, 1876-06-11
MRS. SWISSHELM.
Her Experiences in the Old World.
Show and shoddy Not Confined to
!. Americans.
0etanSteane1s as Tinder-Do1es..-.Th Contest b
tReen House and Cofhits.

sHNA aoaao a1a 'olMoo:
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EpeesdI co'respotdsnce u Tas Tribune.
LEIPZIG, sazohy, May 3l.-For more years
than Is consistent with the assumption on my
part Of extreme youth, have been lectur1ng
my countryneu and Eonen On their sacrifice OF
health and comfort to false ideas Of beauty anu
grace and, from the sneers Of writer's belonging /
to the Old World, concluded that our love OF
decoration Was fault Of our youth. supposed
that those peoples who had built houses
which had stood for centuries we're
qusta frue from our follics, and that
we were the only nation gtTen
to sacrifice safety to show, comfort to ornament,
and honor to corntee. NY first inkling OF
mistake came through the finding OF 4 grand
English steamer In which all the lives and prop
erty on boatd were constantly riskea for clean
paint; but the awakening progressed on learn-
ing that this ship Was no exception, and here
new world Of wotdcts had but just opened.
Not only are American, English, French, and
German ships and boats habitually cleaned and
repainted with beuzine, Of which gallons are d.
".jo ~ ..a, ;,~..oI. ,-a -, ~ 4;,1or-
anu most improved iron 9esseiS ase 1lfe'e t'nue'-
boxes.
Cabins, sate-rooms, saloons, eteerages, fore
CASTLES, kitchens, pantries etc, are all pnilt o1
pine, most Of which is saturated and thieEly
coated With pant, anu 7alhlso' anu sle' "'Aets
last requires rather thicker cont OF paint anu
varntsh than the parts not ,gllded. In our snip
1l'e p1tu.pu 49, "a 49, 80, 49, r,,,a1.,d
made of STRIPS OF pine an men s'lua'e' 'sr'1eo ~
and framed in like venetian shutters ihese
strips stand vertically; ano' IL tnerc 'e any way
In which wood can be better arranged lof start
inr fire, that way has not yet been discovered.
nave tns n'ass a u hn .,ae,, ban,;na @ pano ~
ana wen cleaneo "l'n oeAzne ou.o ~
twice week; light the saloon every evening
with ten or dozen coal-oil lamps; keep OH board
a supplv Of bcnzne aud petroleum sufficient for
sae'i 'oyaee, na'J a '.L 49,. -. r., VI
littndred men, eacn WILD It" ln;''ci';s ~ A1s
pocket, aud dozen boys who NIL Make the Sd
loon playground from dark until they are
ui1'en 10 'ncii ol 80 80 ~ t1as'.
tnfo" caps' ol w. wv. .,, ~ - ,5 s,,,.,
glass lamps all h!sed Win carbon wi a!su o"t'-
ing; while the steetagc Ill their own
particular tindcr-hox, have their lights and
Iatchcs, and broken rules against smoking; the
an;coss md sailors theirs: md what
cruel p1srEssArloS or PROVIDENCE
IT. wbul be IL tllnt ship should burn sotne hight,
when bottles and glasses arc tumbled out Of
ther swinging shelvss and ashsd asainEt tue
~ g.. u
Of covardice, an impious want Of faith III Pruf.-
dem,c. and q very ;inpolite suspicion OF the ca
nohil;ly anil honesty ii the Captain, to feel that
Ininp-fastenf1ie might break, or d benxfne can
spIll is contents when everything else OF board
4 Iaucing tile ucrnia, without reletencc to time
Or tune Is it not strange that ship-oxners DO
business with so little, II any, margin loE acei-
dents. for forEetfu1ness, for neglect or disobe-
diencc Of rules, or for that sudden frenzy
which 50 often seizcs men under tl'c hfcton
real OF irnagin n wrongs by etlrgano At strcut-
1,rc. which second OF stupidity of ,riaEuitv en-
fhe mart Of apy one of u thousand people. .Would
euvelop i'll q sheet OF flaMei 70 DC sure, tieJ
1nakn Special arrangements for exxlnEuishfng
fra. INT yery good sailor may be very poor
gremau, aud one who would coolly obey ofticrs
| in the widest storm might bo altogether hn-
| manageable in a con1ngration. It would Ger
tainIy be better to be less lavish i'll furnishing
| facilities for starting fires than to depeud Oh
INV means OF stopping them after they arc
| Started.
| The first time rode through Chicago to take
| a looS At her growth and glory, / eald to the
! friend WIN was doing the 11onors:
nJThey! How this tciI burn some day:"
| 7en1y, ave have tho Best Firo Department III
thF world. and flrc never can get good start! -
'Df Th,t wns one wear befvrc MY worst fears were
realized: and MI bump OF Scotch caution has 80
nften nointctl oilt dangers to which wiser people
/ fs,al aSr7tcia11y ra.ri1Nt