Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1889, Page 6

Written for Tae Evserxe Stan. IN SOCIETY AND POLITICS. The Nestor of the Senate and Members of His Household. SENATOR MORRILL'S LONG AND REMARKABLE FFRATIONS—PRESIDENT PIERCE AND HIS BROTHER The legislative career of Justin 8. Morrill, the father of Senate, began thirty-four years ago with the Thirty-fourth Congress. He began his congressional service in the tem- pestuous times of slavery agitations, partisan acrimony growing out of forced compromises and fugitive slave legislation and tariff contro- versies, His first experience was in the long session which began December 3, 1855, con- tinued without result on the bitterly-contésted military bill for more than eight months, and having adjourned without action, was recalled by President Pierce, remaining until the 30th Gay of August, when the measure was passed. MRS. SENATOR MORRILL. The estimable lady who presides over the elegant household of the aged but brilliant Senator from Vermont came to Washington with her husband in the very outset of his pub- career. In 1351 Justin S. Morrill, a mer- ant and farmer of Stratford, Vt., and Ruth Barrell Swann were married. The four yearsof their early married life was passed at Strat- ford, on the beautiful estate of Mr. Morrill, Since then Mr. and Mrs. Morrill have passed the congressional seasons at Washington, and have been promiuently associated with the ———— events of the capital during the | yng intervening period. The family of Mrs. Morrill is one of the oldest in New England. Her maternal ancestors in America sprang from that doughty pioneer soldier, Mi dish. whose military exploits in the of the settlement of Plymouth and } setts bay, have been the theme of verse and prose for two-and-a-half centuries. SENATOR MORRILL’S ANCESTRY. Senator Morrill is of English descent of later date. His ancestors first settled at Salisbury, ‘Mass., in the early part of the last century. ‘The family later emigrated to New Hampshir and from that original state of the thirteen quasi- sovereignties of the young republic his grand- father, in 1795, with his five sons and two daughters, went to Vermont and settled near Stratford, the seat of the patrimonial acres of the present patriarchal head of the Morrills. During the British invasion from Canada in the war of 1812, the Senator's grandfather, mustering his four sons, one of them Col. Nathaniel Morrill, th jor’s father, marched to join the American forces operating on Lake Champlain. Owing to the British vessels hav- ing cut off communications they failed to reach the army on the other side until the close of that brilliant and victorious conflict, but en- gaged in the pursuit of the fleeing Englishmen. ‘MRS. MORRILL’S FATHER. Mrs, Morrill isa daughter of Caleb Swann, one of the most skillful physicians and active politicians during the middle decades of the present century. He was a native of Charles- town, Mass., where he was born in 1793. Hs graduated at Harvard in 1514, one of his class- es being the historian. Prescott. The young graduate studied med: In 1816 he mar- ried Ruth Barrell. of East Bridgewater, Mass., and settled at Easton, Mass., simuttaneously to ‘When Mrs. Morrill came to Ws her half-sister, Miss Swann, came with her, and has been a member of her interesting house- raridence af Washington, during. the congres, residence at Was mm, is « sional and mable has figured prominently in social life. Being 1d of an observant mind and retentive memory, she isone of the most entertaining ladies at the capital, Her recollections of society in the deys of Presidents Pierce, Buchanan, Lis Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur Cleveland are’ intensely . interesting. friends have long been her to preserve this valuable material in the shape of reminis- censes as a contribution to the social history of ‘the capital, PRESIDENT PIERCE’S BROTHER, The experiences of President Pierce's brother, who was a New Hampshire drover, upon his first visit to the capital, as told by Miss Swann, presents a most amusing picture of the contrasting conditions of the two broth- ers. Drover Pierce boarded in the same house with the Morrills, and, though not of the same political faith, they were all very friendly. The simple-minded New Hampshire drover made a confidant of Miss Swann. His woes of reflected conspicuousness, the harrassments of syco- phantic office-hunters, the perplexities of con- ventional etiquette, the torture of polite “doings,” nearly drove the drover of the granite hills out of his senses. He was ogled and pointed at and followed by the crowd to hs boarding-house as if he wassomebody. He wis particularly incensed that he ‘“‘couldn't eat a meal of victuals with his brother Frank with. out seeing all about it in the ne re, ju as if eatin’ war somethen’ new.” The Troubl of Benjamin Pierce, Drover, New Hampshiri or, The Trials of a President's Brother on & Ysit tothe National Capital, as rendered by Miss Swann, would make a roaring chapter of experiences. e style of living of Senators and Repre- sentatives in those days, the society of the tines of James Buchanan and Harriet Lane, the anxious months of the war, with the vary- ing fortunes of bloody combat; the establish- unt of the new regime in politics and society uyon the return of peace and the expansion of fashionable life of the ca into its mt scope of magnificence, opulenee, culture, diversity and attractions have had an aypreciative observer in Miss Swann. Her re- markable gifts of conversation enable her to uflize this fund of interesting information for the benefit of her friends. The only son and child of Mrs, Morrill has been somewhat of an invalid since a serious illness two years ago. In their young days Mrs. Morrill and her siter were great belles, admired not only for their beauty but for their conversational = For the past few years Mrs. Morrill has not been vay strong. She has therefore been much re- lived in her household and social duties by Mss Swann, who still retains her womanly beuty. The name of Miss Swann is also asso- cited with charitable work in behalf of the | edored people at the capital. Senator Mor- | ril, who will be seventy-nine years old in April, is still vigorous and attends to his sena- terial duties with all the enthusiasm of men of fewer years in life’s march from the cradle to the grave. In his palmy days he was one of tis brightedt spealers in Congress, and at. the dinner table he had few peers. DgB. R. K. rast = ‘Witten for Tae Evewrxo Stan. A NEW YEAR PICNIC. Away Up the River Murrumbidgee. BY DR. GRO. B. WALLIS. ‘Written for the Rvaxrxe Stax. ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS. What to Do and What Not to Do in Polite Society. MRS. SHERWOOD’S CORRESPONDEXCE OOLUMN— INFORMATION ABOUT LEAVING PERSOKAL CARDS MEANING OF THE LITTLE WHITE MESSENGERS ‘INVITATIONS To DINNER—IN THE BALL BOOM. ‘The prevailing tenor of our questions this week is that of card leaving, and as so many questions cannot be individually answered in the weekly space which we have at our com- mand, we will write our answers generally to the one end of answering every one. . One gentleman asks: “If seven or eight ladies are staying in one house, say, Mrs. Taylor and two daughters, Mrs, Brown and three daughters, Mrs. Brown and three’ daughters, and the Misses Sinclair, cuppose I wish to call on them all, shall I leave seven or eight cards, or shallI simply call on the hostess?” Pr Simply call on the hostess and ask for the others, we should say. or possibly on the two ‘Written for Tax Evextso Stan, IN THE SADDLE. Various Styles of Riding and Their Rela- tive Advantages. 2s Reals guest must sit at her on ei tan ad th pricon genemes na PURE * “Delmonica” writes: “This is my first season out, and Isee that many of my partners wish to got rid of me after dancing, and yot they feel afraid to leaye me alone. I fear I spoil their evenings. Nothing is so uncomfortable to a girl as to see that a man is to her and secretly hoping that some one will come and relieve him. Sometimes, too, I de- tire the society of somebody else as much as We should not have suj the pretty debutantes of this season such trial as this, Couldehe not say, “Do not stand talking to me,I beg of you. Idonot mind being alone, Tassure you,” or there is the universal remedy of the sent and the chaperone. This lady ought to help Delmonica out of her difficulty. If men could get over their fear of being “cornered” at a ball they would be more agree- able, Still less should a young man be too officious at a ball, or anno by sticki too closely to her. If he rig! to facilitate his departure by looking a little distrait and allowing him to see by her manner that ho is taking up too nfuch of her time." But thers. There ‘is is one o! ose delicate les which must Drcomman sense In eiuette ‘oe there is in | be left to an artist like Delmonica to put in for everything else, and a gentleman must decide herself. E. W. Saznwoop. these questions for himself, nor leave car eA He packs." A card is one’s eelf, and must be treat, | eden eee ee ed as such, It is the beginning and the end o' VENING STAR: >, “4 Tam surprised that a woman of such good etiquette, the alpha and omega of social inter- course. The card is the first introduction and | sense as Mrs. Sherwood should advise a corres- pondent to address one of her sex as “Dear the final leave taking. ” These litle pieces of white pasteboard, if imperishable, will in their | Taay,"s mode of address hitherto generally confined to the peddler or ragman, when, as amount, their many inscriptions, puzzle the ‘New Zealander who disinters New’ York, after everybody of any culture knows that a woman is never spoken to as a “lady,” but only spoken 4,000 years, as the Schliemanns of y are digging up old Troy. “What are. they?” they willask. “Do they represent the money of | of in that term, andeven then, in nine cases that buried people’ z ;. | out of ten, “woman” is preferable. Her plan Indeed, the card business, being the social | of confining the address of “madam” to women —< = le re or = Pada oe of ore fifty years of age is still more objec- any ni at a wit once c at there | tionable, as it causes the unpardonablé rude- | ti should be clearing-house for cards, where Mr. | ness of permitting « womans age to Sx the | hare ite tects eee ee ee ee Brown and Mr. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Jones | mode of addressing ner. It is a well estab- | West Point training the best “all around” sys should leave their cards for each other on the | lished rule of correspondence that all persons | tem he fat Seat Ast of January, and the interc! afterward | of the female sex that have arrived at woman- be managed by clerks. ‘The ides is » good one, | hood should be addressed as ‘‘madam,” which heegerhbaingerceen but, unfortunately. impracticable, a8 the sen-| word bears no relation to age or, as many per-| Everyone of them is the result of years of timent of personal friendship ahd attention | sons seem to think, to the married state” Whe | study, experience and trial in the particular still hinges around the card. direction to the bearer of the note should be | field for which it has been selected. The Miss or Mrs. accordingly as the correspondent is “ ingle or married. “When this is not known, | nattpunting bridle and London-made pig sh “thoroughbred,” and which are doubtless ‘To RIDE 4 HORSE OX A TROT. (Copyrighted 1889.) cessful ventures in England one of his first re- ported remarks was, “We have revolutionized their style of riding,” and the writer, having known Mr. Cody many a long year and ghl- loped with him over many a long mile of @ wilder west than was ever portrayed at Eras- friend and scout believed what he said. Mr. ‘Theodore Roosevelt, whom the writer first met when a babe in arms in New York city, and next as @ ranchman in Dakota, is 80 good as to say that the West Pointers are probably the finest riders he has met, and he has seen them all adian, | ranchman, 5 lish, ustrian " and German _ cavalrymen: English “cross-country” hunters; English swell on Rotton Row with ‘his park hack; Newport olo experts; Long island and Washington hhants, and Contral park equestrians of all styles from the Anglomanic to ‘tongs-on- the-wall” of the ultra school. Possibly Mr. Roosevelt has yet to see the “‘sancho” of the South American pampas, or the ‘“‘vaquero” of Southern California and Mexico, but with the addition of a grace that is foreign to the aver- age cowboy, the seat and general style of these renowned horsemen do not differ materially from those of the ranchmen of our wide west ern plains. Itis not that this accomplished observer and author means that in all points he prefers the horsemanship of the graduates of our military academy to that of any compe- STYLE OF CARD. it the name is all sufficient, the address, in the “John Thomas” writes: “What is the most fashionable style of card?” superscription of the letéer, officially or other- a besitedty plain | cardboard, not glazed, and | wis, should be the same as in speaking to her, se iad tover Tioegted eau = Ga .¢ name shoul e ved in scrij me | “madam,” . F. " ic fow people still cling toold Boman letters, some K. |hedge-rows, giving the rider the long, fat seat; the knee grip, the high lift in the stir- rups—would all be ‘out of place in the cattle business; and the Engtishman, were he boldest and sturdiest of riders at home, who would at- tempt to lasso a Texap two-year-old from such a saddle and such ‘a seat would come the “nastiest of croppers” as the result of his ex- periment.” On the other hand, the massive ranch saddle ith its fore-and-after_cinchas and ponderous stirrups would be manifestly out of p! i fall-cry after a Berkshire fox. In such die the rider sits with his thighs gripping the ribs of his steed, and almost stands ight from the stirrups; yet sits for all the appear- ance of standing, ‘and sits so firmly that no bucking or plunging can unseat him—provided he be experienced, and the saddle itself is s0 firmly lashed to the “broncho’s” back that when. that wiry steed braces himself for the shock —_—»____ HOME MATTERS. EVERY DAY SUGGESTIONS TO HOUSEKEEPERS— WHAT TO DO AXD WHAT N@T TO DO TO SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE—POINTS PoR HEALTH AND COMFORT—A FEW SEASONABLE RECIPES. to old English, and now and then we see a dash- ing fac simile of the handwriting. These are not in the highest fashion, which reduces all these things to the simplest form, A ludy's card should be larger than that of a gentle- man. The card of a gentleran in England has almost invariably the address in the left-hand corner, “Mrs. Brownlow” asks: “In leaving cards does the lady of the house leave her own, her husband's separately, and those of all her ‘sons and daughters, or can she have it all put on one card, as Mr. and Mrs. Brownlow, the Misses Brownlow, the Messrs, Brownlow?” She can, if she wishes, have “Mr. and Mrs, Brownlow, the Misses Brownlow” on one card, but her grown-up sons should each have their separate cards, in giving an entertainment a lady incloses her husband’s card to all who are unknown to ‘Tue Youx oF an Eco is good to keep flatirons smooth and clean. Ceuixos Taat Have Bren Suoxep with o kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda water. Everyone SHoutp nave E1out Hours’ sleep, and pale, thin, nervous persons require ten, which should be taken regularly, in a well-ven- tilated room, For Sore or Inrtamep Eves, wash them in Big snow on the ground ‘That New Year day, And the jingling sound Of many a sleigh, In the frolic and fun Of Albany town, ‘When, just as the sun Went quietly down, ‘The Chair, from his post, Called out Captain Brent, In a speech with a toast,— “For the New Year he spent In Sou’east Australia, *Way back from the sea,— Away up the river ‘Murrambidgee, ‘That remarkable river Murrumbidgee. And Captain Brent then Observed, as he rose, the duties of a professional and matrimonial . Mra. Morrill, who has her mother’s was the eldest of four children of this on. jer father was one of the earliest converts homeopathic system of medical treat- ment. But the state of Massachusetts knows more of him as one of the original projectors 07 the temperance movement in 1826. Ting and successful whig campaign noe and Tyler too” he was one of ve champions of the election of Gen. Harrison. Mrs. Morrill, whe was old enough to remember those days of early par- tisan polities, is full of the reminiscences of her father’s experiences in the political strag- gles which placed the grandfather of the Presi- jent-elect in the supreme executive office. It t experiences of Mrs. Mor- ce at Washington to realize reasonably expect to witness the n of the grandson of her father’s friend, and leader in politics nearly a half a century ago. ‘The eventfal political career of Caleb Swann did not stop with the election of Gen. Harri- son. He was one of the most aggressive Mas- sachusetts leaders of the liberty party, and merged with it into the free-soil movement, whose candidate he was for Congress from his resident district. He was defeated in the race, but he stood by his colors in all the subsequent litical movements, and ran against Gen. anks, who, however, defeated him for gover- nor about the close of the war of the rebellion. This veteran of the whig, liberty and free- soil parties lapsed into the republican ranks and finished his political and practically his mundane career in the senate of his native state. He was a bitter opponent of know-noth- ingism in all his radical political movements, and was an earnest disciple of Swedenborg. the theologian and philosopher. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES. Up to the time of her marriage Mrs. Morrill ‘Was an interested observer of her father's career. She may be said to have been born and reared amid the relentless conflicts of old- time polities. Her married life has been equally associated with the most momentous political events gf the nation’s history. When she came to Washington, in 1856, although a New England President sat in the executive mansion, the leaders south of Mason and Dixon's line dominated public af- fairs. Senator Morrill at once advanced tothe front rank in the parliamentary con- vests over slavery, free soil, abolition and s protective tariff. Party rancor ran high and tocial intercourse was sectional. ‘The “Black” repnbl and New England abolitionists were despised by the southern leaders, and the northern democrats were willing to occupy a neutral ground in order to share in the loaves and fishes of executive control. The society of th capital was then broken into sets, and en- tervainments at the executive mansion, where gil met on s common social plane, felt more or Jess restraint on account of the intensifying feeling between parties on national isgues. As a result of the political upheaval of 1860 ‘Mrs. Morrill became one of the leading ladies in the Representatives’ circle with the advent of the Thirty-seventh Congress. The republi- cans had come into power in the executive and legislative branches of the government. The soathern Senators and Representatives and their states had seceded from the Union and war was imminent. The necessity of revenues to meet the exigencies of a conflict of arms brought Mr. Morrill to the front as the pro- Jector of the Morrill tariff of 1861, which ‘was one of the first of the war measures in defense of the Union. Throughout the warlike din of tramping armies and amid the acclamations of victory and peace Mrs. Morrill remained at Washing- ton und figured in the court circles of the al. ministrations of Lincoln and Johnson. After twelve years her husband's election to the Sen- ate advanced her to that sphere of social dig- nity. For twenty-two years more she has or- namented the brilliant efarGer of her husband eur of ii i ge roundings higher social life of ‘The mother of Mrs. Morrill having died in 1890, a year later her father married Loniss 8. Jobnson, of Enfield. N. H. One of the daugh- ere of this marriage was Louish 8 Swann, “That yarn, gentlemen, 1 must spin, I suppose, ‘So we go where this day ‘The native,—no clotiies,— Isa dandy au fait, With a ring in his nose. With a sweet New Year cup, He's happiest of men, ‘Though the heat may be up Toa hundred aad ten, As it goes in Australia, *Way back from the sea,— Away up the river ‘Murrumbidgee, ‘That singular river ‘Murrumbidgee. And unknown to fame As that river may be, ‘With its musical name, ‘Murrumbidgee,— A dry bed in summer, Nine miles out of ten, His boom is a humier,— He's terrible then; A giant in battle, He swells in a day, Sweeping the cattle By thousands away, Down the plains of the river, *Way back from the sea,— Along that wild river Murrumbidgee,— ‘That deluging river ‘Murrumbidgee. And, gents, I must say, ‘That, enjoying it here, "Twas a jollier day, ‘That happy New Year. ‘We were in thai case, Five stout fellows, who, On foot in the chase Of a big kangaroo, Our hounds on the run Leading onwani, till we, In the blistering sun, All done for, agree ‘Toa halt by a river,— And what should it be, But the ghost of the river Murrumbidgee,— ‘The summer dried river ‘Murrumbidgee. So, halting our band By the river, we mad From the long reeds at hand, Atent. In its shad ‘Yes, inside and out, ‘At rest on the ground, And scattered about, Lay hunter and hound. ‘There, too, from the sun,— And needful the change,— , trappings and gun, In order arrange At onr luneh by the river, Bon jour, bonhomie, On the bank of the river Murrumbidgee,— ‘The meandering river Murrumbidgee. ‘There, each of our men, From his haversack, For the picnickers then, Brought forward @ snack, Altogether a treat, And a bounteous supply, Bread, butter and meat, And a nip for the dry. And cumbersome gear We couldn't abide, ‘That roasting New Year, So we laid it aside. And we had by that river, The democratic electors for ment at the and the rider takes two turns of the tighten- ing lasso about the “knob” of the pommel, down comes the heaviest steer in the wildest herd, and the rider has not been “ hair's breath. EACH HAS HIS OWN. What is appropriate in style and equipment on the English hunting-field would be no less absurd on the ranch than would the “‘calzo- neros” appear at the Quorn or Pytchley. The funniest sight I ever saw was the crack light rider of an Austrian hussar regiment the time he rode ont in a McClelland saddle, going after jack-rabbits with a lot of American cav- alry officers, The oddest thing I ever heard of—in this line—of course, was that so noted a rider as our old chief of scouts, “Buffalo Bill,’ aforementioned, was unhorsed the first time he went fox chasing in England. Bare backed he could have cleared that hedge easy as winking, but he couldn't get the hang of that queer, long, flat-seated hunting saddle and those short stirrups hung way out in front of him. An English rider who attempted to es country” on one of our army McClellan trees would be ruptured in less five minutes. Such things have happened to infantry officers of our own service who had not been taught the seat, A West Pointer who had never learned the flat seat and the utterly different “grip” of the English pig-skin, would be as unhappy as he was at his first squad drill, were he sud- denly to take his place among a lot of old fox- hunters, The easy, natural, proper thing to do when one uses the English saddle, or any- thing akin to it, is to rise in the stirrups at the trot. ‘The rise need only be a slight and gentle accommodation of the Wody—leaning forw: atthe moment to the motion of the horse. Like merey— “It is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes."* —the latter being the quadruped beneath, who will be grateful to be thus aided. The man who clamps a saddle of such pattern and attempts to sit firm will only shake himself into misery; but this rule is only for the square trot—the “trot out,” aa we soldiers are taught ta.call it, and to see a man slowly and painfully rising and falling like the walking beam of an old-fashioned engine, while the steed is at mere jog, is something bordering on the ridicu- lous, “Yet it can be seen, and frequently, too, and is as inexcusable as the squared elbows of the imitator of Heaven knows what English fad or fashion. the other hand we often see, when our national guardsmen are on parade, very pictur- esque young staff officers slowly trotting up and down the Avenue while the line is form trying to rise in the stirrups of the saddle—a practice which is this case as it is right in the weak solution of salt and warm water. This is also useful to remove the inflammation caused by extraneoussubstances in the eye. To Dutve Away Water Buos mix equal parts of pulverized borax and sugar (pow- dered), and sprinkle well in the places whore the bugs are most numerous. Parer WALLS ARE CLEANED by being wiped down with a flannel cloth, ticdover a broom or brush. Then cut off a thick piece of stale bread and rub down with this. Begin at the top and go straight down. ‘Mix axp Burrer should be kept entirely away from other articles of food, as they ab- sorb odors and flavors so rapidly they soon be- come unfit for use, . To Remove Dvsr from kitchen vessels when greasing will not answer; fill them with hay and boil for many hours, set aside and renew the boiling next day if necessary. Rub the rusty spots on your stove with sand-paper and then with sweet oil. To Cueax ax Ort Stove fill the wash-boiler two-thirds full of water, put in the parts of the stove which come in contact with the oil and wicks, and boil until they are perfectly clean, all the forenoon if necessary. ‘This prevents the stove’s smoking and odor. For Sor Taroat and a hacking cough take one salt-spoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls* of vinegar, to half a goblet of cold water (iced- rater preferable); sip this frequently and re- lief will be felt at once. This same prepar tion will remove nausea and settle the weaker stomach. “It is also beneficial in attacks of colic. GrxoER SpoxoE Caxx.—One cup of molasses, one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sour milk, three cups of flour, four eggs, two even teaspoons of soda, two even teaspoons of ginger... The more you stir it the better it Musrarp is the nearest approach toa uni- versal cure-all, Few pains will not give way before a mustard plaster, and a wide range of internal inflammation, from colds and other causes, may be stopped by its timely applica- tion, It is the first and best resort in threat- ened pneumonia or congestion of the lungs or hard colds on the chest. Ir You Have Mone Parers and magasines than you know what todo with, don’t destroy them after reading, but bundle them up and send to some one not so well off as you are in this respect. ‘The good they will do will repay a thousand fold the little expenditure of time and,money it will cost to send them. Satap Daesstxe.—Rub to a paste the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs. Add one teaspoonful each of mustard, pepper, salt, and sugar; drop in about two tablespoonfuls of salad oil, or sweet cream, add four tablespoonfuls of vine- gar, more if necessary. If used for canned salmon substitute lemon juice for vinegar. Cransenny Purr Puppixc.—One egg beaten light, one cupful of sweet milk in which dis- solve one teaspoonful of soda, one heaping tea- spoonful of cream tartar sifted and thoroughly mixed with two cupfuls of flour and a little salt. Add one cupful of cranberries and steam one and a quarter hours. Serve with your favorite sauce. New Srove on Rana Foxrrure is some- times so much rusted as to make the use of it very inconvenient. Put into a rusty kettle as much hay as it will hold, fill it with water and boil many hi At night set it aside and the next day boifit again. If it is not entirely fit for use repeat the process, It will certainly be effectual, . To Kexr Stiver Briaut wash it once a week, After breakfast dishes are washed, dissolve ina dish-pan of hot water a small handfal of borax and a little piece of good soap, put in the silver and let stand till nearly noon; then just turn off the water, rinse with clear, cold water, and wipe with canton flannel or other soft cloth, Sxow Paxcakes.—Half a pint of milk, an egg, an apple, pared, quartered and chopped very fine, a cupful and a half of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, a bowlof snow. Beat th fg light and add the milk to it, Pour gradu- on the flour and beat until smooth and light. "Add the apple and salt, and at the last moment the snow. Drop by spoonfuls into boiling fat and cook until a rich brown, Gnanam GaippLe Caxes.—Two cupfuls of graham, one of flour, two and a-half of milk, one tablespoonfal of sugar, one teaspoonfnl of salt, one of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful | of soda, two eggs. Let half the milk. come to aboil. ’ Pour iton the graham and stir until perfectly smooth; then add the cold milk and | set away to cool. ' Mix the other dry. ingredi- ents with the flourand rub through a sieve. Add, with the eggs well beaten, to the ‘and milk. Rye griddle cakes’ are made the same way. Camamzts.—One and s-half pounds of sugar, | ‘one cup of cream, one tablespoonfal of butter, a him and are asked for the first time. It is equivalent to a call on his part, A DIFFICULT QUESTION. ‘Miss “Cornelia Wright” asks a difficult ques- tion: “I have received an invitation to a lady’s ball, which I donot wish to attend. I consider it an act of presumption for her to ask me, yet Ido not wish to be unladylike, What sball I First invitations should always be responded to courteously, cards left, and a proper recog- nition be made of the civility, even if we do not wish to keep up the acquaintance. Let it be manifested carefully to the lady who has in- ited you that you are obliged and compli- mented by her kindness, even if you cannot avail yourself of it. It will be quite easy for te not toknow her. You can stay at home m the ball, but you wonld never forgive yourself, if you are a lady, if you had burt the feelings of some one who only erred on the side of kindness. A little civility costs nothing and it goes a great way. Remember Lord Hough- ‘ton’s lines: a hand to the we A ReHlentiyfarm to the etehalens, Kind words, so short to speak, ‘But whose echo is endless, ‘The lady who gives the ball may be in need of kind words and kind friends, Another difficult question from H. P. L; “I have lived in New York all my life. I know a certain lady in a fashionable set very well at a charity, but not socially. Now, who should call first? ‘There is no reason why ‘she should not call on me, we are both in about the same posi- tion in society.” We can only say that the younger should call on the elder, and the sending of a card hurts no one’s self respect, and if itis not returned no one is killed. The native delicacy of a real lady will prevent her intruding upon a social ucen whose position is known to be fashion- able and whose visiting list is generally full. Hence, people who arc on the same social plane need not fear to call first. It is generally regarded as a compliment. The person who has self respect will have an inner monitor who will tell her. “C. C. C.” has another grievance, and here is another difficult question. She says: “I have been in Washington seven years, a young mar- ried woman, receiving a great deal of atten- tion, Mrs. B., a prominent social leader here, invites me every year to three teas, I always go, leavo my card and my husband's, but she never comes to mine, nor has she ever called personally. Now, Ido not like to be treated in that way. I'am confident she hands her list to her secretary, and that Iam merely copied down and acardsent, and that she takes no personal interest in me.” Ah, C. C. C., you are in the wrong. Mrs, B. has probably so large a circle that she would go to protest at once if she had tocallon every one. She comes infrom her afternoon drive, reads the cards on her table, and sighs that she cannot do more than, by giving some_re- ceptions next winter, restore her credit, That she writes you at all ought to satisfy you. Would you like to be left out? Remember that the rg st messenger engraved with her erself. ing, American arm: just as wrong other. THE ARMY SADDLE— whether it be for the officers or of rank and file—whether it be the old Grimsley, the later McClellan or the modern Whitman—is an elab- oration or modification of the ‘Texas tree” of many years ago. In the McClellan of th original pattern as well as in the Grimsley the stirrups were hung so far back under the rider that, as quoted from the Prussian tactics of ’41, “a plumb line from the shoulder of the rider would fall two inches behind the heel,” or words to thateffect. In other words the legs were almost as straight, not quite, as in the Texas saddle, and the sent instead of being the flat, is the forked seat—the flat, under surface, of the thighs, gripping ‘when necessary) the barrel of the horse, it is totally unnecessary and well nigh im- Possible to “rise” at the trot from such & seas 8) 'y if the stirrups be of proper len; Pe bedy is so = further forward asa uence of the pattern of the saddle that jock” of the trot is less noticeable than English seat. All that is necessary is to relax the pressure of the thighs; relax the ¢ lega; do not attempt ‘to grip the horse unless he shy or swerve ‘it well down in the saddle taking a little “spring” of the weight on the foot, ankle and stirrup, but ‘not rising at all. It is a knack ‘soon learned and can be i out for some time without fatigue to either horse or man unless the animal happen to be —like “Bareboi ee Senos memory in the West int a trot the cider of the original “Tippe- en, again, we cannot say to our friends that we would prefer that they should treat us differently, that they shoul and-invi is toother things. We must allow them to decide that question, . _ WHEN TO RETURN CARDS, “Cicero” asks: “How soon should a card be returned?” In Europe calls are returned within twenty- four hours. There are no exceptions to this rule. Sometimes a foreigner is startled and wounded if his card is not returned immediately. But Americans are satistied if they return a card ina week. It is never too soon to return a card. Cards should be left in person on hearin; of illness in the family, or a death, or any o! those troubles with which society can sympa- thize. Good breeding being the foundation of etiquette, and a card being its exponent, thi attention can never wound. The kindness of heart, which is the foundation: of good man- ners, will suggest to every person of sense how much more they can do to assuage the trouble to which all the children of men are born as to an inheritanc o" writes: “Tam three weeks, and my cards make any visite or go to the three weeks?” DINNER INVITATIONS, “Count /d’Orsay” writes: “I am asked to i 4 B i of iH itd agtt i Hip | i if ; b fe a i e fs E | f d ! eh ie : A! f iH ai 5. i b CT THE FINEST RIDERS IX THE WORLD—ENGLISE AND AMBRIOAN SADDLES—RIDING ON THE PLAINS AND IN ENGLISH CROSS-COUNTRY HUNTS—HOW When Buffalo Bill came back from his suc- tina, is quite ready to believe that his old hased” a | this Ef Hah But, Contrary to Provetbs, His Smiles Have not Kept off the Wrinkles. PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AS CADEAUX. A revolutionary physiognomist recently un- dertook to wreck one of the most widely ac- cepted axioms of proverbial philosophy by advancing the startling theory that smiles and laughter cause more wrinkles on the human face than scowls and frowns. A little man who cordially and energetically grasped the hand of a Star reporter at the Arlington last night furnished some strong corroborative evidence of the truth of the revolutionary physiogno- mist's theory, which Tux Stam reporter is re- gretfully compelled to record. The little man in question is engaged in » business which re- names, quires him to smile almost continually for a | foostantly period of three hours or so daily. Of course, with the old belief in his mind about crows’ feet not treading where smiles abound, the re- porter expected to behold on the little man face s miniature world’s exposition of what | constant merriment could do in the way of | k ‘young, and plump and smooth-skinned the human countenance, But a glance at the ‘man in the smile business put the old belief to | are flight and installed on probation the theory of the revolutionary writer on physiognomy. For while there was plenty of youthful good nature in the eyes into which the re ‘s in- Guitingly glanced, there were crows feet about ie corners of them, and as welcomi smile faded away from abont the mouth it left clearly marked wrinkles behind. Yet the man — His ‘manner and @ young man, reporter knew that he could not be much over if he was that. But there were the inkles, which, as he talked and smiled, the reporter saw were the result of his "I have played Cadeauz in ‘Erminie’ over eleven bun times,” said the little man,who was none other than Francis Wilson, the noted comedian, “‘and while as a rule I feel no nery- ousness whatever about on the stage at ight, still on the first night of an t pl e Washington I confess I am ap’ to have ashght attack of stage-t But quickly wears away when I get used to m} own Voice and hear the always-welcome soun from the audience which show that my work is appreciated. I drat began to play in Erminie’ in rd 1885, and have been at it ever since with the exception of the few weeks when we have played ‘Nadjy’ this season. But this break has been an immense relief to me. If had been forced to continue in ‘Erminie’ right along I think I would have been in an insane asylum before this. If I had not taken special, care of, my physical condition I imagine I would have felt the strain of playing one part so long much more than I have. ‘The fact that we have large audiences nearly all the time has also been a great help fo me, | When you go on the stage of an even- ing with a headache or any other minor pain, the applause and laughter of a big audience s0 pag you on that you quickly forget about it. the other hand, if the audience is small and cold, your headache grows worse and the work which ought to be a pleasure becomes burden. Just before the election we had two nights of bad business in Detroit, and then I began to realize how wearing an old part may become when you haven't the sympathy of ap- Preciative spectators to support you.” + rou find it necessary to introduce changes in the lines and business from time to time in order to give yourself relief?” the re- r inquired. “"No, I have never done that, and if any other member of the company should do it, it would cause me to think a great deal,” the comedian answered. ‘You see, after playing a part as long as I have played ‘Cadeauz, the words and | business wear such a groove in your memory, as it were, that it takes a SS — to et out of the groove. Actors who Part year after year cisim that they ore com led, to save themselves from becoming Tnental wrecks, to. resort to all sorta of little expedients from time to time to vary the mo- notony. But I doubt very much if many actors do this. “To go back to the question of stage fright again,” Mr. Wilson resumed after a thoughtful pause, “I never introduce a new verse into my topical song without feeling nervous: about it. When I appear ina new role I always have pretty sharp attacks of fright the first few performances, I think people who amount to much are affected in this way. Their legs tremble, their hands burn, their throats hot and dry, and if under nom de “and who t a ‘according toa state. & recent number of a well-known maga. most beautiful of American D AYER : Sil writing you afew weeks Know 01a marvelous dagree the in no ernse any of these. may photosrapl as a alight mark of tru NSTE WOLF Caer"). similar letters from beau- Preparations are Will Foo aesept Preparations She aske attention to the sentiment contained in the abuve unsolicited letter. ‘Mrs Ayer urces all not to be at f0 take sometuing else represen an good.” ‘There is nothing on the market that will take the place of the Récamier Preparations. ‘a8 good” may be ‘old: ‘injurious white- ‘and commetics containing none of the healing Gualities that have made the Récamier Preparations fadlapeneabls 'he"ovet SOI D00 Seance ie aanation ‘will be used as long as women desire to be dainty and beautiful, as long as men show their adiniration for such women, and disgust for women whose faces ‘covered with blackheads, pimples, liver spots and ‘The Kécamier Preparat Fecord is made. No others have ever MASSACHUSETTS LADY WISHES PRIVATE pile or tien as Day Governess. eet and Washington Eivee Sloe _ ADAMS, 1928 15 ‘01 EDUCATIONAL ANI US" Dress iBeforin, Elocution isarte Drill, under coinpetent teachers. Se. rates. For further 1th st.n.w. hg SCHOOL POR JOURNALISTS. — Classes now forming at 810 12th st. n vate Pupils received. MS. revised. Mrs. L."A. “LEGGETT, ot" iT END W ites 5°. xenzy, iedalist, Principal Studio, 1530 Teen and 1323 15th st. n.w. pes 2 'ASHINGTON SCHOQp 0) UTION AND thes Meme ML STEVENS Ni ‘Expres- ‘Oratory, 904 M HART, Principal. Voice culture and sion ‘taught. ‘STAMMERING 6 years’ r "ex: Ad carefully: Thoroughly cured. References to patrons, ja5-Lm* RT STUDENTS’ LEaGUE, SUN BUILDING UP st. and Eveviiu classes, Drawing god Petutine tn Oils and Water color trom life. Ciansos 01 tructors jeaton. fos a, BA Gill, W. H. Holmes, and 8. Jerome Uhi. (GQUABANTEE To TEACH ANY ONE TO MAI Gseaeres wares, oes Raat Decenaary “1 SM ney ‘May Building, cor, 7th und Este GHORTHAND IX SIXTEEN SIMPLE LESSO; 2D Ginsnen day, Tuition by ial «specialty. wri ; yps.writng tag harmony. and to a WARD pepe eae RENE Sa RMD 2 Mire. Prforences: Coyle, 1331 K st. and Mrs. Lincoln, AINTING, DRAWING IN CRAYON AND CHAR- Piccaiurtt Miss Ella Puller, a ‘of the Phatdeipie are tock Flessous, G4 Call at 4. ESSONS GIVEN IN DRAWING AND PAINT. ing Fruits and frou nature, with Aquarell Gilera, Seo sample at AP. McElroy. Art ators 1003 Ja2-lw? 234 12th st. 37. JAMES SCHOOL For terms, &e., address Ja2-6t iDWARD C. TOWNSEN| Teacher of 239 Sth st. ne. a doctor were to examine them just about that time he would say they ought to be in bed.” The rey mentioned the recent cases of Mary An who is said to have declined to act as bridesmaid for Miss Barrett because of a fear that she would spoil th uousness; Edwin Booth’s forgetting his speech at the Players’ club, and John A. Mackey run- ning away from the first performance of “A Noble Son.” “I don't think it is commonly the case with ” the Canadiat d, “to feel very sensitive about appearing in conspicuous places off the stage. are some, of course, Wl can't bear to be stared at except across the foot- lights and who shun appearing in public places as much as possible. This is no doubt the Teason why so, many stage people, especially the more noted ones, will not dine at the pub- lic tables in hotels, but have their meals served in their apartments, Generally, however, don’t thi: actors are at all nervous about being seen off the stage.” —.—_ Monox Coxverts rx Vincrsia.—A Mormon elder, Rev. Jas. Mohler, formerly of Ohio, is engaged in working gusta county, Va.» where he has, ‘susnended fa converting \ptizing fourteen persons. speaks of erecting a church in the county, but nek oe polices event itas soon as first of conv. are started for Utah. (deep) breathing Voice Culture, Oratorical Dramatic ‘at 1347 13th wt, a PRIVATE INSTRUCTION IN LATIN, iLISH Branches, and Mathematics, at pupil Ce ee ae ‘di-ketat ‘AVE ENEF FLAVEYOU CONSIDERED THE BENEFIT YOUR aX ~§ E. FRECH, SBORTHAND —“ixstRi eT! s clpsete for Indios and goutlonsen gomsion opecialty every evening, ‘under direction’ 1400 New York ave. PP reads” G1, 2083'S COLLEGE. ANNAPOLIS, MD. ‘Bignt its and fc courses of study. , —— meg ‘GIVEN TO THE PREP/ TION OF CANDIDATES FOR ‘ARIE NAVAL ACADEMY. catalogues, address President Pky THOMAS FELL. A.M. 18s ITT'S KINDERGARTEN A‘ M MST ae eran Intion and speech g taught the deat. a2y Iu IN LESSONS.—MR. H. 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For Erie, Capandaurua, and hiechemter. daily . for Ra falo and’ Ninwura, da tarday. 10-00R to Ho Elmira. at® 20a 20, 9.00, 11.00, and }, amd 12°20 pan. “om 00, 4:10. 10-00, m. daily, exces: For New York 11-4001. Sunday, 11-205 Cars, 9 5 1 the bast, 2-00, 4-1 00, 11-40 Ae ted f » ite war. “Chater 500 p.m. ove Brooklyn, ‘all throwsh tfaine conect at Sar. ood Shy with binte of Thrcokiyn A fect traneter. to wreee, rome New honk City 11.00,and 14-40 ana 11 20 2.00, $10.0 cS diye and ®: 3, ‘ud 10 Thm { 8. 00, see 4 FOF 2 00, 34%, $3 it 6-05. 8:50" Ti80, meky 00, 7-40,"820 10-06, “Sad On Sunday, % 345, 106 20am. and 4:40 pm. dpily, mh i% 204d 9.00 am, 12:05 and 4:40 pumidails.ekcopt Sunday. “Sundayy, 0°00 & ay ALEXANDRIA | AXD FREDERICKSE! WAV ASD ALERANDIER AND WARHENG HOM 6. For'ichrnend and the Rich aid the South. 4 30. 10.57 a m. daily, 6:05 p. au. dally, except 8 Trains leave Alex Tor Ws sm, 6:05, 7 S000 10. am: f 90, 3.00, 3 (Qva2 and 1-05 p.m. 7 a mn, 2000, 8.10, the Manager. (17) |ALTIMORE AND OHJO RATLROAD. uedule in eflect Dec th, TRRR, ve Wasisinaton fro: thmaled ‘express, 0 tations, 110-10 a.m. day 6:30, 640, 7 ot mn, s10-D0 pm mn 700 wae ‘Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1 a stopping all stations “on Metropole Yor +, 10:10am, 14:35, 15:30pm. Sm days, 113 pm ‘Or Hagerstown. 110-10 a.2m...and +330 p.m. Traine arrive fro Chicary ally § 5. 0m, apd 9.0 bite frye Clncianatt aa) Mt Late 20, Sud 1°55 pan; from Pittsburg "6.35 aa. 40, *8:35 pan. PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. For Philadelphia and Wilm daily, 8:15 03, 4 20and 130 p me Bal gt Perio Garon ig'am.,and4 20 pm. trains Sleeping Gar on 30 pi one 2: &. 1 7 (Or 4,50, 7-06 pan, and 1 for and gbecked ot wobale deuces ou orders left at Ucket offices, 610 ana" oi CHAS 0. 8CULL, We CLewexrs, as” “Gen. Manager. Geu Pass Agent cars Atlanta to Monteomery | Pullman Sleepers to'New Urieans and Mann Bowlolt slewpars jor Birmingham. Vici ‘and Augusta, ‘Does not counect Sleeper Greensboro to Colum! ie Washiueton wo Atiauta, rs eee mee for fea toe Cae ‘Danvilie, Crete Cau Eviaeyt ss nea rd oan