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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
BIDALIA'S "PERFEsHUN. |"
According to Her Proud Mothers Account of 1t, She Was n @
 ''Face Ixany-Curc."


 ''The top av the mawrnin' to yez Mrs. McClinerty! Shure, ''tis good for wake eyes to see yez since yez yoved out av the war-rud. Come in, woman, dear, and dhrink cup aS tay.'
 ''Arrah, Mrs. O'Googan, 'tis your. silf thot has war-rrm welkim for 8 frind! An how are yez, these noice days, at-all, at-all!"
 lis well Oi am an hopin' veg are the same. Take off your bonnet, avick an make yourself comfort 'ble.' 2
 Mrs. McClinerty, come to visit her old friend, Mrs. O'Googan, laid aside her bonnet, and when the tea was served the women drifted into the most delightful gossip imagin- able, writes George Owen Koch, in the New York Times.
 Ut does me good, Mrs. O'Googan,' 2 said Mrs. MeClinerty, after awhile, "'to get Q chanct to talk to veg agin. It's yoursilf thot knows all thot's goin' on, though how yez do 1t the divil bit av me can tell"
 Mrs. O'Googan flushed with pleas ure at the compliment. ''Arrah, dar- lin, 'tis yoursilf thot has the tongue to say the swate wor-rud,' ; she answered. 'tYez can put the conether on, wan thot aisy. Have an other cup of tay."
 ''Oi will thot, an thank yez koind, ly. Thot's good tay. But, Mrs o'Googan, phare's your darter Judyf A comfort thot gyrul is to yez, Oi'll go bail.''
 'tYez niver said truer wor-rud, Mrs, McC1inerty. Judy's good gyrul She's wor-rukin'"
 "At phwat? Has she got place or a job in sthore?''
 "Naythur, Mrs. McClinerty. Judy is wur-rukin' at perfeshun. It's somethin' loilte docterin', do yez moind? She's many-cure."
 ''The saints be good to us! Loike doctorin', is 1t? An how many does she cure? An phat ails the poor sowls?"
 "She cures no wan, do veg moind They're not sick at-al1, ,at-all. A manycure is person thot makes the fingers av foine leddies an gin tlemin purity. Me Judy's splindid al it, be the same token. She wor-ruks in 8 par-lor, an 'tis very ginteel But bad scan to me for me impolite ness! Oi haven't axed about your own darter Bidalia. A swate gyru Is Bidalia, an hilp to yez, Oi'll be bound"
 "'Tis a funny thing, Mrs. O'Goo gan. Thot's phat Oi kim to tell ye7 about. Shure, it's co-in-ci-dince as me Pathrick says. Bidalia's wor rukin', too. An she's not Twin out an she's not in sthore. She has a perfeshun loike your Judy, Mrs O'Googan,"
 "Allanah! Oi'm glad to hear thot An phat is she afther doin'?"
 She's wor-rukin for complex shun speshulist. She is thot! 4 complexshun speshulist, Mrs. O,Goo gan, is somewan thot makes the sltir av the foipe leddies purty. Shure wis, 'tis a co-in-ci-dince. Me Bidalia'. a face many-cure!" "Glory be, Mrs. McClinerty! Have another cup av tay."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
THE PIRATES LAIR.
Bayous About New Orleans Where LaGtte and His Men Used to
 Conceal Themselves.

Now we are approaching the coun- try of the pirates. The bayou branch es and branches again, and at one fork ing place there is high shell mound, and about its foot modest extent of land that rises always we'll above tide water. Here in the old days was La fitte's chief distributing point, says Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., in Atlantic. By 8 dozen routes contraband could be brought from the gulf to one of cypress-shaded passes that lead hith- 5r. And from here to the portage leading into New Orleans the way was safe to follow and easy to guard. Here was the palace royal of the buc- cancer chief. ... From here to the Gulf of Mexico extended the rule of tions. The higher land was settled by his followers. The bayous were his routes of travel and places of hiding. When piracy ceased with the battle of Chalmette his people improved the plantations that existed, and made new ones on every bit of land that os 6 high enough for tilling. .. It is 35 miles by the most direct bayou route from this point to Grande Terre, on the gulf coast. Yet over the whole persists the personality of Jean La fitte. It is a strange thing, this i'm mortality of strange characters. One who has visited Mount Vernon feels that Washington still lives. At Monti- cello one finds Thomas Jefferson alive in the traditions that connect him with every object. So lives Lafitte on Barataria bayous and on Barataria bay.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
HEARD IN PASSING

Anybody who accepts job as juror at Jackson, Ky, should first bid his family an affectionatetc farewell and leave behind a memorandum of the hymns he would like to have sung at the funeral.-Hartford Post.
 Will Adams serve a full term in prison? Who can tell as things look now? Policy operators in this state have usually enjoyed as easy immunity as that which has been the pride and pleasure Of professional bookmakers.- New York Tribune
 Going about the streets of Newport hatless, with their hair hanging in braids down their backs-who cares for freckles and public opinion in these days of out-of-door living? Will not the barefooted society woman come next? Or perhaps she has already ar rived. Boston Transcript.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
Pewter a Rare Metal. :.

:, At the beginning of the sixteentq century, pewter was so rare inEngland as to be hired by"the year for noble mems houses, and even during the rnagn of Elizabeth was very costly uatsTial Gremio, in 'The.Taming of the Shrew," alludessto 1t as one of the important articles of housekeeping in his city mansion. Before the invention of carpets the rooms were spread with rushes, even in the nobles& mansions, and Shakespeare has many alBusions to this old custom in words put fin the mouths of Iachimo, GlendoweE and Romeo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
DEGREES OF TEMPERANCE.
Funny Answers to the QuestiOns"DO You. Use Intoxicating
 BeveragesU

Among the regular questions to be answered by applicants for admission to the examinati tions in the city of New York is the following, says A M Jones, in McCIure's: Do you use in toxicating beverages. and if so, to what extent?" It was Yankee who replied: 'sNo, but take drink" and it was Swede who carefully estimat- ed the extent of his indulgence at lone glass of beer in ten days" The birth place of a man who wrote that he did use intoxicating beverages "but not as an occupation" is not recorded. but the nationality of the mournful ap- plicant who also drank, but mot to success" may we'll be matter of doubt. One applicant of simple vocab- ulary was content to respond: "Yes- mild," while another added the assur- ance that he drank in a ''gentlemanly way" Still another sought to remove all prejudice from the minds of the examiners by stating that he never used any beverages" at all, and one of his companions admitted using them, though "not effectively"
 The commonest answer to the ques- tion consists either of the single word moderately" or of some, equivalent phrase, which, on the whole, seems to the examiners the most suitable Ye- sponse. Perhaps the honest soul who reported himself almost temperate" was fair representative. Sometimes by slip the applicant will write the reverse of what he obviously intended, as when recently one. said 'Eiimmo oder- ation," and another replied: ''Yes, to no extent"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
W4sdaua of Experience.

''What is yeAr opinion as to long en- gagementssn aueried the young man pahese spring4 ihsns fancy lightly turned to thoughts 9E mat triraaaia1 nature.
 ''Theyare the worst eSer,' answered the man wbq had found 1t necessary to comb his hair with towel for To, these many 1noons. "A long engage ment means a short bank balance to begin housekeeping on.'9 Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
MONDAY, JUNE 15. 1908.

IL is a'rnost heartrending, says a man who is fond of joke, to view the debris of busted trusts scattered all over the country, wrought by the leg islation passed by the late republican congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
The Barlow Bros. Co
 ea-e5 GRAND STREET.
NOTICE.

Having purchased the cafe of NJ. j.. Colloty, 327 Bank street, l shall be pleased to see all my friends and the public generally, where they will find all the popular brands of cigars and choice wines. liquors, ales, lager, etc. and a hearty welcome.
 CAL O'BRIEN, Manager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15
Courtroom Courtship.

First Lawyer-The judge seems quite sweet on the widow.
 Second Lawy you might can legal tender. Princeton Tiger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15

Sma1I AparrmenV" houses. The smallest apartment houses are those occupied by bees. In 8 cubic foot of honeycomb there are about 5000 cells.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-15

When a baker makes his morning rounds the roll call Is in order.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
CHARMS OF The EARLY SPRING.

To one who loves the varying moods or nature
manifested throughout the Northern States.'
said woman the other day who had returned with
glowing cheeks from little visit in the country,
the early spring has a charm peculiarly its own.
First Of all. there is the note OF triumph.
The struggle the part Of winter retain
supremacy is often fierce but always futile. The
first natural signs to show that winter is van
quished the tiny flowers that raise their heads
in chill purity above the level Of the half frozen
sod On the threshold of the year. before the trees
have begun to shiver and rustic with awakening
life, before the grass brown spaces with
green, we greet enthusiastically the blossoms that
peer out into world still cold
of course. the first to this glad procession
is the snowdrop piercing the leafy mould and peep
ing forth from the half grown, grassnke leaves
The courage and selfassertion this little stran
ger looking itself in the ice and laughing al a
bitter, bleak March wind ANA zing
Then the crocuses White, yellow. purple. starr
ing up from the black mould. they the prettiest
sight imaginable II you look quite near. these
flowers, respendent in color and easy OF cultivation
seem dipped In powdered sugar as il for a fairy's
repast-
And one of our earliest little border flowers is
just now pushing its way through last wears dead
leaves. mean the pretty blue scylIa. blue as deep
sea water. It is radiant in early spring. and hav-
ing to from Siberia, this quaint beautv ia
tint IN among the blades Of grass in nv
friends garden. For, YOU see like the snowdrop IL
has way OF escaping the confines OF garden beds'
Yes" concluded the woman, she settled her
self down 10 work in the city i shan't soon for
get all the natural charms of this early spring
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

and black cassock, like any OF the boy vested
choirs The Grace Chantry choir wears in winter
costume consisting of a blue cape and blue
hood turned back with scarlet. and In summer
white aprons and white Normandy bonnets. Holy
Trinity. Brooklyn, a. black gown with a
peaked cap. while Trinity Church choir, at New
Rochelle, which was modelled upon the girls choir
at st Marks Church. has adopted the same style
of vestments the black academic gown and loose
fitting grlish cap.
Singing in the little girls choir is labor OF love
the part OF the members. No receives any
pay-any that is-for singing. There
nevertheless certain honors and emoluments which
appertain to the position in the several churches.
At ST Marks Church those who have not missed
a single Lenten service receive at Easter solid
silver teaspoon. engraved the handle with the
year of presentation. There will be nine girls to
receive spoons this year Red hoods another
mark of distinction. Three girls in this choir
entitled to wear red hoods. inasmuch as they
sang at 116 services last year. They are Gertrude
Wieshardt, Annie Deppert and Alvina Wlodeck-
Alvina Wlodeck, indeed. is little girl whose de-
votion and loyalty to her choir call for special men
ton. Since the choir at st. Marks Church was
started three years ago she has never missed either
service practice Fittingly enough, IL is
Alvina who carries the banner when the girls
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

band. gold and coored threads flet lace and
the ends OF this drop down the front TO the hem
or, the skirt The corSage has a little pleated
oolero and is trimmed with embroidered bands
about the neck. The elbow sleeves are slashed
draped and trimmed with lace and embroidery
A FOULARD GOWN.
In an elaborate model for foulard gown the fou-
lard has red ground with white spots of varying
sizes il. and is trimmed with a large amount of
hlet lace In truth. about half of the
lace. and thrown the lace appliqued figures
done in plain red silk. The design consists of
leaves and flowers and the flowers are stuffed to
raise them The IDEA is most effective, and might
Be better carried out in palmer colors.
At the COncOurs Hippique there were worn
noticeable number OF boleros, made with f1arfng
short sleeves to show the shirt blouse sleeve.
As most of the boseTos almost close in front very
little OF the blouse shows there. but this is made
up for in the sleeves. which very elaborate
The boleroS were almost all short that is ending
above the waist ana nleated, hanging loosely from
the shoulders OF course they had big collars.
sometimes two three of them Most of the
dresses OF cloth, in the tan and putty shades
and there were laces and embroderies galore. one
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

10 O'Clock they are thronged with crowds Fastening
dressed sIs in his best Each bears an unit candle
and one member Of each household carries a por-
rich some servant performs this duty. ~.
centre covered with a black paH and lighted with
candles This s the tomb Of the saviour; isIea 5I
Russian church About the altar tae Wnlte To.-S -
old Greek chants most ancient of ali church music
The people respond bowing 70 the earth a gua5- 5
vances the centre Of the nave. where stands tne
is No Io1Fer There Then ali the priests sWayfnsz
their censers, set forth TO ind where they haEs
sound of their chanting voices floating back 20 tns
ca eSr9 p OF tbs t9S Eanter slsf b BOOM OF cannon an
nounces the birth of Easter Day The priest bursts
forth in a triumphant chant. "Chrlsros VosArss
1 iftine fns sofke ba 6atn Tsin & s sa Ia
tation is exchansed An relatives embrace and as@
In a boys school the principal will exchange ths
smaller Churches each member Of the congrsgatior
exchanges it with the priest II is a curious sight
Then the woman who stands next the prfeszl
passes her light to the next and in a moment al.
most candle in the church is lighted Last oc
front of priest for him tithe and bless
to have it tithed but as il must be tithed to Be-
blessed. they perfOrce submit The priest takes his
tithe-then he blesses the food and at last the
roast sucking pig and cold FONTS of every descrip-
zion are Invariable features Then there is the
chaI.' and the 'lulftch'' the Easter cake. which.
along with the great bowl Of has been to the
church to be blessed All Russia sits down 70 irs
midnight supper In the homes OF The rich all
in evening dress. and the table is gay with flowers
and plate Among the poor bunch OF willow trims
the table and a lamp burns under the picture 't
the saint. In the kitchens Of the rich also. the
servants hold high waSSaiI Their feast Is spreaO
and they all their frien Is Russian
mistress would dare object
Russia makes a night OF II. The parties DO rot
break up till broad daylight Then the streets are
empty for several hours while they take much
needed rest; but in the afternoon and for a week
afterward they are IL again II IS a national
gorge, and sudden deaths from overlooking of t1s
stomach are common at Easter time Also, ever
one drinks more than Is good for him. for all ths
men make calls like an cid fashioned Nev-Norsc
New Years Day. and they add to the likeness by-
drinking at every house At each house the caller
presents egg and receives one. using in each
case the egg ne got at the last nous Balls par
ties and all manner OF social diversions prevail
among the we'll do The theatres give three per
fOrmances daily. and all through Easter week
can see men in the street give the Easter saluts-
ton with it's three kisses very sometimes
with tipSy gravty-and
So IL has been for a thousand years Other Gus
toms may change in Russia. but the Russian
80 'PaSkhah' never changes. Incidentally, il may bs
SAID IN passing. one or its cornrnOneSt features -
burglary, more houses being broken into while the
people absent the midnight mass sran 0rt
any other ten nights in the year
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
TEACHING FALSE IDEALS.

The present method Of teaching history has
much DO with thef false ideals of patriotism now
prevalent, said Edward Howard Griggs be
fore the League for Political Education yesterday
morning and inc15lcate spirit Of patriot
ism most of our his tories would have 10 he re
written
BY way Of illustration. Professor Griggs told Of
a investigator Of chi ID nature who in an effort
discover the trend Of childish ideals had sub
mitted 10 great nery5 children OF different coun-
tries the question: What person Of whom you have
ever read heard ou'd You most Ike to re-
sembe?' In the United States d large proportion
Of the girls wanted TO l1e like Some man.
This said Professor Griggs. was the natural
result of the exaggerated importance given TO war
and statesm anship in our school histories these
professions being largely nonopolized by In
history. which is very widely used il
found that only two pages out of four hundred
had anything TO say aboot women. but this pro-
portion can scarcely represent the services of
American women 1C their country.
American history should be q record of the
American spirit. and Of The life ot American women
as well as Of American men
Professor Cfrigcss lecture was the last in the
Saturday mocning course, but the work of The
league viii continue until Nav. Yesterday after
noon NJ Leopold Mabileau lectured lie Femin-
ism Francais.'
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

required. not TO mention all the practices, or
rehearsas, which go on summer and winter
The little girls at ST Marks never have to be
urged to sing. There is immense esprit de corps
among them. They feel that they body,
an institution, a guild. When DR.. Batten. the
rector. requests their presence at a service they
feel themselves highly complimented and de-
lighted to sing. Once they sang by request at
funeral, and sang very sweetly. too In the
Sunday school they help tremendously Not only
DO their twentyfouT voices help amazingly when
Easter or Christmas carols have TO be taught the
pupils but their singing lends body and stability
to the Sunday school singing at all times, while
their very presence, they march in and out.
gives dignity ana beauty the service.
The following churches will send their little girl
choirs TO St Michaels: Epiphany, Ascension, st.
Barnabass, Gods Providence. st. Marks, St.
Marks Memorial Chapel Grace Chantry). all Of
New-York City; ST. Michael's Holy Trinity, both
OF Brooklyn; Trinity. New-Rochele,
Each choir has its distinctive costume. St
Brooklyn wears purple. as II has the
right to do, St. Michiel's having been the Pro-
Cathedral Epiphan5 choir wears the white Gotta
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
ARMY OF LITTLE SINGERS
Girls Choir Festival IN Which T7oo
Hundred Take Part.

ST. Michaels Church, High and Gold SITS. Brook
lyn. will be in the hands of gentle army of little
girls next Saturday afternoon. Little girls from
ten Episcopal churches in New-York Brooklyn
and New-Rochelle will be there, over two hundred
Of them, for the girls choir festival which always
falls in Easter week is their great field day their
annual meet There will be little girls and littler
girls The biggest little girls will be fifteen. while
the littlest little girls will be only four.
What a tot of four do in the singing line?
A good deal. the leaders say. Grace Chantry
choir has several of these four-year-olds. Mrs
George f. Gardner, who has charge of them. says
that while they can't lead they sing very
well following the others.
At St. Marks Church only those are admitted
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

choir makes its professionals and recesSionals.
Recently little girls choir from another de
nomination asked to be admitted into fellowship
with the Episcopal Choirs The value of this
ganizaton in church work is gaining recognition
one of the most recent chors in point of formation
being that at the Chapel of the Holy Comforter, in
Jackson Square
AT the festival on Saturday the united Choirs will
sing among other numbers. festal versCies by
Tails: an Easter carol. Sounds of Many Voices:
by Shinn; the Lords PRAYER and Creed int&led I'm
G., and the anthem Rejoice in the Lord by
Elvey. n Ills Allng. the organist at ST. Marks
Church. will conduct. Mr. Aling chosen
leader when the first little girls choir, that at St
Marks organized. The Choirs will form in the
banner room and march into church i'm procession
at o'clock. After the churcn services there will
be the annual ice cream treat.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

who are old enough to read the words of the
hymns. Fifteen is the maximum ge limit in all
the little girls chors. because that age the
children. rule begin TO work. if they
main in school their tasks become too arduous
to permit of their remaining faithful to the choir
Take choir like that at ST. Marks Church. for
instance Not only does il sing in Sunday school
every Sunday in the year. but during Lent it must
also attend professionally all the Lenten services
Then there a good many special services in
the course of the year at which its services are
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
woMEN's STRING CONCERT.

Miss Esteie Harris, soprano, will be the soloist
al Tho third concert OF the Women's String Or
chestra Society on Thursday evening al $50 o'clock
AZ Hetdcfssohu Hall The programme consists of
a. string quartet four numbers by GTiee; ber-
se3=. hy PETER the cello solo TO be played by
Nathilae lressier: soranade. by with Kienzl; a
prolug. hv P-rpoiesi. and a rondo, by Haydn
Miss Harris viii sing Brlinuhildes song from
-s-rurd'' 10y ReycT. aHd Irish folk song by
l7oote. The conductor of the orchestra is Carl V.
l.achtnunG.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

cloth suit trimmed with large squares Of string
colored lace. peppered with little passementer
ornaments i'm colors to match the belt OF Pompa-
dour silk. One of the new shot taffetas in green
and blue Ghere' is much green and blue now(
had the skirt trimmed with half \ dozen narrow
ruffies. made very full and evidently shirred on
cords. The waist opeE ed in front and had short
sleeves sfirred the arnlholeS. The vest and
undersleeves weret of white Irish lace
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
LONG ISLAND COUNCIL MEETS.

At the eighth annual meeting OF the Long Island
Council of Womens Clubs, which IS called for Nav
g. the council will be the guest Of the Huntington
Culture Club. The sessions will be held In tn.
Central Presbyterian Church. and there will be
only three addresses. in the morning and two
in the afternoon leaving ample time discussion
At the opening exercises there will be a rollca of
clubs. A special train leaving Flatbush-ave at
a. and returning from Huntington at 3 o. m
will be provided by the Long Island Railroad for
the accommodation of visiting cluhWomen.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
GOWNS AT oNE-THIRD THE PRICE.

O. Haas Bros, ladies' taiors. Of No. S45 Fifth
ave. offer during the duness of Easter Week 10
make to order tailor gowns At one-thrd less than
their regular price. They promise perfect fit and
high class workmanship. The firm also announces
collection OF the latest and beautiful models.
fresh from Europe.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12

It is among simple and primitive peoples, not yer
caught in the sweep of railroads and public scnoos
that one finds Easter celebrated with wealth OF
quaint customs that make 1t the most interesting
as IT is the Oldest all the festivals In the little
villa 1es or siIesia among the mountains and for
-. e 1r.star 1.srr,a and Austria the pea SAINTS
New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
IN SOCIETY.

Rea-I certainly think you deserve great credit
for your kindness TO your mother?
Mdred-oh, it's only natural.
Bella-I don't know IT isn't every daughter that
invites her mother 10 her SWEETEST dinner parties
as yeu do.-(Brooklyn Life.