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The morning call., 1892-02-08

Miss Van Zandts healthy girls appetite
rebels against her diet Of beef tea and eggs.
There are SO many things | like" she said,
mouruluIly DAINTY little things, you
know, and l can't ave them. But | 40
she said, confdentally, manage to get
down to the confectionery almost every
day."
have seldom met more charming women
than the star-eyed Italian sisters, Misses
Giula and Sofa Ravogll They were born in
Rome, and are a living proof that the Latin
women were In times past, and are occa-
,ionally yet, grand types. The RaYogll sis
tets are possessed Of that rare quality which
The Italians call sympathIca, and which
means 50 much. They are studying as
siduOusiy the English language, and are
making rapid progress. The Misses RavOgii
are fond of the mandolin and the guitar
ard they play both Instruments well.
Senior Fernando NaIero, the tenor. IS
Spaniard. lie was born in the historical
city OIL Seville. His father was anxious
that he should become physician, and
young Fernando, being very ODedlent, stud
led medicine.
'Eut," said senior Nalero, with very
dramatic shrug and an expression OF dis
gust, Il could not endure the cutting OF
human flesh and the mixing CT nauSt0uS
medicines. | became painter"
One day he went 20 make sketch Of the
tower Of the AlhambTa, 10 Madrid, and rs
lie worked lie sang. Somewhere within
the sound Of his voice was the great tenor,
Tamberljk. He came and spoke TO NalerO.
sing that song again." he said. And
NalerO repeated the song.
Put away your palette and brushes
said Tamb erljk, land come with me. You
shall be great tenor. | will make you"
he said, with lofty patronage, ''as great a
tenor as myself"
His opportunity came sooner than Valero
expected. The opera Of Faust" was 10 be
presented in the largest theater in Madrid.
Christine lSsOn was 10 appear as Mar
guerite and The great Gayarre as Faust. a
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Kitchen. You know the dive. Its exterior
is not that of a cheap restaurant. and a
man may be seen to SO in without injury TO
his reputation unless the person who sees
him has been there himself. | went there
because they have an orchestra. 1t is true
that the sounds produced by that orchestra
bear about the same relation to music that
their provisions do to a white man. proper
food; and vet, sometimes, / get sort of
music hungry, and if | can't get what Is
good I'll take any old thing that is lying
around.
The Home Kitchen is place admirably
designed 10 offend the Instincts of a gentle
man. In this bustling metropolis we 90
not. as a rule, OVerwhelm one another with
cuurteses and formality, but that is what is
done in the Home Kitchen. You enter the
dininG-hal by sort of tuTnStile gate, and
after you get about ten feet away from it
boy runs bawling after you with a ticket
which he forgot to present when you passed
him. You advance toward a vacant table
and an usher calls your attention to a sign
which reads, please take seats on the
other side Ii doesn't make any difference
which side you select, you always meet that
sign. You cross 10 the other side and an
other usher says, Seat this way, sir He
leads you away from all desirable places
and endeavOrs to put YOU in a far corner at
table with n woman and two small chill
dren. You naturally object and wander
away by yourself to some unOccupled table.
Then the usher gets square by bringing the
most dSreputable tramp he can fnd and
placing hun opposite you.
Then you get into trouble about the
ticket which the boy gave you. or course
YOU hadn' an idea that 1t was of any use,
and probably you threw it away. Your
waiter and two or three usheTs spend fifteen
minutes looking for it, and they Insist on
your turning your pockets inside out half q
dozen times TO make sure that it isn't
secreted on your clothing. BY and by the
waiter comes to you with tears in his
eyes, and says that il the ticket can't be
found 50 Will be deducted from his salary
He informs you that the tickets have figures
on them. and that every occurrence during
your stay must be recorded with punch.
The waiter can't get anything out Of the
kitchen without having its value punched
out of the ticket, and the customer cant get
out Of the place without presenting it at
the desk. So it begins to look as if you'd
have to find that ticket or stay there and
staTve.
81 got all these poin IS from nv waiter the
first time | visited the Home Kitchen. He
says they use so many precautions to pre-
vent the walters from cheating the proprle-
tors that it is nearly impossible to remain
honest Let man find himself confronted
every minute with evidences that his en-
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will prepare themselves to work somewhere
else where a salary goes with the job. After
hearing few facts about the musicians l
pited and forgaVe them.
My modest dinner was before me when
| saw the usher approaching with lady in
tow. By J0ve, 1t vas Miss Robinson. l
shTank into the smallest possible compass
and concealed what was left Of me behind
newspaper. | knew that the usher would
take her into a remote corner if he could,
and l waited in cOncealment till he had had
time to do it. Then | cautiously peeped out
Just in time to catch Miss R0binsOn'5 eye,
as she seated herself opposite me.
There was scarcely any use In trying to
get out OF this scrape. The damning evil
denCe of my uPcessit 0us condition was right
in front of her. She had only to consult
the bill TO tind that my dinner cost 30 cents.
could explain away my story Of the en-
gagement, but plate of ham and eggs was
not to be disguised by s0phiStTy. Then the
thought If what | said about a 'Phladel-
phia treat arose and maddened me.
Meanwhile Miss Robinson was ordering
an elaborate repast. l will do the Home
Kitchen the justice to say that it is hard to
spend much money in it. But she did her
best, and, when she had finished. her ticket
was punched so full of holes that it would
hardly hang together. And my surplus
capital consisted of about 20 cents.
''She conyerSed pleasantly about exDen-
slve table QhOte dinners, and said that she
liked to vary their mOnotOny by going to
real, Out-and-Out cheap dives once in
while in order 10 study the queer char
acters one meets in them. | judged that
she was studying my character at the time.
When 10 was ell over she made Il feint
of having lost her purse. 1t looked real
enough to me, but | can see now that she
did it in order to observe the cold perSpira-
ton start out on my brow She gave the
waiter 4 quarter aud | gave him a nickel.
Then when we got to the counter to pay our
checks she insisted that they charged me
cents toe much for the ham and eggs, and
made them get bill Of fare to look it up. l
lost three pounds in weight and my appe-
tite for week.
Somehow l think a Bohemian life is bad
for a wOmaE," said he, concluding his story.
1T makes herself reliant, to be sure, but it
DESTROYS that gentle quality of pity which is
the best part of the feminine nature. I've
git to get square with Miss Robinson for
this, and I'm in doubt whether to cut her
acquaintance or to invite her to Blanks aud
make her eat twice as much as is good for
he'll" HOWARD FIELDING.
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A DEATH TRAP.
Mauy Murders Committed In House
Of Horrors at Cincinnati.
4 Cincinnati Special.

OF Horrors at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Special.
MEX DeImole notorious character. who
keeps a saloon at go Yves, Sixth street, and
john Ryan, his bac-keeper, are under az
rest for murder. Josie Bruce and Anna
Griffin are at the House Of Detention on
suspicion. and rs both have made full con-
LESSONS they viii merely be held as wit
uee,es.
John Hicks, farmer Of Mount Healthy,
was the victim. On September 22d last the
body Of Hicks was found m an alley leading
tTom Plum avenue 10 Central At first the
man was unknown. The Coroner held an
inquest, and The verdict was death from
heart disease. Nothing more was thought
~ the matter
Sergeant Casey learned Of a story that
was ilGatng around in rather questionable
circles. Josie Bruce and Annie Griffin were
the authors OF H. and these two were taken
into custody and related their story. The
3 nee woman stated that on the day before
the body was found Hicks came into Del
morc's place about o'clock in the morning.
lie called for VINE and the woman says
that she saw DeimOre put morphine in the
vine. Alter little while Hicks fell over
asleep, and he was taken upstairs to the
room OF Annie Griffin, where he died ia the
afternoon. The body was locked ia the
room until midnight. when Delm0re and
RYAN dragged 1t out and placed it where
found.
Delmore ami his bar-keeper. Ryan, were
arrested. The latter confessed. A man
named Wiz says many murders have been
committed IN The place. The police know Of
five or six. Morphine was kept constantly
on hand to drug SItOrS. The police found
box or morphine and bloody butcher
knife hidden in the place. It is believed
that many recent mysterious dsaDpearances
VIII now be cleared up. The affair causes
the greatest sensation known here for years.
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At home she is dignifpd and cultivated. but
there she throws aside the artists tie.
and becomes a woman, gentle. loving aud
altogether adorable. She has not trace of
the small jealousy so often found among
artists, especially singers.
81 have so many ORDERS" she said, laugh
ingly, that when | get them all on | feel
like an old war horse. But do not possess
anything that is quite so dear to me as this.
and she unpnned from her breast q unique
ornament.
g was Mt Windsor Castle one morning a
few days before l came over this time and
the Queen presented me with this pin"
1t was a figure about three inches in
length, chiseled out of gold, the work Of a
famous English sculptor. 1t represented
Victory, and Is intended to be enlblematc
OF Mime. Adams successful career. 1t had
spread wings, the inner sides Of which were
thlckly cTusted with tiny white diamonds.
On the head was a crown of emeralds and
diamonds. About the waist was a zone of
the same jewels. The arms were half out
stretched and held a gold ribbon, upon
which, in emeralds. rubes, sapphires and
diamonds, was traced Victoria II. l." The
tip of the foot upon which the figure was
poised rested upon large translucent pearl,
which represented the earth.
There is general supposition that Nine.
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GREAT SINGERS.
Who and What Are the Kings
and Queens of the Opera.
Their Diet and Exercise-How Valero Became
Tenor-Lehmanp, Albani, Ravogli,
Emma Eames and Others.

A great artist is always more or less an
object of envy, but theirs is not bed Of
roses after all. 1t is not all bravo" by
large majority. The most sensitive Cremona
violin does not need half the care that liV-
ing. pulsing vocal chord does. The rigid
training, the strict diet and the vigorous eX-
ercise is not all pleasure. but the hardest
kind of labor, says New York correspond
ent Of the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Nine. Lilli Lehman Kalsch off the stage
impresses one as being thoroughly praeti-
cal, every day sort Of a woman, very simple
in her tastes, very honest i'll saying exactly
what she thinks Of things, even if the state
ment is a blunt one. l should say that
Nine. Lehman would be either staunch
friend or bitter foe, but she would never
be guilty of a mean action. She is very
fond of walking.
Nine. Lehman was born in Bavaria. She
is handsOmer than her pictures and very
muck handsomer in her own room. clad ID
simple blue cotton gown. as when l saw her,
than she is on the stage in opera costume
She has classic face. and her eyes, hair
and complexion are beautiful She looks
much younger. too, than when before Inc
footIights. Mr. and Mrs. kalisch have their
own home in Berlin.
When Miss Marie Van Zandt leaves the
question nf herself as an artist, and IS just
a little American girl, she is unaffected,
simple and charming.
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band, what do like to do best? ooh.
know. | think / Ike TO talk Yes, Pm
suro | do" and she laughed merrily, show
ing all her pretty teeth.
Although Mrs. Story on the stage, in all
the bravery Of opera costumes and jewels,
is very pretty, at home. in plain blue fan
mel gown, she is infinitely prsttier. She has
all the beauty OF youth, for Emma Eames IS
very young. She IS what the French call
chataigne, between blonde and bruno. Her
eyes are blue, deeply, darby, beautifully
blue" Her hair IS a rich mahogany brown,
and lies IN natural waves all over her small,
shapeiy head. Her features. complexion
ana figure are faultless. and She has as per
feet nand as ever q sculptor modelled.
You're an American, aren't you, Mrs.
Story?" / asked.
NO" answered her husband, ''she isn't.
She's a heather Chinee"
Pm MOI" said Mrs. Story, with mock in
dignauon. 81 am an American. It's true
that | was born in China, but my father
ana mother are New Enganders, and
came back TO Boston to get my education"
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few hours before the time set for opening
Of the theater GayRTre was taken suddenly
Ill. Il was impossible for him to appear
At last some one said, Here is that pro-
tege Of Iamberllk Try him."
And as the managers could do nothing
else they accepted the suggestion. Nalero
appeared. As he wore the long beard and
the cloak of the alchemist when he first
came on the stage he was not recognized.
Gayarre'S neme was on the bills and the
great audience supposed tie Faust 10 be
him. Having studied for some time in
Madrid, Nalero was personally very well
known, and when be threw aside MS dis
guise and the audience recognized bin it
started 10 its feet.
"NalerO! Valero! 1t Is Valerow shouted
the people. "Braya! Valerie. bravo!
"Ah," said he. With an earnestness that
was almost fearful that was the browning
moment Of my life. ! wouldn't have
changed places with the King"
Nine. Vaiero is Russian. Before her
marriage She, too, was an oper singer of
merit. She is very highly accomplished
She speaks five languages besides her own,
and IS withal beautiful, womanly woman.
Her hair is yellow, her eyes are blue and her
figure is faultess
Nine Albani eye on the stage is Il great.
a dignifed and a thoroughly cultivated
artist. OF that there can be no question.
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HE GOT THE FINGER.
a Victim of Franks in a DIssecting-
Room.

Room.
Pittsburg Press
Officer Ed White. the big, good-natured
policeman stationed at the corner of Fourth
avenue and Smithheld street, is Il general
fayorite, and it is seldom he gets rlled. but
if ever a policeman had his war PAINT on
was eager for gore, red-hot gore, it was
White a few days ago In The line of duty it
was necessary for the officer to visit the
West Penn hospital, and while there he
made a trip through the building The off,
GERS good nature and hearty laugh soon
made bin general iavOrle ami he was
shown extra courtesy.
In all evil moment for White some one
suggested visit to the dissecting-rGom of
the Western Pennsylvania medical college,
situated at the upper end Of the grounds.
The officer was feeling at peace with the
world and so he accepted tie polite invita-
ton. The students, in long aprons and gum
gloves, were busy at work carving a body
and paid but little attention to the visitor,
who looked on amazed at the skill OF the
Young men in taking a body 10 pieces.
When the lesson was finished they all
crowded around the stalwart copper and in
Productions followed
Finally, a wag, in a spirit Of fun, sug-
gested that they chlorOfOTm Ed and cut him
up. Then another, in a stage whisper, told
a lellowstudent that lie thought EDS frame
would make a mighty interesting study,
while third brought out a saw and bottle
containing water that might haVe passed
for chlorOform.
BY this time the officer was rather wor-
ried. He wished that lie was back on the
corner sending street cars on their jour
ney. Giant cold chills were sprinting 100
yards in even time up and down Ed's
broad back. For once in his life Ed was
scared.
a new student, Philadelphia under
graduate, came into the room, saw the off
GERS trouble, stepped to a corpse lying on
another table, ana cut off the index finger.
Concealing this in his right hand he politely
asked an introduction to Ed, who, believ-
ing he had found friend at last. was only
too quick 10 accept the preferred hand.
When the medical paw was lifted and Ed
saw the cold, white finger lying In his sun
burnt palm, there was a sign Of war that
made the trouble with Chile look like
very small affair. Ed now owns that for
once. he was gwen the finger and that, too,
in cold blood
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ALCOHOLIC INSANITY.
4 Little ChiId's Brain swayed by thu
Dreams of an Assassin.

y Little Child's Brain SWayed by the
Dreams of an Assassin.
a writer in the ''Fortnightly" on PHASES
of Crime" in Paris says that alcoholic in
sanity is twice as prevalent in that city as
it was fifteen years ago. Nearly One-third
Of the cases of lunacy are from this cause.
He says drinking las so increased that
during the last ten years a new type of
criminal has aDpeared-the children who
have Inherited homicidaI instincts from
drinking parents. One of these Instances,
as an illustration of hundreds which have
come within his knowledge. he gives as
follows:
a few months ago ! was present 10 DR..
Carriers c0usulting-ToOm watching the
prisoners from the depot Sling past We
were informed that a child had been
brought in by Its parents to be examined.
These pe0pls were shown in. They be-
longed 10 the respectable wOrking-class and
quiet and well-mannered. The man was
the driver Of dray belonging to one of the
railway stations and had all the appearance
Of a sJalwart working man. The boy was
barely six years old; he had an intelligent,
rather pretty face, and was neatly dressed.
'S1e here, Monsieur le D0cteur" said the
father, I'VE have brought you our boy; he
alarms Us. He IS no fool; he begins to
read they are satisfied with him at his
school, but We cannot help thinking he is
insane, for he wants 10 murder his little
brother, 4 child years old. The other day
he nearly succeeded in doing So | arrived
just III time TO snatch my razor from his
hands,
The boy stood listening with Indifference
and without hanging his head. The doctor
drew the child kindly toward him and in
CURED rs it true that you wish to hurt
your little brother?'
With perfect COmpOsure tie little one re-
Piled: Il VIII Kill him; yes, yes, will Kill
himI"
The doctor looked at the father and asked
in n low voice:
" Do YOU drnk?"
The wife exclaimed Indignantly:
" He, sir! Why, be never enters public
house and has never come home drunk"
They were quite sincere. Nevertheless
the doctor said
" Stretch out your arm"
The man Obeyed his hand trembled.
Had these people told lies, then, in stating
that the man mad never come home the
worse for drink? No; but all through the
day, wherever he had called to leave a
package, the people of the house had given
him a drink for his trouble. He had be-
come a drunkard without knowing it. and
the poison that had entered his blood was al
this moment filling the head of his little
child with the dreams of an assassin.
Ships are less often struck by lightning
now than III former times, because they
have more iron about them in the form of
wire rigging and iron hullS. The metal acts
as a conductor and carries the lightning
into the water before it can do any other
damage TO the ship.
The morning call., 1892-02-08
TORN LIMB FROM LIMB.
Drawn Between the COgs While Oning
the Machinery.
n J. World


Harry Miller for many years Superin-
tendeut Of Boyer K Margen's feed-mills. at
the foot Of Taylor street, Williamsburg, met
with a horrible death while oiling the
machinery. 1t was customary with Mr..
Nj llleT 10 attend 10 the machinery himself.
When he returned from his lunch he set
about Oiling tho wheels on tn G first floor.
There is an elevator on tho second floor
which lifts the Iced" from below. The
elevator was in motion when Mr. Miller
began TO oil.
In some unknown way his sleeve became
caught in the cog wheels. He made a des-
perate attempt to eXtricate himself. and
finding his efforts Of no avail he shouted for
help.
Before assistance could reach him he was
drawn between the wheels. The next in
slant a crowd Of employees rushed to the
scene. The machinery was stopped as
quickly as possible, but the unfortunate
man was so entanged in 1t that fifteen
minutes elapsed before he could be freed.
A fTightful sight was then presented. His
left leg was completely torn from the body.
The right arm was hanging by a few shteds
OF flesh, large pieces OF when were lodged n
the cogs.
While he was being relieved from his
awful position the agony Of the ill-starred
man was heaTtrendng, and many a strong
workman was obliged TO turn away.
An ambulance was hastily summoned
from tie Eastern District Hospital, but
Mr.. Miller bled to death before its arrival.
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why not take the name Albaaip" said
her teacher. That has been great name
IN Italy, but the family is now extinct.
there remains OF 1t only a very old cardinal.
He lives such pious and secluded life that
he would never hear If anything so worldly
as an opera singer, and you will make the
name so famous that If he does hear Of 1t he
viii be proud"
And thus it came about that the world
knows the great singer as AIbani.
comparatively few persons have heard of
the Countess L0lii, but all of the musical
world knows Of Sealchi. The name Of Seal
chi she got from her stepfather, of whom
she sreaks very atfectionately. Nine.
ScaIchrs fathers name was ROda. She was
born IN Turn fCTty-sX years ago and was
educated in Bologna. Her husband, Count
alberto Lolh, a very distinguished looking
gentleman, Is with her in New York.
Scalchl Is very particular about her hours
Tor taxing food. She does not diet as most
OF the singers do She says she eats any
thing she wants TO. But she does not like
10 ing Immediately after it. ana it was on
account OF this that her famous lawsuit
with MT, Abbey occurred. She had not
known that she vas to sing at a matinee.
Two hours before the performance the con-
tralto sent word that she could not sing,
and Mr.. Abbey summoned Scalchi TO take
her place. lie PTophete" was to be sung.
/ had jnSJ eaten Il hearty meal" said
Nine. Scalchi in telling me about it. at
was quite impossible that | could sing, and
so l sent word to Mir. a bbey. / might sing
one act. ! said, possibly two, but the whole
opera | could not. l should have apo
pexy"
Mr. Abbey, it seems, did not appreciate
the validity Of the singers excuse
What do | like 10 DO besides sing?" said
Mrs. Julian Story, who appears on the bills
as Emma Eames. ~ don't know. Julian"
she called, turning to her handsome hus-
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Albani takes her name from the city OF Al
bany. Albany has also been stated as the
city OF her birth. Neither is true. She was
born in Montreal and her parents were Can
adam French. Her name is Lajeunesse.
when she was Is years Old she went TO AL
bany and began her musical career. For two
years she sang in one of the churches in AL
bany, studying at the same time When a
little more than Is years old she went
abroad, and when she was II she made her
first bow before the public in Messina.
That was twenty-five years ago so that al
though her name has long been known, she
is still young woman.
When she had completed her course of
studies In Milan and was ready for her debut
her teacher said to her. Now, you must
have name. Yonr family name is toolong
and too French"
. Very WELL" replied Miss Lajeunesse,
choose name for me-"
The morning call., 1892-02-08

There is a general error about both the
color and the price of ostrich feathers.
When natural they are white, black or Il
dirty gray. aud are eolored to suit. They
take the dye readily and retain in much bet
ter than most dyed goods. But even at
first hands they are fearfuIly costly Injuries.
On tile ostrich farms in Africa the feathers
sell for $500 pound, and the price is at
least doubled by dyeing, curling and other
treatment.
The morning call., 1892-02-08

WORD to the wise. You can get salvation OIL,
the greatest cure for palm for Is cents.
Ole Bulls violin was not more essential to him
than is Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup to us.
The morning call., 1892-02-08

DANGER in druggists prescriptions. Some drug
gists have 10 pay large percentage to physicians
and try 10 get even by using inferior drugs No
danger at No Percentage Pharmacy, 933 Market ST..
where no percentage Is paid