Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1890, Page 11

er THE ne EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO if * D.C, SATURDAY. MAY 17, 1890—-SIXTEEN PAGES. ABLE-BODIED GIRLS. What the Camera Finds in a Ladies’ Athletic Club, CALISTHENICS FOR WOMEN. ‘The Science of Gymnastics—How Girls Can Be Made Healthy and Strong— Rulev tor Developing the F ine Biceps, OT only have the leading colleges invested in gymnasiums and training } grounds more money than would have safficed a few generations ago for the entire educational work of a decade, but this great outlay has borne fruit in the increased attendance upon the college course and also in the increased health and manly vigor of the graduates who are yearly turned out into the world to take their places among the ranks of adult workers. A distinguished professor of Columbis Col- lege said recently, in speaking of the new athletic grounds that are soon to be controlled bythe Athletic Uxion, and of the proposed #400,000 gymnasium, the money for which is partially subscribed: “This wil! make Columbia the leading colle America in athletics, and that will bring more students here, increase our educational facilities and aid us in becoming the first of American colleges.” The systematic study of physical develop- ment has bad still another effect. which was explained to me by Dr. John 8, White, head master of the Berkeley School, “Systematic physical development,” said the doctor, “has done wonders for Harvard Uni- versity. For instance, last year there were among the undergi es over two hundred Young men who could satisfactorily pass phys- ical examinations that not asingle student could have passed twelve years before that time. Formerly Harvard trained nine young giants who could play ball. Now it trains over two hundred young men, each stronger than the earlier athletes, and all of whom are not only good ball players, but expert general athletes in the gymnasium, on the water and on the track. Thatis what systematic study has done in one college.” GOOD FOR THE SHOULDERS AND CHEST, The systematic study of physical develop- ment is not confined exclusively to college students. The preparatory schools in this and neighboring cities have formed an athletic as- sociation and have yearly trials of skill, strength | end endurance, aud from their ranks the col- lege athlete of the next generation is almost certain to come. WOMEN ENTER THE LIsTs, Women were the last to enter the lists, For several years past we have had private gymna- sinms where all sorts of physical exercises ha been taught. including even boxing and fencing, but with the formation of the Berkeley Athletic Club tor ladies aud the building of the Berke- ley Lyceum the gauntlet was formally thrown | down, and the word “atulete” may now be either masculine or feminine in gender. With the formation of the Berkeley Clab there also came a number of other physical culture schools, with their various founders and disciples, their different systems and adhe- c lectures some successful and some unsuccessful, but all aim- ing at one object. and that object the physical development of the gentler sex. One day last week, ac- companied by a Heraid ai tist and photographer, I called upon Dr. Mary Tay- lor Bissell, medical dire tor of the Berkeley Ladies’ Club. and arranged with her and with Miss D. M. Elliott, the istructor of the club. for a series of in- stantancous photographs sketches that would ex- plain to the Herald readers cisely what kind of work fos boos adopted by the 4 FAvortre Lea leading physical trainers of EXERCISE. women in America for their elass and individual instruction. All of the il- lustrations were made under the supervision of the doctor and Miss Elliott. and together with the text will present the first complete article upon calisthenie exercises, as practiced by American women, that has ever been made public. OPINION OF A MEDICAL EXPERT. “Exercise alone, of all the agents of growth and development, can be regarded im an edu- cational light.” explained the doctor. “Of all the agents it alone can be permanently system- atized and administered asa means of pro- gressive bodily culture. No other agents have their rules. which are modified to suit age, sea- eons, habits aud oceups their imy ace, F bodily health largely depends, but we look to exercise alinost exclusively as the means of actual physical culture during the greater part Of the period of growth aud developmert, THE PARALLEL BAR EXERCISE. “Exercise,” continued the doctor, “is a mus- cular movement, but it must be a movement of sufficient force to engage Y the energetic contraction ofthe muscles employed. When a girlcomes to me for a course of physical de- velopment { first examine her carefully. It is such an examination almost as a life insurance company follows before a policy granted. I ask her age,the ages of her parents, if ‘liv- ing, or their ages ‘at the time of their death, and I learn of what diseases they died. Then I closely ques- tion her regarding her own health and learn what, if any, ailment she has had. THE VALUE OF MEASUREMENTS, “After this comes the physical measurements. These are very exact, and few learners at first see their val But they are valuable, Before Ican prescribe physical trainins for a young her condition and her I must see wherein her y. or wherein her phy- woman I must know aud neasurements, Weaknesses, if sh sical defects be. Otherwise how can I under- Standingly suggest the best mode of exercise for her to pursue? ord of the length and size of arms and legs, and I carefully test her strength of lungs, back, legs, chi upp 1 fore arms. When she has been at work a few months I repeat these tests and no One is more surprised than the girl, who once thought these records were utterly worthless, to find what improvement she bas made—an im- Provement that can be seen with the eyes and an also be proved by figures. “Now for the exercise. Miss Elliott will tell you Ler first steos.” THREE BAD STANDING Posttioxa, euerally find,” said Mise Elliott, “that — is do not know how to stand correctly, and I egin with the ‘setting up’ drill, Many girls are in the habit of standing with their -backe bent over. their shoulders thrown forward, heads dropped and chests sunk in. Others pro. trade their hips aud abdomens, and still others fest their weight unevenly upon their legs, These are the three chief defects I meet with” While Miss Kiliott was explaining these pop- ular shortcomings the young lady who posed for the Heraid artists illustrated the positions, and the oe sketches will give the reader a clear idea of some of the chief things that intelligent physical culture aims to correct. “This ‘setting up’ drill,” continued Miss El- Hott, “consists of a great variety of movements made with hands, arms, body and legs, with and without using the gymnasium apparatus, and all tend to throw back the head and shoul- ders, inflate the chest, draw in the hips and ab- domen and give the body an upright and grace- ful carriage, Let us take the first series.” THE SETTING UP DRILL. Then at this point the photographer caught the model in the first position of this series, while the artist made a sketch of the remain- ing movements that complete the exercise. This looks simple enough and to such expert gymnasts as Miss Elliott it is unquestionably simple, but the untutored learner finds it diffi- cult enough to give her a very gloomy idea of her prospective course in bodily training. AL. ONE OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES, “Jt is singular.” explained Dr. Bissell, “but it makes no difference how weil a young lady may have her hands and fingers under control. She may be an unusually brilliant performer upon the piano, or she may be a remarkably graceful dancer and have hef lezs and feet under perfect control, but when she tries these exercises, and particularly when she combines any of these movements, such as moving her right arm in one direction, her left arm in another and at the same time moving one of her legs, she makes a lamentable failure at first. Systematic physical development also develops the brain | and will power. it gives the will control over | the nerves that communicate orders from the brain te the various muscles. Our system de- velops the body and the character as well, Aehas been said by a distinguished Engli writer: “It inereases the size and power of the voluntary muscles employed. ‘t increases the functional capacity of the involuntary muscles employed. “It promotes the health and strength of the whole body by quickening circulation and increasing respiration. A DIFFERENT PosF. The “setting up” drill consists of variou movements to render the joints of the waist, back, thighs and knees supple and active, A second illustration explains a very useful exercise. The learner is taught to stoop down and touch the floor with ber finger tips and then straighten herself withont losing her equi- librium, | Besides these she goes through @ course in stoup- ing until she almost touches her body to the floor, and then raising herself to her | full height upon the tips of | her toes, In addition to these exer- cises Dr, Sargent.the famous director of the Hemingway Gymnasium of Harvard University, has invented numerous appliances which give mechanical aid to the | learner's efforts, Of these | “ more Will be said here-beNDING To FLOOR, | after, “After the ‘setting up’ drill,” continued Miss Elliott, “I teach the learner how to walk cor- rectly, One should walk directly from the hip, bringing the weight on the ball of the foot.” HOW TO STEP CORRECTLY, The accompanying illustration shows how a step should be correctly taken, After the first principles of walking have been mastered the learner is put through a course of vkipping. ng and even running, taken to preserve the po- sitions taught in earlier exet “Now comes free gymnastic Miss Elliott, ‘These comprise al- most every exercise in the entire range of calisthenics. They are made with the arms, hands, body, head and legs. They strengthen the muscles, produce activity and give the brain instant control over every member of the bo here are many different courses of exercises calling into play various muscles aud pyrts of the body, and even a simple list of all the movements would be more than sufficient to fill several columns | of the Herald.” “Free gymnastics,” said the doctor. “have their value, and it cannot be easily Over-estimated, but for individual work I think jour gymnasinm apy aratns, TINY which has been devised especially for our club by Dr. Sargent, produ quicker results, that free gymnastics, either sim- ple or complex, will accom-ro sTm plish can be done with the apparatus in a shorter space of time.” Chief among the mechanical appliances which have been devised for making women stronger are the wands, bar bells and dumb bells, The accompanying illus- tration shows the model going through an exercise with a bar bell, which is a wand with two bell-shaped knobs, one at each end, This exercise is intended to develop the muscles of the waist and arms and should- ers. It also distends the chest, Another bar bell exercise is also illustrated. The WORK WITH BAR arms are outstretched and BELL. the chest and back are given | an abundance of work. It is oue of the most valuable exercises in the list, THE CHEST WEIGHTS, The chest weights machine is one of the most valuable appliances that Dr, Sargent has yet devised. Itis a combination contrivance. In the accompanying cut the reader sees it when being used as a rowing machine, a ON THE PULLING MACHINE. It consists of a pulley which may be made harder to raise by the putting on of weights. Itcan be used with oneor both hands, Itcanbe changed into a rowing machine, a head machine (a contrivance intended to strengthen the muscles of the ueck and to hold her head upright) and @ leg machine. This latter de- Vice consists of an attachment that looks like a stirrup, and into which the operator's foot fits. By means of it she exercises all the muscles of the leg and thigh, Dr. Bissell gave me a copy of his courses of movement on the chest-weights machine that will be found of great value by persons who de- sire to become athletes. This machine can be put up in « private room, and the learner re- quires no instruction for her exercise other than these lists of movements, which are here for the first time made public. ‘The first course is as follows: A VALUABLE COURSE. Position to Weights, ae 2 Face. 3. * 5 hes motionless, A it side. Rightarm down ward to si it EE pera yp ergo @ Left side.-Right arm scross the chest. Light on!y eros eee etd ‘Hight side.-Left arm behind the head....Lert only. Face........Down end up... “+ Yowether The accompanying photograph shows the ee “| giants” swing. model going through with No. 4 of the pre- ceding list, WORK WITH THE CHEST WEIGHTS. For instance, look at exercise No. 6 of the second course, You will see that the right arm is extended straight out, maar while the left arm ig brought down across the body. While this exer- cise may look very simple to you it is really very difficult. I don't suppose one woman out of forty can go through with it the first time it is explained to her without becoming mixed up. It is such ex- ercises as this that develop the character and strengthen the will. SOME DUMB BELL EXERCISES. Equally as important as the bar bells are the dumb bells. The following are illustrations of two movements: ‘The first is designed to exercise the shoul- ders, back, legs and chest, The second is a complex movement and isin tended to develop the strength of the arms, waist, chest and shoulders, ‘These two exercises are orily two out of a hundred that might be given. The dumb bell courses, like those with the wands, bar and chest weights, are susceptible of endless variations, The triceps machine i Another of Dr. Sargent's inventions, It looks tomething like a window sesh and the exercise Seems generally to the novice to be extremely foolish. But foolish itis far from being. It de- velops the muscles of the arm and it develops them quickly and well, One who had not trained for a season at least in a well-appointed gymnasinm would not ap- preciate the value of this sort of exercise. It is step by step, inch by inch, but its results covers milés and pounds. It is necessary for the beginner to work steadily at just this kind of exercise. The muscles grow daily stronger, and after a few months have passed no one is more surprised than the learner at the gain that is attained, Climbing the rope is one of the exercises that the Berkely young ladies are taught, and some of the more ‘advanced members are expert climbers, The plain rope is the hardest to climb and it requires more muscie almost than any other exercise that is practised. The artist made a snap-shot photograph of the model as she was illustrating how easy it is to climb the smooth rope when you have the neccesary strength aud sical, ON THE HORIZONTAL BAR. “I don't know,” said Miss El- fiott, ae the model pulled her- self atop the horizontal bar and repared to make what school- oys twenty years ago called “the “I don’t know that this exercise requires much strength, but it certainly does bring into pla plenty of skill, and any one who can go through with it must have lots of muscle and practice.” ‘The last illustration shows one of the most valuable appliances that is known to the muscle culturist, 1t is called the ‘quarter circle chest expander.” The accompanying picture will rove to you whether it is misnamed or not, Wise -nisial ia (ehowa ate Mad (ont on the machine in the act-of having her lunge dis- tended and her chest expanded. AUSEFUL DUMB BELL. THE QUARTER CIRCLE. “How long do you advise women to exer- cise?” I asked Dr. Bissell. “Not more than one houraday, Trecom- mend steady exercise where it is practicable aud prefer that the members should take it daily, But I do not approve of long hours for physical work.” During the past year, which is the first year in the Berkely Club’s history, there has not been asingle serious accident in the gym- nasium. One young woman slightly sprained her ankle, and that was the extent of the in- Juries sustained by the club either individually or collectively. Culture in New York. From the Evening Post, The following questions and answers are from the stenographic account of the senate committee's examination on Saturday. They contain some interesting specimens of the mayor's grammar and style of expression, and should be preserved in connection with extracts from hig letters heretofore printed in this aper. : ri Was the name Flossie written on the out- side of the envelope? The Mayor—It may havo been, I think not, sir. There were six children, and, of course, s was necessary to show who each article was ‘or. Q. What was your belief at the time of mak- ing these presents as to Mr. Croker’s financial position? A. Iunderstood that Mr. Croker was very poor indeed, and that they Were not at all weil off, and had avery large family. I felt as I had accepted the obligations of a godfather to that child, and at the time I had accepted I had clearly in’ my own mind in 1884 that it was a responsibility that I must look forward to with agreat deal of care, andI then fixed in my mind thatI should make some provision for that child; and I subsequently done it, Q. What did the child do with the $5,000 envelope? A. The child, I think, rather held the en- velope and I think the mother took it, In reply to a long question touching the rumors of boodle in connection with the board of aldermen of 1884 the mayor said: Oh, there was various rumors, as I say, about this contingency of the Broadway railroad and the commissioner of public works, but as to its being anyways coming withing my knowledge, Ican testify to it, nothing in the world, Q. Did you hear any rumors at the time of the use of money to get the Broadway railroad franchise? A. There was rumors, yes, sir. Qa = never sought his advice and he never gave it! A. No, sir; what Mr. Croker did, Mr. Croker sustained my action in the committee when the discussion came np in Tammany Hall as to whether I done right or the other members of the bourd, and for that I am profoundly grate fal, In response toa question by Mr. Fassett as to whether the —o had seen a certain state- ment regarding the session of the committee of the previous Saturday, the mayor said: “Yes, sir, I seen that on Saturday.” ——— 199 Tue Mabe Sunday Herald will give the most ‘ashington schoo! teacher a free vacation in Europe this summer, Read next Sunday's Herald and get particulars, ° ——— New Sieerrso Cans to St. Lovis.—Pullman buffet sleeping cars now run through to St. Louis, via Cincinnati, on the Baltimore and Ohio Vestibule Limited, leaving Baltimore daily at 2:30 p.m., Washington 3:30 p.m.,arriv- ing St. Louis next afternoon at 6:45. A similar service is muintained on the Baltimore and Ohio Ex leaving Baltimore daily at 10:20 ‘ashington 11:30 » arrivi Pouis the second morning at 7s. * S* pesca, Sey After Information, From Puck. “I say, teacher,” “Weil?” “Wasn't the fall of Adam a case of Eve's dropping, too?” . Miss Catherine Bruce has just contributed $20,000 to the New York Pio circulating Y. MYSTERIES OF CHILDHOOD. Some Strange Freaks Born of Human Imagination in Infancy. ‘What imaginative creatures children are, to be sure. ‘ihere is one little Washington boy who explained to his mother while she was un- dressing him the other night © mogt extraordi- nary metaphysical theory of his own invention. It was that there was nothing in the world that had any real existence outside of his own im- mediate personality. Wherever he went, and to however great a distance, there were always substantial surroundings; but his notion was that perhaps when he left any particular local- ity those surroundings went out of being at once, having served the sole purpose of their creation by providing him with a necessary environment, According to this idea of his, when he jour- neyed through the city in a car, block after block of buildings and street after street sprang up instantaneously for his beuefit, as quickly yanishing when he had passed out of view. In this manner a whole town, or in the case of railway travel a great strip of territory.may be hundreds of miles in length and as wide across as his eyesight could reach, was constructed by successive sections, and so with everything. SELF APPLICATION, If this seems to exhibit extraordinary vanity on the chiid’s part you can easily find some- thing to represent in a degree the same sart of notion in your own mind. Try as you will you can never quite realize that affairs are actually going on in a distant city just as they do when you are m that city. It is almost easier to im- agine that the active existence of the town pauses during vour own absence from it, It ix 4 thing naturally abhorrent to the human mind to consider the proposition of a community's enjoying a state of being in which he himself has no share and to which his own lite has no essentiality whatever, No man realizes as a truth the fact that the world will continue as before after his own death, however willing he may be to admit asa matter of argument that such will be the case, On the other hand, the little boy reterred to does not actually believe in his theory; it has simply establisied itself in his mind as an hypothesis. ONE VERY CURIOUS DEVELOPMENT of infantile imagination is found in the friendly “demon” or companion of fancy which a child is very apt to have constantly in attendance. This demon is likely to have a name, and it is with it that the small boy or girl conducts imaginary conversations, It is generally sup posed that a child. for such purposes of artiti- cial companionship, imagines herself or him- self to be two persons. projecting a portion of the actual identity to serve for the second party, but there is the best possible reason for believing chat such 1s not the case. In fact, there is no doubt that the demon is altogether another supposititious individual; there may even be several demons, Two little Washington girls have each a com- Panion of this sort, and all four—two of them real and the other two imaginary—are on the most intimate terms, or have been until re- cently, They played together every day and the mothers of the two small girls were given frequent accounts of the doings of the mys- terious friends, Sometimes the latter would go away for a while and then the children would be very lonely. One day the two came home and announced that their invisible ac- quaintances had been drowned in Rock creek, aud sure enough they never turned up more, Such cronies out of the flesh alw: tuke part as “company” at tea parties given by another little girl alone in a Washington nursery. This sume child has a special demon, Mr. Brown by name, who alWays occupies some empty chair in the room, One day her mother came in and sat down. “Oh, mamma!" cried the child, “Go getup. You're sitting right on top of Mr. Brown.” _ An older sister of this small girl, by the way, is accustomed to pray devoutly for anything she wants to the little silver image of a cerwin saint. If she does not cet what she asks for she turns the saint npside down and stands him on his head until her prayer is satisfactorily answered, ———ee—___. HOME MATTERS. Household Hints and Seasonable Sug- gestions for Practical Housekeepers. PowprRep CHALK aND Vineoar are good for a burn. Arrer Eos ang Broken they should be covered until used. Dust Powveren Borax over smoked hams and vermin will not spoil them, Doonriates SHOULD BE CLEANED by rubbing with a cloth wet in ammonia and water, Buankers anv Furs Pur Away well sprinkled with borax and done up air-tight will never be troubied with moths, A Few Drops or Canzoric Actp occasionally put down the sink drainand inslop jars will do much good. AFLayxyext Cora dipped in melted bees- wax and tallow and put on achild’s throat and chest will cure wheezing and is good for colds, As Oxp-Timz Stew For Coxps is equal parts of water, vinegar and sirup, tablespoon of sugar, teaspoon of butter and ginger, black and red pepper enough to make it Piping hot. Boil to a thick sirup and drink on retiring. A CeLeprateD Germany Remepy for burns consists of 15 ounces finely broken best white glue, made soft iu two pints water, then dissolve by a water bath, two ounces glycerine and six drachms carbolic acid a ided—continuing to heat till thoroughly dissolved. Sat Mackesen 18 aN EXCELLENT APPETIZER fora hot weather breakfast, It should be soaked all night, skin sido up, then put on to boil in cold water for half an hour, which re- moves part of its oil, and then broiled, Serve with gooseberry marmalade or catsup, Mitpew.—An easy remedy is to dip the stained part in sour buttermilk and put the article to bleach. Or wet the linen with water, well rub into it some white soap and fi ely powdered chalk, and lay it out on the grass in the sunshine, keeping it damp with’ water. Repeat the process the next day if necessary, Wira Every Ounce or Stace mix one tea- spoonful of good borax »powdered This secures a perfect gloss ou the linen, ‘Then the polish- ing iron must be perfectly smooth and clean. A firm and steady hand should use it, and to prevent sticking rub the iron occasionally with awaxed cloth. ‘This also helps to put on the gloss. Tus Expnomentna or Book Covers is the latest popular pastime for ladies, The silk, satin or velvet is embroidered in colors and gold and silver thread in designs appropriate to the contents of the book or according to the fancy of the embroiderers, and it is then sent to the book binder, Beautiful effects may be produced by artistic fingers, Hain Brusues Suoutp Be Wasnep in soda and warm water or ammonia and cold water, dipping the bristles frequently downward into the water, but keeping the backs as dry as pos- sible. When the bristles look clean rinse the brush in cold water, shake it without wiping the bristles and set it in the air to dry. Soap should not be used, for it softens the bristles, Frorr Warens.--Beat one-half a cupful of butter until creamy; then add gradually one cupfal of powdered sugar, beat six eggs until light, add them to the butter and sugar, ada the juice of one lemon and sufficient flour to make a stiff batter; take @ sheet of foolscap paper, butter it and drop the butter by spoon- fuls on it; spread it out very thin and bake in a slow oven; when done dust them with pow- dered sugar and roll them quickly. — 168 Written for Taz EveNina Stan. They Fixed the Day. A beautiful frontier girl was she, ‘The deep flush of health in her face, Her smile, like her life, was bright and tree, Her movements the essence of grace. A borderman brave was her lover, one Reared up in the mountains around, And who with his deadly, trusty gun, Feared nothing above the ground. She had spoken the word which made her his, In an honest and earnest way, And now they'd got down to the tender bis Of Oxing the happy day. “I won't git married in June!” she said, “It’s an unlucky month, I’ve heard.” And emphatic she shook her shapely head In time with each spoken word. “Your slightest wishes,” the lover oried, “I would be @ brute to deny, And I'll wait for the hand of my bonnie bride ‘Till the merry month of July.” Her head sank down on hic deerskin vest, In the cunningest sort of @ way, And she sald, as his hand she fondly caressed: “But what is the matier with May?” —Carr. Jack CRawrorp, —_——_0e —___—_ To Evrorg axp Rervan For Noruime.—A delightful vacation treat for our most school teacher. Next Sunday's Horala will tell allabout it, a COLLARS AND CUFFS. The Rejuvenation of Soiled Linen Re- duced to a Gigantic System. “This is the way all tho clothes that come into the Jaundry are cleansed, to begin with,” said the plump young woman with bare aris, pointing toa row of wooden cylinders about the size of barrels, which were giving forth from their insides great quantities of thick white foam, “You can see now that lopen this one, that it is really two cylinders, one in- side of the other. The outer one is stationary and rests solidly on those legs beneath; but the inner one is perforated with big holes and is made to revolve rapidly by this steam belt. Just as they arrive here the soiled clothes are put into the inner cylinder andastream of cold water is turned into the space between the two cylinders; the inner cylinder is started revolving and the water, passing freely through its perfor- ations, is thrown out by centrifugal force. per- meating every fiber of the cloth and loosening all the dirt, “Aftera few minutes of this hot water is turned on instead ofthe cold, and atthe same time a bucketful of the purest soft soap is poured in; the machine is set going again and the real washing commences. You observe what a lather it makes, One of these eylind will hold 3.000 collars and cuffs or 200 shirts, and it takes two hours to complete the cleans- ing.” SHIRTS, WRINGING BY STEAM. “And what are those two big metal pots?” asked Tue Srar reporter. “Those,” responded the comely maiden, “are centrifugal wringers. They are double, you e,each has an outer and an inner jacket. The outer pot is stationary on its legs, and the inner pot, which has holes in it, is made to go round at the rate of 1.500 revolutions a minute by @ steam belt. When the inner pot is filled | with clothes fresh from the washing cylinders, it is setrunning and centrifugal force throws out through the holes every particle of moisture, so that the thungs are taken out after 4 few minutes almost as dry as chips.” Then they have to be ironed “Yes; but they must be starched first, When the shirts are taken ont of the steam wringers, they are passed over to women in the adjoin- ing room, whose business it is to supply the stiffening. Suppose we see how they do it. It looks very simple. You observe, the operator lays the shirt bosom over asiab of wood cov- ered with cheesecloth and, taking a portion from a little pile of thick starch at her right hand, rubs it in with her fingers as hard as she can, It takes sx months’ practice to learn how to do that properly. That girl over there in the corneris grinding starch into the collar bands and cuff bands in a little mill with a trough full of starch and cogged wheels, through which they are passed. As for the COLLARS AND CUFFS themselves, they are starched in a double cyl- inder like those used for the washing, only starch being poured in instead of soap and water, When the things have been starched they are hung on hooks acros rows, The frames, you see. out of the ceiling and when they are filled they are pushed up again in this way into the hot air drying room on the floor above, The rest of the upper story is devoted to the ironing department, Shall we go up and see it?” At the top of a flight of steps was disclosed a large room, as dry and spick and spanas dow: stairs was sloppy and unpleasant, Women sat at tables manipulating hand irons that were given an automatic pressure by iron rods from above, thus saving the labor of bearing down, But the bosoms of the shirts—after the latier had been moistened by a spray—were being ironed by a gas-heated roller, beneath which each one was passed four times, the girl who ran the machine deftly moistening the spots that needed it with a’ dampened sponge and separating the pleats with a celinkoid paper knife, Alter the bosom had thus been rendered smooth and beautiful the collar band was quickly ironed in another machine and the body ‘and cuff band were finished by hand, whereupon the shirt was ready to be sent back to its owner aud was put in a basket to be con- veyed to the delivery department. The collars and cuffs were put through between heated Seas fedintooue side and taken out the other, AS FAST AS YOU CAN WINK. Those which were to be turned over or down atthe points had to have a little wheel carry- ing water passed along where the crease was to be so as tomake the linen easy to bend and save it from breaking. Finally the cutfs and collars were put through another roller con- trivance to give them the proper curve for the neck and wrists and they, too, were finished. Some of the work was done altogether by hand and most carefully at twice the usual price for swell young men of meaus, elevating them above the sordid necessity of economy in laundry expenditure. TO PREVENT MISTAKES, “But how on earth do you keep all these things from getting mixed?” the newspaper man inguired, “It is quite simple,” replied the young woman, smiling. “lo each customer we give a laundry number and that number we make sure is marked upon every piece he sends in be- fore it is given out to wash. In the delivery department are hundreds of pigeonholes aud when a bundle from Mr, Smith comes in Mr, Smith's laundry number is chalked beneath a pigeonhole, the number not being erased until Mr. Smith's things, clean aud complete accord- ing to the list travsmitted with Mr, Smith's bundle by our agent, have been placed in that pigeonhole, ‘Then these things are made up in a bundle addressed to Mr. Smith, whose name is recorded in our books opposite his number, and are sent back to the agent who got the clothes from Mr, Smith. Of course, where our own wagons do the collecting of bundies, the agent is left out of the question. By this sys- tem we are able to send out clothes, clean, twenty-four hours after they have beeu received in a soiled condition.” —_»—___ Massage Treatment ot the Face. From the Boston ‘Traveller. A well-known young lady, who always takes 4 prominent position in all social events, read in the Traveller recently of the famous Patti being “made over” by the artistic work of a Sixth avenue specialist in the massage-treat- ment business, who confined her work mainly to the diva’s face. The fatter’s complexion is said to have been much improved by the treat- ment, and the Boston young ly decided at once to tell all her female acquaintances of the discovery, and thus look for a great improve- ment in their countenances without the use of the usual harmful cosmetics, Her announcement met with instant favor among the girls, and they decided to visit a well-known “‘massageure,” who occupies an elegant suite of roi on Tremont street, The “massag in question was somewhat eur surprised at the object of the girls’ visit, but at once saw achance to increase the number of her patients by adopting the new method, and soon was perfectly familiar with the scheme re- ported by the girls. Before they left each had received the first part of the treatment, which was similar to the general massage work, consisting of pinching all parts of the face, the fingers of the opera- ie beg moistened with a cooling and sweet- smelling lotion. This was followed by a thorough rubbing of all parts of the face, and for at least five minutes after the operator had finished her treatment the face of the patient resembled the sides of a thoroughiy boiled lobster. Gradually, however, the face assumed its natural color. The advocates of the face treatment declare positively that after four or five visits to the ‘‘massageure” the complexion takes on a decidedly handsome hue, one which it is almost impossible to produce in any other way. After a patient has been through the treatment, and her complexion he. as much improved as could desired, it is only necessary for her to visit the ‘“massageure” once or twice a month to keep her complexion “fully up to the standard of excellence.” The effect of the face massage treatment tends to keep the blood well to the surface of the cheeks, and to make it visible through a thin coating of paint or powder. Thus the new fad is less injurious to the system than the many unnatural methods so long ted by pape wome! — for that reason may receive approbation of man; TeOns d to enforcing nature a ite “eanate man also ie a = own Tremont massage 0) ‘or the pur- pose of adding to his stock of information of the new complexion improver, The ited said that she had a of SCIENCE OF OVERALLS. Even the Most Commonplace Things May Be Worth Knowing About. Ordinary people suppose that there is very little indeed to be known or learned about 60 commonplace a thing as overalls, And yet! } there is @ vast amount of information well worth ascertaining regarding them, as a Sran reporter was surprised to discover one day this week, while taking lunch at @ Penns: avenue hotel not ar trom the Capitol. Two drummers, representing rival firms engaged in the manufacture of overalls, were same table discussing the comparative merits | of goods they sold. To begin with, it became evident from what they said that the basivess of making garments of this description is simply enormous. More particularly in the west great establishments strive with each other in the contest for supplying the mining popniation with them; but, of course, overalls are used everywhere, Plain and uncomplicated as these equipments appear, the methods for turnin them out are secured as proprietary by patents \s of immense value. All this the newspaper man quickly found out from what the drummers said, but they went into the subject with a pri fundity that well mgh carried the listener out of his depth, To commence they discussed the cotton used for the material of overalls, One thought that apa cotton was the best for the purpose, while the other advocated the merits a the South Sea Island product, Next it was a ques- tion as to just how many twists should be given to the threads in the process of weaving the cloth, Then the SUBJECT OF DYE came np, and on this point argument became decidedly vehement. Drammer No, 1 said that he did not think the brown tan the most | 7 demrable, “Wi Holy Moses!” he exclaimed, “it’s the same blooming stuff that the fisherman use to dye their nets, “Schoost so!” replied the other triumphantly. “And vy is it zat der feeshermen dye der nets mit ze brown tan? Scemply begause it keeps zem from rotting in ze vater, is ve same idea mit der oferalls, vich are protegted by ze brown tan from rotting ven zey git vet.” That argument seemed to be a squelcher 80 far as the question of dye was concerned, though drummer No.1 would not own up to | being convinced on the point. However, dis- cussion passed to the manner in which the SEAMS OF OVERALIS are sewed, each seam being repeated at least eight times by carrying the thread back and forth, so that ripping is rendered almost an impossibility. Next the method of attaching the fly piece came up, that important part being carried down the front and back up | again 80 a8 to make a loop tha othing cau | tear. As drummer No, 2 expressed it, the wearer of @ garment constructed in this way “‘can schtraddie ail over greation and nefler bust anyding. Buttons came next, When we sew s button on,” said drummer 1, “we make it as strong as we know how, to begin with, and fasten the end of the thread. Then we take afresh thread, pass it through the cloth aud the buttou, and wind it round and round—so that, when the bloomin’ thread wears out, itis not the thread that holds the button at all, but the other one.” THE Stag reporter was just taking the con- } cluding bites of his dessert when the argument on the opposite side of the table had got as far asthe pockets of overalls, which were men- tioned as being made of duck and fastened at the corner with small rivets—themselves repre- senting valuable patents—to keep them fre tearing down, Stull further information would doubtiess have been interesting, but the talk became so highly technical when it reach the bottoms of the trouser parts that it did seem worth while to listen any further, though | doubtless there iss great deal more that is well | worth kuowing on the subject of overalls, j HOW TO CURE WARTS, The Many Superstitions About Getting Rid of Them, From the Lewiston Journal. “Warts!” exclaimed the oracle to the pre- siding member of the oyster cracker conven- | > tion in a Main street grocer on Saturday. “I've had ’em. Y, had’em, but I charmed "em away. statement the members of the convention fell into silence, considering the departed warty of youth, “If a man will write down the number of warts that he bas on his hands on the hatband of a tramp without the tramp knowing it, the latter will carry the warts away with him,” suggested George William. the elderly oracle on warts, atter a loug mlence, “Warts used to give in,” he continued, ‘when you cut one notch on a green elder stick for every wart you had and then rubbed the stick on each wart and then buried it in the barn- yard until it rote, That fixes’em, Take a black snail, rub him on the warts and then stick him on a thorn bush. Do this nine successive nights and the snails and the warts will be dead together.” | “Chalk marks on the stove funnel used to my warts,” said the chairman of the meetin, “Get emon when nobody could see you and when they disappeared the warts went too. ‘This used to get sort of mixed when my mother saw the chalk marks and wiped ‘em. off. When L used toseea funeral go by unexpectedly I used to rub the wartsup and down and +Warts and corpses pass away aud never return,’ That was intended to fix ‘em. “Charming warts was the popular way in my | day,” said the minister, “A man of elderly mein and sad features was the king of charm- ers. I went to him surreptitiously one day and he looked me in the eves and said something that sounded like “Wobbly, gobbly, gum,’ anda lot more of the same interesting ‘description, I've forgotten whether the warts went or not. We used to think that to take as many pebbles as we had warta, touch them to the excre- scences, sew them in a bag, take them to the four corners of the cross-roads and throw the bag over the left shoulder, would do the busi- ness, The only bad feature about this was that if any person should find the bag and open it he would reap the warty treasure of the bag.” A New Cook Book. From the Berkshire News, Material is now being gathered for the News cook book, which it is intended shall be the most complete work of its kind, and will be a great aid to the housewives of Berkshire. We append a few of the prescriptions: Clear Soup—Take two piuts of water, wash them thoronghly on both sides, pour into a dish or something, and stir around the kitchen until tired. Plum Pie—Get some dough, hammer out a front and back breadth. Line a dish with sin, put ine veneering of dough, fill the dish with Brummel’s cough drops, put on the top crust, feather-stich around the edges and bake in a tinker's furnace, Pound Cake—Mix up some flour and things, put them into a dish, bake fora while, then screw in the handle and commence to pound. Stomach Cake—Line a small boy with green apples and cucumbers, This can be prepared at short notice, Calves’ Foot Jelly—Get trusted for a Chicago calf—they have the largest feet—cut off the calf, which can be used for making hash or chicken salad; wash the feet, thicken with glue, add a few molasses, strain through a cano- seated chair, pour it into a blue bowl with red ictures on it, set itin the shade to get tough. ‘ben send it to a sick friend. Ice Cream—Dry a piece of ice in the sun, stir in some cold cream or vaseline, fan it until itfreezes, garnish with Christmas greens. This should be served with the soup. Hash—Chop pated at the | | | = te pert Deual conaits fae 5 THe PUWOHA Paper. — War i } healed propossin, in be, Wal) be Pece Lock NOUS, > Ve Oo bu tor promptly whe wht Proposaie i “tire he uu by che Ureservie th “ay, 38, x . ev the rig notified that wuder th FHment reer PROPOSALS. Pores i Sh OF Wan ue. tor the 4 paper to te re 4 woUBed. The Peject any or all prom uoust be made om, wale tor Bente waxved, M 26,27, 80,82 Aa May 7 epa— t to the us until TWELY SkVENT hie War Depart: the Bacal year euding PROPOSALS POR TCL—Wan 1 Suppiy Division, Mays, NY. —Re the usual conditions, wilt ixvo. ers’ Materials, WED rey PROPOSALS FoR FULL. Us. © store in Lewiston | 00%." 260 | Door, je ofoe wut 7 Nk SEVEN 1 ate June 30, ar apy ropcmtion Purchased 0 iM remuvil tor Ie and f Fo: DAX, Materials and Fiuns . UES File Iie DAY. 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MACAKTNE M x. tock Ex, jember N. 4. Stoel CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. NW, Lakers aud duaicre in Guverument Bouda, Deposita. Exchanse, Loans. Collections, Raiirond Stocks and Bonds, aud al securities iete® on ui. hasges of New bork, Pluadelplua, boston and Baltimore bougtt atid aod, A Spec made of wvestuwent securities District dd wud wil Local Railroad, Gua, Iusurahoe abd Lele dealt in FAMILY SUPP! ck bought and sold jy18 LIES. 2 : aud 703 15th st Sugar Corn, bottle Grape W Sweet Catawba, 6 Ibs, au8- Law! 10, 505 7TH ST. 8.¥. L 1 Found Laer” Sumy pe, 2d Java Cotter, _ MANICURE. ADAM Fax) 'S Grocery, 1245 7th st. n.w. EEE FOU ADs LARD, 2 3 Ponude Cuftee Cake, Ponude a MANICURE AND CHIROPODIST w,, over Thompson's dr store. The only unporter and manufacturer of Fine eure and Chiropodist Guo: uth uf Ni ow York.at sa Mc Mess jects are E1151R OF OFrIUM Jen preparation of the drag by which its injnriog removed, While the Valuable medicinal Up everything, add some ready- | Propertics are retained. 11 possonses all the sedative, i anodyne and antispasinodic powers ot Opium, but pro- ge or oe 8 kettle of hot water at 6:57, let them boil until | {’rHveuens we leadache, Iu acute nervous aime cae the clock strikes; serve on half shell. best payee atte To Remove Stains—To remove fruit stains __— from a tablecloth a = in ~pmooned & FERRETT, Agent, kerosene, and coal oil, 8 with gua- powder, apply: a lighted match, 672 Pearl st. New York, One-two-three e—One egg, two flour, three bounce. _ An Inexpensive Dish—] ‘see page 5275), put in your le a ttice york over the top, ont babe three | These figures are the numbers of the alphabet which spell out the name of the VERY HIGHEST GRADE SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR ‘Manufactured in the world, the justly Celebrated and E KENNEDY & SONS, 1200 F st and 1116 Comnecticut ave. righs B. F. BACON, 640 Pennsylvania ave. would G.G. COBNWELL & SON, 1412 Peunaylvanis ave. tion. €.0. BETAR 2618 Bow Sask ove, ae ‘There is grave danger in northeastern Kansas | y. Kk. rt 635 Louisiana ave, Shas the wheat exep WEll be 0 failure, owing to S&B WATERS, 1542 7th «t. — pry SA eee as plough their fields up and put in other seed. W. T.GIVER, corddendHeuw ny, aptewas eae eee Pee Pig 4 ia alia