Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1890, Page 13

TTRACTIVE HOMES. me Common-Sense Suggestions for Beauty and Comfort. eee TIES FOR THE AUTUMN sili cov Simple but Pretty Cornet Chair—An “Occasional” to Correspond—How to uglish Ideas a Written for Tae Evento Stan. ITH the waning of Augast quite differ- Pyyent matters begin to interest the wo- , pmen of the land from those of even @ month ago. 1 an the ordinary women the home makers and w° lost or many of them are scattered about the by “mountain, stream and Their summer plans of traveling and p occupied the early ad the fulfillment m kers. country of these projects the past two months fiy away. Now, however. the ap- proach 1 is the signal for home Coming with the majority of wand: and the pleasant bu aud excitement of settling down again in the accustomed places will be going onin many homes. It is true in more ways than one that travel enlarges Oar ideas, and a woman must be very dull of perception who does not imbibe from the peo- ple she meets and the places she sees a good deal that will be to her advantage in various ways. From what one sees and hears there is generally m: that will improve taste and jy imagination vieas that a add much to the beauty a use, for instance. Ifa women | for ag up her home toit in of impr she is quite apt to c: with » quantity of new id The summer's rest and eb h to enter work with ow and ze: retty resulta will undoa ater when time to achieve them has bee: lowed. A good deal of this work must be 8s soon aiter the Ist of tember as po-sibl forthe bi re inexorable in their de- Mands iater im the season. A CORNER CHAIR. Of course when once anyone begins to dabble im paint there is a fascination about it that ke>ps one wielding a brush, and if without oment. has supphed ar H i | skill to produce pictures, one cen at least | 07 1 As to ning is required it | enamel all the old chairs and tables. Indeed. | ctieres in bed rooms or other | many go further and purchase new ones for the cretonnes are suitable, Last sea- | sake of painting them. charming little ean attraction in w 1. It was made to ord ‘are shops from a d a@ young girl artiat, who the Isaw a litt corner chair w time agoa 1 would look and cushioned it. | Seat. The outlines and that is its ch | also substantial. being made plain seat. The ec . a Wished to leave it oak i good and with the siig ion of a thin tied on it is In manr ror bard wood wo: more suitable tha though one or two odd pieces in wiute seem to be considered justifiabl. no ma: what the rest of the furnishiug may be. A TABLE T - It seems to me a little table to correspond with such a chair might very easily be gotten ap. for the table itself is to be found in every furniture store, and in all other places where smuall tables are kept. It 19 the little oak table ich sells at $1.50, with small square top aud &RESPOND. & “Y spreading legs, and is calied the There is also a sheif erally, and, altogether. size for nook: with the eharr, < painted white also: th rimming would be to tack f the top torchon lace nine inches « putting ou in shallow » asional.”* ken- useful used c underneath it is a If to be it of “p. | @ square brass ta if one wished. a loose mat ef white or color could be cover it, or one or two«mall be put under any ornament likely to scratch the enamel. It would bea long time before the lace would be soiled evough for washing, on the top to plush could and when that happened the _ tacks could be carefully taken out and then put back after the lace was cleaned without burting the table in the least, It the chair were to be left in its netural state the table mult be. t course, and then it is a very simple matt: showing the top of the table bare would pretty in this case, but a cover of white or col- ored silk or plush merely covering the table top, with the lace attached to this usa deep fll, would make this as pretty im ite way as the white one A EUSBAND'S REVENGE. Afunny story was iu one of the papers con- Serning the victim of one of these home artists, who had in her enthusiasm overstocked her Spartment with the «mall claire end tables of her own decoration. usband suddenly get- ting up in the night, found each aud every one Of these articles man trap of most persistent frequency before he reached the match safe. He resolved to make an end of such encounters | and bought a pot of phosphorescent paint, with | which he liberally splashed everything that couid be exiled & projection. Now at night | these are all brought into dazzling relief in the “| ture. would make this a cheerfully bright in- darkness in a way to give one the nightmare, sad he is revenged. - es wixpow cunTAINe, Among the other things to be thought of on soming home from a summer's absence are curtains and window hangings. Sash curtains bave added to these bousewifely cares, and yet beving tried them no oue gives them up, and every season brings uew couverts to the cus- —— THE EVENIN G ST AR: WASTIINGTON, D.C. Saal * SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. tom. Certainly a house with a uniform window dressing, something more ormataental then the piain dark or light ehades, looks much better from the street than ous Withont thiswareftl finish. Sash curtains alwaye bave an air of being «a special ¢ and provision of the mistress of the house, anda public ex- ponent of her taste in such matters, A ser- vaut's hand cannot tie the graceful bow that fas- tens them back. or loop them in the graceful curve which is the favorite style of arranging them. [t takes a personal interest im the mat- ter to give the particular touches that make success of the undertaking. It is still too early to really get curtains huug in thie warm celi- mate. but. as I advisedly said. they have now to be “thoughtef.” A good way to manage in cleaning such curtains of muslin or ary wesh fabric, such as is preferred for the purpose, is to have them washed thoroughly in the spring when they are taken down and then | away rough dried avtil antamn, when—if ther are joundered at home—they may be storehed and ironed as they are wanted to be put up, thus having no folds or creases in them. ENGLISH STYLES. Without being in danger at all of becoming an “Anglomaninc” une may find much to ad- mire in English ways and customs, Some of the housefurnishing ideas, for instance, are both good and pretty and differ in various points from our cor re«pondingones, They «d- vo hing in bed-room draperies that will not wash, on sanitary grounds, ao cretonnes of i od muslin are the choice for aslin is the almost universal used next the window, either arranged asasash or long curtains under something heavier, Frills are an indispensable junet and certamly a very pretty Nothing can give a window a daintier or more dressed look than muslin cur- tains with frilly, yet we seldom see them here, nmonly putit. Ifacnrtain of this kind is to be put close to the sash a small rod is some- times put at top and bottom ot the window; the with rufiles mecting inthe center at the top is slipped on these rods and pushed oack each side at the bottomaa far as one fancies. A GooD WAY. Another way which also prevails when the muslin curtains are long enough to just clear | the floor is to have the curtains cross at the | top and then loop them high on each side; the frills going down exch side and across the bot- tom. As far as my observation went last rea- son only one house here in Washington had | this arrangement, and asthey were put close to | | the sash the outside effect was extremely pretty. Lace instead of imuslin was used in’ this in- stance The crossing ought to be iy arranged with rods, rings and curtain ins. and would be novel and attractive, Ot | course more fuilness would be necessary tor curtams to be bung in this way. Are versible eretonne ealicd Florentine is use England and makes Ligh: 1 pretty curta s stamboured muslin was the newest in- ive Material with us for sash curtains, wud like imany other things was best in its sunplest designs, The lar dot, with scallop on the edge, effective w Lung i acloser or more elab- Probably this style will be a other yeur, though some rivai r to Gispute its claim to popularity, ¥ to have mitch chotee in we- lecting things now forthe house, but the nov- cities ure betinn.ag to appear and soon a good choice may be bad. ¥ FRILLED COVERS, ty way to use chintz in bed 1g rooms in aa Engilsh manner teovers for chairs or lounges m either buttoned on or pinned | pins, so that they can washed. These covers give a dressed-up™ look to the room and might make | old chairs look as pretty in a quaiut way as rooms and & is to make fri and have th new 0 A bed room with every detaii | carried out in chintz can be mad very pretty. The bed spread, toilet cove chair covers, table spread. enrtains and por- tieres, all im smali-patterned chintz, can be wade into an artiste cect. and a sili farther accessory might be to have she ceiling covered | with it, with cre ed moldings crossing panels of, say, three full ; udeep frieze would best suit 4 im deep pink. if pink is in tho picture rod.o! white below it, and & patterned paper in small figure nd two tones of butf. Matting on the floor, 1a few sinall rags and the be frilied furni- terior. see A WOMAN’S CLUB, WHY NOT A Washington Lady Suggzes' Way to Start One, in Easy _ DON'T see why the ladies in Washing- ton don't get up a little ,club of their jown,” said a society woman the other day ou @ fiving summer visit to her home in this city. “This is « grent club town for the men, and I can't see any reason why we shonid not have a social rendezvous of the kind for ourselves. Phila- delphia, New York. aud other cities have suc- cessful women’s ciubs, and there is no doubt that we conid get upa first-rate one here. I understand that there is already a project om foot, and the schcme reduced to the basis of au incorporation with capital stock, to establish atic club for women at the capital, to be in @ measure a national affair, and to provide a headquarters for ail the female suffrage and other such organizations in petticoats in the country. What we want is a very different sort of thing—a distinctly private and reason- ably select ciub with a modest but nicely ap- pointed house in a convenient location. WHAT THE CLUB HOUSE SHOULD BE. “Such a club need not be at all an expensive affair, Fifteen hundred doilars a year would hire a satisfactory house, or oue thousand dol- lars to modestly begin with, and the furnishing done expeuses would be comparatively For service we should only need a good house keeper, a man servant aud a neat maid im cap aud ribbons. We should not want a cafe, but only such smali appurtenances as are reyaisite for making a cup of tea or coffee, and perhaps three or four chafing dishes for little picnics at huagry moments. You can cook no end of good things, you know, with chatiug dish and @ spirit lamp. A Welsh rarebit for two and a bottle of beer to go with it makes one feel delightfully dissipated. Of course, in such a club we would have no bar, but there would be uo harm in having u bottle or two of wine on hand, in case any one ted glass, anda few bottles of beer in the ice box for similar emergencies, HOW TO START IT. “To start a club of tho sort would be so easy that I can’t understand why it hes not already been done. Let «dozen women who like one another get together and imcorporate them- selves asaclub. At ouce there would be ever so meuy applications for membership—so m: in fact, that a limit would quickly have to beset upon the number. Twenty dollars for the initiation fee aud $20'a year dues would be about right. Initiation fees would pay for the furnishing of the house aud 5 would not be hard to pay each quarter, Certainly the ad- vantages would be well worth the money to any woman. Women equally with men find a social meeting place enjoyable where they can get together and gossip aud read the magazines and hey Papers. Candy, of course, ought to be on sale by the house keeper, and the house committee should be particularly chosen for the skill of its members in the selection of confectionery. Ishould think that a great many ladios in th departments would be delighted to join sucha club; in fact, there is not the slightest doubt of it. Necessarily, admission to membership would be only through election by a board of governors, One hundred members would run the club nicely on a modest scale, and the two a gi be ensily | er hundred members who would doubtless be ob- tained at once would provide an income of 24,000 a year—quite enough to run bom handsomely. That is my notion of what ought to be done in Washington, Isis _—_ time that we had a women’s club here, and I look to see some such suggestion as that I have made oar- ried out practically before long.” wo Aetna Master Pug Was Unmoved. From the Boston Herald. Fortunately for the pug dog, those who own him continue to shower attentions upon him, in spite of the edict that he is now out of the fashionable swim. Whena dog ceases to be fashionable the outside world looks at him with disfavor and becomes intolerant of his once admired ‘points’ *and characteristics, “Gracious me!” exclaimed a hard-featured ¥ station one het day last “do see that woman a-fannin’ that nas’ pug! maperelylelag tes might hang tongue out a mile.” then good soul frantically flourished @ folded newspaper and er face with such abandon that by- standers expected to see the cuticle come Master Pug, apparently indifferent to the com- ment his evoked, continued to gasp and grunt as he caught mouthfuls of the fan breeze unl the train came, which, lot us into a more sympathetic, uf not mosphere, ate BEAUTY’S SOFT CHEEK How Fresh Air and Good Food Per- fect Its Color. COSMETICS RECOMMENDED. pe Shirley Dare to Her Correspondents— The Effects of Exercive and Proper Diet—Evening Euteriainments—A Les- OU can't give the women too much about cosmetics,” writes a well-to-do wowan \f@trom o Pacific summer resort, and |B various hints to the same effect come “irom different quarters of the country anu the continent, The shortest way to get at what women really want to know is by the ree quests in most of the 499 letters which haunt me. This letter will be given up maiuly to the chat with correspondents long promised. ONE WAY TO REDDEN THE CHEEKS, “Constant Reader” —thirteenth of the name —wants the recipe for bringing blood to the checks and lips in place of using paint. Ten drops oil of mustard in an ounce of alcohol is the formula, Spouge the chevks aud lips with a few drops of this half an hour before you wish to present yourself, It will soon smart and redden the skin, but must not be allowed to buru more than five minuter, Wash off nnd appiy a touch of cold cream or the new toilet cerate, which is so fra- grant, 80 balmy to the skin, which does not grease the skin or produce down on tue f which it seems nenrly all the toilet salves, gi corines and faity preparations have the wicked- hess to encourag 1 passant. if there is no good blood in th m, if you are aucmie or bilious, you can’t get up a good color even by Narrows three of ladies in If « boat could steam down the or four times « day with a lo: easy dress who should exer from the time of starting till they came back it wouid be the Dest school of color for feminine fac Tf you can't get ocean or lake air take the highest and purest you can reach; live in il, work in it a for as possible, and let thes uses of mus- tard and ginger and carmine go by TOO MUCH RED IN THE CHO ERS. No. 2 suffers with fiushed f tend blood to the head, the least exertion make warm and she perspires too tre Sh to kuow whether there is medicine she can get which wouid cool the blood This looks li pr y of her kay without that especially over forty years of 4 Ped noses and flu. faces to f. erated in the stomachs where d gestion docs hot take plice. “Lhis gastro dilation is the origin of mauy kin disorders, bes Many mental states of simpic or cmoti depreseion,” Peotessors ‘Trastour say Buu tak bad water or Sprude! salts or & good seidiitz power in hot thing in the mu : quent mea’s; let » alone on account of their b the the produets o} Thompson of New Y on discases of the at No. 3 writes: bi ud, if either. This kind of appeal is e hands in wrath and doubt women are taught ever culture. artisti and nd zh to raise holy Wrath that our be asked aud that it slonid rece Swers of folly. Yet the letter written, in good handwriting. ADVICE AS TO BREAD, Lot us hope the hygienic text books of the future will teach the difference between bolted and unbolted flour, Unbolted flour, it is re- in concession to Lidylike ignorance, is containing the whol: of the . in ng the outer cunt, which is the bran, and Phosphates, te very parts nceded by acdentary persons, but which are carefuily mited out of the white flour. Don't go to the baker's for bread to keep you in health. The bakery bread is almost without exception over-fermented with yeast to the point of sourness, made of inferior flour, from which the best nutrient p have been re- moved by bolting, and. lastly, is seldom baked enough for human food. This is why Ameri- cans area nation of dyspeptics, always in a harry, thin and excita Enough has been said about the hurry producing dyspepsia, when every doctor knows that the hurry, the desire to be continually on the move, is one of the ef- fecta of nervoux dyspepsia, created by lack of phosphates and their nerve nutrition. Were we to eat sound, nourishing bread, were that part of our diet alone to be what it ought, we would change from thé thin, sharp, snappish race to amiable, stable, prompt. but not exci able and worrying beings. We would see fur- ther into things and mistakes in business aud affairs would be fewer. No. 4asks: “Can you tell the price of the tove which Mr. Edward Atkinson in- Mr, Atkinson's stove, with its economy and saving of heat, is based on afew of the comfortable old principles which are lying by for brigitt minds to pull them out and put them in use again to the great convenience of mankind. ‘The stove is uot even patented, or was not Ist season. Itis made in Brook- line, Mass., and sclis for 218 to $20. SOCIAL PROGRAM, “Two Light Seekers” send an interesting letter, the answer to which may serve for other readers and seasons. No. 1 usks: “What kind of entertainment would be most suitable for an evening in sum- mer? Would it be permissible to have a musi- cal and literary program followed by refresh- ments, such as ices, aud then conversation? Or would that be too arduous work for the sum- mer evenings: Nothing marks the decline of genuine society and social complishment th. that such a phrase as ‘a musical and literary program” should ever gain acceptance in conmection with entertainments in eee houses, It sounds like a college fraternity, like a lodge of Gvod Templars, like one of those non- descript assemblies over which Mme. Adam and other French women uot to the manner born preside, gavel in hand, as if it were a political meeting, where good order must be nocked into people's brains with a mallet, The “musical and literary program” should have no place in good houses unless ata pri- vate concert. The cut and dried performance which calls for @ program is the very extinguisher of so- cie! If well bred. kindly feeling people can- not get amusement enough out of each other conversation, that choicest of gifts, arts and accomplishments, now aud then broken by a wong or gliding into one, a glee, a chorus, a ballad or # comic song, as suits the occasion, ny, all the company had better go to a variety show and call it society. Music of the lightest sort 18 the only amusement for warm evenings, except conversation and flirtation, A PLEASANT PROGRAM, The right sort of people brought together will usually know how to entertain themsely. in the way they like best. If itis cool enough for half a dozen dances, very well, and there may be card tables with clean packs of cards for those lively games which aliow x f taiking—no scientific whist or selfish “Boston, above all, no playing for monoy or prizes, The idea of giving prizes in private company for the winner at progressive eucher or the one who pins the donkey's tail on is “lowdown” and mean mannered as you please. Tt used to be a reproach in early society that certain unwelcome Visitors “only went for what ber could get to eat,” and the plan of offering and taking prizes in private company says on the one hand the hostess feels she has nothing — to attract her guests, and the taking not less vulgar than the old-fashioned carty- ing away cake and sweets in one’s pocket hand- kerchiet It says in fact, ‘We come for loot,” and it is agive and take insult. Better taste wili have @ quantity of photographs of noted people and Places, if possibly from private camera so much the more entertaining. A parlor stereop- ticon might be shown half an hour, spriu; ing the affair on the company without Previous warning, as an interlude. The old-fashioned parlor games are worth reviving. ‘What is my thought like” or “I love my love with an A because he is amiable,” and so on, which bright people can make very amusing. Talking and games, with ices and sherbet, are enough for ‘any small party in warm weather. A LESSON IN MANNERS. jo, 2 writes: “‘We are two young ladies, both about twenty-one, boarding with a family, but having the freedom of the whole house. Would it be proper for us to invite on our own esponsibility, as for instance, ‘Miss A and Miss ve such ane quoied is well ms wants | B desire, &c.,’ or would that be considered too fpvterl arcooagt Cau we invite any of our young gentlemen friends, for, of course, the man lady of the hoase will be th ceive with us? We do not wish to do in opposition to good form, but it se bread-winners. might be exempt from some of the restrictions placed about more dependent young women. It would be the best form and vest feeling to have your hostess join in the iuvitations as she does in the receiving, A certain deference is always due the lady of the house, on whom the heavier share of entertaining fnlis—the care of the rooms, ordering supper. &e. If you were men. independent of creation, this obligation would be the same as long as the host and hostess receive with you. If you gave a party and they stayed behind the eurtain to see that ices were served it would be different. Fine brecding will never feei such eonsider- ation a restriction. Of course yan can invite any gentieman with whom you are ov ® social footing. But drop that crowning vulgarity of rase “gentlemen friendy.” It should never hoard from the lips or fall from the peu of a lady. CONCERNING Cosmetics. T. 8. V. wants “to know all about the cos- metic rosmarine.” It is an old formula, not a cosmetic, but a very grateful, fragrant and e . It was one of the savies from the old practice, excellent up the strength of persons obhged ueiusclves or to bring back strength after long illness. It was one of the safest of lotions and gave firmness to the muscles of the face, overcoming the tendency to droop, which comes on with Yyears—sometimes early in life, [tis not sold by any druggist and L only know it from coming across «a bottle belonging to » old-fashioned people. The formuia is & No. 2 would say that Ada Rehan’s re- newed youthfulness is owing to akullful treat- ment, every year becoming more hygienic and less empirical, diet and German waters to toue down flesh and give transparence to the com- plexiou. “By the way, two or three well known drugs will do this as well as arsenic, giving @ More transluceut paleness, but they are too dangerons in inexperienced bands to be given to the pubiie. Facial usassave, with the new toilet cerate, whiet outdoes any cold cream, lanoline or gly- c preparadon, will take ‘lines out of the face and lvave it smooth, It is reaily a boon to have au application for the face which does not Jeave it glistening with grease like a Sioux In- dian or make one a ghost with white lead, FACE OREASE. Toilet grease of whatever kind is good to Srow hair on the face; that I know. The fine mustachex the South American women show after thirty are more or less due to the cacao butter with which they smear their faces nightly, aud Ihave yet to find one woman who telis me how well glycerine agrees with her French doctors | | dow: e times a dey should | skin who does not show cheeks thick with down, erates are waxy preparations, not nd the toilet ecrates waxiest of all, and softemnmg the skin at the same en the electric baths and sulphur baths impart freshness and vitality, till they are be- commng a necessity for professional and society women, who are as completely professional as tresses, can’t, than outline the usual professionals who go abroad atmicnt and come back with the fresh- tgirls, 1th women can do y an of leisure ough to be able to do Tudeed it seems her duty to doso. If you bink of going on the stage the use of cerate is wep the maseies of the face firm it the same time, fale powder is nothing new, but is sble Jor the toilet as oncof the safest dex most cooling of thy face and skin powders, Tam very glad to see popular firms preparing ver It is made al soap stone d to make it br from a fine variety of ry steatite, powdered liantly white. which It preserves from sun- jew if liberaily used and relieves ‘nds and feet. In another form it is and eprinkled in bu- fuse to pull out makes . Dusted thickly in win- ‘amics it prevents sashes sticking. moist glove aul shoe powder, rean drawers wi them tractable at one FRECKLES AND HAIR lirting Fauny” demands dTIONS, . sure cure for freckles.” ‘The lust treatment is touching onch spot with a splinter dipped in pure carbofic acid, which burns out the skin down to the pigment layer. ButI should not advise any one but a skilled physician to attempt this, as itis a risk — eding, and will make the face unpresentable for days. Better exercise, take charcoal and taraxacum or vichy water, and to expose your face to the sun all you possibly can to overcome the anemia which brings on freckles, Twexty CorngsroxpeNts.—For comedones or black heads use # lotion of ether, one fi ounce; carbonate of ammonia, twenty grain and two fluid ounces of water.” Have a drug: gist mix it and apply twice daily with a bit of rough crash. Take also a glass of fresh grape juice every morning before breakfast, which will have the effect of Saratoga water, and is better than any mineral water for young com- plexions, Sumcey Dare. COAL, How a Young Naval Ensizn Made Cap- ital of His Limited French. LIEUTEN! in the navy tells a funny story of an incident that oc- curred when he, a young ensign, was uid toacaptain, now a retired rear admiral of distinction, in a squadron in forvign waters some years ago, The vessel which the captain commanded, having run out of coal, was compelled to put inata French coaling station on the west coast of Africa for supplies. Confidence was felt in the willingness of the French officer in command to help out a United States vessel insucha strait. Accordingly the American commander ran into the port and made preps- ration to go ashore for negotiations. Knowing not a word of French himself he called hisaid, the young eusign, aud said: “Young man, do you know what the French is tor coal’ “Oh, yes,” replied the ensign confidently— “ ‘charbong,’ sir.” “Ab!” said the captain, gratified, “I am glad that you know French, because I must have @ talk with this toad-eating mounseer about fuel for the ship. We will go ashore in the gig and perform the business, Have the bout lowered, if you please, ‘Aye, aye, sir!” responded the ensign, touche ing his hat, and went away to have the order fuliiiled, When the captain and his aid reached shore they were received by the French officer in command, “You do the talking,” said the captain, bitin, off the end.of a very good cigar that the French officer had given him, “I don’t understand this bloody frog speech.” Now, it so happened that the young ensign knew just about two words of French and thes were “charbou” and ‘parfaitement.” How- ever, he did not like to confess bis ignorance and 8o “went it blind,” “Charbon'” he ejaculated with emphasis. “We want charbon!”” “Charbon?” responded the French officer. “We haf plenty charbon. You want ze char- bon. N’est ce pas?” “Parfaitement!” assented the ensign. The captain transferred his cigar to the other ‘ner of his mouth and said nothin, “Mais oui haf ze charbou emporte to votre lighter, n’est ce pas?” bon?’ French officer, witn a great effort of English, “Parfaitement!” said the ensign, “Mais oui!” said the French officer. “Eet ees un fait accompli. Je suis un ravi de vous faire un petit service, messieurs. Bon jour!” # “Pariaitement!” responded the ensign, amia- ly. As the American captain left the quarters of the French officer he squeezed the shoulder of his aid appreciatively aud said: “By gad! Muddsby, but you're a French scholar and no mistake. Why, d—n me, but you talked to that toad-eating French son-of-a- gun as if you were a native Parisian, by gad! Hang me, Muddsby, but these d—n foreign tongues are worth the learning, my boy. To see you do that bloody frog talk was a treat! We've got the coal, thanks to you, and, et sir, you must dine with me in my cabin tonight, and I'll take no denial!” Sagosa es “NSE The Midsummer Malady. ‘This is the season of the year When dread hay fever draweth near, And when the parson’s search for moun- it And if his congregation's slow In raising cash for him to He'll take a pound of suuff and sneeze, but what they mature it. But when the ts ar See E AT, For Satan never takes @ ul, aly de ceiver; And while the parson jxunting goes rie pectty his es in bows « ‘The devil: ps on working, unconsctous —Chicago Post, AN EVENING CALL. A Society Drama in One Act and a Quick Curtain. From the New York World. CHARACTERS REPRESENTED. Eorra Burspx Avavstts Poxsonsy. Tue OLp May. TIME—Topay at 8 Pow. Ponsonby—Aw—good evening. Miss Brin: Edith (meeting him in the wall)—Why, ii Aug—Mr. Ponsonby! Do come in! Let me have your hat and cane, please. Ponsonby (relinquishes cane feebly)— Thanke, awfully. (Site down im @ vacuous way.) Hot, isn’t it? Edith (on sofa)—Dreadfully. (Pause.) I heard you had gone to Long Branch, Ponsonby (feeling for his mustache)—No, id you? Naw, not to Long Branch. Edith Was it at Newport, then? I thought Fanny Cash said Long Brauch, but maybe it was Newport. Ponsonby (getting warm around the collar) — The fact is I haven't been to the shore this fummer, Can't say I enjoy it, you know. Edith—Do you prefer the mountains? Ponsonby (sceing his way out)—Oh, yans, the mountains! Jolly place, the mouutains; Jots of fun camping out and shooting and fish- ing and—( breaks down.) edith Frank Square wi Jast summer and fairly rave Do teli me, is it very nice? Ponsonby (afraid to lie abont it)—I—I really " y. I've never exactly been to—that is, IT don’t know much about the Catskills, Edith (with superior knowledge) — Lake George is in the Adirondacks. Ponsonby (hastily) Yer, of course. Edith—-Were you ever in the Rocky moun- tains? Ponsonby—Not exactly in them (feeling that he must get out of it somehow), but my uncle died there. Speaking of uncies. is that your aunt's picture? Seemis to me I've seen. Edith—Why, Mr. Pousonby, that is a crayon of me? Juhe Merveiileux drew that from a photograph and everybody says—— Ponsonby (hastily) -I meant that one in the corner, Edith (stiMly)—That is my father at the age of twenty-one. Ponsonby (in a cold sweat)—Ha, y I-I saw vour father this morning. 5 Edith (net much impressed)—Did you? (Pause)—Dear me, L wish the opera season would open! Ponsonby (enthusiastically )—So do I! Edith—I am so fond of the opera, areu't you? What 1s your favorite opera? Ponsonby (who hax had time to repent of bis rashness)—i—1 conldn’t exactly say. Edith—I adore “Rigoletto” above everything. Aud do you know they are going to sing “Rigo- Jette” the first week of the season? Ponsouby (sees he is in for it)—I hope I may have the (iuward groan) pleasure of your com- pany to h it? Edith— You are very kind, I think I have no other engagement-— Ponsonby (quick) Of cours another engagement-— Edith (more quickly )—No, Um sure Ihave not. Fanny Cash ix also fond— Ponsonby (determimed to draw the line)—I can’t enjoy the opera with a crowd. Edith—Oh, I like to be crowded (simpers). OF course I don't mean— Ponsonby (growing gallant and sitting beside her)—I rather like it myself—depends upon the company, though, Edith (trying to look unconscious)—I do be- lieve it is getting warmer. Pousonby (uot to be put off)—A gentleman can’t be too particular avout tis fried: espe- ay his lady trieuds. e Edith—I shouid say so! I know girls that I'm sure if I was a gentleman I wouldn't notice. Ponsouby (getting closer)—And there are other girls— ‘The Old Man (banging the hall door)—Where the devil's the hat rack? Why isn’t the gas kept burning? Edith (restrain father: he won't o Ponsonby (« little shaky)—I have known girls—one girl in particular ‘The Old Man (outside)—In the parlor, is it? What's it doing in the parlor? No, I didn't leave it there—pooh! nonsense! Edith—He is coming in! Ponsonby escapes to his former seat as the man enters in search of his meerschaum. } Edith (sweetly)-Good evening, pawpaw. This is Mr. Ponsonby, pawpaw. The O. M. (brusqu: Howdy. Ponsonby. Ponsonby (rises to ke hands and then thinks better of it)—Good evening. How’ how's business? The O. M. (savagely)—What's that? Ponsonby (afraid to repeat it)—Quitea move- ment in trade circles recently. Do you suppose we will have any trouble with China over the-- what's the name—act? The O. M. (grinning behind his hand)—Ohb, I guess not. What do you expect? Ponsonby (in deep water)—Oh—ah—well— something serious. NowI look at it in this light. Suppose our minister to China comes home? The O. M. (yawns)—Yab! Ponsonby (thinks he is getting on famousiy)— In that case China will send over a fleet, and where will we be? The O.M. (gravely)—In New York. Ponsonby (keeping it up)—Yes, to be sure; but where will the country be? Our moneyed interests will be in peril, sir. The O.M. (lighting bis pipe)—That would be rough on us, wouldn't it? Ponsonby (feeling that he is solia)—Ofcourse we would have to combine for mutual protec- tion, Wemust hang together and—(trails off in confusion as the Old Man walks out of the room puiting calmly). Edith—Deur me, how you gentlemen get in- terested in business talk. Now, I don’t uuder- stand a word you've been saving. Ponsonby (puiling up his collar)—We un- erstand each other. In case of a war— Edith—War! Is there going to be war? Ponsonby (coming to her)—There is no tell- ing what may happen, but if the worst comes to the worst you may depend— The Old Man (outside)—I will not keep quiet! What do I care about a juckanapes of a ten-dollar clerk. [fT thought Edith—(door closes suddenly in the distance, ) Ponsonby (turning pale)—Really I—(con- sults watch), how time does fly! Edith—\ou were saying that in case of = Ponsonby—Yaas; in case of war (happy thought). I would be the first to go. Edith (tenderly)—And this ~-girl in particu- lar,” what would she say? Ponsonby—That I ought to go. Edith (rising haughtily)--She would be quite right. autiful night for a walk, Mr. Pon- sonby. Ponsonby (seizing his hat and cane)—Lovel; isn’t it? When may I hope for the pleasure— Edith—Such a beautiful night. Ponsonby—Really, Miss Brindle- The Old Man—Edit Ponsonby (hurriedly)—Aw—aw—good night. (Falls down the stoop as the door closes with a bang). Bipnex. at Lake George ver its beauties. if you have ng Ponsonby)—It is only mie in, ol coe The Old Tin Dinner Horn. When the blossom’s on the tater and the tassel’s on the corn, An’ the ripenin’ tomaytesses a@-blusbin’ like the mor! When tue pole beans young an’ tender an’ the ingen an’ the beet, An’ the cowcumber an’ cabbage’s "bout big enough to ea! When the yaller leg spring chicken, fried in but- ter “to @ turn, And’ corn pon's hot an’ buttermilk’s jest emptied from the churn, ig Oh, it’s then I love the music of the tootin’ dinner born, When the blossom’s on the tater and the tassel’s on the corn, Woes ae sun ofsummer pours down a 's el An’ him orkin’ ft to kill a-pilin’ up the stack With a justy sweat a-pourin’ down face into exes, An’ the thresher keeps a-buzzin’ likes pantry full ies; When he feels about as holler as the everlastin’ — | sense 0’ goneness nothing else can sal the appetizin’ music of the tooting dinner- ‘When the blossoms on the tater an’ the tassel's ‘on the corn. meagre wend capeeitete and biscuits hot sguyees cakes an’ tree merlasses a mighty An’ roastspar rib an’ eweet pataters baked with Bur putter and garding sass is mighty hard inde Weannedahaneied from bis buzzum to his There's a sight of hallylooyer in the satisfyin’ Of the women folks a-biowin’ on the old tin dinner When tre blossomn's on the tater an’ the tessel’s on thecorn, —Ebwin 8. HoPKins. “Well, well; you've pala How did you Les it there’sno after all.” what we han: conden ty out.” — Phen teeter lpr yond poe lovers along dark. tn" A GIRL BROKER Who Attends to Customs Business for Importers. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. A modest-appearing young lady came into Appraiger Burdsal’s office yesterday afternoon, said something in a lew veice, received an auswer, smiled ber reply and went quietly away. Beyoud an attractive face and pretty ways her coming caused no comment, especiall: to one bent on busivess, But when Mr. Burdsal said: “I ave three or four calle a day from that young lady,” the ease assumed a phase of de- cided interest. “Thought she was your granddaughter?” “No, indeed! She's a broker —what is known a8 a custom-house broker. Does that surprise you? Well, that youug lady is a brave one, and she’s a smart one, and she deserves a world of credit. Her father was a custom-house broker and she has eeeded to his business. I be~ . she is carrying on the bu : and all by herseif. The business is a most difti- cult one and it wotfid seem to me about the last thata young lady would think of entering. But she 18 a great success, and is another proof of what women can do iman equal chance with oo not men, Though young lady's grandfatherly p t the reporter's face in her direction. She was found ensconced in a neat littie office in Pike's Opera House, on the same floor on which ex-Gov. Foraker's law offices are located, The young broker had just cone in and still had on her big hat with the broad, flappy brim, and was stil carrying ber little hand satchel. She looked more like a re- cent graduate from high achool, one whose life had been nanght but one long summer, and she looked as though the most serious occupation of her life was going a-shopping. A pack of letter heads lay on the desk, and in one ovrner was “H.R. Graser, castom honse broker.” And this was the young lady with the flappy hat. “Oh, yes, [have carried on this business for some time,” she said. with that same quiet smile that she gave Grandpa Burdsal, ~My father, Ernst G. Graser, carried on the busi- ness, Then he took my ster in with him and it was E. & M. Graser. ‘ather died and my sister carried on the business for two years her- self, She then gave it up. [Married.—Rep.] No. Tdid not succeed her. I was too young. There was no custom house broker for some time after that anda good many of the large business houses got to doing their own custom house business, having men who gave their e1 tire time to lt. My present competitor su ceeded to what remained of father’s and sis- ter's business. When I commenced I had to commence entirely new. “How did you manage it?” “I went among business men, importers and solicited their customs business. I called upon many of my father’s old patrons, secnred business from many of them and, of course. worked up new business, It was very hard at{first, It is hard now. There is 60 much detail about it, My sister gave me a great deal of help.” “Mr. Burdsal says you often have large im- portations consigned to you?” “Oh, yes. I attend to the entire business for some honses. ‘These goods are consigned to me. I figure up the duty, pay the same and deliver the goods to the proper parties. My inquiry this afternoon was concerning some goods of New York parties that were consigned to me.” Brave little woman, traordinary difticulty the different ratings: this interesting dfather, his It is a business of ex- detail, She must know she figures the duties on 5 every manner of goods from every country | under the sun. The bills are made out ip the com in the particular realm from which differ- ent goods come. She must reduce that te United States currency; she must be posted in ail tariff jaws and regulations. And a copy of the new McKinley tariff bill and the new administrative bill, that went in force August 1, were lying on her desk. The ap- praiser says that ber work is very correct, Bhe gets an invoice and fig- ures out what the duties are, and then she comes over and they are compared with ours: she goes to the collector's and pays duty and delivers the goods. And she is making a good living, Itshows that young girls uced not think that shorthand and the typewriter and clerking are about ail that a woman can do. Here isa girl who successfully does a business that many men can not do. “Tam doing as weil as though I had gone into the usual avocations of a woman,” said Mixs Graser, “Are you not doing better?” “Well. yes,” with a smile. ig a8 wellasa man might “Will you tell how old you are?” “Twenty-one in July last.” And yet there are sdme features pertaining to her work that she can not do because she can not vote. She spoke of it oo Tennis Studies. From Harper's Bazar. 08 An Insulting Notice. From the Detroit Free Press. “Is this the water office?” he loudly de- manded as he entered the door. “Yes, sir,” humbly replied the clerk at the nearest window. “Well, sir, I have received an insulting no- tice, and I have called to ask for an explaua- tion.” “An insulting notice?” “Yea, it was sent out from here, and I 13 RAILROADS. CCBESAPEAKE AXD Olly KATLWar Schedule in Effect May 15. 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