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The morning call., 1891-05-31
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WHAT OTHERS SAY.

General Russell A. Alger, who was seen
at the Fifth-avenue Hotel a few minutes
previous to his leaving for his home in De-
troit, said very feelingly: 1t will be i'm
possible for ME to write anything for You at
this time. have just had great affection
in the loss of my daughter, and | can assure
you when you speak to me about my
mOther it is a very tender subject to me.
The last tins l saw her her l was only II
years old, and she babe me good-by with
the words: God bless you. my boy, do
right always The greatest regret OF my
life has ever been that l did not have the
opportunity to make her as comfortable as l
would have liked"
A young poet in New York, whose devo-
ton and loyalty to the memory of his mother
is so strong that he will not permit any one
in his presence to speak lightly of any
woman, says his mothers favorite express
sion was: Never, under any circum-
stances, do anything mean"
Copyright ARTHUR IRVING GRAY
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He was Ready to Save Him.

When Commodore b ltings and Mr.. Main
were on tlie river kahima they had for at
teDdant q young man from Kanoga, an ISL
and between Kamschatka and North Amer
lea. One day Mr.. Main asked him What
will the savages do to me if l fall into their
power?'.
Sir" said the youth you will never
fall into their power if | remain with you.
/ always carry a sharp knife, and if | see
you pursued and unable to escape | will
plunge my knife into your heart; then the
savages can do nothing 10 YOU"
This recalls the words of the French
knight, reported by Joinvile: swear to
nue." said Queen Margaret, that If the
Saracens become masters of Damietta YOU
will cut off my head before they can take
me-"
willingly" returned the knight: Il had
already thought of doing so if the cOntn-
gency arrived. ALL the Year Round.
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RUBBER SHOES.
Where the Material Comes From-How
They Are Made.


They Are Made.
Many people suppose that rubber shoes
are made by melting the material aud run
ming it into molds. Such Is not the case.
The manufacture of rubber shoes is not
very much different from the manufacture
of leather shoes. They are made on lasts
just the same. but instead of being sewed
they are cemented.
- We get most of the raw material from
South America" said drummer. " 1t is
about the color of moasses and is of spongy
nature.
First 1t goes through a crushing or roll
ing process, and comes out in rough sheets,
and looks very much like a cows hide
Then it is taken into a compounding-room
where it is mixed with compound and Vul-
caniZed
After that 1t Is cut up into small pieces.
according TO the parts of shoes which we
wish to get, and it is afterward fitted on to
lasts by wOrkmen in the same manner that
leather is
"How much pure rubber is contained in
the manufactured article? About 20 per
cent. The best Para gum costs % cents a
pound, so you see rubber boots and shoes
cannot be made for nothing. In the small
est rubber shoe made there are about four
ounces of pure rubber, and from that 70
probably four pounds in a pair Of rubber
boots.
''Old rub)ers are ground up lining and
all, into what we call rag carpet and 1t is
used for insoles.
The work is nearly all done by hand,
and in the factories are employed yOnng
children. men and women. A boot-inaker
gets 20 cents a pair for making them. and a
good man can turn out from ten to twelve
pairs day.
There are between fifteen and twenty
rubber boot and shoe factories in the coun
try, with a total capacity Of over 10000
pairs of boots and shoes day.
There are four factories having ca
pacity of over $4,000 pairs each, and one
which has capacity of 10000 pairs. 1t is
mystery where they ali 60 to."-Denver
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REDFERN'S LATEST DESIGNS.
4 Black silk Gr1ladilG Something New in
Cricket Gowns,
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

New YORK, May %, 189t.-Ths rose
scented warmth of the sweetest month in all
the year is now so near at hand that the
world of women will soon be luXuriating in
its charming summer plumage, and the eyes
of the beholders will be gladdened by all
those delightful fripperieS of lawn and lace
and floating ribbons and hower-laden
chapeaux, and those bright yet delicate
tints which are only in harmony with cloud
less skies and brilliant sunshine. and out
side OF city limits Already many Newport
cottages are open; the seaside and noun
tain resorts are each vying with its neigh
Dor in sounding the loud trumpet and
spider-like inviting the summer boarderS to
step into its parlor and take possession Of
its long pazzas. while the aforesaid boarder,
wherever it is of the feminine gender, is
busy putting the last touches to the dainty
gowns and chitfOns which she fondly hopes
will enraDture every member OF the opposite
sex. and set wild with envy all her sister
women who behold them. Among these
summer costumes will probably be black
silk grenadlne made Il over a changeable
glace lining, one or two of the soft printed
challies, an embroidered batiste, some
chambrais and Scotch ginghams, and a
lovely mousSeine de PInde in jardin-
ere effects, and perhaps one of the
resurrected French organizes which de-
lighted the girls 'befo' the wah.' But with
all these and half score more, madame's
wardrobe will not be complete unless she
possesses one of the Redfern new foulard
gowns, likR the accompanying sketch.
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The saerariUm, adylum, or ambula-
tory, is entered through metal gates
that are kept closed except when
opened by order of the dean or
the visitor stands is more than Goo years old.
Il was brought over from Rome in 1867 by
Abbot Ware. who also brought with him
skilled wOTkmen TO put it together. 1t is a
mosaic Of Purheck marbe-now badly
wOru-serpentine, pOTphyTy, touch, jasper,
the runs Of a decayed building there" But
down at the edge Of the mosaic, close by the
rails, Is distinctly legible in the matrices
which once held the bronze letters, the line
Il" IertiuS HepTicus Rex, UrbS, OdericuS, et
Abbas. HIS cOmpegeTe pOrphyreOs lapides.
The word Urbs " has always been under
stood TO stand for Rome and OdericuS for
the name of the master workman. The
mosaic Is 10 a series Of circles, int ded to
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ROUND THE WORLD
THE OTHER WAY.
Going to Europe Without Crossing The
Atlantic.
Railroad Men Declare It Will Soon BE
Possible-War and Geography-The
Indian in Art.
Special Correspondence of THE SUNDAY CALI.

NEW YORK, May 26.-How long will it DE
before people can 20 to Europe easily and
quickly by way of Alaska and Siberia?
That is a question which interests good
many people who are subject to seasickness,
yet who feel impelled to join in the summer
rush. AS for myself. | am considerably in
terested, after several times enduring the
unutterable tedium of an ocean voyage, in
the time when | can railroad it to Alaska,
cross the Behring Strait ON bridge and
continue through Siberia to st. Petersburg
ana Berlin.
Railroad men say that it will not be long.
American capitalists have already fully
made up their minds to connect Alaska with
our own railroad systems by trans-Cana-
{ dian line. The Behring Strait is easily
brldged, or is narrow enough to be but a
slight matter in any case. On the other side
the Russian Government is pushing its
tranS-Siberian line with considerable ell
ergy, mainly, of course, for military pun
poses. SO it should not be very long before
Travelled Yankees are enabled to get TO En-
rope by the back door.
Even now there are considerable advan-
tages IN taking the western route. In the
first place one sees little of America, In
the second the Pacific is always calm in
summer and besides Japan, China and Brit
lsh India are very interesting portions Of
the earth to visit
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the east end of the ConfessoTs Chapel, and
is not only tomb but chantry, built
whether by design or accident, in the shape
Of the modern letter H. The effigy which
lay upon the tomb was carved out Of heart
of oak, and covered with plates of silver,
the head being entirely Of silver The fine
iron grating was made in the ninth year Of
Henry VI. The tomb Itself Is now mere
wreck. The silver head AMI plates were
stolen in the days of Henry VII, and the
expansion and contraction Of the copper
bolts which fastened the effigy to the tomb
have warped the wood But though the
splendor Of the monument is gone the
chantry remains as it was. Il had an Altar
Of the Annunciatiou, of which the place is
visible, though the altar has long been re-
moved. The chantry is richly adorned with
many sculptured figures, those OF the patron
saints of England and France. together with
those Of the COMPRESSOR and Henry III, being
prominent, as well as the scene Of the Dung
Kings coronation.
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A Plucky Woman.

Poor Philip WeIch, the hum0rist, who
died literally with a jest upon his lips, toll.
ing manfully at writing funny items to
make what provision he could for his family
even while the shadow of an awful death
by cancer was upon him, has left widow
as plucky as himself Mrs. Welch was
left with four small children. the Youngest
only about year old. She kept her home
and family together, and is maintaining
them by journalistic work, to which she
was almost unaccustomed when she was
forced to take it up. but for which she
shows decided gift She conducts de-
partment upon Brooklyn paper and the
Sunday column aud half in the Times of
New York entitled "Her Point of View, .
which is from her pen, is one of the best
journalistic specialties ever developed in
New York.
Mrs. Welch tried joke writing herself at
first, but found serious work more 10 her
vein. Mr. Welch always attributed to her
the chief credit of his deliciouSly funny
series on the Tailor. Tade Girl"
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represent the time the world was to last.
Some Of the letters which once ran round
the mysterious circles are still traceable.
Symbolism was carried to such an extent
that in the abby Of the C0nfeSsOr, the pill
lars detected little from the straight line
towards the right. TO indicate the head of
the dying Savior leaning on his shoulder.
The lady chapel at the east end represented
the Virgin standing by the cross, and the
chapes - hich cluster round the sacrarum
shadow forth the holy Catholic church and
the communion Of saints. Look upward,
and you viii recognize a perpetual ''Sursum
cnrda' in the fact, that the perpendicular
lines everywhere predominant. Look back,
and the baptlstry at your left, beside the
vestibule. IS meant to teach that the church
Is only entered by holy baptism; while the
little, useless north door at the end of the
nave was built for the escape of the evil
spirit exercised in the water Of the font
The garEoyles which grin outside represent
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THEOLOGY In
CARVED Stone.
Some Of the Spl9Id0rS Of Westminster
Abbey That Were.
The North Ambulatory-Chapel Of the Con-
fessor- The Splendid Tombs OF Aylmer de
Valence and The Chantry of HenryV,

The venerable Archdeacon Farrar, d. D.,
referring TO Westminster Abbey, says that
il contains matters Of inexnaustible interest,
and that if any one chose to devote life 10
the study OF its ever-varying history he
would probably be rewarded by many dis
coveries of deep interest. Obtaining light
from the same source, THE CALL to-day
presents its readers with a series Of illustra-
tionS, which viii tend to convey faint ray
of intelligence of what the magnifcence Of
the ancient pile really is. Il is evident that
one great fact about the abbey has been for
generations forgotten or overlooked. and yet
that fact was absolutely predominant In the
minds of the original builders. Il is that
the ABBEY is meant to be a theology IN stone.
The intention was to convey pTedOmiuantly
the tive great central truths Of Christian
ity-:he Trinity and the atonement, and
unfortunately the other main doctrines Of
the creed. This is the significance of the
triple-length nave, choir sacrarium; OF the
triple width aisle, nave aisle; of the triple
height arch. tTforium, cleyestOry; and, to
ill the minds of the woTShipers with the
thought Of the incarnation and death OF
Christ Il was built crucifOrm.
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The Story offs Little Girl.

while ago little girl was lost in New
York. and to the editors OF a great paper
came an appeal for help in finding her.
We'll get up a picture to show everybody
how she looks" said the editor, who has a
soft spot in his heart for lost children. Sc
reporter was sent out, but presently re-
turned to report that he could get no photo
graph of the girl. but that she was small
of her age, always stood with her feet close
together, had blue eyes, and wore Nelly
Bly, peaked cap.
Now get up nice picture" said the
editor, and the artist WAS puzzled, as well
he might be, for the facts that the girl had
blue eyes and was small of her age were Of
no use iii black and white drawing, and he
had only the feet and the cap To work upon.
However, he did the best he could and drew
ID picture of a real nice little girl.
The resemblance was remarkable. Every
body said so. The mother of the little girl
came in TO thank the artist aud the editor.
with tears In her eyes, after the girl had
been found, and modern journalism entered
another splendid triumph on its notched
stick.
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Russian Mans.

Talk Of the Siberian Railway reminds ME
of the account which the Rev. Charles Il.
Baker Of the Messiah Church in Brooklyn
gives Of the Russian maps which he saw in
TifliS. Having recently looked Tflis up on
the map | am able to state that it lies mid
way between the ternini of the Poti and
Baku Railroad, in what used to be Georgia,
but is now part Of the realm of the all-de-
yOurlng Russian. Here in Tihis, which not
so very long ago was about as barbarOuS a
place as any, Dr. Baker found one of the
most complete collection of maps he had ever
seen, especially rich in the Asian depart
ment. Russia is, probably. better informed
to-day about the geography of Turkestap
and Afghanistan than the natives them
selves and may use its knowledge 10 adVan4
tage in the next great war.
was much impressed once in the Rheu-
ish Palatinate when informed by a landed
proprietor there that when the German
troops came through to invade France they
knew every little fOotpatE among the hills
better than the men and women VINO had
lived there all their lives. War and geOgra..
ply thrive together.
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17phl4z1~<H4
pEPEw's MOTHERS TALENT.

Ny mother was woman of broad culture
and great reader She was intensely re-
ligiOus and believed in ths efficacy OF
church attendance on the Sabbath. She
aid not care for money and never gave any
advice in regard to it. Rich people did not
impress her, but she was never tired of en-
thusiastically speaking of the honOr5 of life
and of men who had become fam US AS
statesmen, orators or authors. She pleaded
so earnestly and urgently the duiy of going
to church that | am as uncomfortable now
for the remainder of the week if absent
from service at least once on Sunday as |
was when boy. She valued education be-
yond all acquisitions, and her constant in
junction was to get knowledge. Her often
repeated remark was: 1T requires little
money to live and anybody who tries can
earn it, but very few can win distinction.
Strive Tor that"
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MARMALADE.
Something Not Pleasant for Those Who
Partake of 1t.

Something Not Pleasant for Those Who
Partake of 1t.
Marmalade is doubtless an excellent and
nutritious accompaniment to bread and but
ter at breakfast. 1t is reported to be large
ly consumed-under the name of "squish"-
by Oxford undergraduates when in training
for races. But the pleasing theory on which
its patrons have hitherto gone has been that
none but the very s0undesT oranges were
used in its manufacture. Probably this is
the case with the best makers of the con-
serve; but rather lurid light has been
thrown on the subject by a case heard at
the Woolwich Police Court. An Inspector
stated that complaints were made to him as
to the condition of some oranges exposed for
sale at the local market. On examining
three boxes they were found to contain
" black Iulpy substance" which was" quite
unit to eat" The owner of the fruit made
the hOrrifying suggestion that it could be
chopped up for marmalade,' and at the
hearing of the case he defended himself on
the ground that the oranges were merely
" frosted" Another witness mentioned the
disquieting fact that while the "pulpy"
oranges cost II shillings box, those sold
for marmalade only fetched 4 Shillings
The defendant WAS let off with a warning,
as there was no proof that he knew the
oranges to be as bad as they undoubtedly
were. For the public the important point is
to discover what proportion of their matu-
final marmalade is made up Of the " black
pulpy substance aforesaid.
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figures uplifting in their arms third, which
is clad in mantle. They are angels pre-
senting the dead mans soul to God-but by
an evidently wanton act of vandalism the
hands of the three figures have been care
fully sawed off. Under the effigy were
eight figures of his royal and noble rela-
tives, but they have been hOpelessly de-
faced The bas-relief at the top, being out
of reach, has happily escaped. 1t repre-
sents Aylmer riding to battle or his power
full war horse, with the leather flaps or
mautlets streaming back from his helmet
This exquisite tomb was us nearly as posi-
bic removed to make way for the vulgar
modern one of General Wolfe, but was
happily saved by the good taste of Horace
WalpUle.
We present che other tomb, the stateliest
IN the whole abbey-One OK the finest in the
whole world-that Of Henry V. 1t closes
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FAIR PURL0INERS.

The Manner in Which They Work the
New York Elevated Trains.
A neatly dressed woman, with blonde hair
and apparently about IS years Of age,
pranced into the Twenty eighth-street sta
ton of the Slxth-avenue elevated road.
After purchasing her ticket, she inquired of
the ticket-chopper, in familiar manner, If
Miss Somebody had been about the station.
says the New York Sun.
She always asks me that question" said
the tieket-chopper. after the woman had
moved down the platform. II have not the
least idea who the woman is whom she per-
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%NnAAM
A MOTHERS PATRIOTISM.

left the University of Vermont April 81,
1861, came TO New York, and went to the
place, four miles from Fulton Ferry, where
my parents, whom / had not seen for nearly
year, then lived. They, like their ances-
tors, were poor. | reached my destination
at about half-past o'clock in the morning.
My mother came to the door, opened it and
said: us that you, Joel?" l said: Yes"
Before l entered the door she said: You
have come down to go 10 the war, haven't
your" and l replied YES" She then said:
THAT is right. Come-in and kiss me-"
The mother of the Gracchi had three
sons; my mother only one.
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The Girls Are ALI Using 1t.

"Over the carpet, wherever l go,
The tooth powder lies like mantle of snow.
Why, how is this, Ethel, my careless girl? See
How could you so needless and untidy be?"
"Well, mamma" said EthelI little ashamed
81 knew you would think l ought to bs
blamed
But, really, the least little puff OF the wind
VIII scatter the tooth-powder badly, find.
81 wish you would buy me some soZoDoNT.
please;
The girls are all using Ii. Ills like a breeze
From the woods, and their teeth are so white 1"
And Ethel was using 1t, thar very night
Pretty Girls and Plain Girls
Both use S0ZOD0NT, and some Of the lovelIese
OF their sex have been heard to declare, when
asked what beautihed their teeth, that It was
SOZODONT. Nature provides women with
beautiful teeth. SOZODoNT, il used regularly,
keeps those pretty rows OF pearls from decaying.
This is a statement which those who use the ar
ticle always cOrroborate. IL S0Z0D0NT were
not IN veryi truth a preparation of sterling
merit, the public would long since have dis
covered the fact aud discarded it.
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the misery OF the excluded demons. Even
the two valves Of the western door are
meant to remind US Of the double nature of
the Redermer The lavish splendors Of
self-sacrifi e, which could raise such struc-
lures in Kingdoms by comparison so poor
and small as England then was are ex-
planned by the intensity of faith which de-
sired to give the most striking expression TO
the articles of the Christian creed.
Among the resting places of the dead is
the lovely and elaborate tomb of Aylmer de
Valence, Earl of Pembroke, son Of William
de Valence, the balf-br0ther of Henry Ill
This gothic tomb is a model of exquisite
proportion. Originally the inside of the
arch Was inlaid with a mosaic Of brilliant
glass, the two pedestals at the top were
surmounted by angels. and the robe of the
mailed efigy was Respondent with scarlet
aud gliding The colOrs have disappeared, as
also have the warriors shields. at bis feet is
lion couchant At his head are two
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It is of black fOulard figured all over with
baskets and little n0Segays in natural cOloTs
Across the front is a narrow peating and
the skirt is somewhat draped on the right
hip. The bodice has girdle of light stem
green velvet fastened with an enameled
clasp and rosette of the same velvet catches
the dTaped folds on the chest. The sleeves
have a full puff to the elbows and two ruff
h-s below on the tight cuff. The plateau
nat is of light black lace straw, with sprays
of field flowers.
Do you know that most of the so-caled
French gloves are made in England num-
bers of them being of genuine Dent make
and then shipped to France, stamped with
Paris makers name and ''palmed" off on
would-be elPgantes at handsome profit For
some time Monsieur of the Bon Marche has
been netting nice little purse out of these
gloves of perfidious Albion. which meekly
pays through the nose for the gloves Of its
own manufacturing
Instead of sailor hats many girls who
mean to travel are investing in the small
boat-shaped hats with indented crowns.
They will be worn very much this year, and
they certainly suit most people in wonder
full way.
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Betting on the Races,

The amount of betting that is done oil
horse-racing in and about New York is
something positively amazing. Pool-rooms
are open in the city, under the pretext of
executing commissions to be delivered on
the track Upon the chief tracks anywhere
from 5000 to 10000 people may be present,
and nearly every one is financially inter-
ested in the result. Women bet perhaps
tenth part as much as men, and with quite
as much skill. usually Women usually
back the favorite, and display no liking for
"short horses" OWEN LANGDoN.
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Relics of the Medieval Age.

Some curious and Interesting memorials
of medieval times have Just been unearthed
at the village of Merude, near Potsiam.
While sinking a we'll the workmen laid
bare subterranean chamber twenty feet
below the surface of the soil. 1t is believed
to have been the secret hiding place Of
some robber baron, or bar0ns. as it was full
of ancient swords. 0ucklers, spurs, iron
plates, ETC., but the most interesting discov-
cry was the finding of a number of immense
skeleton keys and musty parchment
infinitely describing their use. These old
relics OF a byg0ne age are, by imperial order,
to be distributed among the royal museums.
Elk.
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yacht, and in the bulPs-eye windows he
hangs cleverly devised landscapes. One
week you would seem, while looking at
them, to be lying at anchor in calm lagoon
at Venice; the next. the changed canvas
would call to mind the rugged Norwegian
fjords; again, the smiling shores of Vevey
and Lausanne would seem to be flying just
outside. Thus Mr.. Hartley is able to dream
pleasantly OF other skies, whether his own
smile or froWn on him