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Evening journal., 1901-08-08

get your fortune told by the sheik
of'-well it doesn't matter where. He
tells it anyway, and you are half con-
WINGED. There are hundreds of booths
containing tons of trash, such as would
not be noticed elsewhere but You must
cucumber yourself with il here. Why
Well we hardly know, but other poo
pie do.
But where are the children since
we come to think of it there are very
few on the boardwalk. Oh. there
they arel the only sensible persons in
the city. Watch those sand-hills on
the beach. into which the tide is eat
ing. The mound-builders have been
at work, and they labor indefatigably
from sun to sun. A horde of little
savages. sunbrowned and freckled.
with trousers turned up. are digging.
running or wading at all hours. How
about the boardwalk? Well, they
know it exists, but there their knowl-
edge and their interest end
There are many fine hotels, and peo-
pie are registered there, and at times
they sleep in them. but no laburer ever
shouldered his pick and went on duty
more promptly. and labored as con-
scientiously, as these people tramp the
great avenue of boards stretching on
and on.
1t strikes one that the natural color
of the race is brown and not white. A
cream tint marks one as a recent ar
rival; it is not orthodox. and is re-
garded as a mark Of shame, to be
remedied as soon as the sun can get
in its work. Some blisters on the nose
and ears, gently peeling, stamp one
as belonging to the aristocracy WI
Ting Fang has about the proper shade
There are two types of bathers-the
abnormally fat, and the long and lean
How is it that they all represent ex-
tremes? Where are the medium sized
normally formed men and women
Net here; and how they do look in
bathing suitsl That garment seems
bent on making a caricature of either
the cask or the bean pole. And why
should that great brewery advertise
ment have that dainty little whisp oil
wife, or that dried-up agriculmrist
boast of three hundred pounds of bet.
ter half2 The only answer is thai
this is Atlantic City.
But the bath must be cut short fol
more of the treadmill. The boardVall
calls. and our voices echo, "cOmingi
Even as the trains pull out heads arr
thrust from the windows, and moist
eager eyes scan the distant thronl
passing and repassing, as constant, un
reasoning and unceasing as the tides
of old ocean.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
TiEBOARD WALK AT ATLANTIC
CITY THE WONDER OF AMERICA

Julian Hawthorne says Atlantic
City is unique; 1t is more. It is cos
mOpOlitan and democratic Whatever
ones social environment or habit may
have been at home. he may continue
in the same lines here without a jar
or a break.
Is he wealthy or poor, refined or
vulgar? He finds his counterpart at
cvery turn II he is religious he goes
to church, but he must not deny his
brother the right to indulge in copious
drafts of firewater even on Sunday
Everyone does as he pleases, unless
he seeks to deprive someone of a sim
liar right On a Sabbath. while the
motley throng surges up and down
the boardwalk. a travelling evangelist
is in the street beneath exercising a
fog-horn voice to the ediiication of adj
miring friends. while tipplers from the
adjacent saloon come lurching out with
considerable escaping profanity. They
do not notice the evangelist, nor does
he even consider the propriety OF re-
buking their sinful conduct
The boardwalk is Atlantic and At
lantic is the boardwalk. OF course
people occasionally take a rest and
traverse the back streets but it is only
for a time. The great ocean avenue
fasclnates and draws one with an all
compelling power. One may walk for
miles seeing the same throng moving.
ever mOving-wa,k till his feet are
blistered and his knees wabble. but he
has no power to withdraw. The
wheeled chairs were invented for those
who fell from sheer exhaustion, but
who had to keep moving.
What are the boardwalk fashions?
Everything goes. The styles of Broad
way, Deadwood and Miffin's Cross
Roads mingle to such an extent that
finally you wonder which is the most
sensible and attractive. Just sit in
one of the pavilions and watch the
thrOng; there is a cowboy in wide
sOmbrero and buckskin breeches
Now just listen to the suppressed cry
! There he goes; There he goes!
There who goes? None other than
WI Ting Fang. He has been looping
the loop. and is yet grinning at the
recollection. Those young fellows in
green and red neclVties are Jersey
truckers, although they are endeavor-
! ing to conceal that fact Then comes
! a senator, then ribbon-cOunter men
and then-well. there isn't any end.
Finally one becomes weary and won.
ders what he came for; oh, yes, the
ocean, He has forgotten it, 1t keep;
pounding away, trying to attract at
ltentiOn. but its efforts are discounted
by the shouting fakirs. Come ant
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

see the dear home light ahead,
There where it used to glow
Before ambition came and led
Me from it, long ago.
see the light, the glorious light,
Upon the distant hill!
Thank heaven for the welcome sight.
Thank heaven they are there tonight
To keep it burning still.
l family see the fields that lie
Upon the distant slopes.
And oh, my heart is beating high
With freshly kindled hopes!
/ see the light which tells me they
Are waiting for me still
The boy they lost is turning gray.
But here he filings his cares away
The light burns on the hill!
The light Of home, Oh shall I fare
Up, up, alone, some night
Upon a star-lit way and there
Behold another light?s
On that last night, oh. shall there be
A light upon the hill
Oh, shall there come a thrill to me.
AS faring up the slope l see
I The home light burning still?
4 s. e. Kiser, in the Chicago Recor,
Herald.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Of race or color, denounced. Great
pride was expressed fer Iowa's delega-
ton in Congress. and surely this was
justified. for few States are represent.
ed by trio Of such strength and char
aoter as Henderson. Allison and DOLL.
YER. There is excellent presidential
timber in that group. Iowa has rep
resented all that is best in Republican
ism, and the men she has honored and
the measures she has supported CAUSE
no shame to the great party
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
oSoldierly Bearing"

From the New York Times.
There is a great searching of hearts
going on at present, among the officers
OF the United States army, about the
appearance of the troops of that body
They may be good when 1t is a ques-
ton OF fighting; we know perfectly well
dhat they are good But II Is admit
ted that nobody would think it to lool,
at them" American military attaches
abroad have had this painful truth
borne in upon them for a good many
years; in fact, ever since the progress
sive slouchiness Of the army began
But they We're as the voice of one cry
ing in the wilderness. Nobody. even Cl
the stay-at-homo officers, and much
less Of the lawmakers, paid any atten.
ton to them. But now that Genera
Chaffee, whom absolutely nobody will
accuse of paying too much attention tC
the mint, anise. and cummin of tn,
fighting business, has raised his voic,
against the slouchiness OF the Ameri
can soldier, and General Miles has fol
lowed him, there is good hope Of a re
form.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. S.-Meeti
were held last night by the Democra
Populists and free silver Republi
state central committees, and fusioi
the three parties was practically ag
upon. w. J. Bryan addressed the C
mittees and expressed himself stroi
in favor of fusion.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
cannon az Monument

Cannon for the Delaware Hist
Society were shipped from New
yesterday. and will be stored unit
Cooch's' Bridge memorial is fin
when they win be placed aroun
base of the statue.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
No Mo- Pools For Phllllna.

Chicago. Aug. 8.-~No more CO
pools for me" said George II. Phil
yesterday. 81 knew that I was sta
ing over q can Of gunpowder all
time. and it was only by the mer
chance that escaped total annih
ton. was forced into the May p'
but won't be forced into another.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Standard Oil is good stock to hold.
Dividends aggregating forty per cent.
havebeen declared this year, and there
are more TO come When the interest
gets 10 the point where it reaches the
principal yearly, we think We viii take
a few shares.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK

Market street a short time ago, Miss
Webb came near meeting with serious
results. The animal dislikes strangers
and bit at her most viciously, Selling
her straw hat with its teeth. The
owner smilingly came to the rescue,
but the lesson passed UNDECIDED.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Mr.. Hanna wishes it to be understood
that he does not propose to intervene
in the matter between the steel cor
poration and its employees. He failed
to settle the Delaware strike between
the union and non-union men. What
he couldn't do with seven, he probabl,
cannot do with 100000.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Fishermen at the resorts down the
bay report an absence OF mosquitoes
splendid catches OF trout ranging from
a foot to a yard in length, and in theii
excitement in hauling them in a lub-
Der occasionally takes a tumble into
the old briny. What kind OF bait dc
they use
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
HasIeton MaohInIsts WaverIna.

FIa1Ieton WdcnlHIsL3 WaNeFIn9,
Hazleton Pa, Aug. S.-Althou
they voted a few days ago to contin
the fight many Of the machinists a
moulders formerly employed in {
shops at Drifton Of Coke Brothers
Co., the mining arm who have been
strike since June, began yesterday
apply for their former positions.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Virginia Lawyers Like Torrens Sy'
Richmond, Va. Aug. S.-At the
sion of the Virginia Bar Associs
at Greenbrier, White Sulphur Spr
yesterday. Mr.. Massie read a p
on the Torrens system, which was
cussed favorably by several mem
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

renee, tduotili !
rain in the lower
lake region. the
eastern portion Of
the middle Allan
tic states and in
New England
Rain continues in
eastern Georgia
and along the.
south Atlantic.
coast and in the.
middle plateau
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

II begins to look as though the
Nicely case would end in an acquitta
for want of evidence. There is NJ
power to compel witnesses from tn,
United States to attend the trial In
Cuba, and as the prosecution must de
pend largely upon their testimony tn,
charges will likely fail.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Several OF our contemporaries have
been making strenuous appeals to our
merchants to advertise with them.
They have our sympathy; it is a pleas
ure to conduct a real live paper which
is in itself an advertisement that it is
a most desirable medium.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The pictures Of seaside groups, which
are so numerous in the daily papers,
might be taken as a collection of wild
men and women from Borneo. They
are hardly flattering to the great
American people.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Mexico Warts National Divorce 1
Mexico City. Aug. S.-Several st
of the union propose petitioning
gress to enact a national divorce
Mexico has no divorce law, and
church party viii bitterly antago
the proposed enactment.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

New York Is a foreign dependency
Emperor Croker lives abroad and sends
his manifestos across the water. They
are abjectly obeyed
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Coroner Frick last evening he
quests on the bodies Of Evan Wi
and Paloi and Pasquale Gianni
we're killed on the railroad. TIL
returned a verdict Of accidental
in all of the cases.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Brazil was about to pass a tariff bill
inimical TO the interests of the United
States, but reconsidered the matter at
the instance Of Mr. Bryan. This is
another proof of the wise states
manship of the man. He is the Hon.
Charles p. Bryan, our minister there.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Ella is altogether too reckless with
her furling iron" 1t is only a case of
poetic license, but these should be IS.
sued at a tariff which is prohibitive.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The government has ordered the gun
boat Machias to Colon to protect
American interests there, and particu-
larly to guard the interests of tho
Isthmian railroad.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Another man who went TO sleep while
smoking a cigar in bed, awoke to find
the house in flames. The moral Is OBJ
vious; don't sleep ON an inaammable
nnN
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The, silver Republican organizations
of Nebraska have disbanded. They
have had a remarkable career: thei!
only accomplishment has been TO place
themselves outside OF the pale of any
organization. Democracy is preparing
to abandon that issue and the Repub.
lioan party is not very anxious for tn,
pridigals' return. Their portion is still
The "husks that the swine do eat"
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The Republicans of Iowa yesterday
nominated Albert Cummins for COVER
nor and adopted platform which will
carry the candidate to victory. The
administration is endorsed, and the
Acknowledgement Of citizens on account
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Forecast: Fair az warmer to-day;
fair tomorrow. with fresh west TO
northwest winds.
Sun rises, 5.04 a. m; sun sets, 7.07
p. m; length Of day, 14h. 3m.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The Washington Post says: In her
poem on the death Of Queen Victoria,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox sings of flags tina,
are supposed to be half-mast furled. >
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The trust has succeeded in putting
one steel mill in Pittsburg in operation
with non-union labor, and hopes Ia
start the Others in time with the same
class Of operatives. Should it succeed
the union would lose all it has gained
through the course of years.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Tillman has further cause for re-
joicingi a brutalized crowd of 500 pep
pie burned a negro at the stake yester-
day in Alabama According to report
the spectacle caused huge enjoyment
Nero would find congenial friends and
pleasant pastime were he reincarnated
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The interviews from Lieutenant
Schley regarding the ISLANDERS against
his father, the admiral, are declared
bogus. But the reporter was evidentl,
mind-reader, for, had young Schle.
expressed an opinion, he could no
have done better.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

With a short apple crop and high
prices fer corn what is Sussex county
going to do for apple-jack and corn
juice the coming Winter?
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

You can get a cool. salt breeze on the
pavilion at the Jefferson House, New
Castle.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

The Weather and the Almanac.
The southern disturbance ma
moved to the mouth of the St Law
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

There is one redeeming feature about
a folding bed; even the most timid fe'
male doesn't have to look under it be
fore retiring
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Young widows. like industrious gar
deners, are anxious to get rid Of thei
weeds
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Dolly-Then you and Kitty are not
friends any more?
Polly-No; but she still tells me al
the compliments she gets.-Chicag 0
Record-HeT aid.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The cross Of the French Legion Of
Honor has been bestowed on thirty
eight women.
Cerritos. Cal, claims to have the
largest artesian well in the world. 1t is
fourteen inches in diameter and 6Si
deep.
rs Mickey in condition."
Hes as fine as silk All, Mickeys a
great boy. He's got something up his
sleeve thatl astonish all thin other
buffers"
What is it, Mister DoolanY
ITS his ar-r-rm.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

A financial journal publishes rules
for discovering counterfeit bank notes.
What the average man wants is a few
simple rules for discovering the gem
uine article.
Evening journal., 1901-08-08

Urban-Why. old man. those chick
ems OF yours are regular game cocks
What makes them such fighters?
Suburban-I'm sure / don't know
unless it comes from feeding them
scraps.
Evening star., 1901-01-19
IN HOMEMADE RE0OUSSE
METAL WORK THAT MAY RE MADE,
ARTISTIC tND UNIQUE.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening star
The household that does not make an at
tempt to achieve individuality even in the
smallest details of its furnishing need make
no pretensions to smartness. To be just
like ones neighbor and to live in a house
which is a duplicate of his is to flaunt the
badge of the commonplace.
Even the lock that bars out the undcsired
world must be both unique and beautiful.
Quite in line with this demand for the ar
tistic combined with individuality is the re-
vival tif revival it may be called, since the
art has been always followed by few APP
preciatve ones) of SO called repousse work.
There is something savoring OF distinction
in devotion to the art. In fair fingers the
tools of the repousSe worker-the hammer,
punches and shears-give a charming. y
feminine effect Instead of the male work
mans unsightly blouse The fair worker will
be covered by a dainty ruffiej apron and
wear long gauntlets of wash material over
her sleeves; for the pitch which affords a
paste foundation for the more intrica te
work is apt TO soil hands and clothing.
While to all appearance the making of
repOusse work is simple enough the expert
turns out a masterpiece with an old ham,
mer, a few nails and a piece of Zinc), the
amateur finds the road to perfection no
fiowery one even with the assistance of the
best of implements.
The making or rep0uSSe or hammered
work on metal is an occupation particularly
suited to women, for it is light and p cas-
ant in the execution. Moreover, ii requires
delicate discrimination and an artistic
finish more commonly achieved by the fe-
male than by the male amateur.
Try on Zinc First.
Zinc should be the first metal attempted
by the tyro because 1t Is the cheapest and
the most easily worked. The expert may
use brass, copper, lead, pewter, silver and
gold. Pewter and lead probably the
most difficult metals to manage, as they are
very soft and require much care. Any
metal may be purchased in thin sheets
suitable for the work.
For the pushing out" a hammer, some
punches and some old nails. rounded off at
the point, together with a poker or some
similar blunt piece of metal. are all the in
struments needed. The best size for the
punches is about five inches long, with The
ends shaped to various sizes.
The sheet of metal should be fastened to
of very delicate nature. Small nails along
the edge should hold the sheet in place
while the design is applied to the metal.
For pattern in which the outline must
be very exactly hammered, a preparation
of pitch and tallow is used for the base.
The proportion is about one pound of tai
low to seven pounds of pitch, the stuff be-
ing melted in an old pan or kettle. The
mixture is prepared for use by marking
off with plaster of paris the limits of the
Evening star., 1901-01-19

part of the sleeves was n deep cuff of the
broadtafl, and The hat meant to wear wi III
the dress was Of such fine broaitai that it
looked like a piece of moire. 1t was trim
and two gray ostrich plumes. There was
also & mutf of the broadtail lined with ac-
Gordon plated pink chiffon and satin. while
across the top was tackled Il b1w of SPAN
ped single and most natural looking pink
rose. Roses as muff decora ions divide the
field with single white chrysanthemums-
the large variety, wi n soft, dropping petals.
An Old, Old story.
I promised In my last letter to tell you
about the theatricals. Well, they ended in
disaster, for Nile. de Serizy was suddenly
taken i'll, and as there was no one else. lit
tie Dubarrois took her part. You know. !
told you how fooishly the vicomte was act
ing about her. Well, In the pay she vas
the Vicomte'S sister, and bidding her fare
well he had to kiss her. | am sure The
countess had forgotten this, otherwise she
would have given up the theatricals rather
than have II happen. When she behe her
beloved son CASTOR put his arm around lit
tie DubarroiS, who was blushing furiously
and who looked adorable in her costume Of
rose brocade, really, l thought she would
faint. / must say CASTOR bestowed most
unfraternal kiss upon his supposed sister,
and there was a roguish twinkle in his eye
which eXasperated his mother. l knew the
girls doom had sounded, and so l think
did every one else. There was q scene be-
tween the comtesse and little Dubarrois
that evening in the countess boudoir, and
the next morning the carriage was ordered
for Mile. Cecile Dubarrois. She left short
note for the vicomte. BY his expression
am afraid the contents were not pleasant.
for he sulked during all the rest of ,ur
stay. l wonder what will come of it all?
CATHERINE TALBOT.
Evening star., 1901-01-19

mony, and it was not fancy dress ball,
either.
LII showed me some very pretty things
which she had just had made. There were
i hat and muff If crmine which | partic-
ularly remember. The hat had a large
brim. and the crown was a little higher
than the fiat affairs we have been wearing.
The only trimming was a lot of pale blue
panne ribbon. which was drawn softly
around the crown and fastened at the left
front into long. standing, wired bow. The
hat was tilted upward in front by a skill
fully graded band. and to hide this there
was one loop ana two ends. held together
by pearl buckle. The muff was one of the
pTettest / have ever seen. Ii was made Of
erm;ne, with two pouchng bands of sable.
Evening star., 1901-01-19

plate of pitch. y piece of fiat stone makes
the best receptacle for the molten pitch.
The mold should be we'll wet with water
before the molten mass is poured out, or
the pitch will stick to the stone.
Any non-absorbent substance will do as
well as stone. The pitch need not be more
than an inch thick, unless high relief work
Is intended; then it needs to be consider
ab v thicker.
The piece Of metal to be decorated is
warmed a little to make it stick to the
pitch and is then placed face downward
upon the mass.
An Easy Way.
The easiest way to make repousse work
is to transfer the outline of the design to
the metal and then with n fine instrument
make indentations 10 correspond with tho
lines. One of the blount Instruments is
then taken up and the pattern pushed out
into the required relief
When the metal is to be removed the
flame of a candle an alcohol lamp should
be applied along its surface. This will melt
the surface OF the pitch and permit the
sheet to be pulled away from 1t. Turpen-
tine rubbed over the face of the metal will
remove the stains of the pitch. Paraffn
and coarse Sawfust used literally are a iso
useful for cleaning.
Go Over Carefully.
To make really artistic work. the design
should be examined from the front and the
the pitch before hammerng out errors.
When the work is executed on pitch,
steel tools are required. In working the
punch is held upright. 1t should be a
blunt instrument, with a rather convex SUR
face for the broad effects. The size of the
punch of course depends on the de.icacy
of the design. n small piece of metal is
the best to begin on, after small part
Of the surface has been hammered there
is a tendency for the sheet to spring away
from the pitch or the board to which il has
been tackled.
All sorts of articles may be decorated
with repousse work. Door ornaments
frames for pictures, fancy boxes plaques.
book covers, panels for freplaces and man.
tells, coal scuttles, clock faces and plates.
Not a Difficult Art.
The work is not difficult to learn. II can
be mastered at any first-class art school I'm
six months and affords to self-support-
Ing woman a good field of labor. provided
she is willing to apply herself and has a
fair amount of taste. The adoption of
some specially affords the best advantages
for rapid advancement. although the wom-
an who can do all branches has the best
assurance of permanent success.
If q frSt-claSS meta worker VIII allow
her to be about his workshop for a few
months even if without a salary, she will
be given the best possible insight into the
practical side of the art. Metal working
is at present not oVercrowded by women
and, considering the uses TO which 1t may
be put, should be more profitable than
wood carving or illustrating.