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SE OF THE WONDERFUL AND COSTLY CNES TOYS OF DRON

THERE are toys and toys-from
one-cent triaes that bring joy 10
the poorest Of little ones, to 'big
dolls that stand up alone" and
''reaI fire engines" that bring gladness
TO the children Of the rich. AMI this is
the season Of the year when all the world
S. talking about toys
But the last man that anyone would
think Of in connection with a toy is J.
Plerpont Morgan-he who has the great
est business interests in the world.
Most Expensive Toy on Earth.
Yet ]. Pierpont Morgan has the most
expensive toy on earth. and the chances
are that he has examined It more care
fully and has taken more real pleasure
out Of 81 than the ordinary -year-oId
does with his FIRST hobby horse or red
wagon.
To be sure, the great captain Of indus
try did not buy his toy just because #
way a tey. FIR from that. He acquired
it last August. when, for $3.50 900. he
bought the great Gubman collection Of
antique silver cups and salvers. the most
valuable collection OF it's kind in the
world His purchase in Berlin from Con
sui Gubman was en- bloc and the valu-
able toy was among the objects OF art
which comprised #.
The TOY. OF course. is not for little
children. although it would amuse them
hugely It is a drinking vessel OF the
Renaissance period. and the most valu-
able in the collection. Imagine the sur
prise Of a stag party Of twenty banker
friends whom Mr. Morgan would have
around his mahogany when this toy
began to show what rare and an ac-
commodating work Of art # is. Imagine
;he twenty seated at the table after the
cigars had been passed around and at
the moment when each OF the twenty ex-
pected bis liqueur or brandy.
Is Also an Art Treasure.
Mr. Morgan would excuse himself FOR
a moment, and returning. would place
a magnificent silver stag. richly capa-
risoned, at the end Of the table On Il
would be seated Diana. and accom- |
panying her through a terrestrial para /
disc. typiaed BY various forms OF ami
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lacings anywhere near the waist line
would not be thought Of for a second.
After this are the four susDenders
fastened, one by one. on to the stock
ings. sufficiently tight not to tear the
hose. but 20 keep the corsets well strap
ped down. and to give a braced-up feel
inc.
All around the hios the corsets are
tight and close fitting. At the top they
are wide and loose. A petticost, per
fectly shaped as it may be. is never
allowed within three inches Of the waist
line, and is kept in subsection by one.
II not more hooks; and a corset cover II
# comes below the waist lire. will be
firmly fixed in position. so that the
smallest wrinkle is an impossibiHty.
u is by the avoidance of uuneccs-
sary bands and cords coming around the
waist the French woman contrives TO
make her waist look comparatively
small and trim And it is by horsehair
PADS and those Of tow that she fills out
her hips and bust Much Of this pad
ding comes in the dress, huge breast
plate Of woven horse hair giving the
firm. stiff appearance from arm to arm
and shoulder to bust which is now con-
sidered so chic.
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An Interesting Subject
Whic h Awaits the
Historian Forgotten
Women of Great Cen
ius-Many Who Won
Distinction by Their
Ability Artists and
Poets Among Them.

THE history OF learned ladies. with
that Of their works. is a subject
which awaits the historian.
There have been learned ladies
in many ages; one would like to COM
pare their learning with that OF tas
Scholars. their ez::::.sEElliiI55f ez::::.sEEllii I55f aries.
Here are a few-are their names IA
miliar, and how many OF my readers
would pass an examination IN their
works-Hrotsvitha. the tenth century
Terence; Teresa Of Spain. Anne Maria
schurmann. Antoinette Bourignon Of
Flanders. La Mere Jeanne. Juana Inez
de la cruz-what about all these illustri-
Gus danes?
Antoinette Bourignon indited twenty
volumes with her own fair fingers; Anne
Maria schurmann wrote a philosophical
treatise proving that the female mind is
as capable Of learning and OF science as
that Of the other sex. In these days who
would take the trouble either to write or
to read such a treatise? She fell into
mysticism in her old age and had a
strange passion for eating spiders. but
everything must be permitted to genius.
Then there was Juana Inez de la
Cruz. She interests one strangely, be
cause she was a Mexican and one has
never before or since heard Of any
genius or learning coming from the
quarter between California and Texas
and the TERRA de- Fuego; it is a good.
large tract OF country. with a good
many people. among whom there seems
to be neither learning. nor science, nor
art. nor genius. However. Juana showed
the way. While still quite young she
disputed With the scholars OF Mexico
on equal terms. She wrote poems in sew
eral quarto volumes. The critics seem
agreed that the lady's verses are con-
spicuous for elegance. but are deficient
in energy.
As for La Mere Jeanne. she was a
Venetian and not poet, but tie author
OF a new system, which she herself
no one could know the fact so well as
herself-decIared to be inspired
In this system she assigned the do
minion Of the world to woman instead
OF man.
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begin 10 fuss. BY this time French
woman has done all her fussing Every
garment she puts on is smoothed down.
drawn here. pulled back there. and all
while she Is standing in the most cor
rect position. in front OF a long glass.
With her corsets come even greater
care. Most studiously they are pushed
down into place, and then the laces are
slowly drawn tighter. and carried away
&c catch under some hooks before they
are tied-for a knot Of cords OF silk
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These are only two Of the treasures
which Mr.. Morgan recently bought, and
which, after having been exhibited at
Victoria and Albert Museum, were re-
moved last week to Mr.. MOrgans house
at Princes Gate.
1t is not. however. to be supposed from
these examples that all the designs are
equally fantastic, for among them are
covered beakers. tankards, fagons and
goblets worthy from their sedate rich
ness TO be by a Holbein on Jamnitzer.
One or two OF this class are selected
for illustration; but Of the number OF
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in the royal treasury in Germany. The
other is owned by the head OF the
Rothschilds family.
But If Mr.. Morgan were still further
bent on interesting his friends ne would
exhibit "A remarkable cup with a fan
tastic shell-shaped bowl and cover,
decorated with an antedeluvian fish rep
tile Of toad-like aspect escaping from
fishers basket. This is another gem
OF the rich collection. The stem is
formed by a fisher boy. and there are
curious little figures OF mermen and
dolphins about the handle aud base.
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Of spending one Of these on a nov pair
Of corsets and make the othei serve
for the gown. And, what is more. she
will have the corsets specially made
for her. They may De made in the
leisure hours OF another girl who is a
corsetiere, but they viii be done pro-
fessionalIy.
The French corsetiere. too. is not
always easy to please. Should you 20
to her and askN her TO make you a
pair OF corsets, she will critically scan
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know the reason. He would inquire.
Then Mr. Morgan may be imagined
saying. why. ne wants you TO have
some liqueur. Just remove the head and
youu find what YOU want" And on lift
ing the head The diner would find a
flask flied with the rarest liqueur. Then
be would replace the head and the mo-
ment he would do so the stag operated
by cloclwork. would move 20 che next
diner, and so on until the last one had
been served.
There are but two toys i'm any sense
similar in the world. One is preserved
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crystal, agate, ivory, nautilus shell. CO.
coanut. ostrich egg, ship-shaped. and
other types Of cups. or Of the TASKS
shaped like animals. which comprise a
menagerie Of bears. lions. stays, goats.
bulls. rams, and even partridges and
peacocks, it is impossible 10 give exam
pies.
Among the grander and most valuable
pieces are the well-Enown but rare twin
standing cups embossed like pineapples
and some enormous embossed and gilt
salvers, some measuring nearly three
feet in diameter. One Of these, Spanish,
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NAL life, would be splendid stag
hounds. This treasure. embossed. chased
very thin, sparkling with Jewels and
revealing an the charms OF a work by
Cellini. would at once excite the ad-
m!rstion OF the diners.
But even then. perhaps. none would
forget that the liqueur was stH forth
coming. Then would come the sur
prise. Unseen, Mr.. Morgan would touch
a secret spring. and forthwith the stag.
Diana, hounds. and terrestrial paradise
would move down the table to the a-st
diner and stop. The diner would not
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your figure before answering. II you
do rot come up to her standard she
will soon tell you 30. and put YOU
through some exercise that you may
have to practice for week OF so be-
fore you pass muster.
And. further. she viii teach you ex-
actly how TO put on the corsets and
how to wear them. If they have busks.
always should the lowest hook be
fastened FIRST the. .others following on
in turn.
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But It is not only the corset that
helps in this French figure. 1t is the
dressing.
To see a French woman dress IS a
study. An En- dish woman. more often
than not, viii scramble On all her things
until she comes to her dress, and then
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A Corset Specially Made.

What nature does not supply art will;
and the French woman never thinks OF
anything until her figure has received
attention. Wealthy Parisiennes and
working girls are all alike in this. A
workgirl who has but 50 with which
10 buy a new dress will think nothing
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I is exQuisitely enameIed with the arms
Of Castillo and Zeon.
OF the few religious pieces. the most
important is an ebony triptych. with sill
yer and gold appliques. comprising
Pieta. Aununciation. Resurrection, and
statuettes Of St. Michael and ST. George.
minute but worked in the most exquisite
detail and Of the date 1855
The collection shows that Augsburg
for surpassed Nuremberg as a center for
siiversmithing. and that many other
less-noteu ,vvn we're not far behind
these in the sixteenth and seventeenth
/ centuries.
Nearly all the specimens in Mr.. Nor
gan's collection are of German origin,
though some few are English and Span
ish. and Of the Renaissance period.
Fantastic Loving Cups.
Though scourged by prolonged wars.
Germany has never been denudcd 70
anything like the same extent as other
countries have been. OF its treasures OF
art in the precious metals. and thus it
happens that Germany has FURNISHED to
this collection a surprising NUMBER OF
standing and loving cups. as well as
wager cups and extraordinary TASKS
fashioned in the most fantastic forms.
meant by their bizarre shapes TO pro-
mote hilarity. Nearly every one Of the
best known types is represented in Mr..
Morgan's collection.
"Great Tun Of Heidelberg"
Another OF the illustrations represents
a flask. modelled like the celebrated
Great Tun Of Heidelberg" on lion sup
ports. and surmounted like it. by a
Ijovial Bacchus astride and holding in his
hand the funnel in the shape of a goblet
by which it was filled The wine Is
drawn out through the dolphin-shaped
top. This, too. has an enameled shield
bearing the arms Of the owner.
But, historical and valuable as all
these objects are the one doubtless
which viii afford lir. Morgan and his
friends, young and old. the greatest
pleasure is the Diana on the Stag %
For if the little people do not drink
liqueur after dinner. they can watch the
stag making his rounds.
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The Parisian Opinion.

In Paris one often hears another say,
''No. she has not a pretty face, but she
IS a beautiful woman" It is the figure
that is thought Of. a figure that. north OF
the Channel. might be known as ter
ribly stout" though a second glarce will
show that the two styles Of figure are
utterly different As a rule. an over
sweighty English woman has layers Of fat
fround her neck and shoulders that give
fher a round-shouldered appearance. and
s her superhuous avoidupois viii bulge out
all round and look uncomfortable, while
masses Of it about the upper part Of the
arm viii give awkwardness to almost
tevery movement.
With the French figure there is but
; little OF this. Perhaps the weight OF
flesh is the same, but it Is braced up in
a different way, and is carried with a
light. elastic step. The back Of the
French woman is quite straight. and has
; apparently but one layer Of flesh to cover
It. and the well-molded arms do not sug-
gest anything but natural plumpness.
The bust. however. is large. very
large to an English wOman's eyes. though
Il Is the pride Of the French woman.
Then below the waist there is a decided
hatness in front, though the hips are
wide and well covered. but at the back
hatness is never permitted below the
waist line.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-08-23
Commonwealth or Empire,

The following words OF Prof Gold
win Smith. of Toronto University.
have :, special significance for Amer
leans at the present time:
''If you have empire. you will in
one form or another. us Gibb0n says.
nave absolute power. SO it has been.
from the days of the AsSyrian en-
pirc down to the days of the empire
Of Napoleon. So it will always be.
In gaining vast empire abroad. Spain
forfeited liberty at home. Already
the president of the United States has.
over the subject Filipinos, powers
from the assumption of which Wash
ington would have recoil@d. and which
would have filled jefferson with dis
may. The adoption of Imperialism by
Americans can hardly fail to carry
with it Fundamental change in the
moral foundations of their own com
mOnwealth. Other politics. such as
that of England. may he based on con-
stitutional tradition. That of the
United States is based on established
and almost consecratI principles.
The Declaration of Independence, it is
true. was creation of the eighteenth
century: its abstract doctrine of hui
man equality belongs t, the political
philosophy of that era. But it has
living force when it says. as in effect
it does. that man shall not exercise
lOrdship over man. .hen the people
of the United States. after recognize
ing the Filipinos as their allies, bought
would buy the contents of cattle
ranch or a shtep-fold, and proceed TO
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-08-23
A Mothers PRAYER.

Once. says a writer. l suddenly
opened the door of my mothers room
and saw her on her knees beside her
chair. and heard her speak my name
in prayer. I quickly and quietly with
drew with feeling of awe and rev.
erence in my heart. Soon I went away
from home to school. then to college.
then into life's sterner duties. But
never forgot that one glimpse of my
mother at prayer. nor the one word
my own name--which heard her ut
ter. Well did ] know that what
had seen that day was but glimpse
of what was going on every day in
that sacred closet of prayer. and the
consciousness strengthened me thous-
and times in duty. in danger, and in
struggle. When death came at last
and scaled those lips, the sorest sense
of loss felt was the knowledge that
no more would my mother bc praying
for me.
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In spite of the immensity of the

In spite of the immensity of the
Celtic element among English-spcak-
ing peoples, and in spite of the vast
number of eminent men it has pro-
dlced, it seems destined to be COM
pletely absorbed by other races.
Whether the Celt will ever reassert
himself, on whether the character.
istics that have clung to him for more
than 1000 years will ever be changed.
10 one can say. 1t has, however. to
be admitted that the Cymric, or Welsh
a most laudable desire to preserve it's
language, music and every national
attribute to which it can lay claim
But the Welsh never had the misfor-
tune Ito themselves of producing an
O'Connell Carlyle or a Macauay
Those men belonged to the Gaelic, or
Scoto-1rish branch of the C'elts.
From what has been said, it will
appear that pure Anglo Saxons form
only small part OF the American pcO-
pie, and also Of those who speak the
English language. 1t may be said THAT
,hc Germans and Anglo-SaXons are
substantially the same race. That can
hardly be; for j. is now well known
that the Germans OF today are Il COM
posite people. made up Of many differ
ent races.
. 1t would appear that, whether for
good en- for evil, we have more Celtic
blood in us than is generally supposed.
| would, therefore, suggest that the
term Cclto-Saxon rather than Anglo
Saxon be used in speaking not only
of the inhabitants of the British isles
but of America. as it would more cor
lectly Indicate tlr2 stock from which
a majority OF them have sprung.
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A Solemn Question.

In the days when Cyrus Browne
and his brother, Charles Farrar
Br wlle, better known as "Artemus
Ward" lived in Waterford, "the little
Maine village that nestled among the
hills and never did anything else but
nestle" Charles delighted to play prac-
tical jokes on Cyrus. Charles came
home one freezing night, says the na1-
rator Of the following prank in the
Boston Herald, at an hour that would
be thought early in Il metropolis, but
was not considered so in Waterford.
The family were sleeping soundly in
the warm comfort Of their beds when
the future Snowman halted under the
window of Cyrus and raised an alarm.
"Cy! Oh. Cy! Come out here, Cy"
After time Cyrus appeared at tho
window. "What do you want?" he
demanded through the crack he had
opened.
II want you to come down" with
great earnastncss. 81 want to ask
You question. Cy"
ooh, go way" said Cyrus, his
teeth chattoring in the awful cold
"1t's only one Of your jokes"
Really, Cy, it's a very important
question" persisted Charles with in
creased aarncstncss "It's n solemn
thing. and want you to come down,
Cy: | want you bad"
Finally. after grumbling and cxpost-
ulating. Cyrus Slipped on some clothes
ana came Reluctantly downstairs and
out into the arctic cold. "Now what
in the world is ii that you want?" he
asked
Charles came up close. laid his hands
on his brothers shivcring shoulders,
and in that voice of plaintivc solcmni-
ty which in after years moved so
many people to mirth, said:
81 want to ask You, Cy. If YOU think
slavery is wrOng?"
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cago and Boston. Anglo-SaXon names
hardly form fourth.


hardly form a fourth.
Vast as is the number of Celtic
names that appear i'll the directories
Of our cities, they are considerably
less than they would be, were it not
for the moral cowardice and want Of
respect for his race which have ever
been the curses of the Celt. No man
is Drawer in battle than he, and no
man will more quickly resent a per-
sonal insult: but when it comes to
standing up for his race and it's at
tributes, no one is more cowardly.
This moral cowardice has led to the
disappearance of hundreds of Gaelic
Celtic names in America. The Nc
Laughlins become Latlins and Claflins.
the Hoalaghans become HOllyhands.
the Mullvcehills become Melvilles, the
Caseys become Gases, the MacRories
become Rogerses, and so OH almost ad
intinitum. Hundreds of Irish names
have been changed in America by be-
ing translated. Even in Ireland the
practice has been common. The Celtic
Irish living within the English pale in
Ireland were for a long time COM
PEELED by law to bear only English
names. If their own Celtic names
were tlunslatable, they generally
made the required change by transla-
ton. One change o partial transla
ton of a Ccltic-Irish name is so GU
rious and so well authenticated that it
is worthy OF particular notice. My in
formant was Mr.. Early, Il we'll
known lawyer of Terre Haute, Ind,
He died in 1885, but his son, who lives
or did live very recently in Tcrre
Haute, will vDuch for the accuracy of
the following particulars told me by
his father:
Mr.. Early had documents to prove
that his real name was O'Nlaolmocheir-
gle. The family of that nama from
whom he was descended landed IN
Philadelphia from Ireland in the early
part Of the eighteenth century. The
name means the "carly-rising chief"
This would have been an awkward
phrase to form an English sounding
name from, or to translate in full, so
only one word of it. m1ch meaning
early, was translated, and hence the
name EARLY. Mr.. Early told me that
General Jubal Early of the confeler-
ate army, and most of the Earlys of
the south. are descended from that
family.
No other branch of the Aryan on
1ndo-Germanic race has made so bad
a stand for its independence and iden-
tity as the Celtic branch has. The
Celt seems to have been created to
be absorbed. No other race has pro-
duced such illustrious traitors to it.
self; among these O'Connell, Carlyle
and Macaulay hold first places.
O'Connall did more to AnglciZe the
Irish than any other man that ever
lived; yet so utterly blind are the Irish
to this fact that they raise colossal
statues and sky-piercing Monuments
to his memory. In his whole career
he never uttered word in favor or
the preservation Of the language, lit
erature or music of the race to which
he belonged. Whenever Carlyle or
Macaulay spoke of the Celt it was
with contempt; they despiscd him as
much as the veriest Saxon could--if
we can judge Of their ideas by the lit
tie they have said about him.
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Courtesy of Minneapolis Tribune.

shoot them down for refusing to be
delivered to the purchaser, they surely
broke away from the principles on
which their own polity IS built, and
compromised the national character
formed on respect for those princi-
DlcS'
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-18

Mitchell, >. d., Jan. II, lJO2.
II. b. Thearle, Esq, Chicago, Ill.
Dear STA large and ~eXpectant
audience assembled in the court house
in this city last night to hear Prof. w.
B. Patty's experimental lecture on
liquid air.
To say that their expectations were
entirely-met would still be %concealing
half the truth. All pronounce 1t the
simplest, most highly instructive and
most practical lecture ever delivered
in this city.
Mr.. Patty has a charming personal
ity, a commanding appearance on the
platform, a strong bass voice, all of
which combine to give peculiar and
exceptional effect to his demonstrated
ideas.
Every lecture course in the United
States should arrange to have this
greatest lecture of the hour on their
program. Nothing is more instructive,
nothing interesting.
o. w. COURSEY,
superintendent of Schools.