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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
A Suggestion TO hnstesses-

Allow me to suggest the formation of
short-named\ society," THE House.
keepers Anti-Macaroon Kiss and Lady
finger League: its object being to re-
create and revive the present yitiated
taste to an appreciatiye appetite for
wholesome. toothsome. homemade cake.
says a writer in the current number OF
Good housekeeping" All persons to be
eligible who are sick of the sight of the
bakers ladyfnser and her two insvita-s
bic commandments the un-namable little
shapes spread with an unknown acid in
side and nauseating gum outside: OF the
poisonous. rins-streaked and silver
spotted hearts and rounds. which one
would fain drop politely into the conve-
nient folds of her chiffon front. for her
stomach's sake-and of all other poor
substitutes for the real thing. In the
good old times before baking POWDER.
fine cake-making was always a rising
question. ard shall the new woman will
lingly drop TO macaroons without a
struggle to regain the LOST art2 What "a
fall from the spirit which sustained lone
women to sit through the long night with
but tallow dip and md batch OF
calmly eat dry ladyfingers year in and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
Our Deceptive Successes.

No other modern nation has been
schooled as we have been in big under
takings. and the mastery of novel diff
culties, says Professor Woodrow Wilson
in the March Atlantic. We have become
confirmed in energy in reSourcefulness
in practical proficiency, in self-coniidence.
We have become confirmed, also, so far
as our character is concerned, in the
habit of acting under an odd mixture
Of selfish and aitruistic motives. Having
ourselves a population fit to be free,
making good its freedom in every sort
of unhampcred enterprise, determining
its own destiny unGuided and unbidden,
moving as it pleased within wide boun-
diaries, using institutions, not dominated
by them, we have sympatllized with free
dom everywhere, have deemed it mig
Gardly to deny an equal degree of free
dom TO any race or community that
desired it, have pressed handsome princi-
pies of equity in international dealings,
have rejoiced to believe that our princi-
pies might some day make every govern
mont = servant, not master. Of its
people. Ease and prosperity have made
us wish the whole world to be as happy
and well to do as ourselves; and we have
supposed that institutions and principles
like our own were the simple prescription
for making them so.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
Webster and the Trout.

with each increase of Wcbster's fame
as lawyer and an orator, writes Pro-
lessor McMaSter in the March Century,
friends and admirers grew more and more
urgent that he should once more return
TO public life. He did. indeed, consent
to serve as presidential elector, and for
ten days sat in the Massachusetts LeGis-
1aIure- Many years aftcrward, in the
course Of speech, Webster referred to
this service. and told his hearers q story
quite characteristic OF the man. 1T so
happens. said he. that all the public
services which ! have rendered in this
world. IN my day and generation, have
been connected with the General Govern
ment- l think I ought to make one
exception l was ten days a member
of the Massachusetts Legislature, and
turned my thoughts to the search for
some good object in which | could be use
1ul in that position; and. after much
reflection. / introduced a bill which. with
the general consent of both houses OF the
Massachusetts Legislature, passed into a
law and is now q law of the State,
which enacts that no man in the State
shall catch trout in any other manner
than In the old way, with an ordinary
silook and line
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03

''Yellow Journals" tells how these papers
are made, and aims to explain why they
are made as they are. ''UruguaS,s Pro-
eressive Ruler by Douglas White, is a
portrait study of Cuestas, who is a unique
exception among South American
presidents. "The Decay of Manners" by
John Gilmer Speed. is an earnest protest
in exceedingly readable form against the
decline of American Doliteness. Some
After-Dinner Humorists, by Geo. Bar
~ Mallon, is an anecdotal sketch OF the
best after-dinner speakers, with enjoy
able examples from their speeches. Iral-
1ic and the Country" by Arthur l. Street,
is a dramatic study of the revolution OF
traffic conditions that has resulted in the
astonishing Development of the entire mid
die section Of the United States. Besides,
there are several excellent short stories,
among which mention should be made
to "Siwash,'' By Jack London: THE Lot
terry Ticket by Rafael Sabatini and
1.-The Making of a Bandit" by c. A.
Bontils Topics of the Theatre with
many interesting pictures, closes the
number.
A new novel by Maurice Thompson, the
first since Alice of Old Vincennes."
appears complete in the March
NEW LIPPINCOTT MAGAZINE.
This is a delightful. straight
forward lOFe-SIOrS, Ill ME. InoNp-
sons sweetest veing. General Charles
Kings West Point story third in
the series Of College Tales now running
through the New LippincotO is entitled
1.-The Code of the Corps" General King
says: Il attach especial value to this
story at this time By which he evil
IDENTIFY means that it bears closely on the
recent Investigations into hazing at West
Point. Other short stories are AT the
CT of IL, Dot
wards: "a Palaeolithic Wooing,' by DR..
Merrick Whtconb; and Lisa. a Sketch
of Spanish California" by Eleanor G..
Walton. Mrs. e. D. Gillespie's auto
biography, "a Book of Remembrance
is socn to appear in book form. The
New" Lippincott is fortunate in securing
a couple Of advance chapters, which con-
tain some of the liveliest anecdotes and
funniest experiences of her eventful life.
The artist-author. Mrs. Anna Lea AIer-.
rift. contributes a paper on Making
Garden in which there are many valua-
HE sugee stions and beautiful thoughts.
1t is accompanied by a garden plan OF
much practical service to amateurs. 1.-THE
Native Races Of Mexico by Henry s.,
Brooks, is a significant paper. of timely
interest in a Pan-American year.
Almost every part of the globe is rep-
resented in SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE
for March. and in every case by some
well known writer who has actually visit
ed the country which he describes. Rich.
ard Harding Davis leads the number
with an account of a journey Along the
East Coast of Africa stopping at those
strange. half-barbaric and half-civilized
ports that mark the fringe OF progress in
Africa. Thomas f. Willard, whose pre-
yious articles on the Armies in China and
the Campaign of Revenge have attracted
so much attention. contributes to this
number a concluding article on THE Set
tlement in China. Henry Norman's
Russian article in this number is Of un-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
Copyright, 1901.)

goes Back to the times when England and
France were preparing to do battle for
this continent. Other papers are Ihe
Wreckins Train" 1.-The History of Mat
thew Stanley Quay and Bird Haunts OF
Norway" Nor does the number neglect
fiction. Tho Barber-Surgeon' is a story
by CUTLER Couch, which plainly shows why
90" is recognized as heir to the mantle of
r. L. Stevenson. Mr.. S. A. Nelson con-
tributes another of his Illuminating stories
of Wall-Street life, and Miss Thompson
the pathetic story of AN Explorer"
The POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
for March opens with an article
by Professor Simon Newcomb, United
States Navy, on the motions of the
stars and their distribution through space.
This is the last of 4 series of Chapters
on the Stars" Mr.. HaveIock Ellis, editor
of the Contemporary Science Series, y
treats the nationality, race and social class
of the most eminent British men of genius,
and Professor r. II. Thurston, director of
Sib;ey College, Cornell University, contri-
butes an article describing the develop
ment of modern ideas regarding the per-
sistence of energy. DR.. d. S. Sargent, di-
rector of the Hemenway Gymnasium of
Harvard University, describes measure
ments made by him on thousand Cuban
ltc-CltclS, iIil COIIpdISS llleii ~ pc Will
that Of American student. Hudson
Maxim, in an illustrated article, explains
his experiments on high explosives and
the properties Of ''MaXimite.' Professor
Edwin 0. Dexter, of the University OF
Illinois. gives extensive statistics, showing
the influence of the weather on suicide.
DR.. H. w. Fairbanks, in another beauti-
fully illustrated article. describes one OF
the most interesting and lerst known
H. ;Aol sS,So
Pyramid Lake. Professor E. A. Andrews,
of Johns Hopkins University, gives some
curious facts in regard to frogs that care
for their young. Professor G. n. I.
Stewart reviews in a special article recent
progress in physiology, md there are, as
usual. special departments devoted to
scientific literature, correspondence and
the progress of science.
The February number of THE LITTLE
ERA keeps up the interest of the various
new features of the magazine. William
S. Walsh, in 1.-The Observer, treats his
themes in his usual trenchant and Incl
siye style Mr. keenan, is as interesting
as ever in reviewing current foreign lit
erature, and James Walter Smith-who,
by the way, is the editor of the Ameri-
can edition of the STRAND Magazine
entertains us with the literary doings OF.
the month IN Louooil. hciei SHui Viii
Candee contributes paper upon her
childhoods recollections of Donald G..
Mitchell and his home at Edgewood.
Frederick NJ. Bird contributes thought
full and timely paper. entitled Literature
vs. Science and Joel Benton one upon
.'The Future of Poetry Thomas Allen
Glenn writes upon 1.-The Death Mask OF
4 Napoleon and gives two reproductions
of 4Antommarchi,s casts. one taken from
T the bronze cast made In Paris, and one
from plaster cast made from the origi-l
nal mask while Antomma-chi was in
Cuba
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03

usua! timeIiness in that it deals with the
personality and the achievements OF the
greatest administrator in Russia, the Ia
nous Minister of Finance, NJ. de Wltte.
Allied to all these articles which snow
the political changes is an illuminating
paper on 1.-The Transformation OF the
Map QS25-1900l,' by Joseph Sohn one
of the strongest factors in our own de-
velopment is written of by Arthur Henry,
who has studied the immigrants as they
land in this country. Mrs Gilberts Stage
"reminiscences have reached her connec-
ton with Days Company, and recall
many incidents in the career OF that re-
markable manager In fiction there is
another Raff1es story by HornunS a
few months ago a story in this maga-
zine, entitled 1.-THE Green Pigs called
attention to a new humorous Writer ms
issue contains another story by the same
author, Mr.. Sydney Herman Preston.
Frederick Palmer writes a story turn
ing on army life in the Philippines.
Brander Matthews contributes an essay
on '"The English Language in America,
and Alexandra Sander, Art Director at
the Sevres mandatory near Paris,
writes Of its work as applied to archl-
tectural decoration.
The March ATLANTIC prints Wig
orous editorial call upon the President
to GIVE the Country the Facts about
the Philippines; Henry 3. Z. NIacfarland,
the famous Washington representative OF
the Boston Herald, contributes Strik-
ing analysis of Mr.. Mckinley as Presl-
4 dent Woodrow Wilson discusses Democ-
racy and Efficiency-can our Democracy
hold its own against the, present reaction
towards monarchy? w. e. 3. Du Bots
writes instructively concerning The
Freedmen's Bureau; j. W. Root discusses
the lessons of British Confederation;
w. c.. Dreher. in ~ Letter from Ger
many gives the years achievements of
that nation; j. B. Thayer sketches John
Marshall, our famous Supreme-Court
Chief Justice. Mrs Wiggin and Miss
Jewett continue their attractive Serials;
Roy r. ellison. Charles &. LOOMS. Dora
L. Hastings and others contribute lively
stories and sketches; Edith Thomas, r.
.. Johnson and William P Foster add
attractive poems. and a brilliant Con-
tributors' Cub and the Atlantic's fare.
well tribute to Queen Victoria round out
a notable number.
A striking article in FRANK LESLIE.
POPULAR MONTHLY for March is Far
Their North Than Nansen.' giving the first
adequate account that has appeared on
this side of the water OF the heroic dash
for the pole with has placed the name
of Abruzzi at the head OF the list of Arc
TIC explorers. <Ai1OlHec article or great IN
terest is written by Edward Marshall and
enbodies the results OF an elaborate Sc
ries OF mental and physical experiments
that have been made under governmental
guidance with some I, 900 of the public
school children in Chicago. The result
shows, apparently conclusively. that the
development of a child IS minds the direct
corollary of the Development of its body.
The Road to Frontenac.', the serial story
for 1861, begins in the March number
Those who read The Short Line w ar
need no introduction to Mr.. Samuel :Afer-
win. but in the present story his theme
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
Fad for AngIiciziug.
fCopyright-1aW.)

IT has been discovered by I woman
who makes considerable preteusion TO
keeping abreast OF the times that there
are styles in polite expression just as
there are styles in polite dressing. that
a word or phrase which was all the
vogue a year ago is not at all the proper
thing to-day no more than a gown of
last years vintage is the correct CARP
for reception of to-day. Says she:
THE tendency is to Angiicize every
thing that can be so treated Then she
goes on to explain:
''When I was a young girl, fresh from
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. L use term fresh
advisedly and after mature dellberatlon
the conversation of the then 'swaSSer
set had to be freely interiaried with
phrases from the French. No matter If
one had no more than table d'hote ac-
Guaintauce with the language-and q
good many of us had no wider know!
edSe-it was good form for us to make
use of what little we did know on every
possible occasion.
'.Thus we We're prone to admire the
SAVIOR faire of this that gentleman of
our set We talked frequently of the
Srande dame and others of the beau
monde. In discussing army we had
to say something about the esprit de
corps We occasionally regretted that
the entente cordiale between certain of
of our housekeeDer as the femme de
charge. and of the fencing professor as
the maitre d'armes.
''All this is changed I don't pretend
to say what has brought about the
for1n-for it is certainly reform of the
most pronounced type-but it is q fact
that the Franco-mania, like all such
faddy things. has run it's course l { you
will frequent the hauntS of the polite,
where two or three are gathered togeth-
er in the name of advanced thought and
correct, not TO say modish. speech and
acton, you cannot fail to observe the
passing of the foreign phrase from the
spoken form of expression
IF you will observe the hostess at an
afternoon function. or the matinee girl
at the fashionable confectioners, you
will note that she never offers to ask for.
as the case may be, creme de menthe.
The hostess will say: May 1 not offer
you mint cream. my dear? and the
matinee girl. abandoning the 'Garcon.
will simply remark: You may bring me
a mint cream. waiter
1T is the same way throughout the
list. We now speak of half-cups instead
of a demitasse, of upper world instead
of beau monde, and SO on. If this is
q fad, it is the most sensible fad yet
taken up
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
The First Presidential Inauguration.

3 Sharply at 1. o'clock noon Washington,
fiding in a carriage, attended by officials
and distinguished persons III other Vehl-
cles. and escorted by several companies
Of soldiers. started from Cherry Street,
Sheering men and the fluttering handher-
chiefs Of women greeting him along the
route Reaching Federal Hall, he went
into the Senate chamber. and then,
attended by a few persons-Vice-Presl-
dent Adams, Hamilton, Knox, Steuben,
and one or two others-pasSed out upon
the balcony, where he was in plain view
of the thousands assembled along Broad
aud Mall Streets. Flags and bunting
swung III the breeze. From sidewalk,
window. and housetop handkerchiefs
waved. The Chancellor OF New York,
Robert r. Livingston, administered the
oath Of office, aud then. turning toward
the populace. cried out: Long live
George Washington, President of the
United States y tremendous cheer
repeated again and again, which was
taken mp by the thousands who could not
rct within sight of Federal Hall. greeted
! the nations new Chief Magistrate. Bells
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
To Discourage the Nlaudlin.
DOWNRIGHT. 1an1.l

t., lSol.}
That class of women which eXaltS the
talked about, mistaking notoriety for
fame and bravado for heroism, is the
( target for attack. which, If successful.
should do much to discourage the silly
sentimentalists. Kansas, famed for many
picturesque and historic happenings, and
for it's many women contributors to the
gayety of nations. has taken the lead
in the reform work. If the project can
be brought to a. fortunate issue, all else
will be forgiven of the Bleeding State.
Briefly, the protector would punish all
women who send flowers or presents to
criminals.
In the language of Representative Sea-
ton, the parent of a noteworthy measure
of the present session, the custom of con-
ferriug on the incarcerated tire floral or
other emblem of esteem and appreciation.
has a tendency to exalt the prisoner in
his or her own estimation Wherefore,
it is to be broken UP.
Jail attaches and attendants at the Va
rious stations where persons under trial
are detained until the disposition of their
cases are thoroughly alive-to the merits
of the Kansas plan and heartily in favor
of it's universal adoption Some of the
men connected with the institutions of
this city have many and strange tales
to tell of the lengths to which the maud
lin efforts of the foolish will reach. One
cedure by reason of an experience eX-
tending over a score of years, talked
about the subject in this way:
whenever there is a big murder trial
under way there is sure to be Il CORE
spending outbreak of feminine idiocy. L
don't know why it is that women inya-
riabiy make heroes of men accused Of
the most brutal of all crimes, but they
do. Maybe it is their innate sympathy
finding expression. I say maybe. Per-
sonally I don't think it is anything OF
the kind. Just what it is l don't know.
1t is too deep psychological question
for me.
But do know what the effect is on
the prisoners. 1t is just as that man out
in Kansas says it is, tending to exalt the
criminal in his own estimation. And
nothing could be more hurtful to the
judicial system. Just let me put Il case
before you \ man is arrested for a
murder, which, on the face of the cir
cumStantial evidence. there seems little
doubt he committed. Let US suppose
when he is taken to Jail he is at first in
clined to remorse-prison life is the great
est eye-opener imaginable. When he is
in such a condition he is q tit subject
for missionary effort. He may be re-
pentant and confess his sin and have 4
desire to lead a better life, no matter
whether he ever have the opportunity to
practice it or not.
along comes a mash note, with a
bunch of flowers, from some foolish grit
What happens? The prisoners vanity is
aroused He forgets about his contrition
He knows he is being written up in the
papers. He gets more bouquets and sees
himself hero. He brazens it out. He
glorieS in his position. and regards his
crime as the means to the end of fame.
This is all wrong. and for this reason
there ought to be legislation restraining
the misguided from interfering with pris-
oners.''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03

all over the city rang, and the cannon
at the Battery Numbered forth the first
presidential salute ever given in America.
Then Washington passed into the Senate
chamber, read his address to Congress,
and the history of the United States
under the Constitution began. Washing
toms second Inauguration, on March 4,
1875, was simple, and took place in Phiia-
delphia, to whice place the temporary
capital was moved in 1890, and where it
remained until 1900, when it was estab
lished at Washington. The Inauguration
of Adams in Philadelphia. on March 4,
1897, was also devoid of any especial his
toric importance.-Charles NJ. Harvey in
Leslie'S Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
! CURRENT LITERATURE FOR BUSY READERS

York: all the lands lying within the wide
sweep of d line drawn up the western
bank of the Connecticut river, from the
sources of the Connecticut to the sources
of the Hudson, thence TO the head of
the Mohawk branch of the Hudson riv-
er, and thence to the east side of Della
ware bay (March, 1864. The commits
sioners were sent on their nlen-of-war
to take possession in the Dukes name.
The thing proved easy enough. The
doughty Stuyvesant was taken entirely
by surprise, had no force with which to
withstand Charles ships, found the
peaceable burghers about him loath to
fight. and yielded without q blow struck.
The settlement of the forms Of govern
ment under which the English should
rule was almost as easily effected
for Colonel Nichols, the English comman-
der, was not less a statesman than a SOL
der, knew how to be wisely generous and
make liberal provision for privileges and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
II Song for NzaxcA.

Sing no. sing no. for tho sleet and
snow
Sor the. stormy March and the winds
that blow
from north and south. now high, now
low,
Or chill or warm.
On March is the month Of months for
me:
Its south winds set old Winter free.
AND tell of the springtime soon to be,
With all its charm
Sing no, for March on the seas bleak
shore,
Where the bracins breezes everrnore,
Blow up from the ocean bearing be-
fore,
The salty spray,
Sing no, for March among the hills!
Melting SHOWS filing ice-rimmed riils.
Streams rushing madly past meadows
and mills
Day after day.
Sing he, for the toughest month of all.
Nhen shrili Ger The tempest sounds the
OF the crow from woodland tree-top
tall.
Telling Of spring!
And l1o, fer the waning winter days,
Nhen the lingering; north winds cold
DELAYS
april's coming. and chills the suns red
RAYS,
Oh, March is king,
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-03
An american Girl Preferred Private Life to
Sharing the Spanish Throne.

The remarkable romance Of Elise dens-
Ter. the Boston girl. who married King
Ferdinand, Of Portugal. is recalled by
Mabel Percy Haskell. in the March La
dies Home Journal. At her marriage
Miss Hensler was created the Countess OF
Eda. and with her royal husband took up
her home in the beautiful Palace OF Gin
ira. Had she wished it. the Countess
of Edla might have been Queen of Spain.
for King Ferdinand declined the crown
of Spain in 1869, soon after his marriage
to the beautiful American girl. It was
offered to him by General Prim and Cen
eraI Serrano and both the King and his
lovely wife decided that their quiet life.
so free from cares of state. was Infinitely
to be preferred to the worry and fret OF
a great European Court. Ferdinand died