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1H? fiyifcjpwpH W "S)lifff!-T3 f n CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i6, i88q v- Wbf- "vap"' w"i r V. TKTKRANS IN CONGKKSS, H. P. BANK3 ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF PUBLIC LIFE. sell the I'.nrllrat of Alt the Present Member. il Congress Tin lUrottl of VtilMetu Ymr How llrntli slid the flftr-Mir ill I'nnMrt Slow Mlntrtuifit. Hilnl CoiTMIxmilrnon .Wakiiimiton, Nov. 14. Congressman Nathaniel I. Hanks, of Massachusetts, ctlvo mid genial notwithstanding his seventy-three yours, wns seated In the Mtcroom of tho ofllco of the secretary f tlio interior nwnltiug nn audience wllli Mr. Noble. Near by was McKlu Icy, of Ohio. Tlio pair reprcioiitod gen erations widely separated. Ilesldo tlio Tctorau Dunks, who had In-on speaker, as McrClnloy aspires to Im tho latter looked llko h hoy. On tho wall over tho desk of tho, prlvato secretary hung a chart published thirteen yearn ago, nud called "Tho Centennial Government." In thin chart Mr. Hankn evinced moro tlian ordinary Interest. Ho looked It over and over, rising first on tiptoo and Uicn mounting n chair in his eagerness to scan all tho name. It soumod to Im press Itself upon him as an old friend. "Ah, McKlnloy," exclaimed tho vet ran stntesman, "what n knleldoscopo of men, of human ambitions, of success nud of tllMipK)tntmunt thin Is. Hero nro the games of my friends of thirteen years ago. I IxjIIuvo that no innro than 93 of tho 1)70 Rcnators and representatives of tho centennial year aro still in con grew." 8o tho veteran Banks and tho younger McKlnloy sat down to comparo notes. Banks know tho old congress and Mc Klnloy the new ono. "Let us Ix-gtn with Maine," thoy Bald. They found that of tho sovon members f congress from that etato in. tho con teental year but two remain. Halo and JVyo, who woro then representatives, bow sit ns senators In placo of Hannibal Hamlin and James 0, Dlalnc, "two men who have mado history, and arc still making it," as Mr. Hanks said. Of Now Hampshire's II vo centennial stntesmen but ono remains. Probably" thu country at largo bus forgotten Senntors Crngin and Wmllelgh. Henry V. lllair, then in tho house, is now hi tho senate, and somewhat famous as tho author of the Blair educational bill, "Llttlo Vermont la pretty constant," add Mr. Hanks', "sho la tho only stato In site Union which has hero now tho samo senators who represented her In tho con tennlal year. May my old frionds Ed munds and Morrill bo hero thirteen years honoo. "That reminds me," added tho ox speaker, "that In talking about Massa chusetts' representatives you should not forget me. I havo tho honor, sir, to bo sho member of tho Fifty-first congress with earliest experienco In national legis lation. I was a member of tho Thirty third congress, which makes It just thirty-six yearn sinco I catno down hero a green, fresh statesman. Judge Kelloy, the father of tho house, did not come till Mm Thirty-seventh congress, or eight years later, Senator Morrill, of Vermont, fast camo to congress two years after I 4ld, and Senator Dawes, of Massachu etts, four years after. Out their service ttas been continuous, while mine baa not. Only threo Massachusetts members of (be centennial congress aro now hero Mr. Dawes, Mr, Hoar, who was then a representative, and myself." Rhodo Island has no survivors of tho period of thirteen years. Both of her centennial senators, Henry D. Anthony ad Gen, Ilurnsido, aro dead. Connecti cut fares no better, Her senators were William W. Eaton and William II. Iter uh, tho famous Democratio leader, who tied a few months ago. Time has worked magic changes la Hew York, Thirteen years ago Itoscoe Conkling and Francis Kernun repre sented tho empire state in tho senate. Both aro dead. Fernando Wood, the text most conspicuous member of tho delegation, Is also dead. Samuel Sulli van Cox passed away but a few weeks CO, Strange that in thirteen years all f the thirty-flvo statesmen from that state should disappear from tho congres sional roster. Not ono "remains. A. 8. Buwitt still lives, but In private life. William A. Wheeler, then a congress man, rose to tho vice presidency and disappeared. Thomas C. Piatt was then (he congressman from Tioga. 8ubse ejttoatly he entered the senate, resigned with Conkling, failed of re-election, dis appeared from publlo view, and later on bobs up serenely a power Jn his party. Slbridge G, Laphau. then a representa tive, succeeded the great Conkling In the senate, served his term and disappeared while Conkling was yet living and fa asoua. Not one Jerseyman survived the period skat was composed of years to tho un lucky number of thirteen. Of tho nine men in tho New Jersey delegation of the centennial year, but one, Frederick T. Frellnghuysen, subsequently rose to higher distinction. Pennsylvania, conservative and rock ribbed, tenacious of her political views and favorites, presents a greater number f survivors from .he centennial era than any other commonwealth. Though SitHou Cameron, tho Nestor, has disap peared forever, Samuel J. Randall, Will iam D, Kelloy and Charles O'Neill re main. A remarkable Instance, this, of long Mtinued service of a great municipali ty Kelley, Randall and O'Neill have together' represented the city of Phila delphia in congress for a quarter of a century. Congressmen Mutchler and Walsh ate the other survivors In the Pennsylvania delegation. Even HtUe Delawai in which tho cltl sens had coma i te look upon tho Bayards and thu Saulsburys at lifts senators, has felt tho Influences f this period of change. Thirteen , ars ago Thomas Francis Bayard, tlio ilrd of his family to cvcuhyH seat in tho senate, was ono of tho most actlvo statesmen of tlio day. Now, after serving t.ht years more as . stHwtr r nnd four as secretary of state, he Is icucwliig his youth as a pilvato cltlr.cn and bridegroom, Tho fjaiilsburys, too, havo retired to prlvato life. Maryland lintl no representatives In '70 with enough vitality to span tho thir teen year noriod, nor had Virginia. West Virginia shows but ono survivor, C. J. Faulkner, then in tho homo, now In tho senate. Henry I'. Davis, who Is building; til'" family wealth to rlvnl that of tho VnuderblltH, lepresentod West Virginia In tho senate thli teen years ago, as ono of his sons-in-law will bo likely to represent it thirteen yearn hence. Tim two Carolina kkmcs but ono member of congiess wIioho service span tho centennial and tho present year. Sen ator ItauHOtu, of North Carolina, U the veteran. Of Georgia's great delegation of '70, but a sluglo survivor (Congress man Mount) remains, Alexander II. Stephens and lleujainiu II, Hill nro dead. Gen. John II. Gordon Is a privatocltlr.cn. Senator Norwood of '7(1 hccauio Con gressman Norwood of '80, and Is now out of public life. Florida has no survivor. Her best known senator of tho centennial year, Charlen W, Jones, la now a poor outcast, half demented, Only William Henry Forney, of thu Alnbama delegation to tho present congress, wan In tho con gress of tho centennial year. Georgo E. Spencer, now u clerk in ono of tho gov ernment department In Washington, was n Monator from Alabama in '70. Mississippi has but ono survivor, tho gallant Gen. Hooker. Lucius Q, O. La mar, n congressman in '70. is now on tho supremo bench; Dlanoho IC. Ilruco, n sen ator, is a lawyer in Washington, nnd John It. Lynch, who wan born n slave and became u lawmaker In tho centen nial year, is now nn oflloial of tho United States treasury, Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, was In tho houso from that stato thirteen years ago, but none of his enrly colleagues remain in tho Capttol witli him. In 1870 Texas was represented In tho souato by ono Republican nnd ono Dem ocratHamilton and Maxoy. Both havo disappeared. John II. Reagan was then n representative. Ho la now n senator. Roger Q. Mills, chairman of tho ways and means commltteo of tho house, has iwon In congress sinco 1873, and David 1). Culberson, tho best constitutional lawyer in tho south, sinco 1874. Arkan sas' senators and representatives of '70, nmong whom wero Powell Clayton and Stephen W. Dorsoy, nro known no moro in tho halls of legislation. Senator Cockrell and Congressman Uland. tho father of tho silver dollar, aro Missouri's only survivors. Congress man Whltthomo is nlouo among the rep resentatives of Tonncssco who was thorn thirteen years ago, as Joseph C. Black burn, then congressman, now senator, Is tho only survivor in Kentucky. Time's record In Ohio is like a ro mance. Dut two of tho members of the delegation of tho centennial year aro still in publlo llfo John Sherman, then, as now, a senator, and Henry B. Pnyno, then n member of tho houso and now in tho senate. Allon G. Thurmuu, thou Mr. Sherman's colloaguo, has lived to be come tho patriarch of his party. Will lam Lnwrouco won national fnmo as the watchdog of tho treasury. Frank Hurd became u noted orator, and was then pressed back and beaten In tho raco for placo. Charles Foster, afterward gover nor, has twlco or thrico had tho sena torial cup dashed from his lips. James A. Garllold, a congressman thirteen years ago, then senator, president, martyr. What changes in a timo so short! Veteran Banks looks in vain for the fnco of Senator Oliver P. Morton, It seems a long timo since O. P. Morton was n Republican leader, and yet hero Is Joseph McDonald, "Old Saddlebags," an older man than Morton, and Morton's Democratio colleague In 1870, looking forwnrd to tho possibility of a presiden tial nomination in 1803, nfter spending a decade In prlvato llfo. Queer tricks timo plays in this merry-go-round of political Indiana's only survivor of tho centennial congressional delegation Is William 8. Holman. the objector. In 1870 an Indi anlan, now pretty well known through out tho country, Benjamin Harrison, had held no Important publlo office. Michigan's present senators and con gressmen havo all come to tho front In tho last ten years. Tho leader of Illinois' centennial delegation was John A. Logan, then in Ids prime. With him in the sen Uo was Richard Oglesby, then an old man. Only tho latter still lives, but In retirement. Cannon, Henderson and Springer are tho threo congressmen from Illinois who havo remained steadily at their posts. Scott will now make his reappcaranco after several years of re tirement, Morrison, Stevenson and Sparks wero famous members of Illinois' delegation In 1870. Only Morrison is in tho government service How time mows them downl Wisconsin's congressmen are all of re cent growth. The only momber of her centennial representation who has sur vived tho slings and arrows of remorse less timo Is Jeremiah M. Rusk, then tho member from Buffalo. In 1870 William Wlndom was In tho senate from Minnesota. After leaving congress ho served as secretary of tho treasury, and then retired to private llfo. as he supposed, forever. Ho Is again secretary of the treasury, made such without an effort on his part, while half a dozen men wero running their legs off for tho honor. Time brings luck as well as adversity. Only Senator Allison remains of Iowa's centennial statesmen, only Ingalls of Kansas' deputation, and only Teller of Colorado's first representation. Jones of Nevada and Mitchell of Oregon are the only survivors of the Pacific coast. "So you seo, McKinley," said Mr. Banks, on counting up tho result of his careful examination of tho centennial chart, "my guess wiw not far wrong. Less than forty of tho 1)73 senators and representatives whoso names appear on this chart are in congress "today. In n dozen years death and tho fierceness of (ho struggle for. political honors have nwept away nine men out of ten. Mc Klnloy, uliero shall you and I lien dozen years hence?"' Walter Weluian. SKItYANTS IN ENGLAND. MRS. M03E9 P. HANDY WRITE9 ON AN INTERESTING TOPIC. Tim Average Kngllih Cook Iter CI nod and Unci Points Tlio Tills Which Kngllih RervnnW Hind Social Until lifter mhifil hy the ScrTiinU. Hircll Oorroiondence.l I'mt.Anr.i.i'iiiA, Nov, M, English housekeepers, in that method which Is tho soul of management, aio far nnd away ahead of their American sisters. An Englishwoman, ns a rule, when sho has any accounts to keep, keeps them with nil exactness which is, or ought to be, mi oxamplo to tho rest of tho world. Tho questions which nn English cook in search of n placo nska about dripping, broken bits, cold victuals and the like, nro apt to bo Hohrow to tho American! Indeed, English servants havo comu to understand this, and demand perquisites and privileges from American mistress es which they would never think of ask Ing of an English ono. If you have been well coached by your English friends, nnd stand up for your rights, your ser vants Will havo much greater respect for you than If you glvo Into them. If you nro wlso, howovcr, you will not en gago nu English cook, Good cooking is not nn English talent, though tho Briton is firmly Hrsuaded that of all nations of tho earth his own is thu only ono which understands the first principles of gastronomy. To a French or American palate all English dishes, excepting curry, which, by tho way, is an importation from India, aro nearly tasteless, and it is safe to add unit to any dish of meat or vegetables served you ut nn English table. Thu best res taurants In London, from a foreign stand point, nro tho Italian; Indeed, It was a great day for tho English when tho Ital ians, who in tho first plnco taught tho, French to cook, enmo over to open eat Ing houses In London. There nro several such, if you know where to find them, whoro you can got u good dinner n la carto at an oven lower price than you would pay In America; whoro, too, tlia service la good and tho n apery clean. If you do got uu English cook, try to havo n "bluo riblon," not a cordon bleu that Is, but u member of tho temperance baud, who will drink nothln;; stronger than ten or ginger nlo. Tho first caution given you on arriving in Loudon is to drink anything rather than water; and tho peoplo, In this respect, carefully practico what thoy preach. Every serv ant, man or maid, exacts an nllownnco of beer, or its equivalent in money, nnd drunkenness Is tho national vice. The fundamental point to bo ascertained in tho character of your cook is, is she sober? Else, sonic day, when you hnvc n dinner party on hand, sho will absorb the wine intended for tho sauces, and be found dead drunk on tho kitchen floor while your guests wail in vain for their dinner. It is rather comforting to find that after all English servants aro good and bad, jilst liko ours. If, however, you get a good one, you havo a treasure; n well trained English servant is a bit of perfection. Good or bad, whatever their virtues or fallings, they know their plucc, and their respect for you Is In exact ratio as you keep them in it. No Eng lish mistrcsR ever permits a servant to sit down in her presence under any cir cumstances, and if, yoivcarofor tho good opinion of your lodging h'ouso keeper you will never condescend to olTer her a chair. Tho chief wuy, in which English ser vants rob their employers is in tho tolls which they exact from tradesmen. In great houses whoro tho upper servants order thu various supplies, thoy have, or aro supposed to have, control of the patronage of tho household, and In order to keep tho custom and gain thoir good will, each tradesman gives his especial patron a robato on tho amount of his bill. Thus tho butcher fees tho cook, tho grocer stands in with tho steward, the dealer in hay and corn makes a present to tho coachman, and so on through tho whole establishment. Naturally, tho tax to paid is added to tho original amount of tho bill, and thus In tho end conies out of tho master's pocket. Oulda's sketch of tho American born duchess, who, by ordering all supplies in person nnd auditing all accounts, saved Iter noble lord from penury and recouped his bank account, is scarcely so much of an exaggeration as It seems, and has been paralleled in somo degree by more than ono prudent woman in late years. Wages aro considerably smaller with us, Ten shilling otweek is the price of a plain cook fja French mart cook will chargo 3), from $30 to (70 a year that of a good housemaid, and for twenty shillings you may command tho services of an accomplished valot. One of the best waiters In n Regent street restau rant told mo that ho received no wages, and was required to pay for his meals; lodging being furnished him, ho was ex pected to And hU compensation in the tips of his customers; nnd in Loudon, except from an American, fourpenco is fully nn averago tip. Peoplo change servants much less often than with us, for there is nothing which a good servant so dreads as a "short character' anything under n year being considered as prima facie evidence against tho person who has been unable to keep n placo longer. Tho servants In a household aro u pretty good Index to the social status of the household, and for this reason society climbers, who abound in England, as elsewhere, spare no pains to secure servants who have lived with great people, and are charmed with the reversal of a ladies' maid from the Countess of Comeupstair. or a foot man who can tell how things are man aged In tho ducal mansion of Pinnacles. The number of servants and retainers employed in great families is something to marvel ata reminlscenco of the feudal period. Wo were talking of tho four rich dukes, and somebody mentioned tho exact amount of tho income of tho Duko of Westminster, "Myl" exclaimed an un sophisticated American, "what on earth docs ho do with W Tho answer came from a family connection of tho duko and was mail.) w Ith crushing dignltyt "If you had three hundred gardeners to pay every month, I fancy you wouldn't find It ony moro than you needed!" "Three hundred gardeners!" ejacu lated the American, nnd then subsided into silence. There is nothing In London answering to tlio American boarding liotue, If you dislike hotel, and do not care to take n whole houso and go regularly to house keeping, you go into lodgings by tho week. The drawing room floor, up one flight of stnlrs, Is regarded as the best In tho house. Tho rent varies with the lo cation nnd tho timo of year, rents during the season from the first of May to the middle of July being, In fashionable neighborhoods, three times ns much, and in others twice ns much, ns during tho rest of tho year. Tho sum named ns tho prico of tho suite is tlio rent ulonot everything clso will bo extra service, Arcs, lights, linen, baths, blacking boots and of course nil meals. You will be expected totako breakfast in tho house; your other meals you can havo there or get outsldo.as you prefer. Ono ami sixpence in tho usual chargo for a plain breakfast, i. e., bread and butter (if you nro wise, you will insist upon French bread, for tho homo made is de testable), ten or coffeo if you order it, and two lulled eggs. You may order any thing you llko in ndditlon, on condition of paying for it. When the chargo is two shillings, jam will bo added to the bill of faro. Jam is ono of the national dishes. Tlio English breakfast is a thorn In tho flesh to the American visiting London. "If I had my way," said a dis tinguished American, who had suffered many things because of English cookery, "If I had my way, I would chnngo tho British coat of arms. Tlio lion and tho unicorn should bo n cow mid n sheep, and Britannia should bo represented ns a dirty servant girl holding n pot of jam." Tho critics who objected to tho free and easy method of serving breakfast in ono of Mrs. Langtry's plays (as though Mrs. Lnugtry wero not familiar with tho UBagcs of English society) mado a dire mistake. Tho presence of n waiter in tlio breakfast room is not considered obliga tory. Tlio bell is there, and tho mnn or maid comes nt call, but It is quito en reglo for tho guests to wait upon them selves nnd to hop up and run to tlio sldo tablo for tho cold meats set out there; a very convenient custom, as breakfast goes on for nu hour or moro and guests conio down when it suits their plcasuie. Luncheon la usually an informal meal, with cold meat, jam, bread nnd butter, enko and ten. Thin Is served at about 1 o'clock. Five o'clock tea is nn English institu tion. Not only English women but Eng lish men feci n craving for their cup of ten at that hour, nud u leading London actor told tho writer that in America he always felt homesick nt 5 o'clock in tho afternoon, and had "a yearning for some good Christian to take ma in and do for me to tho extent of n cup of tea." Any ono who drops in nt that hour ex pects, ns n matter of courso, to be offered a cup; and besides, every English ladv lias her "day," when, after 0 p. m., she may always bo found in her drawing room, n low table, which just readies comfortably to her elbow, at her sldo. This is daintily spread with an embroid ered cloth, nud holds ten, with the addi tion of chocolnto and two or threo kinds of cako, and bread nnd butter. cut thin, na wafers. Thero Is a good deal of pride taken in this fairy llko bread and butter, and Punch has celebrated it more than once. Perhaps tho best apropos is of a little girl, whoso mother took her to drink tea with two very particular old ladles. Ma bel behaved" beautifully, nnd the proud mother was listening delightedly to the praises bestowed upon her by tho old ladles, when, horror of horrors! Mabel was discovered in tho act of pocketing n slice of bread and butter. "Oh, Mabel!" gasped the mortified mamma, "how could you? I beg you will excuse her, dear Miss Sinythe: really, I never know her to bo greedy before." "I um not greedy now," responded Mabel with dig nity; "I don't tako things to eat, but I thought 1 might havo just one slice of this beautiful bread and butter to take homo ns a pattern for nurse." And, strange to Ky, tho nice old ladles did not seem to bo very much shocked nfter all. Tho tea is scalding hot, so hot that you aro apt to wonder whether it la not taken from tho (lro at tho very instant that tho doorbell rings. It is deliclously fragrant, such ten as wo never havo in America. .Tho. English have a theory that a long sea voyage destroys tho flavor of tea, no matter how carefully It may bo packed for transportation. When you praise their tea they says "You should taste tho tea in Russia." Following out this theory, tho choicest teas aro brouc.it overland through Russia from China,' and only cross tho English channel on a fast steamer, They suv, also, that Amor- leans have no Idea how to make tea. "I am going to Mrs. 's, nnd I shall have to drink her tea," said nn Englishwoman, plaintively, "It is Biiro to bo lukewarm! Do you nover serve tea really hot n America? The Americans over hero hardly ever do!" Iced tea they consider barbarous to n degree; indeed, they look upon Ico water as a suicidal beverage. Dinner Is tho great event of tlio day, when the cares of business aro dismissed, and your Englishman resigns himself to enjoyment In the serious manner in which ho Is used to enjoy himself. He always dines in his dress suit, and re gards tho American who wears a dress ing gown and slippers to dinner with his wife and children as a Goth and outside barlmrian. Mrs. M. P. Handy. Tim NotcI as She Is Head, Mlnnlo How do you like that book I lent you, Julia? Julia Well, I've only just begun It, but I'vo rend the last two chapters and had a peep Into the middle, and it seems moat Interesting. Mlnnlo It'-) u delightful bopk, I nssuro you, You'll havo n good cry, I know, before you get na far aa the first chapter -at least I did. Pick-Mo-Vp. Kadloat French Women. A I'nrls cotTMpomient, writing to Ths Woman's Cycle, nwwts Hint French women ars becoming clnmcrou tor a sent In ths chamber of deputies, nud dMcrilxa a moot ing of tlio "Women's Protective Imruo and Socialist Republican Federation," which was bold to nppolnt tho foiimlo cntiilldntes to lit brought forwnrd nt tho elections Although 000 women wero present, n mnn, M. Jules Iloque;, of Tho Courier Frnncnlnj, was called upon to prcsldo. lime, D. Bt, Uilnlro opened tiro by a sjiocch hi the lengthy prcnmhlo to which sho deplored having nwxted rn tnnny yonri in tho writing of verncs hoforo sho came forwnrd to vindicate tho rights of women, nnd was about to proceed whon a ruttlo of silk wns benrd nnd n slim, elegantly dressed Indy, with A dagger In her yellow hnlr, itoppod upon tho platform, nnd Mine St, Uilnlro wns obliged to retire, uuirh to her vexation. This Indy vested with so much nuthorlty wns Mine, do Valsnyro, famous In Franco for her opposition to M. Pnstciir, her fonduen. for dueling, nud her petitions to parliament for tho privilego of dressing In nmlo attire, which privilego, although granted to Ilosa Donhcur, Georgo Han Mine. Dlciilnfoy, tho eolobrated Persian explorer, Mine, Fmicnult, tho beardod woman, nud two femnlo stone cutters, for tho nnnunl sum of $10. has hcon denied to her. Bho Is a forclblo speaker, with n strong, mnscullno volco, nud sho insisted that men had no right to consider whether it would bo wlso to enfrnnchlfo women or not, for by tho vory net of paying taxes woman lins enfran chised horsolf nnd mado herself equnl with mnn, Sho also claimed that Koplo would quickly get used to seeing n woman solicit votes ns n cnudMnto for election to tho cham bers ns thoy hail to many other things, tomn toes for uxnmplo, nnd thnt when tho electors, convinced of tho eligibility of woman for ofllco, should put her iinmo upon tho tickets uccpm follows. Mine, Normnnd nud Mile. Itoulnngcr no relation to tho general nnd other apostles of equnl rights nddre-asod tho meeting, nil agree ing thnt tho only way of Improving tho un satisfactory stnto of nffnirs in Franco wns to solid several womon to parliament. The Chicago Auditorium. Curtains, stngo, and everything clso In the theatre nro operated by hydraulic power, thero being sixteen hydraulic jacks, four of which nro telescopic, under tho stngo. Stngo In this cnxo should bo plural, for thero li n doublo nrrnngemeut by which ono stngo can be sot while tho other is in use, nud tho trans fer mado liistnntunoously. This Is not nfter tho style of thu Mndion Square theatre, where thu ono stngo is abovo tho other, but Is modeled nfter tho lending thcutro at Hilda P.csth, considered to bo tho most convenient In oxtxtenco. All thu sconcry U hung over iron frhenvos, with iron cables and Iron coun ter weights, thero being over ton miles of cnblo used. Tho t-oats will ho ojiera chnlrs, upholstered in n ruber plush, nnd in tho gnl lerios every ono will havo a chair A siecial fonturo of tho hall will bo Its spacious lobbies. These- aro four in number -0xl'J0, 00x120, 40x120 nnd 'JOxliX) foot. In tho basement nru two smoking rooms,, and thero and on tho second floor will bo the cloak rooms and retiring rooms for ladles. Tho seating arrangements aro such that a full viow of tho stngo can bo had oven from tho highest sent lu tho uppor gallery, and the acoustic projiortics of tho hall aro pronounced perfect. Thu archos of tho roof nro treated in gold nnd Ivory, nnd this is tlio lending foaturo of tho decoration throughout. Over tho prosceuium arch figure pieces havo been painted by Mr. Ilolloway, whllo tho side panels aro filled In with landscapes by M. Floury. Tho paintings aro of a superior kind and will attract much attention. Chicago Tribune, The Itujralty of Europo. It Is tho same ull over Europe, Evry now and then tho direct lino falls; then tho pow ers in church and stato havo to trnco away back up tho genealogy to where some daugh ter of a king married somo commoner or for eign prlnco of a sturdy stock, and trnco down thnt lino to find tho right heir, tho all im portant "next of kin." At tho top thero Is rapid nnd perpetual decay; from tho com monalty fresh blood Is constantly Infused into the lower nobility, nnd ttieuco in timo It goes to recruit tho higher nnd the royal line. An aspiring knicht "marries well," and bis son becomes a baron; that baron's son an earl nnd thnt enrl's son a duko; a duko marries a princess, and by tho failure of tho malo line Lis son or grandson becomes a king. Most often, however, tho foreigu line come In, nnd so It has resulted that ovcry country In Europe, except Turkoy, has a foreign or half foreign monarch. Thus tho reigning British house of Brunswick is German. Be fore It tho houso of Orange was Dutch, and before that the houso of Stuart was Scotch; the houso of Tudor was originally Welsh, and while the preceding monarchs of Yorkist and Lancastrian linos were English, their com mon ancestors, the i'lantagonets, would bet ter be classed as French. The royal family of Denmark .is not Danish, though that of Greece k Tho king of Sweden is French. The czar is not btrictly a Russian. The Ger man onqieror is Itusso-British-Germau, tho king ot Uulgaria Is a recent Importation from Germany, and the king of Italy it from the same original stock as Queen Victoria, J, IL Beadle, A New Amerlcnn Conservatory of Music. M. Tbeophile Manowry, tho well known baritone of the Grand opera In Paris, who re cently arrived In New'York, will shortly bo gin bis duties as director of the vocal depart ment of tho new National Conservatory of Music in New York city, of which Mrs. Jean netto M. Thurtier Is president. Mrs. Thurl t, who U now abroad, bearing that M. Manov y had graduated with first honors at the Paris conservatory, and having him recommended to her In tho highest terms by such well known musicians as Gounod, Baint-Saons, Massenet and Ambroso Thomas, persuaded him to give up his brilliant professional ca reer abroad to accept tho vocal directorship of this now National conservatory, In which the is so much Interested. Mrs. Thurber's late efforts to establl'sb national oiwra in the United States will naturally inalie this now movement of hers of great Interest. Her Idea is that America, which has dono so much for education In other lines, should establish and endow a musical university, open to rich and poor alike, where art Is not subordinated to uionoy.and wbero Americans with talent can obtain musical Instruction under tho directlou of the best masters nt reoaouablo cost. An Elderly Gathering. 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