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THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, 3IAY: 8. 190i At Home and Abroad fCST now. after the gayeties of very I busy ntk, cornea the lull and tba making of plana for tba Summer. With the Indies coaching parade, the Morris Park races. 'the Horse Show at and the coaching parade yeeterdajr.

there hae been a succession of notable Sprint events. The engagement book for the future are almost- blank. From now On there wlllv be luncheone at the Morris Perk Club and at the different sub-urban1 resorts. Weatchester and Long lel-snd and the Morrlatown dlatrict are In their glory. Kveryboiy tn the fashionable st nominally out of town, but manages In aonie way or other to run In every few daya.

i Tuxedo has begun one of tha moat brilliant Spring seasons In Us history. People are starting for Kurope later every year, cutting out tho Riviera, and Juat arriving at Parte for a short vialt and then going over to London for the season. i Yesterday waa one of the days of departure, and among those who were booked to Mil were Mra. Ogden Mills and the flsse4 Mil la. Youns Ogden Mills, who baa been quite an Invalid thla year, haa recovered hla health and ao also haa hla coueinl Peter Oerry.

The latter looka sun-burned and robust. Ex-Commodore Gerry, however, haa not been In the beat of health and the family in conaequeneo have postponed! their Balling until the end of May. Other going abroad are 'the Townaend Burdehe avid Mra. Hermann Oelricha. They sail within a few daya.

Mra. Arthur Paget haa aieo lingered in thla country on ac THE. Summer In New York clubs begins literally on May week Alfred eer, wearing a gray top hat. Few of the amateur coachmen in thla city have the temerity to uae what is really the proper headgear, for coaching. Prescott Lawrence always wore a hat of this kind, as "do Oliver H.

P. and T. Suffern Taller. But the re minder of- the whips seem siftlsfled auslly with the ordinary top hat. which Is lulte out of place In coaching.

King Edward wore last year at Ascot a gray top hat, and he repeated the performance last week at the Punchestown races at Dublin. Neither at Morris Park nor any of the other rare coursee do the men who pride them-aelvea on their fidelity to proper fashion traditions don the white topper which la so conspicuous In England. Alfred Vender-bill's hat thla year la taller than the uaual atyle. and haa less curly brim to It. It has a wldej black band.

I Men of letters have never been numerous St the fashionable clubs. X'ntll a few years ago there were only a handful of writers and artists to be found at any of them. When the late Edgar Fawcett began to write, there waa much Indignation at the Union Club, of which he was a member, and aeveral burlesques on New York society were ascribed to hlna as well as gosalppy paragrepha in publlcatlona which dealt more or leas with scandaL Among the members of the Union Club to-day who have been made known to the public through literary or' artistic achievements are John Jacob Aator, the author of a novel; I Valentine A. Blaque. who composes music; Clarence Cary, author of vartoua articles In magaslnea on travels, Ac: Reginald De Koven." alao a musical composer, and Henry O.

McVlckar. novelist. There are many other men In the club distinguished In the liberal professlona. The stage la at present unrepresented, but among the candidates for membership Is a Popular actor who goea out a great deal In aoclety. The late Lester Wallack was a member of the Union Club, but as a rule the fashionable clubs do not seem to have' been open for the stage people.

The Gar-rick Iri London la a club for actors, but It ally jhaa few among its members. They are the exception. There was much contention In the Union Club years ago when Wallack was elected a member, and the choosing of another member of the profession la alao likely to cause I'. -Matthew Aator WUka. who waa one of the hosts on the Pioneer laat week, la a bachslor.

He la a member of the Union Club. The Wtlka family lived for many years on Washington Square. As hla name Implies, he la descended directly from the first John Jacob Aator. The Wilks family has an estate In Canada Mr. Wlllu'f brother.

E. Langdon WUka, Uvea at Lang-don Hall. Blair. Ontario, and hla sister, Miss Catherine Langdon Wllks. at Gait, Canada.

Their mother waa a Miss Langdon. and her mother was a daughter of William B. Aator. the son of the first John Jacob I Aator. Mr.

Wllks Is one of the wealthy bachelors of New York who maln- tain a ibouae. He has a handsome residence on Madison Avenue. 1 Schuyler Schleffelin la one of the tall. "Hlowy young men In New York society. He has been much in evidence recently as an usher at weddings, and In coaching parties.

He belongs to the Union and other dubs. Including the Fencers, the Army and Navy, the Ardaley, and the Badminton. He a of the old Schleffelin family, and Is In the firm which has been tn existence over a century. He is a bachelor, and is noted (or being punctilious and extremely well groomed. He la fond of Elisha Dyer, Is one of th first of thaje who went abroad In th early Sprir.g to return to New York.

Mr. Dyer sd his w(fe were the guests on several occasions of the' Duchess of MarlborouRh. and were seen with her and her mother at the r- count of the health of her daughter, and aleo for business reasons, as aha la settling up tha Stevens estate. ijr. Miss Elsie Whelen Is In New York on a vialt.

and dinners and luncheone are being given for her by her many friends. On Thursday Mr. and Mra. W. E.

Carter had a luncheon for her and her fiance, Robert Goelct. at Bherry'a. The Carters went afterward to the races, but Miss Wbelan did not accompany them. There are several dinners arranged for the com Ins; week In honor of the young couple. The wedding takes place as announced In June at Devon.

Newport will have ah early season. Already cottagera are beginning to settle there. Mrs. Burke-Roche. however, did not go to Newport laat week as announced.

She remains over for tho racing season, apd for the coaching. Mrs. Storrs Wells and Mias Wells are among the early arrivals at the city by the sea. Westchester Juat at present Is moat attractive. There are dinners and entertainments at the Country Club every evening, and there la not a room to be had for the Friday to Monday atay.

At Meadow Brook they are practicing polo and giving little dinners and luncheons. The hunting la over for the year. The one wedding of May which will be of much Interest Is that of Mlaa Wlnthrop to M. von Rotnjen. Thla takes place on May 17.

and will be a home affair. The ossip Between different restaurants In Paris. Mr. Dyer has now determined not to lead any more cotillions. He Intends to etlck to bla resolution this Summer while at Newport.

Henry Ruthven Pratt, who haa rented Alrleigh again thla year and for the second time with a lapse of seasons to Mr. and Mra. Harry Lehr. Is one of three brothers whose father waa a banker at Mobile, and had large sugar Industries In Louisiana. The -eldest son -was a physician and married a daughter of Dr.

Marion Sims. He lived In Paris and won much reputation during the Franco-Prussian war, when he went out with the French He died some years ago. Spencer Pratt, another brother, was Minister to Persia and Consul at Singapore. He was considered one of the handsomest men of his day, but never married. Henry Ruthven Pratt married Mlaa Mathews, who waa one of the Singer heiresses.

The two sisters of Mr. Pratt both married titles. The younger was Miss Vera Pratt, and ehe married a French title. The elder, Miss Mary Pratt, married an Italian Count at Nice many years ago. She has been dead for some time.

This family of Pratts aye cousins of Dallas Bache Pratt and Thomas Huger Pratt. Mine Pratt, the daughter of Dallas Bache Pratt, waa married laat week to Lycurgua Winchester of Baltimore. The Down-Town Luncheon Club, on the top floor of the Stock Exchange Building, has In a few years grown to be one of the largest and most popular organisations in the business section of the city. All the Wall Street bankers and brokers belong to It. and at the hour1 -of luncheon millions of dollars are represented at the various tables.

The rooms are large and airy and artistic in their fitting. Engravings and wood cuts of old New York are among the pictures which adorn the walls. It is aald that the club owes Its existence to the Inspiration of Franklin Plummer. one of the best-known young men in New York society. From a comparatively small affair It has grown so large that there la a waiting list.

The atock brokers were among the last to abandon the down-town restaurants In Broad Street and Broadway and thereabout. There have been previously restaurants Jn the top stories of Wall Street buildings, but the present clnb has united all the elements In that district. At Baltusrol. last Sunday, there was rather Ian International and official gathering. The Austrian.

Russian, Italian, and Greek representatives of Consulates In thla city were among those who were present and passed the day at this famous golf club. The Sunday dinners are being resumed and are very popular. Baltusrol ta a place of pilgrimage from many other clubs In New Jersey on Sunday, as the laws of towns and townships are still somewhat blue concerning Indulgence in golf on Sunday. There Is always an exodus of New York clubmen, and now there are many who go over Sunday. Last Saturday the neighborhood cf Baltusrol i was made gay by the performance In the! Bhort Hills Casino, In which a number of well-known amateurs took part, The arrival of hla 8eren Hlgbneaa the Prince Hohenlohe Scbtlllngfueret.

the Prince Victor von Ratlbor. the Count Moras I von Rumereklrch. and other Germans of high rank and station has not been noted at the more fashionable "clubs In this city. This Is a curious phase of club and fashionable life In New York. It would seem aa If the Germans bad less chance to know the real life of New York than any other foreigners.

The majority of noblemen who go to Newport are Austrian. Frenchmen. Italians, and Englishmen, with her and there a solitary German exception. As noon as a German of rank strikes New York he la taken In charge by hla countrymen, and even If he should have letters, hla entire vialt is already planned, and he goes the round of the German clubs and Is entertained by the Consular and other official personages. There is one hotel In New York to which nearly all the Germans go.

and during different periods thera have Ames-Cryder wedding, as already announced. Is set for the last' day of tba month. One of the Interesting expected marriage has. It seems, been declared "off." That Is tha wedding of Miss Worthlngton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

C. Cj Worthlngton. and Mr. Juatua -Walker. No reasons are given for the breaking of the engagement, aad the change of plan haa been the subject of the uaual gossipy comment In ti neighborhood of Ardaley, where the young people live.

The little set of married people who have Instituted the Spring dinners will give another one of these affairs on Tuesday this time at McOown's Pass Tavern. It wilt be the first al freaco, weather permitting. There will be still another later in May to wind up the series. Mr. and Mrs.

W. Edgar Shepherd will go to Narragansett for the Summer. and Mra. George R. Schleffelin may go abroad, and afterward paaa the remainder of the Summer at Southampton.

So far there have not been mapy visitors from the fashionable set to the St. Louis Exposition. Many prefer to wait until Autumn, when the Exposition will be In running order. Mrs. James Gerard and Miss Daly have been In St.

Louis tor a been aa guests there relatives of both the German Emperor and Empress whose presence was not in the least known to New Yorkers. The visit of Prince Henry was a revelation In thla respect, and aome of the entertainments given him were official and quite different from others which he no doubt would have liked to enjoy. Unfortunately some of the clubs which offered him hoapltallty did so through official channels, and be did not get their invitations in time to accept And what Is true of New York is true also of every other city. The German of rank goea to St. Louis.

and Milwaukee. Much credit must be given to the Germane In New York for their whole-souled hoapltallty and the delightful way In which they take care of their own, but the other New Yorkera who are not Germans and who do not belong to the German clubs find it difficult work sometimes to secure a German lion for themselves. Denlsoh Hatch. whose engagement toMlsa Van Llew haa been an nounced, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. Denlson Hatch of New Rochelle, N. Y. He is a member of the Country Club and la fond of outdoor sports. He was reported engaged some years ago to Mlsa Elsie Brown, who subsequently married Thomas Courtney Jenkins of Baltimore.

The Hatches lived for a time In a pretty cottage overlooking the Sound at Davenport W. Denlson Hatch, the father, who la a Yale graduate and a member of the Union Club. and la engaged In business in Wall Street, waa said to be at one time interested in a much-advertised patent medicine for dyspepsia. Beck man Wlnthrop, the new Governor of Porto Rico. Is the brother of Miss Albertina Wlnthrop.

who is to marry J. H. Van Rol-Jcn on May 17. in this city. He Is a son of Mrs.

Robert Wlnthrop of New (York. His father, the late Robert Wlnthrop. died some years ago. Hjs mother. Mrs.

Robert Wlnthrop. was a daughter of the late Mosea Taylor. Gov. Wlnthrop married Miss Riggs Wood, the granddaughter of the late Robert Colgate, last Autumn. He Is a member of the Knickerbocker Club, and was graduated from Harvard in 18U7.

The Wlnthrop weddings have been generally held In Grace Church. The old Robert Wlnthrop residence stood on the northwest cornerof Fifth Avenue and Twentieth Street, and it was here, in 1888. that the wedding reception of Miss Katherlne Wlnthrop. the eldeat daugh. ter of the house, who married Hamilton Fish Kean, was given.

Mr. and Mrs. Kean lived at 25 East Thirty-seventh Street. The Morristown people are much interested In their new dub. It Is to be on the estate of the wealthy yachtsman.

Eugene Hlggtns, who seldom comes to this country. There is no residence on the place. It having been destroyed by fire some time ago; but the stables are among the handsomest and most elaborate in that part of the country. 'These have been converted Into a clubhouse, with squash tennis courts and other facilities and a ballroom and general reception room. The situation Is one of the very best In the neighborhood, and the club la -quite accessible for the Bernardsvllle people as well as those from Morristown.

Morristown has been divided Into sets which for a little time threatened the disintegration of clubs and of the assemblies. The new club will be very exclusive. A characteristic anecdote Is told of John Til ford. oneVet the founders of Park Til-ford, and Mjrs. Van Beuren.

who was very simple and eld-faahloned In her ways. John Tilford and Joseph Park h'ad years ago a small greengrocery shop In Rlvlngton New potatoes In those days came In about July 4, and one morning an old-fashioned rockaway stopped In front of the ahop where these were displayed, -and a venerable lady got out and Inquired the price. She purchased a barrel, and gave her address. which was somewhere away off in) Greenwich. Village.

had no delivery wagon and be wheeled the potatoes himself In a barrow. He waa'nearly a day finding the Van Beuren manor house, and. tired out. he sat on one of the handles of his barrow to rest Just in front of It. An elderly lady walked out from the gar' den and he recognised hla customer of the day -before.

8he waa so pleased at seeing him and learning that he had wheeled the potatoes all the way to her bouse that she told him that a young man like him was bound succeed, and asked him to come each day and get the orders. And it is said that from Bplngler to Van Beuren and I yip few Gerard Is to sail for En-' rope shortly, bat Miss Daly will not accompany her. On the same ship will be Mrs. 'James B. Haggle and Mias Mabel McAfee." a Henry Smith Is waiting for the completion of transfer for tba Whitney residence.

It Is aald that ha will sell tha plot which he had purchased previously. Mr. Smith will then go abroad, where he has made; arrangements to entertain a great deal this year. The- London opera, season opened at Co-vent Garden laat week. There are- afew Americans who.

have boxes. Plerpont Morgan Is one- of these, but ha was not at the Initial performance. Mra. Leggett waa present, with her daughter. Mlaa Sturgia.

and Mrs. Ronalds. Countess Fabbricotl, Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey. Parkinson Sbarpe.

and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mackey. One of the most Interesting, engagements announced during the week was that of Miss Lucy C. Byrd.

the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Byrd. and Dr.

Els-worth Eliot. of this city. Mies Byrd is a descendant of tha Byrd family who have an old mansion In "Virginia one of the moat famoua In the country. Dr. Eliot Is a member of the University Club." He waa graduated from Yale In 1884.

-i The engagement haa also been announced of Mlaa Julia LorUlard Edgar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newbold -Edgar, and Richard H. Williams. Jr.

Mlaa Edgar and her sister. Mlaa Caroline Edgar, have both been well known In Southampton and New York Society, and they have also lived a great deal abroad. No date has been arranged for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs.

Cornelius Vanderbllt are expected shortly. They are to paaa the Summer at Newport. Mr. and Mrs. George B.

Poat were among the arrivala of the week. Capt. Phillip and Mrs. Lydlg will be here In. a fortnight, and they are also to Join the Newport colony.

Mra. George Crocker and her Mlaa Ruther from Van Beuren to Davis the family have alwaya been customers of the firm. There Is no authority except tradition for the story, but it migbVhave happened. The Livingston family have been always intimately associated with the Union Club. The late Carroll Livingston, one of Its most genial and popular members, joined In 1887.

Johnston Livingston, the President of the Knickerbocker, has. been a member since 1870; Harry Livingston, the banker, since 1887; Edward Livingston since 1880, and Edward de Peyster Livingston since 1003. Among the deceased members are Robert C. Livingston, Lewis H. Livingston.

Robert J. Livingston. George B. Livingston, and James B. Livingston.

A death and a wedding in a prominent family In the space of a week called attention again to the quaint mansion of the Davis family on West Fourteenth Street. There la no house, except perhaps the old Goelet residence, recently pulled down, where It stood at the corner of Nineteenth Street and Broadway, that has been written up ao much. The house la not very old, and dates' back only to the fifties. It Is now occupied by John Van Beuren' Davis, the twin brother of the late Michael Van Beuren Davis. Another brother.

Henry Davis, is abroad. The locality, however, was until a few years ago twenty or less-one of the most fashionable in York, I- and now nearly all the private houses have been swept away. On the corner of Fifth i Avenue-jand Fourteenth 8treet was the Moses -Griunell. home, afterward Delmonl-co's. James Low, the grandfather of Mrs.

William K. lived on the opposite side of the street, and there were also the family mansions of Samuel M. Blatchford, Robert H. David Catlin. Dr.

Henschel, the Abernethys, Courtlandt Palmer, Augustus Whiting, the grandfather of Mrs. Henry O. Havemeyer, Paul Spofford, and' others. The 'famous Lord house was not far from here, and a little way down Fourteenth Streer lived Mrs. Maybrtck and her mother, the Baroness von Roque: 1 The Ladles Class at the Fencers' Club WHEN the Fencers Club was started twenty-one years ago in this city It was the first organisation of Its kind In this country, and the ladies' class, which had its Inception twelve years since, was also the first for women.

It started with a membership of about thirty, and had the privilege of the rooms of the Fencers'' Club on certain daya The class now numbers forty-two members, but of the original thirty only one has remained. The class subject of much interest, but its mem bers have been reluctant to talk about It for publication. The class meets on Monday. Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 10 to 1 o'clock at the rooms of the club In the Arcade 609 Fifth Avenue, where the maltre d'arms, Louis Vautbler, and the prevot and broadsword Inatructor, Martin Carpdevlelle, put them through their exercises. The class Is a fashionable one, and Includes Mrs.

Charles Glen Collins, (Miss Nathalie Schenck;) Miss-Eleanor Crosby, and Miss Cynthia Roche. The ladles class gives a tea to the Fencers' Club every year In April, and In November It Is entertained by the club. Over a year ago at this November tea there was a dueling contest between two of the expert men fencers so realistio that many sensational reports were spread, and in some Instances published under the Impression that it was a genuine combat. Certainly the I elaborate preparations might have given it the appearance of the real thing the novice. 'for the principals-Charles Tatham and Atherton Brownell had seconds, and regular physicians were In attendance.

The utmost gravity and decorum was I maintained from start to finish, and the duel was a surprise not only to the guests but to many of the members. Mr. Brownell, who Is tne husband of Beatrix Demareat Lloyd, author of tbe recent Pastime of Eternity, carried" off the honors. At one of -the recent teas the members of the class noticed that the quantity of punch was deplorably small compared with the numbers In attendance, and hospitably refrained from taking any In order that their guests might be properly served. One of them, however, observing that it looked a bit strong; sampled the mixture, and discovered It.

was. undiluted rum and lemon juice. -An Investigation disclosed the fact that the girl member who had officiated aa lemon squeeser, and the younar man who had been sent to assist her in brewing- the punch, bad been so absorbed tn making up a long-standing that they had neglected to add any water, to the lemons and rum. There is a strong spirit of comradeship among the and though each has' a ford, are coming- over. bat.

there haa been no data arranged for the wedding of the latter young- lady and Laagdon Ervlng. 4 Sir Gilbert Carter and Lady Carter are expeted la New. York for a ahort vialt thla week. They will also go to Boston to vialt Lady Carter's relative. Sir Gilbert Carter Is the retiring; Governor of the Bahamas.

Ha Is well known to the many Americans who have visited there during the paat few years. In short, thla is the wind-up of the town season. There la never much en the Carpel after Easter. At that time there la a slight revival of entertaining, and tha many weddlnga make it seem gay for a ahort period. But the ways of New Yorkers are planned these daya with much method.

Many remain until the opening of the racing season and for the coaching parades. After that those who do not go to their country places take ahort trips to Europe, trying to get back in time for the Newport gayeties. Others interested in racing-rand there are many in-this category 'linger a bit. until after tha Suburban. They go abroad, also to return for Saratoga, which In this, as In other late years, will be a popular reaort with a certain email set.

Racing enterprises. and particularly those at Saratoga. have received a blow by the death of William C. Whitney, who waa so much Interested in everything pertaining to them. But many who have kept off the-turf are entering into it again with sew vim and vigor.

New York is now too large a place and with too many interests to allow the death of any man or men. however prominent, to interfere greatly with plana already mapped At this data It is Impossible to say whether Newport will have a aucceeef ul season or not. It is tha same old story. The actual gayeties only about six weeks. With two families of young Van-derbilta.

the Aatora. the Belmonta, Mra. Stuyveaant Fish, the Brookses and others who always entertain at Newport, and a few new-comers from' whom much la expected, there no reason why this year should not be as brilliant as other record seasons In the past. locker for her the first comer feels free to adopt any part of another member's outfit that she fancies. One member recently missed not only her fenc ing shoes, but her skirt and blouse, and on entering the practice' room found her para phernalla distributed among as many of her chums -as there were missing articles of wearing apparel, while still another girl was actively engaged in testing the prac tical value of her foils.

The question of the proper fencing cos tume has agitated he. members for some years, and skirts of all lengths and ma-terlals and blouses as nondescript have prevailed until lately. If Anna Held'a fencing girls achieved no other good they certainly xercised a potent Influence on the ladles' class of the Fencere' Club, who are now eschewing the scarlet hearts formerly pinned over the place where their real hearts are popularly supposed to be; white blouseatare taking the place of heavy velvet Jackets1 while the skirts are cut to be' of tne same length from the floor up Inatead of the same length from the waist down; the accordion plaited skirt of light-weight material oemg the Ideal model. One enthusiastic member With money to spare pre sen tea ine club with a huge com plaint book, bound In black morocco and gorgeous with gilt edges. Its many paces.

however, bear evidence of but one recorded protest 1. e. that the punch served at the clubs first tea was "too weak." On the first Tuesday of each month during the fencing season, which ends in the ciubrooms are given up to the ladies" class' for teas and exhibitions in fencing, to which they Invite their friends; usually they give exhibitions of their own prof! clency. but at their Initial tea expert Japanese1 professionals gave a marvelous exhi bition of broadsword and single stick work. The maltre d'arms offers each year a pair of foils to the winner of the champion ship, and In addition there Is a sold medal for the junior competition.

This medal has to be won three times In succession before it can be retained. This Winter it was won twice in succession by Miss Enid Aid en. In whose possession it is, and last year It was held by Mias Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who also won twice. The foUs were won this year by Miss Margaret Btlmson. Miss Cornelia Delafleld and Mrs.

George Etheridge were her opponents. Twice only have the members of the class engaged In contests with fencers of other classes, and these con tests have been rather informal. The first arose through the visit of one of the class to Annapolis, which also boasts a -ladles' class. It was arranged that the champion. ship team of the New York girls should go on to Annapolis and meet the Annapolis glrla.

They did so and were beaten. but at later contest. In March last. In Philadel phia, when the New York women met the Annapolis and the Philadelphia teams, both the latter were beaten by the New York contingent. Amcnc the class's crack fencers are Mrs.

George Etheridge, the Misses Louise and Adelaide Jackson, Miss Margaret Btlmson, Miss Marguerite Tracy, and Miss Cornelia Delafleld. and among the Juniors Miss Enid Weir. Miss Rosalie Jones, and Miss Enid Alden are fine fencers. The class has certain side classes or offshoots. One la a sewing class for a charity, the members of which -met during Lent at the home of Mrs.

George Etheridge. Another is a literature class, which also met at Mrs. Etheridge'a; the literature of a certain period, and that remote from that of the present day, being taken up. 1 Two of the members, Mra Etheridge and Miss Marguerite. Tracy, also teach a class of girls one evening each week at the Settlement House In Rlvlngton Street.

Among the members of the ladles' class, which now numbers forty-two. are, besides those mentioned above, the Misses Muriel and Ethel Gould, the Misses Mai and Margaret Hacks taff. Mrs. Leon Marie. Miss Catharine Leverich.

Miss Bertha Schef er. Miss Cornelia Wyatt, Mias Betty Colla-more. Miss Eleanor Clap p. Mra Lycurgua Winchester. (Mias Katharine G.

Pratt,) Miss Virginia Verplanck, Mrs. Harold 8. Andrew, and Mrs. Francis Eyre Parker, who. when Miss Henrietta Macauly, was one of tbe original members.

A SAFE WAY TO STORE FURS. PAWNBROKERS are gradually becoming our business rivals In one way." said the manager of a storage warehouse. Women with furs or silverware they want to put away for tbe Summer are gettlnc Into the habit of going- to tbe pawnbroker with them. Instead of coming to us. In that way they save cost of storage, except for the Interest on the loan, and have tbe use of the money at the same time.

It la not necessary for thera to go to the pawnshops. Outside 'men are employed in' that business who will can at their home in response, to a postal card. Aa a rule these women never ask for large amounts. Nor will admit that their furs are in pawn. They can It storing.

But they- get precisely the same sort of pawntickets as the man who passes hla watch over the counter when he la hard up." Mistaken Diagnosis. aald Cade Ehea. a fclaae'f credit fob. betas' reaigaed to be haa simply settled down to.bela' good lazy." Washington Star. piattns a to vora.

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SOFT iSHLL CRABS NOW PLENTIFUL Sauces and Salad Dressings That Make the Mouth" Water v' The Table Market i SOFT-SHELX. crabs were dear last week. SZ50- a dosen for the beat, but (he vernal spell has come to stay, and there will this week be a full supply at a reasonable rata What have been In the market have been good as to quality and sise. While yet a luxury and they are rarely cheap they can be served as extras. They are nice properly fried so as to con" serve their juices while crisping the exterior.

They are much more toothsome served In a Bordelaise sauce. An excellent receipt for this concomitant is: Mince two ounces of lean ham. Put this in a stewpan with two cloves of garllo crushed, a couple of peppercorns, a small blade of mace, Juat a sprig of thyme, a bay leaf, a sprig Of tarragon, and half a pint of sound claret. Simmer twenty minutes. If three ripe- tomatoes 'are added with a cupful of clear stock and a tea-spoonful of mushroom catsup it will suit American tastes, but the tomatoes may be Simmer another twenty minutes, then Skim when cold.

Here is a Bodelaise sauce that Just suits cold fowl remnants heated In it: For-fish, and es-' pecially soft-shell crabs add to it when heatednot to boiling' point a couple of pinches of paprika and a suspicion of anchovy butter or sauce, and thicken with a small quantity of flour. To serve soft-shell crabs with it cook them In very hot lard and drain them, and then nlace them In the serving dish and pour on the sauce. If tomatoes have not been -used to make the tbey can be added to 4 a trained pulp at the laat heating. A Boulllabalaae or Provencale eoup la a soup and fish service combined' that has especially at this season. Cut Into small dice four large Spanish or Portugal onions and fry them to a deep golden color In a gill of fine olive olL Season with a sprig of thyme and.

two cloves of garllo. crushed, and stir In over the side of the. stove two tablespoonsful of flour, using a "wooden' spoon Stir a couple 6f minutes and look out for burning. Then add a half pint of sound sauterne wine and three pints the soup is for six persons of good consomme stock. Stir until heated to boiling and put on the side of the stove to simmer half an hour.

Then paaa through a fine sieve and put by to cool. Have prepared two steaks of crimped codfish, cut Into scallops and fry tbe fish a golden brown In enough salad oil to prevent burning, dusting the flab with freshly ground pepper and salt and adding the Juice of half a lemon and a pinch each of chopped tarragon and chervil. Keep hot. Heat the soup, put the fish in the tureen, pour on the soup and garnish with bread dice, croutons, fried in oil. Salads are now prime, cheap, and a plenty.

The least known and the most appreciated for squabs, roast chicken, and a steak of prime, stall-fed. well-hung steer meat is a cauliflower salad. The cauliflower presents no problem In cookery If care Is taken to remove It from the boiling water Just before the point required for serving with white sauce. It Is better under-cooked because when served as a salad It la Just a degree crisp and not sodden. It should be let cool and picked out Into branches or pieces the sise of a Brazil nut into the salad bowl.

A French dressing of oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper properly mixed Is palatable, the essential being that the salad shall be as cold as Is possible without Icing. ONLY COTTON MILL OPERATED BY NEGROES Warren Coleman, Its Moving Spirit, is Dead, and tho Plant's Fat Is Doubtful. IN the death Warren C. Coleman last month at Concord. N.

the South lost th mn vine- anlrit In on of Its most In teresting experiments a cotton mill owned and operated entirely by negroea Coleman was born a slave imy-iour yemra afterward became distinguished aa a-sol dier and financier. The boy attended scnooi after emancipation, and for .1. mm a time was a student in Howard University In Washington. V. On ma return to Concord he opened a little store, which waa his Hlnn ToesA ta buy land on the outakirtaiof the town.

On this he erected two to four room nouses, m.mrm mntad to other negroes. They were cheaply constructed on cheap land. but returned large proms. a kniiH and lot costing S300 or less to rented easily for a dollar a week. The number of Coleman's houses Increased greatly, but few of them were remeo tor mam than xs a month.

At one time, bow- ever, he owned more than a hundred, and his rent roll was more tnan a nunarea ooc lats every week. Hla store alao waa profitable, and gradually he acquired valuable business sites, which Increased In value though he did not Improve them. Five years mmn hla orooertr was variously at from $30,000 to $100.000. svmimh-i. ts one of the Southern centres oi t.a ttnn.miil industry, and Coleman con- mm.

that a cotton mill could be uceesaf ullT by uearoea. The leaders of the race were Interested, and nthmlasm was manifested. Liberal subscriptions to be paid In small weekly or monthly Installments, were made by negroes everywhere tn the State, and even i- aiatsa. A hundred- housand-dollAr tniu was projected. Coleman was elected Secretary, and Treasurer, ana tne nuuaings ere begun.

fnuiu however, that many of the subscriptions could net be collected, Car- rled away by tbe appeals to race pride made at the meetings held to solicit sub- "ft 5 I 21-22 Ste GRAY AND WHITE HUMAN- HAIR. No natter what sfcaas yoar hair la, east tarvtT a call. coif fur or any tbea nMuk (rant place, aad caa al ways guarasUe a perfect ssatca, As my roods are all mad of NATVRALLY wary hJr. dagipna has it effect ea thtr fluffinaaa. Thus tnay are spadaliy valuable ta thoaa eontam- np is um are tower thaa those of aay ethar for Sprintf, 1904.

Tho I Newport Coil 1 The Marie Antoinette But a better dressing for this and near every salad la found In Sydney Smith', salad dressing rhyme, which Is as much of a table classic aa the Ballad of Boulllaej baiase," one version. Capt. Morgan's being) Two large potatoes, passed through kitch en sieve. Unwonted softness) to the salad give. Of mordant mustard add a singl spoon 1 4 Distrust the condiment that bites so soon; 1 But deem It not.

thou man of herbs, fault To add a double quantity of salt. I Three time the spoon with oil of Lucc4 crown, I And one wlthrlnegar procured from town, True flavor needs It. and your poet begs.i The pounded yellow of two well-boiled' eggs. Let onion atoma lurk within the bowl. And scarce suspected animate the wholes And lastly on the favored compound toea) A maglo teaapoonful of anchovy sauce" This receipt can be varied and still the) dying anchorite' would fain turn his fleet Ing soul" back to the world to dip his finger In the salad bowl.

The potatoes should of course, be white and mealy; clboulettea might, chopped fine, be added to tha juice of an onion and fresh-ground pepper and 'paprika might figure In the fcombtel nation. Additional softness could ba had by a modicum of cream and a pounded sardine could supplant the anchovy sauce! while the choicest caviare ta not amiss wltltt a dash of lemon Juice when an appetising; blend la desired. Tbe lady Holland version of the rhyme says "boiled potatoes and) adda that over the "flavored" compound a maglo soupcon of anchovy sauce bet tossed. The eggs should be hard A salad dressing' mixer should have the palate of a tea taster. The table markets have rallied as to qual-, tty.

abundance, and variety, but prices are); high. The current week will be tbe beat so far of the asparagus season. Long Ial-. and Oyster Bay sprouts have just conga In. but the best command prices that are not for the average purse.

Open-air grown-asparagus from New Jersey, principally Morristown, Is la full and Is ex- cellent and fairly cheap, 00 cents for prime, and very long green at 60 cents. California grass is out' of the market. The beat" South Carolina and" Virginia asparagus If fine and the cost from SO cents to 00 centan a bunch. Delicious rhubarb and saladav have come In from New Jersey. Oreeaj corn and lima beana have appeared from- Florida.

Peas and string beans from the. South could not be of better' quality to1 the season. A supply of very fine white German potatoes at a barrel broke tha old potato "corner." Strawberries continue to be of second) grade, sweetness and flavor: Supplies of very handsome fruit come from North Carolina, but those from Delaware and Maryland are decidedly acid. Very fine melons come from Cuba. They cosC 11.50 each.

The first. American peaches from Florida, are Just eatable. They cost 1.0O for a basket containing thirty. The cost of fish la high. The pulse of theV fish market Is shad, aad although th( dealers show this fish from North Carolina to the Connecticut River, prices hold North Rivers sell at 75 cents, roes, and Connecticut Rivers 91.23.

Some noveltlea; are local sea bsjg23 cents a pound, and porgiea 18 cents, aplendld wild trout from Canada T3 cents. New Hampshire white' perch 25 cents, and Chesapeake klngflahT 35 cents. acriptions. many negroes had subscribed amounts which they were entirely unable to pay. "Negro laborers and artisans had made subscriptions to be paid In work, but after a few weeks a certificate of stock ta the future seemed less desirable than cash payments from others In the present, the number grew lesa From the first Coleman waa the largest stockholder, but a the building progressed and machinery waa to.

be bought-h waa -forced to put in larger sums than he had Intended. Unfortunately for- the fair trial of the experiment, the mill was equipped -with second-hand English machinery A white Superintendent was secured, and about two years ago the mill. began te run. At that time the yarn market had not re covered from the. troubles la -China, and there was overproduction In the coarse numbers of yarn; The mill never has paid expenses, and to keep it running.

Coleman. to whom Its success had become a Invested more of jhls money: His efforts to secure subscriptions from Northern whites on semi-philanthropic grounds were noti particularly successful. His good Judgment t. In smaller financial operations waa noti equal to the demands of the largerbuslnesst With the great advance In the-price of cotton last Fall, be practically gave" over tbe active management to a white and cotton buyer. The lack of success of his cherished enterprise weighed heavilw upon his.

spirits, and doubtless hastened hla death. Nothing- has been decided yet as to tha future of tbe mill. tt baa net ba. successful, other mills, managed by whites. beginning- about the same time, have not" been profitable, unless they had.

a 4 large amount of working Bo far the c-x-i pertinent of negro operatives has not had affair trial, either In Concord or In Charles-! ton, b. a. tO MiR HPI aTlNR Hcnn ii A GREAT deal of gelatine ts made use pf In this country tn the manufacture of. photographic plates and paper, and at present Europe' Is the source ef the ply. Charles M-! QJmeons.

a' Director el the British Gelatine Works, at been on visit to this conntrv. ud' it Is probable that there will 'be estah. llahaf a nlanf -IV vuftevv-r mt waukee. That city was selected because of. tbe great, number 'Of at -thafrj point, and the gelatine for- thla purpose Is made of calx skins, i 1 5.