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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-10-4, Page 7masetwoomsparmaira •4-1..eeteeee.-e••••••..•-•••••••••wer. .40,P.,.,'01.4-0,.1.*-4?*.,00,00.1441.4),9s.o<0..w4op.c.,stips.1414.1rostc WEST SILKSG "eA`eeeeXt• They Come In • Strange Oriental Designs and in Queer Byzantine Patterns. BY MATE LEROY. *Vie *se eiee, (00.4-te.,0414.)...0.4344›.....1ti..44444,0;.04.4100.4.0.41440.1:i.04)*Ottriefe'ik t•ef.feeeastel.flifeesteelateetehelieg-I-elseleehlet.teeMthiteeeNieeeet...14eisnetet.eatsetneentiew.g.eteeeneeeee • wilt not do to Soy tletone makes a summer. nor that plain all self goodwill he the only things, for we Mid' that there aro any ainounto i aew designs in figuroct and brocaded silks, soine of, them being tdinply wonderful when it is understood that women aro ex- pecta to Wear them during the coming se.insons. 1 say seasons advisedly, fob they Will be the style for \Outer as well foit'late fall. 'rho general idea ia thai the silk shall be in some [moth:0,1y Oriellial design, itnd therefore we luive bY2fardhlo PtatiertiS which' look tsoirich and old time like and are at the same time ie beautiful, soft colors, the ground being dull mid in rath- er, a neutral tint. . • In one design, and the rest resemble this closely enough for us to understand the whole line by this one pattern, the ground is a 'stiff old rose, with a close vermicelli pattern, and over this is a • EGYPTIAN SIMS COSTUME, , wide arabesque' trailing over the whole with some tine bunches of blosSoms out- lined with black. ' • The arabesque design is in a delicate maize and in a l'ai§ed cord. Silk is heavy and rich and will, be a favorite aud worn wherever silk 'gowns, are indicated,' The -IilgYPtian design is 0 remarkable thing ad is intended to represent the Nile in a dull green water and gold colored waves with velvet iris leaves aud flowers over the whole. The ground is mottled in dark shades. The silk is, wider than I sill: t are usually woven and exception- ally rich and firm. It is intended to remind women that there is such a thing possible as to,produce a silk such as was mnde in the palmy days when we paid $1 0 a yard ter our silk and got some- thing worth while. , I have a piece of gray silk that was woven expressly for the late .Mrs. Ann S. Stephens while she was .00 her tour abrond about 1855-6. 'This was woven in Lyons and was wide and so strong that it is quite firm now. Every year sees the demaint for cheap silks grow, and the result is that.the Silk Is net so good or so durable. Mauy per- sons, claim that if is nrefernble to have three poorer -silk dresses thne 000 fine ` one which will go out of ,style before it is half worn (Mt. That mey be true with regard to colored and figured ones, but not with a good quality or 'black., Just now peau .de soie in black and satin ,duchesse are the tavotites for this sea- son, more so than usual on account of the liking for tailor suits of those silks. I have also seen some tricotine, but this is so woven that it is likely to catch the dust to a disagreeable extent. Ar - enure is another rich silk, and -its dull sur- face makes it very suitable for the tailor suits. Hindoo is another design in color- ed silks, and tleis has 11 birldi ground of ermine or nicotine and above that a striking design in -a conventional pattern of white siW brocade, quite well defined, with some delicate tints and colors in the • centers of the flowers. The whole effect very striking. The aatterns are rather Arge, but in such designs it seems nee- eSsary to get a gond effect to .1.1ave a large figure. The number of different arrangements of the silk, satin and velvet is legion, and it will not be long before they will be seen on the street. The welvet embossed In black and very dark and rich shades of browns and purples will be used to ;Make the richest mantles and. capes. Some of these are already done and show that the outline ofthe pattern has beee followed with See cut, jet beads and sonictiines steel intermingled. Che- nille -is seen everywhere as embroidery and braided -along the edges of different garments, and it is exceptionally rich And‘ handsome. There was one design in relief figures, ittnd the ground was in black and brown; while the relief was in three shades of tan. I saw this same design worked ont In the tan. for ground, with the figure iii the .tlark brown and with 111 the outline nicked out with chenille, The figure it- self was 0 conventional leaf and very large. Is black on three shades of gray this same deeign was very elegant. All dealers and importers and our own mantifectiirerS agree that thie season is , to take the lead in silk .dresees; and, while ,there are always many find and beautiful 'Woolen goods, theestreet dresses will be .made of blrick. Silks to such an unustial eitent that W5 /nay almost say they Will e ''tlee one' great style: The principal dein eillts for this season are black end. colored ,peau .de seie, duchess, taffetae, armure end crepe .de,ehibt.e`.1.1inotitevs ee)me under the head of tiovel I 1 here are tottny ways oE moldno- even Lilt new tatlor lilac): silks, but the pret- tiest 1101C seen 3v0r0 two put 00 view the other day. 011O has a plain skirt with three rows of milliner's folds of the rilk Kut on in suck a WXY as to simulttte a triple ,skint, fils closely around the hiPs, and in the back it lies in rib folds. The bodice, or jacket, as one likes to call it, is cut without a dart in front, but \vith two seams reaching from shoutder to the bottom, tit IL to the .tistare. It closes in Csont in a curved lino, and the collar is (-thigh band. In the back there is a little postilion ronaded to a. ponat. Pipings of the silk arc pat around the whole and , on the edges at the wrists and Due row on the upper part or the sleeves. This is made hi such a way that it can be thrown open aud expose the vest of white taffeta. All the silk tailor suits have white vests. The other was no less handsome and differed in having a ,drop skirt and over- skirt, and this had a sitinble roll binding ot the same silk set 011 WAS hilt] filled out with ,cotton. The overskirt was slashed to about 12 inches in the hack: This also fitted closely over the hips. The jaoket to this was a little more „pro- nounced fintn the other and was ,so cut asto show no fitting, seam at all. The front opened diagonally and was pointed and scalloped at the bottom, both front and back, and all the edges were bound the silk like the skirt. This has a high collar, and across the 9houlders is one line of very fine cut jet passementerie. The White vest WOril \Vint this is of crepe de chine starred .Witdt steel heads. All these jackets are so arranged (hat they can be thrown open and left so at least long enough for all the other tvornen to see what is worn be - While we have an unusual number of snug waisted bodices and all sorts of snug bassine effects, we shrill see in about O week now so many blouses and shirt waists that we may forget the others en- tirely. The DOW blouses are of silk and , fine woolen stuffs and are so elaborate and so very pretty that we may be ex- cused if we do forget, The backs are all smooth and song, but the fronts are slightly pouched, so as to nmintain the straight figure, and the amount of trim- ming or ornamentation they put upon them is only limited by the size of the garment. One I noticed had the upperpartof the sleeves tucked in umny lines. and the whole front of the waist was tucked up and down. 'file sailor collar was one mass of tucks, and so was the vest front beneath the collar mid the high neck- band. The cuff extended down over the hand is with us still, but it is made now Og lace and pretty and dainty ribbon loops and bows under the lace. ' I do not see many of the short sleeves with the- undersleeves, for which I am glad, as they pettily are not pretty. But do see more bolero and figaro arrange- ments than ever before, for then one of them in four was inade so, and now one in. every two seems to have them. The full blouse front to the waist and then the bolero of lace of some kind outside is all that is required, but the variations on those are as many as the musical compo- sitions all IBilde OUT of the seven notes. Boleros Of fur, boleros oelace, of cbiffon, of cloth, of velvet, and, in fact, it seems as if everything is suitable for boleros. One was made of crocheted chenille, and it was superb. Some of the new flannel,waists are exceedingly handsome, and old rose and several shades of pink are the most plea -sing, though the others are nice enough. Olive green, taus and several misty shades of blue are stylish. Some are embroidered all around the bot- tom up to the bust line and tucked the TOR LATHS'I' rIGAIZO, rest. Narrow 'castle b 'aid is much lilted to trini these, and any effect Can he pre- " (breed with it. , I noticed 0 nevv Nvvittkle of (me manu- facturer, and that is a WI)) 1)1)01 \Vial the sleeves so arranged that they button firmly to a pretty eap at the top, and thus when the lady ;vents to wovir ar batlie the Iniby slie 0f111 3110t tinhvitietii the place, and, lo, a short sleeve! It selves titrie and 01011105, for sleev()s 111100 a habit of Nvearing ()tit before the rest of the tirese, particularly one used so (000- tsooiily as a wta pet. A PORTRAIT, The mason's hand is rough and searred, The mason's back is stooped and bowed; 11i0 brow, close bent abaYe 140 01001e, with lines or strenuous loll is plowed - Small ease his lioness years have known, Por Labor claims 1,110 as her own. With skillful hand he carves and chips, 115 chisel on Lilo hard atone rings. 'The gray dust flier' 01)0111 his (1000, And ever at his work he sings - A simple eroon of boyhood's day, ',riming his chisel to the lay. And all in reverence 0 pause WItore lie sits careless on the tone; 1 hai1 him one of Labor's kings. The huniblo soot his righifel throne, Eon yesterday Ocneath jds biow, Wondering, I saw an angel grow. Orace Atherton Dolmen in Youth's Companion. FIT M E By M. Quad. COPYIII0E1T, 1000, BY O. 11. LEWIS. There were 20 of us making up the batty at an English Country house for the sheeting season, and it so happen- ed that Nvhile all were of course well known to host and hostess seven or eight were strangers to each other un- til introduced at the house. I do not Ehink theeve were over three or four \vho even knew little Mrs. Hope by ortine or could tell anything of he.r past Nor (lid a great deal leak out about her father after she had been generally introduced and had come.,to be a favorite with both men and W0111- 011, 5110 was petite and blond. She Lad a baby face and big blue eyes, and your first impression of her was that she was a child, and a very innocent child at that. In the 'billiard room it was, whispered that she was a distant relative of Colonel Saunders, ourhost, and that she had married a scamp and been so ill used that a divorce had been sought for It trlS o'enerally agreed that it must , have all been the hus- band's fatilt and that the man who would ill treat such a light hearted, baby faced. wife deserved' something beyond contempt. , She was by long odds the best looking woman among the eight or ten b‘itt as she was not given to flirtation and as she looked pretty without artificial Means she was forgiven for her handsome.face and be- came a general favorite. The limn who leaves business for n _week or two 'for an outing seldom , Lakes along jewelry or money of any account, but nine women out, Of ten must carry their •diamonds wherever they go. There was a brave display, of gems. at Rose Hill with,all except little Airs. Hope.. She had.two or ,three fin- ger rings .and a lertteelet or two and made .0 pobr showing compared' to the reSt. This was corroborative evidence that she Was none too well fixed finan- eially, but she (lid net display the slightest feeling of euvy, and no hints were thrown out to hurt her feelings. A country house full of wealthy gnesis IS a bonaliza for, a nervy thief, and the colonel Warned the ladies from the out. ret to be careful of their jewelry. ' All of them agreed to net upon the advice aud then, womanlike, careleSsly left every oruauuent lying about. On the fourth day Of the party a lady naniii`d White Missed three valuable rings which had been left lying oq a table in 1101.' r00111. They had been taken in broad daylight while the ladies. were on the lawn tued while the maid was temporarily absent from the noon". It • was impossible that any outsider could have got into the house, and it se,emed impossible to trace the theftto any particular servaet. Counting maids. valets and the house retinue, there were about 20'people in theliouse aside from the .guests. Mrs.' WI ite's less WO:S kept a secret. forsevei'al days from all but hest and hostess, but the colonel's quiet detective work brouglit no re. ward. ' The second loss was mdre serioue,,, A Airs. Willmeye -left her jewelry lying about 'after dinner and at bedtime dis- covered that she Mal been vobbed of every single article. The value was at least £3,000, and as she and, her, 11 us - band 'were both excitable people the loss could not .be keel, quiet. Between the finish of dinner and bedtime .We were scattered about the house and lawn, with the SOrt'1111tS moving,to and fro, and, no stranger Conldshave entered the house without. being -seen. The 1)0(1100111 Window' was up, but,no lad- detwhed been used. It seemed to be plain enough that some servant bad se- cured the jewelry, and' one by pne the entire lot were, summonedebefore the colonel's court of inquiry and tritely° gated.' There wasn't one without a good character,nor could. suspicion justly attnch to any one.. It was long after .midnight before we got through tied next, morning' th0. sergeant from the police station was' enlled ove.e. Ibi couldn't suspect one of the guests, and he could find •Itegrounds for suspecting one of the servants, and he got out of it by Making „Wi,a0 and saying that -.Mrs WIllwere had probably 113 Isiald her 'or etraments. Unfortunately fee her sh was rilthenabsentminded, and 500 111.0; 011 1,1',y-041111 0 to accept the theory, thong' she searched her rooms over..a.ud ovot again without discovery. The'losses did. not brenk 1111 the pa( ty, as might have boon no case. Th colonel and' Mrs. WiIlmere came Some mutual Understanding. 1 thin the deteetIve selvised them to call 1'; -mislay," and thereby put the Hike; e his guard. Colonel Saunders Insist; (bat every jewel 01 value be locked ( in the family safe. and \Own this to boon done overy gnest became a Sin lock Holmes. There were 20 plies eml 26 theories, Itlyorything rrom Iteb ro tli sraw '.10y wm, Under Susi' ((ion. The doteol lye's 1110013', os gave it to the oolonol privately, w5. tlint. a 51111331 11101 tliSattisod .os 1 lad v ,ttaid or tut., 0t)003' ubltsr, . the house ant committed both vob Li 106. Of all the theories this wee. the 'west absurd, but of cure the man felt bound to make a 11)0.00 01 some sort, The, ;jewel*: had, been locked 1111 for four days, unit things had quieted doNvn, when the coltinel started to pro- duce 11 111 1301101' Of a governmehit 0111 cial who was to arrive that evening. I say he started to, because he no sooner attempted. to U11100k the safe than he dieeevered that the bolts linel beet] shot, As Ile imlled the door open lio uttered a groan, and the sight of his haggard face was evidence enough that sotnething \vas wrong. T,110 tale had been opened by merms of a key, but had not been locked again. Every article of jewelry was gone,and the value of the lot was not it cent under 111.0,000. In Seeking to render his guests safe the colonel had helped to despoil them. It was impossible to eay at what date the robbery had happened, and the. only thing to do was to tele- graph up to London for a detective. While waiting his arrival no servant was allowed off. the grounds, and of course no guest could well leave while tinder fire. It was a gainful position for every one, ancl the detective rather added to it Nvlien lie got to work., As soon as he was in possession of all the facts he said to the colouel: 1 'These robberies Nvere comMitted by one of your guests. They must"all as semble in the drawing room and sub- mit to have their rooms searched." 'Rather than subject them to such an Indignity the colonel offered to pay the full loss out of his own pocket but thiS no one would hear to. All were willing for the search to go on,.and host, host- ess and Ne made it. Nothing was found. The detective clung to his theory, however, aud took another look at the eooms anel 'was given the names of their occupants. There were three rooms which communicated, and those three 1N -ere occupied by the colonel, his wife and little Mrs. Hope. The door between the rooms 01 the colonel and Mrs. Hope was bolted on her side and had been for years. This door caught the eye of the detective, and after an examination of the bolt he said: ' "This bolt has been worked within three or four days, as any locksmith will tell you, and this door has also been opened." "Do you know what you are saying?" sternly demanded the colonel. "I do, sir. You carry the key of the safe in your pocket. To get that key some one has entered your room by this door at night." "But Mrs. Hope's effects have been searched along with the rest." "Her effects—yes. She has the jewel- ry on her person. Let your wife search her." The colonel was furious and his wife indignant. They would answer for lit- tle Mrs. Hope as for themselves. "I can do no more," answered the de- tective. "One of your guests is.,, the robber, and it is the guest occupying this room. If you will call her up here, I believe I can brealt her down in ten minutes." After long hesitation little Airs. Hope was called up. She came .smilingly, and no pair of , eyes ever revealed greater innocence, A layman would have sooner suspected a toddling babe. "Now, then," began the detective, "you are the robber. You took Airs. White's jewelry, and you robbed the colonel's safe.- You got the key from his trousers by opening this door. YOU have the jewelry on your person." For the specie of 30 seconds the baby faced woman regarded him with won- der, indignation, fear and anguish. Then she gasped for breath and sank down in her tracks. "Search leer," said the detective as he left the rooni. Ten minutes later he was called in. The little' woman lay weeping. 011 the sofa, and the missing jewelry was spread out on the table. "God help us!" 'said the colonel as lie looked from the officer to the recovered' treasure and back. "We mtist help ourselves," replied the Man, as, lie looked at the woman with pity 'in his eyes. "Mrs. Same lei's, your maid must go; You must fix the price with her. She must get away as•soon as possible, and the plum der must be found in her 1'00113 later on She will get safe away." Three hours later the jewelry was "found" in the maid's room, and every- body else was cleared of suspicion anti made happy. The maid had been gone two hours, and the detective doubted whether she could be found in big Lon den, though of course he Nvbuld use 00 eve, effort. Little Airs. I-lepe was ill for a day or two under the nervous excite. trent and so had a gOod excuse for leaving Rose Hill. So far as I know 'ret one of the guests suspected ber Indeed as the maid had left a written sonfession before she bolted how could tny (me else be Suspected?' This beine; :be case, 'you may wonder how I got ..olcl of the inside facts in the case, Tell, that's a matter of no concern as long as I have given you the full par iculars. "Perlitins the colonel trusted lie flitililier than he dill the others. Ae 'or littIO Airs. Hope. it was want of nemey prolmbly that •induced her to 11111 l'Obber, but I have always tried to !»altemyself believe that she couldn't 'eve rtsalized NvI3at she Was 110111g. Why the inisitop Did Not Scold. 'A little boy in the neighborhood of Biehop Brooks' 1101110 in Boston was etc, clay tnischlevouel,v ringing door- bells auci running a way before the doors 'were opened." says a wvitev in The Ladies' [Tome Journal. "In pur- suit of this nmusement he ran tip the Steps of the bishop's residence., and the 1 bishop, lin p pen i mee to be i n 1 he ' hall ready to go- out, opened the floor quicle- ly, before the 1)0y lind turned to de- scend the steps. The child was'so star- tled by the entitle!' Appearance of the good men, who 'mid a kindly smile for ell children, that he ejaculated: 'Why, Phi'pe, Brooks! leo you 11 velletre?' In spite or the miedemennor the bishop conld net timl it in his heart to scold tee mete folioNV. He also had been A .01,111 1 ; '" SEIrtillIE 111INTEPS 4 '' e -;,-J . i' 44 OF TIEN-TSTN. l'40 .1, 4. i,.., --- §45 ha thc ,../ at Department Is , wf,A. Bu5-111g Double Teir(s3 and LL 07 4 Sheet Irish $10...es„ TO ' ' 4 ; _ ,.3 , it 4.Ande.'Ste...4,4•••Gto.*4.00.6-(vto.thst0.s.t,-?' t 41.04)...%0-(Its,C0”4'.. t0.1-(a.4).*,0•4(.0-,,•(:t.,.0 Even if the squabble of the powers is Setileil and tho atlie(1 forces are soon withdratstn from Peking, Ivilicil is 111.11500'• e tl 1'1- 1 , it " ((hiliOsb 000toilltl it iarne bodies of troops will retnain for some time on Chinese soil, 'Uncle Sam will doubtless furnish his (moth, and with this situation in view' the Nvar depart- ntent is Inalting plans for a Winter cane paign. Tien -tin Nvill.without doubt be the place i11 whieh the allied forces will go into winter quarters. It WAS at Tien- tsin that the Frencli ad English armies wintered during the previous trouble in China. It may be somewhat surprising to per- sons unfamiliar Nvilli the elintate in va- rious parts of. China to learn that at both Peking and Tien-tein the winters Are as severe as those experienced in Montreal, althongh the summers are as hot as those ofthe gialt states. BY reason of its immense extent of territory China cannot be considered as a whole in regapd to its climate, widele is not sufficieutly characteristic to be treat- ed in its entirety,The northern limit of W((0111 clitnate, with an average tempera- t'ure of 15 degrees C. passes by the nortlinrn proTinCeS Of Sl;QnS.1, Sh-1111.1 *and Shangtuug, while the southern limit, with an average of 25 degrees C., sepa- rating the n-arin from the torrid climate, touches the southern coast of the empire. Canton, Macao and Hongkong, have an annual average of 22 to 23 degrees". Be- tween these two isothernial lines are found numerous variations, due doubtless to the altitude of the different points and still more to their geogtaphical situation, their exposure and the geological consti- tution of the soil. The re0tion'above the isothermal line of 15 degrees C. must be classed in the cate- gory of temperature climates, yet, never- theless, at Peking, Tien-tsin and Chefu, which are in this region, the thermome- ter rernahis as high, dining the summer months at least, as in the tropical re- gions, while in winter it goes down dur- Mg three months to 14, 16 and 17 de- grees 0. below zero, and the general av- erage of all this season is 3 degrees C., O winter average which does not belong to temperate climates. The characteristic of the clintates of northern China, and particularly. of the Z`Vg WINTER SCENE AT TIEN-TSIN. [Showing Linitod Suites warship frozon in on Pot - F0 rivr,] province Pe-chi-li, is their extreme. Their winters have been compared to those of Sweden and their summers to those of Senegal. Peking even 1110r0 than Tien-tsin shows this characteristic to a great degree, for which the following explanation may be given: The north of China is an inter- mediary region betweeu the sea and the immense plateau of Asia, the steppes of 'Eartary, which, on accoutt of thole alti- tude, cool off considerably in winter mid are partly covered with snow. Tim sur- face of the sea and the upper regions cool off much less. There results a current of &le constant- ly flowing from north to south—that is, from Tartary to the sea. This cooling, current sweeps over the whole north of China ancl causes a notable lowering of the temperature. In .suanner there is a current in the opposite direction. The steppes of Tarlary and the northern Moviuces of China, dearived of vegeta- tion and streams, become heated more than the sea, andthus there results: a condition entirelY opposite to that in win- ter. in fact, during the months of De- cember and January the direction of the wind is generally north, northwest and northeast, -while it is constantly south, southwest or southeast during the months of.June, .Tuly and August. A Hither remarkable fact in the north• of China is the elevation of temperature in the sun. The thermometer rises to 64 degrees and 65 degrees C. in the stm 10 July and rarely goes below 35 degrees in the winter. The climate of Peking is about the same as that of 'all the province ofPc. ehl-li. Tien-tsin, beMg only teu leagues from the sea, has nu average tempera- ttire perhaps a little lower. It is 18 de - !trees against 14 in Peking. This differ- ence is due to the summer temperature. N'111C11 is loWer at '..Pien-tsin than at PO' king, for the cold in winter is the same at these two planes. In Shansi and in a pert of Shangtung the extremes of climate aye shown in all 1 hc'ir foree. All the streams a re f ro eel] I o a great depth, and in the gulf of Ott. e10-11 all the coast line to eight or ten miles from ehore is likewise icebound. It can simport sledges, end the icy 000(1' 115 easily measures 60 eentir(etere or 01)0 Meter 10 thickness, But the Pei -Ho, on which Tien-tsin is lotinted, is also from; over solidly every winter, although it is tide wilier, So if ler troops winter in the vicinity or Pc king they will have need of all the diMbits emte and sheet ivon etoYes which the martermaster's department is getthig to- , 00 le"s4 tt'n:4 It ltletIces Ittfteretiee. "I (1100511t you said ('ou, 113(1 only a pia. r)t,t,iie,1,1alefli,eci)ttilott!tf.boart 11:sm1" a,,,1)010(.0 he asked ne'te Pt)st, 111 AN FlEiPi.tin iioi 11 er Crews, Da 61.1kter 140)110 laYea /ha- a. d. One of the prettiest of the early 011 tumn brides SO Pit' is Elisio, Cliitttr,l'aet Henry Clews, 1,110 Notv York book ('0 and multintillionnire. -Miss 01 dos recoutly became the wife of;Nix. fEetitry Parsou, 011 NON1' Yok, (110 wedding 1e111g ono of tit 0 brilliaat affairs of the 111010111 soat,on at Nowpoitt. 311, tuid Art's, Pititsons-ur now on then' heeeymeme (11(1 1110). Parsons is a particularly gift.al young W001110. 5110 WAS graduated %from 13a 0111(1 in 1311(1. She took a 0051510(1- 0 nate course and 1111,11 devoted herself' ,to writing a book published last Noyembot ‘'-,... 751 ...x.x... -.:•_.e.G..r--&-..._ •W '''="ereeeser ems. ELSIE CLEWS PARSONS. entitled "Educational Legislation Administration of the Colonial Gov( In meats." The book contains 510 pages. After the publication of hen book shit attracted attention outside of social cit - cies, where she is an acknowledged belle, and upon her application she'was ap. pointed an inspector of education. She visited all the school buildings in her dis- trict and was thorough in her work, sug- gesting all the time inany sanitary im- provements. Mr. Parsons is a lawiver in New York rind the son of ,Tohn E. Parsons. • lle also is an alderman in that city. A NOTED LIFE SAVER.',', X. • •• • •'••• ... • ... •• . • •• One of the : _ fe best known li Of the Hundreds lote ; savers on the :Saved Two Thanked Atlantic coast Vvihliani . . Wisite, who ::ss-atchies th6 ..... -•••••••• ..... ••••°.surf for luck. less bathers at Asbury Park. , For 111 years his business has been the strving of lite, and hundreds of persoes haye been snntched from the waves by him during that time. Two of them thanked hint foe dohne it. The rest didn't. He is 53 yeats old and as brown as sea-. weed. He knows the sea, having follow- ed it as a sailor, fisherman and life saver Los' 30 years. Tie loves it, even though he knows it for a blind and insensate , monster that would lick up his life just - as greedily as a stranger's. But lie is cunning enough to escape it and to snatch away many another life that seems to hE at its mercy. Of one thing he is convinced—that there is no such thing as gratitude in the human heart. This conclusion is the re- sult of close observation of summer boarders for half a generetion. "Yes, 1 have been thanked twice for saving lives," he said. He was perched on his customary high seat overlooking, the ocean in front of.a bathing pavilion watching the summer boarders bobbing 00 and down in the surf. EIe answered questions With011t removing his eyes from them, for if one of them had shown signals of distress he 11-01110 have been into the melee like flash to .1.1'ng another life from the treacle - "No, I never got a present of any kind," he continued, shading his eyes to watch a bather Nvho was striking out be- yond the others. `J'eople don't give money for having their lives saved. They know we get $14 a week to do our work, and they think we ought to riek 0111: lives as often -as necessary to earn our sala- ries. And that's right, I suppose. Still if another fellow pulled me out of the water I think I'd want to do something 1 Go 11111]. "The nearest thing to a present that ever came my way was from one of the two that thanked me. He was a young man, and he was sinking for keeps when LIFT, SAVER WI01IA14 50111111 ON .DITTY, I got hold of him. After he had wine t, and had his clothes oh lie canie, to we very solemn and gives,.ine Ills cavil 51111 says, `Aluch obliged for nthat you (lid for and here's ley business card, and if ever you're in New Yolk lool; 010 up, anti see thet yo0 got 0 bully dhiner.' other one that tlitinl:ocl lite was a woman, and sliti really seemetl glad to 1)0 tihive aud thankful to ine for saving her, Mit slie didn't offer to give nie any- thing, aild I didn't 1511111 tier to, As tor the, rest, fliere have 1.10011 11 tnid rode et theivt, arid I haven't had a word of thnnks from 011e, 5 011101.,iint,S, wljon 110 tide's strong, 1,11 118.111 111 ns loony 05 111100 or tour a but 1 don't often see theta tiller twinging them ashore." 111511' tie Fointal go in) to toy room. 131ielc of neY wardrol)0 there ore"— "'Yes. flow did you find theta?" , "Oh, Ve.I'Y gond, indeed, sit," ---Ste Lob Star.