Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE- SUNDAY 3A29. . 1887.-TWELVE PAGES.
SPANISH-AMERICAN PICTURES
prawn by the Facile Pen 'of an Omaha
Lady ,
A DESCRIPTION OF HAVANA.
, TIio CUy of Vcra Crnz-IIotcl Accotn-
jiiodntlotiH A Stroll Through
the City A HlccplcHS
WtiUtnfor ( lie JS'unddtthe / ty Grace Dean Hunt.
1.
Leaving New York on the Rood City of
Alexandria , having .skimmed many miles
of water , pnid a little tribute to stormy
Capollatturns , Razed upon the smiling
banks of Florida , 1 drew , with n bit of
excitement , my first breath of Spanish
air off the cost of Cubii.
The land lies low , but the nearer wo
approach the more rugged nnd charming
it looks , with here a palm and there a
group of the same tapering tree , As we
pass nearer the shore , cries of children
touch the car , and the open door of a
poor little house discloses the table set
for supper , a bright turbancd ncgrcss
Rtandlnc at Its head monotonously wuv
ing a II y brush. Dreamily we glide along
with a hint now and then of strange
Eights to come. Quietly wo enter the
beautiful harbor and
HAVANA
lies before us. It strikes me that it must
be one of the most picturesque sights in
the world. The liery sun has sunic to
rrst ami Havana is enjoying the cool of
evening ; her varied colored houses liav
thrown their windows wide open to entice
within the irrateful brue/e. J'o me It is a
fairy lain ) , with unrevealed delights ,
Hero and there an open portal displays tt
our woiidcringeyo a charming garden of
tropical bloom , and an old wall inado
boHiitiful by a vine from which hang
brilliant yellow ( lowers , a feathery palm
delicately penciled against the piush of
an evening sky. Sounds are borne to us
across the water from t'io ' many boatmen
whlloMiorting , pully , little travelers o
the water gat n r consequentially about us
and wit'i ' a lirill scream inform us that
they have arrived. Our .ship is boarded
byolliccrs and visitorsliit | they possess no
intcrfht for me , I still ga/o upon the
MIOI o ami loiiy to become better ac
quainted with it. Many ships Ho about
us from all parts of the world one
stately Spanish ship comcs.sailing in from
many ilay.s of quarantine ; this precau
tion lieiiig taken that Havana may not
In' hud low by cholera.
\Ve decide , with a flutter of excite
ment , to hpend the evening on shore , and
at once make our preparations. We
htup into a dancing , blue boat , and are
hlowly rowed to the shore , with the re
freshing inlluence of a distant
Miower blowing against our face ? .
On the way we pass the
hpanHi ship , we hoar the twang of a
cmtarra with the accompaniment of
clapping hands , and conclude that all is
well with her. As wo land we are
greeted by a crowd of cabmen whoso
eaiis are outside the railing , these gentle
men of the eabs being quite as desirous
of .showing us the tropical elephant of
Havana as New York cabmen are of
adding a silver lining to their regular
fare. About us in this weird light stand
the boatiiien in startling clleet , in their
co-tuino of white pantaloons and shirt ,
surmounted by a blue or red can. \ \ retake
take a cab and enter the city ; it is quiet
in this lower part of the town and a
hiningo feeling creeps over me that it is
a dead , all forgotten place ; a musty odor ,
as it were , provades the fascination
of it. Now we pass a group of sailors in
foreign drrss , now a beer saloon round
about whose tables sit other .sailors , toll-
inj : their yarns 1 suppose. We pass
Columbus' tomb and the phr/a , nnd ( lush
into a. well-lighted street. The street is
narrow. vvlnTo on cither side are bril
liantly lighted , luxurious shops , all of
which are open for business tor many
people do their shopping at night to es
cape the heat of noon-day.
The shops strike mo as being very at
tractive , and , womanlike , I desire to beMire !
Mire on this point. It not t
being the custom to alight
from one's carriage , I remain susi'eil
while an obsequious clerk brings to mo
what 1 wish , namely , a Spanish fan. It
is a paper fan , on which is depicted a bull
V light ; indeed , quite Spanish ; but my com
panion depresses me , very much , by tell
ing me that it was , undouutcdly , made
in New York.
T Let us go on until wo reacli the 1'rado ,
or principal promenade , in the new part
of the city , and a very beautiful part it
is. The 1'railo is brightly lighted , marble
walks surround it ami cross it. llowers
bloom , and it is thickly studded with
Beats , on which the siglit-seer may
rest and note the gay tlirotm
ns it moves to and fro , and I
listen to the lively Spanish music with i
its undercurrent of sadness. Facing this
pleasure ground are two or three line
looking hotels , the handsome Tacon the
atre , one of the largest in the world , ami
the Louvre ; the latter an attractive
restaurant. Imagine a very largo room
with its tloor of colored marules , the
ceiling Mipportcd by columns incased in
mirrors , wide windows reacti to the lloor
through which ( leave this to the imagina
tion ) sweeps the brce/o. Tables for one
or two Jot the room witli whiteness.
Will it add to the picture to
fill the remaining space with
the blue smoke of Havana's choicest ci
gars and with her exceedingly good look-
nit : men ?
1 was the only lady present on this par
ticular night , but was not nrndo to feel
my singularity. They knew mo to bo a
stranger within their gates and treated
I mo with the ever-existing courtesy of
their country. They brought us ice
cream lit for the gods with charmingly
thin , delicately rolled cakes. Hut time
rolls on , oven here , tn out wo pass inta
the sensuous niL'lit. Ihe Spanish tongut
greets us on every side , nuisia echoes
round about us , the scent of llowers is
wafted on the air ; it Is intoxicating ami
wo are loth to leave it , but the strokt
of A late hour compels us tc
reach the dock and search foi
our boatman , at last found fast asleep
\vo shako him gently , ho responds witli
what i-cums to mo to bo n forcible word ,
How damp and prosaic the ship secnu
afier the fairy picture of Havana by
star light.
1 The no\t day wo lifted anchor and
slowly sailed away , out past grim , graj
Moro ca.stlc , the noble protector ol
Havana , out to our future homo in
Mexico.
vr.itA cnux.
1 will not weary you with an uccounl
of our passage over miles of smwj
water , but will at once laud in La Villn
Hlca do la Yera Cnu ( tut
Ilich Town of the True Cross )
For one moment 1 mint linger hero , tc
hold the shell of lo.st sound to my long
ing car , to hear again the niusio of the
lap-lap of the waves of that southern sea
1 stood on the dock , and the gentle nighi
with her soft air spoke to mo of an even
inn of Jong ago , when I stood with m.i
mother in our old-fashioned garden awa\
In dear Massachusetts. ity her side ]
Wiitched the liclly-liocks nod in thi
brce/o. Wo stood fnrinc the west. spunk
lug of the there shining planet , Jupiter
Yo.s , the planet shone as brightly ai
yonder one , while now , Instead of llowei
beds at our foot , urn liltlo rippling waves
InMcad of the circling swallow , boa bird :
twitter about us , and instead of old
fashioned pink faics. warm water weodi
. may to ( lie coming of our ship. A
of past happiness , with promli'
of return in the ruing glory
on our iuft the southern cross.
1 had rend that Vera Cmas seen from
the water was picturesque , but it did not
impress me so ; it presented the appear-
nnco of having been sunk deep down
into the water , and walled about with
hot sand , allowing only a dome or two to
show above it. Indued , only one thing
prevented me from completely breaking
down , and that was the vision 'of the
snow capped volcano of Ori/aba rising
up , up into the light , pointing to a purer
atmosphere ; it led mo to think of better
things , and to forget for the moment
this infcrnillo , thu perpetual homo of
yellow jack.
We landed at 2 o'clock on a Sun
day , in what , it seems to me ,
inii t bo unusual heat even here.
Our trunks were passed by courteous
custom house olliccrs , and we four ladles ,
thankful for the escort of u young man
of Vera Crna , sot out on foot tor the
Hotel do Dillgcncias. 1 observed with
much bitterness of Spirit that our escort
did not oiler to carry either of my largo
handbags. I afterwards learned that it
would not have beeii the correct thing
for him to nave been seen carrying
them.
On leaving the custom house , ono
.strikes straight ahead into the heart of
Vera Cman oasis in this desert her
pla/.a. Indeed it is n charming spot.
The fountain in the center is surrounded
by dark and licht green tropical
growth , enlivened by brilliantly
lined ( lowers , and , could such
a thing bo possible , the falling
water would cool the atmosphere. Orange
trees lend the pcrtumc of their llowers
blent with that of the Knglish violet.
Encircling this arc marble benches
which are in turn encompassed by a
marble walk with yet another row of
benches upon which the common people
may rest and look upon the aristocracy
us it promenaded within. People of a
still lower class are not admitted witln'n
the precincts of the pia/.a. Separated
from this bit of green by a narrow and
well paved street stands the Hotel de
Diligcncias.Vo gladly enter its portal
. .Hid behold a dark , musty , ill-smelling
patio ( court ) at the farther end of which is
a stairway. This we ascend and observe
on the first lauding a solitary door. 1'as
sing this door up wo go to the wide eorri
dor surrounding the court. Here is situ <
nted the nllice , and here , around several
billiard tablet , are gathered .some of the
"swells" of Vera Cm/ , short in stature ,
with pale fares , dark hair ami eyes the
eyes not as narrow as those of the sons
of Cuba , but quite as deceptive in ex
pression.
The court is open to the sky above , the
sleeping rooms all open upon the corn-
dor , likewise the dining room. Wo
found with chagrin that all of these
rooms had been taken by the outpourings
of a French steamer lately arrived , so
my sifter with the otliur two ladies were
consigned to a room in the
region of the kitchen ( trulj
an jnfernal region , while I am'
my littlu girl wcro put into the room
of which'l had noticed the door on the
landing. This was a double door , twt
leaves shutting together , and possessed
three keyholes , but , 1 hoped , no moro
than one key. On opening it there wai
disclosed a largo unfurnished room will ;
an uneven brick lloor and one window
grated , looking into the court. Yci
another room opened out of this will
window anil balcony on the street ; i
happily possessed an ill-looking bed
table and chair. Not a light , not a bel
to call the reluctant servant.
Thinking that a drive would pleas-
antlv pass the time away meanwhile , I
proposed to my sister , who could speak
French , to interview the landlord , i
Frenchman , in retiard to a carriage. He
could not , or rather would not , under
stand , but finally admitted that only
women of a certain class over enjoved
that pleasure in Vera Cm/ . With some
what dampened ardor I returned to my
room and sought diversion by ga/.ing
from my balcony at the waiting turkey-
bu//.ards aloft , or at the passers-by. The
men seemed to have nothing better to do
than to return my ga/.e , accompanying
it with a most gallant bow.
Dinner time at last arrived , and with
the warning ringing in my ears to eat no
fruit and drink no wine , for yellow fever
had begun to scourge the town , 1 entered
the dining room , lint how distasteful
was the sight of moat and lish. Setting
aside all tears , I drank my portion of
sparkling wine and ate of the lucious
fruits. How strange the sounds that
com e to us from without. At each quar
ter of an hour chimed the many bolls ,
horse cars hurrying by , blew
horns at every crossing ; now
the discordant scream of a strange
bird , the tinkling bells of the poor , ill-
used , ill-fed donkey-all bounded and en
compassed by the intense heat.
Night coming brought the captain of
our ship and stroll through the city. Out
from the Tlimly lighted court wo passed
onto narrow , but well paved , clean
streets ; streets recking with the smell of
cooking , for in many doorways sat scan-
tily clothed women cooking over little
stoves , tortillas , the fiery enchiladas and
such dishes as please the Mexican.
The alameda is made beautiful by rows
of palm trees , particularly so at night
when they are illuminated by the Hitting
light of huge tirotlies. Little boys catch
these and sell them for a cent or two.
We saw ladies ornament their dresses
and hair with them , bright points of
light amidst their dusky braids.
Near hero is the much frequented bull
ring , a place where their peaceful Sunday
enjoyment is found.
Koturning slowly to the plaza we found
we found it tilled with gay people , some
in evening dress , thu ladies all bonnet-
less and wrapless. All doors stood open ,
and nearly "everv ono with its bright
light invited yon into a restaurant. In
front of each door , on the sidewalk ,
stood little tables where one could sit ,
eat , drink , smoKu and await the break
ing of dawn. Wo ehoso the interior of
onu of tno restaurants , so enjoying , for
the first time , one of those delicious mint
juleus , for which Vera Cruz is so justly
famous.
On reaching the hotel 1 bade my
friends good night , nnd bravely
entered my dungeon. 1 should , so
I was told.close niv window or bo poisoned
the night air. f chose the latter , and ,
locking my sister out , determined to go
to bed. One fceblo candle lighted my
room , but it being so much hko a. little
ghost 1 extinguished it , and then dis
covered I had no matches and no possi
ble way of calling for any. The light
from the street had to sulllco. I Uarcd
not undress , and I could not lie down on
the bed as its little inhabitants ran up
nnd down the once white curtains , ready
to feast on my weary limbs had I been
foolish enough to rcposo them thero.
Finally I drew my chair into the door
way between the rooms and ga/.cd at the
outer door. I was soon rewarded for so
doing by seeing a licht Hash foi ono in
stant across the above mentioned
keyholes , and under the door.
The second Hash promised
to make the nicht nn interesting ono.
Peering through the hitherto useless key.
holes , 1 .saw two men who occasionally
pressed the door with their hands , and it
belnir old and shaky would ylold a littlo.
With them , hard and yet harder , I
pressed the door on my side. * After host
fating n few seconds they disappeared.
In thu bright light of day 1 look back
upon thus , as upon a bad dream , suller-
ing in fear of their return , the torments
of hideous nightmare.
Nothing moro happened to disturb my
repose , which consisted in sitting in a
chair.holding upmyfi'ct to escape the life
of the lloor.listcningto imaginary as well
as real sounds. At last , stepping onto the
balcony , I watched the men sweep out
above-ground drains , the odor arising
therefrom being nauseating in thu ex
treme. It was towards morning and a
sense of roposc visited all living
things , as yet , that blanket of
heat awaited the rising of the
sun , before enveloping all things.
Children's voices still sounded from the
plaza where night is never known to in
nocence or guilt.
The Hush of dawn brought my sister.
\ \ o wearily but gladly gathered together
our traveling articles and stopped forth
with into the air. How perfectly beau
tiful was the morning , for at yet it was
cool. Wo enjoyed the most delicious
cup of collee 1 over drank ,
acccompanied by light pastry ,
seated at a little tablb on the
sidewalk. A few people still lingered in
the pla/.a and I wondered if they felt as
they looked , tired of living the ceaseless
round of insufferably hot dav , making
the monotonous turn of the pla/.a night
after night. Lights still burned in a bil
liard room near by , and the beggars , see
ing us to bo strangers , bid us n polite
bucnos dias , witli an eye to charity.
Nagged urchins with their bright eyes ,
watched HS through our collee , and so
anxious were they to carry our bags to
the station that their competition brought
it to a matter of but a few cents. Not
reluctantly wo walked to the station ,
and as wo slowly moved out of it , tno
slight mist lifted and Vcra Cm/ stood
out in thu glaring light of the sun , hot
and unattractive.
Note * About Old Folk * .
Isaac Harlow , of Phillips , Me. , was a
drummer in the war of 1812. Ho can
drum still.
Mrs. MarfiarctSlusscr , a Clarke county ,
O. , pioneer , died at Da.vton , O. , May 110 ,
aged ninety-four years.
Mrs. Catherine Heed , of Kssex , V.dled
few years ago , aged 105 ! years and
Ten mouths. She became a member of
he Methodist church over seventy years
go.
go.Of
Of those famous octogenarian * , Simon
anierou , ( Jeorgo Bancroft and W. W.
Jocoran , Cameron is said to bo the most
.ctivo in mind and the youngest inspirit.
Wendell Lansing , senior editor and
Topnotor of the Plattsburg Sentinel and
he Kssex County Republican , dieil re-
ently in Keesevillc , N. Y. Ho was
ighly yours old.
Thomas Kenton died at his home * near
Mount Ol'vet ' , Ky. , on May 12. lie was
linety-nino years old April 11. Simon
[ { union , the famous Kentucky pioneer ,
iva- his great uncle.
UitiiAVA , May 21 Louis Waugli died at
ho county infirmary this morning , at the
idvaticcd ago of 111) ) years and 10 months.
'Ie was the oldest "man in Champaign
county.
At a meeting of the old settlers of Chi
: ago , held on the 19th hist. , the following
lispateh was received from San Fran
cisco : Dear Friends ; 1 send greetings ,
love , compliments to the early settlers of
Chicago. I still live , am healthy , just
.mder 100. N. C. Walton.
.loliu M. IVabody died May ID , at P.uf-
falo. N. Y. Ho was born at New Leban
on , N. Y. , on March 10 , 1800 , and w.is
therefore past 87 years old. Mr. Pea-
Ijody was a member of the Connecticut
legislature in 1810. His wife died about
line years ago. Ho loaves one son and
two daughters.
Mrs Sapronia Picrco died May -I , at
Jhesterlield , N. 11. , aged 101 years and
11 months. She was born at bmithlield ,
R. I. . June 11,1775. Her maiden name
was Mann. She was the la t of four
Chesterfield centenarians. One died at
the ago of 101 years and 1 month ; another
at 101 years and 5 months ; another at 101
years and ! ! months.
Col. Platt Adams , a veteran of the war
of 181' ' , died in Now York City May 12.
Ho was born in ( Srecno county , De'cem-
ber 20 , 171)3. ) During the war of 1812 ho
raised a company in his native village ,
and was proceeding to the front at its
head , when the war was ended. For
awhile ho was associated with John
Thompson in the publieetion of Thomp
son's itank Note Reporter.
Orrin Harris , aged eighty-nine years ,
of Rochester , N. 1. , was standing in the
crowd in front of tno court house watch
ing the display of the Harden lire exting
uisher. He is very feeble and when the
crowd fell back ho was unable to move.
Ho was thrown down , trampjed upon by
several persons , and sustained serious
injuries. Ho was carried to his homo
wheio Dr. Adams was called to attend
him.
Oconce 5a. ) Enterprise : Mrs. L.V. .
Brunei ) , who now lives in our town , is
now eighty-seven years old , and is quite
lively and industrious yet. She came to
town to live with Mr. O. F. Johnson on
the 28th day of December last , and up to
this date slio has knit seven pairs of
gloves , ten pairs of socks and eleven
pairs of stockings. She leaves in Atlanta
in a few days to visit her daughter , Mrs.
Dr. Riehardson.
Mrs. Rhoda D. Mcllvain.agcd seventy-
eight , and for lifty years confined to her
bed from spinal trouble , caused at child
birth , died May 10 , in Carlisle , Ky. , with
in a stono's throw of hur childhood homo.
Forest Retreat , being the daughter of
( iovernor Thomas Metcalfe and sister of
Colonel Lou Metcalfe , at one time a resi
dent of Cincinnati , and who is buried at
Spring Grove cemetery. Mrs. Mcllvain
was the mother of four children and
twice married before the ago of twenty-
eight.
Detroit Free Press : "Old Johnny
Ripple , " a well-known character of Ogle
township , Somerset county , is dead , aged
eighty-seven. When in his prime ho
could kick tinware from a store ceiling
eleven feet above the lloor. Once when
quite a young man he was rafting on the
Moiiongahela river. The raft was
wrecked and ho escaped by jumping over
twenty feet to a rock , from which he
was rescued. Ho would piano four or
live hogsheads in a row , jump out of thu
first into the second , and so on to the
la t , then jump backward to the first with
apparent ease.
The oldest workingman in Boston is
said to bo Martin Collins , who was born
in Nova Scotia in 17H7. By engaging in
trade between his homo and several ports
in Maine and Massachusetts he had ,
when forty years old , acquired a snug
property , but a com moreial crisis reduced
him to poverty. Ho went to Boston ,
found work slack and pay. small , and to
light starvation he opened a cobbler's
shop , and has been a repairer of boots
and shoes ever since. Ho now lives in
Kast Boston , and , though over ninety-
tnrco years of ago , works industriously
every day.
Adam W. Spies , long known as a mer
chant in Maiden lane , New York , and
now in his eighty-sixth-ycar , is one of the
oldest Now lork firemen living. He and
Thurlow Weed studied grammar together
and when ho was old enough ho joined
KuginoConpany No. 5. That was in 1818 ,
and No. 5 was the crack company of the
dav. Some of his fellow menbers wcro
Thomas B. ( Joelet , Win. II. Smith ; afterwards -
wards a wealthy hardware merchant ;
James Whitlock , Isaac N. Townsend ,
Francis Hall , n the well-known editor ,
and Richard Dcmill. Mr. Spies used to
hold the plpo , and says that the deeper
the mud and snow and the bigger the lire
the moro ho enjoyed the work.
John A. Unmet , aged about eighty
years , a dealer in patent medicines , was
found dead in bed in Philadelphia re
cently. Since the death of his daughter ,
who kept house for him , about two years
ago , the old gentleman has lived utono ,
with the exception of occasional visits
from an old man. who did bis errands.
Yesterday at noon the man called , but no
answer coming to his ring at the belltho
aid of Sergeant McCloskey , of the Third
district , was scoured and a back window
being forced open "Dr. " Brunei was
found lying dead on his bed in the third
story. Ho had bocn hut scon about 10
o'clock on Saturday night. The sergeant
found secreted in various parts of thu
house money amounting to f3,700 , which
was taken care of by the coroner s mes
senger.
THE GIDDY GIRLS OF GOTIIAM ,
Glimpses of FnshJon'i Pickle Followers in
tie Big Metropolis.
A GLARING SUNSHADE NUISANCE ,
Catching Costume * Tor Coaching A
DIuthliiK llonqtict of Summer
Hosiery Dancing Dots and
VctlH ntul Itoguisli I'lio-
Nr.w YOKK , May 29. [ Correspondence
of the UhK. ] The fashionable nnd weal
thy New York girl is always something
in particular , but she rarely remains that
thing more than tun or fifteen days. She
devotes herself resolutely to diversion ,
and she uses 11 sport up quickly. Just
owshe is ranking life lively for fast
orses of thu road , in saddle and vehicle ,
'he pleasures of indoors have become
n casonnblo ; the field employments tire
iot arrived and so there is an interval to
ie filled by drivinn the trotters nnd gal-
opcrs. Tin new fuature of fun on wheels
s that bullej sit alonsido their husbands ,
rothers and fatheis in what aru called
'oad ' wagons. Heretofore the exclusively
legant creatures might ride out in any
tylc of carriage that had n coachman to
, t , but exquisite usage forbade them to
it in the open light wagon so long
coupled with tne incidental races of thu
ip-town thoroughfares. For exampleno
ady of the Homier family was ever seated
ivith Robert Hoimur in such n wagon , bo-
iiind his famous horses ; nor was thu late
Commodore or Win. II. Vandcrbilt ,
ucliMifed thn company of wife or
daughter in their road driving. The
present May hni brought a radical
change. It is still socially criminal for n
uaiden to drive with a man , but n fcnii
line relative ) of the o\vner of fast horses
s permitted to rub elbows with him
while ho holds the reins over his equine
irides. Only yesterday in Central park ,
1 saw a brash sort of equipage roll up to
Mount Saint Vincent. Two rich brown
ries wcro hitched by s-cant and plain
harness to n fequare-bo\od , ono-.seatcd
wagon , in which sat n youngish man
with n slight mou.stacho and incipient
sulo whiskers , while at his side snuggled
a stylish woman in dark gray from hat to
hem. The horses were the famous Al
dine and Karl POM ) , whom Wm. II. Vnn-
dcrbilt used to drive. The man was I-red.
W. Vanderbilt , heir to sonic of Hill's
millions and these pots. The woman
was his sister-in-law , Mrs. Win. K. Van-
dcrbilt. fsho was leading the brand now
fad of ritling out with the owninir drivers
of fast nags. Jtmu t bo admitted that
the mode cannot become very general.
A bCAULgTVllEASOL
on top of n coach , or a crimson parasol
on a race course , bloom out and light IIP
the landscapebut n roil parasol is a glar-
SUE nuisance on the streetand especially
on those avenues whcro building and
blasting is in operation. Over on the
St. Nicholasnoulovarde , this same after
noon , n procession of carriages wound
merrily along , whonsuddeuly the omni-
puswaving of the red Hag , that usually
indicates an impending explosion amid
the neighboring rocks , appeared some
distance down the road. The lirst team ,
driven by a short-sighted old snort ,
halted , and ho held tjp n warning h'and
Five carriages stopped , tentwenty , forty
eighty , a hundred nnd sixty. Yoi
know how they multiply. Then they
waited in a mass. No explosion. Another
wait. Stil wavdd the cautionary signal ,
Finally , some of the whips grow desper
nto. OIK ; man ventured n little in ad
vancc of the short-sighted party , am
shouted : "Why in the thunder don't yo
lot'ergo ? " Presently , all saw the flag
approaching. Something dreadful was
expected to occur. A good many got
ready to turn round nnd scdfc the 'safety
of distance. Thou , the red Hag began to
resume n different shape On site bore
and what was it that had stopped nil oar
riages for ten minutes but n blamed rod
parasol. Two girls had been talking
down by the steam drills , nnd if their
convorsaMon had boon moro interesting
those wagons would have been there now ,
pcrliapa.
TUB M'KrTACl'LAIl IN DRIVING
is furnished by the Now York anil Pol-
ham amateur coach which runs daily be
tween Madison square nnd the Country
club. It is conducted ostensibly like n
reculnr transposition company for any
who choose that mode of conveyance be
tween the eity nnd Pelham nnd interven
ing points. In reality it is restricted to
the carrying of ultra fashionable people ,
for the stray passenger who should wish
to outrage a place on the box would tind
tl.nt nil places had been taken for weeks
ahead. Patrons of the institution make
up little parties among themselves , limit
ing the number In each case to just
enough to occupy all the desirable seats
in the conch. The best part of the show
is the start. I was just turning into Fifth
avenue yesterday , when I hoard the mel
low toots of the bugle announcing the
coming of the coach. Presently it came
into view around the corner of Twenty-
sixth street. It is n gorgeous black nnd
yellow nlfair , drawn by four handsome
horses. The driver in the regulation
couching livery , crcen coat , crimson
vest , light brown trousers , tall white lint
nnd top boots , nourished a long whip ns
ho reigned the horses up to thu urb in
front of the hotel entrnnco. The guard ,
similarly nttired , sat at the back with his
long , straight horn at. his lips , blowing
the harmonics in rapid succession nnd
with chnrmin < r easu. Several young and
elderly ladies and gentlemen ciuno from
the hotel to the sidewalk and n hundred
or two passers stopped to watch the op
eration of getting on.
The driver and guard dismounted , the
first goinir to the heads of the rear span
of horses where ho remained standing
picturesquely holding the check rein. A
uniformed bell boy onme from the hotel
nnd formed a sitnibrUbleau nt the heads
of the front span. . .Thoguard went into
the hotel ollice presumably to get the
manifest of his cargo. When ho came
out ho opened the door of the conch nnd
produced nn iron step ladder with a hook
nt the end which ho anight into the for
ward step over the -wheel , allowing the
other end to rest on the wnlK. The pas
songera hud been rntanwhilo cnrnestly
debuting the relativu positions they
would occupy on thn txm h top , for none
of them , of course , proposed to sit inside
the conch. I
THKV OOtJI.1) NOT JIK SKEN TIItHK.
The cuard wnitedi patiently by the
ladder for n decision -on this important
point. Finally nn eldurly lady said that
she would sit on the front sent if so-and-
so would. She went to the ladder , looked
up at the high box , shut her lips togcttier
determinedly , grasping tier skirts with the
loft haiKl to get them nwny from her feet ,
sei/.cd the handle of the step with the
right nnd began to climb. She had been
on n coach before and know the way , for
after mounting two steps fiho let go her
skirts nnd assisted herself with both haads
in getting to the top. Her skirts were
looked ntter by her elderly escort and the
guard , although thegunrd wnsnmuly com
petent to do that nlono. Hehold , them from
tier feet in front with his left hand nnd
with his right pushed them up nnd held
them down from behind HO that a mini
mum of unkla was exposed to the won
dering crowd. And when she slid into
her lofty seat ho tucked the sway
ing and recreant garments about
her shoes into exactly tlieir proper posi
tion. A young Udy was already to fol
low. She took her skirts in both hands
as a woman docs when she is going up
ordinary stops , to a horse car , for in
stance , and in this improper way hnd got
{ tart of ( lie distance up when the guard
protested that only ono could sit with the
driver , and she had to get down again ,
Another discussion ensued and then the
guard placed the ladder convenient to
the next seat and the young lady started
up again. The guard had her all to him
self , for the elderly escort who was at
the. head of the party was occupied in
tossing to the lady who had already
mounted , her wrap. It took nearly all
the breath out of hit pompous 1/ody to do
it , but he succeeded. The young lady
got half way up the steps In her own
fashion when she paused and trembled.
She tiled to look down at her feet , but
the ladder was so steep she could not sec
them. She pretty nearly lost her bal
ance , and the guard said :
"Don't mind your dross , lady ; just yon
go right along up , and grab the side ol
the seat and I'll ' take care of your dress. "
And ho did with such perfection of
grace and deference to the proprieties
that no ono could toll whether the hose
above the elegant congress gaiters were
black , silk or white balbrlggan. Prob
ably they were pearl gray to match her
gloves.
SIX OTIIKIt I.AU1K9 ,
young and elderly , were assisted to their
ncrchcs < uid then the men mounted.
There were live of them , and they had
lust room enough to bestow themselves
in the chinks and on the edges and leave
a comfortable seat for the guard beside
a handsome girl dressed as if she were
out for a climb up the Alps. The guard
leaned his ladder against a lamp post fern
n moment muttering , with a satirical
smile as he did so : "Never yet seed Mich
a lot of green 'tins. " Then he re-opened
the coach door ami took out several foot
stools which ho tucked in under the
adies feet. He. put , the step-ladder back
nsidt1 and told the driver that he was
ill ready. The swell Frederick Hronson
iad been standing by quietly , now and
.hen putting in a word to onit the numer
ous discussions as to who should mount
icxt. At this moment he went to the
'oacli door , took oil his tall silk hathung
it up somewhere inside , took out * a tail
white hat , put it on and climbed up to
the driver's bov. Ho manipulated the
reins as if lie knew as much about them
is the hired driver and called the guard
IP to him for a whimpered conversation.
Hie hired driver did not got on and the
coach rolled away without him. As the
"
wheels began to "stir the guard blow a
succession of toots on his horn , and then
ran around to the rear of the coach al-
: liough it was well in motionand climbed
'ightly up to his place beside the hand'
lOino mountain climber. The show
moved rapidly up the avenue , the pres
ence of the exhibition being announced
to all residents and passers along the
route bv the "Tan-ti-vy tivvy tivvy li-i-i-
veel" of the long horn.
IIAXCl.Nl ! DOTS IK VKII.S.
An occulist must have invented some of
; ho popular veiling now in u o. It on-
nances his income beyond belief. The
lancing dots on lace tKsuo raise the very
mischief with women's eyesight. \ \ hen
i veil is tightly tied about a woman's
lead , as is now the fashion , the dots are
stationary , but the panorama that passes
the vision is obstructed by thin dots and
has the same ell'ect as if they were jump
ing incessantly about. One day I rode a
miio or so on an elevated train with my
eyes on the houses that were whirling
past. 1 had on a veil of some colored
lace on which was squirted pretty good
si/ed dots of some pasty composition that
looked like beads. When. 1 left the train ,
to my horror , everything was a da//lc.
1 could not perfectly make out a single
object. It was impossible to read a sign ,
and for over an hour 1 was in pertecl
misery. That experience frightened mo.
I never wear one of those pronounced
dotted veils so long as I am not blind.
Another pleasant re.siilt of using the voi ,
on which dots arc daubed with little gobs
of paint can bo found as the hot weather
fairly sets in. They are struck oil'on the
face of the wearer , and give her the appearance
pearanco of having recently got out ot
the small-pox hospital. A sort of diamond
mend net lace of black silk is very popu
lar just now , and the effect of wearing
one s face tightly tied up in it I saw the
other day in Delmonieo's. A stylish girl
in much black beaded grenadine wearing
a small bonnet of straw had her head
lashed up with the fashionable did-
mend net. She gave her order and drew
off her gloves , faced the light from the
window , as her youthful ami plump
countenance allowed her to , and slowly
untied her veil. She waa spirited off in
little squares just as those gophorcd waf
fle cakes are baked. Ton tables away
you would have said she Was the worst
scarred woman by small pox you ever
saw. The soft pink llosh on her nose * and
cheeks had pressed through the meshes
of that tightly banded veil , and for one-
half hour , and how much longer I don't
know , she was in a frightfully marked
condition.
ItOOt'ISH t'HOTOr.UAPIIS.
New York girls are having their photo
graphs taken in roguish costumes There
is a female photographer in liroadway to
whom they Hock. I saw a do/on speci
mens of her work. One young creature
was taken in a night gown. It was no
old-fashioned muslin affair , but a creamy ,
silken , clinging robe , which showed the
wearer hadn't slipped it over a .street
toilot. The liiiny lace was disposed wher
ever a bit of lace could bo used. The
confining ribbon at the breast that iust
held the robe together , came out ctlec-
lively in the picture.
"What do you suppose she was taken
that way for'I I asked.
"TlrttV a'good night' for some friend's
album , " was the reply. "Tho most sty
lish society girls como hero to have their
pictures taken for exchange. It's the
thing to have a collection called the
'pcck-a-boo gallery. ' "
" ( teed mercy ! isn't it shocking. How
do they know yon destroy thu negative ! : "
"j.hoy have to lake my word tor it. "
One picture represented the subject in
skirts and corsets , sitting on a low couch ,
tying or buttoning a boot. No mortal
woman over buttoned a boot with her
foot in such an attitude , but it exhibited
any amount of the unemployed limb , and
made a comical picture. Another girl
was evidently playing "thi * little pig
went to market , " as she sat on ono chair
with her foot on another , and held her
self in a dillicult position by her big too.
Another , in the most diaphanous cam
bric undergarments , had herreallv beau
tiful hair let down , and she Meld ono
tress of it uplifted on a comb. This was
a "good night" picture , 1 suppose , or
perhaps "good morning. " Then the
collection got wild. Three slim-Jim
sehool-girlish figures wcro grouped for
thn three graces , twined and twisted
back ns they do in the celebrated group
in the foyer of the opera house in Pans.
That made mo laugh. There seemed to
bo moro elbows and knee pans visible
through the robes that should belong to
six women , and I had to count them up
several times before I was satislied they
were constructed properly. A very pretty
woman , in that ono popular garment ,
was photographed with her face to a
mirror and her back to the public. A
beautiful picture represented a young
mother in a loose morning wrap with a
huge and roplendant bath towel on her
Knees , and a siv-months-old naked baby
lying there. This photograph hud a
dreary companion , for in less than a
month atter it was taken , so the woman
told me , her husband , who is operator at
another establishment' went to the homo
and took a likeness of the little creature
in its casket prepared for burial
CLAUA Hiu. : .
A shattered frame may bo reinvlgor-
ntfd by that wonderful tonic. Dr. ,1. II.
McLean's Strengthening Cordial and
Hlood Purlllcr , it enriches the blood , and
vitnluua and strengthens the whole body.
REMARKABLE AND ROM AN f 1C
Suicide of a French Morquis in the
Oily of Boston.
*
LOVE LETTERS AND LEGAL LORE
The Codmnn Witt Cnse Tnx Dodger *
and ( Governor Atnoa IllRli To neil
Sports at u Hteeplc-Clinso
Theatricals.
BOSTON , May 25. [ Correspondence of
thu Br.K. ] Boston lias lately become
Identified with the French nobility in a
peculiar ami sensational way. Wo have
not only witnessed the suicide of a real
marquis , but wo have had him right hero
in our midst ; have lived next door to him
for the last ten yearsand remained bliss
fully ignorant of the fact of his royalty
all the time. The Marquis dclaTotirasse ,
however , did not live as noblemen us
ually live , ami that is why wo brushed
hastily past him on the street , giving him
no moro notice than a pitying glance.
His story is aad onc.and is but thu repe
tition of the lives of many
men of his stamp who arc
victims of gambling and dissipation.
About ten years ago the Marquis
du li Touras.-c lived in magnificent style
in a beautiful villa just south of Paris ,
iil all the luxury which wealth and
tation can give. In Franco the office of
lotay is a position of great responsibility
ind trust , and in this capacity the mar-
mis held in trust about 700,000 , francs.
110 wont wildly into speculation losing
111 his own great property and linally all
.hat he had in trust. His wife sacrificed
_ ier own private fortune to satisfy a part
of his numerou < creditor * , ami to c capo
ho rest he lied in disgrace to America ,
nd has been living on Chapman street
in this city , earning a miserable living as
i teacher of foreign languages. He mar
ried a second wife here , who died about
two montli-i ago , leaving him with two
small children. A short time
ago lie wrote to his daughter
'n Franco asking her to" come hero and
ive with him , representing that ho held
; i high position in this country. The real
object of this letter was , however , to get
'us daughter to come and take care of his
, wo children. The daughter came about
two weeks ago , but on discovering her
father's circumstances-sJio determined to
return to the comforts of her mother's
ionic in Paris.but her father was equally
determined to keep her hero , and grow
frantic in his efforts to persuade her to
remain. Last Thursday she boarded a
Boston & Providence train for New
York. The invincible marquis followed
icr , and there was an unusually sensa
lionnl scene on the cars.
Seeing that his entreaties were
of no avail the unfortunate marquis
ran to the platform and met instant death
by throwing himself under the wheels as
the train was pulling awav from Canton.
A few days later thepetito form of Marie
Theresc , the daughter , was scon in the
undertaker's ollico in Canton. She in
sisted on seeing the remains of her
father , and when the collin lid was
raised , showing the mangled faee of the
late marquis , the delicate girl fell away
in a swoon. The body was temporarily
nterrcd in a Catholic cemetery and will
later bo removed to France.
mi : < JUIAT : CODMAN WILL CASK.
The gossips which abound both within
nnd without that dainty little world
called society have had an abundant sup
ply of working material since the now fam
ous Codman will case was resumed before
Judge McKinn in the probate court last
week. The details of the affair are in
tricate , but the .bare faet that a few
months ago a wealtny Bostoman , named
J. Amory Codman , died , leaving a greater
part of his estate , estimated at $11,1,000
to a Mrs. Kimball , to the exclusion of his
wife and daughter , was enough to create
a sensation in society circles. Mrs. Cod
man and her daughter naturally institut
ed legal proccedingsi with a view of
breaking the testator's will on the ground
of his haying been subjected to undue
inlluonco on the part of Mrs. Kimball.
The part of the trial which has excited
the most interest is the trunk full of
love letters from Mrs. Kimball
to Mr. Codman , wnich were
brought up and' read by the
contestants. Mrs. Codman sat on a
front seat , dressed in deep mourning ,
while tears frequently crossed , down her
wasted cheeks as the passionate epistles
were read by her lawyers. Of course
there was the usual number of interested
female spectators , who ery quietly ex
changed meaning glances as the tender
words of the infatuated but impecunious
"Violctto" wcro read in evidence. The
correspondence was voluminous enough ,
covering a period of fourteen years. It
was loud in protestations of love and re
quests for cash , full of sweet phrases in
foreign tongues , which tried the lin
guistic faculties of the lawyers , and made
fun for the audience. The case promises
rare developments.
AIIOUTTAX nonr.r.its.
Next to the Codman will case , Gover
nor Ames1 veto of the Beverly division
bill is conspicuous as being the cause of
too many heated and ill-chosen remarks.
Boston like any other largo city has its
lull quoti > of tax dodgers. Beverly Farms
is a beautiful suburb of Beverly , where
some of the wealthiest people of Boston
have summer residences. The claim of
thi-se.summer residents is that they pay
high taxes without complete lire and po
lice protection. A bill has pasned both
house0 of the Massachusetts legislature
incorporating the town of Beverly Farms
and of course .separating the Farms from
Beverly proper , ( iovernor Ames has
taken exceptions to the measure and de
clines to sign the bill , but unfortunately
in his message the governor has
not apparently ba cd his veto
on the merits of the bill ,
but on the way it was put thioiigh. Mr.
Ames does not accuse any member of the
legislature of having received a bribe ,
and he even says that if the bill involved
only the question of a division of the
town of Beverly , ho vvould hesitate to
.set up his opinion against that of thu
legislature ; yet since it appears by inves
tigation thut some twenty-thousand dollars
lars has been spent indirectly to inllu
ence the action of the legislature , ho
deems it his duty to the commonwealth ,
and to the maintainanco of a wholsomo
public sentiment , to strike an emphatic
blow at bueh a corruptive practice. It is
quite improbable that tie ! bill can bo
passed over this veto. It is not a bill of
prime importance , politically , ye I the
republicans of the house do not feel par
ticularly cheerful about it and thu
general effect of the veto on
state polities is as yet
very hard to determine. It is not ex
pected that the affair will materially de
tract from the political harmony of the
republican party in Massachusetts.
KOVro.V M'OIUS.
It was a line day for the inauguration
of the Country club sports lust Saturday ,
out at Clyde Park , Brooklmo , and a
liner lot of gay turnouts would bo hard
to im.u'ino. Not only were all the fash
ionables of lioston there in elegant
equipages , but Now York was also well
represented by Mr. K. Barry Wall , the
well known king of fashion and prince of
dudes , and a generous delegation from
thu highest ranks of swelldom. It was a
huge , fashionable display that glittered
in and about Ihu dub house , each
party vying with the others in
friendly .shows and grandeur , and
it is no wonder that the members of the
club rubbed their hands with glee as the
elaborate vehicles drove up and depos
ited their elegantly attired loaUd of
guests , The floral display and inuslcd
programme were features of the occas
ion , but thu greatest interest naturallj
centered about the exciting and danger *
oils steeplechase contests. The mretind
of the club has so far been n magnificent
success.
In the way of lesser amusements th J
events most worthy of notice ro the ap
pearance of Daly's New York company
in the "Taming of the Shrew" at the
Mu eiim , and lanager Stetson's revival
of "The Mikado" at the ( tlobo.
FIIANZ Sr.ni :
Mrs. Katharine Courho , of lloehr-ster ,
N. Y. , has ju.t celebrated her 100th birth
day. She i' * a very well preserved ohl
lady , and is as brisk as most women
thlity years younger. She sews much ,
and nor eyesight is so good that she can
read or thread a needle without the alii
of glasses. During the past winter she
has made several quilts , and thu length
of the stitches i.s as uniform as thougji
they were made with a machine.
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