Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1882, Page 6

WITTE DRESSES—TABLE LINENS—CHILDREN'S SS—HAIR DRESSING-—BUTTON NOVEL- MSAOIDERED DRESSES, ETC. Tue Recent Srris able veather is not fashion- is a strong tendency to wear white goods this sa-nmer. There is. however, a carnival of colors in the ary soods honses. ‘Tux Dey Goops stores are resplendent with spring and summer goods. "x Rigsons are more frequently tied on ide than in front. Littiz Cattoxsn will wear white for dreasy Occasions this snmme Low- vived for se Cir Hats, particularly black ones, will be amuch worn as the season advances, Suinnep yoke dresses, with full skirtsand no waistbands or shirring, are mack worn by little girls. Wurre pique bonnets and hats for little children are suid in large numbers to country merchants. ~ Tue newest white all girls under 9. piqne bonnet for little girls has a high Normandy crown buttoned on toa deep poke brim. Irisa Port collars and cu: sold in sets for child the plainest kind ofa en of the finest New table rades comes in tinted gro with damask ¢ 3 in white on one side, while on the other the order is re- versed. iLove is a success. notwith- in color, and itis now soid by houses that condemned it whea it was first introduced. Basy dresses without waists, the skirts at- taehed to the yokes or bands around the shoulders, will popular summer garment s for little girls under 10. Tue European fashion of wearing no jewels except in full dress, for evening entertain- meats, is becoming the rule among the best so- ciety people in New York. You Can Buy just as late and just as good goods in Washington as you can in New York, and at just as low prices. The compiler of these “wrinkies” has tested that fact. Tue new manila and ficelle shades of ecru combine effectively with all the quaint and stylish shades of old blue, Pompeian red, terra eotta, golden brown, olive and hunter’s green. New Paris veils called voiletteo have long ends that float like sails. They are scarfs of gauze long enough to wind around the head and meck, and protect the complexion well in breezy weather. Tue bristling rache that is used on the bot- tom of dress skirts consumes a great deal of material, eight yards of silk being sometimes cut up in its waved pleatings; the effect, how- ever, is very good, Tue severe and simple tailor-made cloth suit is the most popular walking costume for spring weather. The novelty for th: is the use of plaques of braid instead of the trefoil curves for the frogs worn on the jacket. Dresses of one fabric are always safe, but there are no morerefined toilets than the new French con tion of cashmere with Louisine silk, and white mustin embroidered garniture, incongruous as these materials appear to be. Tae Mvtt. Neck Scares lately so popular are now utilized as fichus tied or loosely knotted on the bosom of the corsage, while the neck ribbon is placed above them around the neck, inside the dress collar, but outside the ruche or linen collar. Lawy Texvis Svrts have skirts of lawn ten- nis stripes in bright and esthetic combinations, while the tunics and blouse waists are of light flannel serge in complimentary colors to those in the stripes. The cuffs. coilars, revers, and bands are of the striped stutf. HAim-prEsstNe has come to be a simple mat- ter now that all false hair is dispensed with. Simple styles prevail for the back hair, such as small knobs and coils, while the front hair covers the forehead with rings and short curls, and gives the low, broad Greek brow. Quastities of ribbons are used on white @resses, knots at the neck, on the sleeve and looped sashes on the skirt. A new arrangement is a rouleaux of ribbons around the hips, follow- ing the outline of the fiounce on the back, and tied loosely low down in front in carefully care- Jess fashion. Tue Newest caprice in French lingerie Is to combine laces of two tints in one article of neck- wear; for instance, flat collarettes and vests of the flax-gray twine lace have ruches and pleat- ings of ivory white Languedoe lace with them, and the same arrangement is seen in fichus and doubled frills. Paris Mir. RY presents many new caprices this season, such as a saucy sailor hat called the Boston, a handkerchief bonnet larger than the Fanchon, soft crowned turbans of new shapes. ily the elim: reached in a revival of the ealeche bonnet with a shirred rattan top, is generation has only seen worn upon Daesses of Imen lawn, chambery and inghame, preparing for summer morn- ings in the country, are made as simply as even the laundress could desire, with a round basque, apron overskizt and gathered flounces, but they are given an elabe efect by their garniture of embroidered muslin for collar, vest, cuffs and edzings on the flounces. “Farr Girt Grapvates” on commencement @ay will wear cream white dresses of embroider- ed nun’s veiling, or of mull muslin with lace garniture. The short skirt is trimmed elabo- Tately in front, with soft panier drapery fow the back, and the waist has a surplice neck with elbow sleeves. Corsace bouquet of roses, no Jeweiry, a white moire sash and white or black slippers, as the wearer chooses. Dresses of sheer and tine French lawn, almost ‘as ganzy as organdie, are made up with hand- some trimmings of imitation duchesse lace edg- ings, falling over pleated ruffies on the skirt. The panier and tablier draperies are trimmed with the same lace, while the upper part of the coat sieeve is formed of two bands of the lace sewed together. The unlined corsage has a fiebu of the iawn trimmed with the lace. It also encircies the throat and wrists. White satin ribbon bows are placed on all parts of the costume demanding such decoration. Tux Wuite Dresses of last year may safely be worn again this season without alteration. ‘The same straight-tucked and flounced fronts | are seen, and shirred round waists reappear to | divide favor witn the half-fitting basque which ig now, as then, the prevailing pattern for the bodice. The handsomest costumes have three Dasques, formed entirely of embroidery, either cut from the piece or cleverly contrived out of the same wide flounces which trim the skirt. Sets of embroid with as many as five widths of edging, and inserting to match, come for dresses. Tue variety of grenadines is so great at Present that these dresses will be more used than they have been; for young ladies the Spanish lace grenadine is made over colored satin—nota'ily terra cotta red, olive green and salmon colors ; for older ladies the fine taffeta grenadine of sewing silk Is used asa transparent above rich colors, while for those who prefer all black dresses two kinds of grenadine are used, Gombining the plain or striped armure ine, with brocades that have large balls, flowers | or fruits, apples, pears or plums, brocaded on Felief upon 4 satin lustrous ground. Tue New Berrons are small, and great num- bers of them are used. Steel ang brass buttons are for the military furore, but small, round and nail-head shapes appear among the more expen- sive styles of the day. Enameled in colors on Twtal, these are dainty little affairs. Colored giass buttons. with a satiny sheen, come in all the new evening shades for trimming nun’s and cashin and are yi effective perme ‘gas light. Round buttons with opaline tint, ise purchase. since they last Hi A i OM Hi H i E i 8 A OSCAR'S NEW LECTURE. ‘The Apostle of Estheticism Discourses em Art Decoration. HE GIVES MANY GOOD HINTS TO THE LADTES a8 TO THE MANNER IN WHICH HOMES CAN BE BEAU- TIFIED, NOT FORGETTING THEIR DRESS. From the Philadelphia Press, May 11. Oscar Wilde delivered his second lecture in Philadelphia at Association Hall yesterday af- ternoon before an audience of good number, most of them being ladies. The apostie of es- theticism wore his usual lecturing attire— knee-breeches and loose coat of dark green vel- vet, and silk stockings of a dark hue, A frill of lace at the throat and down the breast relieved the somber colors of his raiment. His oval face, which become fuller since his tour in the west. was framed in his long locks of brown hair. His lecture was interesting and sugges- tive, and the intelligent audience gave him ciose, though sometimes amused, attention. Mr. Wiide dined with friends last evening, and lest for New York on the 8 o'clock train. Mr. Wilde said that in his previous lecture he had dwelt upon the pre-Raphaelite movement, not to shelter himself under the wgis of any school, but to show that thé artistic movement ofthe present time was not merely the fan of a few young men, but had its roots years gone by. “With the man who fs to make the siinple things of life for us,” he continued, “itis diiferent from the poet or painter, he is dependent entirely on the honor and sympathy whieh are given him. Beauty. is a necessity of human life, unless we are content with some- thing less than nature meant man to have. Art depends upon the value that the workman places upon his work. Wherever you find real decoration it must have been done not merely with the hands but with the heart and head also. Unless we have rational designs we can- t have either good workmen or zood results. Good designs will call men of character to ex- ecute them. America may claim to be the most practical nation, but in handicraft I do not think you are a practical people. The houses of simple people, hotels and village houses which I have seen in this country, show how you miss opportunities, I have never seen so many badly made things in my life—so many glaring, hideous wall papers, furniture not joined bat glued, and wretchedly woven car- pets. That most artistic thing, a fire-place, is rare Indeed. And then the American stove! | If they wouldn’t decorate it and festoon the base with black leaded roses, and surmount it with a funereal urn! An excellent witness will sum up the case for us. The nineteenth century has witnessed the creation of a word without par- allel, the word “second-hand.” This means that the moment you begin to use a thing it de- creases in value. But if anything is well made it ought to be quite as good after years of use, and even better. The old cathedrals stand more firm and are more beautiful than when first built. The old Puritan furniture is quite as strong now as a century ago. The esthetic movement depends, not on the number of gra- cious things rich people can store in their houses, on the honor and attention given to handi- craft. HINTS BOR LADIES’ DRESS, “One of the first things we must do for the improvement of the streets through which the handicraftsman walks to his work at morning and returns at eventide, is to make some iin- provement in dress. Noble dress is a means of education. Art is healthy when it mirrors the beauty of the world about us. It is unhealthy when It goes back to picture the romantic time. But the character of our modern dress has driven the painter to treat of knights and lies whom we have never seen. I see no reason why black should be used asa perma- nent color. It is noble only in drapery, which has almost disappeared from modern’ dress. More joyous colors should be used. Two things we can easily have:more joyous color and more drapery. There have been a few eras when people dressed naturally and_beautifully, e Grecian, thie dress of England in the time of George I., or of the time of Sir Joshua Rey- nolds and of Gainsborough,—these are the styles we should follow, not the dreadful fashion plates of the modern dressmaker. The hat of the last century, with its wide brim,was a bean- tiful background for the face; but the modern bonnet, with its flowers and what not, is an ir- rational monstrosity.” At this declaration there was a stir among the audience. Wearers of wide brimmed hats looked on the lecturer approvingly, but the unfortunate owners of bonnets took the criticisms good-nataredly. Mr. Wilde then noticed briefly our architec- ture. saying: “If one builds in marble. there should be Greek carving or joyous decoration, not a glaring white cube. If in red brick, you could yourselves, by a month’s learning do beau- tiful decorative work in terra cotta. I saw a wonderful number of wood houses from New York to San Franciseo without a bit of wood carving upon them. The gables and windows of a Swiss shepherd’s cottage are grateful to the eye. The green Pennsylvania stone could be decorated !n the horizontal bar system by which the Venetians made the most beautiful city of the world. “Next to beautiful surroundings, an arttsan needs a school of design. This should be in the noblest possible building. The designer should not be surrounded merely by four glaring white walls. Then there should be a museum, where the artisans can see designs from every age. The South Kensington museum is what gives us hope for the future in England. SOUP PLATES AND MOONLIGHT. “The sense of color seems to be a little lost, because it needs to be so constantly refreshed. The designer must be able to think in color as well as inform. But he should be able to see it in the world about him. I have seen many pretty flower-vases in American houses, but hot @ single beantifully-shaped water’ jar. Yet there are more beautiful shapes "for water vessels than for anything else. Knick- knacks are charming, but not what we want in the present state of handicraft. Young designers cover dinner-plates with moon- lights and dishes with sunsets. Don't let us eat our soup off such things, which are fit only to hang on the wall and remind us of fading beauties. One reason for mistakes like these is forgetfulness of the fact that perspective 1s out- de the province of the decorative artist. The aginative artist aims to remove all sense of surface; the decorative artist to strengthen and beantify the surface alone. When he decorates a dish, he does not wish to create a doubt as to whether its center drops away into a vista of hill and hollow, but he wishes to make it real and substantial. “All the best.wood carving and inlaid work I have seen in America has been in Pullman cars. But we want good decoration, not in palaces of passage, but in our rooms. Your forests in America should create a school for their use in beautifal ways. When you have your workmen of delicate hand and power ot design, don't leave him in obscurity. Don’t deal with salesmen, but go directly to the designer. Then you can see the craftsman as he beats the gold into leaves, like yellow rose petals, or draws it into tangled sunbeams. Your art must be democratic in ap- pealing to large numbers of people. ART EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. “The most thorough way to elevate your decorative art is to teach it directly to your children, not only for its own sake, but as a means of education. A child 1s open to two in- fluences—beauty and kindness. Fill your house with beautiful ings and the children will be- come gentle and refined, trom the care they take not to break them. In California I used fre- quently to go to the Chiness theaters to see the beaut dresses. I also went to the Chinese restaurants for their delicate tea. T saw a common navvy, a rough, uncouth Chinaman drinking tea out ofa cup of transparent por- celain, so fragile that a lady would touch it with care. Such was the influence of beauty upon this laborer. But turn from the Chinese restaurant to an American hotel, and while dollars are wasted on gilding mirrors, in the seventy hotels I have visited my coffee is Paks s given to mein delf an inch anda half thick.” Mr. Wilde devoted the concluding ten minutes of his lectare to an explanation ot how decora- tive art would educate children. . “It is much better to teach them to design beautiful and gracefal things than to cram their heads with lists of ki that criminal calendar of Europe, or the and longitade of countries no- body ever would take the trouble to visit.” ——-. i : GRA os fe ORM SA A De sy tee Moscow, April 14.—In view of the approach- ing coronation of the Czar of All the Russias, this quiet, ultra-Russian city, the city of famous churches, of dirty and narrow streets, of long beards and long kaftans, of stchee, kvas and mead, has suddenly wakened toan unnsual actiy- ity. Moscow, or, as the Moscovites say, Moskva, tal of the Czardom, the “‘sacred city,” the “tem- ple of orthodoxy and the fortress ot autocracy;” that she has been sung by the Russtan poets far more than any other Russian city; that though the “Northern Palmyra,” St. Petersburg, has robbed her of her right of being the capital of All the Russias, and made her a “widow wear- ing the purpl: yet she has strictly preserved the unique privilege of crowning the Czara, which she has enjoyed for nearly five centuries. month or so, and cost the treasury from 10,600,000 to 20,000,000 roubles (37,000,000 to vites’ pockets. No wonder, then, that the Mos- covites are now setting themselves to work in good earnest at repaving and cleaning the streets, painting and kalsomining the houses, and scrubbing things in general. Besides the coronation, they have another reason for mak- ing as good a show as possible. last year the Moscow journals most earnestly urged that the Czar’s capital be transferred back to Moscow. Now. Moscow must prove to the hundreds of thousands of Russians who wiil come to witness the coronation that she is not inferior to her young, proud and successful rival on thashore of the Baltic. A national industrial exhibition which is to be held here at the time of the coronation will, of course, add greatly to the crowds which will throng the ancient streets of Moscow. Russia had three successive capitals before Moscow, namely, Novgorod, on the Volkhoff ; Kleff, on the Dnieper, and’ Vladimir, on the Kliasma. Moscow was founded in the twelfth century by Prince Youry Dolgorooky (long- armed), and in the fourteenth century, when ail the sinall, independent princedoms ‘were an- nexed to the Moscovite state, became the capi- tal of Russia, In the fifteenth century Ivan III. of Moscow married Princess Sophy. the niece of Constantine, the Jast emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. Sophy lived in Rome, and when she came to Moscow she brought along a num- ber of Italian artists. One of these, the architect Aristotel Fiorayenti, immortalized his name by building the Czar’s palace in Kreml, the chureh tower of Ivan Veliky (the Great), the highest in Russia, and the Uspensky (Assumption) Cath- edral. From that time to the present day all the Czars and Czaritas of Russia have crowned and anointed in the Uspensky Cathe- drai in Moscow. What a tale the walls of that ancient and now insignificant cathedral could tell! Within it Ivan the Terrible stood and took an oath be- fore God that he would be an ever-loving father to his subjects, and yet during the fifty years of his reign he proved himself one of the cruelest. tyrants that ever lived. Metropolitan Philipp, who anointed him with chrism, afterward called him “a mad dog,” and blessed the hand that should kill him. Nevertheless, that crowned maniac in his bright hours was a genius. Among his statesmen there was none equal to him in knowledge, and he knew the Bible by heart. In that same cathedral stood Theodor, the last raler of the Rurik family,which reigned in Russia over seven centuries. Next there ap- peared ing the cathedral a sly Tartar prince, Boris Godunoff, who murdered the last de- scendant of the Rurik family, Dmitry, the little brother of Theordor, ard snatched the Czar'’s crown for himself. By his ukase the free peas- ants were converted into the serfs of the Boyards, whose land they happened to occupy. Tn 1605 the Uspensky Cathedral was polluted by an impostor, self-called Dmitry, a tool of the Poles. In the same year he was killed, his body was burned, and his ashes were fired out of a cannon. Inthe next year Vasily Shooysky, a Bayard, was crowned, and four years later was deposed by the Boyards. During the interreg- num from 1610 to 1613 the Russians looked to Metropolitan Hermogen of the Uspensky Cathe- dral for orders. In 1613 the old cathedral witnessed the coro- nation of a youth of 16, Michael Romanoff, a re- mote relative in the teminine line of the Ruriks. Although he was elected by the national assem- bly. even the first Romanoff Czar preferred to call himself an autocrat by God’s grace instead of by the will of the people, as he was in fact. Seventy years later two Czars were crowned at once in the Uspensky Cathedral—Ivan, a youth of 16, weak in mind and body, and Peter, a boy of 10. The young Czars were raled, along with their country, by their treacherous sister, Sophy, whom Peter, when he attained his seventeetli year, put into a convent for life. This was Peter the Great. His grandson, Peter the Sec- end, was the last male ruler of the Romanotf famay, and he died when only 14 years old. Four female autocrats have been crowned in the Uspensky Cathedral, of whom only two were ofthe Romanoff house. Catherine L., the wife of Peter the Great. who ruled after her hus- band’s death, was German by birth, and of low origin. Catherine If., the murderess of her hus- band, Peter III., was a German princess of An- halt-Zerbst.* Anna, the daughter of Czar Ivan, snatched the imperial crown with blood-stained lands. It was she who was accused of poison- ing the boy Czar, Peter II. Elizabeth, the daugh- ter of Peter the Great. was crownedafter having thrown into prison the baby Czar, Ivan VI., the son of aprince of Brownschweig. With the death of Elizabeth, in 1761, the house of Romanoff was extinguished. The son ofa prince of Holstein, Gottorp, who married Anna, the daughter of Peter the Great, was crowned under the name of Peter HI. He wore the crown only six months, when he was dethroned and kiked by order of his wife, Catherine the Second. His son, Paul I., though a born idiot, was crowned as autocrat of All the Russias. Four years afterward he was strangled by con- spirators, one of whom was his own son, and who was then crowned under the name of Alex- ander I., called the Blessed. Next came Nich- olas I. and Alexander II., the Liberator, and there the list of the anointed Czars of Russia at present ends. It appears, after all, that the throne of Russia has not been always occupied by members of the Rauvik and Romanoff families; that there have been seated on it a Tartar, a Boyard, an impos- tor, and a number of small German princes; that the Czar of to-day, as well as six of his im- mediate predecessors, belongs to the Holatein- Gottorp family; that among those who have worn the Czar’s crown were some maniacs, idiots, and murderers of both sexes; that the four women who wielded the scepter of Peter the Great added anything but honor to the throne of Russia, and that court revolution is the most promising feature of the history of the Russian rulers. : The rite of the Czar’s coronation 1s performed according to the custom of the ancient Chris- tian rulers aud of the first Russian Czars. On the appomted day the highest dignitaries of the state and the representatives of all classes and tribes found in Russia appear at the Mos- cow Kreml. Inthe LL apa! cathedral, where out of the fourteen ranks of the civil and mili- tary officers only the two highest ranks are ad— mitted, the Czar, standing before the altar,reads the orthodox credo, and the metropolitan anoints him with chrism. Then he puts on hig shoulders the imperial purple cloak, lined with ermine, places on his head the tmperial crown, takes in one hand the sceptre and in the other vel one; that re his heart in his hands in order to enable him to serve for the well-being of the people intrusted to him and for God’ i # 5 1 i j I iN Hi : Potentate STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, now recalls the fact that she is the ancient capi- The coronation festivities usually last for a $15,000,000), which ciiiefly go Into the Mosco- During all of In short, the Czar is the sole legislator, the sole suy judge, and the unlimited adminis trator of the sixth of our globe, populated by 100,000,000 of nis subjects. Indeed he is the “eartity god” of‘the Russians. And yet that god is now trem! like an aspen leaf at the very idea of Moscow for his crown. And there is no’ wonder that he trembles. While his special couriers are galloping with seoled orders into-hs humerous domains where as yet there are no railroads, no telegraphs, and no regular post communications, and while the Mosc ovites are in fall turmoil of preparation for his coronation, at the same time his deadly foes are reported to be aldo busy preparing for the Czar some fireworks of t! own make. But where to look for these fireworks—under- ground, on the surface, or in the air—no- body knows, ‘and - everybody is fall of dark apprehensions. ‘The question, where the Nihilists can best deal thetr blow to the Czar, is discussed here in whispers. In the first place, the Uzar has to ‘travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow, 400 milés, by railroad, and who knows at how many points that railroad is undermined? Who knows how mar of the switchmen of that road are Nihilists? In the next place, after reaching Moscow the Czar will stop, according to an ancient custom) in the Petrovsky Park, about two miles from the Kreml, where he will remain until the eve of the coronation, and then will go to the Kreml. Now, that short journey, which will be rather a pompous pro- cession, amid masses of people, will, of course, be extremely dangerous. Then, in the Kreml the Czar has to goon foot from his palace to the ey cathedral and back, a distance of about fifty vards, amid thousands of representa- tives of the people, who will occupy the space between the palace and the cathedral. Who knows whether at that moment, when the Czar in full glory appears before the representatives ef his people a nihilist bomb may not be thrown down from the roof of the cathedral? Nobody denies here that there is great danger for the Czar and for thoge who on the coronation day shall surround fim, and on that account the 00d people of Moscow have never before been 80 much excited on the eve of a coronation ag they are now, while awaiting the coronation of Alexander ITE. But the world moves in spite of all dangers to the little god of the Russians, and with it move the smart Mogcovites. Some of them are pre- paring cheap popular shows, where the moujick Jesters will amuse their brethren with homespun puns. Others are making ready gigantic swings, towering up to the dome of ivan Veliky, such swings as Russians only can enjoy. Others are preparing polished poles as tall as tele- graph poles, which when soaped and pro- vided with a big prize stuck on top will afford an opportunity to many a Russian boy either to break his neck or to win the prize and become the hero of the day. Butchers and cooks are constructing gigantic ovens, where they wille roast uncarved bulla and rams, which, with gilded horns and othetwise ornamented, will be served, at the government's cost, to the people on the public squares. Many other enterprising Moscovites are trying to do something for the Czar’s glory and tor their own profit. But none of them can avoid the worrying question, “if a sacrilegious hands pulls a trigger, or throws a bomb, or unites the electric current running to amine, what then?” O Moscow, happy and unhappy at the same time! Thou art now indeed in the situation of the man who, according to a Russian saying, stretching forth his hand for sugar, got a knout. ee HOME HORTICULTURE, Outdoor Garden Operations. From Our Continent. In the majority of all the states In the Union this is the proper time to begin out-door opera- tions inthe garden. For all hardy plants and seeds, the sooner they ate planted and sown be- fore hot weather sets inithe better. As soon as the ground is dry. enough to be worked, so that it does not adhere fo the spade or rake, planting or sowing should be begun ; that is, of the hardy kinds, such as frutt and ornamental trees, and all varieties of small fruits which, of coursecome under the head of “hatdy.” But many of our fruits, flowers, and vegetable plants are of trop- ical origin, and all such cannot be planted until the danger of frosts and even chilly weather is past. For thisreason tomatoes, peppers,egg-plant (in vegetables) and nearly all the summer flow- ering bedding or, ornamental leaved plants, should not in the latitude of New York or Phil- delphia be planted out until very well on in May. ‘The same rule applies to seeds. While such hardy seeds of such hardy plants as cabbage, celery. carrots, lettuce, onions, peas and gpinach should be sown not later than April 15th, for the first crop,yet the seeds of tropical vegetables such as Lima beans, sweet corn, melons, squash, cucumbers or okra should not be sown until the first week in May. A good guide to such readers as are conversant with farm crops is to plantorsew all the hardy class of plants or seeds at such time as wheat or oats are gown in the spring;while the tender or tropical kind should not be sown until the season of corn planting. Keeping these rules in view, a guide is given to planting or sowing in any part of the continent. There Is no doubt that millions of plants are annually sacrificed by lack of knowledge as to the time at which to piant and sow; the nursery- men and seedsmen are frequently blamed for that for which they are in nowise responsible. Their practice in sending out their catalogues too early, however, has considerable to do with causing blunderg, for inexperienced buyers nat- urally suppose that when these lists are placed before them it is time to sow and plant. If those issuing these catalogues would devote less space to exaggerated descriptions of trees, plants or seeds, and more to such concise details of time and manner of planting, they would confer ben- efits on thelr customers that would quickly re- dound to the advantage of those who take the initiative in the matter. In connection with spring planting and sow- ing cannot be too often reiterated the great ne- cessity of firming the soil around the plants planted, or the seeds sown. Peter Henderson, who has written so much on horticultural sub- jects, says he believes his instructions as to the ‘use of the feet in planting and sowing are more valuable than anything else he has ever Pre. pared for the public. Let me quote a few of his remarks upon this subject, as they are particu- larly applicable at this season of the year. “The loss to the agricultural and horticultural com- munity, from the habit of loosely sowing seeds Mr. D. C. or planting plants in hot and dry soils, is of a | tion of Paintings, ‘auction. ‘The pictures will be on exhibition at our: corner of 10th street and days and evenings previous to reserve TUESD. MAY SIXTEEN’ ‘CLOCK. sale. magnitude which few will believe until they have witnessed it; and it is a loss all the more to be regretted, when we know that by ‘Gane the soil around the seed or plant, there in most cases a certain preventive. Particularly in the sowing of seeds I consider this matter of vast importance, for the loss to the horticul- d agricultiral community by the See of this simple opeee ee amounts to millions annually. Themischief done is not confined to theless important garden Spesionk; but oe] wheat, cotton and turnips often fail in hot an dry soils by being sown without being rfimed sufficiently to prevent the air from shrivel- ing the seeds. The use of the feet is im- practicable in firming seeds on the farm, but @ heavy roller applied after sowing is an absolute necessity, under certain conditions of the soil, to insure fect tion.” The difference in the time of seeds com- ing up that have been “firmed,” and those that have not been trodden in is eight days; besides there is a risk that those not [Ase AUBURN ; MINERAL SPRING WATER. 3, W. BOTELFR & SON Arethe Agente for the aale of Tickets in this Districtog INMAK STEAMSHIP 0. THIS EVENING. LEY, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE OF FO! I will sell for F. LW, BOTELER & BON. POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE. m., for Baltimore and All River Freight must be Prepaid. it of the ‘Returning, arrive in Washinston every Raturviay night AY 0! STEPHENSON & BRO, Acerrs, 16-6m_Tth street Wharf and Cor, 12h end Pa. ave » at 737 Tth street FP THREE-STORY APRIL TWENT: of a and SEVEN OCLOCE, ntl trust, dated the Ist recorded in Laber — Keourds for the D5 BOLLS OF CANTON MATTING. Y MORNING, MAY SIXTEENTH, at will sell in front of our Auc- 9th and D streets— 8 of White and Checked Matting. DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts. ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. On and after NOVEMBER Sd, 1881, th KROWSMITH will leave her whai 7am, every MONDAY, THU wer landinics. On MONDA RSDAY, N: y-four (94) feet: thence east ten (10) feet: ‘<} =o iug, and thence south to ith the thereon, and the balance in twelve, ‘and eighteen months 200! Coldron's and Howard’ d_ Leonardtown, . CORONAR JON RK. WOOD, day of sale, for which purchaser's notes, bearing Ascent. ‘cent interest and secured on the property will be or "s1 a, at the are not complied wit the 1 il ‘RE HAIR BED LOUNGE, UPHOLSTERED IN ee CLOTH: BOUQUET TAB! kK STEAMERS, { ORFOLK AND NID N THE STEAMER Will leave her wharf, foot of 6th street, ev DNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 5:300'cI"k p.m... Fortrest Poi TING AT NORPOLR PROVIDENCE STEAMP class fare to Fortress Montoe and Norf alk Round trip tare to Fortress Monroe and Nortolk. d-clams fare to Fortress Mongee and Nort sik First clase fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout. 2 Round trip fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout. 2.30 Second-clase fare to Piney Pout and Point Lackout. folk TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, ith within five days from day of notice inthe Evening ‘at purchaser's cost. | UE SLE ULz, In, Trustee, os AIRS, ‘ORNICES; —H. iD STAIR CARPETS, RAIN CARPETS; ; WALNUT Bi HSTANDS: H. AND. TRESSES: COTTAGE FURNITURE: W. EXTENSION TABLE: WALNUT DINING-ROOM Ci MAHOGANY SID) Star newspaper. All convevanci 3. T. COLDWELL, Auct. THOS. J. FISHER & co, HAIRS) REFRIGERATO as gues Rares UABLE LOT FRONTING AVENUE, BETWEEN ELFTH STREETS NORTH- RL NEW SIPS nee. ee ee ae a ee a ELEVENTH AND TW UESDAY_AFTERNOO! L at FIVE O'CLOC matare 333, fronting 20 feet, on south aide of Pon i, fronting on eon . ” between 2th streets, ‘and yuare feet of groi Returning, leaves N. and SAT URS AT ELEVEN crorogR AL. IN FRONT OF THE THE Ni ONE HORSE. (IND AND Ginn On WEDNESDAY. MAY QEVENCEENTIL, at TEN O'CLOCK A, M., we’ at No, 9 K street, be- containing 1,750 ‘Terms: One- months, secured cent. Deposit of Conveyancing at cost m9-d in 6, 12 and 18 juired when property is, THOS.’J. FISHER & CO. Aucta. Tit WSs SEE Columbia, in Liber tateroo! The National ‘Metroyolttas’ Bam office, 1351 Pennsylvania ave- and a boat, ALERED WOOD, Secretary. HA™s0Re LIN) WEEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS Int anotion, ta? LEAVING NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY ‘the FIFTEENTH OOK P.M. jortheast, the fects, to which we ask the TER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts. pause DOWLING, Auctioneer. ft 13 15th ‘street, ing B. & 0. ‘Ticket SALE BY CATALOGUE OF THE HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF HI8 EXCELLENCY M. OUTREY, Tue FRENCH MINISTER, AT BIg RESIDENCE, SOUTHEAST COR. OF CONN. AVE. AND L 8T., By Bent Samy bal front ot the; DAY OF MAY, A. D. Br ane deecr FOR ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY. Passage to = aw C. B. RICHARD & 00., General nee south 30 fe an 100 feet to raid et Passenger 61 Broadway, New York, beginning (improved by'a brick ‘One-fourth ‘and the ments, at 6, 12.and 18 mont tobesecured by the purchaser's ni property, or all in cash at pur- posit of $100 at time or sale, Con- veyancing at purchaser's cost. DUNCANSON BROS. UNCANSON BROb., Auctx CHANCERY SALE CARPETS, Or to PERCY G. SMITH, 1851 and 619 Pennsylvania avenue. ELEGANT PARLOR FURNITURE, ARTISTIC NEW your ROTTERDAM. terest, ced of trust on the LOUIS XY. TABLE, and other Furnitare of that date; SUPERB MANTEL SETS, Artistic Objecte, Turkish Carpets and Rugr, Persian Portiers, Guipure Lace, And other fine Window Hangings. BEDROOM FURNITURE OF SUPERIOR MANU- FACTURE, . 7) The first-class Steamers of this Line, NALD FEND. T *, ty x ; mee pete AMSTERDAM SO ROLL OF FURNITURE, GLASSWARF, &c., virtue of a decree passed 1882, in Equity cause, Wyndham al., Supreme Court of the as No, it, Doc. SIXTEENTH, 1882, at the auction reculart; - Fam 16. wecond cabin, th day of Apri, eral Agent, 27 Bout h OL Tahal on TUE eT ahall, on "CLOCK A. aD streets Tor each. to the higbest Bidder, a lot of Household Furniture, Brusecls Carpet nearly JOHN A. CLARK, Trustee, No. 319 43s street northwest. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMP) NEAR TENNALLYTOW. SUPERBLY CARVED LIBRARY AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE, CHINA WARE, SHEFFIELD PLATE, BACCARAT GLASS WARE, FRENCH KITCHEN pas rom. Southampton and Bremer cab 4 ROVED PROPERTY, ‘0 Taseage apply. WN, ABOVE GEORGE- New Krk W ylvania avenue northwest, ‘Agents far Cexanp LINE. foot of 34 obok em. York ja Lam Sees G. METZEI 2 MADEIRA AND SHERRY WINES of rare value, FRENCH WINES, &c., &¢.; LANDAU, HORSES, HARNESS, AND GENERAL STABLE PARAPHERNALIA. ce WEDNESDAY, MAY AT HALE-PAST TEN O'CLOCK, District of Columbia, and b; the undersigns 7, the un it of the premises, on MONDAY, MAY OND, 1b82, AT BIX O'CLL ibed iz: The rate wilt SEVENTEENTH, HALF. and continue THURSDAY, balance of Furnitu and Engravings will be on SAT! (AX TWENTIETH, AT EN O'CLCCK, all the Wines, Horses &e., ke, gn0 ana gion RATE OF, Paseaan: st and: Passenger accommodations. 5 Steerage at very low rates. Stecrage tickets from Liv- fhence south | erpool and Queenstown and all other parta of Europe at fora on whe’ Continent aad will beon view MONDAY and TUES- Toth and 16th, Goumencineat 12 clock. ‘Mx. M. B. LATIMER will condnet the eale. WN its for the ‘H, FOX & BROWN are agent i oe . a Ne 7 VERNON, DOT B.SC 605 7th street, ington. RAILROADS. _ T PENN LVANIA ROUTE MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT, OT M. 'H, ¥ STATION, Conwns HOS. J. FISHER & CO., Auctioneers, CHANCERY SALE OF CITY PROPERTY. if a decree of the Supreme Court of jumbia, passed on the 15th day of! Equity cause No. 7,720, of . against America G. fothe isguest FIVE O'CLOCK 8. Mees AX-OF MAY, 1882, Lot num- am fronting thirty (30) feet on ¥ etreet north een Ist and 2d streets, with » ert of 00 feet ‘to's 0-foot alley, the ame being a IHARLES W. HANDY, Real Estate Broker. EXECUTORS? SALE O} PROPERTY ON, DOUBLE TRACK. STEEL RAILS. be F VALUAB! IN EFFEC E ‘Ai LE UNIMPROVED | Tears Leave Was red nineteen (19), in 8 Sad sizty-aino eGo) IXTH STREET SOUTH’ SOUTHWEST, n iB VICINITY OF SAINT | For Pittsburg and the West, 0 oP frust on the snid propel of the purchase money’ w fale, and the purchaser will be re« jerms of eale within ten days of either, the Trustee reserves the right to the cost ot ths purcliuser, in aucing at the cost of the purc mli-dé&as C.C. COLE, Trastee. 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS AT AUCTION. 19 of two deeds of trust, bearing date 12th and 22d days of March, A.D. 1878, respec. folio 449, of the land , We will offer for tirday, ‘with Palnce For Williamsport, Lock Haven, and Elmira, at 9:30 a. fa cree fer to Fulton street, acroes New York City. secured auction, in front of the , the ELEVENTH DAY OF MAY, A. BIX O'CLOCK P.M., the f located in the city of W: estate and premises Line, 6:40.a.m, and4:40 p.m. dsily, te and. said District, and kno Sunday. Oa0'am and 4:40 p.m. daily, except ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG Ral ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING’ i 8 a dria, 6:30, 7: sPircacs | tae oe 2 No. decree of the 8uj ‘Court of ‘Gotumbia, naswed on fe bi ity 7,716.in which James ‘rusiee wiil sell, on FILIDAY, the ‘TEE! DAY OF MAY, 1882, at SIX front of the the juare 122, having a fi oe of about 1 feet 10 ‘ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OO., Auctioneers. General, ae FRANK TROMSON, General AUCTION SALE OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS Ee ALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. THE MODEL FAST, AND THE ONLY LINE WEST, VIA WASHINGTON. za EVERY 1UPSEAY, THUME BRTAGES FAB; | DOUBLE TRACK! JANNEY COUPLER! STEEL st ‘the sales of attention given to: SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT MONDAY, JAN- M. ect F ESS. 00 Satmore kitoot City and Wi ‘Hagerstown and Way, ‘Real Estate ‘and. on all consignments. ‘Terms cash. AND ST. LOUIS mi0-d WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts. Care to Cincinnati, ‘of the District of Columbia: ie | sco gs CT SIXTEENTH, 1 commenc- < Ramen ete new; Carved ‘fables. GUs Frame stirror and i Hangings in raw sik: Lace Cur ‘Chamber i td Hf x #