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SECRETS OF BALL-GIVING.
A CHAT WITH WARD Mc.-LL_ST.___.
SOW HI* CAMI". Tu BK A KAMOL'8 BAM. OROANIZK'a
?REt IMst::NCFrt OK C.iTll.lON DIXXKXS.
Tbe MOM of the geiillcnian who manages the
halla ol ths r.-ttnarchs' Society in this city is
familiar to most people who read the iievvspu,- rs.
By many an aspirant for social elevation he is
regarded as a mysterious power, whose favor is
_n " Op.-n Saiaije," or as nu Ofrre who stands
blocking thc May Iq thc enchanting inner circle of
New-York soci' ty.
In a social cr'it the other evening. Ward mm
Allister dispelled the i_rjl that he was an absolute
social moniiroli; he is only a representative of the
exclusiveness that, must nece_*_iriiy characterize
the balls which he conducts for society. His
looks are certainly not terrifying. A well knit,
frame supports a large head: the open forehead,
genial, briliant eyes and benevolent features, set
off with mustache and imperial, combine to form
an expression that may be called fastidious or
Judicial, but by no means unkind. A representative
of an old Southern family, he lives with quiet
taste and easy comfort in Last Sixtecnthst His
lawyer's educatiou. tact and huge acquaintance
stand him in good stead hs a manager of estates
and promoter of financial, commercial or political
euterpnse* where diplomacy is essential. A fore?
noon devoted to business, an afternoon stroll up
the avenue, with an hour or two at th* Unlou
Club, a dinner party or ball ic the evening, make
up hs routine when in town. Travel, a month
or two at Newport?where he has & well-manag*d
farm as well as a cottage?with occasional tripe to
the oity. make up his summer schedule.
iik'UIKM.N'U liIS KXI'KhlK.N'C K Al NKWrOKT.
? Well I would have lo go back to the time
when i was married to get at thc beginning of
my connection with social festivities." said Mr.
McAllister, when requested to give his remims-.
cenc-c*. "That was in I MAS. I went bo Europe j,
car.it* back in 18.6, and sanding the summer at
Newport, naturally fell into the social tide th-re
and soon began to organize thc Newport picriics.
Novcr heard ol them'.' Well, you aro young, yet.
I would oi_anize a small putty, hire a stt.amcr,
auu _o oft to Nome place like Kooky Point, where
we tv oulti have a good li. uv neon, uiuuer tl cittui
ti.iKc, tt .in u li'Olio .inti uauec, n_._ a mouin /rfut anil
home.
" How did I come to manage these thiu _s ? Well,
I haitaly Know _jys.il. 1 app-r-ciait:- ni the out?
set Um iiportaaiW of enlisting the lc_.uiug men,
lui herb ol l.tLu ilic .->, who woiuu siuud Oy me and
make failure impOQOlb-8. lin- next great thing
tn.it I have always uatl to insist on is exclusive?
ness. A bnll ihat any one eua gum adniiltiiuoe
to is never attractive, while one mal is rigidly
exclusive will make imitation- sought tor by
c\ cry lindy. Then 1 have always insisted on an
nt tract, ve and, if possible, a uoseJ. pince for meet
i_jf; the best of viands, wino uud service, und, you
tau add, the best of music nnd rrio-at artistic floral
ii- iu;ii ions. There you hate t._.c secret of suc
__?"_"__ bail giving in a nutshell."
" How old is the Pa marchi*.' Society, Mr. Mo
llllntrr
" Lei's see. The Patriarchs i.tarted in '73. Yes,
but WO had the Cotillon dinners before that. You
sc- I had to o*HM to New--ork ihe dump air
al Newport dui not B0'rfc with me. Well, wc
organised iii" Cotillon dinners, you know. Per- i
baps si\ty or seventy people would meet, have a
good dinner, and dance the german alterward "
" Who MM lo kati then I*
" There trow lien rv Co?ter nnd James Otis and I
T- Burnett Ra bl win. Yes, Johu G. Hecks*.*, ti er used to
MM, loo, oad Ooorgt Rand eame on later. You
000 lhere were not so many millionaires in tho**o
days, aud few people -vere spuding tbeir incomers.
One of lliesp was Mr. Belmont. I suppose ho
expended SliO.OOO or 370.non a year, lie kryt a
chef at SOO cr $70 a month, which vvras thought
i"Mirbitnnt in those days. It seerns absur! in
these days, wb*n every one of pretensions keeps
a chef nnd mys him $1 00 to $150 a month, ."hen
tlie chef often mariHires to get a commission of
20 per cent from tradesmen, so V,r makes n nice
sala rr. You know the chefs at. tb/:* Hoffman House
uud Pelmonico's get $r,,000 a yet ir.
OIWF.C'S OF THK PATBIA Rr. Hs' ?OCI"*TT.
Well, as society grew and fortune*! increased,
ns well rus families, the leaders In society felt the
need of an exclusive series of assemblies, at which
to bring out their daughters an d introduce to them
i ligiblo young men of good character, as well as
to entertain each other and foreigners or strangers
in thc city. This led to t'ie organization of the
Patriarclis' ba IK and I wr.s asked to superintend
their arrangements.
? You know there are fifty Patriarchs, who sub
icribe to pay for each season's series ot three or
four balls. Each IVtnarch has five invitations
for ladies and four tor gentlemen, besides his own,
lo distribute, and he asks whomever he pli-isrs.
The only safeguard as to thc character and ex?
clusiveness of itic guests js tue high social stain'iing
of the Patriarchs theaiseives. This ;s made doubly
?ault; by tiie rale tnat every inviUitiuii must bear
the niame of ihe gaoet and the name of tip"' 1-atn
irch issuing it. so that if any objectionable person
ihouid itppcar at a ball, the ticket* would .how
.vb.i had in\ited bin. or ber. But bjoIi ii tlnog
.__ never happened ; every Patriarch knowing that
he ls tho sponsor for the cLantcter of tbe guest
ne invites. Thc idea that some people bave that
1 exercised a censorship over tho list of guest*
Invited is erroneous. My judgment may be some
limes requested, or I may have some ticket* re?
ferred to me with discretionary power a* to their
distribution on special occasions, when Patriarchs
are absent and cannot well send out invitations
themselvea"
? Might not Ihe snme person receive invitations
from a half dozer, different Patriarchs?''
? M'Pt irAT'r* INVITATIONS P IBVKNTID.
u Certainly. There is where mv work comos
in, to prevent duplication. Often there is a rush
rf invitation's offered to various popular people.
The first Patriarch who sends me his list of names
has the ticket* issued by me with the names of
his guests Ulled in. forwarded to him. If the
next List contains names already selected, the list
is returned for substitutions. I havo to keep,
therefore, a record of all the guest* invited and
who invites th*m. The extra tickets are usually
tendered to strangers from other cities, and to
foreigners cf rank. It is against the rules for a
Patriarch to erase the name of a guest and substi?
tute another name. Ile- must apply for a new
card of edmission. An error of this kind caused
wm* unnovtincy. to Miss EL*t!e de Wolfe last win?
ter, the ticket being irregular, and she was stopp?d
by Johnson until the matter was satisfactorily
explained.
" Onlv five of the original Patriarchs are now
on the list. They are Robert G. Remsen. J, W.
Hamersley. Matann Livinireton. G. II. Warren,
and myself. Others of the original Patriarchs
were J J. Aster, Delancev Kane, sr.. Alexander
S. McComb. F S. G. d'Hauteville. W Butler Dun
ran, A. Uracil- King, Louis Mason Jones.
Kugene Livingston, E. T. Snelling, and
W. R. Travers. Mr. Travers used to be a
i rineely entertainer and almost rivalled Mr.
Belmont in hospitality. The Pntrinrchs' balls
were begim In IVImonico's Fourteenth-sts restau?
rant, which I still think was the finest assembly
room for tlie purpose thst the cit? bus had.
When Delmonico mowl to Fiffh-avi* and Twenty
raixlh-st wc followed him ard have hud every Im!]
jaitiee iii that pine" exeent one at the Metropolitan
Opera Hoiis". Tbe diffleulty of servin/r the sup?
per at thia last plano prevented our repeating the
experiment.
M Society," continued Mr. McAllister, " is an
occupation in itself. Only a man who has a good
afV-al of leisure and a taste for lt cnn
"ke-ep up a-v-ith ita demands and with whnt
Interests it Say what von will, tbe modern
leader of goeiety must still have eraisitlemMe of
the obi courtier and 'hevnlior endowment to
make n sric*-ss eif ir Number* of people arc In
1ror|*ieerl In ffkOhlesnaHle society every sciison who
?raini't rind clo not make a MCCOOS, nnd they fnli
-out. Thc/ cannot, float themselves even wh"n
wine one c'ves them ri good start. These people
have not. tb'* pols*, tiie nofif'ide tnr polite ooarer
nation, tbe polished and deferential manner, tho
Infinite capacity of good humor and nbilitv t.,
entertain cir h.- eoteitafaed thal society demands.
SOCII-TY'* LIMITS VAIilltsY'lvr,.
"Wliy, there are only about 4 00 people 1n
fashionable New-York society. If you ro outside
that number you strike people who are either not
ot ease in a ball-i-oom or else make other people
cot at ease. Sec thc point? Of course there are
any number of the most cultivated and highly
respectable, eran distinguished, people outside of
fashionable society. When we -"ive a large bail
like the last New Year's ball for eight hundred
guests, we _o outside of the exclusive fashionable
set and invite professional ni"ii, doctors, law?
yers, editors, artists ond Hie like. But the da**
when footaaoa admitted a?t*n to exclusive society
liars gone by. Twenty or thirty fears ago it waa
otherwise-. But now with thc rapid growth ,.f
? millionaire* are too common to receive
in iel) def rte hm ; a fortui:e of a million is only
iis|..-<-TaKc" poverty. So we have to draw social
boundaries po another baals; old connection*,
gentle breeding, perfection, in al! the* requisite ac
touiplishiUiius (.f _ j;ciitlemHo, elegant leisure
nnd un aaataiaod pnvHte reptitnti.- count lor
more thai newly gotten richea. You would br
surprised at tao number of apparently eligible
tuen this list of requirements strikes out of con
aioeration. Tbe truth is we are not a DAtion of
Chesterfields a ntl Bayard*!, Sidneys am1 Haleigh*."
"Have not New-York's most, bri .'mut enter
fninnients often boon in pr,vals? hfjnaoof"
" Yes: and always will bc, for vi j-iotis reasons
I can remember seme brilliant afT'.in*. when mc
like Belmont, and Travers en*.* _ thined: who
Dolaooov Kimo had th** old Bi:ida house, uni
when W. Butler _>u::can ent.-i tamed the f'u>
P. C. Dl C. ball. You ICBM! tco Family Circi
Danolng Class was staitet*. ns ati overflow- for th
younger 'dement when the lVitnarchs' balls cease,
to suffice for their er.ter-lainjjie.nt. 1 ptfeSBB.
that the most, handsome cora bined dinner ani.
cotillon ever giveu in Ne*#,-Yr.rk was that of Eil
ward Lnckmever. It tnt* cai led the '*\vnn din
nee' and tbe table had Jive iwau flontinir aron ii'1
among green islands in ti miniature Uke that M
cupieci the centre of the table.
" Leonard W. Jerome* 's cotillon dinner nm'
W. K. Travers's. at Deb nomco's, were memorabli
occasions. Of !t.t-> years GVncrul Cutting's
dinner for Miss Annie Cutting at lVlmonieo's o
few years ago WM reroarkiible for the beauty of
?be debutantes and tia* co-tHnes* of the roses,
which seemed to cover the rooms and bids Ute
walls.
FAMor* n*v*-TF.n*is>r '?t-c-int tbatis.
? The dinner which 'Cook's BtiUetin' has called
the finest ever served In tbe city for artistic cook?
ing and appointment* was tha*. given to Attorney
General Brewster by FKderl.k D. Thompson at
LVlmonieo's on February 5, 1883. It coat about
$7,000, and wa* a remarkanlc affair. A Patri?
archs' bail followed thc dinntar, which all th. din?
ner gucut* attended. The t-ible waa I-shaped and
a mass of flo we ra. Thia vjros the utiparaUelleel,
brilliant season that saw the Vanderbilt lancy
dress ball. l"atti and Sca'jchi were charming peo?
ple in the old Arademy with Italian melodies,
and Mrs. Potter was mii.king her first brilliant
impression as an amateu r. This season's gayetr
was so remarkable that a history of it, In dook
form, was compiled.
** Of oourse there have been handsome exnber
tainment* since. I sumos* Mr. B'orrowe's din?
ner to Mr. and Mnj. Bradley Myrtin has Birelj
been eclipsed, while the Martins themselves have
given dinners, like* that on February 14, that
could not be sorjiassed tn tonutv. You know
that Mr. Martin Wilpa larg** quantities of pheas?
ants and grouse t/_ this country from his Scotch
shot*?tln|*-gToundB,f)nd hit*** them frozen for him in
Fulton Market. Then he has them at an*r limo
during the wini*.!', and their flavor is r_m_ rkably
fine.
Ah, yes, there has bergi a great nd-WM macle
of late yeare in tlie quality of suppers at air balls.
Three delicacies are now considered indis*j>ensoble,
and they ore canvasb..'Jk ducks, terrapin and
mt* cle foie *p*H. This season. howtft**r. lt is
difficult to get. good canvasbacks. Eftther the
best of them are shlpocd to English marketa or
there has been so much gunning at Havre de Gris
and other pobtt** on th* Chesapeake as to frighten
them away from tb*ir feediug trrouniLs of wild
celery, thereby Kpoi'.inir their delicacy of flavor
It tjc-euis as if something would havo to be done
to prevent the extinction of the -canvasback
ducks; or they/ will follow in the Wake of thc
buffalo. Now they are so scarce as tin command
$7 to $0 a parr. IOtl know thal when Loni Rose?
bery was herfi, that after a dinner ot* canvasback,
he asserted '.hat the liniteel States should have
thosen a canvas back duck as their national em?
blem instead of a tough and worthiest, bald eagle.
di-hki nr ron ? pict!rt*-:-.
" Yon 'aiust know that one of the most exjten
sivo as v/ell as the latest of dishes is capons truf?
fled in _*ario. Of oourse they cost so much as to
be In I .mited demand. Another new dish is four
year-oid mutton, it is not new cn tbe other side,
as Englishmen always prefer their mutton to be
fourj-years-old. But nt the lust Farmers' dinner
four-year-old mutton was thoroughly teated and
ptrjnounced a great delicacy and a decided success
"? .tb in flavor and texture; the honors being
?.Ivided between Frederic Bronson and J. Hobart.
Warren, who furnished the muttou from their
flocks of thoroughbred Southdown*. Theso sh ep
were, of course, four-year-old wethers, and fatted
nnd feel with the nicest discrimination. Tbe
?.ervine of terrmpin is another thing on which epi?
cures lui ve undergone a change of tjiste. lor
thirty-five years thc Baltimore and Philadelphia
styles hove contended for tbe palm. The first is
to 6erve with black-sauce and Madeira wine, tlie
chafing dish and a little pepper being used. The
Philadelphia fashion ia to use fresh butter ond
cream, such ns wos formerly called a Trenton
stew, and was highly thought of by General Cad
walacler and other famous epicures. This is now
the style of terrapin served at bizh-cliiRs dinners,
only it cannot be prepared for large dinners, as the
cream curdles ot the least delay."
TUB ETIQUETTE OF PARTIXO.
From Tid-Xitl.
The foetal etiquette that regulates the tlmo a young
man will tear himsslf *w*v fruro h's ?,-y tact *m
ls not so rigid lo the rural dlf-trtcts as in tho city.
When the dork band* twine arouux toward ten encl
tho pretty malden 'by hi* side reminds him of tho
f*ct, the city twain "foes borne. Noi so the youth
In 'the rural district Toward eleven o'clock his Janie
s*rys:
" You know what time H ls. Ked Banes 1"
" Cours* I do," he replies, smartly.
"Well, I guess you'd better put out for hom*."
"Wli_rs tbe rush l"
" I'd say 'rush' If I were you, when It's most mid?
night."
"I don't cure If lt's most daylight."
"Well, I do, anet you shan't 6tay hore one second
after midnight"
" Pet you a cookie 1 do."
"No, you shan't. I'll call pa, see If I don't
"(?h. roo, you ?t-t-UL"
" You'll sec."
"I'll risk lt."
"Oh. you're perfectly horrid 1 N'ow, you fret your
hat nd clear out."
"Oh. pshaw! you'd be mad if 1 did."
"Yon wretch I You've gol to gu right away, for
aaylng that."
" You don't say so. "
" I do, too; and I?I?If you dare kiss mo igaln!"
He il ares.
? Ob, oh, oh I You are the meanest fellow. I've a
notion to box your ear*."
" liox away."
" When are yon going home V
"When I fret a pond ready.-'
"Pa ll start you lt he comes In."
"He won't come In."
" Don't be too sure of that. If ma sees the light
She'll scold."
" lier'* put lt out!"
"No, you shan'tl You'd better pnt yourself out.'"
"See If i do."
" You'll sit here with tho eat then. I shan't keep yon
compiny."
" Pooh I A team of horses couldn't drag yon away."
"Oh, you horrie!, horrid thing!"
But lt ls midnight before he gate*, all tb* same,
and he hasn't had tu sit with the cat either.
DISCOYE/tT OF A VALUABLE COTE.
From Titi Atlanta Comtitution.
A few days ago a n*rn> boy was standing near a
trash pile and was engaged In running his toe*
through the debris. Ile noticed lotnething bright tn
tie pile and when he picked ll up found lt to be a
very small yellow eoln. "At flr?t hr* thought lt wm
copper, but as be Angered lt. hi* native tense told
him lt was too heavy for copper, sn be at once con?
jectured that lt wa* made of gold. Ile bad some
online** with Frank Walker sud while tn hi* office
showed bim rh* piece of money. Ra asked the lawyer
how much be would give him for lt Tbe attorney,
ofter eyeing lt closely, thought il wa* a gold dollar,
and aa he wa* particularly anxious to ret auoh a coln
to wear on bl* watch chain, he offered the boy a
dollar for lt. which he gleefblly ac*.e*,tcd.
Mr. Walker gave the coln a careful examination
and became convinced that he h.id paid roo much for
lt- Ile wag In Colonel Uedwlne's oiflce ani roo- the
coin out and exhibited lt to the. great financier.
"Wha? will von give me for lt'" h? asked "lil
rive you a dollar." wa* the rep! r. " And I'll r've
you a dollar and a quarter." tnte*?iipfasd a man who
had come In to renew a note. ? Hone." exclaimed
Mr Walker. "Here's your mowry." wa* the quick
answer. The buyer left rbe offle* with Ms min. and
the lawyer thought he had made rn good bnrgatn.
"lurrying off to a man that boys enlns, the pur?
chaser exhibited the piece. The, dealer serutlm.ed
ft clinicly and said: " Wha' wl!l? von foh>* 'nr it ts
"What will yon rivet" After a Ititi* consideration
the dealer said : " Will you fake *?_*> for lt T" The
answer -u: "No. but I'll tako rr-io for lt." "D's
a go: here's your money," and the happy man walked
out of the office.
Tbe ruin trhleh figured In th'ise transactions !? a
Confederate gold dollie A gentleman *.?* talking
yesterday to a repnr'er and he s?id! " The worst
sold m*ri of th* four wa* b* who sold the coln fer BM.
lt If be true that lt ls. a* ls r** jj ress nf ed. a rennin*
Ponfedeva'e gold dollar, lt ls worth !?n*,0. I am fold
thil there are emit- six of these coins In existence.
Tliev are the only ones which were coined. They
are wor'ii PASO Mell."
Tlie reporter carce a"vav convinced 'hat of all Ike
r*en who figured tn this affair, the gi-ntleman **-hn
gave this wonderful Information was tho worst sold
of any.
HOW TO REMOVE A TIOHT FIXOMR-F.1SO.
Frcm TheJtwlliW Weekly.
The other day an old lady came t" me with the
request to <nv: . iin. fi om one of her fugcr*. Il was
lier wedding ring, which she hiv! never !r.td off since sho
was married, fc-ty-five years before, end she w-ia dc
lighted to near that 1 could remove lr Without cutting
lt. I wound ll.e finger round from thc lop downward
with flat rubber brim, which teemed >/> pi*?fa the *?ah
down almost to the bone. ll**r li ir. I was then held
above ber bead fo* a few momen's. Then 'he band?
age was quickly taken off and rctcoo/'d on ths fln.-r.
After repeating this operation three, limos I was able
to remove the ring with ease.
rff.?IiV, RELATIONS MISUXDERSTOOD.
From The Pittihurg Jr\tt.
A cowil of excited men gathered un,nnd a tlmM
lcroi.lur* Individual in a taloon and all ter-an I.Ik n_
to him at once. Meanwhile tbe ir* tor ender an
peared bo ind and lonely. At tait le rapp'-d loudly
on the bat with a beer j. Ls to si ir-ft attention, and
ihen tald lo the Mri,ld man: "Ino. be***, If you he
menin' for Alderman, as 1 reckon iou ls*, why don't
ton Invite the goat lo MOO io hsiv* SOSB-tklne with
ton!" ?? Y yo'' ai* mistaken, slr." ro'ponded ihe
tin *d niau; " ib**e ntbe: gentle rn n ar* runn-ng for
Alderman. 1 am the voter." '1 hen the *fOM*r*tOf
ruthe- lu aud illichaigd the Ott* MltoadOf for not
knowing *:aie*rnen abeu ho oil* rh.m.
It nat ? very tftnrt letter, but lt was long enough.
? nd BOW Ihe i Lionel I* filing to rxpiain ll by laying
he didn't know tho darn Jok* wu loaded.-!!",'abbington
Critic
NEW-YORK LIFE.
THE FAS1IIONAM.E MANICl'M'..
The MdoaoMe in i;-.i.-tj:- basai nany oa^age-soot*
a thu hohlaaahlo ofter Manor ipeel
i.tist, the fashlonaldo dre*-ma li** r. tho f - .ituialil'
imateur *ct;-es?, tho IMhlonaati titled hwalgaet, t
he fashionable --?i(. lu Ibis does bot -OShloaa
onsist. If sh-) hm! no engagement* but !et h?r mimer
?'il patrons seek mt at Ital, own hour*!, she wouid
?ease to be fashionable sad tink to the dead level of
ho common-place. Ker mornings are engaged to tin
nit- Hor tallie's display Illustrious names '?' lilcli ai*"
he despair and envy of aspirants for social honors.
She ls, In fact, very murri of a person, a little nearer
han the b?J""-dres*er, n little dearer than the chiropo
| dist, and In A polite, subdued way tyrannizes over ha
victims, who. in rheir ?ni.ls. are afraid of her. Hov
ls lt possible with tliat ile ri iu re and self-effacing manne."
that aihe can on occasion make people feel so *mall I
Perhaps lt li the queer, quizzical way ihe has Of
?.-fodying nails which are presented to her for thc
ont tim*, of silently turning them over ?nd holding
rhom off, of mualngty pinching tiio finger tips and
biting her under Hp, all In concentrated, brooding
corjtemplarlon, with something In her air which poig?
nantly suggest* that here indeed are nails which ll
will take tho cream of lier genius to reduce' to proper
refinement. Through he.- Urger* the sensitive patron
teems to feel the vibrations of her suppressed con?
tempt quivering for an outlet.
Uk* all professionals she ls fond of traducing the
work of her predecessors. Says she, after her survey
of th* timidly presented nails?ly in,. In tnt palm of her
hand Ilk* four ihlny, pink, composition ro<*. leaves
such as were worn for earrings some years ago:
"You have been regularly employing a manicure?"
Then glance* np suddenly with a small, knowing
imlle lurking round the ooroers of her eves. You own
the frivolous Impeachment and she says, with a sigh
for the follies of fashionable human nature, snd a smile
for tbe vanities into which she ha* struck Mk. roots
and from which *he draws her sap,
" They've been very badly done. But." encourag?
ingly, " I guess I'll bo able to get them Into shape."
If tbe unhappy owner of these gorMed beauties
hts heen her own manicure, and badgered her nails
into the highest nate of cultivation, Irritation and ir.
fiammatlon with a poinred stick of wood, a Hie, a fox
of red glue, whieh bears the cheap and enticing legend
on Itt cover that lt can lie used STU! equal success *s
a cosmetlo and a sprinkling of pink powder, sho li
naturally mortified hy tho F. M.'s sweeping eon
derr.n.tlon, and would rather cut out her tonnie thar,
own herself the culprit- In fact sh" I. frightened Into
admitting thar the F. M.'s predece-sor w?? a profe-a
slonal expert, wh'*se name she ha* forgotten?f-ttering
and Hushing?aad wh') she thought at th* time was
not a proficient In celebrating the Otes of her cult
But the F. M. In spite of ber superiority ls a
j pleasant person. There ls something quietly com
! panionable. about bot which Captivated and either
! this or the confidential nature Of her occupation has at
fines precipitated a confidence upon lier over ap
pllcxtlons of the accommodating red glue. Then sho
j never bother* by forcing ber ott n Ideas upon her
1 patrons. Where ls UM hud or hello who has flot
I tasted the MttOrOSOS of thwarting Madame, dr* |*.\, re
! -ea'ed siter pt* ? to eli-css Mlle.'* hair ' a la DsrboCQ-l ' ."
j And when Mellie, prompted by tho curiosity which
i originally caused a slight unpleasantness lo the r,,r,!e:i
i of F-den, has consented, how horrible to s't and watch
I Madame perforu.lrg prodigies of ugliness with Ibo
long tresses which she boons and twists with eerie
I llkeret?-se* nf the interlaced pastry euria on the fop of
: a game pie! j\nd finally, the tart-Iiko OheTQlPIO coin
: pleted, how unpleasant the necessity of opposing
? one's Icy disapprobation against Madame's lushed,
J French enthusiasm, enr.< heil with a Juicy choice of
adjectives, as she stands off, ron-.ti in hand, suffused
with admiration! In tho V. M.'s narrow sphere there
1 ls no chance for exercising Individual taste, there can be
I no splintering of lanes, no crossing of swords?all ls
tranquil, peaceful, almost monotonous.
Tbe F. M. ls a husy person. In the 'norning, an hour
| before midday, ?h* sets oat, very demure and trim,
' with a veil lied over Ihe front of her hat and down to
the Mid of her nose and skirts neatly caught np out of
i the mud. She carries a small black bag which ls as
much a part of her appearance as was Theophlle
] Gautier's red waistcoat part of his. Sh* has several
placet to visit before lunch. Ia* Clgalo awaits her
, In her p.)"fnmed dusk, drowsing sumptuously, and tn
1 a seml-wakefal state listening for thn F. M 's brisk
! knock, it come* on a euddem, sharp, decisive, clear,
1 breaking In upon the blurred fusion of bur Incoherent
, fancies?the flotsam and Jetsam left by the receding
i waves of sleep?'.Ike the horn of tho chase In murniur
nus fr>rc?t solitude. 1-t Cigala bee*ry-ojreO_ but
rather glad of a d1 version, stretches fort li a warm,
j Ivory hand toward a bowl of heated water, which In a
1 debris of faded rosea, bonbons, a novel open cm Its
' face, a rumpled handkerchief, Mauds 00 a fabl" beside
1 her heel. Uer finger ends gpls/.h In Hie water, and
j rufH-> tho surface, on which some pink rose petals,
j thickly Opearled. faintly fr?_rant, fica! Idly re::: I ll! I
round. When th* I'. M. eaters, a practical, eomtnott
i place figure lu the dim, rich roon, ita Bods her pal!-s;.t
i ready, nestlod down among the pillow-, With th*) bowl
j of warm water held, fur greater ronvctiier.ee, In the
j crook of her b"nt arm. Then sh* begins, ";e:s bot
I ba**, lay* out a row of shining steel Implements and
| the boxes of powder and glue, and sets Ita rosy,
aoak'd band on the fabio. I_i f''g-.o, lazily In
terostcd, turn* her bead on tho pillow, and opening
ber eye* a crack, watches tho quick, deft movements
of thc professional, and the transformed nails, pink,
gleaming, almond-shaped. The conversation ls de?
sultory, the one being too sleepy, the other too busy
for vivacious Interchange of thought.
"How?"?asks tho Uga!* soddenly, then pauses,
drops asleep for a moment, wakes hy decrees, and
opening her eyes stares vacantly at the P.M.
" Excuse me," says the latter, meeting the ox-!lko
stare and pausing with suspended fllo, " what were you
going to lay 1"
"I can't remember," says I.* Clgal*. with a tender,
sleepy imlle, yawning and stirring costly, " a great
thought has been lost," and her eyelids -oftly elOOO
and *h* heaves * long, faint sigh of rich content.
Thn F. M. hu too many engagements no! to havo
learned to be expeditious. Irom La (Igale'* steepy
sanctum she speeds away to Mn. Brown's. Mn.
Brown ls up and dressed, which ls not odd OOOOtdeHeg
the houi-. The F. M. finds her lounging In a long chair
In her boudoir reading the paper. The boudoir has
an open Aro place and Mrs. Brown's feel are os tho
tiled hearth, drawn comfortably out of her slippers,
which stand wide and vacant with tbe toes turned in
with that ilmple foolish look of unoccupied shoes.
With her pudgy itocktng feet Nhs. Brown pats gently
; and absently on the warra brown tile*, where orange
'. flames leap and tremble In long reflections. Tko
boudoir I* sunny, ttarin and luxurious; Mrs. Brown
I* the same, but inlTerlng from ennui and Indigestion,
tbe greatest Ills of this life. With one ringed and
dimpled hand the holds tho pajrr; the other ls like
Ia* Clgale's, dabbling lu a howl of wann water on th
stnnd b"slde her. As her eyes travel down the
c-jumns of the paper, .lie represses rising yawns In
i the depths nf her luncr OOaoOtOaoaOOJ, it being as yet
I too early to give way. She wears a charming Wran'*'? ?
with plenty of lace frills and loooo ends of rfbbonSi
light and dainty as a French chansunette. and the ls
I extremely stout, having tl,.* ii[ii*':iri'."ce round lier neck
j and wrists of bolling trot the. edge, of the wrapper.
As the F. M. I* ushered In sh? ca^'s OSMs tte paper
I and struggles to the edee of her long chair, pait;*i*
i about with her Hocking feet fur tho slippers. ?"?I"'
'? gets one on, ard tries to force her io* int,, the !."?[
of the other, looking full throated and flushed by tho
i fire, at tbe approaching P, M. The |\ M. gives dla
erectly quiet greeting and fakes h?r sr.it at tbs '
J Mrs. Brown works herself *t!ii searer the edge of ber
! chair, gripping the anns With h-i dimpled handa. The
! chair n of o 'Cs*.- wo; _ vt in, plash eashlons sad cine ks
j and groans In violent protest at this onseenly ri
The lady al last OOnf ut.-iMy Mtttftd. loohl WI I !
rather ogoplotlo *s she i pre ods hot fat, whits bandi
on the tai.ie. Daria, ita iwcooodin** operaUoo ita
j sirs speechless and motionless, breathing a
1 tsVOOgl her n.ase, and staring immovably With
prominent) unwinking eyes at tte F. M.'s earnest face.
Once the says, looking at the cinch.
" Fray don't hurry. I havo plenty of time to
6pare."
MOMO fail", w'th no sound to br",-t't ft tnt the low
rasping of the file, or tim chi i; ol an lastrutneni
dropped .'ti the lable. Ihe operator *,,?:
-eivui* rapidity Ol lim scraps nf ,.,;:,. Imbedded IO
the plump finger tips, the operated 'occasionally
Straightens herself up, thou slowly fettles Ul
tnsuflie.ently ititi shape of blancmange, and Ita
lower ll.e -settles Ibo moro prominent du her eyes
become.
At the next bouie the F. M 'l advent creates an ex?
citement. It ls her fiist visit. Sining In tho hall
ihe hears th* running of fe?t _veihe__, rb* sound of
voice* crying,
" K'hel, Kthel-the thingumbob's bere-d ,wn lo
Ibo hali."
"Mimina, whore'* Ethel? Ti.? mune;ir?'4 come."
" Bridget, go and tell MM* Ft!.el thn manicure'*
tome."
"Oh, Ethel, do hurry up. elie'* wailing In tho ball."
*? Mee* Eitel," tbe panting voice of tbs French maid.
v. ho ba* dashed up the stairs, " re maniac?ec* io raldeo
iu xo av, i."
11/ n heads peep curiously over the banister.. The
". M. SOI etas (lee: I.-lg gllmgom of l?ughln_, flushed
"Ith clear eyes, and banging lo.1!'.* nf pendulous,
? ?. bair. Oas Bgooi kitto, a white plna>
-le ilooUnpi and pster.t
. tunics to the head of tbe iralrs, and
leaning eostlf against ita bootoo*1, itam traaO-ttllly
it lt -.- till Ihe F. M., utually the HMOt OOtMOtOd of
'?romeu, ls qt:!*'' OBIbOCroaOOd. F.-peclally *o when
'lie watcher begins lo report aueUbly on her appear?
ance.
" Xai. she looks the, samo as any ono else," In a
'ilsappr.ii.'. .[sar, "she's pot a bsg?No, I
can't see her hands, Sta's got gloves ou?I don't think
? ho's pretty, but ihe'i got a veil on so l cau't OOO
well."
Presently 0OOM0 more bustling and running of feet.
" Mamma, where will I take her, Into tbo recoption
room?"
"The drawing-room, Ethel."
" Ah no. Et hui, Into the dining-room. We can ta'.to
off tho cloth and sit on tbe table and all seo. It'll
be such fun."
"Not your room. Ethel, 'cause then you wont let
us all In. That'll bo real moan. You promised wo
could leo If we were good."
"Oh, the billiard room ; that would be iplendld 1
Ethel could lit on the billiard tablo and we could stand
lound."
" The school room. Ethe! dear, that's the best."
F.thel novr appears at tho head of tho Hair* and
descend.. She Is a charming debutante of the season,
oighteon, slender, blooming as an American tea-roso.
She looks sweetly embarrassed, blushing deliciously,
and tiles to bo Indifferent, easy and dignified. The
Irrepressible sisters rather mar the dignity sf her ad?
vent. They .mass together at th* si ale-head In a
phalanx, and bitterly resenting tbe placid way the has
Ignored their claims, cry pleadingly,
"Can't we come, Ethel 1"
" You said we could. That's breaking your word I*
"We won't disturb tho what-you-callum."
" W* VOBt malle a tiny scrap of noise."
" Malama, csn't we go and iee Ethel manacled 1"
" Mamma, Isn't ihe Just too mean to liv*, not to
let us coine?"
" Mamma, tell her she's got to let us como and not
be so lottah sad keep all t lie fun to tal Spit"
'li.i* all louder for Mamma's retired eats. Tbe
phalanx are driven to daiporatlOl by tho tranquil
manner Ethel's slim figure gtldoi down the stairs sad
up to the F. M. They pause In their demonstrations,
peering over etch other's shoulders In hungry silence.
'1 ru*n a load grono of baffled rage bursts from them as
they -iee the F. M. rise, grasp her bag, and follow
Ethel down tho hall. Ethel. In truth, ls angry. Sho
wanted lo be so c*_m, so dignified, so much nf a young
lady, and yet her IbOOghtS would wander, her lool.s
grow distrait, as tho chorus nt the stair-head rose
loader. She whs so nervous SbOOt what those wretched
children would say next. Sho felt that tho F. M.
read h*r err:' *_*rSSS__-_t lu her eonseluis glance, and
grow hopelessly mortified ar.d bc wilie red. Passing
through tho hails nuder iho banisters, over which the
phelans now hang, silently watching her, she ls seized
with compunction, tampered oj ban vf italian
vengeance, and raising her eyes to their crestfallen
faces, says loftily,
" You may come If yon care about lt."
Whcreupain Um **r)****!"l comes furiously hustling
d' -ii tho stairs. Those, who bold the banisters
spring ar.d si.'Ut by turns. Tlie -Charl lush along
somehow and bunt Wildly Into tho .ehuol-iooiu, out of
bre_;ii, delighted, snthuflaatlc. They drag up choirs
and form a semi ci rc lo, Ita little ones, raising their
shins With ono hand ?s they sit clown In a fluff of
petticoats. They Bg_t in a subdued manner for place.,
and nut isttified get olf ibt'lr chairs and seizing them
by tho seals draw them a beetloo nestor, lt is all
thrilling and novel. When the Instruments are ar?
ranged they bold their breath. Then I hey look from
tbe Y. M. to her row Of sinning flies and polishers and
bach again, saggs each other with their elbows and
burst lulu delighted, smothered titters. When Ethel
presents tar hand tu tne F. M. Ihe silence ts solemn.
BUM herself ls rathol nervous. When tho Instruments
are applied, tho little sisters oro frightened and with
dravtu brows, sh: ink back and cry, "Ob, Ethel, does
it burt?"
Then getting no answer from their haughty lister,
they take heart, lean forward With bitten Ups, flinching
sad marmaling Uta a sudden sufferer; as tho file gve*
a nop or thc P. M. uses hT poa.titi plOO* uf woud.
'? I'm 1?Oh !-IIuch i-Ethel, that hurt uwfilly, didn't
lt Pgaslng pltylagtj Into ttair sister's tranquil eye*. " I
wouldn't have il dune for anything, would youl"
They are all crouching fo ward, absorbed, enthralled,
looking from the F. M. to Ethel and trott Ettie! lo Ihe
F. M., sometime! expelling their breath with a soft
Otoan, a_.ain drawing lt In through their shut teeth,
vt lrb a .luting, watery rush, or leaning together and
grasping each other erith a nervous clutch. U ben the
powdering snd polishing begin, they grow extremely
enthusiastic, and close round tho P. M. till sho la lost
lo light In the midst of a hollow square, breathing ad?
miration.
'? How lovely. F.thel l"
"Fm?just perfectly naaningP
"They shina J;*st as though they were greased!" in
a fund and tender ton.* of pride. In their enth.isl._tm
iliey crowd so close that the F. M. has to "shoo"
thea oir with her elbows, w_;t.h -he llaps up and down
like Incipient wings. Vt hen lt ls all over the children
e-rort her to tho door, baching befora lier a* though
she was reyally, and gazing in silont, unsmiling cu?
ll o.ii.v up Into her lace, jv. at ibe face of som* magician
or wizard
It ls past midday when the F. M. pays her fourth
visit. This ls at a hotel where sho h__s boen summoned
hy message. Mia ls led upstairs and shown Into a
private parlor with furniture OOtOTOd In red velvets.
On a marble-topped table In the centre ls a basket sf
wired roses and a chaotic mass ot newspapers and
paper-covered novels. In tho window lits the lady
who has .ont for hor?Mrs. Slumgullion, late fi om tho
West, fei.o ls reading a yellow-backed novel and has
lier feet comfortably raised on the rungB of an ad
J scent thuir. At the uemure approach of tho P. M.,
she lavs tho novel face down on ber lap and folding
her tia', li on lt looks over her eye-glasses at tho
1. M. a ith lively curiosity.
'? You're ihe- manicure. Glad to see t/ou. Pit down.
John," raising her voice with inch suddenness that
her eye-glaa-.es leap nervously off ber nose and plunge
Into the loose front of her gown. " the manicure's hera"
Enter Joan from an sd] lining apartment. Ile ls
large, red and gray, middle-aged, and looks as If he
bad boen asleep. H. comes In slowly and ponderojily,
pulling down his waistcoat, which he grips by tho bot?
tom and jerks into place, ll* looks rather sheepish
when he sees the F. M. sitting stiffly on the edgo of her
chair with the black bag in her lap, and stands In tho
doorway absently pulling bis waistcoat and looking
at Ins wife. She conies to tho toscuo with ready
femlnluo tact.
" Mr. Slumgullion wants his nails fixed," she says In
an easy explanatory tone, her chlo drawn In, and
patting Stoat on ber dresi fur tho lost _!asse_ ; "he's
going to a dinner potty." She linds them In a fold,
adjusts them on her nose, and throwing bet- head
well back on her shoulden, stares through them am?
iably, and says with tbo careless commaud of tho
habitual ruler,
"Just clear off that fall* and let her begin."
" Whc.e'll I put the boolis, dear?" says John, who
ls dU-OUOettOd bf Ita P. M.'s cold, hard eye.
"On the chair, on the floor, anywhere round. Sit
down. Jilin." She draws up * chair. "Have you
got everything?" sho ashs the F. M.
ThO P. M. lOggOOtl the bowl of hot wator. John ll
dispatched. He retires Into the Interior apartmant
ind thoa U.siiiM a great crat-hlng of crockery and the
v'.i is), of raaalag waler,
" BollingT" he cried suddenly from the Intorlor.
"Not q'.lte." says tho !?'. M. harrowing In ber bag,
and rather otaOBl mindi L
Pt -entiy he, returns, carrying a white shina wash
hand basia gllod with steaming water, it is too big
? en ti.- i il lo io is pot on tho-floor, md john
has to lean out of his chair aud hold hil lingers In lt
-an attitude which makes him pin* and flush itnrom
: ly. Occasional.] le withdraws his parboiled
? and muttering "whewi" breathe! on them ami
waves them In tho ult to cool. Tho P. M. -till
iis in hor bag 'i"e. not se* this heartrending
light- His wife pattin.It gnorlot in a stage whisper,
?? Ita hot ?"
'? 1 s'^ss 1 can stand lt." motton the hero, deter?
mine! thal what yoong | rla ge taronga every morn
It.- ??hall not malu* him vt mee. But "Il faut
tailffr.I . gt ? tallOr*?*hOW tri'' ll la'
'i he P. m. is nuw randy, sad Hr. gtnmgnlUoai in
iee to her request, lpn adi blt two, bl ,'" scarlet
t-is un ti...- ta'.!*. Th_T tool TOrj ds o.n aging tnd
il'.uti lays apologotleaUy. *s ?he *eei ita
ey a og them dnMoosly, modi tail ag *n attack
ll a ,st !s.',ista!ice.
" Mr. r*.,.r.igiilli"ii on the \t?y through hid to help
dig the tra:-i OM Ol * snowdrift, md his bani", got
io chapped."
didn't got 'em clean for a week," add*
Mr. iiumgnlllaa In an explanatory growl,
The I . M murm IO ? indi'* d!-< lairner, and Ihe
itt begin* M.*-.. nliimgnlllon lita beside them,
I forward en hor lo Hod amis, and peering
i ;?. her glaisc*. _he presently says lo tar hus?
band lo triumph.
"Now, iee how much nicer that looks than lt did
before."
li-- laarM derisively and mutter* " Gloves I"
"You couldn't wear gloves ail through tho dlonr.
Could lie pt ,,,, unootlono, facing the P. M.. who t* thus
fine | |_te the ihankle**. position of refe-oe*. Tin;
P. M. is frightened and sayi foebly that " It's all a
question of ttMe"
She wilks on In silence. Mr. and Mrs. Slunigulllon
tali; over their own affairs. The F. IL knows Just
what they are going to wear at tho dinner p*rfy and
who ls expected. Finally when sho I* flnlihcd Mr.
Murngulllon falls back In his chair with a mighty
sigh, gare* thoughtfully at bl* hands spread hugely
before him, and then plunging oi.o into tbe depths
of his pocket* say* with relief,
" Well, thank th* Lord, that'* over. What'* the
charge?"
Thii ls the last for one morning. The F. M. pat?
ters down the stairs and loiters home through the
little park, walking in the s :n and ionising itt ino
pl uk-faced babies do/.ing in their carriages.
IT il IA UF HIE REJECTED.
W J. Henderton tn Harpir't.
Alas! And alachl And nh willow 1
Aha! And oho! Ar.d ohel
Oh goodness! Oh gracious: Oh mercy I
And also boo-hoot And hejd.tr:
Ah mel And oh mr! And ob sorrow I
And likewise oh trlefl And oh woe!
Welha-daj 1 Marry I goaodol And confusion 1
Moreover, ob dearl Ar.d helgho 1
Laek-a-day! Oh thunder! Perdition!
Ob gemini Chrlttmus 1 Ard '-death:
Great Scort! uddslife! Oh distraction!
Hang the girl 1 I am all out of breath 1
THE REGULATION SUPER.
Tine M-n ind its work.
"For many reasons," tald a well known sctor,
"I am sony to learn Ihat the American public Mil
aol have an opportunity next teason of witnessing
the performances of the Meiutngen company, but on*
of the chief ts that their appearance would have glv*a
add i lonni Imp-tis to the work Ihat has boon begun
here In thc direction of g-ttlng better ensembles by
Uta employment of Iritelll.eni and regularly trained
supers. When Herr harnay was first bete some
years ago he dtllied tho mob for 'Julius Caviar* to a
deg'.*e of perfection llii-n aJBOSt unknown here. Hs
brief expo;lenee w;ih tha* Melningen company, of
w-hlch he was never really a member, having Joined
lt for a brief time because of patriotic motives, s'ood
Lim In go'/d stead. That company ceral.ily has Hie
most wouderiul s'a?e management I ever saw, but
they ke"p **,,, HMM aupes. or at lean the lead ra ol
them, from season to >ea on. What has been tho
feature OMSt goaeroUf tallied of tn living's presenta?
tion of tlie 'Faust'? Is it riot tko gniir-tng and
moveuent of that mad. fanta-Mo, ever-shifting, ever
Vhlrilng rout In the 'Brockm tooan*! What would
'Paul Kai,va.-' have been wit lu ut Its mob? And the
work tt has dune coull not have been got out of Ita
ordinary surer, who has no amliBB.n beyond Barning
his ?_*> or .".0 cents a hight. People mai soy what
they Uk" about tlie Improved InteUeetaol stat.is of tl o
novices of to-day enabl ng them to do with little train
It'., but I tell you ttieie ia Bathing like an app aiar.ee
In a crowd to givo beginners ease and roiifld.'iic,).
"I don't see that th- row i-ysfenj of fowl Hg has
produced as good aclnn and ort I Ot sn ns came tip
amorally under the ill pim. Se. slblltv, tr.pre,
ilonal.lty and plast.c ty of body and temperament
atv more linpoi1a.it factors In good jv ting thai lu
lutelBctua'ilty. What Hie clever ?-*or rea-on. out
and thought fully and direfully repioduces, th? nat?
ural actor feel iniultlvclv. lie ls ea Itv abl.* to rink
hliuso'.f In a patt, tildie ih-? -troiiuer the mlrd and
the Individuality the moro < Iflicult lt ls to conceal If.
Behind an OSOUtnp lon. When you get the rare com
! iiiatlon of ria tl Ity and Inteiloct, th. n you get tho
really gera' actor.
" But I have been wanderin? away from the super.
At the ls- New-Yoih theativs he gets BO cent* a
i.lght, and half thal sum ar tho cheaper theatres.
Of this literal amount he has to give up a seventh
as rommls .on to the suter capt a n. through whoso
favor he hold* b's position. Mipers are generally
advertised for !n a morning paver, and the cleaned,
test dr-ssed and be t looMtig aro picked out by the
super captain and ihen paade-d before the stage
manager. Who are they? Men of all classes, out
of work, wiih a few whose dally labors enable them
to appear at night and to g'*t away for mac ince* and
oeooiloaol ntaanala The super; are rehearsed In
their ijv-ti scenes ai different tines from the ?,-tors.
Tiiry hate ono or at most two rehearsals with the
, con.piny, and when not actually net-e'sii on Ita stage
i they are navally driven di.wo lo Ihelr drost!nt*-n*onis.
I v.!-..; ebonee bare th*y to understand titi motives nf
' the plat, or lim masons for the oelfoas tivy are
called upon to i.e.rfnim 1 They shout and mote with
as iniich uniformity as can le drill.*d Into them, and
tlistt li a'-O'it all that Ls OXrnted. Then Hie corn
pe sitlon o' rho crowd I* ??? n-t; intly chanelrg. A?
men g-t otb-r Joli* they drop c,nt. What 1, io hil
ti e.i In th theatre.' Cer Olnly not the pay, u:id
equally certainly not any los e for the an or any 'ii
cciu a e i out oi g od treatmeni they leeefvo from th-*
ti .in i er or hs a--al-'.-mi-. Ni tie,- Hartigan'* pro
ductlons and yon win see thai the Individuality of
nr.pc* ance, action and i X'-la't a' lou oi hs crowds
ls remarkable. This is due tu th- fart thal hu em?
ploys lu vp Iced seton for these and doe- nit tr..sr
to the :cgu!_,lun super Th-r* is no tl1 gra-e In
apiea-lng lu a nun-apeaUng par'. -toasty ail iho
gnat foi? I_;ix acturs have d ino iii!.. Tue pupils of.
?chuula ol acting here cannot du better than net
prOOtleO lc thl6 way "
HS corm yo: KBBT TT UP.
Frrm The Chicago Trtbun*
"Laura, I* your heart free I"
Toe yoong man ?ho ipoke rhe?e words sat on
the ex ti erne periphery of a cushioned 'hair in Ita
ele.ant apanmnt a:.d I OW I foiWOld in uncut,
Ho.table atlritlon. Tho i,audk'rc:hlc f wliu which In
til- ex *ts ol' er.lotion h* w ped his DOS* ever ami anun
! trembled visibly, and h's vole, had that dreamy,
lench ng intonoijoa tint' marks a sen nive, hJgh
souloil iiii< tn the last singe of inllueuza and un
re ini'ed alfo th n. ,
"Wiiv. Mr Hankinson." replied the lovely giri,
with downcast eyes, hut wit a I: n I of d.in'i-conu*
any-tK-arer expression cn tar io/e -jour question
tak s me by surprise, an-l I hardly-"
"Laural" irursi fi.nh the young man impetuously,
ai he glanced in a (aboriouilj rarelosi *u ol o small !
Ivory table) concealed lo Ms left hand "lt ts ta'dly |
pos'lbl- for you to roi'l.'-* Hie difficulties th tt le->ef ;
| ?that are peculiar to ita ciisls which at sit*- hour I j
i face. You would be disposed io laugh, perhaps, if 1
should toll yo ' what a lr:n> clog* ihe free cry of a i
lean filed with gt*s*>o?with eaceoi ol love, yet which j
ni'e?which 1-ite wil! be 1 ea.??I desplie the bartle:, i
Hat savers* fate appears to hat? sieotod }_si at this |
Ee;lc,d. Ile^r the feeble yet ea?rr cry ul a heart. ,
ania, that?"
"Mr. Hankinson." Interposed the yoting lady with I
a puzzle.' a!;-, "you speak most iii gula: ly. Whit
lo th** Bolter erith you r
The youth wiped lils msc agan with nervous
haste, tarew th- ivi.ry tai'let frantically aero s ti:*
room, and once mure began I
"The batter v.lth te. lt as Laura, ls a cold td my
bead?a .*a?k. h.red ld flu ey ia. ld bj It-'d indee
adi Idoxperiedee i hod fadeled 1 couid tell you ot by
affectlod ; that I could bake bysetf udilers'ood without
us'gg ady tt cutts that would eodvey to yoi ady Idea
of the real idf.rhlty udder wini li I ah snfferg.. 1
Khali ricver a al'1," eoattaood Hie you h i llterly,
"fry to ba!:e a codfesMo.i ot love bv botrentllgg Ibo
!efte-s eb sdd ed. You sblle, Liss Laura! You
lau?h! Voa bock at by bl?er> i Oood eroding.
h.st Ivajodes 1"
Waving h's handkerchief wildly Ita unfortunate
youug man blew a nasal blast tr.a' shook tb* hon o,
grabbed hil ha', rushed Out luto the ctilll nL.iY at;-,
and was followed al! the way bonn by foin Cblcaco
detectives, who mistook him fur the lamenrod Mr.
Tascijit.
IF TUB OCEAX WE VE ONLY DRY.
From The Ditton Tramerlpt.
Any one who has given I bought fol Attention to
the subject must, lt seems to us, have leen Impressed
with the u-efuluew of the ocean, and our read-is
thoroton will a;rr*ce with us tliat Ita lime hn_ come
vt lien lt should bo filled lu to OommOB rrraiie.
Then* on many good reason why thli .should lie i
diiiM*. lu thc fl"st pta-O, laasmocb u.- thc subn
lini-ve of Ibe glolie occupies two-third* thr> BO-lr*
SUperttelal area, tlie amount of land reclaim.'! would
lie -Mormons, and ai rhe Mntl*n*U_ Mem to be grow?
ing that all taxei ihould le laid upon iral estate,
lt follows thai the mo:** real estate then i* to lay
taxes upon the gwater the revenue) accruing from
thal source, sod vf 600000,1100*0 ii.un'clpallrle, which
HOW h?'e peat difficulty in nuking both ends meet
would no longer bo obstructed In their appropriation*
for such internal improvement! ms oin* dinners for
tn* > ity Fathers, mid. Incidentally, for tba Improve
nant ind embellishment ot the city; though, lo l**>
ita larger lb* area nf land the grenier the nun
ber o' Street widening and stree) oie.-,:iie> tor the
accommodation ni Hie several rorielMS of pipes .,r
Ita rnrtoue corporate bodia* for whoso uso and cmoi- :
ISI*T*M! cities aro C0llO0_lntO 'teing.
Bit let that pass. If tho sea were riled lhere
would be do mon looolohneso, ahlch ls n groot point
and should not be lost light of for a momoi
there WOnld DO no mo!"'" drOWDtDgS, "ave and OZOOpI
sn oeoat ni ii ttrewntni ?l one'i lorroa in the t*
bowl, and thoo then would forever be an end to
those Intennlnabls Bstery fnmn, ahleh have strained
i. . therwt** friendly relation* between the C ni ted
States and Her Majesty's maritime provlneoi in Korth
America, Possibly ti.-* smmanr mhermao m.^ht ot
Come it trnih ("lier. This, taWOVer, ls atiiu.st tuo
mich lo hop.; fur.
lt m'-'ii ta ' rgod that the mUng nf the ocean
would ruin cnn sh'.re lesoits. 1 tit this ls an objection
whieh u ol little momem \< I* inii* i?' ?'*? th*>i
lbs resort***! could Snd attar place* in which to swot*
low vlnima S'icl cereal liquid, and to tata on their
aruiial i-uatliiR ot tan; and li I* probable that tonk rig
quite a* atrocious could lu* obtained without th's
marin* pio.i!tilpilly which now i-uudci. tho abnormal
culinary Interest go fashionable.
Dnt, say* *ome or.*, there could I** no shipping
without water for nhli-t tn sail In. A foolish i-Um
rion, truly, wtwn lt is remembered thal the I'niteJ
*>'a.e-a ba* ne shipping M the Bn*.nl Hmo. 'I h I
fllP.Of In ol Hie sea would not alTect us; let o'la's
I.mk nut for tbOOmlreS. And ll *" huysMis that ihe {
nriicer! ol our gollan naw ." ,tlr,-..'iv thoroughly
Inured lo land service, sn that it vould I** mi hard*
s'.:p lo Hiern '" continue to SOTTO 00 shore; t\ hiie. on
Hie other lund, the graml nat'es of foreign n.t'liuis
arne ld ie rendered ateleas. snd lhere wouW <
further fear ol our great se a po ts bein. I.i'd undei
trlbnle by tb* ie*.'.In. kiar* of Hi* earth, and, con?
sequently, no need ol disfiguring our environment
with hidaoa* fortiflesiinas.
A PARISIAN MID-LENT.
TUB JOY OF IBM A FOOL-AhTM-lLO-f
AGONIES.
rao*. arocc_*io*?_i. ooaaaamniaanf ot mar-iac****.'
I\_ri*. March 8.
Te>day ls Ml Careme. Mld-lx-nt. aud a most
tremendoui ro*' has b***en going on In Ihe itrret*
all day on aecount of lt. You know. ?or som*
rea-un?lt must bo the remain* of *ome mediaeval
cus*om-Mtd-Ix*i)t ls alwais a time for rhe relaxation
from stoical obstlnence fiom chocolares and hot so-_
water. 1 goat believe, frurn what one seei. that here
la Paris they trouble themselves with any ifrtcl obser
roaeo Of the austerities af Lent, but they are vei-y
eanfttl of the oecasio.ru for haviog * good time. Ko
ai! clay to-day one has been teeing little boyi In lltlJs
girl-.' clothes, and vice versa: middle-age boys witt
very largo and red false noses, blowing on mlclorom
ia " mtcluton" I* a serf of cro?* between a whlstl* an*
a small drum In appearance, only you blow on lt an.
don't !? ai lt), malting day hldecu*; and young mea
-en raousqucraire," or In mme other flashy costume.
Iisiadliig about vti:jj girls, fearfully and wonderfully
Slat, or unclad, lt has been rather cool and ha*
rained * good deal during Hie day, but they haven't
?reined lo mind that In tbe lesa**. The whole thing
reminds one a little of a .St. Patrick's Day pi-ocestlnn,
or rather Jutt before lt. Ever, one I* rushing about
the streets to lola thi* or that procession, splashed
from head to foot with mud, but gay under it all,
wiih that Celtic gayety which cornea from being tin
object of attention from bystanders. The French ar*
made of gayety. Their own papers nolle* thi* a* one
of their prominent traits. Thor caa't bear to be
grave, serious, even quiet, for a moment That ls
" trlsie." and " tristcsse" they abhor more than any?
thing else In the world. They can't bear Germaa
miulo; lt may be fine, bht lt ls " trtstc." Ther always
want lo be talking, to be laughing, to be serlug som*
new thing. And that's what makes them enjoy a fer*
Uko this as much ss they do?It's such a good occasion
to make a foo! of oue'i self. 1 followed one young fel?
low for a nillo or more up the Boulevard. He was
dressed as a woman. As he passed one or another,
he would chuck them under the chin, or *hout out
taome blt of badinage, to which they would reply li
kind. Ho wan perfectly happy; he didn't care If h?
seemed a fool or a blackguard, so long at he aHrarred
attention or remarks from the crowd abour. And It's
M v-Hi) all of them: Itali vanity ts to great that, ll
they're not stared at. they think lt must be because
they're Insignificant.
Today, for some reason. I* the great day for th*
" Maneblsostsso*." They have a grand procession
and a ball afterward. Tho processions though, lately,
have been 000d bf the enterprising manufacturer fol
Mtoolome,*?lor advertising, *o that lt's nu uncommon
tiling to son a knight In full armor, bearing a bannei
with this strange device. " Dog Hie Pastille* ('orandel.*1
or " Buy your CnthOO at the 'Gentleman.'"
Mi Canon ls mill much the same thing In the way
of going on as Martll-ft.as. shrove Tuesday, only mon
mi As a French paper sars: M.rdl-Gras ls Nineveh,
Ml POI nan ls Babylon,"?corruption worse corrupted!
for neither of these fetes can bo said to be exactlj
Inapiring to virtue. And lt does certainly seem thal
Ita Pa ii*-li are a blt like the oki Babylonians. In danc?
ing and sluging, when, for all they know, the Medea
and the l'er-lans may be Just outside the city walls.
Tho Modes and the Persians. In this case, are of course
the Germans. And, poftape, tb'* French are to ta
excused for their levi'v. because their enemies am in
a pretty bad way. Hld F.mperor William teems to
be dying, and his mn not much better off. Thli
appears to alford Hie French a certain cha-rened Joy*
chastened by Hie refection that the grandson seems
likely to bo a King Stork, rather thoa the King Log
lils father m'.ht be.
In tho meantime, while every one wonder* what
next In European politics, Paris manages to amuse
isaelf very well with the latest toy. You may have
seen a tiny toy cart, wh:ch you wind up wish a string
like a lop, and when poa let lt loose lt runs a course
by Itself. Soma one has had the _ood Idea of making
a variation of this which ls still more amusing. Ile
hos made a llttlo blt of a tin man. who drags behind
him a tiny fin wa.on. You wind your string, pidl 16
sharply avcay, and hey I presto! the young fellow be?
gins to walk like a real pei-soc, and pulls his cart
after bira with great vigor. Indeed, slightly to
chango a quotation from "Ailee." "He'-: not to large
as life, but twice as natural.'' To see his little legs
walk off with him is indescribably absurd.
A rather extreme Instance of the hatred ot priests
that ha* sprung up In France since the Rcvolurion
happened rhe orher day. It was at the christening ol"
a little child, and fast a* the worthy abbe was about
to perform hts 00-00, the godfather marcel out: " Here,
you dirty old ra', go somevkon else to get off those
mummeries." Tlie fellow was arrested, ar.d though
tta good c.bhe forgave bim, Justice had ttl coarse, and
he was scntec'cd to gflOOO clays' Imprisonment. A*
the Judge rnld him, "If goo don't like priests, you
needn't have been there as godfather."
They have been havin. twa or three* rxhlMMone
before tho final grand one at the .alon?tho Water
Colona tbe Kxhiljitiun at Ita Etoo Volney aud tho
M.riltons. This last ls Ihe swell exhlhltloa of Farts.
j Mn ono can send to lt without an invitation, and only
j the very promlaent artists arc invited. It ls ratln I
j -urprlsiug, under then rfnnmotoa-Cfl. that the pict
i ures itauM be ?o poor In quail ly and Binngih Th.:.
I are sumo few good ihlmt*,. however. A portnH by
I M. llor.nat of his friend, tlie sculptor, M. Falqulre, u
not attractive, but tho chaia. ter of tho man li forced
opoa the canvas. It ls too ? chic."?not sincere
enough, som!* say. But wonting as it ls In grace
and final truth, it grill gives a vivid suggestion of th*
moder* personality. Most of tho works sent hero
an* pm traits, go lt ls nut surprising that M. In.-au's
pm trait of Alphonso Kofi DOOOM be one of rho at
I rae tiona. A stout old mau. with tull ruddy face,
and BlngatotlP white hair.- that ls M. Duran's pictorial
npori oi Ita man. duno lu tho easiest and mott da_h
lag way lina.!naMe.
.Now ls ti.* tune when tho artist, sitting In th*
gloomy itudlo, ls trying to finish up lils two pierure*
fur the balun. 1 say gloomy studio, not becaus*
studios aro gloomy all Hie year round, but they cer?
tainly become so at about rbis time. " Will lt net In !?
"Mnll 1 bc able to get. li.e ba. liing of this or that
famous professor."' " Perhaps Pd belier lighten up
tbo background a bli." "I'm afraid lt may not gel
In." "I don't can* if lt don or nut." Hut. alas, he
? .les, and knows, down at the Lotloui of his heart, thal
bell think BOrtOnoti of tuicid. if il doesn't, while
v,. inns of a champagne supper, with oilier victorloui
frieuds, float bc fi nt Ids eyes in faso lt doc*. Why hi
I should caro so much about B is a mystery, for If hil
picture gen In. lt has to stand Its chances foi being
seen with five thousand others: and lt tl I* red.-' I.
> he can console himself with thinking rhat many worse
I plcti'i'c. havo bein admitted by the oaije.t wire-pulling,
i which, of course, ho ls above. They all are, you
? hana ; but dark and gloomy suspicious of sll fill each
! teparate breast. Perhaps there were certain advan?
tages tn the old resune. when tho whole exhibition
wa* run by tho sure. Then admission*, rejections,
sky-hangings and medals were administered on the
" principles of strict Injustice," which a clever friend
of minc says shouid be applied lo the education ol
Young America. Be that as lt may. there ere many
wno, In (ho word* ot a song popular among the itu*
dents here, will
" Weep and tear tb cir bair.
And also loudly swear
That the .aton's In the Interest of a ring."
A EUI TMMASVMS VAULT.
iras il ii j'ar, AttfOOtA tv int FAAtoSotoAno Thnti.
The one hundred milMoM raail )* the lecgsoi goagtrags
tl. u of tue lilli 1 iii lue tvund. As ll nuts np poon lt -oka
;.** a mo ,rru Impnvomont on tit* donmoa*of UnoM
iii't'iisttiau iii 8p*_tii, lt;.ty sui Anuri*. ITtsnoadlng Into
ii.-in tia of tliO massive foundations of til* 1 rt-.isury,
ua i j. n.lrtv loot below tu. surface of Ibe pubi'i*
tiiurangbf-na outaMa aad onealog * dingy, _la_ly.
Il*i tesl ban spartme-it, a great sonar*of ?ii*el, standing
portly iipeu iii ? steel i* ts* neut, au;:.esta thc entrain.-*
tu tuc new vault, luis dour, sonni ol.nt feel )i:<n sud
.it feet sloe, l* six mon** ihi<._ and wt-u-Us is.tjoo
pound*, oi twa sad na* ball set uno, io emt ? li on ii*
truss mt* it* sic-t-i easingnajodrggttaeoopent*ex
li:''.,ia of :iV in.-li A RM", li lille.,. ueviie |? mm i.t'iug
e?-..-.I toted :?' leann ta* deiaabd i"i- tin* __.uuui ol
.;.!?> in bandung tb* pctndtron*portal . lock nm
flint tndloomtet n*otobltoi ttabighij p-tHshed bottom
of a iii*'.;i.tu and on*r*tod through a sii-t-.na.no ot tn*
tboti d-Iloato ..11*1 latrtoet* m?ob*ntn*i appitnaooohg
menai ??':l !*ey olnat ita awol ai.Ilnoi?<? bigot l.trii
?..., till 'tva the pewerfnl bulls lotti tl.* sl.ts lu tilt
fr noe. amt a iiu.? I*ib hitid* thom tbiro ngalpu om
t. m.' -ii.ii of bb.*i-in ap tho bnildtug hy tbe rostts until
t,e ho.ir rlx?s.l for Die morning rounds of the .metal
eu-ro lim Ol Ita vault*.
Baa.iu_ Hu mun the Jaw* of thia monster of human
aoairtraueo* __ralast " ir-- tm ms atuutipta, tb* c.iii.
gi_p air aa<i Inky darkm*** eaggnt tta*ir*ogth and
ls lU'lOB if WI* rail tr*_*uf* 1'i'X. ll I- S.*. fe. t lens, "rt)
(nrl rt' 1*! *U I l'J feet ..ll.ll, s DM llldt'l i*y ia*.uta- ts aila
.,r un* mrj and in es live, f.rt tiuek. Iii ike rita* ii.ht of
a o i eli* tho 0-Olrd tattlw work of interlaeiiiir bar* *f
ttjttl ahlOh form Ihe sixteen cells, i a,'i ter, by twenty
fi.-t. in-v tit v.t.r.i.iv seen. Around the inner ea*** leud*
! ,i uart ??--? corri lui. where '.he o_a_-__aa o' tai* 'ault nay
? tb* n's luiii.;. if iiis> Belton. F|sm a tiaua?*r**
rac'ral corridor the cells op<*u Karl, door ls nttcd with
an iin-"'ni'*i* tte*lee forfMiootan.wklekwitiantonin
until iii- 'lu** ia entirely ?hu' and tin* *t\ mnoeoA
rltr-i nf ilissi, c.'ilt mil Mold s.x and a half iiiil'.ien
,, ?-.., iiunlrol ton* of tllver dollar., or a cr* ml
t. ai of I .*i)'? n-t .ons, equal to liK).l.i.e>,0_() ultrei
,',. :?,!?, lr lb* tturriii'irs aers turd fol a' 'a.eton
III -.ste could be lucrsftsel tu *}1.3,<'(J<'.'00 t'i.me
,.?,.?:*.?? Ilea ot tke exi.t.t of tb). tr-?*ur* m.iy ta
t ,i ??!.*ii lt I* realise I that te traiisp.it lt would
,-,.,".* ut la.ist l.ntrV wagon*, ?bl? i weuid exten.l I), a
, . ,:,li.n is lino from tn. new ('Itv Hull of i'-ll*Jslj'liU
: f,. gatrutow**, *r a train nf esr* tt l.lt*h w.'iitd*x* **<
j^rotn ta* Itnod ??re*tatotiou to -ittv s-cornlah.^ ^