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TRAINING DOGS,
KINDNESS WILL ACCOMPLISH
MORE THAN FORCE.
Amusing and Marvelous Feats That
Are Taught to Clever Canines
~—The Kind of Dog Makes
Little Difference.
EW of the thourands of people
who wildly applaud the amus
ing, and at times almost mar
velous, feats executed by per
forming dogs bave any idea of the
time and patience required to teach
the animals. A reporter for the New
York Times was so fortunate as to run
across a veteran dog trainer who had
Just finished a successful European
season. A few questions brought out
gome most irteresting facts relative
to educated dogs and dog educators.
‘lt is a great mistake to suppose,”
said this famous dog trainer, ‘‘that all
dogs can be made to perform any
trick, however simple, successfully.
It is equally true—and too much em
phasis cannot be put on the fact—that
rhulupc not one man in every five
ousand is fit to educate a dog. You
may laugh at this assertion, but it is
painfully true, nevertheless. First of
all, s man who intends to be success
ful with dogs must really love the ani
mals, Dogs, far more than any dumb
brutes, are most susceptible to im
pressions and kind treatment. Let a
dog once and for all understand that
you do nos wish to hurt or harm him
and he will amply repay you for your
labor. I would under no conditions
have a dog handled by a man who did
have the kindest of dispositions as well
as an almost inexhaustible amount of
patience. is gi
- This given, let the work
“Another illusion that the public
fondly clings to is that certain breeds
of dogs are more tractable and easier
taught than others. This is nonsense,
Barring, perhaps, the poodle, which
breed has been used for circus pur
poses longer than any other, almost
any other dog will do. When you
choose a dog you must beforehand
bave made up your mind to what par
ticular trick or tricks you intend to
train him. A man in this business
must be thoroughly posted on the
peculiarities of each breed. It is bet
ter to take a very young dog, say a
puppy about six months old, for a
pupil. After ruch a puppy has over
come its at first very natural timidity
it develops an eager desire for romp
ing and playfulness. Here is the op
portunity of the dog trainer. He now
begins a sort of dog kindergarten,
utilizing the animal’s disposition to
play as the vehicle of instruction.
‘‘Suppose, for instance, that you
want the puppy to leap through a
number of hoops. He is first taught
to run after a ball rolled along the
floor ; this any dog will do spontan
eously, and cannot exactly be called
teaching. When the dog has brought
the ball back a number of times, and
gets thoroughly interested in the play,
the first active step to make him leap
is prepared. The ball is rolled a few
feet from the wall, alongside of which
is a low, movable partition. The dog
runs in the space between, and, of
course, must return the same way he
came. As soon as he reaches the lower
end, one or two hoops or low hurdles
are placed in his way. In his friski
ness the puppy rarely stops for such
apparent trifles, but, all eagerness to
gct at the ball, gayvly skips over or
through these obstructions. In this
way he is encouraged and taught to
take leaps, higher and higher, through
any quantity of hoops, being rewarded
with a bit of cheese or lump of sugar
after any particularly successful per
formance. This thing has to be re-
BALANCING ON A BOTTLE.
peated almost innumerable times, till
the dog, at a certain word or motion,
executes his task without the slightest
hesitation or error.
*Now, such a thing as this is simply
the AB C of dog education. Itisa
fotally different matter to make a dog
perform the most intricate tricks. The
ratural position of the animal is rest
iog on its four feet; AUy trick in
which he is permitted 1o retain this
position is comparatively easv to make
bim do. I bave a fox terrier which I
have taught to roll a ball or a small
eylinder in any direction-sidowise,
back #ardor forward. Now, the strang
est part of this trick—that that whieh
appears the very hardest is for the
dog evidently the easiest. He will get
up with his four feet on a ball not
much bigger than an ordinary toy
balloon and roll it everywhere, in
whatever direction you wish, with evi
dent pleasure and ease. But waen he
bas to put two paws, whether front or
hind, on the ball, and the other twy
oa the foor, be do2s not do it nearly
so well mvithmfhuuu. This
is because the ani oes not feel so
sure as when he stands with his four
feet pretty close together.” This ter
rier will roll a ball np or down a steep
incline, while standing on it, with
relish, but put his ears back and look
frightened to death if he is told to
only use his forepaws in rolling it on
the level floor.
“While it is true that almost any
trick can be taught by persuasion, stiil
it is often necessary to use force.
When a dog feels or instinctively
knows that what he is being taught is
1n no wise dangerous, he is very fract
able, and in most cases accomplishes
what his master wishes him to do.
When, on the other hand, you want
A VERY DIFFICULT TRICK.
you not to let bim try such dangerous
experiments. If you persist, then
there is war. Here is where the dog
educator must bring his genius in
play. It is absolutely impossible to
make a frightened dog listen to rea
son. You must first get him over
his fright and next his sulkiness.
To teach a dog to do the back somer
sault while standing on the floor is
hard enough, but to teach him to do
‘him to learn a trick that really in
volves danger, his dog reason, fully
equal to that of many of the human
race, quickly and firmly rebels. It is
really pathetic to see a dog almost ask
the sams trick from a table or from
one chair to another is still harder.
Force has to be used, and a smart cut
of the whip at the eritical moment will
do wonders. Bat it will take a very
long time indeed to make a dog per
form any trick that involves danger,
and when he does do it to perfection
any amount of credit is due to his
master. A curious circumstance in
this connection is that once an animal
has been taught fearlessly to perform
a dangerous trick he will seemingly
forget most if not all his easier ones,
Thus, I hada little dog which I finally
‘ succeeded in teaching to do the back
( somersault in the most approved
| fashion. He would just as lief do
twenty as one, and did his trick with
a precision that was marvelous. To
my surprise, he was unable to do his
former simpler ones, such as leap
through a hoop covered with tissme
paper, and other easy tricks,
*“lt is not necessary and really does
uot pay to teach dogs any tricks that
require force. By persuasion you may
get a multitude of various ones that
to the public are equally interesting.
Teaching a dog to walk on his hind
legs is comparatively simple, and
amply repays the trouble. As soon as
this is accomplished the combinations
to which this trick may be turned are
too many to be enumerated. Among
the most noted performing dogsin the
world may be mentioned a small poodle
which is a perfect marvel in his way.
He will walk up a staircase with eleven
steps, carrying a burning lamp on a
tray placed on his outstretchei front
paws. This is wonderfal enough, but
after he reaches the little platform his
master recieves the limp and then
after effectionately patting this almost
buman dog, he sends him down again.
The poodle then stands on his front
paws with his hind legs way up in the
air, the burning lamp is placed on his
head, and the dog walks down ten steps
without permitting the lamp to fall.
Another doz of the same breed is
called the canine Sandow; he lifts
weights, uses dumbbells, and finally
lifts a large cannon, which is dis
charged while he Lolds it hangivg in s
eirap from his mouth.
ROLLING THE GLOBE. 3
THE CAYNINE SANDOW,
A REAL DOG CART.
“Another star in the canine world
is a dog belonging to Mme. Dore.
This animal, whose name is Dick, has
eet Paris wild with his clever perform
ances. His mistress has taught him
to do the skirt and the serpentine
dance, and he rivals Loie Fauller in
popularity. This dog was sufficient
to pack Theatre des Nouveautes with
his wonderful tricks. His mistress
arrays him in a magnificen’ robe or
gown of flimy tulle, which is cut in
the latest fashion. By cleverly ar
ranging the dress around the front
paws of the dog and fastening very
light wires behind, the skirt is held in
position. The orchestra strikes up
the Loze Fuller waltz, and Dick grace
fally bounds upon the stage, always
standing on his hind legs; after his
most graceful bow to the spectators
he begins to dance, and his gyrations
are a littie short of the wonderfaul.
The electric lights are turned on, giv- ‘
ing the color effects the same as in i
Salome, and Dick waves his paws and I
swings his skirts in the most bewitch- |
icg fashion possible. Dogs as a rale |
detest to be dressed up, but when they |
have overcome this aversion they may t
be induced to represent anybody their |
owner wishes to caricature. |
““The chief things to remember
when training doge, or any other ani
mal for that matter, is that gentleness
and kind treatment will always bear
the best results. Always celect a
healthy, handsome puppy, and start
right in teaching some trick. This
must be kept up till the animal really
performs his duty auntomatically, and
only constant practice will make this
possible.”
THE TOWER AT TYBEE.
Built by the United States as a De
fense Against Great Britain.
One of the objects which invariably
attract the interest of voyagers ap
proaching Savannah by sea is the tiny
round tower a few hundred feet dis
tant from the lighthouse at Tybee
Island, on the Georgiaside. With the
aid of a good pair of marine glasses
the tower can be deseribed as built of
stone and apparently hoary with age.
‘lndeed, the native Georgian bas no
greater pleasure than to pour into the
astonished ears of Northerners the
tale that it was erected by the Spanish
about the same time as the structure
af St. Augustine. Buf the hard and
rather unpoetic facts of the case are
that the Bnited States Government
built the place as a defense against
the British in 1812, tome eighty-four |
years ago. }
It is termed, in military parlance, a |
TOWER AT TYBEE.
Martello tower, being copied from
similar defenses erected along the
English coasts when Napoleon was
threatening to invade Britain. The
tower saw some little active service in
‘ the Civil War, but, of course, waseven
Ptben not more dangerous or stronger
than a stone dwelling.
At present it is used as a reporting
and signal station, and during the
bathing season it is a favorite visiting
place for the guests of the fashionable
hotels at Tybee Beach, the noted
Southern seaside resort. There are
few objects on our coasts more strik
ing and picturesque than the tower at
Tybee, and it only lacks a few legends
of Spanish possessions, sieges, ete., to
make it famous.
low an Antelope Kills a Ratilesnake,
One of the worst foes the rattle
snake ever had on the Western prairies
was the antelope. This wary animal,
allied to the deer species, is extremely
timid and so afraid of man that only
the best hunters could ever bag ore,
But they had no fear of the rattler,
and when one of the reptiles was en
} countered it was speedily dispatched.
The method of the antelope in
making war on the serpent was unique
and heroie. The antelope walked
around the snake a few times awaiting
a favorable opportunity. When it
came there was a quick bound and the
geharp hoofs of the antelope came
down with deadly eflect on the body
of the snake. With movements as
rapid as thought the antelope jumped
out of danger only to epring back on 1
its vietim again and again until the
body of the snake was cut into mince
meat.
Old hunters sny that it was rarely
that an antelope was bitten in such an
encounter with a rattler, and the
enake was always killed unless it found
ANTELOPE VERSUS RATTLESNAKE,
& convenient prairie dog’s hole into
which it could erawl. The sharp
hoofs of the antelope cut like knives,
and after being struck once or twice
the reptile was too badly injured to
offer any effective resistauce.
Chinese New Testament,
- The American Bible Society has ob
tained a fac simile of the New Testa
‘ment, which translated into the
Chinese language, was presented to
the Empress Dowager of China on the
oczasion oOf the celebration of her six
tieth birthday. The original book is
royal quarto size, 10x13x2, is printed
with the largest of movable metallie
type, bound in silver boards, while
around each page is a border of gold.
The volume in the possession of the
American Bible Society is bound in
black morocco, end birds and bamboo
in relief adorn the pages instead of
gold. In all other respects, however,
it is a duplicate of the Empress Dow
nger's copy.—New York Advertiser,
FASHION'S REALM.
SOME TIMELY FACTS ABOUT
FEMININE APPAREL.
A Tucked Yoke Waist of Attractive
Design—Graceful Dress, With
Fancy Collar, for a
Young Girl.
N the tucked yoke waist depicted
in the first large engraving linen
Etamine in Persian design on
ecru ground is attractively de
veloped over fitted linings of rose
pink silk. The stock bowy, belt and
rosettes that form the decoration are
of olive green velvet. The full fronts
are gathered and arranged low on the
lining fronts, that close invisibly in
centre. The seamless yoke is sewed
permanently to the right and finished 4
to cloee invisibly on the left shoulder,
arm’s eye and underarm seams, Thel
back fits smoothly across the shoul
ders, gathers adjusting the fullness at
the waist line. A belt is worn around
the waist, a standing collar finishing
the neck, over which the stock is tied
in abow aithe back. The fashionable
gigot sleeves are of medium width,
cluster tucks forming epaulets near
the top. A cluster of four ticks com
pleies the wrists above the facings.
Waists by the mode can be stylishly
developed from any of the sheer silk,
cotton or linen fabrics now en vogue,
over silk or percaline linings. Trim
mings of ribbon and lace may enhance
its attractiveness, but are not neces
saro, as the tucks afford ample decora
tion.
The quantity of material 36 inches
wide required to make this waist for a
lady having a 34-inch bust measure is
(our yard. Hints by May Manton,
GRACEFUL DRESS FOR A YOUNG GIRL.
Soft green and cream colored wool
challie made the attractive and grace-
I ful dress shown in the second two-col
amn illustration, the faney bretelle
collar of green ribbed silk being
trimmed with buerre valeneiennies
! edging and decorated with green silk
cord over steel buttons, and ribbon
belt with rosette, bow and ends at the
left side. The waist is characterized
by eimplicity of construction and its
dressy effect, and can be finished with
out the bretelle collar if desitred. The
fullness is gathered top and bottom
and arranged over fitted body linings
to blouse slightly in front, closing in
visibly in centre back. The bretelle
collar is slashed at the shoulder, form
ing graceful tabs over the puffed
sleeves, knotted loops of the cord be
ing caught by buttons over the front
and on the shoulders as shown. A
standing collar having tabs in front
ficishes the neck. The full puffs are
slightly mounted at the top of fitted
gleeve lining faced to the elbows with
material, the wrists being plainly com
pleted. The full round skirt is gath
ered at the top and joined to lower
edge’ of waist, the placket being
formed in centre back. Fancy or
plain silk, velvet, batiste or pique
will make pretty collars to combine
with dresses of silk, wool, linen or
cotton fabries, lace, gimp, insertion
and fancy buttons providing suitable
garniture,
The quantity-of material 44 inches
wide required to make this dress for
a girl ten years of age is 31 yarls,
Hiuts by May Manton.
A NXEW COITFURE.
For those who re!use to give up the
pretty pariing of the hair, the Na
poleca cue will be permitted. 'The
parted hair is puffed fully over the
ears and so drawn loozely to the baek,
where it is braided. The braid is al
lowed to hang well on the nape of the
peck, is then turned under, and a
large “‘cue’” bow is placed just where
it will hold the hair firmly into the
curve of the head. This same boy is
LADIES' TUCKED YOKE WAIST.
GIRLS' DRESS.
'oflumdo 6o wide that it shows co
quettishly from the front at either
side, as did the bows worn a little
while ago on collars. For added
dressiness a white comb is set at the
top of the braid, and appears over the
top of the head from the front, giving
the effect of height and the jaunty
touch that has so often been confusing
with the demureness of the recent
pretty side curls,
LADIES’ LINEN CUFFS AND COLLARS,
White ecru or colcred linen, per
cale or cambric in dotted, striped or
figured designs can be used for these
fashionable agcessories that are worn
‘with summer shirt waists, chemisettes
or severe tailor gowns. No. 1, says
May Manton, has a shallow turnover
portion mounted on a high band, the
fronts lapping widely and closing with
a single stad. The =uff No. 4is made
to mateh this collar. No. 2 has a deep
turnover portion with square shaped
corners, mounted on a high band, the
ends of which lap with a single button
while the top flares slightly apart.
The cuff No. 6 matches this collar.
No. 3 is slightly higher than No. 2
and closes in front with double stads
or. buttons. No. 5 shows straight
round cuffs that are made for link
closing, while No. 7 is lapped and
closed with studs or buttons. All
styles are attached with buttons or
studs and buttonholes to the garment
with which they are worn, and any
preferred cotton or linen fabrie can
be used in their construction.
The quantity of material 36 inches
wide required to make any siyle
of collar with & pair of cuffe is one-
Ealf yard.
FEMININT FANCIES IN GLOVES.
For walking, traveling and general
outing wear four hook or button
gloves are correct in glace or pique
kid, the latter being heavier than the
usual dressed kid. These are in tan,
brown and gray shades. Qhamois
gloves in white are very stylish for
wear with cotton and pique costumes,
and as they wash and clean easily are
not expensive. Black gloves are well
favored in Paris with light toilettes
trimmed in black, but here they are
chiefly noticed with mourning gowns,
or with evening gowns of some black
and some brilliant contrast. White
end ficelle, very pale straw suede are
the fashionable evening colors for full
dress, with pearl gray, lavender and
pale tan following. White glace and
suede gloves in four hooks or buttons,
plain or stitched on the back with
black, are worn for visiting, concerts,
driving, etc. 'l'nere is much favor
shown to such gleves in white glace or
dressed kid with hook fastenings. Af
ter white the tan and brown shades
are favored.
LATEST HAT TRIMMINGS.
Plames ure the Istest hat trim
minge, and the combination of white
feathers and black velvet ribbon on a
cream colored tuscan straw is the most
stylish one in ali the varied array of
summer hats,
JAUNTY CAPES AND PARASOLS.
The quite up-to-date young woman
boasts of various jaunty little capes and
parasols made "of the same silk,
trimmed to match and ined with the
same colors.
BOSTON LETTER.
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. |
Boston Will Blaze.
A royal reception is being prepared
for the welcome home of the Ancient
and Honorable Artiilery company
from its trip to London. The party
is expected to arrive July 31. Oa
’ that day all the stores in Boston will
close, and the city will celebrate a
regular fete. Sergeant Snow will be
stationed in the tower of Highland
| Light, and will telegraph in the mo
- ment the Servia it sighted. As she
steams us the harbor salutes will be
fired from Fort Warren, the Navy
Yard, Brookline, Dorchester and the
- Common.
~ The reception committee announce
‘that the return of the Ancients will be
made a national event. The commit
tee has invited president Cleveland
and his cabinet, the governor cf the
state and his staff, and the mayor of
the city with the members of the city
council to ornament the oceasion with
their presence. Detachments of the
national troops from Fort Warren, the
navy yard and the garrison from New
port, R. L, the entire First regiment
of infantry, M. V. M., the National
Lancers, Battery A, Light Artillery,
will proceed to the wharf and escort
the returning tourists to their armory.
A dinner, speeches, nine salutes, fire
works and general rejoicing by the
citizens will oceur in the evening.
Broke His Heart.
T. Jeffersen Coolidge and Frederick
H. Prince, the banker, say that ex
governor Russell died broken-hearted
over the defeat of gold. They were
his closest friends, and were his guests
at his summer home at Magnolia re
cently, when he talked very freely in
regard to the action of therecent dem
ocratic national convention. As he re
viewed his own conduct there and that
of the other great leaders he spoke
with the utmost sorrow of the re-
sult, appearing to see in the victory of
free silver at Chicazo an all but irrep
arable disastertothie democratic party.
Wheu the two friends parted with Mr.
Russell, Mr. Coolidge remarked to
Mr. Prinee that the strain of polities
bad greatiy told upoun himn and that
evidently he took the defeat of the
goll-standard issne in the convention
greatly to heart., Itis AMr. Prince’s
opinion that the worry oeccasioned
thereby, tozether with his great per
sonal exertious at Chicago, more than
all else was the direet and immediate
cause of his death.
Nearly 6,000 Marviages.
The anuual report of the registry
department has just been issued. It
states that during the year there were
15,613 births, 5,932 marriages and
11,231 deaths. Thae balance on hand
on Feb 1, 1896, was $6,522.16. In the
course of his report city registrar
Whitmore speaks of the act regulating
the solemnization of marriages passed
by last year’s legislature :
It provides that any person, though
duly authorized to solemnize mar
-riages, who performs the ceremony
without the proper papers from the
town and ecity clerks, or registrars,
shall be fined. It is an unfortunate.
fact that clergymen are careless in
this respect, and often marry couples
oa the production of one certificate,
where the law- requires two, as the
parties reside in differeut town in this
commonwealth. Oceasionally, also,
clergymen assume to be judges of the
law, and marry couples without certif
icates, on the plea of necessity, or
because the wedding party is as
sembled. Itis difiicult to see what
remedy can be suggested. If a fine is
imposed, then wealth will enable any
man to sccure a legal marriage with
out complying with the law.
To Study Mars.
The principals in an astronomical
expedit'on which, men of science say,
is the most important one planned for
more than half a century, left Chieago
a few days ago, for Flagstaff, Ariz., to
go eventually to Mexico. The gentle
men carried with them the best lens in
the world, thos2 of the Lick telescope,
and the unfinished Yerkes telescope
excepted. Under the favorable
atmospheric and eclimatiec condi
tions to be found in Arizona anl
Mexico, the best known to astronom
ers on this continent, they ecxpeect to
add to the history of the planet mars,
and make the most systematic sarvey
ever attempted of the sidereal systems
which whirl through space around the
southern bemisphere. Percival Low
ell of Boston hLeads the expedition.
Dr. T. J. See of the university of
Chicago, A. E. Douglass, formerly of
Harvard; W. A. Coggeshail of Grand
Rapids, Mich., and D. A. Drew, for
merly of the university of Chieago, will
be members of the party.
For Aiding Convicts.
~ Tho Massachusetts society for aiding
‘discharged convicts held an important
meeting recently. A renewed interest
was manifested in the work of the so
ciety by all present and the good work
of the association will be continmed.
This association was organized in 1867
being known previous to that time as
the Boston society in aid of discharged
convicts, which was organized in 1846,
The office of state agent for discharged
convicts was created by act of March
22, 1845, and upon the formation of
the Boston society in aid of discharged
convicts the state agent was employed
to act for them, and has continued to
represent the society up to the pres
sent time.
The total number of personal inter
views with discharged prisoners dur
ing this period has been 2,464 Of
this number 1,918 have been inmates of
the Massachusetts reformatory, and
do not pertain directly to this report,
but are mentioned to give an idea of
the constant work which devolves
upon the agent. The remaining 546
are comprised of 355 men, who had
been iumates of the state prison, and
191 men who had been reieased from
the houses of correction and jails of
the commonwealth. Two hundred
and fifty-seven men have been released
from the state prison during the two
years endiag June 30, 1896. Of this
number twelve, or about 4 6 percent,
have been resentenced to that insti
tution. Forty-five men, including
the twelve referred to, have, however,
~been sentenced to the state prison
during the past two years, who have
served previous sentences there. Dur
ing the period covered by this report
there has beeu contributed to the
society $1,051.50, Two hundred and
fifty-eight men having been aided, at
a cost of: For boarding and lodging,
meais and room rent, $257.33; rau
road fares, $183.86; clothing, $46.44;
tools, $49.32 ;inecidentals,employment
fees, stationary, ete., $30.10; balance
applied to salary of agent, $485.44.
Work for the discharged prisoner
to go to as soon as released is the
greatest boon that can be conferred
upon him and society. Homes or mis
sions where he meets with the same
associates that he bad while in prison.
do not stimulate him to make an ef
fort for himself; they are too much
like institutions. Many of them can
manage best for themselves if their
immediate necessities are provided
for, and finally the surest sign that a
man has reformed is when his name
disappears from prison records. |
Found a Lost City.
’ J. R. Reiley, au American archae
ologist, has been exploring a wild
region of the Sierra Madre mountains,
west of Jiminez, Mexico, during the
past two months. He claims to have
~discovered a pre-historic city which,
he states must have had a population
at one time of 200,000. This ancient
city is situated in a narrow valley
between two high ranges of monn
taing, Nearly all the buildings are
of brown stone, and are in a state of
almost perfect preservation. The
houses contain ornaments and
utensils of peculiar design. Mr,
Reiley brought back a large collection
of them, which bhe will send to
the Swmithsouian Institute at Wash
ington. Mr. Reiley’s home is in
Boston, for which ecity he will leave
soon, to return in a few weeks with a
party of archaeologists, fully equipped
to continue the explorations of Ihe‘
city and surrounding country, |
Great Wastefulness,
That Americans are the most waste
ful people on earth is uo new discoy
ery. The Bostag street cleaning
commissioner Las quite recently found
on investigation that material that
| sells on an average for §700,000
every year if carried to thedumps. In
the first place there are thrown away
;236,000 pounds of rags every week,
worth 60 cents per ,100 pounds, an
item aggregating 873,632 a year.
There are besides 45,000 pounds of
grease per week, worth §l.lO per 100
pounds, and figuring a value of 825,-
797 a year. Then there is unburned
coal, metals and a great variety of
more or less valuable things, a part of
whiech is intercepted by garbage
pickers, but a greater part of which is
thrown into the sea. That garbage
worth $700,000 a year should be
thus in a sense thrown to the winds in
a city where thousands suffer from
stinted resources is a sort of prodigal
ity that naturally startles overerowded
Europe. Bat the Americans as a rule ‘
make money easily and are apt to get |
into extravagant habits. The poorest |
do not know what European econo- |
my is. |
Jewish Convention.
The arrangements for the first con
vention of the National Counecil of
Jewi-h Women in Boston have
been completed, and the first meeting
will begin Nov. 15, continuing until
Nov. 20. There is every reason to
believe this convention will be a mem
orable event among the many interest
ing gatherings devoted to women’s
advancement, and that it will mark
this era with a white stone there
is every reason to predict. Prepara
tions have been made on a large scale
by the ecommittee, and the program,
as far as now known, promises to be ex
ceedingly interesting. Boston be
lieves it may well feel proud of the
convention, which is the first under
taking of the kind ever attempted by
Jewish women. No one ean say, in
view of their many and exhaustless
sharities, that they will not be able
to speak with eloguent anthority on
such subjects as *“The crowded dis- |
iricts of great cities —our duty to bet- |
ter their condition,” ““Organization of
*harities” and ““Children the hope of |
:be world—their needs and training,” |
' Good for the members of the Federa
|tion of Woman's Clubs! Acting upoi
isomo wise person’s hint, they created
gthe precedent at Louisville of sitting
bare Leaded while at their delibera
‘tions. Without any formal action or
'the passage eof any rale or resolution
| they simply took off their hats during
I the progress of proceedings, and if any
woman in the hall did no* have a clear
’View of the stage it was not because
' somebody’s hat was in her path of
| vision. This means quite a boom for
the anti-high-hat-in-public - assemblies
movement. The federation has given
the weight of its official standing to the
' bareheaded doctrine, and is according
'ly to be held in gratitude. That the
l’boost it gives to this movement is not
likely to achieve full reform is not the
fault of the federation. Custom and
the dectees of fashion exert a oral
force which even the federated women
themselves could not withstand. Wo
man has always cheerfully recognized
her obligation to be as attractive and
to contribute to the world as much of
“sweetness and light” as she possibly
can. And part of the attractiveness of
ber appearance is due to her costume,
and in particular to her hat. Given a
milliner who recommend a certain
hat, a woman who is ably to buy the
hat and a theater ticket, and all the
powers In the Legislature of Ohio or
any other State cannot keep the lovely
combination out of a parquet seat. The
federation is to be thanked for its good
work, but the theater hat is likely to
hold its place—unless, indeed, some de
vice can be patented whereby a woman
can wear her theater hat somewhere
else than on her head and give the peo
ple in the rear seats a chance, |
A curious accident happened in Boston a
few weeks ago. Daffy drove a home run
over the left fle' d on the Providence Railroad
track. A laborer on his way from work was
walking along the track and the ball from
Pufly’s bat hit him full in the face and
knocked him flat on his back aad broke the
small bones in his nose,
SBome time ago tae little finger of the
right hand of Catcher Robinson, of the Baitij
more Club, was injured in a game. He has
Leen troubled with it ever since. Inflam
wnation set in, and the finger was amputated.
The operation was performed at Louisville
by Dr. Stuckey. Robinson wili not be able
to play for several weeks. The loss of a part
of the finger will not render his services in
the game in the future less efficient.
Bex Marcaro.
Cycle races for women are being ¢:
in New Zealand. Tganized
Heat and dampness have a bed effect on
cheap wooden rims.
A quarter of a ri'llion bicyciess are owned
in and cear London.
Bicycio racing is no longer ttad ir
Holland on Sundays, pormd
Fresh regulations are about to be issued
in France which will compel cyeclists not to
exceed a pace of five milesan houron streets
where there is 3 ¢ontinuous line of house:,
The Humber Bicyele Works at Coventry,
England, burned, There were 4000 unfinished
bieycles in the factory, all of which were
dflrwd. The total loss by the fire is
€400,000.
Maoy manufacturers claim that the fad
next year will be for wooden handle-bars,
the same as it has been at various times, and
is yet for reversible bars, wooden rims, high
frames, barrel hubs and various other parts.
They say that wooden handle-bars will do
Mfl! as much to make eyeling comfortable
as did the pneumatie tire.
Between 59,000 and 69,0 evelists are ex
mted to attend the National meeting of the
gue of American Wheelmen at Louisville
on August 13, 14 and 15, making it the big
gest thing of i’s kind in the history of the
organization, and of the bicycle. Last year
at Asbury Park, 89,000 cyclists attended the
a&nnual meet, and at Denver in 1894 there
were 18,000 devstees of the wheel,
WASHINGTON LETTER
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[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, |
Mousrapraa Bey's Wrves —Mrs. W,
McKinley or Mrs. Wm. Jenning,
Bryan, whichever of these two ladies
may be in the White House next year,
will be confronted by a problem wor
thy of any society leader in Canton,
0., and calculated to put to the test
the standards of social adroitness im-
perative in the first circles of Lincoln,
' Neb. Upon the president’s wife will
'devolve the privilege of receiving Mus
tapha Bey, the new Turkish minister,
and also his large and varied assorte
- ment of wives. Mustapha Bey is a Turk
~of the old school. His harem is the
best stocked, after the sultan’s, in all
Turkey. The proplet has shown him
% marriage is a good thing and not to be
‘ovetdone, and he has emulated the
prophet. There is keen speculation
‘among the capisal’s fashionable people
‘about the minister’s wives, Will they be
presentable or will he keep them
locked up? How many will he bring?
‘How many has he got? It is known
that he hasa great variety of types.
There are beautiful Georgian girls
from Tiflis, who are tall and blonde;
there are dark-eyed Armenians; clean
limbed Arab beauties, lovely Greek
girls, a few Persians (these are likely
to grow very fat at an early age,)
Egyptian slave girls, maidens from
Crete and some far-brought importa
tions from Moroeco and, finally, a
quota of Tuarkish ladies of noble
family who brought him rich dowries
in return for his name, protection and
love. Pecople are hoping Mustapha
Bey will not bring all these ladies over
with him, and it is not likely that he
wiil,
- Forraer Step TAkex—A further
step was taken by Great DBritain and
‘the United States several days ago in
‘the matter of a consideration of the
British claims against this coantry for
seizures in previous years in Bering
sea. The treaty providing for the ap
pointment of a joint commission of
two to adjust these claims
provides, in addition to one
representative on the part of
each government, for a third commis
sioner ia the event that the two orig
inal commissioners fail to agree. The
British government has selected
George E. King, one of the justices of
the supreme court of Canada, while
the United States commissioner is
judge William L. Putnam of the first
United States judicial cirenit. The
commissioners will meet at Vietoria,
B. C., but probably not uutil next
autumn,
Nearo Coxvestion—The first an
nual convention of the National feder
xation of Afro-American women was
' held in this city a few days ago. Mrs,
- Rosetta Sprague, daughter of the late
i' Fred Douglass, made the address of
' welcome. The committee of creden
tials showed that sixty-seven clubs had
~membership i the federation, and
they were represented by fifty-four
delegates, The largest delegations
were from Boston, New York and At
lana. Reports from elubs were read
by Mrs. B. K. Bruce. The oflicers of
the convention were: President, Mrs,
Booker T. Washington, Tuskogee,
Aln. ; vice-presidents, Mye, Mury
Dickerson, Newport, R. I.; Mrs.
Helen Crumm, Charleston. S, 23
Mrs. Ella L. Mabammet, Oma
ha, Neb.; Mrs. Mabel Carner, New
York; recording secretary, Miss L. C.
Carter, New Bedford, Mass. ; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs, U. A. Rid
ley, Brookline, Mass, ; treasurer, Mrs,
Libbie C. Anthony, Jefferson City,
Mo., chairman of executive commit
tee, Mrs Victoria Matthews, New
York. -
GoversMENT By IxJUuvorion—A so
ber-minded citizen is tempted to in
dulge in a smile at the expense of the
clause iu the demoecratic platform de-
nouncing “‘government by ipjune
tion,” aud, by implication, making
the charge of tyrauny against the su-
preme conrt and the district courts of
the federal system. Not that there is
no question about the justice and wis
dom of the Debs deeision. That may
have been right, but there is ground
for doubt,and the subject is a perfect
ly proper one for disecussion in con-
vention or elsewhere. Nevertheless, the
Congress of the United States hasa
remedy in its hands for any wrxi'd;xé
that was dome. and the excite
ment of the populist-democrats is ut-
terly needless. It seems to me that
there is a misconception iu the publie
mind on this matter that should be
rectified.
The constitution of thc;
United States provides for a supreme
court, but does not provide for a spe
cific number of justices. That matter
is left to Congress nalone with full
i power as to the organization of infe
vior courts of the federal system.
Tuovear MacuiNe—The present
age, from a scientific standpoint at
least, is certainly oue of tremendous
transition. The apparently impossi
ble is quickly materialized and the
wildly extravagzant growing daily com
monplace. If this scientific progress
has had any one definite direction it
bas been in the line of proving that
pLenomeua entirely beyond the recog
nition of the five animal senses
are as those which easily fall
within the field of these senses.
What is now in its climacterie sounds
the death knell of the so-called spirit
ual forces, and cuts into the very vitale
of metaphysics. It does so by demon
strating how mueh wider and more
comprehensive is the range of pure
physies than was dreamt of in our
forefathers’ philosophy. As long ago
as 1893, Mr. Edwin J. Houston, the
well-known electrical expert of Phila
delphia, hinted at the possibility of
the registration and transmission of
thought directly by mechanical means,
Aud quite recently, a Washington, D,
C., szientist has applied for a pitent
for a “‘thought maclLine.”
CYCLING NOTES.