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INT lODUCTlONS-
FORMAL
Rules of Etiquette '. hat Prevail in Well
' Regulatel Society.
Regulations which govern the presen-
tation of men and women to each other
as members of society are based‘ on
common sense and necessity, although
every one unites to abuse them.
A hestess would have time for noth—
ing else and would be constantly absent
from her post togreet newcomers if she
insisted upon {introducing all of her
guests to each other.
The trouble with people in large cities
is that this branch of etiquette isfounded
:111 English manners, and Americans
stop there instead of following up its
real meaning, which is, that under the
roof all are friends. If this were ob-
served, then guests would talk gener-
ally, and things move more gracefully.
But surely a woman could introduce
her friends at dinner or a ladies’ luuch-
con and not tax herself.
Nothing is worse form than indis-
criminate introductions. Members of
society should not force upon others
the people they themselves do not care
‘ to know, anda person should always
. is a subject of conjecture.
their island home.
_ every kind sleep beside the docks.
' ed the young society man.
be asked if an acquaintance-is desired.
True, it is not considered necessary to
acknowledge a casual acquaintance,
but a little tact prevents all unpleasant-
ness. '
On one’ s “at home” day it is not good
for hi to present the coming to the part-
111g guest, especially if they are women
who live In the same town. Calls would
have been exchanged or some common
friend have arranged their meeting if
there had been any reason 01' desire for
a :quaintance.
Street introductions are also super-
fluous. You may be with friends and
stop to shake hands with people you
have not seen in some time, but if there
is no special desire on your part for
these people to meet, it is much—'wiser
and politer not to introduce them.
In point of precedence in presenting,
there is none; only the younger woman
to the older and a man to a woman.
The woman in her own home should
always shake hands when a guest
is presented; men should shake eaclv
other’s hands. The Southern fashion
of a woman extending hel hand to a
man is charming. Ito is now carried
out to some extent here
At a ball the introductions should be
distinctly formal. Hand-shaking is not
correct; and here again common sense
comes in,.fo1' it is most awkward for a
woman to place flowers and fan while
shaking hands.
No man, when presented to a woman
at. a dance, should fail 1n asking 101‘ her
card. His introduction means a dance.
N 0 form of presenting people is so
good as the simplest. “Miss Brown,
may I present my friend, Mr. Jones?”
is all thatis most elegant.
At any function les important than
a large ball, it is always pleasantto add
a little note of interest to the presenta-
tion, which breaks the ice and leads
the way for conversation.
These matters may seem a bit trivial
at first, but the omission of them does
not lead to pleasurable results.
gHEY USE VENOMEDAI—‘IROWS.
xvii-1111.3 ‘Indians on an Island Near Cali-
fornia.
An island 1n the Gulf of Califoz nia is
inhabited by queer human beings. The
Ceris without doubt are one of the most
hiteresting tribes of aborigines to be.
i'ound on this hemisphere. They are
said to have fair skins and blue eyes
and bear no resemblance whatever to
the Indian tribes of the mainland or of
the peninsula. In former days they
made incursions upon the mainland,
spreading havoc along the coast, but in
later years they have kept closely to
They are extremely
fierce and warlike and use venomed ar—
1'0WS in fighting. The island is known.
to be verymountainous, with innumer-
able rugged canons and gorges, where
the Indians ambush, and which renders
subduing them almost an impossibility.
Beyond the fact of the ex stence of the
Ceris tribe very little is known. Their
habits and language am said to be pe-
culiar to themselves, while their origin
The island
shows no sign of vegetation from the
Gulf and their method of gaining asub-
sistence is unknown. Skippers Cruising
in those waters carefully avoid this isl-
and peopled with blue eyed savages,
and its ragged outlines which loom up
in the Gulf are shrouded in mystery.—
Unkland Echoes.
Dull Enough for Anybody.
A" correspondent of the BOSton Tran
script thus describes Georgetown, Brit-
ish Guiana: “In the hotels are managers
and overseers drinking ‘swizzles’ and
playing billiards. The cigarette is uni-
versal. Everything and every one seems
languid and half asleep. No signs of a
struggle for existence. They live on
nothing and for nothing in particular.
Business is good,it is said, but there
are no signs of it. Clothing is expen-
sive, and they wear little. The, heat is
terrific, and they drink ‘swizzles’ and
smoke. Backward and forward plies
1".e ferryboat from the east to the west
coast of the slimy Demerara. Ships of
In
‘iliev distance loom the smoking chim-
neys of thesugar plantations. _‘Peace
and plenty’ is written on all. The blue
:nadows sleep on the streets, and the
hucksters sleep in them, lulled by the
buzz of the droning beetle in the leaves
above them. It is the hour of the mid-
day. siesta. Toward evening the sea-
wall is alive with people—a strong dike
of massive stone against which the sea
beats in vain, sending up huge bursts of
foam to startle you two lovers from
their reverie as hand in haul in Guian-
ese style, they languidly promenade in
the rays of the setting sun."
“Stammering is an awful affliction,"
remarked the young woman.
"Still it has its advantages,’ remark-
"Fellow
doesn’t need. more than two or three
, ideas to keep him talking a whole oven-
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'HIS LAST efrr.
I‘he Elnpewn s Kindly Thought_ for His
“ ife’s Birthday. -,
A pathetic story comes from Russia.
1:15 the late Emperor‘s tender. regard
for the. wishes of his wife. The sum‘
lllt-‘l‘ before the Emperor's death he
and the Empress visited a jewelerls
shop in St. Petersburg to select some
jewels for their son‘s future bride.
l‘he Empress saw a beautiful bracelet,
and expressed gieat admiration for it,
and 1cmarked laughingly to EEher hus-
band that she must purchase it one
day. Shortly afte1 then return to the
palace the Tsar was seized with one of
those serious attacks of illness to
which he was subject, and 'the Em-
press forgot the bracelet. The Em-
peror died, ,and to the Empress in the
early days of her widowhood came a
birthday, the first anniversary which
she must pass alone. On her previous
birthdays the Tsar had been wont to
place some flowers in the morning—
room of the Empress. Inside the bou-
quet was always folded some rich rare
gift. chosen months beforehand. The
Empress had avoided the room, as too
full of painful memories; but on this
Inorning,thc morning of his wedding-
day, Nicholas requested his mother to
go there as a favor to him. The first
thing she saw there was the bouquet
in the usual place, and inside the
(low 01s 11 .1s a case fastened and sealed
by the Ts snr's s'o11n hands. It contained
the. bmcelct. He had ordered it on the
some day that the Empress saw it,
and on his death-bed had given, in-
structions as to the birthday gift, bid-
ding his son to be near to comfort her
when she received it.
Dr. Holmes’ \Y’it.
Some of Dr. Holmes’s brightest
things never got into any of his pub-
lished volumes. His reference in “Elsie
\"enner’y to the “twenty-seventh letter
of the alphabet” so puzzled one lady
who was reading the story in company
with a relative that she wrote to the
author. telling him that neithe1 she nor
hei cousin Edward could make out his
meaning. The answei received “as
211:11'11ctcristic—“bbston, \Iarch 4th,
1801.. My dear Miss Lavinia—The
t11'0111_1'-scvcht11 letter of the alphabet
is pronounced by applying the lips of
the person speaking it to the cheek of
a friend, and puckering and parting
the same with a . peculiar explosive
sound. ‘Cousin Edward’ will show you
how to speak this labrial consonant, no
1011111 and allow 1 011 to show y'ou1 pro-v
ficiency bv practising it 111th your lips
against his cheek. 1101 further infor-
mation. you had better consult your
gra'ma. Very truly yours, 0. \V.
l-IOLME. .”
Too Stout to Suit the Prim-e.
Of the deep attachment which ex-
isted between the late Prince Henry
of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice
it is almost unnecessary to speak. so
notorious was it. They both carried
their love for each other on their
sleeves. In this connection an anecdote
is related: Last year Princess Beatrice
and her portrait done by a well-known
lady pastellist, who, while a thorough
artist, knows how to combine a good
likeness with a pretty picture. One
morning when the portrait was nearly
finished, Prince Henry happened to
enter the studio. After a minute ex-
amination, the Prince remarked: "But
you have not made my wife stout
enough. I am fond of my stout frau,
since it shows she is happy.” The por-
:1'ait was altered.—-Tid-Bits.
Something Like Tact.
A college principal, who is a great
gardener, wears a glass eye. One day
ne—it being summer, and he on his va-
ration—rushed in from the garden all
soiled and sputtered, and without his
glass eye. His wife was seated with a
caller of. importance.
the external unfitness of her husband‘s
condition, and frigidly said to him.
“lohn. go at once to the library and
tell your master Mrs.
see him.“ He went and soon reap-
peared, clothed, eyed, and in his right .
nind. .
This college principal, it 18 plain, IS
.1imsclf a man of presence of mind;
there are plenty of men who, con-‘
fronted by such a remark of genius as
:his. would have stared and faltered
)ut: “But. my dear ,” and spoilt
t all.
Diplomacy Scores Again.
“Did I talk in my sleep last night?”
he asked cautiously.
“Talk! I should say you did,” his
wife replied.
“Must have been a nightmare if I
did."
“It was four of_’em at least; you
were talking about having ‘two pairs’
all night long." '
“Ah' I sec——two span. I remember
now. I dropped into the horse show
for awhile on the way home."—-Chi-
zago Times-Herald.
‘His Reasons.
She—Why are you so much in love
with yourself?
He—For two reasons.
She—Two reasons! What are they?
lie—Well, one reason is I think it is
a. good idea to be in love with a wor—
thy person. and the other is I think it
a good idea to have a worthy person
in love with Ina—New York Journal. '
Like Beavers.
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Tommy—Paw, what does it mean in ' .1
the paper _11 hen it says that the lead- .
21's of a party are working like bea—
vers? '
Mr. Figg—It might mean they are
saying nothing and sawing wood, but
it usually means that they have begun
throwing mud—Washington Star.
’— A Fact Established.
Is it true that- Braglow was insane
when he died? ' ~
Ceitainly not; didn’t he leave all his
noney to his 1c1atives?-—Roxbury Ga-
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, MARRIAGE IS BEST.
Dr. Felix Adler Says Marriage is Bette:-
- than Single Blesscdness.
In a recent lectule in Carnegie Music
Hall, New York, on the Marriage tie,
Dr. Felix Adler said:
“I undertake to say that marriage is
better than celibacy. I don't wish to
reflect. on the motives of people who
lead a single life. Some of them are
too contemptible to consider. For in-
stance, those who are too lazy to make
the change in their life. They think
that if they get married they cannot
live in the style they indulge in while
single. They walt until absfilutely sure
of suflici nt means to ..continue the same ‘
style of 11 9 They waste the best years
of their life, and are punished suffic-
iently by their own conduct.
“Ever v wife can prod on her husband
and stimulate him to greater exextion.
If he 1s illeterate she can tone 1 him pa—
tience and concentration. if she is lite1—
ary, and raise him to greater heights.
If both be literary she can be a pleasant
companion. There is no higher enjoy-
ment than intellectual pursuits. The
wife can share the literary delights of
the literary husband.
"There is a new law of maiiiage re-
cently advanced by some woman. It 1s
to substitute the words ‘until love and
I respect shall cease’ for ‘until death do
us part.’ What a reign of license would
ensue if this plan were adopted.
The speaker said men and women
were not merely beings susceptible of
pleasure—that is, sensuous and social
pleasure—but were meant to promote
the mental and moral development of
each other. Marriage should turn each
one‘s defects into excellencies, for mar-
riage is a compact to look squarely at
each other’s faults.
MIGHTY RAFTS OF LOGS-
I'They will Be 527 Feet Long by 52 Feet
“'ide, and 30 Feet Deep.
The Portland Oregonian tells of a
' plan of Capt. Robertson to tow gigantic
rafts of fine timber to San Francisco,
from some point in Oregon.
It is probable, the article says, that
the lumber will be purchased and the ,
- rafts constructed at or near Stella, as
Mr. Robertson has a $10,000 plant at
that point for this work, which would
' cost considerable to transport to Puget
Sound.
Though they intend to arrange for
felling the trees at once the rafts will
not be commenced until some time in
March. It will" require a little over
four months to construct the three.
These three rafts will be of a uniform
size, vis., 527 feet/long, 52 feet wide, 30
feet deep, and drawing 20 feet of water
when floated, and will contain some
5,000,000 superficial feet of lumber each,
board measure. The lumber shipped.
which includes piling and spar timber,
saw logs and long timber of‘ every de-
scription, will be packed in a cradle
constructed for the' purpose.
The raft. when ready to be towed,
will resemble a cigar in shape, flattened
on the upper side, and tapering to a
point at each end. When the logs are
placed in the cradle, a large tow chain
will be run through the centre of the
raft. To this will be connected other
chains running herring-bone fashion
every 12 feet, fastened to other chains
surrounding and binding the logs to-
gether the same distance apart. The
manner of constructing these rafts is
most ingenious, and was patented by
the inventor, Captain Robertson, some
years ago.
CANADA’S FAIR.
The Dominion’s Proposed International
Exhibition.
The Dominion of Canada is to have a
great International Exposition during
the coming" summer. The exposition,
which will be officially known as the
British Empire Exposition and Interna-
tional Display of all Nations, will be
opened on May 24.- (the Queens birth-
_ day) and will be kept open until October
12. It will be Canada’s first great In
ternational Exposition and will include
exhibits from all parts of the world.
The active spirit in the enterprise is
Mr. Joseph H. Stiles, who was the Brit-
ish Commissioner at the California Mid-
winter Fair, and who is known to all
. who have been connected with exposi-
tions a man of indomitable energy,
pluck and enterprise. These traits have
been prominently brought out in con-
nection with the present enterprise. At
the close of the Midwinter Fair, Mr.
Stiles paid a visit to Canada, and was
at once struck by the magnificent pos-
sibilities that it aflforded for a gag-at ex-
position. He conferle l with leading
citizens and the idea 1a.; taken up with
such zeal that the fair was soon assured.
thy Cuba. Rebels.
Mr. Elbert Rappleye, staff co11espon
”lVGS in
brief the reasons why the Cubans fight—
taxes, debt, discrimination against them
in trade, oppression, disfranchisement.
0f the twenty- six millions paid in taxes,
barely 2 per. cent. goes to the Island it-
self. The Cuban pays twice what a
Spaniard pays in Europe, and gets ab.
solutely nothing in return. A debt of
four hundred millions is laid on the
people of Cuba, the heaviest tax by
nearly twofold of any country in the
world. And meanwhile "the ports are
practically closed to foreign commerce.”
Shipments, even of American flour. go
first to Spain and afterwards to Cuba.
All this-cost is added to the goods the
Cuban buys. It is shown further that
by the election laws oniy about three in
a hundredpf the‘ Cubans have a vote.
Scarcely one has ever sat in the Spanish
Cortes. All the offices are held by Span-
iards, and the corruption among officials
is almost beyond belief. Even the re-
forms sometimes reluctantly granted .
by the Cortes are not carried out. Cam-
pos himself did not dare guarantee their
enforcement.
A Mean Man's Retort. ,
Mrs. Norris—I wonder why they print
the marriages Over the death notices!
, Mr. Norris—Probably to show that
not all the tools are dead yet—Puck.
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T-l 'OTABLI: YOUNG MEN;
1V. K.Vando1bilt, John Jacob Astor, and
George' Gould
‘Howard” in the Chicago Times-
ald writes: I doubt if three more
distinguished individualities' could be
Iound in any reputable ’circle than
William K. Vanderbilt, George Gould.
and John Jacob Astor. They are all
young men, and each is worth so many
millions of dollars that in these days of
silly-billy display, foolish extravagance
and itch lor notoriety. it is positively
mic-lusting to note anal fair-to record-
11141. "r tc.1‘d of making ducks and
if their enormous heritage
:1, or
are conservative, temperate in all ways
of tiring, and held in esteem in business
circles. Let us look at them {qr a. mo-
zncnt. ‘ _
As Willie K. was the first to come
along, he shall be thefirst to he re
garded. He stands about five feet nine.
whiskerless, stocky in build, and not
over easy in manner. Before his. faths
er‘s death he tackled \Vall, street; but
soon found his plunge had put him in
a gulf of dark despair. From his pre-
Jicament papa pulled him with a loss
uf something like $3,000,000. The ex—
perience was worth ’he money. ' At all
wants, experience i. all he go‘: out of
:11} speculation. Sr—ca then he has
avoided the insidiousness of th1 Street,
and paid greater attention to cutting
coupons than to making deals. Willie
sin no sense straightlaced. He likes
to drmk, but can‘t to any extent. He
would be glad to race, but his knowl-1
edge of horsefiesh is limited- The one
amusement for which he appears fitted
i5 yachting, but after a man has sailed
months on the most sumptuous vessel
monotony ,dominates the scene. .
I notice all these over rich young
men marry in the early twenties, when
they are callow in respect to experience,
fallow as fields in which sentimental
seeds may be put and a comparatively
easy prey for bright women of the
world. That they do marry, therefore,
is to their credit, and is also in marked
contrast to the disgraceful alliances
contracted by many of. the rich men.
old and young, of NewYork. At a mild
estimate the present John Jacob is now
absolute master of $50,000,000 of prop-
erty. He is about six feet high. well
built, with an amiable rather than- a
strong face. He, too, has been ~sur4
:oundcd with temptations since his
eabyhood. You see, he stands to-day
one of the richest men in New York, as
115- father, William, his grandfather.
1110 original J oh-n Jacob, stood before
him. Although the old man was
brought up in the shambles of a travel-
ing butcher, pig sticker and sausage
maker, his desire for knowledge and his
Industry in its pursuit developed him in
later life into a man of the world, and
to a certain extent a gentleman in the
best sense of that term. His sons were
educated, as were his grandsons and the
present generation, William Waldorf p
on the one hand and John Jacob, his
cousin, on the'other. Astor was never
a rounder. Although from his early.
boyhood he had money galore, his tastes
and inclinations were not along the
lines of dissipation. I presume Dr.
Parkhurst could tell of more nastiness,
social degradation, and' professional in
famy'of his own eyesight and knowl-
edge than would fully equip ten thou-
sand Astors, this one being the crite«
rion. . Astor’s pleasure is apparently
his business, and his business his pleas-
ure. He has no horses with racing ten-
dencies; his name was never mixed in
scandal; his head on investment lines is
level, and the property in his care is
admirably conserved. He is more gen-
erous in charitable directions than any.
other of his family, and his literary de-
xvelopments, while not remarkable, are
in upper altitudes.
Men Who thought they knew Jay
Gould pretty well entertained the idea
that he cared for no social pleasure and
was wrapped completely up in financial
schemes, his life guided, steered and
ruined by avaricious aims. As a mat-
ter of fact, until disease undermined a.
his nervous strength, Jay Gould was,
in companionable moods, one of tlie
jolliest and most courageous of men.
His inner life was known to very few,,
and the great world had no idea that
romance and personal indulgence were
part and parcel of his regular existence.
George inhe1ited from his father some-
thing besides a colossal fortune and a
wide-horizoned opportunity. In addi-
tion to these he had an immensity of
very human nature. During his boy-
hood he saw pretty much all New York
had to show. ‘ Tom Byrnes, the best
policeman America ever knew of, was
his guide, philosopher and friend. His
father was always generous, more than
liberal, with him, made of him a com-
panion and learned him not only in the
exacting hours of their business day,
but when together they sought rest and
recreation in the mazes of our metro-
polrtan social kaleidoscope. Steered by
his father, George never made great
mistakes 1n business, and, lured by ex-
ceptional beauty. he certainly coms
mitted no error when he married Edith
Kingdon from Daly’s stage: Although
his recent yachting experiences would
seem to point to the contrary, the fact 1
is, like Vanderbilt and Astor, Gould- is
not recpgnized as a leader in metropoli-
tan gayeties, certainly not in the flap-
doodleisms ' of the wellgcalled smart set,
with two little esses. He owns a. yacht
and would like to sell it; he has no fast,
horses and cares nothing for races; he '
has an opera box, but shares its promi-
nence and expense with other men. He_
is an off-handed, kind-hearted, easily
approached young man, with enormous
responsibilities on his shoulders.
Spoiled the Figure.
Mudde—Don’t you think Brown is a
good descriptive writer? ._, ,
Black—Yes, generally, but he makes
mistakes sometimes.
Mudde—For instance?
Black—He was writing a naval battle
once, and he said that 300 brave sailors
011 the defeatei vessel, bit the rlust. ~—
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