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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
INCIDENTS " SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fischer Hansen yesterday
afternoon gave the first formal reception at their
home No. East Seventy-ninth-st.. since their
wedding which occurred last spring Mrs Fischer
Hansen who received alone in the large drawing
room wore her wedding gown II white satin, en-
veloped in point lace. Mrs. William V. Hoffman.
Miss Mcclure and Miss Elsie Hoffman presided Al
the tea -table Mr.. and Mrs. Fischer Hansen will
be at home on Tuesdays during the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

Professor Gunton will lecture this evening. BE-
ginning at O'clock at the School Of Social Econo-
mics on Annexation Of Cuba" These Wednesday
evening lectures are free.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The Red Cross Bazaar will be opened at o'clock
this afternoon at the Waldorf, and will continue
four days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

Mrs Franklin W. Hooper in an address before
the Y w C. A. OF Brooklyn on Monday after
noon said that the cost Of crime in Kings County
was greater than that OF maintaining Pratt inst-
tute Adelph College. the Polytechnic and all pri-
waite and parochial schools.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
ryDUsTRrAL ART WORK FOR WOMEN.

A large number Of the friends Of the School OF
Industrial Art for Women gathered In the socety's
rooms at No. $50 West nty-third-st. last even-
ius to INSPECT the design work Of the pupils and
70 hear addrvsses delivered h Nh OpnAh NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

sale for the benefit OF the Little Sisters OF the
Assumption opened yesterday at the home OF Mrs
H. S. Kingsley No. 2s Madison-ave.. and VIII
continue to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The American Authors Guild will hold its usual
Wednesday reception this afternoon from O'Clock
until s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The Brooklyn Society OF Mineral Painters Is
holding its annual exhibition in the Pouch man
sion II was opened yesterday. and will close this
evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

This 1. the last day OF the Salvation Army
gress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
It pays to- buy at Hsntine,a--
Holiday
gifts in the rug
department.

A beautiful Oriental rug is just
the thing for holiday gift.
Three floors Of our great estab.
lishment arc devored totheir sale. We
have almost every known weave.
coloring and pattern. Among them
are some exquisitely beautiful speci-
mems and Of antique Persian silk
rugs and Chinese rugs in carpet
sizes.
You can pay as high as $780,
DELIVERED ANY TIME BEFORE XMAs.
1Gh A.A.VANTINE eco.
- WA The largest japanese,
N Chinese and India
~. House In the world.
|~s~A S77.SsO broadway. n. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

Mrs F. R. Kirkwood will address the Chelsea
Auxiliary this afternoon at No. 253 Eighth-ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The New-York Ophthamic Hospital treated 30
new patients last month, and dispensed 3,'H pre-
scriptions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The Sheltering Arms. institution situated at
the corner OF Amsterdam-ave. and One-hundred-
and-twenty-ninth-st.. care for children between
six and twelve years who are not provided for by
any other organization. 1t does not require Its
charges 10 be surrendered to IL. but holds them
subject TO the order OF parents or guardians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The marriage OF Miss Mary Bows Brewster.
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brewster Of
No SOS Fifth-ave.. to Oliver G. Jennings. Will take
nIace at 4: 80 O'Clock this afternoon I'm St Barthoo
news church Madson-ave. and Forty -fourth-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
FIint'S Fine Furniture
Holiday Novelties.
Select without delay.
Factory Prices.

noon at 40 O'Clock His subject will be Tn
Moral Aspect Of Civil Service Reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs Alfred p Dix. OF Sixty ninth-st. and
Madison-ave. gave dinner party last night for .
party Of friends who travelled with Mr.. ard Mrs
bix last summer and who are now temporarily
living In NewYork.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

AT the last election two towns In Kansas chose
women for all the local Offices including those OF
MAYOR and chief OF police. Women were also
chosen as superintendcnts Of public schools IN
twenty counties. and still the women OF Kansas
possees only a limited measure Of suffrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

mas resolutions denOuncDE the |nlfno1'SslonHl
frcachcry' of MaCcos bctrayer, DR.. Ieriucha.
The display OF the New-York Keramic Society
and the doll exhibit two very interesting feat
ures OF the Commercial Travellers Fair. which
opened last night at the Madison Square Garden
Mos, of the dolls are beautifully dressed. the chief
attraction Of course. being tho baby doll from Mrs
William Mckinley. There Is n group Of club dolls
tho Professional Womans League. the Twelfth
Night and the West End. the Chelsea and the
Rusiness Woman's auxiliaries OF the Womens Re-
nrbl,can Association being represented
Tho Chelsea doll Is dressed 10 represent gold
bug. . 49,
Thcre is also a group OF "Brownles' and yellow
1<,ds, and a unique corn-husk doll from way out
In Kansas.
Among the actresses dolls arc those Of May Rob
con and Yvette Guilbert. The latter Is dressed In
green silk with the familiar long black gloves. In
exact imitation Of the fascinating Yvette herself.
and with II she has sent card on which she has
wr,,ten: This Is a little French green Kid hope
tho American yellow kid will not be jealous
rho latest arrivals were sent by Mrs. Mark A.
Hanna and Mrs Levi =. Morton. Many others
h.vc heen promised by prominent women among
,hnyn belng Mrs Thomas G. Patt and Mrs: Garrei
A Hobart Mrs Hanna has christened her doIl
Rmh Hanna after her youngest daughter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

A business woman's gymnasium class has just
zen formed at the Berkeley Iyceum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The Woman's Medical cub. OF Chicago. ma
nassed resolutions denouncing the "unprofossiona
ireachcry' of Maoco's bctrayer. DR.. Ieriucha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

The marriage Of Miss Evelyn Maud Belts. daush-
ter OF Mr. and Mrs Clarence Florian Belts. OF No.
IS East One Observation-Disclosures TO Gin.
ton Roach Jarres. of Brooklyn, will be celebrated At
S.3o o'clock this evening in the Second Collegiate
reformed Church. lenox-ave. and One-hundred-
and Wenty- third-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

GREAT CHARITY WORK THAT THE SUNBEAM
LEAGUE OF THE BABIES WARD OF THE
NETWORK POST GRADUATE HOS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16

Miss Lucy c. Morse. daughter OF Professor and
Mrs NJ Morse OF No. III West Sevcnty-Hrst-st..
will he me FRIED 10 George Wales Boston this even
ing In the Lenox Unitarian Church, IenoN-ave. and
one hu ndr Ell a nd-twenty -hrst-st
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

pain. The sufferers head seems as If it
would split open Very few persons bitten
first fifteen minutes. but Inconsistencies
seldom comes until a few minutes before
death. Physicians say that the poison
sets up a tremendous action of the heart.
and the victim really dies or heart failure.
The person who has been drinking 10 ex-
cess few days or few hours before
ne IS injured by ella monster IS almost
sure OF death in half an hour after the
bite. Many physicians in the territory
say that alcoholic stimulants are worse
than useless for person hurt by the
reptile. but Walter III. Vail says ne owes
his recovery to a prompt use Of whisky
and the application of ammonia
Or; +. g. Harper, who has been among
the Hualipi Indians in Mexico for several
years in the interest OF science, says
the saVages there certainly have de-
coction that is a cure, If administered inn
mediately. for the bite Of the ella mon
ster found in that region.
Il have tried to learn from the Mexican
Huilipis this anti-venom decOction- said
DR.. Harper recently, but 10 was useless.
President Diaz says however, that il can
be had, and he viii interest himself 10
get il for the benefit Of the people IN
the United States, where a death from
ella monster bite happens once in a while
The most wonderful feat / ever saw
performed anywhere continued DIT. Har-
per, was down on the edge of the desert
wastes in Southern Sonora several years
ago. 1t was a test of the power of the
anti-venom preparation of the Huilipis.
was a wizard, too, and that the great spir
ii MOz-nO-ha, who dwelt on the peak OF
OriZaba came down, and helped him defy
death from the most deadly pOisOns
known among the Indians. At the time
of the test 1 witnessed. the medicine man
summoned a dozen of his young assist
ants around a cauldron, which was steam
ing and boiling with roots. leaves, horned
toads, rattesnake heads, and a score Of
other kinds of articles. / was told thar
this was the anti-poison medicine. In an
hour the stuff was cooled and ready for
use.
THE chief medicine man drank literally
of the strange tea, and then his body was
literally washed with some liquid that
made il impervious to poison. The body
barred to the waist, was then painted in
red and white streaks. A fox skin hung
from the waist. The medicine man bound
ed into the arena with 'ho-ho,' brandish-
ing over his head two ella monsters.
Then he varied the programme by twirl-
ing them around his body and permitting
them to crawl all over him. He leased the
reptiles, poked his thumb into their
mouths, and even put them up to his face.
/ am sure the man was bitten several
times. We looked upon this daring feat
with horror, while the Indians viewed
it with superstitious frenzy, and show
cred upon the medicine chief all the pres
ents they could command"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

Daudet II have all my note books at
hand / have no index, but / know where
to find everything / need"
but when that Is finishedY
81 write it once then / correct it, and
reUrrfte il on paper folded in two. This
copy. Madame Daudet revises; she re-
writes to the last phrase, what she thinks
badly done. Yes. have never written a
book without my wife revising and cor
recting II from the first line to the last.
When she has revised the whole, dictate
from her copy to my secretary, and the
work is finished"
There is something profoundly touch
ing in the joy which the great writer.
Daudet, finds in affirming that II is, in
some sort to the censure of his wife that
he submits his works. He added also,
smiling: but when / want to do the
same for her books, she gets provoked
and sends me about my business"
And Alphonse Daudet resumed the large
pen with which he writes in so small
"Au revoir, comrade," said he. 'In
lie Soutien de Famille,' have introduced
a republican of 48, man Of the empire,
and a republican of to-day. l hope that
the contrast will be striking. Politicians
of to-day have come to believe in nothing
hut eloduence. Principles, duty, country,
all these no longer count. Words are
valued for their sound, and not for the
ideas they express. In these times, elo-
ouence stands in place of all the rest.
You will find many men dicendi PERTH,
but search among them the vir bonus9
Ganteaire
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
ELEPHANTS as BOwLERs.
A Very Remarkable Show Seen in
Berlin at the Winter Garden.

From an Exchange.
A phenomenal achievement in animal
training must be credited to the experts
of the Berlin winter garden, where large
crowds are privileged to witness every
night an interesting game of ten pins
played by elephants.
The antics of the dumb players provoke
hilarious laughter. The champion roller
thus far is Berlin's favorite elephant,
upon whom the plebian name of Anton
was imposed some two years ago, when he
became German citizen. His score some
times reaches 200, which is not often beat
en- by human players. His keeper talks
of matching him with bowling experts for
the world championship.
The ball is, of course, manipulated by
the trunk, with which the elephant seems
to be able to pitch with wonderful dex-
terity. Two elephants, the boys are
stationed near the ten pins, at the lower
end of the alley They throw the balls
marker has chalked the score on the black
board. Another thick-skinned boy" re-
places the pins in order. The latter is
careful not to touch the pins until the
marker has done his work.
Anton very often makes a strike"
when his turn comes; that is, he knocks
all the pins down on the first roll. The
other players feel happy when they can
The trainers have great difficulty in
making the elephants give up their posi-
ing. They will stand and stamp near the
chute, clamoring for more balls with
which to knock down the remaining pins.
1t is hard to drive the all absorbing
thought from their minds that the aim
of the game is to keep rolling until all
the pins have been thrown over. The
keepers, on the other hand, are bent on
teaching them how to roll with effect dur
ing the two chances allowed them.
In case of a miss the throwers feel
disappointment fully as keenly as the au-
dience.
There is much jealousy between the
players, and all feel sore toward Anton,
who seems not to care, as he is a big fell
low and knows that he can lick the crowd.
While the others are throwing he walks
over to Miss Begun, a female rhinoceros.
whose pen adjoins the bowling alley. The
courtship between these two brutes seems
to afford as much pleasure to the visit
ors as the bowling game. Miss Begun
has a habit of standing perfectly motion
less for hours at a time, but as soon as
Anton swings his trunk over the six foot
fence there is a languid turn of the bulky
head and a noticeable recognition in the
little piggy" eyes.
1t requires great winking and squirting
and trunk coaxing on the part of Anton
to induce much responses from the phleg-
matte coquette, who, however, finally
succumbs to the probosciol influence.
After the counting Anton seems more
encouraged especially so long as Miss
Begun remains an interested spectator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
ABsURDITIEs OF SPELLING.
Rules of OrthOsraphy Contrary to
EtymOIOgy and Pronunciation.
From the London Queen.

From the London queen.
That proof-readers and compositors
should be anxiuos for a fixed rule Of spell
ing is Ineligible, and one can easily SYM
pathize with their difficulties when dealing
with words which may be spelled in more
than one way. Nevertheless, the proposal
recently made that all these doubtful
spellings should be determined has met
with most vigorous opposition from men
of letters and students of the English
language Scholars like Prof. Skeat
strongly object to any attempt to further
fix a system of spelling which cannot be
defended on any rational or scientific
10 a good many people, who as girls
and boys were taught to regard correct
spelling as almost more important than
correct speaking, this questioning of the
whole base of our photography will come
with a shock of surprise. 1t needs, how
ever, only a little careful reflection to en-
able one to realize that the scholars are
right The popular notion that our speak
ing indicates the etymology Of words, and
that this is a task which spelling ought 10
perform, Will not bear serious examina-
ton. Ali that our spelling really does
is to retain archaic forms Of words which
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
CUSTAvE ECKSTEIN & CO.,

are now In use with a changed pronuncia-
ton. But these forms were themselves
changes from something that had gone
before, and If we consider the profound
antiquity of the language 1t Is easy TO
understand that the assistance which phil
ologists can get from an Elizabethan or a
Georgian spelling is practically worth
AS a matter of fact however, many Of
these older spellings are positively mis-
leading. In the last century, for example.
our ancestors spelled lantern, lanthorn,
not because they SO pronounced it, but be-
cause some ingenious person thought that
the sides OF lantern had originally been
made of horn, and that the name had
thus arisen. The word, of course, comes
from the French lanterne. This partic-
ular Instance of pedantic folly the present
generation has dropped, but we have pre-
served many others. We STILL for exam
pie, have rhyme, as IL the word were con-
nected to rhythm, while il fact it is noth-
ing but the French rhine. Could is another
aDsurdlty. Ihe word never is and never
has been pronounced with an l. Its old
English or Anglo-Saxon forms are coud
and couthe, and the has crept into the
modern spelling solely from false analogy
with would and should. Yet a girl who left
out this unhistoric and inaccurate l in
an examination paper would probably be
ridiculed.
In other cases modern spelling, though
mot absolute inaccurate. is still mislead-
ing. The word debt is a case in point
Here the insertion of the silent OBJ
scures the fact that the word comes to
us through the French dette, and not d.
rect from the Latin. Our French neigh
bors, by the way, have little more reason
TO be content with their spelling than we
nave, though our blunders are not always
identical We. for instance, spell marriage
with two RS, and they, more Correctly.
with one; but, in revenge, we have only
one in literature. while they have two
The truth of the whole matter Is that orr
spelling, like most of our other institu-
tons, has grown up entirely haphazard.
ignorance playing at least as great a part
in its formation as learning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
The Pedicure.

From the New York Press.
There is a pedicure in town whose for4
tune is on the increase. 1t has become a,
fad among certain fashionable women.
with unhappy homes, no children or other
diversion. to have him call on them every
morning to pedicure their toenails and
otherwise beautify their feet. He informs
me that New York women, as a rule. have
very fine feet, and in most cases little
attention renders them beautiful These
women have adopted the custom of the
ladies of the court of Dom Pedro. who
never thought of wearing shoes and stock
ings in the family circle. In the seclusion
Of their homes they go barefooted. Their
bons and gems, and their health is mar
Vicious, Since they have become used to
going barefooted at home they find that
they never have colds or fevers. Half the
evils Of life are due to confined feet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
An Old French Fad
From the Washington News.


Drizzling was the most popular pas
time of the day at the court of Marie An
tionette. 1t consisted of picking the gold
thread out of the old gold tassels. braid
or anything into which gold had been
woven.
The business was known as parfilage
The society swell did not send flowers to
his lady love but dozens of gold tassels
and ali kinds of trinkets woven in gold
Such things were also sent as birthday
Christmas and New Years gifts.
A coquette who could charm a man into
sending her large quantities of gold trap
nings made over 100 louis dor a year by
her industry. All dresses of both men
and women were loaded with gold orna-
ments then, so that it was easy to get the
old ones.
in betting. The Countess de Genlis made
a bet of two dozen gold tassels with the
Duke de Coigney; She, won the bet, and
as she detested the silly fad of parfilage
she distributed the tassels to her friends
in her drawing room.
The fashion of drizzling was taken to
England, according to Karoline Baur, the
burg. She had been a German actress,
and how she came by the title of countess
no one seems to know.
Her principal grievance against the
prince was that he was confirmed driZ-
zler. There we sat in our charming gar
den salon, in the lovely days Of June, for
The most solemn earnestness, bending
over his elegant drizzling box of tortoise
shell. carefully picking thread after
thread out of dirty, CASTOR silver galloons
as earnestly as if his task had been to
unravel the threads of the fates."
II must have been an edifying spectacle,
the Prince of Coburg, the former Prince
Consort of England and field marshal of
Great Britain, hard at work at parflage!
He had a pension of S250,OO0 a year from
the English But he earned in the year
he was in England, by drizzling, a hand
some silver soup-tereen, which he sol
EMMY presented to his cousin, Queen Vic
toIia IT is kept at Windsor and reYer-
ently shown as the gift of the thrifty
King of the Belgians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

The
Goods Are when and
getR 20
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
From the Atchison Globe.

Parson Mary Lease will not remain in the
mint long; the pay is too poor. Being
a woman, she viii also receive no spring
chicken ovations or embroidered slippers
The men in her charge would as soon
hing an Indian cigar store sign as make
any overtures of friendliness to her. Par
SON Mary has made the wrong leap this
time, She could have attracted more at
fention by trying to get up female
prize fight on American SOIL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
GRACE OF MRS. CLEVELAND.
She Attends a Concert Given by Col
Ored People,
From the Philadelphia RECORD.

~.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 15.-Mrs. cleve-
land did very gracious thing last night
in attending a concert given by the lead
ing colored people in the largest colored
church in Washington, for the benefit
of the Home for Friendless colored Girls.
Mrs. Cleveland. VINO was attended by
in the middle Of the house, so that ii
was some time before it was known that
she had come.
A small boy in the gallery was the first
TO discover her, and he passed the word
around. It drew forth enthusiastic APP
plause and cheering, for her presence
greatly pleased the audience
Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes is gratefully
remembered to this day by the colored
people of Washington for having shown
them q similar kindness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
AT HOME WITH DAUDET.
THE GREAT FRENCH NOVELIST DE-
SCBIBES THE STORY HE Is
NOW WRITING.

Leaves From His Note BooL-Aiways
Writes With Moral PurpOse-Nesv
story Deals with Political Corrup-
tion-NIndame Daudet His Literary
Critic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

all were pleased except poor Jarboe.
whose back was too sore for jesting. The
afternoon was spent In gathering in the
captives. preparatory 10 the mOrrOws
hOmeWard march.
This story has the unusual merit OF be-
ing absolutely true to fact
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-19
Polls Wonderland Theater.

Mulambarl1's Arabs, and Filson and Errol, the double feature heading the bill at Polls Wonderland theater this week, have been giving the most bril- liant satisfaction. The sensational, breakneck tumbling of the Arabs is most exciting to watch, and one can see it forever without wearying. MT. Filson and Miss Errol are extremely bright comedy producers, and their clever comedietta, Women vs. Men is full of snappy dialogue and stirring situations. Among the supporting company are a number of bright art ists, including Miss Lillie Laurel, Lew Bloom and Miss Cooper, Rose and Har- ry Wentworth, the Comedy Three O'Brien and Judge, and MT. Leavitt and Miss Nevello.