The morning call., 1894-11-04
THE MAGAZINES.
Selections From the issues for the
Month of November.
Glimpses of Jeypore.


The main avenues OF Jeypore cross each
other at right angles. forming at their inter-
sections large aud imposing squares, where are
fountains or tanks. Around these centers
temples and palaces are grouped, aud the
broad avenues seem 10 vanish IN perspe ctiYe.
IBasmUch as the Idea stin prevails on the Con
tinent that all this country is quite on par
with the Congo Valley, it is interesting 10
know that these bOulevards well Kent and
lighted at night existed a hundred wears be.
fore such avenues were dreamed OF in Europe.
Upon closer inspection Of the regular aud
continuous facades which line Them house g
TEMPLES and palaces alike look strange "
thin and unstable, like the work of a
scene painter and when dOOr is opened
or shut one almost expects TO see The
whole fabric shake and qulver, or to see il
rolled back 10 disclose something more won
derlul b hnd. This appearance OF unfealltyI IL
Que 10 the fact that The fronts OF ali these edi-
fees are roughly succeed and washed win a
pale piuk tone, on which rudely fresc0ed
white lines and uncertain arabesques, and they
have, TO a degree. the effect or carelesSly
printed canvas. But they are, notWithstand-
ing, built on stone and OFTEN mask really bean.
tlful doorways and court-yards of White mar
bic. An hour OF so before sunset all this uuar.
. Ter is crowded with oilers; win linerant mer-
chauIs and huckSters. who display their wares
on the ground Orn little booths under the great
trees; win d&nIily barbered and immaculate
oourts mobiles, and others VINO pass M Carriages
followed by mounted Dragons; great elephants
rObed III scarlet. g ch with i changing bell
hanging on one side 10 warn the riders Of
Ilmid horses, pass slowly through the crowd
and Weli-groomed white pebald horses
their necks maintained at the requisite curve
by an embroidered scarf in lieu OF checkIeln.
are also walked out for exercise. Here too
NAV be seen lyDXes and blind-fOlded cbettahs
Uhe hunJtng-leopa OF India taking the air,
and ned in leash by their Keepers; ana at times
myTi2ds of pigeons, which are daily led OY The
fakirs and maintained at the public expense
cover the ground like blue carpet, or rise up
with a deafening Whlrr OF wings. One thinks
at once of the nigeons OF ST. Marks, but their
numbers are far greater. One of the most at
rr2ctiVe resorts of Jeypore Is the great public
garden, containing an aFIaIy ana handsome
modern palace or iwO and Which. as nlece OF
artistic landscape gardening, would be remark
able in any city.-From "A Painters impress
siOns OF Raipoorana.' by Edwin Lord Weeks,
III harpers Magazine.
HowelPs Appointment to Venice.
got my appointment of Consul at Venice.
and went home to wait for my passport and
TO spend the last few days, so full OF civic trou
bic, before l should set out for my post
writes William Dean HoWels, under the title
OF MY Literary Passions" IN the November
Ladies Home journal. II / hoped to serve
my country there and sweep the Confederate
cruisers from the Adrialic | am afraid NV
prime intent was 10 add TO her literature and TO
my own credit i intended, while keepinq a
sieepless eye out for privateers. 10 write poems
concerning American life which should ecllpse
anything yet done in that kind and in Ia.
meantime / read vOraciously and perpeinaily
10 make the days go swiftly, which / should
have been so glad 10 have lipcer In
this month / devOured all the Wayerly
novels, but l must have been deyouring great
many others, for Charles Reade's iChriste
,Johnstone" is associated with the last Inomrnt
OF those last days. A few months ago / was
al the old home, ana read that book again
after not looking Al 1t for more than thirty
years and read it with amaZement az It's pre-
Vailing artistic vulgariiy. It's prevailing aesthetic
error shot here and there with CLEANS OF light