Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1887, Page 10

;." RACTIONAL - FEMINALITIES. casseed Gossip of the Weaker Sex During the Lenten Season. FAIR FACTS FROM FAIR FABERS From all Aronnd Come the “Selected"’ Flowers That Bloom in the Springs-Courtship in the City, A City Courtship. Frederick Langbridge in the peetator, ‘The proper place for courtini, By the story-book’s reporting, pi lane or meadow-pathway, out of It of town, With the sweetness blowing over From the fields of beans and clover, | And the skylark dropping nestward as llm‘ Is s0 sun goes down, But met my little Sally At the mouth of Dawson’s alley, And we've walked along together tow’rds the Dome of Paul’s, 'Mid the jostling crowd that passes "Neath the flaring lamps and gases, And the shouting of the drivers and the newsboy's calls. And the lily of the valley That 1 gave my little Saily ‘Was the faded penny bouquet that a flower never seen one growing, As it’s easy to be showing For its birthplace is the Dre beyond Bow Bells. Oh! it pains me in our walking— All the oaths and shameful talking, And the folks that brush ter passing, and the glances bold | But though evil things may touch her, ‘They can never hurt or smurteh her, For she ‘turns the dirt to sweetness as a flower the mould. Nay, it's not in country plac Mid the fields and simple faces, Out of sight and sound of evil, that a pure heart grows: 1t is here in London city, In the sin and shame and pity; For the pure heart draws its pureuess from the wrong it knows, ‘When my Sally’s sweetness found me, 1 was like the men around me; 1 was coarse and low and sellish as the beast that die: But ner grace began to win me, And my heart was changed within me, And I learned to pray from gazing inmy darling’s eyes. Corsets and Garters All Right. New York Star: The next thing that troubles the crank is either the garter or the corset. One he insists upsets the Jungs and the backhone, and the digestion and the eyesight—this is the corset—and the other he will assure you stope the circulation of the blood. Yet there are women who, with their !{flm\l columns out of order, their lungs squeezed in, their dlt‘:estion broken up, the circulation of their blood stopped, manage to live on to a good old age un- troubled by a day's sickness. My ox- erience hus been that the women who have fads about their underwear are usually three-quarters sick in body and the other quarter sick in mind, Now, a well-fitting corset doesn’t hurt anybody's spine. They are slightly open at the back, with only the silk lacing coming against it; they hold the bust in place, support the skirts, and are mnot ong enough to interfere with digestion. If a corset is unhealthy, why 1n the name of common sense do the women who de- cline to wear them invariably take some stiffened bodice in their place? If the corset is unhealthy, so is the bodice, for 1f 1s tight enough to hold you in, then it is performing the duty of "a corset in the most awkward ner possible. As to garters, the average women doesn’t wear them, not because theyare un- healthy, but because suspenders hold her stockings up better. hen the old 1diot talking about women's clothes usually enasup by & long dissertation on the advantages of clothes beingswung from the shoulders, and usually convinces his audience, unless they are members of his mutual admiration society, of how little he knows about comfortable clothes as far as women are concerned. Why Girls are Coquettish. Chamber's Journal: The ‘‘fair girl graduates’ have their own triumphs— triumphs neither few nor insignificant: but over the lives of men their triumphs have not extended. In the drawing-room the despised coquette is queen regnant, and there the pale student, the class- room's glory, is simply nowhere. The coquette knows her power and revels in at. In selt-defense the exerciso of such a power has been thrast upon her. She 1s not-—or was not' always—heartless. She knows — who better{ — that this light tofling is ignoble It is not the life she would have chosen had the choice been given her; but there is magic in it. The sense of swav js delightful to her; the sweets of adulation, like a subtle poison, intoxicate ther victim with a transient rapture, and she knows that while sho is xuuug a@i has health and gayety she can cld her own. And aftorwards? But why dream of the stormy morrow? To- day is fair. Why trouble asto what the end may b In the meantime she will laugh and flirt and be fitful and charm- h‘fi' vivacious, dieamy, cruel, kind; she will retract and repel, draw hearts to her, whose homage her own levity will quickly alienate; she will be wondered at, censured, admired, and, perchance, loved; but until the sun shall dawn on that unknown country where men are constant, leal and true, the land where unobtrusive kindliness is dearer to tnem than feigned flatteries and bewitching arts—she will be a coquette! < A New York Woman's Work. New York Mail and Express: A lady well known in New York society as the wife of a prominent banker and distin- fiulslmd likewise for her artistic talents, ua invented a new kind of work that likely to become popular with those whose tastes lie in the same direction, and who are, perhaps, tired ot the con- 'yentional methods of painting. She has imported from abroad a quantity of the material employed in the manufacture of tapestry. Upon this canvas she paints a design in exact imitation of the style and coloring of old Gobelin. The effect is remarkably striking and the observer seems, in regarding 1t, to gaze upon an ancient and musty treasure from a for- eign palace. The work is done in ordin- ary water colors, tho tints being, of course, - especially sclected for the purrou. while the dnmufi can be copied from any appropriate pict- ure and enlarged to suit the fancy. The sketeh should tirst be made upon” paper, then placed over the canvas and the outlines pricked through by means of a very sharp lead-pencil. This is neces- sary toinsure absolute accuracy in the drawing, as it is impossible to erase a line once made upon the material. A room pannelled with tapestry of this sort makes a charming avpearance, though it necessitates considerable labor and’ ex- amland that's nso. WA new way of ornamenting s dinner- table 18 to lav upon it a mirror so large that only a wide enough margin 18 left for the plates and glasses of the guests, The wirror is round, square, oblong, or oval, aceording to the shape of the tabla. On the edge is & border of flowerd, which must be of one kind only. At a recent dinner given in this city the immense mirror was placed on a cover of yellow silk and surrounded by tulips of the same hue. On the plateau itself were rows of silver candelabra with yellow candles and shades. A Card, " A aght to curtsey now. llltfol:' .\lled“ n:;el:e':. veal, old-fashioned Sicourtesy,” as it used to be -pallud,uh quite an elaborate performance. y - mother had lessons in it whon she was & xirl. First, you draw back the right THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. foot, .F-wn. it straight behind the other, and down you go, as far as the supple- ness of Khur limbs_will permit, coming up “to the recover’ with all weight on the right foot, and the left pointed out most daintily. A curtsey 1s about the oniy thing in the world that is helped out by the high-heeled shoe. When Women Vote, When women shall rule by the ballot, ‘Which they hope to attain soon or late, How grand wlll sound President Flossie, And Mamie (Department of State) [ How dignitied Gertle and Winnie Will sit in the Cabinet chairs, And Gussie, and Lulie, and Kittie Transact Governmental affairs! Now majestic will Chief Justice Bertio » with judicial awe Roxie, and Sad 1 The learned expo Claw! And when the great General Mollie With her troops at the battlo arrives, Her name will strike fear to the terrified Myrtie, foo A And they'll turn and run for thelr Lives! Her Ideal Costume, Lady John Manners, taking part in the discussion in the London Standard re- lating to the merits of the divided skirts, advocates that a rational dress may be attained by wearing gowns of light woolen material, made just to clear the boot, and amantle of a soft, warm cloth, trimmed or lined with hight fur. With these should be woien well-made boots, without high heels or narrow soles; a neat bonnet or hat, an umbrella that could be used a8 a stick, a gauze veil to protect from the dust, a wrap on the arm in case of sudden cold, would complete a costume that in every essential would be reasonable without ‘involving to any cceentric departure from fashion. Woman's Place in the World. Ina recent lecture Mrs, A. M. Beecher said: *“Whereis woman's place in the world? Where is it not? Where wrong is to be rightcd; where evil is to be over- come; where ignorance is to be enlight- ened; where inspiration is to flash light upon darkness; where intuition is to point the way: where spirit18 to interpret the latter; where endurance is demanded; where sympathy is to heal; where love is to rule; where God is to speak; aye,where hand, or head, or heart can achieve— there let woman be, forit is her place.” The Value of a Helpmeet. When a man becomes a widower he soon learns what the financial worth of his wife was to him. When he is com- pelled to hire the food cooked, the gar- ments made, the washing and ironing done, he finds that about one-halt of his income is required to meet these outgoes. Who saved this expense before? Let the cold fingers and silent lips in the grave- yard bear testimony. The family purse should be as accessible to a faithful wife as to the husband. What man would consent to become a partner 1 a com- panyin which his brother partner should alone have control of. the company's fands? There is no one thing more de- rading and depressing to a hard-work- ing wife than to feel that she must be, like a tramp for ever{ cent she spends beyond her food, which as truly belongs to her as though she earned it as a do- mestic or shop girl, ‘Woman Only Wishes to Look Pretty. It is no new thing for men to set them- selves in judgment upon woman's dres: In 1550 Jeremy Taylor found in the sub- ject food for suggestion as to the degree of thinness of clothing a woman might decently wear and as to the proper umount of neck and arm she might leave uncovered; and John Corry, in 1802, ad- vised simplicity of dress, which he reck- oned second only to modesty of manners. Numerous other men of mind have seen fit to appoint themselves critics and pass judgment upon the feminine fashions or customs of the day. But there is no evi- dence that their words of warning have ever been heeded. It is woman’s nature to make herself look as pretty asshe can, and everynew foible of fashion is eagerly seized upon as certain to have the coveted eflecs, No doubt some of these fushions are monstrous. No doubt they are utter- Iy antagonistic to all rules of art and laws of proportion. No doubt the women of the world need education upon these points as well as upon the principles of art. When such education 18 generally achieved women will undoubtedly dress better; but until then, or until man shall be ready to share his politics and his pan- taloons with the weaker vessel, which Imnpiy state of affairs may evolve some wonderful fashion upon which the lords of creation shall set the seal of their ap- probation, and which shall know no change, let us have peace. It is woman’s inalienable right to bed eck Ler person as suits her fancy. She will not be hkely to give it up. Woman's Work and Ways. Miss Sophie Bakunin, the daughter of the great Russian agitator, is a student of medicinein the University of Naples. The best two female violinists in the country are Miss Duke, daughter of Gen- eral Basil Duke, of Kentucky, and Miss Maud ‘Tarleton, of Baltimore. Next to Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Jenness Miller is said to receive more letters than any other woman in the United States. Mrs. Miller isa leador of & woman's dress reform movemen$. The Pall Mall Gazette makes merry over Mrs. Langtry's newly assumed role of moralist and says: *“‘Now that we have Mrs. Langtry's opinion of society, it would be interesting to have socicty’s opinion of Mrs. Langtry."” According to the New York correspon- dents women are considered by pub- lishers to be among the best judges of manuscript. Whether it be her critical judgment or her critical instinct, her conclusion as to whether an embryo book or magazine urticle will take with the public or not is pretty sure to be cor- rect. A new departure in the ways of women isthe formation of fire brigade. Accord- ing to the London Fireman this has been done by a thonsand girls employed in a Liverpool cigar factory. \ are well ofticered and drilled, and at arecent blaze in the factory turned out “toa man'’ and did most effectual work 1n sub- duing the flames. The Chicago Women's club has under- taken to pnblish statistics and informa- tion about women's organizations of every kind which have for their object the advancement of the sox. This infor- mation will include the name of club or society, where located, when organized, methods of work, objects, ete., put in tabulated form for easy reference, Woman has no vote in Iowa, but sho is allowed to hold oftice -if she can be elected. Accordingto the oflicial regis- ter for 1887 three counties have recorders who do not belong to the voting sex; ten counties have women superintendents of public schools; a_woman's name stands in the exccutive departmentof the ofticial register; she forms one of the board of honored curators of the state horticult- ural society, and has a seat among the educational examiners in agriculture and medicine. The governor has re- cently appointed a woman visitor to the insane hospital, and two of them act as trustoes of the reformatories. Altogether lowa women make a pretty good show- ing in public life, and’ the mere fact of not being allowed 1o vote ought mot to trouble them very much. Everybody has heard of the Countess de la Torre, of London, who is crazy on the subject of cats. It has never {zeun definitely scttled how many cats she possesses, but they fill her house from garret to cellar, and upon them she has squandered her fortune until she is really poor. She recently wont to visit a friend and took 50 many of her feline pets with hef that her hostess was driven in des- rrluon to request their removal by orce. The countess declined to yield to moral suasion, PLEASURES OF THE PENMEN Eider Down of Humor Oaught from the Flying Flocks of Spring. POETICAL AND ALSO PROSAICAL. Folks that Grow Bitter—Benefit of Doubt—Spoony Texans—Fun Be- hind the Curtain—""Ha« Ha" Gossip, FEyen Temper. Cyrus A. Sapp. It ain’t no use ter grumble, Nur it ain’t no use ter ret; A man won't live no longer By a-gittin’ all upset. 1t's the man of even temper ‘That is allers sure to win, 0’ the man that's aller kiekin® That is gettin’ taken 1n. The hog that's allers squealin’ Gits the smallest share of slop, tl wrowlin® r raises half a crop. en when a fetler Giits a lickin® it has been ‘The man that talked the loudest Just before the fight begun. It’s a fact—the man that carries ‘The fattest pocketbook 1s the quiet, steady-goin’ Feller every time; but look Wherever you're a mind ter, 1t ain’t of’en that you'll find A mnan that's worth his feedin’ Ef he's any other kind, man that's alle Tha Monologue Drew. Chicago Herald: Frank Lincoln gave his monologue entertainment in a town in southern lilinois the other night. The hall was well filled, but the peovle did not seem very much amused at the hum- orist's funny work., After the show a man with Ezra Kendail whiskers stole into Lincoln’s dressing-room and poured & hatful of coin into the humorists hands, *Well, how did the show come ofl asked Lincoln, trying to shake off chill. “Fair,” blurted the committeeman, drenching the floor with tobacco juice. “Purty fair show.’’ *‘How did yon like it?" ‘Oh, tolerable.” ““Then you have seen better?” “Sort o’ disapp’inted you didn’t brin, it along. We wus a-lookin' furit. Di you furgit it?” “Forget what?" “‘Why, that ere thing you call the mon- ologue, The feller who came here nigh outo fifteen year ago had ’em in a eage, an’ it caught on like—, Have you got yourn at, the hotel "’ When Lincoln went to the depot tho next day he saw the dead walls bore these posters: “‘Frank Lincoln will pre- sent his monologue at hall to-night. Come and seait.” This explained the coolness of the audience themight before. They were waiting for the monologue. The Benefit of the Doubt. “1 want to be an angel” "The congressman did cry, And through the air came floating An answer trom the sky: his “You cannot be an angel, For don’t you know, vou dunce, No Member can be holding Two ofices at once.” “Tis well,” replied the Member, S1'1L keep my Jresent place; In runninz: for the other 1 mightnit win the race.” Wanted Her Bustle Admitted. Wasp: I am sorry to say there are no seats, madam,” said a passenger who was hanging on to a strap in a street car, asa ludy tried to crowd past him. “I know it,” samd the lady sweetly. “But Lshould like to get as far as the middle of the car, as my bustle 1s outside in the rain.” A Pull-Back. A little pull-back sought one day ‘The gates of Paradise; St. Peter wiped his spectacles And rubbed his ancient eyes. And throngs of female angels came, With curious gaze the while, as ladies always are, 'o see the latest style, ‘The saint put on his zlasses then— An observation took; “What! what!” he said; *“‘this traverses The laws of ‘musn’t look.” “Tied up in front! Piled up behind! "I'will never do, 1 fear! The thing is too ridiculous; You cannot enter here.” ‘What did she do? My curious triend, She got behind a tree; And in a jiffy she was dressed As angels ought to be. St. Peter kissed her then, and sald: *'Pass in, my little deart But mind, you mustn’t introduce Such naughty fashions here,” He Did Not Want to be Peculiar. Philadelphia Times: W. H. Crawford, a railrond conductor who has seen ser- vice on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Union Pacific and Hannibal & St. Joe systems, and who began as a pea- nut boy, was at Broad Street station yes- terday. A friend of Crawford’s, who runs a train on the Pennsylvania, said: “One duy while Crawford was employed on the Wabash, a sweeping-invitation to conductors to send in their resignations was forwarded by the general superin- tendent. Crawford wasone of the unfor- tunates. His resignation was forwarded and accented, and in return he received the pay due him and a letter strongly en- dorsing his ability as arailroader. A few days later he npgliod to the superin- tendent of the Hunnibal & St. Joe for a train, presenting the Wabash indorse- ment. “Isee,” said the St. Joe chief, “‘this letter says you understand the business, but makes no reference to your integrity. Now, Mr. Crawford, if I should give you atrain, what percentnlze of the cash re- ceipts would you be willing to turn in to the compony?"’ “Whatever has been customary with the old conductors,” was Crawford’s an- swer. “But they have been keeping it all,” remarked the superintendent. *‘Well,” said Crawford, with a smile, “that will be satisfactory to me." To his surprise the superintendent told him to come around on Monday and he could have a train, adding, “'[ rather like your frankness." The Modern Witch's Caldron. Stir the caldron round and round. 1n it let strange things be found, One by one, oh, give them place; Bilken ribbon, lilmy lace; Here a dimple. there a pout, Then an eyelash peeping out; Halrpins, perfumes, tucks and frills, Chewing gum and milhner's bills; Jeweled garter, corset mlnf. Bow and bang and diamond ring; Bustle huge of twisted wire, Hat that rises high and higher, French heel: wder, dainty nose, Busy lips, and silken hose, Velvet skin and smiling eyes, Efiehmn curving as they rise, Through the strange unsavory mess Weave a long and golden tress; Add 8 costume tailor-made, With a lot of padding stald; Stir then, stir then, every one, Till the fatal mass is done: Boil it to the proper piteh, Then, behold the modern witch! Texans Who Think Spooner Sassy. Chieago News: Senator Spoon er, who is cunduotm* the examination for the republicans, is a slight man, and Mr. Evarts, who assists him, is about the same stature, although he makes up a lack of size elsowhere by the ponderness of his nose. The witnesses are big enough to take hoth the lawyers at a single bite, and it is very funny to see Spooner sidle up toone of the Texan rangers like a bantam rooster to a Shanghai cock. One of the biggest of the Texans turned to a companion as he came. from the stand and asked: “Who in-—is that little Fenrunx with long-horned collar and balled-faced shirt, that questioned me?” “That's nator Spooner, of Wiscon- sin,”’ was the reply. “‘He's littler than a pint cup,’’ said the ranger, “‘but he talks as big s a moun- tain. I never see a kid of his size who was so sassy. They Grow Better. *Oh, beautiful are little girls, And goodly to the sight,” 8o John G. Saxe wrote years azo. And John G. Saxe was right. Quite beautiful are little girls, And pleasing to the vi Their rosy eheeks and cl Llike to see—don’t you Yes, beautiful are little girls, And vet the dullest prig Will willingly ngree with me They're prettier when they’re big. Lett Out. Detroit Free Press: ‘“‘Say, Mrs. Mur- phy,’" she called, coming up from the market, “‘but I saw your husband in the atro! wagon this morning." u did?” es, and he was riding along as grand ;\g youfpluuse, having a whole seat to hini {1/ “That's like Patrick, Mrs. O'Reagan. He's the most sellish man you ever saw. Thig is the third ride the police haye given him in a month, and I haven't had one—not a single one.” His Trouble. A married man in words unkind, And with much emphasis avers, His wife destroys his piece of mind By giving him a piece of hers, Little Bits of Fun. Men, like bottles, should be corked when full. A fellow who can hold a_girl on his lap for three hours at a stretch without, tir- ing will, perhaps, find it dif It to con- vince her i later years of his inability to hold the infant an hour or so. A Jersey City father became awfully ;tmlous because a reporter added toa aby-arrival item *Thanksto Dr. Blank.” That mother is indiscreet, as well as slangy, wio tells her daughter to “‘siton™ {hu young man who calls often and stays ate. Said & maid, “I will marry for lucre,” And her scandalized ma almost shucre; But when the chance came, And she told the good dame, I notice she did not rebucre, Barkeeper—'‘You don’t need a drink, Take 10 cents and get your shirt washed.” Guzzler—"‘Can you get a shirt washed for 10 ts?'’ Barkeeper—*‘Yes.” Guzzler— “I didn’t know. I don’t wear nothing but a necktie. Gin, please.” She was decorating her room with pic- tures, and she perched her husband’s photo on the topmost nail. Then she sat down to admire her work, and remarked (glielly: “Now everything is lovely, and the goose hangs high.'" Bt CHINESE-AMERICAN STUDENTS. tering curls Some Account of the Boys that Came to America for an Education. New Haven Register: J. Crossett, of this city, writes to the Springlield Re- publican, some account of what has be- coms of the students sent from China to Hartford in 1880, Mr. Crossett, being in- terpreter of the Chinese educational com- mission located in Hartford at that time. He say 1 met Lin Poy Chuen at Hong Kong last summer hé was starting for a port on the g riyer. He his address—United_States con- Chin-kiang, China, His brother- w, Wun Ping Chung,is also at this consul Lin Poy Chuen would, I think, make an excellent a antteacher or superintendent in institution for deaf mutes in Shanghai or Hong Kong, if some philanthropist should es- tablish one in China. He became much interested in the one at Hartford, and ex- pressed to me an earnest_desire to help his afllicted countrymen in a work of that kind. Who will open a correspondence with him upon that subject? Wong Shing was for a short time commissioner at Hartford, but now 1s in business at 15 Peel street, Hong Kong. In going up the river to Canton one passes a military school at Wampon, where two of the young men are teaching—Chinn Tien ‘ew and Soo Yu Chinu. ~As both were away, 1 did not meet them, Liang Tun Yen is in the governor-gencral’s office at ton, where he has the responsible position of controlling all the telegraph despatches, and could not be scen by an outsider, ‘‘At the same office, but in another de- partment, was Kwang Chi Chiu, who spent some years at Hartford in prepar- ing an English dictionary and phrase books for the instruction of his country- men. He has never added the Chinese half of hisdictionary. He was not a stu- dent in this country, but came out with one of the detachments in charge of the boys. Since coming from Canton I hear he is editor of the first Chinese news- paper started in Canton. Lum Lun Shing is in the imperial Chinese tele- fi:‘u]fll oftice, Canton; Chin Poo Woo is in the United States consulate at Canton. 1 had been told that Lin Kai Chow was at Canton, but I failed to see him. Tsai Shou Kie is at Shanghai in the Great Northern telegraph oflice under the control of Danes in the Chinese employ. Tong Yuen Cham and Chu Pau Fay are in the imperial Chinese telegraph of- fico. The address of Tong Che Yew is 189 Nanking road, Shanghai. Shin Kia Shue, Chieng Wen Kwei, Kong Kang Ling, and Ki Tsu Ye are at the Kiangnan arsenal, Shanghai, studying and teach- ing. Tsoy Wun-Chung, who returned to China a year or two before the educa- tional commission was broken up, is in the Shaaghair Evening Courier ofiice, where he ecan be addressed. Woo Ki Cho is teaching English to a large class 1n the polytechnio inetitute, Shanghai. Ching Ta “Ye is said to be in the tele- raph office at Nanking, Wang Liang lung is in the government employ at Port Arthur in north China, Chiu Kin Kwai (who is on the gunboat Yang Ku) and the five following are ad- dressed at Chefoe, north China; Chu Chin Pang, Woo King Yung, Kwang Kowk Kwong, and Woo Yung Koo on the gun- boat Tyng Tuen, and Shin Siu Chung on the Tsi Yuen. At Tientsin are Lux Sik Quai, Wong Fung Kai, Wong Chun; iang, Woo H. Yung, Kin T Ting an Lin Luen Fai. At Peking there is but one, who came about three years ago, when the first telegraph oftice was opened. He is F.T.Pond, Atthe Kai Ping conl mines have been some of the young men, and others in the nuvy and ut‘mleunph stations which 1 did not visit.” A Bright Woman’s Work, A monument of women's industry is the Bayeanx tapesty described in so inter- esting & way in the current number of Seribner’s 'glulgnzimm It is over two hundred teet in length and almost twcutf' inches wide, and covered with embroid- ery ropresenting historical scenes. Only think of the long days, merging into weeks and months, which it must have taken! The scenes are very spirited, too, even though there are impossible horses with blue legs and green feet. Thé work is said to have been done by a veritable queen, the wife of William the Con- queror, 1f so, it was undoubtedly a means of passing away hours which, 1 those days of no books or papers, no shopping and no soeial privileges, hung beavily upon the hands of a bright woman. YPE WRITERS el ot Bt o aals a1 rat conte Haliouss Fype-wri ‘iasge, 149 Lasalle 5. Chicager DAINH DUDEDON'S DOINGS. Pen Pioture of Pantaloons' and Ooats Sup posed to be Inhabited. DON'CHER KNOW, DON'CHER SEE Tickets' Technology—Fat and Well- Fed Box Secekers — Boston Culchaw—HBeans Artistically Baked—The Helmet. Bostox, March 16.—[Correspondence of ‘the Bek.]—There is, perhaps, no city in this country which has such a complete system of public lectures as Boston. We not only have the lecturers, but what is more, our people appreciate them. I heard the other day that James Russell Lowell was to give a series of free lec- tures in the Lowell institute course, on the ‘‘Pre-Shakspearian Dramatists.” Tickets were to be given out on Friday morning at 8 o'clock. I arose earlier than usual, resolved to take a morning constitutional up Boylston street, and avail myselt of the opportunity to get a ticket. 1 reached the vicinity of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about 8 o'clock, and a longer line of men and women I never saw, especially at such an hour. In the line e men and women apparently from all grades of society. There were FRESH AND WELL-FED, middle-aged men, and dignitied and ma- tronly women. There were young men by the score, some well-dressed, some poorly dressed, some fine-leoking, some plain, but all intelligent. There were young ladies of the same sort, but more of them would come under the head of good-looking, There were some who looked as if they had turned out earlicr than their want. Others were on their way to work, with their little omnipresent “lunch at the oftice” bag in their hands: ‘The morning was damp and chilly and the crowd was naturally not very jolly. I walked toward the tail end of the line, the sub- jectof many well-chosen remarks, whic h did not tend to increase my good humor. The fellow ahead of me, who was also hunting the end of the line, amused him- self and the crowd by pretending to count the people. 1f he saw anyone looking Enrtlcul;\rly “tired,”” he would raise hisfinger and say, *'3,001, 2, 8," etc., which he seemed to think was very funny. He came to a place in the line where a cart had just wheeled through and left a small open space. Several la- dies had just stepped into this space, thereby taking unfair advantage of those behind them. A young fellow, who knew our friend, said: ‘“Hullo, Bill, step in here with these ladics. ‘‘THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM.”’ *‘No I haven't quite gall enough to do that,’’ said Bill, and he rubbed the re- mark in with semi-fiendish smile, which every one enjoyed but the ladies. Well, we walked and walked and still the line did not end. It must have been haif a mile long. My friend turned and roposed that we go to the head of the ine and get our tickets on cheek. Ten minutes brought us to the ticket office. A burly policeman stood by the window to preserve order. There was one peculiar point about this policeman, He spat in- cessantly. There wus, so to speak, one continuous stream from his mouth to the floor. My friend got as near the window us he could, and tne “eop” rudely pushed him away, emphasizing the act by expectorating a quarter section of lung. Very soon my friend stepped too close again, and the “icop” advanced with another disgusting “hoick-pstchoo,” whereupon my friend asked him if he could swim. The crowd roared and the ‘‘cop” immediately fired my friend into the streect. rimmage followed at thejwindow in which I suc- ceeded in getting two tickets. It isneed- less to say who got the “‘secand” ticket. AWFUL ANGLOMANIACS, Do we have anglomomacs in Boston? Well, I should think, In spiteof the talk about them and the fun at their expense, they seem to grow in numbers and ‘manners. You can éasily tell one. Notice [y ’"“1 man (Vhe word *‘young'’ means anywhere from twenty-five to forty) who is dressed in the height of Enghsh fashion. First you notice his walk. He walks with his feet and not with his legs. His knees are a trifle bent, and remain in that condition. As he puts one foot down he rises on the too of the other and kicks himselt for- ward one step. A succession of such steps or rather short jumps, gives him the up and down motion of a man on horseback. It is ungraceful and any- thing but easy. He wears the latest style of trousers, striped and baggy, with a sharp crease before and behind cach leg. These creases do not result from the garments lying for untold months ~ folded among piles of ‘“ready made” clothing, By no means. That crease is the result of very carcful sponging and pressin and stretching in one of Hamilton's English Prnt strotchers. Under his large checked Scotehy looking coat 18 a fanc, vest, cut very low, displaying a colore shirt bosom" with wide stripes running across, not lengthwise, 1f those stripes were anything but horizontal it woula be a direct insult to the kingdoin of Great Britain. THEN COMES THE COLLAR of immaculute whiteness, turned squarely down at the points and done up with the “domestic timsh" the glossy finish being altogether too com- mon. Then there is the loud and equally large four-in-hand tie, with a delicate }lin stuck in at one side. On the back of his heed isa little light brown English dorby, shaped like a good-sized tea cup with the sides flattened a little. You see I haven’t mentioned an over- coat. although the winter is not yet passed. Well, the fact is, these fellows don’t wear overcoats unloss there is a blizzard or a soreially cold snap. Eng- lish is mild, don’cher know, and they must suit their apparel to the caprices of his Britannic probship. Then, ugain, it rains in England, you know, and they must turn their trousers up at the bottom to keep them out of the mud. The worst incongruity of the anglo-maniac's dress is the coyert coat. In England this is a_light overcoat used to ride horse- back in and is made very short accord- ingly, but our gilded youth ridicniously appropriate it to street wear. 1Itsa bad bad mistake, but it can’t be remedied now; its fashion seems to be established here. Wesee a young man bouncing down the street with a covert coat so short that the tails of his frock bob out serenely from beneath it. Then in the back of the covert cout are two slits in- stead of one, so that the back part of the saddle will not interfere witn the ghr- ment, while many fellows here who wear these coats perhaps never rode horseback more han twice in their lives, THE LITTLE HELMET CAP has become quite the thing now. It is made in all colors and in all shapes, and although far from beautiful it is alto- gether comfortable and handy for a +‘round about” cap. But here again our English imitators are in error, since En- glish gentlemen have discarded the hel- met and the lower classes in England bave taken it up on account of its cheap: ness, comfort and durability. Gloves and cane I have not mentioned, but you must know that they are botl worn. The gloves are of no particula: sort, but the cane has ceased to be 4 cane, It is now a club. The old buckhorn handles and silver-heads aro improper in the extreme, while tha trunk and roots of an English tree have taken their place. Thisclub Is no longer used as n walking-stick, It is grasped pear the middle and carried thus, with the head hanging down behind or stick- inq up in front, a sort of regal wand, sig- nificant of the power of her royal bighe ness. Such is tho external mako-up of the anglomaniac. There is nothing particu« 1 r¥y harmful about him, neither is he of any particular benefit; but he is here and We must put up with him, Franz SEret, S'JACOBS O], FOR MAN AND BEAST. THE BEST REMEDY. The Best for Horse Complaints. New York Club Stables, 1517 E. 26th Bt New York, Oct. 20th, 185, Tt givea me great pleasure to add iny testl. mouy o the great curative qualities of st. Jucoba O1l, having used several cases of tho Oll in ‘my stable, can safoly say it ig b6 beat ndment, CALVIN 1. PRIEST, , The Bost Ever Used in Stablos. Gentlemen's Fancy Livery, Fine Horses, ete, ]’ Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 234, 1884, L A8 to the usefulness of . Jacobs O, I'will #ay as much as any man, for 1 woll know 1t 1a tho bost I ever used in my slablos. CYRUS H. COLVIN, It Nover Fallod in » Single Instance. San Diogo, Cal., Oct. 234, 1588, Gontlemen: It {s & satisfaction K‘ Tecome mend a good thing. and such a ti I be evo your &t Jucota Ofl to have used i for years in niy fainily, as well s iy my kennel and stables, and it has never falled in a single instance to doeverything that could reatonabig: ba expected of any remedy of its class, . H. HOLABIRD, Gen'l. Agt. Coronado Beach ¥rom a Worseman—Lame-backCared, { Menesha, Wis., Oct, 20, 188, Your letter all right. 8t. Jacobs Oll iy ust what is said about it. Ttcured me ed- irely of lame back ; also of vrmllm It 1a the finest thing ever used on horses, or foe man or beast. A. GRANGER, e Opinion of a Dealer in Horses, Trexlertown Lehigh Co., Penna. T recommend Bt. Jacobs Ol as the beah thing in the world for spavin on horses, Itisa cure, MILTON A, SCIIMOYER. | THE CHARLES A, VOGELER CO,, Balkimors, Md. o 2L perions AN, St Jucohe O or Red lar Cough Cure, will by sending a two-cent stan and a history of their case, Nfl’l"‘ ADVICE n:’z STARGOUGH| 'REE FROM OPIATES AND POISON. SAFE. 5Ct§ SURE. DRALERS, ROMPT. HE GIARLES 4. VOGELER O, BALTINORE, W8, . AT DRUGO1STS AND A HUM from WARREN F. BROWN'S Busy Hive of Trade has Again Reached Your Ears. Will you profit by E;vml save 4 fi) Our Money Saving Prices, Our M Open till 9 at night, l)lll’l; Reuc Pleasing Prices, Our Unearthly Low Prices. Telephone No. 399. WARREN F. BROWN, THE CASH GROCER. Northeast Corner St. Mary's Ave. ana 19th St. HOW TO ACQUIRE WEALTH.” l’ fir?]fimhm groceries at hing Prices, Ouw » People Conte and see us, NO BLANKS. HE ACCUMULATED INTERE ST MONE HOLDERS participate in 227 until the year 1944, Prizes of 2,000 every year. This is 08 afe, and the hest when bond i 8. S:nd forel o registerod letter, or postal no BERLIN BANKING N. B.—These bonds are not lottery ticke! oL 1878, EVERY 3 Only §4.00 required to sccure one Royal Italian 100 francs gold bond. These bonds 5 drawings, four drawings every BIG PRIZES OR RE\VARDS! One Million Distributed Every Year DIVIDED AMONG A FEW LUCKY MONTUS, BON year and retain_their orginal value 00 1,000,000, 570,000, 250,000, &c. francs will bo drawn, bésides the certainty of receiving back 100 francs in’ gold, you may win 4 times vestment ever offered, a3 tho invested money must be pald back t will pay you to d», or send your orders with money oturn we will forward the documents. 305 Broadway, New York City. and the sale is legally permitted inthe U, 8. by law ON LY THINK A depot on the grounds and a five minute’s ride from OMAX HEIGHTS Will bring you within 4 blocks of the Union Pacific Shops or Smelting Works. $250 TO $550 Will buy a home in this addition onsmall payments and if you study your own interest you will not pass this opportunity. REMINGTON & McCORMICK, Carriages to accommodate all 220 South 15th St = $250 TO $350 Will buy first class lots in Saunders & Himebaugh's Highland Park. Only one-tenth cash balance five or ten dollars monthly payments. be beat, and we ask investors to examine it before purchasing. ‘We also have the following list to which the attention of the those buying by the acre. public is invited: Beautiful improved lot on Dodge street near High School, $13,000. Cash $5,000, balance easy. For few days only. 140 feet on Leavenworth street with a 60 foot street on either side, and alley in rear, only $70 per foot. One-fourth cash, balance to suit purchaser. This 1s a bar- ain. anod lot in Highland Place, $1,200 cash, balance 1 and 2 years. Corner 18th and Chicago streets, $206,000. One-half cash. Corner 13th and Lesvenworth streets, 4 x100 feet, ¥26,000. Omaha Real Estate & Trust Go -y Corner 17th and Dayenport ulreeu.! 88x%12) feet, $36,000. For beauty of location this property can't 15 per cent discount to Lots in Saunders & Himebaughs Hij, land Park Addition, from $250 to $u50, Corner 11th and Douglas streets, 66x132 | One-tenth eash, balance in monthly pay+ feet, $35,000. Lots in Washington Square, from $2,300 to $4,000. Lots in Saunders & Himebangh's Addi- tion to Walnut Hill, from $450 to $1,000. The Belt Line depot is within two blocks of this addition. Lots in Mt. Pleasant Addition, from 8350 to $500. Ten per cent cash, balance in monthly paymeunts, §5 or $10. ments of §5 or $10. Lots in Kilby Place, $900 to $2,800. Lots on Saunders street,$100 front feet Lots on North 20th street, trom $2,000 to $1,000, 44 feet on Farnam, well improved, for $15,000, Good Iot on South 16th street. terms. Call for 1504 FARNAM STREET.