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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-03
GOSSIP ABOUT pEopLE.

Amelie Rives has returned to the
United States from her trip abroad,
where she has been getting materials
for new novel.
A person whose amazing memory
enables her to play a game OF doni-
noes. checkers and Napoleon at the
same time is Miss Lillian Merritt, OF
London. She sits blindfoidesf and calls
off the names to her attendants. She
also performs nfust prodigious sums In
addition. multiplication and subtrac-
ton without apparently taking thought
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, who made
her debut in society last month. Is one
OF the most intelligent girls in the city
of New York. AS the dauglier OF Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. II is needless TO say
she has had every advantage, and not
only speaks French. German and Itai-
ian fiuentiy. but IS an adept in Chi
nese. of all studies in the world the
hardest For the past four years she
has been mulch interested In the fow-
cry kingdom and reads Confacian phi
losophy with considerable facility. She
was the recipient of fss bouquets when
she made her first appearance In New
York society.
Florence Marayas Is coming to this
Marriage" s~rhe New Woman and
''can the Dead Eesurn?''
Madame Btouet. better know perhaps
SIS the wife OF Max Orch. Is quite as
felicttosIs ut Fappy rfrase-rnaking as
her Husband. During one Of their VS.
tfs 20 this country they were enter
satnesf tv sorne wealthy saiburbanstes
The guest room Of the house Wis fur
nssfae9 and decorated IN pale pink.
When Madame D'ouet was shown TO IL
by the hostess she exclaimed, why.
IL Is just like entering the heart OF a
rose.''
As a play writer. II critic in the Lon
don Saturday Review cf7araeterfzes
Henry James as a fish out OF water. ard
OF rs PLAYS says: They wind wear9iy
GIN, page after page. OF the fabbiest dsa-
logsse, with never a story 70 tell or sit
nation 20 ieaa UP 20 or q character 10
develop"
Mrs Cleveland gssGs. have been ger
reoas indeed st the diplomatic recep-
s.or had last week. Sl1- wore A trained
gown OF white nasAre antique en- p~In-
cess. TIE corsage finished by bands az
turquoise velvet wSund under the arm
and fastened with diamonds IN the back
and front In her bar she wore q asa-
raana STIR. and sfssut hrr threat a
necklace osf sossasres In se- feft hanf
she carried diamond studded varsa-
rretse.
The report that Agsnsa Eeaare is
about 20 write her autobiography WITH
doubtless preVe interesting 20 students
% evangelical Professionalism. ANGIE
Catholicism atheism. nsafarsaissrr.
srsrssuassrs and shec~ophy
DOROTHY DAME.
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- ard 1hs other feIInw and the
- Meanwhile tse mercantile huss-
s ssss naeTTIly GA beth shtnksGg they
hsaa. -' ''a ''''A' ana s's" y
- er. il is rot merely IRE SUM
S. seAis whsgh attract the Shopper
49, $50 bat gaat a3l-ea,seSng. igre-
- &C. sesA--tAe bargain counter,
rae '1nv e. hay Your $50
q, =. S cents. ana yoar hosiery
sse Of thres PAIRS Tor q aosisr.
Asi Tor welicA you paid sA.sa
~ nesssfssas.s ~ The wssser fairly
q. Nssa shane AZ the sight ~ its
So sasea aas sunk 20 the "a cent
-. s Fsaesse are sfAss Of reckoning
1853 sniags whose only merit was
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lned Win m eas~ Il siay o.s.sca

tlsn1ed with m et1se Of tiay ukx1ch
tips.
Two o<s5er costumes designed Tor
evening wear. Illustrate the parsfallty
for baouses and blouse efess. Orc Is
q dinner dress with q skirt Of white
Satin yelled with white gauxe Tho
blouse bodice IS Of white satin and old
lace, and h crossed I'm front, surplice
faehacn. with q belt and large boz Of
satin ribbon az the waist The balaoca
sleeves are r1yed win Strips Of wide
lace insertion and finished with q
dounce OF lace 1T the chow
The other goHn adds the basque to
the blouse effect. Il Il q tall costume
Of white saxin ard bocade. The skirt
II 81 white satin ard very fun. The
coraxe, cut very iow. has little pzeafs
of white cloth laid over che hrocada
ard caught beneath belt fastened
with buckle Of diamonds and rahies.
Bseteiies Of point lace fail over the bro
ca<e sleeves ard over ehe left shoulder
there Is = stunning bow OF cerfse satin
ribbon ALICE AMORY.
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IA, Jan. Especial correspond
-. you could get that much
Is the other side" / heard one
i - ~ 70 another. They were look
~ III pe:tfcoats just then. but they
- same remark about everything
- looked ST. + sesms TO be a
- scnss women. not only TO inslst
hoyfng everything they own Inn
huf even TO do the importing
- nv. To go to Europe and load
~ Sish clothes for the sole pur-
s:|7S = getting ahead OF Uncle Sam de-
- 1lIvir souls. even though It emrties
= yee1efs
- - Is full Of preparations to 90
noene ara goiDg to Europe. to
- s1eir spring ard summer outfit.
- they come back they viii have
~ IS 6usY to wear 1t. Others are laying
- n norts Of clothes for all sorts OF
80 IS Florida For II there 10 ono
Il III the world where one needs
] I'D and versatile wardrobe. that
Is ~ sunny land OF flowers. of which
g; | sn6pufnsss will say with q fervor born
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Martial Exess.. for Sesa~ss,

Most % rs ara acasasfstst wskfs men
wssn hare repeatedly tod Is tsey are
married. We have taken tscsr wosd for
x. though W. have Rad 10 other esssisnee
OF shs srrsssr- They are ssasiom, " ever.
ssen with their wives Tg1ey frsuue-sfy
apgsezr IN psssasc psace@ az ooun<rss. stss-
asars. eysnsnx parties. but invariably
asnne. THIS fsasspens 50 uniformly that
we sgsragsne sAsse sasy have been wsssO~<s1
ars1 Sees p~enpt@a 60 offer our ssncere
synpathy. Hsst, fir~s, we rssss< kssow the
lax On r1eessrg ss,esn sgstn, therefore.
ne parpcsssy direct tina conversation 20
marriage. 50 frat they may inform 50 at
xksear bereavement
DO shey, Ma. They are go hssssAn<is,
ard very devoted ones sasey ax@ure -.
T5ey greatly rsgrse Enne t1aE N1van 60
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never he persuaded to % out They aro
scnEanuAiiv trying 70 trxssscs sRs<m 81 bus
al n vasn. The invszbae wsves care. shey
assert. 50 extremely domestic sns< they
Wiz stay as hame. No o<aser place has
any attraction for theEs. - ccnsecxekUi
are they % their chftiren and tie ranzfs
rosssara Il seems % if they coGh1
eres<ne WIKI eomsor< no other ssxnos-
rhere cham that of home.
Generally men whss hnbisxaAz3v aad wAh-
out rrampting or suggestion discourse
upon sfsar fsnaases and snaarxe On kssear
excessive atsacAuvsse 20 them may not
Be accepted unrcseryvssly. An afrocG3om
that neesls so much airing ard prcmiacs~
osis advertising may safely BE- Quesx3cnesA
Husbands WHO are .cverfond OF expfa1n-
Ing their sosstary appearances 40 tAffereu<
resorss ard In society by their wzveat
dcnsessieasy. and Vssear Inability to wsan
them from It. ara subject 90 aspiciom II
Is naturally thought that they axe o<feF~
ing pressxas where none are needed: thAk.
ccverely feeling cuirable. they wish %
toressasi criticism
Neglect In the matrimonial ro3nkion u
accountesf by nsany . man ~ q very
vensai sin. u n sin az al. IL 10 negative
at werss, he argues. ard saAah . aspak of
husbands ere guilty OF Il that afa ire
Qsaency might be considered stS equation.
norncstinsty. shyness. anvaasdsSnn ars noe
vices. and q wunxsn may be CHARGED witaD
these Sdthout doang her any grea<
WRONG. And then the charge may vastly
iacresase the husbands freedom. and yek
enable him 20 ssani fair IN tia eyes o<
the worAA The worit generally censort-
ouS Is inclined 70 he remarkably ien1eut
20 martial shortcomings One OF these II
assembling to wsves pecuiisrfties shcy do
not have by husbands who have pccalfaE-
1ties they are unwilling 10 Av0wl
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TO love AND sEKvE.

! kncw not If she ioved Or nn
only asked 70 serve and lower
To love and serve. and ever 70
Ny iove grew as grow8 ag'h< abUv0-
Grew from gray dawn to gpssen day.
And swept the Wild world In bis sway.
The stars came duwn. 30 closa they
came,
called them. named them wsch her
name.
The kind moon camo,-carne once "a
near,
Thai IN the hoaluw OF her axm
] leaned my afted spear.
-Jooquin Mf1er
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brishtens up. her eyes gIissen. and sha
talks vtvaciously. She has . weakness
for children, and is always trying. and
trying with success. TO make friends Of
them The people who know her well. and
1t is significant that great many poor
people know her well, viii tell you that
Hctty Green Is eccentric and whimsical.
but thar. after ell. they like her. She Is
interesting. Even person who did not
know who she was would bestow q Sec
cnd glance upon this unfashionabiy clad
and often shabby woman IL she passed
BY in q crowd.
The poor have no chance In this coun-
try. No &onder anarchists and social
lists are SO numerous. The longer We live
the moro discontinued we all get. and no
wonder. too. Some blame the rich. but
all the rich are not to blame"
Thus Mrs Green spoke in New York
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A NEW BOOK ron ADDRESSES.


Here Is . new device which the lover
Of fancy work will hail with delight. II
can readily be made at home and In
In most cases without expense. as your
piece bag viii doubtless contain suffa-
Client floss and hnen left over from the
Christmas gifts Take two pieces Of
cardboard. each six and one-half inches
long and four inches wide, cover with
linen and line with yellow silk. En-
broider upon the cover q dainty bunch
OF buttercups. A band OF yellow ribbon
may be fastened upon the case and the
WORD. Addresses" either embroidered
or painted upon It. This book has an
envelope for each page. The envelopes
are fastened together by narrow yellow
ribbons. which in turn are sewed TO tho
covers. Each envelope Is iettered and
the cards Of ones friends slipped into
their proper receivers. Cases made In
this way. but larger. are used TO hold
nosses and newspaper clippings. and at
the recent Christmas bazars COM
msnxaed q large sale.
Country Minister-There was q
stranger I'm church this morning.
Wife-What did he look like7
Aflnister-T did not see him
Wife-lIhen how do you know there
was a stranger In the congregation?
Minister found dollar bill In the
coilection.-Truth.
A new and popular figure in the CO
tiliion Is called the fencing figure. A
little powder sprinkled powder-puff is
fastened to the end Of foil and two
rivals for a partner fence for the prize.
The pun leaves a mark each time the
foil prickss ard when a vital part is
touched the weapons are dropped and
the victor waltzes OF with the lady.
Halt q dozen couples can try this at
once.
The pursuit OF money and the pro-
lection OF 1t have strewn the world with
sna,l-traps and spring guns. Paradise
viii appear on earth only when money
has disappeared. The golden age will
not come till the age of gold has gone"
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The luxury of our age shows itself IN
the extraya gance OF our aegligee gowns,
without which the toilette OF the wo-
man OF fashion II incomplete Madame
L. has been showing me several OF
these boudoir frccks. designed for tie
trousseau Of come OF our winter brides
They are made OF heavily embroidered
crepe, IN the most exquisite shades of
blue, green and gold color. and were
nearly all fashioned after the Empire
mode. This style IS very popular, as it
can be worn without corsets, thus Civ
sng the long-suGsrlng waist a ulssch
needed rest. and yet gives the wearer
a trim effect which other styles cannot
get without t.ght-fitting lining.
One OF these houdolr frocks that asf-
mfred extremely was fashioned from
Nile-green crepe, embroidered with
pink flowers. The skirt, fell waist. was
confined by band Of Black Set, from
which II hung II. graceful folds about
the figure. TIE yoke. stock cellar and
fssfsop sleeves were OF green chiffon,
ard with this costume were to be worn
green satin Slippers OF the same shade.
OF course, these crepe. lace. chiffon
are charming fer the wife % the
millionaire For the majority Of US.
however. they are far too costly. and
for such there are many mex berssve
materials, such as cashmere ard elder
DOWN flannel. which can he used with
quite as good effect
These eaiey-down wrappers can easily
be made ar ssoEse ard give excellent
service wearing al least two years.
Red IL = cclor that ts vastly becozrgfnv.
alike 20 blondes and hrEinesses. A neg
Ng~e made from resi eIdsr-down fazsn.s
haa band OF black fur about the bot
tom. ana was confined AZ the waist
with a iossg blask rsoaon With these
gowns the favorssa slippers are these
known as rafae:s. made 81 vesves.
quilted satin or heavy hrueza1e, fur
trsuszss~i.
Fashion is more tRsaa generous TO Us
10 the Eaasts~ of ousssae garments.
everything .rosn the iorsg pesis<a TO the
saaasy short Jacket being worn. TIE
preference seems 70 De- given 20 cares
SssyS@v~v. especially fsr evening wear
a. they sfap on and on easily. a matter
not 80 - slssregArsas<s in these days 81.
haze sleeves.
These cares are made Of = variety cs
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SURPRISE LEMONS.

The woman who Is always on the
alert for something unique for the ta-
bic will be glad to try the following
recipe. which may be served either in
place OF punch or as dessert: Pour a
quart Of fresh cream into a vessel:
pound to a paste two ounces OF sweet
almonds and few bitter ones with
twelve ounces OF sugar: sift through a
fine sieve and add the cream. with
two gills OF nlasaschino and four
ounces of candied fruits cut in quar-
ter~inch squares. Tint to a delicate
pink. then freeze. With this cream fill
some large lemon skins. Tie with rib
bon and serve.
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RICH HETTY GREEN.
Says the Poor Have No Chance
in This Country.
sYMPArHIzEs WITH STRIKERS.


HID = q mothcrly
soul this Mrs: He<-
" Green. She has
q good. kind heart,
even if sas Is the
richest woman in
America Sfss has
q tendency TO dis
trust. people on
first acquaintance.
but when one gets
10 know her she IS
. CHEEKY creature
and her worn faco
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FROM 4 woMAN's STANDPOINT.

The accusing angel a. he few to
! heavens chancery with the oath
blushed as he handed It In. and the re-
cordIng angel as he wrote 1t down
dropped a tear upon the word and
htotted 1t Out forever"
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II is good TO rub and polisl, our brains
against those OF others
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-28
A COUNTRY HOUSE NEAR ROTTERDAM.

At the same time, however, it should
be understood that while this craze
for cleanliness is obvious and honest,
it is not in the least intelligent. The
houses are built in the most insanitary
manner, without the slightest regard
to modern principles of construction
or drainage, and from cracks in the
floor there often issue Odors always Of
fensive, sometimes very dangerous.
Amsterdam has been a city ever since
the year 100, and how much longer
there is no means Of knowing. Rotter-
dam is at least as old, and claims to be
older, and the filth of 800 years forms
the ground on which both are built.
When it is remembered that only within
the latter half of the present century
have the laws of sanitation been prop
erly understood and intelligently ap
piled, the condition of such dense cen
tiers of population as the towns of Hol-
land can be better understood. Under
a tropical sun, contagious and infec
tiouS disease would never be absent,
and that plague such as cholera make
only occasional visits, is due apparently
to luck, since intelligent precautions
seem to have nothing to do with the
matter
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diameter and ten-foot stroke, and in
actual work these pumps discharged
sixty SiA cons of water at every stroke.
For four years the pumping went
steadily on, OF from May, 1S4S, to July,
1852, when the work was finally con-
Guided, seventy square miles of area
having been cleared of twelve feet of
water. So gigantic a feat had never
been undertaken before. but it's COM
plete success inspired the sturdy Hol-
landers to still greater enterprise,
and it is probable that in the course of
time the draining of the Zuyder Zee
will add many hundred square miles
to the arabic land of Holland.
Having really more water than they
know what to do with, the honest
Dutchmen have utilized no small por-
ton of their surplus by making canals
from one end of the low lands
gions of Holland are network
of artificial waterways, along
which float vessels bearing all sorts of
town goods to the country and all varie-
ties Of country produce to the towns.
These artificial waterways are of every
size, from the huge ship canal that con-
meets Amsterdam with the ocean to the
branch country canal six or eight feet
wide, that was constructed because
some country town wanted to give it
self airs over it's neighbors; but all are
alike in one respect, in that all are COW
cred with boats, sometimes drawn by a
horse, sometimes by a horse and COW,
sometimes by man, or man harness
ed up with a dog or steer or donkey.
Small steamboats,. are also employed,
but only on the larger canals; on the
smaller, some form of animal locOmOtion
is almost universal. The canal in short,
is an acknowledged feature of HOl-
land, and Amsterdam, Rotterdam and
other cities on or near the coast are as
much brides of the sea as Venice. In
Amsterdam for instance, the gOndOlier
and his song are the only things lack
ing to make the city a Northern Venice,
and these are supplied by bOatmen,
who work and sing not, but get their
passengers to the appointed destination
just as surely as though every stroke of
the oar was accompanied by rhyme
from TaSsO. Amsterdam is, el fact, Il
city of canals. The town is built on
about ninety islands, which, by the ar
tificial waterways. are cut up into Ill
sorts of sizes and shapes, and on them
are builded thousands upon thousands
Of queer old houses, some, perhaps
bo, 10
when the burghers banded themselves
together to overthrow the Spanish rule.
In the matter OF canals. Rotterdam
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can be easily understood. In a soil
clogged with the refuse of ages. any
sort of pestilence may Turk, and in view
OF the dampn IS, the canals and the
impurities of built-up grounds, the won
ger Is not that cholera stays in such q
locality, but that it can ever be forced
out.
The Netherlands form the western
end OF the vast plain that crosses Eu-
rope from the east to west From 100
to 200 miles in width, it has no eleva-
ton greater than 300 feet until the
foothills of the Ural Mountains are
reached. In Holland the plain reaches
the sea and really sinks below the sea
level, for the greater part of this sin
gular country is lower than the level
even OF the lowest tides, and is kept
from overflow only by constant vigi-
lance, unremitting exertion and a lib
eral outlay Of money The dixie system
of Holland is of an antiquity so great
that history does not mention it's be-
ginning. The Roman invaders of this
country in the century before the
Christian era found system of arti-
fetal sea walls in use, perhaps not
very extensive, nor very efficient, but
nevertheless sufficient to meet ordinary
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A RACK-ALLEY CANAL.

and dozen other cities of the coast
are exactly like Amsterdam, while all
over the country dampness and mois-
ture are the rule Situated on one of
the most inclement coasts in Europe,
a wind from almost any direction comes
laden with moisture, which settles on
every object. SO that during half the
year and a large part of the other half
the walls of the houses. both within and
without. the woodwork. and even the
domestic utensils, feel damp and clam
my. To people who have been accus-
toned to different climate, such per-
sistent dampness is very hard to bear.
and even the natives, accustomed as
they are to much moisture, suffer from
it. for diseases such as rheumatism,
consumption and others induced by
the climate, are very common.
But the never-ceasing dampness has
another unfavorable feature, which, to-
gether with the fiat and depressed
country and the innumerable canals,
render Holland peculiarly liable to such
a disease as cholera. 1t is generally
understood that Dutch housewives are
the neatest people on the earth. The
housekeepers of other nations may be
neat from principle; with the Dutch
neatnesS has become mania. A Hol-
land housewife is never so happy as
when she is scrubbing and washing and
polishing. The broom and dust-pan are
never out of her hands. Every thing
o bo,,t tho ho11Se is as clean as soap and
sand and water can make it; the floor
is white, the doors and furniture are
stainless: the kitchen utensils might be
used as mirrors Most of the rooms OF
the big Dutch houses are closed, and
entered once or twice week only that
they may be cleaned; the front door is
opened only on great OCCASIONS, for the
family and family visitors go in and
out at the back door in order to save
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ed with scrupulouS care. Day ana
night watchmen patrol their whole
length with keen eyes, for the tiniest
leak would, in few hours, become d
crevasse that no earthly power couid
stop. A break would mean the lnunda-
tion of thousands of acres, the DlOI-
ting ont of thousands of lives. There
have been several such breaks. In
1924 there was one famous as the mum
dalton of bort High water IN the
River Meuse occurred simultaneously
with a high tide. The dixie gave way.
and 100000 people persisted. In 1851
there was another failure of these de-
lenses against the sea. Heavy rains,
high water in the rivers, high udes.
and strong winds came together, anu
the dikes seemed to melt away IN d
hundred places at once All the low
country was inundated and the drown
cd numbered more than 100000. There
,eyer were more frightful disasters
and that they are remembered III Hol-
land is proved by the zeal with Whlcn
the bikes are kept up and the interest
shown in them not only by the state
but by every citizen.
Tn such a country the problem OF
drainage becomes of the first 1mpor-
lance. Lying, as most of it does, at
lower level than that of the sea. nat
nra1 drainage is impossible. and re-
course must be had to artificial means.
The extent to which this system OF artl-
ticiolly carrying off the rainfall as Well
as the water that insensibly percoiates
through the giant barriers that nave
heen raised can be appreciated only
Nv m actual inspection of the huge
nnmps that are provided for the pur-
nose of raising and sending OF the
s,,nerf1uous water. When the Haar-
1em Lake was drained an enormous
steam engine was constructed for the
purpose of working eleven grea.
pnmps. each of sixty-three inches III
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emergencies, and from that time to this
there never has been a year during
which the Hollanders were not looking
after their dikes, except one. The
worlds history records no more des-
perate expedient than that adopted by
William the Stakeholder, who resolved
to cut the bikes and let in the sea, rath-
err than submit to the French invaders,
but the device was entirely SUCCESSFUL;
the French army was literally drowned
out of the country. and the Hollanders
remained yictors, though retaining SOW
ereignty of only watery waste. Every
other year the bikes have been watch