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ball would roll. Speak English? Certain
ly, but they come of aristocratic New York
families, spend most of their time with
French nurses and have no use for any
other language, unless by chance in their
play they bump against an outside bar
barian.
pardon. Madame;'' the little rascal was
in a man-o'-war suit of government serge.
The long trousers were most awkward.
though ultra fashionable articles, faring
from the hips and clipping on the ground
behind the low shoes. He was done up in n
miniature pea coat and WAS very handsome
and tailor made.
But for my own part / greatly prefer the
style of a fine little man, the son of a woman
you have heard of, who WAS shopping on
Iwenty-third street yesterday afternoon
with his mamma. In one of the big, hot,
W bazaars she u%nbuttoned his lonp
Hungarian overcoat, and then YOU could see
that he was in a dark blue silk shocked
shirt with turned down collar and cuffs
worked with feather stitching. This shirt
was not worn with a sash, but hung blouse
fashion over the waistband. His knee
brooches were of black velvet and were met
by long buff CATERS. His coat was very
straight and buttoned almost to the knees.
with luxurious edgings Of fur. 1t was grid
led at the waist and the boyish ensemble
was completed by a cap OF dark blue velvet
set on a mass of bright curls. There was n
morsei of a girl also, but we have not yet
got round again to girls.
At dinner the other evening the chit
dren came in with the fruit most brightly
arrayed. There was a little fellow of 81 or
thereabouts in a white velvet kilt suit laid
in plaits from his shoulders. beIted Mt the
waist with r scarlet silk sash and turnel
down at the throat in a wide collar edged
with a lace frill and prolonged to the waist
IN revers. Inside the collar was set n white
silk vest with scarlet feather stitching. The
sleeves were turned back with lace fri!ls.
1t IS pretty to watch the children at the
fashionable Aiancing classes. The sweet
faces and the rather awkward legs call for
most careful gowning. | CHANGED last Sat
urday afternoon to sit just behind the
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HE HARDLY MEANT IT.

Gustave RothschIId Makes a Play at KILL
ing Himself.
The report of the attempted suicide Of
Gustave Rothschild recently has been con-
frmed, says a Paris c%ableRranl. He had, it
seems, made the most careful arrangements
to end his life. His papers were put in Or
der, with an accurate inventory Of his
property and a schedule of his assets and
liabilities.
All his requests were made. His family
was provided for. and a letter was partly
prepared explaining why he no longer cared
to face the world. He made it known that
he had lost 95,OO0.ooo by specializing in
London and In Col. North's schemes, which
had produced the usual embarrass-
bring upon him the ~well-known ostsa-
cism that the Rothschilds melted out
to any member of the family whose acts
tended to lower their credit or injure their
social standing. He wished to avoid the
humility of his relative in Paris who had
been sat upon" ever since he confidently
permitted Il note to go to protest in Naples.
The letter, it seems, as1inished, with the
exception of the signature. He then told
his servant to clear up his desk: then he
sent for a cup of coffee and some cigar
cites. When the valet returned noiselessly
VI IN llDIult Ao u aOllllOA ~ 6Ge OlS
master in the act Of placing a revolver un-
der his hin.
In an instant the valet dashed forward
and knocked aside the weapon at the mo-
ment when Rothschild, hearing him, de-
cided to pull the trigger. The servant then
grappled with his employer, until he got
the pistol away, when he pulled the bell a
number of times and alarmed the house
hold.
When the other servants and members of
the family entered the valet was holding
Mr.. Rothschild forcibly in his chair, and
did not release him until he promised he
would not again make an attempt upon his
life. During the scuf1ie the istol was twice
discharged, the second shot passing through
an oil portrait of Gustave's mother.
The affair was kept very quiet, both here
and in Vienna, but as usual the details
awe leaked out through some of the un-
fortunate gentleman's retainers. The
would-be suicide is sane enough, but he had
not the courage to Withstand the reproaches
which he supposed would be visited upon
him when his financial folly was unmarked.
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FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN.
The Elegant Frocks Worn by the
Little People Of Great
City.
Small Boys Who Speak French
and Are Clothed in Pictur-
esque Style.
1t Dancing Glass and a Children's Party
Lovely Little bridesmaids
Private Schools.

Especial Correspondence of The INDEPENDENT.
New YORK, Jan. 21.-In a Fifth avenue
window two or three times q week l see a
man expanding the most loving care on the
dressing of a child. This morning he was
buttoning about her a charming little Pc
lisse in fawn-colored lambs wool cloth,
trimmed with beaver. When he had adj
iusted it he rose from his knees and. care
fully lifting it with two hands, freed from
the confinement of the collar her fluff of
golden curls. Upon her head he settled a
flat hat of brown felt with a crown of rib
bons, tying, with much standing off and
gazing, the broad strings under her chin.
Her little gloved hands he tucked into a
beaver muff. / looked next to see him
kiss her and open the door; but alas she
WAS only a pink-cheeked lay figure and he
a salesman. and yet again, alas, though |
pleased myself with looking, I knew it all
the time.
watch for my doll baby every time l
pass her way. She wears short fitting
frocks, which with fashionable toddlers.
have quite replaced the grandmother
gowns. Sometimes she has on a smock
hanging loosely and without a sash to tie it
behind. One afternoon ! fell fathoms deep
in love with her in a little princess dress of
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dead white silk fastened with pearl buckles
and edged with rich soft otter fur. One
other day l saw her in a wee pretty frock of
silk crepe OF a faint shade of blue. just
above the hem the mite of a skirt was
festooned with chiffon. Chiffon sleeves
made very full were tied at her dimpled
wrists with blue ribbons. I hoped she
would not sit up too late nor catch cold
from wearing that dainty low bodice with
its chiffon pufiings. Next morning when
she appeared bright and early in a fresh and
simple toilet of pinki.h grey cloth, trimmed
abcut the bottom with rows OF narrow
black ribbon arranged in groups of threes,
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Copyright.
CONTENT.

My days have been SO filled with happiness
That should the talance of my life be spent
In nanght but woe and unrelieved di ,tress.
l still should live in sweet and best content.
The pleasures l have tasted cannot die
The memory of my joys must ever last:
Nor can Fate wiring from me one bitter cry,
Who find pure bliss in living DER the past.
John Kendrick Bangs, in Harper's Weekly.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST
and for the county Of Lewis and lArke n the
matter Of tne estate OF deborah NJ. Hoyt. de-
ceased u o..cS os p-Cea.c Of T:ll.
Pirsuant to tn order of sid court, made on
the slst day Il december. 1899, notics ia hereby
eiyen that. Saturday. the .slst day OF January,
room Of said eolrt. Al the CO -rt-house in tho
county Of Levin and Clarke. has been appointed
AS the time and place for proving the will Of
ing the application of r. H. Ciewel and Charles
Kinda for the issusncs to them 81 letters as ex-
ecutors OF said will. when and where any person
interested may appsar and contest the same.
Dated Dsc amber aist, 1890.
JOHN BEAN. Clerk.
BY II. r THOMPSON.
The sun., 1891-07-14
A BIcyclIng street.

1T would be n fine big thing" said bcy-
cler g II We had one bicycling street here In
New York running from the upper to the lower
end Of the city. ! believe that II there wore
such street 1000 OF the up- town people who
ride down town every ray on the cal 4 ou,d
wheel down on their bicycles. me bicycling
s,LsG, iI m onsht en no ne ~ k e patea ana
all along for tho wheelmen. Perhaps there
might be space OF ten feet lott at one side
for wagons and carriages going up town and
on the other side for those going down town.
while the bicyclers got the middle "f the road.
What II spectacle 1t would he to see tens OF
thousands of men, and good many women.
wheeling down town In the morning. and IN in
the evening! They wonld have the bsst Kind
ofexercise. and 1t would be good for ,he!r
health They could make quick time 100.
Just let your Imagination loose and look ut
thom with your minds eye"
The sun., 1891-07-14

under their respective laws, precisely as their
land militia are organized, Congress making
small appropriation for arms and equip
mcnts rs 1t has done during more than
eighty years for the land militia. This pro-
posal avoided opposition, and the new aux
Hilary OF national defence was established.
To show the value OF competent naval
reserve, 1t is only necessary to point out that
in our regular navy to-day there is moro
urgent need of mon than OF ships. With the
addition OF new vessels this need will be
still more apparent; while should war
break out and all available merchant vessels
be hurredy bought or chartered in order to
fit them up for Government service, the lack
OF trained sailors would be very great. What
a properly conducted naval militia aims to
do Is to provide reserve Of trained gunners.
who in case Of need could be relied upon at
least for vessels for harbor defence. 1t
needs no argument to show how valuable
the new organization will be, II formed and
maintained with this practical end In view.
The sun., 1891-07-14

The Rev. JAMES BoYD BRADY OF Newark
OF unwisdom from tho pulpit. He hns beell
denouncing the SaenGeriest In words not in
spiie by the spirit OF truth. "These Saenger-
fest singers" said he, like the Turner'S. are
mainly atheists. sinful. rccieant. Sabbath
breaking, beer-swilling Germans. Mu-
sic comes from tho Church OF GoD. yct these
iniidels dnre to use It to overthrow the Chris
tian Sabbath. . Why can't they sing
From Greenland's Icy Mountains instead OF
the music OF the devil? The Germans ought
to be converted. that they might devote their
musical taents to singing about glory and
heaven"
1t Is hardly necessary to suggest that the
good work OF conversion to the religion OF the
Rev. Mr.. BRADY Is not likely to he n. omotcd by
such an Incorporate TRADE. nor that moro harm
than good is done to the cause OF Sabbath
observance. SO called. by such gross and ofIen-
sive m settlements of facts. But 1t is curious
to notice the old-is>hioned Puritan or ascetic
adherence OF music rs an art The Rev. Mr.
BRADY is only one OF mary who nnd no
charm In any concord OF sweet sounds
except when they are linked 10 words Of
more or less sacred or sanciimonio as
meaning. II Is as though no charm OF CO or
could Justify picture II 1t were not an illus
tration OF some pious or vrtuous story. The
music. however, that reflnes and harmonizes
tho emotions Is not to be translated into Ian.
guage Is independent OF words. is something
moro than an accompaniment or It 10 some.
thing less than music. ills giving undue
credit to the devil to hold thst all tho best mu-
sic is diabolIcaL
The sun., 1891-07-14
DUMAS ON FRENCH NOVELS
Amidst the Flood OF Filth He weleoues q
Purist and Predicts . New School.

| Amidst the Flood OF Filth He Welcomes .
Purist and Predicts . New School.
NJ. Msral Provost having dedicated to Alexander
Dumas his Confession Of Lover" the story OF
youth who maintained his purity amidst all the natural
tempt atoms of his Parisan surroundings, Dumas
sponded with this letter:
In the midst Of the brazen literary indecency
in which We live. here is a simple romance.
interrogates itself. a conscience that arises in
revolt against the subtleties Of passion. the
heso Is 81
women Who reared him. up to the poinI q
IN hs esnrs Of Fa IN SRo s%S.s
before the great mystery OF voluptuousness
feelings aud the es PLANTATION Of which is offered
at ali the angles Of the Sr9ssrqhads; PSF ,h I3 that
naese naeS and ths eariosy e 81 @ yeus6 bas IL
The % deersd M !ne sensation Of fortuitcus and easy
Continue thus-you are seeking for what 10
uividual through power over ones self the i'm.
notation OF base sensation and distolvlng
poor humanity. which suffers and calls. for
help. and which would quickly be saved we
applied 10 this common cause a one 2 aS;nHrftes o.
and li'e too alas, at random Contippe 1 S In .hi;
the N workers o. 81 In the grand literary reaction
which will so IN take place against this eternal
picture Of evil OF which we are tired out TO
has grown old but which is dear to the young
school. II man Is as wicked as these III terary
people say he Is. what better can We do than set
on selves to work to make him bettert Ona
thing il certain however appearances may be,
that he will only listen to those who vii prom.
ise him someth ng better and take him
es NSe sy Sn Willis %s S.ss s
will. as soon as the down nrpears upon theIr
lips. give such an impetus 10 the spirtuaism
rs perhaps has never been witnessed: Butwill
this religious movement be snbordinatei 10
the formulas and dogmas OF the CATHOLIC
church, don't believe it. unless the Ch9rsn ah ;aa
true friends everywhcre are calling FOR. More
and more people will cease 10 he.teve that
Jesus is the Son Of God in the sem o in which
e eo ba {el o be
Marv-the most gentle. the rurest, and clearest
OF instructors.
Modern science has enlarged the conception
OF God TO such degree that orr reason as
10 u divine logic comprehensive. nntutalso
to any. uf which the g eat eXcommuncRted
one OF the century. Renan. is the chic arostie:
What nm interes Ing and fruitful phase OF %:
The incessant WORKING Of the mysterious SAP
in the French soul. which so many people 10.
iieve to he dead. is visible for all th9.e ewho
know how TO look and want to se" i rises
IRON all depths and descends from all sumo
mits. .,.
in the generation Of new writer's your BOOK
Is ono OF the first symptoms OF this salutary
trouble. Persevere There II no society pos-
shle without faith there IL no Literature WIZ h.
ont ideal Nothing, will remain either r q 1s s5s
acts or the work. OF hose who VIII not nave
constantly in view the mornlization and rse
iectibility OF the human being.
The sun., 1891-07-14
BosToN.s REGULAR "DRUNKs."
Tho New Law Requires q New DepsN
ment for X eepIng Their Records.


The nppointment OF Mr.. Fuller as props;
tion officer. ami his ass ignment 70 the rFrihn
v.rk OF keeping the records OF the people ~ho ho
go through the Central Court !ays w
foundation Tor a system OF securing inioImS
ti"n about arrested persons such us l7s n0'''
yet been established anywhere.
The new laws look to the creation OF 20, t.h ~
records which shall make IL possible 10 SAsE. sI.
the FOUNDERS" and save the time ana ~ on
pense Of trying them repeatedly Tor ts.n n..n
offences The probation officers mus ~ III X
q record OF every case investigated ,i.s nmI a.
may ba consulted by nll police authothue1r ~
They must al-o inquire Into the run uIiu,t.
fals!ty ~ the statements made by aiuu nj
arIs who are released from the s'ailons s
assist the courts by which they are ssv;S,tSm ;ItoI.
appointed by obtaining and furnishing s.anTis. nni
nation In regard to previous afieststi ~ nsss
tions. and imprisonments ior hIhhnMn hIhM dIret
and such other facts as the onrt hnn., n,nass'
concerning persons accused OF nI..in 'nt,cara
II is also required that the IrnnalhiVInl The city
of the several municipal courts Wtmiin WtiinaI 'ourt
OF Boston shall furnish TO the N Mups ~ record in
Tor the city Of Boston n COPY o, ~ ~ ,he law iS
onch such case" The intention o. omns where
that there should be one centfn. n.ass o,I..u he9nn
the record of every case OF drunke,bh"S,Sh the
in Boston can be found at once. whe'nI' VIZ TO- wns
accused was released from cue'ou'
tried. .ort N no, tho
machinery into working order anu eo"@''
material.
The sun., 1891-07-14
THE STRIKE At NEW YoRx
Over jay GouId's shouIders-Ths Rate.
Park Deluston.

Park Delusion.
Prom n. Red, Estate Record ana cs,A.
The great popular uprising" for the "a.
Park, which the Neo lork Tunes has bsspp
t"Snns tMoTEing nE nrs so sssidponsly in its own ali.
journalism as has made its Appearance is,see. iane
In It's vlrI Iuous detefminat 10 securs ibh:;
Nv Ma5iS 5.,p parks against unssrupulous erabbers,
British The Nsfs shois ise'Ss BUSINESS, Sss, q:
Sape Ss fSs Ss & &C., the
tors addressed ~ the Aldermen they amoSS; me Ss;
SIR nsa poruiar movement % for tss et dsmno'nss up a
iion. Of the Time: building as exists today
ture from Battery Park. "" u''
The on,G les is simply running .muek asaIn,.
way ysw ena e,Ssr lew ew neopls from public point Of
There is no doubt that the elevated roads srs
dis1g'irement to our streets and an incon.
through the lhorouehfares they occupy. TEess
is nn d"ubt moreover that they meet only ia
ior c, miortabie and rapid transportates portt"es Il
MAJ, even be admitted that tho Battery Psrk
v;t,n,1 would be s ss9mewhat pleasanter and much
were removed from it; but with sensible peo.
!le II does not follow from, these admissions
stances is 10 lock up jay Gould. tear down ,Ih tbs
elevated roads from one end OF the limo to the
olher aTd Leave our ei,iHens in fnll and pn:
the thoroughfares through which the elevated
road nnsses. Even disagreeable circumstance
nave TO be moi with common sense: and but for
ms necessity the position which the Times hss
taken would be an excellent one.
fatal apid transit, % other se iban y nv. ws thhtnk h
can be obtained from the elevated roads, IA yst
q long way off. 1t is still some years awav
from us. In the r1ean time people must movs
up aud down town a. com iortubly and speedily
as possible: Consequently anything Within
reasonable limits that will improve iHe servica
.hatv
curtail or hammer It, undesirable ia
our present condition. I'M toerabls TO bid ihe
elevated roads purchase the land they ne "a AZ
the battery reads easily" but II is doubtful
wh .ther 1t would work quite 30 we'll AZ 1t roads
large real estate purchase IN that part Of the
consequently. II removed from Battery Park.
might refuse to mako an unpro1 able invest.
ment. preferring that people should use soma
other means OF conveyance than theirs beloV
Battery place. Then. even II they were willing
to purchase the land. II might take consid.
ings in the Gaze Of the United States Govern.
ment to acquire land Tor the now Custom
House In the neighborhood OF Battery ParE
show.
There is no likelihood. however. that thu
Manhattan road will be disturbed at present
The little aRilatio in the Times office VIII soon
90 the way OF all silly mental reriurbationS.
and extravaGant action. The Manhattan Com.
PAW ia not an alien CORPORATION In whose
affairs the people OF this city have no interest,
On the contrary. It's system performs perhaps
the. most important function in maintaining
and an Up hpromoting the general vitality and growth
check and thwart our own prosperity our own
growth, our own advancement
The sun., 1891-07-14
TIE WATCHWORD
And Unaltern"le Democratic Policy for To.
Day. for 1892, and Forcver-Governor
Hilrs Fourth OF July Orstion Mt Geneva.

Aud Cnaltern"le Democratic Policy for To.
Day. for 1se2. and Forcver-Governer
Hiil's Fourth OF July Grafton Mt Geneva.
From the Geneva Gazette
I have no panacea to present to you for all
the Ills which pertain to our body rolttic. The
country is already surfeited with the prescrip-
tions OF peculiar class Of political physicians
who always diligently seek to impose their
nos.rums upon you. 1t is true that they have
generally had no practical experience In ublio
affairs. nor any official responsibility in the
administration OF public trusts: and while
seldom successful in the management Of their
own private business. yet they entertain no
doubt OF their capacity to manage the Govern
ment-they believe that they Gun cure others
oven II not themselves. The problems OF fir ance
which perplexed Hamilton and a Gallatin
present no difficulties to them the tariff ques-
ton. which has divided parties in this country
for over sixty years and wrecked moro poll
ticians by it's varying phases than any other
question. has no complications in their eyes
the evil OF a surplus or deficiency in the pub
lie treasury matters not to them-they can
easily remedy IT. they have no hesitation,
doubts. or mtsRi, tnGs rs to the proper course
OF procedure on any great governmental mat
ter. and are intolerant OF the opinions OF eau
tious and conservative men who do not as
sumo to know it all. and they endeavor to
monopolize every new idea which some
thoughtful man has advanced.
That there are serious evils which aflict our
political system cannot we'll be denied.
Wrongs and abuses exist which require the
most skilful treatment and careful considera-
ton Genuine honest. and practical reform
In the administrati' n OF the Government is the
demand OF the hour Our efforts should not
be wasted in the formulation OF mere theories
or In endeavoring to accomplish the absurd or
impossible. 1t is believed that what the coun-
try wants to-day Is q return to the sim ple
methods OF administration OF our fathers We
should not seek to make the Government
stronger. but purer. Let US preserve the
sovereignty Of the States and retain the ro-
served rights Of the people. Lot the general
Government assume no doubtful power. but
permit the States to regulate their Internal
and domestic concerns in their own way This
is the best Republicanism-it is also true De-
mocracy.
Economy in public expenditures should be
the watchword.
The sun., 1891-07-14
THE SUN, TUESDAY, JULY a. 1891.

and Welsh constituencies will vote for
such an amendment. II they do. It will,
| according to the assumption OF the Union
lists, be carried by a large majority, and
the Home Rule bill will be sadded with a
provision to which the Irish Catholic clergy
would never submit.
That Is the fundamental reason why both
the Unionists and many Gladstonians main
tain that homo rule is dead. But that is
not the only reason. The Tories pretend
that at heart tho Irish Catholic hierarchy
care much less about merely political re-
form, like the restoration of Dublin Par
Lament. than they do about Religious
struction Of Irish children and youth solely
in their hands. The latter boon they
never can obtain from the Gladstonians.
who are irrevocably committed to secu-
lar education, and have introduced
an amendment embodying that princi-
pie to the Education bill now pending.
The Tories, on the other hand, might with
out Inconsistency meet the wishes OF the
Catholic episcopate In this particular, for
they have always advocated the retention
and encouragement OF denominational
schools. No one doubts that this Is tho
olive branch which the Unionists will extend
to the Catholic hierarchy, while ut the
same time rendering tho home rulo prof.
ect odious to them by expressly excluding
them from all political influence.
Such Is tho pessimistic view Of the sltua-
ton taken by not few Observers who arc
unquestionably friends OF Ireland. To their
dark representations, however. we may
reply that Mr.. GLADSTONE, II we judge by
recent by-elections. has n fair chance OF re-
peating In 1892 the wonderful triumph OF
~, when he had majority Of about 100
over Tories and Irish Nationnlists combined.
Should such success once moro be his. tho
secession Of the British -Conformists
would not matter since their weight ought
to DO more than counterbalanced by the
votes OF the McCarthyites. 1t is the duty,
therefore, OF American friends Of Ireland to
SEQ to 1t that Us few as possible OF the pres
ent Nationalist seats are lost. for every vote
obtainable may be needed in the final battle,
when 1t Is feared that English Dissenters
will. in their implacable antipathy to the
Catholic priesthood. virtually abandon the
home rule cause.