Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1881, Page 6

“wre will be the order of the coming days. Vie- * Wns ar tmpatient for the first sirokes of thelr FASHIO: { THB newest biue ts calied poreelain bine. * Rep anp Ysuiow are the conspicuous colors {i spring millinery. Twrtep Scotcn ginghams such es Lady | Macbeth wore, still hold thetr own. | To MAks a belt bow requires a yard and | five-eighths of eight-inch ripbon—no more, no ess. A Boxee of coarse Russian lace (red, blue and whitr) to a 5 o’ciock tes cloth ts very ef- | fective. WRINKLES, | | Accorpine to the N. ¥. Mvi’, at evening par- ‘Mes in that city within the t4 weeks have | been seen wals's so short tha ; need three | hooks only to fasten them at the ba | Some oF raw NeWest Cuare Backs are made | of alternate squares of itnen and satin—the Imen being worked with larze conventional designs in crewels of one tone. Tux OLp CorrzR WARMING I’as, beloved of | our grandmothers, has reappeared in form, | although the material 1s copper-colored satin stretched over a pasteboard inould. catch-all i) makes, and pretty witnal. SPRING MaNTLRS.—Shorier wraps of medium Tength with great square sleeves are offered for the spring. These are of black satin Siciiienne, Or the twiiled satin Surah, elaborate with lace frills and beaded carnitures, or else they are of light gray or ¢2ra camei'shatr shirred inio shape with many rows of ga'hers around tue neck, at tie waist line, and oa the sleeves. Fringes and passementeriy trim these wool Wraps. VisttInc TomerrRs FOR Srrixe.—The new Visiting drosses for spring are of satin mer- ellleux tn condor brown, gwnet, or laurier Gaurei) rel, or else dark rifl> green for the Waist and overdress, with yay satin Surah Sistpes for combinations. ‘The biack satin mer- vellieux dreases to be worn with black Spanish ace Donnets are entirely black, having yards upon yards of Spanish lace for trimmings, with much jet beading op net or en satin for collar, cuffs aid retrousses. Other black Surah dresses, have gay siripes, blocks ani checks, such as ihe Rob Roy red and black cuccks, also of Satin Surah for ‘rimming. steel passementerie but- ferfMles, collars, culls and iriuges wim other Diack dresses and wraps that will be worn with Diack pet and steel lace bonnets, or with the soft silver gray sating that are revived, and are brigh «ued by facings of the new laurier and Vands«k red shades.— Arr)» Bazar, Fascy Work of all kinds has become a perfect art. Ladies take the greatest interest in every Thew design brought out in this line, and itis L I was formerly the fellow of a college, which | L shell not name, in an English univers'ty ) Which I suall not particularize further than by sSaylog that It ts neither London nor Durham. At the Ume of which I write I was a newiy- elected fellow: extremely young, and, I believe, passably good-looking. Jt was the heart of the Long Vacation; at least, Its heart fh one sense; not as being equl- distant trom Its two extremities, for It was now Septein ber, and “the Long” would end in three Weeks, but as belog the polat of time at which the Vacation dullness culmiuated. Nobody was “up,” tn our colleye, literally noone. A score Of +tuuious Under-graduates had been allowed to occupy thelr rooms during July aud August, but they were all gone; the Master was shoot. ing partridges, the two tutors somewhere ba tween China and Pera, my other colieagues dotting the globe with every impossible diver- Sence of route, On the particular seventeenth of September of which I write 1 was in undis- turbed possession of the entire rango of cal_ lege buildings, kitchen and butlery, hall and common-room: everything but the porters lodge. Crapples, thé porter, maintatned his location there, and I had my own rooms, at the far end of the third or inner court. Between us, asfar as human habitation went, was a howling wilderness. I felt slightly discomposed when I first real- {zed this tact.’ It wan imperative that I should be In college fora few days, and I had looked forward to my Visit there asa period of seclu_ Sfon aud quiet; but I had not anticipated this apsolute loneliness; It was an ounce or two be- Yond the bargain, However, there was Crap- ples to fall back upon. But let a0 man think that because his cir- cumstances are Dad he has exhausted the con- Ungencles of their bzomlng worse. I had dined at five, and just settled down to some college business when I was ivterrupted by a tap at the door, followed by the entrance of my bars ey in solitude. “I bope I am not intruding, sr," sald Crup- ples, who prided himself ou b's good manners and education general! “No, Crapples,” I said; “all right. “Have you any message for me?” “Well, sir, no; that fs to say, not precisely, sir; very little communication of any kind go- ing on now, Mr. Burchill. f have hardly ex- 2a dozen words with a fellow-creature nce this time yesterday.” “What {3 it, then?” I asked, glancing at the folios of closely-columned accounts out of which T had to collect the materials for my last term’s “s bills, = = Only just to say that the work they accompitsh | »,, ell, Sif” sald Crupples, shitiing pneasily Bee eee rieet Of lis Kind. Among the aov- | thing that happens every day. Iam quite aware Cities tn t.ucy articles ts an erabrotdery in Louis | ting tat happens every day. 1 am quite aware XVI. sts of ribton oh velvet or satia ground. | ee een eee, ant treet toe eae ‘The desiga of this was taken fom the Hloune3 | BOpOr to held In college, an faeaning tne ene eae trees deenaaing to Marie 4n- | fellows, for Crupp'es never called the under- Way this flue embroidery ts done. The desigas SLs oe Cat You: can Avablan jasmldes, leaves, daisies, ver- Seu myovotl. The nanow ribbon 1s taken “through ive eve of the needie. lise worsted, the Tellef Of the ribbon producing a beantiful effect among the Various colors oz .the embroidery. ‘The flowers have almost th effect of natural flowers, fu-tened by some process to the velvet % “Well, what ts 1t2"” in. ‘This new Way of working flowers is hy. . . a pra ag present. Watte embroidery 13 | Only Tents ane a being completeiy out of use. Tua! ia most } left alone bere to-night? My sister 16 to be ee riistic work where the combination | Arried in the country to-morrow, (00 early for plors €x * Very best Laste. ‘The mest beantifully work ts done fa all colored BI OD Satin and piush.—N. ¥. Pines, THIS Is 148 SZasON Of festivities, and pleac- bows, abu y00u !’aris will illumine her chande- Hers that shed ivrth more Mgnt tuan the nigat has stare. Dressmakers are beglaping to sigh less. ‘They bave more thar tiey can do, and that 1s what they want. They seem, by the way, to vie with €ach other in their incompre- hensibie designations with regard to colors. After having mveuted the color of “Queen's hair,” now they give us that of “stliled sighs,” “tndisere et murmurs,” “vate 3,” “heavy eyes,” and “needies3 regrets” Peach-biossom ch tptashion. The dress which I am tbe to you fs of Luis shade, and 1s wh three platings Above te piatt- requin drapery in sili gauze dotted T gathered tn long pi ts, A second drapery trimmed | = falls over Uh upper par ulin the c-nter by @ gatherea pices; edged with fringe avd wito a baud embroidered tn 5 gold in Persian colors. A pointed bod: Tuby-color-d plush and pink Id and siiver. ts cut low trimmed with lace. Ab: like an epaniette ou the rigit 5 quet of peach-b searf caught nape, and | noulder. are worn on the | fas undulating Tah underskirt, dof the iain, anddetached | bouquets ot peacu-viossoms altered above the rivtere platiing.— ia. THE Live LivrLe Potca M 39 popular for gome tine past will be worn auring the spring Beason, as they will be found more useful hand- | herchtef reticaies than they have been as pro- tectors to the hands against tke stinging bites of Jack Frost. Many ladies are making (hese Uttle pouces to maten th: pring Collets; and with trif! expense and « litle logenu- ty Mtde muf Ove is made of D a. gathered ou the edges; tn Tub perpendicularly; be regulated by the of wadding ts pul betwee lining and the exterior satin. Tue aperture On each side fs to be with gathered [riils of lace, preferably black Spanish lace about five tnebes in Width. A wide ribbon ts then through the muff aad Ued fa a large at the top, making it much narrower here than atthe bottom. “A cluster of flowers or a bright bird ts then fastened in the center.and the ach is complete Another muff can be made Fy'a similar Way, Dut bas a satin bag fled at the top—much In the suape of a comb and brush bag. Kidbon strings are added to draw Wt together at the opening, and although tals addition may not be considered as particularly ‘Ornamental to the muni, 11 will be found unde Biably useful as & convenfent receptacle for purse and memoranda. These muffs, made of Unted satin and delicate walt2 lace, accompany Bearly every imported bali-room tollet, a3 they are intended to hojd the fan, handkerchief and tablets while danciog. Some of these are beau- Ufully hand painted io det: Of leaves and grasses.—N, F. P: AUBURN-HaIkED GIRIS have come Into fash- fon. Tnose who have flery heads by nature now account themselves luck. Lemon blondes have lost their grip, and blick heads join them im envylng tbe reds. Red hair ts attainable, but with consideradle trouble, for bieaching Maust be followed by dyeing, aud the proces; Fequires frequent repetition. Moreover, the Pecullar compiexion that usually accompanies Fed hair caunot be simulated. It has a clear, Falig hue tor a groundwork (and tals might by tgelf be counterfeited); bat on it appear pale, Teddish freckles, and to paint them In would be too delicate an operation to undertake. Red hair ts becoming common on the street and In Puvlic astembiages. but the real 1s so easily stingutshed from the false that the fashion {3 not Ubely to last long. In the mat- ter of lair dressing, wnile it ts co longer correct to wear the hair high oa the head, aad in voluminous pults, braids and frizz+s, as was fashionable only a year ago, tt {3 nevertheless | Evident that the close, tat style of eolifure 13 Ging Out of date. Curls awl loops are added from week lo week, and gradually we are re—| turuing to Lue elaborate style of hair dressing | Which Is really the only one suitable for the | Compitcates detatls of the general totlet of to- Say. Whea done ta red hair, the fusstaess 1s a be formed. Eilective. Women with red nalr are calied | *Tossas.” When attired with taste, they are | bewltcaing—if they have tne complexions, Food features, animated and intelligent coan- ebances, and eyes blue, gray, dark browa or | bronze tinted.” They should’ dress in elther Yery dark or very light colors. Grays, drabs, yellows, Leap oa blue, bright green, mauve, lac and rose do not becowe them. Tuey may Wisely Wear Diack, dark biue, dark Violet, Pearl and cream white, water biue and the | Palest tints of Nile green!—Ciara Belle, Sreixe DResses.—The first spring dresses tm- Ported are short suits with narrow skirta, on which are permanently draped most voluminous Over-dresses. The corrugated folas, involutions, and curved draperies of the soft Stuffs used for ‘Over-dreases are marvelously ¢ Taceful,and when to these are added retrouse: ‘tracings’ with new panier efiects, and the gay bayadere garnitures, ihe dress becomes intricate beyond description, ‘The foundations of the dress are, however, un— chapged, as the basque with trimmed skirt re- mains the prevailing style. But the basques Vary from the simplest and ghortest now worn to the long surtout—an ish surtout re- Heved of its severe plainness by French taste — this surtout 1s worn over a skirt as elabor- ately trimmed ang draped a8 those made for the shortest basques. The lower skirt is more i often pleated than plain, and while some very | showy skirts are laid in long single kit pleats | enriched Las @ wide border of trimming, | many others have from three to five flounces | ‘Visible at that part of the skirt where the over- | Gress is drawn up highest. These tlounces may ‘De in box p ats or in side pleats, but the latter are usually iu clusters of triple pleats at inter- | Vals, and these are upon each other, | Bud caught down balf their length. then al- Jowed to spread out in a fan-like trill. Some- | ‘umes the entire front of the skirt 1s disclosed, | showing five pleated flounces, while the over- Skirt ts draped back to the sides; at others the | ‘Greek over-skirt ts draped up on one side only, | And that almost tothe belt, in order to show thorou ehly rely upon you have to tell me thou; Itating, favor, 1 should esteem It, sir.” me to ge ft, On the | | minutes later I whien ts en ri_ | De | Same deliberate manuer. me, a I sald; “but what ts it Had the college piate, I it, Suddenly disappeared ? “Nowbing to tell, sir,” said Crupples, still hes- tly something to ask. A very great “No doubt, Crapple: there by train. so | would over this evening.” *Ou! y well, Crapples. I suppose the under-porter willsleep in the lodge tasiead of ou? “Why no, sir,” sald Crupples, “that ts just | thediflicuily. ‘I Lad arranged for Gregory to com fa fur the night and oe would have been just the same as myself; but only five minutes ago hada message to say that he hay met with a bul accident; sprained his ankle, sir, and the doctor says he must not be moved for some days. I thought, perbaps, sir—that 1s, if you thought—I mean: G f understand what you mean, Crup- tit s rather a serious maatter. Will the safe?” fe as the county jail, sir. The train ve for half an hour, and I will put right, and fasten the large gates ; abd then it will only be the trou- ras hot taking too great a Hberty, sir, ur seelng that the wicket was double-bolied fuside before you goto ved. You see it’s ter, and she would break her heart Te not tO come.” ‘aS nO parrying this last argumeat, gave my consent accordingly. A few heard the ponderous gates re- on thelr hinges; and, descending to the t, which opened, tn the usual way, from the gate nearest to the lodge, fastened it as Crupples directed, and returned to my own Toor ri For some jime nothing oceurrea: I worked a and was absorbed fa the accounis » tO a siandsul; xed in the cook’s st and {t was tmposstble for me to go on until I bad seen him. I locked up the books, d made tea, As T did so the college clock a wheezy, asthmatic clock, delivering S utterances as If It a mortal ud anticipated that each stroke might I counted one, two, three, until at ame; 19 very least, to O with inyself? I erament, greza- sposed, and very litrle tnelined for my y when T can supplement it with that ne else. Usually some one would drop hour; if not, there was the common- room, or.1f that were empty, clgars and soda water would be in consumption e!sewhere; tho cigars Were not in my line, but the companton- Ship was. How horribly loaely my one te:- or Icohed this eventng! However, I must Dot give way; I was alone, but thinking about ft would not mend matters: better read, or employ myseit in some way, 1 took down Tennyson, and the volume opened Of Itself ab “St. Simeon Stylites;” the solllo- quies made me shudder to the backbone! Next 1 ted writing, and got through one note suc- cessfully; but in the middle of the second I became conscious of a desire to look over my left shoulder; the thing was absurd, of course, but I conld not divest myself of the idea that there was somebody breathing hard immedi- ately behind me. Really, I must be growing nervous! Better get out somewhere, and shake this off; not out of college, of course, but I Might sirollup and down the courts. If took my hat ana did so. At first the change proved beneficial; it was a fine night, and warm for the time of year, with a bright moon, and I enjoyed theexercise. My Own court, the innermost of the three, had a Tow of trees on one side of it, which were ob- Jectionabte; their shadows and the shimmering Ugot between the branches, were the em- bodiment of melancholy; but coust No. 2 wa3 more cheerful, and I oat itfor some time, Speculating onthe quantity of Scotch marma- lade which must be consumed in college. It had never struek me before; but being vacation time now, and the empty pots being among the bed-makers’ perquisites, they had accumulated im hundreds, pyramids on Byramids, blockin; the staircases, and piled wer above tler, Delain the windows; all shapes and all sizes. The Marmalade, too, suggested a kindred tople— that of kidneys. How could the Hon. W. Prendergast, or any other human being, have consumed, a3 upon the showing of the cook's book he certainly must have done, eleven Lundred and sixty-three kidneys tn’thirteen weeks? And what became of all the sheep they had been extracted from? Before I had answered these questions, the clock again struck; ten chimes dealt out ta’ the Then, as It seemed to great husb fell upon the cnet, a stiliness w h mnade itself felt; solitude passtug from a mere negaiton into a visible and objective Shape. Even the mormalade pots ceaged to con- promised ner I volve Rect themselves with my previous train of thought, and grouped tsio weird imagertes; thelr sheen tn the moovlight had something Shastly about tt, and tne label, “James Keller & Sons, Dundee,” read lke a’ scroll repeated over ana over {n the carved stonework of & ee formed chamber, Was vexed at this Idiocy, but there was no combating it; tight was my’only chance. Use- Jess to weturn to my own rooms; tet me try the front court; there, at all events, I should escape the marmalade pots. Chapel, library and hall Occupied three sides; on the fourth was the ateway, tanked by the porter’s lodge and some ‘lows’ rooms. 5 ‘To the front court I repaired accordingly, but with still less succers, I had hardly taken halt- a-doven turns there, when an irrepressible craving seized upon me. Outside those barred gates lap the world of senttent humanity, Peo- pled by my own species, instinct with life ana movement; the world from which, late as 1t Volk, tne footfall of passing’ Waytansra” “Phot Yolves, the o ig Wi erg, I should leave the college was impossible; it it would have been @ betrayal of trust of the most poh kind. But communicate with a fellow creatures in some sort I must and would; forms, somet claim kindred with. Had our gate been a ere iron grating, as 1. isin some colleges, I shouid have been content, I thought; but those mas- eee ce doors, coeval with the bulld- ig Itself, those stay ngeon- lke ote was intolerabies aes J w bearer and ni entrance, ridiculing the impulse whieh ae ise eiler "wut eee orang or c when the larger gal cone lower. Then, standing we in the cor- | Ber, and with @ sense of my own folly which Was halt anger and half amustment, I open. As 1'did 0, {0 my tnalie sergse ss 9} 3 my sw tall, gentlemanty-scokton e rede Srasped a | Pasting me rapidly ypu notin, alsappeand corner by the For one half minute I was too mi ished to do try the staircases In this court first. There Were three of the leiting to the fellows’ rooms, and the bullding was thre stories hig’: \t took me five minutes and upward to ascar- talon that there wag novody thers As I a3- Cended the last Might I alstincnly saw, by tha ald of the moonlight, 8 figire pasa across ong of the middle-court windows—a landing win- dow, as I knew—whieh looked out this was; apd I resumed the chase forthwith. Bub” successfully. Long before I reached the lan t- ing, the person I was tn Ces of had disap- eared again; 1 must try the other staircases. | And tn this court theré were eight of taem; while I was occuplea with one, he might bs Mounting one of those which I had explored; abd 80 On ad infinitum! Ho wever. tt was clearly my duty to persevere. First, I took the rematuing seven staircases {1 numerical order. Then f tried the alternate numbers. Then I started with the coraers op- posite to each other, and worked out a gaomet- Tical fgure of some intricacy. Bat all with the same results; make what speed I would, uo- Stalrs or down stairs, cutting off corners’ and avatling myself of byways and short cuts, tas mysterious visitor still eluded ma. Often I caught sight of bim, or fancied I dids9; but long before I could ascertain the fact, he had again vanished. Baffled and breathles3 at last, 1 sat down on one of the bottom stairs, in sheer exhaustion. Thad hardly done so before I recollected that, all this time, the college gate was standing | wide open. returned and closed it, drawing | doth bolts a3 before, and then, as I could think of nothing better to do, dectd»d on returntag to my own room. As I pissed through the ceatre | court again [ fancted that I heard alow chuckle from an open window above me. Nothtag | was visible, however, an1 as I was to fatigued | for any more hide-and-seek work J left the e my in possession, and slowly remounted my own staircase. As Lreached the landing below my room. I was surprised by seeing a broad atream oi lig! {issuing from the latter. Oa quitting tt, Load closed the inner door, leaving the “01k.” or | outer door, open; now, the inner door wasopan | also, Was the nocturnal intrnder there after | ail? and, if so, what was his motive? Helooked | respectable in the momentary glance I nad ob. | tained; something of a military atr about him, | I noticed; but he might be a burglar for ali that—probably was, and, as likely as not, with abrace of revolvers tn his possesstoa! J am not specially waning in conrage, and, at all events, I determined to face the agzres- sor; buf, as I climbed the remaining stairs, I had a seusation very much Ike an tee-cataract | down my back. I do not know that tt abated, at least, not in the immediate moment, when, in lteu of the marauder I had expected to en- counter, I saw standing by my fireplace an e: quisitely fair girl, very young, but with fe: tures which, although now flushed and agi- tated, embodied, to my concepucn, all that | Was most lovely and pure in nia the mos! absolute Innocence, the most delivatiy mould- | ed lines of beauty; grace, retinement, teader- ness; and, uuderiying all, and perceptible even through their present trowble, an trre- Pressibly mirtotut play of eyeand Io. I had no eee there were such creatures In the world! Still more to my surprise, if pos3tble, the young lady, on seeing me enter, ran hurriedly forward; almost threw herself into my arms. “Ob!” she exclaimed, “I am so glad you are come!” Now Lam not a conceited man, and never was; least of all should I have supposed my- Self to have any spectal attractiveness for tha fatr Sex: Still, to be thus accosted by a visible and tangible angel dla rather startle me. Not wholly out of my propriety, fortunately. Hit it been Hopkinson, who was enticed out toa neighboring market town, and stood there by the pany for three hours in a drenching rain, on the allegation of the rector’s daughter having fallen in love with him, it 3 hard to say what might not have happeaed. Being myselt 1 stopped short of utter insanity; aad, in the Dext moment, the tiluston, suc as it was, was dispeiled. “I am so glad some one has cone,” continued my visttor. ‘My poor father! ob! do fiad him D tor me! What shall I do?” J ied her to the sofa, and implored her to calm herseif, and tell me how [ could a32t3t her, “Was It her father whom I had seen come Into ‘he college hali an hour before?” “Yes,” she sald, “I was 29 late to prevent hum. If is such a sad story. Our nam ts Pakenham, and my father wa3 a captain in the indian service; but a few years ago he had brain fever from a sun-stroke, which obilzed Lim to give up the army; and now it comes on | again If be 13 excited.” “You think, then,” I asked. “that he 13 not— I mean, that he ts sulfering from one of thes2 attacks at present: ‘Oh, yes,” she satd; “why should he have | done such a senseless thing else? We are quite sirangers here; my poor father has nothing to support us (my mother Is dead) except what he ean make by painting; he 13a beautiful artist, and we came here for him to take skevches for the next exhibition, and I fagcy he must have been working too hard.” “Had he seemed uncomfortable before this?” T asked. “Yes; all this morning I fancied there was Something wrong; then at half-past nine he suddenly took up his hat and sald ne was gol! out: he Wanted toget soma moonlight eifezts, I ran down stairs after him, bat he walked too | fast for me, and, just as 1'came to the end of Luts street, I saw htm go tn at the colleze-zate. { followed as quickly as I could, butsaw noth- | log of bim, and there was nobody to ask, al- | though T heard footsteps upstairs somewiaera,” | “Phey were mine,” I sald; “I was standng hy | the gaie when your father entered,an I followed | iim also; did you not see me?” “No, 1 only heard the steps. Iecam2onas far as hls court, and then I saw the light in | sour Windows, and—good heiven, wiat ts unat2” AS my companion spoke, the chapel hell, which Was an unusually loud and shrill one, suddenly commenced toillng. Sue started trom ‘12 the bell going for service, or any- | ‘here 13 no one in the college | That must be my father then,” she said; “1 Shall easily find him now.” She sprang for- | ward, and, before I was aware of her purpose, | reached the door, which I had closed on en- | tel BE. Stop, stop!” I cried; “take care; the hand'e | 1g loose on the other side; tt 1s golng to be mended to-morrow. If it comes oft 2 | But I was too late. The enameled knob came | off with the hasty wreuch sue had given it, | nearly throwing her backward, while the Spin- | die or pin of the lateh. which’ was attached to | the other handle, fell with ton the floor out- Side. We were fast prisoners? Notwithstanding her troubie, my companion burst into an trrepreasible ft of jaughter, tn which I joined with equal heartiness. But it wa#short-lived; the bell continued tolling, and reminded us that something must be done. I had no doubt that her surmise as to her father was correct; the bell was rung not trom the chapel itself, but from’. one of the staircases which’ adjotued 1t, and the un- happy man, tn his access of delirlum, must have amused himself by pulling it. “Do not be alarmed,” I satd; ‘a3 you say, we know now where your father 13, and we can easlly calm him dowao aud persuade nim to come with us.” “But how are we to get at him?” said my visitor, wha had been making strenuous but | ona atiempts meauwhile to force the tel And the question was more easily asked than | answered. 1 applied every contrivaace that In- genulty could suggest, Knife-handle, scissors, tooth-brush, square pieces of stick—nothing would do; the latch refused to accommodate itself to any mechanism but one, and this lay hopelessly on the tloor outside. ‘Ine only rem- edy was to force the door itself. Bul how? i was pondering the meaus, when a startling change took place tn the character of the belle + interlude. Tired, apparently, of une measured Sounds he had been producing, the captain suddenly quickened his pace, with tho result technically Known in college a3 “swearing: “he,” é e, the bell, “arn’t begun to swear yet,” Was the traditional reply of a bedmaker to drowsy undergraduates. Peal after peal now Tapg out ike a fire alarm, reverberating through the whole college, and doubtiess for miles round it. Nor was this all. Sumulated by his success, and probably finding the per- formance stil too monotonous, the ringer im- Ported into it some elements of tune. The note | could not be varied, but the time and move- | ment could, and the national anthem, with fragments of other melodies, became Clearly istinguishable, Meanwhile I was laboring at the door with | Much energy, although wholly misdirected, | My rooms were on the upper floor, so that the door was our Only chance; but it Was of tough wood and opened inw: Opposing to all ag- Sression @ policy of masterly {nactivity. I had no tools, ald neither kicks nor blows made the lest impression upon it. I paused fora couple of minutes, and then collected myself for a final effort; one of the panels might be smashed 1n, and this would allow of our S38. The poker was a heavy one; I caugnt tt up, and, Swinging it round my head, deaic half-a-dozen strokes with the best of wills. Sull, however, no result as regarded the door. But one effect followed: my last blow was dis- Unetly echoed, rather to my surprise, at some distance outside. 1 struck again, and again heard the echo. Hold, though; was it an echo? Why, there it is still, going ‘on more than a minute afterward; a much heavier sound, too, than my implement had produce3; a combina- tion of sounds, rather, with a heavy thud, thud, among them, like a battering-ram. As'I Ilst- ened the truth suddenly fasted upon me—th y were forcing the Solben gave! Well, it was the best thing that could happen ; an additional item in tne parsar’s capt red into proper charge also; T awaited the result contentedly enougn. But foe knew what fortune had stillia store r met Ill. For some time the college gate seemed to Offer a8 obstinate a resistance as my own door, Dut at length I could hear that it was carried: there Was the crashing of timber, a loud shou! poppe and then, hundreds upon hundreds | Waiked | tng to Captain Pakenham’s arm, and éndeavor- during the attack on the , Contributing its iorribie merriment to the general din, now suddenly ceasel. Meanwhtle the storming psrty, heeded by one of the proctors, were already pressing forward into my court. Be- hind the proctor and his constables was a strong body of the town pollea, with a deta *h- ment from the fire brigade, ‘he mayor fol lowed, arm fa arm with the vice chanc-llor, and in the rear were a legion of rougha, wd Spt edily occupied every tach ofstand'ng ground. Alone tn college. tadeed! * Nobody to be seen,” [ heard the Vica Chan- cellor say, as he entered the court, ‘no smell of i anywhere! What can it all mean, Mr. ayor?”” That officer was abont to reply when one of the police interposed. “We shall soon find out, sir,” he said; “there 13 a light to one of those upper rooms; the room at the back, str, where the open window 1s; some one is standing by it now.” In effect, on hearing the voices outside, I had burried forward to explain matters, and wa3 preceeding to do 80 as well a3 the Babel of sounds which followed my appearance would admit. But I was unexpectedly cut short. Pressing to the front of the throng, which he had joined unobserved on quitting the bell, I saw the commanding figure of Captain Paken- ham. A fresh delusion had swept across the distempered brain, and he now advanced, in great apparent agitation but with gentieman courtesy, to the Vice Chancelior, who was in acad-miéal costume. “I presume, sir,” he said, “I am speaking to some one in authority in this place?” “Unquestionably,” satd the Vice Chancel- Jor. “Can you explain to us what i3 the matter? We are all in the greatest per- plexity.” “T am come here in quest of my daughter,” 3 “I have reason to fear that She has been decoyed into this colleze by the person whoin you see standing at the window there. Yes, yes; there she ts!” ‘There she was, no doudt. On hearing her father's voice, Miss Pakenaam had stepped for- Ward also, and was trytng ro gatn hts attention, But she migut as well have talked to the Nile cataract. “Agnes, Agnes!” he exclaimed agatn, in a tone of agony, “my child, my infatuated. lost child! She is all I have left, sir,” he added, turning to the Vice Chancellor; “the only prop of my old age; her mother ts dead, ner two brothers dead; and now, through the ‘machtna- Uons of a heartless villain—” he stopped in un- controllable emotion. The mob hitherto had been in the best of tempers, exbilarated, as well they might be, ‘With the liveliness of the whole proceedings; but on hearing the captain’s speech their mood changed entirely. Taken individually, the con- stituents of a British mob may be questionable characters; but collectively, thelr enthustasm for virtue, and reprobation of any departure from it, would content a Radamanthus. A vol- ley of execrations broke forth. “Scoundrel!” “miscreant!” “call ‘isself a Passon indeed!” (which. by the way, 1 dida’t); “eave summat ‘ard at un, Jim;” “pitch un out of yon winder;” “leave un to we, and see if us’n don’t make a holein the river for un,” were among the mildest of the remonstrances addressed tome, Agnes had withdrawn from the window terrified by the uproar, but I re- mained there gesticulating aud endeavoring to make myself heard, although quite frultlessly; tba dl movement was the signal for a new out- re: At length a iull came in the storm, and the Vive-Chanceitor catied to me. “Comme down at once, sir,” he exclaimed; ‘are you lost to ali sense of shame? Come downim- Medlately, and bring the unfortunate young lady with you.” can’t come,” I replied; the lock 1s bam- i—I mean the bandie has-——" “Ugh! Ugh!" burst forth again from the mob; one or two ot the more active employed them- selves tn digying up the s.ones with whiea the court was pitched, bit the police stopped this, and also Cleared the staircase, for which a& general rush had been made, Sileace was again restored for a moment, and the Vice- Chancellor turned to Captain Aner who ‘sUill stood near bim, looking the image of grief and dispair. “Have you any reason to suppose, air,’ asked the Vice-Chancellor, “tat your daughter came here of her own accord? I mean, had there been any previous acquaintance between ner and this—person?” “ Alus!’ said the captain, “1 know not; we are almost strangers in the place. We were walk- ing In the street together, when she suddeniy disappeared, and il was ouly after numerous Inquiries nat £ traced her here, and then the college seemed deserted.” “It was you, then, who rang the bell?” “Yes,” answered the captala, undlushlagly; “4t seemed the only means of obtaining assist- ance. My poor child——” cuse Ine,” said the Mayor, who here inter- posed, “but what ts your daughter's age? she seems very youthful.” “Not quite sixteen,” was the answer, “Then tnat, will enable us to deal with the case, Even if the young lady came with her own will, her abduction under sixteen is now by statute a Criminal offence, Sergeant Pil- chard, you had better make the arrest at once; take two of the constables with you, aad you can force the door if necessary.” No force was needed, however; the detauit- ing handle aud spindle lay on the floor outside my room, ihe latch responded to them, and in leSs than two minutes I was in the hands of {ne police. It was in vain that Agnes pro- tested; guileless a3 sie was, her quick wit comprehended something of tne position, and She attempted, again und again, to explain what had really happened. But the men’s orders were peremptory, and, in any case, the prejudice agalast me would have been’ too Strong; Wlialever she sald was attributed to the lntiuence I had acauired over her, and any fur- ther remonstrance was Cut short by her father’s &ppearance In the room. Eventually they way together, the terrifled gir! cling— S log to screen her features from the scores of | Curtous eyes that were strained upon them. My own removal was delayed for a much longer time, as the mob were evidently pre- paring to take the law into thelr own hands. Gradually, Lowever, the college was cleared; & hackney-coach drew up close to the gate, and io this 1 was placed, and, under a strong escort Of constables, reached the police-siation In safety. Here I was locked up for the night, It being arranged that my examination should be taken the first thing next morning. It was all miserable enough. The cell was of ‘the vilest description, very sunall, very dirty; no accommodation for passing the night except a ‘straw paillase in one corner; nothing to eat or drink, no light, and a torrent of cold air streaming 1n Irom an open grating above my head. Miserable enough as far as the surround- ings went. But my own feelings were far from being in unison with them; I was conscious of them as facts; but that was all; even the se- rious charge which hung over me, and which, | absurd as It was, would still have to be rebutt- ed, hardly cased me a moment's thought. My Whole faculties were absorbéd in the contem- lation of one object—Agnes Pakenham; her loveliness, her intelligence, where she’ had | stood, how she had spoken, every detail, even | tothe most ordinary and most minute, of our brief acquaintance. The fair vision had flashed before me, and I was spell-bound from that mo- ment; the bympholept of a natfad-haunted grotto, Had the day's proceedings resulted in pera! servitude for life, 1¢ would hardly ve troutled me at preseat; she would be tn court, the exquisite face and form would gladden my sight once more—that was the sole idea of whtcu I was capable. Bur I was doomed to disappointment. Toward daybreak I siept or dozed, my bratn teeming with confused images of lat nighvs occurrences, but With a radiant halo shed over them, like the opening of a gale tn Paradise. AUS o'clock some Coarse [00d was brought, and I was told to prepare for my examination at 10, But before that hour arrived the cel was again unlocked, and, this time, my visitor was no 1es3 @ personage than the Mayor himself. “I bave come to offer you my slacere apolo- gies, Mr, Burchill,” he sald, “I trust you nave not been greatly Inconvenicnced 2” 1 was ou the point of saying that I had never Spent a happier night in iny lite, but I checked myself apd subdstiiuted something appropriate to the situation. “The fact 1s,” continued my visitor, who was a good deal embarrassed—speculating, tt may be, on the contingencies of an action for “false imprisonment”—"the fact 1s, we have * * * ee is to say, there has been a serious mis e. rectly aware of it, Mr. Mayor,” I “Tam gald; nd my mangled corpse been floating Somewhere down the river at this moment 1. Inighthave been still more serious. How did you arrive at the conclusion that you have en—— “Made thorough fools of,” interposed the “I never felt more ashamed in my life. that op searching his lodgings last night that horrible man ——” “Dou't abuse him,” 1 said; “I have a high Date for the Captain. Beside, 1t wasn’t nis fault.” “I suppose not,” said the Mayor doggedly; “but 1 Wish he could have had brain-fever some- where else; the story will be in all the news- brett to-morrow Morning. He got home ail right.” “And the young lady, also?” I asked. “Yes, fortunately, aluhough the crowd mo- lested her a good deal. Then, the first thing the father did was to make them a speech from the balcony, about all kinds of things—prize mon -y, and traveling dawk, and tlesh-colored tints, ai heaven Knows what; then, when they laugheu, he ran down stairs and challenged a bargee to ent which they did, and the man was aimost killed, At last it became evident that his mind was alfected, and they contrived to secure him 1o bis own room, where he still is. And this morn- ing early the young lady came to my house and explained the whole circumstances; aud this, With the certificate of two medical men who have been Called in, will be quite suffictent ” une face, Ry ra Cel oy jercen- as the Mayor spol en,” I said, “Miss Pakenbam will not—I mean, there will be no examination?” se not,” said the Mayor, with some Surprise at my evident discomposure. “You are free to leave the station at once, and I have mm hu as AppAReU CS es en rushed into the 5. an direction to aot tne captain's aod ean the bell solo, which only to repeat my apologies for your Jiwas all over, thet," Becaping trom Crap plea, who bad just returned to college, and whose astonishment and inquiries as to the scene of havoc which met his ere were {nter- minable. I buried myself once more tn the sol- itude of my own rooms. ‘Trebly so)itary they looked to me this morn- Ing. I could do nothing, arrange nothing, think of nothing but the ‘apparition watch nad greeted them Over night. Hour after hour struck, aud I gat almost motionless, my mind brooding incessantly on tts one theme. I was aroused by a light tap at the door. “Come tn.” Lexciaimed; and in the next mo- ment the person with whom my thoughts were thus occupied stood before me. looking more lovely than ever; a slight hush which overspread her features added to their charm. “Tam disturbing you agatn,” she said, “ bat Teould not go away without ‘asktaz your for. giveness for the annoyance we have caused you. We leave by the next train, but I found I should just have time,” “Annoyance! next train!” 1 echoed, con- fusedly. “But pray sit down, Miss Paken- ham. “Indeed,” she said, “I fear I must not. My father is much better and I hope will soon be himself again, bat he has been ordered change Of scene and occupation, and we are to start immediately; I have, Mteraliy, only two min- Ve Say, please, that you kindly forgive She held out her hand as she spoke, with a Sweet smile. I had no words te answer her; could ask nothing, realize nothing, except the fact that she was there. But I grasped the small hand tn my own, and, pressing it to my lips, kissed it, passionately and fervently, Sue Seemed surprised, but, I fancied, not seriously disp'eased; the added flush on ‘her cheek was hardly that of anger. But there was no une to speculate as to this. Turning hastily from me, and dealing warily this tme with the treacherous handle, she closed the doo: after her and disappeared. In what direction, after weeks of inqutry and battling search, I found tt impossible to aseer- tan Not even the faintest clew presented tse! v. Some years passed by. I was not only fel- low, Dut college tutor; established, to all oat- Ward appearance, as a'confirmed “don.” But this exverlor very greatly belied my nnerman. Not one feature or lineament of Agnes Paken— ham had taded from my memory tn all tats Ume, no pulse in my own veins cooled down; tay love for her was as passionate, all-absorb- ing. intense, as ever. That it ‘was, in all human probability, entirely hopeless,’ seemed to make no difference; there tt was, and until 1 ceased to exist myself, every Nbre of my beln inust thrill to it. I worked, amused myself, ate, drank, slept; but these were all mechan- teal actions; my realselt was wrapped tn hers, tracking her, “in fancy, toa hundred pl picturing what might be her interests and suits, hearing her Voice and seeing her image in every object and hour of life, “Very absurd all this, but altogether true, ‘There came a certain Long Vacation which I did not, as heretofore, pass in college. J had been wandering among the Dolomite mour- talns, and returned by the Tyrol and Munich, where I'spent three days—the “Glyptothek” and “Pinakothek” might have occupied as many weeks. On my last day, as it was intend- €d to be, I dined at the Goldener Hirscn, where I was located, and then was driven out of the public room by the preparations for that elghe orclock “abendsmahl,” at which the German appetite shows to such incredible advantage. Ii was late in the season, but the evening was tne and warm, and I sauntered through the streets, returning to the pore cochere, Where I amused myself by watching the arrlyals for the ensulng repast. These were complete at last, and the gateway, which had been occupied by Numerous knots of talkers meanwhile, was again deserted. But I found myself st!ll lngering there; some- thing In the surroundings brought back’ to me a scene, very different in some respects and yet very similar in others, in past years. Just so had I stood, on just such an autumn evening, Touch in the same attitude, the occupant, a3 now, of a solitary gateway deep In shadow, on tne day when I first saw Agnes Pakenham. How vividly I recalled every incident of our strange meeting! With what tenfold vividaess, and how bitterly at the same tim2 did the retrospect bring herself before me! How hope- lessly lost she was to me; and yet, how p.s- stonately loved! I was thus occupied, when my reflections Were abruptly cut short. More to my surprise, if possible, than whea [ first saw it, a tall figure, which Tat once recognized as that of Captalu Pakenham, strode rapidly by meas it had done on that former memorable oveasion, and turned the corner into the main court of the hotel. Not, however, to disappear thistime. I fol- lowed instantly, and found that he entered the conclergerte, aud was asking the porter some question—the address, as I gathered, of some one Who had been staying in the hotel. This was produced, and before f had decided what to do he had regained the street, where I still tollowed, tn cautious but close pursuit. A keen chase once more, for the captain walked as fast as ever; but @ more successful oue. Through main streets and by-streets, past palace and Cathedral, theater and museum. Out into tue superd Au, eventually, where the sigiely Matta Hilf church rose, palé and glim. melogin the moonlight. Theu down a coun- try lane, Shadowed with tall trees. At las. the garden gate of a small villa, and here tae Captain paused—the quarry was run home. Hie travel rden and entered the house with a lat » I remained outstdo, in a Was Agnes alive? Well? er? Still heart-whole? Sho.ld 1 te allowed to see her? What excuse could I make for doing Would ste recollect me? ance or no chance?—a haudre ous. For hours I stood by the gute, torturing myself with speculation, and at the Same tine iuteitly watching every win low of the house in the hope of seelug her passing gure. No such cfod fortune occurred, however; one by one the lights were extinguished, and I re- tured to the hotel, where I achieved some broken sleep. Next Morning found me again at the villa, at the earllest moment when it was possible to present myself without impropriety. ‘I'ne sus- pense was intolerable, and I was determined to See Agnes, If she wore there; if not, to discover when and where she could be seen. Would the servant Lever answer the door? How tncurably Slow these Germans were! Let me ring again. My hand was on the bell; when a well-remem- bered Jaugh, every tone ot which set my veins Ungling, echoed from the passage inside. In the next minute Agnes herselt stood vefore me. How lovely she was now! how changed, and yet how entirely the same! ripened into wo- Inanly beauty, but with the same grace, the Same tbnovence, the same underplay of merry thought. And there was one further point of icenUty. She knew me at once, and the flush which had overspread the fair features when 1 last saw them now again mantied oa cheek and brow. “Oh! how “Mr. Burchili!” she exclatmed. glad I am—I mean, how glad papa will be to see you! Hehas so often talked of our dreadful Conduct, and wished that he could make bis persopal apologies for it.” “T saw him coming home last night,” I stam- mered out, ‘and I ventured on calling here to inquire. I hope he is quite recovered?” “ Perfectly,” she sald; ‘but pray do not stand in the passage: come ‘Into our little sitting- room, please. Aghes was ina waiking-dress, with a port- folio 1p her hand, aud I made some pretence of hesitating. You are going out,” I said. “Tt 18 of no copsequence whatever; I was only gotng to the Pinakothek; I have taken up patot- Ing as @ profession, for our means are as limited as ever, and I go there to the ladies’ studio every day. We have taken this house for six months, and in the winter we go to Rome, for I must work hard.” “Profession!” ‘work hard!” Could it be then that she had formed no engagement; this priceless gem still uzappropriated: possibly, possibly within my own grasp? All this dashed Uirough my thoughts tn less than one second. “Papa is out,” she continued, a8 she ushered Me into the room; “but he will be back tn half an hour, Shall 1 show you some of his sketches?” The captain's sketches were admirable, I have no doubt, but to this day I have no con- ception what they were about. But Agues, on entreaty, shyly produced some of her own, and We sat side by side looking over them. How quickly the half hour ran itself out! And how quickly sped away the ensuli Weeks! The end of the vacation found me 3 io Munich. Return to college until this issue Was decided 1 could not and would not. The undergraduates must take care of themselves Or put up with only ong ae for the present. ‘There came a day,at last,on which we walked Lome together from the Pinakothek. For, by a Singular coincidence, I generally found myself quitting the main body of that building nearly at the same time that Miss Pakenham ieft the ladies’ room. And, after some remonstrance, my escort home had come to be accepted—the days did close in earlier now,and the suburb Au ‘Was unquestionably some distance of Jt was an exquisite evening, The Bavarian Alps were rosy in the distance, and the sky Was steeped in the gold and crimson of an autumn sunset, its colors almost matched by the deep dyed but still unritled follage of the Hofgarten. * One turn in the avenues, Miss Pakenham?” T su; ed. “Or, by the way, the ‘English Garden,’ as they call it here, be still more beautiful. May we not enjoy it iD “lam afraid,” she an, hesitatingly, but I continued my pleading. “Tt may be our last evening,” Isaid. “Ihave had a peremptory letter from col this morning, T hardiy know how to delay my return any longer. a farden 1s not five minutes’ walk from ere.” 1 think Agnes guessed what was Imminent, for she trembled a good deal. But she did not retuse the arm J offered, and we strolled ‘Ubrough the parg-like gardens in pepe) Hag anything. Then, at te foot Joy, and hope, and energy all mean one thing with me now, and that is your love. Agnes, Agnes, can you give 1t me?” She withdrew arm from mine, an? sat down ona bench near us, Dut without speak ing. I stil urged my suit. "Fam utterly unworthy of what I ask,” 1 Said, “infinitely unworthy. Tcan give nothing in return for it, setther wealth nor position, nothing but my poor self, If you scorn that, as you wet may——" “Stop, stop,” she satd at last, “I shall begin crying {f you speak ike that, and I am too—” “Too what, Agnes?” “Too happy to cry,” were the words which caught my ear; very faintly breathed, hardly articulated, but I did hear them. I fang my- self by her side, Strained the shrinking form to my breast, showered on itp and brow the kisses of a long pent-up love. Eventually she contrived to extricate her. self—how, I hardly know, for shere was scant relenting on my part—and then I spoke again. “After all, Agnes,” I sald, “you have not an- swered my question yet.” “What question?” “Whether you can give me the priceless love T have asked for; the yn of your beart.” “No,” she said demurely, “lam sorry to say Tcannot.” Demurely enouch, and yet tn the corners of the mouth there was something which looked like the Aurora-birth of a lauch. “Cannot,” Agnes?” I ejaculated; what do you mean? Why not? . “Because it was given away years ago,” was | the repiy. “Given!” TL again exclaimed, “to whom?” “To a gentleman who was ieft aione in col- lege one evening, and so misconducted himself there that he had to be taken in custody by te | police!"—Frazer’s Magazine. | BEAUTY RNED TO MERCAN-| E ACCOUD | ris With Fine Faces and F. Used as Models im the Stores, CN. ¥. Cor. Cin, Enquirer } A great deal of nonsense has been written about women who serve as nude models jfor artisis. The effort has been to make them ro- maatic by describing them as virtuous exhibi- tors of their persons. I have taken some pains to learn the truth, and Iam reaqy to assert, without fear of contradiction, that no decent female gets her living as an artist's model in New York. There Is no chance for doubt on the subject. I bave also made the stugular discovery that the same women who uncover themselves 18 men’s studios without a blush Will only do s0 before the female class of the Art League when closely masked. They have ho shame in regard to the opposite sex, but will not serve their own unless protected from recognition. It was not of these creatures" doings, however, that I set out to write, ams | but of a siightly similar employment for girls with good forms and faces— | that of wearing fashionable things | in the millinery, dress-making, cioak-making and hair establishments. Hundreds of giris thus turn their good looks to account In this city, not only in retail places, but In the whole- | Saié departments of the largest houses. A cloak will sell far quicker when displayed on | the form of an enchanting live figure than | When a dumb thing of wire and cotton, with a pasteboard face, is Inside of it. This may be a Intid prostitution of female beauty, but It has Ube countenance of the best firms in several Unes of business. The Inmates of a Pasha’s Harem are not more carejuily caosen than are these mercantile models. ‘They must not only possess fine forms and faces, but a gracetat carriage and polite manners are also required: Tor @ lady-like aspect 18 a8 valuable as beauty | for this purpose. The wages are never less than the same persons could earn with the needle, and usually more, ONE PARTICULAR BLONDR, with the sweet face of a Marguerite, and the tall, willowy, long-legged form of the gentle matdens in water-color pictures, 13 sald to re- ceive $10 a week In a Murray Hill robe and cloak concern. Any thing and every thing looks well on her; no style of garment is un— becoming, and she has the deportment of an ideal Princess. She ts the daughter of a Ger- man beer salooner in Avenue B. At sixtean she applied for work in this concern. Her sultableness for a model was scen at a glance, and she was engaged at $a week. Her pay has been srequer uy raised, 1n consequence of ements Ti ym Tival shops, until It has reached a higher figure than ts paid to any other employe. She ts now twenty. She 13 considered worth more than her cost, because foolish buyers, seeing her attractiveness in a garment, fondly tmagine its possession would | Somehow make them look the same. She | 15a good girl, and saves her money. Tue same | cannot be satd of all who are similarly exposed to flattery and temptation. Some o? then get valn abd giddy with the consciousness of their beauty, and desire toown such flnery as they wear, Tben comes aisgrace and a plunge downward. Inthe millinery and hair stores, the requirements in a model particularly con- cern the bead, and several stores contain won- dertul exhibitions of factal loveliness of various types. Inone mililuery concern this feature of the business has been thoroughly elaborated and systematized. Ifa brunette customer ap- pears a brunette girl waits oa her, so that she Teay see the colors In conjunction with acom- piexion like her o Blonce girls,in turo,attend to tlonde shoppers. For sho Itness of bust a At the time ot Ir y in 14th streer, th: @ at the door fs ike that atthe rear of a theater during the ran of a ballet spectacle, by reason of une fellows wait- ing to excort the girls home. FR Hl MARRIAGE LAW. Position of Women who are Neither Married nor Divorced. {Paris Letter to the Pall Mall Gazette.) ‘The social position of a Frenchwoman, untess She is a star of the theater or the opera house, who has been separated by adecree obtained at her husband's instance. ts Uttle better than that of a de71i-mondaine,uniess she leads the life of a Dun, and getsintoa quite new set of friends and acqualutances. If tue judgment is given in her favor, she ts still very iniserably Senge | and obliged to be extremely circumspect an: austere in her manner of .ife. Mundane gay- ety is forbidden her by social usage. If she ‘ives a soiree She does not invite young girls lest their mothers should decline to bring them. A soiree dansante would be thought too fast fora lady in a husbandless situation. There is in the Faubourg St. Germain a lady very soning by her inherited weaith, and illustrious by her marriage with the ‘head ofa family in which there are three duchies and a principality. The year of the last Universal Exhibition she gave a ball tn compliment to the heir tea throne then in Paris and his amiable consort. Nothing short of a commotion was Produced in the iizhest society by the news that she had issued invitations for a yete aan- Sante, To give a Dall when there wa3 no hus- band (for the hospitable grand-damein ques- Uon was une ferme separer) to receive, and no widowhood to urge for being husbandless! It was thought scandalous, he great lady im- Plored the grand seijnewr trom whom she 1s Separated to come and just stand for naif an hour with her at the entrance to her state- rooms, She prayed in vajn. He was tn debt. ‘She sent him a check for 300,000f., and sald that if he wanted more money 1n return for the ser- Vice she wanted him to render, he should have it, But he was recalcitrant. ‘The whole time the ball was going forward he remained at his ciub, To prevent the ball-room from being a desert the lady who Ls the fete was obliged to resort to the most desperate expedients, and to hg A exorbitant sums to dames of old nobility and light purse to answer to her call. She dressed. a number of them at the great costu- mers, at her Own expense, So a3 [0 nike sure they would present a fine appearance. There Was a royal personage then in Paris who was S0 good-natured as to oe and beg of his friends to take their wives and dat T3 tO this grand entertainment, the history of which I now give to show how terribly the matrimontal chatn can galleven when the judges have decreed a complete separation. Limekiln Club Aphorisms, (Detroit Free Press. ] During the past week the committee on in- ternal harmony has been busy with pen and ink, and as a result Brother Gardner was asked to submit the following maxims to the club for adoption: “Advarsity makes heroes, but we doan’ want SMvisery Iuka com but de com; y hain’t wort sosbatin’ wid oo “De man obleeged to borry an ax am nebber situated to lend a spade.” “IU's Done o’ yer e88 who libs next doah if he doan’ steal your wood.” “Bread cast upon the waters may return, but S per cent interest, wid a good endorser, am mo like business.” “De man who kills ee Beata! am ready to uu it you. dog.” Bi YGardker fhished “the reading, placed the paper under a weight, and then said:— =a “It seems to me dat abstract maxims am Itke woolen mittins in July. I have no doubt dat ore could sat down an’ call to mind 500 m: maxims and sayings dat would read off werry fine, but it would be a useless task. When you have told a man to be ho. ind an’ ivin’, you have got de essence of ali de xims eber written, an’ you have given him all de burden he can bar “DF | USED FoR Wi SPORTING GOODS. pre LEWIN es Th Cherie gnulkres terion an ime oF welt 1 to 10 ibs., $i2e,0r weight from 1 to 10 ibe. only #2 ver iy O MRA! "8 Cor. Lith 1935 7th strect northwest, Have opened with & full assortment of BRIGGS & COM TSTENT THANSTERTISO. PACHI ? 2 VERY IMAGINAGLE DESIGN bie for Ladies an table for Ladies jorwear, Kc.. Initials. and iefs, larweand small Sprays, ndkerch’ &e. One of the many sdvantaces these Papers have over the old method of stamping wocds ured for nesélework i that ladies can, by cutting ont such fivures as they want, make hew and beautiful desixns of their own. ‘Arty desiem printed in this way makes a cloarer, better improm- sien and more dursbie than when printed from Stencils oF blocks, and is not so expensive. All are. jnwited to call and exaumine then. Small samples way. We sito have a full aesortment of HAMBURG EDGINGS and other TRIMMINGS, ZEPHYRS, Germantown and other YARNS, very cheap We make a specialty of GOSSAMER RUBBER CLOTHING, and are selling them: other houre in the city. isvery sarmet teed perfect. Cull and examine them, febiy LO-BUTTON OPERA Kip GLOVES, 81 so ner pat at r, ‘ust received al J.P. PALMERS. GERUINE MONOGRAM GLOVES. 2-Button, 7So., - &-Button, $1.00, 4-Batton, $1.25, ou N. B.—Porsonal attention siven to all M) Onpen DOUGLASS. CONTIN ASEON Sy SIXTH ANNUAL SALE OF WA! Dies CN DEW WEAR, ASSORTMENT BICES FLOM TEN THAN ‘i UNDERWE, ND MORE VARIED P TO . WENTY PER CENT LE CEN Se. POUCL Aa a febi8 Ni ES. DOUGLASS, From 13 East 778 Starer, N. ¥., PREPARATORY TO THEIR RETIREMENT ¥FBOM BUSINESS, on, FEBRUARY 234, for a tow day, iS °‘E," ARLINGTON HOTEL, when ‘they will dispose of the entire balance of their IM- PORTED OURTUMEX, DINNER AND BALL DKESSER, WRAPS, Xo. &c., at agroat redac- ticn. NOTICE.—On snd after March Ist, 1881, New York business will be coutinucd by Mins BECOA HOOD. feb VRENCH FLOWERS, CORSAGE KOQUETS, DBESS GAENITURES, BSI DAL FLOWERS, And all stylet of FLOWERS for Bonnet and Even- ing wear caa be found at the SIAN FLOWER CO., feb)6-1m. 1110 F street northwart. [4®* snors. Eat 0,daye T shall offer my entire stock of WIN~ TER GOODR st a. = DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT. JAS. H. VERMILYA, 610 Ninth st., opp. Patent OMor. ‘Will reo) in PARLOI the RE- 1T-2w feb}a great induce. TIN DE LYON ik Broosde ig materials furnished, a daivered, from 850 to $90. Bhe invites ber cuR- tomers to call and exam: a 8 CAD ave their material made up st reasonable terms aud st short notices. Style aud fit unsurpassed. TLL nd hadsome suits 5 N ooT’'s, 915 Peunzyivanta ave, Offors decided bargains in Real and imitation LACE GOODS, ‘The largest and flaest collection of FINE LACES in Washington. ELEGANT FLENCH FLOWERS FOR BOQUET DE CORSAGE, WHITE LACE DRESSES FOR LADIES’, MISSES' AND CHILDREN, RIOH SASH AND TRIMMING RIBBONS, REAL LAGE EMBEOIDERED AND HAND-PAINTED FANS, RECEPTION NOVELTIES A SPECIALTY, CHILDREN’S VELVET AND SILE SUITS, BONNETS, BREAKFAST AND NUBSE CAPS. ONE PRICE, MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. ooT's, Sanli 915 Pennsylvania a Ke THE PARTY SEASON. Fine FRERGA LOWERS nd LACE and BEADED NETS for Overdreasas. Ada Aue ine of NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS At M. WILLIAN'’S, jan 7 Cite ‘Trevise, Paris, 907 Pa.ave. ‘BS. SELMA BUPPERT. M 606 th ae UPR. went Offca, ABT at ZEPBYRS, OREWEL ana ‘MANTIOWN Wi FELT . OANVASSI Std all Matera Yor FANOY NERDLEWORE.” Fine selection of AHL DEES So WORSTED and CHILDREN'S FURNISHIN GOUDS; full Line of MAGRAME THREAD, ETANSING promptly executed. dectt E. 8. J. SSER, Dugssmaxtne in connes- ‘ERN: Yi re) NG, &e. 13 las oct?-5m EDUCATIONAL. F'ripecany io Mle v Tac HOMES car tae accor ken ater tase of ci for adults aud ¢ drea #1 ‘Terms moderate. On’l at 910 lath st. n w., betwoen 22m. and 2 p. m.; Mondays aud Thi at PENCER: SINESS COLLEGE, § corner of 7th and streets north west.—This stitution has & progressive and successful experi- ence of 16 yesrs. Iteducstes young men and women for neefulnens and self support. Its graduates Secure positions of trust and profit. Course of stat and trsfuipe cons Tisee the Englich Lanvaawe, ~ ‘ees Arithmetic, Bpencerian Practical Penmanshi, Bookkeeping, by sinxle snd double entry, to every varicty of business; Elocution and tures. Day and ee mys Er internat aud terms call at the jewe or sddress O. SPENCER, Principal. janis ARCHER INSTITUTE, er a Fh sad ayenue, Washington, D. 0. janld |. MAX ELLER, Director of PROE RAK BURLIR, Dont Svaetwest, = » “ascdh AL. Teacher of PIANO, ORGAN SCHEE: A Perera icine ee atiention to 8 well am thoes wishiug $9 be qualified Yor Teachers. 1216 He streot porth’ Bo’ RIVATELY, O2 IN Mati Pitt Aareck: Proce Gone ace ener ‘Bpecial attention to preparation or Colles Wat Point, ae = and all competitive: 8. W. FLYNN, A.M., 02 5th at. northwest. 1880, Prof. and Mire. L. B. 0. OOL- 28 Nos 17, 1380, Prof. and. ure Le. residence and private ig removed to 1638 I street northwest. sons in the French Laguage,” a Hy Pe 22