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The Lady of Lyndhurst with an Income of
$100,000 a Tear.
A GREAT FORTUNE AND A HOME
Gossip About Women hi ( Junorul anil Some
In rnrllnuliir Fashion N'otos nnil
JItipl > i-nliis | In AVonmii'B
Wurlil.
The most talked of young lady ut the
present tinio is Miss Helen Gould , daughter
of the deceased nnancicr. She is 10 years
old , lias an income of $100,000 a year , and is
the owner of Lyndhurst , one of the most
magnificent homes in tlio country.
Miss Gould's inhcritanco makes her , prob
ably with ono exception , the Holiest young
and unmarried woman in America. The for
tune of Miss Garrett , daughter of the late
in-csidentof tlio Baltimore & Ohio railroad ,
Is larger than Miss Gould's , but a part of
Miss Guri-clt's fortune has been made by her
own business sagacity. Miss Gould is
abundantly competent to take euro of her in
terests , for nho inherits someof her father's
business quality , although in disposition she
suggests her mother. She is now richer than
any of the ( laughters of William II. Vunder-
bilt , and very mueli richer than any of the
Astor girls.
The family trait is n markedehuructerislio
of Miss Gonld. She is not a society girl.
She cures not for its display , preferring tlio
calm of homo amid congenial associations
und surroundings lo the jostle and crush of
fashionable life. She is serious minded and
kind to tlio unfortunate. Hegularly and
quietly she goes to an asylum in New York ,
bringing many comforts to the afllioted and
spending hours reading to tlio bedridden.
In miuuier and person she is as eharming
as her fortune Is lavish.
#
There arc nil sorts and kinds of girls , but
of the lot tlio matinee girl stands out as a
typo nil by herself a pretty , purely femi-
nlno hit ( if winsomencas that sometljnes ,
however , acts just a bit silly , but on the
whole is a very charming little creature , en
joying thoroughly tlio mild dissipation that
will absorb her Saturdays in person and her
every other day in the week in anticipation
and imagination. The matinee girl is usually
qulto young , and the style of play that an-
pealsinost to her is of an entirely romantic
character , for nliio times out of ten she
looks upon the actor who assumes the prin
cipal role as tlio hero ell the stage that ho
represents on it.
She weeps over his woes and revels in his
Joys , She sniflles and eats candy at the
same , time , and when the curtain falls she
goes away to dream over the situation and
imagine herself the heroine. The matinee
girl usually has a double , one who dresses
llko her , acts Hkohernnd enjoys the same
sort of entertainment They hunt in couples
and Imow every handsome leading man by
reputation at least , and a sight of ono of
their heroes on the street is something to be
talked of for months to come.
They generally giggle when shown to theli
scuts , mid if any contretemps occurs are con
vulsed with not always secret , but usually
uncontrollable , laughter , One thing , how
ever is in their favor ; they do not earo a rap
fora single man in the audience. Their
affections arc centered on the stage lover ,
and , true to their allegiance , they go Satur
day after Saturday to see some one of these
adorable creatures whom they in their girl-
( fthJI.cnrU ) believe to bo all that they repre
Is'a markeu ,
some of the liflj > erlmpsj . .vjSloms-n g.rad
Kngllsh Christmas , ' "i
Ireland in the Christmas holiday time u ,
scenlailly perhaps in its least pleasing as
pect. Hut nature's hand is a loving one
even In the Irish winter , and the blessed
hold that Christmas time ban taken vixm
the universal Christian world heart , blended
with Hint marvelous compensative ixiwer o (
utilizing the most trilling possibilities for
companion. She is too sharp to be agree
able. Her cutting speeches , rife with scuth-
inir personalities , cause her to bo shunned
rather than selected as one of those charm
ing sort of girls men and women both admire ,
f slio writes u letter her pen seems to have
teen dipped in vinegar , and though her com-
msition may bo the very acme of elegance ,
still such an epistle is not received with the
warmth that ono of those gushing , girlyliod
> ut altogether friendly ones always obtains.
Die sarcastic girl may possess talent far
ibove the brce/.y creature who candidly ad-
nits that she would rather read one of "This
hiehess , " novels than an essay of Kmerson's.
She may bo able to universe in seven dilVer-
-nt languages. She may be as beautiful as
in hour ! , hut men will bo afraid of that
sharp tongue , and the purely feminine crea
ture who weeps and laughs by turns with
Phyllis and Molly Uuwn will win the admir-
ition and preside over the homo of the
greatest catch of the season , while her more
irilliunt sister , with her dangerous sharp-
less , will be left to her sarcasms and soli-
.ude. Sarcasm is not wit , though wit may
iii-sarcastic. One can bo bright and say all
manner of clever things without hurting the
reelings of others by keen knife-edged opin
ions that are subtle with bitterness and
teeming with gall. Sarcasm is not n quality
Lo lie cultivated. It is a rank weed that
omo .started grows and grows , choking out
the littio plants of kindliness , forethought
and i onhidcration until it overruns the gar
den of i he mind , dominating and controlling
each thomrht with a disagreeable , pungent
odor that cannot bo eradicated.
*
The Vassar Students Aid society is such a
recent innovation that few people outside of
the college element know anything about it
or its aims. It does not give pecuniary aid ,
but lends It to girls who promise to return
whatever they have received as soon as con
venient after graduation. This prevents
them from feeling that they are the recip
ients of charity and ajsn keeps replenishing
the treasury of the society. The society is
composed largely of nongradimtcs-tho
wealthiest class of Vassar students -and it
aims to keep them in touch with the college ,
and to renew and sustain old friendships
that time or separation may have interfered
with. The general society holds an annual
meeting every fall in one of the large cities ,
at which delegates and members from all
the branches are present. A general reunion
is also held every coinmencemeiil at the col
lege. The society numbers among its mem
bers residents of Mexico , Germany. South
Ameiica and India. Associate members ,
both men and women , are cordially wel
comed , and need no quuliilcalionii but those
of refinement and intelligence. They arc
not admitted to thn business meetings or
allowed to have any voice in the workings of
the society , but they may enjoy all Its other
privileges ,
" #
When manual training , with Its domestic
economy department of cooking and sowing ,
was hi ing urged as a necessary part of pub
lic school training , teachers and wise men
brought forward the argument "that it is
not needful , for motheis teach UKM >
things , " writes Miss Grace Dodge in a care
fully prepared article on this most important
subject In the November Ladies' Homo Jour
nal. From every ilty came the answer.
"Motheis do not teach these branches , anil
our girls are being brought up without prac
tical household training. " One summer a
lady had iiX ) girls from oftlccs , stores and
factoi lea to board during two weeks' vaca
tion. At the end of the summer sbo found
that but nine of the number knew how to
make a bed. and many of them made It a
boast that they never had made a bed In
their lives. " Homo did not even know
whether bheet or blanket should bo put on
llrst. And these \\ero not destitute girls ,
but such as represent our self-respecting
wage-earners girls who were boarders , pay
ing a fair price , and yet who were exacted
to make their own beds. Mothers had not
trained them. Thereare hundreds of briglit ,
intelligent girls of 15 , 111 , IS and even oldei
\ilio have never sewed and do not know
whether n thimble should go on their thuml ;
or forelinger. What kind of wives and moth-
rs are they to make ?
*
1 Tf
rie'd irreatest novoltfes of the season art
was too lu'f'B ' l'lu ' leather goods , which
1" the regular forms him
was now too ttf"K " ,
frivolous aud ubaudoueil
orous sands eve. '
and It was oven ft.
pounding of the brca. .
garishness in color. Scarlet seems to be
the favorite tint just now for purses and card
cases scarlet ornamented with gold , and
silver edges and corners. More daintily
beautiful are the white leather goods. Some
of the more costly card cases have sprays of
violets or single pansieh in enamel on silver
set in the outside by way of ornament.
Others have the linest and most beautiful of
gold and silver iiligreo work , almost like
lace , and not infrequently sparkling with
tiny diamonds. Very genteel and attractive
arc the purses of dull green li/.ard skin and
of a peculiar greenish-blue tint in smoother
leather.
*
# *
Tlio fashion of bringing out a girl by
means of an evening reception Instead of an
afternoon ten seems to bo gaining ground. It
has the merit of being more distinctive- all
events , says the New York Tribune. Where
a tea is given for the purpose of introducing
a debutante to society , it is becoming an
unwritten law that those of her friends who
have been invited to receive with her should
remain afterwards either to dinner , or ( as
was done very successfully in the case of one
young lady lately ) for a sit-down supper ; a
number of youinr men being asked to stay
aft < r the reception in informal fashion.
The dress of thaw who "assist" should
not be too elaborate , as ills the debutante
that should be the c.\nosuri ; of all eyes ; it is
in bettor taste , therefore , for her friends to
consider this , and to wear less conspicuous
gowns themselves. '
*
*
Ono of the late fads in New York is a
"dove'1 whist class. Sixteen young women
meet once a week from 11 to 2 , anil a simple
luncheon breaks tlio absorbing games
promptly at 1 o'clock. ByJ o'clock they
have separated. leaving time for any after
noon engagement. "We are tired , " said ono
of tlio members'of ' being politely snubbed
by men when a game of whist Is suggested.
You know how they will refer to 'ladies'
whist , ' and we propose to become thoroughly
posted In thn game. A littio box stands on
every ono of tlio four tables , into which a
penny is dropped for every word uttered
( luring the playing of a hand , and the olTense
of asking what is trumps can only bo con
doned by the payment of a dime.
"These are our only regulations. After
ICnstcrwo expect to give a whist party , each
member inviting one' man , who must bo a
good whist player to be eligible , to KsJ , the
skill wo expect to have acquired by that
time.
*
The education of a \ iennesn girl includes
the regular school work until ! her fifteenth
year , a tier which she goes through a cour.se of
teaching in the kitchen , under instruction of
some member of tlw family or a trained
cook , lasting from ono to two years. Asa
11 suit of this training Austrian women are
naid to make most efficient wives and moth
ers. They are as accomplished and capable
as Knglish women , as witty in society as
Parisians , and are noted for their beauty
among Kuropcun women.
l.alo riiNlilnii .Vole * .
Hlack velvet cloaks and very long circulars
are again in fashion.
limeades will form the basis for evening
gowns for the winter ,
Hats have brims faced with velvet and
are trimmed with a piofusion of soft ostrich
tips.
Almost all bonnets arc placed slightly back
on the hoji'l , framing the face In becoming
fashion.
Tin-outlets and neck scarves of various
kinds of fur showing head , e.u-s , tail and
paws of the animal , are in high vogue.
Hint-It bongulino. Ottoman faille , aud other
shining lusterless corded silks are greatly
used for church , reception and visiting
diesses.
Hairpins are now in sots of seven and the
two largo and live small ours match in de
sign. The lops are in gold lleur-de-lis , clover
leaf or dagger designs , and the pins in tor
toise shell.
The fashionable mini ; tall trimming that
was so popularul thobeginnlngof those-ason
is already practically out of the market , the
supply of this littio animal's tails being
entirely exhausted.
Ono of the prettiest evening bonnets is a
tiny square umilo of gold spangles. It is su
arranged that the point of the square comes
Just in front. Here is placed a white satin
ribbon rosette , out of which spring two liny
white wings.
Bctirrcnoix , or butternut-brown of a de-
eidel.v reildUh shade , appears among some of
the rich fabrics of the .season. It is often
used by ladies' tailors for elegant visiting
dinner dresses of curded silk and plain vel
vet , camel's hair , velours , bungalino and
ladies' cloth.
Kough Irish frie7.es and homespuns , with a
toast brown , dark green or blue ground ,
sprinkled over with dashes of shaggy curled
threads of scarlet , yellow or gray , receive a
distinct impress of style by means of accessories
series of cloth matching the dashes of color
in the material.
Among the beautiful textiles that leading
dressmakers are fashioning into elegant even
ing toilets are lustrous satins in rose color ,
silver gray , magenta and I'erslan mauve ,
brocaded with silver thistles , carnation and
hawthorn sprays in gold and silver emb.ssed
work , chrysanthemum clusters , etc.
.Toweled pins for the hair take on many
fanciful forms. A most fashionable pin for
the hair is a Jeweled dagger , the hilt
encrusted with diamonds or some other
precious stones. Sometimes the hairpin is
surmounted by a gorgeous bug with opal
wings , ruby thorax and emerald body , or a
miniature swallow of diamonds , or a tiny
warrior's crest , or an outspread fan , covered
with brilliant jewels.
Tlio lumost earn is necessary in lilting the
lining of each gore of the "sugar-loaf , " or
umlnella .skirt , otherwise it will surely
either drag or "bag. " If practicable , the
linhij' should be silk , which does not stretch ,
is soft , and therefore falls well , and further ,
says an experienced modiste , it , renders Un
seams less bulky , in which case it is easier
to overla.v them with trimming according to
present fashion.
There is nothing especially new in ladies'
rinirs. The favorite shape of the season has
cithern long marquise setting or is a straight
band of gold set around with gems. The
smallest band rings , which are the meiest
edges of gold , set half way round with diamonds
mends , rubles or emeralds , are still worn in
groups of three , including ono ring of each
kind of jewel. Sometimes a single ring of
this kind is worn as a guard to a more valu
able one.
White velvet dresses are much worn this
whiter , made without ornament of any kind
save the the thick rouleau of white satin all
around the bottom o/ the skirt. The mater
ial is cut away from the shoulders and
throat and rests on tile skin without any In
tervening lace or embroidery. This , is , of
coum * , tr.Ing to tiny''but ' perfect complex
ions , but a pretty vtoinim looks to uncommon
advantage in such a thnvn. The sleeves an-
vor.v much puffed and are ilnlsbed off at the
elbow with a rouletiu'hf white satin. Hlack
velvet frocks are made up in the same fash
ion , the rouleau in thifc case being replaced
by u verj thick blai'k'silk ' cord.
One of the natty winter coats worn by
stylluh young women Js ilttcd exactly llko a
very long close priac-esso bodice in the back ,
the skirt portion divided into long , slender
tabs , silk lined , and edged with a tiny roll of
fur. These are inado'of old rose , dark blue ,
garnet , moss green or nmhognny-biwui
cloth. The fronts pjiqii over breasts of fur.
or of cloth of a contrasting color elaborately
braided. Other coap ) of Hnsslan style are
very long and have ample colonial waistcoats
of rich I'erslan brocade , and the coat trim
mings are of fur and Persian passementerie.
There is no prettier street dress for a half-
pro wn girl than a long red beaver cloth coat
made with two deep capes edged with black
astrakhan fur. The rovers of the doublo-
breastcd garments is also covered with fur ,
and a fur collar and muff to mutch complete
the costume. Tlio hat to go with this be
coming cloak Is a red felt , trimmed with a
largo , iiat how of black ribbon , and the hall-
is brushed simply back and tied also with
black i-iblmn. Quiet simplicity marks
the dress of a well-bred young girl , and
fashion has wisely decided that she should
not imitate her elders in elaborate effects of
frills and frig/cs.
Wlmt Women Arc Uulng ,
Girls , consider the crow. It never speaks
without raws.
Mrs. Cleveland htis accepted membership
in the National 1'jess league.
Miss Corullo Quay , daughter of the sena
tor , is ono of the bright young women of
Washington society.
The duchess of Portland is the only woman
who ever had a dress made and sewed on her
lierson while she stood upright.
The daughter of .lohn .1. Ingalls may bo
the coming opponent of Mrs. Lease. They
ire active members of the tariff debating so
ciety.
Mrs. Hancock , widow of the general , is re
ported seriously ill in New York , where she
recently arrived after a long visit to
Dresden.
On the authority of Miss Romans , a pro
fessor of gymnastics , the muscular young
women of Boston discard corsets and high-
iieoled boots.
Probably the only woman customs broker
in this or any other country Ts Hulda Graser
of Cincinnati. She is only til years old , but
already she controls a large and profitable
business.
Mrs. Martha O. Strickland of Detroit has
been admitted to practice law at Memphis ,
Tenn. , having fallen in love with that town
during the recent convention of Hie women
in Memphis.
Miss Ada Kohnn ran afford to remain quiet
and enjoy the display 'of silver-mounted
jealousy now being made by the actresses
who were not invited to pose for the Mon
tana statue.
Mrs. Depew is. in some respects , the oppo
site of her A\itty husband. She has a seri
ous face , big black eyes , long straight
features and a low , sweet voice. Her favorite
colors are gurnet and mauve ,
Mrs. Lease's senatorial aspirations are not
now ignored by her own sex. She is the
holder of the most remarkable collection of
endorsements that any woman has ever had.
The.t'omo . from women of every degree and
from every one of the stales.
DOne cent apiece Is what the Chicago sweat
ers pay women for finishing a vest. Two
women , by working fourteen hours a 'day ,
are able to earn .Jl.W ) a week between them.
Men of the sweater stamp should not be
obliged to wait until after death for their
punishment.
A woman aged fKlut Holyoke , Mass. , has a
suit pending for ? 1XK ( ) damages for a stolen
kiss. If sin ) should secure the price de
manded nnd thus establish a precedent , the
Industry in that state would be crushed en
tirely , as the maiden vaiiety of osculation
would come too high even for the plutocrats.
All the world knows that American
women arc largely Inllucncln I , < nnliin society
in these dii\s. , The wife of Colonel Ralph
Vivian , who was Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts ,
a wealthy New York widow , is this winter
devoting much time and money lo charitable
work in the great ICiiKllsh metropolis.
' Guild of London
Tlio Women's Co-operative
don is going to \\iii-lf for shorter hours and
improved conditions for co-operativo em
ploye * , and also proposes to help women's
trades unions and to support progressive
women candidates to local bodies. Among
the minor items of work appear classes on
account and bookkeeping" and "addresses on
co-operative balance sheets. " This associa
tion numbers Ti.OOO members , mostly married
M-oinen.
Hildegnrde Hawthorne , the eldest daugh
ter of the novelist and eldest grandchild of
the great Hawtborne , is a remarkably
pretty , fresh-faced girl who does not appear
like the intellectual heir ot "Tho Scarlet
hotter , " nor of "Garth. " Yet , she probably
deserves Iho distinction of being the young
est contributor to our llrsl-chiss monlhlles.
A wonderfully clever nnd Hawtlmrnesquo
sketch by her was published in Harper's
when its author had scarcely reached her
IBtli birthduy.
JMI'IHTJHS.
The Christian Advocate says that at the
dedication of a church recently in a capital
city it was announced that among the sub
scribers were Mr. Senseman , Mr. Poet , Mr.
Sourbeer and Mr. Pancake. And a lady of
the same church said that she was once con
nected with a Sunday school which con
tained nt the same time three scholars ,
named respectively , Porter , Ale and Sour-
beer. Once iu Maryland a lady , during a
religious gathering , entertained threeguesls.
strangers to her and to each other , named
Mrs. Sprinkle , Mrs. Showerand Mrs. Storm.
On a i-econ * rainy Sunday two nice looking ,
well mnnncrrd mm stationed themselves in
the vestibule of an Knglish church and re
lieved all who entered of their umbrellas ,
saying that the viiar disliked having wet
umbrellas carried into the church. When
the services ended the people looked for the
two men , but they had quietly stolen away
and also the umbrellas without waiting for
the benediction.
*
"And now , my friends. " shouted the fron
tier evangelist , "remember that he is no man
at all who never has done anything to bring
tbo sunshine into Iho hearts of his fellow
men. "
"I guess that don't hit mo , " continued
Alkali Bill. "I've let daylight into more fel
lers 'n 1 can recollect. "
A bishop in the Episcopal church is a peri
patetic personage , forever on the wing , and
overontertained with feasting of the cold
lunch variety. The peed gentleman who
siws himself "William of Albany" was asked
the other clay by a friend with whom ho waste
to dine if he bad any choice as to food. He
answered impressively : "Yes. an ox , and
have it hot. "
*
* *
Will Professors Hriggs and Smith know
win-tiler they are "heretics" when the inqui
sition gets ihrough with them ? No man of
modern limes in tin ; Presbyterian church
has his naini ! more intimately connected with
theoloL'ical literature than ProfessorBriggs.
What must be itono ivilh thai ? Kvury Pres
byterian library will have to be scoured and
furnish material for a buiillre.
*
' Fashionable" Hatter ( leading the prayer
ineulhigi While Deacon Hebrides is pass
ing the lull we will sing from jiage'-'Ol : "Is
Mj Name Written Thcrof"
-X-
"Do you think wo will have icotbis Christ
mas ; "
"i don't know , " said the young clergyman
who bus n closet full of ornamental footgear.
"It's likely to bo a slippery time for mo. "
Poor Minister-1 fial a very attractive
note from Mrs. Coupon today , dear. His
Wife Ys : what did she say { "Nolhing ;
it was a llfty. "
K-
The religious editor ( ff the SI. Paul Gloho
turned in a leader under HID captionMs :
the Ministry a SinecuroC' Of course it isn't ;
it is only a sinlcuro.
Almost $1,000,000 has already been pledged
toward the erection of the Cathedral of St.
.John the Divine. The corner stone will lie
laid on tuo2 ! lli hist.
Dr. Pentecost , who goes over from this
country to take charge of a Presbyterian
church In I ondon , is to have house rent free
and a salary of $7 , < riOO ai.u . - .
The lute Mgr. Verius , coadjutor bishopof
British New Guinea , received news of his
appointment while bo was In mud up to his
knees , helping to draw logs from a swamp
whcrcwllh to build a mission station.
The recently olovutod Cardinal Vincent
Vannuielli is a younger brother of Cardinal
Sonifhi Yannutclli , and this is sahl to be tint
llrst time in Hie history of the Sacred college
that scats in il have been uimullaneously
held by brothers.
Mgr. Diimont , bishop of Tournnl , Belgium ,
who has just died , was a man of great learn
ing and much executive ability. Ho will bo
chielly remembered by Iho world at large ,
however , for his llerco conflict wlih the
pope. It was caused by a publication in a
liberal newspaper , with Die bishop's aullior-
ily , of certain lollcrs which hail conio into
the bishop's possession. The publication
caused a great scandal in the Roman Catho
lic world.
Bishop William Piercy Austin , bishop of
Guiana and piimato of the West Indies , died
at his home. Kingston House. Georgetown ,
Domeraru , November " , having Just com
pleted his Vith year. He was known as "The
Nester of the Church , " having received
that designation at Iho pan-Anglican synod
llml met at Lambeth iMluco , 1/oniUm , in
IhftH , for at that time he had held the mitre
for forty-sis years. His consecration took
place In Westmln.sj.er abbey when ho was
not quite 35 years old , the youngest bishop
of the day , and it is recorded that after bo
had "kissed hands. " ut court the iiuuen de
clared him to bo her "youngest and
.somest bishop. " He was a man whoM
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splendid
physique. He was deeply love
and respected in his colony
by men of everv
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be .ing divided by a vertical line through tins
middle , forming t\vo separate columns , each
" ' ' " ' two inches wide. Anolhcrremarlcable
n"i H10 001' is Ulllt tanmny
i
cs throughout the
words arc printed in
led. presenting an unique appearance The ' ' 1
VOIIIMO is aboutIxli { . . . ! :
- inches , tt WI | tl , , , , ,
UJ.\ good state of preservation. The dis
covery of this hook gives denial to the ifen
eially conceded opinion that the first bible
was printed in ir > ; t : > .
NIGHT SCHOOlFOallUSSIANS ] ,
Former Sult | < i-U of Dm o.ilr TilnK t ,
Jluslcr tin- . .
Thirty-Jive mature "primer rats , " as the
kindergarten alumni designate those hi
nlghtcd pupils who arc still .slruliiir with
the letters of the alphabet and are vi-t unfa
miliar with thcfrniiiilrevolatiun.sof thcKirst
renler , assembled at Dodge school Monday
night I'or the purpose of being initiated in the
beauties of the JOngllsh language.
It was n solemn and attentive class. All
were grown up people. There were hut four
smooth shaven . \oung men , the olhers being
houvjly bearded. There were flaxen beards
and black beards.1111 ] beards well sprinkled
with gray. In the class there were two old
men apparently on the shady side of sixty
yeais. They were all Russian .lews bent oil
acquiring a fluent Anglo-Saxon vocabulary.
'I bo liiBtruclor used Iho alphabet us a text
on which lie discoursed very fluently In Iho
Slavic tongue.
Some of the learners possessed moro or less
faulty understanding of Knglish. All knew
the names und values of American coins.
from a penny to ten dollars , and could reckon
fabulous sums In dollars , though always using
tlio Russian equivalent for figures above ten.
Be.soml this familiarity .with the copper ,
silver and gold coins of the republic these
whilom children of Ihe c ir showed painful
ignoninco of "American. "
Kvcryone was eager and willing to learn ,
however. Theentiro class showed that the
studies were undertaken for tlio bent-lit to bo
derived from a clearer understanding of the
ICiiglish lungnage ami not through any idle
impulse. Many seemed guided simph by a
desire to gain certain information to bo put
to practical application , whllo others ap
peared to desire to study tlio language systematically
tematically- and M'oll.
Pronunciation was one serious drawback
to the class. Many pupils brought In already
acquired information which the instructor
failed lo rocognUc at first anil only with dif
ficulty identified , oM'ingto faulty enunciation ,
The twenty six letters of the alphabet en
t < red the cars of the Ihirly-Ilvo learners In
pure , pcnclruling Anglo-Saxon tones , onl. ' , to
1)0 belched forth from thirly five mouths
like abdominal thunder. Tlio class ts very * l
promising. What is lucking In quick intelli
gence , imagination and ready comprehension
Is made up in determination to liruni , uloso
attention und untiring upplicalion.
There were some amusing Incidents. Im
patient pupils , anxious for Information that
would aid or guide them in their business af
fairs , would ask midden and unexpected
questions funnier by fur than any of these
asked by the inquiring infant culling Information
mation from Iho Irco of knowledge
Over all there was an all-pcrvudiiifj odor of
Russia which , while not lending charm , guvo
character to the occasion.
The number of Kucecsful applcants for
for admission to the Paris Coiihi'rvatolr ap
pears to beer.v small. At the last examin
ation of7 vocal and " 'i'i ' piano caiididuU'H
only thirty-flvo and sixteen respectively
were accepted. Of 1U7 violinists ull but
twelve w < iru rejected.
