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New Yorkers Are Proud of Trinity
and Its History.
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Special New York Letter.
FROM Wnll street comes the roar of
commerce. Just to the south, on
New street, men arc shouting
themselves hoarse buying unci selling
utocks. From the Consolidated Slock
exchange there comes a muilled tound
like the rumbling of the sea. On JJroad
vny there isii clatter of carts, a jungle
of street car gongs and an cierlastlng,
ceaseless human hum. There is a Jungle
of wagon spokes. There is a conglom
erate mass of people reaching us far as
the vision of the eye extends It is
pandemonium loose on earth without
let or hindrance.
nut nt ttie head of Wall Mrect, thnt
great throbbing, golden thoroughfare
of finance of America on the west side
of Broadway, that mighty highway of
1ho people in the midst of all the din,
the confusion of tongues like unto
which the confusion of Rebel was as n
mimmer song, a tall and t-iately spire
arise ns if to touch the sky. And amid
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JVniN.I.TY "CHURCH.
Jill this trafllc. the fiercest triilllu of
the greatest city of the new world,
somber tombstones and tall .shafts
Bland Iikesilent sentinels guarding the
dund -.wlio have slept for the. centuries.
3f you listen you may hear the chimes
in the belfry soft and lowywith melt
ing tendernessand you will forget
the turmoil from t'he 'busy Broadway,
and you 'will heed no more the shouts
from 'Wall and from Xuw streets. Be
fore you is Trinity church. To the
Tight and to the left of jou is thegnnc
yaitd where lie f.ome of the heroes and
1he statesmen that 'have mnde an
America a possibility for you and for
me.
Just inside the gateway to the left
the other day 1 saw an .old sailor with
xl wooden leg. lliscap was in his hand
nnfl he bowed this grizzled head in
reverence before a polished granite
shaft. One can almost read from the
.street the inscription to the memory of
apt. James Lawrence. J followed the
old man and saw him read on the east
face of the monument :
'The 'heroic commander of the frlwnte
Chtsapcnko shose rminlns are ht-re
tlopusUcd, expressed with Ills expir
ing breaih lila devotion to his coun
try. Neither the fury ot buttle, the
auRUtuh of a mortal wound, nor the
horrors of annrouuhlnu: death could
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i words were:
"Don't give up the ship."
Over to the soutJi, half way between
Broadway and New Church struct is
the small obelisk erected to the mem
ory of Alexander Hamilton .by it he cor
poration of Trinity church. Near the
jitiad of the first path to the north Is
1lie grave of William Bradford, t lie
, publisher of Hie jS'ew York Gazette, the
iirst newspaper ,prjuted in this .city.
He wjis born ju Leicester, Juiglund, and
came to thi- icountry jn HISX wlith Wil
liam Venn. He set hi press uj) an J'hil
jidelphla the third In the colonics.ibut
ou account of political differences re
moved it to New York and on October
10. 1725. ih.sued the first number of his
paper. On his liendbtone is this quaint
iuscri)tiou:
Reader, rolled how toon you'll quit .UUk
stnge;
You find but few attain to such an aue.
L.lte is lull of pain: l.ol Hero's a Place of
Rest.
Prcpar to meet your God. then you are
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Trinity is the parent of the Kpiscopal
church iu the United States, and aside
from its early associations with the be
ginning of New York is filled with his
toric interest. The first church in this
country was in a little chapel near the
Jiattery which had been vacated by the
old Dutch church for larger quarters.
Under William and Mary a grant was
made, in 1C97, of n parcel of land which
was then described ns near a street
without the noi th gate of the city,
commonly called Broadway. In 1705 a
further grant was made of a tract of
land known nsQuccn Anne's farm v hich
Jay nlong the North river between whnt
; nre now Vesey and Christopher streetE.
' It wns to this last frnct of land that
the heirs of Aunckn Jans Bognrdus
laid claim. It stretches clear up along
Eroini,, nj nud is to-day estimated to
bo worth rully $100,000,000. Trinity '
parish does not now possess thesft
domains. Had it been able to foresee
the wonderful growth of the city it
would to-day be worth n fabulous for
tune. As it is its wealth is now estimat
ed to be about $5,000,000, with an annual
Income of $500,000. This Income is ex
pended not only in the support of the
parish and its missionary work, but
also In that of some 20 sister churches.
When the revolutionary war broke
out Trinity church was loyal to the
mother country. The rector having
retired from the city, the pulpit was
occupied by Mr. Inglis, who, not
withstanding the fact that one Sab
bath morning 150 men with loaded
muskets and fixed bayonets inarched
into the church, inwikcd the blessing
of God upon "our most gracious
sovereign, King George."
The present Trinity church is the
third of thnt name to be built on
the same site. The llrst one was
accounted the finest church in the
city in those dnys. Its first pastor
was Mr. Vesey and the second llenry
Barclay, after both of whom streets
In that vicinity have been named.
The first church wns burned down
and rebuilt in 1778. but in 1830 this
structure was adjudged unsafe and it
was torn down and the present build
ing erected. This was completed in
1S40.
Trinity church building is undoubt
edly one of the finest specimens oJ
Gothic architecture in the country.
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Despite the tall and wonderful build
high that have gone up in the Inst
ten years it still remains clearly the
most conspicuous and magnificent
structure in the lower part, of the
city. It faces directly down Wnll
stree as this thoroughfare opens
intc ftroadwuy. It is constructed of
brown stone and the groined roof is
supported by rows of carved Gothic
columns. The daylight enters through
stained windows which soften and
warm the ray.s into deliente tints.
The altar and reredos arc memorials
of the late William H. Astor and were
erected by his sons. The altar is of
pure white marble with shafts of red
upon which are capitals carved in
foliated designs. The shafts are di
vided into panels on the front and
side, and tle designs include pas
sion flowers and a Maltese cross, in
mosaic set with cameos, a Christ head
and symbols of the Kvangclists,
flanked by two kneeling angels.
lint it is the spire of Trinity that im
presses one. It stretches far above
up to a mere speck in the sky to a
height ol 2S1 feet. Some years ago
the accent of the steeple was one of
the incidents of a visit to New York,
but the custom has fallen into dis
use, and indeed it Is very difficult now
to obtain a permit to climb to the
top. The view, however, is one of
the finest to be obtained in the city.
One may look to the north up liroad
way as far as Grace church, at the
.juncture of Tenth street. In fact
Broadway is the only street that can
be distinguished. Uelow the people
look like ants. The street cars move
in regular lines like bugs. In all di
rections is a Ma of house-tops and
chimney-pots a desert of roofs: a
forest of dwellings from the quaint
squat Dutch brick thnt Ik still in evi
dence to the shapely thing of granite
and marble. Away to the west is the
North river, sparkling like a cloth
of gold. Wharves line the shore and
great ocean vessels, and little tugs,
and white sails, and launches are
hurrying here and there. On the
other side one may see plainly the
roofs and the church spires in Jer
sey City and llobokeu, with the Or
ange mountains and the Jersey High
lands beyond. Then, with a sweep
to the south, is the glistening harbor
of New York with the green islands
and the statue of liberty, with arm
upraised like a guardian angel over
all, and then the Narrows, and in
the distance Sandy Hook and the,
oc.ean. Kastward there is the in
eUtnble Wall street, running like a
co path to ICnst river, which leads us
on to the Long Inland shore with the
swelling llrooklyn heights rounding
out the view.
Uelow us is thnt. wnsp nest; that
mass of struggling htimnntty; somo
fighting for fame, twine for gold,
some for brend. Here; we arc above
the maddening throng, 'flic chimes
nre striking now. We nr at peace
In Old Trinity.
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COOKING A SCIENCE.
Its Importance Recognized by Prince
as Well as Pauper.
Exhibit of Kitchen lltenalla lined In
All rnrli of the World In ter
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TND1GESTION causes more dltsutlR-
I faction, unhnpplnchs and misery iu
families than any other one com
plaint to which human flesh Is heir;
particularly If the sufferer happens to
be u man and the head of the family.
Therefore it Is that women make such
a careful study of cookery. They know
that all of the good things In the world
will not produce contentment and hap
piness in the mind nnd heart of a mnn
unless they are well prepared and well
fccrved. This has been the ease In all
families from time immemorial; and it
will probably always lie so. Strong
men are naturally the protectors of
women, but the ladies all know that
their protectors arc usually big babies
who need to be coddled and pampered.
Jn the National museum here the
Fclcntists have gathered samples of all
of the cooking utensils of the world,
not only of the present time, but of all
ages. This exhibition would prove to
be not only interesting but valuable to
women, nnd they could draw from Its
peculiar phases vnluuble Inferential les
sons in cookery. Rut a man can only
tell the story as it appears to Ills un
enlightened eyes.
Here arc carefully arranged all of the
utensils of the kitchens of the world,
showing how women have cooked,
washed, Ironed, boiled, baked, steamed,
Mewed, fried, toasted, roasted, basted,
broiled, deiled, fricasseed and chafed
in all ages for their lords and masters,
nnd for the rest of the family. Here
are the utensils which lime been
handled by the patient hands of suf
fering women, while they slaved away
their lives for the unappreclatlvc and
sometimes brutal creatures upon whom
they depended for their food and scanty
raiment, while they tried so hard lo
"love," as well as to honor nnd obey,
those to whose tender mercies their
lives had been committed by the cus
toms and ceremonies of their races,
tribes and creeds. In every bit of iron,
copper and pottery there is woven
some life's history, and all of them have
felt the hot tears of grief, and vibrated
with the Innghter of innocent youth.
Not only are the utensils here, but
there nre perfect pictures of the kitch
ens of some nations, and working
models of others. Chinese, Japanese
and Snmoan houses are here in minia
ture with models of women at work in
fide of them. They arc true to life and
interesting beyond description. With
these object lessons before our eyes we
can know exactly how the other people
of the world live; or. we might better
bay, how many of them exist.
If you are invited to dinner in Samoa
you may see the feast prepared b. the
women. The stove is a hole in the
ground, and there is no trouble in 'lie
family over the stove pipe, for there is
no stove pipe. The w,wn dig the hole,
and fill it with wood. The hole is about
as large as a molasscV bfrfrel, and when
the wood is well ignited, the hole Is
covered with stones, which remain
there until they are red hot and all the
Wood beneath them burned to ashes.
Then the stones are removed, the hole
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JKDIAN WOMAN GRINDING MEAL.
is cleaned out, and a layer of hot Moms
placed at the bottom. The women then
wrap bananas, chickens and vegetables
in leaves, and spread them over the hot
Moms, and these delicacies are covered
with more stones. Then other food is
placed Jn another lajcr and covered
with more hot stones, and so on until
the hole is filled. A big fire is built on
top of it all, and the entire mn&.s is U ft
to sputter and simmer until the woman
in charge announces thnt dinner tr
ready. Travelers who have been hon
ored with such a feast declare that it
rhnls anything that European ban
queters have ever enjoyed.
Stones are used in Turkey and Egypt
for making cooking stoves. Hut In
Alaska they use holes in the grouii'i
.just as they do in Samoa. The Alaskans,
however, have recently taken to using
kiiiu' American stoves, but as yet the,
are very rare. The women of Alaska
make baskets for balling and boiling,
and hot stones are droppell into the
baskets to cook the food. They have
to keep the stones rolling all the time
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bnskcts, some of which arc iir beauti
ful as any fancy work baskets used by
ladles in highly civilized countries for
their sewing implements.
In Turkey nnd .Egypt the floors of
the houses are of stone us nre also the
bottoms of their stone stoves. The
cooking utensils are almost all mnde of
fine copper. The average harem has
two or three cooks, but the sultan has
usually about HIK) cooks. It is snid that
once upon n time there was a sultan
who had no regular tlm.e for his meals,
but expected a banquet to be served
whenever he chose to call for it. His
chief cook was chained to the cooking
stove, and everything was kept con
stantly In readiness for the royal call.
If he ordered soup first, It was hastily
cooked while the table was being set.
If he ordered pie first, It was hurried
to him. Meanwhile nil of the machin
ery of the kitchen was at work so that
as fast as he could dispose ot one dish
the others were made ready for him.
The chef knew not which dish would be
JAPANESE GIRL. MAKING TEA.
demanded next, so he proceeded to pre
pare a full banquet every time the royal
iippetite UFhtrtcd itself.
The kitchens of Japan are very neat,
and always verj clean. Every Japanese
kitchen is supplied with running wa
ter; and these recently civilized people
are the only orientals who ulue water
as it should be valued. They are clean
ly in their kitchens, in every part of
their residences, and In their personal
habits. The Jnpnnc.se cool; stoves would
look like tojs to the average American
woman. They are about two feet
square, and tliey cook but one dish at
a time. For fire they use little balls
made of coal duM and mud, and they
also use charcoal In some houses.
Some observant travelers have de
clared that the Japanese women are
the best housekeepers in the world;
but, mind you, 1 am not bold enough
to say that to American women.
Japanese ladies fnke two baths every
day in water as hot as they can en
dure. Their floors shine almost like
mirrors. They use the softest and
whitest of mats, and xifsilors arc re
quired to take oir their shoes before
being allowed to cross the thrcrold.
'1 he mats are made by the girls out
of fine straw. They arc an inch
thick and arc easier on the bare feet
than the finest of carpets. The very
poorest people in Japan have clean
kitchens, clean floors and fine mats.
The children make mats and regard
it as recreation. They also take pride
in tin's sort of work.
The Chinese women arc the op
posite of the Japanese in that they
arc averse to the use of water; in
fact, they hcem lo have a perfect
horror of it, and, ns a consequence,
they are among the dirtiest and
greasiest and most disagreeable peo
ple on earth. They wear their clothes
until they arc grimy all over, with a
distinctively greasy mark down their
backs which is made by the queues
which they wear. Their kitchens are
disgustingly dirty and they seldom
sweep their floors.
The Chinese and Coreans use kangn
in their kitchens, and do the greater
part of their cooking on them. A
kang Is a large oven-like ledge built
into one side of the house. The cook
ing is done over the holes of the kang,
and on cold nights the members of
the family sleep on top of the kang.
You may well imagine that no civil
ized person would want to cat any
thing cooked over a kang, on which
the lazy, greasy, dirty creatures have
been sleeping.
The Rurmese use a box filled with
ashes, on which a lire is built, and
cook their food upon the live coals.
They do not cook 11113' meat, because
all Ruddhihts fear that if they should
eat meat they might be chewing the
bodies of their reincarnated ances
tors, so thoroughly do they believe,
in the transmigration of souls.
Hut of all t lie funny kitchens on
earth those used by the Jews in
Jerusalem arc the queerest. The
Jews there are ery poor, and there
is but one room for each family. The
kitchen Ik a pen like a box, just big
enough to stand in; and it Is built on
the porch. The cooking is done on
a charcoal fire, but they line no ment
except that which has been pro
nounced "kooahnr" by a rabid. Many
of their dl'hes nre cooked In oil. and
one writer lias aaid that pastry made
by these Jewish housewhe In Jeru
salem would "ruin the stomach of an
American tramp;" and thut Is nor
too muaii u thing to iay of It.
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SUNSHINE DISPELS GLOOM.
Hour h Few WanlM of Compliment
Clircreit a Tired llonacrr Ife'a
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"One of the most glaring faultn of
our age," wild the doctor of divinity, an
he .stirred his mocha and jnvn, "is tho
absence of spirituality."
"Yes," said the professor, helping
himself to lntnb chops nnd muffins, "peo
ple arc growing more and more, ma
terial In their views of life."
"it Is not on'.y spirituality, but in
tellectuality that is on the wane," said
the judge, eying appreciatively tho
Jersey cream that his hostess was pour
ing over n saucer of strawberries,
"iook, for instance, nt the thousand
of people who never rend anything but
the newspapers, who arc really dead
from n mental standipolnt."
The doctor and professor emphatical
ly indorsed the noble sentiments of tho
judge, and the symposium pursued ita
course, nlong with the courses of tho
breakfast, Hays the Washington Star.
It was a delicious breakfast to eat, and
iv charming one. to look nt. A crystal
vase In the middle of the table held n
stalk of white lilies; their petals
matched the snowy tablecloth and
their gold stamens the embroidery on
the centerpiece. There wos a pretty
array of delicate china and solid silver.
The red of the strawberries and toma
toes and tin- brown of chops, ton.st icad
muillns made a nice color scheme. A
bunch of scarlet' poppies andfeuthery
ferns looked into the mirror of tho
sideboard, and the morning wind ciiuio
in through the folds of fres.lt, whit
curtains. It was 11 fitting place for tho
discussion of intellectuality and spir
ituality. At the foot of the tnble sat a small,
tlredi-iooklng woman, who took no part
in the sympusium. Calmly and indus
triously she poured coffee and sugared
strawberries, furtively watching the
children's table manners nnd her
guest:' needs. No one would havo
drcnm?d that she hud 11 soul above muf
fins, but her brain kept up a running
commentary ou the remarks of the
judge, the doctor and the professor.
"Intellectuality and spirituality, In
deed! You look Intellectual and spir
it mil. don't you? Maybe you are; but
If you men ever get so intellectual and
spiritual that you don't have to cat,
then there'll be some chance forwomen
to cultivate their Intellects and spirit1.
Not intellectual to run el the newspa
pers? Well, wouldn't I be thankful If
I had time to read a newspaper? And
as for spirituality, Heaven knows I'm
too tired at night even to say my pray
ers. Haven't I cooked and cleaned
and"
"Madam," said the doctor, in his most
Impressive tone.
The little woman turned to him with
.1 deferential manner.
".Madam, this is the best brenkfast
1 hinc ealtn for many a day."
And then, if you will believe it, all
the bitterness went out of that worn
nn's heart in 1111 Inslnitt, and hc bright
ened up as If the doctor had said:
"Madam, you have written the finest
novel of the century."
ABOUT HANDKERCHIEFS.
Siuiic Tiling Thai Kvei-y (Jlrl Slum I.)
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There is no better way for a girl'
to learn to sew than to make for her
self a number of dainty handker
chiefs, as very neat sewing must un
employed In all work of this kind, and
as a yard of sheer linen is enough for
several of them It Is much cheaper to
make them at home. If she wants'
trimming other than hemstitching
she can make this also, if she can knit,
crochet or make tatting, and any of
these are cry dainty as well as dur
able, says the Housekeeper.
It is quite a feature of economy
to get a width of linen thnt will cut
two handkerchiefs, and there Is noth
ing better than India linen of n fine,
close quality. In hemstitching only
three threads should be drawn, tin it
gives a much neater effect, and to
make the threads easier to draw tins
material must be dnmpened and
pressed before beginning the work.
The girls should not only learn how
to make their own handkerchiefs, but
they should learn to launder them ns
well, for the average laundress is de
wild of conscience and pity toward
these sheer articles, and if they are
washed by the owner in Iter own
washbowl they are spared the sacri
fice occasioned by hard rubbing ou
the washboard.
Soft water is always preferable for
washing these dainty articles, and to
wasli them so they will be beautiful
ly while stir enough peariine in the
warm witter to make a foamy lather,
then wash between the hands, nnd
while still damp spread smoothly over
a marble slab or a large window pane
or mirror. Let them remain until
perfectly dry, then fold evenly and
press between hoards or iu a largm
honk,
If one is an expert necdlewoninn she
can have quite n number of handker
chief with very little expenditure of.
money, and if slut will launder them
hemelf she may Itucp them looking;
freth and dainty. It Is nld that noth
ing show 11 woman's degree of reflnu
mum mora than liur handkerchief.
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