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NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

YONkERS.
fhe Minuet Circle. of Yonkers. gave reception
on Tuesday evening at Wiggns's Hail. Dancing
began at o'clock and was continued Till ia'e
hour. 1t was arranged by committee consisting
OF Louis Du Bots. George w. Bruce wilbur HAM
mond Frederick Bruce and Harry D. lice
Eight members Of the Workers University En-
tension Class took their examination on TUESDAY
evening at the rooms Of the Young Mems Cnrlsuaan
Association the lectures on geology gwen Ms 10y
Professor Scott at the Woman's institute Inc eA-
animation was conducted by Professor H. n 1au rs
by, principal of the YonSers High Schooi unuei ING
rules Of the Board of Regents 49, -. ~.
At meeting of the Executive Commlttee "a tnv
Yonkers Young Mems Republican Gun on iuesuas
night plan of action for the spring campaign was
adopted. The membership list was 'afe,u lin had
over an9 revised Ii was found that inc clup ndu
an active working membership of 1870 Iwenty-ht.e
names are on the bulletin board for election 10
membership.
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stratc the high plane which the Republican party
may attain. keeping always to the best pohtcai
standard. 1T, !, go. g.,
Resolutions were passed. which VIII be sent 10
the women OF Chicago. CONCENTRATING thcH on
their work in overcoming the corruption IN that
city The next meeting OF the Harlem AuNliiary
will be held at the same place, wednesday, Jan
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SHIPPING NETS.
FORT or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. JAN. u. 1895.

IORI OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. JAN O. Is0J
ARRIVED
steamer Majestic UIr. Pafsel Liverpool January III
and Queenstown II. muse 100 cabin and .,s .,cer
age passengers 10 II Kersey. Arrived at the Har a,
1919 a IN. ~ 800 ~
Steamer Buffalo tBr. Male Hun January g. via BOSTON
1921 "a m " " ''
Steamer Irocidn Ger JoTgensen Hamburg January 2
with ndsc 10 Funch Edge - at the Bar nj
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examination in $500 bail each on charge' ~ Of
dieorderlv houses and 500 each on charscs "a
violating the Excise law. All the women were "'cH
and the men were discharged.
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ro cr1gBBATE THE FEAST OF ST. AGNES.

81. Agnes's feast will be celebrated on Sunday
IN 81, Agnes's Roman Catholic Church with mass
at II a. m, and vespers and veneraton OF the relic
81 q, A nee M 790 o. m a special musical pro-
FAMINE has been arranged for the morning service.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise 7:I7sunsct BIOS Moon G:33 Moons age
HIGH WATER TODAY
AM-Sandy Hook $40 Gov. Island Cos Hell Gate ssh
PM-Sandy Hook 7l2 Cos. Island 7.il Hell Gate D.H
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INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO DAY.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81.
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 20.

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Henry A. Daniels. M. D..
90 WEST S9TH-ST.
arrangements OF tho Nervous system. Impotence and
a. Gritty and like speciates Hours y to !. b to
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Steamer Mnranhensc O8D. Hughes. from New York Jan
uary g. arrived at Para January ~
The Washington times., 1895-06-02
ting Over the Latest Fashions.

this enthusiastic climber. She sailed for
Antwerp on the 18th, and her plan is TO.
go up the Rhine to the Tyrol to visit the
points of interest, climb some of the noun
tains, one of which is Gross Glockner, H.
600 feet high, and gather material for
a lecture on the Tyrol.
Miss Peck means TO take all the neces-
sary precautions for her safety In climbing
the Matterhorn, and will dress in knicker-
bockers, a blouse waist, leggings and a
skirt which she will discard soon after
she leaves the hotel. She does not intend
to have second tourist with her, and has
already chosen her guide, an experienced
man, Jean Baptiste. Miss Peck is five
feet six inches high and weighs 1 40 pounds
and is the embodiment of strength and
grace, physical endurance and womanly
ways. She has all the caution of her cour-
age, and does not propose, so far as she
can help it, to leave her bones in the
churchyard at Zermatt. Nor is there
much likelihood of any such consummation
The chief danger of the mountain climber
is over-apprehension. OF this Miss Peck
does not seem to have trace She has sat
before to-day on the edge of a precipice,
with depth of 1000 feet yawning before
her, without feeling the slightest tendency
to fall off
The Washington times., 1895-06-02
A HOME INCIDENT |.

showing How Critical Children Some-
times Becomeas They Grow Older.
II used to have some credit in my own
household" said Mr.. Jorgeton to the New
YORK Sun reporter, ''as judge Of character
by minor indications, by handwriting and
that sort Of thing. The children would
bring to me letters from friends and ac-
quaintances and show me the superscrip
tion on the envelope, and say: Papa,
what sort of person should you think this
WASP and then would take the envelope
and look at 1t carefully, and presently begin:
Well, the writer of this is a person OF
- and then l would 90 ahead and de-
scribe his or her characteristics, and l am
bound to say that 1 generally got 1t pretty
near right, as the children ackno wledged
willingly and with wondering admiration.
WELL hadn't heard of anything Of that
for some time-for two or three years.
Then one day my eldest daughter, now
grow to be quite tall young lady, brought
me an envelope to decipher. Honored by
this visit after that lapse OF time, l gave
an elaborate aud careful diagnosis
What do you think of this oue?' she
said, handing me another, and l described
that, too, and also a third which she handed
me, and when l had finished and returned
that last one To her, instead Of thanking
me with the wondering admiration of
former years, she began To shout for her
brother, youth grown lofty with the
lapse of time, aud when he had cume they
laughed and laughed aud laughed.
Whence these laughter? I said, en-
deavoring to be funny, thought really didn't
see any fun in it, and she finally managed
to tell me that the three -sIiperscriptions
whose features l had SD carefully described
as indicating three persons of widely vary
ing characteristics, were really written all
by one person Ha! hal hal and then they
laughed again with great delight.
Il tried TO explain that young persons
handwriting, the not wholly formed and
settled handwriting, might easily, on one
day and another, really reveal all the char
acteristics i had described, but they only
laughed at this; it was enough for them that
l had described as the work of three per-
sons the hand writing of one; but why they
should So rejoice over this slight incident
/ cannot imagine, unless they have come
TO think, as children sometimes do, that
they 1are smarter than their parents.
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of the time at Newport, where the new
dances with which fashionable women
entertain small and select parties have
60 be taught TO private pupils.
1t was through this that when one
OF the college dramatic societies came
60 give ballet Miss Beckett was secured
TO train the dozen college boys and as many
society girls who were TO dance. The
performance was a success, and the boys
who had taken part were so envied that the
10 llowing year enough students were
anxious to dance to have formed two ballet
corps Of good size. The girls have not had
q chance since.
For four years these ballets and skirt
dancing numbers have been in high favor
IN college dramatic circles. Ali those
ballets which have made Yale theatricals
famous and drawn overflowing audiences
for whatever charity given have been COM
posed by Miss Beckett, who always trains
the gay student dancers herself. II is
all very well for a ballet master to instruct
q feminine corps, but it requires a woman
80 drill young men until they dance with
girlish grace. Not only Yale boys, but
two clubs from Columbia College, Philadel-
phia boys, and Baltimore and Washington
students are in the amateur theatrical
business for love and charity All pro-
duce ballets OF introduce elaborate dancing,
and the poetry Of their motion over which
the girls rave is gained through Miss Beckett,
who converts them temporarily into gauZy
Gkrted, blonde wigged beauties and terp-
nichorean successes.
The college season has Just closed for the
maitresse de ballet.
Il shouldn't mind teaching them all the
year around" says Miss Beckett, ''for they
are the incest pupils there are" Miss
Beckett served three years apprenticeship
at Covent Garden, for she is an English
woman. She has been in the ballet at
the royal theater which the King maintains
IN Belgium, has studied IN Paris, and for
five OF six years now has been training
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

ID this country, and she declares that for
quickness in learning no set OF women or
professional dancers she has seen can ac-
Quire ballet with the facility OF
students She lays it, first Of all, to their
Intelligence, and also to the perfect shape
they are kept in by a reasonable amount
Of athletics.
The Strollers, one OF the Columbia
College clubs, is one of her favorite clubs
70 teach. Their ballet of 143 boys that
appeared in "Ivanhoe" last season in New
York aud 7 Philadelphia was the finest
college corps OF ballet that has yet been
trained. Three premieres danced.
After all. the Yale boys delight the
Gauci ng teachers heart.
When the note arrives saying il is
time for me to take the ballet in hand, I
am always delighted. Is il funny?'
Its the only real pleasure of NV years
work. Why, absolutely, ] laugh so much
Ht those boys, that grow fat in the
three weeks that 1 am in New Haven
training them before the opening Der
formance. A skeleton would have to
laugh at them. They are so fun Of life. {"
do they play tricks on you?''
No, indeed; they are gentlemen always,
and 1 make them obey me"
The idea Of a lot OF larky sous Of Ell
ebeying anybody, much less the not-over
severe looking ballet mistress is laugh
able.
well. they do what saw. You see
they ali want a good part. And they don't
want 10 be put in the back row. So all
have 90 do when they are too lively or
dop't attend rebearsals, is to say that
ouly the best dancers can go in the quad
niles OF front row.
OF course, the most Of them are green.
Sometimes they dance several years. and
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

beginning to see that in order to dress We'll
on a small income it is necessary for them
to know something of the art OF dress
making.
A number of interesting institutions
| where omen can learn to make their own
clothing and learn trade at the same time
have recently been started in New York.
The largest and most successful is managed
by an enterprising little woman who start
| ed teaching her system in a small bedroom,
and has since enlarged it until it now occu-
| pies an entire floor in the Art Interchange
Building.
Innumerable little schools are carried on
throughout the city for the purpose of
| teaching dressmaking as trade to women
| who wish to follow the profession, but
this school is unique. II is place where
women go to make their own gowns under
the instruction of the best cutters and
| filters in the country.
The school is divided into three depart
nlents The first and most important is
that for the making of gowns, the second
for the production OF artistic millinery
and the third a showroom of the pupils
work
Ii is in the dress-cutting department
where the foundation of the work is laid.
In this room there are from 70 TO 100
women of all ages at work. The
pupils vary in age from twelve to fifty.
They receive individual instruction and
are taught to cut by the actual measure
of the form, which is taken by tape-Ine.
The drafting is done by square laid di-
rectly upon the material, thus avoiding the
use of patterns. The result of this in
genous little instrument has entirely
abolished the fitting room. 1t is so accu-
rate in its measurements that gown cut
from them almost never needs altering
The first glimpse into this room is not
particularly interesting. 1t gives one the
impression that it is like any one of hum
dred of its kind that may be found within
radius of half mile, but by giving few
of the groups Of workers Individual at
teution it is easy To see that there is much
to be found of uncommon interest. On
some cutting tables To the left OF the main
entrance, are piles OF exquisite velvet
brocades and silks. These are surrounded
by merry, chatting women, who are busily
discussing the fashion plates in some French
periodicals. "But l never took a stitch
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

then they reach the premiere stage. The
ma nagers of ( he theatri calls usually ex-
pect 10 devote three weeks prior to the
opening TO ballet instruction, and when
Miss Beckett arrives in New Haven candi-
dates for the ballet are all ready to offer
their services. At the first rehearsal
the corps is chosen. PlumDness is an
essential qualification in college corps,
and the ballet mistress picks out the fat
test candidates-those whose shoulders
and arms haven't been turned into punches
of muscles, aud who viii most become the
decoIlete and sleeveless satin corsages.
The boys have 10 such preparations to
make as girls. Girls always appear at a
rehearsal provided with short skirts,
ruffled knickers, and dancing corsets. Boys
find trousers are not impediments, like
girls long skirts. The boys appear in slip
pers such as Dollie and Minnie and Sera-
phine and Tottie toe about in They lay
aside their coats, roll up their shirt sleeves
10 show plump arms and dimpled elbows
and are ready for work.
Miss Beckett, in black tights and two
long full Spanish lace skirts, dances before
the swaying, bending lines of coatless
students, who try TO initiate the grace OF
the ballet mistress.
Rehearsals are held every day, in the hour
before dinner usually. The boys hire hall
for this, and il is three weeks of hard
work Premieres have TO be taught alone
Everybody is supposed 10 practice out
side OF the class. No such paraphernalia
is used as is seen in the ordinary ballet
class. No bars are needed 10 assist the
boys 10 raise their toes. Every one of
them is pretty apt to be timber enough TO
put toe on a level with his waist or
shoulder.
1T is how to do it so as to be picture OF
grace that troubles boys" said Miss
Beckett. ''If a boy thinks he can't do a
certain pose, or take certain steps grace
fully, he won't have anything TO do with
il, because they all declare they are not
going on TO make fools of themselves be-
fore their families and friends.
They all try TO get into the front row,
or in the quadrilles. Although they are all
called boys, some OF them are nearly thirty,
but age has nothing TO do with college
boy getting into the back row. boy
may be on the edge of thirty, but if he is
The Washington times., 1895-06-02
A WOMAN MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.

Miss Peck Is TO Try TO Reach the
Summit of the Matterhorn.
Miss Annie s. Peck, of Providence, is
about TO journey to Switzerland for the
special purpose of climbing the Matterhorn.
She is, says the Boston Herald. scholar
OF unusual attainments, lecturer of
marked success, and has become famous
for her wonderful endurance and success
in mountain climbing She graduated
from the University of Michigan, has
travelled extensively in Italy. Switzerland
and Germany, spending much time In the
school of archaeology at Athens, and at
one time was professor of Latin in Smith
College. After some rough experience at
sea she turned her atteption to mountain
climbing, and has ascended Mount Shasta,
climbing $4,000 feet above the snow line,
and later climbed to the top OF CLOUDS
Rest peak in the Yosemite Valley. The
SUBMITS of Mount Washington and the
Presidential Range are familiar spots to
The Washington times., 1895-06-02
Woman Who Want
Their H0adSk0 Hang
NOT IN SHAME, BUT ON THE
WALLS OF AN ART EXHIBIT.
A New and Aggressive Fad
in New York for Oil Por-
trait Painting.

New York, June 1.-The fin de steele
woman must have her portrait painted
1t is the correct thing to do, aud she is
unhappy when her dearest friend has her
painted liueaments hung ON the line at the
spring exhibition or the portrait show and
sheis notin it. 1t matters not whether she
be rosebud all doubt and dimples, or
a white-haired grandmother, she must sit
to the artist most in demand and have
herself reproduced on canvas
American artists have progressed amaz-
ingly I'D portraiture these last few years,
no one distaneing Sargent, while BENJAMIN
Porter gets $1,000 for fulI-length picture.
Daniel Huntington and William NJ Chase
are also In the foremost ranks, while J.
Wells Champney is popular amung the
Feminine votarles Of the smart set, con-
filming himself entirely to pasteIs.
These exquisitely soft and pure prodlc-
dons are eminenuy fitted for portraying
the delicate beauty and expression of the
fair Sex, and the genial painter is an en-
thusiast in his art He worships at the
shrine OF La Tour and RosaIba Carriera,
those famous first pastellists who have
given us the old court beauties of Louis
14th and 15th's times. But Mr. Champney
aims to be more than a passing vogue, be
is striving to become the portrait pastel
list of the age; and with his natural gifts
combined with his honest, studious work,
gives every promise of fulfilling his de-
sires. His portraits of Mrs James P.
kernochan, honorary regent of the New
York city chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution; Mrs Rhinelander
Stewart, Mrs. John Townsend Williams
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

with her little daughter, and a host of
other prominent society leaders are exam
pies OF his delicacy OF touch and keenness
of perception.
The matter Of most import to the fair
sitter is what to wear Shall she nose as
a fancy piece, or don her everyday garb?
VIII her points be best brought out in
tallor-made suits or must she be decolette?
Is early English or modern American her
style? There is leaning among many of
the portrait painters in favor OF the modes
or to-day-the immense bouffant sleeves
and flar1ng skirts, or the severely simple
frock. In the years to come these win
greatly enhance the pictures value both fi-
nancially and historically, as depicting the
end or the century fashions, just as Geor-
glana, Duchess of Devonsbire and the
other celebrated beauties of Sir Joshua
Reynolds, Romney and Sir Thomas Law.
renee now illustrate the old English modes
On the ether hand, the modern dress is
necessarily out of style in six months.
then for a period the picture must look
behind the age. Mr.. Champney has
summed it up in saying: Fidelity under
favorable conditions should be the motto
for the painter
The oiel-de- boeuf window of the Louis
10Th period is much in vogue again as a
framework through which to let my lady
look, and then she is arranged in a hit OF
falling from her bare shoulders, but kept
IN place by narrow velvet strap or chain
OF pearls, big dewy rose nesting in the
folds.
The miniature has been once more reviv-
ed and most bewitching are the modern
bellies and beauties when transferred to two
inches of ivory and set in a rim Of Jewels.
This is branch of portrait painting call
ing for much skill, and $300is fair price
for good miniature. Indeed. portrait
painting in all its departments is the most
lucrative art work just now.
The costuming for miniature is always
as effective as possible, Jewels and white
shoulders being well in evidence. A much
favored style is q garment of erInine or
Russian sable fur failing away from bare
neck; another, the short-waisted decollette
corsage Ia Empress Josephine or Madame
Recamier.
A new and marvelously cheap process
combining the accuracy photography aud
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

the best dancer he may even become pre-
miere.
Sometimes all is not grace. Two boys
I remember one day were taking q few
steps down to the center of the stage and
! posing with their heads leaning toward
each other. Both simultaneously lost their
balance, pitched over, but instead of falling
IN a heap, the two caught themselves
and stood on their heads i'm true acrobatic
fashion, laughing. They would turn a mis-
hap into joke like flash.
lit is only at the last two or three
rehearsals that the boys appear in their
| stage costumes. Then the fun commences
oh, Miss Beckett, what do you do with
this?' 'oh, Miss Beckett, how do you get
into these things?' How do these corsets
go on?' How do you fasten this waist on?'
and such time as have. The most RI
diculous sight think have seen was one
day when a tall and robust premiere ap-
peared at a rehearsal with his tall hat on,
his trousers turned up at the ankles, his
ballet shoes on, his sleeves pulled up and a
full set of gauZy ballet skirts over all.
Going to get used to my SKIRTS he ex-
claimed
do they suffer from stage fright?''
Indeed they do. They always have so
many friends i'm the audience. Then the
girls criticise them And if they aren't sure
there are no weak places in the ballet they
get so nervous anybody would pity them.
Before they go on every man undergoes
an inspection to see that his feminine outfit
is complete The boys are so fond of SOU
venirs that the ballet skirts l have loaned
out would make pretty pile If they ever
wandered back. That is part Of the fun,
though"
Would you rather teach college stu
dents or women"
1.-The boys. You can handle them more
easily, because their pride is aroused.
They know they hire me to teach them
what to do; and then boys never get
Jealous OF each other like women"
do you think ballet dancing creates
a tendency to be effeminate?''
The Washington times., 1895-06-02
Horrible Practices.

At Prague a man called Proschaska. was
arrested some time ago for selling to a
Hamburg firm a number of children whose
growth had been checked by a peculiar
diet that they might be exhibited as
liiputians. For every child 500 fIorins
were paid. The inventors of the system
and the parents of the children as well
have been punished by the courts. Two
years ago regular maDufactory of dis
tortions and monstrous shapes in Young
children for begging purposes was dis
covered and suppressed In Croatia.-Ex
change.
The Washington times., 1895-06-02

the artistic qualities of miniature painting
is that of throwing the photograph on q bit
of fine canvas five or six inches square and
delicately painting in the face of the sub
1ect, which makes an exact and charming
likeness.
Inframing the portrait or miniature much
depends on the manner of pictgre The
oeil-de-boeuf style is enhanced by the Marie
Antoinette oval setting of dull gold with
FURNISHED ornamentation across the top is
the large giided bow knot from which fall
garlands of similar flowers The square
Florentine frame heavier in design with
open scroll Of leaf pattern, is very effec-
tive. The English frame is narrow and
square, but it is not popular on this side
1t is an acknowledged fact that the Ameri
cans make the finest frames in the world
The prices run from $40 to $3.50, varying
with size and style.
The miniature is framed practically the
same as the portrait, only on q small scale.
The oval is the preferred shape, sometimes
plain, sometimes decorated with fancy de-
sign or ribbon knots. The round and
square shapes are also used The most ef-
fectlve setting is the oval of pearls or
brilliants, from which the lovely face looks
out doubly fair from its chaste aud costly
environment.