THE PROPER MANNER. A REASON WHY AMERICAN WOMEN DISLIKE DOMESTIC SERVICE. A Sense of Humiliation That Is Entirely Uaaecessary— For Every QflUlal Poei- tion There Is an Official Manner. Tho Two Librarians. In the very interesting letter written to The New York Nation there is one reason given “why American women do not like domestic service,’’ on wLich I should like to make a remark. No. 7 of the answers to this question, obtained from the mem­ bers of the Philadelphia Workingwomen’s guild, is as follows: “I know an educated woman—a lady—who tried it as a sort of upper housemaid. The work was easy r and the pay good, and she never had a harsh word, but they just seemed uncon­ scious of her existence. She said the gen­ tlemen of the house, father and son, would come in and stand before her to huve her take their umbrellas or help them off with their eoats, sometimes without Bpeaking " to her or even looking at her. There was something so humiliating About it that she couldn’t stand it, but went back to slop shpp sewing.” * It seems to me that this sense of hu­ miliation was entirely unnecessary—that I it came from a misunderstanding of the Ginger Bread of Various Kinds. For baking ginger cakes of all kinds an experienced housewife recommends a moder­ ately heated ovqi \ ae these cakes scorch very quickly, and gives the following tested re- ■cipes: Hard ginger bread—One and a half cups of brown sugar, one and a half cups of West India molasses, one cup ef water, one table­ spoonful of vinegar, one *aspoonful of soda, one half cup of pork gravy or butter, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, half a nutmeg and a tablespoonful of pulverized ginger. Mix with flour as soft as can be rolled, spread in a dripping pan about three-quartem of an inch thick, mark off in stripes with a knife, so as to break easily. Soft ginger bread—One cup of molasses, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of sour milk, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, one tablespoonful of ginger, four teaspoonfuls of soda, two teaspoon fills of cream of tartar. Make it as stiff with the flour as you can stir it, spread it on a dripping pan an inch thick and bake slowly. Spiced ginger bread—One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, two and a half cups of flour, four eggs, cne teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of ginger, one of cloves, two tea­ spoonfuls of soda. Mix and bake iu a deep pan. Melon Preserves. For watermelon preserves pare the green rind, cut into dice and throw-into cold wates io extract a little of the juice. Drain, put in the preserving kettle, add a heaping tea­ spoonful of salt and powdered alum for two gallons of rind; fill the kettle with cold water and slowly boil the rind, covering with a plate and weight to keep it under water. Boil till perfectly tender, drain and put in a rich syrup made thus: Boil three or four lemons, peeled and sliced, in a half cup of water withjihe yellow part of tho peeL In another pan boil four ounces of ginger root, tied in muslin, in two pinta of water, till the flavor is out. Strain the water from both pans and make a syrup with twice as much sugar by measure; add the lemon and melon, boil slowly half an hour or more till the preserve is very thick and clear. It should crystallize-round the in­ side of the jars in keepings , The above is the method of Mrs. 8. D. Power, who says that citron melon is preserved the sarpe way. A Tempting Salad. A h inviting salad and very ornamental dish for the table may be made with lettuce and sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, so ar­ ranged that the lettuce leaves furnish a bor­ der to the dish, the center of which shows the rich color of the tomatoes. Cover with a dressing made of oil and vfhegar mixed in the proportion of one tablespoonful of vine­ gar to two of salad oil. Add a little salt and pepper. _______ ‘ A Jelly Stand. A jelly stand is a great convenience during the season of jelly making. Place four up­ right posts, eighteen inches high, one foot apart, and join them at top and bottom^with rounds. The jelly bag may be suspended from the posts by cords, the jelly poured in and allowed to drip into a bowl underneath. An Easy Way to Clean a Chimney. People who have tried it claim that a sooty chimney may be quickly cleaned out by plac­ ing a piece of zinc on the live coals in the stove. ■_______ t The Dog Show a Failure. “What are our boys coming to?” is a gues­ tion that many a parent has asked and the proclivity the urchins show for the present sporting craze is something startling. While talking with an attendant at the bench show last week, a lad, perhaps 9 years old, ap­ proached him with: “Say, mister, where’s de bulldog that killed swen odder dogs in a fight?” Op being informed that the dogs on exhibition were selected for their fine breed­ ing and not for their fighting qualities the little fellow turned on his heel and said to his companion: “Come on, Tom, this ain’t no good, no bow.” Aud they were bright faced, well dressed boys, too.—Pioneer Press. A Queer Conveyance. A curious conveyance is a Compton carry­ all, described by a correspondent. This is an ingenious contrivance, resembling an ordi­ nary milk wagon, with two seats in it. It is supposed to hold any number of people, and one poor horse is supposed to draw them. Entrance is gained over the horse’s tail, and to gain the back seat necessitates climbing over the front one. The “getting in” of this vehicle Is no small part of the ride, and is not exceed­ ed in difficulty even by the “getting out.”— Chicago Times. Panementerics are shown in all colors to Japanese candle« liave hitherto only been match all the fashionable shades in woolen fabrics, and come in galloons, and also in sep­ •ent to China, but« trial shipment to America was dispatched the other day. arate garniture for skirt and waist. NEW YORK SHIPPING. THE COST OF FINE PIANO8. LIGHT AND AIRY An Alleged SAO.OOO Investment— Prlees of Wealthy Men’s Instruments. . NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL MAG­ The one subject of which piano dealers and NIFICENCE OF THE METROPOLIS. piano manufacturers and workmen in pi » no factories have been talking for the past few Steamers Driving Out Sailing Craft. days, is the piano said to be for Mr. Henry G. Marquand, with five figures following the Why New York Has Always Been Our dollar mark in the invoice thus: $46,950. No Chief Seaport—Prior to 1 SOO—Haley on such price as $46,950 was ever paid for. a Times. • piano before, but no prophet will venture to * ’ < . 4 I say that no one will ever pay so much again. I see that about 5,000 foteign vessels ar­ “What do you think rfbout such a piano?” rived at the port of New York last year. said a reporter to an uptown music dealer. ✓ The total number of foreign and domestic “Hail you arrived at the age of maturity vessels that arrived hero in 1880 is esti­ before the war of the rebellion began,” said mated at 30,000. The Hebrew prophet, the dealer, “and had you been of a cynical Ezekiel, breaks into fervid eloquence in disposition at that time, you would have been celebrating the commercial splendor of the interested, not to say astounded, at the large great emporium of 2,500 years ago. Tyre, sums of money paid as income taxes by men with its multitude of ships and its traffic i^fhis town. It gave one notoi iety to pay a in gold, purple and ivory, the wine of large in* ome tax, and no one was debarred Helbon, silver, cassia, white wool and from paying as good a tax as be chose. Per­ precious stones; but what was Tyre, haps a piano could be built with that sum, though it was a “merchant of the people for many isles,” and traded with Judah but it would have to be inlaid with gold and have the monogram set in diamonds before and the land of Israel, Arabia, Sheba and the bill could honestly call for half as much the princes of Kedor, compared to this as that” lion’s whelp of the western world, New “What, then, do the elegant pianos of the York. men of great wealth cost?” Hither comes the gold of Europe, the “ Ordinarily from $1,500 to- $3,000. Mrs, opium, coffee and precious gums of the orient, the attar of roses from Turkey, the Jay Gould bought one recently that cost $2,- precious stones of fur-off^minea, the fruits 500. It was an upright grand and just as of Sicily, France and Spain, tt^e rich silks fine an instrument in everything that goes to of Lyons, the wines of Bordeaux, the fine make a piano as ever left the factory of one' linen of Belfast, the bananas, cocoanuta, of the best known makers in the city. C. P. oranges and sugar of the West Indies, the. Huntington has recently purchased a piano. tin of Cornwall aud Malacca, the tea, cas­ His cost $2,000, while Judge Hilton, another sia and camphor of Marco Polo’s “Far millionaire, got one not long ago for which Cathay,” the spices of Zanzibar and Cey­ be paid a little more than $2,200, I believe. lon, and, in a word, all the rich products Now, these instruments were the veryjbeet of the earth. And they come, for the most the workmen could produce. The builders part, in great* steamer*, compared to knew, of course, that it would help them to < which the ships of Syria and Phoenicia jell fine pianos to other families if such people would seem little larger than the ordinary as tbeee had their make of instruments. The choicest woods, seasoned te the exact dot, lighter in the harbor of New York. were used in the cases; extra quality cloth UNDER A FOREIGN FLAG. Worth $18 a yard, where the ordinary stuff 1 ^J[%1^85^Bome 0,000 vessels, carrying a rorth from $5 to $10. went to the no­ foreign flag, came to New York. The te ivory was selected from perhaps a number has decreased since then, because different tusks, and so on from the steamers are driving out sailing craft, and casters under the legs to the varnish on top, one voyage of^ a good sized steamer is equal everything was the best. The monograms to half a dozen or more of the average were worked out iu gold or antique metal, or sailing vessel. Most of the vessels leaving some other expensive stuff, and when the in­ hero for foreigii ports go to Great Britain, struments were set up in the parlors of the Germany, France, Italy and the West purchasers there was a richness to the tones Indies, though many go to remote parts in that would enchant any one. And the tone Asia and Africa. Most of the vessels in was there to remain; such an instrument will the foreign trade are owned abroad. For last wonderfully^ But, after all, you can get seyeral years no American craft carried just as good an instrument, one with pre­ grain to foreign marts. American vessels _ ciseiv toe same vones ana one tnat win cisely last the i same tones and one that will last ££______ worid is Xd? 1®?? th. money paid parte of the world, 'but there is this disad­ by Mr. Gould."—New York 8un. vantage In that branch of traffic, that a vessel once given up to the petroleum trade Complimenting a Yojgng Here. is never thereafter suitable for any other. I saw Blanche Roosevelt lift a man from a New York has always been the chief seaport of thq United States, eying tolta dusty business street into a half heaven of magnificent harbor and to the fact that gratified complacency once by a few words the Hudson river penetrates to a near and a soft and mellow look from her big blue range of mountains without falls, rapids »yes. It was on Park row, and she had just or other obstructions to navigation. Prior stepped into her carriage when a sturdy to 1800, vessels went to Europe at no young fellow saw an old woman pause and stated time, as there were no regular stagger in front of a team of horses. She lines and they sailed only when they had was on crutches. We all saw her. There secured a cargo. Passengers were thus was no real danger. No one moved for a often obliged to wait many weeks for a moment, and Ike Stood starinff at her with ship to sail. The discomforts*'1 of a pas­ ;lie stolidity born of the muggy heat, when the sage to and from England were almost ♦turdy young man jumped forward, took her unendurable. Dr. Johnson, the famous in his arms, and carried her quietly to ¿lie English moralist aud lexicographer, des­ walk. Then be colored, and looked ashamed. cribed a ship as worse than a prison be­ The woman thanked him awkwardly with a cause the accommodations were equally trembling-Mp, and he nodded half surlily and unsatisfactory, while there was the addi­ started on, but before be had gone a dozen tional danger of being shipwrecked or iteps Blanche Roosevelt jumped from the drowned. At the beginning of the pres­ carriage—nearly bowling me over thereby— ent century the usual size of a seaworthy Mid running up to the red faced youth seized ship was about that of the Erie canal 3iie of his hands and gave it au ecstatic lit­ . boat of to-day, that is, from 100 to 150 tle squeeze. He, turned and found a woman’s tons.* A vessel of 300 tona was considered race looking into bis. It was a wonderfully a marine monster. The passenger on the expressive face. The eyes spoke volumes. ocean in the early part of the century, He looked into them and seemed transfixed. moreover, ran a risk unknown at the pres­ Miss Roosevelt smiled, and said, in a soft ent day} namely, the danger of capture voice, as though whispering to a btfby: by pirates, though this evil was then “You’re t good fellow, you are—a good dying out. Piracy, however, was not fellow." completely suppressed in the north Atlan­ Then she dashed back into the carriage, tic until the second quarter of the present while the man’s chest swelled out, and be century, and the passenger on the early stood looking after her, breathing in veritable American vessels in the days of Adams, P«IPA Jefferson and Madison might see an “He’ll lie aghast with delight /or a week,*’ 1 ominous craft bearing down upon his ship, said as I closed the carriage door. run up the black flag and compel the “Do you know what he is?" said the girl, peaceable trader to surrender. peeping back at him as be stood peering hotly FIRST DAYS OF STEAMERS. liter her. “He’sA hero—if he does turn bi The steamers began to come to New his toes.”—Blakely Hall in The Argonaut. York about 1840. Dr. Dionysius Lard- ner, an eminent English scientist, hod The Hotels of London. demonstrated to-s the satisfaction of the In London there are a number of strictly multitude MU- tlje absolute of J a .... ____ impossibility ___ ,_ „ „ first, class hotels, like the Metropole and the stianterei Td&sing J the Atlantic, on the as- sumption ti/at tnat po vessel * could ----- ’ carry coal Victoria, for example; but they are patron­ ized almost exclusively by Americans. Eng­ pnough for thè trip. In the first days of the steamers it took about three weeks to lishmen prefer the very small hotels, almost cross to Itondoii; in 1850 the time was like our boarding houses, except that meals fifteen days; by 1800 it had been reduced ire served in the rooms. I have stopped at to thirteen days; now the trip is some­ several of theser-at Chtridge’s and at Ed­ times made in a little less than seven wards’—the famous resorts of royalty, and J □ays. The early Collins and Cunard have always been annoyed by the obtrusive steamers were from 2,000 to 2,500 tons in ind overwhelming character of the attend­ size; now the steamers plying between ance. Yon arrive, and the doors are thrown here and Liverpool are from 6,000 to 7,000 open with a grand flourish, the servants greet tons capacity, and they are twice as long you with Oriental reverence; one of them in proportion to their width as formerly. brings you the inevitable “jug" of hot water,' and you proceed to wash your bands. Per­ They ore the greyhounds of the ocean. The days of the old packets and clip­ haps iu the course of that ojieration you pass into another room for an instant, and, on pers were the halcyon times of American shipping. The old time captain was an your return, with your hands still covered autocrat. He was the absolute master of with soap, you find that the jug, water and his vessel and of every man on board of all, have mysteriously disappeared, and you her. He often received a salary of $5,000 ire obliged to begin over again. Indeed, I a year, which was a very handsome have found this unceasing service very dis­ emolument yi those days—say from 1830 agreeable.—Mrs. Frank Leslie’s Letter. to 1855—and the captains were generally Empress Eugenie’s Pearls. wealthy. The captains of the great Liv­ erpool passenger steamers now receive There was a new opera and a new neck­ only $2,500 a year, and those in command lace for the fashionabh people to see this of the German steamers only $1,200. The week. The triumphant article was the old clipper ships were the especial pride famous string of jiearls which had once of Americans. The stately ships, how­ belonged to the Empress Eugenie and ever, that once traded with Liverpool, been worn by her in the days of the Havre, Canton and a hundred other ports French monarchy. Even in these days of have had to give way to that wonderful royal glitter in Paris, this jeweled thing creation of human ingenuity, the modern shone so brightly as to dazzle beholders steamer, and the day is not far distant accustomed to lavish adornments. It con­ when the sailing crai’t will be a stranger sists of 346 Oriental pearls, set in a golden to the high seas.—New York Cor. Kansas chain, and it was valued then at about City Times, $150,000. Nkpoleon’s widow put ft into a safe deposit vault In Paris on her retire­ Electric Clocks. ment to Chiselhurst, and there it lay until An export house in Stuttgart, Germany, the recent sale of her useless effects. has recently supplied to the town of Caracas, William K. Vanderbilt and his wife were in Venezuela, a number of clicks for the in the French capital, and they purchased public street?. On account of frequent earth­ It at $180,000. They bought other things quake» clock towers are not advisable, and from the Eugenie collection—mostly since the clocks mast be placed low, a com­ household embellishments—and these will paratively large number is required. Among l>e disclosed ut next week’s reopening of the clocks sent out is one with the dial thir­ the Fifth avenue residence. But Mrs. teen feet in diameter. All the clocks will be Willie Vanderbilt put on the necklace for worked electrically and illuminated at night the opera.—New York Cor. Chicago Tri­ bune. with the electric light Kansas City Reporter—I have an of a fellow guilty of^all sorts of brute 1fttai which ought to send him to the penitentiary for life. Able Editor—Write him up and Hl de­ mand of the authorities their reason for not arresting hint Who is be? “Mulligan, the three card monte sharp." “Ehl That slugger who licked the three editors across the way!” “The same.” “Remember the golden rule, my boy. ‘Deal gently with the erring.’”—Omaha World. A Christmas Carol. We loathe, abhor, detest, despise The man who does not advertise. And when he finds after New Y ear's Enough to justify his fears That he laid in t large a stock, That to“his store folks didn't flock. And half his goods are still on shelf, lie'll loathe, detest, despise himself. _________ —Lowell Courier A Good Yearly Average. “But, Mr. Superintendent, you will admit» I suppose, that your street cars are outrage ously cold?’’ “Well, yes, in winter they are pretty cold, of course, but you ought to be willing to take a reasonable view of the matter.” “Reasonable view?” i . “Why, certainly. Now, if you should put a thermometer in our cars and leave it there the year rcuud you would find that with the 110 degrees above zero in the summer ami the 10 degrees below zero in the winter we strike a pretty good average in the entire year.”—Buffalo News. The Inevitable End. Although be covets It from birth. And covets U through-life's brief Man never, never gets the earth. It is the earth that gets the man. —Boston Courier A lx.v.r or Candor. Impecnnto us Man—I wish yon wouM bo m > kind a. to lend me 1'11 j>ay you back in a few days Candid Friend—If you bad asked me for the loan in a candid and itraightforward manner I would have ten* vou the money, but asking me in the way you did causes me te distrust you. “I don’t under- rtand you.” “You asked me to be n> klmL m to lend you 15." “Yea” “If you had been candid you would have said to me: ‘Ba io stupid, be such an ignominious ass, such * hopeless idiot, as to lend me you might have got it.”—Texas Siftinga » —. .............. A Traveled Mau. Mr. Overtherhine (a Cincinnati drummer) —Yes, I’ve been an extensive traveler, Miss Waldo. *For the past ten years I don’t be­ lieve I have spent more than one month out of the twelve at home. Miss Waldo (a young lady from Boston)— Oh, I think traveling is so interesting, and it improves one so much, you know. You have visited Paris, Mr. Overtherhine. Mr. Overtherhine—No, we have another man for Kentucky; my route all lies uortk of the Ohio river.—New York Sun. Tho Cigarette. I am only a small cigarette. But my work I will get In, you bet» For the stern coffin maker And grim undertaker Will declare I bring fish to their net. _________________ —Boston Budget. Science Is Everything. Young Mr. Wabash (of Chicago)—Are you Interested at all in matters of a scientific nature, Miss Waldo?” Miss Waldo (of Boston)—Oh, very much. Mr. Wabash!” Mr. Wabash—You think, then, that every one should possess some knowledge of science?” J Miss Waldo—Yes; I attribute much of our Mr. Sullivan’s phenomenal success to his scientific ability.”—The Epoch. Good Taste Misplaced. Fair Visitor (to convict in for life for mur­ dering his grandmother)—There is a bunch of sweet violets for you, sir. Have you «ny. thing to complain of? Convict—Well, yes, Mm I’m a very tan man, as you see, and this stri|>ed suit un­ pleasantly emphasizes my stature. I ought to have something in a pronounced check. The Epoch. t • ......... -Fashion Note. A sacrificing wife is dear, Her husband well should pri But the bept wife this time o' year Is a sealakin sacriiicer. -Detroit Free Presa AU Up With Him. Wife—I am afraid, my dear, that Clara’S quarrel with young Mr. Sampson is a very serious matter. Husband—Nonsense; they will be as de­ voted as ever in a few days. Wife—No, John, I think you are mistaken. No girl will quarrel with her lover just be­ fore Christmas unless there are good and sufficient reasons for it.—New York Run Of Not Much Interest. Lady (to husband)—You don’t tell me, John, that eleven cities were overflown and millions of people left homeless and starving* Husband—Yes, in China. Lady (disappointed)—Oh, in China. Inter- esting matters of that kind always happen such a provokingly long distance away I— New York Bun. How to Waterproof Can For a good solution for waterproofing can­ vas horse and wagon covers that will ha flexible, taito boiled oil, fifteen pounds; bees­ wax, one prmd; ground litharge, thirteen pounds. Mix and apply with a brush to the article, previously stretched against a wall or table, washing and drying each article well l>eiore aiolyteg the composition.