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trait statue, and who more fitting to exc
cute this statue than the son whose grand
genius was even now dawningP
So the proposition was made; at first the
young man was overwhelmed by the
thought of creating truthful sembiance
of so grand character, and declared it i'm
possible, but the members of the bar in
sisted. and after awhile he told them he
would yield to their request on these con-
ditions: He must go TO France, to Italy
to Germany, to England, and there, for a
year, devote his time to study and to re-
search. If at the end of that year he still
felt he could not do the work he was to be
released. otherwise he would undertake it /;
ready assent was given and he started on
his Journey; what use he made of these
months in the cathedrals and the galleries
of Europe; how he absorbed the very es-
sence of art there is proved by the mas
teriy, the almost speaking statue he began
at the end of the stipulated time, a statue
that is now chief treasure in Mount
Auburn.
1t was this year in Europe, with its
abandonment to art, at the time of deep
grief. that decided the young mans fu-
ture; he was fond of law; he excelled in
its lore and its teachings; but all innumer-
able voices were bidding him help show
the beauty and the strength of nature to
the hungry world and these voices stirred
the depths of his artist soul so profoundly
that he could but obey.
So, law books were laid aside. and in the
Roman studio he opened he worked inces-
sanity. He was no careless worker; his
conceptions were largely symbolic or his
toric; their characteristics. their features,
their tout ensemble, were traced and deyel-
oped bit by bit; to their garments even
not a fold has ever been added that study
in Hebraic or Grecian or Eastern or Latin
lore has not authenticated. Perhaps that
is one reason why STORY draperies" have
always been so marvelouslv perfect, and
that they now have reputation quite
their own.
The first works finished in the little
studio were the statue of the Duncan
Sibyl. that inspired yet pagan being who
prophesied the birth OF Christ, and the
Cleopatra of Hawthorne's TRANSFORMS
ton" Both statues were full of strength
and power; but he was young artist; he
had not yet acquired fame among the
hundreds of aspirants for sculptor's lau-
Iels. so those who saw the statues could
but acknowledge their rare merits. they
hesitated 10 prove their appreciation by
their patronage. and the statues waited in
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ton, judging from something hard and
masculine in her face and the straight.
compressed lips, and was agreeably sur
prised by her vivacity and the vein of
humor which seemed the keynote of all
she said.
MY mother died when was about 7.
Then Bordeaux became intolerable to my
father and he brought Us ali to live in
Paris. He gave US IN board to an honest,
childless widow, Mere Catherine we
called her. Mon Dieu! how uncomfortable
it was for me to sit beside the old lady
all day long and sew or knit or-pire en-
core-help in domestic work. 1t was an
impossibility. and, escaping whenever l
could, / rambled about the Bots de Bou-
logne, which was a wilderness then COM
pared to what It is now.
One day my father came home full of
Joy and told me he would be able to put
me in boarding-school in exchange for
the drawing lessons. 1t was one of the
best boardin g-schools in Paris, where
there were none except rich young ladies.
They were taught all the accomplishments
desirable for society.
MY good father" she said musingly,
"wished for a simpler kind of education
more in harmony with his means but
choice was not left to him, and he eagerly
seized on the fortunate opportunity, con-
soiling himself that / would become an
accomplished lady and that my inter-
course with well-bred girls would modify
my abruptness of disposition. Poor.
fatheri All my habits proved so antagon-
istic to those of the school that he gave mp
all hopes of my ever improving or gaining
my living. How we'll do | remember nv
self in my thin print gown and disheveled
hair; my total unconcern about dress hor-
ritied the other pupils. who Stunned me
and called me little beggar,' but | cruelty
avenged myself. 1 made pen and ink
caricatures of them and took good care
not to flatter. l did not even spare the
mistresses. Altogether l was very lazy
except in drawing, which | could practice
all DAY. And | have remained much the
same all my life"
People have assured me. who knew her
intimately, that she is rather ignorant in
most matters which well educated leaders
are supposed to be acquainted with. She
does not even speak French correctly, and
as regards the orthography in her letters,
many school girl could pnt her TO shame.
"Bien, soon after" she resumed, 1--WE
lived in small apartment on the sixth
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ficult to say. have tried carefully to an
alyze these emotions, with view to rele-
eating each to its proper sphere, but I
have found the task well nigh hopeless.
The hat is such tiny dainty morsel that
it arouses infinite tenderness, in which
respect, no doubt, it has the advantage
over the parasol, which can never be re-
duced to such minute proportions; but, on
the other hand, the parasol is so soft and
fiimsy, and when one picks it up closed and
runs ones fingers over the sheer chiffon
or lace of which 1t may be made, there is
aclose intimacy anG regard established at
once between Beauty and Beauty's ad-
mirer. And Beauty arrays herself in so
many and so varied forms. Sometimes she
is all white, pure and spotless. of thin,
fine silky crepe, and her only adornment
three full, narrow ruffles of crepe that fall
softly, one beneath the other; or perhaps
she is of white again, only of deep,
creamy white this time, and is one mass
of puffs from center to edge. The puifs
come to perfectly proper end under
ruffle of fine lace.
Maybe she feels in less quiet mood to-
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on over it from the yoke down
very full, in a fullness that runs
around as well as down. This is gathered
at the waist, of course. by belt, which
consists of three narrow rows of passe-
menterie. There is also passementerie
joining the yoke and the full over-bodice
Below the belt the silk falls in loose folds,
very short on the left hip, but slants
gradually, and when it gets round to the
back is very long indeed. The sleeves are
awfully pretty; they just reach to the
elbow and consist simply of three full
pulls. Between each one is band of pas
sementerie. If you want to look particularly
airy, put butterfly on each shoulder, and
the effect will be just as light and fyaway
as anyone could desire.
1 must tell you about hat saw. 1t
was of straw and gray; the straw was
rough, but the roughness was somehow
very fine and satiny. 1t was trimmed al
most entirely in the front; and with wide
lace worked on a white chiffon foundation.
There must have been about six yards of
this lace, and it was all gathered up in
fine folds, which were caught in the
center with large diamond buckle that
cleaned brightly from out the soft chiffon
folds. EVA A. ScHUBERr
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commission. found another in the
tobacco business, Pierre Lorillard; still
smother of the best set, James NJ. Water
bury, in the rope trade; and the hus-
band of Vanderbilt h eiress, ". G. Sloane,
showing customers the very neatest de-
signs in the latest carpet goods. / had in
tended to ascertain where the line was
drawn. / thought that lineage dating
! back to Peter Stuyvesant, or to some
higher of the Declaration of Independence,
/ or to some famous Revolutionary soldier.
Twas an open sesame; or that in Boston it
was necessary to be an Ames. Winthrop
! or an Adams; in Philadelphia, a yelling;
lin New York, a VAN" in the South,
a Fairfax, a Lee. a Carter or a
Trucker. Just where this popular err
aror originated / could not ascertain,
unless it was from the bleak souls of
some of the rejected ones. I knew that all
ssshe wealth of the Goulds, the Armours,
4 the Carnegies, the Ayers and the Singers
had never given them an entree into New
York's best set, and / felt certain there
was reason. For the Jaffrays, the
Testers. the Oelrichs, the Tailers and the
Iselins are or were recently "in trade"
and they are cream of the cream. And
then came the solution in the following
from the lips of De Peyster:
Society wants bright young men. 1t
wants no roues; no men OF fashion who
are not gentlemen to the very core 1t
wants men who are cultured, men with
good address, men who can entertain if
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oh, the wind from the desert blew inl-Kham.
sin,
The wind from the desert blew inl
1t blew from the heart OF the fiery South,
From the fervid sand and the hills of drouth;
And it kissed the land with its scorehing mouth !;
The wind from the desert blew in
It blasted the buds on the almond bough.
And it shriveled the fruit on the orange tree;
The wizened deryiSh breathed no VOW
So weary and parched was he.
The lean muezzln could not cry;
The dogs mad aud bayed the sky;
The hot sun shone like copper disk,
Aud prone in the shade OF an ohelisk
The wetcT-carrieT sank with sigh.
For limp and dry was his water-skin:
And the wind from the desert blew in.
The camel crouehed by the crumbling wall,
And oh, what pitiful moan il made
The minarets, tapsr and slim and tall,
Reeled ard swan in the brszen light,
And prayers went up by day and night,
But thin and drawn We're the lips that prayed.
The river wtithed in its Shiny bed,
Shrans to d tortuous, turbid thread:
The burnt earth cracked ike a coyen rind;
And still the wind, the ruthless wind
Khamsln,
The wind from the desert blew in
Where the poor sought rest at the Prophets
shrine;
Its breath was fire to the jasmine vine;
X fevered the brow of the maid who slept;
And men grew hsgsard with reyel of wine
The tiny iledg Iings died in the nest;
The sick babe gaspsd at the mothers breast;
Then a rumor rose and swelled and spread
From treIDuious whisper. fan and vague
Till it burst in Il terrible cry of dread
The plagued The plagued The plagued
oh, the wind khamsin,
The scourge from the desort blew I'M
Clinton SooLlrd
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gree before the eyes of our nouyeaux
riches. But in the best set this is decried.
In fact the titled foreigner who comes
mere must have something besides his
utie 70 insure him an entrance into the
pest circles. Baron Gruenebaum, now an
interpreter on Ellis island. had the honor
OF leading a cotillion at Mrs. Astor's dur
ing his palmy days, but when the baron 3
wealth gave out be found that all the Gull
lure ne had amassed in Germany did not
suHlce TO Keep him in the best set here.
AS SAID before, it takes both culture and
wealth to be among the best, and one or
the other will not suffice.
one thing more must be said, however,
Tor the man of fashion of America and
that is he is not an idler. Our rich idlers
are comparatively few Even so inveter-
ate society man as Ward McAlIster pro-
iesses 10 be lawyer and to work at his
calling. He told me, however. that the
puik OF his time in a business
way was taken up with looking
after his docks, and the dockets gave
MN very little trouble. Mr.. McAilister
famous Georgia judge. and his brother,
aeiieye, IS now well-known California
lurist- On this same point might advert
10 the appointment of Cyrus Field ir., to
position in the consular service. He had
been in Wall street with his father and
when the latter went out the son was
without position. Friends tell me that
he will prosper in the diplomatic service.
The line, therefore. which 1 had sought
to draw appears to me to be well over the
trade mark" With education and cul-
ture it is wealth alone which will enable
You to decide whether you can hold your
own in entertaining. For only the re-
fined and the fine entertainer can hope to
be "of the exclusive set." Mrs. Grover
Cleveland is not of ''the best set, in New
York, for the reason given by the ex-presi-
dent, 81 cannot afford"
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the studio until Mr.. Story began almost TO
doubt his own genius and to question a re-
turn to the profession that had always
brought him honor
At last there came to him one day mes
sage from man with mind too broad for
fear OF injury through championship of an
unknown genius; a man who recognized
the work, even more than the worker; and
1T was through the desire of this large
minded man that the Sibyl and the Cleo
patra were both packed and sent over the
sea to London and TO the Royal exposition
there. As soon as the statues were placed,
crowds thronged about them and the art
and daily journals published whole col
umns in their praise. and that of the de-
voted and daring young sculptor, while
brilliant predictions of his future were
made by scores
From that day, what need tell you of
his progress and his fame? OF the mag
nlficent creations of his splendid mind?
His Sauls. his Canidias, his Esthers, his
Judiths, his fauns, his vestals, his busts
and statues of famous men and women;
and his portraitures. And last. his Won
derful, magnetic, purifying Christ; his
fascinating, vengeful, superb new Cleo
patra. and his brooding, impiacable Mem
esis.
Mr.. Story's kindly charity has won for
him the literal alteration of the poor; from
crippled Beppo, OF whom he has so touch
ingly written in "Roba di Roma, that
combination of history, artistic descrip-
ton and romance, which has beerfeagerfy
conned by thousands, to the humblest
blind beggar sitting by the wayside. His
genius has gained far him the admiration
and the loving esteem of royalty itself in
many countries, and his witty, unselfish
converse makes him the center of what
ever social gathering may secure his pres
ence.
Of his poems, his romances, his descrip-
lions all the world knows. too, and of the
true wife and the gifted children that
make his home resting place and heaven;
his eldest son, Waldo. already sculptor
whose works are found in the most splen-
did of European dwellings; his second
son, Julian, an artist of brilliant talent,
who recently welded our own sweet queen
of song, Miss Emma Eames, and his
daughter, Editha, not only the gracious
queen of princely Florentine home, but
one of the most charming among the
many charming ladies of the Italian court.
Galleries upon galleries are filled with
MIR. Story's master works in the fine stu
dio he has erected on Via San MARITIME,
studio That shelters in its center a garden
lovely as dream, with hedges of waxen
camelias; dwarf oranges under stately
palms; pure fountains springing from
featherly fern beds, and garlands of match
less roses trailing over and about ancient
statues and columns.
His home in one of Rome's far-famed
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day, and puts on q black and gold garb.
First, fine Chantilly lace goes all over, and
a deep ruffle finishes 1t of. Then over it
she puts large piece of gold crepe that
has fancy gold stripe around its edge.
This lies right in the center on top, and is
caught down on each wire. The ruifle of
lace she catches up occasionally in a care
less fashion and holds it there with two
golden loops. Sometimes her white robes
are all run with the daintiest of white
point insertion, and sometimes immense
lace butterflies sport gayly among flower
beds wrought in lace.
But to descend from these heights oflove-
illness to lower realm, let me tell you of
some of the designs il foot gear that have
appeared this season. OF course lighter
leather will once more prevail, and OF
these there is nothing softer and more
pliable than suede. It has the advantage,
too. of coming in so many colors that it is
often possible to get pair OF ties just the
shade OF your costume. Ties are certainly
the most convenient thing for ordinary
spring and summer wear. They Will not
do for tramping or climbing. but apart
from these they Will answer almost every
purpose. For dressy occasions the fine
ones are just the thing, and those OF a
teriai can be secured for other uses.
But above all things avoid CATERS. L
know they look very pretty in pictures,
and they can be had in all shades. and can
be made TO order in the same material as
your dress if YOU desire NJ a very low
price; but in spite Of all this. never, never
spoil the shape of pretty foot il you pos
sess one-by wearing gaIter. You can
positively have no ankle, small or large,
and no instep, if you don one of those I'M
calmly boot tops. Rather wear well-tit-
ting shoe, If you must have top.
SUICIDES ere very pretty embroidered, in
designs of cut beads, particularly a gray
and steel combination. There is nothing
quite 50 pretty. however, as black suede.
over black silk stocking any foot looks
about third smaller clad in neat black
suede. There are number of new de-
signs in ties and slippers. The Carnival
is a pretty one. 1t starts with small
ornament at the tip aud above
that are four marrow bands running
across the vamp. over the ankle is
another strap which fastens with button.
The straps are very fancllul this season;
they cross each other in a long y, some
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THE MAN OF FASHION.
4 Person in Trade Can Enter
the BEST Set" in New York.
YOUNG M'ALLisTER SELLS WINE.
Money Alone Counts No More Than
Are Passport to "Society."

] New YoaK. April 16.-TSpecial Core
pondence. American society has not
vet thrown to the winds the good old
democracy of early times; it has not yet
debarred the man of fashion, who has Gull
tnre, a good address and wealth at his
back, from entering the portals where the
select rule. l had imagined the opposite
the case until looked over the long list
! 81 society men and women who have no
of note to help along their cause,
! until found that Duncan Elliott, one of
The most refined of the best set here, was
IN trade, and when not in society super
vised the sale of very delectable and pal
.stable pea soup. / went step further and
found a son of New York's uncrowned
king. Ward McAliister, selling wines on
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Is terrible thing even in dreams. The victim
of this frequent form of nightmare awakes
with start and cry; his limbs hathed in cold
preparation, his heart humping tremendously.
Moral; Don't sleep on your back, particularly
IL you are troubled with dyspepsia and nerv-
business, and use Hostetters Stomach Bitters to
cure these joint troubles. Forsleepiessness. the
inssperable attendant of chronic dyspepsia, and
its offspring as we'll, tie Bitters is surprising
remedy. The discrdered stomach is the progeu-
itor of numberless harrGssing symptoms, and
the organ of thinking is faithful reflector OF
its disturbance, IN which the liver ana bowels
ais Share. If we are 70 restore quietude 10 the
brain and nervous systenl. we must reinforce
the stomach aad regulate the action of the di-
gestive, secretive and eyscuatfve organs. Pre-
vent and remedy malaria, inactivity of the kid
neys and bis oder, debility. heartburn, sick
headache and la grippe with this remedy,
which has received the unqualified sanction of
eminent physicians
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lam Wetmore Story, whose name is almost
a household word among the cultured
dwellers in both hemispheres
Mr.. Story's birthplace was handsome
residence in that quaint and lovely old
New England seaport, Salem. His grand
father, Judge Wetmope, and his father,
Judge Joseph Story, were jurists whose
written thoughts have helped determine
the affairs of nations and have been valued
additions to the libraries of such colleges
and universities as Oxford and Cambridge
in England and Fair Harvard in our
own republic; while in the list of the
worlds great warriors the name of the
conqueror of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
eral Waldo-Mr. Story's great grandfather,
whose bravery was rewarded by King
George himself with immense tract of
land in Maine-a county and an island
that both bear the hero's name-stands as
synonym for courage.
Until he was Is it seemed certain that
Mr.. Story's own future would be like that
of the two last generations of his ances-
tors, for even before he reached that age
the clear-headed way in which he dis
charged the duties of his very responsible
position-that of United States commits
sioner in bankruptcy-and the decislvely
logical legal articles which he from time
to time furnished to the press, had attract
ed much attention and won liberal COM
mendation. Reverent appreciation of the
beautiful in form and sound and TINT and
thought had been his birthright,, even his
school essays were full of quaint and
vivid word pictures; his rich voice vibrated
with passionate fervor in the songs of col
lege clubs and social gatherings. The
names of Raphael and Correggio and
Michael Angelo and Thorwaldsen had al
ways filled him with inspiration, and early
in his college days and his first busy after
life, the power he possessed to change a
bit of canvas or a scrap of paper into
forms instinct with beauty.
Blu. there came time when this genius
asserted itself as the ruling power of his
life: his father. "the truest, grandest,
sweetest nature 1 have ever known" he
always loves to say, was taken from his
useful life, his devoted family and the
people who 80 honored his counsels; his
associates-the members of the bar-de-
sired to symbolic and perpetuate their
esteem for this noble man by the erection
of some fitting monument. What could
there be more fitting than a marble por-