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New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

Scheduled for tomorrow is Mrs. Eben wright's
theatre party for her sister, Miss Gertrude PeII
one Of the debutantes of the season. and daughter
of Mrs. Walden Pell Mrs Wright will take her
guests the Empire Theatre, and afterward TO
Sherry's for supper. at the close of which there
will be a dance Another dance which will take
place at Sherry's tomorrow night is the first of
series organized by the graduates of the we'll
known school at Pennington. Conn. and of which
Miss Virginia Osborn has been one OF the prin-
cipal organizers Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hurry
will have cotillon tomorrow evening at Dod-
worth's for Miss Hurry. who is one of the sea-
sons debutantes. while Mr.. and Mrs Frederick ]
De Peyster will give large dinner party at their
house in East Sixty Earlier In the after
the trustees Of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art will give a reception IN connection with the
opening of the building
On Tuesday the wedding of Miss Edith Gray and
Robert s. Reynolds Hit will take place at St Bar
tholomew's Church Miss Gray's bridesmaids will
be Miss Eva Barley. Miss Janet Fish, Miss Alice
Burr and Miss Mamie Thayer. Of Boston. Miss
Ellen Drexel Paul. of Philadelphia. and Miss Edith
Devereux Clapp. w. E. Hit will be his brothers
best man and Payne Whitney. Milton BaxSer
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

Mrs. Clarence Winthrop Bowen gave a reception
Yesterday afternoon at her house IN East Sixty
third-st IN honor Of the United States Minister to
Spain and Mrs. Hardy, and in the evening Mrs
Robert Fulton Cutting had a large dinner party
at her house in East Sixty y-seventh-st, for Miss
Alice Roosevelt
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

Miss EfIs Cesar daughter Of Mrs. Herman d
Caesar and granddaughter Of Jacob Vanderbilt
who ia 70 be married to Reginald E. Bonner in st
JaInes's Church Ma1ison-ave. and Seventy-nrss-
St. in the last week In February. has selected as
her bridesmaids Miss Beatrice Bonner and Miss
Edith Fesser David Bonner will be his orotners
hest man, while the ushers will be Henry Riggs
E Norton Arthur Ripley, j. W. G. walker Cas-
Isle Boyd and Gerald Bonner.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. d. Lanier. who are In deep
mourning for the death Of Mrs. Lanier's father
have gone with their children to Tuxedo. whers
they have taken a cottage for MONTH pending
the completion Of their house IN East Thirty-htth-
St This fact sheds sufficient light on the wanton
story about their alleged separation published in
one or two sensational papers yesterday. Thers
was not even the shadow OF a shade Of founda-
ton for it,
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
DE MINIMIS.

The law pays little heed
To Titles II appears:
The bandage Justlcfa'S eyes
Quite likely interferes
Microscopy was not begun
Tho Coke did write Littleton.
Hence briefs are rarely brief.
Points are not points at all;
A lawyers feet are sometimes large
His fees are seldom small.
All these are what the law expects.
De minimis non curat lex.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Letters Mark Twain Gets.

Mark Twain is long suffering in the
matter of spondence loaded
with requests for favors from I'M
known people. He has. consequently.
received the impression that when
people find time hanging heavily On
their hands they sit down and write
a letter TO him asking for something
These requests are always preceded
by profuse compliments. In my
Judgment said Mark Twain recently,
no compliment has the slightest
value when it is charged for. yet |
think | never get one unaccompanied
by the bill The latest letter he has
received is somewhat in the nature of
climax even to those that have gone
before. A school teacher asks for his
portrait in oil. There is nothing we
would appreciate SO much" wrote this
admirer, with true naivete. 1T could
be used for years and years in the
school, But the fact that it would
cost the author thousand dollars or
SO entered nowhere into the enthu-
siastic brain of the correspondent.
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was necessary to convey food safely
to the mouth. The hair was cOlored
in divers hues or was shaved to ac-
comodate wigs of various colors.
The Puritans made bitter warfare
on 'devilish fashions;' the Puritan
conscience banished these follies with
the immoralities of the times, and
our Puritan ancestors came to our
shores without the stiff ruff and
without the steel armour about the
waist. AS in other countries, the
passing of simplicity and vigorous
industry marked the passing of SEN
sible dress, and in 1929 a writer in
Boston describes the practice of
wearing the corset day and night,
tightening it when lying down and
again in the morning.
The corset of the present day is
more flexible and less Objectionable,
yet it is still a relic of barbarism,
writes Mabel Stillman in the Alilwau-
kee Sentinel. The cheapness of it
puts it within the reach of every
class, and the yearly output. not in
Guiding those which are imported,
amounts to G0,O0O,000.
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sit By the Ere or doze and think all
day on a soft sofa cushion. To it's
surprise and apparent disgust, the
monkey insisted that they be chill
dren' forever There was no doubt
in Jocko's mind that giant swings"
up il the branches of the trees. CT
headers from the top OF the house
were as enjoyable for cats as they
We're for monkeys; and therein he
made a great mistake.
The cat was victim of too much
kindness and showed it. But for too
many hair-raising escapades the cats
fur would have been fire and glossy
as soft silk. AS it was, there were
so many terrors connected with the
Dranis Of the monkey that it's hair,
from constantly being raised upon
end became stiff and bristly like
hairbrush. A favCrite sport of the
monkey was to seize the cat and jump
out Of a window. It's agility and
probably some share of luck gener
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Claim Motto Is Welsh.

'Ich diem" the motto which belongs
to the Prince of Wales, is usually
translated Il serve and tradition has
it that it was taken by the black
prince from the royal helmet of the
blind king of Bohemian VINO was killed
on the field of Crecy. 1t is a notable
fact, however, that the late DR.. Will
liam lime, professor of English litera-
ture at Heidelberg. rejected this
theory. He held that the motto was
of Welsh origin and took its rise at
the time when Edward | presented his
newborn eldest son to the Welsh
chieftains at Carnarban castle as their
future sovereign. He held the child
up in his arms and exclaimed in
Welsh, "Eich dyn," meaning This is
your man" The explanation is ac-
cepted by many antiquarians.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Yale Man as Missionary.

DR.. Samuel Guerney of the Yale
medical school, class of 1901, will go
to Oomgalli, Rhodesia, South Africa.
to become medical missionary. He
is the man who took charge of Cook,
the smallpox patient in Derby, two
years ago, when no one could be found
to undertake the nursing. For this he
was presented with gold medal by
the legislature. The mission at Dom.
gall is one of the most important in
South Africa. DR.. Guerney is now
purchasing $4,000 worth of equipment
for the manual training school and
hospital.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
EARNING al MEetisstav.

Wellesley college is planning to take
up farming. a nav department Of
learning is TO be installed, which will
teach yCung women scientific garden
inG-how 10 treat diseased wheat and
grain and how TO become expert graft
ers, writes the Northwestern Christian
Advocate. The promoters Of the new
idea at Wellesley assert that 10 other
female institution in America pos
s2Sses equal advantages and facilities
to conduct such department and as
an argument point to the spacious
wcll-Eept grounds OF the college and
the World-tamcd Hunnewell estate
with its magnificent greenhouses. Be
sides the farming department, there
Will be an up-to-date dairy. in which
students viii learn the science OF per-
feet butter-malSing. In a poultry,yard
they will learn to rear and feed chick
ems.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
JAMES r. kEEN!: AS He is.
Graphic Pen Picture cf Great Wall
Strect Specu!.tor.


Here is q pen picture of James r.
Keene, the Wall street speculator,
drawn by a writer in the Cosmopoli-
tan: "A man past 60, tall, slender,
with marvelously well-shaped head;
hair and beard half gray; bushy eye
brows; fierce, feline eyes-cold. with
a curious menacing lCok or cleaning
with sardoric hUinOr--Tade TestleSS
as Gagged tiger by the Wear and tear
of a lifetime Of stock gambling. yet
with nerves Of steel; cynical in his
views of mems motives; possessing a
literary style of remarkable lucidity
and distinction, yet habitua.ly over
strong of spoken language; q man of
culture, yet q crony cf race tract; ha-
bitues; coldly calculating as 4 Taley-
rand, yet impulsive as a schoolgirl; q
surprisingly keen judge Of security
values, yet often an investor in worth
less shares; possessing the great gift
of patience in his campaigns. yet the
most dashing operator in Wall street:
eXtravagantly generous with some
who serve him and incredibly insen-
sibie to gratitude with others; often
distrustful of disinterested friends,
and as often victimized by not over
plausible adventurers; full of contra
dictions as Of abilities-such is James
r. Keene.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Corset a Foe to Health
Wri'er Claims It Is Not Only Unsantary
But DisGgur1ne Best It's Constant Wear
Produces an h1artisGc ana Artificial Shape.
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rank. The Romans in their turn tooh
up the fashion.
During the early middle ages the
custom was not practiced, but about
the eleventh century the power OF
fashion began to be felt and extrava-
giant dress and tight bandaging in.
creasing. A portrait of Henry I'LL.
son of Catherine de Medici shows
that tight lacing was also practiced
by men.
After Napoleon's elevation to inn
periai power he adopted the most
rigorous system of court etiquette.
An attempt to resurrect the Medici
corset was made by the ladies of
Paris fashions, but il was opposed by
the empress.
Napoleon said concerning the re-
vival OF tight lacing in 1910: This
wear, born of cOquetry and bad taste.
which murders children. tells of frivo-
lous taste and warns me of approach
ing decadence." Pouchant. writer
OF that period, says: STAYS are
not composed of whalebone or of
hardened leather. but of bars of steel
from three to four inches broad, and
many of them not less than eighteen
inches in length
The corset was introduced into
England in the twelfth century, and
at first was comparatively harmless.
Its exclusive use characterized the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. The body
was incased in a stiff armor, and both
men and women squeezed in their
waists and sWelled out their gar.
ments below.
This age Of literature was the dark
age of morality SO far as the court
was concerned. The folly in dress
was unlimited The ruffs for the neck
We're stiffened by metal wires and
by colored starch. These were SO
immense that a spoon two feet long
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

will grow strong, happy and attrac-
tive.
The degree of lacing in every coun-
try is like a barometer, indicating the
artistic and moral condition of the
epoch. The earliest mention of grid
ing was made by that first dress re-
former, the prophet Isaiah. Israel,
grown proud in prosperity, was given
over to idolatry, social degradation
and anarchy.
An artificial shape of the waist
among the Egyptian women accom-
panied an age OF extravaganza.
According TO Rousseau and others,
compression of the body was not prac-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

that ever lived-an African monkey.
with a record for killing chickens and
stealing eggs. JCclo, during the three
years OF his lie. had been accused
of almost everything else but being
sentimental. He ran at little girls
with pink frocks who passed on their
way to school; he made faces at the
boys, and ran away with hats and
mittens, tops and marbles.
Joclo fought everything that of
fered battle and came out Of a hun
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
The Crown of Rounania.

The crown of Roumania has a
unique place in the history of mon
arches as the only crown which has
been refused successfully by father
and son. When, within the memory
of the present generation, Roumania
became a kingdom, Prince Leopold,
the elder brother Of King Charles, was
declared official heir, but the prince
surrendered his rights to his son,
Prince William, the remuneration being
formally registered in the senate 81
years ago. For eight years the son
was heir to the throne and then in
1883 the prince, treading in his faith.
ers steps, gave up his rights in favor
of his brother, and the brother, Prince
Ferdinand, is heir to King Charles to,
day.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Services Suddenly Ended
hate Father Breaks Up Religious "Revivaw
Street-Meehne Was Pronounced
Success Until Interrupted
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Ia11o1,, lo~
How happy

dee. Hooray. My! How happy
feel" she shouted.
The singing and shouting continued
for about five minutes, and then came
lull.
The missionaries had evidently ex-
hausted their repertoire of songs. The
slender maiden looked at the tall
maiden and both Of them blushed
The girl with the guitar suddenly dis
covered that it needed tuning. The
brunette began tying her handkerchief
into all kinds OF knots. 1t was plain
that the enthusiasm of the workers
was in danger of dying out
But right at this point the little
woman in black saved the day. Ad-
vancins to the front Of the line she
raised her hand.
Friends, it was not always thus
with me- she began. Once 1 was
poor, and l suffered. Then l became
rich and had all that the world could
supply me with. Finally I found the
Lord, and now am happier than ever
before in my life"
"Hoor-a-y!" shouted the slender girl.
A horse that was passing the crowd
reared up on its launches when she
screamed. Three men who were eat
ing in cafe across the street ran
outside with their napkins around
their necks. Even the little woman
in black involuntarily caught her
breath as the yell was uttered.
Just then red-faced teamste drove
toward the crowd and stopped his
wagon back of the girl. He gazed at
her intently for several seconds. and
with an exclamation sprang from the
vehicle.
Now that l have been converted l
want you all to know"
What on earth are you doing out
here on the street, Florence?" 1t was
the teamster. and he was very angry
Tears began yelling into the large
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Chinese Governmen Advancjno.

The Chinese imperial government
has taken another step in advance by
appointing a Japanese scholar of dis
tinction, DR.. Unokichi Hattori, to
professorship in Pekin university The
doctor was in that city during the
siege. He is to be dean of the sehool
of literature. The appointment is a
sequel of the visit of the famous Chi.
nese educator, WI Ju-lun, to Toxic to
famfliarize himself with Japanese edu.
cational methods.
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wear one, imposing a penalty of three
months in prison or fine of $500.
He planned to have the manufacturer
and dealer submit reports to the au-
thorities of all persons purchasing
them, on pain Of having their prop
erty confiscated. DR.. Marechale eyi-
dently was fully aware Of the opposi-
ton this attempted reform would
arouse among women, and ne framed
the law so stringently that no one
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

ways had come. JCcko resCrted to the
If we must part let us go together
and several times when the cat left
home" lockO went and brought her
back. Quarrels between the two
became SO frequent that Mr.. Mil
Ter decided to get rid of one or the
other. SO the monkey was sold last
week to dealer in Chicago.
But when poor Jocko had been cart
ed off the Old lonesomeness came
back, and the cat wept miserably.
For two whole nights the cat kept up
q pathetic call for the absent one.
Then Mrs. Miller felt so sorry for the
lonesome cat that she cried, TOO, al
though she has since confessed that
liking FOR Joc!lo also had some
thing TO do with tAe matter. So Sat
urday morning Mr.. Miller was hustled
off TO the city with instructions TO
buy him back. This ne did. Mr..
Miller sold the monkey for SO less
than he had paid for it originally
and on the second purchase paid $40
more than he sold it for. JocSo is
very popular in Washington Heights.
On Sunday mornings he goes up town
and helps the bootblac!s shine shoes.
Customers enjoy the novelty of these
monkey shines and pay the usual
price fer them.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
SLEPT IN CHESTNUT TREE.
Queer Abode Chosen by lmpecuniouc
Venezuelan.

Venezuelan.
A policeman on duty in the Champs
Eiysee&, Paris the other night was
surprised to see a man climb up the
trunk Of one Of the large chestnut
trees and disappear among the
branches. The officer obtained a lad.
der and ascended the tree and discoy-
cred hammock slung 10 the branches
and with q man lying comfortably in
it. At the police station he gave his
name as AOsario Paz. He said he was
colonel in the Venezuelan army;
that he had taken part in the revolu-
tionary struggle then going on, was
taken prisoner, but escaped. A price
being set on his head he fled to Eu-
rope. but having very little money
when he reached Paris he took ND
his abode in a tree to save hotel ex-
penses. He produced papers in proof
Of his assertions and was pleased with
4 caution.
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times by a stealthy foray into the
pantry or some house where Jocfo
had calling acquaintance.
In the crisis that must come into
the life Of any ordinary kitten Jocko
was valiant and ever-ready cham
pion. When mischievCUs boys or
passing dogs threatened it with real
or fancied danger the monkey made
horrible grimaces and pelted them
with stones. When the battle grew
too hot Jocllo would tuck the kitten
under its arm and ascend to the top
Of the house. When aroused to a
frenzy the monkey often shook the
kitten at its tormentors. threatening
TO hurl puss at them. But he never
cid so and the kitten thrived on.
When night came Jocko took his
little pTotoge to bed. Going TO bed
involved q leap Of a dozen feet to a
little cage in the fork OF a tree. and
this matter OF retiring has always
been a fearful strain upon the nerves
of the kitten.
While Tabby was yet q kitten it
could rot have wished for more
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that followed she was not seen to play
it. She seemed to be what circus peo-
pie call filler in the noisy is.
her mission was to pretend she was
playing the instrument. while as a
matter Of fact She didn't know one
string from another.
The shouts delivered by the slender
girl caused something bordering on a
panic in State street. Men who had
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

eyes Of Florence as she turned upon
the man.
i just wanted to do some mission
ary work. pa" she sobbed
We'll, you Just come home with
me-" said the teamster, and. seizing
Florence by the hand, he dragged her
through the crowd to the wagon
helped her up on the high seat and
drove away.
'Hoor-a-y. shouted the pretty girl.
But there was no response from Flor
ence. Her face was buried in a hand
kerchief.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Gov. Bailey Reported Enaaaed.

William j. Bailey, the new governor
of Kansas, will, according to persist
ent rumor, be married shortly to Miss
Clara Williams of Seneca, Kan. Miss
Williams is the daughter of George
w. Williams, president of the First
National bank of Seneca and a re-
puted millionaire. Mr.. Bailey was
practically pledged to get married in
the event of his being elected
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

q + e d encounters
with scarcely a
scratch. The kit
tens misery soft
ened the heart Of
the little beast,
whom every one
supposed was in
c Il + a b ly vicious.
Every day the
monkey supplied
the kitten with
f o o d, sometimes
from its own ra-
tiOnS and some
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spectators.
l wouldn't give up religion if | was
threatened with eternal damnation for
keeping it." exclaimed the slender
girl. Then She smiled happily at the
crowd and began dancing.
We will all feel better when we
repent" sang the tall. pretty girl, and
the others joined her in the song. The
woman with the guitar moved her lips
and worked her fingers. but no sign
Of tune came from the instrument.
"Whe-ew," suddenly shrieked the
brunette. oh it's such a pleasure to
know your soul is saved.'
Yes, and the Lord gives you that
feeling" said one OF the others.
The brunette's shout brought in a
batch of about fifty additional specta-
tors. She smiled as she saw them
running toward the gathering, and
then said:
Come on. Come from all sides. We
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ally prevented IN
juries to either,
and cats are new.
Gus and monkeys
are not, and that is
the reasCn one was
happy and TIE 9th
cr was miserable.
With all thaarti-
fee Of animal per
suaSi0n the eat
sought to convince
the monkey that
the time Of the
parting of tn .
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"f0oP-S-e! Fd'feiUjGH.
been walking quietly along two blocks
from the scene Of the queer revival
turned upon hearing the yell and ran
as though they We're following a fire
engine. Within half minute after
the slender girl had expressed her
the little missionary band, pushing for
more room, treading upon one anoth-
er's feet, and saying things not wholly
in accord with a religious meeting.
1t was queer quintet that attract
ed the attention OF the crowd. No ono
seemed 20 be leading the services. One
Of them would start up with a song
and the others would join in. They
stood near the curbins. three Of them
in line. and the other two at right
angles. Ore Of those who stood at
right angles was a small woman
dressed in black. She was not very
enthusiastic, but she seemed to take
keen delight in the shouting and
dancing that was done by the others,
ior she smiled and clapped her hands
wherever a particularly loud yell was
uttered or a difficult gymnastic feat
performed.
The girl who stood next to her was
rather tall and very pretty. Next in
line was the slender girl; then the
woman with the guitar and at the foot
OF the line was an attractive looking
brunette.
Praise the Lord. feel SO good that
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22
Question of ANATOMY.

Attention of medical men who have
had cases where patients have been
kicked in the corridor or vestibule is
now directed to the man stabbed in
the crap game
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-22

want you to hear us, for the Lord
wants your souls!" At this juncture
the little woman in black kne1t down
and began praying. The crowd lis
tened in respectful silence, half a
dozen men taking off their hats. One
of the women started up hymn.
When this had been finished the slen-
der girl began jumping up and down.
"Ump-tiddle ump-tiddle ump-tiddle
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tfacLcd 10 dtCen-
ton. Then, at a
time when assist
ance was badly
needed. g friendly
hand WAS out
S I e I C h G d, and
since th en- pUss
has had a sUrfeit
of attention.
The kitten be-
came a founding
the ward Of the
lueerest, homeli-
est foster parent
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could escape. 1t did not pass. how
ever, and women who are welded to
their cOrsets will not be divorced
from them unless it should be decreed
in Paris by the makers of fashion
that suppleness, grace, natural curves
and health should be among the
requisites of a fashionable woman in
stead OF the stilted, artificial. cramp-
ed detOrmites which the fashionable
modiste now turns upon society.
Boys are allowed 10 reach maturity
without being made over, but girls
are not.
Education in the line of physical
culture. however. is widening the
horizon Of American women, and
many are adopting heaIthful mode
Of dress and many more would if
they could adjust their clothing prop
erly. Discarding the corset is only
half of the battle. If the heavy
skirts hang from the waist and the
bands are tight the discomfort is
greater than the corset and the injury
nearly as great. The muscles which
have been weakened by the corset
must be strengthened by systematic
practice SO that they will keep the
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