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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26

where were clusters of scarlet and
cream-colored hibiscus blossom, yell
low allamanda and fragrant sweet
scented ginger, the posts of the house
even being decorated with hibiscus and
frangipani, with an art of which the
Samoan is master.
After having enjoyed the prawns,
and, in the absence Of serviettes, were
wondering what was to happen next,
we were quite treasured by the ap-
spearance of the boys, who knelt with
IL basin of water and napkin beside
EACH guest Then the feast proceeded
right merrily. Every one talked and
the pretty vivacious native girls laugh
ed at the ignorance displayed by the
few strangers in their lack Of know
ledge of what was good to eat and how
to do it; and they spared no pains in
ilstruoting them. 1t was our first &C
quaintance with the versatile taro.
There was taro root baked like DO
tatoes, taro root minced and beaten I'D
with cocoanut milk and palousame, a
great delicacy, made from the taro
leaves and cocoanut cream. Then a
mysterious dish, or rather leaf, was
handed round. which the Europeans
treated coldly, but which was received
with marked distinction by the natives.
1t was a sad-colored, filmy mass, and
was considered a great treat, as it
consisted of green worms palolo) that
appear in the sea at certain intervals
according to the state of the moon.
From time to time cocoanuts with the
tops knocked off were presented. and
we drank out of them and passed them
on. AT intervals fresh banana leaves
were handed to the guests, and by the
time the banquet was half completed
1t was found how unnecessary plates
wara
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AUTUMN BICYCLE FASHIONS.
The Evolution of Radical Dress.

Trouville. Aug. 10-The French FEM
mime world seems to have taken to the
bicycle with an ardor all the more fer
vid for being late, and the Paris dress
makers have had the problem thrust
upon Of suitable dress for this exer-
else also. Here likewise, they have ac-
quilted themselves with a single eye to
art. The conditions are not unlike
those for swimming, only in discarding
useless material they have arrived at
no skirt at all. There is reason they
argued for a short skirt in the water;
there is positively none on the bicycle.
The French cycle woman stands forth
therefore in trousers undisguised. The
significant part Of the matter is that
the preteXt is seized by a considerable
number of women to promenade on foot
in trousers, and common sight in
Paris of late is women in groups of
twos and threes on the boulevards
without any machine at all. Nobody
stareS any more. i is bicycle woman
they reflect, and there is machine
somewhere; at home, perhaps, but no
matter; a reason is comprehended for
the dress and so it is felt to be justi-
fed.
Thus another wheel of womans char
lot is turned, quietly, irrevocably and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26
A STORY OF EDWIN BOOTH.

Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. w. E. C. Harrison sends an &C
count of his pilgrimage to the grave Of
his friend, Edwin Booth. He says: "Or
my recent trip to Boston 1 visited
Mount Auburn, near Cambridge. with
its ranges of wooded hills, deep wales
peaceful ponds and shady deIls. Pas
sing to the stone tower, which rises
above the masses of trees, near which
is located the grave, it is found thai
no tomb or monument marks the spot
Only natures tributes, beautiful flowers
entirely cover the grave
In the middle of the mound a thick
cluster of green Deutzia flourishes
which bears a beautiful white flower
emblematic of the purity of Booths
life. Around the border of the grave
forget-me-nots, violets and other
flower blossom. Flowers beautiful
flowers, that he loved so we'll. Flowers
that the fair Ophelia gathered whilst
the name of Hamlet engrossed her
thoughts
Beneath this mound lay boyhood
friend; always generous to a fault
mild, and in disposition gentle as a
woman. Through my hands had he dis
pensed aid to the suffering and needy,
to his own old friends and the friends
of his sire. 1 recalled the incident OF
his requesting me to visit old Sandy
Jamison, who was suffering with a can
Ger Of the stomach. The old man, then
eighty odd years of age, had formerly
been the leader of the Holiday street
theatre orchestra, and was a friend OF
the elder Booth, whose memory he re-
vered. while his love for Edwin was
almost idola trous.
Edwin had heard he was sick and in
distress; a check was enclosed to me to
hand to him. L visited the old man.
and, after talking with him for while
delicately spoke of Edwin Booth and
how he sympathized with the sufferer
and then I handed him the check The
tottering old man arose to his. feet, with
tears rolling down his furrowed checks
exclaiming, From Edwin! God bless
the boy. He is just like his father, jus
like his father Then he sank into the
chair with tears coursing between his
wasted fingers as he clasped them tc
his face.
"a few weeks after poor Jamison was
dead. 1 wrote Edwin an account of the
scene. In reply he wrote: 7 do not
preserve many letters, but yours of the
scene with poor Sandy Jamison 1 shall
ever keen"
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bodice garniture for dull leaf brown
costumes When the velvet is used, it
lis generally only wide shirred collar,
rolled belt and cuffs; but lately inn
ported visiting toilet in this combina-
ton, showed an entire tight-fitting vest
of the satin, over which fell a loose
blouse of white oriental gauze, SPAN
gled with turquoise.
The skirt of this costume was of
deep leaf brown velvet, untrimmed.
and cut bell shape with a full wave
like effect about the hem in front, and
the back stiffened with hair cloth to
fall in straight outward lines. Over it
hung long two-pointed tablierr drap-
cry sharply V-shaped back and front,
lof crepe cloth in a paler leaf tint; this
was heavily bordered with a Persian
embroidery introducing the two leaf
shades and the turquoise stones. The
round bodice of the crepe cloth had a
seamless back and huge gigot sleeves,
and coming from the right under-arm
seam was girdle scarf of the crepe
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For Mrs. Lehman,
From Six Admiring Drummers.


Other small sums were also sent in
Mrs. Lehman had left town, but word
was sent TO her, and yesterday she call
ed at the office with her husband and a
little baby boy.
Mrs. Lehman told a pitiful story of a
wrecked home and approaching poverty
and said she had little hope for the flu
ture and that they must leave the city
Immediately. She said they had lost
their home and all they possessed and
must start at the beginning again. She
was sure her husband was a marked
man among his former companions and
that his life was not safe in the city.
Work had been offered him but he was
compelled to refuse it, When the strike
began they had a nice fiat nicely fur
nished. They were saving money. Now
the lease has been thrown up and the
furniture is gone, friends have deserted
them.
There is little justice in the world, -
she said sadly. I'VE only asked a chance
to earn an honest living, but that is de-
MED US"
do you regret shooting the man?'
she was asked. ~
I did it to save my husband and baby.
| don't regret it, but l colld not have
killed any one to save myself. don't re-
member much about it," she contif1-ed,
lit was all over in moment He was
trying to shoot my husband. Both OF
them had revolvers in their hands and
two shots had been fired. | had the baby
In my arms, and ii took me a long time
to get the pistol out of my pocket. ]
shot as quick as [ could. did not know
that the man was dead until they told
me at the police station. / have been Ill
ever since. When we got out of Jail we
went home, but could only sell our fur
niture and move. We could not stay
there in safety. think some of the rail-
road men are only waiting for chance
to kill one or both of US. They have
threatened us continually. l am afraid
to live in Chicago. We will leave the
city in a few days. We don't know
where TO go, but must choose some place
where no one knows us.
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IN FEAR FoR THEIR LIVES.
The Pitiful State of the Woman Who
Shot the Striker in Chicago.
[From the Chioago Tribunel

[From the Chicago Tribune.l
The story of the Lehman family is a
mournful echo of the recent strike.
Mrs, Lehman is the woman who shot
and killed Herbert Letters July Z. Let
tiers was a striker, who assaulted Will
lam Lehman because the latter refused
to strike. Mrs. Lehman was walking
with her husband when he was attacked.
gether, the woman, who carried her baby
| in her arms, shot twice at her husband s
assailant. One bullet pierced his heart,
killing him instantly. The second shot
hit her husband on the head making a
scalp wound, The husbands wound was
not serious though BE was confined to
the hospital for two weeks.
Mrs. Lehman was locked up for the
same length of time, but was finally dis
charged by the action of the grand jury.
The husband and wife returned to their
little home only to experience a continu-
alton of the trouble which seemed to fol-
low them. The neighborS did not treat
them kindly and the friends of the dead
striker and the strike synpathizers con-
tinued to abuse them and threaten vio-
| lence. Lehman was afraid to go to work,
and received warning that he would be
killed if he attempted it. His wife was
suffering from nervous prostration and
refused to allow him to leave her side.
| Their small savings, resulting from
months of hard work and close economy,
were soon exhausted. Then came a per-
iod of want and suffering.
| During the excitement attendant on
| the strike the woman's action was soon
forgotten by the public. But one day an
/ envelope was left with the cashier OF the
Tribune containing Sc and a card which
read:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26
LIGHT OF THE CUoUJo.
Vain But Hopeful Efforts of Scien-
lists to Produce 1t.
[From the Boston .JournaI1


From the Boston Journal.1
One of the prettiest sights of a summer
evening in the country is q meadow COW
cred with a. swarm of fitting firef1iss.
Many intensely practical people have
laughed at any suggestion that this FREELY
llgnt could be utilized in any way by
man. Yet scientists have long been at
work on the problem, and one of the num-
per, Secretary Langley of che Smithsonian
Institution, has arrived at some startling
conclusions. The light Shed by these lit,
tie insects is the most economical illumin-
ant in the world. 1t has no waste and
no ever-running meter. Moreover. it is
iO times as cheap as gas. which means
that one pays q. dollar for a cents worth
OF light, and even with electricity the
waste is enormous. With the freely there
is no waste by the production of heat.
This may seem rather strange to those
Who 1nseparably connect a light with
some degree of heat manifestation, and
this cold light if such it might be cali
ed, would be peculiarly adapted to hot
summer evening. It is probably simply
the result of q chemical action which pro-
at one-four-hundredth of the cost of
energy represented in a candle lame, and
is supposed to come from the slow COM
bustion of a material secreted by the
nervous organism Of the insect. The
temperature of the light-giving organs is
the same as that of other parts of the
body.
In Professor Langley's experiments he
took the insects, kept them in the dark all
the time, dried them, preserved their eggs
a. long time. and ground the dried sub
stance to powder. In all these cases the
application of moisture produced a light,
proving the chemical origin of the phe-
nomenon. To produce light of equal
briliiancy artiicially would require a
temperature Of at least 1000 degrees. The
most brilliant of the $50 varieties of ami
NAL life capable of producing d light of
tits character is the "cucujo," the fam
GUS freely of the tropics. Thirty-eight of
these yield one candle power. The ma
tiveS of Cuba confine them in paper LIANT
ems, and they have been used to take
photographs by two-minute exposure of
bromide plates.
These insects, or beetles, to speak ex-
actly, were used by Professor Langley in
experimenting. They begin life as a
grub, and are variously called skip
jacks or Spring tails Damp evenings
seem to be the most favorable time to
observe their habits, as then they shine
nest brilliantly.
Nature having produced this most
economical light, which in the most ex-
aggerated instance cannot be made to af-
feet the most delicate thermometer, seems
to laugh at the feeble. efforts of man to
follow her plan. It is true that the Gels
sler tube, q plaything of the laboratory,
incapable of practical production. Scent
lists bNeve that ere long the secret of the
wonderful light which has been proved
Unlike the luminous calcium sulphide
paint Of commerce, will be discovered
with a result as revolutionary in the
world of Illumination as that caused by
eIoctricity
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lection, thereby doing away with the
deadly sweetness Of the ordinary pre-
serve.
The old method Of drenching peaches
in brandy until the compound smelled
violently has been superseded by a
later recipe which is better in every
way. Not only are they preserved
from an aggressive odor, but also they
have none of that strong liquor flavor
SO repellent to refined tastes. With
these advantages, it has added ones in
being less expensive and less trouble
than the old way.
The peaches are pared only, not
halved, and placed into a thin syrup
previously made, until they can be
pierced with a fork. Into a quart can
put two tablespoons of best brandy
Cor one tablespoon to a pint CAM cold,
then add the peaches and fill can to
the top with hot syrup; seal immedi-
ately.
A housekeeper who once adopts this
method will never return 20 the old
way. Should a stronger taste of BRAN
dy be preferred, more can be added,
but by most people the proportions given
two tablespoons TO a quart-will
prove entirely satisfactory.
e, FRANCISCO.
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round the hips, and fall widest between
hip and knee, giving distinctly the form
of a trouser below. The first makes a
straight cutoff line below the knee,
and the other gives an oval out
line that includes the feet. The last
has more beauty in the abstract The
upper garment is an eton with bouffant
blouse, or a tailor coat of rounded cor
ners~ over a starched shirt and turn
down collar; or else it is a box-plaited
bodice. The hat is a sailor with leath-
er band or a Scotch cap. Beautiful
costumes are being made of dark green
velvet; also of rough cheviots with
straps of face cloth or of leather, of
the same color, stitched on in patterns.
ADA CONE.
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MISS EDITH M. THOMAS.
The Charming Poet as Her Friends
Know Her.

Miss Thomas has pretty resent
ment against being considered moth
ing but a poet You are sure of a
place in her black book if you call her
wood nymph or a sprite. She has heard
that kind of characterization of herself
till she is tired of it. She has interest
IN other things than poetry and ma
ture. and she likes to have it recog-
nized. Yet the very fact that people
have wearied her with such character
izations shows the kind of impression
she chiefly makes. Her appearance is
unusual and of the traditional poet
kind. No picture of her gives much
idea Of the beauty of her dark eyes
: eyes that with all her power of express
sion still show sort of pathos of
dumbness in them, as if she would
never say or sing some things she
feels
She is altogether brunette, frailly
built, but with a certain peculiar buoy
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THE NIGHTINGALE's SONG.

The eve was calm and STILL
The woods were llush'd to rest,
The moon behind the hill
Cleared on me silver west.
Over the drowSy earth,
[ Under the moonbeams pale,
A mystic song had birth.
In the heart of the nightingale.
Like a bard inspired she sang
OF love and the hearts unrest,
Like morning carol rang
| The thoughts CT her joyous breast.
While the dew on her nest was bright,
And the bright stars burned above,
She sang to the infant night
OF the golden dawn of Love.
And said to my beating heart,
BE still!' for the minstrel bird
Had torn it's wound apart,
And its gushing fountain stirr'd,
s.Ah, Love, Love, Love" | cried,
Under the moonbeams pale,
When that mystic music died
+ In the throat of the nightingale.
Tom Watkins in Longman's Magazine.
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PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Mr.. Louis Aldrich, will make another
tour in my Partner" the coming sea-
son.
William Pruette has been engaged
to sing the role of Rob Roy in De Ko-
vens new opera of that name.
Mr. C. C. Ferguson the tenor, has
been engaged for a five months tour
through the country with Innes' band.
Besides the successful New Boy
from London, American is, of course,
to be afflicted with an imitation called
1.-The Old Boy"
The American prima donna, Madame
Nordica. has made an immense hit at
Elsa in "Lohengrin," at the Wagner
festival in Bayreuth.
Lewis Morrison has had an entirely
new stage setting constructed for the
"Brocken" scene in Faust" in order
| to admit some entirely new illusions.
Stuart Robson has declined to play
| the part of Bottom in ga Midsummer
Nights Dream in Chicago. He does
not enjoy the idea of studying the
| part.
j. H. McVicker is again in personal
charge of his Chicago theatre, after
an absence of several months dura-
ton. His health is completely re-
stored.
AuguStln DAILY is expected 10 arrive
! from Europe soon. The first produc-
| ton of the season at his New York
| theatre will be "a Gaiety Girl early
| in September.
New Blood" by Augustus Thomas,
which was recently produced by Joseph
Brooks stock company at McVickers'
| theatre, Chicago, appears to have
scored a success.
| Mr.. Frederic Robinson, of A. NJ. Pal
mer's company, has been engaged by
Manager Charles Frohman. He will
make his first appearance in the pro-
duction of THE New Boy"
Sir Augustus Harris, the well known
| theatrical and operate manager, and
Lady Harris will pay flying visit to
New York, Boston and Philadelphia to
arrange for the production of a panto-
mine
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FALL TINTS AND TONES.
SOME RECENT CREATIONS FOR THE
OCTOBER BRIDE.
New Bodices Are Made af Chiffon or
Silk Null With veTTet Collars,
Like Old Fashinoed Stock.

New York, Aug. 22.-The new tones
in brown for autumn and early winter
wear show a decided tendency toward
red reflections. Burnt flour, auburn,
mahogany. rust-color and autumn leaf
are the names by which some of them
are known; autumn leaf being hardly
more than a dull red with bronze shad-
ows which show only in folds.
These shades are all more effective
if made up in plain woods touched
somewhere with velvet in a deeper
tone. but some of the latest materials
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and while I reflected how times are
changed since such woman would buy
her daughter a pair of trousers, she
proceeded to slip off her skirt and try
on the trousers herself. viola mon
affaire," she said. "They fit me"
This is even a better sign of the times
than the other.
The French costumes are being made
with either full Turkish trousers or
knickerbockers. The first are cut with
great fullnes at the bottom, to make
them fall with the suggestion of a
skirt, sort of hostage to mock mod
esty, and these are plated all the way
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healthy excitement, smile breaks the
lips. 1t is a pretty picture and sign
of the times.
In a great store in Paris came the
other day upon the section OF a womans
bicycle dress and | thought / had got
into the mems department. There
were piles on piles of trouser all alike
and stacks of jackets and CATERS. A
dignified and conventional looking
woman of fifty years was selecting a
costume for her daughter. / thought,
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that passed under the blouse and fas-
tened at the left waist line in a full
chou.
To be worn with this toilet. charming
in spite of its fantastic tendency. was
a short square cape of the deep leaf
velvet lined with turquoise satin.
Along with this costume-'whieh, by
the way, is to be part of the troussau
of an early winter bride-was a smart
Louis XIV Jacket of STRIPED yellow
and black satin, to be worn with a
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in them show checks, plaids and even
stripes accented with a thread Of def
mite red or gold.
Along with the red browns are seen
the familiar dull leaf shades deepened
and melting into indistinct greens.
The old-fashioned snuff brown so be-
coming to fair high colored complex
ions, will also be much worn; and for
this shade Persian embroidery or black
Russian fur make the handsomest
trimming.
Bishops mantle, deep, rich violet
that suggests the time honored royal
purple, is one of the new tones for
camePs hair and ladies' cloth. In
fantastic stuffs, virgo, a curious &C.
centric tint touching on peacock blue,
lis the latest novelty. Other new colors
for either silk or wool are petunia
gray, which has an atmosphere of
pink, beef's blood red, bottle blue and
wallfiower yellow that looks as If
lightly busted with brown.
A PARTISAN TOILET.
Turquoise blue, in slight touches of
velvet or satin, makes an effective
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GREAT MINps-A. COINCIDENCE.

Head of the House-For what we're
about to receive make us truly thank
full Humph! Cold mutton again.
Punch, Years Ago.
Wife-Jonas, yo' hadn't asked no
blessin', Husband-No, an 1 amt
a-gwine ter. De Lord don't approve O.
no vain repetitions.-OldE Exchange.
Wife Cat breakfast -Henry, will you
ask a blessing? Husband examining
hash) here has been
blessed already, dear.-Life, 1894.
Mrs. Goodleigh-Dear, you have omit
| ted to ask the blessing. Mr. Goodleigf
| a blessing on that corned beef foul
days ago.-Town Topics, 1894.
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LIGHT AND AIRY.
The Evolution of "sweet Marie"

The Evolution of "Sweet Marie"
At ten the maidens name
To her friends was simply Mayme.
XII.
1t began at twelve to vary
And she always signed it Mary.
XIV.
On her fourteenth natal day
She commenced to write it May.
XIII
And now at twenty-three
She is known as Sweet Marie"
Truth.
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WITH MIR. STEVENSON IN SAMOA.
[From the Cornhill Magazine.l

ItrOm the Cornhll MdSaZIne.J
1t was entirely a banquet, everything
cooked and eaten ''faa Samoa" "a la
SamoanD and all the eatables laid on
banana leaves. There were dozens of
pigs, varying in size from the rabbit
to a sofa, the latter being the centre
piece; quantities of chickens and ducks.
every kind of native fruit and vege-
table. and before each guest a leaf of
large pink prawns. which are plentiful
in the waters from which VailiIna
takes its name. Scattered about every
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THEY MEET TO PRACTICE.
There is a short quiet street in Pa

There is a short quiet street in Paris
between the two colleges of medicine,
that widenes out into court paved
with asphalt. where there may be seen
almost any fine evening bicycle learners
practicing, among them many women.
These women have labored all day and
are now taking relaxation. They are
in improvised trousers made out of
skirts; they have left their hats at
home, the loosened hair falls round the
ears, they sit awkwardly; husband or
brother walks beside to steady the ma
chine which wabbles drunkenly; but the
cheeks are flushed with exercise and