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New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

riage etc. and are not too for children, al
though suited also To adults.
Let the children take tho exercises in the middle
OF the morning session. and. II possible again in
the afternoon. The lessons will be learned more
readily Tor the diversion and increase of energy.
They may stand i'm the aisles. il those are two
feet wide. as they should be. The children should
he about six feet distant from another \ given
signal should bring them their feet and first
order is 10 stand erect. This means with chest held
high, shoulders down. hips and lower body well
back, chin about inch above the level head
high and knees straight.
Raise the hands above the head. elbows straight
till the thumbs touch. Count four as they go up:
hold them the highest point as IL stretching in
an effort TO get something just out OF reach while
counting four; without bending. body knees or ell
bows. bring the hands slowly down at the Sides
just above the knees with the little finger and
edge Of the hand touching the leg. The palms are
turned straight to the front.
Six Of these movements twice day are enough
for the first week, they must be done with
force. although not with rapidity. After that time
the exercise should be repeated twelve times at
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
LAW CLASS REUNION TEA.

reunion tea OF the Alumnse Association OF the
Woman's Law Glass OF New-YOrk University.
which was held yesterday afternoon at the CniVer-
sity Building In Washington Square, was made tne
occasion by the president of the association for an
nOuncing that the alumne scholarship fund Is now
complete "Fen free and twenty half free scholar
ships bad showing for the year! said
Miss PettuS.
The reunion cheerful and Informal func-
tion. attended by fully one hundred women who
have been graduated from the law class. IL began
with reception by Miss Isabella Mary Pettus'
president of the association. In the receiving line
with her Mrs. Isaac Franklin Russell Miss
Edith T. Thomson and Miss Jessie Ashley. As
every body wore her prettiest gown, the scene was
extremely bright and the men who made addresses
were inspired To n betting briancy. They were
the Rev. Dr. George Alexander. Dean Clarence u
Ashley. Professor Carlos g Alden and Professor
Isaac Franklin Russell,
After the speeches. which We're IN a semi-humOr-
Gus vein eulogtsttc of wOman's new Importance N
the social fabric. Ices cafe frapps and other re-
freshments served.
Among those present were DR.. and Mrs. +. Il
Kavanagh, Miss Isabelle Ely Lord. librarian OF
Bryn Mawr College; DR. Maud Miller, Mrs. Minn5
Dyke Clark, Miss Frances DeTrcksOn, pr. ana
Mrs. Charles q. Shaw. Mrs. Edward I. Stephenson
Miss NJ. L. Coffin. Miss Evelyn Woods. Miss Sar-
melita Beckwtth, DIR, John p Mum and Mss
Mum II was hoped that Chancellor MaeCFacAoa
would be present, but he was not well enough -
come
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD
GOOD FORM IN COACHING-GREAT
WEALTH AND LACK OF
OCCUPATION.

coach was passing by with a gay crowd OF
men and women on top, while one Of the grooms
at the back playing Buy a Broom" Justify
on the coach horn 81 feel so sorry for those
people," said a girl, who playing golf, leaning
her brassie to watch the conspicuous looking
turnout pass by.
Sorry for theml" exclaimed her companion. "I
expect they think they in a very enviable po-
sition."
THAT is just what mean" answered the young
woman. '"They think so. and they do not know
they rot. There IS something quite pitiful in
such self-satsfaction when everything is all
wrong and the people not aware Of it. There
certain things about that coach that dis
tinctly bad style Any one that knows that II
betrays the social status Of the people who are
on it, 1t is fatal TO be fine and not correct Yes,
dare say they very rich people, and bought
their coach regardless Of expense; but all the
same, the whole thing is not smart. and those
poor creatures do not realize it. and, what more
never viii know it! How surprised they would be
IL they knew that humble individual like my
self. whom they doubtless imagine am admiring
and enyying them, can see at glance that they
coaching people. at all events. How do I know?
sE Mny IN & lot OF dTerent ways in the first place
Ihfsfs lhelr norm played In that absurd way, as
II they were travelling caravan. 1t is not cor
turnout to be used. except as a note of warning
or as summons. and then only few notes are
OF late that this distinction has been made
between coaches that are driven public con-
new people do not seem to have caught on to il
yet AND the chains the harness-did you no.
uce themE They are proper only for park use; a
eoach coming into the country ought never TO
nave tnen on. Yet how proud those people felt
poor things; with their chains a-ringng and their
morn norm a-tooting; not realizing in the least that i
even such as felt sorry for themt If would-be
Fashionable people could only become conscious
now, now olten they transgress the unwritten laws of
small social distinctions they would advance more
Wailiy lor society rarely pardCns Ignorance OF
matters or form, and these 'trifles light as air
otten prove the feather weight that turns the
ibalanee AGAINST some new asprant, without the
latter ever being aware of it, ~
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

time for customeTs struck with commiserationd mis- lon
night f IS usually S worth three or four dollars her
She keeps her meats hot with little gasolene
green corn She utillzes a baby carriage, for the
Of her supplies ana & 93 aef ac}pr corn
in her success, and she makes enough to pay SIS
nearby tenement house, and she has brought up
thriving family of the proceeds of her stand.
avenue not independent workers, like the old
c but b are all agents bS OF
branch Of the street eating stand business into
refreshment in cool weather. Now and then
woman comes up with Vegetable lie dish hsfle The The
spears up four five of the sausages boiling furt-
e the dish With @ hot sa9erkraut He puts paper
over the top and the woman drops dime In ms
f9re haRd aGd gats ra away with the family De-
Pushing his way slowly through the crowd
heaped high with bright coored paper flowers, lie
from which he sells one now and then. His wife
and daughter make the flowers at home, this being
r, The sdew2k 0Ptcan &c does rushing n by nnse
IN ms IS SPe S a11csIS pae @ Oh he rie
another lense. He keeps on tin you can see: then
and 81 for the gold. but If you order gold bows
he will take your name and address inquire your your
in person Near by a German Jew Is selling the
merits of his ware illustrating it with round
piece of tin inserted in a, frame for the purpose.
deft whrl, removes the top. of the can neatly
ana completely IN a way 10 dellSht the neart or
housewife.
Number one" says he.
Then he makes great show of hacking up the
blade OF knife and sharpening it his
opener till 1t will shave off slips of paper.
That's my number two he says.
Then he duls the blades of pair of scissors
and sharpens them
Number three" he says; AN If it don do all
l tOlt you, bring 1t TO our home office wot the
address is on this here wrapping paper, and get
your money back"
It is not the housewives who patronize him. but
boys. evidently fascinated by imitable vistas of
knife sharpening The crowd likes to collect about
venderS of this type, taking their harangues for
sort of monolosue in a free vaudeville. Here is
one selling little glass balls filled with water and
hermetiCally sealed
"A magnifying glass. ladies'" he says, politely.
You perceive that when | hold il against this
dime the lettering upon the coin is plainly per-
ceptible 1t will enable falling eyesight to cope
with the evening papers 1t will enable the thrifty
housewife Immediately to detect the difference be-
tween linen and cotton fabrics should
scrupuous salesman try to substitute for the
other. An invaluable aid in shopping, indis-
penSable article in the home a novelty for the
amusement OF innocent youth, sOlace for ad-
vancng age; all for five cents ladies: nickel.
the advertised price. All thank you. madam; SHAH
! wrap it up? II it does not prove satisfactory
bring 1t back next Saturday night and l will e.
fund the nickel"
He is educated fakir. and something about his
smooth shavcn face the pose OF his gray head, the
ready flow OF his elOquence and the seedy dignity
OF his bearing gives one the assurance that he is
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
"OUR IONA" A BASKET WEAVER.
INDIAN GIRL WHO HAS MASTERED THE
FAMOUS DOUBLE WEAVE"

Basket weaving, under the leadership of Miss
ARIZONA SWaney an Indian girl, who was gradu-
alen from Hampton Institute several years ago
ana VINO Is known there "Our Zona" Is be-
coming an important branch of training at that
school' Alter completing her course of study az
the institute. the girl returned to the reservation
at cherokee, not far from AshevIe " c. with
the purpose OF learning the secrets of basbetrv
ana pottery that were fast passing away with the
members OF the older generation OF Indian women
Inc Rlrl persevered until even the famous ''dou-
Die weave. known now it is said TO onlv one
other person, an old Indian woman had been
mastered She also acquired the arts of moulding
ana decorating the pottery for which the Chero-
KEGS are noted. and learned bake the CLAW She
studied too, the native dyes, and learned TO Use
and combine the materials employed by the Ind
ians in their manufacture
AS a result of her patient efforts, Zona is now
awakening an interest In the arts of their people
among the Indian girls OF the institute who in
putting behind them savage customs, had grown
TO despise the beautiful work upon which their
mothers and grandmothers had prided themselves
Basketry, taught at Hampton. is n genuine
art industry. BY IL the inventive genius of each
there viii be developed distinct style or shape
which will be known the Hampton basket and
which Will be made and sold exclusively for
Hampton.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
WHAT WOMAN DOES WITH BLUFF"

"Brag is very good dog, but Bluff is better"
might be vanity fair paraphase of an old
proverb. It is annoying to honest folk TO see how
charmed circle.
How beautifully Mrs. Newcomer dresses re-
marked fashionable woman. MY maid, who
knows her maid. tells she gets all her gowns
from Paris
Mrs. Newcomer is the cleverest creature I know
about Clothes another
How DO you suppose she manages IT? We both
have the same dressmaker, little woman out in
the suburbs, who told me she makes every one of
Mrs. Newcomers so-called imported gowns She
Mrs. n. is extraordinarily clever about carry
ing every detail in her head; that she goes and
sees all the newest models, and then returns home
and writes out full descriptions and as the dress
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
A PRETTY HARLEM WEDDING,

One OF the prettlcst weddings Of the season in
Harlem was held last Tuesday evening at Graham
Court One-hundred- -and-sixteenth- st and Seventh
ave. The bride Miss Mary Chamberlain Class
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Charles Hepburn Class
and the groom WAS John Cornwell Hasbrouck The
bride wore heavy white satin gown, with trans
parent yoke. and tulle veil caught with orange
blossoms. The maid Of honor Miss Laura Hath9-
way Class, was Gowncd In pink silk mousseline de
sole with trimmings of pink. The bridesmaids
Miss May tngrich and Miss Grace Hasbrouck wore
gowns OF white silk muslin, with pink sashes of
nOwerS There about two hundred guests
present The drawing room and foyer halls were
decorated with greens. palms and dogwood. The
bride received many costly gifts. Among the guests
were Mr. and Mrs. w II. Glass. William s Banks
Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Baldwin, Miss Mary Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. George Rose Mr. and Mrs Alfred
Scott Mr. and Mrs. Pohle, DR.. and Mrs. Lumbard
Mrs. Harriet Post, DIR. J. O. Farrington Mr. and
Mrs. G. II. Bernard Mr., and Mrs. l. A McQuIen
Mr.. and Mrs. James CoegroVe. the Rev and Mrs
w. p. Odell, the Rev. G. NJ FOwles and Mr. and
Mrs. Newkrk.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

each lesson This Is one OF the best exercises
known To give hne earriage and well deveI-
Head exercises follow First: These should b,
done with all the force possible. but not jerkiIy
Let the movements be slow all times, but Vigor-
muscles Of neck rigid while coIntfne two Eacs
front; Turn head 10 left in the same manner hold
ing the muscles tense Drop head on chest, then
backward far it will go. counting in the same
DRtit'ei Repeat ten times.
Waist exercises come next Take erect posi-
T0n Hon ia Pace S hands on hips fingers to the front
knees or changing the position OF the feet which
three inches apart The first turn should Be 10 IN
right and the next 10 the left. far possible.
each stage OF the exercise in the previous
Return to quiet standing position. Raise the heels
the weight of the body. Hold while counting four
then lower again. Repeat twelve times az first but
after the second week there should be Twenty-Five
repetitons at each lesson This develops the calf
With hands on hips bend the knees so as 70
sto9p six or eight inches then rise 70 the sanding
from the floor, After the second week repeat
Standing erect, with hands on hips. raise tie
right leg without bending the kIee until the foot
ten; then drop ii slowly. Repeat ten times with
Do the same exercise in the opposite direction
that is raising the foot backward
IL these exercises are practised faithfully the
appearance of the entire cias boys and girls will
have improved IN month and To a notiIeeable de
from time 10 time.
A swamp and pine barren. both improvised
from materials at hand. proved to be the at
tractive features at recent flower show held under
the direction of the Normal College AIumnse Asso-
citation science committee in public school No III
A zine tray from umbrella stand furnished the
bed of the swamp, which planted with cram
berries in fruit pitcher plants. Of which IN
bud: Sphaginum the kind OF moss that grows IN
cranberry bogs and which holds the water. and
other plants peculiar to marshes real live turtle.
an inhabttant of the little swamp. was the centre
OF attraction, and each child wanted TO pat him.
The mimic pine barren also occupied a tray II
contained several little pines, a cedar some ar
butus plants and prickly pear. The ground was
covered with white sand.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
PICTURESQUE MARKETS.
HOW THE OTHER HALF BUYS IT'S SUN
DAY DINNER-ANYTHING SOLD FROM
A FISH TO BONNET

Thursday evening is high market time for the
denizens of the Jewish quarter of the city. and
until after midnight the streets of those districts
present a spectacle never seen elsewhere I'm Amer
lea. Pushcarts lighted by haring torches and
filled with everything that the heart of an East
Slider desire, line the streets on either side:
basement and high stoop stairs are piled with the
wares which have been emptied temporarily from
the inside shops; hawkers and barkers rend the
air with their discordant cries. and wigged women
and bearded men. with market baskets on their
arms and children on every hand throng the side
walks in numbers that drive aimless pedestrians
to the middle of the streets
Carp is favorite with the Jews and sells I'm
Hester-st and other thoroughfares of the locality
for five cents a pound. Broad backed fshwomen
weighing the big. irregularly scaled fish, are
among the picturesque sights of the market
Among Jews from certain countries stuffed fish
Is Invariably served at the first meal of the Sab
bath. which Friday evening
For diversity of sights and types Hester-st on
market night Is pre-eminent Within the radius
of a fraction of block pretty Jewish madens
may be seen selecting their Sunday hats from
carts OF millinery creations produced In Division
St, the shoppers trying them as unmndfu of
the crowd as If in the quiet parlors of a Fifth
ave- modiste Venerable patrarchs with flowing,
snowy boards and dignity born of racial pride
dispense small from sheltered corners.
Huge round loaves Of pumpernickel that sell for
three cents a pound are banked on shelves against
the Sdes or the buildings. A purveyor of dry
groceries displays in small open bags outside his
door dried lentils, peas, barley, noodles black
olives and dried fish from Russia and a variety
or cereals of which the people of the neghborhood
are fond.
PATHETIC LITTLE PORTIONS
Carts with mems trousers and suspenders and
family hose and underwear alternate with fruit and
vegetable wagons. Fowls have been in high favor
since the kosher beef boycott. and chickens feet
protrude from nearly every overnowing basket of
provisions. characteristic of the poultry stands
and shops in this quarter OF the city is the display
of dismembered fowls. as many of the people can
afford to buy only portion of the bird. For the
most impecunious buyers necks are frequently
chosen. because of their reasonable prices Opulen
purchasers take breasts and second joints
This is one Of the few markets in the city where
chickens feet at a premium for the Jewish
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
HER SECRET WITH FLOWERS.

HER SECRET WITH FLOWERS.
The house mistress planning n window gar
den for the winter and in transplanting some gera-
NUNS broke off several large branches which were
swept out with the rubbish. The next day she
the discarded shoots all neatly planted in old
tin cans in the kitchen window. 80 you like
flowers, Olga" she said her very stolid looking
Norwegian cook. II will give you some plants in
pots. and you throw these things away
Il like desc" said the woman laconically.
We'll they would look better in nice pots any
way, and would grow better too 1 will give you
pots"
q tink dey grow bess So" said the with
quiet obstinacy; whereat her mistress shrugged her
shoulders and let the matter rest.
Curious how set these people are and how they
refuse TO learn" she said afterward. "Olga has
probably planted geraniums in tin cans in Norway
and nothing would convince her that l know better
than she does"
Il wish the leaves Of my geraniums would not
turn yellow and chop Off" complained the house
mistress later in the season; they look SO gaunt
and ugly The tops seem healthy enough. and the
buds are forming but the plants themselves are
anything but ornamental
Mamma, have you seen Olga's geraniums?"
piped up one Of the children. They are growing
splendidly, and much prettier than
yours"' And 1T quite true that the despised
shoots in the tin sending out green
leaves with astonishing rapidity. The morn
ing the house mistress noticed that the cook was
taking the tea leaves from the teapot and spread
ing them around her plants.
In my country do dat she answered In
reply to her mstress'S question
But what IS the idea?" said the latter who
ooaSted she dd everything intelligently. rs 1t
enrich the soil. or II drive the insects away?'
IT makes dem grow. We do dat in my country"
repeated the woman.
SpringtEle arrived. and the house flowers were
taken out into the warm sunshine be planted in
the garden. They looked rather shabby and dis
conSoate among the strong. pert looking ''bedders
out which the gardener had brought over to MI
the borders, when Olga arrived on the scene with
Nef TOUR beautiful. glossy leaNea plants
with bright blossoms st in their tin cans
Take desc" she said, with her customary brief
ness: Day good plants she added with q pity
ing look at those that had been cared for by the
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
GIFTS or ICE WATER FOUNTAINS

The sixteen free ice fountains of the
Church Temperance Society, which scattered
in various parts Of this city have begun their sea-
sons work. Until October three hundred pounds
OF ice will be placed in the fountains daily The
annual cost OF maintenance and repairs each is
$125. The amount is paid with the earnings of the
society's luncheon wagons. Fountains have been
given by Mrs. r. Lawrence. Mrs. Edwin Parsons
Miss Julia Livingston. Miss Caroline Phelps-Stokes
and Mrs. J. Perpont Morgan.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
PROGRESSIVE SANDWICH WOMAN.

PROGRESSIVE SANDWICH WOMAN.
Refreshment stands frequent. A certain old
colored woman has had her stand at the corner of
Sixty y-hrst-st. and Ninth-ave. for years She sells
sandwiches-ham. beef and chicken-and she stays
up till nearly daylight every night in the year.
Cold and stormy winter nights her harvest
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
Ask for Lundborg's
VelCrenna

a lotion known for its healing and curanVe
properties and delicate aroma-instantly aiiays
all irritation and roughness of the skin-quics
relief for soreness caused by sunburn. mosquito
and all insect bites itching piles. etc. 1nvaiua-
BILE to all who indulge In outdoor sports-imme-
diately absorbed. Zoo.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

an old actor. one catches a fiashlight glimpse or
years on the road of gradual descent through
transforming days 10 this hnal booking for the
Saturday night ma rket
New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
WHY HE CARES FOR NOTHING.

'The fact is that Billy II. for nothing 1
do not believe anything really gives him any pleas
ure' said one OF his intimate friends. This
mark seems extraordinary he continued, when
you consider that IL refers TO person upon whom
fortune has apparently showered every good gift in
her power. He is multi-millionaire, who possesses
youth, good looks health and a charming wife.
There is nothing left him to wish for and, conse-
quently, as the preacher says, desire doth fail
nothing TO trouble hin-and, therefore, the grass
hopper becOmeth burden This might have
been useful and happy. As it is he is neither.
With the spur Of ambition he might have exceed
in any walk OF life; but now he is and will proba-
bly, always remain. nOnentity. Even with his great
advantages he is not a leader in his set.
the incentive is lacking try for such position,
he is surrounded by hattering friends, and they
apparently content him. He is amable man,
with no particular faults, if no distinguished Vir-
tues he is simply a man whose career has been
aside Of the comparatively insignificant result of
young bored by existence. instead of being in
6pired by IL, the pity of having such vast wealth
In such weak hands, Wealth that might
mountains in the way of social evils If properly
directed! In Europe the royal princes taught
In the nursery that their birth entails responsible
ties. When viii the day when young
princes OF finance realize the truth that great
wealth is public trust and calling for distinct
science in the of donations that ordinarily rich
men are constantly giving, but in full measure
running over. commensurate with their great pos
sessions"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
CHAPTER v.
Little johnny Knows.

A short mile from the old bridge which
steps with one stride over the Gower water
at the bridge end OF the own Of Kilgour
stood a cottage-the "F1ower-cot," the
people called it who passed that way on
market days and knew no more Of the
owner and occupant han that he was one
David Glendinning, a joiner to trade. and
(what their eyes informed them) that he
had goodly store OF wood in his yard.
Old David Glendinning possessed one
great advantage in controversy. He had
inherited a good, we'll -authenticated. work
ing grievance, and, to do him Justice,
David was not the man to bury his talent
in the earth. but every hour and day put
It forth to usury. out Of season and in.
Now, there is no occupation, except per-
haps that Of a smith, which gives so great
scope for gift-gaff. badinage, mutual pleas
antry, nay, even for the discussion Of the
more abstruse problems of morals and pol
itics-as that of a country Joiner. He goes
off to perform this Job or that at cottage
or mansion. His workshop is just where
he happens to drop his bag of tools. The
laird himself strolls into the greenhouse
and engages the radical man Of chips and
shavings upon the i'll or well-dolngs Of the
present government. The minister, anx-
ious as to the repairs on the vestry door,