New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-24
GATHERED HERE AND THERE.


There is city in the country given to win
dow gardens the National capital The window
lodges OF all the great houses in Washington are
riotous with flowers and even the painest little
house has window box filed with nasturtums or
some pretty patch of color. Sometimes the most
effective window gardens achieved from the
simplest flowers. There Is a well known society
woman who has a fad for sWeetpeas and the
front Of her house is beautiful TO behold with
masses Of them on every window ledge. OF course,
they beautifully laid out in dark green boxes.
and carefully trained and clipped. The other day
an old darby whose wool has begun to whiten
passing. and stopped short TO look at the of
bloom which had caught his eye. He gazed with
admirad ton soon superseded by establishment as 1t
dawned on him that all that beauty came from
while he shook his head and said: MY Lawd, ef
some pussons was to plant a jewsharp 1t I'd
come up a piannerr'
Southern Justice has decided that bcyclists
have some rights among them reasonable right
of way A colored youth was arrested for
ming a woman and pleaded in excuse that
there room to get around her. The com
plainant arose. She was three hundred and fifty
pounds or thereabout in weight. and she gasped
for breath.
''Doan yer see now de trubbul had in gittn'
round her, ledge Briles?" exclaimed the prisoner
in pitifu and beseeching tones
1.-The spectacular evidence is CONVINCING the
Recorder said.
Use de pusson ruined ober by dat good for muffin
dc esce in dis kentry perfect de folks frum
desc bicurcles, den we mout as well GIT houti No
show Ter git GROUND de oman the boy cried out;
the Recorder. and will dismiss this case on the
ground Of justdcation The prosecutor IN TINS
That Queen Victoria is a faithful patron of Irish
lace and linen is we'll known. 1t IS not so gener-
ally known however that her liking for the linen
f{O hat no iS
s simplest kitchen cloth must be made OF irish
In the large colony of stay-in-towns the Dutch
party" is popular this summer. 1t is arranged In
this wise. Some writes: "A Dutch party
every one to pay for HIMSELF Is proposed for Fri
day evening. Dinner at So and Sos at $50
roof garden, vaudeville later, supper wherever the
majority decides VIII you join us?' and the party
is easily made up Any man invited can attach
himself as escort TO any unacompaned woman. and
pay her share of the expenses II ne wishes 10;
in many cases the woman prefers to settle the
account herself unless she has been asked 10
Sometimes the scheme is varied by little excur
sion from Saturday to sunday, OF course with
ample chaperonage
traveller from New-Orleans visited Boston
recently and is moved remark thereon after
+bts manner: with US woman works only
| because she must subsist herself-of course, you
: don't believe that those several gentewomen we
could name keep boarders for company. mere
thew work because they want to be useful or fol
low, bent or make a career, though it be only an
| b,r,b,A one after all. Instead Of affecting a
| woman's social position through her employment
| if IT be honest she is given, inversely' hsher
| status So the Boston saleswoman, equipped WIN
a good education and with undeniaoiy gehlle man
rers sells her goods in the manner OF LransaCtIt5 s
friendly little personal matter ana ieates 80 ~
Impression and sense OF pelLs Hal1 hon yo, 81,
! the customer. She Will not sIlVeI a. 80 a.
m see bathrobes with bleat on the nrst {"o le.
ters puC d 7 narrI the English vowel right through
her sentences without overlooking 3ie, ~ nbot
direction TO take to reach the Union Depot. IaRe
such a car for the station she rePheu' 9oio"'
! haughtiy.'
.r,, vacant movement in favor of bringing China
an from California for domestic service by way
- +.l,no that much mooted problem, has received
an enectual quietus by late Developments me
chinese have been employed In Cahfornia as mousse
servants with some success, but are sure 10 De eA
+ror,a1v untruthful and untidy In many ways Ihey
! have pleasant way of leaving without moment 5
| o.ioa and having the way for a return, II they
should SO deSre TO p other servants One ingenious
and unecrupuIous rascal left cabaiisoc NIs ppf
Lon M Ch{naman easy. Plant him in back yard
one week Naturally the success9r when ne t saw "
the notiGg eif neighboring house through whom it
reached the man sno ID no? 'No plenty eat
o.o ., ~. newest Photographic "hendishnesses"
| clatr
! lilies Il Il not enough that siren Whistles stedln
! -,,hietIes elevated and surface car rumohnss anu
t,,c,stars cries should torture the nerves Oh ue-
farcaIess citizens? The diabolical contrlVahce was
| ir,anded originally to shout warnings from HstI-
bnHaes hut the simple innocence OF that lua "eS
lCort lived Its possibilities as an engine ol ola
| - once suggested themselves ana II IS proposec
a. &c u 70 reproduce plantation ana other SONGS,
cCrnc recitations and political speeches. az oPen m
COLL bIies surely the Society for the Suppression
| OF Unnecessary Noises shoulu 'aNe ~ ~
o its Introduction.
There never was better example OF optimism
.ha, that shown at MafekinR during the siege
All sorts of amusements were devised 10 urdW
~ attention OF the sufferers from their condition
EVEN their privations were made themes TOT JEST
nd At n book tea" several OF the hits were
made by burlesques of their dangers bones anu
=, was symbolized by design OF skuli ana closs
homes THE Light That Failed" was Indicated by
che Ton of a parafIine tin, that commodity Whlch
| sr,ers TO the American kerosene, having come
| - on end long before. Baden-Powel set the pace
| ,d was followed in gallant fashion by men ana
! Yemen in the starving town. An up-to-date poet
| nressed the general admiration of the Colonel In:
| =, can sit behind a rock and gnaw file
1T,tb as much contentment and as broad smile
A. n = was a-banqueting IN style-5aueil-To"eIi
rpEE ENTERTAINhENT FOR WOMEN.
r,. Monday evening free entertainment at the
vo,,na Women's Christian Association. NO Eas
ANN.