The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1897, Page 22

(5] [&] THREE NEW YORK Tre CALL this week presents its readers with some more pictures of the leading places of worship in New York City. Tne First Presbyterian Church is the oldest local society of that denomination, and is one of the handsomest and most graceful edifices in the whole country. The society formed as early as 1717, and the early wors neld in the City Hall. The famous Wa. -street church was opened in 1719, and George White- field preached there in 1749. The magnificent edifice here presented to our readers was erected in 1845 and is located on Fifth avenue, between Eleventh and Twelith streets. The style in which it is designe rich Gothic. 1t is grace- fal and stately of proportion. The inte- rior is very dignified and beautifully or- namented. The first pastor who preached to his flock in the o:d edifice was James Anderson, a man beloved of his congre- gation and known to Presbyterians for his charity and the remarkable fervor he put inte his sermons. He was a Scotchman and was installed in 1717. The present minister of this new building is Dr. Howard Duflield and his congregation is one of the largest and most influential in the city of New York. The Presbyterian church is to New York what Congregationalism isto New hngfl‘ land, and four years ago thefe were no le than 30,000 members enroilea under its banners. The Presbyterian | churches in that city are three classes, the Presbyterians proper, the Reformed Presbyterians and the United Presby terian The first is un- doubtedly the strongest, as the others have only few churches. This church, sitnated on Fourth avenue near West Thirty-fourth street, is the leading place of Unitarian worship in New York. William ery Channing | preached a few sermons in that city in | 1819, and the result was the founding of a | zociety incorporated as the “First Con- | gregational Churcl church was dedicated in 1820 and Edwa Everett conducted He divided inmi CHURCH' OF ST. PAUL_THE APOSTLE . of New York.” The | Ware Jr. was first pastor of the society | Sanitary Comm and his immediate successor was Dr. AHEmy W. Bellows, the president of the ' was erected in the year 1 ion during the late war. Tae magnificent structure here shown 5 by the iamous FIRST archit-ct, J. Wray Mould. It consists of substantial bre, trimmed with Caen stone, and 13 said to be tne first experi- ment made in this conntry toward a By- | zantine style of architecture. | A beautiful bas relief is put up in memory of Dr. Henry Beilows, and is the : work of the great artist, Augustus St. Gaudens. The entrance porch is very effective in treatment, and the spacious auditorium is void of all pillars, thus struction. The poet Bryant attended this church regularly, This great structure, one of the most substantial and impressive in the city, is second oniy to the cathedralof St. Pat- the Paulist Fathers, a missio ar 1858 by the 0, it four charge of e s ary orler founded 1n : late Very Rev. Isaac Hecker, wh may be remembered, began with other converts irom Protestantism a series enabling every one in the church to obtain an unobstructed view of the preacher. The | transepts are all spanned by lofty round arches, and a central lantern rises above PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - BROADWAY TABERNACLE.- the roof. The parish hoase adjoins the church, | and is also elegant and substantial in con- | Ninth avenue, street, and wealth est of congr rick in size and magnificence. is one of the finest Roman Catholic churches in the world. near West Fifty-ninth | is supported by one of the issions througi:out the country. O'I:] 1859 they met and worshiped in = smali church, but in 1876 it became mec_ sary for them to build a more capacl building. The cornerstone o'! the pl:esen structure was, therefore, laid, and the dedication took place in 1885 amid most lemn ceremony. SOT:: church is 284 feet long and 132 feet | wide. The wails are constructed of rough There is not much attembt at ornamentatior, as the architect aimed ! chieflv at simplicity and massiveness, cor- | rectness of detail and most harmonious grouping, Themain facade is approached by a double flight of pure marble steps, and is 134 feet wide, with a central com- partment flanked by twe tov\e'rs »38 feet square and over 300 feet high. This style ofarchitecture is known as thirteenth cen- tury Gothie, adapted to meet the needs of the tatihers. Nearly 5000 people can be seated in the spacious and Dbzau iful inte- r"’,l'rl.u windows, 27 feet in length and 12 feet In width, are of the finest workman- ship. Those in the sanctuary represent the Queen of Angels, surrounded bv hun- dreds of angels in tbe center and flanked on the side by four great archangels, all in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the beaw:iful attar. Those windows were made in Munich. The fourieen tracery windows in the nave were tbe work of ths American artist, La Iarze and are molels of beauty. ‘The organ is one of the finest in the country. On each side of it are the stalis for the choir and fe dignitaries of i1he church. The sl statues and inteiior work generally iy, ornate and the side chapels are”like | dreams of beauty. | The total cost of these side chapels was | about $50,000 and the entire church cost over $500,000. The impression of immense space in the interior is heiyhlen_od b¥ the treatment of the cei'ing, which is thickly siudded with shiring stars. The singing | is by a surpliced choir of men and boys ana is most impressive. In fact, it It is located at stone, egations, It is in The question of semi-annual promotions | is at present agitating school circles in | this city. Although the course of study | in the grammar schools provides for only annual pr tions, the School Board of two years ago changed to the hali-y tne old order was again r nt board at the begi the year. The guestion still re- | yre or less unsettled, however, for | e divided upon ving classes to graduate at Chris mas and Not so r school ners none. the h schools, for they e all desirous of 2 the semi-annual method adoptel. After inding the arrangement of an eigiil years’ course for the elementary schools and a four years’ | for the high schools, 1 instituting in stead 2 nine years’ course for the primary and gramm of, and a three years for the bigh, the reason n was that sople in the elen y department i able to accomplish laid out in the stipulated time. Morton of the Lowell High, ont the U i Staces the general course in the lower school: takes eight years and in the high schools four. Now, iemselves if this system can be carried out all over | the countr bt in San Francisco? Moreover, our school years are longer by at least two wezks than those in the East, and so we have n and a halt years to their eight. “The great adva nual promotion sy tage of the semi-an- n,” continuned Mr. Morcon, **is that poor pupils need be dropped back only half a year. Now this is of more importance than might at first be supposed, for where fiftesn unpro- moted students wo wurn if they only had half a year to make up probably not five would do so other- wise. Thereis really no necessity for a whole year being added. Asfor the bright pup more advanced than the majority of their classmates, they could often skip some grades and thus shorten their time.” B A A comparatively new departure in high school work was made when an arrange- mentwith the Public Library was effected whereby in several of the largest schools have been established what might be termed branch libraries. A large number of the pupils became members of the Public Library, various teachers or the principals signing their cards as guaran- tors. Then all reference books bearing on particular topics in English or history are sent down to the schools for ihe regular two weeks' limit, which is generaliy as iong as the books zre needed for looking | up any special subject. Through this sys- tem, whose initiative was taken by the Lowell High School, the pupils are ena- blea to save much time. Those in the latter school are assisted in finding not only the required books, but also the chapter and page, pamphlets issued by some of the teachers, especially those in the history and Eng- lish departments, These pamphlets are the result of much time and careful labor, and those which gave references of suflicient general interest and comprehen- siveness were accounted worthy to be pub- lished in the bulletins of the Public Library. L e “Parents are continuaily complaining to me tbat their children have to study too hard,” said Mz O'Counor of the| Horace Mann. “They say the school course 15 t¢o heavy. Now I have devised aplan which I nhope will enable me to | more comprehensive knowi- | gain a still eage of thy various classes in the school and of their especial needs. Kach teacher will henceforth be required to keep a les- son notebook, in which on one side of the page are marked the tasks set each day and on the other the important points in these tasky to which the atiention of the pupils is especially called. Of course the latter are prepared beforehand by the teacher. “They raust also contain copies of all questions given in written reviews or ex- aminations, as we!l as the subject-matter and skeleton of every letter, composition or other written exercise. In case of daily work 1t wiil be sufficient to make a short entry inuicating the general nature of the exercise, Dates must be constantly en- tered, and also dates of oral reviews of compositiens. “My advice to high-school teachers,” added Mr, O’Connor, “is this: If foriy- d in all likelihood re- | n the grammar schools, who are | by | ools - — Be Eugenia 3.maburg; e minutes is given to an examination, endeavor to bave it finishe! within thirty minutes, as the full time is always broken | in upon by laggards getting settled work, questions, etc. H few written reviews or examinations, they simply take time from the more profitable teach- | Of course, teachers should always | prepare beforehand.” T to » One of the most important organiza- tions along educational lines is the Teacl- ers’ Club ot San Francisco. This club was | originally formed by John Swettabout | four years azo, but later became reorgan- ized and secured rooms at the Mercantile L brary. Its object is of professional, literary and cial nature, and the membership at | | present numbers 100. During the past | | year it has maintained classes in ethics, literature, biology, French and German. Courses of lectures have been given by | Professor Griggs of Stanford on “Ethies,” | Professor Wiiliam H. Hudson on “Mas- | terpieces of the Nineteenth Century’’ and | “In Memoriam,” and Professors Bailey | and Brown of the University of Califor- | nia have lectured on pedagogical subjecis. he club is divided into different sec- tions, with leaders studying different sub- | jects. Then the whole c!ub meets every month and informally discusses some | question bearing upon the study of child- | life or upon pedagogy in general. | During the past year also the club took | up the subject of school organization and government in the large cities of the | country. A charter committee was ap- | { pointed and a thorough study made of | the above-mentioned subjects. When the comimittee of 100 in San Francisco met to | frame a new charter for the city—five of | whom constituted the school committee— | | two members of the Teachers’ Ciub were | appointed on this committee of 100, who highly commended the work already jdone on the charter by the club, and em- bodied suggestions from it in their own work. The officers of the c'ub are as follows: Kellogg, president; Mrs. Lizzie K. | Burke, vice-president; Mrs. M. M. Fitz. | gerald, secretary; Silas A. Waits, treas- | | urer; Miss E. Keating, hibrarian. Miss Frances Hodgkinson and Miss M. E. Don- nelly, together with these officers, form a board of directors. | There are three classes of membership: | { First, active, to which all teachers of the | School Department of the city are eligi- | ble; second, associate, which is designed | for parents and friends of education in | | general, and third, honorary member- ship, which includes persons in official positions in educational circles. This year the aim is to make the work both active and professional. As before | stated, the club itself has been divided | into a number of working sections, each | with a leader, which meets once in two weeks. In this way every member can | elect tostudy the subject that is most | | pleasing to him. For instance, one sec- | tion’s subject is “Course of Study,”” with | | Frank Morton as leader. Here all the | latest methods and resuits along this line are obtained and discussed. Amnother sec- tion is “Public Schools and Libraries,” | and here the idea of bringing the twointo | still closer relationship has borne frait in | the branch school libraries above men- tioned. Local history is another subject | | studied, and in it is shown how best to fix | the facts of the early history of San ¥'ran- | cisco correctiy in tne children’s minds. | Moreover, the early pioneers of the loca'- | ity are drawn into contact with the teach- | ers, and can add much of interest and en- | joyment at the club meetings, In the art section all the available resources in that line in San Francisco are opened up to the schools. Perhaps the most interesting section of all is that which bas for 1ts subj-ct, “Co- | operation of Home and School,” the | ieader being Mrs. M. A. Wood. Its object | is to secure a larger ana beiter unaer- | standing of each and to bring the parents | and teachers more in touch. The plan of | establishing mothers’ meetines in the dif- i ferent schools is being tried, with already successfui results in several of the larger ones—as, for instance, in the Hearst Grammar School and the Bernal and | Emerson primaries. Here the mothers of the pupils auending meet with the various teachers in the school once 8 month. Questions touching discipline, promptness and in general whatever best promotes the welfare of the children, both in turn take charge of at home and in school, are comprehen- sively discussed. Also it is customary to cad and consider certain helpiul books bearing on the treaiment of children. aturally the mothers become vitally in- terested in the who'e subject, and proba- hly the best result of all is the fostering in them a higher sens» of the duties and re- | onsibilities of motherhood. Bestdes meeting once in two weeks by themselves, the d:iferent secticns often ings of the whole club where they present some one subject which has teen thor- oughly prevared with gathered material, and frequent.y an outsider is invited to address the members, At present two courses in beginning and advanced French are mecting twice a week. There has also been just completed a series of lessons in civics, and this course is con- templated being continued by discussing Boyce's “*‘Anierican Commonwealth’ as a sort of supplement. On Saturday morn- ings Professor Huis of Stanford Uni- versity has been delivering lectures on Snakespeare and the Eunglish drama. Next Monday evening the subject con- A. E. KELLOGG, PRESIDENT sidered will be the “Pecagos publisned in the New York cat Creed,’’ :hool Jour- | nal by Professor Dewey of Chicago Uni- B. versity. Professor F. Berkeley will open the dis 1 Dressler of 35100, * There are at present 174 students in the Calitornia School of Design, at the corner of California and Mason sireets, Of this number 71 ate men and 103 women, 118 | being in the day school, 35 in the nigut, and 21 are special pupils. More is st- tempted in this school than any other in the State, for the course of study is the same as in the schools of New York, Paris, etc., where all the instructors have studied. Yesterday thedifferent classes were busi- Iy engaged in drawing and modeling from antique casts, studying perspective, vaint- ing still Jife and drawing in charcoal from nude and draved models. H. Fonda has taken the place of Amedee Joullin asin- struetor in com position. anatomy are given by Dr. W. G Hay and those on verspective by R. D. Yelland. * x x » Mr. O’Connor, principal of the Horace Mann Bchool, has given much serious thought to the subj:ct of school dis- be monthly meet- | The lectures on | ine, and bas at last invented a system | woich he claims has proved highly satis- factory in its operation. First, the teachier in each room in the school 1s re- quired to keep a book Wherain are written down the marks of -bad behavior on the part of a pupil. After each compluint is recorded this pupil is given a week of grace in which, by remaining quiet and docile, he can cancel the bad mark. When, however, there are three un- canceled complaints against they are transferred by the teacher to a biz- record, known as the Admonition | Book, which beiongs to the principal. Upon this being done the parents of the | child are notified thai the latter will be | summarily suspended if complaint of kim is again made witbin a specitied ttme. In punishing their children the parents are not encouraged 1o resort to whipping, but | are advised to deprive the reiractory cu- | prits of some aceustomed pleasures or set | them particular ta:ks 10 perform. Also | the parents are requirea 1o write letters to the principal requesting tuat the sentence | of suspension be withdrawn, and stating what punishment they have imposed on | the insubordinates. of these letters irom ihe parents, which proved in many cases both interesting und amusing. In the case of a majoritv ol the boys a t of the punishment in- fl cted was 10 “:arise at 6 o’clock in the | morning and make the fire.” One mother writes: “I gave Tillie | punishmentas foliows: “First day—Polishing of all the doors in the house. *Second day—Polishing of the bathtub. “Third day—A!ll my chiidren went to Golden Gate Park, but Tillie had to stay |at home. The restof the week I made her do general housework and kept her OF THE TEACHERS’ CLUB. upstairs most of the time. Gener: work is entirely against her will.” Arx anxious mother says: “I think Harry has bad all the running away he wants, Ife was out a whole night; at 2 o'c'ock in the morning he was sitting on our frontsteps. W hen the milkman came he asked for a ride and went with him ali over nisroute until he got back to, the depot on Valencia street. “Then he walked leisurely down to the ferry, nad his shoes polished and waited for the picnic crowd. All the money he spent was the nickel for his shoes. 1 did not see him until Iarrived on the grounds. When I called him to take the lunch- buskets the thought of getting s mething toeat made him very subservient all dur- ing theday. Ihad a serious talk with him going home on the curs. He volun- tarily told me that he was going to drop a certain boy living near us and would study to get promo‘ed. He needs clothes and shoes; we wil keep him without till we think he deserves them. We are very stern and cool with him. “If you can kindly spare the time please have a serious conversation with him on the error of his ways."” house- a scholar | 1 had a peep at some | MEN WHO SUE Of course, he s prideless. He puts himself on record before the world as a jilted lover. He wears—not his heart, but his vanity, tpon his sleeve for the dnws of ridicule to peck at. Of course, the jilt is (o be congratulated upon her escape from be- | coming his wife, though she suffer pecuniarily in so doing. For that | suffering is as nothing compared with what an’m‘s awaited her es the wife of a man to whom her dollars will serve as plasters for his FEMININE hurt vanity. The woman who sued for breach of prom- ijse was absurd enough. What isleft to say VIEW. of the man? He is either & male Miss Susan, & new | Gnszszmxmuj creature for the farce-comedy builder, and heir toall the perennial jokes on motner- in-law and spinsterhood; or he is a erank who seeks to change human naiure by means of laws, who is deaf and biind to the storm of ridienle h’s unreasonable, unmanly position briags upon himself, o sure is he in his obstinate narrowness that he is in the right, so ndifferent to his own unenviabie notoriety, provided only that his revenge be gratified. I grant that the new woman Js awful enough in some of her varieties. Butshe shines in grace, her apparel, her mauner and her | mode of speech are fitting and sexually appropriate when compared with this latest specimen of the new man. 1 love yeu, dearest. Will you be my wife?” “Oh, Jack!” ©All right, it's & bargain. Now, if you change your mind youw!l have to pav me from $2000 to $10,000 damages, accord ing to the market price of bruised hearts at the time you break the engagement.” And if Jack’s a business men he’ll insist upon the cash being de- posited in advance. For suppose Dearest jilis Jack. Suppose Jack awarded dama Suppose Dearest unabie or unwiiling—in a sort of Finigan way—to pay thisante-nuptial alimony. Vould & cruel but just Judge imprison Deurest till she consented to pay Jack or marry him? And in case she married him—in a mistaken judgment of which is the lesser of the two evils—would said Judge be liable for the unfortunate conseouence of turning a court of justice into a marriage bureau, and could he logicaily divorce the two people he nad compelled to marry? It's a littie difficuit to imagine Jack receiving his sweetheart's dollars—in case she preferred paying her debtor to marrying him. Whoat will he Go with the money? Will he establish himeelf in busi- ness with the proceeds of that little speculation in hearts? Will be purchase & small annuity and live, forever to be a reproach to all that's manly and & butt for all tha feminine? Will he frame the | check that represents the price be put upon nis slighted suit and fenst his revengeiul eyes upon this proof of what, througn him, the | fiekle girl iack= ? And will he place this framed testimonial where | other eyes than his may see it and marvel at his obtuse vanity ? | 1 wonder, though, bow one successful breach of promise suit will affect a man’s chances in a subsequent suit. If s heart nas been judicially deciared damaged to the extent, say, of Miss Dingley’s one- 1ime fiance’s, that heart, I should suppose, would no longer be in first-class condition. If again placed on the market, it should be re- duced in price. Itshould prcperly have a blue line or some such distinctive mark woven inio its substance as a token of its second- handedness. Then can you fell me in what sum a Maine Judge could equitably grant damages snould the jilted lover again go a-woolng (which is quite possible, seeing that it is so profitable) and—which is very prob- able—again be jilted? Aud would the damaged heart, becoming more and more drmaged with each happily unheppily terminating affair, decrease in value by geometrical progression, 1il it should become no longer marketable, like shares in a wildeat stock; when every wicked flirt might with impunity use that broken, battered | bleeding heart us her fickle fancy dictated, till at length, worn out by the worid's crue! usage, it shouid be cast—still palpitating, but to no purpose, from a busiuess point of view—out into the ash barrel of valueless things? Though, perhaps, & man mght bestow such a frayed and shabby old heart upon his valet, as a woman does her worn gowns upon her maid. And said heart might assume a value in the lower scale from having been & proper, swell neart in the beginning, having been used by its present owner's social superior. Or—in view of the fact that the wealth of the Klondike may not be tapped till next spring—what is to prevent impecunious men from taking up breach of promise as a profession during the ensuing winter months, when the social season shall be at its heightand game should be plentiful ? Here is & profession for mediocrity—nay, for the most ineligible of ineligibles. Letsome deserving youth whom fortune has blessed with impulchritude, with an empty pocket and an emptier head, start straightway upon the path to fame and fortune. For weapons all the modern knight in search of the holy shekel needs 1s a shield made of his own thick skin, impervious to ridicule; and heart warranted untouched, young, strong, that it may spend itself in knightly service, that its every dint and tarnished spot may be represented by & well-earned sum in the jiliea Galahad’s ex- chequer. His very unloveliness and unlovableness protects thisgaliant knight from the maiden giants that bar his road. They’ll surely jilt him—he need have no fear. And if he be but persistent enough, if he but be the bore.his natural endowments speak him to be, they’ll promise safe enough 10 wed—to rid themselves of his importuning. Forward, the, oh, fortunate youth! The world is all beiore thee. From jilt to Jilt thy course lies straighi—and golden, Besiege each yirgin fortress till in despair it yield; till in despair yet deeper—the despair of having thee for master—it break faith with thee. Then, hu for a golden judgment on thy cas And up aud on sgain, ever hopeful, never wearied, the jilt's dowry in thy haversack and nary jilt to help thee spend it; thy damaged butstill serviceable heart beating a paan of victory within thy knightly breast, and ever before thee .more fickle maidens and more fortunes. Hail, courtly knight of the breach of promise suit! Hail the twentieth century heir of chivalry! Hail the thrifty fin de siecle Romeo with an eye—and a heart—for business! MIRIAM MICHBLSON. FOR BREACH OF PROMISE in justice are no less infectious than fashions in dress or The kind of a man that sues a woman for breach of promise and the kind of a woman that sues a man for breach of promise are peas of the same pod. :f Gallantry of sex on the one hand and the protestations of much woman’s case on & higher plane. Senti ( TETEITTETTY ment aside, no dissimilarity is discoverable in their attitude before either the bar of THE justice or the public tribune. MASCULINEQ ., {ticq'to reprieal verdici—when the vio- VIEW. lation of agreement is proved—though the 5 word spieen should be substituted for heart in the physiological fripperies of tne plesd- From an esthetic standpoint both are bad and each is worse The difference in degrees of vulgarity and grossness is measured by the effrontery with which the slander is established, keeping in mind always the law maxim that the greater the truth the greater the libel. of betrayal and her pride perishesiu the fall no plaintiff in a bresch of promise suit comes witnin the pale of the literal formule cus- tomary in such action. Cupidity masquerading as unrequited love; wounded vanity in sensational, and revenge armored with the muitifarious lie—thes are the real complainants and verdict-scekers. . The episodical love featurz of the ordinary breach of prow, case is in motif, though bathos in composition, like the articul 8¢ as authors, managers and property men. Itsend is proiit; the means au artificlal sentimentalism dependent for effecton the aundacity of the fiction. Tr.fling griefs are plaiutive, but the great are dumb. No love affair of healthy hearts and sane minds eventuates in a stance between a man and womaa who loved, the very fuct of their affinity, grounded, rs it must be, in self-csteem and jealous pride, would render a disgracing breach of promis: action impcssible, no matter how grievous or aggravating were the couditions of the rec- It in this matter we strip the sexes and posture them as Foyatier does his nude symbols of human effort it will appear at once that they both are outside the range of rational sympathy. They are en- titled to such curious interest as attaches to the abnormal and eccen- The appearance of men in the courts seeking redress in the fayor- ing decree of his Honor tor what may be in reality the pangs of & fatty degeneration is & grateful innovation on an ever changing code of manners. speech. Whatever the cynicism of the epigram that the society of woman depraves our morals it is palliated by the generous admission that she forms our tast s. Scythian busbands regarded with complaisance their displacement by handsomer slaves. Lycurgus certainly must have taken council of her reform bureau before incorporating the Spartan marriage provisions in his In Egyptand other dead letter nations she inspired and main- tained to the last the worship of viriiity in which the men were the least enthustastic celebrants. The coy and race-tried women among the Gau's, Teutons and instituted as a historical fashion by the Sabine matrons and maids. At the period of the Salic law women had advanced in their relations with men o that point where the judgment of the court confirmed their love for and adherence to any new suitor who could Christianity here intervened and for a while checked the mayf’ fest intention of nature that woman shail enjoy exciusiye privileges The nuptisl nestegg came intostyle. The dot became an instrument of guaranty that the bride would be the batter loyed and cared tor if This fashion is passing into the lumber-room of the century. Now it is not, “maric ton fils quand tu vowdras, m1is ta fille quand tu pourras,” but let thy daughter marry when she will and ihy son when he mu-t. Save for the orief period when the oracie of the cowl and formed the fashions 1n affaizs of the heart, and in all that pertsins, sentimentally or otherwise, to marital existence. Men have followea. That they shou d adopt the breach of promise fashion only attests the more completely their inferiority in forming tastes. a marriage pledge and a woman who does the same thing? Isshe less responsible, less reprehensible? The ordinary defendant in a breach of promise case poses, with some reason, as & victim of blackmail, There is tho foolish, well-to- ployed, the intrigue, the theatrical surrender of honor and the final recourse to the courts, with letters and witnesses ad nauseam, are all in his distavor. He should have known better: Ergo, let him pay for his folly. moral health by subjecting her relations with the recreant lover to judicial scratiny. Tae proceture for recovery of damages in such casesis a blind. However, this housetop pride of virtue is rare, Now thatmen have adopted the breach of promise fashion, stmilar predominate. But the rich man who toys with the affections of the pretty young woman, and the rich woman who trifles with the domestic longings of the handsome young man, will Lave to be equally cautious und prudent. The nmumerous coquette, with bank r:unue of lovers for the jilting hippodrome which she conducts as brazenly as Nero did his spectacles. If only the new young breacn of promise men accomplish this much, he will not have spread his egotism and vanity on the records of the courts in vain. repressed womankind on the other would place theequity in the From a legal standpoint they are equally R ings. Except when a woman’s faith has been mocked by t. e catastrophe the melancholy weeds of a broken heart; an egotistic passion for th love of the stage. Itis aconventional arrangement, with attorneys breach of promise suit. Whatever the disparity of wealth or circum- reant vow. tric; no more. Fashions Under her assertion of the higher womanhood of that epoch the capitularies of the state. other ancestral aborigiues relished the abduction and love perforce best the rightful husband with biudgeon, knife or sword. she provided for her husband’s material wants as well as her own. the fanaticism of the cloisier shadowed her progress, woman has What, pray, is the ethical distinction between a man who breaks do man, olten old, and the designing young woman. The wiles em. Another sortof woman is the plaint'ff who seeks a clean bill of motives of action will prove to be the manspring. Blackmail will account and estate, may find less malicious excitement in training a ED. Cowen. A LAST INTERCEPTED LETTER CUTTHROAT CITY, Sept. 29, 1897.— The dear ducks ars flying Oakiandward and Ishall soon fly after them. They are ail dressed in their winter feathers, and they look at me with their pretty eyes they pass, and I think they sa ‘Come with us, Old Goose; come with us.” This will be my final, last, ultimate let- ter, for I have only received one $3 bill (a counterfeit) in compensation, and us poets come higher than that. Oh, the snow is so thick and white and soft, and it covers the earth’s bosom like baking powder! I like this Alaskan snow. It is the snow for great-souled men, and it appeals to me as no other snow does. Dear snow! dear bosom of the earth! dear great-sculed men! _And everything is so quiet, so still, so silent. And the sky is grav, somber, gloomy, overclonded. The blue sky is hiding benind it. Livernash is frightened at the silence, but I say unto him, “God is here, little lad, and so am L.” Then Livernash is happy. Yes, yes, yes. I feel I have earned a rest and I am coming home as soon as the walking is fair. My bair is down tomy knees now and I wear it in two long plaits. Only wait until yon see me on Montgomery street, only wait, only wait, only wait. I have worked hard up here and every ore knows me. I have a seventy-pound lInmp of zold in my wallet, which I er-removed from P. Bugnlu" claim while he was saying his prayers and if I get safely away with it I shal; p rick for life. That is all the news I, think of at present, except that I had e toothache last night and tbat there is nothing in the rumor that I am #oing to marry an Indian :quaw, I think Helen Dare said that out of jealovsy. Well, a wee little birdie bas told me someihing that I ean spring on her. We only get four meals a day now that provisions are running short, but if they oniy hold out until I leave [ can make up for lost time wuen I get back ‘o my own littie dovecot. Bi-ee bi-ee, as the natives bere say. I kiss my hand to California. Jo M, A -