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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-10
1NonDINA4'E aND WfoKpD WHIST.

INORDINA1.Is IND WICKED WiifST.
There has been much discussion lately
concerning the connection or the dlvi-
sion between piety and the persistent
whist-playing which is now so popular
in New Haven and other centers of
pious civilization. The Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union Of Waltham,
Massachusetts, has issued a protest
against the playing of whist for prizes.
Those who make the protest call such
playing fashionable gambling The
Rev. B. C. Groce of the Methodist
church in Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
read from his pulpit recently the names
Of several young men and women who
have won prizes at whist parties dur
ing the winter and called attention to
the opinion expressed by the Police
court judge in Haverhill, that playing
whist for prizes is gambling. Other
preachers have said things about the
matter, and those in the pews who are
so possessed that they would like to
play whist Sunday evenings instead of
going to prayer meeting have called
the faithful preachers "Puritans," "old
fogies," "horrid things etc., etc.
Jewish rabbis are not called Puritan
ic and they generally take a very liber-
al view of the pastimes of the people.
Therefore what a Jewish rabbi has to
say concerning whist-playing will not
be suspected of bigotry aforethought.
Rabbi Elkin, Of Hartford, has some
thing to say concerning the matter, and
it Is worth attention. Whist in itself,
he points out, is very innocent and
amusing game. AS long as we use it
moderately, as an occasional pastime
after a weeks hard work and care, it
is not only irreprehensible, but even
commendable. But the moment we
abuse it by making 1t our daily occupa-
ton, or, worse yet, sacrificing to it the
hours of our divine services, whist play
ing becomes, instead of a blessing to
the weary, very curse to our homes, to
our churches, to every higher interest
of humanity, and a baneful poison to
our childreni Under this abuse of
whist the game becomes a shame and a
disgrace; nay,not less shame than whis-
key as a means of lowering man to the
level of the beast! In the future a whist
playing man or woman will be pointed
out as we point now at a whiskey
drunken man; for both deserve indeed
the same degree of contempt, for de-
grading a gift intended as a blessing
into a means of shame! But the pun
ishment will not stop there either, but
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-10

settled fact that only extravagant folk
can afford muslin, organdies and mulls.
and the pretty crisp silk. in delicate col
ors and made up with organdie elabor-
alton, are almost as pretty and will
wear pretty three times as long.
A charming model for a house dress
is that the artist puts here, and it was
carried out in beautiful brocaded In
tlia silk that showed pale yellow leaves
scattered over a mauve ground. Its
full skirt pleated at the hips, and the
bodice was alike in back and front,
hooking at the side. 1t had a deep
square yoke of corn-colored silk, cover
ed with the same shade of chiffon, and
its collar and belt were mauve velvet
The sleeves CT the corn-colored silk and
chiffon, had epaulets of the figured
goods and long ends depending from
under the arms.
There is just now great fancy for
opening bodices, at the side from the
shoulder at the arm hole, rounding
down at the side of the bust to almost
under the arm at the waist Very
dressy effects are secured by thus open
ing boxy eton affairs and allowing a lot
of lace to bulge through and a loose
brilliantly contrasting lining to spread
over the edge. Tailor-mades are also
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Matawan, New Jersey, Is In an un-
usual predicament. 1t is finding diff
Guilty in securing a mayor. William A.
Dunlop was elected this spring and re-
signed. Then the borough councilmen
chose Francis c. Bedle and he. too, de-
clined, so the town is hunting for some
one who will accept.
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A New York "deah boy will soon
have Coming out tea" 1t will be
under the auspices of his elder brother.
All the dudes of the Four Hundred are
In a flutter over the receipt Of exquisite
cards of invitation.
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1t has been discovered that of the
swallows which leave England for the
winter some of them go to Rome, some
Ito Nice and Morocco, some to Algiers,
and some to Egypt A naturalist who
tied bit of red silk to swallows caught
In England identified one of the same
birds in the neighborhood Of the pyra-
fnids.
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In paper recently read in Boston by
e. p. Brooks, director of the Lowell tex
tile school, number of valuable facts
were given which interest not only
manufacturers, but workingmen, stu
dents and merchandise short, all who
are concerned in the commercial pros
perity of this country. The paper deals
with the special trade schools of Eu-
rope; and the author points out that
the development of these schools has
progressed in direct ratio with the in
crease of the trade of the countries
wherein they have been established.
Technical education was placed On a
practical basis in Germany before it
was adopted by any other country; and
its results became so noticeable in Ger
many's rapidly growing commercial i'm
portance, that England and other Eu-
ropean countries quickly founded va
rious schools of similar character. Mr.
Brooks says: There are probably
twice as many in England now as in
Germany, but it will be some years be-
fore the full advantage of them will be
realized, and meanwhile other nations
are reaping the results Of their fore
sight"
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DR.. w. F. Newman, house physician
of the Nursery and Child's Hospital in
New York, made a notable defence a
few days ago against charge of neg
aect of an infant placed in his care.
Dr. Newman denied that the child had
been injured or neglected. He said it
dad, like all the other children, the best
of care by trained nurses. good food,
and every possible attention. But the
decline of infants in any hospital, he
said, was practically inevitable His
institution was in good sanitary condi-
tion, it. was In healthy location, was
expertly managed and much money
was spent to maintain high standard
OF service. He spent thirteen cents a
quart for milk. 1t was all in vain. The
hospital air, the hospital-ward smell
seemed to be fatal to children, and he
believed no hospital in existence could
keep children alive. 1t was waste of
money and pains to try.
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An actress in Stockholm lost her
power of speech and memory through
sudden grief, and could not take part.
She was accordingly hypnotized, and
the operator having suggested that she
should proceed to the theater and go
through her part she did so quite I'M
consciously, and in such natural
manner that the audience remained in
ignorance Of what had taken place.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-10

A significant story is told of clair
Soyant who didn't seem to have her
needed it. During the recent financial
depression the clairvoyant business in
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The following unique and pathetic adj
wertisement appears in The Dyersburg
NTenn) Gazette: "On Tuesday, March
16, my dwelling house, thirteen miles
above Charlottesville, was washed from
its foundation and fioated down the
Mississippi river. 1t is a new two-story
frame, painted white and built in T
shape, with a hall in the center and q
two-story front porch, all the way
across the building. 1t contained all
my household and kitchen furniture,
Including an organ with ]. G. engraved
on the plate. The cook stove is an old
fashioned No. range A Marlin rifle
sixteen shot, 38 calibre-was also in the
house. ANY one knowing the where
Rbouts Of this house will be rewarded
by informing me at this place. j. l.
Hopkins, Dyersburg, Tennessee"
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A consular report states that a new
invention known as iron felt, is being
brought out in Berlin, and Leipsic. 1t
is made of the very best woolen materials,
impregnated with the inventors patented
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adapted for elevated roads.
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The London Spectator contains another
gloomy editorial prediction of war be-
tween Spain and the United States
Spain, in its view, will find this the only
path out of many difficulties, like the
embarrassment of its finances and the
Carlist agitation. Mr.. McKinley's ad-
ministration, it continues, may find it
equally advisable to touch the popular
Imagination and divert the public mind
from questions of currency, etc. Stranger
things might happen.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09


Prisoners of the Sea. A. Romance Of
the Seventeenth Century By Florence
Morse Kingaley, author of Titus, Ste
phen, and Paul. These works by Mrs
Kingsley. have been very widely read, and
are eloquent and picturesque, though
sometimes the author employs historic
fact for her own literary purposes. The
Bible. however, has always suffered by
means of its interpreters. The best SER
vice these stories have rendered is by at
tracing young people to their pages,
when very likely they would not have
sought the originals. OF quite another
ilk, Prisoners of the Sea is based upon
the story of The Man with the Iron Mask,
French Huguenots; marvellous rescues
convicts, pirates; murders and mystic
ries. These are the stage properties of a
really very interesting romance, which
moves apace and carries one with it to
the close. Some inconsistencies there
are, and the tone of an earlier century is
not always maintained. But young peo
pie will find 1t fascinating, and will read
it with approval and animation. (From
the Publisher David Mckay, Philadel-
phia.)
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The decision of the Canadian premier,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to take part in the
sealing conferenceiin Washington is re-
garded by our government as an indica-
tion that the Canadians are getting into
a more reasonable frame of mind in re-
gard to pelagic sealing and are ready to
consider the question on its merits. Here
tofore tho Canadians have been opposed
to discussing the subject with the United
States, and it was almost wholly in defer
ence to their wishes that Great Britain
Withdrew from the conference recently
held in which Japan and Russia took
part. If the presence of the Dominion
premier in Washington should lead no t
only to an arrangement in regard to the
sealing business but also to a better un-
derstanding between the two countries
on several other matters it would be. to
the advantage of both.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The political pendulum in England
seems to be swinging in the direction OF
the Liberals. In the recent bye-elections,
Of the twenty one districts SO contested
The Liberals have carried thirteen while
the Conservatives have won but eight t,
numerically in exact reversal of the re-
suits of the general election. Moved, Der
haps, by these victories, Lord Rosebery
seems to be turning again to active poll
tics, while Sir William Harcourt is max
ing encouraging predictions.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09
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The report of Mr.. H. Clay Evans. the
commissioner of pensions, shows that the
pension list is still on the increase.
though former commissioners had pre-
dicted decrease by this time. Seven
widows of revolutionary soldiers and nine
daughters are still on the roll. A
million and a half dollars more were
dispensed for pensions during the last
fiscal year than in the year preceding.
The commissioner recommends the pas.
sage of law providing that hereafter
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The success of the Silver Democrats in
Kentucky has caused the Hon. Henry
Watterson, who has been one of the most
Gold Democracy, to throw up the sponge
and call for harmony. Signs multiply
bhst the most potent effect of the recent
election was to fasten Organism securely
upon the Democratic party.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The recent death of ex-senator Thomas
l.. Cnngman Of North Carolina leaves
James W. Bradbury Of Maine and James
Harlan of Iowa thesonly ex- United States
Senators now living who served in the
Senate previous to the commencement Of
the War of the Rebellion in April 1861,
Mr.. Bradbury serving from 1847 to 1858
and Mr.. Harlan from 1855 to 1867.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09
no soldiers widow who marries again
shall be granted a pension.

The Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr., who has
just had to apologize to his choir for sup
porting Seth Low, must be convinced
by this time that the musical part of his
church is OF much more consequence than
the oratorical part. Hereafter to avoid
trouble he will perhaps let the choir Sc
lect his texts and perhaps write his SER
mons
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

Great Britain has declined to take part
In the Florida fisheries conference. The
United States ambassador has received a
polite note from the foreign office saying
Her MaJesty's government was greatly in
terested in the objects of the conference,
but regretted its inability to send an
official representative to take part in it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

"Left outside the breastworks" hardly
describes Gorman's sad plight just now.
Speaking more accurately, he seems to be
undergoing the sad experience of dying
in the last ditch.''
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9.

Rumor says that ex-Minister Taylor is
getting big money for his Spanish arti-
Gle. That may have blinded him to their
impropriety.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

Croker is in luck again. Last week
his man won, and now it is his horse
which has carried off the prize on an
English race track. The other bosses
must be green with envy when they con.
template Croker's good fortune.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

DR.. Parkhurst cabled from Paris, con-
ceding New York to. the Democrats and to
the devil. He would have promoted
brevity of speech and saved a little on
telegraph charges by stopping at the word
Democrats
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The Mayor of St. Louis has established
a gratuitous matrimonial bureau in his
own office. His object is to place cor,
respondents of opposite sexes in communi-
cation with one another. He says he
believes In marriages and is determined
to help the young people and will do all
hescan. during his administration to bring
marriages about, and will continue to
send deserving letters to deserving young
men who. ask for them. This officer OBJ
viously is determined that the mint, anis
and cummin of mayoralty affairs shall not
be allowed to exclude the weightier funo-
tions of his place. 2
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

1t is worthy of note and certainly a
cause of congratulation, that the majority
returned for Gov. Bushnell, the head of
the Republican ticket in Ohio, was the
largest ever given for any candidate OF
either party for governor in an off year.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

David B. Hill is claiming that the
Democratic victory in New York is a
vindication of the virtues of straddle
platforms, Of which he has always been
very much In favor. David is evidently
seeking to struggle up into notice again.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

The size Of the rush to the Klondike
next spring may be inferred from the fact
that the Cramps are building five steam
ers to carry passengers thither.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A Correspondence between John Ster-
ling and Ralph Waldo Emerson, with a
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

Bubbles. By Fannie e. Newberry, au-
thor of Impress of Gentlewoman.
Strange Conditions, etc., eto. Illustrated
by Victor A. Searles. This book derives
Its name from the manner in which the
weak and misled character of the book
explodes one fallacy after another in his
own downward experience. He is sure
he can cut across moral obligations and
yet bring success to himself and his.
When money Is embezzled, for instance,
and disaster follows, one more bubble
bursts Naturally complications and
suffering ensue and react upon the just
and the righteous. A baby boy brings
brightness to two blighted homes. The
story is based upon the theory of final
distribution of rewards to the virtuous
and happiness to all. Extravaganza and
unthrift are shown in their true light by
sensible, well intentioned process, even
If one that seems rather long and at
times trivial in detail. (From the Pub
fishers: A. l. Bradley & Company, Bos-
ton } Sats'
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

Sketch of Sterllng's Life. By Edward
Waldo Emerson, simply bound and beaut-
fully printed. We have here record
which will appeal to the thoughtful and
appreciative; a delightful account of the
friendship between our great seer, Emer-
son, and the poet whom he never met
face to face, but whose heart beat in uni
son with his. Comparing the two men
the author says of them. ''Both. after a
short service, found their growth resist
by the walls around them, and at once
passed fearlessly out of the church par
tial, to be workers in the church uni
versal." Carlyle was the medium through
whom they met, intellectually speaking,
and Wordsworth and Coleridge won their
delight in common
Sterling speaks of Carlyle's "shaggy-
browed and deep-eyed thoughts"
Hear Emerson to Sterling Al
thoughts are holy when they come
floating up to us in magical newness from
the hidden life. All sins, literary, aes-
thetic and scientific, as we'll as moral,
grow out of unbelief at last. We must
needs meddle ambitiously, and cannot
quite trust that there is life, self-evolving
and indestruotible, but which cannot be
hastened, at the heart of every physical
and metaphysical fact
Though the volume is slight in size, a
very distinct impression is made by it's
contents, and clearer idea is given of
John Sterling than might be had by
means of many a more extended biogra
ply. 1t amply rewards the reader, is
book to be received gratefully and with
sincere satisfaction. (BosJon and New
York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company;
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Price si.00.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09

They have visiting them at the Nelson's Mrs Duckworth
from Kentucky who used great constipation
She she used suffer greatly headache doubt
indigestion and constipation and tried every remedy
could relief began using Rpans Tabules The very
Tabule gave relief now she saws stranger"
The indigestion and constipation disappeared felt
her life now She considers Rpan Tabules
the best medicine in the world