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The evening times., 1898-04-16
FRENCH IDEAS OF OUR LAssIES.
Derived From Woman Who Was
Educated ia Ernncc.

Our latest foreign visitor. Rene Doumic,
had much to say in defense of the char
acter of his countrywomen, who have
been so misrepresented by their misrep-
resentatives," the French novelsts and
dramatists. Also NJ. Doumic entertained
an amiable, If somewhat skeptical, curl
osity concerning American girls and their
education, writes THE Observer" in the
Chicago Post. He asked a young Chi
cago matron her opinion of women's col
leges, and she delighted his dearest preju-
dices by avowing that for her part she
disliked woman pedants and would prefer
French convent had she daughters to
bring up. This, by the way, was uttered
in French as pure and easy as his own.
Now, the distinguished critic had been
shown through Vassar or Wellesley, or it
may have been Bryn Mawr; he had notic-
ed with some surprise the character of the
books on the students private shelves
and ne inquired how il was that Ameri-
of French novels. To which his informant
replied that mothers did not always
know what their children were reading,
and she mentioned woman who remon-
strated with her daughter for reading
Guy de Maupassant's stories, having just
learned that they were not desirable food
for the youthful mind. Whereupon the
daughter pacified her by saying that the
books did indeed contain much bloodshed
and horrors TO which some people might
object, but she did not believe it did her
any harm.
BY this time the foreigner was congrat-
ulating himself on having found one frank
and intelligent being who did not. like
all others he had met, present to him only
the best side of American institutions.
For instance, he had been told that on
this side of the watfr. while young girls
enjoyed great liberty, they gave up all
social pleasures after marriage and set
tied down to extremely domestic lives;
that such thing as . married woman
carrying on an intrigue, was unknown
here.
oh" she said. impsiiently, young
wives enjoy admiration as, much as young
girls. and they get II, too, As for a mar
ried woman having an intrigue. il is not
exactly unknown here, This with
meaning smile conveying the idea that
intrigues among married women were
quite customary The curious part of 1t
was that these illuminating comments on
Bryn Mawr and Vassar came from
young woman who had never set foot in
either. She had been Brought up entirely
in a French convent as had her Maui
passant-readng friend. Neither of them
could be called a typical American girl.
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Poverty Luncheons.-

Poverty luncheons" is a new name
for the economical feasts which groups
of people give from time to time. A COM
pany of eight women have found il pos
sible to give in turn ample and appetizing
luncheons TO this number for the sum of
81 With a little discretion in marketing
and a little care that a simple dish be
perfectly cooked and served, the lunch
cons have proved gastronomic successes
as well as pleasant occasions of friendly
intercourse. One of the hostesses says
that until the matter is looked into, it is
not understood how much the non-essen-
tials Of a luncheon cost-the salted al
mOnds and bonbons and various similar
things-when ordered carte blanche from
a caterer For example, most grocers sell
the ordinary almonds shelled at about IS
cents A pound. Half a pound salted at
home is an ample allowance for lunch
con of eight, and the cost is Is cents, the
few drops of oil and the pinch of salt
costing too little to estimate. The ques-
ton of flowers was a serious one with the
poverty-luncheon hostesses, but 1t was
solved by choosing japanese blossoms
which were subsequently used also and
consequently cost very little for one oc-
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Window Gardens.

To be certain of success with window garden
one must select plants that will thrive in the
degree OF sun shadow afforded by ones window.
If the window faces north east shade-loving
plants should be chosen. Virginia creeper and
clematis Jacmanni, planted in the boxes on
either side of the window, may be easily trained
to arch over and form a complete curtain OF
greenery. studded in June and July with deep
purple flowers. In the center box fuchsa, hello
trope musk, hardy ferns, evergreen plants or
even a few wild primroses and wood anemones
will not refuse to bloom for a time. Saxifrages
and common houseleek are splendid window
plants for north windows where little sunshine
comes II the window faces south southeast
almost anything will grow in it. As climbing
plants clematis and morning glories good,
trained upward, and allowed to fall and form
floral screen. A hanging basket, in which few
seeds of sweet peas have been sown. will COM
plete the picture. Once the window garden is
started il needs only few minutes care every
evening to keep it in excellent condition. Copious
draughts of water should be given TO il on warm
DAYS, and all decayed leaves blossoms should
be removed as soon as they appear. Climbing
plants may need little tying from time to time,-
and other plants may be cut back little to in
duce fresh growth. but as the season advances
and the garden increases every day in fragrance
and beauty one feels that no trouble would be
equal to the pleasure il gives.
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Dreadful MRIsprops-

1.-TWO of the best malapropisms / ever
heard" says Howard Paul, were ut
tered by an old lady of obscure origin.
who lived out West. She had two daught-
ers being educated in Paris. She desired
them to return, and they pleaded for a
longer sojourn. Them girls she said,
has been so long in Paris. they begin TO
think themselves Parasites The girls
were warmly devoted to private theatre
GALS and often took part in them. Some
body told the old lady that one of her
daughters had engaged herself to a
Frenchman. one of the actors. whereupon
she exclaimed. L always said no good
would come of them amatory theatre
caIsp
An American lady who has married one
of her daughters to distinguished Eng
Iishman, is famous in her small way for
malapropisms.
Colonel" she asked a caller one after
noon. when you were in London, did you
see anything of my daughteT?"
"Why. certainly, but l thought she was
looking rather pale and delicate" MY
daughter is the most indelicate girl
know of "
The evening times., 1898-04-16
The Princess de Jofnvfrie.

The Princess de Joinville. who died
after a brief Illness, i'm Paris the other
day. was deeply loved and venerated for
her charity and Christian virtues. Born
on August ., 1924. the princess was al
ready deep in her eighth decade Fran
cesca de Braganza was Brazilian prin-
cess. daughter OF the Emperor Pedro |
and sister of the latee1mperor Dom Pc
dro ii. Her mother was the Archduchess
Leopoldine. daughter of the Austrian
Emperor Francis l.
The Princess Francesca was married
to the Prince de Joinville, the sailor son
of King Louise Philippe of France. IS
pears ago. The prince first saw his bride
in 1887, when. in course of a cruise in
American waters. he touched at Rio Six
pears passed before he saw her again
In the meantime he had been much press
ed by his father and mother to get mar
ried, and he humorously relates how he
and his brother, the Due de Nemours re-
sisted these parental opportunities. In
1913. however. he began to think seriously
Of marriage himself. and thereupon his
thoughts wandered to the pretty little
Brazilian princess with whom he had
romped al Rio six years ago. They were
married at Rio de Janeiro in 1913.
When the revolution of 1873 broke out
the Princess de Joinvine was at AlgierS
with her husband. She quilted French
soil with him and her hrother-in-law. the
Due d'Aumale. and all took refuge in
England. Ii was not until after the fall
Of the Empire. % years later that the
princess was able to return to the sunny
land in which the first few years of her
married life had been gayly and happily
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Women md Their Hands

Judging by the awkward disposition most wom-
en- make of their hands, there is not sufficient
stress laid upon what to do with the hands
in finishing schools. This is an important ele-
ment in department, a little observance will
make clear 10 any looker-on. IL appears to be
the most difficult of achievements for most girls
and women to keep their hands quiet. This is
unfortunate, not alone for the cause of good man.
ners. but also ON aesthetic grounds as well the
melancholy fact being that the hands of the ma
jority even of the leisure class are not well
formed-a defect that even costly and multitud-
nous rings do not conceal. Movement naturally
makes the hands conspicuous, and as few women
have studied hand posing the chances that
the most eraceie0 positions will be assumed
snd defects thus accentuated Looking about at
a dinner or on any occasion when hands are barred
one can but wish that glove-wearing were more
extensively prRcticed than Il is. hand has
The evening times., 1898-04-16
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remarkable flrore has lately possessed women
for turquoises Turquoise hearts are considered
by far the most dainty and desirable of all the
big ieweled hearts worn pendants. Large oval
turquoises in special request for rings, and
worn quite as much by men as by women, and
turquoise beads now being introduced instead
of pearls to stud the fine gold chains to which
eyeglasses and fans suspended. Another nov
city in love tokens. and Of the most eccentric
ideas emanating from the brain of Nine. La
Mode, is "the beloved eye" This, of course, is
not the genuine article, but a miniature painting
Of the human eye done most exquistely on ivory,
and set about with precious stones, and is either
by the enamored swain as a watch charm
or, clasped by long, slender chain, nestles be-
meath the lace on his lady's bosom. The paint
ing Of the eye alone is by means trivial task,
and the one who wishes to offer presentment of
his her optic to the beloved must give
many sittlngs TO the miniature painter in order
20 enable him 10 produce the exact color aud
expression. so the fad for beloved eyes, is too
eccentric and too costly 10 be lasting,
The evening times., 1898-04-16

This is the balmy time of year when the sub
urban woman dons her check apron, arms herself
with a freckle-evading hat and pair of garden
shears and sallies forth to make her garden
thing of beauty and source of envy to her neigh
bors The woman who has a garden is favored
mortal at this time of year. While she digs
and delves she ahsorbs more iron from the earth
than she could obtain from ton of Blaud's pills,
and while she grows roses in her cheeks as well
as in her garden she forgets her grievances and
remembers her blessings. She longer envies
her friends whose city apartment comprises the
maximum OF comfort and the minimum of house
wifely cares. She forgets her winter shopping
trips, the long, weary journeys to town, running
for the train in the gray morning and coming back
at night, worn, weary and heavily laden only
to find that she has forgotten her most important
purchases and left two packages in the train.
She remembers how warm and stuffy her city
friends pretty apartment looked when she went
in to take lunch with her one balmy day. how
the street sounds almost deafened one, and how
oppressive the Turkish cotches and wintry color
ings seemed after the airy coolBess of her own
bamboo-fuunisbed verandaE And she looks at her
morning glories and honeysuclles, trained TO
Chamber up and twne around the windows, and
almost ready to burst into bloom; at the tall
lilac bushes, standing like sehtinels at eitheer
side OF the gate and at fhe crescents and stars
and squares and circles that will soon be radi-
ant flower beds, and she willingly admits that
her lines are cast in pleasant places
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Lo and the spaniard.

(From the Omaha World Herald)
1t would be about an even thing so
far as barbarity is concerned 10 pit 5000
Sioux against an equal number Of Span
iards. The Sioux do not take any par
ticuIar pride in raiding hospitals. and the
Spaniards do not scalp the dead This
evens up things to some extent. The
Sioux ScOrns to resort to poison and ly-
ing. and the Spaniard delights in rayish-
ing helpless women and making war on
innocent children. In an open field with
with no favor 5000 Sioux warriors could
be depended on TO whip 10000 Spaniards.
and do it without sweating a war bonnet
or crocking a single streak of war paint.
There would be no particular credit TO
the United States to whip Spain to a
frazzle IL would be very much like San
dow whipping crippled newsbOy. But il
would be about even-steven between what
Sioux warriors this country could secure
and the entire Spanish army. Let US
enlist the Sioux and send them to Cuba.
Our word for 1t that within six hours
after the landing of the bucks on Cuban
soil the Spanish soldiery would be Jump
ing off into the sea. Lo has done con-
siderable fighting against the govern
ment, and now that he is ready to make
some amends by fighting for the Gov
ernment his change of front should be
used to advantage. He is fully as civil
lied in the matter of waging war as the
cowardly scoundrels who blew up war
ships under the guise of friendship and
wage war against defenseless women. in
nocent children and inmates of hospitals.
The only bad f-a about putting the
Sioux up agsi- Spanish is that it
would result ii on few Indians
who might in time Eecome fully civilized.
This objection, however. will not lie
against Spanish soldiers.
The evening times., 1898-04-16

institution. The champion from VS..
consin had merely a speaking acquaInt,
ance with pie. but when he warmed q
the work he soon caught and passed
his man. He won = match but ruins
ed his indigestion In fact ne became
| SO enfeebled that he could barely man.
age fifteen pies. which. Of course was
no meal for a champion Having lOsi
his indigestion and money. he driftad
TO Ottawa and took 10 numbering
/ Among the pines he recovered his n0rs
NAL powers. but found IL necessary q
| spend all Of his wages in grub. the
usual ratiOns being only enough "a
| whet his appetite. That was how he
come to be in the condition which
saw him.
And this interested me so much that
1 said I'd stand him d square meal
| He said:
You don't mean it,
II said / did He frightened up al
once and said he would have been salts
fed with a dollar. but preferred
square meal / took him to a restaur-
ant and picked out one that was not
too expensive. He ordered three porter
house steaks. The order made me sit
up, but L said nothing. He ate the
three and then three more. not TO men,
ton enough vegetables to I'LL a London
coster' cart. IL was a costly meal,
but / felt satisfied. The man from
Wisconsin may have been a hog. but
he was no liar. When he had finished
devouring all there was in the place.
asked him il there were any other
champion eaters around. He said there
was one, a Jacques Martin, of Hull
which is opposite ottawa. who called
himself the champion Of Quebec. Wis
consin declared that he would only be
too happy to engage in a contest with
the Frenchman. The latter had a
hacker and / arranged a match with
him on the spot for $500 a side. The ar
ticles of agreement were signed and the
men matched to eat SOUP. When I told
Wisconsin what I had done he looked
scared and said I had better call the
match of. 1 said the money was up
Then you had better hedge. he ans
wered. / wanted to know why and he
said. L never could eat-soup.'
THE idea Of WiscOnsin's not being
able to eat soup or anything else made
me laugh / told him to get into con-
ditiOn and do his best.
The night Of the match came. There
was large crowd. for the fame OF the
two men had spread through the land.
The soup was in bowls. Every bowl
held nearly a quart. Wisconsin was in
good condition. He had neither eaten
nor drunk for twentyfOur hours.
Frenchy looked hungry as a wolf. At
the word each man seized a bowl of
soup. In a moment il was gone. For
fifty bowls they kept level. Then Mar
tin began to forge ahead. but so slow
Iy that / never lost heart. AT last
Frsnchy finished his hundredth bowl.
Wisconsin picked up his ninety-eighth.
Then he laid it down. Then he pick
it up again. made an effort. and swal-
lowed the contents. ne put the bowl
down and burst into tears. / asked
him what he was crying about He
said he knew he couldn't eat soup and
told me so. and that now his reputation
as a champion eater was probably
damaged beyond repair.
still there was one thing about Wis
cOnsin: he always knew when he had
enough"
The evening times., 1898-04-16

A French surgeon at Smyrna, wishing
to procure a stork. and finding great
difficulty in doing so. on account of the
extreme veneration in which these birds
are held by the Turks. stole all the eggs
out of a nest and replaced them with
those OF hen. In course of time the
young chickens made their appearance
much to the establishment of the old
stork couple. Soon after the male stork
went away and was not seen for two
or three days. when he returned with
an immense crowd of his companions,
who all assembled in the place and
formed a circle. taking no notice of the
numerous spectators which so unusual
an occurrence had collected. Mrs. Stork
was then enticed forward into the midst
of the circle and after some consulta-
ton. the whole flock fell upon her and
tore her TO pieces: after which they i'm
mediately dispersed and the nest was
abandoned.
A pair of martins, having built in a
corner of a window. one OF which, from
a remarkable white feather in one of
its wings was known 10 be the same
bird which had built there the year be-
fore. had no sooner finished their nest
than a strange swallow conceived the
plan of taking possession of the prop
erty and once or twice actually succeed
ed i'm driving the owners out. For a
week there was constant battling. At
length the two rightful owners were
observed to be very busily engaged in
lessening the entrance into the nest,
which. i'm short time. was so reduced
that ii. was with difficulty that they
could force themselves into it singly.
When they had accomplished their OBJ
ject. one or other of them always re-
manned within. with its bin stidking
out, ready to receive any sudden attack.
The enemy persevered for week, but
at length. finding its prospects hopeless.
left the pair to enjoy the fruits of their
forethought.
The evening times., 1898-04-16

tuc WOllu utcQS the SUPPORT
and reinforcement of that wonderful
ton {" originated by Dr. r. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician of the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, NJ Y, and
one of the most eminent of living special
lists in treating the ailments of women.
Co.. Tenn, in a recent letter TO DR. Pierce writes:
81 am now thirty-six years old and have given
birth to ten children. Eight only are living /
have twin boys six years old. The same spring
all spring and summer with female complaint;
had IL 50 badly could hardly walk around the
house without feeling worse was restless at
night, sleep almost left me and was almost a
skeleton. did not cali my doctor as had tried
the doctors twice before when was down with
the same trouble, and my husband paid out a
great deal for me. / received no lasting benefit;
] had almost lost all hope of ever being able TO
do anything. My husband had to work very
hard and could not even attend to the babies
No one can know the distress of nv mind as
well as body. DR.. Pierce's Favorice Prescription,
was the only medicine that seemed to do me any
good. After 1 had taken the first bottle and
part of the second, could sleep well and all my
troubles began TO get better. / believe I took
eight bottles and then felt like different
person. ] gave birth to another bebyx nd my
old complaint came back began IsIng the
Favorite Prescription aud was soon relieved
and was able to do my work, including the
washing"
Mothers would be immensely helped in
raising their children strong and healthy
by the sound professional advice contained
in DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser. This thousand-page book will be
sent free for Al one-cent stamps to pay the
coH Of mailing only. Address, Worlds
Dispensary Med. Assn, Buffalo, N. Y, or
send 81 stamps for cloth-boun copy.
The evening times., 1898-04-16
JUDITH AND HoLoFERNEs.
Aldrich's Poem Interpreted by MIRA
Bertha kuntx Baker.

Mrs. Bertha Kuntz Baker a day or two
ago gave before the Young Women :
Christian Association In New York q
reading from the prose and verse of
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. concluding with
his Judith and Holfernes-"
Before beginning the reading of the lat
ter Mrs. Baker gave little Introduction.
I'm which she declared that for the melo-
dy and stately rhythm of Its blank
verse. for the classical beauty of its
figures. for dramatic unity and interest,
and for its noble ethical import IL stands
unsurpassed. II not unparalleled. in the
whole volume of American literature.
As interpreted by Mrs. Baker the Bib
lical tragedy became a contribution to
dramatic literature. An ideal Judith.
proud in stature and with voice modu-
lated TO carry the rich beauty of the
poem. the beautiful Jewish woman of
centuries ago lived again
In conversation with a reporter. Mrs.
Baker gave an interesting account of her
meeting with Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
and his estimate of his own work.
Mr.. Aldrich," she said, lis much
averse to having anything TO do with his
own works. Il work at them so long,
he declared, that L get tired OF them
He heard OF my reading his Judith and
Holofernes' from friend, and said he
would be glad to meet me but he didn' {
want to hear his poem. His wife finally
persuaded him to come to one of my read d.
ings and then he was both generous and
cordial in his appreciation. Before this
he said he did not see how In the world
i could get people to listen to that spe-
cial poem. but afterward he wrote my
manager: Though the poem is very long
and serious. and not all the kind usually
popular, L can fancy her holding the in
terest of an audience. She will never
ind colder or more exacting audience
than | was
Mrs. Baker believes in the art Of read
ing as an interpretative art, and thinks
that great poems and dramas need to be
interpreted through the living voice be-
fore they can be fully realized or appre-
ciated.
The evening times., 1898-04-16
A Musical Prodigy.

Miss Helen Kalmbach is a little Phila-
delphia girl, who promises to make a
name for herself in the musical world.
Although she is but eight years old, she
is already an accomplished violin player.
She has appeared in public several times
with much success. 1t is her parents
desire that she spend five years more in
America and then finish her musical edu-
cation in Europe.
The evening times., 1898-04-16

Some cough mixtures
smother the cough. But the
next breeze fans it into life
again.
Better put the cough out.
That is, better go deeper
and smother the fires of in
flammation. Troches can
not do this. Neither can
plain cod-liver oil.
But Scott's Emulsion can.
The glycerine soothes and
makes comfortable; the hy-
pophosphites give power and
stability to the nerves; and
the oil feeds and strengthens
the weakened tissues.
soc. and $I.oo all druggissA
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists. New York.
The evening times., 1898-04-16

sister must know no difference. III a SOL
der of your own nation and a Span-0
beg pardon. war is not declared. and /
hope 1t won't bel and one of any other
nation both lie wounded, you must give
your first attention 10 whichever lies
nearer. IL you fail to do this. and IL be-
comes known, your resignation will be
asked for. The Red Cross does not rec
Ognize nationality. creed, or SEX"
The evening times., 1898-04-16
Neglected Lessons.

A mother leaves her child with a nurse.
whom she has perhaps had hardly over
night, while she goes to some club or So
ciety to be instructed. perhaps by some
unmarried woman, in the theories of child
culture, and then she goes home too
tired to let the children come near her
even to try the new theories upon them.