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OUR SOCIETY.
It Is Influenced by'the Arrival of
Lent.
But There Are ]fiany Who Will Not
Eenounce the World;
And Club Parties, Receptions, Etc.,
Are-Kot Infrequent.
Weddings of the Week-Gossip for the
Ladies.
MATRIMONIAL,
Among the pleasant events of last week
was the marriage of Mr. Charles F. Whit
comb and Miss Josie E. Hale, at the bride’s
residence, the Rev. George C. Lorimer offici
ating. The presents were numerous and
beautiful. Owing to a recent death in the
family, none but relatives were present. At
home to their Irieuds after March 14 at No.
2713 Indiana avenue.
Miss Ada E. Fating, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Faling, old residents of Kalama
zoo, Mich., and Mr. Edwin F. Mortay, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mortay, of Depere, Wis..
were married Monday evening at tlie resi
dence of ME J. P. Kennedy. No. 521 Carroll
avenue, the Rev. E. R. Ilulbert officiating.
On Wednesday last, at high noon, there
occurred at the residence of Mr. J. H. Little,
Xo. 025 Fulton street, tlie marriage of his
seconddanghter, AL Lou, mid Andrew Mac-
Leist, of Carson, Pirie & Co., of this city.
The Rev. E. B. Hulbert, D. D„ of the Fourtli
Baptist Church, ofliciatsd. Relatives only of
the contracting parties were present After
partaking-of a fine wedding lunch tlie newly
wedded couple took the afternoon train for a
sojourn of two or three weeks in the East,
and upon their return will be at home to
their friends at No. 627 West Adams street.
Thursday, at the residence of the bride’s
uncle, D. IL Lincoln, Esq., No. 3232 Calumet
avenue. Miss Mary C. Lincoln and Air. W. -IL
Phelps were married, the Rev. Dr. George C.
Lorimer oflieiating. Tlie wedding was strict
ly private. Mr. mid Mrs. Phelps left the
same evening for mi extended Eastern trip
via SU Louis. Louisville, Cincinnati, and
Buffalo, and will return early In April.
'The marriage of Miss AdeleKaliu, daugh
ter of Isaac Kahn, Esq., and Mr. Morris Bei
feld was celebrated Tuesday evening in the
main parlor of the Palmer House, the Rev.
Bn Felseuthal officiating. The ceremony was
witnessed by a large number of friends. A
banquet was served in the ladies’ ordinary,
after which dancing was introduced, Mr.
and Mrs. Beifeld left for an extended East
ern trip.
• The marriage of Miss Carrie Johnson and
Mr. Seward D. Morgan was solemnized
Wednesday last,
A very pleasant and quiet affair took place
Tuesdav evening, March 1, at St. Jarlath’s
Church! the occasion being the marriage of
Mr. Xeil Shannon, with Messrs. W. F. Mc-
Laughlin «& Co., and Miss Louise Kelly. The
ceremony was performed by/the Rev. Father
Horn. The happy couple will be at home to
their friends at Xo. IU9 Park avenue.
Miss Baltic Allen, daughter of the Hon.
Albert Allen, of Columbus, 0., and sister of
James Law Allen, Esq., of this city, was
married at her father’s residence on the 9th
inst, to John Taylor, Esq., of Columbus, 0.
After a delightful wedding lunch, the happy
couple left for a tour of the Eastern cities.
Many very valuable wedding gifts were pre
sented.
.Miss Jessie Hobkirk, daughterof Mr. Will
iam Hobkirk, a young lady who was for
merly of tlds city, was married Wednesday
evening to 3lr. T. D. Huntling at the resi
dence of her sister, 3lrs. Heath, in Brooklyn.
PROSPECTIVE BLISS,
3liss Kolm and 3fr. Kaiser will be married
Tuesday evening at the residence of the
bndc’s parents on Calumet avenue.
Mr. Charles H, Strong, of this city, and
Miss Clara E. Churchill, of Burlington, la,,'
will be married at Burihigtou, la., Tuesday
morning. •
The engagement of Jliss Eliza Berg and
Max P. Maas, of Sterling. 111., is announced.
The engagement of Miss Sarah Lachman
and Nathan Ehrlich is announced.
SOCIAL AND CLUB NOTES.
The Parlor Reading Club held its regular
meeting last Wednesday night at Xo. 214
Ohio street. Among the most- noticeable
numbers on the program was an. essay on
“Wives,” by Mr. Walker; recitation, “ Pro
metheus Bound,” by Mr." Booth; tenor solo,
Mr. Ballict; poem on " Spring as Known to
Chicagoans,” by Mrs. A. D. Carter; soprano
solo, by Miss Alice Hoffman.
Tite X. E. C. G..” o£ Englewood, gave
one of their enjoyable parties Wednesday
evening at the residence of Mr. L. P. May
nard, on Harvard street. Blumburg’s or
chestra furnished the music, and an elegant
supper was provided by the host Those at
tending were Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Silva, Mr.
and Sirs. Charles ■ Boyington, the Misses
Jennie Baker,- Carrie McCowen, Carrie Met
calf, Lilian Allen, Addie Stoddard, Lil
Mitchel, Annie Beveridge, and Messrs. Will-
Maynard, Ed Gregory, Charles Beveridge,
Charles McKelvoy, Homer Carr, and Frank
Stone.
A number of the intimate friends of- Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hunt spent a very pleas
ant evening at their residence on School
street Friday evening, the occasion being
the lady’s 30th birthday. • The guests brought
refreshments with them. '
The W. H. K. Society held its first regular
entertainment Friday evening. The princi
pal features of the very enjoyable exercises
were a speech by the President, a few re
marks by W. H. King, a farce entitled “ A
Xobleman in Disguise,” some recitations and
music, and the drama, “The Last Loaf,” -was
rendered with great effect. This was the
feature of the evening, and excited great ap
plause. The brilliant actiug of Mr.F.,Junius
Brutus Ambler and Marcus Smith were the
events of the evening.
The C. S. C. were delightfully entertained
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ord
way, Xo. b(is West Monroe street, on last
Friday evening.
A very enjoyable surprise party was ten
dered Charles Hazard by a number of his
young friends Wednesday evening at his resi
dence, No. 3440 Prairie avenue. Among
those - present were the Misses Lottie,
Straight, Minnie Shaw, Lottie Price, Katie
McGrath, Florence and Mamie McXamara,
Mamie Crowe, Julia Seaton, Florence Gil
son, Ida Richardson, Xcttie Henderson.
Lillie Harper, and Messrs. James Westervelt,
Halve} - Bates, John Simpson. Pearl Reiter,
Earnest Calkins, Denny O’Connel. Kay Ham
mond, Tom Whelan, Clinton Price, Herbert
Harvey. Charlie Addy, Robert Gifford, and
Bcldcn Jones.
Union Hall, Madison street, comer of Cali
fornia avenue, was filled to overflowing Mon
day evening to witness a benefit given Miss
Edith Elliott, the talented elocutionist. The
entertainment was opened by a song from
the California Avenue Quartet, —Messrs, s.
G. Seaton, J. E. Greenwood, R. Kisselburg,
and Dr. B. F. Boyer. Daring the evening
Frank Brown, A Robertson, and Dr. Boyer
sang solos. Miss Jennie Johnson, aged 13
years, sang, “Brown Eyes Close to the Win
dow.” with wonderful effect, Messrs.
Brown, Schecl, and Windurst sang a very
laughable piece. The evening's entertain
ment was intersjiersed with recitations
IrOin Miss Elliott. The whole was conducted
cv (Ml. Van Buren, and was a very enjoyable
An enjoyable masquerade was given by the
Misses Hattie and Ella Pierson Wednesday
evening bust, at Xo. 10 Xorth Irving place, at
which some twenty-dive couples in uniaue
attire took part.
Miss Xelley Howe entertained a select few
of her friends at her home, Xo. CG2 West
Harrison street, Thursday evening. The
evening was spent in dancing to Fitzgerald’s
music, a. fine program of fifteen numbers.
Antony those present were the Misses Nellie
King, Jennie Wilee, Jessie Wallace, Maggie
Robinson, and .Messrs. John Finley, Sam
Booth. Will Summer, and Monroe Willard.
A genuine and pleasant surprise was tend
ered in honor of C. H. and T. H. Large at
their residence, Xo. 341 Hubbard street,
Thursday evening.
Oneof the finest of the Loreley Club enter
tainments was given Tuesday evening at the
residence of Dr. F. Ziegfeld. of the Chicago
Musical College, Xo. 44 Loomis street The
program was an exceptionally fine one, in- j
eluding the names of such noted musical peo
ple as Miss Pauline Rommeiss, Miss Staltz,
Miss Kittie Waihiee, -Profs.—E. -Heimendahl,
F. Zeigteld, and Otto Oesterle, and such wel 1-
known elocutionists as Jliss Jennie Hunter,
Miss Katie Oesterle, and Mr. Lawrence Alars
ton.
The seventh annual reception of the George
IL Thomas Post, No. 5, G. A. R., occurred
at the armory of the First Regiment Monday
evening. The occasion was most pleasant to
the large number who were present
Tlie last meeting for the season of the La
dies’ Benevolent Society of the First Pres
byterian Church was held in the church par
lors Wednesday. About forty ladies were
present An elegant lunch was served and a
most enjoyable time passed by all. : . „
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Fifth Pres
byterian Church gave a pleasant concert and
readings Tuesday evening at the church. A
large number of people were in attendance.
Tlie program was excellent and all taking
part in if acquitted themselves In a manner
deserving of tlie highest praise.
A surprise party was given Friday evening
to B. L. P. Bell at tlie residence of his moth
er, Mrs. Hannah Bell, No. 45 East Eighteenth
street. The party, consisting of abont.twen
ty-live couple, arrived at 10 o’clock, bringing
eatables and music. Dancing very naturally
followed, witli vocal and instrumental music,
supper, etc., until a late hour, mid a most en
joyable time whs had by all present
Mr. mid Mrs. A. \. Haskins (n(se Howe)
were tendered a reception Thursday evening
by the mother of the groom, Mrs. M. A. Has
kins, at her residence. No. 07 Artesian
avenue. The guests were delightfully en
tertained with vocal and instrumental music.
A very fine private masquerade was given
at thenew private dancing hall, No. 3044 In
diana avenue, by the young folks of that
vicinity last Wednesday evening. The cos
tumes were very nandsome, the principal
ones being “Morning,” “Sunset,” “Sailor,”
“PeasantGirls,”“Undine.” “School Girl,”
Mexican, Chinese, and a number of military
costumes. Among those present were the
Misses Maggie Neil, Ida and Emma Ivison,
Caddy Scott, Bertha Loeb, Mollie Martin,
Fanny A, Sneer, Lou mid Alice Van Horn,
Josie Hubbell, Lottie Mills, Lillie Orrin,
Minnie Rowell, Miss Purcell, Miss Sanford,
Mamie Tobin, and Messrs. Gardner, Neil,
Reid, Vastine, Urban as, Kelch, Speer, Tobin,
M. Conville, and Conway.
A pleasant party was given Thursday even
ing by Miss liowc, of No. 002 West Harrison
street About thirty guests were present
The Pleasant Hours Club, of Ravenswood,
gave a very enjoyable masquerade Friday
evening.
Mrs. Murdock, of No. 539 Carroll avenue,
was agreeably surprised Friday evening by a
number of her friends, who swooped down
upon her residence accompanied by Fitz
gerald’s orchestra.
A brilliant children’s party, at the beauti
ful residence of Airs. C. Watrous, marked
the close of Prof. Martino’s private class last
Monday. There were about sixty children
present Aftorasliort program a fine supper
was served, and a beautiful “German”
closed the pleasure of the evening enjoyed
by ail.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Hinchman, of New
York, gave a very select whist party at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. Dr. J. Webster
Jones.
The annual banquet of the members of the
Sigma Phi Society resident in the Northwest
is to take place Tuesday evening, at 6 o’clock,
at the Sherman House. A large attendance
is expected. ’
A very pleasant birthday surprise party
was tendered Dr. John 3L Fleming at his
residence, on West Washington street, last
Thursday evening, bv his many friends.
Mrs. Charles F. Elmes received the mem
bers of the Social Card Club, a West-Side
social institution, devoted to the development
of amateur genius in the manipulation of the
paste-boards,at herresidence,No. 110 Loomis
street, on Thursday evening of last week.
The regular meeting of the Whittier Club
was held on Friday evening at the residence
of Mr. Bradley, on Chestnut street, and, al
though the weather was somewhat unpleas
ant, the meeting proved to bo one of the most
enjoyable of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. William 11. Bailey enter
tained a number of their friends at their res
idence, 2522 Calumet avenue, Friilay even
ing. After vocal and instrumental music,
the guests danced merrily for a couple of
hours,* when refreshments were served., The
remainder of the evening was then passed as
pleasantly as the beginning. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs. William,!!. Bai
ley. Mr. and Mrs. F. Benner. Mr. ahd Mrs.
Cant T. W. Otter, .Mrs. Bell Mann,. Mrs.
Samuel Ray, Mrs. A M. Smith, Mrs. H. 31.
Kelsch, Mrs. Breeze, the 3lisses Hanna and
Emma Leser, Cornelia Benner, Emma and
Ida Ivison, Bessie Randall, Jessie, Gertie,
and Avis Bailey, and among the gentlemen
were Mr. F. and 11. Leser, W. D. Evans. J.
and F. Urban us, F.’ L. Kelsch. W. D. Par
kins. William Kelsch, J. Smith, Prof. Walter
Bailey, and R. S. Kelsch.
PERSONAL,
H. S. McLean contemplates making a voy
age around the world. He will sail some
time this month from New York to Liver
pool, tlielice by steamer to Malaga, stopping
at Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, and other
ports; thence by rail to Madrid, over the
Pyrenees and through Southern France to
Paris; thence to Brussels, The Hague, Am
sterdam.Copenhagen,Christiania, Stockholm,
and SL Petersburg; thence through Russia,
via 3foscow, to Odessa; thence by steamer to
Constantinople, Athens, Rhodes, Candia, and
Alexam/ria, The journey homeward, after
doing Egypt and Palestine, will be via Suez
and the Red Sea to Bombay; thence through
the Straits of 3lalacca to Singapore, Hong
Kong. Canton, Shanghai, Jeddo, San Fran
cisco, and again to Chicago. He expects to
be absent about one year.
F. 31. Hubert and John BlcArthur, of No.
10 Park row, returned from Washington, D.
C.. Tuesday.
3lr. George Harvey returned from New
Orleans last week, where he has been at
tending the Mardi Gras festivities.
Miss Alice Whitacre, of No. 3G Aldine
square, returned to the city Saturday after a
protracted visit to friends in Cincinnati and
Lafayette.
3lary E. Thomas, of Sheboygan Falls, Wis.,
is visitinglier cousin, Mrs. E. A Hill, of No.
JO? Erie street.
Col. and 3lrs. J. 31. Arnold have returned,
to the city alter an absence of one. year,
which has been devoted to foreign travel,
and' have taken apartments at the Palmer
House,
Mr. and Sirs. J. Edwards Fay, of Washing
ton street, have been the guests of Secretary
Windom, in Washington, since the inaugura
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Well have returned, after an
absence of several mouths, and are at the
Painter House.
T. W. Anderson, Esq., and daughters, of
Michigan avenue, left last week for the South
in search of health and pleasure.
Mrs. Monroe Heath, Miss Myrtlelleathand
Miss Wilson left Monday evening for an ex
tended trip through Florida and lire South.
Tile Misses Sharpe, of Indianapolis, who
have been visiting Mrs. Frank Wilson, of
Michigan avenue, left for home Inst Tuesday.
Mr. and .Mrs. W. D. Boyden, of Canton, X.
Y„ are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sanford,
of Xo. 3:143 Indiana avenue.
Miss Edith Ogden, a Xe\v Orleans young
lady, is visiting Mrs. A O. Slaughter, of Xo.
3122 Michigan avenue.
Mr. E. G. Gilbert has returned from a five
weeks’ Southern trip, much improved in
health.
Mr. C. S. Hutchinson and daughter are en
joying a visit in the East.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hackney are spend
ing several weeks in Xew York.
Mrs. David Kelley and Mr. Charles Kelley
left Friday night for Florida,
A little party from Aldine square, includ
ing Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rollins. Mrs. C. 11.
Hildreth, and -Miss Elia Beasley, left for
Florida Wednesday evening. They go via
Washington, and expect to be away six
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Whittier have gone to
Brooklyn, X. T., for a visit of several weeks.
Joint Egan, G. P. A. of the C., L, St. L. &
C. R. R.. left Monday evening, accompanied
by bis daughter Stella, for Xew York and
Philadelphia. Miss Stella will visit Boston
before her return to the Queen City.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Morris (tide Johnson)
have returned from a tour through the
South.
Mr. AY. H. Ilagedon left the city last even
ing for Xew York.
Mr. P. F. Ryan, late with Carson. Pirie &
Co., leaves for Xew York City to-morrow.
The annual, charity ball ot tflojlllinois St.
Andrew’s Society will occur April 21, at the
Tremont House.
Mr. Walter M. Jackson has just returned
from the South, after au absence of a month.
Miss Blanche Engleman, of Cation City,
Colo., will, during her stay in this city, be
the guest of Miss Jennie Lincoln, of Prairie
avenue.
. Dr. E. R. E. Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter
returned yesterday from Xew Orleans, where
they went to see the Mardi Gras festivities. '
. Miss Celia Inson left Chicago Tuesday
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY- MARCH 13, 1881—EIGHTEEN PAGES.
evening, on account of her healtli, for an ex
tended visit among her friends and relatives
•throughout lowa.
LATEST MODES.
tfew York Evening Post.
Silk bonnets are-in high favor, and are
made to match the toilet.
The shooting jacket now so popular Is be
coming only to slender figures^
Plush will be used upon spring costumes
of cheviot cloth, and cashmere.
Henry IL toques of plush or velvet are fa
vorit hats both in Paris mid London.
Uncut velvet in changeable colors will be
used this season as a dress trimming.
The corsage bows of satin to be worn atthe
left side of the belt have reached absurd di
mensions.
The most fashionable porte bonheur of the
moment is the bracelet formed of old silver
medals. .
Embroidery and hemstitching in the high
est styles of decorative art are now applied
to table-linen.
The old-fashioned flowing sleeves of lace
are again popular. Tlie, wide Directolre col
lars are worn with them. V
Dove-colored silk stockings, embroidered
in colors to match the toilet, are the very
latest novelties in French hosiery.
Egyptian scarabees and South American
beetles have, been supplanted by locusts and
Texas tarantulas,fonuedof gold and enamel,
inlaid with imitation jewels.
’ Bridesmaids wear short veils of. white silk
tulle, and shoulder capes, and dainty mou
clioir muffs, formed entirely of white bow
ers, and edged with frills of rich lace.
Chenille flowers and foliage are very fash
ionable; they are used for coiffures and tlie
trimming of bonnets, and are especially pret
ty and effective when twisted among the
braids and coils of the hair.
The Louis XV. coat-basques for street-wear
will continue in favor. The material for
these coats is generally of black embossed
velvet, os l ‘they can then be worn over skirts
of every description. The coat requires very
little garniture except the buttons, which
must be very handsome.
Brocaded and phuded Surah is much used
for brides on spring-bonnets. A pair of these
broad scarfs-like strings, -with an Alsatian
bow on tlie crown of. tho hat. is.all the trim
ming needed to transform a Wliiter-hoi'met
into a bright-looking head-tlress suitable to
wear until the June breezes blow.
Steel lace is a novel fancy in millinery
trim mines, although gold and silver laces
retain their pooularity, and Spanish, Ne
mours, Renaissance, and laces wrought in
designs of white Derbyshire spar beads and
seed pearls liaveappeared in large quantities,
aiuLnte im'eh employed in-the formation or
opera and reception bonnets.
. Newly imported costumes are all bouffant
in effect about the hips, but narrow, plain,
and clinging around the lower portions of the
skirts. The sharply-peaked bodice is also n
feature of these toilets, many of them having
handsome lichus of lace to be worn over
them. The general effect is a close resem
blance to the costumes of the latter part of
the eighteenth century.
Someof the newspring bonnets are studded
with mock jewels, and some of the fancy
braids are dotted with tiny straw buttonsand
crystal beads. The bright yellow straws
have the precedence of the pun; white, al
though the white chips are unusually delicate
and beautiful, and are exceedingly graceful
in shape. The Belgian split satin braids and
the Florence and Tuscan straws are equally
attractive and in new design.
gJThe new Directoire mantle is made
very long, and is exceedingly grhceful.
This wrap is shirred over the neck and
shoulders, and is made of dark bronze or
black vigogne, lined with gold-colored Surah
silk, and trimmed with amber, bronze, and
gold-beaded ornaments. Sometimes the man
tle is formed of heavy black Sicilienne, lined
with crimson, and trimmed with sparkling
ornaments of jet and Hungarian cords and
spikes.
Although the spring-dress fabrics are ex
ceedingly elegant in color and design, there
is a noticeable and happy tendency toward
simplicity of style in the formation of the
garments made of this new material. Street
costumes are made in the severe style so
popular the past season,—the Trinitariai
dress being a decided favor!L This costnipo
will be much in vogue during Lent, and is
invariably made of black. Another popular
dress to be worn during this season is asiiort
kilted shirt of black Hindoo cashmere, with
a draping of the same material laid over it in
heavy upright folds.’ A jersey bodice is
added, mid over this waist is worn a pel
erine of black fur or plush.
A very pretty spring hat in the “ Belle
Bourbonnaire ” shape is of silver-gray Bel
gium braid, trimmed with a large bow of
dove-colored satin merveilleux, edged with
steel lace. A spray of wild roses and leaves
is fastened under the bow, and brought
around to the right side of the crown, where
the long line ends of the foliage are left to
droop over the brim of the hat. A Direct
toire bonnet of bright gold-colored Tuscan
is edged with gold lace and a pulling of an
tique gold satin, and garnished with a dia
dem wreatii of black and crimson poppies;
The inside of the hat is lined witli black
satin edged with gold galloon, and the broad
strings are of yellow sat-1 edged with gold
lace. A Castilian toquet-is turned tip with
border of shirred blhck Stuiii edged with a
broad gold band. The crown disappears un
der a black velvet trimming and a drapery of
old gold gauze plush, so that it is impossible
to see what the hat itself is made of. Two
black feathers are put on en aigrette at ouo
side.
A stylish walking costume is made of dark
myrtle-green cloth and silkplush of the same
shade. The short skirt of cloth is trimmed
with two narrow flutings of satin. Above
this falls a skirt cut in deep Vandyke, the
spaces titled in witli fan-shaped flutings of
the satin. The upper part of the tablier is
quite plain, and covered with plush. At the
left side is fastened a drapery of the front
of the dress, and is carried low to the cloth,
which falls in a heavy fold across the right
side. At the back another drapery falls over
two deep revers of plush. The cloth bodice
witli a small basque forms a short coat witli
hollow plaßs. and is fastened with a row of
line brandebourgs of passementerie. Double
collar, half cloth and half plush. The cloth
wrap to match is in the visite shape, witli
seamless sleeves, edged with a deep band of
plush, and fastened with three cords of silk,
covered witli iris-tinted beads, which pass
across the chest, and fasten with a rich
agrafe to match. Small muffs to match
trimmed with creves of satin, and a largo
bow of the same, into which is sot a tiny
robin redbreast
SOCIETY TOPICS.
“ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
—The wives and mothers of Canada address
the Queen in a long memorial which con
tains two whole stanzas of original poetry.
Shades of honeysuckle wili bo used on
new bonnets. They will probably be “too
sweet for anything,” but the wearers will ho
exposed to the risk of having a bee in their
bonnets.
The eminent tragedian Salvini and his
able support, Miss Elbe Wilton, Miss Marie
Prescott, and Miss Stewart, were photo
graphed (the ladies in stage costumes) dur
ing their recent engagement here, by our
artist photographer, Kocher, and gave the
work their unqualified approval. The photo
graphs, which are models of artistic pose and
finish, are now on exhibition at Itocher’s
studio.
Bernhardt thinks there is too much pepper
used in American cooking. How does she
like the spice in the newspapers?
A proud Boston man exhibits a telephone
that came over in the Mayflower. ■
Hosts of practical hints, given in plain
language mid illustrated by choice engrav
ings,—the subject being wall-decoration and
the proper use of paper-hangings,—can be ob
tained by a perusal of Mr. John J. McGrath's
pamphlet, newly published, and distributed
free of charge at 174 and ITU State street.
“ Dear Doctor—l think your Bitters are
too awfully lovely 1 After taking half a bot
tle I could sleep until 9 o’clock in the' morn
ing, while ma was getting breakfast ready.
My health is now too sweet for anything, mid
your delightful medicine is justtoo supreme
iy.nice,” etc.
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” This
is aptly illustrated by the delight of thetadies
iu examining the choice novelties in spring
millinery at Hagedou’s, 42 and 44 Madison-st.
Large white collars of linen batiste are
more than ever In vogue, and will continue
to be so du ring the summer. They are worn
by young girls on-all occasions. For even
ing, and for older ladies,. they are made of
guipure, point de Venise.
Marie, the late Empress of Eussia, had a
fancy for collecting prayer-books, and had a
great many of them at her death. The Czar
has distributed them among the various regi
ments at St Petersburg 'to he preserved m
glass cases in the regimental libraries. The
Czar seems to have no use for hymn-books.
P; Keller, ladies’ boot-maker, would re
quest orders early for spring work, to avoid
delay. He has on hand nearly all sizes of
boots, Jiis own perfect work, at reduced
prices. Monroe street Palmer House.
Hang out a sign “Beware of Paint,’’ and
nine men out of ten will draw their for-finger
across the newly-painted surfaces The tenth
man never learned to read.
The fine arts in furniture are represented
at the Emporium of Wirts & Scholle,. 223
Wabash avenue.
At 11. B. Bryant’s Chicago Business Col
lege can now bo found a number of com
petent bookkeepers, also several stenogra
phers and type-writers.
Harriet Hostner has' abandoned art and is
spending all her time bunting up perpetual
motion. Foolish woman, when she lias it at
her tongue’s end.
Opening of spring dress patterns in great
variety on Wednesday, Thursday,, and 1 ri-.
day of this week at Mme. Morse’s, 125 state
sL She extends a general invitation to all.
Renaissance embroidery, although very
difficult, is being used for decorating hand
some draperies, and many ladles interested
in “high art” are learning to embroider
their own drapery. /
While other hair dealers express business
ns dull, Burnham’s' Central Music-Hall Hair
Store has a lively trade.
Tea-gowns In ‘Mother Hubbard” pat
terns, and made of satin and plush, are
among the new things which English dress
makers are showing. ■>
The opening of spring styles of Wyant’s
French pattern.! occurs Afareh 15,16, and 17,
at 15S State street.
Jananese kettledrums, with -Japanese
decorations, young ladies in Japanese dress,
and Japanese articles to sell, are the new
amusement
Colored silk girdles 75c., white pearl but
tons 6e. per dozen, at Ernest Mix’s, 125 State.
“Mabel, why, von dear little girl,” ex
claimed her grandpa, seeing his little-grand
daughter with her head tied up, “ have you
got the headache?” “No,” she answered
sweetly, “ I’se dot a spit turi.”
Fetherlv has just returned from a verysne
cesstul trip to Cincinnati, Introducing new
modes in hair.
Tlie De'trolt Free Press thinks a new way
to pay old debls is to take the cash and pay
them.
All ladies prefer and use the new Home
sewing machines.
It illustrates the lengths to which afashion
runs when a leading London music publisher
says that a successful ballad nowadays’ must
be written in tha quaint, sharp, staccato stylo
in vogue in the days of Queen Anne.
J. K. Steven?-, photographer, 10S Dearborn,
. cor. Washington, best cabinets S 3 per doz.
A handsome visiting costume is of satin do
Lyons in ivy-gwen, relieved with satinbro
cade in dice paUern of bright colors,—nota
bly amaranth-red and gold color.
Ladies should try tho 41 ficus cavica” or
condensed figs, a mild, pleasant laxative, not
a purgative. Ask your druggist for it.
Kansas school-teacher: “ Where does our
grain go to ?”. “ Into the hopper.” “ What
hopper?” 4r Grasshopper!” triumphantly
shouted the-snwjl boy.
False teeth ivlinout plate are made only by
Dr. Low, the inventor, 135 State st.
Delicacy.—Abovoevery other feature which
adorns the fenule diameter, delicacy stands
foremost within the province of good taste.
• Over tho always-steaming teakettle, S 3
State st, Lovejoy, the *‘framist.”
Floriated fabrics in textures both of silk
and wool, and in combinations of silk and
wool, have a continued lease for life.
Polo at Chicago Holler-Skating Kink Tues
day, Wednesday, and Thursday, March 15,
10, and 17. Three match games between Buf
falo and Chicago Polo Club. To tho general
public as well as lovers of the sport this will
be a'rare treat The surface will be cleared
for polo from 9 t0.9:30. General skating be
fore and after the polo game. Kink corner
Michigan avenue and Congress street
A belt with a bag attached takes the place
of pockets on spring jackets.
SUBURBAN.
EVANSTON",
A number of prominent residents are agitat
ing tha formation* of a Village Improvement
Society similar to those formed in the Eastern
States.
Monday evening’of the 21st Prof. Oreo E.
Locke, of tho Conservators’ of Music, will give
an orchestral concert iri the auditorium 6t thd
Methodist Church. Tho orchestra, numbering;
forty pieces, will be under tho direction of Mr.
Adolph Liescgang, and will bo chietly composed
of performers in tho recent Theodore Thomas
concerts which were given In the city. Tho
program is a very excellent one.
Friday evening Mr. O. 11. Merwln was notified
by telegraph of his reappointment «5 Postmaster
of Evanston for another four years. The ap
poiutment gives general satisfaction among mo
people of the village.
The Kev. George C. Xoycs, D. D., will preach
this morning and evening in the Presbyterian
Church.
The Kev. A. W. Patten will preach this morn
ing in tho Methodist Church.
The Kev. George JL Pieren will preach to-day,
as usual, in the baptist Church.
The Kev. A. J. Scott will preach this morning
and evening in the Congregational Church.
The Kev. Frederick o. Jewell will conduct tho
usual services in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
to-day.
I PRAY FOR THEE.
For The Chicago Tribune,
I pray for thoo, dear love.
Morning, and noon, and night, that thou
On Angels’ wings upborne, may know
No doubting fear, nor pain, nor wo.
1 pray for thee, dear love.
That thou may have within thy breast
The love and peace of God so blest.
That shall sustain and give thee rest.
I pray for thee, dear love,
Wboro’cr thy path in life mar stray.
That llowcrs and sunshine o’er thy way
Bo freely scattered every day.
1 pray for thee, dear love.
While far away from thee I go;
And, as my heart finds peace and joy,
My prayer for thee Is beard, I know.
Maucu 2, ISBI. N. S. C.
The Ton-Trade,
Pim’Mfnfe Journal.
The case against Albert E. Fuller, former
manger of tho Union Pacific Tea Company,
. who was charged with embezzlement, was con
cluded in the Justice Court yesterday morning.
Two previous hearings have been held, but tuo
-case continued until this morning. Q'o obtain
an understanding ol the arguments of counsel
it will be necessary to give some facts In relation
to the retail and cost prices of tho teas aud
codec. According to the figures presented by tho
plaintiff, tho several grades of tens were bought
and sold by tho pound ns follows: English
breakfast tea, cost JJ2 cents per pound, retailed
for TO and SO cents, and another .grade, which
cost 21 cents, is retailed at 00 cents. Mixed tea,
which cost 25 cents per pound, is retailed for TO
and SO cents. Oolong tea, tho cost price of which
Is 25 cents per pound, sbld for TO and to cents, and
another grade, which cost 22 cents per pound,
is sold for 50 and 00 cents. Japan tea, which
cost llHi cents per pound, is sojd toroOcents,
while another grade, which costs 00 cents, is sold
for TO and 80 cents and $1 per pound. Young
Hyson lea, which costs 00 cents per pound, Is
sold lor sl, and another grade of the same ten,
which costs Of cents, is also sold for sl. Gun*
powder tea, which costs all tho way from 20 to
GO cents per pound, is sold for 00, TO, 80 cents
and sl. Imperial tea, which costs 28V£ cents per
pound, retails for TO cents, while old Hyson,
which costs 20 cents, is sold for 00 cents. For
mosa tea, which costs 30 cents, is retailed for sl,
The police peas, which cost2 , /i cents per pound,
are retailed at 25 cents pcrpoiind, while chicory,
which costs 41s cents, is also sold for 25 cents.
First and second Java cost Jof4 cents per pound,
aud are retailed at Gil-and G 5 cents per pound.
Mocha collee costs 16 cents per pound, apd is
sold for Go cents. It will be seen by the above
figures that teas and coffees which cost the same
are-sold at different prices, so us to give the
idea that they are of different grade or hotter
quality. The counsel for tho defense took tho
ground that Fuller was not guilty of embezzle
ment, because he had been obliged to sell 60-cent
tea for 50 cents, aud 80-cent tea for 70 cents, on
account of tho firm not filling his orders prompt
ly, and because the teas which were sold for 80
cents cost the firm tho snmo urlce as the 00 and
70 cent ions. Assistant-Solicitor-Cooke, on-tho
other hand, claimed that inasmuch as those ar
ticles of merchandise hud been placed in Mr.
Fuller’s hands to sell at a certain price, he was
bound by law to make just returns, and, as tho
defendant was short, ho ought to be made to ac
count for tho deficiencies in bisnccounts. Judgo
Blackwood, in summing up tho evidence, said
that as Mr. Mcßride, the owner of the Union Pa
cific tea-store, hud given Fuller no instructions
not to sell tea under price, and as that had been
tho prevailing custom among the agents, no
weight could be attached to that. The teas wero
sold at such an immense profit that the agents
would uot, of course, allow any customer to
leave without selling them teas, knowing thoir
original cost.' The defehdant, theCourtthought,
had shown very plainly how tho shortage oc
curred, and therefore discharged him.
Ivory Chamberlain and tlie Blair Ay*
tlcle*
The New York TTorlfl* in a notice of the death
of Mr. Ivory Chamberlain, formerly of that pa
per, but latterly of the New York Herald, says;
44 As an illustration of Mr. Chamberlain s intel
lectual disposition it may be worth while to re-,
call the fact which was made public for the first
time in this journal .three or four years ago, that
it was he who, in the absence of - the then editor
of the IForid, wrote and inserted on his own re
sponsibility an article advocating the withdraw
al of Gen. Blair from the. Democratic ticket of
1863, which was an 4 event' in the. politics of the
day. The damage none by that article to the
prospects of the party has often been exagger
ated, for. It appeared at a stage of the canvass
wnen the election of the Democratic candidates
was already and visibly hopeless, but for some
years it not; unnaturally shook the confi
dence of Democrats in the Journal in whlchjt
was published. When Mr. Marble, at that time
the editor of the World, was mentioned nine
years afterwards as a candidate for Governor,
tno 4 traitorous’* article of 1608 was burled at
him .by bis opponents. Mr. Chamberlain wel
comed the opportunity'of relieving his former
chief of the imputation by avowing his own au
thorship of the article to a reporter, and by re- .
luting the circumstances in which it was writ
ten.”: •
SPORTING.
THE TURF.
It. C. PATE, OF ST. LOUIS.
The recent sale by K. C. Pate, of St. Louis, to
C. P. Emory, of Cleveland, of the famous pacing
mnre Mattie Hunter, record 2:14, is an event of
more than ordinary Importance to lovers of turf
sports, since it Indicates the retirement from the
trotting turf of a man who has for three years
battled persistently and intelligently against the
-evils that surround and curse trotting, and has
finally decided that under the present system
adopted ,by tracks and horsemen ’tho chances
against the success of one who always trots hla
horses to win, and declines to enter into com
binations'for robbing tho public, are so great
that ho is riot Instilled in paying long prices for
first-class horses with tha expectation of get
ting back his money In a legitimate manner.
While not without what the world regards os
faults, Air. Pate is in many respects so extraor
dinary a man that a sketch of his personal char
acteristics ana experiences on the turf will be of
interest.
In appearance, U. C. Fate is a man who would
strike even an ordinary observer at first sight
as something a little above the ordinary
run of men whom ono meets on the
race-course. Of medium bight and solid
build, his somewhat heavy lower jaw
and full face are surmounted by a pair of bright,
keen eyes that betoken their owner to be a man
whom nothing escapes, but, wbllobis face habit
ually wears a pleasant smile; those who know
him best know that, if wronged, the owner of
those bright eyes and that pleasant smile will
leave no stone unturned to punish an enemy,
while at the same time there is hardly a length
to which he will not go to assist a friend. In
• many respects Mr. Pate is a contradiction. Ho
is a gambler without any of the ordinary
• gambler’s vices or characteristics; he Is
a politician, with no marks of the pro
fession attached to him; he Is a horseman whom
oue wodld bo apt to take for a successful dry
goods merchant. In Su Louis bis name bos long
, been a familiar one, and his face is as well
known on the streets of that city as Is that of
Long John in Chicago. Although a successful
politician, ho has never run for olfice; although
a gambler, he is seldom seen In tho company of
men at that ilk, and in general his desires seem
to lie wholly in tho direction of a quiet and gen
tlemanly life. 9ut no rpatter with whom or
what he’may have been associated, Mr. Pate has
had but one reputation among those who knew
him: that of being absolutely *• square”; audit
is this trait that has made him friends in all cir
cles of life, from the man whoexpects to run for
Governor of Missouri to tho rubber of a trotting
horse with which Pate’s name is associated.
His nature is good," and of the manly
and generous deeds that ho has dono
and done without ostentation, the half could not
be told within the limits of a newspaper article.
A person seeing U. C. Pate on'a race-track would
never suspect that he was one of the most
liberal buyers of trotters in the Country, and
perhaps at that moment interested to the extent
ot thousands of dollars in a race taking place.
Most men under such circumstances betray
more or less nervousness. Not so with Pate.
No matter which way tho fortunes of the day
may bo going, whether heavy losses or great
gains stare him in tho face, he is tho same quiet,
genial man, apparently thinking of everything
but the race. The writer has seen him stand and
calmly discuss tho merits of certain proposed
turf legislation, never once looking at tho track
around which Mattie Hunter (his special pet)
was Hying at a 2:16 gait, with Howdy Boy and
Sorrel Dan at her neck. At best the result
was in doubt, and li mistake of either horse
or driver would have made « dilference of some-'
thing like $3.00j to Mr. Pate, but not one of tho
many who saw him standing careiesly by tho
quarter-stretch fence, never looking at tho
horses, would have imagined him to be the own
er of the beautiful little chestnut mare who was
winning a small fortune for him that day.
. This coolness was well Illustrated at Cleveland
in 1879, when Pate’s mare Katie Middleton
started in the 2:22 race against Darby, Grange
Girl, Bello Brustield, Little Gypsy, Lew Scott,
and Jersey Boy. Darby was an immense favorit,
and won tno first two heats in 2:18, 2:20. In the
third heat Katie Middleton acted well for tho
llrst time during the race, and, although far be
hind at tho half-mile pole, caiiio home so rapidly
that at tho distance stand she was on nearly
even terms with Darby. Just then the latter
horse broke. Instead of endeavoring to
stop him Mace struck the little brown
horse with the whip, and ho ran under tho wire.
Many thought that Katie Middleton had fin
ished in the front, while the friends of Darby
only hoped fora dead heat, at tho best, the gen
eral impression being that Mace’s violation of tho
rules would result in the heat being given to
Middleton. After a short consultation, the
judges announced that Darby had won tho heat
and race. Many In the crowd were inclined to
grumble at the decision. Pate stood on the
quarter-stretch looking up at the judges, ana
when tho decision was given smiled grimly and
walked away.
“ How did that suit you? ” asked a friend.
u lt cost me $8,000,” was the reply. There are
not many men who could lose SB,OOO that they
ought to*have won, and smiled over tho loss.
No matter what fault may be found with him
otherwise, as a horseman Mr. Pate is entitled to
nothing but praise. During his connection with
the turf he has never once been even suspected
of having a horse pulled, and so well known is
the fact that his horses always go to the front
when they cun that tho public backs them with
the same absolute confidence that they do thoso
driven by Peter Johnson,—they know their
money will never be sold out or stolen. Mr.
Pate's first vcntureln trotting horses was in 3878,
when chobaynmro Lucille and the bay stallion
Woodford Marabrinocatncoutln his name. Both
of them were unusually successful, and
for a time everything went on smooth
ly. At Utica Mr. Pnto was approached
by tno drivers of six horses that were
to take part in tho 2:24 race, and given $3,000,
which he was requested to bet on tho field
against Edwin Forrest—that horse being a strong
favorit. Thlsmoney Pate gave to Frank Shaw,
the pool-seller, who placed it as directed. The
result is known to every one. Edwin Forrest
was defeated, a great scandal was raised, and
Pate’s case was brought before the Board of Ap
peals. There was absolutely no evidence to con
vict nira of aught but having bet some money
for other men as they directed, but the victim
had money, and was bled to the tunc of a SI,OOO
tine—a penalty tho Board bad not tho slightest
authority to impose. By means of this peculiar
administration of “justice ” one of tho few hon
est men on tho turf was bled, while tho really
guilty parlies escaped with slight punishment.
In addition to Lucille and Woodford Miimbri
no, both of whom obtained records of 2:21, Mr. .
Pnto was also the owner of Katie Mid
dleton, record 2:23; Mattie Hunter, rec
ord 2:14; Commodore Swcetsor, Green Charlie,
record 2:20*,£, and others. He has a largo stock
farm near St. Louis, mid will hereafter engage
somewhat cxtenslveTy in breeding.
TRACK TALK.
Only ten four-mile races have been run in
England since 1875.
“11. F. S.”—There are no reliable records in
regard to the time made by quarter borscs.
Uye Rread, a runner that appeared at Chicago
last season, has been renamed, and will hereaf
ter bo known as Soda..
Lewis Riggs, the colored trainer, who was ex
pelled, together with Johnny Blow, for crooked
nessat St. Louis in ISTB, is making..am effort-to
be reinstated. • - 7/ V‘ :
Knntnka is the name that has been .given by
Mr. Pierre Lorillard to his chestnut‘pearling
colt by Scottish Chief, out of Secluslompiir
chased by him at the Middle Park, sale in De
cember last. ' -
The Dwyer Bros, evidently mean to win the
Rnncocus Handicap, to be run at Baltimore this
spring. They have named. Luke Blackburn,
Bramble, Warfield, Quito, Hindoo, Bliss, and
Ripple to run in that event.
So So. record 2:24. has been brought from
Kentucky to Cincinnati, and is now in Bair’s
stable. The same trainer also bos Maud S.,
Katie Middleton, and Robert McGregor In
charge. So So is now the property of Capt.
George N. Stone.*
Mr. J. K. Van Slack, of this city, has purchased
the bay gelding Surprise, record 2:4114, for road
use, and is wintering him at Kearney’s State
street stable, where such llyers as Charlie Ford,
Aita, Don Quixote, and the pacers Bob lugcrsoil
and Lcxiugton Maid are to be seen. s t
Dr. John B. Irving. long the Secretary of the
old South Carolina Jockey Club, and who'went
to New York after the War and. assisted la'or
ganizing the American Jockey Club, becoming
Its first Secretary, died, at West. Bergen, N. J.,
recently. In the 81st year of his age.
Charles Reed’s stable has arrived at Monmouth
Park; where they will be prepared for tho cam
paign. The lot: includes, twelve bead, among
thorn bcliig Day Star, Zeta, and Turfman, stee
plechasers; Hermit, Torchlight, Gicncalrne,
Zlugara, Thorn, Mandamus, and Nightcap.
Mr. JofcnE. Turner has ten horses, all of
which arc doing well. Daisy Dale (2:1920 ap-
Sears strong ahd healthy; Trinket, the great
aughtcr of Pdnccps, receives daily .walks;
Hannis is as good os he ever was; Kentuckian,
Nil Desperondura, and Admiration, by Adminis
trator, out of Fjroteijio’s dam, are expected to
shine in the spring, while a little 5-year-oid bay
gelding named Clarendon, by Messenger Duroc,
dam Katie Barker, by Ethan Alien, is a finely
developed piece of horseflesh.
The latest Kentucky sensation is the 8-yoar
old running colt Bonfire, by Bonnie Scotland,
out of Fannie Barton. This colt has never ap-
R eared fa public, but bis owners, Darden &
Ice, the men who brought out'Lord Murphy
two years ago, are said to have refused SIO,OOO
for him.
P. C. Fox’s stable, comprising Frisk, Ascender,
Fleming, Grainger, Juiia Bruce, Maggie Ayer,
• Cathc.urt, Smart Aleck, MoJ. Hughes, and the un
named 2-year-oid crack,’ch. c., half-brother of
Harry Bassett, by Pat Malloy, dam Canary Bird,
by imp. Albion, has departed from Louisville,
Ky., for Nashville.
Mr. B. B. Eldridge, of Janesville, Wis:, has
sold to A. F. Odel. of New York, the bay marcs
Calamus and Jeannette (full sisters) for $14,000.
Cdlamus bos a record of ,2:2454, and Jeannette
trotted a trial in 2:28 last season. They pre by
Swigert. a sou of Alexander’s Norman, and were
'bred by Mr, Eldridge.
The famous brood mare Grey Goose, owned
by the Alexander Farm, Kentucky, died re
cently. She .was the dam of Lily Simpson, rec
ord 2;31H; Champagne. 2:3u; Diana (the dam or
George A. Ayer and Lady Kelso}, and others.
She was foaled in ISSI, and was consequently
.30 years old at the time of her death.
Mr. H. D. McKinney, ot Janesville, Wis., has
gathered around him- in tho course of several
years eighteen trotters of various degrees of
merit, and hopes in tho future to see some of
them come first under the wire in 2:30 or butter.
Mr. McKinney Is one of tho .best informed men
in the country concerning the trotting horse,
and bis articles In the sporting press over tho
signature of “Mambrlno " aro widely read and
appreciated. Barring too much enthusiasm in
regard to the Swigert and Blue Bull blood in
trotters, Mr. -McKinney is remarkably level
headed on the subject of breeding.
The following are tho entries for tho Saratoga
Cup. one of tbe most important events to ho
run in the East this season: Thora, 3 years;
George McCullough, 5 years: Ricochet, 4 years:
Ferhctiffe, 4 years: Dncas, 5 years; Falsetto, 5
years: Parole, aged; Luke Blackburn. 4 years;
Bntmblq, 6 years: Quito, 4 years: Ellas Luw
'rence, 4 years: Irish King, 3 yours: Monitor, 5
years: Grenada, 4 years; Franklin, 6 years;
Mintzer, aged; John Davis, 5 years: Aliunde, 4
years ;■ Checkmate, 0 years; Fonso, 4 years;
Mendelssohn, 4 years; Bowling Green, 4 years;
Glidelio, 4 years; Bancroft, 4 years.
Mr. Dawson was good enough to let mo have a
peep at Bal Gal,-a treat to one who likes to see
the many good points that make up racing per
fection. 1 cannot help thinking that she is the
most wonderfully-shaped (illy lor galloping that
I have ever set eyes upon. There is nothing,
perhaps, out of the common about her os re
gards actual beauty, but I have never seen a 3-
year-old of her size so deep in front, or with the
fore-legs set so free from the body. In this re
spect she must fairly have the delivery of a
prize-fighter, whilst, as she moved in. her box,
her back and loins seemed strong enough to lift
a house, with quarters and haunches shaped like
a greyhound's. Shaped as she is. it would ho
odd if she could not gatlup, and albeit that Mr.
Dawson told me then she hud met with a trilling
accident she was looking uncommonly well.—.
Bell's Life.
BASE-BAXiB.
A VARIETY OP NEWS ITEMS.
It Is said that Jim White declined the captaincy
of the Buffalo-nine.
Bond, and Snyder, and Whitney, and Deasley
will begin practice this week in Boston.
The Worcesters and Htirvards will play at
Worcester on Fast day, weather permitting.
The contract for supplying 12,000 show-bills to
the League was let to .Messrs. Clay & Richmond,
of Buffalo.
Eden, of the Clevelands of 1879, is a member of
the Indianapolis Fire Department. He has
given up ball-playing.
Whitney, of the Petrous, will be married on
Tuesday to ayouog lady in Lowell, .Moss., and
will take bis bride to Detroit April 1.
McCormick and Nolan arrived in Cleveland
Thursday evening from Paterson, N. J. They
ore said to have wintered well; weighing 200
pounds each.
Jones was refused reinstatement In the League
because bo neglected to file with the Secretary
his statement and request for an appeal until
after the annual meeting. '
Chicago will play six games straight at the
start with the Cleveland Club,—the first three
here and the last in Cleveland. These games
will be hotly contested, as each Club will want
the opening lead.
MacVeagh, the man who was made Attorney-
General by President Garfield, should not be
confounded with our McVey. who still lingers in
the wheat-growing climate of California.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Eckford Base-Ball Club of this city have
organized for the season of 1891 with tho follow
ingofiicers: President, D. Haley; Secretary. John
.Pierce; Manager, T. Cano; Treasurer, J, Cant
lin; Captain, B. Sullivan.
Chicago will be well represented In the Yale
nine this season,—Messrs, Lamb, Gardner, and
Allen being from this city. Lamb is pitcher and
Captain, Gardner is the third-baseman, and Alien
plays in the out-field, and will probably be
change pitcher.
Mr. Soden, of tho Boston Club, told a reporter
that ho had an " iron-clad" contract with George
Wright, and can compel him to play in the
Western cities. He may not ask him to go west
of Troy, but if wanted in the West George will
have to go. %
The Buffalo Express says: "Thomas Jefferson
Sullivan, one of the catchers of the Buffalo
team, arrived in this city Tuesday. Thomas is
£3 years old, of medium bight, and bis every
movement shows him to bo a tine athlete. He
will handle tho delivery of the gentle James, and
it is sincerely to be hoped that bis previous
good work will be continued in this city."
The following are the official umpires for the
coming season: H. Doscher, Lunsingburg;
Charles Fulmer, Philadelphia; 11. Hlghem.Troy;
G. J. Miller, New Haven; J. W. Young, Syra
cuse; S. w. Nickerson, Providence; A. L.
Barker, Rockford; T, Gillian,- London; J. H.
Gifford, Columbus, O.; William Hawes. Lowell;
T. J. Carey, Baltimore; D. Sullivan, Worcester;
J. Keenan, Alban}’; Philip Powers, New York;
A. Scheu, Buffalo; W. H. Heirermau, Troy; J.
Dunnlgan, New York;*W. Wr Jeffers, Toronto;
E. J. Callahan, Boston; C. W. Smith, Cambridge*;
E. Kipp, Washington; D.P. Sullivan, Chicago;
Daniel Stearns. Buffalo.
Mascullne Wearers of Corsets.
Do men wear corsets? Lucy H. Hooper, the
Paris correspondent, says that they do, and to
prove her case she quotes from a letter written
her by a gentleman wbo was educated in one of
the best private boardlmr-schools in Vienna,
Austria, remaining there from the age of 12 to
that of 17. In common with all bis fellow-pu
pils, wbo are sixty in number, be wore corsets
during the whole of bis hvc years'stay at tho
school. He was informed by his teacher that
Viennese gentlemen, as a rule, wore corsets,
and that tho discipline was naturally enforced
on all their- scholars. "My stays were very
tightly laced, my waist during my last year at
tho school being but eighteen inches in circum
ference, yet I never experienced a day’s illness,
and used very much to enjoy the sensation
caused by tight lacing. When I left tho
school I discontinued the practice, partly
from tho fear of being ridiculed by
my friends, and partly because it seemed too
effierainate a custom for a young man In un act
ive business iile; but I have retained some in
terest in the matter, and 1 understand that
many English gentlemen wear corsets, and that
the practice of tight lacing among men is be
coming very general in Europe." Commenting
upon this, Lucy Hooper says: "It is undoubt-
Is the Best and Most Agreeable Preparation in the World
for Constipation, Biliousness, Headache, In(flgesJoO»
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“ENCOURAGE AN EXODQg»
• mr. George TV, Williams* pi« b r
: President to Help the Coloreli
f pie. Peo.
. ■ New Yoke, March 9.-George w
’ iams, who is a member of the Ohio r\l-,
ture, and engaged in the practice of r*
i Cincinnati, spoke in the Eev Dr uST 11
• Church, in Brooklyn, Sunday eventavT,?’*
. ithe meeting a Tribune reporter
> Williams what was his opinion m X
. prospect of the colored race under (5» n S
fields Administration. , n,Ga »-
. “ The colored people,” he replied;
the greatest confidence that Presidents
■ field will- do all that he can. under
stitution, to encourage them.” '■ olt
“But the question.is, what can he s
. legally, more than any other President?'
; done?” . ■ “a
; “In my bellekaM Iso expressed
ion to Gen. Garfield, when I saw Mm ,
; Mentor in September, the best way fo M i
the question is by.an exodus. £ft- con J„
tbe negroes to migrate to other States. IS
then educate those who remain
upon them the importance of estafflfn?
‘Schools, and help them to studySS
■ Colored people feer'S
much' encouraged bythe bold, courasS
way in which he lias spoken cone
them. Ido not think a white man
spoken so frankly when occupying an
position, and there can be but fine tesnlt n
eanjnspire the colored people with hoist im.
courage them to seek education, to inrati.
the soil, and to respect themselves.” “
“ What Is the condition of the race no*’”
“I have given some attention to the-hum,
statistics, which, witli the census,
that the race is not dying out, but is inaM
ter condition than it ever has been before”
“To what is this due?”
“I think it is due to the fact that the ml.
ored people have been forced ’ into Mai
and have turned tneir attention to cultin
, ing the soil. Before they movedto the rigm
took a part in the general political exdS
ments, and died off. In 1873 the Southerners
said, “We must carry the elections peaceable
if we can, forcibly if we must,” and the,
did. We cannot get the States back again,
and the only way to get the negro into pot
ties is to let him grow into it. It wasoneot
the great mistakes of reconstruction flat it
began at the wrong end. At the close of tb
War the aristocracy had the wealth, and con
troled the press and wires. The ignoran
blacks and the carpet-baggers were incharn
of. politics, hence the breakup. It wis fortn
nate in that it made the colored people turn
their attention to education. Give them a
sound business education, help them out of
the iniquitous, outrageous plantation credit
system, and they will earn and hold the re
spect of the white people. That the race is
advancing there can be no question.' [
firmly believe that within twelve yeah
the colored man will hold a Cabinet
position. Still, as much encouraged is I
know my race feels. X do not believe theSoutf
ern question solved. - That it is a paramount
problem there is no doubt. If Gen. Garfield
solves it successfully, he will be hisownsum
cessor. Jefferson Davis said recently that ho
never saw a raeonstucted woman. Thalac
counts for thefact that is everywhere noticed
in the South, that the young Southerners am
more disloyal than their fathers were. Dis
loyalty pervades their grammars and histor
ies. It is sulky and inert now.' but in » tor
• years, perhaps a quarter of a century, it will
become active and aggressive, and have to bo
crushed again. Every man that delivers aa
address on Decoration Day speaks in tbs
strain that Col. Breckenridgc adopted Ist
May, when he, placing his hand over bis heart,
thundered out that every man who slept la a
Confederate grave had died for constitution)!
liberty. After the war the country was lib
eral to tbe Southerners, and gave them for
eign missions; they have lately had a Cabi
net Minister, and yet they are not satisfied.
What wo want is a free ballot, an nntnm
meletl vote., protection for human life, de
fense for their country’s defenders, and pro
tection for its protectors.” .
Negro Superstitions, as. Sbovro oDAt
Graves of tUclr Dead In Sootlith
Cemeteries.
Mobile CorrfS]*>tulence Xcw Tforfc Evening Part..
I saw at Columbus, S. C., a.practice in voffl*
among- the blacks which exists nowhere else,»
far as I can Icam, and savage or childlike is JU
simplicity of idea. When a negro dies, sods
article or utensil or more than one is thrown
upon bis grave: moreover it is broken. If you
go through the dilapidated, weed-grown gran*
yard which sbaggles in and out of theboilowi
on a side-bill covering the high bluffs along the
river, you will sec some very strange, ex
amples of this mortuary custom. Nearly
every grave has bordering, or thrown upon
it n few bleached eea-shclls of a do«o
different kinds, such as are found along da
South Atlantic coast. Mingled with these Ha
most curious collection of broken crockery and
glassware. On the large graves are laid broken
pitchers, soap-dishes, ianip-chimneys, tureens
coffee-cups, simp-jugs, all sorts of ornamental
vases, cigar- boxes, gun-locks, tomaio-can% tea
pots, flower-pots, bits of stucco, plaster Image*
pieces of carved stonework from- one oftto
public buildings destroyed during the nir,
glass-lamps and tumblers in great number, awl
forty other kitchen articles: Chief of all
however, are large water-pitcbexstrery.
graves lack them. The children’s graves w«a
really patriotic. There you could see dolls
beads, little china wash-bowls and pitchers, toy
images of animals, china vessels and pe*W
dishes, indeed every thing of that sort ta»
would interest a child. .
The negroes themselves hardly know bowo
account for this custom. They say it Is an
fashion " In the case of the children and part
ly in respect to adults the articles thrown upon
the grave are those of which the deceased per
son was especially fond—the baby’s plajrtbfaP
for example. As for the shells, stone-wort,
stucco, and that sort of thing, they
ornamental, as perhaps isnll the rest. WhattM
significance of so many cracked pitchers ana
jugs may I do not know. They are found
upon graves of all ages. Surely the negrojw
Columbia does not regard this particularfpro
of earthenware with special admiration oral*
faction. Can' it have any allusion to the prpvwo
that the pitcher that goes often to U ie ' we “r'r:
at last be broken? or better, in memory of «»
Erophet’s line, "And the golden bowl shall w
roken?" I *
How He Committed Bigamy* -
Austin Morlarty went home to his jrifoatFQ*
nam. Conn., and told her that If be -Ams
taken he hud on the previous day been msrtteci
to Phoebe Brown at Providence.. He bad a Off*
recollection of going with some friends to a cier*
eytnan’s house while drunk.' and becomiflg
bridegroom in a marriage-ceremony. “Is ine®*
ory proved sound, for an officer soon armj“
with a warrant to arrest him, but bis wire oj
strategy enabled him to-escapp-to Canadg^,^
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