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28 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YOEK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 198. ALCOHOL ALWAYS POISON. properly speaking. entire was.

PLEA FOB DRESS EEFOEM LONDON' KAMI) TRANSIT. nervous system must be in Che direction disintegration. The heaithy mind stands in clear and normal relations with nature. It KB. SHEPASD OK" THE CARE AKT TRAINING OE CHILDREN.

work, which makes us feel well when wo are i not well, destroys the sanity of, life. All stimulants, narcotics, tonics, which affect the Tricks of Mothers to Get Infants to 'nervous system in whatever way, reduce the. Slee Vnripr u.M.ni! of sermikm, ihouglu and action. cteep varied Results of RecMessj Toward Insanky all such influences lead; and TTse of Spirituous Liquors Growth I their effect, slight though it be, is of the of the System Dwarfed Notable Experiments. cise, even though we may enjoy it during the excitement.

There is nothing life conserving In that. There is a school of physicians claiming that in one dose alcohol is a stimulant, and in an othor dose a narcotic, losing sight of the fact that it is the vital resistance of the system that makes the difference and they also mistake aroused vitality for force production. As alcohol cannot of itself give forth energy, whatever it Is supposed to do in the way of retarding tissue metamorphosis Is simply paralysis of the nerves, in other words, alcohol poisoning. Alcohol or any other nar ootic never acts, it is always the living system that does all the action. The physician who finds alcohol necessary in fevers or other diseases has but a limited range.

There are a large number, of institutions, botit in this country and abroad, that have no occasion for the use of alcohol in any forin, with the most desirable results to their patients. There is no doubt but that the use of alcohol by prescription of the physician, is responsible for much of the Intoxication of the times. Very well may the layman argue that if alcohol is good for the sick, It may also be good for him that is not sick. When the medical profession realize that tbey can do better work without the use of alcohol, the temperance cause will have received its greatest boon. The question continually obtrudes Itself, "What is the cause of so much intemperance?" with the saloon as its corollary.

A few years ago an extensive investigation was made in England, under the auspices of Lady Somerset, to solve this question, and the conclusion arTlved at was that S6 per cent, of the causes were directly traceable to poverty, or financial reasons, and the great cause of this 86 per cent, was summed up in the one word, "competition." In this country the investigations of Professor J. J. McCook, showed that the large Increase of vagabondage, including tramps, in the years 1874 and 1894, was directly traceable to the panics of 1S73 and 1893. Professor S. S.

Nittl, in Economic Journal, says: "The working classes, swayed by instinct, rush eagerly to stimulants and the when stiles had' to be' crossed! And la bad weather even tfie shortest skirts (unless not reaching below the knee) rub on kerbs and "bus steps and become ru'toed and dangerous with mud and disease germ. But that does not matter to the man to the street. It is "low" and "disgusting" to display both legs as in rational dress, but "quite the thing" to do so by llfttng'the skirt high. Which is the more suggestive is easily decided. But point out to him the advantages of rational dress, show the absurdity of the convention, seeing that of old the men wore long garbs and the women (as still in the East) a divided garment; impress upon him the example set in this matter by France, a country not at all advanced In the woman movement.

He has no answer, but he still throws orange peel and foul epithets at every lady lie sees in knickerbockers. The only course to be taken Is resolutely to grave his scorn and win his eye by neat costumes, such as those here reproduced. The well cut masculine garment, tils artistic velvet suit, the wide French bloomer, are all represented. The great objection hitherto urged against a divided garment was its ugliness, and this objection has unfortunately a justification in many cases. Frightened of going all the way, some reform ers hesitate and are lost.

They oompromise and appear in balloon shaped bloomers, or in a jacket with a tight waist, or in clumsy Invention, gaiters. Women must look upon the dress as their right, and pay the same attention to details of appearance as with their visiting or evening gowns. Above all, avoid waists, which, beside being unnatural and therefore unbecoming, accentuate' a women's bust and hips and spoil the effect of "ration als." What could be prettier for a slight figure than, say, a dark claret colored velvet coat half way down the thigh, with knickers, not too baggy, and a lose belt or sash? Or, for a stouter figure and rough wear, a well cut loose coat of the same length to a dark tweed, and knickers finished with a band? Every woman must study her charaoter stlcs and choose a style of dress to suit. When rational dress was in its infancy it was natural, though unfortunate, that women should experiment and make dresses at home. But now thfre is no excuse for a dowdy rationalist; it has been proved again and again that the only satisfactory dress is that made the recent international congress at prohibition Park.

Staten Island, Dr. Charles H. Shepard of this borough read an interesting paper on "Alcohol in the Care and Training of Children." which was listened to with close attention by a very iarge assembly. His treatment of the subject was as follows: The children to whom we are responsible for their advent, into this world come without any consultation on their part and arf'jer tainly entitled to our iove as well a. our highest and holiest thoughts in the deff ment of their bodies and the format of their characters.

I But little coercion is nejinsd: a gent firmness at first will soon establish" he e.4 ntial habit of obedience to the righ thereafter love and persuasion will do the rest. All children are entitled to freedom, wUich can only come from doing the right bv both parent and child. That is the ideal, whether we attain It or" not. and upon the wisdom of our following the ideal depends the future of the parent and the child. While they are young we can protect them and as they grow older the wisdom of the parents is shown in the bulwark of character that will surround and save them from evil influences.

As has been well sMidy, "If children are filled with the good, thalre will be no room for the bad." At birth the child is an undeveloped human being. The blood of infants andyoung children is especiaHy prone to undergo changes from slight causes, and, as a ulfc, the younger the individual the lees effcrt needed to throw the blood off its balancfe. For instance, lesions causing a slight disti4rbance in an adult, would be very likely to bring about a marked disturbance in a chiid. The difference in the blood of children fronfl 'that of adults explains the ess wjftb: which children become diseased: 'de blootR Changes, by which disease is knownIn the aoui are in childhood vastly exaggerated, and tfhe younger the child the more reaAy these changes occur and the more pronnced. Patfhologic lesions that exercise a slight iniluence in the adult workman is inclined toward their use In pro portion to the poverty of his food budget.

Intemperance as a cause of poverty has been greatly overworked, both by temperance reformers and by optimistic economists. A late Medical Journal says, "When medical men study the cause and cure of poverty and its dreadful effects upon God's creatures, the sick and weary atheart may hope for a millennium. Poverty is a disease of present social conditions and needs our thought, as much as the oncoming of a plague of cholera." The most important centers of civilization illustrate the fact that the few are more and more coming into the possession of the land and its attributes and the mass are ground into poverty and degradation. Certainly industrial slavery is not the highest type of civilization. In a land of fertility like ours there should be opportunity and abundance that none might suffer.

There is no justice in that a man should be obliged to continual toll for a bare subsistence for himself and those he loves. Small wonder is it that he wanders to his friend, the saloon, for a partial surcease from his misery. The saloon is as much a necessity of the day as the drug store, the candy store or the tea and coffee store. All of them supply artificial needs and are not required by. the natural wants of man.

As long as there is a demand for them, so long will there be an adequate supply. Now and then the government is aroused to pay some attention to the needs of the people, but you too well know how completely the money king controls the legislative halls and that the necessary funds are poured out like water whenever an emergency arises. I am well aware that the government of this country is supposed to be what the people oniy loo copies, 'the smallest number issued of any Kelnnscott volume. One copy of this work is owned in Chicago. It is doubtful if any other American city lias so many of the treasures Issued by' the famous English poet, novelist, designer and socialist as Chicago.

That the time will soon come when practically all the Kelmscott books extant will find their way into the hands of the wealthiest collectors and will be held by them at prohibitive prices cannot be doubted when the following note with which Mr. Cockerell closes the last volume issued from the press is reaa: rne wnole of these wood blocks have been sent to the British Museum and have been accepted with a condition that they "au not De reproduced or printed from for the space of a hundred years. The electrotypes destroyed. In taking this course, which was sanctioned by William Morris when the matter was talked or shortly before his death, the aim of the trustees has been to keep the series of Kelmscott Press books as a thing apart, and to prevent the designs becoming stale by constant repetition. The type remains in the hands of the trustees, and will be used for the printing of its designer's works, should special editions be called for.

This press has already passed into other hands and the little house, with its many associations, and Its pleasant outlook toward Chlswick and Mortlake, is now being transformed into a granary. The last sheet printed there was that on which are the frontispiece and title of this book 'A Note by William Morri3 on His Aims In Founding the Kelmscott Chicago Post. APT A VATJDilVlLLtE A New Way to Report the Performance. A tall, distinguished man of middle age sat in one of the back rows at the Chicago Opera House yesterday afternoon. He was only one of a great many, but his face was so striking in strength and character that it would have been a poor observer who would not have given Mm more than a passing glance.

At his right sat a habitual vaudeville goer, with a disdainful glance and a lazy smile of cynical amusement. At his left sat a bright young newspaper woman. This bill at the Chicago is unusually good, but the tempestuous comedian, the riotous soubretto and the inevitable monologue artist were in evidence. Boyle and Graham, with their own ideas of 'clamor tun," were on the stage, and the man was patient. When the young woman came on the stage in the eccentric garb of the over grown country girl, the man began to enjoy himself.

He was very quiet, but he seemed to be thoroughly contented. The cynic became uncomfortable. "It is only an imitation," he exclaimed dis paragingly, when the man gave a little chuckle. "Yes," said the man, "but quite clever." "Oh," said the cynic, almost surprised; "then you saw Teddy Vokes in My Friend From India?" The man nodded and the cynic subsided. Carrie Scott followed, and the man, in his quiet way, became enthusiastic.

"She is so good natured," he said to the young newspaper woman. "Yes, but she wears too many clothes," replied the young newspaper woman. "This is the beginning. There may be method in her madness." The young newspaper woman refused to blush. "No," she said, "she doesn't undress." Rdbetta and Doretta opened whiih their opium joint scene.

"Very realistic!" said tlhe man. "Very," said the young newspaper woman, and she sighed With satisfaction at her worlcKiness. "Not s.l all," said the cynic; "the management bars hop. They are smoking tobacco." man smiled all thrcugih the trick cottage act So did tbe young newspaper woman. "It is too old," said the cynic; "there ate no more ideas in vaudeville." "Why don't you go in?" asked tne man.

"Yes," said the young newspaper woman, leaning over. "Then we should have some hope. Miko Wha'len, with his spring overcoat, fancy vest and metalWc voice followed. "Imagine Hobson in rhyme," and the cynic smnea. The audience applauded The man withered the cynic, the young news paper woman rememoerea sue had an assignment.

The 'three passed out together. The cynic and the newspaper woman feinted and returned. Manager Rial smiled knowingly. lost $8,000 to day. He always comes here wften he loses." The cynic and the young newspaper woman shook hands.

"I guess I haven't got any troubles the cynic. said "Nor nave patch. she returned. Chicago Dis ST. MARY OF 'H'HiM KEEKS.

Studente ot Hogarth must remember in his picture of Xoon, a cihureh drawn by him. His model was St. Marv of the Grpeks. an erliflfvp built in the London of 1676 by the Archbishop of Samoa. It stood in Hoe Lane.

Rnho. There was, however, no steeple; ilhat was an addition of Hogarth's. In the march of mod ern improvement this old ehurcfi has Kepn doomed, and is in course of demolition. Nou York Times. BEE OR SCARLET The scarlet mint.

Monarda didvma. of our showiest midsummer flowers. In some or our mountain counties it is a wild inc. spreading gleaming patches of its bright flowers amid fields of ripening grain, in the same picturesque way that poppies are said me ura worm, in cultivation we find that the plant thrives in dry, hard soil that aiscourages most sorts. VIcks Magazine.

THE EELL TS AND THE KENitfYS. They Help (Fill Up th.e Roster of the Forty In Companqy of the Forty seventh Regi ment, now at Port Adams, awaiting orders to move South, are five members of one family a father and three sons and a son in law. In addition, the son in law's brother is also in the camp. They all live in the Eastern District. John Kelly, the father, who lives with his aged mother, wife and sons in Stockton street, is 52 years old and has been a compositor well known in newspaper offices for over a quarter of a century.

He Is a ser geant in Company G. John Kelly, is 30 year old, a corporal in his company and type founder by trade. William Kelly, the second son, is 28 years old and, ldke ihis fuels pain as pain. It feels aotioa as pleasure. The drug which conceals pain or gives false pleasure when pleasure does not exist forces a lie upon the nervous system.

The dru which, disposes to reverie rather than to same nature as mania, liie amu wmi wouia see clearly, think truthfully and act effectively, must avoid them alL Emergency aside, he cannot safely force upon his nervous system even the smallest falsehood. And here lies the one great, unanswerable argument for total abstinence; not abstinence from alcohol alone, but from all nerve poisons and emotional excesses." It has been slated that dogs fed on alcohol would grow up dwarfed, as it retards growth, and Chat this was the way the doll dogs are produced, and here is a veritable case. Four healthy spaniels, which were born on Washington's Birthday, IS95 the males being brothers and the females sisters have been for three years the subject of an interesting experiment by a professor in Clark University. Alcohol, not enough to produce intoxi catJon, has been mixed with the daily food two of these dogs. The others have had none.

One result is that as compared, with the sober dogs. Bum and Tipsey have become timid, slovenly, lazy and weak. Yet the worst effects of the whisky diet appear in the offspring. Bum and Tipsey have become the parents of twenty pups, six of which were born dead and eight malformed, six only being healthy. On the other hand the normal pair have had sixteen pups, of which fifteen are living and healthy.

From the fact that the alcoholics have never been drunk such an experiment helps one to understand the downfall of many a family whose head has prided himself on being a moderate. drinker. Careful and exhaustive experiments have been in progress by order of the British commander in chief, with a view of ascertaining the relative effects of alcohol and of total abstinence upon the physical endurance and staying qualities of the troops. In each instance the experiment demonstrated that those allowed the rations of grog or malt liquors surpassed the others in dash and impetuosity of attack, but after the third or fourth day 'they began to enow a lack of spirit and endurance, whereas the men who had been kept away from every kind of stimulant increased in staying powers, alertness and vigor every day. The result of these experiments led the British War Department to decide, solely for the sake of maintaining the powers of endurance of the troops, not to permit a single drop of stimulants in camp, save for hos pital use.

rney have tnererore Deen oarreo. from the officers' mess table, the. regimental canteen and from the generals in command, down 'to the drummer boy and the camp followers. This has also been most forcibiy demonstrated and acknowledged to be the secret of Dewey's success at Manila. Bach projectile from his guns seems to have done its work, while owing to the poor markmanship of the enemy the harm done to the American squadron was ridiculously small.

Certain it Is that a man who does not drink is more cool and collected and therefore better able to shoot with precision than any one whose pulse is in the least bit quickened by a stimulant. The Spanish and several other navies retain the old fashioned custom of doubling the allowance of wine or spirits to the crews when going into action, while the United States long since abandoned the daily ration of grog and prohibits the use of stimulants on board when at sea. These facts have also. been appreciated by some of our own Army officers. Dr.

Woodson, in charge of the ambulance train of the Fifth Army Corps of the army of invasion, said: "Yellow fever is the greatest danger that confronts us. So firmly convinced am I of the predisposing influences of alcoholic indigencies toward this disease that I would strike ail such beverages from the dietary of the soldier and even from the medical supplies of the department." Captain Hunt of Battery Pennsylvania Volunteers, now encamped at Ch ickamauga Park, says the generous dispensation of beer makes poor soidiers of the men, 'those using the beverage succumbing more quickly to heat than those who abstain. From w.ha we have previously seated it is readily (seen that if alcohol causes so much derangement in' the adult, it is even more liable to cause greater damage with our children. The importance of agitation on this subject is self evident. It was spaced as a ivell known fact by the president of the Brooklyn Ethical Association that some children attending the puiblic schools were permitted the iise of beer a't 'cheir home luncheons, and necessarily their afternoon school duties were seriously interfered with, by the semi stupor following.

stronger argument could be advanced or 'the necessity of scientific' instruction, in our public schools. The student of our times must aflrni't that tho resulting from the dTlnk habit is ou: republic's greatest peril. It will be imjK.ssible to go on year after year with Sr people subject 'to 'this demoralizing and deteriorating influence without inviting disaster. To many minds it logically follows that in education lies our most complete safeguard. Strive as we may for the reformation of 'the aduX, there is never a time when he can be said to be free from a relapse, and often has the labor of a long period been completely overthrown by such a lapse.

So true is this that many have become discouraged from doing anything for 'that class. There Is one field that gives promise of the most abundant sucess, and that is in the education of 'the young in the broad truths underlying the use of alcohol and other narcotics. Even 'the most depraved among those who use alcohol desire that their children sna.u oe saved rrom its contamination. If we can have their minds Impregnated with the scienxtnc facts in regard to the use of these agents, those impressions will grow wi th their growth and strengthen with their strength. In this connection we may thank the l.nrfl that He has raised up such angels of mercy as the late Miss Frances E.

"Wiilard, and also Mrs. Mary H. Hunt of Boston, who have waged an untiring and successful warfare against this evil. Through the personal efforts of Mrs. Hunt, who was inspired to this worn, and nas devoted her life to Its accom plishment, nearly every state In the Union has passed laws making it mandatory for the puouc scnoots to teach the tscientinc facts in regard to alcohol and other narcotics.

Not aione in tnis country has this good work aun ceeaed, bu't Canada has been blessed by her labors and adopted her plans, and several European states have called for her help and auoptea toe same inea in tneir own sehno s. This and the kindergarten are among the most valua'ole parts of the curriculum tnrougn wnicn our cniidren pass. The Instruc tion of our children in 'the facts regarding the action of narcotics will bring to the world a generation of total abstainers, and the kin dergarten will establish the habit of self control, rnese win cio more toward regener aims. manKina tnan all other reforms put together, even though they mav he smellon1 with a big because they are introductoj, jii, pui nyiHg ttie stream a't its tountain head. It we lay hold on the great fundamental truths underlying this question, success in iiiBviiaoie.

we nave not erasDed them we shall as inevitably fail and make rnnm for those gifted with a keener Insight who win come arter us. Alcohol is always a poison to the human o. aociu emu iii uu sense is it a rood, nor a preventative of tissue destruction nnfl in itself has only a depressing effect, destroying iiiiesiity oi cue nerves, tnis is readily seen when only enough is taken to hpmimh the higher faculties of the brain, and partic ularly wnen a large amount is taken. This is what causes the reaction and exhaustion after the effect of 'the drink is passed. What is called the exhilarating effect is simply a roused up vitality to get rid of the offending substance.

The wise man will use it only as he would use any other poison. He who would lead the ideal life and cultivate his higher powers in tho best manner, has no occasion for tho use of narcotics of any kind. For why should a man cut off hie arm, or even his little finger? Sir Benjamin Richardson, than whom there is no higher authority, saiid: "I could no more accept alcohol as a food than I would chloroform or ether." Of course such radical statements are not well received by the old school or those that occasionally partake, but there are facts in abundance, in tho researches of modern science, to convince all who are willing to be convinced. Professor Atwater has said: "In a very cold day a glass of brandy may make a man feel warmer for a time, but his sensations deceive him, the real effect of alcohol is to make his body colder. In like manner alcohol may temporarily excite the tired muscles and brain for work, but It cannot take the place of rest." By no means is physical pleasure wrong or even undesirable, but let us seek our pleasures in a rational manner and choose those that build up, rather than those that pull down.

It is a wrong to take excessive exer THIS XS AN" ENGLISH SCHEME AND HAS FRIENDS. The Movement Sprang Erom the Ke fusal of Two Inns to Receive a Woman Bicyclist in Knickerbockers. Some Model Gowns Designed for the League. One of those small incidents, says the London Sketcb, that may establish, an important precedent occurred a couple of weeks ago la the little village of Dorking, In Surrey. A lady cyclist, attired in a neat knick erbocker suit, and accompanied by her husband, was refused accommodation at two hotels, one being a C.

T. C. fcouse, the Red Lion. This has led to much correspondence in the da'ily press, and in all probability some action will be taken. There are no doufot legal techndcal'itieis which will then be THE INN WOULDN'T KEBP HER.

to l'ight. At present the general opinion seeens to be that a licensed viccualer can refuse to serve only dangerous or disorderly customers, and it is not likely that "rational" cyclists can come under ek'ier category. This question, however, is "hardly of such Interest to the general public as tie two points, (1) is rational dress necessary? and (2) if so, is it attract'Lve? The British public takes a long, long time to grow accustomed to any change, and has, therefore, to be appealed to on 'its esEhedc as well as on its reasonable side. Is rational dress necessary? Tbere are women who will tell you that modern dress a moderately skirt. Is all that can be desired, and that, so attired, tney e.n cycle and row and walk and play tennis with ease.

But Is this really 60? Modern feminine dress usually requires a corset to make it "set" properly and prevent a sloppy appearance. And, even if appearance is sacrificed to comfort oind the corset discarded, the skirt band cuts into the unprotected wa'ist; for some pretense at a waist is almost necessary to make a break in what would otherwise be a long, straight, sack like garment; when the break comes between tne legs, as in knickerbockers, esthetic variety is given, and the dress, moreover, follows the lines ot the beautiful natural figure. When there is no wind and no need to ride fast, when the skirt is mvisilbly divided and has been made by a good tailor, the skirted cyclists may look well. But in a wind, the skirt, seen from behind, resolves itself into a b.own up pantaloon, flapping alternately on eatb side, impeding and fatiguing the rider, oven if not, as often happens, twisting itself in ttie wheels or cnainf or in the pedal when dismounting. In rowing, again, perfection can never be attained, as the skirt prevents the use of the sliding seat.

In walking, the skirt twists and flaps and adds threefold difficulty to each step. And what of stiles? A well known field clulb has just passed a resolution against admitting ladies, because of the trouble and nuisance of skirts BiAUjKOAGD TTTNNBIS BTJXTQ UNDER THE THAMES. Journey Prom Waterloo Station to tno City Now Made on Electric Trains, and'the 'Citizen No. linger Eights for an Outside Place on the Infrequent Omnibus. No longer will tho citizen, whose office 18 in the City of London, but whose morning tra'in has fcitberto taken "him only as far as Waterloo, make the journey between ifeese two poinds in the manner which every year during 'tire last fifty has been growing tengtb ler, mo re arduous and more tedious.

In fu ture, says Sketcn, Ae traveler will no longer flg'ht for an outeide place on the infrequent omnibus, nor despairing tramp the mean Streets about Waterloo Station in search otf something to take him across the bridge. will, instead, make the journey by the new electric railway, anid Will descend from the north s'tation at Waterloo by an easy Incline, cool and wiiiie died, to a station underground THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE IRON TONXELSl (From the London Sketch.) that is also cool and white tiled and brtgiitly i lit ana as superuor to seme underground sta tions jfaat occur to the mind as a cathedral to a coal holle. Waiting by the platform is an electric train and he train is nearly the only thing that nas to do any waiting, for a five minute service runs all day; all the traveler has co do is to 'pay his cwo pence and bake his seat. The carriages are something 1'ike long train cars and not unlike the third class dining oars which run on fhe long jour neys of fhe lines; trney are not ex pensively upholstered, but 'that will probably a'id ibe maintenance of Bheir cleanliness and each passenger can be sure of a seat to himself, because each seat is divided from its neighbors by arms. The compartmen'ts, iwhiclh.

in each train are four in number, and wtsioh together Will seat 204 persons, aro brigiitly lit by electricity and traveler will be able to read his paper without ing that he is doing irreparalMe Injury to feio eyesight. He will be streng'tSiehed in this confidence by the easy, unvi'bratory movement of the train. It glides out of She station almost imperceptibly and except for the cool draught of air that filters into the carriages as train slips down the It would be hard, with tfiiut eyes, to realize that one was in a gwfftly moving craia. But the wtoiite painted tunnel is studded with electric lamps tGroughout its length and as.iJhe train descends from the forty two feet below ETARTIXG THE) THAIX. CProm the London Sketch.) tiie ground, whicli is its level at Waterloo, to the 65 feet depth below ibe Thames, tho lamps rush swiftly and more swiftly by, and the sense of exhilarating motion becomes comparable to that of a mild) form of switchback.

Hardily, however, has this novelty of sensation, passed aiway, and Just as thiF traveler is beginning to think or realize that tha silver Thames bas flowed ovor his head, when Che speed begins to slacken; and in a seemingly much fchorter space of lime thant the five minutes which iSie journey has actually taken, be finds hlmseDf at a point that Is' only forty steps below the Mansion House. It is a delighioful surprise to anyone whom the Journey from the. one place bo the other has been, as Stephenson said of marriage, "eu continual struggle," and has occupied anytime from three quarters ot an laour to an hour. The new raillway is a mile and a half long; it runs 4n double steell tubes alt depths varying from forty do sixty feet below the surface level; it goes underneath a great river; it was constructed in four years and without a single serious accident. EQTrxTiTBRITjaVI OE 'rfflB WOBM).

Prom the retail store the empire, success in modern life lies in concentration. Tha active and economical organisms Burvjve; th slow and costly perish. Just as the working of this law has produced during the last century unprecedented accumulations of capital controlled by single minds, so it has produced political agglomerations such as Germany, the British Empire and the United States. The probability Is that hereafter the same causes will generate still larger coalitions directed toward certain military and economic) ads. JForum.

mmsmm i if by a good tailor that tailor, "cut" is inimita ble. The six ladles whose photographs are given are members of the newly formed Rational Dress League, of which the Viscountess Har berton is president, and whici is the first attempt to bind together those in sympathy with the rational dress GEMS OF BOOKMAKING. Increase in Value of the Product of the Kelmscott Press, Aesthetic speculation sometimes has its pro fits as well as its pleasures. Its opportuni ties neglected may bring remorses as many and as keen as come to those who fail to buy or sell stocks when the moment for a hand some strike on the right side of the market presents itself. "If you wish a safe and a profitable investment, buy Kelmscott books.

They will some day be worth more money in the open market than they now cost at the original price of issue. To be sure, you will have to piace your order far in but there's good money in the speculation. And, beside, who would not prefer to take profits on the most beautiful examples of modern printing than on more vulgar commodities?" This advice was delivered by a man who knows a Quarich or a Cockerell catalogue better than many a pious churchman knows his prayers. There were other reasons why nis counsel should have resulted in action. This investor in rare tomes differed from the common speculator in that he did not take his own tips by contraries, but Invested as he talked.

But in spite of these reasons for accepting his suggestion at Its face value the advice was not followed, the golden opportunity was neglected and not a Kelmscott was bought by the recipient of the timely counsel. There is, however, great satisfaction in recounting pronts tnat nave oeen allowed to slip through the fingers, as in dreaming over the delights of the things that might have been. It is a self inflicted penance inspired by lost opportunity. In all matters of this kind it is best to be exact. Therefore let there be no hesitation in pinning the statements of this article down to the tangible facts of the case the actual figures Which, show the gains of those Chicago oodk lovers wno were wiser in their generation than the writer and bought the sunerhlv printed Kelmscott volumes as they were is sued trom the little sanctuary of fine handicraft at Hammersmith, London, when William Morris, the greatest modern high priest of the printer's art, was in the flesh and engaged in the dissemination of the gospel of true nanaicrait in tne making of books.

In comparing the present market values of the various Kelmscott volumes with the prices at which they were issued the English quotations are made the basis of computation. If It is desired to adapt the prices now prevailing to the probable cost in this country, at least 25 per oent. should be added. Such addition, however, provides only for the import duty and not for the cost of transportation. Following is a list of the principal books is sued from the famous Kelmscott Press, with the original issuing prices and the latest quotations at which they are offered by leading dealers in rare books in England: Issued latest at.

ciuot'n. "The tiiittenngr Plain" (without Illustra'tlon8) "Poems 'by the Way" Blunt' "Love Lyrics and Songs of Proteus" Ruskin's ature of Gothic" "The Defense ot Guenevere" "A Dream ot John Ball" "The Golden Legend" "The Recuyell of the HIstoryes of $10.00 10.00 10.00 7.50 10.00 7.50 26.00 $25.00 14.00 Trove" 47.00 MackaJ l'e "Blblla Irmocentlum" 5.00 "Reynard the Foxe" 15.00 Shakspeare's poems and 6.00 26.00 37.00 21.00 24.00 15.00 News I'Tom Nowhere 10.00 "The Order of Chivalry" Cavendish's "Life of Woolsey" "Godefrey of Boloyne" More's "Utopia" Tennyson's "Maud" "Gothic Architecture," by William Morris 7.50 10.00 31.00 7.50 10.00 10.00 6.C0 .65 "Sldonla the Sorceress" 21.00 Rossecti's ballads and narrative poems sonnets and lyrical poems "King Fkirus" The lttterlns Plain" (Illustrated) 10.00 10.00 2.00 26.00 2.00 7.50 10.00 2.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 2.00 22.50 16.00 37.00 7.60 (4.00 37.00 5.00 19.00 13.00 34.00 34.00 "Amis and Amlle" Tlve poems Keats winiburne's "Atolaaita. in Caly don" "The Emperor Constants" "Wood Beyorvi the "The Book of Wisdom and Shell'ey's poems, volume 1 Shelley's poems, volume 2 Shelley's poem volume 3 "Psamll Sa vonairola. "De Oom temutu lluji 34.00 9.00 6T' not sold "Beowulf" 10.00 "Syr Perecyvelle" 4.00 'The Life and of 26.00 "Child OhrUitophec" 4.00 Rossettl's "Hand and Soul" 2.50 errick'a poems 7.50 Colertdg e'e poems 6.00 "The Well ait lite World's 26.00 Chaucer's works 100. 00 "The Dairtihly Baradifcse," volume 1.

7.50 "The Earthly Paradise," volume 2. 7.50 "The Earthly vo ume 3. 7.50 "The Earthly Paradise," volume 4. 7.50 "The Earthly Paradise," volume 5. 7.50 "The Earthly Paradise," volume 6.

7.50 "The Earthly Paradise," volume 7. 7.50 "Tho Earthly Paradise," volume 8. 7.50 "Iaudes Beatae Mariae 2.50 "The Floure and the Leafe" 2.50 Spenser's "Shepheardes Calender" 5.00 "Th'e Water of the Wondrous Isles" 15.00 Trial paes of FrotesaiTb 5.00 "Sire Deg revaunt" 4.00 "Syr Ysambrace" 3.00 Some German wood cuts 7.60 "Sigurd the Vtfeung" 31.00 "The Sundertatf Flood" 10.00 "Love Is Enough" 10.00 A rote by W'tklamf Morris 2.50 2.60 15.00 21.00 150.00 S4.00 84.00 S4.00 84.00 84.00 S4.00 84.00 S4.00 14.00 9.00 22.50 26.00 5.00 5.00 14.00 49.00 14.00 21.00 7.50 Only at rare intervals are the items in the above list which are without present price quoted in the catalogue of a bookseller. The offering of any one 01 tnem woum oe an event in the book buying world. The two volumes which lead the list are practically unobtainable as they were the initial Issues from the press.

Only 200 paper copies of "The Glittering Plain" were printed and six were printed on vellum. A zealous collector of Che Kelmscott books states that he has not seen a copy of the "The Glittering Plain" offered in a year and that the price last quoted was $67.50. Copies of the "Poems by the Way" are almost as rare and priceless. "De Contemptu 'Mundi" of Savonarola was orinted bv Mr. Morris for Fairfax Murry.

the painter, and has never been on the market, are likeX to produce in infants swift and temoiez ehanges that result in speedy disso iuuuy7 vSfj dnever cleanliness. in infants is neglected. uauue, pinuiui aD a oostmate cutaneous er are likelvfii nfpnr rvr rho i uciuuCiUCUL Ul 1UUCUUU, or serious disease' cf some internal orean. At no period of Ufa lis injury more liable to he produced, for at such 'times the vitai resistance is at a ebb; thererorei repeae(i ablutions of the surface are most important. Again, the skin and the mucous membrane of of the digestive cainl and.

of the respiratorv organs in an infank are the principal surfaces upon which morbid impressions are received; consequently, bey are those in which disease usual ly first shows Kseif at the same time the exhaiant function the skin is extremely while calorification is Very frequently the cerebral symptoms which occur tturing infancy and childhood are altogether independent of disease of the brain or AApinal marrow, being due solely to functionailBife turbance of the nervous centers, the result! of reflex irritation. It is readily seeal that at this period, when the functions of are confined to nutrition and development, is important that we obtain the most favourable conditions for children, not alone uh promote their normal growth and activKh but also to prevent any predisposition to particular forms of morbid action as well as t( give strength to overcome whatever prevailing disorder to which they may at times be exposed, whether it may be sympathetic irritation or the ordinary crises through which theW usually pass. A large amount dl disease and suffering that comes to early lif is due to want of cleanliness, impure air. Unwholesome dwellings etc added to this are lorrors in diet, clothing and' exercise. But of all baneful influences that of placing the ejiild under the action of nar ciiifcs "nits 'lie liui.sl deleterious effect, whether it be in the shape of tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol or any other drug.

Their effects are chiefly on the nervous system, already too sensitive to morbid impressions, making it still more sensitive and thus destroying the vital integrity, lessening the power of vital resistance to all morbid conditions and hastening on the downfall of an 'organization that might otherwise have survived to a comfortable old age. The mother or nurse, who, to gain time for other occupations or to prevent her own re pi5se T0Va being disturbed by the wakefulness the child during the uigiit, causes it to sleep by the administration of stupefying drugs, simply promotes her own ease and comfort at the expense of the health and life of the fant. "Many an infant," says Combe, "the true cause of whose death was not always suspected, even by the guilty person, has thus passed prematurely to itsgrave," Never was there a more absurd or pernicious notion than that wine, ale or porter is necessary to a mother in order to keep up her strength or to increase the quantity and improve the nutritive properties of her milk. So far from producing these effects, when taken in any quantity, they invariably disturb, more or less, the health of the stomach, and tend to Impair the quality and diminish the quantity of the nourishment furnished by her to the infant. They "excite." to use the words of a modern writer in the London Lancent, "a feverish state or the body, and create an artificial thirst, a thirst which is not expressive of any real want of the constitution, but is a certain proof that the want does not exist.

The greater the craving for them, under the circumstances, the more certain we may be that they are not needed, and that they will cause positive mischief, if indulged in, to both mother and child. Their constitutions are stimulated by them beyond what nature ever intended they should be. The laws that govern the animal economy are positively infringed, and it is impossible that either mother or infant can escape the penalty of that infringement. Both will suffer, to a certainty, in some shape or other, if not immediately, at some future period." Thousands. of infants are annually cut ofr by convulsions, from the effects of these beverages acting upon them through the mother.

Dr. Thomas More Madden says, that it is physiologically wrong, as well as morally unjustifiable, ever to allow a healthy youth to taste alcohol in any form. He also states that in Portugal, where smoking is indulged in from the earliest possible age, the children, especially among the neglected ones of the poor, have a stunted and prematurely aged appearance. Certainly the administration of powerful drugs to infant children is in no way to be commended. In March of this year a case was reported wherein forty grains of salol were prescribed and slven to a child six weeks old, with the inevitable result of collapse and death soon after the medicine had been taken.

Such a case argues strongly for the prohibition of drugs in any form to children. The evil they do is continuous and in proportion to the amount used and the reason that it is not always so directly apparent is because of the vital resistance of the individual, some possessing much more than others, in fact it is most astonishing how much abuse tlje human system is capable of enduring, as oug every day experience abundantly sho. In the treatment of children much more than with the adult is the cheerful and what may be called the hypnotic influence to be exhibited. Many times the dread of a disease is worse than the disease itself. A cheerful and relying faith in the efficacy of the treatment to be administered is of the greatest value.

When the ablest physicians confess to a feeiing of helplessness it is time to give nature an opportunity to recover herself and Instead of initiating measures that make a draft upon the vital powers, the part of wisdom is to remove, in the gentlest manner possible, all obstructions to the harmonious working of the functions, and encourage every effort the system is making to throw oft the morbid condition. Most of us believe that the death of young children Is not a necessary or Inevitable result of any disease from which they are suffering, but rather that it is an accident, that may often be foreseen by any one who will 'cultivate the habit of minute observation. Many an Infant life has been saved or sacrificed by the observance or the neglect of things which are too apt to be lost sight of as utterly beneath the dignity of science. Listen for one moment to what Professor Jordan says in the Popular Science Monthly: "The Influence otf all drugs Tvlich affect tie FOUR COSTUMES WORN BY THE RATIONAL DRESS LEAGUE. From the London Sketch.) make it, but that is the ideal, not the real; one of those beautiful fictions that are very popular just before election time.

How is a man, struggling hard to obtain his livelihood, from early Monday morning until late Saturday night, to acquire knowledge enough to vote intelligently on any question of public policy? This cannot forever so remain. The demands of the oppressed will yet be heard. Let us awake from our lethargy. Will the church supplant the saloon? God grant that It may. A FORTUNE IN A It matters very little whether the digger gets his gold in dust or nuggets, so long as he gets plenty of it.

As a matter of fact, however, big nuggets are extremely rare. The biggest on record was found in Australia in 1852, weighed upward of 223 pounds and was worth 11,000. There was a pathetic interest attaching to the largest and finest nugget ever foumd in California. Two men, Martin and Flower, had prospected among the hills till starvation from exposure and hunger came to them and Flower died. Martin, painfully and with great labor, dug a grave for his mate, and it was while he was so engaged that he struck the precious chunk of 151 pounds 6 ounces, larger round than a main's body and almost all pure gold.

When it was converted into bullion, after being on exhibition for a long time, the gold In it sold, for 7,254. Durham (England) Observer. A PA.TRIOTIO FAMILY. The Men In This Group Are Sergeant John Kelly. His Three Sons, Corporal John Kelly, Corporal William Kelly and Thomas Kelly, and His Son to Law, James H.

Kenney, Who Ar All Members of Company Forty seventh Beglment. father, is a printer and, like his' brother, a corporal. Thomas, the youngest son, is just of ago and is a theater usher. James H. Kenny, the son in law, is 35 years old and an iron molder by trade.

His brother, John T. Kenny, who lives at 106 Sanford street, does not appear In tile accompanying picture. At the time the picture was taken he was on guard duty. The other pictures in the group are hose of "Mrs. John Kelly, and her two sons and Mrs.

James H. Kenny and her 1 little girl..