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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-3-29, Page 2HOME LIFE OF JAPANESE ••••••••••••• A DAY AND A NIGHT SPENT IN A COUNTRY muse. and a flower pot eentaining &meted plum tree in fult blooin. A half derten tiny Japanese Maids be- gan flitting about Bite so niauy human butterflies. One.• brought M hibache— a bronze urn resembling ft jardiniere -- which is the Japanese "stove,' used both foe HEATING AND COOKING.' Muttial Curiosity Over Clothes — Pollte another brought a quantity of glowing Hut Giouting Maids;und a 1cbarcoal to fill it. A. third came in with a tray cf sweetmeats, pressed fruits, Bet Bath. candies and a curious translueent and Whole libraries have been written1 inmost tasteless mini made of rice. A fourta served us with tea --but a lulce- about Jepan; and every. plisse ot Japan - cherry blossorna--"the honorable tea" and salted en life has been fully described in (ha tk urn, weak manure of tea tali, but no amount . of careful reading dis. can quite prepare the Western wei, at ; ter -ed only to tinguished guestsAnd nnvei experiences wake, here our dinner really began. for the malty I can hard ty deseilbe it, Everything be is certain to have when he comes inel NVO, done with great Veniality. Every L. actual contact with these little brown people for Lao nrst tame Thus writes nund bowed until bee forehead Witched the matting whenever she entered fir Mrs. Frank Pixley in the. Los Angeles lef. 1 the room and always sank to her Times. A plain, simple statement Of lames aud bowed very low whenever she what I have witnessed M Japan any day offered me any dish. The meal lasted during the last three months Would tax tMame, my powers of _description to the utmost, wo and I managed to live but I often have been tempted to fot through It by making frequent changes J ia my position and occasionally rising down a few casual notes in the hope that to my feet between ceurses. they might prove interesting to my ends. After the cherry blossom •tea the first course consisted of a thick soup made Yesterday I had my first Insight into el oysters, mushrooms and several vege- the actual home life ot the upper class tablewhich I could not identify. Then Japanese. The wife of a Tokio states- caine daigen, a species of sauerkrata man, at present on a. diplomatic miseion made by fermenting partially decayed In Corea, invited me to spend the after- radishes. It is about as self-assertive as noon and night with her at her country limberger cheese and is considered a home, and I glaelly iinproved the op- great delicacy. The dish did not remain partunity to come into closer touch with long in the room, otherwise I collided local domestic customs. The conditioes have done so. were rather peculiar in one respect—nei- ther my hostess nor any .member of her Then followed cold fish cakes, made household could speak a word of Eng- by mincing raw fish to a pulp and lish, and as my own knowledge of aan„ eressiog it into bricks, resembling in color Swiss cheese. Next came hard ;mese is limited to a few expressions picked up from a phrase book, our boiled eggs minced and pressed into He declares that the boycott is the result eon - cakes in the same manner. This was of coercion exercised against the parish- versation for the most part was eaTied succeeded by the first dish which really loners by some powerful local magnates on in a species of pantomimic sign Ian- pleased my palate—boiled chestnuts who are bent on driving him from his lan- guage whieli !night. have proved equal- served whole in a paste of sweet DO- church. And he refuses to be driven. ly effective among the Sioux or the Hot- tato. Mr. Bryant is an M. A. of Oxford, a tentots. At this point sake was brought in. It brilliant scholar and an eloquent TIIE LADY OF THE HOUSE te a water white, thinness liquor dis- preacher. Al the two previous livings herself was waiting at the door to bid tilled from fermented rice. It tastes which he had ,Occupied he had given en - me welcome. The "door," a light paper somewhat like weak sherry, contains tire satisfaction, and at one of them he partition, slid aside noiselessly in a cbout as much alcohol as ordinary beer had established a church institute where sleeve, making an opening directly end is served hot. Only a small swallow be was wont to lecture on astronomy. a square iving room. ust across in - is taken at a time, but the sake lasts He went, to Stoke Lynn in 1892. He gave to lj the threshold a pretty, quaint, little la- iteliproseurrefusing to permit the schoolroom at- tached the entire meal, filling in ull offense. to some of his parishioners by panese woman greeted me with a pro- Lathed to the church Tia"be used for fusion of bows and punctuated eath one BETWEEN THE COURSES. smoking concerts. He wounded the dig - 4.1 them by drawing in the beeath with Three different kinds of raw fish cut nify of a charwoman who had been en - a hissing sound. A moment- of ember- into thin strips were next placed before gaged to clean, the church by telling her eassment followed, for her quick eye had me and I was handed a pair of wooden that he did not consider it good manners taught sight of high laced boots—those chopsticks, This got inc into trouble et on her part lo sit down in his presence rust, come off, though politeness would once. Knives, forks and spoons are un- while he, himself, stood. He gave of - not allow her to suggest it. Fortunate- known in the Japanese household, and fense to Sit' Algernon and Lady Peyton le• 1 itad-peatetteed for this by wearing it is no easy task for a novice to mama by remonstrating with a governess in hose of extra thickness and warmth, and palate chopsticks successfully. More- their employ for remaining seated (lur- e(' her mind was quickly set at rest. The over, uncooked fish doesn't readily ap- ing the recital of certain portions of the boots were removed by a little maid, aeal to the Western appetite. After a church service when it is customary for who rentinded me of an animated dell, little practice I managed to get along all the. congregation to stand. After that and I entered. The matting which come with tbe chopsticks, after a fashion Sir Algernon resigned his church war - wovencovered the floor, was of finely though I furnished considerable amuse -(Unship. So far as relates to his treat woven bamboo, highly polished and evi- ment for the Orientals about me. And: runt of his parishioners, in his official dently padded. for it was as soft to the the fish? Yes, I tried it—and much to i capacity, these constitute the most ser - as the average carpet. Every nty surprise found that after being dip- bus charges made against him. • No one inch of woodwork was varnished and red in soy (a native sauce resembling would venture to affirm that such acts, lacquered and polished until it shone like Worcestershire) raw fish is not only pal- even if the worst possible ;construction metal. A maid brought in two flat silk- alable, but very appetizing. were placed upon them, would justify an cushions, placed them on the floor Then in succession, we bad pielted sea, the application of a boycott more metal - bowed and bacaea out of the room, pate weed, mussels, snails, skewered eels, less and persistent than was ever wit. sing at the exit to touch the vatting with her forehead. salads, and several vegetables which I nessed in Ireland. . never saw beiore. Up' to tins point all Apparently It was the infelicittr or Mr. EXAMINED CLOTHING. the cooking had been done in the kitchen Bryant's domestic relations —matters telow, but now a saucepan was elected which are commonly regarded as .a The little Oriental woman and I were over the coals of the 'attache before us, man's own private concerns—which gave left alone, she sitting on her cushion in and a savory dish of wild duck, onions the.greatest umbrage to his parishioners. Japanese style, the hips resting en the and macaroni soon made me forget the HE MARRIED A WIDOW heels, and I sitting cross legged in Turk- courses which hed preceded it, for it - Ish fashion on mine. As we could not was truly delicious. This -was followed with two daughters. It is no unusual -converse very successfully, womanlike, by boiled lobster, boiled rice, confection- thing for men to marry widows with .we devoted ourselves to studying Pull ery, cakes and steaming hot tea. families to Ond connubial life anything other—she showed me her elothing and DANCING GIRLS AND A BATH. but blissful. Just whose fault it was in I showed her mine. My hat seemed to this case isn't clear. and it doesn't. mat - interest her particularly, for i he Japen- After dinner we were en Lertached for ter much. Both of Mr. Bryant's step - se women wear none. -I toolt it off fuel an hour bjf the gayly dressed geishas, daughters left him, and four years ago handed it to her, and, laughing like a who danced to the enusic of the samisen, las wife followed suit. schoolgirl, she examined it minutely in Meth is like our banjo; the biwa, which Rightly or wrongly, Mr. Bryant eNery detail. Between laughter and nuil. resembles a guitar, and the koti, a hor- thought that it was mainly outside in- taudinnus bows, in which I joined, she izontal harp. I am afraid I did not ail- terference which had wrecked his -family impeded my dress, my petticoat, the ly appreciate this part of the evening. life, and was injudicious enough to ex - bits of jewellery I wore and the manner The geishas were young and pretty, and press the opinion, from his pulpit that In which ety hair was done up. Then their dancing wits gre.ceful; but there eomeone in the parish had done the tins - in turn she showed me her kimonos— was nothing startling about it and it thief. That was the signal for the appli- threre were five ot them, all of the soft- son Lecame monotonous. Perhaps I cation of the boycott in full force. The rst silk and worn over one another. Her didn't understand it. organist, choir, parish clerk and all the feet were covered by tate, white cotton other officials and hirelings of the seeks having a pocket for the great toe. church, down to the church cleaner, re - They OM fastened with - hooks and extenti signed .and all the worshippers , ahan- tally to the ankle; above them, covered cloned their pews. The room in which he only by the loose kimonos, the limbs was accustomed t� hold a Sunday school are bare, the whole fanning a costume was locked against bini. which would lewdly be adapted for win- After that, save for a chance way - ter wear in 6. rigorous climate. faeer or two who happened to stray in, his own little daughter, Emily, was the only attendant at the church services. She was ten years old when the hoyailt against 111111 was proclaimed. She sltared his lonely life eller his servants had left him. She seems to have been a peculiar- ly precocious and sensitive child, anl her sympathy with her lather, rather than the conduct of neighbors toward herself, personally, caused her life to be as isolated as his own. Sem did not ge to school because she could not endure to bear what other children said about her father. In him, however, she found an able teacher, and made great. arpsa. • .1.V. &A.. 51). I BOYCOTT LED TO SUICIDE2T.1,,,WO are of all, men the.tnoSt MIS- , wae the- 'text ChOben by the ended man, and 011 it he Minted a little homily witieli Sounded etrangeli like an expression of his own blind trust In Me Almighty. Suddenly he Paused and looked at the empty benthes, One , by one he scanned them till he looked at the plaae where ' THE CHILD OF HIS HEART used to sit and listen to his teaching. Checking by an effort the sob that rose in his throet, be resumed his. discourse. "It will not be expected," he said, "that I should say Much this morning con- cerning her whois in all our thoughts. Only I may remind you that she was to us an exemplifloation at the truth of our text. It is true that she had hopes in tliis world. She had hopes and plans and prospects, for her great ambition was to serve God, and to do good to her fellow men. But •then she also looked beyond this world." 'lumen nature could stand no more. The poor man's stubborn fortitude gave way and he burst into tears, but only for a moment. Clutching the ledge of the pulpit with both hands he pulled himself together, and left his child "la peace with God where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary ,are at rest." • . The last prayer read, he stood on the altar steps, and raising his hands to heaven, uttered the beautiful words of the benediction, and a moment later was kneeling alone in his church, bowed be- neath the weight of unutterable woe. His duty done he locked the doors. For a moment he stood with eloped hands by his daughter's grava and then passel on to the gray solitude of the vicarage where he lives an outcast' from his A CREATURE ACCURSED.. people. TUE YOUNG DAUC7ITS111 OF AN ENG - ....ea VICAR. 4/1.••••••••••• Parishioners Would Not Relent Even After the Tragedef Their Per- secution bas Caused. Since that peculiar system of social ostracism and persecution, first intro- duced in Ireland, added a neev word to the dictionary, boyetatiog has produced no more tragic and pathetic story than that which ba,s tist come to light, through the suicide of one of its victims, the fourteen -year-old girl, the daughter of the Reverend a aeam Bryant )1 Stoke Lyne, England. Notwithstanding his tragic bereavement, which tuts evoked expressions of sympathy from all neer the country, the 175 inhabitants at that benighted Oxfordsbire hamlet, Still continue Me boycott of their Vicar with unabated vigor. None, of them will en- ter his church; none of them will do a stroke of work for him, and he has even to prepare bis own meals. . What renders the case all the more re- markable is the entire absence, appar- ently, of any good reason why he Should be subjected to sub' cruel treatinent. The worst that can be said of him is that he has been unfortunate in his domestic relations and did not get along with his parishioners.' Even his worst leinkeemies do not accuse him of any moral turpitude as would jostify shunning him But, .ab, those theltions and the dis- comfort of sitting long In that cramped position! Women here do red mind P. They sit for hours at a tinie upon their heels, and even when they visit a for- eign home cannot be induced to sit upon a cigar, because "it tires them sol" Try the Japanese style . of sitting on your .heels, sister mine, at home. If you can endure it for Len minutes there must be more ef the Oriental in your make up than there is in mine. I Was greatly re- lieved - when my vis-a-vis graciously . erotic, and, helping me tip, suggested ov panlomine that we lake a we& tannish me garden. At thedeer a .ma.id with my boots aWalied moe TIIE GARDEN proved a rare .delight. It was a perfect little gent, as all wellkeptOriental rate dens are. It was a onniature ;get and every foot of it bore ateeo-eaca of .1Ligh class landscape ,e`sfrdening. The trees were dtvarafer and stunted, and meny el tIledradgrd been .trained into grotesque '11.,Stres and shapes. There was a 'tiny 'etreani with rustic bridges spanning it, a waterfall, a little, lake filled"with gold- fish and carpe a lotus pond, rustic ar- tore and stone votive lanterns, and,. 'snugly tucked away in quiet nooks-, many. restfel seats, curiously formed om the twisted roots of great frees. I ectually sighed when the lengthening shadows ef twilight forced us to return - le the house. I was not &inducted through the entire establishment. There were perhaps a dozen living. roeime, ehnost precisely Alike. With the exception -of the kitchen tom the bathroom all had the same mat - 'ling, the eerngta."1.2.41ad Wortderenee Rio SaMe paper chests of camphor, etema ranged against the pattiaceis here and !here; a few elaborate screens, a few takomones (prints mado to roll up. like awiticlow ehedes) and a single flower pot each room. There was no other at- tempt at decoration -or ornamentation ett any sort. Our tour Potted in ;am, of the rooms on Wood floor, *bee . candies 'Were binned in and we again had recourse lo the cushiona. Mine was the Seat of 'In fvont of a Waco:mono, Witty that te what is 00' his nand?" At length. the dancers and the must - nuns withdrew. My hostess arose and clapped her hands. -together three thnes. Thiel'. padded silken quilts • were brought in and spread upon the flame and e few minutes leter I was. snugly wrapped in them and ready for a trip to . dreamland. The "pillow" was .a woriden board about seven inches -high and intended to fit the back of the neck. It was too suggestive of the guillotine, and, besides, it was bard and uncomfor- table, so I threw it aside. e The next morning I was awakened Ly my mall (maid), -who had passed the night with Me other servants. My -bath was ready. Clad in a thick but sole silk- er kimono, I was conducted down dales elong a passage,wey, and ushered into the, bathroom. There were six lithe la- ranese maids awaiting Inc -there, osten- sible to assist me, but unquestionably moved only by curiosity. In vain I in- dicated by pantomine that I wanted.... tei tined to lit her I be aionea ute they could not or wonot feseon but she i understand. I waited; ae ant tliey. Fin- —• I ally as I desnaaeo of securing prive,..7 J'HE LONELI m anweettetelaty, I slid back the door ate die atathroom and •foreibly conducted tion. Site hed been tion. One even each nf my little watchers to it and bow - ea her out. anniversary •of Ilia house—she The Japanese bath deserves an. entire {height a girl letter by itself. Sultice it to say that it always is hot -every hot. The thermo- foe fatenfirmatim fore she was. c meter showed that the water in rny tele heaven. He re: was 11-5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the best would. That t 1 could do was to slowly parboil myself, potassium, an mill I fended I looked like a lobster -of vicar recogniz the night before. It was impottenne fa question. MI act either with dignity or deliberation inquest where ender sucb Circumstances, and one in- cident leads ma to believe that I must have done some rather itemising acroba- tic work. Startled by an unmistakable eirlish giggle behind me, I turned nil. daftly toward the dear. , It was open, and kneeling outside the thre.shold. were RIX little -411116nd-eyed Orientals shaking with Merriment! But next St tants 01 sink inday none of the inhabi- Lyne went to the church. vas still on. The vithr himself and olone entered where the dust, of many undisturbed on window vela des - enter the medical pro- ften complained of ESS OF TIER LIFE. prepared for confirma- ing—it was the fourth er mother's flight- from asked her father if he who had been prepared , if she should die be- onfirtned, would go to lied that he thought she ight she took cyanideuf died. Than it Was the cl the significance ef the Stoke Lyne flocked to the the tragie story was told. The boycott I tolled the •bel I he bu Min g months lay ledges, and . 11- save one, the little pew P at Ill° tnleof the church where poor Emily. WaS ' , , .,, ,,. , , , ont, to sit. .,,,e III:MOCK SUB S/1°W8 tile TriprtSSIOD. Of her kates • As -Sundae aft ..„ , er Sunday she kneltthere alone to mediae on behalf of Stoke Lyne Looking at the bright side of thiuga her father's denechoton. . never cemsed any one to become lopsid- without(' ----e---&-- y inexorable law, the Vico ed, . eh went thee d .1 g i he service to einletY r A eian houi se, rather tardy n paying benes. 0 anthem caeeraa him and up, re.ceived the following letter from no friendly acd was thero to chase away ea American wholesale flrm;-- "Our the uriem owning reeignation fa his casino, fell oneonsefous at his desk ibis testetlimIo' 1 eyes. He even preached a , morning. Up to this the, 4 paaa fornion to the unresponsive walls.. As have been unable to get a word out of be itegait tem except soar neer. May we My tr) tiblIttl an him; with a view to his immediate recota door: Pry, that we leave, Your deque; as wo thc.J.,146ene "If in d. $1 ANIMALS LIKE A IONE. . They Pull Tails, Matte Up Faces and Play elisclaevous Tricks. Animals with a sense of humor, or signs of one anyway, are described by a writer in the Strand. Ile tells of a female baboon that delighted i0 teasing a certain watch dog. As soon as ale dog settled himself for a doze the baboon would steal up end give the canine tail a vicious Lug.. Of course the dog would go for her, but she would simply wait till he got close enough, then leap over his head and from behind give his tail another pull. A Siamese monkey was being brought to Europe on a steatner'with several other monkeys; who, for some reason, would have nothing to do with him This ostracism exasperated the Siamese and whenever he got a chance he would grab one of the others by the tail, drag him all oder the deck and finally climb into the rigging and drop his victim with a dull 'thud. Darwin tells of a female orangoutang that took hold of a dish in 'which her food was served and put il, on her head as if it were a hat. Thus adorned she pro- voked roars of laughter, to her evident gratification, from the crowd around her cage. Another naturalist saw a baboon get even with an °Meer who had often teased him. Seeing the officer approaching the baboon poured some water into a hole in the ground, mixing it with earth so as to make mud. -When his enemy came up he splashed tine muddy water on the officer's uniform. For a long time after this every time the animal saw the °La- cer he indulged in what had every ap- pearance of being laughter. Saville Kent declares that dolphins are fond of teasing other lisle, by seiziq their tails and dragging them through the wa- ter. He once saw two dolphins attack a big skate swimming near the surface of the water- The skate tried to escape them by raising its tail auto! water, but the dolphin got hold 01 11 and dragged the skate in every direction. Foals will often tease human beings by galloping toward them, as if intend- ing to run them down, then stopping short wiehin an uncomfortable short step or two. Gross, the naturalist, relates several amusing instances of a similar nature about dogs. Ile had once a dog who, when given a piece of bread that he did not care to eat, dropped it, and then, lying upon it, pretended to loth all around with the most innocent air, .as if wondering where it had eallea. • Another case he speaks of is that oe terrier whose greatest pleasure it was to 'catch • flies on the window panes. Nothing annoyed the animal more then to be laughed at when he missed his PreYe "In order to discover what he would do," says Gross, "I purposely laughed immoderately each time he was unsuc- cessful, and the more I laughed tae clumsier be grew:. "At last he vas so unmistakably an- noyed that in :his despair hea.arelended to capture tt..dayea_aadallitille the firalge. 'aleee-efeetnents of tongue and lips, finally rubbing his neck on the ground as if to crush his victim, after which he regarded me with a triumphant air. "So well had he played his little com- edy -that, had I not seen the very fly still on the window. I certainly ekuld have been taken in by this trick. When I called bis attention to the fad that the (my he had chased was still at large and that there was no dead fly on the floor, he perfectlet understood' that • his hypoc- risy. had been discovered, and was so ashamed that he slualc away arid hid 1,1nd,Or 8, 001.1011." YOUTHFUL KNOWLEDGE. "Don't you know where little boys Who .senoke go to?" "Yes. Terbackernists." FINELY. CHISELE0. xx etrenger entered the Yes- areetned by- the, half open Mate Deery-.-"Don't you, think tlerry . . . ati tioebeceved obtw eeee .tg.f basethe, prank nf -Grette.statem?" hat followed • . Mate? etelere--"Yes; JOstepertiettlatlYen-el- life Alonear bpv6 ho e n teteable in his choke' • • FIRST FLASHLIGHT PHOTO •••••••,, A COAT WITD THE MAN WIJO 'AVON • THE FIRST ONE. The Experiment by Artificiel Light Was Made by Mr, Joseph Ityron, Euglistimati. Few people are perhaps aware that the first flashlight photograph ot which there is any reeord was taken on the day that 'Saw Inc marriage of our present *King and Queue This historic picture -le still preserved by the photographer— Mr, Joseph Byron, an •Englistinian, who has been for twenty years a resident, in New York. At the time the flashlight was made Mr. Byron wes living in hie; native city of Nottingham, and the sunject of the Picture was a great- gathering of people to witness the firework display in cele- bration of tlx wedding of the then Prince and_Princess of Wales. Mr, By- ron was little more then a boy then, but even as bong ago as that he knew all there was to be learned about pho- tegraphy. The idea of taking a photo- graph by artificial light had occurred to him long before he was able to put it to the test, but he had been laughed at so unmercifully that he determined to try his first experiment in secret. "To make this picture," Mr Byron said to •the•writer recently, "I used the ordinary fire together with a large quan! tity of magnesium ribbon, for magnes- iuin. powder had not then been invented. Haying decided to make the picture an March 10th, 1863, I waited anxiously un- til it became dark, and than I set up my tripod on a• spot which was practically deserted, but which commanded a 'good view of the thousands who had come to WATCH THE FESTIVITIES. "Having focused my camera on the spot where the people' were thickest I inserted my biggest plate -holder, drew the slide, and exposed the plate to a full epening. Then I took a broom -handle on which I had nailed Several lights of magnesium ribbon and touched the ends with a match. There was a fine flare, and the crowd looked up to see where Me lights was coming Irene so that most 01 their faces were turned to the-cathera. They did not think that I was taking a photograph, however, • but thought that 1 was simply 'celebrating' on nty own account. "Wrfen I showed the print of this pho- tograph it created quite an excitement - and the newspapers gave a grand ac- count of my hvondeeful ,experiments in, night photography.' I was only sixteen at the time, but I was sensible enough to see that the flashlight might develop into something really important if hand- led properly, and there and then I de- termined to become a flashlight photo- grapher and nothing else. That was over forty year ago, and since then have made something like half a afillion flashlights in Great Britain and Ameri- ca.' Besides his well-known work on the stage, Mr. Byron has taken flashlight photographs of om e of the, most re- markable banquets ever given, even - ti New York. One of these was the FAMOUS EQUESTRIAN DINNER given scene time ago at Sherry's, when every diner was on horseback. "Each horse," said Mr. Byron, "had his head tamed to the centre of a large bank of flowers in the middle of which was a trough of corn—not for the guests, but the horses. Between every two horses there were three steps leading to a plat- form on which the waiters, dressed as grooms, served the guests. When I took the flashlight the horses gave a bit el a jump, which, however, did not, dis- turb the riders. "An interesing dinner which I photo- graphed was that given by the Kettle Club 'of -America, when the dieters, thir- ty-four in number, enjoyed a banquet 'a- side a large kettle—a kind of witches cauldron; which was slung on a tripod and hung over an electric flee. "Then Mr. Muschenheim, of the Hotel Astor, gave a.fish dinner some (inc ago, which was highly successful and one of the prettiest banquets: I have ever photographed. The table represented a huge fish, 40 feet long, the scales of which were formed by fresh rosebutli. The eyes of the Monster were realisti- cally fashioned by small plants, wbile the heed was made of venous blossoms. The name of each guest Was Written In- side a clam shell, which also contained a beautiful little water -color drawing." Mr. Byron was the first photographer it; the States to take a flashlight of Sarah Benrhardt. "I had many re- quests," Mr. Byron said, "but she had ehvays refused, saying that flashlights made her leek ' • -VIVERVEtT"'FRIGIIT,' However, at last pressure was brought to bear on her, and she consented to pive me fifteen minutes. In that time I took eight, photographs, and the great actress elearly Indicated by her manner that she did not, think it possible we could ..have been very successful in the time—an average of one photograph ev- ery two minutes. 13n1 the next morning; eaten she saw in the 'New York World' a full page -spewing two- of the, photo- graphs, she sent', her representative aoean to ask if I woula kindly allow'ner t3osiegeenthtettilingi.nutpdS. ,end she -thef;'begged that I would come -,14, her hotel and eee her. She was vette' pleasant, expressed astonishment at the results of Me ph: - Lutes, and asked tna lo watch for every new play which she put on in New York at she would like flashlights of them all, fie ev,ell as portraits of herself in ete, ery costume she wore. On the firsenight that I went to -make the pictures she faintedott the final curtain and was ear- ried'aenseiess to her room. On being inicierped of this I started to pack hp any camera endhedrepsearvtiri, sahe wrneessfigte m bhai clear. °maker woultl.. bthe pietures sbet. that night. Since then I have probably taken more photographs of het' than Of any other actress," LINE OF IIETRE'AT edIT OFF any the way, Mt. lianicinecm.- pap% made; Shah a funny remark about you the otherevening." • , 'What e Wes-. it , Miss Bella?" "Ile, saidatlie woedercel, *kg you tvei'e condita hero Sot often." • LEADING ISIARKETS 1311EADSTUFFS, Torontb, March Flour— Onearke patents are quoted untlianged at $3 bid, $3.05 asked, buyers' hags, outside; Mara ,itobe, first patents, $4,30 tO $4,50; second Patents, $3.90 to $4. Wheat—Ontario—No. 2 white firmer, 78c asked outside; reit 76e bid, offered at 76Xe, shipped to Portland; mixed, 76e asked outside; goose, 74e asked. Wheat — Manitoba—No. 1 northern, 84c asked, traek, Port Huron, Midland or Owen Sound, 82c eisaed May ship- ment, 81Xe Oid. No. 2 northern offered at 81aec, teak, Pori Huron or Midland. Peas -77c asked outside, " Oatse-No. 2 white, 37e asked in store, Toronto, 34%c bid main line east or west, 35c bid main line east. Corn—No. 3 mixed, 49c bid Toronto. -- COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Quotations are unchanged : Creamery e, 25c to 26c. do solids 23c to 24a Dairy, lb. rolls, good to choice 18c to 19c do large rolls .... .. . .. 17c to 18c do medium 16c to 17o Cheese --Quotations are unchanged at 14e for large and 14Xe for twins. Eggs --Quotations are u'zichanged at 1.6c for new -laid and 13c for storage. Poultry—Prices for choice dry -plucked area -Turkeys, 15c to 16e; fat 'chickens,. 11c to 12c, thin '7c to 8c; fat hens, Sc -to 9c, thin 6c (ole; ducks 12c to 13e, thin ete to 7c; gees, 10c to 11c, for choice small lots. Potatoes—Ontario, 65c to 75e per bag on track here, 75c to 85c out of stare; eastern, 70c to 80e on track and 80c to 90e out of store. - Baled Hay—Unchanged at $8 per ton. for No. 1 timothy 00 track here and $5.50 to $6 for No. 2. Baled Straw—Car lots on track here. are quoted unchanged at $5.50 to $6 per ton. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Marcie 27.— Grain—There was a good demand for Manitoba spring Wheat from foreign sources. Oats—e.No. 2, 3830; No. 3, 37Xe; No. Peas -76c f.o.b. per bushel. 'Barley—Manitoba No. 3, 49c to 49aace No. 4, 48e to 48%c; Ontario, 46c f.o.b. 73 per cent. points. Corn --American mixed, 51Xe; No. 2 yellow, 52c ex track. Flour—Manitoba pring wheat pa- tents, $4.50 to $4.60; strong bakers', $4. to $4.10; winter wheat patents, $4.25 to $4.50; straight rollers, $4 ta $4.10; do in bags, $1.75 to $1.85; extras, $1.65 to ' 81M7151.1feed—Manitoba bran, in bags, $19 to $20; shorts, $20 to $21 per 'ton; On- tario brae, in bulk, $18.50 to $19.50; shorts; $20; mouille, $21 to $24; straight grain mouille, $25 to $27 per ton. Rolled Oats—Per bag, el1.00 to $1.95 in car lots, $2 to $2.05 in small lots; cornmeal, $1.30 to $1.40 per bag. - Ilay—No. 1, $8 to 88.50; No. 2, $7 to $7.50; clover mixed, $6 to $6.50. Cheese—Situation unchanged. Busi- ness quiet. Quotations steady at 13c to 13Xe. Butter—Steady under a good active demand, particularly for higher grades. Choice butter, 22c to 220. Good sup- ply Manitoba dairy . butter in the mar- ket and selling at 160 to 17c; choice and dairy bringing 19e. , Good roll, which is scarce, sells at 19c to 20e. Eggs—Rather firm in tone. Prices un- changed at 16eac to 17c for fresh.. Receipts continue lairly liberal. Limed quoted at 12c to 13e. Beans—Choice primes, $1.60 to $1.61 per bushel; hand-picked, $1,80. Potatoes—Per bag of 80 pounds., 65e- to 70c. Honey—Whate clover, in comb, 130 to 14e per lb. section; extract, 8c to 9c; buckwheat, 6Xe to 7c, Provisions—Heavy Canadian short out pork, $21; light short cut, $20; American short cut, $20; American cut clear fat. back, $20; compound lard, 6yee to 7Xe; Canadian pure lard, lleec to 12c; kettle - rendered, 10eec to 13c; hams, 12c to 14c, according to size; bacon, 14c to 15c; fresh -killed abattoir dressed hogs, ' $10; country -dressed, $8.7e to $0.2at ; alive, $7.50 for selects. BUFFALO—.MARKETS4. Buffalo, March 27. Flour —Quiet, firmer. Wheat—Spring, quiet; No. 1 Northern, 83Yec, carloads; Winter, good inquiry; No. 1 hard, 85Xc. Corn --Firm; No. 2 yellow, 49,1ec; No. 2 corn, 49e. Oats—Finn; No. 2 'white, 353c. Barley— Quiet; 47 to 52c in store. Rye—Some in- -(11.1.i:YiN;E\1\1::Y.1,.7 01111:" - W.- 1-IF,'--AT----MARKET. -- • New York, March p.—Spot cas ; No. 2 red, 84eec elevator;- No. 2 red, 8634e I.o.b. afloat; No. 1 nprthern Du- luth, 87Xc f.o.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, March 27—Prices at, tge West- ern Cattle Market. continue very firin for choice cattle, and some advances wore- notedExpobrotC-daayitle—Choice are quoted at, a4.O5 to $5;25, medium to good at $4.30- f:$4.70, others at $4 in $4.25, bulls at • 8e3:50 to $4, and coWe et, $2.75 to $4. Butcher. C.attle-e-Picked lots, $4.75 to a5.10; good to choice, $4.40 to $4.65; fair to good, $3.75 lo $4; common, $2.50 to an:ert*via,5082b.075$1,20. $4; bulls, $3 1,0 $4; (tan - Stockers and Feedere — Short -keep feedere are (aided al, $i to $4.50, heavy fectlere et $3.85 to 81I5, medium at $2.- 50 to $3.50, hells at $2 to 10.7e, stoekers run at $3 to $0.65, tient At, 82.- 10 to $3, rough, to common et $ to $ .- 75, and bulls at $1.75 to $2.50. Mileh Cows—Quoted at ' , to' $00 each. Calves — Quotations unchat fed at ftSac to 7c per pound. Sheep end Lambs—Export et es are. (meted at $4.75 to $5.a5 per ea t„ en elicits at $4 to $4.50, Graim-fed are steady at $6.75' le $7.25, and m at $5,50 to 4.60. Spring tainbs sehl tal to $8 Oath. ' ' Hogs—$6.85 per OWL foe 'selects and $d,60 for lights and lets. esoadair Jones., did /oil emt . pet pointinent?".No tr, they epitomted, some ether Fasted be my Ottfx."