The National tribune., 1896-02-20
THE PURPLE EAST.
tNcc Fork Times.

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o,cn vonr hearts, We clothed from head 10 feet,
Ye housed aud whole who listen to the cry
oftlern That not yet slain and maugled lie,
Only despoiled of all that made life sweet
Only left bare to snow aud wind and slect.
And roohess to the iuhospiiable sky;
Give ihom OF your abundance, lest they die.
And famine make this mighty voc complete
Aud lest ftruly. rs your creed aver
A day of reckoning come it be your lot
| To hear the voice of the uprscn dead:
we were the naked whom sc covered nor
| The sick 10 whom ye did not minister,
And the anhungered whom yc gave not bread"
WILLIAM WATSON.
English poetry is now topic Of general in
tcrest. Ever since the appointment of the
poct-laureate, literary gossip has been stirred
up William Watson, Ilondoncr and writer
of verse has a host of friends and admirers who
continually do insist upon comparing him with
| Austin, to the Laureates manifest disadvantage.
Wa,son's poems in 1.-The Purple East" have
| been talked OF a great deal. This is series
of sonnets setting forth the despair and pain OF
| Armenia aud bewailing Englands faithiessness
to her trust in that oppressed country. They
are not particularly glorious verse-but only Pc
trarch, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shak-
| spere have written glorious sonnets-but they
have the ring of true humanity, and are dig
nifcd N thought and wording. aud sometimes
there is a bit OF glow to thrill one through and
through. They arc not to be despised IN the
works Of our day. Americans seem to like
him very much indeed. lie is often quoted
here which means that he is often and carefully
read.
A recent writer-a woman-has declared
| that a man can't converse until after he is 80.
| When he is younger he only talks, and IS
| satisfied il the woman with him be tailor
made.
| Mary Ellen Lease, of Kansas, will hence
| forth have to be called The Reverend Mary
| Lease because she has entered the ministry.
! She will preach her first sermon from the
| pulpit next Sunday.
At very pretty wedding at st. Paul's here
| i'm Washington, the bride wore dainty frock
! of pale pink moire, with long vail of tuie,
of the faintcst pink. caught TO her dark hair
with peach blossoms and pearls. The vail was
! not worn over the face at all. The bride car
red her favorites, rIba Franco roses Tho
| bridesmaids frocks were Of whitc orsandy
made up very simply, with pointed ber;has OF
lace and ribbon. They wore white walls. caught
| to the hair with pink aud white blossoms, and
| held away from the face They carried carna-
,ions of the brides, color tied with long pink
ribbons The ceremony had particularly
nrettv movement i3 1t. There were the two
services, as the ritual n4ows a betrothal serv-
! ice at the steps of the cbancel. and the wedding
service at the altar 1t is really only division
of the regular service, and the effect is very
pretty Another picturesque feature was the
procession of the bridesmaids from the chancei
to the church doorstO meet the bride. Then
they walk ed back with her and cut again with
the usbersin tho usual fashion. All together.
the wedding was one of the prettiest that
Washington has ever seen. The brides color
made the prettiest of rosy touches. and in and
out in the professions the ushers wore PINK
carnations too; and the bride herself, with her
dark hair. pink cheeks, and bright eyes, was
as fresh and sweet as one of her own roses.
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RnfIles. ruf1cs. rufIies-ruIles everywhere.
Rnffles for tho shoulders for the wrists. for the
throat; ruffied bretellcs. ruffied capes ruiiicd
collars. rufflcd lapels, and rufled fchns-evcn
ruffied handkcrchicfs and ruffled mufis, with
occasional rufies the hats. aud pettIcoass
nearly ruffled to death.
Some of the new dimitics have moire effect
that is quite dainty.
Flowered ribbons which arc being exhibited
in the shops are bought up Immediately. Every
1 pnrI.y af erIgn
nowery ribbons for the Summer frocks aud
hats.
A Boston woman Mrs. Leonard g. Tobey, Is
| makinga success with her talks on Oekology,"
which is tho name she gives TO household
economies She talks about sanitary arrange
rneGts. the ventilation aud heating of house.
She also warns against meteorological enemies
in milk aud water and is trying to make
"honecomfort" scientific study.
So
corosis is 81 years old, going on %
N
| Ginghams with silk dots crinkled crepe ging-
hams. and ginghams with loose knotted threads,
making the surface rough, are some of the Curl
osities in the shops.
Make ready for June in January seems to be
the motto nowadays.
Grape-fruit is always being recommended,
. and alwnys being overlooked. notwithstanding
its health giving properties and, its still greater
claim for popularity. its goodness. The grape
fruit-or shaddock or pnmelo-has sweet,
sour flavor, with n suspicion Of bitterness that
but adds to its dclicacy. A recipe taken from
the New York san suggests a simple way OF
preparing it. for it is one fruit that always
should be prepared beforehand.
sUGARED GRAPE-FRUIT.
Wash and wipe the grapefruit, rub few
| pcces of loaf sugar over the skin of the fairest
| TO absorb some of the, aromatic oil, in which ii
abounds aud lay them iaside TO dissolve with
the fruit juice. Peel the fruit with silver
knife, like AN orange and entirely separate the
pulp from the white portion, leaving it in
rather large pieces. and carefully saving all the
Juice by peeing away tho white pith over the
dish containing the Juicy pulp. When all the
white is removed patthe Jumps of loaf sugar
into tho pulp, and tne,t cover the surface thckly
with powered sugar, using about as much
sugar as fruit. Puhsip grape fruit in COO
place over night. In the morning 1t will bt
covered with q ichyafup. the taste of which
will resemble straTherries and orange juice
with a dash of tfe Seville or bitter orange
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