JUNE 45 
BRIC-A-BRAC. 
A MODERN SERENADE. 
Wake, dearest, wake and light thy gas. 
Thou ahalt not be alone, 
For still for thee, my lovely lass, 
1 touch my telephone. 
Though absent far from thee I am, 
Yet softly on thy diaphragm 
I gi ve my sweetest tone. 
And though away ten thousand miles, 
I cannot see thy ungel smiles,. 
Yet I can hear thy laugh. 
And oh. unless fond hope- beguiles, 
Deceived with mechanic wiles. 
I’ll trust thy phonograph. 
And as I grind thy accenla out, 
Then fading each fond Jealous doubt, 
I call thee all my own. 
And absent yet, on thee I’ll het, 
Bone of one bone, by telephone, 
My better half, my phonograph, 
My own, my own! 
[Musical Monthly. 
A B0T8 COMPOSITION ON EDWARD VI. 
Henry VIII died one day with great success, 
ne lefl three children who did not care to go with 
him. Their names were Mary, Elizabeth and 
Edward. The last was the ’Ed of the family. He 
was a hoy. ni3 sisters were not. Their father 
also left a Will. Ills will was stronger than all 
his children. By will Earl Hertford was to boss 
the state while Edward was young. He was only 
ten years young. Hertford loved the glass so 
much he became a tumbler and was called the 
Duke of Summerset, lie wanted the King to 
take the Queen—or Scotland—but the trick was 
lost because the Scotch refused to assist. The 
Duke was called the. Protector because he pro¬ 
tected his own family and put everybody else 
away in the Tower. The border men of England 
and Scotland were those who boarded on the 
frontier and bored each other almost to death; 
so they had a light about Edward marrying their 
Queen. The English attacked them by water, 
which they couldn't stand. History says that 
the Scotch loss was ten thousand and the English 
two hundred. History lies, probably. The Gov¬ 
ernment told the people what to believe, if they 
did as they were told they must pay taxes to sup¬ 
port their belief, if they didn't do so they were 
roasted. Things were red hot. Somebody told 
stories about the Protector and so he was taken 
to the Tower and had his head chopped off. It 
was uot much of a head, but he hated to part 
with It. Then there was a rising of the common 
people, hut they did not know what for. Most of 
them got raised on to trees with ropes around 
their necks. Some very fat men were burned 
thus making light of their complaluls. Now I 
guess it Is lime for the little King to die. He was 
only sixteen when he gave up the crown and the 
ghost. Finis. 
TRAIN IN O POtt THE REGATTA. 
Soon us the faithful mantel clock 
The hour of six a. m. shall chime. 
He rouseth from liiB downy couch, 
And Bays, •' 'lis training time.” 
Cold bathed and dressed he Btandeth up. 
And lllls the tumbler one-third full; 
And UH he drains the potent cup, 
He takes his moruiug '•pull.” 
Aud when he spendeth through the day, 
Much more than he can earn. 
To mulie the balance up at eve 
He seeks his father stern. 
But when, enrobed in parly dress, 
lie guzeth upon beauty’s brow; 
With genuflexions graceful, then 
He standeth at the bow. 
Oft ns glad pay-day britigeth round 
It’s glittering piles of silver store; 
With Joy unto his work he bounds, 
Ami gladly grasps his ore. 
And if the tiger tempteth him 
To buck against the fierce Ke-no, 
Ho seeketh that his checks may lie 
Upon the upper row. 
Wheu’cr the banquet board invites 
Ho baudleth knives and forks true, 
And the glorious deeds of his orew recites— 
The trUBty. faithful corks crew. 
[Appleton's. 
The Emperor of Austria's lirst meeting with 
his future Empress was romantic, one of her 
sisters had been destined lor the Imperial throne, 
aud whoa Francis Joseph In his hunting dress 
arrived one evening at his father-in-law's resi¬ 
dence on the Traunsoe, he was received by four 
young ladl03 of the family, who have all sluoe 
then made excellent marriages. As he was 
chatting with the group he saw an apparition of 
beauty, with magnificent hair floating over the 
shoulders, Illuminated In the full glow of the 
sunset, approaching thorn from a neighboring 
wood. It was tlie Princess Elizabeth, the flfth of 
the sisters, aud the Emperor from that moment 
became her slave. 
"just a few words." 
Just a few words, but they blinded 
The brightness all out of a day, 
Just a few words, but they lifted 
The shadows and oast them away. 
Only u frown, but it dampened 
The cheer of a dear little heart; 
Only u smile, but its sweetness 
Check'd tears that were ready to start. 
Oh 1 that the rules of our living 
More like to the golden would be! 
Much moro, so much more, of sunshine. 
Would go out from you and from me. 
When Freedom from her mountain lilght un¬ 
furled her standard to the air, she little thought 
that naughty men would advertise hop bitters 
there. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Jur Mo mm. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
FIAT JUSTITIA. 
LOUISE OHANDLEB MOULTON. 
Yes, all is ended now, for I have weighed thee— 
Weighed the light love that has been held so dear— 
Weighed word, aud look, and smile that have betrayed 
thee. 
The careless grace that wub not worth a tear. 
Holding these scales, I ruarvol at the angidsh 
For thing so Blight that long my heart has torn— 
For God’s great sun the prisoner's eyes might lan¬ 
guish. 
Net for a torch by some chance passer borne. 
I do not blame thee for thy heedless playing 
On the strong chords whose answer was so full— 
Do children care, through daisied meadows straying, 
What hap befalls the blossoms that they pull ? 
Go on, gay t.rifler ! Take thy childish pleasure— 
On thoe, for thee, may summer always shine— 
Too stem were Justice should she seek to measure 
Thy fitful love by the strong pain of mine. 
- » ♦ ♦- 
WOMEN IN COUNCIL, 
Judge Hilton Branded as the most Con¬ 
spicuous Fraud In the History of 
Amerloan Charities. 
As most Of our readers are doubtless aware the 
much advertised Women’s Hotel has ceased to 
exist. J udgo Hilton assigned os a reason for Its 
collapse ids Inability to make the enterprise a 
success, resulting as he maintains from women 
obstluutely refusing to avail themselves of his 
charity (?) because tnen were banished from the 
hotel. He was at great pains to make various 
other uncomplimentary commeuts on women. 
His statements were so manifestly untrue and 
were beside so Insulting that It was to he ex¬ 
pected that the women of New York would resent 
his unmanly Insinuations. 
Accordingly a mass meeting was called for 
Tuesday evening, June 4, to express sympathy 
for the cheated, defrauded and Insulted working 
girls of New York and to publicly denounce 
Hilton as the betrayer of trust and maligner of 
women. The meeting was successful beyond the 
most sanguine expectation of the ladles having 
it in charge. The large hall of Cooper Union 
capable ot accommodating 2,500 was filled, the 
aisles and halls even being crowded, while hun¬ 
dreds lined the street unable to get into the build¬ 
ing. 
Sensible, womanly speeches were made by Ma¬ 
tilda Fletcher, Lilly Devereatjx Blake, Mrs. 
Slocum and Mrs. Dr Gill. It la a noticeable 
fact that the only reference made to Judge 
Hilton's coarse remark “that all women ex¬ 
pected and hoped to marry and they wouldn't 
therefore shut themselves up In the Womans’ 
Hotel, away rrorn all chances or realizing their 
hopes,” was by Mrs. Blake, who dismissed It in 
two sentences In which, to the amusement, or the 
audience, she admitted that women wanted to 
marry, and added “and so do the men.” This 
latter brought down the house. And yet a cer¬ 
tain class of Journals have spoken or this demon¬ 
stration as tlie result solely of an eager desire on 
the part or women to stamp wltn execration 
Judge Hilton's unhallowed suggestion that his 
“hotel was left empty because It wasn't a good 
place to find a husbaud.” 
It Is to be regretted that we have not space to 
give a full report of the speeches. They were ex¬ 
ceptionally good. 
Those who are familiar with the onerous rules 
enforced while the hotel was used for women ex¬ 
clusively, will appreciate the following 
FEW KIND SUGGESTIONS. 
Before taking her seat Mrs. Fletcher said she 
would read a set of rules for the government of 
the hotel under the new dispensation, which had 
been presented by some wealthy ladles who did 
not care to have their names mentioned. The 
suggestions were made in good faith, and all 
kindness, for it was feared that, as It had taken 
Judge Hilton nine years to frame the rules under 
which the hotel was run lor women, he would be 
a little confused and embarrassed In framing a 
constitution for the new concern. She then read 
the following set of rules, which were applauded 
to the echo, each and every one of them: 
THE HULKS, 
1. Breakfast from six to eight; luncheon, twelve 
to one; dinner s)x to eight P. M. charges fifty 
per cent, more or less than In ether expensive 
places, 
2. Gentlemen on returning from labor are re¬ 
quested to divest themselves of overalls, aprons, 
boots, Ac., in the east dressing room, set apart 
for that purpose. 
3. Women having failed to avail themselves of 
the privileges ot the hotel are rigidly excluded 
from the walls, the managemeut thereby hoping 
to Insure “peace, prosperity and happiness" to 
the inmates. 
4. The application of gentlemen engaged to be 
married, or otherwise matrimonially inclined, 
will be positively rejected. 
6. Applleanis tor admission must bo made by 
letter and be Indorsed by twelve prominent 
women of New York. 
6. The service of the hotel will be exclusively 
performed by men; no women ueed apply. 
7. Smoking, uhcwlng, spitting, swearing, sing¬ 
ing, talking above a whisper in the dlutug-rooms, 
parlors or bedrooms expressly forbidden. 
s. Gentlemen are requested not to shave or 
shampoo themselves in their bedrooms, but to 
repair to the tonsortal department of the hotel 
when they will, as In all other departments of 
the same, be shaved to their satisfaction. 
9. Gentlemen are requested not to black their 
boots in their bedrooms, but to proceed to the 
S, E. cellar especially devoted to that purpose. 
10. Dumb-bells, Indian clubs, swords, sabers, 
pistols, bows, arrows, boxing gloves, fishing rods, 
fowling pieces, bats, balls, hammers, saws, chis¬ 
els and all other toots or Implements not allowed 
lnstde the building. 
11. Louuglng ou sofas, chairs, chalv tilting, 
placing feet on mantels or furniture of rooms 
especially forbidden. 
12. Dominos, cards, checquers and dice prohib¬ 
ited in bedrooms. 
13. Tobacco, Jars, jugs, bottles and demijohns 
not allowed In bedrooms, all intoxicating bever¬ 
ages being furnished at the bar. 
14. The use of the windows for astronomical 
purposes is forbidden; gentlemen desiring to 
gaze at the moon or tlie primary planets wfil re¬ 
pair to the Hilton observatory on tho northeast 
corner of the roof; admission, ten cents. 
15. Gentlemen using hair restorers, dyes or po¬ 
matum, are requested to wear nightcaps for the 
preservation of hotel linen. 
1G. No visiting from room to room allowed 
without special permission from the Board ot 
Managers. 
IT. Dogs of evory description expressly forbid¬ 
den In parlors, dining rooms aud bedrooms; 
horses also excluded. 
18. Phonographs, telephones, accordeons, vio¬ 
lins, (lutes, bones and “Jews' 1 harps forbidden In 
the bedrooms. Gentlemen desiring to perform 
on the bones will proceed to the room devoted to 
their use. Cornets and bassoons also prohibited. 
19. Gentlemen are requested to provide them¬ 
selves with a regulation full dress before coming 
to the Hilton Hotel. Persons connected with the 
militia organizations will please appear In uni¬ 
form. 
20 . Gentlemen are requested to wear dressing 
gowns and slippers In their bedrooms. 
21 . The management reserve the rtght to dis¬ 
charge the boarders at their option, with or 
without cause, should they deem It expedient at 
any future time to open the hotel as an orphan 
asylum, zoological garden or museum. 
22. Privilege of hath, twenty cents; of the 
billiard table, two cents a game; other g lines In 
proportion. 
23. A eheeitul compliance with the above rules 
Is requested. The hoarders are also expected lo 
pledge themselves to respect, any additional rules 
the managemeut or any employe may lay'down 
for their benefit and that of the proprietor. 
24. Boarders must brlug at least one large trunk 
wltn them, which will bo immediately inspected 
by the Board of Examiners (Christian gentlemen 
ail), who will attend afterward to its proper 
storage In the hotel storeroom. 
25. Gas will be turned off at ten o'clock; all 
hoarders will then retire or be locked out. 
The exclusion or women and ihe residence of 
Judge Hilton In the hotel, for the benefit of his 
sex, will, it is hoped, make a happy' home for 
gentlemen, more especially bachelors. 
A gentleman will be in attendance to sew on 
buttons aud make repairs. 
At the close of a speech by Mrs. Slocum, the 
following pledge was read by Matilda Fletcher, 
amid loud applause: 
WOMAN 3 FLEDGE. 
“ The ladles are so much trouble.”—Judge Hil¬ 
ton. 
Until five years after date we shall not buy any¬ 
thing at Stewart’s store, In consequence ot the 
unmanly insinuations regaining the management 
aud failure of tne Woman’s Hoiel, hoping that In 
that time the managers t hereof may hotter learn 
the characteristics of American women. 
junk 3, isre. 
The speaker further announced that a com¬ 
mittee had been appointed to distribute the same 
among the audience. She hoped that tho signa¬ 
tures would be counted by the thousands. The 
next lady introduced was Mrs. Diehl who read 
the follow lug resolutions. The reading elicited 
frequent bursts ot applause, the audience in some 
Instances calling for repetitions ot particularly 
pteaslug portloua. 
Resolved, That while we hal with profound 
gratitude aDy philanthropy which seeks to better 
the c nidltlou of women, ana would gladly offer 
the meed of praise to that benefactor who truly 
makes tne working women ot our land the ob¬ 
jects of his benevolence, we have nothing but se¬ 
vere condemnation tor those who arouse hope 
only lo cruelly disappoint It, and scorn for him 
who would add to shell an Injury a covert sneer 
and Insult calculated to degrade women in tne 
puullc estimation and demoralize the rising gen¬ 
eration. 
Resolved, From tho array of facts before us and 
from theott reliernled assertlonsof A. T. Stewart 
to stand a triend of working women, we aro firmly 
convinced that ihe benevolent int entions of one 
who, as he himself confessed, owed what he pos¬ 
sessed mainly to the patronage of women, have 
been shanutuliy thwarted. 
Resolved, That, we entreat that thoso whom 
Providence has blessed with continued life, wealth 
and a Urge soul see that their benevolent plans 
be ektabllhlted beyond the reach ot confiscation or 
the danger of perversion arising from the rapacity 
ot unprincipled persons. 
next lived That in view of the ralluro or this 
nouie purpose, we entreat Mrs. A. T. Stewart to 
see that what was Intended for working women 
snail not bo taken from them, and that an equiva¬ 
lent charity under better advisers be provided for 
them as she may lu Urn’ woman’s heart elect. 
Resolved, That wc exonerate Mrs. Stewart from 
blame in the administration of mis trust, and 
cannot believe that any generous-hearted woman 
would have willingly countenauced regulations 
and restrictions alike Insulting to ner sex and our 
cl vi ii/ation, ot which one of Its chief glories should 
bo the elevation, enttanchlsement and protection 
of women. 
/{tvsolmt, That tho direct personal education 
or our )onth in business probity and practical 
morals should bo one or tno chief objects, it not 
the chief object, of public school instruction, 
so that Instead uf producing, as too often la the 
case, grasping merchants, dishonest lawyers 
weak-minded legislators and the lino, they shall 
graduate men proud in the consciousness cf their 
reelttHide and scorning to do a mean, thing. 
Resolved, Tuai unul (lie evil genius oi sordid 
gain that presldis over Stewart’s vast, commer¬ 
cial enter pi ism snows signs ot true reform, every 
scil-respcctlng woman should withdraw her 
patronage therefrom, and that that which was 
built up chiefly by women he taken away by 
women. 
f/esiuved. That equal privileges, equal chances 
a P,.^ n,ol ”" K ' n tH in the walks and employments 
or lire for men and women, equal justice In so¬ 
cial estimate and administration of law, is what 
the world demands and values more than the 
patronizing generosity. 
Remitted, That, the spirit of avarice a.Dd tyranny 
which denies to a working woman a tiower-pot, 
bird, sewing machine nr permission to Ree father, 
brother, sister or mother, on the pretense of ex¬ 
act order, but can In a moment, throw’ open smok¬ 
ing and billiard rooms and saloon bars, to pander 
to the worst vices of men for gain. Is only on a 
p o- with that bigotry and Intolerance which, be¬ 
cause of some personal pique, casts odium and 
Insult, upon an unoffending, respectable and re¬ 
spected portion of our citizens whose name and 
history are proudly Interwoven with the march of 
science, government and civilization the world 
over. 
Resolved, That In putling on trial foroulytwo 
mouths, under fatal restrictions, what was nine 
years building, and trumpeted to the world as a 
magnificent charity; that in obtaining through 
Its brilliant opening, to which women chiefly con¬ 
tributed by their presence and applause, a vast 
amount of free advertising; that lu cooly Insult¬ 
ing women and betraying as if by premeditation 
woman’s Interest therein, the procurer of this re¬ 
sult stands confessed as the must astute business 
trickster of the day and the most conspicuous 
fraud In the history of American charities. 
Resolved, That however foreign It may seem to 
this issue aud unwarranted in t his connection we 
are still of the sad conviction that, that public es¬ 
timate and legal enactment which class women 
of the present, day among minors, Idiots, crimi¬ 
nals and Indians not taxed, will not cease to en¬ 
gender a qualify of person who, rrom false eleva¬ 
tion to sudden wealth or other base cause, will be 
likely to subject women to similar taunts unless 
properly rebuked. 
Resolved, That, If meetings of the like may seem 
of no avail In obtatntng practical redress, they at 
least educate a higher moral sentiment, and It Is 
hoped win secure Immunity from repetition of a 
like offence. 
--- 
WOMAN’S WORK. 
GRANDMOTHER. 
The Inquiry is frequently heard: What can 
girls do? One would almost believe that there 
was a surplus number of girls in the world, and 
that there was not work enough to employ 
so many pairs or hands. This Is far from 
being the truth. Though there are many de¬ 
partments that are crowded with applicants, 
there is In others a great scarcity of help,* 
There is not a town or village but needs nurses 
for the sick; yet where Is there a young lady 
who is willing to prepare herself tor that voca¬ 
tion? Who will devote her energies to flttlrg 
herself for such a profession ? 
It is lucrative aud the husluess Is not half so 
wearing as the shop or sewing machine, and yet 
the need ot gcod nurses Is a serious one. Sick 
people often really suffer for want of a quiet, 
kind nurse. Now and then, some old lady Is 
found who will go for a few days to take care of 
an invalid; hut they are nut the right kind of 
people lor the business. 
The qualifications of a nurse are good health, 
steady uerves, eheeiful disposition, gentle hands, 
pleasant, voice, and courage. These qualifica¬ 
tions can he cultivated, and arc within the pow er 
of all. Then add to these ample observation and 
practice, and the sum total represents the 
requisites for a good nurse. 
But It is not the work that girls fancy; they are 
too secluded from society lu this occupation. 
They want to do some great thing—make a stir 
la life—not stopping to consider how much good 
they might accomplish, how much suffering they 
could alleviate lu this profession. 
Physicians complalu bitterly of the lack of com¬ 
petent nurses to take care of llitlr patients. 
Relatives aud friends are too anxious and ner¬ 
vous to make desirable nurses. They are apt by 
their very solicitude to make matters worse; 
they cannot control their feelings, and conse¬ 
quently cannot judge as correctly ot the condition 
of the suffering one as a comparative stranger. 
Besides, tin very sympathy (hey feel and express 
has an unfavorable Influence with the patient. 
Cure ot the sick Is pre-eminently woman's work, 
and many a pair ot Idle bauds might be usefully 
employed lntheslck room, it their owners were 
disposed to avail themselves of the needs of the 
suffering; and instead of being useless parlor or¬ 
naments. they eould become angels of mercy to 
the afflicted. What can girls do ? There Is work 
enough all around them, if they choose to do It: 
there Is no need of their staudlng all the day 
idle. 
- -»♦♦ -- - 
ITEMS FOR CORRESPONDENTS. 
BY TUB EDITOR. 
Josie Laughton, Steuben Co., N. Y. I can pur¬ 
chase a tolerably fine straw hat for you as low us 
75 cents. A feather with a marabou tip, orna¬ 
mented with pe&rlbeads, will cost $ 1 . Flowers 
come at all prices; small one—violets, etc.—can 
bo purchased at i cents per dozen; sprays vary 
according to quality and quantity of flowers used. 
It you will give me nn Idea of what you want I 
will give you prices. 
Mrs. Madeline Houghton, Haverstraw, N. Y 
You can get fine photographs of fancy subjects— 
many of them are copies of celebrated paintings— 
cabinet size, for 25 or so cents, and put them In 
velvet frames, which range In pi Ico rrom so cents, 
and you have a pretty ornament for a bracket or 
mantel, inmutly preferable ro the atrocious daubs 
so extensively sold through ihe country. 
JounnvB— , If you took better care of your 
feet they would not occasion you any mortifica¬ 
tion. The feet, should be washed every day. 
Thu popular notion that frequent washing will 
make them tender, is a popular fallacy, as any 
one can very readily ascertain tor hhnself 
Wash your feet with warm water and a liberal 
supply of soap. Allow them to soak a few 
minutes, then rinse them off with water into 
which a little aromatic ammonia has been put. 
The whole operation will not consume ten min¬ 
ifies. Surely seventy minutes a week is a small 
price to pay to save ono’s-selt ti otn being offensive. 
Stockings should be changed dally, and the shoea 
frequently aired. 
