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oat — wore THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. JAPAN AND THE POWERS. . in the Anglo-Javanose treaties, always sents | and juggler.” It in very easy to get either an A BOGUS ANCHORESS. [utd it Desame necessary to wee. gimlet for AUCTION SALES. EDUCATIONAL ___ policeman privately to warn the offender that | amateur or a professional presti Prente: insertion of shirt-sta ‘vain, — ee —===| - | we as ; The Present and Future of Japanese In- | terrible thaugh unspecified penalties would be | anime the hither, and, that, with the Christ-| THE STORY OF SISTER VERONICA. Generous tide of pairunage fowed in upon his T = (Pe0ms DowNe, sececa FY a ree , visited upon bi less he immediately 5 +, is quite enough. Somebody sits 3 i + ———— a warning which woe invariably effective, Row, | om the plone and tet Goon denn ‘The doctor's wife scanned her visitor in|, The doctor and his wife sometimes discuss ‘3 ieee x! Now THR TREATY PowEES KEEP THE zaraxese rx | however. in response to any such communica POR A WEDDING. silence. With the audacity of an out-and-out | he anomalons character of the woman = ens Tate PoyDaur—oor, nuspanp as PEACEMAKER—rHE | [1008 the fonriKn. office SIMPIY FeDare not pro. | “Mabel Glover” writes: “Dram Sran—Will | Protostant she was revolving in her mind cer. | "S2™ "ate had brought th ‘out,” the doctor once CATALOGUE SALE Conraansce uss rvvaicp—rue pecusase | ected by areaty, and 59 the proprietors of Baas | TOU Answer a few questions about weddings? tain impiota questions. This ‘was the third | remarked, te lester es senda ea het WAUTRE WHET FOO, ancticoern OF ENGLAND'S INFLUENCE. ale and Pear’s soap and Worcestershire sauce | Is it perfectly proper for the bridegroom to mendicant in pious garb who had come to her | neers py aden lag arey om Prom Tar Stan's Traveling 6 Soaeos wan ee pect | ding. as late aa Sovcleck And. whet should JO Within e month, soliciting alme for the | PIAS niecss watt eee eae ee ae ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE. coLtctiox ar Stan's Traveling Cotamiction am rr ding. eas Bove ott institution, | 2A" ; ver enw. or = Toate. Se puabera | me "ie of naturally argue, ‘they | the bride's father wear? Also, how should the , SPPOFt of some far-away religious insti inclined to think that the night I first saw her There are about 2,500 foreig ow + the ould have rita tic in th ‘ity Who was to assure her that the contributit she was stimulated by courage of the highest | Byorderof the Teunton Silver-Piste Company, et eek ey tee Oe eee, anda beens “Slee = ee nce? When | she had already made would be faithfully dedi- | order. an heroic. self-forgetfulness that con- | our Salesrooms, corner of 10th and Detrects,faaing | PAINTINGS, STATUARY, BROXZES, Chinese) and about 37,000.00 of Japanes: 7 a ss a siepsapees ; i * Pennsylvanis eveuue Sorthwest, commencing IVERSIT | TRAINED TEACHER AS: a state of * is the more unfortunate, be-| there are a large number, sould they be de-| cated to the purpose for which they hed been | quered her own physical weakness. ‘ poe Japan. For tite sake of the former the great | ‘use if Pagiand had been well guided here ua | livered by hani¥’ if'er ay tia? | given? Would the Catholion take pity upon | 1 understand ber. perfect retarned hit | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER TWELVE, AT ELEVE BiegagS Goce take Scncol Begce Teeny, x 4 powers ‘of the world have kept the Intter in | power could approach her in infuence and| If your wedding takes plase vo late as 5| OT ecg or suffering of other denowsinaticnc? | Tite, With prompt feminine decision; is OCLOCK A. M. BBSUMING AY RAL : ac cine, Frame Practical bondage since 1358, If it be thought | popularity o'clock, and you intend having an evening re-! 'y iring of other denomina! | constructed on a different principle from ordi- PAST TWO AND HALF PAST JAMES C. MoGUTRE. Feowee nae . It it P - ception, perhaps the gentlemen should be in | In her growing distrust she leaped to reckless | nary women. Some gentle instinct of evi ite Se ee - etiaiion “ is too stra . , WHAT JAPAN WILL DO. ion, perbap : oh . ASHINGTON CONSERY Or wosic, & Sesstreng = teres, Hiek for evening dre r evening | surmises. What if these black-robed women thy—of womanly tenderness—is ranting in her V ‘be Fost, tthe state of affairs is. Japan | It is in consequence of this incomprehensible | ¢yening dress, | But the:rule i: indapage (epee dt att Hare all, but merely bold , °°™position. I have seen her day after day, Until Entire Stock te disposed of. Toe sold by onder of his execuiorscn MOXDAY, DE- | VV Cloud Bui ghar ole be power over her own tariff. and is com- | attitude that nobody knows whether England Aa for ina avian, sane tiem dtiveredl| Toestors, who sanuasd the drves of te oraer| rou Emo ty Ger. and ‘Tought to be able % | pic, SLzcaNt, AXD UMIQUE ELEorRo-| C=MBER TEN, 1st8- and tollowine darn a SEs a y et Sa bose polmesogpalp arti the treaties with | ta h things, “°™™® PENH? | for the time for their own selfish aimsand , it ail” she gercreasls coneoed, —— stmy eolercome, M™ FHS Dancing. peckatgts : hu the oiler twelve treaty powers, asks: “Dean Stan: Failing to | purposes? Curious sort of uame, isn't it—Mrs, Ruth- FRENCH MANTEL CLOCES, oa Academy und Residence 20 M at a.@, pinabtes “ ; —— | On er. is certain, and that is, that pleit directions in any book = Tegard | She recalled herself from her reverie with a | serine pial free eax pool IMPORTED ARTISTIC PAINTED BRONEES, ‘Penneyivante avenue and 11 Bets! Lekog, Mira tnd, Manors Weatneaday, — aches shuteotnperteadllce boned 17 Lneglects the coming last opportu- | to wedding calls 1 wish to ask if the bride i¢tle shudder, and her voi hard and cold | i Abuten, Tester ook % ‘ ance with the laws of his own countre. for no | eye ae ee tends in fl is master, she et return Personally all her calls, even those ee ack tippet Mx Belden, pererely; “oh, she bass ee ‘The collection will be on view up to the hour of sale Tien sheets SSO La Tice wer excep rnited States 01 will wa ome fine morning to it the | which are simply represente cards in en- | ** She zs | An all, power except the United States ackni ; ° il wake up s phere iy Ps Tag heey valoner CHmetS otea \ eka atiel ne intone ‘Sister mica, I really donot feel justified | day, depend upon it. MANTEL. THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. For full particulars call or send for ctrealar, €5-9 the suthority of Japanese law st all. Any | thing has been certain still—that Japan | tion, but my judgment is thet nothing farther | 2 helping your hospitals and asylums any | “it go'happaned that the very next day the AND CLOCK ORNAMENTS, | 5-0 nes AWING AND PAINTING— INSTRUCTION Lf Japanese with a grievance aguinst a foreigner | 12 “i010 Med’ to secure. the independence | is uccomary, ‘Tike urties receiving wedding | ore. I think itis time we wero looking up | doctor stnbind are ne Oe fed notte SAYIN, CHINA, AND GLASS BOWLS AND VASES. | \QrALTEN E WILLIAMS & CO Aucouere Deyo LELSBE Pe ess must take action before that foreigner's con- | \,.4n'\: hers by every aatural right and every | cards, having actaoblndced the poiicmes te the poorabont us. There maybe fellow-beings | arrived in the place, and brought him home. W F800, a | is * ee return pl em to end *‘ffering in our midst without a murmur; “Bessie, you remember Jack Grosvenor the | In new colore—Gobslin Biue, Old Red, Torguotse, and | rRVeTEES SALE OP TWO-STOPY FRAMED! - et “ wding to that foreigner’s law as ad- y stipulation, and she is prepared to pay | returning their own cards, would seem “B ide f a eo—aingular itifully, x ' — ministered by a man who has frequently | almost any price for it. ‘Therefore her course | the matter. “I would like, homever, before act- kates Taine cna” Te dolng hare | Quiet ond Lhave, You Hes yornns Rabe Ragen yreraed pmo 4 STKEMT, BetSERs sixgu any SEVENTH, Ki SO TRS, a a Parthens ons ws | seems ¢ She will privately assure herself | ing on my own judgment, to feel assured that, i¢ A “ Took ave been best man at our wedding- STREETS SOULAWEST, AT AUCLION. DERG AKTEN AND PRIMARY 80 had no legal training whatever. for a dozen my She wi Tv, we devoted our time to looking up| “If he hadn't been busy getting married AND BERE’ ty - TLS Sundenand Place, south of . ont of the sixteen consular courts are presided | beforehand of the assent of the United States, | I am doing right. her | Steh cases. instend of contributing to the sup- | himself a thousand miles away, Yes, Iremem- eee e. c= era eee nee ee helrect Mery | eol-am poate ay is. a facation as | Sich oe a as well, which oo | waddten nce ener, ha bride to return her | Hoct of ditant inaitudions, of which we know | himtells thousand glad to welcome you to our | From the a Boag! be oe, MONA}, BiveMDhR Mt VERNON Sina, over by me hose only edneation bis! Germany and Russia as well, which, as| wedding calls, except by card, Her card isher- ! thing. » pile yet A ar fel peg tami iy LIFE-LIKE TERRA-COTTA BUSTS. ZESTH a BATT Past Bou oclock & athe | MI " . heen i the! counting-boure. |The foreigners |" have suid, would. hardly , be reftaed, | self; therefore, cards do, as abe says, “ond the |"°O0% madam! it others were only of your | poe: MF. Oro! menor.” sald the doctor's wite, follon tng degrioed rat eta. inthe ty af erties 1100-1104-216 Mf sTREET fete gti rebirth ada. us| apo ee ern a’ it | awe” ereod aT "ay Sop Migs ws noma see | MME, jSiesusg maces atns at om si tame tar ana the treaty limits within which they reside | existing treaties, . is, | og : ir by , of the man she so cordially greeted. She re- Borel land sixty-two (408 tf ‘ are prac , ally coon et from any [edhe owt a tage Sone, fpoaiion Severe Bi sates esr deepor yeh a wearies herself by a et then? nh ene 300 ‘would web succeed. membered her Brsband desorption ‘ofthe Freneb. ‘Mirrors, four b Sateors ry-two (462), wit! improvements. | BOARDING Axp abit LPR. Youre ¢ 85,000.00 in. I ug and buoving | js si : some morning the representa-| Miss *“fhomasina Thompson” writes: “In vis- | gay. light-hearted fellow, and tried to identify ‘Lamps, ioromeg. Ee ince cnt thOre wa ends 8400 060" fear in monte | ticenet the 16 Trenty Powers would reosivo an | iting Kew Ven trac coy dbo Tg a Maa dire fie wit iin nober-ace reserved ‘man, Who Albans, te. Qe | montbe forage raring nie from sey eng’ | TRO esr soot Ses = system; but foreign sh identical note saying, “As ig our Fight by treaty | my card to all my gentleman friends, adking | S00 ©temeath the peaked white borcek. aie | nnd ently seated himself z su vasiin Guspasainiendigis shai Gham Seared nef herienane ki cues ae | Shp il, beaed stn we inet ab ight dues and no harbor or we beg to give son notice that after a certain | them to call on me at the Fifth Avenue hotel, | Rance beneath the peaked white bonnet. The ng ¥ at SSoee /Gi0O tenon Sayed salegt it | geuettad ro ar, er furber nfrsion imply steam in. empty th ailast till the | date the present treaties existent between us | or should my mother do that? What formula | Momentary, Aut her caller's calm face t | stracted air. A fine line of Toilet Goods in Celluloid, Brush. Glass, | Sirins of sale ure not, complied “wath within ren aes awcts 5 541th e is being ruined. and steam outagain. | will cease to be operative. We have had more | should be on the carc? Shall I mention the recep per perp yer eA ogee fd Comb, with Manicure Sta together with | {Seu day of ae the Truce sgarvee {berate f= | 4 CADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS. 1312 “absolutely entitled b d treaties enough of them.” The American minis- | date of my arrival and my departure?” bay leaving it cold and still in its purity. 5 ‘a large ansortment of the celebrated. ee Eat end cost or gg Tie ee EG Pg SEL Rag ge miller ep negate! slnmnoiyar oe Samper c 4 is a e must rejoice at any lessening of the ; made a rich strike down on Pocahontas Moun- ‘Boers’ Table Cutlery and En- <..- aes ae Th yy ay ail thie tet the oalcome of all her ter. and I fancy the Huvian and German mio] | Mrs. Thompeon (not iss) bad better send | ¢est am of hua misery eee tara | made, ro wae —— Benjo cial’ attention etven fo “ociuy, the sixiven treats powers to | tera ax well (for either of these countries | her card, if ahe wishes these gentlemen to cell, | Teas ST Gt ced Teo selish Steel Shears, Lr ey orca ae een: es "aie © upon the details of treaty revision have | would be able to make a very good bargain for | and it is not necessary to do more than to ‘The snchoress turned to go. she had not | genta aa Serh go” mid, Mrs, Belden, abs te GBie ae cer axp | USSEESEE TRAINED TEACHER OF «Fas T showed im ray last letter. in the | themselves and a very badbargain for England | write the address on the card. c_nashoret Hegel ar - x = UATE ‘At CORNE OF SIXTH AND | ina. Shyer month scieiteervice mad selage, os prposel of conditions equally unjust, | step), Would instantly reply, “By MISS AND MADAM. decided febull Vet atthe door ahr areas | make such a point of his friend's business mo | radisary ‘and eepocialy invited, Chairs DOUPRWEST, BROWN As Putae | Sos. "YEAGER oS Paco De aa impolitic. unuc-cwsary and hamiliating—con- | * and where would England be ‘het “Jonn A. Boulanger” writes: “How isa man | moment and held ont a shupele while hed, | eat, Of epee of it as if it were of vital inter- pistes NO ops SIXTH ST RE 34 any Novem. | PAISTING, DRAWING D Perv ioe cna Premera myer ppl, mmo tlhe we | bee fen oneal Se Ne Gujured, her | ¢ addreve a maiden lady in a formal way? Can | which met the other's in s eympethetic “Zam glad for Jack,” proceeded the doctor, anotaoneare | PA: KEES HB unity canse, So. LLIUK. Doc: 28. | Ser tm ph TR them tome. Is such aint. of things likely £0 | prestige im the Pacife gone, he say, ‘Misa Hannah Robinson, madam,’ for | , The doctor's wife stood af the window, with he hes been telling ms fey comping cad Macy © Ua tat ete do | S Btodi Sal Lith are Aen ; continue? It is not, Then how is it going to CHIKA AND JAPAN. she is not madam. If he say ‘Dear Miss | Visitor depart. ‘To her surprise the latter did °°” : jon't BER TENTH Looe AE TOUR OU Bae WW AaaImeTON pamOok oF be altered? : modewad i Hannah,’ she will consider it too familiar, A ‘ 4 nd he EASY | front of the premises, at public: auction, sell Principal, Vonve od Tomake the situation quite clear there is one Hier. | 4 | not continue up the atreet, but retraced her | BO} opramiees. et public suction, cel oat THE TREATY TOWERS. other remotely possible contingency to be men- | 4¥ found fanit with me once because I eailed | stops glong the lonely path leading inthe di- ABRAG, ies , TAMMERDSG atiare thels intereste, sad by whens are they | Honed-—a contingency, it would be safe to| want to write a formal oficial letter vo a lady of | Tection of the station house. Wee she then only | “No, not that way.” hastily interrupted the ; Trorcushiy curt. alamo patrons 30m _ seeerstcad The feliceing: tatie tells the | NAS: that has not yet entered anybody's head | sixty, who is unmarried, and. will be hanged | SOPBILE off between trains-and hadshe equan- | doctor; “lost sight of her. He left her in Den- Sa ye represented? The following table tells the |{n"Downing letreet or in Washington, ‘The |itTXnow how to anit” = a) ne | dita ey gummcnthe hed in Which odo Irie ai heroin ‘fe watt fvorble faa i Ur : (eect Ceprteatitt as ar aioe paces stor weak point in Japancse foreign politics “3, A. BM is right in saying “Mise Hannsh | Hopeless of success after hor Aret fruilen of, | (ice? Uae, his roam = : 3 Canenday aid baturday: 630 10 0 90 aan i China. Japan fears Chi id distruste |,Robinson, madam.” In England a single woman % "| to correspondence. He now tells me P.m., Hoom 20, Vernon Row (Pa ave). 3 is depen. Uaeas Tier beweters bs1 grace ciple imate aMTeRTET eo iene aeieee a fort? The; Picture of the strange woman ling- | ost al trace of her. p y SIDED E IVATE ENSTRUCTION 18 LATEX ENG — 2 matic skill and frankness, has recently con- | he is in doubt let him say, in an elegant Pare | ‘There was something oddiy familiar about hor oe ‘How: ee anes Se eimenneniey, 7 P Bog a Tee a 205.058 Finced Li Hung-chang thet thie misunderstand: | phrase, “Dear lady.” No one will be offended | face,” Tho very dimples. in her checkecthats | Wan "GUed. And she was such pretty w iy | Soe Sapieel 3 ER of mle. ttt Rs, GILBERT, LATE OF DRESDEN FRE eras China very much wants one thing which Japan | “Sarah Liddens” asks for information as to | Hater, of charity ould hare dimples!—the face of the photograph you sent us, when you TEESE RENCING AT FALE, x! — whens cho eal te cies 2 hina very mui s Japan | | “Sarah Lic k infor d | Kentle curves of chinand mouth.and the bright | were married, Suck o dimpled. Inughing feeel | LEX O'C shall sell 212 K strat the detwulti has to give. Never mind what that thing is; | ‘the invitations to a tin wedding, if they shoul h of her eyes, bdued by the long and | w; 5 rthwest, » very superior col it isan open secret and the fact may be taken | be on tin and if all the presents must be tin.” | Yuire’ puennce to wheats her ‘pale face and | ;yncre Was it T'saw one that reminded me of | Cifects,on view {OMAS DOWLING, Avct. for granted. Moreover, Japan is quite ready io. Address the invitations on note paper | Wottsa care poo testimony, were all perte of aa long ago?” | oot b aaeeraaae that one thing for something substan- | and give as little tin as possible. s haunting and elusive memicy. She weadercd can't say it seems so very strange to me, HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. a somes 3 S eeniue and womcectel But what more substantialcould! Mary Brown writes: “Dean Stan—In_ac- | ® haunting ani ‘pelonzed.” The akice | remarked Grosvenor, taking part in the co PROVED on | TpEsi Sheed classes for ladies and en se tina defensive ailiance with China, | knowiedging a wedding gif from Sit. and Mr | ty ynatorder the woman belonged. The skit | serwion fr the hel "ponder Beaton at | HERES Ob Ey a a ERED ae t dhs ee fensive alli . | kno} »be ws y d 3 ed, husky voice. “I wonder that she put BEE AND 8 c a |. STREI TE 400 Rew Sor per SS | ere : i ark lef , pene | it for years. You know how she had been| By virtue ct a decree of the Supreme Court o P Pe 1 tetute Chinaman at Tientlin would probably be | on going to Wie altar?" TOF MY!" | che had istely ripped off plaiting, pailittle reared up. She waa a Miss Ruth Stanhope, of | Diseit of Goutty rensed inequity canap vo. 10008, s a oe | ean 13 cine EPCRA OF, Pes cote only too happy to give, because he knows very ives be brought | Convert a pillow-case into one of there hans | Richmond, of the old Virginia Stanhopes, I | Dor.27, Francis B. Carter va: Rachael ¥ agus . i ee teacher. 514 Let ne — vell that the powers will not go to war for their | up after the marriage for congratulations? sqnuare bontets, "But, after a abort time: Mee, | "as Rever able to provide for her in the way | anesiow in trout of the. Ere CPi pout of @100 will be required of te S300 227285 — <cobhaoh trate, eokente eek ge tle tig) "kes comadieeien man congratulate? | $nGre bonucta, | But, after a short time. Mrs. | she had been accustomed to at home. “I left Sa EN ocR Tint anrenieas i King's | Bur the time of yale. Graduatins —_ _ |pmeieming aul © Gis Mie cemage | “Sn cunling oi hometons the wedding to | Belden dismissed these wandering speculations | her with almost nothing. She was proud: | Fecomded subdivision of Tots ‘a from THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Auct._ | (Siege premarstony 23 seat, ulibely se M Stouts, shoul couse to | flags enguped to be married is it necasnry | freee Bee main, Supls ene spirited woman. She tired of the struggle and | ten (7fo 10), inclugivegf dtowas Younwrewubantog | 7 CSAS Buos., auctsueers Sinsation, 2 ent, iy ‘ag it seems. should con Ais, hegre hot : . Was epls be vit went back to her friends, Thad hoped she ce nam » ake halen . Treaty Powers.” the | ee ene ee en et ee anes tig fanceo if I'am not acquainted | srrangement of some “samples” —alas! ‘that | Wont, Heck ('0 her friends, I bi hes Fear Se aiatag eT shies | FRUSTERS SALE OF VALUABLE ProrEeTy ox of which Japan | !0cking complacently on. what « city? woman should be capable of such duplicity— “The boy? Then you had a child?” SF RI Sak Wai (TON STREET, ‘ail herself of the | 200 the powers would be in then! It wi ie lately procured from an enterprising New York | Grosvenor assented with a mute gesture, Ternis: one-third cash; balance in 5 RR RRC Seay eer treaties, Per | f0l's mate with a vengeance. PASM sotto liane teditienn CBE “Ruth Stanhope,” repeated the doctor's wife, | ments ope and two years, with interest, pbb Sentied Maer Bayt ir ve halen. nok represented | 5¢ aclbing in the pest actimcl the Jepeume |hestomaadsaieas | spite of hercrediable rentutions fd takea | Ho" looking steadily at “her ‘husband, who | Sraifeacieetgpkon ot et public ascot, “yh “tne preuniens Surge te rcent "estas And wagcon: | Eoyeromengernts ach vtepanl be here | Second, The clergyinan congratulates the |S Tiveatp onard tcrating anaes Etat ack a idea ence and he | : ; Pi gr ae RR RR gg aring the racent me And it was con- | Sorted and eivocated, On the contrary, thay | Young pair at the alee, ; y x + Xe : Stantiy the case thet some of the smallest of | eee ee ann set perient and pacie, J] ‘Thid—The mother’ first, the brothers, sis- | Stnces of ber neighbors. , One day had been | Mr. Grosvenor? 2 cere i Ti alcnasaee teen the posers, representing some of the most | pare ae ae newerey be the conviction thet | tors and relatives: nore he ike eve iy, another too windy, a ‘, little more than seven years, : trumpery interests, made the most difficultie “ioe - grog i ii ST Conte ed poe acipatitable errand. So] Robert, Ihave an errand that must be at- ee Ps they are very likely to find some day that no | given his daughter away, is supposed to have | she had contented heracif with tasking a foo one ee eect oP elie ee tePamding, on the | Other course is left open to them. At the | congratulated ber then and there, but there is | inquiries of chance. visitors. She had been | “feed, St, once. You eee Sais and Shes oe eet | Merde at eee ee tee neent of Belgtum or Denmark or “Hawaii or | ote ft { ‘ = ° ee | i . 1 bee . . STE} : in two : - hm Pera! The notion is Indicrous, But Wats rae ney on eee opaase | right armn, and te stepe ares Init neha cer | ludghed at for her pains, “It was an axiom in | "apr bciea pri mot be log nae = static cridencea iy ae. | Ear weers section tence erompanving, Ad Japan to do? canbe ayes a aa 4 * | the New Mexican town that no worthy and in-| brimmed hat and was tying it under her chin |, TWELFTH STRER: of the soured ty daclce trot on tn | 200k THE CONFERENCE PLAN. Wirtten for Tar Evesixe STAR, In acknowledging a wedding-gift from Mr. Fr eh em could ever suffer for lack of | as she spoke, her eyes kindled with excitement, ne Druigrty: OF all can at purciuanra odor haevont One thing seems quite clear to a dispassion- ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS. and Mrs. Anybod: write fe Mr. snd Mn Any-| “There came a day when the doctor was late re a ae : —_ — 38 ae Rees | oF 8200 i = vied with within 10 —-S ate outsider studying the situation for the first |. ae onld always. w to his 6 o'clock. supper. The table was spread | Sualy after her as she ened feces dhe cok ae | of ame prea REE | Sotwenshctig erature bers got time. The “conference” business is played | What to Do and What Not to Do ir. Seren Tees ca Eee ee | 2 te COR, dining-room and the tea simmered | head ina whirl, Awake few along the side: | Seta a1-ands i. out, If. that the proceedings at the con- ar 472 on the hearth. The young housewife vibrated ferences would make amusing reading if they could ever be published. Some of the repre sentatives had no interests tosafe-guard except their own personal dignity. and their efforts to MRS. SHERWOOD'S CCRRESPONDENCE COLUMN— CERTAIN QUESTIONS TO THE STAR ANSWERED— FINGER BOWLS, HIGH TEAS, CHRISTMAS PARTIES, rors with much grititude. It was very grace- ful of you, and will ever remain to remind me,” c. i These things naturally occur to most people. between table, stove “and window. The little cathedral clock on the parlor mantel sounded the half hour. The young wife busied herself walk, she tried to balance aud arrange the jueer facts and stranger memories that were ditting through her brain. She remembered ing of the splendor of Jack Grosvenor's a = rn LS ‘KYLU = ¥ “¢ Picking off the dead leaves froma twining | wedding, and the contoast it hed precentea ta | ,, Tbe Poverty ST Or ate | rp me COLUMBAN He are cictheged to ucteons are asked thot | gmilax which stood. in the window—so many | theic cea woneet carat mad Presented 0 | tote : rst p& vod sewed | MT Stl al Swe tom site. mre deme withered leaves do the house-plants show in | account she had read of the marriage Danquet | of the purchase money to be ~~ ~ VE OCLOCK M.. THURSDA\, DECFMUEK | intormation about the courses of our ability. Mas. OHS BHERWOOD. | that exasperating climate! The clock solemnly and the list of notable guests who were in at- 5 ory -SEVENTH, 1888, for furnishing and etet- | 1 i $e knelled the hour of seven. The little woman | tendance. She eaw in anticipation the bare ete one eicvator in the Pension bi to BL, BOSSEINS, Puetennee, had grown too accustomed to the exactions of | room she was about to enter, with its beggarly | trust. upon the | ‘Tux Expres Reprxoote is the new name of | * Physician's life to feel more than impatient. | gtrip of rag carpeting along the center, the pine | °%.6°%08 ee en ‘bid je sat down tothe table alone and tried to | je, ith i ‘ é. when the same is the old polonaise. eat, bedstead with its worn coverlet, the wooden | ments upon the prem ut only succeeded in swallowing a cup of | chairs, and the woman bent oece ee roaden | mente upon the iting | , A PLAIN Fout-Sxinte Duess of amber pean | ton and a bit of fruit. ‘Then se resumed her | (ait oneaee iv wituausaboundine oe pon, ‘iRestion 0 scion, | 312 Othat awed ities and jealousies among the diplomat- | ,,7he following letters have arrived awaiting | go soic is draped with pal--gold net. post at tho window. A light rain vas falling, forte and generous hospitality of that southern from “priates | ‘all be furnia ation to the Sugerntendent rT! a volame would hardly contain them. «Dalle. wri i ure hides its diminished’ head, ag r bape Hs haohed tag [i of the Interior, with endursement ou tne ‘example Of the tapectaten emt At | "Belle Monell” writes: “Is it Bg Reber atop egmeh one peregrgpeancling sayalls, then settled into a steady downpour. | "high wind was blowing, and clouds of dust SSE ESRH | Suvelope cbowine whotberit ie yroronl ier Bieetee 5 pean jewlousies to Japan, will it be believed | P-P-€- ona lady's calling card when she is | but it is n " ; pias After 9 o'clock when she descried a | darkened the air about her. Battling with a Se TL panes on renee the exes mane be: Ana chon a feud anicins eek ek id bere at | ™#king her farewell calls, just before leaving | Oxive axp Frexcu-onay Canmenite are used | dark figure hurrying up the street. The gate | miniature sirocco, she vet found time to mar- - the German legution ou the death of ae ee eee te the a ea Be Enc. | foF the stylish Connemara cloaks that envelop | opened and shui with a click. and the doctor | velat the strcneth of clr on et ee DUNCANSON BROS. Aucts, peror Frederick. and all the ships in Yokohama | ¥0t *ntend returning to that city, or is P. P. C. | the wearer from head to foot. bounded up the steps of the portico, to be met | abled the petied southern girl, born and = = or salf-masted their flags and “‘cockbilled” | Put on her card when she is only temporarily | bey Tyrewrxos are worn wherever it is pos- | With a tearful grecting on the part of his wife. | cradled in the lap of luxury, deliberately to re- | "FVRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE PEPROVED sae eeeaaae EreMRR, manotmar got up| oe vit to Europe Ps | CUNT FINE | sere for fur band to beplaced. “They are ihe | ,cOhftovertt You don't know what I have | woumce ther Mle of ease Ger thet aedece: | LMeae REALE Oy FRE Bear MIR OF steam aud put to sea rather than perform this | 0,2 Visit to Europe ? tage in Londen suffered. I was so afraid that some of those | demn herself and her child to the life of toil ‘THWEST. Set of ‘common international good feeling? | ,.¥-,.° fo, % eepecially used when a lady is | Tage + ling: Send at | dreadful men who are slways shooting on the | and hardship that had resulted so disastrously. Gecree,of the And as onc among a thousand trivialities, isit | leaving fora length of time, or. as you way, | Toiurs very slightly trained are worn at | streets downtown The gentle woman's heart filled with love and Bot almost incredible, though perfectly true, | "hen she is leaving a city which has been her | informal dinners, five-o'clock teas, and also in|" % faire ralotr and thus to show the importance | weDpING MATTEKS—ADVICE ABOU LOVERS. of an office which had no reason for existence, ust have been se exw to their colleagues | Mrs. Sherwood will each wee answer ten or as they were irritating to the Japanese. It is i i FINE THINGS FOR FAIR WOMEN. said that the blessings which attend the peace- | *Welve questions concerning points of eti- maker alighted more than once upon the colos- | quette and manners, selecting such as suggest sal frame of his excelleney. Governor Richard | points of the most general interest to readers B. Hubbard (~-Governor Dick.” of Texas). the | of Tar Star. m minister. As for the bickerings and SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR EDUCA’ BUSINES» Penmatiatip, Com ¢ jonsense child!” | But his voice was shaky, | sympathy, and she was rendy to take Jack | 87 \ebspit sult of Que eee jcution Age that considerable time was wasted and temper | Home." A lady rarely sends out P. P. C. cards| making carriage calls. and as he reached out his. hand and laid a long | Grosronor's wife into her arms and ery over | MUESDAN. the FLGHTEENTR DAT OF gia | |The only Minnesota Patent now made from all ola | $i) > ™ exhibited at the conference over @ discussion | 1’1,{h" aitine Washington trem Cuter ee; | Consaaes are extremely varied in style, and | morocco ease on the table, she noticed that his | GTosvenor’s wife into, her a SED, 3008. ph POE AO Duin ee 8 | wtaee, Ser elo ty tho teliouing ealltueangeemees ere whether the Japanese government should be at siting Washington from Chicago could | «56 are wholly plain in effect. ‘The directoire | face was pale and drawn.” . Her heart was chilled at the sight of the | Piulestat ‘with the improvements thereon, a arth MAnrs .. liberty to confer decorations upon foreign | PUtP. P. ©. on her cards. if she had not time | oe aan esa ane ee rleriaties veal pre-| An operation, dear? What was it?” cold. proud face, whose severity was increased | towit: JOMISL MAGRUDER, 1419 Now Verkeve. ot, u, we aoa Ony for Olas, Judges in their employ? "I believe th " her last visits, or if she were leaving vail fon lacie He did not answer at once. Indeed, he eat | by the piece of stiff white musl'n bound about | , Parteof original inte sureberel. ene (h) ends weet nd CHAS. 1. KELLOGG, Mesonic Temple, vth st rd Business College Sethe ques oes “Governor Dick” put a oe Washing ton fer sei ince Geewhere, emera ies, and | 40m to the table and drank his cup of tea and | the head as a protection from the smoke and | {oxitare, numbered, f n, D. bounded and GEO E. KENNEDY & SOX, 1209 Fst. Lee his foot down. Decidedly. the conference ames” asks: “‘Should wedding cards be re- | _ Jet axp Ricw Stux-conp passementeries, and | ite'a slice or two of bread and butter, chatting | coal-dust of the ironing-stove. Mrs, Belden 2, the west side W.E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave, pian is played out, although in saying so I do | sPomded to! Should any notice be taken of an- er ng mel aed gp ri jcanwhile in an sbeent way ox ndifferent | tooked in momentary abhorrenice at. the mans i ileeemaicer aoe] i al Wax SEEO OE Pia@is" dot wish to « v ession ee ae ua thinble as if they had never been seen before | topics. It was only when they had gone into ce and embroidery lying upon the ironing- SH ————ss 5 corlirn —lomn pA come ey this is | No. James, you need not notice either, ex-| this season. the Ittle porior, au he had throne kameatt — guessing only {0 well the owners of tite feet: thene E. M. BURCHARD & BRO... Penn. ave. and 43¢.t “SES 30 7Eh ene, cepting by calling on the hostess and the bride. | Ox waxy of the French bodices the silk lining | into a grest easy chair before the glowing fire, | tawdry splendor, ; 3 cvath, county Sve ¢ G. W. & H. W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. Tos, Your card is all that is necessary. =, is fitted with two very deep darts, while the | that he recognized her question. “What! do you work for them?” u % A. O. WRIGHT, 1632 14th st. ear A glance at the foregoing table reveals the | -*Mrs. incing™ asks several questions: bod terial i ie eke chee ‘A seven-year-old boy, dear. Leg crushed] For a moment the woman gazed calmly upon P. F. BACON, Pennsylvania ave. twee | Genus co key to the solution. Four countries of the six- is it proper for house servants to Seaman pe Gent ven Tt Ate, however, | beneath the cars, Stood it like a hero! her questioner, then turned with an expressive a aaa HE. CED, — teen do $71,000,000 of Japan's trade out of | * ee ae ses alt whe tae Freie b "| How dia i hay pen—the injury, I Ped glance to the low let where her lay BOOKS AND STATIONERY. KOPENS e $73,000,000, at subject z je Slipped and fell under a backing engine. | sleeping, by his side the crutch that must be ° : oa vial el td A ‘Miss Blond ont of the B80" foreie eaem, OTEE | "Tein both proper and neat. ‘The lady of the | Tar Hate-toxo Stenves of dressy evening | qy,S!PPed to have been pretty badly off—the | his lifelong companion. : RANG'S PRIZE BABIES, AND OTHER CHRIST. BABVARD w= “ si house furnishes them and they remain her | corsages admit of many fancy arrangements. | mother and child—and the fireman of yard en- twithstanding the mother’s i ive de- | Speparchage mos ‘mas Bards and Bes of Prang’s, Tuck's and or in. eit with those fone Great Beraig mete, be? property when the servant leaves. When of black or white lace they are trimmed | gine No. 26 had been in the habit of throwing | mNCt™! os of the visitor. fille Ftates, Fyance and Germany. There is one | ,Secoud—“Have finger bowls gone out of meanor, the eyes of the visitor filled with sud- | at purchaser's eo, ee : Seo seuben Fith ribbon epanlettes, bands of velvet crossing | off lumps of coal for the little fellow to pick up. | Gen teurs, She. twirled leg kuetree e . and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS co selene Be ee ehaymen OO Pat, pegs mars megs ire girded Ee : the sleeves diagonally. To-day the lad tried to climb up before they | searched the cold face, wondering how ake hed ne eee Tatnors. . SH Ax SCARE Soe JeRaRE PETSL (GE Hanous of snceruational | a0 necessary an kavves and fortes” MY | Waare are sharply divided into protecting | had slowed down, and missed his footing and | Peat communicate the’ Wdinge af’ which oka rien ar a CO TES mw. | RESBRIS Seg SATUS Sat or aes ree oO yest of ter 6 ~yaihd fussial ell. . 8 ignit 4 = —-— Berl wit'it eat present my ‘nemeh |, Trt. Would ox Sager bowie be eough| Newmarket aeter, polls nd Rowen 1096 | low bg man have axfored!™ Thovament oft al gure’ aero the room, aoe JOM, cA Kustia, (rten the approval of Grant Bemel®: | for a party of twelve or fourteen people?” icthie. wetel ore ernainten oa ‘ornate, and | __‘He never seemed to think of himself at all, | 722 shapely hand that changed the cool iron For Tse Houmars. France, Germany, the United States, and Rus-| _® Mrs. Mincing, « finger bowl for each extreme n “vie, fable, and ates. . Was possessed with a fear that the fireman | for g fresh one. and she remembered how the ma. to aus scheme of treaty revision, and | SU is as mecessary asa plate, ‘Taz Exe: © d half fittis might be blamed. Beautiful little fellow, im | same hand had held a light without finchin 7° Fapan need not give a second thought to all HIGH TEA. Exr +) °xprxcore isa ting long | spite of his shabby clothes. Broad white fore- | while the little boy's lime was being, tebeg owe iy the rest Put together. Bat are these five pre-| “Caroline Sutherland” asks: “What is a high | Cost; snug a. graceful at the back and oped | head. curling brown hair, and thoughtful gray | With what « dlicdainful front. sia hog faced | TRUSTEPS SALE OF VALUABLE: a f pared to concede the abolition of extra-terri- a how di ” over # plastron and inner skirt of like or con- Do youknow I can't get rid of a certain | poverty, and how sternly she had repelled| {NG MASSACHUSETTS A\ fay No Voriality and tariff revision? Brance tail | 4 %%4 how did the name originate?” frasting materal. |The sleeves are quite full, | fancy that I've seen the child before those who offered sympathy and help! Such a| _SoNt*dideae we a: cbviously be objected, would be dificult’ i | \ high tea is a meal combining dinner and | ands band of Palgarian embroidery wrought | Probably on the street,” suggested Mrs. | woman would have nerve for anytinng, Why gf. deed of trast, recorded in tier Ko, bring into line with Germany. This is true, | SPP€r, and is given generally on Sunday even- | in rich colored silks is around the arm-hole | Beldsor should she plan. to her what would at | 1433 : pe, therefore let us leave out France for the mo-| i#&% imcity houses. It is made up of cold | and forms a deep cuff at the wrists, “No, no. Years ago; when Iwas a boy, or in | most be more than a slight surprise. thereby, he Be ment and consider the others. On this point I | dishes. like ham. tongue, chicken, salads, and| Tax Conxemana Croaxs are becoming only | some other existence. Mrs. Belden ended by flinging all her scruples | frout am able to speak with some certainty’ The | ith the accompaniments of hot ‘biscuits, el- | to tal stylish women of slender figure. They | “Where do they live?” to the wind. United States are ready to agree to| lice. sweetmeats and so on, tea, coffee and | are the garments par excellence for elegant | “I Ceclare, Bessie, I never suspected there | ‘My husband’s old friend, Jack Grosvenor, is ody seblen Genes. moat but | Checolate. It is rather a southern institution, traveling wear, and/are highly favored both by Was such destitution in this place. You remem- | at ons house. . 3 the most friendly rel:tious exist between | ®%4d. while remarkably good, is perhaps the | pavcié ear, and are highly favore are pro- | ber thes» wretched dug-outs on the other side | ““.salivet” them and Japan, and public opinion in Amer- | §Testest promoter of indigestion imaginable. | fete ana: Cou Put on and off, aud not ex. | of the railroad? Nothing to screen the en- The word spoke volumes. The pain and ica would not sanction a refusal to do so, | 1tiscalled high tea because it is supposed to pensive o “i trance but a piece of worn-out tent-cloth. We | agony of years were concentrated inthe ery. Germany bent all her energies for some time | Promote hilarity. : E 8 had to perform the operation by light of a| The hot iron she was holdin dropped upon fosecure the dominant foreign influence in| |,\Filgrim’s Progress” asks: “If a gentleman | THE Lustaovs Compep Evexixa Stns. | 094) o11 Limp, She bel it” the lace draperies and burned ita way through Japan, and what is more she succeeded in| *#k® lady if he may callon her and she an- brought to view this season, are so soft and beau- | «The mother?” them, as she clutched at the table tostendy her- Senos ae siitun he so maaan |owere should he call within a week, and | tifal in effect, fallng in such shimmering folds, | «yes: and nover flinched. Shielded it with | self, while her brown eyes sought her visitor's Goveted.” Her representative would hanrauy, | should he call « second time, or even s third, | when a draped. that they need no extra- | her hand to keep the rain from putting out the | with « lock of rises cnn be'the fret to agree f Japan were. to privately | she it not at home? And if’ she ia at home | neows additions, ‘The charm of a corded milk | poy tta,"2 Kee, professional experience 1| "mts" ittrael" she pleaded” propose such co-operation. Russia, would be | 4 Teceives him cordially, how many times | lies im itself, and when unadorued is adorned | nett, 10 lh mmand.” ‘There was no need of answer, A man's Nery glad of the obportunity of Inying Japes | may he call?” the most, Among the favored shades are | «indifference, I should call it,” suggested | sontaed Tenige tee ee ae: mn, a Saka tg cules ok cok neqniceee |. We ssmpathize with this “Pilgrim” and ad- golden willow, a rare tint in green; apricot, | the indignant listener, ack Gresvence; wetted te jing like his after, ten minutes’ confidential couversat on | Vise him to call twice, and then to give it up | aswn, © golden pink tee-rove; Parma wviolet, | " “Idon't know, my dear; I don’t know. When | old, impetuous self, strode acer the ened with the minister for foreign affairs. Russia’s | “ess she sends him an invitation. If she be | olden tan, pale terracotta, and dove gray. we got through I wondered that she did not | caught the fainting woman in his arms, ‘The iustructious to her representative bere are to | ®thome and treats him kindly he may call Talking in Sia move or stir. I looked at her. and her eyes | white turban fell back from the pale face, its avoid any interference with domestic affairs | *S%™ but not often enough to make himself a ‘alking ne. Were fixed upon the face of the unconscious | rigid features relaxed into a. happy smile, ‘and in Japan and not to place any obstacle (contre. | BO"@- If she does not treat him cordially we | Ste was Boston maid of igh dogree, child, I had to unclasp her hands from the | the doctor's wife, struck by the transformation, carrer was the word) in the way of the leat. | ®4vise him not to go Pa.c Tes nas shone like facandescent M@LS, | inse._‘Hor fingers were cold and clanimn was startled with a recognition, and |= =————————_____“as_ mate anpirations of the Japanese people. ter ‘Rist came 1 bow far she be, mame In See: Yas like person in a cataleptic trance. I) murmured softly: g 4 ” ‘not kind to mer” . br tal” en rs inieters postion «an Olviaplan one—be ‘auanen ee : OER SRA rae thought she was going to fall to the ground. “Sister Veronica! ADIEg WHO RPQUIRE THE SERCICES OF wo Kansan legation in Tokyi is a post of obscrva- | “Henrietta Irving” asks a more troublesome | Sear where the foanuain play ta squirtive { »' ; Whee Do What Bue. t SHSOR TAG hark Ping 3.6 Sateen Be 2 Fraz 3 is Let Her Do What She Can. sa me. only. 3 Foner gare fiend. would” not tally | Geen corveeponding with genome wee’? | oestes oaee ie plac wad sone ecg Roun aa oo a | ethene nh rman, ieee pS = po iy, it would om, : | Whatever the form that her service may take, Twouid probably be aufet for nae a uoush | have never seen. He is the friend of my uncle, | «1s does one good vo set thin apot” ald I, SF But bow can'the etd “recoverein euch'a | Woetucr Mah tn to couns of Church ce of| Banaras tt Die oie end Only Reliable Laties' | WWE BATE REDUCED PRICES fe aay bata most fricadiy attitule. If she | NB2"ishes me to marry him. He bays he | - “When wasty af tne cite bite and nase” place. It is criminal to leave him there.” Or down where the outcast and suffering walt, epee Can be consulted dilly, 404 C nt, between 434 a2@0th cLorErno 00, br 4 ao a coe ak she | loves me, and he has seen me often, ‘ow, I | She ceased her waxic pastime to reply: {The citizens of Palmea may be a trifle un- | In the love-oireled home, be it cottage oe alle ee ae THE LONDON aXD LIVERPOOL ter abe od not be las we gi ore | Rnatlove wut amotber”gouhe mas, whom 1 ie Sooke qfetand my dea, but they ar@ not anting in| he ah, moero to mod in te sot eonnd Eyre eet | soon __ meso the present one. There remains England. too much to wait for the other. “What would | “Thissrlvan spot.” then softy I averred: ore tang ties ei ee ee In tho African far over the sea, a , THE ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND Tine’ Dest amaueh see Wait for the first (who | Her voice came, sweet as notes of woodland bird: | reated that hte house Brown's family Or here in the land that the Lord has made free. cor ry fot fate Oy is incomprehensible, and this i not merely ms | ls the best match) or encourage ‘the latter? poe gent ORE Aa peep sre tnater Sap Pad i bi ay ich is etiquet : orn opinion but the opinion of five men out of | Which — this is a case where etiquette | “The balmy breezes whispering overhead srl Rg a eis siz here who follow foreign politics intelligent | gaiis hut we showld edvise you not to encour- | ,, With such enchanting softness kiss the brow!” hea tnenp ioe cov geedolne atten ae Jy. To begin at the end. the most stribing re-| age the one whom you have not seen’ In tones of liquid melody she said: Kestrain not her In deed or in word, Sent political fact im Japan has been the decline | “*":Emma Spasm:” “Should T thank a young ae ae a igencies of her situation the | Let her walk in your fellowship, brother and = English influence snd prestige here, aud | man who esorts me home from the theater?” | “And have you noticed, fair one, how each bird | mother consented to move to the ‘house wae ra England stands at thismoment ona lower plane | Decidedly. Seems here to chovse its sweetest vocal gem?” eady for her, but she drew sparing! Turadet tend ip Japan than she bas ever occupied before.| Walter "asks: “In calling should you | ! dwelt in rapiure on her every, = t Let your paper gee Ply oomese feelings | send your card to the lady by «servant, or “T'm onto them.” ou 5 influence fy seri- | sit ly gi name | , . and all for nothing at all. This | (ope i, Ea yprve the card on | “And now the leaves ike lat, cual ee moving fowhy Leas that the English attitude is incom. bp eye EP Whee in, response w the sweet tresses Gey If you are calling on and are not known to her, send THE TRUMP Canp. but it is not that after F to The Japanese rightly regard the opening of | know her. If you her to prehensible. A i zy ik i and A “Dost wander often toa ” the whole country to foreign residence and | Fd on the table in the hall. After ‘The dreamy sense of to seeks” scant | “Se Rath done whatshe could,” said the Savior to trade on the “tramp card” they have to plat i up your name. Soft puried her answer: | “*Well, I take a trot ‘was ill-| Wao soorned ophahy pe play, ‘oung Mother” aske: “I wish "Bout once a phd Bt, tions they have boos, cnt nein Tision negotia- | Christmas party to a number Of children whose | 7, é E enforcing passport rege- | parents 1 do not know. ‘Now, dwell, feeling. So, 100, i the om Bes aon ee io abees re pol fal 4 i tek them wh 2 My obj agg ig 4 = em when come’ “So long, old fel.” at of trade-marks. Up to a few months ago, 7 at prices whenever the British minister complained’to | Of hn et I was not captured by her voice 60 shing to 6 he fore qp ofice that Japanese “were counter- | “Mrs. Y athiome, Christmas par rita her so freah and young, Re feiting English trade-marks, the authorities, | 2o'clock. “Will be to see min Se ores ‘with whieh although there is no protection for trade-mark Master Dilinghast "WRries I Hi