would be surprised to read of a saa- guinaiy encounter between a pair of If J could bring the brightest gems From Nature's richest treasure mine— them at Vincennes or in the forest of St- Diamond, ruby and amethyst. Germain. Shining pearls that the waves have kissed— I'd string them in oue radiant twist "I remember when I was a young To make m.v love a Valentine. provost in one of the big fencing wlmvi. If I could fln<1 the rarest flowers in Paris,” said the same teacher quoted That over ail the w .th world shine— before, what a sensation it used to cause The edelweiss, with true love power. The aloe and the spirit flower— when the hour for the ladies' lessons I’d pluck them all in one glad hour To make my love a Valentine. came. All the men except the master ami myself were put out, but how they If I could catch the fleeting beams Of bright Aurora s rays divine. did beg to be allowed to stay! But the And keep the gleam of sunset skies, muster was inexorable. He was an old And hold the rainbow's wondrous dyes, I'd take tlie glow' that in them lies soldier and believed iu discipline. But To paint my love a Valentine. they used to hang about the doors and Ji I could chain the lightning's flash look through the keyholes. One young And spin it in a golden line. fellow hid in a closet once, but he was And keep the starry flakes of snow, I’d bind them with the lightning so found out and ejected in great disgrace. ” That frost and tire should blend and glow Regis Senac, the genial fencing-master To make my love a Valentine. of the New York Athletic Club, said But since these wishes may not be, And nothing rich or rare is mine, the other day that he never had so Except my heart and love so true, many applications from women wlm This painted flower of dainty blue Shall bear them, with the wish that you wanted to take lessons as he has since Will always be my Valentine. Mrs. Langtry became his pupil. M — .V. F. Independent. Senac is not her first master; she ha ■ WOMEN FENCERS. taken lessons in London, and is now more expert in the use of the foil than Why They Use the Foils and How a woman often becomes. The writer was allowed to be present at one of her They Do It. lessons not long ago. M. Senac conies An Effective Aid to Beauty and Health— to her house in West Twenty-third street every morning while she is in Popularity of Fencing In Europe— Mrs. Langtry an Expert In town, if, is due at ten o'clock. “And tlie Art. Í ” I ■! 11 tri tliin't A VALENTINE. “Ah, madam, you will never make a fencer until you abandon those abomi­ nable heels.” So saying the polite fencing-master laid aside his mask and pointed his foil, half scornfully, half sadly, at the little blocks which pro­ jected from a -point near the middle of the soles of his pupil's slippers, and which had just tripped her up in a lunge. Evon in her humiliating posi­ tion—for she had completely lost her balance—the little actress whose fenc­ ing lesson was thus unseasonable inter­ rupted, presented an uncommonly pleas­ ing picture. Her cheek was flushed and iter eyes were bright witli the ex­ hilaration of the exercise; the violence of the lust lunge and its disastrous result liad set a few locks of golden hair free, and the close-litting costume dis­ played a figure every line of which told of health and harmonious niuseular de­ velopment. The costume was certainly one which would have gained the young woman applause on the stage. It consisted of a white flannel jacket, double-breasted and padded across the chest to deaden the force of her assailant’s thrusts. A short skirt, with blue and white stripe, reaching just to tlie knees allowed the fullest freedom of movement. A pair of silk stockings, gloves with long gauntlets that protected the wrists, and thi1 slippers with the offending heels completed the costume. As may lie supposed the pupil did not have much difficulty in placating the offended master, and the lesson went on. But in future the high heels were discarded and in their place eamo slip­ pers without any heels at all, which are the only proper foot-gear for either man or woman while fencing. Soon the master was able to say with triumph of his pupil; “She handles the foil as nat­ urally as if it were a needle. There are not many of my male pupils against, whom I would not match her, if she had their strength. It's a pity that more women don’t fence. I like to teach them. Their movements are nat­ urally more graceful than those of men, and it is easier to train them to exeente thrusts with delicacy, but when it comes to an actual bout with the foils they lose their heads. Coolness and judg­ ment are the essential characteristics of a good swordsman, and my experience in teaching women is that these are qualities which women do not possess in any high degree.” The number of women who handle the foils is larger than is generally sup­ posed. Even in New York where fenc­ ing has become a popular amusement only within the last few veal's, fencing­ masters Hud plenty of female pupils, al­ though these are generally actresses. Actresses are credited -probably justly BLEACHED DIAMONDS. —with taking more care of their beau­ of Increasing the Value ty than any other class of women. Now, l Clever Method of Inferior Stones» women who are really careful of their Every one, of course, knows some­ beauty should not neglect their health, thing about paste diamonds ami Paris and no exercise is more healthful than diamonds ami the tliousand-and-one fwtu'ing. it makes the carriage erect imitations of this gem of great price. and graceful; it gives suppleness and And most people, we imagine, know the elasticity tlie muscles, it has tlie ex­ various tests by which the genuineness hilaration that makes exercise palatable of a stone is established; l»nt the revela­ —in fact, if a woman prizes a clear tions made at the Marylebone police skin and a well-rounded figure, a foil court the other day will probably be and mask will prove her most, el­ news to some of us. As to the case it­ ective aids; and this the young women self. we necil say no more than that the of the stage have not been slow to dis­ prisoners were committed for trial; but cover. certain facts came out during the in­ Then again it not infrequently hap­ quiry which possess considerable inter­ pens that an actress is assigned to some est for the public, or at least for those part that requires her to make a dis­ of the public who are the happy owner- play of swordsmanship on tho stage. of diamonds. That there should lteanv 1 hen she goes to a fencing-master and means whereby yellow diamonds, which after a few lessons she is aide to make arc worth about ono-si'venth of white a graceful exhibition out of what would diamonds of the same size, can be otherwise have been a bungling and bleached—for that is what the manipu­ uncouth scene. lation amounts to so as to deceive an In Continental Europe the women are expert is enough to cause very serious more fully awake to tho advantages of disquietude in many a fair bosom. But fencing than they are in this country. Mr. Streete; went even further than this, The Empress of Austria, whose daring for he gratuitously informed the magis­ hormanship, love for dogs, and general trate that nltoiit two years ago a French­ sporting proclivities are so well known, man sueeeiled in foisting U|K>n the Lon­ adds an admirable prolieiencv with the don market some £4.000 wortli of dia­ foils to her other accomplishment*. All monds which had thus been ehemiealh the fencing teacher* of Paris have their feminine pupils, who are by no mean* improver!. It would lie interesting to restricted to the actresses. Young know what has *become of those dia­ women of the highest classes in society monds. What has become of their fence as regularly a* they ride or dance. doubtless numerous successors. So val­ In fact, if it were not fora fencing lesson uable an invention has certainly not in the morning many of them would feel been |w>rmitte.ed Spiritualist* in this country.* -Chi ago Hern 'ci. —In New South Wales male school­ teachers are paid from £72 to £156, and female teachers from £40 to £8J per annum. —The American Tract Society pub­ lished during the past year 213,116 tracts, and card packages and wall roll-, etc., to the numlier of 6,361,804. 1 —Dr. T. L. Cuvier says in the New .York Evangelist that “it would be well 1 if all pious parents would read l)r. Ho.- ace Bushnell’s “Christ an Nurture’ once a year.' ’ The Jew sh Messenger snys that t> the curious spe'im ns of prayer latch publish <1 may be added this of a mod­ ern rabbi; “Oh, Lord, Thou remem berest we said last week,” etc. —The total num! er of eommun’c nts at Trinity Church, New York, is 1.3 > of whom 575. representing 410 families are from the working-class. Although Tr.nity is very wealthy, it will b- se i from this that well nigh one-halt it actual communicants are people iu moderate c rcumstances. —A revivalist at Louisville was inter rupted the other day by a crying baby, whose mother started for home with it. "Don’t take the I aby out,” the preacher cried, “I wish there were fifty babies here. God bless the mother fot bringing that baby. Let t cry; 1 can talk louder than babies can cry.” According to the latest published statement, under the authority of the Baptist Church in New York State, it appears t :at there are in the State 86" churches, or four less than last year, and that the membersh p atncuuts to 116.068, Indicating, as compared with last year, a gain of 1,831. The baptisms of the year npmbere I 5,012, or 206 in excess of the previous year. —Those who are st aving to devise means for the preservation of American forests are being well abetted by the school-authorities in many localities I’he “arbor-days” of the schools ar.d coll -ges are bringing t le youth of the land to a i appreciation of the value o' tree;, and are awakening strong public sentiment in favor of energet e means to check the processes of wasteful den ndation. It will probably be much ea-ier in tlie time of ills next generation to get legislat on in the matter. — Cur­ rent. —Tlie Buffalo Commercial Advertiser “ We have i gives th s hint to educators: hoard of one very sensible school-teach­ er who has discarded geographical text­ books for a season, and in the mean­ time has made her scholars as th >r- oug'ily familiar as they could be, with the means available, with the situation, h’stor., physical features, mate ial re­ sources amt pol tieal conditions of the Soudan, Russia, England. Afghanistan and other countries, the scenes of greal int rnational contentions. This appears to l»e more practical and profitable than in committing to memory the names of the princ pal rivers in A a ka, of the capes on the west coast of Ireland and the county towns in the State of Kansas.” IV EK VAI, BVPTDBE PERMANENTLY CUBED. 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