Evening World. (New York, NY) 1887-12-16 [p 3]. · VI i THE WORLD; FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER SG,...

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VI i THE WORLD ; FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER SG, 1887J ' .'Z 'yf lH 1 AN AFTERNOON IN SOCIETY. '. GOOD WEATHER FOE THE BEOEPTIOXS, '1 TEAS AMD OTHEB EVENTS ' il jir. Frederic Ooodrldo to Give n Recep. II ' tlon This Afternoon Last Week's Ami. ' jfl tear Theatrical Entertainment to bo lie H I pealed To.Dny Blr. and Aire. Cbnrlee 14 I Carroll to Sail for Europe -- I I rr v LEAR, cold wcathor ,( sm&S w'" mako a pleasant f jJLz-- fr cianBe ror Uoso who 6KSQ?VvV vO) ftrBing to attend the h. wCWTfJI y many teas or amateur l)yxijT!i. theatricals to - day. Sy. ly Xa Wfi$ Mrs. Fredorio Good- - 7A T aE-- J rsj rid8' f 25 Fiah l aTenuei give a re. fvjk0fii cep"ontn'saftorntn' u j J dllnSJ'J L 'M Jn Crawford, 1 tfffi&i n 'M ,ns'c '8S Marie V yliSfcl Rood, Miss Marie Man- - l yfcSM ice. Miss Costar, Miss ' l75jql L Kitty Babcock, Miss frill Ifil CTHT Satterthwaito, Miss ( UtJjUJf Ww Van Wart, Miss Cbar- - aB3ks& lotto Zercga, Miss j Julia- Cotton Smith, Miss Acnes LawTenco, Miss Margaret Lawrence Miss Uoadly, Miss Wells, Miss Louiso Floyd Jones, Mies 1 Oddie, Miss Carrie Wobb. Miss Camilla ! , Moss and Miss Smedling will assist in receiv- - tag. Among those, expectod oro the follow. . d persons : ' Mr. J. D. need, Capt. and Mrs. Kane, Gen. and lira. Webb, Mr.andMrg.OeorieBetts,Mr.andAlrs. Charles Berrjman. Mr. and Mrs. Applelon, Mr. D. ; Kidney. Mrs. woodworm, lira. John Crosby Brown, ) Mm. Henry, Mlaa Henry, Mr. ana Mrs. Schermer- - ' horn, Mlas Schermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. UohlerTalln, Mlas Roosevelt, Mra. Hobluaon. Mrs. chandler, Mlaa Chandler, Mra. Pellew, Mr. and Mrs. Van ItenaaelaerandMr. and Mra. Htilnelandcr. Tho first of the three subscription dances up by Mr. E. L. Heddon, of 38 West fotton streot, will oecur this evening. Judge and Mrs. Daly, of 81 Clinton place, will givo a large ladles' lunchoon Mrs. Woodsworth, of 18 EastThirty.Beventh street, will give a roception The very successful dramatio entertainment given by amateurs on Thursday of last week for the benefit of the West-Sid- e Day Nursery will be ropeated this afternoon at the Lyceum Theatre Tickets may bo had from Mrs. W. Amory, 102 East Thirty-nint- h stroot j Pond's music store or at tho Womon's Exchange. Tho only chango in the cast y will do that Mr. T. Francis Conrad will take tho part of Guzman in "Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady " in plnce of Edgar Sands De Wolfe. Mrs. William Amory, jr., of 102 East Thir-ty-nin- th street, will give a dinner this even- ing to " tho cast " of tho amateur dramatio entertainment. Mrs. James Tolor, of 7 West Twenty-firs- t 'street, will entertain the Friday Evening Dancing Glass The Nineteenth Century Club will hold its I next moeting in tho assembly rooms of the Metropolitan Opora-Hous- e. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll, ne'e Can-crof- t, will sail for Europe Mrs. Philip J. Sands, of 15 East Thirty-thir- d street, entertained the Thurday Even- ing Dancing Class last ovening. Mrs. Warren, of 250 Lexington avenue, will give a reception Mrs. Newton Perkins and Miss Perkins, of C5 East Fifty-secon- d street, will givo a tea on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Mrs. J. D. Wing, of 10 West Forty-nint- h street, will give a reception after- noon in honor of Miss Hurlburt, the fiancee of her son. Mrs. William A. Hammond, of 13 West Fifty-fourt- h street, will give a reception to-- I morrow. Mrs. Paul E. Kasor and tho Misses Jen- kins, of the Rutland, 250 West Fifty-sevent- h street, will give a tea afternoon. m m Moveable Train Skirts Faablonable Again ParU Lttttr to London TtUgrapn, A new style of pellase baa appeared. It cannot be worn on foot, as tno back-piec- are prolonged Into a abort train. Tbe fronts, cut redlngote-ahape- , are not sewed to the back nor below the waist, and the Interval la Oiled with a panel of aome other material, plain In the caae of velvet or aatln bro- cade, plaited If In pallle or other silk. For tb e rest, cloth or woollen of a rougher description la ometlmea chosen. Velvet brocaded ottoman or velvet Is more handaome, but almost too heavy for the purpose. ThU new application of the train la a nre slsn If any were needed thit traln-aklr- ts are to be worn very generally once more; and not only trains proper, but skirts cut ao as to aweep too floor a few Inches an Innovation with more novelty in It. Of course this la not extended to walking costumes, while evening party and ball dressea do not mote than touch the ground. The habit of having moveable trains la growing. They are fastened aeparately to tbe waist at the back over draped skins ao made aa to be worn alone when required. This train, detached from the rest of the skirt, awepa out behind In long plaits or folds, and measures from two to two and a half Iards in length. It ts llnedltbroughout with silk or and a layer of stiff muslin la laid between the two materials. A train ao added mnat not be Wholly dissimilar from the rest of the dress; the bodice ought to be entirely or In part of the same material. p It Depended on Ilia Iaiclu IFton HarjHr JJatar, A young wag uptown started out with hlsgnn Incased In canvas to take a train for Sullivan County the other day, and met a lady of great heart and aie. 'Do yon mean to tell me," ahe asked, "that you are deliberately going to shoot little birds and timid. Inoffensive animals?" "No, ma'am," he replied, " I will not go ao far as to say that. If I have my usual luck I shall shoot nothing but my gun. " i Il The False and the True. IWrllltn by W, Jr. 8.1 m9EK EADER, this is my ,a 1 IM story. Whether you K iv p will like it or dislike ft - ;J ttl it, I know not. I have Jv !. Ill written it to please the ViXCVffffl brown-skinne- d girl ir,'(l XWk fli crouching at my side, ?u A"Jmr n1"1 her love-li- t, fiery fV4iffJ I I ovos oommend it; - fA 1 I wf L- -i L tnere'oro ttm I content. J 1 "u y" A un ie Moorsom " ' y r v r Nmay, perhaps, chance v, i T fl SVsto red it some day. ' 1'J' III Jn " "kes does, the object sjj.Uk ill H Foil0' lts Plication will il, d, J ioohave been nccom-XP-f- ll (Wplished. .oil! likiut "Don't cry, sweet, don't cry 1" " Oh, Jack 1 I shall be so lonely and mlsor- - without you." And Annlo Moorsom's Iftblo bine eyes swam in the tears that eaoh instant to course down her cheeks; and her red, red lips quiv- ered as they rested half-ope- n, giving you a glimpse of a faultless set of teeth. "NonBenso, Annie; we shall lovo each Othor all the better for a year's separation oily a year for in that time I'll dig miles y dwn in old earth, or the dusky gold shall fill mw bag for your sake !" we all know what love-partin- are, thoro-forjflt- is useless to describe this one. He ttrjjde swiftly away down the village lane, his fsrlfl Lord and stern as though there was not anMna of passionate love, teething in hit Leaak and making all things dim before jilt WilHaodhdtopldeiboiroa Uit garden gate, and sobbed until her throat ached and her head whirled round. Far away stretched, mile after mile, a vast rocky plateau, thiekly intersected with pre. cipitouB gorges vertical, terrible ronts through the solid rock over a mile in depth. It requires a steady head to peer over these awful brinks, and see far, far down the gleaming, dancing river, whose banks ore fairly green with high grasses and rank water-wee- d. A large fire blazed and crackled in front of a low, mud-grime- d tent erected about a hun- dred yardB from the edge of tho huge yawn- ing ravine. Around tho glowing logs four men were lolling or sitting in various easy attitudes. Throo were roughly dressed, swarthy-face- tobacco-chewin- g ana reckless-lookin- g desperadoes. The fourth, also, was swarthy faced and roughly dressed enough, in all conscience ; but about him clung that intangible some- thing which so clearly indicates the gentle- man, be he in what attire ho may. All were miners or gold-digger- s, therefore all wore armed with knife, revolver and rifle, and, as the swirling flames lit up their bearded faces and gleamed on shining butts and hilts, they looked like a party that a lonely traveller would rather have avoided than sought. "Talk, all talk 1" Bill Porter Toolferatcd. with a tremendous oath. " I tell you that I've a girl in San Francisco who can lay them all in the shade." " Lie number one for Bill," retorted his partner. " I have seen her, mates; she's a yellow face, cat eyes, nails a foot long and feet as broad as a bear's back." Whon the laughtor provoked by this sally had subsided Bom Winter asked: "I never hear Jack tell us about his beauty. Have you evor heard anything about her, boysf" rt No, no !" wat tho unanimous response. "Then, come, Jack!" contlnuod Winter. " Out with your yarn, and when you'vo done we'll get to roost eh. Bill-ro- ost ?" Although apparently devoid of any wit or meaning other than that implied, all except Jock Uraddon laughed heartily and ex- changed significant looks and gestures. " Boyt," began Jaok," toying with his re. T01y nd tweaking is ault toaci, though. ssanMnsnifesnsMsn1lsnsnanaMiVJ his brows knitted in a dark frown, " you know what I am, and know that if I say I'll do anything, it's as good as done " "All right. Jack! Goon." " Well," the revolver butt was gripped a littlo tighter, " I ask you, each and all, never to ask mo about my love I It is too holy a thing to be lightly jested about." " Too what? Ah, hal" roarod Bill Porter; and he was about to deliver himself of somo. thing amusing, when Jack silenced him by a fierce gesture, and resumed : " You have learned hcrnamo how, I know not; but if you are a gentleman, you will not pain me by mentioning it again in my presence, or badger me about a subject so delicatol" " Well, but" "None of yourbutsl" Jack retorted with a savage oath. " The first man who mentions her name again will receive tho contents of my revolver in his brain !" What the three miners would have replied to this outburst is problematical, for at that instant Fawneye, tho beauty of Colorado ltavino, stepped out ot tho darkness, and placed her hand on Jack's broad shoulder. "Halloa, Fawnoyo!" cried Sam Winter. " Come up to tho fire and warm your pretty fingers." The Indian girl was tall and graceful as the tasselled corn in the sheltered gorgo when the breeze from the high plateau swayed it to and fro. Her long black hair undulated loosely on tho plump bronzo shoulders and swelling bosom, and tangled on the gleaming, dimpled arms that were girt with double bands of massive coppery gold. Her face seemed weird and strrtnge in its wild loveliness and her pouting lips were curled in scornfulnoss as the black eyes rested on Bill Porter and the two on either side of him. But when they fell on Jack-t- hen her Indian name perfectly described their molting loveliness. A scoro of braves hod sought tho fawn-eye- d in marriage and failed. Jaok, four months since, had unconsciously won her lovo by his courtesy towards her and hla open-bande- d generosity In various ways to her father's warriors. Passing hit arm around the girl's supple form, Jack said i " Well, littlo one, what keeps you out so Into f War Eaglo doesn't know of hit daughtei't absence, eh " " DON'T SIIO0T, Pi, ," flilD JACK. " He does not." sho replied, tho peculiar Indian accent adding a curious piquancy to her low, musical voice. " Fawnoyo found this picture ; sho wishes Jack to tell her what it means." " Hand It here, Fawneye 1" exclaimed Bill Porter, looking with admiration at her su- perb figure. "It is for your eyes only, Jack," she re- plied, not deigning to pay attention to the speaker ; and Fawnoyo uurolled a piece of smooth white bark and handed it to Jack, with a warning gesture. On its smooth surface was scratched tho following Bymbollo picture i A tent interior; to the right a man sleeping on tho floor, over hit head the word "Jack," hit head pillowed ii.itt TiMi eiiL slsWfyfii tfil'alM''ftJfc'l''Wi on bags of gold-du- st ; to the left, three other men were creeping towards him, each grasp- ing a bowio-knif- Through an opening in tho door of the tout tho moon, high in tho heavens, signified midnight. For a moment Jack was puzzled ; then, liko a lightning, flash, burst Fawnoyo's meaning across his mind, and ho started violently. Tbo girl saw this, and said, in a careless manner : " My father says that it has no meaning." ' I can soo nono in it cither I" Jack replied, understanding her design. Placing her lips to Jack's car, Fawneyo whispered: " Bleep with your eyes open to- night. Jack I You have too much gold- - thoy want it. If you ueod holp, call mo. Fawn-oye- 's feet aro swift as the deer's for those sho loves, and lior hand keen as the violet light, ning for those sho hates. Hho taught mo bow to ttso this firearm, and thero oro nvo lives in Its steel chambers. Jack presbed her hand to his lips and, turning to his companions, said : " Well, boys, I'vo helped Fawnoyo to solvo tho rid-dl- o j suppose- wo get to bed ?" " Agreod I" responded Mil Porter, eagerly. "But first, we'll who something to warm our blood." And, after taking a long drink at his whiskoy flask, ho passed it round to tho others. When Jack lay down he took great caro that his revolvers should be ready to use at an instant's warning, and, contrary to his usual habit, did not wrap the rough blanket closely and tightly about his body. As the moon rose high and the midnight wind began to bellow and moan in tho caverns of tho ravine, Jack, as though aaleep, threw his arm across his eyes, then cautiously opened them. His breath came thick and fast and ho nerved himself for a quick, backward spring. Only a fow foot away, and croepiin.' slowly towards him, were Rum Winters and Hill Por- ter, each holding his bowio in readiness' to strike. At flio door stood Jim Illados, hold- ing a cocked rlilo over his sido and closely watching his companions. Homo Annie Jloorsom death Eawnoyo a thousand things Jaik thought of as lie looked at the murdorous-face- d ruffians slowly crawling toward', him. Suddenly thero was x sharp orack ; Jim Dlados reeled and fell, faco downward, to tho floor. Jack was wading erect nt the other end of tho tout, each hand levelling a cocked revolver, and tho two miners were coworinu before tho deadly barrels, aghast and speechless. " Now, then. Bill Porter and Jim Winter, aro you ready ? for, by heaven, you aro dead men in two minutes! Bay your prayers, for your bowics aro no match for these! You" Jack stopped in astonishment. Swift and noiseless as a cat had Fawneyo entered the tent, and was now standing behind the ter- rified miners, a silver-mounte- d pistol in her right hand, and her bronze faco twitching in terrible auger. " Don't shoot, Fawnoyo," cnod Jack, in eager tonos. Tho two men simultaneously turned round. As thoy did so, Jack sprang forward and felled them to the floor with tho butts of his weapons. Thoy lay Beuscloss. " Ood bless you, Fawneye I" said Jack, as ho drew her to his breast, and pressed a to kiss on tho warm lips. Disengaging herself from him, the panting girl whispered hor full cheeks glowing tho while liko tho red blossom of the sumac ' Juck, do you lovome willyou marry me ?" Jack's fuco fell as he replied i "Fawneyo, you havo beon, and always will be, my dearest friend ; but " " Say no moro t Fawneye will return to her father," she said, in low, mournful tones. "Jack, kiss poor Fawneye ouce again the white-fac- e will not complain ; for tho Indian has saved hor lover's life. " e e e e e "Is Miss Moorsom at home Miss Annie Moorsom f " demanded a bronzed and bearded man of tho girl who had answered his hasty rappings. Mibs Anuie Moorsom !" " Yos, yes is sho at homo?" " No, sir ; sho lias just gouo out with her husband. Her naino now is Mrs. Word." " Annlo Moorsom Mrs. Ward f " " Yes, sir ; she was married last week." "Ah!" was all that told of the agony in Jack llraddon's heart all that showed now suddenly a world bright with love and joy had grown cold and cheerless. The bronsea .face turned away to hide its sunless, despair-lu- g eyes f isim the wondering child. Stepping slowly down the gravelled path, Jack lingered fMftiuomuR,iu9 Kuto wheia It tutd la times gone by hold Annie by the hnnH aml Wf&fHKm kissed her a dozen times "good-night- ." he was about to leave, ho overheard o oouBtg)Jn9BJKHBH busily engagod in conversation, coming teigzynilgl wards him. The one was Annie the otheawir'frSH hor husband. 3VJ-l- j IBB "She shall see me onco more, then," aa(K I 'JffitW again that long-draw- n "Ahl" MSI As Mrs. Ward reached tho gate, she xafir ' - 'isfl astonishod to see the swarthy. beaisNK ' SBJ stranger filling tho gateway with his bnssBf '' .$mfl limbs. But, bowing courteously, shsK'r raBLm quired : " Whom do you wish to see, slrljlp' - ' " Annie Moorsom." itsMi ' jHH But she did not recognize the voico, IfljBl BH so low and bo hoarse ; and Jack resumf&K7 19H " Annie, I am Jaok Broddon. YobvSB''' eflfl perhaps, remember mo. One shonflsaw' tfslH ago this vory day beheld our uajflJBf'Jx ''' 9H went far West to make you rich- - toJHRhr ' 'flei I havo found all that I uredJ.rjaJC BH fold. come homo only to returu,mHagv nBI rado Ravine " and his last wcm1mi' , 1 aBB tinged with bitter reproachf ulness. f4o.t 9 by, and may your treachery never hHmfii& aWM on your children." 4f , wHH teli- - i' 'itmmm Ileador, it is useless to spin otjMsw teWo 'oHgHH much further. Fawneye is my 'iBbi ma1 rSHsLH God bless her 1 When I left -- rJEi.jU MMLU lago, I thought that the worldajHejeX ugea rt aJkHHHI again be enjoyable to me. jflpMsreiTsW 'alfiHsH bronze-skinne- d darling CtolonBrVlsisamsgC- - "oBbbHsI has taught me otherwise. Sho '(i my memory ; and when I had SgKraael kSiS cnteflsH old haunts, and thrown gfrMm fJitaB'1 wfimLU edge of tlio ravine hear-- - ksHsT waeaf'ST rVMNsmH first thing that met my - uhtjkiitc oj(M tW ' IfiHHI plateau was Fawneye. 'WsBraMKaeaHsHH air; she hoard the sc 1 1 . aasT'sieJVy IB 1HH prairie wind she ran "MjtmA iluF sHHH Ling and a.orying oi yiJJpat iSaamssMt V!bbHs1 moment I felt happi uHKtMOsZatBg: "J - ftSBsHsl wo were married. - 'Butt assMrCeiaaB ''iJftBssTagH won mine. j twr . . k, . gfflMW As for Annie, I s "W wsV t fW '- -' 'HHH this sketoh by belt ' liUEl i . .THnB H say nothing at all timm T.r laflfl Df THE CHILL BLA8T AT MIDNIGHT. A Ten.Yeor.Old'e Ilespouatbtltr With a lTatber Dolb Blind and Urnnk. IfCrj PECULIARLY tad Wsl scone was witnessed Of I VJovA 1 ft Would reporter j mlljEMBk 1 last usbt' A lBd' thln VwbfBiWsaaaWL -- J ly clad and shivering I ToR M?in tbcbill blast that TrM frfWfkr whistled across tho auN An i -- ? c"y IIa11 Pnrk nt ml11- - zTI if I lBin'Bbt, was struggling - Ll 1 p' hard to keep an inebrl-atc- d man, whom ho addressed as " fathor," from falling. Tho boy was not moro than ten years old, and he was trying to coax his fathor to go home. The old man growlod In a maudlin way about tho cold, and insisted that ho must have another drink. Policeman 99a approached tho couplu at the request of tho roportor with the inten- tion of frightening tho man into going with the boy. But ho had got no further than tho exclamation, "Como now, boss I" made in gruff tones, when ho ejaculated, half In solil- oquy, " Great Scot I Tho man is as blind as a bat!" Sure enough, he was stono blind I He was a vendor of and his little son led him to tho offices of his cus- tomers. , " He lost his eyes in a rolling-mi- ll accl-dent- ," said tho half.frozcn lad. "And ho fets this way every timo wo have a good day. felt sorry for him to-d- because it was cold, and he sold out his poucils twice. Ma drinks, too, and I gets fits when they are both off," added tho boy. Just then a fit of anger seized tho blind in- ebriate-, and he mado a vicious lungo with his hand in tho direction of tho small, squeaky voico. Tho boy, always on tho alert, dox. teriously dodged tho blow without losing his sustaining grip on tho father's coat-sleev- Thoy lived ovor in Jackson streot, and tho policeman put tho man forcibly on a green car. The man lopped over in a cornor and fell asleep, and thus thoy sot out for homo. DOINGS IN THE THEATRES. nerbert Avellng, who was last seen at the Star Theatre, where be aupporicd Hobert Downing In "travedy bnalneaa," naa been engaged to pluy the partofllelly In one of the She" companies which la to make the tour of the country. "A Bad Coquette," which waa produced at a matinee at the Union Square Theatre yeaieMar for the benefit of Mlaa Sara Jewctt, proved to bo an adaptation of Ilhoda Broughton's charming novel "Qood-by- , Sweetheart," a pretty atoryof love wilfully put oatde. Mra. Eatelle CUyton, the adapter, appeared as Lenore, the heroine, and Kben riympton as the lover, Paul Mortimer. Toe play was very creditably given. Imre Klralfy la hard at work upon hla coming production of Mazulm, the Night Owl," which will be done In Philadelphia on Chrlatmaa night and will follow Booth and Darren's engagement at tho Academy of Music. Klralfy aaya ho has ex- tended an Invitation to M. Havel, the only living member of the famous family, to be present on tbe opening night of "Mazulm." AaM. Havel Uvea In France, however, it is thought that Mr. Klralfy will not consider himself slighted If the old gentle- man falls to appear. John F. Donnelly's popular Sunday night con- certs ought soon to become an Institution. Mr. Donnelly knows what the public Ilka to hear it any ono doea. Next Sunday, at Stelnway tlall. Jules Levy, the cornctlst, will play, asaletcd by the Clipper Quartet, MIta Louise Serle, Edward O'Mationy, Miss Josle Hall, Luiel Dell 'olto, Miss Ollle Torbetr, Alfred Llaton, Mlaa Julia Earnear, Johu S. Cox, Joseph Conyera and W. W. Furat. These artists will appear at the Third Avenue Theatre on tbe same night. nenry A. Dlxey still contlnnes to do an enor- mous business in Ban Francisco with " Adonis. " It la said that he will not open at the Illlou Opera-Houa- e, In this city, next season, as had been an- nounced, lie plara In Boston next October, and there la a strong possibility of hla remaining on the road all next season In "Adonis." Daey can always Introduce so much new "business" into this burlesque that It need never become monoton- ous, and, aa It is one of thoso elastic constructions that oan contain everything, there la really no rrason why Dlxey and1 Adonis" should not be billed about the country for a decade or two. The Iiublnatein Club of female voices achieved a notable aucceaa at Ita first private concert, given last evening at Colckerlng IlalL The club, which was only recently formed nnder tho leadership of Mr. William It. Chapman, the conductor of the "Musurgla," waa organized for the purpose of producing artistically tbe many beautiful part aongs ana choruses which have been written for female voices, but have never been beard In this city. The concert proved that bla Ides la perfectly feasible, and Mr. Chapman deaervea the credit of Introducing the mulc-lovln- g public of New York to an entirely new phaae of art. With the assist- ance of an orchestra from the Philharmonic soci- ety the finest tonal effects were produced, notably In the ItublnBteln and Sucher compoittlona, and songs by Macy, Sturm, Osgood and Kienzt were rendered with exquisite taste and delicacy. A gentleman who went lo Boaton laat Sunday on the same train with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett waa astonished to see the extremelv Demo- cratic manner In which the tragedians travel In dars when stars must have special drawing-roo- and dining cars, crowds to see them off, and all the rest of It. Mr. Booth went ulono to the Grand Cen- tral depot, sat on a bench with the crowd and quietly awaited Mr. Darren's advent. When I hat gentleman arrived, the tragedians bought seats In a drawing-roo- m car and speedily took possession, They escaped recognition ao thoroughly that at 6 o'clock, when the passengers moved to tbe dining-roo- car, they declined to make room for Messrs. Booth and Barrett, who, unable to push their way In, were forced to wait for refreshment nmll the train reached Boaton. Mr. Barrett acts in the capacity chaperon to Mr. Booth. DuylntT Jewels on tlie Instalment Finn. IFrom (Ai.TtK.fnV nMIy,l I saw yon looking curiously at the handsome gold watch which that young manjnot consulted with a pardonable flourish. Looks a little out of keeping with bla general appearance, doesn't It t Let me explain the apparent myatery. Whenever yon see an expensive article of jew- elry cpon the person ot an otberwiae ordinarily attired man, you can safely set him down as the patron of an instalment jewelry house. Ever tried the schemer No; well suppose you're a man In only moderate circumstances and desire to wear an expensive watch. Of course yoa can't pay, aay, Jlw down at once for It ; but If you have $M, and know how, yon can got the coveted tlmakeepcr, noverthelcsa.- - Hovrt Why, you take your $43 to tho jew- eller who makes specialty ot the Instalment business, and put It In his hands as your nrat pay- ment, and take your watch with you. Tticn yoa pay off tho balance at the rale of so per cent, a month until the entlro amount ot your Indebted- ness has beon liquidated. If yon ate a responsible man uo reference or security will be asked from you to Insure the payments: but a stranger must, of course, bring the Jeweller aome tangible evi- dence that he la no swindler. Aa the Jeweller recom- penses himself for his trouble, risk and use of bis money by charting a liberal advance on the regular prlco, the instalment business paya very well, and many dealcra aell goods in this manner. A Sugceatlon for tho Girls. m Tarji.r1 Daiar,) The girls of a family have It In their power at at tlmea to do a great deal ot work In behalf ot tho male members of the household, or ol their ac- quaintances, who are out In the rough and tumble, and among all tho temptations of the open world; but the winter weather affords them ampler op- portunity than all the out-do- daya of boafng and shooting and lawn-tenn- and picnicking do, for it brings about acloecr and moreconstunt con- tact, a much fuller vision of flue qualities, and a much more effective ground for their exercise. Young alrls, then, who understand this will soon find that they have all they want to do. If they will undertake to make their homes ao thoroughly de- lightful that not only other youtha will come to aee them there, but their own brothers will content- edly and proudly prefer to atay therein. Wltn tho parlor or sitting-roo- made taateful and cheery, as girls can make a room, oven when forced to depend upon themselves for means, with plessont people coming In coming In because tho place Is bright and attractive and the people no leas ao with perfect good nature preserved among them.no matter nhat happena to upset tho temper, and therefore the absolute prohibition of wranmlng or of excited argument, with as much music aa may bo bad, with a little amusing reading, hppy, merry talk, games of one sort and another, efforts being made to have tbe newest and those most likely to attract the brothers, according to their Idiosyncrasies with all this, and mora that will augg.at itself to those gtrla who are In earnest about It, the house may be made by them a place In which tho brotners ahall look forward to spend- ing the evening with nearly as much gratification oa that with which lovera look sor the hour that shall find them together; and all the more If the girl who haa a lover doea not count out her brother as a supernumerary. How Parle Anarehlata Dine. Itri Dupatth to London iVhgraM. Five Anarchists have Just been condemned to three months' imprisonment each and fines for having dined too freely at the expense of an "Inf- amous bourgeois," and for having insulted the police. The Ave were wandering about Paris, as they alleged, hungry and penniless, and they therefore considered that they had a right to get dlnnera without paving for them. '1 hey accordingly went Into a restaurant, ordered a dinner a la carte and a quart of wine each ; bad their glaas of cof- fee ana their chasao die In the abape or a thimble- ful or two of brandy, nnd when the note, or addi- tion, waa presented uy the landlord, tticy coolly told him to go and get payment from the " rascally bourgeois people" who were well off and well fed. This logic being distaeteful to the landlord, he, finding all hla attempta to get payment futile, sent for the police. The Anarchists, rejoicing In full stomachs, went cheerfully to the lock-u- but they Insulted the police groaslr for having carried out " bourgeois behests." The mother of one of the rascals appeared In court and paid the restaurant-keep- er for the Ave dinners, ller eon. however, shouted out that ahe waa silly, that be and his friends had gone In for free dinnera on principle, and that they were ready to undergo punishment for their acts. They were then marched off to prlion, declaring that they would repeat their con- duct wben they had tbe chance. Fiedlctlnat an Explosion Which Will Make the Mississippi Volley an Inland Sea. From IK 5r. anti'l fCUf(, An American paper, the Fireman's Herald, pre- dicts a terrible disaster In the oil regions of the United States, if the tapping of gas-wel-ls Is al- lowed to go on at Its present rate without check or supervision of any sort. A fearful explosion of natnral gas took nlace In China some two hundred years ago, It appears, tearing np and destroying a district and leaving a large Inland eea that now known on the mapa aa Lak Should such an accident occur In the United States, thero will be eucti an upheaval, the Herat believes, as will dwarf the moat terrtbrti"earthquake ever known. The country along the gas-be- lt from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will be "ripped up to the depth of from l.soo feet to 1,400 feet, leaving a chasm through whloh the watera of Lake Erie will come howling down, Ai- ling the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and blotting them out forever. " IiOnged for a Alether. lron Judg; Advanced Spinster ( coquet tlshly) And yon really want to marry me ? But I cannot consent until you tell me what yon see In me to make yon want me. Youthful Suitor Well, ever since mother died I've felt like an orphan, and I thought yon could All her place. sp A Decided liefueal. rVomJufff. Itallo de Counte So you will not be my wife, eh T Do you forget zat I am an Italian Count? Young American Ob, no; I do not forget yoa are an Italian Count, but I do know that I was never brought up to make a dozen shirts for thirty cents and do the washing for a large family. Good for Uvll. r' aaar. Washington Sunday-Scho- Teacher (to little colored girl) ,Now, Angellne, can you tell me what It means to return good for evil ? Angellne Brooks Well, mlas, I doan' 'xactly know de words, but I link It mean ef any one saaaes yer, doan1 yer Jaw btok. A Little Girl at the Perfume Counter. Little girl at Biker's prfame counter Mamma ssrs I can boy some saebet powder. What have 70a got? Clerk Well, little one, suppose jron choose rooreelf. Little Gtrl- -I don't know which. Ob, doeen't this White Itoee smell nice? Whj. thle, Violet's sweeter til). What do rem call that? Franglpannl f Ota, that's Do 70U say Jockej Club and Heliotrope are Joat as fraarant. Well, let me have all of them, Hera oomes mamma: she will pay you. Commercial Xditr lUtr. V A BaVZ. sure and speed euro for ttKurhs and colds, Adamsoh's Botahio Balsah. KixaKAjr, 29th at., 4th aye. '.' fl. IllBi k Co., 18th St., 19th St., anil Sth Ave. (18th St. Station Elovatod Road.) SEASONABLE GIFTS IN illQlI CLaIb MEN'S FURNISHINGS SMOKING AND HOUSE GOATS in Cashmoro, Flannol, Volvotoon, Japanoso Silk, importod English Plaids, &c. Rich Neckwear, Underwear, Pajamas, Silk Nightshirts, Dress Shirts, Suspenders, Silk Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Half Hose, Umbrellas, Canes, Waterproof Coats, Men's and Boys' Blanket-Bat- h and House Robes, Jersey Coats, Cardigan Jackets, at very moderate prices, THE LADY ' or THE TIGER ? CllOOSB WIHUI.Y. 1 fllardsn, f (Cut Oarns, ...a Hinoalb, 5 Scratch TMtti. 3 3 1'olUh, 1 3 inlar. Knam.l, fcE Hrtard, Cam liter, " IXpprotad, n lOondamned I'rofualonallr, Fair Trial lDsuraeonrrloD. Bend stamp for olrenlar I vlnapromtniinl professional rlawaracardins' "Oil It" f 'IITOoIll llruall. At dnitttsU'.or mailed on receipt of price. IS Felt llnuh "lleada" (boied), 25o. each, laitlnc two weeks. Triple-plate- Holder, 3So. Alto, It wanted, Brittle " Head," beat "Florence' mue.nttlna: same bolder. 15o. t eet,7oc., or sold separatelr, IfuBSKY Mra, Co., Utlca, N. V. "tM anieifl .JesH teHBHBH ' tJLsH Wo havo fairly blown to places the prloe of several hundria! 19 eaoh. jfl BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS,, JM BOYS' OVERCOATS. jfl ffrr Thoy are tho lots broken In 1M ?y assortment of slzos by tho sea- - Em "i son's trado, but the offering j9 x&j r f contains every size from 5 to 18 Jm 1 years. Among them somo of $U I ( tV-JvC- y w FW I- - 1 tlie flnost ffarments wo make; 19 few that havo not sold for dou- - H I 1 yvrvx I Wo tflo reduood prloe. j9 l 1 A 1 r Your ohoioo of SUITS OR OVER- - & V C0ATS 1 I i Xj I Ih including somo very line ovoiv Jm $Cl ooats for ohlldron of 2 1-- 2, 8.4, 13 rWj5 fcf m ct and 5 years. jfl '''Mi Some equally strong reduo- - 19 tmB0$i tlons have been made in a nam- -' &w ffff&l beroflotsof B JRJ BOYS' SUITS WITH LONG TROUSERS, 1 now $8, $9, $10 and $12. fH These bargains aro at both- - j9 stores. ftl ROGERS, PEET & CO., fl CLOTHES, HATS AND SHOES, 19 Broadway and Prince St. Broadway and 82d St. Hlfl AMUSEMENTS. Af KTUOI'OLITAN OPKIIA-HOUB- of Abber, Hchneffel Una. TIIUKIi. (pitK CONC'KUTH. TIIUni.Di,Y fcVENINO lie. W, at 8,18, o'oloefc. TUEHDA.V AFTKHNOON, Deo. 37, at SoolofV. BATURAY KVKN1NO, Dee. 81. at 8.10 o'clock. JOnlU'll lipr.MANM, t aooompeiiled by B1MB. nUI.KNn, IIATKBITKU.. 1 Prima Donna Contralto Theodore Illorkaten, Tenoti Bl(.-U- Anna, Barltonai Mlaa Nettle Uarpenter, Mme. HaeoonL llarplat. Big. II. Hapulo, AcoompanUL ana ;Aaolph NeuendorfTa OrendUreheetre. Hale of Beats be(tn. Honda Deo. 19, atlioioffloe. Weber Orand Piano need. TTNION BlUABKTnATB.. little lianas the Comed'ans, nOBSON AND UlUlTK nnder the manaa em.nt of J. H. IIU1 and Joseph Orooka, in toe crest Atnertoan Oomedj, TI1E UBNIUKTTA; , br ltronaon ILoward. ET.nlnnat8.1S. Heturdej MatlaeeatS. CanUcea, 10, to. Heats aeenred two weeks In adranoe. HAgB,v?AA.?D8 StnUiJltf?::. prom., aUEATi'iV, fli!!,WAi"o.,IAlrrKVi,OTAN0 OF DAVK IHtAUAlt and hla Popular Urenestra. Wed noedar Matinee Batardaj. H. R. JACOBS'S 3D AVE. THEATRE, COllNEU 318T ST.. AND SD AVIS. MATlNKK EVHrtY MON.. WED, SAT. OESKieKKD BEATS. Thy Melodrama. UNDKIt. TI1K l.AHII. ul- - Becureeeau In advance. UOo. ll.ware of speculators. Dec. A Hart'e Flnt COc. Priie IDEALS. TTtDEN MUSEE, 33D ST., I1ET. 6TH A BTII AVES. Hi New Urmips. New Paint I Ufa. New Attraction.. TERDELYI NACZI and hla 11UNUAH1AN OKOHKHTUA. Concerta from S to 6 and 8 to 11. Adralaalon to all, M oentsi children 3d eenta. AJBKB The Matlfrlns Choae Automaton. DOCKSTADER'S SRl Wthal. audwar NUrhtl. " "JJftJ.. FIIANK 1IOWAIID, reeteet Laat week of " Blaok Vauit" and Mnsteal Slrtlncs. aiATiNKE TONY PASTOR'S GREAT SHOW. ANDY AND ANNIE HU0I1K-ALUE- HT (JL1VKS. A IIMOHY HALL VAUDEVILLE THEATRE. IBS and 160 Heeler at. Vlrat.Glaaa Variety Company. Oon.tant chanse of bill. AMUSEMENTS. UI lifADISON BQUARE THEATRE. --' HELD Ivl Mr. A.M. PALMER.... ,...,,..,,.Bole ManaxtoJ ftsH gIVKNIN,aSAT8.30. BATUttDAtf m'aTINKUaTX h&M iSor "ELAINE." 1 ErentnfSun "A sntwrb presentation." .aeael . HEAT8 RESERVED 3 WBBKH IN ADVANCE. 4&H BROADWAY AND 88TU BtV. "tlsH ttASINO. MaUnee, Saturday at 3. fcSB TUB JOLLIEST OF ALL OOMIO OPERAS, MADELON. jEoM Reoelred with oontlnnous laughter and applause. JOURNAL A boomlnaTauoo.es. Full ofoomedy. .'faeefal ADMISSION, Mo. Heau aeenred month ahead. VH AVE. THEATRE. KiH LABT3NiUHTH. MATrNKEBATUllDAYATa. ''M IlOYT'B LATEST COMEDY BATniB, M A HOLE IN THE -- GROUND. SM '. Monday, Deo. 19-- MOHATtD MANBsTBLD, jM AVENUE THEATRE. MONDAY VKX VLH Firm MR. niUHARD MANSFIELD M In Ilia own oomedy, MONSIEUR. 3M Beat, may now be eeenred. m LJaC THE WIFE. 1 6Uth BooTanlr Might. ' 'SSgeB fVTIBLO'S. Wgoal f SHE." J Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. VrlJgggei XTALLACK.'o "" uMgoH TV ETenlngsatoMB, Matinee Saturday at 3.IS, WfeeH FOUURT..1IB-NO- T. MlH Characters by Momt. Oamond Tearle, narry Edwaiog, geaeael J. W. Pli ott, lime. Ponlal, Mlas Netta Union and MM liggggei Roee Oogblan. 'gfteaoV i Sbobobw - A TH BTREET THEATRE-CO- R. SIXTH AVS. gefl A.MZ Matinee. Wedneeday. and Saturdays. iSneaeael POSITIVELY LAST TWO WEEKS 01 SMggoaoi DKaiAM THOMPMON aagoaoao! IN T1IIS tll.O 'Saoae! Oall.ry. 38a. Itcerred. 8oo., Wo.. 7oc.. SI. fLM. , " $H AOADHMY LAMT TIIUKKTIMFS. $H ftllHlt). 33o., sue,. 7So. AS1. 2H Gllmor. A Tompkins, BOO! II A BARRETT. Sate 4 ISgggofl Propa A Maoagrs. begins Tuesday neat. tiegeel LjOU RICE'S BURLESQUE OOMPAJfrT" "'Sgeaeaeal OPERA- - 8 artlata In lOoe DUey'a , . 'Jgexexei HOUSE. sumptuous producUon OX 3aoBOBeral THE TllH rOUMAIU. - SbbbbbB CORBAIR. Etenlngaata. Mate Wed. A Baa, sit ?geH 8th Veaeaeaeal PjOOLE'HTUEATnE. MATDVftKr 10o 30c, THE NEW PLAY, MON.. WKK, igexexel SUc, SOc 1,000.004 THUll, BAK tlrexexexel NEXT WEEK. TAKEN FROM LIFE. tgeH STAR THEATRE. DBOIDED SUOCBatJ. Jkcbobobobi .IIIHM JI7LIA JfArtI,OVyP, sgoaoaol Ropportf d hr Mr. JOSEPH II AWOllTn. VLaoaoH THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, "TWELFTH NIOQT. SHH Dec. IV. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florcnoo. T 'JtgM (IRANDOPRRA-IIOySB- . orchetrm, olrole and balcony. 69a. rViliaaeaeaeai ?JeBBaeaeael Next Hunday-PR- OltOMWfiLIS lecture. ,'JgeaeeeH " Ban Franclaoo and the Far West." sgezealssM TO'U W ls1UiL' ( n '$BKn "ALOSTDIsmnnM'a riUZB FIGIIIT AND A FilEB F1QUT. Aa Uarly Morulas OIIII In Michigan Which Ended In a Flstlo Melee; sriCIAl. TO Till W0OLD.I Giukd IUriDS, Mich., Deo. 18. Pote Nolan, of Cincinnati, and Jim Fell, of this city, mot in tho squared clrolo this mornlug, a short distance from this place. About flo hundred spectators wers present at tho bat tlo, Including many prominent citizens of Grand Itnptds, and visitors from Chlrngo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Fort Wayno and othor points. Tho articles of agreement called for an eight-roun- d light with threo-ounc- c glover but ou arcouut of the vicious tactics adopted by Fell, the battle camo to an inglorious ter- mination after three rounds had been fought. Tho stakes had boon placod on tho outcome of tho match, tho conditions being that tho receipts wcro to b'o divided, 70 and 80 per cent, to tho winner and losor respocthuly. Bad blood, however, had been kuouu to exist between tho two Western pugilists for Bomo time, so many persons journeyed over tho country roads to reaoh tho sceno of the struggling affair. No timo una lost in preliminaries and Harry Hammell, of Fort Wayne, was chosen roforoo. It was 1.10 this morning when timo was called. Tho fight, which provod to bo a brief ono, was simply a punching and wrestling match, especially so in tho enso of Fell. Science, was an unknown quantity throughout tho entire, fight. Fell is noted as a rusher and hits as often and as hard as ho can, regardless of his own punishment. At the call of time tho men glanced at each other, and tho rapid shooting about of arms proved determination on oithor bUIo. It was a fairly good round of fight- ing, though twenty hard nlows were struck. What looked liko genuine fighting began In tho second round. It was from tno btart hammer and tongs, Foil again pursuing his favorito rushing tactics. A good smash on Nolan's jaw and a resounding punch under liis ear caused the Cincinnati pugilist to be como rather groggy. Tho round a as fought to a close, with Nolan resting against the ropes. Tho latter was a vory weary man whon tho third round openod, and, of courso. Foil again started In with his usual rush. Sharp blows were exchanged for a moment, when Fell twisted his arm around Nolan's nock, and, with a cross butt, both men wont to grnss, Nolan falling underneath. The tired Ohioion was hclpod to his feet, and in a dazed condition was carriod to his corner. Jack Milet, his backar, at onco claimed a foul, and tho roforoo allowed it without hcsl. tation. Fell bocamo infuriated at tho deci- sion, and, jumping out of his chair, foil upon Milet and fought him oer tho entire ring. During this timo tho audienco becamo highly oxcited, but, seeing tlint Milet wns boing pounded by the slugger without cause, thoy Interfered and carriod Foil away. Tho scono below caused much ekcitemont to those who occupied seats in tho smnll gallery, nnd, as if to liavo a hand in the lively proceedings, thoy began to throw their cbairB down upon tho nudionco. ThiB again resulted In any number of small fights and at ouo timo as many as four list fights wcro going on in tho room, each pair of contestants within a ring formed by tho spectators. This row continued for an hour or more, but finally order was restored and tho crowd dispersed. Foil is greatly dissatisfied with the out-co- of the encounter, as ho could undoubt- edly have whipped Nolan easily and will probably challongo him to a finish fight for a good-size- d stake. e"e Some I'ecnllarltlee ot the Diamond Trade. Von IA JtutUra' trftf,J In ancient times the diamond miner sold his find to a trader, and be In turn to the Amsterdam cutter. As only royal personages were allowed to we ir diamonds In those good old daya, the cutter, when hla work was finished, found himself In rather a quandary aa to bow to dispose of them. Owing to bla occupation and station In life be was usually a person who could not approach the King. Hence the system of bribing a or courier to ahow the gems to the monarch gradually sprung up, and aa the privileged circle In which the wear- ing ot diamonds was permitted grew larger, the courlcra and servants changed Into brokers, pure and simple, who did nothing but travel for the cutter. As these middlemen became rich they bought these gems outright from tbe artlssn Instead of selling ror his account, and thua became dealers. Thoie whoe pecuniary resources were more lim- ited were, of course, obliged to remain brokers, but from their knowledge of gums and tried trust- worthiness they were classed Al. At this stage waa Introduced tbe memorandum bill, to discriminate between these brokers of es- tablished reputation and those of what I will call the second class, which included men of faablon In want, who bad extensive social acquaintance, nut were of no financial responsibility. Among mer- chants and dealers, therefore, it soon becamo the regular practice to give the better class of brokers a bill upon which was the word "memorandum," the significance of which wai twofold. In the first place, the merchant thua limited his rlak and could reclaim tho goods at any t me before the broker sold them; In the socond. the probable purchaser might nave an opportunity of examining the gems and returning them If unsatisfactory. Tho second Clara of brokers ordinarily re- ceived no bill, but would usually state for what object the gooda were wanted, and would report as soon oa the goods were disposed of. With slight variations these customs are In vogue at the pres- ent day and will probably last as long as the trade Itself. Athletes Amnio Their Friends. OrtANOK, N. J,, Dec 16. The mammoth amateur minstrel and dramatio enter- tainment under the auspices of the Essex County Toboggan Club and the Siaten Island and Manhat- tan Athletic cluba drew an audience that com- pletely filled Music Hall, Orange, last night. The first part of the entertainment waa a regular minstrel performance, which was heartl y applandcd. Then followedaomo slelght-of-ban- d tricks by E, IL Hansom, after whlcn came the Charleston Blues drill and chores, which waa well executed by theStaten Island Athletic Club. The entertainment closed with a tableau repre- senting the World of Sporu, by all the cluba artis- tically arranged, showing baseball, football, lawn tennis, cricket, billiards, bowling driving and rowing. BOME OLD VI0LIN8, A Mlcolaa Amntl In m. Collection of Fiddle an the Bust Hide. While wandering along on tho east side, tho attention of a WonLD roportor was at- tracted by tho sound of a violin. Tho quality of tho tone was remarkable. It was large, rich, palpitating with feeling and of honeyed sweotucES. Tho roporter entered tho house whence tho muslo camo, scaled the stairs and following the sound, wont into a room on tho second floor. It was bare of carpet or rug. Threo or four dozen violins were systematically hung on tho wall, showing as many shades of brown as a collection of d meer- schaums. Other shells nnvarnlshod lay upon the mantel. Half a dozen bottles filled with a brown liquid stood on a shelf. A music-stan- d had a volume of musical compositions lying open upon it. In tho centre of the room was a Oorman, thirty years of age, playing on a violin. His back was turned to the door. Tho glorious volume of sound filled the poor, gaunt room with sweet tones. Not that the player was a Sarasate or a Joachim. He could not equal Tcresino Tua or Camilla Urso in his execu- tion. But tho instrument was the source 'A the inopio sounds. Inquiry developed the fact that tho young man was one Qcorge Szag, a Leipzig violin maker, who camo to New York a fortnight ago. Ho deals in old Cremonas and Mantuas. The instrument he had in his hand was, ho said, a Nicolas Amati of 1G23. Nicolas Amati was tho eldest of the threo Amati brothers, who rivalled tho great Htradivarius as a maker of peerless violins. Tho instruments of NlcolaB aro prizod more than thoso of his brothers, Andreas and Uioronymo. The young man took up sovoral others and played upon them. One was a Jacob Stainer of 1678. the others v,eta Quarnoriuses. Ho had no Stradivarius in his collection. " They cost too much," ho said simply. Tho violin-playe- r intends to give lessons in New York and to sell his old instruments when ho can. Broker miller Kent to Dellcvne. Charles J. Miller, aged forty years, a cotton broker, was taken to Ilellevaa Hospital lut night from the Joffcraon Market prlion, aufferlngfrom alcoholism. He gave as his refereno IT. J, Howell, of M New street.

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VIi THE WORLD ; FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER SG, 1887J ' .'Z 'yf lH

1 AN AFTERNOON IN SOCIETY.

'. GOOD WEATHER FOE THE BEOEPTIOXS,

'1 TEAS AMD OTHEB EVENTS

' il jir. Frederic Ooodrldo to Give n Recep.II ' tlon This Afternoon Last Week's Ami.

' jfl tear Theatrical Entertainment to bo lieH I pealed To.Dny Blr. and Aire. Cbnrlee14 I Carroll to Sail for Europe

-- I I rr v LEAR, cold wcathor,( sm&S w'" mako a pleasant

fjJLz--fr cianBe ror Uoso who

6KSQ?VvV vO) ftrBing to attend theh. wCWTfJI y many teas or amateur

l)yxijT!i. theatricals to - day.Sy. ly Xa Wfi$ Mrs. Fredorio Good- -

7A T aE--J rsj rid8' f 25 Fiahl aTenuei give a re.fvjk0fii cep"ontn'saftorntn'uj J dllnSJ'J L 'M Jn Crawford,

1 tfffi&i n 'M ,ns'c '8S MarieV yliSfcl Rood, Miss Marie Man--l yfcSM ice. Miss Costar, Miss

' l75jql L Kitty Babcock, Miss

frill Ifil CTHT Satterthwaito, Miss( UtJjUJf Ww Van Wart, Miss Cbar- -

aB3ks& lotto Zercga, Missj Julia- Cotton Smith, Miss Acnes LawTenco,

Miss Margaret Lawrence Miss Uoadly,Miss Wells, Miss Louiso Floyd Jones, Mies

1 Oddie, Miss Carrie Wobb. Miss Camilla!

, Moss and Miss Smedling will assist in receiv- -tag. Among those, expectod oro the follow.

. d persons :' Mr. J. D. need, Capt. and Mrs. Kane, Gen. and

lira. Webb, Mr.andMrg.OeorieBetts,Mr.andAlrs.Charles Berrjman. Mr. and Mrs. Applelon, Mr. D.

; Kidney. Mrs. woodworm, lira. John Crosby Brown,) Mm. Henry, Mlaa Henry, Mr. ana Mrs. Schermer--' horn, Mlas Schermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. UohlerTalln,

Mlas Roosevelt, Mra. Hobluaon. Mrs. chandler,Mlaa Chandler, Mra. Pellew, Mr. and Mrs. VanItenaaelaerandMr. and Mra. Htilnelandcr.

Tho first of the three subscription dancesup by Mr. E. L. Heddon, of 38 Westfotton streot, will oecur this evening.

Judge and Mrs. Daly, of 81 Clinton place,will givo a large ladles' lunchoon

Mrs. Woodsworth, of 18 EastThirty.Beventhstreet, will give a roception

The very successful dramatio entertainmentgiven by amateurs on Thursday of last weekfor the benefit of the West-Sid- e Day Nurserywill be ropeated this afternoon at the LyceumTheatre Tickets may bo had from Mrs. W.Amory, 102 East Thirty-nint- h stroot j Pond'smusic store or at tho Womon's Exchange.Tho only chango in the cast y will dothat Mr. T. Francis Conrad will take tho partof Guzman in "Faint Heart Never Won FairLady " in plnce of Edgar Sands De Wolfe.

Mrs. William Amory, jr., of 102 East Thir-ty-nin-th

street, will give a dinner this even-ing to " tho cast " of tho amateur dramatioentertainment.

Mrs. James Tolor, of 7 West Twenty-firs- t'street, will entertain the Friday EveningDancing Glass

The Nineteenth Century Club will hold itsI next moeting in tho assembly rooms of the

Metropolitan Opora-Hous- e.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll, ne'e Can-crof- t,

will sail for EuropeMrs. Philip J. Sands, of 15 East Thirty-thir- d

street, entertained the Thurday Even-ing Dancing Class last ovening.

Mrs. Warren, of 250 Lexington avenue, willgive a reception

Mrs. Newton Perkins and Miss Perkins, ofC5 East Fifty-secon- d street, will givo a tea onTuesday, Dec. 20.

Mrs. J. D. Wing, of 10 West Forty-nint- h

street, will give a reception after-noon in honor of Miss Hurlburt, the fianceeof her son.

Mrs. William A. Hammond, of 13 WestFifty-fourt-h street, will give a reception to-- Imorrow.

Mrs. Paul E. Kasor and tho Misses Jen-kins, of the Rutland, 250 West Fifty-sevent- h

street, will give a tea afternoon.m m

Moveable Train Skirts Faablonable AgainParU Lttttr to London TtUgrapn,

A new style of pellase baa appeared. It cannotbe worn on foot, as tno back-piec- are prolongedInto a abort train. Tbe fronts, cut redlngote-ahape- ,

are not sewed to the back nor below the waist, andthe Interval la Oiled with a panel of aome othermaterial, plain In the caae of velvet or aatln bro-cade, plaited If In pallle or other silk. For tb e

rest, cloth or woollen of a rougher description laometlmea chosen. Velvet brocaded ottoman or

velvet Is more handaome, but almost too heavy forthe purpose. ThU new application of the train la a

nre slsn If any were needed thit traln-aklr- ts

are to be worn very generally once more; and notonly trains proper, but skirts cut ao as to aweeptoo floor a few Inches an Innovation with morenovelty in It. Of course this la not extended towalking costumes, while evening party and balldressea do not mote than touch the ground. Thehabit of having moveable trains la growing. Theyare fastened aeparately to tbe waist at the backover draped skins ao made aa to be worn alonewhen required. This train, detached from the restof the skirt, awepa out behind In long plaits orfolds, and measures from two to two and a halfIards in length. It ts llnedltbroughout with silk or

and a layer of stiff muslin la laid betweenthe two materials. A train ao added mnat not beWholly dissimilar from the rest of the dress; thebodice ought to be entirely or In part of the samematerial.

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It Depended on Ilia IaicluIFton HarjHr JJatar,

A young wag uptown started out with hlsgnnIncased In canvas to take a train for SullivanCounty the other day, and met a lady of great heartand aie.

'Do yon mean to tell me," ahe asked, "thatyou are deliberately going to shoot little birds andtimid. Inoffensive animals?"

"No, ma'am," he replied, " I will not go ao faras to say that. If I have my usual luck I shallshoot nothing but my gun. "i

Il The False and the True.IWrllltn by W, Jr. 8.1

m9EK EADER, this is my,a 1 IM story. Whether youK iv p will like it or dislikeft - ;J ttl it, I know not. I have

Jv !. Ill written it to please theViXCVffffl brown-skinne-

d girlir,'(l XWk fli crouching at my side,?u A"Jmr n1"1 her love-li- t, fiery

fV4iffJ I I ovos oommend it;- fA 1 I wf L-

-i L tnere'oro ttm I content.J 1 "u y" A u n i e Moorsom "

' y r v r Nmay, perhaps, chancev, i T fl SVsto red it some day.' 1'J' III Jn " "kes does, the object

sjj.Uk ill H Foil0' lts Plication willil, d, J ioohave been nccom-XP-f- ll

(Wplished..oil! likiut

"Don't cry, sweet, don't cry 1"" Oh, Jack 1 I shall be so lonely and mlsor- -

without you." And Annlo Moorsom's

Iftblo bine eyes swam in the tears thateaoh instant to course down her

cheeks; and her red, red lips quiv-ered as they rested half-ope- n, giving you aglimpse of a faultless set of teeth.

"NonBenso, Annie; we shall lovo eachOthor all the better for a year's separationoily a year for in that time I'll dig miles

y dwn in old earth, or the dusky gold shall fillmw bag for your sake !"

we all know what love-partin- are, thoro-forjflt- is

useless to describe this one. Hettrjjde swiftly away down the village lane, hisfsrlfl Lord and stern as though there was notanMna of passionate love, teething in hitLeaak and making all things dim before jilt

WilHaodhdtopldeiboiroa Uit

garden gate, and sobbed until her throatached and her head whirled round.

Far away stretched, mile after mile, a vastrocky plateau, thiekly intersected with pre.cipitouB gorges vertical, terrible rontsthrough the solid rock over a mile in depth.It requires a steady head to peer over theseawful brinks, and see far, far down thegleaming, dancing river, whose banks orefairly green with high grasses and rank water-wee- d.

A large fire blazed and crackled in front ofa low, mud-grime- d tent erected about a hun-dred yardB from the edge of tho huge yawn-ing ravine. Around tho glowing logs fourmen were lolling or sitting in various easyattitudes. Throo were roughly dressed,swarthy-face- tobacco-chewin- g ana reckless-lookin- g

desperadoes.The fourth, also, was swarthy faced and

roughly dressed enough, in all conscience ;

but about him clung that intangible some-thing which so clearly indicates the gentle-man, be he in what attire ho may.

All were miners or gold-digger- s, thereforeall wore armed with knife, revolver andrifle, and, as the swirling flames lit up theirbearded faces and gleamed on shining buttsand hilts, they looked like a party that alonely traveller would rather have avoidedthan sought.

"Talk, all talk 1" Bill Porter Toolferatcd.with a tremendous oath. " I tell you thatI've a girl in San Francisco who can lay themall in the shade."

" Lie number one for Bill," retorted hispartner. " I have seen her, mates; she's ayellow face, cat eyes, nails a foot long andfeet as broad as a bear's back."

Whon the laughtor provoked by thissally had subsided Bom Winter asked: "Inever hear Jack tell us about his beauty.Have you evor heard anything about her,boysf"

rt No, no !" wat tho unanimous response."Then, come, Jack!" contlnuod Winter.

" Out with your yarn, and when you'vo donewe'll get to roost eh. Bill-ro- ost ?"

Although apparently devoid of any wit ormeaning other than that implied, all exceptJock Uraddon laughed heartily and ex-changed significant looks and gestures.

" Boyt," began Jaok," toying with his re.T01y nd tweaking is ault toaci, though.

ssanMnsnifesnsMsn1lsnsnanaMiVJ

his brows knitted in a dark frown, " youknow what I am, and know that if I say I'lldo anything, it's as good as done "

"All right. Jack! Goon."" Well," the revolver butt was gripped alittlo tighter, " I ask you, each and all, neverto ask mo about my love I It is too holy athing to be lightly jested about."

" Too what? Ah, hal" roarod Bill Porter;and he was about to deliver himself of somo.thing amusing, when Jack silenced him by afierce gesture, and resumed :

" You have learned hcrnamo how, I knownot; but if you are a gentleman, you willnot pain me by mentioning it again in mypresence, or badger me about a subject sodelicatol"

" Well, but""None of yourbutsl" Jack retorted with

a savage oath. " The first man who mentionsher name again will receive tho contents ofmy revolver in his brain !"

What the three miners would have repliedto this outburst is problematical, for at thatinstant Fawneye, tho beauty of Coloradoltavino, stepped out ot tho darkness, andplaced her hand on Jack's broad shoulder.

"Halloa, Fawnoyo!" cried Sam Winter." Come up to tho fire and warm your prettyfingers."

The Indian girl was tall and graceful asthe tasselled corn in the sheltered gorgowhen the breeze from the high plateauswayed it to and fro. Her long black hairundulated loosely on tho plump bronzoshoulders and swelling bosom, and tangledon the gleaming, dimpled arms that weregirt with double bands of massive copperygold. Her face seemed weird and strrtnge inits wild loveliness and her pouting lips werecurled in scornfulnoss as the black eyesrested on Bill Porter and the two on eitherside of him. But when they fell on Jack-t- hen

her Indian name perfectly describedtheir molting loveliness. A scoro of

braves hod sought tho fawn-eye- d inmarriage and failed. Jaok, four monthssince, had unconsciously won her lovo by hiscourtesy towards her and hla open-bande- d

generosity In various ways to her father'swarriors.

Passing hit arm around the girl's suppleform, Jack said i " Well, littlo one, whatkeeps you out so Into f War Eaglodoesn't know of hit daughtei't absence, eh "

" DON'T SIIO0T, Pi, ," flilD JACK." He does not." sho replied, tho peculiar

Indian accent adding a curious piquancy toher low, musical voice. " Fawnoyo foundthis picture ; sho wishes Jack to tell her whatit means."

" Hand It here, Fawneye 1" exclaimed BillPorter, looking with admiration at her su-perb figure.

"It is for your eyes only, Jack," she re-

plied, not deigning to pay attention to thespeaker ; and Fawnoyo uurolled a piece ofsmooth white bark and handed it to Jack,with a warning gesture.

On its smooth surface was scratched thofollowing Bymbollo picture i A tent interior;to the right a man sleeping on tho floor, overhit head the word "Jack," hit head pillowed

ii.itt TiMi eiiL slsWfyfii tfil'alM''ftJfc'l''Wi

on bags of gold-du- st ; to the left, three othermen were creeping towards him, each grasp-ing a bowio-knif- Through an opening intho door of the tout tho moon, high in thoheavens, signified midnight. For a momentJack was puzzled ; then, liko a lightning,flash, burst Fawnoyo's meaning across hismind, and ho started violently.

Tbo girl saw this, and said, in a carelessmanner : " My father says that it has nomeaning."

' I can soo nono in it cither I" Jack replied,understanding her design.

Placing her lips to Jack's car, Fawneyowhispered: " Bleep with your eyes open to-night. Jack I You have too much gold-- thoywant it. If you ueod holp, call mo. Fawn-oye- 's

feet aro swift as the deer's for those sholoves, and lior hand keen as the violet light,ning for those sho hates. Hho taught mo bowto ttso this firearm, and thero oro nvo lives inIts steel chambers.

Jack presbed her hand to his lips and,turning to his companions, said : " Well,boys, I'vo helped Fawnoyo to solvo tho rid-dl- o

j suppose- wo get to bed ?"" Agreod I" responded Mil Porter, eagerly.

"But first, we'll who something to warm ourblood."

And, after taking a long drink at his whiskoyflask, ho passed it round to tho others.

When Jack lay down he took great carothat his revolvers should be ready to use at aninstant's warning, and, contrary to his usualhabit, did not wrap the rough blanket closelyand tightly about his body. As the moonrose high and the midnight wind began tobellow and moan in tho caverns of tho ravine,Jack, as though aaleep, threw his arm acrosshis eyes, then cautiously opened them. Hisbreath came thick and fast and ho nervedhimself for a quick, backward spring.

Only a fow foot away, and croepiin.' slowlytowards him, were Rum Winters and Hill Por-ter, each holding his bowio in readiness' tostrike. At flio door stood Jim Illados, hold-ing a cocked rlilo over his sido and closelywatching his companions.

Homo Annie Jloorsom death Eawnoyoa thousand things Jaik thought of as lie

looked at the murdorous-face- d ruffiansslowly crawling toward', him.

Suddenly thero was x sharp orack ; JimDlados reeled and fell, faco downward, totho floor. Jack was wading erect nt the

other end of tho tout, each hand levelling acocked revolver, and tho two miners werecoworinu before tho deadly barrels, aghastand speechless.

" Now, then. Bill Porter and Jim Winter,aro you ready ? for, by heaven, you aro deadmen in two minutes! Bay your prayers, foryour bowics aro no match for these!You"

Jack stopped in astonishment. Swift andnoiseless as a cat had Fawneyo entered thetent, and was now standing behind the ter-rified miners, a silver-mounte- d pistol in herright hand, and her bronze faco twitching interrible auger.

" Don't shoot, Fawnoyo," cnod Jack, ineager tonos.

Tho two men simultaneously turned round.As thoy did so, Jack sprang forward andfelled them to the floor with tho butts of hisweapons. Thoy lay Beuscloss.

" Ood bless you, Fawneye I" said Jack, asho drew her to his breast, and pressed a to

kiss on tho warm lips.Disengaging herself from him, the panting

girl whispered hor full cheeks glowing thowhile liko tho red blossom of the sumac' Juck, do you lovome willyou marry me ?"Jack's fuco fell as he replied i "Fawneyo,

you havo beon, and always will be, my dearestfriend ; but "

" Say no moro t Fawneye will return to herfather," she said, in low, mournful tones."Jack, kiss poor Fawneye ouce again thewhite-fac- e will not complain ; for tho Indianhas saved hor lover's life. "

e e e e e

"Is Miss Moorsom at home Miss AnnieMoorsom f " demanded a bronzed and beardedman of tho girl who had answered his hastyrappings.

Mibs Anuie Moorsom !"" Yos, yes is sho at homo?"" No, sir ; sho lias just gouo out with her

husband. Her naino now is Mrs. Word."" Annlo Moorsom Mrs. Ward f"" Yes, sir ; she was married last week.""Ah!" was all that told of the agony in

Jack llraddon's heart all that showed nowsuddenly a world bright with love and joyhad grown cold and cheerless. The bronsea.face turned away to hide its sunless, despair-lu- g

eyes fisim the wondering child. Steppingslowly down the gravelled path, Jack lingeredfMftiuomuR,iu9 Kuto wheia It tutd la

times gone by hold Annie by the hnnH aml Wf&fHKmkissed her a dozen times "good-night- ."

he was about to leave, ho overheard o oouBtg)Jn9BJKHBHbusily engagod in conversation, coming teigzynilglwards him. The one was Annie the otheawir'frSHhor husband. 3VJ-l-j IBB"She shall see me onco more, then," aa(K I 'JffitWagain that long-draw- n "Ahl" MSIAs Mrs. Ward reached tho gate, she xafir ' - 'isflastonishod to see the swarthy. beaisNK ' SBJstranger filling tho gateway with his bnssBf '' .$mfllimbs. But, bowing courteously, shsK'r raBLmquired : " Whom do you wish to see, slrljlp' - '

" Annie Moorsom." itsMi ' jHHBut she did not recognize the voico, IfljBl BH

so low and bo hoarse ; and Jack resumf&K7 19H" Annie, I am Jaok Broddon. YobvSB''' eflflperhaps, remember mo. One shonflsaw' tfslHago this vory day beheld our uajflJBf'Jx ''' 9Hwent far West to make you rich-- toJHRhr ' 'fleiI havo found all that I uredJ.rjaJC BHfold. come homo only to returu,mHagv nBIrado Ravine " and his last wcm1mi' , 1 aBBtinged with bitter reproachf ulness. f4o.t 9by, and may your treachery never hHmfii& aWMon your children." 4f , wHH

teli- - i' 'itmmmIleador, it is useless to spin otjMsw teWo 'oHgHH

much further. Fawneye is my 'iBbi ma1 rSHsLHGod bless her 1 When I left --rJEi.jU MMLUlago, I thought that the worldajHejeX ugea rt aJkHHHIagain be enjoyable to me. jflpMsreiTsW 'alfiHsHbronze-skinne- d darling CtolonBrVlsisamsgC- - "oBbbHsIhas taught me otherwise. Sho '(imy memory ; and when I had SgKraael kSiS cnteflsHold haunts, and thrown gfrMm fJitaB'1 wfimLUedge of tlio ravine hear-- - ksHsT waeaf'ST rVMNsmHfirst thing that met my - uhtjkiitc oj(M tW ' IfiHHIplateau was Fawneye. 'WsBraMKaeaHsHHair; she hoard the sc 1 1 . aasT'sieJVy IB 1HHprairie wind she ran "MjtmA iluF sHHHLing and a.orying oi yiJJpat iSaamssMt V!bbHs1moment I felt happi uHKtMOsZatBg: "J - ftSBsHslwo were married. - 'Butt assMrCeiaaB ''iJftBssTagHwon mine. jtwr . . k, . gfflMW

As for Annie, I s "W wsV t fW '--' 'HHH

this sketoh by belt ' liUEl i . .THnB Hsay nothing at all timm T.r laflfl

Df THE CHILL BLA8T AT MIDNIGHT.

A Ten.Yeor.Old'e Ilespouatbtltr With alTatber Dolb Blind and Urnnk.IfCrj PECULIARLY tad

Wsl scone was witnessedOfI VJovA 1 ft Would reporterj mlljEMBk 1 last usbt' A lBd' thln

VwbfBiWsaaaWL--J ly clad and shivering

I ToR M?in tbcbill blast thatTrM frfWfkr whistled across tho

auN An i -- ? c"y IIa11 Pnrk nt ml11- -zTI if I lBin'Bbt, was struggling

- Ll 1 p' hard to keep an inebrl-atc-d

man, whom hoaddressed as " fathor," from falling.

Tho boy was not moro than ten years old,and he was trying to coax his fathor to gohome. The old man growlod In a maudlinway about tho cold, and insisted that homust have another drink.

Policeman 99a approached tho couplu atthe request of tho roportor with the inten-tion of frightening tho man into going withthe boy. But ho had got no further than thoexclamation, "Como now, boss I" made ingruff tones, when ho ejaculated, half In solil-oquy, " Great Scot I Tho man is as blind as abat!"

Sure enough, he was stono blind I

He was a vendor of and hislittle son led him to tho offices of his cus-tomers. ," He lost his eyes in a rolling-mi- ll

accl-dent- ,"

said tho half.frozcn lad. "And hofets this way every timo wo have a good day.

felt sorry for him to-d- because it wascold, and he sold out his poucils twice. Madrinks, too, and I gets fits when they are bothoff," added tho boy.

Just then a fit of anger seized tho blind in-ebriate-, and he mado a vicious lungo with hishand in tho direction of tho small, squeakyvoico. Tho boy, always on tho alert, dox.teriously dodged tho blow without losing hissustaining grip on tho father's coat-sleev-

Thoy lived ovor in Jackson streot, and thopoliceman put tho man forcibly on a greencar. The man lopped over in a cornor andfell asleep, and thus thoy sot out for homo.

DOINGS IN THE THEATRES.

nerbert Avellng, who was last seen at the StarTheatre, where be aupporicd Hobert Downing In"travedy bnalneaa," naa been engaged to pluy thepartofllelly In one of the She" companieswhich la to make the tour of the country.

"A Bad Coquette," which waa produced at amatinee at the Union Square Theatre yeaieMarfor the benefit of Mlaa Sara Jewctt, proved to boan adaptation of Ilhoda Broughton's charmingnovel "Qood-by- , Sweetheart," a pretty atoryoflove wilfully put oatde. Mra. Eatelle CUyton, theadapter, appeared as Lenore, the heroine, andKben riympton as the lover, Paul Mortimer. Toeplay was very creditably given.

Imre Klralfy la hard at work upon hla comingproduction of Mazulm, the Night Owl," whichwill be done In Philadelphia on Chrlatmaa nightand will follow Booth and Darren's engagement attho Academy of Music. Klralfy aaya ho has ex-tended an Invitation to M. Havel, the only livingmember of the famous family, to be present on tbeopening night of "Mazulm." AaM. Havel UveaIn France, however, it is thought that Mr. Klralfywill not consider himself slighted If the old gentle-man falls to appear.

John F. Donnelly's popular Sunday night con-certs ought soon to become an Institution. Mr.Donnelly knows what the public Ilka to hear it anyono doea. Next Sunday, at Stelnway tlall. JulesLevy, the cornctlst, will play, asaletcd by theClipper Quartet, MIta Louise Serle, EdwardO'Mationy, Miss Josle Hall, Luiel Dell 'olto, MissOllle Torbetr, Alfred Llaton, Mlaa Julia Earnear,Johu S. Cox, Joseph Conyera and W. W. Furat.These artists will appear at the Third AvenueTheatre on tbe same night.

nenry A. Dlxey still contlnnes to do an enor-mous business in Ban Francisco with " Adonis. "It la said that he will not open at the Illlou Opera-Houa- e,

In this city, next season, as had been an-nounced, lie plara In Boston next October, andthere la a strong possibility of hla remaining on theroad all next season In "Adonis." Daey canalways Introduce so much new "business" intothis burlesque that It need never become monoton-ous, and, aa It is one of thoso elastic constructionsthat oan contain everything, there la really norrason why Dlxey and1 Adonis" should not bebilled about the country for a decade or two.

The Iiublnatein Club of female voices achieved anotable aucceaa at Ita first private concert, givenlast evening at Colckerlng IlalL The club, whichwas only recently formed nnder tho leadership ofMr. William It. Chapman, the conductor of the"Musurgla," waa organized for the purpose ofproducing artistically tbe many beautiful partaongs ana choruses which have been written forfemale voices, but have never been beard In thiscity. The concert proved that bla Ides la perfectlyfeasible, and Mr. Chapman deaervea the credit ofIntroducing the mulc-lovln- g public of New Yorkto an entirely new phaae of art. With the assist-ance of an orchestra from the Philharmonic soci-ety the finest tonal effects were produced, notablyIn the ItublnBteln and Sucher compoittlona, andsongs by Macy, Sturm, Osgood and Kienzt wererendered with exquisite taste and delicacy.

A gentleman who went lo Boaton laat Sunday onthe same train with Edwin Booth and LawrenceBarrett waa astonished to see the extremelv Demo-cratic manner In which the tragedians travel Indars when stars must have special drawing-roo-

and dining cars, crowds to see them off, and all therest of It. Mr. Booth went ulono to the Grand Cen-tral depot, sat on a bench with the crowd and quietlyawaited Mr. Darren's advent. When I hat gentlemanarrived, the tragedians bought seats In a drawing-roo- m

car and speedily took possession, Theyescaped recognition ao thoroughly that at 6 o'clock,when the passengers moved to tbe dining-roo-

car, they declined to make room for Messrs. Boothand Barrett, who, unable to push their way In,were forced to wait for refreshment nmll the trainreached Boaton. Mr. Barrett acts in the capacitychaperon to Mr. Booth.

DuylntT Jewels on tlie Instalment Finn.IFrom (Ai.TtK.fnV nMIy,l

I saw yon looking curiously at the handsomegold watch which that young manjnot consultedwith a pardonable flourish. Looks a little out ofkeeping with bla general appearance, doesn't It tLet me explain the apparent myatery.

Whenever yon see an expensive article of jew-elry cpon the person ot an otberwiae ordinarilyattired man, you can safely set him down as thepatron of an instalment jewelry house. Ever triedthe schemer No; well suppose you're a man Inonly moderate circumstances and desire to wear

an expensive watch. Of course yoa can't pay,aay, Jlw down at once for It ; but If youhave $M, and know how, yon can gotthe coveted tlmakeepcr, noverthelcsa.- - HovrtWhy, you take your $43 to tho jew-eller who makes specialty ot the Instalmentbusiness, and put It In his hands as your nrat pay-ment, and take your watch with you. Tticn yoapay off tho balance at the rale of so per cent, amonth until the entlro amount ot your Indebted-ness has beon liquidated. If yon ate a responsibleman uo reference or security will be asked fromyou to Insure the payments: but a stranger must,of course, bring the Jeweller aome tangible evi-dence that he la no swindler. Aa the Jeweller recom-penses himself for his trouble, risk and use of bismoney by charting a liberal advance on the regularprlco, the instalment business paya very well, andmany dealcra aell goods in this manner.

A Sugceatlon for tho Girls.m Tarji.r1 Daiar,)

The girls of a family have It In their power at attlmea to do a great deal ot work In behalf ot thomale members of the household, or ol their ac-

quaintances, who are out In the rough and tumble,and among all tho temptations of the open world;but the winter weather affords them ampler op-portunity than all the out-do- daya of boafngand shooting and lawn-tenn- and picnicking do,for it brings about acloecr and moreconstunt con-tact, a much fuller vision of flue qualities, and amuch more effective ground for their exercise.Young alrls, then, who understand this will soonfind that they have all they want to do. If they willundertake to make their homes ao thoroughly de-lightful that not only other youtha will come to aeethem there, but their own brothers will content-edly and proudly prefer to atay therein. Wltntho parlor or sitting-roo- made taateful andcheery, as girls can make a room, oven whenforced to depend upon themselves for means, withplessont people coming In coming In because thoplace Is bright and attractive and the people no leasao with perfect good nature preserved amongthem.no matter nhat happena to upset tho temper,and therefore the absolute prohibition of wranmlngor of excited argument, with as much music aamay bo bad, with a little amusing reading, hppy,merry talk, games of one sort and another, effortsbeing made to have tbe newest and those mostlikely to attract the brothers, according to theirIdiosyncrasies with all this, and mora that willaugg.at itself to those gtrla who are In earnestabout It, the house may be made by them a placeIn which tho brotners ahall look forward to spend-ing the evening with nearly as much gratificationoa that with which lovera look sor the hour thatshall find them together; and all the more If thegirl who haa a lover doea not count out her brotheras a supernumerary.

How Parle Anarehlata Dine.Itri Dupatth to London iVhgraM.

Five Anarchists have Just been condemned tothree months' imprisonment each and fines forhaving dined too freely at the expense of an "Inf-amous bourgeois," and for having insulted thepolice. The Ave were wandering about Paris, asthey alleged, hungry and penniless, and theytherefore considered that they had a right to getdlnnera without paving for them. '1 hey accordinglywent Into a restaurant, ordered a dinner a la carteand a quart of wine each ; bad their glaas of cof-fee ana their chasao die In the abape or a thimble-ful or two of brandy, nnd when the note, or addi-tion, waa presented uy the landlord, tticy coolly toldhim to go and get payment from the " rascallybourgeois people" who were well off and well fed.This logic being distaeteful to the landlord, he,finding all hla attempta to get payment futile, sentfor the police. The Anarchists, rejoicing In fullstomachs, went cheerfully to the lock-u- but theyInsulted the police groaslr for having carried out" bourgeois behests." The mother of one of therascals appeared In court and paid the restaurant-keep- er

for the Ave dinners, ller eon. however,shouted out that ahe waa silly, that be and hisfriends had gone In for free dinnera on principle,and that they were ready to undergo punishmentfor their acts. They were then marched off toprlion, declaring that they would repeat their con-duct wben they had tbe chance.

Fiedlctlnat an Explosion Which Will Makethe Mississippi Volley an Inland Sea.

From IK 5r. anti'l fCUf(,An American paper, the Fireman's Herald, pre-

dicts a terrible disaster In the oil regions of theUnited States, if the tapping of gas-wel-ls Is al-

lowed to go on at Its present rate without check orsupervision of any sort. A fearful explosion ofnatnral gas took nlace In China some two hundredyears ago, It appears, tearing np and destroying adistrict and leaving a large Inland eea that nowknown on the mapa aa Lak Shouldsuch an accident occur In the United States, therowill be eucti an upheaval, the Herat believes, aswill dwarf the moat terrtbrti"earthquake everknown. The country along the gas-be- lt fromToledo through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky willbe "ripped up to the depth of from l.soo feet to1,400 feet, leaving a chasm through whloh thewatera of Lake Erie will come howling down, Ai-ling the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and blottingthem out forever. "

IiOnged for a Alether.lron Judg;

Advanced Spinster (coquet tlshly) And yonreally want to marry me ? But I cannot consentuntil you tell me what yon see In me to make yonwant me.

Youthful Suitor Well, ever since mother diedI've felt like an orphan, and I thought yon couldAll her place.

sp

A Decided liefueal.rVomJufff.

Itallo de Counte So you will not be my wife, eh T

Do you forget zat I am an Italian Count?Young American Ob, no; I do not forget yoa

are an Italian Count, but I do know that I wasnever brought up to make a dozen shirts for thirtycents and do the washing for a large family.

Good for Uvll.r' aaar.

Washington Sunday-Scho- Teacher (to littlecolored girl) ,Now, Angellne, can you tell me whatIt means to return good for evil ?

Angellne Brooks Well, mlas, I doan' 'xactlyknow de words, but I link It mean ef any onesaaaes yer, doan1 yer Jaw btok.

A Little Girl at the Perfume Counter.Little girl at Biker's prfame counter Mamma ssrs I

can boy some saebet powder. What have 70a got?Clerk Well, little one, suppose jron choose rooreelf.Little Gtrl- -I don't know which. Ob, doeen't this WhiteItoee smell nice? Whj. thle, Violet's sweeter til).What do rem call that? Franglpannl f Ota, that's

Do 70U say Jockej Club and Heliotrope areJoat as fraarant. Well, let me have all of them, Heraoomes mamma: she will pay you. Commercial XditrlUtr. V

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18th St., 19th St., anil Sth Ave.

(18th St. Station Elovatod Road.)

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THE LADY ' or THE TIGER ?CllOOSB WIHUI.Y.

1 fllardsn, f (Cut Oarns,...a Hinoalb, 5 Scratch TMtti.3 3 1'olUh, 1 3 inlar. Knam.l,fcE Hrtard, Cam liter," IXpprotad, n lOondamned I'rofualonallr,Fair Trial lDsuraeonrrloD. Bend stamp for olrenlar

I vlnapromtniinl professional rlawaracardins' "Oil It"f'IITOoIll llruall. At dnitttsU'.or mailed on receiptof price. IS Felt llnuh "lleada" (boied), 25o. each,laitlnc two weeks. Triple-plate- Holder, 3So. Alto, Itwanted, Brittle " Head," beat "Florence' mue.nttlna:same bolder. 15o. t eet,7oc., or sold separatelr, IfuBSKYMra, Co., Utlca, N. V.

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Wo havo fairly blown to places the prloe of several hundria! 19eaoh. jfl

BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS,, JMBOYS' OVERCOATS. jfl

ffrr Thoy are tho lots broken In 1M?y assortment of slzos by tho sea-- Em

"i son's trado, but the offering j9x&j r f contains every size from 5 to 18 Jm

1 years. Among them somo of $UI (

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1 tlie flnost ffarments wo make; 19few that havo not sold for dou-- H

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yvrvxI Wo tflo reduood prloe. j9

l 1 A 1 r Your ohoioo of SUITS OR OVER- - &

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Xj I Ih including somo very line ovoiv Jm$Cl ooats for ohlldron of 2 1-- 2, 8.4, 13rWj5 fcf

mct and 5 years. jfl

'''Mi Some equally strong reduo- - 19tmB0$i tlons have been made in a nam- -' &w

ffff&l beroflotsof B

JRJ BOYS' SUITS WITH LONG TROUSERS, 1now $8, $9, $10 and $12. fH

These bargains aro at both- - j9stores. ftl

ROGERS, PEET & CO., flCLOTHES, HATS AND SHOES, 19

Broadway and Prince St. Broadway and 82d St. Hlfl

AMUSEMENTS.Af KTUOI'OLITAN OPKIIA-HOUB-

of Abber, Hchneffel Una.TIIUKIi. (pitK CONC'KUTH.

TIIUni.Di,Y fcVENINO lie. W, at 8,18, o'oloefc.TUEHDA.V AFTKHNOON, Deo. 37, at SoolofV.

BATURAY KVKN1NO, Dee. 81. at 8.10 o'clock.JOnlU'll lipr.MANM, t

aooompeiiled byB1MB. nUI.KNn, IIATKBITKU.. 1

Prima Donna ContraltoTheodore Illorkaten, Tenoti Bl(.-U- Anna, Barltonai

Mlaa Nettle Uarpenter, Mme. HaeoonL llarplat. Big.II. Hapulo, AcoompanUL ana ;Aaolph NeuendorfTaOrendUreheetre. Hale of Beats be(tn. Honda Deo. 19,atlioioffloe. Weber Orand Piano need.

TTNION BlUABKTnATB.. little lianasthe Comed'ans,

nOBSON AND UlUlTKnnder the manaaem.nt of J. H. IIU1 and Joseph Orooka,

in toe crest Atnertoan Oomedj,TI1E UBNIUKTTA; ,br ltronaon ILoward.

ET.nlnnat8.1S. Heturdej MatlaeeatS. CanUcea,10, to. Heats aeenred two weeks In adranoe.

HAgB,v?AA.?D8 StnUiJltf?::. prom.,

aUEATi'iV, fli!!,WAi"o.,IAlrrKVi,OTAN0 OF

DAVK IHtAUAlt and hla Popular Urenestra.Wed noedar Matinee Batardaj.

H. R. JACOBS'S 3D AVE. THEATRE,COllNEU 318T ST.. AND SD AVIS.

MATlNKK EVHrtY MON.. WED, SAT.OESKieKKD BEATS. Thy Melodrama.

UNDKIt. TI1K l.AHII.ul- - Becureeeau In advance.UOo. ll.ware of speculators.

Dec. A Hart'e FlntCOc. Priie IDEALS.

TTtDEN MUSEE, 33D ST., I1ET. 6TH A BTII AVES.Hi New Urmips. New Paint I Ufa. New Attraction..

TERDELYI NACZIand hla 11UNUAH1AN OKOHKHTUA.

Concerta from S to 6 and 8 to 11.Adralaalon to all, M oentsi children 3d eenta.AJBKB The Matlfrlns Choae Automaton.

DOCKSTADER'S SRlWthal. audwar NUrhtl. ""JJftJ..

FIIANK 1IOWAIID, reeteetLaat week of " Blaok Vauit" and Mnsteal Slrtlncs.

aiATiNKE

TONY PASTOR'S GREAT SHOW.ANDY AND ANNIE HU0I1K-ALUE- HT (JL1VKS.

A IIMOHY HALL VAUDEVILLE THEATRE.IBS and 160 Heeler at.

Vlrat.Glaaa Variety Company. Oon.tant chanse of bill.

AMUSEMENTS. UIlifADISON BQUARE THEATRE.

--' HELDIvl Mr. A.M. PALMER.... ,...,,..,,.Bole ManaxtoJ ftsHgIVKNIN,aSAT8.30. BATUttDAtf m'aTINKUaTX h&M

iSor "ELAINE." 1ErentnfSun "A sntwrb presentation." .aeael. HEAT8 RESERVED 3 WBBKH IN ADVANCE. 4&HBROADWAY AND 88TU BtV. "tlsHttASINO. MaUnee, Saturday at 3. fcSB

TUB JOLLIEST OF ALL OOMIO OPERAS,MADELON. jEoM

Reoelred with oontlnnous laughter and applause.JOURNAL A boomlnaTauoo.es. Full ofoomedy. .'faeefal

ADMISSION, Mo. Heau aeenred month ahead. VHAVE. THEATRE. KiHLABT3NiUHTH. MATrNKEBATUllDAYATa. ''MIlOYT'B LATEST COMEDY BATniB, M

A HOLE IN THE --GROUND. SM'. Monday, Deo. 19-- MOHATtD MANBsTBLD, jM

AVENUE THEATRE. MONDAY VKX VLHFirm MR. niUHARD

MANSFIELD MIn Ilia own oomedy, MONSIEUR. 3MBeat, may now be eeenred. m

LJaC THE WIFE. 16Uth BooTanlr Might. ' 'SSgeB

fVTIBLO'S. Wgoal

f SHE." JMatinees Wednesday and Saturday. VrlJgggei

XTALLACK.'o "" uMgoHTV ETenlngsatoMB, Matinee Saturday at 3.IS, WfeeH

FOUURT..1IB-NO- T. MlHCharacters by Momt. Oamond Tearle, narry Edwaiog, geaeaelJ. W. Pliott, lime. Ponlal, Mlas Netta Union and MM liggggeiRoee Oogblan. 'gfteaoV

i Sbobobw- A TH BTREET THEATRE-CO- R. SIXTH AVS. geflA.MZ Matinee. Wedneeday. and Saturdays. iSneaeael

POSITIVELY LAST TWO WEEKS 01 SMggoaoiDKaiAM THOMPMON aagoaoao!

IN T1IIS tll.O 'Saoae!Oall.ry. 38a. Itcerred. 8oo., Wo.. 7oc.. SI. fLM. , " $H

AOADHMY LAMT TIIUKKTIMFS. $HftllHlt). 33o., sue,. 7So. AS1. 2HGllmor. A Tompkins, BOO! II A BARRETT. Sate 4 ISgggofl

Propa A Maoagrs. begins Tuesday neat. tiegeelLjOU RICE'S BURLESQUE OOMPAJfrT" "'Sgeaeaeal

OPERA- - 8 artlata In lOoe DUey'a , . 'JgexexeiHOUSE. sumptuous producUon OX 3aoBOBeral

THE TllH rOUMAIU. - SbbbbbBCORBAIR. Etenlngaata. Mate Wed. A Baa, sit ?geH

8th VeaeaeaealPjOOLE'HTUEATnE. MATDVftKr10o 30c, THE NEW PLAY, MON.. WKK, igexexelSUc, SOc 1,000.004 THUll, BAK tlrexexexel

NEXT WEEK. TAKEN FROM LIFE. tgeHSTAR THEATRE. DBOIDED SUOCBatJ. Jkcbobobobi

.IIIHM JI7LIA JfArtI,OVyP, sgoaoaolRopportf d hr Mr. JOSEPH II AWOllTn. VLaoaoH

THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, "TWELFTH NIOQT. SHHDec. IV. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florcnoo. T 'JtgM(IRANDOPRRA-IIOySB- .

orchetrm, olrole and balcony. 69a.rViliaaeaeaeai?JeBBaeaeael

Next Hunday-PR- OltOMWfiLIS lecture. ,'JgeaeeeH" Ban Franclaoo and the Far West." sgezealssM

TO'U W ls1UiL' ( n '$BKn

"ALOSTDIsmnnM'a

riUZB FIGIIIT AND A FilEB F1QUT.

Aa Uarly Morulas OIIII In Michigan WhichEnded In a Flstlo Melee;

sriCIAl. TO Till W0OLD.IGiukd IUriDS, Mich., Deo. 18. Pote

Nolan, of Cincinnati, and Jim Fell, of thiscity, mot in tho squared clrolo this mornlug,a short distance from this place. About flohundred spectators wers present at tho battlo, Including many prominent citizens ofGrand Itnptds, and visitors from Chlrngo,Detroit, Cincinnati, Fort Wayno and othorpoints.

Tho articles of agreement called for aneight-roun- d light with threo-ounc- c gloverbut ou arcouut of the vicious tactics adoptedby Fell, the battle camo to an inglorious ter-mination after three rounds had been fought.

Tho stakes had boon placod on tho outcomeof tho match, tho conditions being that thoreceipts wcro to b'o divided, 70 and 80 percent, to tho winner and losor respocthuly.

Bad blood, however, had been kuouu toexist between tho two Western pugilists forBomo time, so many persons journeyed overtho country roads to reaoh tho sceno of thestruggling affair.

No timo una lost in preliminaries and HarryHammell, of Fort Wayne, was chosen roforoo.

It was 1.10 this morning when timo wascalled. Tho fight, which provod to bo abrief ono, was simply a punching andwrestling match, especially so in tho enso ofFell. Science, was an unknown quantitythroughout tho entire, fight. Fell is noted asa rusher and hits as often and as hard as hocan, regardless of his own punishment.

At the call of time tho men glanced at eachother, and tho rapid shooting about of armsproved determination on oithor bUIo. It wasa fairly good round of fight-ing, though twenty hard nlows were struck.

What looked liko genuine fighting beganIn tho second round. It was from tno btarthammer and tongs, Foil again pursuing hisfavorito rushing tactics. A good smash onNolan's jaw and a resounding punch underliis ear caused the Cincinnati pugilist to becomo rather groggy. Tho round a as foughtto a close, with Nolan resting against theropes.

Tho latter was a vory weary man whon thothird round openod, and, of courso. Foilagain started In with his usual rush. Sharpblows were exchanged for a moment, whenFell twisted his arm around Nolan's nock,and, with a cross butt, both men wont togrnss, Nolan falling underneath. The tiredOhioion was hclpod to his feet, and in adazed condition was carriod to his corner.

Jack Milet, his backar, at onco claimed afoul, and tho roforoo allowed it without hcsl.tation. Fell bocamo infuriated at tho deci-sion, and, jumping out of his chair, foilupon Milet and fought him oer tho entirering.

During this timo tho audienco becamohighly oxcited, but, seeing tlint Milet wnsboing pounded by the slugger without cause,thoy Interfered and carriod Foil away. Thoscono below caused much ekcitemont tothose who occupied seats in tho smnllgallery, nnd, as if to liavo a hand in thelively proceedings, thoy began to throw theircbairB down upon tho nudionco.

ThiB again resulted In any number of smallfights and at ouo timo as many as four listfights wcro going on in tho room, each pairof contestants within a ring formed by thospectators. This row continued for an houror more, but finally order was restored andtho crowd dispersed.

Foil is greatly dissatisfied with the out-co-

of the encounter, as ho could undoubt-edly have whipped Nolan easily and willprobably challongo him to a finish fight for agood-size- d stake.

e"eSome I'ecnllarltlee ot the Diamond Trade.

Von IA JtutUra' trftf,JIn ancient times the diamond miner sold his

find to a trader, and be In turn to the Amsterdamcutter. As only royal personages were allowed towe ir diamonds In those good old daya, the cutter,when hla work was finished, found himself Inrather a quandary aa to bow to dispose of them.Owing to bla occupation and station In life be wasusually a person who could not approach the King.Hence the system of bribing a or courierto ahow the gems to the monarch gradually sprungup, and aa the privileged circle In which the wear-ing ot diamonds was permitted grew larger, thecourlcra and servants changed Into brokers, pureand simple, who did nothing but travel for thecutter.

As these middlemen became rich they boughtthese gems outright from tbe artlssn Instead ofselling ror his account, and thua became dealers.Thoie whoe pecuniary resources were more lim-ited were, of course, obliged to remain brokers,but from their knowledge of gums and tried trust-worthiness they were classed Al.

At this stage waa Introduced tbe memorandumbill, to discriminate between these brokers of es-tablished reputation and those of what I will callthe second class, which included men of faablon Inwant, who bad extensive social acquaintance, nutwere of no financial responsibility. Among mer-chants and dealers, therefore, it soon becamo theregular practice to give the better class of brokersa bill upon which was the word "memorandum,"the significance of which wai twofold. In the firstplace, the merchant thua limited his rlak and couldreclaim tho goods at any t me before the brokersold them; In the socond. the probable purchasermight nave an opportunity of examining the gemsand returning them If unsatisfactory.

Tho second Clara of brokers ordinarily re-ceived no bill, but would usually state for whatobject the gooda were wanted, and would report assoon oa the goods were disposed of. With slightvariations these customs are In vogue at the pres-ent day and will probably last as long as the tradeItself.

Athletes Amnio Their Friends.OrtANOK, N. J,, Dec 16. The

mammoth amateur minstrel and dramatio enter-tainment under the auspices of the Essex CountyToboggan Club and the Siaten Island and Manhat-tan Athletic cluba drew an audience that com-pletely filled Music Hall, Orange, last night.The first part of the entertainment waa a regular

minstrel performance, which washeartl y applandcd. Then followedaomo slelght-of-ban- d

tricks by E, IL Hansom, after whlcn camethe Charleston Blues drill and chores, which waawell executed by theStaten Island Athletic Club.The entertainment closed with a tableau repre-senting the World of Sporu, by all the cluba artis-tically arranged, showing baseball, football, lawntennis, cricket, billiards, bowling driving androwing.

BOME OLD VI0LIN8,

A Mlcolaa Amntl In m. Collection of Fiddlean the Bust Hide.

While wandering along on tho east side,tho attention of a WonLD roportor was at-

tracted by tho sound of a violin. Tho qualityof tho tone was remarkable. It was large,rich, palpitating with feeling and of honeyedsweotucES.

Tho roporter entered tho house whence thomuslo camo, scaled the stairs and followingthe sound, wont into a room on tho secondfloor. It was bare of carpet or rug. Threoor four dozen violins were systematicallyhung on tho wall, showing as many shades ofbrown as a collection of d meer-schaums. Other shells nnvarnlshod lay uponthe mantel. Half a dozen bottles filled witha brown liquid stood on a shelf. A music-stan- d

had a volume of musical compositionslying open upon it.

In tho centre of the room was a Oorman,thirty years of age, playing on a violin. Hisback was turned to the door. Tho gloriousvolume of sound filled the poor, gaunt roomwith sweet tones. Not that the player was aSarasate or a Joachim. He could not equalTcresino Tua or Camilla Urso in his execu-tion. But tho instrument was the source 'Athe inopio sounds.

Inquiry developed the fact that tho youngman was one Qcorge Szag, a Leipzig violinmaker, who camo to New York a fortnightago. Ho deals in old Cremonas and Mantuas.The instrument he had in his hand was, hosaid, a Nicolas Amati of 1G23.

Nicolas Amati was tho eldest of the threoAmati brothers, who rivalled tho greatHtradivarius as a maker of peerless violins.Tho instruments of NlcolaB aro prizod morethan thoso of his brothers, Andreas andUioronymo.

The young man took up sovoral others andplayed upon them. One was a Jacob Stainerof 1678. the others v,eta Quarnoriuses. Hohad no Stradivarius in his collection. " Theycost too much," ho said simply.

Tho violin-playe- r intends to give lessons inNew York and to sell his old instrumentswhen ho can.

Broker miller Kent to Dellcvne.Charles J. Miller, aged forty years, a cotton

broker, was taken to Ilellevaa Hospital lut nightfrom the Joffcraon Market prlion, aufferlngfromalcoholism. He gave as his refereno IT. J,Howell, of M New street.