Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, pect andl dropped the product of STORY OF THE FIREPLACE. THE WAY MEN KEEP WARM long handle: her skill upon 2 tray or pl Pes (JAUFFIN RINGS: MODES OF COOKING AND HEATING. An Interesting Collection Recently Ar- ranged at the Museum. We ‘HE OLD CHIMNEY FIREPLACE AND ITS APPUR- TENANCES—THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPIDER— PRIMITIVE MODES OF ROASTING AND BOILING— CURIOUS STOVES USED IN THE EAST. An old-fashioned toaster in the museum was agift of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Stone. It is an iron frame. with a bracket for a plate anda movable rod above it, having at its end a horizontal iron bar. furnished with several prongs upon which the slices to be toasted are hooked. This bar, by means of the movable rod can be thrust forward toward the fire and then with- drawn when the slices are toasted and dipped downward toward the plate on the bracket, so that the slices canbe detached and will fall upon the plate. There are several old-fash- ioned griddles, some round, with ornamental designs. aud some square.’ These were col- lected by Mr. Page in Virginia. Among the old-fashioned kitchen utensils isa bread-basket, a round bowl-like basket, closely woven, from West Virginia. Such baskets were used not for holding bread, but for raising the bread ready for the baking. A number of mufin rings of earthenware are shown, The muftins were made in the rings, which when filled were placed on a flat sheet of iron and deposited on the fire. There are spiders, too, used with open fireplaces, and which had short legs to stand on. A vessel called a dutch oven is some- thing like a spider. with a cover, that has been searred and fused by the fire. Johnny cake was baked in such ovens, which when filled and covered were entirely buried in the ashes, RN ATOASTER, brssinks HE hearth-stone still olds its own in song as the poetic symbol of home, though the mod- ern city man is much more familiar with the steam-pipe coil-heater, the hot-air register, and kitchen ranges, with boiler attachments and as mony appliances as a locomotive. In many old house’ in the coun- try the old fire-places in which logs are burned yet remain, and in some new city houses such fire-places are built for esthetic effect and to assist in ventilating the house. In one of the hails of the National museum is displayed a collection representing the heating and cooking utensils of different peoples. This collection has been arranged by Mr. Walter Hough, who is engaged, among his other eth- nological studies, in tracing out the natural history of the cook-stove and the evolution of the radiator. bat Ae Ce ¢ i >. PATTY PAN An interesting object in the collection is an old-fashioned foot-warmer, such as may still be found about some old houses and which were in general use half a century ago. They were filled with charcoal and carried about to warm one’s feet. In those days there was no pro- vision for heating country churches, and the women carried their foot-stoves with them, while the men shivered or contented them- selves with heavy overshoes. There is a bed-warmer contributed to the museum by Mrs. Stone, and which is 140 years old. This is a flat, brass vessel with a cover and a handle about four feet long. Coals were placed in the vessel and beds were warmed by assing it, like a laundry iron, over the sheets Rvs areas begin ts change its form first b: acquiring a hob or ledge at the side on which kettles could be placed. Then there were rapid changes till the fireplace was covered ail the way over and enclosed in front and the kitchen range appeared, An hour’s talk with Mr. Hough. such as a Sran reporter had, would show one that there ue m chimneys than soot and It is quite impossible, in any ordinary museum building, to set up a collection where the student of chimneys can study from the originals, but illustrations and recorded descriptions will enable him to trace a steady development from the time when the first chim- ney was put up in the fourteenth century to the esent day. Whata vista of brick and mor- of terra-cotta tile pots, of roughly laid ne structures, making alog cabin look as if it was all chimney, of sections of old stove- pipes thrust out through the roofs of shanties! And then the cooking implements! What a field of study is there! The development of the teapot and the baking pan. the precise date when the spider, in the process of evolution. adapting itself’ to new conditions, parted with the legs on which it used to stand. and the minute differentiation of the modern ~-cook’s outfit. Man bas been defined as a cooking animal. Most of the food he eats has to undergo the chemical changes produced by roasting, baking, broiling. stewing or frying before it becomes easily digestible. In the uttermost parts of the earth the most savage people have some form of cooking. The Eskimo is credited with pre- ferring his blubber or tallow raw. but arctic travelers say the Eskimo always cooks his food when he ean, but if it is inconvenient to cook ke will content himself and test the capacity of “his digestive organs with the raw material. All of the savage peoples practice the art of cooking, though in the rudest manner. The most primitive form is merely that of roasting au animal whole. by putting it on a rude spit An Indian method of cooking fish A platform was made $ or twigs across four stakes driven into the ground. A fire was * PS FERS To Benjamin Franklin's inventive genius America owes its early progress in the matter of stoves and ranges. He built up in the fire-place an enclosure ot iron plates, with a draught and ashutter. His motive was a desire to save something of the waste due to the generous size of the fire-places of his day, as even then in the northern colonies wood was becoming searce. At that time in some houses Ger- man stoves, some of them having their doors outside the building, were e, with all their ingenui AN INDIAN METHOO satisfactory in the way of a cooking stove. The Japanese kitchen has a littlerange or furnace, made of plaster, with three compartments for fire and a circular or fice above each, in which to place a pot or ket- tle. There is no chimney flue and no draught. The faggots are placed in the open furnace and lighted. The smoke issues from the opening and fills the kitchen. The Coreans use a similar stove or range. For heating the Japanese have little portable braziers or boxes, kubaches, in which charcoal | is buried. Ifaman gets real cold, as he fre- | quently does, he clasps one of these boxes in | bis arm and then wraps a blanket around him- self and the box. built beneath the platform and the fish placed above were broiled to perfection. The earliest cookery, it is thought. consisted of burying in hot ashes the flesh to be cooked. A step in ad- vance of this is boiling. Some American Indians boiled their food in water, which was heated by throwing hot stones init. From this custom, the Assimiboines, or stone-boilers, de- rived the name of their tribe. Savage people have no heating appliances. It is supposed by those who have studied the subject that the first step beyond the open hearth was the brazier or open basin of metal in which char- coal was burned. Wealthy Romans in their days of splendor had extensive arrangements for heating their houses, by means of chambers beneath the floors of appartments, in which fires were ma This furnace was called a hypocaust, and sometimes they were constructed with flues, by means of which the heat was car- ried to and distributed among several apart- ments. It is a curious thing that a heating de- milar in principle to the Roman hypo- eaust, though of ruder construction, is em- plored in Corea and in some ts of China. There a chamber is left beneath a floor of an z lin cold weather a fire is made of dried tw this chamber. Travelers in those us have waked up at night and found the floor getting entirely too warm for em. CHARCOAL FURNACE Amor CHINA, The Japanese have @ curious pocket stove which can be seen in the collection. It is a little flat metal box in which a roll of charcoal placed and lighted. ‘This is carried about by its owner and used as a chest-warmer, or ap- plied to any part of the person that may get cold. Little packages of powdered charcoal, put up in rolls, are sold for use in these pocket stoves. The Chinese have portable fire-bas- kets, or little baskets in which they carry about fire for use in warming their hands, or to apy ly to any part of their bodies that may get pas One of the articles in the collection from Siam isa tea-pot basket, an ordinary basket lined with a thick, soft cloth, in which the tea-pot is placed, so as to retain its warmth. nt. # rej THE O12 FIAK PLACE tee ware, and hasacup or bowl for the charcoal fire. Among the Latin races. the form of brazier used in the days of ancient Rome still exists. Mr. Hough thought the little charcoal fire-pote used by Italian fruit venders on the streets of Washington for roasting chestnuts might show a direct line of descent from the Roman brazier. Around bronze kettle in the collection at the museum is a Chinese fire-kettle, such as is used by a student at the time of his examina- tien for promotion in the public service. The students go up for examination thousands at a time. Each one has a little stall where he stays and lives durit his examination. He takes his fire-kettle with him to use both as a reerny ve a cooking stove, for he has to “find” himself during such times, ————_—_ > A wealthy London merchant gives the secret of his business success as follows: “I always feel happy when I am advertising, for then I know that, waking or sleeping, I have a strong though silent orator working for me: one who never tires, never makes mistakes, and who is certain to enter the households from which, if at all, my trade must come.” To secure the services of such an agent as this shrewd merchant referred to, advertise in Tue Eventxa Stan. It is read by everybody nm Washington. THE AG ae E OF PAPER. It is Upon Us, and It Has Come to Stay. From the Paper World We live in paper houses, wear paper clothing and sit on paper cushions in paper cars, rolling on paper wheels. We doa paper business over @ paper counter, buying paper goods, paying with paper money or charging them up in paper books, and deal in paper stocks on paper margins, We row races in paper boats for paper prizes, We go to paper theaters, where paper actors play to paper audiences. As the age develops the coming man will be more deeply enmeshed in the paper net. He will wake in the morning and creep from under his paper clothing on his paper bed, and put onais paper dressing gown and paper slippers. He will walk over paper carpets down paper stairs. and, seating himself in a paper chair, read the paper news in the morning paper. A paper bell will call him to his breakfast, cooked in a paper oven, served on paper dishes, laid on a paper cloth on apaper table. He will wipe his lips with a paper napkin, and, having put on his paper shoes, paper hat and paper coat and taken his paper cane, he will walk on a paper pave- ment or ride in a paper carriage to hi paper office. He will organize rises and make paper protits. paper enter- He will go to urope on paper steamships and navigate the air in paper balioons, He will smoke paper tobacco in a paper pipe, lighted with a paper match. He will write with a paper pencil, whittle paper sticks with a paper knife, go fishing with a paper fishing rod. a paper and a paper hook, and put his basket. loaded with paper cartrid country in paper forts witl paper bombs. Having lived his paper life and achieved a feme and paper wealth, he will retire to leisure and die in paper peace. There | will be a paper funeral, at waich the mourners, dressed in paper crape, will wipe their eyes with paper handkerchiefs, and a paper preacher will preach a paper sermon in a pa- per pulpit from a paper text. He willlie in a paper coffin wrapped in a paper shroud, his name will be engraved on a paper plate, and a paper hearse, adorned with paper plumes, will carry him to a paper-lined grave, over which will be raised a paper monument. See ees Saturday Smiles. Our experience with some tailors destroys our belief in the survival of the fit-ist.—Rich- mond Dispatch, The nuisance of the hotel was in the parlor warbling ‘Oh, would I were a bird.” “Well, here’s a beginning for you,” said the landlord. Aud he handed him his bill.—Fort Plain Free Press. This is the season of the year when a person fears to change even a ten-dollar bill lest it at- fect his health.—Chicago Glove. Red, white and very blue—The girl who com- pares her sun-burned nose with her fair fore- head.—Li, It isa fly time with the dishonest cashier when he thinks his peculations are on the eve of being discovered.—Boston Courier. About this time of the year the family wood- pile becomes so distasteful to the small boy that he thinks seriously of shipping as a pirate —preferring the sea to the saw.—Terre Haule Express, fi Wild-eyed San Franciscan—‘‘Can you tell me where Minute street is?” Dude (after car)—*T’hain’t no such street in New York.” W. E. 8. F.—‘What's the matter with 62d street?”—Drake’s. Magazine, Eastern Man—‘Is the climate of Oklahoma healthy?” Returned Boomer—“Wall, that depends on wot sort of a feller wants yer claim.”—Puck. He—‘“You're always growling about the lodge. She—“Oh, no; the lodge is well enough.” He—*Well, my late hours, then.” She—‘I don’t care about that, even; but it does annoy me to get up to let youin and find the milkman at the door. It’s rather em- barrassing.”"—Detroit Advertiser. A worthy Chicago divine addressed his con- gregation on “Choosing Life Partners,” and every person inthe church that had reached years of discretion smiled at the idea of any one in Chicago choosing a partner for life. “It was too absurd for anything,” remarked one fair Chicagoan.—Minneapolis Tribune. —o+___ Difference in Eggs. From the Popular Science. In form and general aspect the difference among birds’ eggs is endless, Some are elon- gated. some are spherical, some are dull on the surface, some are polished, some are dark, others gray or white, others very Lright. The shape of eggs offers as much diversity as their size and weight. They may be thrown, how- ever, into six different or typical forms—the cylindrical, the oval, the spherical, the ovicu- lar, oviconical, and the elliptic. The ovicular form of egg belongs to the Passerw and Galli- nace, the oviod to the rapacious birds and the Palmipedes, the conical to the wading birds and some Palmipedes, the short to some game, and many stilted birds, and the spherical to nocturnal birds of prey and the kingfishers, If a farmer has a flock of 100 hens they pro- duce in egg-shells about 137 pounds of chalk annually; and yet nota pound of the substance, and defend his pa He will go shooting with a paper gun, | per cannon and | ch ina paper | ¢ | new REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Development of Large Suburban Enterprises. GROWING GEORGETOWN—SOME OF THE BAXDSOME IMPROVEMENTS JOW BEING MADE IN THAT TOWN—THE PETWORTH SUBDIVISION—NEW HOUSES AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. The owners of “Petworth” have decided to grade a portion of that tract of land. A contract has been made with Mr, Albert Gleason to open the streets through fifty acres of the southern end of the property. This portion has a frontage on the Rock creek road, and extends along the 7th street road for several hundred feet. Itis proposed to expend 240.000 in preparing the property for immediate settlement. The streets and avenues are on the same line, and of the same width as the streets in the city. They will be brought to grade, and the squares, circles and triangles of ground that will be formed by the intersection of s'reets and avenues will be one of the attrac- tive features of this place. The civil engineer, Mr. H. K. Viele, has nagar Saba in fixing the the various lines in the subdivision for grading to preserve, as far as possible, the natural advan- tages afforded by the high location. Situated at the juncture of the 7th-sircet road with the Rock- Creek road extensive views may be had from the heights of Petworth of the Soldiers’ home grounds, the city lying at the foot of the hills and the shining Potomac beyond. To the west and north are the wooded slopes bordering on the picturesque valley of Rock creek. It seems rather improbable that streets of the city width and city lots are to be found so far from the bounds of the city. The Schuetzen park used to be considered quite a journey into the coun- try and Petworth lies beyond the park, But the enterprising men who purchased this prop- erty a yeur or two ago when it seemed to be farther in the country than it does now are going to spend a large sum of money in li out this part of Petworth, and later on they will complete the work by opening up the en- tire tract, which comprises over two hun- ered In the meantime the n fields of the undisturbed part isant background for the homes of the new residents. Petworth does not seem to be so far trom the city as it did a short time ago, because the town has been gradually grow- ing out that way, as it has in other directions, In the course of a few months it will be brought quite close to the city. for the Brightwood ac woods and gr. will form a pl Street railway company is now engaged in ing tracks on Tth-street road from to Brightwood. The p ‘ay company, Mr. A. A, Thomas, is also one of the owners of Petworth, and as he is giving city streets and city facilities to the future residents of Petworth, he thinks that they ought to have street cars among the other modern improvements, The owners of Petworth, among whom are such men as B. H. arder, B. H. Warner, M. M. Parker, A. A. homas, C. B, Pearson, and Joseph Paul, are ident of the success of this enterprise in ch they have taken another step. They emplate spending over $200,000 in sub- dividing and grading the entire tract, and they believe that the demands of the population and the necessity ior new homes will justify the completion of the work in the style in which it has been begun. EX VE GRADING OPERATIONS, Mr. Albert Gleason, who has the contract for grading Petworth, has just completed similar work on Ka na heights. As is well known the latter property adjoins the western bounds of the city at the extension of Massachusetts avenue, while Petworth iies over a mile from the northern boundsof the e Any one who has not visited Kalorama recently would not recoguize it in its present condition. The old house with the winding drive way up from the porter’s lodge beneath the shade of the forest oaks has disappeared. Across the face of the spacious lawn sloping towards Rock creek, are now well-defined city streets and city squares, The streets are being rolled and leveled and | the seed sown in the squares is now covering them with green, It is impossible to find the deep gullies, the nooks and glades, which marked this place. There is now a broad, smooth roadway leading from Boundary over Kalorama and Belair heights to the bridge across Rock creek and then beyond to the Woodley Lane road, With equal ease you can turn your horse tothe east from Massachusetts avenue, and passing over new but smooth dirt roads you reach the picturesque cluster of villas and cottages known as Washington Heights. Co- lumbia road is near at hand and is gained after rolling over the smooth asphalt pavement of this luxurious suburb. It won't be many weeks when there won't be any necessity of going to the Columbia road in order to reach the Woodley Lane road. You will then be able to drive over the new road, as the great ravine which now separates Washington Heights from the Woodley lane will be filled up. Any one familiar with the irregular character of the Front f just described will be surprised to learn that roadways now extended all through it. He would be still more suprised to learn that there was any way of leaving the Woodle: Lane road before reaching the top of the hi after crossing the bridges In a short timne the valleys and the odd freaks and fancies of nature in the way of ravines and gullies that | mark this spot will all be transformed into a level plain. Col. George Truesdell, who has an elegant residence in the immediate vicinity, and who has really been the founder of Wash- ington Heights as itis at the present day, has said that the roadway must be built, and any- one who knows him is aware that this is equiva- lent to its being done, DR, HAMMOND’S RESIDENCE. Perhaps the largest private residence ever built in this city is one now being erected for Dr. Wm. A Hammond on Columbia heights. It is about 100 feet square and is three stories high. ‘The style is of that substantial charac- ter which distinguishes the designs of Mr. A, B, Mullett, the well-known architect. The ex- terior walls are of brick, with brown stone used as trimmings. Towers and projections of different shapes are introduced to give variety to the design aud, at the same time, to add to the appearance and comfort of the interior, Everything is ona large scale, and yet the house is so well proportioned as not to give me: ize undue prominence, The entrance hail is large and spacious, leading into a mag- nificent central hall forty feet square. There is a domed ceiling which extends to the top of the house, where an opening in the roof gives light. A gallery,which is reached bya staircase, extends around the hall, and from this gallery access is bad to the rooms on the second floor. One of the features of this hall is an im- mense fireplace. The woodwork is oak, and the same material is used in the entrance hall and in the dining-room. One of the largest rooms in the house is the library, which con- tains almost as many square feet as a small house. Thisroom will be finished in the Egyp- tian style, the lotos and other Egyptian em- blems ‘be: fe. carved in the woodwork. The e fl . g been a marked change in the Georgetown real estate market during the past few years, DE hom —_ a, gee m active + mand ani good locations has - vanced in value, Och aee eve: idly built up than any part of the District cov- ering the same extent of id. There are still many large places on the beautiful heights. but they are not in the market. Building is very active and this is caused to a by the extension of paved streets erage and water facilities. In addition there have been various _ enterprises started, giving Se to large numbers and attracting residents here, as, for instance, the extensive milling establishments, the large planing mills. the great ice manufacturing and storage establishments, and the extensive foun- dry and iron manufactories. The work now being done by the Georgetown Dock, Barge, and Elevator company and the proposed early construction of the Georgetown and Tenley- town electric railway promises to add largely to the material interests of the town. While all these enterprises give employment to peo- ple who need homes, yet there is another class of people who are seeking homes in George- town. The latter recognize the fact that the town is located on the banks of the Potomac and built upon a succession of terraces, which inthe upper part are many feet higher than the hillupon which the Capitol building is located. In summer the town is swept by river breezes, and the temperature is always several degrees lower than in other parts of the Dis- trict, The streets are well paved. the water and gas supply ample, and the sewerage excel- lent, These advantages, and others which might be found in the society of the place, are recognized and appreciated by those secking quiet and agreeable homes.” Among the improvements now going on in Georgetown are the following: W. T. Birch is building a house at the northeast corner of 31st and Q streets; G. W. Offutt, three houses, 32d, near M street; James Nolan, three houses, Pros- pect avenue, near 34th street; Rob’t Proctor, three houses, N. near Potomac avenue; Sarah Britt, house, N, near Potomac Capt. Jos. Lee, house, N, near Potomac avenue; J. Curtin, five houses, 35th, near O street; El- leanor Walter, four houses, 35th, near P street; Georgetown syndicate, ten houses, 37th and Prdkpect avenue; Allen C. Clark, house, 3ist, near U street; public school, 28th, near M street; Ray & Craig, two houses, 34th, near P street; W. Nordlinger, store, M. near 3ist street; H. K. Sheer, four houses, 26th, near P street; Mrs, W._ Curtiss, four houses, 3ist and N streets; S. J. Neenan, M, near 32d street; C. M. Matthews, 30th and O streets. In addition to the above plans for the erec- tion of a number of buildings are now in course of preparation. The Georgetown real estate company propose to build a fine row of eight houses on the old Columbia bank property on Prospect avenue. FINISHED DURING THE YEAR. The following are some of the improvements completed during the present year: The build- ing occupied by the foundry of E. L. Dent, on K street, near 33d; J. H. Gordon, house, Q ; Street, near 3ist street; Mrs. Anderson, Q | street, near Sist street: W. H. Gaskins, N, near 30th street; H. Bradley Davidson, Q, near 31st street; Geo. F. Green. Dunbarton avenue, near 30th street; Mrs. May Smoot, Dunbarton avenue near 30th street; Jos. W. Collins, Q. near 30th street; Rezen W. Darby, Q, near 30th street; A. Hanlon, 35th, between P’ and Q streets; L, C. Kengla, N, near 3ist street; J. R. Freeman, 32d street extended; Mrs, Catherine Weaver, 32d street extended; J. K. Probey, 30th, near N street; C. M. Matthews, three houses, 30th, near P street; Eleanor A. Walter, two houses, O, near extent elo 30th street; Dr. Lewis Mackal, three houses, Q, near 29th street; Jos, Fearson, two houses, N, near 34th strect; T. L. and A. B. Cropley, five | houses, corner M and 3ith streets; Wm. Cus- | tard, six houses, corner N and 36th streets; C. B. Pearson, eight houses, corner O and 35th | Streets; W. J. Gill, house, P, near 32d street | Wm. Whelan, two houses, 32d, near O street; | Dennis Horrigan, six houses. P street, near | 25th; North Washington Rea! Estate company, | four houses, P street, near 24th street; Colun bus Thomas, two houses, 33d, near T street; W. H. Brewer, houses, O, near 32d street; Daniel Johnson, warehouses, K, near 3ist street; Ellen E. Bangs, house, Dunbarton avenue, near 32d street; Harris & Taylor, two houses, East, near 25th street; Mrs. F. Moran, 30th, near N street; Pearce & Lawton, carriage manufactory building; Dr. L. W. Ritchie, Masonic avenue, near 32d street; F. W. Stohlman, house, Ha’ near 32d street; Georgetown Real Estate cot pany, five houses, 35th, near M street; E. Dun- ie, one house, 35th, near M street; house, 35th, near M street; Mrs. C. 'y house, corner 34th and M streets; J. D. Sulii- yan, house, M, near 34th street; J. Crowley, house, M, near 3ith street; J. Dugan, house, M, near 33d street; Beckwith & Quackenbush, eight houses, corner 30th and M streets; Farm~ ers’ and Mechanics’ National bank, improvemen | Nordlinger & Baer, flats, M, near 32d street: John A. Butler, house, 28th and M streets; Chas. Payne, house, 324, near Q street; D. Heg- arty, three house, 32d, near R street: J. Keat- ing, house, U, near 35th street: Thos. P. Heaney, two houses, 32d, near R street; David Rittenhouse, house, 28th, near Q street; C. U. Somerville, house, 35th, near § street; Misses Earl, Cedars, addition; Carrol Daly, house, 36th, near N street; P. J. Dulany, house, 35th, near Q street; L. C. Rosenbush, two houses, Q, near 82d street; John E. Beall, four house, Q, near 34th street; John Kerr, house, 32d, near street; J. O’Reily Kuhn, warehouse; R. W. Darby, four houses, 3ist, near K street; G. i, warehouse, M and 29th streets; C. P. Williams, house, 3ist, near U street; J. Mc- Daniels, house, 29th, near N street; J. H. Smoot, storg, M, near 32d street, ——— Saved by a Dream. From Hall's Journal of Health. A man of the name of Joe Williams had told a dream to his fellow-soldiers, some of whom related itto me months previous to the occur- rence which I relate. He dreamed that he crossed a river, marched over a mountain and camped near a church located in a wood, near which a terrible battle ensued, and in a charge just as he crossed @ ravine he was shot in the eart. On the ever memorable 7th of Decem- ber, 186i (battle of Prairie Grove, northern Arkansas), as we moved’a double quick to take our place in the line of battle, then already hotly een tee wo passed a church, a 1 frame building. I was ri in the flank of the command, opposite to Williams, as we came in view of the house. “That is the church I saw in my dream,” said he. Imade no reply, and never thought of the matter until evening. We had broken the enemy’s lines and were in full pursuit, when we came to a dry ravine in the wood, and Williams sai other side of this ravine I was shot in my dream, and [’ll stick my hat under my shirt.” Suiting the action to the word he doubled up his hat as he ran ae and crammed it into his bosom, Scarcely he adjusted it when a minie ball knocked him out of line. Jumping 3) quick! he pulled out his hat, waved it over his head, shouting: “I’m all right.” The ball raised black spot about the size of a man’s hand just over the heart and dropped into his shoe. rs. | matter, ne; | with D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1889—-TWELVE PAGES. A CULTURED CHATTER. While “Mamma” was, of Course, Equal- ly Edified and Gratitied. From Puck. Scene—The Maitlands’ parlor. Mabel Mait- land on one end of a sofa awaiting the entrauce of some one who has just rung the bell. Mamma in adjoining parlor. Time—Evening. Enter Alien Adair, 4 Mebel—Good evening, Mr. Adair; I hardly expected any callers this evening, it is so stormy. Allen—I had no idea the weather was so bad when I started out. There is no rain, but the wind is very high. Mabel—Mamma says it is going to rain; her— her rheumatism is her barometer. Allen—I suppose rheumatism and kindred diseases must be affected by electrical condi- tions of the atmosphere. jabel—Probabiy. What wonderful progress electrical science ‘is making vow! I hear we are to have not only electric street railways, but electric trunk lines as weil. Allen—They will come next. I never hear the expression “trunk line” that I do not think of a line to carry trunks, Mabel—The same way with me. I think of a picture of a big railway station full of trunks and people going to Montreal and Quebec. Were you ever there? Allen—I never got further into Canada than the north bank of Niagara falls. You have beén there. I know. Mabel—Yes, indeed: it was glorious! Allen—I wonder if they will ever utilize that Great water power? Mabel—I believe the consent of the state must be obtained. A gentleman told papa something abont it. Allen—That may be an easy matter ora hard depending on who asks for it. Wheels n Wheels are to be found everywhere in politics now, and the few rule the many, It is the same with the general government. The few deciare war and the many do the fighting. Mabel—Yes, I wonder if there will any more trouble about Samoa? Atlen—There might be. I don’t think Ger- many would hesitate about war with anybody. The young emperor is anxious for laurels. Speaking of emperors, I see the emperor of China is to be married toI don’t know how Many wives, Mabel—' are £0 str: Isn't it horrid! The Chinese ge. _Allen—The Japanese, however, civilized, I understand, though the Chinese are the older race. Mabel—Oh, yes. They are almost the first race, are they not? are quite Allen—I don’t know, really. one does. What strange ci historic races must have had, judging from the few traces left! Everything tills of love of an- imal comfort, combined with elaborate prepar- ations for offense and defense. Men seem to have been at war from the beginning. Mabel—I notice the pictures of prehistoric animals indicate that 7 too, were well pro- vided with = of attack. Allen—Yes, 1t was all feeding and being fed on. But, no doubt. in an earlicr era, when the earth's crust was still warm, tropical vegeta- tion rankly luxurious and ‘the animals few, there might then have been a peaceful exist- ence for all that lived—all being vegetarians, Probably it was after this that they were driven I suppose no ivilizations the pre- to eating each other—driven by changed geo- logical and—— Mabel (whiepering)—Mamma has gone up- stairs, Allen (grabbing her)—My own, own, ownest, sweet n-n-n-n-y- = m-m! GOOD FORM OF TO-DAY. How it Differs from That of the Past in Various Important Respects. From the London Dai In alittle book just published, entitled “Good Form,” the etiquette of some few years ago is amusingly contrasted with that of to-day, when everything is more succinct and expeditious than it used to be. When the ladies of John Leech’s time went to | dinner parties they were shown into bedrooms | and allowed some minutes to adjust their ring- lets, Now they hand their cloak to a servant, and walk straight from their carriage or cab to the presence of their hostess. At weddings in “the Forties” each bridesmaid had a msman to lock after her and see that she what she liked at the elaborate breaktasts of the matrimonial function of that Now there is only a man,” though how he comes by the superlative adjective when he is sole groomsman it is difficult to say. Atmong other changes of custom is that connected with the bridesmaids’ dresses, which used to be given by the bride. And our authoress might have added that it is no longer fashionable, as it then was, for the bride to cry, All weddings nowadays are dry-eyed. Crying bas ~gone ying out.” It was the very heighth of the fashion in the year 1827. When Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton married Miss Rosina Wh an eye witness of the ceremony describes both bride and bridegroom as being “overcome with sen- sibility” pale, tottering, and tearful. No oue totters to the altar now. It would not be “good form.” But the bride must not, on the other hand, romp uv the aisle in the exultation of her heart. The correct pace is, perhaps, best described as resembling that of a policeman on his beat. It is slow and stately. Another marked change in social customs is mentioned in connection with the etiquette of “small and early” parties. No longer does a hostess aek her guests tosingor play. This ordeal, so dreaded by the inl of a couple of decades ago, is no longer to be feared. “I hope you have brought some music, Miss Smith,” was frequently the prelude toea distracting erformance that gave pleasure to no one, Feast of all to the player. And, strange to say, now that music 1s always professional, and generally worth listening to, it is dificult to persuade people to remain silent while it is going on; whereas, wien amateurs were sing- ing, it would have been considered a shockin, piece of rudeness for any one to have talked till the lady had finished describing how she wore a wreath of roses, or the gentleman had finished dilating upon his homeless, ragged, and tanned condition. 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All the details of this | gamuna Yates in New York Tribune, Ject with a sense of humor that makes it easy W. B. HOERE ron STONE ing grounds. The materials of the manufact-| great house will have the same attention as in reading. y HEATERE@ ure are found in the food consumed, and in the | @ smaller house, There is a very general impression that Mr. > oo oie sibs sand, pebble-stones, brick-dust, bits of bones, | | Dr. Hammond's sanitarium is large and | Howarth’s letter to the Times on the subject of A Queer Occupation. a & which hens and other birds are contin-| handsome structure, which he recently built | the vice-royalty was intended as a feeler to see | From the New York Graphic. ap19-1m ually picking from the earth. The instinct is | some distance to the norti of his residence, on in what direction opinion, as regards it, is go- All sorts of queer trades are followed in keen for these a wight cine ae as Mth (pri pcan Abele Pager ing. ‘The only member of the royal family who New York, but one of the queerest has just fractory substances, and they are devoured wit comple! e wi! ve invest some Wa _ i aa oager # relish os the cereal grains or insects, | in that locality. * |eould go to Ireland would be the Prince of pes ta rerriceg cared pel <7 pede: GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. If hens are confined to barns or outbuildings it NEW BUSINESS BUILDINGS. Wales. It is no secret that the Prince of Wales oneal owell = — — seam thas EPPSs’s cocos is obvious that the egg-producing machinery | fr. James H. Marr is havi lans prepared | 288 always had very strong feelings about a Sentamieratas tion in this " hotel, BREAKFAST. can not be kept long in action unless the ma- | 4. 4, “i ae ee royal residence in Ireland, and many years ago | {70 °¢8 cope nl agp goes v terials for the shell are supplied in ampleabun- | 0 the erection of an office building on G@ | one of his most confidential and trusted advic. Pg ‘stig 4 goody table, in the | _ “BY 8 thorough knowle‘ieeof the natural laws : ; the rvatween 14th and 15th streets, adjoining | ers, empowered by him, made known his opin- | [Hs shop, consisting of a chair and table, in the errs, the operations of digestion = we ——___ces____ the Fleming building. ‘The new building will | ions to the queen, witha view to his. going to mae sao of on e Geht wits, © Dale of | Sao cones cortege ot Se ‘our FB Rig Sirsa, PY Thy e Traveling on Cheek. SPR BPoNt 525,000. | Gradually the buildingson | Ireland in some capacity as her representative, | Pit cinck'in trade! han “deftly menafachon nd ae | tables witha delicately hevores Devers ‘undo by Me: Monge Mason Entec From the Brooklyn Citizen, this block are ‘being devoted to business par-| if sho felt sho would be unable to do so herself order P Cious tse of such afticles of jet" that by Mr. ore in- S r terest than the utensils associated with the old I witnessed a comedy enacted in front of a Licey ie i ‘the —— na strong! ee Ent every ey tenden cy to Tisense. Bits ~! niede wide kitchen fireplaces ‘uch as was found in theater a few evenings ago which, for » display | which have transformed the dwellings along F | that the subject should fren there is arwestt punt, We lnay cope guar p — — bey ee de peer 2 of genuine cheek, is worthy to be placed on | street into stores and offices, and made noes qe tte wisely, not a Hi wie Uy “Necptud“Curaelven wel y Tortibed with @ snd other utensils that stood at some old fire: | A cooking stove from China ts eylindrical in | "cord. A gentleman came out after the first | me Progress inthe sa the ‘matter. ree, The. difteulty. in finds ervsee stead — me direction along G street and the connecting streets, Signs of a similar character may be noted on H street, west of 13th. The recent purchase by a bank- ing firm of property at the corner of Vermont avenue and 15th street for a business location shape, about 18 inches in height, and made of wter. In the top are circular orifices for pots and kettles, which, when in position,surround a little portable furnace. The Chinese cooking utensils, like the Japanese and Corean, seem act and started to go up street, when a hand- somely-dressed young fellow accosted him, “I beg your pardon, sir,” he said, “but I have lost my door check, and if you are not Dedesinply with boiling water or milk. Sold only or fu Lalt-Poubd tins by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemista, alty in finding a a successor to Lord Londonderry has brought atin i tke Stee shape and works =¥ the desired an y dy2i-m.tus London, Eueland lamp, and over {the fire-place were suspended | all to be on & diminutive scale, Economy is ee ee ee en ee Sreintine Soe eee strings of dried apples. je crane were | attained by their arrangement. as it is not turn, RESIDENCE. hooks and ebains for the kettles and pots. "The to burn a scuttle or two of coal ine infemel the eae ee ‘hankod hae visiting cnt amcor Tar Fisesr Cid Bre-place has gone through a succession of | big range in order to make a eup of tea. ‘The | just as forventin oe if Ho bed waked, tim | Extensive improvements and alterations are MRaT FLAVORING STOUR ghanges until it has been completely disguised | Corean has a fire-pot made of soap-stone. It | Jhec the nett gentleman that came along | being made in the residence of the Japanese whens in the modern range. The andiron has had a | is like a bowl with alittle circular furnace in | enc similarly accosted, and he gave the fellow | legation on N street, between 13th street and LIEBIG COMPANY'S number of modifications. A French andiron | the center. The coals are put in the furnace, | his check. Vermont avenue. The dining-room will be en- has two prongs or arms extending from it, the meats or vegetables to be cooked placed in “Have you a seat coupon also?” asked the in- and new office-rooms and bed-rooms will ee EXTRACT OF MEAT each supporting a little iron cage or et in ind it and the cover put on. The | dividual. A {The Newest Night Gown. FOR SOUPS, 8 which a — can be set. —— a Chinese ae fire- similar in construction, | This was almost too much. From the New York Sun, —— ‘ances used in connection wit! ol ei here’ igare' tween and which can still be seen in some old Virginia roe ant velco: the acts,” Bouses. was an antomatic The coupons and I followed how he o The Empire night gown is‘about the dainti- it. It was sus- (SEEF TEA, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES ‘Genuine only with facsimile of Justus von Liehig’s SIGNATURE IN BLUE INK ‘Across Label. (Sol by Btorekeepers, Grocers, and Druggists, ‘LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF MEAT OO., Ltd, Lento, and ci the tte were handed over ‘MR. HALL’S NEW HOUSE, fellow inside to observe | yc. R 1. Hall is building » house on dth street, between D and E streets northeast, It i 1 i it, ‘That beats anything I Et you kane whee ‘il send — a have heard of,” he the fellow is sitting iting to a bunch tion is like a pair of oyster to baat hee 3 oyster iron with long handics molds are two dises of iron tongs. luced with them i 5 3 ivoted together so as to form “ameo and intaglio wafiles were pity ne ! H i F i 3 f i ! i $ i i i 4 é i if ! i é E f st | E Ser nee