Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1890, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. SAILING IN SUNNY SEAS. Incidents of a Voyage to the South- ern Continent. ——>_-— From Bartholdi’s Statue to Aspinwall— Bright Description of Life on a Pa- cific Mail Steamer—From Winter to Summer. —_——.—___ From Tur Stan’s Traveling Commissioner. Mipocean, November, 1999. A visitor to the southern continent—and there are more of them in these days than could once be counted in half a cent if coming from the United States, mas his choice among several rpu If bound for the eastern coast of South America he would better sail from York by one of th an mail steamers | Sonciro, and at er port (chief of the newest republic under the sun}, em thence, if he | agellan and up Ayres, an Straits of 3 rst the western coast. the mail steanier to If wishing to visit 4 best pian is to ¢ » via BP Aspinwall and thence by r isthmus, | connecting at Panama with English or | Chilian vesse! for “up south,” as they say near the equator. Or starting from any poi travel ina Pullman car Mexico to Ve haunted old town across the g Caribbeen sea, or from San F by rail he may lown through that fever- uto the ocean | neise and the aid a railway easily reach South An vulgur phra: payshis money his choice” to the amount of lucre and length ot le le may have at command, ! THE RAINY SEASON, It must be remem! d, however, that in South America the seasons are the reverse of ours and that the rainy time, for whose sudden jomp from country to country no man can ac- count, should be carefully avoided, In point | of health, climate and convenience in travel- ing. the western side of the lower continent is greatly to be preferred during the season of our northern winter and the eastern coast dur- ing our summer months, For example. though Panama may be visited with comparative im- punity as early as October, many of the Ven znelan ports. only a little farther to the east- ward, are totally ceessible on account of y. into December. fhe rainy sea- son along the isthmus is now nearly down m the United States of Col Which republic that hyphen conn contments properly ngs—the or isure floods are still descending and the roads practically im- passable. In Ecuador, the division next below Colom- son has just now fairly begun, for the traveler to venture far into the rior lest he compelicd to remain there 3 to come. As is weil known, not a drop of rain ever fails along the greater portion ot the coast of I e in the southwestern interior of that dows of heaven ar December. Is Bs the Ist of Junaar. later. bogin 1 1 im Chili som f well beforeh er, whieh in di: a day from y ne dari localities Year, he may m South Am heat or cold, Therefore, autumn. th York ¥ dust or dampness if leaving the United States in very best ¥ is to sail from New : mail line, purchasing a RANCISCO NY WATER. that one may to San Franciseo by oveau and up more com- be sure th bur itis the rail- stops on America and ¥, While passen= first-class ticket, Ne | aware railroads, and it tu it not tor the rvice without enormons loss & freight and mail to the company. Wha: ter Bortheru wi! summer time c: fou magined tha: Satseaon this round trip? 3 and strange cities, ius and distant volca- at two mighty oceans, membered, eerie ie | | | hilly Nove correspon lex ad herself floating slowly away from pier sort of 1 } secking P world. perienced that oue when on hk da shi You are like the longing hough first on ng. lon t a count man o longer to 3 we nut yet and between the future aud the and asthe home whores ned traveler wonders fade away if he wil see Ours was crossed the levters an 0 last m »his skiff and rowed away to And then, at last, she steanier, se award and dashiug the *s , from her | prow, bez | Our ed from the | in & gray waste ¢ ction as that which ishmen come next in then As one smali fledged Am a tra flag flows f by and br, der the prote another. o etill fung to jing the fact t. is country” is on &@ general | for the has ib So muc Th boast of south of h the bh : cousins, the latter yet cherish «a wholesome re- spect for his prowces on had and sea. NAUTICAL CRANKS, Those midoce , With whose idiosyn- | cracies all sea-gor ¢ familiar, are with us— | And what a lot of them tnere a hh own dom every one. e, | to be sure. ir hobbies crop out and | flourish on the deep! Though most of them are old ac 3 to those who fre- quen nu ships, they are not to be recognized the first day or two out—| not till nerves grow unsteady and stomachs re bellions y rt of er: re ever more sick anks h this is their fourteen! other teenth) trip; who have been caught in torms and experienced the most pes in the most phenomenal voy- rdor off. al cranks are generally callow youths who have never smelled salt water be- | fore, but have derived a fund of valuable | information from ‘Ten Years Before the Mast” and sim erature. and who talk glibly of lee seuppers and gib booms, of heaving the halyards and boxing the mizzen leeway and all the resi of it, These nuisances sc bed ike reasonable Christians sad they imvuriably turn out a; < seven bells.” iustead of at 7:30 o’cloca. Every one of them is armed with a spy glass and is eternaily mghting sharks, sails or something else “two points off the port bow” or thereabouts, An unusual number of English swells are nowadays traveling clothed after the same pattern—big, beety, blonde and side-whiskered, with wide trousers, tweed j: inevitable exe with lofty contemy kets and litth ps perched above the ‘Though seeming to look Upon every nation but that of the “Right liste ught little Island,” these fellows improve vastly upon acquaintance and generally turn out to be not half such conceited coxcombs as first appe s would indicate. They. together with the French, Italians and 8) h-Americans, male and female, invaria~ biy enjoy their bottles of wine at dinner, while the Germans contented!y gazzle their beer; all | gaze With astonishment. not unmixed with pity, at thé iofinitesimal minority of North Ameri- cans who indulge in water only. Ou this poiut an animated discussion arose | aft | erly imtroduced, and the man who speaks to | shoes of white canvas and dainty hose to | match their dainty ties. | Sure to put into the chest a comfortable woolen | | mit me to add that your robe de nuit should | | nudas let you pass, you must beware of Hatte- | course so much of life and verdnre depends. the other day between an Englishman ands cold water crank from Ohio, in which the for- mer proved, by undeniable statistics, that,while the United States is the only country on earth in which table wine is tabooed among certain rr circles, it yet consumes more bad whisky than any other and yearly manufac- tures mc e drankards than all other civilized lands combined. PATRONS OP THE SMOKING ROOM. It is noticeable that the majority of smoking- room cranks (where the bar is the chief at- traction) belong to the land of the free and the home of the brave, and have a jolly-good-fel- low way of slapping strangers on the back wit! the remark, “Come ‘p 'n what will you take? At night, when the steward’s ery of “11 o'clock, all lights out.” has banished these bacchanal- ians from the lair of the serpent that stingeth like an adder, they repair to the upper deck and make night hideous by lively carols with choruses attached—as if there were no nervous women on board trying vainly to woo tired na- ture’s sweet restorer! Last midnight some se but loyal Briton set upa feeble “God h Save the Queen” as the very last shot in his locker. Thereupon a patriotic Hoosier, more pale and paler, then blue, then ghastly % the nautical crank, the flirtatious Spaniard, | Sesh “agen and ee es ae n warding of same emergency bibing no end of champagne, even those who ot repeats ta snag at sea,” stood not upon the order o! and in lese time than it fakes to tell it the was comparatively deserted. Then that sound that is so familiar to sea-goers, that word which is the same in ali languages, and is always — with a rising inflection of more or less intensity (pronounced Sg PRE Ay is heard on every hand. When dinner is on, racks having been prt on the tables to prevent the dishes flying across the cabin, the a-r- T-0-0-0-ps are loudest, as if the of smell were somehow in collusion with Neptune's stomach pump—eausing all the component parts of the ship’s generous menu for a week past to rise in review before the stricken suf- ferer, as the sins of a dying man are said to do, But nobody ever died of sea sickness. though its victims may wish themselves a thousand leagues below. It is surprising how the first glimpse of land acts asa curative. The mo- ment Manzanillo Island heaves into view the most helpless and hopeless of an hour before than “half seas over.” insisted on winding up with a chant to the “Bird of Liberty.” “But yon cawn’t do it,” said Mr. English- man—Nevaw do, you know, to sing anything the national anthem.” ‘We'll sce if we ‘an't.” sneered the doughty scion of Uncle m, who thereupon proceeded to howl ‘Hail Columbia” and tke “Star Spangled Banner” till the wee sma’ hours. The diary cranks are with us, too—mostly maidens still in the salad stage or well past the age “‘uncertain”—who sit all day with sibs of pencils in their mouths and soulful gaze | fixed out at seu; the coquettish widow, who | changes her gowns three times a day; the grande dame, probably from some oil, pork- packing or mining region, laden, even at break- fast time, with a gorgeous store of diamonds, evidently not inherited: the dignified crank, bow-windowed and gold-spectacled, who deigns not to speak to any fellow mortal unless prop- every one on the slightest provocation or on no provocation at all. FLIRTING SPANISH-AMERICANS, ‘The principal rarity of the genus crank to be found in this part of the world is the Spanish- American, with plenty of the warm sun and rich vintage of the south in his veins—dark- eyed. passionate, fickle as the winds and unstable as the sands, to whom perpetual love- making iy as essential as the air he breathes, He gazes at the pretty girls with that fixed and ardent stare which in his own country is | intended and received merely asa tribute to | beauty. Should the embarrassed object of his | ogling retire in desperation to her state room she will gein little thereby, for the satellite will foliow and prance to and fro before her door for hours together, occasionally pressing his small right hand tothe region of his heart and heaving sighs heavy enough to change the course of the ship. To close the door means suffocation, and the only alternative is to remain totally deaf and blind, or to drape a shawl across the portal and hide behind its folds, As the weather grows warmer on our south- ward way every one of these flirtatious Span- ish-Americaus provokingly enhances his fasci- donning acoat of pale yellow silk, the universal neglige of the Panamaian, which | sets off wonderiully well his olive skin and brilliant eyes. ‘he Englishmen, too, bloom out in suits of white or cream-hued flannel, low DRESS AND LUGGAGE. A fow hints as to dress and luggage may be appreciated by those who design coming this | Way, Fist, bring just as little cs possible and | having reduced your fancied needs to a mini- mum, go over the list again and prune out another third. Prepare to wear under flannels all the time in whatever latitude—your warmest | at sea, with the heaviest hose. Even in tropi- | eal ports light woolens are ne Many a case of fever, vomitivo, and death might have | been prevented by warding off the fatal chill which the slightest breeze may bring when oue | drenched with the excessive perspiration in- ed by unaccustomed heat. xcept the tlanne.s aforesaid and one warm wrap. no heavy garments are needed anywhere | in South Amer: d very few of what are called “summer clothes": a judicious compro- mise be best, of such garments as would be suited in the average days of May and Sep- tember in the northern states, A “sca chest,” or Jow trunk made to slip under the berihs of ocean steamers, is a very great couvenience, obviating the necessity of | going down into the hot hold and overhauling your well-packed Saratoga, us passengers are | usually allowed todo atstated intervals, Be | wrapper (if you are a woman). in which you can tumble about in your berth with impunity | it afflicted with laziness or mal de mer. Per- also be woolen—the heavier the better for ship- board, where the linen sheets are always ¢clommy with dampness and the finest half-slk aby Hanuel,.” if you are esthetic, for shore. Besides a few changes of raiment the sea trunk should also be furnished with writing materials, a book or two and a box of simple medicines, put up by your home physician, not forgetting camphor, ammonia, Jamaica ginger, quinine. &c. Be sure to provide a wide- brimmed hat for sunny days on southern waters and a pretty woolen tascinator or other warm and becoming covering for the head to arduring chilly evenings.” Remember, too, t throughout all Spanish-America women xpected to enter a church with heads than men are; and to spare | yourself the mortification of being obliged to take off your bonnet at the door or of being scowled at upon all sides, if not actually or- dered ont, brivg a scarf or mantilia of black lace. A tricnd of mine in South America, not having a mantilla at hand, ripped the lace | fou: off an old black dress, cut it into sqnares and thas made herself as piously pre- sentable as any Peruana. SOME OF THE “Doxt’s.”” In the line of “dont's’—whatever you neg- lect, don’t fail to purchase a cane reclining | * chair and warm rug (they may always be found | on the wharf, for sale at reasonable prices), for in their ownership lies the greatest com- fort of a long voyage and afterward they can be checked with your tranks to any pomt the world over. Don't forget to fee your table Waiter well at the start and to indicate to the rdess that she will arded for extra e at once with captain and purser, especially the latter. Don't be so poky as to be entirely inaccessible hauce acquaintances, and for goodness don’t stand confessed as a howling idiot aging your gowns two or three times bie hotel of a pilgrim on the world’s highway! ‘The first 1.075 miles our course lies almost due south, along the 7ith parallel. About 335 miles from New York we find ourselves abreast Cape Hatteras, where the usual rough seas re- mund one of the sailor's tradition, “Ifthe Ber- Tas.” A sudden warming of the atmosphere an- Rounces unmistakably when the gul! stream is entered—that mysterious current upon whose Precisely 998 miles from the Goddess of Lib- erty and ier uplifted torch lies San Salvador, the little istend where Columbus made his first landing in the new world. Some sacrilegious Yankee of later days has dubbed it “Watling’s Island.” but for ourselves, readers mine, let us begin to bestir themselves and presently ap- ear upon deck. And here we are at last, Pamping against the dock at Aspinwall. Fasnie B. Warp. —— NAUGHTY LITTLE JIMMY. Some of the Pranks That Get a Small Washington Boy Into Trouble. One bright little Washington boy of six sum- mers and a prolonged autumn has a passionate appetite for angel food. The other evening he chanced to be in the dining room at his home reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” while the maid, in a white apron and cap, was setting the table for supper. When she had placed in the middle of the board a lar; round angel cake,with a hole in the middle an: icing all over it, the hope of the household transferred his interest from the book to the delicious spectacle thus offered to his view. ‘The woman vanished presently and did not re- turn, her task being completed. she did not know that she had put 80 dangerous a temptation before the fascinated eyes of young mister, whose mouth immedi- ately began to-water longingly. For some time, being a youth of naturally good princi- ples, he resisted it manfuily; but at length the seduction overcame him and he made up his mind that one little piece broken off the to; rim would never be observed. So he jumpei down off his chair, and, approaching the table. reached over and fetched away a fair-sized bite between his foretinger and thumb from the part most thickly covered with icing. Ou! how good it was. He licked the thumb and forefinger with mnch gusto and then expressed to hunselfa regret that he hadn't taken a bigger scrap. Happily, however, IT WAS NOT TOO LATE, A morsel of the edge immediately adjoining the portion that had been removed had been somewhat cracked; it did not look well, and he made up his mind that it was desirable to re- move it, His action in doing so wasa trifle hurried by a noise from without in the hall, and thus it happened that he broke off this time a slightly larger piece than he had intended to, He muuched it hastily, as he jumped back upot his chair and resamed the perusal of “Alice” with a seemingly absorbed interest. But it was a false alarm, and presently, laying the volume down, he looked anxiousiy at the cake. Alas, its appearance was far more seriously marred than Le could have anticipated. The absence of those two bites was frightfully con- spicuous, After considering the problem for some time earnestly he determined that there was but one possible way of restor- ing the symmetry of the cake so that the dam- age might not be noticed, and that was to com- plete the operation already begun by breakin, off—and incidentally eating—the rim all around, This he proceeded to do, with some haste, lest an interruption should oceur, and— thinking that the inside edge around the cen- tral hole did not match the outside satisfac- torily—he ate that off too. A final contempla- tion of the result was not altogether encour- aging; but he felt that there was nothing more that he could do anyway, and so he went up- stairs, philosophically, to play, RBETRILUTION, Tiaif an hour later all the members of the family, with two or three guests, assembled in the dining room. As they laid their hands upon their chairs to be seated there was a sud- den pause in the conversation aud all eyes were simultaneously directed upon the cuke, which looked to every one as if the rats had been at work upon it. Then all eyes were turned with equal unanimity upon littie Jimmy, who was waiting with an expression of admirably assumed innocence to be lifted into his high throne next to his mamma, “Pray sit down,” said the host gravely; “Jimmy will not have any angel food tonight, which is only fair, inasmuch as he seems to haye had his share already.” And that was how it happened that Jimmy was not helped that evening when the cake was passed around, JIMMY'S REVENGE, One day, not long ago, Jimmy had a squabble with the cook because, very unreasonably, she refused to let him help himself ad libitum from the sugar bowl in the kitchen. So to re- venge the wrong he stole a whole cooked ham with a slice or two out, from her refrigerator and stood it up for convenience in the corner on the landing of the second floor. It hap- pened that the ham was not missed that after- hoon or evening aud Jimmy forgot all about it himself. ‘the next morning Jimmy's grandfather—a most dignitied ola gentieman—was coming down stairs to breakfast when he saw a queer, amorphous-lookiug object in the corner of the second-story landing and proceeded to investi- gate it, “Of all things in this world I should least expect to find upon the landing of my astair- way, stood up in the corner, a boiled ham with ice out of it,” said the old gentleman upon ing the family at the breakfast table. Then he looked at little Jimmy, who was sent away from the table, and later on sounds like those of castanets were audible from the nursery, YOUNG HOPFFUL'S GAMBLE, Once upon a time, not long ago—in fact, only last Easter—Jimmy engaged the cook in a gambling speculation. He represented to her that if she would lend him half a dozen of her eggs to pick with other boys lie would win lots of eggs for her. Nor did he do so badly in this venture, to begin with, until he struck a bad boy who lived in an alicy and had a guinea hen’segg. The bad boy by this uufair means won not only little Jimmy's stock in hand, but also five dozen more—the entire family sup- ply—which littie Jimmy, in the desperation of continued losses, obtained surreptitiously from the retrigerator. Jimmy is more cautious than he used to be about filling his pockets with lump sugar from the si! bowl, owing toa recent ernburrassing experience. His mother, upon undressing him for bed one night, found his little breeches fairly stuffed with the stolen delicacies: He had forgotton to throw the sugar over the fence into the next yard. as had always been his custom when he found himself loaded with an unconsumed supply in the evening, and the resuit was humilicting. For his father made a great big cornucopia and having filled it with the pilfered lumps—quite a pound in all—made stand by the ancieut name conferred by the great discoverer as he knelt under the shadow of the crosa. A BIT OF BRITISH LAND. Passing this historic bit of land, whose flash light inay be seen far over the ocean, a run of 80 miles brings us close to the revolving beacon on Bird rock. Like others of the Bahama | group (except Hayti) this small island is owned by England and governed from Nassau, the revenue from it being barely suficient to sup- port its light Lobse. And thus it is. by bits of territory scattered all around the globe, that the favorite boastof Britain is true—Upon her domains the sun never sets.” A few hours later we reach Fortune Island, at which point, if the weather be favorable, letters may be put off, to be afterward picked up by some northward-bound steamer of the Atlas or Pacitie mail lines. But nobody is ad- vised to pin his faith upon the reliability of this postal service in communications of im- portance, such, for example, as a tardy proposal to your sweetheart or words of reconciliation to “one-time friend. The chance, however, brings blessed relief to those who are suffering the first pangs of home sickness, even though the hasty love messages never reach their destina- tion, Letters sent in this way go without stamps, ship mail being allowed to pase free in the United States to the other end of the line, where double postage is collected. Two bo: loads of Jamaica negroes came rowing along- side by the dim light of @ crescent moon, and the engine suddeuly stopped, as if the trobbing heart of the ship stood still with anxiety lest the precious budget of letters be lost in its lous transit to the tossing bark below, SHAKEN UP IN THE CARRIBBEAN SEA. About 30 miles beyond Fortune Island the nodding of palms that fringe the shores of Jamaica may be seen, “through a glass darkly,” if you happen to reach the piace in a clear day in’ the between that island and the western end of Cuba. None needs to be told as sea is bersiptedtetiert nny is at once beg report attested by boister- ous waves. Lhe faces of him present it formaily to his grandfather the next morning at breakfast before all the fam- ily, sasing: : “Grandpa, here is some of your sugar for which I bave uo further use.” behest icac ae An Arab Saying. Remember, three things come not back: ‘The a row sent upon its track— It will not swerve, it will not stay Its speed; it ities to wound or slay. The spoken word, s0 soon forgot By thee; but it b's perished not: In other hearts 'tis living still And doing work for good or ilL And the lost opportunity, ‘That cometh back no more to thee. Jn vain thou weepest, in vain dost yearn, Those three will kevermore return. Century. NSTANTINA E. BROOKS, Hard on the Lawyer. From the Lewiston Journal, In one of the interior counties of Maine a case was called which had long been in litiga- tion, The chief justice—who at that time was plain Judge Peters—thought it impracticable to keep the suit longer in court and advised the purties to refer the matter, After due de- liberation they assented, agreeing to refer the swith grees enters ieecteek keeping with ith a grave smile, fect fadicial dignity, Judge Petors said thet the case avolved certain legal points which would re- quire one of the referees, xt least, to have some knowledge of law; therefore he would suggest the propriety of their selecting one lawyer and two houest ‘¢ men! ‘The suggestion evoked a roar of laughter, which veil to be the happy harbinger of an amicable settlement. ~~ -eee-_____ The Rights of Labor. From Puck. » Clork—“I want an increase of salyy.” Employer (wearily—“All right, Anything else?” Clerk—“And I want to go off an hour earlier every day so that I caa spend 33". IN A PARIS STUDIO. The Lafayette Monument and the Sculptors who Designed It AN INTERVIEW WITH M. FALGUIERE—watTIxa FOR A MODEL TO PREPARE FOR COMPANY—THE ARTIST AXD Is STUDIO—HOW THE MONUMENT WAS DESIGNED—A VIEW OF THE STATUES, Evextne Stan, December 29, 1889, “This gentleman who is approaching us is M. Falguiere,” said the guide, who was show- ing me through I'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The name sounded very familiar and in a mo- ment it ce¢urred to me that he was the man who is making the Lafayette monument for Washington, I therefore stopped him with a view of obtaining some information about the Progress of his work, He turned, raised his hat politely and evidently wondered what was wanted. I took it for granted that such an ac- complished man wonld speak Eaglish fluently, but never a word could he either utter or wn- derstand. It became necessary therefore to make the effort in Fronch. Asking for some- thing to eat or directing a cab man in a foreign tongue is onc thing and interviewing an artist is another, But the victim in this instance was 80 affable and polite, overlooking gram- matical blunders and jamping so readiy at the meaning of involved sentences, that the ordeal was not an unpleasant one. I had no trouble in making him understand my interest in the work and he showed a perfect willing- ness to tellme ailabout it if I could under- stand him and if I could make him understand what I wanted. He told me that the monument was practically completed; that the statues had been cast and were then or would be in a few days ata ware house at the other side of the city in the direction of Pere La Chaise, whero they would await the action of the authori in Wasnington, Secretary of War had been informed, he said. of their completion, and as soon as the foundation 1s ready the statues will be forwarded. The conversation ended with a cordial invitation to visit him in his studio. A CHRISTMAS VISIT. It was Xmas day when I jumped into a cab and directed the driver to take mo to No. 68 Rue d’Assas, the address given me by M. Fal- guiere. It was on the other side of the Seme not far from the Luxembourg palace that I was deposited. A high gate way leading into what looked like a wide alley paved with large cobble stones had the number 63 over it,but there was no building of any pretensions in sight. I en- tered the alley and inquired of the conciergo inside for M. Falguiere’s studio, and was di- rected toturn tothe right. This wide alley way lind low one-story buildings on both sides, which looked like sheds, but none of them seemed occupied, much lesa dignified by being the studio of such a noted man as the artist I was in seurch of. I wandered aimlessly up the alley until m steps were arrested by a call from the con- cierge to turn to the right. I looked around and spied an opening between sheds, which I entered. Iwalked up this side alley, turned another corner. and came to a blank wail by the side of which « man was mixing pluste In reply to my inquiry he accompanied m back to the first turning and pointed to a door in theshed which I had overlooked. It was a heavy oak. low hung door, knobless and latchiess. but it had a key hole. A vigorous knock brought no response, but after a second one the bolts were withdrawn, the door was partially opened and the ‘artist peered cautiously out. He recognized me at once, gave me a hearty invitation to enter. and the said suddenly, “Wait a moment. I haye a model.” Then he called back to the model to prepare for company. While standing at the door I had an opportunity to study the eminent artist, He isa man below the middle height with rather broad shouiders, and at first glance his appearance is not particularly striking, But his face will bear study and proves upon exami- nation to beastrong one. He» is about fifty years of age and his thick black hair is slightly tinged with gray, as 1s also his closely croppe mustache, His hair is not parted, but is combed straight down to his forehead and neatly trimmed, His head is uaasually loug and bis brow is deeply marked with parallel wrinkles, His eyes are bricht, and in conversation his countenance brightens and he impresses the observer with the fact that he is surveying a genius, for M. .Falgniere stands very high among the artists in this land of art. “After a mowent’s delay I was ushered into the sacred precinets, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MODEL. Naturally I looked for the model and my first thought was that she had uot required even all the time that had been allowed her to prepare forcompany Achemise anda skirt had been hastily thrown on, one after the other, and she had not even taken the trouble to button the top button of the former. There she sat ona divan near a warm stove with her bare legs crossed and her bare toes carelessly snapping one another to pass away the time. Her arms and shapely shoulders were as white as the garment which partially covered them and the outlines of her form showed plainly that her physical charms were worthy of being por- trayed on her employer's canvas, I thought it proper to notice her presence verbally, and in my best Frenchaskedher “if it made cold.” With a pleasant smile she replied that it didn’t and continued twirling her toes. Then I glanced at the large canvas’ which occupied the middle of the room and was satisfied th: the model was much warmer than she hadbeen before my intrusion and that my inquiry was superfluous, WORKING OUT A PICTURE. The snbject was but faintly sketched, as the work had only been commenced, Two wood- land nymphs nearly life size, both of whom were the young woman present in different | attitudes, Were disputing over a dead fawn. One held & hind leg of the fawn, who was hang- ing head downward. and the other hada branch raised as if to emphasize her claim to the game by blows There was nothing to show how the fawn had met its death, as neither of the fur huntresses had anything with them or on them except the branch, which was leatle This fact was what made me realize that if the model was cold at all it was bef ¥ entrance M. Falguiere explained that be was only wor! ing out the idea, which was an amasing one, and had not yet decided on the details of the picture, A SUCCESSFUL PAINTER. He is as successful as a painter a3 @ sculptor, Two of his efforts adorn the walls of the fa- mous Luxembourg gallery. One of them I noticed particularly. It was called “Reveng A beautiful Spanish girl stood behind a pillar in what seemed to be a corridor, with her veil thrown back and her eyes intently fixed on a distant point. ‘Tightly clasped in her right hand, only partially concealed by her drapery, | was a gleaming dagger. while the fan, whose usual place it usurped, had been allowed to failto the fluor. Her eyes were fixed like a wild animal waiting for its prey, and the ex- pression of the countenance was tierce and determined, It was capitally done and the idea was so clearly expressed that one did not need to look at the title to understand the whole story, THE ARTIST'S STUDIO, Just then M. Falzuiere was devoting his whole attention to painting, and this studio that I was visiting was a workshop and nota show place. It was not at all luxuriously furnished or decorated. A good stove, an occasional Turkish rug, a table, a few chairs, a comfortable divan anda good light were the Principal contents. When M. Falguiere com- letes a work it does not remain on his hands jong, and the only completed work of merit which adorned the walls was a fine portrait of the painter-sculptor by M. Bonnat, the cele- brated portrait painter, which, in addition the artist's signature, bears the inscription, “To my dear friend.” In a fow minutes M. Falguicre accompanied me across the court yard or alley, opened a door into another shed and ushered me into the sculptor’s workshop. Here two or three workmen were busily engaged in finishing marble statues, One was a heroic statue of Juno, with a large peacock at her side, It was being made for a rich New Yorker, Another was a life-size statue of a young wirl in modern costume, intended for a San Francisco man. By ite side was a dress on a dress maker's dammy, which the workman was copying ex- actly. Onashelf stood the working model of the Lafayette monument. It was in clay, about three feet high. It was all marked up with perpen crosses at regular distances apart, wich the sculptor explained had served a3 measurements for the enlarged figures, HOW THE MONUMENT WAS DESIGNED, The work, as is well known, is the joint pro- duction of M. Falguiere aud M. Antonin Mercie. In answer to an inquiry as to how they came to submit a joint design, M. Frlquiero said that they. frequently work together, “M. Mercie was my pupil, you know,” he ssid, and we very much alike on all such subjects.” uently learned that tho two ss repeal Iai lunch together at a restaurant about ive minutes’ walk i xchange ~ D. C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18. 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES ment. In the present instance, however. Falguiere explained that he had de: statue of fayette, the princi as well as the i ange of DeGrasse and D'Es- taing, two of the four compatriots of Lafayette, who are to be represeuted around the base. and that his colaborer had designed the other two, Rochambeau and Du Portail, and the figure of America, who is represented at the base of the monument offering a sword to Lafaye' In this way each had designed half of th . M the tte. e monu- When asked if he intended visiting America when the statue is unveiled M. Fal- guiere replied, with an eager smile: “I woulda’t miss it for a great deal. For many years I have wanted to go to America, and now I have such @ good opportunity I certainly shall not neg- lect it. And M. Mercie wil’ 0. too.” The greater part of M Falgniere’s work is for private persons and ‘or each statue he re- ceives about 25.000. wo other of his public works, however, besides the Lafayette monn- ment are statuettes of de Musset, which is now being made, and of Admiral Courbet. VIEWING THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT. M. Falguiere said that he thonght the statues which are to form the Lafayette monyment had arrived from the fonndry, bntas it was a grand fete day he doubted if the ware house would be open. He nevertheless gave me a card which woald admit me if Ishould fiad any one there, and armed with it I jumped in acab and after nearly an hour's ride was dc- posited at No, 174 Ruo Lafavette, at the other side of the city. The concierge, who was the vuly person ‘present, recognized my ereden- tials and I was at once admitted to a bewilder- ing collection of statues of all sizesand subjects, soon found the figures I was in search of, and will state here that unless the first view is very deceptive Washington will be adorned by a work of art which will be a valuable addition to its artistic possessions. The figure of La- fayette stood by itse It seemed majestic and imposing. It is cleven feet high. In obtain- ing personal resemblance the sculptor availed himself of the information contained in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris, ‘The patriotic hero is represented in the prime of manhood, for his most valuable services to America were rendered before he was twenty-five. He is attired in the full continental umiform, His s SCUURING AND DYEING. Rival Experts Inform a “Star” Re- porter Concerning a Curious Craft. One whole side of the shop was hung with what some peopic call “pants,” in regimental order, dangling two by two from frames ina serried column, awaiting occupancy by their several owners. All of them were spick and span, like new, because they had just passed through the cleaning mill. In fact, that was Precisely what the establishment might prop- erly be termed. The outside said, “Steam Dyeing and Sconring. Arather dilute specimen of youthful man- hood with incipient side whiskers and a shrill voice was engaged at the moment im sub- mitting to the notice of the attendant a grease spot of considerable size on that portion of the trousers he wore which is ordinarily concealed from view by the coat tails. “IT told you when you brought them here.” said the shop man, “that cod liver oil was the one thing we couldn't remove from cloth. The only thing i can ‘gest is to cut out the stain and put in a patch, The young man posed himself between two opposite mirrors and, with coat tails still up- lifted. surveyed with evident dissatisfaction an endless perspective of stylish enstomers with unpleasant stains on the seats of their panta- loons, extending in a line toward Pennsylvania avenue. “I don’t think I would care to have that done; they're my very best trousers, you see.” he replied, gravely, Aud a moment later he walked out, HOW THE WORK Is DONT. Tae Star writer, who had come in just in time to witness this performance. asked how it was that pantaloons and other clothes were cleansed, “The process is very simple,” the shop man said. “It is merely a matter of soap and hot water. A pair of pants, xay—and the same thing applies to other clothing —is tirst thrown into a tig kettle of hot—not boiling—water and left arm rests on the hilt of his sword, while his cloak, thrown over that arm, falls gracefully to his tect at the rear. forming a suitable back- ground, as it were. His weight rests on his left toot and his right arm is extended. The pose of the aristorratic head is particularly pleasing and the whole figure is very striking and im posing. THE OTHER STATUES, which bad just arrived from the foundry, had been left by the workmen apparently just as they were when the hour for knocking off work Phey had evidently been cast in pa mbewu and Duportail, side by side, with clasped. had just been brought to a position, bit the rope with which had been derricked had been left about necks and they looked as if t! h anted a scaffold. DeGrasse and D’Estaing in sections, were lying on the floor, DeGrasse's head, which had not been attached, rested gro- tesquely between Lafayette’s legs, ‘The figure of Ame y near by on the flat of her back, giving her the appearanes of kicking her left leg ‘in air and juggling the sword which she supposed to be offering to Lafayette. Notwithstanding the absurd positions of these figures, enough could be seen to show that they will prove fitting accom- panimeuts of the principal figure, Mocham- ean is represented as placing his hand on that of Duportail in a restraining nner, His body is turned toward his companion, giving a profile view. Attheir feet lives a cannon, or rather @ mortar, D’Estaing and DeGrasse are represented as standing beside cach other, eich with his sword in the left hand. De- Grasse’s right hand is at his side and his atti- tude is that of a listener, His companion’s right hand is raised as if slightly gesturing. At their feet lies an anchor. All of these offi- cers are represented in the full uuitorm of their rank in the American army. Each of the four figures is about nine feet in height. The posi- tions of all are graceful, with just enough spirit or movementto make them’ attrac ‘The rear of the base is to be adorned with a couple of small Cupids. This monument, if provided with a suitable foundation, will be deserving of the best loca- tion that can Le found at the national Capitol, and when erected will prove a work of art which the eity and general pubiie will point out with pride, RK. ADULTERS CANDY. hand standin ther th is = TOY OF The Alarming Use of Terra Alba in Its Manufacture. is authority for the statement that aboat 6,000 tons of terra alba were recently imported through the port of New York alone. The only use for terra alba in auy quantity is in the adulteration of candies, aad when these two facts are put together they become very significant, The substance is mineral, utterly insoluble in the saliva or the gastrie juice, and the result of eating candies adult. d caunot be otuerwise than excessively injurious. The devilishnes3 of the use of such stuff in can- dies is ail the greater for the fact tha most of the candies that are aduiter- ated with it are used by children of | tender xtent to which it exists | in certain y be surmised by an inei- | dent which occurred withia tue experience of the editor of the National Druggist. A whole- honse of St. Loum made a el. th Shore line in done a by a bos- ine. sale groe ecUre the *lonz writer for e ti mination, The resuit of our ation showed them to consist ¢ iba bound together with a little g veh iorgotten whi Farther investigation developed the fact y ly blocks or fortns to be used mn pre P Jozengers, the method vf use chea| simply to immerse them for a few moments ia being t vored with pepperm| agent, armed with th to pay any damages and the than risk the exposure inciden suit, dropped th HOW Take Your wintergreen, ts, refused cern, rather upon a law sirups thi &e, oy MEN PROPOSE. Choice and Run Your Chance, From the Kansas City Journal, Here are two kinds of “proposing.” This one is the kind you read about, but the other is the most popular in the realm of fa yi angel. I have long waited for this opportunity. {| You must have detected ere now the growth of my love for you, From the day I first met you that love took root, and tonight it is strong and sturdy, unwavering. undying, Your sweet smiles have lighted up my your every word has been to me a note of exquisite music, thrilling, enthralling me. You bave filled a place in my heart, in my affections, that no one has ever before occupied. My life-long ha; I ness dep r you me, & i e | i | me of all men most envied. Lut if you ref-— | Gh, I cannot! thought is madness. You will be my witc? I see the answer of your heart mirrored in your lustrous eyes; you know I love you as no ocher man ever has loved you, or ever can love vou, darling, I know you will not thrust me off.” ‘The ange! assnmes a stereotyped really-thia- ! again allowed to soak for half an hour. Then th taken out and laid upon an inclined trough-like table for scouring. ‘This is done with a sponge, a stiff brush and quantities of ordinary soft soap. First the outside of the garment is cleaned by rubbing with the sponge and serap- ing with the brush, and next the inside—tarned inside out--is treated in the same way, When this has been done the pants are thoroughly rinsed in three successive editions of cold water and, after being wrang out, are hung up in the hot-air room to di Finally ther ate pressed out, and then they are ly for deliv- ery. In cases where goods left here are very moderately dirty we ouly di an them, that is to say, the spots are taken ont with benzine and they are pressed. Like most cleaners, we do mending and repairing. and it is no unasual thiug for us to have a customer who takes it for granted that. for the small amount we charge, the clothes he wishes to have cleaned will be made over again, to buttor patches, like new, incidentally, Vers articles are left on our bands, mostly bj who find themsclves unable to pay the on them. Impecuniousness is ordinary reason for such failure; but it would surprise you to know how many of our customers die or et into juil, #0 that they can't very well take their things away. All that line of coats and pants along the rear wall velonged once to men now dead.” “How do you dispose of such things?” asked the newspaper man, “To ordinary customers, People often come in here aud inquire if we have this garment or that to sell cheap, Asa rule we have some- thing of the sort desired. We never sell to the second-hand clothiug mon, because they don't pay fair prices.” A RIVAL EXPERT DISPUTES. The view of this interesting subject taken by an expert whose sign hung ont only a few doors away was very different, Said he “It must have been one of these cheap cleaners that you interviewed, There is a prim- itive method practiced such as they, with soap and warm water, which does very well for amateurs, But did yon ever see a grease spot destroyed by soap and water? Hardi, z It will di dust has had time to cleanse a pair of pantaloons, tor instance ch more elaborate method of procedare must be adopted. In this establishment a scientitic sys- tem dovs the work, To begin with, ail the men’s clothing that is brought in ix divided into three i. moderately dart: and comp: e Tepresent pretty accu ing classes of customers, pux them up. Suppose—to case—the germs of some di: in a certain coat; they might be communicated to other garments and our business would suffer, Therefore it is that, atter the clothes to be scoured have had numbers stitched in them with white cotton, for purposes of identi- fication, the foren sthem up,” nd the very dirty ones! ey have tirst applied to them a solution of chloroform, ether aud benzine in equal parts t they are placed in a machine by which steam is forced through them ata tremendous pressure. What isthe result? I e an extreme ase Were present disadvantage of the primitive process. Ce e, that euch piece of cloth has right side.a wrong side and an inside is the web and woof of the mater Get a bad grease spot on your trousers, of course it goes right through the staff and noamount of ordinary soap and water will remove it, You may sponge tt out of the right side and the wrong side, but it still re- | mains in the substance of tie mside, and sooner | or later it will reappearon the surface. We avoid all this by forcing the dirt ont on the surface with the s Diast and washing it the steam two more er and chioro- s is dried i ‘whiz’ or revolving tub by centritagal force; it is then kung up i the hot room to dry, and is subsequently pressed for delivery. There is no sort of spot that will not come out after that treatment. Moderately dirty things we treat but once with the chloroiorm solation before steaming, and clothes that are only slightly soiled we merely sp the stains out of and fiuish with the iron. WOMEN’S THINGS AND DYES. “And how is it about women’s dresses and such things?” “For them we use mostly what we call the ‘dry’ process. This means the application of chloroform and ether. Doth are wonderfully volatile, you know. lexving the fabric dry a second or two after they are put on, Just how they Are used is a secret of the trade which I am not at liberty to di: Most cleaners employ benzine liberally; a little of it is applied as possible, though it is a powerful cleancr, because it is a greasy fluid, and clothes treated with it catch dust readily afterward, The most difficult thing to clean is velvet. To make it like new costs about €1 a yard, and few customers are willing to pay ‘at. “In what manner is dyeing performed?” “Dyeing simply mcans boiling things in eop- per kettles for the proper time in a solution of dye and water, For what we call we use the aniline tints that are de: coal tar, Every coal bed is a mine of rainbow hues, you know. The aniline dyes employed ight blue, maroon. cardinal nt effects. Woods ground to coarse powder are largely relied upon by the dyer. For instance, there is santal wood for ecru, from the Santalwood Islands; logwood trom Aleppo; fustic for yellow, from Cuba, and so-sudden expression and assured Mr, Wordie she would derive great pleasure from being his sister. Here is the other way: “Maude, I've been thinking seriously late!; “Really, Fred, you ought to be more jndici- ous than to do any thing so rav as that.” “Yes, I know it’s a heavy task on my mental eapacity, but then Lalways was reckless that way. This time, however, I think Lhave been thinking to some purpose. In fact, I've been thinking you wouldn't object to having your name changed.” “When?” “Just as soon as possible.” Will it be home or church?” “Church, of course; we want to do this thing in style?" “Have you asked pa?” “Certainly not, don’t want to marry your father.” “Well, I know: but for form's sake.” “All right, dear; for form's agke. I will see pa, and maybe you had better prepare ma for the ordeal.” “Ob, she won't mind it.” Deep silence reigns again save as it is broken by the soft sighing of the treetops, swayed by agentle breeze. Gleefully the stars twinkle; the moon looks beamingly down from heaven to earth and discovers on # vine-bowered piazza two forms with but a single chair. ston sa Found the Desired Medicine. From the Chicago Tribune. Dusty tourist—"Where is the nearest drag store?” Native (sizing him up)—‘Mister, yuh crossed the Kansas line "bout "leven mile back, Yer im Mizzoury now. 8'loon is jest round the cor- ner.” deperture of tourist in direction indicated) madder root for ecru, from the south of France. It has been found that madder, alternately fed to and withheld trom growing animals, will color their bones so that in section they will appear white and yellow in alternate rings from center to circumference. You must re- member thatall these dyes are used in an in- finity of combinations. It is rare that one of them is applied pure and simple. One dye for crimson is Obtained from the iac insect, scraped from the bark of certain trees in the East Indies.” —coo—_____ A Motion to Amend the Dictionary. 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