, DECEMBER ai ,
OF THE EVIL EYE IS TURKEY
Belief In Ita Existence General Thronghont
the Empire.
flLOODY FEUDS SPRING FROM SUPERSTITION
CnnlnKliin nnil Donlli
lANcrlltCfl lo itClinriiiK , Spell * ,
Amulet * tW t in AVnrit Of !
| ! ( < < fatal Infliirncc.
It take * the tpivclor In Turkey some time
to Ktillze how" deep-rooted In the minds 'of
( he people U tlil wipcrntltlon ot the evil
rye : I came'across It first In Slamboul , while
s &lHng about the sliops a d baraars , and
hero I notlcoJ fr < > qucdUy that while serving
me the Turks would shift uneasily when I
lookc'cl at them end fame times begin tvvlst-
ItiK A bright bit ot glass.
"What Is the malter with these fcllowa ? "
t asked my Interpreter several times , and
finally ha told mo that the- men were afraid
I would cast fie evil eye upon them , the
reason being that my cjpa are hltilsH gpiy.
Such eyes arc nit common here ivnd the
Turks nre afraid of them , and before their
gaze- will often touch -their talismans.
Mj attention being tins called to the im-
perstl ln , I observed that many hones lit Con.
ctanl'noplc carried blue beads hung about
their holds with little 'calmer ' bags or
amulets , lo nvhlch are fcven pieces of paper ,
bearing mvstlc writing or bits of alum , or
fragment * ] ot palm nu's or somcllilop believed
to have pottticy agalnet evil that might be
fall the iinlmnl. And I saw tfrcep wearing
bliio bcviili , and chickens wealing blue bcadt' ,
ami wus ted | that children of tea wore them ,
too. I put tlila down as an Interesting LUE-
tom and nought no more about U.
THE EVIL , IN CROSSING 'A ' UOAD.
But when we started Into the Interior ot
Turkey and uero joumeylng over bare yel
low plains with horses ted arabis , 1 was
forced to think of the evil eve on more thin
cay octaalon. 1 remember ono moinlng an
we were jogging along tu the outskirts of a
mud vlllaco , the arubajl tuddenly bugcn to
lash hi. ? hoHo and call out l-i evident cx-
cltemL'nt , There was a Turkish worran Just
from llm Koran , A % < r > tonR the four
sides ot tho- largo square nre the hflinps ot
Iho four aiiRelB. Mlclmcl , Israel , Gabriel and
Hnpbnel. Klnally , there In on Inscription In
Arabk ) which eaj that Ibp person carrying
with him this talisman will tiavo good health
nnd bo CAfe from all pernicious Influences.
11LOOD ri3UD3 THE HKSUl.T.
As a natural part of this superstition Is the
belief th.it certain pcrscus have power to
cast the uvll eye , nnd 1 have already ssld
that those with blue c > es are under this
suspicion. In addition to MICRO are numeroua
crazy or lialf-wlttcd men who are found In
all Turkish vlllagcfl , wandering about the
street * , nor.ictlincs quite naked , and who are
given perfect freedom , housed and fed by
Koncral contribution and treated with giettt
Indulgcncu , largely because they are crcdlttd
with power for evil , and no one cares to
Incur their enmity. Various other people nrc
believed to have uonrct to. cn t the evil eyes
and Individuals may possess It tor A time and
then lo > e-'lt. Therefore villages In Turkey
which have been distracted for icars by
blood feuds , wlilsh had tftclr origin In noth
ing morg , aubqtaqtlal. . than the belief that
aomo member pf one family , at some time In
the ( Ur pas < cast the eVll eye upon some
member ot another family ,
CLEVELAND MOPPCTT.
IIYI'MITIST.
I'lillurc In One llexiieet , a SUCCOUR In
Aitftllier.
Clmrley Horton Is ono ot the best young
men in this city , relates the Cleveland
Leader : but It Is barely possible that there
may bo found , here and there , somebody who
knows moro , than ho does or did.
A few weeks ago , when Charley was visit
ing Dolllo Dldwell ( these , by the way , are
fictitious names ) , htf'hrld she got trf discuss
ing hipgotb3iii. polllCj loves Charley very
much , ( but'sho loves a Joke , too , and when
ho proposed-to hjpnotlzo her she not only
consented , but pretended to Immediately
fall under the force of his spell. In fact ,
she was ns passive OB a little kitten eveu
wlierniolook'a'long , sweet klas from her ,
and aho meekly went through ft lot of ridicu
lous parfonrmuccs at his command , finally
coming out ot the spell with a jerking of her
pretty head nnd u blinking of her ejes , when
1-0 snapped his fingers and said , "all right 1"
Oolllo told her sister Mildred of the Joke ,
and when the latter's beau came , a few
evenings later , Oharley had to hypnotize the
three of them. They all proved to bo good
subjects , and B8MhHd a mountain ot fun.
Thcp , w.hep h.0 and DqHIp , were alone again ,
she unfolded a noble plan fo him.
"Why not , " she said , "hypnotize papa
fc
HE HUSHED FORWARD TO PnnVCNf THE .WOMAN CROSSING OUR PATH.
* , -RcomlnR out of the fields and about to
l-ARQSJjio roid. Tae arabsjl was shouting to
tier. She stopped , by the side of the rojd
und stared at us put ot tne eye ao we wcot
past , the reft of her fac.o bclug covered"with
her veil.
"Wbat did eho do ? " I ? "ked.
"E4io did nothl'ig , " said the Interpreter ,
"but If Bho 1-ad crossed In front of us It
mlnht ta\o brought harm. " ' Atid ho ex
plained tint this casts the evil eye with great
certainly for a woman , especially a moslem
wrman , to cross tile ro'd In front of hornet1
And I noticed at nightfall , .when we were
uoary nnd ln-ngry. that there was frequent
delay In Retting sheet's milk from the vil
lagers. And alter the milk was boiled , which
did nol ad i to Its flavor. I afterwards
learned that Turkish peasants In certain
sections of the country arc afraid to sell
milk until after sundown lest the kj\ll eye
fall upon them or upon tholr cattle. And
In othti sections the peasants , for the same
reafiin , would neither sell nor gl\e butter
on churning day until the large Jar In which
they put the butter was filled to the top
ftiul duly nurkca on the surface with r.
talisman sign. On the other hana th ° y will
neither sell nor lend jeest If 'lie ono who
Weds It , let him bo friend or stranger , camis
after sundown , I could find no reason for
this dlbilnciloi Vtween jcast and milk. I
, did not try very hard , for to search reason
In this matter would be a win puisult.
The most common harm that lu believed to
com.t > from the evil eye is bodily Illness
especially to children , and nEar Caesarea I
wan shown a large stone by Hhe wayside
with a hole cut through It. This atone la
bet let cd to have particular pow/crs / for re
lieving childien from the bal'ful effects ol
l- the evil eye , and mothers are ott'n seen
passing ( heir little ones through the stone BO
that they may bo restored to health. After
doing this they Have a small piece of monej
upon the stone and go fi-way , confident that
whooter takes the money will take with I *
the child's trouble.
* DRIVING. AWAY THE DVIL EYE.
Another step taken by rrurklsh doctoia to
rtrlvo away the evil eye when It has fallen
upon a child Is to melt fomu lead over a Ore
* made .with sticks of wood boi rowed from
coven neighbor . Then the molten lead Is
dropped Into told water and the form of the
solidified drop shows how the harm has
como. If It ri'teaibles an eye then it Is thn
Sfff ga/o of some person that has mad the
mischief , but If It be In the form of a
tongue then ttie cause has been some spoken
' word. This or that man or woman has called
' the child fat { which is a compliment ) or
pretty , which Is worst , for thora U no surer
way of btlnglng the evil eyci Upon .j Imuy
than to praise It , To prove t\la ] \ ono ho/j onb
tostop / In admiration before a brlght-ej ed
Jlttle ono crowing In ltn mother's arms nnd
say that It Is a beauty or u darling. In-
etantly the mother will spit upon hJr Infant
end cry out , "cover It up , the ugly thing , "
nnd doing this simply to avert the evil whlph
compliments are though to bring.
CmliiK bask now t ) tSe molten lead , the
mother having thua discovered the cause of
her chlUVs Illness , will rub some of the water
Into which Ihe leaf ! has been dropped upon
the baby's forehead , and then upon Its
stomach , and phewill think this better then
any medicine t'nough It be a clear case cf
croup , of chclcfa Infantum or any ether
child's dlacato. Needless to Bay what tha
mortality among children Is In a country
. -where such practices are preferred to scrloua
treatment by a comyctent physician.
As might be OH > ectcd , the widespread belief -
> lief ta the evil eye makes people anxious
to take precautions In advance that It may
not strike then. No sconer Is a baby born
In most TushUh families than talisman of
* eoino sort la attached to Us little baUy , one
Of the most common being a large blue bead
* ' pierced with ee\pn toolcs. And even among
adults the use of talismans agalust the danger
- . la very general , a missionary in Talaa assur
ing me that alne out of ten men In that
vicinity , even the more Intelligent 'ones ,
" wquld bo found to tune about them some
'charm or oleco of writing designed to keep
them * cafe. ludeod , there are priests all over
. ' Turkey who do quite a biulneas In wilting
Jhesocharms against the eyll eye , which they
sell fcr a plaster or two , and many of them
raako the task more easy by having large
brasa goals made graven with mystic words
With this , all trat Is needed lo mike a talLi-
luan Is to Ink the surface , press It upon a
piece of caper end the thing U done , 1 was
i blo to purchase ono ot these ecaH In
.CJaesarea and it is really ea Interesting object
It Is In circular Term , about four Inches In
? ' .diameter , and around the outer clrcumfer-
'enco , la tlireo concentric circles , are Arabic
'cfeamcteu said { o be the seal ot Solomon.
"Within thceo circles la a square about two
iS tocbec on a , side and this U subdivided Into
UO little squarta , In tmch ot which are ca-
* * .tAta H AAgte
when you go to ask him for me ? Ypu've
been putting' It off and putting it off from
week toeek because you we'e afraid he
might g ct angry ; but It we are to get mar
ried ho ought to be told at once. Go up to
him , cast your spell over him , or at leas
partly hypnotize him , and then the rest will
bo easj. What do you think ? "
"It's a capital scheme , " said Charlej
"I'll do it tomorrow. By George , what r
lucky thing H Is that I'have ' this wonderful
rower ! "
So , the next day , , young Mr. Horton walkef
Into Mr. DUluoil's office , sat down opposite
the old gentleman , and began gazing at him
steadily.
Anthony Bldwell gazed back , wonderlnf
whether the young man had been renderex.
speechless , or what was the matter with him
and was about to say something , when Char-
Icy raised his hands , pointed , hla fingers a'
the father of the girl ho loved , and ther
made several .uassfa ln rapid succession.
Mr , Tlldwell arose , grasped the back of hi :
chal. ' , wlth-an-lnward determination to sal.
his llfo dearly If the worst came , and then
began slowly backing out ot the office , will
Charley following , making passes and gazing
at him with an Intensity that -vvas almca
frightful.
Finally Mr. Bldvvell reached the door
grabbed the knob and slammed It chut , afte1
him , as ho jumped into , the hall. Then
ho hung on , bracing himself against the wall ,
and began * > elllng for-hclp.
The porter , the e'evator boy and several
tenants of the building ran to h's ' assistance
but before thejc.could decide upon a plan o'
action , Dollle , who had desired to see tin
fun , appeared uponaho scene and asked \ \ hat
wrs the matter.
Her father KftoV'i-tfoMdve'a Charley Horton ,
ind he looked at her plt > lngly for a moment
before tolling her the awful truth.
Then she laughed jnerry.laugli.vyhlspere , !
something In the old gentleman's ear , and
he rellnqulshttl'hlB-hoJd-upan the doorknob ,
at the same time telling those who had gent
to h'a ass'stanco that It was all right.
Jtat what happened after Dollle and hci
father gat Inside , she refused to tell , but
she od Oharley went avvay happy , half an
hour later , and ho has decided to do no moro
lixprotlzlngV"11" / " " ' "
l.Vt tSid.N OP 1808.
I.n ii ill UK' , the Alliance
Ittfl - ! Jlllll'l < ] l < " Itllllt.
The Cleveland Plain Denier foreshadowb
a comlnE event In this style :
We > Ier had Just Inndcd.
Hn had come ashore with ten battalions
f the Itmb'il.i corps , thn flower of Spinlsh
soldiery.
To liln surprise there was no opposing
force to prevent his landing , TCie country
seemed strangely quiet. Perhaps they did
not know of hl * arrival ?
And yet they did.
Ono of his scouts returned at nlgntfull
from ths nearest town nnd brought with
him a newspaper. The rjiEneral's eyes
blazed us be unfolded It. And there on
ho front iiage under a modest two-Una
livid ho read thl Item :
"It is < rumoe < l < > thut u lot of Spanish
troops dime ashore near the mouth of
Squab creek at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon , The customs authorities and thn
quarantine ofllcorH have been notlfl ° d and
will at once Investigate. Nobody know8
what the Spaniards nre hero for , but they
will not be disturbed as long an they com
mit no overt act. "
The general ground his teeth together.
"C'Tambal'1 he snorted. "I will"nhow
them I"
At daybreak the order was plven to ad-
varcc. Slowly the column awung forward.
moment later the lieutenant In charge of
tno sklrmlnh line came tearing back.
"General , " he shouted , "an Immense
force of Americanos la closing in on us ! "
The tenornl unsheathed lila sword.
"At Inst , " he muttered. Then ho shaded
It la eycH with ht hands nnd stared across
the smiling fields.
"Those are not tropps , " he muttered.
And they wsre not. They were news
paper Interviewers , und the flslda vvero
blaek with them. On they came , helt r
pkulter , anil befgrc the order to fix bayo
nets could be given the wild eyjd newcom
ers wire. In the very Tanks. At that decis
ive Instant a detachment Of customs douse
Inhucctora clmrped down on the left Hank
and a sciuad of health bureau pollc'men
dashed at the right vvlnpr. The Spanish
nrmy was cornered , rolled back , dlscom-
An'd nt that very moment MO pencils
Hushed In the air and WO hoarse voices
cried !
"How do yoii like our country , general ? "
T.ien cume a sudden "clliX" from fifty
different directions. Tim fttuff photogra
phers vveio getting In their Jllne work.
Suddenly a clear yolcq a > Qso above the
confusion ,
"Wally. old hey , " It said , "lend UB your
Toledo blade for n brief llnUrval. "We de
sire to Blmrpen our pencil , * ' *
And then , with a l UmlJtr ) thrill the
famous Weylcr recouulzexl .that the creat
Spanish Invasion of 1S9S was a-chcap fiasco.
NEW YORK'S ' GAME OF BLUFF
! ts Fountain Head Discovered In Ono of the
Swell Metropolitan Hotela.
VEHDANCY OF STYLISH YOUTHS
PnUlVn Who Ilo Undine * * nlth n I'Mll
llcnril , n Vnr Oiorciint mill nu
Oily TOHHTIIO The ljHierK-H
of I'll 1 in Gnrilen.
NEW YOIIK , Dec. 23. There Is one Im
portant topic on which I would llfto to set
ray rcaiVcrs ntj-est , and that la Iho social
; > osltlon of the Vandcrbllts. It hao become a
sort ot fashion to speak sneering ) ; ot them
OH "namnus.y and to , allude In terms ot
bitter ; sarcasnt to the time , not so very far
back.vhcn they were "trying Ip.get Into
society. " In fact , I have heard those northv
millionaires spoken of so snceringl and
wllh such trOqiiont contempt that I feel It
a bounden duty to set them right before
the public. At Mrs. Catnip's boarding house
where I live the funny boarder who Is usu
ally the very life of his end of the table ,
becomes positively acrimonious In his obser
vations whenever their name" Is mentioned ,
which Is not oftencr than once ever } ' flve
minutes ; for In our little community wo
love fashionable cht ( chnt as much as any
one. and as for Mrs. Plllowsham , she car ! ,
"remember the tljno" when neither they nor
several other prominent families with whoso
name she Is familiar "held their heads up
ns hlch us they do now , " It I may quote
from her fashionable Jargon , Yes , In spite
of their superb houses/ liveried servants and
holdings In the New York Central sjfltem ,
the Vanderbllts do not stand well with people
ple of the sort that sit at Mrs. Catnip's
table , and It nil the ladles and gentlemen
In New York who hftve folenmly assured me
that they wouldn't go to euch a vulgar thing
as a VanderblU , ball If they were asked ,
were to really receive invitations to sucb n.
function there woulcl bea crush 'about the
doors ot a kind that has not been known
alnce the Brooklyn ( Ire.
From , all T cam lcan , b.oivoycr , the Van *
derbllts are doing very nicely this winter ,
and , so far from their having any social
snubs to endure , they are usually spoken
of In the social circles of the town ns
"c'owned heads , " while the expression , "I
am to lunch with rojalty tomorrow,1' means
that you are invited to .break Yanderbllt
bread and It Is so understood. Concerning
their "struggles to get Into soMety , " of w hkh
Mrs Plllowsham and Mrs. Catnln know to
much. I would say thai the founder ot the
house lived his modern comfortable life In
fie old house on West Fourth street , and
derived more pleasure from driving his fast
horses up the road and watching the boy
cxe-cl'e them In the tan baik xlng In his
big stable tlkan he did from any sort of
soc'ety ' that the town could boast of.
ANCESTORS LOVE'D GOOD HORSES.
William II. , the second of the dynasty ,
cared for little outside of railroad affairs ,
except ils horses and his plqturcs , for let It
bo Kuo\va to his credit ho was net merely a
ir n rleo enough to buy anjthlng that hip-
psned to strike his fancy , but a genuine lo\er
of horseflesh ' .nd a man of certain distinct
artistic taste. A professional driver and
trainer who knew him "well once assured me
that If ho had not been born a millionaire
William H. Vandcrbllt could have taken rank
as perbapo the best driver and Judge of trot
ting stock that this country has ever eeco.
Cornelius , who succeeded Iilm on toe New-
York Central thnfOD , beg > -n his married life
In ono of the three little white three-story
houtea that fitlll stand on the east side of
Lexlnglcci avenue. Just abcvo Thirty-fifth
street , and I think If It had. not been for his
own and uls brother's wife that the family
would not have obtained the social prom
inence that they have. But , after all , the
present generation has found It uoeessary to
tuko up some form of ara.usem.ent to replace
the love of Siorses which distinguished their
father and grandfather , but whlen for eome
reason did not descend to them. New York
uelcty , which Is not such en Imposing or
dlscriminatlog cr exclusive body as some so
ciety reporters would have Us believe , did not
object to them or to their wealth , and J
-omctlmes think that Mrs Catnip , Mrs. Pll-
lowsham and our funay boarder are really
too severe upon them In their remarks about
'parvenus. "
Would you like to know what attraction is
Irawlng the largest audiences In the town
nd causing more-talk thin aay other en
tertainment now before the public ? Well ,
It is a woman Who calls hcrsflf Chsrmlon ,
vho .nerforms. on a trapeze , but It Is the
lai'.urs of her performance that has ma-Jo her
ho talk ot th'a brilliant-town. She appears
Irst , In a handsome silk walking dreas wlln
appropriate glov6S' dUd -ibBTihct , Is h'aulcd up
to the cross bar jjf.lhe.Jrancze , by. a rope
nd then proceeds to divest herself of the
various apllclps of her apparel until she re
peals herself to the audience In the conven-
t'onal pink tlghtn SUd'tUnlc * ofa" female
crobat. It Is t'je feminine verslon t the
.A circus act of the drunkard who cllrata
Into the ring ibecausa ho Is a friend of the
flown , offers to ride the horse around the
ring and then pulls off hls clothes whllo the
auditors guffaw wJlh eUsJlt , , t , may.seem
1 icreJlblo , but 1 have npver seen "In Kostor
& Blal',3 music hall a , greater number ot
7cntlemcn of goo-l position In the world
than I did aho nlghtTTSCnT to see Charmlon
convert the trapeze Into a dresiln ? room.
FOUNTAIN-HEAD OF NEW YORK BLUFF.
I Vave long foreseen the fact that oUr new
Motel , the Astoria was desjlged to .become
'
'he fountain-head of New York bluff. In-
leed. the number ot , fakirs who have been
Awaiting Its completion In order to give lec
tures read'aps ' and-t "
morning talks and "s-og
lecltals" within Its walls became so largo
that the proprietors , who also "cSntrpl the
Waldorf , next door to It. were afraid that the
older house would corrnletcly Jose Its urestlge
ind they have. thoreforeHUMied H frrto Its
younger and larger sister by means ot a
hyphen , which Is In itself a small mark that
UPLally Indicates the presence of a bluff. This
Kvcat structure new known as the Astoria-
Waldorf Is a luifv * . gaudy affair , -designed
to celebrate In tawdry plush and ulckel-plate
the refined taste of the family that has given
It to New York. It posserses , however , a
certain civic significance. Inasmuch as It Is
a fair example of the sort of thing that the
members cf what we respejtfully term the
"Better Element" do for us , on ihofo rare
occasions when they put their bands In their
packets.
It Is aii awful heresy to utter , but the fact
Is that the "Detter Element" of New York ,
concerning which so much 5as ? been /jald and
written , fa like many another of our widely
advertised Institutions , ! argel > a case of bluff.
Less than a mile tJ Die north ot the Wiil-
dcvf-Astoriii the Calbcdial roan ) Its gray
spirts to the heavens , commanding by virtue
ft Its beauty and dignity the respect of all.
It U ovldtmt. from the absence , of red plush
and n'cUel ' iiMte. tint the better element ted
very little voice In Us comsiruitlon. And , In-
d"ed. they ! iad not , for It was given to us
b" 'ho rpnant rl- ' " ' jfcp city
Of course , the
Waldorf-Astoria Is doing a
rushing business as a place of amusement
and "while a great many of the lectures , readIngs -
Ings and muslcales that are given there are
unuojoted.y vvftay of all respectnovertno ; -
lets , there Is a certala superstition exiting In
the mlnfia of the. Igno-dht and the credulous
which Invests with a lialo an > thing , no mat
ter what It may be , that oo-urs there.
A few year.i . ago , when the Waldorf was be
ginning ( o acquire the extraordinary reputa
tion that lea since mudt it 83 profitable n
foreign gentlerrcn of gcoulno distinction In
scholarship asked rny advice concernlug'isonie
reading which hu JcBlrcd to glvp from the
modern French authors.
"Have ycj a fur-lined overcoat ? " I. Inquired -
quired as soon as U had finished speaking.
"Yes , I have a very fine cne , but what hew
ttnt n di with It ? " he rejo'ned.
"My gocd friend , " I continued , almost af
fectionately , "you have come to me for advice
and I air trying to help } ou. Remember
that jou are about lo address yourself to the
inoat brilliant and highly cultivated men and
women In New York society. Therefore do
not fall to place your fur-lined overcoat over
the back of a chair to that the lining may bo
seen by all. Nature has been bauntwun to
you In the matter of a fine largo beard , The
overcoat and the Waldorf for of oourcc you
will not dream of reading anyw.'iere else-
will do the rest. "
I am , bappy to cay that < hls gentleman vvaa
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distinctly successful In his readings , althougti
he Is a scholar of high ability.
AMERICAN PLAV ON GDRMAN 3TAQD.
Paul Potter has Just arrived from Europe
and Is rehearsing his new play , "Tho Con-
OuerorD , " at the Empire. Well do I remem
ber a certain mornlntj , a little more than
three years ago , when I sat with Potter In
bis room In the queer * old-fashioned down
town hotel , where bo Jived at the time , and
discussed with him the question of the
dramatization of uo\e < .
"Now there Is Trilby , " I eald. "that Is
having an enormous run as a ncnel , but cer
tainly no one would ever dream of putting
It Into dramatic form ; "
"On the contrary , " , retorted Potter , who
was In an argumentative mood , "It has the
making of a most/excellent play and If I
were to do It It wo'uUl be eomcwhat In this
fashion , " And therewith ho rapidly out
lined a play which WAS In all essential par
ticulars the same- drama that has since
proved so enormoualyisucceEsful In this coun |
try andIn Europe. I eaplcntly assured him '
that his scheme was worthless and that the
Introduction of hypnotism alone would suffice
to kill It , but be did not agree with me and
the next day bo bagan to work upon the
drama In order , as I have always contended ,
to prove that I. was wrong.
Well , 1 acknowledge too ecru tad am glad
to chrcolclo the fact that for the first time
lii history an lAmerlc&u play hae actually
taken possession of the German stage , al
though when It WAS given for the tint time
at the Carl theater 4n Vienna It utterly failed
to awoken any enthusiasm. At Its first rep-
rwentatko there was about $100 In the
houre ; at Its second , the crown prince of
Austria and. fitlll $100 In money ; at Its third ,
the emperor and hla court , ruling every box ,
aud then tUe Trilby deluge that swept all
over Germany. All of which. U very comfort-
lag for us to hew ebout , for which QUO of us
Is there who docs not believe In his rjecrct
iheart that he can write a plijJ '
Potter lu now living In Paris and writing
plays which he hopes tp produce simulta
neously In England , ( America acid Berlin. I
am glad to learn that the famll ) of Du
Maurlcr enjoys u large Income from the
rojaltles of the "Trilby" drama ,
WHHRG FIvASH LIKE GATHERS.
A fortnight ago I had somctblcg to sa >
about the all-night Testaments that are BO
popular on Upper Broadway juct qow , ( but I
do not think that I even mentioned a mid
night resort which ; Is one of ( lie most fa
mous of them all because It has a d'atlctt
Individuality ot Us own and oin boast of a
clientele that ccnnat be found In Its entirety
anynhero e'se. This plate la situated at the
rear of the hotel to which It belongs and
is reached by deere In the side streets an
well as from Broadway. It Is kncwn vari
ously , as the "palm garden" atd the "bird
cage , " because of ths palms used as decora.
( l < n and the merry character acd gay
plumage of Its patrons. I doubt If there is
any place In the city that can nhow a better
repreicnt&tlon of the prosperous llab llfo of
the fonn than that which gathers hero every
night after the theater * are closed to eat
expensive dishes end partake of drlnka that
range from Scotch asd ea&i to the highest
priced I rand of champagne. I never heard
of anvonc breakfasting or lunching here , but
I do kmow that It Is necetoary to "ptand In"
with the head waiter and secure a table In
advciico If you wish to cup here between
11:30 : acd midnight , andi at that hour you
can alttajs see ecorea of people turning dln-
consolstely away because the rooms are full.
Among the men v > ho frequent the palm
garden may ba teen bookmakers , theatrical
managers and actors , members of the
Jouneeso doree and an occasional Journalist
of the better sort. I do not mean "better"
In A moral but In a pecuniary
sense and I am happy to state that the
of a clever writer ot today are
such that ho Is able to enjoy luxuries which
were bejond the reach of men of his class
et dozen jeara ago. And UH the Journalists
have prospered , even so have the once
fortunate and well-tlrcaed gamblers fallen
Into decay , and It will bo a difficult matter
to find within the walls of such a place as
'tS-o palm garejen n single faro dealer or
roulctto expert. Their places hnvo been
filled by sharp-featured uhlfty-c > e < l book
makers and race plungers and an Inferior
variety of so-called "HpecuVitorfS , " ' who buys
wheat on a margin through some bucket
shop by dav , nnd goes about at night scok-
ing whom ho may ionr. i ] .
Among the women are certain rather
fleshy ones who flit about the fringe of so
ciety and nro vaguely supposed to have some
sort of a social standing , comic opera sing
ers and burlesque actresses and a few of
th < j swellcst members of thn demi-monde.
F.'oni time to time there mav bo Been In
the midst of the laughing , drinking , nmok-
Iii2 croud a party of sedate strangers who
h."ve strolled In pcrhapj by accident and
possibly because they wish to see for thorn-
Bclves just what the bird cagn Is like at
the midnight hour. They always crane
their necks In every direction and
seem to bo about as much at case
an the i.-overblal salmon on the gravel walk ,
The wealthy young New Yorker of "fast"
proclivities Is atrongly In evidence hero and
an amazing specimen bo U too. We are
accustomed to ridicule * the agriculturist who
oomes to Now York 'to ibuy a gold lirlck ergot
got a nlco drink of knock-out drops , and
hold him up as an example ot verdancy , but
I can aMuro you that In comparison with the
dashing young- New York cwell of foflay
thla benighted farmer Is a Talleyrand In
knowledge of the world and a veritable
Prlrce Demldaff In the matter of epicurean
taste. If you doubt this you have only to
make 'tho ' Acquaintance of a few of the
women who Ilye."by'faaclnatlug 4ho city man
ami you ullt como to the conclusion that he
| s what vvo call on upper Broadway un
"easy mark , " I con fancy nothing moro doleful -
ful than n woclaL function graced only by
the presence of Uvo or 'threo ' cf the rnplt
brilliant ot thcso women and the young-
vlvoursvvho are Infatuated with them. The
latter talk chiefly about { themselves and are
Interesting only from a scientific standpoint"
as examples of how llttlo cultivation and
com in on scnsu may bo acquired by what IB
known as a "college education ; " and It la *
not until wo talk to some of these- women < * *
tjiat vvo realize > ! hp utter Viorthliosncns of / *
European travel and * *
good clothes as air
effectual < ll KUl"o for Inborn vulgarity and
the deepest Ignorance.
Ai wealthy young men are always under
the Influence of women of this sort I think
thct the government should subject them
to a civil service examination before per
mitting them to practice their calling ID the
most exclufllve circles of male fashion ,
JAM i:3 L. FOJID.
Inliurx I'roffHt I2 < Trclvo ,
CHICAGO , Dec. 30. The News' Washing
ton special Buys : fienutor Cullom's protest
ngalnst thu nomination of Judge EOward
M , Paxeon of I'iiuiHylvantn. us Interatuta
commene coinmUnloner has borne fruit.
Today t'no jirewldcnt told ono of his callora
that ho had icluctaiitly Klvtn up lila in
tention to nominate the I'cnnuylvnnlu
JurlHt. Ho rLftrred to the opposition of
labor to I'UXHOM'H
conllnnatlori And udil'd
that unless the cloud hovering over the
1'tnnsylvunln man In lifted the latter can
not hope for preferment.
Kini'lfiiliN Out SI I u I ii K Tim n.
O3ICAIXO8A , la. , Dec. SO.-The buslneia
portion of Muchnkunock , u mining town
four rnllei * south , wua practically dcstroypct
by flr toduy. The llro wturitd In "
restaurant , und there belne no water * V
fluht It , the lliimca burned thi-maclvca out * .
Six bUBlneaa ylucec wcro burr.'J , . , \ -
