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flush, which extends from madame's eyes
to her chin, nor the bright dash OF carmen
on her lower lip, but no doubt that it is as
much admired in China as our ladies
touch of powder is III this country.
Her features are clear cut ana tIne, and
she has pretty shaped ears, but the poCf
lObes are fairly elongated with the weight
of the great earrings they carry. The ear
rings are Of pearls and emeTads. NJ! the
size and quality of those Jewels are enough
to make one break the tenth commandment.
Nine. Yang Yu Is as proud of her babies
as any American mother would he who had
such fine ones. She often takes them with
her on her rounds of calls, and all three
of them frequently receive with her, GER
talnly adding much 10 the piCturesqueneSS
of the scene The little girls would stand
close TO their mother, and In the most dignl-
fled way give high hand-siia Ike that Ward
McAlster himself couldn't beat.
They dress precisely like their mother-in
fact, they are miniature editions of her
and are charming little bits of huma nifty,
their black eyes are as bright as stars,
a bald spot on the crown of the head, from
which the hair was shaved at birth. and the
hair is braided in four little stiff braids,
which stand out at right angles from the
bald spot
They evidently knew what was expected
OF them, for when one OF the ladies asked the
Older one her name, she ans wercd quickly,
'Sigourney, fife year Off and was very
proud of her accomplishment OF English.
The youngest one 5 name is Wo X ee, aud IS
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she is only three she could hardly be ex-
pected to be as much of linguist as her
olutr sister.
But the pride of the house is the eldest
child, the son and heir, whose picture is
here given. He is seven years of a ge, and
is, indeed, promising laddie.
AT one of his mothers last receptions
he assisted her In doing the honors. He
stood by the dining room table, and as
The ladies came in, he said, with great
pride in his knowledge Of the intricaeies
OF the social functions, May L gif you a
cup uf chock- o-late?" You may be sure
that that captured the ladies, and If he
could have understood all the the sweet
things they said about him he would need
to have been an uncommon boy not to
have been spoiled.
Madame Yang Yu aud, by the way, IL
we were writing that name in English we
would write it Yu Yang, as theVYu is the
minister's Christian name and the Yang is
his surname, but in China they have a wa y
of doing things just back ward from our way
of doing tbem-has a dainty hand and a
wee foot, natural Que, however, for 1t
has never been bound.
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n For ladies' trimmed Bicycle
l. Hats. in black. navy. white and
brown. Regularly $3.50.
y For trimmed Turbans that
- should be marked $3.50. All
colOrs.
p For trimmed Sennet Sailors
- worth all of Soc.
, For short back Sailors that
= should be J0c.
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TOUR OF A FOUR-|N-HAND
Through National Park with a
Woman on the Box Seat.
PRINCE AS A PASSENGER
A Duke and Count Also We're Along
A Professional Beauty Rough
ing II with Eleven Trunks.

There is something fascinating about a
stage coach, especially a yellow stage
coach, when 1t ratties up to the door.
with its four sleek, fat, we'll groomed
horses, prancing under the lash of the
long whip, which the driver throws down
on the top with that familiar thud when
the coach stops. Six such horses stood out
in front of the Mammoth Hot Springs
Hotel 10 take the bustling little crowd for
their first stage in the park, Everybody
was ready, except the young person who
made it a point never to be on time. IL
was way she had of drawing attention
TO herself.
There was much discussion as to the
arran cement of places. All the young
women wanted TO sit with the drivers.
all the old women wanted the back seats:
The Professional Beauty, a society woman
from ---, whose pictures, published in
the illustrated journals, had made her in
nous, insisted on sitting by three men at
once.
Dustling mamma from the farther West
with two very big and very homely daugb-
ters, had made it point with the man
ager that her cherUbS should not be ex-
posed to the wileS of a little Italian Count.
! an amiable, harmless fellow, on his way
around the world. He had already. mDlorrd
coach with dose vera, verra ugly girls ;
FIXED ON THE TAX
The Enthusiastic Woman settled matters
| for herself by climbing up TO the box seat
| or one of stages, with the idea of driving
| the four-in-hand, an Accomplishment she
| SAID had learned at LenOX. The amiable
manager of the Transportation Company
| acquitted himself of seating us in a most
| remarkable W1V Incl 1-o,,I,l Ia, -,
! 1t, and much to the chagrin of mamma.
| the ltallan count and the Young geSt of her
| ugly daughters occupied the back seat
| of the second carriage.
One of the foreigners, a Russian grandee,
wanted the top OF the coach taken Off The
manager demurred. The Russian prince
| i'll emphatic, though broken English, in
sisted. Finally, after lengthy parley, a
| conference with the principal and a none
cary consideration, the top came off.
Il swan" said one of the drivers, "ef
! them furriners amt the very devil fer
| gittin' what they want. Talk about yer
Yankees-they amt in it with one of
! them Russian fellers.''
The coaches i'll front of US had started off
| but we waited, our horses growing restive,
our driver grumbling audibly at the delay.
| There was still another passenger, the
Professional Beauty, who vas pestering
the long-suffering manager about her
| eleven trunks.
Impossible. madam. There is no room. "
! We'll" unused the Practical Man, "i
every passenger should take eleven trunks
one hundred passengers, one thousand, ons
| hundred trunks
MUST HAVE HER TRUNKS.
The Manager cast grateful look il
the direction of the Practical Man.
81 am not interested in what othel
people carry" persisted the professional
Beauty. Il must have my trunks: me-
Them
How about wagon2" blandly insiste,
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The Manager cast a grateful look in
the direction OF the Practical Man.
81 am not interested in what other
people carry persisted the Professional
Beauty. Il must have my trunks: ntel
them
How about wagon2' blandly insisted
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50c mems House Slippers 60 at t............ e5r
soc ladies' House Slippers go at.......... aac
SOC infants Shoes go at a5,
Soc infants Shoes go at. t............... 15e
s2 old ladies' Comfort Balls 81 II
Mems and boys Lawn Tennis Shoes 900. 900
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companyiug picture represent him in his
oHlclal ureSs. Ibey have far outstripped
any previous ministers re cord i'll eIIeriall.-
Ing. Madame has had her da Y at home they
have given numerous dinners and other
entertainments during the season, and she
has dispensed the hospitality OF the lesa-
ton at the great house on Fourteenth street
with grace and dignity that would DO
honor To any American woman.
during the past season Fridays were
madame ) day ut home, and after this was
known her receptions rivalled Mrs. Cleve-
lands IN popularity. Minister Yang Yu
received with his wife and seemed to
enjoy the jam, and re gard IT as the proper
way to be bosptable.
To most persons it was a disappointment
to find that the legation was furnished lust
as hundreds OF other houses are out in the
West End, with the exception of some
curious Chinese scrolls that are hung on the
walls, and some handsome Chinese vases
and pictures. But madame expects to re-
main in America good many years, and
she has plans of her own of q house that is
to be built when the legation owns its own
property-which, it is anticipated, will be
pretty soon now--and when that time comes
she Will doubtless show US what q real
Chinese home Is when planned and fur
niShed after the mother country style.
VERY POPULAR RECEPTIONS.
But by far the most interesting feature
of their receptions We're Minister and
Madame Yang Yu themselves and their
Chinese attendants. They invariably cre-
ate a sensation wherever they go. They
were at most of the swell affairs last
winter. Madame was always the center
OF an animated group, making out surpris-
ingly well with the language, while her
liegc lord was sure to be standing smiling
ly observant some here close by with
his hands run wa UP the flowing sleeves
of his loose Jacket.
At one of Mrs. Cleveland's receptions
during the last season Madame Yang Yu
came with her interpreter, Mr.. SEE, an at
tache of the legation who came to this
country with the present minister and who
is attending the City High School, very
bright young gentleman and exceedingly
obllging in his capacity as madames in
terpreter, she glanced around the room and
saw that there were no gentlemen pres
ent, she Immediately dismissed Mr.. SEE
and courageously went in alone, and real
ly seemed to get along as we'll as if she
could talk English like the proverbial
magpie.
She was dressed in rich. brocaded blue
silk, made in the never-changing Chinese
style of long, sacque-shaped tunic. with
the flowing sleeves, and the narrow stiff
skirt Her hair was done in the conveu-
tional puffs that one always sees in the
Chinese pictures, and on her head she wore
that strikng-!ooking cap, with its flaring
| bunch of flowers on each side.
HER PERSONAL BEAUTY.
This cap must indicate something Of high
I degree, unknown to the uninitiated, as she
always wears it on all state occasions
She has beautiful black eyes, if they are
almond-shaped, and clear-cut, regular fea
lures OF course, in America we are not
quite up tc adniring the very evident pinl
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At THE CHINESE LEGATION
Most Interesting Family in the
Whole Diplomatic Corps.
MRS. YANG YU IN SOCIETY
Wives of Former Chinese Ministers
Have Generally ESchewed the
Pleasures of the Social Set.
MRS. YANG YU IN SOCIETY

OF all the foreign legations in Washing
ton, the Chinese located out in the West
End, on Fourteenth streets the one that
awakenS the most interest in the public
mind, and this past season the attractive
ness of the legation has been greatly in
creased by the fact that there were ladies
there, and that they We're minglmg in
society-a thing unhcard OF before.
The eXcluSlvenesS of the Chinese has
been proverbial since the beginning OF
written history, and the secluslon Of their
women OF rank has always been one OF
the iDeXOrable laws OF the empire; but
even Chinese conservatism has been over
come by Anne rcan democracy.
Prior 10 the coming of the last Chinese
minister-Mr Tsin KwO Yin-but very
few women had ever come with the
representatives of The Celestial Kingdom,
and they were kept in the strlctcst seclu-
sion, and 1t was understood that Nine. Tsin
Kwo Yin would live in the same manner
here as she did at home; but even the unim-
pressionable Celestial cannot escape the
influence OF his environment, and grad
ually the rigid retirement OF the women OF
the legation has been overcome.
MRS. FOSTERS INFLUENCE.
Hon. John ". Foster was Minister TSin
kwo Iin's legal adviser, and TO his gra-
cious wife must be given the honor or
being the first lady in America who was ad-
mitted TO see Mime. TSn KWo Yin, and II is
no doubt due to her courtesy and tact that
the doors were opened, allowing the ladies
of the legation the same privileges that the
American women enjoy.
1t is rather funny now TO recall with what
SOlemuity Minister TSin X wO Yin sent word
10 Mr.. Foster that he would bring his wife
TO return Mrs. Fosters call on such date,
and requested that all male members OF the
household be in non-evdencc-and they
were baniShed, every one of them, from Mr.
Foster down to the bell boy.
A maid was stationed at the door, anC
| Il maid conducted them to the dra win groom
| where Mrs. Foster received them. That w3S
| the first little opening, and you can always
| trust d woman whether OF the Orient or OF
| the Occidcnt- for the rest, if the slightes
| entrance is made for her. From that time
| Madame Tsin Kwo Yin was seen more ol
| less in public as long as she remained IL
| this country. Madame Yang Yu. the pres
| ent minister's wife. has been going every
where since she has been here. and seem
ing to enjoy it all as thoroughly as gir
Just out.
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A CI-TTIrRED GENTLEMAN.

Minister Yang Yu is cultured gentle
man. au bonored scholar of distinction in
his own country He entcrtains broad and
advanced ideas for his land and pc eople, and
ne is most Hospitality incllned. The ac-
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Continued Next Sunday.
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HER PERSONAL BEAUTY

This cap must indicate something Of high
degree, unknow wn to the uuintiated. as she
always wears it on all state occasions.
She has beautiful black eyes, if they are
almond-shaped, and clear-cut, regular fea-
lures. OF course, in America we are not
quite up tc admiring the very evident pink
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-31

l first made the acquaintance of q. A.
Sala about 30 years ago, and | have
known him we'll ever since. always
found him perfect encyclopedia OF
knowledge, coupled (Which is rare) with
a keen sense of humor. No man proba-
bly, wrote more Copy" in his life than
he did and few more readable. His
mode of writing was curious. He had a
vast amount of collected notes on all
matters carefully indexed These he
would consult. Then he would walk up
and down the room for a time, after
which he would write or dictate with
out pause. have heard him make very
many good speeches, conceived on the
same lines as his articles. He had at
times a strong desire to enter the house
of commons, but | somewhat doubt
whether he would have succeeded there
Always occupied on the press and on
the magazines, he managed occasionally
to write novel. They were really very
good novels, and if he had turned his
attention more exclusively to novel
writing he would have run Charles
Dickens and other masters of the art
close In business matters he was a
mere child. He earned a great deal of
money, he was not extravagant, and
yet be never seemed to have any. In
his first wife he was fortunate in find
ing not only an amiable and beautiful
woman, but woman of business, and
she was terrible loss to him. 1t is sat
T. ~.
cared for in his last sickness owing to
the kindness and liberality of the pro-
prietors of The Daily Telegraph, with
which newspaper he had been so long
connected. London Truth.
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Weather Aimanacs,

Some of these almanacs rose to great
popularity on the strength of one lucky
guess, and think it is told of Par
tridge's almanac, or some other of the
class, that it owed it's reputation to a
curious prophecy of extraordinary wealth
er for July 81, when hail, rain, snow,
thunder, etc., were freely indicated
Forgetting that the month had 81 days,
the almanac maker had omitted to in
sert the weather prediction for the last
day, and boy was sent from the print
ing office to know how the space was to
be filled up. The weather prophet was
too busy to attend to him, but at last in
a passion said, "Put down hail, rain,
snow, thunder. anything" and the boy,
taking it literally, told the composition,
who duly set into type the extraordinary
prediction, and which by freak of ma
ture came true and made the fame and
fortune of the almanac maker. This
story, if not true, is at least ben trovato
and shows the force of the bard's state
ment:
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well
When our deep plots do pail.
Patrick Murphy published popular
weather almanac, and his fame is said
to have commenced by lucky hit in
one of the earlier issues by which he in
Dictated which would be the coolest day
of the year. There is copy of this al
manac for 1888 in the library of the So
ciety, and some former owner has evil
IDENTIFY taken the trouble to pencil in the
actual weather opposite to that predict
ed. There were, according to this ammo
tation, SO incorrect forecasts, 81 doubt
full and tho rest correct.
This Patrick Murphy was not a mere
charlatan. he had system. and, though
he differed from Sir Isaac Newton and
the Royal Astronomical society, he gave
much study and research to the subject
of meteorology, as shown by his various
books. There was an Astro- Meteorolog-
ical society as late as 1S61.-Nature.
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PROGRESSIVE DINNER PARTIES.
The Revival of an Entertainment That
Promotes Sociability.

Frances E. Lanigan in Ladies' Home
Journal writes that the progressive din
ner party has experienced a revival this
winter and is once more established in
fashionable favor. AS 1896 is a leap
year the dinner is now arranged so that
the men remain in their original seats
throughout the meal, while the women
progress with the courses The first an
nouncement that the dinner is in any
respect different from the ordinary cere-
monial meal III society is in the appear
ance at the hosts place of a small silver
bell, which he rings at the conclusion
of each course, and in the quotations
upon the guest cards, the line given to
the lady occupying the seat of honor
the right of the host-being, "Westwa~d
the course of empire takes its way, "
thus indicating the direction of the pro-
gression. The other ladies guest cards
may read: "All things journey; we go
with them, " "Press bravely onward, ~
'Let us then be up and doing, -" On
ward, onward may we press, A love.
ly apparition sent to be moments Or
nament.
For the cards of the men, who retain
their original seats throughout the
meal, the following quotations will
serve: How happy could 1 be with
either were t'other dear charmer away"
Welcome the coming, speed the going
guest. " eve must endure their going
hence, even as their coming hither, !"
"Variety's the very spice of life, " at
is something to get this far if one is not
permitted to 60 farther, " "Stay in that
station in which you have been placed. ;"
The rule to be observed by the hostess
is that she must have as many courses
for her dinner as she has couples pres
ent. This is made necessary by the fact
that the progressions are made with the
courses, and that the round must be
completed with the end of the dinner.
She should of course aim to arrange SO
that the people who are most congenial
shall be partners during the longest
courses-the roast and the dessert. This
may be easily arranged by placing them
two or three courses apart at the begin
ming of the dinner.
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The Drawing Power of Rome.

The drawing power of Rome itself is
proverbial among travellers, taking form
in the belief that whoever drinks of the
water of Trevi by moonlight and throws
a coin into the fountain will some day
come back. The name Trevi is some
times derived from "trivium, "oross-
roads," and all crossroads belonged to
Hecate, goddess of enchantment, so that
the superstition probably had its far
away origin in spell of bygone days.
But it is neither the moonlight, nor the
water, nor the Offering of the obolus to
the internal gods. whereby the wander
er is sooner or later brought again to
Rome. The center seeking force which
pnce drew all the world to Rome's feet
is not yet quite spent. In Rienzi's day
there were not 10000 souls, all told.
within the city. Things have changed
again since that time, and there has
probably never been time when so
many people of all nations have been at
least once in their lives within Rome's
walls Marion Crawford in Century.
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Hair and Ears.

Midway in the seventies, when Bulow
conducted in Glasgow, the local mu-
sicians and friends of the art gave him
a grand banquet. Toward the end of the
evening, when everybody was in high
spirits, Bulow arose and in the coolest
possible manner administered the fol
lowing damper: Gentlemen, | have
the greatest admiration for your concerts
and all your musical conductors. l only
regret to say that they resemble too
much the omnibus conductors. You ask
why? Because they are always behind
omnibus conductors behind on the We
hicle, musical conductors behind in
time. Nor did he spare even his friends
when he was in the sarcastic mood.
On certain occasion he was conduct
ing concert in Hamburg, and one of
the pieces to be performedNwas Rubin
stein ocean Symphony. What did he
do? He shifted at the score, turned it
upside down ON the desk, and then,
throwing it aside, said, "To conduct
music like this, one must have long
hair; l have not got it. " This story, by
the way, was told to Rubinstein shortly
after, and he at once wrote to Bulow.
81 wrote him." he says, THAT his opin-I
ions were never the same two days run
ming, and, inasmuch as that which he
abused today he praised tomorrow there
was still hope for my poor music. Also,
if he had taken the trouble to measure
my hair, regretted not having had
leisure to measure his ears. Cham
bers' Journal
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Mgr. Merry Del Val. private cham
berlain to Pope Leo XIII. writes to the
London Standard denying the widely
published statement that book written
by the pope when he was Cardinal Pecci
was placed ON the Index Expuragtorius
by Plus TX. where it now is. he says
that the book in question, treatise ad-
vocating devotion to the blood Of the
Virgin Mary, was written by the Rev.
Carlo Pasletti, a pious, but eccentric
priest Of the diocese Of Perugia.
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danger" says the cornfed philosopher,
"seems to exercise a mover ending fasci-
nation over the minds Of men. 1t leads
some to attempt the conquest of hitherto
inaccessible mountains and leads others to
commit matrimony. indianapolis Jour
nal
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Quill pens are prepared for use by sort
ing them, drying them in hot sand, scrap
ing them SO us to remove the outer skin,
then hardening them In diluted nitric
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A Fact Worth Knowing.

Consumption. LaGrippe, Pneumonia, and
all Throat and Lung diseases are cured by
ShilOh's Cure Sold by A. T. Clarke.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-30

lows: Mckinley and Hobart Club o.
Pawtucker, Eighth Ward Republican
Club of Providence, Bosrdmsn Guards o.
Lonsdale, Lonsdale Republica Club
Fourth Ward Republican Club Of Provi
dence, Riverside Republican Club o
Riverside.
The carriages containing the invited
guests will follow the NTH division, af.
ter which will come the sixth division,
Horace b. Hills, Jr., commanding, and
this will be composed OF fully 600 wheels,
representing the Repu blican members oi
the local bicycle clu bs.. All the wheels
VIII be decorated and the last division
promises to be one of the most attractive
In the line.
The line of march will be as follows:
Market square up Westminster street to
Jackson street, Broadway, Baker avenue,
Westminster. Parade street, Dexter
street, Westminster street, .Bridg ham
street to Trinity square, Broad street to
Weybosset street, Custom House street
across Crawford street bridge to South
Main street, South Main to Wickenden
street, Benefit street TO North Main
street to Exchange place.