Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1888, Page 2

7 a, . THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, & eee = f_ BRUA OITY AND DISTRICT. ‘WEB awenicas carrrat CITY 43 COMPARED WITS NUBOPEAN CITIES—A NEW SUB DIVISION OF LAND ON ‘MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE RETENDED--OTHER MAT- ‘mans o7 urruasst. ‘Mr. B. B. Warner, who recentiy spent some ‘Months traveling in Europe, was talking the other Gay with & Sraz reporier about the capital cities ‘he visited, especially as compared with this city. ‘He spoke of the great populations of London, Pa! Bertin, and their growth in recent years “I Feason,” be said, “why Washington should the year 1900 have 300,000 people, if pace with the growth of the country at really ought to advance more rapidly the next ten yearn The attractions to strangers to visit and locate here are now end every year the city becomes While in Paris Iwas much im- system. The system ts far behind Eesy sboagh comparacnel erae'eith a party ia the large sewers of see the cleanil- i Mt F i] st it Interv: ‘and ip this way a rapid current is Daintained thew immense tunnels were a3 glean, to all ‘ag a cellar ig a well-kept \use.” Then there ilroad stations,” be went on, “The companies are compelled. to trect thelr ‘stations where the local authorities direct. Think 9f there being in Berlin four stations larger and More complete than the Broad street station, In Futladelyia. Congress ha» Deen fooling with the Question of locating a union depot here for twenty “The ‘le of architecture 1s, a8 a rule, more se- orete orgy cvtausinan De, theca ae stil, ‘more substantial:y It, ‘Ope or two : to each i 258 with the natural growth of ‘attractiveness and beauty wilt tnereased. I came back firm in the 8 when I left home that. we hare the most be ful city in the world. Ihope that you Cousider this prejudice. I regard its a fair, uo- Based opiaion.” i TRE SEW SUBDIVISION OF DUNBARTON. ‘The extension of Massachusetis avenue bas reached Rock Creek. For a portion of the distance vetween that point and Boundary the land has been subdivided and the streets and avenues ‘The same thing is now Of land on the west side of & g enue will’then ‘be continued avenue Wi be con! ¥o Dunbarton. The latter property is owned by individuais, aad they will extend Massachusetts avepue at the in ‘TRE EXTENSION OF STERETS AND AVENUES. ‘The Dill which was introduced in the House on ‘Tuesday last by Mr. Rowell provides a plan for the extension of the streets and avenues of the city on lands north of Boundary street. The ex- pa practicable, 1n conform- ity with the present pian of the city.’ The north- ern Boundary of tension is to be Kock creek, ns by z i Ks £ . f E 5 mn he i ai & ry 3 i rt i § § i i E 3 5, bi epeeee Ki to begin at the present boundary & the sity, giving preference to tracts already su divided. “Tbe Uill further provides that all t st east aud West in the city, and by letiers of the alphabet shail be avenues, and numbered consecutively horth abd south, beginning at Ube first streets re- spectively, north and south of East Capitol street, ‘WR. CHARLES KING'S NEW HOUSE. Had of the rows cu the first floor provides for a parlor, hibrary, dining-room, butier's pantry, and An oriei bay window in the dining-room gives that ‘Toom tue fu.i veneRt of the pleasant soutuern ex- posure. Thy din.ng-room aad kiteuea are in what back ouliding, whieh allows win- ary. ‘The entire dept of tue nouse we frontage is 20. A carved woodea Sereen separaces the entrance bail from the stair- case hall. The house wili be heated with steam. Mr. Robt. Stead is the arcultect. oi Bui ote cacl Preferring Starvation er Pauperization im the City toan Honest Livelihoud in Ir To the Editor of Taz Evawrxa Stan: Ja connection WIth your notice of the needs of the suffering poor of the city, permit mg to ask ‘Four attention to the fact that in the country sur- Toundiag Wasbiogton there are homes, empjoy- Ment at fair Wages and good living for every able- Bodied man and woman, and many children who now suffer in the city tor sheiter, fire and food, ovided such person be sober and Honest. I speak Krom expericace und observation. During the past Tree months I have advertised, inquired tarough acquaintances aud made spplications of at two ehartabie agencies in Washington, in my efforts Weecure s Man and wowan for my An the country, and have yet to Gnd a couple willing to Jeave Che city, tuougn by doing so they would gain ‘Rome, comfori aud Wages ia the country. The ap- cs preferred to suifer in the city rather than work ob 3 farm. Turee of my neighbors sumer $ BE is 2 sf a5 + the country, and vide tor them, Will ‘enable then to. provide tor Faxuen-Commvran neg Bobolink. ‘Written for Tux Evexixe stan. Robulink! Bobolink! Tell me, what do you think, Mince 9 maide must Wat to be wooed, ‘Avd the men bashful be, would jt seen quite too free If abe wave just & hint to ve si ‘There's dear lad I know, but alas rather slow, ‘Th -ugh I smile on him. sometimes tis true. And I leso on his arm, which is surely no harm; ‘Bow what else can » poor maiden do? Chee! Chee! this is my decree, Let him be! Let bin be! Bobolink! Boboliak! Naughty bird, bow you wink! ‘And the tale they have told way be true, "Tht when dainselsare coy wen more buldne as employ And are cool to the waidens that woe; ‘But the lad loves me true, and I leave it to you Hf 2 tae may not belp his a bit, ‘With 0 smile in her eye while her lips breath s sigh, For 20 molest s course mast be it. Choe! Chee. This is as decree, Let him be! Let him be! Bobolink! Bobol'ak! Should s fond maiden shrink “When ber io ver, at last goowing buid, ‘Prays for love with its bliss, I am <ure after this Your advice will be chaygod frow the old. (Bhou.d sbe (rowu ot bun then, sbouid she chide at him when his ardor be draws protty near? me Bow, toll we true, what a damsel should do, Bas ft wait your decision ta hear. Choe! Chee This is my decree, ‘Lot him be! Let nim be ~Macars Suiuivax Buns. SPARTACUS SIPPING TEA. HOW ACTORS OBTAIN RELIEF FROM THE MONOT- ONY OF PLAYING THR SAME PART NIGHT AFTER NIGHT—REMINISCENCES OF NOTED ACTORS. Spartacus, the gladiator, looking anything but warlike ina Diack frock coat and turn-dowa collar, sat peacefully puffing a cigar in an up-town restaurant early the other evening. On the tabie at his elbow stood an uoheroic silver vea service, and the general appearance of things Indicated that he had been dining, in company with an un- warllke and entire.y modern individual The lat- ver was Mr. J. H. Mack, his manager. There was nothing of gladiatorial ferceness in the greeting which Mr. Downing gave a Stax representative who happened 1a, although the latter did think as the Thracian’s hand grasped his that he should not like to have that hand placed upon him save tm the way of Kindness. The voice, too, thoug now modulated to amicable and peaceful tones, Was still unmistakably the same which made the arena ri and threatened so ternbly to make ie Gaia gat aieaee sad ‘the remnants of Ly sipping tea and puffing acigar, parades “I pever drink liquors ot any kind,” Mr. Down- log said In answer to the reporter's suggestion that tea was hardly the beverage the world ex- pected a gladiator to drink. +1 don’t know the of beer, wine, or whisky. I never feel tho need of stimulants.” “Don’t you get pretty well exhausted in playing “The Gladiator’ twice 9 day, as you ao when you give matinees?” the fF asked. “Yes,” he replied, “for no one Knows the strain it is on a man to play that part except those who ave tried it. le say they cun understand now exhausting it is, but they can’t, But I don’t resort to stimulants to Keep myselt up. On mati- nee days 1 usually take a aap between perforin ances That puts me in better shape than any- ng else would.” “aude trom tue were physictl weariness that resulta fromthe exertion required in each per- formance, don’t you get very tired of going th Ine ‘same’ scenes in precisely the “same Way uight after night?” Tae Srax representative BOW ACTORS PREVENT MONOTORY. “Now there ts mistake which is generally made about the work of actors,” Mr. Downing Said, 28 he folded ia arms berore him on the table leaned forward persuasively. “It 1s usu r people taik of and wonder over the way in which schors go tht a apart which they have jayed night after night for years in precisely the Rittemainer ‘as eaca performance, Even ex- dramatic critics make this mistake, SSoec anes do anything of the kind. To people in the audience wuo see a performance only once or twice a season, With an interval of months be- tween, it may seem that eversthing is done each ‘time ta the same way. But the people wuo are in the cast watching the performance night after higtt, monta in and monch out, kuow that even the greatest actors hardly ever act a part in ex- actly tbe same way two nights in succession. “THERE 1S JEFFERSON IN ‘RIP VAN WINKLE,” for instance. He bas been playing the part for Fears, but at almost every performance he makes some little change in the dialogue or business. Of are juently so ht that Sau abe change ay remy x eat Jefferson says he makes them to break the terri. ‘ble monotony and relieve the strain of saying and doing the same thing over and over He tatnks he would go mad if he did what he 1s fre- quently given the credit of doing—that ts, make tne Impersonation identically une same year after year.” “Do other actors who play one part a great deal find it necessary to reuigve the strain ina simular manne! “Yes; I think all of them doit. I know Fechter and McCullough did, and 30 does Booth, Barrett and Mary a. ‘There was Fechter, one of the best uctors we ever had, who never made & movement on (he stage which did not meau some- tuing. Yet be was Variations in his favorite roles all the time in self-defense.” “But how about yourself?” tue reporter asked. BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, “Thave been playing Spartacus for two years now,” the young trugedian answered, “having ap- eared in It over 400 times, and I long ago found it necessary to make litte changes from night to igut, in order to relieve the “growing monotony. The matin trouble with me 1s betore the perform: ance begins. If I let myself think how many acts and scenes Ihave to go through before the final curtain, it seems tome then like days, instead of minutes, before the end. But 28 soon as 1 buckle on armor geton st al iS. The work of the moment ‘alisemy mind, ‘so that ‘there fs no possibility of getting tired.” Mr. Downing turew himselt in his chair and puffed redectively away at his cigar for a mo meni. ‘Then he contin “ail Unis goes to prove, doesn’t it, that the feeling which makes us yell ‘chestnuts’ 1s more than @ mere whim? it is ted away down in our natures. Constant repetition 1s Just ag wearisome to the mind a8 1° 1s to the body. We et dead tired of hearing or seeing the same thing after day and year after year. fou don’t get tired of seeing the same old friends day after day, do you Robert?” Manger Mack asked quizzically. “Well, they're not the same old things. They are changing all the time, and if they do repeat the same old stories occasionally they dress t Up a little differently each time.” ACTOR AND MANAGER. “xow, there's something worth noting,” the actor continued, after a pause, glancing good- natutedly at his manager. ‘Joe and Ihave been together two years and have never had a quarrel tm that time. 1 think that 1s unprecedented in theatrical annals. Actors and managers are ‘usually the best of enemies.” . Mr. Dowulog and Mr. Mack have extended their contract to ten Years, and the pi are they will be together eight years more. Mr. Mack thinks of ‘some suburban property near Washington, so that he can be near bis star during the summer vacation. They will go to San Francisec in the spring, starting across the country from Portiand, Me. As thes have al this season traveled from St. Paul to New Orie they will have covered a vast amount of territory before their tourends. It 1s possible that Mr. Downing may goto London in the summer and play a short engagement at the Princess’ Theater. Se THE WOODLAWN CLUB. Sayings and Doings of the Virginia Farmers, ‘The Woodlawn Farmers’ Club met at the home of Warrington Gillingham, January 28, 1888, with President Pierson in the chalr. ‘The host, being secretary, asked to be excused on the present oc- caston, therefore Chas T. Lukens was appointed for the day. There had been no subject specified for the meeting’s consideration and the drift of the talk led to the tariff question. It was the opin- jou of all if the duty on imported products, such as Wool, potatoes, &C., Was lessened or done away With, that the rals.ng of these articles woud ne- ce sarily be imited.” Tt was shown that potatoes bringing 85 cents per bushel in our market only netted the Seoten producer 17 cents per bushel: ‘whereas, if the present duty of 15 cents per bushel Was removed, thelr recelpts would be about dou- Died, which Would result In our markets bet glutied with foreign products, much to the detri- ment of our agriculturaMuterests, Acard Was received from the secretary of the Farmers’ Asseumbly asking the ciub to use its in- fluence in getting a railroad bill and agricultural vill Which had been presented by that body to the legislature. It was referred to tue | secretary of tue club, with instructions to com. | municate wit the Farmers’ Assembiy, asking for | fuforination regarding the proceedin'ss of their | previoWs meeting, thinking It would be well to be More familiar with tue matter before taking any decided action. Lewis Gillingham, who is one of the road com- missioners, sald they were golng to hold a meeting | iu a few dys for the purpose of making a change | In the preseut system of working the roads, and | would lke to hear the opinion of the club and | what it cht advisuble todo. Quite a discus- sion followed, and resuited tn the .oliowing mo- | Uon being made: Is it advisable for the commis. | sloners to appoint three overs:ers of roads for the districh, insiead of twenty-two? Ou belug put club it Was umanimously adop.ed, the Opinion being that three wen for overseers’ who make It thetr business would get more and ‘Work done thun & greater number without ther Lime or taclination fo attend to it properly. ‘The question was raised, Should we not for the Deneft aid Interest of the club revive the old plan of having standing committees, 30 that if a ques Uon arose On any particular subject 11 miglit be reierred lo Une committee to which It belongs, and ‘Said cominittee to report at the following meet— lng? A vote being taken showed every one to De in favor of trying the pian The president Suld be would have the Ittees arranged by the next meeting. allies appuiatea tor tus mewtiag. out It incescala api ro ID Chat the writing of a ‘would not have becn an leasant GULy (0 perform. The Sab oe meet ry nical comumitiee—¥. W, Blane, "Harold Sunday Keveries. Written for Tue Evaxine 87am. ‘Tam oo weary: miud and heart have failed me; My trembling lips can scarcely frame a prayer. ‘Father. stretch out shy hand, protect and save me ‘Frou the abyss of doubt and fell despair! Thave been foiled in all my best endeavors, Mz carnest edforts for a higher life; ‘Paiae friends have led we inty deeper errors, ‘That filled my hoart with bitterness aud strife, Isthere no “balm in Gilead” for thy daughter? No cooling stream midst pastures green and fair, ‘That I may lave me im its healing waters And find relief from all-comsuuniug care? . 0, pity ing Lord! if I might only borrow: A brief respite from care and every pain; Might sicep and quite ‘until the morrow, I would tage every ‘up again. Wite from her know area many fst, Sate ae yu tad Husbaud—“itave a funeral, ."— Boston THE KNIGHTS TO-CONGHESS. OF L, ASKING THR IMMEDLATS PAsBaGB OF ACTS MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 300 4DDITIONAL * SCHOOL ROOMS IN THIS DISTRICE. District Assembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, of memorial calling the attention of that tothe condition of the schools of Washington. Tie memorial ts as follows: “The school authorities report that there are Tented school rooms unfit for use, $2; own2d school Tooms unfit for use, 42; half-day schools 165, which, to make full day schools, will require aadi- onal rooms, 83, being a total lack of rooms, 167, “At lity scholars to a room this represents a denial of decent educational facilities to 8,350 chiidren, and this number js far below that stated by the authorities, We «assert, however, that all ‘over-crowded, in any respectable sense of :hé word, ‘s tm} 4 ‘fod We insist that schools and teachers sbouid be rovided in such abundance that every child can ve a full day and ample mal instruction in school, We rurther insist that tits should be done immediately, and that to-this end Congress should at the present gession authorize the construction of not 1es§ than 300 wew school rooms of the best king, and the employment of teachers sudicient to utilize ail of the rooms as oon as completed. “We also request that all books and materi: necessary (9 secure ap education shall be furnished free to ‘all scuolars as a rigat. A grest many children are unable to pure! ina ‘tuts re- ‘su.ts either in thetr exelusion trom the schools or the degradation of accept cannot obtain otherwise. thus are unwholes ine in dependent and inde We pow of no valld objection wo the granting of what we hero request. | 13.t poverty of the peo- ple? | This commuulty has ample resources to do What we demand. Tt must be done in time, and may better be done at once. Wedemand an to- vestment, not an ex enditure, Ig it economy? What right has Congress vo save money at the ex- onse of the future of the culldren of Washington? hese children have a few short years in wnich to quality themselves for future duuies as individuals und citizens. To deprive them of the power of knowledge tn order fo reduce some one's taxes is & scheme of economy not less fatal to the state than to the ehtidren, “We remind you that the extraordinary viola- {9m of the American principle of self-government 45 bere coniiaued on the ground that dur popula- Uon is untied by Ignorance vo regulate tuelr local affairs. If this monstrous anomuly can ve Femoved Ly the expenditure of money, Cangreas should if necessiry devote the whole surp.usia the ‘Treasury immediately to (uat end. We stand stul- Ulled in the eyes of the whole world $0 long as at the very sat of government the ballot, howe-ruie, local self-governinent, free speech and free press are wduilited to be Inddequate to secure the ble-s- ings of ‘life, liberty aud property against the as- Sault. of ignorance, “We remind you shat in & community where self-government 1s denied it fs of imperative 1m- tance that general fotelligence should prevail, us only can the people Know the legal rights of the rich and respect tiem, of Know thé just rights Of the poor and defend tnem trom aggression. "We furtuer remind you that dur order hus in view the abolition of the wage system, and the subsuction Of vue co-operative system ‘of industry therefor. ‘To that end we earnestly desire educational means that will quality the heads and nands of the grow- Ing generation for effective service in co-dpers- tion. “Congress has assumed the character of fate for this District, It is therefore bound to do its best for ple. It has no right to assume that tbe people would Bot well for themselves, and that the duty of Congress is ended when tt does a3 weil as the people would do. Moreover, the outcry from the colored and white, the rich ‘and the poor, tue school board, te commissioners, from everybody here against th- inadequacy of our schools 1s positive Unat Congress in this matter is ing faf bellind what the peuple would gladly do for education tt lett to themselves. “We assert that the compensation of teachers 18 Insuflicient to secure twe best talent or tw en- courage the best efforts of such talent as 1s se- cured. We therefore peution that teachers’ sala- ries be Axed at a rate that will give us the best talent to be had, «nd prompt tue best exertions of those who are employed. “Our petition Is for 300 more school rooms of the best modern kind, free books and material for all culldren, teachers in sufficieut numbers to give each child ample personal attention, and salaries on a scale to secure the best eiucational talent, and that all this be granted immedi .tely. Our re: Quests may yot be modest, but we trust that they are rational and just and that the occasion for our them may soon be remo P making y ved. MILITIA MATTERS, Notes of Interest from the Armories of the Ditferent Organizations, A Sra reporter found Adjutant General Bige- low kneeling on the floor of his office on the top floor of the War Department the otner morning, With his coat off, and flourishing a gun in a war- Uke manner. Upon noficing the hesitation with which the reporter approached, he leaped quickly to his feet and sald: “Come io. I'm trying to find out a better Way to fire kneeling than given in the tactica. According to the directions one must bend the right foot so that the sole forms a seral- ‘ay a favor what they #9 distinctions aris effects upon bol ndent children. circle and rest the body on the heel. Now that 1, an awkward and uncomfortabie posture, and T have been trying to get ino a on that will enable me to aim accurately and to be comforta- Die at the same time.’ [ don’t believe in torturing man merely because the tactics say so. It seoms tome that if the right leg. instead or being dou. Died under the body, should be thrown around to tue right, and placed’ so that the lower leg and the foot are flat on the grouna, ft would be an unprove- ment,” and the officer assumed a position on the matin front of nis desk and wens through with uns a “Ta the other position,” he continued, “it 1s almost impossible for a mia to fire more than twice without becoming cramped; while fa this shape he can load and fire ntcy Umes without discomfort, But I shall not try vo make any changes in the tactics for the District fopees at present. Tnere are inany faults tov ‘system now used that will be presented to the board of officers that 1s to meet here soon for the Purpose of revising the tactics. One of the things inis board will do will be to make the systems for the three arms of the service, the infantry, cay- airy, and artillery, separate and distinct. As they are now the Whole system fs so arranged as to apply generally to all tree. ‘They will be un- able, of course, to go ahead much unuil the Dill that has’ been int in Congress re. organizing the Army 1s disposed of, for its passage might dlsarrange the system of tactics considers. swer to U "3 ques , “there e companies yet to be visited. ‘Shall make neral report of the work I have done in about wo week although I shall give no figures of rankin, in March I intend to put tne fore-s Through squads Grills, or inspections. Wuile the ‘com ies aid a8aWhole,come up to wuat I should have liked as @ standard, yet J think that they have ulldone remarkably Weil considering the disadvant under which some of them are working in the way of small grmories and other inconveal -nees.” Special Orders No. 11, January 30: L Sergeant D. B. L. Watson, Co, D, 4th Wek oy bly d scharged from the National Guard, to date from Devetber 1, 1887, by reason of bis appointment as a commissioned officer, Privates J. A. Whitcomb and 8. J. Raymond, Co, A, 1st battalion, honorably discharged from the National Guat w date December 7th and 15tu, respectively, by reason of their own ap- plications. At the next meeting of the “school of the omi- errs,” which will be on the 8th Of this month, Lieu- tenant Chase, of the Army, Wiil deliver 4 leciure, ‘The finance committee of the Corcoran Cadet Corps beid a lengthy meeting Wednesday night. ‘Mr. T. J. Irwin is spoken Of as the future major of the 4t battalion. Several military companies have signified their Willingness Lo atend tue Kaights of Py.nias’ fair. Mr. Louis A. Ghiselli has made application to become an active member of Co. C, 1st buitalion. The Washington Continentals will leave on Wednesday mornit February 22, at 10. o'clock, for their annual ‘ge to Mount Vernon, ‘It ig understood that Sergeant Benson, of Ca. A, 3d buttalion, will receive the appolntment as adju- tant of taat dgttalion. ¥ ‘Capt. Robinson, of Ca. C, 34 battalion, states that if members would thelr will- ingens ung io Alstunaria‘on to hbo be to accompany them. The contemplated trip of Co, D, of the 34 Dattalion (Bmingt Guard), to A.bany, will take “frish lace next August, the oscasion being the ‘The New York Avenue Rink is spoken of as a probable armory for one of the battalions. ‘Much Interest is centered in the coming election for of Ca A, Wi Continentals. Sera Seb idee styaaiad candidate the ogee Col Moore was presented this week with an in- Seen eee popes ea “The Marion wn fair at the mn ra oo e . At the meeting of the W. L. L. corps Wednesday : of Tue statement tat an made to Eka tit Oat enc im wulca be 1s ‘the of the In- fantey. ‘THE NEW DEPARTMENT BUILDING. making and putting up shelving. middie of next week the moving will ha in earnest, and it ts probable that for a there will be chaos in the War Department. A smell of fresh paint permeates the atmosphere THE SECRETARY'S ROOMS, ‘two in number, are g-ms of tasteful frescoing and ‘stucco-work, a harmony of tones and shades that 4 denightrul. It would be unfair to make any comparison between the new and the ald offices of the Secretary, for since the latter were painted the art of Interior decoration has advanced rapid ly, and the work of today 18 more pleasing in its neral effects than tht of ive or ten years.ago. example, the work In stucco, which in the new room hag béen mistaken for bronze, 1s an out- growth of development in afew years, and by its means effects are produced that were impossible before. A description of the main room conveys but little idea of the charms; the wainscoting Is of mahogany, and the mantel as weil, until they are good substitutes for mirrors. The design Of the mantel, the wainscoting, the “trims,” and the oak parquetry floors of these two rooms "were by Stephen D. Hatch, a New York architect, ‘the ceiling Of the main room is deco- Fated with allegorical representations of War and Peace, War, a male figure, 1s driving two turious Steeds toward the north, ‘while Peace, a female figure, in flowing white robes, comes wiward him from the otuer side in a_ modest chartot, drawn by milder aniinals, In the corners are flags of all nationa, . OTHER ROOME. ‘The other decorated, or as the workmen around | that the person to whom itis paid is requires the building call them, “painted” rooms, are twenty-two in number, equal the wealth of design or colori the they are suMficienty Attractive to'excite admiration as one 81 ‘and though none of them | Government is not responsibie for the of those of } struction of the postal notes any more than it ‘and | for the fractional currency. But the E. 3 i I ad come: tor's office, and required but & the law co'place its hands ‘upon the He was soon under arrest, g HT a i é i i vo ask Di ald, the superintendent of the Money Order Who also has charge of the issue of these Whether there was danger of tne postal note fall- {ng into the clutenss of sharpers, he doctor was emph tically of the opinion that there was not the slightest | “The note,” ve. “nas been in circulation for over four years. It ‘wis you remember, ‘ake the piace of fractional curreacy. Th_te was needed some medium for transmi fang. through the mails small amounts of money. The postal hove supplies such 9 medium. or 3 cents you can send any sum less than $5. For 5 cents you can send a money for any similar amount. Tao only difference {5 that the etter 18) sent to § person, and the former 1 to bearer. postal note was aotinteaded to take te Plaos of the money order. It is & supplement vo the toney-order system.” “The nove, then, can be paid to the wrong reporter. if sil postal nove, Of | individual,” observed the “Yes,” aasented the doctor, “but our ex: shows that tls doea bot oftsa occur. ‘You know sign his name in the presence of th guould the latter for any der ih tact 1s loeses seldom occur, and the reports to our through them. No two are exactly alike, such | suow that complaints of losses are not above the combinations of ‘coloring and design having’ been Secured that there are no duplicates. Even the mantels are different in nearl; betng five kinds of marbie anc two desij ‘One normal percent If there was any systematic OF persistent theft of notes the percentage ” continued every room, there | of losses would soon show It.” “Tue popularity of the postal of the achievements of the frescolng Is 1m the iml- | the doctor, “is due to its conventence fa the trans tation of th: marble In & continuous line around the room, painted so well that at a distance of a few feet it is Impossible to iistinguish between the stone und the paint. Four of the rooms on the first floor were painted by Emmert & Quartiey, of. Baitimore, and the other eighteen on thé second, third’ and fourth floors were done under the direction of Mr. Jos:pu Rakema, of Washing- ton. One would think on passing through thi Succession of splendors that iarge sums of money have been spent upon the walls and ceilings, and the Idea that there has been great extravagance shown is apt to be obtained. ‘This is an error, for ihereased advantages and the special ‘workmen of the present it bas beea possible to Produce all these effects with a comparatively in- significant sum. In fact, the average cost of each room was less than §300. DOME AND SKYLIGHT. One of the prettiest piecvs of work 1s the dome and skylight of the main stairway, at the ioter- Section of tue west and center wings. It 1s of light yellow tones, and extends across the entire corridor. | The frame work is entirely of iron, with staiued glass of handsome design extending across in an arch, surmounted by a graceful dome. Tne design of the saylight glass was by a Brooklyn firm, while the genéral plans of ine ornamental trun work of the dome were made in Col, Casey's office, THE NEW LIBRARY. ‘On turning from thts soft blaze of pleasant light one enters a queer room that in its present unfin- {shed condition looks like @ jail and sounds ke @ bolier shop. This is the itbrary, sald to be the most compiete room for the purpose ever built. 118 capacity 13 about 45,000 volumes, which are to be arranged in the “stick system,” or iron nett that extend from floor to ceiling on every With notches in the sides of thé uprights to re- eelve the shelves. The supporting pillars are handsome, belng capped and ornamented with electroplated work, while occasional panels of gaivano-plastic ware brighten up the present som- ber effect of the unpainted cages, The latter will be given a coat of a pleasing yellowish color as soon as the riveting is compieted. The design of this room 1 also from Col. Casey's office, tron’ be- ing the only material used. It will be’ ready for thé books fn a few weeks. ‘A great skylight at the top gives light, and there is every facility for rapid service and quiet and comfortable reading. A for tue purpove of carrying lark nutnersot books the Purpose of numbers upand down. ‘The ouly*decoration isa might border of painted work around the skylight. ie floor will be of encausulc tiling of a very handsome patiern, Altogether it ig a room that will delight the heart of Librarian “Fitagerald, bis assistant and ail of bis patrons, THE RLEVATORS deserve more than ® passing notice. They aro four in number, two onéach side of the Secretary's | dou office, about half way down the corridor, placed | told on the west side, They are of the hydraulic torn, and, undoubtedly have no equal for speed, comfort, and safety in any of the Government buildings, ‘Tne cars are small, but elegant, in the artistic tron work of which they are com) One of each pair is provided with a cushio seat while the other 1s left clear for the occasion: carrying of freight. ‘The throttles are of the lever type, and, tn consequence, can be operated much more quickly than the ropes that are com- monly used. The pumps are very powertul, there being two On each side. One only will be used atone time, however, for each pair of cars, thus always reserving two pumps for cases of ‘emer- gency. The fronts of the landings or gre of a unique 1 and very handsome, com- posedor oxydized iron ia lattice work, with art. t action of business; that it involves no delay and passes for money anywhere: It 1s handsomely en- graved and surrounded by many of the devices which protects the national currency notes trom counterfeiting. ‘The postal nove, 1n my opinion, 18 entirely secure from the arts of the eounterfeiter, ab this case snows.” “What amaunt of money was sent mh the malls by this last year?” nguired the Te- ter. Pel can give you that, and also the amounts in round numbers of the preceding years,” responded the doctor. “I have a table here which also shows tng average amouns of each nove.” ‘Tne table referred to by the ductor 1s as follows: Amount. Average amount each note. 11,700,000 11,770.00 THE MODcéN TITLE. Mow the Novelists Hansack the Poets for Phrases. From the New York Sun, “Knitter, 1n the Sua” wrote Octave Thanet on the titie page of her new book and set all the read- ing public to wondering what 1 could mean until some one remembered that tne duke says of the sad little song in “Twelfth Night:” “It is old and plain: je spinsters and th- knitters in the sun ‘use to chant it.” In the eurly days of the novel it kept a rigorous faith with Its readers, and really did relate tne Towantic fortunes of the Tom Jones or Clarissa Harlowe, whose name appeared on the ttle p: Even Dickens and Thackeray chose Utles in the main after the straightforward and undecetving order, but of late years the tashion has sc quite the other way, and the modern title must De odd, quant, attractive—anything but dow aright Ronest and indicative, except {na remote and “in- genious Way, of the raison d etre of the book. Of all the Various devices which the ingenuity of bookinakers hag yet hit upon to secure this end none has been more widely used or more success- ful than a terse, apt, Suggestive quotation. Shake. Speare has, of course, been most frequently drawn upon. Mr. Howell's found in “Hamlet” his ttles for “The Undiscovered Country” and “A Counter- felt Presentment,” while “Othello” gave him his * Foregone Conclusion,” “Two Gent in Of Ve- rona,” “A Woman’s Reason,” and Jacques in “As You the same ike 1t” “A MO :ern Instance.” source went Katherine King for “The Bubble Rep- Utation” and Thomas Hardy for “Under the Green- wood Tre-.” Ia Harry Hotspur's reservation in “Henry IV” A. 8, Hardy found bis piquant title “But Yet a Womso.” From “King John” came, no the Suagescion, tor Haw' ne’s “Twice. “while the “Fable Talk” of Jessica and Lorenzo bas served Leigh Hunt, Coleridge and many another besides. It was “Hamlet,” that gave Mrs. Alex- ander “her Deurset ‘foe. ‘Shylock's passionate cry hasbeen caught tn “ty Ducats and My D: ” ‘“p imrose Path,” in which Mrs. pudntiod her readers’ was fst polnted out oor Ophelia’s hand. Mary Cecil chose “Bid me Discourse” from NGdaig” and fice and Besant Bret came Rhoda Brougnton's “Not Wisely But Too Well,” and. this same author fods a characteristic title to bestow On one of those heroines of her's who “thrill and throb and clutch and hunger” in a line from the “Ancient Mariner,” “Red AS a Rose Is She.” From the same Comes Jessie Fothergill’s “One of Ous ornaments in the form of galvano-plastic 3 best-known novel panels. ‘These elevators. are. coumerpareof the Fee praise telabscun uh tate net a Rew one recently erected in the House Wing of the | Rhods Brouguton transposes the opening word Capitol, and are considired Lo be the best in use, | 44,010 Engle eet eee e etic Love ue Long” Mr aee fo the pale oo ere will be elght cars | ang “ste that Will Not when He May” Reade asd easy j—mnore than any other build- | Sr, ouphant are both indebted to Heywood, and FUTURE NEED OF ROOM. yaniished ‘The new part of the building 1s said to represent | seventeenth century, whose opening Brandon in “Love Finds Out the Wag” re- dale “a hugiah poe pi in the about 42 per cent of the entire space and work of | thus: the entire edifice. While there ts plenty of room Just now, it is probable that there will have to be considerable crowding in order to accommodate the army of clerks, ‘There 1s talk among the War Department officials of a time in the future when thelr bureaus Will be exteuded around the south. ‘west corner into the south Wing. ‘This prophetic “Over the mountains And under tke waves Over the fountains, the xraves, ‘Vader floods watch sre deepest, ‘Which Neptune obey, Over rocks which are steepest ‘Love will find out the way.” Utterance means, of course, that the Sate Depart- | ‘Two of Tennyson’s “fair women,” “rare, pale ment Will be moved from the tore long Into a building of its own, and Margaret” and “airy, fairy Lilian,” stand as spon- JSwn, and optaions | sorso as many o¢ the Duchess’ larid productions, nerally polnt to the ground at the coruer of | While another writer has chosen aya title a line adison place snd Pennsylvania avenue as tye | from one of the exquisive songs in The Princess; will beerected. Itis spot on which this pullding Will be ee ernment, ani already in the possession {tis clalumed that @ more advantageous site could | no doubt, Black's ‘hot be found in Washington, atl What Constitutes a “Size.” From the 3t. Louis Globe-Democrat, It is astonisuing to observe how few people un- derstand the common rules of measurement in purchasing wearing apparel. Forinstance, a man Wil buy @ coat that 1s a “size” too small or too large. A “size” smaller or a “size” larger 1s what he probably needs, but he does pot know what a | RAPPUY empiyes “size” 1s. Well, a “size” tn a coat 13 an “size” in underwear é 2 inches, 3 “size” In 45 Linch, in a collar 3g an ncn, tnashirt 3 an inci io shoes'1-Gtn of an ich, pants 1 ineh, gioves 1¢ “We Kissed Again with Tears.” rom Father Prout’s “Bells of Shandon” yonandon Bells” from ears Phos “ j adding Crowe,” ar arguree Lee gots hier Utie “Since First 1 Saw Your Face” from a quaint old English song whowe Second line fitly ep tomizes the vook, “I resolved to win you and renown you.” “He tuat hath wite nd children bath given hostages to fortune” Wrote Lord Bacon, which deilyutiui bit of Bacontun Philosophy appears to advantagetn an anonymous Bovel culed “Hostages to Fortune.” Scriptural uctations aod allusions have often been most asin Mrs, “Ui oe ee aton’s “Cometh Up or igas Pav cymbals ‘sock | and Mary Gecll H's “Reaping. the Whirtwiad,” Waile the prayer- ip Rice and Besant’ “gn'sorte and ‘of Men.” Many of the F rh. VE t roved Of haf u raion. . 3 id i ‘Thove Necowary Fhinge—Mreakinets, | {iiguisuis” by Mars Gran, aud “The Wool eee} Saat Aine, ARE RIES ae ‘Tue old adage, “No breakfast, no‘man,” is per- a ae Sinitinen caret, coutaries cid haps as trueinsome form to-day as when first | aint Che y uemen, formulated, although of late yearg the ideas of ‘Pet aothdhy pou dietnay.= people concerning breakfast have Sian Regie Wrst, Cariazene bis book Tadical change. For the laboring man and for the rise Nong ou Dismay.’ nertickos man of much physical exercisea heavy breakfast is | Leap” Long tate Sar Sis es aaaas Hiei uratag mdoutana aude her | Uueyeakerto tb bony oEes Weng 10 any Caves should always be found ‘at | Se Sin reataigary Fe surely Many Wafter tue meal, but it ip. ‘soft Y” who ass not only more: ble Dus auniaia the ‘igeation rt Bis ti fate tor ‘ad the wet ‘ot mre surely if used at the a ps meal. uiaite ‘T For a light breakfast the fruit torlowed | {28% “of kaa Wood” baa In . eee areas caeal i Se aces ene tser: Saw Seok aaieelete ag| “shame sal Dorhape cugsin some form, cvakes’ obrastises ‘Lived aod Lovea" hes perhaps eggs in some form, Cy ‘20 | In. “1 Have and "1 pasty that inany persons can do tar more pales ee 4 Story of Mount St, Bernard. page From the St, James’ Gazette, Have of SR EARS Ey Tt is only within the last few days that particu- Stares and Jars have been published in the Swiss papers of &| prom the New York Commercial \ brave rescue effected on Mount St. Bernardonthe| ‘The student of New York manners will find in Right of the last Sunday in violent snow storm was in manager of RY 4, 1888-DOUBLE SHEET. ‘Special Correspondence of Tax Evaxive Stan. Havana, Cuma, Jan. 30, 1888. One finds a pleasing sense of possession in wan- dering about any foreign city quite alone. It tsin this way you get full enjoyment of the delicious (rifles that go to make up any great tact. It 4s also the only truly receptive condition. To enjoy travel with friends ts more in polite form. But crowds mean dissipation of reflective energies. To be seen, go in crowds. To see, go alone, Bincr tetanic In the old fortitied city of Mayence, Germany, I once thought I had seen remarkably narrow ‘streeta, I believe there are narrower ones im this queer, quaint city. There are surely narrower sidewalks here. With the exception of the Paséo, ‘the Prado, and the many interesting little plazas, with their Uny parks in which the flora of the ‘tropics are seen in delicious luxuriaace, the calles Pubiteas or public thor of Havana are re- markably narrow. Many are only from 12 to 20 feet wide. There are a number but tromé@to & ‘To stroll through these sinuous passages and peed cup deaensrag based on the contiguity of ‘some fair senorita’s alcoba to some quarto, is a detigutfui experience. Pofod teen one, while lng tue sharp angles and massive walls, ts reminded by tanumerable sounds and git: Of the exquisite toteriors behiid, where her endless beauty, bloom, and song. Nearly ai ‘Streets here are weil paved with New Sranite, brought here cheaply by water, and ad- Sag hares aner ss iin ne ite tanh ae re aah. eco ee footway of granite, averaging a no. a wi ‘(han 2 feet, is all you will find to Bisiliecis ind Sumpter : indeed to always retain bts footing. ewes eet Custom rules that tvol-passengers take the Tight- band way. All this has certain advantages. No People on earth are so courteous in the streets as the Havanese. ‘There are no crowding and bust- Ung here. Jf you have the footway and please to ne pa leisurely, and one benind you is in haste, Into the street and pa: pea, ‘Spoken “Con perdon?” ror a leave?” So, too, if one meets you—quite an uD- Usual thing, forthe human Ude moving opposite follows the other side of the calle—he will derer- entially step from the walk into the roadway, while saiucng 4¥- This rule of the ‘ht-of- Way 1s inviolable, and the archbishop or goreraot- general, tf eitver chanced to be on foot, Would ob- verve It with ail the courtesy and exactitude of the less distinguished, ‘Tuere is oaly one exce) ton. That ts in favor of the ladies. ‘They are held strictly accountable to tui, universal Po.iteness: and Constderauon on their own. Part; but If ooca- Sion come when You can serve them by getting into the mud, even fora beggar or bi ;, and you fall of doing it you are ‘esteemed-—nothia a PUBLIC CONVEYANCES. This stregy usage and right extend also to pub- lc conveyauces, which are inexorably controlled. The omnibusses here are called guaguas. The lines Dound from the outskirts Lo central city potnt: are compelled to come into the city on one street {o the right, and return by another street to the leit; «nd no simuar vehicle 1s permitted to run in The opposite direction on those streets, Ouly the MUUe Vietorias—each one, horse, cocuéro or driver, and ail, compact enouga to drive ubroush an’ American dweiling-house door—are allowed vo Wrigxle and twist around almost anywhere. The Suugua $0 characteristic a Havana instituuon Ubat it cauno. be overooked. Iu apyearance it are much resembles the first patteras of our own | Street-cars, set a ule higher tn tne air, or a very old-fasmioned daguerreotype gallery on low geared Wagon wheels, Tt has an exct.ed aad noisy con- ductor ta gaudy uniform, and an empujador or dr.ver who seems in a pecpetual frenzy. Four iit Ge Cuban ponies ure attached to the affair, and a3 You see it coming down, possibly Calle de Gulspo— Tatthng and crushing’ tuunderousiy through the barrow thoroughfare—wie nags at full galicp, the Fae swaylog and bounding as though it would sud 1n some Suop-front at every lurch, the driver leaning far over the whee team, lasilig it With Uhe lines and cracking his huge Willp at the leader, tue meantime shouting: “rli-l1!—Hit-i!” at the Yop 01 bis voice, Walie working wich his right kiee @ tremendous stationary rubber bellows, that at each prod emits a lugubrious shriek almost as hideous as a seaside 1;-uora—you feel you have danger. ‘Witnessed one active forin of Cuban ja 1S as harmless and ex- hilarating an affair as you can find anywhere for ‘the money, whilé its name has quite a history. ‘When the first. railroad every constructed ia Cuba Was being built, the tes were tiaported, duty free, from the cypress swamps of Florida.’ The next year followlug, a certain insect ravaged and nearly destroyed all Une orange groves of Cuba. Scieauitic investigation proved that this lively insect had | been brought to the island tn these cypress ties. Soon the term began to be applied (0 anything which had been cunningly sipped into tne coune ty free of import; then to shrewd innovations tat cheapened existing prices and tariffs in any re- spect; and waen th se raging stage-lines to acuvely compete with railways and tramways, they fell heir by 1ustant common consent to the name “les guaguas.” Indeed, the term came to have a more ‘Widespread and subtler use. A shrewd imposter ts a la guagna. Any man of canny Ways, or woman of Uncanny Ufe, where a cervaln degree of wise secretiveness mantles sus- pected shortcomings, Ist the order of la guagua; nd Society quizzes society regarding a delicate and artful intruder as to how he exists, and with a graceful shrug society whispers the t-ply: “Con osibilidad, a 1a guagua ”—“possibty by his wits!” that oné even stumbles into Spanish sociol by Observing the Mery passage of an old ram- shackle omnibus through the narrow streets of van, CUBAN STRERT SCENES. It is impossible to adequately convey the inter- st found to the varying and vagarous character Of these Cuban street scenes. They furnish end- Jess study and delight. The contrast trom the splendor and positive tiresome grandeur of our Great American cities, while extraordinary, is win some and restful Huddied alongside Havana's most brilliant shops are everywhere found suad- owy little holes and niches Where patching and me! g0on with tools and in Ways as primi- taye asin the Villages of Europe a thot years ago, Attracted were by a ‘of gems that wou.d honor the mercbants of the Louvre in Paris, there, at the very mext step, a grimy black- ‘smith hammers and files away upon as ponderou: keys and padlocks as ever staunch old Varden Wrought upon. Against this den crowds a great calé Whose antique splendor of appointment is surpassing in richness and Next this you are likely to find the stall of @ zapatéro or shoe- maker, who, upoo rawhide seat, and in no other ‘ight than that straggung in from the street aperture, hammers away unconscious of his odd surroundiags, keeping time in his work wo some rollicxing contradanza he is whistling. Next hin may be fotnd a quaint little casa de cambio or money-changer’s box, nut Six feet square, where thcusands of dollars dally change hands. "A plank Wall like a prison may foliow., It has one’ entrance, Peering within you wiil see SPLENDID ENTRADA, and beyond, court, gallery, corridor, and countless ‘objects of tropic beauty in bird, plant and flower. ‘The whole tatertor is a maze of color, sound, and sceneful grouping, for here a score of Cuba's great facvors, agents, Uanxers or commission houses will be found. Ani s00n apd on winds the narrow rect, here a shop, there a home, here a palace, there a hovel; while (rom the ov ing Daico- niesa thousand half-caught scepes of mingled vustoess ona eee life gre t the eye and con- a anon aenmaces eins and Havana street. Tuere are nowhere Soudidon, “ins anit hours tune types of nearly a Pe and ii ustratious every condition in Ife will pass you. ‘every powerrul nation bas its man- Of-war in Havana winter. Their officers and ‘men Sit 10 end fro on errands of duuy oF quests of wery shade of i ‘be th @ Unousand faces in that time. recy type or the Astatic Of humans troop before you, The Aimericas typesare all here, trou the quickiy-made millonsire t the quickiy-Fulved Silipos oe anata tram) vel in oil Spain of the coats Sad you will discover no truer types uc Spanish ‘women or men; walle all the innumerable susdes Of Cubsn color and caste are here presented tor MOM. cue auOre AND CA¥Eg OF mAvAKA are surely more bright and interesting than those of any other city. Among the shops you will fnd os dozen stories ‘nd gt - one pay en ter" ceeren tee aber ses from toot v0 which, the ‘oF chivalrous brug Siveriéa it is the endless eure cy Baan Bape ots ‘merehant deals velvets Bi iB: | | kirls, for a period | Ports recently of an agency being opened tor i ae Baa 3 8 : j Bs By 7H i ‘somest of women can be found Of trust in” American mercanuue ‘colwousaRaeats And oMces. In ail Havana Dut one place is ere White women are empio} This at a modiste’s ou Calle de Obispo, and these aro scraggy lot indeed. Women im ‘Cuba are ladies, Washerwomen, or demimonde. by the fair senovas or senoritas in and one will then certainly see beautiful ‘They are neither fippant nor trifling in Chases, as in some countries. No dare gossip with them, Ungly enter upon discussion of their do they inform: shopk: of their own neighbors’ intentions. ‘They seem to ‘What they want and go straight way and ings; but there seems wo be a general understand- ing here that a shop 1s not just the place in which, ladies should entertain one anotber. This arise from the fact that Spanish Women are 738 stand for invitation and welcome. are very grand affairs, Dut all possess an atmos- re of Snughess and-dajeiness that e de Indeed, it must be set these peuple that the delicate refuements are inher OF, at least, the surfacé use Of it, are univ ‘They are ani artistic peopie tn the ‘environment Uttie things, though themselves unconscious that national characteristic; and both facts deliguttul to one who tarries with them. 4s as bustiing, busy @ city as exists. quality’ of tolerance, or indifference, or of whatever it 1s, that Tespectable stranger or a domestic tramp his body anywhere, at any without hustied—or worse, levie@ “upon and brutally ‘Aced into purchase, Whe ber or ot—is a one; and you may sit in a churen all day, fu $0 long as you like, or svep Into a shop session Cf one Of the focking chairs jounde® ry where, retaining there to cont Street scenes half a day, if you wish, and Will approach You, uniess you Indicate such * CITY RESTING PLACES. These cafés and tondas (or eating-houses, for the latter are equally resorted to) are the resting- laces of the gay clty. Their number and patron- age are remarkable. ‘They are all wide open to the street, the year round. One fancies they almost a part of if, as frequently more than half the caié is ‘underneath long, wide, bi pllared porticos. ‘Here chattering crowds by Gay and briliiant crowds by might, under the Mare of laaps in great, century-old metal frames, never cease cigarette-smoking, gin and wine drinking; altuousd ali liquors, howere- Trequeutly OrdcRe, are uses in sparing Quantities Aud between the Sbrill eries of tue duicéros or confection-peddiers, the hoarse imporvunities of Ue lovtery-ticket mobs, the ever-ininor music of the wandering street minstrels, and the numberiess sounds of & marvelously gay but never brutal and more than half oriental city life, Une “click, click, click!” of toe universal and never-silent dominoes upon the murbie tabies, come to you as an undertone stac- ‘Cato Of nyriads of unseen Castinets. ‘Epoan L. Wakeman. Export of Japanese Women. From the Nichi Nichi Shimbun. A Tumor has receatly been circulted in Tokio to the effect that a foreign firm in that city were de- sirous of engaging Mfty good looking Japanese girls of frova niuctoen to twenty-five years of age {© go to London to serve 1a a restaurant in a Japa- nese village which 1s shortly to be established. ‘The salary vo be paid was said to vary from 1,500 | 10 3,000 yen, according to the attractions of the five years’ engagement. No sooner had the rumor been circulated throughout the capital than ainan began to soucit the parents 01 prety Young unling oUt the advantages tty would obudin by sending “thelr ters, abroad, and the short time Dow required to travel AHH desire The ty ‘oferation, aud the witeteniog bite of carbon redectuable withoub foar of freeing to death tor Ect orruet = _— Sasurdny sent A Vienna tallor has stamped upon bis bill-bes@s & picture of the forget-me-not.— Vienna Weekly News, Man never has the same faith in the eternal fitness Of things afver his Wife hus made him @ sulr—afitw Journal. ‘Tue coat-tail Girtation 1s the latest. A wrinkled coat-tall bearing dusty toc marks means, “I have ‘spoken to your ."—Uoronada Mercury. It 1s all well enough to say that thirveen Is an unlucky number, but America started in business With Unirtwen states, abd seemed to be holding wer own (up to the tinie of guing to pres—dndom Tid-Bils. between Japan and London. Ture tunoceat | “4 Yous gino thot rade neat the Anas |, cdhond ea ewet and Yau ting, ute Park, and oue at Ishihara, in Hon-go-ku, were de- | Sod emphatic in us manner of ‘ex ‘disap- by the specious offer, and decided to start vti}-+{4at case for the far-away land of wulch they knew motuing. | PEOval, a plained Sight too crit ‘Tue turee girls were taken to an office Women Exporting agency at Kajivashi, Where a pretended contract was enter d Lhe giris comm need preparations for their ure On the expectation of part of ing advanced to them wo pay ‘The matter, however, came The police, dnd ail concerned to Ube poiice station, From foreign sources we have ect to be carried.” —Bingharnton § bandsome. Rye wn quite now, can't you five mes it in returnt” His ‘Well, 1 say that you are a gentleman of most excellent taste."—Harper's Baz 7. Near-Sighted Aruist_“B'Jove, Uhere’s a glorious subject, just walt Ull I sketch fia beautiful am ber and gold suuset with a white cloud slowly moving to the right. If] could get Chat on canvas ‘as it should be, 1 would be worth & fortune.” ‘What yer talkin’ about? That's export of young Japanese giris, not w Lon Dut to Ainericarbut we have'boeh Wnable to any reliable information on tne Re ‘Thi i si 7 police ot Yokohama, as well as hat ceived some information, we know, Test assured that any sch detestable that hinted at will be at once put a stop = en, 3 ij ww A World’s Council of Women. From the Pittsburg Post. The last week of March, on Sun- day, the 25th, there will ve oeld in Washington an international council of women, called by the American Woman’s Suffrage Association. Among those wiose presence from abroad is promised are Pundita Ramabat, of India; Miss Helen Taylor, the rather distingutshea ughter of John Stuart alll, iss euriecta Mubier, of Girton ‘Col lege and a memver of the London school board, 95 Well a8 ladies trom France and Ituy. The inier- ational tea party Wili aiso be Lhe fortieta anal- versary of Ube Wow4n’s suffrage movement in Unis country, and among those wuo have we old in Ube service and Who have cl ou arrange- ments for the council we find Miss Susan B. Ap- tuony, airs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs Ma- ulda Joseiyn Gage, the Rev. Olympia Brown and other fainiliar names, The Kev. Antoinette Brown Biackwell Will also be present on Une Occasion. ‘These names will carry the reader back to the inception of the movement, when tt was much more matter, of ridicule than it is now. rough good evil report much chafting sake Sheers, and some honest ad- Mmiration, tuey have their hobby, with bere and there a flash of leatporary, big here and there a bitter disappolnument, and always ‘With that “hope deferred” which, With ordinary and women, it ts said, “waketh the heart ” Insome of Lhe Western terntones woman's unister (dining with the family)- nive little buy to eourey tbls morulng, Bobby. noticed you kept quiet and stil” Bovby—“Y¥es, sir; Troy Telegram. Simply Splendid, From the Detroit Free Press. It ds to be hoped that Cue writers mentioned tm the following dialogue may not see Uke following profound and critical analysis and digest of their work, IU would but add Uo Lbeir Vanity should they do so, and of Ubal abstract quality Uney pow Rave ail Unat is good for Lbem: “-Waat you reading now, Mamer” “Ob, I'm reading Tolsti.” “Isn't he spleadia?” 1 Was afraid of waking pa up.” by the propagandists has been Uae part allowed to visions in the ssion to the ‘Women 1u scu0ol clections and dr states, as Weil as thelr rectory of’ chantabie and reformatory tustivus lous. pac even Reve it hay not Daou an uaaiioyed | 40% JUS apleDGld! Wasn'eanoa Kar spiem Now tagiand ave muowa tac indie wae of te eoaig: Have you read any of Turgencrs Sven when it‘uas boon granted them. Im fase tata | 70% Yes; ve Just Anished ‘Dumitet Roudine,’* ts the stumbilng-viock. Au Lewis Lhat we an are aware of bave dewmonstrated tuat wacn oace | (Splendid? aroused Lo consider the issue, the women are op-| “! “hink Posed to ine suffrage beiug conferred oa tueir vex. nf ““Isa’t be, thought” (Chlmeve Art and Landscape Gardening. “Tes, indeed. Mave you ever read any of Olive Risley-Seward in February Wide Awake. ees ‘Twere are said to be something ike 60,000 ches. | jpunot course, ‘acters in the written language Of the Chinese. 1 | ase Veanér’ am pure it would take them all to fully describe Jas splends the queer sights ‘strange customs we wit- | ones nessed in Peking the few days. we rested gre Just splendid! 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