Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1892 — Page 4

StjellemocrattcSentmfl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. i. W. McEWEN, - Published

To toe weather btrreaa of the tJnited States: “Come now, dry up!” John L. Sullivan’s book may properly be called a scrap book. The name of a Milwaukee saloonkeeper is Christian Dick. He ought either his name or his occupation. The feverish condition into which Paris has been cast by the anarchist troubles may be imagined from the report that .the fashionable society women of that city are now dyeing their hair red. Nothing will please the American people better than to have “the antitrust law” reach down and take every “trust” by the nape of the neck and 6hake its head until every tooth drops out. The devil has devised many methods of getting rich. “The trust” is his latest It is doubtful whether anybody but a Parkhurst detective would have conceived the idea of taking the lady of his choice up into the head of Bartholdi’s statue, there to wed her. More quiet persons, afraid of the notoriety which is in these days so easily obtained and so hard to get rid of, would have preferred the more orthodox seclusion of a church. But there is no accounting for tastes, as ■the old woman said when she kissed her coto.

| When one reads of the terribly severe and successive droughts that have occurred in some parts of Russia; the diseases induced by the unnatural and insufficient food consumed by starving millions; and of the countless hordes of Held rats which overran and devoured everything eatable, and then contemplates the Tearful outrages practiced by the Czar and his satellites upon the Jews, the whole is strongly suggestive of the plagues which befell Egypt in the time of Pharaoft for his persecution of.the children of Israel. jm ——

The late Mr. William Astor, in and by his last will, made charitable bequests amounting to about $200,000, and yet some people complain that this sum is insignificant We think Mr. Astor must be deemed the better judge. The objects of his bounty appear to have been judiciously chosen. Among them are the Home for Respectable Aged and Indigent Females in the city of New Yojk, $15,000; to the Astor Library, $50,000; and to the Women’s Hospital, 810,000. It is pretty safe to assume that about half the reported value of his estate is nearer its real value than the amount reported, and it is quite certain that he took nothing away with him.

Dr. Rainsford thinks “the workman has as much—yes, more—right to the saloon than the clubman has to his club.” The preacher start* on untenable ground. It may be true the clubman has less need for the chib, in one sense, than the workman has for the saloon, because the former has an elegant home. But the preacher is too well informed to believe therefore, there is an excess of right in eitTter”Mfe. Both gfoqd upon an «cact equality. -a? go to his "saloon as the dubjuanlias to enter either his home or his cltifr, ■end no argument based upon a con* Cfafy assumption I'T'wortfiy T~TspTy. Jf Mr. Rainsford Would apply the light he has to the Subject he would (discover a hettA work for the church thati the establishment of saloons to equalize the “rights” of the classes.

Curiosity to see the Queen, who is not now often to be seen in public, might excuse some American women torthe idiotic self-abasement involved in accepting the cheap and vulgar privilege of being presented at a “drawing-room” so-called in Buckingham palace. The scene in London recently when a number of supposed democrats of the female sex belonging to this republic made themselves objects of curiosity to curbstone j cockneys was not one calculated to j inspire respect for American institu- j tions. It was known in advance that the Queen would not be present. Her place was taken by the Princess Christian, the least “aristocratic” of the royal set. Notwithstanding this, Americans in London resorted as usual to petty intriguing that at- ; taches to the favor of the chamberlain and some of them, in hypocritical ! black for the mourning of the court, others in colors, took their places in the waiting herd and were permitted, after hours of delay that they would be very reluctpnt to spend in a better cause, to approach for an instant the person of the princeling. Such performances, if they have any value whatever to those who engage in them, may well make the people of the United States wonder whether American women of this generation are worthy descendants of those earlier women who sustained husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers in a tremendous effort to cast off the trumpery of a social system to whose dregs these democratic toadies are so anxious to pay homage. Let no one think the age of super- j stition now exists only in the backwoods districts. New York City furnishes a striking proof to the contrary. It seems to be widely spread j among one of it* most intelligent classes of citizens. The managers of the Stock Exchange have just flnlabed the task of assigning to mem-

bers the numbers by which they are to be designated on the clearinghouse sheets. The first broker to whom No. 13 was assigned asked to be excused, and his example was followed by nearly a hundred others. Every one of the lot objected in the most decided terms to having that “unlucky number” stand opposite hi# name on the books. Applicant No. 101 accepted it, but after “sleeping over it” went to the managers the next day and begged them to change it for another. At last one was found sufficiently brave or sensible to ask that it might be assigned to him, and Mr. R. H. Niles is entitled to the credit of smilingly accepting the dis* tinction which had been refused by so many of his brethren. It is a wonder those chicken-haurted ones dr not object to transacting business or Friday, that being an unlucky day ijs the calendar of the superstitious And this suggests a query. The pees pie of New York have decided U celebrate on the 12th of next Octobei the discovery of the new world by Columbus. That was the date on the calendar in use at the time of tha discovery. But ten days afterwards were dropped from the count when the change was made from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, one oi those days of error having been added on eight years after the landing ol Columbus. Hence four centuries will not have elapsed until Oct. 21, which day falls this year on Friday. As tht American people have made the requisite change for. Washington’i birthday, and those of them who ob serve Forefathers’ day have similarly complied with the rule, it is in ordei to ask if the New-Yorkers deliberate ly ignored it because the true daM will fall on the sixth day of the week

In admired refutation of tlrt wretched theory that the Indian is intractable to the habits, practice, and restraints of civilization is Carlos Montezuma, agency physician at White Rock, Nev. Dr. Montezuma is a full-blooded Apache, who, tweD. ty years ago, arrived in Chicago from Arizona, as unpromising as any of his people, and began studies that, earnestly pursued, led him through the Illinois University and secured to him a degree of the Chicago Med ical College. The Apaches are be lieved to be the most savage, relent less and defiant of the American Indians, but the Western Shoshone Agency has brilliant proof of tha power of education to transform them into valued citizens. Dr. Montezuma declares: “The Indian question will cease to be a problem when the Government enforces the compulsory education of the Indian—not on reservations or near them, but among civilized communities.” This, it seems to us, is a self-evident prop* osition, the great mistake of tha Government having been in the exercise of a policy that isolated the In* dian, denied to him the rights and privileges accorded to all other per sons born on this soil, and entirely disregarded his capabilities of development from the savage into responsible citizenship That the Indian problem will be unsolvable as long as Indian children are permitted to grow up to the indolence, irresponsibility and viciousness of a depraved and dependent life seems to admit of no argument. The Indian must be separated from his past, divorced from traditionary habits and rescued from the demoralizing influence of hereditary superstitions lefore he can b« reconciled to the demands - "of TnduJ try and beauties and glories of youth is the one sensible and only feasible wayof accomplishing the desired result; and Indian youths can* not be successfully educated to thn appreciation of the new idea of lifft and their relation to it while they ara environed by the old conditions of a rebellious, dispirited, slothful people and discouraged by the example of their ignorant and half-savage elders. Indiau children should have the same advantages as sound judgment demanded for the children of the freed negroes. They must be placed where they can learn the lessons of civilization f*om their surroundings and associations as well as from their books. They need contact and affiliation with the superior race in youth if they are to be expected to emulate that race in maturity. Indian schools | on reservations and at agencies are j better than no schools, certainly, but I they are very far from meeting the requirements of Indian civilization. The necessities of the situation are excellently and sensibly stated by Dr. Montezuma, and as a survey of the case from the Indian point of view ■ we commend his views to the considi eration of those of our readers who ; are interested in the just, honorable | and wise treatment of the Indian.

The First Natural Gas.

The first natural gas discovered In the United States was at Fredonia, N. Y., in 1821. In that year a woman went to a spring to draw water, and as the night was dark she took a lantern. On setting the lantern down on the bank the rising gas took fire, to her great alarm. The gas was collected for use by inverting large pots above the spring, but after a time it was carried to a .small tank made of copper, and was supplied from that to several houses, including a tavern, that was lighted by it when Lafayette passed through the village in 1824.

Loaf Sugar In Morocco.

- An important article of trade in Morocco is loaf sugar, which is in general demand for presents. Every person approaching a superior whose favor qr good-will it is desired to propitiate is bound to bring a gift. He cannot appear empty-handed, and the form that is most commonly taken by the gift is loaf sugar. A duel often results from a “spare*

THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

HE WILL BE NOMINATED IN CHICAGO JUNE 21. Complete Arrangement! Made for the Greatest Gathering: In the Party's Entire History and In the Grandest Amphitheater Ever Constructed lor the Purpose. All Is Now Ready. Chicago correspondence: Where the elephant and the kangaroo of Bamum’s own and only are wont to caper for a week each year during Chicago’s most torrid weather the Democratic lion and the striped tiger will sportively engage during the merry month of June, this year of grace. In a wigwam 250x456 feet, built on the plan of the Roman amphitheater, located on Michigan avenue, between Madison and Washington streets, will the grand carnival of politicians be held, and here will be named the next quadriennial tenant of the White House at Washington. Just how Chicago came to be chosen as the place of holding the National Democratic Convention of 1892 is matter of dispute. Some say It was Chicago's great railway and hotel facilities, and the fact that she knew by long and varied experience how to.care for gigantic enterprises of this sort that turned the scale. Some cities, like men, are born great, and others have greatness thrust upon them. Chicago enjoys both conditions, the capture of the Demo- j cratic convention being a striking in- j stance of the latter.

But the local Democracy, after It had won its prize, did not know what to do with it. The old Exposition building, famous for its national conventions and especially notable as the place in which was named the successful standardbearer in 1884, as well u#s the defeated knight from Bar Harbor in that same eventful year, had been ordered razed to the ground, and its destruction would be complete before convention time. But the convention was coming and had to be arranged for. A number of prominent Democrats got together, and the result was the appointment of a committee of arrangements, with Judge John P. Altgeld ns Chairman; James C. Strain, Secretary; and A. E. Seeberger, Treasurer.

The committee was nonplused at the outset to know what to do for a hall. The Auditorium was considered, but that would not do. A Chicago convention means that not less than 20,000 people demand accommodation. An estic.

JONH P. ALTGELD.

mated expenditure in remodeling the Auditorium would result in providing only 8,000 seats. All the other cities had agreed to furnish sittings for not less than 15,000. The Auditorium was declared out of the question. So the Committee of Arrangements determined to build a hall for the especial accommodation of the convention which should seat not less than 20,000 people. The Finance Committee at once set about devising ways and means for meeting the expenses of the convention. How well the committee has succeeded is indicated by the fact that of the $50,000 necessary to cover the expenses over $45,275 is secured and the sale of seats will socuie every dollar needed. How the Convention Will Be Hrld.

The wigwam, which promises to be historic for its connection with the success and growth of the Democratic party, has a frontage on Michigan aveof 451 i feet. Its depth is 250 feet, or a total ground size of 114,000 square feet. The building will be sixty feet high,well lighted and ventiiftU’d- The interior is one yagL amphithealeT. The firmia or pit will l.e sßated with 840 armchairs, yt. Ttjey jr.iUJaCe the west or Michigan avenue side. Directly ih front of them is the platform whorg will sit the Chairman and officers of the convention. Directly In front of the Chair will sit the official Stenographers, and flanking the Chair ! on either side will be the press repre- j eentatives, 175 on each side—3so in all. ! Directly back of the Chair will be seats I for 300 special guests, and rising above 1 these will be private boxes two tiers high. Surrounding the pit or arena i seats will gradually rise in amphitheatrical form to the walls. There will be 12,000 seats, divided into four sections, j and divided by broad, commodious aisles. Encircling the entire interior, | the upper tiers of private boxes on the west forming a portion of it, will be an : Immense gallery, with a seating capacity | of 5,00 n. The gallery is,fourteen feet high at the front, and rises to a height of eighteen feet in the rear. A large room directly under the platform in the rear of the Chairman’s will be fitted up for use of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph compa- j nies, and at both ends will be eommodi- I ous rooms, one for the use of the West- j era Associated Press, the other for the | United Press. Altogether there will be j 19,400 chair 6 in the great wigwam and fifty boxes. The cost of the building, ; exclusive of decorating and lighting, will be $23,500. Some Prominent Figure*. The personnel of the convention will i be such as to inspire the utmost eonfi- j dence of the National Democracy. The j Thurman bandana will be missing and , the clean-cut features of Hendricks will not grace the wigwam, but historic figures will not be lacking. Instead of ,T. Sterling Morton, Nebraska will have its Democracy vouched for by Gov. Boyd; j lowa will proudly and eloquently offer j

DEMOCRATIC WIGWAM FOR 1892.

Horace Boies to the nation; Wisconsin with her splendid achievements will pledge htrself anew in the faith of Cleveland; and Illinois, anxious to do better, will agree to reform if Palmer is placed at the head of the ticket. With such a showing the Northwest can truthfully lay claim to having sown the seeds of tariff reform upon fruitful soil, and the South may concede the presidency to this section. While the East has been quarreling over the flesh pots the Mississippi valley has made rapid strides in the cause of democracy, and if the Car-lisle-Mills-Watterson people divide the South, thereby crippling Mr. Cleveland, the-chances are that Gov. Boies or Senator Paliwer will be the presidential nominee. Clayton E. Crafts, who is one of the Illinois delegates at large, ■a}' be permanent chairman of the na-

tional convention. His selection would be a graceful compliment to the West, and his only competitors so far ae known are Patrick Collins and Senator Voorhees. Mr. Crafts, though, Is removed somewhat from entangling alliances because, in his advocacy of Gen. Palmer, he has refrained from antagonizing Senator Gorman, Mr. Cleveland, or Gov. Boies. He Is satisfied that Gen. Palmer can only be nominated as a compromise candidate, and should he be chairman of the convention Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson will act in a like capacity for the Illinois delegation. Having been Assistant Postmaster General under Mr. Cleveland, and cherishing profound admiration for the ex-President, Gen. Stevenson will |

INTERIOR OF THE 1892 WIGWAM FROM BACK OF THE SPEAKERS’ STAND.

not put any obstacles in the way of that gentleman’s nomination, yet he is under obligations to support Gen. Palmer should it bo deemed advisable to take a Western candidate. In any Democratic convention Gen. Stevenson will have weight, and he will certainly be in the confidence of the Cleveland managers, among whom will be ex-Secre-tary William F. Vilas, ex-Postmaster General Don M. Diokinson, ex-Secre-tary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, Gen. Edward S. Bragg, and Attorney General William U. Hensel of Pennsylvania. These men doubtless lack the cunning of Senator Hill, Richard Croker, William Sheehan and Ed Murphy of New York, and the political foresight of Arthur P. Gorman, but they wield sufficient influence in the nation to make Mr. Cleveland the formidable candidate he is. They were associated with Mr. Cleveland, and if they cannot have their way ftbqqt it they will be around when the prizes are being drawn in convention. They would nominate Mr. Cleveland regardless of New York, and they may do It, unless the Hill people offer a substitute. Mr. Hill will hardly make peace on any such terms, and although his fighting force is numerically weak a dozen delegates like Gov. Flower, Ed Murphy, Gen. Sickles, Gen. Slocum, and exCongressman John R. Fellows, Mr. Croker, tho Tammany leader, Congressman Bourke Cochran, Mayor Hugh Grant, Perry Belmont, Delancey Niehol, Lieut. Gov. Sheehan, George Raines and Brewer Ehret can play havoc as bulls in the china shop. They will really determine the action of the convention, provided Mr. Cleveland does not have two-thirds of the delegates to begin with. Practical politicians as they all are, Senator Hill made no mistake when he designated them and saw to it that Mr. Cleveland’s confidants were Included in the list of alternates solely. Among these alternates are Manton Marble and Mayor Alfred C. Chapin of Brooklyn. To Mr. Cleveland they would gladly give their votes, but they have none to give. On the other hand, ex-Senator Thomas F. Grady, who bolted Mr. Cleveland’s nomination in 1884 and took the stump for Gen. Butler, is a Hill alternate, together with Congressman Amos J. Cumming3. The anti-Cleveland New-Yorkers will be offset somewhat by Pennsylvania,

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WIGWAM AT CHICAGO, 1864.

the delegation from which State will be led by State Senator George Ross, W. U. Hensel, for many years Chairman of the State Committee and now Attorney General of the Commonwealth; William M. Singerly, the owner and editor of the Philadelphia Record, and Senator Henry Alvin Hall. Should the opportunity arise these gentlemen, who will be in touch with ex-Postmaster Harrity of Philadelphia, a thick-and-thin Cleveland adherent, might present the name of Gov. Pattison. That will be only in the event, though, that there is aq outside demand for Gov. Pattison. Otherwise, they will remain true to Mr. Cleveland. Wisconsin occupies the same position in regard to Senator Vilas, who, with his partner, J. H. Knight, Gen. E. S. Bragg and E. C. Wall, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, make up the delegates at large from that State. Col. Vilas considers Mr. Cleveland the strongest candidate before the people, and until the We§t is given a chance it looks as though Wisconsin would have the cooperation of Illinois. Add Michigan, with Don Dickinson, to this combination; Indiana, with Senator Voorhee6, Editor Morss, John Lamb and ex-Chair-man Jewell, of the State Committee; Minnesota, with Michael Doran and his colleagues; Missouri, with Col. Jones, of the St. Louis Republic, and M. L. Clardy, with Fred W. Lehman in the background, to the Cleveland column, and Tammany may conclude to consider the advisability of getting into the band wagon. To the galaxy of noted characters, New England will contribute Gen. Patrick Collins, Gov. Wm. E. Russell, and E. C. Benedict, one of the heaviest gas trust stockholders. Oregon has instructed for Gov. Pennoyer for President, and among the Cleveland men from Kansas will be ex-Governor Glick, W. C. Jones, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and Tully Scott, who was a Land Commissioner under Cleveland. Lewis Baker and P. B. Winston will co-operate with National Commit-

teeman Doran, of Minnesota, and Gov. Beynolds and Congressman Casey will second the efforts of ex-Secretary Bayard for Delaware. lowa intrusts the Boies candidacy to Senator Shields of Dubuque, Editor J. F. Duncombe of Fort Dodge, and ex-United States Marshal Campbell of Fairfield, who will be assisted by Messrs. Fullen and Hunter, of the State Committee. Congressman Hayes, and others. Senator Daniel and ex-Congressman Goode, of Virginia, will help out the Hill boqmers, and Henry Watterson et al. the candidacy of Senator Carlisle. Arrangement* at the Hotel*. In accordance with time-honored custom the headquarters of the national committee will be at the Palmer House.

It is stated by Manager Bourne that more than twenty State headquarters will also be located there. The New York delegation will establish its headquarters at the Auditorium, where it has engaged the parlor floor entire. The .Hill men will also have headquarters at the Auditorium. The delegates chosen at the Syracuse convention to the number of sdo have secured quarters at the Grand Pacific; the Minnesota delegation and friends to the number of fifty; Missouri, forty; Mississippi, thirty; Nebraska, twenty-five; Arkansas, twenty-five; Montana, twelve; Wyoming, twelve; District of Columbia, fifteen. The Great Northern, with a capacity

EXPOSITION BUILDING, CONVENTION HALL OF ’84.

for 1,500 guests, has secured the Cleveland Club of Buffalo, numbering 300. McCoy’6 Hotel will take care of the Hawkeye Club of Des Moines, numbering 250, the Boies Club of lowa, 30 strong, 50 Cleveland men from Syracuse, the Pittsburg Kandall Club, numbering 100, the Milwaukee Jefferson Club, numbering 50, John Solan’s party from Bochester, N. Y., of 30, and fully 200 members of Tammany. The Thurman Club of Columbus, 100, the Erie County Democracy, 250, and 100 members of the Bandall Club of Pittsburg will be entertained at Gore’s Hotel. The Sherman has already arranged for 300 Ohio men and 80 from Pennsylvania, and the Kings County delegation will stop there. The German-American Club of Indianapolis, numbering J 25, will put up at Burke’s Hotel. The Victoria will entertain the Hendricks Clubs of Indi-

- < ana, and the Indiana delegation will have its headquarters there. At the Tremont the Calumet Club of Baltimore, numbering 200; the Sam Randall Club of Philadelphia, 300; and the Joel Parker Association of Newark, X. J., 200, will take up their headquarters. From the present outlook Mr. Cleveland will enter the National Democratic Convention with considerably more than the two-thirds vote necessary to a choice ali-eady committed to him.

Journalistic Flights.

The Chicago Herald has taken to soaring. Though it has no means of knowing anything about the matter, it gives in its issue of June 1, 66,627,842,237,075,266 as the number of human beings who have lived upon the earth since the beginning of time. When we consider the fact that about 150,000 persons are born every day, the units, tens and hundreds in the above big number are curiously learned. From all we know of the earth’s population since the “historic period,” the Herald’s number is only from five to ten million times too large. Again, it says, “to bury this vast number the whole landed surface of the globe, every inch of it, would have to be dug over 120 times.” The smallest knowledge of mensuration shows this statement, too, to be a hundred-fold absurdity. The surface of the earth would hold that big number even without being dug over once. In the same issue, the population of Japan is given as 237.000,000, or six times larger than it actually is. But in its issue of June 2, it indulges in verbal pyrotechnics in an editorial article in which we find the words, fulvid, cataphractic, cretinous, dissentaneous. lipicity, distomatic, and hl)iilitjr.—Pullman Journal.

INCOME AND DRESS.

HOW TO EFFECTUALLY FIT THE ONE TO THE OTHER. Hie Craze of the gammer tn the Fauhlon Line Will Be Quaint Old-Fashioned Effects to Be Attained by the Fairy Godmother Style Generally. Gotham Faahlon Gossip.

I i OW to make a big with a small A 1 income is the probr P lem which comes in with the flowers of but unlike f' them; brings no joy with it, writes our r New York corre- ( spondent. It conV• *" sists ip trying to f v make two ends | meet when there is . no stretch to either, - ■j'j in trying to fit round ' Ci' pegs in square holes, in a word, in trying to do an impossible thing.

However, it is not necessary to become despondent. If you can’t compete with those w}io ride in a coach and four, try your hand on those who drive out in a one-horse chaise. In the olden time, men thought woman beautiful when they were clad in homespun. King Cophetua even fell in love with a beggar maid, and Goethe turned from the silks and laces of court dames to the homely garb of a peasant girl. It is not so much the clothes, after all, as the girl in them. intelligence, wit, amiability, these have a power and a potency which the most costly textures have not. But I don’t blame a woman for wanting to make a show when summer comes. It is such a sweet consolation to be well dressed in fine weather. A worn gown may pass muster in the uncertain light of the drawing-room, but the glory of a June day calls for fresh new dresses, graceful in hang, perfect in fit, becoming in tone. A young girl, especially, should strive to have about her the neatness of the rose bud, the freshness of the clover top, the perfume of the lilac. These delightful qualities are no more within easy reach of the rich than of those in moderate circumstances. They are the result of that eternal vigilance and care which the - particular girl gives her toilet. True, the hit-or-miss girl is often a very attractive character, but she must have a natural fitness for the role. This year as last there will be a pro-

OUTING COAT.

nounced affectation for mannish costumes. In my initial illustration you see such a make-up. It is extremely becoming to a young woman with high color, but should, as a rule, be avoided by delicate, feminine types. These should give preference to silk skirts made full and set off- with some lace ornament at the throat. Over these full blouses the sleeveless Eton jacket makes a very pretty effect, giving the requisite touch of color. In some cases the Eton jacket is made with a vest, but this is a matter of taste. Yoked bodices, too, are very modish, and with them you may wear a sash with the long Japanese bows, wjiich you fasten up against the figuri with faiicy pins.

At the seaside and in the mountains the evenings are very apt to be quite cool, and hence arises the necessity of being muffled up at times. For this purpose nothing can be more practical and more stylish than the paletot sacque, such as I show you In my second illustration. It looks very well in gray-blue cloth, with large mother-of-pearl buttons, which may, if you are an admirer of outdoor sports, have some appropriate emblem in steel on their faces, such as a horseshoe, tennis racquet, or crossed oars. The pockets, sleeves, lapels, and bottom of this useful garment should have several rows of stitching and be lined with silk. My third illustration presents another view of the same garment and gives you a correct idea of the seamless back and shape of the sleeves. The sides have one dart, which extends down to the pockets. The “intelligent foreigner" who visits our shores from time to time insists that we have no ingenues in this country. Ho claims that there is qo such delicious

BACK VIEW.

middle land between childhood and womanhoxl as exists in the old world; that when our children throw aside their dolls they take up the young man with his cigarette and make-believe manliness. Possibly the “intelligent foreigner” may be right in most cases, but did he erver make search for an ingenue at a summer resort? She is more likely to be met with there than when the family is. in town. She is denied access to the drawing-room, but who can keep her out of the hotel parlor or off the hotel veranda? In my fourth illustration you will find pictured two charming toilets for maidens who scorn to be children and fear to be women. They may not be, strictly shaking, convent buds, for their teachers take them out for

exercis* on the avenue every day, bnt they are the ingenues of American 'Jfe. Their suspicions are strong and their knowledge scanty. They are the picturesque element at the summer resort. The 'one on the right wears a pretty costume of figured material made with a fichu, w&ich at the back is surmounted by a round yoke and crosses in front and hooks on the shoulders The collar is ruched. The little lady on the left is clad in a cheviot, the skirt and corselet forming a single piece. The trimming may be of galloon or ribbon. The blouse may be made of crepe de chine or any soft, light material in two parts, the upper or fichu, and the lower or pleated portion. The corselet should be boned and be either laced or hooked at the back. The galloon which borders the skirt should be brought up on both sides at the seam. * The craze of the summer in the fashion line will undoubtedly be quaint, oldfashioned effects, to be attained by the use of the feoke bonnet, mittens, crossed kerchiefs, sandal shoes and fairy godmother style generally’. These quaint conceits of Queen Fashion are charmingly appropriate for some young people. I need not warn the girl with a long pointed nose that she must keep clear of a poke bonnet. The effects might be altogether too natnral. One sees nothing but round waists, or else the basques are

MODISH MAIDENS.

dress-coat style only at the back, and those who pretend to stand behind Queen Fashion’s throne say that waists are gradually creeping upward and will be under Qie arms before many months. Who can say? Possibly in the near future the modish miss will be lolling in graceful attitudes of cultured indolence upon a soft upholstered divan clad in a genuine empire costume, Josephine style, hair perked upon the top of her head, short waist, puffed sleeves and long sheath skirt molding the form with the clinging effect of soit silks. Certainly if the long puff goes up much higher it will give the arm very much the look of; being thrust into an empire sleeve. Many of the outdoor costumes are made with bodices consisting entirely of lace yoke-wise, below which there are alternate bands of ribbon of different colors. For instance, if the lace be white the corselet may be white moire and gray satin. .In the costume shown m my last illustration you see one of these ribbon coselets clasping a puffed silk corsage with yoke outlined with broad band of passementerie. Watteau backs are not in high favor with young women having graceful figures, for they simply serve to hide a beauty instead of accentuating it, as should be the desire of those fortunate to possess fine figures. In fact, some mischievous maidens pretend to have discovered that whenever a Watteau plait is worn by a young person it serves to conceal some defect, such as round shoulders or unshapely back—just as some girls take to the so-called reforih dress because they lack taper waists or have no figures worth displaying. The Russian blouse will be popular with tall slender girls this season; it is usually made up in silk and trimmed with passementerie. You may make one of these blouses up in woolen stuff trimmed with lace, and lined with silk. The skirt worn with one of these blouses must always be of a different material. Every now and then the dainty tricksters who set up and upset fashions hit

RIBBON CORSELET.

upon some new method to make life more miserable than it has been yet. This year they have lighted upon the softest, filmiest, gauziest bit of a woman’s toggery, her veil. Unless you wear exactly the correct thing in veils, you are lost. You might as well stay home. You will Incur the severest displeasure of her majesty the royal mistress of the modes. Strange to say, there is great latitude given you, but the thing is to get in the right latitude. Check, lozenged, or stripped tulle goes, but it must seem to have come from a spider’s loom. It must not conceal the features but melt into them as if a painter had touched them here and there with a bit of color; you may also make use oi pink, white, ciel blue, or reddish brown tulle with chenille spots and applique lace borders; pink tulle must have reddish gold spots; ciel bine must have black, and marine blue the same tone. These spots must be large and velvety. The “confetti” *is the very latest wrinkle: it Is in black and tulle, strewn over with white or maize-colored 6pots. Fancy the effect of such a veil upon a big hat; it will be striking, but the summer girl is fond of striking effects. She lives on the excitement of the hour. There is a capacity in every man anc woman, thojgh it may often lie latent,, to draw happiness from life in its varied phases; and his or her entire welfare depends very largely upon the degree tc which this power exists. To lose faith in it is to be blown about at the mercy of the winds and waves of life, and at last to be carried away by its current; but to feel and exert it is to guide the helm and conquer the storm, and bring the boat successfully into port. The man who does this is not the mere pleasureseeker. Missionaries have done a good work in old India, where the people were kinder to brutes than to men. Lepers in India were treated with shocking inhumanity before Christianity entered that country. Many of them were buried alive. The English rulers have put a stop to this custom, and for fourteen years there has been a special Christian mission to the 135,(H)0 lepers in India.