New-York Tribune from New York, New York • 4

"77" Seventy-seven breaks up Grip and Colds, that "hang on." CHANGES IX BROADWAY. WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION IN THIS BCSY THOROUGHFARE. THE LABT KIVE MANY BtoB, onck ronfYBB out witb hubs, VOBB now v. wnii.r. BYBBBB look BTBANOB IM Turin BBW BBBaaWBBtBOB Broadway has been ro changed within the laet twenty-five ye irs that It reminds one of the old Jackknlfe which one by one the blades have been removed and new ones Inserted, nnd then finally to the new blades a new hankie has been Atted.

Broadway is to nil Intents and purposes living organism. Its growth nnd development are simply reflections of the city's progress. The changes which It has undergone can best be comprehended In a walk up fatten? thoroughfare from Howl? ing Groen to Flfty-nlnth-st. Though at Fifty nlnth-st. the name changos to "the Boulevard," the of ihe good old name is felt In Its northward course.

A TRADITION OF BOWLING CREEN. Even around the small park at Bowling Creen Broadway hns been greatly changed. A quarter of a century ngo the Washington Building, nt No. 1 Broadway, which now towers up fifteen stories, with a dome nnd commanding view of the Pay, was the site of six-story brick structure. This Old building 100 years ago stood on the bank of the North River, nnd tradition says that one could then fish out of the icar windows.

The Standard Oil Building, at Nos. 26, 2e, and 30 Broadway, with Its nine stories, to which six others ere now bring added, Ik only ten years old. It Is a solid and massive structure, nnd stands where a red brick building occupied the site up to the time of Its erection. The three to five story buildings next north of the Washington Bui'dlng ate now being displaced ht office building of granite nnd limestone. The famous Stevens House, at No.

27 Broadway, 1rs 'to give way to a modern structure. The Aldrlch buildings, at Nos. 29 and 45 Broad? way, are monuments to the growth of Broadway into the upper air. They tower up twelve nnd are In sharp contrast with the old-style brown stone front buildings which still hold their own on the west side of Broadway as far up as the Western Union Building, at Bey et New buildings of extreme altitude have erected, however, on the east side of Broadway In this downtown district. The Tower Building, nt NO.

Bioadwny, and the Consolidated Exchange Building bave been erected within the last few years. The Manhattan Ufe Building, rises up twenty-three storie? high and makes the adjacent buildings of for? mer days look like pygmies In comparison. One of the oil landmarks, nearly opposite the Manhattan Lits Building. Il the Arcade Building, in which the Manhattan Railway Company and Russell Sagt? have their OBVnt Tifi? Arcane Is an old "ram? shackle" structure, with dingy offices of the plain? est kind. The contrast between the two struc? tures is enough to an old New-Yorker catch his breath.

The Trust Company Building, St No SO Broadway. Is another new "sky-scraper" which stands in marked contrast to the oldtlmo buildings flanking It. CONTRASTS SHOW THE CITY'S GROWTH. The Vallee1 Bank Building, the Srhermerhorn Building and the American Surety Building form the Bteaftat front of the hloek between Wall and Pine ita Much has been written about the Amer? ican Barely Building, which towers far above all neighboring The Bohnnaerhwin Build? ing Is only third Of the bright of the American Surety Building. Ar.d yel fifteen jrotra ago the Bckeraaerbora, ihen )usl completed, was regarded ss a remarkably tall Lull.ling.

The owners of the old Trinity BulMltg, at No. 111 Broadway, deny thai it be torn down and supplanted by a structure. It Is an old style building, fined wlUi elevators that are slow but sure Thee elevareis. Indeed, are an up-to dare attraction, and year? ago would have been considered marvels. They were put In to keep up partly with th? tltnea It is elevator.

Indeed, which distinct)? mark? the modern transformation of Broadway. It seems to have reached Its utmost development tn the Manhattan and the American Surety where Its speed up and down Is about 400 miaute Bapility of movement has been dsvsl? in the Broadway elevator, which does no: deign lo stop the seventh floor Is reached. There ore, as a rule, six elevators In a modern Broadway "skv-rernper." where BUCA press elevators are used. Tli'y have becfl Intro? duced within the lac? -lirre or four years No new Broadway building of any tensions to public patronage for ofJBce put), is now deemed com? plete without its "express" elevators men up and down If With wings. The BqnltaMs Ufo Asmirauce Society's build? ing, whl-h twi years age was the lallest structure in that part of the of Trin? ity's built three Sterlet higher a few years ago.

The Amsijctl Bursty Building towers high above It, however, as If la mockery of the new over the old. TRINITV OHCRC.f UNDIttTURBSD. Trinity Church, at the head of W.i'l--t., remains undisturbed, as does a'-n Bt Paul's Church, at Broadway and Pulton and Yesoy But opposite real's a "sky-scraper." twenty-five high, being erected on the old "Herald" Building site. which marks as striking a Change In the character and genera! appearance of the street as could well Imagine. The building Is known as the 8t.

Paul, ami is being erected by 11. O. Havemeyer. le Is of granire, brl'-k and an 1 Is a type of the modern office building in which altitude seems to left the dimensions of the foundations. It over? looks the Astor House, Immediately opposite, which, one of the finest structures of "ye olden day," look? rq.iat and homely In comparison with this new building towering toward the clouds.

Strcctire? BACIMI! CITY, mai.i. park On the west side of City Hall pjtk, which BBtBBS the west Broadway, between Bark Place and Chambers-s: old buildings have given way in mar.y instances to bank buildings or The Postal Telegraph Building, at Bur? and the Home I.l.'e lasartnes Building, ad Joining It, Indicate the encroachment of the up-to date business and office buildings upon the dun colored building of the time when six stories made a structure of ample altitude With a front of only CO feet the new and Leather Bank Building, g( ChtBShors Bt, a stand? ing monument to rrur.il fkill, slrree risei fifteen stories high, and out In ths distance Bs clear and perfect in proportions as a monolith. The famous Bf-wart Building at Chanbers-et Slid Broadway was built, front all Stand solid und unaffected by ht- man of rears. This wan Alexander T. Btowart's retail house.

Eight years uso two sterlet Brete td I'd to It for Ofllce purposes, the foundations und having been so strongly built thai Hie Inen as. height came within the spproval of the Poportsoont of Buildings. The most striking buHdlag treated in this part of Broadway In years Is that known n.i the Mutual Riscrw 1 iin.l I.lfe Association Build lug. This was rompi. fuiir Bga It of granite, brick and Steel, sixteen starle? high, and Is extremely oriirnneiital.

Us befghl tad architecture ore in marked ooatsnof tu the old Broadway bnlhBngs adjatalng and oppoalta It, At the southeast come? of Peaii-M. Ban Broadway the Central Katlenal Bank had Its offices for thirty years. TI.e old etruriure uns of granite, but It gave way to the demands of mottcrn busi? ness in Broadway, and a BOW fifteen-story build- ing of granite, brick und Im being upon the A similar structure at Leonard the New-York Life Insurance Company's i building, has been Bemollshed, and new Ing of granite, brick and steel Is being erected an the site. It is seventeen moiics Bagh, Thcas transformations in Broadway, up to Canal- i the most sctlve business dletrlct of the city, stand for an Increased pulsation In the city's life, and represent BfeOdOWl "push" In Its most roncen tratad forni. Tbe vrlopmeiit of lall buildings lower Broadway ha? laben ntace mainly within the lust lea and a tributo intono? nom al KecW-Torb nie in rneetlna ihe of bnalneaa men fo? ofltcea and other facilities al the end of the Mani IMPUOVEMENTS ABOVa Canal st.

the nottoonbeo ebatnre la si the southwest of Bt oonoo at. and Blond way, where, an elcven-etory Btono and bull brleb buoi? neoo building bob tabea iba place of a Broatory old-time business? building. As an "push" into this part Broadway may ment toned that Henry Clowe, the banner, ha? a branch office In ibis bullding. AI Ihe southenal corner Grnnd-et. len-mory granite and light brick bualnees Btruefure has recently been sub? stituted for an old building, An old-time, five stoiv brownstone front dwelling adjoining II on undfe now ueed for business purpooes, stand? ss a siami wllnoao to tbo gradual trans formation.

At the non mast romer ol Howard st. mi ten-story granite and white bi build Ine for mei antlle use tmphasixea the iconoclastic It. doing up Broadway one find? In rapid succession the following new buildings which within two or three or even less, have ere.ted the southwest corner of Prince-oL, massive and buff brick building, twelve stories high, for wholesale purpoees In ebsabe and suits; the northeast corner of tho name street, the Havc meyer Building, on Ihe site of Nlblo's Garden fend the Metropolitan Hotel. The old-timer might pause here to upon the taya when tue Garden was Ihe scene of tho production of ihe Crook" In ISM, with Pauline Markhnm tit the height he: fame, Imt the htrtige is OBjiy one of the many Incidente In the "ring out the old" ntul "ring In new" lu Broadway. At the southeast i-onier of Houston-st.

the old Itt-vere House siili stands, hut the property has been sold, ft big business building Is IO erected On Ihe site loe northwest corner of Hoiiston-st. ihe new rabie building, with ihe Met? ropolitan Traction Company'? powi t-house in its basement, has supplanted a six-story business building of tho old type, At the southeast corner of opposite the Manhattan Savings Institution building, an old structure has been demolished, a new mercantile building, nine stories high. Is to take its place above, on the west side of Broadway, the old Grand Central Hotel has riven way In name only to the Broadway t'entrai On bolli sides of the inert oiie sees new boslnees buildings. The notable one Is the eleven story and buff brick building occupying the entire Mocil between Waahlngton and waverley places The immense structure is devoted wholly io men's clothing and furnishing goods. This building Occupies the site of ihe old New-York Hotel, famous as the abiding place Souihertter? nfter the War, and where they made their special headquarters until It wnft torn down, four years go.

Tllll CLOTHING TRADE MOVING UPTOWN. The Stewart retail drygoods building remains as It was Dually completed In ISTI, with the exception of change In Its tho result of repnlnling. The building was put up in sections, as fust as leases expired, between and 1S71. Broadway, between this point and has been greatly altered within the last two years, and re? cent real estate sales and lenses indicate still fur? ili? changes. Wholesale clotblni firms have been moving uptown and av.av fron, placea where since the Civil War they have been carrying on business.

A new twelve-etory granite building, to occu? pied by a largo clothing house, is nearly com jiiet'-d at the aoutbwea! corner of Twolfth-et, in striking contrast, an old-lime three-story build? ing fedJOIns it A ten-story modern business build? ing Is being put up between Twelfth and Tiiir ieenth sis on the weal side of Broadway, and it announced that the "high-speed" electric elevators will be used In th? structure. The old Wallack's Theatre, nt with some modern Interior Improvements, has be? come the Star Theatre A new len-story brick, Iron nnd terra-rotta business building opposite oc? cupies I wo-thirds of the block, nnd mus? make the staid old Morton House, at Fourteenth-st. and t'nion Square, fairly quake at the novelty. But the old-time bone of modest of moderale means has been redecorated and refitted, even to the latest lire appliances, so that It may keep pace In a measure? with the rush of transformation in Broad GOELKT MANSION MASKS CONTRAST The Lincoln Building, the Docker stone-and terra-COtta structure, and a ten story stone build? ing, oil of recent constru? lion, arc main features of ihe elevation and transformation of Broadway Ibj UniOfl Square. The Sloane Building, at the southwest of with Ils nine stories, stands In marked contrast with the old Goelet mansion opposite at the northeast corner.

Tills old bouse Is one of Ihe exceedingly few dis? tinct landmarks of Broadway which have with? stood the pressure of the las? quarter of cen? tury. The Brooks Building at Twentleib-st Lord g- Taylor's opposite, the Cumberland apart? nvTit, office and clubhouse, at nnd ihe Hotel Bartholdl at Tw? nty-ililrd-st. are sampb-s of the mnnner in which the low Rrosdway I st Mietine of a score of years and more ago hat given way to the demands of a later day. Types of the past may be seen In the one and two storv structures in the triangle north, of the Cumberland'. between Fifth-eve.

and Broadway. In Madison Square the principal changes ns re? 1 gnnls Broadway are the transformation of the old I dwelling-houses at the northeast corner of Twenty I ftfth-flt. Into a bank ami office building; the remod riling of the Hoffman House, and the rebuilding of I pnrt of and the of a bUslnOM and office structure til the nortbWOOt corner on the Isaac Towneend property ami the site of the old worth House which Is now in progreoa Tbe Broadway I entrance to the Victoria Hotel, the Metropolitan remod? lied fron, the old Colemnn House: the Fifth Avmuo Theatre, the Gaiety. Tlie alie. the Bijou Theatre, the tall buff brick business I building at the BOUthwest corner of Broadway and Thlrty-flrst-OL, Duly'? Theatre, where stood W.I's Museum twenty yean ago; ihe Union Dime Savings Institution building, and the Impenni Hotel mark I moot changes up to Thlrty-fourth-et.

I There is no part of Broadway where transfer? I mations bave been more marked than in this sec? tion. NKW THEATRES AND HOTELS NUMEROUS. New theatres nnd hotels are thickly strewn along Broadway between Thirty-fourth and Forty-second Ota new "Herald" bullding, at Thirty? fifth-st. stands Herald Square Theatre, which has DOCH gradually remodelled and ampli? fied from the old Aquarium. OUbOQQUOnUy (lie home of Harrlajan mei Hart, later known th? Park Theatre.

The MoriboroOgli Hotel and the pros? pective Herold Square Hotel, bist opposite, for which excavations bave inen made at Thirty-sixth si the Hotel Normandie, at Tblrty-eighth-st; Ab? bey's Theatre, recently reehrtstened the Knicker bo? lor. opposite, on north side of Btr? el he Casino, at the Metropolitan Opera lions, diagonally opposite; the Warwick, formerly he Godney IIous. tbe Hotel the si? wart House, the Empire Theatre and the Broadway The. ntre are principal features of the remarkable Inroads of amusement and hotel life into this pnrt of Broadway. At Forty-thlrd-sL ih? Barrett House has been i built on if she of old-time brownstone residences, llamroerateln'a Olyn pia stands on the ground for? merly occupied by dwelling and bualnea? pinces between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth sts.

Between Fiftieth Flfty-flret sis tin? American Hone Exchange was erected sixteen year? ago, but was burned down last summer. From here up to 1'lfty nlnth-oL uro many apartment-houses of tiie Bret flat two Itotela two large carriage houses and minor business These have been er? ted on vacant lots, or on the sites one nnd two story tbe greater nan of them within tbe last fifteen Evidences of tbe poet are siili shown by two-story green-painted frame building used ns a liquor saloon. a one-otory frame boot and store between Fiftieth nnd Flftv-flrst fits on the WOBt Bide of HloadWav; by I two-etory frame between Flfty-fkairtri nnd Fifty-fifth sis a two-ators and attic build? ing, us.d ns store for Brocerieo, hay and fuel be? tween arid l'ifly-slxlh by some old apparently on (be verge of falling on the weal siile of Broadway, between Fifty-slxth and Fifty-oeventb and by Other similar landmarks between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth sts. At the rate these sites will be occupied by modern buildings, nrobably apartment-bouon of the first class, within another loOOslo, BSD OF A LIFE OF MYSTERY. joiiv DIBS in LONBLY ROfetl IN rsROOKLTX in: OUABDBD a pim; or TIN KAP ASHKS.

John V. Uilchrlst. old, wbO was said to he a brother of a former Attorney-Gen? ral of Nl w-Jersey, died at oVIork y. st? rday morn? ing In a two-story wooden house In the rear of No. ih? Brooklyn.

Otlcbrfat had Itrod In the boaJBO four years, but lie hud never friendo in the neighborhood, and no one wa? able yceter day to explain tbo mjstery of his life. Absolutely nothing known la Brooklyn of ihe old man'? eoreer before bo Brooklyn. noce ontd Inai brother bla had boon New-Jersey'? Att ir? tal. bad two tbrtera living in orange, who bim week, and ho had no other HO rented the biok? old bouse for monili, and for three yenra boarded bitaoeif, Ab roi ne hired Mrs Beano, of No, 91 Pacirl to cook bis meals. He frequently boutrhl milk I and alway? brought It home in tin WOUkl never u.j< the finte twice, and oKrayo threw Ihe cans in pile in one of hi? In way he collect? a big Of the cans, Which hmlot? keeping, Beside th? cans wa? a big pile of oabes, which be seemed to vaino us highly as lu? did ti uns Giichrtel bad tba appearance ami manner? a man of unusual refinement.

It la said hi oould talk Intelligently upon many but his hermit nraya and rase reed maanei helped him to Iho secret his early career to himself alway? won ahabby old clothee? "id in two rooms In Whl fe be lived waro few aril? les to mid to bis comfort. Reporter? who house nub? oatiBfaction from two women keeping guard ov.r bis both. The woman were disinclined to give any Information, bul bint. the old man bad an Interesting, history if his re'atlve? were dlanoeed tell it. it was anM that tu? bocJy would be taken to Jersey City to day.

PARLOR rrene? Ceti nu 11.. ree' with -n-n? rrenrh Mirrors, a the Il I'laiv. Polish, A imi? hand IQ (141 fome HB f. BJtOKZE riOUBBB Amerteas asa sai, sea mi? you the BVBSS. 4(? Our In.

kaes ahreya bad reasnn to be proud our tain lut osrtatnly nt the present moment st? eh nil example? if iJi.e and Portiere? In Ren York or We Inspec- and rOS v.uM tall and BSS them. BBS BaHtagtOBB. btoaeorr.a.LIB our sagvkttaty btesaaei "I patters noi The raaalag osevovstaa and BJBT I Btt The 1.40 BBS The Boyal ftglWi resi. sJtS Orientai OttosMn bail pattern. 41.1 The san Bower Battent leaves 1.51 4 rares Water Qaais IT 1 687 Scroll pattern? 1.17 Irish Points, White and Cream.

H274 P.ir? Ivory pattern mesh. lYratn BOMa, creami SI 1 leaves. BBM Oasis nuish. and 41.M WIM dOgWOOd p.itt.rti. mis Ivory afeita trees Bower patiem.

2.111 11.117 .1.1.1 A We Shall Just Merely Point to Our PORTIERES. 3.49 That PIECB Parlor Suit, both upholstered Ir.laltl with one Puts, Armchair, iiphnlsterid; OB? side. upliuNteied, one nd. one Armchair, marquetry, rrahogsay frame. 64.66 01.14 Boyal crimson.

Hue. red. 706 Old nr.M. with lovely tardera In MWBSOaa. In IOSM Slid Van era! color? rt-en.

with col fin? t.i^strles. 19ft Blue tapestry, with lemon colored Ar? Delft blue sr.d white, pemlsn Klmp I teat Crown pattava, with frlnare to mutch I splendili lltigdsd NO MONEY REQUIRED ON DEPOSIT. $100 worth. BUt week; ISO worth. week: worth, 1.25 worth, .7.1 week OPEN SATURDAY EVENINCS TILL 10 O'CLOCK.

Out-of-town given rar fare free safely packed ani sent everywhere. Fretjrht MAH. OftOEBJ OIVBB IPBCIAL oat ti ree carved r.l'-e We Ime lot of BflkMS tf te-auty Mil flT My all Drl rvtrr.fton uadeveiming ur. nir. the and so; price leni-th IM ib lhi PEOPLE LIKE STRAIGHTFORWARD METHODS.

Old-fnahlooed hi Betty still pays. It Is tho best policy even now. Temporary arl vantajio be gained by rnetbodt that are 'lark and ivmyi that are devious, hut the bnalneat policy that wins out is one founded OD Integrity. This of ours had Its ftrtt start the prlndplt of dsallntj fairly with customers anil giving them Bjooda that they wanted at an honett There has BBSTtf a departure from course since the buttaeee began. What is the result? A hlgpcr business twice over, than thai dont by any other house IB the world devoted to supplying household necessities.

it must be encouraging to the public to feel that (here is one Great Pbtlneae House where Straightforward fnethodl still are unknown and where "tricks" aragod and condemned, it muat be gratifying, too, to anew that "Special Balee," Wonderful Bargaine" and Ilelow Cost" are not weapons used to nttract trade to this store We do a big I.usines? every working day in the year by legitimate merchnndlelng and liberal and just methods. Try dealing with Bl and your name will be added to the list of several hundred thousand others who say of us. "Theirs Is an honest houee to deal with." COMBINATION 1 boeri! ana lHHlS of qusrtere'l oak lentiv potlsltea. Kren-'h mnall dfawtrs, on- Isrsjs 4 cempsrtment n.ntli; rates Till? iinl.i.je erttcle of oak -it. 1 ooni hine.s many i.e|nK I Bookcass, sati I'efk, With owe I.m two rsry Isrjre dmueni loset in bookcsM.

Wry Indeed HAXnnOMB Three rrere ABtlqM "ik Betreop? fuit tplasber bach Ali In tine th? G.98 i Cabine? THIS nioe-t leairaM? ar? tici? is makessBV with ror. Itavly the work risas vrs l.si? mai bu JJ9Q Till? marvel nf heatity in five piro- Parlor or Reception Pult of fln? A luniirtou? In fls'ir'-l i 'i i d-, a lU: i Froehlich Flawless Beds TT'RKisi; 11 ii of rorrluroy frlnf? to mm heail pe, ullarly om t-frt-? i a i ratee! S.94 useful ar.J han 1 Mail nn 1 librar? Caalr Is of Quartered UM forni, back lOCna Of irved. Un AND ALL OTHER BRASS AND IRON BEDS. 4 i i-i i NEVER IN THE WORLD Wer? 'air of Carpet? In beauty of ileslrtrn? ani Thvy are an.1 loWSf than of lirai hav? heen. a Ttey are for Hny are our pati trae.

A fpriiiK 1WI7 atattlnga errlvad, Iniportattoe. quote a prices, a Thla lot contains both China aii'l Japan: On? 3.28 Itoli. oatatatag BB one Ren. oa cntHlr.lnjf JO 1 .1 Rofl. 1 entri nifi? 40 On? 2.161 Roll.

InlBg L'a inr.le. On? Roll 41? i.ir On? Roll. 11 a 1 1 at 30 aatntlfai sBkats Rets. la colors. Sale of remnant? to rever rosOM lab.

.4 1 I Kalvas sad Brsas Bt iati aoa? en Knives, with idea 9 makei preit? ta- A bis 312 1 Wf.ton?, match, Btt i ff4 this BsBteis sad setal oek MdMasard bas fine mirror. IBsSt, nie Mat ilniwere. "ne larg? bstoe with two 'Hi Bi Axmlnsitera, very cheap util eell a fin? of Aumlnste- bortere to Service of the very heet electro-silver plate, forks, r) tablespooni an.1 tea at the remarkable price fur the entire "1 24 pleee, of. l.O" 'M-1 asj BC .79 BUND 10c. Tostate for OBI Ht Taire Rook.

"OrroE TO HOUSEKEEPING," KM TRAT, quadruple sByev plate, hand- eomely an.i en- in two A plain enKe and Plain e.ls? at ,2, STr.r ladder Chair aardwoed; can be sea? aa clair or lad TI der I HIMiKIl VIH.III I.Ill 1 Rococo edere at 4 de'-r'hinj BRRR are two leees of Turkish PUrnltute, A l.iree Bofs sad Armrhalr, itKrillOERATORt, Mahotan) frame, carved In RtyptUn atyle. I 77 1.58 for anv of th? fi rOMHINATION ROI.OINO IM" ATED FIBRE WARF ca? aloque, si PI'LEMENT Tu oisitrad 7 77 win at ap a room themeelvea.G?*. -Jr. I I .4 ST' al le atore, la plated i warrai duplicate elaewhen pel ii reel oaosat BABT CABRIAOES VTa are ihe Leaden In ITpholsterlnt, rlety and Bead tab for our New nur baflB BERAT rupi? Plated, Witt haie tue han.I?-?.m? flaaa variety lo CBOOBS from eat parrot, rnt.ln or canary lecelve tii" cases, at v.ty QCARTBRED OAK. boi cane dining ream atroaaty 9 made; atti made in svavy way nur etock of thalre la With BSBSatS ni.it, h.

BsBSSBl horlrra. 1" 1 st SrKCIAt, KOH THIS t- ine -J i Bjtasoai ehape. aacs Mirror, tBaML oak r. i judges, si prioa beginning 1(1 rwilly t.Myond Bt critlclam. for the ri DINKBR decorni G3 in Bvowa, Dora or C.ieen.

unequuiied bul no amount Of questioning could bring out the the person who WOUM take charge of It. -e CIVILIZING JAPAN. WHAT AN ENGLISH TB.VVKI.I.llB THINKS OF IT. Prom Tbe h-woliia n. Mr Blathwayi has only recently returned from his third Voyoae tie? Hum.

and I thought 1 could not better than ask lini to tell nie some? thing about hi? vi-it to Japan, "What you think," I aaked, "of Ihe present condition of the Land of Rising Sum.Well." replied, "Japan ii- presen) sn unknown quantity. Sbe i not being ao rapidly Westernised os moat people In lined to Imagine, fot do not think the mere adoptier, of certain aspect? ol Kuropean civilixailon, such aa light torpedoes, necessarll) Impili a total abandonment of Ori? ental Aatatlc will? alwayi remain an mid between the Rasi and th- West there is' great gulf fixed, ehlch no men veneti ol European clvlllxation will bridgi ovei Tabe, for Instance, tie question ol the Christ lanital Ion of Japan. In which missionaries are deeply Internatoti. No one who understands and reallxe? til? innate lightneaa of th- character, and lis utter disregard for all ions, will believe that Japan will become Chriatlon as a na? tion. may adopt certain pi of Chrts 13 and in many of tbelr Institutions, notably the Croes Hospital at Tokio, they walk? Ina it, distinct!) Chrl im ind very good thing, to.

But majority creed and nil absurd, en to tbooe bj way ol acknowledging th? main loneta of our religion, adapting to their own Uteei that it far mon correct the Japanlxatlon of Christlanlt) than ol tie Chriotlanl ition hi di on, in ply to remark I "th? ol Japan onstltute main Intereal for traveller? Tiny bo delight full feminine, utterly uncon? i( w- know the neo eomanhood. I don'l believe, from what could rather, either, the) ar? mentali) ipobl? much educatlcn, greatly Improved by lb? attempt? of mis to edu ali them on tVeatern method? "I aaked the tlanjul lio ibout Ii md bla reply confirmed on In my Imprci The and aald he. 'started school Buropenn linee, nui ihey did noi turn oui generally Vf? found Inai our oll? rotigli rude and mai aline, like their brothers Again, European dan? noi a nice thing for them Wfeurn In I fauni thai when woman had loot old conventions, there waa no knowing where she would slop' The moth tad Blatera and daughter? Japan, are far happier and fur more Influential aa the) or? than tbey would be the thin veneer Ruropean training and convention end think the sood. but lact less and bourgeois, American missionaries and lie Ir still more tactless wives. In trying to edu? cai? them on the methods of Chicago, do mote barm than good so far, at all as feminine Japan Ifl concerned.

One thing 1 Wat very glad to notice, mid that is thst the women are not adopting European coutume I only saw it worn at the imperial garden party, when and h'T ladies appeared In i'aiislan costumes. "Ii Is a curious mistake that English people make when they say that women of the laut exerclee no influence over men folk and that they only playthings, have had sonto perienre of the family upper claeaes both in India nnd In Jopan, I am quite sur? that infiii. of women is than equal to that of their Bieter? in Western lands. nnd, as a It Is li tO a rertaiti extent, is natural thai It oh bo so. Bweel woraanllnes? and utter forget? fulii.ss of self so characteristic of Japanese lady must in end ar god resulta The women thai In their womanllneoo lies their strength and their chlel charm.

i was much struck by tb, knowledge tba' the average Japanese nun dioplayed with regard to our literatuie nnd our politi ia ind cur sdentili. piogiixs a mtooionury toM me thai waa lour ie.v-iui in mountains once, and rested for iiiiiiit in bouse of .1 native achoolmaster, who totd i.im "i' Mr, Gladstone'? great irteli qu etl whl a few da ya previously. On one occasion the boy win? cleaned my boot? nah me had read Washington 'Sketch He WO? li'ii Lading it in English, said, and he h. imagine Booti al un English hotel reading a French novel ile? and cussing It! a country where the masse? are w.ll lui I do -pat II? ihe I STOMI OF CECIL RM0DE8. From Th? woaaan.

Mi RhoOea, innen may dbdlke oui ten, ran be a rery true and atanch friend to hi? own, A of who gri ii deal of him in Lincolnshire lei me ti.ai once while io? waa omui no hlmaeif poi? in a held wltli ber brother totter met wirb rathei occident Cecil Pc del immediate!) constituted li mself beid nui a hardly ever left the for Big ks; Ill fact, until th? patient was hl? logs again. every ont he bat a supreme contempt for conventlonalltlei dress nomina under gory. Ti'? bow he looks or what mu. lo dismay very often of his friendo Once a ilk? 'tnvmg at a hotel wo? en? gaged to ol Government Completely an about he remained talking in the unni the hotel dinner-bell rang, when I him the and reminded him of hi? engagement, he rushed, dashed Into his evening clothe? and was le.Trlng out. Wh lie tva? again accosted ani lud hi? was under hi? ear.

and that he had no stud? on! rrncloiia' Toil don't moOfl lo miv claimed, in aav. old chap lend me vour? his filend hesitated "Oh: well mini." he cried, "can't stool" the direction of House like a whirlwind. TOP HATS ASD MATRiMOyj. Paris letter to Tlie London Globe. The question whether the tall hat.

the top hat. the chimney-pot hot, or Whatever other nnmu may be given to it. should be allowed to continue to reign supreme in of the day. has been revived by OUI enterprising contemporary, "The win ii has taken the pains to obtain the opinions of several Parisian celebrities on this all absorbing topic Let me quote few of the more Interesting answers. Foremost among them la, of that of M.

1-lmlle Zola, who always de? lighted to be Interviewed. He saya he has lost Hi? fond illusions of bla youth, when 11 would bava giren him great pleasure to woar a romantic tile trimmed with pretty colors. "Now." he adds, more in sorrow than in OngOT, "I have no longer any ambition on the subject, for what Is the use of changing one ridiculous thing for another? I there? fore leav th? matter In hand? of younger people" Jules Lemaltre is brief but Revere. chimney-pot Is disgusting." he says, "and so is all modern dress of 1 mean that of tbo men." M. Puvla do Chaeannea replica like a phil? remind? us that be is so tho when will no longer have to dress at all that th? Is quite indifferent to him.

La rr ou mei assure? us thai top bat fulfils nono of the condition? necaooary for a practical and agreeable covering of the head. It Is no protection rlther the sun or the rain. The felt hats of old monarchy were far superior to It. Mall.uni?', the symbolist thinks that the tall bat will last and continue to replace in- feathers and even hair on the head? of long-Buffering humanity. It is a institution in harmony with modern man, neither ugly beautiful M.

Claretto Hods It Inconvenient, heavy and cause of headache. regards nine, h. that the artists who ould Improve It wiii.i deserve tho grand medal of the next hlbltlon Henri Indulges In a piquant bit Irony He "Modern composed or ton black and the Bed Ribbon, It OfftnOlVe to Ihe eye I should wii one an) hange, It was not a of the past Finally, M. Carolile Duran says that, everybody be considers tin? ohlmney-pot horrible, Inn that "taking Into account the of droaa now worn. It la only headgear In keeping with ii." The conclusion arrived at by our French contemporary Is thai the world will end, bui not the top hat.

By-the way, an amueina anaodoto on tho subject Is toM of the Due do Moruv. On the mogrow or his election to iba preeidency of the bis hatt.r waited him to Ubo ordere. "What sort or nat would von like''" he Inquired. "A new situation, you know. Monsieur le Hue, call? for a new hat.

Lot me what It should be like Her? the Hue cut him shorl by saying. "Oh. I know what It should be It must be a neriou? hat, wllh a little gayety on the brim." To turn to another the queetlon now beine? asked Is: At whit oneM one marry? Opinions, as might expected are di? verts According to Plato, hsppy moment In Ills time was thirty years for the bridegroom tao twenty-flve for the bride. Aristotle advocated a difference in of ths man ani woman, and fixed them si thirty-seven ant sich teen years respectively, The pressoi legai see lor matrimony in Frenes eighteen and tuteen years on a minimum, there no BsaJ.ln.UBB. I I (Jermany the minimum ages ars II Austria they art? fourteen years (p osti I In Rngtand sixteen and nfteen rears.

According te Bsarrlage rate In Burone, tin- av. age of the man Is thirty, and woman twenty? five years. Hut this la Sal) an average, and many oountrtes Buirrtagas lain place at a much earlier date; for example, in Russia, IfeS ma? jority of young m-? gel matti. 11 it nty-flve. an.I the worn? ntj rears.

th? other hand, tint m.rti.in.s iri IgiUm ire breed at a much later period, th. ige man being thirty-two, and that ths unni twenty? slghl reara It is in Russia when youngest couples are to be fouiul. In Sweden a i NorwBf they many latS In lift It Beod hardly be laid that statistics Bppl) "Uly .4 category or a na? tion. Individual exceptions are? numeroua usi many of our readers could no doubl mention ett? celebrated rat sages may be no? ticed Shaki who HaUiawtf at the age nineteen 1rs; th? Ortet. who married si iwenty-eus real Kosart Walter Scott a ttrenty-flve, at Napoleon at v.u.

aid Milton thirty? tivc Almost all sovereigns now reigning la Rurops married al ta sari? age. "JCn rei Raphael, Michael Angelo and Beeil toi elte many other great men. ware hardeiud bache? lors. Another interesting question to examined thai of tu. nth in Which th.

most ui.uri.igee made in France. Tin? si itlstl 11 fot? me that ir November which holds th? record fjj month of March, on the other hand, the favored the mutter of marrtsgi Be season, winter cfeotetl t.y the muoriti ot couples, especially In l'aria. In KussU the niiMltlJ of February is the month par exceHeact et marriage? the msm mas be said of Vienna nobody thinks of marrying In Dscetttij whi it is dlfflculi to say, The favorite Bet in respect to March. Honed above, the ais. It month mty be accounted for-by fact lncld.s wlih Lent, when the Church p.ohlblts mar unless the parios have ol-t a license Concernlnn remarriages.

Dreecs where ihe widows anil widowers rearry least, and In BuStlt where they marry average nee of widows la about and the widowers about forty years. Primis Didn't Mr C.iv.dinan Bluebloo.1 lind become a Prohibitionist. ygj Becundua-Yee, and row the for Record..