Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1890, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 4, PEOPLE AND POODLES AT NICE, Folks Who Winter on the Shores of the Mediterranean, A GREAT PLACE FOR DOGS SHAVED I ALL STYLES—PRIMITIVE LAUNDRIES ON THE RIVER BANK—HOW FRENCH BOYS FIGHT—A GLIMPSE AT A SECTION OF THE FRENCH NAVY. ‘Staff Correspondence of Tue Evextxe Stan. Nice, December 13, 1989, Beautiful blue sea, blue skies, balmy air and gaicties of various kinds are what the visitor expects to find at Nice, and he is seldom disap- pointed if he stays long enough. The popular winter resort is not at its height now, although there are many people here. They are not the kind, however, that sets the pace. Some are invalids who seek @ southern climate to pro- long life. Some are here because they are much less liable to be sick than at their north- ern homes, and some are simply sojourners who come for a few days just to see the place and then off for some other interesting point. The winter population of Nice is largely com- posed of English, who find the climate much preferable to that of their own foggy little isle. Asa general thing, however, they manage to remain at home until after Christmas. The real Nice season is not expected to begin until January. Then there will be all the fetes, re- ceptions, concerts, &c., that one could wish, Just now, however, is as good a time as any to SEE NICE FOR ITSEL! To be sure it is a little chilly toward evening, but it is delightful until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when wraps become very desirable. I have heard a number say that the weather i much colder this year than asual. “) said an vid English dowager the other evening when she heard the same statement, “I have been coming here for tourteen years and it’s always just about the same. A stroll on the pride ot Nice, the Promenade des Anglais, which extends along the beach, will serve aa a very satisfactory introduction to the place. It might more properly be cailed the promenade of ail nations, for one is sure to mvet French, Italians, Russians, Germans, English and Americans. all enjoying the pleas- ant sunshine and balmy breezes, MANY POODLES, Itisa great place for pets, About every other woman is accompanied by a dog with a string to it and the pampered canine is invari- ably treated with all the care and attent on that would be required by a delicate child. Mrs. Cleveland’s famous poodle Hector haa many relatives here and they are shaved in all styles. One black poodle in particular accom- panies bis master in his strolls daily aud im- variably carries in his mouth a briar wood pipe held jauntily at an angle. Some of the women wear handsome clothes, but by far the majori eavery dowdy appearance, and ice will not compare with many of our r watering places. The famous promenade is not for the exclusive use of the visitors who contribute so largely to the revenues of Nice. It is a favorite resort for peasants apd laboring classes, and the smooth wide walk furnishes a capital place for the young Nicois to play marbles, Their principal game is very similar to the American “roly boly.” The players shoot like American boys, too, but they haven'tas strong “knucks.” Indeed their hands look too cold and stiff to do anything re- quiring flexibility of the fingers. In both England and France the hands and legs of the childreu are so little protected that they al- ways look half frozen when the weather is at all cold. THE NEW ETCHING After ALMA TADEMA’S LATEST Work, “THE ROSE OF ALL THE ROSES.” An Exquisite Work. Siddons Mowbray's “EVENING BREEZE ™ Marcus Stone's “RETURN OF THE LOVER.” And several other late arrivals of BEAUTIFUL PICO- TURES. EW PAINTINGS IN OIL AND WATER COLORS. MIRRORS, PICTURE FRAMES CARD AND CABINET FRAMES in immense variety. JAMES 8. 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Upon arriving at the edge of the stream the clothes are emptied out in a pile and the washerwoman occupies the basket, kneeling in it and tucking her skirts well in. Her wash tub is the stream and her washboard a flat stone or piece of plank. There she kneels and scrubs all day long, in good bad. Half-grown children, or perbaj of the house, hang the clothes out to dry on the rocks or on lines im the river bed. In this way every available place along the stream is occupied, and the number of women so engaged 1s re- markable. Asone glances up the river the sides of the stream are almost entirely hidden by women and clothes. The bed of the river is thirty feet or more below the level of the town and is reached by flights of steps leading at in- tervals from the quais above. On either side solid masonary reaches from the bed to the street, capped with an iron railing. The Paillon, it would seem, can never burst through its stone banks no matter how the torrents may pour down from the mountains. Washing clothes is not the only thing that strikes the stranger bere ss behind the times. THREE MEN TO DO ONE MAN’s Wor: Anoticed some painters the other day at work painting the wails of the panorama build- ing. A long extension ladder wus placed against the wall and reached well toward the roof. One man climbed nearly to the top and waited. A second climbed half way up and hunga bucket of paint there and a third uanded him two bamboo poles about twelve feet long with an ordinary paint brush fastened at one end atan angle uf about forty-five de- grees. He dipped one brush in the paint and banded the pole to¢he man at the top who be- gan painting with it, and by the time the brush waa dry he passed it to the middle one and re- ceived the other full of paint. So much paint was dropped in the transfer from paint pot to top of the ladder that I took care to take my stand on the other side of the street. The third man bus- ued around the foot of the ladder to see that everything was all right and that the men on the ladder had all they wanted, So that there were three men at work, but really only one aint brush was plied. A painter's scaffold lowered from the roof would have enabled all three to work steadily. But then people in this country seem unwilling to do things dif- ferently from their grandfathers. While walk- ing down a back street the other night I heard sounds of song and laughter emanating from a well-lighted window on a level with the side- walk. 1 stopped a moment to glance in. About twenty maidens were ranged in a row dard at work, each witha big pan in her lap Most Economical and best of ALL SuAPS. OF ALL DRUOGISTS, BUT BEWARE CF MATATIONS. 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The fair actress, while not an in- valid, does not look so well and strong as her admirers could wich. She walks » great deal, always accompanied by her sister, who is a very pretty, red-cheeked girl. Miss An- derson dresses mad quietly, generally wearing a becoming cloth dress, a seal skin jacket and a black velvet bat, with » black veil drawn over her face. She evidently wishes for rest and quiet, and, her presence here is not generaily known. RE, —— THE WEEK IN NEW YORK. A Budget of News and Gossip from Gotbam, THE EPOCH OF PUBLIC MORALITY—THE POLICE EVEN UNDERTAKE TO REGULATE THE FESTIVI- TIES OF THE FOUR HUNDRED——THE CURIOUS CONTEST BETWEEN JEWISH AND PROTESTANT ‘MISSIONS, Correspondence of Tux Eve>ixo Stan. New Yorx, January 8. This ery moral town; if you don’t be- lieve it ask the Four Hundred. Some time ago the McAllister decided to give a party, which was to vindicate his authority as the arbiter of fashion, so rudely defied by Stuyvesant Fish and his rebellious cohorts on the Washington centennial committee. And an attractive fea- ture in the genera! schedule of vindication was 782 quart bottles of champagne. The idea was to cpen shis chapter in the triumph at 1 o'clock in the morning. But just here the McAllister ran his fashion- able bark against a cruel snag. Ths poiice, although “the finest,” do not belong to the Four Hundred, And these same guardians of | the peace have some very strict notions about the enforcement of law, Hence the very same question that harrowed the fashionables at the Washington centennial popped up again to dis- may McAllister. The police held, as then, that the sale and circalation of intoxicating drink must stop at 1o’clock. The city attorney, how- ever, at the last moment came to the rescue of the managers of tue ball and decided th | was entirely a private entertainment tic nishing of wines and liquors to the guests did not fall within the a eta erae of the excise A ‘The moral effect of this stand by the police must be great. The immediate result, one way or the other, is compuratively of no account. The essential thing is the public ban put upon drinking even under the most select influences and among “the bupper circies.” The ladies nd gentlemen are admonished that in their frolics they are cutting close to the line of law and repuiable citizenship. The subtle distinc- tions which rs draw to separate their pleus- ure from exaetly similar pleasures that are under 4 police ban may avail to protect them outwardiy, but they caunot feel altogether easy within. The temperance lecture is there, how. ever ingeniously it is refineduway, The police say to the Four Hundred, “Your 782 bottles of champagne at 1 o'clock in the morning is a lawless and a rowdy carouse, which itis our duty under the law to stop.” I mention this as only one characteristic f ture of the epoch of public morality in which New York now lives, By the common consent of all the “rounders,” gamblers, thieves, wan- tons and riff-raff the town never wus so dull as itisnow, “Fun” has vanished as utterly as in Florence under the brief reign of Savonarola's piagnoni, ‘The regulation which so worried the Four Hundred is one of many designed to banish wicked and unclean revelry, and it has been successful in extirpating those filthy pub- lic balls which at one time so marked the win- ter's life, And it is but one of many, the effect being that the brightest midnight red is of a very subdued and stupid tone. The police regulations have much to do with this result and yet after all they are effective only because of public sentiment, No doubt Sodom and Gomorrah had admirable codes of municipal law, but the famous scarcity of the Unco’ righteous in those towns brought about a scandalous laxity of administration. Not #0 here in this city. Morality, or at least respecta- bility, is fashionable. Any gross violation of decency, if found out, is social ruin—look at the case of Sheriff Flack and of dozens of others that might be named. It is safe to say that our Anglophobia has not reached a point where society would tolerate the indulgences of which the cable gives us such appetizing glimpses, It isnot poor Fatima alone nowadays who gets a dacking in the Bosphorus if she goes wrong, but if the men stray they catch it too, This decency of city deportment is partly due to the brave and honest administraticn of Superintendent Murray. He was asoldier and he is Let aiepeepr @ dignified, intelligent citi- zen and the teacher of a young ladies’ class in Sunday school, We heard a good deal at one e of Sunday school politics and now we have @ Sunday school police. Undoubtedly to many persons of a hilarious bent this means a very tedious regime, But for one I must testify to its advantages, THOMAS AT THE FRONT AGAIN. Thursday was a great night, apart from the McAllister vindication ball, for on that evening Theodore Thomas swung his baton for the first time in the superb new music hall* the Lenox lyceum. In one sense here was vindication again. For Thomas has been rather under a cloud since the collapse of the American opera. He had a chance at the organization of that company such as come to few men in a life- time. Pephaps it was through no fault of his that the enterprise broke down sv miserably. But taken in conjunction with previous failures it was held that this disaster proved a screw loose in the leader's character. He now has another great chance, however, and we shall see how he improves it. The city is well dis- posed toward him still, though criticism has succeeded to worship. If be wins backs his first fame it will be by hard work and by merit, THE MEMOIRS OF A GREAT GENIUS. The literary world must get ready for a great book that is well under way and that in good time will appear and be the sensation of its season, This ig the life of Capt. Ericason, as compiled by his iterary executor, Col. W. C. Church, Enough is known of this work to r the literary people to learn more. I under- stand the magazines are after the matter, but whatever the cbosen vent the impression will be vast. Col. Church has devoted much of his time for a year in delving among the thousands of letters and the masses of all descriptions of material which the great inventor in his sev- and what looked like a mammoth nutmeg rater reaching from the pau to her chin. On he latter, with a movement like that of a sec- oud violin player, she scraped green oranges, The grated rind fell inte the pan, to be sub: quently candied, and the fruit was thrown aside to be fed to the pigs and cows. HOW FRENCH Boys FIONT. It would be a strange sight for a Washington school boy to see a couple of French boys fighting. They do not seem to know how to use their hands, but kick like mules. I saw two Little fellows, along the quat, the other morning quarreling. ‘They were egged on by their com- panions, as is the custom with boys all over the world, and each dared the other. Their voices rose higher and higher, until finally cach dashed his hat on the ground, and both simul- caneously threw an arm over the quai railing snd began kicking and occasionally slapping. they did not use their fists at all, aud their BS 1 cost to manufacture from $U.7 Bout, They all going at $5 asuit, Beware of the unlucky thirteen, & ey: tient of Children's Overcoat ib gars to 12 years. €2.5%, $2.70, its. sizes 4 to Oe By $3.25, 83.90, BIT, of the uplucky thirteen, &e. Only two weeks: more and 2 4 FAT SACuiFICE SALE » abd Your gain, nevertheless Y CHRISTMAS, VicTOR BE ADLER'S TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSZ 14 hs STRICTLY ONE PRICE. Open tonigbt until 10 pm, Tuesday nigh? unéi! 11 25 ee Junstwas Fens: Lore stock of relinble Furs just opeued for Christ- Buse presenta, Permian and Seal Shoulder Capes; a corubination both Qflective aud stylish. Skupk Shoulder Capes, with Queen Anne and roiling collar, Capes iu gvery style of collar from $20 to 820. Seal Capes they ry style of coliar. Monkey Capes at $16 to re, Realskia Jackets, Necques aud Visites at New i. Capes for ladies and seam, better opportumity to kick, They kic by raising the foot and lunging forward, not with a good swing from the hip. The boys kept ap their warfare until a passing visitor clapped . kodak on them, when the laughter of the by- standers put an end to hostilities, Grown men »ften indulge in kicking when ina row, and be- ome very expert in this method of fighting. An American who has lived im France many years told me that he saw two men stand facing ach other about to fight. One said to the other iook out or I wili kick you right between the yes.” Hardly were the words spoken when he wheeled like a flash, his foot shot ont back- ward, and bis bee! was planted squarely on the forehead of his opponent, who fel) like a log. A MARINE SPECTACLE, Those whose bed rooms fronted on the Medi- terranean saw avery pretty sight a few morn- iugs ago whep they threw back their blinds to enjoy the morning sun, Seven monstrous iron clads, tiying the French flag, were steaming sowly along im front of the Promenade des Anglais, They circled about, one following the other at equal distances and slowly but ma- jestically made their way around the point to ‘he harbor of Ville Franche. Ame ‘who witnessed the imposing eyectacle felt ashamed prices. Gray Astrachan ‘Presentation Umbrel!asand Canes inall the novelties by Carriages, Kobes and Fur saeques for children. Ce Las en's Capes, Diving Gloves and hobes. of uitew’ Aud Aliases’ Mutts and Boas in every variety ur. Jur Trimming and Muffs to match in all furs sold. All gods, id as low a¢ any house in Amerion sod we Lave stock to select from. WALLET KUOFP, and 219-3m, ‘¥Uo Fepusylvanss ove. 81,000 As A Prue To the person guessing the winners of the cS FARE. CHICAGO, L Lstot’ horsce fot hess free. Call ou or address CLAYPOOL & CO. Northwest comer 4i amt wale run at WASHING TUN sulnmer of S80. SO OR 14-ot enty years of alert intimacy with great men and. thoughts had accumulated. And this is but «beginning. ‘The work will involve years et of research on both sides of the water, and it will be worth the labor, When the book ap- ars the world wiil see for the first time what a mighty genius it held in the unpretentious person of John Ericsson, A CURIOUS MISSION QUARREL. One of the most singular controversies we have ever had in this city, and one that has al- ready led to serious resulta, is that between Dr. Morgan, a zealous Episcopal clergyman, who is much interested in Christian missions on the East side, and Dr. Mendes, the rabbi of the Nineteenth Street synagague. The dispute voives the fairness and the right of the Chris- tian evangelists to attract the sinall children of Jewish parents into chapels and inculcate the doctrines of the Christian faith. Stroug lan- guage has passed between the two sides aud the controversy will not end there. One inter- esting result already has been the diversion of 150,000 of the fund of $500.000 which the He- brews of New York have just raised for a gen- eral mission house from this purpose and ite application to the work of building three at- tractive opposition and Jewish chapels close by Dr. Morgan's chapel to counteract its influ- letter Dr. Mendes makes a striking point which might have a wider application than he draws from it, He saysthat the chil- dren either become hypocrites, in which case the labors of the Christians are wasted, or, to uote from the letter, ‘if, on the other hand ey become sincere Christians, can you, dear sir, form aily conception of the sorrow and discord. heart bt gs and tears which you and your staff occasion in the homes of the little ones?” hag» not — “the Cas side” of proselytism is presented so eluquently. Heyay B, Exzior. The National Rifies. The National Rifles at their annual meeting ‘Thursday eveping elected the following di- rectors: Jas. F, Oyster, Geo, W. Evans, J, O. Manson, J, A. Evans, J.W, Howell, W. K, Ellis, H. K. Simpeon, T, A. Garner, R, B, Gittings, C, Written for Tar Evexixe Stan. REARED BY MASONS. Splendid Temples in Out-of-the-way Places Visited by Magician Kellar. SOME OF HIS ADVENTURES IN WHICH MASONET PLAYED AN INTERESTING PART—THE TEMPLE IN CAPE TOWN WITH SUBTERRANEAN CHAMBERS —LODGE ROOMS IN INDIA AND CHIZA, Next year I shall have been = Master Mason for fifteen years, and during that time I have traveled every continent on the globe and I have visited Masonic lodges in nearly every civ- ilized country. As to whether Freemasonry may or may not be a benefit to a member I will not express an opinion. I will leave that matter to each of my readers to decide for himself. My province w simply to record facts, and those facts relate to Masonry in foreign lands a» I have seen it, and to certain incidents con- nected with this topic that may throw some light upon the workings of this great brother- hood onthe other side of the world, I was made a Mason in May, 1875, in Pelotas, Brazil, I took my (rst three degrees in a lode room that hud frequently been honored by the presence of the deposed Emperor Dom Pedro, who was et one time an active member of the Scottish iiite body, The Masonic temple was a plain. substantia! building. erected solely for the purposes that it was used for, and stood in the very cenier of the town. ‘It was plainly arranged and economically furnished. It not oniy served as the meeting place of the blue lodge, but it likewise sheltered the Scottish Rite bodies, which are mach stronger in Brazil tuen any other of the higher Masonic bodies. Although for many years the Catholic church in Brazil has been bitterly opposed to Masoury. I think that in proportion to the number of her in’ tants 1 D azil has more Masons than any Oiher count in the world. ORTENTAL MASONRY, After leaving Brazil and South America I turned my face toward the east, and for several vears after that time I lived in the Orient, studying Masonry and practicing con- jnring. both fo my entire personal and sction. While I was in Port Island of Mauritius, off she South African coast, I felt the need of more light and accordingly I recived the degree of Mark aud Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch in Friendship lodge,’ I com- my chapter degrees by taking the st Master's in Keystoue lodge, Shanghai, obedience to and it rn ip tly ina. This lodge is under the Grand Orient of the United States is composed of some of the brightest 1 China. While I was in Shanghai I frequs attended a native lodge with an unpronoitnces- ble name, the translation of which was “The Rising Sun.” This was presided over by a Mandarin of one of the highest ranks. The senior deacon was a prince and the way the work was done would be a revelation to a western Mason, Of course the Chinese Jan- guage was spoken, but the work is almost identical the world over and I bag no difti- culty in following it, I have seldom seen work that was any smoother or more impressive. It was in this lodge that I met Kwoug Li Mei, the spendthrift son vf a rich bunker, of whom I shail have more to say before I have finished this article, In 1880 I took my Scottish Rite degree in the Triple Esperance lodge, in Port Louis, Mauri- tius, This is one of the largest and oldest lodges in the world. It celebrated its centen- nial while I was there. Its building is one of the finest temples in the fraternity. It is con- structed of white marble only one story high and stands in the center of a block. Its roof covers four acres of land and it contains rooms enough to allow every degree in Masonry to be conferred the same night and in » different room, The banqueting nall is as large as the dining room of the Fifth Avenue hotel. The grounds surrounding the temple are beautifully laid out and are shut in from the public gaze by a stone wall 10 feet high. The lodge con- tains 800 active members and quite as many en conge, * ALMOND-EYED BRETHREN. In China the Masonic temples are particu- larly imposing structures, he one at Tientsin was erected solely for Masonic usee. The tem- ples in Hong Kong and Shanghai will com- pare favorably with the Tremont street Ma- sonic hall in Boston, Masonry is prohibited in the Philippine Islands and therefore all lodge meetings are held in secret. Ionce attended a meeting of the blue lodge in the dining room of Mr. Bar- nard, a wealthy carriage manufacturer, whose house is directly opposite the Hotel Bala. In Manilla. as well as in China, there are many native lodges, but the ones have especially alluded to are English, although many natives are enrolled as members, On one of my visits to South Africa a party of English officers intended starting back to- ward the mountains trom Grahamstown, Cape Colony, on a hunting expedition and’ I was asked to join. Tapt. Thompson was in com- mand and it was he who coilected the natives and saw that our horses and wagons were ready for our use, We started out early in the morning before the sun had risen and by noon we were miles away from the beaten road and civilization had been left leagues behind us. Recollect this was nearly ten years ago and in those days the means of reaching the interior were not as perfect as they are now. The Kim- berly diamoud mining industry was in its in- fancy then. We were on the plains at the base of the hills and were having great sport. We had about a dozen winte men in the party and not less than thirty natives to drive the wagons, take care of the horses and beat up the game. We had passed a number of springboks and antelopes, and Lieut. Miles, who was my hunting mate, and I bad bagged our share, HIS LIFE WAS SAVED. Among the natives I noticed one man whom I thought I recognized. He had charge of the teamsters and appeared to be a fellow of more than ordinary intelligence. When we broke camp the next morning I had a little dificult, with one of the men whose duty it was to leak after my horse. But when we had mounted and started out for the day's sport I forgot all bout the occurrence. It appears, however, that the native hada better memory. I think it was the third or fourth night after this that I started out on a little tour of exploration. It was a glorious night and the moon made the landscape almost as light as had hardly gone a quarter of a mile when I felt a sharp blow on the head, The next moment I was. ua- conscious, When I recovered my senses { found the Pees kneeling over me rubbing my hands, “What is the matter?” I gasped. “What has happened?” “It is lucky for you I was near you, 8: spice replied the negro, in excellent En- glis! A few minutes later he explained to me that he had heard the hostler I had quarreled with make threats against my life and he had con- sequently kept aclose watch upon him, He saw him follow me this night and theretore joined in the chase, Before he could reach me, though, he saw the fellow hit me on the back of the head with aclub. He fired a shot from his revolver and burried to my side, but the would-be assassin had escaped, On our way back to camp Lusked him why he had taken such an interest in me, In reply he held out hie band, and, to my amazement, gave me the grip of a Master Mason, He was a member of the native jodge in Grahamstown and kuew me to be a member of the craft by the gold watch charm I always wear, LODGES IN INDIA, The lodges in Singapore and Rangoon are regular English organizations, as are most of those in the Indian empire, The temple in Calcutta, where True Friendship lodge, No. 218, of which I ama member at the present time. meets, is one of the: handsomest Masonic buildings I know of. This lodge was organized by the members of the old East India company, and is one of the best conducted working uader tbe English constitution in the world, I have visited Parsee lodges in Bombay, Per- sian lodges in Malaga and Bagdad, English lodges in Great Britain, French | in France, in Java, Spanish lodg: in Cuba and South America, I have seen the work in Arabi native lodges in Mexico, Dutch lodges Egypt, Australia and South Africa, end rir needless to say that] am acquainted with the lodge rooms of the United states, I mention the range of my experience to sh am prepared to speak authoritat subject, and en I say that thi Masonic temples in the fin: ‘ld, according to my wor! judgment, are in Philadelphia, Pa. ; Port Louis, uritius, and Cape ‘Lown, South Africa, I ex- pect this statement to have some weight, E. Simms, L. Holmes, J, F. H. Blois, Wm, P. | Louis temple. The one in Cape ‘Town rivais In 1885, when I was in China, I about 1,500 miles i to Singapore, pe fy SRN ned My assistant and myself comprised the entire party. It was only a four days’ tri the most eventful but to me it was one of of my life in certain They bad been stolen while I was asleep. I was billed to give a performance in Bi the evening of my arrival, and it would im- le for me to do so without the lost uten- my craft, Iwas almost in despair, I did not know what todo, I laid my case be- fore the captain, but he was as powerless as L Our crew consisted of thirty Europeans about a hundred Chinamen, and it was highly probable that one of the latter was my evil genias, The third mate was a Chinaman and the captain put the case into his hands. The ship was searched as well as could be done under the circumstances, and considering the fact that my promised reward for the recovery of my property waa not backed up by any ready cash, the ch was not characterized by any- thing remarkable in the line of zeal, - KWONG LI MEL APPEARS, When we reached Singapore I was literally in despair. There were very few tricks that I could perform without my working tools, and those few tricks were by no means new to the Singapore public. You can, therefore, easily imagine that when I reached my hotel I was not :n an enviable frame of mind. I dined that evening with my asmstant in my room. We had just half finished our meal when the serv- ant came into the room and said a man wanted to speak with me alone. I sent my assistant out and waited for my visitor to come. In a moment he was before me. He was a stout, wetl-dressed Chinaman, If I had ever seen him before I did not remember the fact. “Your namee is Kiellar?” he asked, T said it was. ou lost your money, bloxes, lings, watch, I began to be interested, “Cun you tell me where they are?” I said, “can,” answered the heathen, Aud from under his jacket he drew out the | missing articies, Everything was there and even the watch had been kept wound up. My hew acquaintance was the steward of the steamer and he told me that he discovered the theft and recovered the plunder, I immediately offered him all the money in my wallet, but judge.of my astonishment when he refused the reward, . “Do you remember Tising Sun lodge, Shanghai” he asked. “You remember Kwong Li Me?” He held out his handand gave me the Master Mason's grip. ‘Well. that’s me.” H. Kevxar, 32°, —————eee GLANCES AT FASHION’S WAY. Short Paragraphs About Things That Catch Women’s Eyes and Ideas. New Cosromes For Dar ann Eventna are often made with the fronts all in one, the breadth of the goods being merely plaited at waist, Waters Wir a Porrr at the back and straight front are quite fashionable, Haxr-Hieu Suoxs for afternoon and dinner, or slippers for the evening, are of undressed kid to match gloves or may correspond with the dress, the hosiery also in keeping. Expme Ovrtivgs, more or less modified, are chosen for light fabrics worn by young people, Here the sash comes in effectively, and tied softly and in its entire width about the waists gives a quaint look to the wearer. Lange “‘Kexpai” Cottars made of lace are much liked for afternoon or in the evening for semi-dresa, Brarpina ox Crorm has reached the mania state, entire dresses being overrun with vines, leaves, berries, palm patterns and even birds and insects, ASTRAKHAN AND Perstan Lampsxrn bands are well imitated in soft wool at moderate cost and long-haired plush simulates fur, A New Daycixa Supper, which is recom- mended because it does not gape at the side or vet off in dancing, has a strap buttoned around the ankle with a gold or silver button. Tue Ontentat Disriay at the Paris exposi- tion has effected silks and both afternoon and evening gowns show many rich eastern atterns, not only in fabric but rare embroider- ies done on silk and fine cloth, 4 New Carp Recerver simulates a shallow wicker basket in white silver bronze, on the rim of which is a cute, saucy little wren in nat- ural colors. ALL SHozs For Evenixo or promenade wear are made with lower heels than last season. Sitver Movustep leather goods were never more fashionable than now, ‘Tue Box-Pxarrep Buovsg, called for the sake of novelty the “Norfolk” jacket, is stylishly made up in winter woolens to wear with akilted skirt upon the streets, Tue Srircictty oF FassionaBLe Colrrores is one of the distinctive charms of the season. Contaasts BeTween THE TivTs aND Textures of gowns or dress bodies and their sleeves are becoming more marked as the season advances. Tue Saamnoce is the favorite device for stationery. Panis 1s Sertine THE Mope of clinging nar- row skirts once more and the fashion will Probably find its way over the seas very shortly, Fivery Brapep Loxo Faiezs are strong rivals of the deep rope fringes of sewing silk for decorating the ends of tabs or the lower edges of panels on handsome winter garments. Tae Fasuton of wearing an arsenal of small implements at the belt and calling it a chate- laine has passed and the chatelaine chain is now distinctly plain, Bexts or Vztvet are sometimes worn cov- ered with jewel psesementerie in artistic de- signs, Exring Sasues oy Scnaw several yards in length and fringed at the ends may be worn with many kinds of costumes, Many Women whose figures do not corre- spond are wearing the sleeves eo high on the shoulders as to disfigure them. Grr Braro must be used with care and never on a gown that dves not by its style sug- gest street wear, For Morxixe Wear, for shopping, and in fact for all occasions that will admit of a short wrap the Breton pocket is becoming decidedly and deservedly popular, For Evento Wear Ovat Bonnets with open crowns that permit the hair to show are the most in vogue. Tas “Wuie-Lasa” Triwmrxa has been re- vived for evening and visiting costumes, Rosettgs To Be Errective must be com- posed of numerous loops of generous size, for in nothing that women wear will economy show more to @ disadvantage than in rosettes and bows. In Dyecr Contrast with the ‘“spoon- shaped” hate is the “Duchess of Fife” bonnet, In_ nearly every instance two shades of velvet are united in these bonnets, one of them being the omnipresent black, e Astnakuay 18 Muon Lreep on red hate and so decorative that all fur- @ bow of ribbon, is un- bonnets and prov. ther garniture, and bonnets, are of a very heavy — stand almost as stiffly at if made of me’ skirt covered with masses of plumes shading from cream white through orange and y gown was worn at a recent dinner by s yout 1890-TWELVE PAGES. A Haypsomz Home-Maps Gowy.—Can any one imagine a more extravagant dinner dress ‘han one made of golden brown veivet and rich straw-colored satin, with the front of the ostrich eal brown ellow? This splendid il Beneath the tropic sky there blooms a tree, Laden with fruitage and most fair to see. Out of its fruit seeds is the Cocoa made Or Blooker, foremost in his branch of trade. Known through the world, its flavor rich and rare, Each Housekeeper who buys finds past compare, Rightly the tree, its source, like it is famed, Since “Theobroma”, “food fit for the gods,” "twas fity named, Concentrated and pure and yet not dear, Once use it and you'll find it has no peer, Coming with European fame to Western shores, On ail sides welcomed, genuine praise outpours, Ah there! at all the principal grocery stores. at U. & DEPOT, 35 Mercer St, NEW TORE. PROPOSALS Arm Tae ENORMOUS BUSINFAS we find upon STOCK Done by us this season TAKING ob wary B20. —Sealea osale for delivering stout T2000 tervals of the building for the Lal of ‘That must be disi Ata quere fraction of FORMEK PRICHs. Tu the Curtain and Drapery Department we offer the CLOCK P.M. ON A DAY OF JANUARY, 1800, ain th reaiter ip presence of bidders, following: eral iustru Lions Bud conditions, ey c SDUCEMEN’ poral may be obuai LACE CULT NS DOCEMENTS, BERSRRD we GareN Ja4.65,8,10,13,15-60 2 Pr. Irish Pojat, €2 z ROPOSALS FOR FUKNI HING PA ral ges 4 PAM. Averitsement )—ufice of the Cox : niamione rust ce. 3e, = - 7c i oo ai wile reed sr thie IS8e, — > 500 “ ‘WIELVE Pr. Nottingham (7 in. wide) Pett Hestaced trom 81 Pr. Nottungham, Aeuuced 1 Commissioners D. NU. W. MACARTNEX, FN Saber A Bock CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. 5. Ww, Papkers and Dealers in Government Bond, Deposite. Exchanee. Collections, Penrod tock and bal SU ea ty it on the t.achanges of New Lork, Philadelphia, a Bal Turkt and bd ephoue Stock dealt in, Awecrican Beli Telephone per yard. Aul-woot Art Soudres, 70c. Per yard. ANGUBA, SHEEPSKIN) DAGHESTAN abd WIL- S. uid O1LC) Stock bought and sold.ty18 iy UDER'S . ESTAUKANT, 90 1504 Penpaylvania ave. 1804 : . 00 | “French Table d’Hote Dinuer 50 cents, E STOCK in the’ Furniture Dept. | claretand coftes. Firet-clasad urniahed Koon. weneetane se MaEMON: HOUSE FIVE MIU Elegant Divan in Tapestry aud Plush reduced to . i yo S1h.90. % Goverment Printing OMices ane Divan in Silk Plush reduced to und Aimerican ot a Sa ee ences se 320 28. Odd Corner Chairs in Silk Plush reduced to $9.45. uu Chairs, White and Gold, Pink and Goid, reduced to $:.48. ‘Od-i Keception Chair, Silk Plush, reduced to $9. Standing Cabimets, Bold Cherry, Piste Glass, | reduced to $19.50. EBBITT HOUSR WASHINGTON. D.G Ghietry Pedestals cextra large) reduced to 96.75. § WINTER RESORTS. ba Pee AGNOLIA SPRINGS, On the St. John's River, MAGNOLIA HOTEL lanxing Cabinets, Solid Mahogany, French Beveled Glas, reduced to 85. ‘Music Cabinets. C and Oak, from $6.30 up. CHAMBER SUITES. S-piece Oak Susie. Beveled Plate Glass, $27. 1 3-piece Antique Usk Suite, Oxydized Brass trim- mings, 831.50. Get eh tm;tation Mahogany Suite, Beveled Piste antiga Mahogany Suite, Beveled Piste Glass, very ne, itece Suite, 16th century finish, reduced to ‘Chuffuniers in Imitation Mahogany avd Oak, large beveled plate mass. 818. Shaving Stands, Oak and Mahogany, $15, Dressing a im Oak, Msloxany and 16th ceutury finish, #1 MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE of every description. Don't fail to take advantace of the GREAT KEDUCTION. JULIUS LANSBURGH, 13th and F ats, ARLES B GOULD ‘The Land of the Lily and the Resa, HAMILTON HOTEL, Open from December until May, For Circulars, etc., address WALTER AIKEN, Proprietor, Bamilton, Bermuda, Until January 1 address at Franklin Falla, M. 21b-skw3n T= NEWE 431 EVERETT, NPRECEDEN TTRACTION! U ECEDENTED A z - OVE A MILLION DISTAKIBOTER LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS. Jal-Ino Incorpora' Legislat Educational oud ‘Chariatie yurtoces and its’ frcuchiee made a = Fert of the present State Constitution in 157% byan BO Ki AN ST. overwhelming popular vote. ~ Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take Fos Tur New Yux DIABIES, PHYSICIANS’ VISITING LIST®, ACCOMMODATION FOR 1,000 GUESTS. place Semi.. nually (June December), and its GRAND 5! GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take in other teu months of the in public at the Academy of FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS, FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS, AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES. Attested as follows: of year, and are all drawn ‘Music. New Orleans, La a28 428 7th ot “We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrange. | —— ments Jor ail the monthly and Semi a nnval Drawingoot Ger Ir Tonuay. The Lowneiana Slate Lottery Company, ond 8 ‘in person 4 anaye a: Drawings themselces, and that vm hi confected honeaty, fairness, and in “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE good fasth foncard all partice, and we authorise the Orme. IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT.” MARK TWALN'S GREATEST WORK W. R HERBERT, Exclusive Agent, 14 Central Building, ° ‘Peuna eve. and 9th ot 413. pany w use this Ratures attached. Wig We the wnderotgned Pants and Ponkers, 2, pay all prizes drawn Louisiana Stale Lotierics which May te presentedat owr cnanters 5 Louisiana Ni ety ed ate ha 5 egrtyyicate, with Sacceimiles us our agp advertisements." Open Evenings. iesoeerontae Se Agua Ts Works, end ia Care eugTe ved to x GRAPHIC, Y ULM TLDE AND BOLLY LEAVES, ves aud Letter Upeners. SUVEDLLE BOOKS A SPECIALTY, ¥. 590 15th et, Corcoran Bushing. GEAND MONTHLY DRAWING AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS ‘TUESDAY. JANUARY 14 1890, CAPITAL PRIZE, 300,000. at 820 each: Halves, $10 bos dentin eS; Twentieth GL: 100,000 Quarters, TERMINAL 200 Prizes of @ ae... 323 Suanked Sore sured by your — — we Oras ta PRs Sit SOMO EL a is CL, Grannis, B.T. Doyle, Mr. Chas, | it in beauty, and incertain particulars it excels, Isis of It is situa the property Sen lotan. 3 yo when they remembered what these floating ar- senals would find there—one poor little obsolete cab, yelept the En! 5 ‘the stars and ripen, Wing, slongeite tna dock’ terogarded ea the sight, And yet the Encerprise as best of the old navy, not ‘because she is a good war vessel but because she cau go to sea with- out causing all on board to fear they will never see land aguin,as is tue case with all the other oid veasels, In a few days the Ente will go Antwerp for the remains of ex-) ter Pen- Ueton, and then Onpt MeCalia will steam Boteler, C. Ly i Hoyberger iat, ctscted an setive member, R. Bailey, BE. P. Harrfagion and tities, and Messrs, @. Yoo, cw os M. C. Summers were members o! The report of showed i AND PRESSED FOR 91 5Oe.; Dante, 25e.: Vesta, Be. is pepasring Sone St Coat manner. Goode dalled for sas . a Ha edephowe cail } [ T= WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURAL iON ADD BRIDGE Wo! EDWARD L. DENT, M E., Proprietor. i i E : é: i i ifi fe #ys® tf tH if i is H