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SICILIAN IMMIGRANTS
LEARN OF DISASTER
Steeage Passengers on the Italia Know Nothing of the
Fearful Catastrophe Until Pilot Boards VESSEL
Wild Scenes Follow Landing.

i'm the steeraEe from Messina and the
towns in and near the stricken zone
took mp the cry
Hear the Details.
Read to u.s." "Sec what the paper
SAYS" Let us hear the news" the
S.cilians cried, and a sailor from the
north Of Italy who could read English
went forward and took the newspaper
out of the hands Of the men and women
who were struggling TO get the next
view Of this or that picture. He read
the details aloud. and when he had
finished the Sicilians made for the
oHdge, sWarming up the ladder in the
nope cI learning more from the officers.
Inc Italia Is a British liner, differed
oy Scolchmen. with a crew of Italians,
all Of the latter being from tbs north.
eIh provinces of Italy. The officers
tried ITO make the SiclIians understand
mat they knew nothing more. and the
ltbllan sailors managed, with some diff
tlluIt4' 10 get the sorrOwinG intruders
back t. the steeTage quarters.
When the Italia locked i'm BROOKLYN
mere were on the pier many Italians
WaiunE TO tell their relatives and
friends among the passengers the ter
nhie udings. The United States immi-
grafton laws forbid the mingling of out
sloeIs with steerage passengers until
me latter have been passed by the Ellis
island authorities, and those on the
pier mad 10 shout the latest news from
The pier 10 those on deck.
Anxious Queries.
The Sicilians wanted 20 know If this
or that person was saved; If any one
had heard from this mother, that wife.
or a sister OF a brother that was on
the ships landing IN Messlna to ten
them goOd-by when the Italia sailed
from that port on December II. The
only answer was NO" and the grief
Of those on board was correspondingIv
increased. Five hours later Ellis Island
had landed most Of the Italia's steeraRe
passengers, and they were hurried 10
this or that home or lodging house.
there to grieve for the almost certain
loss OF all those they had left behind
III Messlla-
IL was said that one man had left
a wife and six children IN Messina. An
other a young man, left his father and
mother and eight sisters and brothers.
Another a woman who came 10 Join
! her husband, left two children that she
and her husband were to send for as
/ soon as they had saved up enough
money. Nearly every passenger from
/ Messlna had similar story TO tell, and
among them all there was not one who
is able 10 get back 70 Sicily, or even
/ 10 cable IN order 10 learn the fate Cf
their relations
The Italia brought 20 New York what
is perhaps the last cargo that will ar
rive in New York from Messina I'm this
generation, or perhaps ever. She brought
COO tons Of wine and fruit.
An officer said that when the Italia
passed StrOmbui the volcano was In
active
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Twenty EHglisHmeH Dead;
Twenty-tlVO Are Missing

LONDON Jan. s-Tweuty-GEe Eng
#-rueu were sawed az Mosalua. twenty
rF5 sIa slU missing and twenty are
known t9 have been killed. according TO
tadaya rehuIauon OF the foreign office.
This fsEuIauuu IE made from. reports
from consul Churchill az Palermo and
Ambassador RIdg at Rome.
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GEORGE S. CATS BURIED.

Funeral services for George Samuel
Cats. for thirteen years hack iuspec-
tor OF the metropolitan police who died
ar his residence 9l43 I street northwest,
were held f~.m that address this after
noon. Ther were conducted under the
auspices Ct Federal Lodge, no. J. r..
A. A. NJ IHtermeuL was iu Congress
e4onal Cemetery.
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Philadelphia Woman
Is Reported as Safe

Consul Gale. at Malta has informed
the state Department iu dispatches toe
day that Elizabeth Pitheld, OF PhIladel-
naie. was safe. and that Walter Ken
NEEDY and Charles Williams were safe at
Tauruira. which did not suffer lie
adds chat Sir and Mrs Roberts. a. Mes
siua. are among the missing No JIM
CURRY has been made an the state De
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CATANZRO. Jan. Alt rs estimated
today that 30 OF those injured in this
city have died OF their wounds. The
death roll is being added 10 at the rate
Of forty a dav-
The report OF further shocks on the
CaIabTiaU and Sicilian interiors have
reached this cltys but no particulars are
available.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO SECTION /, Article
TX, of Bylaws, notice IS hereby given
- Che Annual Meeting OF the Stock
holders of the Capital Traction Com
nanv for the election OF Directors for
he ensuing year and such other bust
ness AS may be brought before the meet
ing. viii be held at the once OF the
romDauv, SGth and NJ streets, y. w.
Washington. u. g.. on Wednesday, Jan
7,sY,g III 1893. at 1875 clock a NJ.
THE polls Will Ice open from IL o'clock
A NJ. until u o'clock noon.
II. y. CHAMPION,
decg7-ITt ecretary.
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SCOTS Emulsion

equals in nOurishing properties
ten pounds of meat. Your
physician can tell you how it
does it.
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
HALL-NOYES SCHOOL

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Boys and girls, : 70 IS years, 3 q. nj
ADULTS, p. M College preparation
Catalogues Phone NJ 1877.
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Inaugural Committee.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC COMFORT
Rooms S0-3I, Merchants & Mechanics
Savings Bank Building, Pennsylvania
Ave. anu 10th st. NV. All parties desi-.ug
TO furnish quarters to visitors during tho
Inaugural period, are requested to call
at this Office or send description Of
rooms. stating the number OF persons
that can be supplied with beds, cots,
with or without meals, terms, etc.
NJ. I. WELLER. Chairman. Committee
on Public Comfort de2O-30t
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FOOD FOR EAR

This represents d fair ration for
a man for one year.
But some people eat and eat and
yet grow thinner. This means a
defective digestion and unsuitable
food. A One-dOIIar bottle of
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tain precautions are to be observed, but
a little practice enables one to over
come these stumbling blocks easily.
While familiarity with the art Of
steniling may carry the worker into
the realm Of design 1t is by no means
necessary to study it. For since de-
signs already prepared can be bought
at prices ranging from rs cents for a
simple design up to "a for one suited
to pair of portieres it is possible for
a girl to pick up the work by herself.
though If she really desires to DO good
work course of eight to ten lessons
will be quite sufficient to familiarize
her with every branch of the art. In
this way many discouragements may be
avoided. From that point she can go
on by herself. buying her designs or
having them designed for her for small
sums. OF course, IL 1t happens that
some particularly elaborate piece of
work is to be done or some new kind OF
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one wants to leave a long sweeping
line. such. for example. as that which
occurs In the peacock; in that event 1T
Is necessary to leave in a number OF
bridges. Experience will soon indi-
cate ones limitations In this respect
"Once the design is cut out and ready
to apply to the material. which may
include wide and most interesting
selection OF textiles. it is tackled down
to the table over sheets of plotting
paper, which are used to absorb any
superfuous color.
Now we come to the application Of
the colors, which is, above all, the most
difficult step in stenciling. The tend
ency is either to get the color too thin
SO that 1t runs or to put 1t on too thick.
and SO give dauby appearance Trans
parency is an important consideration.
Three mediums are used in stenciling,
oil colors thinned with turpentine or
naphtha; dyes and the opaque colors
which are much the same as those used
in kalsomining.
IT. and 1 think most persons who
stencil. prefer oils thinned with
naphtha- For heavy fabrics like bur-
lap turpentine may be used with per-
heps better results. though to many
the odor of turpentine is most often
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chin raised will be certain to hold her
shoulders erectly and carry herself
with an air of confidence which a con-
seriousness of centuries of noble ances-
try does not always bestow.
AT all times-sitting, standing or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to hold the head
high" continued the April Grand
mother. When seated be careful not
to nestle the chin into the neck, espe-
cially II 1t is inclined to be plump, for
that not only destroys the poise OF the
head, but causes the cheeks to sag,
the chin to double itself, the throat to
thicken and the shoulders to droop. All
these are indications of old age, which
no feminine person under 60 summers
and winters has a right to exhibit
The girl who allows her neck to
wabble usually stands awkwardly. She
is certain to sway toward one side or
the other and by resting more weight
upon the right foot or the left foot
break down an instep arch or make
callous spot on a sole.
The habit of holding the chin high
does wonders for the waist line. as
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onous-only to effect an artistic SIM
plicity.
1t is real joy to enter this room.
No decided contracts to offend the ar
tistic taste greets the visitor; only
the soft freshness of a spring morn
ing. At the windows hang cream col
ored. unbleached muslin curtains, stem
ciled with the crocus pattern, and the
same material forms the bedspread.
which is edged with fringe; the table
runner, tablecloth, divan cover and
sofa pillows. Rustic window boxes
filled with yellow crocuses growing
are set in the deep embrasures and
complete one of the most novel and
at the same time one of the most rest
full scenes of decoration ever at
tempted.
The difficulties of stenciling are prob
ably fewer than occur in most any
other form of decorative work. It is
something that any girl may do. Ger
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Lamp Shades for the Country House

paper will fit No allover or stripe
patterns are good for a lamp shade.
and If these are used in the hangings
of the room 1t is best to purchase
separate chintz or paper coincfding
only in color with the drapings of the
room for which the shade is intended.
In making paper frame the ma
terial must be first pasted to a strip
OF unbleached muslin or OF heavier
paper before 1t can be fastened to the
wire. Chintz. Of course, can be sewed
at once to the frame and each panel
bordered with a narrow silk or cotton
braid or a fat band Of narrow crochet
lace. which should be white or cream
to harmonic with the background of
the material A deep fringe OF sewing
silk or perhaps cotton, will complete
this shade. which In design Is equally
good for tiny candle shade or as a
piano lamp. all depending upon the
pattern of the chintz or cretonne
English or glazed chintz Is extreme
ly pretty for this style OF lamp shade,
and for q country bedroom is always
charming In its stiff. conventional pat
terms. The soft tones OF the French
cretonnes. however are still the favor
tie with many. and after all both are
so attractive that so long as the colors
are good there Is no real choice be-
tween them.
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girl unconsciously sits more erect, and
that posture naturally helps to keep the
back straight and strengthens the
two large muscles which meet between
the bust and the hips.
THE art Of getting up and sitting
down gracefully and easily should be
carefully studied. There Is happy
medium between bobbing up suddenly
and joltingly and in rising lightly and
noiselessly without a rustic OF taffeta
and a clicking of boot heels. But even
to hop up is better than to rise labori-
ously. with the aid OF chair arms and
with the shoulders drawn forward and
the head bent. The girl who does not
hold her chin up never rises gracefully.
ITO sit down as IL afraid the chair
might not sustain the weight or as
though every ono Of the joints needed
fabrication and every bone ached with
rheumatism makes girl look awk-
ward, but 1t is better than to bounce
upon seat like rubber ball. The
bouncing girl never has a graceful
bearing or a reposeful manner. and she
usually is nerve racking companion"
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material used 1t is always possible to
consult a teacher or take few extra
lessons
If you should go into the studio of
stencil expert probably the first thing
she would teach you would be the cut
ting Of the stencils. for though those
she uses for her pupils are already cut
out many of the stencils bought in the
shops are only traced, the cutting out
process having to be done by the
operator.
For this purpose sharp stencil knife
is needed, and here wide latitude is
allowed, for, although there are special
knives made for the purpose very FREE
quently one prefers some old knife that
has been previously sharpened down.
One that has been cut off square at the
end like a putty knife will be found
valuable in making sharp turns, Spe-
cial attention should be given to the
handle; it should be large enough not
to unnecessarily tire the worker or
cramp her hand
SIS. and this will include brushes, knives
and a limited supply of colors. Stencil
paper at cents a sheet--a specially
prepared. oil soaked cardboard-comes
for the purpose. Once the design Is
drawn by the aid of impression paper
on the stencil board-this is supposing
the novice is learning the whole pro-
cess-it Is tackled down firmly on the
work table and piece of glass slipped
underneath. Experts who are very sure
of their hands frequently. dispense with
the glass, but table that has been cut
into may defect the knife at some
critical point, and thus spoil the design.
SO It Is best to make use of the glass
underneath.
With the stencil knife firmly grasped.
the design Is then cut out, care being
taken to leave in a certain number of
bridges" 10 that the design will hold
together.
This" says the expert. is one of the
trials OF the novice. She doesn't plan
for bridges. and is dismayed when tho
work II done to ind that either the
solid part Of the design falls out alto
gether or else 1t skews so that there
Is danger OF stenciling the design UNI
evenly. consider this point q most
important one to be noted II q girl Is
to cut out her own designs. Frequently
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m HERE are many country houses
still dependent for light upon the
old fashioned lamps or candles. nor
is this looked upon by the owners
as hardship, but rather as a pleasant
reminder of simpler times before the
days of speeding automobiles and tele-
phones, which make it impossible ever
to escape one night away from earshot
of the "madding crowd" Again, an
oil lamp is essentially an ornament.
There are no disfiguring wires attached
to 1t, and the light which it sheds is al
ways soft and becoming
There are, of course, gracefully pretty
lamps. and there are sadly ugly ones,
but fortunately the chief glory is al
ways the shade. so, that even in a
rented house which has been furnished
with taste quite different from what
one is accustomed to it is possible to
make any size and kind of shade that
for small cost Will transform th8Iamp
into an attractive ornament In the
room.
1t Is really true that many a girl
who has found 1t impossible to make
for herself even a simple collar or tie
can manufacture a wonderfully effec-
tive lampshade The reason for this
is that, while the collar may demand
fine hand sewing, the larger shade
calls only for effect, and the stitches,
unless atrocious, will not even show
She should not allow herself to be dis
couraged, therefore, the girl who has
failed miserably in trying to make for
herself some small thing which hooked
SO very simple. for undoubtedly she has
sufficient taste and skill to put together
the larger, more effective article which
requires ingenuity and a certain artistic
sense. perhaps, but does not demand
skill in detail or fine work
The best and most appropriate lamp
shades for country house are formed
either OF chintz or wall paper, or else
of lace and fine linen, the latter being
made separate from its foundation so
that 1t can be readily washed.
In the chintz and paper shades 1t is
necessary. Of course, for the frame to
fit the design of the material, or the
design the wire frame. which ever Is
procured first. for the panel must be
perfect In size for the wires of the
shade AS this style of shade Is gem
orally fashioned from ends of chintz
or paper that chance to be left after
a room has been redecorated. 1t is
wise to take a piece of the stuff along
In purchasing the frame. Perhaps the
.prettiest shades are those with round
panels in which the cluster of flowers
or basket effect of the design OF the
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Stencilling on Glass in Stained
Window Effect.

sive. It doesn't evaporats either so
quickly as. the naphtha- though I have
found that where the odor OF turpentins
remains for long time 1t IS due to
the quality OF the liquid rather than
anything else. One great advantage
of the use OF oils is that articles stem
ciled with 1t can be put right in the
tub and laundered without injury.
These Russian crash curtains, for Eek
ample. have been washed several times.
and you see the design Is still perfect
A stenciling outfit includes q certain
number of brushes suitable for the
work.
THE colors are mixed with q palette
knife until thin enough to run easily,
and here might say 1t is best to mix
sufficient color for the entire piece OF
work, so that there will be no varia-
mouthed glass jars. 1t Is we'll to try
the color on an extra sample Of the
goods first in order to see II the paint
is OF the right consistency.
I'm the matter OF materials there is
a wide and pleasing selection and all
within reasonable limits. Cheese cloth.
which of course is most inexpensive.
is pretty for stenciling and cotton rep.
at 80 cents yard. is also an attractive
fabric to work in. Coarse. linens to
be bought for from 25 cents up to
So a yard are admirable for certain
purposes.
Corduroy is admirable for stencil
ing, and makes the most artistic divan
covers, long curtains and portieres. It
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MAY Wine Herbs

GIRLS who like to go a-Mayfng can
have great fun In the woods gath
NJ ering the delicate green herb
known as waldmeister or sweet
woodruff. which house keepers who fol-
low old customs like to have to brew In
their old fashioned home made May
wine. Some people call the sweet
woodruff the boss OF the woods" so
rampant Is 1t in the early spring all
about the outskirts of our big cities.
though 1t Is diminutivs In size, grow
ing in clusters not more than two
inches high. In It's natural state 1t has
no flavor and little odor, but the
essence extracted from II when II IL
STEPPED is delicious.
To flavor wine Is not it's only use
for dried and put into muslin bags II
makes an exquisite perfume for bureau
drawers, while having the peculiar
quality OF retaining its scent, which
grows sweeter with the years It must
always be dried In the shade. as the
sun extracts too much from II. and
the. most satisfactory way to dry it is
to put II loose into bags OF some thin
material and hang them I'D where the
air will circulate through them for
several days.
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1.-THE countess Of Dedbroke is a
goose chinned lady simply be-
i cause she has not learned TO
hold her head properly OBJ
served the April Grandmother in a dis
Greet whisper. as she studied an Anglo
American bride
she means to raise her chin high,
but she only succeeds in sticking 1t
out. and until she overcomes that habit
she will never attain a distinguished
bearing One way Of acquiring the
We're de We're pose is TO practice walk
ing down stairs with the head held
erectly and with the arms folded or the
hands clasped behind the back. The
habit OF touching the baluster rail is
the worst OF all enemies TO correct
poi-e. When the world is truly civil
tied there viii not be any balusters;
they are inventions calculated to de-
stroy feminine grace of bearing as well
as 10 afford coasting opportunities for
reckless small boys.
The girl who can descend a stair
case with her hands clasped and her
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in the minds Of those who
have definite idea as to what they
want Every girl likes something
novel and original for her own par
ticuIar sanctum: something that Will
individualze It and make it stand out
from the more stereotyped apartments
OF the family in general
Now, il is always possible to go into
the shops and buy pretty hangings and
quaint furniture, but a girl can never
depend upon having any particular
style exclusively her own. Ten
chances TO one half a dozen Of the
girls in her set will have precisely tho
same So to furnish room in an
artistic way and at the same time to
weave a bit Of the occupants individ-
uality into it. there is nothing which
quite equals stenciling.
A room in which stenciling figures is
bound to be different in treatment
possess a distinctively decorative note.
OF late many clever artists, both men
and women, have put their minds on
this form OF decoration because It
stands as one Of the important handi-
crafts. There is no end OF stunning
designs to be bought If one knows
where to get them-and for very small
sums at that when the value Of the
work from an artistic standpoint is
considered.
Not only IS II possible to get spe-
cial designs for curtains. bed, hang
ings. portieres. screens. bureau covers
and table runners, but now that the
latest craze is for stenciled walls some
exceedingly handsome border designs
and motifs can be bought which are
unique and the effect of their appli-
cation very charming. It can be seen
then. what really artistic color schemes
can be carried out, since the walls as
well as the draperies are stenciled.
One Of the daintiest rooms IN which
stenciling figures has been just fin
ished by a girl who was one OF
the Easter brides. Possessed by the
idea that she wanted her own room
70 look as "springy" as possible TO SUIT
the season. sne consulted q STENCIL ar
list, with this result: Grayish green
cartridge paper was laid on the walls,
the filing being carried quite TO the
ceiling. border OF freize was then
stenciled, in which conventionalized
crocuses, with their pale yellow bios
SONS and grayish green foliage. fig
ured as a motif. For the side walls
there were clusta-s Of the crocuses
stenciled over the surface at intervals,
but not too close together to be monot-
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s the time approaches for the
town house TO be abandoned
for the summer cottage, the
thought Of cool, pretty fur
nishings for the girls own
room is subject foremost
in the minds of those who
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Cake Made With Preserved Ginger.

radish. The egg and horseradish should
be put in at the last moment.