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the CfISSIP OF GOTHAM.
How Chicago Proposes to Keep New
Oat of a Postoffice.
Cro - t r as a Litterateur—What Bar
maid! and Bourget are Up to in New
York.
(Copyright. 1893).
f >vvr York, Sept. 15.—The discovery
that ( hicneo is conspiring to do New York
0 ,t, ■ the now postofflee building which
t .t.tcr city has b-en hoping to see
jjuilt or building before long is the latest
blow to the civic pride of Gotham. It
lljS i nved very unfortunate all along
that the country’s largest two cities
B i experience eoutemiiongieously a
joaciug for new federal buildings. The
u propriationa to be demanded, there
f rc : mount to nearly a dozen million dol
lars, and naturally tho Chicagoans have
been lobbying since back in, the sum
mer. But only within the past few weeks
bgvr tho Tammany congressmen com
menced to realize that the Windy City
j seems to have
everything its own
ria. - way. W. Bourke
Cockran has man
"*i"*Tßl /m. aged to smooth mat
•vT 1 '■ tors out by talking
V 7 • ll "■> l IT to the Holmanites,
=; Kj|l| according to one of
‘' them, in this wise:
U'jAfißilLil ‘Why should you
jf- * ,‘r n ii '— °T‘l>oso a building
' v - appropriation for
New York simply
r because Chicago is
tv-jKL to have one? New
v " -3 ' York needs anew
postoffice, and it is to your constituents’
Interests tliat it gets one built rapidly.
To have the mails badly handled in the
national metropolis is to retard them all
over tho country.”
Bat the Chicuyoans ha' e nr. failed to
retort in kind: ‘-What’s L.e use of vot
ing a lot of money into the hands of/Tam
matiy ?’’ Senator Allen is amonp those
who have been approached in this way.
• Anew postoffice fer New York! Non
si asc! There’s lot’s of room in the pres
ent building—up stairs.” last the
subject became a pronouncedly agitated
om and a quiet show of strength was had,
with this result:
SENATE.
For the new Yew York postofflee building
appropriation 21
Against It 10
Neutral 40
For the Chicago federal building appro
pi ; ut Um t.-;
Against it 11
Neutral 29
norsE.
For the new New York postofflee building
appropriation 70
Against it 118
Neutral 150
For the Chicago federal building appro
priation 195
Against it ...... 35
Neutral 110
These figures, it will be seen, do not
account for every member of congress,
hut the senior senator from Illinois is
quoted in New York as saying that Chi
cago will have even more votes than the
above table indicates.
It seems that unless the New Jfork con
gressmen bestir themselves, Chum go will
have another world s fair laugh on the
Gothamites.
CHOKER'S LITERARY TASTES.
Nothing connected with Richard Cro
kcr’s new house is proving more note
worthy than the books he has ordered
for the library thereof. The volumes are
in black and red
with giit
“a lot of hooka,” to aSqHQ
his own expres-'
nothing to what lie \ pj VrLjf TtkWf
will have when the
niall.v taken posses- | j fer, ll 11,1
siou of. There will
be a full set of the
classics, not translations merelytabut the
originals. Mr. Croker.no doubt, wishes to
edify his leisure with the lyrics of Catul
lus, Tibullus and Propertius. Then there
arc books on mental philosophy, including
the lucubrations of Spinoza, Descartes,
Pitcher and liant. The library seems
inexplicably deficient in light literature,
but there is a set of Milton's poetical
works—strange reading, truly, for a mod
ern municipal Caesar! In English poetry
Mr. (’raker uas commenced appropriately
enough with Shakespeare. He owns a
rare edition of the ‘-Paradise Lost,” done
in red Uusßia and gilt, and the “Odes of
Horace." ivndcrod by Francis, seems a
favorite, to judge from the book's well
worn condition. It is said that Mrs.
broker, who had tmlisually good educa
tional advantages in her early youth, is
rospotisibb lor the tendency to higher
literary indulgence in her husband's
mental make up. However it conies
about, the Crokers are liberal book buy
er-. and their home is far more judi
ciously supplied with the wares of pub
-I'shcrs than is that of ma#y a person
w i,h pretensions to scholarship. It has
bei o -aid that Mr. Croker lias become so
fond of a coat of arms that he puts it
everywhere. This assertion is incorrect
so far as tho books he owns are con
cerned.
The room set apart ns a library is spa
de.:, and luxurious, done in light paper
and 'Lorry wood. To the right there is
a study for Mr. Croker, although the na
bv of the -abstruse mental problems to
w 1 h :he despot of Got ham will devote
i l! intellectual leisure is not made evi
<y‘ -for there isn’t even the picture
ot a horse visible in the apartment yet.
ANNOYING A JtjftlOlAJ, BRUTUS.
T.verv now and then a more or less dis
roputable person is heralded in print as a
iv.ntivo of Recorder Smyth, that New
tYork judge whose
severity has won
him a dubious re*
tiov.-n. It is begin
ning to dawn upon
the recorder’s
friends that he is
being made the vic
tim of a preconcert
ed attempts to an
noy him. Threat
enin'? letters are
constantly rcce'tved
at ms house and
f— - home, and the pals
many a criminal attempt to worry
bun personally. AU these proceed
-; - s s ‘"’m in no way to affect the
recorder's equanimity. Nor does'he lose
1- 'bonce when stories that his son—he
f : . :iS UO . son—shot himself in Denver, or
\ y ls twin sister—he possesses no such
i' liitivc—is dying in a lunatic asylum,
' acli the public. Many tempting offers
wr *to his reminiscences reach this
a •store gentleman. To such overtures
r” replies that what ho knows of New
' ‘’y 3 seamy skle lie has no richt to re
. Another firm of publishers here is
anxious to bring out some text books on
nnder his editorml supervision.
* the recorder is ono of the best in
-1 med awj ors in this country on matters
:Ul, v ed with the privileges and iin-
I ' jiutnm of mniefactors. A decision of
recently rendered, was cited in full
• l-ord Chief Justice Coleridge of Eng
au” an >’ one anxious to look the
i itter up in the court rolls will see in
' ■ ridge s own baud: “This is. in my
' w, the most masterly expos'lion of the
hereupon that ever was penned. It Is
hanswerable.’’ A curious thing about
Recorder Smyth is his ability to do with
out sleep. During the agitation over
Carlyle Harris' application for anew trial
he worked upon his dociskm for twenty
hours without halting for sleep, food or
drink
SOCIAL WAR ABOUT SERVANTS.
The Astors have become much annoyed
in consequence of attempts to ape the
livery of their lackeys. A jnrin made
rich in a day may think he is compliment
ing a social mag- A
nate by dressing BTfe
his servants as the „
latter docs his
own. but such fam- \p* l
flies as take pride /rfx
in a particular liv- r \
ory are disgusted i \ I zff\. \
when it is copied, r LI ’
This is the present f -7 I
feeling of the As- / I
tors. They do not I rsf\ \
now have a liv- I /r \ I VaT
eried seneschal at I jjJ \ \vßrv
the Fifth avenue * i ■ ;
house. The door {T /
is in the morning fT~\
opened by a natty II \
person of the fe
male sex and uu- ,/ y
certain age, and
the valetuille appear only at night. But
the Astors have not lieen alone in their
suffering. The Vandorbilts s)iend more
money than any other New Yorkers on
their 3er#nts, and they have made three
distinct changes lately to escape the per
sistence of a parvenu imitator. . It is
stated that the lackeys of swelldom pro
pose organizing for self defense, as they
find it unpleasant to change their attire
three times in as many hours.
Of course, the lackeys do not pay for
their own clothes which, as a rule, cost
from S2O to $l5O a suit. A footman’s
boots are S2O per pair. However, it pays
millionaires to spend money in this way.
They could never enjoy their fortunes
without pood servants. The Astors have
two servitors who have been thirty-five
year# in the family. They give high sal
aries in addition to “keep,” and when a
man or woman becomes superannuated in
their services he Or she retires upon a
pension. They support now some dozen
ex-menials.
THE WIFE OF AN ANALYZER.
Preparations are making in New York
to entertain Mmo. Bouget, wife of the
novelist, when the French couple get
back to Gotham on their way to Europe.
The lady is strikingly attractive, with
t vivacious manners
and the Gallic type
of features. When
she came first soci
ety was scattered
about the country,
but now- the enter
tainers are getting
i-Gady for her.
Mmo. Bourget has
said that New York
strikes her as very
Frenchified, and
her pride in the
Bartholdi Statue
of Liberty, when
she first beheld it
as the steamer bearing her to these shores
sailed up the harbor, amounted to enthu
siasm. Had it not been for his wife
Bourget would never have come to the
United States at all. Mme. Bourget has
long wished to visit us, and although her
husband proposes studying our character
and life with a view to literary material,
she means to keep him traveling as milflh
as possible.
There will be a dinner to Bourget in New
York just before be sails au4 his wife
may have a complimentary banquet ex
tended her by the more energetic workers
of Sorosis. At all events the Marquands,
the Sloans and the Astors have sent her
their cards. ‘ ,
Acquajntnce with the lady makes ap
parent why M. Bourget says that his
wife, aftej.i*H,js the. real wietdor of his
pen. She lias the TrUical genuine fat'A! .
ty to a high degnse.
“Mala je n’aime pas lire,” sho was
heard to say in answer to a Question
about her husband's books, “j'anxiej
mieux parler. Je suis femme, voas ba
vez!”
THE LIBERTY STATUE.
There promises to be a disagreement
over tlie Bartholdi statue Tt seems to
be the sculptor’s
wish, freely ex- Sr m 'A
pressed since he Jij : A
arrived here some £? f&XjM
days ago, to have Main '‘‘a L Her
his creation gilded, fir .
and to group at the
base -of it some IfcAMBLaE
other work of his
own. But many yf
artists in New Jj , v
York are averse to tLmf
these ideas. They / 'H -- jg
point out that the * /’ t /
s' lnble majesty of- ‘
the work is in harmony with the hazy
obscurity of its surroundings. It imparts
a statuesque outline to the other river
projections about it. To gild the goddess
would not only make her a garish creat
ure, but be a very inartistic thing when
the river’s juxtaposition is considered.
The idea of smaller statues $t the base
is also disapproved by judicious artists.
As simplicity and severity of outline are
the main elements ot strength in Bar
tholdi's conception, why not, it is asked,
leave well enough alone? No one who
sees the statue to-day can fail to be im
pressed by it.
To all this Bartholdi has replied that
his work, as it is, is too forbidding. He
maintains that his point of view is the
correct one, and that unless steps are at
once taken to bedeck his metal giantess
she will be left to herself for the rest of
her days. ’ •
There is a mysterious whisper that
Chicago wants Bartholdi to put her up a
statue on the lake front that shall make
Liberty seem but a penny object. It can
lie stated, once for all, 'that tho famed
Frenchman wants no such job.
FOR A MURDERER.
The testimonial to Buchanan, of wife
poisioning celebrity, took the shape of a
diamond pin, paid for by “his friends.”
The pi incip it beneficiary seems to have
been the Mar. That enterprising
t tradesman dis
played the object
in his shop win
dow for some days,
backed by a card
setting forth wliat
it was. The idly
curious were in al
most constant at
tendance on the
tradesman’s side
walk. . Whatever
speculations mav
nave become time
ly with reference
to a diamond pin's
utility to a doomed
nan, aside from
the melancholy oue
of self destruction, are rendered nugatory
throu •li Ui** refusal of the authorities to
permi t the doctor .to receive the toxe.n of
esteom. Somebody is saying that tho
$l5O which paid for the ornameut was
contributed with an eye upon Buchanan’s
possibilities as a t -stamentary specula
tion, fur the doctor still has modey, even
if five eminent lawyers defended him.
It is conceded here that the man will
die for his crime, so far ns the law is con
cerned. Whatever opinions may be en
tertained as to his guilt, there is very
high authority back ul the assertion that
no human power in the state of New
York can avail hiin now. So, if any one
helped to buy the physician a jewel un
der the impression tiiat he is to be called
upon in due time to write a will, that
person shall not he disappointed.
AGAIN THAT AWFUL CHICAGO.
Nothing seems to have impressed the
mayor of New York city more, during his
world s fair visit, than Chicago's assump
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER, 17. ISO!?.
tion in styling itself “The Metropolis of
the New World.” Mr. Gilroy has freely
admitted since his return lhat tie had al
ways regarded Gotham as about as big a
city as could be found upon the Ameri
can continent. When ho got among
the officials of I’orkoi'ous, therefore, nud
listen to their effusions about the nation's
municipal pride and the republic's hugest
center of population, and all that, he
really supposed that New York was re
ferred to. Our mayor seems to have been
reduced to a speechless condition upon
actually discovering that Carter Hat-rison
and the rest bf them now- look upon Now
York as the second city in this country.
All who ever heard Chicago’s mayor in
public know his pet phrase: “I welcome
you to the metropolis of the new world.”
Mayor Gilroy's verdict is:
“l tliiuk Chicago thinks that everybody
hiuks it’s the biggest place on earth.”
Damp Wkcmsler.
EXTRAORDINARY COMBAT
Between a Performing Horao and His
Rider, a Lion.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
While Bob i3 a beautiful abut spirited
“orSe of the circus variety, and belongs
to Cvl Hagenbcck, having been brought
by Iran from Berlin lo Midway piaisance.
Yesterday White Bob resented the too
familiar relations of a big lion and kicked
the king of beasts severely.
The lion, however, was muzzled. Had
it not been so it is probable that White
Bob would have been uttorly vanquished,
if not killed. Miss Ella Johnson was
training the horse to carry the lion
around the arena on his back. Miss
Johnson has been preparing tho horse for
a number of weeks, in fact, ever since her
other horse died, for a lesser climax than
that which came yesterday—tho carrying
of the lion on his back.
White Bob is a young horse, and though
trained to some tricks of the stage has
never been brought in contact with wild
animals. But he had shown so much in
telligence that when the other horse died
he was deemed a fitting candidate lor
the successorship. He was brought into
the arena first und taught, as it were,
his paces, that is, to gallop evenly and
slowly around the arena, stopping at the
word of command just beyond a platform
under which ho iiad passed, He was
taught also to jump nicely over three
hurdles placed iu his pathway.
Several days were consumed in teach
ing him this “preparatory lesson. Next a
man in a standing position tor several
days rode on his back, always jumping
on the platform just ’as the horse went
under. The horse, getting just beyond,
would stop as he had been taught until
his rider jumped again upon his back,
then he would fake up his monotonous
course around and around, always stop
ping and waiting for tiie man to jump
from the platform. This was continued
much longer than seemed at ail neces
sary to a novice in the arti of training
animal#, but it was done in order to make
the drill seem little less than second na
ture to him.
The third course of study began with
thebutroduction of a large dog already
trained to ride horseback The horse
took kindly to the dog and continued the
performance of his drill as evenly and
uneventfully as before. The dog is a big
bloodhound and very heavy, Out when ho
jumped from the platform to the horse’s
back tlie horse hardly seemed to fell the
weight, he bounded away so quickly.
When the fourth Course of lessons was
commenced the same big dog was brought
in, but he was up to represent a lion.
A big false face was put over his own,
and an immenso tawny mane, probably
from some deceased lion, on his neck. A
little tuft Of hair, such as lions have, was
put upon the end of his tail. In fact, it is
to be inferred that that tall caused all the
sdbsequeht trouble, for the dog and the
hqrse bqciune very intimate and almost
eror/ morning would rub no's’c'i in token
of *tlieir friendliness.
v. Jving Solomon (that is the dog’s name)
was brought in masquerading in the
lipn’s make-up and was led with a heavy
ohin over to the horse. The object was
to let White Bob know that the supposed
lion was perfectly harmless: The horse
pricked up his ears as the strange-looking
creature was led toward him and seemed
inclined to become frightened, but just
then King Solomon barked, and, worst of
all, when he and his friend (the horse)
were allowed yj rub noses, he wagged his
lion’s tail.
This “gave the whole snap away,” as
Miss Johnson said yesterday; when sho
declared also that White Bob actually
winked one of his eyes at the do?. But
the process of training the horse, to sup
port the imitation lion around the arena
was nevertheless continued. The last
two or three days of this course, prepar
ing for tho real appearance of the lion,
the dog was brought in muzzled, and some
lions in another cage were made to roar
fearfully. Sunday morning the dog rode
for the last time upon White Bob.
Yesterday at 9 o’clock the horse was
brought into the arena. Iu a few mo
ments the lion, securely muzzled, was
also led in.
As had been the habit with the imita
tion lion he was led over to touch noses
with the horse. Miss Johnson ijays the
horse watched that lion’s tail to see if it
wagged, and, never a wag discovering,
became skittish. Hoping to wear this
bad impression off the horse was put
through his paces around the arena. He
kept Hi up faithfully half an hour, appa
rently paying no attention to the lion.
That animal had in the meanwhile been
made to jump upon u pedestal on a level
with the platform and about halfway
across the arena from it. Miss Johnson
tried to make him jump from the pedestal
to the plntform, but did not succeeddor
some time, as he became ugly and growled
lowly and snapped viciously at her. Fi
nally, however, he made the leap. The
horse galloped under tho platform and
stood stiil, waiting for the liou to jump
on his back, but the liotrbecame stubborn
again and roared until the very building
shook with the noise.
The trembled as with ague, but
stood his ground. By dint of pokes and
shoves and lashes the lion, with an ugly
snort, sprang for the horse's back; the
horse sprang forward too soon; the lion,
missing the board saddle, buried its claws
in the Hesh near th> tail. The horse,
ltintin" violently as the lion fr knocked
him over and bounded around the eage.
The lion arose limping, but dashed for the
horse, roaring fearfully as he did so. He
pushed White Bob against tho bars of the
cage, and while attemptin,, to bite him
tore his neck badly with his claws. The
lion was only driven away by poking him
with red-hot irons.
. Miss Johnson says she is determined to
make that lion ride that horse, but others
expressed the fear that neitherwill again
be available for such purposes.
Cut Rates in Coffin*.
From tho Philadelphia Record.
Indianapolis, ind., Sept. 18.—The burial
casket market has improved so noticeably
of late that the coffin trust (National
Burial Association), whose 200 delegates
are in convention here, proposes to read
just the cut prices on coffins.
Hiccoughs End in Death.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Vineland, ’Sept, i:*.—Tho hiccoughing
case of William 11. Vealehas proved fatal.
H died at 10 o’clock last night. Mr.
Veale was taken with the peculiar mala
dy on Bept. 9, and hiccoughed almost con
tinually until .Monday night, when he
was partially relieved, but was taken
every few minutes with tho peculiar dis
ease until yesterday.
Over 200 letters and telegrams were re
ceived sind" the publication of his unfor
tnnate condition suggesting remedies of
every character, but none could bo used.
LEOPOLD t>LER.
St <’< IXSOIt TO A. I{. AI.TMAYKIt & CO.
Box on box —crate upon crate —barrel upon barrel —They are coming in by the carload —Pictures, Curtains, Por
tieres and Glassware.
NEW FALL DRESS GOODS!
SILKS, VELVETS, FLANNELS. TABLE LINENS.
The new Fall supplies being’ rapidly opened up in every department —plainly say to everybody—That this season
we intend to go a notch higher—This season we are prepared for a tremendous fall trade —That we mean to beat
last year’s record all hollow. •
New Novelty Silks.
200 pieces all new combi
nations and colorings, Fig
ured and Changeable Benga
lees, Changeable Picots,
Double-faced Crystals,Satin
Striped Taffetas and Per
sian Jardinere Silks. For
an opener, 50 pieces Benga
lees, evening shades, at
49c yard.
New Novelty Dress Goods.
Miss a day this week or next and you miss
the first sight of some of tho prettiest stuffs
that were ever imported Into this country.
EXCLUSIVE NOVELTIES.
Changeable Serges, Diagonal Serges. Silk
and Wool Ombre effects. Illuminated Novel,
ties. Diagonal Fancies. Basket Weave Nov
elties and Hopsack Fancies, etc.
New Table Linens.
150 dozen All Linen Dollies, assorted
borders and designs,!! bargain at 10c. 5c each
50 pieces 10-4 Utica Mills Sheeting.
regular 29c quality 29c
42-Inch Pillow Case Cotton, regular
12.- 9c
45-inch regular 15c quality Pillow Vase
Cotton 11c
60-inch Pure Linen Double Damask
Table Linens 48c yard
60-inch Undressed Double Damask,
assorted designs, Table Linen (Be yard
50 dozen All Linen Damask, knotted
fringe, colored, Grecian and fancy
borders, a splendid Towel, ut . iS'-Jo
50 dozen 19x38 extra quality Damask
Towels 180
20 dozen extra large size Double
Damask Linen Towels, worth 35c. ,25c
250 Heal Marseilles Quilts, full size,
11-4, worth *2 25 (1 75
54-lnch TMrkcy Red, assorted patterns, ■
Table Damask ‘2sc yard
THE PARENTS.
That is to Say, a Man and a Woman
With Children.
From the New York Sun.
Do you see tho man and woman?
I do see the man and woman.
Who are they?
They are husband and wife.
Have they children?
Yes.
How ninny?
Enough. *
Howbiany is enough?
It seems as if some people never knew
how many was enough"
Is one enough !
It is just as much bother, or more.
How is that;
On tlie hen-with-ono-chicken princi
ple. ,
Doesn’t one have better chances than if
here were a dozen;
Not so good.
How can that be?
Give it up. It is the rule, though, that
one child is usually a terror. •
Why is that;
Owing to the fact, I suppose that as
there must be one black sheep in every
flock, this one is black.
Do parents know how to control their
own children !
Not as well as other people do.
They like to have good ones don’t they?
They think they do, but they don’t seem
to be able to got at it always.
Isn't it because they love them so that
they lack strength to correct them?
Well, call it that.
Aren’t children liorn bad?
Some are born bad, some achieveJiad
ness and some have badness thrust upon
them. *
Parents are to blame, then, sometimes?
Oftener than most people would dare to
tell them.
Parents owe as much to their children
as tho children to their parents, don’t
they ?
More.
Morci -
Yes; for parents place them on earth,
and the children are in no wise respon
sible.
Should parents be rigorous toward
them!
No. they should be sensible.
What would you call sensible?
Parents should be on terms of fellow
ship and with their children:
make companions of them.
Don't the*' do that?
Do they do it? How many fathers of
families are good fellows' with their
boys? How many stand in tho relation
of chief of a tribe; rather than as an older
brother. It’s the exception for a boy to
be very bad when he has had his father
for a companion and friend, as he was
growing up.
Hqw about the mother?
There’s more of companionship in that
quarter, for the mother is always in the
house.
But there are bad girls.?
Asa rule the bad girl is born, not made.
A good mother has saved many a
daughter, though, that a careless mother
would have lost. ,
Are parents always competent teachers
for their children ?
No.
They want to be’
Yes; but circumstances are against
them.
Morally !
Scarcely ever in that respect among re
spectable people.
How, then?
In the general affairs of life.
How does it happen so?
In anew country like ours
as a rule, an' In advance of their parents,
by reason of their superior advantages in
youth.
Should parents keep up with their
rhildren?
B v all means.
New Portieres.
75 Chenille Portieres, including all new
autumn shades, wide Dado border und
deeply fringed Just the very thing
for alcoves, hallways, windows or door
ways. Bought half an hour after leav
ing the custom bouse and worth st! and
$7 a pair. We make them $149
New Flannels.
100 new pieces Imported
French Flannels for ladies’
or children’s wrappers and
gowns, light and dark
grounds, figures, stripes and
dots, at 69c yard.
A Bold Stroke for Immediate Results
200 pieces of Novelty Dress
Goods, Hopsacks, Serges
and Homespuns, all the new
Fancy Effects, Illuminated,
Plain, Figured and Basket
weaves, all wool, 40 and 42
inches wide, well worth 75c
and $1 a yard, at 5Qc
yard. The greatest Fall
Dress Goods bargain ever
offered.
New Notions.
Sewing Silk 4c
Linen Thread 5c
Needle Cases, four
papers 6c
Shoe Hooks 2c
Hair Brushes Isc
Round Combß.. . . 8c
Pocket Combs. ... 8c
Hair Ilrushos 19c
Rubber Bibs le
New Umbrellas.
150 LadioH’ Jind Mon's Gloria Silk Um
brellas, 2G inch, n itural wood handlen,
nickel rod, paragon frame, a perfect
rain resister fl 39
New Handkerchiefs.
Another odd lot bargain, about 80 dozen
Ladles' Swiss Handkei chiefs, deep
noint m;a!l iped odffCß and embroidered,
including some drawn work edges among
them, worth 75c to ft, we murk them 330
Some 600 Ludies' Chinese and Japanese
Silk, beautifully tfeallopedmnd embroid
ered Handkerchiefs, g< o l value at M 89c
150 dozen Undies’ Hemstitched und Em
broidered Handkerchiefs 16c
Don’t they?
No.
Why?
For variou3 reasons. They are older
and slower to adopt the new manners,
customs and education; they think all
that is needed is to (rive thoso things to
their children; they are. ignorantly un
selfish, and sometimes they are indiffer
ent, careless and lazy. .
Should children respect their parents
just the same?
No.
No?
Exactly that.
Why?
Children are taught to respect those
who are worthy of it. and if parents do
not respect their children, and the ad
vantages which they give them, they can
hardly expect to receive something for
nothing.
But isn’t this sacrilege?
Not from a modern point of view.
Yet children must love parents who are
good and kind?
Naturally, yes; in other regard it de
pends. A boy cannot respect his father
when that father, with money plenty to
acquire advantages and rise to a higher
plane, refuses to do so, though he may
place his son there. Thp boy cannot help
feeling his own superiority, and ft hurts
him to think his father cares so little for
the higher order of things.
Shouldn't the child overlook this?
He can't possibly. He must compare
his own parents with other fathers and
mothers he knows of like |ositiou and
means, uud proper pride compels him to
demand in some degree from tjliem what
the world demands from him.
How is it with the girls?
The same. Can a bright, intelligent
girl find pleasant companionship in a
mother who has neglected her own
capacities as that girl was growing up,
and has made no advance ?
But the mother, possibly, could not have
kept up jvith the daughter?
No, not in all things, but in the little
things; and it is the little things chat
count.
Arc they all this way?
Oh, no. But they prevail largely in the
great majority.
What is t lie groat majority?
The great majority in America is the
kind where the money and what it brings
are enjoyed by the second generation.
Is there more respect for parents in chil
dren of wealthy people?
The wealthy are strict observers of the
smaller amenities. In the greater mat
ters, of morals, religion and domesticity,
the balance is in favor of the great ma
jority.
How does that come about?
The poorer people think more of happi
ness than of pleasure, and the greatest
happiness is in good homes.
Should parents be made confidants of
by their children.
Always. Parents should know their
children's friends, and particularly, fath
ers should know the men whom their
daughters know.
Don’t they?
Some fat,hersLseem to be afraid of the
young men who are friends of their
daughters; or, if not that, they think
their daughters are mere children, and
the men they know are boys and beneath
their attention.
They don't think so when a young man
asks to marry ono of the daughters,
though !
Hardly: nnd then, when sometimes it
is too late, they begin to try to find out
something about the man they should
have known all about in the beginning.
Why are fathers so!
n Mostly thoughtlessness; scarcely indif
ference,' I say.
They are too busy to think about such
tilings, eh ?
The Lord only knows.
Mothers are better informed?
Oh, yes: for most mothers fake a closer
interest in their children than fathers do.
Why is that!
New Gurtains.
All the ttrae hustling to beat our best
of the past. We offer you another
grand purchase. 800 pairs new
Nottingham Lave Cur ans just got
herr. 3‘c yards long, lull width, at
(pair) ifc 1 3 0
New Standard Prints.
5,000 manufacturers’short
ends of warranted fast col
ors Standard Calicoes, 2 to
8 yards and worth 10c and
12c a yard; we make them
sc.
New Hosiery,
10 dozen children's
Lisle 1 bread Rib
bed Pose 190
21 dozen Ladles’
Balbrlggaii, plain
and hair stripes,
black boot, fancy
tops, guaranteed
absolutely last
colors, at
25c PAIR.
New Silk Plaited,
Silk und Lisle Ladles'
Hose, in all new col
ors.
New Scrim.
100 pieces Ecru Lace Curtain Scrim.. ,5c yards
LOCO Japanese Feather Dusti rs So each
New Pictures.
Pnnols for the hall or bedroom, 81x19
2-inch White, Gold and Blue Frames,
choice water colors ~ji 89
37x23 Etchings, S-inch Gold and White
Frames, choice subjects- 2 49
250 Bamboo Easels th it sold last season
at 79c, 98c and $1 75, we offer at 39c
69c and jj go
They are mothers.
Even they are careless sometimes?
Thoughtlessness, again.
But young men usually are not anxious
to meet the parents, are they?
It is a safe rule to get rid of that sort of
a young man very early 1n the campaign.
I)o children love their parents ns they
are loved?
By no means.
Why?
They have never suffered for their pa
rents what their parents have suffered
for them.
Don’t they fool it more when they be
come parents?
It is too lute then.
Why is it that good pnronts often raise
such bad children?
V ou’ll find the answer back in some
preceding generation.
Arc fashionable women good mothers?
Nature is nearly always greater than
fashion, but there are exceptions wo know
of, und more wc don't.
Is there any preliminary training avail
able for parents?
In theory possibly, but in practice,
when a baby makes its appearance in the
family, everybody goes crazv.
Why is tbat?
Ask a pair of new parents.
A~ THINKING! PARROT.
One That Considers Himself an Im
portant Member of the Family.
San Francisco Correspondence of the Los
Angeles Times.
Up to last Sunday I had always be
lieved that a talking parrot learned the
few words of his vocabulary In a mechan
ical way, as a mocking bird picks up the
notes of another bird’s song or a whistled
bar. I had not believed that a parrot
possessed the faculty of thought in such
a degree as to make the language of the
human race an expression of his own
ideas. My theory was that the parrot
used the few words at his command in a
hit-and-miss fashion, and the fact
that they sometimes seemed apro
pos was merely a chance of coinci
dence. lum now disposed to revise my
opinion, and with hat in hand make hum
ble apology to tho parrot kind for the in
justice I have done it. In other words I
atn convinced that at least one Polly
thinks and allies his language to his
ideas; and if one, then perhaps many.
My conversion, which was as sudden and
pronounced as that of Saul of Tarsus,
was accomplished last Sunday when I
took several of tho children for an after
noon ramblo, and called upon Mr. and
Mrs. Benedict, old time and highly prized
friends of mine, who live on Bay Farm
island, just off the Alameda coast.
He is a parrot of the conventional green
plumage, and lie left his South American
birthplace a fledgling only two and a half
years ago. But in his two and a half
years of American domestication he has
racked up a considerable stock of ideas
and a speaking knowledge of the English
tongue. He hus his personal likes and
dislikes like other people, und knows how
to express them. He recognizes Mr.
Benedict as “Old Fellow,” and never
fails to address him thus: “Good morn
ing, old fellow,” “Goodby, old fellow,”
Hello, old fellow,” are the usual saluta
tions. JPolly's are very regular,
and may bo divided into two diurnal
epochs. All the day he sits on his perch
iu the sitting room, ruminating and en
tertaining friends. At night he sits on
another perch in an inclosed alcove, and
this is recognized as his bedroom. He has
his regular time for going to bed and for
getting up. He insists on the formality
as rigorously as though there was all the
difference in the world between the two
porches. When Polly's bedtime comes he
is sure to remind the family of the fact
and insists that he is sleepy When he is
put away in regular fashion for his night's
repose, Polly settles down on his bed with
a self-satisfied chuckle that is good to
hear. A tired laborer does not roll into
New Silk Velvets.
The Intust from Paris says: “Its Velvets!
Itn Velvotw! Its Velvets! Kvery sort of eos
tumo or dress, whether delicate gossamer or
simple muslin or brocade, is more or less
trimmed with velvet. Milliners will more
than largely use velvets.” We knew this!
Watched our opportunity.
We bought these low! As
we buy we sell.
500 pieces new Autumn
Silk Velvets, including all
new art colors. They are
the $1 quality of Velvets.
Wc make them Monday at
49c yard. A Velvet op
portunity unparalleled.
New Household Helps.
Mustard Spoons la
Tacks, all sizes lc
Picture Nails lc
Coat and Hat Hook lc
Pot Chains 4c
7,000 Amber Colored Glass
Individual Salt Cellars at
lc each.
Crystal Glass Covered But
ter Dishes 9c.
Hard \Vf>od Chopping
Bowls a 7c
Inlaid Hard Wood Salt
Boxes 9c
Dover Egg Beaters.... 10c
Dish Mops, 4c
5-fuot Hard Wood Step Ladders {
“Blssell s ‘Crown Jewel Carpet Sweepers 1 79
Largo Size Extra Deep Willow Market
Baskets 27
Wire Card Receivers, Majolica bottom . 9
19 barrels Thin Blown Tumblers (dozen). 55
Ills couch with more manifestations of
satisfaction.
Ono time the family were going away
fur a visit., and Mr. Benedict found it
necessary to put Polly to bed before the
mual time. Ho wus obstreperous and
refractory. It took twice or three times
as long as usual to transfer him to Ills
night liereh, and when the ceremony had
t een finally accomplished the usual satis
fled chuckle was not forthcoming. In
stead of this, Polly looked up at his mas
ter with a disgruntled air and said:
'You’re a great old fellow.”
His nnmo for Mrs. Benedict is ‘‘Dotta ”
and he addresses her by that title ou all
occasions. Ho is somewhat “smashed” oq
Dotta, and will tolerate fumiliarities on
her part, which ure not allowable with
anybody else. He will whistloor singfor
Dotta When ho is not on exhibition to tho
rest of the world. Ho will work off hia
little waltz Song, “Too-tee, too-te, too-te,
too-to, ’ for Delta to dance, and lie will
take it turn about and dance himseiC
while Dotta furnishes the “Too-te.”
P°dy is very susceptible to flattery.
Show your pretty wings, Polly 1 Oh.
what pretty wings, what pretty wings!”
S|X)ken by one ill whom he has confidence,
is pretty sure to start him on dress
parade. Ho will stretch out his wings
and cavort up and down his perch with
more “agony” than u Broadway
belle. “Poor Polly I Poor little thing!
poor little tiling,” brings him to is
most humblo and doleful attitude, bow
ing low on tiis perch and stroking it with
ids bill in a consoling manner. Not only
does Polly recognize his time for going to
bod, but he knows equally well when tho
duties of the day summon him from his
downy couch. “Hello, Dotta 1 time to geS
up!” he yells at a stated time in the morn
ing. If Mrs. Benedict does not exactly
agree with him in his conclusions she
says; “Not yet, PoUy; let s take auothec
nooze.” “Nuinph umph,” he grunts, and
tucks his head under his wing for another
half-hour. Then, if there is no stir about
the house, comes the summons again:
“Dotta, Dotta 1 time to get up!”
Polly forms his likes and dislikes ol
people whom he meets on sight, and he is
not backward about expressing himself
frankly. One loquacious lady with a pe
culiar tone of voice who visited the house
annoyed him beyond measure. Whenever
she began to talk he would set up a
coarse, ribald horse, or parrot, laugh, and
ho would keep it up so long as she tried
to A gentleman who bored hirq
with attentions ho dismissed with “Good
by, well goodby. Goodby, I say, good
by.”
Of course the old people take a great
deal of pride in Polly, and they pet him
and make as much of him us they would
of a be by. They wanted fo show him ofl
on the occasion of our visit to amuse the
children, and on that occasion he exhibi
ted the perversity of a spoiled child him
self It was only after Dotta had sung
and danced to him and bantered him with
flattering attentions of all sorts, and one
of the grandchildren had tempted him
with a lively tune on the piano that he
consented to unbend his stilty dignity.
Then he danced a little for us and talked
a little, and then screeched some high
opera, and whistled that famlliar'air:
Chippy, get your hair cut,
flair cut, hair cut,
Chi puv get your hair cut
Short.
But he gave us enough to show that he
is a very a-tcomplished parrot, and with
what we saw and what we heard of his
accomplishments, we were fully corn
vit.ced that there was at least one parrol
in the world which thinks and talks in
e Uigently.
Fifty Per Cent Off.—“l’ve been told that
Jenkins has been calling me a coward and a
thief.”
Pooh' I wouldn't mind. Yon knew b
never gels anything more than half right uaj
tune.' —Chicago Tribune.
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