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Chamois Novelties , In this line prices
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Artists Oil Colors In Japnnned tin
boxes complete from $3.00 upwards.
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DELILAH'S PART IN HISTORY ,
bailes Stewart Parnell Stands with Eight
Royal Oompany ,
"WE * MRS , O'SHEAS ' OF OTHER AGES ,
view Man , from SiirdannpaluB to Sir
Charles 1)1 Ike , Hun mindly
llnrtcrcd Kingdoms Tor
a Woman's Favor.
pohhrow my heart , hut Itlswondrousslrango !
lure there Is something muru than vrltuherufk
In them
Chut musters ev'n the wisest of us nil.
Ihiwti June Short ,
Whatever may have been the unexpressed
Introspections or retrospections of the author
> f these lines ho embodied a truth of which
history abounds In confirmations. It may ho
laid to have come in with our first garments
Hid bids fair to last until the race has run Its
lourso. Indeed , the latest Illustrious ox-
implo may derive a peculiar satisfaction from
the reflection that our common forefather
' .ost a very dolrabio position somewhere be
tween-tho Tigris nnd Euphrates by yielding
to a similar temptress ou a memorable occa-
lion.
That marvelous character of whom wo delighted -
lighted to hear in boyhood , Samson , could , It
ho were alive , sympathize with. him. The
biblical character tad no Toiy party to con
tend with ; no liberal allies to conciliate and
Is not recorded as having made any struggle
for homo rule or rule of any sort , but ho was
a man of great strength and had an imperi
ous way of overriding opposition , carrying
off city gates , snapping now corns as flax
that is burnt , overcoming
and uoucolving and currying out other radi
cal measures in a somewhat I'nrnolliiiu
fashion. Whether , in these days , ho would
have carried Ills Jawbone of an ass into the
ranks of the landlords or pulled down the
supports of the house of commons is n
matter of speculation. The tnlo of Samson's
glory waa told and the scroll laid away when ,
in the valley of Sorok , ho loved a woman.
Then oamo the shears of Delilah
aud the world , has the wonderfully -
fully pathctlo picture of the blltul
plant trailing his clanking shackles the
weary round of ( the tread mill ,
The royal warrior o Israel of whom It is
ald that his f umo wont out into all lands ,
and the fear of him was upon all nations , was
conquered by the trick of n smile. His long
llfo passed to the ringing of steel shafts on
brazen shields. "Ho smote the Philistines
from Glbcon oven to Gazer. " Iiloab
aud tbo Moabltcs mot him and \vero
like dry prass before tbo llnmes. From the
tlmo the death missive of Gollah , tbo giant ,
whistled from his sling until at a good old
ago ho died , full of days , riches and honor
bo was clad m brcastulato and helmet and
his \vars were victorious. Jut David , to his
sorrow , had a weakness for the soft light of a
ilurk eye unta the ripple of dusky hair over
tbo wblto plram ot a woman's shoulders.
Quo night in Jerusalem at the tlmo when
kings went forth to battle , David walked on
the roof ot the royal palace to bo
AI.ONB WITH HIS THOUGHTS.
There was to bo a battle in the morning
tmil tbo streets of tbo city wcro llllod
with his clmrloU and horsemen ,
foot soldiers and archers , Ho could hear below -
low him the murmur of voices in tho' tents
anil around the rainiillroa the clanking of
armor and the Impatient stamping of tbo
war horses. The palaces about him loomed
up in the uluo moonlight , pale and ghost like
mul afar oil aiuonir the barren rock.facod
bills ho could see the glitter of gold whore
bristled thusjioam of the hosts of tbo fee ho
was to muot in the morning. But across the
court the king's cyo fell upon tbo shining
whtto form of ft woman bathing. It was
Beth-Shelm , the wife of Uriah the Hit-
tlto , anil "slio was beautiful to
look upon. " David evidently looked too long.
Everybody knows the sequel and to what
numberless complications this moonlight
stroll of the royal observer of women was the
prelude. For his sin the sxvortl never departed -
parted from bis house and ovjl was raised up
against him out of his own homo.
A great mmy : years ago there stood In
front of the Uoinan capltol u gcntlcmnn of
good address and lluont of speech , engineer
ing , with as great skill as tlto Irish leader
over displayed , a campaign forofllccand hid
ing his purpose under a copious How of teal's
ever "dead CiuSar's ' wounds. " Marc Antony
bad
SOWN 1119 WILD CUTS
in his youth , and a plentiful crop It was , too ,
if the published accounts are correct , but at
twenty-live ho was presumed to have settled
down into rcspoctablo Hoimui citizen
ship , and until ho appeared in bis
famous oration ever the body of Ciusar
bad been steadily climbing the ladder.
Ho had bliown himself a bravo soldier dur
ing tbo war in Syria , and in the tlireo years'
campaign against Aristobulus In Palestine ,
when ho led the Honian troops through a
scries of brilliant victories. Such bravery
and military skill hail ho displayed under
Ciusar , In his Gallic wars , that the Imperial
butcher had mndo him a tribune of the people
ple and , later , the governor of Italy. An
tony's political star was decidedly in the
ascendant till ho undertook the restoration of
Ptolemy Anlctns to the throne of Egypt and
mot that dignitary's attractive daughtcr.Cleo-
patra. The fact that his enchantress bad
been publicly known as the mistress of tbo
great Cicsar years before and the additional
fact that ! ; o was the spouse of a most estim
able wife , Octavla , were forgotten , and the
great Antony , orator , statesman and war
rior ,
n.uxo UVAY Tim woui.n
with a lauim and held out his wrists to bo
bound a'slave , enmeshed in the not of the
"accursed Egyptian. " I'Y.Ul human nature
will Ibid many excuses for Antony , for it
is said that
The city cast
Her pcnplo nut upon her ; and Antony
Knthronod In thu market pluco did hit alone.
Whistling to the nlr , which , but for vacancy ,
Mad gene to gaza on Cleopatra too ,
And imuloagiip In nature.
There was another , long before the days of
Antony , In whoso veins ( lowed the blood of
Nltnrod und Semlramis ; "descended from a
race of kings who know no predeces
sors ; " of n civilization which looms dimly up
to us through u deep mist of years , majestic
nud mysterious ; of a ttmo when the storlod
bills of Greece and Italy were roamed by
savages and the Kternnl Uity had not begun
to exist. Sardnnapalus , the last king of the
Assyrians was shorn by the shears of Delilah.
What a magnillccnt heritage was bis.
A usn OK iMrr.uiAi. ANCUSTUV.
reaching thirteen conturlcs into the past ; the
stalely civilization of Nineveh and tbo intel
lectual emplro of the world. Stray frag
ments only of his traglo history have comedown
down to us. Byrou has given us a picture :
In his olTomlntUo heart thereIs
A earolusscouriiKu which uonuptlon
lias not iiuimulti'il , und latent energies
Itoprcssod by circumstance but not itest inycd ,
Htuupcd but not drowned In deep voluptuous
ness.
If barn a poiisant ho had been u man
To have ruaehud an empire.
Ills death gives us a bint of bis llfo. Ho had
been suami by the "Ionic ejcs" of Myrrha
and
Would not yield
Kron for the suKa of all that ever stirred
A monarch Into notion , to .forego
A trilling rovel.
All the glory of his ancestry was forgotten
for tbo velvet caress of the pink hand of his
slave. When ull had been lost ho rilled ttio
pnlaco of its treasures and In the court built
a funeral pyre of .his richest furniture and
after ' 'draining one draught to the memory
of many a Joyous banquet past" burned him
self with his concubines. So died Sardanap-
alus aud with him thirteen hundred years of
empire.
Greece has contributed a victim. The son
of Jupiter and Alcmeim w1 Ma still an Infant
with als naked hands strangled the serpents
sent by Juno to destroy him. Clad la the
robe of Minerva and the golden breast plato
of Vulcan , armed with the sword of Mercury
and the bow of A poll and holding
the reins over the horses of Neptune ho
swept through the world like a whirlwind ,
Every boy knows how easily bo disposed ot
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In Plush , Wood , Silver , Gilt Cabinet
Frames , sot with Rhino Stones and Tur-
quols , from 60c to $5.00.
ARTISTIC
CHUTSTMAS PRESKNTS.
Artist's Proof Etching , framed$3 , $4 ,
and up. Steel Engravings , framed , $1 ,
$2 , J3. $1 , So and up. AVivtcr Color
Paintings , framed , $31 , , $5 and uu.
1'aatol Pictures , $2 , $3. $4 , $5 to 925.
Paintings , framed , $2 to 1300.
TRKSHNTS IN EASELS Bamboo
Etvsola , 75c to $10. Oak , Mahogany ,
Gilt and Brass Enrols , $1 to J20.
PRESENTS IN SCREENS Oak ,
Mahogany and Bamboo Screens , $2.60
to $15.
MADAME PA TTI-Endorsing the New Scale Kimball Piano.
. . _ _ . . A .
the Neinenn lion , the Loraan hydra , the
golden-horned stag , the wild boar , the con-
taura and all the rest of tbo nuisances of
those days. But the classic proillo aud bare
arms of
loi.r. , DAuaiiTRit OP KUKTTUS ,
wcro too much for Hercules , and his wife to
prevent any serious complications sent the
hero a robe which consumed his llcsh and ho
sailed away from a troubled world in a thun
der cloud.
A melancholy example which Mr. Parnell
might have remembered is found In the case
of Louis XV. Louis Is reported to have
bad a faithful wife , plain but good
and bo himself is spoken of as having been
"unusually decent" till ho came to an ago
when ho should have been ashamed to bo
anything else. Hut alas , there was a Pomp-
dour. and poor foolish Louis , in splto of the
warlike blood of bis father and the circum
spection with which ho should have carried
himself as the head of a finally , allowed him-
telf to bo captured by her wiles. What vivid
sketches tbo keen satirists of the tlmo have
drawn of tbo enervated monarch in his Pore
aux Corfs surrounded by a bevy of beautiful
girls who had boon stolen from their homes for
his delectation. History has no more unique
picture than that of the dissipated old
monarch teaching these girls to read and
write , praying with them and generally con
cerning himself for
Tiiiu | : sriuiTim , W.I.FAHK.
Multitudes of ladles , wo nro told , were can
didates for positions in this Parisian harem ,
and the history of the government ut this
porlod Is llttlo more than a history of the
changes of the king's mistresses. What a
pair of shears were thos-oof I'omp.ulour.
From harmless mediocrity the monarch degenerated -
generated Into an object of ridicule for gods
and nion. Then down came disasters upon
his devoted head. Wolfe captured Quebec ;
the victorious Cllvo banished the eagles of
Franco from India ; Hawko demoralized and
scattered the navy , ana Voltaire and liosscau
laughed out of existence all respect for
church or state , and paved tno way for tbo
bloody revolution.
Meaawbilo Louis conducted a prayer moot
ing In tno 1'urc aux Ccrfs.
In Central park , Now York , stands a full
length statue of a man whom America de
lights to Honor , but whose locks , If not shorn ,
wcro at least trimmed by the shears reserved
for greatness. Boston , too , has a marble me
morial of him and on the pedestal Is inscribed
"Alexander Hamilton Orator , Writer , Sol
dier , Jurist , Financier. " The ambitious bar
ber has seldom assailed a loftier head. The
limn whom Thomas Jefferson characterizes
with the title of "Co'.ossus of the Antl-Ho-
publlcan I'arty , " whoso genius originated the
policy which nuuto possible the greatest ro-
publlo of all tlmo , who as a stripling could
coolly face a rampant mob , whoso brilliant
dash at the British redoubts at Yorktown put
to shame his French allies , who stood first in
the legal profession of his time , whoso writ
ings swayed the nation and are the text
books of the children of another country , bad
his Delilah , and tbo prints of her ilnirers
stain his character tor ever. No Cleo
patra caught him. Before the imporlousncss
of no perfect , ravishing beauty , did ho bow
his haughty head ; no perfumes of the orient
stole away his soul ; no line spun
silks or cloth of gold enmeshed
his limbs , whllo languid luxuriance
lulled him into u dream heaven.
It was Maria Reynolds Illiterate Maria
Reynolds , the wlfo of aa adventurer. In
ITbU , while secretary of the treasury. Mr.
Hamilton admitted his frailty in one of the
most romarkublo confessions ever published
by a politician. la future disasters en
countered by himself and his party , and
oven iti the causes which led to the duel , can
bo discovered the work of the shears ,
Within the experience of Mr. Parnoll one
prominent figure occupying the same arena ,
has disappeared with a suddenness that was
startling. Everyone remembers tno story of
Sir Charles Dflko's Intrigue with Lady
Colin Campbell. He was a leader in society ,
n power la politics , within easy sight of tbo
goal of every English statesman's ambition.
But the shears of Delilah had been at work ;
the scandal cloud burst und the titled aspir
ant to Urn premiers Lip , faded from the polit
ical horizon.
A. M. WAUOJT.
PKANK
Check Ilcins Condemned.
Some 11 vo hundred veterinary Bur
geons or horse doctors In Great Britain
httvo siRiiod a paper condemning tight
check reins.
DANCING FOR" THE MESSIAH.
Leg Eeligion Grazes Not a New Thing
Among the Indians.
DANCES HELD IN THE EARLY FIFTIES.
They Were Very Slucli Jhlko Those
AVhloIi Arc Exulting tbo Copper
Colored EiitbiiKlasts at
Fine Ultimo
NEIUHSKA CUT , Neb. , Deo. 0. [ Spoclal
to TIIR BEI : . ] Holigious fanaticism , or
craze , as It may bo termed , among the In
dians is not n new thing , according to the
stories of old frontiersmen and Indian fight
ers.
ers.Early in the ' 50's about 1S5U or 1S. > 3 when
Fort Kearney at Nebraska City , was ono of
the principal frontier stations , a religious
excitement took possession of the various In
dian tribes of Eastern Nebraska , nud the
craze was not unlilio that which has for the
past few months caused trouble at Pine
IJUlgo and other agencies. The Nebraska
trlbos aud their religious zeal , however , dif
fered from the recent Indian excitement in
that they had Mifllcient food und consequently
quently less cause to oxclto apprehension
among the traders and military.
liurinir one of the visits of a trader , a man
named Uunnlson , to the camp of the Otocs , at
that tlmo located on Walnut creek , north of
the present site of Nebraska City , all the
mom bun of the lojgoj wcro found engaged
In an omtinc religious soanco , consisting of
a wild and frenzied circle dance around a
center lodge. The trader was not allowed to
approach , but learned that the Indians were
paying revet en co to a "great medicine man" ,
wllo was inside the lodge. Denulson failed
to get a sight of the individual and left the
camp , but returned with several companions
a few days later and found the dauco still
going on , many of the Indians having fallen
out of the circle through exhaustion , and
some had reached such a state that death ro
suited. Tbo "great inodlclno man" had departed -
parted and the dance soon broke up for th.it
time , and tbo Indians explained that the man
was the advance agent of an expected Mes
siah , and that ho had appeared to nearly all
the Indian tribes along the Missouri river.
Ho had visited the Omahas and Pawnees before -
fore ho appeared to the Otoos. and less
than a week later information came
from the Pawnee country that the
great doctor was leadlng-'thattrlbo In a dance ,
and among them joy was unconflned.
lie told his dusky -followers that ho who
came after him would.tur.n the earth Into a
happy hunting ground , and the Indian should
have everything bettor than oven fancy
could picture ; tno whltq people would all re
turn whence they came 'and the aborigines
would again reign sup"remo. The "great
medicine roan" was considered bv the Indians
as immortal , and thciyjjj'j.ily believed lit tbo
time that his promises would bo fullllled ,
They bad no knowledge of his first npnoar-
a jco among the Indians , 'but claimed to have
heard of him for several years previous to his
coming to tbo Otoca. The tidluira of his
coming was sent from the tribes to the south ,
and they all expect&d ' "him with sincere
faith. By these who saw htm the
"trreat medicine man" was described ,
contrary to the regulation spirit agent , as not
an Indian at all , but n dark skinned , long
haired. Toxus Jack appcarlncr individual who
might have been of any ago between forty
and sixty. Ho appeared a number of times to
different Indians and announced the coming
of the Indian redeemer ut an early day and
then ho himself disappeared , the Indians beHaving -
Having that ho returned to tbo spirit world.
Frequent religious dunces were indulged In
by the Indians , who paticatly awaited the
coming ot the great event , but it came not ,
and dually the craze died out.
Tbo strange part of the affair iva-j that the
"great mcdlclno man" was never seen by any
white man , and the latter hod many conjec
tures as to who the Individual was. Some
thought he was Komo Insane trapper or
1 " thought ho was some
outlaw hiding his identity , while
some were sure he was some white caotivo
that had grown up amouc the Indians , whllo
others refused to talto nny stock In the story
at all and believed It an Indian trick , for no
other purpose than to scare the whlto people.
Whatever the cause , the craze was short
lived , nnd the army was not called out to
suppress the fanatics.
Judge Foster of this city , who spent many
years of his lifo among tha Indians , says such
events among them are not at all infrequent ,
and thinks there was not the least cause for
alarm in the recent ghost diuucs and Messiah
stories. The Judge says that according to re
port the dances near Pine Hldgo are very
tnmo affairs compared with some ho saw in
Montana in 1 (15 ( , which continued for
several months , and thousands of In
dians took part In them. Ho was a
chief scout at the tlmo , in the employ of the
government , and the thought of danger in
connection with the frenzied dancers never
occurred to them. In fact the Indians were
allowed to conduct their different dances
within n mile of tbo fort.
One of the dances was known ns the "Mod-
icinoJanee , " which was for the purpose of
making braves , and was going on in sight of
of the fort. Several ladies , wives of ofllccrs ,
u cm stopping at the fort , nnd expressing n
desire to witness a medicine dance , Mr. Fos
ter escorted them to the place. The making
of "braves" consisted in passing a sharp
pointed stick through the fleshy part of tbo
young buck's breast. To the stick was fast
ened a long rope , and the other end of which
w.w slipped with a noose to the top of a
high polo. " Then the dance was on. The
buck who could pull with his torn and bleed
ing boJv hardest nnd longest and dance
around the polo was a "big brave ; " but the
ones that fainted or dropped * in the noisy
waltz wc-ra .afterwards known ns squaw men.
Hundreds of young bucks went through the
barbaric dance , but the ladles who came to
witness tbo dance did not remain long , and
fainting , retired from the sickening sight.
Another method of making braves con
sisted of fastening a stick in the llcsh on the
back , to which a rnpo w.as fa-stoned , and a
buffalo head attached to the other end. It
tbo young Indian could thus drag the bend
for u distance of about a mile ho
was considered a great bravo , otherwise ho
was a squaw man. The dancing ground was
completely covered with Indian blood from
self-lnlllctcd wounds. It was considered a
religious duty from which none shrank , and
was tbo only way in which they could prepare -
pare themselves for war , ana ilnally insure
themselves a place in the happy hunting
grounds , The excitement during those dances
was Intense and the Indians were cra/.lor
than tbo ghost dance could ever make them.
niK n.ti'ititiirr ir ,
D. J. JJmin/itif.
Tlio daylight waiictli and the light fa near.
The russui loaf hangs iestlov > on the tri'o ,
The stnbbled fields nro brown , tlio meadows
sere ,
And brooding sllcnco rests on hill and lea
A listening hllunco that iirousoth four.
Tlio winter comolli and tlio night Is near.
Tim morn \\llh all lt-4 glory ispassi-d away ;
The fhwcri lira dead amlsuentlosson the
weld :
The birds are gene that cheered the fading
( lav ;
The lioop are huddled In the sheltering
fold
They Joy not In the slant Nnroiulor ray.
Thu pleasures of morn iirj pnsiel away.
A nipping fruit sits In thu voiceless ) ) ree/.c ;
The grlovlug skies are olotliod In ashy gray ;
Tim sticuin flows undur tlio autumnal truss
And sadly shows tlio Borrow ot thulr decay ,
There U no sou nil to Hootho , no sluht to ploaso.
Tlio night Isnuaraud fiost h In the bruczc.
Day failoth fast anil clouds are In the sky ;
: o hhadows lilt like ghosts aoioss the
With inoislencJ locks tbo wblto moon rides on
Bculturliu her thin rays on the breeze ? cold.
Inland iinilil tlio sorrow and I MKh
My life Is chill , and clouds nro In the bky.
Underground I/oiidon.
Underground London la far moro wonderful -
dorful than undor-ground Paris. Take ,
for example , its 3,000 mtlca of sewers , Us
.11,000 miles of telegraph wires , Its 4,600
miles of water muliw , ita 3,200 mlloa of
gas plpoH , all definitely flxod , Yet not
even those compare with the vaHt col-
Ini-npo arjn beneath the foot of the pcd-
ostriiin. In Oxford und Hogcnt streets
iilono the capacity Is fanld to exceed 110
ucrcs ,
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In Plush , Wood , Silver , Gilt Cabinet
Frames , sot with Uhino StoncstuidTur-
quota , from GOc to J5.00.
PRESENTS IN MUSIC - Violins
from $2 up. Guitars , $5 autl up. Utm-
jo9oaml up. Mandolins , $8 nnd up.
Xithora , $10 anil up. Autohnrp , W and
up. Music Boxes , $1 to $100. Music
Hooks , olofinntlv bound , from $1 up.
SI1K12T MUSIC , MUSIC BOOKS ,
UlNDURS , ROLLS , ETC.
A PINE LIKE OF INSTRUMENTS.
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5OOOO
PIANOS.
Have been sold by us for sixteen years , and no complaints
from any one.
Hallett-Davis Piano , '
In the market for fifty years.
A. HOSPE , JR. ,
State'Agent ,
KIMBALL ORGANS
115,000 © OLE ) .
The best organ made , which we ofier on monthly pay
ments.
ments.PIANOS RENTED Rent to apply as part purchase
money.
1513 Douglas St. , Omaha
OMAHA WOMAN'S ' EXCHANGE ,
How Its Object Has Been Misunderstood by
Many People.
THE WORK IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED ,
The Willing nut Needy HamU It Ilus
Kept llusy mid the Hungry
Mortals AVliom It
lias 1'cd.
The following Is the report of Mrs. Ida V.
Tlldon , chairman of the committee of the
Woman's exchange to the Woman's Christian
association :
Of nil philanthropic work conducted by
women , piirhans , in proportion to Its value tea
a community , there is nemo so wanting In
recognition as that of the Woman's oxchaiigo
movement. Tnis , wo feel < pillo sure , Is duo
to an Ignorance regarding its work as also
largely to the very nature of the work Itself.
Conducting its business with benevolent mo
tives , not for its own good , but for that of
these who sock Its aid , It can
not bo governed or judged by strlotly
business standards. A prime motive of
the exchange- to dignify lahor , and how can
it better bo done than by encouraging every
woman to dignify her own labor by convertIng -
Ing It to some practical use , Who can Judiro
of Individual necJsl The question Is often
asked : "Uo you really rc.icb the needy I
Some of your consignors do not seem to need
the benents of the exchange. "
To this question we answer : Wo hnvo
helped many nredy , worthy women , and In
preventing others eating the bread of du1
1 peiidonco , wo have ussuranco tlut our work
Inn not been in vain.
It must bo remembered that wo aim ut a
high standard of work , particularly In the
culinary department , and cannot take In
ferior articles , oven though the ono offering
them bo very destitute , and wo nro sometimes
compelled to ask others , who do not need alt ] ,
to consign certain articles of food which
will reach our standard , Let nil under
stand tlmt/vhiMi wo have a needy consignor
who can do the work ns well as a more
favored sister , she will have tbo work given
her to do. No ono who has not been In the
work can understand the many perplexing
questions that have to bo decided and the
amount of detail required for its systematic-
administration.
At the close of any year's work It U not
only fitting'but prollt.iblo , to rovlow tni we-
orcl nnd note all that has been encouraging ns
well as discouraging , nil the surcwses ns well
as all the failures , and so gain knowledge lor
the work In days to como. The past
year has seen many weary hours of service ,
many days of anxiety as to tbo outcome for
the months as they came and wont. Sick
ness and death luvo been In the ftimlllo-t of
some members of the oxchnngo board. Some
have been absent from the city a great deal of
the tlmo , anil ot'iers perhaps have lost HOIIIU
of their enthusiasii for the work. Still ,
some have stood nobly In tholr places , and to
them In u great measure is iluu the gratifying
results of today. Wo are glad th-it at the
close of the year wo nro able to rt-iwrt our
cxuhungo free from debt. Wo have not only
paid all the running expenses , but hnvo
been able to pay the note for $500 which wo
borrowed from the association.
Wo have labored hurd to accomplish this
jmd It has boon nnceislng labor
Every day in the year excepting the Sab
bath and some of the holidays , some of thu
ladies have been In the exchange rooms.
In the lunch department wo Imvo suc
ceeded best. Many encouraging words have
been spoken to us and many Imvo shown
their appreciation of our wont by their con
stant pationago ,
Wo have a corps of five hired workers for
this dopaitment , and It Is n task to always
have their work planned and carried on har
moniously.Vc served during the year 3ft , 100
lunches , averaging eighty per day.Vo Imvo
had nlnoty-throo consignors , who Imvo sup
plied thu exchange with 0,7111 loavosof bread ,
J/'J'J IOUVCM of Boston brown broad , ' . ' ,11)1 , )
dozen lolls , 1,020 dozen cookies , 977 dozen
doughnuts , 1,471 pies , l.U'I cakes , besides
: nnny other edibles ; nlsS i99 ! articles of fancy
work.Vo have filled oidcrs for salads ,
cakes , sandwiches , jellies , catsups , needla
work , ete. Wo are sorry ( hut lack of spaca
forolds our doing as wo would wish
in ttio fancy work and nrt depart
ment.Vo cannot show goods to an nd >
vantage , neither can wo tnko cara
of them as wo should. Wo would solicit n
moro generous pntronago of all departments.
Our greatest need Is a permanent fund
which would yield us an income ns nn assured
basis for our work.
The Woman's oxchnngo Is no longer an ex
periment und it is hoped some plan nmy no
devised for adding to the annunl subsclptions
a sum which will provide a regular income to
meet the ordinary expense and thus relieve
the board of so much anxiety und insure the
continuant-oof su useful nhcnevolunt uork.
Hoforo closing this report I wish to extend
my sincere thanks to the members of the
hoard for their patience , forbearance and
helpfulness.
I desire also to express my thanks to each ,
of tbo employes of the exchange for the
respect and courtesy sliowii mo turoughout
the year.
I am grateful for the good work they have
done nnd feel confident that tbo future prom
ises ns fair. I bespeak for my successor the
.samo generous support and consideration
that nas always been shown mo ,
The Kiniuaron Dance.
When Tuglloul and Ellslor , the two great
dancers of the days of our grandfathers , wora
at the height of their famolhoy recjivod an
amount of homage that it stirs the blood oven
now to read about , says the I'hiladclphiii
Times. KvoryboJy , except perhaps .Mr.
IIowolls , recollects what Thaekery felt for
Sylphido , " Tagllonl's moit charming ballet ,
nnd it was of Kllslcr's dancing that , as wo
know , Margaret Fuller said to Kmorsoa ,
"Air. Kiiiorsoii , It Is religion. "
Exactly what tbo tumpomious Mirgarot
mo. nit by this phase has never been certain.
It fits very well , ho.vovor , with the Massa
chusetts variety of Hellenism , \vblch \ bo'.U
these distinguished philo ophew kept In u
pot in their front windows , and It does un
questionably speak wjll for the dignity ot
Mine. lOllsler's stops. They were , to ttio I'ul-
lerlan mind , something removed from tbo
sphere of our own pollus , nnd so far ro-
movcil us to bo transcendental. The force of
more adjectives could never express , to the
dcgrco that is indicated by the working * of
Margaret's mimUiotv miraculously frco from
vulgarity Mine. Ellsler's dancing must have
been.
Somewhat different is thodnnclngof today.
The French and Italian schools of the ballot
have boon crowded to the rear of the stage
by the English and Spanish , und skirt dancer
and the ballerina reign together , Their
poses and gyrations , graceful and charming
us they maybe , cun hardly bo said to consti
tute u religion. In fact , tlioni Is the strong
est reason against It , .since all religions are
based upon some defined and universal prin
ciple , wnoro.14 almost every one of the mod
em dancers with skirts uud castanets an
nounces that she Is thu Invcntrix of her own
stops.
Otero and Carnicncltn have both enjoyed
the sweets of American popularity , but tbo
latest fashionable admiration is the kangaroo
dance , which is attracting largo audiences in
Now xork. It appears for ten mlniitos In
each act of a certain pluy , and to most people
fortes thu pluy's chief attraction. Its clilof
chrractorlstlo Is that it is Indescribable. It
demands much gymnastic ability , and is per
formed with audacity uud vehemence , it also
uses up silk ami Incoat a rate that must maV.o
Mr. McKltiloy break into a breakdown of de
lighted imitation. U Is danced by Miss Kdltu
Kcnwnrd , anil It Is not n religion , lint tbo
homage of the entire city is at the daucur's
feet.
of tlio Mnulcorol.
The Spanish rmukorol , with It
smooth , cono-Bhapod body , is umoiij (
the HwlftOHt of flslcH. and for BpocU enl '
Unds a parnllol in the dolphin. There IM
a great Bimilliirity in uluipo hutwocu
these two , und both out thu water like a
yaclit. The first follows the fastest
Htonmora with thu proatost oa-so , In HH
diudicH swimming ut 11 vo times tholr
npocd.