Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1888, Page 6

> ad THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, © Rae — 22, 1888S—-TWELVE PAGES. ‘Written for the Evewmxe Stan. ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS. What to Do and What Not to Do in Polite Society. €MRS. SHEBWOOD's CORRESPONDENCE coLUMN — PROPRIETY OF MAKING CALLS—HOW LETTERS SHOULD BE SIONED—TAE HAT QUESTION—THE ETIQUETTE OF INVITATIONS. ‘Mrs, Sherwood will each week answer ten or twelve questions concvrning points of etiquette and manners, selecting such as suggest points of the most general interest to readers of Tur writes: “How should aletter be ad- a lady whose hnsband is # doctor of divinity, or to the wife of any gentleman with « title, eral, colonel, judge? Also, will you tell me the correct way to take salt from an in- dividual salt-cellar when an individual salt- furnished? A lady does wot take the title of her husband im this country. Therefore the wife of a judge is Mrs. Sutherland, care of Judge Sutherland. Nor in England has the wife even of an arch- Dishop any rank. It is “The archbishop and Mrs. Benson.” Here it would be “The Bishop and Mrs. Doane.” In Germany they talk of the “professor in,” and put the husband’s title before his wife's name, but it is not the best custom here. As to the salt question, as you have an indi- ‘Yidual title to the salt-cellar. help yourself with your knife. ‘That is the use of an individual ‘sait-cellar. ‘THE ETIQUETTE OF CALIS. H. Van writes: “I am invited bya young lady to attend, with her, a wedding reception given by her friends, with whom I am not ac- quainted. Do I make a call on the people who give the reception with her. or is a call on her sefficient? The case is repeated by an invita- tion from a young lady to attend a dance with her at the house of her triends, with whom I ata unacquainted. Do Icall onthe friends with the young lady afterward?” It is not necessary that the young lady go with you. but you’ should call on the hostess who has invited you. Of course you could also eall on the young lady to thank her for the in- vilation. “Urgent” writes: “I am engaged to marry a young lady whom I have not yet introduced to iy relatives. Now, is it proper etiquette for me to ask my relatives to call upon her first or should I take her to call upon the: Of course your relatives call first on the young lady, the only exception being that you might take her to see ur mother. But it is gencrally the rule that the relatives of the gentleman call on the lady. Tom.—Two ladies have been recently married, exe on October 3 and the other November 21. ‘The one married first holds receptions, the other does not. first call Whose place is it to make the ives the receptions has sent a card. A lady who gives no recep- on hi ay from home ww should you inform your friends rome time of your retar Answer. —By sending your card or writing a note, or bY giving a tea. SIGNATURES. Second,—In writing to an old servant how should you address her and how sign yourself? This depends on the sort of old wervant that and old valuable nurse rite: “Dear Matilda, I bo; you are getting n well through the winter. Your grateful friend, “Many Soara.” 1 our writ a masseuse, wrote: jueen wishes yon tocome to Windsor in April. f hope your little grand- childs well, Yours truly. ‘Jay If you are writing to « manservant. a courier, or any person of that kind begin Feeeived your satisfactory note but always sign it Mary’ Smit Mary Smith. Ifyou choose to put it in_the third you can do so, but that is i inal. Never be afraid to sii name—muke it a title of nobility. Dick Kretzman asks: “Upon being introduced toa young Indy through what formula shoulda gentleman go? Are there any words spoken, and if #0, what are they? Answer—How do you do mula, Second Question — ‘Supp gentleman and a lady on 5t Les gentleman and not the lady; is yw Of course it is, and to raise your hat. hurts nobody. J.P. C. asks: “Should a napkin be folded after « meal if you do not intend to remain for the next meal, as in a restaurant?” Certainly not. You lose all proprietorship in your napkin after leaving the table. To Your next question we can only say that de- pends upon circumstances, INVITATIONS. “Gertrude” asks: “A friend is spending a few weeks with me. Since she came I have been asked toan evening reception, a wedding, atea anda dinner. Can I ask for invitations for her, as my friends do not know of her Presence here? Could 1 with propriety take er with me to any of these houses? If not, does to her require me to stay at home and to decline ail these courtesies? How shall I make the reque By writing @ note to vour friends and asking for an invitation to all these festivities except- ing the dinner. A dinner is too formal and the invitations are of too much consequence for you to ask for one for your friend, unless you are very intimate with hostess, “Old Courtier” writes: “Is it not exceeding], discourteous to. send an invitation by mail? 1 have been in New York two weeks, and have been invited to balls, dinners, and teas innu- merable by mail. It seems to me that @ two- cent stamp is a very undignified message. And if am invited in so unceremonious a manner — return the invitation in as careless a war? We are sorry to tell “Old Conrtier” that he must. The business of sending out invitations by band in a vast city like New York was found to be so uncertain that many hostesses prefer to follow the London fashion and send them by Post. which is bound to find your friend for you, even if he has moved. Still there is a great deal of messenger boy and some people prefer it. How- ever, one is bound to return a note as it is “A Gentleman” asks: “How shall I send out invitations to a tea at my lodgings? Shall Tsay “Mr. Charles Martin at home Saturday, December 1. or shall Tsay, “Mr. Charles Mar- requests the pleasure of your company on Fecedny afternoon.” or shall Fay ste "Charles few at 57 It is always safest for a gentleman to say: “Mr. Charles Martin requests, the pleasure of i, tlthough we know of no rea not put “tea at four” on his card, axa lady docs. It is, however, lees re- spectful, and one had better err on the side of WEDDING caRDs. “Blaine” asks: “In addressing wedding cards oe announcing # marriage, if the groom is a elergyman and a doctor of divinity, should his See ones, He li hich iv. He wears a livery wi cannot be disregarded. mn and the announcement “Mir. and Mire. Meredith Announce the marriage of their daughter ‘To the Reverend Robert Elsmere, D.D. On Thursday, January 15,5” At Trinity Chureh. Never sign you! name “Mrs. wz in the queen's “Dear Charlotte, the erson ‘onveniently for- your Christian is the only for- it i ry HILT fie a Hi i i = NTE ual } wanders off into another room y pouring tea she must.of course, speak to her, ond not wait for an introduction. ‘he roof is an introduction, and the people whom one meets at a friend’s house can be safely spoken to. It is a pretty fashion to haye a young girl friend make the tea. MLE, W, Suzmwoop, ~ <o———— THE WOODLAWN FARMERS. Disenssing Agricultural and Stock Mat- ters at the December Meeting. The December meeting of the Woodlawn Farmers’ club was held at the residence of Daniel Thompson, President Pierson in the chair, D. M. Nesbit, of the Agricultural Col- lege station, Md., by invitation gave some in- teresting facts and statistics in regard to tile draining. He spoke of the vast amount of it, being done with profit in some of the western states, notably Obio, Indiana and Illinois, He said it was not advisable to do it by halves, it must be done thoroughly and well if satisfac- tory returns are to be expected. He advocated the establishment of a tile factory near Wash- ington. Mr. Nesbit, who has purchased a part of Calvert's Manor, near Bladensburg, has, he said, improved the property by the use of draining tile. When the stock committee was called on for a report, A. W. Harrison made some remarks, recommending farmers to raise what stock was needed on the farm, especiall; horses and cows, He thought there was mucl better chance of getting the qualities desired in stock than to depend on buying. Some of the milk dairy men thought they could better afford to buy cows than to raise them, while some said they were raiving a number of their best calves. Good grade cowsare generally sat isfactory, they thought, but it is best to have thoroughbred males, ‘The same may be said of horses. Egbert Thompson favored Holsteins for the dairy on account of docility and size. On comparing the coxt of raising a heifer or a colt. some thought there was not much differ- ence, but those of that view were rather in the inority. If ensilage could be fed to colts it would, it was claimed, much cheapen the cost . The experience of some was against that course. Mr. Nesbit stated that Francis Morris, near Baltimore, had fed ensilage suc~ cessfully to his racing stock. Then followed discussion of the silo question and the best method of building. It was generally conceded that they should be built with sloping sides, so that the tendency in settling would be to com- pact the contents at the outer edges, J..N. Gibbs read an essay on the horse, giving his experience in breaking colts. He thought they should be let pretty much alone until they are ready to be put to work, and was of the opinion that the French coach ‘was the coming try. Inthe discus appeared the majority If a stranger and finds « fad; cal report, stating in substance that since the last meeting at this improvement was noticed in sey- al particulars. 1 rm as a whole showed the beneficial effect of a well-kept milk dairy, and while it was too late to make much com- ment on the growing crops, the wheat locked well; a portion of the field on which turnips were crown showed faith in late sown grain. » 30 cows are well kept in comfortable ables, the report said, and most of them looked as if they would repay the care expend- For their comfort a well has been dng of t depth, and at considerable % ud a very good reputation for its poultry and *. Nature so bountifully does her’ part ward beautifying this place that it must be a comp: tack to supplement her efforts. ‘The next meeting will be at Hollin hail on the 12th of January. The committee on grasses and forage crops are to report. The Spirit of Our Common Father. the Editor of Tar EvesixG Stan, winter of 1864-65 had come, December, with its fitful gusts, was causing discomfort to one and all. It was the day before Christmas, I was leisurely perusing « book in my office; a knock at the door, To my “come in” there ap- peared a woman of about thirty or thirty-five. She was clad in sombre black, her face wan and worried. I bade her to a seat and re- quested her business, dir, Wolf, a friend of mine says you are a good Christian, I am in wavt and distress, ‘To-morrow is Christmas, I husband in the army, have four children, amwithout food or coal. and my landlord, Mr. C—., has given me notice to quit his house because I cannot pay my rent. For God's sake. cannot you help me and my suffering children?” I was shocked and surprised. The landlord mentioned was gn elder of his chureh, a philan- thropist in the newspapers, « man who posed as oue of your “unco good men,” suchas Burns and Dickens have immortalized, and who to- day have their prototypes in every public en- terprise. ‘the woman wasa stranger to me, yet her story was so simple and direct that I gave ready credence. I gave her counsel and store and romised to look into the merits of her case. “pon investigation I found indeed that she had not exaggerated the condition of her wants, I called on several friends, all of them Jews. They gave liberally, and Christmas eve to that family was one remembered by the elders thereof to this day. ‘Tie laudiord has gone to his punishment, the dark days of the war are over, but I was reminded of the inei- trifle from the hands of my r black, who simply says ‘o the Jew who at all times isa mun.” Tdo not give this true hittory for vainglory. but simply to remind all true men and women that creed, race, or s to detract from the hat in the glowing heart-beats of Christmas cheer the Jew fecls as mauch of a re- sponsive chord as the Christian, that the spirit of our common fsther should aid us in ie paths of charity and benevolence. 8. Wore. The Dying Poet. [From the writings of a Pr a poet of the twelfth hen weeping, They my words devery: rou find my body slee ut it is not 1. ‘Now in life immortal hov Far away 1 Here been cast; God hath spoken at his pleasure, Tam free at last. ‘Thanks and praise whim be given Who hath ret me free; Now forevermore in heaven Shall my dweiling be. ‘There I stand his face beholding With the sainte in light; Present, future, past, unfolding In that radiance bright. Tolling through the piain i leave you, have journeyed on From your ten Friends, to find me gone? Let the house forsaken perish; Let the shell decay; Break the cage; destroy the garment— can TT not this my death, I pray you; “Tis my life of life— Goal of all my weary wa End of all my strife. ‘Think of God with love for ever, Know his name is love; Come to him, distrust him never, 1 behold each deathiess sane Uviow; @ portion | inherit Is reserved for you. —— vee Saturday Smiles. An “im the soup”at achureh oyster never gets soup" at a: fair.— Belle was asked where her little brothers, aged four and two,were. She |: “They are sitting on the doorste ug about old times.”—Boston Youth's No man is wholly bad. A mag in a western tentiary for killing his wife and two child- Lap eget Browning's poetry.—Norvistown Herald, “Court the fresh air day and night,” says = medical exchange. That's advice for the girls, but if you are a man you bad better court the fresh = poille en you make calculations merry ahs : ql Al i i if F i 1: tf £ £ 2 I HOLIDAY NOTES IN NEW YORK. Scenes Just Before Christmas in Our Biggest City. AS EXPERIBNCE IN A CROWDED CHRISTMAS SHOP —WOMAN'S COMPENSATION FOR MAN'S GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL—A CYNICAL SCREED ON CHRISTMAS TIME. Correspondence of Tux EVENING Stan. ‘New Yonx, Dec. 21, I tried to make a short cut to-day from 22d street to 23d street by going through a big store that hasan entrance on each street. I thought it would be quicker than going all the way around by 5th avenue, Thad forgotten the near approach of Christ- mas, but it was brought tomy mind when it was too late to retreat, The store is one of those establishments which, during fifty weeks in the year, is a respectable, conservative, orderly dry goodsshop. For the other two weeks of the fifty-two it is a roaring, crazy pandemonium, It was during the “other two weeks” when I struck itto-day. I had scarcely crept within its back door on 22d street when I was merged into a swaying mass of women who looked considerab worse for wear. In- deed, the wear had told on them so completely that it might more truthfully be aaid that they were consi the worse for tear. On the floor my feet slid along on smooth beads wrenched from cloaks and capes as if I were on roller-skates. To my right loomed a bonnet whose feather, fractured in the middle, wung likes pendulum from over a pretty irl’s left ear. Pushed over my shoulder was & hand in a brown kid glove, gesticulating with frantic motions of a half-severed thumb to an elderly lady in front of me whose gray hair had escaped from its hairpins and was hanging, unkempt and frouzled, around ber _ necl ““R-r-r-i-p!” a sudden expanse of white was dis- played at the waist of a stout lady on my left as the skirt of her gown gave way under a force neither she or I were able to locate. A cash girl crept almost on all-fours by the kneos of the waiters at the linen bargain counter, ducked under my arm, dodged a {guns girl carrying « big box, and plunged like a catapult into the ribs of a sour-looking Vith the crash two silver quarters .d out of the little giri’s basket and went rolling under the skiria of fifty women, who couldn't have stopped to pick the Pieces up if they'd been double eagles. The cash girl sobbed, and crawled about under the feet of the crowd after her money. A broad- shouldered lady just in front of me began to back and fill like a steambont, and put both heels down hard upon my corns. “I've found all but the dime!” squeaked the little cash girl. A lanky, sharp-elbowed female prodded me in the ribs with arma akimbo and then glared at me with a sneer and a scowl, and asked me if I wanted to occupy the whole building. I grabbed the little cash girl desperately as e groped about by my feet. “Bay,” said I, “show me how to get out of here and I'll make up your lost dime for you.” “Gimme the dime!” she squeaked, and I fol- lowed her. Twice 1 lost her and each time she managed to find me and start me afresh. Again I lost sight of her, and for two or three minutes fol- lowed another casi girl, two sizes larger, but dressed in the same style of red apron, When Td run up against the counter where they tied arcels Theard the faint squeak of my guide ehind d once more tried to keep on the trail. Desperate now, I plunged through whole families of women sampling ribbons, swept thin women aside when I could und ‘pushed hard against stout women till they gave way. I sidled crab-fashion toward a door my little cash girl held open, shot into a hallway and fled with a glad sense of freedom to and beyond the strect door. Itook a brief account of but- tons gone and rents obtained on my overcoat, knocked a dent out of my hat’s crown, looked around and discovered I was still on 22d street, fifteen steps from where I went in. iting pleasures of football are denied to the “gentler sex,” but an opportunity to maul one another ‘and tear one another's clothes is presented for a few weeks in cach year just before holiday time, so it really isn't #0 bad to be a woman after all, The sex has ite compensations, spinster. and a dime lea ° Perhaps that is why the same women go day after day this week regularly to the biggest stores, and come home at night looking like = sophomore afteracane rush. At any rate a friend of mine who presides at a fancy goods counter declares that 65 per cent of em don't buy. and that he has seen plenty of them fight bravely to get a place close to the counter and hold it with triumphant expressions of victory on their countenances. for T-dont-dare-to-aay- how many minutes while they paw over—my friend’s expression. mind you—all the fal-lals wad dingdingles that fancy counters contain near Christmas tim: One is half inclined to. say with the cynic, “Hang Christmas, anyhow!" Ite recurrence gives a yearly view of what wretched hypoc- risy there is in the world, There's my itice boy, for instance—the unconscionable young Villain, For two weeks past he has becn so attentive, so polite and so prompt withal. that anybody’ ‘who didn't know. the culeula ing ality of that youngster’s apparent reformi- tion would be deceived into giving him a fiver Christmas morning. And the colored elevator mau at my apartments opens the front door for me mornings and nights with a salam as if I were the rajah of Bahlinpootraph. From December 26, 1883, until December 16, 1359, he'll let me open the door for myself and treat me as an insufferable nuisance, to whose pres- ence he is forced to be resigned. 5 All these evidences of hypocrisy at Christmas time are enough to put any man in a cynical mood, I can recall no end of petty deceits that are being practiced upon mankind. I don't refer to the every-day common decep- tions that are getting to be thoroughly under- stood. Of course everybody, knows now-a- days that Bordeaux wine is made in California, Italian marble is quarried in Kentucky, Russian leather is made in Connecticut, French lnces in New York, English cassimeres in Now Ham shire. and Havana cigars in every townshi in the states. These are common an stupid deceptions. At a certain theater in this town a beautiful and winsome child-actress is attracting large audiences by her clever acti ina thorough ly meritorious play. Every night she is called before the curtain and presented with flowers by bona-fide admirers, and bows her appreciation with the grace und self-pos- session of an old etager. One night an usher carried down the ai & big basket of choice blossoms and ferns, to the handle of which swung a little cage of hon eg canary birds, When the little girl received this offering the actress was apparently forgotten and the sim- — child appeared. She grasped the ket eagerly, forgot to make her bow of thanks, and marched off the stage absorbed in answering the twittering of the birds und for- tful of all elso save her unique new toy. Sheer after cheer echoed through the theater. ne of many ® mother in ‘ont “One tonch of nature!” said the audience. One touch of rot! The whole was no more nor less than a the manstor and cleverly atbowted We te, rly execu 2 child. “It had been rehearsed an carefelly as ‘any portion of the play and was such «great hit it is repeated at discreet intervals dur- ing her engagement, each time with admirable country to take sway the dollars that our na- tive talent deserves to have @ monopoly of They have visited Washington to sorbing. ibitive Tre attainment of teks onde 238 Sone ocd i th i iy Er] E rf i THE MISTLETOE BOUGH. Quaint Legend of the Origin of a Favorite Christmas Custom. To this period of superstition is to be attributed the very pleasing fiction of modern times relative to ‘‘kissing under the mistletoe,” says a writer on Christmas customs, In the good old times the custom was very quaintly defined. Every berry on the mistletoe bough hung in the e@nter of the hall entitled a young gallant to a kiss from any member of the fair sex who passed beneath it, After exacting the penalty from the maiden he had to pluck a berry from the bough and hand it to her as a pence offering. To be strictly correct the young lady then had to throw the berry on to the burning ynle log in the open grate and decide by the time it took in cracking ber luck during the ensuing year. Now-a-days the custom has been sheen ofall its formalitice, but the leading feature of it has not been forgotten or abandoned. Scores of legends abound as to the origin of the custom, one of the quaintest of which is worth recording. A prince of royal blood and of fine physique t separated from his companions while out fanting. “He wandered through the woods all day and at night arrived at an old ruined castle. He knocked at the gate, and having satisfied the watchman that he was not a rob- ber or a rous character, was allowed to enter. The only inmates of the castle were o hideous old baron and his lovely daughter. The welcome accorded to the wanderer wasnot of the most enthusiastié character, and whenin the morning he paid some well-worded compli- ment to the baron’s daughter he was scized rudely by command of the irate parent and turned out of the castle. He wandered about for several days and, when almost dead from fatigue and hunger, encountered a fairy, to whom he told his adventures. She informed him that if he returned to the castle armed with a mistletoe bough the power of the baron over his lady-love would cease, and he could win her with a kiss. But the bough must be plucked from a hollow oak growing by the side of a stream, on the oppo- site bank of which stood a weeping willow with all its leaves torn off save two, For weeks the love rince searched for this particular oak, but without success, Atlast he fell asleep one night under an oak tree, and when he awoke in the morning he observed to his sur- prise a rivulet just at his feet and a weepinj willow on the opposite bank, which answere! exactly the fairy’s description. He speedily climbed the tree, plucked a bough of mistletoe which grew at its ggmmit, repaired to the castle and won his bride. 4 <a A Convincing Portrait. Mr. Harry Furniss, the well-known caricatu- rist on the staff of Punch, tells the following anecdote, which amusingly illustrates some of the troublesof the harassed portrait painter: Aman once called upon a portrait painter and asked him to paint his father. “But where is your father?” asked he of the brush. “Oh, he died ten years ago. “Then how can I paint him?” asked the ar' “Why,” was the reply, “I have just your portrait of Moses. Surely, if you can paint the portrait of a man who died thousands of years ago, you can more easily paint the por- trait of my father, who has only been dead ten years.” Seeing the sort of man with whom he had to deal, the artist undertook the work. When the picture was finished, the newly blossomed art-patron wascalled in to see it. He gazed ut it in silence for some time, his eyes filling with tears, and then softly and rever- ently said: “So that ismy father? Ah, how he ischanged.” It will Amuse Them. From the New Orleans Picayune. Sir Donald Smith, of Montreal, is the owner of the costliest piano ever made in this country, When landed in Montreal it cost him $27.00. How the firemen will enjoy playing on that piano when a fire breaks out in the house where it is stored. : ee “Constant Reader” in the Sanctum. From the Springfield Union. “Good morning, Mr. Editor, T see you are very busy, but I suppose a cat can look upon a king without disturbing him.” ‘ertainly.” “Don't let me take any of your valuable time, but I gent you acommunication the other day which you haven't printed.” “Sign your name?” “No [didn't care to put my neme to it, but — matter was one of such public interest that “Wrote on both sides of the paper?” “Why, yos—I didn’t intend to, but tie subject strung out go I had to, and also round the mar- gins. : “Smith'?” ‘ote ‘Johnson’ go it looked I “Very likely—I was in gr “Signed ‘Constant Re: . ir, I've taken your a great many years,” “Read all our editorials on the subject you wrote about?” “No! have you been discussing that subjoc tainly; for some months past off and € .” Lsuppose “Singular [haven't noticed it; well. if you can’t print my communication, I'd like it again a3 [ may make some other use of it.” “See waste basket.” “I don't sce any waste basket but I notice the floor is littered with manuscripts.” “Same thing—uo room for waste basket big ough to accommodate all the fool stuff that comes here. “Oh, then I can't’ — sk Janitor.” Vhere shall I find him? cn flights farther up.” vutor? imb stairs.” “What kind of « looking man?” “Savage looking, with a big club.” “Oh-—good day.” “Day.” ee — Plenty of Food. From the N. ¥. Sun. Scholar (in Sunday school class to teneher)— “Miss Brown, after the flood aud when the | waters had dried up, what had Noah and his family to live on?” Another Scholar—‘Kin I answer that ques- tion, Miss Browa?” Mins Brown (very much relieved)— Tommy. I wish you would.” Tomuy—"Dey lived on iish and game.” His Estimate of an Author. From the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Thickhead (meeting an old acquaint- ance)—“Hello, Pusher, U haven’t seen you for an age. What are you driving at now?” Mr. Pusher—(successful author)—“I am writing another book.” ‘Yes, Mr. Thickhead—Sure enough, I forgot you | were aliterary man. (Drawing a long breath and shaking his head.) © I don't think I'd ever succeed as an author, I lack gall. I supy Thaven't got enough conceit. ‘They tell me you're coming right to the front, Pusher. Glad to hear it—glad to hear it. Good-by (rating off). He looked mighty glum. What thunder could I bave said to offend him?” Does Any One Know? Does any one know what's in yourheart and mine, ‘The sorrow and soni ‘The right and the wrong: ‘The dread of the darkness, the love of the day, ‘The ebb and the flow Philadelphian—‘I wish you, sir, to observe the color of that water I have just drawn from the pipes.” color isnot due to Trapertiien, but tobe air in gine sea bai A MAN’S TEMPERAMENT. How It Can Be Judged While He Is Playing Billiards. From the New York Evening World. id youever notice how a man’s tempera- ment can be judged from the way he play: game of billiards?” asked an old gentleman of an Evening World reporter, as they stood look- ing at an interesting game which was being played in a downtown billiard parlor. Receiv- ing a negative answer, the old gentleman con- tinued: “Now, just watch that short man when be makes a shot.” The little man referred to was just prepar- ing to play. His brow was wrinkled and his lips compressed. Hardly had be struck the ball when he began a series of gymnastics as he watched its course around the table. His body bent first to one side, then to the other. The cue was tightly clasped to his breast, hori- zontally, and when finally the cue ball slowly traveled toward the light red. he drew h Fight knee up almost to @ level with his ehi ‘The shot was a failure by a hair's breadth, and an expression of the keenest disappointment spread on the player's face, as he resumed his normal attitude. “What does that signify?” asked the old gen- tloman triumphantly. and without waiting for &n answer he continued: “‘Neryvousness—exces- sive nervousness. and a sensitive disposition. Quick to take offense and easily discouraged. Aman that can make himself utterly miscr- | able by worrying over tiitles, Now watch his opponent.” eral more successful shots were made, the yonng man displaying the same coolness “and off-lud manner in each instance and appar- ently eg caring whether they were successful or not. “Confidence,” said the old gentleman, “and Yet a vein of carclessness in his disposition, You can set him down as an easy-going sort of 4 chap, who never borrows trouble, but lets to- morrow take care of itself. Confidence in him- self is a prominent characteristic, and he will succeed in life by that means, his greatest en- emy being his owh good nature. He would make a good friend and a very good enemy, as he can bear no malice. . “But there's a study for indicating a thick-set individual at an adjoin- ing table. ‘Note how carefully he plays each shot, showing no emotion, whether he is suc cessful or not. Bull-dog determination is shown in every action, and he is withal a care- ful business man, neat and tidy in his habits, snd punctual as to engagements. A man capa- ble of forming great plans and carrying them out. “A great difference is seen in that young man at the next table to him. He “holds his cue as though afraid of it. makes each shot uncertainly, every now and then glane- ing anxiously ‘at his opponent's string. Fear of defeat, or failure would prevent him from engaging in any large enterprise, and | many opportunities to succeed in life would be noglected for the same reason. He possesses little or no ambition, and is inordinately selfish, If he wins that game it will bea cause for boast- ing to his friends, “There is still another type of character dis- played in that gentleman at the end table. He plays as though the whole thing bored him in- finitely, and he would be glad when it was over. He appears to have a craving for some excitement, a restless disporition, and hard to please. In short, he is what in slang parlance would be termed a crank, You are acquainted with him?” asked the old gentieman, as the ob- ject of his remarks bowed to the reporter. Upon receiving an affirmative reply, the old gentleman said: “Well, [ am sorry if I have spoken slightingly of your friend, but confess: ave I not hit his nature correct “You have,” was the simple rejoinder, “Apple Charms.” From Chambers’ Journal. Horace mentions the use of apple pips in love affairs, A lover would take a pip between the finger and thumb and shoot it up to the ceil- ing, and if it struck it his or her wish would be accomplished. Nowad: the fidelity of her beloved by putting a pip in the fire, at the same time pronouncing his name, If the pip bursts with a report it is a sign that he lo her; but should it burn silently she is sure of his want of affection for } her. This is often rformed with nuts in- ya in that man,” stead of pips. Gay's Hobuella experiments with the pips by plicing one on each cheek, one for Lubberkin and the other for Booby- clod: “But Boobyclod soon drops upon the ground, Accertain token that his loves unsound: While Lubberkin sticks flruly to the lust.” Gay alvo mentions the common amusement aring an apple without breaking the pecl then throwing the over the lett | alder in order to se letter of the eshape the paring Latham, in her 8 another apple | dl on present fastens an apple on a string hung and twirled round be | fore a hot fire. “The owner of the apple that | first falls off is declared to be upon the point | | of marriage, and as they fall sticcessively the { order in which the rest of the party will attain ‘to matcimonial honors is clearly indicated, |singlo biceseduess being the lot of the one whose apple is the last to drop. se ~ Watking Lovers. Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record. Lovers who cannot get married for one re son or another, usually not entirely disconnec! ed with money questions, are found in every | town. But it seems to me that there «re more | known cases of this sad dort living in Washing- ton than in any other city. “Walking lovers” they are commonly called, because in many | instances th mect on Stern pa: 3] it imprac | usual way at the girls home, and so they go | stroiling along the streets or through the parks amid iversal sympathy of so much of the world as os a lover, The hour at noon which most of the de- partments give to the employes for Inuching | urposes is the time when most of these old | [overs walk, for many of them are in the de- partments and cannot afford to surrender a gal- ary by marrying. Some of them have been | | wailing through the lunch kour thus hopeless- | Feu ere is no probability that they ver be abie to get muzrik | wi But there is | nothing to prevent their walking up and} down to ow and then, however, one | | of these | the walking lovers for yea | windfall from fortune’s tree or gets desperate { —in vituer event getting married. Then we all congratulate them in our hearts, whether we have ever been uced to them or not, for | | we feel that they are old friends with whom we do well to rej é seen among | cither gets some | aoe Precept and Practice. From the Lincoln Ju. Father (to dutiful son)—*"My boy, you should never ridicule the deformities of others; they cannot help their misfortunes, you know. His wife—“Somobody is et the door, John.” “I hope to thunder it isn’t that croes-eyed ~ Weeder. It gives me the blues to look at ee eet An Appropriate Present. From Texas Siftings. Wife—“What are you going to give me for a Christmas present?” Husband—*If you could play on the violin I know what I'd give you.” _— ‘It is called a chin rest.” oe ——_—— Tedious Waiting. From Kinderhook Rough Notes, . “You wonld be sorry to lose your sister, wonldn’t you, Johnnie?” asked the visitor sug. gestivety to the little boy who was entertaining im in the drawing room, stand We aie Henkianon, Maw Saye’ Freed 4 9 ve to 'woar shor! pants till after Ireno's married” Too Great a Risk. ‘From the Jeweler's Weekly. ‘Wite—“Shall T put your diamond studs in your shirt, dear?” | which illustrates their tyranny. “cost. j down, one-story frame Christmas-Tree Fixings. HOW TO BEAUTIFY THE PRIDE OF THE PARLOR. From the Detroit Free Press. ° A pleasing effect is produced by brushing prickly foliage of the tree here and there with mucilage, and then sprinkling common salt upon it, Among the cheap, home-made orna- monts to hang upon the tree may be enumcr- ated empty egg shells adorned with decaleo- munie pictures, walnuts wrapped in tin-foil or gold paper, pine con ished, then bronzed or sprinkled with salt; cranberries or rn strung on twine, gold-paper chains, made by pasting one tiny ring within the other, colored issue paper, &c. ‘The tissue paper is cut into long strips about four inches wide, and closely cut ocross, but not entirely across. It is then ‘slightly dampened and held over a hot stove, when it curis up and looks well when thrown here and there acr@ss the tree. It does not require much skill to fashion balloons, gondolas, bird-cages, coaches, ée., out of stiff paper. and afterward covering it with gilt or silver paper. Figures cut from ad- vertising chromos or colored fasbion-plates can be fastened to the balloons, gontolas, &c.. and really look very pretty. The same skill can adorn the base of the tree in landscape stylo. with tiny picket fences, rustic bridges, an old , using moss for meadow, red sand for . white or silver sand for paths, twigs of cedar for trees, piece of looking-glass fringed with moss for a lakelet, de, Bunches of ivy-berries for the tree can be varionsly y first dipping them into a hot but weak solution of stare! nd then into blue, red or yellow powder. or into powdered bronze. Mottoes for the tree or around it can be made of white cotton wool, The letters are cut out of card paper, to which the wool is glued. Chis was a tall, slender man, who, “ after casting a rapid glance ‘at the position in | When dry pull’ the wool, so as to give it a pully which the balls lay, struck the cue-ball a quick } OT stowy appearance, Trim the letters carc- blow and, hardly pausing to observe the effect | {ally afterward and fasten them on a dark of the shot, moved to the opposite side of the | backround. Letters decorated with rice have table and began chalking ‘his cue, while the | the eifect of divi Cut out the letters ball, having ceased its_gyrations, stopped evi- | 0M cartridge paper. cover them with a thick denily just whore he expected it would. Sev- | Coating of paste or glue. and while yet warm drop the grains of rice can also be made to re them into red sealing-wax dissolved in alcohol. Letters covered with crampled tinfoil hi a good effect and resemble frosted sil or they ean be made of holly, cord-like appearance. The leaves are strung with a needle upon twine of the proper length, passing the needle through the center of each leaf. The rice grains coral by dipping A Hired Girl’s Cheek. ‘New York Letter. Anumber of prominent men were discuss- ing, a few days ago, the question of the hired girl, and the dificulty experienced in getting oue who would not desert the family the very evening on which company was expected to dinner, Each one related how he had been beuutifully left on some particular occasion when the services of the hired girl were most indispensabie. They came to the conclusion that the average servant girl is a tyrant at times. thepard. who was mow of acase It was M Wm. H. Vanderbilt's French maid whose se vices had been engaged in Paris at some little Mrs. Vanderbilt brought the maid over to America, and was at first very m with Eloise, which was her pam morning the lady announced to Eloise that the family were going svon to Saratoga, and that she had better be Why.” " rere at Sarato la m know. I don’t think I care to go to the same resort two seasons hand running.” Mrs. that she told the Fre nation would be acc and left just when most nable,.” Col. Shepard said he'd had similar experi- ences himself, but never hired a girl with greater ch .”’ said Col. Elliott F. one of the number present, at an early how ¢ would have been + es Force of Habit. From the Philadelphia Record, Miss Romance (at the theater) Note the precision with which that handsome actor steps across the stage. Every stride is exactly the e lencth.’ Mr, Bohemian (a little jealous)—“Yes, that habit of measuring the steps comes from walk- ing on railroad ties.” Sos = Here ts Barbara Pomfret. A CARONDELET WoutaS WHOSE CAREER stR- PASSES AMELIA'S IIRUOISE, From the St. Louis Globe Democrat. “Rose Messor, a French woman, aged sixty, arrested arondelet features in rash representa tions in her sensational novel. Birs. Messor came to Carondelet forty-two years ago. She marrie i and lived very happily until he was drowned in stone . the neighbors she became co absorbed by the m a man named Formun, dead husband that she wes as an_ sutomaton. He had left her some little realty, from t) rentals of which suficient funds’ acer to give her a After @ years of this mec i met a x bl to Forman, 4 fc hip married. Bot it their honeymoon was even more as their courtship, Messor was a and he went to St. Louts proper to ork His affection for her waa said to been remarkably strong. But when, . he returned to his brid nothing to do with him, She a having married him, not but that he was an excelient man, for whom she had mbouuded respoct and nee. but she felt that she brief than have after a short she would bh told a neighboring woman that she regre had violated » . she maintained, bound her to ke and. SMessor tett her, but has secret! ing watch over her ever since. neigh it repetition of story to the eff dark shadow, the ct image and aikeness of her husband, con- | tinually preceded her wherever ehe would go, All other sivrics she told were variable and | disconnected, “But in the tale of the dark | phantom sh: was firm and consistent, Her | sriends smiled incredulously and paid little | heed to her, as she lived ail alone in a tumble- | house on the north pughborough and Pennsyivani an to be evident that she was At all times of night she y loud her of would startle some of the neighb knockiugs on their Ww opened the door the ne: regale the ebadow of her den aost, in i iently, ‘About 2 a.m, on tho Ist instant. she aroused F. Mersot at his home. 6904 South Broadway, and after she entertained him for a time he took her into the house ng #he would de- stroy herself, But sho annoyed his family 60 much by her monotonous spook «tery that he had her arrested. Her husband, who has been working in an adjacent village, sent word that he would be in to-day and look after his wife. A Cure for Stooped Shoulders, From the Philadelphia Telegraph How often one hears the remark: “What a fine, big fellow Mr. So-nd-so woald be if he didn’t stoop?” Aud still sach a misfortune can easily be cured. The stooping figure and hait- ing gait. accompanied by the unavoidable weakness of the lungs, can be cttended to and Snally cured by the very simple and cosily per- formed exorcise of raising one’s self upon the toes loisurely in a perfectly perpendicular manner several times daily, “To ‘this ex- reise properly one, must take a perfect posi tion, with the heels together end toes at an angle of about forty-five ‘Then dro; the arms lifelessly by the animating an raising the chest muscularly to its full capacity; the chin should be well drawn in and the crown of the head feeling as i? attached toa string suspended from the ceiling above, Slowly ts galied putea Aegis e great le height. ex- ereising all the muscles of the loge and body; this done, then reassuming the standing position without swaying the bod; backward out of the lect line. exercise first on one foot and then on the other, meny to know BE ‘The result will be a what exercise has and it will soon be begin to show ¢: E that th Lungs wil re development. ote do: = Two Queer Chums: ‘From the London Star. Lord Randolph Churchill is # tory leader, ‘and Henry Labouchere is a radical of radicals, anderbilt was so much taken back id that her resig- | 418 SEVENTH STREET X. W., DISPLAYS AN UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF BRONZES, SCONCES, STATUARY, CHANDELIERS, LIBRARY. PIANO, ROCHES- TER AND B. H. VASE LAMPS; ALSO DECO- RATED GOODS, ARTISTS’ COLOR BOXES AND OUTFITS, AND DRAUGHTSMAN'S SUPPLIES. REASONABLE PRICES. 435-6 Ivsr Tar Turxos CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Flogant BrassTables,with OnyxTops, $18.00 to 845.00. Elexant Brass Easels, from $6.00 to 815.00. Flegant Cherry and Oak Tables, from $1.45 to $10.00. Piano Lamps, very rich, from $10.00 to $26.00. Brass Tables, Wood Tops, #3.75. Plush Pano Covers, all prices, Portieres, all prices. ‘Lace Curtains, from 90c. to $100.00 per pair. Japanese Bric-a-Brac. Fur Rugs, #2 69 each. Japanese Screens, Sofa Pillows, Articles in other departments suitable for Holiday Gifts: We have Fans, Gloves, Neck Fixings, Hosiery, Jewelry Pocket-books, Handkerchiefs, Dolls, Albums, Plush Boxes, Bronze and Bisque Firures, Writing Desks, Portfolios, Books, and many other things to select from that we are too busy to think of vow, but if you want to sce Just the article your fancy suaresta, or Jots of things you never thought of, it i» really necessary f visit us. We will lay aside any article for you until desired and keep in safe condition, Our Stock of Christus Goods was never #0 varied before. We have tried very hard to upersede our past splendid showings, and feel as if we liad dove #0. Ask for “Sponge, Holder and Moistener,” given free to the children during this week. 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