. Item: Herdress. Alas! we men Cannot describe beyond our ken. Item: A voice. Its music stirs The heartstrings of her worshipers, Each note those flower-like lips set free A rosebud’s perfuine seems to me. ltem: Four words. My heart's consoled— “I love you too"—and all s told. A Famous Woman and Her Daughters St. Louis (ilobe-Democrat: At Mrs. Mullet's tea party yesterday Mrs. Kate Chase reappeared in society.” Mrs, Chase left her vounger daughters at school in Puaris when she returned to this country last summier to superintend the removal of her father's remains, but brought with her her eldest daugh! Miss Ethel. She is a wonderfully pretty girl of nineteen yei and 1s .v«:\ul to be quite what her mother wus at thatage. She is quick and vivicious in conversation, graceful, easy and full of tact, and ver; ymplished in music and the languages. Mrs. Chase and daughters have dropped the Sprague name entirely, and Ethel Chase, as she is called, is another aspirant for the stage. She has a dramatic gift, and it is her ambition to perfect herself in the art and make a debut in this country, The want of umm;i is her reason for going on the stage. Mrs. Chase has only a narrow income now, and the education of her duughters has straitened her. Miss Ethel talks \‘arf’ plainly vo the family friends who try to dissuade her, and says that she feels obliged to help the family, and can make more money in that way than in any other. Perfuming Gloves. Boston Herald: One ola recoipt ior perfuming gloves runs: Take ambergris o dram, civet the like quantity, orange- and with these, well mived an¢ ordered, daub them over vger tly with fine eotton wool, and <o press the pers fume into them. Other devices for mak- ing them ‘“richiy redolent’ point gener< ully to the use of fats as being the best available and most largely em- oyed means to secure a good and lasting perfume, As for such gloves being considered excellent for Light use, we have the lines in Swift's poem on the “Ladies’ Dresssing-Room. " ‘There night gloves made ot Tripsey’s hide, Bequeathed by Tripsey when she died. Where a lady's maid is reassuring hoer mistress, in a poem of 1790, as to her su- peviority over a rival, tho maid says I know the arts she labors to disguise, 1 know whence all her boasted graces rise: ‘Those charms which gained the creature Such ronow Are culled from e v quarter of the town; She buys her beauties at a price immense, Her breath from Warren and her teetn from Spence; ach night’ her faco Is wrapped in greasy bands, And Clinese gloves enfold her arms and hands t such a make-up thing can rival thee, t park canals strive with the foaming sea; t Oxford hacks with P'egasus compare, d broad St. Gile’s vie with Portman square, Ladies o . Buenos Ayres Hel ‘he ladies of Lima are all eyes. They have the repn- tation of being, as o the most beau- tiful in the world, and meeting them on the w to mass in the morning, or shop- ping later in the day, one can sce how they obtained it; but knowing them in their homes, the opinion changes, and you conclude, atter calm reflection, that they are not so pretty as the women of New Yorl It is the manta, which they weat in such a coquetish that gives them their reputation for beauty, for it conceals every feature except their be witching eyes and lovely olive complex- ion. No matter how ugly her mouth or her nose is; no matter how high her cheekbones or ears; no matter whether she 1y as A searecrow or as bald as a bat, & manta will make any woman with pretty eyves look hand- somie, and lik harity, it covers a multi- tude of sins. This ment, which is pecnliar to Peru s worn by ladies of all ages and social positions, from the president’s wife to the laundress who mes after your linen, is a sort of foster- ister to the mantilla of Spain. It is usu- ally of crepe from China, snd costs any- where from $10 to $500, according to its quality. Unwomanly Women, New York Letter i Cleveland Leader f you wish to get a good idea of man- ners and morals of men and women in New York visit frequently the first-class restaurants, such as Delmonico’s, the Brunswick, Morelli's, ‘Taylor's, Martin- elli's and the cs of leading hotels, You need not fear; your judgment will not lead you tra, Ladies think no more of drinking a_ pint of wine with their luncheon or dinner than they do of inking a glass of water. At oné of the -named places last night, where i with the dinner, ours v table without wine, and we ied to fall correspondingly low in the opinion of our stylish French waiter. Before the dinner is tinished the color begins to rush into the fuces of the ladies and when they leave the room they are fully under the influence of the wine; not drunk, no, no, but “‘braced up” for the ride home and the ordeal of getting ready tor some evening entertainment, after which, in New York, ladies and gentlemen erally have supper, with wine, of cou It is a fact that nu bers of women are obliged to ‘‘sober off™" and to “swear off” for three or four months or become permanent wreeks. fes Dressmaking as an Art. One of those industries,says the London Queen, which are not yet permitted to rank among the recognized methods of a gentle woman’s profession is that of dressmaking. ‘‘So dreadful, you know, to meet your dressmaker at dinner,’’ say the foolish one, fingering the lace and brocade by which that very dressmaker has made them lovely. They do not ob- ject to meet the artist who had taken their portrait, and added charms which nature had forgotten to give, but the dressmaker, who conseals their defects, and heightens their beauties, is another person altogether, and out of the sacred pale which incloses the painter. Yet, dressmuking of the best kind is a real art, neceding taste, perception, origin- ality, the creative faculty and the— sometin most _difficult—power of harmonizing beauty with ugliness—de- vising a becomin; garment for an unlovely person. Where is the essential difference, |yra¥. between a man who mixes colors deftly on his palette and a woman who combines hers deftly in ma- terial? between a man who draws on canvas beautiful lines and draperies impossible to wear if lovely to look at which to fasten a breadth of silk so that it shall hang in perfect folds and not have a kink or angle? The one is merely putting into possible practice the theo- rcncnfimuuty of the othe d we say again wnat meed of praise belongs to a figure artist belongs also to a dressma- ker, each to his and her own sphere. The secret of Miss Evarts' popularity as a maker and dispenser of chocolate when her father was secretary of state, lay in the fact that the chocolate was ex- ceedingly rich, and callers relished it greedily in the tiny cups in which it was served, More chocolate was used in one of those small cups than ordinarily enters into the composition of two coffee cups of this beverage. Beaten white of egas with cream was served with it, and the mixture 50 toothsome that it gave the young lady a national reputation. Miss Cleveland's Romance. New York Morning Journ markable story about Miss Rose Cleve land comes from Washington. [t is to the effect that sheis about to’ become a wife. During her term as editress of Lit- erary Life a of & young clergyman’s trials published. " The story and the student and Miss Cleveland are romantic- ally connected. When Miss Cle left Washington for Holland P young man was mussec from Wi ton, and it was learned upon i“'ll“”'b' that he had gone to Europe. He, however, returned about three months afterward, and is now stopping with relatives in Al- bany, N. Y. He, it is said, is the pro pective bridegroom, and’the wedding i place early in April. Miss Jleveland became interested in the di- vinity student and some charitablo work he had on hand, and upon receiving the offer from the Chicago publisl [ asked the young student’s vice. He, who by the way, be- longs to one of the oldest' and most aristoeratic familics at the capital. declared his opposition, It appears that the minister delineated in the story re- ferred to above this young lover of Mrs, Cleveland, and the incidents « opisodes appearing in the story were taken from the actual occurrences subse- quent to and d ng the courtship of the young couple. ln_one portion of the serinl an effecting sc was introduced, depicting a little “t"" which had actually oceurred between the couple b fore the final estrangement, and wh had terminated in a vietory for Miss C. through the use of woman's weapon —tears and reproaches. The reproduc- tion of this incident in the story so worked up the young man’s feelings that he at once started for Holland Patent, where Miss Cleveland was then topping, to try and eftecct & reconcilia- The engagement was renewed. Thereupon Miss Cleveland severed her conneetion with Literary Life, and once mare everythi bloomed like & rose. This, it is #ald, is the true inwardneess of Literary Life affair, over which there ad- flower buttera quarter of an m:ncr‘l has been 8o much controversy. The prnflll[h-n( is suid to be pleased with the match, Looking After the Complexion. Medical World: A wise old doctor tells the ladies after this fashion how they can improve both health and complexion For the present I prescribe only for your feet, First, procure a quantity of woolen stockings, not such as you buy at the store under the name ot lamb's wool that you can read a newspaper through, but the kind that your aunt Jerusha in the country Knits for you, that will keep your feet dry nnd warm, in spito of the wind and weather; second, if you want to be thorough, change them every morning, hanging the fresh ones by the fire during the night; third, procure thick \‘.'lllr- skin boots, double uppers and triple soles, and wear them from the ‘1st of October to the 1st of May; make frequent applications of some good oil blacking; fourth, avoid rubbers alto- gether, except a pair of rubber boots, which may be worn for a little time through the snowdrifts or a flood of water; fifth, hold the bottoms of your feet in cold water a _quarter of an inch deep just before going to bed, two or three minutes, mu‘l then rub them hard with rough towels and your naked hands; sixth, go out treely in all weathers, and, believe me, not only will your feet enjo a good circulation, but as the consequen—- ces of the good circulation in the lower extremities your head will be relieved of all its fullness and your heart of all its itations. Your complexion reatly improved and your health made better in every resped Story of the Americ afl Service, St. James Gazette: The early history of the postal service between this country and its “plantations’ across the Atlantio 18 curious and interesting. In the first attempt to establish suc proposed that the pa sail from the Isle of Wight, On the 25th of February, 1703, the lords of trade re- ported to the Earl of Nottinglam on a proposal made by Sir Joefirey Jeffre establishing a régular service of | boats between that island and New York. The lords conferred with Jefiteys and learncd the exact nature of his propos- als, which were to place on the line two ships, for sailing or rowing, each of 150 tons burthen and earrying fourteen guns and a crew of forty mén. ~ One of theso ships would, he said, bo ready to **part”’ after entering into an agrecement, and sail dircet to New York, remain there thirty days and then return, The next packet was to start two months after tha first. Jdefireys reserved the right of tak- ing passengers and fifty tons of mer- chandise on each voyage. For remuner- ation he asked the sum of €350 a month and stipulated that the ships should re- - “effectual protection.’” The act of 1710 gives us a eurions in- sight into one of the most frequent causes of delay in the conveyan of letters from one part of Ame to another, This was the rapacity of the ferrymen in levying biackmail on the post boys, so to speak, notwithstanding that the ferrieg were to have been free for the post. Sa it was enacted that any delay on'a ferry- man’'s part a longer time thun half an hour should be punished by a fine of %3, By the zct of 1710 an increase in the post- age rate was made, and the following scale rixed, so far asconcerned New York: For a “single letter, one shilling: ‘“double,” two shillings, and “‘treble,” lings; a letter of an ounce weight being carried for the modest sum of four shiiling. The posta to New York remained at the exorbitant rate for years. Thus it hap- pened that when in 1760 a certain Amer- ican divine sent to a friend at Lambeth two tracts of his own composition, the recipient acknowledged them in these words: “Good Johnsen, but the postage on them amounted to thirty-five shill- ings.” T S'JACOBS O], FOR SPRAINS--BRUISES. B~After alapse of years slalements conflrming the cficacy of St. Jacobs Oil and s permanenk curcd are given belone. boats should From an Aged Minister—May, 1880, Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas, My wife foll from a horse and reccived a severe brulsing; one rib broken. 1gotsome of your 8t. Jacobs OIL, 8le used one bottle and it did ber good. T am an old min- dater of 40 0dd years standing, 8. 8. YAKBOROUGII, From Iis Wifo 6 Years Later—Cnrod. Wauxahachie, Tex., Nov. 9th, 1848, My husband is dead. 1'was theprincipal benelclary of St. Jacobs Oll, having re- ceived painful injuries fulling from & horse. 1was cured by it. BRs"hr. 5. YARBOROUGH. Abscess on Right Arm-July, 1881-Cured. Holyoko Mass. Fivo years ago an abscess formed on my right arm and with it came rhoumatism, 1 was unablo to heal tho absocss or remove tho paina. I used threo bottles of Bt. Ja- cobs_ Oll; in threo days sll pain had Sonsed: 10 ninodays tho abaces was en- tircly Liealod. THOS, P, GI 3 From Same 5 Years Later—Enthuslaat, 48 Hight 8t., Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 29, 1885, Yours reccived. “I, Thos. P. Gilostef, after five years of ferriblosuflering from /i abicess o tho rightarm, was pormancntly Cured by St. Jaccby O " For further iufor mation appiy to mo,” HOS. P, GLOSTER. Spralned and Fractured Arm—Cured, New York, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1586, Tn reply I would say, somo ycars ago T had & vory badly apraincd and fractu arin and found 85, Jacobs O1f reduced the swelling and tho pain_was eured. THOS, IL. DORSEY, TIIE CIARLES A, VOGEL] &~ All persons USING Star Congh Cure, witl by and a history of' their co ———————————————————— R}}D STARCOUGH PIATES AND POISO SAFE. 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