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tV THE EVENING WORLD: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1887. I
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K THE) OCTOBER RECORD.
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& month,
B 273, 526 Copies.
r- October circulation during the part six years
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n October, 3888 1,309,000 Copies
H October, 1H84 3,S0(I.VOl Copies
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H ADVERTISING RAT153.
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K yarltna.
k fratef&rodir1llngtn IAa taffy WOULD Aonetap.
Hfc at (a lAaJTaanfc .. JTaf do tk ra(. (Aot.ua
Kf, fptytoltoJfoniliifJ&fMm.
K THB AMERICAN WAT.
B: Tho lesson of tho Chicago elocutions la
K that bombs cannot bo substituted for ballots
Bg' In promoting political reform.' American
Bb remedies for American wrongs. The old flag
mf. nnd not tho zed rag. This is tho warning of
Hp the gallows.
K The lesson of the olection in this State to
HfEf the workingmen is that relief for them is not
r. to bo found in a mere shifting of tnxcBto
Htft land. The American idea is that individual
B( land ownership shoald bo encouraged, not
H? forblddon.
Bra '' The wonderful growth of the Rcpublio and
Hk? the general prosperity and happiness of tho
Wfc?i people are a vindication of this idea.
Wfr,' Let American ideas rnlo America.
M
Hf THB MUSEUM OH BUNDAY.
H? The religious scmplos of a minority of the
HP trustees forms the chief bar across the doors
KJ5rf the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday.
B& Bat many leading clergymen in this city do
H. not share these objections. Nor are they en
Kl terteined by tho prominent pastors of Purl.
B tanio -Boston, whose Museum of Fino Arts
Bn boa for years been open on Sunday with most
M excellent results.
KV' The alternative is not church or mnseum.
Kr- A thousand doors to evil are open of a Sun
T flay in this city. "Why close any door to good?
RI. The experienoo of Boston is that museum
m& Bolng has not leesened church-going. Tho
H Tory largo attendance at houses of worship
Kj; near tho Museum in that city would indicate
H Instead that church-going had been Btimu
Efi1 lated by the Sunday opening.
MS& In face of such facts, should tho minority
jr trustees put their personal scruples against
mj& the desire of a large majority of tho citizens
El of New York?
K&' JUBT A LITTLB.
mffii Got. Hill says tho result of tho election
9m I- this State " has no personal or other slg-
E oiflcance ozcopt the vindication of Domo-
K& cratio principles."
Hg: Just a little other significance. It moans
Hj that the people will have another chance to
HS& vote for Givxland and Hru, in 1888 for
mk Cleveland for President and Hill for Oov-
U$ emor.
MrSv, But perhaps tho Governor considers that
M:$ this would be only a "vindication of Domo-
B& cratio principles."
Vljf '
Hp OFFIOIAIi IQIIOBAHOB.
E The investigation of the Harlom school-
Hm house disaster does not elicit much informa-
Hpj' tion'ezcept as to the incapacity of the Build-
H bag Bureau. On this point, however, some
Hj rather remarkable evidonco cropped out.
KM Deputy Superintendent of Buildings Dock
H& was unr.blo to tell promptly the choracteris.
HI tics of good mortar, and Juror McGniaon,
Wm with apparent justioo, declared his education
Cf to be sadly neglected.
f;?, Supt. D'OiNcn did not know bow many of
Bjtf bis Inspectors were " capable of passing an
V-M examination on tho strength of materials."
lm What cau be sold of a building department
If that is uncertain of its knowledge as to mor
gap tor and materials ?
Bjjfc Have the political strikers got control of
Hw the Bureau ?
M- AHOTHEB QUABBEIi WANTED,
Secretary Liuin and Commissioner
HR' BPABuare"out"to an extent that induces
WE the former to Bay that one of them must
Hg retire.
H 1's 'B ea inasmuch as both ore good
H' tnen and " harmony " is Just now at a pre-
I mium. The consoling fact is that, whiohever
Kit shall step down and out, the Government
B&X (rill go right on.
Wfift'. And now can't somebody pick a quarrel
H with Gabland that will induce him to sand a
HS ' blmllar ultimatum to the President ?
EtT1 -m
K THE IHADEQUATE QAMELDJO LAW.
Hk. The claim that nine-tenths of the business
HP Vt the Exchanges is quite as muohjgombling
H ( the bucket-shop dealings is very justly
Wp toSde in the cases before Judge Cowcto. A
Htfr , recent dooislon in Ohleago substantially took
Wfi. this view.
HE-' The difference between buckot-shop oper-
H ' fttiens and roeoulation in stocks and futures
HR h oae of degree and not of kind. It is the
HJr difference between peanymte poker and
Hr playing for big "Ukes. During the first six
Hj" ttoatha of the curreat year over 810,000,000
Hj bwhsls of fiotlHpus wheat, one item of a
mjjj. 1 loag list, were bought aad sold la this city
HK ''
while the gennine salos were only about
15,000,000 bushoU.
This may not excuse the picayune gambling
of the bucket-shops, but it sliArply points
out tho gross inadequacy and unjust dlscrlm.
inatlon of tho law.
Lot gamblors of all stripes como undor tho
ban.
A rLEABIKO OHABQE.
Three thousand working girls andwomon
in Bridgeport had a clasp of tho warm hand
and n sight of tho winning smile of Mrs.
Cleveland, whllo tho " socloty ladles" had
to go to tho railway station to got a peep nt
her.
This is a pleasing reversal of tho usual
order of things. Ordinarily it is tho socloty
dames who go to tho rcoeptlons and tho
working girls who flook to the station or look
out of the windows.
As this is a democratio country, and the
President's wifo is a democratio woman, and
tho workers outnumbor tho idlers more than
ten to one, it is quite proper that tho " plain
peoplo" should come to the front occasionally.
THE E0QOE8 WOULD KEJ0I0E.
Col. Fellows proclaims that he shall con
duct the Dlstriot-Attorney's offlco in disre
gard of The Would.
That would bo good news to tho rogues..
How glad Cbowlet. Buddenseie, Da Lxoit,
the Boodle Aldermen and Jake Suabf would
have boen to havo a publlo prosecutor who
" pold no attention to Tjib Would I"
Not one of theso offenders would have been
brought to Justice if The Would had not
hammered away at them, and in several of
the cases supplied the evidence.
We have not tho slightest doubt that Tnn
Would will serve the ends of Justioe in the
Bame way many times in the future, nor that
District-Attorney Fellows will indict and
prosecute the offenders whom it may expose.
Publlo duty is stronger than splto.
THE BB0ADWAT 80HEHEBS.
Corporation Counsel 0'13nnu has tempo
rarily blookod the Broadway " L " scheme
by a stay of proceedings until the city's
appeal is decided. ..
But tho only permanent block to this pro,
oct will bo tho hurrying up of tho under
ground road.
The prico of tho salvation of Broadway
from disfigurement is a prompt provision for
an adoquate increase of rapid-transit facili
ties. Is not Broadway worth saving when its
sacrifice will be only a temporary expodlent?
v
A BBMAB-ABLE EiTDBION.
The country has rarely been favored with
n speoimen of grandiloquence at all com
parable with tho letter of Gen. Jackson, ox
Minlster to Moxico, to Allen G. Thuiiman.
Tho Old Bomon cannot fail to be staggerod
by the rhythmio vehemence and tho rever
berating periods of this extraordinary pro
duction. Ossian'b " Desolation of Balclutha"
polos in comparison. As a terrible alterna
tive to following ex-Senator TntniMAN's son
siblo advico to drop soctlonal issues, Gon.
Jackson " would long for that barbario con
scionoo which would enable me with one
movement of a dovoted arm to swoep every
drop of my blood in tho dosconding genera
tions from the faoo of tho earth."
It is fortunate that Gen. Jackson has been
rolieved of the Moxican mission, for there is
no surmising what complications might have
arisen from a few diplomatic documents in
this vein. ,
A " high-water mark " that was both high
and now was reached by The Would yester
day. Tho circulation was 877,850 the
largost over aohlevod in one day by any dally
nowspapor in tho world. Tho circulation
books of The Would nro always open to the
interested public, and publishers and editors
ore especially invited to lnspeot them.
Antoont Comstock'b moral Ideas have
boon shocked by somo oopies of Paris Salon
pictures in Knokdleh'b art storo, and the
proprietor has boon arrested and hauled up
before a Polico Justico. What o demand
there will bo for chest protectors for tho
Venus do Milo, and petticoats, pantalettes
and court plaster for other statues and pic
tures in tho art galleries, if Antoont
Comstock'b notions nro to dominato this cityl
Gov. Oolesdt can calm any perturbations
that may havo beon caused by the forocious
despatch from alleged Anarohlsts at Bing
hamton by reflecting that there is an Inobri
ato Asylum in that town the inmates of
which are not denied use of tho mails.
" Move on," is tho amusing direction of tho
eclipsed Sun to the booming Would. Wo
havo "movod on " from a circulation of 16,000
a day to 877,000. If that progress doesn't
satisfy you, wo will try to go higher. Mean
while, go on with your crawfishing.
Z The gentlemen who want the North River
bridged say that "tho only real difficulty
we now see is as to reaching terra Anna on
the New York side." If it wore not for this
little obstacle the Atlantio could also be
bridged with focility.
Prof. Lanolet Ih discussing " the Tem
peraturo of the Moon." But, as the Boodlers
now seem to bo reconciled to tho tempera
ture of New York, thoy do not takomuch
interest in tho lecture.
Col. Fellows fcays that ho can stand abuso
hotter than flattery. Does ho consider his
19,000 plurality in flvo of tho Boodlo Alder
men's districts to bo flattery or abuso 1
"Half a loaf is better than no bread."
Open the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday
afternoons if you can't give a whole day to
the people.
Dakota's motto 1 Divided wo stand.
DRIFT OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS.
MR. API'IjCTON AND MI83 OVINOTON TO
HE MARRIED NEXT WEEK.
The Wcwldlnc to Tnlto Place nt 00 Willow
Hlreet, Ilroohlrn, NextOVrdneRdny Kren
ln Four Thouannrt Invitation Mrnt
Out Ilavr tbe Ilrldo and Her Attendant
Will llo Drencd-Other Hoclotj) matter.
i 5 VEN in Egypt every
Vw LflprA ono knows Mr. Nathan
"l IfL ApplLton. of Boston,
C Irl V B0 tlmt the 4,C0 in"
f VjS , J j vllatlons that havo
f5K7 ISiM boon sont out for his
ltTV?fttflr vf''"nR rnnv 1'ocon
JTl'VsWlW( sldorod to inclndo only
' IQl&iywn his relatives and 1m.
' ft VvSktH mediate friends. Ills
ill rlwi VV marriago with Mlng
ftlfjji, , Ovington, of Brook
"iw VX 'yn' w"' ll't0 P'nco
"V itnfU nox Wednesday oven.
jY' 7l?f 'nB 8 o'clock at tho
jPJJsAf tf house of her aunt, Mrs,
feHr" "'J T. T. Ovington, C9
Willow stroet. Brook,
lyn. Tho llov. Edward Evorott Halo will
officiate. Tho brido-elect, who is very pretty
and has charming manners, will wear a
white satin gown, with train threo yards
long. Tho enrsago will bo high and trimmed
with crone IIbbo and orange blossoms. Tho
whole effect Is very plain ond rich. Worth
pronounced it tho finest gown that ho has
xnado this season.
Tho diamonds to be worn on tho coiffeur
and corsage oro the groom's gift. Miss Emma
Thursby will bo the maid of honor. Sho
will wear embroidered crepo du Chino and
vero d'eau peau do ooln. Sho, and
also tho bridesmaids, will wear ornaments
of pearls and rubies presented by Mr. Apple
ton. Miss Rosa Maiue, Miss Mary Ovington,
a cousin; Miss Frances CurtlB, a nloce of Mr.
Apploton, and Miss Florence Ovington. a
cousin of the bride, will be tho bridesmaids.
Mr. Charles Lonqfollow will bo tho best man.
Mr. Daniel Applcton. Mr, Charles Post, Mr.
Henry F. Olllig and Mr. Charles Ovington
will bo tho ushers. The bride will be given
away bv her father, Mr. E. J. Ovington.
Mrs. Paran Stevens, of 241 Fifth avonne,
has not any idea of giving a ball during the
winter, as has been announced. Mrs. Stevens
entertained Mr. Joseph Chamberlain at din
ner on Thursday evonlng.
Lloyd 8. Bryco wvjl give a luncheon on
Thanksgiving Day at his country seat at
Bands Point to the moot of the ltockaway
Fox Hounds.
Tho ladles are looking forward with much
pleasuro to a ball soon to bo given by Mrs.
W. W. Astor. The invitations oro not yet
out.
A roception and sale will bo given at tho
Brunswick on Deo. 2 by tho society known as
the Summer Best.
The Ladies' Outdoor Club, of Statcn Isl
and, will give a ball at tho Pavilion Hotel on
Deo. 8.
The Misses Furniss will pass part of the
winter in Washington.
The MIbbos Lillfan and Ethol Plddlanwill
give a Kaffoo Klatsch this afternoon at their
omo, 28 Adams stroot, Brooklyn.
Cards havo been sent out by Mrs. J. F.
Plummer for a roception on tho afternoon of
Doc. 0, to bo followod by a danco in the
evening at her home, 21 East Fifty-sixth
streot. MlssAdolo Plummor will makehor
dt'but.
Mrs. Oscar Wildo, although much attached
to hor husband, dislikes hearing him recite,
which he is invariably called upon to do in
company, so she will not uocompany him to
social entertainments.
A luncheon was givon this forenoon at 12.30
at tlio Brunswick by tho Mount Holyoko
Alumnie Association.
Tho Manhattan Athlotlo Club willgivoa
muslcalo this evening. Tho one given last
Saturday evening was vory successful.
On Monday oveuing tho Game Association
givo its first dinnor for this season at Pi
nards.; Tho marriages of Mr. J. 0. Lalor and Miss
Sarah Murray, and Mr. P. H. Brundage and
MIbh Harriet H. Bishop, will take place next
Wednesday.
A banquet will bo given noxt Tuesday in
honor of Mr. Josoph Chamberlain by tho
Chamber of Commerce. Tho day has not
yet boen fixed for tho dinner and recoptlou
to bo given him by the Canadian Club.
A recent Boston ongagomont is that of Mr.
Cotting, son of C. W. Cutting, and Miss lluth
Thompson, of Deacon street.
Mrs, E. A. Smith and her daughters havo
returned after a long absouco abroad to their
home, 220 Madison avenue. ,
Senator Hawloy will pass a portion of his
honeymoon with Mr. Charlos Dudley Warner
nt Hartford.
IltaA lh Sunday WonLD the Mghtttt, bigytst
and best.
MAX O'KELL EXPECTED TO-DAY.
Tbe Critic of Enallah Ufa and Manner a
I'auena-er on tbe Uermanlc,
Max O'Roll, othorwiso known asM. Blouot,
tho author of " John Bull and His Isle,"
a" Friend MaoDonald "
and " John Bull and
His Daughters," is ox.
pected to arrive in this
city to-day on the
stoamor Germanic
While bore he will
dollver a series of
lectures. Personally
Max O'Roll is a
charming gentleman,
Jr ' whoso American trip
y' fpf will tend to materially
1 increase his already
MAX O RELL. ,nrR0 Qf frlmdtu
no has resided in England ever rincotlio
termination of tho Franco-Gorman war, in
which he participated.
His unimpassioned and satirical criticisms
of English life havo established his roputa.
tlon as a social critic, and havo won for him
universal favor. His impressions of this
country will be received with much moro in
terest than is allotted the averago transatlan
tic litterateur. His first lecturo in this coun
try will bo given in Chiokering Hall under
tho management of Major Fond.
NEW THINCS IN GIRDLES.
A light stylo is of largo links of pure white
silvor.
The heavy twisted cahlo of puro while sil
vor is popular.
Quito .a unique design is of small mussel
shells, held together by two rows of silver
links.
For those who like antiquities, thero aro
girdles of imitation antique coins, joined by
Binall biher chains.
An expensive style Is In oxidized silver,
fiuoly wrought, tho bquaro ornamented pieces
being held together by a number of small
chains.
Iiifornmtlon for Two l'ollcemrn.
RHforo ThtCmt!) Worll
You wonlil greatly oblige two polio onicers of
the Fourth Precinct by deciding a bet. One claims
thntsmanmuit be a natural born cltlii-a o( the
United Htttei and thirty jean ot tie to be eligible
to the offloa ot President or tbe United States. The
other claims It is not necessary to be native botn,
onlj to be a cltliea and fourteen years a resident
of the United mates. It la to be left to Thk Evbk
ino World's deelsloo.
(A man mast be a natoral-born dtlxen, thirty
five years of age, and for fourteen yews a resi
dent of the United States.
TWICE AROUND THE WORLD.
Remarkable l'aaaace of the Clipper fcblp
William J. Hatch.
Riding at anchor off Liberty Island yester
day was tho clipper ship William J. Rotch,
of Now Bedford, Capt. P. B. Gibbs, which
has Just completed one of tho moBt remark,
nlilo voagos in inarino history. The
ship loft Philadelphia for Hiogo, Japan,
about cloven months ago, and sailed
21,100 miles in 187 days. Hho uas
unloaded, and a now cargo taken aboard, and
June 7 sho started homeward and mado tho
return passage, covering 21,187 miles in ISO
duys. In tho round trip sho covered a dis
tance ciual to nearly twico tho circumferenco
of tho globo in ten months and twenty-live
days, which includes the tlmo of lying in
port at Hiogo. and discharging and loading
cargoes. Whllo the direct run outward or
inunrd bound is not romarkablo, tho tlmo in
making tho round trip is considered wonder
ful. The William J. Rotch is a comparatively
new ship, haying boon built in 1881 at Bath,
Me., by Goss, Sawyer it Packard, and is a
modelln the line of clipper vessols. She is
of 1.CC1 tons burden, and rides the sea easily,
hor sharp-pointed bow cutting the water like
a knife. Her masts, Been from the docks, are
slim, tapering sticks, but made of tho best
material found in Maine forests rough, stur
dy timbers that bond beforo the wind like
whips whllo her roundod, polished yards,
from main to royal, havo stood tests of the
fiercest gales in eastern and western oceans,
and to-day aro as strong as when, six years
Bgo, the first sailor ran along their footlincs
and shook out tho bright -now sails for the
initial voyago.
Her captain is a young man with years of
experience in this trade. He was formerly
oommandor of the bark Beanie, which was
lost somi) tlmo ago on tho Portland, Oro.,
bar. Hor former commandor was Ooorgo L.
Bray, now in command of the clipper ship
Francis, and tho two men uro considered
among tho host and most prudent officers
sailing from Now York. Tho clipper carried
on the last passage twenty-one men all told,
eighteen beforo the mast, including tho cook
and carpenter, and threo in the after-cabin.
Hor undor-omcors aro Claronoe Homeon,
first mate, and O. L. Baxter, second mate,
both of whom aro well qualified by practical
knowlodgo for the dangerous berths that
they hold. Tho vessel is ownod by William
H. Besso, of Now Bedford.
The passago out was rough, but homeward
bound, wind and currents favored her. The
only sad event that marked the ship's passago
was the loss of a Japanese sailor namod Isabo
Tada8ho,who is supposed to have fallen from
aloft and into tho sea.
Other ships have made remarkably quick
passages homo, notably tho Western Bollo,
which mado the trip from Iloilo, a port al
most as distant as Hiogo, in 113 days; but
none have covered similar distances under
similar circumstances with such despatch.
PETS THAT CO ASTRAL
The OtTerlne of He nrda Cauae tbe Lo of
Mnnr I)o(.
Reward was offered this morning for half a
dozen lost dogs. For tho post week notioos
of this kind havo been numerous. Two or
threo have also appeared for lost cats, and ono
whole-souled cltizon, a mannboio nrojudlco.
advertises for tho ownor of a black grimal
kin which ho found and is now playing tho
host to until Bho reverts to her lawfulpos
sessor. Why this epidemic of lost dog, with
occasional symptoms of strayed cat ?
A weok ago Mrs. Hicks-Lord's white bull
dog " Jack " withdrow In tho most heartless
manner from tho range of his mistress's affec
tionate eyo. This probably set tho 'fashion,
and tho swell dogs folt that tho proper caper
was to get " lost.1' Consequently, little inno
cent Skyotorriers, almost too frail and deli
cate for locomotion, havo wandered off into
ways unknown. Robust and apoplectio pugs
havo jogged comfortably away, with an
enlarged smile, into tho strocts they know
not of. Tho lithe collie has loped off and
lost its bearings, and tho hardy bull, with his
gloaming tooth looking like a stitch in a rub
ber bag, has grimly betakon himsolf to
regions whore he Is not loved.
The lost dogs havo all found thoir way into
the nowBpapers. The owners of tho errant
curs have rushed into print and havo offered
rewards for their return.
TIiIb dog movement towards dlsappearanco
is bo general as to provoke thought on its
cause. One reason is obvious in tho rewards
that oro offorcd. Even a poor, shabby dog,
not aristocratic eLOUgh to have any spocifi.
cation beyond that of " black and whlto
shuggy dog " in his description, will bring $3
to tho finder. A "white Spanish poodle"
has a valuable sound, but $5 is all tho reward
offered. Mrs. Lord will givo only $10 for
Juok. Alas, poor Jack! hore in the column
that heartlessly proclaimed you to tho publlo
is only a ten-dollar loss; $20 Ib offered for u
" feinalo fikyo torrior " and tho same for a
'rough-coated collie."
Affection haH something to do with It. 'TIs
bettor to be prized and lost than novor to bo
prirod at all. But it is obviously good busi
ness to beguilo away somo pet dog, feed him
on oheap faro for a weok, and then pockot
$20 for handing him back.
Evon cats havo takon to straying. Somo
bereaved female odors a reward for a loved
felino who has takon to tho streot and no
longer purrs a lovo-song on tho hearth. Tho
cat wears a blue collar. Tho next wrinklo
in this agony column will be a row urd for a
kitton.
WATERED BILK WAISTCOATS.
A Device to Hellrvo tbe Funereal Black of
Men' Evenlnc Drtaa.
Thoro is a now wrinklo in tho dress suit.
For years tho only thing for a gentleman
to appoar in at evening social events has
been a garb of unrelioved funereal black
" claw-hammer " satin-liuod coat, black
waistcoat and trousers.
Now the furnishing stores for gentlemen
exhibit waistcoats of heavy watered silk in
whito, black, gold and lilac Thoy aro sold
rapidly at $8.
Thoro Is rather a ghastly suggestion about
them. They look too much llko tho " propor
caper" of a deceased gentleman. It is doubt
ful if thoy will supplant the old style. Con
servatism in the complete suit of black is
deeply basod on tho sound principle that a
gentleman is dressod best when his garb has
no pretensions except to richness of material,
and perfect fit.
True, it creates a little oonfuslon whon
servants and masters are commingled on
swell occasions, as thoro aro no external
marks of difference. Tho servant may look
moro distinguished than the master. But
then they do not often get ininglod, and thero
is the baioty.
ii aa
Not a Slncer Anarrhtat.
from IA. Jftbratka Stat Journal,
' ' Did you hear llerr Dlnkeniplel's address on
anarchy last night?"
"Yea. Grand, wasn't It T'!
" Very. It was quite Inspiring where he said
that the blood of capitalists mini flow like water.
Hut I don't bellee he's sincere lu his love for
anarchy."
"WhyT"
"I sw him carrjlDg a bundle out of a laundry
lsst night.
Young America.
(fVom l. Botto CouHrr.
A Itoston mother was patting her little one to
bed and said:
"IthlnV., Flosgle, yon are old enough to learn
an evening prayer. I'm going to say it for you,
and you will repeat It after me."
"Yeth,nl,,, lisped the little one.
"Well, we'll begin. Are you readyt"
" Yeth'm. Let 'er go, Oafiaguerr
m m
Wclcamo News.
rwa IX. XmtII. CnrUr.Jnrn1.)
Tat report that the heat of forest Area in Wast
Virginia la oanslne trees to bud will be welcome
news to rainy miserable sinners, Thero may be
(hade trees U hadea,.
GIVE THE PEOPLE A QHAKCE.
TIIEI OUGHT TO IIAVE SOME O00D OF THE
METROPOLITAN M08LUM.
The Ttoard of Trastee Feel That the Bnn
dnjr Opening- Will Hurely Come Doaton
and Philadelphia Ilava Already Opened
Tbelr fflnaeuma to the People Heven Day
n Week View of Prominent Citizen.
tea arl HERE seems to bo n
V L. ftCsnipaijm feeling among tho
f-$ I Board of Trustees of
5rnT ?. e Metropolitan AIu.
5fl ffi IQl VS. seum of Art that tho
pa If) Iu8 kur or t,' Sunday
A I J y ftnB Kt opening will suroly
jfllUfTf T fHTm como. Tho n u m -
Mnnife2 III I II ')or ' MOS0 wuo
Ijjlljj jSQlUi I are opposed to admit-
rXilllrVV3vSlJ ting tho publlo on that
h !l StjKvJf y throuKh religious
'lU7V77YA scruples is restricted
f30i(s1a (l l") lafw'
MASflJ I fflyttjp Thoy nro fixed in tho
iffttinfS iVS? '''co 'k Pn uo
n I) ill? i-WJsP Museum would bo to
ill W'WiSTJ' violato tho Sabbath
day. Thoy aro not likely to change their
manner of thinking.
Others have a position llko that taken by
Dr. William F. Morgan, rector of St.
Thomas's Church, Fifth avenue and Fifty
third street. " I am opposed," ho Bald to an
Eveniho WonLD reporter, "to opening the
Museum on Sundays, because I think that
tho day should bo sanctified. Not that thero
is anything bad in looking at paintings on
Sunday, but if this Is concodod other things
will bo demanded and will follow. The
consequences of such an innovation aro the
feature I object to. I think they would be
injurious."
It would do no harm to reflect that Boston
and Philadelphia have already opened their
museums, and no disastrous results have en
sued, nor has tho tone of Boston morality
been lowered since thousands of her citizens
have devoted 0 portion of tho afternoon on
Sunday to looking at tho rich treasures of
the Art Museum on the " Back Bay."
That Now York has allowed Boston to an
ticipate hor in an action redounding so much
to tho well being of the community has to be
accounted for in somo way. It does not re-
Suire tbe subtle penetration of Poo to work
own to the reason.
Tho existence of tho Metropolitan Museum
is due to the disinterested efforts of a few
wealthy gontlomen. They gavo liberally;
thoy worked moro liberally. Undoubtedly
thoy merit tho gratitude of tho citizens of
Now Y'ork. Their efforts and dovotion wore
something to be proud of, although until
within the past year tho Metropolitan
Museum was not an object of unqualified ap
probation to the cultivated oitizen.
Theso generous promoters of the spirit of
art and culture are those most opposed to tho
Hundav oneninc. Their coadjutors in the
Board of Trustees aro influenced by a con
sideration of the worth of thotr colleagues so
far as to deolino antagonizing them.
Moreover, there are several bequests whloh
will eventually come to tho Metropolitan.
The Sunday opening would possibly block
theso off. Ono of the museums in tho Park
has already suffered through something of
this kind.
" Wo depend on money to run tho thing,
and it 1b only reasonable to avoid what would
reduce tho Museum's revenues," said a prom
inent trustco, who denied tho use of his
name, to an Evinino Wobld reporter. ." I
think that the majority are inclined to open,
nnd that it will oomo. Why, at tho January
mooting. Mr. Morris K. Jesup figured up tho
expense of tho Sunday opening, and said that
if tho city would assume tho expense the
trustees would acquiesce in this innovation.
It would require somo $10,000 a year at least.
Men havo to be paid double on Sunday, the
cases have to bo cleaned and the rooms swept
after an exhibition day, and moro guards
would bo neodod to prevent tho loss of any
objoots."
Tho reporter called on Mr. John Q. A.
Ward, tho sculptor, ono of tho trustees. " I
am opposed to tho Sunday opening." he said.
" 1 doubt if it would be a privilego that the
people would avail themselves of bo eagerly.
It is a measure that would add to tho expenses
on tho one hand, and might cut short (the
baso of supplies on tho other. I do not be.
liove that tho good of tho Museum should bo
saorificod to the olamor for a doubtful good.
My opposition is not based on roligious scru
ples." Mr. Cornelius Vandorbilt, in reply to the
roportor's inquiry as to tho feeling against
opening on Sunday, saidi "DoubtloBS tho
question of extra expenditure, which would
bo considerable, has somo effect on the
Trustees. As to expressing my own personal
feoling in tho matter, I think, as a trustee,
that it would bo more propor to mako it
known at a meoting of that body by my vote.
Tho matter is undor consideration and will
doubtless meet with proper attention. You
must excuse mo from tho public expression
of my views."
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,Sire the Sunday WonLD for an autobiograpni.
cal iketcK by ltobert Louis Stixenton, author of
Dr. Jikyll and Mr. Hyde.
Illatorlnn Ilancroft on a Htroll.
I Waihigton Corr.ffKmrf.nr. Vtita OtHtntr.
Just at this time down the avenue and through
this moving throng walked a straight old man. He
was six feet tall and as thin as a devil's darning
needle, but his flesh appeared to be as solid as
Jerked beef and his step was a springy one. lie
wore a tall silk hat upon his head of frosted silver
and a enow-wblte, patriarchal beard foil upon
upon his cheat. Ho looked In front of him, as
though proud of his strength, through a pair of
brave blue eyes, and his cane seemed to spurn the
asphalt as he trod upon It. It was George
Ilanoroft, ex-member of President Polk's cabinet,
for more than llfty years the leading historian
of tho United States, and now wherever he goes
theobsenod of all otnervcrs. A whisper went
through the crowd of "There la Bancroft," ana
not a few wondered to see the old historian taking
a-walk amid surh dangers. IllojUes wheeled In
aud out about. Three lines of Uerdlo oaba met at tho
station through which he was marching, and there
seemed to be dangers to the right of him and dan
gers to the left of htm, but on through this valley
of life marched the great Bancroft, lie was lu tbe
centre of the street and he Beemtd to court notice
rather than to shun It. The vehicles made way for
him and he passed on through safely. lie seems to
grow livelier and tougher as he grows older.
Knew all Hho Wanted.
(JVom (A. WaiMngtan Crillc.)
" Where have you been, Mr. Booaby?" asked
an Irate wife early In the morning.
' Bin out watchln' the leckshun returns."
" Humphl That's a nice occupation for a man
like you."
" My dear, don't you carcmiMhln' 'bout er (hlc)
plItlcalslUhashunT Yo ought to know 'bout zhe
returns."
" I know all I want to about election returns.
In your case they mean return home drunk every
time. Now take off your boots and keep quiet, or
I'll call ma."
He'd Always Hnve One,
(from Ik. 1, Aivl Glob,.
Husband My dear, I'm thinking strongly ot
Joining the Elks.
Wife Why don't youT
" Would you object V
" Jo, indeed, I really wish yon would."
" Why are you so anxious t"
' Because If you were an Elk, when we go to
the theatre yon wouldn't have to go out between
the acts to got a horn. "
Why Thev Never apeak Now.
irtom U. rSiltJtXfM Call. J
Was Wallflower Yea, I like to danoe now, al
though I oonf ess that when I was a gtri 1 detested
It.
MUfYonngblood Of course, I nnderstasd that,
dear. One cant be rated by the prejudice of forty,
years ago,.
THE BOSTON GIRL.
She I Only at Ilud at Twenty and Usually
niarrie Late.
A'rw OrUant lHtayw't Datum Letttr,
The Boston society girl, as a role, docs not
marry young. In this hyperborean climate the
female of our species blossoms Iste. At twenty
Bhe Is simply a bud, and she does not fairly bloom
until she Is three or four years older. In cold
countries women, like vegetable growth, develop
slowly. Here It la winter eight months In tho year,
and there Is small chance for anything to sprout.
At Bwcct sixteen the sprightly maiden of our mod
ern Athens Is In pluufores. At nineteen she Is
still In short dresses, going to school; tor this Is
tbe English style, you know, and whatever la
British "goos" in this town. It she
la a younger stater, her servitude In
the nursery Is well-nlsh hopeless. But
even alter sho has emerged from the
chrysalis or Immaturity Into tho condition of tho
fashionable butterfly her education is Indefinitely
continued. In the Intervals of social dissipation
she Is obliged to attend all sorts of loctures on the
most abstruse sublccta. Sho nurauea cccentno
courses of reading and acquires on Intimate
knowledge of strange religions and out-of-the-way
philosophies. In clauses with others of her sex she
occupies her tlmo In cultivating the arts and
sciences. Thus she is able to attain a degree ot
mental superiority which renders It possible for
her to look down with Immeasurable contempt
mon her fellow-creaturea In pantaloons. Iu case
she docs not marry, this acorn of the Inferior mas
culine gender w likely to be steadily and progres
sively aggravated with advancing year.
I have observed with pain that Boston women
generally seem to consider It quite the thing to look
down upon the men. It Is very hard. I really
cannot Imagine why It la. But they do. It appears
t j bo the fashion here to regard tno male unlnwl
(if the r?ua homo us rather a necessary evil than
otherwise. As a producer of monoy he Is useful,
but In all "lse not particularly desirable. It avail
able ai a partner In marriage, he recclvea the at
tention die to such a rarity; but once disposed of
matrimonially, ho lapses Into the forlorn condition
of other Benedicts, who pass their time wnen not
engaged in business lounging about the clubs,
while their wives are busy forwarding the work of
societies for the advancement of human knowledge
In arlouabranchtg. I was talking the other day
with a fair acquaintance of mine about tho recent
ly announced engagement of a girl we both knuir.
"Wnat aort of a fellow la the prospective hus
band ?" I asked.
" Oh. harmless," was the reply, with a shrug of
the shoulders which was evidently Intended
to express a conviction that a non-Interfering
disposition was the best thing to be expeoted
In a man.
At any rate, this Is the view entertained by the
typical young woman of our enlightened metropo
lis. Bhe marries late, If at all, because the young
men originally too lew in number to supply tho
market must struggle long and hard In this over
crowded community before thoy And themselves
In a position to support a family. I would strongly
advlae tbe Boston girl to "go West." and seeks
refuge from old maidenhood In far Dakota or
Montana, where anything in petticoats is at a
premium.
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37ie Duke of ilartborougVt impremions of the
American public rciil be fold in the Sunday
Wobld.
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How They Exeente men In Pari.
From (A. London T,lcruph,
The condemned murderer in France is Informed
when the Court of Cassation rejeots his appeal; but
he always bas;the hope that the President will par
don htm, and on the strength of this hope most of
tbe condemned remain comparatively tranquil.
When the final day arrives the con let Is awakened
by tbe warden about half an hour before tho time la
set for the execution. The strait-Jacket la
removed aud bis ordinary clothes given him. Then
he Is bound hand and foot by two of the headsman'
aides and afterward left alone with tho priest a tew
momenta, unlesa the services ot this eccleslastlo
are declined.
From the oondemncd's cell he la taken to a dimly
lighted room called the toilet chamber; here,
seated on a stool, be listens to the prayera recited
aloud by the priest, while one of the aides
cuts the hair from the back of the neck and the
collar from tbe shirt. lie Is ready I Supported by
two aides and accompanied by the executioner,
the priest and tho other otncials, the condemned
marches out. the two outside doors fly open, and
the guillotine, surrounded by the military and the
police, greets his oyo. Arrived at the bascule the
executioner and his aides push him against the
swinging plank; bo falls so that his neck tits Into
the lower half of the moon-shaped socket, the
upper half of which la Immediately lowered; tho
executioner touches a spring, tho knife falls with a
sharp sound, the head drops Into the tub, a little
stream of blood gushes out from the trunk and
Justice is satisfied.
The whole operation takes less than half a min
ute. The headless body Is slid Into the willow
basket, the head U placed between the legs and
the basket Is put Into a wagon that has been
waiting two hours for Its burden. Escorted by a
squad of gendarmes and followed by a priest In a
modest cab the train gallops off to the Ivry
Cemetery, three or four miles away, where a part
of the lnclosnre, called the turnip field, Is reserved
for the burial of executed criminals. When the
body Is not claimed It Is Immediately exhumed and
given to the medical school.
Tbe Biff Horn Hirarmi With Deer.
From lA. fittihorg Cmmtrcal Good..
In s word, the Big Horn Mountains are fairly
swarming with gamo. Deer are there galore, also
elk and mountain-sheep, and bear, too, for that
matter, If anyone cares to go in after the tonghest
of all mountain customers. Deer In this country
average from JM to 800 pounds. To hunt them
successfully requires some knowledge of their
habits, but the lollowlng general tules will serve
aud help out considerably until the novice has had
a few mlsdora teeth cut and missed
a few score of the animals more or less. 'I heir
mating season la lato lu the fall, along
about October or early In November, when
their horns became hardened and thev go racing
around through the woods in pursuit of tho fleeing
does. This Is a dangerous time to attack, for tho
bucks are exceedingly bellUerent. aud will light
hard and lonu', even though only slightly wounded.
In the Big Itorn Mountains the deer and elk have
regniar runwaya to water, which thoy follow year
In and year out. Does a lazy Indian need venison
for supper, he merely stations himself at or near
one of these runways, and waits for his prey to
come along. Pretty soon the graceful creature
comts bounding luto view, tbe redskin ntters a
soit Meat or whlstio, the deer pauses a moment m
astonishment, and tho next minute falls dead in
his tracks.
Odd Things to Ornament the Uonse.
ifrom IA. Botton JJirald.
Pretty much every aort of thing Is utilized, if
one may say so, for mural decoration nowadays.
Warming-pans, rugs, Ashing nets, all get there,
and It must bo confessed when "the touch" la
happy, the effect produced Is by no means outro;
It Is simply unconventional and original In an
artlstlo sense. Tbe latest "ornaments" to come
before the public are quaint and obsolete musical
Instruments. From all accounts there Is to be a
run on that branch of art, and old drums even
may soon be lu requisition. Violins and
cellos are In demand already, but the
former are usually too valuable to be relegated
to wall decoration, and the latter too
large and oumbrous for ordinary apartments.
Nevertheless, I saw a 'oello at a musical Instru
ment maker's last week which is to be "hung
upon the outer wall " of a spacious hall not very
far away. It la a regular old veteran, thla 'cello,
not at all distinguished la appearauoe, but when It
Is put In order, and reoelvea some much needed
varnish, It n 111 look " musical " enough to deceive
Mr. Qlese himself. It Is certainly a curloua indi
cation of taste, but If tropules of ancient arma and
weapons are admired for decoration there is no
food reason why the more gentle Instruments of
ortnre should he debarred from playing a part In
household comedy. Tho only Joke would be, If no
one In the establishment came under the category
of musical, and could not tell one note from another.
Overheard on a Ferry-Boat.
From Harper1 Jlatar.)
What Is that, mamat"
"Liberty Enlightening the World, my dear."
"Is Liberty always a woman 7"
"Yes. dear."
" And do women enlighten the world?"
"Yes, dear."
"Obi"
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A Bualnea View of It,
fro- "uc.
Miss Vawas (from Ilawstine) Which do jon tike
the better, Mr. Miller, winter or spring?
Mr. Miller (from Minneapolis) Well, a good
hard No. 1 spring grinds pretty well and there's
the most money Tn It, but, after all. give me the
regular old.fahloned winter wheat that ain't
growed any and I'll guarantee you the beat flour
every time,
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Vsur Oranaa.
(rVan IA. B;t,n BudilA
X thought ber the fairest of creatures.
The day onr acquaintance begant
Ere time had marked ont a year's span.
for yon see a man'a vulon doth clarify ao
Wnen Um suit U denied by a b-jSm'i 1 fl?m .",
NEWS ABOUT THE THEATHES. I
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AMERICAN C0J1EDI STARS TO MAKB A
TOUR OP AUSTRALIA. I
Evan and Ilocr'a Finn With "A Parlor
Match " CJerter Due ToOIoirow An.
other Ilecrult fortboHtaefrotn theDraw.
liiR.Uonm Illxey Trip to California.
.lIcKce Rankin to Do n Battle Hccne.
fllE company playing
"A Parlor Match,',
with Messrs. Evans
nnd Iloey as stars, un
der tho management of
Harry Mann, and now
working its way to
Now York by easy
stages, bo as to bo ablo
to ploy nt tho Grand
Oporn-Houso during
Thanksgiving weok,
will start in tho middle
of April for Australia.
This will bo tho first
tirao that American
" comedy stars " -have
" touched " that coun
try. Thoir tour in Australia will bo watched
with considerable intorest by managers hero. ,
Tho success of Evans and Hooy maypavo
tho way for other popular farce comedies
and American combinations. Tho entlro or
ganization, numbering eighteen people, will
mako this trip. Tho company has boen very
prosperous for tho past throe years, Evans,
Hoey nnd Harry Mann having cleared nearly
9100,000, jointly. Evnns and Hooy started
somo four jears ago in a play called " Tho
Book Agent," which was only fairly success.
fnl. Thoy ''combiued" with HnrryMann,
and arranged with Hoyt to rewrite "Tho
Hook Agent," which ho did, calling it " A
Parlor Match." A great deal of tho success
those gontlemon havo mado is due to tho fact
thot thoy have staved together, which is very
rarely the case with successful comedians.
Tumblers ore to be culled from Bornum's
circus to execute tho gorilla danco to be in
troduced in tho production of "Sho" at
Niblo's this month. This play, It is said,
will combine tho spectacular with tho melo
dramatic Tho management pride them
selves upon tho woird and improbablo situ
ations and effects which they intend to show.
It is Bald that both Miss Mary Anderson
and Ooquolin t ill appear at Wallack's, and I
not at tho Star Theatre, next season, although
this hns not bcendofinitely announced ; and
that, during tho time thoy tenant that bouse,
its regular company will mako a tour of tho
principal cities.
Mme. Etelka Gerstor is duo in this city to
morrow. Tho steamer Blackbird, with a
number of Mme. Gerster's friends on board,
will go down tho bay to meet her, at the invi
tation of Manager Honry E. Abbey.
Miss Alice Hamilton, a charming young
woman from tho standpoint of an attractive
personality, will probably make her debut in
Miss Marlowe's company, playing a small
part. Miss Hamilton is the daughter of an
officer in the regulor United States Army.
Sho is making tho leap from the drawing,
room to tho stage in tho now approved style.
Arthur Wnllaok and O. A. Byrne, after
christening the play they havo sold to A. M.
Palmer " Coward Conscience," havo discov
ered that this is the titlo of a book, bo they
havo changed the namo to " Romorso." Thoy
aro now at work upon another to bo called
" Guilt."
Charlos Bico has loft Now York to jobs
Honry E. Dixoy in his joumoy across the
country to the Pncifio slopo. Mr. Dixey will
have a special " observation " car. He will
play in only two towns beforo reaching San
Francisco, to wit, Lincoln, Nob., and Omaha,
and that for tho uako of breaking his jour
ney. In San Francisco be will play five r
weokB at tho Baldwin. Dixoy, whon travel
ling, always has tho car loaded with fresh
flowers. Ho has reached that etago when ho
can afford to bo eccentric.
McKce Rankin is rapidly completing his
arrangements for tho production of "Mso
both" in Brooklyn on Nov. 28. Ho will
present the play to a metropolitan audience
at Niblo's for four weeks in January. Tho
towns will be extensively lithographed, and
Mr. Rankin is espooially proud of a picture
representing tho throe witches. There will
be a battle sceno in " Macbeth," whioh tho
managers Bay will bo as attraotivo as tho
battle of Agincourt in " Honry V."
I7te trained nurses of the city and the noble
work they are doing, will be delightfully described
in the Sunday Wobld.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
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Th aro apparently having line weather out la
Kansas, for the Valley Falls Kew Era remans:
" Tbe Individual that would kick about thla
weather would turn up bla nose at the best seat In
the dress circle in Paradise."
OttoMaas, a drug clerk In Blals, Neb., has re
ceived notice from tho German Government to
return to the Fatherland and serve his time in tho
army. Maas has been in the United States for
nearly four years, and Is debating whether to
regard tho notice or not.
The poem by Oplo Itced entitled " De Cotton am
rickod," which appeared In the last nnmberof
Harper's JIagarlne, was accepted and paid for by
the editor of the magazine Ave years ago. The
grists which go into the magazines are apparently
ground exceeding slow sometimes.
Father Iletnau, pastor of St. Joseph's German
Cathollo Church, in Kast Mauch Chunk, Pa., hi
declared war on bustles. Ho brands them as un
sightly and Immoral, and threatens that unless the 4 ,
women of his congregation abandon them he will
request them not to attend tho church.
Burglars who entered the house of a Pole In St.
Louis out open a sock containing a Bible and a
Mosaic charm against evil written on a long atrip
of parchment. They v ero arrested while attempt
ing to escape, and say that they were frightened
away by tno charm, which gave them a shock
when they touched lr.
The mystery of a belled bnzzard, which has long
puzzled the people of Buglss, Ky. , Is explained by
Mr. Pearl Ferguson, w ho says that he captured a
buzzard while It was feasting on tho carcass of a 1
sheep on Dlx Hlvcr Aftecn years ago, and attached I
the bell which hung from the sheep's neck to the I
buzzard before letting it go. I
It Is curious to note that according to Thomas I
Dllworthj's "Oulde to the English Tongne," which I
was accepted as a standard In pronunciation by I
polite Engltsh society of a century ago, the vowel M
tounds in Ale are foil, bile and boll, were pro- laL
nounced alike, as also were thoso In tour and W
tower, aro and air, dew and do.
Mrs. Ann Kelly, of Northwood, N. II., is
elghty.flve years old, but she la a vigorous woman.
Since last May she bus pieced and nude Ave quilts,
cut and braided twenty-seven woollen rugs, made
two aheets aud a dozen pillow-cases, and besides
all thla aho has knit stockings, mended clothes and
done considerable other work.
Chief Juttlo Watte and Justices Mllltr and .
Field, of th Supreme Court, were all bom in ,V ,
IBID. Junto Bradley 1 the oldest man oa the I
ban 00, being stventy-focr, and juttios Harlan U I
th youngest, being only fifty-four. Justioe I
WalU, Bradley, Miller and Field sre ji above the 1
age at whloh they may fetlre from from th Uaoa I
at full (ay for Ilia, 1
a iirdatft iftrtari iiia i i ntfi saftaltafaVl V 1 f4fi?r ftow!taiMa! L