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- BIRTH OF OUR FLAG.
1T5 ORIGIN WRAPPED IN 14161110111011
MYSTERY.
Washington 'Was a Member of the Com-
mittee \‘v‘hicli Accepted the Designmnd
I: Is a. (furious coincidence That His
" Shield Cuneluted of the Same Figures.
The American flag really "dates from
Jan. 2, 1778, though oflicially only from
June 14,1777, when Congress passed
the resolution decreeing that the flag of
the United States should be thirteen
stripes alternate red and white; that
the Union be thirteen stars, white in a
field representing a new constellation.
This is nearly all that the records tell.
Whenever a new state is admitted a
new star is added. The respectable
antiquity of our flag is best reilized by
comparing it with that of othc -r nations
The Spanish flag was estaul fished in
32785, the F1ench tricolor in 17.11, the
Italian flag in 1848, and the flag of the
alderman Empire dates fro-m 1870. As
for “the meteor flag of England" which
an imaginative .poet once applied to the
present national ensign of the United
Kingdom, it is enough to say that there
is no such flag in existence. The Brit—
ish ensign is commonly termed the
“Union Jack.” 'This royal standard
dates from 1801 when it was first hoist-
ed over the Tower of London. So that
the pretty fancy about “the flag that
braved a thousand years the battle and
the breeze" is simply gilt-edged gib—
berygosh.
The origin of the flag of the United
States is wrapped in historical mystery,
but there is good reason to believe that
it was designed and adopted largely
out of compliment to Washington. He
was a member of the committee which
accepted the design, and it is a curious
coincidence that his shield consist-
ed-i of the. same pieces and figures that
the flag is composed of. Washington’s
crest was an eagle, and the colors and
thewmetal‘ of his coat are also the prin-
cipal colors imtl‘ie flag, namely, red and
white. Washington’s object in this
may have been the laudable desire to
perpetuate himself seeing that he had
nondibect posterity. He may have been
inspired by the fact that in giving us a
free country he was also entitled to in-
finance the features of its flag. Acc01d-
ihglyinstead of the stars which in
heraldry consist of six or more points
the United States have adoptedginstead
the five pointed figures of Washington’s
511111111. These are in heraldry called
mufl'ets. The flag thus receives an ad-
ditional lustre from the silent honors
thus‘fiaid to the Father of his country
by his own contemporaries. The
framers of the resolution on June 14,
1777; were probabEy for these and other
reasons designedly silent upon these
poi-piss It is considered that they were
anxious to have Washington escape the
animadversions of the Conway cabal,
whose opposition would have been
aroused at any open attempt to make
ohero of'Washington and whom this
cabal intended to supplant byCeneral
Horatio Gates. Anyhow our official
knowledge upon the motives and prin-
ciples that may have influenced the
framers of the flag is very limited and
gossip has attributed the designing and
the arrangement of the flag to a lady
with French predilictions who lived in
Philadelphia.
Dinning the revolution many of the
states had their own flags, and Lexing-
ton was fought under “waving stream-
ers.” Some people also go so far as to
state that Washington copied the East
India Company’s llugwhich had also
thirteen stripes. 1:» and white, but
such is not like'::. Paul Jones claimed
that he first hi"? ca" the flag of Ameri-
ca‘on the Alli-Mi. The national em-
blem was th 6‘ a rattlesnake which in-
deed came nearly becoming a national
emblem instead of the eagle.- The flag
of. the “Ranger" which was fitted out
by Congress for Jones was thirteen
stripes with the rattlesnake undulating
over them and with the motto—“Don't
Tread on Me!” However, from out of
all these various devices there was
evolved a national standard designed
under Washington’s supervision and
which was accepted by Congress. 11‘
was Mrs. Ross who made the banner
which Congress approved, from a rough
sketch furnished to her and made by
the hand of Washington; so that it
'seems clear, alike from the facts and
from the probabilities that the plans
and preferences of Washington domi-
nated the national flag. No story of
the American flag, however, which
omitted the vicissitudes—which beset
its birth and early existence would be
complete, that failed to state the part
that France played in the matter. This
was so vital a part that Captain" A. T.
Mahan stated in his speech at New
York, Feb. 7, 1897, that “there would
be no flag at all if it weren’t for the
French under De Grasse appearing at
Hampton Roads," while 5,000 trained
French soldiers tackled Burgoyne and
Cornwallis on land, fighting side by
side with Americans.
The flag of the fifteen stars and fl!-
teen stripes was carried by Old Iron-
sides before Tripoli and throughout the
war of 1812. It was the flag worn by
the Constellation in her actions with
ITIn'surgent and La Vengeance; the
flag that waved over Derue‘, being the
first. American flag placed upon a fort-
ress of the Old World; the flag of Lake
Erie, Fort McHemy 11.1d'New Orleans,
and of our naval v;~ :zries on the At-
lantic, and which 11...: carried around
Cape Horn and the= ape of Good Hope
in the Essex, the Kirc‘ United States
cruiser to show a pennant beyond
either.
The flag worn by the United States
brig Enterprise in her action with the
Brxtish brig Boxer, September 4, 1813,
and afterward the nail which covered
the body of Capt. Burrows, had fifteen
Itri and ‘flfteen stars; this flag,
will
gagcm'ent, and patched with a still old-
, 4. _ - . .
or one, was, after the action, found to
bear the marks of fifty-nine shot holes,
chiefly musketry.
The bear flag, which was raised at
Sonoma June 14, 1846, is now in the
possession of the Pioneer Society of
San Francisco. It is made of vhite
cotton and red flannel, and has painted
on it the semblance of a grizzly beat.
The artist was so unfmtunate in his
efforts that the Spaniards 111 their de-
rision called it the “Bender-11 colchis."
or hog flag. The army which 1agsed
this flag and attempted to revolution-
ize a state consisted of fourteen Ameri—
cans.
Capt. Montgomery, of the leOp-oi-
war Portsmouth, then lying in San
Francisco Bay, rai: 1-11 the United States
flag on the plaza o1 Yerba Bucna now
Portsmouth squaie, under a salute of
twenty-one guns, on the 8th of July,
1846. Since that date the flag of our
nation has cOnstantly waved over Cali-
fornia. '
The City of Charleston, S. 0., present-
ed a regimental flag to the South Caro-
lina Volunteer on the 24th of Decem-
ber, 1846. The Mayor, in his presenta-
tion speech, said: “The motto that
glitters in the sunlight from this ban-
ner, ‘Not. for Ourselves do we conquer,
but for our country,’ covers every heart
here present." This flag, riddled by
bullets, was carried at Contreras and
Cherubusco, where Col. Butler was
killed carrying it. It was also the first
flag borne inside the City of Mexico by
the United States forces.
Something from Scotland.
Mrs. HohmbOddie: “What are you
reading that absorbs you so?”
Mr. Hohmboddie (looking up from
his book): “It’s a new Scotch novel.”
Mrs. Hohmboddie (with enthu-
siasm): , “Oh, I am so fond of those
dear dialect things. Do read me a lit-
tle."
Mr. Hohmboddie: "Can you under-
stand it?”
Mrs. Hohmboddie (loftily): “Can I
understand it? Well,-I should hope
anything you can understand need not
be Greek to me!" '
Mr. Hohmboddie: “No; but it might
be Scotch}?
Mrs. Hohmboddie: "Go on; read
justwhere you are at."
Mr. 'Hohmboddie (reading): “ ‘Ye
see, 'Elpsie,’ said Duncan, doucely, ‘I
might hae mair the matter wi’ me
than ye wad be spierin'. ’Aiblins ma
een is a. bit dazzlit, an’ aim hearin' the
poolses thuddin’ in ma ears, an’ ma
toongue is, clavin’ when it sud be gae-
in’; an’ div yo no’ hear the dirlin’ 0’
ma hairt .an’ feel the shakin‘ 0’ ma
hond this day gin I gat a glimpse 0’
ye, sair hirplin like an a’uld mon? Div
ye nae guess what’s a’ the steer, hin-
ney, wi ’out me gaein’ it mair words?’ "
Mrs. Hohmboddin: “Stop, for good—
ness sake! What in the world is the
creature trying to say?”
Mr. Hohmboddie: “He’s making a
declaration of love.” _
Mrs. Hohmboddie: “A declaration
of love? I thought he was telling a lot
of symptoms to his doctor."
Nothing Like a Good Dictionary.
‘LFather," said his son, looking up
from a book, “what is pride?"
“Pride ‘3” returned the father. “Pride?
Why, a—ch, surely you know what
pride is? A sort of being stuck up—
a kind of—well, proud, you know.
Just get the dictionary. That’s the
rhing to tell you exactly what it is.
There‘s nothing like a dictionary,
Johnny."
“Here it is," said the latter, after
an exhausting search: "‘Pride—be-
ing proud.” '
“Um—yes, that’s it," replied the
father. “But—well, look at ‘proud.’
That’s the way. You’ve got to hunt
these things out, my lad."
“I’ve got it,” answered Johnnie.
"Pre — pre — pro — ‘proud —— having
pride.”
“That’s it. There you are, as clear
as day. I tell you, Johnnie, there is
nothing like a' good dictionary when
you are young."
Musical Criticism.
The little daughter of a certain musi-
cal critic was overheard the other day
entertaining a visitor while her mother
was out of the room.
“And do you like music, too?" asked
the visitor politely.
“Oh, yes, indeed," replied the child.
with as near an approach to her fath-
er’s manner as she could manage. “I’m
’specially fond of opera."
“What operas do you like?” asked
the visitor.
The child hesitated. Then she ‘re-
covered her grown-up air.
“0h,” she said carelessly, “my favor.
ites are ‘Lohindutchman’ and ‘The
Flying Grin.’ ”
The Gibson Picture Fad.
A scheme for using Gibson pictures
(and it may be hinted that this fad
has been so overdone that it is show-
ing signs of passing) is to arrange
=mall ones in artistic groups on a
square of delicately tinted paper har-
monizing with the prevailing tint of
‘he room. For a pink room, a. sheet
of pink glazed pager is used, an edge
left that gives the effect of a frame.
On this the pictures are pasted, and
it is then attached to the wall by means
of tiny gilt thumb-screws, doing away
with the tearing or blowing off of these
'1ictures when less securely fastened to
he wall.
A Chinese traveller applying for a
passport must ha 6 his palm brushed
we r with fine 1: -; .1. at, and then press
it on thin, damp paper, which retains
an exact impression of the lines of his
hand. Transference of the passport
is then impossible, for no two persons
have the same lines on their palms.
Cats can smell even during sleep.
.If a piece of meat be placed immediate-
ly in front of a sleeping cat’s nose, the
nostrils will begin to work as the scent
is received, and an instant later the
cat will wake up.
was old on the day of the on- I
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‘ teem-Judge.
. gowns I'1will wear them.
DR. WALKER’S PANTS.
SHE TELLS OF HER THIRTY YEARS
EXPERIENCE WITH TROUSERS.
Has Had a Funny Time—Girls Take Her
for a Man and Try to Flirt with Her-
Ol’ten Insulted by People Who Don't
Know Any Better. '
A correspondent of the Chicago In-
ter-Ocean writes:
I was talking the other day With Dr.
Mary Walker, the only woman in the
United States who wears trousers and
doesn't wish she were a. man. That is
her boast, and she has made an inter-
national reputation by p-urusing her
fad. There is really nothing mannlsh
about Dr. Mary except her clothes, and
in wearing them she is bound to have
her own way, which is distinctly a
feminine trait. She is a. diminutive
creature, with the thinnest of treble
voice, sharp feaoures, abbreviated hair
just turning gray, and spectacles. Her
ordinary dress is a. plain black suit of
broadcloth, with frock coat and a. silk
hat. Folr street wear in the winter
she has a heaVy brown Wombat with
velvet collar and a cape, and at all
times she carries a shout cane with a
silver head fully as large as her fist.
'If she wore skirts she would look very
like a. little old maid. As it is, with her
erect carriage, trim figure, and
sprightly walk, she seems like a. boy
dressed a little beyond his years.
She has been wearing trousers for
thirty years and longer. Nobody knows
exactly Ihow long, for this a. point on
which the doctor resolutely closes her
mouth. She can never be induced to
reveal the :time or place when she flor-
sook the garb of womanhood and
adopted masculine alt-ttire. "If I were
Ito tell you that onu would guess how
old I am. ” is her feminine formula. for
rebufling the inquisitive. She will only
say that the change came about by de-
grees. She admits, too, that she
was wearing trousers for some years
before she went into the army as a
nurse at the beginning of the civil
war. The only reason she gives for
adopting ' 1e garb is the convenience
of trousers over the cumbersome skirts
’which were in vogue when one was a
girl.
“This is a free country,” she said.
“and. as I was not responsible for be-
ing a. Woman, I, failed to see the rea-
son Why I should be compelled to en-
dune the discomforts of skirt-s for a.
' lifetime simply because I didn't hap-
pen to Ibe born a. man."
When Dr. Mary was in the army slhe
was an acting assistant surgeon, with
the rank of first lieutenant, and she
dbeassed the same as the other officers.
She wore trousers at that time with a
stripe «of gold lace down the side of
the leg. a felt hat with gold cord, and
an officer's overcoat. Her coat was not
like that which she has since adopted,
but' Was shaped like a blouse cut loose-
ly about the neck.
“When I :had on my overcoat,
though," she. said, proudly, “I looked
every inch the man, and I am sure I
acned lit, for I was the only woman
holding a. commission in the army of
the United States, and I can the only
woman who has been granted a medal
by Congress for active military duty."
As she said this the little doctor
pointed to the bronze medal fastened
with a. big blackqheaded pin and a. red,
white and blue rribboin to the impel of
her coat. On. the back of the medal
was engraved lthe leg-end: “Presented
by the Congress of the United States
to Mary E. Walker, A. A. Surgeon, U.
S. Army.”
“Do I ever have. unkind things said
to me?” she said, echoing (back my
question. “Yes. of course—by ill-bred
people. I always consider the source
from which they come. and attribute
them to ignorance or viciowsness, but
flhere are very few experiences of this
kind, and when anybody does say any-
thing unpleasant I usually have some-
thing t-o say in return which makes
us quits. YIOLI would be surprised to
find how little trouble I really have,
and then think what a. relief it. is
when one arrives in a strange city to
be able to pick up one’s grip and walk
up the street. without bothering any:-
body and without having somesoft—
spoken fellow come up with a smirk
and ‘Is. there anything I can do for
you, miss?’ Oh I tell you, trouser-s
are a great tiring!
“I have been taken for a Catholic
priest a good many times,” said Dr.
Mary. “More than :once people have
sworn to me that I was Father S-o-and-
So, and they wouldn‘t listen to a de-
nial. Once at the White House a. man
hailed me as Brother Brown of his
church in Atlanta, and when I told
him he was mistaken I couldn’t get
him to believe me. Sometimes the mis-
takes have been very funny. Young
girls have tried to flirt with me, and I
haVe been simply shocked by the braz-
en effnontery of some women whom I
have met while traveling. One of them
actually asked me how often I shaved.
She thought I Was a boy, and Wouldn‘t
take my word to the contrary. Some
women delight in asking me why I
don’t dress like them.
Uhem I buy my own clothes and I real-
ly don’t see why I can’t have them cut
as I like without having people ask
me questions about them. I tell such
women that if they will send me their
I Ifiake very
good care not to say how I will wear
them, and as they {have never sent me
any I am saved the trouble of explain-
ing. One lady promised to send me a.
skirt and asked me if I would wear:- it
as she wore hers. I told her I would
put it on over my trousers and then
hold in; up as she did so as not to in-
terfere with my walking. She was
angry and left me. I suppose sine gave
me up as a. hopeless case.”
He—I'm saddest when I sing.
sue—wen, how do you suppose I-
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I always tell ‘
WELL GU 1RD ED CITY
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VADEPS
SUFFICIEKT 0115
NEW YORK 1.011-...” L! I
More Than 7,500 Pulicemen—Clxlol Dev-
ery Says that He Can Mass 5.000 Men
at Any Point “'ithin
E, Harbor \le l’utrnlled_
Two Hours—
Following the hearty cheers with
which the patriotic people of New York
have. encouraged the departure for ac-
tive war service of one after another
of the city’s militia regiments, there
has crept into the minds of some of
these same paltriotic people just the
shadow of a. fear that in giving up so
much to the country New York has
seriously weakened her own power of
self-protection. The regiments that
have gone would undoubtedly be miss-
ed in the improbable event of an at-
tempted invasion by a hostile force,
but even a superficial consideration of
the external defences and internal re-
sources for mrotection-pught to con.
Vince any doubting mind that New
York City is still a very safe place to
live in.
Every water approach to New York
is a death trap for any hostile warship,
and even should the submarine mines
fail.» every channel is commanded by
powerful land batteries. T-o guard
against surprise, there is an efficient
coast patrol, as well as a. harbor pa-
trol. .In the coast patrol are several
good vessels under command of Com-
mander Howell,
The task of guarding the outer bay
has been assigned to the two monitors,
the Nahzant and the Jason, the former
manned by a detachment of the First
New York Naval Militia and the latter
by a detail of the Second New York
Naval Militia. A numerous fleet of
armed yachts, under command of Rear
Admiral Erben. retired, is constantly
patrolling the harbor and Long Island
Sound; some of these yachts carry ra-
pid-fire guns which could doubtless be
depended upon to do effective service
in case of need. In the event of any
local disturbances of riots getting be-
yond the control of the municipal and
State authorities, these well armed
patrol yachts could readily command
any pie-r or landing place, and if neces-
sary United States regulars could be
brought from Governor’s Island or Da—
vid’s Island or from Fonts Hamilton
Hancock, Wadsworth or Schuyler.
Should the unexpected happen and
cause. a sudden emergency call for
Federal fighting power the Navy Yard
would play no mean part. There are a
large number of stalwart and seasoned
marines and sailors over there, and
they have the means at hand to make
it hot for any intruding foe.
Chief Devery was asked what he
could do if called upon by some sud-
den and desperate emergency to mass
3. large body «of policemen, and he re-
plied withou't hesi'tlationz' “I can mass
5,000 trained policemen a: any given
point in New ‘York City Within two
hours." Remind'ing his , questioner
that it would not be good policy to
tell too much about the resources of
the police force, the Chief admitted
that he could get 1,000 men together-
at any given point within a few min;—
utes.
“The police force will be found equal
to the emergency in any uprising that
there may be," he said. confidently-
.Loyol to “9*; country.
A well known 'Washington. woman
was doing the cathedral cities of Eng~
land last summer. Throughout her
tour she wore a [tiny American flag
pinned to the waist of her travelling
dress. A good many of the English
people whom she' met did not under-
stand, or pretended not to understand:
what the flag stood for.
“You belong to some secret society,
I perceive," said an Englishwoman to
whom she was introduced, pointing to
the diminutive starry banner.
“Yes," responded the Washington
woman amiably, “there are 70,000,000 of
inf—Washington Post.
A Woman Western.Boomer.
California has a. novelty in woman-
hood. She is Mrs. Janet Macdonald,
whose business is to go about the coun-
try lecturing to attract emigrants and
capital to the Pacific coast. It is said
that she can boom Western land with ,
more glibness. than a book agent can
boom a book. Mrs.’ Macdonald is an
excellent speaker and her lectures de-
scribing the natural resources and ad.-
vantages of California are illus:-1a.=-
with kinetoscope pictures taken di1'e.~;.;
under her supervision. Slhe owns frag.--
ly that she was a failure as a milliner
and says she’d rather talk up Californa
than do anything, else she ever tried.—
Clhicag‘o Trlbune.
Jarrou’s Subscription.
One morning a gentleman called up-
on Douglas Jerrold to solicit a sub-
scription on behalf of a mutual friend
in want of money. “Well,” said Jer-
rold, “how much does wa1. this
ti me. ‘7"
“Why, just four and two noughts
will, I think, put him straight. "
“Very well,” answered Jerrold, “put
me down for one of the noughts this
time.”——Plrila:delphia Ledger.
Willie’ 8 System.
Mammal—Why is it, Willie, that you
never care to play with boys of your
size? You are always either with
those that are much smaller or much
larger than yourself.
Willie—’Cause I can lick the little-r
boys an’ it ain’t no disgrace to get
whipped by bigger ones.—'—New York
W'orld.
A Linguist.
“Mr. Fiizzington is quite a.
Isn't he?"
“I never knew it."
"Oh. yes, he talks three languages."
"What are they?”
“Horse, baseball and golf.”—Chicaga
News _
linguist.
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NEW YORK LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
‘An emergency appropriation of $200.-
000 has been voted for the new East
river bridge, which, since the debt limit
question was raised, has been deprived
of the means by which construction
could be pushed.
An Odd Charity.
The most curious charity in New
York, and one which savers of medie-
val times, is the one known as the
"Leake Dole of Bread.” For over 100
years a. weekly distribution of bread
has taken place at St. John’s chapel,
one of the Trinity parish churches.
John Leake, who was one of the foun-
ders of the Leake and Watts home for
children, left $5,000, t-he‘in-terest to he
spent in purchasing bread for poor wo-
men. This‘ buys about 4,000 loaves of
bread a week. —~
Osborn’l on Stock.
A good many years ago, when Eu-
gene Robinson failed and had to get
out of the Stock Exchange, he owed
Charlie Osborn $140,000. In part pay-
ment of tibia he gave Charlie 1,500
shares of Standard Oil stock, worth
about 65, which so disgusted that thrif-
ty and fol-sky speculator that he regis-
tered an oath that he never would al-
low Robinson to return. to the floor.
The stock was, however, laid away in
a. safe, and when Osborn died was left
to his heirs. The $97,600 had increased
to $600,000, at a valuation of $400 a
share. It is now worth about $425.
It pays 40 per cent. a. year, or $60,000,
nearly two-thirds per annum of the
original valuation. Isn't there just a
suggestion of luck in this?
How to Get Rich.
Some of our millionaire-s at times as-
sume the responsibility of rushing into
print with suggestions to the youth of
the country on the all-important sub-
ject, “How to Get Rich." The best
plan I have heard is “Imitate Sage."
Sage lives about as frugally as any‘
one. He rides d0? 11 town in the morn-
ing and up town in the afternoon on a
free pass on the elevated road. Ten
cents saved. He spends only eight
cents for his luncheon, where obher
men make it fifty. Forty-two cents
saved. He smokes not.
ed. He drinks not. A dollar saved.
He always carries gold in his pockets
to jingle—the honorarium of the board
member. The interest on his vast loans
is piling up while he sleeps.
Former President of the Police Board.
Our former president of the police .
has done 3
board, Theodore Roosevelt,
:the country good in more ways than
one.
try a. first class fighting man, full of.
brains, energy and resource. but he has: 1
by his example brought to the front a
class of men whosa wealth and social
position lend a most encouraging and.
significant character to the episode.
From all tihe clubs and'colleges young
men of large means and high standing
have flocked :to the nationfs banner,
ready to serve shoulder to shoulder-with
the mechanic and the farm hand, the; ‘
clerk and the plebeian. They not only ‘
applied for service with Mr. Roosevelt'f
himself, but. animated by his prompt
action, they have volunteered every-
where. "They have made their appear-
ance in the navy as well as the army,
and :they are showing the country that
the nich man is not the idler and, the
drone he ‘has been pictured. They are
proving, on the contrary, that the so-
called 311de youth are as eager to
abandon their luxurious environment in
' the-country's cause as the homely rus-
It=ic is to exchange his plow handle for
a musket.
Other Features In Trade.
The effect of the war is very peculiar
on poultry and pineapples. Large ship-
ments of Ithe former-1110 Cuba have been
the rule for several years and now that
these are (stopped a greater supply
reaches this market. Just before the
war began a. large shipment Was made
to Cuba and reached port in safety, but
this will be the last until the war is
over. Hence the supply here is ex-
cesslve and sales are only made at a
heavy loss. On the other hand the im-
portation of pineapples «has become
very difficult, as American vessels incur
.too great a. risk and all that come must
be under some foreign flag. The sup-
ply will therefore be light and prices
will be so high as to prevent canning.
The cigar trade will also suffer and
the price of fine brand's must advance
as fast as the stock of Cuban tobacco
diminishes. Very strangely the con-
sumption of tobacco in Spain is chiefly
of the American product, which shows
:tl-..t Spa-Irish smokers cannot afford to
use Cuban tobacco, but now they will
have to look elsewhere when they want
to take a smoke. '
Newspaper Matters.
The expense of supplying the news-
papers of this city with war news is
estimated at $100,000 a week. Rather a.
heavy bill, but it cannot be avoided.
Pulitzer has shown his public spirit by
continuing the salaries of all employee.
who enlist until the’r return from ser—
vice. What a. costly war it must be
when the news expense reaches such
a. vast amount! The papers are issu-
ing extras for special news. One jour-
nal tried a 10 o’clock edition, but it
failed, as people at that hour are either
abed or at the theatre, or somewhere
else, out of the reach 01 the newsboys’
call.‘ The worst result of this rivalry
for war news is the tendency to man-
ufacture roports or to reprint the same
thing in a little different shape and
this bogus news often tries the reader’s
patience. Apropos of news, one of the
consequences of the war is a demand
for improved printing presses and near-
ly a score of papers have each ordered
a. new equipment. New York printing
presses are also in foreign demand and
orders have been received from far
away Australia anh near-by Paris.
America indeed leads the world inew
erything that pertains to journalism.
CYRUS THORP.
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~ _ BLUETHE DOMINANT cocoa. 1'.
Black Satin or Silk Costs to Wear with 33:
All Skirts. . J
(By special arrangement with thequ 81111.] i
Blue is the dominant note of Golanj
for it is blue, blue everywhere, and ev~
ery shade. between deepest, darkest
navy and palest lavender is called,
blue. Mauve and gray are a close sec-
ond,.and some of the fashionable com-'1"
bi-na'tions of color are blue and green,
red and mauve with a little touch off;
yellow, and light blue and black wit}.1
any and every other shade in the list.
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B-odices are so covered with decora—'
tions of various sorbs that the original"
material is visible only in spots. Pret-
ty silk blouses nare decorates? all over ,
with applications of black or cream 5".
lace, trellis designs of ribbon or ruc-hcs
of chiffon, and the very smartest hodi— ,:
ces of all are those which are finely.
tucked. Yokes extending out over the. 1'
sleeves epaulet fashion, but in realty
forming the top of the sleeves and”
made of plaited frills of marrow rib-"i
bon, are one of the latest fancies. Th.._
frills encircle the shoulders and plaid;
and plain ribbon are both employed, as
are frills of narrow lac-e sewn on air
narrow insertion, and put around them:
yoke in the same way. Yokes of some
form and device are an almost univer—
sal feature of dress. Certainly the"
gown without a Yoke is the exception, '
and revere are almost if not quite as
popular. They are cut in. every con-7‘.
ceivable shape, turning back from'a. '
vest either above or below the bust. ,
A feature of the fashionable dressia ..
the black satin or silk coat to wear i
with any kind of skirt. It may be a.
plain, sailor- made affair with plain or ‘_
fancy revere, or a dressy little gar- '
ment covered with corded'tucks set in,‘
at intervals and sometimes cut boieizq. .
fashion in the back, with round or i,
square tabs in the front. . '
Handsomely embroidered linen lawn
is used for vests and yoxes, and plain -.
white batiste is employed for vests in'"
waists of clotted batiste. A vest oi“
deep tucks fastened with two or threv
turquoise buttons is very pretty. Ba- ‘;
tistes with embroidered dots and finer
lawns in plain tints of figured pat-terns"
make lovely waists for warm weather,”
but g'lace silk seems to be the all-pref;
vailing fabric.
Sun bonnets not unlike those that
\\ ere 11 cm in the days of our grand-
mothers are a feature of headgear this
Season. They are made or Shirred chife
ton and organdie, and of dlmity with:
out any shirring. The material is cut'j
double for the fronts, stiffened Withf
crinoline, and edged with lace trimmed”
frills. Young ladies are 'to wear sun-f;
bonnets for tennis and golf with their“
pretty muslin gowns in the afternoonsi“:
and they will supply the matron’s gar-
den hats as well. ’-
Some of the prettiest shirt waist are!“
made of a new washing fabric'of ills”
and linen, with co , '
Norwalk Chronicler