Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 September 1898 — Page 2

HER PURSE IS OPEN.

SOME OF THE MANY BENEFACTIONS OF MISS HELEN GOULD.

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Generoa« and Patriotic American Helre« Who Has Devoted Herself to the Need* or the Soldier Boys Ever Since the War Opened.

[Copyright, 1S$S, by American Press Association.] Once more Miss Helen Gould has won for herself distinction as a generous hearted and patriotic American woman once more has she placed to the best advantage a portion of the Gould millions and added another to the long list of her generosities. Her most recent act of this nature is a gift of $25,000 for the relief of the sick soldiers at the various camps throughout the country, more particularly the camp at Montauk Point This last gift unquestionably places her at the head of the list of patriotic con-

MISS HKI.EN (iOUU).

trihntors who divide the honors in the noble work of aiding to save the lives of thoso stricken by disease or bullet in their country's cause.

Miss Gould of late years has been identified in many movement calculated to benefit the suffering and the poor. Her acts of generosity range all the way from money contributions to entertaining tho poor, and especially the children of tho poor, at her own home. Sho cannot be accused of eccentricity in her acts of charity, for if evera woman is careful to distinguish between the deserving and tho undeserving that woman is Miss Helen Gould. Sho is a now woman in one sense of the word, but not in the sense from which humorists derive an inexhaustible stock of wit. Sho believes in tho ballot for women, holding that suffrage would dignify and elevate her sex, but sho does not carry her ideas to extremes. Sho is an advocate of woman's rights, but an advocate of a very different typo from Mrs. Mary Walker.

One of the most beneficent of her many acts of kindness aud one deserving especial mention was the founding at Wondycvest, three miles out of Tarry town, N. Y., of a home for 25 children rescued from poverty and disease. This home is maintained at no email annual expense to tbu generous woman. Tho children aro selected each year from tho hospitals and missions of New York. If incurable, but possessing a chaneo for life and work, they aro not rejected, but taken to tho cozy retreat in tho woods and placed in the caro of most motherly matron. Then if they are ablo to become self supporting Miss Gould sees that they have a chance.

Ostentatious charity never enters into the scheme. When tho children go to Woodycrest, they find a real homo there, a place of refuge from the world wherein they are so heavily handicapped. Many a little heart has beat tho lighter because of Miss! Gould's presence in the world, been filled with gladness and joy in tho depths of this sylvan retreat.

At the outbreak of the war with Spain Miss Gould became, under protest, one of tho most talked of women in America by a gift of $100,000 to the government to lie used for war purposes. The gift was accepted officially by Ellis H. Roberts, United States treasurer, and Miss Gould's name went on record as a patriot, with a large heart and an open purse. Ever since the first day of the war she has watched the progress of events with a keen eye. On June 8 she supplemented her first gift by donating $1,000 to tho national relief fund. When the hospital ship Relief was fitted out, #800 of the Gould fortune went into it. A few days later she presented $300 to the Woman's Relief association and on Aug. 13 told Colonel Farwood to draw on her for any amount ho might require for tho sick soldiers. Then came another donation of $1,000 and most recently the gift of $25,000 to the Women's Relief association.

Thus her total gifts in connection with the war approximate almost $130,000, and there is no telling what further act of generosity she has in mind.

The hospitals wherein the sick and wounded heroes are being treated are indebted to her in another manner. As is well known, Miss Gould is an ardent lover of flowers. Tho conservatories of her country seat at Irviugton-ou-Hud-Bou are marvels of beauty, heterogeneous masses of palms ferns, orchids and native floral triumphs of every description. She has drawn liberally from these realms of beauty, and nfcmy a humble •oldier'a col is adorned with flowers that money could not buy. She visits the hospitals and camps for a better knowledge, as she says, of the needs of the men. In short, this woman of wealth, position, influence, has put for the present a great part of her time at the disposal of her country's defenders.

Mkbubiul

NEW FALL HATS.

AII Endless

Variety of Headgear to Salt All Tastes. [Special Correspondence.] *f'i

New Yori?,

Sept.

5.—To

say that

we shall be astonished when the whole array of headgear for fall and winter shall be put before ns will be mildly stating a fact. A nice elderly lady buy er for a large western house said: have been young and now I am old, but I never saw such a loony looking lot of hats and bonnets before. I don't believe that half of them will ever be worn and I shall stick to the more conserva tive designs in my present purchases at any rate, whatever I may do later. And she did.

Talk about being Queen Victoria, she isn't half as important a personage as the lady buyer for out of town or in town stores. They would give her cloth.of gold chair to sit on if possible and they are so solicitous of her health and well being that the head of the house sends for a handsome fan for her and iced lemonade and goodness knows what else. When I sat meekly and un noticed in a great wholesale importing and manufacturing house yesterday in the withering heat to see the hats and bonnets, thirsty and weary, ao fans were offered me, and not even the "cup of cold water." I thought then, like the victorious Muggletonians, that if I could not be buyer for a Chicago firm I would accept the position as queen of England and empress of India. I have one conso lation. I saw as many bonnets as she did and, barring one, I will wear as many of them as sho will. The firm presented her with one, a creation of thread lace, fine jet ornaments and tiny velvet pink geraniums. This had a three yard long black chantilly barb fastened in the back to be tied as cravat strings. Even tied it will hang to the waist.

One of tho prettiest toques of the lot had narrow black lace laid in shell de sign all around it. The toque was made of the new venus pink velvet. This pink has the soft tint of the American Beauty rose with glints of golden corn in it, The crown is crushed and twisted into no end of broken folds, which bring out all the beauty of the velvet. In front there is an aigret of spun glass and exceedingly fine jet beads. This is intended for young matrons for carriage or visiting. There are still a few rough straw hats for young ladies, but they show draped taffeta and stiff flittered wings as trimming for the most part. On these hats there are no flowers. Large, sprawling rosettes take their places.

A capote was made of white felt, with a drapery around the crown and tied in a soft, endless knot at the left front. This drapery was of a new gauze in silver tinsel and silk, with large black chenille dots all over it. There is a pa nache made of jet black wing feathers at the left side. This is a very taking little hat. Black and white effects are seen to an extent almost incrediblemagpie hats, they call them. Made fan oy feathers, liko spread wings, and large, smooth quills, curled gracefully over and often spangled, are among the prettiest. Hats for wheeling are of a new and not

KEW FALL HATS.

very pretty shapa The brim is soft and turns up in a rather irregular way. The top of the crown is dented in like an alpine, but is larger around than the part where the wide band goes. A curled quill or two adds a little bit of grace. These hats are shown in no end of solid colors and some mottled ones. One style had the brim of cloth stitched around and around. Some have the brims of black and white check cloth and the crown of felt, and vice versa.

Picture hats are here too. A very handsome one was of royal blue velvet, the crown low and shirred and the brim just gathered so that the edge was in broken lines. There were two superb white plumes curling around the brim and crown, starting from a large rosette of white velvet, with a sapphire pin surrounded by diamonds in the center. This was beautiful. Quaint little holland bonnets are shown, but I doubt their lasting popularity, they are becoming to so few. For evening, and I should not wonder if for carriage visiting, too, there is a funny sort of sun bonnet affair, oalled the Helgoland hood. This is of silk muslin over stiff nek The crown is gathered on and stands

tap

high. A lace

and accordion plaited ruffle ^circles the face. There is a cape to the back of it and a bow of the muslin. Fancy ribboa strings three inches wide tie in a bow. It will in all cases be liked for evening.

The imitation jewels are now so pa feet that one mast be an expert to tell which is true and which false. That gives more people a chance to wear jewels. Elbow sleeves will be in this winter, and bracelets with them. Little silver turtles set with diamonds and turquoises are the find just BOW.

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Bow Spala Beward* Her Soldier*. As a recompense for soldiers who have been wounded in battle and discharged on this account Spain allows such men to beg in the public streets.

THE DANCE IN CUBA.

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With Its Weird Music, Languorous Waltses and Tropical Decorations It Is a Most Picturesque Affair—How the Zapateado

Is Danced.

A CUBAN SEXOIilTA.

and the bayle, the Cuban merrymaking. It will be none tho less gay because the shadow of war has darkened tne land.

Very few people are aware that Cuba has its bayle, its dances, its musical instruments, its music all distinctively Cuban. There may be a memory of old Spain iu them, but it is only that in substance they are Cuban.

A bayle is a Cuban ball and is the joy of the middle or working class. To understand the character of the bayle let the reader in imagination transport himself to Cuba, to Empalme, a small station in the interior. Fancy it the month of January, with Cuba at her best, and invitations out for the bayle of Maximo, the handsome young bachelor who has charge of the station baggage room.

The ball was given at his sister's casa," the entire family moving out in order to vacate the two great airy rooms of the house for the festivities. The bedroom was used as a dressing room by the senoritas and whs liberally supplied with puffs and powder boxes. The Cuban women powder heavily on account of the heat, even their hair, and over their dark skin the powder has a particularly ghostlike effcct.

Tho ballroom was most beautifully decorated. It was entirely lined with fresh palms. Scarlet natural flowers were used as rosettes here and there to pin the palms together. Tho Spanish flag, which is very gorgeous, red -and yellow, waved at the door, and many were draped inside a la military.

For days before great preparations for the bayle had been going on. Little cakes called "bunelo" were fried in quantities. They much resemble the American doughnuts and are usually eaten the night before Christmas, when a supper is served at 12 o'clock. For the bayle another Christmas dish was served, a small pig roasted aud called a "lechon a sada." These dainties, however, formed but a small part of the feast. El Campo had been scoured for oranges, pineapples, cocoanuts and bananas. Of course there were cognac, wines and sweet liquors, with plenty of cigarattes.

Most of the evening was demoted to the dance, or, as they call it, "the danza." It is in very slow timo music, the steps apparently divided by eight. In some respects it is like a waltz. To the more active northerner these slow, languorous dances seem nothing more than a promenade to music, never fatiguing, as it permits of frequent stoppages for talk or flirtation.

The zapateado is another dance peculiar to the country. It is also termed the danza el pais and is a slow jig danced by a man and a woman. He throws a large sombrero at her feet, and she, while dancing, stoops, picks it up and puts it on her head. Then she throws her small shawl or handkerchief at his feet, and he ties this aronnd his waist. They exchange other favors and dance around each other until she seems to tire, when with a bow and a smile to him she waves her hand and takes a chair. Zapateado means to beat time with the sole of the shoe, and this little clapping is made to perfect time and is part of the dance. The music is quite fascinating, being in a minor key and in perfect rhythm.

Curious, too, are the musical instruments. In this age, when railroads are at their doors and perfected musical machines may be bought for a mere song, it was strange to see a musician handling a drum made by drawing an ox hide over a tub, while another improvises a horn out of an earthen bottle, with a hole on the side over which the baud plays to make the notes. A negro man had a long gourd, from which be drew weird music by scratching it with bone. Maximo, the host, led this strange orchestra with an accordion, on which he had attained sense skill.

It seemed like a scene from a dream, the house of palms hung in colored lanterns and gorgeous banderos, the delightful rammer air in winter, the wonderful tropical moon in the clear blue sky. All night the dancers danced and the singers sang the quaint, weird songs of their little island. At sunrise all bade goodby to the still fresh and smiling host Some wended their way on foot across country to their plantations. The wealthier had their conveyances, and the American visitors steamed away in a specially chartered freight oar to the next town.

Hat BaskbSt.

TERRS HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAJX, SEPTEMBER 10, 1898.

AYLE, OR NATIVE BALL, WHICH LASTS ALL NIGHT.

American Press Assotion.l

[Copyright, 1898, by cia Those who have read the grim tales of war in which the gallant son of Cuba figured seldom thought of the other side of his nature, the side best brought out by social life. Now that peace reigns over his beautiful island he will mingle in the gay native dance

GOOD LOOKS AND BRAINS.

Sketch of the Bnsy Life of a Woman Who Has Plenty of Both. '01

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Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake is today perhaps the most strikiug figure in the movement for the advancement of women in this country. She is handsome, distinguished looking, highly cultured, one of the best writers and speakers which this country has produced and possessed of remarkable executive ability. fche was born in Raleigh about 60 years ago. Her father, George P. Devereux, was the son of an officer in tho British navy who settled in that state and married Frances Follok, a descendant of Sir Thomas Pollok, one of the lords proprietors of the early colony. There was 'great wealth in the family, many plantations and more than 1,000 slaves. Her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, was the daughter of Judge Samuel William Johnson of Stratford, Conn., a son of that distinguished statesman of the Revolution, Hon. William Samuel Johnson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Devereux were descended from the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D. D.

Mr- Devereux died in the early prime of life, and his widow removed to New Haven, where her daughter, Lillie, re ceived every advantage of education and was for the few years of her young lady life a reigning belle. She married early Frank G. Q. Umsted, a lawyer of Philadelphia. He died after three years, leaving his widow with two children. In 1866 she married Grenfill Blake of New York and made that city her home. Mr. Blake was long an invalid and died in 1896.

Soon after moving to New York Mrs. Blake became deeply interested in the movement for tho emancipation of women. She was for 11 years president of the State Woman Suffrage association and has been president of the New York City Woman Suffrage leaguo since it was founded iu 1886. During these many years of active effort great ohanges have been brought about in the condition of women and many laws passed by the efforts of these bodies and directed by Mrs. Blake, whoso genius for legislation has been developed by the needs of the women of the state and whose statesmanlike mind has been quick to grasp the necessity for decisive action.

Among the beneficent measures which have been secured under her leadership are the law conferring' school suffrage on women passed in 1880, the police matron act, the act providing seats for saleswomen, that providing that there shall be women physicians in care of insane women in public asylums, that placing some women on the boards of trustees in all state institutions where women are inmates, that securing to

LILLIE DEVEREUX BLAKE.

mniyied women the absolute right to make a will and that making mother and father joint guardians of their children. In national effort she has aided in securing pensions for war nurses and first urged the appointment of women as census enumerators.

On the direct question of woman suffrage Mrs. Blake has led many legislative campaigns. During every year of her presidency of the state she carried some form of suffrage bill to a vote, so that the position of every public man on this question was well known, and more than once the vote of a member on the suffrage bill was a factor in his campaign for re-election. During the sessions of the convention to revise the constitution Mrs. Blake carried on a lively campaign in New York city. She addressed tbe*convention in behalf of the reform, ang has spoken many times before various legislatures and congressional committees.

As a writer Mrs. Blake is well known not only on reform subjects, but on current topics. She has contributed to The Atlantic, Harper's, The Forum and The North American Review, as well as to many of the popular magazines of the day. She has published several novels, and her replies to the Lenten discourses of Dr. Morgan Dix on the sphere of woman, published nnder the title "Woman's Place Today," have had a large sale. Her latest work was a volume of short stories published in 1894 under the title "A Daring Experiment."

Mrs. Blake is at this time president of the League of the Civic and Political Equality Dnion of the City of New York, which is an association of all the societies in the new city having for their object the advancement of women honorary president of the Society For Political Study, chairman of the committee on legislation of the National American Woman Suffrage association, member of the auxiliary committee of the Authors* guild, Daughter of the American Revolution, and chairman of the New York delegation to the National Congress of Mothers. Since the formation of the union her efforts have been mainly directed to securing better opportunities for women under the new charter of the Greater New York and advancing the salaries of the women employees of the city.

Walters and Waitresses.

Talking of waitresses, a New York hotel keeper says that although they may possess some superior qualities for such service there are, on the other hand, such drawbacks as make it certain that they would never be acceptable to the majority of men who would have to be served by them. He says: "I think the objection to them would be based chiefly on the fact that they never show especial attention to any person. I never knew a woman who waited on a man to trouble herself in the least about the manner in which she served him. It makes absolutely no difference whether they receive liberal tips or not. They may bo quiet, neat and quick, but they would never pick out one piece of beef because it was better than another or make any effort to get the best of what was to be had in the kitchen. That sort of attention makes a man worth his fee to the men who tip him. "It is this special service that makes a waiter superior to the best of his associates. Women hever detect any difference between the quality of one dish and another. They are all the same, and good service requires merely that they shall be set down noiselessly and brought quickly. There the service of the waitress ends. She can beat any man at those features of the business. But she cannot select for him anything better than the rest of the customers get. Usually she does not notice any difference in them. That deficiency is the safeguard of tho waiter and will keep his place secure for him."

Trained Pigeons.

Pigeons are carefully trained. The youug homer is taken half a mile the first day, a mile the second, two miles the third, aud so ou, doubling the distance each time. It must be liberated each time only in the same direction as to its loft, for a bird can be trained along only one route at a time. When 40 miles have been reached, a week's rest comes between. A hundred miles are enough for a young bird's first year.

So essential is the training that old birds are taken only two miles out for the first lesson of a season, though they may have flown their 250 miles the year preceding. The end of the next season, however, will, if the birds are willing and the trainer patient, be orowned by the accomplishment of a 400 mile flight. As you get higher in the scale of distance, longer and longer rests are needed.

Male birds are generally used for long distances. Family matters are apt to engross the attention of the hen, though she is still capable of good work when she has a mind for it.—Good Words.

As to the Links.,

There is no more ardent evolutionist in the city aud no more persistent advocate of Darwin'8 theory than Dr d'Ancona His friend, Dr. tie Marvillc, on the other hand, is a great bird fancier and devotes all his spare time to an enthusiastic study of ornithology. "I have a splendid specimen of a monkey in my office," remarked Dr. d'Ancona proudly. "Oon^e in and see him," he continued, being a firm believer in the object method of demonstration. "You will admit that I have the missing link in a cage." "That's all right," replied De Marville, abfeorl.cd in his own pet hobby. "I have a car-n at home myself, end something in?® too. You're not in it, and neirher is yonrmonkry. Iran show you something much better tbau your missing link. I have got a bobolink." —San Francisco News Letter.

Prloleftii and Calhoun.

The Pendletouians were justly proud of Mr. Calhoun and sensitive as to the impression which he made upon struu gers. When Judge Prioleau becamo resident, they were anxious to know his impressions of their Ajax. Whtu they first met, as soon as Calhoun left the table, the question was eagerly asked, "How do you like him?'* "Not at all," was the newcomers reply. "I desire never to meet him again." This was a sad rebuff, aud an explanation was demanded. "I hate a man who makes me think so much," the judge replied. "For the last three hours I have been on the stretch trying to follow him through heaven and earth. I feel wearied with the effort, and I hate a man who makes me feel my own inferiority." Pendleton was appeased.—Exchange.

Good, bat Not Intended.

Now and thai a man gets off a good thing and does not know it An instance is noted by Sir M. Grant Duff in his "Diary:"

We began to talk about the fog. "It was so bad," I said, "a week or two ago that I hear Farrar preached against it at St. Margaret's." "It was at that church," my friend answered, "that a clergyman, denouncing Mr. Tooth, the ritualist, said, '1 will not name him, but his name is in everybody's mouth.' Then, seeing the smiles on the faces of his congregation, he turned scarlet."

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Monday. Wednesday and

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Try tho recently discovered Excelsior Mineral Water and Baths. Kleffunt Now Batli House at Benton Harbor.

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FUNERAL GOODS.

Ho having lately opened up a new establishment at 103 North Fourth street (two floors north of Cherry) with an entirely new and finely selected stock, now otfors a fine full sized black cloth casket, tn chestnut at from $.'(0 upward, a plain Imitation rosewood burial case from 812 up, and all other goods In 5 proportion, and trusting that by paying tho strictest attention to the wants 5 of liis patrons he may merit a share of their patronage. Telephone 1152.

Open day and night.

COAL..

Wo mine our own coal. First-class for all Domestic Use. Furnace trade solicited Prices very reasonable. 'Phone 802. J. N. & GEO. BROADHURST,

Office, 122 South Third.

JSAAO BALL & SON, FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

Cor. Third and Cherry streets, Torre Haute Ind., are prepared to execute all orders In their line with neatness and dispatch.

Embalming a Specialty.

Dr. Cort F. Askren

announces removal to his new offices,

HOURS- 1M-H5 GRAND OPERA HOUSE 8 to 9 mornings. TERRE HAUTE 1 to 4 afternoons. 7 to 9 evenings.

ARTHUR GRIMES, D. D. S.

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dfEntrancc on Sixth street.

ANDY BURGET PLUMBING

Gas and Steam Fitting

Pumps, Hose, Etc.

Special attention given to repair work and Jobbing. Estimates furnished. 505 Ohio 8t. Terre Haute, Ind.

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