The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-21

blaze, just far enough away to catch
the glow of heat without scorching,
AT frequent intervals the cook, with
long swab dipped in melted butter
and Worcesterstiere sauce, bastes the
fish until every part is permeated and
the whole is soaked through and
through; and this is how planked shad
is done.
Washington crowned the Marine
band with laurels fguratively at the
concert given in Music hall last week.
The selections were fine, and the must
clans seemed to catch Wagnerian spirit
as they Numbered forth the deep
toned cadences of that wonderful ge-
MUS. Mr.. Sousa's symphonic poem,
The Chariot Race" was heard for the
first time, and greeted with rapturous
applause. His theme is taken from
Wallace's Ben Hur, and is most SYM
pathetically treated. The start, the
progress of the contest, the wild
cheers of the multitude, the mad
tramp of the horses hoofs were pro-
duced with realistic power. Miss
Marie Decca, who accompanied the
band ON their tour, bewitched the au-
dience by her charming simplicity and
the rare, birdlike toaes of her beauti-
tul voice. Her first number, "Perle
du BreZil," was executed with precis
ion and inimitable grace accompanied
by Mr.. Henry Jaeger with flute obli-
cato. In response to the enthusiastic
applause, she sang "Old Folks at
home" giving it in plantation dialect
now so seldom heard. Handsome
floral offerings OF lilies and roses were
presented to Miss Decca, and Mr..
Sousa was the recipient of a magnif-
cent floral harp. The whole city is
proud of 'our band and its director"
1.-THE girls must not lace, $50 says DR..
j. @. Kellogg Of the Sanitarium, Bat
tie Creek, Mich, who has been attend
ing the medical convention in session
here, and gave talk to the
girls of the High school, tell
ing them in his opening sentence that
faces, most OF them were crippled and
deformed. Having devoted fifteen
years to the study of the human figure
and taken measurements of Mexican,
Italian, German and French peasants,
he finds upon comparing the size of
their waist with those of American
girls, that the average American
woman is deformed, her waist too
small for her body. The doctor pre-
sented some startling figures, enough
to scare any ordinary woman, and yet
the sweet creatures will persist in
Squeezing their little waists to such
little size,
That they nearly make the tears rush
to their little eyes"
After all, the women who urge dress re-
4 MI thu -.
question, only seek to remedy evil and
ward off disease which surely must fol.
low such abuse and disregard of phys
ical law,
APLAcE FOR THE CHILDREN.
1t is stated that Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. Potter Palmer are deeply inter
ested in arranging for children's de-
partment at the Worlds Fair, which
will include a school where the vari-
GUS methods of teaching in the differ
ent countries will be illustrated. A
second division would be devoted to
children's clothing, and comforts in
general, the third would show all
games in which children of all ages
are interested, the fourth would have
an auditorium where good lectures,
with stereopticon would illustrate
child-life in the different nations, and
the fifth would be bazaar where all
things pertaining to children's pleas
ure and comfort would be sold.
THE tCUMENICAL COUNCIL.
The executive committee of this
council met in Baltimore last week and
arranged the programme for the grand
twelve days meeting to be held here
in October. This council will have 500
delegates, from all parts of the world.
Fifteen important papers are to be
read and discussed by fifty eminent
speakers appointed for the work. The
themes are all of the deepest interest.
The list is too long to give here, but
Education as related to modern
scientific progress" 1.-THE moral as
poets of labor combinations and
Strikes" the prohibition of the sa-
LOOM" Modern skepticism" and THE
attitude of the church toward honest
unbelief, will be subjects replete with
interest to the public. This will be
magnificent gathering of the brainiest
men to be found in the Methodist
or any other denomination and doubt
less it will create a profound impress
sion. EEDEAN.