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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
TO SUCCEED BLIND TOM.

New York. Nov. 9.-In one of the
cheap tenement negro quarters OF
| New York City Mary Ledline played
with her little dusky companions. She
was as fat as a butter bail, and had
almost as much shape to her as a
blackberry dumping. Her head was
! topped with black wool, braided UP
tight and tied with a narrow red rib
bon-surtopped again with a. red puck
cred crowned wool hat. The balance
OF the dumping was covered with a
blue WOODEN dress, clean, but carefully
patched.
"Matties' friends noticed that every
time the child could get at a piano she.
with no knowledge whatever of the
technique of music, was able TO coax
melody out of the ivory keys. What
Matte could do came to the knowledge
of Madame TAYLOR a woman who for
many years had been interested in mu-
steal matters. OF course, the child was
tried. and results demonstrated that
the examination must have been salts
factory. for "Mattie's" father was dead,
her mother simply common house
servant. with small wages. and there
was consequently no possibility of any
pay for lessons. Nevertheless the child
was taken in hand. and has now had
piano lessons for two years
Although Matte can read music
fairly well. the knowledge is not of
great value to her. She is a keen imi-
tator. has a musical ear of wonderful
acutene.ss. 1t is claimed that her tai
ents are nearer like those of Blind Tom
than anybody else has ever reached.
Mattie's teacher will seat herself at the
piano and execute quite a long and diff
ficult piece of music. at the end of
which the child sits down TO play II.
Her memory of melodies and her musi-
cal ear seem alike finely developed. She
may not get all the notes in at the first
attempt, but she is conscious of the
omissions and goes cropping around in
her memory for the lost chord.
1t is claimed that Matte" is the
only colored> child in the world today
that plays all of Blind TOMS music
his Della Cappa,'' ''Mockinghird.
Battle of Manassas" and all the rest.
She also plays all CT John Philip Sou
sa's music and many of the compost
tons of Chopin. But she particularly
takes to &C IN music ard that known
as rag" time.
"Matties'' accomplishments have
gotten noised abroad and managers are
on the lookout for her. She is now
under contract to go to Paris at the
time of the exposition. where she Will
appear under the single name of Ca
chuca," therein following the example
of Calve. and a number of the other
stars of first magnitude. "Cachuca's"
specialties in Paris will be Blind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

Toms" music. coon music and rag
time melodies Matte is built on
the Vulcan plan. Her hands, although
rather symmetrical are large. She has
pronouncedly and distinctly what are
known as piano fingers Her arms
are like a blacSsmith's. as to their mus
cuiar development She strikes the
ivory keys with strength and conf
denec Those who are backing the
child. of course, have confidence in
her: but even the verdict of a jury is
not so uncertain as the future of a
child prodigy.
RUTH EVER EFT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Some Queer Dining Places
Fashionable New Workers Willing to Go Anywhere For
Dainty Dish-Stable That Is Popular For Parties
Of Debutantes Vogue of Dingy
Little Chop House.

IkLucullus were to drop into Amer
lea Tor square meal or two he would
likely find that San Francisco still puts
up the best Chinese dinner in the
States; that New Orleans can prepare
oysters and coffee to beat the country.
and that fer pies and baked beans
Boston continues to hold the champion
ship. But for all-around good food
with infinite variety in it's cooking, New
YORK now stands at the head of the
list This is easily due to the fact
that the average New Yorker will, no
matter how good their meals at home
go any lengths to enjoy a genuine pal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Down For the bcneyn1ccn
Woman With Discriminating Eye Tells of Her Sketches at
Theatre and Restaurant How Some Exception
ally Good Style Gowns Fit-Other Practi-
cal and Profitable Talk

New York, Nov. 1o.-'I am having
a couch of coral colored velvet on my
new suit" said the tea-gowned hostess,
after fitting a Dresden tea cup for the
last time over her nose. my dress
maker advised me to do it, and when
she brought out her tissue paper par
eel. in which the velvet was folded, and
tossed out a yard or two of the lovely
stuff of the shade of rosy coral called
Neapolitan, I gracefully, willingly. en-
Enthusiastically succumbed to her sug-
gestion. / am glad now I did il, be-
cause I've been keeping my eyes open
lately on The street, at the theatre and
elsewhere for manifest tons. and I'M
less 1 am all wrong coral color is bound
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

top shelf of hot oven and when eaten
with the fruit they will be found crisp
and delicious 1t is well to have a re-
lay of the warm waters. ready for
second helping.
Muslin" toast also makes delicate
and digestible upper crust. A square
stale loaf should be kept for making
this toast as it is a delightful change
from crackers to serve with cheese.
Cut the bread for this purpose literally
as thin as a wafer" dry, for say half
an hour. on the shelf over the range.
When ready to serve place on very
hot tin pan in a hot oven. when ii will
brown and curl at the edges and should
be eaten while still warm. Relays of
this toast should also be sent to table,
for If allowed TO become cool. it
changes CT aracter as surely as a grid
die cake under the same conditions.
EMILY FORD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

inally a stable but now the establish
ment is as complete in its fittings as
any restaurant in Dresden or Munich.
The BelmontS and Iselins and John
Drew. dainty Julia Marlowe and Clyde
Fitch are among its patrons. because it
is possible TO get every brew of beer
there that Germany England or Amer
lea produces. and il is one of few of
the places at once most Bohemian and
entirely respectable.
Through the smoke from scores of
German pipes and American cigars you
can see Miss Shurtz dipping her osii-
cate nose in the foam of the blacklist
Munich beer while her father hobnobs
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and it's one of the experiences of the
winter for party of debutantes with
their chapercries and admirers to drop
into the stable to test new beer and
eat cabbage pickle and seed cake.
A Hungarian Atmosphere.
Further down in the island of Man
haitian in Houston street, and in East
Eighth street, are the two fashionable
Hungarian restaurants. Fashionable by
reason of their wild music and thor
ough going Bohemianism. Though so
essentially unconventional and the food
all, save the Hungarian dishes, of the
poorest quality, at both of these cafes
during the winter there is rush of
custom from the smart residence dis
trict. Chauncey Depew and even busy
Theodore Roosevelt. Richard Croker
and young Cornelius Vanderbilt enter
rooms. merely to eat a strange Hungar-
ian preparation of rice and chicken
and to enjoy the music.
Now and then the music interfereS
with the dinner, and Il is no uncom-
mon sight to see the women who are
too blase to applaud Eames' arias at
the opera house. drop their knives and
forks to applaud wildly and even take
a part in the chorus of some music hall
HicipuS tue udiiu 10 pay liz with OiiIy
such contagious fire as a Hungarian
band can play.
Free Lunch Counters For Ladies.
This autumn the acme of every wo-
mans desire. whether resident or Wis
itor in New York City, has been to eat
at one of the famous free lunch coun-
tiers in the Wall street neighborhood.
and TO do this the company of not only
man, but a relative. is necessary-for
one hour every day the swinging doors
of the most notable free lunch restaur-
ants in the country. located on Warren
street. is open to women properly es-
corted. This is the famous Stewards,
where it costs something near $1,000 a
day to provide the. salads. sandwiches,
deviled crabs cheeses. picked walnuts.
etc. served free to the purchasers of
liquor.
AT Stewards between 1 and 2 o'clock
every day it is great sight to see a
half dozen or more tailor-made suits
and French hats lined up at the coun-
ter, their wearers trying every savory
in reach. washing it down with beer
and rubbing elbows contentedIy with
workmen, clerks and brokers.
If the experience of drinking at reg
ular bar is not enjoyed by the women
at Stewards. they contrive to find their
way. and an obliging masculine escort
to "Old TOMS" in Thames street
where the bankers and brokers resort
for a genuine English chop three inches
thick. and for English ale and stout.
To this ancient chop house. a remnant
of the DAYS before the British evacrat-
ed New York. the lamented Ward Nc
Allister used To go, and nowadays such
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Their STRONG Point.

tDetrOit Free Press-J
Now. General Aguinaldo.'' inquired the
interviewer. do you think that the Fill
pinos can possibly get the better of the
Americans?'' 49,. 49,
In the long run yes and the gener-
ais eyes danced as he watched his army
preparing for a ten-mile dash into the
deeper recesses of the forest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

with some of his Teutonic chums. and
August Belmont's partner sits at a
table with his wife and daughter dis
cussing strong German cheese sand
wiches and black German coffee. Beer
and relishes and coffee is all you can
buy in the place but every rafter and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Sketches In a Restaurant.

81 do WISH" piaintively interrupted
one Of the tea drinkers, dropping a
second lump into her steaming cup. IT
knew what sort of gray one ough :, to
wear this winter. Gray is my back
ground, so to speak, just as some wo-
men cling to black and others adopt
brown or green"
why, zinc gray is what you ought to
adopt" confidently chined in the host
ess in blue Buy il by all means. in
.cameIs hair, with the outstanding nap
of that lovely material shining like
silver against the dark background of
The goods, and If you yearn after an
ldea for its makeup, let me put You
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
"Deeds Are Fruits.

Words are but leaves" Ii is not what
we say. but what Hoods Sarsaparilla
does that tells the story. The many
wonderful cures effected by this medi-
cine are the fruits by which it should
be judged. These prove it to be the
great. unequaled remedy Tor dyspepsia,
rheumatism. scrofula. salt rheum, ca
tarrh and all other ailments due 10 i'm
pure or impc ierished blood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

from the opera house with not bit
more ceremony than he does the plain
est man or woman who patronizes his
counter. All the same he has clientele
that is worth a small fortune through
the winter. and he neither enlarges his
saloon nor adds to his bin of fare.
The Stable Restaurant.
But if the oyster saloon has a big fol-
lowing, a German hoffbrau in an east
side stable has still a larger patronage.
This is a particular resort for the
younger element after the theatres and
the actors take to il kindly. 1t is big
L-shaped room. part of.which was orig
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

eventually to become as popular as
ever turquoise blue has been. The rea-
son l prognoSticate such a bright future
for this new shade is because, Ike the
blue, it is one of the few tones that
chimes in we'll with dark winter goods,
and throws color into the face.
The gown in which am to celebrate
my first appearance in coral is a black
suit quite plain of skirt, with every
seam showing a stitched down strap
running from waist to foot. There is
yoke in the top of the close fitting
waist, because l can assure you that
every blessed frock the tailorS and the
modistes turn out is yokes, for that
is where the color comes in. My yoke
is small and circular and made of coral
colored velvet completely overlaid with
ecru lace. My mgh collar is also of
velvet. covered with lace almost up TO
its lofty edge, and through the mesh
of the gray lace the warm rosy color
glints with quite a fascinating effect
THE real joy of the whole study,
however, lies in the fact that by a
judicious use of lace and velvet around
the neck and shoulders of even the
most sternly simple costume, an effect
of soft, even luxurious ornamentation
is lent, that is simply an invaluable aid
TO ones looks and yet not in the least
costly. All the rest of that gown of
mine fits from the bust down with the
snugness Of a bark on its tree. Where
the waist laps over the skirt a narrow
stitched belt of black taffeta is fas-
tened, and l want to tell you that the
back of the skirt has not a pleat nor a
wrinkle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
Matinee Notes.

81 had my lesson in skirt backs the
other day at the matinee. When 1 go
TO the matinee my motive is usually
double-barreled. I want to see the
play, of course, but | contrive to give
Up a good deal of time to the study
of the gowns, and / notice that when
stylish actresses array themselves in
stage day-gowns, the rear of the skirt
invariably fits with that smoothness
that is like nothing else women wear
but the back of a riding habit. Directly
Annie Russell got into her frou-frou
rose silk and lace dinner gown for the
last act of Miss Hobbs. 1 took stock
of her train beginning in a folded
triple box pleat at her waist, and
broadening suavely out to a distinct
fan-shaped tail upon the floor. That
was instruction enough for me. because
whatever our high-class American
actress may do. she nowadays dresses
not only as smart woman of the world
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12

Hoods Pills are non-irritating. mild
effective.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
THE BOY AT SCHOOL.

Jimmie-"Wot's de use of studyin
percentages?" Tommy-"Youse 6onf
know nuttin'. wy they uses 1t in fig.
germ the standin' of de baseball clubs. I"
n. Y. Evening World.
~Your boy seems to be enjoying excel
lent health now" remarked neighbor.
YES" replied Mr.. Bilkins, ''he hasn't
complained of an ache nor pain since
school closed" d."-Kansas City Star.
A little boy writing composition on
the zebra was requested to describe the
animal, and to mention what it is use
full for. After deep reflection, he wrote:
'HThe zebra is like horse, only striped.
1t is chiefly used to illustrate the letter
Z."-London Tit-Bits.
Teacher--Now, boys, which letter
of the alphabet do we use most fire.
quently?' Little Willie-"I know-E.' IS
That's right; how did you know it,
Willie?" "'Cause there's two of 'em
in Dewey an amt everybody talkin'
about him?'-Philadelphi Record.
''Now, boys, have a few questions in
fractions to ask said the teacher.
Suppose I have a piece of beefsteak
and cut it into 10 pieces, what would
those pieces be called?' "Sixteenths,' -
announced one boy, after meditating a
moment. Good. And when the six
teenths were cut in half, what would
they be?' There was some silence in
the class, but presently a little boy at
the foot put up his hand. "Do you know,
Johnnie?" HASH" answered Johnnie,
confdently.-N. o. Times-Democrat
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
EXTRACTED HONEY.
I'm Ordinary Circumstances 1t Brings
More Satisfactory Returns Than
Comb Honey.

1t is no doubt 4 fact that extracted
honey is most profitable for large ma
jority of the bse-keepers of the country
because they are in a measure al the
mercy of dealers who Will not pay the
price that extra fine comb honey is
worth, being obliged 10 pay nearly
level price for all that comes TO them,
because they have neither time nor in
cljnation to seek Il market for the best,
preferring to sell in lump lots. For the
bee-keeper who is near a large town or
city there is place to dispose of extra
white comb honey at price that will
make il an object TO sell in sections.
The ordinary section contains about
IA ounces of honey, worth, when eX-
tracted, not more than seven cents. If
the comb is nice and white and the sec
tions neatly filled they may be sold for
anywhere from 90 to so cents section.
Wherever there are people who can af-
ford to indulge their taste for the best
and fnest-looking products for their
table, there will be found a market for
all the first-class comb honey that is Of
fered at price that viii make extract
ing losing operation. Where comb
honey must be sold for ten cents
pound and extracted brings seven or
eight cents, the bee-keeper cannot af-
ford to sell the comb, as it costs too
much time to make il, every pound of
comb taking as much time to make as
ten pounds of honey.-Farmers' Voice.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
NOTES OF TRAVEL.

OF late there has been a noticeable
increase of tourists travel to Ireland.
People are discovering il is fine place
to spend a vacation.
Complaint is made that cheap rail-
road trippers are spelling Brighton as
an aristocratic seaside resort. If the
proposed electric trolley road from
London is built it will become as
plebeian as Coney Island.
An accident on the Orleans railroad
in France fractured the leg of a young
woman of 25. She brought suit and
the sympathetic jury awarded her
$4,000, on the ground that her value,
from matrimonial standpoint, had de-
teriorated."
The greatly increased travel to Eu-
rope this summer is reflected in the
application for passports at Washing
ton. This demand comes only from
travellers who intend to go about con-
siderably on the continent, and the
records show that so far some 1000
more have been issued than were issued
during last season.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
BACHELOR TALKS OF WOMAN.

Love would be all right as lottery
if the dice weren't loaded.
The youngest married woman that
ever lived felt older in experience than
Methuselah.
II q woman never threw herself at a
mans head, she would probably never
strike him fayorably.
When a woman puts on her fufhest,
fuzzy things it's a sign she doesn't
know what might happen.
The average mans reputation with
other women depends less on his char
Rcter than it does on his wife's dresses.
When a woman worries herself to
death about her husbands getting so
thin it's generally because she is get
ting so stout.
If there wasn't any such thing as
scandal in the world women wouldn' t
take the trouble to call on their near
est neighbors.
Eve probably thought the unfair part
of it was getting her into a scandal
where she was bound to be found out.
N Y. Press.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
SORGHUM GOOD FEED.
moss Perfect Ration for Cows
Sucking Calves.

Some are inqUiring about sugar cane
for feed. We planted about ten acres
last year, writes Tom POINTING in Breed
ers' Gazette, drilling it in with acorn
planter. We fixed the plates so ii
would drop about three seeds in place
and tended il as we do corn. We cut
and bound it with a corn-haryester.
You must be very careful in put
ting il in shock as tie tops are so
heavy it will fall over. We had no
trouble in curing ours, but we had to let
it stand in the field until we were ready
10 feed il. 1t has so very much moist
ure in it that it cannot be piled to-
gether until very late in the season.
think it made six tons to the acre after
il was cured. l would like to ask scme
one which has the most feeding quality,
sugar cane or Kaffir corn? We bought
little kaffir corn at a sale the other
day and our herdsman does not think
there is as much feeding quality in the
corn as there is in the cane. If there
is Iwould like TO plant about half kaffir
corn instead of so much sugar cane. The
trouble with sugar cane in this black
soil is that it gets so tall that the wind
blows it over. Kaffir corn will not do
this. / think the sugar cane is grand
feed for COWS sucking calves; it in
creases the richness and increases the
flow of milk. We fed grade heifer on
sugar cane alone to try it and / never
ate a better piece of beef than she
ID
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
ALUMINIUM CLOCK HANDS.
Are Lighter and Much Easier IS
Balance Than Those at
other Metal.

s'One of the finest and lightest mate
rails that is row largely used for max
ing clock hands is aluminium said
leading clock manufacturer recently.
Until quite recently the pointers of
big clocks, when not made of wood.
were composed of two thin strips of
copper. which were capped or followed
and then brought together, edge to
edge. with the rounded sides out, thus
giving strength as well as ightness.
The aluminium clock pointers are made
just in the same way as the copper ones,
but they possess the merit of being
twice as light and are far easier to bal
ance.
1T isn't unusual on large clocks to
see projecting from the base of the
long pointer and ia line with it 4 rod
with a ball at the end, this rod being
Ierhaps a third as long as the big
pointer. This rod and ball are counter
weight far the big pointer, which,
without a counter weight, would in its
movement around the dial bear uneven
lv upon the arbor or shaft which carries
it. On great clocks and often on big
tiTnepieces indoors this counterpoise is
placed inside the dial out OF sight on the
arbor.
1.-The heavier the pointer the greater
the weight required in the counter
poise; the greater the weight the more
friction on the arbor. and the more
friction the greater the power required
to drive the clock. BY the use of alum
inum pointers these drawbacks are re
duced to a minimum. ."-Washingto
Star
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

ports, between which the fowl is laid
while being picked. The head projects
from the opening, and all blood drains
into the pail outside the barrel. As the
feathers are plucked they fall into the
bottom of the barrel, and are thus
entirely unstained. The picker sits on
a box or stool at one side of the bar
rel. If more room is desired within
the barrel, saw off the top down near
ly tC the middle, thus giving larger
opening. Hens feathers DO not bring
large sum, but they should always
be saved, either for home use or for
the sum which they viii bring. which is
really clear gain.-N. Y. Tribune.