THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , MAY 4 , 1800.-TWENTY PAGES. 1
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have been busy the last three days cleaning up our basement , and the Dam
aged Goods we found there will
PUT ON SALE TO-MORROW.
Most of them are much less damaged than those we had upstairs , and which we have already disposed of. Many of them are
only slightly touched with water , and most of them have only the very slightest smell of smoke.
But the same reductions will be made as before.
WE CANNOT E.NTE.R. INO PARTICULARS BUT THE ! GOODS CONSIST OF
"
.vets , aces , Drapery
Handkerchiefs , Hosiery , Underwear , Challies , Sateens , Linens , Table Cloths , Napkins ,
Towels , Blankets. Muslin Underwear , Cloaks , Jackets , Jerseys ,
And a lot of lace curtains which have got wet in the case and will be sold for half price , although not spoiled .at all for immediate use. A case of blankets , wet , .
$3.50
o-oods , will be sold for $1.50. Two cases of ginghams , some of the pieces slightly wet , will be sold for 5c. The price was lOc yard , and two cases 12 l-2c Sateensjvery
beautiful , smoked , will be sold , . .
goods slightly at 6 l-4c. They are in our west window.
N. B. FALCONER FALCONER
HAD' A TERRIBLE AUDIENCE ,
| Joe Jefferson's Experience With Tioket-of-
Leave-Mail in Australia.
.OTHELLO'S APOLOGY OUT SHORT.
.Hundred.Lines at Ono Fell Swoop
auyntcrlous l > lsni > i > eimm'oo of a
FronoU Composer IiPHtorVul -
lnclc'8 Neglected Gruvc.
Having had a long rest from noting , I ro-
itumcd to Melbourne to play a short engage
ment with my former partner at the Hay-
Jiiakot , and then sailed for Aran DIomon's '
Laud , now called Tasmania , writes Joseph
foMou In the Century for Muy. This lovely
and hut ! formerly been n convict station ,
where lifo-sciitonccd prisoners from England
liud been sent. There was nt the time I apeak
of , n il ( is now , a most refined society in Tas-
inaniii , though among the lower classes there
l\vas n strongfinvor of the convict clement. I
nctcd "Tho Tiokct-of-Leave-Man" for the
first time iu Iluburt Town , and there was
much excitement in the city when the play
was announced. At least ono hundred tlckot-
Of-leavo men were in the pit on the first night
cf its production. Before the curtain rose , I
looked through it at this terrible audience ;
the faces In the pit wore a study. Men witu
Jew foreheads mid small , peering eyes , ferret-
looking eyes , &omo with fi'it ' noses mid square ,
cruel jaws , and sinister cxprolons looriug ,
J Iow and cunning all wearing a suUen.dogged
t iookod , ns thougli they would tear the
tenches from the pit and gut the theater of
IU scenery if one of their kind was held up to
nubile scorn upon the stage. This shows the
gowcr of the drama. M author might
Write an article abusing them , or an artist
paint a picture showing up the hideous do-
ormlty of their fenturosr-all this they could
ficar and oven laugh at ; but put one of their
Uk upon the .stage in human foriusurrouuded
Joy the sympathetic story of n play , aud they
-would no more bubmit to an ill-usage of him
Jbau they would to a personal attack upon
hemselvos.
The first act of the play progressed with
fyit little excitement. Tlieso men seemed to
" * irUy thu humorous und pathetic side of the
"f 1,1 wyyvlth great relish ; but when I came
npbu tjio stagein the second act , revealing
Jho cinucluted features of a returned convict ,
Uh biujkon eyes and n elosoly shaved head ,
there was a painful stillness in the house.
JTlio wholq pit scorned to loan forward and
their eager eyes upon the scene , and
rlcrly revealed to his sweetheart the
'aocrota of the prison house , " there was
lttlo murmurs of recognition and shakings of
he head , as thougli they fully recognized
4ho local allusions that they so well rcrnem-
rtwred ; deep-drawn sighs for the sufferings
rthut Bob had gouo through ,
rand little smothered laughs at
! Hiomo of the old , well-remem-
ftorod inconveniences of prison llfo : but then ,
' ! * | } ob was u hero , and their sympathies were
aught by the nobleness of his character mid
i In Innocence of crime , iw though each ono of
IH-SU vIlHuiis rccuguUcd how persecuted ho
uid Bob had been.
As the play progressed , their enthusiasm
ncreased. Whwmvor Boh was hounded by n
lotectlvo , or Ill-treated by the old Jew , they
vould howl their Indignation nt the actors :
imd when ho cumo out unscathed ut the end
of the play , u monument bf perfect lunoceneo ,
J > .0y chwrod to the very echo. This perform.
> Cnco ivmlQrod mo cxtromelv popular with
J Bomoof the old "lura" of Holmrt Town ; and
wus of teij accosted on the street by those
Hvorthlci and told some touching tale of their
ttarly persecution * , In fact they quite looked
pn mo us on old "pal. " Thoaopourtutles were
w flattering , but the foeouvfnlonco that I
caused br being yoked in the ribs and
winked nt now nntl then , ns much ns to say ,
"All right , old boy , wo know you've been
there , " rendered my favoritism among these
follows rather irksome.
Kenn Forgot Ills Idncs.
During an ongagcmentat Liverpool , Charles
Kean noted in the "Lndy of Lyons" throe or
four times , Buys Temple Bar. For the first
three representations the prompter was at
hit > post regularly , and nil went smoothly ; on
the last night , however , ho was unfortunately
called nwoy. Claude commenced Jits descrip
tion , as usual , with the words :
"Nay , dourest , nay ,
If thou woulilst IUIAU mu paint the "
At.this niDuuint lie fixed his eye on the spot
where the prompter should have hocn , but
found him not.
'T.ho Prince of Como paused and tried back ,
saying :
"If thou vcouldst have mo paint
I say If thou vrouhlst Iiavo mo putut too "
Then ho collapsed utterly , exclaiming audi
bly to Airs. Kc.m , who hud .in , vaiu attempted
to prompt him :
"It'snoiiso-Ellen ' "
, - ; I'mflummuxedt"
His most ludicrous mishap , nowover. oc
curred in Belfast , when ho was noting Othel
lo. Ho had just heard a bogus report of the
death of his intimate friend Murray , the
Edinburgh manager , which somewhat un
hinged him. Ho got through his first scene
without diftlculty , but when ho cmno to the
apology , ho had barely uttered the first Hue.
"Most potent , grave und reverend signers , "
when his memory loft him altogether. Ho
muttered anxiously to mo ( I was Oaasio ) :
"What is it ? "
In the innocence of my heart , I responded-
"What Is what ! "
"Tho word 1 The word 1" ho replied.
"Which word ! " I ingeniously asked.
"Why. the word I want I"
Mint " saw i "i don't
, , Know wwcii woru
vou do wantl" Mrs. Kean and the prompter
both saw something was wrong , and they
uach tried to prompt him from the wings , but
in vuln. At last a luminous idea occurred to
mo. i wnispcrcu Jiuu tuo last line 01 mo
Apology ; lie accepted the suggestion , mid
boldly cutting out a hundred lines or more
"in ono Jell swoop'1 ho exclaimed :
"llore comes the lady lot her witness It ! "
Whereupon , the entrance of the gentle DCS-
domona got us out of our diniculty.
Years afterward , when ho played WoUoy
in his magnificent revival of "Henry VIII. "
at the Princess , lie suffered more from ner
vousness than ho hud over done , and it was
alleged ( though I cannot vouch for It from
my own personal knowledge ) that two young
girls , who followed us pages In his trainwere
carefully taught the words of Wolsey , so
that in the event of his breaking down they
might prompt him.
A Vanished Composer.
The mysterious disappearance of M. Cumillo
SaluUSaens has lent now interest to all that
concerns that eminent composer , says the
New York Herald. Ho left Paris shortly be
fore thu production of his lost lyric drama ,
"Ascanlo , " at the Grand opera , and , thougli
it Is rumoiXHl that tie 1ms since been heard of
in Venice , nothing definite is known of his
movements. According to one rumor ho is
wuudoriug about in the far east. Another re
port locates him in n quiet nook near Purls.
According to u third story ho is in a private
lunatic asylum.
For'somo time past It has been on open se
cret thnt ho 1ms been painfully afflicted by
the death of his. mother , whom lie adoredimd
who had devoted her lifo to him. His
deep depression had been increased by ro-
iwated dinicultios with M. Hltt and Gail-
hard , thu opera managers , in connection with
the production of "Ascauio , " aud the strain
upou the composer's mind at last became so
Intolerable that In letters to his friends ho
vowed hu would lice I'm Is before the fate of
his now work was divided , feeling as ho did
unequal to the excitement of success or
failure.
M Salnt-Saens is too well known hero to
need much describing. For years past his
works for organ , for piano and orchestra have
been familiar in the concert room. None of
his oj > onis have been played hero , but they ,
too. are partly known from the selections
which have from time to time been played
mid sung hero under the direction of Hcrr
Heidi , Mr. iTheodoro Thonuu , Mr. Walter
Dumrosch and Mr. Van der Slacken.
The future author of "Lo Timbre d'Argcnt , "
"Henry VIII. , " "Ktlcnno Marcel , " ' -Samson
ct i Demon , " "Proserpine" and "Ascanlo"
studied at the couscrvutolre.whcro his ox-
traorJlniry talent and prodigious memory
soon made him famous. Ho was for some
time organist at the Madeleine , nud has long
boon a distinguished pianist and a keen mu
sical critic.
In u private letter which has been shown
mo , he announces that ho has closed his ca
reer ns a virtuoso and for the present , at
least , has noandoned his original intention of
visiting America under M. Alficd Godchaux's
management.
For many years M. Saint-Saons courted
unpopularity in. Paris by his warm defense of
Wagner. Ho has since tempered his enthu
siasm , though there are many signs in his
works of the iullueuco of the Bayreuth
iprophet.
Ijostor AVulliick's Grave.
Lester Wallack's grave lies in an isolated
spot on the side of Woodluwn that slopes
toward the NowIIuveii railroad , where it can
bo soon from the car windows , says the
Dramatic-Mirror.
No stone or monument of any sort marks
the resting place of our dead prince of come
dians. Souio withered wreaths nud flowers
strewn on the mound but emphasizes the
jnclancholy sense of loneliness and desertion
that the sight inspires.
There was loud talk of a statue to Wnllack
in the Central Park not long niter his death ,
and before the newspapers and the publicliau
forgotten ho once lived. Would it not bo well
for his family , or Theodore Moss , or if need
bo , the profession , to place u simple stone
ubovo this grove ]
Nordlcn's Beautiful Home.
Mrao. Nordica has a beautiful homo just out
of London , surrotfudod by a largo garden ,
says the Now York World. When she Is in
it she keeps house , weeds und trims her
llower-beds , entertains company , hunts , rides ,
sails und plaA's tennis. She lias trophies from
every city she has ever sung in , and the fit
tings of her house are filled with bric-a-brac
and ornaments , the gifts of admirers and
friends. She has three pianos in her house ,
each of which she uses every day.
W. J. Scanlan will mnko a forty-five week's
tour next season.
Marie Hilfordo will probubly blossom out
ns u star next season.
Stuart Itobson will spend his summer va
cation in Cohassct , Mass.
Robert Mantell expects to make a brief
visit to Europe this summer.
Laura Burt has uiad6 n hit as Fatlina in
"Bluebeard Jr. "
v
W. S. Gilbert is back again in England
from India.
Agues Hcrndon has discharged her man
ager , who is also her hnrbnnd , und Is adver
tising for some one to look after her business
atlalrs next season ,
Mary Anderson's Intimate London friends
claim to have received positive information
Irom the lady herself that , although she will
soon take u husband , she will not abandon
the stage.
AJexauder Salvlni began his career ns a
slur last week , acting in "A Child of Naples"
and "Don Cic&ardu IJuzun. "
Corinno may possibly bring out a now
burlesque next season in addition to "Monte
Cristo , Jr. , " and ' 'Arcadia. "
Sam Harrison says : "Tho sostcnuto aud
technique of Clara Morris' voice are below
the ordinary , but her trills in the last act of
'Article uro equal to any prlinu donna's I
ever heard. "
Berlioz's "Beatrice- and Benedict. " with
recitatives by Felix Mottl.was recently given
for the first time nt the Vicuna opera and
achieved success.
This year the general breaking Up of the-
tricul companies will take place May 10.
Still another farce coined v has been
broached. Tno name os It is "Irish Whisky. "
Sidney Booth , son of Mrs , Agues Booth ,
has joined the Nellie McIIcury company.
Mme. Patti will carry away with her alwut
$ . 0,000 , the wages of her season in America.
Corlnue Is growing so that she is scarcely
recognizable. Slio weighs 188 pounds of
loveliness und is tall nt that ,
Jessie Mlhvurd has ! > ccn selected by Augus
tus Harris to play thu heroines of Drury
Lauo melodramas for the next three-yeura.
It Is qulto probable that Emma Romcldl , of
the Boston Ideals , will return to Europe , the
scene of her former guooo * > es , next season.
The latest Invention of Musical Germany is
a mechanical conductor , a figure which beats
time with mathematical accuracy at auy rate
desired. i
McGinty , so long persecuted in song , has
been dramatized aud hid sufferings urc now
visiblu to the nuked eye.
A Spanish soldier of twenty-throe year ? ,
named Vniiti , has been found by a manager nt
Cienfucgos , who hulls him ns n great tenor.
W. G. Wills' blank voivo play of "Junnna , "
which was produced originally in the London
Court theater with Wilson Bariett and Hel
ena Modjehka In the principal character ! ! , has
been lowritten.
Lilli Lehman's Norma is described as a
wonderful performance , much more effective ,
even , than the characterization of Brunhilrto
and otlior Wagner heroines. Her notion is
said to bo superb in ite art nud its variety ,
and flho seems to revel hi the vocal ceauties of
Delliul'a music.
When an audience nt n theater in Santiago
do Chili is displeased because of u change in
the billit has its own way of expressing dis
pleasure. On n recent occasion , When the
play was shortened , the spectators wrecked
the theater and compelled manager nud artists
to flee for their lives.
After Sarah Bornhardt appears in this
country , Abbey nud Grati will take her to
Briuil , and a tour of the greater part of the
two continents will bo arranged to occupy two
years.
It is whispered among the cognoscenti that
Colonel Ingcrsoll is the author of the praj er
In "Money Mad , " which excited so much at
tention in New York , aud which Mrs. Yea-
mans speaks.
It is said that negotiations. are about com
pleted with M. Gounod to write a grand operate
to bo produced in America in 18i. ! ) Ho will
himself ' 'superintend its production and con
duct in person on the first night. " The scenes
of the first , second and fouith acts uro said to
bo laid in Mexico nt the time of the Montczu-
mas , aud that of the third iu the west.
The composer Arrigo Bolto v.ill bring out
his opera , "Neroue , " next year at La Scala.
ue lias lately iinisueu uuuretio , "Aiuomeuo , "
which ho himself sot to music.
Boioldlcu's opera , -'The Caliph of Bagdad , "
the overture to which was once a universal
favorite , was lately revived nt the Breshau
Stadt theater , mm received with much favor ,
Alice King Livingston retires from the
"Lord Chumloy" company to prepare for a
hummer tour of her own In Michigan and the
Lake Superior country. Prior to this under-
talcing she will produce Mr. W. C. Hudson's
icccnt dramatization of his novel , "Jack Gor
don , Knight-Errant. " The play will probably
bo brought out in Albany.
Sarah Bernhurdtis to play "Joan of Arc , "
iu London , and certain alterations will bo
made in the dialogue ami action of the play
Six stalwart Englishmen will no longer fall
like rushes before the scythe-like weapon of
the gallant maid and tliu jmltroonery of the
island bulldogs ( tlioy would seem to have boon
toy terriers iu tkoso days ) will have its pro-
portionsjshorn n little.
The name of the great tenor Gayarro will
not soon bo forgotten iu Spain. A new thea
ter is about to be opeue4 > atBurcelonu , which
will bo called the Theater Guyarro ; while
next mouth another , bearing the same name ,
will bo opened at Las Puluuis , on the Canary
Isles. ,
Annie Plxley says it ta mot an easy thing
to get new songs suitable for singing in pub
lic. Out of a large number of ballads secured -
cured for her last your by her European
npx'iit , she could make ; use of only one ,
"Love's Old , Sweet Hong , " which is very
popular on both sides of the sea.
A new star. Marie Hubert Frohman , has anew
now plav "Tho Witch , , " which pictures llfo
during the time of the Puitans | , and borders
on tragedy. One of its scenes show * how
men and women were put iu stocks for mak
ing love on the Sabbath.
Ira Aldridge , the colored man who used to
play Othello In this country and Europe ,
has a daughter on the stage who has u fine
contralto voice. She has been at Kroll's
theater , Berlin , to sing In opera , and has been
cast for the part of Azuceuu iu "Trovatore. "
The old theater At Kichmoml , near London ,
where Helen Fauclt made her first appear
ance as Juliet , and was rewarded by thu op-
bo managed by Horace Leonard , u literary
man , not uu actor. It will be op acd by Mru.
Langtry. _
Funs are of moderate size and , except for
very ordinary use. arc of llsjo , or Uco , or a
combination of both.
KINGDOM OF HEART AND HOME
Ideal Sovereigns Omaha ToacLerj Would
Have Govern Tlieni.
MEN NEITHER STICKSUOE MONKEYS.
The Woman Who Itloil/.es n Bis , lied-
Fnoed ZUiui mid Iwdy Who
Adores uu Adonis with
I'crl'iinied Locks.
There Is n molder of youthful ideas in the
Dodge school who lias moutally painted to
her own satisfactiou an idc-al man. She has
fully her own share of the good looks of the
city ; is neither u .bloiido nor n brunette ,
neither short nor tall , young nor old , but she
has a pair of fine , expressive eyes , beautiful
hair , a white , wcll-bhaped hand and a slender ,
graceful figure. She docs not want a hus
band and has no intention of getting ouo ; but
for the clingiiig-viuo specimens who must
have an oak to cling to she recommends some
thing like the following :
"Ho must lie a man , not a stick nor n
monkey with a cane and an eye-gloss. Ho
must have some brains in his head and know ,
"
ho.v"to use them. He must have money , bo-
caubo ho is not n man among men in this ago
of the world uuloss ho has. Ho must have
position and independence aud nerve.
Ho. must carry the purse himself
and not bother - his wifewith
his financial ditlicultics. if ho
has tiny. Ho must bo polite and attentive to
his wife , and in public und nt homo treat her
ns any gentleman would n lady. But , above
all things , ho must nut bo a 'softy.1 He must
attend to his business and not make a MLss
Motly of himself by interfering with the
house nor the milliner's bills. Ho should bo
bo self-reliant , so reliable nnd so much of a
man that ho might remain nt liouio or go
away and his wife would always feel that lie
was nt nil times and would always it-turn to
her ttio sumo an elegant , well groomed , well
poked and-well regulated gentleman. "
In the Mimu school them is n young lady
with a snap iu her eyes nnd a firmncbs iu her
lips which must indicatu something to the
wife-hunter who has a different ideal. She
says ;
"I Iiato goody-goody men , I hate dignified ,
stralght-lnced old sticks nnd1 1mto weak-
minded , driveling idiots who can't look utcn
beer sign without getting drunk. I want a
man who can keep himself and his wife
without borrowing money or buying f umituro
on the Installment plan. I want him to tuko
a drink when ho feels like it , smoke n cigar
when lie wants ono nnd If ho feels like it
'have u time , ' with his friends. I want him to
Imvo a bank account big enough to buy new
clothes for emergency occasions and 1 don't
want him to .spend every minute ho isuotut
work In dawdling around the houso. "
At Izard school theio is n lady from whoso
cheeks the worries'und.vexatlous of several
terras of struggle with undeveloped minds
has worn the first warm blush of youth nnd
who is tlrcxl to death of the monotonous
drone of the &choolroom , the iukv fingers and
chalky dresses and the unutterable weariness
of n duv-in-and-out drudge for dally bread.
Her Ideal U a wooden man who would love
her alone ) ; and spend his time how mid where
ho saw fit. Ho must give her liberty , riches
und oecaus of time to lultcr under the trees
soothed liy the breath of the flowers
nnd the music of the birds. Ho may bo n
statesman or a brewer , it makes no difference
to her so that ho surrounds her with muslu
und beauty.
A serious-faced girl in the satno building
thinks that n man to make on ideal husband
should be true and constant as steel. The
broad and butter sldo of llfo is u minor con
sideration , though no goal faithful man would
see wife or children luck any of the comfoits
of lifo. She would like him to bo a doctor era
a clergyman oud loved und respected by
everybody. She does not look for genius , but
for sound common sense and a certain degree
of refinement ,
A vivacious instructress in the Park school ,
whoso Uoik scorns to adore her aud who really
has about as much use for n husband as for a
white elephant , had a little fun with thu
reportorial inquisitor iu this wise :
"My ideal , ah ! ho is too awfully lovely for
anything. Ho has a tull and slender figure ,
and dresses with immaculate taste. Ho has
large , mournful , blue eyes shaded hv long
dark lashes. Ho has the thin , delicately
chiseled nose of n Greek god. A long , silky
blonde mustache droops over a mouth of
womanly sensitiveness. His work should all
be done by ku > uKoutband ho should spend his
time an his grand old library meditating upon
the intlniteness _ of the whlcliness of the what
and adoring hisudorod with nn udoiation that
is terrifying in its intensity. "
There is in ono of the rooms in the Pleasant
school a demure little miss to whom some
irreverent mortals would apply the adjective
"cuddlcsome. " She has a pretty figure ,
dark hair nnd eyes , aud wears the
neatest of garments. She gave a
description of the orthodox ideal jnan as ho
appears in the books , aud , growing confi
dential , intimated that ho might bo all right
as an ideal , but ho was considerable of a
chestnut.
"Now , what I like , " slio continued , "nnd
you mustn't print it for the world , ib ono of
these big , icd-fuced , two hundred pound
men. They Imvo big voices , big hands and
big hearts. They stride through the woild
with a laugh on their lips and nil the little
worries nnd jxjtty troubles of lifo are brushed
away like cobwebs by their brawny hands.
I know they drink lots of drinks and are bad
in n good many ways , but there is nothing
.small about them mid smallncss I despise.
Then , you know , to most women it
is some satisfaction to know that their
protector is big enough and strong enough
to elbow ills way anywhere. It does not make
so much difference about his bruins so longns
ho is not fool. I '
n don't want him to bo n
pbilosopher nor n poet nor a musician , but I
really would like him to know how to drive
horses and train dogs. Something like the
ini.nl typical English 'sriulre , I thiuk , is about my
A pessimistic view is taken by ono of the
tcnchiTH of the high school. Nature never
intended her for n cynic. Slio is fur
too bright , rosy und altogether interesting.
She has blonde hair and wears all the flowers
nho can get. She nays :
"Anything with the least semblance of
manhood is supposed to bo the sclmolma'nm's
ideal , isn't It ? Well , it doesn't make so much
dillcreneo after all. If I map out my journey
down the years with a life companion who is
of the Augusta J. Evans order ,
wlto poctires and rhapsodiros und
yeains and nil that , the chances
nro that I will some time find mvHclf linked
to a clod who sumx up the good things of lifo
under the heads uf eating , drinking , smoking
und sleeping. I have an ideal , but I have not
the remotest idea that ho over lived or over
will live. lie ib perfectly honest , trustworthy
nnd constant. Ho is neither i namby-pamby
Miss Molt j' nor a thick-headed brute. lie mav
take n drink if ho feels like U , but he is so
far above his appetites nnd passions as to
lead people to think that lie lias none. Phys
ically he is perfect. His breath is sweet , his
teeth are white , his nails are clean nnd well
trimmed , nud his linen Is spotless. lie is
neither Hiinctiinonioiis nor vulgar nor pro-
fano. though I think there are occasions when
forcible expressions nro to some extent justi
fiable. Hu may have genius , hut hu must
not bo u crank. Ho must have refinement
ami culture. Ho knows n good poem or piece
of inu&io when ho hours It and ho loves ,
honors , protects und defends his 'wife with
the devotion and chivalry of u medluivul
knight.
"Now , Isn't that nice mid isn't it impos
sible. 1 never met such n man and never ex
pect to and. consequently , 1 urn resigned to a
life of single blessedness or misery us the caie
may bo till my days in u in the sere nud yel
low leaf. You think I will many somebody
some day , I see. Well , women are nil fools ,
and there is no telling what I may do.
Down at the Pacifiu school , that rclto of bygone -
gene days aud prehistoric architects , is a
stalely maiden , There Is u mellowness lu her
voice , a heartiness In her laugh , a hrightmxis
In her eye and , withal , u comeliness in horfnco
which readily attract us they deserve consider
able attention. Could she have had an Ideal )
queried the scribe. And yet she must Iiavo
had , because who lias not one In the class of
intelligent women whoso hmul U carried In
the education of youth } It was a difficult
matter to photograph her thought , The neg
ative was not the best in the world , but it
was that of a moi ltd who had never arrived.
Physically , ho was an Adonis who knew not ,
or , ut least , acemod insmiulblo of his graces.
Mentally , while not a Webster or a Burke , ho
was a man of bruins nnd with n .superb power
of balancing qualities. Ho was ublo to attract
and .deserve the attention und conunendutirm
of the public , and at the sumo time possessed
of social qualities which increased her pleas
ure the more he achieved social distinction
for himself. There was no hypocrisno ef
feminacy in his chiinictur or disposition , be
cause in her eyes these weaknesses would
easily have stood revealed. In n word , hu
was an migel without wings. He might at
one time hue appeared upon the scune , If
so , he had fulled in his dross parade or turned
toother mortals whoso reception admitted
him to more immediate if less blissful com
munion of soul.
THE
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The watu-au fans might pass for heirlooms ,
they are so similar to these can-led by our
grandmothers ; of Ince in nutlque pattern ,
with inserted medallions hand painted in
wattcau effects and colors.
A novelty is the Blucher. It is made on
the Piccadilly lost which gives Hint slim
effect to the foot now bo much bought after
in the best grades of fine wear.
Mrs. Cleveland Is bcholaily enough to read
understandlngly and eujoy the English ver
sion of Homer.
The Fnciifk'p of widows on the funeral pvro
still goe-a on in Bali , an island near Java
They are binned along with the remains of
their husbands. The hitter's slaves alsu
slime the same fate if lie bo of high rank. A
short time ago three wives of n chief were
cremated.
The servants and mistresses of Vienna
hnvu to manage their nfl uirs under the super
intendence of the police The hitter keep a
"servants' book" in
which uach girl's dismis
sals mid re-engagements nro recorded , to
gether with roples of character given by
each employer.
homo llKse inns have sucks of carved woud ,
colored shade of the lisso , and n ftjiige of
pendant metallic beads along each foldjothers
have very full , narrow rnchlngs of finely
plaited lisso along the folds , giving a very
leathery nnd dainty effect.
The prettiest feet on record were tht > o of
Napoleon's sister , the Princess Borghe < iewli < >
after her batli , used to recline gracefullv on u
lounge in bur diesslng room , with her dlinln
utivo feet , plump and
perfect us those of u
child , and tinted like u tea ro3e"curcfullv dis
played.
The swagger girl is advancing. There is
nothing more certain than her arrival. .Slio
will come witli the chamois brown spots on
her low shoes , n iwrk pie perched on tlm .sldo
of her head , u iour-ln-lmnd tied about her
choker and ornamented with n mastiff s > cai f
pin and her thumbs in
the pockets of u sum
mer blazer. Her success remains to be btvn
The lace boot is ngaiu reinstated in favor ,
lint it comes back in n more ornamental form
In some instances the fronts uro of patent
leather , rut in scallops , and the silken laces
BOmo bright color , as scarlet or yellow
The most fashionable London shoes for
very smart occasions uro in silk , siitllo or
morocco , corresponding with the gowns , w Ith
contrasting heels nnd rands , nnd either rib
bon tying thu sides flaps together on the in
step on u handsome buckle.
Since gold-bead necklaces have again conm
Into style dealers Iiavo been placed very fre
quently in n very delieiito position when
pome lady cumo In to complain that thonuck-
luco.bold her was of inferior quality , as it
crocked or blackened on her neck. Hecout
Investigation and the oxperlenro of pimn- !
ncnt btorckroperH has disclosed the fact tint
tills is due entirely to Uiooontiict of the boud-t
with a neck IIIKJII ulilcji face-powder hu
IK.-CU used , The smallest amount of powder ,
it thoncchhicu b continually worn , is suf
ficient to cause this.
Certain physicians Iiavo discovered tlmt
frowns can bo eradicated by cutting mucliM
bcluccii the bridge of the nose and thu roots
of the hair. h > oicry uonmiilio tlmnnjli
fiettiug , ill-health or any oilier ivjisnn has ur-
q n I rod the o little wrinkie.s on the brnwi'uu
now Imvo them skillfully removed by UN. ' snr
gcou's kulfo. What uoxU Apparently the dn >
Is not far distant whou ono can Itc untiivly ro *
constructed from the crown ot thu liuad tu
thu boles of the feoU
Orders have been given for the erection of
a tomjiornn * observutoty on the grounds of
thu futholic university ut Washington TU
obsprvatoj1) will bo a wooden M riti t ut "I Im
doino ulll bo construe ted by thu builder * ot
the Ltrk obbi-rvatory.
