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THEY VIGOROUSLY PROTEST ,
A St. Paul Mass Mooting Pleads for
tbo LIvoa of the Anarchists.
PARSON'S LETTER TO CONSTANT
ANkltiK for Clemency
The Claim tlint Innocent Men
IVill bo Murdered at
tlio Hanging.
St. Paul Globe : The pay frescoing on
the ceiling of Turner ImU.wiia not much
in keeping with the sober dre.ss mid
Holcmn faces of the -JOO men , women and
children who met there lust night to
proto-it nguiiiHt the hanging of the
Chicago anarchists. The meeting was
culled by the Independent Socialistic
Union of St. Paul , indorsed by the
Trades mid Labor Assembly of St. Paul ,
and seemed to bo heartily in accord with
Iho announced object.
Einil Constant , u member of the trades
mid labor assemblies , presided at the
meeting and opened the proceedings by
reading a
LliTTKIl KUOM A. It. TAHSONS ,
which ho preceded with the following
introductory remarks :
A great many people think the anarchists
never did any good to the'labor movement.
I know there are many In St. Paul who are
of that belief. To show that they are in
error I wish to read the following letter re
ceived yesterday from A. H. Parsons in ro-
bponse to u request from myself.
The letter from Pardons was received
with considerable enthusiasm by the
meeting. It was dated at the Cook
county jail , Chicago , and was written
on line linen paper , in Parsons' own
hand a beautiful specimen of penmau-
bhip.
Piiisox Cnu.29 , CIIICAOO , 111. , Oct 13 , 1887.
Mr. Kmilo Constant , Dear Sir and Brother :
Your hind letter of the llth lust. , concern
ing the condemned anarchists ( so called ) is
received. To you and the working people
who assemble at your proposed mass meet
ing in St. Paul next Sunday ( October Iti ) wo
Join in fraternal salutations. This is meet
and proper , as the present unhappy situation
of the condemned men is the result of their
active , earnest , increasing labors as organ-
Jzors , orators and writers on behalf of the
: abor movement. It is , of course the studied.
purpose of our persecutors to mislead and
Seeclvo the uninformed to prejudice and ex-
; ito them against us. To this end the cap
italist press , as n rule , pervert and distort
sverything concerning us , and manufacture
nd scatter falsehoods to suit their evil do-
ilgns. Thus they create a "Gorgon
monster" and it
name an
archy. But every Intelligent wage-
worker Itnows that this Is merely n capitalist
amsk to cover up their designs upon organ
ized labor. The experience of myself and
condemned comrades affords umlisputublo
proof of the purpose of aggrandized wealth
to crush out the nspirantlons of the working
class for a better existence. Take the records
of each of us the entire eight up to and
preceding the fatal May 4 , 18SO. Briefly it
shows : Samuel Fielden as vice-president of
the Teamsters' union as far back us 1SSO , ac
tively engaged in organizing trade and labor
unions , addressing mass meetings of work-
ingmcn in Ohio , Indiana , Michigan and else
where on behalf of the eight-hour workday.
The few days preceding the Hay market meet
ing for May 4 , 18SO , ho was after his day's
Work of twelve and fourteen hours labor as a
frtono yard teamster engaged at , night time
organizing and addressing the Butchers' un
ion at the stock yards , the Lumber Shovers'
union , Malsters and Brewers' union , the
. . , Wagonmnkers' union , the Cabinetmakers'
yJ5 union , and many other eight-hour meetings.
\lt lie , with Michael Schwab , August Spies and
myself , were the Invited speakers of the Cen
tral Labor union of Chicago , consisting of
twenty-three trades unions , nt the great
eight-hour demonstration held April 23 , l&SO
ono week before the Haymarket mass
meeting where 20,000 organized workmen
npseuiblcd to proclaim the eight-hour work-
flay.Tako
Take the record of Louis Lingg , the young
: nrpenter , not twenty-one years old , but a
member of the Carpenters' union , one of its
most active organizers and a speaker at their
mass meetings.
And Adolph Fischer , the printer , member
of Typographical union No. 9 , an able writer
and for years an ardent supporter of the de
mands of organi/cd labor.
And Michael Schwab , member of the
Bookbinders' union , and assistant editor of a
Gorman labor paper , an orator of great
power at mass meetings and organizer of
WOKKIXOMK.V AND WOMEN.
Mr. Schwab , preceding the -Itli of May ,
1880 , addressed , In company with myself , the
Iran molders' local assembly , Knights of
Labor , which had been forced to strike
against the exactions of the McCornilck
reaper factory. Ho also spoke at trade union
meetings as follows : Furniture workers ,
metal shovers , lumber shovers , carpenters ,
bakers , butchers , Knights of Labor , brick-
makers , fresco painters , and many other
unions up to Muy 4 , 1880 , and on that night
addressed a muss meeting of 1,300 eight hour
strikers at Dcering's reaper works , llvo
miles distant from the Huymarkct meeting.
Mr. Schwab Is , as is each of the eight prison
ers , an honorary member of the bakers' and
carpenters' unions , and likewise a member ,
as are all the others of us , in the "Interna
tional Working People's association. " All
the above mass meetings were addressed by
Mr. Schwab in the interest of the eight-hour
movement.
The sumo is true of August Spies. Ho ad
dressed some of the meetings where Schwab
spoke , but also many others on behalf of the
eight-hour movement. He visited Omaha at
the recmcst of the Knights of Labor , and
addressed them on the eight-hour move
ment : also the Knights of Labor ut Grand
Knplds , Mich. Mr. Spies was also editor of
a labor paper. His whole lifo for years past
has been devoted to the furtherance of the
interests and alms of organized labor.
Oscar Neobc , who did not know of the
Hayinarkct meeting till the next day , and is
now in the penitentiary serving a fifteen
years' term , Was found guilty by the court
and Jury of organizing the grocery clerks ,
the brewers and bakers into different
unions , increasing their wages and reducing
their work hours from fourteen to ten. Ho
was also marshal of M > mo of Chicago's
greater
LAHOIl DEMOXSTllATIOXS.
, Ho is a tinner by trade and a member of his
union.
George Englo , painter , mid member of his
union , wus noted for his earnestness in or
ganizing the workinginen and addressing
labor meetings.
Of myself I will only say that for twelve
years past I have been a Knight of Labor
and for fourteen years past a member of
Typographical Union No. 10. I have or-
gunized inuny trades unions and addressed
many hundred labor meetings in all parts of
the United States in behalf of the eight-hour
movement. I huvo visited many portions of
the United States on invitations of the
Knights of Labor and addressed them. On
Sunday , May 2 , 1880 , I addressed the eight-
hour demonstration of the Cincinnati ( Ohio )
Trades ussenibly , which hud invited me for
that purpose. Tuesday , May 4,1 returned to
Chicago , and that evening myself and Mr.
Fielding wore attending a meeting held In
behalf of the sewing girls and the eight-hour
work day , when a committee from the Hay-
market meeting came In and invited us to
speak nt the Haymarket. My wife and two
children ( a girl of five years and n boy of
seven years ) with several ladies were present
at the sewing girls' meeting. This meeting
adjourned about 3:30 : o'clock and , accom
panied by my wife , my two children and Mrs.
Holmes , wo wont to the Haymarket , and
these ladles mid children sat on a wagon not
ten feet from the speaker's wngon through
out almost the entire meeting , until wo
sturted on our way homo and were walling
In u hall ut an adjoining street corner when
the bomb exploded.
The Huymurket meeting was called by del
egates of several labor organizations to pro
test against the clubbing and shooting of
eight-hour strikers by the police the day bo-
fore.
fore.Tho
The prosecution wholly failed , as the rec
ord will show and as the court concedes , to
Identify us with the action of the person who
threw the bomb. The bomb thrower Is still
unknown and unidentified 1 Wo have been
convicted by a prejudiced Jury , from serving
on which every workinpmen or member of
Knights of Labor or trades union was
rniiHMi'TOKii.Y en ui.rN < iri > 1
Thus , through us , the constitutional guar
antee of frco speech , free press and nubile
assembly is stricken down , and the blood-
bought right of American citucns abrogated
by the courts of the law.
As to anarchism , that Is a speculative phil
osophy which all of us hold to be the idcul
state of human happiness. Anarchy from
Greek derivation meaning : Ah-no : Archie-
ruler. Hence unnrchism is u society without
rulers or governors a society where the
unions or free groups conduct their own af
fairs to suit themselves. A free society based
on the common owiierBhlp of the means of
existence the resources of life frco con
tracts between the federated associations.
Thus ending forever the conflict between
capital and labor and abolishing poverty.
Now , then , Brother Constant and my fellow
wage-slaves , wo begin to perceive why the
exploiters of labor , why the poverty-breed
ers and crime-promoters are so bloodthirsty
In their denunciations of the anarchists.
With greetings and salutations from nil
the prisoners , yours as over , for liberty , fra
ternity , equality. A. U. PAUSOSS.
A round of applause followed the read
ing , and Hon. Thomas Lucas , of Minne
apolis , a carpenter by trade and labor
representative in the last Minnesota ,
legislature , rose to speak. Ho spoke
with a good deal of fervor and earnest
ness.
HOX. TI10MAS l.t'CAS.
I can hardly realize to-night that I nm in
what was once f reo America.
To-day wo find that it Is a crime for a man
to get up and advocate the cause of labor.
On the night of May 4 , 1880 , these con
demned men attended a meeting and simply
spoke their sentiments and exercised their
right to frco speech. AVhen the meeting had
begun to disperse the iwlico came up and
charged on them.
At that moment n bomb was thrown. \ \ ho
throw the bomb ? There is no evidence to
show that the condemned men were in any
way connected with the throwing of that
bomb. Suppose a policeman should come inhere
hero while I nm speaking to-night uud Inter
fere with this meeting , and some gentleman ,
infuriated by his act , should get up and shoot
him. Under that infamous decision of the
court of Illinois I could bo hung for the mur
der of that policeman.
There has been no conspiracy proven no
tcrtimony to show that there was n conspir
acy. The only man that ever had anything
to do with the bombs was Lingg. Ho made
bombs in n certain pluce.but he left the meet
ing at Harmurket long before the bomb was
thrown. Fielden said "Throttle the law !
Kill the law I" and I on the stage to-night sny
stab and throttle and kill the infamous de
cision which perverts the law. [ Applause. ]
I say that every frco man in America has
a right to say "Throttle the law ; kill the law"
the law that robs us of our rights mid
raises up monopolies. I want to say that I
urn not an anarchist , but I am an American
citizen , and as such I speak hero to-night for
the preservation of of the rights of American
citizens. You. this winter , will bo shivering
and starving ain your homes by the very
things they wore speaking against.
But these newspaper men those public
educators they are the men who have been
the paid tools of those tyrants who are trying
to murder those men. The truth of the
whole matter has been suppressed , and the
newspapers have published nothing but
what would injure the men who spoke at the
haymarket. When the terrible panic which
is now hanging over you like a black cloud ,
bursts in all its fury , and which Chauncey
Depow pictured to you , and then had to have
his statements modified in the newspapers
when that cloud bursts I will bo heard from
again.
u. JULIET SKVKHEXCB.
Mrs. Dr. Julia A. Sevorenco of I ) . A.
10S , Milwaukee , the noted female labor
agitator , was the next sneaker. Mrs.
Severance is a speaker ol great ability
and her remarks were greeted with
much applause. She began by likening
the pre.-iont labor movement to the abolition
lition movement of forty years ago ,
quoting the words of Garrison , when he
was in jail for making abolition
speeches. "Tho time has como when
no honest man can bo out of prison. "
It seems to mo to-night that the time has
almost arrived again when no honest man
can bo out of prison.
Judge Gary ruled that any ono who stirred
up discontent among the laboring classes was
guilty of murder. Under that ruling I plead
guilty. I would infuse into the working men
a discontent that will never rest in any In
dustrious man until ho has a homo ami plenty
and freedom for himself and family and is no
longer the slave of the monoi > olist. I see
looming upin the distance the storm clouds
of a greater revolution than was that of " 70.
The tyrant is not King George this time , but
n more formidable and outrageous oppressor
than any monaro that ever sat ujton the
throne. The minister in the pulpit , largely ,
the judge on the bench , and the press of the
country are his willing tools. His name is
King Monopoly. Wo want a peaceful
revolution a revolution by the ballot.
It is for the advocacy of the
wage slaves of the United States that these
men in Chicago are sentenced to hang. Thev
said things against capitalism that's ail
there was of it. The edict has gone forth
Unit the labor movement must be crushed ,
and every labor leader must be arrested. I
know these men are true-hearted , hones
mon , who were working in the Interests of
their fellow men , and I say to-day that their
sentence is a disgrace to civilization. There
was no proof of the violation of any law ;
and yet those honest American citizens nro
sentenced to be hung because they spoke their
opinions. It seems to mo that by these things
every American who has liberty in his heart
should be roused to action , not by bloodshed
or by violence , but by the ballot. 'Remember ,
upon the freedom of speech , freedom of the
press , rests the liberty of America. A great
hue and cry has been raised that these men
wore carrying arms. If they did , and I deny
that they did , they had a right to under the
constitution. If the people of America could
know the whole truth , and the facts were not
so terribly distorted by the capitalistic press ,
no American citizen would stand by and see
these Innocent men hung.
Mr. Scvcrcnco was followed by Dele
gate Pucrell , of District assembly 40 ,
New York city , who is in the west at
tending the general assembly of the
Knights of Labor now in session at
Minneapolis.
nni.uHATK rntcni.t , .
Wo have not como here so much to protest
against the judicial murder of some of our
comrades , but to warn every ono of you what
it forebodes for the future. It is not so much
for their opinion , us for the active part they
have taken in stiiWuglip the musses in the
interests of the great'labor movement , that
they are to suffer death. Suppose Unit they
had killed the policemen at Haymarket. In
furiated by the invasion of their right to meet
there to discuss their rrli'vutiT , they had a
legal and moral right tV > resist tnat invasion.
The hanging of these men will not intimi
date a single ono of us : I would go to Hny-
niarkct to-morrow night and address u meet
ing in us positive , as vindictive terms , us they
used , and I would huvo no fear of the con
sequences.
sequences.11KSOLUTIONS
11KSOLUTIONS ADOI'TKD.
When Delegate Purcell finished.
Chairman Emil Constant came forward
and presented the following to the
meeting :
Wo believe the decision of the supreme
court of Illinois and in the so-called anarchist
cases was entirely influenced by un inllamed
public sentiment brought about by the capi
talistic clamor for the blood of some leaders
of the labor movement , having us its object
the checking of its rapid and peaceful growth.
Wo believe , further , that the trial before
Judge Gary's court was not fair and impar
tial , and the verdict rendered was therefore
unjust.
Therefore we , citizens of St. Paul , Minn. ,
la muss meeting assembled , earnestly ask
the governor of Illinois , Hon. R. Oglesby , to
use his prerogatives as the chief ofllcer of the
state to prevent the execution of this unjust
verdict.
The adoption of the resolutions was
moved at once by Mr. Stone , of the St.
Paul Trades and Labor assembly , and
they were carried by a rising and unan
imous vote. A copy will bo forwarded
at once to Governor Oglesby , of Illinois ,
and another will be sent to the con
demned men at Chicago.
The next speaker _ was D. A. Seid , the
Chicago socialists , and a member of Dis
trict Assembly No. il ! of that city. Mr.
Sold is a young man , but ho speaks with
a great deal of force.
. u. A. MU : > .
It is agreeable to notice the absence of po
licemen ut this meeting. If the police would
stay away from the Chicago meetings there
would have been no bloodshed or violence.
Fielden said "Throttle the law I Stab it and
kill it. " He followed with another phrase ,
"that part of the law which deprives us of
our rights , which throttles and stabs and
kills us. " We have hereto-night representa
tives of the press. Suppose that these gen
tlemen hero are under instructions from their
employers to strike out everything except
that which Is iinflainmatory. I say "Throttle
and kill and stub the law , the law that makes
monopolies and keeps the laboring man in
slavery , " just as Fielden said. Let the en
tire sentence go to the public , and there is
no harm in it. There are two kinds of law
In this country one for the rich anarchist ,
and ono for the poor anarchist.
The papers in this country have used more
violent language than the anarchists ever
did. And why are they not tried and hanged
just the same as the labor agitators. The
Pinkerton thugs can enter any city or town
in this country , and bhoot down the workingmen -
men , and no court can bo found to convict
them. The newspapers sny that all labor
agitators and socialists are imported
foreigners. This is not so. Before
you stands a socialist who was born
and raised in this country. The labor
question s now before the people ,
and it is going to remain hero until it is setl
tied , and it doesn't matter howmanvincnand
women are hanged while wo arc accomplish-
pushing the end. Wo are not hero so much
to pretest for those men , for the sacrifice of
seven more lives is not so much , but we must
prevent the rulings of tlio courts of Illinois
from becoming law. If they become law
they will bo used in every case where a labor
ing man is on trial.
The speaker who attracted the most
aUention was George A. Schilling , of
Chicago , n member of D. A. 24 of that
city , and a well-known friend of the
anarchists and socialists. Mr.Schilling
speaks slowlyjind in a moderate tone of
voice , standing with his hands crossed
before him.
A. SCIIH.UXO.
My friend just remarked that I am to bo
the next man hung. I am not dcsirious of
becoming a martyr , but if it becomes a ques
tion between ceasing my endeavors on behalf
of labor and of suffering Heath for it. I shall
certainly choose the latter. The public press ,
in relation to this case , is not treating the
subject fairly.
They could not have been fairly tried by a
jury on which every man was prejudiced
against them. Wo protest against turning
the Cook county jail into u slaughter-house ,
when a largo majority of the people of these
United States believe that those men are not
guilty of any crime.
The decision of the courts wus entirely in
fluenced by public clamor , brought about bv
the capitalistic press , so that our capitalist
friends could sleep peaceably on the avenue ,
undisturbed by the labor movements.
If any of you have read the decision of the
supreme court of Illlnios you will see that
they stretched their imagination in every
point where the evidence was weak , in order
to arrive at a decision sustaining the verdict
of the lower court. Meetings similar to this
are being held in many cities , and every
where that decision is condemned by the rep
resentatives of labor. Wo did have u meet
ing in this city of Minneapolis that did not
see fit to place itself on record in any certain
way. I regret that the question of
policy , which was the only qucs-
: ion there , should have prevented the general
labor assembly from expressing publicly what
was in every man's heart. They were afraid
it would affect the respectability of the order.
I not only regret itbut I am heartily ashamed
that questions of expediency and rcspcctubil-
ity should prevent men from doing as they
felt in the matter. I haven't
a great deal of faith that ony
of these protest meeting will do uny
great good. I ask you , from now on , to do all
in your power to sco that the sentence is not
executed. You can do it by such protests as
these. Let them be held In every city , and
let n representative from each city meet in
Springfield on u given day , and lay those pro
tests before the governor. The expenses of
carrying the appeal to the United States
court will bo greater than any of you realize.
We have employed four eminent attorneys ,
Mr. Tucker , of Virginia , General Pryor , of
New York , and Captain Black and Mr. Solo-
man , of Chicago , and I nm told that the cx-
iwnses of printing , alone , will bo at least
S7r , ( KX ) . Every man. woman and child , who
is a friend of the labor movement should
make a sacrifice and contribute a mite to the
fund.
THE CLOSINO Sl'KKCHKS.
It was after 100 : ; ! o'clock when Mr.
Schilling finished his address. Joseph
Labadio , of Detroit , Mich. , also a dele
gate to the general assembly , was intro
duced to the audience and bowed his ac
knowledgements , but did not make any
address on account of the lack of time.
Paul Meyer , of D. A. 40 , of New York
city , spoke in the German language for
fifteen minutes , and Charles Guofkc , a
member of the German carpenter's un
ion , St. Paul , also addressed the meet
ing tn his native tanguo.
After the adjournment of the meeting
a considerable sum , to bo devoted to the
defense fund of the anarchists , was
raised ut the door by voluntary contri
butions and bo the sale of two books
containing a history of the trial and the
speeches of the anarchists before Judge
Gary when the sentence was passed upon
them.
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COXXUBIAIjlTIKS.
Fredevli ? Hrvtoii married Ada Trlmblo re
cently. Mrs , Hryton retired from the stage
a few years ago.
Phcubo Hicks , of Petersburg , V . .hiw mar
ried u widower with tlilrty-oiio eliildren. faho
is his eighth wife.
Senator Huwley's marriage to Miss Horner -
ner , It i said , will take plaee before congress
opens lu December.
Mr. Murphy , of Hoyalton , N. Y. , mid the
Widow Rogers , of Springbrook , met by
clinnco a few nights ago In the Loekport po
lice headquarters , where ho had been taken
for drunkenness and she for vagrancy " °
popped the question through the bars and
she gave her consent , and in the morning
Justice Hlukoy married them.
People get married at some spot on the big
globe every minute of the day , but it isn't
often that "a grandson of the inventor of
shoe-blacking" gets married. In fact , most
persons are apt to assume Unit shoe-blacking
is as old as Ham , son of Noah. Hut a War
saw ( N. Y. ) dispatch tells of the marriage
there of W. K. Miller , grandson as afore
said.
said.At a picnic In a Baltimore suburb several
hundred people congregated to witness a
marriage ceremony. Everything apparently
was carried out as expected , but it now
transpires that the liridu was a hid. and that
the clergyman was impersonated by a lay
man. The change in the programme was
caused by the groom "backing out" at the
last moment.
A woman told Mr. Shell , at the Greenwich
police court lately , that she had been twice
married , both husbands being sons of one
mother , but not the same father. Eighteen
months after the death of the llrst she mar
ried the second , who refused to support her ,
and she desired the magistrate's advice on
the legality of the marriage. The English
law does not allow her to marry two brothers ,
but whether she has done so is a legal conun
drum.
" 1 want my nuptial rights 1" yelled a man
at Grand Knpids Saturday afternoon.
"What's the matter with your nuptial
rights I" asked somebody. "Why , dang it ,
hero I have been to three Justices , and everyone
ono of 'em says I got to get licensed to get
married ! Who's going to license me ? Ain't '
I forty-live yours old I Ain't my hair gray ?
Who's going to interfere with me ? Ain't my
girl thirty , and don't she look iti Neither of
us got any folks 1 What dang folderol is
this , anyhow I" The marriage license law
has Just gone into effect in Michigan.
Jf rumor is to bo credited , there will bo a
wedding from the Hritish legation before an
other twelvemonth , as u wealthy Washing
ton bachelor , who has been attentive to Miss
West for some time past , is stated to have
followed her abroad tins summer for the
purpose of urging his suit. Bo
this as it may , the bachelor in
question , who has hitherto shown a decided
preference for his own country , to the as
tonishment of his friends , early in tuo sum
mer , suddenly announced his intention of go
ing abroad. Though still in Europe at the
present writing , Mr. has written to his
relatives in Washington announcing his an-
I'lciputed return at an early day.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Prisclllu II. Br.iislin , professor of mathemat
ics nt Vassar college , to Mr. Timothy Mor-
rick , of Holyoke , Mass. Miss Bruislin has
been continuously connected with Vussar
since its foundation in 1S03. There is a ro
mance connected with this engagement. It
seems that in her youth Miss Braislin was
engaged to Mr. Morrick , but for some reason
the engagement was broken oft and Mr.
Merrick married some ono else. In the
course of time Mrs. Merrick died and two of
the daughters of the family bccamo pupils at
Vassar and close friends of Prof. Braislin.
Not long since their father again proposed to
his lirst love and was accepted. Mr.Morriek
is a wealthy manufacturer at Holyoke and is
about sixty years of ago. His family con
sists of four boys and three girls.
HOME DECORATIONS
Handsome lamps take the place of gas en
tirely in the "show" rooms of handsome
houses.
The wood of the California sycamore has
lately come Into extreme favor in cabinet
work of all sorts.
Wrought iron has entirely superseded brass
for articles of household use , in which an ar
tistic appearance is desired.
So-called India chairs are popular ; they nro
iniulc of natural bamboo , the pieces tied to
gether with thongs of leather and draped
with rough and very bright-colored fab
rics.
rics.Tho
The whilom craze for Japanese decoration
lias rather died out , but a bedroom or bo s
dolr furnished and ornamented entirely trf
the Jupuncso fashion , is always a thing ol
beauty. . \
The best of all Interior decorations Is nr
open wood lire , but do not bo led Into th (
folly of using ono of the hideous gas linltiv
lions. The humble , unpretentious rcglsto ;
Is far better.
Thin screens of wood cut Into Intricate
arabesques are nowoften applied to the uppc
part of the universal square doorand windov
frames , thus giving them any curved outllui
that may bo desired.
Veneers of the various hard woods are no1
made , and can readily bo applied over th
painted wood work of an ordinary room so
to give It the rich appearance always assoclaV
cd with "hard wood llnlsh. "
The "heirloom business" is not so flourish
Ing as it was , and "ancestral" clocks ant
spinning wheels , purchased at four or flv (
times their worth uro relegated once monte
to attics and store rooms.
Sash curtains of rich but thin material arc
suspended from u slight end ut the top of th <
window frame answer all the purposes of otf
dinury roller shudo , and are much prettier to3
look at cither from within or without. * ,
If you can find in your garret or lumbc :
room an old fashioned mahogany chest o
drawers , rejoieo and bo glad. Polished un <
finished oft" with much brass , they are now
taking the place of the regulation buffets h
fushlnonablo dining rooms. _
Avoid overloading your room with orna
mcnts. No mailer how handsome tlio piece
are individually , they lose nil the effect when
crowded togelhor. A room In which it
owner took great pride was once compll
mented thus by a friend of similar bad taste
"How lovely 1 It looks just like u ninety
iiino cent store. " And it did.
Windows looking over the same view nr
alike in bunging , but their ropitition ceases
Variety is shown in the furniture about tin
reception rooms ; the ornaments on the mnn ;
tels and cabinets arc odd ; companion-piece :
have been banished from the walls , uui
where two or more rooms connect dilToren
carpets are seen. The floors were never mori
handsomely made up. I ft hero are no smal
children about the floors are bare and rugged
If a line , hardwood surfueo Is not practical
the commonest of pine Is leveled with putty
stained and waxed. <
"Old fashioned" rooms are rather n fa <
Just now. They are furnished Just us hanoj
Boino rooms were furnished before th
lusthclio craze set In , with hair-cloth furnl
ture , pictures in the regulation places eve
piano and sofa , cut-glass chundeleirs wit'
tinkling drops , heavy curtains looped baol
over lace ones , and all the other adjuncts o
the "best parlor" of the past. Strang
though it may seem , such rooms have a CCPJ
tain solid stutoliness of their own , and ruthoK
relieve the oyo. wearied with the wilderness
of dccorutlbn that marks the modern draw *
ing room. 'A1
A beautiful and enduring work for women
who can paint , oven If their drawing is rathqc
weak , is making artistic friezes for the wallj
of their pet rooms. Strips of curbridga
paper of a proper tint should be used for a
ground , which , after the painting Is i'n ishcd ,
should bo smoothly mounted on thin , llrni
cotton , and fastened lu place on the wall by
means of moulding strips on top and bottom. ,
The upper branches of rather high growing
trees and shrubs should bo chosen for thesq
designs rather than flowers , so that tho.
sprays will appear somewhere about the
height where the eye is accustomed to se
their originals. l.i
of Cat liny.
Kcw H'ork ll'uilti.
O , there was a count who tried to mount
To a vast financial bight ,
But the clever tricks of Mitklowicz
Are now in a sorry plight.
For ho thought , in truth , that ho , forsooth ,
Had broken the Chinese wall
And laid on the land his grasping hand i
With true adventurous gull.
And he calmly said , while his face was red
From pride at his discretion ,
"I put in ray thumb Just look at the plum
I have In my possession.
For you can't deny that Viceroy LI
Has lost the land of Cathay ,
And I'll show you all , both great and small ,
How ho gave it all away. "
While thus ho cried In fervent pride
At thought of his luck and skill ,
Neither Salisbury nor Germany
Would take the Mitkicwicz pill.
So Viceroy LI will surely try
To regain his great franchises ,
While 'tis the fate of the syndicate
To part with its Chinese prizes.
Thus Mitkicwicz is in a fix ,
And filled with natural ire , ,
And the viceroy's name , perchance ho'J
claim ,
Was never LI , but Liar.
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