THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDii , MAY 27 , 1891--TWENTY PAGES. 11
FOUIIE DAUGHTERS OF EVE
The Maid of Athens aa She Appears to
Worldly Eyes.
NOT QUITE THE PICTURE POETS PAINT
81 rail Grand Dor * Not IlrgartI All Men
Horrid linn Only Described a I'o-
culnr Typo Illnu from the
1'unliluii 1'Iatc.
There Ii always gome one to stick pins In
our Illusions. One of these people lias
painted a picture of the modern maid of
Athens , says the New York Sun , which
would make men and gods even broken-
nosed , one-legged cods weep.
"In the country , " says this rude destroyer
of Ideals , "the women wear short , shapele s
tight sk.rts , reaching a little above the
ankles , made of the tame material as their
rugs , with a handsome fringe of dirt , and a
short white tunic made of coarse serge.
Their hair Is worn la a long pigtail , and to
make It reach past the waist they plait In
tier chair or black tow , and decorate It with
cheap coins , beads , or coarse , bright cot
tons. Greek children are pretty and fo are
the very young girls , but they step directly
from childhood to womanhood , and become
greasy skinned and overfed.
"The women toll not , neither do they spin.
They are as lazy as the men , and seem to
have no higher Idea of life than lying In
the un , denting the soft air with garlic and
drinking coffee or cold water. The food Is
n cross between German and Greek. The
bread Is black and underbaked , and the but
ter Is churned from sheeps' milk and never
Eels solid. The cow In not a milk purveyor
In Athens , but a humble beast of toll.
"Our breakfasts were served In our rooms
and were leverely simple. They consisted
of green tea with shceps' milk , black bread
nnd the pure honey of Hymettus. The
lioney of Hymettus Is not so delightful as It
eounds. I suppose It has degenerated , but ,
nt any rate , It Is awful. The bees had evi
dently browsed among the strong-scented
asphodels , with which the mountain U cov
ered , and the result was not appetizing.
"Tho maid of Athens with whom I was
most familiar was Bettlna , our matd-of-all-
work. Her dress consisted of the remains
of her scanty country skirt and the dis
carded German Jersey bodice which had
formerly belonged to her portly mistress.
Dettlna was tall and lanky , and as wild as a
goat. She pulled the ample chest of her
bodice tightly round her skinny chest until
she made them meet again down the back ,
Her figure was too purely Greek to admit of
stays. I presented her with an abandoned
blue satin pair , but to my consternation she
nppeared to wait at table with them worn
outside her jersey. Her hair was black , and
ehe still wore It country fashion. In all prob
ability her besetting sin ( laziness ) had pre
vented her unraveling the plaits of her early
days. Poor Dettlna ! Her Intentions were
honest , but her tout ensemble was disturb
ing ; her trodden-down slippers r.iade a
clltter-clatter as sFe Induced them to go
with her across the stony courtyard which
divided the kitchen from the house. She
split a whole army of plates and the
ubiquitous mutton there one day. She had
put her foot on the broad back ot the
friendly tortoise ( who had had his home
there for many years ) . Bettlna certainly did
not cry over split mutton : she threw up her
lanky arms and laughed like a spirited
liyena. 'Kyrla' ( mistress ) Is all I have ever
induced her to say , but this she repeats loud
and often when I encourage her to bring me
Borne water , a thing she never thought nec
essary in one's bedroom.
"My first morning In Athens I spent In
searching for a bath. I did nnd one at last
shaped like a gentleman's silk hat. I think
It had been an Ice pall ; it was Impossible to
slti down In it. 1 thought It very funny ,
but Bettlna renewed her tragic laugh and
Bbouted ' .kjTia. ' ' Kyrla said she did not
Know ; how'X'i vas going to get hot water
enough lt > nil It. Would I like to see the
kitchen stove. They had no boiler. When I
saw It I was amazed. There was this peace-
looking woman keeping a boarding house ,
and her only means of cooking was a reve
lation. The stove , as It was called , was a
large , solid brick square , about six feet by
elx feet , with an outer crust of white tiles ,
and on the top hero and there a small hole ,
ns If a brick had been removed. These small
holes were niled with hot ashes from a
large bucket which stood near the stove.
I learned to think of her more In pity than
In anger when anything was more than
unusually undercooked.
Mme. Sarah Grand has been graciously
pleased to say that the does not consider
all men hopelessly bad. It will doubtless
reassure that down-trodden and oppressed
eex to learn that the distinguished lady
"likes" and respects many men , " as she
puts It.
"Nothing annoys me more , " she said in
the course of an Interview the other day ,
Bays the Brooklyn Times , "than the mistake
made by so many In supposing that I took
Colonel Colquhoun as a typical man. Of
course , I meant him to be typical only of a
particular type , not of the whole sex. "
Her Interlocutor went on to ask her If
Bhe did not think all men very bad.
"Oh , dear , no ! " exclaimed the novelist Just
aa If she had been an ordinary ejaculatory
noman. I am far from being a man-hater
I like and respect many men. Moreover ,
there Is not and never can be any quarrel
between the sexes. Women will always be
women and men always men , and marriage
in my opinion , must be always the Ideal
Then Mme. Grand went on to astonish her
listener even more. Any good grandmother ,
knitting In her corner and shaking her head
over the degeneracy of the times , could not
have been much more conservative In her
opinions that the creator of "The Heavenly
Twins. " She said that she believed In abso
lute equality between husband and wife , but
not on the same lines. Each should be su
preme In his or her own sphere. And
woman's sphere , she said , Is the domestic ,
"That Is her line , " announced Mme. Grand
for all time.
as one who settles a subject
"I myself , busy as I am , know all the de
tails of my menage. I love domesticity , and
comctlmes long to throw down my pen and
needlework. I do
take up a piece of plain
not believe In emancipation In the hackneyed
use of the expression ; not In the emancipa
tion of women from womanliness and the
natural tics of wedlocjc. but certainly In
emancipation from slmllowness and Ignor
ance. "
Of course Mme. Grand has views on
woman's dress. And they are also surpris
ing by reason of their conservatism. No
masculinity of attire pleases her.
"I cannot bar , " she said apropos of the
tailor made gown , "to see a woman lounging
on a London drawing room sofa In what Is
almost a Highland shooting costume any
more than I should admire a woman riding
In the RQW In a tea gown. Affected
masculinity In dress seems to mo foolish ,
because Inappropriate and uncomfortable. "
Of course , a woman with thcso views , even
though slip holds them with a rather mascu
line decision and clearness , must bi womanly
In her own attire and surroundings , and
Mme. Grand Is. Her London drawing room
Is a pretty little apartment In bice and w Ite ,
her gowns ar * essentially femln'ne and the
tea she makes Is delicious. Praise can go no
further.
The subject ot the entertainment of guists
Is as varied as the character and disposition
of the guests themselves , and the true
hostess will study the various pecu'ltrltles
and circumstances of those whom the wishes
to honor and adapt her form ot entertain
ment to their various circumstances. The
main charm In entertaining Is the k eptng of
effort out ot sight , of taking the visitor Into
Ihe sanctum of home rather than erecting a
throne of honor just outside the real home
life and placing the visitor there , while the
family put on their best clothes , their com
pany manners and load their table with un
accustomed dainties , too often making a
spread which must bo economized for for
weeks.
A the result of such a visit the visitor Ii
wearied and annoyed by the evident effort on
the part of his ent rlalaers , say * the 1'hllu-
dclphla Times , and they in turn ore tired
In mind and body when , the guest departing ,
the latch-string In drawn In and the house
hold routine returns to Ita normal condi
tion.
Entertainment should be adapted to the
character of the entertained. "Just see |
those Slmmonaes , " says Mr * . Peekabout.
"When that stuck-up Mrs. Gadabout was
there last-month they couldn't do enough for
hfr. Made a party and got up a picnic and
the dear kn&ws what. And now that nice
little Mrs. Parker has come and they keep
her Indoors. I guest they don't value- her
very much. "
Quite a mistake , Mrs. Peekabout ; Mrs.
Simmons suits lur entertainment to her
guest. Mrs. Gadabout would be In misery It
she were not In a society whirl of some sort ,
and the opportunity of showing off her pretty
self , her new dresses and Jewels Is her Idia of
a delightful time. She loves to met :
strangers and to make a sensation , and Mrs.
Simmons has made her happy In her own
way , but Mrs. Parker has come to enter In'o
the home life of her friends , to Impart
strength and comfort and receive rest and
refreshment for herself thiuugh Intelligent
communion with kindred minds , and she
prefers the quiet home corner , and picnics
and parties would be a weariness and a
bore.
Mr. Barthclcmy Salnt-Hlllalre , the translator
later of "Aristotle , " was recently Inter
viewed by M. de Blowltz , the Paris cor
respondent of the London Times. M. Salnt-
Hlllalre said to a young man who accom
panied the Interviewer :
"Marry before 30. It Is a duty to your
self and to the family you are called upon
to found , A man cannot count upon his
Intelligence and activity remaining In
tact after 60. He should , therefore , marry
at the latest by 30 , so as to have time to
reach his highest position , to bring up his
children accordingly , to see his daughters
married and to start his sons In the line
they are best nttcd for. He should , msre-
over and I feel remorse at not having
done It myself repay society for Its num
berless benefits. It takes centuries to form
a nation , and each of Its transformations
Increases the well-being of Its collective
existences. The Individual who shares In
the well-being accruing from the progress
of civilization can only testify his gratitude
to society by giving the state healthy citi
zens and women trained for becoming good
wives and mothers. By marrying too late
this object cannot be realized , and by not
creating a family worthy of the name an
Imperative duty to society Is neglected. "
It may Interest my lady to know some
thing of the wall papers which are shown
purchasers this year , the Philadelphia Times
remarks , holding that large and open pat
terns characterize the new -papers. For
country houses light backgrounds are used ,
with large bunches of flowers tossed upon
them. Papers In imitation of chintz , cre
tonne and old tapestries rival all other de
signs In popularity. They are so perfect In
their Imitation that It Is almost impossible
to tell them from the real fabric. Papers
showing a silk stripe ore also the fashion.
A moire effect In the stripe Is new and
beautiful. An odd fancy this year for one's
den or for the hall or library Is to cover
the walls with the burlap stained and then
stenciled. An effect like old tapestry may
be produced. This costly-appearing covering
is In reality common bagging dyed and then
stenciled In a design to suit the Individual
fancy. Stajulng Is a sensible treatment
for the walls of a country house , after
which a stenciled design may be applied.
Have the stencil cut In some ancient Greek
or Roman design , and color It yourself. The
experiment Is at least worth trying.
An odd paper shown this season has rather
a Japanese effect. The background may be
dull blue , old red , yellow or pale green , and
the design , which Is large and of Japanese
origin , Is In white , the edges appearing much
like coarse lace. This paper sells for 75
cents a roll. An elghteen-lnch stripe paper
comes at the same price. In coloring It
Is pale blue , with delicate wreaths of pink
blossoms and dashes of gilt between the
stripes. The tapestry papers , which come In
all the dull , rich shades , are also the same
price. One of the more expensive papers Is
In Imitation of Ivory. The design Is raised.
It sells at $9 a roll.
Raised papers arc- much used , $1.50 a roll
Is the average price , and In bluish white this
paper Is extremely effective. Among the
cheaper papers the backgrounds are light and
the design Is a careless scattering of flowers.
A dainty paper for 25 cents a roll Is pale
blue , with bunches of dull-tinted nasturtiums
upon It. A fresh green paper Is pretty ,
with clover blossoms for the design. They
are arranged In clusters , with fine gilt cords
attaching one to the other. Many of the
conventional flowers which bloom on the new-
papers have silver or gilt stems.
A charming Louis XVI. paper shows on
a delicate background a gilt medallion ,
around which Is entwined a wreath of flowers.
This sells at 40 cents a roll. It would re
quire about twelve rolls for an ordinary
sized room. The rococco and Empire papers
are selling well , but the papers most In fashIon -
Ion are those In Imitation of some fabric.
A young woman who evidently has Ideas on
-the question as to "Why girls don't marry ? "
expresses herself in the following frank fashIon -
Ion as to the requirements necessary In a
husband ; "The modern girl demands , " she
writes , "more of a man than that he shall
be Just not a woman. Tiiere Is a kind of
youth , to be found In any number , scattered
about the world , who although he may be
narrow-chested and not very bright In Intel
lect yet IB possessed with the Idea that he
Is a matrimonial prize which any girl would
gladly snap up If she could get the chanca.
What girl does not feel herself a mlsogamlst
when she comes across a specimen of this
genus ? It may seem strange In the ears of
some , but It la nevertheless true , that the
modern girl prefers the society of another
woman who shares her tastes and Interests
to that yes , even that of a man , If he has
not something more than his mere mascu
linity to make him Interesting. Indeed , the
deepening of the capacity of woman for
faithful and satisfying friendship with one
another Is not among the least of the signifi
cant signs of the times. " Head , mark ,
learn , says the lady , and make haste to
mend , oh , modern young man.
Besides the prim. straight-brimmed ,
plaluly-trlmmed sailor hat , which has noth
ing the least fancy about It but Its name
the hat which so many women , matrons In
cluded , wear so comfortably and becomingly
when they would perhaps look and feel ab-
nurd In most other shapes Is the neat little
Duse turban , a model not unlike a modlfled
English walking hat , with a low round
crown and a pretty rolling brim that Is un
like the English walking hat proper. In that
the Duse brim does not roll up close to the
crown , but broadens more on each side , mak
ing It particularly becoming to slender faces.
A veil fastens over it gracefully and com
fortably , and It Is Just the shape to accom
pany a tailor costume for shopping and
walking , and for traveling It Is most admir
able. The shape described Is easily recog
nized , but different milliners give It a dif
ferent name. It was , however , called or
iginally after the actress.
The new shade of red has toned down
from the vivid magenta and sotferlno shades
combined , which have harrowed the artistic
eoul by being set against sallow and too
red faces with equal perseverence and unbe-
comlngncss all winter , Into a lovelier shade ,
with a lovelier name the American Beauty
leaf. It Is the blushing rosy , but not flam
ing tint that hides Itself away In the heart
of one of those superb blossoms , the Ameri
can Beauty rose , and because It belongs tea
a costly flower and comes of an arleto-
cratlc lineage the new color Is very ex
pensive. It Is difficult to produce , and vel
vet , latin , and ribbon colored with It take
on price at once. But that charming young
woman , the American beauty herself , will
have It at all or any cost , and she will find
It rarely becoming.
The cheap plaster copies of the loveliest
marbles ot the world are within reach ot
everybody , and a few such casts of chotca
originals are nowhere better placed than
In the children's bedrooms. A little child
opens his eyes after a night's sleep with a
mind that U fairly trembling to receive new
Impreislons. He lies still for the length ot
time that that mind Is employed. A fine
double-page copy taken from an UlluEtrated
weekly of Fred Morgan's Academy picture ,
"A Willing Hand , " has secured to one
mother her morning nap for months. The
clear-eyed 5 ycar-old In the crib beside her
finds in contemplation a dally pleasure. It
Is fattened to the wall just In front of his
bed ; It It a subject bis Infantile mind can
understand and grasp , and , unnoticed
through the busy day , It cornea to him
every morning In bis waking w'lth a fresh
delight and still resistless charm. So with
the statuettes and busts that tell their en
nobling story a > veil In plaster of parts as
In Carrara stone. A suggestion for the care
of these casts , which have a disagreeable
faculty of holding dust , U to cover them
with. * . thick layer of lurch. When thor
oughly dry brush It oft with a stiff brush ,
and the dust will go oft with the etarch.
"One of the things that helped my re
covery , " said n woman recently , who has
just regained her health after a serious Ill
ness , "was a pretty bed jacket which my
sister brought me one day In lieu of jellies
and fruit. It was becoming and I enjoyed
It. The doctor when he first saw me In
It ald I looked 20 per cent better than
the day before ; man like he didn't appreci
ate the reason , and my spirits , and , consequently
quently , my condition , bettered In proper
tion. Too often Invalids arc wrapped In any
old thing that Is handy. I remember laughIng -
Ing once when a friend In robust health
showed me a dainty lace-trimmed sick
gown , 'for me , ' she explained , 'If I ever
need It. ' The notion struck me as absurd
when she was never 111 , but after my ex
perience with that bed Jacket , I appreciated
better the value of attractive environment
under depressing circumstances. "
It appears that Chicago has gone the way
of the illustrious Silas Wegg. and has taken
to "droppln" Into poetry. " These lapses are
In the form of social invitations. Here arc
a couple ot specimens :
Mistress Armour writes to say
That , a fortnight from today ,
She will have nn afternoon
Musical as birds In June.
There will be u pure soprano
And a Burr ut the piano ;
Probably a violin
Held beneatjj a youthful chin.
Will discourse like Paganlnl
When he was a pickaninny.
Later on there'll be some chatter
Served with salad on u platter.
Come at three nnd stay a bit.
Mistress Armour wishes It.
Sweetheart o' mine ,
Do come und dine
With us tomorrow night ;
Pa 'as u box
( He's Bold some Blocks ) ,
And we'll be "out of sight. "
Calve as Carmen
Is quite too charmln'
To mis * a little bit
So after dinner
We'll see that sinner
In her tremendous hit.
raxlilon Hints.
Silver and gold belt buckles add slides
are much worn.
Long white Suede gloves should be worn
with the graduation gown.
Plain skirts and those which are narrowly
trimmed prevail over the more elaborate
ones.
ones.A
A pretty fancy for gray hair Is an up
standing comb of jet , which extends down
at the side of the head , graduating Into the
hair.
Chatelaines hung with all sorts of jingling
trinkets , such as mlriiature flasks , salt
bottles , seals , and pencils , are to be worn
again.
Clusters of violets , bunched Irregularly ,
their stems twisted to form a wreath , make
an effective and stylish garniture for round
hats.
hats.Black
Black silk stockings .powdered with tiny
rosebuds or forget-me-nots In color are
stylish and look well with low shoes and
slippers.
Graceful sashes are made by a double
band of ribbon passed around the waist and
fastened at the back beneath two rosettes ,
with long ends reaching to the hem.
A novel way of giving a dash of style tea
a plain covert coat Is to Introduce a wide
white duck collar and revers , which are
made to button on and take off at will.
Shade hats of shirred muslin will be used
for out-of-door wear In the country. These
hats have broad brims and low crowns and
arc especially attractive In pink shades.
Handsome parasols are made of black
moire trimmed with apllqued medallions of
white lace. They are often cut In Van
dykes , the points thrown Into relief by a
frill of lace.
Bridesmaids' dresses of sheer plain mus
lin , made over silk and trimmed with lace
insertion put in perpendicularly , and deep
trillings of lace , are pretty for June wed
dings. With these are worn large , girlish
straw hats.
Little jackets are either made or simulated
by the trimming. A pretty way to ac
complish this effect.Is . to full lace In at the
front\Beams ot theT armholes an * . inclror BO
on the shoulder and under the arm , and
draw It closely together In front with a
knot.
Black crepon makes very useful and sty
lish dresses for both old and young , and a
pretty Idea Is to trim the skirt with moire ,
ribbon , which falls from pretty bows below
the waist. The only decoration on the waist
Is a sort of Fauntleroy collar of Irish lace
and a folded neck band of pale blue satin.
I'ciiilnlne Notes.
Miss Rose O'Halloran Is the only woman
member of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific.
The wedding presents of Mrs. Blalne-Beale
represented a small fortune , a single diamond
star among them having cost $20,000.
Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon , the daughter
of Hepworth Dlxon , who Is making a name
for herself In literary circles of London , Is an
artist ot more than ordinary ability.
Miss Olive Schreiner of "African Farm"
fame has just married a young man who is
said to be an expert in South African politics
as well as in ranch life down there.
The deanahlp of Radclltft hall has been'
offered to Miss Agnes Irwln of Philadelphia.
Radcllffe hall , it will be remembered , is the
Harvard annex , rechristened in honor of Its
becoming a college.
The Woman's Protective league has pre
sented a set of resolutions to Hon. Jere Wil
son , counsel for Miss Pollard In her suit
against Colonel Brecklnrldge , lauding him
for advocating a single moral code and the
exalting -womanhood. .
Miss Aline Gorren , writing In the May
Scribner , explains the frequency of Inter
national marriages by saying that as a lover
the European Is distinctly ahead of "the
average American male , who Is a cold
creature , courting and marrying only by In-
btlnct. "
Miss Harriet Elaine , now iMrs. Truxton
Beale , Is said to be a very charming young
woman , not pretty exactly , but owning a face
attractive from Its Intellectuality. She Is a
softened likeness ot her father , and Is said
to Inherit a good share of paternal wit.
Rosa Bonheur. upon whose breast the
Empress Eugenie personally fastened the
Cross of the Legion of Honor In 18C5 , has
recently been promoted to the grade of
officer In that order. She Is the first woman
artist upon whom that distinction has been
conferred.
Not everybody seems to know that Ellen
Terry's first husband was Mr. George Fred
eric Watts , the eminent and veteran Loyal
Academician , still living , and past 70. His
superb picture , "Love and Life , " he has
given to the American people , and. It will
hang In the white house Bt Woshlngxon.
Mme. Marches ! , the famous teacher of
vocal music In Paris , Is German by birth.
Marchesi Is her title rather than her name.
She married the Marchese dl Castrone , and
became the mother of ten children. She
works from 9 In the morning until 7 In the
evening , and as her social position Is of the
best , she has absolutely no leisure at her
command.
" "
A Texas Candidate.
Jlev. Andrew Jackson Potter , the gentle
man who arose from behind a pulpit In
Uvalde , Tex. , several years ago with two
big six-shooters In his hands and Informed
the audience , mostly composed of the tough
est of toughs , who had been In the habit ot
running every minister of the gospel who
came there out ot town with rotten 'fjgs ' , or
escorting him out to the suburbs on a three-
cornered pole , that If there was any flop-
eared swallow-mouthed galoot In that audi
ence who had the audacity to presume that
he wore a big enough shirt to put him out
of the pulpit , to step forth and take the hot
medicine , or , on the other band , to keep his
bazoo closed , and also wound up with
the help of God and those two forty-fivers
hf held In his hands he proposed to Breach
to that people , that day , has announced him
self a candidate for sheriff and tax collector
of Tom Green county.
A Yankee Hump S np.
Judge : Deacon Brown Wanter swap hos-
sls this mornln' ?
Deacon Jones Yes. I'll swap my gray
mare , ten bar'J o' elder an * a hayrake fer
yer roan colt , a Syracuse plow , four bags
o' oats an' five dollars ter boot.
Deacon Brown Wa-al , no ; but If yer
r'aly wanter swap hossls I'll swap my black
gelding , a barrrr , ten bushels o' seed
'taters an' a bull calf fer yer gray mare , a
syrup kittle , two scythes , a crowbar , a
grindstone an * two dollars an' fifty cents ter
bout an' not a cent less.
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pcctns of AnotluT 1'iiUc.
A picturesque swindle , masquerading In
the garb of benevolence and respectability ,
has come to grief , and some 1,600 victims
are left with a large wad of experience In
place of their cash.
The Order of TontI , with Tieadquartcrs In
Philadelphia , has made an assignment and
the local courts are wrestling with a vast
assortment of liabilities and a microscopic
proportion of assets. TontI was patterned
after the Iron Hall and followed its foot
steps to the end. It did not attempt to
reach the lofty heights of philanthropy pro
fessed by the late promoters of lottery bonds.
There was no Juggler } ' of mystic figures nor
a monthly drawing In which those on the
ground floor pocketed swag. No alluring
promise of $1,000 on an Investment of ? 30
was held out , because TontI had not reached
the pinnado ot benevolence that the guar
antee of Missouri scaled before reaching
prison. The' difference between TontI and
the bond and Iron Hall swindles Is one of
degree. Iron Hall guaranteed $1,000 to all
members who paid their assessments for a
period of seven yearsv Bond lottery promoters
meters went that eciieme several better and ,
like It , garnered suckers by the tens of thou
sands. The formerrlBT In the bands of re
ceivers , who are vnluly striving to make
asets ot a few hundred thousand to balance
liabilities ot ten or JTi6re millions. Pushers
of the Utter brand 'of benevolence have
dropped out of the business or fled from
judicial wrath , while -ri dozen of the leaders
are out of jail pending appeals from sen
tences Imposed.
A BULLI V'SCHEME. .
The financial geniuses at the head of the
Order of TontI promise a relief benefit of
$1,000 In return fbri $238 paid In install
ments. In addition todhls alluring pro-pect
there was a sick benefit fund. They calcu
lated that lapses would make up the differ
ence between the Utnl ot Installments and
the gilded promise. But they did not cal
culate on times out of joints. Instead of
the deluge ot lapses confidently expected as
a result of the bard times , the members
stuck the more tenaciously to what they con
sidered a snap , and as a consequence a
groaning treasury In their mind's eye de
veloped Into a commodious deficit.
The bill filed In a Philadelphia court ex
plains the methods and the condition of
the order In detail. Ai an Inducement to
their membership , It was represented to the
complainants that the probable cost of
carrying a certificate of $1,000 , payable at
the expiration of seven years , would be
about $238. Some of them , holding $1,000
certificates , have already paid , during the
six years of their membership , $282.50 , and ,
according to an official circular Issued by
the supreme lodge on the. ith ( net. , will be
obliged to pay at least $90 more , Independ
ent of the debit assessment , which amounts
to $ S25. To enable them to receive the
amount of their certificates they have to pay
$897.50 each , whereas other certificate hold
ers have received their $1,000 for $235. Ac
cording to the construction of the laws , as
made by the supreme lodge , U is stated , the
complainants are liable to whatever addi
tional extraordinary expenses the officers
see fit to Impose.
$1,000 FOK $235.
Continuing , the bill says that , since April ,
1SD2 , and up to the present time , about
1,800 certificates have matured and been
paid In full. In some Instances holders
have received $1,000 for $235 paid. The
total amount paid by these holders In seven
years Is less than half of the sums de
manded of the complainants In a single call.
During the first year of Its existence only
seven assessments were levied , the next
year eleven , and so on , Increasing every
year until the ninth , when the number
had reached thirty assessments.
These are in addition to the extraordinary
levy of 210 assessments made by the su
preme lodge on all holders of certificates
dated subsequent to May 3 , 1S87 , and prior
to August 23 , 1S93 , and known as the "debit"
assessments. For a period of nine years ,
up to last April , only 144 assessments were
levied , and now a demand for 210 extra
assessments Is made In one month.
Referring at length to the representations
made to them as an Incentive for them
to Join the order , the complainants allege
that no contribution to the reserve fund
has been made since last October , and al
though twenty assessments have been levied ,
called and received by the supreme treasurer
since that date , amounting in the aggregate
to upwards of $600,000 , not one dollar
thereof has been placed In the reserve fund.
On October 16 , the bill avers , there was
In the reserve fund $1,726,745.41. Since
then. Instead of being added to , the fund
has been drawn upon and upwards of $500-
000 has been misapplied. To show the
hopeless Insolvency of TontI the bill goes
on to say that certificates for amounts
ranging from $200 to $1,0 > ' 0 , matured sine :
March 21 , requiring an aggregate payment
ot $250,000 , have not been satisfied.
HOPELESSLY INVOLVED.
During the next two years certificates will
mature requiring the payment of $8,000,000 ,
showing an average monthly liability In ad
dition to that already charged against the
order of $333,333.33. Besides this the order
Is now under an average liability of $25,000
per month for u'.ck benefits payable under Its
certificates.
At present 16,000 members are in good
standing In the Order , and on 15,000 of these
three assessments per month have lately
been made , each assessment yielding about
$30,000. This provides a revenue of $90,000
per month. The favored 1,000 certificate
holders only pay one and one-half assess
ments , bringing an additional revenue of
$3,000 per month.
ANOTHER PLUCKING CONCERN.
The Sexennial league Is another Ph la-
delphla concern of large benevolent pro-
tenses. Its circulars are made attractive
with pictures of four ornate buildings In
which the concern deposits Its ca h , and
serve to convey the Impression that the
league Is a substantial business Institution.
Similar methods were adopted by the bond
promoters hereabouts. Their circulars an
nounced the bank In which deposits were
made and the name was printed in such
conspicuous type , coupled with the amount
of the bank's capital , that the prospective
Victim waa led to believe the bank and the
promoter wrre ono and the same.
The Sexennlcl announces It will pay $200 ,
$400 , JOOO , $800 or $1,00 In six years to
holders of the respective certificates who
pay their assessments. The assessments are
limited to $24 per year , making the actual
cost of each certificate as follows :
Certiorate , Per Month , Per V < - r , Six Yenra
On ll.UX ) I&.00 JGO.M ) (2CO.U )
On Ml 4 00 48 00 18.00
On o < 0 5 00 30 00 llt.OO
on 400 200 2100 llt.OJ
On 200. 1.00 12.00 7100
In addition to these alluring promises there
ore sick benefits and a total disability bens-
fit equal to one-half the amount of the cer
tificate.
The scheme follows the lines of the TontI
and Iron Hall precisely , differing only In the
amount required to be paid In Installments.
Like them , the prospect of existing beyond
a few years depends upon lapses. In other
words , brief success depends on the misfor
tunes of members , obliging them to drop
out , and In the ability of the managers to
drum up new victims. Collapse Is inevitable.
No system of honest finance outside the do
main of speculation can convert $360 paid In
monthly installments Into $1,000 In six years.
The experience of the Iron Hall and the
Order of TontI demonstrates this fact , and
thousands of victims bear melancholy testi
mony to Its truth.
EDVV.1T10XAL.
Two men to five women are employed In
teaching In the United States.
Drury college at Springfield , Mo. , has re
ceived a gift from Worcester , Mass. , of $75-
000 for a new hall.
The Catholic Summer School of America
will hold Its third session at Pittsburgh ,
from July 14 to August 12.
Jefferson Medical college , Philadelphia ,
hslJ its si : ty-nlnth commencement Rst w ek.
The graduating class this year numbered
163.
There arc fifty-two graduates from the
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania
this year , among them a young Chinese
woman from Foochow.
Levl P. Clinton , a student at Bates college ,
is a full-blooded negro and a descendant of
royalty In Africa , his great grandfather
having betn a king.
Mlts Baker , who is professor of Greek and
Latin at Simpson college , Indiana , Is only 32
and It Is tald that when she was 14 she
translated one of the plays of Aeschylus.
At a recent meeting ot graduates and
former professors of Iowa college In New
York to meet President Gates there.were
present Prof. Manatt of Brown university ,
ex-consul at Athens ; Prof , Emerson of
Cornell , and , Dr. Albert Shaw , editor of the
Review of Reviews.
"Dr. Pepper , " says the Philadelphia Press ,
"besides the loss Incident to his revenue as a
physician by the time he has given to the
University of Pennsylvania , has declined to
accept any salary as provost , but on the
contrary he has made contributions to Hit
university amounting to from $20,000 to $30-
000 a year. Only recently he accom
panied Ills letter of resignation with a gift
to the university ot $50,000 to meet the sub
scription which he offered toward a fund
for the extension of the university hospital.
During his term ae provost the value of the
university lands , buildings and endowments
has risen from $1,000,000 to $5.000,000 ; Its
teaching force has Increased from eighty-
eight to 268 and the number of Its students
has grown from 9S1 to 2,180 ,
The trustees of Columbia college at a re
cent meeting accepted the ground plan for
the new college grounds on Cathedral
Heights , New York city. The grounds w'.II
occupy the entire space between One Hun
dred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and
Twentieth streets , and between Amsterdam
avenue arid the Boulevard , compr'.clng about
725.000 square feet. The main entrance will
be on One Hundred and Slxte nth street , with
the president' * house and the admln.stratlon
building on each side ot the gate. Steps
will lead to a large court , flanked on each
side by college buildings , with the splendid
great library building directly opposite the
entrance. To the right will In th chapel
and to the le't will be the assembly hall.
Another court In the rear ot the library
building , also flanked by department build
ings , will lend to a large combination of
structures which will Include the tymnailum ,
the dining hall and the academic theater ,
with a spacious vestibule. Other college
buildings for the various departments wilt
Hue Amsterdam avenue and the Boulevard.
EDISON'S HEALTH NOTIONS.
He Does About us Ho I'lcnscs and Keeps
Well ut It.
They have a little cot out at the laboratory
where Edison sleeps when he spends the
night at the laboratory , which Is not more
than ten minutes' walk from his handsome
house in Llewellyn park. Upon this cot he
will snatch an hour's and a half hour's sleep
at night while waiting for the workmen to finIsh -
Ish an armature or to bore a hole in some
experimental steel. His meals during such
times ore sent down from the house , and
he may eat them working at the bench or
standing up , or forget them altogether.
This may go on for days at a time , says
the New York World , and Edison may not
even take the trouble to go to the cot , but
may turn In on a heap of sawdust or the
soft side of a board and snatch a few min
utes of sleep. Mr. Edison long ago got
weary of people who went up to him and
said : "You will ruin your health. " Phys
icians gazed at him with a long face and
told him if he kept this up his days were
numbered.
"They wanted me to take drugs , " said ha
to the reporter , "but I am my own doctor. "
He has a poor opinion of doctors who
write prescriptions designed to Insert strange
drugs Into a man. Mr. Edison , who la
blessed with a most rugged constitution and
an elastic nature , has a curious theory upon
which he "doctors himself. " He holds that
nature somehow balances things. When he
has deprived himself of sleep for several
nights in succession he takes a long sleep1
to make up for It. When ho has been eating
meat and his liver or his kidneys trouble
him , ho suddenly turns \cgetarlan. "That
brings me around all right , " said he , "and
then If , after a time , anything goes wrong
I begin to eat meat again , when every
thing U Justified. "
"I eat what I like , " said Mr. Edison. It
appears to agree with him , for latterly he
has been gaining In weight. One of the
things he likes Is pie. He drinks very lit-
tie , and yet Is far from being a total ab
stainer. "When I was In France they told
me that I mutt drink wine , or I'd get the
typhoid fever. So I began to drink their
wine , but after awhile my hands began
to shako. I guess they only throw In the
typhoid fever to advertise their wine. Tea
and coffee and water are- the best drinks
for me. "
Mr Edison expects to live to bo 90 years
of age. "My father went to Europe at the
age of 84 , " sold he. "When In Paris his
companion , a young fellow of 65 , proposed
going out to Versailles. The old gentleman
declined to ride , and they walked out and
back. My grandfather lived to be 103 , de
spite the horrible Influence ot tobacco , and I
think my chances are good for 00 , barring
accidents. " Mr. Edison's reference to "tho
horrible Influence of tobacco" Is what ho
calls his "little Joker. " He Is an Inveter
ate smoker himself.
"How many cigars do you Btnoke ? "
"From ten to twenty a day , " was the
reply.
"Strong onesj"
"The strongest 1 can get , " was the reply.
"Doesn't It hurt your nerves ? "
"No , I never saw o sign of It , If I
thought It hurt me , I'd stop It. "
Mr. Edison was asked what he did for
amusement , and replied that he liked a good
story and was fond of the theater. On ac
count of being slightly deaf , however , ho
cannot hear all the actors say , and Ii thcra-
fore more devoted to light opera. He sayd
be can get down In the front row and hear
all the music.
Cook's Imperial. World's Fair "highest
award , excellent champagne ; good efferves
cence , agreeable boquet , delicious flavor , "
Land wlil yield more when planted ( n
bananui than in uny other variety ot food
production. The product of an acre of ba-
nanai Is 133 times as great aa that ot M
ucre > ot wheat.
