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PLOUGHING THE STUBBLEFIELD.
TALENTits ditions
, n Msh oae a party f artists who
TA LE NT E W OMwer.eo gNo" in gt Alnerva fothepes whr
were et ostudying the Arabian horse, the
purest and most beautiful type of the race.
Fiins Azt is ad ~8T Studis inbeing conten until he had come face no
face with desolation. she Joined a caravan
which penetrated as far south into the
desert as the Biskra ads. This was a
Journey of four weeks, during which Mrs.
Newcomb transferred to her sketchbooks
st. of the prohibition of the prophet.
isealso sueceeded in getting some fine
Interiors with Arab woene weaving the
Good Weok In Bar Danti and herneus on their native loom.. er --
also show various effects of the wastes of
. . mad with the dawn Jst breaking and the
enravan r-emig Its early march. Eiht
meathe in Algerla were spent in these
-s-il labors at Coastantin and other
towns. Mrs. Newcomb is not content with
M~. AND WT3 PAIUTZNG. painting at smcond-hand, but spend. many
a morning hoar setching horsee frn the
Ifs In various New York atables. She Is
an todeftigabe worker and deservebly
N A VAGUE WAY popular in a large circle of acquaitances.
it In basn ret tibe The picture hereat td "Beaking
are -y wen who New Groumd." t re ls her bals
arew xiesetast-wremacm of .
m w m ernt Aeroosthe pasage in this buding i the
. n art but not M- sta et k m F. Gotthold, the daught. erof
tS ha stuies are Mr. oon Wolf of this ity. who is one of
vl in Tea the moat diligent and enthuiastie of wo
dgos eon seeme ow In artists, For amany years ae studed
- i a cle which selected for its master and
vast is @e b mride the late B. O. FIts, a talented agare
who mea s...M th and portrait painter who died a year ago
010 end win-g Jt as he was achieveing tame and muccess.
am wil brm and Mr. Gotthold refects much of his spirit in
the treatment of her subjects and in her
Dscemes of color. Her specialty is figure
- oe- .et painting, but she has recently finised a
hawee and Dera number of clever canvases of still life. She
Wheeler sn as oe et what leaves her luxurious home every morning
mseam A=nse.m w'mm may aehtee to work all day at her easel in her studio,
in rib p.dasmrm. am thoes et thee which is hung with soft colors and which
in W.SS.~d miingmayintresingvases Jam. its
in M arid s pst n iMa t aof prslain and old bra and copper uten
mstals et the grat hta. die which lAre In her etudes. ahe con
The MWAos of the wmen wry as s ee herself exclusively to oils, several of
as these et the sterner er. A ss i a which have been seen at the Corcoran Art
hoeoe a h rtwiha tnea ie___ tssa. tdl o Gallery. One of the largest apartments in
. sswat etas" rm t my .a p te Serwood at building is occupied by
em fer waft and a skylght to a Miss Maria Brooks, an Englih woman, who
a faet-artistie tees res. The proper- for nine or ten years has been identied
tes msmed In Stig up a stolls vary, of with the women artists ef New York. Mlsa
eserms% asemmeng is the branch at art the Brooks handles her brush with more
saimt Is 1bhaWig, Lasmece azrit re- Vgor and power than is usual to a feainine
-g in the waa eeseoeree hand, and her talent and achievement have
the mee work essis principany placed her work beyond that of the average
in ebhM an m o the - 'h- man. Instead of tapestries and brie--brac
and seta s ad d ing te sam- er one fads her walls lined with completed
mano r when t ge at t pictures that indst on being examined by
n to sr mater=ni. M am gnerean Of their treatment,.- drawing, tech
pins em the s~ hand s ..,.n we Ind-ie or striking color. Among them is a
ses of ve or six deightful -udee of little
girls an very mall eenvases. Each picture
contains but one igAore-smaly the masine
child-who, dad in a soarlet gewn, is either
playing with her "Mear dolly" or struggling
i~ Darer her sums upon a slate.
la ebiet cnopan Mer Is "pny," a
gay little parroquet, which makes friends
with every vhitor expecting to stand on
Ma shoulder or perch an his head, to share
a great part of the attention and to form
a topic of conversation. "F1y'" seems to
delight In his faeosimle, which i seen in a
dolwer portrait of one of Miss Brooks' young
fbiends who holds the vain little green bird
on her fnger. This is called "Two Pretty
Oes." One of the artists favorite anbheve
meats is a study on a motive taken from
I Geeh "Faust"-"Two souls within my
ebosom dweL" The picture i a study in
black showing a brunette with liquid brown
ae eyes that are uplifted, yet altghtly drooped
Sthe corms giving tde the the of un
/ abhed teans a she appeals to heaven for
more stryngth to determineehereavocatio
and to nd the struggle that heave within
her soul The great question In shall she
yield to earth's pleasures and delghts, or
- tsar, s shall she consecrate herself to a religious
es asmmat drapery a- aife for spiritual aims and ud. There Is
thei stdiosarenothing sensatioal in the painting of this
thdustohs ae consequently Sied up work, but the broad dramatic touch and
.10 aclsemm i. nse. treatment reveal heroic pain that Is some
a Siat eeebe a st the eye in at- tbi1g higher than grief or despair. The
toated by thes platoreequ elimest of Its acempmng study of a child is done with
ins0 Coarses are sea in various the palette knife Instead of the brus.
mes of completioa; stuas and mm ar The Wre Elmer als have an apart
woed red the waft; prerttes of a met in the Sherwood tudio building,
mam help- here and there, and above where they accomplsh good and effective
am these mas he an old Dutch dock and a week. Mise Mary Elmer is one of the most
hats or diem ld with moft eudsmin and ineemn painters on china In New York.
edsrs with a sms An armist's studio is lie receives large crers from wholesaee
ms4 a grd. in Man tal bbth osses. The china that she uses omes me
ami deesri teuies. Where One man or most eclvely from the works of Tren
will heil serely desoive poies- ton, N. J. Elm Elmer says she prefers this
am ee yth with regard is to any arped china as the shapes are
~ct~nothr wll bliso isne t thmee eautyr ga the tht more deicate
be~m an emc, nd aspMa han terhia ohe foreign mohanftr
~b i stuied msiw ueethes wilmore stristh toadeterympinter, aoatmoe
hid tey t ork n a mm Sha wi d correl speki sgge tats whe yes ehn
heineeas, ~ an he~ ut chses d mtearh-f mk=liene and weool, mad
lieson l~mi nd miliethes tip Frne whh costs or0 a r. Ther
work.IT OR I HERs Mar UDrIOeo. h u
hat eauifu thngsare nspratons an wa rknown Inarhe middeas o d whsae
thduprosng aoneis simultingto h ommqeyst. bhe hnaat the prsesnt a l-a
~*ienand reatean atisti atm s eentrediscovetren amthos ofnc arist
pher. A enmderals umbe ofyoun oar en.ae I It. Gobner tashe greaest of
artstein ew orkaccmulte angngi~Itheeo an s mpotdchinor as the cae dofre
inpetris, ed amor c., notbec'inl et VaosEreyand gthemnts Ior decoeat
nee orsethe, ut ecase t s te cr-tghalthe chteio Amof a for opgn aknowtre
rectthin, an theefor the mu ha er ttr is age apery woventr or more
th~ ~ mst ~ to ~ ~ cedrbty er . are specpins ofiths dyedo
teses f te atitsbutto ean o a ifeTh mxter of silkan linen nd wousedeo
istcao athee. m an ptaeh= t aane whf c st very eaet ork Theart
Chase eatdtJl tgs Farge tratoany othe mkno fowed the M~mereryn subae
noe mremn ae i stiml.anto lthed auntl st , brue at te usent evey strk
ag "' *th anue rnenar t tet.e mnreidibleverd thede Iaos Frednhn athet
3. eb hanmpaeyries themb erf yoong faines wnahesni.i, the g fclreitgo
ofrthet toun enYor Christiat Aain atied ohay abyuc rkae appheicatin dofo
aesiend vr tor stuio, nof which .e the rush Eerpearovernmet woIs et
bag s thaler, buatecae thes toi ove at alast inties. AImot iseonseuently
3.e thisto, and tWerdswo thy Tmshan etapestry gly elcatey roessor Whboen
Therear tudloasto tstretiv ato est heetedu therde are seten by stm, after
atn std, hreth scltor dEvera hihaetyie Geran efec on athan brlinwn
Maswoshop Th e rtistbtto.Wer of atet f The tsits. o isi anlne hss he suo
iso giveny oeret stdo., heavre e-n Jrtur almos eolsvl foro te adtiats
Jotne n other liany. Apogln fu ftae of ous v eaectivefericn
bhbtss of tt stewt have eenroegt- ateauon withet onrcoh, atdaoe
edrtind rcs heei ag studiosknw aste"oen all, to h tott Pnt. s doe sinotsware
Suios, whith areet heraoe rstic extremel dreratdine Te lsraon give
ocs and Johnall are anerwony Stuher mhodo odb Miss Elmer kn"ve's sma
noildmng oae 5thsteet. roombi nesthe fest- and tt by ragoesare used;very thstroke
urge ot apatentusea1t stuiretwhris takelabut andoths dyh ad oand ilth
com.raWen canddadresid esro the o-r fames wasoesthe dath o olor china
Atmthe Yoenwomen thristi~aniAocaion attined onriy by rckete aoliestIons the
ire ivn unerstonablydis. Marifwhe Gbie- Sheru. EBy mat pole work Is con
Ngwo whote stdioe In othere s J.doe ath eost nn tle.I is conequeinter
wo rso andt beswpeth Thomseng amng exdgy artiatSe protenly pain
cohered with stchos whih suppet a comet semllse teye -re, seht by sitor ater
ptehstry ofher t wandetrins Ehe his hch tdimo rael fnds mufc o ther rolian
acharmingop. TentertatonngWestess. ustret on the tit.ls Elmerichoe hemyfrm aub
her Thursdoe aterostos, a hre onedwthn et aof t erxocrsvey iso a h bliatict
pope andi tos e. oglneot-o the ageestofoducuif XIVs and XV~semt preferaing
bher bWsh Inth sreent to Pbeen coner wtt.Bhet.raonardcoo anlaboe
sted ner EMmi knownck was the mosalth oforten artso the presignt bare
tud.Eon wasc also fory farie herthetd- etremceyI derthe.iTe luetra.o gThen
qures, and inally "she contriwood tudtheshoows oM iriniae atd wor one"Live' By
Paiding,"on a7thictret calle thefehat- crt. by atten onrd. he pbrter She tIs ia
Hre. whichrtmet honce, stdpo, etarart falar fiurtoa mothe'sitar at thdra
anoe . puTohe mate sterp. Thuhe mrs. hotrl abou Fori. hund daous reots
New tab pad sme eortsof adsae o- gini andothwatrd on er aLe
incoered k with tcenwials uppt th horse bu Georger.rel otol pit
pae hsry oier at, and eing. dSheois herothe udorarel arisht In thisitoruto
is Miss H. W. Phelps, who confnes her
self almost exclusively to figures. She
studied for two years in Paris at Jullen's
famous academy, and in IM a picture of
hers in the Salon called "in the Cloister"
attraeted much favorable comment. Her
work chws knowledge of anatomy and her
celers are laid on with much skilL One
of her latest pictures is that of a suds
pilos~en tle o is very R wThe light
w ie et v
and shade is managed with much taste.
Another picture, *h orbidden Pruit."
is a clever lamp light study of a maiden
lying In bed reading a novel. Still another
represents a girl with auburn hair In a
meadow who tries to catch the floating
down of the milkweed. The arrangement
of Miss Phelps' studio shows at once by its
absence of unnecessary adornment that It
is intended for hard work. She takes her
art seriously and Is sure to secure a high
place in the ranks of women artists in
the not far distant future.
Among the younger artists Miss Louise
H. King, now Mrs. Kenyon Cox, has won
perhaps the greatest reputation. She first
attracted attention a few years ago by a
picture entitled "rhe Lotus Eaters," paint
ed in N. This was sent to Paris for ex
hibition. and on its return to New York has
traveled to various exhibitiens. Mrs. Cox
was educated at the Art League, and is a
mast devoted student, working all day in a
studio devoid of ornament save a few casts
and studies. She has a strong feeling for
the decorative school and loves to paint
nymphs dancing rondels on the green sward,
and long, slim, misty ladies of high degree
that dream in violet shadows or walk hand
in hand down pleached alleys. She also
takes pleasure in making bold designs of
angels playing rebecks and other queer in
struments for cathedrdl windows. About a
year ago she was married to the famous
artist, Kenyon Cox, who long had been her
master.
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nicholls bolds a high
place in the front ranks of the lady artists
of New York. She has a large house on
Nth street, which she has arranged for her
work. and here holds her cames. she Is
one of the cleverest painters in New York.
Mrs. Nicholls s an Englishwoman of Food
birth, who studied in Itl where ahe aet
unNicho san artist we known in New
orkand Paris. Mrs. Nicholls Is a widely
traveled woman, and among other out of
the way places has spent much time in
smhAfrica, where she engaged in ostrich
ormhing. he Is toe busy to keep her stu
Mrs. J. Pnned. Mrs'hy's Stads.
dics for show, and consequently the visitor
is impressed with the Idea that the owner
is a hard worker. A glance at her studios
and a knowledge of her busy professional
life is a good lesson to those who look upon
women artists as purposeless amateurs.
like Mrs. Nicholls, Miss Agnes D. Abbatt
is very successful. Her studio is in a new
building on Fifth avenue, where many im
portant artists live. She Is one of the few
ladies who are members of the Water-Color
Soiety. Miss Abbatt paints also In oils
and is especially fond of andape. Lately
she has been devoting much time to pastels.
Miss E. M. Scott is also a clever painter
of flowers. She has her studio in East 38th
street. She went to Paris not to study une
der any special master, but to work gen
erally as her taste prompted in schools and
galleries, copying the pictures which most
appeale to hrartiticsmatos and de
pdnupon what she the " ei
tion Ifuence."
Mrs. A. Burt confines herself to palntig
fruit, which she represents with the utmost
realism. Her pictures are occasionally
found on the walls at exhibitions, but. like
so many others who paint in the less am
bitious lines of art. she sells a great many
more canvases than are ever exhibited.
An Important figure In the ladles' "Art
Club" is Miss McChesney. a figure painter
of unusual power. After four years In San
Francisco she came to New York, where she
has been coming more and more Into promi
nence during the past seven years. She has
an Intimate knowledge of her art and a
masterly technique in water color.
She does much excellent work for exhibi
tion and occasionally visits other countries,
spnding three months or so In Holland or
rang studying types of figure - which are
not to be met with here.
On the top floor over the rooms of the
"salagundi Club." on 2d street. Mrs.
Charlotte Whitnore has her studio. The
large square room has a light with a sort
of pointed gable at one end rhis is studio,
workshop and living room all In one, being
a sort of compromise. Writing desk and
easel, sofa and easy chairs, screens abloom
with flowers and many little artietes reveal
the sex of the artist. Mrs. \ hitmore de
votes her attention to landscape and Is
never so happy as when roaming about the
country in a flannel gown and soft felt hat.
carrying foot stool and easel to the spot
which captivates her fancy.
Not many doors away from Mrs. Whit
more a little studio is shared by Mrs. J.
Francis Murphy and her friend, Miss Bo.
dine, who have been associated for several
years. Their modest canvases an some
times seen in the corners at the spring and
autumn academy exhibitions. Mrs. Murphy
re nts country scene., In which rutc
ch m figure, and Miss Bodine ls addicted
to water colors in which the foregrounds
receive the most attention. She r.lso paints
in oils. Both of these ladies are clever photo
graphers a are able to preserve reprodue
ions of their water colors and paintings.
Mrs. Murphy spends her smesin the
Catskrills. where she shares her husband's
studio, charmningly situated half way down
inmountain slope crowned with thick woods
A beautiful view Is seen fromn "Weedwild,"
the name of this place, and the neighbor
hood is especially rich in material for the
landscape artist.
PROPERLY REBEUD,
S. Crushed Wite Finds One Ray at Un
enpeeted Suashine.
Press the Chicago Tribune.
'Before you go down town, Cyrus,"' said
his wife, "you must not forget to leave me
S0 cents. I've got to buy some things this
morning."
"TIhis abominable extravagance of yours,
Belindla," replied Mr. Kneer, opening his
pocket book with visible reluctance, "Is
wrhat keeps us poor. Where, I would like to
know," he continued, becoming excited, "Is
the 50 cents I gave you last week? What
have you done with It? Fifty cents In clean
cold cash, madam, gone In less than six
lays. and gone for nothing! What have you
got to show for It? Do you think I'm made
of money?" demnanded Mr. Kneer, taking
uut a coin and slapping It down on the
table. "Do you-"
"Don't say any more. Cyrus!" exclairmed
Mrs. Kneer, with tears In her eyes, and put
ting her hand hurriedly over the money.
"I'll not spend any more of it than I am
actually obliged to spend, and I thank you
aver so much!"
With a mollified grunt Cyrus put his purse
back in his pocket, took his hat and went
Sown town, and in less than half an hour
Mrs. Kneer, tremabling with eagerness, aras
on the way to the great dry goods stores.
For Mr. Cyrus K~neer, by the most calami
tous and unaccountable blunder of his
wrhole life. had given her' a Sii gold piece
instead of a half dollard
The Wealth of Geld Unrutned.,
From Mouth Aila.
An experimental boring 2,500 feet dee
wras recently made in Witwatersrn1 d
leld, with a view to testing the lay of the
turiferous deposits. The result was of the
mnost satisfactory character, and the
'strike" has led to calculations of the
tidden wealth of these fields, and possibly
the following by Mr. Scott Alexander ay
be interestin as showing the a-ich possi
biltIes of the future: ircumfe-ence of
basin, lau miles: dIameter, 127 miles; crea,
11,640 square miles or 0,710,272,V0 square
feet. Taking average thickness of C nartes
>f blanket beds at 5 feet, equal to 46 feet,
squals 16,s4,GU,u6.000 cubic feet of reef, or
it 16 cubic feet ti the ton, 10.,i21,43160,400
tons. At 30.. per ton, very low, vaiue of
gold squal to fl,678,136,224,00, or one billion
ive hundred and reventy-elght thousand
ane hundred and ninety-six millions two
aundred and twenty-four thousand ounds
iterling. Taking the population of Wit
Iraterurand at 40,000 souls, this allows each
M414,30I I2s. 6d.
Praeturing His skulL.
Faeam U.1s.
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FOUR BIG YACHTS.
How the Oup DWfiders Are Being.
"Tuned Upon
mIanS M TE LR
Announcement by the America's
Cup Committee.
DATE FOR THE BIG CONTEST.
Al the owners of the four eighty-ive
fosters are now doing a lot of thinking,
says the New York Times, and Gen. Paine
is not alone in this respect. The yachts are
being prepared for the trial races, which
will be sailed next week, and the owners
are thinking of every possible way to make
the yachts sail faster than they already
have.
The Vigilant, the most successful one of
the four, Is hauled out at City Island. SHue
Is being cleaned, and all her spar. an-i rig
ging are being thoroughly overhauled and
all weak spots strengthened. She has a
new hollow boom made which measures
thirty-two inches in diameter, but It Is fery
doubtful whether it will be used, as these
hollow booms buckle considerably.
The Vigilant.
The Vigilant is the only purely centerboard
beat In the quartet, and for this reason
many patriotic yachtsmen and many who
are not yachtsmen wish to see her selected
to defend the cup against the Valkyrie.
The Vigilant is regarded as the only true
type of an American yacht. In the past the
contests between the American center
boards and the English deep-keel cutters
have always proved interesting, and the
eatrboard has always had the best of It.
This Is the argument in favor of renewing
the contest on the same basis this year.
and it seems a good one. The Vigilant haa
a Tobin brone bottom. It was put on at
an additional cost of about $15,000. Tobin
brenae prsents a smoother surface tLan
steel and does not corrode or get foul so
readily as steel. This certainly gives her a
geat advantage over the other yachts.
It has been reported that the Vigilant
masures eighty-eight feet on the water
line, and as the agreement made with Lord
Duaraven stipulates that the defending
yacht shall not be more than X1.73 feet on
the water line Vigilant will have to le
tndconsiderably. 3Measurer Hyslop
theNw York Yacht Club, however.
says that he has not measured the boat, so
that any ptatement that she is eighty-eight
feet In length is unofcal. Then seems to
be sme truth in the report, however, for
Capt. Haf is the authority for the state
ment that several tons of lead are to be
taken out of the Vigilant.
The Colean.
The Colonia, like the Vigilant, was built
by the Herreshoffs, and is owned by a ryn
dleate, of which Mr. Archibald Rogers is
the head. she is a deep-keel boat, drawing
sixteen feet, and consequently is the clam
pion of all the cutter men In the country,
of whom Comnodore Robert Center of the
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club is one
of the leaders.
In the races during the cruise Coloala did
not do so well as the Vigilant in Windward
work, but could always run faster. In
windward work she sagged badly to lee
ward. The Colonla is now at Bristol, and
Capt. Har is trying to turn her up so that
she will be-able to give the Vigilant a good
race next week, and perhaps beat her
The Colonla has had a new hollow boom
made and other hollow spars are being pre
pared. It is said that in order to keep her
from sagging when jammed on the wind
she is to te deepened. An oak strip is to
be fastened on her keel and more lead
added. She now draws sixteen feet. and
with this addition she will probably draw
more than seventeen feet.
The Jubilee.
The Jubilee is In Boston. She Is one of
the freaks, having a An and two center
boards. The fn Is bolted onto the hull and
has a bulb of lead at the bottom. One cen
terboard drops through the fin an-] the
other Is forward of the An and is used to
keep the boat from sagging. Without her
board Gown the Jubilee draws fourteen
feet. Bostonians claim that she is as f.st
as the Vigilant; but then Bostonian. will
claim almost anything where their boats
are concerned. These yachtsmen from the
east say that It was only the Tobin bronze
that beat the Jubilee, and that when Gen.
Paine has put his thought Into practice and
the Jubilee Is cleaned and painted she will
defeat the New York centerboard boat. As
a result so far of the general's thinking
spreaders have been put on the must to
keep the rigging away from It when a man
goes aloft, and the jaws of the gaff h'ie
been strengthened. The salls are to be -e
cut, and will At much better when she
comes here next week than when she ap
peared In the New York Yacht Club cruise.
(ea. Paine has had some hard luck. His
crew deserted him because, at their request,
he would not discharge Mate Miller. A new
crew has been secured from some of the
eastern yachts that have gone out of com
mission. It appears that the men who
caused the trouble en the Jubilee were the
msme who deserted from the Navaho. last
spring.
The Pilgrim.
The Pilgrim. the other Boston boat, Is an
other freak. She is of the fin-keel type, and
draws twenty-two feet sIx Inches. Her hull
proper draws only five feet; then there is
seventeen feet six inches of fin. So far she
has been a failure and a great disappoint
ment to her owners and designers. They
are not dIscouraged, however, and are go~
Ing to have another try to defeat the other
big ones. The members of the syndicate
owning the Pilgrim have agreed to put up
more money to make some necessary
changes, and work will begin at once, It
is proposed to add more lead to the bulb at
the bottom of the fin and so enable her to
carry more mall all around. She Is to have
a new and longer boom, a new bowsprit
and a new topmast. With more mail the
frends of the Pilgrim feel confident that
the boat will make a much better showj
A member of the syndicate, It i
after thinking deeply of the advantages of
the Vigilant's Tobin bronze bottom. propoe
ed to electroplate that of the Pilgrim to se
cure equal smoothness. He applied to an
expert for informatlon, and was told that
In order to do the job the navy yard dlry
dock must be filled with the solution at a
Wow the America's Cup Committee i
Propose to Seleet a Casp Defender.
The Americas cup committee of the New
York Yacht Club, who have been busy for
some weeks past preparing the detalsa for
the trial races to select a competitor to
meet the challenging Valkyrie, completed
their laborn on Wednesday, and have issued1
an official circular to the members of the
club embodying the result of their labors.
Outside of the fact that the regatta corn
mittes of the club will handle the races,
thus leaving the cup committee free to ob
serve the performance of the competing1
vesels, and that the courses will be me- I
lected on the morning of each race, no
changes worth speaking of have been made
In thc unofficial program, which reads am
follows:
As previously announced, the trial races
waill be held at New York, beginning on Prep
temnber 7, and will be maied outside of
Handy Hook,.
Dy the courtesy of Commodore Morgan
the flagship will be used as the judges'
boat, and the regatta committee have kind
ly consented to handle the races, thus leav
ing the cup committee free to observe the
performance of the competing vessels.
The start will be made am near 11 o'clock
a. m. as practicable, and will be across an I
Imaginary line drawn "rom the flagship to
a. suitable mark, which will be duly desig
aated.
The signals and method of starting will
be as follows:
Preparatory signal-Ten minutes before
starting signal one gun will he stred and the
Blue Peter met In place of the club buargee.
Starting signal-One gun tired, the Blue
Peter lowered and a red ball hoisated on the
trlatic stay; yachts may then cross the line.
Handicap signal-Two minutes after the
starting signal one gun will be fired and
he rdball lowered. The time of this sig
rial will be taken as the time of any yacht
nosing after it Is given. In case of miss
ire a prolonged blast of the whistle will re
place the signal gun.
Recall signal-Any yacht crossing the line I
before the starting signal -vill be recalled
by short blasts of the whistle, a prearranig- I
id number being used to indicate each of
the competing yachts.
Courses-The courses wil be thirty nauti
eal miles In length, and helr direction will
be duly ignaled from the flagship.
The first race will be to windward or lee- 1
wrard and return.
The second race will be an equilateral
triagle.
The following races will be alternately of
these two descriptions.
The time limit will be six hours of actual
Slp"time.
system of measurement, time allw
ace and r rules of the New York
Tacht Club lgovern; with the preovis
that any excess of L w. I. length over I
feet *hall be counted double ia epiculating
Competttors are respectfully reainded
that >S 7-10 feet is the limit of L w. L.
lenghs allowable.'
hile the above is the proposed program.
the committee reserve to themselves the
right to vary the character and length of
the courses and determine the number of
racee as expediency may require; the time
limit will, however, remain in the same
proportion to the length of the course pro
scribed.
Tbe. races will be sailed on alternate or
succeeding days, as may suit the conven
ience of the competitors.
The committee earnestly request that the
competing yachts keep together as much as
practicable, the special object at these trials
being to determine the relative excellence
of the boats under equal conditions.
The committee announce that by arrange
meat with the Earl of Dunraven the date
of the first America's cup rame has bees
fixed for September 3.
DOUBLE OR SUITS.
sene Neheee of the seess of silken
Usperfaity.
The double skirt Is upon us in all Its full
fledged enormity: also, the double sleeve
the esp. The shoulder frill has got a new
lease of life and trained Itself to run down
to the waist. Now more than ever In the
days of Fannie Hardcastle "a poor family
might be clothed with the superfluity of a
woman of position." It is a question.
though, if that same superfluity does not
really clothe poor families In a better and
more self-respectful way than if the frills
and furbelows were scanted to leave stuff
for little garmeants. It is the luxury of the
rich which makes opportunity for the poor.
Everybody has beard how the gracious En
press Eugenle relieved the sore distress of
Lyons silk weavers by making it the fashion
to wear quantities of silk. And the same
lovely lady did a like service for the laee
workers of Alencon. It is unnecessary
quite to call to mind what the Princess of
Wales did for Ireland by bringing its pop
lins again to the front. And certainly
among the heartiest blessings that followed
Princess May and her bridegroom to the
altar were those of the tradesmen. to whom
the royal wedding festivities brought unex
ampled prosperity. In this roundabout
way they doubtless find royalty worth all
that it costs. On the other side it must be
a heavenly sensation to nad oneself thus
able at once to do good-the only charity
that does not tend to pauperise Its objects
and to indulge one's inclination for the fine
and beautiful things of life, to whose mak
ing goes so much of cheerfully patient
labor.
Labor is prayer says the proverb. Then
truly does fashion set a many high priests
In the temple of toil. Men dig in the mine
for gems, go down to sea in ships, run hith
er and yon racking their brains with many
inventions solely to the end that beauty
may go beautifully-and uglin ~ be chic.
After all the tyrant. Fashion, to a semi
benevolent despot. Like nature, her mighty
law Is change; unlike nature, though, her
ways are devious and ofttimes past finding
ount.
TEE VERBS OF EKISTENCE.
now They Have to sufer and be
Stylish in Farbelews and Bodices.
"Women are the verbs of existence-in
that it is their mission to be, to do and to
suffer," says a social philosopher, less pol
ished than profound. Certainly the suffer
ing is in no doubt when one glances at
Henri Deux ruffs. York bodices, and other
furbelows which she who abaires to style
nust painfully endure. Quoth my Lord
Lytton: "A woman sighs, 'I wish.' A man
should say. 'I will.' " Doubtless many a
lame, viewing this season's fashion plates,
mas sighed, "I wish they gave us room to
reathe and see." Fancy a man in like
:ase. It is as immorally certain as any
hing can be he would swear roundly, "I
will not be choked or smothered without due
irocess of law." Certainly he would rebel,
ret the sex is very far from being indif
erent to. fashion. Even in theme sober days
f ours they are as fussy and fidgety over
itt and color and style and set as ever
hey dared to be in the days when Beau
irummel rufmed It in point lace and peach
olored small clothes, or those when George
Vashington spent his substance for ella
f "fine scarlet broadcloth and wide gold
ace." Worth recalls the whispr that Paris
iad again donned the colore dres coat
lumn, pure bottle green, or scarlet. By
.ll means, let's have velvet knee breeches,
tackled pumps, silk stockings, lace ru~les
and cravats to go along with It. Then the
tall-blossomed exquisite would be, indeed,
sight to see. But spare us. point lace,
hirt fronts uanderlined with pale pink satin
-ouch as a southwestern Congressman
wore at his wedding. He was not a back
roodsman nor a man who suddenly struck
ay steel either. Contrariwise, he was born
with a golden spoon in his mouth, educated
,t Oxford, finished in Paris, from which his
stounding wedding outfit was specially
eported. Very naturally divorce trod close
n the heels of marriage, for what woman
f spirit could long endure such rivalry in
,husband on this thrice-tender point? Let
he wise men try to make us believe that
Iale creatures have got their fine feathers
rholly through the effort to win and kee
he female of their species.
:0'
It Didn't Work.
'rsm the Detroit T'ribse.
Several distinct varieties of soil clung to
is garments ad eloquently proclimaed
hat he had lately walked through not less
han three counties. The womnan whnos hie
set and accosted at the thrsol of the
owly cottage had red raspberry stains on
er apron.
"Madam," he maid, "I trust you wRi find
t in your heart to assist a poor wayfarer.''
The woman was silent,
His voice was tremulous and low,
"-1 was once the happy head of a family.
The woman's face softened.
"-had a peatlful wife, Ah, shte-"
Tears were standing- in thme woman's eyes
.ow.
"-was to my mind the sweetest and beet
f wives, But the dream was rudely din
elled when-"
The woman leaned forward and held haer
treath.
"-her father lost everything in a wheat
Inch."
The woman gulped down a sob, entered
lie house and slammed the door.
Tra nerves unstrung and heads that ache
SUNDAY CLOSING
It W.. oT isa Oat Vigm.dy sa a
Severe Panaismaets IElaeted pet
Vleda hhach .. rmea
for Sabbath UReakdmg;.
History's memory has been awakened witl
the reagitatien of that ancient question
as to whether man was made for the Bab
bath or the Sabbath for man (provoke
this time by the worlds fair Sunday open
lag problem). with the result of showini
some very remarkable pictures of America
Sundays alone.
Our stern New England fathers not cll
very plainly leaned to the theory that mar
was made for the Sabbath, but were ala
of the unqualiSed opinion that the Subbatl
Itself was an uncoapemling and net-to
be-tampered-with Instituttona sort of pro
custea bed, if too long. was by m
means to be modifed to St its occupant
but the sleeper, on the contrary, must be
stretched or lopped off, as the case migh
be. to meet Its rigid measurements-ti
New Haven code of laws of the seventeenti
century providing indeed that "Profanatics
of the Lrd's Day. If done proudly and with
a high hand against the authority of (od,
shall be pnsal ihdah
Resting on the authority of the Scrip
tural vege. which runs: "And the evenin
and the morning were the first day." 11
banat sunset on Saturday. this Puritas
bath, which to our modern eyes seem.
a cmbination of that day and day of pen
sns, and the treubles of poor human na
ture which then. as now, ever leegedIN
take its em. began a citissa
m
meuth n edJames Watt being In16
publicly repreved for "wuiting a note abeul
common busineses eon the Lord's day. a
least in the evening somewhat too soon."
If the errin James had not sadly de.
parted from the a t his youth he
would Instead of inditng worldly minsi
hp occupied the utm n time from Sundown is
bed timeinth rdaywit
his servants pa children and with holn
a vie of ar -m. a tcirm I
sun ti1 the succeeding thirty our
hand meant almost uninteruypted
deoewh.hs varying in htie,
was Idental in aim. Saturday evening
ret eerceses and eant-hslng of the
if and servants being osorede
course, in mini terial as in lV
One preacher wrote pathetically h-.e t
England that he "found it di5cut to e
servant who eoyed ca techagea
flyprayra'a." Upon rising Sunday nsw
frter f services were the older l
the day for till church. after which
this Puritan pastor retired to his study
for private devotion, remaining there til
the afternoon riin of the e d eeting house
bell. Pollowingmneloe of this service
there tras another tae aite his study.
from which he eerg nly t reiterate
the days sermon to the amily and ser
vants. Then came a season of prayer, and
after a cold supper- es were lt on
Sunday for aey but to prevent one
froms aetually todat-asas
and half-hearted aid of one tanow de an
~aa w~ile retiremeant for the
t was =Z by another gyer.
Sleepag and love making.
The sheard thoulh, notwithestanding
this full .day program, had one short
avenue of esespe denied his sheep, an ave
nue which, though In truth leading most
harmlesy nowbither, yet permitted the
wanderer therein the Innocent relaxation
of a Sunday nap. And how many Sunday
naps were taken under cover of this "re
tirement for private devotion" is a secret
that went down t, the grave with those ex
cellent New England parsons and their dis
creet heipmeets, who, no doubt, had they
chosen, could have told many a tale of long
unanswered raps on study doors. and even
forced awakenings by wl hndro
salluned agspouses wit so-stirring re
mlades watingcongregations and Sun
day duties already pressing for perform
anee.
The Soek, en the contrary. was permitted
no such latitude, but aegiect of satient
Sunday obligations must be accounted for
and variations or the regulatin routine
elaborately explained. The hearts of nine
teenth century lovers eannot but give a
throb of spathy for that New mEgad
swain and sweetheart. who. In ie, were
accused of and tried "for sitting under an
apple tree In Goodmean Chapenan's orchard
on the Lord's day," while these who, in
these latter day Sundays, are permitted full
rein of their sociable Instincts cannot but
feel for lonely gregariously mi"nd Sam
Clarke of Plymouth, who, in 1l4, was re
proved and warned "not to harden his aec
and be wholly destroyed by hankering
about on men's gates on Sabbathe
to draw company out to him."
Plymavth Misedeeds.
Even more numerous recoris w.-re '-wde
of Plymouth misdemeanors, or ese the
desh of that region must have been s.u
har y weak. however wiing the spirit, for
instances are countless of iransgressions
of the then existing SundMv law of that
town, one man with a distante for the
customary cold collation of the Sabbatb,
and a longing to: the desah iots In the
shape of a Sunday chicken dinn.-r being
"sharply whipped" for killing towl on dun
da (. and though clanlminems is aid to be'
nkt to godliness, Euhibeth Irody fur her
Ill-timed righteousness of this sort was,
as the chronicles read. "ine l - ahiJ.sa~
for wringing and hanging out cLhes."
Another citlsen of ths nisughty ton.
who drove some cows "without nel," was
presented before the court.
It Is Micult indeed to tell what on.cweld
do tn those days, to escape trier;rcssmng
thBunday law, since a ut,4site
was fined 0 shatulnea for wetting a piece
of an old felt hat to put in as ..h*,., a'ith
the object of protecting his seet frohesa t
when nmarehing. while Capt. Kaenhie, a
iostoni." of wealth and liemce. was
set two hours In the public stocks for l.ess
ing his wife "publlequely" upon the cowr
sep of his own house, after an abeuace of
child was ato Miasleafhere
"oscences. too, becasme .abnormial
tender In those days, one Samuel Sabin
cnesntt in a oet ofweeklne
eeigand *did fear he lgtraagrsse
th athoghh felt sure no laarm head
And of couree with all these rules and
regulatins" as to general deportment it
goes without mying that attendance on
the church was r'igidly enforced under the
blue laws of New England, and not only
must one he present at service, but one
must a ira'a' rtra' -wnm th hly
one ufortunte s nue rtsigi
his trepidation that he ran to rescue a
mnfom drownn.to ~ n ater, mave
gass.d, existed for miles around.
It is to be feared that, then as now, to
maye oneself fromn bame, thme truth a
sometimes stretehed to the point of being
completely rent asunder, somne of the ex
planations of absence from church, the
peaty attached to which was the atoks
tion ofte coutben far-eeed ~nthe
extreme.
A resident of New Haven named Willam
brougt toacut frhis absa.. fro
service the day before began his emplan
tion: "In good truth. worthy sirs, I would
monas ano eu but as Ido sta her.
when I crossed Sl's breok Saturday after
amo sbout Iv. on may way front work,
the big log that spans it, and that pead.
ventura en Master paian. have marke
m a y m e ,ure s i n c It i c ju s b e lo w y r
intokthe water, I did become drendhed to
addo own but teoe suto lothes,an
y I dd bi~a tnlnear sun
set of Sun'day. waiting for thte air to dr
my garaments"
But he got no further, His romnance wa
too gas. Me was forthwith silnee,. towsed
. ltyf'sloahfu ..". and sentenced to
Pe'ullcqueiy whipped comte Tusdag
*thes' Laws.
The penalties of violtiotns ot thme Vrgi
lan laws of this period were, If less cor
porenly painful, still veary hiarrowing to the
hesarts of the eitissna of the Old flout nie.
mine for every time one of them stayet away
fromt church ho forfeited one pound of to
bacco, whaile if he abeented hisel-f a month
thequantit of th frgat weed to be
A hunrdyears later, In the eiltateenth
te's~day*aw |'""he.colo''.s a ' .:-a:d
smewh....n..ad..mpre---....s o., d~e
obemnl hn done away wit. One ie
~toe ..m-= for the aprvlof the
custans= the publcmorls a meeting
was heeld in FI aet -to got viwof town
mins as to the beet method of deuaiia
with the ein. nd spauch del~aion
was voted 'ut1ays smaske un
Be Loe en Cotemp"TheySha
whh In ths dymihbedescribda
L weekly attempt to peromthe paftl act
hole ana roun a int a square hoe
has esine to be looked foeadto a' the re
ward of the weeks effort, a tisme whnen all
however drdigtheir weak day callinge'
ma esefrabifhur men ani wo
Ion the best that their waramaob. aarams.
lea. fe the p. A. R. aemmant a
A special d*eb bt the Fa
Prae from -hu.. m -m:
rin.ap.om is pgeaPSing e the Belos
event of her Ne and for one ef the wea,
est ia the stal annals of .maa Ura.
Ia this country. The gmeeslas en whid
she in to give the wort as iea et hi
hospitality. energy ad wealth is the twa.
ty-seventh annual .atiosal meeap..ma
of the Orand Army of the Repubbe, wist
will Onvene sapt.b.. 4.
The maaagememt of the es.es. and I.
trilcate arasnguments for eterotaming the
hundreds of thousmade who are especia
has been comuittted to a dttssV ermais
tion of 3.05 persons, snes loadIng me
from outsde cities and towns.
The head of this lrae body. which k
divided up Into amnerous umbeommittap
I. Col. UAny, premenat of the Comera
Club. There is a Iage enaee c.....see
of which Col. LAly is esairman; Mr. D. P
Erwin. vice ehaiream; Mr. WiIlsm Flr,
tune, eaccutive drector; Mr. ANla Hen.
dricks, secretary. and Mr. Alhert GaM, thm
treasuer of State. is treassuer. The eo.
mittee acinde. Gov. Matthews, e-GOv.
Ira J. Chase. Gen. Low Walnae and a aum.
ber of other well-known daets.
Crres Wll Ue Thes.
The returns sow that bam the 3New
England Staty the aumber of veteras en
pecting to attend this nsaa..ma is emi
about S per cnt et there at Washingesa
from that part of the country. But ete
of that territory the retures hew that the
attendance will be ac larger thea at
Washington. The great 0. A. U. states et
the west report two or three thee as mMa
.com.-g s went to Wa*mign. The tota
Incresse is shout 0 per eat mae am at
tended the '.am=pmnmet obt a . A.
vided fo0l people, and the esamiht
holds Itself be reedimes to pe M seam-.
modationo he assmay ae sem a m as
Tf 0 .- maied In se.
The price aced ran fle S mo In
lodging mm mienie op to U a day at the
best pevaned besseng bessu. AN who go.
se to make er abus es a
who wi'1|ll ...e.4.'"'
avaliahe laces at Che pies d . The
.eratve Greeter wit met hammne a-s
Into w e laswish the S rde
with wham he prom i tM O he he
arrgsameats.
Thmae -strangoaent eshe.e te *e
hotels of the city. The p ieaesevae -e.
quired to enter into a ememet, a easp f
which is seat to the smset. eeis e t by
the pepriestr. and me by the estetr,
tas be the ea et bem b haese
Tha sa. thseefse. chnance for any s
fadson as to rates is etu with the pe.
priotern. These have opr eet to ebasse
naore them th eir rrase, ma
from I. to s per day.
En the Veesm h eM .
The chief sre*hka has, of Msara, bem to
prov e lodgings for the veternaa, ah doo
ot honor. 3er these eighty hal aid ebed
houses have bes- seereud ad wit be /ad
up with cots. The lauded pert of the vo.
rans will be lodged in hartache useed op
elft for their asek ,s as be al a of ad
They will have to bring disk w hianbst
and will have to a their maniasBt
meals of good quai be urabibat at a
moderate east. The eard hs lot a m.
tract to a sposhaib persm. who ew ter.
nia meals at casto enach he ben t
and supper and 5 eanto fore iner.
of thente re ment a
sumt eere t ruqa ataw ta o n men hd
mabesiate ter5 trea
a be wh in quality *as dea he
adds. The meals WO be served
The lrgest odiag pae witbe -.emol
on Rest Wasiago a*reet. -Ma
moath of the state 3eftramnsery he am,
and will be accesseele by eletsie casn dl
rect from the UL'nis seaway daise ad
also by steam carm. Ts brenus aiE hei
5,0O veterans. It WE be atimand in sa
open grass p ettebe of et hty am m% weE
At one end win be a ard sittbg eom.
eighty feet re, and a chef tesm and
wash roan. vsa.as- may 6 yt as
the cheek teem ar a smt noinal agea,
the coceemiaairse b.asig raepesa, we
the property left with him. Other barestt
have been contracted for within her or iae
squares of the heart of the city. Mere tar.
racks will be erteeeds the need t them
appears A great ensay veterans wi be
ateeasb. heieir.
The, first oanoemenet comem. tnaed wi
occur on Monday night, when om esetuie.l
and natural gam dispay will be snes be the
grounds of the tae horse ndthe cemet
home. The visitors wit be embled to se
a natural gas wel to full blast, with i i1
memacnn rsar and force, burning as a
amoster torch. Whistles wil be hiwa
with the gas. ..ac we be run with
its foree. and then ethereal
e hgas wi be liberated der
water, and ill burn as it tiaes. Ita
very novel effect. the electricallaiy
will be one of great brillncy.
While this is going o for the wtaemre
all who care to witness it the vetermns
be hoing camp fires in vrirns 53am In
halls and tents, and aemy wit ear the
eoqEnt voices of seidor oratrs, im
hGme...re..
The gr- parade wn ose en et Them
day froam 10 a. en. to 6 p. in.. thime *0e
of march wiN met aeced two ~m em
-ae strees.. The chief reeiewing etand
will he am aresd*-e-al ornament. Ito os
eity will he ...minet tsr mevetyve per.
moms, and will be reservedt3 (semm....r.
in-chief Weim..t and e 3u.
A teviewln Stande with empacity gar 0
will be ercedee saaw esthe
state. county aty egems, te
veterans. for t0 he ores of acheoinru
s t n eands h wl pyf r the t m.so
much meat. The"',.,.e ,smai
beddby Saj. Gen. Janmem .s n~s
chief of the tffrmeed Rauk. E. oftu
the world, and hims..lt a vetern et rshn.
A featur of the pa a r ng
m e Me of i e e nme . em
Wehesert has a.pai-a-d lSi aie-de-eamm.
and each of theme wi hbe~ie with a
horse. Wham It esame to 3w~e oe s
many it was disoevered that thi is a day
of biylsand not hesbaek riders, and
tha thre erenot over aue~hbl end
The comittee then made sangmns
for the manufactiare of addhee ..a.et
a horse proery eosaiosdwh wants
m.o.in ahe~ .e ......see..r e,.
cotrat or horses fo o heeeS
the parade.
Tueeday ngt wil e euld to a gee
uta w ibobebId e5 Wodeiy
Therday e renionday, and Chuar
mea Ketcham is eha
tents in which U456 of may he
durib te day. ...w.l previde1g .e r
night wtUn temrai ethe -
Judlnaplis Ths wilt oece at Tomlmesa
Ha.l. and wil be by nv.tt... the ora
tors of this ocessios winl tinde Gas. is
risen and GDen. Low W.aa.. James Wi
comb Riley will recite his famousm esm
.elt-..an other ..eelti..e event wil
he marked by bee medte and uch hseqi
ieto eatudoe
gas belt, and at night to the atteet geade
of war pagatry.
A Fly Seer ws b *0.
Frees the New Ya e a.
"It is ceasus." mide a travler'.hew a
little tngwi bether a man. I eat the
ko howg a fl il emtme esthi
yo d coa t est ofe it. h a
ha d pammed It testaa
by flvIng down his baik.
--sn hae 4aditutcr.., .e ..ie
and twisted, tekout his hsan
did everything but loan back, hat the0 e
fused to coame out. At lost an Iea struch
hism. He teak out oet pisinako a lsad pe
cil. and. hoinag it by its pait.e the
other end down Mse hash andthnse
hne coud and is an tetat the fl
ad awat _
th Wh vtbing i the woerl eepg.
Frees nesth.
Mrs. Bs tn-"Are our' theater aenia
Mr. Bunttog.-"No, they are at the otbar
end of thse row."
Mrs. Butng-"Thes well late.
He (frmnNew3 "oWas It you I has
sining 'After the hEini' this evensing?"
b.,. (frm andwi>-An.e what
it
SOME FINE HORSES.
!ft few. Uh* as toM h
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ever ta i ft 0. otr It cooaq
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