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WHEN old Sol goos to bod bo
hind tbo distant Jersey hills,
and the stars mriko tholr ap
pearanco overhead in their
deop bluo canopy, then, In a
twinkling, Now York rushes from tho
cover of darkness, turns on tho switch,
And groota tho night by bocomlng tho
brightest spot on earth.
To attain this result, a hugo number
of lamps Is required, over 2,000,000 of
about 45,000,000 candlo power.
Tho street lamp illumination, under
municipal direction, although of first
importance, is not by half tho only
way that Manhattan dispels tho dark
aoss. To this should be added the
enormous candle power of thousands
of electric signs, and hundred of lights
to front of storos, theaters, hotels,
apartment houses and in shop win
dows. On top of these must be piled
Bp high tho 3,000,000 candle power of
tho lights which radiate from out of
.tho windows of the buildings, both
public and private, and also tho ex
posed lighting from building decora
tions. Glittering Marvel.
Just as soon as the evening begins
Broadway, Seventh avenue. Eighth
:avenue, all the cross streets between
tho Battery and Van Cortland park,
tho arches of twinkling Incandescents
on the. four East river bridges, every
"highway and byway In the dve bor-!
oughs of the greater city Is a sparklo
-with lamps.
In upper New York and across on
Long Island, long, serried lines of glit
tering points reach out through and
dispel the darkness, marking distinct-
ON FIFTH. AVENUL, HEW YORK.
fly the course of boulevards and high
ways that connect tho city with tbo
'outside world. Here and there, in tho
very heart of it high spots of illumina
tion, veritable aisles of light reveal
parks and public squares.
Viewed as a whole, it's a wonderful
glittering marvel of eye-dazzling Illu
mination. And then, by way of con
trast to think that ten years ago Now
York was down and out as a well light
ed city.
Electricity long freely used In other
towns had hardly como Into uso and
feeble gas lamps with open flame were
in tho majority, with only here and
there, at rare intervals, arc lamps and
aiantlo gas lamps mixed in.
Then, ono day, Ju3t a decade back,
the people woke up. They were tired
of stumbling homo through dismal
-streets, and of being held up and re
lieved of their valuables under cover
of tbo darkness, A general demand
-was mado that something be done'
.quickly to Improve tho street lighting.
The city wag heard, and then, as Al
.4dln rubbed his lamp electricity be
tied and the arc lamps were practically
gaa to come Into Its own. Tho flick
ering opR flame lamps were dlscontln--doubled
In number at avenue and
Creet intersection, and symmetrical
ly arranged on street houso linos, The
My'beeeH to "be Teally lit up,
.tOity englNeers and central station
.werked .like .waver to improve
conditions, onco their interest was
aroused, and in tho Bhort spaco of tho
tlrao mentioned, tho stroot lighting of
Now York was revolutionized until Its
present effosttvonoss Is tho admiration
and wonder of all visitors.
In Now York today thoro aro 83,746
stroot lights, both aro and Incandes
cent. Thoro aro 19,180 arcs and 17,991
IncandcBconts and overy ono of thorn
Is burning every night In tho year. In
tho borough of Manhattan nlono 9,584
arc lamps aro employed to light tho
city's main thoroughfares and cross
streets, as well as 4,897 Incandescent
lamps, tho last being used principally
in park lighting.
Fifth avenue, onco a dark and
gloomy tunnel, began to attract atten
tion as a particularly well lighted
streot, a beautiful vista of glowing
arcs, when In 1S92 It was Crst lighted
with the Ward typo of multiple two-ln
series, and tho installation of these
lamp3 was ":o foundation of the pres
ent efficient arc lamp equipment In
New York streets.
Tho cltv is still experimenting In
street illumination, looking to the Im
provement of the system in general.
The Great White Way which attracts
at night the visitor to tho city like the
magnet does the,. needle, Is, oi course
the brightest spot on Manhattan
Island. But it is not the city, but the
Individual, the advertiser, who makes
it so.
Now York merchants stand In line
and fight over their position for the
use of some electric sign sites, so
eager are thoy to add to the genera'
glare emanating from upper Ilroad
way. One single man will pay from
$10,000 to $15,0d0 a year for a good
site, and he's glad to do It. It is esti
mated that more than a million dollars
Is spent yearly In site rentals alone.
Displays on Broadway.
As near as can be estimated tbore
are at least 5,100 electrical displays on
Broadway between Twenty-third-street
and Fifty-ninth street, having nearly
a million lamps.
That tho cost of "lighting tho Great
White Way for ten or twelve blocks
In tho environs of Forty-second street
mounts into millions each year Is gen
erally admitted by electric experts
Just how many they cannot say.
It must not bo thought for an In
stant that tho white-light district- Is
tho only section of tho big town in
which electrical signs aro to be found,
as aside from thosu on Broadway at
least 3,000 of them are distributed In
various other sections of tho borough
of Manhattan. These contain at the
lowest estlmato 750,000 lamps, which
contribute 6,000,000 added candle
power to tho general illumination,
Brooklyn has 2,000 more electric
signs to its credit, which aro respon
sible for 1,000,000 additional, candle
power, whllo in the'Bronx, Quoons and
Richmond sections many more elec
tric signs aro to bo found doing their
part toward making Greater New
York at night tho most brilliant city
la the world
SOME-CHERRY RECIPES
DELICACIES WITH THIS FRUIT
AS A FOUNDATION.
Flavor la Improved by Cooking Ex
cellent Served With Tapioca
Candled Cherries One of tho
Finest of Confections.
Chorrles aro among tho fruits thnt
.ao much improved by cooking.
Somehow they loso nono o! their
froshnoBs, and nro rendered much
Julclor and moro tootliBomo by Blight
cooking. Horo nro Bomo recipes thnt
make uso of thorn:
Cherry Tapioca. To mnko a doll-
clous cherry pudding soak ono smnii
cunful of tanlocn in wntor ovor night.
In tho morning add n pinch of unit
and cook until clenr. Then add but
tor tho slzo of an ogg, and one cupful
of stoned chorrles (tho sour chorrles
aro proferrnblo). Add to this n half
cupful of cherry wiuo or n llttlo lomon
Juice and sugar to tasto. Flavor with
vanilla, and bako until bubbles ap
pear on tho top. Servo very cold with
whipped crenm.
Cherry Pie. Lino a plo plato with
rich pastry.- Stono tho cherries and
fill tho nlo dish. Thon pour ovor
thorn four tnblespoonfuls of molasses
nnd dust over all ono tnblospoonful of
flour. Put on an upper crust and bako
one-half hour In a modorato oven.
Whon cool dust tho top with a gen
erous sprinkling of powdered sugar.
Candled Cherries. To make a deli
cious confection, wash, stem and pit
ono pound of largo, firm cherries, put
ting a pound of sugar to ono pound
of tho fruit, noil tho Juice and tho
sugar to a very thick sirup. Put tho
cherries in this sirup nnd lot them
simmer not boll for ten minutes.
Then set them away In tho sirup until
tho next day, Then tako tho cherries
out of the sirup and put thorn in n
deep dish. Let tho sirup boll up onco
and pour over tho- vchorrlcs. This
operation should bo repeated for threo
mornings. On tho fourth morning boll
tho sirup almost to tho thickness of
candy, dip the cherries in it and let
them got thoroughly coated, then
place them separately on flat dishes
and dry.
Cherry Cordial. Very ripe cherries
mako the best cordial. Brulso tho
fruit and mash through a colander.
sweeten to tnsto nnd boll for ten min
utes and then strain. Doll again un
til, perfectly clear, skimming off occa
sionally. To overy quart of tho cherry
Juico add ono gill of pure brandy.
Seal tho bottles tightly and keep In
a cool dark place until ready to usa.
Germany Cherry Pie. Mako a cher
ry pie as usual, but omit tho upper
crust When almost dono, beat one
egg until very light, and add to It ono
scant half cupful of rich cream. Pour
tills mixture over tho top of the plo.
Put tho pie back In tho oven and
bake until tho custard is set
Cherry Salad. Hero 1b a Cellghtful
rcclpo that calls for fresh cherries.
For a courso In a warm-weather
luncheon It is very good. Either tho
largo whlto or tho red cherries may
bo used, and It is most offectivo to
mix the two colors. Tho fruit should
be stoned without breaking tho fruit,
and in tho place of each stone is
placed a nut moat Hazel nuts aro
tho easiest to use, but any sort will
do. The cherries should then bo
spread on lettuco leaves and used, or
they may bo stowed with sugar, water
and a llttlo lemon Juice.
Southern Batter Bread.
This Is a formula for tbo batter
bread that southerners like bo well.
To ono pint boiled milk and a tea-
spoonful lard in tho hot milk, add a
scant half pint of cornmcal, stirred In
while hot, ono teaspoon baking pow
der, half teaspoon salt, two eggs un
beaten. Mix well and bake In modor
ato oven a half hour. Serve very hot
with butter.
Beef Heart With Rice.
Select a fresh beef heart, and after
cleansing and cutting away tbo tough
parts, boll until tender In salted wa
ter. With a sharp knifo cut In small
cubes and put these in an ogatewaro
saucepan with an onion and half a
green sweet pepper minced flne, When
inese nave oonea until tonaer, fry
some small bits of bacon or salt pork
(n a saucepan, and add the beef heart
Havo ready a platter of nicely boiled
rlco. Arrange the beef heart around
tho dish as a border and sprinkle with
paprika beforo serving.
Stewed Rhubarb.
Add ono cupful of sour chorrles to
each two cupfuls of pieplant, two cup-
fuls sugar, one-half cupful water and
let boll up onco. Serve cold. Or one,
may use gooseberries Instead of cher
ries with the pieplant. Save sugar
by adding to rhubarb lifter boiling.
Before Using Beeswax.
When you uso beeswax for polishing
furniture or Doors always warm It bo
foro using. Tho result Is much saving
of labor ami tt mora- brilliant gloss
will result,
GINGER IN SUMMER SALADS
Welcome for Its Digestive as Well as
Its Refreshing Qualities Served
In Qrapo Fruit.
(linger la bo refreshing In flavor nnd
bo' stimulating to tho digestion that It
Is a ravorlto Ingredient in summer nai
ads and dossorts. An uiiumml fruit
salad, nulled to molding In halves ot
oranges or grapefruit, Is strongly fla
vored with ginger nlo nnd hna bits of
Canton ginger mixed with tho fruit '
Tho roclpo calls tor two tablespoon
fuls of granulated gelatin softened In
two tablOBpoonfula of cold wntor nnd
thou dlsuolvud In n quarter of a cupful
or boiling wator. To this add oito cup
ful of ginger nlo, tho Juico of ono Inrgo
lomon and two tnblespoonfuls of nugar.
Whon tho mlxturo begins to stlffon
Btlr In a varloty of diced fruits, with
bltB of orange or grapefruit pulp and
chopped nuts. This can bo oorvod with
mnyonnnlso dressing ns n Hftlnd or with
whipped cream ns a doBsort.
A protty way of serving individual
portions Is to mold tho ginger nnd
fruit snlnd In hnlvcs of large grape
fruit, Whon ready to sorvo dlvldo each
half so that each portion shall ropro-
sent quarter tho slzo of tho original
grapefruit nnd tho fruit Jelly shall
havo a rim of grapefruit peel only
whero It would como In contact with
tho plato.
Any fruit salad mixture can b given
a pleasant pungent flavor by tho ad
dition of bits of crystallized ginger.
A small quantity of tho ryrup drained
from presorved glngor makes ft novel
nnd appotlzlng addition to nny dross
ing Intended to bo sorvod with a fruit
salad.
CARE OF CARPET SWEEPER
Proper Handling Will Greatly Prolong
Its Life and Keep It Always
Ready for Immediate Use.
As tho enrpot sweopor Is such an
Important item In my domestic work.
I am very careful about It, writes a
correspondent or tho Philadelphia
Ledger. After each swooping I tako It
to tbo back porch, dump it on n news
paper and turn tho broom, brush sldo
up. flat on tho floor. I hnvo an old
whisk broom cut straight across so
that tho bristles nro very Btlff. With
this broom I swoop tho bruBh of tho
sweeper backward and forward. As
tho bristles nro put into tho rod in a
curved lino, tho brush slowly rovolvos
ns tho broom Is applied. I sometimes
dip tho brush In kerosene, which also
removes soma of tho dust from the
bristles and keeps thorn in good condl
tlon. I oil boarings of my aweopor
froquontly, and If thoro nro any
threads or hair at elthor ond, I do not
toar It away, but cut with a scissors.
Somotlmes I uso an old comb to comb
tbo bristles beforo putting tho sweeper
away. This seems a good deal of
care, but I find that It pays, and that
a perfectly working sweopor Is my
best friend.
Spanish Cream.
Scald threo cupfuls of milk with a
quarter of a box of gelatin, or n table
spoonful granulated gelatin, add a scant
half cupful of sugar,nnd pour slowly on
tho yolks of threo eggs slightly beaten.
Return to double boiler and cook un
til thickened, stirring constantly; ro
move from range, add a quarter tea
spoonful salt and ono tcaspoouful of
vanilla, and tho whites of threo oggs
beaten stiff. Turn into individual
molds first dipped in cold water, and
chill: servo with cream, if largo
molds aro used- moro gelatin will be
required.
Scotch Stew. -
Run through meat grinder three
pounds tender lean beef. Place In
i!i(in vcbsoI with three quarts cold
wator. noli three Inurs, adding hot
water as neoucu. Alter ooiung two
hours, add half pound buttor. one tea
spoon sugar, salt and cayenne and
black pepper to tasto. uook until it
beads.
Cleaning Oriental Rugs,
Oriental rugs may bo cleaned very
well with the aid of a vacuum cleaner,
as It does not pull out tho nap, as beat
ing is apt to do. The cleaner should,
however, bo rolled up and down the
rug with tbo nap rathor than across.
To Keep Peanut Butter Moist.
Always keep the peanut butter Jar
turned upside down when on the cup
board sholf. which Insures the last of
it being as oily as tho first Instead of
dry and bard, as Is usually the case
when It stands upright.
Fried Scallops,
Parboil In hot, salted water for five
minutes; drain and set them upon ice
to get cold and firm. Roll them In
salted flour, noxt In beaten eggs, then
In flno bread crumbs. Sot on Ice for
half an hour and fry In doop, boiling
fat which has been gradually heated
to the boll.
Seed In Cans.
Empty baking powder cans are ex.
ccllont to hoop vflgotiiblo sood, suck
ns swoot corn, bitiuis, tile, from being
destroyed by mice or Iiiixm
FRENCHMAN WONDERS
i8TONI8HED AT MAGNIFICENCE
OF TONSORIAL PARLOR.
Traveler From tho Effete Old World
Overcome by tho Luxury That Sur
rounds American Whllo He
Is Doing Shaved.
Lust year ono of tho notod literary
lights ot I'nrlu vlnltad Ihln country
or, rathor, Now York, tor llko many
forolgnurfl who "tour America," tho
luro of llfo In tho motropolhi proved
too strong to allow of furtlior travol
and InvoHtlgutlon nnd thlH la tho way
ho doscrlboH tho Joys or an American
harbor Hhop. Ills nmnzamont can bo
bettor understood whon ono romoni
hers thnt tho "tonnorlal parlora" ot
PnrU aro notoriously Bluffy nnd un
sanitary. A colling and walls of tllo, a floor
of mosaics, tolletto tables of varie
gated marble, armchairs with shining
stool attachments . . . Not n hulr,
not a speck of dust visible . . .
luxury moro striking than that of tho
Theater dos Champs IStyaoon.
I sent myflolf In nn armchair which
insinuatingly Invites aubllmo ropono.
Tho barber, In spotless whlto, sur
rounds my nock with immaculate nap
kins nnd then nddreHUun mo tho word:
"Shnvo."
"Yea."
Instantly I feol tho chair descending
bouonth mo. Tho blood runhon to my
hond nnd 1 am not altogether comfort
able. But I know that I am In tho
hands ot exports and my tranquillity
Is restored.
"Manlcuro?"
I rnluo my head. I noo In tho neigh
boring armchair other men In my po
sition bororo whom nro young women
who uro torturing tholr lingers with n
variety of Instruments. I will Imltato
thorn.
"Yes, mnnlcuro."
Instantly a slim girl, blondo nnd
Mulling, rolki toward mo a littio
nmrblo tnblo, on which I obsorvo
many nnpklns, many curious Instru
ments of stool und n llttlo bowl for
warm water. Tho young Amorlcnlno
gently oolzoa my hand nnd plunges It
Into tho boiling water. Tho nonHntlou
la disagreeable.
"Shlno?"
This cryptic word I found upon in
quiry olgnlflod. "Do you want your
shooa polished?"
Tho barber for tho head; tho mani
cure tor tno nnntw; mo nninnr ior wie
Rlioon. It In all no logical that I uc-
ennt. . . .-
Suddenly I am nrousod from my
rovorlo:
"Stono?"
1 do not understand, I ask:
"What Is otcno?"
"A stenographer to whom you
into your letters."
Is it n Joko? No. his face Is Iran
qui!. Thon I reflect; tho harbor for
tho head; tho manlcuro for tho hands;
tho shiner for tho shoes; a stonogrn
phcr for tho brain. It is nil so log
ical. Hut,' In truth. I should novor
bo nblo to dlctnto my correspondence
thus surrounded by so mnny persons
bent on beautifying my modest por
ton. Resides, what would como noxt?
An oculist for tho oyes; n dentist far
lit a 4 w It rt tifitiattl trtm ltn mimilAH V
- -- " " wjr
I feol a vertigo coming .on, and I re
ject tho stenographer. i If
Puzzled.
"What's tho matter, Hiram? You
look puzzled."
"I am, hang itl This art'elo
them horseless carriages and
calls
thon
goes on to toll thnt it tnkos so much
horso power to propel thorn I" Judgo.
Romanco of the Oea.
"Tills Is queer. Found u girl's card
In a box of sardines. How do you sup-,
Pobo thnt happened?"
"Somo mormnld slipped It In, I con
jecture."
Restocking Forest Streams.
Tho restocking of national forest
streams in all stated whero such for
ost8 aro situated, Including thoso now
being acqulrod in tho Whlto moun
tains and tho southern Appalachians,
will bo given nttontlon us rapidly as
supplies of Huh fry becomo availublo
for planting purposes, Tho forest'
sorvlco 1m admirably organized to
carry on work of this kind, and does
so with practically no Jntcrforonco
with regular activities slnco tho flsh
must bo bundled with tho utmost
hnste and frequently during tho late
ovonlng or early morning hours. Tho,
production of tho existing fedora! and
stato fish halchorlos is hardly ado-.
quale to incot all domands, howovor,
and therefore tho work hns to bo
dono In InHtallmonte.
A Mental Wreck.
"And whnt," suld tho groat special
ist, "do you consider to, havo boon
tho cause of your husband's suddun
nnd complete collnnau?"
"Ho IiihIhUuI mi trying to follow a
story In tho iiigvjjig pljjlunjHWuek,
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