Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1892, Page 13

THELEAP YEAR PREROCATIVE Bhall the Girls Exercise it in the Usual Mannish Mode. TO BE OR NOT TO BE WOOED AND WON Fonves From the Experience of a Veteran Proposer—How the Girls Ap- proach Thelr Vietl fore and After, Shall girls vpropose? The quadrennial question is again under- ®oing discussion, but the conclusions ar- rived at come no nearer a satisfactury solu- tion of the problem than in leap years past. Ia the east, where the gentle sex predomi- - mate, man is their legitimate prey, but in the west, whero the conditions are roversed, eli- gible boiles cau deliberately pick their fates - and serenely await their coming o the pop- " ping line. There Isa golden mean between these extremes, in which the marriageable of both sexes must hustle to reach the matri- monial state at & seasonable age. Advocates of woman's rights naturaily urge their sex to excrcise this delicate privilege, but it 1s not parent that any great progress has beoen made. 1In this, as in their political planning, they are opposed by a majority of woman There’s the rub. Marriageable women, ac- cording to the matrimonial oracle of the Philadelphia Press, want to be won by woo- ing. ‘They like the process. Is it possible that only unmarriageable women wish to ‘woo! Wae do not say it; we ask. Dean Swift believed that the reason so few marriages aro nappy is “because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.” ‘That, however, Is neither here nor there, save in the important implication that it is the woman, after all, who snares the man. ‘What if the proposal be by indirection? 1t is none the less effective. We may think and speak of the demure maiden as a passive creature putiently abiding the arrival of her knight. 1t is a pleasaut fiction, the vory sus- tonance as it is the source of romantic love. But if no direct proposal issues from the lips. of the passive girl, what, if not vocal, are the {nvitations flashing from her eyes, the protty srofier of her fluttering hand, the engaging attery of her absorbed attention, so cleverly counterfeit, 8o irresistible? 2 THE PROCESS 13 ROUNDABOUT. as we have said, but is wholly eficient. Wo- men propose, and their way of doing it is exquisite—the most potent and exquisite of their immemorial and imprescriptible rights. “T'o disturb in any detail lm mothoa of pro- posal would be to pollute the very springs of romance. As amatter of fact, fow women, but many men would care to see this done For there is no denying a certain piquaucy in the prospect of the sterner sex receiving with averted head and downcast eyes the passionato pleading of the emancipated girl of the coming period. Then the sweet ro- wvenge of growling: “Stop, please; it can- not be; you only distressme. But I'll be a Brother to you.” To those inexperienced maidens who are determined to take the bull by the horns and extract an ecstatio yes, by force of arms, as it wore, 1t will be instructive to glean points from a veieran who has boen - ‘“‘through the mill”’ severai times, scored sev- eral reverses and finally succeeded. THE VARIOUS MODES, To speal of tho various modes of proposing encrally adopted would be interesting but engthy. Briefly, a few of the styles may be summarized under the palpably approoriate head:ngs 1n a well-known sketch depicting the experiences of a would-be skater on the ice: *The Drop buaden.” *The Check In- effectual,” “The Slide Triumphant,” *‘The Viciorious Retreat,” and ‘*The vamp Col- lapse.” It will be seen at a glance that these require no further comments. It is merely suggested how women ought to make their proposals so as, at least, to ploase the men they thus bonor, even should the proffered honor be declined. First of all, a woman ought not to mind being refused, and never regret being ac- cepted; one is as frequent as the other. t woula be well if a woman abstained from showing him any attentions, whatever, until she has made up her mind she would like to marry him. Then lgt her “go at it lucky.” A timid wooer appeals only to leminine men, A true man who sces a woman dangling about in a desultory man- mer, one day looking unutterable things, and anotner time hardly noticing him, will very soon make up his own mind; then, that ‘woman should not attempt to propose. The least said when proposing the better, although comphiance with the following ad- vice for men, lately given by & well known humoriet, is not urged: The chap who tries to win a miss, By appealing to her roason, Ts much less like to gain his bliss Than he would venture on u kiss Combined with gentle squeezin'! This is unmistakably a man’s idea very neatly fut, but the sort of proposal @ man really likes best is for the woman to go straight to the poiut, and without hesitation or bashfulness, and if possible no blushing, 10 say, “Lucius, I love you; will you marry me? ' Or, perhaps, still better, **Will you?’ with, of course, a meaning glance, and the man to answer, “No, thauk you, or else, n the way of wounded pride, injured feel- ings ond heart breakings, for ‘‘least said soonest mended. PROPOSAL ADVISABLE, Spoken proposals are so often only the re- sultof a momentary catalepsy of the brain that 1t is not to be wondered at if they gen- erally enda badly. Eight times out of ten wriling is best, but it’ should ve short also. Bincerity is never wordy, and men are quick to_detect insincerity, ¥ No man could possibly be offended, even if he knew a woman but slightly, should he re- celve a letter written in something like the followingstyle: “Dear Mr. Zimmerman—I admire you aud your many qualitios deeply (dou’t talk about his charms). I am not rich—(this will most likely be the case; if not, don't say s0—he probably knows it al- roady), but I make (or bave) S0 much & year, aud if the prospect does not frighten yoi and you will consent to become my husband (the ‘Word husband must bo used for reasons ex- ained later on), and will grant me loave to v and win yourlove, 1 wili ever remain truly yours,—." 1f 10 this the woman receives a polito re- fusul she will naturally feet rather aejected {;r o week or s0; the best remedy then will a complete change of diet. A wowan who stammers should never at- tempt to speak her proposal, nor should elderly women, for very obvlous reasons, ‘whizh need not be desoribed here, Women, bowever, who prefer to speak thelr rropoulu should first choose their opportunity care- fully, or make it if necessary; but lot thew beware of the too common snare of arraying thewselves in unusuully clothes, and above all let there be no bouquets. The outward decking of the prospective victim is & great mistake in real life, al- though it is the generally accepted thing in art, ou the stage and in novels, Ancient wooers are, perhaps, the chief sinners in this respect, but then thoy have so much to con- tond against that it Is charitable not to be too sevore upon that matter, so far as they are coucerned. LEAVE YOUR CLOAK 1N THE MALL. When & woman goes to a house with the Intention of proposing, et her never forget o leave her cloak in the hall, for should the man refuse her it will materially lessen the dignity of her exit if she has o look round the room for her wrap, or, worse still, to re- turn in search of it. To kneel while proposing is always a mis- take, often a fatal one. Ou the wh vor mature refiection, the best position on such an occasion is for the woman to stand up ear the man—if possible a little behind hiw, and with one hand on the backof his chair, 30 that should he say ‘yes,” ali is in readi- mess for an immediate circling of the waist. A womar should never propose from a dis- tance, (wo feet being the outside lunit atlow- wble, exvept in very special circumstances; nor with her gloves on; and nover, on suy ®ccount, should the man accept, must she brush the fringe from off his forehead to look iuto his eyes. Men nave been known to refuse women after having acoepted the for that sole reason, although they cailed it baving doubts asto whetber they carea enough for them. Pro) in dimly lightsd conservatories should be avoided. 1n fact, as s geueral principle—*"*Avold dcing anything as de #cribed 10 books; Le your own unatural There wouid uot be so mauy futile f they WOre sLmply. specimens of mankind are tho wild “‘pass clasp the objects of their love in their arms and shower burning kisses on the tops of bont hoads, regardless of the baldness, whilo Incolrerent words are poured forth, through the maze of which a man vainly tries to cateh the interrogation. The Hair as it is Seen, “Don't feel bad 'cause sister won't give you a look of her bair,” exclaimed a little boy 10 a young man who was paying atten- tion to his sister. ‘Just you wait till she goes out 21d then I'1l get a lock for you.” So runs the little story which 1s going the rounds of the comic papers. But, like most funny things, there is a vein of trath running through it, or a vein of what might bo true, if one were disposed to make it 8o, declares the Now York Commer- cial. All the latest advices from Paris that have come over during the week say that there will be a great abundance of false bair worn, and that it will be heaped on the head in such fashion that a woman will be obliged to remove part of her tresses in order to ac- commodate her head to the small bonnets which are now fashionable—and so the little boy might easily stea' his sister’s hair whea she 1s out. It is almost impossible to construct ono of these elaborate coiffures without the aid of the hairdresser at first. But, if one knows an obliging hairdresser, it is easy to nind out how to put up the coiffure the serond time, and so avold the trouble and expense of ing 1t done each time the hairis dressed, The new coiffures are very obliging. They come in a great variety of designs, and there arastyles to be worn on top of the head and other styles to be pinned on the back of the end. v ‘Thus, although the styleof wearing a great deal of hair will bo arbitrary, it will, never- tholess, be possibls to conform to the stvle by choosing the fushion which is most be coming, The Era of Big Girls. This is the era of the heavy weight athietic young woman, who walks abroad with the Swinging tread of a grenadier shouldors erect, chost expanded and head held high, & young woman who thinks notbing of a ten- mile walk, and s altogother a new type of American independonco, says the Bostom Post. 2 She Is the evolution of the modern college. Higber education has dono it all, aud before we know it wo shall have rased a race of Amazons,and tho girls of Lasells and Welles- loy will bo challenging the boys of Yale and Harvard in rowing and racing and foot ball athletios. Prof. Bragdon of Laselle sominary is au- thority for these facts: Since the opening of the sominary in Septomber up to date forty-uwo young women have gained 6 pounds or over; throe, 10 each; two, 10; one, 19; one, 20; ‘one, 33, and _the record-broaker has gained 28 pounds in a little over four months. Tho featherweight of them all weighs S pounds, the heaviest plump, 107, and they are calthiest set of girls in all New England. So much for calisthenics, athletics, puysiol- ogy and hygicne in the ourriculum 'of higher education, for Laselle specializes health and avoirdupois even above Groek and Latin as iraportant points of culture. It is to Laselle we must look to controvert all lingering prejudice of the debilitating effects of higher education. Only Prof. Bragdon must work carofully,‘or, as in tho_ caso of Lady Jane. there will be too much of them in the by and by. ‘What to Teach ghter, Teach her that only must she love her fathor and mother, but honor them in word and deed, says a writer in the February Ladies' Home Journal. That work is worthy always when 1t is well cone. That the value of money is just the good it will do in life, but that she ought to know and appreciate this value, That the man who wishes to marry ber is the one who tells herso andis willing to work for her, and not the one who whispers silly love speeches aud forgots that mon cense to be men when they have no object in life. That her best confidant is always her mother, and that no one sympathizes with her 1n her pleasures and joys as you do. That unless she shows courtesy to others she need ‘never expect it from them, and that the best answer to rudeness is being blind to it. That when (fbd made her body be intended that it should be clothed properly and mod- estly, and_when sho neglects herself she is insulting Him who made her, Teach her to think well before she says no or yes, but to meun 1t when she does. ench her that her own room is ber nest, and that to make it sweet and attractive is a duty as well as a pleasure. Teach her thatif she can sing or read or draw, or give pleasure in Any way by her accomplishments, she is solfish and-unkind if shu does not do this gladly, Teach her to be a woman—sell-respeoting, honest, loving and kind, and then you will have & daughter who will bo a pleasure to you always, and whose days will be long and jovous in the land which the Lord hath given her. Her Most Interesting Age. The question was recently discussed by an artist, an author, and a woman of society, says the Young Ladies’ Bazar. The artist said he did not like to paint the portraits of those between the ageof 25 and 40 yoars, Before 25 the face has an expectaucy which charms. It is looking forward with joyous freshuess and hope, and it is full of puzzliug promises, At 40 years the ocharacter is formed, and the lines of the countenance are stronger in the painter’s study; but in intor- vening years the faco has lost its oxpectancy, 18 apt to be indifferent, and has no particular interest. The author differed; he liked to study women between the ages of 30 and 40. Thay had thea the experience of the world and the joyousness of youth. In those vears thoy ‘were brightest snd most interesting. ‘The society woman thought that it was im- possible to give general answers to the ques- tion, as individual women differ in regard to the most uttractive age. Some are most charming at 00 years, whilo others have passed their prime at 20. Av30 or upward the best nature of woman will show to every advantage, but probably tho baiance of opinion turns in favor of from 18 to 25, Paking overything into consiaeration, the best answer would be that women are always interesting to the friends who love them. Awkward Corners, Any decorator, any home-malker will tell you that the corners of rooms are the great- estproblem in trying to get the right sort of artistic and livable look. It is not the sides or the ends of the drawing room, or the céh- ter of the diniug room that perploxes; it is the coraers, And yet it is precisely the cor- ner that is capable of the utmost effect of cosiness—it is the corner that is the synonym for comfort. And yet neither the decorator nor the home maker has yet discovered its possibilities, If they had, the market woula e full of furniture designed especially for corners instead of offering as it does, on‘l‘y an occasional piece. Where space is a desidera- tum, and In most rooms it is, furniture made to fit the cor: is exoeedingly to be desired, because corners are nearly alwi ‘waste room. Why, for instance, should there not be for bed rooms, dres: tables and ward- robes in triangularshape and artistic designs? Observant women have noticed that when- evor a guest sees a oorner divan in the draw- ing room, with plenty of pillows, he or she is sure Lo steer straight for it (an absolute test of comfort), and so that corner is getting the attention 1t should have. Rich Women's 1dlo Hours. Philadelphia Record: “How do wealtby women spend their idle hours?' was a ques- tion propounded to me by a young friend s fow days ago. “Do you thiuk they really have any idle umet” 1 said in reply. *Oh, yes," my questioner replied. sure they have,” * 1remembered the query some days after, and having occasion o call upon some wealthy women of the exclusive set, I in- quired as Lo their idle bour ludulgences. One woman informed me that she made all her owu underwear, which upon seeiug, I found showed evidence of an accowplished needle; woother lady said she painied: snother was Antenasted in sobool matters aud davbled in o1 am PAGES. Composed by J. N. Pattison and Dedi_cated to Mme. Patti—To Be Sung by the Diva as an Encore [Copyrighted, 1892] THE PATTI WALTZ SONG During Her Prfésent Corfcert Tour of This Country. Briv 1as - sit In thine home 'mid yon hieay - ens #i1 Nt -2 mot. yest All the te. night.. Man ° de Bend thou s0g - nf, dreams s0g.ni de . . . glian . ge - Bright with glo - ries an - gels sec. = S de- o, ea J Dawn-éth gay,... and 1 the .floers wake 1o ra -, lea, des - tan - @ o osu -t joy o'er the While I Men - tre mi - 1o, gazo nei tuot ra On thy 5 Spe - me gio - Hope aud joy tut ar- do - re pure and ten - der, literature, and before 1 got through I came to the conclusion thut wealthy women were as industrious, cousidering the many social calls upon them, as the working woman, The Betrothed Pair In England. The conduct of the betrothed nair during their engagement is a subject upon which many differ. American mammas are app to | ve somewhat more lenient in their views of the liberty to be allowed than are the Eng- lish, says the Philadelphia Times. With the latter, no young lady is allowed to dwe alone with her finance; there must be a servant present. No young lady must visit in the family of her finance, unless he has a mother to receive her, Nor is she allowed to go to the theater alone with him, or to travel under his escort; to stop at _the ‘same hotel, or to relax one of those rigia rules which a severe chaperon would enforce; and it must be al- lowed that this severe and careful attention to appearances is in the best taste, As for the eagagement ring, modern fashion prescribes a diamond solitaire, which can range in price from $250 to $2,000. The mat- ter of presentation is & secrot between the engaged pair. Just See Mo Break It. “‘A reminiscence comes to my mind," writes Justin McCarthy in a volume of *‘Recollec- tions of Parliament,” about American visi- tors to the House of Commons. *‘The Ameri- can girl has no respect for musty traditions. Sowe years ago we used to be permitted to take ladies into the library, but the rule was strict that they must not be allowed to sit down there. 1 was 0nce escorting a young American married woman through the various rooms of the library,and I meutioned 1o bor, a3 & matter of more or less interest- ing fact, that it was Aeainst the rules for a woman to sit down there, **‘[sthat really alaw of the place? she asked, with wide opened and innocent eyes. +VTng yery law,’ L auswered. ““Then,’ said ‘she, calmly, ‘just see me break it!’ and she drew a chairand reso- Lutely sat down at the tab) Bridul Fancles, Old Rhymes. Married in white, you have chosen all right; Married in xrn{. you will go far ay i Married in black, you will wish yourself back; M;rrhsd in red, you will wish yourself ead ; Married in grun ashamed to be seen ; Married in lue\ he will always be true; Married in pefr , you will live in 8 whirl; Married in yellow, ashamed of your fellow; Married in brown, you will live out of town Marriod in pink, your spieit will sink. Honey for the Ladies. One difference between men and wowen is that the men think that women are angels and the women know they are. A stylish morning gown is and white Pekin; fichu iu the land’ styls leeves of guipure, For evening wear pale creamy primrose yellow gioves of softest suede, are just now preferred to chose of any other tint, The handkerchief geunteel and modish is & square of finest linen, hemstitched in & nar- row hem and edged with Valencignnes lace. When a man makes a lot of good resolu- tious he will do better not tosay anything about them to his wife. Then when he fails 10 keep them she will Lot say auything about them to him. Hough effocts will coutinue to be very pop- ular among the dress goods to be used \his sprioe, but not to the exclusion of the fine ooth surfaced cloths and other woolleus that very many women wear. A fresu aud dressy appearauce can be im- parted to black vet, grenadine, or silk even- g dress Lhat has soen service by puiting otrope adame KHo- two or three satin ruches near the edge— scarlot, mauve, or any shade preferred. Among other fancies in deccrating the evening bodice is thut of wearing a frill or lace flounce, more or less wide, round the shoulders. This frill resembles the old style bertha worn round low-necked corsages. Style and service, elegance and economy join hands in most harmorious wedlock in the black silk gown - which, once the dis- tingnishing garb of the geutility, after a cansideravlo perisd of. desuetudo has again been restoved to favor. The old-fashioned pownt applique, which our grandmothers loved, is revived 1n laces. 1t is not the hand made lace of olden times, but a lace made by machinery, and one so nerfect in mesh and figure that it would take an expert to recognize the difference. The new veilings are mostly spotted, the dots either of silk, cheniilo or comnosition gummed on tulle. ' Colored spots are often seen, but besides danzor to the cyesight, the effect on the wearer is not pleasaat, making hev look as if she had veen tattooed. Satin, it is suid, is one of the “coming’ materials. Black satin hats and bonnets, wraps, and gowns are decidedly fashionable abroad, At the same timo they aro ex- tremely trying, and to many women exceed- ingly unbecoming, A trimming much in favor in demi-dress is a narrow buillonne of velvet, four inches at most, placed at the extreme edge of the skirt. This makes a dressy finish, while also giviog support to and helping to keep the skirt in place. The newest skirt decoration is a soft scarf of silk or velvet twisted together with a gimp of jet, or for evening a chain of flowers, The twist is put on the extremo 6dge of the skirt, and is usually of & contrastiug color, Whenever the smart girl takes her morn- ing wulks abroad in hex coat of wool or fur she wears a coat of horpespun or tweed and 8 silk blouse whicn is, delichtfully comfort- able to walk in, saves'the wear and tear of her bandsomer gown, and looks very pretty where she throws back her coat in shop ore gallery. i New cambrics whlc? cpme in_ tho popular Pompadour and Marfa Antoiuette designs, and in Dubarry rose, Sevres blue, and aeli- cate green tints are made up effectively with a yoke, belt and band on the skirt of rows of white lace beading nvl'l"‘hunded together, Haadsome evening gpesses 1n princess form are made of thick silks in Nilo green, Persian mauve, ete., these wil 6 corsage cut low over a guimpe of sillk fylje and fastoned un- der the arm, The dresses aresimply trimmed with fringed ruches of tho silk, but not the wide ruches lately so papular. ‘The low crowned botisets which look ec- centrically small beforejthey are trimmed, but which become airy creations of grace and beauty, are still tobe worn. The Lrims are in it saucer shapo and the crowns are hardly larger than low teacups. Hats are also exceedingly small. Au especial novelty of this season is the Ublan hat, copied from the four cornerea Lut worn by the German trooper. 1o Austria women are employed as hod carriers and get 2) cents a day for it. Amer- icans will read this and think how supe rior they are: but in America @ great many imar- ried women act as nod carriers bringing up the coal, and don’t get & cent a day for it be- yond their board and clothes. Fur was never a more popular trimming thao at present. It is sold by the furlong— almost by the mile—and it is added as & gar- niture to every possible sort of garment. Fur is always fashionable. Like rich lace, it gives distinction to any and every ioilet, 4nd the faculty with whieh it cau be turned to uczount is oue of its chiet werits. Vells are at preseut going through a pro- cess of evolution which results io putling upon Lhe warket & - great variety of styles. For large baws the beavy dols aud coarse meshes are woll worn, and half a yard of veiling is none too much to buy for an ordinary round hat. A vard is required for broad-brimmed hats to cover the face and wrinkle down becomingly below the chin, Yellow and white are more fashionable at the moment than any single color or combina- tion of othor colors. All tho varied shades are populsr. Golden yellow, primrose, but teroup. new gold, orange, chamois, maize, Spanish, daffodil, jonquil, lemon—oné and all find special favor. ‘The first importations of spring - millinery show no noteworthy change in shape or ma- terial. Plain Milan straws coutinue to be the standard bonnet for general wear. For more elaborate occasions fancy bonnets will be used which ure made up by the milliner of lace and ornamental straw bra of various kinds, which come by the yard or piece for the purpose. A profusion of lace is the pro- diction of every one who has any knowledge ot the bonuet <o come, “Che fashionable fads of the hour are nu- merous, and they indicate a wide range of ingenuity on the part of men who invent thom. Oneof the more striking fads is a device called the Browning muff, It is a book of poems (Browning, of course) done up in calf, with an opeming for the fnger tips between the leaves, which opening is lined with warm, fleece like wool. On the leather cover Is a quotation from the book in giit let- ters, B FEBRUARY. Louise Chandler Moulton, in Lippincott's. This month Is the shortest month of the year But 'tis long enouzh for Death: Five years u%n. in the wild rainfall, She'ylolded up her breath, Five years azo, und never the sume Is the world sinve that dead day: shall T find her again, when the wild rains fall, Anda T 7000 my lonésome way? Bomotime, somewhere, at ond of tho dark Shall T oateh the lizht of , And know [ have reached my ko Though the path be biind weanwhile? The light of a smile will kir I shall breatho a now 1ife This month Is the shortest wonth Yot 'tis long enough for Death, All That Is Needed, In our physical needs we want the best of anything required, aud we wautall ihatis required to be done vpromptly and surely, and those in pain, especiaily, will fiud all that is needed in what is herein recommended. Mr. 1. J. slurphy, 61 Debe- vaico place., Brookiyn, N. Y., s SHay- ing been afllicted with sciatic rheumatism for some time pastand fiuding no relief, 1 triea St. Jacobs Oil, which I found very eficacious.” —Miss Ciara Alcott, Mahwub, N. J., writes: “I bruised my limb and it became greatly swollen and stiff. T used two bottles of a patent linimeut which did not relieve me. A physician was called who ordored the Nimb 1o be poulticed, and he gave me medicine internally, witbout bene- fit. Ithea gota bettle of ‘St Jacobs Oil, which cured me. It acted like magic.” —~Mr. Lorenzo Buck, Bancroft, Shiawassee county, Mich., says: “I bad a ehronic rheumatism for years, contracted durng the war, Afler sitting or lying down, a% times, I could not get up, from stifiness and pains. At work wy steugth would give oul, then 1 would pass through @& sick ness of several weeks. 1 had to walk with a cane and was at oue time so iil L could not lie down without terrible pains in back aud limbs, I tried St. Jacobs Oll; 2ext morning 20 ub out of bed without assistauce, Today I'm a new wan and walk without a cane, 1o the dark,— br ——— A bad boy up town tore the sign, “Fur nished RRooms," off the front of a Ridge ave nue house and hung it oo & gate of & ceme- tary further up the street. A TALE OF WOE. Sample of the Goods Turned Out at the Sloux Falls Divorce Factory. The latest consignment of down-east marital linen laundried in the Sioux Falls divorce mills was exposed to public gaze last week. It illustrates the folly of entering into the wedded stato as a commercial transaction, Mrs. Ellen Pollock was once a servant in the family of Millionaire Pollock in New York, She cantivated young Eddie Pollock, and despite the furious opposi- tion of tho family they Wore murried: During the triul of Pollock’s suit for divorce, the servant of the millionaire and the wife of the heir told one of the most piteous stories ever related within the walls of the court room. She told how Eddie came rushing into their apartments one morning in New York, declaring that his father had dis- coved that they were married and would disinherit him, He'said he would rather die than stand the abuse of his father. **One day,” said Mrs. Pollock, “Eddie came to me with his cousin and told me that all was at an end; that his father would give me $10,000 if I would con- sent to a divorce, but I refused. They wanted our chilC. Finally I thought that Annie would get better care in their hands, so I allowed her to go to the Pollock home at Nyack, N. Y. I became discouraged, Eddie’'s father and told him I wanted my baby; that life seemed to be useless and barren with- out the little one. ‘You can go to hell before you can get the child,’ wus the rosponse of the millionaire, I then saw Eddie and pleaded with him for Annie, but he refused. Then I went to a lawyer, and it was two months bo- fore I got Annie back. Then she was found in an orphan asylum, She was dressed in rags, and the poor thing had bruises all over her. In January, 1800, I called on Eddie’s father, He ‘said to me: ‘If you don’t give my son cause for adivorce Il fix you’ I told himI would die first. I was ajected from wy rooms because I had ro'money. 1 went to Nyack to see my husbun® and see if he would not do something. They were living in their big summer residenco. It was a beautiful house and had a bandsome park. 1 knocked at the door and the servant told me to go away, I told him I wanted to see my husband, An officer was called by the lackey and I was thrown into a cab. He knocked me against the wheels, and Annie, who was along with we, cried: ‘Man, man, don’t kill mamma!’ We spent that night in prison, and the police in the morning turned me adrift alone, pen- niless and friendless in the big city. I have been true to my husband, but his father, who believes Kn is above me, und that because 1 worked for him as servant I am unfit to be the wife of his son, causes all the trouble, I had just money enough to come to Sioux Falls to fight for my name ana rights, and unless I get help I do not know how I will get back.” An offer was made to Mrs, Pollock of $12,000 if she would withdraw her ap- pearance in the case but she refused. ana went to VauHouten's Cocoa—The staudard of the world, AT THE SHRINE OF LA DIVA Songs of Adoration from the Oritics te Madame Patti, HER CONCERT TOUR A TRIUMPHAL MARCn The Metropolitan Opera House in Now York Not Big Enough to fold Her Admir ers—Groeted with a Crush at Philaaelphia, Madam pAdelina Patti Nicolini is falrly * launched upon her American concert tour, and as usual it is a trivmphal march. Tho prestige and tho allurements of grand opera are wanting, but it seoms 10 miko no aiffers ence at her porformances. Datti fs on. shrined in the hearts of Americans, who will pay her their groatest homage, as exprossod by the wighty dollar, for even so littlo as & simple song. The crities who attended her first conoert in Now York anulyzed her every noto ta discover, if possible, whethor rolentloss time had marred a tone, but the diva's art bafiled them. It is true that some suspected a woak note or two in her upper remster, but other critics equally as keen found no flaw there, But whilo these learned gentlemen may amicably differ about an nfinitesimal shad - ing in a tono, they all agree in paying to the great songstross the tribute of devoted adoration, and the following extracts from their comments are put in ovidence New York in Love with Ia Diva: Adslina Patti's voice may not be as perfoot as it was 050010 of yoars awo; hor figure may not bave retained its girlish suppleness and hercomplexion may have lost the soft peach- blow tint of vigorous youth,say the New York Recorder, but of her marvelous hold upon the peovle of this metropolis there can not be the shadow of a doubt. For weeks we have scon Mossrs. Abbey and Grau tryingto fill the Metropolitan op ora house by presenting tho choicest gems of Italian overa sung by the ablest singers of the eartn, and they have not yet accomplished the feat. Even “Don Giovanuy,” with the superdb cast including Lassalle, Kdouard de Roszke, Kalisch, Lehmaun, Albani and Van Zandt, could not atop all ' the gaps in the tlers of boxes or fill all the vacan- cies in the various stalls. But when it is an - nounced that Petti will sing Arditi's *Se- saran rose,” with a probability of *‘Homo, Sweet Home,” and *A Mile From Edinboro Town,” as encores, to conclude with a duo and an aria from “La Traviata,” pubtic n- torest in the performance is at once so tro- mendqualy aroused that hundreds of people ire turned away from the great opera house absolutely unable to squeeze within its doors. Is it because there is more music in one note of ’atti’s voice than in all the brilliant aggregation of the Abboy-Grau company! Our critics will answer in " the negative. {s it because our musical education is suill so incomplete as to make us prefer “Home Sweet Home," as sung by Patti, to “Don Giovanni," rendered by that imposing array of artists? Our opera-goers will s What then is the secret? Oaly this: crush ourselves into the utmoat discomfort, not thut we love musio less, but that we love Patti 5 Compromises With Father Time. Mudam Patti receivea an_ ovation, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. The house was filled to overflowing. When she came tripping on tho stage, dressed in a beautiful whito silk gown with piuk cpaulottes, her throat encircled with diamonds, there was a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm, She looked remarkably youthful, more so than on her last appearance bero two vears ago. Her figure is graaually rounding out, but though the girlish grace is gone, sho is still a re. markably handsome woman in face and figure, and as active as over, But the voice, ah ves, that is what every- one wants to know about, and they are easily informed. What she sings sho sings almost as well as evor, The quatity is aimost as pure as ever; the technique is as faultless, Somewhat of the old-time brilliancy is lack- ing, but Madam is caveful to concoal evory trace of age. Sho is no magician. Sho can- not turn the clock of time backward, so she compromises with Father Time. She cuts off a littloof her upper register, but keeps the tone quality, Probably there was not one of the thou- sands who struggled last night through the crowds,got xqueezed untii breath was almost gone, tramped on until the crv of pain could scarcely be suppressed, and pulled to and fro until clothes were nearly ruined—not - one, probably, but felt repaid by her singing “*Home, Sweet Home.” The “.‘“Cll" num- ber was full of sparklo and eaioty. She was in happy mood, and appeared even girlish, In the “Semirumide” number, so familiar from her frequent singing, she displayed her art more, and the rich tonos held the great audience spell-bound, The Same Arch Way. Tno one and only Patti hns oncé more raised hor melodious voico and thrilled the upper lyric heavens in the presenco of an enormous house in the Metropolitan opera house, says Joe Howard in o dispatch 1o the Boston Globo. Tho occasion resolvea itself into a demonstration and the demonstration developed into a furore, It makes no differonce whether she has red hair or black. Lust season she_had red, and did well, this soason she has black and’ doss botter, ' When she comes to say farowell,five or ten years from now, she may have a' pea green wig for all the peoplo caro, 50 long 'ns her voice rotains any re: blance to that of the olden time, and 510 can still recall tho wozds of *Hoti, Sweot Home.” attl has not aged one individual wi 50 faras the public in general -n;vAh;ll::; Scott Rowland, her pet manipulator, knows, She looks exactly as* she did twenty years ago. It would be folly to say she looks ns sho dia thirty-fivo vears ago, for then she was very young and as bright as a dollar. Wit the aver fulling boauty of youth, and or animal spirits were keye : meruing, noon and night, At Rl T ) er matrimonial oxperienco h, hor down a trifle, and hor stomacher mff‘- bly alittle more conspicuous, but sho has the same arch way, the same marvellous tone, the 0 unerring certanty, the same intultional faculty of persunding (he aud oes that of all assemblages she over saw, the one bofore which she at the present time appears 15 chiofest and best and dearest in her mind. La Bella Adelin Coquetted. The public, the huge, 1nsatiable who had been hungering to hear "[:;:‘l)l.l& Pauti, took the mattor in their own hanas, and resistance, poutings or deprecitory shrugs were of no avail, suys the New Yor| Itecordor. She had 10 ‘sing—the pubiic had come for herself alone and would ' accept no musical 80bs (or soporifics) to Cerberas hlnlllm shupe of tepors, vuritones, bassos or altos. Well, La Bella Adelina was enougli—in fact, aho coquetted o pit ik har admirers beforo she would gratify them; but when, after her first solo, she advanced to the footlights and the orchiostra bogan the fu- miliar bars of “‘Home. Sweet Home," & roar weut up and ovrybody sottlod bimself com- o) , for they kao foriably, for they W they would got a Mume. PPatti’s art is as supreme as over, hor scalos are 80 many dismends flnshing in the sunlight, her voice bus not iost its fulluess or richness, It seems to have gained in volumo in the lower register: perbaps u certain harduness and dryness in ber unpor notes is ol that tells the ear tnat Adelina Pau is no longer a child in frocks warbling be- flxm‘: delighted sudienco just before the war nes, She sang the Donizetti aria with consume mate art. Hor trill would cause u nightin- @alo to blush with envy, aund ber staccato and runs aro as delicate aud birdliko as one can Jmagine. The “‘Home, Sweet Home' was sung with exquisite feeliug und colo and urgent were the recalls. At last, ove come by the enthusiasm of the audience, Pati savg In an arch mauner, “Comiug Through the ive" o a phantomiike pisuo accompaniment, Her vocal method is something so madden- logly simple, ihat, with her gift of eternal youlb, there is no reasou to dount that the uext generation will seo and hear this exra. ordinary woman, the greatest siuger since Cataiiol, sod wlso the last of & vauisued BoLool of vocalism,