Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1889, Page 10

10 — THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, f d D. C., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2 1889-TWELVE PAGES, WIVES OF FAMOUS MEN. Women Who Preside Over the Homes of Distinguished Senators. ee Mrs. Edmunds and Mrs. Sherman—A Sketch of Mrs. Hale—The Real and the Fictitious Mrs. Stanford—Sena- tor Walthall’s Household. a In the month of April, 1966, George F. Ed- he Senate of the United Btates as the representative of the body politic of the state of Vermont. In the scale of sena- torial longevity he is the “father” of the higher body of Congress. The senior Senator from Ohio would enjoy that honor by almost a full senatorial term had not the occupancy of the post of fiscal minister of the Hayes adminis- tration caused a break in the line of consecu- tive senatorial service, covering a period of twenty-eight years, The colleague of the Sen- ator from Vermont, who followed bim in sena- torial honors. is the patriarch of Congress, having entered the lower house in 1855. After twelve years of parliamentary duty, associated with one of the most notable tariff contro- versies in the history of Congress, in 1867 he stepped into the place previously occupied by Laks P. Poland. Senator Sherman waa the cotem| of Senator Morriil in his debut into House of Representatives, but the latter alone has the honor of thirty-four years @f uninterrupted congressional service. MRS, EDMUNDS. One of the most gratifying circumstances as- Sociated with the social it! mate is the presence of the wives able Sen- ators. Mrs. Morrill and Mrs. Sherman made their entree into the polite ci tional capital with the incoming of the a istration of James Buchanan and have been rominent in the fashionabl i e varying scenes of pu’ since. Both ladies are in ti eelient health and preserv of beauty and still possess the easy grace of man- ner which made them noted in the higher lie of the administrations over which Harriet Lane, Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Eliz MeCardle Johnson, Mrs. Martha Johnson Pas- terson. Mrs. Mary Johnson Stover. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. Mra. Lucy Webb Hayes, Mrs. Lu- eretia Rudolph Garfield, Mrs. Mary Arthur McElroy, Miss Rose Cieveland and Mrs. Fr: ces Folsom Cleveland presided in the social regimes of former days and are prominent in the dignified circles of the executive and Con- gress led by Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison and Mrs. Anna Strect Morton. Mrs. Edmunds entered the social life of the capital when Andrew Johnson was in the mid- period of his mosaic episode in national politics and administration, and when the charming daughters of the President reigned over some of tl most brilliant ceremonial entertain- Tents ever witnessed at the executive man- sion. Mrs. Edmunds, who is a native of the ro- mantic hills of Vermont, is a daughter of Wyllys Lyman, a descendant of a noted and ancient family of Connecticut. About the close of the last century. when Vermont was in the infancy of statehood, her grandfather advanced up the valley of the Connecticut as far as the mouth of the White river, and there estab- lished himself, Her family have been assoc ated with national affairs for many grandfather, Charles M. member of the joyment of ex- ¢ a louse of Kepresenta- tives during the administration of President Madison. Before coming to Washington Mrs. Edmunds had much experience in the social life of the state capital, where her husband for several terms was speaker. For many years at Washington Mra, Edmucds presided over a beautiful home on Highland terrace, looking out upon Thomas circle, but more recently she has performed her social duties, assisted by her daughter, in the Senator's new home in the extreme West End. Senator and Mrs. Edmunds and their daughter Mary comprise that inter- esting household. The Senator is oue of the most genial and compauionable persons in so- cial life when in contact with those whom he regards as his personal friends. Mrs, Edmunds and her danghter, since the family bereave- ment in the loss of a daughter several years ago, have not appeared much in society, but they have been active in alleviating the sorrows aud discomforts of the poor, Miss Edmunds is a fine conversutionalist and is expert as an equestrienne, a diversion which she enjoys with ber father. Miss Edmunds is a lady of extensive reading and is particulurly familiar with public questions, in which she takes a deep interest. She is a woman of strong character and makes her home not only the happiest spot on earth for those within the family circle but a place of pleasant resort during the season for the most distinguished members of the politico- social world. The Seuator’s beautiful residence at Burlington on the shores of historic Lake Champlain is also a center of attraction to the most distinguished personages who visit that ting region. MRS. STANFORD. Romancers have had much to say of the wife of the opulent and general senior Senator from California. They have associated her tastes with enormous outlays on jewels and lavish eu- tertaiuments until the world at large have formed a very different idea of Mrs. Leland Stanford from what she really 1s to those who wher. The fabulous stories of millions in diamonds, crown jewels and jems from the caskets of the voluptuous Isabella of Spain and the unfortunate enie of France, and Other sources, were best auswered by Mra. Stanford in conversation with friends not long ago. It appears thata fauciful scribbler de- scribed her ou one occasion as sparkling with diamonds and gems valued at over « hundred thousand dollars. Referring to that fes:ure of her toilet at that time si $2,000 would the jewels A story is rela! nection with these dctions which is amusing. A clergyman of an humble Episcopal parish in New Jersey reading one of these marvelous ac- counts wrote to Mrs. Stanford that he had read of her costly gems and, after calling attention to the fact that his flock were much in need of an organ, suggested that if she would send him but one of the least costly gems in her collec. tion. be could realize & sufficient. mount to secure the sadly needed instrument, Still another of the amusing literary sur- Pines was » description of one of Mrs. Stan- 's usual entertainments to her lady friends, That they are elegant goes without saying, but upon the jcular occasion referred to the menu Were specifically mentioned, each being described as set at the top with a rare Stone surrounded by an appropriate decorative freer ete ip remote Bomb om ‘The price stated for each card which was presented to the guest asasouvenir was $100. The fact was that during a visit to New York Mrs. Stanford = pened to come across some novelties in le embellishment and among them these cards, Instead of s hundred dollars they cost about sixty cents In this way « fictitious Mre. bas been created. real Mrs, Stanford isa woman of unbounded benevolence. In different parts of the country are eight in- tious supported by her for the education en’ training of young girls, upward of five hundred pee the beneficiaries of her charity and good works, In a hundred ways she is constantly doing some kind act to the poor and unfortunate instead of searching around for costly jewels and precious stones aggregating millious in value, Mrs. Stanford was Jane Lathrop, a daughter of Dyer Lathrop, a successful merchant of Albany, N.Y. In the same county (in 1824) was born Leland Stanford, who, after an academic education and study of the law at Albany, went to Port Washington, Wis., to engage in his profession. In 1850, mede progress in life, the young lawyer re- turned to Albany and married Miss Lathrop, whom he took with him to his Wisconsin home. | Two years after he joined his three brothers in California and laid the foundation of the vast wealth of which he is now the possessor. From 1461 till 1963 Mrs. Stanford preside over the household of her husband while in the exercise of gubernatorial authority over the golden state of California, Her regime was one of the most brilliant periods in the social history of the Pacitic coast, Senator aud Mrs. Stan- ford come and go in their own pal car, which is kept at their service and is reported every morning. The Senator, as president of the Central Pacific railroad, built 580 miles of that iron highway over the Nevada and Madre ranges in 293 days, and has ever since re- tained his interest in that great work. The founding of a university in California, with an endowment of miilions, is the crowning benefaction of his life. The home of Senator and Mrs, Stanford is probably the richest in art adornment and appointments in the ci Paintings and statuary, goid brocaded hangings, rare. la delicate embroideries and articles of ne interest the eye and please the taste of those who enjoy the hospitalities of this distinguished couple. A portrait of their dead son, who, having reacbed the most promising years of life, succumbed to the fatal grasp of the an fever, hangs in the place of honor in the g) drawing room. . Mrs. Stanford isa woman of queenly presence and grace, and in her intercourse with triends shows a tenderness of womanly character which has its inspiration ins heart full of benevolence. In her appearances on social occasions her toilettes are in excellent consisting chiefiy of rich broc colors, garnets being her must appropriate selection. ‘The social entertainments at the Stanford Mansion are on the most elaborate scale, but at the same time in keeping with the propri- eties of substantial w ee. Neither Mrs. Stanford nor her has- and make an ostentatious display of their most unmeasured opulence. inall their magnificence as much for the en- joyment of their friends as for their own com- fort and convenience. days of republican ascendaney in the Senate and the most brilliant riod of republican party movements. The stalwart was one of the strongest sin the senatorial oligarchy whic manipulated the government and the Cuion on the basis of the re- He was a power in senatorial cabinet counsel and a power party manage! He was aman of rugged nature aud at the same time was controiled by the tenderest impulses. In possession of large wealth accumulated by his own efforts, he lived eand entertained munificently, Mrs. Chandler's drawing rooms were thronged with the distinguished personages in the higher life pital during those days of great men and great events, The home ler was cheered of the war. of Senator and Mrs. Chand- the presence of an only hter. Mary Chandler had many of the yng traits of her father’s character and not a tew of the striking points of his appearance and manner. refined by feminine contrasts and gentleness. During the earlier of her residence at Washington she was finishing her education. Her debut was one of the great social events of the capital, aud durimg the seasons of her young ladybood she was ad- ed as one of the belles in the brilliant cir- of fashion during the administrations of Gen. Grant. The devotion of the father to the daughter was one of the most eloquent tributes to the r impulses and domestic instincts of Mich- ‘# stalwart Senator, This devotion was rocal. not only in the home circle but in the social life of the family. mong the train of smtors for the hand of ‘Zach” Chandler's daughter was a young Rep- resentative of increasing fame and of an an- cient Newburg (Mass.) family with an Ameri- can lineage ranning back to within two de- cades of the landing of the pilgrims. By the force of his commanding abilities he was ou of the leaders of the left in the body of which he had been a member since the Forty-first Congress. ‘The macriage of Mary Chandler to Engene Hale wus followed by one of the most inter: ing and brilliant seasons of social courtesies which had been witnessed at Washington for many years. It also led to the establishment of a household which bas ever since been pleas- antly associated with Washington life, The birth of each of the three sons of Mary Chand- ler was remembered by the proud grandfather with a check for 000. After several years passed in Europe educating her sous Mrs, Hale has returned to Washington, The happiest moments of the closing years of the veteran Senator's life were passed in the enjoyment of the company of his three grandsons, Mrs. Chandler has joined her daughter to pass the evening of her days in the same surroundings, She now contemplates the building of a palatial residence on oue of the most valuable and com- manding sites in the city for her daughter and grandchildren and to make a home for herself amid enjoyable associations during the rest of her life. MRS. WALTHAI When L, Q. C. Lamar retired from the Sen- ate of the United States to accept a secretary- ship in the cabinet of President Cleveland Edward Cary Walthall succeeded to the seat thus vacated and e a Senator from the state of Mississippi. ‘The wife of Gen. Wal- thall is one of the most interesting and attrac- tive matrous in the group of ladies of the sen- atorial circles, In her maiden days she was Miss Mary L. Jones, and was known asa great belle among the beautiful daughters of the pic- turesque vailey of the Roanoke in Virginia, She was born on the banks of that historic stream in the county of Mecklenburg and in sight of the ae of —— Carolina. pense sg jas. G. Jones, a large planter, belor toa family noted in the annals of that section of Virginia. Her mother was Helen Leckie of a laud family of colonial repute, but herself @ native of Washington. In the summer of 1859 Miss Jones was admired among the -south- prov asses Phen eran eaipher the layers ynable pastimes of the’ ur. Among the south- ern beaux who had gathered at that famous re- aving | th and appropriate hos- | ‘They seem to live | | soldiers and knew almost every one in the command by name. She performed many acts of kinduess among the men suffering from sickness and wounds, which made them revere her as almost an — of mercy in their midst. | Senator and Mrs. Walthal! have no children of } their own to crown the happiness ot their do- | mestic life, but a niece, the child of Mrs,Court- jmey H. Stone of Virginia, Mrs. Walthall’s | sister, adopted when an infant, both father and | mother having died soon after her birth, has | been to them as a daughter, Miss Courtney Walthall is one of the prospective debutantes of the coming season, She is a brunette, very pretty, with dark hair, soft brown eves, luxu- riant tresses g a corresponding hue, a petite figure and au ease and vivacity of manners and conversation which will make her one of the most fascinating of the charming waidens who will soon enter the younger circle of society. The drawing rooms of Mrs, Walthall are the favorite resort of many at the capital, and par- ticularly of that portion of it which comes from the more genial climes of the Union. ‘The | presence of Miss Walthall will be an added at- | traction tothe hospitable home of the Sena from Mississippi Deb. R. K, —— PINS BY Thu MILLIONS. How They are Made—An Industry That isa Curiosity Also. “Step right in, sir, please; buy a paper full and see how pins are made—plain, ordinary pins, the sort we use every day of our lives; and yet one of the most astonishing marvels of this mechanical age.” It was the tall man in the silk hat who spoke. He stood in a doorway on Pennsylvania avenus | and barked for his own business enterprise. In | front of the little shop a gaunt stranger, prub- ably from Virginia, in loug boots and a slouch | hat, had paused hesitatingly. His wife and five children of various ages accompanied him, % “Only the price of a paper of pins to git in?” e said. “That's all, sir.” “And the pins thrown in?” “Wh: W: Mundy, I heerd yon say this mornin’ you ied pins and here's a chance to buy jem, with a free show fer us all thrown in. Come, children!” COSTLY CITY PINS. | Whereupon the stranger. followed by his | wife and offspring, strode into the shop, the front of which was partitioned off, so as to con- | ceal the rear, and they paused before a table | covered with papers of pi “How much for a paper? “Ten cents, if you ple young woman in attendance, “Ten cents! Great gosh! These must be city prices. Why, "Mandy, you never paid more than seven cents for pins at the store, did you? Nu, of course not, and five cents was more like a tair price. But I'v ard that dissipa- tion costs money and, seein’ this is a sort of spree up in the city, I'll go it. Here's a dime; gimme the pins. Now. children, let's go in b hind the screen an’ see what's on exhibition, Hey? What did you say, young woman? Why we go in? I've paid for the pins.” _ “Yes, sir,” responded the pretty girl, blush- ing, “but it's a paper of pms for cach person admitted, We can't leta whole family in for one paper purcbased,” “By thunder!" exelaimed the customer from { was told that everybody I met in the city would try torob me. Take back your paper of pins and gimme my ten cents, Now, Mandy, let's git out of here, “I'm willin’ to walk around awhile and look at the Christ- mas things in the shop windows; but you don't catch me smellin’ into any more places, to be robbed out of every cent I've got.” THE PIN MACHINE AT WORK. With that he walked ont, followed by his straggling family. A Sran writer, who had entered in time to overhear the colloquy, purchased a paper of pins and ventured behind the partition, where he found something well worth seeing—a comparatively simple-looking machine that was turning out pins faster than the most expert professional lightning ealcu- lator could possibly think. On top of the contrivance was a horizontal wheel frame, with a coil of wire around it. Tue wire was made of steel, with a coating of tin; it was exactiy the thickness of an ordinary pin, and eding itself into a little mill, by which it was chopped up into actual pins. AS th le wire uncoiled automatically from the wheel, passed through what a person ignor- antof mechanics inight describe as a sort of trap. a knife descended upon it with rapid Strokes, cutting it off at pin-lengths, while at the moment each pin was chopped off a trip- hammer struck one end of it so as to flatten it ontintoa head. Each pin in its turn, after being cut off and headedin this way, fell into a Litue groove ou the rim of a wheel revolving : which carried it around and down- ward until it dropped natnrally into a groove on the rim ofa wheel revolving horizontally below, the point projecting beyond the . ‘Thus the horizontal wheel went round with a sort of fringe of pinpoints, ‘That is to say, the points were about to be made, ‘The in of the horizontal wheel—a disk including but the narrow onter rim—was made to revolve faster than the rim itself, so as to keep the pins in the grooves on the rim all whirling rap- idly on their own axes, Aa they whirled, the wheel-rim carried them past small emery wheels swiftly circling, so that the ends were sharpened to points in one revolution of the wheel-rim, At the end of this revolution they were thrown off upon a revolving endless belt, finished pins, pomted, headed, and ready for use. PAPERING THE PINS, But they were not ready for market yet. All this.it must be understood,had been performed with a speed that was fairly astonishing, the chopper chopping the pins into lengths, the hammer hammering the heads simultaneously, the whcel carrying the pin points over the emery wheels and throwing them off on the endless belt at the rate of goodness knows how many a minute, Itstillremained to pat the pins in papers, as one buys them, and this was accomplished also without the intervention of human hands, ‘The endless belt carried the completed pins into « barrel-shaped ‘‘drum,” also revolving, so that the pins in it were constantly being thrown over a sort of chute inside the barrel against an endiess chain passing through the barrel endways. The chain was in sections linked together, each section a small bar of solid steel a little longer than an ordinary row of pins and with as many vertical grooves, close together, as there are pins in a row. Poured from the chute upon the chain, the pins would catch by their heads in the grooves, which: would be filled up immediately, so that the endless chain was carrying out of the barrel as it—the chain—passed along, row after row of pins, just as one purchases’ them, only hang- ing in rows of grooves and not stuck in pape: Bat the chain went along e inquired, replied the pretty to «a f eeioacaaer | attachment at the end, through which roll of green per, just the width of pin paper and yards an yards in length was continually passing. The attachment had jaws that caught the paper in such a fashion as to crimp it into a doubie fold, just in time to have a row of pins from the chain forced through the fold from above; the chain then prooceeded slowly, so as to bring another row in position for being stuck in more neatly than human hands could do it, and so on, the paper that had taken the pin rows fall- ing on the floor inch by inch in a long ribbon, THEN CAME THE FINAL PROCESS, which was simply go cut the ribbon into proper lengths for sale, each length, when folded up, making a “paper.” This scissor performance was the only part of the entire operation, from the original wire to the papering of the’ pins, that was not accomplished automatically by the machine without human interference. The proprietor said that his was the first pin ma- chine ever exhibited, the a trust having formerly kept the improved mechanism a se- eret.. He added that he found he could make more money by showing the machine than by making pins himself in any ordinary fashion, New Things in Silver and Gold, From the Jewelers’ Weekly. The shell of aclam reproduced in silver makes a pretty butter dish, Pansies, roses and ferns worked in usse onthe back of asilver hand mirror havea pretty effect. Two squirrels, each engaged in gnawing at nut, with a plam bar resting on their backs, make a silver rest that possesses many attractions. i The chrysanthemum is Dolae romroierd in almost every article of jewelry, Lace and searf pins, Labi ‘appear to be favorite arti- cles for baa | i A squirrel of gold perched ona branch of the same mate: with a thistle of diamonds ore rubies in ey _— is a ‘unique — unique and effective silver sents the curved feather of tri Atons corner of the receptacle an odd-appearing owl perched. with averted head is ‘A helmet of fifteenth-century at-glass bed of puted wih ing ope: posing in Promines silver ware dealers Written for Tre EvexrxoStan. ‘ HOODS AND HEADDRESSES. How Women Adorned Their Heads in Early English Days. THE RISE OF THE BONNET FROM THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF THE HOOD—QUEENS WHO SET THE FASHION AND THE MANNER OF THEIR MEAD ADORNMENTS. The hood, or as it was formerly called, “eoverchief” (head-cover), which word has been contracted into kerchief, was invariably a part of the female costume in western Eu- rope from several centuries before until the time of the Norman conquest of England. It had no doubt been introduced from the’ eastern countries, and found favor with the Christian | world of that day, not only on account of its convenient form and comfort but also be- cause of ity identity with the head covering supposed to have been worn by the mother of Christ, The material of the coverchief was either silk, wool or linen, wecording to the station in life of the wearer, and it varied in size and shape, sometimes scantily covering the head. while again it would hang below the waist, be- ing fastened beneath the chin and forming a elvsk for the upper portion of the body. Its color or colors were limited only by the taste} or caprice of the wearer, ANG VEN “OSS 4 WA 4- eDwaro Dn THe “Conrorse” SaIHE WimPLe” There is a statue still in existence of Matilda, th y Lot England, who lived in the early part of the twelfth century, in which she is represented as wearing the coverchief. in no material respect from the head five It ditte: covering worn by her hgndred years, With the Plantagenet family of m began in a small way that rage for cha a variety in personal apparel which has con- tinued with its ebbs and tloods for seven cen- turies. Under the name of “Fashion” it soon became and has ever remained a more despotic tyrant than any Plantagenet ever was, and thousands of husbands and fathers have, no doubt, most ardently desired that it could be bound within reasonable limits by a “Magna Charta,” as was the Plantagenet tyrant at Run- nymede, The first deviation from the coverchief is seen in a picture of Queen Eleanor. wife of Henry iL. This lady, who 18 generally repre- sented in the illustrated school histories of England in the act of compelling the Fair Rosamond to quaff a cup of poison, is shown in an authentic picture with her neck mutiled in what is variously called a “wimple” or “gorget,” which is held up and fastened by ornamental ins to her hair at the side of her head. The erchief is not yet discarded, but hangs over the wimple. ‘This modest change was only the entering wedge, but it was the beginning aud soon the appetite for variety became and continued so insatiable that an accurate record of the folliesot fashion from that time until the present would filla library. The contoise was a very popular style of head gear, which came in vogue early in the reign of firet part of the fourteenth century held in much esteem even until the latter part of the long reign of his successor, The hair was contined ina “reticulated caul” of gold net work. Those objects which resemble the elongated ears of the jack rabbit are denomi- nated “contoise;” they frequently streamed three or four feet behind the tar wearer. ‘The “contoise” were borrowed from the steruer sexand they had been worn for a Jong time prior to this period on many a gallant cox- comb’s helment—first as a protection from the hot rays of the sun, but later developing into an ornamental appendage, ancestors for 7~COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND B= cAoy ve THORPE The beautifnl bronze figure of the daughter of King Edward III beside that monarch’s tomb in Westminster abbey represents that princess with her hair arranged in square plaits at the sides of her head, A band ornamented with precious stones encircles her forehead, while the hair on the top and back of the head is con- fined by the “‘caul” which was then (1377) uni- versally worn, A portrait of the countess of Westmoreland, who lived in the latter part of the fourteenth century, shows us another very retty variety of the “caul.” In her picture it is surmounted by a diadem, while full braids of hair are carried below the ears and fastened at the back of the head; these braids appear to be separately incased in the caul ‘The “caul” was a rich network of gold or silver lace, set with chased and jeweled ornaments, and in its various shapes was sometimes termed a tresson, dorelet or crespine. About the beginning of the fifteenth century the ladies’ head dresses became the most remarkable and striking nov- elties in the fashions adopted, and they con- tinued varying in absurdity and_monstrosity until the death of Richard III, A. D, 1435. The evolution of the double-horned head dress, that abomination of cotemporary critics, appears to have occupied a period of thirty years." Its va- rious stages are definitely marked in the por- traits of ladies of the period, Lady de Thorpe, who lived in the reign of Henry IV, has e: panded her “caul” laterally until it resembles an immense bon-bon box. itharine, countess Suffolk, of the period of Henry VI, wears a caul which on each side of the head is the shape of a bisected crescent, the points of which are below the ears and the broad ends of the sec- tions opposite the temples, connected over the forehead by a jeweled band, The mortuary effigy of Lady Joan, the wife of Lord Bardolf, shows that the abbreviated ‘‘cres- cents” of the Countess Suffolk’s headdress have now been surmounted by rather modest but well defined ‘‘horns,” while the whole con- trivance is eucircled by an immense coronet, and, as in the case of Lady de Thorpe, there is a short veil hanging from the back of the head, It is impossible to conceive anything more pre- posterous and inconvenient than some co- tem a ee of this fashionable healgear, ‘he cuts, however, will convey an ob 3-RATHARINE COUNTESS oF SUFFOLR — 10-LADY JOAN BARDOL Texas cattle, and the veil that covers them is expanded to its fall extent, The coronet above of equally enormeus proportions descends from the forehead down the back on the head and completes a headdress which of size, en- deavoring to be sublime, has certainly taken the one step further and become ridiculous. As will be seen, the ladies devoted much at- tention tothe elevation of their head dresses. The quiet coverchief of the Saxon and Norman ladies had long been discarded for a more ob- trnsive and showy dress, which made its way in spite of all opposition, lay or clerical, for it was most vigorously assailed, and the writer on dress owes much indeed to the satirist of those days for his ventilation of the subject in his long, wordy tirades. Jeban ‘Meun, a writer of that time, speaks very distinttly of an's horns and was well aware of the fash- ionable follies, After observing that these pear to be designed to wound the wen “I know not whether they call them gibbets or gallows, that which sustains these horns which they consider so fine, but [ venture abe: is not im paradise for A satire “Of Horns” at Paris tells us thot the inst the ex: uiarly the b: in tne Royal libr. bishop hag preach fashions, blaming pa: yy the sand their horns, He t ple on the approach of women thus dress cry, “Beware of t .” promising ten da id thus ery out a faith I owe St. Martin t. “they make themselves horned with ted hemp or linen and counterfeit du Leasts; they carry great | masses of other people's hair on their leads” — by which it appears that hemp and false ir Were used much in the same way by the ladies at that remote period as more reecntly. Another satire in the British museam com- mences thus: “What sl They hike the’ bea: Becomes a: claims the 4s and carry horns » without hers she rar ject of seamdal,” of in speaking of the venality of the nudges, « “IL some and lovely, with horned judi mut, she dis. eay'a word." nd t havin to Very much as at present, The writer of a poem, at this period, threat- ens With perdition the wearers of horns, declar- iug that upon these head ft may the de foul sabbath Lydgate. one of the most that of condemnation and produced “A Ditty of Women’s Horns,” the burden of every verse being an announcement that— “Beauty will show though horns were away." In most of the manuscripts of th century we see the double horned he full perfection. In one of the: lady of the time of Edward [V is shown with a high cone- shaped hat, the broad base of which comes far over her face, while half way up the side it is encircled by animmense pair of long, sharp- pointed horns, from the base of which hangs a veil to her shoulders, brated poets of a Y3-THE HEART SHAPED COMFFURE AV A 44-THE STEEPLE Cap 15 ELIZABETH OF YORK The horned coiffure was succeeded in the last days of the house of York by the heart- shaped head gear. but that soon gave place to the steeple cap. which quickly became as much an object of satire as had been the horns. It is related that one Thomas Bonecte, a holy priest, commenced so determineda crusade against the steeple caps of the la that none dared ap- ear in them in his presence, He excited the Tittte boys to torment and plague them with | offers of pardon for so do’ Phese young | rascals, full of impudent misc and stinn- | lated by the circumstances, endeavored to pull down these mon: 0 that the fair ladies were foreed to scek +Relter in places of safety, and many were the tumults between the ladies’ servants and their persecutors. In the end the holy father triumphed. and at a grand auto de fe sacrificed the offensive head gear ina tire, before his pulpit, in the public square, “But this reform lasted not long.” says the chronicler, “for, like as snails. when any one passes by them, draw in their horus, J when all danger seem over, put them forth in. 8o these ladies’ shortly after the preacher had quitted the country, forgetful of his doc- «set his never weuried pen to the task | t trine and abuse, began to resume their former head dresses, and wore them even higher than before.” Stephen Gosson in his “Pleasant Quipps for Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen,” suys: “These flaming hoads with staring haire, ‘These wires turned with horns of rains, hese paluted faces whieh they Weare, Can auy tell from whence they came!” During the reign of Heury VII unmarried ladies generally wore their hair hanging down the back, a fashion universally adopted at nup- tials, Inthe pictures of the marriage of the virgin she is generally so represented by the | artists of that period. Anne Boleyn was thus disheveled when she married Henry V1IL ,“Untie your folded thoughts and let them dangle loose as a bride’s hair,” said one of their vets. With the accession of the firstof the Tudors (1485) came a equareness and stiffaess of head covering, This gradually gained ground until it presented an angular figure and is generally termed “diamond shaped’ by writers on dress. This fashion is shown in Holstein’s portrait of Henry's queen, Elizabeth of York. This head- gear 18 lined with ermine and decorated with jewels and embroidery, Though it is stiff and arsh and apparently inconvenient in shape it retained an ascendancy in the world of fashion for more than half a century, The same painter has left a portrait of Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIIL It is ex- ceedingly plain, and appears to bea return to the Saxon coverchief, but gives the Spanish princess anything but a queenly appearance. After examining this portrait the observer ceases to wonder why Henry divorced the un- fortunate original. Catherine’s immediate successor in the capricious monarch’s transitory affections, the ill-fated Anne Boleyn, affords us au example of the way in which the “diamond-shaped coiffure was modified and rendered more elegant as well as portable. D. +00 A CURIOUS COMPLAINT. It Is Not the Tyranny ofa Government, But Long Sermons, From s Letter in the Loudon Times. For many years past a very large portion of your space has been devoted to the wants and troubles of Ireland. No doubt the Irish area very interesting people, but the Eng- lish people are as interesting as the sister nation, and have their own grievances which require redress, although we have shot no landlords and murdered only @ very few policemen. Fairness, therefore, requires that you should devote some of your space to the troubles of a half urban, half rural, parish in the South of England. I am free to confess that we are not oppressed by our land- lords, who éxhibit the most kindly considera- tion for the welfare of their tenants. We are not bullied by the police, who are not extreme to mark our little tailings, and are consequently among the most popular members of our little community—the friends of all men. We cannot complain of the magistrates, except that they are too lenient to all offenses except AUCTION SALES. = FUTURE DAYS. TION SALE OF THE GROUNDS ANP PROE FAME NATIC AUCTION SALES. THIS EVE a= j ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OU, Auctioneers, u — LTA AL PATR Assi LATION FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY vr 1 COLUMBIA. INCLODs the sale by order of the Tuanton Silver Plate com- G THE 1 COURSE, LOCNTEE Pauy will be continued at our sales roots. corner 10th NTHE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, Os i and Penusyivaiia aveutie, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAJUS« OL TSIL - M.. HALE-PAST THREE ond HALF-1 AST SEVEN THE LintTs WASHINGTON «TCX. te ASANCARY FIRST, 18 DERING ON THE WASHINGTON BRANCH OF PBB, WILLIAMS & THE BALTIMORE AND OIG KAILKOAD AND ~ LAING BETWEEN WHAT Is KNOWN AS INE a _ FUTURE DAYs. “Bu Rees, paw & o- Si WOOD" ROAD AND (Hb BLADENSBURG TORN? Int ye enthonity of e f trust fron if Amscciaitor Lot Cow OOLU MAA ).. Auction Dader, ) Peunsylvan tors hie 1 REMPTORY r EOF WELL-KEPT ROUNE- HOLD FURIE GE St ND SEPECTS, OUNS! ERY FINE PAK N BROWN SILK LIBRARY AND SHUCK MA ry AND RUSH-SEAT Tite Conit KOOM HOUSE No. c ESE, AT ACCTION ON MON- DECEMB. THIKIRTH, AT TEN ok te GY AND f MONDAY « STOVE, BL iA RNESS. POLOCK, we will soll in store, Ssts now. thy We stock without isailirewh, We call attention to 8 on MON- , © utuubered xl equare huown at the time £. B. CLARKE, Trustee. Oth day of Septem. 4. page 4 sertbed, owned by 15. ayuiler’s hi be Lr a a plat and survey thy Isse, t a eK ows, Vi rees Weeks b OBL. 4 No.3, fh 1 Oatate am set f Oliver Cox Oct bounded a 11 rth in ber. aid road tu a nord mig, coutaiing eleven “une uh saiue Leloneiig or in any Wine py is improved by a fine Dwelling s tka good condition for culti- acribed parcels of land eine the t r of sale: One-third cash and the resi tial Payments at «na mdeterted nie - WALTER HALL, Trustee. ALTER B, WILLIAMS & CU., Auctionvers. W = obit pitts f a deed of trust to me bearing date the January, A.D. 1880, recorded tn Liter No oo. one of the lend uunday Gee Washington, D. wing personal pro and de schedule anus 1 of trust, ss chair: Cases, L Lurie Ufhice Safe t, 1 File Kas Bovks. 4 Book Cases, of “Lhe Gazette” aud all the nd Papers use ordinary 88ut the publication Gaze Cases; Job Cabinet, iS ing Stones; one Proot posing Sticks, and all other Prope witels and effects connected with the pu the swid Sunday Gazette, mciuding the good will nday Gazette receives the services of the As- sociated Press, same as the Suuday Herald, Sunday Capital and Sunday Post. ‘Lhe above property, goods and effects will be sold in bulk with the good will of said Gaze Terms of sale: £1,000 down at tine of sale, other- Wise the same will be iutwedvately resold at the rink and cost ot defauiting purchaser, aud the balatice of the purchase money to be paid within five days, the Purchaser not to have possession of the same until all purchase mouey shail have been paid. And if uot Paid within sand five days property, goods aud eflects with said good will will be resold ‘at risk aud st of deisulting purchuser ufter five days’ advertise- en ILLIAM J. MILLER, Trustee, d26-d&dbs 450 Louisiana avente, G® ¥. sr © ich the purchas-r's ne day ot Auctioneer, 936 F, TEES SALE OF VERY VALUABLE IMPROVED FROPERTY SITUALED AT JLNCTION OF FOURTELNTH STREE’ Tr ‘ SPRING pT COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, D. ved of trust, recorded in Liber No. pe of tue land records tor the District ‘At the request of the party secured fer tor saie. in frontof the Thises, ol TWENTY-FIRST DAY oF DECEMBE! 1589, at HALF-PAST FOUK O'CLOCK P. M., the following described property in the couuty of Wasilington, D.C, known and described a= lots numbered from one (1) to forty-four (44), 10 J.C. Lewis’ subdivision of partot Pleasant Plains, situate axn, on the north of Spring street, ut the point cf uniop <u) RD, Trustee, With 14th, street extended, excepting the purtion of eee jos inclusive, heretofore alienated, being te » RUEF, SORELY Guuveyed: Ge. Gerd cooedon ta tikes on, Central National Lankot Wasiius folio S08, ana Uy deod recorded im liber DUNCANSON Bt. 45. “Lerma of sale: One-third cash and the balance in one (C2) and two (2) years With interest at the rave of eax (6) um, oF all cash, at the o Briar vi fue sum oF E1000 To be deport the PERSONAL PROPES: ALL CASH ON DELIV LL ere tusks sal “MEDICAL, &, posit will be required at tume © = fale; all ocuves aucinw at purchaser seost, ‘Terms to D233. ‘complied wi oa ova : sity Botieein Ea - ©. M’ ARMSTRONG, Trustee, mummies oS ail 10-codkds 12 East Fayette st, Baltimore, Md | ean be consulted dilly, 404 Cat, batween iad Gth &2-THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED TO MON- ieigh teniiman, Goma ne " DAY, DECEMBER THIRTIETH, 1859. same hour | 4}TUPt treatment. Consultation strictly confiden- dl CM. AEMSIBONG. | | G1" Ontccalways open. 2 Funes ADIES WHO REQUIRE THE SERVIC Perienced Pewale Phyeician should consult Dr. aud. Mrs. WILSON, 1105 Park Place uc, between band a MPROVEDREAL 1 and suly. Hewedy 83. EES (RSE AVENUE — £ ss SEES ; SS ie D FIKST STREET NORTHWEST. ASES OF 8) —DR. CONDORY (FOR: of trust duly recorded among mnerly assistant plyscac te bret. Dr, Micord of he District of Columbia in Liber ‘aris). Uttice hours, ¥ to 12 aud 3 to &. et seq. we shall sell at public | d16-2m* S20 12th st. o.w, jon, it of the premises on THUKSDA' BECON DAY OF JANUARY, Isvu, AT FOUR O'CLOCK ¥.M., all that certai piece'er parcel of Yand and premises known and distinguished as and being lot numbered thirteen (13), in aq five hundred and sixty-nve (Sto), said lot’ being number thir.een (13) of Perham's subdivision of original lot numbered eight (8), in said square 560, he improvements thereon, consisting x dwelling No, 126” Massuchiu- luaif cash, balance in one and two te six (6) per ceut secured by deed ‘on property sold or all cash at the option of purchaser, A deposit of ope hutsdred (100) dollars required at the time of sale, If ters of saic are not coup lied with in ten (10) days the right 2s reserved to resell at defulting purchaser's risk and cost, Allcou- ‘Veyaucing at cost of purchaser. 0} E. BRADLEY, 423-d&kds_ STUART B. NUNCASTER,| TTustecs, UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. -KUSTEES’ SALE OF BRICK HOUSE AND LARGE Be OL, NO. S8v7 N STREEL, West WASHING- THE ME. DE FOREN’ reliable Ladsen’ ted da er ree! ‘Utice huure frou, BSO-tojal® TPo.3eye te BADICTED (HAT Dr. BRUTHEKS is the oldest-establistied advertio dug Ladies’ Physician in the city em, YOU ca coutdently consult Dr. BROTBERS, 900 B st. aw. Furticular attention paid to all dincases peculiar to ladies. orsingie, Durty years’ experience. ‘of sale; Um AD AND BE WISi.—DE._ BROTHERS, 906 BST. ry veured before me aud made oath that he the Oldest Established Expert Specialist i tuis city, aad will guarantees cure ip all cages of private diseanad medicine, or no change, cousulte- any bour yr. P. i java and pee oe u parts of tote numbered undred and six (106), one hu and seven = eli and eeean 12), im rg A ape we VI oe a wi suid lots ure re- onteamone thei second ot wud Dutra eben net fulio 373; bly tolic. 131; St Tolle 2 115, folio 257, and 131, folie 24, the saune Deane de: | J0OLO st. n.w., corer LOU! and O. Red, Herd scribed in one parcel, as follows, namely: Bewiuuing | Pastbe door, 7 - on Ist (now cailed N) street twenty-five (25) fect west REE DINTAL INPIKMARY-TEETH FILLED from the southeast corner of sai No. 106,and ran- and artidctal teeth thserted Witheut ct except ning thence west on said street sixty-four (U4) feet | cost of material, at 155 H st. n.w., the Dental auc six Saree ceonien center of ube | ment of Col University, ieum 1 te 9 pan : the house next west thereof: thence north and throwch pa asin ‘the center of said partiuon wall one nuvdred and elgbty-seven (187) fevt avd one (1) inch; thence east Inte Noe Liv end 113 in sald additions tenes oe : thirty-three (33) feet and i oul east corner tween lots fost and el feet and hundred and inpeprements "herme: On at ove and two ¥