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MOTHERS’ MEETINGS.
Practical and interesting “Tcrk of tin
Free Kindergartens.
Among the active'works Of philanv
thropy which owe their existence to the
influence of the kindergarten system 01
child training, none are more practical
in their results than that called Moth;
crs’ Meeting. These meetings are un-
der the control of a committee con-I
~nccted with the Free Kindergarten:
and are established for the purpose 01
interesting the mothers of those chil-
dren who attend such kindergartens in
the purpose and system of the work.
Take the plan pursued by a single
school. for example. Once a month
the children carry home to their moth-
ers a written invitation to meet at‘the
school rooms on a given afternoon
This takes on the nature of a social
function which appeals strongly to the
feminine heart. and every mother whc
can possibly do so is sure to be at the
meeting. '
Arrivcd there, the Kindergartcner and
her assistants serve coffee and cake.
chocolates and wafers of similar light
refreshments from a daintily equip.
ped table. Then while the chocolate is
being sipped, they go about among the
mothers striving by a word here or
a. question there to give them an in-
sight into the spirit of the kindergarten
system, and also togain an insight in-
to the home life of their different
scholars. ‘
After the social hour thus spent. a
very practical entertainment of some
sort is provided. On one occasion a
sewing teacher from the public schools
meet with them,- and by practical de-
monstration shows them the best way
to make over a dress for a child. This
is something which they can under-
stand. which is of every-day use to
them, and they gather many valuable
ideas on the subject which they had
not thought of before. All, too, are
free to ask driestions.
The sympathy which has thus come
to exist between the mothers and
teachers is evidenced by the mutual
interest which they show in the ques-
tions asked and answered. and by the
confidential talks regarding the chil-
Lucas traits and training.
"Most of the women whose chil-
dren attend the Free Kindergartens
are bright and enterprising and are
quick to adopt the improved methods
which are here s' .~u_-p_ them, so far at
least as their suronndings and resour-
ces will permit.
l ETIQUETTE NOTES.
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Equal e
center—pieces for the dinner~
table are now the fashion, replacing
the long runners and round center:
pieces.
Holidays. as a rule, are more espe-
cially devoted to family gatherings.
and it is a breach of good form for any
person to call on that day. It is prop- ’
or. however, for any near relative of
the family to call. or to make a visit.
It is not good form-to mention peo~
ple‘s names in the course of conver-
sation in railway cars or other public
conveyances; neither is it prudent, for
you never know what use will be
made of some remark you make inno-
cently—Ladies’ World.
_The lavish use of even the best per-
fumes is bad form, but when it comes
_ to using cheap perfumes, it; is vulgar.
Many riders of the bicycle of both
sex: s use cheap perfumes, and to such
an extent that the atmosphere reeks
with them to the annoyance of all scu-
sitin- poisons.
Chinese etiquette permits the asking
of a stranger‘s age or of a friend's.
English and American etiquette make
it Very bad .l‘orm to show inquisitiVe-
ncss regarding any one's ,age. Li
IIllllL“ ("hang. the greatest Chinaman
of the age. and one of the four great—
«est men or the earth, almost invaria-
bly asked the age of each of the dis-
tinguished men presented to him on
his recent visit to America.
Bicycle costumes are not good form
'or caning in. Very intimate friends
may (li‘i‘l) in on each other informally.
The exercise of bicycling produces
conditions in many persons which are
not in keeping \. nil the necessities de-
manded by a formal visit. The wind
ruffles the hair. the perspiration and
(lust. destroys the immaculate white-
HQSs of collar and cuffs, and last but
by no means Twist. the perspiration is
offensive to tllt‘ sensitively organized.
flow to Siew A ppl'rs.
Here is a nerd way of serving ap-
‘l-lcs. Pure and "are as many as you
require. Stew them in sugar and wa-
ter until L\,ul.l.t:.‘l', but still firm enough
to hold their shape. Remove them
carefully to the dish in which they are
to be served. Fill the centre with ap-
ricot or raspberry jam.
. Boil down the liquor to a thick sy-
rup and pour it over the. apples; just
before serving pour Over them a few
spoonfuls of brandy and light it with
a taper after it is on the table. Served
with fancy cakes these apples make
an excellent desert.
A Delicious Breakfast Dish.
‘ You will need the following materi-
als: One heaping pintbowlful of chop-
ped cold boiled ham and four eggs.
Break the eggs into a bowl, but do
not beat them. Have the frying—pan
hot, and grease with a small lump of
butter. Pour in the eggs and add the
ham, with a little pepper, and stir con-
stantly until done, which will be
when each individual particle of the
minced 11am is coated with egg. The
"eggs, not being beaten.
’ avhite and yclk are SL811 w‘ntn cw'lnd.‘
bits of the
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hill DEATH or MACEU.
The True Tale of the Killing of the
Great Cuba-n General.
STORY or BETRAYAL FALSE.
He “’33 a Victim of His Own Reckless-
neos and Intrepidityw'l‘he Plan to
Have Palma of the Cuban Junta
In New York Superseded.
WASHINGros, Jan. 2,—The truth about.
General Antonio Maceo comes at last in a
letter from General Miro to Tomas Es-
trada Palma,_tho delegate of the Cuban“
republic in the United States, who has
headquarters in New York. '
The information the letter conveys about
inside' affairs of the revolution doubtless
accounts for its not having been given out.
there for publication. A copy of it has
:eached Washington.
According to this, letter General Maceo
was not lured into ambush by a traitor in
his own ranks, nor was he assassinated
while going to confer with the Spaniards
under a. flag of truce.
He fell, General Miro writes, a. victim
to his own reckless courage and his fatal~
ism. which prompted him to be ever forcv
most in attack, and notwithstanding his
‘ . rank to fight against the Spaniards like
any of his soldiers. '
With Miro, J ustiz, Nodarse, Gomez’s son
and others of his staff, Maceo charged on
Cirujeda’s column? His purpose, which
he surely would have carried out; had he
not been killed, was to drive the Spaniards
in confusion into Punta Brava. village.
When he was only 50 paces from the
main body of Cirujeda’s forces, two bul-
lets from a Spanish volley struck him in the
neck and stomach, causing almost: instant
death.
Gomez’s son and the other Cuban offi-
cers above mentioned were wounded by the
same volley.
Gomez‘s Similar llIethods.
General Maximo Gomez is said to be in
danger of meeting the same fate. In spite
of his age and of the‘importance of his life
to the Cuban revolution, he is as enthusi-
astic and courageous in battling the Span-
iards as any young officer of his army
seckin g glory and advancement.
Though it does not appear from General
Miro’s letter that: Dr. Zert-ucha. played the
traitor in the engagement at Punta. Brava,
it: is known that; the doctor, while in Pinar
del Rio province, actually entered into a
scheme to betray Maceo with Tort, one of
Zertucha’s intimate friends, and the Mar-
quis of Ahumada. But the plot failed,
and when Maceo fell by chance in the un-
expected fight with Cirryjeda, Zertucha,
afraid of the Cubans, and believing the
revolution crushed by that blow, surren-
dered to Coleuel Tort.
Another letter received from New York,
in which the copy of Miro’s letter is in-
closed, says Senor Palma. will soon be su-
perseded as the Cuban delegate by Senor
Rafael Portuondo, now minister of foreign
affairs in Cuba.
Evidence of the Cuban government's
dissatisfaction with Senor Palma’s man-
agement of Cuban afi‘airs was received in
New York several months ago. rIhe gbv-
ernmenb asked him for an account of ex-
penses and intimated that if he could not;
make his work more effective in the inter-
ests of Cuba his resignation would be ac-
cepted.
A Slight to Palma. ,
After that; Colonel Emilio Nunez was
appointed general manager of the depart.-
ment; of expeditions, with full authority.
This deeply wounded Senor Pallna’s pride
and impaired his usefulness. Dr. Joaquin
Castilio, who had been the head of the de-
partment of expeditions by appointment
by Senor Palma, was deprived of all power
and left with only the title of subdelegate
—to relieve the delegate in merely bureau
work.
It.is added that the doctor, who is proud,
and whose management had been really
good, resented the government’s action as
an insults and sent; in his resignation,
obliging Senor Palma to do the same.
Senor Palma is strongly supported in
the United States by the cigar makers,
Who compose the great: majority Of the
Cuban revolutionary party and contribute
heavily to the expenses of expeditions.
But; he is not; persona gram. now to the
Cuban government in the field, especially
after Senor I—‘ortuondo arrived in the camp
from New York, where he had been, as
secretary of foreign affairs, on a special
mission and had taken back evidence that
Senor Palma was not; the right, person to
lead the Cubans abroad.
The letter ends by announcing that; the
government, composed of President Cis-'
name and his three secretaries—Of the in-
terior, of the treasury and of foreign af-
fairs—is with General Gomez, is in bar-
mony with the commander in chief Of the
army and resolved not: to accept any prom-
ise of reforms from Spain short of the ab-
solute independence of the islands, as set
forth in article 11 of the constitution pro-
claimed at Jimaguayu.
The object, of the government in joining
General Gomez is to take measures to pre-
vent cultivation and gathering of crops
in case General Weyler issues his intended
decree allowing planting and grinding of
sugar cane. - ‘° '
“'ant “’eyler Recalled.
MADRID, Jan. ?.—-It is rumored that;
the cabinet; has approved the proposal to
recall Captain General \l cg. ier, but; that;
Premier Lanovas has ..elayed action in the
matter. giving no reason for so doing.
All of the llllDlSlLI‘S met at tlzc residence
of l remier Canoxas and drunk to atoast
expressing hope for she speedy arrival of
peace in the disturbed colonies.
A dispatch from Havana to El Impar—
3ial says that 51 men belonging to the fili-
bustering expedition which went to Cuba
on board the steamship ’l'lnee friends
were hastily landed on a resort key and
frowned in their atteml. ts to leave the is-
.‘..nd. The disratch also says that 860 rifles
were lost. -
The semiollicial newspapers defend the
action of the government: in seizing the
issues of F1 Veraldo and El Imparcial on
the ground that. the articles published by
those papers denouncing the policy of Cap-
tain General chl‘cr in Cuba had a. tend-
ency to create discontent among the
troops in Cuba and to encourage Amer-
ican filibusters. The government will not
permit; the objectionable articles to be
transmitted by telegraph. . ‘
Public opinion is greatly excited over re-
ports that. the Spanish troops in Cubatare
:ompelled to undergo extreme hardships
through hunger and nakedness, and that
those who are confined in the hospitals by
illness or because of wounds are suffering
from neglect; and an insufficient supply of
medicines. .As arge sums of money have
been sent; to Cuba from Spain for the pur-
pose of furnishing clothing, medicines,
e .
eta. to the troops, the queviion is aske.
Where has this money gone? .
El Dia asserts that; a ministerial crisis
is probable as the result. of a change oi
policy.
Small Sympathizers W’ith Cuba. _
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—A number of— boy:
burned General Weyler in effigy in 3 we
cant lot in'the southern part of the city to
show their sympathy With the Cuban
cause. About 100 boys and girls and a
number of women witnessed the upma-
tion. The boys marched around thd pyre
shouting and blowing tin horns.
Molasses—tn Catch Flies.
.MA-DRID, Jan. 2.—The preamble to the
eight; decrees signed by the-queen regent
relative to reforms in Puerto Rico an-
nounces that. they will be amplified and
applied to Cuba so soon as the conditions
in that island permit.
A FAMILY ASPHYXIATBD.
An Awful Accident In {Little Mining
’ Town In Ohio.
COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 2.—A special to
The Dispatch from Youngstown, 0., says
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Betz and child were
found dead in bed at; Struthers, 0., today,
and four boarders in the family were in a
comatose condition when rescued, having
been asphyxiated by gas.
Betz is a laborer at the Struthers furnace,
and seven Of the furnace employees board-
ed with him. Three of them were at work
last night, and when they came in today
they found the family dead.
They carried the boarders outdoors, and
after walking around for a time they re-
covered. The house is owned by the fur-
nace company, but the latter believes the
family was asphyxiated by gas from a. cook
stove, and not; from the furnace.
lllcCullaglr Had Tried Asphyxiation.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.—-Every minute detail
surrounding the tragic death of Joseph B.
McCullagh has been investigated, and ev-
erything confirms the theory of suicide.
One of the mental tendencies of the editor,
known only to a. very few of his intimate
friends, was the stoical belief that; when
life wasa burden it; could in good con-
science bo laid down. It is admitted by
his attendants that he committed suicide.
He was found in bed almost asphyxiated
at 10 o’clock on Wednesday nighn, with
the gas jets turned on in his room. He
was revived with difficulty. When his
room was examined today, the gas jets
were again found to have been turned on.
Tennessee’s Centennial.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 2.—Tennessee has
raised the $500,000 necessary to make the
governmental appropriation for the cen-
tennial celebration available. When the
bill was signed by the president), there had
been only been $480,000 raised. Soliciting
committees went; to work at. once to raise
the amount: to $500,000. The occasion
was made one of general jollification, and
speeches were made by Governor Taylor,
the Hon. J. M. Dickinson and others.
Live Stock Exchange to Dissolve.
TOPEKA, Jan. 2.——Suib was commenced
here to dissolve the Kansas City Live Stock
Exchange. The petition wasrsigned by
Attorney General Harmon. The petition
alleges that the object of the organization
is to control the charges for the handling,
selling and buying of live stock at; the
Kansas City stockyards and that its ex-
istence restrains trade, is against public
policy and is a violation of the federal
laws. ‘
Ingalls and Depew.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 2.—When the atten-
tion of Mr. M. E. Ingalls of the Big Four
railroad was called today to a published
rumor that: he was to be promoted to suci
coed the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew of the
New York Central road, and that Depew
was in receive a. first class diplomatic ap-
pointment from President McKinley, he
irankly and quickly replied, “There is not,
anything in it so far as I am concerned. ”
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The Big PostalConvennon.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The governments
of Egypt, Venezuela, Switzerland and
Mexico, with France and Russia heretofore
announced, have signified to this gavern-
menu their intention to be represented at
the unix crsal postal convention next May.
I EUGENE FIELD EXPLAINEDH
“—1.—
He Killed the Farmer’s Duck but' Showed
the Fowl :1: Fault.
A, few years ago the late Eugene
Field and Stanley Waterloo went duck
,hunting on Murdock Lake, near St.
Louis. Ducks were rather scarce and
very shy, and the two hunters spent
the day without overburdening their
game bags. At length they decided to
separate, in the hope that each might
drive the ducks within the range of
each other. Waterloo paddled up the
lake and Field down. _
‘ Late in the " afternoon" Waterloo
banged away at a flock of smallards
and brought one down. The wounded
duck, however, was not seriously dis-
abled,and before it. could be bagged
rose and went wabbling down the lake
toward Field, and dropped within easy
range of the poet’s gun among a num-
ber of tame ducks which belonged to a
neighboring farmhouse.
Field rested his gun across the bow
of his boat and let both barrels go.
The mallard went flying away. The
tame ducks set up a quacking and
paddled ashore—all but; one. One of
the farmer’s pets had received its
quietus.
The farmer himself didn’t like it, and
after indulging in certain emphatic re-
marks well calculated to impress the
wring Nimrod With the enormity of
his Offence, began throwing stones and
inviting him to come ashore and fight.
Field paddled Out of stone’s throw and
began to parley. The farmer wanted
a dollar for the duck. .
“How do you figure that?” queried
the poet.
“Do you mean to deny that you killed
my duck here?” demanded the gran-
ger. ’ ‘
“That‘s true enough,” said Field,
“but. where does the responsibility
really belong?”
“I don’t understand you.”
“Why, that duck of yours was par-
ticeps‘ criminis; that’s what it was.”
“I don’t care what you call it, but I
want a dollar for the duck just the
same.”
“Well, now, see here,” insisted Field,
“you must acknowledge that your
water fowl was at least guilty of con-
tributory negligence. Instead of keep-
ing away from me while I was gun-
ning for ducks, that misguided fowl
deliberately invited death by getting
right in. front of my gun just as I was
about to terminate the earthly exist
ence: of a mallard.”
The farmer was dazed into silence.
“It locks to me like a clear'case of
suicide. I’ll wager you hadn’t fed that
poor, heart-sick, discouraged duck for
a month. waonder it found exist-
ence intolerable under such circum-
stances, and embraced the first oppor-
tunity to‘ escape from a thralldom
worse than death. I suppose I ought
to charge you with cruelty to animals
and have you arrested, but I have no ,.
disposition to deal harshly with you. i
If you’ll "pay me for the ammunition
and the time I have wasted with you,
I'm willing to call the matter square,
and you may keep the duck.”
But the farmer shook his head and
fled.
Little Madge’s' may"...
It was little Madge’s bedtime.
She knelt beside her crib to offer up‘
her nightly childish prayer.
She asked God to bless mamma and
papa and all, and to bless little Madge
and “keep watch of her through all the
night.”_
“And why not through the day, as
well?” asked the nurse.
“No,” Said the little one; “tan take
tare of myself in, the daytime."
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