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THE BKOOKLYN" DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25 1901. 6 NEW PUBLICATIONS, THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.

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The price of the volume is $10 net. "Book 'Day by "Day. "FDD ELECTRIC LIGHTING. lurch with a handful of singers at such an occasion means to be made ridiculous there was really nothing left for you but to Moreover, I want to tell you that in making complaint about the members of the Arlon appearing in evening dress, while the other singers came in frock coats, I think that ydu are belittling This is too paltry a matter to talk about." Mr. Tiemann then informed Mr.

Saenger that he had no intention to resign and that he would stick to his post no matter what happened. This conversation is vouched for by a reliable witness who was at Mr. Saen ger's home, talking the trouble over with him, when Mr. Tiemann called. Mr.

Saenger has expressed the fear that the United Singers would not bo able to hold their own against their enemies if this matter was not smoothed over. "To lose Mr. Claassen's services as musical director is bad enough," he said, "but the real trouble win come when the delegates meet to select his 'successor. Each of the twenty odd component societies will advocate the election of its own director and the old wounds of two years ago will be torn open. Naturally, one society considers its director the peer of any other in the field and the competition is bound to create ill feeling.

The best that can be done is to induce Claassen to stay. I shall.be glad if I can do anything in this direction. Of course, I cannot be expected to mix actively in the affair, but if there is anything I can do in the capacity of a mutual friend, it shall be done." Regarding the attacks made by President Albert Kleinert of the Brooklyn Saengerbund and David Koos of the Williarnsburgh Saengerbund, Mr. Saenger said: "lean understand Koos, for that grudge is of old standing and its causes are well known. But Mr.

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400 is.MO.noi 1.500. 300 9.900,500 1.711. 300 22.CS5.S0O 927.000 SG6S.S30.312 A VIEW OF POMPEII. Professor Elmendorf Tells of His Climb to the Great Spouting Crater. But three moving pictures were shown in Dwight Li.

Elmendorf's lecture on Saturday afternoon and evening last at Association Hall, the third in his Brooklyn Institute course, but those were about equal in length to thirty of the ordinary kind. They represented a street in Naples and trips through Pompeii and up Vesuvius, the lecture being on these three places. Mr. Elmendorf was fortunate enough to obtain an unusually fine view of the crater with smoke and steam issuing therefrom made bright by the glowing lava beneath, and with incrustations of sulphur about the sides. This, and the mountain seen from Naples, shown in closing, were exceptionally effective bits of photography and of coloring.

The view of the crater was obtained under conditions of the utmost difficulty a3 the sulphur fumes choked the operator, ruined his hair and whiskers for the time being and spoiled many plates. In the moving picture of the ascent of the mountain, especially as the top was neared and reached, smoke and steam were seen rolling up in clouds and the picture was unfolded to an accompaniment of applause. This was changed to laughter as the descent began and a small boy was seen rushing down the cinder path with a momentum quite beyond his control. Lava beds lined the way a portion of the mountain trip, also very difficult to photograph, and requiring many efforts before success was obtained. "It must not be forgotten," said Mr.

Elmendorf, "that Naples is not really an Italian city, but Greek. It is one of the oldest of the coast cities and the Greek lines still appear in the faces of the people." Beautifully colored pictures of street scenes and palaces followed in rapid succession, among them being one of the street restaurants where macaroni i3 served. Here pictures of the macaroni fuctory were introduced and it was curious to see that the same kind of press was used that is found in the bakeshops uncovered in Pompeii. Mr. Elmendorf would recommend lovers of macaroni not to see it made, though he assured his listeners that the factory he showed them is really very clean.

Machinery is not much used in the process; men do the work and the stuff Is afterward dried in the sun; in the streets, where all the passing filth Is blown against it. "WILL BE PEAT PERFORMANCE. The Young Men's Catholic Club and the Catholic Women's Circle of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, at Court and Luquer streets, will repeat the performance of "Shaun Aroon" (given at the Academy Hall twice last week, on Thanksgiving afternoon. This will be done to accommodate the large crowd that were unable to gain admission to the hall at the last performance Thursday evening.

berry in natural color Is a novelty in thi3 ware. It is surprisingly inexpensive, considering its beauty. The tendency in table decorations at present, unlike that in dress, is toward simplicity. The excessive use of ribbon has, thanks to good taste, been done away with. A well known Brooklyn caterer, discoursing on the subject, inveiglned against this custom of making a millinery display of the dining table.

"Ribbon has no place," he declared, "as a table decoration. Flowers are the only appropriate ornamentation for the purpose." Festoons of narrow ribbon are still used, though in place of guest cards, draped from the floral centerpiece. Individual bouquets are less frequently seen at the plates than formerly and place cards often of the simplest, bearing in addition to the. name only a small decoration in one corner. Xew concerts are continually brought out on the spun sugar cases for two which are odd and pretty are a flower trimmed poke bonnet and a very natural looking orchid.

TRAINING SCHOOL EXERCISES. The thirty first annual reception and graduation of nurses of the Brooklyn Maternity and New York State School for Training Nurses, Washington avenue snd St. Johns place, will be held this evening at Memorial Hall, Flatbush avenue and Schermerhorn street. Addresses jvlll be made by the Rev. Walter R.

Ferris and Dr. P. B. Given. Dr.

E. W. Avery will preside and distribute the diplomas. Annual reports as secretary and treasurer respectively will be submitted by Mrs. J.

Allen and Mrs. F. Krttgler. The exercises will include songs by Charles H. Wicks and violoncello solos by H.

J. Richardson. Diplomas are to be awarded to Emma A. Sanford. Tlllie E.

Martyn, Anna M. Tilden and Elizabeth Houston. WOMEN LAWYERS. Here is what Law Notes, a legal magazine, has to say for and against the woman who studies and practices law: In some states the bar as a career has been open to women for forty years or more. The Impression which they have made in such states as lawyers, the influence which they have had on the profession, have been absolutely imperceptible.

We are told again and again by the advocates of the policy of allowing women to enter the profession that with women at the bar there would be fewer shysters, that they would exercise a beneficial Influence in upholding the dignity and fair name of the profession, etc. Are there fewer shysters In proportion to numbers, or Is the profession more dignified and inspired by higher ideals In Chicago or New York, where women, for a generation or more, have been permitted to practice, than in Baltimore, where they are excluded? No; "the simple truth of the matter is that women, as a class, are not endowed by their Creator with either the physical or the mental attributes which fit them for a legal career. There may be a few marked exceptions, but the average intelligent, cultured and educated woman is no more fit for the practice of law than the ordinary male Is for the pi sit ion of leading soprano in a church chofr. By all means, then, let down the bars, and let the women come to the bar If they choose, and when they wish, but stop prating aboiii the fear of female competition. Women are doing nobly their part of the world's work in countless llnoi of human endeavor, but as lawyers they never were, and never will be, a success.

tal emnloved and its general impo THE By Gilbert, Parker RIGHT WAY The Best Selling Book in ihe United States. Cloth, $1.50. De Luxe, $7.50. Bu order only. HARPER BROTHERS Franklin Square New York amateurs, the question as to how chorus singing and choral music came to be "what they are must be of general interest." The chapters which follow bear the headings: "Among the Hebrews and Greeks," "In the Early Christian Church," "In the Medieval Church," "After the "The Mystery.

Bach," "The Oratorio. Handel," "Other Choral Forms," "Amateur Choral Culture in Germany, England and America" and "The Chorus and the Choral Conductor." This clearly written book from a master will be of no little value to amateurs, ior whom it is designed; and its complete Index makes it a valuable reference book. TITIAN AND TINTORETTO "Four Great Venetians," by Frank Preston Stearns. (G. P.

Putnam's Sons, cloth, $2, pp. 376.) As among the great Italian painters there are eight names that stand pre eminent as representative of the best in their line the union of technical skill with highly imaginative and elevated designs so among Venetian painters there are four great masters who represent Venetian art to us, and whose works form its sum substance. These four are: Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto and Paul of Verona. In "Four Great Venetians, Mr. Frank Preston Stearns, who is the author of "The Midsummer of Italian Art," recounts tho lives of these great artist3, discusses their genius their general work, as well as their several paintings, which are described in detail and subjected to the examination of a keen critic.

Mr. Stearns writes: "I suppose an American may be permitted to have a mind of his own, but in the present volume as in the 'Midsummer of Italian Art, I have rarely advanced an opinion which 18 not supported by some distinguished European writer." This book. In which the paintings of the' ereat artists are described and critically ex ha nf value to art students, and its very complete index increases its value. PUBLISHED TO DAY. "An Original Girl," Ethel Heddle.

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POPE LEO'S FANS Presented to the University of Pennsylvania by Mrs. Joseph. R. Drexel. Through the generosity of Mrs.

Joseph R. Drexel the department of archaeology of the University of Pennsylvania Is about to receive, a pair of papal flabella. These are a pair long used at the Vatican by Pope Leo XIII and by two of his predecessors. They are of an enormous size, with large waving ostrich feathers and ornamented with diamonds and other precious stones. Upon their arrival, they will be placed with the splendid collection of fans, gathered from all parts of the world by Mrs.

Drexel and presented by her to the University of Pennsylvania. The collection is probably tho most unique and most valuable in existence. It is very carefully arranged and in such a way as to Illustrate the story of the origin and development of the fan in almost every country, and incidentally their magnificence and value, their, introduction, their artistic value and interest and their scientific importance. As may be expected, many noted artists are represented. In the collection are many fans which have been used in royal families, among which are fans formerly owned by the Empress of China, the Empress of Japan, Li Hung Chang, and the kings of Corea.

The silver fans of the Syric Church are also mentiona ble. TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION. Luxury is a distinctive feature of the dress of the period and every year there is a greater demand for hand work of the finest description. This naturally inoreases the cost of gowns and has raised a cry in some quarters about the extravagance on the part of women of means. There is another point of view, however, that of the working worn an and a business woman sums up the matter thus: "Hand embroidery which is put Into the beautiful gowns of fashionable women is a means of livelihood to many people," I know one small establishment which supports twenty five women and more individuals, for several of the women have families.

I cannot think that anything is extravagant that is honestly bought and paid for, and which furnishes work to many people' HOME FOR AGED COLORED PEOPLE. The Willing Workers' Circle of Kings Daughters solicits contributions of food for the annual Thanksgiving dinner and donation for the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People at Kingston avenue and St. Johns place. It is kindly requested that all donations be sent to the home on Wednesday, November 27, 1901, with name of donor attached. DAILY MENU.

TUESDAY BREAKFAST. French toast. Stewed prunes. Crisp bacon. Creamed potatoes.

Coffee. LUNCH. Salt codfish, creamed. Baked tomatoes. Spiced melon.

White calMk Tea. DINNER. Tapioca soup. Roast mutton, grape Jelly. Mashed potatoes.

String Lettuce, Grape sherbet. CoftM. Dr. McKay Tells of Its Evolution in His Museum Building Lecture. In the closing lecture of his course on "Inorganic Evolution," delivered by Dr.

John S. McKay at the Museum Building, Eastern Parkway, on Saturday afternoon, the topic was the "Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere." It was illustrated with apparatus and lantern slide and was heard by many people. Dr. McKay said in part: "Wo live on the earth, but not on the outside of it, there being more than 5,000,000, 000.000 tons of its mass above the surface on which we live. This outer shell, or vapor sphere, is composed of several gases mixed together, the most important of which are nitrogen and oxygen, with small quantities of carbon dioxide and water vapor.

"When the earth was first formed it was probably all atmosphere, that is, all its matter was in the vapor form. But even then, there must have been, as in the case of our sun today, an outer envelope composed chiefly of the elementary gases, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, in which floated clouds of incandescent metallic vapors, and beneath which was a denser nucleus of heavier elements. While in this condition the earth was essentially a sun, or star, but a very small one, though "severel times its present diameter. And being small, its nebulous atmosphere soon cooled down below the temperature of dissociation and the ever active oxygen united with other elements forming chemical compounds. A part of the oxygen united with the hydrogen, forming water vapor.

The remainder of the oxygen united with the other elements in the outer envelope and formed the various minerals, which now constitute the earth's crust. Nitrogen, having but little affinity for the other elements, remained in its elementary gaseous condition and became the basis of the permanent atmosphere. Until the crust had solidified and cooled down below the boiling point of water all the water now found on the surface must have formed a part of the primitive atmosphere either in the form of invisible vapor or as dense masses of fog and cloud, shutting out entirely the heat and light of the sun. But in time, as the surface cooled, the water vapor condensed and formed a layer over the solid crust, which is now known as the hydrosphere." TIEMANN SHOULD RESIGN. S.

K. Saenger Expresses Himself on the United Singers' Trouble With Mr. Claassen. It is expected that President August H. Tiemaun of the United Singers of Brooklyn will call a meeting of the executive committee this afternoon or early to morrow morning, for the purpose of laying before it the resignation of Musical Director Arthur Claassen.

The latter will be invited to attend and may be asked to state the reasons that prompted the step in full. The letter sent by him to Mr. Ticmann is couched In very general terms and contains only the statement that he thinks he has been deliberately insulted. A new element of interest has been added to the controversy by a story told about the stand taken by former and now honorary President S. K.

Saenger. It is reported that Mr. Tiemann called upon him on Saturday for the purpose of seeking Tiemann, as was told in yesterday's Eagle, has thrown down the gauntlet to both Vice President Dr. W. John Schildge and Claassen, charging the one with a breach of word and the other with gross lack of tact.

This has caused more talk than Claassen's resignation, and men who have hitherto stood by Tiemann have now turned from him; In this hour of need he called upon Mr. Saenger and asked him what he should do to ward off the threatening storm. "You are the president of the United Singers," Mr. Saenger is reported as having said, "and if the musical director of the United Singers was insulted by certain members who left the Academy of Music instead of waiting for their turn on the programme, you were also insulted. In fact, I think that the affront put upon you was of a more serious nature than the alleged insult offered to Claassen.

You should have resigned on the spot. To he honest with you, I expected you to resign. I would have done so, had I been in your place. It makes no difference whether you side with Claassen or with his enemies. After having been made ridiculous before a large public and to leave you in the SIUFPS OF THE SEASON.

Muffs are in two extremes, the little muff and the picture muff. It is well to own both, for both are needed during the season. The little muff is the small, round thing of fur which has been carried in the hands for warmth for ages. It does not change greatly from year to year, as it is for use and does not admit of much variety. Its lining may be in a gay color, but the beauty of the outside Is entirely dependent upon the skin from which it is made.

The picture muff is quite a different thing. It is immense and is to be carried on picture occasions. The picture muff is also vejy useful at the many shows of the winter. In New York, wheTe flower, horse, cat, dog, chicken and automobile shows follow each other with great rapidity it is absolutely essential that a woman have some highly picturesque article of dress with which to set off the rather sedate istreet gown in which she generally makes her visits to these places. Quite another muff is the "made" muff, which is always appropriate for any out door occasion, depending entirely upon its material, whether for a dress occasion or otherwise.

Madame Patti carries a very large muff of chiffon, black in the day time, pink at night. It flat, and is trimmed with satin ruchings and lined with satin. The chiffon flounces around the edge of the muff fall bo low that, when the muff is in place with both hands hidden in it, the front of the gown is almost entirely hidden. The little "made" muff, half cloth and half fur, is also a pretty adjunct to dress and can become delightfully harmonious. Mrs.

Grover Cleveland has such a muff, not an expensive thing at all, in blue satin faced cloth and astrachan. It is a flat muff with a little pocket on the under side. Upon the front a bird perches. The bird could be taken off and violets substituted for, with blue cloth, violets are much worn. In the "made" muffs artificial flowers play an important part and often give the touch so much needed to this dressy little article.

FUR TRIMMINGS. Fur trimmings are sought at this time of year, for the reason that they are seasonable. It cannot be claimed that they are warm or even that there is any utility connected with their use. But the fact that they are seasonable, fashionable and pretty makes them desirable. Little fur cuffs are worn upon cloaks long and short and it is very French to make them so that they will turn down over the fingers or turn back ns desired.

They are called automobile cuffs. The turn down cuff Is always pretty, for it lengthens the sleeve a little, which is something to be ever desired and, when turned back, it is becoming to the hand. On one coat the cuff was of satin. When it was turned down over the hand it showed a lining of fur. The fur collar is made this year adjustable, without looking as though it were so.

It may be deep and finished in points in the front and otherwise treated as though It y.ero a part of the cloak, yet it unhooks and conies eff and can be worn with some other cloak. MADEIRA EMBROIDERY. There is a decided fancy just now for the newly imported Madeira embroidery for doylies and centerpieces. It is all in white linen and the patterns are very small and fise. It is a choice style which would only appeal to a refined taste.

For lunch sets it is especially desirable. "A MODERN ANTAEUS." "A Modern Antaeus," by the author of. "An Englishwoman's Love Letter's." (Dou bleday, Page $1.50.) In the first place, let it be said that "A Modern Antaeus" is very beautifully bound, in a slate blue watered silk, with gold lettering, while the outside paper covering is altogether novel and brilliant. Also, that It is a very substantial novel of 520 pages, printed on a good paper, with machine deckled edges and gilt top. These facts about a book's make up are not entirely irrelevant, for we opine that there are many persons of taste who, with considerable esthetic justification, will buy a bad book that is delicately ornamental and Ignore a good book that is made grossly.

"A Modern Antaeus" is not a bad book, of course. It is not a very striking story and would not attract much attention, except among lovers of style, If it were not by an author whose identity, mysteriously concealed in tho case of the famous "Love Letters," has been the subject of more social excitement than any literary puzzle of recent years. Although the "Love Letters" gave out that their writer was dead, we have not the slightest hesitation in believing that this novel is from the same pen that wrote "Gods and Their Makers" and "Green Arras," if Mr. Lawrence Housman is to prove the "inconnu." "Gods Their Makers" was a very charming book and had no particular success; "A Modern Antaeus" is a very charming book, with the same idyllic grace, and will depend for success on the fortuitous craze excited by its immediate predecessor. Every one who enjoyed the "Love Letters" ought, most certainly, to read "A Modern the same airy vivacity, the same classical estheticlsm, the same unnameable charm of an exotic and sensitive' genius, sparkle on every page and lift a somewhat commonplace and sordid story Into an empyrean of their own.

The modern Antaeus is a young Englishman named Tristram Gavney, whose character is that of the fauns; a lover of the woods and of natural liberty; bright and volatile when free, sullen and fretful when bound to an uncongenial occupation, yet always as honest and true as the sunlight, gay, trustful, poetic, melancholy, impetuous, by turns. His friend Raymond wrongs a village girl a girl of fine and noble nature, whom Tristram loves as a friend; when deserted, she returns to her village home for the birth of her child, and Tristram, magnanimously befriending her, and even, in his sympathy, offering to marry her as a reproof to the unknown betrayer, is, of course, himself suspected of the wrong. Round this intrigue the plot turns, in the environment of country life among wealthy English families. There are many passages of great beauty and nobility and the various characters are drawn with a facile and vivacious touch. It wotfld be a gratifying symptom of public taste if a book of so much delicacy should be popular on its merits.

CHOIRS AND CHORAL MUSIC. (Charles Scribner's Sons, cloth, $1.25 net, pp. 251.) It is sometimes assumed, though, perhaps tacitly, that the modern age knows all there is to be known about music; but it is altogether likely that the ancients would sneer, and with good reason, at many of our modern' performances; indeed, they might have good reason for hissing. One does not need to read Herder's book on "The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry" to learn that in the ancient temple services in which noble thought found expression in a corresponding felicity of sound, there was no unsteadiness of parts in the headlong rush to finish first, no light operatic airs to insult the sublime words, no thunders of voices where a whisper of song was required, and no contest between soprano and tenor to determine which could climb the higher; and if it be true, as George Eliot tells us, that music. "is love in search of a word," surely the art of music demands a competent exponent and present conditions necessitate thorough instruction.

In "Choirs and Choral Music," by Mr. Arthur Mees, former conductor of the Cincinnati May festival chorus, conductor of the New York Mendelssohn Glee Club, and' of the Albany Music Festival Association, is a really valuable exposition of the subject. He says: "As chorus singing is the sphere of public musical activity which now belongs legitimately to amateurs and choral music, the class of music for the performance of which the public is almost entirely dependent on omen WOMAN'S EVOLUTION. Women used to be told when they ventured into some public fields where they are now such familiar figures that their place was the the family altar (typified by the cook stove and the washtub in most houses), and, in fine, the home. We do not remember that they were in the habit of openly retorting "Whose home but surely their advisers were open to some retort.

It Is because women have, in the hideosiily egotistic and erroneous development of our commercial civilization, been obliged so often to make the homes they were bidden keep to that we now find them the rivals (alas! sometimes the victorious rivals) of men, not only in the graces, but the industries, the arts, the sciences. The part they play (it is very like working) has been less chosen than forced upon them by the brutal and entirely man made conditions of the life which prevails throughout the world ironically calling itself Christendom; and their schools cannot do better than con tiiJue to fit them for it, until their brothers shall Imagine some gentler and juster economy, in which they shall each be chosen a wife by a husband worthy of her, and dwell with him in a home of their common creation, sate from want and the fear of want. Even this millennial vision should not involve any obligation to matrimony as to a state more honorable or more ideal than celibacy. The apostle had something to say for that which will always commend itself to consideration, and no one can have lived long in the world or met many mature unmarried women without questioning the right of matrimony to hold itself as the only holy estate or the holiest. It is holy if the married pair behave themselves; and if they do not, why, celibacy seems rather preferable.

In millennial conditions, even, it is doubtful if it ought to be commended as the chief and primary motive in woman's education. In this premillennial epoch (we all know that A. D. 2000 is the trus millennium) it certainly should not be suffered to bring ignominy upon any of the occupations in which women find prosperity. W.

D. Howells, in Harper's Magazine. BROOMS THAT SWEEP CLEAN. For hard wood or stained floors and those covered with matting, a hair broom should be used. The hard wood floors need to be dusted after sweeping.

A very easy way of doing this is to make a Canton flannel bag of some dark color and tie it over a common broom. A vigorous rubbing with this covered broom will add considerable polish to a dim floor. For wiping floors heavy Canton flannel makes a good cloth. Cut a convenient size and overcast the edges coarsely. This is also an excellent plan for cleaning paint.

Dusters made of cheese cloth, with the hems run in, are soft to use and wash easily. Old India or foulard silk is the best thing I have ever tried for bric a brac and small articles. All dusters should be washed and dried after using. There is nothing gained by using a cloth filled with dust. It will not make anything clean.

If brooms, both large and small, are often washed and dried, then turned up on their handles, they will sweep cleaner and last longer. There should be a convenient place for keeping brooms, dustpans and cloths. It will save many steps if a set is kept on each floor. Mary Graham in Woman's Home Companion. msr "WT vr A BLIND PREACHER.

"Times of Retirement," by the Rev. George Mattheson, D. D. Cloth, $1.25 net, pp. 301.

(The Fleming H. Revell Company.) Since the death of Principal Caird, the most eminent Scotch preacher has been Dr. George Mattheson, who has been practically blind since his 20th year; yet his has been an unsually busy life; as a hymnist he is known by his famous hymn, Love That Will Not Let Me Go," contributed to the "Scottish and as an author he has published many volumes and has contributed numerous articles to the leading reviews and magazines. Queen Victoria, after hearing him preach, said truly "Your life has been a sorely tried, but a very beautiful one." Dr. Mattheson's latest book is Times of Retirement." He says: "At the request of many I have collected these fugitive devotional pieces which have been the diversion from sustained work, and in no other light do I offer them.

Yet there are some who cannot study sustained work. They have not leisure enough or they have not health enough; for such, truth must come in a rtoment. in the twinkling, of an eye. Any one of these meditations can be read in three minutes; yet three minutes may influence a whole day. A man may have faith in what he does not understand, but he cannot have emotion in what he does not understand.

The heart must have a theory for its own music; therefore the devotional writer must have a message as much as the expositor. Devotion must be the child of reflection; it mav rise on wings, but they must be the wings of thought; the meditations of this little book will appeal to the Instinct of prayer just in proportion as they appeal to the teachings of experience; therefore before a 1 things, I have endeavored to base the feelings of the heart on the conclusions of the "Notwithstanding the infirmity of blindness which has excluded him from much that feeds other minds, he has kept fully abreast modern research and progressive thought, so that one might well marvel at the accurate scholarship, wealth of information and sound judgment possessed by this eminent author whlse ability is acknowledged; to say that this "Times of Retirement" is written by Dr Mattheson is a sufficient indication of its genuine worth. DR. BABCOCK'S SERMONS. "Thoughts for Every Day Living," by Kath erine Tallman BabcocU and Mary R.

San ford. (Cloth $1 pp. 192. Charles Scribner's Sons.) The shock caused by the news of the tragic death in a Naples hospital of the Rev. Dr.

Maltbie D. Babcock, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, is still felt in this city and in Lockport, N. as well as in Baltimore, where he had been an honored and beloved pastor. Many of his friends and admirers have urged that some of his helpful and inspiring words be put into permanent form, for the talented preacher had published, no books, believing that his work centered upon his pulpit, and in response to the general request, "Thoughts for Every Day Living" has been compiled by Katherine Tallman Babcock and Mary R. Sanford.

This book contains numerous passages taken from Dr. Babcock's sermons, several prayers offered on various occasions, many extracts from his letters, and a number tpf his short poems. The volume, which contains a fine photo engraving of Dr. Babcock, will be treasured by all who knew him; it is printed "in loving memory of one who lived what he taught;" and will take its place not only as a memorial volume, but as a book of rare value for devotional reading. A NEW VALE VOLUME.

Already there has been issued in the Vale Press W. Adlington's sixteenth century work, "The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche," with the original spelling retained, and the pages decorated with Charles Ricketts' beautiful designs. John Lane is now about to issue, also in a Vale Press edition, Apu leius' Latin version of the story, again illustrated by the wood cuts of the clever engraver Mr. Ricketts. The volume measures 12x8 inches, and is bound in pasteboard.

Its title runs: Finis Amorum Cupidlnis et Psyches Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon Libris. Textum recensuit C. I. Holmes. Tab ulas invenit et sua manu sculpsit C.

Ricketts, AN ORIGINAL CLUB. The Homemakers' League is its name and Chicago its home. Its line is to be a sort of middle ground between the beaten paths of club life. The much discussed suffrage question will not agitate the tranquil course of the Homemakers, though the inauguration of the league is considered timely with reference to the suffragist and anti suffragist movement, for these camps are getting ready for action. Mrs.

Nellie Hall Root, well known as a lecturer, is the founder of the Homemakers. She says in regard to the subject: "We feel that many women, in their haste to grasp what they believe to be the larger life, have allowed to slip away from them the 'near' life, which is the best and sweetest. The Homemakers' League hopes to lead such women back to truer ideals, as well as to supply the something lacked by home loving, home keeping women, who have heretofore enjoyed no outside, brightening interests. In true and real homemaking wifehood, motherhood, the making of a true and real home lies woman's true forte and highest happiness. The Homemaker's League will endeavor to bring this truth home to Chicago women.

We feel that it has a place, that it will fill a real need, and for these reasons we are confident ot Its success." Mrs. Root believes a woman should be a homemaker first and foremost and thinks that club work and the club idea, generally, has been carried to extremes during recent years. The members of the league will take up the study of home life as evidenced in art and literature; child study, artistic house decoration, wife and mother culture and all the different si'CSf the homemaking problem will be subjects for consideration. MODES IN EVENING DRESS. The sleeves for full evening dress are infinitesimal.

A band on the shoulder may be above and below or only above the point of the shoulder which is exposed, and sometimes beneath the lower hand there is a puff, which in 6ome of the models is continued, to the elbow. Bodices are adapted to the straight fronted stays, long in the front and short in the back, as represented in old portraits of Venetian dames of the courtiers of Marie Antoinette and of Queen Elizabeth. The skirts are long, longer perhaps than of yore, hiding the feet well in front, and the back, most important of aspect, sweeping out into full rounded trains lying well on the ground, very full and bouffante at tho hem. Thin black over white continues to be the prevailing style. If the skirt is of lace it Is richly embroidered with chenille, silk, beads or sequins.

CHEAP COUNTRY TO LIVE IN. Portugal is recommended by a writer as the cheapest country in Europe wherein to live. The statement is made that this, beside being one of the most delightful countries on the continent, makes living in positive luxury possible at about one tenth the cost required In England. In the fascinating districts around Oporto and in Mancao and Braga excellent hotel board' may be had for from 50 to 75 cents a day and one can sometimes find pension accommodation at a less'rate. Miss Snyder, a member of the staff of the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, spends her vacations living with the Indians, studying them and exploring for ethnological relics, of which she has colleoted some which are very 'choice.

Interest An Estimated Total of the Enormous Investments Made Throughout the Union. CERTAIN CURIOUS CONDITIONS. California, With 93 Stations, Has Double the Capitalization of Ohio With 188 Stations. (From Urn The question has often been asked, "How much is represented by the electric lighting industry, and how does this industry compare with other large directions of endeavor in capital invested, people employed, dividends earned and general importance as a branch of the commercial activity of the country?" In endeavoring to give an answer to this complex question it has been necessary to make a careful study of tiie data obtainable from all directions and to compile, as accurately as the circumstances permit, a table setting forth the features of the electric lighting industry which are of the most importance the number of plants, their situation geographically, and the amount of invested capital represented by these undertakings. The table shown on this page represents the maximum of information obtainable in this direction to day, and is complete up to September 1, 1901.

On account of the impossibility of obtaining information regarding certain features, however, it may be said that the figures given are below the actual facts, both as regards the number of stations and the total invested capital. It is believed that the number of stations given is very nearly correct, while it is possible that the figures for capital invested are as much as 10 per cent, low. The reason of this is that it has not been possible to obtain reports from all the stations in the United States concerning the amount of their outstanding securities. In accounting the number of stations isolated plants of all sorts were absolutely neglected, and the stations given in the total. 2.S42 in number, represent only those actually dcing business in public electricity supply in the United States.

Under "capital" in the table the sums given include the outstanding stocks and bonds of the various corporations. While a total of more than $687,000, 000 is shown of course no one familiar with the field of electrical enterprise in this country will assume that this represents the actual sum in cash expended in the equipment of the stations. It is probable, however, that the total amount of cash money actually expended in the construction of electric light plants as represented in this table is between 5300,000.000 and $400,000,000. No accurate figures have been obtainable as to the number of people employed or the salaries paid, nor is it possible to obtain any figures from a sufficient number of stations concerning their earning capacity to make the tabulation of these results of any importance. A study of the table discovers some very curious conditions.

The largest number of separate electric light stations in any state is found in Illinois, while the largest capital invested is in Pennsylvania, which also possesses the second largest number of stations. Where consolidation has been active the number of stations is comparatively small with reference to the total capitalization. For example, California, with only ninety three stations, shows a capitalization of nearly two and one half times as much as Ohio, with 1SS stations or over twice as Probably this Is due in some measure to oiler capitalization in the western state, and also to the fact that companies there contyol larger territory and by the liberal wcof power transmission make one station serve a considerable area. In certain regions, again, it is noticeable that capitalization is evidently held within close bounds, as in the District of Columbia, where the capitalization is reported as only $2,000,000 for the fine electric lighting plants of the national capital. The table represents the fruit, of no inconsiderable work and Is believed to be as accurate as any that can be produced In the present condition of the industry in this country.

One fact is sufficiently evident, however, from it, and that is that electric lighting ranks among the foremost industries of the country in the amount of capi THE THANKSGIVING TABLE. The Thanksgiving season has come to be a veritable apotheosis of the dining table. No fair woman en grande toilette for the ball is more carefully adorned than this upholder of epicurean delights on Thanksgiving Day. A feast for the eye as of the palate, it presents in its dress of snowy linen, its ornament of glittering glass and silver and its crown of lovely blossoms. As to these last the floral queen of November will, of course, be the reigning favorite at Thanksgiving dinners and yellow will be the color most generally chosen.

The flowers will be arranged on a bed of ferns, the preference being given, as has for some time been the mode, to low decorations. Where a tall cen 'ter piece of chrysanthemums is used it may be embellished with drapery of asparagus fern. To be sure there is no more beautiful table decoration than La France roses or orchids, but they may be had the year round and it seems only fair to give the tousle headed "mums" an opportunity to shine while their season is at its height. One of the handsome New York homes is to have its Thanksgiving dinner table shadowed by a tall palm a table kept especially for the purpose having a hole in the center, through which the palm rises. From the palm leaves vines of asparagus fern will fall to the table and hung in the ferns like huge airy butterflies will be delicate orchids.

Such decorations, however, are not for the average mortal, neither is the rich old mahogany table whose polished surface is set off but not hidden by a center piece of silk or lace in crusted with heavy silk embroidery. For those not possessed of such tables the first consideration for the dinner is the table cloth. Where something more elaborate than a palm damask is desired, one with a border of renaissance may be chosen. Newer and more fashionable, and also more expensive, is a cloth having Insertions and border of cluny lace. Cluny is the particular fad of the moment and very handsome center pieces are shown with wide borders and applique ot cluny lace.

Renaissance, though still used, is considered passe by those who follow the latest, ideas. The favorite lloral designs where color is employed are roses and orchids. Just at present pure white is finding much favor for table decoration. A new and beautiful center piece shows a wide border composed of exquisite drawn work intermixed with heavy white silk embroidery. Another intported piece is entirely covered with small wreaths of roses, the centers being of drawn work in various patterns.

Other new and Ik: pieces doilies are of Italian cut work or tho Mount Mellick worst an Irish ruinroiilery usually on coarse homi. pint. In candle shades nothing is prettier or more in vogue tiiit lios of silk flowers or leaves of lUc desired color. Closely set carnations relieved with it sprinkling of tiny green leaves are wry feathery ri in! dainty iti appearance. The open work si shade over color is always and harmonizes with tho silver nndlo sticks or candelabra so much used.

As to china for the table there is nothing new to be said. If bizarre effects are desired they may bo found in sonic of the art noti veau of the elite Limoges china. In glassware the white and gold engraved is constantly growing in demand. It is extremely decorative anil comes in graffiti designs and patterns A strawberry design with the COMFORTABLE TROLLEY RIDING. Jamaica Avenue Line Has Big Car That Protects Motorman From Elements.

A trolley car of a type used for many years in the South, where the trolley first proved its usefulness, has been placed in operation on the Jamaica avenue line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, running from the Vesta avenue "loop" to Hollis. The car Is very long and broad and has a glass enclosed compartment forward in which, the motorman stands and operates the electrical supply and automatic brake. The new fashioned car, beside protecting the motorman from the elements, affords added comfort to the passengers by its ex tra facilities for carrying large numbers. The sides of the car bulge something as does the bay window of a house and the interior of the vehicle is surprisingly commodious. The seats are arranged for two passengers sitting on each similar to the regular railroad coaches and the riders face the forward end of the car.

A broad aisle running between seats gives plenty of room for standing passengers who do not inconvenience those seated. The Oriental is the namo of the car. TRAIN SERVICE TO FLORIDA. On and after November 24, 1901, the Southern Railway will inaugurate passenger train service between New York, Washington, Florida and the South via Richmond, and Charlotte, N. C.

This will be in addition to the full complement of passenger train service now being operated by the Southern Railway between New York and Washington and Florida and all points South via Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Danville, Va. These trains will be equipped with Pullman drawing room sleeping cars, operating between New York and Jacksonville, over the Pennsylvania Railroad to "Washington, thence Washington Southern Railway and Southern Railway, and will also carry coaches and Southern Railway dining cars. NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is to establish a weekly standard sleeping car line between the Grand Canyon and Los Angeles, Cal. Under this new arrangemen these sleeping cars will leave the canyon westbound every Thursday morning, beginning December 5, connecting at Williams with train No.

7 for, Los Angeles. Eas tbound the cars will leave Los Angeles every Tuesday on train No. 2, beginning December 3. This arrangement is made to provide through sleeping car accommodations from the canyon to southern California for transcontinental passengers who stop over to view the Grand Canyon. MIDWOOD CLUB ELECTION.

W. A. A. Brown has been elected president of the Midwood Club of Flatbush; Edward F. de Selding, vice president; Dr.

George F. Lazarus secretary, and W. Joel Moran, treasurer. A DOLL RECEPTION. The Joseph H.

Baulttnol Store the Scene of a Brilliant Social Function. It is not every day that the public is Invited to a function in high life, but at the Bauland store, Fulton, Duffield and Bridge streets, a distinguished party of foreigners is being entertained and all of Brooklyn is cordially invited to attend. Of course, stray princes and dukes have frequently been feted in Uncle Sam's country, but never before has Brooklyn been honored with the company of so large a contingent of French aristocracy. There is no mistaking these grandes dames for the common herd. There is a curve to the cheek, a curl of the lip and a wave of the long, curling tresses which betoken high birth.

And then the costumes they wear the latest creations of the Parisian modiste. One lovely, blue eyed maiden is garbed in pink brocade, encrusted with lace applique and pink spangles. Her bodice, in bolero effect, and her elbow sleeves are of the newest cut, and on her golden curls rests a picture hat of shirred pink silk and lace. A rival belle is robed in heliotrope silk and chiffon, and one very chic little miss wears a smart gown of white spangled satin, with trimmings of yellow panne and beaver fur. Modish raglans of castor or scarlet cloth are worn by some of these little aristocrats, and others are dressed as babies or little boys, fascinating enough to win the heart of any susceptible maiden.

Many of the dollies have grown to a height of 39 inches, and really seem big enough to take care of themselves. They are the finest French manufacture, jointed and with movable eyes. For their toilettes are the most marvelous trousseaux, parasols, sets of jewelry, combs, toilet articles and everything pertaining to the ward robo of a well brought up young lady. BRIDE WAS CARRIED HOME. Every one may not know ihe quaint custom that is observed at Blair Atlioll on the home coming of a bride.

When a Duchess of Atholl or a Lady Tullibardine enters Blair Castle for the first time she may not walk into the house, but must be carried across the threshold. The 'Duke of Atholl cherishes the traditions of his race, and his old world ceremony was duly observed when the latest bride entered her historic home. London Tit Bits. EXTRAVAGANCE OF SQUAWS. The Oklahoma Indian women are a proof that feminine extravagance is not confined to the white race.

From to represents the cost of dresses worn by many of the women of the Kiowa, Comanche, Arapahoe and Ponca tribes. Soft buckskin Is the material of those dresses which are lined with silk or satin, red and yellow being favorite colors. Their expense is largely in the ornamentation of jewels and elk teeth. TO TUCK THEM AWAY. "Did you notije what a lot of closets Mrs.

Hazzapast is having put in her new house?" "Yes; I presume she wants to have room for all her family skeletons." Philadelphia Bulletin..