Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 May 1887 — Page 6

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TWO ROSBS.

•V?one with h«it of flame he gave to bee If boae ojres veiled {com bis own sin'* bitter

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throbbing poises aa with heart utir, Ifcitranced by eyes that held an Eden lost.

I Jr ether -lily pale, drooped OD its stalk— We gavfl to her, his soul's pare loye un-

4fcDW ani-tly eyes and sweet unworldly talk HsUl l«s an Eden lost than heaven re

gained. --./v.-/. v-^-ivnr

td when ha died one wept, bat dried her

tfl.-Mf,

£roaely hopeful of a brighter day Agaicat th« ether's heart through doll, slow

fsais,

till botn alike were duet, the red rose la". —[C. B. Cretpi.

WOMAN AND HOME.

LAZY GIRLS.

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With rltntr of TaUat Bat Lacking ia Energy.

The New Orleans Picayune tella in )ht following, how girl* are spoiled bj Injudicious friends ind lack of ambiJWn

The town is full of talented girls who trfil never amount to anything because fin are so well content with being simptalented. These girls will never be able to take a prominent place in any Viofeasion or circle in society because I htf lack the industiy without which all Ac talent under the sun is not worth a topper groat. Talent is the unhewn tkek of marble, industry is the chisel diet may convert it to the perfect statue.

Che philosophic writer of "Our Picay®ses says that industry beats genius at tTorythine except the making of real osetry. Talented girls are too bay fm accomplish anything except by inspiration are often not only Ue victims of their own liaise idea that talent is better than deVsloped muscle, or irained mird^ or Methodical work, but of the ill-advised wmise of relatives and friends. A smart ^rl wants encouragement, not merely Braise. She wants that sort of encour •Cement that if she wills to work she can and do something that is great and liable, and possible to human endeavor. Many a smart girl remains a slouch and iimatterer all her days because of the jxlggerated ideas of her own ability, not japability, she receives from those who ihould have known better. A talented girl of 18 can play the piano, but not

Well enough to keep the honest Isntion of a roomful of people, the can dabble in paints, but not well enough to make her pictures forth framing. She can write romances, bnt none good enough for publication These are her possibilities. They speak fairly well for her at 18, and friends pre diet a brilliant future for her. But at 19 ard 20 she neither plajs, nor paints, nor writs* any better than she did at 18. She has spent her days in idle, ambitious (learnings of what she would like to do. Ber ffiind runs sluggishly, she is drunk with the stupor of laainess. She is an enormous reader of novels, but findsjeven Ike magazines "too solemn" for her mind •ltd taste. Victimised by home Adulation she has quit her piano

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radioing, neglected her studies, abanher drawing-book, and she ends by doing nothing at all. Her mother loves her too well to allow her to make .d, sweep a room, keep up any routine e' duties or etudies, and the result is fcilure. Admiring fiiends fall off, sorry and disgusted. A lazy young woman is •H unlovely a sight as a slovenly one. g:rl of 18, a talented girl, needs at her bow a mother or a guardian who shall noeasingly and earnestly inspire her with an ambition to take always and •ver an upward step.

Wbii Invalids Bat.

Now, a word or two about more solid food and first come eggs, first ia rank because they contain everything neces-sr-ry for nutrition, and are, if properly •noked, generally easv of digestion though be it remembered they cause biliousness even in the healthy if partaken eff too freely.

Need I say that eggs for invalids— and everybody else—should be positively and truly newly laid 7 These are not a Ways attainable in towns.

Costard is a delicious form in which to mm eggs. 8o many kinds of pudding are there that it is difficult to name the best. Bat la this matter of pudding, if it be ordered by the doctor, I think the patient Blight as well be consulted. Perhaps he Will say tapioca or sago in either case he has made a very wise choice. Bread •Kid-batter pudding, I think,should stand higher than it does, only it is made in such a variety of ways, some good, some bad, and often overdone.

Fish for invalids should be boiled— gently boiled, and prettily garnished and prettily served indeed, the more neatly and sweetlv a sick person's viands are presented the more he will relish them Hd with the greatest heart and hope wii ha eat Let the linen, then, ba like snow let the silvei glitter and the elaesea sparkle, and if you can throw in a flower, SO much the better.

Meats such as beef and mutton should b* most tender, Always buy them some 4sy before they are wanted. The cooktag ought to be of the best no asi| mashes of gravy nor extra lamp have seen the very shape and size of a beefsteak disgust an invalid.

The potatoes are better mashed—very Wbll mashed not a morsel as big as a pea should remain unbruieed—then stirred with a little salt and creamy milk till as wl :ite as the driven snow.

Eefinement should guide the cooking, as well as the arrangement of the tray in wHch the invalid's meal is served.

A word about tea. Do not let it be infused longer than three minutes.—[CasMil's Magasine.

Jesebel at Monte Carlo.

The attention of those clustered about tho table is directed to this womaS) upon wLose face and figure life has, with a aniel and accurate stylus, cut in the hairoglyphics of her record. She is attiled in a drapery of oriental lace made over a tunic of blaik ttin, and where the corsage is cut away to expose the Back and shoulders under their gossamer Severing every breath is seen to swell the apper portion of her anatomy into billews of flesh. Great rows of diamonds rilcle round and round each chubby arm aad are clasped over black gloves, which mrrugate in ample folds to the elbow. This woman, like others of her dedenomination, is not here to stake her Mil. That part of her human make-up MB long been swallowed in the fiery gulf af pin, and aow all that is left of her perishable self must tend downward. She is here to make a fortune without giving equivalent. She possesses the essentials of tiich success—courage, calmness, Ms h. She knows that more is won to the Bank by rash and oxcited players than btm its own fixed advantage. The bank haa the supremacy over msn in that its aporations are purely mechanical it has emotions, therefore players shonhi lave as few as possible. She feels she bar a sure system of acquisition, and she Jif olio wing it up. the believes that everything turcsup sgularly at the equipoise of the scale at nervals, though the intervals are irregIlar. She watcheB for them she waits fjr them she is in no harry she rats he: eras, in a look oi neutrality that only half /tf|ls*iultMtea,oa tin wpt eonWam

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pitching their louis recklessly, while she studies long before she drives her blind bargain with fate. Here she uses, the player's advantage over the bank. She waits it mmt play on. I

There has been a series on blsck. She

is sure a change must be near so, being an adept, she rushes in to snatch a fortune by playing cn another color, just as Mail and Express: an adroit woman eubtly recognises an opportunity for conquest, and catches a heart in the rebound. She puts six louis on red aad wins. She donbles her stake and puts it on black, and again she wins. So she continues to alternate between red and black before the inauguration of another series. Oa this method she has been seven times the winner.—[Philadelphia Record.

The Queen's Bmbroideriea.

Queen Victoria, who is intent on encoursgsiag prastisaljnethods of industry among woman has just given very extensive orders for

handsome supply of

Irish deoorativa embroideries. These are hand-wrought by the peasantry of Donegal, who have attained remarkable skill in this kind of employment. Irish Limerick lace has alao been ordered, this garnitnra having a reputation of its own for yean past. Iriih wool-work is pre-eminently fine and beautiful, and now the embroidered curtains and portieres which have been submitted to the queen have received the stamp of her unqualified approval, and her majesty has ordered a costly set for Windsor casile, and also a number of children's dresses from a unique and pretty model, made of pale pink Irish poplin delicately embroidered in the shades of pink, and another of bebe blue, worked with white silk floss. Many English brides of high birth have had their wedding-gowns made of white Irish poplin,, wrought with white silk flowers and foliage outlined with tiny pearl bead?.

For tba Cook.

Quick Biscuit,—One pint cream, one and a half pints buttemilk, one teaspoonful sods, salt, flour to stiffen as bread.

Indian Rings.—One cup of meal, one cup molasses, one cup of milk, one egg, silt, a half teaspoonful saleratus, and lard size of an egg.

Composition Cake.—Take five caps flour, two eups sugar, one cup butter,one cup sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, and fruit to taste. Bake as pound cake.

Soft Ginger Bread.—Two end a half cups flonr, one cup cream, one cup molasses, one egg, one teaspoonful ginger, one teaspoonful soda and a little salt.

Brown Bread.—Three cups yellow Indian meali one and a half eups rye meal, one-half cop molasses, one teaspoonful soda. Steam three hours, then bate three hours slou 1 v.

Steamed Indian Loaf.—Four cups of Indian meal, two cups of flour, two cups sour milk, one teaspoonful of sodo, one egg, a pinch of salt and one cup moiaeses. Steam three hour?.

Crullers —Butter size of an egg, thretf eggs, two cups sugar, one-and-a-half cups sonr milk, all well mixed then sift in a large teaspoonful soda and enough flour to make a soft dough.

Clova Cake.—Half a cup of butter, one cup brown sugar, two cups flour, one cup milk, oile cup chopped raisins, one egg, one teaspoonful soda, one tea*poonfnl cinnamon, one of cloves ami half a nutmeg. Bake three quarters of an hour.

Rico Gems.—Use one pound of wheat flour, one pound of rice, mix thoroughly add ono pouud sugar, one pound butter, four eggs, flavor to taste dissolve one teaspoonfi of soda in milk enough to form a dough that can be rolled and cut the same as cookies.

Graham Bread.—One quart of warm water, one pint of bread Bponge, one cup of molasses, one teaspoonful soda or salaratus and one of salt gi'aham flour to make a stiff1 batter add the sponge last, pntit in buttered tins and let it rise before baking bake one and a half hours.

Browned Maocaroni.—Foil one-quar-ter pound maccaroni drain and pour cold water through it cut into pieces take one cupful of brown stock, one half cupful grated «heese, season, pour over the maceanmt and cover with bnttered eraofcbs. Bake nntil brown and serve in same dish.

Pot Pia Paste.—Mix together one pint of flonr, a half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspooitful of sugar, a half teaspoonful of But and ria all through a sieve then wet thoroughly with sour or bnttermilk. Sprinkle with flour, roll out, cut in pieosa and put in stev. Cook exactly ten minutes.

Dried Apple Cake.—! hree cups dried apples, soaked over night and chopped fine stew in three cups of molasses take three eggs, three cups flbur, one cup bus ter, two teaspoonful eoda, one and a half pounds raisins, half a pound cf currants, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. This will make two large loaves.

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Chanf is to be studied, and we ring tho changes on beef, mutton, fowls, parbridges or grouse, or pheswnts and pig sans.

A Few Hints.

Ink spots may be taken out of white goods by soaking and rubbing the spots in aweet milk. 11

It is said if feather-beds and pillows be left out in a drenching rain every spring, and afterward exposed to the sun and air on every side until dry, they will be much freshened and lightened,

Silver becoming black may be avoided by keepiog that whioh is not often used in eanton flannel bags about the siae of a thimble filled with Dits of gum camphor packed in aronnd the articles.

Steel knives, which are not in general use, may be kept from rusting if they be dipped in a strong solution of soda, one part of water to four of soda, then wipe dry, roll in flannel anil keep in a dry place.

Keep cut flowers fresh for several days by filling a vase with clean sand, to which should be added a liberal supply of powdered charcoal. Imbed the stems of the bouquet in this and water occasionally^

Ia heart disease special treatment should be avoided as ranch as possible. General toning no of the system, cheerfuiassa and avoidance of strong excitement of every kind are the surest of all remedies.

Saleratna is excellent for removing grease from woodwork which has not been pa:ntea. Spread thickly over the

grease spots, moisten, and after it has regained a half-hour wash off with tepid soap suds.

PRESENTATION.

What a Prveentatiom st BneMaghaaa Palace Really Amonnts To.

Of that mysterious ordeal, preeenta» tion at court, Howard Paul gives this graphic description in the New York

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Lord Alfred Paget has been queen's service just fifty years tbe only person at present in her employ who attended at her coronation. From 1846 to 1858 he was chief equerry, and since then he has occupied the post of clerk marshal. From 1837 to 1865 ha represented Lichfield in parliament. Now he devotes hit time to society, yachting, the clubs, theatres, aad ia always on active duty at the queen's drawing room. I met tbe genial old corn tier the other evening and had an uour's tete-a-tete with him, when he gave me the exact official "points" about drawing-room presentations, which will doubtless interest your lady readers.

It seems that every lady of high social position i? expected to sttend, twice at least, the drawing-room. As a girl she appears in the royal presence before making her first entrance into society, Oa her marriage she passes sgain before the sovereign when taking her settled social position ts a British matron. Ladies connected with the embassies and the wives cf prominent politicians, as well as peeresses and the wives of the queen's servants, whether civil, military or naval,, sre often called npon to show their respect for their royal mistress on other occasions than the two important ones previously mentioned.

presentation at Buckingham palace is the guinea stamp of rank. It secures presentation at foreign courts, and the consideration of what is known as '•society" in England. The process of attending a drawing-room is costly, trouble si me and far from enjoyable. It is the afier consequences which bring the chief reward. The fascination of being in the presence of so many of the royal family is something leading, but in the case of a first presentation it is generally marred by nervousness. If a girl want" to be pre' sented, and her mother has not previously been to court, she must find some lady who has a^d is therefore eligible to make a presentation. This lady forwards the name and address of the intending debutante to the Lord Chamberlain, intimating the intention of herself presenting her. Tbe official then makes inquiries if she be a fit person for presentation at court. If this turns out satisfactorily, a card is forwarded to the lady who has been to court, and another for her charge, for the drawing-room which they desire to attend. The cards are different in color, those for first pre sentstion being pink.

If a married lady who by mirriage has acquired a high social position wishes to go to court, she must have the the same introdnction. If a foreigner, living in London, desi es presentation, she must secure it through the wife of tbe ambassador for her country. Those ladies who have the right to introduce others into the royal presence must be very particular how they do so. The queen is exacting on this point. Any one whise character does not bear strict investigation tbe queen earnestly desires to exclude from the privilege of a pre sentation. Should any lady, however high her rank, succeed in passing such a one through the throne room she may feel sure that her own name will be struck off the list of those privileged to to make presentations. The lord chamberlain has to look to this.

The queen is a stickler about the drese worn on these occasions. The bodice must be cut low, the sleeves short, the cloves white, the train three yards long Three white ostrich plumes must be worn in the hair, with along tulle veil hanging down behind. The slightest departure from any of these rules is at once observed by the queen. A duchess has been obliged to send out for whits gloves, having overlooked the royal rule and worn gants de Suede. A lady who had had her hair cut short, and could not see her'way to sticking her court plumes on satisfactorily, ventured to appear without them. She met with so frigid a reception that she probably did not go back to court until her har grew, or until she had solved the problem of balancing plumes sucressfully in cropped hair.

The throne room is a fine apartment. It is entirely hnng with deep red brocade, and to each window there is a great gilded cornice. At the top of the room there is a dais, very slightly raised from the general floor. At tbe back of this Stands the throm, under a canopv of red yik, on which the royal arms of England are blazoned. The royal party enter the throne-room and take their place a few moments before the first presentation. The queen stands in the center of the dais, some distance in front of the throne. A silken cord is drawn across, separating tbe royal group from the rest of the room, and slightly baek from this the queen takes her position, while the other members of the royal family ar6 grouped as court etiquette demands.

The queen wears the same style of dress which she orders the ladies attending court to wear. Her jewels are su perb. The miniature crown is alaust hidden between folds of white tulle, and the row of orders on her majesty'6 breast is an imposing ona.

Below the dais, at the left side, the Lord Chamberlain stands with a white wand in one hand. At his feet there is a gilded basket, into which he throws the cards as he reads tbe name of each person to be received by the queen. This he does in a clear voice as each lady makes her appearance at a door opposite, below the dais, and at the right stde of it. If the prime minister attends he Btands below the dais, on the right, near the door at which the people to be "received" enter.

All the time that the royal party are assembling in the throne-room the crush in the ante-room is getting denser as each carriage in its turn drives up and "sets down" its load of eager- courtgoers. Here there is no precedence observable. .The first comers are tbe first into the Jroyal presence. The string of carriages begins to draw up as early 12 o'clock. Their occupants submit to wait in the cold, sitting in an uncom fortable position for more than two

hours in order to be among the first to pass the barriers. Some of the ladies bring novels to read, and a party in a

Never put milk, fat or any oily sub-1 carriage, attired in court drese has been IMAA inin Aaa ffta lltA I rtlntm t/\ CI nlseinfl AflMIS stance into the ear for the relief of pain, for they soon become rancid and tend to incite inflammation. Simple warm wa ter witl answer the purpose better than anything else.

For mildew pour a {uart of boiling water on an ounce of chloride of lime. When it is dissolved add three quarts of col 1 water. Into this put the garment and let it soek twelve hours. If not very bad the spots will come out in less time,

Bubber rings such as are used on fruit cans oiten become hard and brittle. They can be restored by letting them lie

A nice way to freshen old-fashioned silk, makiag it look like new surah, is 10 sponge it carefully with strong coffee. While damp, lay it wrong-aide up on an ironing board and place paper over it, then press with a warm iron. Ba sure thscoff.-* is perfectly settled until clear before using. This is also gosd to freshen blad^bw^asbmer*, ribbon and alpaca.

known to sit playing cards during what the actors call "a long wait" Once inside th9 palace a high old sation begins. A barrier is placed at the end of a corridor leading to the throne room. Through this each lady must pass singly. This is done as quickly as possible, so many presentations poing to each hour. As soon as the lady haa passed the queen and started on her exit, another approaches. Her majesty usually remains about an hour ahd a half in the throne room, leaving the Princess of Wales to receive the latter presentationa There is an intense desiie to be received

in water in which you have put a little by the queen herself among the ladies. gmnMknn. Miv in this A.. I

ammonir. Mix in this proportion: One lart ammonia and two parts water. Sometimes they do not need to lie in this mora than five minntes, but frequently a half houria needed to .restore their elseticity.

The consequence is a crush for ths barrier such as no one would believe unl they were to witness the faahionable fight. It resembles nothing so much the struggle for the turnstile of the pit entrance of a popular theater when a great star is announcsd. Kach Ifdy as she enters gathers her three yards of train up and disposes it ss carefully ss may be over her arm. Than she pulls her tulle lappets or veil round and putt the ends over the ssme arm. Thua equipped, she enters the fray, where, as in an (-rdinury crowd, ii she is strong, she wins. It needs strength, mentally as well

THE MEPREB8, TE11BE HAUTE, SUNDAY. MAT 20, 1887.

at and duly criticised by others who have themselves done exaotly the same thing, but with indifferent succesa. The more a lady has been to court, the more she pnshss for the barrier. Her directions and precautions having been previously made plain to her charges, they gird their trains and lappela closely to tnem and bravely follow in her wake, ob. erving, as far as their thews and sinews will allow, her repeated injunctions to follow her clossly. i'he barrier once gained and passed, the battle is over and nerves take possession of the successful one, especially if of tender years. In the corridor one of the gentlemen of the household kindly nnfolds the train and pulia back the tulle veil, and if he is a polite man, says a reassuring word about a debutante ap pearance. The ch apt rone usually passes the queen first. She enters by the door previously mentioned, to the right of the dais, her name being read as she appears. S\yi goes straight up before her majesty ana makes a courtesy to the grousd directly in front of her. She half rises and extends her right hand. The lady presented then courtesies again, bending low over the royal hand. The queen then withdraws her hand, which some of the ladies touch with the lips and the lady begins her exit from the presence. The door at which she must go out is the whole length of the room Irom her, being opposite to the dias and at the lady's left as she backs toward it. She must courtesy ss she goes, endeavoring to measure her distance so that it may allow of a separate couttesy for each royal person present

Occasionally a debutante faints when she emerges from the throne-room, and sometimes a preseutatson has had to be postponed, through the girl about to be presented getting literally sick from fright. Such emotional misaes, are however, rare, although a sigh of relief is a frequent expression of feeiing when it is all over, even from those who afterwards declare that they enjoy it.

The queen kisses a duchess on the cheek as she passes before her. The most rigid formality

however, always ob

served, even to those who are on intimate terms with her majesty, when the occasion is a drawing room-

The cost

of Attending

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tion is no small matter.

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averages in price from £50 to £500 Ladies who can indulge a taste for fine laces may even double the latter amount in buying a dress. Then the

bouquet at

this time of the vear is expensive, and bouque'B must also be provided for the coachman and footman. Altogether the guinea stamp of rank, a presentation to the queen, not to be attained without time and trouble being expended—and money, too but the latter expenditure is always "good for trade," as Lord Alfred Paget pointed out.

The description otthe ladies' costumes at the last drawing room occupied

Origin of Names of Fabrics. Everything connected with one's business is of importance. Very few dry goods men know the origin of the nami of many of the goods they handle. They may seem trivial points, but they are of interest to the man who seeks to be thor oughly familiar with the merchandise in which he deals. For the information of such, we give the derivation of the following goods:

Damask is from the city of Damascus satins from Zaytown in China calico from Calicut, a town in India, formerly celebrated for its cotton cloth, and where calico was also printed. Muslin ia named from Masnl in Asia alpaca from an animal ia Peru, of the llama species, from "whose wool the fabric is woven,

Buckram takes its name from Foetat, a city of the middle ages, from which the modern Cairo ia descended. Taffeta and tabby from a street in Bagdad. Cambric from" Cambrai. Gauss has its name fromGssa baiss from B'jac dimity from Damietta, and jeans from Jean. Drngget is derived from a city in Ireland, Drogheda. Duck comes from Torque, in Normandy. Blanket is called after Thomas Blanket, a famous clothier connected with the introduction of woolens into England abont 1340.

Seree derives its name from Xerga, a Spanish name for a peculiar woolen blanket. Diaper is not from D'Ypree, ss is sometimes etated, bnt from the Greek disapron, figured. Velvet from the Italian vellute, wooly, (Latin vellns —a hide or pdt). Shawl is the Sanscrit sala, ioor, for shawls were first nsed as earpets and tapestry. Bandanna is from an Indian word, to bind or tie, because they gra tied in knots before dying. Chints oome* from the Indian word

as physically, for her efforts are stand at efcett. Delaine is the Frenoh of "wool."

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FENCES FOR THE NECK.

Barrleadea of Wh te Unca—The Frtptr Tklng.

The new styles in collars come from London, jost the same as come exaggerated top coats, trousers of enormous widtb, and designs in suitings such as no American tailor would have the hardihood to thrust npon an unoffending public. In collars it might seem to the average man there could be very little in variation in style from year to year. This might be very well for the man whoee only idea of collars ia that there are two kinds—stand-ups and lay-downs. In re»lity, however, there an hundred* of designs in collars, and on* large Chicago house, which manufactures all its goods at Troy, N. Y., where nearly all the collars in the country are made, has in its spring catalogue just sixtyfour separate and distinct designs tor collars. To the ultra fashionable young man the difference of an eighth cf an inch in the cut of a collar makes all the difference in the world. To be truthful, thatisallthedifferer.ee which now exists in the fashionable collar of five years ago and the 1 teH from London this spri g.

The latest thing fr I. r. Ion, will be theespecislly proper t'..ir te vear with a new spring suit It i= :rJ the Drayton, is 2t inches high v. -, and haa a space just three quart- inch left open in front. Thst*."i' three quarters of an inch in fron. -t what divides it from the collar i. wai de riguer just a year ago. Taat was called the Umbria. It was 2} inches in height snd it may be still worn by the fashionable young man without endangering his so cial standing.

The twin brothers to the Drayton an the Norman and the Golono. Thsae have not been in the country long enough. Jo get oat their naturalization papera,but are to be seen at any of the retail stores or haberdashers' shops," which is English, you know quite Ecglish. The latest in cuffs came over with tne three distinguished coljara just mentioned, but, owing to a physical malformation, it will probably never become popular with any one but laundry proprietors. It is called the Medora and is what is technically referred to as a single-link cuff. That means that it ia a enfi which cannot participate in that quick change which transforms a very soiled cufi into one of immaculate whiteness. The

Medora cannot be

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pages of the Court Journal, and th»y were the most elaborate ev^r seen at Buckingham palaco They were evi dently jubilee dreeipa

WEIRD, ROMAN 1IC VAMPIRE

Tho Place the Horrlbl- Crvatare Has Taken to Romance and Legend.

Among weird and unnatural horrors of romance and legend, says the London Globe, tbe vampire has always held the foremost place. The casual wraith, tbe family ghost, the specter in clanking chains, and even the witch's "familiar" are nowhere in comparison with this graveyard ghoul, said to sustain its loathsome existence by sucking the blood of living persons. The victim attacked iu tho dead of night, would sicken mysteriously and die of emaciation, and ther would in its turn pray upon other unfortunates for superstition says that he who dies by a vnmpire shall likewise become a vampire, and know no peace in the tomb. Tradition goes on to tell how a visit to the grave of a vampire would ahow the corpse warm, flexible, and ap patently nourished, though it might have lain dead several years, and how, when pierced, it would emit streams of blood, utter groars, and exhibit other signs of vitality. It must then be dealt with after the official process— have a stake run through its heart, and be beheaded after which the pisgue would erase so far as that particular vampire was eonceroed. English ghost anntua are not rich in vampires. Oar soil and climate, and perhaps the AngloSaxon temperament, are not favorable to the development of this uncanny monster, which appears to flourish best among Slavonian nations, and figures prominently in the morbid domestic records of Greek, Wallachians and Servians. According to popular superstition, and, in some cases, officially attested reports, the vampire was not so long ago a frequent visitor in certain districts of Poland, Hungary and Bavaria. It we are to accept a paragraph which recently appeared in various newspapers, relating the decapitation after death of a person suspected of vampirish tendencies, the scourge of the vourdalak, as the Slavs call it, -is to this day dreaded and guarded against. Vampire lore has been fertile source of in inspiration to the writer of weird fiction. When the famous trio, Byron, Lewis and Marv Shelley. rain-bound in a Swiss villa, planned their mystical romances, of which "Frankenstein" is the onW one that has not sunk into oblivion. Lord Byron chose

quently will not likely become a rival of tbe old, every-ddv, turn-about-and beclean article. Tbe exact opposite to this, however, is the Humbert double-link cuff, which was built especially for the purpose of being turned.

It is very populsr with young men who come down-town early in the day and who wish to remain down to attend the theater or make a call. It is as fashioo&Me oa the single li"k enff, but it not so esthetic All the collars kept instotk Are not new styles, and yet they flod almost as rjady sale. They are the old, old styles, which might have been new ten years ago and which are now standard. Tbe bent-point collar which has been so fashionable the last season is really a very old collar in design. It was worn a little six yaars ago, but did not catch on at that time. After laying back in stock for that riod it suddenly became fashionable the last season.

The bsnt-point collar varies in style more than any other kind of collars. It is all on the turn of the point. Bvgin ning with a very slight turn it has gradually advanced in successive stages. Some are built with a very wide turn, and there are others where the point turns a little further ba"k. These are es intended for a thick-neek man. In turn down collars there are few new styles. The only two types are those in whioh the corners come together and the wideopen collar which, by the way, is more suitable to the wide scarfs now in fash ion.

Turn down collars are always fsshion able. There ia one fact, however, that should be borne in mind, and that is "save your old collars." They will become fashionable again inside of six years, for time's changes have invariably brought a train of fashions varying ao slightly from season to season that the collars snd euffs of to-day are morally certain to be just the thing two or three years from now, although dozens of styli may reign meantime.

A CHANGE IN PARIS.

Are the Farlalane Degenerating?—Is Paris Losing Its Charms for Stranger*?

It is painful to have to speak evil of Paris, writes a correspondent of the London World, for, in spite of all the faults one may find, it remains the marvelous capital of Latin civilization and a city of rare charms. But it is precisely because Paria haa accustomed us to expect much tbat we are all the more disappointed when our expectations are not realised. The company at the Hotel de Ville last night

WAS

Greek vampire,

whom he made to reappear later in the London drawing rooms, as the subject of his prose effort One of Sheridan le Fanu's most powerful stories deals with a beautiful and fascinating female vampire, for whom it is impossible not to feel a qualm of regret when she vanishes from the scene, having been staked and beheaded in the orthodox fashion Many will remember, also, Dion Boucicault'8 blood curdling play of "The Vampire," which during its short run proved too exciting for the nerves of even a London audience.

such that one could not hope

for a great display of elegance on its part. At the Academy on Thursday the company was, on the contrary, ultra select, and yet the general aspect was dowdy in the crowded amphitheater them were scarcely half a dozen pretty women and a desen elegant toilettes. There seema to be a change coming over the Parisians for want of leaders of fashion, for want

of example and emntation, they appear

amply compensated for their low average of facial beauty. Even in the streets you notice that the work girls are not tricked out so nattily as they used to be ten years ago their bearing ia less piquant, their general aspect lees satisfactory to the critical eye. It wonld be absurd to conclude from these trifling observations that Paris is going to the dogs, and yet there is evident a growing spirit of neglect. In dress, in manner, in language, in the streets, in the restaurants, in the cafes, in all the major and minor manifestations of public lifs, one might point out a thousand facts which bear witness to a diminution of that spirit of self-respect snd telf-eritidsm which used to characterise the Parisians, and the city of the Parisians. Thus the general aspect of the street and public life of Paris is becoming leas and less attractive to the foreigner, and at the same time there is no effort made to render the accomodation for strangers equal to the accomodation to be found in less cosmopolitan cities. Can there be anythin? more inadequate, and more primitive than the rooms nf two of the moet famous restaurants in Paris, the Cafe Anglais and Volsin'aT Are there any theaters in Europe more incommodious, knee-torturing snd ill ventilated than thoee of Paris Is there any more barbarous cloak mom system than that presided over by the snufiy ouvrense? Are there more inconvenient post offioes than those of Paris? Are there mors nauseous and more potently corrosive aoisona to be found than the drinks sold !n the average Parisian cafe? Are there any policemen in Europe who vie in stupidity and moroeene-s with the police of Paria? And tbe Pariaian hotels— what queer dens they are! What a fuss they make if they happen to have a lift which is out of order six days out of and what strange, musty, capboardlike bedrooms cost tea francs a day in the stuffy establishmsnt of the Bus ds paix 1 Paris possesses one of the finest water promenades in the world, lined with monuments and palsees and gardens, and stretching bom Notre Dame down the hesoieyde of the Trocadem. From every point along this promenade the view ia superb but no one has had the eaterpriss to bnfld a

commanding thia unique panorama of river, of trees, of architecture. And yet the Parisians wonder why foreigners an gradually deserting Paris.

TWO HOURS AND TEN CENTS.

Am OkMtvsat Walter's Kxparlraer Witt •IHufniakl* SMiaanat Onak. "The work of a waiter may seem sasy aad pleasant," recently observed a waiter in a fashionaole uptown restaurant to a New York Mail and Express reporter, "bnt it is one of tbe moat trying callings a man can follow. Take say experieaee aa a sample of everyday. After I had finished arranging the tables and castors aad filling the water bottles, I wis sailed to wait upon a clerical-looking gentleman with a dismal countenance—long, cadav and mean looking. I anew at erous oking. oeola

first glanee that I oeald expeot tip* uom him. He ssesssd to be in a dilemma regarding his eholee of a break fast First he gave an order, then a moment afterward ha countermanded it Then he sat gasiag at the bill of fare in a despairing manner, seemingly unable to oome to a decision. I spptosohedhim courteously, and to expedite matters made a few suggestions. "'How would fried smelts suit you? I asked, mildly. He frowned and shook his head. 'Some broiled ebickan, perhaps?' That was something he never eomld digest. 'An omelet?' He would not hear of it. It always distressed him. 'Some delicious lamb chops?' 'No! No! No!' "At this rebuff I left him and took up my station at a respectful distance awaiting his pleasure. Finally ne beckoned me to him snd said, ia a dicta torial aaenaer: 'Just bring me a cup of coffee remember, not a pot, bnt a cup. I see there is some bread here, and I wiil make alight breakfast from that. "I brought him what he wanted and departed, but I was not done with him. First I must close an open window

turned," snd conse- pers and fidgeting in his chair, and all .i I tkfli kfMa 4a in/tnlaa lata laasfon. that it cost him to indulge bis disagree able whims was ten cents. I have many cranks to deal with every dav, and they give me no end of trouble. There is one customer who comes hers who is a genu ine terror. He is never satisfied with his food. "The fish is not fresh, although alive and kioking a moment before the cooking

k-u

which, he claimed produced a draughtIIS

Then he desired a glass cleaner than the one on the table. Numerous other captious demands of alike nature were made and complied with, although inwardly I was ftiming with rage He remained at the table for two hours reading the pa-

The steak underdone, the coflet always wretched. He never is without some oomplaint One day he sent a fine ten derloin steak back to the k.tchen upon some trivial pretext, and the cock to revenge himself sent out the toughest pieoe of steak in the house. Tbe crank had indulged his foolish fancy, however, and ate the leathery meat with great satisfaction. These are the worst Class we have to deal with. Others who are almost as disagreeable are those who immagine they own tbe entire establishment and order the waiters about as though they were dogs."

THE UNLUCKY OPAL.

The Stone Wbtch Brings Mlsfo tnne Jnmps to the Height of Fashion

whh thlt

caned to£

WILD LIFB ON THE BORDER.

TTs» Baek

a*erl«

It wae Jams* Hart, who wss at one, tims sheriff of a little town in the southwestern part of Tex

SB.

The town at the time of Hart's election as fairly overrun by lawless people. "I reckon I seen eoaM putty excitin' times on the frontier," he said to aNo th American reporter. "People out my way uas ter ssy I could fite. Mebbe I kin and mebbe I can't. "I remember onct—that was juat after I was elected—that it became known I had some dust hid in my bedroom. "One night when we war asleep three darned greasers kem in and tried to steal it" "Did they get away with it?" asked the reporter. "Stranger," said the ex-sheriff deliberately, "considerin' that there air three graTes jea on the other side of my house with the bodies of three res sets in 'em, it is pntty safe to say they didn't git the duat" "That kem to our town one day," con tinned the ex sheriff, "a young feller from the East. His name whar Bob Chambers, en he whar as bright snd as han'some a youngster as I ever laid eyes on. All the gals in town and on the neighboring ranches got dead stuck on him. "At thet time Tom Parker kept the 'Quick-step Concert saloon.' "His daughter Nellie sang on the stage, and a durned purty gurl she war. "Sbe hsd away of lookin' at ye with them big black eyes of hern that would make you feel like jumpin' up and kissin' her. "The minit Chambers seen her he fell head over heels in love with her. "Night after night he'd be seen at the 'Quick-step,' listening to thet gal sing, not thet she hed sech a good voice, but on account of her purty face. ''Dick Sanders, the son of a rich rancher, was also in love with the gal. She didn't seem to take to 'im, en' she told him so one nite. "He didn't say nothin', but turned on his heel and went out It was nearly a month afore he turned np again, "One bright morning a vsquero found the dead body cf Bob Chambers lying by the loadside, near an old hacal. A bullet hole in bis head showed how he was killed. "In bis hand ho elinohed tightly gray coat button. "When Nelly heard of Bob's death she nearly went craay. "One day she disappeared, and was never afterward heard of. •'It waa late on Saturday night. "The saloon wss full of men drinkin', smokin' and playin' kyard. "Sanders kem in en started a small game. •'I noticed One of the buttons of coat was missin'. "Sea I to inyself, 'Dick, me boy, ye air the one who gave Chambers his settler. I'il 'rest Vou,' "I alia up to him, and, placing my shooter sgin his head, aaid qnietlv: 'Dick, I recon ye air Wanted to eupy a cell down at Laredo jail.' 'What fur?" he aaid in an instant, and layin' his hands on his weapons. 'None of that Hands up over your head. Ye air wanted for killin' Bob Chainbers. 'It's a lie,' he yelled. 'Ye ain' got no proof/ "'Mebbe not b^d'ye ever see that afore?' says I, tossing the gray button on the table. "Sanders turned the color of chalk, and then said "'Wsll, I suppose I might as well g*long an prove my innocence in court' "'Yea yer faces and mine, already ssddled, stand before the door.'" "Didn't he show any fight?" asked the reporter. "Naw," wss the response. "It wouldn't

Sitting at luncheon the other day in a popular restaurant, says a writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch, I oould not avoid hearing a conversation between certain lively young professional men of tbe dis triot who were at the next table. Each wore some pretty gems as ornaments, and the convarsation turned npon orals. "They are becoming fashionable, strange to say,*' remarked ore. "1 Was coming down town in a street car this morning and saw one on the finger of a. small lady who sat next tome, and It was I do for htm to shotf fight in that place. at lesst an inih in diameter. You'd bet-1 Chambers was werry popular, and the ter believe I hooked my fingers together hull darned town would a fit to kill the murderer if riled. Sanders knew this. "As Laredo was too far away I couldn't take him down thar thet night, sol started for Jake Roberta' place about ten miles from town. "The darkness waa so dense thst you could have cut it with a boarding houss

and pulled them hard. This is a remedy agsinst ill luck when you see an opal, you know. "I would rather have a millstone sbout my neck than wear tbe smallest opal," eaid another, a young attorney of sporti'g proclivities. "Once my older brother tcok me into a jewelry shop on the avenue and paid $150 for a scarf pin set with a beautiful opal, which he presented to me. From that moment ill lurk was ray constant companion. I lost cats that 1 otight to have won, and lost patronage. My deals in stocks, oil, and grain all went against me. I went once to New York to be near headquarters to try to recoup. It was all the same. Desperate, one evening I went to a mted faro parlor and took a teat beside a fellow who had every chip of the bank stacked before him. I threw down $25 and asked for a stack of chips. The dealer bought them from the lucky player and passed them over to sse. The fellow happened to look at m». He started back, his eyes biasing with anger. 'What do you come in here for?7he shouted. "I told him 1 supposed I hsd as good aright then as he had. 'You have no right to come up here

ln ywr pln/ he

^_ert0 I fairly seresmed with a volley of oaths, and at once cashed in his of

HOT

chips and quit

the game. "I dropped my $15 and left also in a wretched state of mind. After coming home I met with a serious aeeigent. As soon ss I wss abls to get up I threw the pin with all my force out of a rear window. A little girl found it and brought it back to me. I presented it to mv little brother. He immediately fell down stair and broke his leg, I threw it and again it was found and returned* liftv ons day in the street, told him it

away again, returned* little boy

Then! presented it to a

worth a lot of money, but his parents made him return it to me."

Diet for Brals-Worhars. When persons trsin for athletic sports the diet is mainly a nitrogenous and rathar dry oae. For thoss training for mental work, and for brain-workers in general, the best diet is also a nitrogenous one, but it should eontain also considsrable fat and should not bs dry. Watar should be drunk plentifully, while the total amount of food should be a little less than when severe aauscular exercise is taken. The best foods are meats, fish, sggs, milk, buttermilk, green vegetables, snd stale bread with plenty of butter. If there ia a tendency to constipation, farinaceous foods and green vegetables may bs prominent articles of diet in one of the daily meals, and stewed fruit aad s^me alkaline water added.

The drinks of brain-workers should be mainly plain and alkaline watera. "Tea aad coffee are for scholars, wine for artists," according to Moieeehott, and the substeaess can be taken in moderation by asost brain-worken without harmful rseulli. They may even secure an increased capacity for work.

Some brain-workers have been tresndous fssdsn. Gosthe was an imis eater so wss

some tims."

Ssmuel Johnson sad

William Wordsworth. Peter tbe Great

ate only two meals dai'y, but these wsrs vary hearty, and bis dmly consumption of aleSbol was, oa an average, four bot

mnpiia* uutlu «. first—class I tlss of bser, four of wiae, aad fnaen modsn hotel, or a fiist-shua rsstaaraat,1 to two bewss *f krsady.

m'ttoi'

Who Was I

Baler aa« Qaiek «a the Trigger.

A tall, pare man, with glittering blade eyes that stared you unflinchinjRP* in the face, lounged carelessly around the Continental hotel last night, aays the Philadelphia North American.

oc-

above the clatter of the horses' hoofs was

the chirpings of the night insects and birds in the trees, "We stopped at a ranch, got a drink en' then pusbsd on. "1 noticed Sanders keep eyein' the thiek underbrush that lay like a shadow long the dark road. "I thought he wanted to escape, and so I aays: 'The fust move go make, Sanders, I plug ye with lead.' "He didn't say nothin', but looked strste afore him after that "Just as we got to a portion of the road that skirts a lonely lake Sanders imitated the screech of a night owl. "I knew What that meant, though. "Quick as lightning I slid offer my boss to tbe ground. "I was just in time. "Adoaea riles belehed forth their contents. "My horse dropped dsed. "Sanders put spurs to his hens, bat not soon enough. "Up wsnt my gun. "Crsckt "Sanders fell over his animal dead as a door nail. "As soon as I fired I changed my position. It was well, for another volley whistled through the air. jumped into the lake, swam across, and made my way baok to the town. "I got a posie of men and went after them and tried to reesue Senders. "They were his father, brother aad half-doeen ranchers "The fstber and brother escaped, but ths others danced a jig In the air. "That's the way ws live down in Texas, oonoluded the ex-sheriff, as be stepped into the elevator. "Come down

•4.

The Child's Idea of Dsath. Whether the thought of death shsll be a terror through lifs depends much on the way ia which a child gets its first idea of death. A 3-year-old Farmington girl gave her imprsasion thus: "Oht grandma, I saw Mrs. Stephens she wss lying in her little crib bed, and a whole lots of people were in the room watching her go to sleep. A man talked teal pretty to her, and then they sang a pretty tone to her to get her to aleep. By and by Mr. Adams came with bis engine sleigh and they covered Mrs. Stephsns up nice and warm in her little crib, and Mr. Adams took hsrin his sleigh to her I new home."

The Word "BoomJ"

An English dictionary-maker having attributed to the Indianapolis Joufnal the invention of the word "boom," in tbe sense that it is now used, the St Louis Globe-Democrat sets up the claim to -priority of invention, which the Journal coneedea, the data of the inven. don being placed in 18T8. Tbe truth of| the matter is thst "boom" is aa accident, born of a typographical error. The

original wcrd waa "loom," and they used eleomtsass they The it Louis

to spsak of a esndidate aow say he ii beoaiag.

dm*

paper set out one day-to say that seer* tain "candida-e begins to loom," and tf a intelligent oompositor made it sav "begins to boom." Inasmuoh as '.,a word "boom" came a little nearer meaning nothing than the word "loom," it waa instantly adopted, and has been runntag ever aince, and will continue to ran, until another Kead.

compositor knocks it ia the

The Editor.

Yes, children, that tired-looking gentleman is an editor. What a misanthropic expression his face wears, does it not? You have often thought yon wccld like to be an editor, because they have ao much fun. Let us watch him. Ah, here cornea his alave with the momlag's mail. After paying ninety-four cents posta .-e on manuscript which hai been insufficiently prepaid, he proceeds to examine hia letters. With flashing eyes and dilated noetrils he flings a two pound package of manuscript to hia pet Numidian lion, which llee curled up under his dssk. Why is he so reckless with ths work of his gifted contributors?

Well, this particular manuscript wss tightly rolled: and the only way that the editor could have obtained any idea of its contents wonld have been to hire an able-bodied man to hold it down while he read it. The next manuscript is poem on immortality, written in lasdpencil on both sides of tho sheet The lion swsllows it with ji half concealed expreeeion of annoyance. Now oome several manuscripts accompanied with requests for their return if declined, but no stamps. And now the editor is reading a letter from an old friend, who says that ha knows the accompanying manuscript will be favorably considered foe old acquaintance's sake, and that he would be glad to receive a cheek by re- ,.. turn mail.

The editor smiles sadly hs knows that he hss gained another enemy. Now he--pursues a letter from the young girl who'' tella a pathetic story about an angel and widowed mother and three Bisters of whom she is the sole support, and whe^ sends a heartrending love story and tw»v frightful poems. If this were the t*st time he had read the letter the edits*?'would doubtless weep aa it is, he mlylooks pained but what is the matter with him now? How ghastly pale he is 1 He haa opened a package containing a really good story, and stamps for its return if found unavailable. Ha-.-, faints and the lion steps out for assistancs. Let us go, ehildren. The editor will feel better when he learaa that the story was copied word for word from magasine back number.

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