Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1888, Page 6

™, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.. SATURDAY, JUEY 14. 1888-DOUBLE SHEET. Writven for T! Evesixo Sram IN SOCIETY, ‘The Correct Mode of Giv' awering Invitations, HOW LONG IN ADVANCE INVITATIONS SUOULD BE ISSUED — PROPER FORMS, REPLIES, INVITATIONS, DINNERS, RECEPTIONS AND “AT HOMES”—PORMS OF INVITATIONS—HOW TO TREAT THE UNINVITED. [Copyrighted 1388.) Invitations should be given with great particu- larity, received with attention and answered with care, For a large dinner party, the Invitations should de Issued within twengy-one days of the day fixed for the dinner party, or certainly within fourteen Gaya. Engraved cards are used for these invita- ons, leaving places to be filled with the names, dates, hour and address. The united names of host and hostess must be engraved thus in the ‘Space left for that purpose, as Mr. and Mrs. Buthholm Fequest the pleasure of cowpany at dinner on ats clock. For small and unceremonious dinners, ten days’ Rotice should de sufficient, or even less, and writ- ten notes in the first person can take the place of the more formal engraved cards, tavita- Gions are written according to the of inti macy exist nd guests. In- Vitations to dinner parties @uring the 1 mt out five ¢ Wales has tpitates a large sending for the es" by of the day when with as little det tions have bee of courtesy person tn’ AN ANSWER TO AN INVITATION } cannot be solteiied in a subseyuent note; it threfore incursbent on the invited guest wo dis- pateh an answer within a day or two at least. Dinner tavit an efther be left in person or | Dy a servant, or be sent through the post, and in Whatever wuy the invitation is sent the ‘answer | 1s should be returned tm the sam ner. ‘The duty of sending out Invitations devolves on the hostess. It ts 1 to Invite more than two members of family to the same dinner. Husbands and wives must always be asked to- | gether. Punctuality fs the most desirable of vir Tues always, but ata dinner it 1s imperative. In- Vitatlons to dinners are the only ones which ta En- land ave tssued in the Joint name of the bost and Rostess: ali otner invitations are in ‘the natwe of the hostess only. In this country wedding invits. | din the joint names of bust and hostess. Invitations to “At Homes” are always in | the name of the hostess. If these are on an eu- graved canl, the name of the Invited guest 13 | fen at the top of the cardas well ason the envelope. Invitations to 5 o'clock tea would be on ¢ ordinary vistting card, and the formula ts “Tea ” ‘The term “Honorable” 1s onls put on the | Invitations to large ceremonious “At at enveiope. Homes” should be sent out a fortnight previous to the won, but for small unceremonious teas, a few days ora Week is a sufficient tme. aiternocn concerts are given, tuvitations can be issued on the usual “At Home” cards. ‘The name of the person invited is written above the name of the hostess im the right-nand corner, thus: Mis. Redfern, Mrs. Dater At Home ‘Thursday, January 13, ‘Muste at 2 o'clock, RSV. P. If dancing ts intended that can be substituted for music. Ladies who entertain a great deal flad ‘These cards an Immense saving of labor. GANDEN PARTIES. Tavitations to garden parties ar@also issued on “at home” cards ‘The words garden party being | Substituted for dancing or music. The time for | rea parties should always be from about 4to7. Eomethnes in Englands diancr anda dance are added Uo the garden party. Then the invitation Feads: Mrs. Dater At Home ‘Thursday, August 15. arden Party. Dinner at 7:30; Danciug 9 o'clock. It ts proper in this country to add at the head of the card: ‘Mr. and Mrs. Jenks and Party, Mra. Dater, At Home, Augiist 2 ‘Gardeh Party, 3 more than the master and mlstress are expected. ail “At Home” cards the letters K. 8. V. P. aré engraved, and to these answers should be Sent as | soog as possible. In answering this sort of a gen- eral invitation Mr. and Mrs. Jeaks must respond, mentioning the names of the friends whom they ‘will bring. INVITATIONS TO RVENING RECEPTIONS ean also be issued on “At Home” cards, and these evening receptions become evening parties in full ress. In issuing invitations to meet a distinguished Pergon the card should read: ‘To meet the Secretary of State and Mrs, Evarts, Mrs Jenks ‘When | ‘The name of the distinz ‘Ways be written above tae name of the hostess, | avoiding the bad grammar which ts created by the mixed cards one generally sees. Iavitations | Wa bail are always issued by the hostess alone, | | ‘Unree Weeks before the ball, but the word bail ix ever used on an invitation, no matter how grand ‘Uhe entertainment; the “At Home” card, with GMancing” witten in the corner, must aldne do uty. GENTLEMEN'S INVITATIONS. Invitations tssued by gentlemen, oMfcers, mem- bers of a hunt, cadets, students, &c., always must ‘The officers of the 7th Regiment Tequest the pleasure of {or the honor of ‘Mr. and Mrs. So and So’s Company, Dut this formula is not used by a lady when giving Dall. In the case of a written invitation it cau ve and often is used, but the “ball” could be termed “a dance.” Invitations to a wedding are issued a fortnight before the day and require no answer. A card Is sent to the lady in Whose name the cards are issued, If Uhe invited guest 1s unable to attend. | ‘The usual way to tavite guests to luncheon would De elther by a written invitation or a verbal oue, | according to circumstances. It is in England an | wnceremonious, uncertain meal, to which invita~ fous are never Tormally issued on Invitation cards ‘Tue most formal lunches are ladies’ luncheons in | New York, and to these the tavitations are for- mally writven and often sent a fortnight in ad- Vanee. Many hostesses give their friends carte | Dianche tavitations to lunch. but ladies seldom | avail Unemseives of this, although mea durtaz th London season are expected to do $0. This prot fered hospitality is Wituout ceremony, and the Dresence of a casual visitor at luncheon ‘is consid- od ab acquisition, ETIQUETTE IN VISITING. A lady must be particular to specify on her “At Home” cara whom she wishes vo see, and no lady should go to @ strange house unless she has re- ceivedacard. A Young man may be taken by a | iuarrted lady, Because the married lady 1s socially | ‘ail powerful, to a iriend’s house, but a young girl | even, muck more a married lady, must receive & card 1, however, turougl auy uulsapprehension, & person gets Into 2 uouse Uninvited, a hostess ould Lever show by look of manner that she has observed 1. ‘The very fact that the person has €rossed her threshold gives that person ‘a claim on he hostess. Rut sie will be sure to speaic of It afterward, and people had better not go bniess 12- | Vited. ‘To be formally Invited to ail parties is the | Ctiquette of the day. One cannot be too particular | On tuts point. Never accept those roundabout in- | Vitations “Come and dine any day, there is always & plate for you at my table,” they mean nothing. You will probably, if you ‘go, find your inconse. Quent host out dining. "If your friend wishes you WY come to dinner let him wish you so much that | he Wil specify day and uour. Let him say he Wishes for you “on Thursday, at 7 o'clock.” And | You tust Temewmber, as an invited guest, to an- | Swer such an invitation lamediately, and to keep | the engagement With a8 wuca soicmulty as you ‘Would an oath. NER ENGAGEMENTS. Nooue can trifle with a dinner engagement, The next duy it is considered proper to make a Ginner call, particularly in Engiand and on the continent. When there is any doubt as to whether You should answer an invitation or not, alway auswer it. Very few people are offended at pune Ullous politeness. Invitations to 5.0'clock tea do Rot require an answer. Invitations to visit at a country house should be made very clear and Should be answered promptly. In England a host invites you to come by a certain train and tells ou When to yo—a very great point in hospitality. og are invited to arrive by the “three train on Monday, Uo leave by the four train on Thursday,” Whick teans that you shall arrive Lefore ulbner on Monday and ieave after junciicon on Thursday. | ‘Once arrived, you rarely meet your host and hostess | Wall) dinner.’ These invitations are considered as Sacred and Unalterabie in English country houses, and should be so in ours. The bad habit of Amer! €an hospitality has always been to have people to come and goto suit their own conventence, No | person should draw back fron an invitation given | ‘and received unless he 1s compelled by sickbesy OF death or some most imperative necessity. First | invitations should alway= be responded to cour. Yweusly, cards left, and proper recognition of the | civilly, even if Ue Invited guests do uot wish to keep Up the acquaintance. SENDING C1RDS, Itoften happens that people get old, or get in- ‘Valided, of grow poor and cannot keep up a large ecquaintance, but they should never forget to Send a card to show that they feel complimented Dy having been invited. Stull less sould vulgar Suobs, nowveru riche, teinporaril; jfreat peuple be inaltentive to their iavitation. sy doing so they Show their rudeness, their ignorauce auathetr 1b- Siguificance. No new person should “scrabble” for Invitations. As 4 German Who had begun to Jearn English deitaed the anxiety of certain uew- comers as “all scraubie,” we might use the word advisedly. It geuerally ‘defeats lself. Iu a tor tiga city if @ traveier ts tovited to dinner and Gnds hiinself witout a dress coat, he writes to ls host excusing Limself on that score. If he re- selves another note saying. “We gladly recetve ja | tery, be considered an insult. If a lady issues an invita. Mon to an evening “At Home,” calling ft an enter. talament, a soiree, oF evening party, sie should be Tewarded by the cureful dressing and early arrival of her guests. It is never prover for ladies to wear bonnets to these entertainments, Whea tnvica- tous are given to a suburban place to which peo- ple are expected to co by rail, or public means of conveyance, a card should also be sent stating the hours which tralus leave and also which train or Which bual, to take, and any other Information which may’ add to the comfort of the guests should Ve added, If (he invitation be to a country place not easy of access, still more explicit directioos shouid be added and carriages sent to turet the train, M. E. W. SHERWOOD. oo ‘Trast. ‘We know that tuto outmost space, ‘Snatched sheer of earto, the spirit goes al Who —Go4 only: on His Word Twholly reat, J solely Jean. ‘al Sonne betwee 1 "hath hexrd seempatic Ofwath ‘why of death ~I think of all who've passed the strife; ald bod their own, unaware, Nor Knew while breataing out their breath, ‘The angel whom they saw was Death: And Tam comforted: because ‘The luve that bore these tremblers through fola its strength about tue too: ne was, will By. come to die. rast, fear Dawu-sniitten, when ore, Tc There ‘Auad ty hopes. anid Throuch the process The yoars that bear me ba “Ah, Christ, if th Strong th Thy streasth T dare te —MARGARE: soe A Country Mystery. W. C. Prime in New Yor Journal of € We live among mysteries, Life itself ts a mys- Death, witu vil the Izht that has been ed on {t vy revelation, Isa mystery, Every the transformation of Invisible tation, purple and gold and isa mystery. Butso ac- hese Wonderful and tnex- able processes witch are going On around us that they exeite but little interest and small sur- Je If an event occurs which 1s out of the ry cours® of events in our Hives or among our surroundings, we are curious to know all about Mt, and some such events excite our wildest curl- osity. If we lived among ghosts, if inteiligent beings of another than our human race were constantly vis- ible to us by night or by day, passing to and fro g Dnt not of ns, We should look on ghosts Las on the coming up of ads In the air, the return ‘An Interesting ilustra- this is found amonz the colored peop!e in parts of the South. They belleve in ghosts or “haunts,” and think ‘they see tem fre. | quently, ‘so frequently and “commonly that they think noting strange of such sights, “Did you ever see haunt Tones asked an Intelligent coloted man. “Ob, yes, everybody sees haunts.” “Do they frigutep your” “What should a haunt frighten any oue for?” You see plenty of ‘em ali the time. They never hurt yor People are fond of minor mysteries, regardless of the greater mysteries around them. There are few localities in which you will not find existing some special mystery, some occurrence which has taken place about which tue local mind exercises itseif vainly Co find explanation of the why or the wherefore. Away down the valley beyond the Franconia mountains ts a clearing in which are the remains of a cellar Wall, proving that a small house once stood there, {angie of clnnainon roses which annually perfume the alt among the thickets of wiia cherry now covering the clearing, and in the few rotten Doards whieb crush under your feet as you pus through the thicket to reach the trout stream which runs a few rods behind wuere the house stood, It 13 more than a balf century since this house stood there. It was a lonesome Spot, well upon the slope of the bills, guarded | in rear and on right aud left by the untouched forest, looking out in front over an exteaded Jandscape. Iv was a mile from the next house, and nearly two miles from the villag~. house Was old when a stranger bonght the farm from the man who had built the house and brought up a family tn it, and had then moved to the West. The stranger was thorouguly a Stranger. No one knew him, or where he came trom, and, still more tinportant, lls con- versation, habits, tasies and general style of lite Were wholly strange to those of tue people in this lorality. He bad no employment in common with the people. He knew nothing avout farming. He never plowed or ivated his land. He lived quite alone In the Iittie house, whose sparse turnt- ture he had bow ut hit. He received letters oecasionally at tue village post-office, which prob- a breaght bk the means of living, for he always hat suifictent money for the purchase of the necessities of He did not mingie with the people, DIL Was nevertheless greatly liked by the men because Of ifs kin Ways, bis Occasional services to Chose in need, his Valuable advice often and always given with willingness and imple evidence tuat le Was well able to ad- wih vise. Years passed, and he had become a part of the community. an ‘important parc, too. The vil- lage minister, who Was a man of abillty,fond of stud tes related to hls sacred profession, Was surprised and delighted oue day in casual conversation with the stranger tofnd that he Wasa scholar, able to help him in getting at the meaning of a Greek word used by St Paul, by citing the repeated use of ‘the same word In Greek ilterature. The doctor, who like many country physicians had been compelled to lead a Very lonesome life so far as intellectual compan- JonSbip Was concerned, found immense delight In talks, brief Dut full of information and with the unknown man. For he re- leally unknown. He never talked one. He would exchange a few sen- nly, with mthister, doctor, farmer, or mechanic, then turn away, steking Again his Jouesomene-3 In Which he seemed content. This much I Chink may be taken as fact about him. Much more exists in tradition among the older in- habitants Who say that he was a wonderful scholar, @ great lawyer, a man of- immense powers: Perhaps he was’ Enough to be sure of that he had come from a crowded world of so- | ciety, of books, ana learned men, and the asso- clations of 2d people, into this remote life where only nature seemed his familar compan- ton. But this was not the mystery. Peo pie thereabouts were not inquisitive. ‘To them, indeed, there Was nothing worthy of wonderment that @ man should come from anywhere to enter Into that community and sort of society in which they lived and from which they had no desire to remove, Nor at that place and time was there any of the now existing curiosity which character- izes inhabitants of the large cittes, leading them to pry lato the private lives of one another, and which mokes the highest triumphs of journalism The discovery aud publication from day to day of family secrets. The inVasions of private and per- sonal life now approved in the cities were unknown to that social system in which every man’s house, though it Were only a log cabin, without lock oF bolt, Was his castir, sacred to home privacy, de- fended from Invasion by universal respect for the decencies and dutles of soclaplte, For more than iliteen years the stranger (who, from the address on his letiers, had come to be known as John Wilson, without’ even a Mr. or an Esq.) lived in the old house, while the land around iL Went to waste, brusu grew over the clearing, the mountain brook Wore 4 new course for itseit tu freshets, and covered what had been the g: den beluind the house with a broad sheet of sand, ary, not, and white in the summer sun. Now we conie to the tay stery ‘One August day Jostah Bolson, a farmer, drove up the lane between the maples to the door of the Old Louse, He Went by appotntment to get trom Mr. Wilson some medicine promise. him for a sick hotse, “He knocked bat got no answer. ‘Then he walked arouad the house. eruss the bed of sand, ‘on the edge of the brook, he saw some one Iylug and called out. ‘The mollouless figure frightened him. He went nearer. It was Joun Wilson, dead; ‘shot through the breast with a pistol or rifle bullew Josial Bolson Was a selectnan, intelligent, Judi dous. He satistied himself the man was dead, past help, then Went as fast as his horse could carry hua for the doctor, the ininister and three or four of the most intelligent mea te could pick Up. In ab hour or two tuey reached the nouse ail to- getuer, and Josiah, with much anxiety, bade them Tollow in single Mie across the sand, leaving foot- prints only Where he had vefore crossed it. They carried the dead ian into his house, Then they began an examination. ‘There were otuer foot PFiuts Ou the sand, Witch was much Urampled, Some of these were made by the bootsor the imw= dered man. Others wers by boots of a smaller size, For & long tue these two sizes of footprints, Were the only ues found. At tengch the doctor | uttered an exclamation. He had found a Uuird Sort of footprint, clearly a woman's, ICwas sinall, WS, Wien shoes Were ‘mostly hand made, Was recognized as the print of what wey called a ext suoe. Ia the nouse tuere was nothing to attract notice. Ie was conjectured that in the night Ume aman and woman had come, bad called the solitary man out into the moonlight, lad held an interview of some kind with him, Which had ended with the pistol Suot. ‘There were few facts on Which to found conjecture. The mystery of this violent death bow made bis live a mystery. Among his effects they found nothing to indicate who he was, and Uueie Was therefore no one to whom the Lact | of his death could be communicated. “Shall we open Uie Next letler Which comes tO him at the Dost-oflice?” Was a much-discussed question. It Was Useless discussion, for, (0 increase the mys letier ever agala ei:ne addressed to uth ‘How did hiscorrespondgat kuow that he was dead? ‘The entire contents of the house were sold by. due process of law to he had only @ rifle of my marked passage—inarked only WLR a black dot of a pencil on t Fach of these pasages had reference Co Cue ingratitude of entlaren, ‘Same sty le of mark directed bis attention to Das ages of slunilar character im the Greek tragedies, In alter years the people used to say that the Min- aster fuund someting important in book about the wap. But this was be lninister hwy ead, and he bad any such fi ‘All this happenod ago. liow old were they whose foot-print aad Woman, marked thelr presence able guilt of one or bothin the m1 Wilson? Are they living sttil, old people, if F E 5 5 i i you en de ” "whe gentie- man or lady can go, var without tis ex- Pianation and peruission presenee of | country where all wi person not propery urssved for & cinuer would | Tighted by allcoupeliing power. i heavily loaded with Ube welght of Unis erime? Or have ine; cs done here are E iF 2 5 &; if Equally strong proof exists tn the | ‘The | SUMMER NEAR NEW YORK, A Cheap Way of “Doing” Its Hot Weather Hesorts, TUE EVENING STAR CORRESPONDENT HAS DIBCOV- ERED IT AND 1S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS DIS- COVERY—THE PLEASURES OF 4 CANOE MEET ON ‘SANDY HOOK. Special Correspondence of Tae Evexrxa San. ABOARD THE CRUISER SENECA, SUREWSBCRY Rivex, July 13, Ican’t write Tae Stak a letter from New York this week, because Iam not there. The Atlantic Division of the American Canoe Association 1s holding its first “meet” down here on the Shrews- bury River, and as a good and true member of that institution I am taking part in it. The Wash- ington Canoe Club, at whose birth in 1884 I stood Sponsor, 8@ part of the Atlantic Division, but ‘here isn’t a Washington canoelst tn our camp. ‘There are some thirty-odd canoes from New York And other cities, however, drawn up on the strip of sand no wider than Pennsylvania avenue, which 48 called Sandy Hook, and which separates the Shrewsbury River on the west from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, The Washington canoeists will be interested in learning that we have been afloat on the cruise since the Fourth of July; that we sailed from the rendezvous on Newark Bay down Staten Island sound and across the lower New York Bay to this point, just opposite the Atlantic Highlands; that we ‘held our races and elected ew ofllcers Tuesday, and that we have had no accidents or disasters yet worth chronicling. And it may be added that we are all as brown as Arabs, a8. chronically hungry as ostriches, and a8 isreputable in outer appearance as tramps, Having fun? Yes, tons of it. It’s fun for the healthy ctviitzed man to Im for a season into a state of semi-savagery; to live out of doors with as few clothes on as possible; to cook Lis own slapjacks and coffee of a moruing for breakfast, and eav with tbe ocean breezes a3 & Provoker of appetite. vs great fun to, discard Stiff “botied shirts” for awhile In the dog-days and lounge around in flannels and old clothes. It's fun Co catch fish and crabs in the morning and go Splashing abeut in the ocean's surf in the evening. 103 fun to be careless of appearance, and it’s joily to be grimy and dirty When everybody you méet 18 grimy and dirty, too. ‘Oh, yes; we're having fun. And iUS cheap, this sort of an outing at the sea. shore. I've kept a day-book of ex; sf starUng, and to-day I footed it up, struck an av: age-and discovered that 1 am simmering at the seaside for twenty cents a day. And Mving 1p comfort, too, mind you. The menu aboard the “Seneca”—which isi't a canoe, Dut a stnail sail boat with portable canvas cabin—has been exten | sive and Varied, The dining table—a soap box turned bottom ‘up—uas groaned beneath the f edibles as choice as Jersey affords. @ season have been ites 1€ not in the zeme no agate ware dishes e tasted better than any served on choicest Sovres china with hand-painted pictures on it in the realms of effete civilization. 1 wonder that the city clerks and the hard-working people of little means don’t Cake their vaca! fons in this Way instead of going off to summer hotels with ligi-priced ac commodations aad highfalutin demands in the Way of dressing, or else to country boarding houses where the food is badly cooked and the beds badly put Logether. Let a clty bookkeeper, Twill say, get hold of a Small sat! boat or even & ScoW WIL @ house bufit on It flat-boat style, ancuor it here on the Shrewsbury where le hasn't any rent to pay, abd put aboard pf it a mattress, bedding, an oll ‘stove or two andSome provisions, ‘Then let hin $oad for his wife and the youngsters. ‘Thero’s no dres-tug for dinner to be done, there's salt-water Datutng in the surf or in still water every day without paying bath-house charges; there are health, happiness and coutentnent ata less price than ‘living at home in the city would cost. If Mr. and Mrs.” Bookkeeper want to go to & hop at Long Branch or a sermon at Occan Grove they can take the cars night here on the Hook and be Whisked away to elther resort In. from twenty to thirty minutes, In ninety minutes they can reach New York by rail or steamer, and yet here eY are a8 apwrt from the civilized world as if ywere in Zanzibar. It's the nicest and the cheapest way Of suminering, aud 1 am going to do missionary Work in making it known to the tollers of New York city. In my bundle of matl which came from town to-day was a letter from a man who appreciates Uhe value of Tue EVENING Star as an advertising medium. He says he has received letters from the District of Columbia, from Virginia, Maryland, and states more remove from Washington, asking him to buy advertising noveltles to manufacture, ane referring 10 ap article about him in THE STAR. He Wants me to tell Tae Stak that he owns now more advertising schemes than he can push, and can't buy any more for at least six months. ‘And allthis came trom a little story about him and an advertising puzzle that I wrote for this column some weeks ago. H. H. Sovte. soe LITTLE BATHERS. Teaching Children How to Conduct ‘Thenwelves je in the Water, Self-support in the water 1s so eas'ly accom- complished, says Babyhood, that children who are old enough to bathe alone in ponds or at the sea- side sould have the “knack” of tt explatned until they thoroughly and uamistakably understand it and have practiced tt suitictentiy in charg of their elders to give them a sense of assurance and selt- reliance when alone. It 1s not generally koown that a finger laid upon any floating Odject, like a log, an overturned boat, or even dn oar, will stistain the body tn suooth water suficiently for the head to be kept for breathing and seeing. Many persons are drowned because they exert themselves wildly when thrown into the water suddenly, yet 4 boat half-nilled with water, or with even title more than Une gunwales aove the surface, will sup- Port as many persons as can get their handson It, if they bebave quietly. A person of perfect self- possession, though not knowing how to swim, Would, tn Gases of accident, stand amuch better echauice of life by resolviug’to remain motlonicss, ‘with such support, and call until aelp cine, than would an expert Swimmer who should “lo3¢_ his head” and flounder around until his strengih was exhausted. In this, a8 in many other things, the best way to Instruct a Hite child is by telling a story ti Volving such scenes as it 1s desired toimpress upon the listener, followed later by other stories calcu. lated to redch the same end, uatil the theory 1s firmly fixed in the chuld’s mthd; then, when op- portunities for practical application come, to make Ube most of them. In no case should afear of the water be allowed to tinptess itself, except such as is based on the swimmer’s own ‘recklessness or carelessness, There is no knowing how soon the occasion may come when parents will be un- speakably thankful 1or having cultivated habit of self-possession in their children at an early age, ‘Tue ability to float on the back, with no sup- port, yet_ keeping the chin above water, 1s not so eastly acquired, “yet it 1s surprising ow many boys abd girls do acquire it at a very early aze, In this, however, much depends upon the sizz of the chest capacity relatively to total welgut of tbe body, as well as the set of the head on the should. ers, dnd there are some who cannot learn to float, soe New Honeymoon Fashions. Cincinnati Enquirer, July 8, ICs fasiionable now for husbands and wives to keep separate bedrooms. Kings and queens have set the example, 4nd the newly-coupled folks in our fashion world are following it, No secret is made of the custom. ‘The nicest of our output of June brides will calinly show you her owa dainty boudotr, and then exhibit the ‘bedroom of her hus- band, "And the duke of Marlborough and his bride, the beautiful widow Hamersley, sailed away'on thelr honeymoon voyage in Uwo state. rooms. More than that, I have it from a positively trust- worthy scource that on the evening of the wed- ding, ‘after tke Clews dinner at “Delmonico’s, which Was concluded at 10:42 p.m., the chaperone, ‘Mrs. Cruger, and the duchess were driven in & carriage unatieuded to the Hamersiey mansion on Fifth avenue, ana the duke, after passing some Ume With his friends in ordinary postprandial en- entertainment sought bis quarters at the Albe- arie hotel ‘This Was construed as ducal polite. ess. ‘The idea Is that the bride must not be intruded upoo, and that she must be left to invite her hus- band'to call sooner or later, as the fancy sults her, In one instance, the wedded coupie went Tight away on diverse tours, to meet at the end of @ Week ip Some disiant plice, the locality being Kept a secret from their acquaintances, Cupid's Geography, When wi far aj a a pile world ise yee WL it aesttines & difereit shape When we are side by side. For then 'tis so diminutive ‘To our ecstatic view, ‘We hali iinasive it wus made Just large enough for two. lye. ets on tadcta Poor Old Bald-Headed Grandfather. From the Philadelphia Times, AT DINNER. ‘What to do and What Net te do. From the Boston Globe. ‘Don’t be in a hurry, for hurry tmplies confusion ‘And disorder. If you are confused you will surely Upset a dish efther upon yourself or upon your ‘neighbor. . Don’t eat with your knife, for, as some writer bas Said, “that is a relic of barbarism.” Don’t hang your napkin to your collar-button or stuff it inside your collar. It was made to protect Your lap, not your necktie. ‘Dou’t igake a hissing sound when you take soup, or some ove may mistake you for a callope, When You raise Your spoon to your lips ratse tt laterally to the mouth. Don’t bring your elbow around it at right angles with your face. Don't feel that you must swallow the seeds of rafsins and small fruit. ‘That is dangerous. Don't forget that there are other people at the table as well as yourseif, and that you are in auty bound Co be as solicitous for their comfort as you Would be for your own. ‘Therefore, doa’t spread Yourself all over the table, Don't “saw” your mouth with your napkin, and don’t reach in front of another guest to get any- thing that he might pass you if you had asked for it, assuming, of Course, that the walter was not standing by. Don’t ‘be ‘afraid to be cheerful _and happy at meals. “Cheerfuiness 1s full of significance; It Suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a Soul at peace with all ‘human nature.” Cheerful- hess 1s the mother of good digestion. Don’t be afraid to eat hard cheese with the thumb and forefinger. Of course, the soft cheeses ‘Will have to be eaten otherwise. Putting a small portion of soft cheese upon your bread with the Gage of the kulle, as you would butter, ts the proper way. ‘The foregoing chapter of “don'ts,” if carefully observed, will enable the dimdent or toss Wii have not’ been particularly schooled in etiquette (there 18 no established scliool of manners, and hewspaper and magazines editors are constantly asked for advice as (0 the test form for doing thus OF so) to escape the Scylias that may le in thelr ai A good advice is (and mothers should teach tt incessantly) to use Une fork alinost constantly, and pata tte upon ic at a time. ‘In tis way the food conveyed to the mouti—never with the knite— although in some countries this mode 1s still kept up, even amongst royalty. Although MANNERS ARE NOT A SCIENCE, and we have no standard to judge by, yet eti- quette isglways the admitted legislator of the present, and we must conform to its laws, If you have strawberries and cream, soup, melons, stewed fruit, preserves and jellies eat then With a spoon; ‘These things, because of their juiciness, cannot be eaten with a fork, Fish Should be eaten with akuite and fork, aud every ell-regulated house, when it serves oysters on the half shell, will piace a staall silver Tork be- Side cach guést’s plate. When the lostess serves strawberries with the green stems, then they are invariably tobe tuken Up 1M the fingers (by tue stem) and eaten one at a une Fruit like pears and apples 1s first peeled, then quartered and then taken up in the Mugers aud eal : With salads the knife and fork 1s used, if the Salud bas not been cut up betore being served. No hostess who understands table eriquette, hor a walter who has been well trained, will ever Uuink of offering you more than a laille full of Soup, andif you are ata private or fashionable dinotr (anywhere except a hotel), and the dinner 4s too ot, or you do not happen to like a certain dish arter’it has been served, protend to eat It, and this considerstion on your part wiil make you the everlisting friend of the host and hostess Don't stop short and sit back In your chair, ‘That 4s the most embarrassing kind of embarrassment for both yourself, your host, and your associates, Your napkin i5"to provect your lap. With the corners You may when necessary gently wipe the mouth, “Sten With bushy moustaches are permit. ted to doa little Vigorous rubbiug, oF, as IU saptly lermed, “sawing.” ‘This would be unpardonable fu men‘with suivoth faces, cee ‘The Ketort Courteous, From the New York Graphic. Wheu the sister of the governor of a uelghbor- ing State was married afew years ago, she re- ceived a great many Valuable presents, and among them were many pleces of plate and silverware of all sorts. But particularly was she overwhelmed With silver fruit spoons, BeautiCuily chased, gold- lined, in every sort of variety, were these spoons, Alter the wedding, and when they had returned froin the honeymoon, the bride found that she had no Immediate use for half the silverware she pos- Sessed, especially as for the time they were to iive in her 'motuer’s Louse. So she consigned some of {€ to the care of a bank tn town, ‘The fruit spoons all went to the vault, A [ew montis Liter she received an invitation to attend a wedding of a schoolmate in a neizhbor~ ing town. Sue Kaew she would have to go w New York to buy a suitable present, and she didn’t care about taking the journey Just the! ‘Ail at ouce the idea cauie into her head that she had a great superiiuity of fruit spoons Way Should sic not send some of them to her school inate for a present? ‘There seemed to be uo objec- Uion, so she sent tue butler down to the bank with orders to pick out a case Of spoons, ‘The buuier Tultilied lis mission, None of the presents were Ucketed, so that it was altogether Impossible to tell from whom tals particular set of spoons bad come, ‘Tue spoons traveled once more to a hymeneal altar, and the lady wuo sent nem heard nothing about them for several days. ‘Thea she received the following letier: Deak Mapas: Lam very turning the spoous, I thought they were too good for you When I sent them to you as a weading present, and It 1s honest for you tosend them buck. Yours, &¢., IU isnot wise to giveaway your wedding presents. ves — ‘ateful to you for re~ “Chambermaid ‘Treatmenv? “Nerves? From the New York World. ‘The queen of Sweaen 1s undergoing pecultar treatment to restore her nerves to a normal con- ition, ier doctors have ordered her to rise early ke her own bed and dust and sweep the room, has to take a walk tn Cue garden before break. Tast, Work amoug the Mowers afterward and lead fet.ve outduor ext ail day long. “Already queen has been ed by this “curious ure,” the “chamberinald treatment” as it 13 called, ‘The same mode of life might benefit many a Wollan in Uhlscountry Who las lost ber grip on That Ured iee.ing” the advertis ments speak of will succumb after a tune toa course in bed-making ant dusting, ee eee Sacard: “Things that Never Dic” ts the Ute of a maga- zine pom, We have searched in vain, however, for any wvention of the man Who sticks to the en Seats of an open horse-car. Old Mr. Sharply (leaning over the staircase in bis nightgown) —"Mabet Mabel (below) —"Yes, pi Old Mr. Sharply—“Just tell that young gentle. manin the parlor that if he ts watting for the morning paper be can get I quicker down-town.” “Vat!” said the collector for a ttle German band tow citizen who satin bis trout window, “you no gif noddings or dot_moosic?” “Not & cent,” replied the with hopeless emphasis, “Deh ve blay here some tore, dut's all.” ‘Tue only aan Who Was ever known to keep a cash account of is private expensss absolutely Straight for a year died Ue year afterward, and the doctors said ids death was caused by mental overwork. “Thomas, why don't you display more ambition? ‘There 1s always room at the top.” “No, my” love: you are ulstaken. You could not possibly crowd ‘Uriinming on the summit of your theatri- Boston tazette, Customer (getting his hair eut)—"Didn’t you nlp off a plece of the ear hen,” Barber (reasauringiy/—ies sab. & stall piece, but not ‘hough to affect de hearin’, sul”—Zeras aislings. Mrs Morris Park—“Mr. Rives 1s out a great deal at night, isn’t he? “My husvand always spends his evenings at home But, for miles. Mrs, Riverside Rives—“How kind of him! then, you know, Riverside and I have such perfect confidence tn edeh other !”—-Puck. Chicago Wite—“Why, what alls you, Charles? ‘You seem all outof breath and totally exhausted.” Chicago Husband—“I am. 1—have—just—been aunking — Berue —witt —one—of —your—ship- pers."—Judye. ‘Talk about the precision of the Boston girl! A. luutle east-side school girl_ was overleard telling a Playmate that she had been seasick, “That 15,” she added to correct herself, “I have “never been seasick because I have never been on the sea, you know, but I have been awfully lakesick.”— Ait. waukee Wisconsin. “Oh, Mrs, Smith, do please introduce Mr. Jo jo me!” “10's no good, dear, he Woh't Xo, I know; but I want to sit out with him; “he goes with ‘my dress so Deautifully.”— Loniton Judy. First wayback deacon (whispering)—“t's begin- two umbrellas ta ning to rai, and there are the vestibule,” ‘Second way back deacon—*“Who brought them?” “Those two strangers in the back seat.” “Humph! Back seats ty no place for’ stranger, ‘Show ‘em into 4 front pew.”— a World, “Hello, Jones! where are you going?” ‘“Gevting ready to devel id mine.” ee ee ee “None. q 1 sure to flad the pockets if there are any.”—San Fran. cisco Examiner. First Undertaker—“well, we can’t complain much of duliness of ousiness.” . Second Undertaker—“No, it 18 true we have no cholera or yellow fever this summer, but there’s & bn ar end epidemic of the mind cure in places,"—Lye. He cat an evening party}—May I have the next wales’ Miss Clara’ She—“Excuse me, Mr. Wabash, but. to the Tecent death of & very dear aunt, I do not right that I suould dance. But in Co supper if you like.”—Epoch, HOME MATTERS. WORDS OF ADVICE TO INDUSTRIOUS HOUSE-KEEFERS— LITTLE THINGS WELL WoRTH CIPES FOR A NUMBER OF SUMMER DISHES AND DRINKS. Benuiss Nexp a Prince or Sact when cooked; ‘Without It they are sure to be a little flat. ACuEaP Re wears a great deal better than a cheap carpet, aud somehow they are far more ar- Ustic in design, Ovk oF THE Most Ixrortar Taxes In serving fish for the first course at dinner ts to see that itis hot and served immediately when ready. As 4 DRESSING IN THE BaTH, two quarts ot water With two ounces of glycerine scented with rose, ‘will impart a final freshness and delicacy to the skin FINe TaBLE SALT WILL remove odors from the hands after peeling onions or handling fish. Simply rub the hands thoroughly with it and then ‘Wash It off. THE ADDITION OF SALT TO WareR in which fish 18 dolled seasons the Msh and at the same time hardens the Water so that it extracts less of the Dutritions part of the fsb. A SuMMe® Dessert.—There are a few desserts ‘more acceptable than oranges, cut up and sugared. and chilled for a couple of hours in the refrigera- for. Some add to it grated or destcated cocoanut, but good oranges cannot be Improved by adding auything besides sugar, especially so indigesubie @ thing as cocoanut, ‘Teas, RECEPTIONS, LaRog Dinnens and the like, are all over until the reopening of the season pro- Per, but luncheons and small dinners are always in vogue, and this time of year they are especially dainty, as $0 many floral attractions are added to the table decorations. ‘The alin is to give as rustic ‘an appearance as possible. Ham Toast.—Chop very fine any pleces of cold dolled or fried ham. Toast to a golden brown pleces of stale bread; butter tt while hot and plac iton a heated dish; cover it with a thick layer of the ham, nicely seasoned, and stand it in the often for a few minutes, while you make a nice cream Sauce. Pour it around the toast and serve. ‘ThIS Makes a delightful breakfast or luncheon dish. Raspserny and CcRRanr Ice CreaM.—Brulse & @ pound of fine ripe red currants and half a pound of picked raspberries, and put them into a sauce- Pan zan enamelled one—with ten ounces of sifted oat sugar, Stir over a gentle fire until the frult beging Lo simmer, then pass It through a fine steve. Mix the pulp with a pintof cream, or plain custard, then freeze and mould according to taste. BLACKBERRY PUDDING.—Stit a cup of cerealine into salted boiling water tomakea moderately thick mush. Add aquart of blackberries and let {t boll for fifteen minutes. Pour into a deep bowl, and when cooled set on the ice. This may be made at breakfast time to provide an excellent lunch or hearty dessert on a hot day. Serve with cream and suga:. Farina, cooked for a long ume ina double boiler, instead Of the cerealine, 1s even rt Cookep Cuctuners.—Pare half a dozen and cut ‘them in quaiters; remove the seeds and cut each length In two, Cook slowly in salted polling wa- ter for half an hour. Drain and pour this sauce over them: Melt In a saucepan an ounce each of butter aud flour; stir untii smooth, and add slowly € pint of hot chicken or veal broth; Naish with a Dit of butter, salt, pepper, a little leiuon Juice, and agillof botcream, These are very nice with sweetbreads. A Savery Laur.—If, ater putting the wick into the bowl of the lamp, and before pouring in any oll, the Dowl ts crammed with sponge, the wick aud sponge then saturated with te oll to the full- est capacity of the bowl, the lamp Is converted Into a safety lamp, so that there 19 no danger to lute from accidental upsetting or breakage of the lainp, or fear of spots on table scarf or carpet. Add More sponge ws, te wick burns away; keep the bowl full of it, ‘The lamp will continue to burn UiL Che Olt in Wick and sponge 1s exhausted. Srewep Breast or Laws Wit GREEN Peas. —Cut the lamb into small pleces, wash in cold water, then putit Into a saucepan, with a quart of cold water, a small onion, and two or three lettuce leaves chopped small; waen it comes to the boll ‘skin off all the fat and add a teaspoontul of salt and skim again; place the saucepan on the side the fire and simmer very gently for an hour; skim 4 well and put in the pint of peas and simmer half an hour ionger; add a sprig of mint to the stew; Pepper to taste; mix one ounce of four with & Cablespoontut of water, and stir this smoothly into Cue stew to thicken thé gravy, and simmer for ten minutes; serve with he mnedt in the center and the peas around. Wasi Day Hivrs.—Pillow slips and stockings must be turned inside out before they are washed, and for exactly different reasons. Flannels must be handled delicately. ‘The ordinary process of Washing would soon ihake them as stnooth as linen, and rob them of Laat delightful abJlity to irritate the skin that Is soothing tm Winter.” A piece of Mnen warked with fruit” status must be washed by stretehfug the neu over the tub and pouring hot water throug 1, and uo soap must De used unt tue stala disappears, If, however, the stain 4s of long standing, the spot "should Be. slighty dampened and thea rubbed vigorousiy with coun. mon yellow soap. After Uns it should be well Starched and then ‘exposed to the sua and air. Articles of delicate blue should be washed in Water to Which sugar of lead bas been added, It any article 1s mildewed, Javel Water Will soon re- move all trace of the mildew. A Goop Stimvtus {8 given a flagging appetite elther for luncneon or breakfast by toast and her- ring with eggs. Break three eggs into a small stewpan, add a saltspoonful of salt, a quarter of that quantity of pepper, and two ounces of fresh butter; place the stewpan over the fire, which must De moderate, and stir the eggs about with a Wooden spoon, keeping every parcicle in motion until the whole becomes a Smooth and delicate, Tather thick substance. Meanwiile the herrings, Split in two, must. be Soaked five minutes In boll? ing water, Which 13 poured over; lay them on a cloth to dry, then broil very gradually on a grid- fron; When Well done, which will be in about four or hVe minutes, have in readiness two tin slices Of toast, made very crisp; butter them lightly; then cake away all the bones of the herring, lay the lesy paris equally upon oue plece of Udast, pour over the eggs, and cover With the other slicé Of toast. Serve ot. PoINTS ON Cake BAKING.—Do not attempt to make cake without complete control of the fire, Thin cakes require a hotter fire than thick ones, ‘The oven should be the right heat to begin with, and not be aliowed to cool while the cake 1s in it or it will certatnly be heavy, Cake made with molasses burus more easily than any other, ‘Thin e sould bake trom iifteen to twenty minutes, uicker loaves {roin Luirty to forty minues; very thick cake one hour in an oven in Which you can hold your hand to count ufdderately twenty-five, and not be able to add a minute to that number’ Fruit cake requires Uwo or three hours. Divide te baking tuzo quarters. ‘The frst quarter, it should stuiply rise; second quarter, continue to rise and brown; Une Unird quarter gfow a uniform golden brown; fourth settle a ttle, brown in the ogacks and cleave frum the pan. | Tt a cake Tises, if the middie, stays up and’ cracks open, it 1s mixed too stiff.” When “new process” flour 1s used take one-eighth less than any recipe calls for.— Daughiers of America, SumMER HixTs.—Cellers must be examined two or three mes every week. All decayed vegetable matter removed. Ventilate or air a cellar at night or very early in the morning, and close tt during theday, The not air at midday contains much moisture Which condenses on tue cold walis of the cellar and causes dampness, which during the month of August will spread through the whole house, making it musty and unbeaicay. Garbage kettles shouid be cleaned every day—not only emptied, but washed and dried. If wooden ves. sels are Used, have two sets, so that one may be drying while the other is in use, Slop Jars should aigo be Washed and dried every morniug. It 1s not Uncommon tor disease to arise from these vessels that occupy our sleeping rooms, if not properly attended to aud leit ina Wet and unclean condl- tion, Surface cleauing amounts to but little in the hot months. Disease lurks, by choice, in the dark, neglected corners, Light purities, so Keep all routs well ventitated, ight and tree trom fies, £ have frequently observed greater flith among the pots, paus and jars In holises where neither pov Sry nor want of lume could be, used as an excuse, than in the humbler houses, where all the work @ large family was dot one pair of willing hands.—Table Talk. How to do Without Bustles. From the N. ¥. Sun. Ifyou have a;good figure,and are erect and graceful tn your carriage, you can wear a bustie- less gown witb impunity, but fiot otherwise, “I am afraid,” Said Selina Delaro, the actress, “that a good many of us will have to weep because wear- ing bustles has made the wearing of them more or Jess ofa necessity. Ifyou areofa mind todo Something more effective than weeping (makit your nose red won't help your back) put a big ‘DOO on the top of your a-kimbo your arms, bows back, palms of hat well back on hy try lifting yourself slowly on your toes again, with feet close together. In order todo this With any success at all your muscles will instinct- ively adjust themseves as they Jou keep up the Practice long enough you into your princess gown the time whe come back, without ———+eo___. ‘Wearing Real Flowers. ‘Paris Letter to London Truth. ‘A rather pretty mode is the wearing of real flowers in “trails” or bouquets on parasols at gar- den parties, It dates from the flower festa. There were a few at Lady Lytton’s garden at i i i ii i i d i I nid : i i POWDER Absolutely Pure. ywder never varies A marvel of Tats, po More" economieal tos theontinsry Kinds apd cannot be wold in, coupetition iti the multitude of low testeauore. welgut alain OF | ph te powders. SOLD ONLY IN Cars, ROXal Ba- Xixe Fowunm Go. 100 Wail street. ME “ay UR GREAT CLEARING SALE. Wo ‘old the auune ai Ty yes aud off the piece af old the maine at 17 0. and off the 1) Double Combination, 1247 and 1243 11thats.ed) Is Toe Or Peace Prerane FOR WAR, IS AN OLD SAW. WHY NOT PUT THIS “CHUNK OF WISDOM” INTO PRACTICAL USE. ‘MOST OF YOU ARE GOING AWAY SOME- WHERE FOR THE SUMMER, OR A PART OF IT. YOU ARE SURE TO FIND CooL, WEATHER WHEN YOU WILL NEED A LIGHT-WZIGHT WOOLEN SUIT. YOU CAN'T. WEAR THIN STUFFS ALL THE TIME, AND AN ORDINARY WOOLEN SUIT IS TOO HEAVY. SERGES OR CHEVIOTS ARE WHAT YOU WANT, JUST PROTECTION ENOUGH, AND AT THE SAME TIME COOL ENOUGH EOR ORDINARY USE. A LIGHT-WEIGHT OVERCOAT I8 AS NECESSARY TO A COMFORTABLE SOJURN AT SEASHORE OR MOUNTAIN AS ALMOST ANY GARMENT A MAN WEARS. IN TRAVELING EVERY MAN WANTS A DUSTEK, ALL THESE ARTICLES CAN BE HAD OF EITHER CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE MATE- RIALS, ACCORDING TO ONE’S TASTE OR ‘THE CONDITION OF HIS FINANCES. THE TIME HAS GONE BY WHEN IN OR- DER TO BE STYLISHLY DRESSED A MAN MUST WEAR EXPENSIVE CLOTHING. A $10 SUIT, A $15 OVERCOAT 0&8 A $1.50 FLANNEL COAT AND VEST ARE AS STYLISHLY CUT AS THOSE COSTING THREE TIMES AS MUCH. EB. BARNUM & CO, wiz 931 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. UR GREAT CLEARING. ur wool figured Challies, 93c. We sold the same aU 12 yc. when others asked 18c. Double Combit:ation, 1241 dnd 1243 1 dy13-3t Gaear Revecnos Sare AT THE FAMOUS REMNANT ROOMS OF LANSBURGH & BRO. It has become a usage in the general management of our business to have two regular reduction sales per annum, but baving an enormous stock of short lengths: in Summer Dry Goods on hand, we assure you that {bis vale will supersede all othetw in variety and low ures. LIST OF ITEMS ON SALE, 60 pieces of light figured French Satine Remnants, worth Sad Boce per yard, mow length frou TS 5 yards, reduced to 10c. per yard. 20 pieces of fine Lace Buatings in navy blue and all the delicate shades of pink, blue aud ereaun at 10c. per yard; reguiar value 15c, Several cases of mixed De Beize Remnants, Deuutiful styles, reduced’ to Oe. per yank Zcares of 34-inch wide English, Mobairs, y, slate and brown mixture will be #0 mostly in at 12390. price. Que case of Roman Drapery. in lengths from 1 to 236 yards, regular value 12}c. ; will be sacrificed at Sc. ber yard, Alot of fancy colored double finish German Bed Ticking, warranted feather proof, reduced trom 23 to 1c. per yard, Scases of navy blue (with red, gold and ‘white figures), Percale Remnants, regula? Width at 9¢. po yard; standard price 124c. — ‘An iiamense lot of White Good Remnants, such as Rreuch Grvandioe india and ¢icteria Lawn striped fainwooks, and many ‘others at ices. tual Daifihelr regular values Not having space enough to specify all the different ins op hand vuMice to say that te will pay €0 call at our Remnant Hooms for a yeneral inspection. LANSBURGH & BRO, 420, 422, 494, 426 7th St. 5, Le GoLD BONNET PINS. LOW PRICES, FRANE M. LEWIS, 1215 Penn. ave, ‘Buccessor to Samuel Lewis’ Sons, my1-3m “ic. Double Combination, 124) Bausz Or’ Wasumeros OLD BYE WHISKEY. ‘The Purest and Finest Whiskey ever put upon. the District market, 211-30 Wholesale Depot. Cleanses and besutifies the hair. Promotes « luxuriant growth. ‘Never fails to Restore Gray Hair to its ‘Youthful Color, Cures 8calp Diseases and Hair falling. 50c. at Drugyiste a7-wha,3 Coorme Br Gus aaa GAS COOKING STOVES (On bind and for sale. mbm WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Guus Soe Doren. aS1Gn omic. out alwaysciean, ae cosnmeren, 10340. | & EDUCATIONAL. _ RS TOLYTECHNIC | 13 STITUTE. TERRE jaute, Ind. A Seto marines: - sowed, well ‘devartme:. of Mechanical and Ficctriciy, Cheauietsy ee Dew fae. ‘Exteolive ‘Shope apd Uaborsturen ‘For Cats- HALL, Presjy 14 lew-#t XC VATORY OF MUSIG, ST. NV Gowran yuh and fs chineteenth fear fice, Viclin, Flute, Cornet ie. Pres Sdvaniaven 0. BULLAND, Director jylt-Rtue ORTHAND REVOLUTIONIZED. A NEW ERA SEE Re Bre Acme Poway tanacht 10 site Procency attained tu three wonths oe CLASSES NOW FORMING. A vate tuition daily. Typewriting tsucht tree o Sheet Sepa tor jroepectun, Washi ton School 2 st. nw Bote { ORWOOD INSTITUTE-SELECT SCHOOL FOR bone iy at 1407 Mose ove. Me. and Mrs BLE? Yrncipain, For eamwer Dead abd Thinion address Mr SW. HALSEY, Norwood Ve ornual superior fecilities for music and art, Seud for’ WC L KEEDY, Pres. Hogerst AP EE FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY Is DE. Lghtfully situated in the beautiful and healthful Frederick Valley, Md. It yure water froin mou tain Lanwe, commedious and ere are able and eficient, Busic, science “are thorouchly wangit, euts are of exceilout charscter.” ‘The Bext seemion be- ins SEPTEMBER 11. 1885. “For catsiowus address W. H. PUENELL. LL. D., Prederick, Md. References—liev. Win A. Bartlett,” DD, Washing fe anid ise the sctlow.ng. ters are in the ‘Thomas M. J Bartlett, Pension Bureau, san abundant supply of prince: the buildigy a nucuiace, Art and id all ite anpoint- ST.SEQKGES FOR BOYS AND YOUNG men, SC Ge . Md., welvct, thorommh and sale, $290 ahd $300; reopens ‘Sepieuiber 30. Prof. J- INEAR, A.M. Prin. Circularssont.jy3-1ui* NIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA—(POUNDED BY Thomas J. flerson)—Seasion of rine mouths, beste October 1, 1NSS, “There are uinetoen sol.ools, qiviie instruction im Literature, Sciewee, Agriculture Eiuet neering, Puarmacy, Medicine and Law... Departiuents ll thorouguly eqitipped. Location elevated ahd bealth ful. For catalogue appiy to C. S VENABLE. LieD. ©, University of Va, Va, HALL, THE READING, x -. MILITARY Academy. Six hours from Washington. Every moderu appiiance for sindy M400 por Dum cof any age received. Send for cataloxue .C. BISHOP, Hea Master. SWARTHMORE COLLEGE Ss SWARTHMOR! ‘Opens 9th month, 11th, Thirty a Statiou, Puiladelphia” Under th Fail college couree tor both Classical, Stentane Mauual Training ated a I> y School. Healthful location. Janke «tou! gatensive buildings end apparatus, For catalogue aud ful! particulars, addres “ 2720-co3m_ EDWARD if, MAGILL, LL. D., Prosident VHELTENHAM ACADEMY BOAT. for Boys, on Cheiten Hills, nes Acosive buticines. chal at 5 ‘i vunds. military dri prepa: es for col.oge ot Ba fies; Win Fear best Seprenater 10th. Addzees Jeld-cosvt! Kev. Dr. CLEMENTS, Ovonta, nr Phila POR Bort | ee MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, $300 ere Cinconthiile., Pa” Pooparst Business Graduating, Lugli-h Graduating, Scievt. biol dv2-da FY courses. Special care to little ed by patrons, JOSEPH Pr. ‘de9-eotim ATORY OF MUSIC The larses ly Tecomune DRTLIDGE (Vale), A. M YEW ENGLAND CONSEL AN BOSION, MASS. iu the world:” 100 Tu year. Thorough aus inental Music. Oratory, Literature, French, Ge! guages, Engitsh Branches, Gyimuastics, Ke. $5 to $29; Board and Koom with Sieain Electric Licht, 83 to 87.90 per week. Fall Term begins Septeuiber 1:3, INNS, | For Iuustraied Calendar, giving full information, address E. TOURJEE, Director, _%6-wke2m Franklin Square, Boston, Mass, J. E. SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORG and Singivg, Particular attention to bewn Sn Srellae thowe wishin to be qualiged for teat Performers z SHORTLIDGE MEDIA ACADEMY. atm nw same at | “Prompt treatment. Correspondence and_consuits- Ka eee Tie act | tion sttcaly confidential Beparate tepme tor 13-3t Toth stn w yaw For Young Men and Boys, SWITHIN C. SHORT. | Dinh AM iarvard Graduate). Princival ad Froprictor, Media, Pa jes0-n S AKTISTIC bi ‘and enriching t sand Actors. Also | h, Strength and Vitality. mailed free AUXEDIS Colbie: or ELocuTION ‘AND ORATORY. 313 Bth street mortuwest, Washington, D.C. $e30 ENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLDOE. THT ire floors, Natioual Mak of the Sorner 7th ahd Dats. bw. Coo. halls aud class rooma.” Stormer Session morning and ¢veniug. Kapid” Wriuug and Bockkeytue. Practieal Enucitsh’ Branches: ‘Stenography aul’ Typewranr, Benn Pittuau Shorthand. Tbs business Use of the Graphorhone ie taucbt mn this ¢ foe first sustitue Hon in the. world. to jutroduce Jt. Sree exhibitions daily. Special Jareinape iveted at any times Care if C SPENCER Principat, BAGOA, APES vco-Fricipal L- GALE IED OC SANDY RSitinet WPatosnery Cour i. 18 files “norsk Of Washington City, reopens september 18 I borowsit traning, home goverument: hea.th carefully a tene to;muuber limited. For circulars aidress HENKY Gq MAMOWELL AM. Cale Sandy sore. tree. ER, Vi pik, Secretary. KLAND | SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BORDENTOWN FEMALE COLLEGE. S.3- Charmi location onthe Delaware Healthful, homelike aud Christian. “Superior facilities tne mutts and ert. dieaidh, iauners aud aorals carefully waarded. For catalogue address OSS KEN. WA. C. BOWEN, A. ML, Prest GUAGES. THE ELKLrTz SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, Oren alt {oats a Wanton pen all saaer. leduced trices Also, summer ggurseat aSbury Park, 8°5."andGid orchid ew ie my30 y FRCIAL COLLEGE, 313 6TH 1y Post Ottica. The Highest Stand- ard Busthess ‘hot admitted. President. FASHINGTON RIADERGARTEN NORMAL INSTITUTE, Torte trainins of teachers ‘with Model Kindenvarte: aud Primary Exauiebed Lara? SRO Mrs. LOUISE PULLOCK. Principal, Wir ious, Peas) ME VER on SemiNany, 21v0, 1104, 1136 M STREET 1128 11TH etReer Sw ding and Day Schoo! for ies and Little Girls. = Tutermediat’, and Primary Departments ‘TLorowgb instruction iu ‘ul it with beat modern methods, | qburiceutit Yeur.”"Seconl Term begins FEBRUARY | ‘Commodious new school building, heated by steaun ‘Chapel, French and Enelish Boat Young end containing Cl ‘Dossivlrevuue, Clase revue, and Ofice, Yorparticulars appiy+y 2o8-Gm SOMERS. Principat SPECIALTIES. AD. E. ARDE THE CELEBRATED PaiM- int, can give you Your exact Iife-chart, abd to bet | sitters’ their” nares ib full. Love alla sp-cialty. Come abd be cvuy.pcwd. - Plienolovical sittings wives. Business qualiicatious, &e. Open sundays, 30 Hi st. Dw, ayl4-iwe ANHOOD RESTORED BY USING A BOTTLE I ecira be ecru serene Se eee eae retort ae Feats, Bat sw. Pd T HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT Dr BROTH Ee is th oldest ceablisied adver Ladies" Physician ip. this Tadies, you can fontidentiy consult Dr. BROTHERS, 000 Bat sw Particular sttenvion paid to all diwasen peculiar to ‘Ladies, married or suutia. Purty years experiences, y7-Tan* EAD AND BE WISE-—DR. BROTHERS, 906 BST. ‘6 W., appeared before we and made oath that het Sigekt Uetabliahed Expert Specialist tn this city, and wiil guarantee a cure in all cases of private disease Of meu and furnish medicine, or po charge; cousulta- on and advice free at any Se Sab. tae Rie — Ane Dr. BRU’ fy - ry Ts 3 No Ta ad for Ue trict of Coluubis, this Jd ay of July, 18h S WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN ‘expe enced feuale pysician should cousult Mrs, oe Wise: and 5 ne. bet. Band Tithand 1th sis, ne Ladies only. “Kemody 8: Layo i, LEON "The oldest Establivhed and D‘ii Eatablished and Only Reliable Ladies’ can be consulted daily, 464 C st., between 434 and 6th Indios, ds2-or LADIES GOoDs. __ pa tert etek rt ae HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUAL TO PRESENT MAKE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER 4 PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED THREE LENGTHS SHORT, MEDIUM AND EXTRA LONG. TWELVE GRADES. HIGHEST AWARDS GRANTED, THE BEST GOODS AND CHEAPEST POR QUALITY. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE THOMSON, LANGDON & OO., New Fork, mb3-em&wom Fivon Darss Suueuns " AKL THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Manufactures by A-HL Bonkmaun & Co, Baltimony aye intake : SUPERFLUOUS HAI DESTROYED, LEAVING Sho trace by'tny electric nenile process, endorwed, by hyena "Two Youre pectin tn thie 205 New York First-class Ladies’ aud Geats! work of every descrip- STON AND CAHOLINE LERCH, for Tacher and Matson Vries, Faria M. J. Passos. 1309 F at. now, irs, Hunt's) FINE FRENCH HAIR GOODS Also— cial nels in SHELL, AMBER, an@ DULL EV ORNAME Hair Dressed and Bangs Shingled mb26-4nt DRY CLEANING ESTAB- MENT AND DIE WORKS, BOG Ut Pwo ae veuteed alr bivde Capel ava tt ed, Ladies’ Eventing Dresses srt x, Goods called for vered. ‘atid del ath WOOL GARMENTS MADE UP OK BPP! # good mourmiug Diack, tuuderate _BOOKS, &. ew Prenucarioxs Ar Bavws, BOOK AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT, Mr. Meoson's Will, by Rider Haggard, 160. ‘The Hovorable Mt Vereker, ty the Duchess, 26. Dana, S Danghter, LAmommoit or” Nana's Mothe?.apd La Terres uy Emile Zola, Sie. ewcb. Kuudaue Stovonery, the latest Gox of Stationery out; Se. per box. __ FAMILY SUPPLIES. _ Bawa Vex Fiovn HOUSEKEEPERS AND BAKERS alike, vie with cach other im sounding its praises, and unitein the verdict that it is PAK EXCELLENCE, THE PERFECT FLOUK OF THE AGE For sale by the following well Anown grocers, JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 Now York ava. CHAS. L_KELLOGG, Masonic Temple, ¥ebst GEO, E KENNEDY & SON, 1209 Pst. W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennaylvauia ave. K A WALKER, 1600 71h at. E. M. BURCHARD & BRO., Penn. ave.and 43gst G. W. & H.W. OPFUTT, Georgetown. WRIGHT, 14th st. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Leanise [ssrnvwesrs, * H PIANOS. ESTEY ORGANS AND PIANOS. Sold on easy torus. Special prices during summer | mouths: Pisnos for mut. "Tubing aud repairing OY skilled wi: SANDERS & STAYMAN. TAKVIs BULLE, 2:4 Pst. nw. 130. Charles st, Baltimore, Ma 2217 Main st. Hicnmoud, Va. _my1-om G. L. Wun & Bios, 70 7th at. mw. Ongans aud Orchestrona, Pastiss Sositine their Piswes ORKMANSHIP D DUMAUILER Speciai attention of Purchasers is invited to ome “New Artistic Sty lon,” fluished tu demigus y HIGHEST DECORATIVE ART. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TTobuMedt makes ab all prices. my? _HOUSEFURNISHINGS. ~ BLEPREUX & Co, FS © Gormenly with F. Hanson Hiss & Co, Wo have just reived a lerye ccoienment of new spring patterns, We are selling all 1Se. white Back Vapers 's yarte long) for Lc. per piece. Gut from 1c. to 30. Emvoswed Gilt from Spc te 4. alk Mork guarantecd first-class Fresco Paimling and Tindag esyecmity, ee LEPRECX & BRO, 508 7thataw. 7th street care jaan thie door. mrt a, Nas-A-“Snicxen ‘THEREFORE, “LET ‘ER FLICKER FLY WEIGHTS. ‘aine Seersucker Coats and Venta, @1.50 upward, Sey Saray coe ant eo ose peat enik Mobatr Conte and Vests, a variety of shades, Fongee Coats aud Vests, a handsome variety, €3 up MEN'S SUITS. ‘ausltueren, Neotch Mixtures, Stripes, Plaids and “THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS & LONDON” GO FOR NAUGHT, Whenever the American idee obtains, an as we are in- Office alwaysopen. QME. DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLI AND Miiiite iSGher Phyacas, can te soamatien dal her residence, Ol T st tw. Ofice burs trom { 109 p.a. with Ladies only. Fite a eack ‘creck betwech fad cent 1 Ni i CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 ¥ ST. ¥.W. sinkers abd Deslene in Goversusst onda )Btock bought and sold ty 18 ATTORNEYS. (-AT- ee uke ‘THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO, ‘THE BEST BARGAINS EVER OFFRRED IX THIS ‘CITY IN FINE CLOTHING Our entire stock of Spring and Bummer Clothing ‘must be closed out within the next two weeka, ‘In order to close out our Spring apd Summer Stodt ‘we reduced prices to about 60 cents on the dollar, Gtve ‘use call and beeonvinced * at Ts Loxp LIVERPOOL CLOTAING CO. =e (COR. 7=R axD @ STR