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The herald., 1898-03-13

as the new wheels are painted and dec
grated so much more gaily than the
plain black frames everybody preferred
year or two ago.
II sent one home this morning. 1t was
of brilliant red-brown cloth, with a
black cloth band on the short skirt and
double revers of black cloth on the
Jacket; this opened over shirt waist
of pale blue cotton"
Suppose a woman can't wear such a
costume" I ventured. What is safest
for people with muddy skins?'
ITO get rid of them. I don't know a
woman who has ridden bicycle con-
scientiously for two seasons, especially
if she has had little massage with her
exercise, who can't wear about any
color she wants to.
"But while the treatment is working
the woman might stick to black and
white, unless she is afraid of looking
like widow just coming out of mourn
ing"
Widow" echoed Boy, reappearing,
radiant.
I turned to inspect a couple of street
dresses just ready for their boxes and
tissue paper, understanding that it was
useless to expect any further flow Of
wisdom.
The first one, fit for the South in
March, for New York in May, was Of
abbess blue cloth, with a slightly
fiounced skirt trimmed at the bottom
with three rows of turquoise blue vel
vet ribbon. The bodice pouched lit
tie and was made with a square yoke
of transparent lace edged with velvet.
A low-cut over-dress was simulated by
bands Of velvet ribbon, which started
on each side under the arms, turned
square corners, ran to the waist and
then sloped away on the skirt, with
the effect of three-quarter draperies
behind.
The other dress was Of fine fawn
cloth with three flounces applied in a
novel fashion. The princess draperies
princess styles are almost the leading
ones at present-opened over an under
skirt of rose-colored chiffon. The bodice
had revers falling over the shoulders
in three little capes and embroidered
| in silk and chenille. There was pret-
.ty vest of pink chiffon. The little dress
maker had chosen a hat to go with this
costume; it had a crown Of roses, while
the brim was of green leaves.
Boy leaned lovingly against my knee
when 1 asked, preparatory to going:
| "Got any new tailor gowns?"
1.-THE new tailor skirts are very tight
at the hips. They'll be horrible on the
people who exaggerated the Brobding-
nagian sleeves, and who showed us how
hideous were the monster hats set at
right angles and how graceless the alb
normally stiffened skirts. Tasteless
women are always sacrificing them
selves on the altar of fashion for the
good of the wiser Individual.
tailor gowns have long pointed
apron in front. The length of the skirt
is completed by pleated fiounce cut
on the cross and decorative or not, ac-
cording to how it is handled"
"B'ing Boy pettermints," was what
I heard for goodbye.
ELLEN OSBORN.
1 Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate
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1.-THE new rainy-day skirt shows you
that 1t Is just what 1t is by conviction.
You respect purpose, you know, more
than accident Since it's always out Of
danger, it can be smart enough to COM
pei respect for other reasons"
Longer than a bicycle dress is not
definite" I suggested meekly, wonder
ing how long Boy could stand in a
rocking chair. without breaking his
nose.
1--WE make them''-the little Dress
maker is quite justified in alluding to
herself as "we." for she is nothing if
not royal in her DEGREES. I'VE make
them to cover nicely the tops of or
dinary walking boots.
1.-THE best material is the best all
wool serge to be bought for love or
money. A real serge will stand any
sort of storm.
You can have smart tailor cut and
for trimmings, either rows of stitching
or bias bands Of the serge. Like the
tailor dress the beauty of such a cos
tune is altogether in the cut and finish
for it must be severely plain.
Dark blue is about the best color
The waist can be of any fashion, but
it ought to be simple and to have a
touch of black or white or red or what
ever suits your taste for relieving
color.
"Now, these are the advantages:
You re-become a two-handed creature:
most women out-of-doors are, effec-
lively, one-armed. You walk among
bedraggled' women smart, clean and
dry. BY avoiding exposure of your
pleasant weather clothes you preserve
their freshness and lengthen their
lives. You obtain new and distinc-
tive costume and save money by it.
You show yourself lin the swim, in two
senses; you are up with the times"
Boy lost his balance at this point. It
was some minutes before his bumps
were brown-papered and there was
calm for reflection.
Presently inquired: "What sorts of
dresses are ordered first in the spring?"
The little dressmaker called Patty.
the maid, to carry off an armload that
squirmed and demonstrated. She said:
We used to make cotton dresses first
always; they were finished months be-
fore they were wanted, just because
there was nothing else that could be
done.
This season my first orders are for
golf dresE.s; golf players are almost
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CHILDREN IN THE CUBAN HRMY.
Infant Arms Weld the Machete With Great Dexterity and
Baby Fingers Load Rifles in the Cause Of "Cuba Libre

There is no more pathetic feature in
the war between Cuba and Spain than
the actual. presence Of children upon
the battle field. The awful massacre
Of the Cubans by starvation as well as
by bullet and sword has numbered
among its victims many child martyrs
to the cause Of liberty.
There are little ones in the Insur-
gent camps to-day whose playthings
are cartridge shells; whose lullaby is
the trumpet call and the noise Of bat
tie. This revolution must always live
in history as one which numbers in its
list Of martyrs laby patriots whose
blood has stained their country's soil
with that of their fathers and mothers.
These children die. most Of them,
The herald., 1898-03-13
A Cuban Boy Patriot.

machete is really a household imple-
ment in the homes of the Cubans. 1t is
used much as hatchet is used in an
American household, but with far
greater diversity of uses. The Cuban
boy can peel a cocoanut with a ma
chete as easily as an American boy
peels an apple with a jack-knife. The
machete is used to cut sugar cane, to
trim vines and to cut the great cacti
and palms that abound upon the island
giants IN their growth.
There have been many child martyrs
to the Cuban war for liberty. There
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QUEEN is the cry Of Scuba Libre!" echo
ing from dying lips. Their little bodies
lie unburied beneath the Southern suns,
until Heaven in benedictlon marks
their resting places with Cuba's most
fragrant bloom of lilies and roses,
springing from the very life blood of
these infant warriors.
The presence of women and children
on the field Of battle has been used as
a reproach by the enemies of Cuba
There have been stories Of armies of
"Amazons' as rough mascu-
line creatures leading the men on with
their fury.
A Cuban boy or a Cuban girl often
can handle machete with as much
skill as a man-much more dextrously
than the average American who takes
up the weapon wondering at it's weight
and apparent clumsiness. But the
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are only few names written on the
death rolls, for the children have not
been counted in with the soldiers.
somewhere in Heaven, maybe, the
names of those little ones are written
in gold.
one case comes to my memory. that
OF Jose Priest, a fifteen-year- boy
living with his mother and two sisters
IN Havana. His father was upon the
field, and the boy helped to support his
mother by selling fruit and flowers
along the Prado. I had bought many
punches Of roses from him. and had
heard many bits of news from the field
which he would whisper to me as he
stopped each evening at the window of
the Hotel Ingleterra with his wares.
This boy died like hero during my
stay in Cuba.
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It was at the time when the lack of
ammunition was driving the Insurgents
to desperation. Several filibustering
expeditions, carrying arms and ammu-
milton in plenty had been prevented
from landing within the MONTH and
the condition of affairs was desperate
And 1t Is this fact that makes the ma
chete charges of the Insurgents the
widest and most terribly picturesque
forms OF battle.
The men sometimes faced their foes
with only one bullet apiece to fight
with. When this had been sent into the
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from fever and insufficient food. They
are gaunt little spectres of childhood,
with wan eyes that have looked upon
terrible scenes of carnage and death.
Some Of them die on the field, where
they march beside their fathers with
tiny hands clasping some implement of
war. Others are stricken down with
machetes, or trampled upon by horses
hoofs in the wild charges of the Insur-
gent army.
And these little martyr souls pass
away without a mothers prayer or a
mothers arms around them. Their re-
The herald., 1898-03-13
ELLEN OSBORN'S
FASHION LETTER,
Sensible Short Skirts Coming Into Vogue for
Rainu Dau WEAR New BCucfe Cos
tume5 Are Verv Gau

New York, March 4.-The little Dress
maker was bury with a rainy day.
costume this morning.
DO you mean to tell me-" I asked
her, that women who have any decent
regard for appearances will be seen in
the streets in that sort of thing?"
The dress she was finishing was COM
posed Of handsome dark blue storm
serge. 1t was the length of the skirt,
or the lack Of length. that provoked
my question.
The little dressmaker's eyes twinkled.
"You are too funny! This dress is an
order from my richest and most fas-
tidious customer.
"Look!" she chartered, pushing the
h'~ scissors out of Boys way. 1.-THE
time 1t pours and the streets are
sy with mud and slime, look and
What women are wearing!"
e small person with swapping eyes
loose rings of dark hair about her
)les sat down at the sewing ma
e. There was silence while she
he'd bones into a bodice.
hen the thread broke she resumed:
es a woman show much regard for
earances when she's holding up a
ned and splashed skirt and an UNI
la and six and a quarter bundles
exhibiting soaked ankles and a
obled petticoat?
All that Is out Of date and high
e.--I believe Boy has been fooling
this machine
Women are wearing rainy-day
sses even at church; you remember
ie Sundays snow flurry?'
he little dressmaker returned to her
le-stitching. At second flying Of
ta thread she remarked: Muddy
p!" with emphasis. The culprit re-
I'd to a corner and pushed chairs
inst the door.
The proper rainy-day dress" she
rsued, abandoning the machine" is
ger than bicycle dress, but it must
short enough to show that it is not
aid to be short gown. The trouble
tn most of the rigs that women have
.orted to in bad weather has been
1T the skirts were close enough to the
18th Of the conventional walking
lrt to suggest that the slight abbre-
ltion was due either to mistake or
nginess of the cutter. That sort of
ess is a delusion and snare. You
ink you don't need TO hold 1t up and
get worse fouled than IL you wore
ID train. -
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ing the slight figure Of small boy less
than twelve years old.
"Why do you call him Paderewski?"
asked one of the new boys.
What do you suppose, silly,-look at
his hair! But that amt all. You
ought to hear him play! Makes up his
own tunes, too!'
That was the boys version of 1t, but
investigation brought out a number of
other facts quite as interesting. In
the first place, he is as handsome as a
picture, and here is his own photograph
to prove that this is the true story of a
real boy. He is such a perfect type of
all that is artistic that New York
sculptors have begged the privilege Of
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lilies can tell. For the st. John part Of
1t, which he inherits from his mother,
goes away back to Henry Saint John.
who afterwards became the great Lord
Bolingbroke of Queen Anne's time and
who fled to France upon her death and
upon the accession Of King George.
The famous peer was a great favorite
both in his own court and in that of
France.
Besides all this mantel Of ancestry,
for which the boy can hardly claim any
credit, he is really something Of a
genius in several different lines. All
that his youthful admirer of Madison
Square said about him was true. He
not only plays on piano and organ, but
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MUSICIAN
AND SCULPTOR,
Twelve Year-0fd American Bou Whose Artistic
Talents Are Attracting Attention on
Two Continents.

Look, look! here comes Paderewski,"
cried closely cropped youngster to the
others of group Of boys that were
gathered around George Francis Train
as he sat bare headed on one of his
favorite seats In Madison Square, New
York.
Everybody looked up and, sure
enough. there was a miniature copy of
the great musicians head surmount-
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'Are you French, little Dressmaker? :?
Sometimes you speak SO quickly you
make me think so."
French? No. If We're, what should
I know about golf dresses? But 1
worked with a woman year or two
ago who made her best customer-a
girl worth fortune to her-believe she
came from Paris just by addressing her
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modelling his head, and de verriere,
who has attained a great deal of fame
in this country and in France, has sue
ceeded in producing a very good like
ness of him in clay, which he calls
1.-THE Major" name which has clung
to this child from babyhood. His real
name is Alexander st. John Bridge and
thereby hangs a tale Of heredity which
few Of even the oldest American fam
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always as Mile. Mees. Blonde The
girl was fair-haired, and the dress
maker made believe she couldn't speak
her name and that she didn't know
Mile and Miss meant the same thing.
The girl was delighted.
But I was going to tell you about
the new bicycle dresses. They are made
in brighter colors than last years, Just
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too enthusiastic to stop for winter at all.
"A new golf dress Is made of smooth
brown cloth, finished with rows of
stitching. The jacket is quite short
and is worn with a scarlet waistcoat,
which opens in square at the neck
over stiff shirt and mannish tie. OF
course there is brown cape with a
tartan lining"
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
NORTH CAROLINA.

Recorder Cheatham, of North
Carolina. called to see the Presi
dent few days ago, by the au-
thorlty of his constituents. and
asked the President to allow
the negroes in his State to raise a
regiment of black lmmunes In
deed, there is a regiment already
raised, and all the Recorder wants
is to have them mustered in. This
kind of talk and offer dots not
show in the least that the negro is
dlsloyal to his country and flag,
does it? The more you kick the
negro the more he likes to be
kicked. Of course, Recorder
Cheatham is ANXIOUS to convince
the President that North Carolina
is willing and ready to send ne
gro regiment to invade Cuba.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28

If the Woman's League would
encourage young ladies to leave
the city and attend frst-class kim
dergarten institute, instead of hav-
ing them waste their time and
money in "colored classes in this
city, We opine that it would be best
for all concerned. II our infor-.
nation is authentic, these young
ladies were advised to enter these
"colored classes" with the under
standing that should the kinder
garten be introduced into our pub
lie school system these young ladies
would be given a chance to teach.
We do not know who is responsible
for this, but certainly the school
trustee cannot be party to any
such foolish and uniustifsble
scheme.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
JUDGE KIMBALL'S BILL.

A new bill is about to be passed
by Congress which makes it very
severe on tramps and street-corner
loafers. Judge Kimball is to be
congratulated on this bill, because
we need law that will punish men
who are continually losfing upon
the street corners without visible
means of support. This city,
above all others, is full Of just such
char ,cters. This city should be
so well guarded and protected that
ladies who are compelled to go
alone upon the public street may
do so without fear of being as
saulted or insulted.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
RACE DISCRIMINATION.

The attention of the District
Commissioners is respectfully called
to the race discrimination in the
department of police against the
poorer and immoral classes of col
ored people under the Edmunds'
law. As a matter of fact there ex.
lists in this city certain immoral
classes of people, white and coIored
who are equally as guilty in doing
acts in violation of the Edmunds'
law. 1t seems that the police de
partner is in the several sections of
the cit are unable to see any i'm
moral acts committed by white yio-
lators of the law, but take great
pride in arresting any poor old ne
gro who may be reported to them.
If it is wrong for any one to COM
NIT wrong under the Edmunds'
law, how is it that no white violat
or of the law are arrested We can.
not believe that the several pre-
cincts have been instructed by ths
chief of police or the COMMISSIONER
to arrest all negroes and allow tht
white people to go unnoticed. Ev
cry day. persons Of color are
brought to the police court under
this act, and it is very seldom that
we see white person. 1t Is an
attempt OF the part of somebody
to blacken the record of the negro
and establish as far as possible the
charge that negroes are more inns
moral than white people. This
race discrimination should be
stopped.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
Mid a group of eager gazers,

Mid group of eager gazers,
Stood a soldier young and brave,
Who had marched through mobs and
treachery,
But had missed martyrs grave!
He had stood with Ladd and Whitney,
In the streets of Baltimore
Where the Bay States youthful Sam
sons
Quelled the rebel lions S roar;
But to-day he stood in Boston
In the Capitol, where fame
Sat to paint patriots likeness
Paused to write a Statesman name. =
AS a stone cut from our history
By the unseen hand of fate,
Was the nineteenth day of April
Rolled against rebel state;
And the shock, severe and dreadful,
AS in prophet dreams of old,
Broke the feet of clay and from
Felled the form of brass and gold;
And twas there within the great hall,
Many eager hearers stood
Listening to the soldier story,
OF that day and scene of blood.
From the group a thousand questions
Won the soldiers kind replies,
Jill III - Will dOCuS vi tOuI
And with pity melting eyes;
And, still warming in his story,
Did he grow more eloquent,
Till each'hearer felt a soldier,
In the strength his courage lent.
Now he told how our young soldiers
Made front of breathing steel,
To oppose the swelling current
Of a mobocratic zeal;
How the Bay State dauntless heroes,
Kept the order to advance,
At each step a traitor crushing
Death or conquest in each glance;
Then he told how stones from windows
Like meteoric shower,
Fell unlooked-for on our soldiers,
Crushing some to rise no more;
How the mob, with clubs and pistols,
Dealt assassin blows behind,
While rebellion's maddened plaudits
Rose like frenzy on the wind.
Now he told how Ladd and Whitney,
And their old brave compeer,
Fell o'spread with fame's amounting
Bravery spikenard, pure and dear,
Precious spikenard. but the vessels
Were more precious whence it flow
ed;
And, though sinful hands had crushed
them,
Glorious fragrance rose to Cod
Told their dying words Of triumph,
Which like giant arms of fate,
Swung back history's gates of glory,
For the martyrs of our State;
Then with modest look and gestures,
He revealed healing wound,
Which a rebel demon gave him,
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Wove her garlands for his head,
Beauty shed her light around him
Glory held aloft her fame:
And his footsteps pressed the branches
Scattered by the hand of fame;
But the negro, lone and weary
With his flight from Baltimore,
Still roamed through the streets o,
Boston,
Begging help from door to door.
Skill of pleading won him nothing
Skill of labor won him less;
Skill in bearing scorn and hatred
Was his only great success.
Homeless was he in the city,
Where his noble deed was known
Friendless, almost in the presence
OF the Bay States rescued son.
Feasts and honors sprung delighting
AT the warriors every move;
But his Saviour skin denied him
Mercy's sweet reward of love.
Let us pause in haste of boasting
Until justice gives us breath;
Lest while building tOmbs of prophets
We prophet put to death.
Let us cease our JeerS and taunting-
Round the negro'S cross are esent
Forked hames of threatening VEN
genCe,
While the nation veil is rent.
HenCeforth freedom knows no order
Of peculiar Scribes and priests;
Round her alters love and Justice,
Or destruction, wait their feasts.
Let us learn that Slavery's NeroS
Fiddling DER devouring flame,
Where the negro's form is fuel
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Let us learn that foul rebellion
Gainst all manhood, still seeks cause
Through the negro's degradation
To o'erthroW thow the white mans
laws.
Shall our hatred of the negro
Bred by who hate rs worse,
Make our State, and race and nation,
Subjects of their double curse?
Love of maSters-we have lost it
Love OF slaves we too many lose,
Then these former foes uniting
Gains strength which we abuse,
Shall color loved in all things,
Save when in negro'S face.
Shut us out from the love of nations
Make us sCorned by every race?
NO! when lmplouS hands are shatter-
ing
Affairs which our fathers built,
Let save the golden Censors-
Let them take the blood of guilt
Let us take the stones of freedom
Let them take the untempered clay
We can build a nobler structure
Without help of such as they.
And when clears the smoke of battle
When the noise of strife shall cease,
Let the form of freedom, shining
In the robes of light and peace,
Lift the negro from prostration,
Worn by suffering and despair
And ascend the nations Tabor,
10 remain transfigured there,
With the white man and the negro,
Standing on either side,
Head Jehovah's benediction,
Sounding DER creation wide!
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