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34 d. d 32. U]. tut: WUl`lU. Let any one try to walk Ibackward along the full length of a big hall, bow- ing every few steps, never looking back- ward, and yet keeping in the proper di~rection--al.l the more important to pre- serve, since the ofeial-s thus walking backward lead the royal procession-and he will see how d-iicult it is to pres'erve either one s dignity or -one s bearings. And very often -the Walking backward has to be done not merely on the level, but also up and down steps and stairs, which is even still more arduous, and re- -uires an immense amount of practice. ndeed, those not accustomed thereto sometimes come to grief in the same manner as the Duke or Angyll. On one at the rare occasions on -which Queen Victoria presided at the opening of Par- lizament in state she was attended by the Duke, who, doing duty for the nonce as lord hixgzh steward of the .-realm, carried the crown on a velvet cushion. At -the conclusion of the ceremony, during which he had occupied a -place on the dais of the throne in the House of Lords, he proceeded to move backward from the presence of Her Majesty. He forgot, however, the steps cu`! the dais, and when he reached the edge of the lat-. ter he fell -backward all huddled up in his long and heavy ermine-`barred red peer s robes from the rfolds of which le was ext:-iea.ted with difficulty. The crown shared in the mishanp, for it rolled 1 from its cushion to the ground, and a l number of the stones dropped out. The Queen, whose face showed more concern than amusement, although t-he gravity ; of those about her was sorely taxed by the spectacle presented by the Cy.-k I of the N01'th.(as his grace. is styled in `Scotland in consequence of his some- what strutting gait), spoke a. -few kindly words, expressing her hope that he was i not hurt. .Q...-.. ...4.:...,... LL:... _-._ II_:__ ._ L _ -L___ _ -. .1 Among the many eculiarit-ice of eti- quette at the manure ical courts or Eu- rope there is none that is more strange than the walking backward. It is an ac- conrplashment-1'my, one ` might almost describe it as an art-th-at .. is by no means easy to acquire, and yet which as ind-ispensa.-hie. to those who are called upon to bask in what is known as the sunshine of royalty. Nowhere isit car- ried to greater perfection nor more (re- uently practiced` than at the court or ueen Victoria. It is scarcely necessary to state that the wal-kin-g backward constitutes a token of profound. re ect. It is an art of homage that men the old regime `-in Europe Still accord to every great lady of their acqouaimtance when they back out of her presence at the conclusion or a call, and is based upon` the doctrine that it is discourteous to ever turn the back toward any one that is entitled to deference. The turning the back upon a person is to such an extent a demon- stration or disregard and contempt that it has even come to `be used as a gure of speech for the expressios of aver.=.i.m, and hence it is not unnatu-rally forbid- den by the "etiquette or most of the courts"of Europe in the presence of royalty. At Berlin, at Rome, and at the courts of some of the more modern and minor dynasties the rule is not so strict- ly olbserved, and-in the Prussian capital, as well as at the Quirinal, I have oft-:-n watched the great dignitaries of the _im- perial and royal households marching, wand of oice in hand, at _the head of the procession, turning their gold-ems broidered backs full upon the an-zinted ` or the Lord, who followed in their wake. But at Buckingham palace, at Windsor, or at St. J armcs the Lord` Chamberlain, the Lord Steward and the other oicers of state in-variably precede either the sovereign or her children, walking back- ward, keeping their faces toward royalty and their backs to the remainder oftthe world. A_.. A... _-.. I]- .1..- ..l__-_-....J .4 Court A1-t_ That In` Somewhat Dlmclt * to Acquire--An rncmeu: in the cancer of the` Duke of Argyll-.-Duo to` the Late Prince Conubrt. V O BAGKWARD| we pu=ncuLTIi=.s mo HUMORS m we pmzsencaor ROYALTY. v U T i;W.'V",`C -'?I went and-fact to: .':_m.. .- I I.CEIT5- iaZ'e';"`1":.`'$'..- -'.`;` ".'.`'J-" writes Lord Lorne, about zueen Victoria." Sales pa-oceden' ted. eomake dnllaruhil . Bi gnuuiuion. 0nEE`geotoa.nva`;ets. The RAl{ _1,n.Y-'GAnnn'rsoN oo., Limited, Toronto, Ont. In.Iv wA1>1I..Is.n.:~,.':;-:.:.*.:.."a':.:r*' 2| meat auilhct ounhdheu-tune ioimv.od aun`a. Igesyrg-_. 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But Ethel knew that she would have to got back to her mamma as soon as she cmiltlg and certainly she did not haw to mind a boy with u fl-eckled ram ,and who had lost several teeth. Mr. Ordway loolfsd up and frowned at the intorx'11ption. He was a tall. dig- niliml looking old gentleman. with eye- ;:lus. and Ethel was sure, at the rst glance, that he wore a. silk hat. "\\'l1at do you want here?" Mr. Urd- uznv I'I`.'l\l ] 54-nvvnlvv `No. 5 nurunv 31.. TOP noon. PROPRIETOR. BINDERY Drop us a. Card. Hgpnts se1t`*K1onaik9,9_e1*%Iiie1a': A __I_!._I._.S.. E.._-_.-_ -- `DO .93! HITVCSK OI (CIT IIVCIS HOW DC`EIlCfU CIOIIIK 1 wondcn. Nearly everybody subscribes. One oung \ follow on a. fatal at $12.00 a month in making 75.00. 1 A land t `tar I: . k lea ' . . A mg. 1.9.: `$12.. n.:a$.t".'3..`fa".'_ ...".a.."a'."iu:.'.'.: .`Z. M A may type-wrowr at ;3.oo a week 18 clean-mg )1 1.00. A mechanic who had earned $x.5o a day is clearing a day. We want more cuts. Canvanin out- . 1 eta. worth $1.00. HE BRADLEY AR- L? a . Ex}}}}Jc.& ca;.;x-vauersw _ Qeaihg the richest harvest of their lives; new beginiuen doing tandem. Nam-Iv nvervbodv subscribes- Ona vnunu And We will endeavor to please you. N 0 t h i n g known to the trade We arenet familiar with ; and our prices are reasonable. 5n1u\'l', LLIi1L uc wuu: a. nun uni vmy asked. sternly. - ` If you please, I want $7.85, a,nswer- l ed Ethel, simply. 'l`hu `rum :1 nnvnl vnnvy A-F knnninm In VUFYKIUH I C `CO Anyone sending a sketch and decor! tion may quickly ascertain. free, whether an Inlv)entlo_n is probably Inc. Communications strictly conden Oldest agency for securing patente in America. We have 3 Washington omce. Patents taken through Mann 8 Co. receive special notice in the SGIENTIFIO IMERIGMI, b.I.`I1flIV Inlllfrnfntl Int-cant. nlntnflntlnn nf beautiful! Illustrated. lamest circulation of any acient do 0m'nal.weekly.tenns83.(l)n ear; {~'1.n0 on: man ha. Specimen copies and D 3005'. ON PATENTS sent tree. Addrou MUNN & CO. , - $81 Broadway. New York. LARGEST CIRCULATION, MOST NEWS---MOST ADS. Often the cheapest. Always the Best: ONE ISSUE A WEEK, .ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. 1'I`fnliTel\:3z1sBl::1J:i`(3,:el way of begging, Mr.` Ordway thought, but he replxed brusq1e- ly that he had nothing for beggars. "rie nvnu rlrnuful kuuf n4` nnnuan Inn l`V lllcll. LI!` uuu llUl1llllS lUl.' Ucggulb. This was dreadful, but of course he did nut understand yet, Ethel thought, and so she replied, in a tone quite as dig11i(*d as his own: I am not a beg- gar. sir; I am a creditor. At this Mr. Ordway faced squarely hnllt. and looked his visitor over from hmltl tr) font. ~-\ .-..,\.1:.\._')n _._.: LL--- ._.-.. .-_L LL- llT`|lll Ll) IIHIL. '_'A Creditor? and there was just the fzunu-st suspicion of a smile about the corners of Mr. Ordway s mouth. VVell? In nncxxvorv Ffkn` nfnvxnntl fnwvvvnltl` ant` \'UlHt`I'.\' U], `V11 . Ul'u'ily H IllUuluo V` ell` 1 In answer Ethel stepped forward and ; ht-lrl out 1110 blll. \l.. n...1.....-. 1..,.I-...: -1. 2;. I'.f.......L'1 "1 Ull_l lHL' UUL Mr. Ordway looked at it. Humph! ho oxvluimed, when he had read it over. "1 tm't you know that this is not the plzwv tn come for a settlement? Besides, 1f this M11 is genuine, let this Mr. Chad- burn_ II11st.od be man enough to present 1L_h1ms(-If , and not send a chit of I clnld nmund with it. In .... :.`......L *mu...19.. -...... ......... Alhul uluu nruullu W111] II." ` In an instant Ethel s eyes Were lled with hot tears, but she dashed them away, and answered, with a SMV9 118 nity \\'lll('l1 was not marred by the try- mor of lwr voice: My D803` is dead 5"` He did try to collect it a great Wm? times, but he never could get the I_n0nY- .\I:m1m:1 said there was no use In our YF.Vin: to do what papa could not. but we m-odod the money so badly that I thmlght I'd try. "hues you!` mother allow you_to do this? .\I 1'. Urdway asked, adjusting hii ,\'('glz1Sst`S. , 1:` n_ W; ,1 1 I. 1 ,, ,,, ----l-L3-~ l7ac tIl')'1lml followed the boy. who grinned unme:mingl_v. she thought. A` 11111 l`l\l\VI A? `II: nur1nvnw'a nnnvvi fhn `-J \,lLl.DbK'b. "011. Sir she doesn't know anything.` abogt it. 7 ion say you needed the money so badly. Wlmlt did you need it for? "P110 n-m`.~x most due, and, oh, mammal needs so many things. But, Ethel continuml, L-:u-uestly, we could get 1110118 for SHIHH filnn $4` nunrn 1-nnnlr` (\i1.' nnv v.uu.u1ul'u, L-:u'uest1y, "we coma get auuug * f0I`_soInv time if people would only pay their dt-Ms," C RI 1\..n, .. .. . n u u9,4_j wvu ut-ms. Mr. L_)x-lwuy felt actually humiliated, and b1."I`u :1 child that he had but :1 (`VV lllnlnundn l\.\a....- ....,.....n,1 t\` `r\n.'ut!:vIlI few IT.i.l.1.flt:1)\.`n}Lxu Luau 115 ufgctn) uu_u. u W0 -11: ore ncp1s_e o eggmg. mm, W , he egxclzumed, a.l1ttle abUui.t]_t11<-11; has _been some mlstake plmnd _ns blll evldently. Then- he i Ins hand upon an electric buttond and :1 nmxnont lq De-I'M nf 1r.+L.A1`.":.l:_th.`3L_In al.l1.-31v_hO...h..!'. S11 on! 8Ulll_Y ua DIIC VVCLIL Uuln She did th_e errands rst, and as rap- idly as possllgle. Then She pulled out the pile of bxlls and looked at the ad- dress of the one on t.op. f\5~rhvnv .87 n 9 Mm mu ..-..A Km: 1111111. . .luu\'cu. . ' Whnlo her mother was wrxtmg 11 note, which she was to de_liver, she took up a handful of the bxlls 1n question and con- comled them undpr her cloak. I'll give mamma a surprlse, she` said to herself softly as she went out. Q}-an Rh` fho orrnnn-`Ia waf and n... nu... at 12 II\rI\V VI I prl!$:l`.`; scn';.used to poverty," and h couldn't grow used to it s$f, ,`,`;l,' tsheie poverty eyes in the plus gr had stared at her every day for tht th. _ ` I lI8V:,l:`i l(;n her papa lxved she had been ed and indulged. but now that net P9 was dead everythmg was dnfferen l"`.l the1," called a qulet voice. Ethel bounded down the stairs. Vhct It! er 5:19 saw that her mamma had ying. She was si_tting beside a geg 3;-rhieh was strewn .w1th papers, and looked tll`d and dlstressed. mamma ? she asked, and V `..It is too bad to make my little girl" ,e such burdens as these." she said, with a sad smlle wlnch brought the team to Ethel s eyes, but ypu wall have to grow used to hurderls now, I fear. our rent lS due next Week_, she con. nned, "and I see_no posslble way to meet ev_<-11 that-mlserably small sum- These bxlls are all_for amounts due to papa before the falrlure, but he said he might as well b1_1rn_them;_they were all nearly if not qulte lmposslble to collect. It seems hard, Ethel, that We cannot sha have enough from them to meet the- mm, at least. But It Is hopeless; we surely could not_ collect them _11: uja could not, and With a troubled slgh rs, Husted gathered_up the useless papers and laid them as1de. `Now. Ethel, she added, I want you to do some errands for me; get your wraps; you know you have to be the little woman of the house now." Ethel put on the old lawn bonnet which she had long ago outgrown, but which h-ft`her curls free to stray as they would. 'lhen she added a long red cape which mamma had constructed from a shawl. and was ready. In the few moments which had elapsed since her mothers remarks about the bills she had formed a bold plan, whose mhgnitmle would have appalled an older person. _ But Ethel was not at all a - palledi 1t seemed to her a very simpe thing indeed. l.iln how nxnfhnr man nudfdnn an ant. some 0 nlthgugh these list month. N the r knees and her chin in he, elbows on w ::;m::::,:;:":*.:*:4.,:;en':`::..:.*'; 5" the hall below. - plaster ill _ . d . Ethel uasnt use, poverty, and -...nhnW she couldn_t _ugeg h,_ it all HIISIEG B0: In: Inc v Ejitetle cotm which she cv;He5u1';`:m: UETHEL; * .__.---_----- | Husted I'wt on the`. ..F%?&xe%eotme _v~:!*1213.*=s .9: .23 you NovEMBER 4, 1897; :1!` at ll uu'uL lilLC1' LL18 1111111 WHU uuu Ethel over the desk came . ulwr. genuexnun ~ 5:21:01 side or a. Ahgn'dioVm_e_ to De repulreu uuu puI.- nu um `graft Mr. Ordw , the owner. Am-acted Min.` to 139` it V.dou>e.-.-`-chic: [Inter-`Ocean. L .1; " ` ' W31" `thought it would be Vveryeasy to get the money, she said`. in conclusion; but I'm afraid I couldn t have done-it it it hadn t.been for Mr. Ordway. Why, some people are so queer!" and` her thoughts ran back to the Irish woman who` didn't tell the truth, the cross man that Mr. Ordway scared, [and all the `rest. L A The '-next week, when the rent due, the. agent told {them that the house was to be repaired and. put in` order; LL..L' II- ntnr `|A *n`ClIn1|. `hid `In. ne Illllllei Of course Ethel was delighted to nd that her newly-found friend really lbeonged to her, as she expressed it, and after he had gone, promising to come again to see? her, she told her mother all` the occurrences of [the after- 1100!}. I &la..u..I.& IL uununlal In: sunny noun `Q` .l`.l.|IS'LUU5 .l.llLllUl.' W115 CUE \I.l'l'l1l' It was, Mr. Husted answered in sur rise. * thought so, sMr. Ordway replied, in a tone of evident pleasure, when I rst met your little daughter, and It will allow, her to tell you not" our adven- tures this afternoon, I did not in the least expect that she was the grand- daughter ot an old friend or mine, long_ since lost_ `sight of, but after I learned her- name, she reminded me in many ways of my old friend, -and so I.t_ook the liberty of coming in and -inquiring. I assure ,you, I should have, been very much disappointed it I had proven to be mistaken. ' , ~ . l\l nnnnn an `Ed-In-J , -`Inna nnuhfnz` +A 15 B11 . \J1'UVVll.Yo . -4 Mrs. Husted invited the stranger in ; with dignity equal to his own, and,as i Mr. Ordway passed through the shabby hall he frowned at the` ragged holes in the plaster as heartily as_ Ethel` had done. HT 1..-..- ;-_...'..-n .. .u_.._...:_;_. _.'___,.s_ UUllCa , I have formed a charming acquain- tance with- your little daughter, . he said, when he had seated himself in the small sitting room, an acquaintance which I hope you will allow` me to keep up. May I ask it the name of Mr. Hnsted s father was Cot Orrin? un. ........n 1:- u-....;...: ......_..._...1 s._` u.1uuUum_v , an She was sta`r`t1``by' a glad little cry of Mammal `and before she had fairly. \ turned about t_here d1_{ove to the door a lhundsome cgrrgage wlth a_conchmnn in l hvery, and mslde the carnage a stately old gentleman and her own [little girl. `X7hv T1".f-110"" aha nvnlnirnn |.llllL'Uo I should not `have sent her out on the street alone, she said to herself, anxiously, and yet--.-" _ Qhn urn: ai-ovfln Bu a clot` IN-flu (uni! J , Ill LUCI 5 DUI: HAUL uucu. _ fez, mamma, said. Ethel.` but this 18 Mr. Ordway. `fun -111154-AR 11`:-V34-ngl 41-an alvouinnnnu :0: lutl ullBWClUUo . Do you know who does? asked Mr. Ordwuy, looking at her keenly. ` No, sir, answered Ethel. Mr. Ordway said no more`. and Ethel ` was content to enjoy the pleasure otethe drive,` and the delicious sense of the surprise she had in store for mammu. YO nvnn lIlIl\1'I7=I*\(I `nvlvnuli Jualu .-.....I `I3... uurpnbe aux: uuu nu |.Ul'|`.' l.Ul' 1_uuuuuu.. It was growing toward dusk. and Mrs. Husted had begun to feel 'very' much worried about her li ctTe girl- She had gone to the door and looked out several times. 61 ..I......I.l .....L `L...-.. _-_J. I. . _ _ . -. yracco No. 20VVine place? fell. well, he answered. Hnvmg given John his u- structions he leaned back in the carnage, and began once more toequestion Ethel. nf whnm n VA Ir-nnf fhn I\`nnn9" LA uuu ucgau uuct: ulure LU Tque-suou mmex. 1 Of whom do you rent the place? he asked. . ` 4511.. cu....._.__ 2- A_I__ _-_,, "N - u.a1\::u_. _ 1 Mr. Sherman Is the man we rent of, but I believe he does not own the house, Ethel answered. u1'\.. -..... I-........ ...-L.. .1......on _._n_.; :3; any Luuxc uvuulc LU]: me Lu-uuy. ' But Mr. Ordway insisted that he would not desert her now, so Ethel told him th.a~t she lived at No. 20 Vine- place. Mn ":nn nlnnnq TIYAII -..\II 9! I... unuu uu3Wt.'1't!U. savagely. Well, nevertheless, it may interest you to know that I am Ordwayp of the rm of Ordway & Go. Theman lid look interested, Ethel though-t. Now, continued Mr. Ordway, I believe you owe our rm a bill several times larger than this one this little. girl is present- ing. VVe have been very lenient with you so far, but I promise you that un- less this bill is paid, I shall press the matter of our bill immediately. W'hnt do you say? i {1}, an H 4.1.. up... ..6................1 u_.-_ uu _\`uu nay. V Oh, ah, the man stnmmered, pos- sibly I can manage to pay this to-day, and once more a sum of money was handed to Ethel, while she stepped for- ward in a very businesslike way to re- ceipt the bill. All 1|, ' ---r.. ..... ..,-... \ All their experiences were not so un-, pleasant as these. One man, who seem- ed to be a friend of Mr. 0rdway s talk- ed to Ethel kindly, told her tnat"he had known her father, and was interested in the someyvhat odd experiment that she was makmg. - A lfn.ncLi-has lunw c-no.1- .~:- `all... ......1 Lu. \t. _yU uuuu: S Q11, I can walk very well, M way, Ethel answered. Du m any more trouble for me to-day. I-lrlf `Ir nrmnv h-mini-o 4 _.-_..., uuu uusxfwucr U18) Went llltu the: hop before which the carriage stood. - hat can I do for you, eMiss? the shopkeeper asked, at the same time how- ling respectfully to Mr. Ordway. Ethel handed him his bill. -saying. f`I `would like the money, sir. ' The man looked quite `surprised and not very well pleased either. He glanc- ed up and was about to make a rather surly reply, when he caught Mr. Ord-. way s eye. VVell, well, he exclaimed and stopped. un|_:_ 124;: , made shed. ....u- we vvyllllu This little gii'l s papa has died," Mr. Ordway explained, stepping forward, a11d the most that he left his family! was some bills. I am taking the pains l to `help her collect them. ` qhnro Ixruu cnnnni-I-.:..... .-L---L `U " " uu nclp I181` COIIGCI Tpelll." . There was somethlng about Mr. 01'd-- wny s tone which semed to leave very little to. be said. Besides, the, store- k_eeper knew, what Ethel was only be- gunning to surmise, that Mr. Urdway was at man very much fmn-nd nu urn" on vvuu.'u ut: uuu recexvea. At their next stop the man who owed the bill positively refused to pay it. and would give no reason for his` refusal. Do you know who I am?" Mr. Ord- way asked. No, I don't, and I don't care. the man answered savagely. WP]l_ l|D\H3I`fl`In`nan {Ir nan-v 3-`-""" was Luluuugo Altogether they made six calls and collected as many bills, and then Mr. Ordway said: And now, little maiden, where .shall I order John to; drive, to take you home? ml 1 nnn wvnouua -u-All II - nl...1 . _uuu.le w mamma. much earlier by going about in this way. . . By thistlme the carriage had stopped. Mr. Ordway stepped our and helped Ethel, and -together they went into the shop Miss? ` shopkeeper asked. 111* Mm unrnn I-:vnn 1...... .cap=uu:u in the business world. " The man hesitated but a moment, the he went to a drawer and counted out the amount of money which the e bill called for and handed it to Ethel. e Please receipt the bill, be said. and Mr. Ordway showed her where to write her name. 66"I`I...--l- ._--_ 9! ` "'-` ucl. name. . '.l`ha_1nk you, said Ethel, with a sim- ple grace, as she turned to leave the store, but the shopkeeper was too much surprised at having allowed himself to be so readily persuaded to part with 8. sum of money to notice `the kindly thanks which he had received. t Af nnv nub.`-s J-1--- --AA- ' - With` that he helped Ethel mm the cziirriage. and -`then; takinffrom ~.her hand e bills. hesaid: `Now. leteme see. what 18 the first address? Beaufort street. -No. 56," he said to the` coachman, and the next moment y were whirling away own tthe Ethel `settled back among the cushions` and accepted `the situation in _a` very matter-or-tact manner. It was ' really quite like old `times. .. '1`l`1en.Atoo. she 1 felt somewhat reheved b have Mr. Ord-" way help her ,with the matter or the .bills, althoughshe did not considerditpy rewlly necessary. 01 course the people would pay her the money it she went `alone, provided that they had it, and of course it they-did not have it they Vclrguld not pay it even to Mr. Ordway. ut the coachmah knew the streets better than she`did, and she could get home to mamma much ab_9ut this way. ; vv uusu-uncp uuu. Lul`. uruway W5; mag very much feared as well as respected m the busmess world. The nun: ha-o+mI 1-.4. .. ..--.--n-L U--- '1l1":_En1'FnaiE"a'd 'T1?er'B'vEvi"* 1itt'ie Why, Ethel! she exclaimed. WW3: rnornrnn uni.-I Ifhnl F UL1.|l:L". r. .h:d,.-i_n-, _ vfe Mr. Urd- ` }1ot take ll ,IOYVCu._C'l.l DB9 lllxqivng yvwvgvua witch meals a.'re'se1we`d are known I; the -j picture`ot a crosse+d.k.n1fe% and mm` 615miuIt the name 01, {lie place. 7.3%} 11.3? - u'I:wuu'I:ul. Luau lub llL'l.'Ul'U{l [O JIHLLI. `.`I never employ women, said an editor once.- Never! You cannot my `damn to a woma-1_1./ He didn't say dam-n to men .e1ther, but what he meant was sound. He means. that wo- men too often resent having their knuckles rnptped when they V make a mgss oftheir work, that they expect to be. let off easy beca-ugelott their sex-'-in other words. that their work instead of .befjng, jndged_~_'aa work is always. to .be zjudgedl as mere wo-man s work. Now Ouaalv Kc" un4-- On 1-nnr i-`|3n.Ir3na fauna unannou- Vwvuu - ' (3) The greatest diiculty which wo- men have to contend with In journa.1 sm and in other branches of work is this pseudo respect which comrpels her em- ployers to accord to hera less severe treatment than that accorded to man . . T nova: nannlnw II1l\I1'|Avu uni: .... Juuguu us were wwung 5 wuns. LVQ\\' that is nag" to thinkmg true respect, But the pnlot is e`a._vi-ng, 1501 must stop. _.7 7|` HA-nn In Now vnl-Ir fault! (Iv VVU`l.LI.aal.ls (2) No American gentleman ever ven- tures to' contradict a. woman. He will listen with iniiperturlbalble politeness to some fine lady -friend talking the most palpable nonsense arborut a subject which he knows at hislngers end. But he .' allows her to meander on, only when she ceases and quits the room the ex- pressive shrug of the shoulders and sigh of relief -be-ar testimony to his forbear- ance. It -is a cruel forbearance based upon a radical lack of respect. When .a woman makes a fool of herselrf by making statements that are not correct, drawing illogical conclusions and gen- erally displaying a somewhat retarded intellectual developsment,'it is very false kisdness to let them revel in the mis- taken belief that they are true `and well founded, wihereas reality they are toolish and most ignorant. No man . A would feel he was being treated with re- spect in? he was not pulled up sharp when he made a fool of `himself. Ibeca.-use, for- sooth, of the respect due his sex. Scuch false courtesy and forbearance are in realitythe Sl1|bti'S_t form of insult. Until. youcan discuss with a woman as freely `and contradict her as frankly as a man she can never feel that she is regarded` as other than a child, an en-gaging. fascinating creature no doubt, `but not a person to be t8ak_en serioiisly as a prac- tical ' factor is thi rough, -_workaday -`world ` , A 1!. 'l\`l._ ... .....L-...A. J`21___IL.._ ,_,u o u Elle luere U1'l1'2l11lCLlI.H.l u'u.unu1'_v U]. Lllallullo l 1`here is indeed some truth -in the paradox that a certain apparent lack of ceremony in the treatment or women is often the index of` the reality of an surd and unnecessary will seem the para- ; underlying respect. Men who are real friends, comrades who risk their lives together in the ranks, do not stand on ceremonies. The intensity and intimacy of their regard tor each other tran- scends the needs for those moreior less symbolic methods of indicating respect. So it is with women. When you meet .-1 woman as an equal intellectually and as a real force in the work Olf the world, p the more close your union the more ab- ; phernalia. bf -conventional bcourtesy. ; These things are good to symbolize re- ; spect, `but wh-e_n you have the thing it- I sent the trauprpzng`-s are mpt to appeari superuous. | fl... 4.2...- 2 N - . . .`3.lI.. ...\.-".2-.. `I no... may UC uuu.-:u. _ (1) The English are not ashamed to place a woman high above all their politicians, to keep her there for 60 years and -to give her a direct and most potent vc-ice inf settlfmg all the great aairs of state, from dealing with which in the American Republic women are debarred. You may say the Queen is only avtlgurehead. If so,- she is much jzhe live_l1es't and most potent gurehead 111 history. rpkn 'ulI`\I`I$lD1\ All :1-u-\-`nu 1-.1-Jn l` 12......` Ill ll.lBLU'l.'.Yo The `charge 0*! being such a gure: head is denied -by your constitution and customs to the anblest person or the States if she should chance to be born II FIPINYVI II II 8|I.|_7Cl'll l.lU`U.o The time is rapid-ly pa-ssing-I am writing on the Teutonic as she is steam- ing down to -Sandy Hook-and I cannot do more than indicate. three things in which I think the difference between the two nations in their respect for women. may be noted. (1\ 'l'I1:x W`.n.mah nrn nnb nuke-rnln fn uemanu It 1 tIn'usl: run we runs. My opportunities of observation have, of course, -been very limited, but so far as they have gone the sum and sub- stance of my conclusion is `that the American woman has far more of sup- ercial res-pect than her English sister, bu`-t that English women, it they receive less of the small change of outward courtesy, do nevertheless receive mu :11 moresolid and serious respect and con- sideration than American women enj Jy. This may be heresy 111 your eyes, -but I speak as I have seen and as I believe. I r`Inn i- uunnornafimglfo fhn s.n1nH r-hsmze i 8p2LK 418 1 uuve seen uuu as 1 ucupvc. \ I don t underestimate the small change i of civil-ities, Englishmen of the old 5 school are in this respect far and away ` the superior of the young and less cere- monious generation. It is an object les- son in good manners to see the courtly courtesy, which Mr. Gladstone. for in- stance, will pay to any woman. And I was much impressed the rst time I ever met Mr. Carlyle to see the same stately, ceremonial by the rugged, old tch peasant~born philosopher that graces the bearing of the most punctilious courtier. Bu-t, amter all, these bows and compliments, though gracefu'l"and pleasant are but the tithe of mint and an-ise and cumin. They can, too, exist very often side `by side with the prdfoundest contempt for woman whenever she essays to be anythin-g but the mere ornamental auxiliary of man. "l`1u;nn ha 3n.-`anti anvnnn fr-I14-H in flip lriteness displayed leads from clay to deity. . . Judged by this test there are millions alike of Americans and of English who can hardly be regarded as civilized at: all. Woman is to these masses it pour a mere'drud-ge, it rich a__mere playthiug, as she -has been through .long past ages of slow developments and as she is still to-day in more than one-half the nations of the world. But there is no i use considering these aboriginals. The i only way is to arrive at an estimate got the dierencee` between the respect ; shown to women in England and Ann- ;erica is to comparethe _way in \_VhlCh the best people in each count.ry-~tho-se who have made the furthest advance from that barbaris-mwhich welters abys- ` mai round the base of all our civilization --regard their women. T nun nrP1on::` {Jan} T 43110 ha in K191117631` --reguru LX181!` WUIIIBLI. . 1 I am afraid that I shall be In danger .0! being stoned in your market place if I express my fran-k opinion, but as you demand it I must run the risk. `In ... .......,...a.....::.-... nu. n(km;..ua+ nn I-unvn \ -an-Igauu-u uuu CIR: UHILUU DUl.[3U.V LU` answer this question exhaustive-ly an11 accurately would be to anticipate the verdigt -ot the last d upon our re- spective. civilizations. aiz`or there is no more authentic gauge or metre-wand of civilization than the position which they accord to woman'.' Woman is "nearer the divine than man. Hence to ask, What think you of woman? is to demand an answer which will reveal how m-uch the answerer has been evolved from brutality, how far he has ascended the unending spiral which leads to .T-nd-o-n luv 4-hie: fact fharn in-n miII.inn Anon!`-loan . Oiieap Cvourtf !_-Lou Sow 3 But Moio Respect in `E1-italn-Ens? M land'o_Qneen an Exsmple of the Na- ` i `V tloyml Feelin-Cx-nol Forbearance. I . _ . , "The question which you have sush- % _u_ntted to.me is one whlph is extremely `d1_1c-ult to -answer wlth candor and `-without offence. You ask me to dne what. seems [to me the differenpe be-' `Ween the respect paid to woman in England and the United States- To anH'PT fhli nnnefinn nvlannui-iwnln a'n.`| JIIE U115 IJUIIC '13 IEILVI` -W. T. Stead, Vin `Nuesw York World, , `BILL xu.'uu|. atop owns uonunuuww ovro an-u-c-av... In Sweden" the 1-ail\'way atat1on_s~ at which are` served known by Iuu.."unA`h-vl-u-Inn`- nO u nnnilnd InI and MIDI? v.1`. STEAD com-5AnEs THEIR PLACE `~ L, V m aamuu AND THE .u.s. Ton Mipptos for ,Dlnn_er'.. _.L_.Ll tlici WOMEN. THE NORTHER NV Apvgncn. _ Laoc, La cu-vusuuvsu `uy It V3151. uegree IIIOYE of etiquette and homage than in days of yore. This is entirely the doing of the late _P.ri-nce Consort. When he mar- ried he was not slow to observe that not only was there a great amount of corruption, extravagance, and malad- muinistration at -;the court of his royal bride, but likewise that there was, par- ticularly on the part of the great `nobles and principal dignitaries, an. mbsence of deference and respect for the occupant of the throne, -..w.lnch -grated stron 13' upon the ideas of a young rince w 0 owed, if .not his political pr nciples, at any rate, his views with regard to man- ner, eti uetate and` -breedimglto Austria : great anicellot-,' `Princes Metternich, A Liberal in politics, and that,` too,.ot the vmost'ad'vanoed deocri tion,hc-revived a`-I 1_mless= , sesaedot ndhlelineaae ;'_an_; , Atpt-.ch9r.i t.I.ti the :99urpAe; the English. court - ` those medievatl ideas accor.dinq';.t.o-' which -no one was -11 ,.. `V IIUL llullvo Sometimes this _waJ.kin-g backward gives rise to rather pretty and even pathetic devices on the part of those who desire to avcid accidents such as -happened to the Duke of Argyll. T011118 ] can recall the case of a relative, who, in turn for active service, was summon- ed with several -brother otcers to Buck- ingham palace in order to receive from the hands of the sovereign herself the Order of the Bath. He had lost his right leg in action so near -to the hip joint that there was no means of wear- ing an articial limb, and he was con- sequently dependent wpon his crutches.` When he entered the royalpresence Ji ` was noticed that he held fastened ap- parently to the hand rest of each crutch a couple of lovely bouquets. At a third at thegdistance up the long room he stopped, ma.de the regulation bow as best he could and dropped one of the bunches of owers on the "oor. Then he made his way to the Queen, tendered her the other bouquet, which she graci- ously accepted, received his Order of the Bath, which she herself fastened to his uniform with many a kindly word (for he had been a favo'rite"of her husband), and then he proceeded to withdraw from her presence If ever there was a case in which the walking backward might have been excused, it was there, and the -faces of the Queen and those around her betrayed signs of concern and anxiety lest some mishap should overtake the Colonel. He, however, backed away, displaying himself some hesitation and anxiety until he reached that part ofthe room where he had pur- posely left the rst ahouqu-et on the ground. '1'ha;t gave him his bearings. He knew where he was `then, and leav- ing the owers there, reached the door in safety, the Q9eenkindly noddin-g and wavlimg her hand to him in apprecia- tion of his somewhat arduous act of: homage. That Her Majesty was mov- ed theretby was shown by the fact that , -a few days later he received from the Queen a rather unusual present, na.me - ; ly. a handsome carriage and a pair of x horses, together with an expression of} `the wish that the co-nrveyance might in r some measure tend to alleviate the dis- comcfort caused by the. absence of the limb which hexhsad lost in her service on the eld of battle. . n\mmn- IIBIIQ II :54-av\n3J.n.-Al.I- .'.-._.-._a -.Q`l LIJU um-nu 0]. Datum There` was a considerable amount of walking backward at the English court previous to the accession to the throne of ueen Victoria, but nothing like as. muc as there is :31: resent. Indeed, royalty . nowadarys, In land, at any .rate, is en-vironed by :1 vast degree more nf nnliuffn. and Iunnm-non I>`1.on in An- [13:55