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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
Is NEAR TO EMPEROR.
MENZEL, ART ADVISER TO WILL
LIAM OF GERMANY.
He Has Long Been One of the Most
Notable Figures In Europe He Is
the Great Historical Painter Of the
Empire.
Berlin Letter.)

Herr Adolf Mcneil, who has become
the special adviser in matters of art to
Emperor William of Germany, is one
of the most notable figures of Europe.
He is par excellence the historical
painter of German ny. Through him
every child in th'.t country knows the
faces of Freder' TX the Great and the
gree. Emperor William, the two hero
monarchs of the Teutons. Although
he is now 81 years old, the great paint
er is keen of wit, brilliant of eye, and
sound of judgment. The kaiser could
have no finer or ADLER critic to prompt
his imperial taste in art. The eight
ieth anniversary of Menzel's birth was
celebrated deliberately at Berlin. The
emperor prepared a most delightful
surprise for the aged painter. When
Mcneil entered the room in which the
big reception was held he was met by
six enormous soldiers dressed in the
uniform of the time of Frederick the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
EVOLUTION OF THE KISS,
According to Analysis 1t Is Several Pro
sale Things In One.

." ohO
The kiss which Paolo IL Bello put on
he mouth of Francesca di Rimini,
which Verdi stuck into a waltz, which
Swinburne wove into verse, which
that pastry cook Bouguereau smeared
In cold cream, and which Lieut.. Hob
son distributed all over the country,
has recently enjoyed the honors of a
profound analysis, says Golfers Week
ly. In the current issue of the Revue
Scientifique it is infinitely explained.
Personally We thought we knew all
about 1t. AS usual, we were in error.
professionally, had we been asked, and
even had we not been, We stood ready
to trace 1t back to a mystic and re-
llglous origin. Privately we had pre-
sumed to regard 1t as a simple mat
ter, over which too much fuss is made.
We had been informed that it is pleas
ant, or the reverse, in direct proper
ton to tf2 maestria of the party of
the second part. We had gathered
from novels that such charm as it
possesses wanes with repetition, and
we had plenty of hearsay evidence to
the effect that delight in it Is wholly
a matter of taste. We had, therefore,
views of our own concerning it, but
never, until this minute, did we sus-
pect that it was double, and not mere
ly that, but o~lfactory and nutritive,
too. Such, however, is the case. The
olfactory kiss is Monaghan. The nu-
tritive affair is European. The Mon
golian kiss is with the nose The
European kiss is with the mouth. The
Monaghan kiss indicates hat the par
ty shifted would be an agreeable prey;
the European party inditates that the
party embraced would make a delecta-
BILE meal. They are but the different
forms of the same instinct of preserva-
ton, the give and take of wild beasts.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
SING LEE.

talked to him. Every time he came he
brought the lady a bouquet, and l said
to him, why don't you bring me a
bouquet, too?' Then he brought two
bouquets every time. Once when l felt
tired and lonely he said to me he
would take care of me, that l wouldn't
need to work any more.
THE white people make so much
trouble. l am a Catholic. I beg on
my knees that the priest will marry
us. No! MOI he says. But I beg and
beg, and I cry and cry. I taught my
husband to be a Catholic and the priest
baptized him. Then-maybe it is be-
cause of the baby, or maybe to save
my soul-he married us; but he would
not put the marriage in the book. All
the time since l was married I have
lived in Chinatown. I eat Chinese
food with chopsticks. and my own kind
with knife and fork. Sometimes I
wear Chinee clothes. My baby has a
Chinee name and a Christian name.
Her Chinee name is All Tooey; we call
her that most and she likes it best.
Her Christian name is Regina. Am I
sorry I married a Chinee? No. You
know why? I was a servant and /
could marry only the kind Of man a
servant girl has a chance to get-a
man who is rough, and knows nothing,
and drinks. So I married the Chinee.
II he talks not nicely, if his manners
are not right. If he knows not what I
know. then I can excuse him. because
he is from another country, where
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
GEN. CAPRIVI.

privi de Caprava de Montecuculi,
though he repudiated these latter pa
tronymics. The authentic history Of
his family extends back to 1924. HIS
father was a jurist high in Prussian
service. AS a young man Caprivi en-
tered the army and quickly made a
reputation. There is only one Capri
vi" the saying used to go, In COM
ment upon his ability. Attracting the
attention of Won .Moltke he was made
in 1870 chief of staff of the Tenth army
corps, and the siege and capture of
Metz was planned by him even in its
minutest details.
From the army Won Caprivi passed
at a bound to the navy in 1884, being
made vice admiral and chief Of the
admiralty, a position corresponding to
our secretary of the navy. The m
peror made the appointment, because
he knew C%aprivi's ability as a disci-
plinarian, and because he trusted his
power of adapting himself to new lines
of action. His work In creating a new
navy accomplished, Caprivi resigned
and was rewarded by being made com
mander of the Tenth or Hanoverian
army corps, the finest in the whole
army.
From this position he was called by
the young German emperor to the
chancellorship March 20, 1890, when
the resignation of Bismarck was hand
ed in. Again his ability was proved.
He mastered the intricate details OF
the commercial relations with Italy
and Austria, and it was to him more,
perhaps, than to any other that the
commercial treaties with those two
countries in December. 1891, were on
cluded. For his services here the en-
peror made him a count. In 1892 and
1893 he conducted the German army
bills successfully through the reichs-
tag. He resigned in October, 1894, and
had since lived in retirement.
Like Bismarck, Caprivi was a mar
Of blood and iron. tempered by the pol
ished suavity of the diplomat. He
was never married, and was quiet in
his habits.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
GEN. Won CAPRIVI.
LIKE BISMARCK, HE WAS A MAN
OF BLOOD AND IRON.
Came of One of the Greatest Families
Prussia-Was Considered q Worthy
Successor of the Iron Chancellor-An
Active Life.

Gen. Count George Leo Won Caprivi,
formerly chancellor for the German
empire, who died recently, was one of
the most versatile and at the same
time n of the most influential Ger
mans of the century. AS a soldier in
his early days he ranked next to Won
Moltke as the foremost warrior in
Europe. Transferred between two days
to the navy, and made admiral and
chief of the naval department of the
government, he quickly showed him
self master of that branch of the ser
vice, and he reorganized the German
navy, laying the foundations for its
present strength. Transferred once
more, this time from a military to a
civic field, Count Won Caprivi showed
himself capable of mastering the in
tr'cate details of the German foreign
policy, and became a not unworthy
successor to Bismarck.
Caprivi was born in 1881. and &C
cording to the heralds he rejoiced in
the full name of George Leo Won Ca
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
THEY ARE ~"BOHEMIANS."
And the Life Does Not Do Them Any
Harm.

81 can't help being worried about
Janet" said Aunt Jane. 1T may be
my country bringing up, but she talks
so much since she came to the city to
study art about being a bohemian that
| can't help being worried about the
dear child" quotes the New York
Times. Don't allow yourself to be
worried" said Cousin John, who lives
in the city, dryly. "Janet's bohemian
ism is not more dangerous than that
of a great many girls in the city, es-
pecially art students, who like to throw
a glamor of romance around their
lives. 1t merely means that where
Janet never thought of getting down
stairs before breakfast was ready when
she was at home, she now gets up
and makes her own coffee and takes it
with a dry roll; it means that whereas
she would never wear a hat that did
not come from a good milliner's, she
will now fix up a big plumed velvet
affair herself, and that whereas she
was always too busy at home to assist
in any of the household duties, she
now sweeps out her own studio when
it gets so thick that she can't stand it.
She may, too, if she is feeling particu-
larly like a wicked bohemian, stay at
home from church some Sunday morn
ing to do it. To put it all in a nut
shell, Janet's bohemianism merely
means that she has voluntarily re-
nouaced all the comforts of home and
spends more money in doing without
them han she would have to pay for
a very good amount of civilization. 1t
won't do her any harm and she will
at least learn how to make coffee and
perhaps a few other things. There are
a good many bohemians of this kind in
New York. They are entirely inof-
fensive."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22

The monogrammed glove is the very
latest thing, and, Of course, It Is worn
only by the extremists OF fashion. To
make the monogrammed gloves you
get a pair Of plain kid gloves. with as
little stitching upon the back as pos
sible. Black and white are the best
colors. Now mark upon the back of
the gloves your monogram, or get It
stamped there. With silk the color
Of YOU walking dress you now en-
broider the monogram, making It
about the size of a quarter. You will
find that 1t is very becoming to the
hand, and the custom of wearing the
embroidered glove will grow upon you
until you will want no other.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
HAVANA COW MUST GO.
Against the Housing of Cattl,
In Dwellings,.

Crusade Against the Housing of Cattle
In Dwellings.
The sanitary authorities have begun,
As predicted some weeks ago, the cru
SADIE against the housing of cattle in
dwelling places throughout the city
Of Havana. Several hundred head of
milk cows were driven from residences
along the Prado, the finest section of
the city, and the majority Of these
were sold by their owners The lowest
price paid was $3.50 per head, and the
highest $210. These figures will seem
enormous to American dairymen and
farmers. who are able to purchase good
milk cows for $40 each, but when the
cost of good beef is 81 cents per pound,
and the price of milk $3.50 a gallon, the
prices here are taken into considera-
ton, the rate Is not excessive. Amer
leans who have been obliged to pay
IL centavos per glass for milk here
are still wondering how the poor live.
The latter do not drink sweet milk,
that is certain. The purchasers of
the cows removed from residences in
tend to take them into the country,
where there is abundant pasture. The
fodder formerly supplied them was the
coarsest kind of grass, more like young
cornstalks than anything else, and this
fodder was fed to the cattle in stalls.
They were not given beds to lie upon,
and from standing and lying on the
cold stone floors of their stables the
majority contracted sores on hoof and
body, and could scarcely walk when
taken by the attendants to the drink
ing place, generally at the real of the
stable. The American authorities have
the blessing of the Cuban cattle, If
they haven't that of the Cuban senior.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
A Curious Collection.

A young lady, the daughter of a
west of England country gentleman,
prides herself on possessing what is
probably the most numerous collec-
ton of luggage and hotel labels in e.
istence. In the albums in which the
specimens are pasted are to be found
labels from all quarters of the globe.
San Francisco hotels are represented
by fully half a dozen specimens. There
are no fewer than 156 from railways
and hotels of the Indian Empire. Can
ada, Samoa, New Zealand, China,
Japan, Cairo, Russia, Asiatic Turkey.
ALI have their sections allotted to
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
MRS. SING LEE AND CHILD.

MRS. SING LEE AND CHILD.
skin Is creamy white as the cup of a
Gala lilly, her hair is like pale amber,
and her eyes are as blue as the corn
flower loved by Kaiser Wilhelm's faith
er. The husband of Mrs. Sing Lee is
a Cbinese-sleek, fat, yellow-skinned,
almond-eyed, cat-footed, detestable-
Just a common Chinese cook with
blouse and queue, who earns $40 a
week So weeks in the year over the
saucepans In a boarding house. Seven
years ago Mrs. Sing Lee had never
seen a Chinese outside of a picture
book.
Seven years ago she was Hedwig
Brossok, a rosy-cheeked, fair-haired
Deutsches maedchen fresh from a con-
vent. She had spent all her life from
the time she was three till she was 16
years old within convent walls, and
she was just come home to her father,
q well-to-do brewer in the province of
Pomerania, and to her young step
mother. 81 always feel happy-my
heart SO light sing, l dance, l laugh
Ai NNy az vas Inv iol JOu
call 1.-THE butterfly or the humming
bird" she says of herself then. But
the stepmother and the daughter from
the convent somehow didn't hit it off
we'll together, and the father, after the
fashion of men, agreed with the step
mother. Then Hedwig Brossok, with
no more knowledge of the world than
the Onnt1o Cictnrc mh1 have fD,,urD,n
1t could teach her, ran away to Amer
lea. And-as the way was so long and
there was peace in his household-her
father let her go. And now Hedwig
Brossak, as Mrs. Sing Lee, lives Chi
nee fashion," in a chill cubby-hole on
Waverly place, between Sacramento
street and Clay, and when the day is
fair she watches from her windows
the people of her race going back and
forth on the cable cars. They never
come her way and she never goes
theirs. 1t is a long way from a con-
vent in Pomerania to an alley in Chi
uatown.
You would like to know" said
Hedwig Brossak, who is Mrs. Sing Lee,
why | married a Chinee. 1t was like
this: l was all alone in San Francisco
no friends, nobody. | worked all
day long, from early in the morning
until late at night, and l got so tired,
and then I think, What will become of
me?' l see nothing else. The Chinee
| married came every night to where I
worked and | was in the kitchen and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
(San Francisco letter.

One of the strangest life stories in
all the United States is being lived out
in Chinatown. 1t is the story Of Mrs.
Sing Lee. The story of Mrs. Sing Lee
is the story of what fate brought to
a young girl who ventured into the big
world alone. and it is a story for faith
ers and mothers. There are fathers
and mothers all the world over who
lose the burden of responsibility too
readily; who willingly, selfishly, care
lessly, let their nestlings fly too soon;
and it may be that fate has made Mrs.
Sing Lees life into a weird poster
picture for such as these. Mrs. Sing
is German born and convent bred.
She is sweet voiced and gentle man
nered, with something of the pensive
prettiness Of the Marguerite type. Her
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
The Wrong Man.

Some time ago a well-known Irish
man was dining with Lord Hampden,
governor of New South Wales. Wish
ing to pay a compliment to his host
the Irishman commented Upon the fact
that his e~xcellency's family had all
been true to the cause of Ireland, with
one exception. 1--WE Irish never could
forgive that brother of yours who
sided with Game for the Unionists in
the great division of 1886. We used
to call him the Brand of Came" "Ah!'
observed the governor, good-humored-
Iy, 81 was that brother"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
EUROPE'S ART TREASURES.
our Miiilonaires Buying the Best of
the Old Worlds Store,

Our Millionaires Buying the Best of
the Old Worlds Store. a
Inc importation of foreign antiques
lot rlcn Americans increases every
year. The custom house officials will
tell you so, and the bric-a-brac COL
lectors echo the assertion. What with
their fortunes and their determination
to own what is best, our millionaires
SO far outbid all ambitious European
buyers at the sales hat by and by
very rev of the really good antiques
will be left on the other side. In ex-
empli1cation of this was a recent in
teresting duel played between Lord
Rosebery and Mr.. Berwind of New
York over a desk of richest inlay once
used by Napoleon. Lord Rosebery is
a rich man. but the American capped
every bid till the earl could not follow
his rival, and reluctantly let the desk
go. The other collectors felt, as Lord
Rosebery asserted, that the Americans
are grasping everything. Benjamin
Gable, the wealthy ex-congressman,
VINO Is preparing to build in Washing
ton a copy Of a Partisan hotel of the
Louis XIV. period, has purchased for
its interior adornment a perfect ex-
ample of the Louis Quinze decoration
In Venice. Though he buys this great
venetian palace, he proposes to use a
half of it only. All the inside walls
will be carefully sliced out, brought
over and applied to the Washington
house. Mr.. Gable is not experiment.
ing; old Dutch and English houses,
Flemish ceilings and English STAIR
ways are brought over whole or in
part every year..
To propose to her husband that she
would like to import a palace is no
unusual within. Mrs. Forbes-Leith,
whose husband is one of the great
western steel manufacturers, procured
the walls, stairway and floor for the
hall in her splendid house on Park
avenue, in New York, from the home
of a Dutch nobleman. Our wealthy
ambassador to Italy, Gen. Draper, has
purchased a magnificent room in the
famous Borghesi palace in Rome. His
purchase includes not only the tapes
tries and furniture in it, but the floor,
ceiling, wall, doors, window easements,
chandelier and fireplace. J.. ]. Van
Allen, in his Elizabethan house in New
port, has imported room after room
for the lovely mansion, as he was able
to find what he wanted in E%lizabethan
houses abroad and could arrange to
purchase. So far as the interior shell
of the house goes, it is as genuine and
as old as Charlecote park itself. This
is all perfectly done, because there are
men in Europe who understand to a
nicely the art Of ~dismantling ancient
buildings, packing all the parts and
setting them up again, while as to the
price, our millionaires are able to at
tend to that.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
MRS. ROOSEVELT A DIPLOMAT,
The Secret of Her Success In Keeping
Herself from PublIcitv.

AAo SuStChs IN nccpl1k
Herself from Publicity.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's success in
avoiding public notice must be a mar
vel to the wives of other public men,
says Harper's Bazaar. 1t has been a
marvel to the reporters themselves,
especially when they have realized that
in spite of office orders from without
and the promptings of journalistic in
stinct from within they were aiding
and abetting Mrs. Roosevelt in her de-
sire for seclusion. From June until
January reporters were continually
making pilgrimages to Oyster bay to
secure interviews with Mrs. Roose-
welt. After the election, moreover,
there were a dozen reporters quartered
at the village hotel, making daily, al
most hourly, trips to Sycamore hill,
the c%olonel's place. Naturally, these
newspaper men saw Mrs. Roosevelt
and the children so often that they
soon had material enough for exhaus-
tive studies of the whole family, indi-
of the reportorial pilgrims, and IN
spite of the corps which stayed on the
ground, the Roosevelt family has sell
dom been more than mentioned in the
papers. The secret of Mrs. R~oosevelt's
success in keeping herself from I'M
pleasant publicity lies in her tact and
her sincerity. The two traits do not
always go together, but they are pow
erful allies when they do. The repor-
tiers who were obliged to visit Saga
more hill daily might easily have been
made by the mistress of the house to
feel that they were intrusive. Yet one
of them said that in all of those weeks,
in spite of their often inopportune
calls, Mrs. Roosevelt never once made
them feel that they were out of place,
even though their own common sense
told them they were. AS the same man
said: There's honor even among re-
porters, or at least there's gratitude.
We knew Mrs. Roosevelt's wish to
keep herself and the children out of
the papers, and after her courtesy to
us we were glad to respect that wish"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
ON MOUNT vESUVIUS.

There are three things in Italy
every traveller aims to see-St. Peters,
the Coliseum and Vesuvius. 1t takes
on top of the mountain. 1t is a solid,
handsome structure, some three stories
high and contains a museum and
various instruments, the most impor-
tant Of which is the electromagnetic
seismograph, which records the time.
extent and direction Of every move-
faint. From the balcony of this build
ing is obtained the best view of the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
Bill Blue and His Engine.

The Philadelphia Record tells Of a
railway engineer named William Blue,
who was master Of locomotive No. 2.
One of the iues in the boiler Of his
pet engine blew out and he was stalled,
blocking the main line. His report
to the division superintendent was un-
Willingly as follows: Engine two
blew out a few; wat'll 1 do? Bill
Blue" In twenty minutes Bill got this
answer: "Bill Blue: You plug your
fiue in engine two and pull her through
In time to get out of the way Of TWEEN
ty-two."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
HALL"
Singular Names on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.

Maryland.
A Chestertown (Md.) correspondent
writes to the Baltimore Sun: The
tearing down of the old ~hip-roofed res
idence of God Smith," known as
"Milktoddy hail." recalls one Of the
most interesting characters in the To-
cal history of Kent county. God
Smith" and "Milktoddy hall" are cur
ious names, and here is the curious
history of their origin: Kent county
like every other inhabitable spot on
the globe, has always had many men,
bers of the numerous Smith family.
Nathan Smith married a Miss God,
and to distinguish him from all other
Smiths he was ever afterward known
as God Smith" "Milktoddy hall"
Well, the story goes that God Smith"
had a serious stomach trouble, render
ing 1t impossible for him to taxi any
solid food. So a liquid diet was de-
termined upon, and milk toddy as the
particular liquid. In over fifteen years
he never took a mouthful of any solid
or of other liquid than milk toddy. II
he left home the ever present bottle
OF milk toddy went also; II he stayed
to supper or dinner he tool his place
at the board, but milk toddy took its
accustomed place at his plate. and the
toddy constituted his only refreshment.
After fifteen years Of thriving on his
chosen diet he determined to venture
on a bit of solid food. But with the
experiment came death. The weaken
ed stomach gave way and "God
Smith," the proprietor of "Milktoddy
hail." passed away.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
ADOLPH MENZEL.

Great. These soldiers brought their
ancient muskets to present" before
the painter. The contrast between
the uniformed giants and the dimfnu-
tive artist, by whose skill their uni
forms had been made familiar to
everybody, was most amusing and pa
thetic. Not long ago the Berlin
sculptor. Karl Pracht, made a portrait
statue of Herr Mcneil which was a
most faithful likeness of the little
mar as he appears daily in the streets
of the capital. This statue has been
placed in the Berlin Academy of Fine
Arts.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-22
Air We Commune.

A man with a penchant for compu.
tation has calculated that when we are
at rest we consume 500 cubic inches OF
air a minute. If we walk at the rate
of one mile an hour we use 800, two
miles 1000, three miles 1000, four
miles, 1890. If we start out and run
six miles an hour we consume 5000
cubic inches of air during every min
ute of the time.