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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04
LITERARY MEN.
Marriages Of Authors Have Been Miserable Ont
Of All Proportion.

The moral for ladies is, Don't marry lit
erary men," The marriages of authors
have been wretched out of all proportion to
the common lot The reason is not only
that authors are vain and irritable and
Eighty and absorbed like artists in their
work The true or chief cause of married
misery is probably this: They do their work
at home. Now, brick-layers, soldiers, doc
tors, barrlsterS, clerks and most men do
their work away from hons Domestic
troubles about servants, children, butchers,
dressmakers, cannot be launched on them
while they are occupied with their ousine IS.
Nor do they, in turn. bring preoccupatlOn
with Briefs or bricks, or clients. or what
not. into their domestic circle. But Mrs.
Literary Man is apt to rush in upon the soil
tude of Genius with some terrible tale
from the BAKERS" while Genius when sum-
moned to his meals has lis head full of
rhymes, or of the persons in his novel, or.
to take Mr.. Carly les ease, OF Frederick
the Great or "0liver Cromwell" His mind
Is absent when he should be lending the
pleased ear to feminine prattle. and, later,
when examined therein, he is mlserably
plucked. He is convicted of not having at
tended to what was saba crime of insult.
| dare say Mrs. Carlyle often found Mr..
Carlyle all uncOncerned and impatie mt
hearer of her witty conversation, where
as he did listen when away from
Ashburton. Hence these tears of Mrs.
Carlyle's. and the condolences which she in
fcted on Mazzini and others. The unlucky
pair, as Mrs. Carlyle said had thinner skins
than other people and were profusely pro.
fame To begin with, But if Mr.. Carlyle had
been wise enough 10 keep his books and
parers in a remote studio, and to walk
thither every morning, he aud his wife
would have given less handle to the gossip
and the bingrapher.
Young ladies abont to marry literary men,
young men engaged TO literary ladies, should
ponder on these things and arrange to do
their work away from home, unless they
have much better tempers and digestions
than the Carlyles enjoyed. Home indus
tries" NAV be salutary when they are me-
chanical, but net when they are mental. es-
pecially if the laborer has the irritabiity of
some-luckily not OF all-geniuSes.-A
Lang in LoHgman's Magazine.
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The best gowns are being made on the
cross. All the best tailors and dressmakers
are cutting them like this, and the effect is
decidedly graceful though it is a style that
can be much abused, as unless cleverly done
they will not hang evenly, and gown that
hangs in one place and droOps in another is
not thing of beauty by any means. The
pocket is often conspicuous by its absence,
rs any superfluOus folds in which to hide il
grow scarcer and scarcer. and one some
times feels a presentiment that soon we
shall be clad like Noah and his family, as
shown in the wooden effigies sold in the toy
shops; in a skirt so scant. SO plain and so
entirely without folds that we shall not be
able to sit down. AS for the location of the
waist, that seems to grow lower and lower,
aud the correct place for its position is as
difficult to determine rs right and wrong.
Our grandmoihers wore their girdles right
up under their arms and looked charming.
We wear ours lower than ever before and
some look charming that way. OF course
our grandmothers' way was the best We
have degenerated fearfully since then. so
we are told. II.
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cases where the municipality were behind
the times and did not boast OF souvenir
spoon. In the bowl or on the handle Of
each spoon is engraved the name OF the city
at which the spoon was procured and the
year. But it is easy to tell the place of
origin of the spoon from the carved in
seription OF image upon IT, or its peculiar
shape, or the odd workmanship displayed.
The Jerusalem spoon is surmounted with
the double or Greek cross. and in its bowl
is the name Jerusalem engraved in Arabic.
The Turkish spoon. procured at Constan-
tinople, has the star and crescent on its top,
and Tor a bowl the monetary unit of the
empire-the plaster.
The Damascus souvenir is an odd one.
Its handle is topped with the proverbial
Damascan blade, suggestive of tie Damas
Gus steel, celebrated al one time the world
over as the finest steel made, but the art OF
making which has been entirely lost.
The little spoon from the Egyptian capt.
tai is one of the prettiest in the collection.
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work the peculiar old Syrian had marked
each spoon Athens, $780," in Greek letters.
The Athens spoon, besides being marked
as stated, is topped with cleverIy wrought
head of Pallas Athene, or Minerva, the
daughter of Jupiter and goddess of wisdom,
the arts and progress.
Next TO the Athenau spoon may be men
toned the one procured at Rome. This
spoon is not particularly pretty, and the
one thing to mark it from any other is the
figure OF the celebrated old she wolf nurs-
ing the future founders of the worlds great
city, Romuius ana Remus.
AT Naples Mrs. Hays bought spoon that
gives one a fair idea Of the wonderful skill
Of the Neapolitan carver. but aside from
this there is no mark or design of local sig
nificance.
The Dresden spoon is surmounted by an
image OF the national emblem of Saxonv,
the lion with his forepaws supported by the
country's shield. The only difference be-
tween the Saxon lion and the British lion is
that the former carries his tail twisted
up over his back. while the bloody English
beast trails his lsziy on the ground.
The double-headed eagle of Austria
proudly views the landscape Ger from the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04
FASHIONS IN FACES.
The Style in Photographs Now Is tn
early English Type.

The style in Photographs now Is the
early English Type.
One of the things that people do who have
plenty of time on their hands is stroll up
Broadway and study the photographs ex-
hibited in the show windows.
All manner of windows now display por-
traits of statesmen and soldiers and actresses
and virtuOsi, and ladies who have married
decayed European counts, and every grade
of professional beauty. MuSic-store run
rather to musical celebrities. but take the
cold edge off the severe professionalism Of
such a display by scattering about few
types of people who are nothing in par
ticUlar but who have been talked about a
good deal
There is certain fashion in faces. Just
now the fashion seems to be for senti-
mental Early English" type. Our Ameri-
can stage women are affecting this style,
and sometimes with very fetching success.
1t is hard to tell thu English from the Ameri-
can beauties so clearly does fashion con-
venti0nalize both varieties. Julia Marlowe
makes a hit in her effort to look like Wal
ter Scott heroine. Corinne is of a style to
have pleased Byron. Marie Wainwright
has face to fit some romance of the Eliza
bethan period. Lillian Russell Is modern
in her beauty and manages to still have the
most popular face of the group. Marie
Tempest again, is OF the romantic order,
and is very popular with sentimental por-
trait-gatherers. The Countess of Duulo
and q long list of Titled Americans" are
coveted-on imperial cards-by the nouveau
richie and the Anglomaniac multitude. The
burIesque people Marie Jansen, Louise
Baudet, Annie Meyers, Della Fox, Florence
St John, Nellie Farren and the rest-are
always popular with the kind of young men
Bronson Howard satirizes in his. Henri
etta," who wish to appear to be very
wicked. and heighten the illusion by having
a naughty array of photographs about their
dresSinp-tahIa
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Woman,s Remarkable Memory.

A curious incident Illustrative OF woman's
remarkable memory occurred recently. A
lady who formerly lived In this State, but
now resident Of Ohio, was riding on the
East Eighth-street cable-car. casually glanc-
ing at the houses as she passed. In one of
the yards she saw a crazy quilt hanging on
line. Instantly she got off the car, and,
going to the house, rang the door bell and
asked if Mrs. Blank lived there. On re-
ceiving an affirmative reply she entered,
and the two old friends were soon chatting
over old times. Afterward, in explara-
ton of her visit, she said that
she had recognized the quilt as one
she had seen her friend make in Central
Missouri IS years ago. A lady had just come
from the East bringing with her a crazy quilt
which was so pretty and hard to make that
the east side lady fashioned another Just
like it. This was the one that brought the
two friends so unexpectedly together II
knew that there were only two qniltS like
that in the world" she said, ''and instantly
concluded that this must he yours, although
until to-day l did not know where you
lived"
Verify, the mind of woman is past find
ing out. A man would not have recognized
his last years trousers had they been hung
on line in his own backyard. Kansas
City Times.
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as fine and delicate as design in lace, and
it looks so fragile that one hates to touch 1t
for fear.of breaking it.
Probably the most valued souvenir of the
entire number is a common, ordinary little
brass spoon which was procured from an
old Greek monastery on Mount Tabor.
Only three ladies Of the HAYS party would
attempt the ascent OF Mount Tabor. aud
Mrs. Hays was one of the trio. At noon the
party reached one Of the two mOnasteries on
the mountain. AS is their custom, the old
monks insisted that the party lunch with
them on their frugal repast of meal mixed
in oil to form a sort of a pastry porridge,
mutton and milk. After luncheon Mrs.
Hays asked one Of the monks if ne would
sell a spoon off the table. He replied
that he never had sold anything in his life,
and lie didn't like to begin now. Determ-
med TO have one Of those old brass spoons,
Mrs. Hays suggested that he give her one,
at the same time displaying in her hand two
glistening coins with significance that was
not without its desired effect. The Eek
change of cou tesies" was soon made, and
Mrs. HAYS now displays her old brass
spoon with considerable pride
Another interesting spoon Is the one OBJ
tanned at Smyrna, Syria. When the ladies
went to the only silversmith-shOp In the
town aud asked for souvenir spoon" the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04

is twice the size OF last years palace and
will run 22l feet north from the entrance,
with maximum width of 224 feet. 1t will
cover one acre of ground The palace will
be 80 feet In height, surmounted by three
towers running up 80 feet or more. Great
efforts are being made to make the interior
decorations equal to anything of the kind
yet seen in the country. A highly decorated
gallery 500 feet in length will extend around
the interior of the palace. Various cities
and localities in this and adjoining States
have been asked to erect booths containing
exhibits representing their agricultural and
Industrial interests. In the construction of
the palace there will be used 2I0 tons of hay,
10000 feet of lumber. 10 tons of decorating
materials and tons of roofing paper. The
palace and grounds will be lighted by means
of $50 electric lights.-Chicago Tribune.
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top Of the Viennese spoon, while a bust
of the Emperor links the handle and the
bowl. the latter made to represent the form,
the unit of currency.
Next to the beautiful pearl spoon Of Beth
lehem. the one purchased at Cologne is
probably the handsomest. The nations
bird-the crane-stands solcmnly on one
foot. and blinks his drowsy eyes from the
end of the handle. while ia the golden bowl
Is craven reproduction of the famous
Cologne Cathedral.
At Belgium's gay capital, Brussels, was
obtained spoon not particularly pretty,
but odd and suggestive of the country. Ii
is made in the form of a SPADE, the princi-
pal implement of employment there because
OF the great amount Of diking and jettying
that is done.
The three spoons remaining of this beau
tlful and Interesting collection are the Eng
fish, the Scotch and the Irish spoons. The
only particular difference between them is
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They Ware Intrndnnad

The adage that true love never did run
smooth finds new illustrations every day.
A young lacy in Belfast, Me-. has been en-
gagged to young man for five years withou t
having seen him in that time. rs he lived a
long distance away. Recently he arrived in
the city to visit her. She went to the train
to meet him. but failed to see any one that
looked like him. She returned to her home
much disappointed. Shortly afterward a
young man called at her home and INQUIRED
for her. 1t proved to be her lover, yet even
then neither recognized the other. After an
awkward pause the young lady'S mother
came to the rescue and soon Strengthened
out matters. The young couple were for
mally introduced and are happy.-Boston
Journal
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the girl into the hall. where she grabbed
shotgun and leyeled it in the brute'S face,
ana ordered him to leave. He dropped his
knife, took to his heels aud was soon ont OF
sight, andas soon as the danger was over
able to give a good description of the brute.
and posse is now on his trail Miss Wise
is one of the prettiest and most attractive
girls in this section, and has suddenly be-
come heroine. Tie neTvirst point of the
whole affair was that the gun was not
loaded, and the girl knew it.-West Point
MisS) Cor Globe Democrat
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old merchant was at loss to know what
eral that they had procured elsewhere and
by this made him understand. Ore of the
ladies', Mrs. Scholey, stepped to the door,
and picking up twig Of fig tree branch.
managed to make the old fellow understand
that she wanted the handle made an exact
reproduction of the little twg. When they
went for the spoon few days after they
found that the work had been accurately
and beautifully done, the old man even re-
tanning the twig for sample ana assuring
the ladies that they needn't take the spoons
II they didn't suit. The end of the handle
Is surmounted by fig leaf, symboical of
the chief Industry Of Smyrna-the cultiva-
tion OF figs In showing the old man how
they wanted the bowl of the spoon marked
they displayed the Athens spoon, in which
was engraved in Greek letters. ATHENS,
1890" In his care and desire to do accurats
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A Black Ruffian Cowed by n Girl.

Two miles west of town lies one of the
handsomest plantations In North Missis-
bravery seldom witnessed. All the ladies
Of the house, with the exception of Miss
Earle'Wise, the sXteen-year-ol daughter,
were visiting a neighbor short distance
away, when Miss Earle was attracted to the
door by Il knock. On opening it she was
confronted by negro man of immense
build, who held murderous-loOkiug
knife in his hand. lie demanded
all the money and valuables in the
house and started to enter. Although
badly frightened, the young lady retained
her presence Of mind, and as the negro tried
to enter she slammed the door in his face.
He Immediately burst it open, and chased
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A GUN BURSTS AT SEA.

Havoc on the British Man-of-War Corde-
iia-Results of the Explosion.
The accompanying illustration shows the
remains of a sx-inch breech-loading gun of
the latest pattern, which burst on board the
British man-of-war Cordelia while that yes
sci was cruising in the Pacific Ocean short
time ago. The explosion. cost tie lives of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04
A PALACE MADE OF hay.

1t Covers an Acre of Ground and Its
Towers Reach 30 Feet High.
The second annual interstate hay palace
will be opened at Momence. ILL.,, September
10th, with an address by Governor Fifer
This palace is built of baled hay and straw
and framework of lumber The building
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II Is made of smooth-faced cloth, of that
charming shade known as dark Iris, a color
that is akin to heiotrope, but more of
blue. and is cut in scalops over rich velvet
of the same color, but darker in tone, in
fact so dark as to look black in some lights.
line of silk from about an inch from the
edge. The skirt is rather scant and bell
shaped. and is only Ions enough TO touch
the ground, as it is intended for walking.
The designer of this costume has also an
ticipated the cold weather, for he has de-
sketch, a double-breasted REFER coat with
dark velvet cuffs and collar edged with
beaver fur. 1t is butt0ned with large horn
buttons, and is made with straps and deep
pockets. Such coat as this is very useful
before the severe weather sets In.
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lection. one Of which is brass. two pewter,
and the rest silver, or silver washed in gold.
Mrs. Hays highly prizes these spoons as
pleasant reminders of her tour and the
places visited. Many of them were pro-
cured with much difficulty and considerable
labor, and several were made to order in
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04

HHcU y HuJ HIOHHS TO VITO
United States, as nearly every
city and town on the habita BIZ
globe has its souvenir spoon.
While travelling through
Europe and the Holy Land,
during the spring and summer
of 1890, the Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. George P. Hays made a
collection Of spoons that are
both curious and beautiful
and interesting little stories
are attached to each. There are
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sauandered $40. GOO a, nace-rracks.

Joseph Walsh and his sister Kate of
Brooklyn about year ago inherited $40, 600
apiece on the death of a relative. In less
than six months the brother succeeded in
getting rid Of every cent of his share through
unfortunate ventures at the race-tracks,
and he has since been depending on his sis
ter for support. A month ago Miss Walsh
went to the country, leaving her brother in
charge of the house. On her return she
found he had disposed of all the silverwars
and other valuable articles in the house aud
she had him arrested. Pawn tickets for the
missing property were found in his pos
session.-N. Y. Sun.
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Senior Noyez Of Madrid petitloned for the
privilege of conducting bull-fghts during
the exposition, and offered to pay 81, 100000
for the right to do so. Tie Directory de-
cided not to sanction any bull-fghts
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six men, two lieutenants and four seamen.
Twelve other men were badly wounded,
while great and remarkable damage was
done to the ship. The gun was being used
in firing practice and it appeared to be sound
at the end of the sixth round. 1t was loaded
with common shell for the seventh round,
but when the charge was fired the gun burst
with terrific effect. The ship shook violently
and pieces of iron flew in all directions.
The foretopgallant lift to the royal yard, a
rope at the extreme top of the mast, was cut.
The breech block and large portion of the
gun carriage were hurled across the deck,
the upper deck was burst through, and a
part of the gun carriage was blown down
into the main deck, while fragments of. the
shattered gun fell into the sea hundreds OF
yards away to the starboard.-N. Y. Sun.
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Two granite columns for the Woman's
Building have been contributed by Mrs.
Alice H0ughton, Lady Manager, of Wash
ingtOn. The columns are fifteen feet high,
twenty inches in diameter, and will be
placed in the main entrance on the east
side of the Woman's Building.
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The Grounds and Buildings Committee
decided to advertise for the construction Of
building to accommodate fur saw-mill
plants The structure will be located south
of the Agricultural Annex, on piles driven
in what is now a natural lagoon. The
building will be 130x20O feet, and Will cost
1000.
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The Executive Committee of the Illinois
WOman'S Alliance has asked for the privi-
lege of making display at the fair which
will show the evil results Of child-labor.
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SOUVENIRS FROM
THE HOLY LAND.
Interesting Reminders Secured by an
American Lady.
Spoons From Bible Lands-Adventures and
Experiences of the Lady Who Made
the Remarkable Collection.

The fad of the jewelers. of city getting
out souvenir spoons of their town is not con-
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Commissioner Shufeldt has cabled from
Cape Town, South Africa, that an exhibit
OF diamonds and feathers worth $500, COO will
be SEMI from Cane Town.
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Sir Henry Wood of the British Royal Com
mission says that it is the present intention
of the commission to build AT the expOsi-
tion typical old English manor, or hail. at
the English headquarters. He says also
that exact reproduction of Shakespeare's
house at Stratford-On-Avon will be built if
the necessary space can be secured.
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GEMS.
Fpss ia the frotb of bpsinass-Hood

Fuss is the froth OF business-Hood.
Whoever Is out Of patience is out Of his
soul.-BacOn.
The curtain of the future is always drawn.
John BigelOw.
Idleness is both great sin and the cause
OF many mOre.-SOuth.
To be famous when YOU are young is the
fortune Of the gods.-Beaconsffeld.
Ability involves responsibility. Power to
its last particle is duty.-Macaren.
A man cannot learn to be wise any moro
than he can learn to be handsome-H W.
Shaw.
The world is so unjust that female heart
once touched is thought forever b.emished.
Steele.
For a while at least think almost every
man or woman is interesting when in love-
Thackeray.
We always live prospectively, never retro
spectlVely. and there Is no abiding mo-
ment.-JaCobi.
done is like vein Of water flowing hidden
underground, secretly make the ground
green.-Carlyle.
There is nothing which this age, from
whatever standpoint we survey it, needs
more, physically, Intellectually and morally,
than thorough entilatiOn.-Ruskin.
would rather dwell in the dim fog of
superstition than in an air rarefed to moth
Ing by the air-Dump Of unbelef-in which
the painting breast expires, vainly and con-
VuisiVeiy gaspIng for breath.-Richter.
Wonderful Progress. in Four Decades.
Forty years ago, when the California gold
fever was at its height, the Journey from
mere TO San Francisco overland called for
at least three months OF time, while from
six weeks To two months were consumed in
making the journey by steamer via the
isthmus. Now the mail is regularly trans
ported between the two cities IN less than
SIX days, and on ordinary passenger trains
Rt mat Recalling the past can only give
us an adequate Idea of the progress we are
really making. Around the world in eighty
days las already become tediously slow To-
enmolion. Around the world in fifty DAYS
Is possible To-day. Around the world in
thirty days will soon be pOssible.-N. Y.
Metropolis.
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England. the shamrock of the 'rale ould
Sod" and the thistle of Scotland Kansas
Civ Star