Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1894, Page 11

F_OR,TIIE DAUGHTERS OF EVE The Maid of Athens as Bhe Appears to Worldly Eyes, NOT QUITE THE PICTURE POETS PAINT L] Grand Does Not Regard All Men Horrid—Has Only Described a Pe- cular Type—Hints Fashion from Piate. There |+ always some one to stick pins in our {llusions. One of these people has painted a picture of the modern maid of Athens, says the New York Sun, which would make men and gods broken- nosed, one-legged gods—weep. “In the country,” says this of ideals, ‘‘the women wear short, shapele s tight skirts, reaching a little above the ankles, made of the same material as their rugs, with a handsome fringe of dirt, and a short white tunic made of serge Their bair is worn fn a long pigtail, and to make it reach past the waist they plait in hor.ehair or black tow, and decorate it with cheap coins, beads, or coarse, bright cot- tons. Greek children are pretty and go are the very young girls, but they step directly from childiood to womanhood, and become greasy skinned and overfed “The women toil not. neither do they spin They are ss lazy as the men, and seem to have no higher idea of life than lying in the sun, defiling the soft air with garlic and drfoking coffee or cold water. The food is & cross between German and Greek. The bread is black and underbaked, and the but- ter is churned from sheeps’ milk and never gets solid. The cow is not a milk purveyor in Atheng, but a humble beast of toi. “Our breakfasts were served in our rooms and were severely simple. They consisted of green tea with sheeps’ milk, black bread and the pure honey of Hymettus. The honey of Hymettus is not so delightful as it sounds. I suppose it has degenerated, but at any rate, it is awful, The bees had evi- dently browsed among the strong-scented asphodels, with which the mountain is coy- ered, and the result was not appetizing. even ude destroyer coarse “The maid of Athens with whom I was most familiar was Bettina, our maid-of-all- work. Her dress consisted of the remains of her scanty country skirt and the dis- carded German jersey bodice which had formerly belonged to her portly mistre Bettina was tall and lanky, and as wild as a goat. She pulled the ample chest of her bodice tightly round her skinny chest until she made them meet again down the back. Her figure was too purely Greek to admit of stays. 1 presented her with an abandoned blue satin pair, but to my consternation she appeared to wait at table with them worn outside her jersey. Her hair was black, and she still wore it country fashion. In all prob- ability her besetting sin (laziness) had pre- vented her unraveling the plaits of her early days. Poor Bettina! Her intentions were honest, but her tout ensemble was disturb- ing; her trodden-down slippers riade a clitter-clatter as she induced them to go with her across the stony courtyard which divided the kitchen from the house. She epilt a whole army of plates and the ubiquitous mutton there one day. She had put_her foot on the broad back of the friendly tortoise (who had had his home there for many years). Bettina certainly did not cry over spilt mutton; she threw up her lanky arms and laughed like a spirited hyena. ‘Kyria' (mistress) is all 1 have ever induced her to say, but this she repeats loud and often when I encourage her to bring me some water, a thing she never thought nec- essary in one's bedroom. “My first morning in Athens I spent in arching for a bath. I did find one at last shaped like a gentleman's silk hat. T think it had been an ice pail; it was impossible to sib down in it. 1 thought it very funny, but Bettina renewed her tragic leugh and shouted ‘kyria.’ Kyria said she did not know how=~L,was going to get hot water enough to- flll it. Would I like to see the Xifchen stove. They had no boiler. When I saw it I was amazed. There was this peace- ul Jooking woman keeping a boarding house and her only means of cooking was a reve- Jation. The stove, as it was called, was a large, solid brick square, about six feet by six feet, with an outer crust of white tiles and on the top here and there a small hole, as If a brick had been removed. These smali holes were filled with hot ashes from a Jarge bucket which stood near the stove. I learned to think of her more in pity than in anger when anything was more than unusually undercooked. Mme. Sarah Grand has been graciously pleased to say that the does not consider all men hopelessly bad. It will doubtless reassure that down-trodden and oppressed mex to learn that the distinguished lady “likes and respects many men,” as she puts it. “Nothing annoys me more,” she said in the course of an interview the other day, gays the Brooklyn Times, “‘than the mistake made by so many in supposing that I took Colonel Colquhoun as a typieal man. Of course, 1 meant him to be typical only of a particular type, not of the whole sex.” Her interlocutor went on to ask her if she did not think all men very bad. “0h, dear, no!” exclaimed the novelist just @s if she had been an ordinary ejaculatory woman. 1 am far from being a man-hater. I like and respect many men. Moreover, there is not and never can be any quarrel between the sexes. Women will always b women and men always men, and marriage in my opinion, must be always the ideal state.” “Then Mme, Grand went on to astonish her yistener even more. Any good grandmother knitting in her corner and shaking her head over the degeneracy of the times, could not have been much more conservative in her opinions that the creator of “The Heavenly Twins.” She said that she belleved in abso- lute equality between husband and wife, but Dot on the same lines. Each should be su preme in his or her own sphere. nd Wwoman's sphere, she said, is the domestic. “That is ber line,” announced Mme. Grand one who settles a subject for all time myself, busy as I am, know all the de- talls of my menage. I love domesticity, and sometimes 'ong to throw down my pen and take up a piece of plain needlework. I do Dot believe in emancipation in the hackneyed use of the expression; not in the emancipa- tion of women from womanliness and the natural ties of wedlock, but certainly in emancipation from shallowness and ignor- ance.” Of course Mme. Grand has views on woman's dress. And they are also surpris ing by reason of their conservatism. No masculinity of attire pleases her. 1 cannot bear,” she said apropos of the tallor made gown, “to see a woman lounging on a London drawing room sofa in what is almost a Highland shooting costume any more than I should admire a woman riding fn the Row In a tea gown Affected masculinity In dress seems to me foolish Decause inappropriate and uncomfortable.” Of course, a woman with these views, even though she holds them with a rather mascu- Mne decision and clearness, must b> womanly in ber own attire and surroundings, and Mme. Grand is. Her London drawing room 18 a pretty little apartment in blue ard w ite her gowns ar: essentially femin'ne and the tea she makes is delicious. Praise can go no further. The subject of the entertainment of gussts 1s s varied as the character and disposition of the guests themselves, and the true hostess will study the various pecu'iarities and circumstances of those whom she wishes to honor and adapt her form of entertai ment to their various circumstances The main charm in entertaining 's the k- eping of effort out of sight, of taking the visitor into e sanctum of home rather than erecting a throne of honor just outside the real home Mfe and placing the visitor there, while the family put on their best clothes, their com- pany manners and load their table with un accustomed daintics, too often making a spread which must be economized for for weeks As the result of such a visit the visitor is wearled and annoyed by the evident effort on the part of his ent: rtalaers, says the Phila delphia Times, and they in turn are tired in mind and body when, the guest departing the latch-string is drawn in and the house. bold routine returns to its normal condi- tion. Eatertalument should be adapted to the eharacter of the those Simmonses,” says Mrs. Peekabout “When that stuck-up Mrs. Gadabout was there last month they couldn’t do enough for her. Made a party and got up a plenic and the dear knows what. And now that nice little Mrs. Parker has come and they keep her Indoors. 1 guess they don’t value her very much.” Quite a mistake, entertained. Mrs. Peekabout; Mrs, Simmons suits her entertainment to her guest. Mrs. Gadabout would be in misery it she were not in a soclety whirl of some sort, and the opportunity of showing off her pretty self, her new dresses and Jewels is her id:a of & delightfal time. BShe loves to met strangers and to make a sensation, and Mrs Simmons has made her happy In her own way, but Mrs. Parker has come to enter in‘o the ‘home life of her friends, to impart strength and con d 1 rest and refreshment for herself th:ough intelligent communion with kindred minds, and she prefers the quiet home corner, and picnics lnl par 8 would be a wearine and a fve Barthelemy Saint-Hi lator of - “Aristotle,” was recently inter- viewed by M. de Blowitz, the Paris cor- respondent of the London Times. M. Saint- Hillaire sald to a young man who accom- panied the interviewer Marry before 30. It is a duty to your- self and to the family you are called upon to found. A man cannot count upon his intelligence and activity remaining | tact after 60. He should, therefore, marry at the latest by 30, so as to have time to reach his highest position, to bring up his children accordingly, to see his daughters " and to start his sons in the line e best fitted for. He should, msre- over—and I feel remorse at not ing done it myself—repay socicty for its num- berless benefits. It takes centuries to form a nation, and each of its transformati increases the well-being its collective existences. The individual who shares in the well-being accrulng from the progress of civilization can only testify his gratitude to society by giving the state healthy citl- zens and women trained for becoming good wives and mothers. By marrying too late this object cannot be realized, and by not creating a family worthy of the name an imperative duty to soclety is neglected.” Mr. aire, the trans- of It may interest my lady to know thing of the wall papers which are purchasers this year, the Philadelphia Times remarks, holding that large and open pat- terns characterize the new “papers. For country houses light backgrounds are used, with large bunches of flowers tossed upon them. Papers in imitation of chintz, cre- tonne and old tapestries rival all other de- signs in popularity. They are so perfect in thelr fmitation that it is almost impossible to tell them from the real fabric. Papers showing a silk stripe are also the fashion. A moire effect in the stripe is new and beautiful. An odd fancy this year for one's den or for the hall or library s to cover the walls with the burlap stained and then stenciled. An_effect like old tapestry may be produced. This costly-appearing covering is In reality common bagging dyed and then stenciled in a design to suit the iIndividual fancy. Stafning is a sensible treatment for the walls of a country house, after which a stenciled design may be applied Have the stencil cut in some ancient Greek or Roman design, and color it yourself. The experiment is at least worth trylng. An 0dd paper shown this season has rather a Japanese effect. The background may be dull blue, old red, yellow or pale green, and the design, which is large and of Japanese origin, is in white, the edges appearing much like coarse lace. This paper sells for cents a roll. An eighteen-inch stripe paper comes at the same price. In coloring it is pale blue, with delicate wreaths of pink blossoms and dashes of gilt between the stripes. The tapestry papers, which come in all the dull, rich shades, are also the same price. One of the more expensive papers is in imitation of ivory. The design is raised. It sells at $9 a roll. Raised papers are much used, $1.50 a roll is the average price, and in bluish white this paper is extremely effective. Among the cheaper papers the backgrounds are light and the design is a careless scattering of flowers, A dainty paper for 25 cents a roll is pale blue, with bunches of dull-tinted nasturtiums upon it. A fresh green paper s pretty, with clover blossoms for the design. They are arranged in clusters, with fine gilt cords attaching one to the other. Many of the conventional flowers which bloom on the new papers have silver or gilt stems. A charming Louis XVI. paper shows on a delicate background a gilt medallion, around which is entwined a wreath of flowers. This sells at 40 cents a roll. It would re- quire about twelve rolls for an ordinary sized room. The rococco and Empire papers are selling well, but the papers most in fash- fon are those in imitation of some fabric. some- shown A young woman who evidently has ideas on the question as to “Why girls don't marry?” expresses herself in the following frank fash- ion as to the requirements necessary in a husband: ““The modern girl demands,” she writes, “more of a man than that he shall be—just not a woman, There is a kind of youth, to be found in any number, scattered bout’ the world, who—although he may be v-chested and not very bright in intel- yet is possessed with the idea that he is a matrimonial prize which any girl would gladly snap up if she could get the chance. What girl does not feel herself a misogamist when she comes across a specimen of this genus? It may seem strange in the ears of some, but it is nevertheless true, that the modern girl prefers the society of another woman who shares her tastes and interests to that—yes, even that of a man, if he has not something more than his mere mascu- linity to make him interesting. Indeed, the decpening of the capacity of woman for faithful and satisfying friendship with one another is not among the least of the signifi- cant signs of the times.” Read, mark, learn, says the lady, and make haste to mend, oh, modern young man. Besides the prim, straight-brimmed, plainly-trimmed sailor hat, which has noth- ing the least fancy about It but its name— the hat which so many women, matrons in- cluded, wear so comfortably and becomingly when they would perhaps look and feel ab- surd in most other shapes—is the neat little Duse turban, a model not unlike a modified English walking hat, with a low round crown and a pretty rolling brim that is un- like the English walking hat proper, in that the Duse brim does not roll up close to the crown, but broadens more on each side, mak- ing it particularly becoming to slender face A vell fastens over it gracefully and com- fortably, and It is just the shape to accor pany a tallor costume for shoppiug and walking, and for traveling it is most admir- able. The shape described is easily recog- nized, but different milliners give it a dif- ferent name. It was, however, called or- iginally after the actress. The new shade of red has toned down from the vivid magenta and solferino shades combined, which have harrowed the artistic soul by being set against sallow and too red faces with equal perseverence and unbe- comingness all winter, into a lovelier shade, with a lovelier name—the American Beauty leaf. It is the blushing rosy, but not flam ing tint that hides itself away in the heart of one of those superb blossoms, the Am:ri- can Beauty rose, and because it belongs to a costly flower and comes of an aristo- cratic lineage tke new color is very ex pensive. 1t is difficult to produce, and vel- vet, satin, and ribbon colored with it take on price at once. But that charming young woman, the American beauty herself, will have it at all or any cost, and she will find it rarely becoming. The cheap plaster copies of the loveliest marbles of the world are within reach of everybody, and a few such casts of choice originals ‘are nowhere better placed than in the children's bedrooms. A little child opens his eyes after a night's sleep with a mind that is fairly trembling to receive new impre:sions. He lies still for the length of time that that mind is employed. A fine double-page copy taken from an Alllustrated weekly of Fred Morgan's Academy picture “A Willing Hand," has secured to one mother her morning nap for months. The cloar-eyed 5-year-old in the crib beside her finds its contemplation a daily pleasure. It is fastened to the wall just in front of his bed; it is & subject his infantile mind can understand and grasp, and, unnoticed through the busy day, it comes to him every morping in his waking with a fresh delight and still resistless charm. So with the statuettes and busts that tell their en nobling story as well in plaster of paris as in Carrara stone. A suggestion for the care of these casts, which have a disagreeable faculty of holding dust, 18 to cover them with & thick layer of starch, When thor- { oughly dry brush it and the dust will go off with the starch. One covery,” Just ness, of the things that helped my re- sald A woman recently, who has regained her health after a serfous fll- “was a pretty bed jacket which my sister brought me one day in lieu of jellies and fruit. It was becoming and I enjoyed it. The doctor when he first saw me in it said I looked 20 per cent better than the day before; man like he didn’t appreci- reason, and my spirits, and, cor my condition, bettered in pre Too often Invalids are wrapped in any old thing that s handy. 1 remember laugh- ing once when a friend in robust health showed me a dainty lace-trimmed sick gown, ‘for me,' she explained, ‘If 1 ever need it The notion struck me as absurd when she was never ill, but after my ex- perfence with that bed jacket, I appreciated better the value of attractive environment under depressing ¢ircumstances.” 1t appears that C of the illustrious | to “droppin’ into poetry | in the form of social invitations. a couple of specimens Mistress Armour writes to say hat n today, 8he will have an afternoon Musical birds in June There will be a pure soprano And a Burr at the plano; a violin neath a youthful chin discourse like Paganini en he was a pickaninny sater on there'll be some chatter erved with salad on a platter. Come at three and sta a bit. Mistress Armour wishes it. \icago has gope the way as Wegg, and has taken These lapses are Here are Sweetheart o' mine, Do come and dine With us tomorrow night; Pa ‘as a box ( sold_some stocks), And we'll be “out of sight.” Calve as Carmen Is quite too charmin’ To miss a little bit after dinner We'll see that sinner In her tremendous hit. Fashion Hints. Sflver and gold belt buckles aad sildes are much worn. Long white Suede gloves should be worn with the graduation gown. Plain skirts and those which are narrowly trimmed prevail over the more elaborate one A pretty fancy for gray hair is an up- standing comb of jet, which extends down at the side of the head, graduating into the hair. Chatelaines hung with all sorts of jingling trinkets, such as minjature flasks, salt bottles, seals, and pencils, are to be worn again, Clusters of violets, bunched irregularly, their stems twisted to form a wreath, make an effective and stylish garniture for round hats. Black silk stockings .powdered with tiny rosebuds or forget-me-nots in color are stylish and look well with low shoes and slippers. Graceful sashes are made by a double band of ribbon passed around the waist and fastened at the back bemeath two rosettes, with long ends reaching to the hem. A novel way of giving a dash of style to a plain covert coat is to introduce a wide white duck collar and revers, which are made to button on and take off at will. Shade hats of shirred muslin will be used for out-of-door wear in the country. These hats have broad brims and low crowns and aro especially attractive in pink shades. Handsome parasols are made of black moire trimmed with apliqued medallions of white lace. They are often cut in Van- dykes, the points thrown into relief by a trill of lace. Bridesmaids' dresses of sheer plain mus- lin, made over silk and trimmed with lace insertion put in perpendicularly, and deep frillings of lace, are pretty for June wed- dings. With these are worn large, girlish straw hats. Little jackets are either made or simulated by the trimming. A pretty way to ac- complish this effect is to full lace in at the tront. seams of the armholes an ineh-or 5o on the shoulder and under the arm, and draw it closely together in front with a knot. Black crepon makes very useful and sty- lish dresses for both old and young, and a pretty idea is to trim the skirt with molre ribbon, which falls from pretty bows below the waiet. The only decoration on the waist 1s a sort of Fauntieroy collar of Irish lace and a folded neck band of pale blue satin. ‘eminine Notes. Miss Rose O'Halloran is the only woman member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The wedding presents of Mrs. Blaine-Beale represented a small fortune, a single diamond star among them having cost $20,000. Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon, the daughter of Hepworth Dixon, who is making a name for herself in literary circles of London, is an artist of more than ordinary ability. Miss Olive Schreiner of “African Farm" fame has just married a young man who is said to be an expert in South African politics as well as in ranch life down there. The deanship of Radcliffe hall has been offered to Mies Agnes Irwin of Philadelphia. Radeliffe hall, it will be remembered, is the Harvard annex, rechristened in honor of its becoming a college. The Woman's Protective league has pre- sented a set of resolutions to Hon. Jere Wil- son, counsel for Miss Pollard in her suit against Colonel Breckinridge, lauding him for advocating a single moral code and the exalting of womanhood. Miss Aline Gorren, writing in the May Scribner, explains the frequency of inter- national marriages by saying that as a lover the European is distinctiy ahead of ‘‘the average American male, who is a cold creature, courting and marrying only by In- stinct.” Miss Harriet Blaine, now (Mrs. Truxton Beale, is said to be a very charming young woman, not pretty exactly, but owning a face attractive from its intellectuality. She is a softened likeness of her father, and is sald to inherit a good share of paternal wit. Rosa Bonheur, upon whose breast the Empress Eugenie personally fastened the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1865, has recently been promoted to the grade of officer in that order. She is the first woman artist upon whom that distinction has been conferred. Not everybody seems to know that Ellen Terry's first husband was Mr. George Fred- eric Watts, the emfnent and veteran Loyal Academlcian, still living, and past 70. His superb picture, “Love and Life,” he has glven to the American people, and it will hang in the white house 8t Washingwon, Mme. Marchesi, the fmnous teacher of vocal music in Paris, is German by birth. Marchesi s her title rather than her name. She married the Marchese di Castrone, and became the mother of ten children. She works from 9 in the morning until 7 in the evening, and as her social position is of the best, she has absoltely no lelsure at her command. — A Texas Candidate. «Rev. Andrew Jackson Potter, man who arose from behind a Uvalde, Tex., several years ago with two big six-shooters in his hands and informed the audience, mostly composed of the tough- est of toughs, who had been In the habit of running every minister of the gospel who came there out of town with rotten #zgs, or escorting him out to the suburbs on a three- cornered pole, that if there was any flop cared swallow-mouthed galoot in that audi e who had the audacity to presume that he wore a big enough shirt to put him out of the pulpit, to step forth and take the hot medicine, or, on the other hand, to keep his bazoo closed, and also wound up with the help of God and those two forty-fivers he held in his hands he proposed to preach 10 that people, that day, has announced him- self a candidate for sheriff and tax collector of Tom Green county. e A Yunkee Horse Swap. Judge: Deacon Brown—Wanter swap hos- sis this mornin’? Deacon Jones—Yes. 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A plcturesque swindle, masquerading in the garb of benevolence and respectability, has come to grief, and some 1,600 victims are left with a large wad of experience in place of their cash. The Order of Tonti, with headquarters in Philadelphia, has made an assignment and the local courts are wrestling with a vast assortment of liabllities and a microscopic proportion of assets. Tontl was patterned after the Iron Hall and followed its foot- steps to the end. It did not attempt to reach the lofty heights of philanthropy pro- fessed by the late promoters of lottery bonds. There was no jugglery of mystic figures nor a monthly drawing in which those on the ground floor pocketed swag. No alluring promise of $1,000 on an Investment of $30 was Leld out, because Tonti had not reached the pinnacle of benevolence that the guar- antee of Missouri scaled before reaching prison. The difference between Tontl and the bond and Iron Hall swindles is one of degree. Iron Hall guaranteed $1,000 to all members who pald their asses‘ments for a period of seven years, Bond lottery pro- moters went that echeme several better and, Ike it, garnered suckers by the tens of thou- sands. The formerids)in the hands of re- celvers, who are vahily striving to make assets of a few hundred thousand to bafance Mabllities of ten or more millions. Pushers of the latter brand of benevolence have dropped out of the business or fled from judicial wrath, while & dozen of the leaders are out of jail pending appeals from sen- tences imposed. A BULLION SCHEME. The financial geniuses at the head of the Order of Tontl proise a relief benefit of $1,000 in return for; $238 paid in install- ments. In addition te this alluring pro‘pect there was a sick benefit fund. They calcu- lated that lapses would make up the differ- ence between the fgtal of installments and the gilded promise. But they did not cal culate on times out of jolnts. Instead of the deluge of lapses confidently expected as a result of the hard times, the members stuck the more tenaciously to what they con- sidered & snap, and as a consequence a groaning treasury in their mind's eye de veloped into a commodieus deficlt The bill filed in a Philadelphia court ex- plains the methods and the condition of the order in detall. As an inducement to their membership, it was represented to the complalnants that the probable cost of carrying a certificate of $1,000, payable at the expiration of seven years, would be about $238. Some of them, holding $1,000 certificates, have already pald, during the six years of thelr membership, $282.50, and according to an official circular issued by the supreme lodge on the Sth Inst., will be obliged to pay at least $90 more, independ ent of the debit assessment, which amounts to $526. To enable them to receive the amount of their certificates they have to pay $897.50 each, whereas other certificate bhold- ers have received their $1,000 for $235. Ac- cording to the construction of the laws, as made by the supreme lodge, it is stated, the complainants are liable to whatever addi- tional extraordinary expenses the officers see fit to impose. $1,000 FOR $235. Continuing, the bill says that, since April, 1892, and up to the present time, about 1,800 certificates have matured and been paid in full. In some instances holders have received §1,000 for paid. The total amount pafd by these holders in seven years is less than half of the sums de- manded of the complainants in a single call. During the first year of its existence only seven assessments were levied, the next year eleven, and so on, increasing every year until the ninth, when the number had reached thirty assessments. These are in addition to the extraordinary levy of 210 assessments made by the su- preme lodge on all holders of certificates dated subsequent to May 3, 1857, and pri to August 23, 1893, and known as the “debi assessments, For a perlod of nine years, up to last April, only 144 assessments were levied, and now a demand for 210 extra assessments is made in one month. Referring at length to the representations made to them as an Incentive for them to join the order, the complainants allege that no contribution to the reserve fund has been made since last October, and al- though twenty assessments have been levied called and received by the supreme treasurer since that date, amounting in the aggregate to upwards of $600,000, not one dollar thereof has been placed in the reserve fund. On October 16, the bill avers, there was in the reserve fund $1,726,745.41. Since then, instead of being added to, the fund has been drawn upon and upwards of $500 000 has been misapplied. To show the hopeless insolvency of Touti the bill goes on to say that certificates for amounts ranging from $200 to $1,000, matured sinc: March 21, requiring an aggregate payment of $250,000, have not been satisfied. HOPELESSLY INVOLVED. During the next two years certificates will mature requiring the payment of $8,000,000, showing an average monthly liability in ad dition to that already charged against the order of $33 . Besides this the order is now under an average liability of $25,000 per month for sick benefits payable under it certificates. At present 16,000 members are in good standing in the order, and on 15,000 of these three assessments per month have lately been made, each assessment ylelding about $30,000. This provides a revenue of $50,000 per month. The favored 1,000 certificate holders only pay one and one-half assess- ments, bringing an additional revenue of $3,000 per month. ANOTHER PLUCKING CONCER The another delphia concern of large benevolent pre- tenses. Its circulars are made attractive with pictures of four ornate buildings in which the concern deposits its cash, and serve to convey the impression that the league is a substantial business Institution Similar methods were adopted by the bond promoters hereabouts. Their circulirs an nounced the bank in which deposits were made and the name was printed in such conspicuous type, coupled with the amount of the bank's capital, that the prospective victim was led to believe the bank and the promoter were one and the same. The Sexennial announces it will pay $200, $400, $600, $800 or $1,00 in six yesrs to holders of the respective certificates whe pay their assessments. The assessments ar limited to $24 per year, making the actual cost of each certificate as follows Certificute Per Month. T 807 " 5,00 1200 In addition to these alluring promises there are sick benefits and a total disability beme- Sexennial league 18 Phl r Year. Six Years | 8t equal to one-half the amount of the cer- | tificate. The scheme follows the lines of the Tonti and Iron Hall precisely, differing only in the amount required to be paid In installments. Like them, the prospect of existing beyond a few years depends upon lapses. In other words, brief success depends on the misfor- tunes of members, obliging them to drop out, and in the ability of the managers tc drum up new victims. Collapse is inevitable No system of honest finance outside the do- main of speculation can convert $360 paid in monthly installments into §1,000 in six years. The experience of the Iron Hall and the Order of Tonti demonstrates this fact, and thousands of victims bear melancholy testi- mony to Its truth. EDU Two men to five women are employed in teaching in the United States. Drury college at Springfleld, Mo., has re- celved a gift from Worcester, Mass., of $75,- 000 for a new hall. The Catholic Summer School of America will hold its third session at Flattsburgh, from July 14 to August 12. Jefferson Medical college, Thiladelphia, held its si: ty-ninth commencement lust W ek. The graduating class this year numbered 163. There ere fitty-two graduates from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania this year, among them a young Chinese woman from Feochow. Levi P. Clinton, a student at Bates college, is a full-blooded negro and a descendant of royalty in Africa, his great grandfather having been a king Mies Baker, who is professor of Greek and Latin at Stmpeon college, Indiana, is only 32 and it s said that when she was 14 she translated one of the plays of Aeschylus. At a recent meeting of graduates and former professors of lowa college in New York to meet President Gaies there.were present Prof. Manatt of Brown university, ex-consul at Athens; Prof. Emerson of Cornell, and Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews. “Dr. Pepper,” says the Philadelphia Press “hesides the loss incident to his revenue as a physician by the time he has given to the University of Pe Ivania, has declined to accept any sol provost, but on th ontrary he has made contributions to the university amounting to from $20,000 to $30, 000 a year. Only recently he accon panied his letter of resignation with a gift to the university of $50,000 to meet the sut scription which he offered toward a fun: for the extension of the university hospital During his term as provost the value of the university lands, buildings and endowments has risen from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000; its teaching force has increased from eighty- eight to 268 and the number of its students bas grown from 981 to 2,180, The trustees of Columbla college at a re- cent meeting accepted the ground plan for the new grounds on Cathedral Helghts York city he grounds will occupy the entire space between One Hun Ired and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twentleth streets, and between Amsterdam avenue and the Boulevard, comprising about 000 square fect. The main entrance will be on Ons Hundred and Sixte nth strcet, with the president’s house and the admin.stration bullding on each side of the gate. Steps will lead to a large court, flanked on each side by college buildings, with the splendid great library bullding directly opposite the entrance. To the right will Le the chapel and to the left will be the assembly hall Another court in the rear of the library bullding, also flanked by department build ings, will lead to a large combination structures which will include the gymnasium the dining hall &nd the academic theater with a spacious vestibule. Other college buildings for the various departments will line Amsterdam avenue and the Boulevard, ~ EDISON’S HEALTH NOTIONS, He Does About as He Pleases and Keeps Well at ft. They have a little cot out at the laboraf where Edison sleeps when he spends 'fx’.! night at the laboratory, which is not more than ten minutes’ walk from his handsome house in Llewellyn park. Upon this cot he will snatch an hour's and a half hour's sleep at night while waiting for the workmen to fin- ish an armature or to bore a hole in some experimental steel. His meals during such Umes are sent down from the house, and he may eat them working at the bench or standing up, or forget them altogether. This may go on for days at a time, says the New York World, and Edison may not even take the trouble to go to the cot, but may turn in on a heap of sawdust or the soft side of a board and snatch a few min- utes of sleep. Mr. Edison long ago got weary of people who went up to him and said: “You will ruin your health.” Physe lclans gazed at him with a long face and told him if he kept this up his days were numbered. “They wanted me to take drugs,” sald he to_the reporter, “but I am my own doetor,” He has & poor opinion of doctors who write prescriptions designed to Insert strange drugs into a man. Mr. Bdison, who is blessed with a most rugged constitution and an elastic nature, has a curious theory upon which he “doctors himselt.” He holds that nature somehow balances things. When he has deprived himself of sicep for several nights in succession he takes a long sleep to make up for it. When he has been eating meat and his liver or his kidneys troubl him, he suddenly turns vegetarian, brings me around all right,” said he, then if, after a time, anything goes wrong I begin to eat meat again, when everys thing is justified.” “I eat what I like,” said Mr. Edison. It appears to agree with him, for latterly he has been gaining In weight. One of the things he likes is pie. He drinks very lite tle, and yet Is far from being a total ab- stainer. “When 1 was In France they told me that I must drink wine, or I'd get the typhoid fever. So I began to drink theip e, but after awhile my hands began to shake, I guess they only throw In the typhoid fever to advertise their wine. Tea and coffce and water ere the best drinks for me." Mr. Edison expects to of age. My father went to Europe at the age of 84, said he ‘When in Paris hi companion, a young fellow of 65, propose £oing out to Versailles. The old gentleman declined to ride, and they walked out apd back. My grandfather lived to be 103, de- spite the horrible influence of tobacco, and I think my chances are good for 90, barring accidents.” Mr. Edison's reference to “the horrible influence of tobacco” 1s what h calls his “little joker.” He Is an inyeters ate smoker himself. “How many cigars do you smoke “From ten to twenty a day,” reply. “Strong ones?" The strongest 1 can get,” was the reply, “Doesn’t it hurt your nerves?”’ “No. 1 never saw a I thought it hurt me, I'd stop it Mr. Edison was asked what he did for amusement, and replied that he liked a good story and was fond of the theater. On count of being slightly deaf, however, he cannot hear all the actors say, and is theras fore devoted to light opera. ile sayé he can get down in the front row and hear all the music e to be 90 years was the of it, sign Lidla ~ Cook's Tmperial. World's Falr “highest award, excellent champagne; good efferve cence, agreeable boquet, delicious flavor." Land whl yield more when than in uny other varlety of food duction. The product of an acre of bas nanas 15 183 times as great as that of as ucre of wheat planted fn banana