Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 5, 1890, Page 15

{ o sem—plitces at which for the leas 1 rmany women of education A'BUREAU OF LADIEY' GUIDES. Roliable Chaperones Furnished for Visitors to the Me tropolis. WHAT 1S WOMAN'S SPHERE. Xiow Ttis Understood on the Pacific Coast—A Hint for Young Girls —Mrs. Harrison's Economy in Dress. Lady Guides, success of the Ladies’ Guide tion in London has induced the starting of a similar project in New York. The matter has been talked pbout endlessly in the newspapers and out of them for the last year or two, and two or three young women have even exporimanted with it in a timid sort of n way, but until within a fortnight no one has seized with any firm grip on the opportunity. Within a few days, however, a clever Brooklyn woman, whose name is Mrs. Hardie, has opened a Ladies’ Guide and Chaperon bureau at 24 Union square, says a correspond- ent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ““I brought my wife with me on my trip last spring,” said the head of a western business house 1n conversation recently. “*We wore here a fortnight. and [ was busy every day and occasionally in the evening. Molly sat in her room at the hotel and concluded that marriage is a faalure.” “I have just had a houseful of guests from Ohio,” said the wife of a popular clergyman. “I knew they were anxious to see the ity, but my time was all full with pre- vious engagements, and I was positively unable to go about with them. If T could have found anypody to play hostess for me I should have been so thankful.” The district messenger boy is the usual resort of the timid woman from out of town. He calls for her at the hote! and escorts her to the dry goods tores. That is, he goes skipping along shead of her, particularly at crowaed to dodge the is able, or else he loiters behind in cheerful converse with other messenger boys. The new idea is to substitute the lady guide for the messenger boy. and o and refine- ment are left dependent on their own resources without any business educa- tion to help them to a livelihood that it 18 thought the evolution of one more oe- cupation may prove a great gain, Mrs. Hardie’s plan is to furnish reli ble and experienced women who ave as- customed to_shopping and know the price of goods to attend the young bride who has come to the to buy her trousseau, or the stranger of any age or condition who is not posted as to the money to get the best things. Young housekeep- ers, both town dwellers and country people, often wish for a companion of artistic tastes to help them choose fur- niture and draperies, and the sending out of experts to assist in the selection of musical instruments is another scheme which may bear good fruit be- fore loug. The London bureau has proved com- plotely successful, but an important part of its work consists in sendinglady guides with tourists to all points of in- terest, the guides being engaged some- times by the week or fortnigit to take American women to Westv:iuster, St. Paul’s, the British museumn and the tower, such palaces and houses as are open or can be opened by the almighty shilling, and to see that they ‘‘do everything noteworthy in good style. New York has less w offer in this di- rection,butit is thought that ladies with some knowledge of pictures can be sent with strangers visiting the art gallaries and museums, while other laudies can take out of town visitors to Bedloe’s igland to seo the liberty statue, to Trin- ity church and to such lions as tho city counts among its attraction: One very practical feature is to be the engaging of rooms at hotels for women traveling aloce. Some hotels will not take lone women without a recommendation, and in case one telegraphs one has to take the chance of finding the house full. Another plan is to engage seats for concert or theater by telegraph and to provide chaperons, if desired, to accompany 1adies 1o places of amusement. Like the Ladies’ New York club, just organized, the comfort and convenience of women is the end sought, and as they are thrown more and more on their own resources the sex feminine be- ¢omes thoroughly practi as to the means, Mrs. Hardie is very bright and business-like woman, who will carry the project through o success, if success is possible. An Algerian Wedding Feast. A marringe celebration in Algeria is an interesting relic of ancient customs. The bridegroom goes to bring the bride and the guests assembled outside the house wi.l wait for his coming. Soon the sound of pipes is heard coming from the summit of some neigbboring hi.l, and the marrh\qe procession approaches the bridegroom’s housse, says the Ladies’ Home Journal. The pipers always come first in the procession, then the bride muffed up in a veil riding a mule led by her lover. Then comes a bevy of orgeously dressed damsels, sparkling ith silver ornament, after which the friends of the bride follow. The pro- cession stops in fromt of the bride- rroom'u house and the girl’s friends ine both sides of the pathway, The ipers march off on one side while the ridegroom lifts the girl from the mule, and holds her in his arms, The girl’s {riends thereu throw earth atthe ‘bridegroom, when he hucries forward and carries her over the threshotd of his house. : Those about the door beat him with olive branches, amid much laughter. In the evenings, on such occasions, the pipers and drummers are called in, and the women dance, two at a time, facing each other; nor does a couple desist until, panting and exhausted, they step aside to make room for another.” The dance has great energy of movement, though the uwr are smull and changes of position slight, the dancers only civ- cling round occasionally, But they swing their bodies about with an aston- ishing ewmergy and suppleness, As leuves flutter before the gale. so do they ibrate to the music; they shake; they shiver aud tremble; they extend q“::“' ering arms, wave veils, and their minds seem lost in the abandon and frenzy of the dance, while the other women, looking on, encou by their high, ?lqrclng, tritling cries, which add to he uoise of the pipes and drums. An Irish ladian Queen. The Indian government is about o enlled upon to repay a sum of £100,000, which they have had in their possession for several yeare, the proceeds of a legacy leit the wife of one THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: of the native princes who died upward of thirty years ago, says the Dublin Freeman’s Journal. The deceased Indy was an Irishwoman, who went to India some sixty years since as a travehn companion of two wenlthy English ladies, During her stay in India she cted the notice of one of the native wns und he married her. pair lived happily for up thirty years, the wife having a sep: ostate settled upon her by the Mahar: jah. She died childless and left no will. Her property was taken over by the Indian government, and it has remained 1n their hands eversince. It was at the time of her death £50,000, but its value his risen to close on £100,000. The relatives of the deceased lady in Ireland were in entire 1gnorance of her fate up till quite recently, when they learned it accideatally from u returned indian soldier. The inquiries which have since been instituted have fully established her marriago with the Indian prince. The friends have also assured themselves of the existence and value of the property. A Hint for Young Girls. When your sweetheart comes to see you, don‘t be foolish enough to confine your sveetness to hum alone. Have him in where all the rest of the household are. Letthe talk and the chatter and the music and the playing of games be in the home circle. Then the few min- utes that he gets with you by yourself will seem all the more delightful, and he will think you the most loving little creature in the world, says the Ladies’ Home Journal. Men are much more observant than they are credited with being, and the man worth having as a husband is the one who will appreciate your love for those of your own people and will see that, as you make a small part in one home, you are becoming adapted for the central figure in an- other. Never sa ¢ that you don’t expecta man to marry X y your your whole family. - It's vulgar. You do. That is, if youare a good daughter and a loving sister. You want him 1o be one with you in sympa- thy and in affection, and as you take his name, 80 you assume responsibilities as far as his’ people are concerned. You two are the most to each other—jy love for each should be the greates but you cannot isolate yourseivesand insist that you have no duties outside your own home, If you'do this y come narrow and selfish, and quite too nice a girl for that. member when he cow this bride- groom of yours, that his heart is bound the tighter to you if the ribbon used to hold it has written upon it in golden “Love and cousideration for those at home.” Woman's Spherc. Of course we're always safe politicall As a fact, no amount of party organiz tion among women would permit a oman {o be elected president, says the i Francisco Chronicle. She may sneak in school director, but the natural jealous 3 any woinan who ever ran for any big office. All the women who voted for her would call upon her, and, as she could ot possibly remember them all, every one she omitted to bow 1o when she walked or drove out would work against her like the mischie But the phere of women in the world is being widened and defined, and the common sense of the sex, however whimsical and capricious they may be, 1s guiding them to the places where by nature they are best fitted. Of course, some are litted for one kind of business, some for another, but they are ail fitted to keep u home. Some girls were doubtless pre- destined by nature to be typewriters and mari their employers, A pretty typewriter has not an easy time us may supposed, You see, if she gives the clerk any encouragement she may be letting the employer slip, and it re- quires u good deal of discretion and tuct to 1mpress the employer with her modesty and her sentimental worth, while she holds on to the cashier or the book-keeper. Women may not be able to manage a business. but they can do better—they can manage the man that manages the business. After all, there is only one woman’s rite—the weddin g ceremony. A COynic at Fifteen, The day will doubtless come when I shall think I have found a man, but, if 80, I shall deceive myself wofully, write Marie Bashkirtseff in her journal. I can very well foresee that duy; I shall tilen be blind. I say this now while I can see clearly, But in that case why live, since there is nothing but mean ness and wickedness in the world? Why? Because I am reconciled to the knowledge that this is so; because, whatever people may say, life is very beauatiful. And because, if one does not analyze too deeply, one may live hap- pily. To count neither on friendship nor gratitude, nor loyalty nor honesty; to elevate one’s self courageously above the meanness of humanity, and take one's stand between them and God; to get all one can out of life, and that quickly; to do no injury to one’s fellow beings; to make one’s life luxurious and magnificent; to be independent, so far as it be possible, of others; to possess power—yes, powerl—no matter by what means!—this is to be feared and re- spected; this is to be strong, and that 18 height of human felicity, because one’s fellow-bheings are then muzzied, and either through cowardice or for other reasons will not seek to tear one to pieces. Is 1t not strange to hear me reason in this way? Yes, but this manner of rea- soning ina youngcreature like me isbut another proof of how bad the world is; it must be thoroughly saturated with wickedness to have so saddened me in 80 short a time, I am only fifteen, Mrs, Harrison's Economy, Mrs. Horrison is a most economical dresser. Her wardrobe contains nogar- ment for which Worth was paid a faucy rice. All her dresses are made either n New York or Washington. Her life is simplicity itself, but, liko less exalted wives, she is devoted ta shopping, suys the Chicago Journal’s Washington let- ter. Almost any pleasant day when her official duties will permit, she can be seen in gny one of the downtown es- 1ablishments. I happened in a little millinery store on a side street the other day. The white house carriage, with Albert on the box, droyve up with much noise to the door. The modest and unassuming wife of the president alighted and entered. As it happened the clerks were busy, and Mrs, Harri- son stayed for a moment at the bonnet counter, idly handling some queer shapes. No one knew her, and no one came forward to wait upon her, She npsnred a trifle annoyed, then turned and left. When I told the proprietress who it was she almost cried—the busi ness opportunity of ber life had slipped away from her. The Laws That Women Wounld Make, That the tendency of astate governed by women would be to arbitrary and sentimental legislation, can hardly be doubted, Prohibitionism in its most extreme form would almost certainly carry the day, writes Goldwin Smith in the Jannury Forum, Possbly legisia- against tobacco might follow. ‘Would men obey, kuawlnr that the law had no force behind it? If they did not, what but disregard of law and conse- quent confusion would ensue? SU LOADED HER WITH PRESENTS dhe Remarkable Generosity of a Connecticut Enoch Arden. HIS MARRIAGE NEVER CAME OFF. Queer Adventure of a Boston Oabby— His Heart Was True to Poll—Dan Wedded a Grandee's Daughter. Little Romances. Mrs. Herbert M. Smith of this place has had an Enoch Arden experience which has turned out better than the average, says a Birmingham, Conn., dispateh to the New York Sun. Several years ago, while living in Bridgeport, she met and married John Luick. He was an excellent mechanic and worked in the Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma- chine factory. Their married lifo was happy until a daughter was born to them, and then Mr. Luick became rest- less, Five years ago he left Bridgeport suddenly without notifying his wife where he was going, nor did he write to her. She was left with her daughter tosupport. She obtained work in one of the local factories and with her earn- ings cared for herself and child in com- fort. Time passed, and, hearing noth- ing of her absent husband, she obtained adivorce. She was yet young and ex- ceedingly attractive, and when she met Herbert M. Smith of Birmingham a mutual affection was awakened which soon ripened into love and a marriage followed. Christmas eve Mr, and Mrs. Smith went to Bridgeport tospend the holiday with Mrs. Smith’s mother. Luick, who had gone 10 a remote western city, get- ting into business and prospering, also started for Bridgeport to hunt up his wife and child. He arrived Christmas morning, and, having no _kunowledge of the divorce proceedings, he anticipated a happy reunion. He intended to tike his wife and girl home with him when he returned, and place them in & posi- tion of comparative afluance. He had uo difficulty in finding the vesidence of his former mother-in-law, and when he rang the bell the maid who responded showed him into the room where Mr. and Mrs, Smith and the family sat. The surprise to all was great. Mr. Luick was introduced to his successor and they shook hands in a friendly way. Luick did not get mad and tear around, nor did he look sad and broken-hearted. He told his story and Mrs. Smith told hers. Then he spoke to Mr. Smith, congratulating him on his marriage and wished the couple good luck. After eating Christmas = turkey with his friends he invited his former wife to take a walk with him, and, with her husband’s consent, she accepted. Their walk brought up at one of the stores de- voted to Christioas goods, and Mr. Luick invited Mrs. Smith to come in and pick out a nice present. She did so. but before they came out he had londed her down with gifts for herself and his daughter. This morning the couple parted, Mrs. Smith accompany- g her husband back to his home in this place, and Mr. L uick buying his ticket for his far western home, where he says he will remain “Perhaps we_herdic men don’t have an adventure,” said a cab porter of a Boston paper. '“The fan- niest thing that ever hapvened to me was this: I gota passenger at the Al- bany depot one night and drove him to acortain hotel. He was a rich man, I think, judging from his appearance, and befors he got into the cab he handed me $1 and told me to keep the change. He asked me to go upstairs with him and take some valises. When I got them iunto the cab there wasn’t much room for anythingelse. I went back to the room and the first words he said were: there!” pointing to u big closet. He told me I'd find another va- lise in there. I wentin,and asI did he locked the closet door on me, and I was a prisoner. Iheara him go out and shut the door, and then I began to kick like a steer and to call ou the bloke to let, me out. In about twenty minutes whoever occupied the next room called the porter and I was let out. At first they wanted to arrest me as a thief, but' finally I convinced them that I was all right. “The job was now toget my horse and cab. Goingon to the street 1 usked different drivers if they had seen my cab. One cabman said he had seen a strange-looking 1ann for a cab driver on a box driving into Bowdoin Square. I got a cabman to drive me to the square, and, sure enough, my cab was standing in front of the Revere house. The va- lises were in the cab, and the bloke who had locked me in the closet was in the barroom trying to get a drink. I went in and told him that be tried to do me up, and that he hadn’t succeeded, and that [ wanted him to take his wvalises. He looked at meand said I was a fool: that he never saw me before, and that he did not have any valises. “I tried to tell how it was, but he wouldn’t haye it. As he left the bar- room he told me he’d shoot me if I didn’t keep away from him. Igotafraid of him then, as he was full, and I put the valises in the Revere House. The lust I saw of the man he was going toward Howard street. “I didn’t think any more about the matter, supposing he would call for his valises every day, but time went by, and the clerk at the Revera said nobody had called for them, One day I met the in- spector of hacks and carriages, and I told him about them. His eyes opened and said he had been lookin{ for the valises for a month. They belonged to arich New York merchant, and were worth several thousand dollars, as they were filled with silks. There was a diamond brooch in one that was worth 2,600. He had come to Boston to marry a girl just outside the city, and was loaded down with presents. He got to drinking on the way and probably had an elezant jag on when I met him. He did not know what he was doing from thé moment wo began to take out the valises until he sobered up next day. *Of coarse, he hadn’t shown up to be married, and finding himself withouu his four valises felt pretty sore. The warriage never came off, He sent me a V for my honesty. It was worth more l.hun"'.hal.w be locked up as long as I was, During his stay of several months in Bozen the Emperor Francis Joseph paid a visit to the Archduke Henry, on which occasion the archduke’s consort, Baroness Waldeck, and their daughter, 88 Marie, were introduced to his mi‘my, says Galignani’s Messenger. In his marriage the archduke bad com- mitted such a breach of the traditional rules and usages of the Hapsburg fam- ily that for twenty-one years he has lived estranged from the head of the imperial house. On February 4, 1868, Archduke Henry married Fraulein Leopoldine Hofman. She was the daughter of & very humble official em- ployed in the assessment office at Krems in Upper Austria, Iniall princely fam- ilies it is of course a strict and invaria- ble rule that the sanction of the head of the house mustibe previously ob- tained to any proposed matrimonial allianee; but to the' marriage of the Archduke Henry ndt:only was the em- peror’s approval not obtained, but the prohibition of the-nuptials issued by his majesty was disobeyed, and the archduke was for mAny years expatri- ated. ’ Archduke Henry, whois now sixty- one years of age, f¢ eeply the loss of his ‘military rank, #hd still more his exile, but otherwiss .his marriago brought him unalloyed happiness. At length the emperor’s displeasure began to disappear, and_the archduke was al- lowed to take up his residence in a Ty- rolese town. With his wife, who had meanwhile been raised to noble rank under the title of Baroness Waldeck, and with the only child ot their mar- ringe, a daughtor, who is now eighteen vears old, the ‘‘civilina” Archduke fenry for some time lived the quiet, contented life of o landed proprietor. It was when stationed in Graz that he made the acquaintance of Fraulein Hof- mann, a singer at_the theater, with a monthly salary of 50 florins, She was by no means a great singer. Hes best role was that of Pamela in “Fra Diavolo,” but she was pretty, quick-witted, the very type of a Viennese gizl, and above all, irreproachable 1 her conduct and manners. The acquaintance, which never ceased tobe a most honorable one, had already lasted some time,when war broke out in the north as well as in the south, and the archduke had to take the field in Italy. Before leaving he gave his word of honor to the girl that he would marry her if his life was spared, and this promise he faithfully kept. In one of the small parlors of the New Albany hotel Mrs. Helen ench was this morning united in marringe to George L. Thurston, a stock dealer of Colorado. Thisis the second time the parties have been mavriea, and ther a romantic story connected with the marriage, which the happy bride re- luctantly told a St. Louis Republic correspondent. Over ten years ago Thurston was a manufacturer of boots and shoes in a small way at Brockton, Mass. He be- ame acquainted and fell in love with Miss Helen Fay, a daughter of a retired ship-owner of Swampscott, Mass. They were married and lived happily togoth- er for a few years when, the business of Thurston not paying well,he determined to sell out and go west and deal in cat- tle with his brother, who had a ranch near Glenwood Springs, Colo. At the time Thurston left Brockton a young to whom he had been attentive be- fore hi also mysteri v de- parted. rumored that they had eloped and details_of the elopement were published in ; the Boston pape At first the young wife discredited the story, but r ng no answer from her hushand she took that fact as a confirm- ation of the report. She waited overtwo years and then brought suit for andrsecured a divorce from her husband 'ofi the grounds of bandonmeut. She afterwards married homas French of Boston, Mass. In the meantime Th on’s ‘‘Heart was true to Poll,l and a few day after hisarrival at *his brother’s ranch he was shot and setiously wounded in an encounter with cowboys. For many weeks he lay betwedn life and death. His brother, he said, had written many letters to his family, but received no answer tothem. Pt~ was a year before Thurston fully recovered from his wounds. One day,there accidental came into his hands a Boston paper with the published report of his elopement with his old sweetheart. He immedi- ately wrote a long letter to his wife denying the report and saving that as soon as health would permit he would go home. He never received any an- swer to his letter. A strange part of the whole story is that his wife claims that she never re- ceived a letter from him. Thurston heard of the marriage of his wife to French and resolved never to return to the east again. Three years ago the second husband of Mrs, French died. Last spring, her her’s health being poor, the doctors recommended a trip to the Pacific coast. and he went, ac- companied by her.to San Diego, Cal. One morning last September Mrs. I'rench and Thurston met face to face in one of the reception rooms of the Palace hotel' in San Francisco. An ex- planation followed and soon the couple, separated by mistake for many years, were vreunited. Thurston, having bus- iness on hand relative to the sale of his ranch, left San Francisco, first promis- ing to meet his former wife in this city on Thanksgiving day to be remarried, Owing . to the illness of Mrs. Freach’s father, she did not arrive until this morning, Thurs- ton has been here since last Thursduy and has been in an anxious trame of wind since nis arrival. He received a telegram from his former wife yester- dav. Arrangements were at once made at the New Albany hotel for the use of a small parlor for a.wedding, a marri- age license was procured and a clergy~ man was on hand. In the presence of Clerk Crowley and Proprietor George Green of the New Albany hotei, the couple were again united. Thurston is a tall, swarthy-looking man, with ir gray whiskers and streaks of silver in his hair. The bride is still handsome, although her troubles show in her face. Thurston’s brother died a year ago, leaving all his propefty to Thurston, and he is today a rich man. The party left this morning on the Kansas City Council Bluffs & St. Joseph railroad for St. Paul. Anelaborate wedding break- fast was served in the parlor alter the ceremony. All the Athenians kunow Dan Talia- ferro, the colored bawber, who did bus- iness in this city atfd/dfterwards moved, to Jacksonville, I3y, und married. Dan was a pohite and respectful man, and had the good, will of our people, who will be glad to Kifow that he will s00n come into possgssion of a hand- some fortune, estimatsd at about $100,- 000 or more,says a California exchange. His story was a,/Afrange one. On Dan’s removal to theland of flowers he met a colored girl’pl Key West, and after a brief courtship the pair were married, Tt now seewms that the proud- est blood of Custile flows in the veins of this octoroon, for gz s & lineal descen- dant from a Spanishigeneral who ecom- manded troops in St. Augustine when it was undur the dominion of thut coun- try, The old generat was a great roue, and becoming attached to a iulatto girl, a descendant of the Minocrans, raised a family of childven by her. On his death-bed he yepented of his liason and left these children his entire landed property in Florida, i cluding 80,000 acres, much of lying in the principal cities of that state. A portion of the ground on which the Ponce de Leon hotel stands was purchased from the heirs, while they still own valuable possessions all over that city, as also in Key West, Tampa, Tallahassee and other places. ‘This property has never been divided, being controlied by an old aunt to Dan’s wife, who lives in flne style at St. Augustine. and was recognized as the bead of the faumily. There are now only seventeen heirs to this vast prop- erty,and as they are all of age, have demunded that a division be made, ar- PAGES. rangemonts for which are now in pro- gress. The best lawyers in the state are employed. There is no question or doubt about the title to this property, and not an acre is in dispute, When Florida was sold by Spain to the United States there was a clause in the trade by which this government was pledged to protect the titles of the Spaniards who had private landed inter: Under this clause does Dan's wife come in, FOR THE sts. HONEY LADIES, Thero is a gi at Abilene, Kan. Heliotrope and yellow are combined in the avening tollets of silk orepe and transpar- ency cloths. The athletic young girl 18 reported to have sandbags in hor room on which to oxorcise her muscle and break her pointed nai Nover since the Puritan days have the American ladies boen so quietly dressed for church and stréet as they are now. The Grocian stylo of coiffure is bocoming very fashionable, and bande-letters of gold or silver, or of colored ribbon, are worn in the hair, Sleaves of rod tapostry cloth are put in loug wraps of velvet and brocade. The con- trast is novel, whatever may be said about tho taste. Ladies who have fair, curly hair, should morely brush it lightly from the forehead and arrange it 10 loose coiis in the nape of the neck. Waistcoats for women aro again the fash- ion. Whether one likes thom or not, their convenience in the way of pockets must be admitted by all Necklaces are gone out of fashion, but bracelets are worn in great numbers. A light gold chain, with a large gem in the contre, is & favorite style. False hair is quite gone ovt of fashion in Paris, and those who wear it tuko the great- est care to conceal the fact, and to make their coiffure look as natural as possible. A Norwalk, Ohio, woman, bougnt a lot of Christmas gifts for her husband and chil- dren threo weeks ago, and hid them away 8o carefully that she 18 now unable to find them. In London the fashionable sportswomen decorate the forefoot of their saddle borses with a broad gold band,on which is engraved the initial of the thoroughbred's name. Nothing remaius but to do its tail up in a diamond-topped comb. Mrs. C. P. Huntington, the wife of the railrond millionaire, for good luck wears a pair of yeilow gorters bucikled with fine topaz, set with diamonds. If money is a blessing she has it most abundantly, It did not come by luck, however. It is a wonder that the fashionable world has not discovered that Japanese artificial flowers are much more beautiful than French artificial flowers. The former are the only flowers not real that any one of taste coula tolerate 1n vases for decorative purposes, or for tho toilet. At the beauty shops flesh patches are mixed to order to wear over wrinkles aund warranted to last two hours without crack- ing. Pulverized starch the color of the skin is selected from a dozen creams and whites and mixed with cochineal oil until the de- sired warmth is obtained. The white petticoat must go excopt for special occasions, It is not the inexpenaive and old-fashioned *‘balmoral” that has taken its pla e, but the very expensive watered silk and satin skirt, winch may be worth a fortune in lace, if one can aftord it, and often is where one cannot afford it. The extravagance of sleeping in black sheets, which originated 1n Russian court circles, bas becomo very general in New York city among ladies of luxurious tastes and exalted fortune. It is the custom among leading costumers to throw in a garment of some sort *just for luck,” and the offering of an importer & week Or 80 ago 10 a very profitable customer—a bride elect—consisted of a pair of black surah silk sheets, sown with little bouquets of roscbuds. In a reading class which met in New York the other day the question was propouhded: “What are the ten elemeuts necessary to happiness in a woman’s life?” The ansiwers were curiously varied, aud the two here se- lected show how differently two women can regard a given subject; 1, no nerves; 2, a good digestion’ 3, money galore; 4, self-satis- faction; 5, independent widowhood; 6, a capability for enjoyment; 7, the faculty of forgetting; S, the knack of always saying the right thing 1 the right place, 1ustead of thinking it afterward; 9, to expect little from one's friends; 10, to die at forty. 1, & clear conscience; 2, perfect heslth: 38, con- genial work; 4, some measure of success; 5, a few tried friends; 6, to be considered at- tractive; 7, Lo retain forever a few illusions; 8, 1o be able to relieve some of the misery one meets; ¥, to be philosophical; 10, and keep from falling desperately in love, L o driver on the street car line EDUCATIONAL. Bishop Potter of New York is opposed to the compulsory use of the bible in the public schools. Joseph G. Fox, proressor of civil engineer- ing at Lafayette college, died suddenly at Easton, Pa., of apoplexy,aged fifty-six years. Prof. Ames of Harvard university, and Prof. Keener of the Harvard law school, bave bought farms at Castine, Me., for sum- mer homes, During the present financial year Lincoln university has received a dwelling house, a chapel and two scinolarships, worth in all about §32,000. The late Mortimore M. Jackson, ex-consul to Haiifax, and one of the first supremoc judges in Wisconsin, bequeathed $20,000 to Tound a ‘“Jackson professorship of law” in the university of Wisconsin, Prof, McGregory of Madison university, proposés to make & trip to Europe the com- ing summer, similar to the one made in 1857, when several students accompanied him and received great benefit through his experience* Through the exertions of a number of pro- fessors of the University of Pennsylvania, together with those of Haverford, Swarth- more and Bryn Mawr colleges, the American Academy of Political and Social science has just been organized in Philadelphia for the purpose of promoting study in these depart- ments of science. Since 1865 the south has spent $122,000,000 in education, and this year is pledged to 000,000 more; althougn the blacks, payving 1.80 of the taxes, get nearly one-half of the fund, said Henry W. Grady in his Jate Bos- ton speech. In the south are negro lawyers, teachers, editors, doctors and preachers, muluplying with' the increasing ability of their race to support them, The right class spirit is nearly everythiog, The method of instruction may be poor, aud there may be many things about the order and gradation that are imperfect, and yet if the teacher has the power to arouse in the upils @ spirit of inguiry, and a desire to e hiat it 18 cin0assRRY fOR thitit0 kaow, the pupils wil ] make adyancement and the results of the school will be good. But without the right spirit, it 1s imvossible to make a good school however well it may appear to the visitor who cannot see below the surface, ————— Dimes tor the Sisters. Every Saturday afternoon, while a long line of burly ’longshoremen are waiting for their wages on the pier of the National line, two demure nuns in the typical black clothing sit neay by tiently observing them, says the New York Sun. - As each man receives his yny he steps up to the nuns and drops nto the outstretched hand of one of them a small sum of money. The weekly visits of the sisters are encouraged, and chairs are placed for them apd they are made as comfortable as possible. Superintendent. Andrews says that the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Sis- ters of Charity come on alternate weeks, and that scarcely one of the men, no matter what his religion is, fails to con- tribute a nickle or a dime for the sweet cause of charity, There are about 300 workmen on the peir,and the money re= ceived by the good sistersis agreat help to them in their good work of aiding the poor and ill, e An Absolute Oure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMEN I' is only put up in larae two-ounee tin boxes, and is ap absolute cure for all sores, burus, wouuds, chapped hands and all skio erup: tions. Will positively cure all kiuds of pi Ask for te ORIGINAL ABIETINE OIN' MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug cowpany at 25 cents per box—by wail 3) cents. IN THE NEW YEAR'S WHIRL. Continued from thirteenth page. A College Dinner. Mr. Robert Patrick and Mr. Jonn Patrick gave a college dinner F'rioay night at “Happy Hollow” to the young men who are at pres- ent uttenaing coliege and to some Who are graduates. Yale was represented by Mr. Will Doane. Mr. Henry Bristow, Mr, Curtis Turner, Mr, Walter Preston, Mr. d Preston, Mr. Au- gustus Kountze, Mr. Charles Kountze, Mr. Georgo Mercer; Harvard by Mr, W. Morris, Mr. Arthur Smith; Cornell by Mr. A, Wake- ley, Mr. Charles Saunders, Mr. Frank Ir- vine; Georgetown by Mr. C. Will Hamilton, Mr. Frank Hamiiton, Mr. Caldwell Homil tony Hobart by Mr. Arthur Guiou; Prince ton by Mr. Charles Wilson; Remisclaer Polytechnic institute by Mr. Paul Harbach The round table was unique and decidedly attractive. Ferns and scarlet ponsette con stituted the ecenter pieco from which the va- rious college callers radiated to the guests to whom they did honor. The menu put to further proof the incom- parable powers of the chief at “‘Happy Hol- low." Too much praise cannot bo given u host who does not offer wine to v ang men, al- though in sight of his cellar’ might indeed “'breathe # benedi vines." Per cousequence, there w toasts but instead any amount of bright talk and good unecdotes all of which made the dinner mewmorable and delightful, A Dancing Party. Miss Louie and Miss Alice Drake gave a charming dancing party Friday evening at home of their parents, 524 Park avenue, o little women in their dainty costumes wnd the little men with their “tricks und their manners' in the pretty rythiic stops they took would put many older folk to shaie, The music was sweet and inviting, the sup- per delicious, and the whole affair a8 attract- ive as thoball given by the ‘Three Royal 1o’ in Little Queon Anu Those present were: Misses Daisie Col- vetzer, Lula Carter, Grace Allen, Ruth Cleveland, Ethel Morse, Florence Nora, May Morse, Sadie Baum, 'Marshall of Lin: coln, Nellio Moore, Georgia Chapman, Made- line Chapman, Hattie Cady, Annie Shivorick, Lonise Squires, Bessie Hulbert, Beuiah Suarp and Gretchon Crounse, Mastors Henry Clark, Gordon - Clark, Howard Tilden, Ed Swobe, Dwight Swove, Bdwin Alexander, Byron' Kuhn, Wil Whitehorn, ¥red Schnelder, Arthur Carter, Herbert' Morse, Sam Morse, Georzo Easson, Bert Raymoud, Churlie Pratt, Louie Prait, Asa Shiverick, James Wallace, Dick Gray, J. W. Smith and Ross Towle. A High Five Party. High-five rortainly obtains in Omaha this winter as the chosen game of cards, with many pleasant evenings resulting, not to mention the actual gain of the players. There is one fortunate young lady in town, a capital piayer to be sure, but a tremend- ously lucky one as well, whose large store of bric-a-brack consists of souvenirs from the various high-five parti e has attend On i'riday evening Miss Jessie Millard gave u charming high-five party with fiftee tables of interested pl The score- cards were pretty little affairs shaped like the various spots on the cards of the deck with “High-I'ive” in dainty silver lettering on the reverse side. Partners were chosen by the little colored ribbons that tied them und the game was progressive. Miss Balcombe carried away the prize. Miss Tjams the second and Miss Ida Sharp the third. Mr, W. Wyman secured the first prize for the men and Mr. Bostwick the second. Among those preseut were: Mr. and Mrs, Rollins, Miss Coleburn, Miss Yosi, Miss Balcombe, Miss Richardson, Miss Ijams, Miss Chambers, Miss Wakely, Miss Hamil- ton, the Misses Wailace, Miss Kimball, Miss Plorence Kimball of Salt Lake, Miss HBruno, Miss Dundy, Miss Luna Dundy, Miss Sharp, Miss 1da Sharp, Miss Dewey, Miss Nash, Miss Ogden, Miss Nichols, Miss Hoagland, Miss La Hoagland, Miss Sher- wood, Miss Shears, Miss Coe, Miss Hans- com, Miss Chase, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Wake- ley, Mr. Boswics, Mr. Sharp, Mr. Garlisch, Mr. Al Patrick, M. ollius, Mr. Sherwood, Mr, Wilber, Mr. Wyman, Mr, Drake, Mr. Goughlin, Mr, Koenig, Mr. J. C. Sharp, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Darling, Mr. Off Mr. Mc- Cann, Mr. Bishop, Dr. Summers and Dr. Wilcox. ‘The women were for the most part in demi toilette, although there were two or three gowns quite decollote, At 11 o'clock supper was served, everything woothsome and de- licious with the appointments charming and perfect services. capital A Pleasany Birthday. On New Yeur's mght a number of friends assembled at the residence of Mr. Max Mor- vis, No. 2200 Douglas strcet, the occasion being their host's forty-fourth birthday. The evening was pleasantly spont with music, recitations and dancing, and about 12 o'clock supper was served. Speeches wero made and toasts were offered by Mr. Goetz, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Baer, Mr. Heyman, Mr. Gauz, Mr. Rosenberg and others, ail of which were responded to by the hostina pleasing manner. 'Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs, Mux Morris, Mr. and Mrs, S, Goetz, Mr. and Mrs. H. Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. E. Gunz, Mr. and Mrs. B. Rehfeld, Mr. aud Mrs. L. H. Baor, the Misses Levy, Morris and Messrs, Cohen, Heyman, James Goetz, Mor- ris and many others. Tu the wee sma’ hours the party dispersed, wishing Mr. Morris many years of health and happiness wita the coming together of the same friends each succeeding year. Social Gossip. Mrs, McClintock will entertain her sister, Mrs. Brook, during the coming weelk, Miss Florence Kimball of Salv take city is visiting Mrs. Fred McConnell on west Davenport street, Miss Yates and Miss Bessie Yates will leave witbin a few days for a visit to Mrs, Manderson in Washington, ‘The trustees of the Congregational church presented the Rev. Joseph . Duryea, on 1he occasion of his weading, with drawing room furniture to the amount of §325, The Knights of the Golden Ragle will give a grand ball at the G, A. hall Friday eveuiag, January 10. 1t is the fourth of their series and from the number of tickets so0ld and the efforts being made by the com- mittee in charge promises to be a triumph- ant success. ———— The Eagle Too Much for Them. Messrs. White and Elder of Gridley, Mont., went hunting for an eagle’s nest in the Buttes. They found it on top of the highest peak, and three little eaglets were comfortably domiciled therein. The mother bird was absent, Elder 100k one of the littie birds and bagan the descent of the mountain, Ere they had traversed two hundred yards the old bird returned and assuiled them. White carried both of the eaglets while Elder tried o keep off the mother by throwing rocks at her. The scheme worked very well fora while, until the latter, instead of swooping down at them, began picking up rocks weighing from five to fifteen pounds and letting them drop at them from an elevation of ifty to seventy-five feet when the daring sportsmen concluded ‘twere better to quit, and dropped the eaglets and ‘fled from the scene. T —— Not Much of a Hero. Chicago Tribuce: American Traveler (on his first visit to a European city)— Who is that man in the carriage that everybody’s going to sce? Native (proudly)—That is the king. American Traveler {disappointed)— Shucks! Is thav all he is? I thought maybe he was some fellow that hud just hung a jury. ~—— Harry.—Aud, dearest, do you think of me all the day loog! Dearest.—1 did, Harry; but the days are gettiog longer now, aund of course—well, you kuow that must make some difterence. BURNING DRIFTWOOD, New York Independent, Before my driftwood fire I s, And see, with overy waif [ burn, Old dreams and fancies coloring ity Aud folly's unlnid ghosts rotura. O ships of mine, whose swift keels cloft The enchanted sea on which they sailod. A re these poor fragments only left Of vain desires and hopes that fafledt Did I not watch from them the light Of sunset on_my towers in Spain, And sce, far off, uploom in sight, The Happy Isles I might not gaint Did sudden 1ift of fog reveal Arcadia's vales of song aud spriog, And did 1 pass, with grazing keol, The rocks whereon the sirens sing Tave T not drifted hard upon ‘'he unmapped regions lost to man, The cloud-pitched tents of Prester John, “The palace domes of Kubla Kahnt Did land winds blow from jasmin flowers, Where Youth the ageless Fountain fills? Did Love make sign from rose-blows bowers, And Gold from Eldorado's hills? Alas! the gallant ships that sailed On blind Adventure's errand sont, Howe'er thoy laid their courses, failed To reach the haven of content. And of my ventures, these alone Which Love had freighted safely sped, Sceking a good boyond my owi, By clear-eyed Duty piloted. O mariners, hoping still to moet The luck Arabian voyagers met, And find in Bagdaa's moonlit street Haroun al Ruschid walking yet! ‘Take with you, on your Sea of Dreams, Tho fair, fond fancies dear to youth. 1 turn from all that only seers, And scek the sober grounds of truth, What mattor that it is not May, That birds have flown, and trecs are bare, ‘That darker prows the shortening day, And colder blows the wintry air | The wrecks of passion and desire, The castles I no more rebuild, May fitly feed my driftwood fire, And warm the hands that age has chilled Whatever perished with my ships, Lonly know the best remains; A song of praise is on my lips For losses which are now my gains. Hoap high my hearth! No worth is lost} No wisdom with tho folly dics. Burn on, poor shreds, your holocaust Shall be my evening sacrifice ! r more than all I dared to dream, Unsought before my door I see; On wings of fire and steods of steam The world's great wonders come to me. And holier signs, unmarked bofore, Of Love to seek aud Power to save— Tho righting of the wronged and poor, The man evolving from the slave. And life, no longer chance or fate, Safe in the gracions Fatherhood, [ foid o'er-wearied hands and wait, In calm assurance of the good. And well the waiting time must be, Tho' brief or long its granted days, If Faith and Hope and Charity Sit by my cveniug heartn fire's blaza, And with them friends whom heayen has spared, Whose love my heart bas comforted, And, sharing ali my joys, has sbared My tender memorics of the dead. Dear souls who loft us lonely hera, Bound on thelr last, long voyage, 10 whom We, day by day, are drawing nea Where every bark has sailing room. I know the solemn monotone Of waters calling unto me; ence the airs have blown Tuat whisper of the Eternal Sca, As low my fires of driftwood burn, 1 hear that sea’s deep sounds increaso, And, fuir in sunset light, discern of Peace. Joux AE DaNvERS, Mass, N. W, 00n, 1374 & D00t 878, OMAHA, NEB, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALL O TR0 ACES l"}flllliflll FOR DEFORMITIES AND ‘RU”E A Y oom cOR PA’ Ehl"l": Al Dr.J.E McEfiEW, The Well Kknown Speclalist, (11 Office S.E. Cor. 18th & Jackson Sts Omaha, Neb.