Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1884, Page 3

£ 2 WW APERING “On Barty A ee Siyles-fasbions in Bans linen-A Menvyekeeper'’s Gort | ty of their wrk, ally Rrarch, and edie 3 of Ted dresse red . Will never- f warm com- sat nome ¢ the seaside u on or thin morning: pan’s aiternoon and the teuch of welcome if it ways ood now that women at summer | is © pe n vd from Dan to rthan wv autumn summer, n account of the ito succeed the = uch expects to be i until October. It has ac- ir water- outdoor ‘y fluctuating on or attraction. which atures. Ut young women their board for ition that they i in charades or ymusements tor a | derstood that jowship Is fast | nteers to do any Pe consid but persistently jor mMtress or wer hard time of but an easy one A pretty worn reeently upon the beach | Was of strawberry figured chintz with natural brenze lea narrow les, th niered bodice with lace and strawberry satin ribbons. The hich s1 ued with bronze velvet anda strawberries. The para- Sol matched the dress aud was bordered with wide la prevalence of white flannel, white 1 and white embroidered give a ike aspect to A. striking Woo! Kiite or Ted Wei . square collat formed ys.auda voke ot the velvet and the d ineails and a huge bow, and was | of Rhine | *n to Long imber, con- reen woolen self color and an al- | diamond = Was velvet in the darker sh and drapery were buttoned The br haw stun reappe upon the front of nple and very new costume was ies of gray. the darker used £ and a beautiful tume of non velveteen was in ATaY OVersatin, With a pa-sementerie embroidery inus. The improved c the Inguished col- ave stim- 1. partienlarly includes all the dist . Indeed, ex- jes attach to reason why vel- mn all occasions t experts find it hard “when the two are made lace round the neck hat, with | in phietons in the green of hat 1 s. tea “im the ornaments prepared for ant evening and es are of tt of the nz length, allowed to rs EM. nal Dress \dvancement iladelphia, and be- t nen who are on ought to make he movement and ch inter- int of view, yuntry, It is iz re out with a ly a lady, operated i perfectiy bal- vement as true as @ watch. tricyeles require bard, smooth, macadamn' zed roads as are rarely found in this c ring over rough ground ith speed and pleasure. but y aud sends it to Coventry terest for women apart will eventually take a 4 otter costumes have ne fashionable prome- . & modest and sensi- - who object to It in not question its use- F boating, climbing and is ami woo It is also would have been i. protective aud rational for the past summer.in a aimospuere by the sea than the p and inadequate garments many of them have shivered in ble walking that capaci N STUFFS AND STYLES. With th ‘vach of autumn there is great activity and woulens and aa unusually early demand for fall suits. caused, doubtless, by the cool summer which has prevented many ladies from even unpacking thelr lightest | manufactured ex im is made for It | yards long. at $5 eact i } ee ee ee es ee —. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, dresses, It is less a question now than for. merly whether certain fabrics and designs are the newest. We have at last arrived at that stage of common sense where a certain fitness taken for ranted, and garments may be! without waiting to see the last fashion | provided they suit the season and pre- serve harmony of tone. This is acknowledged to be the essential element in all dress, the differ- | ence between piatn and “full” dress, or street | i indoor dresz that in oue case it is | the harmony of ity: in the other of com- | plexity. The plaiuness of street dress for several rs past has really developed its excellence. ie money that was formerly spent on trashy trimmings, which made the wearers hideous or nlous,isnow put fnto substantial fabrics,into sisome linings and superior workmauship. There is no better evidence neededot theimprove- ment whieh zdualiy taking place in street dress than the ¢ st between what was and en among the by no means exciu- sive throng that Sl the shops and sidewalks. Soft pure woois have deen and are a means ot Thev are sanitary. lovelz to the touch, itle and healthfa! in their influences. Few know, however, whut due and pure wool really is, fot the majority use it like their coffee, badly prepared or adulterated. There are no woolen fabrics in the world superior to those of Ameri- vest. But it is rarely . and when The best flannel m ced by a Shaker com: Ir \s a warm, even, virtues in the hands ot a ne red Amana flannel is in se who are aware of its supe- with pure cochineal, orative properties rity in wool, while antels. commoner and dyes are used. Tie process was formerly part of the of tine cioth; now it must be done ior or modiste.’ It is not an easy proc dressmaker living in uarrow quarters or teur at hom for it is necessary to strip of unbleached muslin as long and sce of cloth and dip !t in clear h water, let it drip until it drips no more, to this pee jority of red ay the cloth upon it and roll atly im ft. Fasten it h pins 4 put it under pressure A mangle is used ailable, and let the roll be- oughly dry. When it stand water asa brave hout shrinking. The ac- s made by laying in the narrow pleats while the waterial is wet and subjecting them to both heat and pressure till they are dry. It isthe same principle as that by which our grandmother's cap borders were gauifered half a esatury ago. Such tailor made suits as are in preparation | are box-pleated or laid in clusters of side- pleats, with wide box pleating between. The overskirts are short and are draped to one side, and the short coat bodice is either buttoned over on the side or mace with revers and with a full skirt, which fils m the space above the plaston. Last year this p!aston and the mount- ing were often ot velve’. this year the wool is very stylishiy combined with adarker shade of the material, or with wool upon which there are Taised velvet or embroidered figures. Small half moons embroidered in shaded silk or chenille are guite new designs in this direction but nothing of afancy character 1s so perm: nently good and useful for street wear as tho: which are self-colored. Flower and leaf pat- terns have subsided In favorof rings and square vlocks—~-quadrille patterns” as the squares are lied, and close arabesque designs are also re- ed. The patterns of rich autumn fabric: whieh have appeared, are in amethyst, smoke, gray, and chestnut colored satin and velvet, the surface “thickly covered” with curves and old architectural designs in cut and berry vel- vet and satin. These magnificent fab: be made up with satin front, covered with em- broidered lace or with lace founces and pe dant ornaments. ‘Twilled silk serge, which tsa mixture of silk and wool, is a good looking and comparatively imexpensive material for fall wear. The silk is usually white (what there is of it, whieh is not muelt), the wool black, brown or dark gray: and it is made up over a silk skirt of the dark shate, the plain silk beg used for the full short front, or for facing the collar and cuffs: also for the bow if a bow is employed for the back. Shot silks are used for dressy purposes, and show some charming combinations of color. They are made up for visiting and dinner dress — velvet In the darkest shade of the silk and jace. Almost ali dresses are now made with the full fronts. and the style is so “run into the ground” that it cannot survive long, becoming as it is to the flat and narrow chested. It Is wasted and worse than wasted on those who posséss a weil- rounded ficure,acharm that {s certainly dis- played to the best advantage in a plain per- iect'y titting satin corsage. What are called lace dresses will be in great | Youue ayain, the beauty of the modern machine products and their comparative cheapness pro- | ducing finer effects for a given amount than can be obtained in any other way. HOUSEHOLD LINEN. There isno better test of a woman as honse- | Keeper than the condition of her linen closet. A good and complete supply of this essential to pleasant living is a luxury which it requires habit and training to appreciate, and the de- privation where such habits and training exist is more severe than the absence of other things which seem more important. People who have acquired some meaus, yet whose ways are not over refined, spend as little as possible on arti- | cles of every day use and comfort, and really do not know the immeasurable difference it makes | in the enjoyment of life to use towels ot ample size and ood. solid quality, handsome napery sheets heavy and laundried: and ail in abund- ance. They reserve their strength for display and are forever poor in those personal belonz- ings, the possession and use of which make one feel rich. There is inherent beauty in linen— | more even than in silk. It Is delightful to handle, and conveys a sense of substance, of wealth, as well as of cleanliness. It 1s purely an imported fabric. very little flax is grown and | none manufactured in this country. ‘The finest linens come from Ireland, from the neighbor- hood of Belfast, but those of the second c! are imported largely trom Germany, the weight | and quality of these being superior to any others | for the money. The fashions in the patterns of table linens vary almost as widely asthe fashions in dress fabrics. Just now they are nataral, and really beautiful. Growing | flax in its different stages furnishes | a very delicate and pretty design: oats, ainony which are poppi other: and grasses, among which are blue bells and swaying wheat. a third. The borders are very deep. but unconventional, not enclosed in rigid lines, but forming a sort of dado of flowers and grasses, with curled ribbons between them and the lovely centers. One pattern shows a melange of fruits and flowers and grains; another and the latest shows a cen- ter iaid in square satin blocks, like ice. Around this at proper distances are broken forms as of glass for flowers; outside of these are flat bands as of color. some with curled edu of ribbons. and here and th. re ¢y" or tied bouquets. This desi suggestive tion, but they have grown very popular. They consist of a large, square napkin, which is laid under the principal dishes at the opposite ends of the table. Mats are less used than formerly and when used are reserved for side dishes. Carving cloths are not only more elezant. but re safe. They are made in special patterns, with handsome corners, so that the design 18 not contained or concealed on the center, as is the case so often with mats and the like. They are of the finest table linen damask, and uo one now buys an outiit of table linen without buying a set of carving cloths. It may be interesting to some to know what an “outfit” of household linen costs, and just what it consists of. The following is a very handsome average list fora family of three persons in which four servants are kept—-three women and one man servant. Above and beloyytis are almost infinite grad: for there few manufactured articles Miotfer so much and such good value for the money as nen, or that so satisfi one’s taste and essential requirements. The lis is a copy from an actual bill from the only exclu- sively linen house in New York, and could have | been tncreased-—doubled, trebled. quadrupied. and then doubled again—for cost can easily be muitiplied,except for single articles obtained for special purposes or occasions, and representa- tive of one of a million rather than of the mil- lion. A well known leader in society recently gave an order for one table cloth. which was ‘presalv for her at a cost of $100. | and an outit of household linen ordered, and every piece specially made. monogram and coat of arms embroidered. which was executed some months ago, cost upwards of $2,000. But my object now is not to state an exception, but show the good average well-tu-do rule. One dozen tablecioths. six of which were ag two, 3 yards long. at ‘7.50 each; one, 33¢ yards long. at 210; one, 4 yards, at 12.50; one. 5 yards, at $18. Six carv- ing cloths, varying in ‘price from 75 cents to $1.25_total cost #6. Six dozen kins, rang- {ug trom $2.50 to #5 per dozen. ree dozen doyleys. one tringed upon the edge, at #1.25; one dozen, hemstitched, at $2; and one, plioto- graphed, (a novelty in small landscape scenes, at 3 per dozen. All these are of the finest ani purest linen. Of luncheon cloths and napkins in drawn work, with narrow colored and pretty figured lines alternating with the drawn work on the bordering. there were two sets at 310 T set, and two finer and larger sets, (that is jonger cloths.) for #26. Of towels there were siz dozen—four at $6; one. (fine damask, ) at #9, and one, (bath towels.) at €9—50 and 75 cents each. The sheets were heavy linen and hem- u voth novel and ‘Carving cloths” area recent inven- | wedding presents, and nothing can be i | usually selecte, | ders ‘tor stand and bureau covers. ‘worked DIC: 1884—DOUBLE SHEET. hed by hand, which is the newest and most fashionable method of finishing them. The work is done abroad, where they are manu- factured. as here it would cost twice as much and could not be relied upon for finish. These sheets are a luxury merely to look at. and the price is from $7 per pair. In this bil! 12 pairs were ordered, six 2 28, yards, at $7.50, and six 29% by 3 yards, ai Of pillow cases there were one dozen pairs at £2.50 and #3 per pair— heavy linen and hemstitched to match the sheets. Six quilts, all white Marseilles, and very hand- sre, at $5 each. and feur pairs of blankets al #10 each. completed the family part of the out- fit. For servants’ use one dozen pairs of cotton sheets, and one dozen pairs of pillow cases were ordered at a cost of #24: two dozen huckaback towels, at 22 per dozen. One piece of roller toweling, at 15 cents per yard: one piece linen (glass) toweling, same price, and one piece fine crash (12 cents) for drying dishes and gen- eral kitchen use. $30 00 30.00 400 ided the cost of embroif the initials on the linen sueets and pillow s hand and order ht it up to $464.50. the broidery alone, to which " was added by the house 348 is surely not a large sum for an outit so con : which is sufficient, with the exception of kitchen towels, for several years, and includes blankets and quilts. Of course it may be considerably redneed. | The sh may be bought by the cents to 31, whic s tton sheeting cost duri rhite honey- comb and ¥ 25 s. made wool bons, bri s hi is not an extra tas 275. per pal agant averace for th which are the pride of many houseke nf the ignorant Iaundress, ity of the other, choice not the prey withstanding the imm one price and the a wide range of those who do this sum, blankets, not 0 able at about $2.50 per pair. It is beginning te be highly fashionable just now to buy linen for ined more welcome to a young couple going to house- keeping, The handsome set of luncheon clotus or napkins, or one long elegant cloth with din- ner napkins and carving cloths. are the kind d for this purpose, but towels are Sometimes sent in sets, accompanied by the pretty covers in drawn work, with ed bor- The creain or half bleached Scotch linen, the figures en- closed in squares, a very durable and eilective style of table covering Isnow inat his most commonly used for rybody” retin households. It is uow 50 td 60 inches wide, and averages 50 cents per vard—a wonderful fabric considering width and qualit towels and luncheon cloths fur wear are the Tough granite tinished, and the reason is be- cause in these the flax thread hasto be both doubled and twisted. The colored damask tea cloths and napkins are still used, but oniy for tea cloths: white Juncheon cloths are preferred. and are much newer, with only tines of color be tween the drawn work in the borders, “Shams” for dressing beds are not needed where handsome hemstitched linen sheets and pillow cases are used, but some ladies like them for cleanliness where <I are muell used or exposed, and th@y are then duished as much like good linen sheets and pillow cuses as possible; that is, they are hemstitened all around ata depth of 21g inches and slow an embroid- ered initial or inon ‘am in. the cent: The handkerchief tintsh is also liked—corners tucked overlaid and hemstitched—or a broken bor on with adesign inthe corners. E broidery or braiding isalways executed in white, never in colors, upon household linen. SNY JUNE. the below want urday Smites. A man may smile and smile and be a prohibi- Elmira Gazette, asilist’s motto: —Buphaio ¢ “1 yielded him the f tionis t's better to give than rier. in,” as the old lady when she spanked her erring son. stidution. Allanta Con- is it wicked to "Brother J sing it any da! people s Mr. ing that song on . it Is wicked to ecause it makes The Keynote mith (to Mrs. Parvenue, P.—"No, I shan’t. [had a deat cook once and vowed ‘then never to have another crippied serva nt.”—Life. Some mean person reports General Sherman as saying he found no pleasure in kissing a Boston girl. It is to be hoped the general didn’t say it. He sometimes wears spectacles himselt.— Louiscile Courver-Journal. When Blinks heard the ten commandments read the otlier day. he exclaimed, “Humph! One of the party platforins,eh? But what do these things amount to? Nobody lives up to them.” —Boston Transcript Carter Harrison last Saturday told the people of Belleville that he had no acquaintances among the gamblers in Chicazo. Mike and the boy should demand an explanation.—Chicago Inter Ocean. This is the close of the season at the seaside. it diifers trom the clothes of the season at the easide. The latter ll many big trunks.—Nor- | ristowon Herald. The democrats who supposed that the earth- quake was simply the sound occasioned by Til- den rolling out his barrel to tap, were probably mistaken.—Tezas Siftings. “Does your wife keep a pet?” asked Bigsby of Popinjay. “Well, I cuess she does,” was the reply. “she's never out of a pet.”—Burlington Free Press. Among the singular discrepancies of life ex- ists the fact that aman on his way to commit suicide by drowning has been known to seek shelter from a shower.—Exzchang?. Since the sinking of the Tallapoosa there is no American ship of waron which Secretary Chand- ler will risk his salt water pants, comb and brush and tarpaulin hat.— Picayune. Ashort time ago Jones and Robinson were dining out together, Jones being one ot the most absent-minded ' individuals in existence. Quoth Robinson tg Jone: I say, old fellow, what do you think? A man asked me the other day whether your name was Smith!" “Real answered the absent-minded one, “and #°— Whitehall Reowr London.) “I never saw such a woman in all my life, said Bi You are never satisf thing.” “People who knew the 1 a husband, trary, that 1am very easily satistie Transcript. “Here, rieked the city editor. ‘what do you. mean by this paragraph: ‘The common cout is the recipient of many complimentary remarks from citizens zenerally just at present?’ Don't you know that the council has taken a recess for a mouth: 's what I'm trying to get .” responde: neral local ist, with- out a blush. —Byfaio Express. “John, what is that peculiar smell.” The hour was late and he had just returned from the lodge. ‘That is the Incense we use in ourlode room, my dea “If that’s all you go to the lodge for, I don’t see why youcan't buy a few —Boston bottles of it, and keep it in the house in case of | sickuess.” He merely remarked that he thought she was incensed enou; gh already.—Texas Sift ings. - ——_—+2-—_—____ A Clerical Imposture. From the London Society. The following case was related to me by a bishop of the church ot England: There was a nan who had officiated as. a clergyman in a large town for about iiteen years. At the lapse of that time it was accidentally discovered that he was an impostor. A new bishop came or the man went into a new diocese; anyhow, the request came that he would produce his letters of or- ders. Letters of orders are rather precious and remarkable document if once they are lost they cannot be replaced. The pseudo-clergy | man replied, expressing his great regret that, | in the course of a removal, the letters had been. | hopelessiy mislaid. but hoped that the length of | time during which he had served in the dio- cese would be considered a sufficient voucher. The bishop wrote back to say that he regretted | the loss of the letters of orders, and that it would be quite sufficient if he gave exact | dates, which would enable him to reter to/ the diocesan istry. The imposture then be- came know: was a matter of at anxiety mt to settle what had best be done under such cir- | cumstances. Of course a very large number of marriages had been performed during these fif- teen years, not one of which was legal. The first suggestion was that an act should be passed making these marriages legal. There were objections to this course. It was con- sidered that an immense deal of pain would be caused by the publication of the invalidity ot these marriages, and that peculiar hardship would be done in the case of children, where one or both of the parents had died in the mean- time. On a certain evening there was a solemn discussion between the bishop ot the diocese andthe home secretary, the result of which Was a communication the villainous talse el man that. if be left England tmmediately and forever, proceedings would not be taken, but that otherwise he would be prosecuted. 24 00 | n= | d | LITERARY NOTES. ANNALS OF SANDY SPRING: Or, History of s ural Community in Mary] tore. Cushings & Bailey. There is perhaps no more attractive agricul- tural neighborhood in the United States than that lying some twenty miles northwardly of this city, whose daily life is measurably indi- cated by this little volume. Among other means of improvement, it supportsa lyceum. at whose annual meeting a brief history of the year is read. The historian of the community lor twenty years past has been Mr. William Henry Farquhar, whose yearly budget makes up the book. Naturally there is not much in- cident, but the record fs not without considera- bie interest. especially to those who know any. thing of the place, and in reading it one cannot eip wishing that there were more neighbor- hoods following the excellent example of this one,—both in Seeping such a record and in af- tording pleasant material for it. N. A Tale of To-morrow. B JoHS Horne OM FIL'Y JS, of out. Now York: Charles Serib- ngion: Wm, Ballantyne & Son. erative novel writing, on a large scale, store-keeping, rarely aucceeds: and this efort may be set down as conforming to the rule, rather than aa exception to it. The to-morrow of its title is fifty years hence, in Eng |. and the intention of the quadrilateral literary combination is to portray that country with monarehy a thing of the past, and the gov- ment republican in form. It is doubtless a ‘asure for authors to thus forecast the future. In the guise of fiction, or somany of them would ze in it; but this pleasure is not usual- y shared by the reader. The example before | us embodies, howev well told story, with occas! ues of refreshing humor, 80 that it rises rather above ihe average of ite Years Balu- Rosrrt ALE. atid pths, By Mrs. FD. » Philadeiphia: I, B. Peterson dmirers need only to be | this the best novel she | ever written to awaken in their minds more | than the ordinary desire to read it. Like that | of all her stories, the moral is —the pur- | ing to show the power of a strong and ure to rise above adverse eireum- stances and base conditions resulting from the injustice of others, and it abounds in thriiling | incidents and fine delineations ot character. A steel plate engravin Prospect Cottage, ie author's home in West Washington, adds a t to the handsomely printed volume. NTIER, By Pret Hanre. Boston Mittin & Co. Washington: Kobert Beall ie Js presented in attractive, per- manent form three of the latest stories by their | author, viz: “At the Mission of San Carmel,’, | “A Blue Grass Penelope.” and “Lert Out on Lone Star Mountain.” Those who have not | read them in the several publications in which | they have recentiy appeared in serial form, will be glad to find them in one volume, suitable to be put ina traveling bag for a allway Journey or reading at a summer resort. ‘They are | marked, it may be added, by all Mr. Harte’s | characteristics, but it is only right to say that do not reach the high level of some of his or efforts. i THE AMAZO: By Cari VosMAER 1. Alma Tadema, R.A: Pretac Georgy Ebers: ‘Translated by FE! J. Irving) New York. wm. 3. Gottsberger. Washington: Wm. Ballantyne & Son. The average novel reader will hardly be able to share in the high opinion of this work enter- tained by Mr. Ebers, the distinguished author, | but there is inuch in it toadmire, and it deserves it is above rather than ona, current standard of fiction, in ent andstyle — Its special interest centers, of course, in the career and fate of its heroine, but its charm lies greatly in its archeo- logical and esthetic features, its analysis of char- and motive. and its descriptive scenes, ~ rthe Ficket Line of Freedom in the South. i tive By A, T. ORGAN late Sher- x Colles tor, Yaz00 county, Miss, Wash- the Author, Whatever may be the purpose of its writer, | the effect of this book must inevitably ve to dis- } | suade northern men {fom changing their resi- | dence to the southern states in the expectation of leading happy and prosperous lives in their new home and at the same time exercising the (Frontispicee by. ZO: | AP rei a aud ington ordinary rights of citizenship. ‘The narrative ot the pefsonal experiences cf the author fsa painful one throuzhout, but it seems to be truthful, and In literary style it is graphic and vigorous. MF WORLD WE LIVE IN, A Novel. By Oswatp CRAWFURD, author of “Portugal, Old and New,” ete, (Lraus-Atlontic Series.) New York aud Lon- gon’: G. P. Putnam's Sous. ington; Brenwuno Brothers, A bright and clever story, this, which many Americans will specially enjoy for the manner in » Wasi which it lays bare the snovbery and hollowness ot what is usually held to be good society in Eng the conversations spr interrupted and bri much like seein chet. and. The characters are cleverly drawn, shtly, and the action un- K. Reading it-is im fact a well rendered modern s0- drama, and it will pleasantly occupy an jour or two. THE CRIME OF Hi ENRY VaNE. 4 Study. with # Sof Dare. ‘author of “Guernoale.” New hharles Scribner's Sous. Washington: Wa. Ballantyne & son. i Not quite up to the promise of the author's first effort. this story is one of the cleverest | of the season, despite its sad ending. The, moral does not obtrude itself, but so far as it appears it may be taken to be a protest against flirting. The descriptive parts are excellent, but one could get more interested in the prin- principai characters if the heroine were a higher type of women, and the hero not so de-/ liberate in everything relating to his fate; but | then, perhaps, the moral would have been lost. | | LEN DAYS IN THE JUNGLE. By J. E. L. Boston Cupples, Upham & Co. Those who are interested in such an out of the j Way place as the Mulavan pentosala will ind in | this narrative a good deal of entertaining Infor- | | mation regarding it. although the author, like most travelers, divells too inueh_ upon her emo- tiuns and feelings, and not enough onwhat she saw and heard. It ought to be stated. perhaps, that the journal was written for private eyes, rather than for publication, or the writer's style would no doubt have been improved. F THE RAILROADS OF THE UNITED Showing, their Ronte and Bonsls, Debts, Cost Mic Earn- | xpense< and Diviiends:;" their Organizations, Directors, Oficers. ete, By HENRY Y. Foon. New i ~ Poor, nown and so highly esteemed is this annual, fainiliatly spoken of as ‘Poor's Man- ual,” that it only needs to be stated that it is | out; commendations ts unnecessary. It has long been recoznized as the standard publica- tion of its class in this country and the highest authority upon the subject of which it treats. | To investors as Weill asto financiers, ete., it is invaluable. | THE DEVELOPMENT THFORY. | “for Gener! Readers. By Josern ¥. BEROES, Jt, | and FANNY BERGEN. Bostou: Lee & Shepard. Wash? ington: Decker & | Students who wish an 2lementary text book | on the theory of evolution. and those who do | {not care to read the extended works ot the | “great authors on the subject, will find this a con- ' | venient and usefai volume. It makes no pre- tentions to originality, but it very well serves the purpose for which it is intended. UCHK §. ATale, By Ivan Senguersvitca T GENEE. ‘Translated from the Freuch of the Author ‘Translation, by Franklin Abbott. Boston Cupples, Upham & Co, Persons not familiar with the works of the great Russian novelist will hardly ve able to un- derstand his popularity from this short and slight sketch. It lacks the usual completeness of his more important efforts, though It is an admirable piece of work of its kind, but in style French rather than Muscovite. A Brief Statement, | JOHN FOLES. A Study of Western Life. j x ‘Teat. Boston: Lee & Shepard. ‘ashingion: Brentano Bros. This study is apparently the work of a begin- ner. but there is flavor of life in the west about | it that is very attractive in itself, ag it is true to nature. Late issues of ‘Lovell’s Library” series (paper { covers—20 cents each) received are ‘Social | Problems,” by Henry George; “Over the Sum- mer Sea,” a comedy in rhyme, by John Harrison and Margaret Compton; and a Life of Grover Cleveland, with a Biographical Sketch of Mr. Hendricks, by Deshler Welch. ——-——______ | Prospecting for Business, | From the Detroit Free Press. “Come in,” said the fourth floor lawyer as the | boy rapped on the door. | *Say, tnister!” j Vell?” ‘Then you'll have to buy some.” “Perhaps.” “and you'll have to have it carried up.” “Shouldn't wonder.” “And I'd like the job.” The lawyer locked his hands back of his head and looked out of the window for along time without a word in reply. The boy put in his time looking around the room, when the silence had become painful he sai ‘Well, good-bye. If you get acase this fall and get any money and buy any coal, and don’t want to carry it up yourself after dark, I'd like the job. You can remember I'm the boy who spoke to you. I've got red hair and two boils ob my leg, and I feel awfulsorry for poor folks.” ES ART NOTEs. The singular statement comes from Europe that Herr von Lenbach has gone to Varzin to paint, tor the Pope, a portrait of Prince Bis- marck. — A State Art Association has been formed at Topeka, Kansas, which proposes to make an art collection, to start an art school and to hoid annual exhibitions. — It is reported that another of Millet’s cele- brated paintings—“‘The Winnower,”—has been sold to come to this country. The purchaser is said to bea lady, and the price is put down at $35,000. — Leon y Escosura, the well-known Span patnter, is now in New York ona visit. While here he will execute a few commissions, but his trip is made mainly for pleasure, as was his former visit several vears agp. —The Venus of Milo has been returned to the room in the Louvre where it formerly stood, no other apartment being found so suitable on the whole for its proper exhibition. 4s was in- tended, while the room was being improved, the statue has been overhauled and somewhat changed. The surface been carefully cleaned and the result is very striking. The face and torso are white, while the drapery re- mains a dull color. The statue is thought to have gained in retinement, and perhaps to have lost a little in force in consequences — Mile. Vauquelin, the you tress. who has heretofore exhibi the name of Mlle. Yelido hs Tench sculp- din the Saicn her brother contemptnons from its frame in the Salen in son that he thought the hangin mittee had placed it too high,—is reported as cor this country in a_ short t commis: she ha: orders are or by whi ven is not stated, — The improvements made in se of the rooms of the Corcor: during the period it has been closed will add much to their pearance, while the new and attractive put in place wili increase its interest tor vi as well as students, So far during the pr year no original works of importance have been added to the collection, nor is there . any prospect of such acquisition Son, as is to be presumed, that j little or nothing that is specially desirabie in tl market. The Gallery, it will be remembered, will be reopened to the public next We -— American artists and other citizens of the United States residing in Paris have projected a movement for securing a reduced copy of Bar- tholdi’s statue of Liberty, to be set up in the French capital as a testimonial of the people of this country to those of France. It is proposed that the reduction shall be about thirty feet high, and the cost is estimated at 100,000 tr Of this sum 15,000 francs have already been sul scribed, and steps are being taken to ra! remainder. The idea isa very happy one, it is to be hoped that it will take less time and trouble to carry it out than have been required to raise the money for the pedestal ut the nal statue in New York. —In the death of Mr. James W. Clazhorn, which occurred in that city, recently, Philade phia lost a most valuable citizen, and art a now there | liberal, sincere, and intelligent friend and pa- tron. The Philadelphia Woman's Schvol of Design was almoat wholly Mr. Claghorn’s cre- ation, while to his personal efforts in its beh and as its President, the Pennsylvania Academ of Fine Arts owes its present: prosperous cond: tion, if not, indeed, its actual existence. In every walk of life he was enterprising, zenero! and genial, and deserved, as he enjoyed. the spect and confidence of all who knew him. In addition to his other encouragements of art. Mr. Claghorn was an enthusiastic collector of prints, and was the possessor at the time of his | death of one of the largest and finest collections of engravings in the world. — It is said that American deniers and ama- teurs bought $1,754,000 worth of pictures and other works of art at the late Salon, notwith- standing the thirty per cent duty, or nearly much as the previous year, when the purchases amounted to $1,997,000. Undoubtedly most of the last purchases were made with the expecta- tion that the United States tariff jaw would be changed at the last session of Congress, and works of art admitted free of duty. or at avery low rate. Whether every thing bought will now be imported remains to be seen. If so, the pub- lic revenue will be increased from that source by $526,200. This Is a considerable sum, to be sure; but the country could very well aiford to do without it, derived from such a source. In- deed it would have been tar wiser and better to have expended that amount in patronage rather than collect it as a tax on art. —Mrs. Addie Barnes Benedict, the artist. who spent several months of last winter here, has re- turned to the city with the intention of residing here permanently. For the present she has a temporary studio at 903 16th street, where she has quite a collection of her paintings. Amon: the most notable of these are the studies of a imal heads from life. favorite subjects with the artist, and there is in her collection a striking sketch ot the head of a buffalo, and also one of an_alderney calf. Mrs. Benedict has a number of fruit and flower pieces which she uses in her classes. In Chicazo,where she resided during several years past, she was very successful as a teacher. She has, however, chosen Washington as her future home. because of the advantages afforded not oniy socially, but artistically. — Mr. W.V. Birney, who has recently returned from a tour years’ course of study in Europe, will take a studio in New York next month, and probably make his permanent home in that city. Although this step is doubtiess to his own ad- vantage, it s greatly to be regretted that sutti- cient inducements do not exist to lead him to locate in Washington, to whose art circies he would make a most valuable addition. Most of his time abroad Mr. Birney spent in close study in Munich, where his gratifying progress under her best teachers was from time to time duly noted in these columns; but after his term of tutelage there he still farther equipped himself for his profession by extended tours and pro- longed stays in other parts of Germany. and in France and Italy. many and hizhiy creditable evidences ot his devotion to art. in several large portfolios filled with carefully-made studies and sketches, and anumber of finished pictures, both in oll and | water colors. His subjects include iandscape. architecture, interiors, and still life. as well as | figures, but it is to the latter tine of art that he has given most attention, as trom it he evidently derives most enjoyment, and upon it his future reputation will undoubtedly rest. combines excell drawing and bold and free handling, yet with a delicate touch, where deli- cacy Is required, and a fine sense of color. The examples on view at the residence of iis father in Le Droit Park last week show great versa- tility, as well as conscientious labor and earnest- ness of purpose. and from them it is quite sate to predict tor the young artist a high position in the ranks of his proie: Ons A Foolish Fraud. From the New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat. “You would be surprised.” said a post office official recently, “if you could know how fre- quently stamps are used. a second or evena! third time. And what isthe most surprising thing about it is there js no profit for the person using a stamp a second time,as it requires more than 2 cents’ worth of application and ingenuity to cleanse a stamp; but the loss to the govern- ment is very considerable. I would be content to rece've a sum equivalent to that stolen from | the department every year inthis way for my salary, Post office clerks by long practice be- come very familiar with the appearance of good and bad stamps. They acquire perhaps the same degree of ability in the detection of the irregularities as do clerks who handie money, bat in large offices there are so many lettel and the work of canceling is of necessity 50 rapid that very few chances are offered for de- tection. Itisonly when letters are deposited in offices where the mail receipts are small that there is any considerable danger of detection in betry peasy a second time. But the use cannot be profitable; packages or heavy-weizht letters having sufficiently large postage stamps on them to justify their cleansing for a second use are subject to a somewhat rigid Inspection and fraud can be detected. As I said, however, the use of smaller stamps a second time is large enough to make quite a hole in the department funds.” ———_—_--—____ Mortifying Mistake. ‘From the New York Sun, * “Conductor, will you please tell me at what time this train will reach Boston?” “Well, really, madam, I cannot say,” he re- plied, punching her ticket. “Isn't it a little singular, sir,” she asked som at surprised, “that you cannot give me | this information?” “Not at all singular. The train may never reach Boston, but it is due there at 3:50. ‘The young woman sank back in her seat mortified that she, a Boston girl, should have made such a etupid mistake. A The jonal base ballist's fly trap—' professi: Dogs and donkeys are | Mr. Birney brought home | His work | One-Quarter of a Second. From the New York Hour, It is a matter of curious speculation, if we | think for a moment, what our highest rate of | trotting speed is coming to in this country. | | It bas already reached a very fine point. Wi | forget precisely the rapidity with which its time | has been decreasing; but it cannot be, on an | average, more than at the rate of a second a year tor the last 40 years. If a 2:40 horse was | the speediest one in 1M4, in order to gain a sec- ond a year, some horse now ought to be abie to trot a mile in two minutes. But no horse has done that yet, and no horse is likely to doit very soon. The nearest to it is still over nine seconds away. Tt_is only a recent thing, however, that a | quarter ot asecond has been madea term of measurement in a trotting contest: and the idea of valuing one horse o nother for gaining that sinail space of tit amile's distance is sed on grounds newhat singu- r to the non-t mind. For in- If the dri e witining borse (were supposable) had stopped te chat with a friend Tor five-sixteenths of a second on his way around track. he would h n ottin might beats “Maud urels, and know cer- to some con- jon—not to say disturbed mo: ¢ We to ree whieh the as if he may be, or swe must ing trials ly determine tits of not red he may not be this at- ed may be . but itis the only way to tirotters. If what we nd a trivelo: it is in speed. So much speed as 5 the race blood of he an hereafter be der the time has been now from horses had be it, whieh is and is | 40) as the extreme lim- ne for road horses, pmmon oue would or 3:08, | limit beyond whien the time in trotting a mile We have not reached it: but th tion of sub- nent see aturally, becoming slower ‘and more difficult. We suppose there are those who think it will go down to two minutes. | Does any one suppose it will ever goto 1:07 It is not a lay opinion. but an expert one that is | valuable on this question; and as this particular writer does not assume to possess the latter, he will not undertal But eyen the | present rate of speed is not available on th country road. It is not needed to take | to market: it cannot be used except With a specially prepared vehicle, and by a spe- jally trained driver. on a track also made for purpose. It isa force bottled up, and being pnsitied second by second for future beneilts, ich would not appear if the struggle to dit minish time shouid abate. Newspaper Waits. The American people are said to spend $30,- 000,000 a year for photozraphis. This sounds like a positive assertion, but it has its negative side.— Norristown Herald. A great big dog was roaming muzzied, when a littl there ie a pout the yard girlrashed into the house young, but more valiant, ed the situation and reassured her marking: ‘He can't bite; he's got on his Hartford Pos Dr. Allen MacLean Hamilton, who appeared as an authority on nervous diseases in the Rhine- jander case in New York on Wednesday. laid it down as a proposition that a red nose is one sign of insanity. In this region the red nose has mptive evidence of over- :.— Richmond ( Va.) State. Proud father—*Never, child, never. The idea of the daughter of arich banker throwing herself away on a poor man. You must marry wealth or not at all.” Pleading daughter—"But, pa, Alphonso is not poor.” “Not poor! How can he bew ise? Break off the engagement without delay “But he is weaithy—very wealthy. 7 How cana summer hotel pro: prietor be wealthy after such a season as this? Fil warrant he hasn't got five me.” >> But, pa, he is pot a hote! Nonsense: he himself admits it. Here is a, ‘Alphonso De Blank, Whitecap Hotel I know. but he is not the proprietor. is he, then?" “The head walter.” is different. Bless you, my children! delphia Cal ‘Oh! oe German Servants. | Brom Temple Bar. | In their own country they are admirable. clean, cbliging and wonderfully hardworking, but they lack the finish ot good sh servants. One great merit they certainly possess—though or- derly in their work, yet if the daily routine is | interrupted they are not utterly apset and de- | moralized. Our servant kept eight rooms clean, ! and very clean, never a speck of dust to be seen, cooked for herself and the landlady, fetebed our dinner from the restaurant. carried up to our | ' etage (the second) all the wood and water that was required, scrubbed the stairs and passage every week, and yet was always ready to run a message or posta letter. and, dressed in her best, frequently went with me to the evening | concert, and came back to fetch me at 10 o'clock. | She was never in bed till 11, and was at work by 6, neat and smiling. with no shade of the led. look so sad to see in an English It is a mistake to suppose that wages y low in Germany: £20 is a very usual ra cook, and ope servant we bad in our ng when she married had £40 in the sav- jings bank. The economy in a German honse. hold is that the servants live very plainly, and Jone does the work that with us would be di- vided between two or three. The feeling of at- tachment and interest in “the honor of the tam- so observable in Scotel servants, is very ral. and without undue familiarity German servants are allowed to share in the joys and | sorrows of their employers. The men Servants ure strikingly tree from the insolent swagger of ‘Jeames,” and show the same simplicity of nature as their masters. I remember a trifling incident whieh greatly amused me. When J was going to an audience at a royal Schloss, asf got out of the carriage a bow of may sash caught in| the door and was torn off. “Oh, what a pity, Gnadiges Fraulein” exclaimed one of the flunk- ies who was assisting me. mind, T can pin it on!” and, producing a pin, he carried cat | his promise with a neathandedness worthy of an | old soldier, which no doubt he was. | English Manners at Table, | From the Cincinnati Commercial. No guest ever passes a plate or serves any- thing; the servant does all that. Soup is taken | from the side of the spoon, noiselessty. Soup | and fish are not partaken of the second time: | if there is a joint, and the host carves, it is | proper to ask for a second cut. Bread is passed by the servant. and must be broken, never cut. | It is considered gauche to be undecided whether | one will take clear soup or thick soup; decide quickly. {n refusing wine simply say, “Thanks,” or better, “Thank you.” The servants retire after handing the desert, when the party at once launches in politics aud gossip, with how | and then (not often, alas!) a bit ot gay badinaze, | or “chaff,” until the lady of the house gives the signal. and the ladies retire to the drawing- | room. Toast and taking wine with people have | gone out of fashion, and thecharms of tue draw- | Toom have so far increased in the last decade | ‘that it is only the more confirmed two-bottie | |men who “linger longer across the walnuts | and the wine,” the jeunesse doree usually =. fering the cup of tea poured by some white | | hand and sweetened with a look from drooping | eyes, which Is to be obtained in the drawing- room. The English woman appears in semi- | grand toilette, with open pompadour corsage | and elbow sleeves, if not in low-necked. full dress | | attire, while her daughtersare universaily sleeve- | | less and usually white, with low-neck corsage, even in the depths of winter. A man is invari- ably in full dress for dinuer, even if there is no one else present but his majesty, himself.” Silence. bid our souls be NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. — The forty hours’ devotions (C: RELIGIO1 holic) will take place at St. Ann's, Tenleytown, September ‘St. Joh Montgomery county, Md., Sep- tember 21; St. Dominic's, South Washington, October 6. —A deep spiritual interest is manites ted at fhe Thursday evening prayer meetings at the Second Baptist church. and three candidates for baptism were received during the past week. — The First Washington association will meet with the Mount Jezree! Baptist church, 5th and E streets southeast, next Tuesday at 11 a. m. The introductory sermon will be by Kev. B. Johnson; the doctrinal sermon by Key. W. H. Brooks at 7:30 p. m. — The feast of St. Augustine was celebrated at the church of that name—the colored Catho- lic church on 15th street—on Sunday last It js reported that next week one of our Methodist pastors, Rev. Dr. Naylor, of the Foun- dry. will marry a Baltimore lady. and that his daughter wiil soon to!low —Rev. Dr. Hunt of the Metropol church, returned on Monday by ert thony’s faueral to-day w pulpit to-morrov — Rev. Dr. Don chureh, of th p west ake City and w of St. Paul's Lutheran ito return from - Dr. Domer has visited Denver, and several points in ata anxious te hingtor loveliest of all cities, — Rev. W. F. Keberts has been appointed missionary at the Hiull Street M. P. clureh, oa Locust P oberts was in 1. now Hill, Wor- ¢ Md. two years, but recently Koberts isa Son-in-law ot Rev t Washington. sium bas proven so Professor stractor for or the best fitted and tucted gymnasiums in t Many young men hyve > gyminasinm be- come members of the association and of chureh. The Rev. Peyton Hoge, of Richmond, has declined the cali to Westminster Presbyterian chureh, Baltimore . --The Maryland Synod of the Lutheran church will meet at Taneytown, Carroll county, Md., on October ist senting a variety of ussian church, have re- id Memorial Christian cently juined the church, -- Mr. D. L. Moody is to listie work in St. Lou's auspices of the Young Mt tion. ce in evange- this fall, under the V's Cliristian associa- St. Patnick’s chureh, ferred to St. Joseph's ce George's couuty Baltimore, has be church at Ammendale, | — The Catholic church of St. Rose, at Rock- ville, Mont ry county, Md., will pe dedicated by Archbishop Gibbons on te4morrow week, the 14th. —The committee having in charge the revision of the Old Testament tiave consented that sev- eral members shall undertake the revision of the Apocrypna. —The Asbury Methodist Episcopal churci, near Churchville, Hartord county, Md., was dedicated Tuesday, September 2.” Rey. W. H Brogks ts the pastor. — Rev. Mr. MeCormick, of the Baptist church at Falls Church, Va., will preach bis farewell sermon on the 24uh. He takes a place in How- ard codege, Ala. — A letter from a teissionary in India states that Rev. W. B. Bogss, ot the American Bap- Uist mission, tias baptized six hundred and six- teen persons since January Ist, making 944 in eighteen months. — The summary of statistics as given by the parochial report of the Protestant Episcopal di- ocese of Maryland, is.as follows: Parisnes and congrevations, 267; communicants, 23,132; bap- tistns, 2,653; total uf contributions, except cler- ywen's salaries, $31,055.38. —The Baltimore Presbytery has dissolved the pastoral relations between the Rey. J. A. Rondthaler aod the Presbyterian cburch of Hazerstown, The pastor asked for the disso- lution, the congregation ss Ment in it, and the Presbytery granted it. He leaves to accept a call to the Tabernacle ciiurch, in Indianapoils. -— The largest single contribution made last year to the missionary work ot the Protestant Episcopal chureh was from a Chinaman, Mr. Charles Ping Lee, of Shanghai, who gave $5,000 to St. Luke's hospital in that city. The gift was made in recognition of the noble work ‘complisited by the hospital fer the suffering d distressed among his countrymen. —The M. E. congregation, which has been Worshiping in an old house near Pomonkey Creek, in Charles county, Md., tor many years, are having plans prepared for a new chure building. It will be 35 feet tront, by 80 feet depth, exclusive of projections. There will be a tower in the center, capped with haudsome brass finial. It will be of the Gothic style of architec- ture; George Emmert, jr., is the architect. —At Washington C. H., Ohio, lately, at a colored camp meeting, they played the “Seige of Jericho.” The leader, accompanied by others, marched around the camp, blowing conch shells, and some boards were arranged to fall with a crash, to represent the overthrow of the walls. The next nizht they played the “Prog!- zal Son,” with persons to represent the older son, the prodigal, and the old man. When the time came the calf was roasted, andall invited to partake — While this is the cent 2nnial year of Episco- pal Methodism it is also the semi-certennial of the woman's foreign missionary work. It was in 1834 that the Rev. David Abeel and Bishop Boone, on their way from China to the United States, addressed aineecting of English women with regard to the ignorance and d-zradation of women in China, and their inaccessibility to male missionaries, and urged the formation of a society to send out women to the heathen, and the result was the formation in London of a i “For Promoting Female Education in A similar society was tormed in this the tollowing winter. — The Indian University is the only instita- tion in the country that has for its special ob- ject the training of native preachers and teach- ers tor a Christian work among the Indian its work was commenced in a small ing-house at Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, in 1550, with three pupils, and not a dolar red for its support. Froia this small beginning ihe vamber of pupils nas increased to 138. coming from five different tribes, and now there are five teachers under the appointment ot the American Baptist Home Mission Society; the Women's Societies of Chi- cago, Boston and Cleveland. and other friends From the Mobile Register, Ai Brown's brow was cloused. “Some girl scrape?” queried tis friend, Bil- kins. “Well, to tell you the truth,” replied Brown, “there's a girl at the bottom of it. You see, ever since I made that strike in Atchison, and— thank heayen!—pulled out ot it, I've been kinder keeping my matrimonial weather eye open, as it were. I thought I'd found her, but, well”"— heaving a deep sigh—“it's all over now.” “Tell me about it, old fellow,” said Bilkins, sympathetically. “Well, you Know I've been to Newport for the last four weeks. I met her there. She wasa bud—to Jook at—I tell you, and I was awtully gone on her. Everything went smoothly uatil [ found out how much she knew.” sale just thee arr ee be “No; just the other way. pened to hear her talk the other dayto Prof. Buzzer—it makes me shudder to tttink of it! It was all about esoteric Buddhism, pianetary changes, and world periods! Think of it! It let me out, of course. You could not expect such a woman as that to take any interest in housekeeping and— and babies; now, could you?” a “There is much truth in what you say,” re- plied Bilkins, thoughtfully, and Brown looked relieved and lighted a cigar. — What's in a Name? From Life. * It was at the baptisinal font; and the minister had the baby in his arms. “What is the name?” he asked of the mother. Se ine Newton.”