1 OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. IrZIl
KSTAIILISHEI ) JUNE ] 0 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY M011N1NG , MAY 27 , 1891-TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
RAILWAYS OF CHINA
Interior of the Great Empire to Bo Pene
trated by the Iron Horso.
LABORS OF THE VICEROY OF HUPEH
Ho is Now Buildiiig the Great .Trunk Line
of the Future.
PLENTY OF CAPITAL AT HIS BACK
In-.rr.er.to Shops nnJ Vast Boiling Mills
Tuining Out the Material.
QUEER SIGHTS ALONG THE YANGTSE
Ciirpcntrr Dncrllivo the First Itiillroml
Uprnitvil In thu Oluathil Kingdom
a ml Its Devil friglnc-A. lllrth-
tliiy btup * the lliilldlni ; .
( Copyrighted 1531 by Frank a. Carpenter. )
HANKOW , China , May 8. ( Special Cor
respondence of The Bee. ) This Is the Chicago
cage of the Chinese empire.It Is nearly
700 miles from Urn scacoast , and thcro are
at thU point thrct ! cities which face each
other , much as New York , Jersey City and
Brooklyn , which have nn aggregate popu
lation of something llko 2,000,000 of people.
Standing on Pagoda Hill , behind the city of
Hanyang , you look down In fact upon the
homes of almost 3,000,000 , and you sece hun
dreds of villages , thousands of boats , In
which families live and die , and have spread
out before you the three great cities ot Han-t
kow , Hanyang and Wuchang. In front of
you , facing the south , flows the broad
Yangtsc river , which Is at this place still a
mile wide , and which Is so deep throughout
Its course thai the biggest steamers that
Ball the ocean can como up hero and anchor
at Its wharves. Tha city on the opposite
Bklo Is Wuchang. U has , perhaps , three-
quarters of a million people , and the high
wall which runs around It Is twelve miles
In length. It Is the homo of one of the
most progressive governors of China , and
Is the capital of the state of Ilupeh ,
which Is bigger than the whole of
Now England. Turn to your left and you
sec at your feet the city of Hanyang , with
Us vast Iron works , for the making of steel
rails. Beyond It across the river Han ,
which Is so filled with boats thai their masts
inako you think of a thicket of hoop poles ,
Is the vast plain covered with the buildings
of Hankow , which Is even larger than Wu
chang , and which Is the commercial capital
of this part of the empire. As you look
over the landscape your eye meets as much
water as land. The mighty Ynngtse above
and below you flows on llk'o a great Inland
Eca , Its bosom loaded with a score of steam
ers and thousands of queer looking Junks.
There nro boats before you which have come
2,000 miles down Its waters through the deep
gorges of Ichang , and mlxejLwlth them are
ships from Canton , Amo > , Fee Chow and
other great cities along the coast. There
are tea Junks from the big Poyang lake and
queer looking craft from a thousand different
localities , each having a build and make pe
culiarly Its own.
AB you look you realize the force of the as
sertion that China has more boats than all
of the rest ot the world put together. The
Yangtso Is hero cut Into by canals and the
great lagoons lying back In the country arc
spotted with sails. The river Han , which
has flowed 1,300 miles In Its winding course
from Its source to Its mouth , has brought
down hundreds of river Junks and ships nro
being loaded at scores of these wharves for
nil parts of the empire and of the world.
Today the trade of this place amounts to
about ? 37,000,000 a year and every dollar's
worth ot this has to bo carried away by
water. In the years to como a large part of
It will go by land nnd railroads may make
Hankow the greatest city of Asia , It not the
biggest on the globe.
HAS A GREAT FUTURE. .
The probabilities nro that this place will
bo some day ono of the great manufacturing
centers of the world. There Is coal and Iron
near hero In close proximity to ono another
and the water communication Is such that
coal can bo shipped hero from almost any
part ot the empire. Already a population
ot more than 100,000,000 are tributary to this
point by rivers and' canals , and the great
trunk line of future China will probably run
through Hankow from Peking to Canton ,
taking In moro big cities and a greater num
ber of people than any other railroad on the
l ' globe. Peking has a million ot people ,
Tientsin has moro than a million , and It
would be on the line only eighty miles south
ot the Imperial capital. From thcnco It
would cut its way further south about GOO
miles through ono fit the most thickly set
tled parts ot the empire to Hankow , where It
would strike these cities of 2,000,000. From
hero on to Canton It cannot bo moro than
COO miles and the land Is rich In the extreme
tromo and It teems with millions. Canton
Is ono of the great trading centers of the
world , nnd It Is said to have about three
millions of a population. The whole length
ot the road would bo less than ' 1,500
jnlles nnd thcro would not bo a waste spot
on It. It will take but llttlo grading , and
It would , I Judge , bo a comparatively cheap
road to build. It would bo a bee line from
north to south China nnd would bo largely
patronized as soon na the Chinese discov
ered Its value. Thcro are no people on the
glpbo quicker to inako use ot a good thing
und a cheap thing than these Chinese.
AB 11 Is , they huvo the dearest modes of
travel , and though their wheelbarrows and
beaU carry goods for almost nothing In com
parison with the labor spent In running
them , they are dear In competition with
Bteam , As It Is , the steamers In the
Ynngsto are kept up by Chinese freight and
passengers , and every steamboat I have soiii
has been crowded with them. They ride
first and second class , and many of them
take a sort ot steerage passage , sleeping In
bunks In a largo compartment In the rear
end ot the steamers.
PROGRESS OF THE RAILROADS.
The first railroad In China was from
Shanghai to Woosung , a distance of about
twelve miles. Woosung Is the bar at the
mouth ot the Whampoa river , and this road
did a big business till some ot the Chlne'o
thought It WPS Injuring their luck , and they
complained to the authorities. The officials
bought the road at a high prlco from the
foreigners who owned It , and throw the loco
motive , which they said contained a devil ,
Into the river. Some of the rails are still
left , and It may bo thai the road will bo
again built In the future. Ono thing Is very
certain , and that Is the moment the Chinese
appreciate thai they can make and run
roads ot their own their superstition will
not utand In the way of making them , and
many of the olllclals are experimenting to
reo what they can do. I saw a locomotive
which had been recently built by the Chin
ese machinists at the Klagnan arsenal
near Shanghai , and U runs as well as any
of our engines. I was shown railroad Iron
I mean steel rails which they had made
tbero with Chinese Iron , and there seems to
bo no doubt but that they can manage a
rolling mill very well. There la a vast deal
ot waste now , U Is true , and this will con
tinue an long as the work Is done by the
officials , who expect to get a big living out
X their stealings , but It .will bo different
when factories of this kltiil arc marled as
private enterprises. Just now the chief
movements in the direction of railroads arc
from the government , and the Idea Is to
render China Impregnable In case of war.
This Is the purpose of the viceroy here. He
liatog the foreigners , and he wants to drive
them out of the country. Ha Is using them
to build factories , and he has a cottgn mill
run by steam and filled with modern ma
chinery , which Is one of the largest in the
world. It contains a thousand looms , and
It Is located on the banks of thu Yangtsc , In
the city of Wuchang. It Is now making
money , 1 am told , and It Is profiting oft the
rlso In foreign cottons through the fall In
the value of silver.
Speaking of extravagance In railroad buildIng -
Ing , I doubt whether there has ever been
erected a more costly plant than that which
Is now being put up here by this viceroy for
the building of cars , the making of rails and
the turning out of a full equipment for the
line which Is at home future time to run
from here to Pckln. The works arc being
put up by Belgians as foremen , and about
fifty high-priced men are now employed
hero on salaries. I visited the works yes
terday. They uro located at the foot of a
hill Just above the mouth of the Han river
mid n short distance back from the Yangtso
Klang. Accompanied by the American con
sul and Mr. Uurnctt , nn American who has
lived for thirty years In the center of China ,
I rode In a long Chinese boat , sculled by u
ragged-haired Celestial , up the Yangtse
banks under the shadow of the Hankow
wharvesVo passed thousands of boats
loaded with all sorts of freight , from Stand
ard oil cans and cotton bales to baskets of
oil , boat loads of peanuts , rafts of poles
with bamboo houses upon them , and through
hundreds of great junks of white pine , some
times oiled to a rich yellow and In other
cases black with age.
AS BAD AS AT BABEL.
Every wharf was filled with workers , and
the coolies , with great loads on their backs ,
swarmed up and down them like gigantic
ants. The men on the boats and on shore
grunted or sang as they worked and the air
was filled with a noise us great and as Indis
tinguishable as that of the tower of Uubel
at the time of the confusion of tongues.
Passing Hankow we reached the shipbuilding
yards of Hanyang , where men perched In lit
tle bamboo huts , built upon four poles at
least fifty feet above the ground , were twistIng -
Ing ropes of plaited bamboo. Each hut was
not more than four feet square and was just
large enough to contain the ropemaker , who
twisted at the cell which lay In rings within
the poles on the ground beneath. Here and
all along the banks of the river there were
hundreds of bamboo huts , many of them no
bigger than the top of a canvas-covered
wagon and of exactly the same shape. These
were the homes of some of the poorest of the
million of Hankow and of many beggars. I
stopped and photographed some of these as
we went by , much to the consternation of
their owners , who ran from the camera and
called mo a foreign devil at the top of their
voices. , ,
One attempted to grab my camera , but I
' and jumped
gave 'him a shove backward
Into the boat. Similar cries greeted us as
we landed at the wharf , where .11 score of
Chinese coolies were unloading the great
Ingots of ttcclh ch have been brought h.rs
from Europe , to mak2 the first rails and to
use until the Chinese shall be able to turn
out their own steel from thelf own Iron.
Other coolies were unloading thousands of
bushels of coke , also from Europs , and this
carrying of steel Ingots , coke and machinery
has been going on for months. Ono of the
ships on which I sailed on my way up the
river had about 100 tons of these Ingots , and
Its hold was packed with big boxes of heavy
machinery. It carried 2,000 bushels of coke ,
and the captain told me he- seldom made a
tr'p without a lot of mate lal for the Hankow
rolling mills. Money , in fact , l.ns been flowIng -
Ing out here almost us fast as the current of
the Yangtse river , and the viceroy has spant
somewhere betwe n JS.COO.OOO and $10,000,000
already. The evidences are apparent that
ho will have to spend a number of millions
more bsforo he gets through , and at the
present rate of extravagant mistakes he Is
likely to bankrupt himself and his state
government before he build ? his road. In
the first place It costs Urn a fortune to make
the foundations of his work. Ho has , I
Judge , at least seventy-five acres , the greater
part of which Is covered with buildings.
There was a hti ; close by , where he
might have located the establishment.
Ho chose , however , the low bed
of the river , which is overflowed every
spring , and went to- work to make It safe
from the waters. Laying out his founda
tions he filled In this vast area to a height
of fourteen feet , the dirt being carried by
coolies at 10 cents a day In little shovel-
like baskets hung to the two ends of a pole ,
which they rested over their shoulders. It
must have taken an army to do It , but It Is
done , and there Is now a railroad running
upon It a distance pcrhape a quarter of
a mlle from the rolling mills to the water.
Upon this there wcro about 100 steel cars
and a steam cnglno or two of European
make at the time I entered the yard. The
cars were loaded with machinery , and were
being hauled to'tffo rolling mills in the rear.
BUILDING SLOW BUT SURE.
I followed one of the trains. Wo first
came to eight largo boilers , near which
were what looked like vast hay stalks , but
which were sheds of mats. In whloh the
coke was stored. Beyond these there were
two massive furnaces for the smelting of
tlio ore. Each was a hundred feet high , and
I climbed to the top of one of them by the
spiral steps on Its outside. Below mo I
could HCO the roof of the vast machine shops
which are now being filled with expensive
works. These shops cover at least twenty-
five acres , and there are here that many
acres under one Iron roof. A railroad runs
by their side , and a smoke stack 150 febt
high rises In the air behind them. Beyond
them In thu distance you see the buildings
of the viceroy's arsenal , where ho Is mak
ing modern rifles and other guns , and near
this Is a brick works , where bricks are
being made with the latest of Improved
European machinery , I entered the ma
chine shops. The din of an Immense boiler
factory greeted my cars , and I found my
self In the midst of hundreds of Chinese
machinists , who were working In putting
up all sorts of rolling mills and machinery.
A largo part of the works Is already up ,
but It take } time to build a shop of this
magnitude anywhere , and In China things
go very slowly. The viceroy has been spend
ing so much that bo has reached the end
of his pile , and ho Is now watting' to get
nn advance from Peking. The government ,
however , Is getting ready for the celebra
tion of the sixtieth anniversary of the birth
day of the empress dowager , and upon this
will bo spent enough to build n road from
Peking to Canton , and the people will bo
taxed In consequence. It Is not BO easy ,
however , to overtax the Chinamen , as It Is
In other so-called savage countries , and the
government Is trying to economize In every
way. There Is n railroad being built In the
northern part of the empire , and the regular
appropriation set aside for tills has been
$2,000,000 a year. I sco by today's transla
tion of the Peking Gazette that It has been
decided by the board of revenue of the em
peror to omit the appropriation this year , In
order to use the money to whoop It up for
the old dowager. It will put the road back
ten months , but this makes no difference to
the Chinese.
aumous CONVEYANCES.
This northern railway Is the only working
road In China , I expect to go to Tientsin and
travel over It. I understand that It has been
pushed rapidly within the past year or so
toward the Manchurlan frontier , and that
It was of service to the government In the
recent rebellion there. It Is for the purposes
of detente that the Chinese will build rail
roads. The best thing that could happen to
the country would bo a first class war with
the foreign powers. This would lead to the
pushing out of enterprise In every direction.
Roads would bo built and their buttonhole
eyelids would bo stretched far enough apart
for them to see that China Is by no means
the center of tho.eerth , as they suppose.
This northern road was first built to take
coal from tho'mines to the Taku forts and
the naval ships. When I was In China , five
years ago , It was only about eighty miles
long. U has. I am told , now about reached
the crest wall , and will soon penetrate Mon
golia * There are now two faction ! here In
favor of railways , ' Ono wapts them as
means of defense , and the other wants them
for commercial purposes. Neither , however ,
would mlvlse the bringing of foreign capital
to build them , and their motto Is "China for
the Chinese. "
We went back to the city after .visiting the
arsenal , which was much the satno as the
ono I aw at Klagnan , though not , o large ,
by the river Han , and as wo did so I got a
picture of ono of the railroad cnrs of the
China -of the past. It was a buffalo cart ,
with wheels as largo as the front wheels of
a farm wagon , made of a single block of
wood and fastened to the axle with n wooden
pin. The shafts wcro tied to Iho axle , and
there was not enough Iron about the whole
to have made a hairpin.
The chief freight car here 'Is n wheel
barrow made entirely different from these
I have seen In other parts of the empire.
It Is stronger and It has' handles at the
front as well as In the rear , Two , men
usually work It when the loads are heavy
and I have seen n ton carried on one of
these barrows. They are made with n
screeching bamboo attachment , and there
Is no Iron about them except the tires.
The pieces arc pinned together with wood
and tied with rawhide strings. Bach bar
row costs about $5 and It will last , It is
said , for a lifetime. In some parts of China
there ore wheelbarrows which have sails
fastened above them In order , that the
wind may help the men who push them
along the road. These wheelbarrows , the
Chinese cart arid the boat form now the
passenger cars of these millions of people.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of goods
arc carried over the country on the shoul
ders and backs of men every day , and the
traffic of the far north Is largely freighted
by little fuzzy donkeya and big woolly
camels.
Till : MOUKItA' HOXXKT.
From Ilnrper'H Bnzrir.
Or Is It a hat ?
Dome of St. Peter's tell me that.
It IB broadly conceived , crown , brim nnd
bow ,
It Is grand wlth a grandeur grand , you
know ;
Hut , somehow , I hardly seem made on the
plan
Of the grandest kind of a grand young
man :
And this , perhaps , Is why nt the play
My thoughts train Hamlet or Lear will
Htray ,
And why to the bonnet In front I turn
With "thoughts that breathe nnd words
that burn. "
The modern bonnet ! Ah , who designed
This torment of torments to those behind ?
For women may weep nnd men may rage ,
The bonnet shuts out both player anil stnie ;
And soon , with Its artless turns and Jerks ,
Its nods and dips and turns und feminine
quirks ,
Makes the poor wretch In the peat behind ,
"Who has paid for his place , as good us
blind.
And still Its challenge appears to be
"Pooh , for the play ! Just look at me !
My ostrich plume so long nnd handsome ,
Is worth In Itself a young kind's ransom.
Two feet across and one foot high
Is llttlo enough for such as I. "
Oh , It spreads Itself like a potentate !
And yet , do you know , I pity the pate ,
The silly pate that Is under or In ,
And doesn't know It commits a sin.
She never suspects that the rights of man
Are all nt war with her bonnet's plan ;
And to gaze for three long mortal hours
At Ita wide expanse , Its plumes , Its ( lowers ,
Is more than a man will care to do
Who has come , one may say , with a differ
ent view ,
Not to speak of the ticket's cost ,
And the time , and tone and temper lost.
And now I think of a maiden fair ,
Crowned with the wealth of her clinging
hair ,
Who weareth a turban close and trim.
Her sweet face Blowing beneath Its brim ;
And I say to myEelf , "Jf ever I wed ,
'Twill be with a turban maid , Instead
Of the poor , misguided feminine soul
Who flnunte-th a beaver aureole. "
1'lt.tTTI.K OlTItK
"Now , children , " began the gentleman who
had been asked to address the Infant class ,
"you must all keep very still , for I am going
to tell you about Moses. Moses was ono of
the patriarchs ; ho was ono cf the grand old
men of the bible no doubt you have all seen
pictures of Moses ; he had white hair , and
a long , white beard hanging from his chin.
Now , children , you all know what a long
white beard Is , don't you ? " There the gen
tleman addressing the Infant class paused
for that reply f&r which such orators are
seldom fully prepared. "Ycth , thlr. " p'ped
up the smallest boy In the room from some
remote corner. "I've theen 'urn Jos' like a
billy-goat , thlr ! "
* + *
Bess Is ono of those astute Juvenile auto
crats who are strangely gifted In analyzing
the secret and extent of their dominion over
adoring relatives. "Oh , no , " she was one
day overheard to confide to another small
girl , "grandma can't make mo mind at all
she can't do a-thlng with me ; but grandpa
knows how to manage me. " "How does lie
do It , Bess ? " asked the Impatient male
cousin who was eavesdropping In a ham
mock on the piazza. "Why , ho waits till he
seei what I'm going to do , and then he tells
mo to do It. "
* *
Sammy Mamma , when I went to see Tom
taplefoid tlU morning the tlrl that ccmo to
the door said he wasn't at home , nn' I know
ho was. What did she want to tell mo that
for ?
His Mother There may have been reasons
why Tommy could not bo seen. She tol.l
you that cut of politeness.
Sammy Yes , she acted as If she was out
of pol.tcncrs.
* * *
Little Frank had long Importuned his
father to buy him n pony. At last papa said ;
"If I were to got you a pony , Frank , you
wouldn't know what to feed him. "
"Oh , yes , I would , papa , " replied the boy.
"I'd feed him horse radish , "
* * *
"You have a bright look , my boy , " said
the visitor at the school ,
"Yes , sir , " replied the candid youth.
"That's because I forgot to rinse the soap
oft my face good. "
* *
Hobble Mamma , doesn't It make your
hands warm when you spank me ? Mamma
Why , yes. Hobble , It does. Hobble
Wouldn't It do just as well , then , .mamma ,
for you to go and hold them over the
liltchen range ?
unit .Murrlngo.
The London correspondent of the New
York Herald tolls this story : Did Mr. As-
qulth got ono of the mustard plasters ?
U seems that his bride-elect , Miss Margot
Tennunt , war staying In a country house
where there was n hunting party. The
guests were to return a very .few minutes
bcforo the dinner began , and they all had
their dress suits laid out ready to put on.
Some sprightly genius sowed mustard plaster
leaves Inside the shirts.
In. the hurry no ono noticed the plasters ,
which were deftly concealed , but nt the
dinner It was observed that the men
squirmed In their chairs and looked puzzled.
Some turned palu ; others perspired. Ono by
one they excused themselves and presently
none but the women remained.
Comparison of notes revealed to the men
the fact that there had been a dlro plot.
But English society Is bo prim that people
mustn't tnlk about shirts In company , und
no general Investigation could be held. It
leaked out , however , that the schema was
the Invention of Miss Tenant , but of course ,
that may be pure surmise or even cruel
slander.
The llorrtmliif ; Woniun.
Indianapolis Journal ; "How many things
did the' woman next door borrow .today ? "
asked Mr. Flgg.
"Only the telephone , " , answered Mrs.
Flgg. "It was the first time she had ever
used one , and I don't think I ever saw a
woman more disappointed. "
"Couldn't she use It ? "
"Oh , yes , she learned how to use It
quickly enough , but what broke her heart
was that It was fast to the wall. Bho had
thought iho could take It homo with ber
to keep till wo called for it , "
THE BIVOUAC ! ( ) F THE DEAD
Resting Place of Seventeen Thousand
Heroes of the Civil War. r
THE HISTORIC SHADES OF ARLINGTON
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Nccropnlli of the Xntlon'ft Icnd , UK Nut n nil
' , Artistic ( lutes , Winding Tilth *
atitl DrlvcK , unit Countless .Moiui-
iiicnti T Cro\T8.
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Thrcs miles duo v est ot the national
capltol , on the tlmbere 1' heights of Virginia ,
sleep nearly 17,000 of Iho soldier dead.
Of the seventy-two' ' national cemeterlrs
Arlington Is regardcdf the most beautiful.
Each of the others Immortalize some great
battle field , dedicated as a resting place for
the heroes whoso llf $ blood reddened Its
verdure. Arlington , combines memories of
many , and beneath Its grassy sloprs rest
the remains of many' ' of the distinguished
leaders of the union armies. Sightly and
beautiful Is this hallowed spot. The rising
sun saluten it among the first of Virginia's
hclKhts nnd Is last to 'receive ' adieu at eve.
while the rippling Potomac rolls an eternal
requiem nt Its foot. <
The cemetery Is acccssiblo by carrlaga
road and street railway. Cable cars land
the Washington visitor'at ' Georgetown , where
carryalls afford conveyance across the
aqueduct brldgo-and connect with the trolley
Hue , which winds around the hills bncath
Fort Mycr , and lands , you at the" 'western '
gate on the Fort Myer"road. . This Is ono
ot the six gates to .the cemetery and Is
known r.s the Fort Myer gate. The main
entrances to the grounds are along the
Georgetown nnd Alexandria road. The first
of these Is the Ord' and Weltzel gate ,
flanked with tall columns Inscrlb d with the
names of Generals Ord and Weltzel. Next
Is the Sheridan gate , a massive structure
of four columns supporting a stone cross-
pleca , on which Is Inscribed the m > me of the
great cavalry leader. The McCellan gate la
nn Imposing structure of red sandstone of
artistic design. Over the gateway Is the
name of the hero of Antletum and beneath
It an appropriate Inscription. The fourth Is
known as the new gale , which swings be-
twesn massive masonry that once formed n
portion of the old War department building.
Near the southwest corner Is the McPherson
gate , leading Into a circular grove form
ing the apex of the Irregular plots whfro
sleep 10,000 of the eoldttr dead.
From each of the lower gates the road
ways wind through beautiful groves nnd all
converge at the Curtis mansion. The Ord
and Weitzel road leads the visitor through
a narrow strip of ground , less than two
acres , In which the first burials during the
war wcro made. Here are about B.OOO
graves. Then llu read , after winding arouiU
beds of flowers , suddenly plunges Into a
woo : ! , so dense nnd wild that the sunshine
rarely penetrates to the ground , crosses do p
ravines , loops the hillsides and finally ter
minates In the open , well-kept space sur
rounding the historic mansion.
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT.
The writer entered llie cemetery by the
Fort Myer gate. It whs a warm , cloudless
day In early May. Trees -worj In full bloom.
The fresh trimmed sward gave evidence of
loving care. No passing breeze stirred the
leaves. Here nnd lhcu.e .a bird chirruped
warily. Even th > wdrKnieh , busily laying'
granolithic walks and 'repairing roads , spoke
In whisper tones and permitted no harsh or
Irreverent sound to break the solttudo of
the city of the dead.
To the right , after entering the gate , are
long rows of unpretentious headstones , extending -
tending far Into the timber. They areof
uniform size , granite or marble , rising .a
fpot above ground and laid with such regi
mental precision and apparently so endless
In number that the 'perspective ' becomes a
line of while dots , fringed with green.
Each slab bears a name and a date. Aloag
the edge of the general sections and frontIng -
Ing the walk are Iron tablets bearing , In
raised letters , a stanza from the famous
elegiac poem of Colon ; ! Theodore O' Hara :
The mufiled drum's sud roll has beat
The soldier's last 'tattoo ;
No more on life's parade snail meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tentB are spread ,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
* * ' # * *
THE OFFICERS' QUARTERS.
To the left of the road are the sections
set apart for the Interment of officers. Here
every officer who served his country with
distinction Is entitled to burial. Many
handsome monuments have already bscn
raised over the graves In these
sections. These attractive piles of
granlto nnd marble uro In marked
contrast with the severe simplicity of the
acres ot headstones across the road. The
government hero only permits a departure
from the uniform style of headstone pro
vided elsewhere , consequently the fancy of
admiring friends and comrades Is permitted
to riot In stony pllo and epitaph. Further
on , at a turn of the road , the most striking
memorial In all Arlington comes Into
vlow. It Is a masslvo block of rough
hewn granlto containing the bones of
2,111 ot the 4,391 of the unknown dead
burled In the cemetery. The remains were
gathered up by loving hands from the by
ways ot the various battle fields north of
the Rappahannock , und suitably honored , , In
the nation's necropolis. The sarcophagus
beers this slmplo Inscription :
"Hero lie the bones of 2,111 unknown
soldiers. Their remains could not be Iden
tified , but their names and deaths arc re
corded In the archives of their country , nnd
Its grateful citizens honor them as of their
noble army of martyrs. May they rest In
peace. "
THE GRAVE OF SHERIDAN.
Further east on the bloplng ground are the
sections reserved for- the 'burial of officers
of the army and navy , who achieved high
distinction In the service ot their country.
The spot containing Ih'o remains of Gen
eral Phil Sheridan , with Its artistic monument
ment , Is a magnet attracting every visitor ,
U Is a few yards from the columned portico
ot the Curtis mansion , j A gravel walk sur
rounds the plot , which Is enclosed with a
chain attached to grdnltd posts. The monument - .
mont Is a block of hlfihl * polished dark gray
granlto. Upon Its fqco jls a bronze flag and
medallion , the latter containing a head of
the dead general In Jilgh ; relief. The bronze
cast Is the work of ? ijotjiuel Kltson of Bos
ton and Is regarded 'as an excellent likeness.
Beneath the medallion tn raised capitals , Is
the name "Sherldaii. " 'Tho ' location ot the
grave Is the most sightly on the grounds.
In life the gallant and dashing cavalry com
mander rose to the highest military olllco In
the gift ot an admiring people. So In death
his resting place Is conunandlngly In front ,
flanked and followed by the graves of
brother officers and the countless host of
troopers who In civil strife went down In
sorrow and In triumph , Through the broad
rift In the surrounding forest of oak the city
ot Washington Is distinctly visible a cluster
ot red and gray walls and towering spires ,
the capltol dome and the Washington monument
ment overtopping all In massive und unap
proachable grandeur.
DISTINGUISHED DEAD. .
Near that ot Sherldaii Is the grave of Ad- '
mlral Uavld R.Porter , whoso Illustrious
career on sea equalled the former's on lurid.
A few yards away U a handsome shaft
marking the'grave of Surgeon General J.
H. Baxter , who died In 1870. Here , too ,
rest the'remains ot General George Crook ,
whoso brilliant career In the civil war was
capped with numerous notable victories over
the treacherous and revengeful Indians In
the west and southwest. Other graves In
thli section are those of General Abnor
DoublcOay , Brevet Major 'General J. H.
Mower and General Samuel David Sturgla.
But a trlUo leas Illustrious ore the names
on the monuments In the officers' sections ,
back of the amphitheater and rostrum. An
object , of general Interest Is the sarcophagus
of dressed marble containing the remains of
General M. C. Melps , quartermaster general
of the army during the entire civil war ,
and those of his wife , Louisa Roger Mclfis.
Other members of the family arc burled
hero , Including Lieutenant John Roger Molgs ,
the eldest son of the general , who was
killed In battle In 1SGI.
An umlrosBcd granite shaft marks the
grave of Brigadier General William B.
Hazen , for years chief signal olllccr of the
United States , who died In 1887. Near
by rest the remains of Brigadier General
Gabriel It. Paul , who went down to death In
a furious charge at Gettysburg. A granlto
column marks the spot. A beautiful grnn-
Ito block marks the grave of Brevet Major
General John II. Kirk , and near It the grnvo
of the hero of Corinth , Miss. , Brigadier Gen
eral Plummer.
A slmplo marble slab marks the resting
place of the vencrabla General Hnrney. A
plain granite shaft rises above ths grave of
General James Trewcrton Hl.kctts , a veteran
of two wars , n participant In twenty-seven
battles of the rebellion , who died of wounds
received while commanding the Sixth corps
In the Shcnandoah valley. 'A cube of granite ,
severely plain , marks the grave of General
Myer. The grave of General Jones , for n
number of years Inspector general of the
army , Is marked by n tasteful shaft. A
block of pure white marble with a carved
cavalry sabro marks the grave of Captain
von Dachenhauscn. Captain Charles Parker
of the Ninth cavalry Is burled near by and
his grave Is marked by nn upright slab of
white marbl ? . Other notable graves arc
those of Generals W. W. Dolkmip and W. W.
Burns , both unmarked by monuments , and
Rear Admiral Charles S. Stedman , whosa
grave Is marked with an artistic pyramidal
monument of polished red granite.
ANCIENT RELICS.
Adjoining the officers' section on the north
Is a collection ot weather-beaten shafts nnd
slabs of sandstone and marble with quaint
old epitaphs In antique lettering. They bear
the names of famlll.s prominent In the
colonial and revolutionary periods of Ameri
can history. These ancient stones , cloven
In number , marked the graves of officers of
the revolutionary army and public officials
of the early years of the century and were
removed to Arlington from the old Presby
terian cemetery when the latter way de
molished.
Directly south of the Curtis mansion Is a
large garden , In which flower beds nro ar
ranged to reprcssnt badges of the different
army corps. The names of Grant , Shermpn ,
Sheridan , Garflcld and others appear in
floral letters. In the center of tho. garden
stands the "Temple of Fame , " a circular
structure composed of eight columns , sur
mounted by a dome which rests on an
octagonal cornlco of stone. Chiseled on this
cornice are the names of Washington ,
Lincoln , Grant and Farragut. The columns
bear the Illustrious namrs of McPhcrsan ,
Sedgwlck , Reynolds , Humphreys , Garftald ,
Mansfield , Thomas and Mcade.
Just beyond the garden Is the rostrum and
amphitheater , where Dscoratlon day exer
cises arc held. The rostrum Is a raised
platform of stone , resembling the remains
of a Grecian temple. An ornamental marble
slab serves as a reading desk , while twelve
stone columns support a level roof of lattice
work thickly covered with creeping vines.
The amphitheater Is a circular embank
ment of earth , enclos'ng a space largo
enoiigh to hold 1,500 persons.
A BIT OF ARLINGTON HISTORY.
Aparl from the hallowed memories wh'ch
now cluster about It Arlington possesses
associations extending back almost to the
foundation of the republic. As far back as
lCC9 ltXormcd.part of the grant 'made by Sir
William Berkeley , governor of Virginia , to
Robert Howsen. Later It passed to the
Alexander family , from which the city of
Alexandria took Its name , and from the
Alexanders It was purchased by John Parks
Curtis , the son of Martha Washington , and
the Immediate ancestor of George Washing
ton Parke Curtis. With "the latter's lit ? ,
closing In 1857 , the history of Arlington Is
Intimately associated. Within the portais
of the Curtis mansion , which crowns the
crest of the hill , have assembled men und
women distinguished In th ? nlstory of the
country. It was built early In the century
and designed to suit the tastes and meet
the demands of hospitality characteristic of
the Virginia gentleman of the period. Tall ,
massive Grecian columns form the portico.
Wldo halls and spacious chambers , even In
their present dismantled condition , bespeak
comfort and cUganco. Lafayette was a
guest at the house In 1824. The Masons ,
the Fltzhughs , the Randolphs and other
noted Virginians had the entree of mansion
and grounds , and statesmen llko Clay and
Webster were partakers of Its hospitality.
In the main drawing room , where visitors
are now requested to register their names ,
the dashing and esteemed young army offi
cer , Lieutenant Robert E. Lee , wedded Miss
Mary , only child of Mr. Curtis , on the evenIng -
Ing of June 30 , 1831. The marriage of
Lieutenant Leo to the holrcss of Arlington
renewed the gaycty of the estate. From
Arlington Lieutenant Leo started for the
Mexican war , in which ho achieved dis
tinction and promotion. From Arlington
Colonel Leo started In command of a corn-
piny of Washington marines to subdue
the raiders under John Brawn at Harper's
Ferry. And In the historic mansion Lea
penned the letter dated April 20 , 1SC1 , re
signing his commission In the United
States army.
FROM PEACE TO WAR.
Flvo days after the letter was written and
three days after Leo's departure for Richmond
mend , the camp fires of tbo _ union army
were lighted among the oaks of Arlington.
The mansion became the headquarters ot
the commanders of the troops on the grounds ,
and the "pomp and circumstance" of war suc
ceeded the sweet tranqulllty ot domestic
life. The trumpet of Internecine strife
sounded the future fate of Arlington ,
The establishment of Arlington as a na
tional cemetery Is due to General Melgs ,
who , with President Lincoln , ordered bur
ials there on the 13th ot May , 1SGI. The
first to rest beneath Its sod was a confeder
ate soldier , who died In Arlington hospital
while a prisoner of war.
Thb" Impression thai the property was
confiscated as an acl of retributive Justice
Is a mistaken one , The necessities of war
forced the government to use It as a field
hospital. It was bought at tax sale In
January , 18G1. the government paying
$26,000 , nnd subsequently after litigation ex
tending down to 1SS2 , the government secured -
cured valid , title on payment of $150,000 to
the younger Lee. >
DECORATION DAY.
Arlington presents an Impressive sight on
Decoration day. The boiuty of the location ,
the vivid color of trees und grass , the per
fume of flowers , the Incoming crowds keep
ing step to the mullled roll of drums , unite
In a composite picture of Inspiring patriotism
framed with oak and emerald. From early
morning till noon approaching roads are
crowded with vehicles of every conceivable
description. Footmen are numerous and
street cars thronged. The gates are con
gested with crowds , whllo the procession
of the Grand Army with difficulty pushes
its way to the amphitheatre. No grave U
unremembered on Oils day. Over every
mound floats the colors under which the
occupants fought. Flowers are strewn In
abundance everywhere. Hero and thcro uro
floral pieces of special design marking the
graves of loved ones. The vault of the un
known dead receives special attention , ami
is usually covered with loose flowers and
wreaths. The graves of Sheridan , Porter ,
Crook , and other famous officers are covered
with floral tributes from admiring comrades
and kin.
After these tender evidences of love and
remembrance come the oratorical flowers
of affectionate regard and the Inspiring
notes of national song , The assembled
throng , broken Into groups , surround vari
ous monuments. Some comrade tells of the
heroism of the occupants. Some are on
bended knee uttering prayers. Others un
cover and bow reverently before a modest
Blab.
Blab.Tho
The crowds are rapidly hurrying back to
the city. The sunset gun at Fort Myer
laluteii the passing day. Gathering dark
ness warns the lingering few , and soon , tlio
honored dead In Arlington nro alone In the
"undisturbed tranqulllty of endless Mocp. "
T. J. F.
C'KOWH AT AKI.INUTOX.
Crrnt I'liulci ttiivn Srtllril Upon tlio Nil-
tloiml Onu'lcry.
It Is not generally known , but It Is a fact
nevertheless , that Arlington cemetery Is oc
cupied not only by the silent , sleeping heroes
gathered from the neil enriched by their
blood , but Is Inhabited every night by nn
army of a million or moro of feathered na
tives of Virginia. Just betoro daybreak
every morning , writes a correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times , the soldiers ot Fort
Myer nodes a stir In the tall tree tops , In
the branches and on the extreme limbs of
the primeval forest which has been set
aside as a national cemetery.
The stillness of the early day surrounds
the heights and the pulse of the night Is
making Its last fecblo throb. In the far
east there Is a very falntlsh flush , or rather
the reflection of a Hush , which Indicates the
rising ot the sun. A golden hue , a purple -
plo tinge , nnd the silvery horizon becomes
warm with the glow of commencing day.
As the light penetrates the leaves and
branches of the forest the feathered sleepers
are awakened and rlso with n bound Into the
azure blue. The morning air Is stirred
with high-pitched notes as they are sung by
the army of crows. Like nn army with
banners , well trained , mystic , wonderful ,
these denizens of the forest rise In graceful
( light , and with the lightness and graceful
ness of gyratory curves they fall Into the
line of march with tremendous energy nnd
speed across the old Potomac river , where
the Grant memorial bridge is supposed to bo
built , over ancient Georgetown and northern
Washington , hiding the rising sunlight from
the suburban village of Bladensburg , the an
cient dueling ground for the national caplt.il ,
the Army of the Potomac crows marches
across the fresh morning Into the upper
Chesapeake bay atmosphere. The head of
the column usually reaches the bay and
commonccs to settle down to work by the
tlmo the rear guard has left Arlington.
Late In the afternoon , Just about or a
llttlo bcforo sunset , the observer will see a
long nnd constantly growing army of these
birds retracing their step1 , or rather rc-
flylng their tracks , southward to their
nightly homo at Arlington. The number of
this migratory flock , as well as the regular ,
periodical character of their diurnal flight ,
produces a spectacle of more than ordinary
Interest. Their going nnd coming has at
tracted a great deal of notice nnd been n
subject of scientific Inquiry for a number of
years. As a matter of fact ever since the
Potomac valley was settled the ancestors of
this great army of crows occupied the woods
and wooded hills along the river In Alex
andria and Fairfax counties. Before the war
they occupied an Immense strip of pines
above Georgetown , but the woods were de
stroyed during the war , and the modern
the homes of
crows were obliged to forsake
their ancestors and seek ther ! nightly refuge
In the natural grovei about the ancestral
homo of the Lees. These wonderful birds
occupied tlio primeval forcats long before
the coming of John Smith or the other ad
venturous spirits who plowed the Potomac
with their small boats EO many years ago.
It Is probable that they will continue to
dwell here and make their dally pilgrimages
for all tlmo to como.
The crow is not the enemy of the farmer
In this section of the country , but rather his
friend. U Is true that ho will follow the
grain sewers and pick up n small portion of
the seed that Is sown , but the crow has on
appetite for animal food , and Is always on
the lookout for cut worms and other euo-
mles of the farmer. Thousands of these
crows , In their flight toward the Chesapeake
In the early morning , stop on their way , like
stragglers and foragers from an army , and
settle down upon the farms for half an hour
or more , during which period they gather up
millions of worms of various kinds , and re
lieve the farmer of them , while at the same
tlmo they satisfy their own appetites. They
are helpful fellows , are these crows , and the
farmers In this country do not put up scare
crows as they do in many portions of the
United States.
Thcro is a llttlo legend which Is told by
the colored people and superstitious whites
In the neighborhood of Arlington concerning
the transfer of the crows from the George
town side of the Potomac to Arlington for
ests. It Is said that shortly after the grand
review In Washington In May , 1SC5 , the con
federate general , Robert E. Lee , came several
nights alone to hie old home upon the Vir
ginia hills and spent hours of prayerful soli
tude beneath the grand old trees and In the
midst of the numberless dead soldiers slum
bering there. Immediately after this oc
currence the crows left the pines back of
Georgetown and nightly roosted In the trees
of Arlington. This 1 * a very pretty legend
which will bo related In nn elaborate man
ner by some poet of the future who will
make the romance of the Potomac Valley
one of charming. Interesting , sombre , yet
lightsome and bright melancholy. Whether
the crows go to Join their cawing with the
weeping of the defeated general or not , It
Is a very pretty legend and the crows are
still there and will be there for the future
novel's ! and poet. The people of Washing
ton , sleeping ns a majority of them do until
8 or 9 o'clock In the morning , seldom wit
ness this dally flight ot the crows , yet It la
ono of Iho most Interesting events of the day
at the national capital.
The river men , that Is these who dwell
along the banks of the Potomac , or who are
engaged In boating or fishing , generally sco
the entrance gates grow black In the evening
as the wearied predatory peripatetics settle
there. The reader probably knows that at
each of the entrances to the National ceme
tery Iron gates are hanged from Immense
granite pillars , surmounted each with a slab
bearing the chiseled name of some of our
great military leaders. The pillars were for
merly used In the porticos of the old War de
partment building. They can be seen with
the naked eye from the Washington side of
the river , and when the crows tetllo thire
whclo platoons of them the entrance
gates appear to bo draped In
mourning , whllo the trees are darkened Into
a semblance of crepe dressing , at though
all animate nature were ready to weep for
the fallen bravo men and true who slum
ber there. In the spring time nnd fall , es
pecially , when their numbers are greatest ,
tho" spectacle presented Is truly Imposing.
Gradually the black speck settles upon the
slab which crowns the pillar , grows before
the vision , and as the advance guard covers
the gate the remainder of the army , waving
their black flags , sweep shrieking' over and
beyond until every leaf Is obscured utmost
wholly , by the amazing host.
Fully an hour Is consumed In making
dltposltloiis for every private In the ranks
tor the night , and the air Is la-len with the
orders ot the generals , the majors and the
captains of hundredi and tens. The crow
quartermaster general must bt a busy fel
low at nightfall , but at last he sees his
troops comfortably Fettled , and the word
"silence" Is packed all along the line ; then
the tremendous army sinks to slumber.
A signal officer at Fort Meyer says that
these black soldiers of the air are well
drilled , observant of rules and subject to dis
cipline. Their dally course Is regular when
observed In Its entirety ; although seem
ingly Irregular nnd ragged to the casual ob
server. They travel In squads ami com
panies , which have military cohesion , and
all being related to each other In platoon * ,
regiments and brigades. Their discipline Is
rigid and their tactics as perfect as that of
their human prototypes , albeit upon a differ
ent plan , fitted , ot course , to Diets circum
stances and conditions. They have skirmish
ers and outlying sentinels , whether In flight
by day or at rest by night. Moreover , they
are truly guardlani of the dead , for neither
man nor beast could enter Arlington ut nlghl
without arousing the crow sentinels , who
would give the alarm , and millions of
throats would at once respond , cawing their
announcement of the Intrusion and calling
for action to repel the Invasion.
Washington Star : "It'H a good thing for
a man to attend ntrlctly to his own busi
ness" remarked Henator BnhtiHo ,
"Perhnpa It l . " replied the constituent ,
who had been keeping tab on absentees ,
"but It's funny that some men never xvum
to realize that until they get elected to
BLOCK NO , ONE-FORTY-SIX
Omaha's ' Rapid Growth Recalled by the Eao !
of the Lowe Property ,
STORY OF A SIXTEENTH STREET'CORNER
Itralilrnro Site Acquired by O o at th
Clty'H rionccm by Tro.ty with the
Indlnna Lost Vulno Through
Street
Interesting reminiscences are brought to
mind by the little Item that appeared In
the columns of The Bee not many days ago.
The paragraph In question announced tha
completion of the sale by the placing on rec
ord of the deed from General Lowe and bin
wlfo of the old Lowe corner at Sixteenth and
Harncy streets to John Lowbor Welch of Phil
adelphia. At the same time It was stated
that Mr. Welch , who owns considerable
property In. Omaha and East Omaha , wna
buying tho' site as nn Investment , Intend
ing some time to Improve It with a busi
ness building , General Lowe meantime con
tinuing to reside In thu house now standing ;
there.
To the early day residents of Omaha
these of 1837 nnd thereabouts such aa
Major George Armstrong , Dr. Miller , First
Postmaster A. D. Jones , A. J. Hanscom and
Doc Smith , the reading of u bit of news of
this sort must produce an effect llko that
of good old Hip Van Winkle's awakening.
A single lot In Omaha for $130,000 , when ( to
them ) but a ftw years ago the whole town-
silo could almost have been bought with the
dollars represented by the first two digits
and ono cipher added Instead of four ! Al
though so short a tlmo In point of years
Omaha , llko many people , has lived so fast
and experienced so much In these years
that the events of the early days nro In
deed history pure and slmplo nnd of great
Interest to all her children whether resident
born or Immigrated. The story of General
Lowe's lot above Indicated Is the history of
Omaha , particularly of Its days of short
clothes. Could It but tell Its own story It
would bo a romance In real life , for It would
tell tales of claim clubs , etc. , which men
are not so willing shall be paraded In public ,
nnd other talcs , though perhaps not sut-
flcently Important to have made nn Indell-
blo Impression on the memory , still none
the less Interesting for rcauing.
Block 140 , the block on which Is located
the Lowe property , has always been the
homo of General Lowe and was the home ot
Dr. Enos Lowe , his father , before him. The
general's memory of the historical events
clustering about this place Is excellent and
like Major Armstrong lie Is In his clement
apparently when ho has about him a group
of listeners to his narratives.
The general in relating the way his father
became possessed of block 1-JG say * : "Tho
founder of Omaha , my father , Dr. Enoa
Lowe , his brother , Jesse Lowe , Samuel S.
Bayless , General Samuel R. Curtis and A. D.
Jones , acquired title to the s.to by virtue of
a treaty with Logan Fontanelle , chief of the
Omaha Indians. Following thla was the
organization of the Council Bluffs and Ne
braska Ferry company , under whose auspices
the townslte was taken In the usual w.ny.
Distribution was made by lot to all Interested
parties. I now have In my posse slon the
original allotment book , showing the names
of the original owners of all lots In the town-
site. On allotment various trades were made
among the lot owners and my father selected
block 11C for his future home. "
The records of the register of deeds office
show this land to have been entered under
the homestead act , October 28 , 1S67 , by ono
Cade W. Rogers. That the entry was sub
sequently cancelled and patent Issued to John
McCormack July 5 , 1859 , prior to which tlmo
or September 21 , 1857 , the Ferry company
conveyed title to lot 1 to Enos Lowe. Lot 2
went to Samuel n. Curtis and 3 to H. C. Pur
ple , and both soon thereafter to Enos Lowe ,
Iho latter through A. J. Hanscom. The rec
ords at Ncllgh , the then United States land
olllco of this district , show also that McCormack -
mack made original cntry.July 5 , 1859 , about
two years after the entry of Rogers. It late
to bo surmised that Rogers failed to comply
with the provisions of the law as to living
upon and Improving bin claim. Only two
months after making the entry , however ,
Rogers sold his title to Joiso Lowe , as mayor
of Omaha , and David Bclden , also as mayor ,
In 1859 conveyed to Enos Lowe , presumably
to euro any defect which might exist on ac
count of Rogers' appearance In the claim.
So much for a chronological brief furnished
by the musty records In the big vault at the
court house.
This now almost sacred allotment book
discloses some Interesting things , among
them that a certain number of these pioneers
neers conceived tht ! Idea of a railroad to the
Pacific ocean long before the question was
brought forward In congress and obtained
a charter for the isamo and made It valid
by breaking ground for construction.
The Lowe homestead was among the very
first brick , structures In Omaha , and all the
mill work 'was brought by steamer from Cin
cinnati. Less the wonder then , as General
Lowe says , In continuing his story , "that
the original cost was about $30,000. " The
general warms up to Ills subject when ho
touches on the question of grade , and with
"good and sufficient cause , " for although the
street grade about him has been lowered
three times , each tlmo "permanently , " ho
has never received a dollar of damages.
Tha place once occupied n beautiful natural
slto , with the surface sloping to the streets
In all directions , but Is now perched up In
the air thirty-one and a half feet above
the sidewalk. The foundation of the house
was placed on the level of the "official"
grade of Ilarney street as established by Mr.
Phillips , a civil engineer brought hero In
these days from Plttsburg.
Until , by the succession of "booms"
through which Omaha has periodically
passed , the ground has been demanded for
building purposes , the north half of bloclc
146 was covered with a variety of pines.
cedars , shada and ornamental trees and
shrubs , and also fruit trees , and the south
half occupied as a vineyard. At last , after
so long a struggle for existence as a dis
tinct relic of Omaha pioneer days , the
Lowe homestead will soon be a landmark
no more. CH. E. W.
MODUS FOK MRS.
It Is safe to say that there will bo lots of
the regulation soft flannel nnd silk shirts
worn , nnd In these the same leaning- toward
quiet effects In colors are noticed.
Cuffs should bo of the same material an
the shirt. It Is not now considered good
form to wear white cuffs with colored shirts ,
The cuffs may have either round or Bquaro
corners , fastened with link buttons.
In tourist hats there are the Albert and
Eaton , the difference being that In the Eaton
the fullncsn Is In the back , whllo In the Al
bert there Is a fullness pretty much all over
the crown , with a leaning toward the front ,
If you have on hand a good tnmplo of the
last year's regulation white straw hat , with
Its comparatively low crown and wldo brim ,
you may wear It with safety this Beau on and
still be In style. There Is not so treat a
change In straw hats as has been expected
there would be , probably because last year's
styles were held In such high favor.
In soft hats , which may bo worn by thosa
who prefer , the Alpine will bo the favorlto
for street wear , The best tint In pearl. The
colors run alto from bcllunutrla , the lightest
simile of brown made , to maple and dark
brown. Black bands , aa distinguished froin
last year's style of light gray , are aOlxcd to
them for stylish wear.
The high-banded , turn-down collar , built
upon the plan of thoao worn by tha West
Point cadets , Is In favor. It should be worn
with a colored shirt and with a scarf ot thu
club-tlo pattern , Tien of various descrip
tions may bo worn with any ot these stylca
of shirt boaoms. That most In favor U
the club tie or lala straight strlnjc tin , UJ