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The herald., 1897-04-04

and Is conducted on the same lines laid
out by Miss Nightingale Is sufficient tes-
timony as to her capable management.
1t was while resting from these labors
that the Crimean war broke out, and
reports soon reached England Of the meu
who were literally dying by the regi-
ments for lack of proper medical atteT.-
tion. Popular indignation rose to fever
heat over what was recognized as Grim
inal carelessness On the part of the gov
eminent in not preparing for the emer-
gency, and at this stage of affairs the
war department determined to ignore
all precedent and solicit the aid Of wo-
men as nurses on the battlefield.
Prior to this the fame of Miss Night
ingale had spread, and 1t was decidede
that she was the one woman who could
successfully carry out such a plan. A
letter was dispatched to her and at the
same time Miss Nightingale wrote to
the war department officials offering
her services. The letters crossed each
other In the mails, and as result the
matter was speedily arranged. Miss
Nightingale promising to leave for the
Levant In eight days
OFF TO THE CRIMEA.
Miss Nightingale had everything in
readiness for the departure at the ap-
pointed time--October 21, 1854. With her
went thirty-eight nurses, and on No
NChipci u tic party ItdcHcu Sohstohli-
nople and Immediately took up their
quarters at the barrack hospital at
Scutari. The work of Miss Nightingale
there is known almost to every one.
Sanitary arrangements there were none.
The suffering soldiers were at the mercy
of hideous vermin, the rats attacking the
limbs of helpless wounded as they lay
on beds reeking with infection. The day
after her arrival came the sufferers from
the historic charge. of Balaklava, and
then came the wounded from Inkerman.
Rapidly the hospital was put into fair
shape. Food was served decently; beds
and bedding were cleaned; wounds were
dressed and cared for, and inside of a
month a complete reorganization had
been effected For two years she remain
ed here. with the exception of t@ort trips
to the battlefield. On one of these jour-
neys she was stricken with the Crimean
fever. and for long time her Life was
despaired of.
At the close OF the war 1t was ar
ranged to give her a tremendous recep-
ton. but she returned to England quiet
ly under an assumed name, and no one
knew she was in the country until after
her arrival at her old home, Lea Hurst.
BERNARD BARRETT.
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Whist Fancies

With the longer evenings and cool
nights come the whist table. Now that
classes of women to study whist, and
clubs of women to play the great game
have arisen in all the large cities, and
many small ones, the appurtenances OF
the whist table are matter of much i'm
portance to the feminine mind, which
loves beautiful effects under all condf-
tions.
Such pretty and dainty card tables
are now to be had that the whist ta-
bles themselves do not occasion much
anxiety. OF course, clean and beautiful
packs of cards are the first considera-
ton. The true whist lover will always
destroy "the joker" in pack intended
for whist, that no less revered and intel
lectual game ever be played with those
dedicated cards.
A unique box of carved sandal wood
or Japanese lacquer, or an inlaid small
cabinet which once belonged to your
grandmother, will serve to keep the
cards in and will frequently prove sug-
gestive of a pleasant bit of conversation
before the game begins. A small col
lection of books on whist-Cavendish,
Pole, Foster, Coffin and others-together
with copies of the whist magazines, may
furnish the tables at the start.
Something unusual in whist counters
is always charming, and If not possessed
may often be encountered in the old
shops whittier drift, soon or later, many
treasured bits of heirloom property
New York World.
The herald., 1897-04-04
Flowers Girls Like

Any young woman who respects her
self desires to have a flower peculiarly
her own, WHICH her friends will always
associate with her and her admirers al
ways send her. Unfortunately the num-
ber of flowers is limited. There are vio-
let's and roses, mignonettes and pinks,
orchids and lilies of the valley, hya-
cinths and marguerites, but there are a
good many more sorts of girls than there
are of flowers which others also claim as
their own.
The wise virgin in choosing her flow
er consideres her general style of ap-
pearance and of manner. II she Is tall,
saint-like person, and has the air of
Saint Cecilia sojourning on the earth
for brief period, she should choose
white roses-not creamy ones, but pearly
white ones of the sort that never open
very fully. There Is something suggest
i've of altars and dim religious lights In
those white roses, and the young woman
who desires to suggest those things will
do we'll to adopt them.
OF course, brilliant red ones belong by
right divine to the stately beauty. No
woman who is not sure of being as bril-
liant and perfect in her line as the red
rose is in its should invite comparison
of their respective charms by wearing it.
Pink roses are less exacting in their
requirements A girl need only to he
fairly fresh, sweet and dainty to wear
them effectively. Cream and yellow
roses require a slightly more poetical
style of beauty than their red and pink
sisters-not exactly the beauty of the
cloister, as the white ones do, but cross
between that and the mere charm of the
drawing room.
The young person who aspires after
the unusual, who longs to suggest Burne
Jones pictures or something equally
weird and out Of the ordinary, selects
orchids as her own. The girl who likes
| to be thought of as the oldl-fashioned,
dropping, slightly consumptive heroine,
| chooses lilies of the valley hyacinths
and other waxy, sweet, cloying things.
No vigorously healthy girl should ever
wear these flowers. They make her ro-
| business seem vulgar and her high spir-
| Its bucolic by their heavy, sickly sweet
ness.
The mignonette is for the clear-eyed
not ravishingly beautiful, but adorably
sweet and womanly girl. And carna-
| tions are for every one. They are going
| to be very popular this winter. They
come in colors to suit every one. They
| flame in red and they blush in pink.
| They are yellow when occasion and one S
gown demands yellow. They are white
and pure and cool. They are always
| fresh, natural looking, spicy things, cap
able of expressing both delicacy and
strength 1t is not to be wondered at
| that they will be fashionable. The only
thing that prevents it is the fact that
| they are vulgarly cheap and have the
lasting quality which might recommend
| them to plebeians.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-04-04
ANTONY TO CLEOPATRA

Pale Death awaits me, shadow-robed in
sable,
Whilst in yon western blue the sunset
burnSi
Sweet Love! awake, as thou alone art able.
To one last thrill this dying heart that
turns,
Ever to thee-for thee thee only, yearns.
Most lovely Love! my queen divinely
Come to me! to be by thee caressed
Was ever heav'n to me, to die enfOlded
within thy perfect arms were to die blest
Nor could Elysium's self hold fairer rest
Sweet voice! most dulcet musicl thou cost
AS Orpheus and Arion 'thralrd at will
The realms of Dis and Neptune; thou dost
From the gray M shades Of death! thy ten
Lures back my fading soul-thy captive
still!
Sweet eyes! twin stars of my sole heav'n,
May 1 awake from thee, to drink
New life from lesser light: rather for ever
And ever let me sleep on Lethe's brink;
Nor meath Acheron'S waters dreamless
sink.
Light me but to Oblivion, eyes most tender!
For since the gods do will that I must
Thy starry golden glow and d!usky splendor,
1 ask but to forget my loss; chose
Oblivion's wave before Elysian dews.
Dear Love! so witching are thy warm
caresses,
That Death stands back a pace to watch
their wiles;
From thy soft voice and loosen'd dusky
tresses
Doth float dreamy fragrance that be-
guiles
Like musky zephyrs from Hesperian isles.
o fiow'r-soft crimson lips! the sweetest
portals
To sweetest soul e'er fashioned! not the
wine
Nectar'd in Naxon by the fair immortals
Could give my fainting pulses so divine,
So rich a transient life, as kiss Of thine.
Lovel complain not. tho Death come to
To realms Of Nothingness ere thy last kiss
Hath tired upon my lips for thou dost
make me
To fade SO happily. dissolved in bliss.
That sweet It seems to die. If death be
Pail Mall Magazine.
The herald., 1897-04-04
His Cooks Reven pe

A few weeks ago a citizen of Kieff.
Russia, found fault with the dinner
prepared by his new cook, and rashiy
embodied his criticism in cutting sar-
casms. The young woman heard him
in silence. In the evening he was jostled
by man In deserted little street, AMI
when he ventured to demonstrate he was
vigorously assaulted. Unable to get the
better of his adversary, he determined
to do what he could, at least, to identity
him later on, and with this object in
view, tore his assailant's fashionable
clothes into shreds. On his return home
few hours later, he found the cook
standing at the door, ready to shake the
dust Of his house or her feet. The gem
tleman, whose wounds and bruises left
him in no very amiable mood, simply
said: Joy be with you! 1t will be some
time before you get another place. And
as to character, trust me to give you one
that will stick" On the following morn
ing he discovered that his best clothes
in the wardrobe were in tatters and his
glossy silk hat an unsightly wreck
Hastily summoning the other servants
to the room, he angrily asked them
what they knew about the matter,
whereupon the nurse replied that the
cook, in one of her freaks of fun, had
donned her masters garments and gone
out TO walk in them the evening before,
sticking on an artificial mustache to
help out the illusion. Then 1t dawned
upon the wretched man that his assail
ant of the day before was the touchy
turbulent cook. Less than fortnight
later he received letter through the
city post informing him in somewhat
ungrammatical but unmistakable Ian
guage: you lied about the place, re-
spected sir, when you said /. could not
get another II left yours. I've been in
five different places since then, and I'll
be going to the sixth next Monday.
Trusting your bones isn't achin', re-
main, Praskovia. ."-Chicago Times.
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The Quiet Strength

Your quiet women are the women OF
power. The noisy, clustering, arrogant,
self-aserting among them make the air
hot with their voices, and trouble the
world with their superabundant activi-
ties. But this canpot be called real
strength; it is mof$ generally a sham
and a show which breaks down under
the pressure of personal and private
trial; while the true power of those who,
as wives influence the present, and, as
mothers, mould the future, lies hidden
from the public, all the more valuable
because of it's reserve. The perfume of
the violet steals out from the dense
thicket, where it lies hidden, while the
sunflower turns the glare of it's disc
full to the gaze Of the paesersby, scent
less and coarse-patent to all, and with
out mystery or sweetness for any.-Lon-
don Echo
The herald., 1897-04-04
Changed Her Fad

It was the fad to collect bric-a-brac
and the fair Alice de Beaumont was
somewhat of fadateur.
A young artist accompanied her in her
explorations for the quaint and curious
and she thought great deal of him.
There was time when, by the asking.
he might have shared the De Beaumont
millions, but he didn't catch on, and went
gallivanting away to Europe to get his
money by other than the art of getting
1t easy. After q while he came back and
then 1t occurred to him to propose to
the erstwhile bric-a-brac collector, who
was now fading 1t In the line of ento-
mologic specimens.
He went at 1t with vigor, but was re-
pulsed horse, foot and Dragons.
Then you will not have me?" he said
in tragic tones.
NO" she replied as she looked him
over critically. II am no longer collect
ing bric-a -brac."
That ended It. as might have been ex-
pected.-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-04-04
The Woman Veterinary

After one of the bench shows several
years ago the women exhibitors of dogs
received the circulars of a woman vet
erinary. The thought of having their
sick pets treated by doctor who could
give to their pets the tenderness and
gentle care of a woman appealed to
many who received these circulars, and
the result was that the woman veteri-
nary had plenty of applications for some
time. She was able always to send back
the dogs after they had been in her care
for few days in a condition which was
from one point of view highly satisfac-
tory to their owners. The animals were
always in condition of great enthusi-
asm over the sight of their mistresses.
and they were invariably able to eat
with such ferocious appetites that there
was every appearance for short while
of a complete restoration to health. But
this state was never lasting. After a
short while the dogs showed that they
were quite as sick as they had ever
been. The woman veterinary's services
began to be less in demand after a num-
Der of experiences of this kind. but her
final loss of popularity came only when
the peculiar methods of her treatment
were brought to light. Her very simple
formula, 1t appeared after some inves-
tigation, was to take the dogs to her
home and keep them there for several
days. During this time she gave them
nothing to eat. This course without
variation was applied to all kinds of
complaints and it rarely failed to have
a result that was successful for short
time. The animals returned to their
owners in a state of semi-starvation.
They We're naturally delighted to get
back to place where they might eat,
and they showed their feelings They
showed them again when it came to a
question of food. The woman found
plenty Of employment at this kind of
work for year or more, and 1t was
only through an accident that her slen-
der claims as veterinary were exposed.
She had lost much of her clientele before
that, but nobody knew how utterly un-
founded her pretensions were.-New
York Sun
The herald., 1897-04-04
Dainty Pudding

Beat two tabiespoonfuls Of -four. four
Of sugar and the yolks Of four eggs
thoroughly together; teaspoonful Of
salt and pour over one quart OF boiled
milk. Bake half an hour aud when done
have the whites beaten with Z Iiftls
sugar and put on top to brown: davor
with slenaen. 70 Be eaten cold;
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Consolation

"Dearie," she asked. "am the first
woman you ever loved?"
mo-" he answered, but from the mild
ness of the attack feel pretty sure you
are going to be the last one. Wash
in gton Evening Star,
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THE COMING TAILOR-MADE CREATION

and Of Brussels
Outing andI expressive Summer Dresses
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KETCHAM'S NEW THEATER.
The Work Progressing Rapidly-Some
Syndicate Attractions.

George II. Ketcham, of Toledo, lessee of
English's Opera House, and Lee M. Boda,
active manager Of the Ketcham houses at
Columbus and Toledo, were in the city yes
terday looking after numerous details in
connection with the remodelng of Eng
lish's.
THE work on the theater is coming along
handsomely" said Mr.. Boda last evening,
"and will be finished in ample time for
opening the season Sept. 27. Mr.. English
is sparing no expense and with the ex-
perience we have had in building two great
houses-the Valentine at Toledo and the
Southern at Columbus-we think we know
what a good theater ought to be. This one
will be pretty near perfect.
mo, L cannot give you list of the at
fractions for the season. 1t is good BUSH
ness to surprise the people from time to
time with the excellence of the things COM
five open dates left. We have all the SYM
dictate attractions on the road, and you
know there are but two attractions of note
that are not with 1t this year.
Mr. Boda is quite enthusiastic on the sub
ject of the theatrical syndicate 1T is
proving successful beyond the expectations
of it's promoters" said he. 1T simplifies
the business so much. The syndicate lays
the routes and does the booking. There
fore. there is no clashing of big attrac-
lions in the same town, there is no doubling
back over the same territory and there are
no long jumps Naturally, the stars and
their managers are satisfied with an ar
rangement that brings these things about.
Then the local manager does not have 60
hold lot of open dates to catch what he
can; he does not suffer from clashing dates
and he does not get two or three opera
companies in succession or a half dozen
plays alike together. They are more diver
Sitied and the public likes this feature of 1t
as well as does the manager. 1t seems a
peculiar thing to say that stage people are
contented with anything, but they are with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
DEACONESSES' PICNIC.
The Entertainment at the Fair
Ground Yesterday Largely Attended.

The picnic given at the fair grounds yes
terday by the Protestant Deaconesses' So
ciety was a largely attended and highly
enjoyable affair. Fully two thousand peo-
pie were there during the day, and half as
many more did not reach the grounds I'M
til evening. The arrangements for the en-
tertainment were we'll attended to by the
Phoebe Society, a branch organization of
the Deaconesses' Society. The branch soci-
ETY. had charge of the refreshments, which
included dinner and supper. There were two
improvised bowling alleys and other sports,
which were well patronized. A feature OK
the affair was the absence of speech max
ing and music. Admission to the ground
was free, but there was a box at the gate
into which were poured generous contri-
buttons.
The Protestant Deaconesses Society was
organized two years ago, and started out
without money To-day it owns the prop
avenue, and has paid for It, with the ex-
ception Of $1,000. 1t has also received a
legacy of $4,000 from Mr.. Stumpf. which is
to be devoted to the erection of a new hos
pital and home for aged people. me So
ciety has organized building association,
with shares placed at so each and payable
any time within five years. Several thou
sand dollars of this stock has already been
paid in and a large amount is running, some
Subscribers paying So year and others
making payments in weekly installmentS or
10 cents. The plans for the new building
were drawn by Scharn q Rubush and were
exhibited to those at the picnic yesterday
who cared to examine them. The proposed
building is large and handsome or design.
The estimated cost is from $500OO to $6U,UUO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
TO-DAY'S RACES.
Programme for the business Mems
Driving Club.

The following programme will be carried
out this afternoon at the matinee races OF
the Business Mems Driving Club, at the
club tracks on Central avenue
The Three-minute Class-Logan, w. N.
Short; F'avorte, Win Roth; Black Som,
ID. b. Shideler; Clerk DR.. Sterne; Alma X,
George Koehne; John B., w. w. Baker;
Decker, Charles Haynes; Maggie s, Overy
Shower; Fairbank, Morris Donely; Elgin, h.
II. Darrick; Nellie r.. Joe Rink; Billey
Cobe, Norb Landgraf.
The 2:35 Class-Diamond, Will Staub;
Prince, w. w. Baker; j. c., j. &. Dunn;
Charlie Boy Charles Shower Myrtle May,
Bert Pendleton: Belle, Nick Richardson;
Emperor William, Il. c. Dearborn.
The 2:25 Class-Billy Briggs, w. n Short;
jim b.. w B. Blair; Klack Wilson, John
knight; Toney Boy. A Q. Newly; Ida IT,
Charles Haynes.
Free-for-ail-Pat Murphy. Alvin Cavetr
Robert c., j. G. Sipe; Merritt, S. r. Holt
Rhinehart, F. w. Lewis.
The four-minute class, said DR.. Short
yesterday. win go If we can get enough to
make II good race. If the members will
come out and drive their horses they will
find they have got speed, but if one wGtts
until the matinee day and then comes L
will find himself and horse both nervous.
We wish all our friends TO come and we
viii try and entertain them. Admission is
free.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
NEW PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Representatives of Court Journals
Meet In This City and Adjourn.

A meeting of delegates from eighteen
daily law journals convened at the Office of
the Daily Reporter in this city yesterday
and organized the American Court Press
Association. Joseph T. Elliott, jr., man
ager of the Daily Reporter, was elected
president Guy b. Thompson, of the De-
troit Legal News. vice president, and
Hiram il. Morse, of the St Louis Daily
Record, secretary and treasurer.
Daily court journals of the following
cities We're represented: indianapolis, St
Louis, Dallas, Chicago Duluth, New York,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati,
Omaha Toledo, Denver, Baltimore, Detroit.
Columbus. Washington. Buffalo and KAN as
City.
The association is formed for the pur-
pose of bringing court journals to the at
tention of foreign advertisers, for the pro-
lection of the various papers from unwar-
ranted attack and from Improbable rival
ry, and to establish closer social and bust
ness relations The representatives present
consisted of an active body of young men,
who have succeeded in establishing useful
and profitable daily court Journals through
out the United States The meeting ad-
Journed To meet next year at Detroit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
NELLIE PURDUE'S OFFENSE.
Arrested for the Alleged Theft of n
Horse and buggy.

Nellie Lavelle Purdue, aged nineteen was
arrested last night by Patrolmen Ross and
Woodward on the charge of grand larceny.
She is we'll known to the police ana 10
newspaper readers. She was married some
time ago at the Door of Hope to William
Purdue, a member of the Salvation Army.
She had been an inmate of the Door OF
Hope and had from there gone to the home
of Patroman Edward Wheeler. When she
decided to marry it was her desire that the
ceremony be performed at her old tenn
porary home Subsequently she left her
husband and went TO work as domestic
in a family on Vine street. 1t was while
she was living there that she next came
into prominence by attempting suicide. She
was next heard of when she forged u check
for IS, signing Patrolman Wheel@r's name
to it,, She confessed to Matron Buchanan
that she forged the note in order to get
the police to arrest her. She was not pros
ecuted this time. 1t is now charged that
she stole a horse and buggy and the police
believe that she did it to get arrested. 1t
is believed that the girl is insane.