1895 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KKKPKR. 



"THt i\EW MAN.'- 



ilev. Anna Sliaw ("i-vs Ke Is to Be a Fit 

 r.Iate For the New Womau. 



Tho Rev. Anna S!i:i.\v Icct i!v<'d rcceiitly 

 in Philadel;;lii:i on "The ^.\'\v Ijin," v.-.iX 

 she dnvv a rosy pititurc of that i^;]ivit'!i!al 

 willjoul, hovvevev, telliiig wlion Jio was to 

 make ]iis ai:-.eavanoe on earth or how Ihe, 

 present n)a>.culii-e Avas to he reformed into 

 the Ciea; i; je si;e dei;ieU'd. 



Miss tniaw predicted that the new man 

 would neither smoke, drink, swear nur 

 gamble. He will do none of tlie.o things 

 becatise "he will l)e i;r.;-omineinj.y a man 

 in the develo^jment of his physical c-i^.i:i- 

 ism, and will indulge in nothing that'vvill 

 degrade his bodily uevi^loj.ineut. " 



Miss Shaw^ had seen it written 1 l\'it a 

 man should not smoke until he v. cs ">'<) 

 years of age. If the new man follows this 

 rule, she thousiit tliat attiiatage he would 

 be married to the new womau, and that 

 assertive female would then see that lie 

 never indulged iu the v.-eed. As the result 

 of this abstemiousnes;; Miss Shav.- fore.-.ir,v 

 an increase iu the stature of the rai^e. 

 "There will be giauts in tliosedays." The 

 new man "maj^ bo a champion bi.tter cr 

 even a football player," but ho will in- 

 dulge in these sports entirely as paaii:ie 

 and durijig seasonable hours. A.s a log- 

 ical con sequence, pr<.ifes.^ioual nines will 

 become a thing of the past, arid the hea y 

 hitters of today will be knowD only as 

 myths. Miss Shaw \\-as ve»y ej,i'no.-:t on 

 this point arid scohVd at (l.o iu^a of pay- 

 ing men more to play b.isehaii than to 

 work. 



Tho new man is nv.t to be an eil'eminate 

 creature. He is to be "a Ht mate for the 

 aev/ v.oman." He is also to be intellectu- 

 al, but "not from the mere study of 

 books." His mind will be a legal one, and 

 he shall judge acciuulely betv.eeu ri^l.t 

 and wrong, even when a womau is con- 

 cerned. This athleiic, lourLc^ll playing in- 

 dividual with the lej^al mind i.-j a^-.o u be 

 well developed juoi-.^ly. "Not that ti-e 

 world will be absolutely pure, but he Vvill 

 be able to walk in the midst of tempi avion 

 without beiiig affecii d any more than a 

 vaccinated man is physically who w.olks 

 through a smallpox l:i):.,,iLai." Ke Wi.l be 

 "amoral inJuence for virtue and gjs-iho 

 by side with the new woman, c.'a:_;ping her 

 hand with a hand as pure iis he:.;." 



The new man will iu~.o be reii. ious, al- 

 though he will pay more attention to l.;s 

 life than he will to creed. He is to be a 

 manly nuui, but tent'.i'r, true aud loving. 

 His intercourse with man is to be that wf 

 brother with brother. He i.> al.;o going lo 

 he a brother to the ncvf woinan. Mi t 

 Shaw intimated that the sisterly r.icket on 

 the part of the j'oung svcmen sh./uld ho 



offset by sometnmg or tnc sort sno inin- 

 cates. The new man in business life is 

 going to bo benefited by the ni-w business 

 womau. He vvill no longer have to spend 

 money in buying cigars and drinks iu or- 

 der to close his bargains, for the feinale 

 drummer will do away with such meth- 

 ods. — Philadelphia Press. 



CRANK DINNERS. 



Banquets That Have Grotesque, Grewsouie 

 and Eccentric Features. 



Most men experienced in dining out 

 have attended what might be aptly called 

 "crank dinnc^rs, " where some hobby came 

 into play or an old eccentricity was gro- 

 tesquely indicated. One of the queerest 

 banquets of this character took place a few 

 years ago at a fashionable Regent street res- 

 taurant in London, where an acquaint- 

 ance engaged a cabinet particulier to cele- 

 brate what he called the "burial of his 

 bachelorhood." 



The table was laid with a black satin 

 cloth, the flowers in theepergnes were im- 

 mortelles, the menu was written in a dead 

 language on inimic tombstones, the name 

 of each guest was inscribed on a card))oard 

 coffin which opened and contained a dark 

 cigar to represent a corpse,' and tlie wine 

 appeared draped in crape and was served 

 by mutes. 



When the guests arrived, they came in 

 two mourning coaches drawn by huge 

 black horses with long tails, stich as one 

 sees wending their way to the cemeteries. 

 The host was dressed in deep mourning, 

 with sables aroimd each arm. He was evi- 

 dently in some respects a morbid man who 

 reveled in his mortuary wit, for when the 

 manager of the restaurant knocked at the 

 door (it was getting late) and desired to 

 know if the obsequies were quite over the 

 giver of the feast was reading the burial 

 service with mock solemnity over an emp- 

 ty clarcit bottle. 



He addressed the manager as a "potent, 

 grave and reverend seignior," requested 

 one of his guests to phiy him out to the 

 strains of the "Dead March In Saul" and 

 protested that the dinner could not be 

 completed "until it was half mourning." 

 This comedy or farce, interlude or what- 

 ever one may call it, was kc^pt up to the 

 very end by the convives departing as lu- 

 gubriously and solemnly as they had en- 

 tered. — Chicago News. 



ImproTement In Field Cannon. 



The improvement in field cannon has 

 kept pace with that in small arms. It is 

 doubtful whether troops can be held in 

 column or mass formation within two 

 miles of an enemy firing tho present mod- 

 ern breechloading field guns. The ex- 



