Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 29, 1887, Page 11

l \ l ' (& JACTS ABOUT FEMININES. Cliords of Love That Bind For Time and Eternity. WOMEN SUCCESSFUL IN ART Fhe Ideal Woman and How She Con- ducts Herself—Artificial Beauty at a Disco Some Liter« ary Ladies. Love. Gaskell's Magazine, There comes a day when 1 shall sadly miss thea A—w‘.ndm.nu through earth’s byways all alone, Oh, bow these quivering lips will long to kiss thiee, Myown! Myown! O night of darkness where no bird s sifig- ng ! Shall 1, 1ike Hagar. sit where blessings fall? Jlark! taramid the shadows, hope upspring- ng, Like nightingale, Warblers of stars, which o'er us brightly prleaming Shine on the path of loved on earth have met. Longas creation’s spheres are softly beaming We'll not forget ! Perhaps 'tis | who shall be quiet sleening, Nor wake at tender touch or word of thine— A|n|m‘ll. thy tears would set iy soul A-weep- g, O love of mine! The world's well lost, 1cry, may I but greet thee, Heaven's light, itself, were dimmed were alone. ne. Somewhere, someliow, I know that I shall meet ilxme, yown! Myown! Women as Artists. Philadelphin Record: Among the professional artists women may be said to be fairly shoulder to shoulder with men during the last two or three years. But it should be added that the men have not. kept up to their usual standard. The exhibitions are described as barren of remarkable works, The depression in trade may partly account for this, for artists in common with common people must cat and be clothed, and many men of note have latterly given much of their time to painting such things as they woulddisdain in more prosperous times, The actual outlay involved in the pro- duction of a large picture or piece of sculpture is very scrious,und unlessthere be a fair probability of sale for the work when finished there is small encourage- ment for the expenditure of time and capital. Thus the financial depression tends to depress art. Butit is not fair to suppose that women have done their best in the face of the scourage- ments. When the reaction shall set in we may look for better things at their hands. They arc now fairly under way. ‘The divine fire is kindled and will anon burst into a glorious bl. if women will but mingle something of reality with their ideality. And this I am sure they will do more and more as time goes on. The dawn of their progress in art is just breaking. Thorough, honest, con- suiemmus study will bring the perfect ay. What the Ideal Woman ls. The ideal woman, no matter what her station in life is, is a good housekeeper. She oan cook, bake, wash, iron, sew, or or do anything connected with the proper care and conduct of her husband’s ome says the Philadelphia Item. Even it sheis fortunate enough to have ser- vants to relieve her of the drudgery of the housework, she should, none the less, have this ability, in order that she may properly direct the servants in_their &utius. Servants are never careful of their employer's substance, and an ex- ensive, extravagant or wasteful house- Kold is not conducive to the happiness of the ideal man, no matter how wealthy he may vpe. The idesl womanis not peevish and slovenly when her husband returns from business. Her children, no matter how poorly dressed, are at least neat and clean, and some preparations have been n for home comforts for her. husband on his roturn. Her dress, no matter what it is made of, 1s clean and neat, with no gaping seams or unseemly rents, dirt, blotches, etp. Her collar—and the ideal woman always wears a collar—is clean; her hair bias been brushed smooth, even if it is not done up according to the latest fashion; her shoes have been buttoned or tied, for the ideal woman never walks around the house all day with her shoes around her ankles, ‘I'he idenl woman hasa place for every- thing in her house and tries to keep it in its place, though the ideal man knows that this is not always possible. She will, at ieast, have one chair where her hus- band can sit down without fear of sitting on the remnant of bread and molasses that has been given the children during the day, and without fear of wiping up dust whidh had been accumulating on the chair since the last unfortunate wiped it off on the seat of his unmention- ables, or on the back breadth of her dress. Producing Artificial Beauty. Brooklyn Eagie: With the very latest notes of fashion before me, and “my pen suspended, my eyes fall upon an article which lay upon my desk, entitled, ‘‘Gos- sip About l‘ruu]y' Girls.” It gives.the modus operandi of making one's self beautiful,and goes on to tell how a ruddy bionde of Washington fastened her fat little hands to the head-board on retirin, 50 as to reduce the supply of blood an produce the delicate complexion of an mvalid friend. To allow the mouth to be open in sleep is simply outrageous; 80, to assure an avoidance,many s danty 1miss woos Morpheous with her lower law and head closely bound with & skate- strap. A narrow pillow placed vnrncule' under the back and between the shoul- aers encourages n perfect stature, so the 0od old bolster 18 consigned to the com- i-rl of retired belles and beaus. Disro garding the fair, fresh skin, classical mold,and every law of Emparuon. and m deference to an arbitrary fashion which cannot but prove fatal to beauty and health, our wasp-waisted belics claim the necessity of slumber corsets to retain their acme of shapeliness. “A mask of moist rye flour or coating of old croam is as regularly assumed as the nizght robe, and the feminine head drooped pilloward minus curl papers or leads is exceptional. Hot foot baths are a regular teature of the toilet, as they tend to draw the blood from the hands und face." E v girl knows the value of beauty and 8ecks to make herself as attractive as possible, and should strive to preserve all atyractive qualities; but artificial de- vices only can conceal the ravages of tima and dissipation. Still, “‘without trua regard to the Iaws of health, even the powder box; rouge palette _and pen- cil prove a shallow resource. The maid with a spirituclle cast of features and complexion clogs the pores of her fair skin with paint, while the vigorous plump, rosy beauty, tortures her dige! ive apparitus with acids and chalks, ch persists in possessing attributes forcign to her constitution,'” Women Who Write for the Papers. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, of St. Nicholas, is graceful and well dressed. She tulks with great vivacity, Miss Mary L. Booth, editor of Harper's Ba; is rather large. Her complexion , awd she 18 & deliberate tulker. Miss J tte L, Gilder, the editor of \ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: the Critic, is tall, darx, and masculine in her dress and gait. She has a 'brusque way of talking. Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, editor of the Magazine of American History, is petite slender, and dark. She 1# a chatty vivacious talker. Mrs. Frank Leshe, owner of her late husband's publications, 18 slight, grace- ful and dark., She dresses richly and talks with directness and vige Mrs. 8. 8. Conant, ary editor of Hary Booth's absence, is rather stout,and dark in complexion, She is a pleasant talker. Miss Ellen M. Hutchinson, literary ed- itorof the Tribune, is small in stature, gracelul, and has a light camplexion Her conversation 1s rather cynical than otherwise. Mrs. David G. Croly, “Jennie June at present editor of Godey's Lady's Boo of Philadelphia, is slight” and dark. She is a vivacious talker and has an engag- ing and expansive smile, Mrs. Mary A. Bowman, musical eritic of the Sun, is of medium height and a tasteful dresser. Her complexion 1s neither light nor dark. Sheis a charm- ing talker and a delightful singer. Miss I M. Champney, contributor ofstorics to | ile periodicals, is tall and slender. She has a light complexion and is a weeful ana pleasing talker. Her husband iliustrates her stories. Miss Middie Morgan, live stock re- port for the Times, 18 very tall and slender. Her complexion s neither light nor dark. She dresses with great plainness and is a delightful talker. She speaks French and Italian with a charm- ing Irish accent. Mrs, Gertrude Garrison, editor of the American Press Association, is of medium height, and has aslende race- ful tigure. She 1s inclined to be a blonde in complexion. Her eyes are dark gray. She is decidedly pretty, dresses well, and 18 probably the best “all around” woman newspaper writer in the profes- sion. Mrs. Fannie B. Merrill, editor of the Graphic supplement, is of medium height and inclined to be stout. Her complexion is rosy, her eyes gray and her hair brown. She dresses with re markable taste and talks with great spirit. She is very muscular, but uses her strength with great consideration tuward her contributors. ‘Women and Their Ways. Mrs. Marie Danos, of Louisiana, has been granted a patent for a cotton culti- vator. Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt's pet charity is a sewing school for poor girls, The girls are taught how to sew and to do shop work and are besides given an oceasional treatin the y of a concert followed by a banquet, Miss Anna Gordon, the efficient private secretary of Miss Frances 1. Willard, has beeninvited by the Woman's publication association to prepare a white ribbon birthday book for the coming holi- aay season. ‘The French senate has passed a law that in cases of separation between hus- band and wife the wife shall be restored to her civil rights without having to recur uthorization’ of her husband, The action awaits the gonfirmation of the chamber of deputies. Rosa Bonheur is described as still be- iug a very comely woman, with a bright color, regular features, soft hazel eyes and perfect womanliness of both face and figure. She wears in her studio and at home full masculine attire, but dons petticonts when she goes to Paris. The New York cooking senool is in a flourishing condition. Instruction is given to sixteen classes a week of twelve pupils ench, but these are not enough to accommodate the applications, and va tion classes are to be formed. X teachers are employed, who find 1t _difli- cuit to keep up with demands of those who desire instruction in the cul- inary art. ‘The memorial window which has been designed and completed for Graco church, New York city, in memory of Mr. Benjamin Hutton, by Miss Tilling- hast, has won high commendation for the artist, The motive 18 taken from Jacob’s Dream, by Murillo, and is admirabl carried out. Miss Tillinghast's art wor is marked by strength, vigor and har- mony,meanwhile being faithful in detail. The obligatory course of studies for midwives in Finland is of one year's du- ration. There is & supplementary coursa of two weeks for those who have shown unusual aptitude in obstetrical ope tions, but they are not allowed to per- form operations except in emergency. The students are mostly women of the lower classes,the only rc\}uiremcms being that they shall know how to read and write. The Saturday Review says that Mrs. James Brown Potter has most of the faults of the contident amateur, but de- clines to criticise her further until she shall nave “studicd and practiced the profession she has chosen.” There seems 1o be a general regret among those interested, with the exception of Mrs. B. P. herself, that she was brought out in London before her angularities and crudities had been worn off by appear- ance in the provinces. The numerous friends of Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, the indefatigable temperance le turer and worker, will regret to learn that her health has broken down and that she has been compelled to abandon her work. For fourteen years she has not taken a vacation, Mrs. Foster was trained to the legal profession, and prae- ticed as an attorney in Iowa for many ears. She is now t lawyer of the Voma:'s Christian Temperance union throughout the country. “Alexander House,” at Kensington, the home of young women studying music, art and science, has been for- mally opened by the Prince and Princess ales. It is the gift of Sir krancis Cook, the husband of Tenme C. Clatli of Wall Street fame. The house is ve ge, and magnificently furnished, Sir Francis having superbly decorated it with pictures, bric-a-brac, etc.,, from l)oup;ht{ house, here are fifty-six suites of apartments, each suite arranged for the use of two students, consisting of a parlor and two bed-rooms. Each pri- vate parlor has its own piano, and there is also a fine concert room, practice-room and a large drawing-room, dining-room, gymnasium and convenience thatinclude an ‘‘American Elevator.” The building is the Queen Aune style of architecture, occupies a whole block, and cost the iver $500,000. The ground for it was the qft of the Queen, Itisnot a charity, but the prices charged are merely nom- inal. Lady Cook ,is described as being the prettiest woman present at the o] ing, and the most stately and elegant was her sister, Ladv Biddulph Martin, formerly Mrs. Victoria Woodhull. It seems strange how these two women, tabooed by America’s society a fow years ago, have come to hob-nob with royalty and be on visiting terms with dukes and duchesses. HONEY FOR THE LADI Brocaded silks are still used for mantels. Parasols are wade of bois bonilli and thistle wood. Torchon lace is among the ‘“have beens” of lingerie. Most bodices are now made with side seans at the back. All walking costumes for city wear should be tailor made, Beads are the great features in all Parisian trimmings just now, Extreme quakerishness in drese proper thing for chureh, A good deal of both real and imitation Mechlin 1s used In lingerle. Brides must wear the squ part of the sacriicial untfor: Queen Vietoria is said to Lave astonished is the @ train, It is and | who is the tempor. | r's Buzar during Miss, SUNDAY MAY 20. 1887.~-TWELVE PAGES, poople at Alx-les-Bai ance, Gorgeous jewelen inscets, unknown to the etomologist, are favoriie scarf pins. See that your handkerehiefs all have nar- row hems if you would be in fashion. The sultan of Turkey has established two schools for women at Constantinople. Cut glass for the ble is now mounted in gilded brass, and the effect is theatrical, Skirts are increasing in width, a sure promotion of the readoption of c¢rinolive. ‘utty-colored clotii has not a pretty name, but it is the heizht of fashion all the same, Woman is worally afrajdof a mouse, they say, but a mous-tachie don’t seare her a bit. Jet is quite the most fashionable of all trimmings, as well as about the most costly. Silk guipure, having the eflect of the softest Lrish lnce, is much used for trit- ming, Some of the feminive hats this sorige I}ke straw parasols with the stick elith- by her dowdy appear- es for dress materials have decidedly not gone out, though many fashion writers say 8o, Women are wearing plush morning jackets cut in exact Luiitation ot the uiasculine smok- ing coat, ‘Tussores are the most durable of all chean dress materials, and are besides extremely well looking. Pendant sleeves, known to our ancestresess as “angel slecves,” are being revived by Dame fashion The latest reports from Paris confirm our assertion that the days of the “dress iw- vrover” are numbered. Ladies should not earry a hunting-crop for ordinary riding, A silver-handled riding switch 3 the proper thing. Parasols for summer are_made of crepe lisse and lace zathered and frames, both inside and out. . Natty little aprons, which ionable in England for a year or Lwo,lave at last made their appearance here. Old-fashtoned cut glass s still the favorite, spite of the beauty and grace of the more modern and less intricate designs. New ZOWNS are ou! if foralow ice, but filled in with Jace over the material, or material of a contrasting color. Anong seasonable novelties is the straw- berry pin, of clustered rubies,the vold setting representing the seeds very faithiuily. A woman who growls at a shad ha many bones about it, muslin, puffed o ave been fash- ng so doesn't often stop to rset is Luilt up, (s add to their nasome in the and Gobeliu's blue Wife—"You haven't church since we (sorrowfully)—* the fire,” A snuffed out candle end in blackened wick and simulat ning down the sides is the latest mateh safes, English fashion writers assert that they do not see silk mueh used in walking dresse: yet. - Kngland is always about one season be- hind time. ‘The only thing that will cure a girl who wants o go on the stage and become aun actr isto be run over by a freight train loaded with iron. Fizured foulards are worn with wide frills of cream or ecru lace around the neck. cuffs of the same and a sash of plain foulard draped around the wais Buttons play an important part in gowns, now-a-days. ‘The most tashionable are the bullet-shaped crocheted ones, revived after a sleep of twenty years, ‘The tea gown seems to have taken closer hold on tashionable society, and looser hold, 50 to speak, on each individual fashionable wearer than ever before. She—*I like this place immensely since they have the new French chef.” He (weak in his French, but generous to a fault)— “*Waitah, bring chef for two!” ‘T'wo distinct styles ot strcet dresses are seen now-a-days. One of soft woolen over plaid, striped or silk skirts, and the other of cloth or checks in taitor designs. A poem is going the rounds entitled ““The Seven Ages of Woman.” It is intended to xpress the delicacy and tact with which a woman approaches this great subject. n! good evening, Miss Brow g card full?” “N been inside of a were married!” Husband Noj a burnt child dreads silver with greasa run- novelty in Is your 0, Mr. Smythe, but y escort is, and It you would kindly take me home I would be 50 much obliged.” Tney tell us that the fashionable hat for women next season Will be higher than ever, It will get so by and by that there will be no use for a man’s going to a burlesquo show. Flowers for dinner tables must be arranged as lightly as possible. 'Those nuisances,mas- sive centre pleces, ch cut oft all sight of u;e eople opposite you, have been ruled out ate. A chubby, bonneted. moonstone face, with turquoise, sapphires, diamonds or rubies close set about the face, and perhaps rep) ting old-fashioned frlls, is an attractive little brooch. Evening mantles for summer wear will take the place of light shawls on watering place verandahs, They are madeof the most dinphanous waterials, but in the regular man- tle shapes. Stockings, says a fashion writer, came in vogue in Queen Elizabetl’s time, How odd it must have seemed to see Kmma Abbott going around barefooted when she was a young lady. ‘The short pointed bodice so universally worn with spring suits are not becoming to any one. ‘The points have & perky way of sticking out in detiauce of weights which is mortify ing. The spoon bonnet is another ugly old fash- jon, which isg likely to gain a8 new lease of life. Bonnefsare becoming more pointed, higher over the face, and generally vile look- ing every day. B Swords, crescents, horsehoes, stars in sinall pearls are much worn for bon- nets and scarf pins, and one of the late ad- ditions to this catalogue is a rooster, a vearl constituting the body. “The usual May eccontricities in parasols, square and triangular con: ANCES, Are seen, but chiefly in shop windows. 1t is a wonder what becomes of these annual vagaries. No- body seems to carry them. ‘The most fashionable style of the lovely English violet pin, with oscillating dewdrop, has a long stem of ehased green gold, Cluster pins, composed of two or three,or even more, of these little flowers, are great favorites, The only reason black silks are not more worn is that a reliable black silk is about the hard st material to get, no_matter how mueh you are willing to pay tor it, which does not speak well for the bonesty of manufacturers. is be- like to ickles and Among married ladies photography coming very popular of late, The keep a photographic record of their child- ren’s growth and doings and makea family -l|ium which s of the most unique inters est. Interpla ited straw, worked with gold, are new fanc garniture. Many of the immings have apattern d with filaments of straw, almost im- perceptible, but still adding greatly to the effect “A ecurious story eomes from England,” says the New York World, “through a pri- vate source, that Baroness Burdeit Coutts has something that no other woman in the world possesses—three skins, ‘I'he third skin is made of silk and isso exquisitely fine and close fitting that few people have detected its presence, It is said to cover lier whole body, from her ankles to her chin, and they—for she has sets of them—are woven specially for her. They are flesh colored, of course, and hide all wrinkies and ravages of time, with the natural discolorations of the ski that are the result of age. Where this artifi- cial skin ends at the throat the baroness Wears u ,\l»lvndhl collar of jewelsor a velvet band, and she never takes off her gloves while in evening dress, uot even to eat her dinner.” ———————— He Was Too Late, Detroit Free Press: The captain of a Detroit tug boat turned a corner on Twelfth street the other day to run plump against the owner of the craft. Both rebounded and looked at h other for & moment, and then the owner imed : 11 bet you were going down there to sco the fortune teller.’ “Well, to_be honest, I was,” replied the eaptain.’ “What did you want to about?” “Why, I wanted to ask her if there any prospect of your raising my wage “Well, you needa’t go." HWehy “Becavse she went into a trance and advised me to cut you down #$10 per month and T was just going to the office te give you the news. " see her DEVOTION 'DEFIES ~DEATH. 8tilla Loving Wife, Though the Grave Has Forever Olosed. MARRIAGE AN EXPERIMENT, No Fixed Principles to Gaile the Un- initiated — Some Advice to the Weaker Veasels — Other Matrimonial ttems, Devotion, Passion, Love. stin MeCarthy 1 canmot touch hi Nor rufifle with « breath his hair; 1 look into his eyes, and hear him speak— He never knows that [ am there f my darling would but only know ‘hat day and night, through all his weary ite, 1, whoin lie loved in the years long ago, Am with him still<his’ wite! I wateh hian at his task, When the broad sunbeams his room; I watch him until the evening lays her mask Upon the face of day : and in the gloom e Tays his peneil down and silent sits, And leans his cliin upon his hands and sighs: How well Lknow what memory round him first light up flits! I read it in his eyes, And when lis pencil's skill Has sometimes wrought a touch of hapny {; him tarn with eager lips apart To bid me come and weleome his Suceess . Aud then he droops aud throws his biush wside Ol if my darlime could only guess That she is near who died. Sometimes 4 faney, too, “That he does dimly khow it—that he feels Some i nence of love pass thrilling through Deaths prison bars, the spirit’s bonds. i sealsy Some dear companionsiip around him stilly Some whispered blessing, faintly breathed caress, “The presence of & love no death can kil Brightening Lis loneliness. Ah, but it cannot be! The dead are with the living—[ am here; But he, my living love, he cannot see s dead wite, though she clings to him so near. [ seek his eyes: I press against his cheek: 1 bear him breathe my name in wailing tone; o ealls mo—ealls his wite—L cannot speak. He thinks he is alone. This is the bitterness of death! To know he loves me, pines and yearns tor me; ‘To see him, still be near him, feel his breath Wan my sad check, and yet L am not tree ‘To id him feel by any faintest touch, ‘T'hat she who never’lett his side in life— She who loved nim, whom bhe loved so much— 1s with him still-his wife, Thoughts on Marriage. San Francisco Chronicl, Marriage is an experiment that never proves any- thing, apparently. Atleast I judge so from a study, of several married men of my acquaintance, [ mean to say that no principles that .can guide bachelors in the natter have ever been deduced from the experienge of many millions of ex- veriments. A man will tell you a great many things abput his sweetheart, her character, and her ways, and all that sort of thing, but he always shuts up after he's begn married a few months, and you can't got anything out of hini thatis of any vajue to you in selecting a wife. Most men deprecate their male fricnds’ marrying, after they have had sowe experience., Most women urge all their female friends to get married” and help them to r{ct bold of husbands. It doesn't much matter, Advice doesn't amount to anything on the subject, and it's your own' business. It on comes othér people’s business after you're mar- ried, and then the interest becomes rather lively sometimes. Some Advice to Wives, Remember that your father was also a man and be charitable. Love your husband’s mother. Remem- ber she is older than _you are and will probably die first. 1f you can't do this you had better marry an orphan. Don’t be ashamed of being ‘‘only a woman.'" If you were a mun he proba- bly never would have married you. Let you husband have the last word once in a while. It will give him conri- dence in himself and may even make a man of him some day. 'y and forget yourself once in a while when you are talking to your husband. He probably forgets you quickly enough when you are out of town on u Visit. Don't continually talk about yourself when speaking to your husband, Remem- ber that a bore is one who talks about herself when her husband wants to walk about himself, Let your husband read the paper at the breakfast it he wants to. It will pre- vent lus making ill-natured remarks about the coffee grounds and heavy bis- cuits, Don't be unreasonable, that is be as reasonable as vou can be. It will give you a reputation for originmality, which may be very valunble it you ever want to enter a musenm. Let him think he knows more than you doonce in o while. This 18 especiaily advisable about the time you want caster hat. It is always easy to undeceive him when the bill comes in, Remember that your cook i too, and if she wants to entertain her guests in the parlor be generous. Be a companion to your husband. Call at his oflice for him every afternoon and 2o with him to s elub in the evening. Most men love devotion. If this is per- sisted in for any length of time he will sond you to the seashore in the summer if he has to morigage his dress suit to pay the bill. Wedding th, Quite a sen residence of Charles Green, six miles south of Sturgeon, the other night. There was to be a wedding there, but it did not come, ofl. aniel Hall, a well- to-do farmer, aged sixty-cight, and a widower, coyrted und promised to marry Mrs. Eliza Parks, a widow aged fo four. Tne wedding was to take place Mr. Green ‘I'ne exvected bride and groom, also the preacher and seversl neighbors, were on hand to witness the cercmony, but at this juncture two of the sons and & son-ju-law of Mr. Hall ap- peared on thy scene, and objected to the marriage. After a long parley they sue- ceeded, and the wedding did not” take place, 'and ‘probably never will. Mr, Hall went hojue with his children, and Mrs. Parks suys now that she never will have him. Late at night the neighboring boys came to Mr. Green's to give the the supposed happy couple an_ old-fush- foned serenade, but were sadly disap- pointed when told that the mateh was off, All parties to the afls and much talk is the consequence. A Wedding That Did Come Off. New York Letter in Hartford Courant Speaking of bridegrooms re Tuesday wedding at Grace church, young gentlemen from six to e 4, in dark violet stockings velvet knickerbookers, ncted T8; the bridesmaids were five little giris Two, in Nile green tulle slips, earried white hyacinths and maiden hair fern; two in pink, rose tulips and carnati tie maid ot honor, & dignilied pe three, in canary color, had a bouquet of doflodils, tied with yellow satin ribhon Six AS UShers; l ‘Che bride wore a most lovely and girlish costume of billowy tulle, the skirts held in place with bunch es of pink bou vardia and earried a MF bunch of the same flower. The veil is always thrown back from the face, and falls the length of the train: the wedding march is a relic of former years, Every well-conducted couple comes into church and goes out v the chanting of the white-robed choir Beneath an Arch of Dalstes, New York dispatch in Boston Herald The wedding of Miss Helen L. Webb and John Alexuandre, of the Alexundre Steam- ship company, took place to-day (May 1) at the home of the bride. The the bride's dress was pure some- thing very unusual for a bride's toilet. ‘I'he waterinl was the richest and softest satin, Her wels were the most magniticent worn by any bride this scuson. The groom's gift covsisted of & string of large peatls, clasped by a ruby, the pendant » rose, and a b pearl of the size of a robin's egg set in a dismond star. The ceremony was_performed be neath a grand arch of yellow daisies. The Right to Open n Wite's Lettera, Chicago Tribune: Lhe latest question in social economics Which is agitating tae countryf touches the right of hus- bands to open their wi ctters, Tho discussion began jn France a tew months ago, and has since_been transferred to this country. In St. Louis it has become such a social sensation that the Dispateh of that city prints three columns of in terviews with a score or more of prom- inent matrons, setting forth their opin- ions on this momentous topic. BAs might be expected, the views of the matrons are largely colored by their dispositions, Some express themselves lovingly and dutifully, others satirically and savagely, as if they had had unpleasa iences in the matter of letter-opening; but all of them agree onone point— namely: that the husband _probably has the right to open his wife's letters, but if he does so he is just as mean as he can be and perfeetly horrid. Undoubtedly “the ideal marital situa- tion is once m which the mutual conti- dence is so strong that neither party would ohjeet to the other opening his or her letters, in which ¢ no question of right would present But as this condition rarely exists the subjectis open to discussion. ~ If the mutaal corres- pondence is sufe and innocent, nothing is gained by the right to open letters, 1f it is not, is” anything gained by it? Where ignorance is bliss, it 18 not folly to be wise. It certainly d; not tend to en- hance one's happiness to discover through letters that something is going wrong, and to fearn the yery thing you did not wish to know. Morcover.,itis possible that a letter might be perfectly innocent and ot bring about a serious misunderstand- ing by hastily jumping at conclusions. There ers also which would inevi- sen mutual respeet though they might not contain anything improper. It certainly would not be pleasant for a wife to discover her husband’s peccadilloes fore marringe. wbich might come out in a letter from an old chum, nor fora nd to discover his wife's ante-mari- i flirtations, and conquests,all of which she of course has now given up. Itisn't necessary that a letter should be a compromising one to make mischicf. People have such a tatal faculty for sav- ing and doing the wrong thing on paper and making white apvear black that the most innocent letter imaginuble may be tortured into something wrong. The re- ords of breach of promise and divorce s show how thoroughly asinine peo- ple are when they commit” themselves to ink and paper as 1 method of expre themselves. There are cases also w a wife may receive confidences from her relatives and friends which the husband could not vnderstand and which she might not be at liverty to explain, and vice versa. The eternal fitness of things would sug- gest that it is better for husbands and wives to let each other’s letters alone. 1t will save them from many disagreeable experiences and will presérve the confi tial intercourse which should obtain in every houschold. The surest way to bring about this result would be to have a wutual understanding that both hus- band and wife are at liberty to open each other's letters. In that case neither would care to avail themselves of the privilege. It is one of the contrarieties of human na- ture not to want to do the thing you are allowed to d If you are not permitted to do a thing you are at once seized with a perverse and insane desire to do it. Had Eve been allowed to eat the apple she would never have touckhed it. The serpent knew human nature only too well when it tempted her to cat forbidden fruit. It was probably the poor- est stuff in the garden, but it was enough for her to know she must not touch the apple. 8he nceded no further inducement to pull the apple off, muneh 1t down, and persuade her cquaily perverse but less forward com- panion to join in the unlawful repast. A frank concession of the right to open let- ters would be tho surest way of presery- ing unbroken seals. Among the St. Louis matrons, one of them, Mrs. Al Carr, ex- pressed herself in the following sensible fashion: “I'm like the Frenchman when he heard the bank had faile SeLf monie vas zere he di but if ze monie 2 ant ze monie vere bad.” If she thought her husband «id not want her to open s letters she would be wxious to look into them, but since he did not care a rap, neither did she care to open them, The; perfectly agreed upon this subject as upon every other. ‘Chere could be no such things as rights in the case. It could be only a matter of courtesy, and as such no gentleman or lady would think of opening a letter addressed to another, and per intended by the writer for the eye on alone.” nd he UBIALITILS, 8 of an Indiana bridal ars. They were married without the consent of t parents. The king of Siam has sent a number of dignitaries of his kingdom in search of a score or more of suitable maidens to be mar- ried to his son, the voungster who was ntly ofticially declared “Crown Prince.” Theve 15 a curious law in vogue in Switzer- lana which compels every vy married coupleto plant trees shortly after the marri- age ceremony. The trees ordered to be planted on wedding days are the pine and weeping willow, but on” natal days the sug- gestive birch tree is selected. A stran, oincidence recently oceurred in a divoree case before a Massaclhiusetts court, The detendaut bore the historic name of Daniel Webster, Strangély enough the woman who sued for divorea was Catherine Le Roy, which name was borne by the sec- ond wife of the t New Hampshire orator and statesman. A dispateh from Chattanooga, Tenn., says: James VandegriT and Miss e Nixon ised in the norther portion of this nd their ehildhood triendship rip- Sev- sed a de- arents refused to iple then deeided 2 of the girl's al prevented. Last night Miss Nixon slipped out of her room and Jjoined her lover, and they fied 1o the resi- dence of a ministe While he midat of the ¢ who had di stopped the marriage. outin the darkn cluded brother. Miss Nixon had lost her sloes in some way, but she walked with her lover s distance of eleven miles barefooted, aud reached Chattanooga at 3a.an, A ninister was fod and arried the couple n fow minutes before the pursuing brother cawe county, ened ito love when they grew older. eral months azo, when t! X DI sire to wed, Miss Nixo give their consent. was in the , came in nnd couplo rushed Ry In Princeton Theological seminary there is o student 68 years old, ase ball club at West jraneh, Mich., is a preacher. 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RILEY & McMAHON, REAL ESTATE, 310 South 15th Street Bargains in tho following additions: BEDFORD PLACE, CLEVELAND PLACE, BRIGGS PLLACE, IEANSCOM PLACE, Somo chalce proporty on Farnam, Douglas, Dodyo, California, 104 toat kood triickig on' Nichiolus treet. ine and 20th stroets. allmodornimprovements, on Goorgin ave. BROOKLINE, REDICIK'S 24, REED'S 24, AW TIIORINE. 10th, 15th, 5-room house, 20th near Burdette st., very cheap. ing a league against the increasing power of Rome. There are 128 Methodists churches in Phil- adelphia, of which fourteen are for colored veople. Fitty thousand dollars has been given toward establishing a missionary bishopric in Feejee, Foreign missionaries will be made wel- come at the Thousand Island I'ark, August 10th to the 17th next. The gain of ordained missionarles in the lastnine years has been 975, and_in_mission expenditures from 000.000 to $10,371,702. It is said that there are now 2,400 unmar- ried women in the various foreizn mission fields, engaged in prosecuting mission work. Trinity Protestant Episcopal chureh, Bos- ton, the Rev. Dr. Philip Brooks, pastor, has given 5,000 to misssions in the last ten years, ‘The latest statistics give the Evangelical Lutheran church in the United States an aggregate of 9,000 communi; , making it numerically the third in rank among the Protestants of this country, George W. Childs, ot Thiladelphia, 1s a Bible society in miniature. He has pre- sented (somo one says who has kept an ac- count) more than 200 handsome Bibles to churches and Sunday schools. The Right Rev. Caspar H. Borgess, bishop of the diocese of Detroit, h: resigned the mitre. His resignation has been accepted and an adminisgrator will soon be appointed to discharge his important functions. According to the Baptist Handhook there are in the l‘irllis)\ isles 4,742 churches, & bers, 4° scholars tors in charge, The theological students in Boston uni- versity (Methodist) bave formed a sort of Salvation Army band, which marches around the streets with a cornet to gather an audi- ence, and then holds services on the streol or in a hall. Pollce protection has been prom- ised them. The Hudson. Mich., Gazette, says: “A plous tramp has covered roads and walks in our village with seriptural texts and warn- ings. Itis quite enough to make a stranger turn around and take another route when greeted by the legion, in red leuters, “*You Are on the Road to Hell." " Aflection was ill requited in Merthydvil, Vales, on Thursday. = Powell Dayis, a sal- dler of that place, drank poison. While he was waiting to die his faithful cat came and sat with him. e concluded that she would never be happy aione, and made her drink voison too. Both are dead.—Cardiff ‘I'imes. —~— SINGULARITIES, A hen's ez wel three ounces Is on exhibition at Sumter, Ga. ‘There are over fifty men In Sioux Falls, Dak., who weigh over 200 pounds each. A violin said to be yoars old is owned by Louis Dutrow, iklin, eounty, Pa. A cane made of live oak in 1876 i1s owned by Henry Reynolds, of Leroy, a descendant of the man who made it. Mr, William Dunlop of 15 City owns a penny of the issuc of There Is only one other penny of that date in the country. Grand Rapids (Mich.) men and boys cateh fish by lowering into the water small ops of fine brass wire, with which they s0 hecdless perch. ght-year-old horse belonging to of Grassy Fork township, Jackson county, does as much work as any other animal in the neighborhood. A rattlesnake was killed by a farmer in West Putuam, Fla,, a few days ago that had thirteen ratties and a button.” It is said to be the largest snake ever killed in that section, L. Sehall, of Trin (¥ had a hen e teeth were tilled witl i that is o L he lately killed a hen, and found two pieces of gold among the grit in her gize Postmaster Ira Keon,of Frie ndsvilie, Wa- was born 1n 180, and is be- ed to be the oldest posunaster in_the ited State: His position is worth $30 a . here was recently uneazthed at Jackson- viile, 1L, while excavations were being for the asvlum for the insane, an apple which is believed to lave been buried four- teen year A large gilver-manie tree In Middletow = 1 stuck into igh the village in 1840, The in circumfterence. A I'ana man tied a eat a bag and took it to Morrisonville, 111, moic tiay twen miles away, and there ased it Three or four days Iater he found the eat at his door in Pana, Ml A huge snowy owl was' shot and shightly crippled by a Tuseola (Ill.) sportsman. It has been placed in a cage and it eats a rabbit ry day, 1t neasures uve feet betweenjthe 8 Of 165 Wings. I'le twelve-year-old daughter of Conrad Alig of Metan u‘fumpmla pe 115 times Without stopping, thus becoming an_ object of admiration to all her friends, She took rih-lk very soon afterwards and died'tw o days ater. Danial Bell of Buffalo in 1851 marked a Iarge copper with a stamp used for marking heavy machinery, the lotters reading “D Bell.,” ‘The coin was sent adritt, and after an absence of thirty years, in 1581, it again came into his hands. ‘T'wo large white pelicans alighted in a rescrvoir at Pana, il the other day, and bexan swimming about on the water, One of them was shot, but the other flew away. The dead bird measured eight toet trom tip to tip of its wings, A corn erid seventy feet long and strongl; built was picked up” by the wind in Chil lz cothe, Mo., recently and turned upside down, the roof resting on the foundations, Not & board was broken in the crib. It will have ul> llwettukvn entirely apart in order to be set right A hen belnnqmz toa farmer near Rolla, Mo., is said to have laid her iirst egi May 10, 1586, and to have laid one every day sinee that time. She sits on her nest continually, and has hatched one egg every day except the first three weeks of her career. Sho now the mother of 345 chickens. A wren built Its nest in an old frult can nailed to the gate post of A. J. Diehl, ot Normal, The nest was destroyed, but was renewed twelve times on twelve successive days, having been pulled to pieces each time alinost as soon as built. The bird was then left in undisputed possession. A two thirds grown lion passed through the country two and a half miles south of Dexter, Mo., a day or so ago. It was seen by several persons and heard roaring by others. So far as heard from 1t molested notling, but. kept on its course westward, It has, since tLat time been heard of several miles soutd west of Dexter. Where it came trom is mystery, as there has been no menagerie througil that section recently. Jobhn lLackey, a ten-year-old boy living near Monmouth, while walking in thie woods suddenly heard the report of a guu near by, and was immediately knocked down. 3 rose to his feeb and was knocked down again, 1le saw no one, but his face was badly burned with powder. Iis hat was found several rods from where he stood when he was struck. No one can account for the oceurrence, Live bears are not Infrequently apart of an express messenger’s load in Calitornin. They are quite as easily managed as do2s; the nov- elty of the situation, in connectiol rumble nnd jar ot the train, no doubt drives all thoughit of mischiet out of their heads, A short time ago a young bear got loose i the s Angeles oflice during the night and had quite a picnic all by bimself, A curious fossil wasrecently unearthed by laborers in a New Yorkcellara few days ago. 1t is about thirty inches in circumterenc having very much the appearance of a skull. At tuie Muscum of Natural history it was found to be a fragment of an agnonite, an extinet shell nsh, T'he chief interest attaches to the position of the fossil, as its formation does not warrant its appearance where tound. . On Monday last the American Fishing com- any’s steanier U, 5. Grant lowered its 400 athoms of netting in the ocean, about twenty miles off New Year’s point, which is on tne San Mateo county coast. Toward evening a ternible commotion was noticed in the water, where the netiing was lowered, and, upon hanling it up, an _immeuse shark wis touud to be fastened in it. The monster was left i the net twenty-four hours, until it had drowned itselt, It was then hauled up, and, after much difliculty was got aboard the steamer, ‘The shark 13 of the man-eating species, and is prob hly the largest that was e aptured on the Pacifie coast. Frow the point of its nose to the tip of its tail it measured thirty-five feet. It ls twenty teet in circumference and weighs 10,000 pounds. Judging trom its dimensions and the size of its mouth, it 15 sate to say tint the monster conld swallow halt a dozen good sized men and still be hungry, W. Beach is the owner of & a fine brood importang fei 0 upy Uik ad, while the third is placed between them, ‘The eyes are all ad with vision, and the only apparer difference between them 18 that the mddle one 1 much the lar, ie the other two are of normal size. K ve i% 1N possers sion of an upper and lower evelid, delicately fringed with eyelashes, but while the two in customary loelity diminish gradually toward the outer edges of the head, the lids belong= ing to the middle eye look, when closed like the segment of a cirele, In addition 10 these three eyes, tha colt Sports a doub o st of nostrils, both of which ™ are perte tly de- fined. and” in breathing each APPEATS L0 work in hareony with the iunes. Aside from these featires the colt is woll shaped, and in a very healthy condlilon, arles pecu ch . e Colonel Higginson thinks “women writers less querulous than men.”” - ‘Uhe gallant colo- ned 15 rizhts the women who write most allill)mll are too busy to pick tlaws or split qr