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THE DUTCH STAGE.
Miss Schejfef Gives Interesting
Facts Concerning Actors.
Miss Radotphln* Scheffer. the young 1 actress of
the Royal Theatre, Amsterdam, who recited old
Dutch ballads at the benefit performance of "An
Enemy <«f the Feor-V last Friday, talked to a Trib
une reporter yesterday of some of the differences
between the lot of the actress in this country and
her Dutch compeer.
One of the drawbacks about going on the stage
in Holland is that Dutch 6ociety entertains a truly
Puritanic prejudice againiL -receiving its player
iCje. socially.
"1 lived like a nun all the time I v.as acting at
tbeEcral Theatre." stAd Miss ScheiTer. "The truth
la. cstil just lately the I>utch stage has been re
cruited from— "well, not the lower classes, exactly,
ru: from very ordinary pt>ople. It is entirely dif
ferert from the sts^e. in London, srtafcb is so per
vaded and dominated by 6ociety as to render it
C— te artiflclal and unnatural.
'In Holland the stage is just beginning to make
Its way into society. You see. the Dutch have their
own way ol looking at many things. O^r women
ere fearfully domestic The moment a girl marries
Ehe drops everything. Not that they haven't gopd
xsir.ds and good educations they read a great deal
and iiTe up in the literature of three or four na
tions. Hcillai;d, being such a small country, is
obliged to learn the languages of its big- neighbors.
But they Jiave nothing of the brilliancy, the gayety
fend wit of the women I have met in New-York.
"In Holland beauty is considered to spell frivolity.
&r.d ugliness thoroughness.
"And a girl mustn't dress too much, either.
Strange, isn't it, that, arbUe we are so artistic In
our homes, we frcv.-n on the adornment of the
j»erGon!"
Financially, too, there Is a vast difference be
tween the young Dutch actress standing on the
lower rounds of the professional ladder and the
American £irl in a similar position. The former
oons. herself ••!! paid on a sa}ary of $st>t a
yezjr. out of which she has to furnish her costumes.
"Although that sounds so exceedingly modest,"
said Miss Scheffer, "when measured by American
standards, there are reraj things to be taken
Into account Les:des the actual amount of salary
involved. The committee which manages the Royal
Society's theatres shows a consideration for the
mernters of the company that is, I should say,
rare in this country- If one is ill, for Instance, her
pay does not stop, and if she is popular she is
very l:kdy to get sent off into the country or to the
tessli ill Then, too, one always has a holiday
cf two months in the summer.
"The leading woman receives from $2,600 to $3,000
& yt&r. and the leading man double that amount.
E« does not have to provide h's own historical cos
tumes, while she does. This la an injustice of long
ittndlnx."
Dttch actors must regard with amazement the
I^:.-. with which "the profession" in America
a**. and breaks contracts. There a contract is
•• «olerji thing. At the Koyal Theatre, Amster
*«a. to illustrate, a contract is generally written
: r four years. It being a Etock company, plays
to cot Lave a run of so many weeks or months, as
■ this country. Miss Scheffer says, but are elmply
*£tfr<i to the repertory and continue to bob up on
tte boards at Intervals indefinitely. A new piece
■wiJ perhaps be played for a solid week at the
nart, if it happens to take. Then an old piece will
** pat on. the new play being given one or two
evenings In the week. Young or unknown Thes
pians at*;Lt whose Euccess tho management dots
r^t fee] confident ure usually signed for only oaa
year.
*ive times a fortnight the Royal Theatre stock
coapar-y Is obiigod by the conditions of its con-
Rttotloa to act at The Hague, b*irg endowed by
tt.e Queen and ported by a society which has
w»cbea a'U over the country.
Tm Etage fec-iool at Amsterdam, of which Mi»
Bcfceffer is a graduate, seems to be very like tr.e
Conservatoire Jn Pariis. Every y«-ar i'- holds his
public exa ruinations, at which the managers of the
t£e£.tr<:j» take pains to be preterit, and from tne
eraduates the smaller theatres recruit their ranKs.
Tie course." ijidd Miss Soheffer. "lasts three
J-ears. There axe reeident professors, who teacn
*oice production, diction, etc, ar.d then the great
actors £J>d actresses come in and give courses in
their own sp*cuU lin««i. There are professors ror
ctrring, fencirg and so on. As ti.« Dutch are not
raturally a very pra.cei'ul race, the school tries to
tLt. r . its pupils, aa graceful as possible, and cm-
Pioys a. sculptor to teach draping, costuming ana
this last so bat we can know wnere
*£»> mu«cl<*> art» and b»oorw« i»roflcieiit in make-up.
'.The school is small. When I was there It had
jajy about fifteen students. Boys and ginn mingle
I the asfct*. Tiife fees are very low. only a.bout
Cl a yesLT.
"In ord«-r to insure the speaking of pure Dutcn
«a the etsuge and bfeceiiae many who present them
■Civee have a poor equipment in general education,
j» preparatory school has been ooened In connec
• *»a with the school, with a. two year*' course
Pupils jn&y enter ttt thirteen, but they are not
£ilowe«s lo act, whereas once every three montna
V-- others (lv« a i>l*y In tbelr UtUe theatre la
Amsterdam, or «•!•« th«?y visit Mm« city wher*
«c RoyaJ Society of the Netfcerland Btase has a
<*fttre. and give it there." _
Kiss S^Offf^r was born in Buitenzorp, Java,
*o« t,*r father- was director of the famous bo-
J4£lc*l gardf-ns. Kor several yea-rs she was at-
to the Roya! Theatre in Amsterdam, where
J*» played Important Ingtnue and «ott'>rette {iart».
**♦» le u member of the Lyceum. Club in London
>4 helped to <^>"p4 Mill srli nils Iwmnnh -«
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ORIGINALITY ANT) STYLE.
COILEGE EXPENSES FOR GERLS.
Amount a Student May Live Upon Yearly.
Some expense accounts gathered in one of the
large colleges for women may be of practical en
couragement to various future and would-be college
girls who must needs keep within close limits of
economy.
One student, writing in answer to an expense in
quiry, says: "In addition to the board and tuition
amount, my college expenses last year were be
tween $80 and $90. In this I do not Include the cost
of railroad fare to and from college, which, of
course, varies for every locality. The cost of cloth-
Ing included is simply thai of shoes, gloves and
other incidentals which one naturally gets away
from home; and the cost for laundry is mainly that
of materials for doing my own laundry, for which
the college house provides opportunity. Otherwise,
however, there has been very little strain for the
Eake of economy. I know that there are students
who spend less than half, and perhaps even a third,
of this amount. I have not subtracted any sums
which I have been able during the year to earn by
tutoring or otherwise, as I think that opportunities
to do this are rare in one's first year, and even
afterward, and that there Is very little time for
such employment with a full academic programme."
Another student, who evidently also looks well
to the ways of her dollars and cents, writes: "It
costs me about 1100 a year for books, clothes and
all incidentals, and a_so vacation expenses. I think
I can safely say that this amount a year would
cover all expenses, including carfare, of a girl
whose home is not more than a hundred miles from
college, who Is willing to dress inexpensively and
do most of her own laundry work."
A third student gives a somewliat larger esti
mate and itemizes as follows: "Books and station
ery. $25; furnishings for room, $15; laundry. HO;
society and class dues. $4; confeotionery, crackers,
fruits, spreads, etc.. $12; small necessities in dress,
15; carria/re faies. $3; soap, etc., $1GO; stamps, $5;
miscellaneous items. $5." making a total expendi
ture of $115 50. This student's account is exclusive
of carf.kes. which she approximates at $£>0, and of
dress, wTiich amounts to about $300 a year.
Other estimates of expenditures run from $!' to
$25 a month, not including clothes, carfare, vaca
tion expenses or tuition and beard. Of this $1 to
$2 50 a week goes for laundry. This $15 to $25 a
month seems to be the exnenses of the average
girl living on the campua, but some estimates re
ceived have exceeded this average indefinitely. One
student, for Instance, who buys candy at $150 a
pound and violets at $2 a bunch, spends at least.
T*/.; for extras and $],<w.' a year on dress. But eh»
is in the same culle-ge with the $90 and $100 a year
irirls. with whom she is received on exactly the
same equality.
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
A Tissue Paper Pattern of Blouse or Shirt
waist Sleeves, No. 4,967, for 10 Cents.
The sleeves make the all Important feature of the
ceason's povvns and -waists. If they be correct the
, etyle of the garment Is assured, oveq thouah other
details may not be of the latest. These excellent
models are well adapted to the remodelling, which
Is so oftr-n necessary, as well fis to the new gar
ments, and give the very ! ewest nnd smartest
NO 4 ,96;_3LOrPE OR ,SHIRTWA:ST SLEEVES.
models A« illustrated, the material is white linen,
but the designs tre suit. -1 to all seasonable oneß.
The quantity of material required- for either
•leaves Is 1% yards 2J, or 27, or % yard 44 lnohes
W The pattern. No. 4,967. is cut in three sizes,
small medium and large, corresponding to 82. M
S^ISSBKSiESEffi to any address on re-
T t ,r S «n« Pleasu give number and size
distinctly Address Pattern department. New-York
TrfDune Ifina hurry for pattern Bend an extra
™c€nt sump aud, wi wiU mail by l*tt*x posts**
•a (**«l«4<l-eov*lop«.
XEW-YCVRK T>ATT/r TRTBr"N~E. siO>nr>AY. FEBTjrAKY 13. 100.-;.
THE DOG SHOW TO-DAY.
i Many Newly Imported Entries — Va
i riety Classes for Champions.
j With an entry list of more than twenty-seven
'. hundred, the twenty-ninth annual bench show of
1 the Westminster Kennel Club, which begins to-day
|In the Madison Square Garden and continues
I through Thursday, gives promise of being the best
In the history of the club. Many of the old fa
j vorltes will be there, as well as a host of new
comers especially imported for the show. The Im
portations of champions from the other side, hoV
ever. will not prevent the American dogs from
winning, for classes have been provided in many
broeds for the home bred product and for doga
bred by exhibitors, while if the owners so elect
they may also go against the imported dogs In the
open classes. The chief feature of the show this
year will be the variety classes, in which the crack
dogs of all breeds will go against each other for
the honor of beir.i? pronounced the beat dogs in the
chow. Chief among these classes are those for
champions, and a glance at the entries show? what
may be expected from the competitions, as tbe
champion dogs are euch fine specimens as the fol
lowing: i;
Champion dogs ßob Roy Kennels' Welsh terrier
Selwonk Ringleader and Boston terrier Colonel
Monte. Aquehung Farm Kennels* French bulldog
Richelieu. J. irierpont Morgan's collie Wlshaw
Clinker, Cralgdarroch Kennels' Scottish terrier The
Laird, Wlndholme Kennels' beagles. Winholme's
Roblno 11. H. A. Belcher's English setter Slrmona
and the Willowmere Kennels' St. Bernards Duke of
Watford and "Newton Abbot Squire.
"Champion hitches— Kennels' Airedale terrier
Tork Sceptre. T. W. Lawson's bulldog Iji Roche,
L.enox Kennels' beagle Barmaid. C. K. Harley's fox
terrier Wandee Lucretia. R. B. Adams's pointer
Oregon's Jes6le and the Willowmere Kennels' St.
Bernards Baby Beautiful and Dolly Varden.
There are also classes for all breeds, with cham
pions barred, dogs and bitches being in different
classes, and the breeds entered are bulldogs, colliee.
English foxhounds, pointers, chow ohow.', Esqui
mau dogs, English setters, old English sheepdogs
and Irish and fox terriers.
The bulldog classes have filled well, among them
being C. G. Hopton's Champion Rodney Smasher
and Champion Rodney Rosador, Clovercroft Ken
nels" Chlbiabos, Dreamwold Farm's Fashion, Wil
scn Kennels" Champion Rodney Toreador, W. S.
Kilmer's Remllk Portia and Earlington Kennels'
Blue Stocking. The French bulldogs include the
Nellcote Kennela' Nellcote Fanfan and Nellcote
Lovette, Mr. and Mrs.' Reginald Vanderbilt's Mar
cus, Veloit Noir and Champion Nellcote Poupoule,
the Aquehung Farm Kennels* Champion Richelieu.
Champion Dick de la Mare II and Champion
Barah.
The bull terrier exhibit contains some fine ani
mals, headed by those of the Bonnybred Kennels,
formerly the property of the late Frank Croker,
entered for exhibition only. They are such cracks
as Fire Chief. Fire Bell and Champion Woodcote
Wonder. Others are Dr. A. P. Northridgo's Cham
pion Noross Carrots. Mrs. F. F. Dole's Edgewood
Dorothy and Edgewood Dame Fortune, and drafts
from the strings of F. F. Dole. T. Holden. Elm
Court Kennels, and Claire Foster.
The Boston terriers are many in number, among
them the Rob Roy Kennels* Champion Colonel
Monte and Oarsman. J. A.. Davis*s Sportsman and
{'he Boston terriers Foster's Champion Whisper.
m the Rob Roy Kennels' Champion Colone
nte and Oarsman, J. A. Davls's Sportsman and
dy Dainty, W. E- Foster's Champion Whisper,
East Side Kennels' Gentleman Jack, J. E. Meyer's
Monte in and Dwight Moore's Champion Boylston
Queen, while the toy Boston terriers make a good
showing.
J Pierpont Morgan ma.k<*s a b!gr showlnff among
the collies for the first time in several years. He is
represented in the classes for Air.erlcan-bred dogs
and In the open classes by dogs of reputation and
those which have their honors yet to win; In the lot
is the good one Cragston Blue Prince. Others to
be shown are Samuel Untermyer's Champion Grey
stone Bredalbane, Balmoral Kennels' Champion
Balmoral Baron. W. E. Mason's Pendragon, and
drafts from the strinrs of W. C Hunter H. B.
Holllns. Mrs. J. J. BehMng and Mrs. F. E. Norton-.
Dalmatians have suddenly coma into favor, and
there i« a fine big lot. Including Miss M. W. Mary
tin's Champion Edgecomb D'Artasman and Cham
pion Spotted Diamond, but they will have a harder
time winning this year, because of the many n*w
ones they will have to meet. Among the other
entries are the Windy Valley Kennels' Pleasant's
Good Sport and Pleasant* s Wellesbourne Diamond,
F. P. Smith's Gay Boy. and F. F. Dole'B Elgewood
Concueror
There will be a flnf lot of Russian wolfhounds
shown, Mr. Thomas, of the Valley Farm Kernels.
having brought back some good ones on his re
turn from Russia. Dr. J. R. Do Mund'a lot ts them,
and others are M. J. Root's Champion. Boyar, Mrs.
R. H. Davis' s Crossroads Cxar and the Terra Cotta
Kennels' Kolima. J. Root's Champion. Boyar, Mrs.
H. Davls's Crossroad* Ctar and tho Terra Cotta
inels' Kolima.
THOUGHT HE WOULD BE USEFUL.
From The Baltimore Sun.
During the inspection of the Hospital Corps of the
4th Maryland Regiment recently, one of the mem
bers was asked his occupation,
"I am a carpenter." the man replied.
"Why, what can you do for the corps?" inquired
the inspector, "as the hospital corps of a regiment
is generally composed of pharmacists and medical
' ts." , , „
"I cari make cofflns." was the reply, and It was
eminently satisfactory.
A SAMPLE OF SIMPLE SUBTRACTION.
From Puck.
Sunday School Teacher— Now. Willie, how many
commandments are there'?
Willie— wuz ten last Sunday, but Jake broke
one. so I s'DOSe dere's nine left.
— TTh« LftdlW Flrtd.
NEW CONTEST ON "HOME."
Not long ago an English paper offered a prize for
the best definition of the word "home." There were
five thousand answers. It Is said.
H«"~: are a few of the best:
"A world of strife shut out; a world of love shut
in."
"Home is the cosiest, kindliest, sweetest place In
all the world; the scene of our purest earthly Joys
and deepest sorrows."
"A little hollow scooped out of the windy hill of
the world where we can be shielded from its cares
and annoyances."
"The only spot on earth where the faults and
failings of fallen humanity are hidden under the
mantle of charity."
True as they are. none of these definitions quite
do justice to this simple, old fashioned term. It ia
In vain that the mind wanders about for words to
express the true meaning of home. We have a
vague, indefinable feeling that it means everything
delightful.
How I'ai^e to Its standard is the home among
whose ■ inmates there Is no sympathy or con
ceniallty! It is then home only in name.
E.iuaUy false is the "home" which is presided
ov< :■ by a bickering, "fussy" woman. On the. other
with some women home seems to be a sort or
atmosphere that they carry around with them
Kvervune feels at home with them. Though they
live in the plainest flats or cottages. th«lr families
always ;lnd it cosey and comfortable, because there
they have pej ■■ and rest.
r would like to know what the readers of the
Housewives' Exchange think übout it. How wouid
they define the dear old Anglo-Saxon word
"home"'.' H
New- York C4ty.
To the corrrspond«it contributing the best definition
of the word "home" the Hi*uwiriw' Exchange will
g|«e a prlz«« of $5. Although the exchange r«terve» to
ttflrlf the right to pnblifth (without < ompeusution) all
sirtlclrs entered in thi« cniiUst. It vrill award tIM prlre
to only one. In tending in their vi«?u» contributors are
afcked to address their letters to thf Housewives' Ex
change, New-York Tribune. New- City. Contribu
tlonn munt b« written on one sld> of the. paper onlr.
luiiHt Itt- oiniiani-Ml with fall name and address (if
entered for competition) and mu*t be rccelred on or
before February •.'."..
THE AWARD OF PRIZE,
Th« Housewives' Exchange taJies pleasure in
awarding the tv prize for the best article on "Amer
1. an Public llanners " to Mrs. Annie F. Malone, No.
?^i Hunt I7th-.st., whose contribution appeared on
February W. over the signature "Prances." and
with the caption, "Remedy Lies wita Parents."
THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN.
Referring to "West Side's" complaint that the
bad manners of the American, when in public, are
quite inimitable, and that it Is "up to" the women
to reform selfish and unmannered men, I will quote
the old Scottish proverb. "Ye canna mak' a silk
purse o' a sow's lug."
The child who is descended from refined and
cultured parents does not reattss till after year^
what a Messed inheritance is his— a heritage to be
desired far more than great riches. As to the well
dressed men, who. although having the appear
ance of gentlemen, are among the grossest offend
ers, one knows that fine clothas do not denote
either the lady or the gentleman, although It is
eaid that "tine feathers rnak» fine birds."
Tn« ragged and uncultured »trf*t boy who as
sists a poor and feeble old woman across the street
la surely more deserving of the name "gentleman
than the man who is solicitous only of th« pretty
"Tl.^.""/'-- JLmerlcan 4,-oiiUcniao^-wIMKn w. do
Houset£>i*Oe4: 9 E,j>ccha.ngG.
KNOWING AND TRUSTING.
I think if thou cotridst know,
O uoul that will complain.
Wh.it lies concealed b*M>W
Our burden and our pain.
How Just our anguish brings
Nearer those longed for things
We seek for now in vain —
I think thou wouldst rejoice and not complain.
I think If thou couldst see.
With thy dim mortal sight.
How me.ir.irgs. dark to tnee.
Are shadows hiaing light;
Truth's efforts, crossed and vexed.
Life's purposes all perplexed—
If thou couldst se-> them right.
I think that they would seem all clear, all wise and
bright.
And yet thou canst not know.
And yet thou canst not see.
Wisdom and sight are slow
In poor humanity.
If thou couldst trust, poor soul.
In Him who rules the whole.
Thou wouldst find peace and rest.
Wisdom and sight are well, but trust is best.
— LA. A. Proctor.
MONET RECEIVED.
"E. A. P." has sent her ch"ck for $25. to be used
for coal and fonu for needy ones; a Sunshine mem
ber in Hartford, Conn.. $I\\ for coal; "A Friend," in
Plainfield, N. J., $2. for a special case in No. lv
branch; firs. J. W. Tuthill, $2. for coal fund; Mrs.
John Graham. $5, for emergency fund; "Mr?. M. A.
9," $3, from a friend; "H. S. C.." of East Orange,
N. J.. $1, for delicacies for a poor woman with
cancer; "Rosalie," of South Dakota, 10 cents, "as a
wee bit to keep somehndy warm," and Mrs. Bern
stein, stamps for a bad^e.
SUNSHINE GIVEN AND RECEIVED.
At the valentine tea. held by the Pascal Institute
branch. No. 576 Lexington-ave.. on Friday, a Sun
shine valentine was received, as valuable and help
ful as it was unexpected. Mrs. Plerrepont Greene,
of the Chelsea branch, of Manhattan, called at the
institute and eald that at an entertainment held
by her branch the evening before the sum of $50 was
and the branch had decided to give it as
a Sunshine scholarship to the Pascal, to enable
some girl to take a course in dressmaking. Mrs
Greene stated that the 6uocess of the entertain
ment was due to the effort of Miss Laura S«dg
wlck Collins, one of her members. Miss Pascal
prefers that the recipient of this scholarship should
be selected by some Sunshine member, or branch
president, who tcnows of a worthy girl anxious to
learn dressmaking, thereby fitting herself for a
lucrative position.
Any application for this benefit should be made
to Miss Margaret Pascal, at the institute.
Another valentine gift that was especially pleas
ing was a iargre bo* of lovely flowers, tulips. Jon
quils and red roses, received from Alexander Mc-
Connell. the sth-ave. florist, who possesses the
good cheer habit of sending similar gifts for all the
Sunshine occasions of this branch. This kindly act
entitles him to membership In the T. S. S bum
Jessie Fowler is another helpful T. S. S. member,
who contributed to the success of the "tea.
This branch has contributed seventy-five valen
tines to the girls of No. 12 branch, and another
package to the Crippled Children's branch.
THANKS FROM SANTO DOMINGO.
President of the T. S. S.: We beg to acknowledge
receipt of your valuable and highly appreciated
gift, through Miss H. E. Fabeus, to this
mission church, consisting of toys, pictures,
games, picture books. etc. These little
presents were very highly appreciated by the
teachers and scholars of our Sunday school, aad
they are very grateful to you for your kindness.
This is a Catholic country, the public charities are
}n the hands of the priests, and Protestant work
gets but very little help outside of its followers.
Our work is among the poor. The opportunities
to help ourselves in this field are very poor, but
we are content to la-bor and leave the results with
God. We believe that kind Providence will provide
for us. Much good has been done In this work.
Children have been gathered both Into the day and
Sunday schools, and this community is the better
for It May your hearts be gladdened by the re
sults of good works In years to come. With thanks
anfl best wishes for the new year. I am, yours, in
sunshine. Rev. J. P. JAMES.
Pastor A. M. E. Church. Saraana, Santo Domingo.
Republic of Santo Domingo, West Indies.
VALENTINES.
Packages of valentines were received Saturday
for little Sunshine girls from Natalie Weed, of
Ne.wbur?, six years old; from L. R. Schuffler. of
Glen Ridge; from M. E. L., of Maine, from New-
Haven, Conn,, and others without the names of the
senders; two handkerchiefs and baby's bed socks,
as valentines, came from "Brooklyn"; a handker
ciiit-f from "Rosalie," of South Dakota, and mlt
ten* and wristlets, from Annie Morris, of Pennsyl
vania.
A BOX OF HATS.
The larsre box of untrimmt-d hats, feathers, etc.,
received on Saturday iron. M A. W., of <"ornwali
on-the-Hudson, will supply the means of giving
oharmini? valentines to many. The unknown giver
Is heartily thanked for such a lil>eral gift. ■
sometimes meet— should not be censured for the
boors and snobs, which one will find in all coun
tries and in every walk in life. And by that word
"sentleman" one does not have- reference to the
individual who is conversant with the social usages
of the modern drawinf room.
No man could b> called more truly a gentleman
than Abraham Lincoln, for good manners are
prompted by a kind beart. And how many times
it has Lren stated that the men of these very
United States have ever been noted for their chiv
uliouo treatment of all womankind, whether it be
the gentleman of culture or the rough cowl far
out on tha plains!
The man who is innately polite will not let the
gray haired woman stand In .t crowded car while
he remains comfortably seated.
Women have lon* been desirous of being con
sidered the equal of men in the business world,
bti« when tr?ated as men treat men they cannot
become ustomed to it. The woman who Is
anxious to prove that she is indeed a lady can
easily «lo sr> by being Impervious to rude treat
ment. I'.ut when m.in or boy Is oblivious to th-
discomfort of a poor and decrepit person hf h;\<
no rlKht to that honored claim. "American gentle
man." "A BACHELOR GIRL."
Moodus, Conn.
Will some housewife kindly give directions for
knitting a sailor's cap for a little boy about two or
three years old? Mrs. J. B.
Newburgh, X. Y.
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
In a recent issue I saw a request for a recipe for
buckwheat cakes. I have found the following very
satisfactory: First boll one tables] nful of Indian
menl in two cups of water for an hour, when that
is done, take five cups of water, lukewarm, and to
this add the boiled meal, also lukewarm; two tea
epoonfuls of ■ alt, a yeast cake dissolved in a little
water, and buckwheat flour enough to make a aofi
batter. Beat well and let rise all niKht. In th
mornlTjg. if too thick to hake well, ad<l a littt-
water; also or. tallxespoonful of molasses anil one
bcant teaspoonful of baking soda. Beat well and
bake on a hot griddlf. What is left of the batter
stand in a cool place at night; add water and bock
wheat Hour as you need ttiem; in th. morning add
molasses and soda Make a fresh batter every
week. Mrs. M. B LEWIS.
Jamaica, N. Y.
Will some, person Ive in th<» Housewhn Ex
change v rule for making methtK'in?
lira J. W. HERBERT.
Wickatunk, N. J.
TOMPKINS COUNTY CAKES. '
The following recipe for raised buckwheat cakes
will, I am s:irf. meet the approval of the corre
spondent who asked for such:
The ingredients are one quart of warm water, one
full teaspoonful of salt, one yeast cake, or four
t?olespoonfuls of liquid yeast, one teacupful of
graham flour; about four teacupfu'.s of buckwheat
flour, or enough to make a thick batter.
Mix the day before it Is to be used, and at night
put In a warm place to rise. In the morning add
or\<- teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little warm
water and thin thp batt*-r with buttermilk (sour
milk ran lie used) to suit one's taste. I use about
a cup anil a haJf. . -
Some time ago I saw a request ff»r a formula for
making Javelle wat«>r. Tli^ following i found n
a February housekeeping 1 magaalne:
Put one pound <>t washing coda into an agate
pen and add one quart of boiling water. Dissolve
half a pound of chloride of lime in two quarts of
cold water. After settling, pour the clear liquid
lr.to the soda solution, bottle and keep well .-1.-sed
T);o lime ihould be fresh. K. L. M..
Holyoke. Maßs. A Dally Tribune Reader
1 should appreciate a recipe for a moist coffee
cako. I mean a ch«ap fruit cake. My cakesaro
always dry and haxd. . . SUBSCRIBER.
Xawaxk. JC. i.
Gla^-Eyed 'Bill.
BT IXOTO OSBOIRXE.
IX TWO PARTS— PART I.
He was plainly new to God's country, and showed
it by his artl«\*s contempt of God's Own. Bob Ham
mil, the driver of the Las Vegas stage, condescend
ed a little to his only passenger— offered him a nip.
together with a few reflections on the universe—
and went out of his way to say some nice thin
about "over thar." But the straight backed, y. ■!!•
moustaehed. soldierly looking gentleman from "over
thar" received these advances with inartlculu
murmurs of repression, and. on t h»u being repeat
ed. turned away the light of his cour.tenar.ee from
Robert Hammil and engrossed himaelf in the scen
ery of California. This was a pity, not only for its
tacit denial of the brotherhood of roan, but because
It later on lnvolvd the descent of the straight
backed gentU-man into what might be call'--. space
—together with a dressing case, dispatch box. hat
box. portmanteaa, gun case, portable bath and a
roll of steamer rugs.' The stage dropped him at the
dusty crossroads, disappearing in the direction of
what a rusty notice said was Watsonvflle. while
the erstwhile passenger gazed blankly at another
on which was the half-obliterated inscription: El
Nido Ranch.
A little unbending on the part of the gentleman
from "over thar" would have resulted in Bob's tak-
Ing a detour and disjmhurking him. all complete at
his destination, and this for no other toll than a
grasp of the hand at parting and a hearty "You"re
welcome" as he whipped up his four horses. But
Captain Anstruther was unuse.l to a scheme of
things where a ready fellowship counted for more
than money. All hU life people had automatically
risen to carry his luggage, move him in the proper
direction, and answer generally for h'.3 comfort anc
well-being. To flnd himself on a dusty road in the
heart of a wild and lonely country, an orphan trav
eller, so to speak, with nobody to take care of him
but himself— was it any wonder that Captain Claudo
Georgre Pennlfeild Anstruther looked somewhat de
pressed, or that the tails of his puggaree drooped
limply in the ambient air of the Golden State?
Of oourse, he had a puggaree and strange, enor
mous shoes, with hobnails in them, and a wonderful
checked knlckerbocker costume, involving a weird
variety of gaiter that stopped halfway up his calf.
He was no less singular iaside than out, and next
his skin was a leather money belt, and lM was
wound round and round with flannel to keep him
from having cholera, and concealed about his per
son was a silver drinking cup that cost eight
guineas at Silver's, and a compact little filter that
weighed only a pound, and an extraordinary knife
of extraordinary size, which had a folding spoon in
it and a gimlet and a saw and a sailor's needle.
He had been "outfitted" In London at an expense of
a hundred pounds sterling, and that was why he
clanked as he walked, and dug things into him when
he sat down. Why California should require such
terrific preparations it is not for the narrator to
say. Perhaps it is because the narrator d- ea not
know. Does anybody know, indeed, why the Briton
abroad should so often, assume a guise likely to
tempt the lightning from its path and Interfere
with the stars In their courses?
Captain Claude George Pennlfeild Anstruther re
garded his dressing case, dispatch box, hat box,
portmanteau, gun case, portable bath and roll of
steamer rugs with a dawning sense that British
Boildity and dead weight 'might be carried too far.
He was even more of this opinion by the time he
had conveyed these articles to the shelter of some
adjacent chapparal and had lopped off (with the
help of the knife with the folding spoon, the gimlet,
saw and sailor's nee<3le) enough dusty branches to
hide jthem from the gaze of possible passers-by.
This accomplished, he set off. i:i no very rosy
frame of mind, to follow the road to Rl NMo
Ranch. He did not step out with the air of a man
assured of a bath, a 3cotch-and-soda and a hos
pitable welcome. On the contrary, he wore the set
expression of one charged with a' very disagreeable
duty; and. his mind, inste-d of dwelling on the
beautiful and romantic scenery, was weighted like
lead besides with the memory of a dressing-case,
dispatch box. hnt box, portmanteau, gun case,
portable bath, and roll of steamer rugs, left un
checked in the cloak room of high heaven. How
ever, he- advanced manfully, swinging a very thick
stick and printing the mountain road with a hob
nailed pattern that puzzUM the school children for
days afterward. A mile— miles— and then he
came in Bight of some straggly re.l buik.:...: on a
hill. The Captain pegged away; the red buildings
grew redder and larger; one of them, almost a fac
tory for size, curtly Informing him in letters ten
feet hlsh that it was a. winery.
The stranger breathed a sigh of relief. He knew
now that he had arrived at his destina
tion. He struck off a little to the right,
where ■ rood sized private house. Bnrround
ed by a paling fence, obviously sheltered the
owner or foreman of the ranch. The privacy of
this place waa protected by a board which said
succinctly: "Keep Out": but the Englishman, un
deterred by the warning, kept on. and strode up
the gravel walk to the rose embowered porch be
yond. He was a little daunted, however, by the
prevailing silence. He would have welcomed the
bark of a dog. or some gruff voice demanding what
he wanted. To walk into such a tombllke quiet
made him uncomfortable. He saw himself in
imagination possibly misjudged; beset, maybe, and
his hand tightened on his stick, and he set his feet
down more loudly than ever to assert the uprlght
ness of his intentions. He tramped up the three
steps leading to the porch like a mul< battery go
ing into action. But the stillness emaiiMd un
broken, Bave by any noise but hia own.
He looked about in perplexity until at last, in
the darkest and furthest corner, h<> detected a ham
mock: and saw. not without relief, that it was
oc-upied by a recumbent figure. He went over to
it still in "his heavy, soldierly fashion, and looked
down on— well, what i:i his own words he used to
describe afterward as: '"Pon my soul, the most
beautiful eacha' I was ever pnvil- . to gaze
upon-Gad. a girl of twenty, with her lips a little
parted on the whitest teeth you ever saw. and her
breath coming and eolng as faint as a bab s in a
cot; and beauty? Why. it was like swing the Taj
Mahal by moonllght-the same indescribable what
d'ye callum. yon know, when sometl seems to
take you by "the throat and you gasp, my boy.
P< She was Pressed in silvery gray, with a wl<ie lace
collar about her neck, and in her thick, nimplea
chestnut hair there lay a »in»le red carnation.
She was as fresb and sweet and exquisite as the
ti..wer itself; and in contrast to th»- dust and heat
without the sisrht of her wrus as refreahu - as a
splashing pool in the depths of a woody canyon.
The captain, after his first moment uf surprise
began to wonder what si >ps he ought to take to
awaken her. Every instinct as a gentleman bade
him cough; so he coug-hed. At first so gently that
It was almtwt a lullaby, and then by Mesre.-s rising
to an honest, growling, bulldog cough that
seeded to say: "Wake up. confound you.
At last sh '"stirred and opened ncr eyes and met
those of the stranger looking doW'i at her. -He said
hastily "I beg your pardon.' and betrayed enough
agitation to s; Hi a box of sweets ;.mi a halr
otH-ntd novel from the chair beside bira. The sir!
sat uu in the hammock, ttill Razing at him with
astonishment, and asked him who he was and
a^voU-*- like a Cashmiri flute on the
I -ike of «e!;meor borne over the water at dusk!
Or tho b lib .1 in one ol those mouldy old Siirdens
where the Rajout princes h.-id high revel in thy
' '"Mv'Time he said, picking choco
late creams off the Boor. "Captiin Anrmither of
the 10t>ih Dragoon Guards— tish Arm}, you
She" smiled at him without savin? a word.
"You are. 1 presume. Miss Htlen Jaffrey? he
W She *showed the lrast little sign of embarrass
ment and colored perceptibly as she assented with
a movement of her head ,
"Extraordinary." f jaculated the captain. "Most
extrpordinary!"
"Why?" she asked.
It was the Captain'" turn to look put out.
•Tm not accustomed to awaken the young ladies
T call' on." h.- «aid -1 pride nays, on b.-tni; a man J
of the world, but positively, for once. I felt myself
stancered " •-f . . ...
"There was my ss-H' of it. too. she sa:(!.
They rotli 1.-unh'd. and the Captain asked per
mission to tike a chair. He could be a very asree
•lfcle man when he chose, and it was j»lain that he
was chojsing. His manner was almost too ln
rratfrstine. and Helen could not but wonder in
wardly what he was fter.
"My" business— ls rather with your father." he
s.-iid
"Ho's at the Hot Sprint:*, strk." she saH. 'Tin
running the Winery for him. Can't you make in*
do?"
"You don't m«>nn tn say you are in charge of this
whole establishment?" he exclaimed,
"Oh. yef. 1 ':;! tn- boss here." she -:rned.
"though, of course, i have Pa on the wire, you
know. What can I do for you. Captain? We'll
only be too glad t<-> make a?i opening over there for
our wines— that Js. if your rntlny is sood and you
represent responsible people."
"Oh. It Isn't wine." said th • Captain histlly.
'•It's— it's something v*-ry different !*'
'You can rlnjr ut. Pa ,i t>>e next room." sh*
«ald. helpt'illy. "Call »x> Long Distance and ask
for Byron Hot Springs."
'It isn't the kind of thing you can v«ry well
telephone." said the Captain.
•Then you'M better chase him up to Byron." re
marked the young lady.
"But you're in it. too." explained Arstruther.
"\i'n real more you than anybody. I've come
from Fnffiand just to fee you."
"Me?" ?he cried.
"Yes. you." x-nXd the Captain.
"Then what do you want Pa for?" she demanded.
"I thought It would be better to Uy It before. '
him Urst." he returned.
•TTou'd b*tter begin •frith mV* nr.« ss-d. -Pnat
la, if you want to get anywhere. I have Pa la m»
pocket, as poiiti. say." _
"Haven't you a man employed here called Gray,
he in<iui."<!. "An Englishman like mv9«»lf— a g*sjas»
iran— though be fills. 1 understand, rather a sub
ordinate position?"
"Oh. yes." she said; "only h#'s mostly called BBJ.
vo;j know, i should say he is here. Very muck
hpr*«. Indeed:"
"His real . me ia William '"har!*-» Hepwtrth St.
John Gray." .said the Car>t.tln Impressively.
"Well all her. got left' of that in his eyeglass."
she sal«i. 'That's why the boys ailed him Giaae-
Eyed BUI. you know."
It ti«jk the Captain a lit tin time to get over the
shock.
"I have a particular rt-axon to know all about
Mr. Gray." r.e said at last
"Sv'.ch a rea.--on might be friendly or unfriendly."*
sh- Bald.
The Er.Kli*hman sprang from his rhair.
""My dear young laiiy." he exclaimed. "| wouldn't
have you think f«>r a moment that my interest
could be for anything but for his advantage. I b<?s
Ton to believe- laat. It would b*> premature lr»
explain why. hut will you not take U on tru3t?
He^irlts. jt is not as though 1 dirt not know »h
wnoie miserable story of his (!f-clino and virtual
di.sai>r»arance. All i n*k of you is to fill in th<*
details."
Sa,.- ive him a very .■■•earching look. Th* Cuptav.
did not suCf<. r from surh a mute tntorrosation. aa.i
his straight, hor.i-st iptze reassured her. Something
about him v.-as Indefinably reminl?ctnt of Bill.
'You trust 1>« related to him." she said.
"That is nhy 1 :un here-." h<* returned gravely.
• That Is why I want vnu to toll me everything."
"When ht- first blew in here." said the girl, "he
was the most forlorn. honeW-ss. tattered thing you
ever saw Ah Sue K.ive him something to eat on
the doorstep— (Ah Sue ha* a heart like melted but
ter. you kr.owi-and I happened to be i— lns.
through the kitchen and saw him there. Do you
kn> w what he sal«l to me. -;;ng his eyeglass
in his eye and shaking with his mouth full of
chicken tomale? Said he understood now why pigs
squtaled when they ate! If he hadn't »atd that I
rupposo he'd have gone away, and that would h*>v*
been the end of him. But I couldn't resist a man
like- that, could I? Besides, it was awfully pitiful—
he was so evidently the r*"al thing — handsosa*
even in his terrible clothes— gentleman, you
know."
The Captain wriggled nervously on hi 3 chair.
These recollections .-<-err.e<i to make him acutef y un
comfortable. His shrewd, tanned face was brigfac
with an interest not untouched with shame. Had
Hel*n r.e^Jud any r»-as«turajic» as to his concern
in Bill, tha expression of hi* face would have been
sufficient.
"We knew he was in very low water." a*
said. "We knew he had parted from nearly all th*
associations— the refinements of .... Had lost
caste, and sunk lower and lower In th* Western
Avernus — but we never dreamed h© had been re
duced — to"
"The chicken of charity.- said the girl. fiUtnc to
the srap.
"I v.-oii!d call it rather the husks of the Prodigal
Son." said the Captain, .solemnly.
"Are you the elder brother?" sh» asked.
"No. bo." returned the Captain, "only what y«Jtt
; might call— a— friend, a"
"Bill didn't hay» any friends," she> said, bitter
ly. "Only an aunt, that's aIL Except for her, he
said there wasn't a soul in- England who would
have walked round the blocJc to help him."
Captain Austruther looked depressed.
"H^> was wrong." he said. "He> was wiong. *
"Of course, the trouble with Bill wa* that h*
drank," she said.
"Oh. he did everything,- assented th* Captain.
comprehensively. ,
"He's on the water wagon now," she remarked:
"been there for a year ana a half. Is gome to stay.
too."
"Water wagon?" inquired the Captain. "Is that
the vernacular for— for?" __
"I mean I have reformed him." she explained. "I
ruesd you wouldn't know Bill now. He has money
in the bank and drinks coffee with his meals!"
The Captain looked more depressed than ever.
"I suppose we ought all to thank you." h* said.
"Tes. indeed, we are very grateful to you."
"I don't want you to think I am Just a little ssmjsl. *
she went on. "or that T go around radiating- reform
like a: lawn-sprinkler sprinkling. I'm quite a he
liever in letting people mind their own business.
But you see. in this case. Bill brought it on his own
head "
"That's where he usually brought things, said
the Captain. "Often pretty hard, too!"
"He never was a nipping kind of man, thank
poodness." she said, "but he used to go off on what
Pa called a biennial bust. He had been here five
months, and ■ perfect pattern before we got on to
it Pa at lH.«t made him the Dago foreman, you
know, and we were really beginning to think we
had found our lung lost child. He was always mo
polite, you know, and hard working and reliable;
nnd he Just snuggled Into the place like a do* that's
followed you heon*. Pa said it was all too good to
be true: and I i.-uesi> Pa was right, for one) hot
Sunday aft-rnoor a man came runnlni? in to say
that Bill was fiehtinff drunk, and was waltaing
around the yard with a pistol to shoot Mr Jackson
with (our chemist, you know, and expert wine
maker), and that be was dra-winsr beads on any
body that tried to stop him. Ev^n while h<* was
talking we heard bang. bang, bang: out there, and
Mr Jackson came pelting in like a Jack rabbit
not a bit hurt. you know, bni Ilk" a person on a
sinking ship wanting to catch the laJ!t boat T
started upstairs to get -;nd.=-r the bed. but ' hadn t
got up a step before I saw Pa reaching for his
Winchester and plr.ntntr his deputy sheriff badge o;i
the lapel of his coat. I knew that was th" end of
Bill and it came over me I couldn't bear to have
him' killed— he was too bisr and splendid to b* sfcej
down like a dog: and anyway, I had never liked
Jackson since he had tried to kiss me once at a
dance— and so I just ran out to see if something 1
couldn't be done.
(To be continued
OIANHJfINGJ-
Women who live where there are great extreme*
of heat or cold rarely or ever have good com
plexions, says "Harper's Baxar." It is the daughters
of temperate climates whose pir.k and white tints
are usually so enviable. Coming from a hot to a
cold room should therefore be avoided a* much as
possible. The bedroom should be of th* same temp
erature as the livinsr rooms; but it is lnflnitery
preferable to sleep in a cold room rather than have
it warmed by a gas fire or oil stove. Lommg from
the ballroom or theatre It is often necessary to
stand la the odm doorway while waiting lor a
carriage. The cold air striking upon the face, often
already flushed and dry by reason of the hot room
has a most ■ j irious effect: therefore a scarf should
be thrown over the face tiU the carriage coxaes.
A method of growing bulbs In any pretty dish,
that may be chosen, without dralnag* ot any klndl
will be welcomed by most housekeepers. This cas»
bt done, says an authority, by using tibrm instead
of earth. Many seedsmen sell nbr* for th* pur
pose, and cocoa fibre refuse may be used. Th*
fibre should be soaked In water a couple of days.
Then a few pieces of charcoal should b* put in
the bottom of the vase or bowl to absorb any lm
purities that may arise, and on top of this should
be two or three inches of fibre. Upon the fibre th*
bulbs are placed closely enough so as Just- to
touch one arother. and finally thd vessel is 1111*4
nearly to the rim with fibre and gently pressed
down. The bulbs are now set in a cool, airy place
away from the frost, and kept fairly moist, but
not overmolst. When they show an inch of growth
tlu'y are • rought out into more light and a!r.
A touching story of the love of a little Axab> gnrl
for Queen Alexandra is told by Colonel Henry
Knollys in a reoent number of "Blackwnod's Itfasjsj
zinc." Th* child was a patient in the Victoria. Hos
pital at Damascus when Colonel Kr.oUys saw her
draw from under her pillow a "rough, common.*
frayed picture, which she had rescued from som*
swtepings of Illustrated papers." It was a portrait
of the yueen of En«:ir .l. an.l the child had bor
dered it with colored paper and decorated it with a
loop of blue ribbon. Colonel Knollys asked her If
she would like to send a BMSsaa* to the Queen.
and she a.n>»w«>red. Tel! th» beautiful lady in Eng
land I s»"tid tag wish taa.l she nuy have th* psao
of God."
At a >f * woman's club a physl
>!a:i. < ■ "
-One day a woman who was suffering from tuber
culosis was "brought to my attention, and. as w«
could not get In'r away from her work for a rest
In the country. I did the ItbSJl thing— gave her
directions about ventilation, etc.. and prescribed a
tonic to build her up. I did not see her again for
nearly a month, ami 1 was greatly sursrised to
riuil her exactly as thin as »*ver. In fact, she
w.-.frhrd several pounds less than at the time I
first saw her. .
■ Tou haven't been taking the tonic regularly.
I tsid.
• •' 'Oh. ye*, sir." shr replied. 'I've took it three
times a day. hist a;' you saul.'
" 'Uut. my Ocar woman, said T. 'you wouldn t
have those hollow chreks if y<iu had. This tonic
alwi> vs. gives a person a tine appetite' 'Yes. sir:
jes. sir; I got an apatite, all right.' earn* the an
sw.-r. "but I dWn't £?t n->thijr mu.-h to »at." '
A rifture tn miniature or the human eye t<t th*
latps? « r:»xe !n Knglish society, aecordms to "Home
Not»«." it is r.ot n novelty, but the revival at a
quaint fashion of the »-tKht-*nth century, set prob
ably by Cosway. the famous miniature painter.
At any rate, he has the reputation of beteST that
erst to paint the eye alone, and one of th* first
eyes that he portrayed was that of the MMulirsJ
Mrs Fltzherbert. the m>>rm»n^tlc wife »f George
IV In the eye .nlature» of to-d.<y the eye M
uainted !l> sl:«\ anil the color of the iris, the shad*
and curl of the eyelashes, the form of the lid and
th ' shape of the brow, are *U indicated. Queea
Alexandra, the Princess Henry of Pleas, her sister:
the DucheWs of Westminster and tb* Cwntesa ot
Warwick are among the women ■who h*v« (tvrna
orders &>r «y« picture*, it is saU.
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