THE DAILY IIEKALD, PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1837.
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REALM OF THE DIME.
THE BOWEHY AS SEEN DURING
AN AFTERNOON STROLL.'
M'biit You (un liny for Ton Vnl f;-t-tlnt
Over si Sr-f I'ZotHum uml .-Imuiii
f llm I 111 ma u TiiJ l'tcjii ut the
Tlir Uowery h the lvnlm e.f the iliino. I'or
n I'inu', having fir. t made your will, yon can
l'i t u;' nf I'rid .s ilimii r.-i, consisting of soup,
JIH'tit, pot ;it.O-.S, -gi-tuhlfM It! I1 OOll'i-o. YlUI
fan g-t, after bn . ing nit accident policy, tvo
m -i-aii f liri li.r Iti cunts r one t-havo
with bay rum and a -! -:i n to-.v I. You ran
l;iy a lot of t m .-.( .i.nf.s, fresh rou.it il at tho
Maud r .M .;i l mo: rouii in tin; g.nnly
temples of Mniiiii:.. Vmi i an I my ulio: strings,
liiisi p ii'. It rs or a hanilkf-rc hit f from Ni.iiiin-ls
if 1 -(-1 1 of all a; -ol' r ; ami in -v ions i-on-ditioiis
of servitude. You c.'iii f.ct a milk
pmieh with a a : g in i; , ;.nr, i -1 i you ilo nut
exact cow'., m;;!; u:iil l.i j.'s cgs in y.ir
purch;-.:-.: Yo;i.i!l be fnoiish if ymi c::;irl,
tin;:i. To ri: ji . i.iiu I '.ov.Try you must lake
jr, ::s it i lit ii '. in a !l its sh.i.ii.-:, accept i' A
l.'i"rmail. ;-i vo i i imIi ik'-i; to it.-; living itatin-,
ia v.-o.io--r at i!s l-iiv tor man and in av.o
t i! i l':if; .:. re is no j ari i'-nlar fun
to fo.!;i. l ia looking behind t cards in
mr," wal!; in life, :tml litis is truer of the
J; i.'.iry t !i;.it of i;: .M. i !er places.
Your li: t ilini" will j o to a yom:g man
.::fu,'.rh.':; jiri shivering, liis hat is
v.iv 1. ' 1 uvi J.jttp il, lii i i.hirt very flirty ami
Lis ii'. hi :g is bi r.e.s. J I - lias j:r.i got over
h:i itifi i.ii-nt at! " ic of "Lho shakos,"' their
li . 1 1 a I Imrrovi having made morn hideous
l ite g:ilt- " in !,i. i In- root I while ( lie clc-vaU-'l
tra i:r? i hmideivd over his head through
the loag hom-s-t.i' lim night. His fare is rod
jiu I his : hints. "1 say, mister," he will
KiV, "g'V! i i a dime to ;;- t somcthin' to tat
V. iJi, v. HI yer.' IYi mi educated man. Just,
g.'..; iii' ovt r a :- : I believe in -hi l.i
t oaii'. Ili'i'V ii y i i 1 iv-si ul of wit. Wlini. do
you thin!: alunii. i! :"' iir nervously rattles oil".
'J)o you want a drink."
"Yes."
You tjivo liim tin) ilini. Ilo jofs for liis
flrii'.k. The wliiie an.-'.-l of i!lii!ant!iro;y,
lioverin. ovt r l'i Yom: "len's C'liristiau
l.-.sori;;t ii n it ", frowiis at tliis eiieoiir
n'.r.i.'at of vi- e. Xevorthless, j'ou feel that
the lie-irdin A:i;;. l will look at tlit? matter
liirerent!y,
A "ehijipie'' ;.i:ir; s at ldm in seorii as lio
reels away. Tii Lov.-ery is tbo roosliji;-;
jilaei? uml feiiiin -.-ifoaiid of the lil tie "cliiti
jiies." Tlioy af- a j.romiin.'iit jart of the
llotsam ii:i1 j t-a::iin the huaian titlo tliat
bl.s and ilows !!: Jantlj- in this jri-at aiu'd
in the center of u r;.-at city. They are no!
ueees.-,arily di i;t: al!e, though they would
liko to lie Riicc.-v j nlly tax They skip nlon
the paveiin nts in their sailor hats fashion
able sailor lints, for they live in a i-ountry in
v.hieh hih and lo.v, ri' h and poor, and all
list other tritenesses that de.vriljo t!ie so;-i:d
C3ftrines, i!rcs sveiirdinp to the same
set fashions. The "e'lipj ie's" eorai!exion is
dull. Ili.-r veins aru fall of the l-o&r that she
lrank over nhht i.i r;o:;:e s::!ol:o lille I saloon
vitli savfihist on the lioor. Tho "chipiiii;"
k:iciws littl happi-iess. Her lirown
lii.'periier.d ;;ai fjn is in a perpetual state of
ajrv, ami the po-i.'-ts are e:ivinq- way from
tUfe constant weight if her hands.
The fat l.idy :;eLs your -eond clime. She
is in a museum '.;: oa'. irle is ahlazo with
paint red, 1
in
r.i!
yellow. On its front
are ldion'-d no
Lui!i;i! and .".nima
IJril isli iiiiiximi !
e.jili.r, of fill kinds
As von entrr tho door n
:i:sa::tla Cesnol.i eol-
leetion of : r.i'.-il.-ee;:;e trooping nt you with
the profirdoii of i ! erul s in a Vatican fres
coe. Tl;-j h.-.uqia ; of tiiolo.lmy raei:oon, and
the cseiitv of t! coefhiir.j; little monkey
minlo ileisiocrati :'ly v. iihtlie cheap cologne
of the Cin-irissi ::; -er-r:i. ar.tl tin inlor of
newly ilispeiise 1 paint. The fat lady is at
her posl, ir rtnher o: her four Dsts. She i ;
a liamls'sn-ic fat i;: ly. Slip has hrown oyea, v
small moutii n-.1 pretty teeth. She has
Fqaare yards of arm and billows of bust.
There are feaiher.
nc-r hair and a cnvr.s
al 'out her sylphi.'e
tent of brown siii; dre
li:;ure. She co:i
you ii;v.;;rdiy i ;;:
trious it:-.!iiy (
ui"P in tvi.v tin? li..
sr, VS. and that ex; :
There wciv tv.
SillOV Wl.e'l si..' .,
end of tii. in ail . '.
She dials t.a'.i.::
lady in a red d.v
-.os to I'.t s;;uuners. thon-h
I;t that the most indas-
l 1
;e.
ve i cared this stni.vt
Shn is from Ohio, s!;e
it. Si'j isunmarrlod.
-c;,;;ht fat hn!i s in lh:
i!:ed:'.l, : he cent l:v.v. ,
tir.'o are nrin:iri-ie:l.
!"!'.' with the C:r;-:;:.i:;:i
A f 1 1:: :'el
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r.tlv
frcT.n the Ural ;
ZLt of the Ci
renn-Kvlvnnia.
.ta ::i: of IVnn-tylvani.i.
in hidic-.? coi.ie fro..;
other tii.vs rho calls on
ess the- v..;;.-. who is railicr
w: s ; j !;: little ;xi:'l
ii- lies i;i her v. hite skin
il l '.I': !'.' o;i !ft.:s and r.rir..J
u: . .ii:.h Irav. i:ir.-s in rc.
s Kii-j f ves and a modei;
tl:r tatioc-; j;;ri
a iii ii'ul f-:..:;t. Si;
1) - ore ;!:ey jaV' -t!
a. id i!-..irk'';l h r i:
wiUi b!r:-e 1 a-.l
at. l bhie. She ha.
manner. She i.r.i
Ll'I'o:v th-v n I,
Have i ee:i iair 10 iih.x at
r it perpetual monstres-
ltv.
ii.
h ts a pretty i:ec k, with the sym
metrical curve of j onnpf v.-omaiihood. but th.e
iieek i:ov wears a necklace of hideous bine
leaves th-.t no autumn ever will alter and
only one w in! er :ie enduring one ever re
move. It cost r;, i.'.ie says. Her father
maile la r do it. 1 'id it hnrti Yes. It hurt
a j,'ixl deal, and : ;.e v.ai sick for two weeks
once while it was 'ing on. She takes no
pride in iK She c ::dui td it, perhaps, to buy
Ltr father's pin.
tialatea pets your r.rxt ditue. She comes
to life in anoth r museum. The showman
darkens the hall, poes to a small platform
v. ith a black s. r. n foove it Iu the center
of the screen is a square hole, and into this
3"ou !ta::e v.hile he : -iys:
"You've all he i: ladies and pcnclm'n, of
the story -f lVmalion and the Gnlatee.
l'v.Tmaiicn was a:i artist, or a seulptur,
rather, an' him Le:":i p: ctty eeeer.tric couldn't
find no woman v. hat he wanted for to marry,
so he np an' chisels a lust, an' the bust was
the Galatee. This here is the bust, gen
clm'n." A white light .-hines in the box and a
white bust appears. It is painted life size,
in white, on a slide of black, anil looks quite
statuesque. "While you stare at its chalky
features and closed eyes the showman con
tinues: "PvKinnlion pot stuck on tho bust an' set
till day a loekiii' at it till he pot a little loose
in the" upper story an' prayed to the pods to
change theGlatec into a woman. The Gal
ateewill now change into a woman, penel
m'n. Waicli the color come in her cheeks
nid the "winkiii' of her eyjs. There's no flies
on them eyes, fcenelni'n. Yer can see for
yourselves."
Tho white bust fades into a woman's head
and neck, round and loving. She reddens
cosmetically, and opens and shuts a iiir of
startling black eyes "very naturally. She
docs t?n cents' worth of smiling as he
gutson:
-Pvrmalion wanted for to marry the Gal
r.tee,"but she wouldn't have it. She was a
high roller and he was only a poor artist,
bile wantol som? feller that would put up silks
n:ul diamonds lor her, and consequently she
chanrtd back into marble again once more."
She truly does so. The chalky bust is once
more i:i the box pnd the "Galutee'' is pulling
on a waterproof behind the sevnes, while
Pvgmaliou, in a brown mustache and a cigw ,
Whit to take his winking and blasting "Gal
tteo"' to diiJ:cr. 2ew Y ork Times,
'DESTINY" OF THE GREAT.
T!i I'ttle i:ii-ni'iit in Mru of Ktninent
Murh I.iiirulri'n I'rPHt-nllinfiit.
One might roughly indicate the difference
li-twecji ordinary men rnd men of eminent
murk by referring to their relativo jKissis:ioii
fif a c-nseioiisness f de.itiny. So ofU-n ha.su
n-iirJ! fif Ijeing set uiart und devote"! to somo
thing aeeouijianied preat capacity that it
would u-eni to b a natural and legitimate
help to the fvnrying out ff any arduous
undertakin g. Sehojj:hauer fleelares that
iitoii.f can be blind to his own merit any
more? than t lie man v. ho is six feet high can
remain ignorant, of the fact that he towers
above his f- llows. lh; noti.-s the pridowith
which H'T.-n-e, l.neri lius, Ovid, Haute,
hnkeyjH-arc and Ii in have M(Mkfii ff them-
m ! fit, ami quoti s the Jinglishman who wit
tily observed that merit and iniesty have
nothing in common except tho initial letter.
"I have always a suspicion about modest
celel.riti.s," he adds, "that tiny may be
right." (ji-ethn has frankly ..nd: "Only
go-wl for iifth;iigs mod'-st." "1 begin
wi;h this," he told l is j.iot.her as a suiull boy.
" Lai ;t on in I i r - 1 t iiaii distinguish mj -i if in
fr other w.i vs.''
The fact is 1 i -tL as long as he lived Goetlie
l.i I i. vi d in oi ai i' s, and was us willing as
Jlnii;eau t' tru-t his fortune. V) the merest
l oet.-ii.si s lil' t hiiiiee. Kuil.-.-:e:iu wa to ' Kltvetl
in the other world if the stone h- threw hit
t!ie tree at v.hii h it was aimed, and had
(itx'tlio cnii-iit the plunge fif tiie valuable
pocket knife wl:i. h in- tijcl into the river
Laim from L: hind the bushes where he stood,
lie might ha1. Income a painter instead of a
hk-L Tln-re ii vy I :" a "divinity" that shape:
t lie -nil-of all i. i n, but only the exeejitional
individual wciils nt all consi-ions of the fact
or in the way of turning it to practical ac
count by uei.ur.lly relying upon it in '.uily
life. Thus it comes about t hat demonic men,
men ef a il- -imiv' Ix-nt and direction which
tiiey cannot resist, an; given to t lusting more
t hail those- whose st.Mi-ipoint is i:u rely jkt
soaal aiid commonplace. Greene, the liiste
i i- .:i, tells us t hat "liliabeth had, as a 11 strong
natures liuve, an Uiiboiiutietl conlitleiiee iu
her luck." "lii-r ninji-.-ty counts much on For
tune," Walsii.g'ia.u' wiote bitterly;"! wish
bLe would ti :;sL mere iu Almightj- God."
Lincoln neer for an instant doubted that
he was forieed for sonit; "great or miserable
end," and frit ly talked about the impression
to this itrecr, which hail been with him all his
life, and which, after t he year 1V10, assumed
t lit; cleiracter of a positive conviction. His
biographer asserts that this presentiment
was as d.-ar and certain as any image con
veyed by the senses. "The star under which
h" was born was at once brilliant and malig
nant. The horoscope was cast, fixed, irre
versible, and he had no mure power to divert
it in the minutot particular than he hail to
reverse the law of gravitation." Substitute
tii.; word providence for fate', and many
t her instances of this hig.ier sort of conll-iieiie-e
might be adduced, show ing how largo
Uii influence trust has had iu human sue-cess.
It went into exile with Luther and sustair.c-d
Carlyle in sickness and neglect. In a gener
al way, it is - to lie doubted if any one has
ever reached a very eminent station in life
without something of this feeling ia the atti
tude which ho h is assumed toward his work.
Atlantic Monthly.
An Art res. ' V."r--lccil in Port."
Poor'Aimee had suirered for years frtm
tho tumor that indirect ly cause-d her death,
and her phj sicians hail fivquently advised
its removal. She, however, procra-stinated,
a:id it was only recently that she eleeided te
submit to the inevitable. liven then she was
unv. iliing that any but a few of her most in
tiiviato friends should know the truth. She
retired to a private hospital at Anteuil and,
iu referring to th operation, said:
"It would be curious if anything should
happen to me now, when I have been several
times round Use world mid come safe and
sound out of ever so many railway and
steamboat aevi.ients."
But as it is always "tbo unexpected that.
happens," so the gifted singer was tl-.stined to j
pass lrom Jiie in p;ve:.'y tte way sue
deemed least probable. After her many
"hairbi e-adrh "sci.pcs" it might be written on
her tombstone, "Wrecked in port." Paris
Cor. 2vjvv York Star.
r.rsnits oi' a Itainstorni.
Y.'itli the rain beating against his storm
hardened face, the driver of a Fourth nvwiue
car said, a lew evenings ago, he hoped the
slorai would last all night. "Sterns to me
it's rough on yeui," said the passenger, who
would smoke in spite of the r.ia, anil there
tore was compelled to utand on tho front
platform, "it's rougher when it don't rain,"
replied thed.iver. Tin n h- explained that
in eiry weather it was dit'dce.it to take a team
fro-n tho stables to tho postotile'e without im
acciuent, the r0ie.lv.a3' was so slippery. A
good raia wa-he-l all the gicae 'mid iron rust
from the paving stones, anil made tho going
comparatively sale. 11a wa. willing to br
iiiconvc aieiiced by the rain, partly for la.3
own sake, partly i'or that tit' his horses. iSev
York Sua.
An Olid iCgg IiiC'.
riftrcn hu:i dre; I workmen, with their wives
and sweethearts, attended the annual picnic
of the United Labor party in Urommer's
L'nioa park. The festivities were begun in
tho afternoon with games. There was an
egg race, in which only ladies were "iicrinitted
to enler. There were nine entries. Each
lady was eibiiged to run a short el i. .lance with
a spoon held out in front of her containing
an egg. The lady reaching tho goal first
with the egg in its normal condition won the
prize. There was a great deal, of excitement,
especially among the mothers of the racers.
One of them shouted out to her elaughter:
"He Leerful mi' net break that egg over yer
new dress." 5cv; York Sua.
Oysters Among tlie I'arisians.
During the last, ten years the taste for
oysters has been increasing at a remarkably
rapid rate among the Parisians. Over 200,
000,000 of these bivalves were consumed in
the French capital last year more than
double the quantity which ra faced feir the
consumption of the city in 175. The price
remains almost what it was then, though in
Areachon and the other centers of production
it Las declined, The Debats al'irms, fuliy 80
per cent, daring thj decade. New York
Post.
Harmony Iletwren the Two.
The ''normal eiinpaiion" has been adopted
this month Lif the bands of the German
army. This is the same pitch used in the
French army and makes probably the only
feature of harmony between the two coun
tries. English soldiers still march to music
pitched ia what is known as the English
diapason, although that was abandoned sev
eral years ago by many Englkh orchestras,
including that of the Kcyal Italian opera.
Chicago Herald.
Nineteenth Century I'rogrens.
First Contractor Are you through with
thai square yet?
Set-ond Contractor Y2s; jast got the pav-
mg iloue.
"All donef
"Every foot."
"Very well; remove your tools so I can get
ready to tear it up." Oiiiaha World.
OLD WOULD WORSHIP.
CRUCIFIXES AT THE CROSSROADS
OF AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA.
Tlie Mui-7ln on the ttlali-ony of the Mo
IiitiuniriliMi M imirr t 1 lie Sanctimonious
Persian Fanatical Afliunti Tli Ilin
tltms C Iiinuini-ii and ilapanou;.
Few things were more interesting to m
than the different modes of wursiiip that I
saw among the various nations whoso coun
tries I trawled on my tour around the world
on a bicycle. From the irreligious eowlioy ef
the wild west, who prides himself on caring
for neither (! oil, man nor devil, to the gentle
Hindoo penitent dragging his emaciated body
hundreds of miles that he may die oil tho
banks of the- sacred Ganges, are many inter
esting forms of woibliip, many strange be
liefs. In traveling along tho roads of Catholic
Europe f ine of the most impressive things to
the observant American is tho big crucilixey
erected at thc-jrossroads.
As one gets further eastward into Catholic
Davarkt and Austria these crossroad cruci
fixes pi e-sent a very curious appearance. At
tached to the c rosshke frame aro seen saws,
axes, plow. -.hares, hayrake'S, pitchforks,
spades and till manner of agricultural imple
ments. Sometimes the crueilixcs are varied
by snug little brick shrines containing
images of the Yirgiu Mary, sundry eif the
saints and vurious Itoman Catholie parapher
nalia. Candles are burnt lieforo tho little
doll like im-v;es of these waysido saints on
holy flays and votive offerings are made by
tho superstitious peasantry.
Five times a day, 'in Mohammedan coun
tries, the muezzin goes up on te the balcony
of the tall minaret and sings out iu avoid):
that can lie heard half a milo away: "There
is no God but one God, ami Mohammed is his
prophet." Hearing this the devout Mussul
man murmurs "Allah-il-AUah" in response,
and pausing iu whatever he may bo doing ho
spreads his coat or something on the ground,
slips his shoes olF anil, prostrating himself
several times toward Mecca, recites sundry
assuges of tho Koran. When tho Moham
medan enters the socred precincts of tho
mosque ho leaves liis shoes at tho floor and
enters in his stockinged feet or in light slip
pers especially provided at tao door by an
attendant. The headgear is never removed
by the Mussulmans for religious exercises, as
with ourselves.
One of tho most sanctimonious inrlividuals
in the world is the Persian. Belonging to the
Shiah brauch of tho Mohammedan faith, the
Persians fairly outdo the rest of the world,
rot excepting even our noble Christian selves,
in considering themselvevs tho elect of all the
peoples of the earth. In passing a Christian
in the bazai-s the Persian imam er seyced
will gather his flowing gown closely about
him, lest perchance it should brush against
the infidel and contaminate him by the con
tact. These people, too, would as soon think
of committing suicide as drinking water from
thesamo cup as a Christian. The Persians
ere far more fanatical than tho Turks.
I have been inside plenty of Turkish
mosques, and have stood on the minaret bal
cony with tho muezzin and listened to him
shouting the summons to prayer; but to pen
etrate into a Tersian mosquo would mean
trouble.
Five times a day the Persian halts in what
ever ho may be doing, and, prostrating him
self toward Mecca, mumbles his prayers. As
a general thing ho carries, stowed away in
his hiinmierbiind, a small oval cake of holy
clay, from the sacred soil of Mecca, Meshed
or Iverbella, which he places on tho ground
before him as he prays. Every timo he pros
trates himself he touches his forehead to tho
bit of sacred eday instead of the common
earth. By this process he is supposed to ab
sorb a cei-tnin jiortion of the spiritual advan
tages appertaining to the worshiper dwell
ing or visiting at the holy city itself.
More fanatical and dangerous, because less
civilized ami more warlike than their Persian
neighliors, are the Afghans. These valiant and
turbulent, warriors of Islam present the ex
treme wing of Mussulman fanaticism and re
ligious fervor these days. To that strange,
wilil country in southern Khorassan my
mind wanders intuitively whenever I think
of the Mijhammedan religion and its faithfui
devotees. When at sunset tho people would
turn toward the west (Mecca being west from
that country) and perform their customary
prostrations and prayers they would fall to
wondering among themselves why it was
that I too elid not follow suit. "Why was it
that I, of all the peoplo there, omitted to bow
my forehead to tho ground and sing out,
"There is no God save one God, and Moham
med is his prophet." I used to explain to
tliem that most Christians devote ono day
oat of seven to tho worship of Allah, and ap
propriate the remaining six to their own use.
At this they would regard me with greater
astonishment than ever.
As wo pursue our course through India the
people who now stare iu mute wonderment
at the bicycle are heathens who will hava
none of the Christian or Islamite God. Tho
gods they worship are numberless almost as
tho blades of grass in a meadow. Tho Hin
doos have invested many thing3 with the
order of sanctity. The trees are sacred ; riv
ers, mountains, birds and animals aro objects
of worship and veneration. Now and then
I came across a tree, a neem, beel, peepul or
banyan, streaked with red faint. This would
be a tree esjecially selected for the purpose
of worship as representing some particular
god. The god the Hindoo travelers or outly
ing villagers could not have with them al
ways, but they could always have the tree,
arid so by worshiping the tree, his representa
tive, would they gain the ear of some hideous
idol sitting in state in his ehivala at Benares.
A common sight would be that of a ring of
dusky natives formed around a sacred tree,
prostrating themselves and paying their de
votions. The natives of Bengal seemed to me to fall
down and worship almost anything that con
tributed to their animal comforts. There is
something grotesquely practical in paying
ou"'s devotion to a bowl of rice or a jar of
arrack, and this is what the bland and wor
sbipful Bengal villager does every day in tho
yenr.
Tho worship of John Chinaman is so mixed
up with superstition and with heathenish
rites ami ceremonies for the propitiation of
evil spirits that it would take a good sized
volume to give any adequate idea of it at
all. Joss sticks, lighted paper, firecrackers
and all sorts of uncanny things are emploj'eJ
to protect the Celestial from the myriads of
evil spirits inhabiting earth, air and water,
and which are ever ready to pounce out and
il him harm. The Japs well, tho Japs
seemed to me comical, even at their devo
tions. The gentle followers of Buddhism
aad Shiatoism seemed to me like happy
children playing at being religious, just as
they seemed to bo playing at keeping shop.
playing at being farmers, artisans, priests
r . . ti 1 . i -n-
and I o:it men. Thomas
Stevens in Mew j
York Mail and Express.
It may comfort some American to learn
that the queen's railway coach doesn't begin
to compare in luxuriousness with our Amer
ican palace ear, in which one can ride all day
f or J-'-J. This oyght to make a fellow more
content to ri Is on- an accommCKlatiou traia.
- Chicago l'ews.
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TIIE CHAPERON ADIIOAD.
LANDS WHERE FEMININE GUARDIAN
SHIP IS A SOCIAL NECESSITY.
Irrrnponftihle l.'xiHtriico f tlin p,iiiiti
Girl The Chaperon In Central Duropp,
Kule Iu Itt-llum und (c-i many Eng
land's Female Iruj;iii. .
In those f luntrics, anil among those by
whom a chnp-ron is rcvognizil as a soeial
ticccssity, 110 chaperons in any Christian
evMintry have so seven; a task an those- eif
Spain. From early -hildhool until young
womanhood the Spanish girl is generally im
mured within convent walls, presumably for
her education, although what sho learns dur
ing those long years, except tho rudiments of
reading and writing, how to cw ami em
broider a little, to use a fan to iiorfeetion, to
wear her garments with 11 bewitching grace,
and to use her eyes' to the destruction of tho
repose of all male lieholders, it would lieili'H-e-uli
to say. Once out of tho convent mid L
marriageable age- say 1 ( or IU she is placet 1
ia the charge fif a duenna, who from that
moment never loses sight of her in ilaytimo
and sleeps in tho same room at night. Such
a thing as a moment's privacy the girl
neither cjcjiects nor obtains. If tho gouveru
ante absents herself, the young lady is first
taken to her mother. If the goes out to
church, to tho ojieia, er for a walk, sho is
e-loxcly guarded; 011 the street, er the pase-o,
she is sent a step or two in advance, the
mother or duenna, or often both., following
so that they can see her every motion, and
that no daring lover slips a billet doux inte
her not unwilling hand. Tho consequence it
that, feeling perfectly safe and entirely irre
sponsible, she is the most arrant flirt in the
universe.
I;i France, Germany, Austria and through
Central Europe the duties eif a chaperon are
much alike, and are far lighter than they
were even five-and-twenty years ago.
Throughout Eurojio no young girl, or to put
it more plainly, no unmarried woman, can
oppe'ar in public unescorted by some matron.
As for a male escort, that is, of course, far
worse than lieing alone. Even a brother can
not take his si-ter to a theatre or place of
public resort v. i! hout n ohajie'ron. In France
it is indeed tho custom to keep the brut hers
rigidly apart from the si.si.crs after their H h
year, except when ia the company of the pa
rents, bei-auso tho whole educational scheme
is k: eiiifereiit for tho two se.av. Often later
ia lifeand after the sister is married they lie
come close; fruii'ls, bat no girl would be al
lowed to go into the streets or public places
with her brother; some one might not know
that it was a brother, ami there would be a
scandal. To balls and parties the girl can
only go with he-r mot her or s.omo chaperon,
who for tho time represents her. No sooner,
however, is the young French girl made a
wife perhaps to some' man she' hardly knows
by sight than all this is changed; it is like
the lowly grub suddenly bursting into the
most gaudy of butterilies.
In Germany and Austria tho rules, cl
l hough strict, are not so rigid as in France,
the young ladies, both nt home ami in the
ballroom, being alio wet I a little more liber
ty, especially where tho Protestant element
predominates, in this tliffcring widely from
France, w here the Protestants are notoriously
more rigid ami Puritanical than their Catho
lic fellow countrymen, denying to youth even
such innocent pleasures as elaneing and other
harmless amusements.
Belgium, at least so far r.sits capital city is
concerned, follows French customs, and
much t he same may be said of St. Pet rs
burg. In Holland, while the e-ourt etiquette
is the strictest in Europe, the girls are al
lowed in their homo life almost as much free
elom as aro English girls. Italy, but a few
3-ears ago the most formal country in mat
ters social, is breaking down her barriers.
The immense number of English anrl Ameri
can girls constant" 011 the continent, ami
who insist upon cariying with them the free
dom of action that they look upon as their
birthright, the wealth, beauty anil accom
plishments of many of them giving access' to
tho best society and eomielling the admira
tion of all, has elono vastly much toward f reo
icg their continental sisters.
In England the duties of a chaperon are
much the same as in tho larger American
cities. To go to a ball, party, flower show,
theatre or other place of public amusement a
girl must have a chaperon of some sort who
sees her from her home and returns her to it.
At a ball the advantage of tho e-haperon to
the girl is enormous, especially if the lady be
a woman of the world. If a bore comes along
the chaperon claims Lis attention; if the girl
cannot say she is engaged for the j articular
elance the bora has asked for, the chaperon,
at a look, says: "You must rest this dance,
dear; you must not over fatigue yourself, I
insist; como and sit here by me." It is the
same when the girl wishes to escape from an
ineligible, especially if she thinks some one
else is looking for her; "I mast go back to
mamma, now (or to Mrs. Blank, as the case
may be). I promised to come directly the
danco was over."
The only continental country that permits
almost American or English freedom to its
girls is Switzerland. Even in the French
portion Geneva and its borhood tho
girls walk unattended through the streets,
and at the most fashionable female boarding
school parties are given twice a month to
which tho college students and other young
men of fashion are invited. E. J. Biddlo in
G lobe-Democrat.
Boxing tlie Ears.
There ought to bo a statute in every state
severely punishing this practive or rfithcr an
infliction of blows on the head, so common in
families and schools of inferior grade. A
recent investigation of medical records re
veals fifty-one cases of serious injury to chil
dren from "boxing" or "culling" on the ear
in some cases chronic and ultimately result
ing in fatal brain elisease, deafness, insanity,
etc. It would be iraiossible to discipline all
ouenclers, but much might bo elone by special
care in giving notice of tho law and penalty
through the newspapers and by circulars e!is
tributed by board of health inspectors, and
by instructions to the police promptly to ar
rest parents or others seen cuffing children
as they may be seen at all hours of the day
in certain regions of every city. Sanitary
Era.
Paint for Kitchen Walls.
Taint is found better than calcimine or
whitewash uon tho walb of a kitchen, since
the steam from the washing and .cooking has
less elTect upon it, and also because it can bo
more readily cleaned. Before painting the
wall needs to be washed with soapsutls, then
covered with a coat of dissolved glue, which
must be allowed to dry thoroughly before
tho paint is applied, the work being done
well and quickly with a broad, flat brush.
New York ilad and Express.
To Treat an Ingrowing; Nail.
A painless method of treating an ingrow
ing nail is to draw a woolen yarn under the
corner of the nail, leaving both ends project
ing, and let it remain thus until the nail has
grown tree from the flesh. A little mutton
tallow may be used to soften the flesh about
tho nail, and in trimming the nail allow the
corners to project a little beyond, the flesh. t
SOOTS. fe SHOES
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