Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1877, Page 2

For Tre Srar. THE HOUSE IN RHYME. 20 Cuattes tre! rete bu szeEaee Y Fa om the naw © Thomp= and Tipton. no nae Tw in Fr. Van Vorhes Weddell Walker ate The next two May they all. and heir places wlorn they ail. and ever, their places adorn x Williams tilts Wilson, and then = uss Wren he last, this may tr Let bin die w A Remarkable Sanke Story EHOW Two CHILDREN WERE “CHARMED” BY A MONSTER REPTILE. Special correspondence of the Baltimore Jacette from Annapolis, Uctober 2, says: “A remarkable story of “snake charming” has been brought to light nere. Mr. Luke Brewer lives near the dock in this city, and is the father of a little girl and boy aged re- ively nine and six years. Hediseovered on Saturday last that bis children bad been in the habit of Playing with @ water snal@ three and a-half feet in Jength. It appears tile had made its land home un- the kitehen flooring of Mr. Brewer's dwelling, aud came thenee through anorifice ia the ground just outside the house. Tne little girl ou the day above mentioned ir- formed ber father that they had a pretty pt Just like an eel that came out of a hole fa the nd. and played with them and the Kit- tens. He asked the child to show him waere it was, but was told chat it_would not come out while he was there. He left for a few minutes, and while retarning was met by his daughter, who said she bad called her pet, and it was cow playing with her brother. ‘The frightencd father hastened to the yard, and was almost paralyzed with fear on dis- covering his little boy caressing ine snake's head. Heorderedthe little feliowaway. Tae child reluctantly complied by stepping bac @ father seized a ciub, wh: penced to make for its deo ed Lloward it, calling it en- es. and was about to pick it ewer dispatched it, against the earnest and tearful entreaties of the infata- ated children. Tne boy, a robust, hearty Lit- fused to be comforted, abitain- the end bore evidence t which were in the house, ha: Ucipants in the sport. Cot. ROBERT INGERSOLL was born in Oueide cour N. Y., and a letter in the Uliea Heruid gives some remembranc-s of the Wernal sterness which has p-<sibly inspired Eis Protest against severe domestic disci- Ppline. It is told of bis father that when the #0n Was selzed with a fitof coughing at the table one day and could not siop when or- dered, the elter Ingersoll took the boy to the | carriage house and whipped him severely. | The punishment could be beard in the house. The preacher parent whippet ull he was | lired, probably, and then ceased for prayer. The praying, like the whipping, could be | ar by the family. After praying a while | ping was resumed. Then more prayer. | ‘Then more whipping. And thus prayer and the strap alternaied for a considerable time. Meanwhile, Mrs. I 1 was crying, and of the househoid could cosctiaue the A GOLDEN-LEAFED Oak.—A North Caro- | engineers In is report for Isic, or an appro- Pi IMPROVEMENT OF THE WARBORS OF WASHINGTON AND GEORGE- TOWN, | was mentioned in THe Scar some days that the District Commissioners had addressed & communication to the Secretar ¢ of War in relation to the improvement of the barbors of Washington and Georgetown. It THE Congress of March 5 Capiain erson submiited a plaa for the “ /Vement of the harbors of Washington eorgelown,” which Was approved by e board » carry itout would require ao timated appropriation of six milla, fifty dollars, The large amon it asi jess contributed to prevent the re port receiving the favorable consideration of Several plans have been submit. ress for the improvement of the ver,—one for & small channel running along the Washington froat, through | fats south Of the President's hoase, and wating In & deeper channel at @ poiut below the Leng bridge. Such a channel, while bot suggestive of a general improve- ment, might be productive of beneficial re- sults.’ I: has also been proposed to have bat one main chanuel, of sufficient widih and »pth for present and future purposes, ran- ning from the Aqueduct at the head of’ ude water, Georgeiown, to Geisborot Gust below the Long bridge) 8: : uel, f cial parpo-es, with capacity 6 wad oth or war vessels to ‘ard, Would, in the necessary _ Feclaim, to a considerable ex- "3 grounds. These flats nave reased by tha abandoament of the use of the Caesapeake aud Onto canal Still unfilled, through the western portioa of the city, augmentiog, it ts thought, the de- velopment of malaria A subsequent report of T. T. Ab-rt, U.S. [Et beer, in charge of imp: “ment of rivers aud harbo in the [hserte P lambia, embraced 1 to the Se Important for the impre Easby's pol point and deep wi nture to commend this subject to etal consicers @at tras: you fiad it consiste ur nse of to recommend 38 the appro- President's gre and Treasury departments, to be expended by the Warde partment. A letler addressed to us 01 April sot last, | tent of the Chesapeage | aud others inter- | ested, is respec Jt bas beet of laud, advantag ment and harbor parpo: * about 5 acres: ted for govern: | may be reclaimed | dats. | | from t Weare sure you will promote the public interests by inviting the prompt? and favor able consideration of Congress to the sunject of this communication ant urging suitable appropriations therefor. The Letter of the Canal Company and others, to the District Comuiissiouers, Love, is as follows - ral and permaneat improvement rs of Washingtoa and George- of tow, has engaged Lue a‘teution of Congress ac several yeurs. Uader an act approved Mareb Sth, 1572, @ board of survey was ap- pointed, consisting of Bi « - A. Ham- hief of eng’ my, presi- sjamin Piere ndent coast y; Major 0. E. E v. 8. engineer; ry . Cooke, governor Distriet of Golam. 1, vice presideat ; Alexander K- She; of public works, and ‘Carlisle P. Pat- terson, hydrographic laspecior U. S. coast survey. After an examination of the su>- ject, an elaborate report was made and ap- proved by the board, December Ist, 1572 2 plan recommended the expenditare of six ralilion and fifty thousand dollars. Subse- quent reports have beea inade by the cntef of engineers to tbe Secretary of War, wherein it is stated that important results of a perma nent character might be acc mplished by an appropri«tioa of six hundred aad eighty siz thousand dollars. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. a: river lermin- educt bridge at Georgetown, Where is located a cas‘om house, and the poiat of eatrance of the Chas- apeake and Obio canal into the river. Tae ‘ashington and Georgetowa channel i¢ ob- strucied by @ bar, which has been largely tu- creased by the Long bridge. Tae effect of this artificial structure upon the flood and ebb tides and the currents in times of fresh- ets, accelerates the deposits on the bar, and waoere there were before the existence of this work twelve feet at low water, there are now but ten and one balf feet, waich gives about fourteen (14) feet a: high water. effect of competition in trade has ne- cessitated the employ ment of vessels o° mach greater draft of water than were asi before the developmect of the coal trade by c+ ial Iu 1874, the obstruction to trade gad uaviga- tion, by reason Of the condition of tue cuar pel, was 80 great that trailag ant co's. g vessels were ineasurably deiven from W n- ington and Georgetown. Conzres, ‘ie. made an appropriation of Aifcy th sus it tol- lars to remove the bar to a depth of 17 ft at low water; aud the effect was made sppar- ent by the mumber and larger class of ves- sels which loaded at the city and Gsorget) #n wharves. The duration of ihe improvem ant, as predicted by the engineer, was te.nporary and in three years the channel has reverted to its prior condition. The engineer reported that the same work Inust be repeated every three years, until the plan of the board for the permanent Improve- ment of the harbor was practically complet- In order, therefore, to foster imyport- ant interesis of navigation, two alteraatives are offered: either an bog aan teenage of about $50,000 should be made for every three years, or should begin to carry out the plan anent improvem snt as recom- mended by the boar. In 1572. It is proper to state here that, while the tri- enpial appropriation would benefit partica- larly the trade which is connected wi th the Cumberland coil mines, the plan of the board had a much wider scop2 aad co ite n- lated the formation of a harvor adeqaate to the present and future wants of the capital of @ great nation. TRADE TO RE BENEFITED. As the Camb-riand coal trade, by the Chesapeake and O.io canal, is largely de- pendent on the tmprovemeat of navigacion, we beg here to call you? attention to some bastily-gathered statistics relatiog to luis important business. Paiscoal ts remarkably well adapted to manufacturing purposes, and is largely used by ocean steamships; and is shipped from Washington acd George- town to Boston, New York, Philadelpaia and other eastern ports; also to California and the British provinces, requiring aboat jifteen hun tret sailof vessels aagually. Heice ‘lsapparent the great necessity of a chanveloft Meient depth for a class of lar; Jt is just to mention the fact that, ducing the Ice gorge of last winter, caasel by the Long bridge obstruction, the bar was so largely increased taat, but for the coatribu tons of coal companies and citizens of the District wereby the shoated portions have been dredged out, navigation wold have been restricted to vessels of ligat draft aad the bustness of the ports relaced to a con- y small volume. whilst the ‘ined may enable the | ugh the preseat year, 1 basiness so ad vaata- geous to the Ubst of bik Ww n full view of the Capi- tol. have been practically neglected. Having no representa jon in Congress, all efforts by petitions, by committees, aad 0: reopal appeals, have been of no avail. ve are constrained, fore, to invoke most respectfully and e r eO- eration in obtaining from Congress, through the recommendation of the hoaor- able Secretary of War, an appropriation to carry out the plan sugzested by the chief of ation of fifty thousand dollars, to be ex- pended by Peon gl es pir yron cid vernment, within od of three Fo rach masher es may be deemed best This letter is signed ep Gan ee plier, president; Charles 8 English, co'lector Cc; . , president Chesapeix> Obio Canal Company; A. Ross Rey. prest- dent Merchant's Exchange, Georg -iown D. C.; Maryland Coal Compiny, per Heary Loveridge, president, New York; Coosl-i ton Coal pany, by Charles F. M president, Baltimore. Mi, Borten Moog Company, per Win. i srien. preside +1, N+ ¢ York; ‘Awerican Coat Compaay. Ganla-rs , president, Alexaniria, Va. P. Lioyd, | day of sale, &c.) PERSONAL TAXE: Instructions to the Collector. The following are the instructions to th> C llector for making distraint for personal \axes, as prepared by Mr. Wm. Biracy, at tortey for the District of Colambia: “ It would be better for the Collector before proceeding to di*train property for non-pay- In‘nt Of laxes on personal property to de- mand payment of the tux. I anderstand this bas been done. Tuis is not required by stat- ute, but Is advisable. If the Collecwir pro- cecds to distrain ip person he needs no war- rant. The tax bill made out to the pariy should be with him. If he proceecs by dep- uty,*te should dirce in writing his deputy to Proceed in this form ou the oack of the bill: To A— B—. You are hereby authorizsi to roceed to collect the within tax against C— — by distress or otherwise, according to law. | J. F. Cook, Collector, (etc.,) (giving is{n proceediig 10 levy om personal propert D lig to levy on nal property the « Heer will be careiul not to levy on aay persoval property which is exempt from | execw/ion distraint or levy by the provisious of section 7% of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, page 4% He has the same power as an officer armad with @a exe cution on & judgment at common law. In levying on property he wiil make an tn- veutory Of every ar.icie he attaches. Tais he may do (if he removes them from the house or butlcing in wbich they have been attach. ed. after removal. If he tages a bond the in- ver tory should be made at once. The bond should be taken to the Collector where prop erly is ,ot removed. Itis in the power of the | officer (o ieave the properiy attached in the | possession of the owner; this he does at his ownrsk. Hecan leave tue property at the | place where it is attached in ihe charge of @ keeper, or r move it and pat it in charge of a kerper. 1: is pot iu the power of aa oifiver to enter @ Louse wheu the outer door is closed; when thal is opened he ca. break op2a any other closed door within the bailding. | ‘When levied upoa the property shold be advertised for sale at once. This shoald be | dove as foliows: 1s, By postiug tn front of | the Court House, in Wastingt om, public tice of the sale, and state in such notice place of kale, the day oa which, and the our or between what hours the sale will | take place. The day appointed for tae sale | Must not be less than ten (10) days after the taking of the property. (In this tne Collec tor will be the best judge, being governad by the Kind of property he has seized, the best 2d. By publishing notice of ihe sale with time and place, a8 above, in some daily newspaper pudlisted ia the Dis- trict, taking care that the last of these public notices should be made at least six 6) days before the day appointed for sale. As the cost of advertising, in case a fall or larg: ia- ventory Were published, would be great such # description stiould be giveo as woald show clearly what to be sold without putting the District to too great an expsnse ‘The sale at auction is to be mae | the Coliector’s offices at the day au pointed or betweeu the hours app: advertisement bas been [n that for: ever enough of the properiy attach-d has been soid to pay the taxes, penaliies aad the costs of distraint. sule fees of the Collector ineluded, the further sale of such property should be stopped. The fees of the Collector for the distraivt and sale are the same as those allowed by law at the preseut time to the Marshal of the District for making a levy under an execution and sale thereafter. After the sale the Collector isto make a full report of his distress and procecdings | under it and ale in detai!; this would seem to make it necessary to embody tn his report the inventory of articles attached upon dis tress or other description by which they had | been advertised, the fact of advertisemint of | the sale, the ar ‘cles sold, and the amount of Money received for each sale, the expenses of saie, and the application of the proceeds. The accouuts of the Collector of bis expenses, the cots of distraint, advertisement and sale, with his fees and the amount of sale are to be, immediately upon such sale, sub mitted to the accounting officers of the Dis- trict. Should there be any surplus, whieh if | the provision of the statute is observed of | stoppi'g the sale when enough of property | has been sold to pay the tax,expensesaceried, | with ties and fees, 1t should be paid into the treasury of the District. The surpius in case of sale could only be likely to exist when an articie or ariicles of more value than the whole amount due had been at- tached, and would of necessity have to be sold, not being divisible. This would oceur where no articles of less value could b= found to be attached. The payment of the taxes, penalties if any, accrued costs an! nses, al any moment before the actual sule, of course relieves the property seized.” 3 ABOUT COUNTERFEIT MONEY. SAN FRANCI800, CAL., Oct. 17, 1877. Editor of Evening Star:—In your Saturday’ issue of October 6th (which edition I receive regularly from home) I became interested in an erticle from the Springfield (Ill ) Jour. nal of sp ember 21, headed A R-maraabie Court rieit.” Hav.ng in my more than six years’ expe. | rience in the banking business in Galveston, | T-xas,as paying and receiving teller, re- Jecid thousanis of dollars of spurious money. @ d by study, practive aud close at- tention, beco-ue quite an expert, I natuvally had some curiosity while ac home ia yoir ity, to 82e the “remarkahle” bill mntiones. {called at the secret service bureau of the U. 8. Treasury, aud through the courtesy of Mr. Brooks, made a personal examination of one of these bills then in his possession captured at St. Louis. For the purpox+ of sending the information to some of my | banking frieads, I made the following notes of my examination, and believe they may be of value Li daca = oe joer syne of your paper, if you see fit to pu them Myer dl Counterfeit R000 Lr a Ten. der Note—Old Issue, March 10, 1363.—General @ppearance of bill very good and work well executed; paper qreasy looking, to make it appear like genuine (of long use), few of which are now in circulation; in center of bill Ma agp of Robert Morris, though well for , looks as if pock-marxed, an: ite | of eyes like pin holes, eyebrows irregular, nose as if pinched,and the shadow oa its left near the point seems a part of that organ, | while the genuine has @ bright, intelligent face, and nose straight and clearly defiaed; large words ‘United States’ rather dark, es- pecially the shading; lathe work in the die and that in the border well done, but not as | lain and clear asin he original. All the lettering on the bill stows the ink platnly, asif India tak. This may also b» said of the signatures, jooking as if stamped —taat of Spiauer’s being a plain imitation; that of Chittenden has a striking defect, it’s termi nation forming 4 serpent's head. The back Of the bill shows no prominent defecis—ouiy @ general dingy appearance. Tue red seal not perfectly round.” The chier defect in all counterfeits, no mat. ter how well executed, is ia the expression of the features of tue vignette. Tue effort to imitate perfectly tis part of the geaatue, baffles the skill Of tbe best of counterfe:ters. An expert teller, when counting moaey rap- idly, must detect the spurious bill by its general appearance, (which is acquired by practice.) and not by auy particalar part or ris, as the prominent defects in counter- feits, even of tie same denomination, not always to be found in the same place, some- Umes occurring in the vignette, somati mes ta the dle—the lathe work, the’ lettering, the buubers, the sea), the signature, or the shad- ing; some of these being brought nearer to prriection than others, according to the skill of the imitator. When the geueral appear- ‘ance of the lil arrests the attention, then a closer scratiny enadles @ provnpi decision to be made, in case of doubt, vo careful pe. rusal of each bill caano! conventently be | made by bank tellers, requiring w2 much time and retarding business. In the article of the Springfield Jo«raa/, I notice one or two mistakes ia regard w Wiis large counterfeit, which may lea the public astray. It states it to be of the “issue of 1869,"" ‘and “discovered only four months back.” The $1,000 greenback issue of 159 has resentation of Columbus in a sit- up ware, and the portrait of De Witt Clinton, and no counterfei! has ever been made of it,80 far as known. The capture of the “remarkabie” bogus $1,000 greenback was made as far back as last January,iu which month I mage the examination of the first one forwarded to the Treasury. In connection with this it may not be out of place to add, that in my position as teller in Texas, the rejection of counterfeits was so frequent, in fact almost a daily occurrence, that at one time [ concluded to coop curt- osity, aud made a m-moranda eaca day for one year, ot all counterfeits presented am. other money for ee ee ‘that pe ou! three thousard dollars. includii lis of all de- tender, poor are the money e lon of is ‘¢ the em: t populated states, and very little tn the large cities ex- cept in cases where the bill nominstion, transne'to detective force ts tar wrote from uate in num! or «yste’ inne wieasett to his wife before | {70 the puel inst this s bus- é | iness ‘There is room for improvement. 7 When 8 wan returns home at nightand | Respectfully, W. EB. Hearrorp, kisses bis pees Sete ny ceca “ ak ng Bas Mi 4 ng . C. Bas been in misehiec—(Joayvin Muer, '* | Late Wat. Bank Agent at Washington, practi countryman don't see the | sg The United States averagé!a yearly wa ot enue Gentoo Since his 402 | loss of fifty millions of dollars by fire. pulled stroke oar he feals above wasting a7-A Si lad of about etgat his muscle ov the wood: piis. whose litle made his ast ap ou a7“ ‘There is one good thing about Satan,’ | ance the previous day, wai asked tittle remarked a Dewsder tis athor day—be Paget wl ae a4 never weighs the drivers &- he seads oat his | To which innocently replied, “Yes; he coal.” —{ Detroit Free Press. milked.’ he time mention | there are pl THE WORLD OF FASHIO¥. How New York Look« in Its Fall Bress—A New Departure in Dress- making—The Cost of Dress—Wiuter Cloaks and Paris Costumes—Gi and Laces [¥iom Our Own Correspondent.) NEw YoaK, Oct. 23—There Is nothing dull or monotonous in the exterual aspects of city life now-a-days. The color introduced into Cress, and particalarly the new ideas ia simple #ris and art industries, fill our streets with the bright and warm-hued tenants of the autumn woods and fields, and develop neW attractions for the plate glass windows of handsome up-town sbops which possess an increasing iuierest for the passers-by. Tae influx of the Chinese and Japanese element into our population and their mannfactursrs into our life has also tended largely to diver- sify the minor arts, aud those fancifal occa- pations in which unoccupied women deligat to indulge. Worsted work and crocheting have given piace to painting on wood, oa silk, on china, to applique work after Ja- pavese patierns, in cretonne or red flannel, aud to crewel embroidery upon linen, ta what are curiously called “artiste” desigas, because they are direct copies, or should be, from nature. All these things give color aad interes: wo the out door and iu-door Life of Wonsa which ts of.en 80 barren of aitraction ad added to the sidewalk exhibit of aatuna leaves, ferns, Fiorida grasses, holly » ashes and berries give to our city walks @ flavor of couniry rambles, as well as the atyaataze of Knowing what cai or is being done by tnose who keep abreast of the smaller activ- ittes. The fight between hand labor and machin labor takes on new aspects every day, aa becomes exceedingly interesting. Machine work, machine patieras, mac are necessarily arbitrary, untior ical; hand work is free, capa0le o1 iisell lo every fancy, and prolagia finite diversity found in nitaray, takes hand out of the dull level of mechanism, andelevaterét intone region of art. This idea has already found tis way into dress, and clothing; to be fashtonabdie nowadays, one must be original, not mara copyists of other people's idoas. ‘The lealer of fashion anywhere is the ous who dress+s differently from, not the oue woo drasses like, everybody élse. And go of otier tnings; those who have the courage to take a usw departure which is generaily ackuowladget to be@ good one, make a mark upo1 Lasir time, thir generation, or the cou uuaity; but it must be done magnificently, stro igly, as Goeiue says. A NEW DEPARTURE IN DRESSMAKING 1 was toterested the other day tua utile cireular that was put into my hands. Tae originator had an tdea. It announced a “new departure” in dressmaxing, by makiag prives “inclusive” of minor trimmings, sa as sieeve and waist linings, sili for sw thread, whalebone, and the like. Fashior ble cressmakers in New York are acous- tomed to aud to a charge of fifteen to twenty- five dollars for making @ suit, a uniform sum of twodollars aud 4 half for ¢ dental articles used in making, which do not include buttons or aaything Kiowa distinet- iy as trimming. The “new departure’ was happy thought,and I imagine the dressmaker ts one not bred to the bisiness, but who has been foreed into it by disastrous changes. Perhaps she has in happier days been abroad, aud had the idea suggested to her by her own pleasaut experience of the “inclusive” charges of the Paris dress- makers, who use the floest linings and mate- rials for making, but make no separate charge for them, although their frst andoaly one is so much more moderate than ours. clever dressmaker m iy, therefore, afver be an inexperienced due, but still I should be willing to trast her, for if not per- fect'y versed in common methois, most of which are bad, she is surely possessed of an intelligence which will enable her to strike oul in Lew directions and in time achieve something worthy to be called artisiic, even in dressmaking. COST OF MAKING A DRESS. It may surprise unsophisticated p2ople to learn that such prices as I have mentioned, and which are only the average, for compar- atively plain costumes, can be caarzed, aad n | obtained for merely making a dress, bat this Js because wey are unacy iainted with tue cost of liviug in the metropolis, of reat, of skilied labor, and the comparatively small amount of routine work psrformed by unia- terested laborers in a given Ume. Dressmakers do not get rich even at fifteen or twenty dollars per sult, if it tats three persons six days to make two, and ifto the | vears. The very ; Weinomed ebirt. | Or ont of place, but make the reia little | polonaise cheap, the lace on the bonnet con- | briliiaut reception room, and you will have axgregate wages of thirty dollars, for these | three, is added rent, hire of a boy, gaslight, and the time of a superintendent of affairs. Yet ten doilars per week is lower than the average Wages which skilled dressmakers demand, and receive, and two ordinary suits, composed of silk, and wool, of the usual bumber of pieces, well made, aid ively trimmed, would be considered a goo! verage for tbrve persons to accomplixh ia » one devoting her tims to utling, fitting, and arrang: ng, anotaer to ue making and putting on of the trimming, and the excevtion of the fluer parts of the wor's; ibe other, whocarns less, to the com- noner sew.ng, and that whieh is done by machine WHAT IT SHOULD Cost DRESS. An indignant individual of tae male per- cation addressed to me reezatly what he vive tly considered & biguly sarcastic let- te ,ou the sevre of ® remark inoue of my etierr, to the eff-c: that the majority of wo- had not more than from tw) haudred A WOMAN TO | and fifty to Give nundreidoliars pyr annim to spend on thelrentire wardrobes, aod there tore could nabs expected to spend,that sum on one dress &lone. “* Not more than two han- dred and fifty to five hundred dollars per aa- | 5um,” be repeats; he shoald rather think not, and he adds, that periaps I am no! aware -y of people with families who seiually liveon these sums and lew. Quite true. Bat, then, they do not dress, at least only in such ol as the people who do, give them, and they do not read fashionsand. 0 peraly, fashions are not written, or created with reference to em. It 1s undoubtedly irué tbat some women spend too much on dress, but it is only true of @ comparatively sma number; the majority spend too little. Theve are men who make and lose hundreds and even thousands of dollars, whocomplaiu of the cost of @ necessa:y dress, ora pair of shoes, purchased by their owa wives. Com. plaint ix the normal condition of those wuo hold sion of mouey against those who bave to spend it. Women in the country, the wives oj well-todo farmers, and proprie- tors, Spend allogeier too litile on them- selves and their dress. Thoy grow vid before their time with hard work, aud they look older still from the poverty of their personal belongings. The subtle influence of becom- ing dress, the red cement of habitual associa- tion with the fine, instead of the coarse, is un known to them. The clothing of persons ought to be repre- sentative of tueir position, aud a mansh sald beashamed, who has money to spend upoa jands or horses, or his owa pursuits, to grudge that which his wife needs and watch she would probably have were she not tied to him. Two hundred and fifty dollars seems @ large sum to some men wao can very wail afford it for a woman to expeud on berself, but how much wiil it buy of ordinary clota- ing? One silk dress, $65; one woolen costume, one indvor dress, #15; summer dress +s, making, trimmings and belongiags, #10; \wo Wrapp TS, $10; shoes, tucluding slippers, $20; hats for summer and winter, $15; uuderwear, corsets and hosiery, $25; cloak, shawl or some other outside garment, $25. Total, 250. ‘This is a very bald estimate; thers is surely nothing superfluous, and the prices are suca Uhat good material could only be securei by having the garments at least partiy made st home.” Yet there ts no margin for ribvoas, laces, gloves, handkerehtefs, perfamery, aor any of those small itemsof personal expense, such as stationery, which so-tal life invoives, nor does it mention furs, nor gifts of any de- Ser! ption .or birth days or holidays. No dowt, thrifty women coull save, on some of the items mentioned, but it would he, by eading, to the burden of their lives, the burden of catting and making their best, a8 well as their commoner: }» by buying jow-priced stuffs,and the sacrifice of their laste to their economy. Tnis may be ail rt have the ve dollars instead of ten in the pur- of materiale or articles for use. any women are for into habits by never having money @ really thing. It is always a smallersum thao is de out to them, and so are always in arrears with their nec2s- chases urabafity » Whica are the dearest eg a ‘The conditions of our daily life are very diferent now from what {cy years ‘ago, and it must be remembered women neither make them, nor change them. Men make much more money now than they did consider it thetr exclusive to save it, or spend It, as it pleases thelr wives a rigid the com- Sie of the sptuning wheel ett acre spinning at least wii le covering, and the mareh of civilization had proceeded far enough to Within the cloak bas sor at vi- ctesitudes. asaible to buy @ velvet hand- some velvet real) for #100, the consternation excited a Broadway importer who exhibited a ic was he lengih and breadth of New York sx1 4g. Nive cloth cloaks could b: had from $15 | Strings, which are Lied at the lett side, uader $80, and 4 cloth cloak ery Lice poopie a hudte rather sh or mor h: sacqae. t, tees went what its app* dl cloaks disappe sre tant the English walking Jscce for the dress mast be displayed at ther Of shivering. aod there are hantrds of wo ap now kx mev who will remember duteriag wa Fy eokt and direc t inorder vo befrilled and beflon iced English walking "" out Price. fr there was ao tion Ubat it was cut like @ coat and by 4 man, which added enormously to But ‘the short watking dress disappeared, Aud the jacket retired into the background, and the ‘cloak came back thres yours ago with a flourish of trampets. We were all glad Io see it, for we had been nearly froz-u | Without It, but the price was annihilating to all but public contractors and those who were iu the inside of “riugs.”” This season, for the first time in many years, we have good, well-made, even dis- Unguished lookiug cloaks at moderate prices. ‘The leading st; les consist of long sacq 16 @nd half fing paletot. The latter ls mate in dark diagous or light beaver cloth, wits @ reversible siir, which is lung aaiced ant furry. These are miounied with dep Baglis 1 tur collars, cat roucding apoa the front, ant deep cuffs, whicn serve a'l the parposes of muff, The fast-olog is eifeed win lace’ onyx butions, shaded in the color of dis cloth. A novelty in black or dark diagonal cloth is more ov fess trom med witu ZA Of passmeuieries, aud bas # broal strip down the froat, whic ts cut long enoagh t> lake up just below ine lineof the wais t mat Taoese desi, urchased in Imported clotyy made at an average of thirty fice doilars not much more than half tue cost of looking cloa ng Ba take of the dolman in the depth, and ofteaga the cut and arrangement of the sleaves They have superseded the lain circle to ore gen rally ann be as theater and 4 previoas amiag it is at an effor et as trimming, and this al at on in vers broad strips oF borderings, so that the garment ms to be composed almost as much of v. as of 11K. and to Unis the Dass- enteries are often added. 7 IMPORTED STYLES IN BONNETS AND CoS- TUMES. French models of boanets, costumes and mlnor articles have been received 1 gr variety during the past few weeks, an1th ose inspection reveals the fact that wi ever of novelty belongs to thea ts worked out in details, rather than in the general principles of their desiga. Imporied dresses stil follow closely the “Princesse” desigus, and are only varied by the contrast of a pol: onalse or the separation of a basque {ron & The new andl striking eects are obtained solely from the novelies in fabric, form their fortunate combinations aad tie new ideas embodied In orwamenta- jon. The most striking innovation is tho use which is made of a rich dark shale of red, the most successful revival that of lead and jt trimmiug, and the most fashionable effecta are the production of mixed or pardimere colors and biendid shades, such as are form. ed in embroidery, in Indian cloth or camel's hair, and the brauette cloth, which is used for polobaise or over-dresses. These vivid styles Which vossess dist! .ction, when they are ex- pressed in costly materials, are simply ouire and vulgar in commonones. A ricu red vel- Yet or Satin skirt, a while camel's hair polo- naise, flecked with gold, and trimmed with & mixture of silk and gold galloon aad fringe, may be exhibited at @ grand recep- Uon, and even surmounted by a small red plush bonnet, subdued with @ qaantity of real valenciecnes lace, and pot seem “loud” opera Wraps. As remarkel letier, when fur is used for t cut in very broad bands, n made to more obtrusive, the material common, u> spicuous by its absence, and put the costune oa the street instead of in @ carriage, or a a figure that ev sider created for h little Arab woald con- ia] amusemont. But the red bonnet is, after all, the excep- on. The finest and most stylish bonnet of the season is small and all waite. It has a Straight upright crown, a small coronet orim, and @ narrow curtain. It is made of silk plush, trimmed with ‘white satin and two white ostrich plames, the stems of which are crossed in front, at the Lop, and are concealed by an alsatian bow of wilt satin. A little twist given to the feathers gracefully dis. poses of them over the crown, so a8 to nearly conceal it, and to the band and bow of wiite satin at the back ts added narrow white satin the ear. Tats model is sometimes mis in velvet and satin as well as plush, and is de varied from bo Remsen # soit upright <rown, the fulds ‘arranged irregularly, aod also by trimming with real valencienues or fine old lace, as well as feathers. The most fasblonable theater hat is the Gainsborough, in light felt, faced with satin the shade of the triminiug. A long sweeping white plume is (ts distinguishing characteristic, tae end shaded in the color of the satin’ Younger ee Bpor the <nrfaces, it finitely sof+r and 3 ‘ ee mnt ts ae DRY Goons. tet ne d ae if possessed of eltige reo! F tifa) real kid « = . % pat pg oe GUODS AND OA preatuesd thisseaco =) Wea wm kot € remier t sont? be, the Dew shases, wuich ts without oraa. | 2 Cayere can get bargains fi . bat fn In every part w W of Btitching. The price is o we Taze-try Ingratne te bigher than a € stitenet glov pte ew he toeey ere certainly well worth the extra co *s made or enriched w ade in two shades of che san ers bk ing dreeses are mere sh fan-shaped train a’ the back. t he * 2 0 oa top of the ar but this will be found anced Ty tommy 4. Beourt ul Bou practicable. Apother fancy ix ¥ ft or) Stocking mitts some of these hi pearance. = ive the our grandmothers, and ealready made thelr ap- Jennix June _ _ LADIES’ Goons. Fess: FURS!! FU LADIES SEAL SKIN SA 20 36 Tt kes and styhe, and | ng TArh et prices, at BKROPHEA 1205 F st., bet, 12thand crs. D 10 3G inches doop; beat L mdom-dresed Shins MUBFSs AND Boas CARRIAGE OFS oetty-tr © Seal, Mink, Otter, Lynx. to WULF AND OUP +e NS LV ET——VELVET 125 VELVET 150 VeLvar 1 175 VELVET ' 200 veover t 225 Vauver 250 VELVar ALO 8) GENTLEMEN'S SEA DM Fd APS. GAUNTLETS FFLER: FURS ALTERED AND REPAIRED. B. M. STINEMETZ, Hatter & Purrier, 7 Pennsyleania avenu, pevl tw Next loor to corper | +b street MBS. MaX Weyl No. 712 Seventh strect orth New Store, New Goods and New Bust iery work made t © Sam ping and Plat ing Rot Warehes. J be sold at greatly Chose ont that branch ot b FURst-cLas on Se ee inde ¥ SEW NFEL SS SUPERIOR PL and MONKS Z in FANCY FRATHURSE KMS aid OKNAMENT MISS Meco ecko ty St. Cloud Bi ing, & PrINcESs KNIT WOOLEN SKIRT. he ines novelty tor Ls babs Ther oct de travle, © micr.able GR of an ENTIBE. STUCK, ju: All the Lateat OSTRICH TIPS STERY Bew and beartifal tyies r-cetwed da’ Torge und gi. ities and desigy CONNOLLYS, be GOS 9th street, : 2 « [PPCHELL « MARTIN 931 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. NOVELTIES LN DRY GOODS » Parent OMice 1107 F STREET. Berwaen Alte ano bare, pioors of HIGH NOW- Porter—the esi Gro. for the pric One Proce On 0 ¢AsmInadion of Stock roll ited Also, the Jugia and Monogram KID GLOVES, tn all the new sundes Special a:tention given to orders. *LOAKS FOR LADIES AND MISSES, Jo aU leading st; _oct# im Be SOI ae WWILLIAN'S. MBS. SELMA RUPPERTS LADIBS BAZAR, 614 9th street, oppo ite Patent OMice, nd chofcest assortment of BR WOBSTED He and Doubie GERMANTOWN WOOL. Imported and Domestic KNITTING YAUNS, ouly fret quality. Roumanien, Kereules and Crewol WOOLS. CAMVAB. tn full verter | APELIQN PATTERNS, ING MATERIALS GOODS; WORSTED EMBROIDE RESS TRIMMINGS IN pease VARIETY, iv Imported i M. WILLIAN. octl?-tr 20 eteces Lapin’s Dor nil ¢ dors, ot 62, Le best and cheape je-twilied OASHMT URS, Sim, oxura heavy woig ota, Goods ii the ety ALso, 25 pieces Bleck CASH MERES. all quolitios, from Cente to €175, from eame auction, We can confidently recommend the shove Goods as the very best fabrics for the Fali and Winter WwW. M. Baows, oc 27 tr B14 Sth street northu: N EW FALL AND WINTER Contains the largest BERLIN Zeras Sing! DRY Goons, At C. M. TOWSON & ©0.°s, {© pieces wery best Calfoces, ic Siw, 3h £2, ©250, @3,94 s ‘sane bose’ wear from 25, 3, ———— ~ peed Red T A Fi S'LK AND COMBINATION SUITS, Black ‘Aiyacar, 15, 0-5. Glock Castmeres, very cheap, Imported by Ladies’ Giouks 64 80 up, oct8-1m . WILLIAN. yy — Se ye j48 H VERMILYA, Cadies end Gent New style Sb Dottir gham Laces from is, £0. 25,30, 57, 50,69, 78, 0x0 Large stock to select from. C. M. TOWSON & CO., 636 Pa. ave., south side, LADIES FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER, GLO Rb street, opposite Parent Offee. own make, er ee vor older ladies weer Derby hats, or small oct ente. Seer Re cwest eormwes. dar nne feit or velvet, trimmet ‘f cy fusely with cocks foatners, whlch are mrt 1 GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. §p=* Goons, \ beads mates ne . "J a ftgne color a: d the natural color of beige RB FALL STYLES © sseyasinneeneescbiee ekett tated, Emtantee ancora vow nBapr. Ba yr sist eltherof light el mmed with Indian pw 3 HA 3 oS embroidery for nm opeeermepy wemndign | GENTLEMEN'S BROADWAY DRESS HATS, | ad Qarpets, Cloaks, Fisnuts and Blankets our { iittng sacates RLY sites ie ee FINE SOFT AND STIFF FELT HATS, ofthe | wo. 998 7, PUR BETIE® CO, and finished with large onyx battons. most patterns, for Geatlemen, Youlnsaad | No. 706 K st. sone. octa2-tr The woolen costumes, in softshades of gray or brown, are trimmed with embroidery, ex- ecuted upon the material iu Indian colors, or in two sha:es of the natural color. The white fabrics used for handsome polo- naises and overdresses, are of remarkable beauty. They consist of soft cam-l's kair, flecked with silk or gold, and are trimmed with galoons of fringe to match. The fringes are no longer compo:ed of sim- ple strands of silk; they show a co-nbination of rich materials and intricate designs, and are made to order for the most elegant dres+es and costumes, matching the shades and com- binations of materiais in every particular. A novel method of arranging fringe is to sew it on with the beadiag dowaward, so that the fringe fal!s over it. LACKS AND LINGERIE. it is quite a new idea for laces to blossom. in color, and though it is doubtful if the “real” old or new laces coald be improved in this way, yet it furnishes variety to secondary qualities, aud makes the lace departments of tue large houses look as pretty asa flower garden. The ino3t elab- orate of these effects in color are produced in embroidery upon black and waiw lace; bat there 1s also ® great deal of torchon wilh scalloped edged in pale pink or blue, and Ucles of make-up lace to which charming effects are contributed by the inirotuetion of Mapas colors in silk ribbon or delicate leaves of lowers" The large collars which have been trying s0 long to make headway seem at last to have established tneir position. They are not how- ever deep and straight as 0° old, bat revive aptique and picturesque forms, ani whea made in linen are edged with wide torchon !ace und finished with colored ribbons waieh with broad cuffs wora on the outside of the 2 Oclored das 8 Weenwto Fia5 sleeve suggest the trappings of a gay cava- Binck au? Oct lier upon the stage rather than = modest Fine Bisck Alpaces and @oublo face Mchsire from finish to a lady’s iudoor dress. 35 outs to §2 These new sets of lingerie are, however, 80 pieces bandsowe Woolen Drvts Goods at 15 aad 2 very striking and—while new—very distin. Brock Sliaks and Bnaw ie, guished. They aro very sultabic for broak- BLANK&TS ND FLANNELS. fast wear at hotels and fashionable boarding All Linen Table Damasks, fowels and Mapkina apo lilpes inp with @ morning dress ee ons {= pa mason cashmere. Cloths aud Gansimeres, for Men and Boys’ Wear. wide collars are only suitabl: ALL AT DOWD PRICKS, 10 CLOSE OUT certain. occasion. In linen for morning STOCK BY Let SUVEMBER. wear, in rich lace for dinner or hitter J wear by matrons who no longer have their cut square or open, always F. 2 sie Set ees |e ey | Pam ace corners, or > ¥e Tate Bi ) We have jar rs Tipretty poweltieg fee et a a eee | sytty Nec @ky Panne eres Washlogion. ronrion ESPs comprising it in Indian colors, and a — % - alare, of cambrie rafting used for trimming snow | (NCOURAGE SOLE LEATHER | Srriinet <Bi Secus, em! nie ; tf into the whieh commonly sold ‘Acreal kid Cap 283 8ho ws & mat ad gare 5 ; #8) Pe That ‘ H sbeFa|4 é Boys. tm the, aT CARD. PERRY & BROTH AKE NOW OFFERING DECIDED BARGAINS x BLACK AND COLUSED SILKS, Which are fuly 25 PEK CENT CHEAPER than last spriog Also, s large stock <1 DHE33 GOODS, ranging from BSc, to the FINE=T IMPORTED GUUS BLACK AND OULU sED VRUVETS, LUPIN'S Bua reat assortment of UMBRELLAS and CANES Tie LoWRST MARKET PRICES. WALTER KER, Hatter, oct tr_ 1419 Penna. ave., above Wilards. G F. SCHAFER, . MEKCHAN] TAILOR, — ose BUSLN &33, ISHING Goops: FRENCH end ENGLISH te IMKBES. WEST OF ENGLAMD GLO FHS, atric and CASHMERE VESTINGS, A K GOODN, FUANNELS, BLANKETS, &o., &o. Tede mate mp. a: cost AU of our Gods w iil be 40.4 at B74 CALL IS BOLICITED. ATTRACTIVE PRICK. octl-2m 1111 Penna, avenue N.W. BF One Prive O: ny oct Corner Penn'a avenue and 9th st, (T8® CBEAPEST Lor oF NEW DRESS GvOur LN WASHINGTON AT CAKTER’S, 207 MARKET SPACE Beanrifal, fine quait'y,* Wool” Prews Goods only Bend I worth ton Bis Bisck Ussum 414 KEEN’S 414 MERCHANT TAILOHING PARLORS, 414 Ninth street, Contains the largest and choicest assortment of Black Omsumercs, vory MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS es ae 6 only te aud be ke no . Wo ace wel ing a very good whet Ot S2H), Very wrge mesure ment in Cloth for men aud boy's woar. The bet ide Twilled Bed Ticking tn this city for 23 wool red Tw tiled came width, 75. tt) anexcellent Black Gro @ , G1 Beverywhere. Lades’ Vows very chon Our Dry Goods at the Very Loswest Prires CABTEM cctivtr CAH "S, 70T Martent Space. (CHEAP DRY Goopst L THE BES GRADES id \ aL SI PRADES AT THE Low. Gentlemen will flud it to their material advactage to leave their orders for suits st KAEN’S. S#i8TSs CHEAPER THAN OTHER PLAUK IN THE W: eof -8 ANY ORLD, wi =023- 2 ae’ reid :