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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Duke OF Westminster. on the NOM
inaton of Lord Roberts. has been APP
pointed second lieutenant in the Royal
Horse Guards. The Duke went out 10
South Africa at an early stage OF the
conflict lie was obliged 10 return home
on the death of his grandfather. but went
back to the seat of war ak soon as pos
sible, and has been acting as one of Lord
Roberts aides-de-camp.
On Sept. 2S President Loubet will give
banquet and fetc I'm Paris 10 the mayors
of cities i'm France and In the French col
onies. There are over $4,000 mayors I'm
France, not including those in the colo
MES. and all these have been invted. A
similar banquet WAS given by the late
President Carnot at the time OF the pre-
cedng exposition. and IL brought together
$1,000 mayors This year much larger
number is expected.
The pope does his private writing with
gold pen. but his pontfical signature is
always given with white-feathered
quill, which is believed to come from the
wing OF dove, although persons who
have seen IL say II must have come from
a larger bird. The same quill has been in
use for more than ~ years. Ii only serves
for important signatures. and is kept in
an ivory case.
= Though Leonard Wood holds n volun-
teer commission as brigadier general. en-
joys that title and holds the high position
OF Civil and Military governor of Cuba in
the regular army he has only his old
rank, an assistant surgeon, ranking as a
captain. and IL below ~ other officers I'm
the medical corps, only the head of which,
General Sternberg. holds rank as high
as General Woods volunteer rank
Charles A. Towne Is very nervous and
rapid speaker. Frequently. when the ex-
element of his speech gets the better of
him, his words come so rapidly as ta be
almost unintelligible.
Ira ID. Sankey has been making revi-
val tour of Ireland and receptions i'm his
honor have been frequent throughout the
island.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

Mr.. Bryan's letter of acceptance 10
brieI. The only item In IL which seems to
call for comment is his treatment of Por-
to Rico. He abandons the tone OF his
indianapolis speech. where he grouped
all the new possessions together with the
sarcastic remark about the various de-
grees OF freedom the administration had
granted 20 the various islanos, and simply
assumes that Porto kico will be ours as
Alaska Is, but suggests that both nave
local self-governmen representation In
congress. We fail 10 find I'm this letter
anything else that is particularly signiii-
cant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
FANCY SANDWICHES.

The following original recipes for fancy
sandwiches were selected by the Ameri-
can Grocer as the best among a number
submitted in a domestic science compe-
tition:
Bread and Butter sandwich-Get loaf
of white bread. cut thin, circular slice,
butter and place on IL some thin slices of
cucumber, then another circular piece of
bread and butter and layer of mustard
and watercress then another layer OF
bread and butter and thin slice OF to-
mato; lastly another slice OF bread and
butter. Cut the above sandwich like -
cake.
Nut Sandwich-Scald and peel some pis-
tachio nuts and some sweet almonds;
pound them I'm a mortar. together with
three drops of essence OF almonds, icing
sugar to taste, and mix to a paste with
thick cream. Spread on thick slices of
sponge cake putting two slices together to
form a sandwich
Blackberry Sandwich--Stew some black
berries with sugar, rub them through
sieve. add some sliced apple and stew
again until the fruit is of the thickness
of cream cheese When cold spread II on
a thin slice OF buttered bread, and on
another slice of bread spread little
whipped cream. Put both slices together
and cut into fancy shapes.
Pineapple Sandwich--Take half a pine
aple and cut 1t into very thin slices. Whip
some cream with little sugar and spread
IL on thin round slices of bread Place
the pineapple between slices of bread SO
treated and cut each sandwich into four
pieces.
Meat Sandwich--Take a loaf OF bread.
cut some thin slices from IL. butter them
and cover each slice with chopped pars-
lev and n layer of boHed chicken. Cut
some more slices from the loaf and on
these pieces spread some currant jelly.
Close the sandwiches and cut them into
fancy shapes.
Fruit Sandwiches-Take some strawber-
ries ar I'm season. or bananas pound them
with sugar to taste and mix with a little
WHIPPED cream. Spread this mixture on
slices OF sponge cake or on lady fingers
and arrange AZ sandwiches.
Crab Sandwiches-Take the mcSr from
several hard shell crabs and add TO II "a
tablespoonful of thick cream.a tablespoon
ful OF freshly made mustard, pinch OF
snrar. one of pepper and salt. n dash OF
vinegar and a teaspoonful of anchovy
sauce: beat all the ingredients together
until the mixture is OF smooth. creamy
consistency. Spread this on thin slices OF
brown bread and butter and make into
sandwiches.
Damson Sandwiches-Take some picked
or preserved damsons with the stones
removed and sandwich them between
slices OF bread and butter The result Is
q delicious sandwich.
Tomato Sendwiches--Renove the skins
from several firm, red tomatoes and put
them on Ice until they are thoroughly
chilled: then slice them thin and put
them In n French dressing composed OF
oil. vinegar. salt and pepper. Allow them
10 remain In the dressing for an hour Cut
either white or brown bread into thin
slices. butter them and put one slice OF
tomato tdralned) between two slices OF
bread These sandwiches should be
served very cold.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
THE JAY-HAwKERs, by Adela E.

THE JAY-HAwKERs, by Adela e. Or
pen:-
No. go In Appleton's Town and Coun-
try Library is a bloodcurdling and ro-
mantle tale of free soil and border ruff
fan days. The author wrote Perfection
city, in the same library which is also
a tale of Kansas life and the pra'ries.
The hero of the Jay Hawkers goes jay
hawking upon his coming to the west
from the New England and his experience
was more thrilling than enjoyable. The
attempt TO run off the slaves of the Mis-
sourians proved unsuccessful and the
hero of the tale greatly to his surprise
and dismay shot man His subse-
ouent adventures were I'm association with
the daughter of the man whom In the end
he marries. Quantrelrs band is intro
duced and the sacking of Lawrence and
other freesoil towns I'm the early days
OF the war are among the dramatic and
CORY incidents OF the book. Ii is hair
raising novel with effective pen pictures
OF the life and the people of those ter
rifyins DAYS. (For sale by Gregory
Price. cloth, 81; paper, 30 cts)
THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK. by
w. Il. Norris;-
MIR. Norris may usually he counted
upon 10 provide every once I'm so often
an entertaining II commonly equanimous
piece OF fiction and his newest story
which appears as No. go In Appleton's
Town and Country Library fully meets
expectations The flower OF the family
Is the scion OF an English house of an
cestral and commercial Importance. A
brother who Is a very ordinary sort Of a
fellow until you get acquainted with him
Is a man of drudge and business with his
father. Captain STROBE, ,ne flower"
who Is a brilliant sort of FELLOW until
YOU get acquainted with him. lives on
an income the source OF which doesn't
bother him and when the crash To his
fathers house comes and things are IN
bad way Captain Strobe promptly pro-
ceeds tn 20 from bad TO worse In not
unusual " always deplorable fashion. an
American heircss of wit and social pa -
figures In the romance. She Is a young
widow OF great understanding and with
the reader will he taken az the heroine
OF the tale rather more acceptably than
the wlnsome hut less sophisticated young
lsnglish girl whom Captain Strobe is ncst
in love with and Is only restrained from
marrying by reason of the fact that she
H. not rich. Mr.. Norris ,ellneatin, of
iikepbie characters H. as usual erfectiv.
and what with the people In the book
aud "a couple of love stories bound To-
gethcr hv measure OF uulet romano.
aud an up 10 date plot. the Flower OF
the Flock " first rate reading for a
couple of evenings. % Appleton a Com
pany. publishers. For sale by Greqo, A..
Cloth 81. paper 50 cts.D
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
THE DRINK HABIT IN DARKEST LONDON

he Is not as bad as ths-Wan who tumbles
into bed with his boots on, wish to
speak 10 YOU of the greatest two cities
In the world, London and Nev York
First. let US compare them as regards
the drink question:; \ shall never 10 my
dying day forget the sights ! have seen
In the great metropolis OF Great Britain.
l went Into numberless saloons and round
them packed with men, women and chit
dren so that II WAS fight 10 get near
the bar. I saw children OF and J years
OF age buying the gin or whisky for their
parents and taking 4 sip OF IL AS they
got outside. ! saw Whitechapel on "a
bank holiday filed with drunken.
lighting crowd of people. while in side
street ] saw man Kicking his wife with
his great heavy, iron-bound boots. | saw
respectfully dressed young men and wo-
men rolling I'm the mud and laughing at
IL. and said. Can this be Christian Eng
land? | thought New York bad enough,
but confess with shame that such sights
as l Witnessed In London could not be
witnessed i'm our city.
Drink Is at the bottom of everything
evil. i need not speak of worst sins be-
cause this sin of drunkenness is at the
root OF all sim ] asked beautiful girl
walking the street in her. shame. what
brought her there and the answer was,
Drink | asked a man who had ruined
himself by gambling and theft what in
duced him TO do it, the same answer came
Drink l asked what stand the clergy
took and | was informed that over five
hundred ministers in the city of Lonuon
held shares In breweries. There is drunk
enness and iniquity I'm New York, but
God forbid that the time should ever
come when we can see IL onsthe streets
as we see II in London"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

is pretty. Persons turn in the street to
look at her. Injidieious friends tell her
she is pretty and idiot Mattresses gush
about her. She knows she is pretty un-
less all signs fail.
Starting with this responsibility on her
conscience she is by no means free TO do
as she peases. She must continue 10
LOOK I'm the mirror to mark progress. She
must spend "A great deal of time I'm study
ing the effect of various styles in hair
upon her peculiar type of loveliness. She
must spend hours and hours i'm combing
her adorable tresses. She has a slight
blemish of the complexion, the obscuring
of which demands large expertness In
cosmetics She has to devise ways and
means to upholster a nearly but not quite
perfect figure.
Then there are clothes. When she has
done herself up to the queens taste. hair,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
SMILES.
The GOSSIP.

'Thc British nation seems 10 be taking
the Pckin horror I'm rather stoical FASH
ion"
YES. they're afraid OF stirring up Al
fred Austin.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
when n comes To hunting for souls. Z"
remarked the first heathen most Of
these missionaries are birds"
so they are" replied the other: they're
regular birds 90 pray. y."-Philadelphia Rec
ord ...
"Bryanite organs" remarked the horse
editor, express touching fear that
Roosevelt is talking too much"
Too much For his own good or for Bry-
ans asked the snake editor
~ hat was the mean temperature ves-
terdny2 asked the obser,ant boar,ler. az
the breakfast table
y dont know replied the cross-eved
hoardcr but II was not so mean az II
has been"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
NOTES ABOUT ONE SEX.

Marriageable women are scarce in South
africa, and the supply is never equal to
the demand. No female school teacher
continues TO teach more than one term.
Ere its close she is wooed and won by
some appreciative young Boer.
Women can now vote in New Zealand
and South Australia. They will probably
be allowed TO do so at the next elections
in West Australia and Queensland and
have been promised the franchise In New
South Wales. In Victoria the government
Is opposed, but gradually weakening.
Japan has Established commercial
schools for the training of women. and
one of the largest Japanese railroads
announces that after a certain date 1t
will employ only women as clerks.
"inere was an art teacher on our
steamship going over" said girl just
home from the Paris Exposition. who
secured SIX pupils for next winter just
while crossing from New York 10 Liver
pool. She was one of those excessivca
enterprising women and the way she
buckled down the FIRST day out 20 knowing
everybody upon the boat, and. what's
more. to making everybody like her. was
n caution. BY the end of the voyage six
mothers had promised to send their
daughters to learn art from her next win
ter, and, with a knowing CLEAN In her
cold gray eye. the art teacher announced
this fact TO us with the supplementary
statement that she'd never crossed the
ocean yet without working 1t so that Se
had more than paid expenses"
Women clean the streets of Cannes, the
cleanest town IN the world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
THE KINDS OF GIRLS MEN ADMIRE.

The woman who evinces a sensible. not
a sentimental. interest I'm her admirer Is
certain to win him. Preference Is n right
full feeling In a woman as In a man, with
this difference. that woman must ex-
press her love with manners. while man
expresses his with words.
That Il is considered unmaidenly for a
woman to show n preference for a man
until he has declared himself is decidedly
true.yet to a woman falls an almost equal
share for love-maltine. and should she
fail To contribute her part she cannot
complain II for lack of this encourage
ment he fails 10 declare himself. For
the best Of mon need encoura cement at
this crucial time.
The woman who takes n real interest
In the men with whom she Is brought In
contact is never without an admirer. for
men appreciate this. Interest, however.
does not mean unwomanly forwardness or
inauisitiveness. but the desire and tho
ability 10 make others offer their best
efforts.
Women make themselves most attract
I've by beirs sensible and natura'.--Ameri-
can Queen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

getting dressed. going. being looked at,
coming back. getting undresscd and re-
cuperating the next day make the hours
that are left OF the day look pltlful.
Meantime the plain girl glances in the
mirror. perceives that she is plain-a fact
her friends usually rub in&-and starts out
to hustle. All the time the other girl
spends I'm beautifying she can spend in
learning TO do things, and i'm doing them
i have known some mighty amiable and
unselfish girls with pretty faces. but on
the whole admiration of the face tends
TO produce self-centering of thought and
heart-culture, as well as brain-culture
gets more time from the plain girl than
from the pretty one. At any rate, the
worlds woman workers commonly find
that the recruits TO their ranks
come in small proportions from the
ranks of the pretty women.
GRACE HOLMES.
Providence. Sept. Is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
What the d)omen Think About.
THE PLAIN GIRL AND THE PRETTY ONE.

complexion and shape, she must know
what 10 wear and how 10 get IL. AS she
~ In the business OF being beautf'e she
must embeilish her charms with the DAM
~ and fitting accessories or drapery. mill
lInery, hosiery and leather
The nature OF personal beauty is such
that the organ appeaI& through is the
eye. All these preparations would count
for little without prospective audience.
Her majesty IL 10 be looked at Hence she
goes out" The hours a girl spends In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

Hamiet' has been brought out in New
York under the only circumstances which
are hkey to make Shakespeare profitable
these days. Tho chief characters are taxi
en- ey actors in whom The public takcs de-
hsh' Whatever they do. n. a. sothe,n's
playing IN "'rhc sunkcn Bclr' put al rest
all question ~ his capacity for serious
poetic acting. aud the worl, Of Virginia
Harmed m the same play exhibited not
only her aDounding treasures of buoyant
sexfulness. but also true if ilI-tralncd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

The FIRST real gun in the campaign
against protected vice was fred last
night Bishop coadjutor Mcvicka- ioad-
cd Il last week when ne proposed a con-
ference OF religious and social bodies
represented by delegates. rhe chrIstis
Endeavor Union fired Il when they sp-
pointed their delegates To such a confer
ence: ana there was presaEe II untr ir
the rider which accompanied the rcs,lU,
lion. instfpctine The DELEGATES 10 confer
with the bishop before taking any ac,io.i.
A. The News said on Friday. the lellcs-
sAip devolvcs naturally ON pr. Mcvickar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

new cork for poison bottles ought n
be very effective In the prevention OF mis-
haps. IL has a kind OF anchor attached ~
II 80 that the cork cannot be entirely sep
arated from the bottle, and n gives
warning click when the cork has reached
the limit OF withdrawal
Because the cable car dld not stop at
once when he signalled to n. Chicago
workingman hurled his fun dinner-pail ~
the head or tho conductor knocking him
or the platform into tho street. Then tho
workingman took to his heels and made
good his escape.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

Either President Barney Of the school
committee had his eagle eye glued to the
facts about school repairs when he or
dered that weeks postponement OF the
opening. or else he closed the candace
street and Doyle avenue buildings early
yesterday in order to bear out his former
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

partment will be conducted is not yet an
nounced.
j. II. Curtis, the new supervisor of city
schools for the blind In Chicago. Is him.
self blind, He was graduated from the
University of Chicago in 1895 and in the
following year received the degree OF A.
NJ During the last three years he has
occupied the chair OF mathematics and
civics i'm the Illinois Institution for the
Blind, at Jacksonville.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18
SOME INTERESTING NEW BOOKS.

THE GATELEss BARRIER, by Lucas
Malet:-
Lucas Malet (Mrs. st. Leger Harrison)
is daughter of Charles Kingsley. From
the example afforded by this novel we
should say that her mind runs to mys-
teries and to problems unanswerabie. The
novel is essentially a romance of the
supernatural. A young Englishman mar
ried to society girl of New York.and
Newport returns to his uncles residen -
I'm England. He Is to inherit the same
on his uncle's death which Is approaching
upon which he will bring over his wife
and settle down there. In the old house
he comes across the ghost OF a maiden.
BY virtue OF considerable ingenuity and
perSistent coaxing the young man man
ages to partly materialize the fair ghost
10 a state OF appreciable substance and
learns that she lived IN the body some
two generations back wnen she loved =.
member OF his family OF that period who
bore his name and resembied him I'm form
and feature. The lover OF two genera
tions agone met death fighting with Nell
son at Trafalgar and his sweetheart
forthwith died or broken heart, Upon
learning this and realizing that the re-.
visiting ghost takes HIM for the original
OF her lover the young man designs 10
complete the materiaIization and live
thereafter with. though ne cannot wed
the maiden who has been dead two gcn-
erations. The idea seems 20 be vara-
tion of the once famous Quick or tse
Dead theme. The ghostly maiden UP On
reaching condition or substance sufd
cient TO enable her to>induige In tak.ug
mortal food shics, to use a somewha,
vulgar word. at the proposition TO renev
her affection with duplicate Of her lover
who is married. Accordingly the young
man takes up the burden of life AZ cour-
ageously as may he with his mortal wife.
displaying resignation becoming a ma,
who has had quite unusual experience.
si.50)
MIR. BUNNY. HIS BOOK
The saalheld Publishing Co, successor
to the publishing department Of the wer-
ner Company. has Just issued early for
the Christmas season large and sumptu-
ously illustrated book for young fol,<s
entitled 'Mr bunny, Hls Book" col.
lection OF rhymes on the Mother Coos
order brought up 10 date with fun paee
pictures In colors. The pictures are of
size aud cleverness calculated 10 AZ
tract the child while the philosophy Of
the verse may be equally appreciated W
children OF a larger growth The p,c
lures are Inv three coiors. the psna, Ia
heavy tnd choice. the printing n I'm iar,ss
letters usually drawn as part of IN.
decoration OF the picture covered pa-rs
and the whole thing Is SNOWY and at
tractlve. price siD).
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

The Rev. Charles Herald, OF Brooklyn.
who has Just returned from London. says
the drink habit is much worse there than
In America. Said he:
1T is an old saying that comparisons
are very objectionable. and Vet We are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

There has never seemed to me to be
anything very mysterious In the fact
that girls who grow up TO be women re-
markable for proficiency In any lire of
real work should usually have plain faces.
Did YOU ever stop 20 think how much
time pretty girl has TO spend just being
pretty? AT an early age she notices her
self in the mirror and decides that she
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

poetic taste and faculty.As Maude Adams
carried TO her immense throng OF fervent
admirers the Juliet which most OF them
seldom think OF. so Mr.. sothern and MISS
Harmed may lead their following TO con-
template Hamlet IL is-shall we see a
sugar coated pellet? ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-18

Senator Jones shifts al the odds against
Rryan. and asks, "Would you believe
gambler" Probably not; but YOU can
usually trust all the gamblers not to let
the short-end takers get the best of them.