GOWNS or THE, MOME,NT
Girl in White Here Again.
A woman of fashion asks: “What is
the white linen girl?’’ “Dear me,” says
she, “you just stirred us all up over
Alice blue, watermelon pink, and such
unheard-of things. Now it’s the girl
in white. Who is she.”
“A girl who returns every year.”
said the woman who knows. “She is
as perennial as May flowers or spring
poems. She is a girl of taste.”
This season the girl in smartest
white chooses linen for her fabric.
The white linen giri is said to have
originated in London, where the Prin
cess Victoria set the fad of wearing
white linen a year ago.
To be a white linen ‘girl one must
wear white linen exclusively. This
applies not only to the very heavy
white everyday suits, but to the Qel
icately embroidered evening dresses
as well and to the lovely piazza and
garden party gowns. They can be
made very sheer and as expensive as
the most extravagant can desire.
White linen or white eyelet must
extend to the parasol, hat, shoes, belt
and stock. Some extremists even car
ry white linen bags.
White golf materials of the year
are linen, cheviot, heavy white can
vas suiting, pique and even denim.
The object is to get a material that
pill not grow limp, and there can be
bothing too heavy ror the purpose.
There come linen goods thick as a
board, and just the thing for the golf
field. With these go the knitted caps,
or the stiffest white Lnen sailors.
Checked Linen Waist.
Blouse of checked linen with large
shoulder collar ornamented with but
tons and revers embroidered with
cherries. The full sleeves are finished
at the elbows with turnover euiis,
also embroidered with cherries.
The chemisette is of white linen
with cravat of black silk, of which
the girdle is also made.
Dyspeptics’ Shortcake.
“Necessity is the mother of inven
tion’’ we are told. Well, one day I
wanted a strawberry shortcake for
supper, but bad no milk to use for
the shortcake, which I like to be made
the same as biscuit, only more butter,
says a writer in the Boston Globe. I
had been drying some bread for hub
by. It had been in a slow oven two
or three hours and, while perfectly
dry and crispy, was not browned at
all. So I took a couple slices of the
toast, buttered it and covered with
strawberries, which had been sweet
ened and slightly mashed with a fork,
and it “filled the aching void.” I have
had it often since and never get
enough. Hope some one will try it,
especially those who cannot eat hot,
fresh bread.
Tartines a la Casino.
Break ore whole egg and one extra
yolk into a basin, heat well, melt two
ounces of butter, add it to the eggs,
also three ounces of grated cheese and
a dust of pepper and salt.
Roll out four ounces of pufT pastry
very thinly, stamp It out with a cutter
the size of the top of a claret glass.
Spread a little of the mixture thinly
over one round, not quite to the edge,
brush the edge of a second round with
beaten egg, lay it over the mixture,
pressing the edges together, brush
over with beaten egg, lay on a bak
ing tin. and when all are made bake
them in a quick oven for about ten
minutes.
Serve with a little grated cheese.
The flavor of fish which is apt to
linger about the blades of knives and
the prongs of forks may be easily re
moved by rubbing them with a piece
of lemon.
When weighing molasses dredge the
scale with flour before pouring in the
molasses and you will be able to pour
it out again without leaving the least
stickiness.
To clean oily cruet bottles put a few
strips of blotting paper into the bot
tle with a little warm water and an
equal quantity of vinegar and add a
piece of washing soda. Shake a few
times and then rinse in warm wrater.
A half-worn carpet may be made to
last longer by ripping it apart and
transposing the widths, so that the
most worn parts will come under a
piece of furniture and therefore be
saved the wear and tear which they
have borne hitherto.
Short Dancing Frocks.
It is becoming more and more the
fashion—to speak correctly, the fad—
to have all dancing frocks made short
and for summer simple, inexpensive
muslins and silks, spangled nets and
gauzes all follow the trend of fash
ion. There is much that is practical
in this. The long trains were absurd
ly inconvenient and hard to manage
and did not even show to advantage
in a crowded ballroom, whereas these
short skirts are, if well made, extreme
ly smart and becoming. The skirts
are very full around the ^"t and the
flare is most carefylly calculated, so
that around the hips there shall not
be one inch of unnecessary material,
while below almost the effect of crin
oline is demanded—and so many ruf
fles an*’ flounces of chiffon and lace
as are . 'splayed by the whisk of the
skirts ao the wearer moves about—
well, fortunately, there is not so much
difficulty in keeping the skirt, looking
fresh and neat as there was with the
long skirt that after one wearing was
a pitiful spectacle.
Lingerie Blouses.
Lingerie blouses are holding their
own with a vengeance. Batiste and
Persian lawn, swiss and a dozen oth
er materials—white for the most part
—are used. A few are made of exqui
site pale-colored “all-over” batistes,
the touch of white of the embroidery
softening the color still more instead
of accentuating it.
Simple, biouses, for morning wear,
with linen skirts or suits, are gaining
in favor. One of the simplest of these
simpler styles, just trimmed enough
to keep it from being severely plain,
is pictured—pattern G554.
The yoke is trimmed with cross
bands of insertion and the lower part
is eased onto the yoke by clusters of
little tucks. The blouse buttons down
the center of the plain back with lace
buttons.
And you can’t have too many of such
blouses in your summer outfit.
Colors Give Tone to Figure.
Nothing Is Prettier and more be
coming to a fair, slight woman, with
a pretty complexion than white, but
white gowns must be carefully avoid
ed by her sister of two ample charms.
Black is the color for the stout wom
an, especially if she be of the black
eyed and black-haired type. A black
gown will make her look slighter than
anything else, while pale blue, light
gray and nearly every shade of red
will make her “too. too solid flesh”
most undesirably self-assertive.
A subdued shade of blue, heliotrope
and olive green, with black, may all
be advantageously worn by the stout
woman.
Caramel Custards.
Put a cup of granulated sugar and
a tablespoonful of water in a sauce
pan and stir over the fire until melted
and brown. This is the caramel. Pour
one-half of this into buttered custard
cups, putting in each cup enough to
cover the bottom. Pour in upon this
a regular baked-custard mixture and
set the cups In an outer pan of water
and bake until well set. Turn upon
a platter. Add to the caramel left in
the pan a gill of boiling water, sim
mer for ten minutes, add a little va
nilla and pour around the custards.
Rose Pinks and Reds.
For those to whom blue is unbecom
ing—and these be few. so wide is
the range of tints and tintings in this
delightful coloring—the rose pinks
and reds are offered. These go better
in the stuffs that have not naturally a
very high luster. The silk-war^ hen.
riettas take those half-tones exquisite
ly; and the artistic colorings in these
are really more than half the secret
of their extreme popularity with the
best houses in Paris.
Makes Her Outfit Chic.
Jaunty little coats of white serge
and of white panama, made in reefer,
sacque or close fitting form, are strict
ly tailored, are valuable additions to
the summer girl's wardrobe, and a
tailored linen coat of the same descrip
tion is a desirable thing with thin
morning frocks.
For the Afternoon.
For afternoon wear there is a charm
ing design for frock of a light rose
pink silk, shot with white and made
with a skirt trimmed in plaited frill3
and ruches of the silk. The bodice
has a chemisette of fine embroidered
cream batiste, edged with silk frills
and trimmed with tiny gold buttons;
the front is one the draped directolre
order, very pointed at bottom. Nar
row ruches of silk trim the little cost
effect and turned cuffs on elbow
sleeves. The hat is pink Neapolitan,
with plume shading from white to
pink, fastened in front with a large
pink rose.
Summer Hats.
A smart negligee hat for summei
frocks is a large, soft felt in pale
gray or pale copper color, its crown
slightly dented, its brim is rolled up
across the front and fastened with a
small wreath of roses in pastel shades,
or in faded colors, and about the
crown there is only a silk cord. More
chic than any for tailored linens, or
with a white serge yachting, dress, is
one of these large slouch felts in
black, cocked up in front with a gold
buckle and a twist of black velvet rib
bon. and circled about the crown with
a large wreath of small faded roses
without leaves or of pale-blue silk pop
pies. The idea is that of the eight
eenth century felt shepherdess hats
that were worn by the ladies of Ver
sailles.
Transparent Gowns.
The lace gowns are the smartest of
all—not made entirely of lace, but of
the many different transparent mate
rials. of which there are such a num
ber to choose from: lace by the yard
or in figure and medallions is most
exquisitely introduced. Two or three
different kinds of lace will be com
bined in the one gown, and the efTect
be most exquisite.
Emptre Frock for Little Girl.
Empire frock of English embroidery
for little girl from 6 to 9 years old.
It is made up over a foundation of
soft silks, white or rose, and trimmed
with bands and knots of rose ribbon.
Curtain Mending.
If when ironing*a curtain you dis
cover a hole in It, take a piece of the
best part of an old curtain, a little
larger than the hole, and dip the edges
in cold starch. Then piece it over the
hole, and afterward iron over it.
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oudoir JS*’
.Confidences
Mohair is a good choice for runabout
skirt.
China silk proves wonderfully popu
lar for slips.
Skirts go on swelling “wicibly” In
proportions.
Sleeves make up in width what they
lack in length.
Every available spot and space is
filled up with trimming.
Lots of velvet is used, of the light
weight panne variety.
Many gowns show a coat effect that
takes the place of both coat and bod
ice.
Those white embroidered belts are
quite the most useful inventions of
the season.
GOWNS FROM THE PARIS STAGE.
Both of these gowns are worn in
the comedy, “Monsieur Piegois,'’ at
the theatre de la Renaissance in Par
is.
The first gown, worn by Mme. Bran
des is of white embroidered muslin.
The graceful skirt is all ornamented
with medallions of cluny lace. The
draped bodice is almost covered with
a deep shoulder collar of plain mus
lin bordered with a ruflle of the same
and trimmed at the top with duny
lace, forming a yoke re-embroidered
with pink roses and finished with a
knot and long ends of pink velvet.
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The full sleeves are finished at the el
bows with embroidered ruffles and the
pink roses. The second gown, worn
by Mme. Darcourt, is of pale yellow
mousseline de soie striped with lace
insertion, the skirt and blouse and
sleeves all made in the same way.
The pointed corslet is of yellow silk!
ornamented in front with buttons!
The yoke is of lace, bordered with a
drapery of the mousseline de soie and
of lace finished in front with a knot
of the yellow silk, or ribbon, to match.
Frills of lace fall over the sleeves, at
the top and finish them at the elbows.
American League.
Manager Jake Stahl is still a very
weak man.
Fultz is the star base stealer of the
American League.
Jesse Burkett says “the whole world
smiles on a winner.”
George Davis is playing gilt-edge
ball for the White Sox.
Jesse Tannehill is the leading Bos
ton pitcher so far this season.
Napoleon I.ajoie is striking his gait
at the bat. Watch him go up!
Sam Crawford made three home
runs in Boston and one in Philadel
phia.
Heyden, of the Washington Club, is
proving the find of the season behind
the stick.
Nick Altrock always pitches his best
against his former team mates of the
Boston Club.
Harry Powell is accused of chew
ing slippery elm to aid him in moisten
ing the “spit” ball.
Catcher Hub Hart got his degree
from Georgetown before he joined the
Chicago Americans.
jnumy winiams, oi me ragman a
ers, is putting up a remarkable game
at second base this year.
Hynes, who played in the outfield
Kir the Browns last year, is now pitch
ing regularly for Minneapolis.
Manager Armour, of the Tigers, has
been worrying over the fact that
Cooley and Lowe are developing lame
legs.
Manager Griffith, of New York, has
recalled pitcher Walter Clarkson, the
ex-Harvard star, whom he loaned to
Jersey City.
George Stone, of St. ,Louis, who has
twice been on the Boston American
muster roll, but never got a trial, is
batting hard.
If Lush joins the New Yorks it will
make four ex-Tigers in their line-up,
the other three being McGuire, Yeager
and Elberfeld.
Harry Gleason, of the Browns, is
his brother—-the kid—all over. Every
move, gesture and attitude suggests
his brother Bill.
John Ganzel says his refusal to join
the Highlanders this season was due
to the fact that his salary was
chopped a cool $1000.
The New York “Mail” says th£ work
of “Silk” O’Loughlin has been the
most satisfactory seen on the New
York grounds this season.
During the Athletic-Cleveland series
Philadelphia admirers presented I.a
joie with a gold-mounted toilet set and
Vinson with a gold watch.
Clark Griffith says he has not seen
right if he keeps the team up near the
top.
President Thomas F. Burns has
signed a unique contract with Jack
Tanner, former sporting editor of the
Chicago “Inter Ocean,” who agrees, as
manager, t^ forfeit his salary unless
he lands the Colorado Springs team in
the first division within tfce next thir
ty days.
Southern League.
Atlanta has released and Mont
gomery has signed pitcher McMackin.
The Memphis-New7 Orleans series of
June 19, 20, 21 was transferred from
Memphis to New Orleans.
The New7 Orleans Club has indefi
nitely suspended pitcher Whitredge
for insubordination and absence with
out leave.
Shortstop “Whitey” -Morse, of At
lanta, benched by Manager Jordan on
account of poor work, has jumped to
the outlaw Tri-State League.
Montgomery has signed a new
catcher named Fitzgerald, from Penn
sylvania’s independent league, but
cannot secure his service for some
time, as Fitzgerald was injured in a
game recently.
In Toledo the three old Southern
Leaguers, Durrett, Demontreville and
Minahan, are doing- great work. Last
season Durrett was with Montgomery.
Demontreville with Birmingham, and
Minahan with the Coal Barons.
Major E. E. Winters, who has been
president of the Montgomery Base
Ball Association since the Montgom
ery Traction Company bought the
franchise in the fall of 1904, resigned
last week and E. P. Amerine was
elected in his place. J. S. Pinckard,
S. H. Dent and Pbares Coleman were
elected directors to success Messrs.
Todd, Tullis and Winters.
Western Association.
Pitcher Hite, with Leavenworth for
a short while last year, has hooked up
with Oklahoma City for a try-out.
Pitcher Gehring has hammered out
nine home runs this year. Roy Bevis’
statement about hina being the “hit
tenest pitcher he ever seen” holds
good.
Edward Lyon and Fred Phipps have
purchased the Sedalia Club and fran
chise from Henry Lewis and have
guaranteed to maintain the team in
Sedalia all season.
Umpire Lewinson has recovered
from his threatened attack of typhoid
fever and is back in the harness
again. He is one of the best indicator
handlers on the circuit.
OUTFIELDER OF THE BOSTON AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUB.
any team this season that his New
York bunch cannot beat when in con
dition. Griffith never quits.
Outfielder Dan Sullivan, who
couldn’t bat at all for Detroit .find
Washington, is now hitting for over
.300 in the American Association.
No major manager has developed
more star pitchers in his short major
league career than Armour, of De
troit. He has a hobby for tall pitch
ers.
Doc Newton, who has been resting
in Indiana, will shortly rejoin the New
Yorks. His arm has been in bad con
dition. He has been sent a hurry-up
call.
Western League.
Engle is pitching great ball for Den
ver.
' Catcher Sisler, who failed to make
good last year with the Saints, is go
ing some at Denver.
Denver fans are of opinion that the
contest toward the end will be be
tween Denver and Des Moines.
Catcher Bill Schriver, late of Louis
ville, has been engaged as playing
manager by the Colorado Springs
Club.
- Des Moines’ ex-manager, Joe Quinn,
has counted himself out of it, and is
attending to his undertaker business
in St. Louis.
Denver has been doing terrific bat
ting of late. The team has three men
batting over .300 and three more close
to that figure.
Base ball Interest in the Western
League is greater this year than last,
judging from the attendance in the
different cities. St. Joseph and Sioux i
City have shown a wonderful improve
ment in their crowds.
The entire Des Moines infield, as it
is at present constituted, is hitting
over .300. Shugart leads, followed by
Rossman, Steele and Hogriever, and
these are the only members of the
team in the honor class.
SC Joseph has the best team that
has represented that city in years,
and everyone in that city is anxious
to see President Chamberlain win out
this season. He started right when
he signed Douglas. He will finish
Blackburn, the heavyweight pitch
er, who was on the firing line for Ok
lahoma City for a time until Dud Ris
ley straightened out his bunch, has
joined Sedalia and will twirl and act
the utility role.
Sedalia has annexed Bob Talbott to
its pitching staff. Harry- Suter, the
home guard kid phenom, who showed
up so well in the box, refused to go
along on the present trip. He only
wants to play at home.'
The Wichita-Joplin double-header at
Joplin, June 18, was remarkable from
the fact that Wichita won the first
game 1 to 0 in eleven innings and
also won the second game 2 to 1 in
fourteen innigs. Oweps umpired the
twenty-five innings without one kick.
Central League.
Catcher Sydney- Smith is making a
success at Charleston's first base.
The Charleston Club has purchased
outfielder Tom Raftery from the Hav
erhill (Mass.) Club.
Andy Roth and his Augusta crew
are a fast lot and can be relied on to
make the very best of them hustle
Andy is popular.
The Charleston Club has released
shortstop McGraw for light battling,
and has purchased first baseman Dan
Lally from Nashville.
Three-I League.
Davenport has signed outfleldei
Ives.
The I.-I.-I. teams are all picking up
new players and strengthening.
Manager Nicol, of Peoria, has sign
ed two Chicago infielders named
Schaffer and O’Leary; D’Orsa, a Dal
las shortstop, third baseman Rey
nolds, outfielder Vanderbeck, and
shortstop Humphries.
When the Tramp Scored.
Tramp (at the door)—If ye please,
lady
Mrs. Muggs (sternly)—There, that
will do. I am tired of this everlast
ing whine of “Lady, lady.” I am just
a plain woman, and
Tramp—You are, madam—one of
the plainest women I’ve ever seen, an'
one of the honestest to own up to it.
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The Lucky Man.
'Tis sweet upon a wintry night
To sit beside the fire—
When outside all the world is white
And by the window howls affright
The blizzard's blinded ire-—
With a lively tale, a g.ass o’ grog.
A glowing pipe and a crackling log!
What though at times a saddening
thought
Comes for the luekless souls—
The sailor on the frozen mast.
The homeless where the whirlwinds blast.
And Death in his chariot rolls—
Without the tale and the glass o’ grog.
The glowing pipe and the crackling log?
Yet e’en thought’s shadow builds the fire
Brighter by such compare.
And the howl o’ the storm through leaf
less trees
Seems but to deepen the lounger’s ease
To dreams that are lazily fair.
With a lively tale and a glass o’ grog,
A glowing pipe and a crackling log.
—Stephen Chalmers.
Relieved Tense Situation.
“Speaking of geese and rabbits,”
said the corporal, “reminds me that I
had a Christmas experience on that
Stone river campaign. A few days
before Christmas George Hunt, Happy
Jack and myself went foraging to the
front. Jack wanted a goose for Christ
mas, George wanted a turkey or a
rabbit, and I was ready to accept a
spring chicken 2 years old. We had
been over the country before and we
thought we knew the ground. We
did, but conditions were so changed
by the presence of the enemy in front
that we had no fteedom of action.
We picked up a little fresh pork and
Jack and I were ready to return to
camp.
“George, however, cut loose from us.
saying that he remembered a place
where rabbits were as numerous as
they were in the four-mile woods at
home, and that he was not going to
camp until he had at least two. He
didn’t get in until the next morn
fttg. when he told an exciting story I
about shooting six rabbits, being
chased by the rebs, and forced to drop
his rabbits to save his bacon. The
boys laughed at him, offered to bet
him a month's pay that there were not
a dozen rabbits between our cauvp and
Murfreesboro, and the orderly put
him on double duty for being absent
at two roll calls. George confided to
me that he had had a hell of a time
and that rabbits were thick in the
woods bqyond Lavergce, but that rebs
were thicker than flies in Sam John
son’s butcher shop at home.
“On the 31sct of December we were
lying in line at Stone river awaiting
an order to charge and listening to
the roar of musketry and the rebel yell
on our right. The sound came nearer
and nearer, but changed constantly to
the rear, and George remarked that
‘we ’uns were getting licked.’ Sud
denly there came from the woods and
fields on our right and to our rear a
wave of terrified animals. Rabbits,
squirrels, weasles. and all the wild
things of the woods swept over us in
a frenzy of fear. Many of the squir
rels sought refuge among us, not a few
burrowing into the men’s pockets, but
the rabbits, scores of them, ran on
blindly with larger animals, a deer
leading the wild chase.
“ It was an uncanny thing to look
at and the men in the ranks were
quiet as death. Not a single hand was
raised to catch a rabbit or squirrel. All
were awed except George, who said
conversationally, ‘The man who says
there are no rabbits between Nashville
and Murfreesboro is a liar. Holy
smoke, see them run!’ This relieved
the nerve tension that bade fair to
breed a panic and the boys turned hys
terically to badger George about his
escapade of a few days before. He
insisted that what scared him was the
absence of rebs in our front, and if he
had a million dollars he would buy a
brigade of rebs and order it to charge
us. Scarcely had he said the words
when a charging line of gray swept
down upon us. The men sprang up
with a cheer, and I said to George,
‘Here’s your brigade.’ He, immensely
relieved, said jocularly, ‘It’s a little
sudden, but it's worth the money.
Ten minutes more with the scared rab
bits and I would have been a dead
man. This is something like.’ And I
believe every man in the regiment
was glad that the time had come for
us to charge.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.
“Lest We Forget.”
We are prone to forget and lose
faith in these days. Commercialism Is
rampant, the getting of a hoard of
dollars the avowed purpose of life
of the great mass. Patriotism and
love of country seem to be back num
bers, lost in the modern whirl of dol
lar getting. In times like these it is
well to pause and remember.
Col. William Colville, who died in
Minneapolis recently, was one of those
whom it is well to remember. He and
his kind are ‘he foundations upon
which the country is really builded.
Col. Colville commanded the First
Minnesota regiment in the civil war.
The general service of the regiment
was distinguished, but at Gettysburg
it and its commander conducted them
selves in a manner to furnish inspira
tion for American citizens for all time.
With his regiment depleted through
previous service to a total of but 264
officers and men, Col. Colville was or
dered to defend a peach orchard oc- “
cupying a crucial point in the unionv
line of defense. After the regiment,
less than three full companies, had
taken its place, Gen. Hancock, see
ing that the charge of Gen. Pickett
was to be directed straight at it, or
dered the First Minnesota to hold its
position, no matter what the cost.
The reply of Col. Colville should be
given a place among the sayings of
great .Americans. “The First Minne
sota will hold its position even if it
has to load with trouser buttons.”
Then came the charge of Pickett’s
yelling legions and their repulse;
and afterwards, when the relieving
force came to take the place of the
First Minnesota regiment of infantry,
they found forty-three men allye and
uiiwounded, commanded by a fcolonel
who had been wounded seven*times.
But all of the regiment, alive ok dead,
was within the little orchard. I
The percentage of loss of thisV regi
ment in this one engagement, per
cent killed and wounded, placed it at
the head of all regimen t.R for all the
war in the percentage of men lost.
It is doubtful if any regimental force
in any fight that was anything but a
massacre ever came nearer to com
plete annihilation than did the First
Minnesota at Gettysburg. Its condnct
on this occasion shows what the
American citizeh can do in other lines
than money making.
The civil war is only a matter of
occasional remembrance now. Its
countless examples of courage and de
votion are forgotten by the great num
ber. Our modern, strenuous life for
bids thought of anything but the fleet
ing questions of the day. Therefore
it is well to pause and remember.
There is such a thing as patriotism.
It is the thing that made Col. Col
ville and his 264 men hold the peach
orchard, and it exists to-day. We are
much too busy to give it serious con
sideration at present, but if occasion
shall demand it will demonstrate that
it is still • with us.—Chicago Record
Herald.
To Record Historic Combat.
Gov. Higgins of New York has ap
proved the bill creating a new com
mission for a monument on the battle
field of the Second Bull Run to the
memory of the famous Fifth New
York, generally known as Duryee's
Zouaves, which was recruited mainly
in old New York city and Brooklyn.
At Second Bull Run, or Manassas, as
some call it, on Aug. 30, 1862, Duryee’s
Zouaves went into action with 462 of
ficers and men, and came out with
only 111 fit for duty. There was a to
tal loss of 136 killed or died from
wounds, 228 wounded, or 344 in all.
Seven were missing and never ac
counted for, and they were supposed
to have died in the enemy's hands,
making a total \oss of 351. This loss
was sustained inside of seven min
utes. There ensued one of those mor
tal struggles, so rare in war, in resist
ing Longstreet’s charge, clinching in
close contest, hand-tohand conflict, in
which bayonets were, crossed and mus
kets clubbed. Officers, seizing the
rifles dropped from the hands of the
dead, joined in the fray. This is the
largest loss recorded of any body of
men of equal numbers in any conflict
in the history of the country. Records
of the battle say that a grander exhi
bition of human courage was never
displayed upon any field than by this
regiment, and it will go down in his
tory as among the splendid exhibitions
of heroism.
This monument will be the first
regimental monument on this battle
field. It is hoped that the dedication
can be held on Au£\ 30, 1906,
All Centered on the Flag.
“I heard,” said a veteran, “a very
simple, patriotic little story the other
day about a soldier passing through
the lines under fire. Comrade Brad
ish. who related the incident, said
that one of the men of his regiment
who had been captured escaped from
the rebels directly in front and ran
at full speed toward the lines of his
own regiment. The rebels opened a
furious fire on the escaping prisoner,
and no one expected him to come out
of such a rain of'bullets alive. But
he came on and on in spite of the bul
lets, and at last leaped over the works
of his own company, to be received
with cheers.
“He did not stop, however, as the
men expected, but ran on to where
the flag was placed, and. dropping ex
hausted, caught the edge of the flag in
his hand and kissed it again and again
He was so w'rought up by his tremen
dous experience that he could not
speak, could not reason, but, as he
said afterward, instinct led him to the
flag, which never seemed to him so
radiant and precious as when he fixed
his eyes upon it as he raced with the
enemy's bullets. He had no sense of
comradeship in his distraughtness, but
saw only the flag and went to it. Oth
er soldiers, overwhelmed in batt:\
wounded, and dazed, have felt. I know,
the same wild desire to reach the
flag.”
Reminiscent of Gettysburg.
Miner post, G. A. R., of Stamford,
Conn., celebrated the fortieth anni
versary of Lee’s surrender with patri
otic speeches to a large audience.
Commander Solomon Close presided,
and Col. Henry Buss of Mount Ver
non. N. Y., on behalf of the post, pre
sented Past Commander Samuel Fes
senden with a beautiful gavel of his
toric interest. The handle of the gav
el is made of wood taken from the
warship Kearsarge, and the head is
of wood taken from a tree on Barlow's
Knoll. Getty sburg. This tree was the
rallying point of the Seventeenth Con
necticut on the first day’s fight. The
tree was struck by lightning and shat
tered some time after. At the time
of the dedication of the monument of
the Seventeenth Connecticut M. C.
Kellogg and Comrade Henry Buss ob
tained permission to remove the
stump, and had it sent to New York
and cut into mementoes and distribut
ed to the surviving comrades. Gen.
Francis C. Barlow was severely wound
ed near this tree and left on the field
for dead.
Monument to Gen. Hayes.
The monument to Gen. Al<*»xandor
Hays of Pennsylvania on the Wilder
ness battlefield, where he fell in bat
tle, was unveiled a short time ago.
Gen. Hays was a graduate of West
Point, in the class of 1844. He took
part in the Mexican war as a second m
lieutenant in the Fourth United States
infantry, and was brevetted first lieu
tenant on May 9, 1846, for gallant con
duct in the battles of Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma. He resigned from
the army in 1848, but at the breaking
out of the rebellion he entered the
service as major in the Twelfth Penn
sylvania infantry. He became colonel
of the Sixty-third Pennsylvania in the
latter part of 1861, and in September,
1862, he was made brigadier general
of volunteers, and in 1864 brevetted f
major general. The monument was
erected by two Pittsburg organizations
—Gen. Alexander Hays post, No. 3,
G. A. R., and Davis camp, Sons of Vet
erans.