Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1888, Page 15

AN UNEXPECTED VISIT. It was with the air of a man profoundly in- different to his own successes, that Gerard Strickland, twitching bis cuffs and stretching his arms, before letting his hands fall into his lap, senk back into the luxurious arm-cbair by his library fire, after throwing on the table the letter that annonnced his promotion to an enviable post in the civil service. As he thought of the post, his advancement seemed to him no subject for congratulations, but only one of those grim jests with which fortune de- ligots to mock disappointed men. An old man-servant, one of a sort growing rare, entered the room with an evening paper. ‘He laid it at his master’s side, and stood ata reaps 1 distance, waiting, ‘half-hesitating, with some anxiety legible in his countenance. “Welly Thomaa?” asked Strickland. “I beg your ’ es TaN Par ir; Dut do you remem- No, Thomas. wedding-da: Strickland’s face “I did not know, for dinner the sa has vaded. whether you would wish ‘wine as—as you used to Thorsas; I shall probably dine at the “T ordered dinner as usual, sir; and a bou- quet, in case”— “Quite right, Thomas, quite right.” For an instant the heart of the promoted of- ficial sank. ‘The fidelity of his old dor was humiliating. How he wo sentod the suggestion that Thomas would re- this anniversary better than himself! ould fall to the old servant to o1 om the florist the bouquet Gerard himself had been forguerly so proud to bring home, on this evening, to his wife! But the a assed away quickly. It was with ference that, seeing the mansser- nt stil? waiting, he asked— sion, Theme : “This morning, when you yut just gone, a young lady called. ‘Hearing you were uot ab home, she said she would call again this even- ing about 6. She wished to see you on import continued to himself. ‘Tall, young, dark, well- dressed, business with me. Who can she be?” “The lady is here, sir, inthe drawing-room,” said Thomas, returning to the library after about ten minut Strickland went to the drawing-room. At the door he paused a moment to steal a look at his Tisitor. ‘She stood by one of the tables idly turning the leaves of a photographalbum. Her | back was toward him, und be could distingaish only the tall and graceful figure of « woman, dressed and wearing expensive laces. adam!” he said, advancing. iy turned. ‘Strickland started as if he had received an sleetric shock. To conceal, to the best of bis ability, bis and the sud- = pal ialands mee agreed dev pallor of his face, bow. “I hope I am not inconveniencing you,” she ssid, a¢ the exme time returning’ bis salute. ‘Then, with a quiet ease she a chair am at your service,” said s [shall avail myself of your condescen- I hope that was not merely a compli- ment. ~-May I ask you how I can oblige you?” The lady stroked the soft fur of her muff, once or twice lifted her searching eyes to face. Apparently she was hesitating to name the purpose of her visit. Meanwhile, Strickland gratified his eyes with » good look at her. lovely, ting still, as the first day he had seen her. Only her pure oe had gained more decision, ‘and her eyes had 2 pro- founde — than when he last looked into them. as those of a woman who had lived and suffered. At length she said: “Do yon still with my father?” : It is, however, # fortnight since I last wrote to him." “I received a letter from him yesterday. He is coming to town to-morrow.” This time Strickland made xo attempt to con- ceal his surprise, no Tomorrow! “Your father, who never leaves ome!” <The spedical men order him to the south coast. and he on his way, stop in town, to spend the night with——” : ‘She pause “His daughter,” said Strickland, “He says his son. And so we find ourselves in « pleasant embarrassment.” She leant back. and with a small hand began drubbing « waltz on the table at her side. ou call it pleasant,” said Strickland, “I did not come here to discuss words, but to discover « plan of action.” saa soe enka pall of genius! “And you area , & man i! If those vabtle arts, that have been #0. seccess- fully employed in your own advancement, could be, without prejudice to you, this once employed to extricate me * “Excuse me, madam; but your reproaches ‘are searcely likely to assist me to exercise my fraginatio “Beh! Well, [havea plan. First, I do not wish. cost what it may, tolet my father know— the truth.” ihe subepey rath! iY She made a little grimace. and proceeded: “My father would be cruelly hurt, and the sins of the children ought not to be ‘visited upon their parents. | My remorse—I' beg your par- don, that is of little consequence here”—she looked aside to warn him not to expostulate, tinued: “Hitherto, thanks to our pre € as. the distance of my father’s residence, ‘snd the seclusion in which he prefers to live, has been spared this sorrew. ‘To-morrow our clever edifice of dutiful faisehood falls to the ground, and I, at least, am unable to conjec- fare. the consequences.” “And I Strickland. it is absolutely necessary to event thie scandal. I trust you will assist me, ly father must find us together; and we must avoid everything that would serve to awaken ® she spoke sadly, a8 well as earnestly shadow of concern settled on her hearer's face, Wrapped in thought, he delayed the answer. Hits visitor became impatient. Your promised courtesy costs yack?” she de ded. ni —T Tam ready. But Isee many difficul- The servante: ew man-rervant I found here aholiday.1 “You will see no one. “If we meet your father, people will see us together. tant consent to surrender his idolized 3 ter. The young marri e, attached to each other, enjoyed nm months of remarkable happiness, ‘and then came the en Bertha became jealous. Devoted to her hus- band, proud; hasty, immoderate in all her thoughis and emotions, she resented, with all the intensity of her nature, a meeting between | Strickland and » former flame, a dance, anote half-an hour's conversation. husband w [fortunately met her passionate expostalations | with the disdainful aeenaa ad of an easy tem- rament. The inevitable consequence en- Sued. « bitter misunderstanding. An imprud- | ent servant, a malicious acquaintance, half-a- dozen venomous tongues, lashed the wifo's | jealousy into madness.’ An explanation | Smanded fom her husband was refised with sneer. He had begun to think her @ proud, | unloving woman, and, under circum: stances, judged ‘self-justification ridiculous, The following morning she entered his library, and with marvelous calmness, without quaver- ing over a single word, announced to him their immediate separation—for ever. Taken by | surprise. Strickland tried to temporize, ac- knowiedged he had been thoughtless, did all in a man’s power to avoid the rupture. Berths only replied so proudly, and with so mnch severity, that self-respect forbade him further “They operated, Strickland externally bor ey $0] jand e: o his misfortune with quietness, and, in counsel with his own conscience, concluded his life broken and ruined by his own want of tact. The husband and wife met two or three times, as people who barely know each other. He devoted himself to professional duties, resumed some of his bachelor habits, and amused him- self ashe could. She led a quiet, almost soli- tory life, restricting her pleasures to such sim- pls enjoyments as she could provide herself at ome, and seldom ap} i in public. On one point both to write regularly to Ber father, repeating such stereotyped brases as ‘“Bertha is well. and sends her lov believe she wrote to yous few days ago. “Gerard is well, and at present very busy. He is to accompany me to be easily believed that to go to her noass aad oak ever of jim had ar gle. “For papa Pret ake repented to hersel srves to the humiliation, which, however, Strickland’s cold courtesy had con- siderably lessened. If he would be equally | considerate on the morrow, a little spirit, a little self-command, and some clever pr ing might enable them safely to conduct he father through the few hours to be spent in town, to see him off from Victoria, and, with polite bow, to sepacate and return to their se existences. . * Dinner was ended, Mr. Gregory smiled cot tentment and ha; 8, and the two actors at fue opposite ends of the table of necessity sailed too. one difficult, =. = they had had to call each other by their Christian names, and to use the little endearments of two ple still in love. | More than once, tonation, that sounded like an dead made Stric! pale | and Bertha trembie. ‘Their embarrassment momentarily increased. The more perfect their dissimulation, the bitterer was the secret Temorse that wrung the hearts of bothof them, whilst they exchanged for meaningless thin; words, locks and smiles, once the most sacred signs of affection. With the fear of betrayin, themselves by an indiscretion was intermix , & misgiving lest, while they acted ey should be guilty of real feoling warmer than the courteous indifference with which they desired to regard each other. On the stairs, when Mr. Gregory, preceding them, was for an instant out of sight, Bertha turned back and bestowed on hor husband im look of fatigue that meant, “How are we continue this?” “Tis only till to-morrow, Bertha,” he re- ied in an undertone, wishing to help her. But The Christian name (which, because he had in the last two hours used it so frequently, un- wittingly slipped from his lips), caused her to turn her face away with an angry frown. By the fire in the back drawing-room Mr. Gr 8p] actuated by a desire to ask e most awkward questions, and to broach all the topics of conversation most it for his host and hostess. “cLatters are, welcome, Bertha,” ‘he aa “when cannot vat I have enjoye: say litt vit more than all the pageeyou tare sent me. ‘There {a very little in letters. Dont you think your wife grows handsomer, Stric! lana?” “T tell her #0 every day.” ‘And so he tells me, Bertha. His letters are all about you. You have a model husband, my . cL bare, papa.” Strickland hung bis head and regarded the pattern of the carpet. “T should like to see your house, Bertha,” said Mr. , after ® moment. The little party set out on » tour of the man- After an inspection of several rooms, as Strickland preceded them into the breakfast ther stopped his daughter and “Bertha, where is your mother’s portrait?” ‘The frame had got shabby and we havo sent it to be regilt,” replied the daughter, Promptly. ‘Where does it generally hang?” “There.” She assigned to the picture, which she had taken with her, the first empty space on the wall that met her eye 2 "t think that a very good place!” said | the old man. “Ab, what & woman she was! What @ wonderful woman! You should have known her, Strickland. You owe her wife. When she was leaving me. poor dear! she made me promise never to hesitate tomake any sacrifice that should be for Bertha’s hap- Piness; and so, when my little girl came to me | \d said, ‘Papa, Iean never be happy without ard,” I thought of my dear wife. and let her f°., J feared, when I sent her abroad, I should lose her. Well, you were made for each other. Do you remember your first meeting in Paria?” + remembered it, The tour of the house was completed, and they returned to the dra room, Gerard and his wife congratulatin; selves, not without reason, that the good papa was not thing jather will stay here several hours. 1 simple-hearted as he is, do you be- t possible he will mot recognize a— Dechelor’s house?” “Twill send my work, my music, and so on, this evening. My room?” “3 Th roauaias $0 be ooan thather wo shall to deceive Mr. Gregory. “By playing the affectionate couple. Can you renember your grimaces and fooleries of two years ago?” she asked, sarcastically. ‘No; I have forgotten them,” ‘Strick- land, with a frown. Aud the two looked into each other's eyes, like two duellints, — will you come here?” asked Strick- ‘This evening. I will bring thi and I shall slightly disarrange ‘nis and rT hope Ishall not inconvenience you. You are bot expecting any one?” “No one. I was going ont. If you wish I Will stay and assist you. My engagement is ‘unimportant, “Pray go. We should have to talk, and having nothing to say to each other.” ill you dine here?” Tigo home now, and return Strickland bewed in to her bow, conducted her to the door without an- other word, and returned with a sense of relief $9 the library. be ab: was a w Denket. By the hearth his visitor was sitting in a low chair, her little feet half buried in the bear-skin rug, and her head reposed on her hand, while ‘she gazed wistfully into the fire Was ita dream? Bertha’s flowers; Bertha music. Bertba herself in his home Two years’ misery cancelled in an evening! Ino Moment rushed across his memory « wooing. a proud wedding. hap ‘and the bitter day of separation. and pessed (> his room. saying, “Good night nignt!” replied his wife without mov- With a common sigh of relief the two actors sank into their respective corners of their car- riage, after seeing Mr. Gregory off the next morning from Vietoria. ‘Not’ « word ‘was ken. Bertha watched the drops of rain trickled down the windows, Gerard stud- ied the back of the coachman. had become «1 again Presently, mot accident Stricklan: go ae “4 our pardon,” “Pray do not mention tt" Perfect strangers! Yet both in the silence were anxiously meditating every event of the last few hours, remembering the mont trifling impressions and studying all they signified. As oa ome Rear & cross-street the husband et) Se THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, HOME MATTERS. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR INDUSTRIOUS HOUSR- WIVES—42°TLE THINGS WELL WORTH REMEM- BERING—PRBVENTIVES AND REMEDIES—RE- CIPES FOR SIMPLE DIRHES, Haxp Soar laste much longer if dried for several wooks before using it. It is also less hurtful to the skin. se ‘Ir Nrw Caticozs are allowed to lie in strong salt-water an hour before the first washing the colors are less likely to fade, Is Botzme Mzar ror Sour use cold water to extract the juices, but if the meat is wanted for itself slone, put into boiling water. ‘Tue Ascent or 4 Fiiomt or Stars is sccom- plished with less fatigue by a person with weak Jungs when 2 fall breath is taken at the foot of tho stairs and again at half the distance to the Pp. To Remove Par rzomw S1rx Goons, satu- urate the goods with equal parts of turpentine and ammonia, then wash in soap suds and let dry between’ blotting paper under a heavy Is You Dir Yous Baoow in clean, hot suds once @ Week, then shake it until almost dry, and then it up or stand it with the handle down, it will Iast twice as long as it would with- out this operation. Caster Ott anv Cartpnex.—Whenever it is necessary to administer caster oil to children, never mix it with milk, because it will destroy their taste for milk. Fix it up with soda water, Rabe viehy, or any aerated water, and lemon juice, Fox Coups,—Hot water is the thing for colds, and is one of the most effective remedies for throat and tonsil inflammation. To be of serv- ice as s gargle it must be used in considerable guantity (a half pint ore pint ate time) and fust us hot «- the throat will tolerate. Eao axp Potato ox Toast.—Butter the toasted bread, and drop upon it all it will hold of the following mixture. Boil a quantity of milk fif- teen miuutes; to each teacupful drop in two eggs. Stir briskly; add peppor and salt; also one teacupful of finely-minced cold potatoes. Breaxvast Gzms.—One cup of sweet milk or water, one egg, one tablespoonfal of sugar, one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, and o pinaa ot salt, beaten well together. ‘Add about one and one-half cups of flour, stir thoroughly and bake in hot gem pans in a hot oven about fifteen minutes, Homrxr.—Soak one cup of small hominy for two hours in enough water to cover it. Drain and putin double boiler with one quart of warma water anda little salt. Cook one-half hour after it reaches the boil, If all the water is not soaked into the hominy pour it off, turn in a cup of mik, bring it to a boil and serve. Prax Jouxxy Cagz.—Scald a pint of weal with slightly salted water; make it of a consis- tency to smoothly upon the griddie, which an hewn ected very hot and buttered, Make the cake about an inch thick; cover with a buttered pan and cook till brown or. the un- der side; then turn and brown the other side. Serve hot. Kgnosexe On, ron Wasurxa Ciotars.—By the addition of a very small amount of mineral oil to boiling water and soap almost all manual labor ia clothes washing may be dispensed with, for at the end of half an hour the clothes will be found so clean that little further is re- | quired save to rinse them out in two or three hot and coid waters, Boxxp CuiceeN.—Boil a chicken in as little water as possible until meat will fall from the ones, remove skin and chop together dark and light parts and season with peper and sal Boil down the liquid in which the chicken was cooked, then pour it ou the meat, piace in tin, wrap lightly in cloth and press with he; weight several hours, When used cui in thin slices, Sort Water ror Breap.—Hard water con- tains too much limestone, and that causes bread baked with it to soon dry out. If you use soft water to mix the dough you geta much better article of bread, and one that will retain | its freshness. A good plan is to set a cup of water in the oven when your bread is baking. This will born ee to get softer bread and only half as thick a crust, Sweer Pickix (Appies. )—Take one teacup of vinegar and two of sugar, and make a sirup of them, adding cinnamon and cloves, Pare and cover sweet apples, drop them in the sirup let them cook until tender, not soft. Put ina jar and pour the sirup over them, They are Teady to eat as soon aa cold, and will keep any length of time. A good way to cook. the slices is to tie them up in @ thin bag. Ovsren Satap.—One pint of celery, one quart of oysters, one-third of a cup of salad dressing, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one of melted butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, a little black pepper, a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Let the oysters come to a scalding heat and skim them. Take them from the fire and season with butter, pepper, salt and other in- dients. When cool put them on ice. fore serving drain the celery and chop it— not aud mix with the oysters. Then pour over a pint of salad dressing. Mixcep Bear av GratiN.—Two cups cold beef minced fine, one cup mashed potato whipped light with half acup of milk, a tea- spoonful of butter and an egg. Put the minced beef into a greased pudding: first season- ing it well. “A little made mustard or a tea. spoonful of some good sauce is an improve. ment. Moisten it thoroughly with gravy and cover with the mashed potato, which must be entirely free from lumps. Sprinkle with fine crambs and brown in a quick oven. This is an agreeable variety cold meat, and corned beef. Avpte Por Pre.—Make acrust as for ordinary pie. Line « flat-bottomed porcelain preserving kettle with thin pieces across the bottom and a little distance up the sides of the kettle, Now Put in layers of thin-aliced apples, sugar and spice (cinnamon or nutmeg), a li some molasses, which makes it richer and helps it to brown on the bottom. Set the kettle on a ring or anything to keep the crust from burn. ing, as it requires about three hours’ slow cook- ing, and must be covered tightly all the time until done, merous with the apples, as the more juicy it is the better. Take out the top part when it is done on a flat dish, and place the brown crust on the top. ————_ee-——_—_— Information for Lamp Owners. From Good Housekeeph The portion of the wick which is in the oil reservoir should be inclosed ina tube of thin sheet metal, open at the bottom; or in acylin- der of fine wire gauze, such as is used in miners: safety lamps (twenty-eight meshes to the . rs cceacrol should be of metal, rather than of china or glass, The oil-reservoir should have no feeding- place nor opening other than the opening into which the upper part of the lamp is screwed. Every lamp should have a proper extinguish- ing apparatus. were lamp should have a broad and heavy Wicks should be soft not too tightly plated, Wicks should be at the fire before be- it into the lam| vik be ly jut long enough to very appetizing made from ‘icks should reach the bottom of the on the reappearance of the | ittle water and | How Improvements in the Artin Ameri= ‘From the New York Times, Modern cookery is conceded on all sides to be of benefit tothe race, There was 0 time within the New England and the agricultural portions of every section of the country wére commonly said to have dyspepsia. How thuch suffering has been caused by the cold pie and Not bread for breakfast can never be computed. Those delights of the Yankee palate killed more men from that section than the war did. The south- ern frying-pan has world-wide notoriety. Everybody who visited that sunny and genial section from a section where food was well- prepared got indigestion and a bad temper in- stead of the which would have flowed from id their ivaant tious bile of Visitors it was the everlas round of hog and hominy that made them rail It was the law of contrast that idealized the bouquet of the southern mint julep, Just as goods jalep could always be bed in this town. ¢ reason it never tasted as good was because during the present generation at least it has not been offset here either by monotony of dict or inferiority of food. Modern cookery has done wonders foward sending cold break Pie, and hominy, an i toa place of merited seclusion in hut yhen cookery was vile, men tried to make uj for it by drink. Nearly allthe prominent chare acters of this country down to it the times of Clay and Webster wore heavy drinkers of hard liquor. No gentleman's house was complete without @ sideboard well filled and a cellar abundantly stocked with liquors, of which wines formed small part, People thought they needed liquor as a requisite to health. The may not have realized that vile cooking create and sustained this desire for strong liquid stim- ulanta, but a total-abstinence movement when the war broke out would have been scoffed out of the country. There might be two honest opinions on the slavery question, but upon the necessity of a modicum of good old bourbon or applejack for every male inhabitant, the coun- en & man’s liver went under in those old days and rheumatism got hold of him, or he fell into the clutches of gout or rheumatic gout, and he couldn't retain nourishment, there was no mistaking the cause. Old war horses, after absorbing their tank of liquor, usedto Joke each other about their bandaged feet and affect to scorn the rope-deserving menial who accused them of gout, but all the same they felt rather Proud of that form of suffering. Ts: indicated gen rosy nights, when the man started in with his elbows on top of the mahogany and wound up with his head alongside the table legs. On « sunny day the old fellows would come limpin out on the street, and the one who could no get along without crutches bad a higher place much closer to the hearts of his fel ably with the aid of a cane. Drinking was not only tolerated, but admired. Men of the world measured each other by their oxpacity to swill wor. here may be as much liquo} consumed to- day as ever there was, but its use is by no means general. Temperance reform is strong enough to have acquired a pdlitical standing. ut and rheumatism are on the wane. Thu are no longer paraded, admired or honore Drunkenness is a dixgrace, and heavy drinking 8 positive detriment to « Young man seeking @ aintain a pl }o great has been the change of public fe this respect that oven those | who sell liquor try to disguise their business | under cuphemisms. Wine, beer and light | drinks are supplanting heavy drinks in public favor. Thet modern cookery has played an_impor- tant part in this change of habit and of public feeling all physicians agree. A stomach prop- erly nourished does not crave stimulants ae | does one ill fed or one e: ani The ‘ate and reasonable use of well-cooked the great boon of the present genera- tion. Of course there are excesses, Modern cookery is one of the good things that has suf- fered abuse, But exceases have not been con- | fined to this generation, Late suppers of indi- gestible things were in fashion as far back as the classic period and probably before, and certainly ever since. Perhaps the shoppers’ lunch may be strictly modern, and it is a plau- sible theory that spices and sauces and other things to disguise bad quality of food are im- posed upon many a poor woman's jaded sppe- ite. What follows is always what might be ex- pected. There is an easy and safe romed: within every physician's knowledge for snc! troubles, Itmust be admitted that cholera morbus in the winter time from such causes is not uncommon. The patient in such a cuse may be biameless, and a serious charge might lie against modern cookery if this was the only cause of shoppers’ digestive trouble. But when tired and feverish with tramping, secks refreshment ina plate of ice-cream and @ cup of tea, or some such combination, she ought to know where the fault is Another important consideration is based on the altered business habits of men, especially in centers of population. When bad cooking and heavy drinking were the fashion nearly every business man lived a good deal outdoors. ‘The oxvgen that he took into his system, the exercise with which he oiled his joints, were conducive to good digestion and to health in » wonderful degree. The average business man to-day spends most of his time indoors, Phy- sical exercise is generally neglected. The juices of the body are not so active in sedentary asin outdoor life.. On the other hand, the nerve forces are correspondingly stimulated. Nervous diseases are now tie ‘class, that’ re- nires the most attention from medical men. {t stands to reason that when one chang outdoor so indoor life he should regulate his diet accordingly. So far as can be learned there is wide and intelligent observance of this law of | health. It is therefore byno means safe to | conclude that digestive derangement in one of sedentary habits, even in one in whom that habit may have ‘been lately acquired, is due either to modern cookery or to overeating. It may be due to a failure to eat well or to some- thing related only sympathetically to the di- gestive apparatus. ogee satis Material of Books. ‘From the Magazine of American History, If we of this stirring generation were sud- deuly jolted backward to the time when the art of writing consisted in painting with differ- ent kinds of ink, or when events were recorded by planting trees or throwing stones into a aie we should begin to appreciate our current privileges, Visitors at the British museam are often entertained by the examination of specimens of the earliest modes of writin; on bricks, tables of stone, ivory, the bark o' trees, and the leaves of trees, In the Sloanian library is a nabol to avert the consequences of indulgence, era the se | inna emi Shannon, the young southern sctress who made her debut in Washington and is to star in “Lady Audley’s Secret,” has Louisville antecedents which make her career to our readers, Lavinia tty Hl f Hs | There was a suggestion about it of | in the estimation of the community, and got | not liows than | dross en did the one who could propel himself comfort. | mad | brocke, | seen this autumn, and they must be very por- lace in the world ond to an old one trying to | eect ee om = ‘Tax Newest La Tosca sticks have a cavity in the top, im which a pen, ink, pencil, and » roll of paper is carried, The head of the stick is sere’ od on to keep these artists’ and writers’ utensils in good shape until needed. Tux Onaxor Bons axp Biossoxs are not the only flowers chosen for bride's wear this sea- son. Thesmall white bridal roses, tea roses, white lilacs, lilies of the valley, and other white flowers are given them for garniture. ‘Murrs have not yet made their appearance on the street, but the dealers in furs are show- them in two sizes; one v. and q Shorea wh trees ser as other extremely small, for ordinary wear. Tue Latest Fasuiox Norges from London ‘ay that jackets and cloaks are nearly all trimmed with fur, bleck fox and monkey fur being the most fashionable. The seal jackets are worn quite short, as they were last winter. Tv.tes, Gavzes, axp Cuepxeare the favorite ‘materials for ball gowns. ‘The talles without tinsel or beads are preferred, but the gauzes are nearly all shot with gold or silver threads in lengthwise stripes or lines across the goods, or in crossbars and plaids. The crepes ure Plain or embroidered In gold, silver, or bright colored silks, or in silk the color of the crepe. Tur Boas or Osraicn Fraruns hi be- come an actual rage, having every desirable feature of lightness and warmth and being ex- quisitely becoming. For the street those of black feathers are used, but for evening wear to the opera and with any light colored cos- tume they are of all the delicate shades. Scug Veay Parrrr Cxoags are partially lined with fur so arranged that on entering the | house the front can be turned back and show neath as well. Short coate are also this wey witha lining of silk moire or and they are extremely effective. Axoruen Parisian Novetty in hats is one whose wide brim is covered plain with dark vel- vet, while soft cloth of some gay shade, tan, cream or scarlet, covers the crown, and mak a fluted frilling almost all over the brim. Thi ie edged eituer with metal embroidery or | galloon in high contrast, A Few oF THE leathes-trimmed dresses are fect in fit and the leather judiciously used to be successful. ‘The prettiest are of dark groen or gray la joth, with a broad application around the foot of the skirt of dark tau suede leather, which is cut out in arabesque designs | d stitched to tho cloth with ornamental stitches of gold thread, Tnens 18 4 Dectoep Texpexcr to lengthen the skirts of walking dresses, “This is apparent to the most carcless observer of the women who make up the throngs that promenade about the retail business center of tho city, Broadway and the Sth avenue. But for all that every girl with « pretty foot anda neat ankle who wears | well-fitted boots or low shoes and shapely walk- ing gaiters is sure to trip siong with skirts that fall Only to the line of her instep. Faxes or Te Emrine period are made of | inch-wido gauze ribbons or else lisse bands in | rows across the fans, each row being painted. | ‘These are worn over the arms in short ribbon | loops. With the revival of these old stylex the | the fans of the kind our grandmothers used are | being brought out of boxes and drawers where | they have lain for a generation or two and brought into uso, Tuz Newest War of setting Rhine stones for jewelry is to wink them in designs of very darkly oxidized silver. These Rhine stones | are small, bright and very well cut and give the good effect of diamonds. When they ar big they are always easily seen to be pebble: but when small the cutting is frequently good enough to deceive any but connoisseurs, and as much tobe desired as the bestold French ——se0—____ Enoch Arden in Real Life. A ROMANTIC STORY RECALLED BY THE SUICIDE OF MMS, BOSTTGER IN NEW HAVEN, From the New Vork San. The suicide of Mrs. Johanna Boettger in New Haven, Conn., recently, recalls a romantic story of her early life that is a counterpart of Tennysor “Euoch Arden.” In 1843, when Johanna was a maiden, she was as pretty as a ink, and in her circle wasa belle. One da; ere sailed into the harbor a Spanish man-of- war, and the sailors obtained leave to go ashore. Some of them attended a dance one night wher pretty Johanna was a qucen, and one of th sailors, Jacinto Casariego, fell in love with hei After @ brief courtship the young sailor an Johanna became engaged, and when his vessel left he promised to return again, quit the sea, and marry her. A year or more rolled around | and Johanna remained true to her Spanish | lover. Then bis ship came into port ‘orm of enlistment having expired discharged and they were marrie ‘Two years of wedded bliss followed, and a son was born to 9 Jacinto and Johanna. ‘Then the young Spani longed for the sea again, and finally 4 Lepam his chest, went to New York, and enlisted on board a Spanish man-of- war, then lying in the harbor. e rolled on. Johanna, with her baby boy, heard nothing from her husband. Time had dealt lenient; with her, and her maiden charms had ripene: into womanly beauty that drew many admirers around her. Among them was Herr Boottger. fed pleaded a long time. but she was not sure er first husband was dead, and, though she favored the honest, earnest ‘wooer, she would not marry him until a certain lei ot time had passed. ‘That time came, and the steadfast devotion of Herr Boettger was re- warded. They were married and several chil- = blessed the — as da "en years passed, and one while were at Pere a Iamiocanstecaeg man in the uniform Cos naval officer ‘appeared before them. Herr Boettger was tounded as he saw the mother of his children fall into the arms of the sailor and he cover her face with kisses. Recovering, Mrs. — or igi oy explained matters to both hus- hands. The first husb he renounced all and he was promise 19 Nothing more was ever He remembered his - by step until he seen of the beautiful lining but the smart | Bi | T= 0: | Bran Scieuti | HCH meet fn 13 Hl T= BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. SFROTAL SALE FOR AQOOURT OF MAXUPAO- TURER AND WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RE- SERVE WITHIN OUR SALESROOMS TUESDAT, NOVEMBER TWENTY-GEVERTE, AT HAL. PAST TEN O'CLOCK A. M., CONSISTING OF 4 FINE LOT OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE BUGGT AMD CARRIAGE HARNESS, TRUNES, LAP ROBES, BLANERTS, NETS, SADDLES, A LARGE LINE OF FUR LAP ROBES AND OTHER SIMI- ‘LAR GOODS NOW IN SEASON; MUST BE SOLD LAWING AND, PAINTING—| aeons 1-2w" AT MY KEW aRT SALESROOMA 11TH ST. aD PENNSYLVANIA AVE, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY- SEVEN, TWENTY-EIGHT, 1868, AT ELEVEN A MAND THREE P.M BACH DAY. See Boone Fees HARE! Soon Chiseled. actly, 1234 13th stn. ANTED—FUPIL®, DURING, THE DAY BY be a TWENTY LESgONS 5 CLASS AND | pe ema ‘A RADE SEPENAL Fa ETRE y py ASHiN ERVATORY_OF MUSIC, St. Leas eee ra Tage eay TEENS La WILL BE ON EXHIBITION MONDAY, NO} EMBER ZO LORENZL The collection will be armiuged for examination need WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 0O., Aucta_ GRPORGE W. STICKNEY, Auctioncer, 936 F st. PEREMPTOR' y, MPROV THUPEMTY, BElRG MOCUR Ao Baby Coat. LAND AVENUE NORTHWAST. : will be required “Tea ____ quo. w. STICKNEY, QXECUTRIX'S SALE VALUABLE CIRCCLATING LIBRARY, STALIONERL, FIXTUMES, bre., A GREAT BA nearly rooms, i a ano, hy ‘Cornet, ce. ‘Pree Eivatiagee 0. BY rere Tae HE ABT-BTUDENTS Life, esare RIT ARACUE cLaPae ICR. By order ‘Court of the District of Columbia Ls geil at public suction, on the TWENTY-EIGHTE DAY OF NOVEMBER, cou. the piote No 174% Prnneyiveiie. aveniye porthweat, estore No 17 the Personal - ‘L, Hunter, de- named in part as foliows: gpased, Valuable Circulating 1 ibrary, containing 2,500 Dtock of Fine ‘Sta , Bookcases, etc, wil of Fine Stationery, nese, ‘Three mouths’ credit upon MARY A. aol! Holmes studeu i eirts vine security. Esecwie ‘3 PFICE OF WASHINGTUN DANENHOWER, Oo ‘Real Latate Str per, 1115 F street Northwest. yy ‘¥ 8 Ob SE’ cree PaO Lote ON Mase: | pitetot of “Gciambnn NUE, BLTWEEN IST AN | 20833, the ‘TREAT. x | joa te 7 IDA\, the THIRTIETH DAY OF ovay- 1 tae oy’ at F-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. CR er tor |ALE-( an in frout of the pronises, lots pa of 18, tn square te CF ya Roe ate late Mary jose 47. forty <ighit 4) soue (51), e — pa ety third cash, one ati Soe gear secured, of base beat tt | at risk and cost of dofat * val tag ASER AT THE Poet th Rayasam ‘Terms Cas SECOND ‘virtue of 2()() MAPLEWOOD: FOR BOTH EX gRALUABLE 8300 ee ema Pera | yee stir sane erat aie | : 09-006 : Ietocmation about the coarben ta Algebra Scometsy, SWE BOSGRBRy We seceey ganna Oasrery, Acre, iaTUS Th ORATORY, P.O), Was roe posit faved a yey co be camplied wit :1 ton daym SLOCUTION, - Py ty will be resold at risk of f the above © OF BLDC 313 6tiy st, a.w. half a biock east of City ington, D.C. auc OF VALUABLE REAL ESTA’ RUMBER 10 MAssacite 9o17 s Hdd, ghp CUNLabiOy By virtue of a decree of the Disizict of Columvia, parsed in 21088. O'Leary et al: ve pitts ‘Terms begin now. 723 14th ot. m. ORAL TRAINT Mas. LOUIS: 00) yt vial. 3CI — Be 2b. ESS return bt wo fe rr 2 en for the x "hi AR OT ERE . AINTING, DRAWING IN ORALON AND CHAR. Perigae pe 1, CAREL Terus $3 per Be Cluss on Saturday for locasie at | ate seated ee ‘ec eee EL uit erably ‘ured rropesty Srey ead maa Seaver race Gaga ae ae 3 fies a 21 Ww 00., Aucta S's Set WHEELS oo. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SS iD eR seit Pale NGHORNE resume ber ren, ¢ ELOCUTION AN w.. Mire. M STE ENona e are and Natural Expression carefully taught. ‘TAMMERING ‘Thoroughly cured, Weteveuces ‘to patrons. 0¢26-tdol UARANTEE TO TEACH Al G: life-size crayon portrait in ‘a0 el ‘ot dee SREVROLDS, May’ Bul voferhant MASIING tacgraphy and typcecner si 30g fy foat-Oehce. “Phe Highest Staind eye in America.” Splendidiy. eu Pea. die ncyeat aid inoet ‘coanmodions, tuitd me “application, “Colored rads got eet oh application, FRANGis "Go Seakeras nn URN AEG. Principe reaene ol Purchaser's cost with in ten days the trustee at purchaser® risk. jana jee KNABE PIANO, RARF OLD. TEER ae ae ¥, LA tig an AnD AB Toy ‘A. NEW ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR SWITHEN C, SHORTLEDGE’S MEDIA (Pa.)ACADE- MY FOR BOYS sent free, sols-tial M ADAME A. PELE, WELL KNOWN POR HER EPS SALE OF sellout necunclaton, will ive French, Leaus, or in ‘recommendations. iat the Adiugion Hotels sek ARS" — A BOARDING AND DAY SERIE BONES A Diss EARLE, 3016 36th st. uate pees PUPS, War w PUENAM, A.M, s019-3mo_At Banders & bayman's, 04 Pat hw. oper for tha Rect lan uk pupae MONDAYS, WEL for x . ESDAYSand BATURDALS. Gall or send fot urce ihre, 2008 F at. new. suva-eun D® xx, ‘CAULFIELD chre will at 1012 14that, ra toma ‘ i ‘Terran of sale aa prescribed by the decree One-third THOMAS DOWLING. | equal ‘Auctioueer a on W. STICKNEY, Aucticncer. USTERS SALE OF A TWO-STORY DWELLING No, Ghee 2 SIREET NORTE WEST, WASHINGTON, D.C. August 27, 1864 und daly eecorted ‘la bese Re $Bs otto at seq. oue of te Inna recone at ise t of Columbia, sind wt the secured thereby, we wil Of the premises, on’ WEONESDA Finst Day OF NOVEMBER, 2. O'CLOCK P.M Pree Ppoaite the en Getobar tl wall that certaih piece or petcel of laud Kitown as Lot ‘Si. tn Ht A. Rol subdis Tovunniberei$h fy ajuare nun bered T44,and the improvements thereon, in Washington in three ete tO per abd re ‘wo be com nat, A ARS SALE 18 Fe y apee caus a, ee a city, D. a | agp paytentninay intact fatnes epee nar wate ti SF aun , and, tp TAILOR 414 OTH STREET. By virtue of x fie it gurmenta madoia his | fend reordat un POTN | PRL) WOOD AND COAL Gor re © Bot and Kata. a. a ‘Dealers in Coal, Coke and Kindling Wood. Fisathe honor #9 taforta yeu that his NEW GOODS meeneten th {hoe See some wae Sigcut tars street; ot 7, corner fronts PEN mhi7 Clean coal and full weighte at fair prices. ‘Telephone, 637-2. Coan: Coxe: Woon: JOBNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest. a22-lw* oki tons bent quality ‘White Ash Furnace Coal st edb one tnt cant wate ‘Aah Chastaat Goal ot Delivered in guantities to suit, 606m era, ‘ana pepe Both Capita 2 qaus ber de barat pu