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KICK! BROTHERS, KICK!
MARK Tm. APOVTM3 OK A RE
FORM 1\ EVERI DAI MA.WKHX.
II \ol for Vimr 11 nll Kirk for
the \• \ 1 Miih'm Siikr or the Irjt
Human's nt l*ctlj i>i*roart*>,
I'l-tlj Impositioß. IVIIy < tint a liicl, .
in the Mrprls, Mores, lintels, Tben
ters, Street t'nrs and ltullrontl
Trains, and Make the Kick at llctttl
qnartersi. Keeansr There It Tell*.
From the New York Sun.
Mark Twain i hattxl with a Sun re
porter at the Kverett house yesterday
about the possibility of a great reform
in American common life. The humorist
as a reformer may seem to l>e out of his
role, but Mr. Clemens hntl put by the
mask and spoke earnestly. In the course
of conversation he was asked if in his
last trip to Trance, from which he has
just returnee!, he had noticed any new
habit or fad of the people that differed
from those at home.
"I don’t recall anything startling just
now," he said. “I am one oC those trav
elers who seek In a foreign country for
something they do not like. So many p< o
ple, especially in writing about other
countries, seem to view them as if from
an eminence, and look down uron and do
cry what they do not like. It makes not
the slightest difference to the people of tho
country. Your opinion Is of no value to
them. I 'do like jto look for something
■wherevdr I go among foreign peoples that
we can adopt at home with benefit to
ourselves or advantage to America 83 a
nation. In many mays I think we are
ahead of all, but I believe there may be
good points found by careful observation,
of other peoples.
"In tho last four years It have crossed
the Atlantic fifteen times. Kvery time I
get back to Nev Y'ork I Bee things on
every hand that I think ane better than
what I have just been accustomed to.
They keep coming up here, there, there
again, and yonder. But evfery now and
then I see something that isn't so nice.
Did it ever occur to you to notice how dis
courteous we are as a pcoptle in our cit
ies? In common life, I mean. Yester
day I was in one of these great stores
where they sell about everything one
wants and where there are a thousand
clerks. 1 was waiting for my purchase
when a lady walked up to the counter—
an American lady, all over (he rej>*ated,
in a gallant tone and shaking his head in
his peculiar manner my way of empha
sizing his admiration for her kind while
he deprecated the weakness he was about
to report). There stood the salesgirl be
hind the counter. With the air of one
asking a favor the lady asked if she could
see some article of apparel that goes
about the waist.
•' ‘What's y’r size?’ said the salesgirl,
brusquely.
•• 'I don’t know,’ said tho lqdy, mildly.
"'Here, measure y'rself;' and the girl
snaked a measuring tape fronn under the
counter and handed it to tne customer. A
purchase was made, and thttn, from the
salesgirl, abruptly; ’Fay fer't now er send,
it home?’
“ ’I will pay for it here.'
" ’Cash-car h-eash!' and that was all.
"Now, Isn't that the case, over and
over again? Aren't we all that way?
Doesn't a man do the same at a hotel?
A stranger enters a hotel ottice. The
clerk glances up, sees that it Is not one of
the regular patrons, and goes on with his
work. The man registers and asks—asks,
—if he can have such and such kind of a
room. The clerk swings the register
around, scratches a number opposite the
guest's name, and yells: ’Front! Show
the gentleman to X 13.' There's the same
discourtesy without a word. The man
asked a question. The dlerk said not a
word except to summon the porter. It
isn’t always what Is said to us; It's the
way in which it Is said or the manner of
the person that really ofTends us, and this
when we have not been offensive in word
or manner, but have been polite.
"There Is none of us who would relish
6Uch treatment as the lady received at the
big store; yet we are silent. Or If we com
plain, we do not complain In the right
place, and so get Utile redress. Abroad
people are not likely to be subjected to
such treatment, and If they are they com
plain to the highest in authority, and get
better attention. Until this time I have
latterly, on my return from across the
water, put up at Players’. Club, and I
have always impressed with the
conversation of the men, who were tell
ing each other of swine trouble they had ■
had during the* day on the street car or
elevated railroad lines. It seemed to me
an odd thing that there should be such
difficulties so frequently, and I asked if
the sufferers had made complaint. Yes,
they had. but I found that It was only to
someone above the offender, not to the
responsible head. That is wrong. If we
want courteous treatment we have got to'
sse to it that complaints of abusive treat
ment are made to the proper people."
"Do you hold, then, that discourtesy is
to be reformed by complaint?”
"£do. Twenty-five years ago the gen
eral dxperlence in this country was that
if you addressed a railroad conductor you
got an Insolent or a gruff answer. At that
time if you wanted to go from here to
Hartford or to Boston, for instance, the
chances were that you would have to
stand up, and if you asked for a seat the
conductor would either tell you disagree
ably that there was none, or he would
not answer you at all. I have seen those
cars with the aisles filled as those of your
surface cars are, and a request for a seat
would be answered by abuse. One man—
I ought not to have forgotten his name,
but I do not just now recall it—stood for
his rights. He demanded a seut, and in
sisted That one be given him. They told
him bluntly there was none. The matter
was carried to the courts, and it was very'
promptly decided that a railroad com
pany must give a man a seat or pay dam
ages. Now you have no difficulty in get
ting a seat if you only insist quietly, but
firmly on having one, even If the company
has to put on an extra car. And all over
the country now the railroad conductors
usually answer you civilly.
“Just lately, going down town on an
elevated train, I stood under the eave or
a car behind a car that was crowded. At
one of the stations there were many peo
ple-ln the crowded car who wanted to gat
off, and although most of them followed
one another as closely as possible, it took
them a long time to get off. When all
were out except two men and a woman,
who carried a child, the guard pulled the
repe and the train went ahead. The men
Jumped but the woman could not, and
had not the men caught her she might
have been seriously Injured. I was busy,
but I noted the guard's number and the
car's number and the time. I had all the
facts, and when we got down town I
turned aside from my business and went
to the Western Union building and sont
in my card to George Gould. I told him
I came to ipake a complaint, but not in
malice, and that I wanted him to promise
first that If the guard’s record was good
he would only be reprimanded. Mr.
Gould did so. In three minutes he had
done by telephone all that was necessary.
The guard's record was good, and he was
only reprimanded. I think that guard will
be more careful next time.
w ffile ago I telegraphed to a friend
in lUb street about i o’clock in the af
| terrsoon that Will Gillette and I would be
up there about 8 o'clock. When we got
I theft* we found we were not expected.
I The dispatch was eent by I‘oatal Telc-
I graph and the next day I communicated
! with John W. Markay, telling him that my
i complaint was not in malice and that if
the delinquent employe’s record was good
I hoped he W’ould not be discharged. I
got a reply with the full Investigation of
the ease. The man at the up-town office
had been guilty of similar carelessness
and been complained of before and
warned; so he was discharged. John W.
Mackay is a busy man. but no man is so
busy that he can afford to have his bus
iness improperly transacted or neglected,
and he attended to this thing at once.
“ The people should complain when they
are oppressed by those who should be
tlseir servants to the highest authority.
Tou have trouble with a grtpman on a ca
ble road and you go to a conductor or a
superintendent, and you may receive no
attention, or the offender may be sum
marily discharged. The high subordinate
does not always have time to work his
thinking apparatus. He may not stop to
think whether his enyiloyer has a capable
employe in the person of the man com
plained of. and the high subordinate may
dismiss the man forthwith. The responsi
ble head of the business things what Is
best for his business, himself aitd all. The
people on other side know this and
make their complaints to the highest au
thority. It’s time we learned to go with
our complaints to headquarters— not to
hindquarters. We could do It with more
self-respect.
Mr. Clemens said his name gave him no
advantage. "One of the men at the Play
ers’ Club, whom I have referred to,” he
said, "who had complained to a high sub
ordinate of a railroad company and re
ceived no answer, thought it was because
he was unknown. I told him that was not
true and suggested his addressing the re
sponsible head of the company. Ho did so
and was answered immediately.
"I once had occasion to see the head of
one of your surface railroad companies
about a difficulty. I should have written
to him. because, while a man may he too
busy to talk to strangers, he reads his
mail. But 1 tried to see him. 1 was turned
off. I happened to go to the Sun office just
afterward, and told a friend there of my
experience, and that I was Just about to
write to the president of the road. ’Never
mind that. Just write a note here for the
Sun,* he said. I did so and then I got at
the president lmmllately.
*’! am told that there Is a noticeable
improvement in the bearing of the porters
on the palace cars between here an/j the
west: I shall be glad to see It, for they
used to be most impudent. A friend of
mine, who made it a point always to
stand up for his rights, had some trouble
once, I remember, on one of these cars.
In solhe way the small matter of 40 cents
was Involved. Most men would say that
was too small a matter to bother about.
Nothing is too small to complain about If
you have been wronged. It was not too
small for my friend, and he set out to see
the president of the palace car company.
He was turned off by any number of sub
ordinates of various degrees but he per
severed. Jle passed clerk after clerk at
doors or windows and by dint of perti
nacity finally got his card sent to the
president. On the card he had written
that his errand was to make a complaint.
In a few moments the president sent for
him, received him most politely, anil
when my. friend hail stated'his business
the president thanked him warmly for
bringing the matter to his attention. For
ty emits Was a small matter to the man
who complained. You or f would haVt
said. ’Dot It go.’ But it isn’t the amount';
think of the next man when you are
wrongedtind kick for his sake.*’
"Tticn you 'Wtmld have us a nation q/
kidjfnS?”
“Yes; let each man kick his neighbor
and (receive a kick in return untflwe have
peace with courteousness. Eliminate
timidity and then kick. 1 suppose we are
born .timid- 1 was timid until somebody
told me 1 ought to know better. Obm
plalfi whn you are not properly treated,
and complain to the proper person. A
complaint to a head waiter or a head
usher may be without result. But if you
go to the manage!- of a theater arid say to
him that an usher's language to you, or
It may be only his manner toward you,
was offensive, although your manner to
ward him had not been disagreeable,
don't you suppose that manager would
promptly call the usher to account?
If. the proprietor of a hotel were told of
the treatment—or lack of it—a stranger re
ceives from his clerk, ho would not hark
up the clerk; he could not do so. The rail
road companies employ ’spotters' to re
port conductors who knock down fates.
The companies protect their pockets, and
1 believe they could he induced to protect
their patrons. YVhat would be the diffi
culty, for instance, in having these same
'Sp'qtters’ report delinquencies In the con
duct of the employes of the roads? I be
lieva a reform can be effected along these
linos, but the complaints must be made or
s ont to the responsible heads of the vari
ous businesses.”
“Po you not think that should the
presidents of the corporation be flooded
with several hundreds of letters as a in
sult of your suggestions they ..would think
this is one of your Jokes?”
■’lf they were to be flooded with several
hundreds of letters I should not regret
It at all,” Mr. Clemens replied, still in his
• serious mood. ”If the presidents received
several hundred letters of that kind, the
necessity for the letters would soon cease
to too.”
Mf. Clemens will start in August on a
tour of the world, reading and lecturing
in the English-speaking countries. It Is
a trip ho has long desired to make. He
will sail from the Pacific coast, and
spend three months in Australia, Tas
mania and New Zealand, and go thence
to South Africa and from there to Eng
land- On his return to this country he
will make a final tour of the United
States, going Into the southern states,
where he has never been.
Mr. Clemens' gray hair is more bushy
than ever* and the voluminous locks and
his shaggy eyebrows make his head loon
like that of a man of big frame rather
than if they really belonged to a little
man, who, it he got himself up conven
tionally would be called dapper.
How to Get Hid of the [Hues.
The blues make the person suffering
from their presence extremely uncomfor
table, and her discomfort in a subtle way
acts upon others, so that nobody Is quite
cheerful in her neighborhood. People who
are "blue" are quite often cross as well,
and arc unable to accept pleasantly the
ups and downs of every day. Now. when
you think of it. you must admit that it la
a very humiliating experience to be cross,
for cross people are disagreeable, and
none of us wishes to be that.
The best way to get rid of the blues Is
not to own that they have you. Put oa
your hat and go for a walk. Call on a
friend and take her the piece of music
vou are to try together, or the book you
have Just finished, which you would like
to lend her. Do something kind for some
body. and stop thinking about yourself.
The’ greatest waste of time In this world,
dears, is to think too much about one's
self. Mrs. Browning gives the right Idea
In her poem. "My Kate," where she says:
" 'Twas her thinking of others made you
think of her.”
Don't laugh at me, girls, when I tell
you that half the low spirits one hears
of springs from a very prosaic source.
That pound of chocolates, that rich pud
ding, that piece of frosted cake, all of
them very delicious, but all very indigesti
ble, are to tdame, In most instances, for
a young girl's depression. Try what Em
erson called “plain living and high think
ing.” and see how cheery life will be
come.
—A Far-Sighted Girl.—“l will work night
and day to make you happy," he said.
"No." she answered thoughtfully, "don't
do that. Just work during the day and
stay home at night."—Washington Star.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 20,1893.
THE WOMAN
OP FASHION.
New York, May 2S_—The saying “Out of
College Into matrimony,” is not altogeth
er out of date, notwithstanding all the
talk about the new woman, the bachelor
girl. etc. For in spite of the warnings of
the divorce courts and the famous w riters
of the time, people have a way of plung
ing down the path of destruction very
much as they did In the old days when
there weren’t any new women, and the
bachelor girls were not accredited with
any qf .the accomplishments which they
now boast of.
To he sure, girls are growing more
sensible, and do not as a rule buy their
wedding trousseaus while they" are lock
ing for a graduating dress, but there is
many a perplexed mother at this present
moment who has the task before her of
choosing Marie's bridal gown for her June
wedding at the same time that she is
puzzling her brains to think of an orig
inal graduating dress for Klsle. On these
two Important occasions of a young wo
man’s life, however, when she wants to
look her very best, she Is so hampered by
custom and consideration for other peo
ple's feeling that she finds it difficult to
look even as well as usual. The bride
Is forbidden any suspicion of decollete
and Is usually dressed so elaborately as
to appear stifT and seldom looks as well
as her bridesmaids, who are permitted
more liberty in tho choice of gowns. The
graduate is always assumed to be young,
and her dress must therefore be simple,
a rule which is very consoling to the
young woman who cannot afford to be
elaborate, no matter what the fashion
may be, but to the girls with rich papas
it is often very trying to appear in the
garb prescribed by custom. In many
schools the authorities have made rules
In regard to the style of dress to be
worn, but it has usually been sufficient to
appeal to the better feelings of the young
women who can afford tine gowns to
forego them for the sake of those who
cannot.
It has grown to be the custom for the
rich girls to appear In severely simple
gowns, when on the platform to deliver
their graduating theses, or to receive their
diplomas, and to have other dresses as
elaborate qs they see fit for the graduat
ing balls and other fetes which are held
at commencement time. Hence the fash
ion is not so economical as It might at
first seem.
It is a curious fact that whenever a
woman is called upon to go through any
important ordeal she is always robed in
white. At her birth she is wrapped in
white swaddling clothes; at her christen
ing her robe is white, when she graduates
and when she is married, she must be
dressed in white; and when she dies, her
shroud Is white.
For graduating gowns the correct ma
terials aye Swiss, fine lawn, organdie or
batiste. The Swiss can be bought for
about. 35 cents a yard; lawn varies In
price from 20 to 40 cents a yard, and ba
tiste costs about 40 cents. Many gowns
are made up wholly without trimming,
and some are simply tucked. The tucks
look very dainty when the gown is Swiss.
Batistes are less severe when trimmed
with embroideries of the fine perforated
vtfrloty. An embroidery front, with sleeves
of tfce same. Is a pretty relief to an other
wise plain gown. Fine Valenciennes lace,
so much used for trimming every sort of
gown, is also allowable on the graduat
ing dress. For the dainty stuff really
belongs to the young girls, anyway, and
its use by older women is a sort of" usur
pation. A white Swiss gown, with tiny
frills of either white or yellow Valen
ciennes, is an ideal graduating dress, but
care must be taken not to, Introduce too
many frills, lest the appearance of sim
plicity be destroyed.
The really fashionable girl graduate will
wear a plain Swiss gown, with perhaps, a
stock collar of tucks ami narrow Valenci
ennes, with little points at the sides. Her
sleeves must hang demurely from th.'
shoulder In, godet folds, or they may be
tucked down for two or three inches, and
then swell out In a large puff, which is
again gathered or tucked in at or above
the elbow, from which the sleeve Is made
tight-fitting to the wrists. Hero the ef
fect on the neck may be repeated by the
addition of a lace-trlmmed cuff. A stock
of satin ribbon, with a bow at the back,
is often substituted for the lace collar!
Tho. style of does not vary much
from the blouse. A Swiss blouse, with
tiny tucks down the front. Is very pretty.
A strjp of insertion, with lace, Is often
Introduced on the front of a plain blouse.
Yokes are also very pretty, and by the
addition of lace and insertion are made
to look less severe than the other styles.
Skirts are plain and are seldom stiff
ened, but hang in full soft folds. They
are from five and a half to seven yards
In width at the bottom, and are cut.either
circular, or are gathered arouml the belt
with most of the fullness pushed back.
The linings used are pereallne, glazed
linen of a light variety, or the same
material as the gown. The last, though
the most expensive, is yet the most de
sirable, since it does not look like a lin
ing at all, and the -sheer limy effect of
the outside is not destroyed by a stiff lin
ing shining through it.
As for shoes, the girl who objects to
breaking the rule of pure white which
prevails from head to foot, may wear
white satin Slippers, or Oxford ties of
wkite kid or suede, with white silk stock
ings. Gloves are best tn their little case
at such times, but if custom requires It the
correct thing is a glace kid, with pearl
buttons—three of them. Suede gloves are
no longer in fashion for this purpose, and
will be Very little worn for any occasion.
This is why they are on the bargain coun
ter at prices ranging from 69 cents to a
dollar.
Most young women arrange their hair
in the style that is becoming, without
much regard for fashion. But all who
can should part their tresses In the mid
dle, and draw them down over the tips
of the ears, to be coiled loosely at the back
of the neck. This gives the demure,
quaint appearance which Is so much ad
mired. It takes a young woman of cour
age to arrange her hair this way for the
first time, but when she beeonu-s accus
tomed to it she is loath to fix it any other
way. A pretty Washington girl, with the
courage of her convictions, arranges her
dark hair In this way, and with a daring
which few girls possess she wears two lit
tle curls at each side of her face to re
lieve the plain, severe lines at the middle
■of her forehead. Her back hair Is coiled
as low as possible at the nape of her neck.
There are several pretty patterns in side
combs, of which the Spanish design is
newest and is generally developed in fine
cut steel, which, by the way, shows off
to great advantage in dark hair. Hair or
naments are not so lavishly used as they
were six months ago. Severe simplicity
Is the reaction from the elaborate coiffure
which we have been wearing lor so long.
The Psyche knot has grown too common
to retain favor In the fashionable set, and
the spring girl is patting her hair down
in various places, trying to discover a
new style that is becoming. The part still
retains its popularity, but the pompadour
Is growing in favor. The hair Is brushed
up over a small artificial puff, with a tiny
curl on each side to relieve the plain ef
fect, and Is then arranged in a coil at
the crown of the head. The less c.urllng
the better, in view of the approaching sea
son of perspiring weather and sea breezes.
A handsome wedding gown of Farislan
make is of white satin. The skirt fails
In the usual godets with a round train
at the beck, and Is trimmed around the
bottom with a drapery of mousseline de
soie knotted at intervals of six or eight
Inches. The same trimming appears on
the bodice arounq the yoke. A drapery
of mousseline de soie over the satin cor
sage has a box pleat back and front In
the latest approved fashion. The pleat
in front Is ornamented with tiny choux.
which resemble buttons, and take the
place of the fancy buttons that are so
much used on ordinary dresses. The high
mousseline de soie collar is also trimmed
with choux. The sleeve is a double bal
loon. close fitting below the elbow. At the
waist is a satin belt fastening on the left
side w|th a bouquet of orange blossoms,
from which falls a lone spray of the blos
soms. The veil Is tulle, of course, with
Its usual wreath of orange blossoms. Such
is the correct wedding dress, but in many
cases It will be varied, and made much less
elaborate by the addition of some flounces
of lace to break the severe lines of stiff
satin and pearls.
The bridesmaid at a church wedding
wears a gown of almost any style she
pleases. It usually has the appearance of
a street gown, for she wears her hat with
it. but it Is generally too elaborate for out
door wear, and should be in some light
color. Alice Amory.
1.0 V K OP' MTM.ATIOV
It Is the truce of Some Benighted
livings.
From the Hartford Times.
After having read and studied Warren's
famous novel "Ten Thousand a Year,” it
is hard to understand how anybody would
"go to law,” as the saying goes, if they
could help It; yet some i>cople never s“cm
happier than when figuring as plaintiffs
in a court of justice. The smallest griev
ance, real or fancied, is seized upon as a
pretext for setting the costly machinery
of the law In motion, and bringing Into
play the forensic forces of advocate, jury
and judge.
Tho late deceased Mrs. Paran Stevens
was a memorable example in this respect.
There was never a time that she was not
actively engaged in one or more suits at
law. That she was not always successful
is but natural, yet it should be remem
bered that the lady was as often defend
ant as plaintiff. Mrs. Hetty Green Is an
other lady who Is never free from an en
gagement at court, and It Is a memorable
fact that she has won many legal engage
ments. It is thu* that lawyers thrive and
grow fat.
Students of the daily papers will not
need to bo reminded of names which, by
tiieir constant appearance In the law re
ports, have hern almost as "familiar as
household words.” But every pertina
cious litigant is not, for various reasons,
honored by a public advertisement in this
way, and there consequently remain a
vast number of lovers of litigation of
whom the gtjneral public hear nothing.
There is a man well known to ever)'
reader of the dally press who has figured
as a plaintiff in a court of law something
like 1.10 times during the last three or four
years, an 1, as may be imagined, some of
the actions which he has brought have
been of the most trivial nature. As an In
stance may be mentioned one which was
simply a dispute abput the possession of an
old wooden post, to v hieh he, In common
with a nelghbof, laid claim, and which
marked the division of property belonging
to each. The ththg itself wasn't worth a
shilling, and not k ghost of a principle was
involved In the a/ 'ton, but It was carried
through three Courts, at a probable ex
pense to- each Tlfigunt of- something like
11,000. 1 ■
The most ridiculous thing* are In this
way frequently foujrht about. Not long
since an old lady brought an action against
a coal merchant in a western city, whose
carter unwittingly shot a sack of coals
on to the back of a favorite cat sleeping
at the time In the eoal cellar, inflicting
Injuries thereby that necessitated its de
struction. ItV another case an Irascible old
gentleman sued a man for throwing a
lighted fusee among some flowers In. his
front garden and burning a hole In a choice
bud on which he set especial store.
No less frivolous was the suit of a
country clergyman who instituted an ac
tion for slalider against a member of his
congregation who, on a particular oc
casion, In the hearing of several other par
ishioners, stigmatized the reverend gentle
man's discourses from the pulpit as “not
worth listening to.’’ This is partly set
off by the case of a worshinper who
claimed damages itl the county court for
being deprived of his customary seat in
church on the occasion of a well attended
special service. In the same way suits
for restitution of congregational rights of
ten figure in the cause lists of our courts.
One of the most curious causes of liti
gation is lo he found in a case mentioned
in the old law reports, relating to the pos
session Of a common horn snuff box, of
the value ot' sl, presented to a certain so
ciety by one of its members, and claimed
by someone else. The costs incurred in
the case amounted to SI,BOO, and extra ex
penses were tacked on to the tune of $370,
all of which the unsuccessful claimant
had /to pay.
Probably the smallest suit on record was
one recently tried In Scotland, for the sum
of a half penny, and brought against a
tramway company. The plaintiff was car
ried in one of the defendants’ ears be
yond his destination, and compelled to
pay the half penny as extra fare. He
sued the company in the county court,
and, recovering the judgment, compelled
them to refund the coin with costs.
The spirit of litigation was perhaps
never carried to a greater extent than in
the cause between two potters, at the end
of thoi last century, for a sum of $lO. Af
ter being in court for eleven years, it was
put an end to by being referred to arbi
trators, who decided in favor of the de
fendant in the case, and ordered the plain
tiff to pay all the costs Incurred in the
proceedings, which were assessed at
$5,000.
As an instance of the unwisdom of
rushing to law to settle every little dis
pute may be riientioned the following
case, which occurred only a couple of
years ago: Two cottages were left by a
deceased relattve to twin brothers. The
terms of the legacy were a little ambigu
ous, although the spirit of the bequest
was plain. The brothers sought the aid
of the law to settle a point that arose be
tween them, namely, which was In reality
the elder of the two. This proved a nice
little nut to crack, the mother being
dead, and the riurse who assisted at the
birth, and whose memory was naturally
not very fresh after tw’o-and-twenty
years, first asserting that one and then
the other was born an hour before his
brother, and finally admitting that she
"couldn't recollect.”
After being elaborately argued and spun
out to a gTeat length, the judge came to
the conclusion that the best way to set
tle the case would be to sell the cottages
and, deducting legal expenses, of course,
divide the proceeds equally between the
litigants. This was done. The cottages
realized $2,C00, the lawyers' fees ran up to
$1,500, the solicitors engaged claimed S3OO
In addition, the auctioneer's commission
and extras.came to $260 more, and there
was thus left SIOO for division amongst
the disappointed disputants.
—Father—Fritz. 1 saw you last evening
helping home an Intoxicated student. Don't
do It again; it makes a had impression.
Fritz—Oh. that's all right. I only did
it to got even with him.—Fliegende Blat
ter.
—Pike—l wonder if the English people
will ever abolish the House or Doras?
Dyke—Well,if they do.thc House of Com
won't know anything about it until about
fifty years after It has happened.—Puck.
HOPE FOR SUMMER GIRLS.
LOTS OF lllf■ FISH IX THK SEA. OF
ELIOIIII.E TOIAG ME*.
David 11. Hill, Lord RoSflippx, (ieorcp
Annderliilt and Hetty Grrm'i Son
Anionic the Ranker.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Courage, girls! In spite of the many
marriages of great prise catches this
spring, there are as fine fish now in the
matrimonial sea as ever were caught;
and. what is more, these seem to be swim
ming near the surface of the water, as it
were, and well to land as though envy
ing the appearance of things ashore. In
other words, they are waiting to be caught
and the summer girl, with her pretty idle
talk and her enchanting little bonnet,
perched well back upo£ that captivating
parting of her waved hair, can secure al
most anything in the matrimonial line sne
may choose to select.
Of the many excellent bachelor oppor
tunities—and by the word "excellent''
money is meant as well as brains and
integrity—the greatest one in the minds
of many is that of the politician, lawyer
and millionaire, David B. Hill. And, as
the most desirable things are proverbially
the hardest To get, it may be remarked
that Mr. Hill acts averse to woman's so
ciety and much prefers his dogs and
horses to that of feminine loveliness. In
this respect he is almost alone in the
ranks of bachelors; for it is as remarka
ble as it Is true that most bachelors
would rather talk to a pretty woman than
eat the best course dinner that ever was
served.
Senator Hill has a palatial mansion near
Albany. It is a country place, as it lie*
on Albany's boulevard, three miles above
the city, but In all Us appointments it
might easily be a dwelling in the heart of
Gotham. Prom the road there is visible
only the windmill which suplies water
power and picturesqueness to a lovely lit
tle artificial lake, which in some way com
municates with the hygeia of the house,
and as you drive further along the road
you see turrets and chimneys and guble
windows, and a sky-top observatory. Put
that is all that is allowed to the ordinary
mortal, as a lodge keeper prevents ad
mission and various other lodge keepers
reinforce the outside one should a clip of
the whip carry the curious rider suddenly
past the great gates Into the winding
roads that lead in circuitous ways to the
house.
Here every day the senator lives when
he must not be in Washington. And here
he has a library, an art gallery, a bou
doir as perfect as a maiden's dream, and
so many cosy corners that the woman who
penetrates this seclusion—getting there by
her husband's side after much strategy—
comes away bewildered.
Senator Hill is immensely wealthy, and
his home, Fritzvtlle, has had 13,000,000
spent upon it. The famous actor, affer
whom it is named, built It for a retreat
in his old age, but died in harness wltn
out ever enjoying more than a short va
cation time of its luxury. Senator Hill
bought It of “Fritz" Kmmet’s heirs.
A more accessible is the famous
catch, recognized everywhere as the buil
der of a great palace in North Carolina,
so magnificently planned that a tiny mil
lion dolur railroad was constructed to
carry building materials to Its walls, end
now preserved for the household supplies.
When George Vanderbilt planned to build
Biltmore ho planned to put SBOO,OOO upon
the house and as much more upon the
grounds. Now, by sopie fairy-like per
suasion, there is a million dollar' house—
for. as Mr. Vanderbilt says, he "Blit
more" and "ftiltmore”—and there are for
ty miles of magnificently prepared drives,
with drinking fountains of rare mosaic
architecture at every intersection or
road.
The bride who might contemplate going
to BlltmOre would like to know In ad
vance, no doubt, something of that beau
tiful climate so near Ashevills. Well, the
coldest day is like our first light snowfall
In October among the seased russet
leaves; and at Faster it is so lovely and
warm that the crocuses in full bloom
tell you they have made up their minds
to lie idle for the summer and give the
roses and lilies a chance. Now the valley
liiies are peeping out to show you how
sweet and warm the earth is down
there.
In New York society Mr. George Van
derbilt is unknown, save as he gets up a
yachting party and cruises along the
coast lazily, only to tlnd the way to Rilt
more—somehow. And again he is known
in Gotham for his very small, very swell,
very select, and ultra-classic musicales.
Asa proof that this singular main, who
might have almost any wife for the deli
cate asking, but who has none at all, still
possesses much matrimonial sentiment, it
is only necessary to look through Balti
more. Here not far from his own rooms, in
a wing built specially for it is the most
magnificent set of apartments in the wovld.
The doors are locked always now, but
some day they will open and disclose a wo
man’s boudoir, a great morning room, a
tiny parlor and a sleeping room, canopied,
draped and adorned with all the tapestries
and rich hangings that could be placed
there by the most skillful designers in the
country. Weeks were spent upon this suite
of rooms, and the furniture was brought
from over the seas. There is an onyx
bath, set in a room too lovely for mortal
belief, and the nymphs and airy fairy
creatures that chase themselves and each
other over these aerially aquatic walls
breathe alike of sky' and sea. In other
words, birds on high give place to angeils
up above and to mermaids below.
The bride whom George Vanderbilt will
some day seek will have, besides all earth
ly possessions of gold, a man with a splen
did heart; for all around his home; the
people sing his praises, "so charitable, so
good, so considerate, so very liberal," are
the words you hear so often. And the
servants tell with pride that their master
knows every one on the place, even to the
chickens, calling one feathered beauty:
"Here, Peeper,” and another “Come
Feather Leg!” Incidentally it might be
mentioned that the stock was brought
from abroad, and that seven greenhouses
are forcing foliage trees for the beautify
ing of Biltmore.
A long skip away, but not too far for
Cupid's darts to fly, is across to the Cali
fornia coast, where Rudolph and Adolph
Spreckels, the sugar millionaires, are com
pelled to pose as "great catches," of the
Golden City'. Both of these young men
are enormously wealthy, and divide their
time between Hawaii, the California city
and other places on the globe. Occasion
ally they go across to Europe, traveling
almost constantly. Adolph, the better
looking of the two, is a line sportsman,
using the gun with the correctness of aii
Indian, and the moderness of a Scotch
man. Adolph Spreckels, although ham
pered by a name which is not as eupho
nious as that of most other multi-mil
lionaires. is much sought after by society,
and is extremely fond of gaiety. He is to
succeed, it is claimed, almost wholly to
the great sugar interests. Rudolph has,
like the others of the Spreckels fanjlly
many millions in his ow.n right; and even
should his father give him no more, he
will remain very rich. The Spreckels
boys will be great prizes for young women
who are fond of travel, good clothes and a
home in every country fci the world.
Charles Sutro, son of the mayor of San
Francisco, is another great catch; nay
he is the star catch of the west: Young
Sutro has nearly *10,000,000 of the famous
tunnel money soaked down In good old
Sutro fashion, and haa the same honest
faculty for getting more that his father
possesses. He does nothing underhand,
yet all the governments of the earth
seem bound to pay him tribute in some
way. "
Strange to say, this brilliant, handsome
young man much prefers the society of
poor girls. He declares he finds them
more lovable and lese capricloue than
young women born under gold canopies,
and brought up to demand the moon and
all the planets on sight. When Charles
Sutro marries, his choice will be a girl of
good birth, but probably a younger daugh
ter of the house and terry pretty, that
goes without saying. For what, forsooth,
would money be worth if it could not
guarantee a good-looking wife!
To be the friend of George M. Pullman,
Jr., means a great deal now. What will
It not mean to hts wife—as far as luxury
and riches are concerned? Last winter
young Mr. Pullman resided much of the
time In a very magnificent suite of rooms
in a very high priced hotel in New York;
and in these rooms and their connecting
dining-room he gave dinners and held
carnivals that made the staid Dutch ma
trons of the house hold up their hands
aghast that such doings should be possi
ble to the purse of so young a man.
At Long Branch last summer, and oc
casionally for an excursion to the other
places along the coast, Mr. Pullman be
took himself, his servants and his hors->s
and was the center of an admiring crowd
of young people. His tandem was the
finest seen since the Long Branch days
of Langtry and her enthralled escort. And
his fish dinners were awaited with Joy
by invited guests who had heard whispers
of their delicacy. George M. Pullman,
Jr„ has been many times reported en
gaged, as, indeed, have all these won
drous catches; but as yet he has not per
manently shared the privileges of the
tandem and the dinner with any young
woman. When he does so his portion, def
initely settled upon himself, will no doubt
be a large enough Interest in the famous
cars to Insure an Income such as several
millions boiids would bring.
John W. Maokay, Jr., and his younger
brother, Clarence, are both very attrac
tive features of the west, so far as the
society of young people is concerned.
Mackay. Jr., is good looking, has all the
splendid habits of his father and all of the
old gentleman's business tact. He is in
training to take charge of the great inter
ests held by his father. So good a man as
this should secure the heart of as good a
woman, and were he to be accidentally
deceived by a pretty face and get a vain,
frivolous wife, the fates would have dealt
out to him their first evtl drop of fortune
and a wholly unmerited one. At present
Mr. Mackay—reported engaged a thous
and times—ls busy attending to the affairs
of his half sister, the Princess Colonna.
to whom he is most devoted and is also
assisting his mother in the vast enter
prises, social and business like, which
that lady undertakes so frequently.
It would be difficult to locate that much
talked about young man, Edward 11. R.
Green, the son of the renowned Hetty. He
lives much of the time in Chicago, where
he owns about three miles of land In the
heart of the city.
It Is to the very great credit of this
young man—and so bespeaks well for his
future wife—that he is not ashamed of his
very eccentric mother. Or at least he does
not show that he is. He accompanies her
to her office when he is In town, and is
very attentive to her, although she might
easily be mistaken for a work woman on
her way to scrub out offices. There is a
rumor to the effect that Edward Green
remonstrates with his mother and urges
her to take a little rest and comfort. But
to no avail! Edward Green, although
lame, is a good looking young man, and
will be a good catch. He Is of excellent
family, well spokon, good mannered and
all that a good husband nerd be—and Shat
is not counting the one hundred millions
and more which Mamma Hetty will leave
him when she goes to the place whither
money can neither travel nor talk.
Asa real prize, though. Lord Rosebery,
widower of Hannah Rothschild and pre
mier of England, may be mentioned even
before royalty, for he has all the honors
and privileges thereof without any of the
attendant annoyances. He can do as he
pleases, and as he owns the greater portion
of English earth around London, he is
supposed to be able to go where he pleas
es. His prettiest house Is the Durdans, a
great old castle at Surrey, where he spends
the hot weather. For the shooting this
many-homed man goes to Dalmeny House',
the Midlothian country seat in the heart
of Scotland; an 1 for the holidays he gath
ers with his children In the beautiful coun
try house, not out of sight of Windsor
Castle—and almost as large.
Besides these places of residence, Lord
Rosebery owns five others, all of which
are kept up and into any one of which he
could drop at any time, a wayside travel
er. and find the horses In their stables, the
larder full to overflowing and the cricket
enjoying the fire upon the hearth.
It Is said that the Prince of Wales does
not think such a situation a bad one for
any girl, be she English or of any other
nationality, nor that royalty Is above fc.
And while In this frame of mind the
Prince has allotted his daughter, Maude,
to Lord Rosebery’s companionship at
many a dinner at Marlborough House, and
has invited him to a seat in the royal
brougham at many a Derby.
In New Y’ork there are a #core of very
excellent matrimonial prizes. Think of
Eugene Higgins, of Lorillard Kip, of Arch
er Huntington and—oh, lots of others. But
distance has its Inevitable enchantment
and if the young multi-millionaires of New’
York and the rest of the United States
seem very desirable beings, those of dis
tant shores and states and countries bear
about them a mist of absolute enchant
ment.
It Is doubtless true that many a one of
these excellent catches has been unfor
tunate In his love-making at some time
or another, but with so much that is de
sirable, love will find a way to secure the
full merit of feminine beauty and loveli
ness.
One of the Oil Barons.
From the New York Press.
The Standard Oil Company's old build
ing is to be raised four or five stories, I
understand, and the new one, adjoining it,
wi U be awa >’ U P above the Manhattan
Life's skyscraper. The roofs of our tall
buildings are about as near Heaven as
some of our barons in oil, sugar, lead, cor
dage, whisky and other industrials will
ever get, and it behooves them to go as
high wdth bricks and stone as they can.
Whenever I pass the Standard's quarters
I recall those hard times of 1868. when I
was eking out an existence as a salt Pro
ducer in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Talk
about a man earning his salt! Great Scott'
I dug enough salt to make a million Lot's
wives. One day there came over to our
works-they were at the village at Na
trona-a new man to be superintendent
He was young and good looking and a
pleasant fellow all round. "Well o! 1 man "
he said to one of the upper clerks who
had helped to get him the job, “I' m all
right at last. Got a Job—a good job. Thev
pay me 5J.500 a year, and prospects of an
increase. I have just telegraphed to my
wife to come over. I'll bet she's the han-
Plest woman on earth.” She was one of
the handsomest women that ever put foot
in Natrona, and the young couple lived
there happily for some time. He made
the best superintendent we ever had and
soon got too big for the village. If this
is not true, ask John Rogers. He left salt
to get Into oil with the Standard, and is
to-day worth his *20,000.000. Think of it
working twenty-seven years ago for S2 Wi
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