The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-02

tAhANARN tRNA hAVNN tVV-t ubN ubrikul-
ly. though its convenience recommends
the button to all women not young and
20 stout women.
For material. we are returning this
summer to cloth tops on many Of the
new boots for walking. Plain black
cloth is the standby for the dark hued
and sober teiior gowns. but for the
lighter and airIer butterfly toilets every
shade of dress material IS reproduced
10 match the gloves aud the gown, since
O1zc leath as well as cloth eau be dyed
any color.
III any one wants a walking boot Of
strictly correct pattern one sends for
one OF tho newly-impOrted English
boOtmakcrs. who waits upon my lady
i'm her b0udoir and measures her feet
after the most approved British fashion.
The pieces of lOOtgear sent home by
this funcuonary are not small, no more
is the bill. Notions regarding the fee.
have altered since the days when Suck
ling likened his lady : feet 10 mince,
peepiug IN and out from the folds of
her petticOat. and even since Tennyson
conslrCd Maud 3 feet to gems set in
the green of the English tmf. Ideals
nowadays are on lees babyish scale.
Not a tiny foot. but one which is finely
shaped aud symmetrical, which will
carry its owner we'll and strongly
through the world. is desired. Women.
especially young ones, have been slow
to learn that a long slim effect is far
more graceful and comfortable. as well
rs smaller. than short buuchy one.
bat they have learned it at last. and
hence the success of the English boot
maker.
Ii woman likes her walking boots
somewhat Ornamented she may choose
"a pair i'm the waukenphast style. with
the straight toe cap stitched across in
the manner of mans boot, on she
may WELD to the craze for novelty and
90 IN for cOlors and color combinations.
Green is very popular, and so are
bright and dull reds IN OoZe leather
a walking boot with the upper made Of
different cOlOrod narrow strips Of OOZe
leather woven together in a gay basket
work "a walking boot with vamp.
quaiter toe capaud heels all of different
colors. and not too sober ones ought to
suit the taste of the most extreme, bat
whatever the yagares. the low heel,
the broad toe and the comfortable shape
remain the same.
Gross the Atlantic i'm five days. aid
You say. hardly think the thing can
bp done. this year at least. But there
is NO saying what a few years more
may bring forth in the way of reducing
the time. said Chief Engineer Wearing,
of the City of Paris. in conversation
with the writer just before starting on
ms last trip. Last year we had no YES
sci capable OF making the passage from
Queenstown TO Sandy Hook in six
DAYS. Now we lave. In that Instance
alone see what a short period has pro-
duced. But there is a mighty differ
ence between making the passage IN six
DAYS and making IT IN five. Every
seafarer cOmpIehenls what an extra
dav al sea mears Pc pie who live on
land cannot understand that II means
"a thousand things both for the steam
ship people and passengers. 1t means
"a great increase ma the cost of trip to
the owners of the craft such as must
necessarily follow the additional con-
sumption of coal aud oil, additional
labor. additional provisions to pas
Seugers and crew. and additional wear
and tea TO hull and machinery. Then
we DO not figure on other very I'M
pOftaut items. such as the extra risk
while at sea and the better comfort AID
satisfaction of the passengers through
the saving of the extra day.
To cross the Atlantic IN 100 hours.
or less. a steamship would have to
average twenty four miles an hour
during the entire trip. To average
miles an hour the steam
snip would have to be fully 100 feet
longer than the City Of Paris. or much
longer than any pier or bullshead IN
this haTbOr. When built that steam
ship would have to carry engines OF
80 COO horsepower, or 10 600 IN excess
If the City of Paris. THIS immense
driving power could not be cOncen-
trated amidships. as in the case OF the
present racer. but would have TO be
scattered along her entire length from
end to end. The great space required
for this machinery and boilers would of
necessity eat up the room now given to
freight aud little or 10 merchandise
could be carried.
To furnish steam for this motor
mower upward of 1000 tons of coal
would have 10 be- consumed. The City
Of Paris burns 9, 400 tons each trip. 10
handle this machinery and aid IN
properly collecting aud distributing
the steam force OF ESQ men would be
needed. You could not get along with
less On the Paris at the present time
] have is4 men under me. diviled as
follows: Eighteen engineers for pro-
uel.ing machinery. three electricians.
t0 o efrigeratOr eXperts. three auxiliary
b 1tlermen. tbirtv-tHO oilers, fiity-f,ur
firtm u. ffty-sCv n coal passers. niue
" [ r-teuder-. three storekeeIers and
two Y iraulic experts. This force Is en-
Dloved night and day atten ling to
two great triple expansion engines OF
20 600 h1r.e power. four fee l-pump |
engines. for circulating engines for
the centrifugal pump and four
electric dynamos.
Il have inspected the plans for a
five day steamship. the model Of which I
was on exhibition last year at the
Exposition. The Fairfield /
COMPANY. which had made the model /
and drawings. said that "a steamship |
built On the furnished designs would /
be- found capable OF crossing and re- |
crossing the Atlantic in five d sys. This
model had four funuels and two masts. /
| did not place much reliance on the /
statement at the time, nor have since /
changed my opinion. Every capable /
sea. going engineer understands what
am enormous stlaining power would |
1e needed to accomplish the tip. 1t
NAV be that il Will come TO pass In I
time. but there Will have 10 be many /
chan yes and improvements in the con
.truction If both machinery and hull. /
The twin system of screws will be
found unequal TO the task. There Will
nave TO be- an assistant in the shape OF
other p1opeliers. Of piu-like construc-
ion. placed on the ships sides aft or
,midsbios on shafts to project at an
,ngle from the side. These will have
10 be operated in conjunction with the