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THE COUNTRY E9ITOR OF THE EMERALD ISLE. Seumas MacManus Writes Entertainingly of Journalism in Rural Ireland. The Lesuiiuiiny Universe Is a Typical Weekly—lts Proprietor Is Editor, Sab-Editor, Manager, Cashier. Reporter, Foreman, Priuter, Olliee Boy, General Outside Man and \V urking Engineer All In One. Exigencies o( a Special edition In the l niverse Press ltooxu—How Its Sews Is Gathered and What It Is. Copyright, 1900, By Seumas MacManus. The Legananny Universe, Issued from the chief town in the of our hills, is supposed to voice the opinion of us Donegal mountaineers. Though its advertisements claim for it the largest circulation of any weekly paper In the Northwest. I have the au dacious temerity to brave Its certain thunders by taking it as typical of the struggling weekly which just exists in many such out of the way corners of Ire land. The Universe claims everything from 3,000 circulation in normal states of our social atmosphere, up to twice that num ber when it contains an account of a dance or a funeral. But from GOO to SIX) copies would be more truthful, even if a less imposing, claim—and this, too, in cludes the free copy given to Larry Man The Editor Dissipating on Sunday. aghan, the mail car driver (who carries the agents’ parcels), by way of remuruT tlon for prompt and faithful delivery. The staff of The Universe—the owner, the manager, the cashier, the editor, sub editor, assistant, sub-editor, reporter, an-1 foreman printer—is named Michael Mac- Cailln; and Michael Is likewise office boy, general man and (when occasion requires It) working engineer. Reporting nt GO fonts a Week. Many country weeklies can afford the luxury of a reporter, whose salary be gins at half a crown (60 cents) a week, and very gradually grows to three dol lars, to four dollars, and even sometimes to five dollars. Michael had had the am bition of maintaining a reporter, but, as his experience increased, the fatuous dream faded. Michael often solaces him self, however, by occasionally retaining THE VITALITY OF YOUTH AND STEALS AWAY THE SUSTAINING STRENGTH J| OF MATURER YEARS. 1 Poison, has caused as much wretchedness and suffering as the parent disease. A Scrofulous taint in the blood is a barrier to ' (if/ // V nV'wV\ m|| health, and neither physical nor mental perfection is ever attained until the N sJ^Lgjrl/ y h V> system is purged of every atom of this destructive poison. As success in life y - depends largely upon a strong, vigorous constitution and a quick, active brain, a person who inherits a Scrofulous and weakly constitution is poorly equipped for life’s battle, and rarely gains fortune or fame. / / / v^u Scrofula is a most terrible and humiliating disease. The body is dis- i figured by unsightly sores and ulcers, and should the sufferer survive, old age bears the scars that were made in youth. The most common symptoms are enlarged glands in the neck, weak eyes, nasal catarrh, pains in the joints and muscles, rickets, scaldhead, or some bad form of skin trouble, white swelling and consumption. Scrofula can be de tected even where there are no ex ternal signs by a peculiar pallid appearance of the skjn, languor, loss of strength, etc. While in most - - - - o cases inherited, bad water, poor and insufficient food, exposure and unhealthy _ _ _ _ _ r-, surroundings so impoverish the jßjjj OOD— P oorl y nourished body can make but feeble resistance I TFT A T I to this vampire -like disease. 1 Zi/IL/ 11 L S. S. S. restores the deterior ated blood to a healthy condition and stops the progress of this wasting, life destroying malady. It does its work thoroughly and quickly. S. S. S>. searches out and removes all taint, even where the poison has lain dormant in the system for years. It reinforces and stimulates the blood, and the system is kept free of all impurities. S. S. S. is the only guaranteed vegetable blood purifier; it is a the taint forever. If you or any of your family have any symptoms of Scrofula, send for our free book and write our physicians fully about your case. We make no charge for medical advice, and all correspondence is conducted in strictest confidence. S. S. S. is for sale at all drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. \yhat he styles Our Own Special Commis sioner at a high salary, as he Informs his i awe-struck readers. Of course, the special j commissioner who draws the princely sal ary is Michael himself—but the outside world labors under the belief that, for | their particular behalf, he has imported j iL leading London or Continental journal ist—and this superstition, whilst flatter j iT ?g to Michael, and beneficial to the tardy ; circulation of The Legananny Universe, i does no one any harm. If ‘Michael and The Universe would live in moderate decency, it is absolutely I necessary that he should draw all the sal | nrles accruing—or almost all of them. True, ho must pay compositors. The com- I j>osiiig room (which is likewise the editor’s office) spoils five boys, who, setting the Universe, acquire a trade and moreover, get from Michael a bonus of half a crown a week. The cleverest of the five, indeed, who makes up the forms, gets sixpence extra, When the forms are laid on the press, the editor does not disdain to shed his coat and take his turn, with his com* I losing staff, at the crank of the cylinder machine that grinds out the organ of pub lic opinion at the rate of 180 copies an hour. On occasions of intense excitement, when it is wise to anticipate the public clamor ing for several score extra copies, Michael gets the loan of Matthew Carr a bin’s yard' boy, big brawny Commy Gildea, who, tak ing the crank all by himself, gallops the machine to four copies a minute, whilst Michael and his five boys stand by in open-mouthed amazement. And when Commy gets out of puff he puts all six of them on the machine and tolerates them till he has got his wind again. On these occasions, too, Oommv Glidea is sure to be attacked with a phenomenal thirst, which requires the editor’s feeing wee Roguey Mulhcrn to keep carrying pots of porter in vain endeavor to “squelch’’—as Commy expresses it. In all, then, it probably requires from About ten years ago my little granddaughter fell and cut her head. We cured the wound, but afterwards the glands on the side of her face just under tho car becamo swollen, and finally burst. Wo had somo of tho best doctors here attend her to no purpose. I was persuaded to give her 8. 8. 8., and a short course of the troatment entirely cured her. She is today nearly grown, and has scarcely had a sick day since. Yours very truly, JOHN M. SEALS. No. 115 Public Square, Nashville, Tenn. safe and reliable cure for Scrofula and all blood troubles. If you arc already in the clutches of this monster dis ease, S. S. S. will cure you, as it has thousands of*others. Cure yourself and prevent the transmission of this terrible plague to your children. Even when there is a strong hereditary predisposition to Scrofula, there may be no sign of it in infancy or childhood, but it will surely make its appear ance in middle life. S. S. S., if taken now, will arrest the demon and remove THE MOMJJNG NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 17. 1900. $4 to ?5 a week to run the Universe. Mi chael charges a penny (2 cents) a line for local advertisements, and sixrienee a line* for official advertisements. London adver tising agents vouchsafe him standing ads about Dr. Kewrcmall’s pills, and Madame RitenufTs Kiixir Vital, at a penny a line —which is his second most important source of income; officials ads being the chief. So, after Michael has- industriously ard conscientiously labored oil the we k v. it y both hand and brain—after he has silt and the world’s workings to intellectual whea for his dependent clientele—after he has tramped to the corners of his c >i is itue u y and raked in the births and deaths and marriages, the inquests and dances, coun cil meetings and Land League mating*, the comings and goings of the many men of importance in whom his readers ;>;e interested, the police courts, the accidents and the extraordinary happening —after lie has recorded all this, ar.d distributed it in four page broadsheets far and wid over his bailiwick, paid his hands, nnl reckoned his accounts, he finds accruing to hinvself a net weekly income of from six 10 eight dollars. There are a host of weeklies in more thriving end populous parts of the coun try which, after paying $5 a week to a stenographic reporter, remunerate *h ir owner-editor with three times five dollars —the former being a fair average. Coaxing Copy \\ itli the Scissor*. The editorial duties of the Leg nanny Universe are both very easy an l very difficult. Independent of local reports end items, Michael could coax more copy w.< h the. scissors, from the daily papers than, would fill his paper ten times- over. But he must find room for a eulogistic article upon the success of’Eamon Boyl’s young son Tommy at the examinat-ai for •n --trance to Maynooth College of Divinity; a minute and detailed description >■ the funeral cortege that trod after tin hist of poor Owen McGillian, with names an l full address of every man, woman nd child present, is absolutely. impcra’.K- ; and let him et his peril dare pc s. me ’O publish the following week’s issue of The Universe without giving in a prominent place the supplied account of MBs M Gettigan’s tea p/rty to which lm w not invited! He must read ins’ < -' or * respondent’s copy three times over to make sure that he has local i (and ex punged) ail the libels open and conceal a nd must publish Hye “The Bari of Bun linn’s” elegiac lints, thirty-nine stanzas, on the sad'death of his bosom friend, Johnnie McCorm-ac—whose chief r com mendation is that the poor victim had pone to a sphere where he was not likely ever to hear of the perpetration. He must keep one eye on Jimmy Coyle s po tato-patch (ready to announce the first tuber of the season) and the other on the policy of the cation. To the crowned heads of, Europe he must give tint -ly warning of the rocks and shoals ho dis cerns ahead of their slips of state, and 1 o the townland of Thrummon announce the exact weight and dimensions of the extraordinary egg laid last Thursday by Cornelius McGlunachy’S spott and duck. Michael’s numerous army of corn.- pon dents, for he has a correspondent—an as pining library man—in each district, sal aried with a salary of one copy of Th c Universe per week) has pot to be kept on hand, humored, and their enere.uie.s turned Into the prop r channels; their talent for romancing has got to be gent ly and ilrmlv repressed, their copy stern ly edited and their “poems” published, or promised. As there is a marriaize, a meeting, an inquest, or a tun ral every other day of the week. Michael afford to rake to himself any day, but Sunday. Consequently on the Sabbath be only lakes notes of Father Dan' sermon, picks up items from the natives of the outly ing district 9 who materialize once a tv< ek at ma s clears off his corrosp nd ence score, and heaves the sigh of a man who has unburthened his conscience. Then he is prepared to fill anew week’s work with goed nerve and cool courage. Queer Libel Suits. Michael has been defendant in only ten libel actions in an editorial career of twen ty-nine years—which is a record in Irish provincial journalism: and In only 20 per cent, of these was the decision, against him which is another record. For “fair com ment” is very much limited in its signifi cance. on this side the water—where the omission of a man’s name from a funeral list l as been presumed to prove malice. Of Michael’s libel addons, ironical corre spondents brought on him nine, and for tty* tenth he was* himself unconsciously responsible, when, intending only a harm less satire of Faddy the Blast (i. e.. Boast er) he said, in writing of an amazingly large donkey which Mr. Murnaghan, the magistrate, had just imported into the dis trict, he said; “In short, it is the most extraordinary ass any one in this part of the country has over seen, with the possi ble exception of our friend Patrick Cur nien.” IV- r Michael really had not the remot est intention of convoying that Patrick was. phenomenally, the superior of Mr. Murnaghan’s quadruped—but a perverse jury, who slept during three hours of grammatical demonstration, awarded Fad dy the Blast a solatium of one pound sterl ing for tho irreparable injury done his character. But the country people do not rely sole ly upon The Universe for news of the out side world. The shoemaker and the tailor get Dublin weeklies, and the neighbors for a long distance around gather at night to hear the news read aloud, and to discuss and debate it. The schoolmaster, too, gets a Dublin weekly, and American papers are taken to him. All these he reads and exponds to his listeners—people ! who cannot afford the extravagance of a paper of their own. In our fathers’ early days, the great Dublin weekly, The Nation, which cost sixpence, was subscribed for by a club of the neighbors in each big district; the tailor’s son was paid a sixpence for traveling to Donegal town to intercept the mail coach and get our copy; and on Sunday afternoons, when the neighbors gathered, Kllen, the tailor’s daughter, was hoisted upon a chair on the table from which position she read aloud Dan O’Connell’s thundering denunciations of misrule and persecution, the fiery words of Davis and of Mitchell, and the ringing balads of the young Irelanders. Ellen, Dan O’Connell, The Nation—all three are gone—hut all three are by us, not forgotten. Seumas MacManus. BOER STAB I* BOOM. Hrent Demand for “V. R. I.” Free State Sample*. From the London Mall. There Is big boom In South African stamps. Tho war has enhanced their value and has enormously Increased the demand for them. Mr. F. R. Ginn, of the Strand, said: “Tho great demand just now is for Free State stamps, commandeered by Lord Roberts when he entered Bloemfontein and converted with the letters ‘V. R. I.’ stomped upon them in black. They are rare at present, for the curious reason that most of them were lost in the Mex ican . “The soldiers in Bloemfontein bought them up us soon as they were Issued, and were sending them to friends in England. There were all sorts, from halfpenny up to five shilling stamps. 1 have sold one of tho latter, unused, for £5. The ‘Drie Pence Oranje VriJ Staat.* converted into a ‘V. R. I. 2V_*d.,’ fetches 7s. 6d. Possibly these stamp® will soon be worth as many pounds. “So far, no Mafeking stamps have got on to the market, but they will fetch high prices when they come here. The V. R. 1. Free Staters are in huge demand, and so will the converted Transvaalers be when Lord Roberts issues th m. “A complete set of Transvaal stamps would cost £I,OOO, for a great variety has been issued. The Free State, on the other hand, has kept much in the same groove all along.” Sonic of the old Transvaal stamps of the British regime of 1877-SO. and of the first republic, now fetch from £2O to £SO. Until twenty-one years of age, I was the very picture of health, then my health began to fail. The glands on the left side of my neck began to swell; the pain was terriblo. Four of tho places wore lancod, but instead of healing, as wo expected, bocamo open running sores. Hundreds of little bumps appeared over my body; several severe rising3 came under my left arm. Three of theso risings woro opened and the discharge was simply awful. The doctors said I had the worst caso of Scrofula they had over seen. I took lodido of Potassium regularly and faithfully, but this nor tho other drugs usually given for this diseaso brought rolief. I docidod to try S. S. 8., for I was convinced that unloss I adoptod different treat ment X could never hope to bo well again. Tho first bottle gave eomo relief. After tho third I was much hot ter, and I began to foci and look like my old self; tho Scrofulous sores began to heal, and the inflammation and ewelling had been reduced considerably. A few more bottles cured me completely. There are now no signs of the terrible disease left; I weigh moro than I ovor did. My doctor was surprised when ho noxt saw me, and when I told him I had boon taking S. S. S., said, “ Oood; I don’t oaro what you have-been taking, since you are cured.” New, when I think of what I suffored for throo long years, the sleopioss nights, tho constant pains, my miser able condition, tho wonder is that I over livod through it all, and X shall always fool grateful for what B. B. S. has done for mo. Thero is an heroditary taint on my mother's side, as she was a groat sufferer from Salt Bhoum for many years. Very respoctfully, IHII3. liXCJIABD WASSON. Wolflea Comors, Ohio. THE PASSION PLAY AT OBERAMMERGAU. Spirit in Which It Is Now Rendered Much Deplored by the Rev. Dr. Col Iyer. Glorious Religious Rite Marred by Hot Office Consideration*—When Es tablished the Decennial Performance Was a Spontaneous Manifes tation of Devotional Thankfulness, Witnessed tv Simple, !>e xout IlMvarianat Now its Audience* Are Mainly Made ip ot Curious Tourists, and Liberal Attendance Mean* a New ( lialet for Hie Christu*. >1 ore t attle for the St. John, and Rejuvenated inns Where Judas niul Herod May Sell Hock lleer. New York. June 15.—T0 thousands t l little valley of tho Ammer in the heart of the Bavarian Highlands will be a place of Interesting pilgrimage this yeir, for there the regular decennial production of the Passion Play to last twelve weoks, is being enacted in accordance with a vow given in the sixteenth century. Probably 50,000 Americans alone will visit the quaint village in the lap of tho towering moun tains this season, an<l many and divers will l>e the impressions received. Nothing could l>e more iilyl.ie, more conducive to the reverential mood than the pastoral sweep of the Ammer val ley with its dotting of quaint homes, its church spires and the somewhat impos ing building where the Passion May L given. There for hundreds of years u thoughtful, reverential people have < ked out an humble existence by the do*it of economy and with much severe relig ious discipline. Not more than 2,000 souls comprise this little aggregation, and the election of tho principal parts in .the play which has made the Ober Anvnvergaucrs known throughout the Christian world is paramount to ill other problems of life among them. Small lives, indeed, they live, compared with the swift-moving careers of the outer word, but the very m CHuwMtA.o- narrowness has contributed to the making of a concrete type such s may bo found only In purely religious communities. Communication with the world at large has not been considered of sufficient im portance to warrant any enterprise in that direction, though probably with the in creased interest which the whole word displays i the Passion Play; it will not be lo.ig before this isolated and almost mediaeval community will bo reached by a steam railroad or even perhaps by a trolley line. DaiMnilMTKer'N High Ideal*. The parish priest, Daisenberger, was the first to bring out of its mediaeval gro tesqueness the beauty and mystery of the Pesslon Play. Before his time the render ing of the divine tragedy was nothing more than an outdoor ceremony. For nearly two score years the priest labored to the end of making the Passion Play an observance of great importance in the religious world. He had a keen dramatic instinct, ami, being a very sincere Chris tian, lie realized at once what possibilities there were, not only in the play as hand ed <k>wn from early times, but also io the native humble artisans of the vale. Dal senberger eliminated tfu- vulgar buffoon ery with which the early play was bur dened, substituting lines of great force and benuty ns well as situations of high ar tistic merit. To him is due the beautiful humanizing of the personality of the Sa viour, and the vltaiization of the apostles, which characterize the Ober Ammerg.m performance*. The participants in the play are men chosen not alone for their histrionic ability in order to be eligible they,must be of unimpeachable character and entirely worthy to fill any exalted 10 e. From the time when they appear in the chorus as little children in robes of many hues, the spirit of the Passion Play rules them entirely. Later they assume the more difficult parts, and from among the apostles of thin year may be chosen the Christ of a decade hence. Through all theSe ten years a most ac curate and Intimate study of the Scrip tural situations, the costumes and man ners of New Testament times, the charac ter of the personages, and their personal appearances based on the pa’ntings of the old masters is made under careful guid- ance, and the rehearsals are Jong and arduous. Dalsenberger caused It to be recorded that he understood the production “for the love of his Divine Redeemer, and with only one object In view, namely, tho evangelization of the world.” He made the representation of the divine Passion as dictated by the entire Scriptures, bringing It within human scope and typi fying In Hie person of the Divine man. the supreme Oedbead. Hut whether the followers of Dalsenberger have curried out the spirit of his Injunction, never al lowing the material to superimpose It self upon the spiritual, is a much moot ed point. Many devout men who have seen the latest rendering affirm that all the glory and purity of the early repre sentations have been retained undented by the modern spirit of commercial enter prise. OlherH are convinced that the Passion Play must Inevitably fall Into the hunds of the speculator and the mounte bank, and that the natural love for gain In the human heart will eventually erad icate the more solemn and reverential spirit without which the Passion Piny becomes merely it theatric and dungerous assumption of holy things to base ends. One of those holding the negative point of view Is I)r. Robert Collyer, whose ex pressed convictions nrc herewith given: Dr. t'ollyer on the I’iinmloii Piny. It Is a sail commentary on the times that with the universal popularizing of a profound and sacred observance, the worldly spirit should thrust tuielf In and vulgarize it. I can regard the present production £._ the Passion Play at Ober Ammorgau as nothing short of perver sion. Time was when this simple and beautiful rending of the profoundent tragedy known to man was in the nature of a noble relig ious observance—Something to be seen, revered and remembered, and to the sim ple peasantry of Bavaria a mighty Inwm ment for moral and jgoiritunl betterment. But with each repetition the ancient spirit that characterized ii faded “into the light of common day.” Now, like everything else we treasure more or less, it is slowly but surely becoming subservient to com mercial uses. A Glorious Religious Rite. This is deplorable, but it is beyond gain saying. A touching and inspiring rite has been vulgarized by the extraneous and the commercial ;it has been made a sightseers’ spectacle like Vesuvius and the World’s Fair, a catch-penny vantage to the inn keeper and the purveyor of souvenirs. People removed from the scenes and lo cal spirit can hardly realize how insular and concrete the quaint peasant folk of Ober Ammergua are, and how necessary It the symbol to Ihetr holy devout lives. For the most part tho practical talents of the players are displayed in woo l carvings of exquisite workmanship, particularly cru cifixes and other religious tokens In which they are peculiarly expert, ns if the try ing work had sharpened their wits. Mor ally and spiritually they are fitted for their Modern Tourist Audlenoe at Oberammergau. great undertaking, and to be thought worthy of a place even in the chorus of the Passion Ploy is to them a mark of the highest merit. In years an<l years of toil over their religious symbols, laboring to bring out more clearly the dlvlno features familiarized by the old masters, these simple folk beebmo imbued with deep reverence. From the time that one Schuchler brought the plague into the valley, and divine intervention prevented its utter depopulation—in gratitude for which the- peasants vowed to play the Passion Play tragedy once every ten yea re —the. play has occupied the thoughts of Ober A mine rga tiers. It contained iheirvtry souls; and the decennial rendition of the beautiful cere mony was an honest and sincere out pouring of spirit, a glorious religious rite. It became a part of I heir very life, uniting them in common bonds of Christian broth erhood. it made peasant Integrity strong er, the hardy Bavarian atoek fuller in life and purpose. For the applause of the world they cured little for the respect of the-ir brethren iTi the faith and the conscious ness of n duty well performed they cured much. It was ap much an 'observance of penitence and praise as prayer and thank offering. While they were performing their hum ble id tee these peasant folk became trans formed. They became dedicate! spirits. The flesh was lost 1n the glory of the soul. They were no longer Mayer and l*vhm*r and the other humble townspeople, but Christ and Judas and the apostles. For the time being they are living, moving and having their being In the reflected light of the sublime prototypes. I have seen a few great nctors thtta emlodied In their parts —Forrest in “Macbeth,” for Instance—and the effect was electric. In the play the Obcr Atrtm'rgauers for got that they are human and mat titer- Is a very human audience composed of one-tenth reverential Havarlan folk and nine-tenths tourists watching them. Hut the mood Is changing. More and more the box office consideration enters the <qua llort. Such and such photographers are given exclusive right to make pictures, and kodakers are arrested at sight. Such and feuch translators are allotvel to put the words of the text Into :runy longues, such anil stn h publishers have exclusive rights to publish the same, utd the strenagrap’wr caught i>eneil In haul suffers arrest and his notes are confiscat ed. Ever the peep-hole In the curtain, ever the material gain. It requires only the presence of a few Illustrious critics of the drama, with trenchant next morning reviews of play and players to bring snmvthlhg almost di vine down to the level of the marionet e. It has not yet come to this, but the end Is Inevitable. The commercial spirit which encompasses our most cherished lnt*.l u,- llons ami (he love of money which Is (lie “roo of all evil," as much and more to day than ever In the elder tim\ will eventually bring the l’assirn Play of Oner Ammergau and Its many Imllato s to the of successful spectacular enterprises. When it becomes a matter of trading upon things sacred and holy for private ends, I see the end at hand. This will be a successful year in the little valley of the Ammer. The new Christ us will build hltnself a more com fortable chalet, Ht. John will Increase hD herd. Judas oral Herod will open a not*'nr Inn for the dispensing of Bavarian bock, end plans will be laid for the eusna Ing of the whlte-hclmeted ard red-Bvdck ereil tourist, particularly the American one, In 1910. Hut the ancient spirit will have passe) away; and what was once a devout re ligious affair iwlll havr descended to the merely ItUtronlc. Such Is the dlsintergrat- lng Influence of gold for the gold's sake. ftuch are the corrosions of mere cormner clalism. I ersonolly were I within a mil© of th" theater J should not take tho trouble tc pay it a visit. For sublime and yet hums: and living, as the Ober Amraergauert make the scenes of the Divine Passion, 1 prefer the blessed picture which has llv#f in my heart these many years, and inspir lng presence in youth and an abiding com fort in age. conjured by the Holy S-plrl of the fulness of the solace of the ago*— the Divine Word. Robert Collytr. THE DANDY CHF THE MOMENT. He Is Wearing Duck Trousers With Pongee font nnd WslMOtl. New York, Juno 15.—The man with c reputation to maintain for careful ant modish dressing is having heavy white linen trousers made up at his tailor*’, \f, wear with dark blue reefer coats an waistcoats or with pongee upper garments Handsome linen Is exceedingly expensive and, for this season at least, these gar ments promise to be the exclusive prop erty of the gilded youths who revel 1i a novelty. Not up to date has the A inert can man, unless he is a naval officer; fount it possible to bury his prejudice again** the white linen coat and accept it as part of a complete white suit. The linen coat smacks too much of the rcatduran waiter and barber to find favor with th landsman, though very pale, almost cream pongee, being light, cool and washable, i very nearly the most domfortable am fashionable habit for use In the countr; during the dog days. White damask, figured percale and liner are some of the newest ideas for summei shirts, their bosoms laid iri three liny bo: .►r side plea: to right and left of the but ton hand, and the cliffs and collar done i: heavy, plain linen; the collar, of course a high rollover, showing a tiny red bir terfty tie between the rounded ends I front. These shirts are not to bo launder? with starch In tho bosoms, however muci may bo put Into the cuffs ond collar* The slight damasked figures of lines la the linen snrr ■ > lose in gloss when hai* *ned with starch, and the* washerwotna must be Instructed to dip the bosom i very hot water, wring It. as dry as pons file and rapidly press with a very hv j Iron. By this means body and gloss i 1 given the linen, along with all th© stifi nos a necessary in a negligee shirt, old Tluae Lold-llendect i lines in V on ue. Thirty years ago the fashionable young man carried a straight walking stick ol highly polished wood, tapering to tho fer rule end, while the handle showed a hand somely decorated cap of tine gold. An Inch or two beiow the cap the stick was pierced, the ends of the hole bored to the wood were finished with gold eyelets, and through them ran a cord of dark silk, the euda fastening together and conclud ing in a full silk tassel. Now the wheel of fashion had turned and the above is a very fair description of the stick that the fashionable man carries when on garden parties, afternoon teas and form*! • ailing bont. Sticks of this tjipe in ebony, teak, mahogany and fine cedar wood are produced with gold caps that are distinct ly works of the highest art. Nearly all of them show Louis XV and XVI designs done iu gold, and three and even four col ors. the decoration appearing c*Ja!>oraie in the extreme, and a few very beautiful ones are flni.-hed In. the form of capitals of Greek pillars, that is, either the Corin thian or Ironic caps. In the morning a switch cane made from a root that grows in South Africa, and because of its intense blackness is called the Kaffir, Is the proper light weapon. Light and pliable as a riding switch, bent like a at the handle, and lough as tempered steel, these are excellent combinations of crop and switch, and are used very much by horsemen. Not a touch of any metal should show on these pliable reeds. Wtrkrr (oat Baskets. The leather dress suit case has Its uses, but V ere is a great deal of favor sure to b.- showed for the new wicker cost bas kets that arc Just over from England. They are a trifle larger than the leather cases, and can afford to be, because of their lightness Instde a lining of the he aviest gray linen Is laid, outside a var nished black e r ltn.wn covering Is drawn, and tho capacity of such a ple.ee of hand luggage Is Ju.-t twice that of the leather eas The dandy of the moment puts tol -1 t appliances into his wicker coat basket that wouid apply qul.e as comfortably to the requirements of the most fastidi ous women. Aside from his silver mount ed m anicure set g . s an alcohol lamp and sll er handled cuiling tongs, utilized taith luhy ior giving tne approved upward turn to the ends of his mustache. A cut glass, gold copi ed pump atomizer tilled with eau de Perse, an exceedingly vola tile tclet Water, and these, with the ex treme gaiety of Ills mixed silk and lisle underwear, combine to give hts belongings an air of ft mlnlne luxury and taste for pretty frivolities Silk and lisle or silk and wool la the proper mixture for the most expensive summer underwear, and with white slues In the afternoon pastel blue silk hose, with grey or black polka dots, are regarded as extremely smart. The body undergarments come lq, every one of the n w pas cl and faded tints, as w II aa tha relief mull.ctry reds, corn Mower blues and aggressive ye.lows. Pale grey, pin s rlped In yellow; mulberry red, barred with green and two shades of blue, are n t uccommon combinations In silk un fit rwear, whi e v ry warm shrimp pink teal blue and prllen ydlow. In sdifi tones an. some of th select styles in pure spurs Ik or lisle for use with eve-tin* Heau Hrummel. —Julius Flelschmann, the Mayor of Cin cinnati, is one of the youngest chief ex ecutives of large cities in the country. He Is but 28 years old. When only 20. he was made a colonel on the stair of President McKinley, who was then Gov ernor of Ohio. 19