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The herald., 1895-08-18
The Deep Blue Of the Pansy

Sir Walter Desant: What emotions does
color call forth. have always supposed
that color appeals to every one different
ly. Some men are certainly quite indiffer-
ent to color some are profoundly affected
by color. For instance, to take my own
case. l think that blue affects me most.
and, of all the infinite varieties, blue of
two sbades-one, the deep. dark blue
which belongs to a certain kind of pansy.
l know nothing which can be com pared
with this hue. 1t is like an ocean of
lovely thoughts; it suggests possibilities
beyond limit. l am never tired of look
ing into this color, and 1 know of no 9TH
er flower which possesses that shade. II
one were to gaze into it long enough.
am certain one would fall into trance,
and see things unearthly. If ever l try
to hypnotic myself, it will be by the help
of the dark blue pansy. The other shade
of blue which moves me is the pure,
sweet blue of the nemophila. 1t is one of
the flowers of love, but love pure and
holy. not sensuous OF passionate. OF
other shades, tho crimson of the linum
rubrum. the pink and white of the apple
blossom he white of the jessamine-no
two whites are exactly alike-the tender
green of the young spring leaf, the sea
green of the tangled sea weed-all these
appeal to me; find them all exquisiteIy
beautiful
The herald., 1895-08-18
A Big Steam Flyer Will
Eat Up $4,000
q Month
THE VALIANT COSTS $4,000
But a Vanderbilt Is Her Owner. and
he Is q Spender...It Is the
Entertaining That
Makes Cost

This is the season when a great
number of mon are fred with an ambi-
ton to become yacht owners. join swell,
yacht clubs and mix with the gay sam
mer throng of the white winged fleet,
But il these self same men be not
strong of purse, lusty in bank account
and long enduring in generosity, they
had better allow this particular ambition
to pause in its flight. For in yachting
nowadays money melts like butter in the
sun. 10 benefit the uninitisted, here are
some samples of what it costs to run q
yacht on strictly up-to-date lines. If any
man can go and do likewise, let. him buy
a yacht, and he will have the rich satis-
faction of knowing that he is right in the
middle of the swim. for the examples
given are all based on the aquatic doings
of the wealthiest men of New York.
Willie K. Vanderbilt, the much talked
about, easily heads the list as the biggest
spender OF money on yachts IN the coun-
try. With an income of 81. 900, 900 year,
he possesses certain advantages over the
cheaper mill;onaires which it is difficult
tor the latter to overcome. Then again,
he keeps his yacht. the Valiant, in COM
mission almost the entire year, and as she
carries crew of fifty-two men and con-
sumes large quantities Of coal this adds
considerably to the total.
The salary list of the Valiant per month
amounts to $21O0. She burns about thirty
tons of coal day of twenty-four hours,
but does not average more than $50 tons
per month. This means another $1,000.
The greatest expense is that manipulated
by the chef. To feed the crew alone the
cost is $1,000 month. But while the
guests are fewer in number than the
six at a time, they require something more
fascinating than beef stew and plum duff
for desert.
cure. and when only he and his secretary
are on board an elaborate menu is pre-
pared by the chef three times day, to
say nothing of late supper and sundry
lunches and delicious connections of an
anti prohibition flavor. One hundred
and fifty dollars day scarcely covers the
cost OF the rarc foods and fruits con-
sumed, the wines and liquors drunk and
the 6O-cent cigars smoked by the quarter
deck contingent of the Valiant. OF
course, when there are large number of
guests on board, the expense of entertain
ing them runs up to $500 and $1,000 day.
But $3.50 day is fair average for the
month.
The incidentals also come high. The
Valiant and her furnishings represent an
outlay OF $700,0O0, and the insurance
premium on this sum would make the
average man faint if he had to meet 1t.
The breakage on the Valiant is some
thing terrific. Although she is the big
gest American yacht in commission she
rolls considerably when caught in half a
gale. and then the cut glass ware and the
china OF rare makes suffer. the laundry
bills of the crew and the ships linen and
the incidental repairs necessary to keep
The herald., 1895-08-18
An Expensive Wig

Jake Rauer, the collector. prosecut A>al
sorts of claims for all sorts of artSe q
and has a warehouse full of Junk, brlc-
a-bIac. clothing, works of art. etc. which
he has bid in at attachment sales. He has
the scenery and costumes of defunct
theatrical company. the uniforms and
instruments of band, the weapons of a
band OF outlaws. a complete harvester,
the fixtures and tools of a cigar factory,
the glassware of half dozen saloons,
and every conceivable thing that could
be of any possible use to mankind, be-
sides many things that are absolutely
uselss, sucn as crates of broken crockery,
and hundred bicycles com monty known
as ordinaries. but which appear to be
most extraordinary contrivances.
About three years ago peculiar kind
OF wig was wanted by the manager
of q theater company. He searched all
over town for one without success. and
finally on the advice of friends appea ed
to Rauer. Jake had one.
What will you rent that to me for?'
asked the manager.
"A dollar a week. " said Jake.
'All right; I'll want it for two weeks
anyway, and | will buy it of you."
That wig was by some mistake carried
away among the effects OF the company.
The manager IS on his way to this city
now, and Rauer is preparing the papers
in suit for $50 rent on the $S wig.-San
Francisco Post.
The herald., 1895-08-18
crimson and pink rhododendrons fash
out their fiame-lika beauty.

crimson and pink rhododendrons fash
out their fiame-like beauty.
This adoption of the gay peasant Co.'S
tune will of course be confined to the
fashionable summer places, the Rigi,
Lucerne. Cbamouni. where most of the
people who wish to ascend Mount Blanc
larry for a time; Geneva, Interlaken and
Vevey. The am bilious tourists who wish
to make the ascents and try the mountain
passes and see everything in the world
there is to see, content themselves with
raimcnt practical in its warmth and
plsinness, and with never a ribbon or
frill.
An eminently sensible climbing rig
forms par: of Philadelphia woman's
outfit for the summer in Switzerland.
Her name is Miss Annie S.Peck of Phila-
delphia, and she proposes before her vaca-
tion is ended to accomplish feat which
most strong men would decline, and that
is to turn her footsteps toward the Alps
and climb the highest peak OF the Mat
terhorn. She is graduate OF the Michi-
gan university. professor in Smith col
lege OF archaeology. a bicycle rider, a
path finder for the feminine foot IN many
things. particularly in the difficult feat
Of scaling the highest peaks in the o.
semitic valley.
Miss Peck, who is 5 feet inches in
height and who weighs less than 140
pounds, expects to make her Alpine ex-
plorations in the only common sense garb
that woman could wear on such dan
gerous ms,ion-bloomers. a blouse waist
of rough heavy wool, stout shoes and
stockings ana gloves, and a cap with a
visor To shield hel face from the glare OF
the brilliant sun upon the fields of track
less snow.
Il have not the slightest idea Of leaving
my bones ,in the little cemetery at Ter
NIT, where so many hapless climbers
have found their long rest" said this
little woman the other day, land l ex-
pect to sit on the edge OF precipice 1000
feet. high and let my feet hang over
If this new fad of dressing after the
fashion of the country in which one
abides for time grows in popularity, We
nav expect in Japan some DAY to come
across some richly groomed young maid,
and instead of koko or some other Ori
entail maiden with dark ewes and dusky
nair, an American face will LOOK out from
the gay parasol, and we will rcognize it,
maybe, as that of our very best friend.
The complications might be great in
those barbarous old countries where
women are not allowed tho general run of
things as in our own free and enlight
ened America, and few heads might be
off before the Moslems and
Turks get accustomed to seeing dainty
women folk taking their walks abroad un-
covered as to their faces and unattended.
The herald., 1895-08-18

the yacht at the highest pitch Of perfec-
ton amount to SIS day or about $2250
month. The total expense of running
the Valiant month averages between
S12, 900 and $1,000. or about $160, 900 u
year.
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry is another
past master in the ar. of spending
money on yachting. His boat, tho Elec-
ira, while not as large or as speedy as
the Valiant, is one Of the most Injurious
craft atloat. Counting his wife's for
tune, the commodore has an income OF
$500, 900, and while it is only one-fifth Of
the amount that Willie X. Vanderbilt can
more the commodore lives up to every
cent of 1t, which is more than Mr.. Van
derilt does. The latter inherits to a cer-
tain degree the dominating trait of his
grandfather and father, or, in other
words, he adds certain portion of his
income each year to the principal fortune,
though he doesn't allow his great reputa-
tion as spender to suffer by it.
Commodore Gerry keeps the Electra in
com mmisslon four months in the year,
June, July, August ana September. She
carries crew of twenty-aight men all
told, and the salary list. amounts to
$1,000 month. Much of the time the
quence the laundry bill IS terrific. The
Elctra's coal costs $500 month. Feeding
toe crew costs another $500. All of these
items are regarded, however, as minor
affairs in the expense of running he
yacht.
The commodore is q great entertainer.
All of New York swelldOm and the fash
ionaple world of Newport have been en-
tertained on the Electra at some time or
other. And Mr.. Gerry entertains like a
prince. He has made study OF 1t, and
has reduced it to an art. Every mem ber
of the crew has an allotted task in the
general work of adding to the guests
comfort. and the entertaining machinery
OF the yacht moves with the clockwork
regularity of the engines driving the
propeller.
The monthly cost OF running the Elec-
ira is $40, 900. and three fourths of this
sum is spent on the cuisine of the yacht.
The writer mas been guest on the boat
when 100 others we're invited at Newport
for days sail. AT 10o'clock champagne
cocktails were served to all hands ana
at l o'clock, or two bells. ." as the COM
modore put it. lunch was served IN the
The herald., 1895-08-18
HOW THEY SETTLED 1T

! One OF them had been away and the
other was meeting her at the railroad
station; they greseted each other with
great effusiveness.
"On, you dear thing" cried the trav-
eler, ''how are you? l am dying. actually
dying, to see you and hear all about it..
The last letter l had you and Fred were
| quarreling horribly because you wanted
| to be married in church and he refused. 1"
Il know; he insisted upon our b.ir e
married at home just because he had the
whooping cough; wasn't it horIid of
| himY"
Indeed it was. But it is all settled
now. is it not?''
oh, quite; you see"
Il knew it would be; lovers auarrels
are not serious. He wanted to be married
in the morning, too, while you were
bent on an evening wedding; he pre-
ferIed travelling, gear, while your heart
though, | belieye-no, lie wanted to Q
mairiel on Tuesday, and you on Wednes-
day. Do tell me how it was settled?"
'Oh, that wasn't nearly all. He in
sisted that Ida must be bridesmaid in
spite of all l said, and, wasn't it mean?
TO be his best man. Then | wanted to 60
to Mexico on the wedding trip, while he
was determined on Canadian tour
But you have ARRANGED it all now?"
Indeed we have, there will be no
more"
at hotel afterward. or did you consent
to keep house? And oh. tell me; did he
promise to call your mother Mamma or
did you give in to his addressing her as
Mrs. Van Tompkins? 1 can't rest until
l hear all about it,.
t.nL ~ 4 Ill
differences, IN just the easiest way;
"And about the presents; re.nemb Der
that he insisted upon letting al your
friends know that none would be well
come, while you naturally wanted every
much about that?''
"Indeed we did, without coming to any
conclusion. Finally we agreed to call in
Joe and Ida and talk it all over with
them. You see, l knew Joe would agree
to whatever / said, and l also knew that
Ida was aware that knew she wanted to
be in my place, and l thought she would
be careful. But don't you think the mean
thing just agreed with whatever Fred
thought best-so it did no good at all.
Well. thank goodness, it's all settled
now'
well, you needn't be so mysterious;
here I've been half an hour trying to get
can succeed. How did
Why Fred and Ida are to be married
on Tuesday morning, in travelling dress
and go to Canada on theirsw ,dding tour:
on their return they will keep house and
he.is always to call her mother Mrs.
Fitz- Brown. They are to accept no pres
ents and"
"Well, upon my word! And what, if
you please, is TO become of you with all
your lovely trousseau?"
"Oh, that is all right. l am to marry
Joe, in full dress, on Wednesday evening;
we so to Mexico on our trip; on our re-
turn we board at hotel. Joe mas prom
ised to call my mother Mamma as long
az he lives. And, oh Dora 1 want You to
come right up to the house with me and
help to address the invitations; wo want
to get them out in good tlme so that
none of our friends can find valid ex-
cuse for not sending us q present. Oh.
tell you, l am the happies girl on earth,
for AM sure of having things just my
own way for the rest of my natural life."
.-Cl >cago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1895-08-18
THEY INTEREST HER JUST NOW

st. Louis Globe Democrat: Hush !
Whisper! The up-to-date maiden carries
her keys on a chain fastened to button
somewhere on the inside of her belt just
under her right arm. The keys must nee
essarily be plain. ordinary things, wi tn
out any poetry about them, but the
chains are precious metals. and the new
aluminium which looks like gold and does
not tarnish. On this the modern young
person of the feminine persuasion carries
her hotel room key and also those that
open her trunks, writing desk. jewel.cas-
ket and sometimes her checkbook.
For this is another fad. The woman
who boasts checkbook of her very own,
on the pages OF which she can make mis-
takes and get herself involved in hope
less mathematical maze, will lock the
precious volume with ridiculous little
gold key, which will hold the Russia
leather covers together with a band OF the
same material. 1t wouldn't take any more
than m moment to demolish the entir 9
structure, but it's fad-and there you
are!
Have you noticed that the end-of-tbe-
century girl lives, moves and has her te.
ing with her arms akimbo?
The herald., 1895-08-18

and braided generously with gold. While
the coloring of the Swiss costume differs
IN the French. German and Bavarian
Alps, as do the people themselves in
manners and customs, still there is one
general rule which may be laid down,
and that is that the coloring is sober in
the lowlands and brilliant upon the
heights, as though nature had impressed
itself upon the people in more gorgeous
splenoor in their alpine region, which
is held to be included in the space be-
tween the uppermost limit OF trees and
the first appearance of permanent snow.
1t is here tina. the characteristic vege-
tation of the Alps is shown in all its
wonderful beauty. There are shrubs,
willows, juniper and bilberrv bushes to
supply the needed green, while red and
The herald., 1895-08-18

y If you havn't it will be impressed upon
you this summer. Whether she sleeps in
that attitude Is question none can an
swer but that especial cherub who
watches over the slumber of summer girls.
She keeps at least one arm akImbo at
all times during her waking hours. She
dimes with her left arm planted against
her belt. and she enters the surf in the
same manner. 1t has boone quite as pop.
ular as the dudes habitual hand in his
trousers pocket.
When she sius on the piazza with the
summer man and listens to the soft moth
ings he whispers in her ear, her eyes may
look pensively off to the sea. or to some
n-kissed mountain peak in the distance
but her arm will retain its angular atti-
tude. and if 1t is pretty arm, it will i'm.
press its beauty upon him moro firmly
than ever.
This seasons girl buys her collars and
cuffs oy the dozen. They are made to
button to her shirt waists and wrist.
bands IN exactly the same fashion as her
brothers, and she knows just how it feels
to have her collar button slip down her
spine and her collar flap up against the
back of her ears. But it's "faddy." SO
it's all right.
The herald., 1895-08-18

heretofore vulgar crowd will be permitted
tt feast their hungry eyes upon the colo
white walls of the palace. and speculat
as TO the cost of draping the hundred or
curtains.
Down will go the gates with the fence
and this will do away with Mrs. Van
derbilt'z very unique and thoroughly orig
inal manner of receiving her guests.
When Marble house was opened for the
first time two years ago. the gates were
kept religiously locked, and there were two
Swiss peasants dressed in their quaint ma
tional costumes stationed in picturesque
little lodges on either side of the drive.
Theif sole duties were to find out the
name Of the occupant OF the carriage and
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from which they take their names-Al-
pine. Besides these two favored shapes.
there is all almost endless. variety of
headdress, from the long, black lace ar
rangement which suggests the Spanish.
to curious mingling of silver and gold
cloth and winglike pieces of black and
white gauze. Any face nay be appropri-
ately framed in the widely different head
covering.
In the Bavarian Alps the same pictur-
esque raiment Is used, but the colors are
quieter and more subdued. The skirt
will be black instead of crimson, and the
dash of color will come from the corsage
Of black velvet crossed with gay ribbons
The herald., 1895-08-18

night the patient dropped off into quiet
Goze-his first slumber for weeks. The
wife sat there watching him anxiously,
afraid to move a muscle for fear of dis
turbing him. Suddenly the figure of a
open doorway. With thoughts only Tor
her sleeping husband. the woman tip
toed toward the door and with fingers on
lip demanded in scarcely audible whis-
per. ''How did you get IMP"
Utterly taken back the burglar in the
same whisper replied, "By the dining
room window"
We'll" proceeded the woman, ''go
right out by the same wav you came in
and Just as quietly as possible. and the
burglar Obeyed.
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chosen tnan the gay costume of the Tyr
olean Alps, the full! red skirt not reach
ing the ground by several inches, the
dainty, finely plated white lawn waist.
with its snuG-ftting girdle of black vel
vet the gay-colored handkerchief
folded so demurely, and the full-sleeved
and richly embroidered apron, all form
ing com binaiton that makes even
homely girl picturesque and a pretty
girl just bewitching.
Swiss head gear follows no changes of
fashion, but there are oad-brimmed
shades hats with crowns running mp as
steep and straight as the mountains
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strange seas with a goodly and well.
chosen company, over whom she queened
it right royalty.
Since the Late pleasantness" the
beautiful yacht Valiant, which was built
to replace the Alva. is no longer under
command, and she is wisely concluding
to find for herself new pleasures and new
interests.
1t is said by those fwho ought to know
that the grand ball she proposes giving
at Marble house in honor of the formal
debut of her pretty daughter, Miss Con-
suelo, is really for the purpose'of making
her own temperance in society. She
wishes to find out Just exactly where she
stands in the long list OF the four hun
dred, and just how many people are will
ling to desert the powerful and popular
family of Vanderbilt for love of her. That
it will be to choose between the two fac
tions no one doubts for moment.
A Dittsr struggle will be waged in the
fair city by the sea during the weeks when
life seems best and bravest to all on the
outside.
1t promises to ba struggle as bitter as
that which drove William Waldorf Astor
across the sea forever. England gave him
what free America could not and decreed
that as the eldest son of an eldest son
he was head Of the Astor family, and that
was what the quarrel was about.
With Newport again as the arena, o Sec
ond battle will be fought between the
members OF a family famous, like the
Astors. for their rich red gold. 1t is pre-
dicted by those who know much of life and
of people that the result will be the same,
and that ct the end of this season Mrs.
Alva Vanderbilt will remove her charming
self, her daughter and her lares and PEN
ates to the land of good Queen Vic.
But there will be plenty of fun for the
lookers-on in the meantime, and many
are perfectly willing to hurrah for the
winner, whichever it be.
As an evidence of good faith and of her
having become in reality one OF the people.
Mrs. Vanderbilt has decreed that the walls
around Marble house are to fall. and the
The herald., 1895-08-18
A VANDERBILT
TUG=OF=WAR
Mrs. AIya S. Pits Herself
Against the Whole
Family
A STRUGGLE FOR HONORS
She Will Give a Great Ball at Marble
House to Decide Who Are
Her Friends and
STRUGGLE FOR HONORS

After twenty years o. exclusiveness,
almost equaling that of lords and dukes
and earis. Mrs. Alva S. Vanderbilt, it
seems. has decided that New York So
ciety is pretty good and desirable thing
after all, and worthy of little cultiva-
ton. In the old days few were the weeks
she deigned to give to the wonderful pal
aces on Fifth avenue and at Newport.
Her delight seemed to be in cruising in
The herald., 1895-08-18
An Overwhelming Peril

De.riot Tribune: The burglar turned
with a sneer of malignant triumph. "If
yon shoot NO." he hissed. you'll wake
the baby" There was nothing to do but
permit him to load all the silver into a
81 c'S and carry it away, leaving the front
door open behipd him.
The herald., 1895-08-18
The Three Ages Of rlan

"Cn1y one thing in the world, my
boys" said the man of 60.
True" said the man of 40.
True" echoed the man OF 20.
"And that is rest" SAID the man OF go,
softly.
at is success" said the man of 40,
grimly.
"'Oh. no, "said the man OF 90, eagerly
sit is love-it is love !'--Chicago Times
Herald.
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Il powers, and extremely

monts. all social powers, and extremely
popular people.
Those who will have the best of the sea
son ndoubtedIy are the neutral people
who take no sides. but are perfectly de-
lighted to accept the hospitality of both
factions. and are rather clad on the
whole that the ties of friendship are not
close enough to force them into taking
sides one way or the other.
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Identified

Olddn-What yer wanter rest me fei?
O"Toole-ChArge is that you're living
picture.
Oldun-What?
O'Toole---No. l,00S in the rogue's gal
lery.-Puck.
The herald., 1895-08-18
The DociIe Housebreaker

New York Evening Sun: Here is one
way of "shooing'' off burglar. TIE
heroine was a woman living IN the central
part Of the state whose husband had been
exceedingly Ill. At last the crisis of the
disease was safely passed and late one
The herald., 1895-08-18

A Sioux City man whose wife has sue
for divorce because he uses tobacco and
is a baseball fan" proposes to compro-
mise by chewing gum and taking his
wife with him to the games.
The herald., 1895-08-18
PEASANT DRESS
NOW THE FAD
Touring Americans Adopt
the Fancy Swiss
Costume
REIGN OF THE ALPINE MAID
The Costume Offers Fine Opportunities
for Startling Combinations Of
Color and HomeIy Girls
Look Pretty
REIGN OF THE ALPINE MAID

Decidedly the prettiest innovation
planned for this summer is the proposed
adoption by thu tourist folks of the ma
tional costume of whatever country they
may chance 10 be in. The idea originated
with the German and American women
who seek for rest and health in the quaint
Swiss towns, with the lakes and noun
tains around them on every side.
No more picturesque garb could be
The herald., 1895-08-18

Mrs. Te Goode-What did the minister
preach against today?
Mr.. Dc Goode wearily-He preached
against time.