FROM i AlilN U) TAKHIRTHE BANJO OF THE PLANTATION NOW A SOCIETY FAVORITEMuih rt« W **l| it* f'ntlMii I li lil• I ««tke«V fioni It* s| 1I tig« by Hip Dtflut} I iu(i-ri t»f t nrlititr * FairTitt i»rMe*o|( \»| l)'f|1 »t t** \mpHi4Ul IS'M \1-. MMifiMriIHOK 1 he duv*wwhen ll»m wml tn sen In ill* nrk,**nntl w it l r ti« l.i11 1 fthlc Itifenf fni| of (IL-lpil I Ilk Mu* elllilil iif lit* follow Vtljaui IH plnVedlt hi* Ih I Ion dow itan i hi* lir-t 11 i n jo,lloit lively m-tmtlllllt h i- pl--.lt;|I h ron g h to ia i«* li n ti 14 •* rt mlchute • * itnto mortal llfii, Ith jtmHihle ill atHaiti ti riiM-ir didtin! realize I In fallImport mtett til hisiwii Invention U I* certain tli.it the world wna very alow to l et tight/* it* merit Ith up|nunmo in polite *.* in v\M\PI till! Ml.'nil* until It II Vi'ilft llgo Yi't,even *»f old, made of* cheap material andjllllVi'tl »H It ui by (I « liiHH of pCUpIr | UllOrant of any part of iiii.*h ex ‘cpt melody,W ImU n|. I til'd lyisji |4 foil 1| | Hilt H* *1 tlUg*the inoM 4 iitn .il were fniii In htp • rindapplaud Hut such a t 111 me as »*hn atmgIt* s.n ial standing, of admit t lug it I * I horankh of tin* Four Hundred. a** u wert\ ncYcr entered l hr mind of ih inht ardent admirerPlayed on MinslHiippl river Hie.iinlHiut* and in miioM'il linto tin* banjo mvrr failed t«i rouse cut hnshism, hut nlmn t «**iitIonian v* ihIh*hI hi serenade tin Indy b*ve lie he t * r l hniighl of f iking hii\ l Iniik! iT*hilt;4 tu areompiitiv In* tenor voice hut i _r1111 oIf you arc Itt or pant Just ivmembt Im klino you used to -ally f«*n li -n nun* r flight * nid sing tindtu her window “Hh. lint tone, »tnrr hour** give me love, ‘ afid ’hlM, while I luueti mv ir Fancy her horror if von Imd n-ked her I«i l*sf h lilh* you picked ynnr banjo!Hnt in 1*NI) oiun- a change in tin- nfTnlrs of t he despised iiiHtruinciil. Society tookit tip Th* first alivep jujiifh-«I ovet the fence, and the others billowed wil'i lt;u*OH the ho | * The vert h-t tmi*le has Uh'ii arrang* d f *r it -4oitt*eh dk *• I i“tMope, i hi tn oeh In T tmihaitscr, evenwlefil fnnln«iiuI here riii* * irioti • « ivs of touching the Mrlhg* The tfiMke m«\ euieitltf h eatployed ill Itlinilh1 r|ie|i inipdr Fur nei^fii tlic lot lie- uid old pli.nl Ohm ur * v .-ri , mplmkrMi plonk I-* niu*'li »- uo lik*1. anti t lieu you • hi f in i Im* 'tino (or dnlid tcave] t * . rind Sp iniiiit -fin lt;o \ «* i cunMrike ih nn hd lly for ' L» M n-eillii***e ' nr tin* **iddtef^‘ i horn- front +,l‘iUHfFiU a « Idle fhe ihipdite, a little in Ti n im nt worn on the hnc't, wn-n * •l l.io nti Kill \% «■ III tit|( of f |h||loll | he lt;4Mlltid pr*lt;I need u ih h (t-h ind unnoo.p d hut rat her-iTei 11% e nl 1 nite-t It to. !» f nine U in Loudon In . him* It Wit- the flint Itanjo |dlt Hit: -fill \ k * It* I the Muudl li 111 I eVethetrd \II fanhiolt |h|e l^'mh'U ^ot the hailj'» * f i I lie I'* (tn'e • d \\ ilelt;* Ih || ijooilphiver, htih Itandolfili t 'hnit lull I** ail e% |M*rt, und * »jn I . id) Sutli\ anDll'll Kitln Hi Hikh. thi Vmerii in i hum plon, W'i'iit ovi-r an l •dmwed Hi in what t eal «oo«l It 111jo i*I i\ oit* w o like, and t heIi*** 11'iletI t hi- I toiiiide ir1111 |e n li* d! tii hailHe t lt»* in-l rtlliu rtf m lent Hi* allv \ e*». I he ha i I S In I e I. i h| i v Fen \ e uV rial tiii-4 pr.ive.1 ihai M«*p* . mn a nil herfun runt -in **1 ih* it* inIIitftf vartel \ ' Tinwllijo run* *(i * net untied e\i*n yi n in lh*‘ rtrtfer i H i- h ire a* i niw ih | in I i- .mhiw lt;ih|11■ re* ever \i a rei'i*nl eoneer! in Yew\ i*r k fill lid led-* of pie who i oil Id lid lt;1into t he tied v ot tdie lionte v ere a * oinm *ilaled with m'iP.hi tin* *t aV- n *li iw Iti^ roiini ♦■nl* 11 iluiin ul hanjophiMii4 fr*en a profcHHiiouil i- very popularIII I lie He- I - • li'i'l « li t h - Mr. Poi'jiuStevetiH, Mo Fre*lerti k X indlt; rt»tIt andof Iter ip lei li** of soi let often iiimi1**1 theirKlied* in this way III }«oiidoti one well known \i w Ynrk hanjois! phied Jm i hiRot ho told * und ihiUcI f n» folt; ihe.v.n lt^ huh I*au* I w.ih i ipialH ixeiicroiiN to 1 Irook*, w ini euli-rla^ l a lu liliitti! eotnpaii), in. Inditiill lie I'rltieeand Ih in* t -** of VVnliiN, nl her house.All Nortn und i'oudilioiiN of |M'op|e pi n tie* hatijo liifiuace jh a «h-*oli'i MrsIV I' Harnu rn w a-an nee*ihipIihIm d p!a i erFr*«)i'ti« k V audertiilt, \||hh It reoMi*»,daughter «*f I'rofi-*nt *1 II Itonnoni.I'uilliin* II ill. Minnie I* diner. V J .....Humps nfl he New York Sun and th. lot. Kleiein r 11 Jir|mi an* nntnh.a. % m t h*- rank*, ♦if hanjo (dayera Ail *»ver tie* land ihutliHirol tinkle is heard I#i*nn uii Mtinkle Hill i A 1 ad! I at t nil piABSENT FROM THE Wl DOING.FHOM Pill C! P k I M l i h\ slinitK.tnm/iry pr nnptn*-- Mtislehmw di-nv I* ml l hut wdint they hud hereiofore r*»n filtered pleheitm und vuli^ur W an ehie anddwdiintf.Tin*it all the linrd up iiiinsin Is uh.an dolled the stuife. set up ’'studio*,*' put ‘profess1 *r,T oil t heir cnjfc-. nil*I In less th in Ho tliui* ha- more p*ip,^ than the) could fit tend to.VhirluiiH iiuprnveinetil h on the old fashMailed hull |o were hroii^hl mil. tnantif.iet UP'ts lk*!4tiii to piHidtiee silver rimmed,|M*url inlaid iii-i r uuient-, tmirvi l* of l* mty lit f*ir diamond ringed linger* t*i play (tpoii, and the Iwinjo's soehll cureei heijuti ineiirnesT. Tixlny it in i*nlimited ihm in New York city id- m* there are |nutnnii ja*opU* w ho play That doe- no! look ua tin Hi tfh its po | mlariry were w.iniu^. A prominent tea. her told me the oi her day that out of his fifty pupil-, two wa re takitiK lessons on the mandolin, live lt;n i hek'uitar, the rest wen* stiplyinu Hu* Lntijo.Lur^i* tinistr stores report steady sales offruin fifteen to twenty iu-1 r um-nt * it w eek. Then tile hanjo rluhs, Kvery enlle^t* has one. West l*i hm Ints one in t mill mu The Hriijhrou tpiarlet is composed of five *»f Staten Island * hatidHomest ytiun^ ladies I he New Yor k lt;iuj*» eluh Ih the most ex elusive and un*tocriuic oruam/aiion inthecify The pr.*ldeut is a Wall street broker, son of an ex-may ur of New York, The Huh has a mi do of room* at the Murray Hill i otel.'Eh** fuel Im the banjo has many paint* of excellence that put it above nil other i»tringed instruments. Thu violin is tondifficult. Mm, Cleveland plays it, andperhaps a half doxen oiher well known soelety women, hut few amateur- are w illing to duvutu enough tlino to become good |*?rA llililtN liil.it I v «■ Nluv Vice (muii ( n **Ml lire It.The re* .ail wedding of Admiral Foi l r s dniight‘r with Mr II (' t ttnpb* I] atVYashltigtoti appear* I a li | ve he■••It till ne iMsion for iiiiiigh'd smiles and t** ir- Vinpg m ir It | f here wa* n l: * « I *|e *1 of 0 01fh't and of urio-ity, w ho h 1* mu \ -t *y p ifietl A* it look place in 1 In- A -u 00cchureli, and Hie groolll's fiiend III id-- Ii*pi**'in 11 elloi l, I Iim UsMOiihlnde w a- I 11. an j hri I |li 1' , hut mu 00 * of lie* hi de -fiimih was prcsetlt ll wn* hoped In the Io-r minute ihai some of them woiild 1. lent, ami many Jin\i*iUs gl am es were »,i*t at tjn* *loor, hut they eitiite notI he nai v was spU ndidly lepn -enled Mr** McKee, (to* president -.t in Ul- r ln li • 1 red the o rashm eon-pn mmdy l#i*- if At* hihald t no [.I m*1 I a. led n* he*t man lor his roii-iii Mr- Archibald lt;impl*di, Mtothel of the gtoolll. sal Pi 11 fr*i||| |muvwith Imr hrniher in taw. (ten (Vim|d»* U,and the large at ri) *d d i-t 1 ngu i-led/m f-111* lad* I ail 1 ml. *. f hnii g* u* rjil to 1 ii-i ,11. fait 1 Imr. was n Foil* r tie re Setiat 1 *, and diplornais, foreign nidithiliios andpfotntllelit ladle-, 1111 lulling some I it ledpersons, hlied Hm Pu v'anl pews, Imt tin*w hole F-nier fannlv and relaiionship w. r *iioispu O'“ 11 * by th. ir ah-em e.Dr D'Oigl iss. it|'St John olliclated, a* nisted hs Ih LllhUt.of A*' • ii*ili l eufkOK MC till AI Kill*formers din* guitar pm -cniimeni dand ohl fa-hiimed He-ide* it 1- l irge ami unw icMv. and many its octave* vi-rvtllflfh'lilt for a woman s finger- t . -treteu. Tin* gullJir i- still played, *d conr-e. hut chiHly a. an .tennupuniuicui p. 1 he laiitjoTlie tiiaiiflolin tried haul p» hi * ,one p..pu lar. an I re ally did make a sen-alioti fur a lime lint the miud.ilin 1* worth v «*r hi ule by itself In an or*”hi*st r 1 is ii - (mj|o*rjiaiM. and I here ii i- * -rl iiid\ i harming As an aei'oiupaiiiliient to I he v*m «■ it i- a dlhtinct failure. It is rather hard to learnand very awkward to handle.Blit the hinju till- every r |Ulieinetlt I* is the umiieur- m-tru uent pal •• ctdlcme li is t otnp imt 1 ve| k 1 *-., p. I trn it Is SO eel to listen t t, «*|i tier I in 11 v id tallyor cull* ctivefv it readily adnpt- it -* If topiaao, gilltaror Voice accouipumumul tadIii-t hnt by t|o limans h i-t, it let- ah mt it an a it1 of -ptrklc and pit|iiaticy iltit per fertly ace^ud- with lie modern gill * typanl laaiillyN*ir niU'l it l#e happtised that nothingbut clog- id hreakd*»w uh can l-e played(Hit, AVI HUS CAMPOKLIw fitiatwarr officers mid geufleuilt;m led theway up ll*' aisle, arul after th**m « auieeight hrideriuiids, ail in *n*in 11 mined gowns i*f while, cue half wearing pink swishes a 1 id w real In* And f lie nl her half hi lie, the firsi four carrying large La France rone* 1111.1 the other four the so railedAnieritan Beauties, all the too-s **t *»(Fwith long stre.uners *.f appropriately tw isted sat in Then enrne t he bridal cmiple, und the rest of I In: ceremony wlls in Ihregulat km order.Th. tirid*,,s creamy w hite satin roh*« had!a sweeping court iralti. Tin* from woe. draped in 11111**, festooned with garl ind- of orange hhi-s«aiis. A tulle ved cmpl* ted her cost iitm* The engagement of tie* pair li.td created a romaitlte interest in Wash iligton, and ill*' hriili - people ctm-ent*'d p.rc* eive her for a time after t In* eercmouv■ ■The pair look a short tour and will for Aovne time reside in Washington,‘*f-f*m*alttMi,( In XIImtIh.A f itiny t d - from Si IN'tersiiurgregarding a ivcent elTort *.f tiir lt;/urA iumisN t -t » in ike alt;huini-tr;ii 1 vc und *s|oca 11 ii il ri-lot ii.' in \ i i%. Kussla Cin ol it letters were - 111 f. -li lU olli- l lls wldl'll enih«idle l am ug -a hey Ihiligs itcpii' iv-r«* g n ding t he prog I-**-of \ i \ ill/ it I h*giCkcrtl »i‘ ol \ L r 11 din-k distrnt git 111T ■» troohie h reply nig t * I hr.pi* iw is follow * Tii4* ci\il / itlett 1- nlt;*1 t Is* Puled 111 1 In* t.-rrip.tk i*ii li 1 my si»p. rvi*eu It 111 *v hav•- m ttk Ir-.-*» ... * 'i t j *♦«•#•* 1 m . *• i.ir o*». . 4 I '■Hi I) 1 * 11 - I 11 nl.y i e- g.o erm.r i * •» *e*-r hi Kill 1 Mil 1 I % * m k ii ir* lien 1 - Im lt;U If lie oil 11u*y in *y Ii *vo foiiJi 1 it ai tin* pr. wMt| uriiagIn re-pons* to 1 he mn iUtiplliiH'ttlarv(oinill«‘Mf s o! I lie St F‘f ei-liurg olh e theAkimdiu-k oihrial cvplaiue*! that In* thought tint h 'Vlvill/. it I in tin governineni had meant un uh-i iilt; ini Kirgee/, and I hat, alt; t ing 1 n a«o'oi I itn w it hthis I* lll-f, hi' had 10-1 Hote l |||i -c U iiincut c le d in hi- Jjri an-w. rA Ijuccr Place to FI ml a Ullit*.A stlt; 1 v which reads s nimihltig hk* onenf T lie* rs| w Inle fx inoits , roilu- I 1 ti - of \|t dosi'ph Mu Ihai Ion mine-* from t lie * out h west |l is In the i triH't That -onm dnvsifag**apnt of hunt* r» in ladiaii Territory ejuis***i a f v .ini 1 i it ( mud rrlnjc hi a fo* ky * eii In t rying to distoilge the ant maI lie limn discovered the op* iiMig to a large « »a III her, w II h 11 passage h',»dit*g oil oil ea* h side in n «C|V t M * ilo I I I me*, Ilfhuman 4 ij ,.atc-n and ev ldi'le i' d ininingwor* I'll** plat e is cotljt • Ml. I P b-an old A paiush mm* and if is - u i ! Ii M anAssay oi ih,* ore jpV* » C go .11 per. 'itI igi* of Cm;ip* 1 a ei silvan The holder- prop p. Woi'k Id 1 ton a- -o i|| is I hto s,.| , | (, | jtltfi \cinw, lie they tcfils.- I o *ii*,i I. -eIf- w hef* iIhCH *