Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-09
ed by M. Boulanger after years of expert

ment, is carried on. l The position is one that requires great executive ability and the fullest personal knowledge about all its details. Mile. Maillart, it is said, shows in every decisive l movement and every clear glance her dig | nifty, power and earnest purpose. She is the controlling home influence of large and complicated business, and is regarded l with the most affectionate respect by the | employees, with whom her every word has meaning and weight. It is interesting to know that there are | at this manufactory fourteen divisions of | workmen and workwomen, each with a distinct branch of its own. A complete dial passes through twenty pairs of hands at least. There Is the careful preparation | of the copper disk which forms the dial plate, then the preparation of the enamel its | application to the copper and the fusing in | an intensely hot gas oven. It is applied | and fused three times, then the dial is ready for the painting of the hours; after that 1t is fired again, and while yet warm Is polished to exquisite smoothness, like that of the finest china. By means of an automatic filer it is rendered absolutely perfect in shape, and lastly it Is pierced to receive the hands, delicate operation done by ninstrument furnished with diamonds fixed on steel. Women are employed in enameling, painting and polishing, and usually work ing by the piece, earn excellent wages. This firm sends dials to America by the hundreds of thousands annually. TELEaRAMs. A game which may be new to many ia that called Telegrams. It is of the quiet but amusing variety, aud will help young people and their elders to pass winter evening pleasantly.
 A pencil and slip of paper for each player are the first requirements. Then one gives letter of the alphabet, which ia written down; the next player provides another, and 80 on around until ten letters have been written down in order.
 These letters now stand for the initial letters of ten words which form the tele- grams. One or two letters at the end may be used for 8 signature, If the player can not make 2 message complete without them, but usually all are included in the body of the telegram. Players are not limited to one message. but may write as many in the specified time as invention suggests. When each player reads his telegram in turn the laughter usually makes up for the enforced quiet while writing the messages.
 Here are some bona fide examples. Of the three upon the letters A, F, s, G, W, B, M, D, T, o, one suggests military and one business operations, while the third hints of tragedy.
 Algerian fort surrenders. Gen. Whan- ger bombards Meriden. Donkey train cap- tured" /"
 Anxious for shady's guarantee. Wire before Monday. Don't tear coupons"
 "Awful fxl Sister Gsrtie will be mar risd. Daren't tell Charley"
 Two other specimens, written upon a different set of letters, will suffice to show the variety of expression, and give an ink ling of the amusement afforded by this seemingly simple yet sometimes perplexlng game:
 "Meet me at the station, darling. Bring pie, chicken, biscuit"
 Missionary meeting at Tunket. Six distinguished Brahmins pass contribution boxes"
 BALLADE OF YE GENT1L MAYDE.
 She % was mayde, gentil mayde.
 And yet shoe lyked her horses tayle
 Cut off behynde, behynde,-
 Cut off full short behynde.
 She had a dogge, a lyttel dogge,
 She wore hym on a chain,
 She made him fate she made hym sickle, Alasl bee dyed in payne.
 shee had flower, Iuvely flower
 Which languished in potte, Shee thought # wc5 its nature to- -r-=e--
 But then, you know, it's nottet
 Of course we know it's notte,
 She had byrde, yellow byrds,
 Life e-prisoned in a cayge;
 '"Tis naught, ssayth shee, "because you see,
 He was borne in that same cayge-
 Or caught at a tender ayge."
 AS if, forsooth, when men were slaves,
 It added to their glee
 To have their syres, and eke themselves
 Borne fast in slaveree
 Borne into slaveree!
 But this maydel This gentl mayde!
 She wore upon her hedde
 hatte the ornaments of which
 Were bodys of ye dedde?
 Just fragments of ye dedde!
 Ye feathers of ye dedde byrds since wore
 Tayles of ye slaughtered beaste:
 Their little heads her buttons were
 Shee wore 8 score at leaste-
 A score of deaths at leastel
 O gentil mayde! lovely mayde:
 With mild and tender eye!
 Why is it for your pleasuriug
 These lyttle ones must dye?
 These helpless ones must die?
 Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
 AN OLD TIME SCHOOL.