Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-24
BEHTHoyEN's PIANO.

BEHTHOVENB PIANO.
 The Beethoven House Society,"" organized for the purpose of restoring the old house at Bonn in which Beethoven was born. and making it memorial building and museum, have secured for 1t an interesting and valu- able relic, the masters last piano, made for him by Konrad Graf of Vienna, the court piano maker. Its genuiReness Is proved by documents and confirmed by the authority of Johannes Brahms. This piano was made expressly for Beethoven's use after loss of hearing had added sadness and discomfort to his life, and being of unusually strong tones was used by him almost exclusively in his last years. The instrument has been for some time in the possession of Swiss fami- ly at Borne, and will now find place of honorable and probably needed repose in the Memorial house at Bonn.
 THE ONE WOMAN.
 The engagement of Henry M. Stanley and Miss Dorothy Tennant is to many people surprising piece of news. It seems that while he has been exploring the heart of the Dark Continent the image of an intellectual, gifted and gracious woman has occupied and governed that aforetime unknown region, the heart of the explorer. This, however, Is what might have been expected by those who have read the letter written August 1, 1884, from Jermyn street, London, in which to c poet friend he gives his views on women and love. He writes: "I have lived with men, not women, and 1t is the mans intense ruggsdress, plainness, directness, that have contracted by sheer force of circumstances. Poets and women appear to me to bs 90 soft, 50 very unlike the rude type of mankind, that ono soon feels by talking to them that he must soften his speech and drawl, or af- faNf Sfpnular arf{0u1at{cn 1aok oT ho taken where none was intended. Hence men are seldom sincere to women or poets. am absolutely uncomfortable when speaking to a woman, unless she Is such rare one that she will let me hear some common sense. The fact Is l can't talk to women. In their pres ence am just as much of hypocrite as any other man, and 1t gals me that must act and be affected. and parody myself for no earthly reason but because think, with oth- CT men, that to speak or act otherwise would not be appreciated"
 After making these striotures he goes on to qualify them by saying that there Is one lady to whom he can talk, because "after the first few minutes of strangeness have gone she soon lets you know that 'chaH' won't do Therefore, he adds, splease say hearty friend wishes her daily enjoyment of her life." Given hero, rugged and direct, with lifetime of adventure, peril and achieve ment to talk about in his eloquaat and graph ic style, and given the one woman in the world to whom he can talk without being Uncomfortable" and insincere, what more naturally follows than sympathy, love and an engagementi Therefore congratulations are in order, and should be heartily extended by every friend and admirer to Henry M. Stanley and his chosen audience of one. rRoFIrADLn INVESTMENT.
 A certain Sunday school loaned to each of its members the sum of five cents, they to invest this return at the end of a year with the interest gained, the sum to be used by the school in it's various works of charity. One of the girls invested her five cents in a | spool of thread and knit lace of a handsome l pattern which she sold at sixty-fve cents l per yard. Purchasing more thread and 1 knitting the lace at odd moments, making 1t her "catch-up work" she had the pleas ure of bringing in at the end of the year nearly twenty-four dollars, her "Charity lace" having found steady sale.
 Here is a useful hint to those girls whose hearts are inclined to deeds of charity, but whose shallow purses rarely allow them the pleasure of giving. Try the fve-cent invest Ment plan for year and see If the gains cannot be brought up to twenty-five dollars, being gain of five dollars for each penny of the original amount.
 l PILLOW SHAME.
 Pillow shatns, though somewhat passe, still hold their place in many households by reason of their usefulness. They are now often made in one piece to reach entirely across the head of the bed. A scroll design in long sweeping curves crosses the length oi the linen. and is worked by holding a white cord. which is made for this style of embroi dery, upon the outline and fastening 1t with buttonhole stitches taken at regular inter vAls with white linen embroidery thread. If the scrolls are filled in with fancy stitches the pattern will be brought out in relief. Experience shows that in most work of this kind the filling in should be worked first, & often more perfect outline is secured in this way. The edges of these covers should be hemstitched, and if still more elaborate finish is desired border of drawn-worh may be added.
 Newer than these are the scarf shams made of some light and easily draped mate- rial, such as figured or plain China sill
 which should match the prevailing color o1 the room, or sheer white muslin, the latter
 having very cool and dainty effect. Int l scarf should be long enough, when caugh