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The herald., 1897-02-14
Street Car COURTESY

The regular customer of street cars
sees many things that are wrong anI
which might easily be rectified. one Of
these is the personal Indifference of pas
sengers to one another's rights. 1t is
an everyday occurrence that men and
even women are obliged to stand up
when there is actually room enough on
the seats for Them if the other passen-
gers were disposed to be accommodating
or if conductors would give little atten-
ton to the matter. The men to be com
planned of are those who plant them
selves sidewise on the seats and fail to
square about" when they see that the
car is crowded. Such persons usually
have newspaper open. They cross their
legs. throwing one muddy boot into a
position where the skirts of every wo-
man or the oVercoat of every man who
passes must be soiled by it, and in this
attitude of selfshness and Indifference,
they add q great deal to the discomfort
of street car travel. One will encounter
such cases every day, wherein eight or
ten persons monopolize a seat that will.
in fact, comfortably hold dozen. 1t is
plainly the duty of conductors to see
that in a crowded car no one takes up
more than fair share of space, but they
never interest themselves in that part
of their business. However If passen-
gers had in mind the least consideration
for other peoples rights. there would be
no need Of the conductors giving atten-
ton to the manner in which seats are
occupied.-New York Times.
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JAPANESE TEA PARTIES
Pretty New York Girls in the
Brilliant Suso.Moyo
NO MASCULINE GUESTS
Are Wanted at These Unique Fnnc.
tions
Picturesque Effects Obtained by Transforming
Filth Avenue Dining Room Into
a Japanese Interior

Especial Correspondence 20 The Herald.) }
A new fad has seized on society. 1t is
a Japanese luncheon. Not an invita-
tioD affair at which .erratic pictures on
the time-honored bamboo and silk paper
fans are religiously followed and the
ladies sit around on chairs and chat Of
the latest scandal. but bona iide Jap
lunch, where meals fit to set before the
empress of Japan are served and the
ladies appear in genuine suso-moyos
imported for the occasion from the
realm of the mikado.
These odd luncheons have in some
mysterious way and for no apporent
reason, sprung into popularity VITA the
younger set of the 400, but unlike many
of the recent popular fads they are ac
tually interesting.
In arranging for one of these enter
tainments, the opportunity offered for
picturesque effect is utilized by the host
ess TO the utmost, many striking deco
rations being used.
The rooms are made to represent, as
nearly as possible, typical Japanese
interior The angular and forma. west
ern furniture is hidden behind tall
screens reaching from the floor almost
to the ceiling, and these. with the exer
else of little skill and tact in arrange
ment, can be made TO resemble the gaily
pictured sliding walls of Il japanese
room.
Silk paper umbrellas are opened and
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palatabie, but the discreet hostess does
net, as rule, tell her friends that it is
highly spiced and favored fish, cut in
very thin slices, freed from all bone anu
served raw
The only English equivalent for chaw-
an-mori is patties, the dish itself being
baked combination OF eggs and the meat
of shell hsh such as crabs. Holsters,
minced and served as a side dish.
For the more elaborate Japanese
luncheons, the wise hostess secures tine
services OF a Japanese cook for the oc-
| casion. but many a quiet lunch Of this
kind is served by ladies to a select few,
where the cooking is done by my lady
herself who takes pride in serving the
dishes in true japanese style.
Each guest has one Of the tiny four
legged stands. more like a dolls table
than anything else, placed before her
and on this the meal is served. the lady
sitting ON mat or cushion as the in
divdual may fancy.
These Japanese luncheons are Gecid-
edly popular with society ladies who
have Wearied Of the monotonY Of after
noon teas. and matinee lunches. 1t is
a novel experience and a new sensation
Ia step from the hurly-burly of every
day metropolitan life into the quiet and
freedom of a Japanese reception room
! where formality is banished together
with chairs and tables, ana picturesque
| simplicity takes the place, for the time
J being. Of the everlasting and ever vary
/ ing diplomacy of society.
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Not for Ourselves

We see In all the different provinces of
dency to become earths, thus saying. Not
every order to point from themselves up
wards to something higher than them
selves, and outwards to something wider
for which. as well as for them mselves they
exist. The rocks are not more remarka-
Bile for any property than for their ten
dency TO be come earths. thus saying Not
only for ourselves" The earths, when the
chemist and the geologist have said all that
can be said respecting their physics. are
most of all remarkable for their anticipa-
tion of a higher order of existence for an
invisible adaptation TO nourish plants. The
herb, very wonderful in itself and in its
relation to things below it, is most wonder
full in its anticipation of animal life in its
invisible adaptation TO feed animated
frames. Not for ourselves is the cry OF
all these. The animals, wonderful in all
things, are not least wonderful in their
ansicipations of the wants of man, ms
wants Of food. of clothing. of beauty in
form beauty in movements, beauty in song
Of animated machines, and of attached
though Inferior serVants.-Rev. William
Arthur
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ing as we have said, pattern or tracery'
About the neck of the properly dress"
ed lady is worn the han-yeri or coliar'
1t is a very elaborate affair of silk or
satin, heavy with embroidery and deli
cate patterns worked in many colors or
gold and silver as the taste of the wearer
may elect or her rank in life warrant.
Over all this is worn the ha-o-ri or
coat with large flowing sleeves, Whlcf
is as much the pride of a Japanese lady
as is the bonnet to a Fifth avenue dame
Of colonial descent. For matrons the
only permissible color of the ha-o-ri is
sedate black. but unmarried ladies take
delight in arraying themselves an three
and sometimes four or fVe ha-o-ris OF
different colors, and the combination is
always pleasing.
The ha-o-ri also serves the purpose
|. of showing the rank of the wearer. On
each shoulder and at point directly be-
tween in the back of the garment three
circular holes are cut out in the fabric
and upon a background of different col
ored material from that of the cloak the
heraldic device of the lady's family is
worked in colored silks
The most difficult part of the costume
for the American imitator to wear and
to accustom herself to are the curious
sandals which are nothing but thick felt
soles raised from contact with the floor
Dy small DIOckS OIL WOOu ldSlttitQ W tilt
lower side, but even this difficulty has
in many instances been overcome ana
more than one Fifth avenue belle can. IL
truth were known, move about as grace
fully upon the little Jap sandals as she
can in the daintiest ball slippers.
Above all is the curious little round
gaily colored skull cap with single
feather stuck in the very center, for 10
apparent reason except to look ludi
orous Not a single detail is omitted,
and the transformation of the society
woman into lady of the mikado's realm
lis perfect.
Thus arrayed and lounsrg at ease
about the Japanese room, the ladies who
are intent upon following the dictates
of Dame Fashion ere prepared for what
is the crowninS feature of the affair.
That is the luncheon. And such a
spread. Sui-mo-no is followed by yak-
zakana and o'sasnlni, or II not very
extensive lunch, by cAaWanmorl al
then comes kuchitor-mono, which. be-
irg rendered into English, means sweets.
while all throughout the meal O'cha or
"ihe very best tea" is served ad libitum.
The sui-mo-no is the soup, preferably
OF chicken and vegetables. chopped very
Gne ana served in dainty china bowls,
oolored in fancifll designs. The boiled
fish or ni-zakana, is not quite so popu-
lar Us some of the lighter dishes. such as
o'sashim;, which is very delicate and
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and covered with flowers. Each driver
apparently wanted to reach Holy cross
cemetery first.
As soon as the driver OF the white
horses felt the wheels of the hearse roll
ing on the smooth, good asphait ne
whipped up his team. Hearse NO. :
tried to pass him, and then came the
hearse with the casket wrapped IN the
Stars and Stripes. Each hearee was
followed by about fifty carriages.
When Roger avenue was reached there
was q confusion of drivers of carriages
with mourners. The white team sue
ceeded in leading the procession and
reached the cemetery a few seconds be-
fore the veterans hearse. Some OF the
mourners failed to reach the chapel to
pay last tribute of respect to the dead
until the last mass had been said, be-
cause of the jam of carriages at the cem-
etery gate.-New York Journal.
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The Cap,si,,s VIII. Ends Her v,o;,

Mrs. Roberts. the wife of the commander
of the British ship Lord Dufferin has Civ
en- up her faithful watch for that vessel
and Saturday started back for England or
the Cunard line steamer Campania
To meet her husband. who had sailed the
vessel out of Rio. bound for New York
this lue eyed young woman came to this
city from England two months or more
ago. Blithe she was then. and happy il
the expectation of soon meeting her hus.
band, to whom she had been married ir
the early part of last year.
IN the stricken mourner who droopet
over the gangplank of the Campania tc
make her lonely return to England few
would have recognized the bright-eyed Iii
tie woman who debarked here two month,
ago. The Lord Duffern sailed from Ri,
for New York on October Sth and has no
since been heard from.
The ship is now seventy days overdue a
| this port and it is believed TO have founder
| ed with everybody on board, about thir
| ty-three men in all.-New York Mail an,
! Express.
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Makes Living t<i!Iing Moth.

A man in this city makes a good liv-
ing by killing moths. He says the moth
is the most destructive insect known,
destroying thousands of dollars worth
of goods annually. especially uphol-
stored furniture, which. without moths,
can last a lifetime. l is almost impo3-
sible to prevent them spreading all over
the house. infesting furniture, carpets,
| clothing, furs, etc, that are accessible
to them. 1t is generally supposed that
camphor, pepper, insect powders and
tar paper will keep the moth from nfest-
ing an article These compounds, how
ever, will not prevent them from going
there. There is no article more likely
to be ruined by moths than furs. The
miller fastenS it's eggs at the root of the
hair as the best food is close to the
| skin, so that when the worm makes It's
appearance, it eats at once, running an
article in a very short time. The only
radical and positive method to eradi-
cate moths is by a dry air process, whi2A
kills them and their eggs wherever they
may be-NeW York Times
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MONKEYS AT GOOD PRICES
Pets Of Some Sailors Seized and Sold by the
Government

Seventeen monkeys and a fretful por-
cupine, innocent wards of Uncle Sam,
Eeered curiously from their cages in
Donald Burns animal store FRIDAY
morning, on a crowd of inquisitive visit
ors. They were an uncommonly fine
breed of monkeys, hailing from the East
Indies. Nearly all were large in size
and in prime condition. The number
included five or six pig-tailed apes.
Uncle Sam had been temporarily forced
into the monkey -porcupine business by
Capt. W. H. Wright of the ship Mogul,
who reached this port on January D
from the Orient. The animals belonged
to the sailors of his crew, who had
picked them up at Singapore, intend
ing to convert them into cash on reach
ing New York. The only two facts that
irterfered with this scheme were, first,
that Uncle Sam levies a 20 per cent ad
valorem duty on all animals imported;
and. second, that Capt. Wright had for
gotten to put his Singapore passengers
on his manifest.
There was some dispute between the
captain and the lynX-eyed customs Of
ticers. 1t resulted in the practical par
don of Capt. Wright but the seizure
of his sailors East Indian pets for viola
tion of the customs law. 1t was the auc-
ton sale of these animals that drew the
crowd. Most of those present were reg
ular dealers in animals, and the figures
brought We're high. People who have
not yet laid in their winters supply of
monkeys and porcupnes will be sur
prised to learn that these East India
delegates netted about $3.50. For a fine
large pair of black monkeys, Dealer
Ruhe of Grand street bid $40 and got the
prizes He also secured the poor lone
porcupine for SIS Another dealer got
five monkeys, and Burns bid in ten of the
lot at prices ranging from so to $40.
These figures are said to be high because
they were fine animals New York
Times.
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hung about the ceiling, very effectuaily
concealing all traces of the kalsominer's
handiwork and such incongruous fea-
tures as the elaborate hanging chande-
1ier and electric lights.
Bamboo hangines are arranged before
the doors and are placed over all the
windows, while about the floor are scat
tered Oriental rugs, worked N designs
which could not possibly be evolved
from any but q true and patriotic Jap
anese mind.
To make the luncheon q success, the
most minute details are followed. even
to the extent of removing all chairs and
seats, their places being taken by tiny
stools and an abundance of SOFT, doWny
cushions upon which the ladies find ac-
commodations in true japanese style,
sitting a la Turk or reclining in COM
Portable but decidedly ncGligee fashion.
1T is perhaps needless to say right
here that the masculine element Of So
ciety Is as strictly barred from paltici-
patton in these unique luncheons as from
the harem Of good Mahommedan;
hence the absolute freedom which the
fair initators Of the women Of the island
kingdom enjoy
The curio shops are thoroughly ran
sacked for odds and ends of japanese
art and if no other purpose is accom-
plished by the fad it has at least the cf-
feet of disseminating among the ladies
of the swell set a more thorough and eX-
act knowledge Of Japanese methods,
manners and customs than lHey ever
knew before.
Tables as understood by the more
pushing and practical American mini
are as strictly Iabooed as are chairs. The
picturesque substitutes which are dainty
laquered stands about ten inches high
are fully as convenient for the uses IN -
tended. and somehow a dainty meal of
unknown foreign delicacies with all
sorts of peculiar but not unpleasant fla
vors served from these tiny stands tastes
much better than if placed before one
on q practical cold dignified mahogany.
One of the most delightful and pictur-
esques effects at these luncheons is OBJ
tanned by the varied colors and costumes
worn by the ladies
For the information Of those whose
early training in the mysteries of the
language OF the mikados subjects has
been neglected. 1t may be said that the
suso-moyo, in which all the ladies ap-
pear, means dinner dress, or, as it is lit
orally translated, suso-edge, moyo-pat-
tern.
The suso-noyo is q long dress of silk
crepe, reaching from the neck TO the feet
and trailing at the back.
Around the waist is worn the obi or
satin sash which is one Of the most i'm
portant portions of the feminine raj
ment. 1t is wound several times around
the body and in a japanese lady's cos
tune it takes the place pardon the
word, of the corset of her western sister.
1t is tied at the back IN a huge haring
bow while that portion which is display.
ed in front is elaborately embroidered
in gold and silver tracery and colored
silks. 1t takes the average society young
woman some time to master the intricate
manner Of wearing the costume but it i.
essential to the success of the japan
lunch.
The trailing edge of the suso- moyt
IS also gay with ingram patterns an,
gold and silver tracery, which helps :.
give the garment it's name, moTo mean
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Aluminium Bropzes

The aluminium bronzes, now becoming so
generally introduced, are the alloys of
aluminium and copperin which the amount
of copper considerably exceeds the amount
of aluminium. Aluminium containing small
quantities of copper is not designated as
aluminium bronze, while copper containing
from 13 to 80 per cent of aluminium is brit
tie. having no use in the arts, the useful
bronzes being those containing from one TO
twelve parts of aluminium. The value OF
these bronZes consists in their non-corro-
sive properties and in their strength In
respect 10 the former they nearly rival the
nobier metals, while in the latter they sur
pass iron and compare favorably with steel
! The non corrosive property is characters
tic of the alloys, and Is undoubtedly due
to the minute film Of oxide of aluminium
which is formed on the surface of the metal
when exposed to the air-Metal Worker
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Three I1enrses in a Race

The police of the Flatbush precinct
will be appealed to this morning by the
residents of Lenox road to prohibit rae
ing on that fashionable thoroughfare.
The smooth asphalt pavement which
was recently laid has made the street
popular with bicyclists who want to race.
There is also steady stream of funeral
professions on their way to Holy Cross
cemetery.
At 4 o'clock one afternoon q funeral
procession, headed by black hearse
containing white casket and drawn by
a pair of white horses heavily draped
with white trappings turned into Lenox
road. The white horses had been in the
lead of the procession of three funeral
corteges up Flatbush avenue. In the
immediate rear of the team of white
horses was black hearse, capped by
white and black plumes and drawn by a
team of black horses. In the wake of
this hearse was another, containing a
,casket wrapped in the American flag
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HAVANA, Feb. 8. via Jacksonville,
Fla, Feb 5.--A sensational scene occur
ed last night in El Teatro Albisu
Fregoli. the character artist, was i'm
personating various well known people.
He announced:
Now / Will show you great general" ."
To the amusement of the officers in the
audience, some one shouted "Maceo.'
There We're Kisses muttered oaths and
eXclamations of disapproval.
Fregoli turned and showed the face of
Weyler. AT once great applause filled
the house.
The police looked for the bold man who
shouted for Maceo, but he was not to be
found
Death would probably have been his
fate.--Chicago Times-H erRld
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His Record Kept Clean

A few days ago a tramp called at a well
known home in the city about breakfast
time and asked for something to eat The
gentleman of the house informed the
tramp that there was a pile of wood in
his back yard and that if he would saw up
a quantity Of it he would give him a break
fast.
The tramp agreed, and the gentleman of
the house forthwith conducted him 10 the
pile of wood and, after pointing out TO him
the saw, retired into the house.
A short time thereafter, wishing TO see
how the tramp was progressing he went
out in 10 the yard. The tramp had disap-
peared and not a log of wood had been
sawed. As he approached the pile of wood
he noticed piece of paper fastened to the
saw, and on it were written these words:
Just tell them that you saw me-
But you never saw me saw.
-Lynchburg News
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saueers Outdone hy Sheriff. Pea.e

The official ways of making money in
Chicago are picturesque. The sheriff of
Cook county, being allowed 25 cents a
day for food for eoch prisoner, starves
them at the rate of cents day, and
pockets the balance. His bill of fare
beats that of Squeers, the Yorkshire
schoolmaster.-Pitt Post.
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Testimonial from a patient treated and
cured by DIR. Ballard:

cureQ by Dr. Ballard.
DR.. w. Harrison Ballard. 404 Stimson
Block-Dear Sir: / take the pleas
ure to write you and to thank you for
what you have done for me by your
treatment for tuberculosis. I was af-
flicted with tuberculosis of the lungs
and of the glands of the neck. and went
to some of the most prominent physi-
clans in Los Angeles and tried every
thing possible to reduce the swollen
glands. including electricity, and every
thing suggested by the different physi-
clans. / got no better and the trouble in
my lungs increased. l was sent to the
mountains to try change of climate al
to no purpose. Fortunately I learned
of your treatment and decided to try it,
with most happy results, for | now con-
slider myself absolutely cured of tuber-
culosis the symptoms. including the
swelling of the glands have entirely dis
appeared. and | am perfectly we'll: have
gained in weight, and feel as we'll as ever
in my life. For this happy result l am
sincerely thankful to you and to your
treatment, and 1 heartily indorse it an1
recommend it to all sufferers from tu-
berculosis. Yours truly.
MISS A SPRY.
NO. 1914 Orange street, Los Angeles
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To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c.
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CONSUMPTION CURED
The Possibility Of lis Cure Is Dem
olSI0Ied Positively y
A Note Of Warning TO Health Seekers
About Climate as q Means Of Cure
for Consumption.

People who are seeking health in this
sunny land are Of two classes--those who
have come here from distant points
purely in search Of health, and those who
already permanently located here have
become i'll since their coming here. 70
either of these classes the following re-
marks apply equally:
The disease tuberculosis is caused by
the presence in the lungs and the blood
of a germ, which multiplies rapidly,
and which, by its presence, causes de-
struction of lung tissue and thereby
loss of health, and, in the end death,
unless the germs are destroyed and re-
moved.
1t is evident that the scientific, ration
al way to treat this disease would be to
eradicate the germs. To depend entire
ly upon nature and climate to do this is
a mistake. Nature is struggling con-
stantly to accomplish this object, and 1t
is a fact that climate may aid material
ly. but it is also a fact that the germs,
If once they become located in the lungs.
are never removed without help, ami
they never voluntarily relinquish their
hold until the death of the person is
accomplished.
DR.. w. Harrison Ballard has perfected
a remedy and q system OF treatment
which does accomplish the object stated.
1t stops the multiplication of the germs:
it causes their final destruction and
elimn alton from the system, and leaves
the field clear for nature and climate to
perfect a cure and complete restoration
to health.
DIR. Ballard not only has a perfect
scientific remedy, but also has very
complete apparatus, by the use of which
the use of inhalations of medicated air
assist in the process of destruction of
the bacilli, and. later, in the process of
repair of the diseased tissues and or
gans. In this manner perfect cure for
consumption is assured.
All who are in any way affected with
weak lungs or with we'll marked tuber-
culosis are invited to call at the Office
and investigate the methods and the
cures of DR.. Ballard. Consultation free
Office at No. 4O4 Stimson block, corner
of Spring and Third streets, Los Angeles
Riverside-Office of DR.. C. c. Sherman.
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MEMS ITALIAN RIBBED VESTS, Ok
ford sleeves, fleece lined, satin front, good
pearl buttons, elastic bottom, comes only
in tobacco brown. Regular price 90
15c n garment; :H.1C.
To close out. t....................... Oe.O
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MEMS PERCALE SHIRTS. extra heavy,
starchet collars and cuffs, detached or AT
tached, open front, comes In very fine
light and dark patterns. Regular IN
price 75c; During this Clearance ave
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nououoDouononMo onoDononou0l
Greater BargainsC9 ,
This Week Than Ever Before
Compare Prices With Others

LADIES' GINGHAM APRONS, in very
fair quality, in five different patterns. with
matched border ON the bottom. -
Regular price zoe each; HT
During this Clearance sale. ...... nv
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COLORED NOVELTY SUITINGS, with
handsome illuminated plaid stripes, double
fold, will make good everyday 11l~
dress. Regular price zoe per yard; Z1C
During this Clearance Saie...... A.ZO
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LADIES' COLLARS AND CUFFS, -
To close out the enLire line. .......... ~