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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-13
SOCIETY NOTICES.

AN open meeting o. the Machiuists' Union
Viii be- held a; A. q. T. ". hail. Pioneer
building. g. m, April Is Al ma
ehiulstH ~ TIE city are earnestly request
- 10 attend Committee
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-13
HELP wANTED-FEMALE--cont'd-

yVANTED-At once. women ironers. Sc
attic Steam Laundry.
WANTED Experienced waitress. can oOi
First avenue south
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-13
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Easement fOrt- tnieifEfncef ru<U1W
FOR SALE--Suburban homo. nearly ~
acres, cleared and fenced Sroesn hcus
with large basement. modern ing.s<
ments, well OF fine water: one bioct ~
electric car line. overlooking tAke NJ
ington over 20 bearing frsltt trsen< -
rice currnnts, roses, etc, hen hoooE ,
chickens; bed room sets. seeel neQH
8 stoves; house newly carpsisd thtyt
out; window shades: : extsnstnn 49,
full cot garden tools. etc; I'll N eslfW
frst-class condition; price ~ -
down balance on time. Address ovnk
boz i,2, city
CHEAPEST BUSINESS CoRHM
In the city; full lot on northeast maes
OF blanchard and First eveuus ~
quires no grading or filling parity ~
proved: an Is per cent. net investnsk
GENERAL. INVESTMENT C0MPAkL
62s Bailey Building
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-13

NJ. r. PERRY. 4. IL fa.
FOOTE 4 DERRY.
REAL, ESTATE AND INvESINkM
HKOkFHS -.
SECOND FLOOR HALLEH Buls X. Nv.
Cali attention 10 some very desfaps ~.
dencea which they offer for ssie. /"
gains, In choice locations. $50,
Offer wnnted on some 5000
f'fsT YOUR PROPERTY With Y.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

sort OF cage fastened around it. We used TO see
The tracks OF the deer every morning showing that
we went 70 look at the cabbage IL had disappearad
Inc deer hau knocked down the little cage and
flowers ~
, When the children are at the seashore they find
me SUITS mandy to so out In the boat grabbing In
the inlets. One Will sit the end of the boat nd
hold over short line to which a piece OF meat is
4 nara net Is passed under ii and the crab landed
u! the boat. Spiky always insists on going crab
ping TOO. although the landing OF particularly
ay nveiy crap sometimes causes much excitement
that the dog forgets sit STILL and boat gets
expected hath in the water This does not trnubl q
any or them. however for the little girls are expert
unhanpered by heavy cothing and swfTn 70 ny
shore. accompanied BY Spiky, who wears penitent
When they reach the house. bringing with them
@ one rescued crabs, they met by plump alert
g,sy ghty Kitten with round astonshed looking eyes
the crabs. He will go over to where The crabs
tiny paw viii turn f oer '0Ie9iRE on i'm 9ne
rb[eqTsht ire h nIs from angry crabs have taught him
wants 10 turn them over without injury 70 his
oeiket paw The crabs always get seriously angry
enjoys putting his paw against their Claws and
@snatching @ II away before they hurt him. He
the crabs get disgusted because they cannon hurt
nm. T ana stop snatching at him.
over the rocks in search of shells and seaweed OF
paddle in tho little pools left by the tide in the
to care for the two chickens they own These are
Rn9wn 3z as Ole and Guy. When the chickens frat
We're to be used as food day: but the children
became so fond OF these pets that ali idea OF eat
they earefy looked after BY the @ ssters :tS ana
si In the ral they go on nuting expeditions, and
SpiRy helps py picking up the as they fall 20
e be carried in taa mouth but spky R knows T
rattle down he scampers around TO gather them
ana gees gees home with pleased air when the baskets
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
FOR HONE COMFORT.
A BLIND THAT COMBINES NUMEROUS CON
CES-INDISPENSABLE
IN
IN SUMMER.

The awning is an important item Of the house
hold conven,ences in summer, but generally is open
to the objection that il obstrucs the view and pre-
vents the free admission Of air. The Wilson out
side Venetian blind and awning combination COM
pleteIy obviates these difficulties
The blind is built on the ordinary Venetian blind
principle, but with the improvements invented by
]. Godfrey Wilson, No. IA West Twenty-thrd-st,
during the last twenty-five years. 1t has lost all
the objectionable features. There Is no tape to
wear out no sliding cord to break, for the ladder
tape is of bronzed metal and the cord OF aluminium
The latest Improvement permits the stats 10 be
opened or closed or the blind swing outward
20 form an awning, without raising the sash.
These blinds are practically indestructiole as the
metal Is bronzed and the stats finished with enamel
paint baked They are easily kept clean by
hose unlike the cloth awning. that soon becomes
grimy and faded by exposure 10 weather.
Other conveniences for the house although de-
signed especially for schoolrooms are the rolling,
soundpro0f partitions that convert one room into
tive I'm an instant and the ventilated wardrobe.
TIE latter is constructed that a constant cur
rent of air sweeps through H. Crying and purity
ing damp other clothing,
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

maintain order IN that body, just is the mace
the desk Of Speaker Henderson to-day al
though very different in appearance, with Latin
inscriptions 1t characteristic Of the times.
The long silver stick which formerly used
hold the in its place on the Speakers desk
is part of a loving cup. The rim of the base
of the cup Is about half an inch thick. Upon 1t
are inscriptions representing the jewels or the
English Crown. There engraved on the clrcum-
ference OF the cup four designs. the coats OF arms
OF the Colony Of Virginia and London and the
crests of King Neptune and the Griffin each or
which SAID TO have certain significance to the
mace but the legend of the cup has been lost
This mace was thrown of the window of the
House of Burgesses Immediately after the Lieu
Governor of the Colony of Virginia and the
King had vetoed the legislation of the House or
Burgesses in regard to the Boston tea party.
For time the lay the ground, where
IT finally picked UP by a person. who afterward
sold it "A public auction in Richmond, Va. 1t
purchased by ancestor of the late General
Heath. Of the Confederate Army, in whose family
1t has since remained. 1t Is made Of solid silver,
weighing four five pounds. and presents the
same appearance 1t did century and half ago.
The pectoral by the first Bishop of
dancing robe of Lord Fairfax, OF Greenway Court,
Virginia; the Piney Point Land Grant; lace gowns
of Mrs. Washington and q great many other arti-
cles among the collection.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD
a SOCIETY WOMAN FINDS NEW YORK A
CHARMING PLACE IN SUMNER.

i love New-York in summer" said society
woman who had the courage of her convictions.
Il Dc not care for the country, what is the use
OF leaving town just because every other woman
CT my acquaintance does. l like to stay with my
husband. and his friends in the evening and
80 cn excursions with them. Why should l. for
fashions sake. shut myself Up in dun country
house or watering place where men are conspicu-
by their absence all the week?
4 have q large, comfortable house on - Square
and have trees and flowers 20 look at. and what
Is prettier should like know. than the electric
light illuminating the foliage night. when after
dinner bring out cushions and sit on the door
step in the cool air while the men smoke their
cigars. There always two three visitors
poor fellowst-whose families in the country
and are only too glad have 4 friendly house
open them Sometimes Gbut tell II not in
Gath II the night is warm get up on the top Of
omnibus and drive up the avenue and back
And why not? II is an innocent amusement and
DO sees 1t seems odd and II II We're
part another life look all the houses where
/ have dined and danced in the winter, shut up
and deserted.
AS for my outings, when I care 70 taBe them
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they insisted isughingiy that there was certainly
their romantic fancies had any rea. foundation. So
.ne PHEASANT summer wore on, without any. par
when one night the family startled by a
shriek from one of the girls, and rushing to her
terror ~ "
1T was face" she gasped. "the face of a ter
window"
He must have climbed the tree" she added
there"
In vain they tried to quiet her nerves and to con-
vince her that her imagination had played her a
TRICK. She insisted upon the truth of her story
and spent the rest of the night in her mothers
room on the other side OF the house. When Mrs
White. who occupied a room next to the kitchen
on the ground floor, was told of the occurrence
early the next morning she seemed greatly troubled
Her face turned white and she astorished them
by running into her room and shutting the door
in WsaI Rs face osa of = Mrs m A. who had soTed her
greatly agitated In her turn The explanation was
not. not long DELAYED. In few minutes Mrs White
summoned her husband from the fields blew il
loudly, and then sank into chair in state of
1T Is my son" she gasped, Il ought TO have told
you he has been out of his head for several years
boarders never knew He down through a
closet in my room and took his meals with
hired man. Before YOU in the spring he ha d
an an hatack and tried to kin his father since then
was afraid, and now he's gone! He must have got
down BY the in the night
II was not long before the poor fugitive
taken ana captured, and consigned TO the asylum.
where he ought TO have been confined long before
The As, at the earnest request of Mrs. White,
remained for the rest of the summer there being
now no reason why they should not do Event
ualy they bought the house from the Whites and
altered it into pretty modern villa. but they
left the old and the attic. take great
pride in having house with true story of hOr-
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
HOUSE WITH A MYSTERY

1t seemed precisely the place that they had been
looking for A silver shingled farmhouse. sur
rounded by old fashioned flower beds which already
showed the leaves of innumerable hollyhocks and
the sharp blades Of lilies which promised later TO
make the old building beautiful 1t within ten
minutes walk OF the ocean, too the booming roar
OF whose surf could be plainly heard. although the
water line hid behind the sand dunes. which
nature had thrown up as bulwarls of protection to
the pastures and fields OF grain, which formed the
farm belonging the house.
Inside everything equally satisfactory. Al
though scantiiy furnished, the rooms were exquis-
itely neat Rag carpet mats covered the we'll
scrubbed deal floors the wall papers not par
ticuarly aggressive. and every sunny window
filed with the flowers, while fresh sea breeze
swept through the windows bringing with it
the salt smell of the outgoing tide. In the large
bare dining room appetizing odor of sizzling
fried eggs and bacon, which had been placed on the
table for their luncheon.
Just the place" exclaimed the two women who
were in quest OF summer quarters, and they in
oured OF their hostess If they could engage all OF
her rooms. as their family large and they
wished to he alone. The woman: who was an at
so many women of her class whose incessant in
door occupation and small worries slowly out surely
sap their vitality and Splits glanced az her nus
band "a grim looking. taclturn mani hesitatlngly.
Il am afraid she began. when he broke in
..Yes YOU can have the whole House if you'll pay
for it As his wife again attempted 10 speak he
siIenced her with look.
~ ny 70 pg giv us The house" remarked one Of the
sisters after the preliminarles had been arranged
~ should think she would have been glad to have
all adults belonging 10 one family, but she was
evidently the point OF refusing when he stopped
nor This was a remark remembered long after
ward when certain occurrences recalled the circum
In time the family. consisting Of widow with
four grown up daughters, arrived ana were com
forraE EIv Installed in their new quarters. They
found that the place answered all their antlcipa-
,;nns Mrs " hite, who seemed TO have entirely
snrgotteu her objections. If objections she had
Ioa3e them most comfortable. and the sailing bath
Inc and fshing were excellent.
The house was a large one. and above their bed
the height OF the roof suggested large
aytic although there appeared no communicating
ataircasc or visible means OF entrance Only tiny
,,n under the end of the house
sbny-ed that there must be lighted earret under
~" ,eak That the incIosed space habited
m N - or squirrels there could be no mariner of
doubt fact which accounted for many inexplica5j
Die t Which at first they paid little attention
10 g. foke and half in earnest. however. the
tnoSn 10 call IL the haunted attic. and when
one of them asked Mrs. White If there was not
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

during their summer vacation. and so enjoy many
good times that they could not have II they wore
ordinary clothing. The overalls made OF blue
jeans, trimmed with turkey red
When the children go on picncs they crash and
scramble through the heavy underbrush In the
woods without any worry as 10 whether their
clothing will get torn. and they not afraid 10
go long distances. for big St Bernard dog goes
with them and is a watchful guardian.
The dogs name Psyche. but the children
found that name too hard remember and
chang d il 10 Spiky, which the dog seems TO like
equally we'll Spiky weighs $50 pounds, and is so
strong the children often ride on his back, and
he seems Ike carrying them around
when they caring for and wedding their little
garden the children Gud their overaIls most con-
verient. and they dig and hoe up the piece Of land
which one of them stated was their very own.
and 10 which they devote great deal Of time and
care. They have many bright. old fashioned
flowers and Just now they watching with great
anxiety the little green buds that will flower
later on.
we have tried to raise vegetables said one OF
the sisters, but there many deer In the
woods near our house that before The vegetables
can ROW up the deer VIII come in Il night and eat
,hern once We did manage to "A cabbage until
ii was nearly large enough to cook, and We kept u
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

Nine Caroline Americas leading face and
hair specialist, who has her parors at No 219
6t ave says If your face looks sallow,
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The only preparation for the face which gives
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Flabbiness is converted healthy plumpness
Tense, drawn skin is made soft and pliable Re
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Ultra stimulates and inVigorates. II takes away
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thereby adapt II TO every condition OF the SKIN
and tc all ages aGo compilations In its various
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eczema or unsightly eruptions from the faces
Of either ladies or gentlemen All surface nm
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and a smooth. beautiful complexion is assured
you. ] myself a living testimonial to It's
merits. l sixty-two years of age, ana look
only forty Tribune readers are invited 70 ca!I al
nay Parlors and be convinced Of what say II
YOU have ruined your hair by bleaching or dye
ing: if il is fading Oh thinning or beginning TO
turn gray. II IL Is already gray; II IL mas Deen
SO for years my Royal Windsor French Hair
RestOrer VIII bring back the exact natural shade
and promote a luXUriant new growth. Royal
windsor is not a dye. 1t is applied only to the
gray roots. The growth is stimulated. Hair
and eyebrows mustaches and boards soon re-
gain their natural color To prove this, try my
Royal Windsor Hair Restorer and he happy.
For more information go 10 see Madame Caro-
line herself at her paroTs, No. 2l9 9th ave,
this city or write for sealed circulars. which
viii be sent free to any address on application.
Madame Caroline has decided to offer The Trib-
lne readers who viii send her only 81 her entire
facial treatment Sent 10 any address. This
she saws is sacrifice she makes 10 convince
ladies' Of the superiority Of her preparations.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
>>S,;;}s;bddrsssCorp >,;;}s;
EfN
THE QUEEN OF THE NAY

Pretty fourteen year -old Mamie Lawlor who lives
at No. 23 Washing ton-st.. the happiest little
girl in the First Ward. Manhattan, yesterday as
she was crowned Queen Of the May in Battery
Park which for the first time sheltered a May
party. Although the north wind did blow" and
every shivered in the blast the air was as
bamy June to the four hundred little maidens
who Joined in the procession
The hour for assembly announced for $50
a. M but it 1880 o'clock before the procession
moved from the rooms of the John ]. McGrath As
sociation, in Battery Place. headed by fife and
drum. At II o'clock the queen had not yet arrived,
and there began to he anxious inquiries as to
what could have happened but when she did APP
pear upon the scene she repaid by grand
ovation from the assembled multitude the curb
and exclamatiOus from her admiring paymates.
oh amt she sweet" they said. And, indeed
Mamie looked her prettest. in frock of white
china silk. with a wide lace trimmed collar and a
long turquoise chain about her neck, and silver
bangles on her wrist. The wind blew harder and
harder and when asked Her Majesty If
she would not feel the cold, she replied with dig
nifty: oh no; ! have my wreath and my veil get
to put on"
The boys were not included in the festival, be-
cause at the rehearsals they had been so unruly
that Mr. McGrath forced to shut them out
and to satisfy them they were allowed 10 play ball
on the lower green. However. when the procession
OF girls started the boys lined themselves up In ad
rnjrine rows but not one showed the eladness OF
| heart papitated and eyes glowed with family
pride as Mamie marched 10y in the drapery of the
May pole ribbons ard escorted by the six white
gowned maids of honor. wearing golden crowns
with big in front. These little maids were all
five years old under and their names are Grace
and Lille MCCrath Laura Lafer, Mamie Duffy,
May Graft and Mamie Doyle.
The procession poted all around the Battery
Park by John McCfrath and then led TO the centre
of the green where the May pole twelve feet high
was erected. and its seVenty-hVe red "ilte anu
blue ribbons were taken in hand by as many little
maids.
Then the dancing began and as the band struck
up I'D Leave My Happy Home for You the -FOUR
hundred little feet resolved by common consent INTO
the genuine "cakeWalk' step AS each child wore
a tri-colored jockey cap and carried small Amer
flag, the moving picture of kaIeidoscopic erect
was an unusually pretty one. As the band changed
| its tune from Yankee Doodle and The Star
Spangled Banner" to "The Wearing of the Green.
] the chorus of childish voices arose in each song
loud enough drown the roar of the elevated or
! the salutatory "toots' of the freboat New-York,
anchored off the Battery.
About a piano organ appeared on the street,
| and a member OF the association tried with much
esticula make the Italians in charge under
| stand that their services required. But the
| dread of the blue coats could not be overcome
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
RELICS OF COLONIAL DAYS
HISTORY OF THE MACE USED BY THE
FIRST SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE
OF BURGESSES

Washington, May 3 (SpeciaD.-At the meeting
OF the National Society of Colonial Danes of Amer
lea, in this city last week considerable time was
devoted to the discussion of the society's exhib,
at the National Museum. The exhibition consists
of articles belonging by those who took
conspicuous part in making the early hsury of
the United States.
The various State chapters have taken an active
part in this work, and monthly make additions 20
the exhibit which is growing to be large enough
fill considerable space in the hall which
will be constructed by the society at Washington
within the next few years. probably before the sixth
biennial assembly OF the Danes.
Among the relies exhibition in these cases
is the head Of the mace which used by the
first Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the
eighteenth century, and presented to the Colony of
Virginia by the King of England. 1t used TO
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
GOWNS REDUCED IN PRICE.

The Mostkowtz ladies' tailors OF No. 25
West 42d-st. near 5th-eve. are making an un-
usua! offer. For the remainder of this week
they VIII make 10 order broad cloth suits in
imported material costing Sc yard for 500
the regular price being $50; also tailored gowns
or imported material lined with rich silk for
Si.'. The usual price is SO
The Mostkowitz pride themselves in the high
Grass OF patronage they receive which they re-
gard as the best Endorsement of their work
Ihe price quoted is for this week only.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

their name is legion-roof gardens Coney Island.
and excursions without number. / never have a
dull evening. And like the days too. No one 70
visit, social obligations OF description. only
rest and recreation. l read all l want to- prac-
tIse, drive in Il hanson when il is not 100 not
and, altogether have a lovely time. ~
'Of course, in midsummer ii gets pretty sitting.
but then my husband takes his holiday, and we can
go where we like month and ! often come
home to find New YOrt cooler than the country
yla 7 left
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
Fun DURING VACATION.

Many mothers are following the custom OF dress
ing their little girls in overalls during the play
hours of the summer vacations, and the children
have taken SO much pleasure In wearing these odd
garments that it is becoming a matter of course
include several suits of overalls in the summer
outfit Of every little girl.
The sisters shown in the accompanying pict-
delighted with their quaint costumes
that they concluded TO wear the overalls every day
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
HIGH CLASS ACCORDION PLEArINGS.

A Burgess who is well known for high class
dress and accordion pleRtings, has removed No
800 Sixth-ave between Twerty-frst and Twenty
second SITS where he has larger quarters and bet
ter facilities for carrying his business. orders
are taken for dress pleatings. pinking and button
holes. Permanent accordion pleatines are naue
in widths varying from one TO one hundred Inches
deep Straw hats cleaned, reshnped and
bleac ached and feather boas are cleaned dyed. re-
paired and curled while customers walt. Gloves
are cleaned 10 cents pair.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
MEMBER OF THE FINE ARTS DEP4RrnEyT.

Miss Anna Caulfed. who last winter made her bow
as a lecturer and who has been appointed a mem
ber OF tha Department OF Fine Arts OF the Paris
Exposition by Commissioned General Ferdinand w
Peck, sailed for Paris last week. Miss Caulheld n
a graduate of RatclifSe College. Harvard Cniver~
sty Annex. where her studies In art and literary
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

criticism began. Later she studied four years IN
Paris, Florence and Rome, sad photographed many
famous paintings never before photographed in ad-
ditou max king many pictures of ruins buildings
and scenery
She has lectured In Paris under the auspices OF
The United States Ambassador, before the General
Federation OF Womens Clubs at Denver. and gave
the closing lecture Of the Art Congress Of the
Mississippi Exposition az Omaha. She had
the honor Of being specially invited 10 give her
lecture on the Golden Age of italian Art before
President and Mrs. Mckinley.