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great extent prevails. The Slavic races
have a superst t Gus fear Of refus ng q
beggar's plea, so that mend cants in the
Balkans would thr We if the people were
richer. The Greek Church. the predom'nat-
ing religion, seems to agree W tn the Mos
lens that beggars are a necessary part Of
the commun ty. Many wealthy land pro-
pr etors and merchants have regular days
for the d str but on Of Their aims, n the
vaCabonds make the rounds.
They are always to be found, too. on the
way lead ng to the churches on every fete
day. In Bosnia the Austr an authorize
have permitted them on the holy Laws OF
each week to solicit aims. but as the Mos
lens. the Greeks. Romans and Jews who
make up the populat on ave each a Sabbath
the mend cants are well supplied each week
with work ng days.
"A Greek churchyard." said IN American
tourist, sis, on the Sabbath. one Of the
strangest displays OF human inirmities
that 1 ever saw. Il was in Banaluka on a
feast day, when mendicants from all parts
of Servia and Bosnia had come to solicit
aims. We had met them in groups OF two
or three, laboring along the country roads.
for a week before. There was a line on
edcn slue OF tne PAIN from Cle gaze 70 Cne
church door. The whole crowd kept up a
piteous mournful whine. and N insist ,nt
Cry for aims. The people. after the church
service, walked among them an distrib-
uted their little offerings. Their benefac-
tons seemed to partake more of the nature
of business han OF charity, for after each
gift the donor waited for the beggar's bene-
di ton that invariably followed
Turkey, however, appears to be the one
European country where tne mendicant can
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AUSTRALIAN GAMBLING HOUSE.
Fortified Like q Castle. with Attendants
In Disguise,

For years trenuod IL eTorts have been made
to rid Australia Of the totalisator, In the
particular form known as -TattersaIl's."
This huge gambling machine and agency.
established in Sydney by a man Adams. now
dead. was expelled thence by the Government
OF New South Wales. only to find a home in
Hobart. Tasmania, where It Aourlshes still.
Legislative enactments by the Federal Parlia-
ment have been aimed at IL. and Il Is illegal
to carry mails for II through the post Offices
OF the commonwealth; but all to no purpose.
The letters enclosing money to be invested
In the machine are forwarded by carrier. by
the numberless agents at work for IL, all over
Australia: but the real difficulty In dealing
with Il, says Sunday at Home, Is that the
Tasmanian Government licenses Il for the
sake or revenue.
Last year the hugo sum Of Ct 800, 600 was
Invested In the thing. OF which the Govern
ment's proportion was eco. 900. A year or 80
ago, also. when Adams died. no left an interest
In lt 70 several prominent politicians. two OF
them knlghtsi Under such patronage IL il
harder han ever 70 deal with. In VIC
tOria the gambling evil has assumed possibly
greater proportions. through another tote" "
established at ColliDg wood, a suburb Of Mel
bourne. by q man Who. beginning In a small
way. has long held the law (slch az IL lsJ at
dehapce. and Ia now recognized as one OF tho
wealthlest men In the city, where his central
IL ls q fact that the coIlIngwood establish
mont Ia fortified almost like q castle, with
attendants In disguise, and az he has now
SSuia only sI raid he n SIscs pb oy cnYi me p SnSS
upon IL In Q nylng machine. Public attention
has c%entrnllEed around this man and, hIs club,
Feeling runs high. Tor tho ruin that l. beInx
done 70 the young manhood IN q community
IKE this In felt very acutely indeed.
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soon joined by other rugged youngsters,
who start Off on a wild gypsy dance to
the accompaniment of a tirl ling tan,o
or ~tanbourire whose player lis hidden be-
hind the trees or in the coyse. Then every
little hand is held out for pennies, ard if
the traveller fingers he is sure to be beset by
women seeking to tell his fortune or to sell
him charms.
Maria Theresa took a deep interest in
these people and made several efforts to
reform them and bring them to conventional
ways Of living. She endeavored to eradi-
cate the hereditary passion for wandering
by prohibiting marriages between members
Of the gypsy race, and promising to give
a small dowry TO every gypsy girl who
would marry into some other nationality.
The practical result Of his proposal was
widely different from what the Empress
had intended. She had forgotten that the
gypsies will never admit that marriage
Is more than a temporary partne rship.
The gypsy Made who had accepted for
her husband a stolid peasant with ideas of a.
wife's domesticity soon showed that she
considered her part Of the contract as full
filed, and that she was therefore free to
rejoin her wandering tribe. This she gen.
orally did, with as much OF the dowry as
she could manage to secure.
The gypsies rarely turn northward to
Germany. They know that it would be
useless, for before they or any other vaga-
bonds had proceeded far into the country
they would be stopped and turned back.
The condition Of which a landowner in lower
Austria complains does not exist in that
country. This Austrian says that an
nually for the past several years he has
received by actual count moro than 1900
applications for charity from v~agabond
beggars. Many of these, on account OF
the remOteness Of his place, and the fear OF
violence to his family or injury to his prop
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and the other large cities has n pretty hard
time Of it except in Brittany and some of the
Pyrenees provinces. The vagabond that
drifts into a Normandy village is very likely
to be told that the people of the community
have enough to do to take care Of theirown,
and as an evidence of their charity they
NAV point out the gloomiest, most for
bidding Of their houses as the home of their
aged poor. He may or may not find the
peasants along his route in q more gracious
humor.
But when he crosses into Brittany he is
likely to find more consideration from a
peasantry that is often as poor as he him.
self. This is especially true if his wander
ings are in the season of their religious fairs
or pardons. The French mendicant is
aware of this, and he brings all the in
frmities with which nature has endowed
him, or which he can acquire, and displays
them along the way leading to the sights of
the pardon. The authorities for the time
being permit the display of the most hideous
deformities and injuries, and the beggars
reap a harvest.
As soon as the fair is over at one place
they betake themselves to some other to
profit further by the r misfortunes. When
the fert le field Of Br ttany is exhausted
some Of them return to Paris to spend
Their "a ms IN the populous beggar haunts,
VIII lie others wander by slow stages along
the western coast, avo q ng as much as they
can the local { es where the law is str city
enforced, and manage to reach the Rivera
TO prey upon the W inter- Wis tors.
South of the Danube and the Save the
Oriental idea of m~end.cancy to a very
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erty, he was obliged to accede TO. The
peasants Of the same community, he said,
each year gave away to wandering mendi-
cants more in meat, milk and bread, than
the value of their taxes.
In Prussia the law against beggars has
always been enforced with great strictness
but the easier going people of the southern
part Of tho German Empire, the Bavarians
and the Badens, are more tolerant. On
every highway leading into village appears
a large sign setting forth that begging is
absolutely prohibited, and telling where
applications for aid should be made. Many
wanderers. however, have fallen afoul of
the authorities and have been dealt with
as the stern b~urgomaster has seen fit. Sew
eral Of the larger Bavarian towns have gath
cred the wanderers in little colonies and put
simple handicraft.
In the remote sections OF the country,
such as the Black Forest and the Bavarian
highlands, the old time mendicants are still
to be found. They wander from com
munity to community. soliciting aid and
selling small trinkets. An old man or
woman is now and then met with hat and
cloak full Of signs of the saints, or cripples
with hands full of religious cards, going
from one church fair to another.
The strollers, clad in yellow garments,
are still sometimes heard of, and still pro-
fess 70 exercise the devil for hail, storm and
witchcraft. False begging priests are also
sometimes to be seen, as are persons suffer
ing from Sin that require aims from the
righteous TO cleanse themselves.
The French mendicant outside Of Paris
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Booth. the Talma Of the United States. I
was only able to give one performance in
New York. on May 7 at the Academy Of
Music. and one in Philadelphia; but they
were truly grand artistic festivals and the
public fiocked to them in crowds.
Their satisfactory results melted the
manager Of the permanent company at the
ITALIA Theatre. New York, to beg me to
act Schiller's Mary Stuart on May ~ with
his troupe. l speaking English and they
German,
AT first it seemed to me too extraor-
binary an idea. l did not know a word
of their language, yet l must confess that
at the same time this proposal had q strange
fascination for me. l reflected that by
paying the closest attention TO the express
sion OF my comrades faces, with a by
play in accordance with the situation when
l was not speaking, l might lie able to come
creditably out Of the ordeal. So after
some slight hesitation | accepted the offer.
During the solitary rehearsal I was
able to have with the German actors l
was careful TO nave the words Immediately
preceding my parts spoken very distinctly
accustoming my ears gradually to the
sound. By this means everything vent on
NOAAptgys ~ ROAA AaAASc "Hp N 9uOND0rs
but the greater part OF the audience was
convin, cd that l was acquainted with the
German language and was complimented
on that KNOWLEDGE
Nine. Ristori writes very in%genuously OF
the private car which had just come INTO
use az that time for the travelling stars
She landed in Europe on May %, after
having acted in sixty-two cities during
the seven months she was here.
We should never have been able to
traverse such immense distances in such
a short time she adds, If the industrial
genius which pres!des in America over all
the locomotive enterprises had not come
to our assistance. There il n oupa in
the I'm ted States (Which that OF the ira IA ma
lhJ has begun to initiate with usl which
has for it, object TO let car apartments by
the week or the month, which can q at
tached SUCCESSFULLY 10 trans for all destl-
nations. The necess ty for LODGING nc in
ferior hotels in small to WINS i9 thus avoided;
one is not Obliged to open trunks Ut every
stopping place; one can live as II at home or
a. conveniently IA II on board a yacht.
-It was on leaving Philadelphia that
we took possession OF our ambulating
house. In the space OF only ~sixty-slx feet
we had anteroom, salon, two bedrooms.
with thor respective dressing rooms; two
rooms for servants, kitchen, pantry, and
besides On this there were kind Of Iron
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arbiters of fashion were compelled reluc-
family to admit hat a powerful rival had
come upOn the scene.
"A contemporary was so powerfully i'm
pressed by the splendor OF the Princes
costumeS that he placed on record a de-
script on: His coat was p nix S Tx, with
VIII. tie cuffs; h 5 wa stcoat VIII To $ Tx. en-
bro dered with var. u Colored foil, And
adorned W tn a ~profusion OF French paste;
m h s hat was ornamented tn two rows
OF steel beads, five thousand N number,
tn a button and a loop of the same metal,
and cooked N a new military STYLE"
. or the dand IS that gathered N the Pa
vilon at Br ghton IN the Princes early
days, one eccentric OF that famous soc ETY.
was Lord Dudley and Ward, who eventu-
under restra mt.
H 3 absence OF mind was notorious.
and he had a habit of talk ng aloud that
frequently landed h m in trouble. Dining
at the house OF a gourmet, under the m
press on he was at home he apologized for
the badness OF the entrees, and begged the
company to excuse them on account of
Illness Of b = cook.
Sim larry, when he was paying a Wis t,
he mag ned himself to be the euterta ner,
and when is hostess had ex hausted her
h nts concern ng the durat on of b 3 coll,
no murmured: "A very pretty womanl
But she stays q d long t.mei I W sh
she'd got Stll more anus ng were h 9
ACiAAh h5 III bAo ~ AAo VI u DTOLn5E Deer
who had volunteered to dr. We HIM from the
House OF Lords to Dudley House: "A deuce
OF a bore! Tn = tiresome man has taken
me home, and VII expect me TO ask him
TO d nner. | suppose l must do 80, but e :
n horr d nu sance.' TIL = was too much for
h = good natured compan. on, who, "a 4 TO
h .mself. droned in the same monotonous
tones What a borel Tn s rood natured
fellow Dudley will think h mself obi eed to
Nv te me TO dinner, and I shall be forced
to go. l hope he won't ask me, for he
gives d bad d.nners.''
These stories recall another related OF
the al sent minded Duke Of CANT ridge.
who, when during the service the parson
proposed pray er FOR rain, SAID in a Voice
audible throughout the church. Yes, let
us pray, by all means. bit IL won't lie any
good. We shan't get rain till the moon
changes"
Ihe fsme OF a dandy was evarescenr.
and Alyanley said Brunlmol was the only
d1nde-lion that tiourishcd in the h, tbed
OF the fnsbionah 10 world: he had taken
root, Brummel VIA perennial, no aid,
but lions were generally annual. AlITthe
world watched Brummef TO initiate him.
Backing was an article 20 which the
dnndies devoted much attention. Lord
Petersham spent q great deal Of time Ia
making q particular Kind OF blaokinR which
he believed would eventually supsrssds
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all others, and Brummel declared. NY
backing ruins me; it is made with the finest
champagne"
But Brummel must not be taken TOO
seriously. Ee was q master poseur, and
many Of his critics have fallen into tbe
error OF taking him literally. Thus it had
apparently never occurred to his bog
raphers to think he was joking when, 10
reply to a lady who inquired what allow
ance she should make her son, who wn
about to enter the world, he assured her
with economy. her son could dress on csc
a ear; they merely comment upon his Ter
Tlbly extravagant ideas. Again, when The
Beau, speaking Of boya said with appareni
earnestnees. Really, / did my best for The
young man; 1 once gave him my arm a.
the way from Whites to Walters about
a hundred yards-they discussed his enOr
nous conceitl
OF Mrs. Fi~tzherbert's story Mr.. Melville
seems to be entirely OF the view that tr
marriage o place INC that the Regeni
treated her ungenerously.
Whether he went through tine ceremony0l
marriage with her Or not, his character
mate break with her when ne married
.aroIine was brought about by his passion
for Lady Jersey, who ~foetered his mAtn'
monial Intentions in order TO detach hin
from Mrs. Fitzherbert. The actual breai
was marked by an abruptness that was A
her at the Duke Of C~larence's, but sher
she arrived the Prince was not there, and
she was given q letter from him, in which
he said he would never enter her house
again"
IL was some years later that Lady Her'
tord came upon h soene-in lSO8-wbep
she was 4eyears OF age, but she still etatneo
according TO n admirer, "melting ye'
dimpled mouth, youthful men and rppOse'
ful curves OF figure"
The friendship q described by SOM
writer's a. ~"platonio." She was 40 WI
gar adVehtdrees, but a great lady, a leane
OF society, the wife OF a wealthy. iniuent%
Dear.
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continue his trade without fear Of interrup
ton. The Turkish ideas are too deep
seated to be quickly or radically changed
Almsgiving in the Sultau's land is q peculiar
institution and vagabonds OF the profess
sional type abound. 1t never seems to
dawn on the almsgiver that it might Be
desirable to put an end to professional
begging. A large amount OF the giving b
in the nature Of a bid for good luck. Ifa
man Is about 10 undertake a new business
TO engage In come speculation or begin q
lawsuit he gives his aims freely and spreadi
them as widely az possible. To his idea \
would be a much better investment to give
ten paras. or a cent, to four persons. taSn .
piastre, or four ceats, to one person.
Any new enterprise is sure TO bring a
its Inauguration a great crowd Of vags.
bonds from all the country round, for In
the clan Of vagabonds the report Of pros
psctive profit travels East and far. Thu
traveller who meets struggling groups Of
wretched wayfarers may be pretty sure
that somewhere further on q man is build.
ing a new house or is about to launch some
new venture. Together with those who
are utilizing human suffering to gain sym.
patty are to be found the begging dervisa
with long hair, dirty cloak and carrying
battleaxe and spear and q BOW fr
his collections. The insane, too, wander
about without much restriction. for they
are supposed by the Mussulman to be
favored of heaven. and their vagaries ar
tolerated.
~The insane vagabond is one OF the
greatest nuisances of rural Turkey said
"A returning American. They are found
everywhere and they have no hesitanC
about STANDING. in the middle Of the rOse
out OF the way
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DAY OF BEAUX AND BEAUTIES.
FIRST GENTLEMAN or EUROPE
AS A DANDY.
An Absent Minded Lord and Some or MS
Troubles Beau Brummel's Hacking
Made OF Champagne Dress OF Men
OF Fashion STORY OF Lady HEREFORD.


The career Of the First Gentleman OF
Europe gives one cause to wonder what
was the accepted canon Of a gentleman a
hundred years ago.
II the Prince Regent was ouch a con-
scienceless hbertine as Lewis Melville
makes out In his new book, what were the
morals and n Of the smaller fry
among gentlemen in those days it is better
not to consider too closely.
From early youth the Regents life, saws
the London Ddih lfdi, would seem entirely
vicious. Those were the days when men
drank long and deep, but the Prince drank
90 much longer and deeper that on several
occasions he nearly ended his inglorious
career. In the Georgian era the gallantry
OF the Middle Ages still survived, though
all It's manc had vanished and there
remained only Its brutality. The history
Of the Regents owe aTairs and his treat
ment OF Queen Caroline-whatever her
errors-are distinguished by n coarseness-
that displays no exalted notion OF chivalry
In the First Gentleman OF Europe.
II would appear that the Regent won his
title through a certain grace Of manper
he pcssessed, and above all for his eminence
among the handles.
These eSGuisitss,' writes Mr.. Melville,
were disinclined TO yield the palm even to
an heir apparent with limitless res ,urccs.
The Prince Of Waller, however, c1ntrived
to hold his own.
at his fist appearance In socicty he
created n sen3atlon; he wore n new shoe
bucklcl
-Th's wa his own invention, and d rcrcd
from all previous art clos Of the same K nd.
insomuch as II was an inch long and nvc
inches broad, reach .ng almost TO the ground
on Q ther = de OF the foot. Tn = wa an
excellent INTRODUCE on TO the polite world,
but II was not until he attended NJ arst
COURT ball that DO id himself full just. ce.
fsen his magnIfCence was such that the
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NINE. RISTORI In AMERICA.
HER IMPRESSIONS AS RELATED
IN HER 1UTOBTOGRAPHY.

Played I'm English the Last Time and Did
Not Add 20 Her Fame-The Novelty Of
the Private C~ar-Matlnees an Ameri-
can Institution Once Had No Trunks.
In a little yellow book Yhich has so far
escaped the attention Of those who wrote
about her death Adelaide Ristori tells in
interesting fashion the story Of her career.
The book was published in Rome In 1888 and
includes an account by the great Ristori
Of her eff to act In English.
Pistori decided to study English in 1880
when she first made up her mine to leave
the stage. That course was impossible
90 her. After such an active career shefound
Il Of the question to refuse the engage
ments Of ered to her. In the following year
she devoted herself ~assiduously to acquiring
the tongue, determined sometime to play in
English. She invented a method by which
she could tell on what syllable OF every word
her voice should be raised or lowered.
II was characteristic Of Nine. RistOri's
energy that she was over 90 when she first
appeared as an English spec king actress.
Her part was Lady Macbeth and she acted it
first on July 8. 1882, in London. She then
played Elizabeth and later added Mary
Stuart and Marie An toine to her English
repertoire.
In 1883 she signed a contract to come to
this country. Brooks 4 Dickson. fathers
Of all subsequent theatrical ~syndicates.
wanted q. sensation. They thought that
Rlstori In English would be the attraction
10 establish their reputation. She was 40
cordingly imported, but the tour was not a
success. for the actress was already old and
the dazzling Gre was nc longer there. She
earned money, although her managers did
no more than prove their willingness to
plunge.
For the fourth time I arrived in America
under the happicst auspices. " Nine. Ristori
writes in her autobiography. and began
from Philadelphia q tour Of seven months
which ended on the fourth day OF May. 1885.
But before returning 20 my OWE country l
had4he pleasure Of acting Lady Macbeth with
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Hornets Cause q Holiday.

Norman correspondence 50. Louis Rspvom-
Thursday afternoon the class in phGrrnaeI
botany at the University Of OklahonA
found that they would not bc able 70 W.
the laboratory on sccourt OF a swarm y
hornets which had taken possession st t'
moor hour. coming Ia through the windows
which had been left open.
Al effort was made 10 drive IN" horhe'
out, but after several OF the men. had Osssn
badly stunk the door wac closed ana W"
room turhed over to the rtinRrrs. lAler "
The afternoon burning sulphur was pIa",.
In the o and the unwelCome visitors W.
eJecteds but .Ope GLASS ~ the university nv
an unscheduied holiday.
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until June, despite the fact that she had left
her trunks behind her.
Il had no sooner landed . she writes, than
l began to feel the want of the luggage
left behind. The New York theatres had
no large wardrobes and many articles essen
tial to our perfo FINANCES vera missing from
our trunks. This state OF thh gs lasted
for a month and every time l went on the
stage arrayed in the max eshift attire |
had been forced to assume In the Place Of
my carefully studied historical coetumes
/ felt almost unable 70 idert ify myself
with my part. Thus, for example, the
scantiness OF my mantle constrained FL
my movements. At last these difficulties
came to an end and / had my belongings
about me once more
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Mrs. Davis Fune al Simple.

New York, Oct. IA simple and
brief funeral Sc vice was leld yestor
day for the late Mrs. jefferson Davis
at the Hotel Majestic Rev. n. A.
Seagle Of st. Stephens Episcopal
ehurch otiieiated. lie was assisted By
Rev. George S. Barker chaplain Of
the Sogthern society, aud Rev. Henry
Lubbock, rector Of st. Timothy's
church
The service was private, only the
members Of Mrs. Davis family. rep
eesenntiyes ot the United Daughters
OF the Confederucy aud a small num-
Der Of intimate friends being present.
Numerous wreaths covered the casket
one being sent by President Roose-
welt. Other floral tributes came
from the governors of southern states
and from various societies Of which
Mrs. Davis was member.