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Famous Quarrel Explained
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Hitherto Unpublished Version of the
Real Cause of Thomas C. Piatt's
Resignation From the 8enate
Given by E. J. Edwards.
In a recent number of a popular
nagazlne the late Thomas C. Piatt
tells. In his autobiography, hla ver-
Ion of the situation that lpd hliu and
Rosooe Conkllng to resign from the
United States senate a few weeks after
President Garfield bad sent to that
body the nomination of Judire William
H. Robertson an collector of the port
01 New York. In one place the sena
tor says that when he learned that the
inan who bad been Instrumental In
defeating the Grant movement for
inird-term nomination had been fa
red of the .president without the
knowledge and approval of the New
York senators, who had fought for
Grant's nomination, He, Piatt, walked
ow to Conkllng and exclaimed: "I
hall send my resignation to Governor
Cornell tonight" Then the two went
Into conference, Conkllng Insisting
that we should wait and fight It out
In the committee to which the Robert
on nomination had been referred."
But, "I finally Induced Conkllng, on
May 14, to Join me In offering our
joint resignations."
Why did Senator Piatt not desire to
light It out ' In the committee" to
which this nomination, which was so
distasteful to him, had been referred?
Because "we have been so humiliated
a United States senators from the
treat state of New York," la tho rea
son he gives. That may have boon the
reason In part, perhaps, but aa the
belief Is quite general in old-time na
tional political circles that Senator
Piatt did not reveal all he knew about
the Robertson incident in his autobi
ography, I am telling today a hitherto
unpublished version of the real reason
of Piatt's resignation, and I tell it on
the authority of the late Col. John R.
Van Wormer.
"The real, and not the ostensible
reason of Mr. Piatt's resignation from
the United States senate dates back
to the closing days of 1880 and the
Ifirst days of 1881 when, prior to the
Republican legislative caucus at Al
bany, the party leaders were busily
engaged in trying to determine upon
the man to succeed Francis Kernan, a
Democrat, In the United States sen
ate," said Colonel Van Wormer. "That
legislature was Republican by a safe
majority, and, therefore, Mr. Kernan
oould not be re-elected.
"Now, there was a strong element of
Appeal That Got $50,000,000
How the Bankers of the Eaat Re
sponded Inatantly to Secretary
8almon P. Chase'a Call
for Financial Aid.
The late George S. Coe of New York
and New Jersey was one of the great
bankers of United Status at the time
of the civil war and for twenty years
thereafter. During the first two years
of the war be waa more Intimately as
sociated with the Lincoln administra
tion on the financial aide than any
ether of the country's prominent bank
ers of that period. Of course, he thus
came into close and Intimate contact
with Salmon P. Chase, who has gone
down in history aa one of the coun
try's great secretaries of tho treas
ury. Tor a number of years before he
became a member of Lincoln's cabinet
I had conceived a high admiration for
Mr. Chase," said Mr. Coe to me when
old-time finance was under discussion,
"but not until some months after the
outbreak of the civil war was I privi
leged to meet him, and that meeting
resulted In one of the most dramatic
Incidents In connection with big
finance of which I have personal
knowledge.
"At the height of the uncertainty
over the government's financial condi
tion, following the outbreak of war,
the bankers of the eaat New York,
Philadelphia and Boston received an
Intimation that the secretary of the
treasury was anxious to meet them In
confidence, for he had a message of
Eeat importance to communicate to
, em. An appointment waa at once
made for Secretary Chase to meet ua
in the directors' room of the bank of
which I was then president
There, prompt almost to the sec
ond, Mr. Chase appeared on the day
aad hour set and we were introduced
one after the other to him. The gra
cious dignity of the man, a certain
majesty of manner -I do not know
The Preservation of Venison
i Venison, as everyone knows, re-
fe-olree careful preservation. If la spite
W every care It seem a likely to go
wroag. an old English housewifery
'book gives the following recipe for its
: redemption.
I "Take strong ale, and put to it wine
jTfnegar, as much aa will make it
.sharp. Then set It on the fir and boll
K well and scum it and make of It a
strong brine with bay salt or other
salt; then take it off and let It stand
till It te cold, then put your venison
Into It and let It lye In it full twelve
hours.
i
i Then take out from that meer sauce
and press It well. Then parboyl it
and season it with pepper and salt, and
bake It"
The venison, the housewife goes on
to say, must be baked In a "coffin"
il, e., Inclosed In a paste case well lined
,wlth butter. After It is baked pour
J through a hole In the case some melt
ed butter, three tabIe?oonfuls of via
egor and six of claret, and let It lie
the party In favor of the election of
Richard Crowley, who had represented
ono of the New York district in con
gress for a number of years. 'Dick
was a very popular man. He was a
very strong Ftalwart, the name of the
party faction headed by Conkllng.
"But there was a wing of the party,
under the leadership of Chauncey De
pew, which, while not exactly opposed
to Senator Conkllng, was disposed to
be friendly to Judge William II. Rob
ertson, who had taken such a leading
part In blocking t'onkllng's plans for a
third-term nomination for Grant This
Depew led wing was rather favorably
disposed towards the nomination of
,Tom Piatt for senator.
"But when we who were barklpg
Crowley heard that Levi P. Morton,
who, It was thought at that time,
would be secretary of the treasury un
der Garfield, looked with favor upon
Piatt's candidacy, we at last had a
meeting with Piatt. At that meeting
we told him thnt If he would pledge
himself not to make any war upon
Judge Robertson for upsetting the
Stalwarts' plan to nominate Grant
If he would not encourage any further
factional disturbances In the party
we would throw the Crowley support
to him, and thus assure him of the
Confession of
How .the Brilliant Kansan Told E. J.
Edwards That He Could Project
Himself Into the Future and
Determine Coming Eventa.
In midsummer of 1883 I waa on my
way to the New Mexican ranch of
Stephen W. Dorsay, former United
States senator from Arkansas, and
during the national campaign of 1880
prominently before the country aa sec
retary of the Republican national com
mittee. It was a visit that resulted In
Senator Porsay exposing the manner
In which he had collected and used
$200,000 in new two-dollar bills for the
purpose of making the state of In
diana return a majority for the Repub
lican candidates.
Sometime during the night the train
on which I traveled between St. Louis
and Kansaa City was held up for sev
eral hours by a freight wreck dead
ahead. The confusion Incident to the
clearing of the track caused all the
passengers In the sleeping car to be
satlr early in the morning. That la
-
how better to express it the great
intellectuality revealed in his fa- e. the
noble poise of his head, his entlj .. per
sonality, greatly impressed me, :nd I
am certain that every othor ban 1 or in
that room waa equally impressed.
"Soon after the introductions were
over and a few casual remark.i had
been made. Secretary Chase began to
deliver hla message. He spoke quiet
ly, In a low tone of voice, but every
word was distinctly uttered; bis was
one of the most attractive voices I
have ever heard In private conversa
tion, and then It was that I under
stood what his great charm as a pub
lic speaker was. And this was the
messago he brought to us, substan
tially In these very words:
" 'Gentlemen, the government of the
United States Is in need of gold. It Is
In greater need of gold than of an
army. Thla is so because it will not
be difficult to raise whatever size
army we may find necessary to save
the Union. Enlistments will proceed,
are proceeding, all over the north. But
what are we to do with an army un
less we can feed it, clothe It, provide
it with equipment and ammunition?
" 'Now. gentlemen, I am no finan
cier. It Is my duty, under the law, to
administer the finances of the coun
try, but it la no part of my duty, nor
la It within my power, to raise money
until congresa glvea me that power.
You are men of finance. It la your
buslneaa to know how to raise money.
I appeal to you, having nothing to of
fer except the credit of the govern
ment, and the preservation of the
Union for fifty millions In gold. You
know how to secure that gold. I shall
know how to make wise and efficient
use of it. This, gentlemen, Is the
message 1 had to deliver to you.' "
Mr. Coe leaned forward In hla chair.
"He got the gold on the Instant," he
said, emphatically,
(Copyright. 1910. by B. J. Edward.. All
Right Reserved.)
and cool In this, after which It will be
excellent cold. London Dally Tele
Telegraph. Divorced Woman'a Right.
Ha a divorced wife, who 1 mar
ried again, a right to flirt with her
divorced husband? It la said such a
caae exlata la Atchison, and that
wnen one of the woman'a friends told
her there waa "talk." the woman re-
yuea. uooa heavena, the people In
thla town will talk hn..t hi i
Haven t I a right to receive atten-
nuue irom ut man who waa once my
husband?" Atchison Glob.
Hla Identity Disclosed.
Judge What do you do during the
week?
Witness Nothing.
Judge And on 8unday?
Witness I take a day off.
Judge Oh, I aee. What aalary does
the city pay you? Llpplncott's.
.In Tc.J.TEuurante
senatorial nomination and election.
"It would be Impossible to conceive
of any more earnest assurancea than
Mr. Piatt then gave us. He declared
he was sick and tired of factional dis
turbance and wanted to bring about
a general reconciliation, and with that
pledge made to us Mr. Piatt waa able
to secure a sufficient number of votea
to place him In the United Slates sen
ate. "A few weeks after Mr. Piatt had
taken his seat President Garfield, un
known to the senator, sent to the sen
ate the nomination of Judge Robert
son as collector of the port of New
York.
"Tom Piatt was In a fix. I have
heard that the night following the an
nouncement of Jhe nomination he did
not sleep a wink. He had more to be
worried about than Senator Conkllng,
even, for there was that pledge to us
old Crowley men. It was that that
bothered Tom Piatt most, and It was
that that finally forced him to reach
his unalterable determination to re
sign. 'I can't vote to confirm Robert
son's appointment,' was hla conclu
sion. 'But, on the other band. I am
under pledge to those who made my
election as senator possible not to op
pose that appointment with ray vote.
I am between two' fires. There is
nothing left for me to do but to re
sign from the senate. '
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
HlRhts Rescrvud.)
John J. Ingalls
nil except? one, at the rear end of the
car, and not until nearly ten o'clock
was there a head thrust between the
curtains of the lower berth, revealing
the late riser as none other than Sen
ator John J. Ingalls of Kansas.
"Senator, you are a late sleeper,"
I said a little later in the smoking
compartment, "and, apparently, a very
sound one. All the rest of us In the
car were up early owing to the freight
wreck that has made us so late."
The brilliant' Kansan smiled.
"My method of spending the night
in a sleeping car differs from that of
most persona." he said. "I usually go
to bed an hour or so before midnight.
Then, while I sink immediately Into a
physical lethargy that Is luxurious,
my mind becomes very active. This
mental activity seems to bring to the
surface, so to speak, the sub-conscious
quality that is in every human
being, and it continues until about
two o'clock, when I sink Into a pro
found slumber that will last for eight
hours if the train schedule permits.
"Now, when my mind thus becomes
active and it does so only In a sleep
ing car I find that I am studying
the psychological side of my nature.
You may have heard it said that 1 am
an atheist, or an agnostic, but both
accusations are absolutely untrue. I
am a profound believer In a first, all
powerful and ever-controlling Cause,
and am persuaded that It Is a con
scious Cause. But there Is much that
we do not know, and we, cannot know,
since the mind la mortal, and. there
fore, reasoning is confined within mor
tal limitations. Yet. as 'my mind is
uctive as I lie in my berth, I find my
self absolutely convinced, and not by
any process of reasoning, that tho
vital, conscious element In my na
ture existed before my birth, and
must exist after my death. I that
is to say, that part of me which t
recognlzo, my consciousness has
existed from the beginning and will
exist forever."
For a few moments Mr. Ingalls sat
looking thoughtfully out of the win
dow. ,
"And a I have pondered upon this,"
he continued, "I have found It possi
ble to project myself into the future;
I know, for Instance, at what time my
service in the United States senate
will end, although I do not know why
it will end. To know that would In
volve considerations entirely apart
from my projected consciousness. And
I also know, or am convinced that I
know, the time of my death, although
I do not know the place or cause. It
Is a consciousness that has given me
great peace of mind. It has abso
lutely relieved me from all sense of
personal danger. Ah, the soul, as dis
tinguished from the Intellect, is the
marvelous part of our natnret It has
never been explained and never will
be; it Is not a part of our mortality."
Seventeen years later, with perfect
serenity, John James Ingalls ap
proached his etid. And I have often
wondered since then whether his
great peace of mind as he faced the
grim reaper of us all would Justify
the impression that he had predicted
accurately the time of his death.
(Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edward. All
Rights Reserved.)
Football In Russia.
Football Is taking an extraordinary
hold of the Russian youth. A series
of matches played recently in a large
Russian city attracted over 30,000
spectators at each game. It is the
English game according to association
rules that Is played and the terminol
ogy is adopted without translation. It
sounds curious to hear a Russian
crowd shouting "offside," "corner" or
"free kick" aa they watch the play.
But moat wonderful of all la the vo
cabulary of the reporters who deaclbe
the matches. Apparently they ere
really musical critics of some preten
sion, for their published reports
abound In mention of the crescendo
passages and bravura thrills accom
plished by the football players.
O-O-O-Ohl
Miss Cbatterton (gushingly) What
a magnificent great Dane! And, of
course, his name Is Hamlet?
Mr. Oaley (the owner) Not exact
ly; you see. 1 e r, could at consist
ently use that name.
Miss Chatterton And why, pray?
Mr. Oaley The best I could do was
to caU her Ophelia
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INMONlll
TO DETECT SPURIOUS NOTES
Value of Tester In Banks or Other
Placea Where Much Money la
Handled Readily Seen.
Tor the purpose of better 'detecting
cocnterfelt notea a New York woman
haa Invented a testing apparatus
which brings the notes under the vi
sion of a strong magnifying glass.
The device closely resembles the old
fashioned stereoptlcon. First there
Is a long arm with a handle at one
end and a magnifying glass mounted
above the handle. The other end slides
through a supporting frame with
spring pressed arms and hooks at the
tops of two uprights. Midway be
tween the two uprights and extending
above the grooved rail that holds the
note Is a wire to keep the note from
Bank-Note Tester.
i
sending it In the center. When there is
any suspicion about the genuineness of
a bill It is tho work of a few minutes
to adjust tki? note in the stand and in
spect it carefully under the glaRs. The
most skillful counterfeit will not stand
this teat. The value of such a device
In banks and other places where a
great deal of money is handled will be
readily seen.
NEW SAPPHIRE NOT GENUINE
French Scientist Discovers Solution of
Problem That Has Baffled
Many Heretofore.
News comes from Paris that at last
artificial sapphires nave been pro
duced, after many unsuccessful experi
ments. ,
Artificial ' rubles are now an old
story. The artificial stones have all
the properties, chemical, physical and
optical, of the natural gems. The only
way In which experts can detect them
Is by finding them too perfect, as the
natural gems have microscopic irregu
larities and inclosed imperfections
that are absent from the artificial
product.
The stumbling block In the making
of sapphires has been the color. Eith
er the experimenters could not pro
duce desired blue, or the atone would
have a crystalline structure that made
its detection easy.
Now, however, M. Vernouil has sub
mitted to the academy of sciences
stones which he has made, colored
with oxide- of titanium, which, after
a severe examination, are pronounced
identical with true sapphires, (.hough
It Is Just possible that cutting them
In gem form may reveal some lrregu
larity of reflection or refraction.
SANITARY DEVICE FOR HOME
Simple Drinking Fountain Shown In
Illustration Herewith Has Many
Pointa of Superiority.
While the managements of public
Institutions are making rapid progress
in securing sanitary conditions, the
average person Is looking forward to
having the same benefits in, his own
home, saya Popular Mechanica. The
ever-flowing drinking fountain in pub
lic school buildings makes a germ
proof method of obtaining water with
out the aid of a glass or tin cup. Prac
tically the same sanitary drinking
For Home Use.
fountain has made Its appearance In a
device that may be attached to any
water pipe connection for use in
homes as well as large and small
school buildings. This simple foun
tain, as shown in the illustration, has
a few points of superiority, oneMif
which la the glass over-flowing cups
When the water Is turned off for the,
night or at times when there is no
use for It, the pipe and cup are com
pletely 'drained through small holes
provided for that purpose. The valve
la set to make the overflow right on
the water preasure.
Use for Retinitc.
The United States consul at' Chem
nitz has sent to the bureau of manu
factures a sample of a new substance
called reslnlte. Invented in Germany,
which ran be used for the manufac
ture of articles which are now made
of celluloid. The material Is produced
in a variety of modifications by the
union of formaldehyde and carbolic
acid in connection with certain metal
lic salts. It has many advantages, but
the most Important In vomparlson
with celluloid is Ita resistance to
flame it is nonombustlble. This
latter quality ought to make reslnlte
take the place of celluloid In a short
time, as the Inflammability of the lat
ter product is so great that people
who use articles made from It are in
danger whenever they approach fire.
Meant of Determining Distance Aero
planes Make in Air by Giant
Leveling Pod.
The itnall captive balloon, the giant
leveling rod rising high In the air, and
the man. with the fanslt ..re means
adopted at aviation meets f determine
the height eached by the contesting
Aviation Field at Breacla, Italy.
aeroplanes, says Popular Mechanics
The photograph was taken at the mo
ment Roiifiler was passing the Indica
tor during aviation week at Brescia
italy. Kngland's first permanent avia
tion field has a complete system of
height-measuring devices, also.
MOTOR CAR USED IN 1861
Elijah Ware Raced Machine Against
Fsot Horses Nearly Fifty Years
Ago Was Success.
"H Is scnerclly understood that the
era of the motor car dates from 1870,
but It has recently been found," said
Jese W. Perkins of Portland, Me., to
a Washington Post reporter, "that
Elijah Ware, once a well-known rail
road construction engineer In Boston
aim vic.mty, invented a very success
ful machine In 1801.
"Its success may ba Judged from the
fart that Mr. Ware was In the habit of
racinK his car with fast trotting horses
on the old plank road at Bayonne, N.
J., and was able to go over fields, up
hill isiiil down dale. He was always
thinking of some mechanical schemes,
but could not order his groceries with
out being cheated or Imposed upon.
The house is still standing where he
built his auto. Tho machine's appear
ance, wnc-n completed, resembled a
modern fire engine more than an auto
mobile. Wood was used forTuel, and a
small Iron boiler generated steam for
tho oscillating engines. With the steel
and grass machinery and gayly paint
ed woodwork It must have had quite
a dashing appearance.
"When Mr. Ware completed and
first tried his engine a crowd collected
(o see the first run. As a whole the
people looked unfavorably at Elijah's
achievement, and some went so far as
to have it denounced by police authori
ties as a public nuisance, because
they thought it would frighten the
horses. But it seems that the people
who tried to help him were the most
annoying. When one man asked 'If
there was anything for him to do,' Mr.
Ware replied. 'The trouble Is there
are too many trying to help.' Mr.
Ware ran his machine very slowly In
tho street, and those who saw him
say that his steam carriage made less
noise than the modern automobile. On
the roads he went like the wind, ac
cording to witnesses in the country.
The people under stovepipe hats and
poke bonnets must have been sur
prised when the glittering engine
came whizzing along the peaceful
roads, without rails, kicking up dust
and vomiting smoke wherever it
went."
Concrete Tubes.
Concrete tubes, posts, etc., are pro
duced by centrifugal action at a fac
tory In Saxony. A steel skeleton may
be used to give strength to the pipe,
and this la Inserted in a model, with a
suitable cement mixture, and this
mold which is In two sections Is
given 500 to 1,000 revolutions per
minute for 10 to in minutes in a series
of special machines. Asbestos fiber
Is Introduced to prevent the separa
tion of sand, etc., from the concrete.
The pipes formed are given uniform
thickness by keeping life molds In a
horizontal position, and the shape
may be varied by inclining the molds.
The centrifugal force molds, presses
and dries the plastic masB.
Combination Kitchen Utensil.
A combination kitchen utensil In
vented by a Michigan woman resera
bles a metal mug. One side la per
l'orated to form a grater, and ovet
this Is hinged a curved plate which,
when drawn up, permits the vessel tc
hold anything except liquids.
notes or
SCIENCE
INVENTION
The Syrian mission press at Beirut
prints the Bible In Arabic for 60,000.
0i M i people who speak that tongue.
It was about 1720, at Amsterdam,
that Fahrenheit made his first ther
mometer, which has served as a model
ever since
New York's Interior stTeams, it bai
been estimated, could be made to pro
duce 1,500.000 horse power if proper
ly harnessed.
A simple and practical voting and
vote-counting machine has been In
vented by a blind naval veteran In a
California soldiers' home.
The iort of Havre Is to be Improved
at a cost of J 16.700.000, which will be
shared by the nation, department and
local chamber of commerce.
Blood letting was the great heart
depressant until modern times. Now
digitalis, veratrum and the coal tar
extracts are Just as powerful and
deadly as was the lance.
Although the London Radium In
stitute Is to be opened In October
the management has been unable to
obtain the five and one-quarter
grammes of radium which it needs
for Ita therapeutic worb
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
THAT WILL
HELP THE HOSTESS
.A New Year's Eve Party.
This really clever affair was original
with the hostess who gave It last year.
It came to my notice too late for use
then, so here it Is now, all fresh and
newly embellished. There were twelve
guests' with the hostess. Each one was
assigned a month in the Invitation
and she came dressed to represent
that month. Then each" girl had the
privilege of asking a man who was to
come representing an event or promi
nent person associated with the month
represented by his "fair lady."
On arriving It waa most Interesting
to see the way the girls took to repre
sent the months and their escorts the
events. For Instance, an animated
firecracker accompanied "July." a
"Santa Claus" came with "December,"
who was clad In pure white with a
chaplet of holly.
There was an Informal dance, and at
11 o'clock refreshments were servefl.
The guests all watching the hands of
the clock, at five minutes before 12 all
arose, Joined hands and sang, "Auld
Lang Syne." As the hour sounded
the hostess opened the front door for
the passing out of the old year and the
entrance of the little New Year.
There was a fortune cake contain
ing a good wish or prediction for each
guest. The latter were tightly rolled
and concealed In gilded nut shells.
The place cards were cut in bell shape
and bad little calendars on them tied
with a knot of red ribbon. The one
who guessed the most "events" or
characters was presented with a wee
raveling clock; the other two prizes
here calendars.
Some Good Games.
Here are some very old games, but
am sure they will be brand new to
many of our young readers. The first
is called "Catching the Snake's Tail"
and comes to us from Japan, where It
is a great favorite. The children form
in line, each with hands resting upon
the shouldersf. of the. player In, front
The one who. -1b' to, act as 'catcher"
is left out. The 'first child In the line
is called the "head" and the last one
the "tail." The "catcher" Is placed
about fifteen feet from the "head,"
and at a signal he tries to catch the
"tail," or the last child In the "snake"
without touching anyone else. The
others may defend the "tall" by mov
ing about, keeping the line unbroken,
for if the line should be broken it is
equal to the "tail" being caught, and
that unlucky person must become the
catcher while the last named goes to
the head of the line.
Now for the second game, called
"Feather Play." It Is very amusing,
Embroidered Belts
HOUGH hlgh-walsted dresses
Rra Htlll verv fnahlnnahla.
urSh q there are a very large num-
.p which adhere to the natural
waist line, and for these, of
course, belts arts a literal necessity.
A piece of Oriental embroidery gath
ered Into a handsome buckle at one
end and adorned with a row of eyelet
holes at the other makes a very effec
tive belt.
For morning wear a belt of linen,
worked with broderle Anglalse, Is both
useful and pretty, and has the addi
tional merit of washing easily, whilst
canvas, worked In cross-stitch or Rou
manian stitch, Is extremely effective,
and very quickly worked, red and blue
Ingrain cotton being perhaps the best
material in which to execute the em
broidery. The sporting, golfing girl
usually delights In a belt of crochet
worn with a neat shirt and a tie to
match, and these belts are often
e
Now doth the busy card fiend com
mence her winter's work.
At this season of the year the house
smells of wet woodwork.
While the weather Is very pleasant.
It Is also very enervating.
Brocades shot with metallic effects
make regal looking gowns.
Lsplslaiull Is enjoying a revival
for earrings and brooches.
The milliners and furriers are not at
all pleased with October's behavior.
Chantllly lace veils, in colors match
ing the costumes, are exceedingly
chic
Tho apple tree is the most faithful
of the fruit trees. It will bear some
times for a hundred years.
Tiny brocade boxes, silk-lined and
with little frills of "Val.." are lovely
gift. Silk stockings or handkerchiefs
may fill them.
Blnall bowl-shaped bats In black Tel-
war
although it sounds so simple. All the
players are seated on the floor, having
first counted "out" to see who will be
"it." A hollow square Is formed with
a sheet held close up to the chins of
the players on the floor. A feather Is
produced, a little downy thing, and
blown back and forth by the players.
The child who Is "it" Is to try to
catch the feather on one of the chil
dren or directly In front of a child
when that one becomes "It" The
feather must not be touched by the
hands of the children on the floor,
nor must they rise from the floor;
their hands must be kept under the,.
sheet, all manipulations of the feather
being done by blowing.
A Jolly Celebration.
A reader writes: "Lunt Nn Yar'
'
it
night we had such a Jolly time I want
to tell you about It for the benefit ol
an tne department readers who may
want a real rrollc.
"I asked the guests, who were all
intimate friends, to come dressed like
children not over 10 years of age. At
the top of each Invitation card was
written:
Backward, turn backward, O, Time, Ir
your flight,
Make me a child again Just for tonight
"There was a lawyer, a minister,
and several prominent business men
among the guests, who came garbed
as boys; they called each other by
their front names, each brought a toy
and all entered heartily Into children's
games. A picnic supper was served
on the floor in a room decorated with
small trees in tubs, ferns and palms
This was supposed to be a 'grove,'
and there were signs up like these:
'This way to the swimming hole.'
'Look out for the dog,' etc. There wai
stick candy, gum drops and heart mot
to candles. The women brought dolls
and played 'Come to see' most natur
ally, as most of them had youngsters
to keep them In practise. We had a
spelling bee, and sung the songs oi
our school days. The' 'party weni
down Into history as one of the best
the hostess had ever achieved, whlcl
Is saying much, as she is noted foi
her original schemes."
MADAME MERRI.
8llver Dress Trimmings.
t Silver dress trimmings may b
cleaned by covering them with pow
dered magnesia and leaving them for
two .hours. Rub the magnesia well
in and brush it off with a brush.
Dancing rFocka.
For dancing frocks for young glrli
the bordered chiffons or plain or flow
ered nets made over china silk offei
splendid possibilities at a low cost
worked In club colors, and are car
ried out in Tunisian stitch.
For evening dresses, the craze for
Jeweled effects extends to belts, and
charming girdles are to be seen made
of beads and Jewels, which may be
copied without any great difficulty.
These are sometimes made on a bead
loom, such aa is used for making the
chains and necklaces that are worn
so much Just now, but there are plenty
of exceedingly effective designs which
may be quite easily carried out with
an ordinary needle and cotton. The
foundation cotton needs, of course, to
be really strong, and it la best to use
thread or fairly thick silk for the pur
pose, whilst the beads will, of course,
be of a color chosen to match the
dress. Another pretty belt for evening
wear Is embroidered in gold thread In
a conventional design of flowers and
leaves, the former being then filled In
with sparkling Jewels.
vet with a single flower at one Bide
an odd blossom preferred, ore won
by exclusive women.
Not Awed by Czar.
To illustrate that royalty does not
Inspire awe In American children, a
woman who recently returned from a
long trip abroad related this incident:
"We were at Bad Nauheim when the
csar was a guest there. My little boy
attracted the attention of some mem
ber of the Russian party, and he wbs
present by Invitation one day when
the cxar, the grand duchess of Hesse,
Captain Drentelen, the czar's military
secretary, and Baron Wassenbach
played tennis. When the boy returned
one of the young feople, a tennis en
thusiast asked him: 'Well, how did
the czar play?' 'Rotten!' was his ex
pressive but shocking reply,"
Worth Remembering,
One thing I have learnt, and I think
it Is worth remembering, that a heart
heaven may be reached and touched
everywhere, that one can help or h ra
dar happiness by a tiny word. Amy
Le Feuvre
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