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. - . . . . . . . . : . , - . . . . - - . - "i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE * . SUNDAY ; MAY'35 , 1887.--TWELVE PAGES ' ft i KAISER \YIIHEUTS \ NEPHEW J'Trlnco Leopold Astonishes New York Boclf ty By Exbibiting His Good Sense , COGHLAN'S LANGTRY KISS. A DlntittKulHliciI Conchlnjj Party A Pretty .Milk Maid Tail Men the Huclnl lingo A Shocked Mnldcn. NKW YoitK.Mny 11. [ Correspondence of the HER. ] Several little things nrc big this weak to the Fifth avenue section. We Imvo hml a real prince hero who pos itively rcfusctl to bo caged by the swells anil lionised , Tills was Frederick Leo pold , of ( .tcrnmny , grand-nephew of Kniscr Wilhelm. Ho put up at a liroad- way hotel , registered as Count llohon- Btoin. The nebs soon found out who ho was , and ho was boldly attacked by the tuft hunters , whoso cards were sent up to him with all the bra/on persistency of life Insurance agents or book canvassers. Ho saw everybody who camc'and treated them courteously enough , but ho would accept no invitations to social enter tainment , save from Germans associated with the ( fcrinnn consulate. Ho was fair looking young follow , not airy at all * and bent only on scmng the sights of Now York. Ho wouldn't bo petted by our best society , and that was the end of It. , The chief public exhibition of wealth and fashion wits small indeed , for it was composed of eight persons only ; but they were a Vundurbllt party , posed conspicu ously on the top of a tuily-ho coach. A four-in-hand coach makes a dully trip from Madison square to the Country club at i'clham. Tlio driver is one of two alternating amateurs , and this time lie was Frederick Hronson , a howling swell. William K. Vanderbilt was the host and his guestH wcro mem bcrs of his own family. The ladies wore paver clothing than is usual ! v seen in the street , but no more bo than coaching usnge permits. Thousands of Htnring eyes watciied the distinguished load as it rolled up Fifth avcnuo , through Central park , and thence over the country roads lit a rapid pace. Photographers caught the passing show at several points. The cow show has not had the fashion nblo countenance which had been given to the dog show , though it was visited by many modish women , whoso wide-opened wondering eyes ( practicing the colcbratei baby staru'siiw ) lor the lirst time thai milk was not the Sap of some trco. Not all the hellos , however aflVctud ignorance of the practical duties of a milkmaid. Mabel Wright is ono of the young beau ties of pretentious society. She was ban tered by a gentleman of tier party on her declaration of dairy knowledge , and the upshot was that she won 11 beef gloveH on the wager that she could not milk a , cow. cow.Tho amateur soldiers of the Now York militia regiments , or ut least the three organi/.ations favored by fashionable recognition , have gained a transient fiharo of attention by giving exhibition drills In their armories. The chappies brush the minutest particle of dust from their uniforms , burnish their trappings until a sunbeam would slip up on the surface , and then march bravely before an assemblage of invited guests. That doesn't really seem a dangerous or dilli- cull achievement , but the dour fellows are the best material at hand to make heroes out of , and so the girls assume an 4 air bf ama/cd dolf.rht ! at tlicso shows. f "I do like to fool a man , " exclaimed ono gentle fraud. "Well , 1 don't , " replied her fair pal. "And why notv" "Hecauso it is too easy. " There is nothing much more talked of in society just now than the kissing of Charles Coghlau and Mrs. Langtry in "Lady Clancarty. " It is so dolibcrate.so > utterly oblivious of the big iiddlo , so un conscious of the base drum , that It has nil tlie meaning and oarncstnoss of a kiss in private life. It is not an exhibition kiss by any manner of means ; The rap turous kissing that Krania Abbot used to bestow on Castle never stirred a hair on husband Wothcrell's head , nor disturbed the parting of a man in the audience. The kissing of Mary Anderson was the most transparent make believe in the world. When Clara Morris used to kiss Charley Thorno in "Camillo" she would take him on her knees before her , muss his hair and devour him with loving looks , dip down upon his face and kin.s liim linKcrmgly on his noseto his intense nmusemnnt. When Kignoid was in the country ho awoke the town kissing Susan when ho played "William. " The women in the audience tisodto adluiro , but Susan sutl'ered. Uignold was a wiry , red- bearded man , who shaved twice a week , and no oftoner. He would powder the stubble on his face till his complexion was lovely , but poor Susan 1 A section of sand paper could have hurt no worse. When ho got homo from sea in the plav and met busun , sbo would tly into his arms very much ( after the previous ox- pnrlo nct > ) as thovictim who was fionton- ced in the inquisition | to undergo the vir gin's kiss , knowing she had to , and was going toget hurt. Ho would hold that iioor girl's head back , make rush , kiss Loth eyes , root a second under her oil car , and then kiss her straight in the mouth , and all the while this adjacent Held of cheek and mound of chin were taking otl'hur cuticle like a nutmoggratcr. Hut this business of Coghlan's makes the ( tiulo's collar too tight for him , and the uncorking of scent bottles all over the house shows itt > etl'eet on the women. Coghlan is a serious-faced man of inter.- bity. There are no little nlpp.v-lhrty air * or graces about him. All that : i kiss can mean or convoy when ho stoops over the handsome Lingtrywho : has half fainted and taking in the delicious opportunity makes the most of it. The remarks il elicits arc funny. The other night as tlu lingering , real kiss in all its warmth \vn pressed upon the upturned mouth of the famous Lily , \ \ lady said , with a sigh ' What a pity its in a play. " "I'm sorry we're all here , " said an other. Ihit in the orchestra an old fellow whc looked through a pair of classes , and over a lot of groy chin whlsKcrs , just is Horace ( Jrecly used to do , slappet his leg with u big. freckled hand , am made a sound with his mouth like idu eouraglng a horse , while ho ejaculated "Jowhillikens ? " Kvurvbody who heart him laughed almost as much as they dii another night when a small boy , 1ml over the gallery rail , unable to cuutuii himself , cried just as Coghlun's lijn inet Langtry's : "Lot her go Gallagher ? " Tall men are the rage once more. Thcj come around as regularly as any of tin other fads of that curious institution \ YQ < call society. Fora timolittlefello'vswcr all the go , and In this period a man mus bo small : > nd delicate and pink-skinnei if ho would win distinction among liS fellows , lint in due course the cll'einin ate sort of thing has to tnko a back seat and the big and burly order of mankin it.ul comes up for his inning. Just now , lie . taller and heavier a man may bo the bet tor , always provided ho doesn't run to < much to abdomen. It is amusing , toe to watch the expedients to which men : bors of my sox resort in order to bo rigli in lino. Talk about the vnmty of wome why , it Isn't worth speaking of in ho fame breath with the coxcombry of th inon. Walk along a crowded street , whcr there are big windows time rolled th riguro of the passer by. You will sec thn Uio Indies as they sweep along are loot ing nt each with an eye of criticism , while tlio men. every mother's son of them , are staring at their own sweet selves in the windows , and are smlrklnc nway for dear life. Well , row that it is just the proper thing tor men to bo tall , they are improving on nature and buildIng - Ing themselves up to the desirable limit. The wnv they do it is to have their shoos made with heels more than commonly high and then built up1 ihshlc at the back to a still greater extent'.1 ' This has the effect , while raising the wearer , of pitch ing him torward at tin Single that looks as though It mint bo very uncomfortable indeed. Hut the Now York fashionable doesn't care for a little thing of that sort. Hless you , no. There Is ono man in particular who is making a sensation on Broadway in thuMj days , partly through his natural gifts as to hcighth and partly because he lias boon assisted by his .shoemaker to an extent quite be yond compare. This .specimen Is a for eigner , and is . aid to bo of gentle birth In point of fact , ho is called a baron. Ho is naturally over six feet high , and is a line looking fellow of the brunette order , lint , not satMicd with Ills already advati- tageo'is proportions , ho has built himself up enormously , and his gait thereby has become the apoof awkwardness. When a man ot genius sets out to bo jovial he succeeds. I know a chap of that sort who had a heap oMun. Mrs. Duncan Morgan gave an entertainment called a fancy Gorman. With few ex ceptions the guests wcro in character cos tumes , without masks to bo sure , but this young man got up a device that amused him all the evening. To begin with , ho had a throe-logged stool riveted in the seat of his trousers. The legs were all htted with hinges that , when ho stood up , dropped Hat against his own , but when ho sat down they fell into place , and supported him as well as a threo- legged stool over supported a man. A band of some stout stuff was fastened across his knees , so that when ho sat down ho could stretch his legs two or three feet. Over his head , and resting upon it was a yoke , such as French peasants wear to carry milk cans. Thus rigged , the young fellow sat down on his three practicable wooden and two human legs , clasping his hand ? on his knees and throwing his arms out. Ha was upholstered in green velvet till ho was a spectacle , His arms were tufted. A line soft seat was run in to go round his waist on a belt and fastened to the band between his knees. A plaited llounce encircled him , and a beautifully padded back ran from his waist up to the yoke on his head. In the center of this was a slit , through which ho poked his head , and thro v the yoke backon his shoulders. Deep bullion friugo wont down his arms and over tlio flounce. When ho stood up ho was an ungainly mass of frills , fringes and furbcloiis ; but when ho throw up the yoke on his head , drew his noddle in like a turtle , braced his arms in the proper position , and sat down , ho was as inviting an easy chair as you would I'Mul in a cabinetmaker's store. He would select a quiet spot at the end of a dance , s'riko his attitude and wait devel opments. Down would drop some ex hausted damsel. Once a fat dogwagor nearly pressed the stull'ing out of him , but he contented himself by giving way and making madam believe the rickety old chair was coming to pieces with her. Hut then came the delightful task of hold ing her pretty niece , and our here behaved - haved like a chair with a palpitating back and a spring scat as long as ho could. An attendant cavalier wcnl oil' to fetch an ice. The fair maid leaned her head back so that her Grecian knot of hair perforated the slit made for our friend to see through , and sullied his mouth full of Titian red locks. \ \ hat should tlio arms of a chair do then but en fold her ? Up came both of his hands and mot over the Jack roses ou her corsage. Ma'nmzolln gave a desperate yell and started out of that shady corner. At that moment our friend sprang up , pushed the yoke off his matted brow , and in the wild disorder of his crazy suit was the first to ask her what the matter was. To patch up a bottle of perfume and dab th < > stopper at OIIO'H upper lip , I believe - liovo is a popular trick with many women. I know I've seen lots of women do it , and did it my.solf till the other night starting to see Lantrtry I did that trick in a dark room and have quit it altogether. You s > eo 1 ran back for a glove buttoncr , and prowling over the dressing case struck tlio glass stopper of a bottle of Cherry liiossoin , caught it up ami smooched it across mv upper lip and gave two little dabs btihhul my oars so my neighbors should have a smell. Tisn t Cherry liiossoin after all , thought I , it's the White Uoso extract all the same. And 1 pranced down and joined my party. Wo had got into a car when some ono said "Good mercy , what have you got on your face ? " "Tlio usual umoliht of powder , I sup pose , " I replied aggressively. "Why , you've got a dark purole mous tache. " Great heavens ! it broke on mo in a minute. That nasty bottle of scented ink , that I myself had left on the dressIng - Ing bureau. There was no Langtry for me that night. Ninety-six washings only weakened the stain. Sand-paper and pumice stone have removed some of my lip ( I always had enough ) but it's so dark . now , ten days ago Tt happened , Unit folks say to me "you must stop using that vaseline , you certainly are getting a moustache , * and just behind my cars are , - two spots that look as if mortification hud taken place. However , I didn't make a spectacle of myself as Maiia did the other night. Maria has a litllo wisp of hair the darkest shade of > brown- growing on her head , but she has a lovely switch that she just twists on as natural as life and twice the si/u. She has boon disporting herself all the afternoon in . dishabille with just her bang nicely curled , and thee 114 hairs of hers in : knob as big as a hickory nut in tlio buck ' . - to the drawing room , where.their escorts were waiting. Martha had slipped ink her ma's room , just combed'out tlu , switeli and twisted it in with tlio do voted , little band of hairs that had not deserted her yet. Then she came back to her owr < well lighted apartment , put on her bon net and the party started. The curtail ' was down on tho'tirstact when slio icanct forward to speak to one of her friends > The look of astonishment slits reqeivei told her something was wrong. "Why Maria , your back hair ! why it's d its , " stammered tlio ldy. Maria's hand went up , supposing i was coming down. No It was snugly coiled and sccurcl ) - pinned. "Is it wrong , " asked she. "Why , it's milk white. " Ma's | 7. " ) switch of silver hair wa1 twisted in and skewered on to Maria' , ; head , which swam , as she contemplate Jd ! the situation. She half turned am caught the laughing regard of several in the vicinity , and it is a wonder the hair tiiat grow on her head did not turn whlti | to match ma's switch. I cannot stay , I shall faint , " inur st mured the wretched woumnj and as > rn as the light ia the auditorium wore pu down for the next act 'poor Maria nros . and staggered out on thff tinn of a friem . and criel herself to firnupf that nigh when the rest of the phrty were talkm ; it over and laughing at her expense at - the supper table. CI.AHV HKLI.I : . itno no To enrich and quicken the cireulatioi , of the blood , and to reform iiTtmul.it U' ities of the system , USQ . Dr. . ! . H. Mi ht Lean's Strengthening Coruiulind Itlooi Punlicr. _ _ _ The Lowell Courier says that the bes ! ro card in lloston just now is the quuen. . - _ ml There are ninety persons in id - with .In income of over 13X,000. ) SWARMING WITH BLACK LEGS , The Streets of Paris Pilled With Titled VilHans. THE GUILD OF LITERATURE. Kmllc Znln'a Nnstlncss Inhibition of 1SHI ) Astronomical Congress ItotitnncoiVH Cftinp 1'acta Notes , PATHS , May 1. [ Correspondence of the HKK. ] The astronomical congress has commenced badly. It was , in a general way , anticipated , that tlio iir t thing it would take in hand before in dulging in star-ga/iing , would bo , to lay the terrible cast wind , which dries a fellow into a mummy and compels even blue rlbbomsts to wet their whistles. The east wind Is carrying off the rheumatic with an earthquake complctenesS.so heirs- expectant can console themselves with the retlcction , it is a bad wind that blows nobody good , It , allects the JinstiUitlon , as sympathy , in the form of subscrip tions , is affected by the prevailing drought. 1-lowers appear in duo season all the same ; birds build their nests as if zephyrs dominated , so as the French pro verb says , when the building trade is brisk , all goes well. It must have been the Chinese that gave the French government the wrinkle to invite the astronomers from various parts of the world to assemble in Paris , and form a co-operatiro society to farm the heavens. All the waste corners of our planet having been appropriated , re cently by France and Germany England having pliilanthropically left them the pickings , it is only natur.il the upper re gions should become objects of unvy. Laplace and liiol attest that the Chinese , U.UOO years before our era , had practi cally utili/.ed astronomy and made that science a sort of government institution. Mcropotamki was also renowned for its astronomical lore and yet neither a Ce lestial the most elegant of names at a planetary congress , nor a choldeaii , has been invited by Admiral Monche/ . The congress will not bo occupied with accepting Greenwich as tlio first merid iau , as ! ranee chums the maritime sti promacy for Paris , now about being nude a seaport , and a sea side resort. The congress has for end , to allot a cer tain portion of the hrmamcnt to each nation's astronomer royal or demo cratic , who is to take photos of the stars in his section of space according to n uniform process , and common appar atuses. In duo time all those celestial t.ikes will bo sent to Paris , and by a sv > riM : OK. ouoMP.nticAi. MOSAIC WOHK , pieced together , ami thus compare the starry lirmument , taken fiom several points of the earth's surface. Then on the occasion rf the centenary of the pres ent congress and''may we be there to see" another map , a now edition , shall have been produced , and a comparison instituted between the two pictures. With a good photographic apparatus and c.irefully prepared plates , so deli catcly sensitive as the latter , that it is as easy to take a likeness of a portion of the sky as of the human face , or a running animal. The imago once taken it. is ex amined by the microscope and the mi crometeri and what appearo to bo only si star or a blotch , will ho found to bo n cluster of stars. It is the atom of cheese or tliuilrops of water.magnilied to unfold its myriads of atomies. Take for example the star , or group , Hercules ; to the naked eye it appears simply a dilluso spot , the three thousandth part of a metro in ill- ampler ; examined by the ordinary mag1 nifyine glass , it will reveal several hun dred stars round a kernel ; looked at through the microscops. the samp photo will reveal thousands of stars. And to think , there are stars whoso light trav oiling at the rate of 200,000 miles per second end since the creation of the world , has not yet reached us , though possibly i may by the time the Irish question is set tled. tled.Tho The astronomers will bo entertained tea a free representation at the Theatre Fran cois. It is to bo hoped the bills will in elude "Tho Voyage to the Moon" am the "Milky Way" two side-splitting as tronomical comedies. A banquet will aisi be given to tlio guests ; in tlio absence o ambrosia and nectar , tlio private dish o Lalando the astronomer ought to b served , namely , spiders GUNUUAL UOULAXOEIl's 1'LAN Of CAM PAK1N. 1 not for the invasion of Germany , but foi tlio capture of his own non-commissionec ollicers , has been divulged , officially The French , like every other army , am perhaps more so , suffers from a de.irth o non-commissioned ollicers. duo to thci dislike to re-engage. Indeed , had th French army to rely on enlistment , o volunteers , to be recruited , it would be skeleton and far below that of Grca Britain. Hence , a decided prolicien militarism is not popular in Franco General Houlauger maintains that the army exists for the non-commissioned as well as for the commissioned officer , and that as the former is more in touch witli , the men , his condition merits a partial ' cure. According to the Houlangor project , henceforth the non-commissioned ollicers , after eight years' service , will have the rijt'ht to bo commissioned spceiallj by tlio general commanding their corps d'armco. They can contract an engage ment to rem.iin till fifty years of ago under the ll.iij , and this ro-ontngemcnt can even bo made after returning to civil life for three years following tfioir i compulsory three yc.irs' active service. , This Intelim will allow time for the ut- * soldier to deeido between a civil rareor ; and tlio advantages of a special and privileged non-commissioned officer. In this latter paso ho can marry , live out side barracks , and receive lodging money ; if he commits a fault , among his judges will sit two of his peers that's a democratic innovation. His pay will bo increased with his years of ser vice ; so will his pension , which can amount to 1,500 francs after forty-live years under the Hag. There are condi- lions for continuing" pension in case tlio recipient leaves his wife a widow and his children orphans. Ho can even quit the army after his ro-ciigagomont when he pleases , receiving a pension pro rate to his years of service , nay 0191-0 , if ho possesses the nptitmlo for certain de partments of the civil service , ho will bo nominated thereto as a matter of right. This is a wet blanket on the civil servants who threaten a strike , because one minis ter has ruled that all 10 clerks within 's his jurisdiction must arrive punctually , must never remain idle , must work eight instead of six hours daily , without any extra remuneration , and at the latter tariff and for longer hours , whenever ; necessary. These clerks who dislike this draconian code have only to resign , when General lioulangcr will march in u r- battalion to occupy tlioir vacant stools. n Wonders will never cease. Thirty-two years ago Franco was ready to restore the kingdom of Poland ; the countrymen of Kosciusco were then the fashionable sympathy. To-day they are as much for gotten as Thlors or GambetUi. Stranger still , such are the necessities of politics ; an extreme town councillor has just chanted the praises of Holy Uussia. M. Martin has ju.i returned from a tour - of some 10,000 MILKS THROUGH EASTERN SIBERIA. He travelled with the tribe Toungouzos. lived with them in common like a good St socialist ; doga and reindeer drew the sledgoa. The party consisted of Jmon , women and children , who lived as they voyaged , by fishing and hunting , when I M. Martin aiwajri enacted UU ibtra , A baby wo.s born ilurlnjr the tour , thanks to a lady Touugou/cs , and lived out the Siuruoy to the river Amour , in eastern Iberia. M. Martin has only praises to bestow - stow on every thing In the great penal colony. Pity ho did not ask Stopniak or the Prince Kropotklne , who Is anything but a lory , to revise his notes. In Siberia , the In habitants are as happy as Dr. Paugloss could desire , every mnn sitting t'.NDKIt Ills' OWN VISB AND KIO TURK , with prospecting In gold mines as n recreation. The only drawback is , once there , It Is impossible to leave. Although the laud bo ( lowing with milk and honey the Russian government has a decided objection to making roads to It. Wcro railroads Introduced , the peculiar travel ers could never count upon return tick ets. Tito state mines are worked by con victs and tlckct-oMoavo men. M. Alar- tin did not interview any of these , but ho did olllcials. When an individual leases a mine , he must work it within three years , or ho locs his right. All finds must bo sold to the government ; oven before a promoter commences opera tion * , ho must provide a r ° Pe. a doctor , it midwife , an apothecary , and pay for a guard of casfeaoks. Chained gangs of convicts the latter include the educated claeses. who differ in political thinking from the state , are still marched in relays from Odessa to Siberia across another dark continent , and the simple peasant still places at nightfall on his window-sill , some bread and milk.to meet the necessities of any fugitive , who may take French leave of Siberia and all Us charms. It is the manifest destiny of Chlnit to open up Siberiaanil liberate the intellectual prblitaircs who are miners and sojourners there , against tlieir tvill Minister Lockroy has not yet stated what are the foreign governments which persist in boycotting the 1831) ) exhibition. Franco ought to resolutely affirm , that the show is intended to glorify all that was excellent in TIII : BKvoi.t'TioN op 1789 for humanity , and depend on herself to till the places of the absentees. If the policy be adopted of uniting at the cen tenary side , and assuring the political hesitating that the blow-out is only tlio usual decennial "versary , " the project will share the fate of all the between two stools conduct. There is still much to be donn in aiding the efforts of workmen distinct from eapitab/Aid imlustrieseither as guilds , co-operative associations , or simple individuals. It would be well also , to bring out the important experi ment now being tried , whore the artisans are part associates with the employer. unr.KAi , IIII.P IN THIS i > iitibrioN : would .stamp the bigbaranr , as a people's exhibition , and bo a tilting apotheasis of the people's victory in 178U. There is nojreason why literature ought not to have its chaperons , as well as Guinea pigs , shoddvito Una petroleum- aires. A society lias been formed to combat the circumstances which keep many youths to fortune and fame un known. Any one who writes a book has only lo send it along with six francs tea a newly formed society , that undertakes to have it read by three competent judges. If the majority give a lavorablo verdict , the production , whether a play , a charity sermon , a plan of campaign- in the military sense understood , a philo sophical treaty , or even a philanthropic subject , will bo read , on three franco more being paid down , in public and in the ampillieatro of the Sarbouno. whore publishers will bo affectionately invited to attend. Already the new society has received 1,500 literary productions within two days. All the pigeon holes in the olliccs of the theatrical managers are be ing cleaned out , and something like fur niture vans stand at the doors. Publishers are blessing themselves for the creation of such an intellectual winowingand sift ing machinery , and alienists promise to allow their patients to indulge in Higland flings , bofoio the new safety-valve for cac < ithcs ! scribcndi. Henceforth , no ono able to make pothooks And hangers , can complain that his genius has had no op portunity. As it will exorcise the mind , the fad ought to cufc' ' ' .hypnotism. A poem , as long as a novel , by Paul Toval or Ponsou do Tqrniil , will bo as carefully read as a iiioudlbguc. M. Kmilo Zola verily'bcVieves ho has a "eall" to revolutioni/.u the stage by the naked exposure of all * the sores , vices and depraved sins of humanity. There was a time when the theatre was accepted as a place of amusement'but since it has taken to the role of' instructing , of charity-sermonizing , of illustrating im aginary social theories.and paradoxcs.by Dumas.and slum scenes and immoralities by Zola , respectable society has only to fall back on music halls land circuses , or stay at home. "Hence" it. the dramatized version of Zola's lomanco "Cureo , " in live nasty acts. Itcnce is n girl who has been miseducated , and goes wrong at nineteen ; her father MAUIUiS : UEIt TO bCKEKN HEIt SHAM ! : , To one Suecard who wants not the girl , but her money , and aggroes to lot her live as she pleases after the ceremony and the cash pajd down She renews into a liaison with her now step-son , and ends in being discovered by her own father , when she blows her brains out. This is called .society to life , or natur alism. The most remarkable feature about the representation is the crowd in the house to witness the scavenger litera ture. It would pay bettor to hear Hilly Hayilen , the popular circus clown , road his treatise , which ho is about to publish on the "Intellectual Kducation of the Pig and the Ass" his performing pets , only ho has .sent the manuscript to the now Field of Literature , at tlio Sorbonne , with the siv and three francs fees. Opinion has at last decided to allow the police to complete their charge agair.st Pranzini , wno must , when ho wakes up in his pell , feel if his head bo still on his shoulders. It is worthy of notice that suicides of late have taken n religious turn , . Aboil three unfoitun- ntes before putting an end to themselves tilled their pockets with books of piety , cruicifixes and relics. They wrote they wcro tiled of life. Even under the second empire Paris was nov'or so full us now of members of the dangerous classes , moving as tilled individuals , in the leading hotels. As a rule , in such places , all showily dressed persons should be avoided. The soberly clad are those who pay their out-titter's bill. Men with eyes rolling as two ven tilators , a nose like a parrot's and shaded with wire like eye brows , watch chain that would hold n sheet anchor , and pearl shirt studs large as pigeon's eggs , should be unnoticed with great care , they have generally a title , wiiich tlioy confer on themselves mice across the French frontier. Similarly they display the ribbon ' of some order , for they have a decoration for ev ery day in the year. They are all black legs and black sheep , without a franc in their pocket ; they are in the pay of gam blers and counterfeiters , their decoy ducks , who got them up regardless of ex pense , and plant them us an investment in the loading hotels , to smiro the game at the tables d'hote. Three tourists have bean plucked to death by these crimps , within the lust ten days ; they try to get into conversation with clergymen , the hotter to blind the uiouton to bo sacri ficed. * The Missouri Pacific Railroad com pany on the 8th Inst. effected a com promise in the followingdiimagii suits b employes for injuries received in tlu boiler explosion in the shops at Pales tine , Tex. , two years jico : The infant daughter of Engineer iProddy , killed cets $0,203 ; wife of Machinist Uigg.s killed , $5,400 ; James Haley , pormanontli injured , 18,000 ; M. A. iSoodrleh , engineer neer , permanently injured , $5.000 ; Albcr Lam * , injured scriousl.jyf 1,000. New York ia talking .about an angn son who wears mourning becuuso nil mother has married , ic"rniTiPioii iv ALblilElltlSM IN Boston Receives with Open Arms the Dusky Qnccn Kapiolnnl. PATTI AS A STREET WAIF. Hcnton's Hnhny Sprlne-Clcrks Seek Country Hpsorts SInJor U'ltrlon's Splendid ItrcnkCiiat Mnns- llcltl'H SUCCCSH. BOSTON , May 11. [ L'orropondnnco of the BKI : . ] Tne caprices of New llngland weather have finally given tip to the stonier demands of the season , and wo are at last allowed to breathe tlio balmy air of spring. These bright days have been n long time coining , and now that they are here everybody is prepared to make the most of them. The rapidity with winch Boston packed away her cloaks and furs ami donned a fresh spring suit , is astonishing. Halls , operas and afternoon teas are things of the past , and the weather classes are getting ready for the seaside or mountains , or they are planning their first yatching cruise. Kvery young man or boy be longs to a base ball nine or a bicycle club , or pet haps a lacrosse team , and each one is enthusiastic over the merits of his par ticular pastlmn. Kycry clerk in the city is happily looking forward to his "two weeks oil' , " when ho can go on that little picnic excursion into the country with the damsel of his choice. The hardy laborer sous happy visions of eool even ings at ( Jily Point , or , perhaps a happy afternoon trip to Nantasket beach on the steamer Pilgrim. The student , and Bos ton is full of tlio in , is just beginning to "grind1' ' for his linal examinations , and in his leastire moments , whicli aie at present very few , he dreams of the bliss ful times when those examinations shall have passed , when , as a free and happy man , no can bo basking on the deck of a cat boat oil'some old coast town , or take a summer's tramp over the classic roads of Kuropo. Nature , too. is not behind in heralding the approach of spring , as the veidant lawns ami budding elms of our suburbs give ample evidence. One of the most important cvonts of this most delightful period , an event which the nvorago eitt/.ou counts nearly equal to the opening of the baseball sea son , is the visit of her Hawaiian majesty Queen Kuuiolatu. Tlio authorities hero arc doing all they can to make the visit a pleasant one , and her majesty seems to bo very well uleased with her reception. The queen and her snito nro accommo dated ut the Parker house in the bridal apartments , which have been from time to time graced by the presence of Patti , Bernhardt and Do Lussan. .Although tlicse rooms are not intended to bear comparison with the princely hulls of the "New Residence" at Munich , they are considered elaborate enough for the entertainment of roy alty in democratic America. On arriving at Parker's , yesterday morn ing tlio royal party was given a break fast by the mayor of Boston. The ban quet hall was beautifully decorated by 1-lorist Galvm , and Baldwin's famous cadet band was on hand with a charm ing musical program. After the invited guests were seated the royal narty en tered the hall. The queen was escorted by Mayor O'Brien , Princess Lilinokalani by Go\ornor Ames , while Mrs. O'Brion and Mrs. Ames were accom panied by General lankca and General Dominis of the queen's suite. After the breakfast came speeches , music and Introductions , and the morn ing passed pleasantly away. Last even ing the royal party occupied Manager Stetson's private box at the Globe , and witnessed the performance of "Uuddy < gore. " To-day the llawaiin chief will give a reception in Charleston , which will bo followed by an excursion to the public in stitutions in and about Boston harbor. On Thurday the queen will visit Wellesley - ley college anil the girls there , are pre paring to give her a rousing reception. On her return to Boston Governor Ames will give a reception in her honor at his palatial residence on Back bay. A grand public reception in Mechanics' hall on Thursday evening , will end the pro gramme. The queen's visit to Boston has not only benelitlcd the city , but the country in general. It would bo inconsistent with our principles to try lo extend our influ ence abroad in any other way than by such fiiendly relations as these , and in having given the Hawaiian queen such a hearty welcome , Boston has added an other bond of friendship and confidence between the Hawaiian group and the United States. Even now a large p.ut of the trade of thc.se islands comes to this country , and we should so keep and ex tend it'that in case of international hos tilities these islands would exert an in fluence friendly to our interests. The grand opera season has passed away and with it has departed from the Italian opera stage in tins country that queen of prima donnas , Mmo. Adilina Patti-Nicolini. Wo may or may not believe tlio statement which has been .so glaringly i advertised that Americans will never again hear Patti in grand opera. Kvcn prima donnas have been known , within the momorv of man , to make multitudinous "farewell tours , " some of them having gone so far as to nrtke a "positively last farewell tour , " which rather tends to lead the innocent public to inquire how many professional farewells are in really good form. But say what you will about a gold hunting management , for whicli the artist is in no wise responsible , "La Diva" Patti stands without a peer in the world. Her history is an interesting one. She was born away oft" in Spain , but .spent most of her young girlhood on the streets of Now \ork ; a brown , s.iucy little waif , with apparently no better future before her 11 Kin tlfat of the commonest street urchin. Even as a girl , among such unfavoiablo circumstances , she she was always Iho jolly and lighthearted - hearted Adelina that she is to-day , with her buoyant f.piiits , Her career as a singer was begun in Mr. Bcechcr's Sun day-school room , and in a short time she was traveling about the country , though not in her own car as she does now , Binging in concert under the manage ment of her brother-in-law , Maurice Strakosch. Her success as a jubilee singer was doubtful oven then , anil it was a great question In the mind of Mr. Strakosch whether the youi'g voice would over develop into n rich and golden soprano. Besides , if she over did learn to sing , people said she couldn't act. She was nervous and dillhlent , as beginners generally are. But the whole world knows that this doubt dldn t last long. It seems absurb to think that Patli ever appeared shy or awkward , she who has so Jong been recogiu/.ed as the very embodiment of self-possession , of careless , yet artistic gracefulness. Pattl's hrst appearance in London marked a decisive change of fortune. English audiences praised her acting as won ns her hinging. The Times and other journals lauded her to the skies. This set the ball u-rolling and In a short time the bare-footed Now York roysterer was so well established in thohaule voice of London that she secured a real mar quis for a husband. She was received into coart circles at every capital in Europe - rope as welt as at London , and her path was literally paved with roses. But those were the days of her primeand since she loft the Marquis do Cuux and married Nicolini , English aristoc racy has seen fit to turn up iti none. 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Full line of l'nlraur'8 , Lundborgh'B nnd Knstmnn Perfumes nhviiys on imucl. , All goods at us reatonuljlu prices us < iuiillty of goods ulll allow llespoctiully HAHN'S , 18223t. Mary's Avenue. iratcd singer is&ettinft well on in life. Whether she goes on the stage again after completing her tlirco months tour 'n South America , umlor the manage- nent of Mr. Henry K. Abbey , ia a ques tion. If she leaves the stiige she will nvo to refuse $5,000 B night , for the use of her vocal organs , which is more than the average woman could do. In any ciihe the t'Div.a" will probably bo con tented , because it she retires nlic can spend the rest of her days in luxurious seclusion nt her Welsh castle of Craig-y- nos , wlicr she lives like v queen. The most important change of bill at the theatres this week is nt the museum , yhero Mr. Richard Mansfield gives the first performance , cm any stage , of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 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