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BEST AGE FOR MEN TO MARRY.
Not untii They Have Passed Twenty
hNc should They Take n VIE.

Edward Box writing in the Ladies'
Home Journal, on "a Boy for Husband Z"
contends that no young man under TWEEN
ty-hye years of age is in any sense COM
petent TO take unto himself a wife. He
lore that age he is simply a boy who has
absolutely nothing which he can offer to a
girl as a safe foundation Cor lifo- happl-
ness He is Uniformed in his character.
unsettled In his ideas, absolutely ignorant
| OF the first essentials OF what considera.
ton or love for a Woman means. lie
doesn't know himself let alone knowing
woman. He Is full OF fancies. and Il IA
ms boyish nature to fit from one fancy 10
another He is incapable of the affection
upon which love is based. because he has
not lived long enough TO know what the
FEELING or even the word means. He ia
fun OF theories, each one OF which when
he comes to put 1t into practice. will fail
He Is boy, pure and simple, passing
through that trying period through which
every boy must pass before he becomes a
man. For as his opinions of life are tc
change, SO are his fancies OF the girl no
esteems ms the only girl In the world to
make him happy. The man of thirty rare
~ weds the girl whom he faneied whan
he was twenty"
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shoes to Fastcn In the nenr.

One OF the most prolific classes OF pat
ents relates to shoes, shoe machinery and
shoe Fastening. particularly the last
Most of them are designs for improve
mepts in laces, the avoidance OF untylng,
or for their more convenient fastening
by means of glove fasteners or otherwise
something entirely novel, however, is the
design for shoe shown here, the in
veution of Harvey w. Fowler OF Chicago
ILL., Instead OF fastening the shoe in from
on the upper, as Is usual, he proposes
fastening II in the rear. The part which
serves as tongue is of enlarged proper.
tons and when unfastened 1t gives free
access TO the whole shoe. so that the foo
can be slipped in over the counter. Then
instead OF the usual lacing attachments
hall fasteners are applied TO adjacent
sides OF the back opening. and To thl
tongue, or quarter" thereby securing tn,
shoe on the foot and doing away with un,
secured. overlapping edges.
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origin of visiting Card, !,

"The use of visiting cards ai's, n
quite an antiquity" explains ~ !.
Koert Schuyler in the Ladies hsI M, 4
nal. Formerly the porter al .a ls., III 4
door of great houses kept sis's Il;
in which he scrawled MS a s ,hs i
names of those who called up' =. n N
ter and his family, and % s W.. 4 4
tion il was submitted from W. ~, III
One fine gentleman, a scion ps,, ~,
ty from the Fauhourg 81 e,a- Ia
shocked to and that his pO'.ss ,s,,st
poor register OF the names = s,ass i
had called upon him, Ins md -
written with spluttering pfn m, is
muddy ink. suggested 70 ~ a,Ios Il y!
writing his own name upon w Il ~
or bits of cardboard in aassu Nm, b'
upon his neighbors lest ~ n thstq
fare as badly at the hanas s. ~ ~ III ~
ters. This custom soon oe0'"' Z K
established" ---'
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a MEMORY,

For The Post.
When DER my heart sleeAng silence
comes
And Joy and pain their tumult raise no
more
sweet, sad recollection softly comes
To visit me, and knocks at my heart
door,
A fair and smiling face knew of ynre
Looks at me pleasantly and smiles,again
As ] have seen It smile oftlmes before;
Then on my heart-strings plays soft re-
frain
Like low ochoing OF other days again.
James NJ. Muse
Mckinney. Texas. April 20.
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The May irwin salad.

lltthpuIE Dlspatcn.
An elaborate and rather heavy salad
named for May Irwin requires six medium
sized potatoes, quartered; two cucumbers
sliced thickly; three green peppers and
two large tart apples, The dressing is
made with two parts OF oil TO one Of Vine
gar, half a teaspoonful OF mustard, one oil
Worcestershire sauce, one OF sugar, one
OF salt, half a one OF red pepper and a
crushed Glove
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FASHION SHOWS ROMAN FAD.
The Roman Princes, Roman Gowns Roman Stockings and
the Roman Heel Are Used

brought down straight at the back OF the
foot without an in-curve Of any Kind. 1t
Is high and large and cumbersome, yet
when you get used to II you rather like
II. because II Is SO new.
Roman stockings, also, are tho fads OF
the hour. They are In long straight
lines, not stripes, but points and figures
Broad panels at the knees come to point
at the ankles, Roman figures, looking
curiously like columns, extend from the
shoe top 10 the garter line, and struggling
vines go up and down the leg, giving
length and slimness where there is ten
deney to plumpness.
A Paris modiste explains this new TAD
for stockings in very common sense way.
I'm these days OF long skirts the stockings
will surely show When madame lifts her
dress the hosiery will peep out. Why not
then, make 1t for show? Why not design
the stockings so that they Will be a
joy and beauty, not a thing to laugh at?"
This has evidently been the motto OF the
new hosiery designers, for the new stock
ings are quite ideal in style
In spite OF the desperate efforts made
Ito revive the hat which is tipped down
over the eyes, the tendency is toward
the toque This term is now applied TO
the very newest OF this style of head gear
The new toque, while 1t is of straw, and
rather large looks very much like a bon
net. II sets far back on the head and Is
turned up In front and caught with few
ilowers. Soft trimmings drape the toque
and from the sides there come long
streamers OF tulle, that are brought for
ward and tied under the chin. pretty
idea In steamers, though one without any
standard OF real use to recommend It,
has one streamer which falls from the
left ear, and point just above the left
ear, and Is looped and draped under the
chin. The handsomest pins arc used to
fasten these streamers and some of the
designs are really maryels in extravagaut
Workmanship.
The crown is the most accepted decora-
ton in iewelry. This Is Victorian year.
as well as a Eugene year. and this, with
the ever increasing popularity of young
lWilhelmina makes the queenly decoration
a popular one
Infants lap robes have the French crown
Embroidered in the center, ,he yellow
made curiousy bright with gold threads.
| In pins there Is the gold crown. with
points of pearl and there are also tho
handsome rhinestone crowns, no larger
than a~ilyer quarter. with points Of tur-
quose,
Parisians are beginning to import ma
| tive American jewels one hears about
the Montana turquoise, which are said
to have largely supplanted the Persian
stones; and the Colorado opnls have taken
the place formerly occupied by the opal
OF Egypt Washington emeralds are SOLD
freely as American products, and are
quite as popular as the emeralds of the
! Caucasus 1t is really remarkable the
great vogue there is for all productl
American
The handkerchief craze, instead OF dyini
out is spreading. You have the squar,
handkerchief parasols, the handkerchief
boleros, and the handkerchief hats.
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Mrs. Hannah D. Carpenter Of Norton. Mass,
celebrated her one hundredth birthday last
saturday. She is one Of the few real
Daughters Of the American Revolution. har
father having fought at Bunker Hlll.
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in long straight lines from neck to hem:
this particular one was low in the neck,
without sleeves. and cut In long sharp
points that reached upward from the hem
TO the belt. The entire tunic was bor-
dered with a tiny lace rufhe.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

BntmOre, N. c. This church was erected By
George w Vanderbilt upon his nlagnihceat
estate at BiItmore for the Use OF the members OF
his household and for the people OF the sur
rounding country The new window is GIT
10 the church from Mr. Vanderbilt. and was
designed and executed by Maitland Arrnstronf
and Miss Helen Maitland Armstrong. Of this
city.
The subject Of the window is 'Ecce Homo" a
special representation Of the Passion OF the
Saviour, who, the principal figure in the
picture stands az the TOP OF a flight OF marble
stairs. He is crowned with thcrns. His hands
are tied and He is dressed in a purple robe
At His side is a Roman soldier. in golden
armOr, whose right hand rests on his hip. His
left arm is outsJretched and partially surrounds
the figure of Christ. In his left hand ne holds
a spear from which floats, in beautiful deco
rative folds. large crimson banner In the
upper part of the window IS a marble arch. in
the centre OF which is a wreath with the letters
IS. P. O. R"
The color scheme is we'll managed the yellow
flashing lights OF the soldiers arnor melting into
rich green and brown. and the delicate violet
lights of the purple robe changing in artistic
graduation in the shadows 10 purple and blue
with touches Of crimson The heads of the i-s-
ures are beautifully painted, having much char
acter and expression, and the handsome Az
gressive face Of the young Roman soldier form
Ing fine contrast with the resigned. meek
sweet and noble head OF the Saviour
This window 70 the late Corne Iius van5ero.It
has heen placed in the east transept or the
church, and is one of a series OF windows by the
same artists In the opposite transept are three
windows which were erected about a year ag1.
These represent Charity" to the memory OF the
late Mrs. William Fl. vanderbilt. mother OF NJ.
Vanderbilt; The Building Of the Temple" TO
he,
the distinguished architect OF the Bitmore ma1-
sion and church. and David Harping Before
saul, to the memory OF Clarence Barker =
musician and cousin OF Mr.. Vanderbilt
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

the 10th Infantry, who was killed in action at
Santiago on July l, 1898
Young Drum one of three young officers
appointed the Regular Army at the same
time and under similar circumstances The other
two are Lieutenants A. NJ. Wetheren and f. w.
Roweu The fathers of all three had been killed
at Santiago and each young man was under
age when he received his commission.
Lieutenant Drum born a Fort Brady
Mich. September 10. 1879 and spent his boy
hood at army posts, chiefly in Texas and New
Mexico. In 1894 his father was detailed by the
War Department to serve military instructor
at St. Francis Xaviers College, in this city, and
in the winter of that year Hugh entered the
preparatory school connected with that insti-
tuition He made good progress under his fathers
tutelage, and he was recommended to the War
Department in 1897 as one of the three students
most proficient in military matters.
1t had been the ambition of Captain Drum
that his son Hugh should follow the profession
of a soldier, and the young mans wishes cor
responded to his fathers desires. The latter
had made efforts to secure for his son an ap-
pointment West Point but without success
Soon after the death of Captain Drum some of
his NewYOrk friends called the attention of
President Mckinley to the case of the young
man, with a view obtaining for him an ap-
pointmeEt to West Point but the President had
already filled all vacancies at his disposal. He
offered him. instead, commission as second
lieutenant in the Regular Army, which the
young man, though still in his twentieth year
Immediately accepted.
Drums regiment sailed for Manila in February
last and since that time he has seen some
hard ighting His regiment participated in the
Morong campaign the capture of Angeles and
the advance on Tarac. Owing to the lack of Of
ficers he has been almost continually in com
rand of company since his arrival in the
Philippines. He is in the extreme north
western part of LuZon. where his company was
sent to reinforce garrison that had been at
tackled a few days previously.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
A PARIS STREET MYSTERY.

Paris correspondence OF The London Telegraph
People are talking a good deal to-day about
the mystery of the Rue de Bourgogne Ever
since the month of October strange cries. as
those of little girl who was being i'll treated
have been heard in block of buildings At that
date the police were warned by an ANONYMOUS
letter and they started inquiry which led
TO no result. The matter, however has been
that they are not a prey to any Illusion but
that the child seems to be weaker now as the
appeals for mercy fainter. Even policemen
who have spent the night in one of the houses
acknowledge that they. too. have heard the
screams But the extraordinary part OF II All
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
THE ITALIAN ROYAL PALACES.
m Ia London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
If Italy is to practise economies no doubt a
very convenient one to begin upon is the pro-
posed cutting Gown of the list of royal palaces
not half of which be visited once
year by the King. But the curtaiiment brings
with il some incidental regrets. If the Venice
Palace is vacated King Humbert will lose his
unique distinction as the only reigning monarch
who lives over a shop, the lower story of the
royal residence in the Piazza of st. Marks hav-
ing been ceded immemoraly to the buyers and
barterers more serious sequel to the diScon-
tinuance of the palace in Turin, in Milan, or
Florence, for instance, is the increased cen
traliZation of everything Italian in Rome. ac-
curding the model UP in Paris and Lon
don Italy, which copies in its great towns the
very uniform of the London police is content
doubt in this larger matter to be governed
by the prece cent which we have supplied
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
A SAKAI BELLE.
From Blackwood's Magazine.

From Blackwood's Magazine.
She was a beauty among her own people
black fuzzy hair, light brown skin, large dark
eyes. and a mouth which was large but beauti-
fully shaped. Sprays of a flower rather like
white lilac were in her hair and the holes in
her ears were kept open by little round bits OF
wood. Tethered to her wrist by six inches Of
fibre the peace offering that she brought a
green woOdpecker, which lay crOaking dismaly
on the floor beside her. She wore the upper
garment l have already described, bringing il
round upon her lap as she sat down out of the
fold of which, as young kangaroo from its
mothers pouch, there peered the round face OF
Pati, little boy of one two, staring through
his elfin locks at the strangers. His mother
rolled him a cigarette, tiny roll OF tobacco
wrapped in a bit of dry nipah-palm leaf and
sometimes he puffed at 1t and anon he took the
breast Once before 1 had seen a tame Sakai
woman sucking kitten, but this struck me as
more peculiar still
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
A BIRDS NEST IN A BEEHIVE.
From The London Globe.

FIOm TIC LOnuON OIUhe
birds nest was recently found in the middle
OF an unoccupied beehive. A pair of great tits
near Ludlow last spring built their nest and
laid twelve eggs IN vacant space among the
combs Of q large beehive, with the swarm in
full swing of honey gathering all sides of
them. so a correspondent of The Zoologist"
says Both birds and bees went in and out by
the same entrance hole and neither seemed to
object in the least to the presence of the other
as the bees were making honey fast; and when
the hive was opened twelve eggs were found in
the nest
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
TREATY RIGHTS or MISSIONARIES.
From The Law Journal.

AprOpGs Of current events in China. II may
not be inOppOrtune to recall the various steps
by which the position OF English missionaries
in the yellow Empire secured. First came
clauses in the English treaty of Tien-Tsin in
1893, guaranteeing the personal safety Of mis-
siOnaTies, and declaring that if they acquired
land at the treaty ports and certain other places
the agreement should he made without exac-
tions on either side The French treaty of
1893 protected French missionaries travelling
peaceably ard With duly authenticated pass
ports in the interior, and also by n cIause-sad
to have been surrcptitously interpolated-
lish missionaries came in time to get the con
VentiOnal benefit. and the Imperial seal 10 their
status and that Of the missionaries of other
countries was given by edict in 1891 which
after declaring the right of foreign missionaries
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

is that every effort TO discover the precise spot
whence the cries are supposed TO emanate has
prOyed abortive All the adjacent buildings
have been searched, and are closely watched,
yet no clew to the mystery has been found.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

to promulgate their religion in China" directed
the authorities under the strongest sanctions 10
protect them and their converts
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

First Lieutenant Hugh A. Drum, Of the 18th
Infantry now in the Philippines, is one of the
youngest officers of his rank in the Regular
Army He is a son of Captain John Drum, of
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
~ECCE HOMO.

Stained glass window IN memory of Cornelius Va0-
Gerbilr for BiIImore Church, Biitrnore. y q.
(By Maitland Armstrong. copyright applied forJ
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
AN OFFICER UNDER AGE.

LIEUTENANT DRUM, OF THE TWENTY FIFTH IN
PANTRY, FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

A stained glass window to the memory OF tns
late Cornelius Vanderbilt viii be unveiled to-
dav in the beautiful Church Of All Souls at
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
IN MEMORY OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.

A HANDSOME STAINED GLASS WINDOW FOR TEz
CHURCH AT BILTMORE-
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I world, the vast expanse Of sea and sky all
| thai was large and uHfettered in nature
I 80 he admired great States and empires
! anc had little faith ia small ones or IN
! the happiness or worth Of a nation which
has no history and which fears its eate too
much 10 put its fortune 10 the touch when
the accepted lime has come
II was not merely that as a statesman
/ he saw the misery and degradation which
would come from the breaking Of the Tn
ion as well as the progressive disintegra-
ton which VAS sure 10 follow. but the
very thought Of it came home 10 him with
| tie sharpness OF a personal grief which
was almost agouizing. When, in the eth
Of March speech. he cried out. What
States are 20 secedec What is to remain
American? What am TO be-" political
opponent said the tone OF the last question
made him shudder as il some dire calamity
was at hand. The greatness Of the United
States filed his mind. He had not the
length OF DAYS accorded 10 Lord Bathurst.
but the angel % dreams had unrolled 10
him the future and the vision was ever
before his ewes
This pass ouate love Of his country. this
1 '-tNt'lI %. Ills 4NLaIr- JUS F4EtA AAe IE+tNSL
! efforts. were even the chief cause AT the
end Of ais life Of his readiness 20 make
sacrifices o. principle which would only
have helped forward what he dreaded most
but which b. believed would save that for
which ne cared most deeply. In a period
when great forces were AT work which ia
their inevitable conflict threatened the ex-
istenee Of the Union Of States, Webster
stands out above all others as the cham
piOn, as the very embodiment Of the na-
tiCnal life and the national faith More
than any other man Of that time he called
forth the sentiment mere powerful than
all reasOning5 which saved the nation. II
was a great work. greatly done, with all
The resources Of a powerful intellect and
with an elOquence rarely heard among
men We may put aside all his other
achievements all MS other claims 10 re-
membranCe and inscribe alone upon the
base Of his statue the words uttered in the
Senate. Liberty and Union. now and for
ever. one and inseparable." That single
sentence recalls all the noble speeches
| which breathed only the greatness Of the
! country and the prophetic vision which
looked with uudazZled gaze into a still
greater future No other words are want
ed for man who so represented and so ex-
| pressed the faith and hopes Of a nation.
His statue needs no other explanation so
1 long as the nation he served and the Union
he loved shall last.
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MAX o'RELL's OPINION.
The French Author Talks on the War
in south Africa.

ii y
in south Africa.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1S-Paul Blouet su-
thor and lecturer. better known as Max
ORel, was a passenger on the steamer
Oceanic, which arrived here yesterday
He viii lecture in the principal cities or
New England, the Middle Atlantic. and
Southern States. Although Frenchman.
he has spent the greater part Of his life
in England. When asked about he war
feeling in London he said
As to the outcome Of the war there IS
no doubt over there. The English surely
viii win. but il viii take them year n.ors
at least.
The English people are showing admi-
rable self-control and are waiting patient
" for results. They now realize that the
picnic they expected 10 have on the way
to Pretoria is TO be a hard job instead, end
the end is not in sight.
But when it is all over somebody Will
be asked 10 pay the piper, be 10 the war
minister or Chamberlain. No country but
England would be led into the Trlnsvaal
muddIe and let the ministry that did il
hold Office long.
1T was apparent to many long before
the war started that il was 10 be a Ear
more serious business than the war off,
Gals seemed to realize. AS long ago rs
1894, in a book on the English colonies. i
said that If England ever found it neces-
sary 10 subdue the TransVaaI it would
need an army of 100 600 men. 10000 OF
whom she could expect to lose. ! think
the only mistake / made was in making il
a hundred thousand men instead CT .wO
hundred thousand.
Meanwhile every country in Europe is
watching England. France is standing by
rubbing her hands at England's discCm-
future In eighteen months the Siberian
Railroad will be completed. and Russia
can put a hundred thousand men into Asia
on short notice. Then who is 10 take care
of India 20
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THE sCULPToR's CAREER.

GactauO TrentanOve an Artist Of Iu-
ternatiOnaI Reputation
Cheyalier Gaetano Trentanove. the ar
fist whose hand designed and completed
the Webster statue. is by birth a FIoren-
tine and about forty years Of age. He
studied his art under the foremost mas
ters Of Italy and received in his early ca
reer much praise for his work.
Coming 10 this country about
seven years ago. he executed
few pieces in New York and other East
ern cities. which. though Of small intrinsic
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value. were recognized by connoisseurs as
the work Of a master. In Chicago. where
ne did a few busts and a statue. his abIi-
ties were ranked high. and upon his re-
turn 10 the East he was commissioned 30
execute the marble bust OF William J.
Bryan which was presented 10 him by his
friends. He was given the work OF de
signing the Webster statue about two
years ago. and personally made every mold
ing in the clay using as models the most
authentic portraits to be obtained The
statue is said to be the most lfe-like p0r-
traiture in existence Of Daniel Webster.
recalling the man wildly.
SignOr TrentanOve is now in Italy. and
much as he wished. could not be present at
the dodicatOry eXeTcies over the results OF
his genius
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the them all that Webster had that ndenae quality which
alike all contact with When
the
did
II
Webster and there always
TO
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