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Ilia life t»aa a f allar e. <bo*«» ,be rflaygd a tbty part. ^Good- God. ‘ what a ilma t bad ’ wbem I wrote that boob X.«waa. iiere qm t .Qtt fxhibftlpn, and njjr. famh- r^cjiiing the ears of the king and tioleen, they cnminanded rty pres ence at conrt ;' i(ind thither 1 I tvaa hroright, ta-th» Ohatge ot-tlat ’ da««b- ter of one of my tiaptora, a little girl named Glnnuinlclitch, nine- yeai|r of age and. *malt for heriyeare, being not abovff thirty f^et In^helght. — r In the train of their tflc^rtrtrs'T trav- el«r atl “ over the k i n g d o m , ^hlch waa' six thonsand miles In length by three , to five thousand In breadth. The cap- fatal ‘ cfty was fifty-four rpUes ih (engfo j bo aald wbea be later reread .the “ T;*le \ »t a Tmb,t aad the world hae a*reed ' wlisr bldG - • Tet rsirar* eve-r tfa-rbred He aeeer reeelyed the . prefrr- J'a the ebareb wbleb hla ability teoald bare brnaaat , another: by hla poiltlml panphleta be laryely formed -*hO public opinion of hla time, yet that warn the tad of.lt- forJhfm| he bad the otropkeM altachmiruta for two woaneu. \Stella.' ’ to whom the famoan Jonrnal ' erbo written, and “ Vaaeaaa.* but little happlnena eaaae , to hint. ' - “ Tp tblab of him.*’ aald Thaekeray, “ la like thinking of the raiaa of -a great empire. ” “ GalUeePa Trayela ” <! 73 «H though m oat Ire on eourta .'and' atafeamea, hna oifryiTed ita temporary aad local pur- poop, pad. eupeeially In the lira* two ua-rta, (a eonaldered to.- be one of the gr e a t poaaeualoaa of Ifteratute. I -WAS of a- N'ottinghanashire fam ily and e ducated at Cambridge. Likewise was I educated in medl t ine, and preferring a ship ’ s surgeon cy to any preferment ashore, it came abont. that after several deep-sea yoy- agea. L foaud. ..myself.-surgeon. of fliat ~s h ip , ' the Ant e l o pe, w hiJh i wajf wp e ebe d- in a violent storm, on a coast north west of Van Diemen's Land. Of all the, ship's company I alone escaped to the land, where, i# utter exhaustion, I lay down and fell asleep., I.awakened to find myself Miupd hand and fo ot, and surrounde d ny awarms of the' tiniest hiniian creatur es . They -hrftught, ine food and drink'and con- v*-yed me to, their capital, Where the Icing, of a . majesty a full half-inch rn ’ ier than any i)f. his subject^, came with his court to view me. la time I learned that I was In the kingdom of the L'iilipntians. By them I was* Kept - a-. lopg fi,tnfe Iti- captivity? Being ultimately satisfi'ed-of thd hann- \I'eisiKSH'tjrmy'inTetTr.'lnistniddtai - m>' word of/ honor to- do them no in jury, they released me, and set aside six professors of education to ’ teach roe their ’ language. Fog my bodily ■ ’ sustenance' they allowed me a qilan tiry of meat and drink sufficient for 1734 of their ovra people; for so, be ing ekact in . their mathematics, they estimated the proportions Of my bulk * ta th eirs- Three 7 hum ired cooks and one hundred and twenty waiters were Lapsed io -dress my meals, two. hundred --seamstresses ' were' . apportioned to make my Hnen. and three hundred tallfirs.ftir my ou t er clothing . With my ; wants ’ thus attended to. T v^as-desirous * to be of service^ to them. . Mr first service was not fd <.amage;th«ir people or their pgo'pertv as I walked abroad, a mbst likely dan- grr dh'en' the “ men were of such size “ That -I could secrere^fw d or three of them In one of myhcoat pockets^. In walking the streets; were I to step heavily, there was danger of my shak ing down large buildings; or. by not : haviug an- eye hetojr' me^ I couhL eas^ i!y .tread to deafh half a dozen of their cattle. : ' One day the king, who was 'most friendly -to me, came to mo in. great trouble. The emperor of the neigh boring kingdom of BTefusca had threatened to Ihy waste the\ kingdom of LHllpuWa. ’ Hie Blefuscuan navy, consisting of fifty great Alps of war, ■ WiiT - e ve n. t h i- ’ r Tahn t ff - ^fiL'fr ’ t 'sa i l : h ue I. by wading :ind swimming, reached their chief harbor where they' were yet at anchor. With my piocket knife I cat the cables of their fifty shlpis of war, and then, tying each ship to a piece of twine, I drew them after me . to dry land, and so compelled ?the capitulation of Blefuscn. • , While this deed redounded to my glory, it also raised me np powerful enemies, one being the high' admiral of the Lilliputian navy, flad I wished. I could have crushed them and- their ertiris kingdom under my hoots, but ..{here was ray pledged word not to harm them./ So when by secret )n<: frigne they bad me tried .and cow* detuned to the loss of nry eyes, there was nothing left me but escape. I west to Blefoscn. where I was given a great reception and w&er* they would have me stay; baf l; was weary of kings and pu-ince^ and fold them that I. desired nothing exee^ that , they w nhld provisio n foh.m e a hoaf, which I had found'drifting on the shore, and L'-**^*^r**:l» JW way. ■_ : — r v ’ -H a iML where lirr^ TOg ~ in d ' -TP»f s t o red ft .e -boa t, with th e eae r -hundred shfep. with cows, balls., and as much ready-dressed meat as tohr hundred cooks could provide, - Being; thwi protested ' hgahist irfhipe; 1 edrine cnaxy .when I told .iujoiu I my- stoeyi — Ko t -tmt H ■! had tw j t ef--s*ri ‘ ~* “ pinh est, we pijL'lffio « s(Vafig^'riay ff]f ter. Itambllng bn the shore, t becanie separated froip • teV feothpodtehs. and- ■fetrinfo tM hands df some natives 37~fa8i b 1 b ' din|h , ag. , col»£-rit- - faeri; \~qf by forty-five in preadtly^u Wonderful city whera .the -Mlng ’ ir palace was ■ s e ven miles aroun«L«i»4 the ch i ef f oa m ’ therein two hundred and forty feet high, and broad and long In prbpfor- tlon. The-Icing's /stable was also n goodly building, housing\ five hundred hntsesi-noble creaiures of a height of from ’ fifty-four to sixty feet; <>f “ the Lilliputians, T hsed to say that- they were pieople without a blero- ish in their persons, and the /Brob- dlngnagJans coarse, beyond descrip tion; but later Tefiectton Induces me t to think that the Lilliputians had blemishes proportionate . to their . jslae,: the same being too tiny for me to : es timate;-and that possibly the Brob- dingnaulans ' appeared more vulgar t han they truly, were, *thelr colosshl proportions ’ magnifying every' defect. In,, some matters these large people were at least larger-minded. Thus, In the matter of whether it wag proper -to break an -egg on- -the or big \en'iI^wTitciriuid aimdst'.spTTf the Liiil- pntian klngdonr-ln twain — as to that matter the Brobdlngnagians would have lost little sleep. I Judge this from a comment by the Brobdingna- gian king on a political matter wliieh I spoke of In connection with my own gauntry — rKn^lkmi. “ if I s tyranny, ” ite--subi. ‘ Tor a- goVernm'enf to require fhpw Who held differing-opinions to change or not to. change -them. ” . His majesty was much interested to hear of England ; whereat-1 relat ed at length ‘ her history, .which aston ished hi-m. He protested that, it seemed no more than a sequence of ^nspiracies,' murders, revolutions, banishments, the worst 'effects that avarice. • faetlon,7 hypocrisy, hatred, lust, malice and ambition could pro duce. “ What a pernicious face of odious vermin to be allowed* to crawl upon-.the earth! ’ ’ ’ he said : which in jurious'judgment, of my noble-and be loved country pained me exceedingly. Xow while I had become a: favorite of a great nation,'-'it;was upon such a footing as Uj became the- dignity of human kind. I wished to be, once more with people,, of my own-mind; also I longed for a whiff of that sea. whielr looked toward my own land- In response to fny entreaties, I was taken to- .... .M.y — IlttJe.. nurse Glumdalelitcb being IHv-J was put In charge of a page : who left me alone on the shore while he sought for birds ’ eggs. While thus alone.•the. traveling cabinet in which I lay was seized by a great bird who took\ it.far out to sea arid then.let it drop, almost at the ex act moment- that-an English shlp-diap- pened by to pick riie up. Thus was I singtljafly rescued and brought once more aafe ttiTgngianri. _ J . I made other'voyages and had dlv- efs adventures, a most singular one being that of pjy rescue from a desert continent by the people pf an island which flew la the air, the same* being made to rise and fall by means of an immense loadstone. The people of (he flying island held, themselves as a su perior race, for no greater'reason ..thaf I'.rould see than .thaL-they had- one .eye turned inward and pne ) turned up- ward.. ' - ? ; A later voyage took mie to the coun try of the Yahoos and the Houy- hnlmms. The Yahoos, being servile attendants to the Houyhnhnms, , were of disgusting habits, and so much resembled ' human beings that the wise, and ylrtuous Houyhnhnms took me also for a Yahoo even to the end of my star with them; a Judg ment which grieved me much. The Houyhnhnms, who had the forms of horses, had the most'sensible lawn of-any creature .tjint I ever-lived with-. Their abhorrence of many of our human habits was so deep that Lcame In time to have a.contempt for my own species ’ and wished that I, too, were a Houyhnhnm and be al- lowed to remain;wbb them; but they' haaished me from their kingdom as one who might set up .for a leader of the Yahoos and so sometime giVe th«u tronhle. They allowed .me HI bolld and provlatou a boat ; and so I paddled off and In time , ... il aral S3 Tim Won m i»y-P5K Tuhriihin* c*. M eauro Wttota.. ap rUttUa rasarV«d.) / , Ef J ames M organ afsiasasasaSaiwe »»ow ortOurP^resldeiiti By/AM^MORCAN ST OF THE VIRGIHIAI 5wrtihT.'|T9»;' bV jijnHMi Uoetvv. l' !. JAMES MONROE p r eeident , agef lulX 4, died In ; n <* j- ty •syentyjthr*. ' I^JOyfROKTS ndmlnlstratlori was tljSi' .rnQSt sereua-and Yet one.of-1 me ffiA/ifT In poririftl ' - pffl o dj r iri\ the ' life Of' the.jint ion: .ft 'W! ns jan eight yesft-s ut.w tTtrgrortvter nnii t?rs nirif tqr'te* of weacp, - .stich vlct/trltis as 8woiS3s»\jaever can wtn^' 1 ' 1 By (k i^ ’ re^ exchange- of notoe be-, tweym tbq. rnftcHl St/ifqs find Erigl.ind, themselves to disarm fojgyer .on the gifewt Jakes. By-ft cnmrriori-sense hq^L ness transaction, Florida, wfiblh-jlwas of little use to Spain,- but of .much use to the United States, was boUght -i over the countee-fn 1820, a peaceable . conquest that ranks only second fo the Loqlslana purehnse. By a civil no- r, •bam . in WMatmdvetand, . iwwrrty^Vgj' 477fi-~0radui ted wjURaMf- and V' /, '■ Mdr'y. j Entered thp army'.''' ! 1782 — In tba'l^iaiaturi. ’ 1783-88 —In the Cohtlhental ' *■ conorea*; 1787 — In the l e gle Utpr a. 1794-8^ — Minister to France; ' T 799 '- ’ fll 023 ^SaMemor of VJf^RliT 1893-8 — ii? the diplomatic' want-, ice. \ ; ' - .■ 1,809-10 — In the legislature. ' T181f-3-flovereo?^ 1811-17 — Secretary of State; L T^TT) OTHER president, with/the ex* Xw Cl ceptlen- of gobn--QHiney-A*kHgSi- has served the country as long as • James Monroe and, wlthont exception, t tto g • to old-world, in --§823, thv s ju mo- \h as , ha «1 an ofliot at-axporiebufr- uTole new world was set aside under ! so varledf the Monroe -(locfrine as an Immense; From 1776, when he was a vigorous; preserve- of'International\ peace. By | »ix : foot, broad shouldered,'rew-honed ’ •glTe-nud-Tnire tn -th e Mltw inr l. con»p r o-|. hoy.-Afc eighteen,, xuul left [ mine In 1820, North'and South were Mary ’ a rofiLge to enter tb* Heroin- I bound together anew, though with tlon, Monroe remained in the public l false ties; ' - * ' . j service nnULXfi2fi P .-JKhan-..lw..Tetlre(l . Monroe ’ s two terms criver what Is ; front the White House a wrinkled, known as the “ era of . good feelings. ” ! on re hent. irhfooverished old man. !rr A MONG the'grept number af plait- ed .skirts . iiutde of plahi ^ apd .striped: material, an o^casIoriuT' plain skirt, and ' an,'even..-more occasional ni<i<iel . wit bou t -pjal ts. will be .sure to seize the attention. - And, although the vogue is overwhelmingly : for .plaits and for plaids, there\ are some tiantl- 1 pprefit .receives'the ora#n df Tds fa- is 'a fasei-niitlrifi pocket of mole-skin. In .this .skirt the belt and hem are . ... . • . ^ ^ wider ’ than, the averaged,Id it revejtls the promisrit 'adflitiofial ■ length also, Taking it altogether Ji some georgette blouses to johi- it . iri The-old Federalist party having given , 1 those 49 years, herhad-been 4*. i9 lnor ■ up the.ghost, he succeeded to the pres- i military officer under Washington; re- idehey as- the.-Jast of the ' Yifgfhia jly~| beafetlly tr tnember-of theMagislatufe.' \ nasty almost ns easily as an heir ap-j a member .of- the Continental congress. and of the national senate; twice gov- eraur. of. Yirglnfa ; minister tqe FrapceV Engiand’and Spain; secretary of state .rfiaking up a smart afternoon foilette. ..There iS.. souietiiing tn the set, of some modols .thaf -are not'acquainted [ the plaited skirt of plain .cloth at the with either of tiiese. ■ Without apolor j right that entices the mind toward gi'es they present themselves for com- EgypJ. -These plaited skirts may be parison among their numerous plait-- 'ed, sisterhood . and usually we perceive. -tha t Umy , Iw Uma tba- a jtet bcga^> o f. skirts ______ ____________ The skirt mf the teft is innocent of plaits and is made of taupe cold ret! woof jersey . in a fine quality. It could hardly be simpler, tieing straight and'.gathered/ in at the ’ waist line; It Jhas a deep helm, headed \\ith a flat TUPT mnern mao wonJ ^ been enttre!y-unanimous . • . i '.~ . - --na' f bad-nor a N<Hv-Hqfpi a » htrejiiec ter.--easfc 4 ut u l ’ war at t in : tuuxn/ - 1 luie--itnd. iinalby : ^ one\ dfsw ’ nt big \ballot. - I president for two terms. Tet that “ era of good feeling ” Without wealth or family influence, really was filled with, many bitter i with a slow, commonplace blind, with feidlugs arnuseir^by personal smbL, .«* ” iffa as « speaker; wlth-wmodest tfons apd the quarrels of factions.^ awkward ..ptf ’ Senoe and plain, unppl- But Monroe fonried one of the strong- ; I-fhed manners, this very ordinary man est cabinets In history, and,with john*| plodded up the ladder of ambition .to : Quincy Arlums. William EL Crawford. ’ j Rf- topmost . rung. How? By sheer Wtrir ^ ree - o f 1 ms - r u g ge d-. -c mm i g e ous. -in — ^-.-- beautifnlly adjusted to.the figure awl | the utmost iij that respect JwVs Tx*eri i . . ^ , ... ------ - •; — * — 7-\- 7 . '. -'r John tr. OiTtlOiiii allfl' IVtmaifi goo — -f — e — hh # — sh+re — >-t}r — fJe+t — : — ne — - — - ------ - ----- - ---------------- - ---- - L ~ Kt.H-trng hr;'rids ./utrrTflFt'-pxv tendi.ng almost to the \ya.ist line, large alihost fla-t buttons covered jwitfr mole skin are set at\ the end of slmulate<l buttonholes. At the Eight side'there ! belli,siirrient. groups of . eight plaits . each. iorm panels that u.lterhate with single box' plaits and jtbe r long Hues they ’ make hiig the figure and curve with It. At the sides two of.the box plaits are set together with two targe bone buttons calling 'attention to their nriiop. .A front. The. georgette- biouse. worn with tills skirt, employs beads and silk in. a'simple but very handsome em- . Fashion ’ s Approved Fur Styles • Elizabeth Kortright Monroe. • • • - '■ among its members-, he succeeded la - _ .^jamys Monroe, ,' dnstrious, honest, loyal character-^ ' +Lriumph of the homely virtues — reconciling to his administration the,;. Auhou „ft hf . f ai ied in some of his j frost divergent elements. In his de- [ p los{: important tasks. Monroe ’ s fail- pflTMTlffTBnfiCBmny7t|jie r vrooid-mtsn-hnve7|-- 1 Yt ^^^.^^--j^pp^j-^jjjjjggg-Qj e j rT ^gy B - j included -Henry Clay and > Andrew S honesttmistakes. The ridicule :md the Jackson, buL they declined. • i disgrace-brought upon him by .the most One day the British minister glared ; spectacular episode of his Undfamatie across the \\hite Hous e^dl nneF table i iife- would have buried, forever a man arid shouted, to the French miritsfer: more briiiiant and less sincere.' “ Are you'biting your nails at me, si r? ” - The 'Frenchman responded by drawing his syvord, arid the two diplomats rushed at each other; But . This remarkable scene was enacted on thediigjdy- theatrical stage of-the . national convention at Paris dlrecfly . after the Iteigri of Terror.and the fall as .they were about to clash, the pres-j of Ko besni er re. when France ' was ident drew his own sword between outcast, among nations. At that.mo- them and stopped the fight: .fment. Monroe -appeared as the envoy That little-incident gives us a pic- ! of the only sister republic apd, to let ture-of the, spirit of Monroe and' his ! a! i t h,» world see that the .Revohrtion administration. While he vyas in thef Bad at least one friend left on earth. White HoustL mep and .factions had j the president of the . convention melo- tn leave their quarrels at the door. ! dramaticqlly folded the rustle Yirgin- The quiet, modest president Was not j pju In his arms. ' so successful in keeping .the peace j;- • After twoiyears,.he 'was.recalled foi* i among the w omen of the official cir- ; his zeal, ami ciune home in a rage of ^l e ,:' a nVrth efc4'Pq n t t as.A. v c Tr~ aui. / tai.. r aa k :-l- te tl4 gimtl o n, -- P i te s ing . by ■ the gate /of •HE usually Urbitrar/'goddess of [ suoulders/jind others exteuding below fashion'is Inclined to be tolerant so far as styles in fur garments are concerned.. Fur furs. “ are furs these days — u ’ s a diamond is' a diamond — they are - bringing startlingly high price?. It ’ does not appear, that they are destined to become cheaper, unless something happens to lessen Oie de- nuimk and high prices have failed jo do that.. Therefore a .fur piece of any description is a possession to be treas ured and everything. Is worn from the smallest of chokers that fasten close up about the ‘ throat^ long and ample dolman* and -coots whose prices are\ stated; in-five figures. - * '* Scarfs ’ hold the lead In the smaller fur garments and tbej' are either straight jw slipped and may be tong or short. . Anyone fortunate enough' to own'one as genyrous,; in site)a* that , shown : hi the picture riari wrah for rtot|xlrig mure splendUt ,It smue ■kyHu-iky yuibe|M,^ad .w,Uti. ’ Ci>>w?. •tm t Ftririnlb^Talb^'EtnreFffltlr r TeT i e-de chine and provided wjth pbc^Fts at 'nie ends, This, scarf Is much larger, than the average. ' * , After the «cnrtsr'cnm« smaiL capcs; of theih jhst fcitHng 'over thv '1 . . ,. -f\ the waist. A fine example of this style of'garment Is shown at the left of the picture and It is made with a graceful ( shawl collar: Dark mink-ekins, nat ural or dyed squirrel, mole, sealskin and other short-haired pelts are used for malting these chic fur pieces that took just What they afe — rich and warm, a luxurious detail suited to any sort of costume. •’ •At the right of the picture, a hand some fox scarf,- made of M single geu- eruus-sized pelte is shown, not because it is new but because It holds its own as a favorite from, reason, to season and is always good style. It Is lined with sutia and the small head does duty' as ri fastener. The lower Jaw works; on ri hinge and spring and Is ina.de to grasp the fttr ftt noy point to adjust it loosely or close up abenn the and precedence brewed many squalls, j .\fTiunt Vernon without paying his res * Although Jim Monroe; as. he was j speefs to Washington, he paid them familiarly called, vvas the last presi- , instead in 500 pages which he pub- dent h> cling to the ancient kte ’ * 1 j lished.in defense of himself and In de^ breeches, cockade and sword, he was nunciatton of the administration. Nev- as plain and easy as an-old shoe, ^rthejess, the discredited diplomat was When a newly arrived European : s t » n t .rVParis again by President Jef- ((& tltS, W'Mtarn rSew«p*p«r UMoo.) diplomat s aw; a baldr headed. watery- eyed man In a , striped seersucker coat, a ditty waistcoat spotted with Ink and with slippers down at the heel writing at . a ' White House desk, he, wondered that the president would have such a slovenly clerk uri- tll he was 'dumfonrided to find that he'was In the presence of the president himself. - ’ Ini the six yeara that remained to Monroe after retiring- from the presi dency, be set himself, as^sn ex-presi dent, a high ot ando ra of conduct. Baring received the supreme honor at the- hands of all the people, he felt that his. name belonged to theni and he refused to 'lend It to any candidate or any party. ferson in, a few years, when, he came away covered with success, and with ♦he treaty for the purchase of Louisi ana under his arm by a fitting.prelude to the Monroe doctrine, Ik) years later. Their I* •» most Interesting souve nir of - Monroe in Paris. Like Madl- ,. sen, he had fallen in love while a ipomlter of congress and had married Elizabeth Kprtrjght of New York. Two children having been born to them, one of the girls was placed In the ta- raous French school of Mme. Campan, where she formed a friendship with Horfense Beauharnals that outlast fid the many vicissitudes of Josephine ’ s dnnghter. • . Recently the nofnhle flgures ln the Court of the first consul of Malmat-* 1 »p w i aln d and grouped.About Na pol eon f or 'q^ eri e mr at e d:. wax w prtt s months of his life. With the feeRng ot an exiles,' the last of the Virginians left hla native state to live with a son- died on July 4, 1831, i] \ \ y Y; < r ’ r -:''r, r'~ * ,.. ,| ' «. , • - of monarch* and v dukes yet to* be, Eliza Monroe, In glrUsh. prettiness, la temi again by the aide <>f the future Of abllaod arid Jhe destined mother of Napoleon, HI.
