Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1883, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: ART NOTES. =It is greatly t®be resretted, as well on its ‘own account aa that of the cause It represents, Felis the Wasiington Art Club still shows no signs of life. —The exhibition cf the New York Water Color Bociety and Etching Club opens in the Academy of Design in that city on the 29th inst.. and will elose on the 24th of February. — Ex-Minister Hamlin has recently presented to Colby University a copy of the Christopher Columbus oil portrait in the Naval Museum at Madrid, supposed to be the only authentic like- ness of the great discoverer. —Herr Ludwig Knaus, the great German genre painter, has been chosen by the British —Much regret is expressed in France that there is no really satisfactory portrait ot Gam- betta in e: tence. That which is generally con- ainted by Healy, the well- t. several years ago. It ion to sit fo Bonnat, but ppeared to be able to find time s inelinaiion at the same time to carry out his purpose. — “The Martyrdom of St. John,” by Charles Sprague Pearce, which was on exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery here for some time, a while zo, has been purchased by the Chicago Art Institute. It is generally conceded to be a fine ett @ work of art, and it is thou:ht that it mmight have been seeured for the Corcoran Gal- lery but for the fact that that collection is con- sidered to have already more than a fair pro- portion of distressing subjects. —It must make the Boston hair curl and the Boston blood fairly boil with flery indignation to Tead such remarks as these, penned and printed by a German artist residing there, in one of the papers of that self-satistied city: “The drtistic atmosphere of Bos tu and partisan, and the surfeit of art twaddle tatked in and out of print 1s almost as dis aging as an absolute sile on the subj would be.” ‘This is simply dreadful, in the Ieon- ociastic spirit displayed. — Among t elected members of the Society of American Artists In New York we note the name of Mr. Gaines Ruger Donoho, formerly of this city, now pursuing his profes- sion abroad. Mr. Donoho has been living in Paris for some time past, but early in the win- ter he went to Pont-Aven, a favorite point in Brittany with artists, where he is busily engaged upon his large picture for the next Salon and several other works of minor importance. Mr. Donoho’s pictures are greatly liked by the French painters, many of whom praise his ef- forts enthusiastically, and predict for him a most brilliant and successful career. —A letter received by a gentleman of this clty from Mr. David Neal, the distinguished Ameri- can artist so long resident in Munich, announces that he has finally completed his great histori- eal painting representing “Cromwell's Visit to Milton,” upon which he has been more or less steadily engazed tor nearly two years past, and which he considers his most’ important as weil as his most successful _achieve- ment. The picture is the property of a gentle- man residing in Cleveland, Ohio, for whom It was painted, but there Is reason to believe that it will be exhibited in Washington—probably in the Corcoran Gallery—before finally finding its Testing place in the residence of its owner. — Americans who visit Europe the coming summer will have unusual opportunities for gratiiying any taste they may have for art. In addition to the great public galleries. always open in the principal cities, and the annual ex- f maingsey of the Roval Academy in London and hat of the Salon in Paris, there Isto be an In- ternational Art Exhibition in Munich, running from the Ist of July to the 1th of October, similar to the one held afew years ago, and @ General International Exposition at Amster- dam, continuing for several months. It is in- tended that the art display shall be an intere: ing and important feature of the latter exhibition, and an unusual opportunity will @oubtless be afforded for studying the works of the Dutch masters. — A portrait bust in marble of the late Dr. J. ©. Hall has been placed temporarily on view in the Trustees’ Room of the Corcoran Gallery. It was executed by Mr. Charles Calverley, the well- known New York sculptor, on a commission from the Board of Managers of the Washington City Orphan Asylum, for which institution it is Intended. As a work of art the bust is credit- able and pleasing, and as a likeness quite satis- factory.—remarkably so, indeed, considering that the artist had never seen his’ subject, and had to work entirely from photos, suguestions Of friends. ete. We understand that a commis- sion for a companion work of art, in a bust of Mr. Corcoran, has also been given by the Man- agers of the Asylum,-—the work in this case to be done by Mr. J.Q.°A. Ward. — Asecond competition for the great monu- ment to be erected in Rome to Victor Emanuel has been announced,—the result of the first not having been satisfactory, for the reason, as is stated. that too wide a latitude as tu style of design was allowed to competitors. The pres- ent selieme contemplates a colossal equestrian statue as the main or central feature, with con- siderable latitude as to designs for the base, ac- Cessories, etc. It is announced that the site chosen for the monument is that now occupied by an old monastery on the Capitoline Hill, the ascent of which isto be by a grand staircase leading from the Corso, which is to be prolonged to that point, so that the whole length of that famous thoroughfare will be dominated by the monument. The total height of the structure is Innited to eizhty-tive feet, and the sum appro- priated for the rk, comprising cost of sub- structure. erection. etc., !s about a million and * shalt doiiars. The competition is to be interna- tonal. notwithstanding the fact that at the first trial the prize was gained by a Frenchman, to the great indignation of the Italian artists who entered the lists. — The spirited contest as to who should exe- cute the statue of Garfleld, intenaed as one of Ohio's contributions to the hall of statuary in the national Capitol building, has at last been settled in favor of the young Cincinnati sculp- tor, Niehaus, but not without much bad feeling and some very uncomplimentary observations on the part of competing artists. The commit- tee on selection was composed of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the chief justice of the supreme court of the state, the attorney gen- erai, the speaker, and two members of the lower house and two members of the upper LITERARY NOTES. HISTOPY OF THE PACIFIC STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. By Hupert Howe Baxcrorr. Vol- America: Vol. 1, 1001-1530. San A. L. Bancroft & Co. ewhat curious that the two writers who have most exhaustively treated the history of the American continent should bear the same same, though, we believe, in no wise related, and residing some three thousand miles apart. It would be still more curious if the younger of the two should ultimately ta:e & higher place asa historian, or at J-«st as an Investigator and compiler, tia his venerable namesake. And thes hay pessibly happen. But, whether it does or not, it is certain that the later aspirant has Le undertaken a work the successful com- pletion of which cannot fail to win for him an eaviable position in the world of letters. Mr. Hubert Bancroft’s researches in his nn field bore their first. fruit when his Native Races of the Pacitic States” made its five large volumes, several years The work then besun is to be carried for- ward in the formn indicated In the volume before us; and ifthe plan adopted be followed out it bids fair to be. within the limits prescribed for it. more c i ny historical digest et attempted in this country. The first three Yolumes of the series are to be devoted to C tral Amer From that point the author wi advance northward, traversing im order Mexico and the North Mexican — states, California, Nevada and Utah, Oregon. Wash Inzton, ‘Idaho and Montana, and end- ing with British Columbia and Alaska. This is a most stupendous undertaking; but Mr. Bancroft seems to be adequately equipped for It. as well In the material he lias brougit to- gether as in the intelligence, industry and en- More than twenty-five years azo he began to collect books and manuscripts bearing on his en in a special library consisting of over 35,000 volumes, and representing a direct expen- pout $300,000, Considering Mr. Ban- ft’s early training, and his long and close ap- plication to business pursuits, the literary merit of his work ts remark: It is open to the criticism of ornateness, but some- thing of this naturally springs from the pecu- liarly romantic character of the period and coun- try discussed at the outset. A fault like this can, too, if not too conspicuous or carried too far, be excused for the solid and valuable mate- rial which it adorns. There also appears to be danger that the work may grow beyond the limits of desirability, both as to style and bulk, unless the author's disposition to philosophise and indulge in rhetoric be curbed somewhat; but this isa fault that will probably correct it= selfas the work goes on and the author per- ceives the necessity tor It. It may be proper to add here that so highly fs Mr. Bancroft’s pre- vious effort thought of in England that an edi- tion of it is shortly to be brought out in that country, by Trubner, at a guinea a volume. GATELY'S UNIVERSAL EDUCATOR. An Educa- tional Cycloredia and Business Guide. Edited by - Beale, A.M., LL.B.. and ited. Bost M. R. G:tely. . D, Anderson, Webster Law Build- ra The task of putting the sum of all human knowledge in a single yolume will never be ac- do now, or until mortal powers of condensa- tion consistent with intelligible statement are considerably increased. It must be admitted, however, that a great mass of useful and inter- esting Information is contained in this fat oc- tayo volume of nearly 1,200 pages. Where so much is undertaken, the treatment of the va- rious subjects under notice must necessarily be brief, and in some inst es unsatisfactory: but give a ciild this book, and none other, and by the time it is mastered the result will bea pretty well informed person,—not sufficiently equipped for a college professorship, it Is true, but still very well able to get alo in the world. It is, in short, a fair sized and well selected library In itselt. GRANDMOTHER NORMANDY. By the author of lent Tom.” Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. This, the latest of the ‘‘V. I. F. Series,” Is a charming story, In an original vein, and with something of a moral... The scene opens in Paris, where a lovely wife and mother dies, to house of the legisiature. The first ballot stood— Rebisso, 3: Mahoney, 1; Niehaus. 2; Vinnnie Ream, 1; Papotti, 2. Second—Rebisso, 2; Nie- haus, 5; Vinnie’ Ream, 1; Papotti, The choice of Nichans was then made mous. The statue is to represent the late President ae the statesman and orator, in citizen's dress. It 1s thought the Work cannot be completed in less than two years time. and the price to be paid is under- Stood to be $10,000. Mr. Niehaus, the success- fal competitor, was the youngest of all on the Nast, having been born in January, 1855. He started in life asa stone cutter, but, developing considerable talent, he entered the School of Design in Cincinnati, where he spent five months, and afterwards went to Munich, where he took a number of prizes in the Royal Acad- emy, incinding the highest medal, never before Won by an American. He is considered quite a genius by some of his friends, but we do not think his bust of Garfleld exhibited at the late Memorial Fair here was generally very favor- ably regarded, although some of his ‘work was considered quite good In its way. — gee ‘Te Develop a Summer HKevort. From the N. ¥. Tribune. A construction company has been incorporated ‘under the laws of New Jersey, which proposes to do business in that state, Maryland and the \ District of Columbia. ‘The certiticate of incor- Foratican has been filed in the cierk’s office of county, New Jersey. The principal in- eorporators are George M. Robeson, of Camden, B. J.; Garret A. Hobart, of Patterson, N. J.; Charles H. Davidge and George unani- The railroad company has been or- under the name of the Washington and e railroad company, with the incor- porators of the Columbia contracting company, and several other talists, including Jol the despair of an adoring father and daughter. The father, a wealthy American, is hardened by his loss, and, becoming so misanthropic as to neglect ‘his only child, talls an easy prey and is engazed to be married to an adventuress who e| has found her way into the family as maid and companion to the daughter. At this pdfut en- ters Grandmother Normandy, astern, relentless old lady, of whom everybody ts afraid, and who has marred many lives. Her portrait is well painted, as Is that of the other characters intro- duced, including the noble Newfoundland dog “Blossom;” and the whole is done in entertain- ing style. PAGE, SQUIRE AND KNIGHT. 4 Romance of the Days cf Chivalry. By W. Hi. Davenport ADAMS. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. “Washington: Robert Mr. Adams, whois a justly popular writer for Juveniles, carries them pleasantly, in this hand- some and profasely illustrated volume, back to the days of gallant knights and ladies fair; of helmet, hauberk and shield; of flowing plumes and jingling spurs,—to the days of old King Henry, Richard Coeur de Lion, and the cruel wars in Aquitaine; of beleaguered castles and fleeing peasantry; of troubadours and monks, and all the romantic and picturesque acces- sories of the period, eo dear to the imagination of story tellers and story readers. HEART OF STEEL. A Novel. By CuntstiaN REID. New York: D. Applston & Co. Washington: A- Brentano & Co. Miss Fisher’s new story is, like all her works, full ot power and purpose. It opens in Paris, with characters mostly English and American, but the greater part of the action transpires In Rome. Its descriptions are beautiful. but so lengthy as to weary the reader, and the story is a trifle too long; but the heroine is a very Inter- esting and well-sustained character, aid the tone of the book throughout is healthy and ele- vating. THE SECRET DISPATCH. By James Grant. New York: Jchn W. Lowell Company. A historical novel of the time of Catharine II.—the scene being laid in Russia—full of hor- rors and brutal treatment of women, etc. Why it should have been written, unless in the inter- est of Nihilism, isa question that will force it- self upon the reader. Measrs. Rand McNally & Co., the well-known railway and industrial publishers of Chicago, have established an agency in Washington,where their publications may be found. The Indexed Atlas of the World recently issued by this house is one of the most remarkable and valu- able compilations that has appeared in any country for many years. The extreme limit of cheapness in book- making would seem to be reached In a neat little pamphlet edition of Irving's charming story of ‘Rip Van Winkle.” which is one of a series to be published by John B. Alden, of New York, for the trifling sum of two cents. ——+¢o x to Pay for Advice Rather than be Thought a Dead Beat From the Detroit Free Press. : A prominent Detroiter, who has the reputa- tion of knowing all about horses, was coming down Woodward avenue the other day when a stranger halted him, inquired If he was Mr. So- and-so, and added: “L have walked seven miles this morning to secure your advice. Will you go to the harness shop with me?” The citizen turned back and walked three blocks to the shop. The stranger then showed him two horse brushes, and said: “This brush Is twenty cents, and that one two Ree Which would you advise me to pur- hase? w “I'd take the dearer,” replied the disgusted adviser. “Did you bring me here simply to settle that question?” “Oh, no. I had already about made up m: mind to get a brush with a Iandecape painted on the back. Now about currycombs. The object of a currycomb is to agitate a horse, I suppose, but what particular style do you ad- vise? Here are both red and blue-handled currycombs, and I will be guided by what you say. Nia you ever own a horse?” asked the citizen. Mercy, no!” “Do you own one now?” “why, n Elias what in flaxation do you want of those “Well, that’s another matter on which I wanted your valuable advice. Isn't it better to buy a brush and currycomb in the winter and then buy the horse in the spring, or would you buy all at once?” “You'd better buy 9 sawhorse,” remarked the bpm or citizen as he walked off. “Just see that!” gasped the man who had walked wore — Giclee pois after we ‘through to him em of beer, and he walks off as if he took me for a dead beat! What other in Detroit knows all about horses?” thi ct. and the result of his continuous efiorts | complished until wise men know less than they | i thusiasm with which he prosecutes his work. | by getting two piec | i i | white look. HOME MATTERS. HINTS ABOUT STOVES—RENOVATING FURS—nOW TO CLEAN PAINT—LEAP COPYING—UNSAFE ANTISEPTIC—NEW WAY OF PREPARING OAT- MEAL—SOME CAPITAL RECIPES. Very few flowers are seen on the table at fashionable dinner parties and fruits are now used for decorative and ornamental purposes tMatead. SovTHERN Brscurr.—Two cups ot self-rising flour; one spoonful of lard; mix with warm milk; knead into soft dough, and roll; cut with biscuit cutter and prick each with a straw. Cook in a hot oven ten minutes. Breaxrast Mcrrixs.—For a small family use one pint of milk, three gills of wheat flour, three eggs and a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs very light, add the milk, and, lastly, stir in the flour. Bake in rings or small pans and ina quick oven. They are very light. Breakrast Warrires,— After breakfast. stir into the hominy that is leit one teaspoonful ot butter and a little salt. Set it aside. The next morning thin it with milk and add two eggs, beaten weil. Stir in flour enongh to make the right consistency, and bake in waffle irons. CREAM Cooniks are made of one cup of but- ter, one cup of suxar, three tablespoonfals of sweet cream, half a teaspbonful of eream of tartar and halfa teaspoonful of soda; flavor with cinnamon or nutme if you wish to have them very delicate or with extract of lemon or with rose water, 7 Ir tne Bars of your wire gridiron are too far apart to hold oyste a can remedy the matter of the wire netting found | stores or tinshops. Have them ent xact size of the gridiron. Lay the oysters i on one and cover them with the other, and between the double gridiron. U Revovatixe Frr.—tTake a large tin pan; put | a pint of wheat flour in it, put the cloak tn it: Tub it thorow h the hands until the flour looks dark; if the fur is not white enough, rub it again with mor: with pulverized chalk. Tt is alse his gives tt a pearly food to clean knit nubias. Gravy, which is excellent with boiled fish or | with pork steak, is made by browntng a sliced onion ina little butter, and adding a little at time some bref stock; thicken with flour rubbed smooth ina little of the cold stock. And, if you have it. some chopped parsley or Worees- tershire sauce. If served with pork, a table- spoonful of tomato catsup is good. ” Salt and Pepper to taste. Coup Roasr B: a quarter of an Inch thick from the undone part of the meat; strew salt and pepper over it and place it over the eridiron and heat it very quick- | ly; turn it over four times in as many minut. and serve it upon a hot dish in melted butt rings. and served the moment it is to be eaten; it will then be found very nice. A PLarN Tarroca, suitable for delicate stom- ache, Is made by boiling half a teacnpfal of tap- foca in half a pint of water; when the taploco fs entirely dissolved or melted. add gradually a half pint of milk: just before taking from the fire (and, by the way, thls should not be done till the milk is thickened with the tapioca) add a well-beaten eg.and sugarand flavoring to suit yourtaste. Thisis nice, either warm or cold. New Way oF ServING OaTMEaL.—Take a dessert teaspoonful of oatmeal, place it in the | morning, in a tumbler, and fill up with new milk; let it stand all day, and take it for supper or for anight-cap. The rains will have been softened by their long soaking in the milk, and It.can be eaten with a spoon. Thisis said by advocates to be a specific against neur: is also soundly recommended for s tolk. Fists on Kyrrtive Stock: ting children’s stockings of the German knitting | yarn, or of other heavy qualities of yarn, do not use too large needles. Of course, much faster, and the stockings will thicken somewhat when washed for the first time, but they will not be nearly so serviceable as if knit with smaller needles, only a trifle larger than those which you use in knitting the cashmere yarns. To Cran Partst.—Tea leaves may be saved from the table for a few days, and when suffi- clent.are collected steep, not boil, them for halfan hour™matin pan. Strain the water off through a sieve, and use this tea to wash all varnish paint. It removes spots and gives a newer, fresher appearance than when soap and water are used. For white paint, take upa small quantity of whiting on a damp piece of old white flannel. and rab over the surface lightly, and it will leave the paint remarkably bright and new. Lear Copyine.—Take a piece of thin muslin, and wrap It tightly round a ball of cotton-wool as big as an orange. This forms a dabber, and should have something to hold it by. Then Squeeze on to the corner of a half sheet of fools- cap a little color from a tube of oil paint. Take up a very little coloron the dabber, and work it about on the center of the paper for some time, till the dabber is evenly covered witha thin coating. A little oil can be used to dilute or moisten the color if necessary. Then put your leaf down on the paper and dab some color evenly over both sides. Place it then between the pages of a folded sheet of peer (unglazed is best), and rab the paper above it well all over with the finger. Open the sheet, remove the leaf, and you will have an impression of each side of the leaf. Any color may be used. Burnt or raw sienna works the most satisfactorily— Knowledge. Some Sexse Anovur Stoves.—New-fangled ornamental stoves,-as Intricate as a steam en- gine and more wasteful of coal, are pronounced to be a mistake. One hundred pounds of coal might be burned Iii a stove constructed entirely of mica without radiating heat enough to com- fortably warm a small bed-room. A considera- ble portion of the outer surface of these stoves which 1s vot mica is nickel, copper or silyer.ren- dered very smooth and highly polished. If one should seek, by careful study. observation and experiment, to find materials that would radiate the smallest amount of heat, he would finally select the substances named, and would finish them in the manner they appear in the modern parlor stove. The remaining parts of the stove which require strength, are made of fron, it is true, which is, when rough, a very good radia- tor. ' In the stove, however It 1s hizhly polished or covered with plumbago, which is rabbed till it 1s as smooth as plate-glass. In this condition it Isa very poor radiator of heat. Boracic ActD aN UNSAFE ANTISEPTIC.—The London journals publish an interesting commu- nication by Mr. Gade, a well known medical au- thority, criticising the use of certain chemical substances at the present day for preserving ar- ticles of diet—substances which, however small the quantity employed In order to insure the preservative effect, must, in the long run, enter considerably into the animal economy, and thus, in a longer or shorter interval, impairing the health. In this class, according to the commu- nication in question, boracic acid is to be in- cluded. It appears that while residing in Swe- den, Mr. Gade used boracic acid for preserving the milk supplied to his household from decom- sition; for some time no ill effects were no- ‘ced, but after using the milk for a short time two of his young children feli ill—they became languid and drowsy, and thelr appetite failed. This was at first attributed to the hot weather, during which the boracic acid had preserved the milk quite sweet and pure; but it was soon traced to this article of diet, and the physician who was called In to the cases pronounced that to be the cause,—the boracic acid acting, he sald, as an anodyne. Mock TurtLe Soup.—'L. T.” asks tor direc- tions for making mock turtle soup. Take part of acalf's head, remove the brains, rinse the head in several waters, and then let it soak in cold water for an hour. Prepare four quarts of beef stock, put this in a large soup-kettle, put | som } worn with F Bror.en.—Cat slices about | It must be put to broil when the dinner bell | j With fur—otter, the head In, and let this cook slowly for an hour andahalf. Then take the head out, let it get cold, and then cut all the meat from it and re- turn bones and meat both to the soup. Fry in butter till brown a large onion which you have sliced very thin; add this to the soup, with some pieces ot carrot, turnip, parsley, if you can obt it, some celery,and any herbs,euc! sage or summer savory, If you like them in soup. The secret of success in this is to cook it long enough, and it should be cooked slowly. The scum should be skimmed off at an early stage in the preparation of the dish, and the soup must be strained before it is served. One authority on this soup says that a lemon sliced and added to it a few minutes before re- moving from the fire is an improvement. This tity, FASHION WRINKLES. 4 GLIMPSE OF SPRING GOODS—OORDED SATIN FOR BRIDES—NEW DRESS BUTTONS--$ng SPRING TWEEDS — POPULAR POLOXNAISES — FEATHER FANS, ETC. THERE Is a glimpee of the spring fashions. Featuer TrrMinos are in high vogue once more. ‘ CorpEp Satin is the newest material for bridal toilets. Fecusta red is the newest shade of velvet for elegant dinner dresses. FLower Garsrrvres for ball and wedding dresses are more in demand than ever this season. Hanpsome Boots to be worn with dinner or reception dresses are of black satin with small jetted buttons. Wipe CouLarettes and turn-over cuffs of Venetian lace are much worn with dinner and reception costumes. Diamonps form dew-drops on the new enam- elled gold flowers that ladies wear as lace-pins and as corsage bouquets. Dressy slippers to be worn with black silk stockings are of plain black satin with hand- square jet buckles. Rurrs, FRaises and ruches for the neck are very high, very full, and very elaborately adorned with pearls or jets. Noverties in dress buttons are odd designs in carved wood. bronze, Jet or silver, represent- ing grotesque heads of animals. PRINTED Mut. of the gayest colors is made | up in Dolly Varden caps with lace borders, and worn by young matrons in the early half of the day. IporteD Eve! square or pointe NG ToILETs haye trains either but these greatly interfere | with dancing, and demi-trains are preferred by young ladies. Basques of plain materials are worn with skirts of fancy wool plaid of the dullest colors called Madras plaids instead of the too gay Scotch tartans. Harr Crxtvres of narrow satin ribbon are recian house robes, the long loops and ends to these reaching nearly to the foot of the skirt in front. = Sty.isn mask veils are of dark red silk net dotted with chenille, and reach just below the eyes. White mask veils are becoming, and give the effect of powdered hair. Roenp corsages and pointed waists worn by young Iadies for full dress have the neck cut very low either in V shape or a Pompadour square and filled In with lace. Bricut Rrssoxs an Inch wide trim the danc- Ing dresses of young ladies. Rows of silk pom- jons are used as a border around the edge of handsome silk evening dresses. WILD roses inassed in clusters, with pink silk petals and fine gold wire pistila and stamens, are the artificial flowers that are the most fash- Jonable for trimming tulle dresses. APPLIQUE ARABESQUES of cloth over satin are on the newest Parisian bonnets. A cord of gilt or of chenille edges the figures, and a bunch of pompons of many colors in the trimming. IxpIA MULL and nun’s veiling have lost favor for ball dresses. Broche gauze, tulle and Otto- man silk with lace flounces are worn by debu- tantes; white and pink are the chosen colors. PARIS-MADE GaNTs have a crest or monogram | worked in delicately-shaded silks on the upper part. near the top of the glove. The design is pie outlined in fine beads of pearl, amber, or gold. Dress buttons for dark clgths imitate ham- mered metals; hammered silver buttons are on gray cloth and velvet pelisses; hammered bronze-on brown cloth; hammered gold on green and blue. Brocapep plush or velvet: is the tashion of the season for short ‘‘confections.” They are lined with satin in one of the new art shades, and trimmed with down stripped from ostrich feathers and sewed on galloon. Lack Boas made of pointed lace are worn with full evening dress, fastened several inches below the chin with a knot of ribbons matching the leading ¢olor in the tinted Jace, and again just beiow the belt, with long ends falling over the skirt. Dark VELVET Costumes are elegantly trimmed beaver, seal-skin, or Russian hare, chinchilla or lynx. Bonnets and muffs to be worn with these seasonable dresses are trim- med to correspond with fur to match that on the costume. WueEn jewelled ornaments are worn in the hair they should be irregularly placed, one being on the right of front, and the other low at the left side of the head, just back of the ear, resting closely against the small knot of hair. PoLoxarses have increased in popularity, and ave made of the richest fabrics, with but little drapery. Some of the new designs have vests shaped on them. and aprondrapery with bout- fant back; these garments must be close fitting to be stylish. . Ektprorvery and drawn work are the fashion- able ornaments for pocket handkerchiefs; those of sheer linen have a white daisy embroidered on each corner of the blue or rose-colored hem; others with white hems are marked by a large initial of dalses wrought in color. CrusHED StrawBerry looks well in satin, and embroidered gauze draperies, with white flowers, and tinted gloves and hose. Ottoman silk In shrimp pink 1s exquisitely soft and lovely combined with Oriental lace, and garnitured with delicately-shaded and tinted carnations. Wuite 4d’Ecosse, or white Ottoman silk, trimmed with white duchesse lace ruffles, head- ed by broad bands of white ostrich teather trim- ming, 1s a, popular dancing dress worn by debutantes this season. White swan’s down is also employed as a garniturefor dresses of white surah or tulle, the pure fleecy trimming having @ most beautiful effect in the evening. Brack Lace Ficuvs are large squares of polka dotted net folded three-cornered like a shawl, witha frill of dotted lace. They are fastened low on the breast by a bow of satin ribbon of two or three gay colors mixed together, such as strawbe1 with dull green, shrimp with olive, pale blue with chocolate brown, and gold with green and rose-color. Dewonest (for February) saya that the new tweeds are fine. If the colors are well man- aged the large checks are the best. A beauti- ful one hasa ground of very dark myrtle green, the check being in dark red, with a narrow line of amber. edged with the merest tint of pale. green. This was made with an ecru waistcoat, and the wearer looked fanciful in the extreme Pretty Fans are made of soft feathers in every cOfor. Some fans are simply edged with feathers, and the latter are occasionally tipped with color. One with y and rose-colored sticks placed alternately is edged with gray feathers tipped with rose color. The ittiest fans are quaint, old-fashioned round or oval ones, with a small looking-glass in the center, and the rest all soft feathers. Hung by a chain or ribbon from the waist, these are graceful in themselves and in their position. Some peculiar blendings of color are in favor Just now, but they are tobe used with great care, anda combination of hues which would appear to advantege at & reception or a party would be most plering and ovire on the prom- enade. Dark green and very pale blue, dee} ruby and sea-shell-pink, oak brown and garnet, myrtle green, gold and le mauve, peacock biue, oliveand dark cardinal are among the most noticeable combinations, shot silks, satins and velvets being made use of in these odd mix- tures of colors. Two STYLES now predominate in the stylish and useful tallor-made costumes: One, a kilted skirt, with Hungarian tunic, jacket and_bright- colored waistcoat of the Jauntiest description; the other reproducing the old French polonalse, buttoning down the front over a plalnly-made buttons used as ive skirt of velvet or plush. The always handsome, the most _expent ery he Lous xv" aud Louis XIV, buttons, severally called after the monarchs wi filed images they bear. a lady writes a “My Husband’s rot “He meust hav’ bons «amen to have admitted he had one, The cla married man knows better than to do s0,—Boston Globe. ‘The pen may be ralghter than the sword, but when a religious editor has a rivet fitted toa | among his Sally yee ata eae MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. IN PARADIBE—PATTI IN CHICAGO—MRS. ABBOTT- WETHERELL SECURES IOLANTHE—CAMPANINI AT HOME—HOME AMUSEMENTS—THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL, ETO. —The Boston Ideal Opera Co. will be at Ford's all of next week. — Bartley Campbell’s White Slave will appear on Monday night at the National. —The Sparkling London Criterion open at Ford's the 29th. They are just splendid! — Miss Minnie Maddern as Chip, in Callahan's romantic play, ‘‘ Fogg’s Ferry,” is announced to appear Monday evening, February 5th. at Ford’ Opera House. Minnie Maddern ts said to be an actress native to the stage, blending the culti- vation of art with those natural instincts which combine to give her rank among the exponents of comedy-drama. ‘Fogg’s Ferry” is said to be a production of merit, aboanding in dramatic situations and brimful of Interest. It will b presented with the original scenery and effects, as at the Park Theater, New York. — Mme. Modjeska closes this week in a round of her famous characters at the Grand Opera House, Cincinnati. — Miss Lillian Russell is rapidly convalescing, but it will be weeks betore she can make her Teappearance on the stage. —Mr. J. H. Haverly has already made ar- rangements for the reappearance of Mr. Henry Irving at his Chicago and Brooklyn theaters. — Miss Couch, the new debutante has not proven a success at the Bijou Theater, N. Y., and Miss Madeline Lucette, well remembered here, will take her piace as Virginia. —“The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief” has made such a hit at the Casino, N. Y., where it Is now running. that a second company is being organized to make a descent on the | provinces. — Pauline, the daughter of the Deschapelles, has retired from the boards of the Fifth Avenue Theate inorder togive The Daughter of Roland e to entertain New Yorkers, — “The Princess of Paris” was given at the Brooklyn Novelty Theater Thursday evening, with Rose Eytinge in the leading character, supported by Col. Sinn’s company. There was a large audience present, and the performance passed off very successfully. —‘“In Paradise,” Raymond’s new play is doing fairly well in New York. His character of Major Bob Belter is really Col. Seller's over again, but it has proved an attraction. — Maggie Mitchell denies the current rumor that her eldest daughter Fanchon is about to make her debut on the stage. “My daughter,” she says, ‘‘Is still a child, and at boarding school, not even dreaming, { trust, as yet, of a profes: sional career.” —The Casino concerts in New York have secured the leading position among Sunday night entertainments, and afford another proof that the public will support an enterprise con- ducted on a proper basis. Mrs. Seguin sings in them. —In Buffalo, N.Y., Margaret Mather con- cluded her week’s engagement on Tuesday suc- cessfully, at the Academy of Music, with two brilliant performances, the matinee being one of the largest ever known. —Nellie Hazeltine, tne St. Louls beauty, who became noted through a fight brougnt on by fllrtation with an actor several years ago, j and by a report that she was engaged to Sam- uel J. Tilden, has gone on the stage. She is now Mrs Paramore, having married the man who undertook to whip the actor. — At the concert yiven by the Paris press for the benefit of the sufferers by the flood of the ‘Ine and Marne, Mr. Edward Scovel sang 00d Bye,” by Tosti. Mr. Scovel, who is well remembered in New York for his romantic mar- riage with Miss Roosevelt, hasbeen prosecuting his’ studies in Italy tor some years,and has sung with great success. —Mrs. Emma Abbott-Wetherell, it appears, has by some means succeeded in procuring a complete set of band parts (copied from the dtiginal) of Sullivan’s latest. work, ** Iolanthe,” and has been so unwise as to prociaim the fact, as well as the amount paid. — An old bald-head—a frequenter at the thea- ters—who had heard. that the hairs on a man’s head are humbered, asked the check-taker re- cently, at the theater—if there was not some place he could get the back numbers. — Clara Fisher (Mrs. Maeder) has been sixty- five years on the stage. Her present age is seventy-two. The time has been when the name of Clara Fisher was even more famous in America than that of Mme. Patti. — Signor Campanini has been singing In his native town, Bologne, with but ill success, affording another proof of the adage that “a prophet is without honor in hig own country.” He was vigorously hissed in * Carmen,” and a carpet bag and a miniature ship were passed to him on the stage. — The Kiralfy brothers are at present in New York superintending the production of the “Black Venus,” which is to be produced at Niblo’s Garden theater on the 5th of February. Elaborate new scenery is belng prepared, and new costumes. The piece has been entirelv re- constructed. Milles. Gillert, Eugene Capalinni and Touri will be the premiere danseuses. —The grand Cincinnati opera festival begins ite elght performances on January 29th. The orchestra will be one hundred musicians, and the chorus two hundred voices. The big organ will be used in some of the operas. Adeline Patti and Madame Albini will appear with Mapleson’s opera company. ‘*L’Africaine” is the opening opera. The prices are very reasonable, considering the attractions—only two dollars a night for a reserved seat. In New York, “Patti nights” commanded seven dollars a seat. —The first opera ever given in Chicago with Mme. Patti in the cast called forth on Wednes- day night an audience as large ay McVicker's Theater would hold; in fact, the sale of standing room was stopped before the curtain rose. The audience represented a much larger sum of money in the box than any like pertormance there ever did before, The opera was *‘Se- miramide.” Mme. Patti received an ovation throughout, being frequently called before the curtain, and the favor bestowed on Schalchi was only slightly less marked than that awarded Mme. Patti. —The scenery which is used in -the first, second and fourth acts of “Young Mrs. Win- throp,” at the Madison Square theater, is con- structed of wood and brass. The metal was cut by hand in India. In India this metal is used for decorating rooms dedicated to special cere- monials. The walls and ceiling of the scene at the Madison Square theater contain over 200 Oriental designs. Its full beauty can only be appreciated by a minute peepeeee through an opera glass. It shows the kind of nouse dec- oration which the more wealthy are. now intro- ducing in New York City homes. —R. A. Saalfield, 12 Bible House, New York, publishes Richards’ Preliminary Method for the Pianoforte. It appears to be compiled by an ex- teacher. It 1s caretully and led. Commencing with the very first rudi- ments, it embraces all the absolutely essential instructions without tiring the teacher or scholar by tedious and wearisome repetitions. As a col- lection of music it contains no old worn-out and hackneyed melodies. — Emily Melville will most likely spend the remainder of her days in Australia. Mr. Derby, & wealthy San Francisco merchant,her husband, bade her an affecting farewell as she took her departure for Aust which will probably prove final. — Mile. Rhea has taken Charleston by storm. Every seat was sold for her two nights’ engage- ment. Monday was a gala night, the fashion of the city tarning out in great numbers. —James Duff, of New York, has secured ‘Lecocq’s latest success, ‘Ie Cocur et la Maine,” or, a8 it will be called in America, “Heart and Hand.” JH. Eye. the comedian, and William Carlton, the baritone, have been engaged to play the k roles. Mr. Williams, the stare man- ager at Daly’s theater, has adapted the libretto, ‘and the music is very sparkling and catchy. —<——-+-___—____ “Why do they cry so much, pa?” asked the Austin editor's little boy at the theater, refer- in row.—! A Nf. rnp bei oe spatter six or eight of Agricultural department seeds constituents must. make the next in | campaign on his temperance record.—Detrott Free Press. I IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1883. S28 To obtain ‘of these Letters the it mast quitter ‘Xovearime> Lerrens,”” and give the date of wi ith they will be sent ee i not cnlied for: thin one month they LADIES\ LIST. Allen Ann Laing Eva 0 Augieon Tisses Lewes 3 Addison ‘Lewes Jane Allison Martha J Laetemer Mre- Agues Lord Lizzie 8 Lynch Mary Bu Ann Leins Mary E Butly Carrie E Ly wee Bea pe Baker Emma Lucas Mary J Boyer Edith Matthows A Mre Brooke Emily ‘Matthews E Mre Bird Frances Ma..dur Aucline Bounds Geo A Mra lorris Fra Bliss Geo C Mre ey 4 HAMr Burher Helen & Morvan J Mre Beal Harriet May Jennie Barber J: loode J A Mra Buckner Lucy. Maundita Miss Browne Mary E Martin Madee Brisco Mi Meyers Maude Boilee Magruder Nannie O Cheviur A eo Montcomery Sadie ae Munn Rachel ghetto _ Callough J Mrs Marton SJ Caliman McDougall Alex Mre Crown Jane McFarland E Mre Conley Kate Curtin Kate Croger Mame Coftin Millie Mclutoe! Goch Mary J. 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To the mother of Foster B Morss LIsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN EAST CAPITOL STATION, BaruRpax, January 2, 1883. ae pe ee Doone 7 Sire Betty Themen, its! FT Plufer Mrs Louise GENTLEMEN'S LIST. ad iT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE GEORGE- papa TOWN, D. C., POST OFFICE, = Barurpar, Janvany 20, 1883. LADIES’ LIST. Adams B Me! fics, Tn, = a, Lee Mrs Mary F GENTLEMEN'S LIaT. Burke Thos W Thombs Willie ‘O’Bullivan James Iuporranr. 81 of doors and of glass renderea THE NORTON Sse amine AND acai Is the article that will certainly close all kinds of doors without, lam thereby preventing that an- jhe practical working ot the all information given: Cc. SCHNEID! ae bee oes jal0-1m —_Sole Agent for the District of Columt Mas. A. Axwstzoxe, 140 West 424 street, New York; ‘Travers Block, Newport, R. L, LoG ROLLING, While Wrestling with a Fallen Tree @ Lumberman Receives Conecqucntial Damages. ‘While on @ hunting excursion tm the great coal an@ wood region near Carbondale, Pa, the writer met ‘William Coll, a lumberman. Accastomed tolife and Jabor in the forest from early manhood, he was a true Knightof the Axe. Many etree had fallen before nie Finging strokes, and fleets of ra‘te had borne away to market the sawed products. Coil is a character, and if Oscar Wilde is right in saying that all movements im unhindered labor are graceful, our frien] Wiliam stripped for his work, and attacking a treeas Richard I. aneaulted the heavy doors of Front de Bevafs Castle, must have presented and admirable picture. One day, however,—but let him tell the story him- self, a8 he iold'it to me: *"T was out in the woods, yon know, trying to start ® log down e hill. Thinking T could get a better pure chase on itfrom the lower side, I tackled it there with my log-rolling hook and threw my weight om the lever, She started she did, but as luck would have it, before Lcould get out of the way, she rolled right over me. If ithadn't been fora lot of small Kinbs and brush lying in the road, which lifted her up, she'd crushed me flat. As tt was I got up without a broken bone, but with some mighty bad bruises.” “Then you were all richt," said his auditor. “Not by a blamed sight, stranger. I took cold, rheumatiam ect in, and if I hadn't heard of BENSON'S. CAPCINE PORIUS PLASTERS and used ‘om, it's my opinion I should never have made another chip fly. But the Capcine took hold quick, and I'm "bout as good as new. But there's one thing you kin calkilate on :—I shall never wrastle with another Ing unless I have the advantage of the ground. Far, a¢ I told you be- fore, if it haan't been for them rushes I'd been mashed 60, you could "a sold me for a door mat.” ‘The Capcine is thething for rheumatism, Tt dosen't keep you waiting. The word CAPCINE is cvr tn the center of the genuine. Price 25 cents. Seabury & Johnson, Chemists York. TERESTING NEW: KING'S PALACE. OUR ANNUAL SIFTING OF STOCK STILL COMM TINUES, TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING. WE ARE NOW OFFERING OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FINE BEAVER HATS AT SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. EVERY OTHER HAT IN STORE YOUR CHOICE AT FIFTY CENTS; SOME OF THEM WORTH FKOM TWO DOLLARS TO THREE DOLLARS. OUR PATTERN HATS, SOLD FOR- MERLY FROM TEN DOLLARS 1U FIF1EEN DOL- LARS, WILL NOW BE SOLD FROM FOUR DOL- LARS TO SIX DOLLARS. ELEGANT BLACK TIPS, THREE IN A BUNCH, AT THIRTY-FIVE CENTS. A BUNCH. OUR RIBBONS, PLUMES. AS WELL AS FLOWEKS, YOU MUST COME AND ASCEK TAIN PRICES AND YOU ARE SUKE TO BUY. OUR PLUSHES, VELVETS AND SALINS, TOO, WILL BE SOLD AT THE SAME LOW RATES; IN FACT, OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF MILLINERY HAs GOT TOGO. PRICES NOT AS MUCH AN OBJECT A® TO MAKE ROOM FOR UUR SPRING IMPORTATION FOR THE SAME REASONS WE INTEND TO CLEAR OUT BALANCE OF CHILDRENS’, MISSES* AND LADIES’ CLOAKS. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A FASHIONABLE WRAP, DON'T MISS YOUR. CHANCE IF YOU DESIRE TO SAVE MONEY. WE ACKNOWLEDGE WE DON'T MIND THE LOSS, THEREFORE THE REST OF OUR STOCK, SUCH DERWEAR, FICHUS AS ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE FANCY MILLINERY LINE, WILL BE OFFERED ACCORDINGLY, KING'S PALACE, ns 814 SEVENTH STREET NORTHW! Great Sacnirice IN Crorne, AT THE MISFIT STORE, CORN! R TENTH AND F STREE18. Being determined to make ran sweep of the entire stock of FINE CLOTHING, prices have cut regardiess of cost or value. OVERCOATS, At $6.00, worth £10.00, worth 12. breasted Gold Mixed, $18, ; Black «loth Dress Suit orth Fike black crotn FUbt onbes a Boys’ GOSKAMER COATH at $116; and $2, worth double; MEN'S GOSSAMER CONTR, ‘st $2.50 Be $8.50, nd Se, ore ful y double the GRD PANTS. at $2 $2.50, 93,54, $4.50, $5 and 96, ins. ‘Satisfaction 1 Sea tion eer algoraar THE MISFIT STORE, . «CORNER 10TH AND F STREETS, ja ARTISTIC FURNITURE and INTERIOR DECORATIONS, ‘No. 934 F Stuxer N. W., Offer their Entire Stock at Greatly Reduced Prices, for Cash, preparatory to taxing inventory of stock. ‘We will not carry over any of our PORTIERE GOODS, ‘and shall place them at such figures as will insure 6 Bpeedy Bale. DANIEL G. HATCH & COMPANY, Agents for J, and J. G. Low's Art Tiles, 3015-13t Corros: Corton! HOW TO MAKE MONEY. LARGE SUMS ARE MADE IN RAILROAD No. 9% F St. n. w. and oftentimes so fictitious, that in the end more money ‘pring ‘can be seen and | is lost in handling them than ié made. ‘Btill, soy whas we will, the “‘chief desire of man” nowadays is to MAKE MONEY!!! ‘Will open at her Parlors, 1407 G street, opposite the | Pe? *nnum, Iean affer the best opportunity they ever THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th, nae SPS SSS CEA FEW WEEE, we Hiesmay ‘8 CONFECTION (ERY, ‘8 Norta Charles Street, = BALTIMORE and most ESR mete of my customers has invested, and received profita, aa follows. amas Se eee