Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1880, Page 3

J ae FANCIES IN LACEWORK. A Description of the Laces Used for | Dress and those for Decoration— The Macrame Lace Kevivai_How this Fashiona! and Very Hand- some Knotted Lace is Made, ‘The making of lace in its many varieties take3 @ prominent place in the fashionable fancy work of the period, and fancy stores readli: supply patterns and materials for the work. Much of it is used for dress; still more for pur- poses of household decoration. ‘Thus a very andsome lambrequin recently finished by an’ | ingenious lady for her parlor mantel manor | erm: v ered paki tf only the work: ' neat and exact—eareful to fasten her threads and neither to scratch nor draw them. ‘The pat- iy stamped on colored ton the braid, tn dit nt widths, 1s securely basted and the spices “then filled with lace stiteaes, terms incomprehensible t3 ke 4 strong lace much used for fa casitons, ete., for hand- The work the handworkwlso may be pur- ably, that only tndefatigabie G ty of leisure are apt to ach used in fabric. a8 an edge for underelothing, Indeed, plays a not unimportant = aiufactare of lace and Iris -guipmre.ths beauty and durability of which -Aulky xeeommend it, 18 mevely very fne croteh- cted edge. The favorite Breton lace Is merely lace not carned by hane the simplest 1ac>s to make at home, 1 be traced on ¢: overit. The passing the needle, in and : ad of squares, darned in design of roses and carnations and joined by bands of blue satin, while the pillow Shams Were of larger squares, bordered witi satin tom Curtains made of strips of net rse linen floss, in scroll of tive inond patterns, cloth, are extreme deed ‘as many which sell for thirty a upwards per pair. Beautifal overdresses ar of white net darned in white or of bia arned in black or colored silks. ‘I'he most rable form for these traight seart tour nd the full width of the net. Such with fichn to mateh, made to order, dy nould be o' i to match the design. The work is, however, tedious and very trying to the eyes. ‘The old-fashioned Knitted lace, which our grandmothers used for trimming home-wovea co interpanes, ete., is again in'favor, but {s chiefly done fn wool and used as an edge for flannel petticoats. This {s done on ordinary Knitting “needles, two being necessary for ths work. A NEW FASHIONABLE LACE. Latest of all revivals tn lacework is the M rame lace, which fs more a fringe than a la ‘Thists especially adapted to purposes of phi When made of sewing slik forms very come dress fringes. For this last purpose the simple noted stitch fs that most ked. The work 1s done on an oblong cushion, which be heavy. When made at home this cus should be of stout drilling or ticking tilled with sand, packed as closely as possible, and 1f thts is not heavy enough a few ounces of small shot y be put in the ceater. Afterwards, for uty’s sake, the cushion should be covered with gay-colored cashmere or opera flannel silk retains pin-pricks too easily to be sei able for the purpose, although very pre look at. ‘The cushion should rest On a table while the work ts belng done, Two sizes of pins are necessary, the larger size for pinning on the straight threads across, which serve as a found- ation for the lace and which must be fastened at both ends of the cushion, and the small ones for putting between the threads on the top line to Keep them apart and hold the work firmly on the cushion. The lacets made by knotting threads together. One thread is held firmly over the other as leader and each stagle thread is knitted twice on to it. When a leaf is worked from right to Jeft the leader {s held in the left hand, and when a leaf is worked from left to right the leader ts held in the right hand. Pin on as many straight Ines as are required for the pattern. The straight lines may be cut the length of the lace required and should always be double threads, but if cut too short for the purpose fresh threads may be joined to those by tying them together with a weaver’s knot. The threads for working should be cut to the exact size given with each pattern, but when the re- quired length is not known cut the threads a good b't longer than fs necessary and work out one scollop. Then measure how much the fringe 1s deeper than required and cut the next Uhreads shorter by so much The heavier threads are used in making the lace when in- tended for lambrequins. mant'estand furaitur> trimmings generally, and the tiner linen threads < various sizes for dress trimmings and alti Hnen. MAKING THE KNOTTED LACE. In commencing a pattern, fasten the threads for working on to the top line as follows: Pass the two ends of each thread under the line, pointing them up. then draw them back through ive loop, repeat to the end of the cushion, then ut in a pin between every four threads, then loosen the second line, hold it firmly in the right hand, and knot each thread twice on to it with the left hand. The straight lines are always worked tn this way. The lace as a Tule should be worked tightly, as it adds much to its beauty and durability. ' Five stitches are used in the work, i.¢..tke stngle chain for which take two thréads, hold one straight in the left hand, knot the other thread on to tt once with the right hand; hoid this thread straight in the right hand and knot the other on to. it with the left, and repeat aslong as this stitch 13 cesired. econd. The double chain made in the same Way as the single chain, only using four threads instead of two, and taking two Uureads eaci time in place of one. For the third sutch—double chain—take four Unreads, commence with the two at the left side, hold the first of these in the right hand as leader, knot the second twice on to tt with the left hand, pass the same leader (o the left hand, knot the Same thread as before twice on to Itt luke the next two threads, hold the first thread the right hand as leader, knot the second hread twice on to it, pass the leader to the lett hand, knot the samé Unread as before twic? on to it, hoid the leader stil in the left hand, and KnOt the first leader twice on to it with the right band; kuot the remaining thread at the left side twice on to it, leaving a loop before drawing it up tight." Pass the same leader back to the right hand, and knot _the same thread twice on to it with the lefthand. Then take up the two leader, knot the other thread , leaving a loop as before. Pass the same leader to the left hand, and knot the sime thread twice on to it. Hold the leader stil! tn the left hand, and knot the leader at the lett side twice on to tt: knot the remaining thread at the left side on to it, leaving a loop as before. ‘Then pass the leader back to the right hand, and knot same thread twice on to I Repeat rom*. For the fourth stitch—Solomon’s knot —tat four threads, hold the two centre ones d Knot the others back and forth ar them. rake the right hand thread, pass it over the tirst ead and Under the centre ones and up through loop atiert side, drawing it up ught. Then ‘S the right thread over the two centre es, pass the left thread over this, under the re threads and up through the loop on the right side. part of the knot. ot hem. This forms one Soiomon’s ‘The raised picot—the fifth _stitch—mostly comes between two leaves. Take the four cen- tre threads, two from each leaf, hold the two Iniddie ones straight and make 'six Solomon's Knots on them, pass the two ceatre threads down through the opening between the tw leaves, take One of these threads and knot once to the thread at the left side, take up th other and knot it once to the remaining tures at the right side.—PHea. Tin Where Sarah Was. (Detroit Free Press. A Wayne county farmer had some wheat Stolen a few nights since, and he was so su that he knew who the thief was that bh into Detroit and secured a warrant for a ¢2 young man living near him. When tue cis+ me up for trial in Justice alley the defeadai ‘aid he could prove an alibi. Ia order to do he had brought in “his gir She took the nd and swore that he satu With her from 7 o'clock in the evening unili brcad daylight next morning. People can very easily be mistaken,” ob- Served the plaintiff's lawyer. Tdon’t care—I know he was there,” she re- plied. What did you tatic about2” over” she promptly ans “What ume did the old folks Goto bed?” “I give ’em the wink about ten.” F Sure he Was there at midaigat, are you?” es, si. sne_ blushed, fooked looked over to her lov ughed and getting & nod to go abcd eons «Well, sir, just a8 the clock struck twelve the old man’ jumped out of bed, up stairs, and hol lered down: “Ss yer mar’ wants some 0” that catnip tea!’ And We got such a start that we broke the back of the rocking-chair and went o'Sthen the jury must, understand “Then the jury must un that yor were seated on Samus!'s knee?” eS “1 object,” put in Samuel's lawyer, and his honor remembered the days of his youth and sustained the objection. Draw {t up tight to meet the frst | THE COMEDIE FRANCAISE. Management and Profits of the Sub- sidized ‘Wheater. [Paris Correspondent of the London Times. ] The Minister of Fine Arts has just approved the balance-sheet of the Theatre Francaise for 1879, and this institution being not only subsi- dized by the state, but considered a natioual one, it may be of interest to the English public who extended to the acto.s for six weeks a re- ception, not only cordial, bat more lucrative than was hitherto supposed, to know for once the amount and distribution of the profits. The year's recelpts were 2,476,608 francs; the éxpen- rout being tuhus Giture 2,006,462 francs; ‘the about 20 percent. The London visits included receipts 243,685 irancs, and expenses 127,783 francs, thus showing’ a surplus of 115, francs, or nearly 50 per cent of the ‘re- ceipts. The London visit, inoreover, enabled the bufiding to be restored, so that if was a great Success, even from a pecuniary stand-polnt. But, in fact, for the state subsidy of 270,000 francs, the London profit of 115,000 francs, and the exemption from rent, equal to at least 100,900 francs, the Comédie Francaise would have had a Gencit of 16,000 or 20,600 francs. AS to the dts- tribution of the profits, it must be remembered that there are two classes of actors—the socie- (atres and the pensionnaires. The former, who alone divide the profits, are elected by a com- mittce, and receive a fixed proportion, calcu- lated on what Is called a douzieme.” Tous twelve-twelfths signity a whole share, and so on. 1 was, like many others, under the impression that it was possible to possess more than a full share, but I see no instance of this in the balance-sheet. of the share in the profits which accrues to the societaires, only a half accrues to them at once. The other half, with Wise foresight, ts lent to Mont de P’ where it remains W the sovieraire’s credit tll} ny his or her retirement. In addition to . each sovictaire has a salary corresponding to the douziemes at the rate of 1,000 francs per twelfth part. Thus a secieiaire who has twelve- twelfths gets 12,900 francs salary, one who has seven-twelfths ‘gets 7,000 francs, and so on. There must also be added what are called les Sver—that 18 to say, 10 francs, I belleve, for every time a svcietaire plays, and the profits of representations outside, which are not easily estimated. Out of what remains after the dis- tribution of the profits, the pensionnaires re- celve, not a fixed part, but a bonus decided upon by the administrators. Thus ofti- cial figures can be given for the societaires only. Were are those of 157! ‘M. Got. Delaunay, Maubant, Coquelin, Febvre, Thi- ron and Worms, and Mmes. Brohan, Fa- vart, Jouassain, Croizette, and Sara Bern- hardt have each 12,000 francs salary, and a full share in the profits, which for 1579 13 12.000 francs at onee pocketed, and 12,000 francs deposited at the Mont de Picté. This forms an immediate Income of 24,000 francs for each, and a deferred capital of 12,000 francs. To this must be added a kind of bonus, taken from what is called “the Ministerial reser ve oldest societaires, and which varie: 4.000 francs and 6,000 francs for some of the above mentioned. ‘The year 1siS—that of the exhibition—yielded 000 franes per full share, and the total profi ft the society exceeded 750,000 franes. M. Mounet gets ten- twelfths, or 10,000 francs salary, and 20,00) francs of the ’ profits. still divided into two parts. M. La Roche, seven-twelfths and a half, or 7,500 francs salary, and 15,000 franes of the profits. Mmes. Ponsia and Reichemberg receive nine-twelfths; Mme. bee eight-twelfths; M. Barre and Mlle. a me. Broisat, six- tweliths; Mme. Dinah-Felix, -twelfths and a ; M. Coquelin, jr., and Mile. Samary, the youngest members, four-tweliths and a halt— that 1S to say, 4,500 franes salary and 9,000 francs ot the profits: ‘The 23 societaries thus receive 436,000 francs as the profits of last year, and 000 francs as salary—that is to say, a'total of 654,000 francs, of which 215,000 francs is de- posited as a reserve for their retirement. The receipts of the sociecar‘es, it will have been seen, do not quite amount to athirdof the generai expenses, and from thisit may be concluded that their profits are not, in excess of their de- serts, or of the exacting business to which they devote their every effort. " A BALLAD OF TO-DAY. “¢The Tale of One Small Boy.” (Boston Transeript.] The emall boy's eye was sad, And the small boy’s speech’ was slow; ‘He looked as if no friend he had; For him may heart was woe. So ‘Hie thee hither, gentle youth,” Tcried, persuasively, *« And teli me what thy trouble is, If small or great it be. Bast lost thy top or marbles fair? Hast snapped thy penknife blade? Or hast found ont—alas the day! Why birchen rods were made? Hig hair was banged across his brow, ‘He seemed a littic saint; He looked me fairly in the face, And answered, ** No, T hain **O, no and no, my little boy, Seid tin wonder sore, | *** Have not’ and not * in't,” you know;” Said he “I's an awful bore,” And then again I asked his grief; “and dort thou mourn thy brother, And art—" He put the question by With, ** Naw, it’s just my mother.” «‘Alack, alack, my geutte fa _With reason droops my head. No other love can equal hers—' Said he, “‘Sheisn't dead." ! why art thon go sad, y are the fates. Why stnbb'st thy toe againat the wall?” A paid he, Pieler tn fi t nd in our goodly browustone fron! From basement unto roof, No smallest spot has yet been found ‘That’s decoration proof. The cellar floor is pave with tiles, ‘The cos] bin paneled red; The pickle jars show sweet designs, Eech hanging shelf o'erhead Depends from massive brackets twain, For very beauty’s rake like tose which for his tins re. Ailcary ‘Would Mr. Alcott ma ‘The windows are all colored glaes; And should a fellow break A single pane with ball or ston His goure 't would quickly bake. The kitchen chairs are becked with crash crit gattalls brovdered rich .¢ Curtains worked in patierns strange, In the famons Holbein stitch. And more are in thé dining room, In parlor and 5 Ab! stranger, years would fail to tell ‘The decorations ell. For curtains dangle everywhere, A hundred kinds you see: There's shawls, and jute cloth, likewisa cheese, And mummy, callet momie. ‘There's Worcester, Dresden, Baccarat, Aint eualet Saltad Derk nd Jeweled Copeland, Serby ware, ‘Algo Di Ceenola, In plaque and vase and figures ema‘, In cups and saucers too; My mother bows and worships them, s blinded heathens do; Our chairs are one and all sincere, ‘And 60 are all ur beds; Wecould not, and we wore a crown, Less easy rest our heads. : And every where in our chambers fair ‘You decorations see ; There's come from Franc, and gome from Spain, ‘And some from far Fiji. Tecan t sit down, I can’t stand up, Tean't have any toys: ‘The mcdern decorated house Won't harbor little boys ‘That ship and hop and race and run In ungesthetic guise. If Thad not a syeck of nose ‘And two crossed pinhead eyes, Aud not a joint in arai or lex, My motker might me love Ard perch me on the mante! rhelf Her bright wood fire above: But, beige Just a boy, you see, And not a paneled saint, She harn’t any ure for me Eut then I'm glad J ain't: For some dark night I'll fire the house vith tested kerosene ; ‘When every decoration ’s burned She'll think of me, I wean.” He strode away, the'sad small boy, ‘Aud humumed a careless rhyme, And slowly from his pocket fell ‘A brace of novels dime. Hints fer the Sick Room. (From Land and Water.] Somewhere lately I read that in some country house where milk was in plenty, a pan ot it was placed near meat in the larder to keep the latter fresh. Iam sorry to be so lame in my story, but the principle to be carried out was that’ milk, being a ready absorbent, the bad air that would otherwise have tainted the meat flew to the milk instead. My thoughts immediately reyerted to the sick room, where milk is often left standing for the use of the in- valid; and it occurred to me that if this were the case would it not just as readily absorb the poisonous exhalations that arise there? Why, or how, 1am not chemist enough to explain, but—as_ mo: rsons are aware—water 1s rapid absorbent of the taint of paint; and ina reom freshly Se a pailof clean, cold water leit standing there, bee “take off the sicell.” Dip your finger into the water which has been thus left all night, you will find it tastes strongly of the paint. Milk is too costly to be thus largely used, but a Iittle—say a Poperinbetes Fh) inced for experiment, fastes Of the palnt you y conclude that it would tasta Just as muon (eer, tainly absorb just as els whatever im- purities hang round a sick bed when left standing near it. Let n-e impress upon invalids the importance of keeping their re! nts covered. Many del‘cate persons not absolutely in need of night attendance yet require a supply of night nutriment. I know of an invalid Home where almost every patient is larlv supplied with agiass of at the ide for night use. ‘Then there are cooling drinks, j blanc- marges, and a variety of Mquids usually seen at the invalld’s bed-side, and all more or less absorbent. All should be kept covered, I once cone who ees bed-side table Supplied with an array of glasses, jee ete,, the contents of. not one The invalid liked the contents of each, and wasamused to one or the tiny covers and it which resented itself to her taste. And to ‘inva- amusea, and ready to relish pro- vided for are important duties in nurs- white they prove tothe suileser that he oy ous fever or is tenderly cared for. NANNEPTE’s LIVE BABY. ary Wide Awake A good many je: Gelphia, lived a litte girl One summer afternoon her mother went to pay a short visit to her aunt, who lived near hy, aut gave her little girl permission to amuse herselt on the front door-steps Nannette, in_a clean pink frock and white apron, playing and chatting with her biz wax “ Didy,” whic) | i | (Mary Wacer-Fir! pretty picture to the passers-by, some of whom Walked stowly, in order to hear the child's talk to her doll. is “You'se a big, old girl, ing out Didy’s petticoats, “and I’ve you for ever and ever, and I'se mes’ six. But you grow no Digger. You never, never cry, you don’t. You’se a stupid old thing. and I'm tired of you, Iam! I bieve you'se only a make b'leve baby. and I want a real, live baby, 1do—a baby that will ery! Now don’t 7 doll's head a whack- she went on, smooth- jueam /-t-r"- a-e-r, 1 would! ‘lisman would come, and there would be an a‘yful time. There, now sit We can’t you? Your back is like a ee stick. Oh, hum, I’m tired of you. Leaving the doll leaning In a one-sided way inst the door, Nannette posed her _ led. chin in her hands, and sat quietly looking into the street. Presently a woman came along with a bundle in her arms, and seeing Nannetve and “Didy” in the door-way, went up the steps and asked the little CR if she would not lixe to have a real little live baby. “One that will ery?” eagerly asked Nanuette. “Yes, one that will cry, and lauga, ‘09, after a bit,” answered the woman, all tuet ing keenly about her; and then in a voice she asked the child if her mother was at jome. **No—she’s gone to see my auntie; shall I call her?” replied Nannette, jumping to her feet, ‘and clapping her hands,’ from a feellog as if, in some way, she was to have her long-wished-for live baby. “No, don’t call her; and if you want a baby that will cry, you must be very quiet and listen tome. Mark me now—have you a quarter of a dollar to pay for a baby. “ T guess so,” answered Nannette; ‘I’ve a lot of money up-stairs.” And running up to her room, she climbed into a chair, took down her money-box from a shelf, and emptying all her pennies and small silver coin into her apron, ran down again. be is as much asa quarter of a dollar, isn’t it?” The woman saw at aglance that there was more than that amount, and hastily taking poor little Nannette’s carefully hoarded pennies, she whispered: “Now carry the baby up-stairs and keep it in your own little bed. Be careful to make no noise, for it is sound asleep. Don’t tellanybody you have it until ft cries. Miud that. When you hear itcry, you may know it is hungry.” ‘Then the woman went hurriedly away, and Nannette never saw her again. Nannette’s little heart was nearly breaking with delight at the thought of having a real live baby; and holding the bundle fast in her arms, where the woman it, she gan trudging upstairs with it. Finally pufflag and panting, her cheeks all aglow, sh ad her little bed, and turning down the covers, she put in the bundle and covering it up carefully, She gave it some loving little pais, saying softly, “Muy baby, my real, little live baby that will ery!” And then she caretully tripped eut of the room and down-stairs again. Very soon Nannette’s mother came home, bringing her a fine large apple, which drove ali thoughts of the baby from her mind, and it was only when night came, and she was seated at the supper table with her papa and mamma that she remembered her baby; but at that time, suddenly, from some! hat surely wasin the house, came a baby’s and clap- ping her hands, her eyes dancing with joy, Nan- nette began to'slide down from her chalr, say- ing with great emphasis, “That's my baby.” Her mother laughed. * Fou baby, Nannette?” “Yes, mamma, my baby; don’t you hear it cry? -*Tis hungry!” And she started to run up stairs, but her mother called her back. “Why, Nannette, what ails you? What do you mean about your baby?” she asked in sur- rise, is “Why.My BABY, mamma! I bought it fora quarter of a dollar! a baby that cries—not a tois’ble make b’leve baby, Oh, how it does cry! it must be awful hungry!” And away she darted up the stairs. ler father and mother arose from their seats in Perec amazement, and followed their little girl to her room, where, lying upon her bed, ‘Was a bundle from which came a baby’s cries. Nannette’s mother began to unfasten the wrap- pings, and, sure enough, there was a wee little rl not more than two or three weeks old look- g up at them with two great wet eyes. ft course, Nannette was questioned, and she related all she could remember of her talk with the woman from whom she bought the baby. Her papa said perhaps the baby had been stolen, and that something had been given to it to make it sleep. “But what shall we do with it?” asked both the father and mother. “Do with it?” cried Nannette. “Why, it’s my baby, mamma! I paid all my money for it. Iteriés, tdoes! I Will keep it always.” So it was decided that the baby should stay, ifnol came to claim it, which nobody ever did, although Nannette’s papa put an advertise- ment in a newspaper about it. It would take a larger book than “Wide Awake” in which to tell all of Nanaette’s experi:nces in taking care of “7 baby,” as she the little girl, whom she afterward nanied Victoria in houor of the thea young queen of Eagiand. Victoria is now a woman, ind she lives, as does Nannette, in the ctiy of Philad fa. She has a little girl of her own “mos’ six,” who ts nam. d Nannette for the good little “sister movuer,” who, once upon a time, bowth* her manma ot a strange woman for aqvarter ofa dollar, as she thought. And this other bttle Nannette never tires of hearing the romantic sto -v of the indolent “Didy” and ‘the “real, litte, live baby that will cry.” W. S. Gilbert as a Stage Manager. A REHEARSAL OF THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. {Philadelphia Press.] Frederick, the piratical leutenant, finally appears just as the ladies, having arrived at the conclusion that they are “the first human beings who ever set foot on this enchanted spot,” are about to remove their shoes to wa‘le long the beach. In fact, each has one shoe removed when Frederick appears and informs them that they are not in absoiute solitude, and when he further informs them that he isa pirate one of the funniest episodes in the plece occurs. The troop of girls, holding each one a shoe inher hand, hop back in terror on cov- ered foot. But this has to be well done for effect. The first hop was not a success. “Not that way, ladies; not that way,” shouts Mr. Gilbert, and a brief pantomimic example of his idea is given as an accompaniment. It is not a success—the lesson—so far as the ladies are concerned. ‘Mr. Gilbert gets impatient and clambers over the seats to the stage, where, Pirguetting ‘on one foot, he hops three'skips and triumphantly adds: “It’s quite easy,you know; now try thati” ‘They try it again, but again it ts a failure. Mr. Giibert gets impatient. “It’s so simple, you know,” he explains, as he again hops across the stage, with an airy disregard of aj pearances very comical. “Just try, ladies, if you can't get that idea right, you Know!” And these models of professional patience try to get the “ideah” right. But they don’t to any alarming extent. “Mr. Gilbert hops some more and the ladies also hop—it’s quite a hop- era, somebody suggests, and 1s immediately re- war Jed with the complimext “very good—very .” But the “hoperatic” part of the perfor- mance fs not perfected, and it is only after ten minutes hard work that It 1s satisfactory to all concerned. As Frederick and Mabel sing Mr. Gilbert is actively at work potsing the ladies, and then the pirates Bet ready and come on, seizing the ladies as if they were fragile pieces of china which would crumble at a touc! “Oh! nonsense. Come, now, you know pi- rates don’t seize ladies that way,” observes Mr. Gilbert, at the same time giving a practical demonstration of how any ir ortho- dox pirate would seize a ~ The pirates seize accordingly, with a firm grip and with something lke piratical energy. The ladies quietly themselves to their fate. “Now, why don’t you ladies struggle? ladies don’t submit to pirates so easily. Struggle, now; won’t you, please?” and the author gives his pees sounding bang to emphasize the meaning. ‘The ladies'struggle in a ladylike manner, ‘No! no! no! You must struggle more than that,” urges Mr. Gilbert; and as he he illus- trates a frantic female trying to escape from , the grasp of a bold, bad pirate. “That’s the idea, you know.” By-and-by he gets them to realize he means, and the Major-General at last makes his appearance. Seymour begins the little dia- logue which precedes his song of the ‘Model Major-General,” and the other characters who take part in the dialogue are on hand with their lines, letter-perfect, but pointless and spiritiess, * Not that way,” uulates Mr. Gilbert. “Can’t you say itso? ‘Here we are again!” The osn| immediately responds, ‘There we D Not There we again.’ Begin that please, Mr. Seymour.” Mr. Seymour again, and gets up to the critical point, when the gentlem4n who 1; to play the King once more repeats, “There we are again.” just what ak ““Here—here—here we are again. Now d> Please remember that, will you? And then the gent remem! it an the fun on. ItiSall action, and Mr. Gil- REYES is heard ually til her return. So | was her doll's Bame, forined a | EDISON AND HIS VISITORS. (N. ¥. Sun. To any one who has seen the electric lights that are displayed in various of the city, Mr. Edison's light must at first seem a very fecble itluminator. The passenger by the Penn~ syivaria Katiroad invariably scramble to that sice of the cars from which Edison’s lights on the depet steps at Menlo Park are visible; but when the lights are seen they are either pio: nounced a failure or Lacse who see thent dec! cannot be the lights they were look- is but gas jets. In tae darkness of a country roadside the light they shed seems at a djstance to produce only a glimmer, ‘When a passenger quits the train and, mount- ing the stairs, obtains a close view of the lamps aud perceives the horseshoe shape of the flame he fs ascured of two certainties—that iney are Edicen’s Iights, and that their flluminating power 1s at least that of an ordinary gas jet. ‘There is h6 brant, ferce tame suchas 3 pro- | duced by what New Yorkers Know as the elec- tric light. In its place ts a tlay hoop of white fire, Lent at the top and fastened at the ends, and this seems to glow like white hot metai rather than to blaze. Once on the brow of the land the visitor sees these lamps fixed to ordin- ary lampposts placed at sho.i distances from one anoiner and following the lines of the country roads. They look like gas lamps, except. that gas is yellow and they are white. They are not encumbered with any mechanical appliances as the old electric lights are, and take up less room than a flame ot gas. There is notning about them but a pear-shaped lamp chimuey containing two Wires and the horseshoe of fire. ‘This 13 en- closed im a great glass gicb~ -1eh as our city Jamps have. A plate of wire ,uuze covers the botums of these probes. because when the lamp was first exhibited many were stolea. Tae visitors to Kdison’s shops saw him and his em- ployes lifting the are in and out of their soc! ets. and they made a tour of the country roa‘ts und lifted out twenty-three lamps to carry home and exhibit. Oneot these stolen lamps 13 on exhibition in Rahway, another in a Broadway window, and the whereabouts of several o:hers is known. Since the wire gauze protectors have been used to cover the opesingsin the lamp globe, one lamp has been stolen. The man who took it got it by smashing tae great globe with a cobblestone. Mr. Edison grieves over the loss of these lamps because they were of various kinds, and he was studying their behavior from day te day in order to determine which shape or material or combination of devices was the best. As the Sun has already stated, Edison keeps a book in which he enters daily whatever has been no- Uced about each of the sixty lamps that are kept burning. He says that these lamps differ one from another. The difference, however, is in such small points that none but a practised eye can detect it. Itis when the lamp is seen burning indoors that the first feeling of disap- ointment is overcome. There is one of these lamps in the sitting-room of a house near the depot. Itcan beseen fromthe road through the great bow window of the room. The room seems to be brilllantly illuminated by but one lamp, although only afew feet away a street lamp of exactly the same power fs feebly strug- gulng with the darkness, just asa gas lamp | Would in the same situation. The truth Is, as Mr. Edison always explains to his guests, the Edison lamp was designed for use in houses, and it is meant to have the same candle power asa gas jet. Nearly every house in the village contains one or more of these lamps. Whoever remains over night there dines by this light and finds it tn his bedroom. The Menlo Park people are all enthusiastic partisans, and praise the lamp as if they were all stockholders in the new company. “Those other fellows,” said Mr. Edison, in Speaking: of his fellow electricians, “began at the big end of the horn with a tremendously powerful light. They tried to reduce their light down to aserviceable power. They are stuck fast somewhere In the horn. I began with a light of two candle poWer, and I have raised it to the power of an ordinary house ueate Mr. Edison was standing in his office with a well-worn high hat on his head, a _hand- kerchief around his neck and knotted under one ear, and with his hands in his pockets, Two or three persons were talking to and twenty others were staring at him. He had a_ pencil and a piece of paper in his pocket, and he used these in calculations continually. He solves arithmetical problems rapidly and accurately, and it is said that he leaves to conjecture noth- ing that will demonstrate. He is sald to have astonished some gas men who found that he had at his fingers’ ends the details of their business. He assured them that he had not based his estimates upon any reports by the close monopolies of this country, but upon the ent Parisian xenon ereune very many years. one hour the other aay he made many calvuiagone once to find out the ave! breakage ve day among a mil- lion lamps if the average life of a lamp was one year; another sum was worked in order to dis- cover the percentage of break: thus far among his 60 lamps, and a concerned future operations in this city. Mr. Edison had been talking about the near prospect of the in- troduction of his light in New York. pp eer man was busy with the plans for the interior of the great depot from which the Aloe power ts to be distributed over a square tnile of city houses. Mr. Edison been say- ing that a recent law permitted the laying of wires under the streets, and that he would take advantage of this, “*But how Will you secure customers for your ht?” he was asked. “Tl trust to human nature for that,” said he. “ If I can furnish an article as good as gas at a cheaper rate, I am sure it will be purchased. : shall say to the people who live in the district } propose to begin with:—‘Here 1s a light tha’ gives out one-fifteenth the heat of gas, tha’ ves a steady Ught, that is cheap, that can set ire to ‘nothing, that does away with matches, that can be managed by a child, that can be turned upside down, that is ornamental, and that can be converted into a propelling power— to run a sewing machine, for instance—when it is not needed as a light.’ Suppose a person wishes to illuminate house, I can furnish 0 or 300 extra lights, and put them wherever the mistress of the house decides. Afterward they can all be taken down with but littie trou- ble, and but little cost for the whole operation.” ison’s shops are almost as public as the Clty Hall; consequently, in the daytime and early evening: @ never-ending line of visitors march through the different buildings. It is at nine o’clock, after the last train has carried off the Jast visitor, that Edison and his assistants do their hard work. It was while Mr. Edison and the writer were walking and talking together one evening last week that the inventor was in- amen of the desire of several ladies to “‘see im. “Tell them,” said he good naturedly, ‘that the man they saw blowing glass in the little building to the right was me. ‘Tell ’em it was me ees They will be Just as well satis- fed.” tn came ‘across Edison in one of the shops, and one of their male companions introduced them to him before he could escape. He looked per- exed, then smiled, bowed afterward, and ay plunged past the women through an open ‘decor. “Well, they saw you,” said the writer. “Yes, and they must have been astonished to see such a stupid fellow,” Edison repiled. Mr. Edison will not increase the nuiaber of his lights until he has decided upon the most economical and efficient description of lamp. There are eighty-five lghts now up. Among these are some of the old lamps, some of the new, and a lamp with a carbonized hemp horse- Shoe, instead of card-board. Again, in some the horseshoe carbons are attached to the wires by platinum clamps, while in others this con- nection is made by clamps of lignum vite, and again of plumbago, made up almost entirely of carbon, and containing little iron. The elghty- horse power engine is at work night and day. Besides the lights, which Mr. Edison says are generated at the rate ot from S to 10 per horse power, this oe Tuns all the belting shating, for the big workshop back of the labor- atory. Good and Bad Breakfasts. {The London News.] Mr. Ernest Hart has been saying some very Sensible things about breakfast in the Sanitary Record. In few things do civilized nations differ from each other more than in the arrange- ments of breakfast. To eat.a scotch breakfast, for example, one requires to have passed some time in mountainous air and in active exer- cise. Given, these conditions, the porridge, the Finnan haddocks, the omelettes, the hain, the trout, the cold grouse, the marmalade, the hot ae the strawberries and cream, the tea and coffee, and the rest are all that a fru- gal taste can desire. But Mr. Hart thinks that tea is not the right beverage at break- fast. It is a stimulant to the nerves, and the nerves should not be stimulated 8o early in the day. To be sure, a pipe afver- ward should make that allright, but people who do not smoke, if they avold tea at breakfast. ie French take wine, and a good deal of it, but how Frenchmen can breakfast as they do and achieve any sort of Work afterward is a They begin the day with a roll and some coffee (also a “nerve stimulant,” we fear), and get through much business before noon. But how they can Eggs, bacon and toast, dag one’s life, are abundant, and may be nourishing, oe ee eps unexciting.” rr. ae 88 good for break- fast, and so it is if ‘the other items of a Scotch breakfast are to follow. By itself itis not very filling at the price. Here hominy has oa t is still less a e buckwheat cakes. of a distin, ied artist, it “ a little monot- ind is ee milk and sugar. BY ELSIE LEIGH WHITTLESEY. | Going from Chicago to New York in a parlor ; car some years ago I chanced to find myself seated opposite a lady, not young, and Rainy, Who attracted me strongly. hat first drew my attention to her was her , voice. Ihad never before heard anything like it, clear, deep and sympathetic, every syllable | bite accentuated, and so even, full and ! howing ‘that to listen to it charined one irresist- | y. Thad just finished reading the New York Her- aid when her “Please perm:t me to look at your paper a moment,” fell on my ear like a note of m wusic. Of course I gave her the paper. She was a foman hot far from sixty, large- framed and Geep-chested. Her reaturés were irregular, Lut her blue eyes were replete with genius, and a finer sheped_ head never sat on a Woman's shoulders than that which I caught myself eg irding with more of interest than po- liteness warranted. ‘When the train stopped at Toledo,a hand- some, Cark-eyed Italian girl came to the car windcw and held up for our inspection a basket of oranges. The lady sel two or three from the great golden pile, and tossed a halt dollar to the youthrul fruit'vender. “That Italian girl's face reminds me of one I once saw in Rome,” said my traveling compan- fon handing the oranges she had purchi to her colored maid, who sat just behind her, the very pink of dusky attendants. ix 5 by her voice and mans ‘Was so fascinated that before I well knew what I was saying, had blurted out the question: “a girl with a story I aim sure, and one which I should dearly like to know.” ‘The old lady smiled, and a wonderful smile it was, lighting up beautifully one of the most ex- pressive countenances I had ever seen. I can do no more than ier her words: to catch the spirit of her marvelously dramatic way of speak- ing would be simply impossibie. “While at Rome, some years ago, 1 one day visited the studio of a rising American sculptor. ‘He was quite a young man, handsome, and a great favorite. ‘Flushed with his first success, ambitious and gifted, he had some reason to be eer with the worid and the world with him. He had just finished an exquisite statue of Ari- adne forsaken, and it was to see this lastant best work of his chise: that 1 had been lav tel to visit the studio. It represented Ariadne, us’ after awakti g, alone on the Island of Nox: serted by Theseus, terrified and heart-vro] en. ‘The grief, alarm, and despair depicted in th} marble features were the very periection 0! art, and nothing could be more beautiful thin th3 sorrowful loveliness of the drooping head ani imploring, out-stretched hands, A crimson sii< curtain, arranged so as to throw a soft, warm light over the statue, became slightly displ: ced, and behind its heavy folds,with her head resting against the pedestal of an unfinished Demeter, Tsaw a young Itallan peasant girl asleep. The movement aroused her, and she opened a pair of dark eyes that were intensely mournful in their slow, upward gaze. The small brown hands, the exquisitely turned wrist and arm, the large sad eyes, dark as night, wine-red lips and long smooth braids of ebon hair were purely Italian. Icould not heip looking at her in undisguised admiration. The young sculptor smiled, and said to the girl kindly, ‘You may go, Anita: You will not be wanted to-day, but’ do not fall to come to-morrow.’ “With a dumb, dog-like obedience, the girl arose: 8nd, without a word, silently disap- pare “‘Anita is the model who stood for Ariadne. She has the mute, grieved, startled expression that I wanted for this particular work; and in that one respect, at least, my Ariadne cannot be surpassed. You see her here again in Demeter searching for her daughter. Even the hand that holas the uplifted torch has something in- deseribably sad about it. That's Anita’s own sorrowful look, I’d know it among a thousand.’ ” “If Anita had been a model of wood, instead of flesh and blood, he could not have spoken more indifferently. I can’t tell why, but the girl interested me deeply. She seemed so lone- ly, So Poor and friendless—one of the many hundreds of models who haunt the studios of Rome, living heaven only knows where or how. With her passionate southern. Dlood she nher- ited the dark, dreamy beauty of the Tuscan race; and all the warm, silent love of her heart she had given, unasked and uncared for, to the young sculptor. He did not return her love, and she knew it—just as one knows they can- not possess a star, because it is so high above them. “ Anita’s affection was nothing t2 the hand- some American—absolutely nothing; for he was G of rank, young and lovely, to whom his poor model ‘was no more to be compared than the light from a bundle of fagots is to be likened to the moon. “He entered his studio one mor with a song on his lips, and his heart overruni with gladness, for on the morrow he would marry the woman he loved—loved best in all the world—entered, to find Anita lying at the feetot Ariadne, dead!” ‘The unutterable pathos of the word as it fell, slow and distinctly, from the narrator’s lt seemed to conjure up the form of the hapless lying cold and still at the of the statue, as vividly as if the scene had been enac- ved BeIS Fecwecy Stay. had not expe ors 1 TL echoed, 7 - ted quite so tragic a'climax. “Aye, dead! ‘That was Anita’s way of ending her troubles, She had taken a narcotic poison, qu etiy | ilowed her head on her shapel arm, tumed her white face up to the whiter Ariadne’s, and so fully, and with no outward sign of either or regret.” I thanked my trav story, wondered meanwhile where I had seen that peculiarly striking countenance before. It flashed across mindin amoment. The el derly jady with the melodious voice and mi nificent breadth of brow was Charlotte Cush- man. companion for the RIDING HABITS, rs and Inconveniences to adies are Subjected in the (The Queen.] There has lately been much discussion ina contelnporary as to the risks run by ladies when riding and hunting, and also as to the part played by the present style of riding habit in producing accidents such as were described in a letter written by Mr. Lovell. That gentleman, after detailing some terrible catastrophes pro- duced by the entanglement of the habit in the pommels of the saddle, proposed that the habit should be cut clean at the bottom without a hem, just like a man’s] frock coat, and that the seams at the bottom should only b2 buttoned together, the buttons being very loosely attached,’ so as (0 give way at the ‘slightest strain. A few moments’ consideration must show, however, that such a course 1s impracticable, for the ‘least touch from gate or briar, or Indeed even a strong wind, would be certain to cause anything so slightly attached to come apart, and the lady would be left in a very unpleasant position, her habit being slit up thé seam, and, for ail practi- cal burposes, non-existent. It seems almost impossible to improve onthe habits of the day when mede by first-rate artists. Formerly there ‘was @ great and most unnecessary superiuity of cloth, not only floating beneath the foot and exposing the wearer to numberless dangers from catching in gate-posta, branches or any of the many obstacles to be encountered in riding across country, but also in the upper portion of the skirt, and requiring to be arranged among the pommels. Now the habits are very closely gored; there is not 4 supertizcus inch of Cloth anywhere, and the danger of entau- lement is thereby very materially lessened. The old flowing skirt has also entirely dis- appeared. Even for Park riding, the habit hardly reaches more than two inches below the foot, while for hunting it is cut even shorier, there by greatly lessening the danzer of catch- ing in aby passing obstacle. Nothing can be neater or more becoming than the habit of the present day, fitting its wearer like a glove, ut- terly destitute of braid or trimming of any kind, and depending for its beauty eatirely on the perfection of its cut and its thoroughly use- ful and workmanlike appearance. Some ladies, anxious to avoid the possibility of a wrinkle, have elastic straps sewn into the skirt to slip over the foot; but these, with a well-cut habit and a good seat, are quite unn and they certainly constitute an element of . A lady’s seat can never, in the nature of en be so secure as a man’s; but the it danger 01 entanglement does not reside in the habit so puck as in ne sure 5 ee with the ety spring do not invarial foot when eequired. Many lady riders use no stirrup at all; and, if this it ith the stirrup is ractice of dispensin; early, it is quite as cay to ride without it—a far better seat is insu as the balance is necessarily more and it is unnecessary to point out how itely less is the danger of the rider being dragged in case of an One or two writers the off-pommel as a danger, and declare that even if not dan; itis useless. In this we cannot alady who has twice owed her life—or, at any rate, immunity from a severe accident—t the off-pemmel. On one occasion the u ter she was riding, after several p! unges, Dagan to wriggle in an endeavor to rid hit burden, and she was thrown over on the off aide, The Dan: which eaddie. ) M. Albert Grevy, with her head as low as his knee; had there no off-pommel it would have been utterly im ible for her torecover her balance. On the other occasion Ww as she was turning, throwing her over on the off-side. On the off- pommel saved it, and its use was proved by the black bruise left above the kn Weight had fora moment burg on it, It 1s also of infinite service in the event of a horse ing down hill or = ebiol between the tw Socaeinta, re cushion betw 0 ‘tht an ex it and could at least be productive of neither nor inconvenl- —Margaret, Lammens were convicted der of John Meirhaffer, husband West Orange, 'N. J., October: 9th. overs ived the verdict unmoved. their innocence, and charged the guilt on each Salaries of French Officials. French official salaries are in some instances iiberal and in some quite the reverse. Thus, President Grevy has $120,000 a year, with $60,000 for Lousehold expenses, and a like sum for trav- eling expenses and entertaining. His brother, wernor general of Algeria, has $20,000, with 000 for expenses. Each of the ten cabinet ministers has $12,000; the six assistant secretaries recelve from $4,000 to 26.000. The prefect of the Seine has $10,000 and amension; the prefect of police $, pusion; thetr respective secretaries receive $5,600 and $3,000. There are 11 prefects of de- Partments, receiving $7,000 each, $3 have sala- Hes of $5,000, and 41 of $3.600. Of the sub-pre- fects 49 receive $1.40 a year, 56 are paid $1,200, and 1¢5 have salaries of $00. Of the dtplo- Matic corps the best paid member {s the embassador to the court of St. Peters- burg, who has $0,000 a yeat the minister to England has $49 000; that to Vienna, $24,000; that to Berlin, $28,000; that to Constan- Urople, $26,000; that to Madrid. $24,000; the Ininister to Italy and the representative at the Vatican receive $22,000 each; to the Chines? mission is attached a salary Of $17,000; the Jap- anese and American missions are worth $16,000 a year, and the Swiss $12,000. The salaries of tueir secretaries of legation vary from $1,000 up 1o $2,800, The consulates of NewYork an Shenghal pay $12,000; Calcutta is rated at $10,- 00; A’exandria, San Fi pay 39 Coo, and Havana, gs,0e0, The marshals of, France have something over $6,000) ;Gen. Vinows n of Honor, ha-t valids has (includ- ingtallowances) $5,400, the miliary governmea cf Paris has $5,192, and the same oficial at Lyo: has $3,032; the seventeen commanders of army corps have each a little less than $6,400, includ- ing allowances, and so on. In the navy there are fifteen vice-admirals at $3,000; 30 rear ad- iirals at $2,400, ete. A Little-Known Test for Health. A distinguished German savan, Professor Jager, has recently published the results of his highly oniginal studies on wat constitutes sound health, and how best it may be attained and preserv Increase in the proportion or water In the tissues and humors of the body he considers to be oneof the chief factors in Ma- bility to illmess. When as much water as_pos- sible is given off by the lungs and skin, and When its accumulation 1f, as far'as may be, pro- vided against, tendency to disease has been greatly diminished. Hence we see at a glance why itis better to wear close-fitting woolen clothing; why gymnastic exercises, exciting iree perspiration, are beneficial; why it is wise to use hot drinks and highly-seasoned. in illness, and why thorough ventilation of sitting and bed-rooms, by preventing moisture from being present in any great quantity in the air, isone of the most valuable of sanitary laws. A man’s specific gravity, Professor Jager, main- tains, 1s a good ciiterion of his strength of con- stitution, his capacity for work and his power cf resisting cisease. a 1880 THE NEWSPAPERS 1880 OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE EVENING STAR THE WEEKLYISTAR, WASHINGTON, D. Cc. 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ON THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRU- any, 1880, for furnishing, delivering and. laying new marble tiling, and for working anew and laying Old marble tiling, for flooring pa structed model Halls of the 1 ice Building, in acoordance with drawings and specifications, copies of which, with blank forms of proposals atzsched andany, additional informa- * had office. if = ADOLF CLUS! feb6-e05t Engineer and Architect,’ Sate. OF OBSOLETE AND UNSER- STOREREE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANOB UNITED STATES ORDNANCE AG Corner Houston ana Greene) streets, et > one, Januaary, 5 ie will be received at Bealed Proposals, in dupli this oftice for the purchase of Obsolete and U viceable Cranes ang Cranes Nee pero Wr Cannon, ‘arriages, Small Arms, Leather Worl Lead, Teols, and Scrap Materials, &c., at tho various Avschals: Forts, and ‘Dopots’ bt aie United tes. Bids will be opened at 12 o'clock m., on WEDNES- DAY, THE 25TH Day o Fenavany, 1890, for Stores located as follows, to wit: Fort Montos Argenal, Var Indianapone arsenals ‘ort Monroe 1s Vn Ind. ; Kennebec Arsenal, Me. ; Pikesville Md. ; Rock Island Arsenal, Il. ; St. Louis Mo. National Armory, Mass. D. O.; Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y. ; Wat ‘Arse: fase. qfitd the Forts in the following named Statos, to Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Mass- achusetts, Michigan, New Hai ‘New J sey, New York, Penusyivania, Whode Yaland, ¥ir~ Bids will be 1ed at 12 o'clock m., on WED- NESDAY, the l0th day of March, 1880, for Biores ogated as follows, to wit: , Ga.; San Antonio Arsenal, {Benicia Arsenal, Gal. ; Vancouver ton, D.O., at this or Depots: and the © cers of will furnish on application information as to what Stores on hand at their respective posts are for ie. Bidders will state explicitly, the posts where the Stores are located which they bid for, and will give the Finds and quantities they Propose to Deliveries will only be made at vVaridus posta “ihe Department the right to rejectall ent reserves bids which are not deemed satisfactory. Prior to the acceptance of any bid it will have to be approved by the War Dey ent. Terms - hes per cent. atthe Stared and, the remain- ler when the rope ered. Thirty days will be allowed for the removal of stores. Pecking boxes will be charged at prices to be de- termined by the Department. Proposals will be addressed to the U.S. Agency, New York (P. O. Box 1811), and m be endorsed, "Proposals for purchasing Stores,” with, N° REASONABLE OFFER REFUS! FOR FINE GOLD WATCHES, DIAMONDS, ana JEWELRY. OUR SPECIALTY SOLID GOLD GENT’S STEM- WINDING ELGIN WATCH ONLY 845. Atways ON Hann. flatge assortment of GENT’S CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING, BREACH-LOADING GUNS and REVOLVERS for sale at very low prices. J. M. & BR. COMEN, LOAN OFFICE, 1007 7th street northwest. $10,000 TO LOAN at the lowest rate of interest.f6 Wy ssnunerer AND NEW YORK STOCK AGENOY. ty d_ direct Telegraph Wires between Saciiebey in Washington aud Row Your offs. H. H. DODGE, 4. G. WOOD, No. 1, Willard’s Hotel, Washington, D. |Qvs AGENTS FOR PRINOE & WHITELY, Sroox Broxens, 64 Broapway, Nsw Yore- . D. PRING: 3, D- FRINGE, | General Partners. W. B. TRA’ Bpecial. sass of, Securities Bought and Sold on gonial in San Erancisco, ow fork and ‘Washington Orders in COTTON executed. ANITARY PLUMBING. Psovios 4, ExPerrexce. 8 ane eee i) Oth st. nw, Maker's special of PLUM. iG, with a view to its srrangement. Orders promptly fled. feba-ime R YOUR COUGH, USE FOR YOUR QOLp, USE = i FOR HOARSENESS, SORE THioaT, i ELECAMPANE AND iouND™ COUGH Di Half-Pound eae 25 its pe febl0 14th. sts. and D sts. n.wW. W. @. WHITNEX & ©0,,