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vitation came, and how my heart beat as the
soldier drew up this big black horse in front
of the American Consulate where was liv-
ing. I can still see him taking the paper
from his knapsack-the paper that had my
name inside, and remember how imposing
he looked with his chin held in the strap
from his cap, and his long sword at his side.
| was just eleven years old.
The etiquette of the court is very strict
about dress and the girls costumes are care
fully prepared sometimes for weeks in ad-
vance, The frocks are of white silk or satin
covered with lace, the skirt reaching to the
knees. The waist is cut low with short
sleeves, and with these are worn long silk
mits to match the sash and stockings. The
hair is usually worn flowing loosely down
the back, or knotted with bow of ribbon.
All Greek children wear a fine chain around
the neck with some medal given them at
their baptism. This. and few bracelets are
the only trinkets that may be worn at the
Chidren's ball. All the girls wear little
bronze dancing shoes strapped up over the
ankles, just allowing the stockings to bs
seen. An odd feature of the ball is that the
81 ldren never carry flowers.
4 he costume for the boys is more easily
disposed of as most of them attend eitneI
military or naval schools, and simply weal
their full dress uniforms.
The ball always takes place on Sunda,
evening, this being gala day in Athens
and by eight o'clock a long line OF carriage
flle1 with children and their mothers o
| chaperons is drawn up in front OF the King
| palace. The palace stands in the heart o
the city, and is large white marble build
ing not very imposing, but placed in th'
The herald., 1895-09-01
WROTE HYMNS ON STONE.
Music Found in Old Vaults of an
Athenian Treasury.

In their excavations at Delphi the
French have unearthed building that
Pausanians described as the treasury of
the Athenians They discovered the
remains of two large slabs of stone, in
scribed with words and music. In the
first seasons work they found IA frag-
ments of various sizes, of which they
published an account last year, says the
New York Sun.
Four of the fragments were dis
tinguished from the other 10 by differ
ence in the notation of the music, and
these four made up piece that was in
troduced to the public as the "Hymn to
Apollo.
fragment, to which the remaining 10
were adjusted, and now they have q
second hymn. The last line of the new
hymn is followed by the first line OF q
decree. This shows how these COMPOSE
tions came to be inscribed on the
stone.
The people of Delphi had passed de-
crees in honor of the authors, and had
ordered the hymns to be set out with
the DEGREES when these were put on
record. AS the authors were Athen.
ians the inscriptions were placed IN the
Athenian treasury.
The purport of both hymns is SUBJ
stantially the same. After the invoca-
ton of the muses., the poet gives va
rious legends of Apollo's life and works
| ending with the slaughter Of the Gauls
at Delphi, in 279 B. c. He then inn
pIored the gods for protection for Del
phi and Athens and the government at
Rome. The date is therefore after 146
B. c. when the Romans took possess
sion of Greece.
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THE BABY BALL AT ATHENS
Attended by Children Invited by the
King and Queen.
A NIGHT AT THE ROYAL PALACE.
How the Ball Is Conducted-Little
Princes and Princesses-The
Greek Children Nearly
All Brunettes.

The greatest event In the life Of little
Greek girl is the children's Court Ball which
takes place at the Royal Palace in Athens
every year In the Autumn. OF course little
boys also attend this Ball. but they do not
have as good time as the girls for reasons
which l will presently explain.
About three hundred children make their
debut at this grand affair every year, the
average age for their first appearance being
ten years, although | have seen little girls
there as young as eight. These new comers
however, are not the only children present
for those who have attended in previous,years
are allowed to go again until they become big
girls and boys, in fact until they are quite
grown up. So highly do they prize this
privilege Of dancing before the king and
queen that young ladies of twenty do not
scorn TO be seen on the floor with their little
brothers and sisters.
No little Athenian girl or boy may be pre-
sent at this Ball except on an invitation ad-
dressed personally by the Prime Minister
And this honor is reserved for the children of
distinguished families and those whose par
ents belong to the diplomatic circle. Great
is the excitement, therefore. among these
ten year old young ladies and young
gentlemen of Athens as the time approaches
for the invitations to be sent out Many
are the eager faces at the doors and windows
of Athenian homes watching for the mount
ed soldier in green and red uniform, whose
mission it is to distribute the precious mis-
sives. These are engraved in French on
square cream colored cards enclosed in en-
velopes bearing the large red government
seal. The invitations signed by the Prime
Minister read as follows:
"Their Majesties, the King and Queen of
the Hellenes nave requested the presence of
- at the palace on the - day of
shall never forcet tha dav vhan INV in
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parasol viciously into the ground.
81 never could see that those hideous
plaided golf stockings we're becoming;
they turn down in such clumsy folds
over the calves. It's to hide the shape
of the legs, I'm sure"
The girl looked at the tennis court
where only other girls were playing.
81 wish we had man here like Mr..
at York Beach last summer.
The proprietor of the hotel wrote him
this spring Offering him board for the
season at half rates if only he would
come back again. And the hotel could
afford it too. He didn't go off golfing
till his face was as red as beet and his
hair as wet as if he had been in bath
ing. He was always getting up picnics
and coaching parties and boating par
ties and hops and tableaux. Things
were never dull when he was around"
And the girl having vented her
spleen, strolled back to the golfers, and
sat on stone and looked refectively at
the mountains. She will go home
quite cheerfully in few days.
For the girls who plays golf them
selves or who climb or who take any
active part in the life of the woods and
mountains, the new outing suits for
September are very interesting. The
best mountaineer in the region about
the Ausable lakes wears a perfectly
plain, full short skirt of leaf-green
alpaca with smart little coat bodice
slashed to show a white blouse and
finished with wide white sailor collar.
A broad band of black ribbon ties the
jacket across the front, and it hns
bright little gold buttons to look at, il
not to use.
1t is beginning to be the fashion
among the autumn girls in the Adiron'
dacks to wear Swiss peasant costumes.
and very bright and picturesque the
fanciful attire looks as a rosy, laughing
creature swings past you up the trai
among the trees, her dark red skirt
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something like two miles, There is no club
house as yet, only few small tents at th'
various putting grounds and patent take'to
pieces-and- -putup-again house at the home
green. The course is rather easy one
naturally, hut some artificial obstructions
warranted to spoil any but the most lovely
temper have given it a respectable degree Of
difficulty. Golfing claims the attention OF a
number of girls not conspicuous as horss
women, such as Constance and Gertrcds
Parsons, Miss Davis, the Misses Sands. MvS
Mary Honeyman and Miss Ives.
Club life in Lenox is modest and unassum.
ing. The Lenox club house is quiet little dwell
ling near the postoffice,n e,neither arge.imposlng
nor much freouented ON ordinary occasions.
Indeed, all places of public resort in Leno1
are of little account in appearance. The
postoffice is tiny, the railway station is moi
only very small but ridicuiousiy
shabby. The people who use it doubt
less prefer it 50. They could easily
cause it to be changed if they wished. Tue
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Ac. Anson Phelps Stokes nAte"
Great Darlington has historic associations
not tn he lightly passod
THE SLOANE HOUSE.

Great Darlington has historic associations
not to be lightly passed.
But the intensest rivalry is that of Lenox
and Stockbridge, The former village lies
in the southern part of Lenox town, near the
StockDridge border-only half a mile away,
in fact. The beautiful lake which is the soul
OF the region is wholly in Stockbridge,
though nearer Lenox village than its rival.
But you never hear a Lenox man speaking
Of the .'Stockbridge Bowl" To him it is
Lake Mah-kee.nac." with the accent on the
first syllable. Many of the magnificent
estates, like that of Charles Lanier and Will
liam d. Sloane, are in Stockbridge, but their
owners all hail from Lenox; just as Brook :
lyn man in an out-of-town hotel always re-
gisters from New York,
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Los ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MoRN1Nu SEPTEMBER

killed almost to her knees, her short,
laced black velvet bodic, letting the
full folds of her white blouse escape
from it, and her Tyrolean cap, trim
med with heron's wing.
It's far cry from Mt. Marcy to New
port, but the close of the season at the
summer capital is bringing out
the first and the finest of the
Autumn evening gowns. At q large
private ball few evenings ago Miss Ger
trude Vanderbilt wore one of the most
exquisite dresses seen this summer.
1t was of pale green silk, shimmering
like sea water. Soft folds of white
chiffon from whose depths peeped out
pnle pink mallow blossoms edged the
skirt, and the bodice was a floating film
of chiffon with garlands of mallows and
leaves.
Miss Virginia Fair wore gorgeous
robe of cream white silk draped in
classic folds. On one shoulder was a
flashing diamond clasp, from the other
the square cling sleeve hung free. The
magnificent pink and gold embroider-
les were eastern in their splendor.
Miss Mabel Gerry wore dress as be-
coming as either of these 1t was of a
peculiar pale green silk that showed
a silvery CLEAN. The corsage was of
veryfinely plated mousseline-desoi e,
drawn down at the waist under green
sash with long floating ends. Large
rosettes of pale green chiffon were per-
ched on the shoulders.
ELLEN OSBORN.
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come NOT, and the Stockbridge Bowl has lain
mirroring the depths of tho green loveliness; ;
and there have been few to see them. Now the
chatter of returning voices breaks upon the
stiffness just as the first ivy leaves in the
old stone walls are flaming scarlet, and in a
fortnight or so, when the autumn has begun
TO robe the leaves in yellow tor their burial,
the season will he at its height.
Lenox is a peculiar place, aside from the
lateness of its season. And because of its
pecularities-because it is two miles and a
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in heing five miles from a railway station
and perhaps half mile from the nearest
neighbor, when word will bring to the door
at any moment perfectly appointed cart or
pair or four-in-hand.
And the ladies can drive.
By the way, nothing less than the tooling
of four-in-hand would be dignfed with
this remark. 1t is four-in hand to a coach
or big brake that Lenox habitue means
when he says that Miss Kate Carey, Miss
Emily Sloane, John Sloane's daughter, the
Miss Adale Sloan, who became Mrs. Burden
last spring, Miss Lila Sloan. her younger
sister, or Miss Pauline Whitney, can ''drive. u
Miss Lila Sloan and Miss Whitney, by the
way, are the beauties of Lenox. Mrs Bur-
den, the bride of last June, who is now on
her way round the world on her wedding
tour. is plain. But of all these Miss Carey
is easily the queen. And the best whips
among the men-remembering that about
all of them are fairly good ones--are Anson
Phelps Stokes, George S.. Haven, John G.
Williams, Henry A. Barclay, Brayton Ives,
and Charles Lamier
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be revived. On some date, not yet liked,
but probably between the 18th and Goth OF
September, about forty carts of
various sorts, completely decked with golden
rod. sheaves of wheat, ferns. flowers, autumn
leaves and other ornaments will form in line
on the village street and slowly pass up and
down before the eyes of onlookers. Only
women take part in the parade. Miss Lila
Sloane may lead the line this year by virtue
OF her beauty, youth and popularity, or Miss
Kate Carey, who has, in addition to other
gifts the repute of being the best driver in
Lenox.
Flower parade or none. how the girls are
golelog! The new sport is as great rage
here as it was in New York and Bar Harbor
The course lies south of the town and covers
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AMONG BERKSHIRE'S HILLS.
Beautiful Lenox, Where Gay Days Be-
gin When Leaves Turn
sOCIETY's RESORT IN AUTUMN.
Girls Who Golf and Drive-Beauties
ofAmerica's Largest Country
Homcs-The Colonial
Furniture Craze.

ENox, Mass. Aug. 81.
1t is a part of the
general perversity of
things that Lenox's
"season" begins just
as its glories wane to-
ward their setting.
All summer long the
most beautiful gar
dens have bloomed,
the fairest green sward
has beckoned, the big
trees have stirred un-
easily, rustling invita-
fiOps m tho friends 1 h a l.
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Giant in shifting panorama, if they
but chose to lift their eyes; then she
said discontentedly:
''Men have such queer ideas of funi
There they are out there at that putting
place. working as hard in the broiling
sun as coalheavers, and yet they say
they're having no end of jolly good
time
The girl dug the end of her white
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reckoning SO a day more in the bill-a
quietly dressed city girl, veiled, gloved,
tailor-made, frigidly reserved. With
the morning after her arrival away
goes the severe frock and toque and out
comes a rough straw hat and something
fluffy in blue and white lawn. On the
second day there are bare hands. On,
the third day there is no veil. By the
fourth day the hat is tilted well back
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upon the head and by the fourth even
ing the girl beginslto sing choruses out
Of doors. By the fifth day she gets a
happy go-lucky, holiday swing to her
walk, and before the week is out she
has learned to scramble to the top of a
rock or to sit on the rail at the boat
landing with her feet swinging. With
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s.What did Washington mean when
Just before the battle OF Trenton he
said. Put none but Americans on guard
to .night?'" asked an 1Ilshman, who
was heatedly defending the valor OF the
Celtic race in general. III tell 70.
what he meant! He meant, Let the
Irish sleep; I've work for them to,
morrow. 1.-THE State.
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George and up in the wilds Of the
Adirondacks, and everywhere the pro-
cess has been the same. The stage or
the steamer or the railway train de-
posits at the inn-to be an inn, instead
of merely hotel is worth at the lowest
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OTHING in life is
more interesting
than the evolution
and the following
involution of the
summer girl. Ihave
seen her for two
months past at New :
port and Narragan-
sett, at Bar Harbor
and Lennox, at
SarQfOpq on T,alra
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Like his father be is quite stout, and re-
semI les the Germans more than the people
he will be called upon to rule Among the
other royal dancers in the cotlliou was the
Prince IS Alexandra who, about a year ;aater,
made the first love match among the royal
children when she was betrothed to the
Grand Duke Paul of Russia. She, too, is a
decided blonde.
The cotillion lasted until two o'clock, and
then all these proud little girls and boys
kissed each other good night. and were
bundled off home by their mamas and chap
erons very happy in the memory of a pleas
ure that marked an epoch in their lives.
MABEL MOFFETT.
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ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
Frocks Which the Autumn Girl Wear
Among the Mountains
EVENING DRESS AT NEWPORT.
Indications for the Season as Shown
in the First Importations Re-
ceived by New York
Dressmakers.

Ccssyrishs. 1885, BY B.chsllsr. johnson Baohe,ler
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shall never forget the day when my in
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
SPANISH CLAIMS.

The State Department Has Not Yet
Learned Who Fired at the Alliancia.
WASHINGTON, March 19.--As far as
learned the state department has not
vet heard from either United States
Minister Taylor at Madrid or from
Consul General Williams at Havana
upon the question Of the identity OF the
cruiser which fired upon the Alliancia.
As the commander Of the Conde de
Venadito has reported that the steamer
upon which he fired was flying the
British flag, there is possibility that
his story refers to another incident
which may result in bringing Great
Britain to the defense of her ensign. fol-
the Spanish cruiser, according to the po'
sltion taken by Secretary Gresham, was
bound to accept the colors displayed ir
answer to signals establishing the ma
tionality Of vessels. 1t begins to appear
that our government is not disposed tt
be unduly exacting in the matter OF
speedy response from the Spanish gov
ernment. inasmuch az the entire Spanisl
cabinet has resigned.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
TURNING THE TABLES.

New York Police Officials Indicted and
Placed Under Arrest.
New YORK. March 19.All the police
officials against whom indictments were
found yesterday by the extraordinary
grand jury were arrested when they
went to police headquarters this morn
ing. The indicted are: Inspector VIM.
Mclaughlin, Captain Jacob Ieibert Of
Union Market station, Capt. j. j. Dono-
hue of West Twentieth street station,
Capt. NJ. j. Murphy of West Tooth street
station, Capt. James r. Price OF Nc
Dougall street station, former police
captain VIM. S. Devery, Wardman Ed,
ward Glemon, dismissed Wardman Ed
ward S. Hill, formerly under Capt. Price;
Wardman Burns, who jumped his bail
and Capt. John T. Stevenson. The pris,
oners were conducted to the district at,
torney's Office by Inspectors Williams
and McAvoy. Byrnes said the indict
ments handed him were all that hac
been found. Bail was fixed at S2O,Ool
for Inspector Mclaughlin and from
81, 800 to 5ll, 200 for the others.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
FIN CRIPPLED.
North Dakota viii Have TO Close 1t
Educational institutions.

North Dakota viii Have TO Close Its
Educational institutions.
GRAND FORKS, n. d., March l3.-Gov.
Allin will practically veto appropriations
made by the Legislature for the mainte-
nance of the state university, agricul-
tural colleges at Mayviile and Valley
City normal schools, ,Ahe school for the
deaf and the soldiers home. This i'll
wolves the closing down of all these insti-
tutions at the close of tine present school
year, and possibly before. Estimates OF
the states income for the next two years
after payment of official salaries and
other unavoidable expenses already pro-
vided for, will leave only $4,000 avail,
able for appropriations. OF this the
larger portion will be required for the
insane asylum and the penitentiary
leaving very little for the other instltu
tions. Rather than have large deficit
at the close of his adminiftration, Gov
A!lin Will scale down appropriations
leaving only enough for each to finish
the present school years and provide for
the care of the buildings. The CLOSING
of the educational buildings viii! be a
serious blow to tine state, but 1t ls ap
parently unavoidable.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
THEY OVERREACHED.
The Wood Harvester Company Placed in
the Hands Of Receivers.

The Wood Harvester Company Placed in
the Hands Of Receivers.
ST.. Paul, March 19.-The Walter A.
Wood Harvester company went into the
hands of receivers today by order Ut
Judge Egan. The receivers are Frank
Seymour, cashier of the Merchants
bank; A. Fl. Lindeke, and Peter S. Mac
Gowan, general manager of the company.
The order was made on the application
Of the Ewarts Manufacturing company
which claims $3.50 for goods sold to the
Wood company between January and
March. In the petition the Ewarts COM
pany says that the Harvester company is
indebted to various creditors in the sum
of more than 100000, had given pref
erences to some creditors over others
and borrowed money on terms which
gave preferences to the lenders, witt
large collateral security.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
DISCOUNTED NOSE
Minister ThurstOn of Hawaii Not
Wanted Around the State
Department
SAYS SECRETARY GRESHAM
The Diplomat. If Displaced, Will Con
tinue to BrOWs, Around
Washington.

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-lt was re-
ported today that Secretary Gresham
had demaded the recall Of Hawaiian
Minister Thurston on the ground that he
was persona non grata. When Secre-
tary Gresham's attention was called to
it he refused to say anything in contir-
nation or denial. 1t is known, however,
that there has been much friction be-
tween the minister and the state depart
ment Thurston positively declined to
discuss the report. He said it was OF
such character that he would maintain
silence. He did not want this taken as
an intination of affirmation or denial
He was asked specifically if he had been
recalled and declined to answer. He
was also asked as to the closing of the
state department against him and he
made no response. While it is doubtful
if Gresham has gone go far as to demano
the minister's recall it ia believed prob
able that he has at least allowed SOM
hint to reach the Hawaiian government
through our minister. An intimate
friend of Thurston, now in Washington
says Thurston has no official information
as to the request for his recall, while a
the same time he has no doubt that suc
) suggestion will be made to the Ha
waian government. 1t is likely tina
Thurston will continue to look afte
Hawaiian interests in an unofficial mar
ner Thurstons friends say as matte
. of fact that he has never been treate
!, at the state department as other minis
. ters. 1t is intimated that Frank Hate
:, may be selected to succeed Thurston.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
OIsSCENE SEVSPAFER

Proprietor Convicted of sending Obscene
Matter Dy Mail.
Special to The Tribune
BUTTE, March 2l.-Joe Wenrich, pub
Usher of the Butte Mercury, was found
guilty by jury this morning OF sending
obscene matter through the mails. The
,ury recommended Wenrich to the mercy
of the court, and, it is understood, were
not at all unanimous for conviction.
Wenrich will be sentenced Saturday.
The jury was out about twenty minutes
before reaching verdict. The punish
ment for the above otfense is fine of
not more than $1,000 or more than five
years imprisonment, or both, but the
penalty might also be fixed at 81.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-22
SNOBS OPINION.
Congress Contains Some Wild People
SOcialistical v.

Congress Contains Some Wild People
SOcialisticaI v.
LONDON, March 2O.-The Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon publishes an in
terview with Sir Charles Rivers Wilson,
who has just returned from the United
States where ne has been in comnuni-
cation with the government as a repre-
sentative of the British holders OF Cen
tral Pacific bonds He is quoted as say
ing that he found the executive all right
and Secretary Carlisle business like and
reasonable According to Wilson Car
Isle states he would rather not touch a
cent of the debt than the Central Pa
cific should be subjected to the pound
of flesh principle. The government, Sir
Charles added, was prepared to accept
the principal foregoing the interest, but
in his opinion the result was doubtful
owing to the temper of congress which
he is quoted as asserting, "contans some
wild people socialistically.'