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g OBSERVATIONS. 8
The letters from the boys at camp
have not given a roseate view of army
life. But it has its compensation in
the excitement and chance of adven
ture. According to the reports much
bad management must exist in the
commissary department. This may
be due to inefficiency or dishonesty,
probably both. We have little sym
pathy or patience with a woman who
can not provide enough provisions to
last over Sunday, when the stores arc
closed, yet such women live. In the
larger "family of the army a careful
and exact calculation is required to
prevent what is said to have occurred
at San Francisco a shortage of pro
visions. The Lincoln boys were
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trained to too much luxury to take
kindly at once to hard tack. Perhaps
by their return they will have learned
that it is not always necessary to de
man the tenderloin part of the beef
steak It is a pity that the government
does not, own a few more brass bands
like the glorious Marine that has been
at Omaha. Nothing could be more in
spiring or arouse a greater feeling of
patriotism than the national airs
swelling forth in perfect unison from
those wonderful instruments. Of
course the surroundings at the expo
sition add to the enchantment.
"Frozen music' is a term often ap
plied to architecture by famous
writers who knew nothing of its ap
propriate application to the ethereal
beauty of the modern "white city."
but when the Marine band peals forth
those wonderful strains of welcome in
the dusk of the evening, the gleaming
colonades and buildings no longer
seem frozen, but melt into the warmth
of the joyoftheeiivelopinglianiioni.es.
Anyone doubting the beauty and
value of the Trans Mississippi ex
hibits should sjiend a day in the gov
ernment building. An astonishing
variety of interesting articles are
collected there. The models of the
war vessels are complete to the small
est detail and are of inestimable edu
cational value to western children
who have never seen a ship. The il
lustrations of modern war methods
also attract a great deal of attention.
The recoiling guns are patiently ex
plained by an ollicer until even the
unmcchanical mind of the average
woman can understand how they go
otL She still retains a feeling of the
uncertainty of guns resembling her
opinion of the unloaded revolver,
which, she knows from its name, will
kill. The most charming part of this
exhibit is that devoted to the fish.
The entrance through a beautiful
grotto leads to a long, cool corridor
lined with glass cases, through which
the irridescent finny tribe dart back
and forth unceasingly. Here, too.
the delight of the children is un
bounded. The older generation can
live on the memory of earlier exposi
tions when novelty and enthusiasm
accompanied their travels, but the
growing youth of today bring with
them a fresh, unclouded appreciation.
The death of Anton Seidl last spring
and the vacancy left in the New York
Philharmonic society, has had far
reaching effects in the world of musi
cal conductors. Walter Damrosch
desired the appointment and resigned
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SATURDAY JUNE '1T, 1893.
from the New York Symphony orches
tra, but the coveted prize fell to the
lot or Emil Pauer of Itoston. That
necessitated the recall of Gerick from
Germany, whither he retired years
ago from Boston. Why he went no
one knew, any more than they now
know why he is willing to return to
his old position. In the meantime
Frank Damrosch is IcmiKirarily ron
ducting the New York Oratorio so
x-iety. whidi means (say the journals)
that his brother Walter will later ac
cept that for the winter. Walter
Damrosch is one of those young men
who are hampered by the greatness of
their fathers. Leopold Damrosch
died at the height of his musical
career and in the fullest development
of hi intellectual power. His man
tle fell upon a sou who has done mar
vellously well, but that extreme cul
ture and delicacy of discernment and
of feeling,attained through the ex
perience of sorrow and joy, could not
be expected from the younger man.
Not so say the critics.
lo
ll was said last winter that shirt
waist's would not be worn this season
by those who know what is chic.
Nevertheless the shirt waist is every
where and everybody of consequence
and of no consequence wears them.
They are probably iermanent. It is
no longer possible to nrrange a sum
mer campaign without giving the
shirt waist the first place. A pretty
girl looks prettier and an ugly one is
given an air of distinction and neat
ness by a well-fitting, nicely laundered
shirt waist. There have been certain
revolutions in men's attire, but since
eighteen hundred and something men
have worn trousers, a coat, waistcoat
and a shirt, 'these four articles have
been long and they are still subject to
fashionable variations in regard to
length and trimmings but under all
changes the four articles preserve
their distinct diameter. The shirt
waist responds to the exigencies of
the climate and of all situations more
perfectly than any other garment
ever worn by women. In bicycling,
tmvelling.camping.in case of a sudden
change of weather the jacket, which
is apart of the shirt waist costume,
can transform a hot day dress into a
suitable protection from inclement
weather. The philosopher of clothes
sees the i nfluence the sh i rt w aists have
had and will have upon the diameter
and habits of women. With shirt
waists and a shirt women can
travel as unencumbered as a man. In
a shirt waist her arms are free. It is
the day of tight sleeves again but the
shirt waist sleeves laugh at the law
and remain of comfortable and con
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formable width. It has done more
for emancipation than the bicycle or
co-educatioual schools or chilis or any
other concrete thing If the inventor
could lie identified the expressions of
gratitude from a sex long in chains
would overwhelm him, for of course it
was a man.
J
The addresses on Woman's club day
at the exposition grounds were disap
pointing. The speakers were women
of national reputation who should
have a message to deliver, yet, with
one exception, they all failed to put
anything of themselves into their
words. Individuality is the only
tiling today that renders or interest
any kind or work. We can read books
by celebrated thinkers, if we wish in
sinuation, and we can always get
more or that at first hand. When we
listen to a speaker.it is usually not
Tor the subject presented, but foi his
or her views upon it. And it does not
always require genius to transform a
plain topic with thediarm or a per
sonal, sympathetic touch. Ily "per
sonal" is not meant an egotistical re
cital or one's own achievements, but
that indefinable something or living
interest, that iiermeates what would
otherwise be a recital or dead facts.
There is something decidedly wrong
about the ordinary speech or paper
given by women, and that something
is their own lack of interest in their
subjects. The thing should be dear
to ourselves and a part or our deepest,
inmost thought, that we would suc
cessfully present to others. Men
usually speak upon politics, or where
self-inerest is involved, and individu
ality then lurks unconsciously in every
word. If unpleasant, that is better
than stupidity. Women have not yet
learned to magnify themselves, but ir
they will give to their words a little
or their own tenderness and sympathy,
a meeting like that on Saturday can
no longer be called "disappointing
The systematic collection ror the
exposition or the relics and reminis
cences or the early days or Nebraska
will provide much furniture histori
cal use in a get at-able form. No one
of the various books published Tor this
purpose is or greater interest than
the little booklet on the Omaha In
dians edited and largely written In
Fannie Reed Giffen. Mrs Giffeii ha"
the assistance or Susette La Flesche
Tibbies, formerly known as Bright
Eyes, who is a daughter of Iron Eye.
the famous chief of the tribe. Mrs.
Tibbies not only relates much of her
childhood experiences, but lias drawn
the illustrations which, according to
the preface, are believed to be the
