The herald., 1896-02-17

lhe brilliant sunshine all day yesterday.
the balmy air, tempted all the invalids and
everyone else into the parks and other re-
sorts in the city, while on many piazzas
could te seen. basking in the sun those too
weak for more active exercise. Many
talks we're had with people from all over
the United States, some of which are re
corded below.
Harry W. Osborne, the funny man of the
Fox Umbrella company of Chicago, during
pleasant drive out along the Santa
Monica road, told many stories of these
useful articles. Quoting Dryden to one of
the ladies of the party he said
II can carry your umbre 10, and fan your
ladyship." and though in this land of per-
petual sunshine it is rarely needed, you
must not forget the admonition Of Gay:
Good housewives,
Defended bv the umbrellas oily shed,
Safe through the wet, on clinking pattens
tread"
For in Gays time there were no UNI
brellas like this, opening a very dainty one
to shielu the young lady from the hot sun,
and in wet weather the bellies all wore
pattens instead of rubbers.
j. H. McManus of Tacoma said that no
surprise was felt at the untimely end of
Henry Cranston Potter of his city, who was
found drowned near the Cliff House in San
francisco few days ago. For some time
past Potter had bean living very wild.
reckless life, drinking heavily, much to the
grief of his beautiful and accomplished
young wife, who is daughter of J. e. Ker
shaw, manager of the Northern Pacific
grain elevators. Not long since Potter
distinguished himself early one morning
~ rid hiah Ia ;,tN SC xba
pal saloons and sweeping all the glasses
of the counter. For this he was fined. He
has done nothing to earn money for some
time and instead of being millionaire, as
some papers have reported, has been de-
pendent on his father.in-law and friends in
the east. Kershaw was once a leading
grain and provision broker in Chicago and
worth good deal of money, but he got on
the wrong side OF the market, made an
awful smash, lost his all. and dragged a
great many down with him in his fall.
Potter was n great friend and constant
associate of Baron Schultz, the default
ing land agent of the Northern Pacific, who
ally committed suicide rather than face
the music when the game was up.
The Rev. F. H. Coolidge of Boston said
Many incidents have shown the impos-
sibility of reforming kingdom which is
under Moslem rule. Egypt, which forms
! part of the Ottoman empire, is now under
the British protectorate. making SO ne ef-
fort toward the suppression of slavery and
committee has been appointed consisting
of two Europeans and three natives to
make some provision for the emancipated
slave. But serious difficulties have arisen
at the outset. Domestic slavery is, ac-
cording to the express teachings of the
Koran, divine institution, and conse-
quently any organization for the suppress.
sion of slavery strikes at the fundamental
principles of a Mohammedan government.
The very declarations of the sultan to the
powers make it manifest that Turkey cam
not be dealt with as civilized power, but
that it stands in the same relationship to
the outer world as the wilder regions of Af-
ghanistan. the inhospitable regions of Mo
rocco, or those of Uganda. A joint pro-
tectorate by Russia and England is the
sole remedy for Moslem msrule, and for
the stricter oversight of the turbulent and
rascally Armenian.
Miss Stella Bronson of San francisco,
discussing with some other ladies the
''new woman" remarked that there was
danger of forgetting the profound and sub
tie aphorism of DIR. Samuel Johnson. ma
ture," said the great photographer, "has
given women so much, that the law very
wisely has given them but little" The
not be allowed to obscure its far-reaching
application. Plato, when he prescribed in
his republic that the law should put women
more fully on an equality with men and
should accord them as high an education.
both mental and physical, as men
enjoyed, was consistent enough to dock
them of the. privilege given them
by nature, i. e.. of retaining pos
session of and educating their own chill
dren. The new woman of Plato is the
woman without home and robbed of her
children. This is, said the fair speaker,
very emphatically, the logical application
OF the doctrine of woman's emancipation.
r. ]. Nc Bride of the Chicago furniture
company, speaking of house furnishing in
ancient days said: The great castlellated
mansion so grand and picturesque when
described by Scott or Bulwer must have
been after all very cheerless abodes and
uncarpe ed floors, heavy. ungraceful oaken
furniture, that modern housewives would
burn. and whose lack of ease was not in
anywise lessened by their elaborate orna-
mentation-no elegant soft couches, no
easy spring mattresses, no comfortable
coal stoves or CRATES. or pictures, or books,
no pianos-how did our medieval grand
mothers live? Chairs were unknown till
Chaucer's time,when they were call move-
ables, in distinction TO the great oaken
chairs which were so heavy, as to make it
almost impossible to move them. These
chairs We're SO highly priced that like beds
and bedding they were specially mentioned
in wills. Shakespeare bequeathed to his
! wife "second best bed with furniture -
This with the .'flock bed coverlets, and the
''counter points, and the ''tea Sheets was
really very valuable dover. In every
sleeping chamber was a ''perch" to hang
your clothes on, a"living cupboard for the
after supper collation. OF bread, beer and
spiced wine always served in the bedroom
last thing at night. Chests of oak
carved with panels of tracery we're
used to carry clothes, tapestries, etc.,
to distant castles aud manor houses, for,
as few had furniture enough to fit up both
country and town house, the furnishing
had to be moved from place to place.
Even royalty on their ''progresses" had to
| carry along not only their bedding aud
tapestry, but their spits, kettles. pots and
pans. Much elegance of form and perfec-
| ton of detail are noticeable in the furni
ture Of the sixteenth century, the effect oi
| the Renaissance. Silver furniture was
made in considerable quantities in Spain
| and Italy. A beautiful system of veneer.
ing with brass and toriose.sheii, now
again coming into fashion. combined witt
brass and ebony, with silver filigrea work.
! was the invention of Andre Charles Boaie
| corrupted later into Buhl or Boule. In tlie
early part of the last century came the
| fashion for queer Indian cabinets, Persian
| rugs and carpets, and what was thought c
| great wonder, an Illuminated clock il
| Queen GATHERINGS bedroom, which en-
abed her to tell the time without running
| the risk of getting chilblains on her feet
] Mr. Mcbride slded that the demand fol