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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

ability as soldier ana military
commander. However much We may
wish 1t otherwise, there is in human
nature mean spirit Of envy and de-
traction which instinctively feels the
honors bestowed upon great man to
be an indirect reflection and rebuke to
Its own llttleness and baseness. This
spirit cropped out conspicuously In the
case OF Columbus, in the efforts to be-
little his great exploit and to blacken
his character. do not say that cri-
cisms upon Washington's generalship
all proceed from base motives, but they
doubtless do mostly come from the
spirit and innate tendency which have
indicated. This unworthy spirit Is as
old as history, as old as humanity. 1t
showed itself in memorable fashion
when the old Athenians wrote their
sentence of Punishment against Aris-
tides because they were tired of hearing
him called "the just.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Gold In North CnrolIa.

A poor North Carolina farmer turned
up gold nugget on his farm and has
since refused fabulous prices for his
lands, which are near Lenoir.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
A SECRET OF THE SEA.

N THE year 1S49
the BILE East
India company's
ship the Star of In
dia set sail from
Madras for London,
having on board
over 200 passen-
gers, and among
them Lord Glen
ham, Gen. Swift,
Lady ATtWell and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
WASHINGT0N'S DEBUTANTES.

hesitate TO accept or even to solicit IA
vors at the official hands it despises-
So Miss Bud may have to call on a
great many official people as well as on
all the members OF Our set" She will
call on the officials in an order which
follows the geography of the city. One
day she viii devote to calling on Capitol
hill, another to n part of the northwest
section. and so on. This order applies
also to the unofficial people who are
receiving; for 1t was found necessary
long ago in the scheme of Washington
society to divide up the city into re-
ceivlng districts and the people into
calling squads. and five days In the
week a squad calls, while on the sixth
1t receives visits from others. Once dur
ing the season. after due notice'throueh
the society columns OF the papers. each
woman in society omlts her regular re-
ceptlon day that she may have an OPP
portnnity OF making calls in the Sec
ton of the city in which she lives; 9TH
crwisc she would be denied the pleasure
of knowing her next door neighbor So
cially.
Interspersed with her many calls on
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

mas day. The giving of a Christmas
party has become matter of so much
! Importance that the mistress devotes
all her artistic taste to what shall APP
pear in the dining room and all her
cleverness to giving pleasure to her
guests. She does not Just say, Come
and spend Christmas with me-" but she
says. Come and be young for week;
come and be child for n week" And
we who are born old, like that famous
baby of Mr.. Gilbert's. accept her invi-
tation on our best note paper. in our
best English and as quickly as posi-
BILE. She IS most anxious, this Ameri
can hostess, to follow the fashions set
| by her English cousins, and 1t is pret-
ty to see how she achieves 1t. especial
/ ly In the breakfast room.
She has an old house down in Virgin
| IN. 1t is painted that peculiar yellow.
| the exact tint of which is only known
TO painters in Maryland and Virginia.
and there are great high pillars in front
of the house. There is huge fireplace
\ in the hall, and after driving IL miles
| from the station you stop just in front
OF the roaring fire and have glass of
something TO warm you up. You don't
ask what 1t is, you simply know that
| IT smells like rum and tastes like nee
/ tar. That night everybody sits around
I and talks. An occasional woman van
ishes, and you have vague idea that
she is consulting the mistress of the
mansion in regard to the doings for
Christmas night. Tomorrow morning
I you lie in the soft. warm bed and iazily
watch small darby boy make your
fire. \ duplicate OF him. except that
II Is older and feminine helps you to
dress, and when you notice how quick
she is In hgr movements and how alb
solutely caresslng in her touch you
wonder that you ever cared for a
French maid. Ten o'clock finds you in
the dining room. The sideboard is ex-
actly like a great huge piece OF furni-
ture that you remember seeing in an
English house. -. It are delicious look
ing cold meats. cold game verltabie
game pies. and everybody is supposed
that is. every man body-to get up and
carve for himself and 10 help to the
good things whatever woman body may
be Mt the table The culored servants
fetch wafIies and hot buckwheat cakes
and somebody helps you to kidney,
stewed properly in madeira. while some-
body else tries to tempt you with funny
looking little snusages that are sizzling
In chatting dishes Just in front of the
fire. The walls are trimmed with red
borrles and green leaves. and there are
Christmas greetings wrought out in hol-
ly on them, and over every doorway
there is huge bunch OF mistetoe,
You go for a drive. whole coach
load of you, and drop in to see neigh
Dor IS miles away and to your surprise
find youoan ent plumcake and drink egg
nog az II you had had your usual break
fast Of toast and ten. There is some
thing in this southern air that not only
creates an appetite. but that induces
you TO cat rich food. You. who have
declared yourself n dyspeptic years ngo.
Home from the drive, You hang around
the BIZ hall Gre and find that this air
Is SO Wholesome thar the young men
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

the five days that she IL not at home.
Miss Bud will find afternoon teas.
There is not great deal of difference
between reception and tea. The
same people attend each. There are
perhaps few more flowers at the tea,
and band of music helps to enliven
the occasion.
At the tea or the reception Miss Bud
viii meet all the other debutantes and
great crowd of women. young and old,
new and experienced, and a select as
sortment of the idle men of Washing
ton. These men are not all young,
though the younger men predominant.
Many of them are old admirals of the
navy and generals of the army on the
retired list. and SO absorbed are some
of these veterans In the mild dissipa-
tions of society that il was said of one
Of them that he differed from Farragut
only by the transposition of two let
ters-Farragut was dashed to the mast.
while this latter day sea hero was mash
ed to the last.
The younger men whom Miss Bud
will meet are the sons of prominent or
wealthy fathers. Some of them are os-
tenslbly private secretaries. and the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
The Weight
OF Woman,

Self constituted judges Of tho ",o,,,,.
form divine" have criticised :, ,a
ment made recently that woman's prnn.
er weight is 1875 pounds. Now. tbo s,.s,
age woman must lie neither ton 49,
nor too short. neither too thin No. .-
thick. Juno weighed proboh,,. w, ,,o
pounds. Had che lived 10 a 90, ~
age she would have weighed 9eo 80,
was great big woman Of the berol,
type. Diana was not so large sh.
weighed. it has been said. 100. vonms
was about the size OF the averngoyons.
woman of today. tipping the Eoaia, ~,
l5S pounds. The glrl of 20 ,yho - ~
lSS pounds ought to weigh M ss ,,aaa'
lio. ana she ought not to allow b.,sat,
to grow any heavier.
III Venus were to wnll, in o,,r ,.-
today she would probably be toie.sl,a,'
Tor a cook or chambermaid. A woman.
WHIST generally shows her social met.
tion, venus wore the first Mother Hub.
paru. IL is called ompeer By rnos, a,
the women with large waists emnlr.
by the wasp WASTED variety and nm.
pilr by the haut ton. No one cnn In. n
me empire gown suggests the boudol-
ana the sickroom and leaves a great
deal more to the Imagination than doe,
the close fitting waist Even as thing,
are now the women keep us guessin,
all the time. and woe be unto us If thoy
push their waists up under their arms.
A woman In an empire gown is agera.
vatingly huggable. 1t is next 10 i'm.
possible for sentimental and impres,
sionable man to keep hts arms to him,
self.
women come In all sorts OF packages.
IN all shapes and sizes. and we Iowa
them every one. Charles Reade. who
was fair lawyer and readable novel.
ist' was perhaps the best judge Of wo.
man In all England. and one is inclined
to accept his opinion on the subject OF
mating. He once remarked, III had
the mating of young people, ] should
have the husband always tall and slen-
der and the wife of average height. In
Ginning TO stoutness." He could not
stand q couple of thin people. and A
giant wife with corpulent husband
nearly drove him crazy. He referred 20
this subject in one of his best novels
Put Yourself In His Place"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
Hen Party Is Great Fun,

A new species of hen party has como
into vogue which entails much merrl.
ment. 1t bears no resemblance to the
time honored idea that tea and chit
chat. gossip and smart hats. constitute
the necessary adJuncts TO these partic-
ular gatherings. The interest centers
about real live hen, OF feathers, her
chicks and her eggs.
This party originated In this fashion:
A young bride and groom took house
in the suburbs and went to housekeep-
ing. A mischievous friend called TO see
them, and discovered on the promises
a deserted hennery, which suggested an
idea to his fertile brain.
He at once communicated his idea to
other friends. who arranged secretly
for genuine hen party. On pleasant
day the invited guests met at the rail-
way station and proceeded in body to
the new home. Each one carried a live
hen, n chick or a dozen eggs for hatch
ing purposes.
The scene which occurred when 70
guests arrived with 36 instalment9 for
the hennery was decidedly ludicrous.
When the little hostess recovered
breath. she produced her chocolate cups
and tea biscuits. and the groom showed
himself man of resources by offering
a prize for the most laughable incident
connected with the purchase of the
fowls.
One OF the rules OF this new game Is
that the hens must not be sent by ex-
press. porter or other means of con-
veyance, but must be delivered by the
purchaser. 1t is suggested that these
feathered donations would prove q
great success In charitable affairs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
bnck duels Or lad capons capon atufred

back duck or fat capon? Capon stuffed
with ohestnuts too.
Then there comes on a salad a green
one. which madame dresses after the
fashion of India. with grated cheese.
And then the servants file in. two by
two and line up by the doorway. each
holding lighted candle, while the two
cooks. walking proudly between. one
carrying the plum pudding. in perfect
blaze of brandy. and the other holding
up an enormous mlnce pie. To each
one OF these good retniners Is given a
glass of punch, and We all stand up.
and everybody drinks to what they will.
and the darkies call out in gayest tones.
Merry Christmas. missus, merry Christ
mas!" And 1t is a merry Christmas.
for we all laugh later on over the
Christmas tree and jest about the little
presents. none costing much. but each
making fun, while we wonder IL there
is any place quite so good as this south
land. And ]. who am OF 1t, 1 wonder
if there are any people who can SO en-
tirely throw aside their cares and be-
come MS little children for awhile as
can the people of the south. It is good
thing. I tell you. 1t keeps the women
and the men loyal. 1t makes people
love each other and believe in each
us to meet this way each year and give
out greetings as sincerely as we do. 1t
means a coming out of the hard, work.
ing world and the tiresome. everyday
life and having n glimpse of something
better. 1t makes life worth having.
II you don't believe me. throw your
home wide open. open your purse
strings and ask your kindred and your
friends to come and make Christmas
with you. You will find that old friend
ships are good: you will find that 1t Is
worth while to have about you the peo-
pie who have always known you and
always cared for you. and it is also
worth while to have stranger within
your gates; to make q stranger. who
may be alone in this world. have some
happy hours. You know so many hum
bred years ago. when the angels sang
their song, 1t was to strangers. why
should not we. In that way at least, try
to reproduce the old Christmas time
and to make glad those who have no
one to make life glad for them? You
can find them without any trouble right
in your own fashionable set-the man
who would otherwise eat his dinner at
the club; the woman who would 9TH
erwise dine at hotel and those others
who, because they remembered, would
eat no Christmas dinner. Ask them to
come with you, be generous in your
hospitality and make your Christmas
a gift giving one. and then be sure you
will never want for a merry Christmas
or a New Year full of pleasure. Who
| ever you are, wherever you may be, II
you think as kindly OF me as l do OF
you. or even IL you are Indifferent to
me. / wish with all my heart that God
will bless you and give you a merry
| Christmas and n happy New Year
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
A Bridal Handkerchief.

When young maiden is about to be
married In the Tyrol region, immed-
atcly before she steps across the thresh-
old Of her old home on her way 10 the
church her mother solemnly gives her
a new pocket handkerchief. The bride
holds II In her hand throughout the
marriage ceremony, using it TO wipe
away her tears. AS soon as the mar
rage festivities are over the young wife
lays the handkerchief aside In her linen
closet. and there It remains as long as
che lives. Nothing would induce a
Tyrolese wife to use this sacred hand
kerohici, 1t may be half century or
longer before It is taken from its place
to fulhl the second and last part of it,
mission. When the wlfe dies, perhaps
as a gray old grandmother. the loving
hands Of the next OF kin place tho
bridal handkerchief oyer tho face OF the
dead. and It is buried with her In the
grave.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

been warm at times. but the justices
and their families have always pre-
vailed.
When Miss Bud has done her duty in
the station of social life to which she
has been called and can show at the
end of the season n clean record Of
calls made and returned and entertain
ments attended, she will be fit candl-
date for hospital cot.
This year the debutantes in Washing
ton do not promise to be so many as in
past seasons. In the cabinet circle there
Is only one thus far announced. She is
Miss Marie McKenna. the daughter of
the attorney general, who will soon be-
long to the supreme court and not the
cabinet circle. Judge McKenna Is not a
wealthy man, and he is not expected to
entertain very lavishly in the coy
home which he has taken recently.
The Misses Genevieve and Winifred
Mattingly are the daughters of n
prominent Washington attorney, and
they live in one of the fine residences
on Q street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, in the fashionable
northwest section. They viii make their
debut together.
Miss Cotton is another OF the debu-
tantes. She is n daughter OF Colonel
Francis Cotton. who was consul gem
| eral at Rome many years ago. Colonel
| Colton's home is one of the finest in
| Washington. It is on Connecticut ave-
nue.. Just beyond Dupont circle. 1t Is
built of white stone and is OF very i'm
posing appearance, and within 1t Is well
| arranged for entertaining. on the first
| floor are the breakfast room and an
oriental room for lounging and smok-
ing. on the second floor are large re-
| oeption room and library and a very
large dining room. Colonel Cotton and
his family spent many years abroad
collecting the furnishings and bric-a-
brac with which the house is equipped.
The only debutantes announced in the
army and navy circle are the daughters
of Major Bates OF the army. In the
senatorial circle one Of the daughters
of Senator Foraker Is to be a dobutantc,
but she win spend the early part of the
winter in Cincinnati her old home.
GRACE MUIR,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
The Pretty Buds Of Society
at the Capital Of
the Nation.
tsneclnl correspondcnce.l


Washington. Dec 17.--Washinston Is
the one city of the United States where
men md women make a business of So
ciety. 1t is the chief occupation at the
capital, not excepting the making OF
laws In fact the lawmakers are often
seen In the salon when they should DO
at the capitol attending night scs-
sion, and n call OF the house has often
broken up an afternoon tea.
There is class of nonworkers in
washington which is not found in any
other city OF the United States except
New York. and 1t Is much smaller in
New York than II is here. These men
have nothing to do but spend time and
money on nmusements. and they find
their chief recreation in making calls
and attending teas and receptions. Tho
women of Washington almost without
exception devote themselves to the
same form of recreation.
Washington women are Just prepar-
ing for the season of 1915. 1t will not
open formally or officially until the lst
of January. when the president holds
his reception Mt the White House and
all the members OF the cabinet and the
chief officers of the army and navy have
little echoes of that function at their
homes. But the buds of Washington
cannot wait until January to burst into
bloom. In fact. many of them have all
ready turned a petal or two ut Informal
entertainments.
No one has a more serious outlook for
n winter of hard work than these
debutantes. Calling and entertaining
10, -
Washington, but their demands are not
of quantity. The social output is great
err now. but the machinery and the ma
chinists work just as hard.
There is social Washington to be con-
sidered. Social Washington Is separat-
ed from official social Washington by
very thick line. Social Washington
acknowledges no official rank as n
claim to recognition. except that of the
president. A woman who is received
In social Washington must be of the
old families here or come with excel
lent credentials. Sometimes money Is
n recognized credential here. as 1t is in
New York and Chicago and st. Louis.
In official social Washington people
rank according to their official posi-
tons. or the official positions OF their
husbands, fathers or brothers. Mrs
First Assistant Superintendent of the
Back Stairs outranks Mrs. Second Dep
uty Assistant Superintendent of the
Back Stairs by just one degree. The
degrees of social distinction are many
and they reach so far that the woman
at the head of the column cannot sec
her sister at the foot.
OF course Miss Bud. even II she be.
20 tba Inn as,t
is regarded as exclusive" Washington
society wants to attend the great Off.
cial functions. and to get invitations Il
them she must make certain official So
cial calls. Then there is sure to be some
point in the official periphery where
her family touches. 1t may be that hei
father owns property in a section which
needs improvement. and he wants tC
conciliate the chairman of the district
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
How Edison Proposed.

The idea OF the great electrician Edi-
son marrying was first suggested BY an
intimate friend. of whom Edison tmid'
ly inquired who he should marry.
The friend somewhat testify replied
"Any one" But Edison was not WITH
out sentiment when the time came. one
day MS he stood behind the chair OF \
Miss Stillwell, telegraph operator IN
his employ, he was not little SURPRISED
when she suddenly turned round ana
said:
"Mr. Edison, I can always ten whea
you are behind me or near me- Edlsoi.
fronted the young lady. and. looking u
her fxedly. said:
1--WE been thinking considerably anou'
you of late, and If you are wllilns "
marry me would like to marry you -.
The young lady said she would ts l,
the matter over with her mother, Ihs
result was their marriage, and very
happy one it proved to be.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
The Merry Season Of Song
and Story and
Good Cheer.

In the times gone by. when Christ
mas day came ntcund. whoever had the
biggest house and the most money
gave dinner and asked to it all her
relations-sisters. cousins and aunts.
and all the masculine contingent as
well-to eat and eat and eat until eat
ing censed to be a pleasure and indiges-
ton became n certainty That was the
day of the turkey, the mince pie and
the cranberry sauce. the big punches
of celery and the homemade sweet
pickles; the day of the heavily laden
table. warranted to take away ones
appetite at once. provided one were at
ail delicate in ones tastes. But We
have grown civilized. We have chang
ed all that nowadays. To the distant
relations we send a Christmas dinner
with bunch of holly berries and our
compliments. then off we scaniper to
the country for a week and invite a
house party for that time. 1t is no long
err the thing to be in town on Christ
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taIn lavIshly and VINO do not stInt the

tain lavishly and who do not stint the
terrapin and champagne.
In the evenings Miss Bud viii not
have much opportunity for the theater
because she viii have to go to so many
balls and dinners that all her time VIII
be fully occupied. She may go to the
Dam.osch opera and pretend she likes
Wagner. because Damrosch Is n fad in
Washington society. But ordinary dra-
matte entertainment. however much
she may like 1t. can have but q small
place in her winters programme.
II Miss Bud belongs to the official
social set. her work is mapped out for
her in another way. The rules of prece-
dence have been made in part for her
guidance She must call on those who
rank her and walt for calls from those
whose social rank Is Officially Inferior.
And If she is a member of a senator's
family she will have to wrestle with
that inevitable problem of the relative
rank of the supreme court and the SEN
ate. The members of the supreme court
hold themselves superior to every one
but the president and vice president.
and their families uphold this dignity
socially. while the senators claim that
as the supreme court justices are con-
firmed by the senate justices wives
should make the first call on the wives
Of the senators. The controversy has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
innovation In Bridesmaids.

1t was something OF an innovation !"
q wedding lately to have the pr'uVo-
maids enter four by the right and iour
by the left door of the church IL we
such surprIse that the wedding parss
should thus separate that the addlele'
did not at first notice that two PROF. ross1.
sions were simultaneously maNins w. III.
way to the altar The bride on Dan, tS.
fathers arm. entered by the Inrs..
aisle when her attendants had aceV ,n.
plished about half the eistaneo UP iaS
right and left aisles. She was pfe 49,.
by two ushers. and her maid Oh ,i in"r
walked alone. another pair o. Ids,
closing the procession. As me s o,ruvs
maids reached the cnancel they e,n,yiy
a lane through which the hrlue s,o nv
passed, TO be met at the altar e'sp
the groom.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18
With an Eye to Christmas.

A pretty gift for the woman who Ia
clever with her needle is an embroidery
set. Thihblc. silk reel. scissors and n
needlecase in dalntily chased silver
are inclosed in n heart shaped case of
velvet On the leather cover is the
monogram of the owner.
A useful present is a silver penknife.
Man uses 1t for what it was intended.
To women 1t Is n far more versatile
possession. 1t is trunk opener. sois-
sors, lead pencil sharpener ink eraser,
paper cutter. apple peeler and several
other things. In fact, a silver pocket
knife Is almost as useful to a woman as
u hairpin.
The latest trinket for bicycle wo-