The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1898, Page 28

28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1898. 0CCCOoO0000000 00000CCC0000000C0C0000CYO d “NEW CURE,” THE SUN B@TH. it Is the Latest Fad at a P 00000000000 near Vienna, a physi- introduced on a popular N Austria an h & scale a form of “cure” which hun- dreds of people are practicing at ot home—sunbaths. Scores of people place themselves under his care at in the mountains a anitarium every season and wonderful cures are | reported under his unique method of dosing the naked patient with unadul- terated sun ra The sun cure is essentially speaking not a new thing. Though strikingly beneficial in effects, it has never re- ceived extended consideration from the physicians of this country. I have tried the sun cure in several cases with succes The conditions un- der which the treatment is given vary in accordance with the system inaug- urated. The usual manner is to allow the patient full exposure to the sun for a period not exceeding one hour. The body is entirely bare, save for & pro- tection to the head. Immediately following the bath he is wrapped in blankets, and soon there- after taken indoors and plunged into a pool of tepid water. Then the rubbing down process is applied. The individual is placed on a regular diet consistent with the treatment. The eatable exclude meat and fruit. Usually vegetables alone are advised. The length of time generally con- sumed for an absolute cure is depend- ent upon the nature of the case. The subtle way in which the sun acts upon every organ of the body may prove a revelation to many people. To begin with, the originator of the cure rightly says: “There is no life without air, mno health without light. We pot only breathe through our lungs, but through our skin, which minute blood ve s thirsting for oxy- gen, and millions of nerves thirsting for light. Where there is blood there ought to be air; where there are nerves there ought to be light. The light ot t sun favors the change of matter other words, the process of liv- —in ophic statement beauti- the advantages which ot help but derive from an im- partial trial of the sun cure. The skin is stimulated—a stimulus not wholly limited to the body surface by the influence of the sun, but cir- ough the nerves to the re- al organs. nt allopathic system is dia- opposite to the physic hy- tem. the stomach effects with drugs; cures chiefly If the internal o the through the skin. gans remain unfettered—that is to sa other are not subjected to medicinal trea ment—the alternative application of heat and cold on the body produces ef- fects which exercise a beneficial influ- ence upon the whole body. The myriad nerves which ramify the human body act directl- upon the vital organs, and the innumerable capillar vessels discharge the effete matter with which they are loaded through the pores of the skin, and carry the oxy- genated blood to the interior of the body. Drugs and countless preparations so often and so reckle v used are never required to call forth a heavy reaction. 000000C00C0000000000000000CCO000C0000C opular Austrian Sanitarium. 0C00000000 The vitality | ened. | . The sun cure, of which cold water | baths are a general accompaniment, in- vigorates the nervous system and pur- ifies the skin. The direct effect of the sun upon the skin is marvelous. The skin becomes reddened and swollen and the pores easily yield the effete matter | with which they are charged, and re- | ceive the oxygen of the surrounding air. The circulation is facilitated and | the change of matter accelerated ac- cordingly. It is through the complete removal is perceptibly strength- ()Il ment is of small expense, but great in- of the waste matter and the consequent strengthening of the nervous system | that harmony in the organic functions is restored. As a result the body be- | | comes rejuvenated. | For paralysis, nervousness and rheu- matism there is nothing superior to the | sun cure. I have tested it in my prac- | | tice repeatedly and can vouch for its | | healing powers. To establish a regular institution de- | | voted wholly to the light and air treat- { convenience for one physician. The medical books do not speak of it, because it is a comparatively modern remedy for the alleviation of suffering mankind. I predict, however, that its adoption will become quite general in the course of time. At Battle Creek, Mich., are hundreds of people taking the sun cure. treat- ment. The physicians of that city tell me they are meeting with much en- couragement. A prejudice has always existed in the community against the treatment of diseases without poisonous medicines, but happily this false sentiment is rapidly dying out. Hydropathy was for a long while absolutely ignored, but to- day it is used universally for fevers. Sunshine is a god-given tonic, and the future will substantiate all I have said in its favor. The sun cure i{s the discovery of an Austrian physician, and is.applied in the pretty village of Veldes, located about 1000 miles from London. The location is an ideal one for a health resort. A winding stream encir- cles the village, which is dotted here and there with orchards and corn fields. Dr. Comstock says the climatic con- WHERE THE PATIENTS SLEEP IN THE OPEN HUTS They rise about § o’clock in the morning, and after putting on the scantiest attire repair to the hills near the lake, where they recline in the sun until the doctor in ditions of the United States are equally | favorable to the sunlight practice. | Patients are placed under a regular | mode of treatment. They sleep in air | huts, which are small wooden cabins | along the edge of the lake. They rise about 5 o'clock in the morning, and after putting on the scantiest attire, re- pair to the hills, where they recline for | an hour or more in the sun and shade. | Following this the patients descend to | the bottom of the hill, where they lie in the full blaze of the sun, usually for fifteen minutes. Then thev are swathed in blankets for a short while. The mid- day and evening meals are severely plain, consisting mostly of vegetables. Coffee and sweets are permitted. The afternoon is spent in lounging around the country, with an occasional nap for diversion. Every one In bed at 9 p. m. Hundreds of men and women visit \;e]des annually for health and recrea- tion. ——e——————— WOMEN ARE BETTER THAN MEN. Taking all indictable crimes, the per- centage of women convicted is 18 as compared with a male percentage of 82 —or rather more than four and a half men to one woman. It may be inter- esting to compare the numbers of male and female criminals for some other countries: No. of each sex convicted per 100 convictions. Country. Women. Men. Total. England and Wales. 82 100 Germany 82 100 France 83 100 Hungary 84 100 charge says, ‘‘Enough.’’ Belgium . 89 100 Austria 86 lOOr Russia . 9 91 100 United States... 9 91 ralvie S n 8 92 100 The above international comparison of the sex of criminals is only approxi- mately correct, as in some instances I have had to use the sex distribution of prison population in place of the sex distribution of convicted persons, and 100 ‘ -| laden with the produce of glass house, garden and orchard, until every street these two things are not identical, al- though this difference does not, I be- lieve, materially affect the accuracy of the comparison just made.—J. Holt Schooling in September Pall Mall Mag- azine. —————— IN COVENT GARDEN. Covent Garden of London is a famous and well-known place. You can pur- chase nearly everything, in and out of season, there. Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays are the great days, but in the early summer, when fruitsand vege- tables are new, any day but Sunday is full of business. The best time to see | the place is so early in the morning that one had best stay up all night, | linger at the club or stay late at a ball. Then stroll down to Covent Garden at 3 or 3:30 o’clock. At 3 o'clock one will find a swarm of people about, mostly porters, homeless people and sightseers. When the buy- ers and sellers turn out the scene be- comes very lively. They are driving in from all points of the compass, as far as twelve miles. All through the night carts arrive from the suburbs, heavily OF THE SUN-BATH SANITARIUM. about Covent Garden is congested. At 3:30 a. m. the gates of the new flower market are thrown open and the place is crammed with blossoms—cut flowers in bunches, pots of plants in bloom and bud. The big buyers arrive an hour later and get the pick of the assortment. The crowd grows thick, but there is no quarreling. Between 7 and 8 the cheap street hawkers arrive and get what is left over at cut prices. FRATERNAL NEWS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. The session of the Grand Chapter of California will convene in this city on the 18th of October in Sherman & Clay Hall, at Sutter street and Grant avenue. The worthy grand matron has returned | from her trip in Sonoma County. She found all the chapters in a prosperous conditt Next Thursday the worthy grand ‘ma- tron will visit King Solomon Chapter, on the Saturday following she will visit Mis- slon Chapter, and on the Monday follow- g she will be with Beulah Chapter/in South San Francisco. On last Thursd: night Golden Gate pter gave an at home in Golden Gate Hall at which there was a good attend- ance of the m(rnhl»r«mQ and of members of local circles, besides Miss Weeks of the Jowa regiment and number of sol- diers. There was a pleasing programme of entertainment, and there was also a fish pond, from which the anglers drew many fine fishes. TUnder the direction of Floor Manager Walter N. Brunt there was Inaugurated a number of dances. Harmony Lodge had several initiations THE ODD FELLOWS. The following is the programme for the grand encampment that will be held in San Jose next month: evening, October 17, public reception to the Grand Encampment, music, literary ex- ercises, dancing, etc.; Tuesday évening, 18th, exemplification of Patriarchal gree by Occidental ‘Encampment of Sac- remento, Golden Rule degree by Orien- tal Encampment of San Francisco; Wed- evening, 19th, competitive drill by Cantons P. M., and conferring of “deco- ration of chivalry for the competitive drill the committes has secured Agricul tural Pavilion; Thursday evening, 20th awarding of prizes and grand ball. A grand street parade will also take place on Thursday, participated in by cantons, encampments, subordinate and Rebekah lodges. The membership of Pacific Lodge has completed its arrangements for the prop- er reception of the veterans who will call on them on the evening of the 22d. Unity Lodge will be addressed by Past Grand Master Barnes on Tuesday next. Hacker and University lodges of Ala- meda County were consolidated last Thursday night, and after tne ceremony thvre‘ was a banquet in celebration of the event. There are a few Odd Fellows who pay a quarter’s dues in advance—that is, three months—but J. H. Reld has taken a step in advance of all such by paying more than a quarter century’s dues in ad- vance. He has pald to Dayton Lodge and to Dayton Encampment dues un to 25. Templar Lodge gave a euchre party last night after the close of business, and there being a good attendance there were nu- merous groups of players who enjoyed the intricacies of the seductive game. Next Saturday the lodge will give a grab-bag party. The feet auction held last Monday night in the hall 6f Loyal Lodge after the busi- ness meeting was productive of a great deal of amusement. C. F. O'Nefl, a very active member of the lodge, said that the “feet-ure of the sale was that the large feet brought the smallest prices and the smallest the largest prices.” The hand- somest of the many handsome young ladies of the lodge. after going behind the curtain, exchanged shoes with a gentle- man, and he took a place to display the lady’s shoes he wore, while the 1ady dis played his shoes. A result of this was Ihat the feet encased in the iady’s shoes went for a nickel, while the gentleman's feet, encased in the lady’s shoe, or rather the toes forced into the broadest part of the shoes, fetched a fancy price. There was much_ sport when the purchasers called for their partners for the evening. Orfental Lodge pald a fraternal visit last Wednesday to Cosmopolitan subordinate lodge, and the visit was a very enjoyable one. The visitors were treated to a fine programme of music and song and then Monday | de- | | they were given a collation, including ice | | cream. 1 “‘Our Country Aunt,” to be given to- | morrow night under the direction of Mr: | May Josephl Kincald and under the aus pices of Loyal Lodge, promises to be a | great success. There will in addition be | several specialties and a dance. ANCIENT ORDER OF WORKMEN. Special Deputy R. D Maplesten organ- ized a lodge of the order at Crecsent Mills, Plumas County, last Thursday evening, 15th inst. Mr. Maplesten has proved his | efficiency as a deputy by the work per- formed by him. | Last Monday evening a class of candi- dates was Initlated into the mysteries of | the order by the officers of Unfon Lodge | of Sacramento. Mr. Imes, special deputy, | is engaged in forming another class of | fitty candidates for Union and Sacramento | lodges, after which he will proceed to | Galt and Folsom, where he will increase the membership of lodges in each place. A lodge is almost ready to be institute at Whittier, near Los Angeles, by Deputy C. Z. Sutton. Deputy Grand Master Workman Dan- | forth contemplates a trip to the southern ortion of the State during the month of | ctober in the Interests of the order. Lodges desiring a copy of the proceed- | Ings of the last session of the Supreme | Lodge will apply to the grand recorder’s | office for the same. Pacific Drill Team of Oakland conferred the degrees on a class of candidates in Upchurch Lodge last Tuesday evening. A number of candidates were initfated in | San Francisco Lodge last Wednesday evening, the ceremonies being conducted by Prosperity Drill Team of this city. The picnic of Admission day, under the auspices of the A. O. U. W. Lodge and Degree of Honor Lodge at Newman was a decided success. Past Grand Master Workman Vinter officiated as orator for the occasion, and the exercises of the day were enlivened h;; songs from e A. O. U. Grand Re- cefver Booth. T! J. W. is very popular in Newman. WORKMEN'S PUBLIC MEETING. More than two thousand*persons erowd- ed Into Odd Fellows' Hall last Thurs- day night on the occasion of the grand patriotic entertainment given under the auspices of the subordinate lodges of this city. The meeting was for the purpose of drawing attention to the order, and as far as numbers were concerned it was a success. The platform was occupled by W. H. Jordan, P. 8. M. W.; W. H. Barnes, G. M. W.; Judge G. H. Bahrs, G. M. W.; Sam Booth, G. Rec.; Frank 8. Poland, G. recorder; Robert Ferral, past master of Spartan Lodge; B. F. Joy, past master of Valley Lodge, and Judge J. M. Troutt. There was also Edwin Danforth, deputy grand master workman, who act- ed as master of cerem@nies. The enter- tainment opened witH an overture by Coggins' orchestra, and then the deputy grand master workman made a few re- marks by way of introduction. The grand master worsman delivered an able address, in which he dwelt upon the worl of the oldest beneficiary order of the country, showing how it has all over the United States alleviated the sufferings of widows and orphans. He was followed by musical and literary numbers, several ci’ the Puplls of Professor J. W. McKen- zie giving vocal selections, the professor acting as accompanist. The programme included: Vocal solo, “Freedom For- ever,” Miss Minnie Powell; “The Dandy Fifth,” Walter Malloy, past master of Golden_Gate Lodge; Chinese impersona- tions, Leslle Peterson; address, William Henry Barnes, P. G. M. W.; vocal solo, “Pretty Songster,” Miss Sadie Johnse “A Few Yarns,” told by J. M. Semeria; vocal solo, “Lucky Jim,"” Tregellas; violin solo, Miss titla Mordhorst; s lections, Golden Gate quartet; address, ex-Judge Ferral, and as a finale Miss Minnie Powell sang with fine effect “The Star-spangled Banner,” the audlence ris- ing and joining in the chorus. There was dancing after the programme, and the whole affair was entertaining, instructive and enjoyable. It was under the man- agement of C. T. Spencer, M. H. Shepard and M. J, Blackman, assisted by F. H. La Faille, A. W. Tusg. Willlam Hanson, D F. Lord, M. E. Stanford, A. Wig- more, J. E.- Gallagher, Jobn esdom, | Amador County. Gus Pohlman, W. C. Crowle and L. Nichoison. DEGREE OF HONOR. | William H. Jordan, past grand master Workman, will, on the evening of the 4th of October, deliver an illustrated lec- ture in Excelsior Hall on Mission street | for the benefit of Silver Spray Lodge. Dawn of Hope Lodge gave a very en- joyable entertainment and social on the' evening of the 13th inst. Grand Chief of Honor Mrs. Mayon pald a \‘?u to the lodge in Santa Clara last week. Progress Lodge of Newman and the lodge of the A. O. U. W. there gave a joint picnic on Admission day for the lmrllv,(lz of the Red Cross Society. It net- ted 98. Violet Lodge of Santa Cruz {s reported as doing well. At its last held meeting | five applications were presented. The attraction committee of Ivy Lodge will on next Wednesday present for the | entertainment of the membership a pro- gramme that will include a farce. v, J. Heeringa | THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS. Grand President Mrs. Lena H. Mills was in this city last week. Last Friday she officially visited Plymouth Parlor of From there she will visit all the parlors in the county. Mrs. Mills will, so she says, during her term, visit all the parlors in the jurisdiction. She has received a number of encourag- ing letters from all parts of the State, and the prospects are that before her term closes several new parlors will be organized. Buena Vista Parlor gave an at home last Thursday night, which was a very enjoyable affalr, The members of Buena Ventura Parlor of Ventura, together with the members of the parlor of Native Sons of that place, attended the funeral of Gabriél Ruiz, a member of Company H of the National Guard of Ventura, who, as one of the members of the ladles’ parlor wrote, “died of t)})hold fever at terrible Camp Merritt.” 'he ladies walked a distance of two miles to the final resting place and deposited on the grave a magnificent floral offering. “W..” in a letter from San Miguel, San Luis ‘Obispo County, writes as follows about the local parior: ‘“San Miguel Par- lor No. 94, of which Miss I. Reed and Miss M. R. Murray are respectively president and secretary, though one of the ‘babies of the order,’ is quite up to date in every- thing. It meets on the first and third FrldflK of each month in Masonic Hall, and the membership roll shows that it 1s increasing slowly but steadily, with the names of Native Daughters who take a deep interest in the business, as well as the social features of the order. The officers are almost Perlec( in their work under the new ritual, and theiare nlwa{); at their stations. Miss J. Kirk, D. D. G. P., has notified the parlor that she will soon pay it an official visit and review the work. On the 9th the parlor celebrated the anniversary of Admission day by an entertainment and dance in San Mguel Hall. It was well attended, proved a {reut success and was most entertaining 0 all who attended.” THE AM;:RICAN GUILD. At the meeting of San Francisco Chap- ter last Wednesday night the principal topic dlscussed after the termination of the routine business was the grand enter- tainment that is to be given on the night of the 30th inst. in.the large hall of the Native Sons’ building. whe several com- mittees presented progress reports, and from the one on entertainment it ap- peared that a first-class programme will be given. Among the features there will be Chinese impersonations, seiections by the Arcadian quartet, instrumental selec- tions, an address by Maurice L. Asher, iovernor of the chapter; dia.ect selections y Huffschmidt, recitations and vocal solos, with a prospect of other features to be added. ‘'om the energy displayed, the prospects are that this will be one o the finest entertainments ever given by this chapter. A On Thankseiving day the chapter at ;I)‘o‘r‘nales will give an entertainment and ali. On the night of the 27th inst. Watson- ville Chapter will give an entertainment to its friends and the residents of that phfie. This chapter is reported as doing well. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. The smoker to ke given to-morrow night | | ones. Buena Lodge in celebration of | enth anniversary promises to be affair, as tickets have been In by Yerba its et itor Archibald and other grand office visited Garden City Lodge | on the 15th inst., and witnessed the initia- | tion of two candidates. This lodge has fallen into the line of the progressive The members of Anchor Lodge who will attend the smoker on the 1lth inst. urprise in store for them. At the meeting of the Past Dictators’ Association there was a large attendance, and a number of ters likely to influ- ence future legislation in the order were discussed. Several past dictators were admitted to membership. The Teports re- ceived from subordinates were unusually flattering. The grand dictator has sent out circular letters to the lodges in the jurisdiction ad- vising them of the important changes in the laws made by the Supreme. Todge at its recent session In Washington, D, C. The proceedings of the Supreme Lodge, constitution and general laws of the or- der, revised up to date, and a digest of decisions up to June 30, have been issued. The list issued by thé supreme reporter on the Ist inst. shows 149 deaths since the previous report, of which six occurred in California. The list also shows that all claims for August have been met. THE NATIONAL UNION. At the business meeting of Golden Gate Council last Tuesday night there were three initiations, and several applications were presented. The council, after listen- ing to a statement from Deputy Buntin~ to the effect that in future the local coun- cils would no longer pay him for his serv- ic the senate of the order having agreed to compensate him, decided to reduce the price of initiation one-half for the period ending November 1. The coun- cil, under the presidency of Norman R. Arter, a very enthusiastic member of the order, is forging ahead, striving hard to become the leading council, and is a close second after California Council. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. Last Wednesday night Miss Clara Mc- Donald, G. T.; Mrs. Sweeney, G. P.; F. W. Gibson, grand trustee; Mrs. 8. C. Wal- lis, acting grand recorder; Mrs. A. Boehm of Golden Gate Council, Mrs. Gibson and Miss Sweeney pald a fraternal visit to Unity Council, Oakland, and were re- ceived with a warm welcome. After work in the initiatory degree there was a pleas- ant social hour and a banquet in honor of the visitors. Grand Recorder 8. C. Wallis was in Busanville last week, and there found the members of the council quite enthusfastic. They promised to secure ten members in a month If the grand recorder would come up and {nitiate them. He also paid a visit to the council at Beaver, and found it in a prosperous condition. He will visit the council 4n Virginia City. DRUIDISM. Past Noble Grand Arch Henry A. Chase is still in the interfor, to which he went on account of a recent attack of illness. He is improving, and expects that he will return to this city in a short time. On the night of the 1st inst. he visited the grove in Livermore and found a largeand enthusiastic attendance. Two proposi- tions were received, one from the book- keeper of the local bank and the other from a dentist. The grove is reported as doing well. Pleasanton Grove reinstated two mem- bers last week. Templar Grove at its last held meeting conferred the second and third degrees on three candidates. Aurora Grove . initlated one candidate at its last held meeting. On Tuesday, the 2ith inst., E. Magin- niss will lecture before Hesperlan Grove in Druids’ Hall on a trip he made from Ban Francisco afoot to Oregon in the early days. California Grove of Placerville initlated five candidates last week. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. On the night of the 10th inst. there was a merry erowd of ladies and gentlemen in the Social Hall of the Foresters’ build- ing, assembled by invitation of the mem- bers of Sherwood Circle to attend a rag party. The members were all attired in rags, the gentlemen being made up In at- tire like the Weary Willies and the Looking-for Works of the country roads, while the ladies looked as if they had se- lected their ball dresses from.the rag bag. It was a queer-looking party when it formed the grand march and circled the hall. Still the members and those | who attended had a pleasant night and | %‘re-auy enjoyed the good programme of dances prepared by the committee, con- sisting of M Dunn. Mrs. M. A. O'Brien, Mrs, artley, Mrs. Charpiot, | Mrs. y and Miss Mitchell. Between | dances Mrs. A. J. Budd favored with a recitation, and Sergeant Coombs enter- tained with ballad sing'lnf. During the evening ice cream and lemonade were served to all. | At the meeting of Justice Circle last v;'m:k there were presented five applica- tions. Twin Peaks Circle announces cream social for the 29th inst. Loyal Circle will hold an open meeting | on the 3d of October, when an interesting | programme will be presented. ‘Washington Circle at its meeting last week was honored by a visit from a num- ber of members of Mizpah and Pride of the Forest circles. KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. At a special meeting of the Grand Lodge officers held last week it was de- | cided to send a representative from this | State to the convention of grand protec- tors and grand secretaries that is to be held in Indianapolis on the 2ith to dis- cuss ways to propagate the order. All the local lodges are doing quict work at this time, and while not making | any marked advance are keeping up with the fraternal procession. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. The official visit of the supreme officers to Lincoln Lodge last Monday evening was a very pleasant affair. In additi>n to the visiting officers there were a aum- ber of members of otner lodges, and a | large representation of the membership of the lodge. Under good of the order there was an exemplification of the work, and then addresses by Supreme President Mrs. M. E. McLane, Past Supreme Presi- dent Mrs. A. Boehm and others. At the close of the meeting a collation was’ served by the ladies, and an hour or two was spent pleasantly in soclal converse and story telling. On Monday, the 26th, this lodge wiil give a snow party in ‘Washington Hall. Last Tuesday night Ploneer Lodge had an interesting meeting and initiated one | candidate. On the 27th_inst. this jod, will give a free party. colllnmlttee of arrangements declines to tell. Mizpah Lodge will give an entertain- ment and party on the night of the 2ith inst. an ice YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. Last Tuesday night Council No. 34 gave a pleasant entertainment and dance In Pioneer Hall, at which there was a good attendance. The president of the board of directors has appointed H. Kugelberg, J. P. Foley, J. T. McNiff, T. E. Colins, A. Pilcovich and J. D. Mahoney as the flnance com- mittee; John Riley, P. Princevalle, A. Pilcovich, J. T. McNiff and H. Kugelberg as the committee on supplies, and’ the board indorsed the following named by the grand president as the committee on laws and supervision: . P. Foley, J. Riley, H. Kugelberg, J. D. Mahoney and P. Princevalle. . California Council will, on the 2Ist, pay a fraternal visit to Columbia Council at headquarters in this city. Next week the grand president will an- nounce the first of his official visits. ‘During the current month Columbia Council will give a banquet in celebra- tion of its eleventh anniversary. Mount Carmel Council of Redwood City on last Tuesday, at the close of its busi- ness meeting, had a mock trial, at which Judge Hannan presided, Messrs. Hinch and Curry appeared for the prosecution and Messrs. Hogan and Brown for the de- fense. The affalr was very amusing. YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE. Grand First Vice President Miss Anna M. Potthoff pald a visit last Wednesday night to Branch 20 on the Potrero, and ‘was well pleased to learn that during the Pnt few months there had been twenty n:‘b?:x‘éagsbdne&dny a party will be glven at headquarters to members and ladies wgo are eligible for membersh Rodey of No. pointed deputy for No. 16. ‘What that is tfig Ifl 0000000C0000000000000000000000000000 (] 2 (] © (] () o [x] O OVERS of Thackeray will be pleased to receive the fifth vol- ume of the new biographical edi- tion from Harper & Bros.’ press. This comprises “The Irish Sketch Book,” “The Paris Sketch Book™ and “Mr. M. A. Titmarsh,” and ** a Journey From Cornhill to Cadro.” As in the preceding volumes of the bio- graphical edition Mrs. Ritchie has em- bellished the book with memoirs of her father. The reader can follow the trend of the author’s mind during the time he was writing the masterpieces that have been a source of delight to generations of English speaking people. In some Instances, however, it is diffi- = cult to realize how such pithy humor could be the result of experiences that could have been nothing but trial to the writer. Can it be that Thackeray really had a faculty of forgetting his surround- ings and becoming oblivious to all but such incidents as interested him, and al- lowing only them to make any impression on his mind? But a thousand critics would answer this question in a thousana different ways. Mrs. Ritchie begins at the time when her father went to Paris, leaving London “and his work and his home.” Mrs. Thackeray had been very ill. Expenses were great, and Thackeray had to find the means. There was “anxiety and the difficulty of earning an Income to meet it all.” Thackeray is anxious about the success of “Titmarsh.” His royalty amounts to 7%d out of each half crown, and he calculates ““100 copies, £3 2s 6d,” and on the *'100,000 copies, £3,125 0 0. Of course he is joking. He writes all this to Mrs. Proctor, and winds up with *“One hundred copies have already been sold, so that you see my fortune is very clear.” In 1841 Thackeray tells Mrs. Proctor of his new novel, “Cecil.” “I am about a wonderful romance, and I so long for the day when the three volumes shall be com- pleted.” Mrs. Ritchie's comment is, “If this romance was that well-known one without a hero, it did not finally come s, during which how many re there not to be count- Hard at his work with such a bur~ den, an ill wife and a young family, Thackeray did not repine.” He wrote of his personal anxieties to Mrs. Proctor in an amusing way: Please, when you write, not to glve me any account whatever of any gayeties in which you indulge or any Sort of happiness falling 1o the share of you or anybody else. But it anybody meets with an accident, is arrested, ruined, has a wife run away with, if C. fall$ il and is marked with smallpox, be as to write me off word immediatel will pay the post cheerfully. * * * Despair, madam, is the word. Byronish, I hate man- kind, and wear my shirt collar turned down. About that time Thackeray writes his mother that he Is “bitten with my old painting mania, and as soon as I have written that famous book you know of and made a few hundred pounds make a Vow to the great gods that 1 will try the thing once more.” *“The Comic Tales and Sketches,” being of 1841, “The Paris Sketch Book” had been published the year before. ‘“Titmarsh,” thougn no failure, had not been a money success. He says that only 140 copies were sold. “It has, however, been hugely praised by the press, and will serve to keep my name up, though a failure.” ‘When in Ireland making up material for “The Irish Sketch Book”” Mrs. Ritchie writes: *My father's spirits vary very much. He was glad when the trip was about ending. He sees the Giant's Causeway, and tells the Purcells how the ace ‘was so awful and lonely I fled from t” .hen he had ‘a lonely dinner at a hotel, a huge place without a soul in it, the last company belng a corpse which had just gone. It was in “The Irish Sketch Book' that the most delightful of all Thackeray's poems, ‘Peg of Lima- vaddy,” appeared.” His daug.ter writes: ““One can feel the shadow in the poem, as well as the sunshine of it, an the courage and sweetness of the temper which enabied him to write it.” The “Irish Sketch Book” came out in 1843. As long hefore as 1835 Thackeray had the East ip his mind. It was a4 mental glreparatio for his ornhill to Cairo.” e tells his cousin, Willlam Ritchie, of his plans—how he will write a book, get 300 guineas for it and exhibit his sketches and sell his drawings, and he winds up with a picture of Perette and her broken Jjug of milk. Later on Thacseray had an idea of starting a weekly paper, ‘‘con- taining good work in reviews, good re- views, not notices. * * * A paper which should have a decided air of white kid gloves.” In 1844 he was to have come home, but had an offer “to go passage free by the Oriental Company to Lisbon, Cadiz, Gfb- raltar, ‘Tangier, Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna and Jericho,” and he writes: “I thought the chance 5o great that I have accepted. The book, of course, is or- dered.” During this jaunt Thackeray kept a note book. Bome of the entries in the note book Mrs. Ritchie prints. Thack- eray never was idle. On the trip he was ‘writing for Punch and working on “Barry Lyndon. On the 28th of September he notes “a white squall in tae morning,’” and that ‘was the source ;of his brisk poem. On November 8 there is this entry: “In these days did scarcely anything but work and design the character for Mrs. Perkins' ball.’? Now we may say, look- ing over the early works of Thackeray as they were known some half century ago in the United States, that it was “Mrs. Perkins' Ball” which was the first book of Thackeray’'s which attracted atten- tion. The prints were immenselv comic, }mt 1t was the text which was so eatch- “fow charming s this lttle tncident | The Biographical Edition of Thackeray. BOOKS OF THE WEEK. (=] (] (-] 000000000000 000000C00000000000000000 Mrs. Ritchie tells ab, return from the Lecous, her father on his He came home by Napies can remember his returh. We whory Sade He arrived in the evening and ho kirted “ma: but my little sister cried because he han arown a mustache 'during his. absenre, " nd ohe thought he was another papa. Then he folded a newspaper and kissed her { Dext morning ‘when' he cume shaved off -his mustache, and arms round his neck and knew iy 1i08 her te well. In a letter of Thackeray t, in 1845 he tells her that ha has Jaer pines time to finish his book, “working tant blen que mal” at an inn at Gnon oy elsea, and he adds: But 1 am guarded about Jerusa o wishing to offend the. public by a neidlees exhibition of heterodoxy nor daring to e g hypoerite. I have been reading lots of booes Old Testaments, church histories, travele. snd advance but slowlv in the labor. I find treee was a sect in the early chureh who denounceq the O!d Testament, and got Into such o rege myself when reading all that murder ang crime which the Almighty Is blasphemousty made to sanction that I don’t dare to truse myself to write, and put off my work from day to day. There is a footnote on the page, and Mrs. Ritchie writes: *I remember Mrs Carlyle telling me that when my fathe was staying at Don Saltero’s at (e . 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