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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
QUAINT OLD SOUVENIRS.
SOME OF THE LETTERS OF THE FAMOUS
BEECHER FAMILY
HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE FOUND LETTER-wRIT-
ING HARD AT THE AGE or THIRTEEN


ING HARD AT THE AGE or THIRTEEN
POEMS Of ODD PAPER.
In November Of the year 1924, the blanket let
ter" Of which illustration is given on this page.
written. This long epstle penned By girls.
OF whom to become the pride of her
family, of her and Of her country. was sent TO
the brother. who was then teaching in Andover.
The letter is now in the possession OF the adopted
daughter Of this same Edward Beecher who died
In Brooklyn In 1895. In the house where he passed
the last years OF his life, this daughter preserves
his books. papers and diaries, which last can tell
SO many interesting things about the members Of
the Beecher family.
The wide. long pages of the blanket letter are
covered with the finest OF writing. In those long
ago-days. the postage ordinary letter being
12ls cents II was necessary for q large family to
be discreet in its amount of correspondence. This
may have been the reason that the three sisters
had. IN this grea. sheet of paper, written TO the
brother in his distant home. Folded into a
close package the centre of the outer sheet formed
the envelope II addressed and stamped, the
edges being held together with a seal.
In this episte the first part is given over to iar-
net Beecher. who then only thirteen years of
age and was at school under her sister Cathe-
rines tutelage at Hartford, Conn She evidently
found II then great trouble to write a letter
as the ordinary girl finds In similar work, for she
says
| frightened 10 death with the lded OF Wrltlng
to YOU such great "crckot" as you are. and
whom I in all my hfet However
Catherine says ! must I'll side of this great
sheet and there is no alternative. | must cen
do accordingly; though the whole. | can think
of nothing 70 say, unless 1t were to tell you how
far | am on in my studies. ! am nearly half
through Ely Grecian history. and have this after
noon Numbered a little AT Latin exercises
| can find nothing else to say. and verify ii does
seem as IL I could not get this page down, and |
have to pause every line and bite my pen, as II
TO oblige II 10 move on by torture. ! WISE
YOU would tell me what things | must say when
writing 10 such persons as Mr.. Edward Beecher
IL YOU will and don't find a great deal of fault
with this poor letter of mine you may chance to
have one savorlng a little more OF sense an6 a
little less Of folly. But goodbye. for much
to my Joy perceive my pen running against the
bottom OF this sheet. Afrectionately your sister,
HARRIET.
The letter Of Mary Beecher covers the second
page and when II is remembered that the pages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
Az ErFNJNG WITH SHAKESPEARE.

The nrst meeting Of the Fortnighty ShahesPeare
Club for the curren, club year took pae" J" inc
nar,or. ~ Miller. Hotel No. 80 West Twenty
s,xth-st last night more than one huhoreu
member, and guests being present
Tho sub,ec of study King John Mrs
uo,a q palca-- told the story OF the play, and
the arst act was read. Mrs. Anna Randa''- pieh''
,ounder and president OF the club. gave by re-
ans, a detailed account Of the recent SNAKES
peare symposium at Straiford-on-AVoh.
sha ,noko OF the difficulties resulting from the
war which the American Shakespeare parry e"'
count .red. two vessels upon when they hau oee"
hooked having been sold TO the Government LOT
n,ar ,,rnoecs The company of Shakespearian
rryr,ms were for the most part from Maseaehu'
,e,ts New-York Texas and MISSISSIPPI
Tbev wore warmly greeted at Stratord "here
preparations had been made Tor the'i 'eOep,'o,'
'rhe symposium was held at the Memorial nan,
rhe N.yor Of stratford had intended to speak
-. ., greeting but being Unexpectedly pre-
me "9ru a., his request Salt Brassington librarian
NJ The Memorial Library welcomed the Visi'o''
TO the f. Wall formerly member Of MsSrea s es
shakesPsaESsh compare was Forgotten IL snow
den ward OF London, read an excelen, pape,N Ms on
the auhentGiyo Of o.foTd' Miss recited
rom King John and was warmly , applaHIaen an
was resolved TO MAKE rhe orssnisation was
foTmeds sespearan party remained seyeral days
ne St,orT a lawn reception was given 10 theI
az SRA Bank by Mrs Flower who received them
mos, gracion'y, their disposal for san upon the
Avon II VIII remembered ia, me @, her bs
Thestre was putt areS E. Fowsr who gave he
site and contribute m nSi,Stn man ''''''
cGnstraG,SSn Il HHodgson invited party 70 visit
copon Ousse W U5 abode Of Sir Thomas Lucy
shsr xsl,sd In the park were hundreds Of deer
ai IF those the TNS9
Shakespeare went a-poach1"h'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
DIRECTOR OF WEDDINGS.

An ingenious woman has opened new field or
occupation for her sisters. It is that Of director
OF weddings" This woman. realizing how much or
an undertaking a wedding is. and how much care
and trouble It is for the briieelect, also into what
sort Of demorallzed state it throws the whole
household has taken upon herself the burden or
the responsibility OF II all.
She helps in the selection OF the rousseau atter
buying the material for the gowns. ana superin-
tending their making She advises as TO the gowns
Of the mother and sisters and dictates az 10 now me
bridesmaids shall dress. She instas herself IN INC
home OF the bride sometimes before the Wedding
and makes all arrangements for the decorations
and even arranees with the caterer. , l.,
OF course she has many original IDEAS ana -
constantly in search OF new ones, 50 tnAt thete
may be- perhaps. some special novel feature ~
each wedding She also Is exceedingly clever N
carving ont ideas suggested by the giVers OF ";
wedding and tries in al ways TO make herset
popular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
No Successor TO MSS DAVIS.

7, seems difficult TO settle the question as 10
v,hether or not Miss Lucy Lee Hin Is 10 succeed
,iss Winnie Davis Daughter of the Confed-
erscv" \ large number OF the members Of the
confederate Literary Society. which purchased the
o,d White House Of the confederacy. decided unan-
,,,ouslv Al a recent meeting that there could be
"a successor TO Miss Davis. They feel that as she
- mo only woman VINO was horn In the WHITE
House of the Confedoracy she alone is entitled to
be the Daughter go, =,
While agreeing that Miss Hill Is popular ana
bishlv esteemed Southern girl. they cannot accept
,he suggestion made by her friends that she De
made Miss DaViss successor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

covered tailor buttons effecing the closing in cen
trr-front The glove-nttng adjustment Is ACCOM-
nnished nv double bust darts and cnrving front
edges the upper portion being reversed In small na
lanels that meet the rolling collar in notches Ma
chine stitching finishes all edges in strictly tailor
style. III, ,,.o A,, oao hs a,
material 10 correspond contrast with the basque
The sleeves are OF fashionable size ana nj closely
a, the wrists closing with three buttons ana put-
tonhoes Pasques In this style usually matcn tne
material OF the skirt firmly woven textures 3ehs
the inyarlable choice. Serge covert o' oroaaco.n
uhincord homespun corduroy. henrietta ana pop
In will All make smart basques mat are suitdoie
Tor shonpng or general wear, as well as tor oicySe
or other outdoor exercise. Narrow oraih may IKE
the place of machine stitching. II different COM
pleton is desired . -. ,,,ad;u,, sts>
To cut this basque for a woman OF meaium ~
~ yaras ~ material A inches in width are re.
',raS Tire naitern No. 1880. Is cut in sizes for
20 "a ~ as 40 and AZ inch bust measure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02


TO EUROPEAN WAYS.
talk with Mrs. Laurn y. Starr, Of no.
IN" ,Sv,nS.on-avc. who has lately retn'neo from
~ 20 Japan she related the ioho"Ns i'ileieS''
a W s.' n TIC caily rfc Of the Japanese to
gTrisuns reporter >,,or 1snar arc huilt Of heavy
i"' -, moro ;han one story high. and FOR
u"'.. rer, rooted with red tics. Srown darK
'"1 -, by reason Of weather and age inc
anu ,cls o. iris and ether flowers along me
So. re farmers thatchod cottages 2l'e tne'ti
",.,,,rcsone beauty when ihe toWn H'uses' VIZ"
pN'~,.., roofs and decorated tiles. lack. The
'ffN 49, 20 as mitch ont CT perpendicular as the
oiAe' - pic and their weathev-5eaten clap
tow ,ore taken on q soft mellow color with
,,s nas,ing years .-,., -.
~, chief building waierlaIs arc ''n'she" oF
e.e maple aId camphor-wooi. \ Jew OF
h,er class Of houses are tnilt OF crEp'ohe'ia'
tr 'N come Of the interior WOODWORK lacq"eIeu'
~. as a rule, nei'he' f"''i' "'' '''' "
.. ,,,erIor or exterior.
e'hr' $50 ere built about two feet above the
ND covered with fine white mats let into
-. frames end padded underneath to the
- - .hree inches with coarse straw; whose
- must leave on the step before the QUEER
80 -, booe but his outer foot-covering. FOR the
49,, vh,ch gre called tatama,' are kept as ffec
arst and dirt as are our tables. The japanese
lV'. ,n,.e cotton SOCK made Of heavy drill with
-, for the great toe This is the only foot Gov
- .,av voar in The house Two re9s;ns for
s,~ ava obvious they must keep their mats cieaH
~ Use Nv a, on Them, and they could not sit or
- h.ss Il they wore any sort OF stiT shoe or
Soo. 49,. H.. 49,. -,
..o,s or ST. under their roof-irees. with two or
go sides o. thc house thrown omen TO the ar
80, sunshine. Tn. sliding screens. made o. sInan
.o,,.-es a. wood about TIE size a. the Elzaoethan
,r,aow-nancs covered with transparent parer,
or,hle them - do this. fo- always two ana often
roo,s Of the walls are movable
uNu,slda these arc heavy wooden shutters, which
an bro,rht forward IN of a storm. ard al
uavs at night when they close up their houses as
con, az possible. leaving not solitary loophole
r.r ventilation. How people who seem 10 need
g., much Air during the day can sleep without any
n. oirht IS a marvel but they do. in spite OF the
soensts Who declare We need better ventilation
uhpe asleep than We Do when awake.
They not only close up every crack and crevico.
bl, they keep a lamp candle blrning all night
They have fear that some Of the evil spirits
which they suppose to be always lurking in the
outer air will gain entrance and work harm IL
they leave loophole large enough.
"Thc posts ami beams of the old feudal castles Of
which there are few remainins We're generally
Of finely grained wood and ornamented the joints
er's mon or badce. There few pieces of fur
poor. Thick, wadded quilts spread on the mats
under the mosquito nets make not the most un-
eomfo7. bic bed in the world Europeans can sleep
japanese fashion without much trouble. but the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
LADIES' TAILORING,
AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES.

The progress in our Ladies' Tailor
Ing business has been EXCEPTION
AL, event after event adding TO It's
brilliancy, and an ENVIABLE
POSITION has been attained by US.
In advertising our business, we
have placed before the public an es-
adjustment that is UNEQUALLED.
We are prepared to satisfy the most
fastidious.
Our models and fabrics are dis
played in WELL LIGHTED
STORE. Our PRICES are moderate.
Cheapness should not be sought in
ordering tailor-made costume. II
cheapness Is the sole object, the result
will be no end Of unsatisfactory and
troublesome fittings.
Our filters are thoroughly reliable.
They tit perfectly in three fittings,
with no further alterations to annoy
customer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
FOR NOND1l. OCTOBER 3.
BREAKFAST

Baked apples. butter and sugar sauce.
Corned beef hash. Drowned.
Fried potatoes
Whole wheat toast Rice mullins
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Scrambled eggs on toast.
Salmon salad. with lemon.
Steamed potatoes
Waters. Tea
DINNER
Mutton bro:h. with rice
India pickle. Swce, picked beans.
Baked ha ldock. butter sauce.
Fried CATS liver and bacon.
Minced carrots. drawn butter.
Potatoes FaDcCria.
Baked peach dumplngs, hard sauce.
Chocolate layer cake. Ginger pears
Coffee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

generous proper
tons. Its special
adaptation to the
requirements OF
stout women /;
further empha-
sized by An extra
under-9rm gore,
provided in the
sizes above thirty
SIX inches bust
measure. by which
the width Of the
back and side
back forms are 50
decreased that an
Of slim
mess results. The
narrow position
back, with regu-
lar coat pleats
and lap, is a be-
coming feature.
and will be well
coined by those
who aim 10 dress
correctly.
Navy blue chew
lot IS here repre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

are unceasing in their efforts TO please and IN
weared by a long days work They think nothing
% a forty-mile run In day. and often do many
more There is one AmanO in Yokohama to whom
many tourists owe hours nay days. OF pleasant
driving: he was always ready with the water
proof robe and other preparations for rain before
the storm came: always mindful of whirs which
he soon learned. and never failed bring gifts
fete and festival days He kindness and de-
votion itself and a grateful thought is often sent
In his direction"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

An Indian woman has recently invented a mover
device for attaching tabecloth 10 the ianle 'hat
,reyents the cover from slipping out OF place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
A TIssUEPAPER PATTERN OF WoMANS
HABIT BASQUE, NO. 1850. FOX
COUPON AND 10 CENTS.

For ordinary wear, as well as for equestrian eA'
ercse this style Of basque is popular IL having u.
merit of being especially becoming 70 women OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
cpr,y FBTIT-GROWING STATE.
~ yyDJ1y W0uAN's DEVICE.

The greatest fruit -growing Sts,c is Missouri, the
nrie crop alone being v8iued at $i2,o01.0oo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
,,rrIN THE ISLAND EMPIRE.
crsrOMs AND MANNERS OF THE
W. INHABITANTS OF NIPPON.
TO EUROPEAN WAYS.

WATER IS BOILED FOR THE HONORABLE
r,"-4HE WAY TO TRAIN SERVANTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
JAPANESE HOUSE SERVANTS.

A. many think Japanese make the best servants IN
world Thay are capable. gentle amiaole. will
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

consideration by the naval authorities
The government thinks it well to keep
the navy as busy as possible, so that in
terest in the war will not wane during
the summer months. Cienfuegos is not
so we'll defended as Santiago, but its
harbor has much the same shape.
1t is not probable that the troops will
participate in the movement If 1t is
carried out, but immune regiments will
be sent to possess the place after il has
been taken. Little difficulty will be ex-
perienced, II is believed, in taking a
number Of small towns along the north
and south coasts These may mark the
advance of Skaters army to the west,
should 1t be decided to keep his forces
In Cuba. Roads could be constructed,
supply stations established, and the
country placed in better condition for
military operations by this means.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

frontsd by n body Of cavalry number
ing a thousand or more and sAsr-
engagement ensued. The WSacerer ".
TO have been met by party q ctbass,
who had evidently been driven eff j.
Spanish forces before the sr-is-i o. t..s
Wanderer.
The Wanderer. who was not and r
convoy. drew up asout four hun lrsj
yards from the shore and began G :
charging her cargo by means Of sa.a .
bcats. At first thele WAS no sign OF r =
sistance and a pordJ ! Of the sup. -
had already been placed on the oeae.
when a vigorous rifle fire WAS cIene
on the members of the exye it.on fr II
a wooded growth lining the beach aIG
a force OF Spanish cavalrymen burst
into sight. The: were a. out two &C sc
Of sharpshooters who evidently expect
ed the expedition and they attempted
to cover the retreat by lying fiat and re-
turning the Spaniard's fire. They
picked off a number of the cavalrymen
and as the opposing force backed TO
the woods. the Wanderers men got
their boats off. but not before William
Davis, mate; William Ross. seaman;
Gabriel Alvarez. Felix Lopez and Ro-
jolu Garcia had been slightly wounded
After the Wanderers men had gotten
away the Spaniards pushed down TO the
beach and resumed their fire, pepper
ing the hull of the Wanderer with
Mauser bullets, but inficting no fur
Their damage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

Lackawanna and Western whist players
have used lap canvases regularly, and,
what is more, they are now better liked
than the old murderous boards ever were
Will He Seek Political Honors?
A whole lot of discussion regarding the
availability of Teddy Roosevelt for tho
Republican gubernatorial nomination is
now going on. 1t might as well be stop
ped until Roosevelt has said whether or
not he would run once he were nominated
1t is much doubted by his closest friends
whether he would or not, especially should
the war continue some months, since 1t is
well known that he cherishes the altogeth-
er honorable desire to become a general
and that he could no more certainly him
der himself In the pursuit of military hon.
ors than to engage In contest for politi-
cal preferment. DEXTER MARSHALL.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

away In $500 600 lots in boxes somow Lat
resembling soap boxes in size and share,
though not identical with them in dimen.
sions, the measurements being 10 by 90 10y
"a inches. And it goes without saying
that the boxes are of better material than
those made to hold laundry soap, being of
the best chilled steel and secured by locks
as nearly unbreakable and unpickable as
can possibly be devised
twas all very we'll to watch the gold In
its transfer of course, but when you reflect
that it could not have been stolen in less
than ton lots it ought to DO pretty clear
that the moving, done in daylight, as 1t
was, might have been accomplished with
perfect safety, without any special watch
ing at all, especially as it was moved o
less distance than three blocks in the best
policed part of the city.
VIII Our Ships BE Sheathed?
Advices from Washington state that one
by one the naval vessels which have remain
ed steadily In southern waters for the past
three or four months fighting and doing
blockade duty are now to be put In dry
dock and thoroughly scraped and smoothed
for future warlike service If such be neces-
sary.
This wise decision on the part of the
naval authorities will very likely bring
again to the surface the oft discussed ques-
ton of sheathing our ships with thin
veneer or tagging of wood. If the writer
Is correctly informed, United States war.
ships are now virtually the only ones of
modern build belonging to a civilized ma
ton that are not so treated. And as has
apparently been repeatedly proved, 1t
would now DO possible to keep our vessels
much longer in commission were they
sheathed instead of bare to the corrosive
action of salt water and unprotected from
barnacles and other kinds of marine
growth. Great Britain began sheathing
Its warships long ago, after the most ex-
haustive and expensive tests, France fol-
lowed soon afterward, Germany's ships
are now nearly all sheathed. and so also
are some of Austria's. The naval authori-
ties Of all these countries believe most
heartily in this protection, alleging that &c
not only prolongs the life of the ship and
renders it possible to put in much longer
continuous sea service, but that as 1t in
sures smoothness of bottom 1t keeps the
practical speed somewhat near the ideal
trial figure.
The only reasons advanced by United
States naval authorities for not sheathing
our ships are that 1t necessarily costs some
money and also adds slightly to the weight.
Considering the immense advantages
claimed by the advocates of sheathing,
these reasons seem Of little account, and
there are some who declare them to be en-.
tirely fictitious.
The real reason ft
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-28

ships, say those who favor II, are on par
with the reasons which have prevented tie
fitting of our vessels with guns as good as
the Krupps, the furnishing of both army
and navy with smokeless powder and the
dealing out OF modern rifles instead OF
Springflelds TO our volunteers. It Is not
necessary to analyze these reasons here and
now.
Curious Accidents.
One of the most curious of mortal acci-
dents that ever occurred in this town be-
fell n man named Schaus two or three
days ago. In collision between truck
on which he was riding and Second ave-
nue. trolley car a glass window was bro
ken, and fragment severed Schaus' jugu-
lar, the unstanchable flow of blood caus-
ing death within q very short time.
This accident recalls the telescoping OF
commuters train on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad some
four or five years ago. Until that acci-
dent-tho only serious one in the history
of tho roads commuters runs--whist
players coming to and going from New
York night and morning were allowed TO
play their favorite game on thin wooden
boards provided for that purpose, but in
the collision mentioned "a player was neat
ly dccapitated by one Of these boards, and
in consequence the road was assessed very
heavy death damages in favor of his fam
lily by the courts.
The immediate result was the issuing
of an order that no boards be thereafter
furnished to whist players or allowed In
their possession, and for awhile this caus-
ed CONSERVATION among the commuters.
1t was not long, however, before some one
found that a square Of stout canvas,
stretched tight by corner strings, fastened
properly, makes as good train whist ia
BILE as train board and perhaps a better