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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Tn no other thinji' are men so Illogical
nd > unreasonable, says Dorothy Dix in
the New Orleans Pi ;ayune, as in the way
they treat their wi -es about money. Ev
ery man. worthy <ji' the name, expects to
support his family e'hen he gets married.
In reality, he prol ibly does not object
to doing it. He is perfectly well aware
that servants must be paid, supplies for
the table purchased, clothes bought, and
mat children are apparently born for
the sole purpose 0.l enriching the shoe
maker and the schorl book publisher. .Yet.
knowing all this, ah >ut half the men you
know seem to take it as a personal In
jury and grievance when their wives
come to them for w >ney for the common
fnmily needs. “Gre it snakes, you want
wash money again? • they cry. "What,
•he ice out again! 1 ->u need a half dollar
to pay for getting J ihnny’s shoes mend*
ed! By George, I be; leve you think I am
made of money!” ;nd alas, for human
frailly, the woman :* more.than apt not
to return the humbli answer that extract
money and turns aw ty ■wrath, but to re
mark. instead, that • r she was a miracle
worker, and could i an a house without
money, she wouldn't be working for any
man for her board aid clothes—she would
be secretary of the • reasury.
There are plenty of such homes—and
the men in,them ore not necessarily mean,
only thoughtless and inconsiderate—
where every single item of expense is
argued out at as much length as If it was
a Mississippi river improvement appro
priation bill, and where n pair of shoes
can’t be bought for the baby, or a cali
co frock for the wife, without a debate
that is hot enough to leave a blister. The
Inevitable result is continual friction that
spells disaster to the family, and the
very best thing any woman under such
circumstances can do. is to take her hus
band as a boarder, charge him enough
to run the house on, and spend the money
in peace and as she pleases. As long as
■he makes him comfortable he has no
more right to interfere in her manage
ment than he would with any other land
lady’s methods. Women confide too much,
anyway. There Is no earthly use in tell
ing before hand everything one thinks
she is going to do, particularly if it is
liable to be objected to. Do it first, and
discuss it afterwards. Saw wood and say
nothing, is a wise motto for wives as
well as politicians.
Another advantage that many women
would gain If they could induce their
husbands to regard themselves more in
the light of a boarder, and less In the
light of a boss, would be a very superior
article of manners to that to which they
are row accustomed. No man would
think, for a minute, that because he paid
his board it gave him a right to sneer
at his landlady's opinions, deride her
views, ridicule her sentiments. These are
privileges that matrimony alone bestows
upon a man, and ijjany a woman’s fond
est dream of happiness is to wish that
her husband was as polite to her as he
Is to other ladies. He will listen with
apparently absorbed attention while an
other woman eirs her views on the South
African war; he is quick enough to re
spond to another woman’s witticism, but
let his w-ife undertake to expound the
political situation, or tell a story, and
he hasn’t the slightest hesitation in shut
ting her up by telling her that she doesn’t
know what she is talking about, and that
he* read that joke in Punch during the
deluge.
Likewise, as a boarder, he might even
he roused to express some gratitude and
appreciation for the tireless devotion to
his interest, the unceasing study of his
pleasure and comfort, the love that never
.ans, that now. as a husband, he takes
■or granted, and doesn’t think worth men
tioning. So, too, wtien he is sick. He
feels that he is at perfect liberty to re
v-.ird his wife’s sleepless nights, her wor
ry and care, w-Ph grumbles and growls,
on,} ill temper, but he would never dare to
treat an angelic landlady, who was nurs
ing him, that way. He would feel that
be never could repay such self-sacrifie
goodness, and besides he would be
afraid that If he didn't, behave himself
she would turn him over to a hired nurse,
and go off and leave him.
Nor would all the advantages he on the
side of the woman. Many a man would
have everything to gain in being pro
moted from the rank of the husband 10
nat of the star boarder. It cannot be
denied that if there are cantankerous hus
bands—and I am talking now not of the
happily married, but of the disgruntled
of both sexes, to whom matrimony has
rought more kicks than ha’pence—there
are also neglectful wives. There are
women, good women, in whom the moth
er kills the wife, and who after the com
!? s . of . ,Vl e first baby simply, exist for
their children.
Fashion now prescribes that the Inter
val between an er,gag meet end a mar
rlage should he as short as noss We, and
this is a sensible rule. Recently, however
a marriage occurred within such a Wo t
I cT °J the en S’ a sement that i mav b
L?" 1 t have come off at express ep ed.
Tne circumstances were thow: you g
woman became engaged ;o a man who n
she did not love, but was rea-’y o mar y
for worldly advantage. Shortly"bef re lie
marriage she went, on Monday, to . tay
tvith friends in the country. Her fi-roe
was to arrive at the same house on Sat
urday. During the week she mad the
acquaintance of another man, who "as
staying in the house, and. h-'efl", th y
tell violently in love—so viclentiy that the
girl determined to throw O'er her finn e
and marry the new man. S u e felt that it
was impossible to await the a rival of her
nance under the circumstances, and -o
she and her lover eloped by rail early
Sunday morning and were "married at
once.
Here is another curious matrimonial
story: A young and handsome engn er
coming home to London from E™ypt, made
the acquaintance of a good looking, lively
woman on the liner. They got on " ell,
and he told her a great deal about him
self. Among other things he menti nei
• hat he had at one lime hod p-osp cts of
wealth from a distant eousiijf but ihe lat
ter had married again, and, dyi g noon
after, left all to his widow. “And I sup
pose you hate the widow?” Inquir'd his
hew friend. “Oh. no," rep’i and the young
man. laughing. “My parents and and, but w y
should I? I was quKe a b y at she tire,
and did not understand. I have always
been brought up to work, nrd am ,’oi g
well. After all, a man’s wife Is more to
him than all his relations. I dare ray the
old lady needs It more than I do, and she
can’t be going to enj, y ii much longer”
‘How old is she?” “Well, I don’t k ow
exactly; I never saw her, hut she mu t be
decidedly elderly. The old chap w s dl
enough to be my grandfither. He died
ten years ago. and he married seme five
years before that.” “And you don’t grud e
U-to her?” “Not in the least.” In -he
course of the voyage the acqualntanc:
gradually ripened, and the result was an
engagement. Then the fiancee confided to
her intended that she was the “old lady.”
The dirtant cousin had not mar-l-d a
woman of suitable age. as had t-een sup
posed. hut a young girl of seven een, Just
out of the schoolroom. And so the money
returned to the family.
The tragedies of fashion, says the Phil
adelphia Times, are numbered by the
soores, but one of the meet extraordinary
on record and though early In the scuon
comes from the seashofe. It is related that
a .young woman tarrying at a tesort one
morning wore a gown that had an unll e 1
yoke of heavy lace. She was templed by
♦he bright sunshine of last week to o
down upon the sanjls, where she rema ned
until forced to return home by an aching
head. Upon removing her gown the w s
startled by an exclamation from her sis
ter. who asked her what was the matter
with her neck, as she looked like a t t
looed woman. An Inspection showed’that
upon her white skin the sun had sk 1-
fully Imprinted an exact reproduction of
the lace o t which her yoke wa compos and
There whs no low-necked dre-e or t Is
roung women at that evening's ball, 'or
no amount of scrubbing oould efface the
photographic print from her ekin. Now
however, by dint of many applications of
cold or earn and such lotions, the mark*
have disappeared, but mademoLel’e has
put a lining in her yokes and irusts no
more to cobwebby materials for p ctec
tion.
This accident is liable to befall any
woman who arrays herself in such a dis
mal raiment as lace. Tne su est v. ay o
avoid such misfortunes is to k.ep n the
sheltering shade of a pa.asoi w.,i10 ex
posed to the sun’s rays.
He stooped and picked a handkerchief
Up from the floor near where she stood
And, bowing, said, “Permit me.” in 1
The bravest, courtliest way he could.
The maiden blushed and sweetly said;
“It is not mine”—he knew ’twas not!
The dainty thing he offered her
Was one that he himself had bought.
But there they stood and wondered who
Might be its owner, and before
They parted talked of much besides
What he had found upon, the floor.
Thej% walk in pleasant it 1 ays to-day;
Of ail mankind she loves the best;
The handkerchief is locked away.
One secret still is in his breast.
—S. E. Kaiser, in the Philadelphia In
quirer.
trousseau of a bride, says the New
York Times, is always Interesting, but
the bridegroom's wardrobe does not at
tract much attention. However, here is
a Denver bridegroom, a young miner who
tad invested in $215 worth of shoes to
adorn his wedding outfit, and the list
is worth giving. Here it is. as published
>n the Shoe and Leather iteporter:
"Two pairs calfsk n lace walking shoes,
two pairs of patent leather lace shoes
for afternoon wear, two pairs of patent
leather button boots for wear between t
and 6 o’clock p. m., two pairs of oxford
ties, the latter ‘to make me appear 3S
though I were going to dinner or to the
theater, and not to a dance;’ also tw-o
pairs of pumps with medium toe, per
fectly fiat, for dancing; congress gaiters
with satin delaine top.
’.’For sporting wear, two pairs riding
boots of Russia leather and black calf
skin, with box spurs; a pair of lace
boots for country walking, having a full
swing to the outside, medium double sole,
extension edge, and straight tips; a pair
of golf shoes, also golf boots of russet
leather, calf lined, double sole, rubber
disks, extra full extension sole, medium
toe and absolutely waterp-torf; tennis
shoes of white buckskin and canvas,
yachting shoes of canvas, steamer shoes
made of Russia leather, with smooth rub
ber bottoms; red morocco bootees for
veranda wear, these are half boots with
out heel; also tan slippers and mules.
"For prospecting In ihe mining coun
try he ordered extra high undressed
grain, calf-lined lace boots, with heavy
sole and full extension edge."
In a New York shoe store where this
collection is beiqg prepared they do a
great deal of fancy booimaking and much
work for the stage. But while they
employ twenty-two men to work on men’s
footwear, they have fifty for women’s
There are not many masculine customers
like the Denver man.
One of the most interesting women in
France is Miss De Broen. whose name is
as well known throughout the slums of
Paris as that of Jane Addams, of Chicago,
is in this country.
Miss De Broen is a woman of Dutch ex
traction. says the London Quiver. It
was in 1871, Immediately after the sup
pression of the Commune, that Miss de
Broen visited Pere Lachaise. As she
stood at one end of the cemetery she heard
in the distance the wailings and shrieking
of women, and .hastening to the spot
whence the cries came, she found a'mad
dened drowd of Communist women mourn
ing their dead. Going up to one woman,
who had lost both husband and son, and
who was rending the ah’ with her scrieks.
Miss De Broen, then a young and delicate
girl laid her hand upon her arm and said:
"Let me comfort you. I can tell you
about One above Who cares for all your
sorrows.” And so she moved from one to
another, carrying her message of God’s
love, until she brought a great calm into
that maddened crowd. This was a reve
lation to Miss De Broen of the power of
the Gospel, and she determined to devote
herself to work among these outcasts of
Belleville.
The government has always recoginzet*
the Important influence for maintaining
law and order which Miss de Broen’s mis
sion has had in Belleville, and has sup
ported her eoffrts. Some ten years ago.
when a law was passed for regulating the ,
collection of household refuse by the city
authorities, it threw out of occupation
thousands of chiffonniers in Beileville.
News came to Miss de Broen one Sunday j
afternoon that the people were rising. She ,
hurried at once to the city, where the chif
fonnters lived as a tribe apart, and she
found them gathering round a chief who ]
was inciting them to deeds of violence. “If ;
we have no weapons, we have stones,” he
was saying when Miss de Broen came up.
“What is the matter?" she asked..
"We have lost our work, and are starv
ing,” was the reply.
"If I give you food and undertake to
get work for you, will you separate peace
ably?"
"Yes," replied the better disposed, “it is
only food and work that we want.”
"You shall have both,” said Miss de
Broen, and to show that she was in earn
est she dispatched a messenger to the
nearest baker's shop with orders to send
immediately all.the bread which he had 9*
the premises. When (he cart arrived.
Miss de Broen and her assistants cut the
loaves and distributed them to the hungry
people, who dispersed to their homes.
Next day Miss de Broen presented herself
at the Elysee and asked to see President
Grevy. •
“The President is dining," was the re
ply. “and cannot b£ disturbed.”
"Tell him that I come from those who
have no dinner and he must see me.”
When she was shown into the Presi
dent’s room, Miss de Broen/told him that
there were some thousands of desperate
characters In Belleville on the verge of
a revolution, arid work must be found for
them. Mr. Grevy promised his help, and
sent Miss de Broen round to the various
ministers to lay the state of affairs be
fore them. All promised to see what could
be done, and while the cumbrous govern
ment machinery was being set in motion,
Miss de Broen. with the aid of charitable
people, opened a soup kitchen, and by her
individual efforts fed some two thousand
people for six weeks until the government
had arranged to give them work.
Two o'clock is a little early for the
afternoon crowd at the Paris Exposition,
says a writer in the Chicago Record, so
those of us who were there turned, alert,
when a musical French voice floated over
to us from the adjoining room. "Oh, yes,
yes.” it said. “I am next the Queen and
I can scarcely wait to see. They tell
me the picture is glorious. Constant has
caught the shine in the velvet exactly,
and then it looks like me. Ah! here it
Is."
And Calve, Carmen even without her
shimmering, alluring Carmen costume,
walked rapidly into the magnificent room
m the French section and stood beneath
her own portal.
. “Yes, good, very good,” she said. "I
<!m happy to look like that. Am I so tall
really? Would you think, Marie (to her
friend), that iife could be so perfectly
reproduced—that one could live again so
completely?”
And the singer walked back and forth
gazing at the picture from this point
and that, getting a light on it here and
another there. She wore the plainest of
street costumes, dark blue, with a pretty
bat set back from her face, and as she
waiked sho threw aside her long feather
boa.
She paused n moment near me and I had
the opportunity to say: “You like it,
do you not?" Oh. very much, very much,”
she answered quickly. "You, too, cer
tainly, you think it good? But I am so
happy to be again in Paris that every,
thing seems good to me. The portrait !s
Just one of many things. America is
fine and large and Us people are kind
to me. but after ell home is the best
place.”
And with n wave of her hand she swept
down the hall.
No Irish nurse will willingly weigh a
baby, no matter what the doctor may aay
or do. She will aaaure him that she has
weighed It; will tell him its weight to the
: fraction of an ounce; but weigh It she
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will not. for if she did it would surely
uie within a year, she will tell you, with
a ring of firm conviction in her voice,
and she will string off a long list Cif
babies she hns known that have been
weighed and have died. There is an
other ihing ih'at she cannot be induced to
do, and that is cut the nails of a baby
before it is three months old. If they
grow too long she bites them. N6t that
she thinks the baby would die if she cut
"them, but she knows that it would grow
up to be a thief. Reasons for this con
viction of hers she has none. No amount
of coaxing will induce her even to try
to explain what honesty can possibly have
to do with uncut nails. But. none the
less, no charge of hers ever has Us nails
cut.
Miss Sannle Kruger, a niece of Paul
Kruger. President o’ the TiansvaaJ Re
public, is paying a visit to'San Francisco.
She is an excellent performer upon the
guitar, but is not as proud of her accom
plishments in music as she 13 of her pro
ficiency in the use of firearms. Her fam
ily has mining interests in Aiizona, and it
was .to look af er ihese that Miss Kruger
came to.the United Sta’es. She says that
one of the first requirements of a Trans
vaal girl’s education is to hit a bull's-eye
at long range. She 1 -oks pliant and wo
manly, but no anti-Boer fee ing can be
safely expressed in her presence. She is
antagonistic in a moment.
All the rugged de e miration of her fam
ily and her race shows then.
In an argument she will stand up to the
end and show that she has a remarkable
arraignment of facts aod statistics 10
prove her side of the question. She has
been idolized by the pro-Boer element in
California, and has been the central figure
of some of the largest meetings.
She do-”s not bo ieve the Transvaal will
succeed. She believes that the English will
win, but all the pride of her race comes to
the surface when she says; "We sha 1 be
defeated by the English, I know, in the
end, but we will show the* that we can
fight.”
Women make a great mistake, says the
New York Tribune, when they try to
"entertain” men who visit them for a Sun
day. Business men. when they go out
to the country at thrs season of the year,
simply love to do nothing at all—to b 6 al
lowed to sit under green trees and tallf,
as they feel inclined; or. If they wish ex
ercise, to take it in the way that suits
them best. To propose drives, games and
other entertainments In which a guest
feeis bound to acquiesce out of courtesy,
is often sheer cruelty to a tired man, who
would so much enjoy a couple of days in
the country if he were only let alone by
his over zealous hostess.
"Did you enjoy your visit to the Z—’s?”
was asked of a clubman who had just re
turned to town after a few days' outing.
"Not at all.” was the decided answer; "I
had a beastly time. They kept me going
every minute. I hate driving, and Mrs.
Z took me ail over the country in her
t r ap. Sunday evening I was taken to the
M 's for dinner, and put between two
women at the table whom I dffl not know.
Mr. Z . who is a golf fiend, insisted
updn my playing the game, which I detest.
If they had only let me alone I should
have been happy, for they have a lovely
place and particularly good fool, and I
'.ike Mr. and Mrs. M very much, but
they Used me up completely, and I
wouldn't go again for a good deal.”
“The nobility,’’ say* a photographer
with a wide experience, in Success, in
faking pictures abroad, “understand per
fectly what is expected of them, falling
naturally into poses, and making far less
trouble for me than do singers and the
atrical people.
"They are also very reasonable In their
exactions as the following anecdote of the
Empress Frederick will show. She was
at Windsor Castle and wished me to come
tijere to make a photograph to be sent to
her son, Emperor William, as a Christ
mas present. The message was tele
graphed me in the Isle of Wight, and I
wired ahead to London for extra plates
to be sent me at Paddington Station.
When I arrived, no plates were there. I
hurried across London to get them, missed
tw-o trains to Windsor, and arrived at the
castle more than an hour late. Three
pages in livery met me. They said:
‘Hurry up! Hurry up! me Empress
has been waiting for an hour.’
“Well. I'm sorry, but I can't hurry,” I
said. Every busy man knows the feel
ing he has. after hurrying until he can
hurry no more, and the determination
that comes never to hurry again, even for
the Queen of Sheba. Presently the Em
press entered the room where I was
waiting.
"I am sorry," she said, "but as you are
late and I have an appointment to drive
with the Queen to-day, I can only give
you five minutes for a sitting.”
"Empress,” I answered. "I am sorry, but
I cannot do you justice In five minutes.
We w-ill postpone the appointment.” I
began to pack up the plates that had cost
me so much trouble.
“By no means,” s'he answered. "I
shall see what arrangement can be made
for one of the princess to take my place."
This was done, and I worked away for
two hours.
The passing of the old-fashioned price
less lace handkerchiefs that our grand
mothers used to consider necessary, says
the New York Evening Post, is empha
sized by the announcement that they
have come in aga n. It will hardly be
possible to re-establish them to the point
of carrying them, although the dictum
may Influence on additional purchase or
two. Time was when a "best” lace hand
kerchief was included in the wardrobe of
every well-dressed woman, but that time
has long passed. The "smart” woman to
day has dozens of fine handkerchiefs
whose cost and beauty lie in their ex
quisite weave and In the daintiness and
perfection, not abundance, of the embroid
ery or lace that decorates them. Next
to their fineness thefr plainness is a dis
tinctive mark. A handkerchief heavily
trimmed with costly lace, obviously un
sulted to frequent laundering. It not often
seen nowadays.
A north side physician, says the Chi
cago Record, who has had several can’s
of scarlet fever to treat We’y brought
home some bright red scarlet-fever signs
the other evening.
“What are you going to do wiih those
red cards?” asked his,little girl.
The doctor explained that trey were
to be put in ihe windows of the hou'-’d
of his soar'et-fever patients to kecpp’ople
from going there.
The next day the doctor s wife was sit
ing at the window of the slti'ng ro m
and her attention was nt racted bv ihe
queer antica of a boy across the street He
started for the house, then turned ba k
and looked hard at the door, and A ally
went away. In the course of sn hour
several people did the same t v lnf. At lest
an old friend drove up in hr c*rrle*
| alighted, and started up the fmt t'e.
j Half-way up she paused, stared at the
[ door end fled down the steps, The doc
tor’s wife rose hurriedly, jnterdi-g t -> !
slop the caller and have an explanati n.
but before she could gel to t! e d.xir e
visitor had driven away, wavi g her ha and
and nodding pleasantly. An lour or >o
after the telephone rang. Ii was th ■
friend and caMer.
“Hello Is! that you, Mrs. Smith?”
"Yes. and ”
“Really, I was so sorry to d-i e off
that Way this afternocn, but tie chil r n
you know-—and they have n ver ha I it,
and ”
“Had what?”
"Scarlet fever."
"But we haven't got sca-Tet fever."
"Well, what's that red sign n y u
door, then?" And Mrs. Jones ang off.
Investigation developed ihe fact t’ at t’ e
doctor’s little girl had been difturt ed in
.getting her geography lessen by to mary
people ringing the door bell. Wh-n the
servant girl was out the eMld bad to an
swer the bell, and it oceu red o her t at
a 6acrlet-fever sign weuld s, lvp n and f
Acuities. The doctor estimates that the
sign, in one afternoon, lost him about sls
worth of fees.
Most people who have read of the sangu
inary disposition of the Dowager Em
press of China have pictured her as a
veritable tigress with an inordinate appe
tite for blood. To a casual visitor at her
palace, however, she appears much as
other women. Recently the wives of for
eign representatives and several other
European women were entertained by
her at Pekin. From the entrance gate of
the paialOe grounds they w-ere carried in
Imperial sedan chairs over ihe marble
bridge; the rest' of the way to the recep
tion hall they traveled In a tram drawn
at a fairly rapid pace by palace eunuchs.
In the reception hall the Dowager Em
press. a benevolent-looking old lady of 64,
and not at all the relentless virago she is
commonly depicted, was seated on a
raised dais, and on a slightly tower seat
sat the Emperor, who looked more cheer
ful than ever, but was evidently in very
feeble health.
After the formal reception the ladies
were conducted Into an adjoining room,
where tea and refreshments were served,
ahd soon after the imperial pair came in
and mingled unceremoniously with their
guests, saying a few words to each and
shaking hands. Every time the Dowager
Empress made a remark her Chinese in
terpreters fel prostrate on the ground.
Young Prince Fuc'hun, a well-grown,
strong and healthy-looking hoy of 14, who
has been recently selected as successor to
the throne in default of a direct heir, was
brought forward and introduced to the
ladies, whom he saluted by suddenly
throwing himself at right angles on a line
with his face, probably bis idea of shak
ing hands. The Dowager Empress pre
sented each lady with a pearl ring and
some handsome brocades and each of the
Chinese secretaries received four rolls of
silk.
Of course the crown jewels of the Quen
of England are the most valuable In 'he
world, but there are other women of rank
who boast of trasures of priceless v ue.
The Czarina of Russia has the fines
pearls in Europe, the Queen of lialy ra k
ihg next. Ic is King Humbert’s custom to
present his queen with a rope of pearl*
on every anniversary of her hi th.
The German Empress possesses a most
valuable rope of pearls, which she dis
plays to great advantage In her beau ifu!
blond hair, where the coronet of pearls
and diamonds receive added usier from
the "shinging glory.”
Princess Maria Pawhowma is the 'orr;>-
nate possessor of a most remarkable and
costly necklace, with pear-shaped pearls
as pendants.
Lady De Grey makes special excursions
lo the country with her maid so as 10
give her magnificent pearls a course of
sun baths.
The Princess of Wales introduced ih“
fashion of winding a number of pearl
necklaces around the neck, fastening th m
wiih a diamond clasp. The advantage of
this fashion to ladies with long necks is
obvious.
Princess Henry of Pless has cne of
these pear! collars with twelve‘rows of
pearl*, and she wears it with reval gra e.
She it was who by moving the co one:
from the back to the front of the hea l
added to its powmer of adorning the lace
of the wearer.
Great care is exercised by these royal
ladies in preserving the brilliancy of 1 ei
pearls, which seem to requite the heat of
the human form to keep them in their
best condition. For certain fours in he
day their maids are compe led to wea
their misiresses’ pearls or the royal own, rs
sit for hours with the pe iris about (heir
necks, that they may not become dull.
More bogus Jewelry and gems may be
found at a fashionable New York recep
tion than most people imagine. It is not
always the sham aristocracy that array
themselves thus, but many of the wealth
iest people of the metropolis appear load-
ed down with gems that are sold by the
pint, instead of by the carat. This is
due In part to the fear of robbery, for at
al! the swell functions there are present
some of ihe most expert thieves in the
country, ready to snatch a Jewel of value
when they are unobserved.
But in the wearing of-ornaments, as in
most other things, much depends on the
woman who wears them. For instance, a
large row of sham pearls worn In the
daytime is stigmatized as bad tasie, while
n smaller one worn round the neck in
the evening would be unnoticed.
Large-s oried imitation diamond Jewelry
is at al! times vulgar, but a pre ty, well
mifde French ornament of sparkling paste
for the hair gives as good an effect as
the real thing and is only less good be
cause it haa cost less money.
The grea-iwt disadvantage in a woman's
buying sham Jewels is that i is such a
terrible was-e of money. These th ngs
are not very inexpensive when ihey are
good, but they are worth nothing if one
should want 10 sell or exchange them.
Asa rule they don't last long, needing
often to be replaced, so that tmita ton
Jewelry becomes a very expensive fancy.
A woman of reflne’d taste and good
Judgment will avoid buying too many
sham ornaments or those of too remarka
ble a size, and then—if she should ndd a
Reman pearl siring to her real Oriental
one or put a glittering Parisian aigrette
Ih her hair—she will find few to blame
her or call her vulgar.
—Upward of 70O.(KO young shad were
recently sent to England on the steams lp
Oceanic. They wii; be used to sock sev
eral English rivers.
. — 6ld Gentleman.—"And hove you any
brhthers or sisters, my little man?" Booby
"Yes, g'.r. I’ got one sister an’ one an' o
half brother*." Old Gentleman— 'What!”
Bobby—" Yes, ir. Two half-sisters and
three half brothera.”-*-Phlladelph!a Press.
Equally Horseless—“Ha’.” Jeered the by
standers. "The automobile hoe Come to
stay! Bee It itey!" "That'* all right." re
sponded the men on the seat, calmly light
ing a cigar. "But why should a 'machine
, that merely displaces the horse excite the
ill-will of asses?’’—Chicago Tribune.
AMERICANS IN TAE BOER WAR.
M MBERS OF THEM HAVE SERVED
WITH CREDIT IN THE ARMIES
OF TIIE BRITISH.
Cowboj a nml Veteran* of Onr Fits lit
With Spain—They Have .Wt Only
Showed Bravery, Endurance and
Dincretlon, But They linvc RxolleU
Admiration lU**unwe >f Their
Capacity for Hrenkln#;* Horses.
“An Erratic Whirlwind in the
Shape of Horse und Man**—The
Thrilling Story of What Todd, tlie
American, Did at Corno Spruit
When “The Doers Played tlic
Game.**
(C pyrlght, 1900 by Jamas Barnes.)
Care Town, May 5. t is rot surpris
ing that il e c< n ic betw en the Boer re
l-ub Icj :.nd Gr at 1 ri a.l &..ouM have
Ht act and the id e urers of all nations,
it has b en so in every war. but the num
ber o. p th m e gaged on bo h s des .n this
c n tst is some h.t a tn .hing. Every
squadr n of the g lar hor e recruited
m th * col ny contains a s.u inkling of for
gncis ad a t.uota o Americans. The
anka of t e Royal Canaci ns conta.n
ma y a vet ran of ti.e Spanish-American
war.
\V th the s ipmen‘B of mu sand horses
f • m Tixas and he Sou him states have
ome many you g fellows u ed to rough
ing it and well acquainted with life on
the pra ri s or s rv ce in the American
army. Ala #e m jo ity cf them have
s t ght the recruit.ng carrps and donned
tie kh ki inifirms of ihe queen. With
ut exception they hav m de good sol
i sand th ir oflic rs have spoken of
hem in tern s of 1 raise.
Before procuring 0 the front, after I
1. cl (1 in C>pe Town 1 st November, I
visit and t e camp at Ros l ank, where the
Su h African Light horse was being
mu- er Q 0 i- ruct n I was a motley
ro 1 cti 1 of o ds and e ds of all callings
nd p ofissons ahd frera all climes and
o>gaett* /<■♦/ \ ' _
Tst NT'X / [
a •! iTf*s y V* * "X " 1
n £ •“ u ” ~ J
Dismounted Scouts Wacohi g lie Movements of a Beer Ouipo-t
c untri-s There were coPulal farmers,
erks out of sit atiors, st amship stokers,
o soluiers, food sor s oc.d sorts, young
fe lows cf nea.th and posit • n, who had
g.ven up their all at h me and had come
out to s‘ rve as comrh, n troopers in the
fo.cts, and some Ya ke> s
I had gone out to witness the enrollment
of two steamer friends of mine who
longoi to the "chaps from home" class.
We entered the gate and st.od and up to the
open field used in pi ace time as a show
.ground for the annual fair. There were a
number of half-baked troopers riding h no
and there on ill-trained and ungroomed
Easuto ponies. A straight backed Soldierly
man with the characteristic voice of the
drill sergeant was instructing them. Some
wore uniforms and had b?en there befo.e.
some were citizens and didn’t understand.
Some couid ride, and some were evidently
making (he.r firs; acquaintance i h a
saddle. The sight was nmutlrg, and we
stopped to wat.h It. But suddenly our
attention was directed to another part cf
the field.
Rroneo Dustins In South Africa.
A knot of spectators stood around an
erratic whirlwind in the shape *of a horse
and man. We ran over and joined them.
It reminded mo of a bronco busting that
I had witnessed many times on rone of
our Western ranches. Tne little demon
of a horse plunged and jumped in the
same famas.lc, stiff-, egged fashion. U
was a miniature Wild West Show, but the
rider was a gam© one. He stuck to it.
So did the bucker; but at last, when he
had been subdued into a tremb.lr.g, snort
ing captive, I had time to get the right
focus and look at the man In the saddle.
He was short and wiry, and I
did rot need a second glance 10 fell
mo whe e he came from. T xas is full of
m n 1 ke him—Frederick R mington has
mad” the wo id acquainted with his type.
He was an Am ,1c n c w-boy, from his
batt red lea her-bad and hat to his high
h ti and bo is I ?p ke to an officer stand
ing near me and his r.rsi words confirmed
my op ricn.
“Yes." said he, "we have a number of
Ya kees with us and w> gve them all
the bad horse to ri e T. is chap hero
t Id me he cculd ride any hing with hair
o ; it, and I judge he s right."
It was hard w.ik, tut the cowboy ap
raren ly c j yed It, for he jumped off
on” refract-r br' te only to get on an
il her 1 hat tock him career rg out across
he parade gr ur.d, through a hedge and
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bac.t a?'l ’. He plu ged n o some shurb
ber. , bu sti . e.d n, and in half an
h nr t at pony was b'irly busted.”
The o 1r and y I ask and ne f he officers
of R \ e . o se. o which r giment the
c wboy was draf ed. wh 1 hau become of
hm T e fiber rec.i.Ci tie man well,
but co i!d net r me mb r ri3 name, or I
s ul rcrd i feio Sad to say, he told
m aso t a h w' s Kill'd and burled
on the held tSa n s tst. I was sorry
to hear it. In 1 y rand' eye I can sea
ti e bro 1 cho buster n w with his thin,
e fa e and deep set, eager
y s.
Cc as cnallv, as one w ent in and about
the r ks o th<=* v lun>eor cavalry, he
would s*e t e same face mu'tiplied, and
occ siona ly cat h the drawl or twang
that stamped the owner as coming from
i.c oss t e w ter The We !e ner invaria
bly se m and arpy. but eig,r o chat with
bis countrymen 'lh y were somewhat
fie wiih heir criticisms, ad could not
gel the Ade shot me hoc’s ir.to their sys
i-m or reasoning. Bu’. ns I say, they
were good soldi rs, di i iheir duty, and
we e always popular with their fellows.
TI e Australians, N w Zealanders and
Tasmaniars were more like them In
speech and m thods than were the young
f llcws "irom h me,” and I think that
open life In a wide country breeds a sim
-I’arity of type.
The Doers Played This Game.
I want to tell a stc-ry of what a Yan
kee did at this same battle of Banna’s
Post, better known as Corn© Spruit. It
was told to me by his officer, and, fortu
nately enoush, this time I got the name
of tne hero. It was Todd. He had en
listed at Cane Town and had shown from
the very outset that he was fam liar w.th
horse and rifle. That he was a natural
soldier, too, the tale proves. Every one
knows the hisiory of this little disaster,
but in order to recall it, I shall tell in
short detail how the thing happened and
what led up to it.
A mounted force, consisting principally
of irregular horse from the colonies, two
batteries of Royal Horse Artillery, Q and
U. all under command of Gen. Broad
wood, was coming back from an expedi
tion in the direction of the Basutoland
border. It had started from the foot of
the great mountain of Thaba N’Chu. In
all, the men numbered about 1,500, and
their rear had been harassed from the be
ginning of the march by the advance
guard of a larger force of pursuing Boers.
On the evening of April 30 they had
reached the Modder river at a point
where wos situated the water works ancl
pumping station that supplied the town of
Bloemfontein, some sixteen miles to the
westward. Here were stationed two
squadrons of mounted infantry and hus
sars.
At daybreak of the next mornng the
whole camp was surprised to find itself
under the direct she.l fire of four Fo r
guns that were mounted on the command
ing hills to the eastward during the night.
To stay there with a Eiqall number was to
court destruction, and ll was decided to
full back upon the nil’.s near town, as the
enemy was seen to ba gathered in large
force. Tlie transport and one of the bat
tciles was ordered to proceed along the
road, while all of the fighting men re
mained to guard the rear If the enemy
should attempt to follow. It need not be
sail how foolish it was to seed on this
unarmed caravan, practical y ur.pro ected,
without flankers or skirmishers, and this
is not the place to attempt to place the
blame. It Is enough that it was clone, and
the transport and ihe battery ran Into as
well laid a trap as could ever have been
Invented by 3 historical romancer. A
deep spruit on one side and a half com
pleted railwoy embankment on the other
formed a horseshoe curve, and into the
open arms the transpo t entered.
The Boers played the game this day.
From their position of vantage they stood
for It and ordered the drivers, a few sol
diers, and the men on the limbers of the
gun-A whose horses were entangled
am dst the chaos of mules and draught
animals, to surrender. It would have
been madness to do otherwise, and the
Boers entered the crowd and began to
outspan the mules and oxen, at the same
time, ordering the prisoners to lino up in
a row. In the meantime the forces that
were fighting, two miles tn the rear,
knew nothing of what was going on. A
messenger managed to get back to them,
and two squadrons of Roberts' Horse were
sent on lo see If the tale he had told was
true. They rode bang into the camp also!
This, of course, was a mistake, but mis
takes often happen in warfare. The
Boers, seeing that they had them at their
mercy, showed themselves and ordered
them to dismount and surrender.
•snoot: Burghers, Shoot!”
"Right shoulders up!" called the officer
lln command. "Fours right about!" And
: without firing a ahot they attempted to
drop out of the Jaws of the cul de sac tn
1 which they found themselves. Tha bat-
tery men, too, following thetr
tried to turn their horses and lead cheAf
guns out. Thot was suffi 'lent.
"Shoot, burghers, a1.0.t: sh uted a big
Boer in a veheteen coat, and into th.
chaos the hidden enemy ro; r and ihelr rifle
fire. 'Men and horses and mules and oxen
went down tn heaps. Fart of the equed
ren managed to teach the fighting men be
hind, who weie now assail and on threa
s'des, and then they told them that th.
first message was true.
Now, there were deeds dore that day
that would have gained many a man tha
Victoria cross if they hid taken place in
a wlnr.ii g fight. Brave Sergt. MaJ. Mar
tin of "Q" Battery, wiih the a-ststance of
a driver, brought the only gun saved out
of the tough of it. with one horse in tha
wheel and a mu e harne sed in the 1 ad.
These two men and a major were all that
escaped from the ill-fated battery, and
seven guns tve-e left to the Boers. But
let us get to Todd.
The liitle. force had now gathered In tha
middle of the plain, near some sheet Iron
hous s. They edged away southward
(across the rat'way embankment into tha
open veldt, the guns of "U” Bace y sup
porting them From the east they wets
subjected to a heavy shell fire, and front
the concealed riflemen also In the banks
of the Modder, while from the north and
west they w-re within close range from
the spruit, the hillside beyond on.l from
the walls of a tir krail the shelter’d a
hundred Tr.ansvaalers. they got a scath
ing. That ary escaped at all Is a marvel,
and the mere fact that they did is a trib
ute to their determ'ned fighting.
What Tod Did.
Hors s were go ng and wn everywhere,
and it wr s s en hat imm rllate retreat
in he on’y direct on po slble was the last
forlorn h pe. Any dis-'oun fd men were
sure to fa 1 Into the h nd* of the ene
my. It wos at ihis mom nt that an officer
tori <d two rider ess horses, apparently
urhurt, jalieping out t ward the Boer
ii. es. Ho tur-red and ask and for volunteers
to b ing Fern in.
Two men stepp and forward. One was
Torld the Arre ic n. Th y m unted qu'ck
ly aid r de out b tween ih two armies.
The o'her man f 11 be ore he had gone
a hundred yards As Todd left the officer
had call and to him and told
him that the squadron doc
tor was supposed to be lying ofE
to the right nea som brushes, wounded.
To and was told to take th- horse, to th.
doec r f p talb e and f tch him tn.
'R ght yc’u are, sir," said the Yankee,
and wry he went
.If er hs omi anion fe’l he still kept
on. His m nd w s centered on getting that
if- e N arei a'.d nearer he got to th.
Eorr I iks. Why he was not killed a doz
en ti <s was a miracle for his hat and
ccat and radd’e were shot through. At
!as he .crisped t v e runaway by the bri
■ le, and, leading him at a trot, wont over
to wh re he had b <n told ihe doctor was
lylrg H kept shouting out his name
as he w.nt, and ihe first thing he knew
ho r dr straight into a co-ner of th.
sTuit almost on to the Boers. One of
th m. sa ing h m ccmi g tn so close, evl
den ly mistook his ml sin.
"if V' u wish to sur *n e-," he cried it*
English, "go on dtwn there."
He waved him down the stream, but
Tcdd had not found the d-ictor yet. Ho
crushed thr ugh the bu h s up the bank
ad gained the open, and ever that lead
swept plain he h aded once more toward
the English lines and there, safe ind
sound, h” r por ed, saying that as ha
could not find the doctor, he had lent
th horse to a won ded mm n th” Moun
ted Infrntry, and. by t e same token, tha
wounded man, safe and alive, was not
far behind' h m.
As X sni) l> fore, there were many
breve thirgs dore this cav, and I am
glad to r cord this one p rformed by a
fellow countryman. James Barnes.
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