Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1894, Page 11

TRUMPET OF DAME GRUNDY A Peautiful and Wealthy English Weman Writes on Cocialism, LONDON JOURNALS COMMENT ON HER WORK True Love's Wayward Course —How Hymen Was Defented In Two Instances by Trifling Incidents—Frills of Feminine Fash The most talked about book lssued from the London press this season Is a great 600 page volume entitled, “The History of So- clalism,” by Beatrice and Sidney Webb. The London Times says of this book: “Mr. and Mrs. Webb's book Is a masterly piece of work, and even thos nt from their underlying not afford to disregard the facts and figures they have accumulated.” While the Daily Telegraph is of the opinion that “from many points of v to be attentively considered, cause of the consplcuous ability it has been written, but amount of labor it lLas extraordinary of fa in the course of some 500 pages, it has epito- mized. The whole subject Is laid out by the authors in a masterly and comprehensive manner.” Beatrice Webb, whose name stands first on the title page, first became fumous as Beatrice Potter, and s the richest and most beautiful woman' In the ranks of the so- clalists, It is said Henry James had her in mind when he wrote “The Princess Cas samassima,” and that she also inspired William Black’s “Sunris She Is the youngest of the nine “Pretty Potters,” as they were called in London some years since—nine sisters, all dark and handsome and the children of a wealthy Lancashire manufacturer, and of the woman who was the most intimate friend Herbert Bpencer has ever known. Her mother a woman of remarkable learning. Though 1ving birth to ten children (the only son died young) and being the very, competent head of her household, she had a profound knowledge of Greek and Latin, read her bible in He- brew and was the chosen intellectual com- panion of George Eliot as well as of Herbert Bpencer, She was, however, decidedly ec- centric, one of her horrors being of any ex- cess of flesh. She looked upon being fat as only short of being criminal, and declared it was Impossible for her to either like or who utterly dis ssumptions can- ew It deserves only be with which to the vast and the s, which, not owing involved, accumulation Tespect a person who had any excess of adipose tissue. It is said that no one ever Baw a fat person in her house. She al- Jowed herself and her children only a fixed number of ounces of food a day, and having as- certained what weight of food was necessary to health, she was of the opinion that an- other mouthful more was mere grossness and not to be permitted. Whatever one may think of this theory, it Is certain that the nine daughters grew up tall, wholesome, ruddy and beautitul. They ~were all women of superlor intellect and marked talents, and the eight elder sisters marrled men distinguished in law, medi cine, literature and politics. The youngest, Beatrice, was easily the most gifted and beautiful of them all, and Mr. Spencer was so delighted with her in- telligence that he made her education his special charge and strove in every way to de- velop all her capacities. Tt was supposed, her health, beauty and brains being con- sidered, that she would probably make the most brilllant marriage o all the sisters, and might look for a coronet. It Is certain that sho was a great belle for several sea- sons, and had distinguished offers, but be- fore she was 23 she was suddenly seized with & disgust for her brilliant surroundings and began to visit and work in the slums of Tast London. She became excited over the condition of some of the workers, and finally putting on the garments of a working girl, sought em- ployment in the shops where undergarments were made. Her experiences were carefully noted, and she tried a week or ten days in each of four or five trades. At the end of tier_explorations she wrote a_trenchant story of her experiences, giving the exact figures she had been able to accumulate. sent it to a leading review and went away for a walking tour In Switzerland to clear her mind and lungs of the foul airs and sights of the East End sweating shops. Her, article was printed at once, and all England was aghast. Parliament took .the matter up and appointed a committee to in- vestigate her charges; with the result that a whole series of laws were passed regu- lating the employment of labor by the ‘‘sweat- ers.” Miss Potter returned to England to find herself famous. But she refused to re- turn to her old life or associations. She joined the ranks of the socialists and de- Voted hersclf to the task of overturning the present constitution of society. All the long-haired political refugees became her friends, the Russian exile, Prince Krapot- kine, among them, and she took up her resi- dence in a cheap hotel in the East End, where she was always in conference with trades unlonists, reformers, and the whole race of those who had a grievance against Boclety, When Beatrice Webbb's friends read Mrs. Humphrey Ward's story of “‘Marcella,” they sald: “How like Beatrice! It only she could have ended like that!" “Strange what little things will turn the course of true love,” said one of the promi- ment members of the Porch club to an In- dlanapolis Sentinel reporter. When urged to explain she continued: “Why, I know two splendid matches that were broken off by the simplest things In the world; one was the whistle of an en- gine; the other mustard plasters!” Her hearers looked incredulous, and she went on: “It was last summer, and I had a guest whom I introduced to one of our oung men, and he took a great fancy to er. Of course I did everything in my power o throw them together, and among other things gave a buckboard party. They sat together in the back seat, and were getting along finely. He had reached the point where he had told her he could not live with- out her, etc., when the road took an ab- Tupt turn, and the whistle of an approaching train sounded. It seemed right upon us, though it really was on the other side of the hill. Well, he flew out on one side of the wagon, and she out on the other, and when we turned around to look at them they had disappeared. One of the boys jumped out and helped her back into the wagon, and some one rescued him, but she was 5o indig- nant to think that he had jumped without caring what became of her that she hardly epoke to him again. So you see that match was spoiled. “The other thing happened in the east. I bave a friend who gets fearfully seasick every time she fs on the water. Well, she was going to take a trip with a young man who had been very devoted to her all sum- mer, and she was bound she would not spoil the trip by being seasick. So she did everything any one told her. Took several kinds of medicine, took any amount of smelling salts, lemons and other things with her, and to crown all got five mustard plasters. She put one on the back of her neck, one on her chest, one on her stomach and one Just above each knee. She stood the trip splendidly, but never thought that they would go right from the boat to the train and ride on the cars for five hours. As soon as they got on the train she began to suffer gonies from the mustard plasters, and, though she smiled and tried to look natural, she squirmed and twitched in a manner frightful to behold. Finally her escort said *Why, you are the most restless girl I ever saw. Can’t you sit still for five minutes? AWell, she had to pretend It was all natural, and said she didn’t know that she was any more restless than she always was. He said wothing, but after that he was very cool to her, and finally went away without say- ing good by to ber at the close of the sum- mer. “My husband asked him one day what was the trouble between them, and he said: “*'Well, 1 believe that girl is a fit subject for a sanitariu; I took a trip with her ono day, and she fs the most nervous girl Jou ever saw, Just twitches all the time. I don't intend to marry a woman who I8 that near nervous prostraton if I Know myself. A woman with nerves like that ought to be taken to a hospital.’ you see what trifies will break oft atches nowadays.” Talking of matrimony, here is a curlous matrimonial advertisement published in an American newspaper in 1 Whether the gentleman of “easy tempe whose only mode of restraint was stinting''—which every woman knows is of all schemes the most_diabolical—found a_lady possessed of ali the enumerated perfections who was willing to hide them cannot, at this late date, be ascertained “A middle-aged gentleman, barely turned 60, and as yet unmarried, is desirous of al- tering his conditon. He has a good es- tate, sound constitution, and easy temper, and, having worn out the follies of youth, will be determined by reason in the cho of the lady he intends to make happy. She must be upwards of 15 and under 25. Her size must be moderate, her shape natural her person clean, and her countenance pleas. ing. She must be lively in her humor, but not smart in her conversation; sensible, but utterly unaffected with wit; her temper without extremes, neither too asty, and never sullen. Then she must invariably observe all forms of breeding in public places and mixed company, but may lay them all aside among her acquaintances. S| must have no affectation but that of hiding her perfection, which her own sex will for- ve, and th~ other more quickly discover. She shall be restrained in nothing, the gen- tleman having observed that restraint only makes good women bad, and bad women worse. In some things, perhaps, she may be stinted, which is the only method he wiil take to signify his dislike to any part of her conduct, ~ Any lady whose friends are of opinion (her own opinion will not do) that she is qual fied as above, and has a mind to dispose herself, may find a purchaser b; leaving with the printer hereof a letter di- rected to C. D" “After having kept house for more than a decade I have finally learned how to wash flannels satisfactorily,” remarked a young housekeeper the other day to a New York Tribune man, “The way I gained the knowledge makes quite a little story; and as it helped me, 1 will tell it for the benefit of thers. Every one knows the maddening directions that ‘experienced housekeepers are wont to give for this most puzzling problem; some tell you that the water is to be boiling hot; others that it must be almost cold; the soap is to be prepared beforehand or not used at all; ammonia enters into the fray; the Irons are to be of a certain tem- perature, ete. And in spite of all and every precauton the flannels grow beautifully less every time they are washed. Well, about a year ago 1 happened to be stopping with some friends in England who were im- mensely interested in a little school which they had established for household servants. They took ten girls and educated them in different departments, and then found situa- tions for them—a most beneficent work, by the way, which helps the employer as well as the employed. “As luck would have it, my visit occurred on ‘washing and ironing day,’ and we were taken into a model laundry, everything ‘spic and span,’ and shining with neatness. The members of the little class were just re- celving their instructions before commenc- ing practical work. ‘And now, girls,’ said the capable, dignified-looking matron, ‘what will happen if you rub flannel long and hard; does any one remember? A chorus of voices replied, ‘It will turn Into felt.” I be- gan to prick up my ears. How often had ‘my flannels to my sorrow turned into felt! All through the little lecture 1 received hints which were worth remembering, but nothing so important and so useful as that little remark about felt. I believe that the keynote to flannel washing Is ‘never to rub or wring;’ and the other conditions will not affect the case. The water may be hot or cold; the irons, which are more or less rub- bers, should be used as sparingly as possible and should therefore be used very hot; the 80ap must, of course, not be rubbed on; and to put the whole matter into a nutshell, ‘Let there be ro rubbing or wringing,' and there will be no thickening or shrinking.” A little boy of 4 was on his knees looking back at the passengers, the conductor beam- ing upon him over their heads, and, as it is only occasionally that that sort of a conductor {s encountered, the passengers who saw him beamed upon him in turn, Presently a woman who sat next to the boy signaled to the happy conductor to stop the car. He did so and ran along the side to assist her, and, feeling that it was a good time to be polite and obliging, picked up the boy and hurried after her to the walk. He deposited the infant on the curb, and, evidently realizing that a good action is its own reward, waited not for thanks, but swung on his car and snapped the bell to. go on. At the same moment he was confronted by another woman, excited and indignant, who, standing with arms outstretched to- ward the boy on the curb, cried eagerly: . “That's my child, conductor, that's my child!” Meantime the woman who had left the car pursued the even tenor of her way, all unconscious of her following, and the small boy stood bewildered where he had been placed. The unhappy conductor started his car with a jerk, rushed back, picked the boy up, and restored him to his parent, and, with a disgusted expression on his face, took his position on the platform, remark- ing to an amused spectator: “It's always the way. Whenever I try to do a good- natured thing I put my foot in it. I'il let the women take care of their own children after thi Then the car rolled on, the passengers continued to enjoy the zephyrs and the re- united mother dnd son sat very close to- gether. The “new woman' s served up in this particularly ungallant fashion in Jerome K. Jerome's paper, Today: “In the west end of London there are plenty of vapid, brain- heartless, overdressed-in-the-afternoon underdressed-in-the-evening little ani- ma’s, that, there being no other name at present for, we have to call women. They are vicious, selfish and idle. They sell themselves 'for money and then do not carry out the terms of the bargain. They marry, but they are never wives. They are blood suckers on the unfortunate men who have been asses enough to undertake the responsibility of feeding and clothing them. They will ruin them in business and worry them into early graves rather than go with- out an extra new dress. Th.y have chil- dren, but they are not mothers; they have not even the instincts of the better class brutes. Self-indulgent and stupid, they drift through life, everlastingly whining and posturing, a bore to themselves and a curse to every one who knows them. They cry that they are misunderstood, which would be the most charitable thing that could happen to them, and they talk about their soul with as much assurance as if they realy possessed one. They take all they can get, they do nothing for it and they are never satisfied. But I should be sorry to take them as types of their sex, and to talk about them as the new women. They are types of nothing but a social disease. Poor Mme. Carnot has left the Elyses She has not been long in packing up, and us neither she nor her husband liked bibelots, tho baggage she will take with her to the apartment in the Avenue d'Alma will hardly fill a couple of vans. There was univer- sal sorrow when she went, for everybody loved the gentle, strong-willed woman, who managed ber household, and particularly her husband, with such unfailing tact and clev- erness. All the qualities of a good wife were hers by Inheritance. She has English blood, but that does not necessarily acccunt for her fine common sense, of which all French women possess so much. Perhaps it explains her plety. Her French grand- father was a robust peasant from Picardy, named Corbfe, who started in Lfe without & farthing, but became preprietor of the Hotel Meurice, which he kept for many years, and where, by the way, the Carnots still stop when they come to Parls. His clever man- agement soon made him a rich man. From the Dupont Whites Mme. Carnot inherits a strong strain of philosophy, in which Fourler mingles with John Stuart Mill, a sort of gentle bourgeoise soclalism—Rosseau modi- fled by Adam Smith. But she is none the lesa @ fervent Catholic, and, in spite of her ambition and love of management, c'est une ame exquise. Had it not been for her, Car- not would never have c:me out of his shell. One of the things housekeepers find difi- cult at this season is the disposal of kitchen refuse. The caution is emphasized at least to keep it dry. The change which takes place when water is mixed with food waste ls very different from that which it under- goes when kept dry. The one is putrefac- tion—dangerous, capable of causing filness if its gases are breathed by susceptible sys- tems; the cther is nature's mode of dispos- ing of all things of earth, a true decomposi- tion, or nitrification, a process of give and take, worked out by living organisms, If the refuse pail is kept in the open alr and all lquid kept out, practically no harm can be done; but the heat and steam of the Kitchen accelerate putrefaction; the pene- trating power of steam, greater than that of dry heat, goes deeper into the refuse pall than is reaiiz A handful of earth should be a house- Kkeeper's ever ready sanitary aid, especlally in city houses, Taken from the surface in any back yard, it will be teeming with In- visible life, ready to perform specific func- tions and reduce all to its own Kind, earth or dust Whether in earthworms or bac terla, they serve as agents of sanitation, and avert danger of rising gases, as well as defeating those pestilential scavengers, flies. A covering of earth is a cleaner lid than ever tinsmith made. College girls were discoursing the other evening upon the various queer things which appear on college menus, One was a des- sert of dates and milk, a thing popular at Wellesley, and another peanuts mixed with fi These horrors recalled a summer dish which sounds equally queer, but is really very good. It is maple sugar served in various ways. Yes, untll you have eaten maple sugar and cream on strawberries, red and black raspberries, blackberries and peachies you have not lived. The writer has introduced many epicures to these dainties. Each one was dublous and unbelieving. Bach timorously took the first mouthful Bach closed his eyes and sighed an ineffable rapture. A shortcake fs quite as delicious, while orange, red and black raspberry short- cakes are almost as good. With oranges, however, powdered sugar should be used. A dainty and refreshing desert for a hot night is made of sliced oranges, bananas and pineapples, thickly powdered with sugar and kept all day in the jce box. Serve with whipped cream.” Never cut pineapple. Shred it with a silver fork. A little incident which happened at an English school not long ago ought to be told for the kindness of feeling that it shows. An American boy, having been called upon in s the first day to say who was the first Norman king of England, did not know. The class laughed uproariousl But the master, rapping for order, said: “Fair play, boys; now, let the next boy tell me who was the first president of the United States." He could not answer, so the little American no longer felt shamefaced in the presence of his schoolfellows. It was not many days before the master was called upon to setile a_dispute between them, for more than one English lad insisted upon it that New York was the cap.:al of this country, and the American could not understand” why some of the largest towns in England are towns and not cities, and shook his head in a puz- zled way when told that to be a city in England the town must have 'a cath:dral and be the seat of a bishop. He couldn’t understand why the boys eyed him suspiciously when he told them that his uncle belonged to a mili- tia until he found out that what we call the militia are the volunteers in England and the militia there are the lowest and most degraded class of regular soldiers. So you see the ignorance was not all on one side. “Oh, dear,” sighed a woman, opening her mail, “this letter must be answered on the instant. It's not so dreadfully important,” she went on to explain, “but its from an Englishwoman, and Englishwomen are so oftensively punctual, if I may be allowed the expression, that one does not dare to be otherwise.” It undoub'edly is a trial and often a sur- prise to us lax American women that we are expected to reply at once to our notes. The inelegance of beginning a note with an apology for not having written is so very common that at the private schools it is considered necessary to point it out for re- form. An Englishwoman would as soon think she mus' be told not to eat with her knife as to need a caution of this sorf. A note of any sort is a sacred obligation to be at once discharged. A system in one's cor- respondence would much reduce its burden. Her want of training in-this respect is one of the handicaps, by the way, which the woman who begins a business career without it finds. A woman physician has been saying in print that few persons know how to cook water. “The secret,”” she says, “is in put- ting good, fresh water into a neat kettle, already quite warm, and setting the water to boiling quickly, and then taking it off to use in tea, coffée or other drinks before it is boiled. To let it steam, simmer, and evapo- rate until the good water is all in the at- mosphere, and the lime and iron and dregs left in the kettle—bah! that is what makes a good many people sick and is worse than no water at all.” A critical taste, goes on this authority, will detect at the first mouthful, if the nose has not already demurred and given warning, the faintest trace of dead water in tea, cof- fee, porridge and many other items designed for’ the stomach. She concludes with the advice that if per- sons will drink tea and coffee let them at least have it as nearly free from poisonous conditions as possible. That much benefit may be derived by many people from drink- ing hot water is not disputed, but the water should be freshly drawn, quickly boiled in a clean and perfect vessel and Immediately used. The times of using, the adding of milk, mint, lemon, or other fruit juices, is a matter of preference or special prescrip- tion. handsome and very soclal, the talk delightful, but the balls were sparsely furnished with light and chairs, says a writer in_Lippincott's, depicting so- clety in 1849, The illumination was of wax or stearine candles, which used to send down showers of spermaceti on our shoulders. Dress was very much plainer. I remem- ber my father calling me to him one evening, as I was dressed for a ball and saying: “Well, my daughter, you look very nice. How much have you cost me?" I said *'$5. I had on a tarlatan dress of white, which I had made myself, and a camelia in my hair, which somébody gave me. One hundred dollars a year was considered a handsome allowance for a young girl to dress on. I am afraid 1 have never looked o well since; cer- tainly my costumes have never cost o little, An old lady once showed me a brocade dress, which she said she bad worn since General Jackson's time. Women did not throw away or alter dresses then as now. They bought good stuffs and wore their dresses carefully. Very pretty bright chintzes, and what we called mousseline-de-laine, were our spring outfits, and always white dresses of cambr'c and mus- lin. The jewels worn by Mme. Bodisco and Lady Lytton Bulwer were great curlosi- tles to us simple people. Dinners were Housekeepers hold an unjust prejudice to- ward cottonseed oil. That in other quarters this prejudice is gradually diminishing sta- tistics abundantly prove. About. half of last year's product, 1,000,000 barrels of ofl, formed @ part of lard; thousands of bar- rels are sent to the Mediterranean and added to olive oil; Maine uses it for its sardine (?) preservation; hundreds of thousands of bar- rels go to Holland to mix with butter, and how much of it is mixed with butter and oleomargarine In this country is very hard to find out. It is at least pronounced by our ablest chemists to be wholesome and having good food value. Its capabilities for puri- fcation are so great that it scems Incredi- ble that housekeepers should retain any dis- trust of it, knowing as they must the free- dom from risk of disease in its use, as com- pared with poor or rancld lard. It is much Pleasanter (o use the oil of a seed than that of an animal. Some remarkable instances of ab- sence of mind in great men are to be found in collections of ana. A Dutchman seems to have surpassed anything of the kind yet perpetrated. He is a widower, and he pre- sented himself a day or two ago at the reg- ister's in a little village near Amsterdam to give notice of his intended marriage. On belng asked the name of the bride, however, he declared he could not remember it, and he had to he sent away in ordcr that he might get the desired information, A medical journal offers a suggestion for keeplng out tnose nulsances—iies: ‘‘Kx- pose a little ofl of bay in a saucer on your window sill, or coat your doors and Wwin- dows with any color of paint you like, con- taining as little as 4 per cent of oil of bay, which s far from expensive, and can be had anywhere, and not a single fiy will en- ter your house.” v Fashion Notes. ) The latest bolero jacketd abe turned back with ecru embroldery on ‘White muslin, Lorgnettes of silver filigree Work are sup- planting those of carved tortojse. The autumn bell skirt will be fuller and wider than the orlginal model, but exactly like it in other respects. Very dainty are the dresses of chiffon and printed musiin in delicate shades trimmed with frills and insertions of lace. Women who have slender, rounded figures are quite ready to adopt the revived fashion of lacing the bodice in the back. Braiding will be a very favorite garniture In rich dresses next season, #s well as on tailor gowns and utility costumes. An opera fan with a round handle of sil- ver filigree work in which {s concealed a smelling salt bottle Is a most practical ar- ticle. A pretentious buffet bonbon box is formed of a full-blown pond lily resting upon a pedestal of silver composed of the twisted stems, Natural flowers, such as Jack and bridal roses and pinks, are converted into pretty hair ornaments by a covering of oxydized silver. India cashmeres are exquisitely fine and silky this year. The three fashionable shades are fawn color, rosey mauve, and gol- den brown. Heoks and ey es, with & double row of tiny “Jeweled”” buttons, Is another revival, the buttons sewn on very closely together on either side of the fastening. The new poplin coats take the place of the dress waists. Some are Vandyked on the sides in deep points, but are shorter than any of the coats worn a year ago. A white serge gown, suitable for boating and tennis, is trimmed with dark blue and white braid, The bodice is made blouse fashion, with a collar and fichu of dark blue silk. Among French combinations in dress are fine India camel's hair of summer welght, made up with India silk, and shepherd's- chieck silks with draperies and bodice trim- mings of black silk musiin, The cool delicious gossan er gowns of mus- lin_crepe, organdie, and lace have just now a beneficial effect upon soclety. The very appearance of them seems to lower the tem perature and dispel some of the heat and humidity. Russet shades are still favored ing and outing costum They are more serviceable than the lighter colors, and are made dainty in appearance by white braid trimmings and a blouse of white Chinese washing silk. Three dominant features will rule in au- tumn dress—the coat, the pointed bodice, and the graceful redingote or princess dress, the latter so transformed by its new elaborate draperies and adjustments as to almost lose its identity. A youthtul tailor dress of mixed diagonal, in a pretty shade of brown, has a square bolero jacket, trimmed to simulate a double Jucket,”and buttons and rows of stitching are the only decoration. The full blouse of cream white is finished at the neck with a full bow. for boat- Feminine Notos. Although the parents of Mme. Eames Story are Americans, the prima donna was born in China. The latest discovered pecullarity of Sarah Grand, author of “The Heavenly Twins,” Is the pinkness of her nose, which is said fo be shell-like in the delicacy of its tint. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe fias accepted an in- vitation to be present at the Bryant Cen- tennfal in Cummington, August 16, and will read a poem on that 'occasion. The widow of General Phil Sheridan, with her three children, lives in Washington. Mrs. Sheridan is about 35 years pld, having been much the junior of her husband. Mme. Casimir-Perier, is .an accomplished and charming woman,, devoted to her chil- dren, of whom she has two—a daughter of 14 and a son somewhat younger. Mrs. Adeline Knapp, ‘who has been for several years race track reporter of the San Francisco Call, rides man faghion, in Turkish trousers, a cutaway coat and a-silk hat. She owns a,number of fine, horses. 2 Miss -Ethel Harradan, ‘& sister of the author of “‘Ships That Pass in the Night," has written the music of a fantastic opera entitled ““The Taboo.” The work, recently given a first production in London, met with success. The most heavily insured woman in the United States is the widow of Senator Hearst of California. ~ The policies on her life ag- gregate $300,000. Mrs. E. B. Crocker of Elmira, N. Y., probably comes next with $150,000. Miss Henrietta Kenealy, the trained nurse who did such herofc service at Hamburg during the cholera two years ago and visited relatives in_this country last fall, has ob- tained the diploma of the sanitary institute after a severe examination. Reprove and punish your children for tale bearing. A child Who will bear tales from the kitchen to the parlor, and from parlor to kitchen, is fairly started to make a gossip and scandal monger. Nip it in the bud. A brotherly tribute which s credited to the prince of Wales is his reply on one oc- casion, when he was asked who was the cleverest woman he had ever met. His an- swer was prompt. “My sister, the Em- press Frederic The diplomas received by the recent grad- uates of Radeliffe collego will some time possess great historic value. They are the first to bear the signature of the president of Harvard, which they do in addition to that of Mrs. Agassiz, president of Radcliffe. Mrs. Roebling, the wife of Colonel W. A. Roebling, the chief engineer of the Brook- lyn bridge, assisted greatly in carrying out the work. Colonel Roebling was broken down by calsson fever, and could not leave his house; but his wife acted as assistant, so that that the work of constructing the bridge was supervised continually by Colonel Roebling through Mrs. Roebling. Sl PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS, Ted ran home to his mother the other day crying with wonderful vigor, though his tears were more from anger than because of any bodily injury. What's the matter, Ted?" she asked. Nuth he answered, rather fretfully. “You sheuldn't say that,” sald his mother. “It fsn't true, you know; and I'm afraid my little boy has forgotten last Sunday's golden text."” Ted blinked at his mother through his tears: “Wasn't the golden text the Sun- day before that something about a soft an- swer turning away wrath? “Yes." “Well, then, texts any mori “Why, my dear!-.| .} “No, T don't! I shouted, at that old Tommy Tibbets today and hejansyered me with a soft tomato, and I've been. masl clear through ever since!"” 18 1 don't believe in golden Johnny had been studyjng his spelling les- son and learning Mefinjflons, particularly of words with prefixes’ from the Greek He had defined monglogye as a soliloquy or “one man talking to himgelf.” “Now, what is a_copversation between two persons " asked his teagher, “A dlalogue.” N “‘And between morg, thaj} two persons?’ “A pollywog,” answergd, Johnny promptly. Little Dick—Misa Antigie 1s most 40 years old. Mother—I told yol, to, stop asking ladies their ages, HARN 1 didn't.” it “Then how do you,Jpow she is nearly 407" “I asked her how many (lmes she had seen the seventeen-year locusts." Robble—Don't those blue fish go about in schools, mamma? Mamma—Yes, Robble, why? Robbie—Nothing; only I was just wonder- ing what the school does if some fisherman happens to catch the teacher. Johnnle—Say, popull” mean? Mamma—It means the volce of the people. Johnnie—Then if you wanted to speak of the volce of only one man would you say ‘vox popullar?” mamma, what does ‘‘vox Flossle—I'm afrald to go to sleep all alone in the dark. Mamma—You go right to bed like a good little girl, and remember that God's little angels are with you. Flossie (ten minutes later)—I ean't go to sleep mamma, I guess one of God's little angels ‘e biting me, FROM DERBY T0 MARTYRDOM Festive France Sudder ly Plunged Into the Deepest Grief. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT CARNOT An Omaha Man Describes the orable Event—Fi o neral Frocess! Moyl ot to the Dead " Tribu Flowe PARIS, July 12.—(Correspondence of The Bee.)—I reached Paris on my European trip Saturday, June 16, 1894, that I might be present at a very important meeting of the French Young Men's Christian association in that city to do honor to Hon. James Stokes of New York City, who had given $60,000 toward the erection of their new asecelation building. The next day, Sunday, the 17th of June, was the day that was fixed for the great races, in which Paris and all France were Intensely linterestad and to which many thousands came from other countries. It was what might be termed Derby day for France and Paris, Every place in Parls was crowded with visitors. At the close of the Endeavor meeting in the' American church about 6 o'clock p. m. I started with others for the Arch of Triumph at the head of the Avenue Champs Elysees. When we reached the avenue we found it filled with the finest of carriages of every kind returning from the races at Boulogne Park. And the broad pavements on both sides of the avenue were crowded with men, women and children intently gazing at the moving stream of carriages. Just then President Carnot passed along in his carriage from the park toward his home, he had doubtless spent the day at the rac He was cheered by the multi- tuds on both sides of the avenue. —That we might get a better view of the multitudes that had been at the races we went up on the Arch of Triumph, 160 feet high. The twelve avenues that radiate from this great arch were all full of persons that had thus spent the day. These races were a great thing in the eyes of the French people, par- ticularly the Parisian people, and President Carnot of the French republic was the cen- tral figure in it all this day. The following Sunday, June 24, was the quietest day of my more than two weeks in the French capital. It is the custom of the Parisians to spend Sunday outside of the city, i possible, particularly in the after- noons, thus very materfally depopulating the city. While this was true of Paris on this day, the public attraction in France was then in Lyons, where the Chamber of Commerce of that city was entertaining President Car- not with a great banquet. The newspapers stated that “He was received with great en- thusiasin by the immense crowd outside of the building, both on his arrival and on emerg- ing to take his departure.” But the day did not wind up so satisfactorily as the first Sunday. For as he was departing from the banquet about 9 o'clock p. m., apparently well guarded, he was cruelly assassinated by an Itallan anarchist, and died several hours afterward. This closed the second Sunday. The news spread rapidly every- where, 1 heard it in Paris before I re- tircd on that Sunday night. This was a sad day for France. The next day, Monday, June 25, and ever since the whole country Was and has been in mourning. I have never seen a more general cxpression of sorrow for a ruler’s untimely death, not even in the assassination of Lincoln or Gar- fleld. It was evident that the French people regarded bim as & good man, and truly mourned his death. During the following week all classes of persons seemed to be constantly reading the papers, filled with matters concerning him and issued in frequent extras. This could bo seen n the streets, In the hotels and cafes, and at the homes of the people. Evidences of sorrow of every description were scen evrywhere you turned your eyes. Furled flage draped in mourning stood “out from the endless rows of houses, as ears of corn stand out from the thrifty corn in rows, Wherever the president’s picture was displayed it was gazed upon by groups of French people in quiet grief. The spectacle was a sad one from whatever standnoint you viewed it, and it was heartily shared in by all right thinking foreigners, particularly the Americans, The speedy election of M. Casimir-Perler, a much stronger man than President Car- not, as his successor on Wednesday after- noon, settled all fear as to the stability of the republic, but did not for a moment check the manifestations of sorrow. Even the newly-elected president, strong as he was, could not refrain from shedding tears of grief for President Carnot, when it was announced that he had been chosen as his_successor. What I have written is not a tithe of the sorrow that was manitested in every way and everywhere in France on account of the president’s assassination, which occurred at the close of that second Sunday, June 24. The third Sunday, July 1, will not be soon forgotten by any person who was in Parls on that day. As soon as it was announced that the president would be buried on Sun- day, July 1, all persons, Catholics and Protestants, Frenchmen and foreigners (and none with more promptness and in- tensity than the Italians, who keenly felt the odium that one of their own countrymen had brought upon thzm). all persons, I say, joined in rendering heartfelt testimony to the dead president. Everything was put under contribution to manifest the respect and sorrow that were entertained for President Carnot and his tamily. In so many ways did the French people and their friends (who were legion) menifest their sorrow that I cannot attempt to specify them. 1 must content myself with a few particu- lars as measures for whatever else was done that I cannot speak of. Perhaps it would be best to speak of two of the testimonials which were especlally marked, because of their vastness and pecullarly intense. In all my life I never saw such banks of beautitul flowers. There geemed to b no end to them. It was stated that all the choic flowers of France were gathered for this occasion. There were at least ten or twelve crowns, bouquets or wreaths that required a two-horse wagon each to draw them along in the procession. There were more that required a one-horse conveyance. Hundreds, yes, thousands of bouquets, crowns and wreaths of all sizes and designs, borne by strong men, lads and lasses, made the endless procession a veritable moving train of flowers, Added to this was not only the exquisite beauty of the flowers themselves, but they were made doubly beautiful by the numberless expressive combinations made of them by the artists. It is said that one flower shop made 100,000 francs in the last two days before the funeral, Never before perhaps in peaceful times aid a larger number of persons participate one way or another in the funeral of any one person. The procession and the crowds on both sides of the avenues were so great as to forbid computation. These multitudes were made up of citizens, soldiers, judges, members of the national legislature, physi- clans, educators, authors and members of various societies, religious, industrial, scien- tific and otherwise Thousands of men, high up in government circles and prominent in soclety, waiked in the procession under the scorching sun, from three to five hours, in full dress suits or other elegant attire which marked their station, calling, or position In government or soclety. Those who looked upon the procession were no less intense in their devotion than those in the ranks. There were thousands of in terested persons who stood up all night at given places upon the streets or avenues to hold the places from which they could view the funeral procession on its way to the great Notre Dame church, and to the Pan theon afterwards, where Presldent Carnot's body was to be placed. Many paid lar prices for desirable places to view the fune ral procession; others a smaller sum for less desirable positions. One person it was sald offered 30,000 francs for the Louvre balcony. A large window in one of the most fashion able hotels found a bidder at 1,600 francs Single seats in good localities brought 40 francs each, I pald 8 francs for a position on a poor ladder from which I most intently viewed the procession for at least -three hours, untll the intense heat aud my un. where | pleasant position compelled me to leave the place and go to my hotel for rest. Two other significant festures of that won- derful personal demonstratiin showed the intensity of their personal regard, One | after another of the honored men of | France were seen walking in the 1ne of that immense procession, particularly a French general, old and lame, but doubtless very distinguished, thus testifying their great in dividual respect and love for their marty president. On the other hand, many in the crowds recognized them and could not re frain from cheering and clapping their hands. But the great mass of the multi- tude in and out of the procession suppressed thelr demonstrations as out of place at such a time by a general hiss which stopped it almost instantly so that the procession moved on quictly before. 1 have not space to continue this longer. In conclusion I might say that the facts much more than fulfilled the statement of the Paris edition of the New York Herald, made early in the morning. “Today amid booming eannon, the wailing notes of the dead march and the clashing of arms, the murdered president, whom France mourns, as she perhaps never mourned a ruler before, will be borne to his last resting place in the temple where lie the ashes of his fllustrious grandfather. He will be escorted to his tomb by the repre- sentatives of kings, principalities and pow- ers of Europe and of the new world, assem- bled to do honor to the memory of a blame- less life, to one who did his duty manfully and who died at his post a martyr to the cause of order and justice. “Nor will the great ones of the earth alore bring their tribute to the coffin of him who took his place so worthily among them, for the people of Paris, nay, the people of France from the highest to the lowest, will gather today in their thousands to bid a last farewell to the president without fear and without reproach, who so bravely up- held the best traditions of his country. 1 have written this without drawing any lessons or moral conclusions, Let each reader conclude for himself. T only de- sire to show what was done on these three characteristic Sundays in France and how President Carnot was the center of interest each day as well as to note the different settings of each da ROBERT WEIDENSALL, e ey ey RELIGIOU. A sister of the late Mr. Spurgeon recently preached in London. The death is announced in Sweden of Bishop Johann Anderssohn, who first trans- lnted “Faust” and other works of Goethe into Swedish. General Booth of the Salvation army and his captains of either scx have becn officially declared to be ministers of religion within the meaning of the law. At the opening of the century there were only forty-seven translations of the entire bible in existence; today there are ninety entire translations and 230 partial ones, 320 in all. Rev. George K. Morris, D.D., formerly of Philadelphia and at present pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, Cincin- nati, has been elected to the chair of prac- tical theology in the school of theology, Bos- ton university. The Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church received during the month of June $22,336, against $24,453 for June, 1893. This makes the total receipts for eight months, $623,634, against $665,364 for the corresponding pediod of last year. Rev. Benjamin Knepper, a reformed min- ister ¢f Gladdens, Pa., though 76 years of age, makes a journey of six miles on foot twice a week to preach to a country congre- gation. He was ordained fifiy years ago, and says he has baptized 2,216 persons, mar- ried 454 couples, and preached 715 funeral sermons. Dr. W. H. Roberts publishes the complete record of additions, on confession of taih, (0 the Presbyterian church, showing that the tal is 74,01 instead of 7141y, as wus previously reported. The largest additions were in Pennsylvania, 15,614; New York 10,708; Ilinos, 229; New Jersey, 4,046 Ohio, 7,281; Michigan, 4, Among the presbytetsels the furgest accessions Were Philadelphia, 2,210; Vitsburg, 1,610; New York, 1,442; Saginaw, 1,165; Chicago, 1 Detroit, 1,162; Fhiladelphia, North, 1,066, Fanny Crosby, the blind Methodist hymn- writer, 18 now 70 years of age. She has written about 3,000 Sunday school hymns, muny of which are widely known. She was born at South Bast, N. Y., in 1823, and lost her sight when six weeks old through the ignorant application of a warm poultice to ler eyes. She has been an inmate of and teacher in the institute for the blind in this city since 1835, In 1858 she was married (o Alexander Van Alstyne, a musician, who was also blind. . Her first poem was pub- lished in 1831, and her first volume of verse, “A Blind Girl and Other Poems,” in 1844. Mr. D. L. Moody's summer conferences at Northfield, Mass., as Dr. Addison P. 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