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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20
The thermometer at tho REPUBLICAN
Ollce registered to-day as follows
7o'clock 10 O'Clock 2 O'Clock


The public sale of the Tatnall property
to BIO held at the Court House on Saturday
next at o'clock p. m. is said to be the
largest public sale ever held in the State
of Delaware, and no doubt many bargains
will be secured by those wanting to locate
In the newest and most beautiful part of
this city
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20

~ written on ono side OF the paper ogly and
9ddressed "0ur Gard Haskell kRPUBLIcAH
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20

There will be an oyster and turkey sup.
per at the First NJ p. Church, Seventh
street below Walnut, Thursday, Jan. 2lst,
beginning at o'clock, Tickets only rs
cents, All are invited.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20

A carload Of trout, white fish. herring.
and paddock at 9Th and Church streets on
Thursday, Jan, 81, from a III. until sold,
Atlantic ard Lake Fish Co.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20

| NI HNTED-GiI Tor hUusawork, 20 I'd cool,
| w with refer"uce.I,lG " 6th ST. i1J.,I.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20

The Germantown Y. NJ. O. A., the cham.
pion basket ball team Of Philadelphia, will
play the local Y. M. O. A, team In the As.
ISOLATION gymnasium tomorrow evening.
This will be an exciting and interesting
game and large crowd should be present
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-20
FANCY
BOSOM
SHIR
so
CENTS,

they were made to sell for.
All sizes from II to l6b.
Samples in the window.
A lot of Percale Shirts with
collars and cuffs separate
at same price while they
last We are selling quail.
ties of the special collars,
&c each, 95c a dozen and
you can't get anything
better for 2 for 25c, either
in style or quality AID
lot Of new Brown Plair
Suits at SO, less 10 pc.
cent go III stock to-day
Our OWL make.
Closed evenings sx:ep. Sat.
urcay at 9 O'Clock.
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survive the winter with only a light cover

ing
Many authorities recommend fall plant.
ing Of sweet peas. My own opinion is that
the trenches should be prepared In the
autumn and the peas planted early ir
March. In our climate there Is always the
risk of premature coming up, and subse-
Quent freezing of the tender young vines.
Sweet Peas.
Prepare the trenches for sweet peas es
follows: Select. If possible, an open spot
and dig trench two and half to three
feet deep and eighteen inches wide. Let
1t run from north to sonth II convenient.
Fill up a foot deep with any kind Of COM
post, and on top Of that garden soil, rather
heavy than otherwise Finish with a
hight top dressing. By March the soil in
the trenches will have settled firmly and
be ready for planting.
All these matters having been attended
to, give your lawn or grass plot light
dressing Of manure, or bone meal, and SOW
the thin places, If any, with lawn grass.
Now you may conscientiously lay down
shovel. hoe and rake, ard leave the rest
to nature.
She will cuddle her dear earth children
close and warm in her capacious bosom.
until the time comes to send them forth on
their beautiful mission. And as you look
cut OF the window in midwinter, what a
pleasure it will be to think of the latent
beauty under all those snowcovered, bar
rem beds and borders! With what impa-
thence you VIII anticipate the time of re-
awakening and what genuine, wholesome
delight will be yours when you discover
the little green and yellow and pink tips
breaking through the brown earth or start
ing from the bare boughs! Life holds no
JOY purer or more intense to the genuine
flower lover than this.
JULIA SCHAYER.
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with them. They contrast strongly, these
hne. big blondes. with their great masses
and shapely legs. their English language
and their heavy grace. wnen they come in
contact with any of their French sisters
Oh the stage or off
There is strength enough in these fine
girls to dance and sing at the same time.
not to speak of the management of the
weighty skipping rope. regularly flashing
They are still singing 1.-The Man Who
Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo They
are watched furtively by undergrown Paris
youths, men about town at eighteen, who,
with dtiflculty, make up their minds .vheth
er to be content with the physiology rr to
laugh at the manner
Each French singing girl affects a certain
manner or action and a certain type Of
Song suited to her ways There are ..march-
ers. eccentrics, patriotic singers meas
arts, exaggerated sentiman=a ais, Tyroleans
ana others. There is also the knowing
llfeo-0I-hre, blase style, of which Yvette
was the original token before she imported
negro melodies from America The "march-
I've would call her the ''hustler''-must
De young, pretty and vigorous, and she
oou ins, on the stage and is Immediately in
whlrl. Between the verses she viii imj
tate the department of a soldier fer ev
ample, IN which case her songs have To do
with military life. relating her adyentnres
WIN Pii'ates' subalterns and generals.
Patriotic and Sentimental.
singers Of patriotic songs have not vet
ceased to chant about the Franco-Prussian
war; When some poet or warrior dies a
song is sure to appear about him-"Stanzas
TO Victor Hugo OF Homage to Admiral
Courbet.' ~ ai
Iiory 10 Courbet, glory to the patriot,
Liorl OF the seas, giant of our comhafs,
me singer appears in full mourning. with
upnfted arms and disheveled hair.
Inen come the singers of exagxera te1lv
sentimental verses:
The girl of gypsy blood
Knows only love and nate:
Happy the one she loves,
He whom she hates must die.
Going hand in hand with the cafe concert
song, which itself is not really sung h,t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
THE SERVANT GIRLS HERo
why Is IL She Likes the M.u an
Uniform.

EDWARD Fawcctt IN Golfers Weekly
my Is ii that you never meet in Ion,lo,,
an even passably good looking soldier
rfiNdteS. mean, OF course. Whence com.
theSe towerlngly tall fellows i'm their lack
ets OF 1ur Gus RED. with their cans wor,,
SO asiant as TO seem topping from Their
temples? Are there none I'm lin. whole
Brltish arm Y more personable than fh.s,g
ohe recalls those witty and touching words
oil the poor country wench IN Mr. Plu.tos
play OF The Squire Our queen nuts
paddin i'm their chests and W.. Door girls
thinks IFS arts" The queen may put pa.l-
olnS in their chests, but her majesty is
hoi res 'onsible | am sure. FOR their long,
caihess legs. tier coarse fiorid faces their
Duiging ears. their small bullet shaped
heads their general iankness and lack 81
grace You marvel what makes th,. nir-
sery maids care for them as they "a, Tor
in the parks a baby carriage nursery
maid and solnler are common sights. To
me women OF their class IL is curiousl,- true
That these homely fellows emblazoi e,I in
their snowy uniforms. are often gu te IT.
resistitle- Once, when I'm London I card
indirectly of housemaid's frank confes-
sion. She was a pretty Young blonde Ia
more attractive to the eye than any CANDY
coated recruit l have ever seen. we
don't know what IL is she avowel bat
we can't help Hiking soldiers. and I've got
one Tor sweetheart. though I'm not sure
If he cares for me half much as / care
for him." In New York the policemen ar.
said TO inspire similar passion in CERTAIN
feminine breasts. But that seems as naiv-
raj as the cadet fever at West Point
among young women of higher grade. But
tens" and like hi ayeries on the male figure
have always fascinated the softer ssx.
Scores of our New York policem.r now
ever iiiterate ard common. are neNerth.-
less very handsome men. Many an artist
would be glad enough to have them pose
models if their American dig lty were
not haugntily above such concession.
But. in all candor. one can better COM
pare the majority OF young English SOL
diers whom one meets I'm the London thor
oughfares to Lothing troop OF si-
gantic red bodied spiders. En- masse. I adj
init. they make an admira BILE showing. but
individually they are devoid of every VrIla
charm.
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much as children with us are taught 10
speak pieces" At social gatherings Won
Will have gentlemen stand up and do their
little turns OF impersonation in CONVERSE
tlonai prose. without makeup, without cos
time and without music, and they do it as
readily as 4 girl will step to the piano and
perform piece of music.
And the Crowd Sits Waiting.
In the cafe concert all types Of Paris life
come out in songs and spoken pieces-the
old woman who sits knitting and remem-
bers the adventures of her youth in tot
ter1ng prose; the tough young man with
pretenslons to politics who harangues the
audience In his own inimitable slang and
with burlesque appeals to patriotism, So
cialism and the brotherhood of man; while
the emancipated modern girl of the period
complains that her mother does not give
her that liberty which she knows is ac-
corded to English and American girls, and
she confides to the audience that she will
change all this Immediately she Is married.
So the cheap little audience sits beneath
| the arches of the Fine Arts buildings
long, wide porttco, listening with what is
to us a strange contentment. Just around
the corner they are hamn. ering and dig
gtng-hammering up scafro.dings to hide
the depredations Of the workmen who are
up the riverside upon the first works Of
the Bridge OF Nicholas. Sitting quietly
mere IN the late summer and the early au-
tumn, listening to the caterwaulings and
the gurgiings Of sopranos and tenors, car
Ing little what the words are so the tune
Is right or caring little what the tune is
SO the words are right, or caring little for
the tune or words DO that the drink Is
drink. SO that the price is right, they take
the air, they take their leisure taking
what they get, content to be Parisians In
Paris They are sitting. waiting: they keep
the 1870 exposition.
STERLING HELLO.
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1 Church in America Is to hold fits annual
gathering October L. at Hagerstown.
AT the coming meeting OF the MARYLAND
synod Mr.. Chauncey r. Bots.ord. a resi-
dent OF this city, but now studying at sus-
quehanna University, Selin's Grove Pa IS
10 apply for license to preach.
Messrs; I. F. Randolph and John r. Con-
Eer. and Mesdames W. H. Finckel J. O.
butler and j. W. Graham and Miss Mary
Swartzeii have been appointed a COMMITTEES
OF the Luther Memorial Church to look
al'er ,he matter or entertaining delegates
20 the Maryland synod by members OF
their congregation
Rev j. w. Gray is going TO Chicago next
Monaay TO stay two weeks. and while
away ire pulpit of the First Methodist
Protestant Church is to be filled by Rev.
Mr.. Moore.
The Methodist Protestant ministers Of
Washington have resumed their bi-weekly
meetings under the direction of the officers
| Tor this conference year.
T. The Keller Memorial Church will prob
AMY ne formally dedicated the first sun
The exercises In honor OF the thirty
fourth anniversary of Shiloh Baptist
Church. which began last Sunday. closed
last evening with a rally. followed by a re-
| ception A number OF ministers delivered
addresses during the week. among them he
j. c. Dent
Mr.. George Ryneal. ir. was selected %
represent the Luther Memorial Church at
tns coming meeting of the Maryland synod
me women's Foreign Missionary Socio-
10 OF esiey Church met at the parsonage,
en- Monday evening of this week and n. IN
thelr annual jug Breaking"
AZ the annual meeting of the G. T. So
ciety of the Metropolitan Preshyt.rian
ohurch, held September 10 The foliowin.
omcers were elected: President. Dr. Mn
TART hrst vice president. Miss Julia Fer
naid' second vice president. Thomas bright.
recording secretary. Miss Edna Reu; tr.as
nrer' r. L.. Allis' n: chorLter. DR. Wool
man; pianist. Miss Cecil Flelps
C,,ra n,;,p OF mt<ees-Calling. Miss
MISS MIss Bertha Schott; good citizenship. p. W
Pro"n' good literature. Miss Nellie Row
deh' information Miss Della Adams: Junior
Sis MISS iebbie Gones: lookout Miss
Clara Burroughs; missionary Mis- a M,
zimmerman; PRAYER. Miss Lille Burroueh. ::
nr,nit.ng. John Sherry; social. Miss Eisi.,
Itou,inah' Sunday school. Miss Sadie
loeckel; ushers. Clarence Church.
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meneuvering about the dark streets is not
at all satisfactory.
Capt. Edwards is, endeavoring to have
every member of his command complete
the official rifle practice on the range and
has designated Wednesdays for that pur-
pose. Private Britain has been placed In
charge Of the rifle practice.
Capt. Charles ]. Hendler Company II,
Sd Regiment. National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania, was the guest of Capt Edwards
during the week. Capt. Heniler is in the
city on military business.
Notes.
Having successfully passed the brigade
board of examination, Corp. James ID. Egg
gleston, Company d, I'd Separate Batial-
ION, has been announced as candidate for
promotion to the grade OF second leuten-
ant of cycle infantry.
Nothing having been heard from the on
Gals of the British National Rife Associa-
ton in relation to the matter, no further
steps have BEEN taken in the direction OF
the organization of a team of American
rif1emen to cross the Atlantic ocean and
matches next June al Bisley, England.
In the interest of the service. Private
Frank Jones. Company A. LIST Battalion,
and Private William H. Liggin. Company
c, LIST Battalion, have been discharged
from the District National Guard. Private
r. S. Hooker, Company &, LIST Battalion.
has been discharged because of removal
from the District. Private Frederick X.
Grahe has been transferred from Company
b, 4th Battalion, TO Company c. 1st Bat
talon, and Privte William II. Stone, jr..
from Company c, 4th Battalion, 10 Com
pany ID, LIST Battalion.
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CHESS AND ITS PLAYERS

All the games have been played in the
summer tournament at the Washington
Chess Club, Mr.. Prender losing the re-
naming games to Messrs. O'Farrell Ray
and Tucker. Mr. Smith won first prize,
Capt. O'Farrell second and Mr. Harris of
Alexandria third. The tournament has
proved very interesting. There was con-
siderable rivalry between the players, es-
pecially fer first prize, and some very good
games have been played. Nearly all the
games were played on time, the exception
being in the case of Prender, who had
trouble with his eyes.
The following is the final score Of the
nlaXe
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The fourth game of the match for the
championship of the District of Columbia
between Messrs. Walker and Gwyer re-
now leads by the score of a to O. Mr..
Gwyer played the opening well, but he
weakened, and did not pay enough atten-
ton to pawns. singular feature of the
against the capture of hts queen by a pawn
on the thirty-second move, and of black to
capture the queen though both parties saw
the danger the queen was in on the move
game:
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slowly dies the summer. One never ieeie
roor in the gay French capital HOW sh''ii
YOU fee! poor when to walk and iaze' 10 SIT
at intervals and sip sweet drinks, 10 let
the eye roam over splendid architecture
well-trimmed open stretches with ther
statuarv. fountains and gay throngs, Is
the chosen occupation of the weil-to-do!
And now that every DAY sees the returning
multitude of summer cutters back to their
dear Paris, looking round it, making their
preliminary autumn survey with approval,
there is not even the slightest drawback
of rejecting that one thus enjoys Paris
by the force of circumstances (as in the
midsummer}. for the simple reason that
il is expensive TO take trips.
One never should feel poor in the gay
French capital; but when do feel Door.
the simple remedy of going out and watch
ing poorer folk enjoy themselves is at the
door of every one, as they say. Parks and
yistas, greenery and fountains, archtec
ture, statuary. with that extra triumph
of the century. the Eiffel Tower itself,
thrown in. exist in rank profusion round
the great green. park-like stretches of the
Channps-de-Mars, directly in the heart of
Paris; and for the restless and the lovers
of the new there are the added features
now of all those works of demolition and
erection which proclaim the nearness of
the coming exposition, the worlds fair
of 1900
The Champs-de-Mars (the field of Mars
where kings were wont to nave their mill
tary reviews before the revolution; where
the people celebrated the kings and his
mobiles decapitations when the revolution
came and where the universal exposition
of 1859, in honor of the revolutions hun
drecth year. proclaimed the triumph of
frl Ernffy
now the most lively spot in Paris.
Building the Cars bridge.
BY the river. which runs through the
Champ, they engaged in building the
wide bridge. whose cornerstone was laid
by the young car. BY reason of its width.
the vista and the new, wide avenue which
it will open up and the attractions 1t is
destined TO contain by way of medieval
shops or modern side shows this Bridge of
Nicolas and the famed Alliance will form
one of the chief features of the show. For
its sake avenues to lead to 1t are to be
plowed through Paris on each side. the
good old building of the Palais de Indus
trie must be demolished, two new palaces
ne built up en- the north side avenue and
the grade leveled or made sloping down to
1t on either side. The avenue of the
champs Elysees is suffering just now on
account of all these works, but when they
are completed it Will have a vista, at about
the Round Point, straight across the
Bridse or Nicolas to the parade grounds of
the lnyalides. the Champ-de-Mars and all
the exposition grounds. The Sunday
crowds now throns the spot. point out this
feature and the other and discuss the
projects or 1900, and then rest them
selves in slipping sweet drinks underneath
the porticoes of the old exposition build
Ings.
When the old exposition-that of 1889
was over they did rot burn down the build
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acter, Of the coming exposition of 1aoa
mhth farls must decide again what
10 Keep and what to destroy Meanwhile
under It's porches and in the great interior
court, where the annual salon has ex hih
Ited each year its SPRAYING modern scuIn
Iure OF the Champ -de-Mars," these after
n aOoIi aniusements OF the cafe concerts go
on eteInally- 1t is true that they are for
lhe little people" who cannot afford TO
spend much money. and who must find
theIr moneys worth in music, seating ac-
coihHouatlons and one drink rolled info
one Pay for one drink and then the 80
ternoon Is yours. i do not know whether
cheap very
Sentimental male singers are n sn.ci.,
sign CT French taste. They are invariably
dressed IN correct evening clothes excent
when very chic. indeed. when they NAV
wear the long-taiied London frock coat
Ihey have curled hair and waxed mus
taches, and they sing their "romances'' i'm
voice both round and fat Too often
lnelr manner. meant 10 be intense and Sc
nous, Is only vulgar and pretentious with
bursts OF weeping baritone, with gurgling
throat. ~
The Songs They Sing.
II Is the Waltz of Adieux'' or The
Time of Cherries"
Whether all the bra-an-ches
Should thus be all in white
UT that in the springtime the turf should
lie all green.
Suii. Rose / love thee.
Dost thou my love requite?
An. then, for love like ours there is no
season.
From these to the singers of gags
there Is a great and splendid leap The
gags are without reason and meaning and
often have half their charm In the smooth
ness. neatness of the French verse:
albert Albert
Tu resembles a mon frer'.
Eft mon frere a Ia mer
EFT ma mere ia soeur.'
tAlbert. Albert, you resemble my brother
and my brother resembles your mother
and my mother resembles your sisterD
Albert Is pronounced Al-bare, and goes
particularly well with "a mon frer'." In
the third line there is a change In the pro-
nunciation of frere, when IL gets back its
natural final ''e'' for an additional syllable,
as in all French verse.
Eft mon frer-e
Ia mere
makes little couplet by itself. with all
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detained to music
in a kind of recita-
tive. Is the mono
logue, which differs
very little from it.
The mOnologue has
scarcely been given
It's proper place in
the United States.
although ain
German and Irish
comedians on the
American ariety
stage cannot be sur
passed in 1t along
their own lines.
With us the mono
logue Is too much
confined to the hui
mors Of dialect-Ger-
man, negro, Irish.
In the privacy of
French families girls
and boys are taught
to do clever charac-
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pl3uded quite as
much as the singer
herself. Another will
be very pretty, very
correct and IL little
cold-sornething rare
at the cafe concert.
Ano.her IS fragile in
appearance ard Il
consummate vocalist
something rarer
still. Yet another will
be not very young,
but having a fresh
voice and a wiliful
timidity of manner
which allows her to
do love songs and
idylls.
English music hall
artists frequently run
over from London
and often bring their
SkippjnP roDes along
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iilsS- autographs or
the time show guam
titles of smaller edi-
fees, il is true,
which, when their
use Was over. were
removed; but all of
TIE main halls, all
grounds, so bea Iti-
fully landscape-gar-
dened. a great part
of the statuary and
all the noble palace
gardens of the Tro-
cadero. just across
the river, have been
kept.
The Palace of Fine
Arts of the great ex-
position is along one
side of the square
around I h e. Eiffel
Tower. 1t will dis
appear in favor of
the new buildings,
equally temporary in
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what 1 have been attempting to explain.
Hippety-hop hippety-hop!
Most Songs Bar G~nslntiOn.
Pretended drunkards hardly count on the
cafe concert stage, because there are COM
paratively few real drunkards among
the French. The sentimental male singer Of
ten chants of wine, and lady singers chirp
about champagne, but generally in connec-
ton with frol,c or a wedding breakfast;
and they manage to throw in enough sug-
gestiveIess to convert the champagne into
a mixed drink-a French mixed drink.
This matter Of suggestiveness is a serious
impeachment to translating mems cafe con-
cert songs in full, excepting songs with
political and patriotic tendencies. The re-
lators of adventures the singers of delicate
anecdotes who so much abound have al
most to man verses in the style of
American bar room stories, toned down in
language but with the Witty grimaces and
shruSs ami gestures of the French tc fill
out the blanks.
A young gentleman of the people, dressed
between sport and tough. will give
Portraits of My Family
Qui, qui prend du chocolat?
C'est papa.
Out, qui bolt son pitt vim blanc?
CeSt maman.
Qui, qui raffole du gruyere?
Cest mon frere.
Qui qua Plapin en- horraIr?
Cest ma soeur!
Papa Is being male tc take ALWAYS choco-
late; mama is made to drink white wine
and brother dotes on gruyere cheese for the
same reason-that Is for the rhyme But
TO. it Is also for the sake of being able to
say nicely that the sister holds rabbits in
horror. Now, a rabbit is well known
slang for certain species of -tleadbeat
Not the Only Charm.
OF the young lady singers, one will have
physique to mt her for vigorous songs
Another has beautiful arms; they are an
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tumn days are mel
low, soft and CHEEKY
in the gay French
capital. The grass is
still bright green in
the city parks and
squares; the leaves
are scarce turning
vet, and all the pop
ulation turns out of
a Sunday afternoon
to taste the sweet
ness of the promen-
AIDE in open air, SO