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The herald., 1896-01-14
REFUSED TO PRAY.

a pennsylvania Preachers Action
Arouses Much Indignation.
Inc refusal of a minister in Allen
town TO 90 to the bedside of a diving
woman because she was not q mem
Der Of his denomination has caused
considerable comment, and an expla-
nation from the pulpit by the preacher
says the Philadelphia Press
Last week the wife of Henry Roth
a letter-carrier, died. While on hel.
death-bed she asked for a minister to
oHer prayer The Rev. George w.
hlchards, the pastor of Salem Reform
ed Church, of which Mrs. Roth was n
member, was sent for He was not at
nome, and it was then decided to ask
tne Key. }. Steinhauser, pastor of st.
Mlchaels Lutheran Church. The rev
erend gentleman refused to go to the
bedside of the dying woman. and Mrs.
Roth died without religious consola-
ton.
The Rev. Mr.. Steinlic,rser's declina-
tlon set the people talking. The story
got to the ears of the members of ST
Mlchaels congregation, and. notWith-
STANDING the fact that an attemnt was
MADE to hush the matter up. the Rev
ME- Stelnhauser became aware that
ms action caused considerable adverse
Comment. Sunday morning. before
dismissing the congregation he made
an explanation, something which he
sad he had never before been forced
10 90. He said he would not mention
the incident but desired to tell the
people that he was called to Allentown
TO become pastor of ST. Michael's Lu-
theran Church only and not to minis
ter to the entire city. that it was his
duty to minister to the souls of st.
MlchaeFs and not to those belonging to
other congregations.
The congregation is divided on the
question as to whether the Rev. Mr..
Stelnhauser did right in refusing to
respond to a dying womans plea for
religious consolation. Some side with
nm, and say that he only adhered to
tne rules of the Lutheran synod, which.
they say, required pastor to minis
ter only to the flock to which said
minister is called, except in extreme
cases. The other side is asking: "Was
not this an extreme case?
The herald., 1896-01-14
LITERARY HUSTTJNC

It may not be consciously intended
but sometimes the letter accompanv-
ing a MS seems to mean about this:
YOU are young, and not long at your
post. l am older wiser, of better abil-
tiles and attainments, greater expert
ence, and more reputation. Therefore
your judgment will naturally defer to
mine What else is the object of say
ing, Il have written nothing better
than this. 1t is delightfully."- humor-
Gus, deeply pathetic, intensely inter
esting, and just what your readers
wantT' Now the editor knows, if he
knows anything, that the writer is
usually the worst judge Of his own pro
ductions; also that ''self-praise de
tracts and that an owners opinion of
what he desires to tell is hardly disin-
terested. 1t is his business to find out
what the thing is worth, with it's pathos
and humor and all the rest of it; and he
cares no more for the laudation of its
parent and admiring friends than for
the advertisements of Laura Jean Lib
bey's last immortal work. When a ta-
bic or sketch or poem comes thus but
tered with ecOniums from an author OF
repute, his heart sinks, for it is likely
to be unavailable" Good wine needs
no bush, and manuscript is its own
best credential. a writer should not
descend to such arts: and, as afore-
said. they do not tend toward increased
confidence, respect and harmony.
More innocent, and equally useless
are the endeavors of beginners to pro
cure admissions for their lucubrations
You have persistently refused all my
offerings. l think you might take this
one" Deluded one, do you imagine
that successive failures are Il recon.
mendation? My father is laid up with
lumbago. and my mother had to quit
sewing to tend him. We are hard up
so | thought | would make some money
writing. g."-''My father used to say to
me, Write write. 1t is III you, and will
come out. Help me to get it out, won't
youY'-"You give a lot of space tC
Jones and Brown. | can write as well
as they do. Let fellow in, can't you"
-"I've done lot of work for papers
out here in Oklahoma, and lately l got
q couplet into the Three Cent Palla
dunn and a joke into the ''Phunny
Phellow" Now l want to come III
higher Amt l good enough Y'-'ThC
ambition of my life is to appear in &
first-class magazine. Surely you car
crafty me-" Unhappily we can't; we
don't occupy that point of view, yor
see All these pleas, and hundreds like
them, are wide of the mark, and un
worthy of the profession. Write some
thing worth reading, and then it viii
probably be printed somewhere.-Lip
pincott'S.
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ly over the brim of black velvet; the
crown or back is filed with a horse
shoe shaped bit of flamboyant white
lace tackled down upon the velvet foun-
dation. A peep of lace shows also I'M
der the brim, and the ties are wide
black satin ribbon.
Art holds the mirror up to Nature
and nature copies whatever she sees
in arts mirror, even If the glass be
crooked or concave or full of imperfec-
tions. We have all seen in the Aubrey
Beardsleyesque art of the day the wom-
an with the black hair and the retreat
ing forehead of the Egyptian hierogly-
phs. Yet just such an Egyptian woman
| saw at a literary reception the other
day-thc last that was given to John
Oliver Hobbs" before her departure
The herald., 1896-01-14
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER
How the Modern Maid Makes Music
Wherever She Goes.
SWEET SIMPLICITY is FORGOTTEN
The Jingle of Passemcntcrie and
the TinkIo of Jet Arc Heard
in the Land; and There is
No Stiffness In 1t.
If there is anything in this world that

If there is anything in this world that
would seem to deserve being left
alone in its bald ugliness, it is the stove
pipe hat. When one sees the squat
bell-crowned little pot-hats of the sea-
son bound round with bands an inch
and n half wide Of jingling, tinlling
discs of tinsel in every imaginable color
then she realizes that it is indeed q
season of gay coloring, if one would
have it so. For as one begins she must
continue, trailing clouds of glory about
with her in all the rainbow hues, chas-
ing up and down the seams and edges
of her apparel, the snowy gauds cling
ing to every coign of vantage that the
dress architect has made-if she be-
The herald., 1896-01-14
HER BRIDAL VEIL ABLAZE.

An Unusual Omen OF Good Luck at q
Wedding in a st. Louis Church.
Mrs. Mary Coleman Barnidge, who
up to yesterday was Miss Mary Cole
man, says the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, ought to be the recipient of all
kinds of good luck during the rest of her
life. There is tradition that if
brides clothing catch fire at the altar,
without resulting in bodily injury to the
wearer. she will prosper ever after.
Miss Coleman, daughter. of DR.. Ed
ward e. Coleman of 416S Manchester
avenue, was married Thursday morn
ing at $50 o'clock to Frank j. Bar
nidge at st. Cronin's church. Just at
the conclusion of the mass, which fol-
lowed the marriage ceremony, the
brides veil, of white tulle, which en-
velOped her whole figure took fire from
a candle on the altar and burned up in
a flash. With rare presence of mind,
Father O'Leary clasped the burning
veil in his hands and eXtinguished the
blaze.
The church was filled with relatives
and friends and interested spectators.
The blaze was of monetary duration,
but as all eyes were turned upon the
bridal pair it was witnessed by nearly
everybody in the church, and it created
q very exciting scene. The brides
father was standing about 10 feet away
and although appalled, by the sight of
his daughter wrapped in flames, he
sprang forward to smother the blaze
Father O'Leary, however, had effect
ually checked its progress by the time
he reached her side 4 lady who was
standing near screamed, others prepar-
ed to rush forward and except for the
prompt action of the priest panic
would have ensued in the church.
The audience was dismissed in proper
form and the bridal party wended it's
way out of the church, while members
of the audience spoke i'll sympathetic
terms of the accident.
The herald., 1896-01-14
LAUNCHING A RIG SHIP

That is costs something to launch a
big battle ship is shown by the state
ment that the expense of getting the
Victorious, the latest addition to Eng
lands fleet, afloat was about $4,000.
She is sister ship to the Magnificent
and the Majestic, and is 800 feet long,
10 feet beam, and 81 1-2 feet draft.
There were used up on the ways over
which she slid into the water 1000
pounds of Russian tallow, 160 gallons
of train oil and 700 pounds of soft soap.
The gross weight of the ship, equipped
and ready for sea- is IL, 725 tons.
The herald., 1896-01-14

BISMARCK WAS HER GUIDE.
She Mistook Him for Her Cousin. ant
C,IaA-I-nl


He Showed Her Berlin.
Fifty-siX years ago, when I was still
in my teens,it was decided that should
go and spend few months in Rome,
says writer in 'Goteborgposts" Ac-
companied by an elderly chaperon and
couple of maids, 1 set out with the
intention of making a short stay in Ber-
lin. A sister of my fathers had mar
ried,a German, and their son, "the Ger
man cOusin,' as we styled him, was a
student in the university. l had never
seen him. however. \. few days be-
fore my departure my father sent him
letter asking him to take me under
his wing. l safely arrived in Berlin
and met with cordial reception on the
part Of the German cousin. He was q
tall young man with large mustache
'and dark, flashing eyes. I was almost
afraid of him. For three days he was
my faithful companion. To be sure he
could not speak word of Swedish, but
we contrived to get along very well in
French. l never had so pleasant q cay
alier to attend me; felt quite proud of
my German cousin. The hour for con-
hnuinS my journey arrived only too
quickly. Cousin" he said, as | got on
the train, 81 have something to tell you.
Strange as you may think it, / am not
your cousin. My friend, your German
cousin'-the real one, l mean-is Just
now so busy preparing for his exam,
that he has asked me to carry your
fathers wishes into effect in his stead
my name is Otto Won Bismarck" I
looked at him in blank amazement; the
train moved on and the adventure was
of married life, l happened to pass
again through Berlin / wrote a few
words on card and sent it to the great
Chancellor. An hour later l received
summons to his palace, and we were
soon in the thick of an animated con-
versation. Bismarck was in capital
spirits. Among other things he said:
81 am indebted to you for the opportun-
ity of visiting the Berlin museums;
since that time 1 have never had the
chance"
The herald., 1896-01-14

Copyright 1885, by Bacheller. johnson Bacheller)
A fancy for the possession and con-
tinuous carrying about of trinkets Of
various kinds supposed to endow the
possessor with good luck, or at least
with immunity from bad luck, is far
more general than the world at large
has any idea Of. There is hardly per-
son living who has not some pet SUPER
stition,and it is somewhat of an enig-
ma why the people are so afraid or
ashamed to acknowledge it. Uncon-
sciously, even to ourselves, we have i'm
Dibed superstition from earliest child
hood until it has become an establish
ed part of our being.
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gins with such q hat.

gins WITH SUCH nat.
Or the hat may be very plain. The
liberty of choice is wide and appreci-
ated.
Even debutantes need not be sim
ply clad when they go forth to the ball
rooms in quest of hearts to hang at
girdles already decked with much queer
plunder. Gowns may be, they usually
are, comparatively inexpensive for the
small dances which are given this year,
but profusion of frippery is not amiss.
One dark beauty l have seen arrayed
ina plain skirt of ecIu satin surmount-
ed by - but it is long story!
First the bodice front is strung up
and down with fretwork of big beads
reminding one of those queerportieres of
dangling bead-Work that make the men
The herald., 1896-01-14

Eccentricities of appetite as to guam
tity and quality are far more common
than many suppose and more extraor-
binary. Two clergymen of New Eng
land-one q gourmand, the other alb
stemious-were dining together. The
abstemious looked with wonder and
horror upon his colleague. The lady
of the house, delighted to see the latter
eat, brought on dish after dish, until
at last his wondrous capacity was over
taxed and he exclaimed: Madame,
cannot eat every thing" Said the 9th.
er: "You surprise me-"
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! have seen is made of fine dark blue
broadcloth. cut with the short basque
effect at the hips that is now so COM
mon. and with an edge of figured vel
vet showing from beneath each lapel.
The bodice is plain satin, the collar Of
caracul, and the gowns distinctive fea-
ture is that it is braided across the
shoulders and down the front and
sleeves and about the skirts, in queer
scrolls and curves cut from the cloth
in narrow straps, turned under and
The herald., 1896-01-14

The widower had married again, and
his choice was Il wealthy lady about
10 wears of age. When the bride and
bridegroom returned home from the
wedding the husband, introducing the
wife to the children, said:
"My dear children, kiss this lady;
she is the new mama promised to
bring you"
After taking n steady look at the
thew mama," little Charlie said:
"Pa, you've been cheated! She isn't
new " an Gus ,i-.-1
The herald., 1896-01-14

IN REGARD TO society girls pos
DREAM bookcases themselves
of dream books,
but there are certain among them
who stand forth among their friends
as veritable Josephs in regard to the
Interpretation of dreams. To these ia
vorite ones the girls go and hold de-
lightful little talks, relating their
dreams of the night before, and as the
interpreter is acquainted with all their
little secrets, she ordinarily accomplish
es the work of translation to the entire
The herald., 1896-01-14

Nothing is more common than for per-
sons to imagine that they have heart
disease, and they often make them
selves dreadfully uncomfortable in
consequence. In the overwhelming ma
jority of cases, more particularly in
young. nervous, fanciful people, the
heart is as sound as q bell, but the
stomach is out of order.
The herald., 1896-01-14
SCULPTURE UNDER GROUND.

While Il workman engaged in q
Pueblo, Col, stoneyard was dressing
block of stone his chisel laid bare
round knot or knob near the sur
face of the rock. A stroke of the ham,
mer vigorously applied for the pur-
nose of smoothing down the nodule
had the effect of dislodging it entire.
An investigation proved that the un-
derside of the stone knot bore per-
feet model of Il human race. VINO
owned that face and in what age OF
the world did he live?
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lows: When he was young man, and
first became engaged, he attended
horse race. On the list was perfect
ly unknown horse billed to run under
the name of Emma, which especially
interested him as being that of bis
sweetheart. The horse won, and from
that time forth Mr.. w ikins has held
to his bit of superstition in regard to
his wife's name.
In like manner Senator Calvin S.
Brice has pet superstition in re-
gard to solid gold scarf pin which he
wears almost continuously. This is
- the design Of an open safe with
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sewn down at both edges. The effect is
somewhat like braiding, but shows less
contrast of color.
Such a quaint little bonnet for child
of eight as l have seCn-a poke in
shape thrust well back from the brow
as Il child's bonnet should be- and way
ing all about are three or four huge
ostrich plumes, one of which peeps shy
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Gu ueSree as any,
,4 where in this
When the President and Mrs. Cleve-
,ahu We're IN the first flush of their
honeymoon there came to them from
some unHn0wr- -ucnor, carefully pack
eu III Httle box. sent through the ex-
press. a RABBITS foot. This. the sender
stated, was to be carried either by the
resident or Mrs. Cleveland carefully
ina compartment of the pocKeuDook.
rms fashion of carrying a rabbits
Ioot IN The pocket book is very preva-
lent. Few of the society women of
WaSnington are without at least one
raDDltS foot, while some have quite an
array 10 use III case one should mad
vertently be lost 1t may be added
Ior the benefit of the uniniated. that to
insure the most perfect luck the rah-
plt from which the foot is taken should
nave been killed in q graveyard in the
dark of the NOON
Another talisman which Mrs. Cleve-
!and received about a year since was
III the form OF a tiny EsquimauX doll,
presented by the Esquimaux child
VINO came to Washington and was Civ
ch .ih auuituce one morning IN the
Blue room of the White House, where
the Cabinet took part in the amusing
entertainment afforded by the child and
its elders. This little image, an exact
miniature of an Esquimaux in native
costume, could readily be held in the
palm of the hand and was given Mrs.
Cleveland to carry in a purse present
ed for that purpose, and was supposed
to impart all manner of benefits as we'll
as immunity from harm of every ma
ture.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has a fancy
for carrying in her purse tiny metal
figure of st. Joseph and the child. Civ
en- her by one of her Washington
friends. The superstition in this case
is that the person who carries in the
purse one of these figures will never
be without money. 1t would hardly
seem likely, even if the little st. Joseph
were left out of Mrs. Stanford's purse,
that she would be at any time without
funds.
There is also prevalent a cast iron
superstition in regard to the manner
in which money should he placed in
the purse. Bills of any denomination
must never be cramped any whichway
into q pocket book. but to insure luck
must be carefully turned and folded
toward ones self. and then creased
lengthwise. This accomplished, the
superstition is that plenty and pros
perity will follow.
The herald., 1896-01-14
The Chinese

Minister wears Il
jade ring that is
S Il p p 0 sed to
bring him "All
time good luck"
to such an eX-
tent that he has
secured one of
the same luck
ensuring stones
for his wife, who
however, does
not. like her hus-
band, wear hers
upon her thumb,
but upon the
middle finger of
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chanticleer apparently in the act of
growing.
A few years since this ring was loan
ed to person supposed to be imbued
with second sight for Interpretation
This was given to the effect that it had
originally been the property of one of
the favorite wives of the earlier Pha-
roahs. 1t had been buried with her
in one of the catacombs. from which
it had been eXhumed and removed by
a later Pharoah who had subsequently
lost it in crossing the desert: then. in
some unexplained way, after the lapse
of centuries, had become Embedded in
the foot of a camel treading those same
shifting sands. This ring the owner
never allows to leave his finger day or
night,
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with which it is
set was taken
from the foot of
n camel while q
party of travel
ers were cross
ing the Desert
of Sahara. The
stone, though
quite small, is
eXquisitely cut
with Il multiple
ity of devices.
Among these is
IA chariot drawn
by six horses. Il
full moon and II
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PoiJuidl
idea that sailors
and sporting
men are the only
ones who abound
with supersti-
tons is not by
any means the
truth. This feel
ng also has its
abiding place in
the strongholds
of Washington
society. Indeed,
it exists tharo
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Il y 1; 4:

The visitor among the fashionable
homes Of Washington will find few
peacock feathers as adornments. For
merly this could not have been stated,
but the old superstition in regard to
the unluckness of having peacocks'
feathers anywhere about Il house has
in some mysterious way been steadily
gaining credence among Washington's
fashionables until now the eXtermina-
ton of them has grown into an actual
hobby with society.
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the fact. When q gypsy camp locates
Wlthln gun shot of Washington. the
uoiiars and cents that are reaped by
tnose nomads come for the most part.
not from the ignorant people. but from
the ultra fashionable matrons and
maids. Washington is great city for
superstitions in particular
GLORIANA GADAROVTT
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One of the most curious talismans
possessed by a Washingtonian is that
now worn by a man well known in
fashionable life. This is a ring of the
oldest design and appearance. 1t was
presented to him by his wife on their
wedding day. In the wife's family it
has been Il talisman for three genera
tons having been first worn by her
great grandfather, and then in sue
cession by her grandfather and father.
1, estn
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Mr.. Beriah
Wilkins has a pet
superstition in
regard to the
name, Emma
his wife's name.
When he goes
to a horse race
if there is q
horse running
under that title,
he viii lay Il wa
ger on it sooner
than upon any
of the well
known favor
ties. The rea-
son is as fol-
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Mrs. Stewart.
niece of the late
Gen. Hunter,
who some years
since left Wash
ington to make
her home with
one of her mar
ried daughters
at Colorado
Springs, carries
in her purse the
first coin made
-Of the nrSt bit OF
gold taken from
the mines at
Cripple Creek.
Should anything
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III NhNi BhoSt
Of this dream in
depreciation and
soothsaying is
for the girls to
make up parties
whenever any
largely adver-
tised astrologer
comes to town
and make a Wis
it to the same
with strict in
functions that
no one of their
relatives is ever
to become ac-
unaiptp1 will,
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No, Maude, dear, it doesn't take an
acrobat to "do turn" on the stage.
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=
ciety, that is on
the dead quiet
shared V e + Y
largely by the
younger set. is
that in regard to
d r cam books.
Incredible as it
must. sound, this
is nevertheless
absolutely true.
Not only do the
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LII ~ = u ~ a. -
of the supersti-
tionS entertaiI,-
ed by Washing
ton women y
that of one of
the West End,
resi- .ents, WhD
carries in her
purse Il tiny bit
of the rop" wish
which Guitaau
was hung. This
is always taken
with her 10 pu-
ker parties, and
is believed TO
cast Il Gordon If
essor and insure
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circumstances are like wives" says
Henpeck. 1--WE are governed by them
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happen to this coin the owner would
feel that some personal misfortune
had befallen her.
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her left hand. This jade, curiously
set in the most massive fashion with
twenty-four kapat gold, invariably
forms part of Madam Yang's full
dress regalia.
Making a Novena to st. Anthony for
a husband is a popular superstition
among the younger set in Washington
quite irrespective of the fact that the
person making the Novena may not be
of the Roman Catholic faith. 1t was
but few years back that the daughter
of Il well known retired army officer
did this: and Immediately. while the
Novena was still in progress. she be-
gan to receive the attentions of a gov
ernor of one of the far northwestern
states. and is now married to this gen.
tleman.
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Another DhaSe

satisfaction Of the pretty young appli-
cants.
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luck about the poss
success at cards.
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FROM ULTRA
e a s HIONABLE
MAIDENS.
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One of the
most grueSoGle
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Another pet
superstition in
Wa shingtOn So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-09
fro BE CONTINUED
Stag Tiles.

By means Of IN ingenious process in
vented by Marco Cheapponi the manu-
facture of Stag tiles from blast furnace
Stag is said to be successfully carried on
at the smelling works Of Concha Toro,
about ten miles from Santiago de Chile.
The result obtained evidently realizes
an important desideratum in this line.
The Stag and matte, according to this
plan, are tapped from the blast furnace
into Stag pot, and, after settling a few
moments, the Stag is poured from ladies
into molds. These are placed On hearth
which has movable cover, and, the
molds being filled with Stag, n cover is
placed on them as well as on the hearth.
a very slight heat is kept up, so that
the Stag is very slowly cooled, and
when it appears black the molds are
lifted from the hearth, and the Stag tiles
are dumped into cold water. Made in
this manner, the Stag tiles are light and
portable, and, when laid, tough and
durable. The Stag carrying a considera-
BILE amount Of iron is preferred. 1t is well
known that under ordinary circum-
stances it is impossible to produce tiles
of this class of suitable dimensions
without extraordinary means for tough
ening. New York Sun.