12 THE ( VRrAHA JXA.ILY BEE : SATURDAY , OCTOBER 17 , 1800.
Men and Faces 1 fei
The Sentimental Misadventure of a Sailor. *
You need not fancy J am to tell all the
Bcntlmcntal misadventure * of any Bailor-
least of all of Angus McFarland , whoso
experiences were many.
This partlcula- and serious misadventure
licgan when he met two young women whom
ho remembered , without being able to
ecparato Esther from Eleanor.
' "Ah , yen. " said Mlas Drlscoll , "that was
delightful , " as Angus talked of the old
"I * sometimes wish we could recall all
.that tlmo , " said he sentimentally.
"And you haven't forgotten my sister , "
calil Mlns Urlncoll , as n youth deposited a
joung lady * at her side.
"I am no glad to eco you ngaln , " said
Angus. Tlili Miss Urlscoll was as plain
as the other was pretty. The eyes , alone
were much alike. Angus looked from ono
to the oilier. Which was which ? Of courae
he couldn't ask. The talk probably would
show.
"Ily Jnvc , " said Angus , speaking aloud ,
"lt' eighteen ycara since wo have met. "
"And we have heard no much of you , "
said the pretty Bister.
"So much or you , Mr. McFarland. "
"Can't It be Angus after seventeen
year * , " our lieutenant asked.
"Why , I always think of you-as Angus , "
, said the pretty one.
, "And I , too , " said the plain Mlas Drls
coll.
coll."And I think of you still as Esther and
EleanorHo looked around , expecting
some response. Hut
"Do you ? That's good of you. " said one.
"Oh , it's delightful of you , Angus. " said
the other.
"I wish It wcro dear Angus , " said the
ccntimchtal lieutenant.
"Well , I'd make It dear Angus , " said the
plain ono , "If "
"Yea. why. dear Angus , " said the prett >
Miss Drlscoll , spreading her fan. Now ho
knew some vnres of Irresistible young girls
rcattcrcd nninng a score of ports from New
port to Ynkohfinm ; but the pretty Miss Drls-
roll was surely the most Irresistible the dc-
llghtftll memories of OIIO'H boyhood , when
thc'v had been boy and tomboys together.
Homo clutches at a man's heart after ho
has been away three years In the China
rcas. The hills about Wolhamton seemed
to welcome him. 'The men In the Town club
had preened all kinds of hospitality ; old
boys , who had been young eighteen years
ago , now staid , successful fellows with chil
dren. Hut lu Borne way ho always remem
bered Wolhamton ns being Iho homo of the
Drlscolls. Esther Drlscoll had been such a
Rood fellow , years ago. Many a time , on a
tedious cruise , ho had thought about her ;
and , n little about Eleanor. And now ho
had taken his last week In Wolhamton be
cause ho had thought of Esther. Hut which
was Esther and which was Eleanor. He
dare not ask. Of course the pretty ono must
be. Hut years change a pretty llttlo girl
Into n homely one ; hu could not be sure.
Now , I dare say. you would have gene
bluntly to the point and asked. Hut would
you , If > ou were a wanderer a fellow whose
homo Is In every placn where the flag can
wave over some > ards of deck ? For Angus
Ihcro wan n sentimental memory about this
llttlo Rlrl. If her personality now doubtless
were lout In the woman , he hoped at least that
It wasn't. And on that account , and now par
ticularly because ho did not wish to af
front the pretty Mini Drlscoll ho did not
llko to nsk , "Which of you may be Esther.
' which .Kleanor. ? " Hut If ho had expected
that otic of them might tell , ho was disap
pointed. They persisted , If unconsciously
or maliciously. In disappointing htm. At
" " omission Intentional
one""tlniD he fancied the was
tentional , and again \hat \ It was accidental ,
lint ihf. Innirnr lin tnllipil tn them ha Was
convinced that the p > itty Miss Drl ell was
the Esther of who JC during many years ,
* ntlmnnvxprfitm ? K < liK < \ thnuaht nbmit.
l-womfe- vli < itt > Jv' lrll H tjilBj-rollow had
become like. He knew not ; yes , of course
she was the Irresistible Miss Drlscoll. And
when , at this dancing , she was taken away
from him , he tried to make himself enter
taining to the plain sister , on the principle
that It Is well to have a good friend nt court.
They went over the old days together. lie
net traps to find out It she were , Indeed ,
Eleanor.
"Ah , that was Esther , wasn't It ? " he
would exclaim nt some memory. Hut the
plain Miss Drlflcoll only would say with
the faintest suspicion of a smllo :
"Really , 1 don't remember , Mr. . "
"You forgot , 'Angus , ' " he answered.
"Well , Anguo , " she said , flushing. Or
did you think she reddened that least bit ?
At any rate , It was the encouragement of
an Impres8lnn. And he persisted , lie passed
nearly all the rest of that evening with
the plain Miss Drlucoll , for the pretty ono
was persistently engaged. And , still In the
Interest of that Impression , he tried his
heat. As they walked on the lawn under
the moon this was ax entertaining as the
pretty one. Ho even on the strength of
that o\d \ acquaintance may hove uttered
certain words that were not free from pa&-
filon. When they came In the plain Miss
Drlscoll looked even happy. She was not
nccustomcjl tp men who spoke these mean
ingless sentimentalities. Men looked gen-
eially over her head to her sister. Yet
she liked admiration , as even a plain girl
who has had little or no attention may
long for that which has been denied her.
Hut Angus was not thinking of what the
girl thought. ' Illces me , ho had talked these
ame things with many score ot girls
"IS IS Itll3ICUI.OL'8 , " SATU SHU.
as I have said , from Newport to Yokohama ,
If he did It now , It was a matter of habit ,
and with rather moro than the necessary
fervor , because ho wanted tne pretty sister
to hear the very best of him. . At the even
ing's end ho had a few momeytu with the
other MU Drlscoll. He forgot what
ho had Bald to the other. At
liny .rato ho said It over with
Interest to tl'o pretty Miss Urlscoll ,
win had had moro cxi.crlcnce with men
than her slitcr. Yet that night when the
ilstcra conip4red notes , In the feminine man
lier after r6utn and occasions , the pretty
ODD said she thought Anguu McFarland wan
"rather nice ; " while I lie plain ono said.
"Yes , very nice. And ho was such a nlco
boy eighteen yearn ; iuo "
. < , "You know I don't remember him then1
mild the * pretty elrl.
, "Why , you told him you remembered
every word , " cried the other.
"Oh , of courne I did , " nMd the pretty
, | 9tc > r. "When yen hu had as much ox-
liiTleiirc Ii you'll know you have to fit
to a nmn * oiH'tliner. ) "
AS for Angus himself , ho rat emokliiK for
B long tliiit- after that dance , not once
Diking which wm : Either. Ho fell con
vinced Hint HID pretty one ninut l/c ill. ' , be-
canto henntcd her to be.Aud , ns hit
wax thlnklug.vu nineh about tUem , ho nuked
nobody uhlvh wa Iho ulic of hiioyUh \
jncfmity. Anil the next morning lit started
'out caVly for H canter with HID two Miters ,
He rmlo belter than thn iuoverlil.il tailor ,
and nude love an well , lloth Bisters thought
liltu delightful , When lie b il tin- pretty
'one nlono for n moment ns the fortune
of the rldo occasionally gave him the chance
he said ecntlmcntal things to her , be
cause he meant them ; and when he chanced
to be alone with the other sister , he said
things nearly ax sentimental to her as the
night before , because ho wanted her to
Impress the other with her own favor for
liltn. He was , you know , at that age when
a man of a certain variety of feminine ex
perience considers that the easiest If In
deed not the only way to lmprc i a woman
U by making love to her a theory I am
not prepared to controvert. Such men , car
ried away by their theory , or by their na
tures , even extend their tactics ot extreme
admiration to elderly women.
Hut Angus felt Already as ho returned
to his hotel that morning after the ride-
that ho wcs ( n love. On his table was au
envelope which ho tore open hastily , and
fearfully , knowlnn that his leave was over
and that he might expect orders -at any
moment. Hut he had not expected them
so suddenly ; for ho was ordered to report
at 8 the next morning on the Maryland ,
which was then off Statcn Island. Ho had
been ordered to bo within nix hours of Now
York ; but , now , this assignment was ap
palling. Ilo had but tlmo to get the after
noon train. As It was he snatched a few
moments to rush over to the Drlscolls. He
wanted to say moro to the pretty ono than
the opportunity warranted. And he had to
bo content with pressing each sister's hand
ono earnestly , the other for the sake of
the Impression. He decided that ho would
wrlto the pretty ono ; but as soon ns his
train was well out of Wolhamton ho re
membered that he'didn't know whether she
was Esther or Eleanor. As It chanced
those chances which sometimes occur so
provoktngly ho mtl no one who was ac
quainted with Wolhamton ; and ho carried
out to sea his uncertainty about the Iden
tity of his Inamorntn.
II.
Some months after , In Valparaiso , some
Americans sat In n certain cafe , famous
In Chill of which visitors carry the mem
ories In innchlflio way , In connection with
Valparaiso that ' they may the Venetian
Florlan's , or the New York Dulmontco's , or
of old days , the Parisian Ulgnou's. Llcu-
tlian others , although your bachelor of 30
anywhere Is subject to such an attack.
Well , that nhjh ( In Valparaiso , Angus Mc
Farland offered li'mself to Esther Drlscoll.
U was lonp ; after , In Hawaii , In his 'batch
of mall that he Jad his answer. Had he ,
too , been thinking ot her all these months ,
while she had been thinking of him , , all
of which was "Yes ; oh , yes , dear Angus ! "
And , ninny tlnie.l after , lu many places
when the moll v/as'brought , there were let
ters In the prettiest- hand In the world.
And Angus wan faithful now to this ono
entrancing she ; .all ; .these brief stays hero
and there , all tlio lair of tlicso colonial so
cieties , failed to" charm when there , was
but one charm for him. '
HI.
Hack from over the sen came our sailor
up the gravel walk to the house at Wol-
hampton. Ho was a charming fellow to
look at , tall , bronzed , carrying himself us
an American oUlcer- should ; a good ofllccr ;
a better gentleman. Yes , Miss Esther Is
In , bald the maid.-
And all the stories are told. Wo poor
story tellers can'never deceive you. You
knew how It was to bo from the first. The
plain one entered. The llttlo chap In Chill
had been \\ionn ; the plain ono \\as Esther.
"I am so glad to see. you , " said our sailor ,
thinking his Esther was to follow. The
real Esther' stood thcro in chagrin. Was
this thn ardent lover ot nil those letters ?
"Aro you ? " she said , timidly ,
"Hut " he- fumbled , "Esther ? "
"Yes , dear , said she softly.
And then the situation began to ifawn
on him horridly , luridly ; ho stammered ,
and remenibercdf-cien If this were so
and he began to act. Bu.t v.hnt man can
deceive : t woman at inch acting ? She : > uehed
him ftway.
"You thought ? "
"Ye * , " ho coitfc-SBul. " 1 thougltt. "
"Oh , Angus ! " she cried. "You have/made /
rae such n fool. "
"Why. Esther , ' . ' lie crlc.1 , trying to ie-
trlevo liluudf.
"You thought I waa Klennor , " nho jier-
sUtod
"No , I didn't , " hecried. .
'
"Oh , 1 know , " she'1 nald coMly.
"How horrid of wo , hut you would never
lc-t > u know , " he nid : ! , wcukly cdmlttlng
the tru'.h.
"We thought It n Joke you didn't know , "
ual.1 Esther UHeopll , 'not tblnKliu ; how such
a statement would sound.
"You thoiipht It a. JO'KO , " herepealed. .
'Oh , I thmixht you .know that you must
know. And you renumber what you said. "
Yts , he did remember what he had wild
to mike nn Impiox&lQt : thai mliUU lepcat
Itu'lf lu hls'pralneh , to the slater , Av.'l hu
anld now :
' \Vhy , E ther , don't bi > a goo e , I meant
tt i-vrry word Of \ cmlr c I knew which
v > an which. "
If her.iild thlt with nil Blnccrlty ho rr-
pulKvd him ; And the mere hu did Ihu more
be began to thick ut > v.os v.'crth while.
"I never did , " paid Angus , "bogging your
pardon. But you" know thcro Is only one
Esther. "
"hhe's a ilcar good girl , " said the pretty
one.
one."Tho dearest In the world , " and his fib
did not seem so much an ono that moment.
The plain Miss Drlscoll began to weep.
"Plesao to go , " she entreated.
"I will go , " said Angus. "Hut I shall call
nialn. 1 will -prove to you that I am speak
ing Iho truth. What If I did think you
Klcanor , I now know you are Esther. Do
> oit suppose I can forget those letters that
made mo happy In the long watchen In an
uncongenial mess. You nro Esther to mo ;
ami Esther you shall remain , "
Ho said all this n bit too much In the
strain of declamation ; but ho was In earnest ;
he full ho must persuade her.
"Do go please , " she said.
"You would better go , " said the pretty
ono.
ono."I will go now , " ho sold. "I hate myself
for hurting you. "
"I am not hurt , " she said proudly.
"Ah , I am then , " he said , going out. The
pretty Miss Drlscoll followed.
"It's ridiculous , " ho said at the door.
"She ought to have known we were only
flirting. "
"Only flirting ! " said Angus.
"Why , I was engaged then. "
"Ah. you ore Eleanor. I had forgotten.
Esther wrote that Eleanor was engaged. I
am very glad do tell her that I have thought
only of her. And " ho paused. "She was
the llttlo girl whom I played with so long
ago that bully little girl. And she wrote
that letter. "
And then ho laughed.
"Why , she was the Esther after all. "
He brushed by the pretty Miss Drlscoll
end entered tl.e room again. She stood
there , dry-eyed now.
"It's ridiculous , " she said , "and I'm dread
fully Impolite. Do stay at least for a cup
of tea. "
"I haven't time , " ho sold brusquely.
"Haven't time ? " she asked , In surprise at
1 Is manner.
"After the way you have treated me , Miss
Drlscoll. "
"You know I wasn't to blame for the mis
take. "
"Oh , bother the mistake , " he cried. "There
"AND WHEN AT TUtt UANCB THK I'HUTTY ONH WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. '
lonnnt-yXnuu. MoI-'arlaiid was talking , with
'a"matrrwlio' < wn ' 'nilcj Avll/i ntorlra 'of the
war when , for the first time , the ship
armored In the new way had been tested
In the new way. Angur had hcnid It all
a hundred times In the mess room ; knew
It as well an he did the story of how a
Perry ot that good stock , the great Com-
modoro's brother who , too , might have
achieved a naval victory died In the har
bor of Valparaiso , trying to save a drown
ing seaman. Someone else talked the gossip
of the American and English colony. Thcso
Anglo-Saxon colonies , the world over , have ,
every ono , their local Interests , their gos
sip , their tattlo. A lltllc chap , \Um was
In Chill on some 'commercial Interest , was
doing hla part. Angus asked about people
ho had known on a previous visit.
"It's nil as local as my own llttlo town
ot Wolhamton , " the gosalp v.ent on.
"Wolhamton ? You knoiv the place , My
cousin lived there , too , bcforo I went to
Annapolis. 18 years ago , I think. "
"My father settled there after that , " said
the other.
"Do you know the Drlscolls ? " Angus
asked.
"Tho pretty Miss Drlscoll , and the plain
ono ? Well , I guess ! "
"Ah. the fiefty'one. Miss Esther ? "
"Now , ll' Eleanor. Isn't It. You see.
I haven't been In Wolhamton In a blessed
time. Hut I'm wrong. You're right. It Is
Esther Drlscoll. Ihe protly one. "
And they went an talking of a little Amer
ican provincial town far away ; and Angus
was moro Interested. He had her name then
without a doubt. During these long days
at sea ho had thought about her a deal ; a
man must settle , down , ho Bald ; a naval
bachelor perhaps becomes moro sentimental
As for her. oho thought It rrry Bno and
noble of him , whllo iho hateM. herself.
And Ju t then the pretty ono entered
prettier than ever.
"Ah , you two , " she said. "I made the
proper delay. "
"It was , Eleanor , a mistake , " .said the *
plain Miss Drlscoll.
"A mistake. "
"Ho thought I.was you. "
"Me ! " said the pretty Mlsa Drlscoll , blush.
Ing. "Now , It couldn't be "
wtan't any. It woo nattier , tile old ioliiboy ,
I was thinking about ; It was the Esther'who
wrote those letters , don't you see. And you
threw mo over. "
"You talk that way because Eleanor Is
engaged. " she said.
"I talk that way because Esther Is not now
engaged to me , " he said.
"It's ridiculous , " she said , faintly.
"It's horrible , " ho said.
"Oh , Is It ? "
"Besides , I'm only hero for the day. I
Just had that time ; and then I'm going back
to the China station. I shall have no moro
letters. " Ho relied on her Ignorance of naval
usacc.
"You are going away ? " she asked faintly.
"What difference docs It make ? You don't
care. "
"If it were not for that mistake ; If It
weren't I don't care whether It was a mis
take or not , " she ended , "whether you arc
fibbing or not I'll make you mean what you
say now. "
"You needn't , " Angus said , laughing "for
you have. "
Now , strangest part of It all , she really
had : and they lived happy all the rest that
Is all that has been so far "of their lives. "
And I know what I am saying , for I have
this true story now don't say It's an old
one from a certain charming lady who
loves dearly to gossip a bit may she forgive
rno ! and who would report the least symp
tom of what Is phrased "domestic In
felicity. " I con bcllevo It , for strangely the
plain Miss Drlscoll has become the pretty
Mrs. McFarland. Hut all naval marriages
are happy , authorities say. And some naval
ladles are charmingly flirtatious when their
Husbands are' away churmlngly devoted
when they are near. Hut Mrs. Angus Mc
Farland never flirts ; and I have said she Is
now quite pretty ( a few years so changes
some women ! ) and she could flirt , If she
wanted to.
Catarrh Is a constitutional disease and re
quires a constitutional remedy llko Hood's
Sarsaparllla , which prlllcs the blood.
A .MUNICIPAL HAIIY\V\Y.
A Unique Cliniitcr In the llln < rjof
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati has been In a state of agitation
over the proposed sale of her railway , hc
Cincinnati Southern , and finally declared
against the proposition by a bare majority.
This Is the only clt } * In the world , says
Harper's Weekly , that ever built and owned ,
unaided , a railroad of any considerable mile-
age. The story of the Inception of the Cin
cinnati Southern road , Its construction and
management , makes a unique and most
Interesting chapter In the history of jnunlcl.
pal government. ' -
Although long before , and particularly at
the tlmo of the first legislation authorizing
the construction of the road , there , seemed
to bo an Imperative dcma'nd for It , not so
much to develop the resources of the city as
to preserve her commercial existence , yet
the experience of Cincinnati with'her rail
road has not been euch as to tempt other
cities to follow her example , whatever their
needs.
The Cincinnati Southern railway' extends
from Cincinnati to Chattanooga , 33S miles ,
making the northern division of the"Queen
and Crescent route. " It traverses the blue-
grabs region ot Kentucky , and makes Iti
way through the mountains of eastern Ten
nessee , a diversified country , famous In
history and story. The road was built to
glvo Cincinnati direct communication with
the south , th only Held left to her Jobbers
and manufacturers after Chicago and St.
Louis had outstripped her In size and made
the north and west tributary to themselves.
When the Cincinnati Southern road , bosun
In 1SC9 and finished In 1877 , Impeded at every
step by legislative opposition , persistent
litigation , the unknown character of the
country , local unfriendliness , and Industrial
dcpre&stoiii , was dually completed , It was
nt once leased on favorable terms. Cincin
nati for a time enjoyed the pleasing projpcct
of owning , free of encumbrance , In a com
paratively few years , nn aaaet that' would
pay Into her treasury a million and more
dollars annually. That auch would be thr
outconui was then capable of mathematical
df monniatlon. Huslness depletion came en.
The li-aslug company defaulted on the rental
and both they und the road are now In tin
lV ild of a receiver , Therefore the dcslri
to sell
f.H'Cd | Sml safety are th / wauhw'ord * o :
iho fee. Quo Minute Cough Cure acl
Mpei'dlly , safely und never falls , A'sthma ,
'jronchllla ' , coughs and colda ore cured by It ,
BITS OF FEMININE GOSSIP.
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A floating newspaper paragraph states that
Henry James , the novelist , docs not mnrry
because ho thinks that the highest develop
ment of the Intellectual Hfo Is Incompatible
with the petty frets ami worries of domes
ticity. It ROCS on to , nay Hint Mr. Jamca
has the courage of jjl convictions , and , In
nplto of the charming women and lovely
girls by whom he Ji surrounded In London
society , ho remains ntcnt with his pretty
bachelor apartmcnUund Is not to be tempted
to exchange them fur matrimony ,
The truth about lir. James' bachelorhood
Is known to very fewtpcople ; that truth Is
that his heart \va .burled nearly three
| years ago In the jir.ive that covered nil
that was mortal of tConstance Kcnnlmoro
Woolson. For a. longtime ho had been this
other author's derated slave , and , In splto
of her deafness and Increasing years , she
possessed an attraction for him as Intense
as ovim the difference ) between their literary
styles and i.iotliodfvrnml one could scarcely
speak moro stroiiRly .than that.
It was one of the curious freaks of that
mischievous Imp. Cupid , that a feminine
leader of romantic fiction should be so de
cidedly admired by nn apostle of bald real
ism. Nothing more'than an outward strong
friendship was apparent between the two ,
for Miss Woolson was not to bo won. It
was Mr.Jpmcs , however , who cabled the
ninvs of her death to this country , who met
the sorrowing relatives who sailed from
America on receipt of the sad Intelligence ,
and who took upon himself the duties of
man of the family , and principal mourner ,
as. Indeed , ho was.
And so long as Miss AVoolson's memory re
mains preen In his heart It may well be said
that ho Is too thoroughly a cclcbate to ever
think of wedlock.
Why arc women distanced by men In the
use of the camera ? Jinny writers upon
this subject would have us bellcvo that
women photographers as n general thing
meet with less success than Iho 'masculine
portion of the guild becausu they are pos
sessors of less perseverance and tire Booncr
of an occupation , no matter how fascinating
that occupation may be.
This may be the case with certain In
dividuals , but keeping In view the success
of the feminine world In other lines It
must seem a very Inadequate and unsatis
factory explanation. Is It not really the
case that women hear too little of this
wldo branch , understand too Incompletely
Its possibilities , both for pleasure and
profit , arc unaware that Iho outfit Is simple
and cheap and the pleasure to bo had from
the pursuit great ?
Let mo review the advantages of pho
tography for women as I had them from
n woman who Is a member of half a dozen
clubs and has exhibited all over the coun
try , says n writer tn the Philadelphia
Press. First , there Is the gratification
of that love of the beautiful , which Is so
passionately rooted In all women. There Is
that Indulgence ot the artistic scnso In a
most thorough and delightful way. Then
the occupation Is often an out-of-door pur
suit. It furnishes an aim for city walks ,
country "trnmrs , " boat excursions , camp
ing haunts on-1 other outings which arc
likely to prove Irdlous without a direct
aim In view. Then Uiero Is club competi
tion and the toclnl effects resulting from
this connection For there nro few cities
now without tl.clr photographic clubs and
without prldo In the success of their de
votees of the camera.
"Now , as one of those women to whom
men apply Uie scornful term 'emancipated , '
I bhould llko to point out this Important
fact , writes ono of our new women , that
our ewe Is gradually beginning to recognize
that It Is Ignoble to seek for admiration
simply for It3 doll-llko qualities. We have
not lost our vaijjty though we are no
vainer thatf nine but wa are now aiming at
winning admiration In worthier fields ,
namely , In Intellectual' walks.
"tt'oi uhall Wlll"fcrlfle' ourselves'on our
good looks when -wi/ have them ; Wo shall
still do our best .tir'tlress well and taste
fully ; we shall still ( look forward to wifehood -
hood and hliall not tloso our maternal In-
slalncts , but we ahill no longer allow our
features and otir 'gowns to dominate our
lives.
"Undoubtedly wu are 'emancipated. ' All
fields of activity are being opened to UK.
and the men who now sneer and glbo at us
for our 'newness' will soon come to t > cn
that wo arc more companionable and nns
Bess more lasting attractions than In the
days when our faceswcro our fortunes and
when a few wrinkles and gray hairs au-
nounced the end of our rclun.
"To put my arguments Into a nutshell ,
my contention is that the prevailing par
slon of women has.been the love of admira
tion , because It ham-become an hereditary
Instinct of the ram that In personal charm
lay our only nowcr.- Now that we are at
last allowed to cultivate our Intellects and
put them to practical UEC , our bid for
power will bo on what I consider higher
grounds.
The sum that Londoners spend In flowers
amounts to considerably over $5,000,000 every
year. It Is no uncommon thing for $2GOO or
$3,000 to bo laid out In ( lowers for decora
tions at a slnglo reception , and In some cases
the floral decorations for ono evening have
cost $5,000 and even $7,500.
When Lord Rosebery was married ( which
ceremony took place In March , ono of the
worst months for flowers ) , 10,000 white rcses
were used In decorations.
At a ball given In Covent garden last year
2,000 plants of lllles-of-thc-valley were Im
ported from the south of Franco at the cost
of two shillings a dozen sprays ; and at one
of the balls given by the late Colonel North ,
when ho "first came to England as the
"Nitrate King , " the flowers cost $50,000.
A pretty story Is told of the Archduchess
Maria Dorothea of Austria , who Is to marry
that erstwhile admirer of Mme. Melba , the
duke ot Orleans.
It seems that the archduchess , among
other accomplishments. Is an excellent mu
sician and has studied the art very deeply.
The head of a banil of Gipsy musicians was
complaining to tle ( Archduke Joseph , father
of the Duo d'Orl j nnjjcee , that business
was Blow for tbu ffieu of this profession
on account of the lack of now compositions
In the Gipsy language. The archduke ,
laughing , asked lib daughter to wrlto a
plecu for the poor Gipsies. The young
princess composed a song , which the urch-
duke sent to the bandmaster , who reserved
all the rights to her piece.
A few weeks later the bandmaster wrote
to the archduke that tho' now plcco , en
titled "After the Jlaln , Sunshine , " had
proved a powerful success , and every ono
wanted a copy ot It. Another plcco com
posed by the young musician , "A Hoyal
Hymn of the Honvcds , " has llkowtso be
come very popular. Jt Is true that the
Archduke Joseph Is colonel of the Ilonvcd
regiment , and that this may have attributed
to the success of the latter plcco among
the oUlcers and soldiers of the regiment ,
though only their Intrinsic merit would ac
count for the popularity of both pieces
among the Hungarian masses.
Says a celebrated woman physician ; "Tho
first thing I say to a < woman when oho cornea
to mo for udvlco and suggestion Is , 'Turn
your back to me. ' It Is remarkable how
few women present a good looking back ,
straight and shapely , with shoulder tips In
line , elbows not noting , hips even , and no
protuberant uliouldcr blade. Ono haa so
many resources to-qmceal an 111 fitting front
ono's arms and-bunds , a bow of ribbon ,
and the llko ; but tie back Is hopeless , and
must bo above reproach , The back la not
only the crucial to t of a woman's gown ;
It Is also the test Jot her general appear-
uncc , A good back la very rare. Watch
women In the strut a. and you will bo sur
prised to sco boy ! few own one. "
The General Federation of Women's Clubs
now numbers 495 tn 'vlclual ' clubs and twen
ty-one state federations , which Include cbout
BOO clubs , giving ai4 Individual membership
of over 100,000 , Ofilhexo clubs , only about
fifty are put suing purely literary lines of
work : 371 are InUrtntod In work which
Includes the study f art , science , philoso
phy and kindred tuVJectn ; 232 are enrolled
under educational nmk , which I m'ud prao
tlcal work In klndeiRarten and public schools
and libraries ; 171 ro devoted to philan
thropic work , theoretical and practical ; 1C5
are pursuing household economics in various
lines ; 163 have studied social economics AS
applied to the history and practical appli
cation ot municipal and legislative work
and village Improvement ; 109 clubs have
concerned themselves In financial life , both
publicly and privately , with regard to club
houses and other buildings ; three clubs have
founded and maintained hospitals ; four sup
port public libraries , and many support free
kindergartens and women's exchanges. The
general federation has two clubs In India ,
ono In England and ono In South Australia.
The Pueblo Indian women arc -often very
pretty as girls , and some of them make
stately young mothers , writes llamlln
Garland In the October Ladles' Homo
Journal. They work generally In groups
of three or four , cooking , whitewashing
weaving or painting pottery. They seen
to have a good deal to chatter about , am
their smiling faces are very agreeable. They
have most excellent white teeth. Their
ceremonial dress Is very picturesque , espe
cially the costume of the Acoma and Islctn
slrls. All burdens ore carried by the
women of Acoma , Isleta and Laguna upon
the head , and they have. In consequence , a
magnificent carriage , even late In life. The
old women of Walpl , on the contrary , are
bent and down-looking. They carry their
burdens on their backs slung In a blanket.
The girls of Isleta wear n light cloth over
their heads Spanish fashion , und manage ( I
with flne grace and coquetry. The everyday
drcca of the Hopl women consists of a * ort
of kilt , which Is wrapped around the hips
and fastened with a belt ( a modification o
the blanket or wolfskin ) ; above this a sort
of sleeveless chemise partly covers the
bosom. Their hair Ls carefully tended , bul
Is worn In an ungraceful mode by some ol
the women. The women of llano cut the
hair In front square across , about to the
line of the lips , while the back hair IH
gathered Into a sort of billet. The fronl
hair hangs down over the faces , often con
cealing ono eye. The unmarried women In
Walpl wear their hair In n strangeway. .
They cell It Into two big disks Jnr. ; above
their cars the Intent being -symbolize
their youth and promise by Imitating the
squash flower. The matrons correspond
ingly dress their hair to symbolize the
ripened squash. Some of the maldotu were
wonderfully Japanese In appearance.
Quo of the most striking features of the
czarina's suite , according to the 'Vienna cor
respondent of the London News , Is Princess
Galltzln , who personifies the mistress of the
robes of past centuries. She Is as tall as
a grenadier , dresses most gorgeously , and
wears six ostrich feathers In her bonnet.
Her hair , In plain bands , surrounds a largo
face with remarkable teeth. She dominates
the whole sccno tn whUh she Is placed , and
the Empress Elizabeth's mistress ot the
robes , little Countess Goes , with her snowy
hair and her simple black dress , worn to
please her Imperial mistress , offered a
strange contrast to the Russian court lady.
The court and the suites drove In proces
sion of thirty-six carriages , so perfectly ap
pointed that they are the pride of Prlttco
Liechtenstein. So perfectly allko are they
that the saying Is that the only difference
Is the color ot the coachmen's eyes.
On the occasion of the vounc queen of
Holland's birthday her majesty has con
ferred on ono of her best known female
subjects , Miss Thercso Schwartzo , the Order
of Orange-Nassau. Miss Schwartzo Is a
distinguished painter whoso work Is highly
esteemed In Holland and In France. Her
portrait of her sovereign was executed somu
years since , and the story goes that In order
to hold the youthful quern's attention she
had to undertake to patnt the portrait of
the royal doll.
A doll party was the form which a chil
dren's fete' took recently. The little guests
were asked to come dressed as a doll , of
some sort. The result was a surprise to
omo of the onlookers , who have rather en
tertained the notion that a doll was a doll ,
and that was all. French dolls , rag dolls ,
brownie dolls , darky dolls , wax dolls , and
even paper dolls wcro only a few of the
cleverly represented puppets which the chil
dren displayed.
Ono of the most enthusiastic dog lovers
In all England Is her royal highness , the
princess of Wales. The eamo amount of
money that her Imperial mother-in-law
spends on fa' cattle and her husband de
votes to horses and his stables , the princess
lays out on keniiela that are the finest
owned by any woman In the United King
dom , and at present shelter a dozen varieties
of canlno boauty.
Not a dog fancier or breeder In Europe
but knows of her Interest In these pets ,
her knowledge ot an animal's good points
and her splendidly appointed kennels , and
at Intervals she receives , from some famous
stud , a particularly handsome puppy.
In the last English dog show this was
successfully demonstrated when the princess
benched a handsome new Russian hound , a
Qorzol , and carried off an armload of prizes ,
The beautiful creature , belonging to the
Imperial family of wolf houndo , of which
the czar possesses the noblest specimens ,
was sent the princess two years ago by a
Russian dog fancier of note , and since the
stately Allx , In his rough whlto and fawn-
colored coat , carried off first honora every
loyally fashionable woman In England has
purchased or bid for a Dorzol puppy.
The number of barmaids In England linn
been reckoned at between 80.000 and 90,000 ,
and W. H. Wllklns tells us that on making
Investigations ho found very few who dis
liked their calling or who wcro dissatisfied
with thqlr lot. He gives from his notebook
a typical case. It Is that of a serving
girl in ono of the largest bars In London ,
and this Is her statement : "Llko the work ?
Of course I llko It , " she said , "and what's
more , It likes me. Do you think I should
keep on with It If I didn't llko It ? I get
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wllli KtnndliiK to IOHR , when I'm off ilutj
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Woman has bounded lo the front In Vic
toria. Miss llobltm Harton nil but suc
ceeded In her application to the marine
board for a second mate's certificate or
board forelRn-KoltiR vessels , and now Mlsa
Alfrlda Hilda Onmble nnd Ml s Janet Lind
say CJrclR have been duly appointed anil
have commenced their duties MS resident
medical odlcers of Iho Melbourne hospital
a InrRo Institution In the heart ot the cli.\
accommodating some hundreds of imicnit
sufferlnR from all sorts ot mlstvllancom
complaints. H has been the custom ol
the hosplUl authorities to take the nrsi
six graduates In the final honor list of th (
Melbourne University Medical school evuj
year nnd appoint them resldont mrdlcn
oHlccrs of the Institution , but this ye.ir thij
were confronted with an uncxiicotod illtll
culty , for the names of two women appearci
on the list. AmoiiR the urofenslo.i nnd It
the press the battle waged hotlv as to tht
claims of the wotnw. but us the ho i.Uo' '
committee Includes politicians who forcsci
the approach of the franchise for womor
the women candidates simply "walked In. "
ns the sporting writers put It , when tin
question came to a division , and they commenced
moncod work nlong with the four new mali
residents who nre their colle.iRUcs. . Mlsi
Qrelg , being the lowest on the list , wn *
according to custom , placed In chnrgo ol
the casualty wnrd , nnd she had n lively tlnu
of It for the first night , she Is n vcrj
Klrllsh looking woman of 23 or thereabout !
nnd ns she went on duty nt ratdnlRht In i
simple black skirt and n cotton print blousi
she hardly looked physlcnlly strong enougli
to denl with the mnd-drunk larrikins nn.1
howling dcclasses who nro nightly broughi
to the hospital for surgical treatment , llul
bcforo the new doctor went off duty the
next day she showed , that cmcrRcncy de
velops capacity , although the experience
must have put her nurvcs to a rude trial.
When Elizabeth Ij < Dinks , nn Amerlcar
correspondent , wns icranted nn Interview
with LI HUIIR Chang In London the lattci
opened n rnpld flro of questions . -1' rnthci
disconcerted the lady * Ho nskcd how mud
she earned by writing , how old she was
' , . When Mlsi
why she wasn't married * etc.
Hanks Rot her Innings finally the xnoEl
Important query she had to put to tht
great statesman of the east was : Whnl
women ho considered the most boautKu !
and clever. At lltst ha assured Miss Ilanki
that nil women were lovely.Vhcn cor
nered the old fox admitted , of course , thai
the American women were unapproach
able hi beauty , wit and nlccncBS.
Something now nnd unique In the way ol
social affairs has been Inaugurated In
Knoxvllle , I'a. It Is styled a coal mine
party. The women don mackintoshes and
caps and go to'tho mouth of a coal mine ,
whcro they nro supplied with n miner's
lamp. They then board cars and proceed
Into the mlno n distance ot 1,750 feet. There
the party will get out and make a tour of
the works. Next a lunch Is served and
eaten under the flickering light of the coal
oil lamps. After luncheon tlio women will
mlno a lump of coal as a souvenir of the
trip. The Journey , though not dangerous ,
requires considerable courage to undertake.
Where does Cleopatra's body rest ? Scarce ! }
a layman who would not answer. "Why.
In Hgyptl" After her eajolerlca , her wllca
her Hfo of Intense , If not vcjry exalted , loves ,
Cleopatra was laid In ono of the loveliest
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head a mere roll of tightly swathed dual-
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Ilrltlsh .museum. U Is Cleopatra , the oncu
great qui.cn , a Vcnuus lu charm , beauty ami
love.
The llttlo children of Chlnn take very
kindly to the kindergarten , the two already
established thcro by missionaries being
highly successful. The- little folks of China
have Hiicli remarkably good memories that
the system established by Frocbcl la even
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I THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. I
Lively Tale of Adventure. I
By CLINTON ROSS. : |
Author of "Tho Countess Bottinn , " "Tho Colors of the Lrvwronco , " * *
"Tho Confession of Colonel Sylvester , " Etc.
tte TO BEGIN OCTOBER 25 AND CONTINUE FOUR WEEKS. Aji
UHTHE PUPPET" is a tale of the Zenda order. It
is a fairy story for grown folks of Dumas's and
Mr. Hope's kind ; but it is not in any sense an imitation.
a. Robert Gerald , the son and heir of an Irish adven
turer and a successful New York financier , meets
on his door step a stranger , young and charming ,
who asks his protection. In granting this lady his roof ,
Gerald finds , himself entangled in the most surprising
chain of circumstances. He is abducted on Wall street ,
drugged , and carried near Biarritz. Going to Parishe
chances to see his abductor , and he finds that the refugee
he has entertained is a great lady of Dalmatia. There
follows a plot which Gerald embraces for the establish
ment of Beatrice Ramaga as Princess of Dalmatia. In TJT
success and failure is the theme of the story , 'if
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