Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1883, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON fs SATURDAY, DECEMBER . ¢ 8, 1883-DOUBLE SHEET RELIGIOUS NOT! AND ELSEWHERE. per says: “One of th or strangers who visi colored Catholic ehureh city, and restin The choir, all as equal Visitor~ ashing n — The meeting of the Columbia Baptist Asso- ailvediet shows ten white churehe: member: i the year. with 3.820 members and parsonages, tedness is but h, on 13th street, have reditice. A new building at Queenstown, Calvary has Storssalary $500. Almost with- e churches are prosperous. an 10S year old, In Whitfield county, baptized recently. iF great Bible societies of this coun- Britain issued last year 4,989,234 eriptures. evens Parker, of New York. has a 1 the pastorate of St. Peter's Episcupal Bennington. Vt. ian club of Boston has secured da hall that shall be headquarters Will Baptist print- N. HL, are about to i i — Kev Dr. Krau or of Systematic Theology F 4 F pastor of the Universalist kand Bo = mgr i, and a meeting led at Syracuse ‘ be tor been s chureh, in West 53d street, ctended a unanimons call to | on, formerly of this city, to be- I THE EVENING STAR'S NEW PRES W. ureh , D. D., rector of ote, has been elected inmittee of land caused by the election | hall of the Young ristian Association in Boston has been location is one of the finest In mnilding is worthy of it, | ing into their roe nd other attrac- devotional meetings of the | Jnion have b resumed in | udiway, New York, Taber- on Wednesday of each week, and ued durin » Winter. Art * Fort avenue and m last Sunday night n. Mr. Thompson vu a cireuit in Frederick county. h in Canada has from the marriage kit is quite e and honor thout adding aprom- | us of the New York Gene- | Association’ ave made known the fact uciation churches led, definite plan as to benevolent nal) y in Bay City, not far from $10,000, the nd Mather. of Hartford, Conn. ud gift of the kind Mr. Mather | bas bestowed upon Olivet. | —The at Work says: “It is not | Known whether or not the report ts true that the False Prophet in E is dead. But there | lets in the United States t dead, but very, very ¢ prominent N. Meail have y workers afternoons and Mr. Moody ven for gos tue mahagement us | ¥ York, rainst Rev. G. B. Cutler, | ‘y his sermon on | n withdrawn. fourth for the third time, to leave town. t has @ grand t early double the accom- Dissent. anuel last, prior to of Virginia. ears, and his ponse among day —An inte be making land. It ts headed b 1 movement fs sald to through the whole of Iee- & still youthful teacher, of Mo r. A sec- ling over the island, de- |. piety, general cul- shing schouls for adults tray } Was favored by t s, but the College Street church committer requested the resigna- tion of br. I Third chureh. He | declined to resi t the suggestion of | wareh, a! 3 chureh decline to + have him do, aud 1 yus @re suspended. Missouri Congrega- i association gives the number of of which 45 have pastors or act- ministers, 61; members, 4,515; ates of et = ‘hurches to Arkansas and the three in Indian Territory also belong to this association. e will of the late s Jongregational ebureh tion Commission, Fing bis s amounted at one time to more than 520.000 a year, and now he gives in ‘his will £50,000. — Ano Priest, the Abbe Roca, honorary canon of one of the French cathedrals, Claiming to be convinced of the abuses and su- Perstitions In the Cathelie church. has openly attacked them and presented a memorial to the Pope. appealing to hin to initiate a thorough reform, and especially to abolish the enforced of the ¢ His memorial was re- out word. He is now in this country aud will lecture. 1. representing most of the Baptist churches of Hrovklyn, met with “the South Baptist church” ree 'y consider the ques- tien of recognizing it as a regular Baptist church. The members of the new South church are Inostly from the old Lee Avenue church. of which Key. J. Hyatt Smith was pastor. The council refused to recognize the church by a Vote of 23 to 13, but appointed a committee to conser with the cuure! Tvom, and adds up the number it prints at a time, Ull the sum total 1s given in plain | kept ina molten sta | men’s side. t IT PRINTS, CUVS, FOLDS AND PASTES. THE MOST RAPID PRESS EVER BUILT. MILES AND TONS OF STARS. FIVE HUNDRED A MINUTE PRINTED | AND FOLDED. ETC, ETC, ETC. ‘The accompanying cut represents the new web Printing and folding machine built expressly for Tue EVENING Stax by the famous press builde R. Hoe & Co., of New York, and on whlch the paper has been printed and enlarged to thirty columns, since Wednesday last. It contains the | very latest improvements In fast printing ma- chinery, the last patent bearing date as lite us June I Print a supplement, a four-page | etght-page t. It is so constructed that 1t paper, an columns, or sixty-four col- S of the can paper of fifty. @ mammoth double sheet umns. ot It cuts and pastes the sl elght-page paper, folds for the carrier, and also folds another shape for the mail or the counting- | off browned and hard ten coples res when the press stops for the day. THE DUNKARDS’ LOVE FEAST. A Curious Ceremony of a Baptist Sect in Pennsyivania, The semi-annual love feast of the German Baptist Brethren, or Dunkards, celevrated at Ephrata, Pa., a few days ago, was a very inter- esting ceremony. The dresses of these adhe- rents to ancient forms and customs is very much like that of the Friends. The men wear a clos buttoned shad-belly or swallow-tail coat, w standing collar of coarse. brown, pepper-and- salt or bluisi-gray cloth, trousers and yest, and @ heavily-caped overcoat of the same material, and a low-crowned black felt hat, with enor- mous brim. The plain, ornamented dress of the women is generally black, althouch sometimes h snuf-brown, with a large black shawl and a! black bonnet of the sun-bonnet shape. In the plain meeting house there are two rows of benches running the whole length of the room and forming middle and side aisles, while rows of benches, facing these, ascend theater-like on either side to near the low, flat ceiling. The middle rows are for those celebrating the feast, and the others for the spectators. Every third bench, of those upon the floor, is so arranged that the broac, moveable back can be brought up and fastened on the top of the end boards, thus making a long, narrow table. After the Dunkard’s had marched in, two broth- ers appeared with long white tablecloths, with | which they covered the ten tables, tive onthe women’s side of the centralaisle, and five on the Other brothers came armed with nandied knives, three-tined forks and tin poous. Other brothers brought little white bowls, which they set sparsely around, Other brothers carried. two and two, eTeat bas- bla ts kets of bread—huge loaves cut into quarters— | Other | which they placed i middle Enes. brothers (it was never sisters) bore trays con- taining plates of butter. Other brothers brought deep tin dishes where pieces of mutton swam in a gravy like soup. Supper being ready, and the swinging lamps drawn down and lighted, the brethren and sis- ters 5 ‘d themselves around the tables— of the former and 140 of the latter. How repose. ful the women looked, with their plain, neatly fitting black dresses, and little white caps of nightcap shape and of a semi-transparent mate- rial, underneath which the modestly parted hair lay smooth, exposing the broad white forehead. The long hair of the men, brushed straight back from the forehead and falling and their long beards, both hair and beards being largely gray, and sometimes silvery white, gave them a very venerable aspect. Next. two small tubs half fl were brought in, and two elderly brothers di- vested themselves of their coats. one seizing a tub and the other girding himself with a very long towel. Two sisters did likewise with the other tub and a towel. Immediately the brethren seated on the front bench facing the broad space in front of the mintster’s table and seats began to take off their shoes and stocking and the sisters on the corresponding row on their side of the house did the same. Then the brother with the tub placed it at the feet of the frst barefooted brother, who put his feet into it, where they are rinsed oif by the washer, who ‘then grapsed the hand of the washee and imprinted a sound- ing kiss upon hislips. The towel-girded brother followed, wiped, shook hands, and Kissed and passed on to the next; and the washing and wiping sisters did likewise on their side of the room. After the two rows were washed and wiped, all fell to putting on their shoes and stockings, the younzer women showing much modesty in their efforts to get on their long stockings deftly and quickly. After an address and prayer and a lined-oat hymn in German, the eating bean, slices of bread serving as plates, and one dish of soup and meat for four eaters. There was no noise butthe clatter of spoons against dishes and knives against forks and a general sound ot munching. Everything eatable having disap- peared, there was more exhortation, prayer and singing, and then three brothers appeared with several enormous bottles of wine and a number of large, fiat, indented cakes of unleavened bread. The cakes were broken into long strips, which were passed around among the men, who broke for each other, but the women were not allowed to do so, the pre- siding bishop breaking it for them, and hand- ing it tothem as they sat in their seats. After the bread came the wine in tall tin cups, and again the women were not allowed to pass Scar, but it was passed to them by the isbop. The drinking wf the wine ended the ceremony, ‘© the shoulders, | ee IB. | pa | Word, it sa marvelous product of the ingenuity of | man. For speed, neat workmanship, compactness | and simplicity, it unquestionably excels all stinilar | Tmachines in the world. | rooms better for couples who have only two | healthy, | Poor—and the extra rent would haye been | mi led beeause eb” or endless roll ¢ cut, In- Auk shee hand, ts in the ¢ fore it had bi the Web-pertecting presses. Pape rough the pr Inust be dampene + Kowilll not take a | good impr ening process must | lirst be gone throw rin | throngh the An tron bar 13 nde $10 the rib and axle at the of one bar and n dampening evil b isthen lif wvable hotsting 3 to drop down between U. and one end Is iron jaws that a now All papers of large printed from the stereotype plat ‘The Impression of the type 1s transferred to curved metal plates of the exact suc siriles of the form to be printed, reproduced in so! to fit on to the eyiinders oft ath 2 press. » matrix placing on the face ot lamp pay le by fore thickne ‘The my togetiu paper on fo the ty form then, with th om ism) P of the type, fs transferred t under heavy pressu steam table, where, + lo prevent {ts shrinking or warping under the pr nd eomes and ready for the molding pr. After the matri secured Into the concave sides of the the metal fs poured in and plate fs taken out of it, ‘This fs then trimmed and | beveled at the ends, so It can be easily fitted OVER POPU Startling Views on a Protrusive | Probie: G. R. Sims, in the Loudon News. Whichever way we look at the subject, it 1s fraught with difficulties, and if we ar lenged to find a remec y, We have to go into a question which thousands of excellent people | refuse altoxether to diseu: deserving | poor could be all 1 without a single brick being laid ora single act of par- liament passed if they iad fewer children. Even in the slums the rents are lower and the children. In dozen instances where I have ‘d the denizens ot these hovels why the pay four and five shillings for such v modation the answer is: “They won't ta a decent place because of the childr Iknow a case now of a man who took a house for himseif and family, and found he had two room: The house clean and dozens ot applications But though he Ya from would-be lodgers, godsend to him—they remained unlet for four | months because all the applicants had three or fofir children. His eof hun- | dreds of people who have decent rooms to let for the labori The large these have, not only keep them in grinding poverty all their lives, but the over-population floods | the labor market and keeps the scale of wages down to starvation point. While supply so enormously exceeds demand, how can any mar- ket be in a healthy condition? Men and women, aud boys and girls, a!l eager something todo, are to be lind by thou- sands, and labor isat adiscount. If the supply | diminished, and hands were more in proportion | to the work to be done, labor would be at a| premium. We have reached a point when ft ts absolutely ischievous to ignore this side ot the question, | It is not only labor that is affected by the rapid | inerease In the population; haif of the vice and | ifthe erime we deplore in these districts is ble to the same cause. Did I wish to imi- tate the French writer and plunge the reader to his eyes in horror, I might tell how. the lack ofemployment brings mere children in these districts Into the streets; how girls of 11 and 12 are forced into sin by thelr wretched parents as the last desperate means of*that seli-preserva- tion which we are told is the first law of nature, | And as the girls in evil timessin at first for bread to eat, so the boys b to thieve; and | We are brought face to face with the fact’ that We have in our midst vast human warrens which are simply places where thieves and wafitons are bred, and poverty and crime in- crease and muitipiy togetter. + Lhave nod gue a vexed question or y on & subject which re- quires the most delicate handling, but no one who has actual experience of outeast London can keep this one great cause of the teeming misery and vice entirely out of sight. What the remedy for it may be is no part of my pur- Pose to discuss, but here again I believe that the eTeat hope is in the ne that is coming to Tepiace the old. The next generation. will be | more cultured, more intellectual, and more Tetined, mental faculties will be more exercised which have been dormant in the poor of to-day, and as we increase in civilization so shall we decrease in numbers. Education will make even the lowest of our citizens something better than they are at present—mere animal reproducers of their specie ———__.9s—_ Dan Sickles id Young Barton Key. Mrs. Gilder writes to the Boston Gazette: “You probably know that Gen. Sickles has but one leg, and nas been unable to wear an arti- ficial one, so that he is naturally obliged to walk on cratches. After the house is comfortably seated and the operais going smoothly alo! Just as the prima-donna reaches her most florid passage, or the tenor touches his high C, you hearadull thud down the main aisle of ‘the Opera house, and, looking around, you see a rather fine-looking man on crutches swinging himself into his seat. You naturally ask, ‘Who is that?’ and soon get your answer that it is ‘Gen. Sickles,’ sometimes with the additional information, ‘the man who shot Key.’ The last time I saw Gen. Sickles at the Academy I saw also standing in the lobby Mr. Barton Key, known to the profession as ‘James Barton.’ If he also saw Gen. Siekles he must have had an unpleasant sensation, for I can imagine nothing that would work a man up to such a point of excitement as to meet the murderer of his father face to tace.” people invariably | p MADE, | ee | also, that the superior parent produces the op- ates are taken s Int twelve minutes to pro- but duplicates can be pro- s tine. ERATES—MILES OF STARS. The plates havi ott {on the eyiinders wned roll, containing tive placed In position, t machine pari. AS The poper urevinds ttf € turn eround a ey iinder of polished wood, whith takes ont ofit all Sand creases resultant tr len putsses between the first po Gy rati press fs sich, er a four-pa When itis necessary to print SIs the case towlay, the type eylinders Le page are arraiined in a singilar manner, in a row around one end of the cylinder, page Tastened, the columus runnin allel With the axts of revoluth b elght- Around the ot nd the process ot printing 1s speedily com- tapression of p: 6,1 and § being © paper. pleted, ¢ iiven to th printed payes, As the stre: how priuted on both slde from the last ler St contains a double row of THe Star. nd to nd. Thi papers must now be this process 1s In itseif a very ine A blanket | | edge of the second sheet, and, one ove 15 a transverse cut to divide the roll, and the second a. longi rate the dupllvate 5: making the transverse cut the tween a third pair of eylinder along its whole ler it works into a groo und this blade » paper into complete papers of four pag: gle shiect Sa Isto be issued, or tuto halt Sof four pages, if the issue fsa de edition, Th re now conducted serles of tapes to tae collecting eytin¢ which q Is conduc Pp: or roll i In one oft Ife, which reets vice hf the whole arrangement, whieh 1s sht Into play Just before the olding: pre This device is for placing the two h for fold- ¢ of te printed paper, Ss the collecting cylinder, cont THE STAR, Dub not the eig i > np the complete on the upper side, ying half the breadth of the web, are pages and end to end with them, oce gs the other half, !s a duplicate impression of the same Ss. On the lower surf: pages 4.and 5, like- becins. of the elght-page paper in position rv rt pag on the reverse. timed, that Just sheet shoots u With such nicety is the movement rd edge of the first eylinder, it meets tly gs the other, they pass on, the two halves of the paper thus falling into thetr own proper position, Only every otuer sheet 1s allowed to puss around the cylinder, as the result of the digression from the direct path ts that when ft comes up and renews Its ately underneath the sheet hind it. Here another cut 1 and 8 on the upper side and 2 and 7 | wed duplicate plates of th 5 In duplicate, When this section of the web all polting the sume way Miter | arrives at the collecting evlinder, it 1s ‘d by pression rom this cylinder | gripgers and is whirled around the cylinder. fo the second Urpe | Meagtime the piece following 11 1s fying along! this are attached In the same| the tapes to overtake it 1 piece con- of plates of the other four | tains duplicate impressions of the other four | ——$—$$<$< $$, re separated, and | for the folding machine. | eis left the knife, which has itudinal cut, than they are seized by rippers and carried over a small evilnder, it isealled, and on in front of two rollers. As the nargin between pages 1 and 8 (or p: na single sheet | pa reaches these rollers, a folding blade, whieh has been ly Hat on the periphery of the S itself on edge, strikes the ly in the middle and the fold | between the rollers, which lieets through and on tapes bi carry them onwan ne ft the first set of folding rolle: long before the a check in the speed by a stop gauge. This ts only for an Instant, but in that time | another folding blade, placed at right angles to yHnders, falis upon the paper and tween the rollers. These draw the paper through in a similar way to the passage through the first set of rollers, and it ts thus given the trans- verse { draw the double low, which 1n Papers have ne FIVE HUNDRED PAPERS A MIN Dropping from these rollers Tue s one side of the press at the rate of 500 a minute, folded with mathematical accuracy, more per- y tian by hand and faster than a dozen men . ‘The classof press to which Tas belongs 1s, as already stated, onthe fastestever made. In times , When the paper has been delayed or STAR'S new mac! by all compari of emer, ne When important news increases the demand, it can Tun at arate of speed as high as 35.000 an hour. The average speed will, however, be about 24,000 copies an hour; and ff 1t 13 desired only to print a e sheet, 48,000 of these can be Dashed off in me tue, Since Wednesday tt has run at the rate of 27,000 an hour, ‘The cost of this machine in Tunning order 1s $21,500. : Tuk Srak retains one of Its magnificent Scott presses on which Tue WEEKLY Srak, as well asa part of the lange portion of the double-sheet issues, AN INFERESTING THEORY, he Law of Sex Discovered and Care- fully Analyzed. From the London Athenaum. The author claims to make known “a new dis- covery of a great law of nature, nothing less than the law which governs the sexes, and has worked for twenty years at the subject, carefully counting the number of boys and gir in all the families of his acquaintance, summin up the racteristies and taking the portraits of the 7 thot nate as the superior parent; that Is to say, that ifthe husband is superior to the wife the family will consist | mostly of girls, and yice versa. Hence, as the | author explains, results the preservation of the | balance of the se: for in the next generation the girls, inheriting’ their father’s superiority, will, in most cases, produce families with a n of boys. In future there will need to pry in order to determine who the roost in one’s neighbor's fami it will only be necessary to count his boys and girls in order to determine the point; hence it is to be expected that the desire for male off- spring will scarcely remain go strougly devel- oped fn fathers as hitherto. Dark complexion is superior to light, dark plants and trees are the most hardy and dark horses the best. A square foreliead and promi- nent veins are “superior,” a large prominent eye (which “indicates conversational powers”) is the reverse. But the best indication of supe- riority is a large and prominent nose, Roman or aquiline, full a third the length of the face. Ag an illustration of the method of summing up the characteristics of parents from the rules laid down, the several portraits of opposite sex wiven in the plates are hypothetically married, air b T, and their superiority or inferiority imated numerically, 100 being taken as a standard number; hence the number of children of either sex which such pairs ought to produce, according to the new theory, Is arrived at. One of the most ill-favored of the ugly women is mated, for example, with the man with the head which is biggest at the top, and the result ig that iH the pair have twenty children they will all be girls. Then come a series of cases trom the per- sonal experience of the author. M. B., a man of genius, with large head and slender body, with a corpulent wife of moderate intelligence, had five daughters. Mme. A., astrong woman with masculine voice and slightly bearded chin, had seven children, all sons. “I became acquainted witha man of good address, with a well-shaped head and a Roman nose. His wite was of consumptive tendency. of literary tastes, but with an infantile nose and, an expression of general inefficiency. Imagine my surprise when I found they hi But the law remains unshake isfactorily explained,” the husband was ex- tremely illiterate and addicted to drink. “Noth- ing more surely degrades the nature.” Philosopiers, lawyers, editors, poets, literary men and brain workers generally have a large excess of daughters. Wine merchants, tavern- keepers, small retail dealers, orators, physicians and musicians have a preponderance of boys. Clergymen appear just to struggle throuzh the ordeal without incurring the stigma of infe- riority, being equally intelligent, sober and moral with their wives aud producing au equal number of boys and girls. Of course, for the stability of the new law it becomes necessary to show that musicians, med- ical men and orators are inferior. Accordingly the first are lymphatic, the second are made rather than born to their profession (and the most distinguished, as an exception, have large families of daaghters), and mere pubiic speakers So not possess “the highest order of faculties or intellect,” while in most of them “the base of the brain will be found to predominate over the superior portion.” Were the theory established no married mem- ber of the learned professions would be able to get any employment at all unless they had large MARK TWAIN AGGRIEVED. Why a Statue of Liberty When We lave Adam! Mark Twain waa asked to contribute to the album of artists’ sketches and cutograph let- t to be ratiled for at the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition, and this is his re- of offspring can be controlled.” | sponse, which accompanied his contribution: You know my weakness for Adam, and you know how I have struggled to get him a monu- ment and tailed. Now, it seems to me, here is my chance, What do we care for a statue of liberty when we've got the thing itself in its wildest sublimity? What you want of a monu- ment is to ke you in mind of something you haven't got—something you'velost. Very well; we haven't lost liberty; we've lost Adam. Another thing, What has liberty done for us? Nothing in particular that I know of. What have we done for her? Everything. We've given her a home, and a good home, too. And if she knows anything, she knows it’s the first time she ever struck that novelty. She knows that when we took her in she had been a mere tramp for 6,000 years, Biblical measure. Yes, and we not only ended her troubles and made things soft for her permanently, but we made her re- spectable—and that she hadn't ever-been before. And now, after we've poured out these Atlantics of benefits upon this aged outcast, lo! and be- hold you, we are asked to come forward and set up a monument to her! Go to. Let her set up @ monument to us if she wants to do the clean thing. But suppose your statue represented her old, bent, clothed in rags, downcast, shame-faced, with the Insults and humiliation of 6,000 years, imploring a crust and an hour's rest for God's sake at our back door?—come, now you're shout- ing! That’s the aspect of her which we need to be reminded of, lest we forget it—not this pro- posed one. where she’s hearty and well fed, and holds up her head and flourishes her hospitable schooner of flame, and appears to be Inviting all the rest of the tramps to come over. 0, go to—this Is the very insolence of prosperity. But, on the other hand—look at Adam. What have we done for Adam? Nothing. What has Adam done for us? Everything. He gave us life, he gave us death, he gave us heaven, he gave us hell. These are inestimable privilezes— and remember, not one of them should we have had without Adam. Well, then, he ought to have a monument—for Evolution is steadily surely abolishing him; and we must get monument, and be quick about it, or our children’s children will grow up igno- rant that there ever was an Adam. With tritling alterations, this present sta- tue’ will answer very well for Adam. You can turn that blanket ‘into an ulster without any trouble; part the hair on one side, or conceal the sex of his head with afire helmet, and at once he’s a man; puta harp and a halo and a palm branch in the left hand to symbolize a part of what Adam did for us, and leave the fire-basket Just where it is, to symbolize the rest. My friend, the father of life and death ‘and taxes, has been neglected long enough. Shall this infamy be allowed to go on or shall it stop right here? Is it but a question of finance? Behold the inclosed (paid bank) checks. Use them as freely as they are freely contributed. Heaven knows I would there were a ton of them; I would send them all to you, for my heart is in this sublime work! 8. L. c. ———_$_-e-—_____ Writing in the First Person. Gath, in Cincinnati Enquirer, ‘The first person article, which has spread all over the press, began in the London Illustrated News, with George Augustus Sala. The next appearance was in the Washington EvENIna Stak, called “Gadabout’s Column,” nine years ago. The New York Star then published “The Man About Town,” by Mr. Ackermann. The Tribune about the same time published “Johnny Bouquet,” and followed it with “The Broadway Note-book.” A few weeks after the latter be- gan all the newspapers followed suit. The stiff- ness of editorial comment is thus thrown off, families of girls. They could not afford to run risks, and it would become a matter of common prudence with them to secure idiots for wives for fear of mishap. —————+e-_______ One of the French societies in the interest of the industrial classes has recommended the suppression of all circular saws in workshops. The constitution of Michigan probibits any form of religious sefvice in either house of the legislature. S80 theydon’t elect # chaplain. and direct responsibility evaded. Peoplein Conejos county, Col., are in, war on a nae ot Mormons who reountly aot. tled there. Sergeant Bates is tramping along from Chi- cago to Savannah. His son carries the flag. ‘The sergeant lectures and carries the jaw. The number of women who have registered to vote for school committee, in Massachuse tts, is five times what it was last year. THE AGE OF SHAMS, How Chicago Furriers Rent Seal Skin Sacques Out by the Season. “Is it true,” asked a Chica: wo reporter the other day of f 7 is of that ci “that seal skin sacques are rented out by the season?” ‘It is tras,” replied the 1urrier, “too true, and it is injuring the tur trade. What with the mild weather and the new system ot renting out sacques and sets, It will not surprise me if sev- of us are not compelled to go into another branch of trade before the opening of spring ion.” u did the fur renting business begin?” “Well, it is difficult to say. You see business ofall kinds has been undergoing a demoralizing change tor some years past. Merchaute stoop to things now that they would not think of doing ten years agi Everything is conducted on the sham principle. Sham! whs 9 all odds, the shame: ze, if Imay coin the word, that the world passed through. Go to a reception and half the dresses and jewelry worn by the ladies is rented for the occasion. Some of our leading tailors do a big business in the renting of full dress suits to gentlemen at rates ronning all the way frem $5 to €15 a night, Married people who give dinners, and talk glibly about their French cooks, have the eatables on the table sent up from the nearest restaurant. and the neatly attired waiters are hired for that occasion only at the same eating hot People who have friends come to visit them from a distance can rent a handsomely furnished house or flat for the time being, and make ar- Tanzements with a convenient livery stable to have ‘our carriage’ sent around for an after- noon’s drive. The silver ware on the table is in all probabiilty the property of a down-town pawnbroker, and the seaiskin sack which the hostess wears may have been engaged for a week, a month, or a season.” “What do the sealskin saeques rent for?” “Well, a new sacque will bring $50 for a sea- son of three months. The next year it may bring about the same rental, and from that time on until it begins to look shabby its rental is reduced about $10 every year. It is finally sold for about $50.” “<Do yon demand a deposit of an amount equal to the full value of the sacque?” “No, not always. When we know the parties to be respectable wetrust them with thesacques, providing that they pay the rental in advance and sign a contract to make good any damage hich may occur to the property.” do you ever lose them?” “Yes, but not often. Sometimes we lose track of them for awhile, but they usually turn up all right.” oe it cheaper in the long run to rent than ‘o buy?” “Yes, really It ig, ladles are apt to become tired of a sealskin sacgue after two seasons. They have only expended 3100 or so, whereas if they had bought the sacque in the first place they would have been compelled to pay out from $200 to $500, and perhaps have gone without a sacque altovether. By renting a sacque they can have 9 change every season, and they run no risk of haviag their furs moth-eaten in the sum- mer. I would rather rent a sacque for my wife than buy one.” Farewe' From the Brooklyn 5 The time has come forthe departure of the dude. Hehas had his little reign, has been opular, ridiculed, blackguarded and thrashed. 'e has been portrayea in books, on the stage, and pictured in every iHustrated Ine or newspaper in America. Odes have been written about him. His tight trousers, tocthpick shoes, bell crowned hat, towering collars and short coats have been written up and written down untilthey have become famous. A change is slowly taking place. The collar became lower for atime and then turned.over atthe edges in front. The coat became longer, the hat more like a stovepipe in form and the boots broadened at the toe. The dude, who wasthe acme of fashion a year ago, now provesto be in bad form. He must change the fashion of his at- tire or be relegated to the rear ranks. The drab colored coat which was the dude's special glory and delight a year ago, is now so very much out of style that it must either be thrown aside or dyed in anticipation of spring-time. No onecan view tite fall ofthe dude with any- thing but satisfaction. Ofall the swells, he has been the most nauseating. The old fashioned fop was a creature of gorgeous JP aren ge He may have been effeminate and ly. but his at- tire was brilliant and his manner gentle. The swell who came later was a high liver, fellow, and a bustling, busy fashion. But the duds MATTERS. HOUSEKEEPERS’ MEASURES—HOW TO DRESS AND % THE SICK—VARIOUS USEFUL RECIPES RETTY NOVELTIES IN HOUSE DECORATION. Saypparer will whiten ivory knife hanaies that may have become yellow with use or age. Turre Is SomeTives more juice in a can of than iseaten. This makes a delicate tor pudding sauce. AwaY Morus.--An open bottle con- taining kerosene placed in wardrobes, trunks, or bureau drawers will keep away moths. A Pretty War to ran ribbons ina willow chair is to put them directly-across the middle ofthe back. Two re vs of ribbon tw» inches wide look very pi OaTMrat, Cooktes combine many good quail- ties, and will be relished by children. Make them Just like an ordinary sugar cooky, using two-thirds oatmeal and one-third wheat flour. To Prevent silver becoming black itis ad- Vised to keep that which is not often usea in canton flannel bags, with small bags about the size of a thimble filled with bits of gum cam- phor packed in around the articles. Pewrsis Pre.—Three pounds ot pampkin to | three half-pints of milk, haifa pound of sugar, one of ginger and four eggs, Bake in deep plates lined with paste. One or two ezgs less if substitute three tablespoonfuls of “Wisi Boxes” ap Wepp! .S.—A novel oration at a wedding last week in New York a large wish-bone, or “pulley-bone,” made of white chrysanthemums, under which the bridal party stood to recelve thet friends, and which was hung trom the ing, in place of the usual marriage bell of flowers. Sivce Fans still continue to be popniar as wall decorations, t! can be made at home at small exp ion get the cheap or gild the handies, atin, or any other e may be decorated with ribbon or Kensington embroidery. AFTER SWEEPING and getting the carpet as clan as possible, it may be brightened by going all over it with aclean flannel cloth dampened with water, in which you have put a ttle am- monia. Too much will take the color out of the carpet. A tablespoon’al of ammonia to one quart of water is about tie proper proportion. NT AND Errective Borper for the table scarf is made by getting a piece of figured plush, which can now be obtained at almost any ¢ guods store; cover the fizures with bright-colored silk tn’ plain, long filling sti and around the edge of each de- sign sew tiny cilt braid. This braid you will see on the handsome valours table spreads. Pick-eD Caneace.—Take a nice, firm headg: and remove the outside leaves, cut itintwa parts and suave it very fine, place it ina Jar, sprinkle pepper and salt over, then chop two ‘ red peppers and two heads of celery very fine. and put in; then about two tablespoonfals of: ite mustard si Pour cold vinegar over It, er with d_ put a weight on it to e under the vinegar. This will »od to eat in about a week. PANELs OF PLvsH or velvet may be made very handsome by putting a band of satin across, with flowers ora tiny landscape painted on it. The band should not be put in the center of the panel, but above it, so that the space below will bea third deeper than that above. These panels may be of wood or of the sti board used for painting. They need no ornamentation around the edges, the velyet being turned over it and attached to it at the back. prettier for an easel than for the wall. New Crazy QviLT.—A new way toplecea crazy quilt, says the New York Post, has beendevised bysomeingenious women; piece it in stripsabout a quarter of a yard wide, then have alternate strips ot piain silk or of velvet. This makes an elegant quilt. It is much less work than to make it wholly of patchwork. The one that I saw was fnished with a narrow band of crimson velvet, and the quilt was lined witn material of the same color, a soft flannel that comes in dou- ble width, and at one dollar and a quarter to two dollars, makes a soft and sufficiently rich lining. On this may be embroidered the owner's initials or monogram. To CcReE STAMMERTNG.—Dr. Dio Lewis in his maguzine ‘sa rule for the cure of stammer- ing which is certainly simple enough, and which the doctor says has cured three-fourths of all the cases he has treated. The stammerer is made to mark the time in his speech, Just as it is ordinarily done in singing. At first he is to beat on every syllable. He should begin by reading one of the Psalms, striking the finger on the Knee at every word. “Time can be marked,” says the doctor, “by striking the fin- ger on the knee, by hitting the thumb against the foretinzer, or by moving the targe toe in the boot.” The writer believes the worst case of stuttering can be cured ifthe victim will read an hour every day, with thorough practice of this remedy, and observing the same in his con- versation. A Derictovs CaocouaTe Cake is made from thisreceipt: The whites of eight eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three teaspoontuls of baking powder. Beat the butter and sugar till they are as light as cream, add the milk next, then the flour, and lastly the whites of the eggs, beaten till they are stiff. Divide the dough thus made into two parts, grate an ounce of sweet chocolate and mix with one of these parts. Bake the cake in ayers, and put a dark layer at the bottom, them a white one, and soon, Between these layers spread a custard made of one pint of milk, one tablespoonful of butter. Let this come to the boiling point, then add two ones, one cup of Sugar, and two teaspoonfuls of corn or arrowroot, mixed with a little cold milk. bs. recelpt makes a large cake, and for a small family itis advisable to use half the quantity.— New York Post. DRESSING AND UNDRESSING THE SicK.—Here are afew hints from the hospital nurses which may be useful in homes: Never begin to change the clothes of the sick until you hare all you are likely to require ready. The body linen of bed-lying patients should be changed at least twice a week, and in many cases oftener. Always be careful that there is no draught upon the patient. Let the fresh linen be properly aired and warmed beforehand. Do not move nor uncover the patient more than 1s absolutely necessary. Begin by removing all sleeves from oue arm, then, without moving the patient, put on all that is to go on this arm, then raise the head and shoulders, removing the soiled and adjusting the clean linen well down under the shoulders; the patient may then ile down, and the other arm be stripped and dressed. After this the hips can be slightly raised, the soiled clothing removed, and theclean garments arranged. Do not let patients help too much; and, on the other hand, see that they do such things as they can and ought to do for them- selves. In giving to any sick one a drink of water when the draught should be limited, hand him asmall glass full. This will satisfy his thirst, be it ever so little. It isa mistake to offer a goblet of water in such a case, and direct how many swallows must be taken. The patient will not be satisfied nor his thirst quenched. If you make a poultice in the kitchen, before you. begin place a plate in the oven to heat. the plaster or poultice is made, put it on the heated plate, and it will retain its heat until it is applied. . HOUSEKEEPERS’ MEASURES.—A great deal of poor food, especially cakes and other * - preparations, is due to inaccuracy in measuring. ‘A pinch” of salt or pepper or other condiment aaleaer four times as much in one Leena another—quite enough to entirely quality and flavor. Teaspoons, teacups and coffeecups now vary tly. The old standard teacup held just baifa pint, or fourto the quart, and coffeecup three-quarters of a pint, or two and two-thirds cups to a quart; but on testing several cups now in use we find that of one pattern of teacups three fill a Breage of another it takes five, and of another six; while of coffeecups two of one set fill a quart, and of another it takes nearly four. It would be a simple matter, and a great convenience, for any housekeeper to keep always at hand accurate measuring cups of earthen- ware or tin. Let a teacupiul or tumblers ful always mean exactly half a~ and keep a eles ex = Pd tone yes tin cup—one with a side handle | Spoon measuring is more important, es- pecially in giving medicines. The top is so road and it is so difficult toknow when a spoon, is evenly full, that a “teaspoonful dose” of any medicine, or of a flavoring extract in may be double what is prescribed. The teaspoon, evenly full, holds an of afiula ounce, or 128 to a pint, @ standard tabl a8 much, or drops of forty-two to ety ‘sina forty-two a = Petra Ag T ize. a *Sininim glass" (minim means edron). alittle tube or cup hay and a lip for pouring out the are marks on the side, and figures 50, 60, for so many 4 ing just a standard t one is always able to measure HL