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Show Waldon Fawcett. TWO INTERESTING FEATURES-- By 2ZI7XrItiI$EE JlSjf JZZUSOHTETZ -- JCtN&rrz Y gratifying results. Tl,n question of home economics Is rna wliicb confronts a majority of arm r navy wives as a very serious prohism. The salary ranging from .uflO to fi.ii) rF year received by tbe average Ain. rt-military or naval officer Is nil t.m email the demands made upon him by his rW. lion. In the first place, clothing I stflemhle Item. Tlie officer of l.,w,st;l rank must at tbe outset rif his cart- - r lay nut KMT. for uniforms, whereas H if nothing uncommon fur officers of higher rank to expend from $Ti10 to fftX) per year for nn the other their gorgeous raiment, hand, tho wlfa of an officer being virtually compelled to assume certain rwi.il must have a fairly pretentious wardrobe. Tho average navy officer on sea duty must nmlntnln two homes nnd. while ho receives higher salary when nt sea than when detailed for service on shore, ths difference seldom covers the Increased cost. If he enjoys the luxury of having hla wife follow hla ship from port to purl there are of necossltv heavy bills fnr and a further imtlsy traveling expenses to provide for Ills children tn Isurding schools during tho Interim. The n renin army or nary wlfa run bear eloquent h. tlmony to the fact that several moving! are as Imd aa a lira and more cxpraniv. llow continually nntnudlc la the Ufa of these women mny lie Imagined, however, from the fact that In (he 3 yen is of he married llfu Vis. Chaffee, wife of tho commander of tlie American Army, hw moved 21 times not merely removals front hnuNo to house, but front rlty to city, ar from one military post to another. In the eyes nf the average nrmy or navy woinmi vine of tlie most attractive plum Of tlio life la opened to licr when the tin cornea fur her tn take up her residrsn at tho national capital the special mmt of the two services. Hera ahs nwli hundreds of other women tn her own cle; attends the special White 11mm n ceptinna for the army and navy und par In thnt continual round of nlk ticipates which army nnd nnvy people exrhnnj o lunetlllously, and mayhap tube t hand in tlia political game which nu been known to aid promotion in ths fighting services. WALDON FAWCETT. . - J2.-- 1 mr C. Jrz?Tsi- - r-- OiitnjjiWBlS .'r'' '.'.'lx. ; !: that tn frenusnfly Insufficient. cejne Tlia "service lire" of many a won the nrmy and navy circle has begun when she was a hahy in Ionic clothes. I4ke ss nnt she has grown up the pet of some Isolated fort or navnl station; bn liecn educated hy private tutnra within sound of the bugle nnd tha tramp of ma rchlng men; makes her dehut In nn where there la nn lark or tie. m. nnd Anally merries some dashing voung officer who ha a mayhnp, been In her father's command. It may be noted just here that the army and navy men In mmrimnnlal preference show a strong A loyalty tn tbelr own little world. daughter of an officer In either service must lie. Indeed, a confirmed hanhelnr gin If she la nnt compelled to surrender sooner or later to aome young dlaripla of .WVCKTT. cr BT Tvai th The families of tlio mrn who defend on land and ma ran- fit am mid HU I" I''!!), 71m Mtoro in mrv rooiwru nit y of their own. 1 ho hull of domlnhni la .it the national capital. where so niHiiy tnf'ltnry anil naval officer are on duty all the timo, and wliere numerous other leave tlirlr famllii' when they hut mb muit lie absent on arlive aervh'e. nmv he funnd at branch -- at land the pout army throughout every Went Point and Annnpulia. anil to a certain-extent at every foreign naval elation where a fleet of Uncle Ram a waralilps are wont to rendezvous Of the dlatlnrllve rharaelertatlca which distinguish the nrmy and navy circle many are found In the anrlal life, and I Ike wine la there much to contract the home life of the fainlllca of the natlon'a warriora with that of folk whose ealat ence. If It be leae varied than that of the military and naval coni Invent, la nnt euch a commingling of excessive pleasures andaevere din comfort a. From which tt will ha apprenlatod that the women of the Army nnd Navy a v a very Important factor in llila unique branch of our national official life. It speak volunu-- for the peculiar f: is. rlnation of tlie army and life that almoet every woman wlioecmivy huslsind or father la la the service la morn than anxJnua that her eons nr hrot hem shall follow In the footsteps of the older mem. bera of the family. Thla, ton. In aplte of the fact thnt the army and navy Ufa la, for tlia women who share tt. full of inconvenience. It necessitates lung from loved one, a nnnitnllr existence that plays havoc with household treasures, and tha necessity for main talnlng a certain social position on nn ln- aetth-meni- J ! 1 a I nlted Slate In cnmparlaon with the store which he seta hy a promise won from the only girl.'' Many of these comincnccmcnt-du- y lire kept eugagcim-nldel. fur of haslateliecnyears a hard hearted severely frowning on foveriiiiient of any young ofttrer who seeks the aid of a helpmate while yet s on the lowest round of the ladder of hla profession, uml so. unless he lias won the hand of some heiress with plenty of worldly wcitllh for both, your averngn lung officer may be forced to possess is aoul In pst limes while his rumanc waits. The average woman who loves a wedding finds nn nrmv nr mivy wedding especially well calculated to arouse her There la alwaya a of pomp nnd tinsel. If It he confined to the presence, as ushers and merely of the groomsman, of the granni, all InIn tin1 splendor of a vocal Inn so precarious as uniforms. warfare there Is always mors or less will hr ruddy danger Hint a honeymoon Interrupted, hut tills la guarded against tn eierv way possible. In the Navy and the Marine Dorps, for Instance, a young officer seldom rompl. ti preps rattans for hla marriage without receiving nasiininca from the powers that be that hr will have at least onu year uf uninterrupted "shore Mura. Of course, there are nnt enough army and nary gills to go around, so rapidly ars our military and naval academies turning nut new officers, and conae.iuent-l- y fair recruits from the outside world arc constantly Joining the charmed circle. These women usually have their first glimpse of the army and navy Ilfs at the great "Imps which are held each season at West Point nnd Annn polls. The Impression Is certain to he fnvnrnblr. for If there lie any gHlIanta who nrr past mus ters In Insuring enjoyment for their fair guests It la tlis idols at ths military aeudstny and ths cudeta at ths naval school. No glii la svrr a whII flower at one of these splendid halls. Indeed, her card la filled ere she enters the hnll, her escort having attended tn that. and. moreover, she need never have a fleeting frnr that any of her partners will lie other than perfect dnnerra. , Tha frallvittea of the annual commencement season at these training schools fur wpii-ratio- ns Jitt Jbev Czrcise. ji sngg-wllo- an Isolated Western frontier post, but they ut least had tlia coninenantlon of a home and a united f, unify circle. All thla has licon rluiugcd. however, since tha fellow-nfllre- full-dre- ss duty." Time was when the llfh of the Navy Involved far tions from liuslKimla and whs tha case with their Arnty. Tha latter might occupy none too attnicttvo War. With detach ments of I nolo Hums solillcra on duly In mid oilier corners or the glolie llu-rure almost hh niiny divided limis. hol.tB In the Army as in tlia Navy. Keen in the liistnncea in which nrmy wln-- s have Joined th.-t- hue- Uni. Is on the other xi.ln of the world the l'ciiniiin hits only lie. n purchase'! nt the coat of a lun& wcai isorue journey In a Irnneieirt. II should perhaps he explained Just here t of givrnni-n- t tluit tha regulations prohibit a nary officer from nllow-Iti- s bis wlfa or daughter to uucoinpuny l.lvi on Ills ship. The only alternative. n Spanish-America- the I'l illippliu-- i e r of tha women more separafathers than sisters of tha be forced to errli-n-x- In quarter" Jl.Cjipjzpfr 'JU-ur- V Site and tbe one generally accepted. Is for ths down In pretension In proportion to the ship, rank of their husbands, but each habitanary wlfa to fuilow her husband's as It were, from port to port. Thus aha tion is well qualified to constitute an home. As hss been said, tha may be rowed out to the war vessel before breakfast each morning, regaining dwellers In "officer' row form a comIt In ladles have them until after dinner the evening. munity of their own. Tlie and card clubs being entirely permissible for her to spend their own sewing societies over to dm sll the daylight hours with her husband nnd the evenings are given on bis floating home, so long as alia does receptions nnd other gayeties r' not sleep on Ismrri, but returns at night-fu- ll carried out solely by this llttl kindred spirits. If the post to her boarding place on shore. near a rlty some of the townspeople will While not ideal from the feminine standIndoubtless be Invited in to share In the lias thla nlun many advantages, point. asmuch as It nut only permits officers and hospitalities, but If the small army or more much ha to wives their navy colony he set down In some lonely together the than they otherwise would be, but enables spot hundreds of miles from a cityfound no of end to little group of women will still be them have enjoyment prowling about quaiat foreign cities during the resourceful enough to provide s variety of hours when the officer can obtain leave amusements. of absence from Ills ship. Not infrequentIt may Interest feminine readers to ly. too, It gains for tlie wife of a naval that the army nr navy wlfa living offlrer an upimrtiinlty to tie presented at know H tales fort nr navy yard, has court, formally or Informally. The chief at a United time solving tlie servant ns a sorry of la quite life the of found, disadvantage problem as do any of her sisters who are course. In ths necessity for the navy wife nnt official life. Indued, affairs recently In on to from unattended port port traveling reached aucli a puss at a prominent the trail of the ehlp. Usually, too, aha American that the comseeks lodgings near the docks In order mander wasmilitary post to Issue an edict to that she may lose no time In getting to tho effect thatobliged no servant who had been nnd from the vessel at morning and night, for Incompetency by one famnnd thla sometimes means rattier unaatls- - discharged he engngvd liy any other housemust ily neconimudutlona. fil,lpry hold. Tlie value of titles and gold loo or the women of the In me s. Impressing certain classes of servants la well la well Illustrated and at known, but thla also has Its disNavy any Army nue of our army posts or navy yards. It advantages for ths subordinate officers, la riistnmary at such a station for the who in the eyes of their servants must families of the various officers to occupy suffer In comparison with an admiral or the line of brick or frame dwellings with- a general. Many naval officers who hava in the walla known as "nfflrers' quarters. had experience on shipboard with JapTho wife of ths commandant of the yard anese und Chinese servants have of lata or post has, of course, tne largest house years Introduced these Oriental servants and tbe dwellings of the other ladles scale Into their homes on shore with most The navnl vessels under construction the United States liave a greater tonnage than those afloat. In total JlKopcZZJms pT.br 25cLRT cxttx t JSzzrviyE Wll A JKTET CjLZJUSTER -- DC 21 several advantage over the utillnttoa wqrks. For ono thing. It can be ope- e a few luinda and akflled labw not required In order to obtain the beet results. Fuels of various kinds are use! for cremation. The general run of experiments ao far nude indicate that nn or gas hurtling furnace Is preferable to one using coni, since the flame u tn"r evI anally controlled. Inasmuch as It of ident. however, that the cremation gtfj bag means tho destruction and Imw of matter which might be converted intoM source of revenue, much attention been devoted In New York end tlscwnere to the processes of utilization. City garbage yields ammonia and s,wn but th main object of scientific utlllxx-tloIs to recover as much as pnxxlbl of the contained grease and to convert th dried residlum Into a fertilizer. rednr marily, the object of all garbngo to scpira h, tlon cr utilization systems is substances-rubbisths raw garbage Into four grease. fertllizing rj,.pvr,' The machinery used esa embraces digesters, w presses, driers, fume destroyer. tnnks. n. r extracting tanks, naphtha .ir. condensers, screening apparatus " M Integrators, which are utilized coarse walTk,BdM grinding of the .9 works on Barren Island, wnliii city. t ks the garbage of New York hi work reduction the largest at and It is here more than macblnrrr hi similar establishment thatn ext n wjth been utilized to os great sthl to do the work of hand 'Uwr. economv. resulting V. ! Th City Of Boston, which. rrr Us sshes and BIr towed o sclefit" alto adepT-- d lh plan of m"Y cation, and. Inridentalljlt tloned that In the New En'?"? JJ, It has been ascertained snivj t nt ponent parts of municipal 10ware P 17 per cent, of garbage. nl. combustible refuse and i.iTa-- n IF ash-- s. In Boston the rubMshj;; main portion of the city 1,!Tp,1rh a refuse disposal station,and tlie mnrkctuhlo portion ttd with no offense a rated by FT WALDON work of denning city thoroughfares. nnd uf making n quick economical kinds of diy disposin''!! uf nil the vnri-.uvraxie and rcfuss I.i.h, aits il.n f Amciicai. clii". grown rapid to he a most ph'tiiroMiue Ird istry uml mvi that Iirh prcxeui.-.ciupicxh mq ; .nc vnnl nr.d ejiglnicr.ng have declared li.it ph.'is ,.f reuse rtlsp'iral fo'low.-- til Knalumt are suto nicil of i hose m vogne In Aoici- perior Ica. but It Is adirliico that hi field of rred rlcsnlpg fur In odxanne. The cost nr i Ms sort of cl'y housekeepwildi Is of s'l'u vital impo. :auce m ing. re.ddi-ntall cf large coiumjal'ick. i Slice In tlie prluclpal el'.i- uf li.e greatly Rules. For instance, tn New Yoik United lr.rfci.iuni f r city tho average cat la S;.W strietIn deanli'g operations j'.t-- , ar.d Jirmon It Is tl.Tf. whereas in n It i but W cuits per pe-r the full twelvemonth, and In ibuitmt.rs ' a On liidlcaik'n e ti rente. uf pci'g- ' only v.'ijj.i in bcirg n.ads by car c.t..a ' tn eoruiu'iig the usp--- l ot clean.tig ,k ' fi'-r.-d hi the grr w::g dhposilicc iie uf to own c.crigbt the lull iq..''';1-- ! r.vr.l lii"..eary l,,r cleaning, m-- ! clumrg horses, wupvr.r. rooie, etc. riesnlrg p.ei. n.ls vary In d tall The th rric-wate- r. tl. s es pr . rn 's si f- - -- (rued I i Rj-ee- j J In s, scretne fiii'.owi.J in i.. e'et - in-.e- '. ? i f -- J s ,i v . j S Jw" '- JZtXT sii'.-.-e- or.il l r.l whaels to i.t niw u Bv.iwi'ir.cv metropu'is M .rnplr jf twenu r. i;c- . f ..'civ rr.'ieter- - am.ut isi -empinss, a e;v- ms Inuvufieaa. while- - !v efi.HS'.'ed i t..i H'. f'jr.-sIt; ' rd-- !' i ) vetemnTise the work t: of Street nenn'-.y ; d!vlu-- d 1i 'J O' secth r.s, each of which hss a eri. :i- -, w rich cor.stit ntr-the headq larier f r :he op- -. stive n th dlvlslcn in which It Is lorat"). Th tn lor ponton of the act la i wont uf street cleaning Is don by t. loroe if l.ki hand sweepe.ra or ax ti ey sre q.,pi:noti!y cell'd la-- , ,aus of tb-- ir nir.ie i. n irtie ..i.h men to jnnaod with hroam surd f. f ir le tak'n ia Tj, Oe. 't.'hl.-W!-g- .," ecnveysd either by boat or car. Jn the handling under present etreum-stinrof ashes, street sweepings, etc., employed i;iemtlc appliances have to a copsidersble extent For loading to allroed cars grab cr clamshell burke's, In cupn'-ctiowith locomotive cr . have been utilised extensively, of the waste mamd for the conveyance terial to the doep-ee- a dumping grounds tli.'ie have boon introduced -, scows. Tlie imd three In niimlwr, are the i.runc sens, tlie city and are, at work lirupcrty of itiy In the season going to sea with cviy iishos and street sweepings. Koch scow "i.i;iliis Hi" nr six pockets, nnd each two hinged doors, po k.'l is titled wiih which limy bn o;v n.-- when the boat nt full speed, allowing the r. 'uxc in fall r 1m drawn out hy the current nf the water at tha lfuttom uf xti- scow Is pocketa. The in th iiohled in Gifulj.irax it de- Uit same lll'llllicr t.ut is without prupulslvs power scribed, mid must, tn cnnseqiience, lie towed to flat, mow Is now Tlie In tbls field save fur ilitually oluuileto the puipose uf lend filling. Tliere lias l,"i-.- i so ill' .li'Mllid polling SUV dcs'.K'.id puiticulurly with lifer- - tH-- r i JsZZZJVLi UXTUVUDED r s .an on s!ip.i.rt.-- whi-l- s or s fc,.iv..!'k m a on for l.ie a- - a fs:.t:icl. -- :a a bo baud work. houi 12 per dnv or i,,t aage t fiiir.lh t.t own man .m fo-whi.-nioxt he tlia i uf c ! w k d;.- - 'ir.d "ntii'i-d.iIf It ciind'ilon nc' exitaiH. ut'oTiea uniform Coe's ' Ii. cud wi. I r.. brli ga the Mtu. ivsi up t mlM: In addition to the eq.npn-entcc hand rweopcra. thee. street droning full fadlmcs f.u lias of ooiir-:,inl colhcicd ti;e n roovul of awerptiurs ntas orI.." Iruliided in tills nulpinash carts and tnioks. several liuniirnl carta and a number of light w,.a"" cod vehicle Ndng regularly assigned f ir serio 'I fi s.; !'! ..iI e.'fliS- -. roi: Sll-- l uf in.-s- ;;xhi. garbage, s s In Tor's more f.;:n 11 mi'.-- i I du.'l Fll.'Ola Il.n oc S..,.,' if h- i.'IU g .!! "I er s. 1,.. - '.I'O.,.!, ! ms'li-w- 'l i l' U" h- edf-pro- , t iVv-- M , ,1 in ihs of N-- . Tl I,,. i - 1 t r - 1 g.-d o.t n S'.- i -. t aveoi.i.igs ai-.- t I'.nie hiud r'lhhixh :CI- -. to ): ni- -r flout .cir.ii'- -, wloiv it .: r..;' Mol'h'd A. !l.l' 111 ...nil:, ' a n y.ai I'i.i- - ' ' miiii of ? o. g. ii .1 ,i in' A!u.-'l.. I'o:. II ! not li.iA.it on to k".i to tii I r . ! J.,, a;, ow Iru to W : I II ;l f s 1..- . I - . I. - II and yt. ' I: t: c hid i Lj '!" .it ( I c.il ' linli.t. la i.'.g the initr. Icc. The nty will rate all r .lihtsh. III i vsli s. -- I ' fr ence to the requirement of tawfl. yet been met. but thla need has notnoaamore interesting Thrre Is. perhaps,of refuse disposal than Phase of the work found in the utiliiatlon cf cityandgarIn Vwk New In warie. base or food In the Unit-- d ftotw her elites methods cf treatment cremation and ntllThe Vxaiiu'nara now under Investigation.ereraaas known process nf destruction tion consist In the burning of garbage In specially prepared furnace, Thla ta the flan followed extensivelyasIn Kngland. they are where the "destructor. for the destruction' termed, are employed but of rubbish and not only of garbage, well. Opponents uf the other material aa declare thut It la costly method, however, process, even when rarr.-and a wasteful most conditions. f.itmrablc the on un.lrr a very The fity of New York condiirt.il tills method of tliilar:ie Investigation not sonietline since, nnd inthe onteome was its result, tVh.-iewtuilly satisfactory . thn frreLTer pnitUm nf ilio rfiuenr rnITertially dere.1 harmless, the nsli which constituted also showed more or the final product .Is matter which was only pare less Mg-infuse lnup tiully caibmilwr it, and cicry which WHS lint even p'iM-diS.'l..l cl nrred On tlio uliii-- hand. cuuialuiy lias - m-.-i ml r - sa re-l- . bn go. . ...... f.wl f..r swine, butromm'-rcia,nl, ' liiiiniifiietnn il Into a by extraction of the grease. tun refuso disposal t,Ji required tii.tistl the power for aiiug the machinery luilliig tbe waste and for tin rltrifi rnrn'nt nn wHI an fnr 11 winter, is ol.t.iliM- -l of tlia nlii... no 'V.'1 t AI.LH.1N usi.i. I . 5? hn rred;'. h" nn or'J iUi |