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Jp I 4 I NEV Y0H$EB8 TALK W kfirir THINGS THESE HOT DAYS* i%. THE-1"INTEREST "aw*' ,: AT Xt Is the Mecca, for Democratic Pil grims Just Now—Politicians of a Century Ago—Other Inter esting Items. New York.—The fierce white light of public curiosity has just been shifted from Sagamore Hill to Bsopus. Judge Parker will have the center of the stage until the first ex citement has passed, when he must be content to share the arena of observation with his rival candidate, the president, of the United States. Judge Parker's can- Secretary Morton. didacy has been so long brewing thtft New Workers haye been made familiar ^with the different ways of getting to the little hamlet on the Hudson where the judge has his farm And the farm has not been de nied him. The present democratic candidate has been truly democratic in his habits, and it has been easy to know where and how he lives, and how. his cattle live, and how his barn is ar ranged and what sort of feed he be lieves in. The local gossips like Judge Parker. Folks who sit on a barrel in the country store agree that he is a fine gentleman, a very fine gentleman. As everybody now knows, the judge's daughter is married to a High Church Episcopal clergyman whose parish is in Kingston, a few miles away from Esopus, and Judge Parker drives ever to his son-in-law's church on Sunday, mornings. The democratic candidate's home is an ample but unostentatious place overlooking the Hudson. One of his neighbors is famous in American literature. John Burroughs, one of the most brilliant of American critics and the greatest writer on nature since Thoreau, raises grapes, and remarkably fine grapes they are, on the slopes of the great river. A little farther off is Henry Abbey, the poet, a friend of John Bur roughs and of Judge Parker. Every tody thereabouts knows Judge Parker as well as everybody in the vi cinity of Oyster Bay knows Theodore Roosevelt. Also, Judge Parker and Theodore Roosevelt know each other better than most folks have suspected. Their families have exchanged visits and a feeling of cordial respect has pre vailed on both sides. Hamilton and- Havthwiu N the lullbeforethe beginning of the active campaign, New York has had time to take up the name of an earlier statesman Alex an Hamilton, the centenary of whose death has just occurred. The superb new statue of Hamilton on a downtown business district facade al most marked the end of a century since, the famous duel that closed the life of this extraordinary man. Few American statesmen are more profusely honored in New York than Hamilton. This is not to speak of the tablet on the Jersey shore near where the famous pistol encounter took place. The site of the duel is not yet built over, though a railway track cuts through the spot. During the week thousands of people have visited the re gion, and the relic hunter still finds things to appease him the big duelling pistols are still in the city—I have a pho tograph of them before me. Many Ham ilton landmarks remain unblemished. The Hamilton house, to which the duel ist was carried after Burr's bullet had inflicted its mortaTwound, and in which he died next day, is still standing, though it is not standing where it stood when Hamilton lived in Jt. The building is now occupied as a private school. The old "Hamilton trees" are looking much the worse for age, and will soon give way to the march of the builder unless res cued by sentiment. Another centenary that has managed to attract the attention of New York is that of Hawthorne's birth. It is not for a literary man, not even a very great lit erary man, to command the popular at tention bestowed upon a statesman, though a writer who fought duels might do better than one who lived a simple nneventful life. Fenimore Cooper came near fighting duels but no one, I think, has ever accused Hawthorne of being of that disposition. ..Hawthorne's fame grows with the years. No one seems to dispute his'preeminence as a writer of fiction. It is said that his romances, now 40. years after his death, are more widely read than in his life time. Fame at a Price. IAME is sweet, and in New York, the paradise of fakir, the sale Of it goes on apace. I suppose schemes for the ex ploitation of little people who wish to pass as -big people originate in many other cities also, but the art of fool ing the would-be $ famous reaches its height in New York. Every possible sort of book for setting downwhois who Uayingbeen legitimately incubated, it remained for setting forth those who would ntitfbs set forth in any other way. JBspecjuiti? profitable} of course are those plans which include picttirfes, for pictures go obviously cost money that tlii proaai^r tors have a brilliant excuse for askirig money wherewith to introdncethis form of embellishment If it tt jforthahy* thing to have a column biography [and a portrait in a great biographical his tory, it surely is worth a hundred dol lars. any the thousands that arespe&t for this purpose. Sometimes the sudden ly famous who have advanced the hun dred dollars get restless when the bio graphical volumes do not appear as quickly as they expected, and sometimes suits are threatened. Sometimes very harsh terms are applied to people Who have collected money for this purpose. But fame, it is then pointed put, is a shat ter of slow growth even when stimu lated by the most modern and scientific methods, and the newly famous must be patient! In most cases, the subject of the assisted biography prefers to be silent when the game is slow—even when noth ing at all happens. It is difficult to ap pear to goodad vantage in a controversey over the publication of one's life, and one's distinguished-looking portrait. Hence the temptations' to enterprise. There has just been a row in Wall street over a "History of the New York Stock Exchange," which is declared to be an entirely legitimate publication. The promoter of the enterprise has said to an interviewer: "The engravings are not my property, but the property of the men who advanced the money to make them, and if any of them are dissatisfied they can have them back. The fact that they have advanced the $100 does not entitle them to a copy of the book which will cost $25 more after it is published. So you see that none of these people have any cl^im upon me." Getting Hurt as a Business. IURNING from afield of ingenious ac tivity in which there is, as we have seen, entirely legal opportunities, let us look at another in which Ingenuity takes wilder flights. Every week the courts reveal the presence in the me tropolis of people whose career is one prolonged accident, people who live by being hurt, or what is easier, by seeming to be hurt. The case has just been brought to light of a wom an who has never been legally punished who has been living for years on fraudu lent claims.. She slipped on a piece of meat in a butcher's shop. Thereupon it was discovered that she had slipped on a piece of banana skin in a-dry goods store and collected $50, after having tried and succeeded in a variety of petty tricks of the same kind. Another woman has been slipping on banana skins on ferry boats. ^QtherBiTdasp^claftyfnTce cases, antf has met with great success. Nothing is easier than to sprain an ankle or aback on apiece of broken pavement or near an excavation. It is possible to be hit or to seem to be hit by piece of wood falling from a scaffolding. Chiefly available for the suit sharp is the street car. There are a thousand ways In which the ingenious can be hurt on a street car—even those who are not ingenious can be hurt a trifle in the hurt ling public conveyances of New York. The result is an avalanche of suits run ning into the millions, every year, some of which result in the exhibtion of real injuries, new or old, and others of which place a big strain on the imaginations of the jury. Just what'sort of a lurch the company shall be responsible for is a -question that comes up over and over again. Naturally the companies become sufficiently expert in human nature to know which case had better be settled and which may be carried to the jury. "Society" in Summer. COUfRSE there is no "society" in summer within the city itself. There is Newport—where I am told Harry Lehr has made a sensation by wear a green tie with a Tuxedo coat—and there is Lenox and a half dozen other places not very far from New York as society measures distances. Even at the summer haunts as far as Narragansett and Bar Harbor there is greater dullness than usual. But here is the real fact: When "Everybody" is "out of town" New York still has a population of soine millions and there are human beings there who look very much like the sort of people who are called "Society" in winter. There is not only the society that is seen at the roof gardens (as if it had just "dropped into town") and at the cafes, but the front steps society, which is legion, and which is capable of pre senting a very pretty appearance. We catch glimpses of it even on ave nue—yes, evenon Fifth avenue. An "American Lady" writing in the London Telegraph, has been saying that the southern girl when she comes to New York asks "where do you do your court ing?" Nobobdy answers that it la done very frequently on the front steps In summer, yet such an answer would not be so absurd as might at first appear. Certain front steps are not verybril liantly lighted. One may gather ait tin pression of a girl in a white dress, such as the southern girl wears on her court* ing veranda, but the details Are hard to make out Hands and arms are inde cipherable. There is no reason why a case might not be argued to a finish in such surroundings, always presuming that the occupants of the house are veil trained* .* -it ,^OWEN LANADOR Telling a Story oj* melating VI ture in ,e irEntertaining K' II $ No a^complishment gives mbre pleas ure than the art of storytelling, unless it may be the art of singing a song. But even the simplest song sounds better when accompanied on a musical instru ment, and that is not always to be had. The story needs only the audience, s*ys Yoiith's Companion. It is no respecter of persons. The effective story-teller has. a welcome by the camp Are, at the dinner table, in the lawyerte office, at the sick bed, in the school' rotpp and at the' kitcheta door. Women nave hot excelled in conversa tional story-telling. Perhaps their fail ure is p'artiy because th£y find it hard to be brief. Women do not always know what to say. Of all the rules which gov ern the story-teller, the most imperative is that which cutis away the superfluous. "Nobody but yotirself knows what good things you leave out," is the only con solation for the merciless pruning of the successful story-teller. One woman Will spend 20 minutes In recounting her misfortunes in a single jnorning, and her audience will suppress a yawn and be glad when the long drawn-out tale is over. Another will crowd into two minutes a rapid sketch of a street-crossing adventure, and every sentence win carry delight be cause of its humorous, vital, sympathet ic touch. It is difficult to teach the beguiling art of telling a story but one may hear al most Any day examples of how not to do it—and an occasional rare1 illustration of how to do it. But a woman who will teach herself skill in the accomplish ment will never lack a welcome, for the world is hungry for innocent'pleasure. WORD TO BUSINESS WOMEN The Treatment They Receive from Hen Depends Much Upon Themselves. Every now and then there comes a cry from those of the old fashion, com plaining that in the modern way of living women have lost the place they once held, and that by going into busi ness and competing in the "great handicap" they have forfeited all the nice consideration which was once given them, says Woman's Home Companion, fn a measure this may be true, but it is not that people look on workers with any less respect. The cause of the de cline in courtesy, if there is really such, lies with the individual. How men or the world trejit a wonhm is all in her own hands. As she thinks of herself, so will the world think of her. Her treat ment will depend upon her own con duct and her own reception of any par tic ular attitude. If she permits a loung ing friendship or a too familiar man ner, she will get that. But even the most thoughtless of men will scarcely risk offending a woman unless he Is givc^^h-tiiifortunlty. A: wdms&heed have no fear of being t^ken for less than she takes herself. In business she must conduct herself as carefully and as cir cumspectly as she would in her own home. She .must remember always that she is a woman, and she must be woman ly. The girl who respects herself will find respect, aid and kindness, wherever she goes among Americans. DAGGER WITH A HISTORY. Was Presented to One Alphonse Kara by an Unfriendly Woman —In the Back. Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, was a collector of Indian relics, and took great interest, also, in autographs, coins and stamps. Often, though, he ridi culed, good) naturedly, collectors' hob bies, says the New York Tribune. He wits showing a reporter his Indian robes one day. The young man took up a curious antique dagger that lay on a buhl table. "This dagger must be very old," he said. "Has it a history?" "It has indeed," said Senator Quay "It is the dagger that Macbeth thought he saw. A descendant of Macbeth gave it to me in Scotland several years ago." Senator Quay smiled. "There is only one dagger I would trade this for, and that is a dagger that used to hang on the wail in Alphonse Karr's study," he said. "Karr, in one of his stories, had poked a good deal of fun at a woman named Colet. Mme. Colet, enraged at being made a butt of, stabbed Karr. He, on his recovery, hung the dagger she had stabbed him with above his desk, with this inscription beneath it: 'Presented) to Alphonse Karr—by Mme. Colet—in the back.'" Mint Sherbet. Mint sherbet makes a pretty addition to a "company" dinner, and it is not hard to make, either. Pour two cup fulsof boiling water over a bunch of fresh-bruised mint leaves. After it has stood for ten minutes add one cup ful of sugar. When the sugar is dis solved strain, cool and add Itaro-thirds of a cupful of grape juice ai^d one quarter of a cupful of lemoh jiiice. Freeze to a mush. Serve in champagne glasses, ornamenting the top of each glass with a crystallized cherry and a tip of mint—Chicago Daily News. Pick over a quart of berries, a sirup of one cup of water ahd -4 oiip of sugar. Heat and skim th«« When It comes to a boil, drop in the berries, let them cook for eight utes, then fill the cans, whic& !shopIl be hot j, and seal —Good Hous*fc*«p(»jg So Trouble About That^V^.', Anxious Hostess—J am ati^d tlrelMS^ pany is getting bored, Can't-twlW$»' something to keep the convention ball Killing? ,* WH STSKV sumpaer homes. Willow chairs' and sofaSt'i^ade for coolness-and comfort are stjiuned' the predominant shade of the*roo m, says American Quee^. Pale golden-yellow willow furniture is ex cellent .in a room which has the walls covered with straw-colored graps cloth, .while the hangings'and cushion covers are of green India cotton. An other effective room had the wall paper of {rellised, wistaria. In- this the Willow furniture is stained a deli cate heliotrope Willow stained dull stone, gray, gray-fireen or soft golden brown, is effective, especially .when good contrasting colors, are used. A soft golden brown .'is especially good with- a white chintz or cretonne, on which a conventional pattern^ not too large, is stamped in red and green. Not only straw, but the smooth, dull finished wood tables and chairs, "now seen in excellent patterns, are I like wise faintly toned a dull gray or brown. No glaring shades of-stain ing are used for wood. White enamel is always excellent and dainty for bed rooms and is unusually popular. Old pieces of mahogany, often picked up for a jsong, or new and inexpensive furniture, made in simple designs, in soft,' dark-colored oak or ash, are all good taste. However, should it be decided to have each bedroom of a special color, the walls, furniture and enameled bed should all oe of the chosen color, pot example a pale-green room has a nar« row-striped paper of two' shades of green, while the wood of the chif fonier, chairs and chest of' drawers and the enameled Iron bed are all enameled the same shade of pale gre^n. With this, sheer white'muslin is vised both for curtain?, deep frilled and draped, and for the bedspread, the deep friH of which is headed with a heavy lace insertion and lined throughout With, pale-green linen. This &>vers the entire bed, pillows and all,. ahd gives a delightfully airy and delicate finish. The same effect of one color, if de sired, can be given without much ex pense. Old furniture can be trans formed by first washing it well with ammonia, after which it should be painted with three coats of white zinc paint if the zinc paint is too expen sive, plain white lead can be used, tinted the desired shade. Care, how ever, should always be taken not to put "on one coat of paint until the otherj'is thoroughly dry? After this, ahy rough place in the paint should be smoothed with sandpaper then give bne" or more coats of white or colored enamel paint, which can be bought prepared and ready for im mediate'. use. The walls, if no good papeij can be had, should be calcimined exactly the same delicate shade as the furniture. Should the room be small the effect is far better if the walls and ceilings are calcimined alike. CARLISLE AND THE CELT. How the Famous Statesman Was Helped to Win a' Case When a Young Lawyer. John O. Carlisle tells a- story of his early days when he was counsel for an insurance company in Kentucky, says the New York Herald. The company had brought an action against the proprietor of a small dry goods store which had been destroyed by fire under rather suspicious cir cumstances. The proprietor was put on the stand, and Mr. Carlisle, in his capacity as counsel, undertook during the course of cross-examination to break down the story of the fire. All the artifices of the questioner were, how ever, of no avail, for the proprietor stuck to his tale, and there seemed little hope of discrediting the testi mony offered by him. The defendant was about to leave the box, when an Irishman, who had been following the testimony with ill concealed impatience, shouted out in stentorian tones: "So, me man, whin you'd( sit fire to the store, ye ran away, heh?" At this the unfortunate tradesman became visibly embarrassed, stuttered and spluttered and finally, under the Wwed questioning of Mr. .Carlisle, wno was not slow to,follow ijp the ad vantage afforded by the Celt's unex pected outburst, the proprietor yirtutil ly admitted his guilt, whereupon his conviction speedily ensued. When the proceedings were over Mr. Carlisle sought out the Irish juror, whom he complimented on his reaftr wit. "But," said he, "my friend, how did you come to put that question? It certainly enabled me to win the case." "Ye win it?" repeated the juror, scornfully. "Ye win it? Be gob, I rayther think I done it myself", Sweetbready and Celery ^Salad. Sweetbread and celely salad is made exactly like chicken salad, substituting sweetbreads for chicken. The: sweet breads are prepared in the usual irian i^er, shredding and pirbOillng them Mix wlth mayonnafce, and serve OU let tuce leaves. A nice garnish is a lar^e green pepper cut in fine strips or circles. Red peppers are equally good, as far as looks go, but the green pepper combina tion ia better, eating—Boeton BudgetV VV I. 1 .I Spiced Chirranta.. For four pounds ot cunosntst^take four pounds of brown sugar, a trifte less, than two tablespoonfuls^ of cloves, •the scune qiu&ntity' of cinnaihon, boil .two hours, then hdd one pint"'6f cvia egar and boil IS minutes. Grapes ^may be prepared in the ea^ ^manner firitVtsiiioTiiig the seeds as serves^ ^Ad# of, ar.S#'. *\v,V£K THREE-HOTO f* 'an tJhippy—What did your wife say to you when you got home late the other night? Chappy—Have you got three hours to spare? Chippy—Lor, no! Chappy—Then I shouldn't have time to tell you.—Ally Sloper. An Aid to Longevity. "I noticed the other day, Miss Clin Hey, that some papers say that mar ried men live longer than single ones." "And haven't you any desire to live long, Mr. Putty blow?" "Why, yes, of course I have, Miss Clinkey." "Oh, Mr.- Puttyblow, this is so sud den!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. •.:/ The Irrepressible. In .summer time you're growlin' With sunshine |n your soul In winter—"gjljut that cn&y An' brinar ln toins of co|Q!" So hard to satlsty y'oul^v In Heavenly pasture *jCou*d say: "The harps alri't ^ayln* right—. Less comb, please, an' more honey!" —Atlanta Constitution. HIS LITTLE BREAK. "Howd'y'tO, Miss Lulu. Have to be careful how polite one is to the girls nowadays—leap year, you know." ::mo it is." "Happy time for the girls, isn't it?" "Yes. .Sometimes it is auch fun." 'Specially to a girl who loves fun as you do. Must call up old times to you." —Chicago Tribune. Neglected Incidentals. He had a million dollars He had Scorned all thought of rest. And he finished with a stomach Quite reluctant to digest And his temper needs excuses As through lire he glumly goes« £. Por he hadn't learned the uses- Of occasional repose. .. —washingtoh Star. How He Won Her Regard/ Mrs, De Neat—It seetils to me-that for a man who claims to^deserfe ohari ty. you haye a very red family? American HeUess—Al#ays^ And win: yon always loVe and cherish mymdneyt -*'1hik3ag of Moldy Mike—Yes, ,mum the cheap .put so much money in his clothes?? •taps that ns^ poor people use is very ««it depends upon how sound he sleti&! W S N weekly. 4~rf -v walk."—Chicago JOuraaL Last Vowm. f leman—Are you sure, de^r- *5Sm*lrt^he*addWii»« ou%»iroiB xne esq N^Y. WeSd^ tfanfs a Weefc-Brooklyn life.^ 'if *Jr'j mmm "iy »f!il •. Si"", Cfei Why lSe Was Sad. "Are you well- acquainted With Mr. igsby?" "Quite well nft He is employed' in the same office as myself."' "I think he Is such an "interesting young man. He is' always so melan choly*. He surely must have sulft)re$u some great disappointment?" "Yes, he has." "Oh, hon romantic! What was it?" "Why, h4 expected a rise in his salary on the first, and he didn't getf^^i It"—Tit-Bits.1 KW TronUe for Him. Towne—I helped Goodart the other day tot select« beautiful etching— Browne—Don't mcsitioh Goodart to .me lie*»\-i contemptible: character.*-' UNDAUNTED COUBAQE. ^Tf "Is he a man who is easily discoar-3'-^'"' aged?" "Hardly he is going to be married for the fourth time next week.''—Chicago Journal. The Very Best. 1 Jfe Toirne—WTiat! Why, he tedd me.he^ l^ was going to seind the etching to you for your birthday. .« Browne—So he did, andJny wifernhdeJ^ me rearrange all the other pictures the parlor to 'make room for it and l'n not done yet'—Philadelphia Press: 5-^ ||J 1 i-v i' A'-' t-.j, 1 Where Mr. Nuwed—Gracious, dear! did you get these peaches? Mrs. Niiwed—Why? What's the--'^ matter? Mr. Nuwed—They don't taste like the best in the world. Mrs. Nuwed—They must be, plcke| them out myself. The picture%^- on the can was prettier than any ofciliT the others.—Philadelphia Press.- Enthusiatic. Every evening now my good wife Fondly greets me at the door V. And the first thing that she asks, Is: "Say, John, what's the score?^ —Cincinnati Enquirer. CAUTION REQUIRED. "Do yon think It's light for amsn (mi is el W 8o Conveniesit ^jarn. uruan—now you mi Mrs. Urban—How yon most always honor my npble lining in the country.^ su^„ get ali the fresh fruit imd /ydn inkt? -V Mrs. Annex—Oh yea. Such peddle^ comes, out^from the city jr 51 ^2 mirmi