The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, August 19, 1900, Page 7, Image 7

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SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP. SOCIAL HAPPEMKGB AT THE NA TIONAL CAPITAL. Bril Cross Ready for Work to China if I<> Service* Shonicl Be Veeileil There —Mentally Deranned Soldier* From the Philippine*. Yi*it of il* e Cuban School Teach ers_Some of the Gay Doing* of (jay Aesvport—The W hereabout* of Some Well Known People—Other Matter* of Interest. (Vishington, D. C., Aug-. 17.—The wlde j. , d publi ation that the Red Cross is already considering what it will do in Chi _a ] a little premature. The facts, so far a „ these: I-ast Saturday the Associa tinn l.eld Hs se ond meeting tinder the act o' reincorporation, and in the course of fcusinrss, discussed what might be done in Crina in the event of war. Miss Barton referred the question to the Board of Con trol. Should war appear inevitable, a spe ci.l meeting of this Board of Control will he called and arrangements quickly and thoroughly made. Jllss Barton has had so much experience, on many fields far ®nd near, that in case of urgent necessity thne will be no delay. The matter of fun is, which are now very low in the Red Cross treasury on account of the enor mous drain upon it of the Cuban relief and the Spanish-American war will be the only I on in the way. But there is, no doubt, that the generous American public will obviate that difficulty so soon h the Red Cross president makes her wishes known, for it had always respon ded to every one of her app a’s, even more liberally than has been required. The mere mentten of Mies Barton's name is such an ‘ open sesame” to the hearts and -urs s that more than once in times now happily passed, when the Association had ni legal protection, fraudulent persons hue used it for their own base purposes. T might a tale unfold In this connection, con .-ning the wife of a well-known offi cer. not long ago prominent, but now mi ay way "donwn on his luck,” who p ■ red In, nobody knows how- many ape s, ostensibly for Cuban relief, but will h the Cubans never heard nor saw „-i n of. Beyond doubt the lady acted upon the Scriptural injunction that Chart tty i e-ins “at home.” A disclosure in the y,ruing News of the well-known names pf ih guilty parties would create a sen- F , on, but why kir k a woman when she's 1. -especially Wren the kicking would do no good? Happily the recent act of Cirgr ss in incorporating the Red Cross and thus giving it legal protection will ef f u.ally prevent any repeti'ion of the swindle. Should the R(d Cross attempt to flu in China, it will have to fare unusual prils in the fact that the Yellow King dent is one of the two nations, (Mexico tie other) which has never entered into the treaty of Geneva and, therefore, is not hound to show any favor to i's represen tatives. Their charitable dures would ex tend to sick and wounded Chinese as we 1 xe among soldiers of our own and other na ins; and in pursuance thereof they would be in as grave danger of murder an,! torture as any' foe of the Yellow D a-on. It is not so much wonder that a niiion of treacherous, cold-blooded fiends live tbe Chinese should refuse the benefi cent treaty; but that Mexico should still hold aloof—the only really civilized coun try of the earth not enrolled tinder the Red Cioss banner—is i as< comprehension. ... * ... s; caking of war, one of the saddest f a tures of the conflict in the Philippines is th gn at number of cases of insanity do ve op and among our Foldiers. Nearly two hi nired hopdessly crazy boys in I Blue have already arrived at St. Eliza beths. the government asylum near ■Washington, since hostilities began at Ma nila. while many more have been detained nt the Presidio in California, or are “how on their w'ay across the ocean.” Few I of them are violent enough to need straight-jacketing, but expert physicians say that, the comparesively mild type of rr ’‘ml derangement is practically' incur able. It is a terrible reality that the war in Cuba lost us many more good men V insanity than on the field of battle. Why It is so, has not'been explained. T hot climate may have something to lie with it. but it is more probable that the entire change of habit, food and occupa tion has had more to do w ith it than the climate. The crazy ones are not usually from the regular orniy, but olerks, stu dents, farmers, "mother's boy's” gener ally. used to the comforts of home. For these the discipline of camp is much hard er than actual fighting. To suddenly come down from toothsome pies and cakes with suitable accessories, to per petual diet of beans, bacon and hard < i k, the drudgery of camp life, cr weary marches in cow-hide shoes and woolen hose that wear the poor feet to the bone— ell these and other unaccustomed hard r'dps conspire with homesickness, that worst of diseases, to unsettle many a Before this letter cun appear in print Ti'.,shington will be crowded from ren t' to circumference, with Cuban school teachers, fourteen hundred strong, who trill devote two days to seeing our •sight*." Extensive preparations have been made for their entertainment by the local Hoard of Trade and Bureau of Education: end ns your correspondent is to be one of the official ciceroncs, she will be in bet ter position to tell you all about it next week, if yet alive. Under ordinary cir cumstances. he or she who deliberately comes to Washington to hunt the Hons r. this time of year, is either a fool pr nn Ignoramus, and he or she who offers to act ns showman is a bigger one. But ♦ hie visit of the Cuban teachers is a rare occasion, and must be made the most of, 1 hough the mercury hovers persistently Ground the hundredth, degree. By the way, that Anarchist of the social world, Ihe shirt-waist man, whose name is leg ion in Washington during this long siege of sizzling hear, has so far failed to se < ure official recognition. • ****••* Between the hours of 8:30 and 9 a. m., and again between 4:30 and 5 p. m., our [streets are tilled with masculine figures * arrylng their coats on their arms, sauntering to and from the various de partments; but H is noticeable that in nearly every case the garments are .donned before entering the official doors, end donned when again outside them. AH secretaries and chiefs of bureaus have frowned upon the shirt-waist man during business hours, but only Secre tary Long, who is now away on his vaca tion, has gone to the length of issuing definite order excluding men without coats from the halls and elevators of the havy department. But ell this is only slightly delaying the inevitable, and the ting is not distant when the “new man will be as free as the “new woman to w*ar his shirt-waist when and where he Happily, the brand new femi nine fad of appearing in church without hat or bonnet has not yet struck Wa*h- Ington, but it is coming, sure as fate. For several summers it has been very much the growing fashion for ladles to g about the streets with nothing on the head but their natural (and perhaps some acquired “crowning glory’—to appear bareheaded nt lectures and concerts, in street cars and carriages, in short, every where but in the so-called House of the 1 rd. To my unbiased mind it would t fin that a lady might much better sit quietly |n a clean church with h*r carefully arranged hair uncovered, than to expose it to al4 the dust and d*rt and fsneral disorder to be encountered ir. long drive or street car ride. It is af ter uil only a matter of custom, about the great Creator l* not likely to trouble Himself—especially as customs \ar>- so in different sections. I have been in several Catholic countries—no tably Peru. Bolivia, Ecuador end rural -Mexico, where it is a matter of con science for ladies to go batless to church. Foreigners visiting those countries, w*ho are not careful to remove their hats or bonnets before entering the sanctuaries, are likely to be at once requested to re tire, or. tailing to comprehend the idioma, to be taken by the arm and led out bv some zealous priest of layman. I have several times seen it done, when the be wildered foreigner had no idea wherein lay her transgression. , *•••. 48* * * Since the social autocrat of Newport has set his seal upon the shirt-waist fad, t is now bound to “go,” despite h few conservative* in high places. The rich joung autocrat aforesaid appeared in his automobile upon the fashionable driveway the other day, a; the ultra-fashionable nour. and astonished the little sisters and brothers of mammon bv wearing a white china-siik blouse and a bow of baby-fcJue ribbon”— so say the chroni c pts. As no casualties are reported, it * presumed that the articles enumerated were not the entire extent of his toilette. I i? ky year-after-year resident® of Newport that nearly all the time honored customs of that once-dignified and formal resort are giving way to un mitigated frivolity under the regime of ;,V® ~e w ®* an and Woman with their bikes and automobiles. Bellevue ave nue is no longer a stately pageant of handsome equipages and mettlesome steeds, every afternoon from 3 to 7 o'clock. Instead, the tribes go spinning and whlz zinf about, on their "machines," big and ■ ltue, away down the Ocean Road until late in the evening. Nobody wears a hat and few a coat, everybody laughs and s " g f. and ha ils everybody else in sight wNtherfriends or strangers, with the utmost bon camaraderie * * * * * * Queen F’ashion seems to have been suc cessful at last in her search for an Edi son or Marconi to invent newer wavs of entertaining her votaries than the sober pastimes of "the good old lovb.” There fe J w omen in the gilded kingdom of the Four Hundred, whose cleverness shines out with the brilliant glare of a locomotive headlight-hut many more in the same fold whose intellects are better compared to the dim flickering® of a blue headed match. The latter continue to give the same old dinners and dances and re • eptions—Just as the antediluvian ladies , for aH we know to the contrary, and just as their posterity will do to the end of creation. To the former set belong Mar Ml 6 " US !! S Wh ° n ° W ntl ' J then <"V*nt start ing Change-such as the well-remem bered fashionable ball where the guests masqueraded as vegetables, and the other ".I™ wore his an.] her clothes hind side before" so that none could morea",°sT nS u COmmgr or soinf? - 11 ls ru mored that the cap-sheaf in this freakish hoe will be applied by Mrs. Stuyvesant f ,s ( h ' her 'Newport ball on Aug. 21 It is to be a "vintage dance” they say wherein imported peasant girls in native custom ore <o make wine exactly as they are in the habit of doing in their far fve.S,Vn ,K° meS - Tt is whispered, how bat thp Sb-eolled peasant maids are not imported (farther than from New w r! C n and Washington), but that certain wUh" k wT t"T ty hclresses will dance wh£w b * i " pon hbt-house grapes which cost a dollar the pound * * ’ • • A notable figure Just now at Newport is Gen. Daniel Sickles, who Is visaing h U heautifu, daughter, whose manage to the young Englishman, Mr. Craeken horpe, was chronicled in these columns (wo years ago. Mr. Oraekenthorpe is now , l "“, r f ,hp British embassy in (he t lined States; and so devoted father and daughter, the last of the Sickles family are again much together. Speaking of happy foreign marriages-the Cantaeuzene and Patenotre brides, whose brilliant weddings were fully described in the Morning News, are counting themselves unusually blessed. Mrs. Patenotre, the young Philadelphia schoolgirl who mar ried a middle-aged French ambassador three or four years ago, is just now' -e --joicing in the possession of her third child. She is spending the summer in this coun try, with her parents, at their seaside home near Philadelphia. Ambassador Patenotre, who has been stationed some time at Madrid, will Join his family later on this side the ocean and accompany them back to Spain. Mrs. Fred Grant is still in St. Petersburg, with her daughter, the Princess Cantaeuzene, and the brand new baby who may be prouder of the fact that his great-grandfather was Gen. V. S. Grant, than of the coronet which figures so conspicuously on all his belongings. The Admiral of Ihe Navy and Mrs. Dewey are now at Beauvoir, their coun try home near Washington, but will re turn to Narragansett in a tew days. In view of the expected greatness about to be thrust upon him. the Admiral is more than ever, if possible, a perfect example of the doting husband. Mr. George W. Dewey, now the legal owner of the man sion which a grateful people presented to his father, is frisking about Dong Branch along with the Misses Hanna, as gaily as though his nose were not soon to be out of joint. Ex-Secretary and Mrs. John G. Carlisle are making an extended visit with ex- President and Mrs. Cleveland, at the lat ter’s summer home on Buzzard's Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle are In mourning for (ehir son. whosedeath occurred nearly two years ago. Miss Rose Cleveland, sister of the ex-Freeident. has Just purchased a large and beautiful farm at Dark Har bor. Islesboro—one of the finest properties of that Northern resort. Miss Griggs, daughter of the Attorney General, is very ill with typhoid fever, at her aunt's home in Hartford, Conn. Senator Chauncey M. Depew. with his niece and son. who hav" been in Europe the last six weeks, will sail for home on Saturday. Mrs. V. S. Grant and her daughter, Mrs. Sartoris. headed the list of patronesses at a Kir mess and summer festival, given last Wednesday night at Richfield Springs. On that occasion the cakewalk of Mr. Richard Croker, Jr., was the hit of the evening. Senator Pugh and family are at Saratoga. —His t'sual Trip.—" What Is meant by a Sabbath day's Journey?" asked the Sun day School teacher. ‘ From our house to grandpapa's and back. replied l reddle Fosdiok, who knew where his family took dinner every Sunday.—Chicago News. —Awful—“These Roxers must be terri ble people." "Yes. They couldn't act much worse if they were trying to civilize an other country.”—Life. ___ , - t "Yes. sir; he's dc champeen scrapper of dis ward " "Why doesn’t he go io school?” "Oh, his mother thinks he's toy delicate."— Harper's Bazar. Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy Cures without fail indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulence, loss of appetite, sk k head cache, nervousness, vertigo, billouMio. s, dimness of vision and all the evils result ing from a weak and disfrderel stom ach. It builds up from the first dose and Insures good vigorous health nnd ti long happy life. WHAT A PROMINENT CITIZEN SAY Mr. Geo. W. Benson of Richmond. Va.. says: "Accept my heartfelt thanks for the great amount of go***! your Dyspepsia Remedy hes done for me. It la a wonder ful discovery." Price BO rents per lutg-- hodle. For sale by druggist*. Klx bottles for KI.BO or sent hv expreaa on receipt of price In TYNER'S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY CO., 17’ S. Forsyth at , Atianta, Ga. Sefld lie to pay postage for a sample l)Ot tig THE MORNING NEWS. SUNDAY,’ AUGUST 19. 1900. POLAR EXPLORATIONS. MILLIONS OF MILKS WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRC Lfci STILL UNKNOWN. V Knowledge of Thin Waste Neces*a ry—Effect on Weather Predictions. Terrestrial Mnanettsm Mineral Wealth—Polar Exploration Shown (.renter Finoneial Return Than Any Other Enterprise—What of the Fntnre f—Shall the I uited Staten He ltehiud England and Germany? By Dr. Frederick A. Cook. (Copyright, 1900, by F. A. Cook.) New York. Aug. 17.—'The true aim of le gitimate polar exploration, is not, as it is popularly* supposed, to reach the north or the south pole, but to push aside the realm of ignorance within the polar zones. There is a blank space of about 3.0<0,000 square miles around the northern axis, and another of about 8,000,000 square miles around the southern pivot. We thus have, at the two poles, an unknown area equal to the combined spread of North America and Europe. In this region there would be room for 200 countries as large as the state of New York, and then there would still be space for the British Isles, Germany, France and Bpain. In a re gion of such incomprehensible extent, is there not the prospect of material dis coveries of interest and value to man kind? In the dawn of the new century of boasted progress and enlightenment, is it not a confession of regrettable darkness to find that an area equal to one-quarter of the entire known land surface of the globe is still a blank upon our charts? The 310*1 Useful Search Ever Made. It is the habit of many people to decry the efforts of polar explorers as being barren of results comparable to the ex penditures of life, and time, and money. Fortunately, for the progress of terres trial knowledge, these complainers are the men who measure everything by dol lars and cents, and such men seldom pen etrate far enough into the records of ex ploration to find the far-reaching effect. A short time ego the editor of a New York newspaper sept a bright young man to me with instructions to get a story of what he called ‘‘The Uolossal Folly of the Century** the Useless Search for the North Pole.” I explained to this reporter that the discovery of the pole was a per fectly feasible project, but that the aim of polar explorers had not been and should not be narrowed to pole-chasir.g. It should be enlarged to include a thorough, systematic study of the land, the life and the weather conditions. Such knowledge of any area beyond the threshold of the unknown is quite as important as a mere dash for the pole. And, furthermore, I explained that, including- the several arc tic tragedies, the mortality of arctic ex plorers was less than that of peAple who stay at home in New York. But he must prepare en article, and I was made to say without qualification, in large head lines, that "No Particular Scientific Ad vantage Is to Be Derived From the Find ing of the Pole.” But I also said: “It is not more valuable, as a point, than any other point 600 or a thousand miles away. The great advantage to he derived from the discovery of the pole is the clearing up of the mystery which surrounds the polar regions. Obtaining definite knowl edge of the unknown blank space in the vicinity of the pole is worth striving for, and no polar expedition can be under taken—no expedition, that is, properly fit ted with scientific appliances and correct ly conducted —without resulting in some scientific benefit.” The result of polar exploration ui the past has been productive of great results, but these results enter so naturally into the development of commerce and the va rious branches of natural science, that, like the contributory voters of a river, the original sour.’e is lost in the new stream. To see the ultimate use of ihe results of research within the frigid zones ; is, at first glance, difficult; but a brief analysis of (he outcome of work of the past will indicate the complex but impor tant usefulness. Early voyages into the frozen seas were directed only by ambi tions to conquer new lands for commer cial purposes. From their efforts it now follows that we have a knowledge of Alas ka with its limitless gold, of the great Northwest Territory, and, indeed, all of British North America, with its known wealth of furs and its unknown beds or minerals, ond of Spitzenl>ergon and much of Siberia. Asa result of the work of these forgotten explorers we have develop ed a sealing industry, a fur trade, and a whale fishery, which has brought a wealth of billions of dollars to hardy ad venturers. It is true, that in this work lives have been lost and much money has been spent, but the investment has paid a profit, not to the pioneers, but to the t‘uc*?eed.iws generations, matfy hundred times greater than the original outlay. The I*recnt Benefit*. The aim of modern polar effort is not, however, to dis. Over anew passage to reach the profitable trade of the Orient, or to find new avenues for the development of commercial enterprises. It is to gather information to better understand the con ditions of the earth, not only within the arctic circle, hut at the equator, or in our own locality, as well. To attempt to study the natural history of the globe, without a specific knowledge of the two polar areas, is like attempting to study the Physiology of the human system vvith out'a knoWlcdge of the circulation. It is no more possible to understand the physics of the regions in which we live without a better knowledge of the polar unknown, than it is to understand the function of the stomadh without n clear conception of the influence of the brain upon it. We musi go to Greenland nnd to the Antarc tic to learn the conditions during the gla cial epoch of ihe lands upon which we live. The sand of Long Island and the boulders of New Jersey cannot he well understood until we study the moraines of the polar glaciers. In meteorology there are various problems which ere hidden by the hand of Nature behind the icy polar walls. The number and the importance of these problems will depend upon future development. The science of forecasting weather is stlil in its infancy, hut upon its perfection depends thousands of lives and millions of dollars. We cannot hope to find the origin and destiny of storms and cold waves, and a hundred other weather peculiarities, until the atmospher ic conditions, tlie terrestiai topography, and the interchange of air end sea cur rents are carefully noleu at the pole. In geology nnd in meteorology there is much to Ite gained by a continuation of polar exploration. The keys which will open the doors of the new chapters arc lost In the polar snows; the search will he diffi cult, but we must persist in looking, grrreta to be Revealed. Terrestrial magnetism Is still a name for something of which we know very little. What Is It? How dies It originate, and what about Its function and Its distribu tion? These questions call only he an swered by theories. The northern magnetic pole has been approximately located by Ross, but it moves, and needs a relnvesd gation. Borchgrcvlnk Is returning with the report that b has located the south tnagnetl . pole, but this has iiei n done lte fore hltn by four other expeditions, and still, if we draw a circle with a diameter of five hundred miles on the still unknown Vletorlaland. It will only isisslble to say that ihe polo Is within this circle. The compass upon which every land surveyor and officer depends tor dlleetion, is iu llalre or otherwise In dliccs proportion to our in* reuse in the i.tiowbdae of tt *■ ex ac* location of tic magnetic poles and .he behaviour of tiie ih' la in \arb us parts of the globe, but ut the poles Wtie ll me consider that th*- thousands of modern ships with their precious cargoes of human lives, and the surveys of ihe ever valuable land areas, depend# upon the compass, which in turn depends for correction upon accurate magnetic obser vation, the immediate return of polar ex penditure must be evident. In the other branches of polar explora tion. the object ls not so clear. ewpt to specialists, but to remedy the erring direc tion of the compass effects the home afki the family of every man. rich or poor, ed ucated or otherwise. To point correctly the magnetic needle, is alone worth all the time and money spent in searching the polar regions. The men who measure ail human effort by commercial standards, ask. “What is the dividend of this costly search of ages?” Without a consideration of the other products of polar work, we can say that to properly equip the sea captain and the land surveyor, will save future life and property, which will repay every outlay. What is true of geology and meteorol ogy and magnetism is equally true of the other departments of science. The polar fauna and flora have an all important hearing upon the early life of the globe. If we. would understand the life follow ing the* glacial period, we must go to the poles to study the penguin, the seal, the musk ox. the ice bear, the reindeer, and the whale. If we will gain a true knowl edge of primitive man we must seek the Eskimo, who is just emerging from the stone age. Every phenomena of the globe, every .speck of life, and every sheet of earth is Intimately related to some other part of the globe. The world must be studied as a whole, because each region influences surrounding areas and indirect ly regions far away. If there remain large blank spaces as these at the poles, the home lands and life end conditions cannot be understock as is necessary from a sci entific point of view. The In*iunfticn nt Cost. The habit of condemning the work of polar expeditions because of the cost of money and life, is a relic of selfish, nar row-minded barbarism. It is the spirit of the man who seeks only immediate per sonal gain, and has no thought of the fu ture or of the enlightenment of posterity. It is the motive of the Indian who seeks, day after day, only the wants of his stom ach. But let us look more deeply into thi* criticism. Is the loss of life, or the ex l>enditure of money so great as is popu larly supposed? From 1848 to 1854, the most active period of arctic research, there were 520 British seamen engaged in the service. A cakHa lation of the total time occupied by these men would- be represented by 1,878 men in constant service. Of these various Eng lish parties there were thirty-two deaths, which would make an annual percentage of 1.7. From this it will be seen that polar explorers do not suffer a greater mortality than stay-at-home people in va rious cities. The ordinary risk by climate and diseases is rather decreased among polar workers. In the modern expeditions of Peary and Nansen there has not been single death from disease, and only one from an accident. In the voyage of the Belgica there was but one. death by an accidental fall, and another from a disease previously contracted. With our present knowledge if hygiene and with an increas ed polar experience, there is no need of future calamities. The mistakes and failures of the past are remembered, but it is forgot ten that by those mishaps we are to day able to profit and so plan expedi tions that there is a reasonable safety to life. The mistakes of the pioneers are the stepping stones to future success. The expense of modern voyages of ex ploration are not necessarily great. We no longer need to eend large and armed forces, as was done during the stage of commercial and romantic adventure. Small parties of properly equipped investigators are more economical and much more use ful than large corps of untrained men. The voyage of the Belgica is an example of what may be done with modest means. With an expenditure of $60,C00. a system atic series of scientific observations were prosecuted for nearly two years. A new navigable highway, in size comparable to the strait of Magellan, with 600 miles of the const of anew land discovered. The various scientific records will form several volumes of new contributions to the knowledge of our globe; and who will say that such contributions are not worth, to the coming generations, the paltry sum nf SOO,OOO which was expended? This amount multiplied by 100 would not represent the money spent yearly on pleasure yachts and race horses, and surely these do not yield a result comparable to our increased knowledge in the annals of science from polar exploration. The prospective value of (his work has been confirmed by various recent govern ment enterprises. And by their verdict we may assume the question as answered for all time in the affirmative. Individuals may engage in notional or uselea ventures, hut a government does not give time and money to doubtful projects. Norway, Bel gium. England. Russia, and Germany are now engaged in (his effort to clear up the mysteries about both po es, and they would not bo thus occupied if there were not tangible results within the range of prob ability. \\ lifit of tlie Future? England and Germany are organizing expeditions. Will Americans, who have carried the Stars and Stripes to the far thest reaches of the earth, stand aloof and look on? If we are to have A well-equipped expedition, ready to work with England and Germany, some merchant king must come to our rescue. The present govern ment indications are not favorable 10 such ,i venture, but with the liberal hand of a Bennett, a Harms worth, or a Newnes, we could work hand in hand with the sub jects of the Queen and the Kaiser. The combined armies of peace could, in thin way, march into the white silence, the un broken icy slumber of centuries about the south or the north pole, and there collect the needful scientific spoils. LA* DM\%PB AIU HITFXrTI HF. Mi r. 'tli'CrfH Hum 4lnde x Marked Sue of It on n Profession. New York, Aug. 17.—The appointment some time ago of Mrs. A. E. McCr< a at Landscape Architect for Lincoln Park, Chicago, at a salary of $1,200 a year should be regarded as a fact of more than pass ing Inf' rest to women the country over, since It opens up to the woman wage earner unlimited opportunities in a prac tically unoccupied field. Ai present, only iwo women in this whole great country of spacious grounds and lordly parks have taken up this profession; Miss Beatrix Jones of New York, who has made a <son spicuouar success of her chosen and de lightful work, and Mrs. McCrea, who for ihe last seven years has been the recipi ent of large sums of money for the lay ing out of public and private grounds ail through the Middle Wcn4. Mrs. McCrea is .? i enthusiast upon the subject of women's entering this profes sion, and would gladly encourage any number- providing they were properly constituted tempernmemally—to take up the work, believing th 4 they would not be long In creating a general demand for their services. She laid the foundation of her knowl edge by years of Intimate companionship with her husband, who was a landscape tjardner of wide reputation. It was Mrs. McCiea’s custom to accompany her hus band wherever he went upon his business tries, and 'almost without knowing It, .jhe absorbed a knowledge of soils, shrubs and trees, of time** and Ben sons, of contracts, plans and designs, to gether with u persona! Acquaintance with ihe beat growers In the country. In a semi-serious vein Mr. McCrea one day re marked o her: ‘ If anything should ever happen to m*. y tj could go on with m business. You real y do not appreciate how much you kvi vv about It Hut If y>u v. r* to ta'k w th the 1a ’I g nun In t* I profession, you would I" surprl ed to fi and how near ly you are on a par with th m " This casual remaik thrown off at a ran d m moment, came back to Mrs McCrea wh#n after weaty m nths of travel and the hopeless right of her husband against Despise Not SMALL THINGS-unless something BIGGER is in sight. F'rinstance Our “25 Off” Sale Of Men’s SUMMER CLOTHING, Hats, Underwear and Furnishings. STRAW HATS are cheap enough to throw at the birds. 1 NEGLIGEE SHlßTS,excusing Manhattans. B. H. LEVY & BRO. consumption, she found herself alone with her two little daughters, and a very meager estate. Her method of begin ning was to watch the, papers to ascer tain where government or state appropri ations harP been made for beautifying grounds, or even for erecting buildings. She would then go to the town or city Indicated, look up superintendent and di rectors, and ask the privilege <f sub mitting plans and estimates. Aided by the reputation of hfr husband and forti fied with indomitable pluck, she met with success from the start. Her tirst work making a hit, she w*B passed along with a good word from the authorities, and never had to experience the dreary les sons of financial embarassment. fplTdal m1..c0 The Uncle Yard Experiment. In view of the limited opportunities for professional training in this subject, Mrs. McCrea*s advice to those, wishing to equip themselves for the work is to first secure the best books upon the subject, and to famillarlize themselves with the funda mental principles common to all, and then begin experimenting. One’s back yard, if only a city lot, will do for the ilrst efforts. If this lot is enclosed by a high board fence, one should begin by painting that color to harmonize with the foliage. Against this should first appear j few high-growing shrubs like, lilacs, spirea, etc., Ihe n perhaps some that do not grow quite so high, then something still lower, and so on, with a pleasing va riety of low-growing shrubs end plants at the base—always preserving a harmony of color and form, while avoiding anything approaching a symmetrical arrangement; one should also plan for ail unbroken continuation in bloom from spring to fall. A distinct mark of the amateur is the use of variety, the professional contenting her self with a few simple species that per fectly harmonize, and so arranged as to give the effect desired. A good course in drawing and designing la recommended by Mrs. McCrea as being of inestimbale value when one comes to the work of submit ting plans for parks or any considerable public or private grounds. In her own work, Mrs. Mct’rea’s whole aim is to keep close to nature, carefully shunning any suggestion of the artificial and reproduc ing wherever she <an ideal naiui.u rusticity. She always has her sketch book with her, and whenever see sees a charm ing effect in nature—a grouping of trees or bushes, shaded bank or verdant up land, she makes a little sketch of it for possible reproduction In her special line of work. The Knowledge Required. Among the first requisites to success in this work from the practical Hide, is to add 40 a thorough understanding of the requirements of plants und trees, an ex pert knowledge of soil. In order lo grow, a plant must always be surrounded by Us native conditions. You cannot, for in stance, take a plant that has been grown in day and expect It to live. If trans planted to a sandy soil. The making up of flue earth in which to receive anew plant or tree, Is, therefore, a matter of the first Importance. Mrs. McCrea has become as sensitive to soil as most wo men are to flowers, aiui says that slie can never pass a bit of good earth on the roadside, without wanting to pick it up and carry it home with her. It la in deed through this* knowledge that she hopes to save the city a large amount in the annual loss of its trees. Illustrative of this point, she cites a circumstance that once came under her personal ohserva 4lon In Chit ago. A number of young trees had been purchased for one of the parks, and wngonloads of street sweep ings had hern reserved to put over the roots on the supposition that this refuse material would he particularly* good as a fertilizer. “Now they mlgh4 Just ns well have put Hve coala of fire on those tender lift!* roots.” remarked Mrs. McCrea; “they could not work more deadly results than the carbonic acid gas generated from the street sweepings. Thousands of trees die every year from Just 4his kind of treat ment; no one knows why, nnd the grower w'ho chanced to sell the trees is usually blamed. Whole carloads of black dirt are frequently brought in from the country, in which there Is nor a handful of color ar.d does not necessarily Indi cate rlchneaa, although frequently, of Even Boys Revel in the luxurious extravagance of 25 Per Cent. Discount On SUMMER CLOTHING. Wash Suits, Straw Hats, Underwear, Neckwear, Negligee Shirts,except Manhattans, Furnishings. PA! TRADES HERE, and “JOHNNIE” has his rights, too. con rue, the dark earth is exceptionally g-ood. Only the expert' can tell by the feeling and texture as to the quality. Your clay Band loam must bo mixed entirely according to the native conditions of the plant which it Is supposed to sustain. Of course many of Ihe trees din from this treatment, and no one knows where- j fore. The hole should be of a size that every tiny rootlet may have plenty of room In which to stretch itself quite at its will. Over this should go a layer of light earth Riot has been curefully mixed and prepared, with plenty of air between its molecules; then may come the heavier and richer earth. Avery common way of humbugging the Inexperienced buyer of trees Is the Offer to transplant a good sized tree and guar antee tt for two years. That sounds a very fair offer, until one comes to know that any fair-sized tree can live two years up on the sap that tt already contains, and that after the time is up the chances are ten to one that the tree wifi die. J am very particular also to superintend every bit of my own pruning, and may almost be called merciless In that direc tion, as I am a great believer In cutting off at the top to give additional strength to the roots. The position of landscape architect for any parge park affords employment for every day In the year. In the winter plans and designs are thought out, nnd con tracts made. Mrs. McCrea says by the way that an expert can detect any variety of t ee or shrub more readily by the bark than by Its foliage, and also arrive at names. A special Inducement to women to in ter Ms profeslson may be the fart that Mrs. McCrea is a most incredible example of perpetual youth. Who positively doesn't look half the age, to which site confesses. She says that she walks practically all iho time and is never tired. Della F. Davis. PHILOSOPHY VS. PARROTS. flow the Owners, the Stnnll Roy, nnd the W ise Man Mixed Ms Iters. From the New York Times. "Foil-Foil-I’retty—Pret-t-l-y Toll. Pol ly want a cracker?" The words were intended to he reassur ing and seductive. The only answer wa a hoarse, guttural laugh. * "Ha! Ha! Hahn! Haha!” It sounded far up In Ihe branches of one of the tall trees In City Hall Park yesterday afternoon. A crowd always gathers on such occas ions, and the usual gathering of children was reinforced by men and women out for a Sundny etro:i. The man who was trying to entice his parrot from the lofty perch was red and perspiring. "D that burrn.l,’ 'he said; Ihen he added aloud and diplomatically: “Nice Pol-come." He turned and explained to several bystand ers that he had let the bird out of the cage to give It a chance to enjoy the green. "Haha! Haha!" came from above. "Bully boy, good thing. Haha!" There was an echo again, and some askel if the bird was a ventriloquist. The man didn't answer. He was busy gathering sticks and stones. The small boy suggested the usual saline method. The man threw a thick at the boy. A pale-faced man came along and In quired the reason for the gathering. "All! Indeed!" he remarked. "Nothing easier. You should not frighten the bird, my good man. The parrot has very acute perceptions. Almost human—almost hu man. He sees the sticks and stones. He's afiviid. Use kindness. So! Now, Polly, nice Polly. Polly want a cracker? t ome Poll; come ” "Come off. Ha. ha, ha!” was the hoarse answer. “Oh, my! Ha, ha. ha! Ho, ho, ho!" came the echo. "Well, 1 declare." said the pale man. "Well, I'll be d—d!" came from the branches. Then ihe owner of the bird laid his sticks and stones in a pile under the tree, politely lequerted the crowd lo !ook out fur filling missiles, und the lombard ment began. Whirr! A alick flew harmlessly by the moving green patch on the limb. Several more were equally Ineffective, but finally the man's atm Improved, lie broke short • violent "fia-halng ' by girthing the bird IF sum's nil m DOES NOT CURE ALL Maiorioi Fevers itf die YOUR DRUGGIST WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY Every Bottle Guaranteed. MANUFACTURED BY COLUMBIA DRUG CO., SAVANNAH, CA Good Goods —Close Prices. Send us your orders. Soaps, Patent Medicines, Drugs, Rubber Goods, Per fumery, Toilet Powder, Combs, Brushes, DONNELLY DRUG CO., Thone 678. Liberty and Prlca sta. full on the side. The green patch tumbled to the ground. Just as the man bent down to pick up the bird the crowd was sud denly forced to part, and a woman rushed forward with a shriek. ‘ You brute!” she shrieked. "How dars you? I’ll have the law on you-—that I will. Give me that bird, you wretch! I want my bird.” “Your burrud? Waal, I nlver. Say, do yex moind tillin’ me since whin you are the owner uv this burrud?” “I want that parrot this Instant. It’s mine, and I’m going to have It." At this moment a policeman appeared on the scene and prevented what might have developed into violence. “What's the row?” he asked. Tfle woman did most of the talking. She explained that she had been In the park with her bird, and that It flew away from h<r. She had wandered around looking for it. nnd had arrived Just In time to see “ihat brute” knock the “poor, dear thing” senseless. When the man’s turn to speak came ha asfierted his rights. The policeman looked confused. The parrot slowly opened Its eyes. Then In a weak voice It piped forth: *‘Oh, dear me! Ha, ha, ha, ha. ha, ha!" ”Ha, ha, ha!” came a full, hoarse voice from above. The policeman turned hla head up quickly. So did everybody else, and there was a sudden whirr of the top leaves ns the parrot flew quickly down and perched on the woman’s wrist. She looked sheepish. ”! guc.<R that ain’t my bird.” she said. ‘ I'd wring Its neck if it wor,” said the man. —Queen Victoria will make a at ay of about six weeks at Osborne, leaving for Balmoral at the end of this month. There is, by the Queen’s command, to be no Hrucmar gathering this autumn. Prince Henry XX.%. of Reusw was made h com mander of the Koyal Victorian order dur ing his short visit. The Queen's Journey to Oeborne was safely accomplished; her saloon carriage was kept cool, with block! of Ice. Her Majesty crossed the Bolent on the royal yacht Alberta. The new royal yacht Victoria and Albert baa been float ed and Is now to be finished and In road mess for the Queen’s uaO. Sim Will b* * handsome vassal 7