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28 THE WORLD: MA11CH 4, 1894 MAUDE ADAMS AND HER SMILE, "The New Ada Rehac Probably the Youngest Leading Lady on the American Stage. EIGHT JSOHTHS.OLD AM AH ACTRESS. PRISONERS WHO LIVE HIGH, A Look Into Ludlow Street Jail Whore Lawbreakers Enjoy tho Good Things of Life. ICE FAVORS FOR THOSE WHO CAN PAY, PERFECT FEET ARE UNKNOWN, Sculptors and Artists Depend Upon Their Knowledge of Nature and Not Upon Their Models. BUT SARAH BERNHARDT'S ARE CLASSIC, Did you ever see a pretty woman carry Select board and fairly comfortable Artists and sculptors are bothered a brlmm'ne smllr on her lower lip with- quarters In a downtown locality may be most to find models with perfect, or al- out spilling anv of It? Miss Maude; obtained at Ludlow Street Jail for the 'most perfect, feet.

It is to say Adams, tiie does it. and with um of 515 a week. A large number of that there is not woman In America, such naive nicety and ch.irmlne Inssu- business men with more good breeding 'who possesses a perfect foot. At least, dance, and all that sort of thing, that, 'hon cash to piy their obligations live: if such a mortal exists, she has not been bo you man or woman, you inwardly wre all the year round. heard of, and if slur will come forward wish you eould do yourself, and at Ludlow Is for civil offenders against; and remove her shops and stockings, times you catch yourself trying to emu- the law, and payment for board and late her in the' aureeabln lllss I lodging, liberties and favors conferred, is 'quired of all who have the means.

Any you will find a jolly company of good-looking men playing dominoes In posr the reception-room, and you never would sculptor the other day, "we should pro- take them to be prisoners. Others are duce some very odd statues. The model is reading tlie papors and the current always quite sure she has good feet. She magazines. Most of them wear gold will come inlo the studio and say: 'I watches and chains, are well dressed and am sure I can suit you.

See what small have all the characteristics of solid cltl-j feet I If they are exceedingly zens, with bank accounts and high moral I small, there Is no In undressing them. GENTLEMAN WHIPS WILL "TOOL "IT, A Four-in-Hand Coach Lino to Be Opened Between New York and Philadelphia This Spring. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS THE ROUND TRIP. Adams lifts her chin the least hit, puts forward a little, lels her eyeiids liut- ter a little, and then the smile begins to ripple over her features anil down to her lower lip, where an arching ruby dam arrests Its (low, and there you are. It comes near to being a pouty smile, but there is only the most shadowy suggestion of a pout to it.

The smile Is sweet, glittering, and KOPS a Rre.it way she will not only do the world of an favor, but she can soon earn a small fortune. The latest scheme for "horsy" men is to 'tool" two tally-ho's for public patron- Lge between here and Philadelphia evc-ry lay. They are going to keep it up for three weeks at least, and longer 1C the public wants it. The first trip will be made as soon as the roads fire in condition, of the Foui'-in-Haml furnishing the money for the enterprise, and Mr. Edward with whom the idea THE SNAIL AS A DAINTY MOUTHFUL, Genuine Yankee Would Shudder to Eat One, but Frenchmen and All Epicures Delight in Them.

PRIME FAVORITE OF DIET HERE NOW, If we should copy a foot for a classic I originated, has charge of the details. With him are associated the well-known from nature," said well-known towards filling the onlooker's heart with Joy. It in as delightful a smile as the stage knows, and it has no doubt helped to make Miss Adams the popular and pleasing little actress that she Is. has been styled "the new although Miss Adams Is very young yet and has many years to go before she will reach the mellow age of the actress who has been made into a statue. But she Is very Rehanesque in her ways, and always was, for that matter.

Long before she ever dreamed of being Comedian John Drew's leading- lady she purred and pouted and carried that same brimming smile behind her lower lip. She was a pocket edition of Ada Rshan four or five years ago. when she played one of the three pretty girls in the Comforts of Home." Her acting In "The Butterflies," at Palmer's Theatre, is one of the charming features of the performance. Her eft is as gentle as a touch of spring, yet It has the richness of autumn's colors character. In order to lie exempt from charges for They will not do.

The average American woman's foot is from one lo three board and keep, a prisoner must take i inches shorter tiian It should he. Ac- oath and sign an Instrument that he Is cording to the laws of nature, they are too small to support the body. It' they happen to be long enough, they have been so deformed and narrowed by the tisht-fHting shoes that liar and oath alia an instrument that he Is cording to 9 unable to pay. Me is llms barred from too small ii I the prison privileges, and has to sleep in Renan, an upper cell with Iron bars. He cannot Again, go up and down stairs, or sit in the re- ception-rotjrn.

or even walk about the macadiimixt'd court yard. The class of prisoners confined In the jail luu: always been superior to that of they seem -like a parody on nature. The toes are pushed so close together that criminal prisons. While imprisonment they are square instead of round. Only who wcrehoneWut'ha'JS rlm of mtt Is left The IOintH ar HISS MAUDE ADAJIS.

In it and the strength of a su.mmer storm. In this connection it may be mentioned that whereas John Drew for ten or twelve years had to bend back his head and induce a "crick" in his neck looking up to the original Rehan, he has a pleasanter task now In his stage woolngs, for he can look Into the eyes of the new Rehan without lifting his own orbs'even to their natural level. Adams is a very handsome little and probably the youngest leading lady in America. She made her debut when only eight months old, and was carried crowing on the stage on a tray. It was in a play In which her mother was appearing at the time.

She went to school in California, and did not take up the profession again after her infantile experience until she was a young girl. She has been since 1833 under Charles Frohman's management. Last year she was made John Drew's leading lady. The clever, inoffsnslve, womanly way in which she simulated intoxication in "The Masked Ball" rnllcd wide attention to her artistic ability. Her present role In "The Butterflies" offers her new opportunities, of which she fully avails herself.

Thp daintiness of Miss Adams's acting and ihe naturalness and case with which she moves tnrough the scenes are always commented upon by the Palmer Theatre audiences. Her work is as exquisite as a bit of Dresden, and its very tenderness charms. One lady said to another at a Performance the other evening: "Why, she doesn't act at all." The greatest actress couldn't ask any liner tribute to the perfection andUtenlus of her art. ODD AETIOLES OP DIET. Epicures of the Prairie Who Think Grasshopper Bread Is Good.

Over at the Department of Agriculture, hidden away in an obscure corner, is an odd sort of exhibit of queer foods eaten by out-of-the-way people, says the Washington Star. There Is a loaf of bread made from the roasted leaves a plant allied to the century plant. Another kind of bread relished by some tribes 01 Indians, Is from a dough of Juniper berries, while other tribes manufacture cakes out of different kinds ot bulbs. The prairie Indians relish a dish of! Wild turnips, which civilized people would not be likely to enjoy at all. In the great American desert the "screw beans," 1 ohJs ow on mesijulte bushes, are utilized for food.

Soap berries furnish an agreeable diet for some savages In this country, while in California the copper-colored aborigines do not disdain the seeds of salt grass. Also in California the Digger Indians collect-pine nuts, which are the seeds of a certain species of called pmons kindling tires against the trees, thus causing the nuts to fall out of the cones. At the same time a sweet gum exudes from the bark, serving the purpose of sugar. The seeds of gourds are consumed in the shape of mush by Indians In Arizona. In addition to all these things the exhibit referred to Includes a jar of pulver- ized crickets, which are eaten in that by the Indians of Oregon.

They up, were kept by their creditors in disgrace lifhind the bars of this institution. Kven now. men of respectability, but who become temporarily embarrassed In busl- have to remain until their counsel, can clear them ot' mallciou.i or misguided otherwise has charges of creditors. stiff and over-large, and there is a great bunch over the first joint of the big toe. Mind, you will find all of corns, the feet of a woman who form worthy of a We get the best feet whips Itittenhouse Miller, Harrison K.

Coner, Nelson Brown and E. de V. Morrell. The coaches will start from the Hotel Waldorf, this city, and from the Hotel Stratford. Philadelphia.

The distance will be 100 longest coaching line In the world driven by gentlemen whips with regular rates of fare for passengers. The route is to be by way of Newark, Railway, Metuchen, Now Brunswick, FranUlln Park, Kingston, Princeton, Trenton House, Red Lion Inn, Bristol, Seven Stars and Frankford. The promoters have started in confidently expecting to lose money, but one cannot get a ride between Quakcrtown and Gotham on top of a big coach behind four horses by simply dropping a nickel In the slot. Running a tally-ho line Is about as expensive a luxury as a plea-sure yacht or a seat In the United States Senate. Two well-known coAchus, the Alert and the Initial, which have been "tooled" over nearly all the good highways in this territory by Mr.

Browning and his friends, will bo This Is all about the little slugs that are such a nuisance In one's uncl which somellmes give one "nerves" to find crawling about the damp spots In one's cellar, but the respectable snail who owns a commodious white house of his own and can afford to move It around with him when he makes a tour. He is seldom met with In this country In his active state, because he Is a foreigner. Like the Innumerable French counts who'immigrated here, he was at first content with the neighborhood of 131eeeker street, but, later on, like them he managed to be introduced into society and is now to be met with all the way from South Fifth avenue to the north pole of social life marked by the Millionaires' Club. But when you are introduced to him you find him in a grave, or gravy, of oil and his front door is all plastered up with green parsley. Like other clever people who have risen in the world, both his genius and his greatness are disguised and effaced.

He is delicious, however, and becoming more and more popular. There was, for a long time, a bitter prejudice against him, the seeda of which probably came over In the Mayflower. In France, Bordeaux, Brunswick and Copenhagen snails have been In use for centuries past, and In Lorraine they set aside a corner of Iho garden, surrounded by a fine trellis-work, to prevent the snails from escaping. Into this Inclosure THE WORKING MAN'S SCHOOL, Where the Youngsters Learn Something of Ethics, and How to Uso Their Hands as Well as Brains. OBJECT LESSONS FROM LIYE ANIMALS, By name it Is the Worklngman's School.

In reality It Is the school of democracy and good nature. In its classrooms you may find the sons of a banker, a college professor and a laboring man HERE'S A CHANCE TO MARRY WELL, Beauty, Wealth asd Affection All Catalogued in Cold Type and Waiting to Be Taken to the Altar. THE MARRIAGE BROKERS ARE BUSY. Persons who make matrimony a there are suffered less from the depressing Influences of the hard times than almost any other class of merchants. The schatchen and all sitting on the same bench, and happi-j his American prototype, the marriage ness and good-will are the' broker, report that business Is brisk and branches taught.

The method of teach- that the marriage bells are ringing just Ing exemplifies the educational Ideas of; as often and as n-errlly as though no that prince of ethics, Felix Adler. Prof. such thing as a financial depression was Maximilian E. Groszmann is the principal and Dr. Adler's right-hand man.

The school occupies a big brick building at No. 103 East Fifty-fourth street, and It was founded by the banker, Joseph Seligman, who gave $10,000 towards Its establishment. Since then many wealthy Hebrews and gentiles have contributed liberally to its maintenance and develop- or had been in existence. The New York Mercur, which Is the club name of a matrimonial agency, Issues the Matrimonial News, a large four- page journal, every few weeks. The publisher announces: "No fixed date is set for the publication of this paper; we invariably issue a new number after one-fifth of the persons whose 'ads' ap- "CUBE ICE" THE NEWEST WRINKLE, This Is What Will Be Used Before Long in Cooling Your Morning Cocktail, or Reducing a Big Head.

LUMPS OF ALL SIZES FROZEN TO ORDER. ment, until now it bears the Important, pear in the paper have been married or responsibility of training 250 young minds how to shoot. Prof. Groszmann, although he Is a Ph. Insists on the pupils addressing him engaged." The News came out with a rousing big New ar's number, which somehow or other has been overlooked In the usual reviews of the holiday pub- as plain "Mister." They range all the I llcatlons.

The paper Is filled with notices way from four years, In the kinder-1 of Intention, or at least willingness, to garten, up to fourteen, in the last of the commit matrimony. Every separate para- used. Mr. Browning went all the way I they throw all the vegetables the snail la supposed to most appreciate. At Hyeres, in the month of April, the peasants suspend at the side of their cottage doors a rush basket of odd make, and these are full oC snails.

As a matter of fact they eat no other meat all the year, excepting at Easter. In Wurtembtirg nearly are fattened and sent to the convents for consumption during Lent. It Is also stated that In Dijon to-day no less than 8,000 francs' worth of snails are sold annually, and in Par.s 750,000 of these queer little mollusks are consumed monthly. One gentleman who Is the happy possessor of a "snallery" clears the snug little Income of $1,500 yearly by this industry without going to any special trouble. In Paris snails are openly displayed In the fish markets and also In nearly all the restaurants, although there they are not considered In season until the first frost, which is usually about the end of October or beginning of November.

That from Philadelphia to Bar Harbor on the Alert last summer. Sixty-live horses will be required, five at each station and ten at Princeton. Relays will be had at every station. The parties from either end of the route will all meet at Princeton, where they will lunch, after their morning ride of fifty miles. Private parties may lease the coach for a day for $150, and society In New York and Philadelphia has already shown its interest by ordering ten trips ahead.

"It's really the sweetest thing, you know," Maid a young Knickerbocker. "Why, It's even better than England has. Of course, we are all going In for it. Only lo think that those Philadel- phlans should beat us New Yorkers by starting the first real coaches on scheduled time, tooled by real gentlemen. And it's so expensive that it will be really quite exclusive, you know." "We are Koins into it for the pleasure of the thing-," said Mr.

Browning. eight grades, where instruction is given In chemistry, botany, algebra and other higher branches. The teaching of ethics begins in the kindergarten, and John is brought to understand that James has just as much right at the table as he has. Everything, graph announces the beating of a fluttering heart. There are some descriptions of ladies, both maiden and widowed, which, though terse, ought to fix themselves and their owners as firmly In certain masculine hearts as though sped on the point of in fact, is done by means of object les-1 Cupid's well-aimed arrows.

Read this sons. The child of oix years does not learn the multiplication table out of a book, but by means of pieces of paper, which he divides and doubles and trebles and so on. Drawing from nature is taught from the first. "We want them to learn to use their hands as well as their brains," said Dr. Groszmann.

"We consider the workshop quite as important as English literature to the youth who is being fitted to go one, for Instance: "A beautiful girl, of nineteen, sweet disposition, good character, industrious and economical, will give her hand in marriage to honorable man." Any man might be proud and happy for a lifetime to marry such a girl. In case the lonely bachelor be of a practical turn of mind, and seeking a combination of youth and beauty with more material possessions, let him study for awhile this offer, which is numbered 2,501: "Good-looking young lady, twenty-four, only daughter, will Inherit her father's PRISONERS PLAYING DOMINOES IN LUDLOW STREET Fraud, embezzlement, breach of con- iwe can and rely upon our knowledge of tract and contempt of court are among the ideal to do the rest." the commonest causes for which a Americans, English and Italians are or woman may be sent to Ludlow Street. Young men of pood families who are prosecuted for embezzlement In the postal service, or pilfering in other governmental positions of trust ore Imprisoned there. Not infrequently It happens that marriages take place as the result of Imprls- bnment I ke pla In this the best all-round models. There are a few women models in London who have ha.ve were babies, end in Home there are a great many Italian men who are likewise blessed for the same reason, although, the artists almost perfect feet, because they posed for artists ever since they jail.

A young man who say, the rule does not hold good with 's confined there for breach of promise English men and Italian women. All in to marry has time to repent and reiiect. He can get out by sending for the girl in the case and marrying her. The ceremony is usually performed In the prison. This Is one wav a girl, whose lover has deserted her, has of getting him back.

But the plan doesn't Most men prefer to months, Few women are imprisoned always succeed. stay there six there. Those who are are generally guilty of contempt of court. They receive the tit- most courtesy the men. and consideration from The men prisoners eat at the Warden's e.

The food is fresh, choice and own table. well cooked. The kitchen is clean and bright, the cooks are accomplished, and the dining-room has an air of hospitality and good living. No other jail in the United States has entertained so many distinguished prisoners. The portly, well-dressed gentleman with gold-rimmed spectacles, and whiskers a la militaire, who leisurely reads his pa.per there every morning, has a home of luxury not far from where he is sitting.

From a refined circle of friends and relatives many people call to visit him in the reception-room. The charge against him is contempt of court, for which offence he has been kept In the prison four years. This man was formerly an executor and had the control of large Manhattan estates. The wealthy business man who failed and closed with his creditors at cents on the dollar also languishes there in a fashionable suit of blue-gray tweed. He for his Is compelled to pay board, while are- roasted, as are likewise graE and 'even slugs.

These are cooked In a lugs wl rasshop- 1 "cades being arranged In ci ueiug a.jiu.ngeu in alternate layers with hot stones. After thus prepared they are dried and )(i tc i They are mixed Spth pounded acorns or berries, the flour In this way being kneaded into and dried In the sun, use a kind of seed jp Weeding at the nose. Among thUigs used for food are sunflower grape fro ot cattails, moss from the spruce and the blossoms of wild clover. embraces.a number of modB: representing grape seedi actually possible" to ds enormousl sly tell Hei'species of a grape by tho shape of There Is a jar of red willow which Indiana: mix with tobacco sake of economy. This, how, ia only one of a thousand plants are utilised similar fashion." Not So Grasping-.

(From tlie Chicago Tribune.) Young I tho wealth of I would adorn this fair finger tilth a 1 as largearound as a silver dime. Henry, hou- extravn- be perfectly satisfied with ouo he sits and reads scientific journals every day, because hio wife possesses $10,000 which a creditor Is trying to get in supplementary proceedings. Besides these two may be found a Wall street broker whose finances became tangled up and a bankrupt business man whose partner absconded. But it was in the old days that Ludlow Street became famous as n. prison tor aristocrats, and in times past these select apartments have been rented to distinguished prisoners at exorbitant rates.

all, however, the American model Is equal to any in the.world. The models in this city having the best feet usually come from the South, and often are of Spanish origin. Their feet were not cramped in "toothpick shoes" with high heels, as the feet of their sisters in Northern cities have been. One would suppose that an Indian woman or an Arabian woman would have good feet. Occasionally a lino type Is seen among the American aborigines, but usually they are too flat-footed, lack- Ing tlie fine arch which gives the foot its beauty; and the same failing applies almost universally to the women of the Orient.

"The foot which spreads out over the ground like a pancake," said the sculptor, "Is quite as bad as the one which has toes In a bunch, resembling the end of a sweet potato," THE FOUp-IN-HAND "It's the royal sport, you know. Amerl- Is of year when 'they are closed cans found that out a good many years I with their white epiphragm, ago abroad, but they have been rather As late as the beginning of this cen- slow to act upon it. But now the idea i tury snail racing was a fashionable lii Is 1 received with such amusement In England, and many large sums were won and lost upon the speed of these crustaceans. The snail used was of the common hedge-row variety, with a house on his back of alternate rings of white and brown or black. These snails, when matched for racing, were placed in the centre of a round table, and the gamblers gathered around betting which would first come out of Its shell and which, would first reach the edge of the flattering praise hopes of Us being successful.

We shall that we really have essful. We shall charge $1C for one way and $26 for the SAItAII BERNHARDT'S CLASSIC FOOT. (Copyright by Sarony.) We have always looked upon ancient Greek women as possessing perfect feet, but a statement was recently made in a London newspaper and there- The Warden's five rooms on the main a fter co P' widely In this country i thit an Athenian lady made much larger Imprint upon the marble when she stepped out of her bath than "my lady" of this fin-de-slecle day. The modern woman's egotism rose a point or two arid she concluded that she had been humbugged In this as in a great mnny ntr-er things by her ancestors. "But all the more reason why the CJreek woman perfect." declares the artist.

"She would have looked very odd in a modern ball dress, with a pair of pink slippers, but a modern woman In a Greek gown, with her llliputian feet In'sandals, would have looked as If she had no extremities to stand If our American American men as well, for that comely feet, let them take to wearing sandals, for they were the secret of the fine feet of the Greeks. Not moccasins but thick-soled sandals, which are not too broad, and yet do not crowd the toes If moccasins counted, the Indian, as a model, would be the joy of artists' and sculptors' hearts. The French, as a rule, have miserably misshapen feet, but. strangelv enough a French actress probably has us nearly perfect feet as any woman living. This fortunate person la Sarah Bernhardt A photographer In this city who saw them went into over their classic beauty.

As for Bernhardt herself, her joy was unbounded, and henceforth this photographer had no trouble In getting her to pose for him. floor now comprise the apartments which were formerly rented to Boss Tweed and other celebrated prisoners. The three largest are handsomely furnished, and are adjacent the Warden's sitting- room. The one furthest south and facing on Ludlow street is furnished In varying shades of electric blue, there being plush settees, chenille table seis carpet on the floor. Among the later tenants of the Tweed rooms were Henry S.

Ives and George H. Stayner, who wrecked the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. Ives paid SffiO a week for the use of the Tweed rooms. This sum secured the privileges of sleeping downstairs and eating at Warden Keatlng's table. Stayner and Ive2 are said to have paid from 58,000 to 518,000 for favors while they were in the jail.

When Jacob Sharp was sent to Ludlow Street Warden Keating was occupying the Tweed rooms. Tney were at once surrendered to Sharp, who lived in them, with his wife, for three months. The Court had recommended that everything possibSe be done for as he was a very sick man. Sharp's bed and invalid chair were placed In one of the rooms, and Mrs. Sharp led a life of touching devotion to her husband.

Day and night she waited upon him, hearing every cound from her room, adjoining his, whose door was always kept ajar. Verdlnand Ward was one of the most extravagant and luxurious prisoners the ja.il ever knew, He was lavish with his money, and for that reason obtained many privileges that were denied to poorer men. He furnished the Tweed rooms sumptuously from his own elegant home, and lived in them like a. prince. During the year he was there he never associated with any one but his comrade, James -D, Fish.

The demeanor of Fish was altogether different from that of Tweed. Every one in the jail liked him. Including the keepers and prisoners. He showed no fear, was, always Jolly, and long after his departure was i-omembered for his geniality, I round trip. There will be twelve scats on top of the coach, the Inside being reserved in case a storm should come up.

"Our expenses will be between $300 and $250 per day. We will have to pay $1 a day for the board of the horses and keep two men a.t each place to care for them and to hitch and unhitch the teamss, I think we can make the trip in ten houVs, not counting the hour for lunch and time consumed In exchange of horses, so every one will arrive safely for dinner. shall stoible the horses at same place every night, as they will retun with the coach goes In the op pot-lto direction from the one they tool In tho morning." Mr. Browning and his friends have al ready spent considerable money to star the enterprise. They have been at worl all winter buying up suitable horses to be used on the line.

And after the horses were secured members of the Four-in- Hand Club have taken turns in break Ing them in. This Is a task requiring Bi-cat deal of skill, say those who know Leading whips here and in Philadel will table. When the Lord Crewe who died a few days ago came into his property and title his portrait in the ancestral gallery of Crewe Hall turned face to the wall. is was the action of his An ingenious apparatus for the manufacture of "cube ice" Is an invention recently exhibited In London. The machine, the Lancet says, is a simple one, in which blocks of pure artificial Ice are placed, emerging in the same but a' stronger shape and possessing some- peculiar characteristics.

When tapped with an Ice chisel, or even a penknife, they break up into cubes of convenient size, Instead of shattering Into Irregular and ill-assorted lumps. The Invention Is of hj-glenic importance, too, for the machine also stamps plainly on each of the symmetrical cubes the trade-mark ot the malier. Thus the consumer is protected by this "name- blown-In-the-bottle" 1 the stamp being a guarantee of the purity of the article and its origin. The Invention has the virtue of economy, as there, is no waste from broken ice and the cubes are symmetrical and attractive. The Lancet thus explains the inven-' tlon: "In the course 'of some experiments Mr.

Van der Weyde observed that ice at a temperature below freezing point, when newly cut and left In contact, adhered so strongly that it would not break In the same place, whereas, when exposed to a warmer temperature, it would split at the originally cut places with great ease; and so, with this extended knowledge of the interesting phenomenon ot' regclation, first brought to light by Faraday arid afterwards studied by Tyndall, Mr. Van der Weyde developed his invention as the outcome of its practical application. The phenomenon of regulation is the result of. the action of capillary force at the boundaries of the film of water which connects the pieces placed in contact, producing an effect equivalent attraction between them, just as two plates clean glass a film of water between them seem to adhere. "Ice being wet by water, the boundary of the connecting film is concave, and this concavity implies a diminution of pressure in the Interior.

The film accordingly exerts upon the ice a pressure-less than atmosphere, and as the remote sides of the blocks are exposed to atmospheric pressure there Is a resultant force urging them together and producing at the small surface of contact. Melting of the ice, therefore, occurs at the places of contact and the cold thus evolved freezes the adjacent portions of the water film, which, being at less than atmospheric pressure, will begin to freeze at a temperature a little above the normal freezing point, RECESS SCHOOL. out Into the world and earn his living." i business (bakery), and has considerable To prove it he showed a small fac-simile money to expect, would marry good busl- of a fireman's ladder done by- a young-- ster of six, and a piece of brasswork turned and carved by a boy ot twelve. Two of the object lessons of the schc ool ness man. There Is a rare field to choose from if the intending bridegroom has no objection to a widow.

If he Is a widower he can .10 no better than think over the lu are found In the top story, In a box half I following offer: filled with sand. One Is a turtle and the "Widow lady, thirty-one, thoroughly ex- i ui rab blt and they are eopd- perlenced In all branches of housekeep- natured, likewise, or else they would the ghost long ago, so phia 1 do the driving. There ar" forty or fifty men In the two cities who are capable of four horses with a deftness and a grace which would have turned the coachmen of the eighteenth century in Europe green with envy. For Protection, (from Texas Billings.) should a rich and Imppily- situalcd young woman lilce you want to fiet mnrried ra afraid of bui-glius. Impossible, (From Truth.) very sorry for that boy.

Your scolding cut him to the quick. DEAD MEN'S FOOD IN YUOA.TAN. There Are Occasions Whsn It Is Very Much Kelishod by the Living-. From remote times the Mayas have been accustomed to make offerings to the souls of the departed, particularly certain pie that they call "food for the soul," says Mrs. Le Pllongem In the Popular Science Monthly.

The crust must be of yellow corn; the Interior, tender chicken and small pieces of pork. These pies are wrapped in leaves of the banana tree and baked underground between hot stones. When done they are placed on the graves or hung from trees close by. Someflmes, after leaving them there ror an hour, or two, the living take home the'pies and enjoy them, saying that the souls have already drawn from them all the ethereal part of the substance. When among the ruins In the ancient city of Chichen Itza, we happened to be very hard pressed for food on All Saints' Day, as on many other occasions, and knowing that the "feast of the dead" would be celebrated in a not very distant village, we allowed some of our men to go there and take their chance of enjoying a good meal.

In that they were most successful, the natives being at all times exceedingly hospitable, and never falling to Invite those who aoproach their home to partake of what they have. But the men also thought of us. We had early taken to our hammocks, remembering the saying, "Qul dort, dine" (He who sleeps, eats). About 2 o'clock in the morning- we were aroused by a man only just returned from the village. He had waited there till all were asleep, then made his wa.y to the graveyard and gathered from a tree- a fine fruit In the shape of a large pie.

This he brought to us, wisely arguing that the embodied needed it more than the disembodied. The dead man's food was still wrapped In Its banana leaf, and we were not sorry to avail ourselves of this chance to breakfast a-t 2 o'clock in tender chicken was the morning. concealed within that particular crust, only a pig's foot with A few stray bristles on it, and a most liberal dose of red pepper, but hunger made It excellent. A Catastrophe Avoided. (From Judge, Wandering Tank I wuz pretty siek last night, wuzn' 1 1, Kngsey Vcs.

You wuz out p' yer head an' kcp' a- talkin' crazy like. Wandering Wot wuz I a- yollln' llkcdnt, all night long. Wandering Tank (ngltittcdlyl- wandering Ta (ngltitcdl.v-Gre 5 r-Tlmf8 Impossible. Hagseyl Ycr Itdn't Mmrae aick, Iyer? father, taken upon the culmination of his son's gambling propensities. The latter had staked everything he could stake upon a- snail race, which took place at Bath.

His snail was winning, but in his anxiety young Crewe nervously plucked a diamond pin from his eravat and gently pricked his snail's, tall. The snail immediately withdrew Into its house and closed the door. And this for some years closed the gambling career of young Crewe. The English even unto to-day sneer at the French for being snail-eaters, although they -Ignorantly, us far back the Ranelagh or Vauxhal! tea gardens referred to by Pepys In his diary, have been eaters of snails. But they are not called snails, which may make a difference in the stolid English mind, and they, are not of the common variety found so thickly in the (lowery hedgerows after a spring rain, and which must be starved for a few days before eating, as they feed on poisonous plants, and there have been cases of poisoning where no precautions had been taken.

But what the English like are called periwinkles and live In the water. From the time of those old tea gardens until the present 'Arry has treated his 'Ar- rlett to "a pint of periwinkles and a pin." In fact, periwinkles In England occupy relatively the same position as do peanuts In this country. In 'this country there was the same feeling of disgustful pity both for the snail-eater and the frog-eater. But we are growing more progressive and more cosmopolitan. We learned to eat frogs years ago; and to-day there are carefully tended frog- to-day '-pondE IB where the delicate-fleshed batrachlan Is raised for the market with as much enterprise and profit as are shown In the raising of chickens.

Snail-eating followed later. At first the snails were imported from Fraoice, as none of the large white variety, which has been so long a favorite dish of Parisians, was to be found here. Enterprising Frenchmen, however, as soon as the Importation grew noticeable, Imported live snails for propagation. One of the efforts in this direction was brought to the notice of The World readers three or four rious manner. In weeks ago in a cu- one of tne suburban towns of New Jersey the New Yorkers were pestered with snails.

They crawled Into the kitchen during the night and nto the parlors, leaving white trails wherever they went. At first It was difficult to account for their presence. And as fast as they were killed they reappeared. Investigation showed that n. ielghbor, an exile from the famous Faubourg St.

Germain, had Imported a number of snails and attempted to propagate them In his cellar. A town meet- ng was called one evening and a com- nlttee of twelve appointed to call upon old French aristocrat and to strongly rivite him to leave the town and take ils snails with him. They trotted the old gentleman from cellar to cellar of their rouses and showed him the white trails of the detestable crawlers. "But, my God, gentlemen!" said the Trenchman, trembling with joy to see low his pets had multiplied, "you have iot understood; they are de-ll-cleuse." Then he asked: "Is it possible you have much have they been pulled about by I one or' two children, as I am fond of the children. "Bunny" is the more popu- lar, but the turtle has not yet shown any signs of envy.

"Bunny" Is given into the hands of a. pupil to study for an hour, and at the end of that time the pupil Is called upon to tell all he has learned about the lons- eared little fellow, or to write It out on a piece of paper. Composition, under such circumstances, becomes an easy and a pl Th Peasant task. he pupil graduates from the school at from twelve to fourteen, and he has many things he would get In the high school, with the exception of Latin. If he wishes to go on to college, he can get enough of that In allopathic doses within, two years.

German is taught, because of the linguistic training- obtained and for Us practical value to the resident of New There is a big book on Dr. Groszmann's desk vyhlch contains some very novel and interesting statistics. Two pages of It are devoted co each pupil. When a pupil enters he examined and measured by a physician. Diseased and undeveloped organs are carefully noted and measures are at once taken to remedy the trouble.

To this and to the customary statistics of birth, age and the like are added the parents' occupation, health, age, surroundings and Important hereditary tendencies. At the end of six months the examination Is repeated. Until recently the Intervening time between examinations was one year, but this was found Insufficient, as growing children are liable to such rapid changes. Phis plan has not only brought many sick children back to health, but It has actually saved many lives. Through it Dr.

Groszmann has also revealed a fact which is of great Importance to the educational world. It has long been argued that a pupil developed as much dur.ng his vacation-; as compared with his school months, in the ratio of 3 to 2 He has proved that the difference Is very slight. But his pupils have g-ymnastic training, and going to school gymn is fun for Is dancing. This ing. The never tasted them? I give you all those ind more." For he had misunderstood point.

"Now you get out of here, you 'and our snails, too," Impolitely exclaimed he town committee. So the old gentleman had to give up his "egcargotlere." But there are many other Frenchmen who. In secret, have made little snallerles and worked them with much profit. "Hs- cargot" Is to be seen on the bill of tore not oirly In French restaurants" JPrencii In their, culslne. leadin them.

A part of the "fun" takes place at the noon hour. The seats are cleared away in the main hall, and for half an hour the pupils have things quite their own way. At 10 o'clock every morning all of the pupils assemble In the main audience- room. Dr. Groszmann and the teachers are upon the platform.

No religious Instruction, outside of the ethical training already mentioned, is given, the policy of the school being that this Is best obtained at home. When all are seated Dr. Groszmann steps forward and says "Good morning!" "Good morning!" two hundred cheery voices reply. i The next thing Is a song, In which all join. Then Dr.

Groszmann talks to them about practical matters of ethics for five minutes. He may take as his morning subject "Courage," and point to John Brown as a man who exemplified It. The minute a name Is mentioned every eye Is fastened closely upon the doctor's lips, waiting for the question which they know is coming. "Who is John Brown?" he asks. Hands fly up In every direction.

That means that the possessor of each hand knows or thinks he knows, the answer. "Well Robert, you may tell me," and Dr' Grosismann points to a little fellow of "He keeps a grocery store on Third avenue" la the reply, at which all the scholars laugh heartily. Such an incident seldom occurs, and even then It has the advantage of sharpening the blundering youngster's wits. "No, no, no;" and hands fly up again "Robert does not quite understand. We'll see what Thomas can tell us about John Brown." Thomas Is eight years of age and he rises up proudly In his seat and says: "He had a very long beard.

I liave oeen It In my picture books. He got'on a train and went down South and tried to treaJUhe slaves, and they hanged him for It," the by 1 i ing, $1,709, will marry man with steady Income. No objection to a widower with one or two children, as I am fond of children and would be a good mother to them." If, however, the man be susceptible to a widow's fascinations and not seeking one is especially sedate, here is something very attractive: "Lively young widow, thirty-one, German-American, has very nice house and ver- good business with an income of from to $1,600 per year, seeks a true, lovmg husband, not over forty; one that has some knowledge of the grocery business preferred." Here Is a home and a good living income and probably a snug little grocery business to boot, joined to a young widow, of lively. Everybody who has seen Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown" knows what a very charming thing a lively widow is. Suppose you are looking for beauty alone.

ere is a chance to become the husband of an exceptionally handsome woman. The only condition IB that the husoand must be above forty-five years old. For the man who has sowed his wild oats and yet finds his eye for a pretty girl still undimmcd this seems to be an extraordinary offer in more ways than' one: beauty, Viennese, twenty-three, fine figure, loving, sunny disposition, unblemished character, would marry well-to-do gentleman above forty- five. Photo." Plenty of excellent offers are made to the ladies, too. The very first two advertisements on the list suggest an opportunity fop almost any poor young girl to find a deserving and deserved helpmeet.

"A prominent physician, fifty years of age, widower, unencumbered, would like to find a true wife and helpmate." "Industrious, thrifty worklngman, age twenty-six, with some means and steady Income, wants to marry respectable girl. Good qualities more valued than wealth." For a woman willing to live In the country here is a very good thing: "Farmer, thirty-five, has nice farm and $2,000 In cash, would wed. girl or young widow; must be fond of country; no money deslied." And here Is an offer that ought to appeal to almost any city girl whose affections are not already engaged: "Prominent young business man, capital $10,000, pleasant appearance, would like to marry young lady." If you remain single It's your own fault. The few paragraphs queted above are taken from a collection of three or four hundred. Evidently It is as easy to fall Into matrimony as into debt.

A ptiBE "It Is the "to allow the block 'warm' for short time, so that the 'cement' of Ice loses its previously tenacious hold upon the small cubes into which IB divided. "Then, after this w.arming-up process, the cubes afe as Pastry separated as postage stamps from a perforated sheet A sixteen-pound block of Ice, for instance, can easily be divided into 612 half-ounce cubes, or a thirty-two-pound, block Into B12 one-ounce IS CALLED A HOUSE. But It's Less than Throe Feet Wide and Used KB a Store and a Dwelling. The search for diminutive houses New York, several instances of which have already been noted in The World, still continues, each fresh find being smaller than Its predecessor. The latest one to attract the attention of a World reporter Is on Eighty-sixth street, between Nos.

162 and 164, near Third nue. It seems probable that this really "The The Weaver of the Snow. three Winda of Winter: the Wind jpod effect Doutb, that comcth in tumult; the Weaver or the Snow; tho Dcnrl Wind, that Is, the Black Frost." Mao Aodh. From wold to wold, o'er the vast uplands drear The Bilont-weaver of the snow goee by; Scarce he heard, scarce heard hla Icy sigh, When from hly polar wusto he draweth near. Before him went the howling -wind ot Peat; Behind him.

with a low, faint, perishing cry Tho Black Wind earthward rails Irom the Jrozen sky: Dreadful, alone, he weaves; august, austere. Fur In the deuolate midmost of the wold A little hamlet duslia the veil ot white: Gloom-set hut for one gleam of ruddy light. Tha Weaver of tho Snow his wings doth fold; A brief while he suspends his weft of cold; Then, awed, glides darkling onward through the night. Sharp, In Harper's. HERB'S THAT TINY Is the very smallest building, certainlf as to breadth, that the city contains, its extreme width Is buf34 the excessively narrow or this class, Its existence is the result The Buildor.

I have laid each stone In Its measures place, Turret, and tower, and stair, FINai-a and carvings that stand on their face; And I know that my work Is fair. Yet the doubt of its beauty and worth grows strong, Now that my work IB done; And I find the thought I have held so lone Not worthy to stand In stone. And tho question cornea, as 1U towers high tho town, ttftet-'O AT A nit; vyiJCi fc. A Lah lll! by erecting on It this Hllputlan structure und a tenant In tho person of a little German named Otto Werner, who fSL 80m a rs ke a grocery store there and on the floors above. He did a good In the course of me becoming too portly to" get in and out of the front door, gave up the house and removed to New Jersey.

Since then no one small enough could be found who was willing to lease the house at any price, so it has been turned over to tha dairyman next door, who has cut an entrance into it from his store. To Insure Peace, (From the Washington star.) I hope things arc more peaceful In Ik choir than formerly, stt ld the poster jceptingniyfjelj.