The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-17

Shots or, more accurately, fads In q
bright little essay she said that the big
gest fad is having fads. To many the
eathe was a fascinating topic, just as
cigarettes and canes were to young men
with high collars. In this age, she said.
there was a danger of fads becoming
practical. Miss White took some snap
shots at faces. describing humorously the
bicycle face with a Observation-Disclosures
corner-I-will-meet-it-with : fortitude ex-
preston. Then there was the bargain
counter face. with an is-everything-all-
gone-yet look of the owner. The essay
wound up with a humorous slap at yell
low journals and their war extras, print
ed while you watt with Kodak pictures
Of the president pushing aside his cur-
tain at seven o'clock in the morning. +" and
Miss So-and-So buttoning her boots, :
and other matters of transcending impor-
lance, all of which might be good II
they would answer Burns prayer that
some power would give us the gift Of
seeing ourselves. Much applause greeted
the essayist.
mods Faust" an extremely difficult
plCtC Vi pAkt SO18, SNCtl y Vt0E LII
more experienced voices. but they a n it
and excellently, too, with color. tone and
sentiment as perfect as one could wish.
Capital Punishment was the theme
of an Grafton by J. Herbert Lippineott,
son of the Supremes Court Justice Of this
circuit. The speaker denounced the axe
the rope and the electrical chair as REM
nants of barbarism. Although the lays Of
the Inquisition are gone when human
blood ran like water and the rack tore its
victims limb from limb. vet modern
methods are nearly the same, only more
science is applied.
The way to punish the nlisdoer would
be to confine him for life and give him
hard labor. The Grafton was well de-
livered and received much applause.
Miss Suzanne w. Sands honorary es-
say on Tact was one of the best Civ
en- last fight. That sixth sense she de-
fined ass that fineness Of discernment
which avoids giving offense to others. AS
an illustration of lack of tact Miss
Sands told a story of a pretty actress who
had breakfast with these dreadful people
of Sorosis recently. To her neighbor q.
the same table she naiveiy remarked
IT am SO glad I am placed beside o 4
wouldn't know what to do IL / was sitting
next to these clever people, (Roars of
l~aughter.) Another equally good story
on the same line was s'ons Richard Hard
ing Davis. He was introduced to three
young ladies. and he Immediately said
Now I nope you are not going to ask me
To which one OF the ladies replied: What
80 ~f1 9t3 - III 1~fsrh M ocnax&
with the French advice on tact: when
you are in the house of a man who was
hanged never mention ops"
Carl G.. Metzler unfolded a prophetic
view of the twentieth century, when Jer-
sey City would own its W water sup-
ply (ahemD and airships through the air
would fly. Ocean travel would be by
pneumatic tube and Southampton would
be reached in three days. Electricity
which gives heat. light n power would
even give more aid to man: Niagara
would be harnessed; the war drums beat
would no longer be heard and this Re-
public would stretch from the Polar Circle
to the Equator with a population Of 500
millions. The defamation Of the young
orator was admirable.
A medley from the operas, dedicated to
the class by its composer, Victor Raier,
was sung, and it was one of the features
of the evening. The Cachuca danse, with
its Castanette accompaniment, pleased
the audience, who loudly demanded q
recall. The medley is bright and cleverly
sm~usically varied" Some one, at its
close, handed MI. Baier a bon. daintiiy
tied with ribbon, with which he quickly
hurried off the platform. Puzzle what
was inside?' asked the men, while the
ladies, who are never curious, said moth
ing but smiled.
Miss Marion Blake's essay on sFancy's
Festival a poetic and graceful reyerfe.
another of last nights gems. 1t pics
tured the New England home OF LongfeI-
low, where the old Man Beautiful's is
holding a reception. The names Of Low
ell, Holmes, Riley, Mrs. Stowe with her
characters, Topsy and Uncle Tom; Hosea
Bigelow, Emerson, Whittier, Bryant, Iry-
ing. attended by Rip Van Wrinkle, and
all the galaxy Of American stars, were
skillfuIly and descrIptively interviewer
and as excellently rendered.
To an audience In a heated room on q
summers night a topic like the Klondike
Is a mental dish Of ice cream. 1t was
served last night by Daniel s. Harden
berg. who, In an interesting Grafton. put
forth the merits Of Alaska or Uncle
Sans bear pasture, as some call II. He
talked of the gold fields. the route to
get there. the horrors of the winter. the
richness of the mines, the seal industry
and everything possible to say about
Stewards Folly In the short space 81
ten minutes.
"Smokelcss Powder was the theme of
Miss Martha L. Nordine's essay, ana i
very clever one 1t was. At first one tins
agined she was qualifying as an expert
on cordfte and guncotton but graduaily
she applied the qualities OF the new pow
der, penetration no noise. absence Of
OF course. Included. Many people, she
said, r~esenabled the old powder IN nsakfffg
a noise, envefoping themselves in smoke
and leaving o useless Festduum behiaa.
As illustrations Of people who went about
their duties quietly and effectively. tie
speaker named Miss Clara Barton. Miss
Frances Willard and Admiral DexeY.
The qualities Of smoke1ess powder were
utterly ignored In the next number Ok The
programme, q chorus By the sfndenfS.
tsTne Stars and Stripes Forever. Th6fe
was musical noise, and cheering noise,
and q great deal o. residuum conslsib4x
OF patriotism and satisfaction. The sku-
dents had lust finished singing Sopnas
poem. when each singer xhipped nut