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The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
JAPANESE SYMBOLISM,
Elaborate system which Conveys Special
Meanings.

Meanings.
The Anglo-SaXon, in his self-assur-
ance, thinks that his pictorial symbol
ism, which he has borrowed chiefly
from the Greek and Hebrew, is the
only one contained in decorative art.
The anchor as representing hope, the
wings for aspiration, the crown for
power the sceptre fO- authority, the
scroll or open volume for wisdom are
the main features in his little system.
He seldom realizes that the Japanese
have developed symbolism into a sys-
TEN so extensive as to make that Of
his own art-wOrld clumsy and ridcu-
lous in comparison. To the brown
men of Dai Nippon, Western symbol
ism is puerile and ridiculous. Theirs
represents the united labor of the poet,
painter, sculptor and embroiderer. \
thousand objects, all attractive and a
majority beautiful per SO, represent
spiritual counterparts The system is
applied to kakamonas or wa banners,
fans, garments and screens. IL you
wish to convey to a friend the sentl-
ment Of good luck, You send him a
screen on which are painted or en-
broidered stOrks flying toward the sun.
II the friend be aged the storks should
be flying toward the nest and If very
aged, the storks should be alighting.
Where, on the other hand, death has
occurred in some family to which you
are attached, the symbol which eX-
presses the fact is the cobweb with or
without the spider. Here the Japan
ese artists are divided. The realistic
school introduces the spider to suggest
the vOracity and destructiveness of Az
rael; the idealistic school omits the
spider. and uses the web to express the
thought that where the web is there Is
no longer any human activity, and that
even the spider which made the web
has shared a similar fate. Where, for
example, a house is in mourning, the
inmates should be sheltered with
screens on which appear the graceful
but sombre lines of the cobweb At
sent the different emotions, and three
score of leaves, flowers and trees have
these secondary meanings,
Not alone does each leaf have
meaning per Sc, but this is varied again
by juxtaposition with one or two other
leaves. The combining or grouping is
a positive science in itself Most prom
inent of all the symbols is the sacred
mountain Fujiyama. Doubtless the ma
jestic beauty and extraordinary isola.
tion of that world-famous peak i'm
pressed the people of the islands from
the very first. BY degrees it became
symbol of their own country to which
all souls yearn. II was mountain
and also a door into heaven. AS
symbol it expresses patriotism, the
hearth spiritual, and aspiration. When,
therefore. you desire to present a
screen to friend let 1t contain storks,
swallows and sparrows, bamboos, oak
leaves, fishes, the Temple of Nikko and
Fujiyama, but do not send one with
cobweb unless there be death in the
family, or one with the dragon of ra-
pacity unless you desire to insult him.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Dates on Old Coins Made Plain.

Most boys have an old silver coin oil
some kind, which they are keeping as
a relic, either for sentimental reasons
or because they think it worth more
than its face value. In some instances
the date or the inscription has been
worn away and it is impossible to read
it, even with strong glass. The fol
lowing method, originally practiced at
the mint to discover the genuine coins
when silver was called in, will enable
any one to read an obliteratcd inscrip-
ton: Make the poker red hot in the
fire and then place the silver coin on
it; the inscription will be plainly visible
in greenish hue, which will fade as
the coin cools.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
The DnI.e and the Cat. |.

There were few things in the British
Army which the Duke Of Wellington
would not defend with whole hearted
zeal. Flogging was one Of them. In
May, 1850, young dragoon was sen.
fenced by court-martial to receive fifty
lashes. A clergyman wrote his grace
a letter, expressed in very respectful
terms, urging that the punishment
might be altered to one of less inhuman
description. This was the Iron Dukes
answer. dated from the Horse Guards:
''F. NJ. Field Marshall the Duke OF
Wellington has received Rev. IS
letter, and begs, IN reply, to state that
the sentence OF the court-martial on
Private - appears far too lenient for
the Offense committed. The Comman-
der-in. Chief cannot, and VIII not, inter.
fere to procure any mitigation" -
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
An End to Footbindine in China.

Soon after Chinese girl is born her
feet are tightly bound up In order to
prevent them from growing. The re-
suit is that when she becomes IA wom-
an, indeed long before this period is
reached, she cannot walk, but only
waddles awkwardly At last, however,
a good time seems to be coming for
these babies. During the Boxer dis
turbances 1T was found that escape
from the rebels was impossible for
most of the women, for the simple rea-
son that they were unable to run. 1t
is believed that hundreds Of the poor
creatures who would otherwise have
been alive at the present moment were
killed by those ruffians land afterward
by many European soldiers, too. The
Cinnamon are said to have been so
shocked that they intend to put a stop
TO the cruel and absurd practice of
footbinding. So this is one benefit that
will come to the Chinese babies out OF
warfare. Sometimes it does look as if
good could come out Of evil.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Cunid and the Coal EamIns.

However loving and trusting two
young hearts may be, says the Phila.
delphia Saturday Evening Post, it is a
foregone conclusion that they can in
no way affect the price Of coal this
winter, and 1t is a brave young man
who would take his fair young bride
by the hand and face the whole world
with coal at 500 ton. Therefore the
weddings are being postponed by hun
dreds of thousands until more auspi.
clous times, and everybody knows
what that means. That there is many
a slip is nowhere more truly spoken
than in reference to engaged couples,
and wedding postponed has but one
chance in five Of ever coming off.
Worse than that, the coal strike and
the consequent boosting Of prices are
going to have a similar blighting effect
upon next springs crop of engage
ments and weddings, since only the
fabulously wealthy can afford this
winter to allow Cholly and Araminta
to hold down the sofa in the warm and
cosy parlor until all hours of the night.
Stern papas will enforce the early clos
ing rules with unheard of rigidity when
$50 coal is being consumed in the fur
mace. Parlor duets will become an un.
known quantity, impecunious young
men win have to 90 TO bed immediate.
~ after dinner in order to keep warm,
and there will be no engagements fol-
lowing the winter season OF tetc
tetes.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01

New PENSION LAWS. Act OF June g. 1919 pen
sions certain survivors anl their widows OF ts In
dian Wars from 81 TO 1888 We Will pay So. u fOr
every good Contract Claim under this act. Act OF
July 10 pensions certain soldiers who had prior
confederate service, also who may DO charged with
desertion. No pension no tea Advice tree For
blanks and full Instructions address the W. h. wills
Pension Agency, Wills Building, A2 Indiana Ave,
Washington, d, O. Twenty years practice in Wash.
inRton. Copies Of the u VS. sent tor cents.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Mnlrcs Dlstance shorter.

The distance a farmer lives from
market is not a question of miles, but
Of the roads he must travel to reach
there. How many hours and how
many horses does it require to haul
load to market When thus measured
ten miles of a good, smooth highway
are not as ong as few miles Of mud
and stone.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Rorn. Marri.a and nnrl.h q, So.

' The body Of Captain Richard Mars
den, who was for nineteen years Har-
Dor Master at Gravesend, England,
was committed to the deep off the
Goodwin Sands the other day. Cap.
tain Marsden was born and married at
sea. asa.-
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Old BRIDAL Custome.

There used to be custom of strew.
ing flowers before the bridal couples
as they went to the church and from
the church to the house.
Suppose the way with fragrant herbs
were strewing,
All things were ready, We to the church
were going,
And now suppose the priest had Joined
our hands,"
is quaint old verse that refers to
this custom. The Persians introduce a
tree at their marriage feasts laden with
fruit, and it is the place Of the guests
to try to pluck this without the bride
groom observing If successful, they
must present the bridal couple with a
gift a hundred times the value OF the
object removed. In Tuscany brides
wear jasmine wreaths, and there is a
legend that q once reigning Grand Duke
who at great expense procured this
flower for bis own particular garden,
gave orders to his gardener not to part
with any flowers or clippings; but the
gardener, who was in love, took a
xprig to his sweetheart as gift. She,
being shrewd, planted it and raised
from it several small plants which she
sold to the Dukes envious neighbors
at a great price. In short time she
had saved enough money to enable
her lover and herself to marry and
start housekeeping, and so the Tuscans
have saying that "The girl worthy Of
wearing the jasmine wreath is rich
enough TO make her husband happy"
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
in the house. In a recent letter to De.
Hartman he savs.

~ the mouse. In recent letter 10 Drs
Hartman he says:
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SALEM, May Q. 1898.
The Peru-na Medicine Co.. Columbus, o.:
Dear Sirs--I have had occasion to use
your Pe.ru-na medicine in my family for
colds, and it proved TO be an excellent rem
cdy. have not had occasion to use it for
other ailments.
Yours very truly, w. NJ. Lord.
1t will be noticed that the Governor
says he has not had occasion to use Peru
ma for other ailments. The reason for this
is most other ailments begin with a cold.
Using Peru-na to promptly cure colds, ho
protects his family against other ailments.
This is exactly what every other family in
the United States should do. Keep Peru
ma in the house. Use it for coughs, colds,
la grippe and other climatic affections OF
winter, and there will be no other all
ments in the house. Such families should
provide themselves with a copy of DR..
HartTqn's free book, entitled Winter Ca.
tarrh." Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01
Monotonous Poverty,

Poverty would become monotonous
IL one didn't have to stop hustllng for
bread and meat occasionally in order
to hustle for few other things. s.-New
York Herald. .....
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01

Deep-sea water for study is procured
by means Of specially prepared bottles.
The suburban citizen., 1902-11-01

V ROM recent publication OF
Il the United States Office Of
v Road Inquiries we take the
following.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-23
WR4NGLES IN CROKER TRIAL.
LATTER VIGOROUSLY OBJECTS
To RULINGS.

Amid the objections OF John ]. Delany. counsel
for Chief Croker. cross-examination OF the Chief
was begun by Assistant Corporation Counsel Whit
at Fire Headquarters yesterday morning.
The previous ruling OF the Commissioner was that
the cross examination of Mr.. Whitman should be
made after each specification had been testified on
When Assistant Corporation Counsel Whitman
asked for permission 10 reserve cross-examination
Tuesday afternoon until yesterday morning,
Commissioner Sturgis overruled himself and grant
ed the request Mr. Delany protested
DO you remember the date of the conference be-
tween Commissioner Scannen and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel KiernanT' asked Mr.. Whitman
OF chief Croker.
No: it was some time in 1899 or 1soo" the
answer
Mr. Delany objected to the form Of the next ques-
tion. terming It tricky"
Are You quite through asked the counsel for
the prosecution with sneer.
No ! am not through" replied Mr. Delany. Mr.
Commissioner l want protection from the insolence
Of counsel"
Do not enter it the record. Mr.. stenOgra-
pher." said the Commissioner.
After considerable argument Mr.. Deany appealed
10 those present TO note that the Commissioner de-
MED him the privilege OF having his objections re-
corded
In answer to a question Chief Croker said he did
not remember any report OF inspection after July
/. 1889
Did YOU consider the hotel hreproot:"
Il did"
Mr., Whitman then read from the minutes Of the
Coroners inquest OF the Park Avenue Hotel fire. at
which time the witness testified that he did not
consider the hotel hreproOf
rs that true?
1t must be. II is the record
Mr.. Whitman read the much quoted suspend in
speCtiOn order and the order substituted ordering
all company commanders TO inspect and report all
buildings Of nine stories and 100 feet high.
Chief Croker read the order and admitted that
there was nothing IN 10 10 compel the inspection of
buildings 100 feet high and under nine stories
Did YOU send anv men on the roof OF the Park
Avenue Hotel before the fire.
No
Did vou ever direct the hotel proprietor take
any precaution against the armory fire.
No
Did you take any precautions against the hotel
taking fire?'
windows We're closed.
a desire TO have men officials Join the New
York Fire Department Benevolent Association
Mr. Whitman here read from the record of the
Captain Cliford trial and asked whether not the
witness had not then testified that he. had urged
his friends in the department. TO join.
Il don't remember replied the witness.
Did Won not testify that YOU urged them 10 re-
sign from the old association and join the new
once
Adfournmert was taken until 10 o'clock this
morning when the cross-examination Of Chief Gro
ker will be continued
New-York tribune., 1902-10-23
HEALER KNEW THE DISEASE.
But RECOMMENDED STICKING To
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, SAYS
QUINBY.

The inquest by Coroner Banning in Waite Plains
as TO the responsibility for the death Of little
Esther Hunter Qunby began yesterday.
John Quinby. the girls father. was the first wit
ness. He testified in low tones and seemed to feel
MS position a grave one. In his testimony he
stated that for five years doctor had been ad-
mltted 10 the house. and that his immediate fam
lily were all Christian Scientists. He said that
the child Esther taken sick Thursday
morning last. and that she had attended the
Fisher-ave. -chool the day before. He thought she
had tOnstis. When her condition became more
serious he sent for Lathrop. who came twice at an
expense of 81 a visit and his fare. On sun
day night he said the healer told him he believed
the child had diphtheria. but recommended stick
ing to the faith a
Qunby then called up the health officer, Dr.
Birch, TO know if he would be allowed to go To
work but stated he did desire the attendance
of doctor Quinby said that he had cured his
own ailments through the faith. He told how he
and his wife had taken a course in the faith at
No. 10 West SiXty-elghth-st. NewYOrk. for a con-
sderation Of 500 and he stated that his wife was
further advanced in the faith than he was. and
was possessed OF considerable healing powers
He told Coroner Banning. in reply TO question.
that he did not believe in doctors medicine. nor
did any of his family. When asked II he believed
that little Esther whom he always referred 10 as
having passed on" had sufficient mental capac-
ity seven years of age choose Christian
faith, Quinby answered that he believed she had.
that she firm believer in Christian Science
and wanted no doctor DR.. Birch testified that he
quarantined the house Monday and notified the
Coroner of the death that morning of the child
He stated that he visited the Quinby cottage at No
- BrOokfeld-st yesterday and examined Mrs Quin-
by the girls, the boy and an elderly woman
said to be relative of the family He found Mrs.
Qunby and both girls affected with symptoms Of
the disease, and stated that Mrs. Quinby had de
veOped the disease more adva need stage than
the children; He administered anti-t3xin to the the
whole household. DIR. Birch found Lathrop in the
house Notwithstanding that the place was under
quarantine. He was not examined by the health
officer. he made a hasty exit evidently fearing
unpleasant results
Dr. George {. Weiss and DR.. Edward 5. Newell,
both of Mount Vernon, who made the autopsy on
the child testified that death resulted from dlph-
iberia. l. : FelZer. lawyer representing the
New-YoTk Medical Society, attended the Inquest.
and will take the matter up Coroner Banning ad-
jOurned the inquest until this afternoon when
lathrOp will BE- called upon TO testify coroner
Banning and his stenOgrapher will visit the Cunoy
home this morning for the purpose of taking Mrs.
Qunby'S statement of the case
New-York tribune., 1902-10-23

she was after ideas for her own some one else's
clothes However, under these old conditions, the
eternal feminine did really go the heart Of
things In these marvellous old dra wings the
tunes fitted miraculoUsy well-they We're 50
smooth, fiat rigid-that the dressmaker for
herself and others could not tell how the clothes
were going 10 hang on real live woman. Under
rhe Photographic system. the other hand mod
els who represent tho various physical types or
builds - women are employed and women Of the
corresponding type quickly choose from among
the pictures their own representatives, Finding
them, they perceive how garment is going TO
look when they wear H. Meantime. through this
comparison with nature. the distorted form Of the
old fashion picture has become absurd and quite
shocking. Even fashion pictures which dra wn
must be much truer 20 life than they We're made
formerly. Photography has. In this respect at
least, done good service FOR beauty"
New-York tribune., 1902-10-23
LNNIGRANTS FED TOO WE'LL.
ITALIAN OFFICIALS FEAR STEAMSHIP
MENU WILL LEAD To WASTE
FTL HABITS

Whatever complaints Italian immigrants may be
moved to make regarding their treatment on their
arrival at this port. they apparently have
10 complain of inadequate provision for their health
and comfort while they in the OF the
steamship companies. Judging by suggestions that
have been made recently by Italian officials that
they are fed too bOuntifully some OF the steam
ships and that they led into wastefu habits by
the liberal supplies they receive the voyage to
New-York. The immigrants themselves have not
been making any complaints. They have a well
fed. satisfied appearance when they arrive here.
Most of them after their arrival live cheapIy and
save money wheE they receive only meagre pay
for work.
All steamship companies that carry Italian iuam-
grants TO America obliged TO conform to strin-
gent rules established by the Italian Government.
An Italian commissioner" usually a surgeon OF
the navy. accompanies every shipoad OF immigrants
and makes daily Inspections TO see tha- the rules
are obeyed The rules prescribe the minimum
quantities of food to be furnished each immigrant
daily the steamship. BY these rules the daily
allowance OF breaG for each person is 200 grams
equal to about pOu al ard half 800 grams
OF biscuit Each immigrant must have at least
go grams OF fresh meat or 200 grams OF condensed
meal grams ofD 7fs1 ~ - r,s-t..-
and half pint OF Italian wine daily with smaller
week
Not coatent with supplying to the immigrants all
that the rules prescribe, of the Steamship
companies have been supplying much more and the
immigrants have been unable to consume All thev
receive. The result is that they have been observed
To throw away considerable quantities OF bread
and biscuits, and cabin passengers have been
amused BY the sight of showers OF uneaten bread
cast into the waters from the steerage. The Com
missiOners have protested to the steamship officers
that there is occasion for waste and some Of
them have said that too generous supplies might
leaq to reckless habits by immigrants after their
arrival IN America. Steamship officials said YES
terdsy. however. that there had been no formal
Government
New-York tribune., 1902-10-23
MAY STRIKE SYMPATHY
THIRTY THOUSAND MEN To BE CALLED
OUT IF NON-UNION PLASTERERs
ARE EMPLOYED

Nearly every large unfinished building in the
city was tied up yesterday, as far as pIastering
is concerned by a general strike ordered by the
Plasterers' Union. About fifteen thousand pIas-
terers struck. forcing into idleness about seven
hundred plasterers laborers One thousand more
mechanics employed paperhangers. painters
and varnishers will also become idle. and il
Eon-union men are put to work in the strikers
places. sympathetic strikes will be ordered which
will bring out from 2OOoo to 10000 men in the
ether building trades. The Ansonia Hotel on
which the plasterers are working under fore
man selected by themselves, and about three
OF four other structures are the onIv buildings
not affected
Among the large buildings affected are the
new Stock Exchange building the Hanover
Bank building. Charles Lanier's house in Thir-
ty-hfth-st near Madison-ave; the Babcock
house. No. ~ East Fifty -second-st.: the Barber
bouse. No. III West Fifty-third-st the St Regis
Hotel, the Mount Sinai Hospital. the "FIatiroH'
building. Fifth-ave.. Twenty-second and Twen-
ty-third SITS; the Childs building Thirty-fourth-
st: the new High School Sixty-ffth-st. Column
bus-ave. and Central Park West; the Speyer
building, in Pine-st; the annex to Simpson.
Crawford & Simpsons store West Nineteenth
st. and Sixth-ave.. and the new Macy store.
West Thirty-fourth-st and Broadway
As told in yesterdays Tribune the strike
was caused by two strikes-one against the sub
letting of a contract. and the other to enforce a
rule by which the men at work on buildings
shall elect their foremen
A largely attended meeting of the Employing
Plasterers' Association held yesterday at
the Building Trades Club President James
Thomson IN the chair Forty-two members at
tended President Thomson said after the meet
ing that a general statement will be given out
to-day defining the position of the employers.
The situation of affairs had become intOleTable
revE fro oh
and then.
We have no desire to cut wages" he said
but we must get order out of chaos and run
our own business We raised the wages Of the
men from 500 20 " a day last April. and now
propose 10 return t0 the old terms until some
kind of an agreement is reached which will pro-
tect us in the future The plasterers attempted
six years ago 70 force the rule by which
they would appoint their own fOremen. We
gave them a fight on it then and won. public
sentiment with us"
The Board of Building Trades met yesterday.
and after indOrslng the plasterers instructed the
arbitration board 10 try to bring about settle
ment.