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iron, rather elaborate in des'-o,- md the
windows on each side are treated In the
same way. An iron balustrade guards
each side Of the steps leading from the
street, and at the bottom step are two cleo
tr0lers ON which are Opaque globes.
Further up Fifth avenue, at the corner
OF Ninety-frst street, stands the new home
Of Andrew Carnegie. The entrance is on
the south side and Is quite small for the
size Of the building. A carriage. drive
leads to the door, and the way Is marked by
heavy iron ratings.
The building itself is another illustra-
tion Of the modern French school. The
lower part Is built OF stone and the door
way Is through heavy stone walls. A
square stone pillar stands at the end OF
the railing, and the entrance Is through an
arch. The door is wrought iron and elab.
crate In design. The marquise, which ID
Of iron and opalescent glass, Is canopy
shape, and over this is heavy stone
balcony.
Versailles stoned to death" was the
criticism of an authority when he first
viewed the facade Of the building.
Senator W. 4. Clark IL having q house
built at Seventy-seventh street and Fifth
avenue, which Ia also an adaptation from
the French. The entrance to the art gal
lery IL now nearly finished. 1t has been
called -Clark's Arc de Triompher 1t Is
unlike anything else in the city. The idea
was to give an arch effect; and while archi-
teoturally it may not be attractive, 1t is
good piece Of engineering to secure the
heavy pieces Of stone securely, and some
elaborate iron work must have been used,
as the stones do not support themselves.
One OF the finest specimens OF archi-
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STILL MAKES HAIR JEWELRY.
A LONE RELIC OF A CRAZE OF
FORTY YEARS AGO.
One small Factory Able TO Supply the De-
mand In New York-A Contrast of
Civil War Times - Spanish America
stu Likes MementOs Made OF Hair.

One small Factory Able TO Supply the De-
mand In New York--A Contrast OF
Civil War Times II spanish America
stu Likes MemeptOs Made OF Hair.
Sentiment and business seem far apart;
vet many a big business has risen on a
sentiment and has toppled when its I'M
substantial foundation melted beneath 1t.
The manufacture of hair jewelry was
one OF these. In one Of the low old build
ings that remain downtown fingers the wav-
ering ghost OF hair jewelry mandatory
that once brought in AOo 900 year, That
was forty years ago, and the manufacturer 8
daughter still sits up in her little top floor
room and makes hair jewelry; and still
occasionally gets a letter addressed to her
father at the old address where he made
hair rings and brooches by the million.
Forty girls worke all the year around
In that shop in Its palmy days; and In the
Christmas rush, working overtime, the
operatives could make $40 week; sum
which has dwindled to 50 or $40. AS many
men were busy fashioning the gold mount
ings, and the business occupied three
floors of a big building.
Now one operator. besides the pro-
| prietor, can easily fill all orders, except
when the Christmas season begins, Then
the employer seeks here and there for a
few of her fathers old operatives, still
lingering in the city, to do piecework.
When these old hands are all gone, the
proprietor does not know where to get
more, for girls will not learn the trade
nowadays. The black eyed, silverhaired
little woman who runs the business tries
them now and then But by the time they
have counted 100 hairs, she sees the tail
end Of their petticoats vanishing down
the stairway.
She sghs, but does not complain. She
knows that it is not an age for counting
hairs. She herself never learned to do the
finest work in her youth, and now abe is too
old.
Hair jewelry came out OF Paris in 1890
For twenty years 1t was the fashion and
MANY an old brooch or bracelet is the last
souvenir of some hoy in blue who never
came back.
Then popular taste suddenly changed
The business fell as fiat az the old watch
kew business when the stemwinder came
In. The manufactures failed and died
hut not before he had taught his daughter
the business
She has always been able to make ivint
at IT, The trade has never actually died
Founded on fashion, II has survived OF
sentiment.
Especially at this time Of year, In antici
patton Of the present giving season. ORDER
como In from little New England villages
from lonely Western ranches, even from
New York, for the transformation OF
last memento into permanent form
Silky brown curls still come through thu
mail to the little upstairs room: thin sbred'
Of silver. long locks Of gold. The httl'
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selves. In recent wears, however, a change
has come over the city. Men of means
have been erecting costly palaces till the
chief thoroughfares near Central and
Riverside parks are studded with houses
which have cost fabulous sums to build.
These modern palaces are sometimes
gaudy affairs built by men OF wealth who
have little idea of what is artistic. Others
are very different. A stroll along Fifth
avenue. particularly in that part facing
Central Park, will show houses Of all sorts
and sizes. Some are large and occupy
almost the entire space from one street to
another. Others are small, but many OF
the small ones are gems from tho artist s
point of view
Some of the houses have been designed
by men who admire certain periods which
have been famous for their buildings.
Some are pure Italian, French, Doric or
Ionic from roof to cellar, in keeping with
the idea that the designer has tried to carry
out. These buildings are the most artistic
but they are not al>ays the most snowy,
and consequently they do not please those
who are fond of display.
For those who want to attract attention
a composite style OF architecture, as it
might be called, has become popular.
Consequently II is possible TO find house
with a door of one style, a window Of an
other, balcony of still another tracery
which will represent still another period
ard the result is a hodge-p odge.
The fad nowadays ia for a so-called
modern French school design. The Italian
palaces and French chateaus furnish the
most ideas for the successful architect.
1t is to the entrances to these fine houses
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lecture in the city, as seen in q private
dwelling, is the house Of William X. Wan
derbilt, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-frst
street. This building was designed BY
Richard Hunt and is said to be the finest
example In this country Of q building Of
the period OF Francis !. 1t Is one of the
show buildings Of the city.
The house Of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
at Fifty-eighth street and Fifth avenue is
French Gothic in design. The beauty Of
this building Is lost through it's being
crowded by the other houses SO close to Il,
but it is well designed and the doorway Is
IN thorough keeping with the rest OF the
building. Another French Gothic building
y being built for Charles NJ. Schwab on
Riverside Drive.
A classic in its way is the house OF DR.. j.
j. Lawrence at 1880 Fifth avenue. This Is
sample Of the Italian Renaissance -Four
columns with Scamozzi caps support a
balcony, under which Is the entrance. The
door is OF wrought iron and on each side OF
the columns Is square window. over which
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MAKING 0DELL'S CARD INDEX.
12 HOURS OF HARD WORK WITH
THE PEN FOR 81.
A Task Harder and Pay Poorer Than That
OF the street Sweepers-Scores Glad
TO Get II, Though, and Worked on
Night and Day as Long as They Could.

TO Get II, Though. and Worked on
Night and Day as Long as They Could.
The girls crowded all the aisles, between
closely set rows of men at work. The
men had begun to come at $50 in the morn
ing BY all had their heads bowed be-
meath the electric lights hard at work. This
TACT alone seemed worth something to the
people occupied with the economical prob
lem as it concerns the sexes.
Work to the men meant food and lodging,
The girls strayed in leisurely from homes.
Work meant perhaps something toward
the family life, clothes, spending money.
1t was not for such stern necessities as
roof and food. Here were tremulous old
men, strapping young men-scores OF the
sort OF men one expects to find as clerk ;
and bookkeepers; natty young men, men OF
with ambitions All were eager to secure
three days work, at pay not even on such
good terms as the street sweepers.
In time the nuttering, chatterinG girl
crowd was seated. with election district
INK bottles and pens and stall OF
cards in front of each. AT each tahle was
supervisor who directed them, amid
much interchange Of chat and groans
as the nature of the work was made clear;
thought you meant addresses. l call
this writing Biographies.
There is always a girl in every group
VINO supplies the glgrlerS with material,
Hay' wouidn ! IKE to see the man
uat wrote that ad' Wouldn't IKE 10
give II 10 HIM.
-; We spent me car fare now I've got TO
SUCK
But in time they all got down to work,
ana TINS was what they had to do:
Each had the registry OF an election
ustiict transcribed upon cards, name by
name First came the numbers OF the
assembly. and election district. Then the
nsne Of the voter, his address, the number
me length of time he has been in the dis
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TERRAPIN UNDER SUSPICION.
WHY, ASKS THE EASTERN SHORE
MAN, has THE PRICE FALLENr
And What Becomes OF the Flesh OF All the
Muskras Killed on tho Chesapeake
Marshes?-Muskrat Not Bad Eating
II You'll Only Overlook the Name

Observation-Disclosures Not bad Eating
II You'll Only Overlook the Name.
Listen said the Eastern Shore man.
as he stood on the deck Of his little craft
and looked across the blue waters OF the
Chesapeake at the feet Of oystermen h
Tangier Sound. The price of terrapin
has fallen. Do you know whyi Just
because some Of the epicures are using a
substitute.
-Redbellies' No; they've used those for
years, and you couldn't possibly tell EN-
from the real diamond back. Some Of
as good as the other.
But now it's something cheaper. In
my opinion it's muskrat.
did I ever eat muskrat? No. I'd
as soon eat q canned oyster, the kind folks
out West buy at $3.50 a gallon. But pretty
near anything wild and out OF the water
can be made to taste like terrapin II it's
properly cooked and dressed, and musk
rat is dark enough to serve the purpose.
+D'ye see that low land over there be-
yond those tongers? Well, that's marsh.
There are miles OF it here thousands Of
acres. Not long ago you could buy 1t at
so cents and 81 an acre. Now the best Of
1t fetches IS or $40, more than q good deal
Of the upland.
"The marsh is bought partly for the
duck and goose shooting. but also partly
for the muskrats. You can always rent out
marsh like that for muskrat hunting
Three fresh water rivers make in over
there. and the consequence Ia that the marsh
Is just an ideal place fer muskrats. They
bree1 there like mice, and they are killed
every winter by thousands and tens of
thousands. We have a close SEASON for
muskrats in Maryland. because we reooe-
nze the Importance OF our only plentiful
fur-bearing animal
Men, boys and even women kill the
muskrats on these marshes. They are
shared, caught in steel traps shot and
killed in their houses with what, we call
gigs, which are big, many-tine1 spears
that kill two or three at once. I've known
men who would take 200 muskrats in
the short winter open season.
There are two storekeepers down here
who buy two or three thousand dollars
there are buyers here every winter from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
Thousands OF these skins are exported
to be reimportei as something else.
Now. what do you think becomes OF
all the meat after the muskrats are skin
neil? Mind you, there must be tons OF IL
from these marshes alone
IF you'll visit Cambridge or any other
Of these Eastern Shore towns on a Satur-
day In midwinter youll find a man on the
street selling muskrats by the hundred
w hsm even taking the trouble to SH
day down here, and the towns are filled
with country people.
Meat down here isn't specially good,
and poor folks live largely on pork. When
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IL a circular opening. treated in the same
way as the door. The whole effect Is simple
and graceful and the balcony is much more
imposing than the French marquise, which
mars 80 many OF the entrances to houses.
Another attractive doorway is on the
house Of I. v. Brokaw at l East Seventy
seventh street This is Romanesque In
design. A balcony is supported by six
twisted columns and a stone balustrade
stands TO guard the edges Of the steps. The
beauty OF this design Is rather spoiled be-
creeper.
Other illustrations Of the modern French |
sohool are found in the doors Of ICES Fifth
ment. Atlante, are the supports for the.
cornices instead of columns. H. G.. Tim
merman's house at 1908 Fifth avenue Is
simple in treatment and effective on &C.
Jacob n. Schiff at eos Fifth avenue and /
Mrs Walter Stern at 9s8l Fifth avenue aret
more examples Of the French school.
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Handsome doorways are a fad just now
with those who can afford to build fouscs
in this city. One can almost tell the tastes
Of the owner OF. the house by the display
that is made on the door.
The architects, in most cases, have in
structions to do as they please. Being
shrewd men. they are able to Judge the
artistic qua lilies of the man they serve,
and can tell whether it is best to design
something elaborate. like TIE Vanderbilt
houses at Fiftieth street, or house that is
artistic and in thorough keeping with the
period it is 70 represent.
Mr.. New rich wants house He usua lly
wants one that will show the people that
he is wealthy and can afford to displa%
his wealth outside as well a inside his
house The architect knows that it will
be useless to design house simrl" in
treatment hut rich in effect. On he carries
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TOLD OF WE'LL KNOWN MEN.
Difference Between Father and Son.


From HdTrtTS eeWV.
Representative Richardson Of Tennessee
tells OF = campaign conducted by Gov. Bob "
Taylor In that State.
Meeting for the first time delegate from
one OF the eastern counties to the State CON-
vention. MIR. Taylor said:
Il am glad to meet you, sir have known
your father for II good many years. but this
Is the first time | have mud the pleasure of
seeing you. j see, sir. that the son Is a better
looking man than the father"
~Oh. come. Governor. replied the dele
gate. banteringly. you needn't try TO jolly
me that way, for I'm for Barksdale all right.
even II the old man is for you.
Gov. Taylor smiled in a reflective way,
MY dear, sir" he added. Il merely said l
found you better looking man than your
father Ibid not say you had az much sense.
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Mark Twain and Girl Who Didn't Laugh.

Mark Twain once expressed the follow
ing sentiments to a young woman who had
not smiled at a thing that he had said during
an impromptu reception In his honor at Bryn
Mawr College to which his daughter had
invited him.
All the young ladies but one were In Q
state of great glee during the humorlst'a
address but one had laughed heartily
at every witty remark. Just as Twain
finished, he turned to the young woman
who had not laughed. and said. in an under-
tone: You are the only sensible one here.
i have not said single amusing thing. II
tit we're not for the conspicuousness Of 1t
would like to press your hand"
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they want a change thew eat muskrat.

they want a change they eat muskrat.
Those who are used to 1t like It,
But, bless you, 1t isn't all eaten here:
A good deal is sent to Baltimore, and you'll
never convince me that it isn't servei
up as terrapin to some folks who are glad
to pay rs cents dish for the stuff under
its fine name.
Mind you, it's just as clean as terrapin,
and no doubt as wholesome, but it ism b
diamondbaok. I've a notion that we East
ern Shore men will soon take to serving
the real thing on our own tables, some
thing we've been able to do very seldom
since terrapin went up to $40 and $50 a
doyep
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Oyaxna an Excellent Judge.

FROM inc LoHuOh HTTnr.
when Oyama. chief Of the japanese General
Stan, WAS Judge Advocate he attended a
ball at Toxic one night. He was standing
near u doorway when beautiful European
woman swept by. and so greatly did her
charms impress Judge Oyama that he en-
claimed involuntarily whit n lovely wo-
mani"
She overheard him. With a little smile
she looked back over her shoulder and.
recognizing him. said: what an excellent
Judge"
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Mr.. Chamberlain as u Dancing Man.

That the ey-ColonHl Secretary can waltz
will be a surprise to most people. as one would
fancy dancing IL an accomplishment alto
gether TOO frivolous for Mr., Chamberlain to
shine in
Two years ago, however. Mr.. chamberlain.
when STAYING with Lord and Lady Beau
chann at,ended n bnll gi,cu by the then Mayor
OF Birmingham. MIR. Chamberlain danced
several items on the proRrainme, incluhtng
not attempt the polka. This 10 probably the
only occasion In the past twenty years that
Mr.. Chamberlain has taken an active par IN.
the ballroom,
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senator MorEan's Eclair.

From The Saturday Erenino Post.
A colleague tells an amusing story In which
Senator John T. Morgan. who Is quite near
sighted. Is the mai n figure.
1t appears that the Alabama statesman,
while at dessert one evening in hotel at
Hot Springs. Va. experienced considerable
difficulty in separating from the plate passed
him by the colored waiter what he thought
was cho coate erlair, 1t stuck fast. so Sena-
tor Morgan pushed mis- fork quite under ID
sand tried .ain and again to pry II up.
Suddenly he became aware that his friende
at the table were convulsed with laughter.
which much mystiHed him. But his surprise
was even greater when the waiter quietly
remarked:
Pardon. me, Senator, but that's my
thumb"
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Sir william Harcour,'s Lack Of Popularity.
From nc Chicog, Neus.

FTON NC INItUUI MUS.
Now Tint Sir William lIarcourt is dead
they are telling II story in England which
shows how unpopular he was in his early
life. Three men were in club one evening
talking oil a big public dinner which was to
be given AZ an early date and each said he
would bring the best hated man in London
to the dinner.
Two showed up alone and the third brought
Sir william. who explained. in all innocence.
that he was sorry that he could not accept
the Invitation OF the first two, as he had
already accepted that OF the third
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Miss Tolbert is one Of the maidens
of the southland who has been trans
planted in the new country There
are many such in this country, where
there is perhaps a greater mingling OF
the north and south than In any other
state in the union
Spending her life in great part on
the ranch and accustomed to the sad
die and the roundup, she possessed
love of the plains. She makes it a
habit while on the ranch to make the
rounds daily, accompanying her
father
It is a fact that cotton and politics
are closely associated. The democrat
ic counties in Oklahoma are the big
gest cotton producers. Miss Tolbert
speaks truly when she says, laughing
ly: Perhaps because papa is Texas
democrat had much to do with the Sc
lection of cotton queen"
Miss Tolbert's former home was in
Denton county,, Texas, where her
mother was famed beauty, a de-
scendant of one of the oldest south
ern families.
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MAKE A GOLD FIND IN SEATTLE.
Little Pocket Is Unearthed by Re-
grade laborers.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 3O.-Mining
in the streets of Seattle may be the
next infant industry of this city. I'm
der Second avenue yesterday, between
Pike and Pine streets, the men operat-
ing the shovels on the Second avenue
regrade encountered a little pocket OF
the precious metal. There was prob
ably six dollars worth of it in the
pocket and assiduous labor failed to
reveal any more but the mining opera
tons will be carried on today in
connection with the regular regrade
work and if any more gold is I'M
earthed all Second avenue may bristle
out in claim stakes and the days of
the klondyke be locally reproduced
over again. At least this is what some
of the optimistic laborers think and
what some of the property holders in
the immediate vicinity of the find
predict.
The finders of the gold have taken
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NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Twenty- five
million dollars of value in each of
several blocks of buildings and their
contents, aside from the land, puts
New York atop of American cities in
the matter of concentration of wealth
This is shown by tables published in
the insurance press to show how great
is the danger of destruction by fire
of the savings of society.
Many blocks in New York city con-
tain $10,0O0,O00 worth of property.
Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark,
n. j., each has a single block, contain
ing property valued at $S,0O0,0O0
Bostons most valuable block is worth
s7,OOO,O0O,, San Francisco's $6,000,00O
and Pittsburg $5,0OO,00O.
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MISS LAWRENCE, so YEARS OLD
AND WEALTHY, MARRlES
A WHOEVER.
BRIDEGROOM Served as Her Farm Hand
for Years and Has Nine
Children.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Miss Mary
Ann Lawrence, a cousin of Supreme
Court Justice Lawrence, of Mannat-
tan, and a descendant of one of the
oldest Long Island families, owner
of a $25O,OO0 estate. has become the
bride of a farm hand, widower with
nine children. That she should be
welded after fifty years of single life,
has astonished residents of Elmhurst
which is near ner estate They had
that was right before their eyes until
the marriage took place Monday In
Brooklyn.
That Miss Lawrence would die I'M
married long had been the settled con-
viction of the gossips of Elmhurst, who
had ceased to even speculate on the
remote possibility of her getting mar
ried.
There was establishment yesterday
when it was announced that John E.
Burkhardt her farm hand and garden
er for eight years, had captured the
hand and heart of the "Elmhurst heir
eess," as she was known. It had been
known for a long time that Miss Law
renee took an interest in the farm
hand, who always was good natured
and who never was known to COM
plain, even though he had to struggle
to earn money enough for his large
family.
Burkhardt began work on the
Lawrence estate long before the di-
vision of the property had given his
bride the land at Elmhurst, includ-
ing the old family mansion, now be-
ing torn down, and the land, which
is being turned into building lots.
Gradually Mr.. Burkhardt was pro-
NOTED to the position of general over
seer. He never was known to wear
expensive clothing, and when seen on
Sunday in new suit neighbors WON
dered' They wondered still more
when he entered a coach with Miss
Lawrence and was driven away.
They returned to the home of Mrs.
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COTTON QUEEN Is NAMED.
Daughter of Cattleman Wins Honor
In Oklahoma.

GUTHRIE, Ok. Dec. '3O.-For the
first time in the history of Woodward
county, in western Oklahoma, a cotton
crop was grown this season on land
heretofore given over to the cowman
and his extensive herds. To celebrate
the closing of the picking season in
that locality the people of Shattuck
and Quinlan determined upon cotton
carnival and out of a number of con-
testants for the honor Miss Beulah
TOlbert of Quinlan has been chosen
cotton queen to reign in state during
the festival of sports and rejoicing.
She is the daughter of a cowman and
the granddaughter of a Uncle Buck"
Tolbert, one of the most extensive
landowners in Grayson county, Texas.