Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1884, Page 3

~~ THE EVENING ST AR: WASHINGTO — ——_ Ps - Ff D. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1884-DOUBLE SHEET. cifY AND DISTRICT. THE WHOLESUMENESS OF SCHOOL GROWLS, What “Tire. Whe Pungeat Presents Says About Ita ivan of the Case. Star. a few evenings ago, s the protest of a parent + of the pr tures of our pub- and anced it as a s to having a de- of that kind; they a TOW prove the & tthat people take in one of their most valuable posse and are calen- lated to show the persons entrusted with its administration that the eyes of the owners are upon the * referred to con- f sen- that it may be the keynote chorus which, in time, will cause | uded by our needs, is are proposed as a Ithisery. Let us it isthe best ris, after having k. have a strong enowzh bun- rknowledze to be willing to in There are ex- one! How many boys done a day gerandt or will worn off STIONS. bexzin by acknowledging ving }d be 1, which would dren of th what they need in the way of education durin pr four rs of school hfe. het nd attention of teachers ar yours were ¢ with geography adi 1 oucht to be gained » take the way throuch the money necessary for and put it into e hool rooms | te everance are required Then let no teacher have | more than forty pupils; give her some discretion | in reward have semi-annual exami- Bations and tr oF pu become quali- | fled, and wateh the r HOW THEY DO IN GERMANY. Some schools in Germany furnish admirable exainples of this sys The dit des | are divided into two divisions, th that is, which advan * quicker ormore © they have | motions are | ze ability ean sin the year with ‘d into those for the former all in one to the other, sasthey more rapidly, studious pupils fi been in the grade upon merit study study, e teacher a explaini ting. all the help a| child ne n the ti p the lessons are | recited—illustrated, if possible, and firmly im- Pressed upon ail minds. | In the or two hours in the | afternoon art for ail kinds of “hand- | it. 3 render dies who t ren and The teacher is in her assistance wherever | ean active interest in the e the time and knowledge to all around the room are ; . Knitting, =, or diferent kinds of fancy able position sits the reader as been chosen at the civse of | yester ion, reading some entertaining. instructive book. The rea call for critic! Tead. and a «dt iu, OF whatever ten springs up whieh arks frou. some very un- of Mint. How dol k I happened to wu and just wish I couf@ show you the elezant darnin 1 tearned to do there; it's a great deal nicer than the kind in vorue here, and which I practice with my mouth—when, every evening. | have to teach my children their Jessons, at home, that they may be able to Tecite them the next day at school. Mrs. Wao. eee = PUBLIC NIGHT SCHOOLS, Not a Novelty—Their History in Wash- imgton—fae Experiment Not a Suc- cess. To the Editor of Tae Evexrxe Star: From recent publications it would appear that such schools are now proposed to be es- tablished here tor the first time and as an entire novelty. A tew references to the history of our schools mey therefore not be out of place. On the 2d December, 1858, an act was passed by the city councils of Washington authorizing the board of trustees “to establish one night school in the first and one in the third district tor the instruction of apprentices and others,” and by an act passed January 13, 1859, an additional t school was granted to the third district. These schoois were placed in_ charge of the principals of the first, third and fourth district schools. and were continued in operation four months at a cost of about $500 Mayor Berret August JU, 1859, recommended “that provision be made for their organizatior and maintenance a8 a perinanent part of our school system.” In the itth annual report of the trustees, dated September Ist. 1860, it is stated that “night sehovis are no longer considered experimental. it isfound that there are a sufficient number who cannot attend the day schools and who would slaiiy avail themselves of the opportu- Bities aiforded by the night schools to justify the expenditure.” Mayor Wallach in his report to the councils, September 1, 1861, says: “Our night schools were opened during the months of November, | December, January and February, and were, | all things considered. tolerably | successful. | Truth, however, compels the admission that | your liberality to that portion of our youth | whose oceupation renders it impossible for | them to attend day school is not by such pupils duly appreciated. For if it were, they most | certainly would bestow on their duties the care | d attention requisite to render these schools | entirely successtul, which certainly was not their | condition at the time of closing. ~ But. as these | schools are far trom projitiess. and the expense | of maintaining them, comparatively speaking, | 80 trifling, we recommend their continuance.” | On the J5th of October. 1860, councils passed | an “Act making night schools a permanent por- | fion of the public school system,” directed the trustees to organize such a school on or about the Mfteenth of October in each and every year, in each school district, to be kept open four con- secutive mouths, and to empioy teachers at a saiary of 250 a monta. In ‘accordance with this act night schools | were opened on the 8th of November, 1861, and | continued till March 1, 1862. In the trustees’ | report, November, 1863, it is stated: “Of late | ears the experiment of night schools has not Teen a successful one. Very few are found to | avail themselves of the advantages offered.” Nothing appears in the reports of the school board in relation to nizht schools until January, | 1865, when a discussion took place as to their continuance. Qu the 16th of October a resolu- | tion was adopted to keep the schools open “as | long as ten scholars attend.” In the report for 1866, prepared by Mr. W. J. | Rhees, he states: Sto the utility of these schools there seems to be no difference of opin- jon, thouch in our city, owing to many unfavor- able circumstances, they eannot be said to have proved successful. It isso unjust and oppres- | sive to require a teacher who has faithfully per~ formed bis duty ina day schoo! to take enarge | of another schol five nights in a week that the board has not felt it to be proper to open any | evening schools until appropriations are made | to provide competent teachers to take charge of them. What is wanted isthe establishment of aschool of design and the organization of courses of lectures. with illustrations and ex- | periments on practical as well as scientitic sub- ‘These would not only attract our youth, it be Of vast importance In develyping our re- sources and material interests.” At one time a very vizerous effort was made | by Trustees Mitchell H. Miller, 0. C. Wight and | dvertisements were | William J. Khees to induce young tend the night schools. inserted in all the papers, circulars distributed in all the stores, shops and resorts of youth, and ters displayed on every corner or Vacant wall in the second district. These gentlemen took turns in attending the school every night dur- ing the winter to give it encouragement. The experiment, however, for the reasons given above, was not successful. It needed more money and an extra corps of teachers, and these were not provided. it is earnestly to be hoped that a more liberal spirit now exists on the part of our authorities. Ex-TaustEg. posseere A Pretty Old Postmaster. Messrs. Judd & Detwetler received, Wednes- day, the following from the oldest postmaster in the United States: Banta, Cata., 12, 4, "84. Messrs. Jwid & Detweiler—Gentiemen: If still living. and have postmasters’ account books, send me one, and cost, and I will send he amount immediately. I wish to open a new book for 1885. I may not be allowed prea men to Bye) to bold the office long, still I w | band in attendance, the guests should then be | marshaled and marched, two by two, to the | to filling them with appropriate cifts. putting in CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS CLU NOTES, Various Suggestions for This Year. To the Editor of Tax Evexxe Stan. Now that the good work 1s about to be en- tered apon again, it may prove helpful to have presented some thoughts this labor of love gave Tise to last year, including facts noted down at the time tor tuture reference, by an active par- ticipant. First of all, ip the eagerness to do good, let us guard that we do not lose sight of the ethic impress such work must ever bear, lest its re- sult prove alike an injury to the laborer and to those we would benefit directiy. Let this whole manifestation of “love for the neighbor” be strictly the ACTUAL WORK OF THE CHILDREN to the fullest extent this possibly can be done. If it is to serve the purpose the originator in- tended it should, adults must, on the whole, simply act in an advisory canacity, and at most co-operate. Just as soon as we do more than merely guide and lead a helping hand, this form of activity in a good cause is berett of its beauty and its invaineble lesson to child life lost. T thonght to notice In some instances iast year a too prominent activity on the part of adults, and @ corresponding lack of participation on the part of children. Now that another opportu- hity for the outpouring of good will on the part of children presents itself, and the wi been de plain, let them actually do the work, and the adults merely direct, guide and assigt. Es- pecially let the CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS as a body, take hold, and thus manifest a kindly regard for the less favored of their own number, as well as also for others. in East Washington, last year, the marked or- der which prevailed, and the decided success which attended the carrying out of the arranze- tents made for the festival. were largely due tothe part taken by the teachers and older Accustomed to discipline, there was no ty noticeable, no hurry, or flurry! As at the last festival there, so let it be at the coming one—piace teachers or the older scholars at the lead of each subcommittee. On the ar- rival of guests have them directed by a cordon of members of the club to an apartment weil heated. where their wraps can be taken off by the attendants and duly checked—the chee! given being securely hung on a button or otter- wise fastened to the guest. Ample benches to | | in the waiting rooms should be provided. Ata given signal, to the musie of a march by the tables, where a seat sould be in place for every | one. Let it be understood that very smail children may be attended by their mothers. No children enjoyed the festival more last year thau the LITTLE “TODS” whose mothers sat at table with them—and the mothers themselves seemed to enjoy it quite as much as the little ones. For the table provide, in addition to cold turkey, ham, &c., also steam- ing hot boiled potatoes, of medium size, so that the children get SOMETHING WARM into their stomacks—an oversight which was criticised by hygienists last year. A glass of milk or of water, if preferred. should be offered to every guest before the meal is over. As it Proved last year. wooden platesand dishes serve e than stone or tin ware. A spoon shuuld be provided for i} guest, but the attendant members of the » should be quick to cut up for the younger fuests the pieces of turkey or other meats | served. Of course, grace will be said before commenc- ing the meal, and as is the German custom, could some LITTLE CHILD i standing on its chair say it, the more effective would it be. At the close of the meal return the guests to their reception rooms for wraps and then march them to the Christmas tree and toy bazaar In two lines each, single file, girls and boys, sisters and brothers, or companions. opposite or follow- ing one another, if of the same sex. The toys, wearing apparel, such as gloves, stockings, Wraps and other presents, including a paper bag of truit and nuts for each child, should be | arranged according to the age of children. These should be placed in charge of a committee of four, two to each line of girls and boys. As the children s!owly come forward the foremost committee members delivers to each passing guest the present handed him or her by the other member in the rear, who, with one or nore assistants, is always looking torward to the advancing line of guests, and so by the time each approaching guest reaches the deliverer, his present isready and awaits him. The line of girls and bore being thus served at the same time, it will be seen obviates the necessity of SEPARATING BROTHER AND SISTER, or the older and younger companions, whilst the arrangement of the gifts beforehand greatly facilitates their better disposal. As was the case last year so this—large om- nibusses should at stated hours take up guests at designated centers, and after the festival re- turn them. The Knox brothers last year by their liberal action in this matter delighted many a grateful little one whose only ride the year around was the one it had on that occa- sion—in fact, many a little one’s lite, no doubt, was saved by this provision—inclement as the weather was at the time. For those who, on account of sickness or being crippled, are UNABLE TO ATTEND, the visiting or invitation committee should, as it did last year, provide 50Ib. flour paper bags, writing thereon clearly the name, age and ad- dress of each guest to so be provided previous first suitable clothing, then toys, and finally another smaller, bat also strong, paper bag containing on wooden plates and in wooden dishes eatables, such as turkey, bread, fruit, cake and nuts or jellies and preserves in glasses for invalids. These bags can then, as they were last year, be arranged as to locality and 80 ex- peditiously delivered. But, a committee of at least two members of the club should go along with the delivery wazon. It is then the CHILDREN’S GIFT really. They enjoy the giving and learn to feel sympathy for tnose less favored Of coursea numberof the visiting committee who have previously visited the party to be served must be along to guard against contagious diseases and ensure the proper delivery, especially on premises where several families reside. As it was last year so this: Let there be NO INSIGNIA WHATEVER. ‘upon members of the club, upon guests, officers or others assisting, as it relieves the whole from objectionable distinction. Dr. W. B. Hay- den, of Portland, Maine, (a member ot whose church was the firstto organize a Christmas club), in his address to the children ot East Washington last year, after stating that the Lord made all the presents they had received, said in effect, “now I willtell you how you children can make presents to the Lord: We give to the Lord when we do His will; we then give up ours, which is selfish and in so doing, give up what mortal man is most wedded to. Children give to the Lord when they are obedient, and they are cheerful givers in the measure they are cheerfully obedient. In re- turn the Lord bestows upon them happiness and delights innamerable.” AN INCIDENT. A woman of some culture, having become impoverished, declined to send her children to the festival because she did not wish to have them receive as it were charity at the hands of their tellow-pupils, and then hear that her children had been taunted in school and upon the street for having so received gifts. The vis- itors responded: ‘The children of the Christmas club are simply the instruments in the hands ofthe Lord, to distribute the gifts bestowed upon them. Everything they give was given to them, indirectly or directly by the Lord. and they were grateful for what they received. Why then should you decline these gitts of the Lord froma third hand? Why not accept them and be thankful with us to the Lord, who has put itin our hearts to call on you and invite your children to a feast His bounty provided? The children of the Christmas ejub simply give what they receive; they were equally happy to so re- ceive as they are now in turn to give. Be you the same, and in turn give to the Lord your- self." Her children attended. H. Plantation Philosophy. ‘From the Arkansas Traveler. % have & new account book. Respectfully, yours, J. G. Israsy, Jn. I have commenced my 86th year—quite a young man, am I not? DINING FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENES. The Mystery of Big Meals and Small Prices Explained. A VISIT TO THE EATING-HOUSES OF THE CITY— HOW THOUSANDS ARE FED DAILY AT MODERATE RATES--WHERE THE PROFIT COMES IN—CHFAP LIVING a FEATURE OF THE CAPITAL CITY— THE GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS—THB PIONEER EATING HOUSE. “I furnish five hundred meals a day,” re- marked the proprietor of a large dining-room toaStar reporter. ‘I could furnish nine hun- dred meais per day with but comparatively little additional cost if I could get tne custom. 7 2 tof the day when my entire idle. ‘There are at least ten | similar establishments in this vicinity whose cap varies, but I suppose that pone of them furnish less than two hun- | dred meals per da: You ask how we car io it for so littie money. Well, twenty-five cents for @ square meal, which consists of soup. nieat, vegetables and dessert is yerv cheap, and | have had people say to me that they over the country, and they fe in Washingto any other city. business, some six years ago, t meals werea novelty. and the e: ishments were regarded as resorts for poor people, but now such places have started up all over the city, and they are patronized by the best peo- stablishment is When T fi ple. T have among my customers people of means who find that they can get better and cheaper meals than at home. Other dining- | ing rooms of a similar c well, and cheap meals apy one of the features of li “The city has incr 7 as,” was the reply, “but I don’t attribute the growth of the business en- tirely to that cau ‘ Il flnd that the | buarding-hous din nnmber. Places where they have twenty or thirty board- ers are Not so numerous. can’t stand the competition with us either in variety or quality | of the food furnished, and, of course, their prices are considyrably her.” HOW IT IS DONE “flow do you manage to furnish meals for twenty-five cents?” was the rather curious in- quiry. “ican oniy do It,” replied the caterer, having a larte number of boarders. [pay ex- penses after furnishing two hundred meals. All ver that, after the cost of the raw material is deducted, is protit, enables me to buy | largely at wholesale and give a greater yariery. The whole se rt of the bu ii Jone on an exter oarders, say fil “by vople who have no e e don’t un- comes in, and a inclined to be rather skeptical about the merits of such an establishment as mine. But this is not the ¢: so much as it used to be. and { have a very good class of custom. Now, for instance, who e: epicure would ‘find fault with sneb a bill of f I my customers for break fa; the proprietor picked up a printed b from one of the tables and read as follows Oatmeal and milk, beeisteak, bre: cranberry sauce, potate rolis, corn cakes, tea, com “There are not many p down to such a break fas proprietor. “Now look at the bill of fare for dinner. Here it is:” Novdie soup, roast beef, scolloped oysters, curry, white potatoes, kale, apple'ple, vanilla cu “If there ain't richn proprietor, with a sii “T should like you to show me where it can be found for t amount of money. Then, besides, our rates by the month are still chea i give two meals a day and a lunch tor $ A GLANCE AT THE DINING ROOM. As he was speaking a centleman sauntered up to the desk with atooth pick in his mouth to pay for the meal he had just eaten, and while the proprietor was making the change the re- porter gianced down the dining room with its rows of round tables covered with white table cloth and having the usual array of dishes seen on well appointed tables. Colored waiters, with white Jackets and aprons, moved about, waiting on the tables. Everything looked clean, and the surroundings were comfortable and substantial. Several other dining-rooms inthe vicinity were visited, and in all of them the same rates prevailed and the bills-of-fare seemed to be of the same general character. The reporter was told by the proprietors of these places that they furnished all the way from two hundred to five hundred meals per day. Their customers, they said, were mainly clerks, and they depended but little upon transient guests. In many instances they said whole families came to their places for meals. bacon, » families that sit that,” continued the | beet DEVICES TO ATTRACT CUSTOM. As the reporter walked from one dining-room to another he could see the evidences of a brisk competition in the methods adopted to set forth the attractions offered to the hungry. One man displayed on builetins the bill-ot-tare tor the day. Another had a gas stove in his win- dow, and a colored cook with white apron and cap made griddie cakes and piled the brown ky discs in tempting array upon plates, The admiring spectators saw these whisked away by busy waiters, and the imayination was lett to picture the felicity of the happy diners as they applied the butter and syrup, and then, the su- preme moment of all, when the rich ‘morsels glided down their throats. Some of these places also display in their windows live turkeys or have them hanging before their doors with the suggestive inscription ‘For dinner to-morrow.” The immediate vicinity of F and 9th streets abound in dining rooms of this description, but they may also be found in other parts of the city. Their number is legion, and it Is an evi- dence of what a large proportion of the popula- tion live in this way. Twenty-five cents is not the low-water mark for meals, as there are a number ot places where meals are furnished for ten and fifteen cents each. It may be said without exaggeration that there is no place in this country where there are better facilities for cheap and at the same time substantial living. Unlike other places, an ac- quaintance with the town is not necessary in order to geta good meal at a moderate price. These dining-rooms are in central localities, and their proprietors adopt every means to make themselves known not only to the citizens, but to the strangers. The pioneer cheap eating house was started some eight years ago, under the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance union. It was the first dining-room of any size in the city that was carried on independent of a bar, and at first it was supported by the funds of the union. It soon became self-supporting, and many estab- lishments modelled on the same plan have since sprung up. How the Service for Big Receptions and the Like is Provided—Dealers Who Kent Out Their Wares—Wh: Piain White China is Generally Used. “Tt takes lots of china ware for these swell receptions,” said a china dealer to Tae Star man the other day, as the porter passed out with a basket full of plain white china. “Yes, I suppose you sell considerable,” said the scribe. “Sell! Well, yes, we sell some; but—,” then he stopped and smiled curiously. ‘Well, it isn’t all sold that goes out. It comes back in most cases. That is, what isn’t broken comes back. That’s why ita plain white. Haven't you no- ticed that all the china at these receptions is white? Well, that’s the reason;—it comes back.” Then he put his mouth close to the scribe’s ear, and whispered. “What! For all these large receptions? Cabi- net ministers, too? You don’t say that they “Yes, all of them nearly, hire their china tor such occssions. You see at some receptions, such as those given by the cabinet officers, for- eign ministers, supreme judges and the like, there are four or five hundred guests present. All have to be served. Now you don’t expect them to keep achina store. “No, no, they hire their service. That's going to —, but, I guess not; I won't tell you where. If you go there you may eat out of that plate, and to-morrow night you may eat from the same somewhere else. “See!” “Don't it get broken?” “Yes, receptions break china very fast, but we get paid for all that, and charge a percentage on its value for its use. There is hardly a recep- tion given in Washington where there is not hired china on the table. It’s cheaper to hire than to own. Some people put away their light fancy china on such occasions, because it Is too apne to have broken and is bard to replace. Others don't have it. What we hire is nice china, but as I said, is plain white. We seldom hire any other kind, and when we doit is never the same set twice.’ “Why is that?” asked the scribe, “don't they Ike the colored?” “Well, no they don't like it. I guess not. Now, you go to A.'s to-night, you see a set of china with pecular Japanese figures on it. You go to B.'s next evening. More wapaneee figures. Again, C.’s chocolate is served in Caged ou e j it ain't for alady.” wall T would goon ran ‘peind. | 7 TRIALS OF A YOUNG MAN. He Labors Over the Problem of Christ= , inns Presents—Hi Experience with Shop Girls—A Curious Idea, The young man was wandering aimlessly up and down the store floor, and gazing in a hope- less sort of a way at the counters loaded down With all kinds of usefal and useless Christmas Presents. Despair seemed to have marked him for her own, and even the brightness and glad- ness which somehow the tabpy Christmas time imparts to the very articles exposed for sale, seemed to receive a chill from his presence. It ‘was evident that he was thoroughly saturated with melancholy. would be very pretty,” a lady as saying as THE STAR man. who recog- ed an acqua ntance, approached. “If it is for a lady it is Just the thing, I think, so suita- ble,” aud she held up the article to the best ad- vantage and threw her head on one side, and secmed to be absorbed in admiration. ‘The young man gazed at her in a dazed sort ofa way, and muttering indistinctly, ‘Perhaps ked on, and nearly walked over the Tae Star man. The shock seemed to restore him to. consciousness, and he was able to recognize frienas. Leading him gently to the door. in the hopes that the fresh air might fully restore him, Tue Stak man asked him what in the world was the matter, and why be walked abroad to take his daily nap. “I wish it had been a nap,” said the young man with a forlorn expression. “But T was feeling pretty well and strong, and thouzht that I would go out and look for some Christmas presents. Of course, I didn't know what I wanted. { never do. For this reason it is u ary for me to be in vigorous heaith to 1 the strain. Ihave been training in the mnasium for the past month just for this nt. But I see that I over-cstimated my Tam going back and take a week e and horizontal bar work, as d. You see the troudle is. your head is liable to swim around. | {don't know whether it is the smeil ot all those | new things or the questions and observations of the shop girl—some of them are mighty pretty, by the way—hut at any rate buying Christmas presents makes my head swim. WHAT THE SHOP G “What do the girls say to yo tener, his suspicions aroused. “Well, they generally young man, “+ is it fora they always say that. rassing question. I generally tell them that it’s fora friend. But that is apt to be mislead- ing, asa friend may be either male or female. | e ought to be some kind of Christn: dthat is ood for either sex, the Shop Girls’ association could mule prohibiting these kind of | ‘They are embarrassing, that is a concluded the young man in a rather S SAY. asked the lis- responded the | ’ In fact, | opt a questions, ative tone of voice. you divide your friends into the two 8, denoted by their sex?” questioned the ner. not exactly,” was the response. There's best cirl, and then there's your mere | al acquaintance. Then comes tions and the boys. You | et Christmas presents tor all of | and the variety is enough to make your | swim ail by itself. Then, besides, after yon have laid awake nights planning what you | are going to get for one and that one and run your legs off getting theim.you discover that they are not the things they wanted at all. If they would only send them back to you. that mizht be some consolation, but to’ think of them contriving and scheming to find some place to hide your old present away in, makes ‘our | your parents, have got’ to | them, hb you feel sore all over.” { “There ought to reform,” concluded the | young man sternly. “Mistakes of this kind ought not to be made, but every one ought to have the very thinzs that thev have been want- ing all the year and their friends ouzht to have the pleasure of giving them. I know how it could be dune.” THE Sct £ UNFOLDED. “Suppose,” he continued, “there should be | established in convenient localities a kind cf a clearing house for Christmas presents. At these places a large book could be kept where people could enter their names and the things they wanted most. Afteracertain date have the books closed. Then the books would be availa- | ble for public inspection. Suppose I want to give Brown a present; [ see you la said the young man pansing in the middle of his narrative. | "Well, to satisfy your critical soul I will say Miss Brown. You ‘zo to this place and look at the index ot the book until you find the name; you then turn to the proper page and under the hame Brown you find a list of things | she wants. You make your selection, as your | taste, purse or other circumstances would sug- | gest and then make a mark to indicate that some one has decided to make that present. The wext person that comes along will make a selection, and so on until the entire list is taken. In that way, you see, Miss Brown will get the things she wants, her friends will have the sat- isfaction ot knowing that their presents are ap- preciated and everybody will be happy.” “But you mu-t excuse me. Here is the gymnasium, and I will have to leave you,” and with these words the young man lightly bounded up the steps and disappeared through the doorway. MYSTERL OF THE TOILET. Secrets Imparted to a “Star? Reporter by a Wig Maker—Wigs worn by Peo- ple Who are Never Suspected of tt— Belles Who Change Color During the Evening—Eycbrows Made to Order, & | | “They are wearing their own colors more this year. What style will you have?” said an uptown wig maker to a Star reporter, who peeped in upon the mysteries of her shop. “Oh, no!” (looking at the reporter's full suit of hair.) laybe you want to bleach; but men don't bleach so much. Now ladies bleach a great deal, though notso much as formerly, put I don't believe I ever before heard of aman bleaching. Well, here's some perox—Oh! Well, what do you want? You don’t want your mustache dyed? But, mayne you want a false one, or—and she hesitated for a moment. aie the latest shade in hair?" asked the “As said when you came in, more natural now. But blonde is still the favorite with those who dye. Not the reddish blonde of last year! No, no, no! A soft, bright, natural color—a sort of dim, yellow flax. Gray hair is not as fashionable as it was, but ladies who have it don’t try to make a change. The hair is worn fuller in tront—stands out in puffy ringlets—for common. For evening, bangs and frizzes are out of fashion and the hair is combed back from the forehead, Powders are used a great deal. Diamond aust fs popular, and so is gold and silver powder. But what do you want, did you say? Some secrets, eh?” And she raised her eyebrows and threw her head a little to one side. ‘Yes, I can tell you some secrets, real secrets; ha, ha. ha! but oh, no; I can't; it wouldn't do. But wearing false hair is no secret; no. No one conceals that. I remember when they used to, but they have gotten over that. There are lots of women in Washington society who wear wigs. That's more of a secret. They paint? Oh, that part of their toilet, you can’ see, ah? Well, many more paint ‘than you'd believe. These are things that don’t show. There Is flesh powder—)Just the least little tint—looks beautiful and never shows but what it’s natural. French powders are good. But one must know how to use such things, There is one powder, one of the best, is just touched to the cheek, which, if rubbed, polishes with a metallic luster, and makes the face look just like tin. Sometimes ladies don’t know how to use it, and they make their faces look like a milk can. It is just the color of bright tin. There is another kind of cosmetic, which, when exposed to the gas that comes up sometimes from the register, turns black. Belles have changed color thas in an evening. But they fool oftener than they get fooled. I could tell you lots of things about them, only it wouldn't do. I furnish them wigs, false frizzes, bangs and back hair; I dye their hair, or black it; I sell them cosmetics, their complexion and pencil their eyebrows. No, there’s no way to get false eyevrows except ‘to pencil them; but that is best anyhow, it does not show.” “What willa wig cost?” “For a ear, from ten to a hundred dollars, We sell excellent ones for $75. The gray and blonde are the most nsive. Men’s wigs run from twelve to thirty or forty dollars. Can T sell you a fulse mustache?” Used Him for ‘From the Hartford Post, “My son, my son,” exclaimed a good mother as she welcomed herstalwart pride home, ‘what, isthe matter? What has happened? Have you been run over by the cars?” r ee. Its wouldn't have your face all ‘patched——" den E Benepe broke Both legs. Oh, those cratches——” ‘No, I didn’t fall down I— “Then you must have run against a lamppost in the dark, or you wouldn't have your arm ina Football, “Do keep quiet. Don’t be mother, We won by tee and three 54 “Well, I'm glad of it, if that's all; but why did they use you for a foo! | and in appearance they are as attractively garb- | sent out in that form at the close of the | ings of Whittier, arranged in the form of a text | LITERARY NOTES. SOME HOLIDAY BOOKS AND SPECIALTIES. ‘The pleasant note ot the blue-bird does not more certainly betoken the approach of spring than does the tempting array of fine books. etc., on the booksellers’ tables and shelves harbinger the ever welcome holiday season. Their name is legion, veritab nd in the infinite variety presented the pecuniary means of all conditions of people can be suited, and the taste of every one save those whose want of taste craves the really unattractive can be gratified. It were idle to undertake to give a full list of the good and pretty things of this kind now offered. or to point out the special charm of each. Neither time nor space will permit more than a brief mention in any case, but certainly some of them deserve ail that can be said in their praise. Whether quality of text or béauty of illustration be considered, it will be no easy task to find amore charming volume than that containing a selec- tion of some thirty odd of the choicest poems of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, (received from Robert Beall, through Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). The poems chosen range from grave to gay, inci ding humorous, pathetic and patriotic, and il- Justrate in a striking w he remarkable versa- tility of the author, as the winning grace ot | his style. The paper is of the choicest, and the | typography is marked by all the excellences of | the “Riverside Press,” while in the matter of il- | lustrations, some of these leave nothing or very little to be desired. The finest, perhaps, is the frontispiece portrait of Dr. Holmes. Schoff. which fs rezarded by his friends as the best likeness of the witty poct yet produc Although specially adapted for the holiday this is really a book for all seson: “Beacon Lights for God's Mariners” (pub- lished by S, E. Cassino & Co., Boston.) will | meke a suitable gift book for one of the younger | members of the family circle. It is a select of poetical readings, from various author ranged for each day of the month, illustrated with appropri: and designs, ext from the | 's. The letter pres: to the ob- jection of not being easily read, and not very pretty In itself. but in genera! appearance the | little brochure is quite attractive. | Tennyson’s “Lady Clare” has been selected | by Porter & Coates as one of their Christmas | books for this year. Like all the publications | of its class published by this honse, it is an ex- quisite volume. as the reader will readily under- | stand when told that the twenty-two illustra- tions are by such capable artists as Alfred Fred- ericks Granville Perkins, F. Chureh, Fred- erick Schell, E. H. Garrett and Harry Fenn. The same publishers issue in similar style Bishop Heber’s famous and popular hymn | “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains.” with 20} beautiful illustrations by Schell. This 8 a | fine picture for each verse, and each enzravine | admirably illustrates the particular lines to | which it applies, and givesto the popuiar mis- slonary appeal a new and greater charm. Singularly enough, Lee & Shepard have chosen the same hymn for their flexible back and fringed-edze “Golden Floral” series, with ilustrations from designs by Thomas Guilfoye | and Edmund H. Garrett. Some of these are very beautiful. and to the hymn is added a brief biographical sketch of its distinguished author and ashort account of the circumstances under | which it was written. Asacompanion to the missionary hyma, in| the same series, Messrs. Lee & Shepard also publish a rhythmic version of the Beatitudes, by William C. Richards, author of “The Twenty- Third Psalm in Song and Sonnet,” The illus- trations to this volume by Miss L. B. Humph- rey do her great credit. “The Nutshell Series,” isthe title happily chosen for a half-dozen dainty little volumes. bound in gilt cloth and enclosed in a pretty box. (sent by Putnatn’s Sons, through the Brentanos, \devoted respectively to Wisdom, Philosophy, Epigram and Epitaph, Sentiments, Proverbs, and Wit and Humor. The selections are made from a wide range ot authors, with excellent judzment, i | ed as their quality deserves. After all, it may be qnestioned whether St is easy to find a more acceptable holiday token than a handsomely bound up twelve-month issue of one of our high standard illustrated magazines, such as The Century, The Magazine of Art, and St. Nicholas, all of which are now their respective publishers, Certain friend residing at a remote point, where the current numbers are not easily to be had, nothing better could be selected. Each is un- surpased in its own field, and in hardly any other form would it be possible to find so great a variety of fresh, entertaining and useful read- ing, nor so many beautitul #llustrations, engraved i pions toaccompany thetext. For younger readers, Baby World. the pretty annual compiled from the reading matter in St. Nirho- las specially adapted to the nursery, will prove to be wonderfully fascinating. Pretty little souvenir volumes are *‘The Cabi- net Birthday Book” and “Queries and Confes- sions,” received through Ballantyne, from the publisher, Thomas Whittaker, New York. The first named has a couple of proverbs, a quota- tion from some standard author and a short moral sentiment grouped together for every day In the year; the second is a sort of mental pho- tograph album, having sets of questions with spaces for answers, which when filled up be- come asort of index to the character, tastes and propensities of the respondent. An added value Is given to each volume by the fact it has marginal illustrations of 128 varieties of natural grasses, thus making it a sort of text book in that department of botany as well asa literary companion. Coming fairly within the domain of “curiosi- ties In literature” is the collection of scripture passages and parallel selections from the writ- and verse for every day in the year, which! reaches our table from the publishers, Hough- ton, Mifflin & Co., through bert Beall. The connection or significance is not always clear, but the qnotations, as they stand, make a pleas- ant and elevating subject for daily contempla- tion, not alone for the holiday season but for “all the year round.” A most suitable souvenir for a young Miss is “My Lady’s Casket,” a very attractive volume, in which the unique idea of symbolising the Christian virtues and graces by objects ot every day use is very happily carried out, both in the literary selections and in the colored plates illustrating the thought,—some of which are quite beautiful. It is published by Lee & Shep- ard, and for sale here by J. D. Free, jr. One of the prettiest things yet sent out in flexible paper back and fringe dress is the sweet child’s poem ‘Jack in the Pulpit,” (published by R. Worthington, and received through Brentano Seman), The history of the mixed authorship of this dainty fancy is given in a characteristic fac simile letter from Whittier, who pronounces it “a good and pleasant thing.” It certainly is all that, and its charm iswheightened by a num- ber of colored plates, which are beautiful in themselves, and of practical use in the pretty object lessons they in flower lore. Those who seek to unite information with en- tertaipment wili find Hezekiah Butterworth’s “Zig Zag Journeys in Acadia and New France” and Mrs. Champney’s ‘Three Vassar Girls in South America (Estes & Lanuriat; through W. H. Morrison and J. D. Free, jr.,) worth their at- tention. The former is a continuation of the popular Zig Zag series, of which it is said over one hundred and thirty thousand volumes have been sold, wherein the author takes his ‘per- sonally conducted” club into the comparatively untrodden field ot those parts of the Canadian ched by | through Ballantyne’s) will find many admirers among juvenile readers, as well for Miss Kosina Emmett’s illustration as for the tairy tales them- selves,—thoagh for ourselves we should prefer stories in which uncanny fancies and sugges- tions do not abound quite so freely. Estes & Lauriat send, throug the Ballantyne’s, & bound volume of “Our Little Ones, and the Nursery,” and also “The Chatterbox” for 1834. either one of which would giadden the eyes of Juveniles. They are both profusely and hand- somely illustrated, while the text 1s entertain- | ing and not a little of it,—particniarly in the volume named last—instructive as well. The same is to be said of *“Worthington’s An- nual” for 1884, which compri in- teresting stories, biographies and p: tural history, adapted for younger readers, with over 500 attractive engravings, and several pretty colored plates. “Pictures of Other Folks at Home,” received through Morrison from the publishers Estes & Lauriat, combines in a peculiarly happy manner information with entertamment. The young reader is taken on a nt little trip through Europe, and between the text and the pre illastr of th astum i The con- in itself, and is admira- isan adn y carried out Funk & Wagnalls domain of s dsome volume ¢ told have also entered the ation of a e for Holi- | by Edward | received through Stokes & Allen, and 1 “Play,” a picture book | published by Marcus | actly meet astes of the he hous: A pretty a number the iustra- to be colored at will by its | | ity rsery Nuinl of boys Ward & Co. smaller ment feature of the tions in outii ppy owner. From the number ot Author's Calendars now appearing it would seem that this class of pub- leations has met a long-felt want, with the | demand not yet supplied. Houghton, Mittin & | t styles | of White, | s Sons one will e Macdonald, and ccm writings of the chosen from the every day in the year, while the last, tical in its character, is dey hints and able cookin ss ished with a portrait and otherwise enriched with appro- priate and pretty dey c ? j The Ilustrated Christmas Catalogue issued i by Robert Beall is about as attractive in appear- | ance as one of the old-fashioned annuals used to | be, and, afier i served its purpose in point- | ing out what to select for the littie tolks. is itself worth addine to their library and. p , as well for the as for its exquisite ince their return from Europe. Messrs. William Magrath and Walter Paris have taken studio accommodatio 1411 G street, where they are now convenieatly and pleasantly dumi- ciled. — Mr. W. Rowzee, sented by several numbe dispiay of works in the auspices y York of this city, is repre- at the seventh annuat k and white, held under wundi Sketch Club t Teceptic 3 n in that city | on Wednesday evening. One of his subjects, a -fizure piece called “A Boy's Affection,” | ited many favorable comments at the recep- tion. — Art-loving people in Washington will be glad to learn that the celebrated Walters Gal- lery in Baltimore will be open to the public all | the Wednesdays of February, March and April, t, and alsoon Easter Monday and all the Saturdays of April. As heretofore, the Poor Association of Baltimore will be the veneficiary | of the exhibitions, for each which a limited | number of ticket be placed in due season at convenient piaces in that city for sale. — “Crossing the Pasture,” the etching given by Messrs. Cassell & Co to all subscribers to the Magazine of Art for 1885. is from the much ad- mired water color drawing by J. S, A. Monks, recently exhibited in the New York Academy of Design. The picture is full of charming senti- ment, admirably rendering many of the most attractive qualities of the original, and will make a valuable addition to any portfolio of | etchings, or, when appropriately framed, serve | as a tasteful wall adornment. | — France lost one of the most prominent of her young painters in the death of Jules Bas- | tlen-Lepage, which occurred in Paris on the ith Instant. The work by which he is best | known in this count hich is also owned | here, is “Joan of Arc." exhibited in the Salon of 1880; but it hardly does justice to the reputa- tion which he enjoyed. It wasthe sensation of the hour, but interest in it has now well nigh died out, and it can hardly be counted upon to add anything permanently to his fame as an artist. | | wi — The bill introduced by Mr. Sherman in the Senate on Tuesday last does not call for an equestrian statue of General La Fayette, as was at first announced. Jt simply appropriates the sum of fifty thousand dollars “for the purpose of erecting a statue, with suitable emblematic devices thereon, on one of the public reserva- tions In the city of Washington, to the memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots.” The amount named ought to procure a good Statue, but it will be found none too large, it) large enough, to provide such a work of art as the one proposed ought to be. —There has recently been placed on exhi- bition at the Corcoran Gallery an oll painting ! executed by Mrs. Florence Gottheil, of New York, (the married daughter of Mr. Simon | Wolf, of this city.) which attracts, as it deserves, | much favorable attention. It is acharacter por- | trait, representing an old ash woman, and as the work of an amateur, almost if not wholly without professional instruction, shows very decided talent. It isindecd not only a promise of still better things in the future, if followed up, but, in drawing, modeling and color, it would do credit to an artist of much more ex- perience. — The National Academy of Design lost one of its most esteemed Associates last week in the death of Mr. T. L. Smith, who was an artist, in certain lines, of more than ordinary merit. He was an ardent lover of nature, as he was of his rotession, aud many of his paintings showed fim to be one of her most capable interpreters. } His specialty may be said to have been winter themes, and in rendering woods and snow scenes with twilight or moonlight effects he had perhaps no equal living. These were always very popular, and by them he was aps best known to the public, although he by no means confined himself to that class of subjects. — Mr. W. W. Story, the well known American sculptor, residing in Rome, has received a com- mission from Cornell University for a bronze statue of the late Ezra Cornell. For a long time it was Mr. Story’s cross that he had never re- ceived a public commission from his own coun- try. Within a few years. however, he has exe- cuted the Chief Justice Marshall and the Pro- fessor Henry, both in this city, to be followed by the Cornell, above noted, so that he may consider himself now as among the most favored of his guild. It may be added, parentheticaily, Dominion first settled by the French. As is his wont, he very pleasantly combines humor, geo- graphical description and historical information, and the text is profusely illustrated. Mra. Champney’s excursion is equally entertaining and instructive. The slender thread of a love story runs th the narrative, which is a better record of travel than common, and con- tains spirited descriptions of the flora and fauna of the regions covered by the tour, which in- cluded voyagings on the Amazon, visits to Para and other cities, its of the Andes, views ot volcanoes, studies of mountains and other points of int all cleverly illustrated. For the boy who has or wants a bicycle—and what boy doesn’t come within that category?— 8. Conant Foster's “Wheel Songs” (published by White Stokes & Allen, and for sale here by J. D. Free, jr.,) would make a very acceptable tego tp over twenty in number, all ind their ie yn in the wheel and its ad- ventures, thelr attractions are increased by a number of suggestiveand tasteful pictures. “‘Sungs and Rhymes for the Little Ones,’ compiled by Mary J. Morrison, (published by G.’ in this connection that it Mr. Story had lived more at home and less abroad, or pald as much court to Americans as to Enflishmen, it is possi- Tue Prone Scnsrien AND 80 ARE WE. HERE IS THE WAY WE CUT THE Prices OF CHILDREN'S CLOTHES. NO SUCH GOODS AS WE SHOW IN TilIs crry. NO SUCH FITTING GARMENTS ELSEWHERE OUR PRICES SWEEP THEYCITY. OUR ELEGANT STYLES ADMIRED, CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS. 84.00 $5.00 a! £6.00 all-wool ones are $7.00 plushed ¢: don 89.00 plusi: and piain ones now $6 50. 8 reduced as much as this, a re quote show V-five styles reduction av about 1 per cen is 10 per cent © cent, IS THAT MU ‘ FOR OUB PRICES AKE ALWAYS THE Lo’ and twe WEST. THE BOYS CLOTHING, Sizes 11 to 17 years o HAVE ALL BEEN CUT IN PRICE TO 90 PER CENT FROM COME EARLY AND STCURE FIRST ELUCTION CHOICE OF A. SAKS & ©v., THE STRICTLY ONE-PRICE CLOTHIERS, au 316 AND 315 SEVENTH STREET. 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We buck it inevery case by giving (as no other clothing house in thecity does) a legal guarantee, which warrants the price a3 low as same goods can be bought anywhere, and en- titles the customer to exchauge or return goods or re- fund money without fecling that he is asking a favor, GEORGE SPRANSY, PRICE CLOTHIER AND TAILOR, 60f SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST, Opposite U. 8. Post Office, &¥"The only house in the city giving a written guar- antee. nw Coren Wrraovr Meprewe 0 ble vy aa) oy moo heart would have been] A = iment golitioin, pnaty eaereek bo Soy — Those readers of THe Star who keep ad- ECAMPANE ND HOREHOUND DROPS vised of the progress and prospects of our young at a local artists will be pleased, but hardiy sur- Por wipe ee prised, to learn that Mr. Ernest L. Major of this} a Corner 1éth su t and tend Dame ae, city was chosen to receive the annuity of the Hallgarten-Harper Scholarship Fund, at the Accozpiox P. LEATER! SR anne 10, and fs d ‘The with which her oa itor a European art scholarship of one poop ee pe Sm for So or two years’ duration,—the second to be | Sys fare and CN pf Ea