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S • WOMEN AT THE SPORT HE FENCING FENCING FAD HAS - .5TRUCK CHICAGO HARD. • mir,.lite Exercise for Dames andl Do...sets Desiring tirace—Develops the us. les and 'Improves the Carriage— t..st a Reporter Saw. OMEN in their de- sire tc physical/y b a Ire added anol er sci- ence to their train- ing. A number of ChIcago women are excellent swordswoneen, and s Insist that in the practice of fencing they have found an exercise that develops and, brings into play every nerve and miracle in the body, says a CM - cage Chronicle Wrater. Far the last five or six years nearly all women, whether old or Young, have given a certain amount of time to different sports. Schoolgirls have been trained in every way that would best dbvelop their fig- ures and add health. and strength to their lives, and *heir older sisters who are out of school life and busy wtth society affairs fend time to give a few minutes every day to healthful exercise. And not only the young women are thinking of these - things, but women who are interested in reforms of every kind, and especially everything per - \COME ON.\ taming to health. Fashionable women as well fp) club women have sought out every art, science or amusement that would aid nature in increesang.health, and by that means add beruty to the face and form. During the summer months the maid- ens and women have many sports to amuse them and various ;says of exer- cising. The last two summers golf ha c stood side by side with the bicycle among the outdoor pleasures of the fashionable set, and the delights of 'tennis were .known to a large number of girls. But during the winter time there have been few ways by which the wom- en and girls could take exercise. The pleasure and excitement of ice skat- ing has had a great hold on society women this winter, but then it is only to be had for a few days at a time, and one never knows when it will end. So the fashionable world, or at least the tminin part of it, has taken to fencing, for the sterner sex of Chicago have used the swords for many a year. It is probably owing to them that their wives, sisters and sweethearts have tak- en to the scientific sport of fencing. The writer having been invited to at- tend an exhibition saw sortie interest- ing bouts The hall where the young society women received their instruction was high up in one of the sky scrapers, and the room was one mass of curiosities to a novice. The walls were hung with dozens of swords, some in sheaths, oth- ers without. Masks of every kind hung on the wall and shields that looked like jackets made out of mattresses, to fit all sizes of people, were hanging on pegs. Benches were along the wall, and as the lessons hut not commenced, one or two of the pupils were seated await- ing the arrival of the others. When these entered the room they would pass FEELING HER tICEPS. On to a small apartment at the end of the hall, and In a few minutes come forth entirely transformed, so changed In appearance did the costume worn make them. Most of them had on dark costumes. the Moltke waist ratline 11P - low, the belt, and the bloomers extend- ing below the knee in some rases and above It in others. The wide sailor col- lars of the blouse were ornamented with two rows of narrow red !veld, and they wore leather halts. Nearly all of the (molls present had discarded their COT - Seta, butt wore instead d laced under - Kellen to hold the body firmly together All wore black slick stockings and spring heeled shoe& familiar to those worn by children in their teens. The hair of tha young women was prepared for the violent exercise, and had been combe braide the nap young known t carded smoothly back from the face, and pinned in a close knot at f the neck. A ccuple of the omen of the class, who wee be excellent cyclists, had die - he blouse and its short skirt, and wore short bloomers and dark blue waists. As there were but two of the out of the seven young women who a tended the class, they evident -1w were not considered exactly the cot cos- tume for fencirs. Before the bout began the tiling drew on padded gauntlet glove and the plastrons, or body shields. And then three couples took their positions on the floor at the proper distahce, the professor of fencing opposite one &elle girls. They not only wore the costume described, but also a wire mask, which entirely protected the head and face. It is most important that the persons fencing should not slip, and the begin- ners have a bad time learning to keep their footing and to draw the feet to- gether without dragging them on the floor. It is hard to keep one's balance without falling down at first. The foils were very light, the point being cov- ered with a button, so that there would be no aanger of an accident, for they are so sharp that they would ctherwise pierce the body like a needle. The young women first took the posi- tion of \attention the feet at right angles, the head erect, the right arm and foil extending downward to the right, so that the button is about four Inches from the floor, the left tifina hanging down naturally, this poise of the bOdy so thet their profiles wene to- ward each other. This was the posi- tion of attention, after which they raised the arm and foil, extending them toward the adversary, the hand being opposite the eye. They then swung the foil around to the left side of the be until the foil was hel d horIzor tan. across the hip, the right hand beeine reversed, nails downward, and the point of the foil pointing backward. When \on guard\ the left arm fell backward behind the head to a curved position, the hand being slightly above the head, the right hand being brought down to the height of the chest on the right side, about eight inches from the body, keeping the elbow well in, the point of the sword being directed to- ward the opponent in line with his eye. The limbs were bent by separating them at the knee without moving the feet, and the weight of the body shifted entirely to the left beg, the right foot being advanced a short distance and let fall in a direct line from the left heel toward the opponent, and this position was called guard. Then commenced the advance and re- treat, which consisted of a series of steps taken very rapidly, the right foot always moving first. In the retreat the left foot always moved first, followed by the right.- The lunge, which came next, seemed very easy to execute, until tried, and then it proved to be VANQUISHED. difficult. The arm is extended to its full length in front, the left leg straight- ened, the right foot thrown forward, without scraping the floor, as far as pos- Obis without losing the equilibrium. The left hand is held at the back all the time, and the fingers extended, and is used to balance the body. Then came a rest, and the girl fenc- ers made a pretty and charming group. The simple costume, with its dash of red, and the graceful poses of the happy - looking girls—not only happy looking, but showing their health in the glow of their cheeks and in the freedom of their limbs. No exercise can be more thor- ough than the use of the foils, which brings into play every muscle, tendon and nerve of the body without using too much force and tends to give the fencer a graceful carriage, a quick eye, a well - set head upon the shoulders, a supple waist and a wrist of steel. A DIPLOMAT'S WIFE. LADY DUFFERIN A FAVORITE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. \ The R tiresnent l'ulde E ttr e of Der Husband Renews Intere s t In a 7141. CelebrAted for Iler Genius— Many Order. i with his (I wonder in),\ he did dot refer to the present charm- ing Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, but to her predecessor of long ago. Her ladyship will shortly retire with her husband from public life, and diplomat- ic circles syith her will lose one of their most valuable ornaments. Lady Duf- ferin has occupied no end of prominent places, She has been ambassadress to Per's, to Rome, to ConstantinopieNand she shared with her husband the most distinguished post gift of the Not•Ing New In Base Mall. The New York World has sprung, as new and Dove), a proposition to decide championship contests by percentage of runs made by and against a team. The idea may be novel, but it Is not new, as it was first broached in tbe col- umns of Sporting Life\ four years ago by Mr. Frank Anderson, a Philadelphia Journalist, with whom the idea origi- nated. The idea hats merit, and many things can be urged in its favor. But It has no more chance of adoption than woll , have a rule requiring a batsman to p the ball over the fence or be declared out, and it is therefore really waste of space and effort to discuss the matter. ThesInauperable abjection to the idea Is its radical character. It would neces- sitate the first absolute change in the method of deciding games since the game weft instituted, and thereby lead to interminable confusion in the public mind. , Such a radical departure from the old and established method would be, for reason of policy and expediency, not at all desirable, or even if desirable, not practicable or advisable. Base ball has now reached such a point of i eperfection that few changes are required, and none of them radical Sporting Life. HEN Thackeray in his Irish ballads wrote concerning the great ball giv- en to the Nepaulese ambassadors that among those pres- ent were \—Lord and Lady Duffer - in, And Paddy Fife fat wife how he could stuff her tician and dresses in the most eh of garments. He lives in the story fiat in an obscure street, and, ra trolling the motions of the deputies, is not too proud to climb eto his attic at night and retire to sleep in a cot. HO I.' GO, a lawyer, a journalist, and an un- alterable foe of the Jesuits. Under the empire he was a lawyer with no prac- tice, but his star appeared above the horizon when in 1870, after the fall of the empire, he was made mayor of Paris. Five years later he was elected a member of the assembly. lie was once minister of justice, and was chief of the Panama commission. His at- tempt at premiership in 1885 was not satisfactory to himself, his party or the people. S.EW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. M. Koltelitte Who Will Reproment the ('tar In the United slate. M. Kotzebue, the new Russian ambas- sador, was not accompanied to this country by his wife. Mme. Kotzebue was detained at home by illness. It is expected she will soon follow her hus- band. Washington society is somewhat desirous of her early appearance, as the Russian representatives cut much of a figure in the social gaieties of the capi- tal, The ambassador and wife have two children, Paul Kotzebue, an army officer, who has recently taken a young wife, and a daughter, the Countess de Rebmiter. M. Kotzebue is a tall, blonde man. His hair and beard, formerly yellow, are now white, the only lndica- Ili Kish govertanent—that of the vice- regal throne of India. When Lord Duf- fey -in was made governor general of Canada the countess (for she was only a countess then) was considerably un- der 30, and from that time until the present her husband has been foremost among the big diplomatic guns of the empire. The marchioness is the very best of amateur actresses and during her regency in Canada she had built a stage in the government house at Ot- taea, and her entertainments. contrib- uted to chiefly by herself, were artistic and pralteworthy. She lived an out- door winter life in Canada, too, and curling. sleighing and hockey parties were led by her, and she distributed the prizes in an ice tourney originated by herself. Her transfer from the ice- bound dominion to burning Inaia wrought likewise a transfer of occupa- tion, and while in Aryavarta she ac- complished a stupendous work in the matter of providing female medical at- tendance for the women of that coun- try. On her return to England she was personally congratulated by the queen on the success of her labors. Lady Taufferin holds no less than four orders. These are the Crown of India, the Per- sian Order of the Sun, the Turkish Or- der of the Shefkat and, the most yel- ped of all, the Order of Victoria and Albert. A Notable French St•teensaa. By no means the le:n notable figure In French politics is IT • 'I Firliseon,who HENRI BRIaSON has just been elected prealdrnt of the chamber of deputies In manner. In at- tire and In mode of living he is like one of the revolutionists who despise.; the trumpery and the trappings of kings and courtiers and nobles. Ile despises the good clothes of the modern poll - Hon of age strangers can discern. His valet might tell a different story, but the servant has not yet been inter- viewed by the Jenkinses. The ambas- sador is the best dressed man in Wash- ington; he is a foreign elderly E. Berry Wall. It is his intention to make a • exasei •:•.‘ 7.1 1.0ti tour of America aeon to get information as to the country's resources and for pleasures of traeel. The Stens Forests of Arizona. The regions of I,Ittle Colorado Rivet in Arizona abound in wonderful vege- table petritactions—whole forests be- ing found in some places which are hard as flint but which look as if but recently stripped of their foliage. Some of these stone trees are standing just as natural as life, while others are plied across each other just like the fallen monarch of a real wood forest. Geolo- gists say that these atone trees were once covered to a depth of 1,000 feet with Marl, which transformed them from wood to solid rock. This marl, after the lapse of ages, welshed out, leaving some of the trees standing in an upright position. The majority of them, however, are plied helter-skel- ter in all directions, thousands of cordi being sometimes piled up on an acre of geound.—St. Louis Repnblic. No /Inne r In Roses. Roses do not secrete honey in (halt flowers. Insects are simply attracted by the perfume and rich colors and by the abundant supply of pollen, which serves as food.-'- Los Angeles Express. A men who makes no enemies is too soft rued complisnt for grist practical purposes. OMMEIIIMM••••••• NAi ()LEON VS. LOUISA. I FOME WINTER FRUITS. EMPEZ1OR AND QUEEN OF PRUS- SIA AT TILSIT. Th• Cor,qurror Was Initireesed with Her Beauty and Regal lleineano., but Mould Make No Concession* to Iler — Their Farling. T was at this crisis of Prussia's affairs that the king, after much urging, con- sented to summon his queen. The ru- mors and insinua- Gone concerning the czar's undue admiration of her, so industriously spread by Napo- leon, had made him over-censitIve; but as a last resort he felt the need of her presence. She came with a single idea —to make the cause of Magdeburg her own. She had suffered under the ma- licious innuendoes of Napoleon regard- ing her character; she had shared the disgrace of the Berlin war party in the crushing defeat at Jena and Auerstadt; she had been a wayfarer among a dis- graced and helpless people; but her spirit was not broken, and she an- nounced her visit with all the dignity of her station. The court carriage in which she drove, accompanied by her ladies in waiting, reached Tilsit on July 6, and drew up before the door of the artisan under whose roof were the roomr, of her husband. Officers and statesmen were gathered to ieeceive and encourage her with good advice; but she waved them away with an earnest call for quiet: L B° that she might collect her ideas. In a momerit Napoleon was an- nounced. As he climbed the narrow stairway she rose to meet him. Friend and foe agreed as to her beauty, her taste, and her manners; her presence, in a white e dress embroidered with sil- ver, and with a pearl diadem on her brow, was queenly. In her husband's apartment she was the hostess, and an such she apologized for the stair. \Whet would one not do for such an end!\ gallantly replied the somewhat dazzled conqueror, writes Prof. Sloane In his life of Napoleon in the Century. The suppliant, after making a few respectful inquiries as to her visitor's welfare and the effect of the northern climate on his health, at once an- nounced the object of her visit. Her manner was full of pathos and there wen tears in her eyes as she recalled how her country had been punished for Its appeal to arms, and for its mistaken sonfidence in the traditions of the great Frederick and his glory. The emperor was abashed by the lofty strain of her address. So elevated was her mien that she overpowered him; for the instant his self-assurance fled, and he felt him- self but a man of the people. He felt also the humiliation of the contrast, and was angry. Long afterward he confessed that she was mistress of the conversation, adding that she stood with her head thrown back like Mile. Duchesnois In the character of Chi- mene, meaning by this comparison to stiggaatize her attitude and language as theatrical. Sc effective was her appeal that he felt the need of something to save his own role, and accordingly he bowed her to a chair, and in the moment thus gained determined to strike the key of high comedy. Taking up the conversa- tion in turn, he scrutinized the beauties of her person and, complimenting her drees. asked whether the material was crape or India gauze. \Shall we talk of rags at such a solemn moment?\ she retorted; and then proceeded with her direct plea for Magdeburg. In the midst of her eloquence, when the em- peror seemed almost overcome by her importunity, her meddling husband most inopportunely entered the room. He began to argue and reason, citing his threadbare grievance, the violation of Ansbach territory. and endeavoring to prove himself to be right. Napoleon at once turned the conversation to in- different themes, and in a few moments took his leave. \You ask much,\ he said to the queen on parting; \but I promise ,to think it over.\ The courageous woman had lone her best, but her cause—if, indeed, it was ever in the balance—was lost trete!, the moment she put her judge in an inferior position. Her majestae bearing was tine, but 1 , tiots not diplo- macy. She might. ne rtheless, have succeeded had she been the wife of a wiser man. Long afterward Napoleon thought she might have had consider- able influence on the negotiations if she had appeared In their earlier stages, and congratulated himself that she came too late, inasmuch as they were already virtually closed when she ar- rived. East Time. In clew of the brevity of time and Us rapid flight the utmost care should be taken in the use of time, lest any of it should he wasted. The wind that Moue oy us may return again on its backward sweep; the at ream that flows by us may descend again upon the earth and re- sume its channel; the sun that shines in heaven to -day may shine again; but wasted time is lOSI forever. Wasted 101.iih may be restored; lost reputation may be regained; squandered wealth may be recovered; hut lost Omit' IR for- ,ver login and not a single hour can he cecovered.—Rev. 0. II. Strickler. — Railer of D. Moto, The United States government his alien possession of several mounds I e lently found near charleston, shIch morn\ seem to think were leitit Da Soto floret - lily a farm band Nos , .ng near the mounds turned cup Spao coitus hearing dates of S00, 1.107 aed in. Wonderful Viru es te* of Grapes, Oranges and pennelos. the lad just returned from a foreign rape sire, with a bloom on her cheek and a light in her eyes worthy of a tiebe. \it is the esthetics of medical treatm , tit,\ she said. \There is none of the paraphernalia of a beetle for health, but suns . .hine, fresh air and grapes. One ran live on them from morning till night; at first I could only eat a pound e day, but before long I progressed to ten pounds and even beyond that. Fancy it!\ Although we cannot all visit foreign cures, still at this time of the year grape!' are abundant and within the reach of most persons, who would un- doubtedly find a pound a day good econ- omy. We must let our imaginations furnish the surroundings of the cure— the vines laden with purple clusters, the pleasant hotel, the high, pure str— and devote ourselves to the practical details of eating all the grapes possible. Very few people are aivare of the medicinal qualities of grapes, but these they possess. The pulp is nutritious and the juice contains sugar, tannic acid, bitartrate of potassium, tartrate of calcium, common salt and sulphate of potassium. Without doubt the woman who culti- vates the habit of eating a great deal of fruit is the gainer in health and ap- pearance. The grape fruit, or shaddock, so- called from its discoverer, Lieut Shad - dock, or, to mention its soft Chinese name, pumelo, is highly prized by those who live in malarial localities. It is a charming rival to quinine and boneset, and is driving them from the field. She Who eats her grape fruit with e spoon from the natural cup, or relishes it served as a salad, may gladden her heart with the reflection that she is not only pleasing her palate but benefit- ing her health. Like oranges and lem- ons, the grape fruit has great medicinal virtues. If you are of a bilious temper- ament et grape fruit; if fevers threat. - en eat grape fruit, but in this latter case do so only at the advice of a phy- sician, as there may be certain tenden- cies which the grape fruit would only aggravate. The complaint is often made that this fruit is extremely bit- ter and unpleasant. It is only the white inner rind which is so, and this should always be carefully removed. To refer to \eating\ cures, quite one of the prettiest salads I have seen late- ly was a green-pepper salad. The large peppers had been opened and the seeds removed, then a Russian salad, com- posed of various vegetables, was heaped within the shells and covered with a delicious mayonnaise. These pretty green boats lay on a bed of lettuce leaves and about the base of them and through the curled leaves shone vivid flame -like nasturtium blossoms. \How very pretty and artistic!\ I ex- claimed. \The cook does not think so,\ replied my hostess with a smile. \Neither she nor I knew that the peppers must be cut or the seeds taken out under water, consequently she burned her hands.\ -- Exchange. Losing Enterprise for the State. California's experiment of printing the text -books used in the public schools of the state proves to be a costly one, the San Francisco papers report. The idea was that the books, - when thrown upon the market, would not only fully repay the cost of produc- tion, but would yield a handsome reve- nue, which in a few years would fully reimburse the state for the amount of appropriations made to establish the original plAt. This was fallacious. The estimate now is that the state has lost about $200,000 on the venture. Since the establishment of the plant in 1885- it has cost $400,000 in appropria- tions, and an estimated value of the plant now is $150,000. Secretary of State Brown says that because of mis- takes made in estimating the cost of production \the books must have been selling below Cost.\ ASSORTED ODDITIES. Probably in London alone over 20,- 000,000 matches are used every twen- ti-four hours. Gun springs are now tempered by electricity in France. The process is rapid and satisfactory. A postcard message has traveled round the world in seventy days --the quickest time on. record. If a well could be dug to a depth of forty-six miles, the air at the bottom would be as dense as quicksilver. A boy of 14 and a girl of 11 were re- cently married in Johnson county, Ga.. with the full consent of their parents. A Kansas district has written a con- tract with a teacher to teach the school, chop the wood, make the fire, sweep an4 find the matches for $35 a month. The teacher is a woman. There is a mrement on foot for the establishment of industrial Reboots for the training and education of the Ibis slan convicts' children In the penal set tlements of Siberia. The aggregate coot of the mainte- nance of the Royal Botanieel Sockeye; gardens and the scientific work carried on in them is shown by the society's aceounts to be about $30,000 a year. For several yeers 0 woman has driven the stage between Mancolonit and Bel- laire. Mich. She handles the reins as well as any man In that region, and has never been troubled with stage rob- bers. If teeth were not provided with ottath el they would be constantly breeking. their nerves would he Irritated, and the wlsole human tiuulual kingtiOnn would atiiieted with it tips er ending \\til'irk, ' The power of taste is believed to to doe to tho fungi form papillae of th e tongue These tire from a twentieth to r fiftieth of an inch in diameter, el RI , 1 found on every part of the tongue, b..t, most thickly tows rd the tip. l? 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