Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1890, Page 9

Til EMPRESS EUGENE) SFS5855 SESRESET? [BiG MEN CARICATURES | HE EMPRESS EUGENIE | Mourafal Life of the Beautiful Widow of Napoleon. lll A VISIT TO FARNBOROUGH. All the ‘lemories of Reyalty Cherished —Clese Friendship With Queen Victo= rin—The Present Home of Eugenio— Where the Emperer’s Remains Lie, ———__—_. ‘Syectal Correspondence of Ta EvEstxe Star. Fanwsonovos Hants, Exotaxp, Oct. 8. ITHIN sound of the rumble of artil- lery, the clank of sabers, the gleam of "Avayouets and within sight of all the pomp and show of one of the great Empress Eugenie is passing in peace the last lays of her life. Ispeak of this remarkable woman as the empress because it would be con- sidered next to sacrilege among my present sur- roundings to allude to her as of the past. To the gentry, peasantry, even the aristocracy of this neighborhood, and in fact of England, she is empress still, and keeps the fiction ever in sight. In very many things she maintains about her the atmosphere of the head of the nation, and makes the fancy as near a reality as possible. There is little wanting. Here is maintained » well-equipped royal house with ladies in wait- ing, and the other accompaniments of social and political power. Secretaries, retainers and priests are always at her bidding and dig- nity and character are ever present to impress one with the fact that at least in name and ambition here is an imperial home. EMPRESS EUGENIE. Farnborough came into international promi- nence as the place where the great prize fight between Tom Sayers and John C. Heenan, “the Benicia bo: took place April 23, 1860. It is a straggling country side hamiet with very pleasant surround- ings about two miles from Aldershot, the home rendezvous of most of the English where recruits are gathered and new « weil trained for service abroad. There are beautiful stretches of country in almost every direction, but just beyond the camp wide stretches of land that seem to be given over to the military are less rich but serving a very valuable purpose. There are miles upon miles of this half deserted country stretching away in all directions, and every inch of it serves a good purpose, because it offers splendid open fields for the movement of troops. While Farnborongh is not part of Alder- shot’s make-up it is its near neighbor; near enongh to enjoy its society and feel ite influ- ence inasocial and military way. After all there may be much that is fitting in the em- press of the French, as these people still call her, building her castle so near this show of military power—s power she so loug enjoyed in the land from which she is now au exile. ‘The incidents of her life at this English home are at once pathetic and commanding. FRIENDSHIP OF THE QUEEN AND EMPRESS. I first saw the Empress Eugenie this summer on the Isle of Wight. She was visiting the queen at Osborne House. and the two were driving together. The contrast between them ‘s almost as greatas between their personal Mistories, witch are so different as daylight and darkness, The two widowed empresges, with the evi- dence of their loss in their dress, were driving over the roads in avery unpretentious car- riage, with no other evidence of their position than the crest on the wagon door and in the livery of the coachman and footmanon the box. They were chatting earnestly, as if deeply interested with the subject they were discussing. For the Queen of England and Empress of India leaves nothing undone to keep this exiled empress, of whom she is very fond, from missing any attention she might have if she were still in power. The communion and association between this pair of queens, or pair of empresses. which may be more correct, isa delightful bit of sentiment. In 1853, while the Crimean war was yet in progress and Eugenie a bride, she visited England as the guest of Victoria, and Victoria soon afterward visited Paris as the guest of the empresa. Their friendship began then and has never been disturbed during all storms that have beaten about the house of Henaparte, Of course the visits to London and Paris were in some degree pouitical, yet the in- timaey begun m the diplomacy of ‘conflict has been so lasting that it has never tarnished in the direst adversity to the one and the zenith of success to the other. It was quite natural then that the queen, when the intrigues and misfortunes of Napoleon [If had undermined ins throne, she should offer her old ally and us wife an asylum in the land she ruled, AT CHISELHURST. Chiselhurst is a beautiful old estate a little More than 10 miles from London. It is si rounded by a lovely bit of country and with as pure air as there is in England. A splendid place with large grounds and their belongings, ut for any dignitary, were ioaned to the em- peror for as long as he chose to occupy it. His stay there was brief. An oid disease and the suewings of remorse and disappointments struck bim in a vital spot. Chiseluurst had more sad memories to Eugenie than the loss of her husband. Her son, the prince imperial, tirig of study aud the theoretical knowledge oft war, went out to the Zutu land with the english troops aud was killed. : The other day the property associated with the last days of Napoleon IL/ succumbed to the avarice of trade aud wax sold to a speculator. Within a short time what was once the home of royalty will become the abiding place of the tradesman or mecuanic. It is to be cut up inte vuulding lots and homes for the many, erected “here once only the few were even admitted, Up to the last moment it was expected that some Frenchmen who still cling to the Bona- parte mame would purchase the property where Napoleon IL passed his last hours and present ¢ to the empress, but no one eame forward and the money maker will now turn it to other aes Few women of any rank have had more orrows crowded into @ space of a few years ‘san Empress Eugenie during tlic five years vetween 1569 aud 1874 She saw her royal house destroyed, her husband an exile from the untry he had ruled, « wanderer in a strange aud, uow in bis grave with his son beside him. YARN BOROVOH Was & great relief from the sad memories of Cuiselburst. She bad a long time before Sought a strip of land along the railroad, ¢ ered mostly with heavy timber, On the summit t ‘coded hill an old-fashioned house t = well. ‘ood, which she remodelled to suit her tastes »heu it was out of the artisans’ hands. It was & tit dwelling place for any person who wanted retirement, and had the means to support an cspeusive establishment. ‘Ihe grounds are beautfully laid ous with the richest flowers adsurabbery. There are plenty of pleasant strolling places and driveways leading in and out. Seciusion is written upon every line of ¥ immediate surroundings. ‘The castle can- t be seen from the road, o wh for a lovelies pot, or s more perfect equipment for the enjoyment P pt popes joy’ of the good ‘terday I sat inthe same room with her and the presence recalied unbidden a thou- suud recollections of her past She is no uKor ae Sixty-foar oe and winters save come and gone over her head. Yet traces of that singular beauty, both in form and feat. ure, which once made her such a popular ler of hersex are still there. She is rather tall aud grace itself in every movement. Were se younger she would be called lithe and wil. lowy for one who in middle life was inclined to ve stout, In other words, now she is just the style of woman to give effect to the drese- maker's art. Her face,which is growing rather (him sad is somowhat drewn with the harsh military camps of the old world, the | tments would have destroyed am ordinary woman. Her rich brown hair, slways such conspicuous part of her Deauty, is Lal begin- ning to show white marks from the frosty fingers age. Yet she still represents in the very fullest extent that superb and sub- tle dignity of manner anc graceful — made and makes her such « marked among the royalty of the old world. In her exile pose is no relay she a — : ee the forms of its people as far as possible about her. As I saw her in her heavy widow's weeds she looked every inch the dignified character NAPOLEON'S TOMB. she is, When she speaks her voice is low and leasant, with just enough of accent to give et words an additional attraction. It bas been said by some cynic “that at sixty we love only ourselves.” This certainly is not true of altar. on either side, are placed the royal purple-cov. IY Eugenie, who seems to be still in love with her people and with the memories whi her hus- band and son recall. To keep them alive she has expended a great deal of wealth and con- tinues to spend a great deal of effort. Probably 8 million dollars would not repay the outlay upon Eugenie’s castle and its furroundings, and they are a commending part of th mance and reality of the remarkable exhibition of past power one sees as soon as dropped at the little railway station thirty-three miles from London. NAPOLEON'S MAUSOLEUM, Looking to the left from Eugenie’s castle in the direction of Aldershot can be seen, just across the railroad track, a grove of forest trees skirting the top ofa hilland tending down- ward toward an open field on the one side and the main wagon road on the other, which leads from Farnborough to the military camp. On the brow of the hill among these trees you see a magnificent building of white stone surmounted bye tower and pinnacled with dozens of smaller shafts. The windows are large and filled with richly stained glass, and everything indicates a lavish outla; ntil you get to it and are admitted to its mysteries it looks like a parish church in a rich comm nity, and so it is, but not in ig to the people. It is reared and kept in Perfect order to perpetuate the memory of poleon III, a he peince imperial, and. when e goes to al account, the Empress Eugenie. Doubt quarter of a million of dollars did not pay for this costly monument to the fallen imperial family of France. The church upstairs is a model of beauty, and everything that money could procure has been done in the way of altars, tiling and decora- tions to make it as perfect a chapel as the inge- nuity of men could devise. Justin front of the altar of the Madonna and above and nd the seats reserved for other worshipers is set a broad ane with @ prie diew in front for the em to kneel upon. The semblance of royal ty is still kept up inthe church as in the castle, and her chair and its Cpe yams are upholstered in royal pur- ple and the framework gilded, according to the imperial habit, Catholics are exceedingly scarce in England, and especially in this part of it. Therefore, the Sunday congregation at the mausoleum of Na- poleon is small and confined almost entirely to the attaches of Eu; 's household and a very few humble residents along the highway who profess this faith. The church is kept up simply to gratify the religious penchant of the and to keep Piominent the memory of , who are buried under the altar of . in the sarcophagus of marble pre- sented by Queen Victoria, THE caYrr where the two bodies are deposited is a model in its way and again illustrates the = iture of money that must hay constructing the of the church above it and fitte: even more richly. The floor is covered with elaborate tiling, and in the center between four great stone columns @ carpet is spread upon the marble, and upon this are about a score of aiding. “It is half. th up and fin velvet-covered prie dieux directl: facing the At the head of the two tom! , Which are ered chairs for the empress, the counterpart. of the one above. On anniversary days marking the death of husband and son she has ceremo- nies held there. The day I was there there must have been @ wagon load of wreaths and other flower pieces upon and about the tombs of the two Bonapartes, mostly sent by French people, which would seem to indioate that least some of her old subjects keep the name green. HOME OF THE PRIESTS. To the graves of husband and son the empress is a daily visitor when at home. She hasa rather secluded walk built from the castle to the crypt door, with a bridge over the railroad which cuts her property in twain. This per- mits her to walk from her home unobserved to say her prayers for the dead. To administer to her spiritual warts and say mass in the chapel the empress keeps six priests and four monks. These white-robed canons splendid brick house in the grove just beyond the church, havi ® home that is fit for any one’s residence and large enough to well ac- commodate double the number that occupy it. Both in architecture and environment it is a beantifal building, » very fit accompaniment tothe magnificent church which rises above the remaius of the last of the male line of the imperial ily of France. Here is a lady of high degree with a history that comprehends almost ail the intrigues and combinations that France has known since 1853, who after twenty years of banishment from the land she once ruled is quietly living here in a country wherein she never bad place or power and still maintaiping all the outward evidences ot her old-time political domination with every one about her to help keep up the fancy. In the little Mar at the shopkeepers put upon their wagon: veyors to her im- perial highness, the Empress Engen: Not only the gentry by the countryside, but the Officers at Aldershot, the statesmen of England, who occasionally drop down here, make mani- fest their recognition of title, just as though she were in reality the empress. She finds it pleasant if not necessary to keep alive past glories and live in the sqme atmosphere she enjoyed before her exile. Everywhere about her grounds and in her casfle there are interesting eviden of her past—rich re- minders of her ro; home in France which are carefully preserved for future generations, hough she has not near kiadred, I believe, to respect them whea she is gone. Even the state carriage, with ite gold-mounted harness and gold-linked whiffle trees, in which she and Napoleon rode on state occasions in the heyday of their power is here kept burnished and ready for use 01 fading erected expressly to preserve it, HER INCOME. The wealth to keep up this style and enjoy this miniature nation in « secluded spot must be considerable, but the empress 1s credited with having plenty and somethiug to spare The savings from the wreck of the empire ar ions in the United States are set down as yielding her ‘onsiderable income. There seems no dan- whatever that the st; ft this establish- ment will be marred in the slightest for the re- maining years of Eugenie’s life, It is perhaps fitting that this should be so, for, besides the g00d she does to the labering people, with the expensive establishment she keeps up,she given liberally to charity, and every person Faro! an Hants blesses her every pe goes about them im a very friendly, way with out ostentation, tender, but dignity iteelf. Her life i# very secluded, the visita to Victoris jaar, | about her only mingling with the outside wor The relation between this pair of queens is very interesting, and no one in England more . carefully or more constantly endeavors to recognize the present existence of Eugenie’s former position than the queen. She treats her with all the o dignity of an equal, and by every outward respect Washes hey — to dothesame. She also intends to ‘cep the friendship alive for after generati — me F ape jest hter, Beatrice, has nam: ild Victorie-Eugenie. ' Victoria's coh been mostly y BaPPy ones, and at ‘ane age of seventy-four, with good health and recognition of ti self known to the BIG MEN CARICATURED How Speaker Reed and Others Like to Have Fun Poked at Them. THEY DO NOT MIND MUCH. The Speaker Saye That He tse “Callens” —McKinmley Bellevesin Carteons—Mr. Cannon Has Suffered—Flewer and On the Senate side of the national legislature Mr. Hiscock of New York has been mach cari- euaiemcr pat a anemmran aad another. ApS Hiei Tm eallous!” That wae what Speaker Thomas B. Reed of Maine said toe representative of ‘Tus Sram the other day when he was asked whether he liked or disliked to be aon caricatured. And he added, “Tam so used to seeing myself pictorially misrepresented that I have grown utterly in- different whether the cartoon is frien@ly or otherwise,” Next to Speaker Reed Napoleon McKinley is the most caricatured man of the present day. Said he when the same inquiry was addressed to him: “Caricaturists are great makers and un- makers of public men. The cartoons in the comic papers strike the eye of the people, who behold the argument conveyed by them at a glance, where it would not be understood er be convincing in the shape of cold type. Un- friendly cartoons are calculated to do harm to any man, however honest, whom they may attack; the person pictured may have the purest motives in all that he does, and yet the public at large is not acquainted with motives and may get a false notion of them from the opposition cartoons they see, Un- doubtedly the caricatures that meet the view of so large a proportion of the voting population has ® greatjeffect on public opinion. As to whether I myself like to be caricutured I would rather not say. UNFRIENDLY TO MR. CANNON. Maj. McKinley's first lieugenant on the side of the republican majority, Chairman Cannon ofthe waysend means committee, said that his own experience of being csricstured had mn unfortunate. ‘Such caricatures as I have seen of myself, he remarked, “have mostly been of an un- friendly character. Mighty few flattering por- traits of myself have I seen in the comic prints, But, all the same, I have a large belief in the usefulness of caricature. It affords object lessons to the masses, which in this way learn a vast amount concerning public men and their work that would not be conveyed to popular knowledge by reading. In my opinion a man of real merit is not iaeced, by being carica- tured in a hostile manner. because peal seg 6 who are not his friends make allo what is apparently malice or iaierepresentation, while who are friendly to him become indig- nant and more active om account of what th persecution. Any map prominently connected with political legislation and a not possibly esca; being caricatured, and, if he is not excessively kinned, he will be, or will soon become, indifferent on the subject.” ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. So much for the views of the three chief men on the republican side of the House. On the democratic side Mr. Flower of New York has been singled out of late to # conside: tent for treatment b; expressed a rather ble ex- the caricaturists, He umorous view of the matter. “Why,” said he, “I should feel positively lonesome if I did not sce caricatures of myself in Puck and other such publications. One of the funniest things I ever saw in my life was the cartoon 1 picked up the other day in which Iwas represented as just having learned the news of Mr. Reed’ The artist de- picted me as awakened in bed by the intelli- gence, which had somewhat the effect of a dynamite cartridge eer tye 2 ped couch and ite sur- roundings, while I lay ast at the disaster. Bo far aa say recollection goes I did not expe- rience any such horrifying astonishment at the Speaker's success, which was more or less to have been anticipated, buta caricaturist without license would be in a worse ig | than a saloon with the same embarrassment. I like to be oari- catared; it would grieve.me to find myself on longer subjected to the pleasing ordeal, A pub- lic man doesn’t feel as if his reputation was taade unless he appears in the cartoons; it ie a fact that he has made him- people and he ought to be grateful. In my opinion even unfriendly car- toons do the subject good, though my notion is that the impressions cusvereel by caricatures are not at all enduring ones; they last for an hour merely.” CARTOONS ARE USEFUL, colleague, Amos J. Cummings. has been taken up to a considerable extent lately by caricaturista. He declared that the funny cartoons had a great usefulness, “They are most useful,” he said, ‘‘for show- ing up reprehensible absurdities of all sorts. Nonsensical fashions and customs they do much to suppress, and in like manner they call atten- tion in a most salutary way to the weaknesses of public men. A politician who runs to extremes in anything is quickly brought to his senses by ridicule so applied. At the same time, the privilege of caricature is greatly abused. The weapon is often utilized to mis- ———- and to put in a false light. For instance, a fragment of a man’s speech is taken out of the context and a cartoon constructed upon it, which represents the ker in # manner altogether untruthful. obviously wrong. general way, however, it may be said that, if » man is really honest and conscientious, caricature is not likely to do any serious injury. It always amuses me to see caricatures of fe he and I rather like it than otherwise. honest man is certainly very much harmed by the ‘weapon Take tl | Tweed, for cartoons in Hurper's Woun that did more to tetch him down from his position of power to prison and public con- tempt than all the other influences combined. Leaving dishonesty out of the question, the weaknesses or peculiarities of any public man who has them are sure to be assailed VES the caricaturists. The cartoonists attacke: Blaine unsparingly, with such Neeeseations effect that he lost the presidency. No printed articles could have done him the damage in- flicted by the cartoons in which he was made to figure.” MB, BRECKINRIDOR AMUSED, Bilver-haired Breckinridge of Kentucky chuckled when he was asked how he likéd te be caricatured and what he thought the effect of such treatment was upon the interests of a yublic man. Said he: “T have been intensely amused by some of the caricatures I have seen of myself. There was one in particular I remomber, printed = few years ago, that represented me in my seat in the House with a regular flower garden in my buttonhole and my cowlicks all disordered and fluffed up from my head. It was s capital likeness and made me look for all the world like a great big Brahma rooster. I often laugh over it when it recurs to my mind. Caricatures of myself I have come to regard very much as if they wore of a third person and my vanity is not disturbed by them. Great is the power of caricature in my opinion, It strikes « Blo with a sharpness tat mere print does not achieve. For example, you will perhaps re- member the cartoon published a > ang residential campaign that represent lancock in military garments and in a state of serious mental disturbance, ‘Who is this low Tariff,’ he was made to in quire, ‘and barf does he go in for revenue only? ‘This conve} like a flash the idea which the opposition party was anxious to promuigate, that k was a military man, unacquainted with politics and therefore unfit to administer the governme: from the White House. ‘There you have an ex- og le the of vividness of the cartoon as 0) eatured or not, but I don’t mind admitting that within certain limitations the caricature is most wefal. It impresses the mind quickly and per. manently with » particular idea which it is in. tended ta convey. If a man exhibits imperfec- tions they are pointed out remorselessly by the cartoon, which is ealculated to fectacure. Atthe same time I «m of the opinion that caricatures often have s brecrrngd to excite predilerriae rad = against hones! publ ar those who have no acquaintance mb the course ef the individual ab attacked wees motives that inspire him accepting in faith the pictorial misrepresentation ee meets their eye. A picture, by as much as it represents an idea more vividly. has a quicker end more positive effect upon the mind than leaden type. It points more directly and vividly to the criticism it wishes to make.’ WHAT SENATOR INGALLS THINES, Of all the men in Congress at present Sena- tor Ingalls is the man who has been most earicatured, and he doesn’t li agian “It is always most offens: yself to be caricatured,” he said, ‘‘an se y frequently it distresses me exceedingly, for reason — are altogether my own affair. Neverthe! consider that comic cartoon has an ie portant function and a serious usefuiness. It ism power for good when the instrument of the caricaturist is properly employed. Un- vem re tday of such work in the funny ly of @ machine nature and @ proper purpose of a cee should be to call attention to things that ought to be suppressed and to make vice odious. A higher object than the venting = party malice and the throwing of political mud ought to be subserved by the cartoon. How- ever, my belief is that even unfriendly carica- tures help ublig men usually by making them known to the people A man must amount to something to chosen as the subject for the pencil of the satirical arti: —————_-ee_____ A STATUE OF LOGAN. An Equestrian Figure in Bronze Which Mrs. Logan Likes. OT FLANNERY. the sculptor, has com- pleted a model for an equestrian statue of Gen. John A. Logan, which has at- tracted consideral attention among the general's friends and comrades. The model stands in a little frame building at the corner of Delaware avenue and B street north- west, where Mrs. Logan isa frequent visitor. The Army of the Cumberland contemplate the erection of an equestrian statue of Logan, prob- ably in Iowa Circle, and the statue will prob- ably be made from this model, which is re- markably life-like and is regarded with admir- ation by Mrs. Logan. Gen. Logan wasa friend of the sculptor for many years and sat for him for the bust from which the model is taken, the only bust he ever sat for. THE STATUE. Ever since the war Mr. Flannery has had this work in view and has been making a study of the general in all his moods and marking his characteristics. He has studied with an ar- and asa result has produced a statue rery line of which character is strongly mie ae selected the moment when ioe ios [ae took command after the fall of Thomas. general has Les ears to the front, and an ex- fidence jg modified and given gravity by a deep sense of responsibility. The horse has been checked and is PB wing the ground. In the general's left hand the reins are held loosely and in his right, which hangs freely at his side, he holds his hat just as he has taken it from hie head, by the crown. He is prying no attention to his horse, which he sits firmly, ss if unconscious of the steed, and his tace is turned toward something in the distance, In the expression of face and in the attitude there is immense power, and the grace which comes of unstudied pose of action. The statue shows strength pei bee grace in every line, and is Logan ss hiscomrades know bim. The man’s char- acter oan be read in the bronze, The statue is designed to enter into competition with any others which may be presented, but it already has the approval of Mra. Log: oo QUEER | KINDS OF COINS, Interesting by Reason of Their Age and for Other Causes. ERE is the oldest coin ever made in the world,” said @ collector to a re- porter for Tax Stak one day last week. }-It was minted about the year 700 B.C. jin Mgina, and you will obser ve that the desigu im high relief reprosents « tortoi: crawling across the face of the piece. You will not find any date upon it, because no coin were dated prior to 400 years ugo. The most beautiful coin ever made, in my opinion, is this silver piece of Macedonia, which was cur- rent in Macedon, now Constantinople, 500 years before Christ, or 200 years earlier than the time of Alexander the Great. Though its face value is only fifty-three cents the coin is wortha ey more that wonld astonish you. “Here imen of the coia of —— value ever ay It is the ‘mite,’ so cal! such as the widow of the Bible story drop ivte the slot for the poor, though it was Sher lastone. One-fiftieth of a cent it was worth, and you observe that its shape is hexagonal, Close by you will notice a piece of money worth 9220. It is simply a rectangular piece of = with characters of China, country it comes, Lumps of i gold = Seed in Chins for currenoy of Jarge denomina- ‘on i the term ed beautifal wpon it, so exquisit ee was minted in tdi the reign of Pailadsipbet topes eeten on eee nome , | and the population as Predicted by the local patriots. Unquestionably this recount disappointed those that songht to overwhelm The geason has arrived when the matron of every maison de ville is casting about as to how she can best rid her household of sum- ‘mer's dusty footprints, preparatory to dressing ‘The | up tor the festive scenes of winter. A general war | he Slaeoands ness aot av saarmery like the same: and in more than one instance the Perea biy ont fewer names than in Mr. Porter's pparently the second count will show an increase of between ninety and a hundred a names, which is not ~ out of town that can leave the city. the natural increase in the sity during the five months is considerable; and the blue coats and brass buttons ine the police force their way into some nooks and corners where the ew&merator in a plain black coat cannot easily get. The population of the city under the police count will be very near 1,600,- bce = —— sy about 6 percent over Mr. Of course this is considerable, sepecily ‘as it may mean another member of Congress for the city. THE PARK OF THE EMPIRE STATE. We do everything on the scale of a million nowadays, even our parks. The rapid de- struction of the Adirondack forests has stimu- lated the friends of that region to action and Probably at the next session of the legislature plans will be perfected by which the state will acquire tract vario estimated at from one to three million acres, which will be thrown into one magnificent park, under liberal regulations, which will afford forever a playground for the grown-up children of the state and of the world. A three-million-acre park is quite ona par with the enterprises of the age; but if the full plans of the promotors of this enterprise are carried out the reservation will rank among the largest and finest that the world can show. A SALESLADY WHO BLUSHES. A new writer of fiction has appeared and one whose works of imagination are so daring as is to be positively creative. This original person a Now York correspondent who describes in the matter-of-fact tone of a Jules Verne or a Rider Haggard his discovery of a sales woman—a sales woman in a New York shop—who is naive and confiding, who regards the purchaser as a human being and treats ber as such and who makes remarks ‘-with a charming blush.” Had it not been for the latter statement we might have been imposed upon by the tone of th narrative and accepted it as ta tem facts, however startling, but thi it among works of the imaginati woman who has ever shopped bi New York stores, and is familiar with the shop girl's peculiar for not seeing and her stony and fre: freezing when she is forced to recognize one's presence, will find her fancy cannot grasp that blush. The New York saleswoman is very accom- plished. She can throw into her slightest look and gesture a concentrated scorn for your in- significant personality and your abject wants that is positively crushing. She can without an effort humble the proudest spirit and cause the haughtiest customer to bite the dust, She can carry on three spirited conversations with three different companions while nominally waiting on you and never lose the thread of any of the conversations nor forget to lose the thread of your remarks. She can throw into the simple tement “Here your parcel” = mingled expression of scorn, indignation, derision and patient but weary resignation that is far ahead of the ex- Pression that Whitefield could put into Meso- Potamia, She can look through you into space without seeing you your. meekly preferred request with a dramatic ability rival laa that of the young ladies on the stage who continue their soliloquies without observing that their lovers have entered the room, al- though they are standing within three feet of them and plainly visible to some hundreds of people in the audience. But she has her limi tations like the restof us afterall She can- not blush, PAYING FOR THE WHISTLE. There is no doubt about 1t, prices have gone up and they are going higher. The politicians may chew on this as upon a sweet or a bitter cud, as their taste and fancy prefer, but the factremains. During the week two concerted movements have been inaugurated by lending trades and the individual advances ha innumerable. Asarule the wholesale wintry have been notifying their customers that prices will soon advance if they have not done go al- ready. The few sample notifications pres got into print are but stray drops in the shower that is rattling down on the desks of retailers all over the-iand. WANTED—A BASE BALL TRUST. We grow! about “trusts,” but what is badly needed just now is a base ball trust. The managers of the warring leagues have finally [pe this truth through their skulls and the ob {ook ts hopeful fore combination next year Sat Ghalt resiocs iil Geietane at aun game. Many serious conferences have been held here during the week with a treaty of peace in view, and probably some agreement wil soon be reach Henar R, Extiot, _— SMOKING ON STREET CARS. Some Points on the St Subject That Most People Do Not Understand. SHALL have to ask y: to throw away that cigar, said the conductor on an F street box car to the fat passenger on the front platform. “Go to blazes!” replied «the fat passenger. “Lin sorry, sir, but you must stop smoking, repeated the conductor. ‘and why, pray?” “Rules of the company, sir.” “Nonsense! The rule bn smoking on the front platform.” “Ordinarily, yes,” admitted the conductor. “But the lady next but one to the last on the right hand side objects.” “Why should I care for that?” inquired the fat passenger “Because is exercising her tights under the rules of the company, sir.” “Do you mean to say that Iam obliged to give up my cigar because that scrawny old maid with oe and the bird on her bon- net doesn’t like “Precisely so, sir. She says that the wood you are smoking isabad one and that the fumes of it come in through the window of the car and are unpleasant to her.” oh, indeed! and suppose I decline to obey gestion of the ancient damsel?’ fall ba to put you off the car, sir.” t what right?" “By the rules of the company, You are evi- dently under the impression that you are en- titled to the privilege of smoking on the front platform.” “T certainly am.” “It is a mistake on your part, sir,” said the conduetor, ‘According to the charter you are given no on any part of its cars. pany permi you to doit so long as no objection is made by any of your fellow passengers, but if objection is made that settles it.” ee permit, smoking on the back seatsof o eons jong as no objection is made. The ae rule pos in ‘t case also, Any woman or other person in an open car who chooses to object to emo! in the vehicle bas ht to demand that it be stopp i # #4 a Beets £ ecrabbing will soon begin, if not already going on, and the head of the family, who sits at the foot of the table, is already cogitating in his mind as to what excuses he can hatch up to be absent during “working hours” and most easily effect an entrance into the family resi- dence without the risk of breaking his shins over the numerous chairs, boxes and bundles scattered here and there through the halls a ee in their respective Among the most important duties involved in the process of house rehabilitation in the fall is that of the hanging of curtains, for nothing adds more to the appearance of a room than well chosen and —- adjusted ries, A room furnished otherwise in # very simple, unpretentious manner, having effective drape- Ties, presents a far more sttractive look than the most elegantiy furnished apartment having no hangings but stiff ungraceful blinds or shades at the windows, RANGE OF MATERIALS AND DESIONS For both curtains and portieres there is a wide range of elegant materials which come in Piece goods as well as patterns, and at present soft, subdued colors predominate and are very Popular. The favorite designs now are oriental and floral, while the geometrical have many devotees. In the patterns there is often & combination of two or more in one pair, though of course as to which style is best taste depends largely upon the wall decora- tione ana other furnishings of the room in which they are to be used. ‘There are many very rich, beautiful Seater expensive draperies beyond ts reach of even well-to-do people, but they, and even the less fortunate than they, need not be debarred from the gratification of their tastes, for there is an abundance, and this season more than bofore, of exquisite medinm-priced goods, by judicious use which just as graceful effects aan be cubioeus hom esac finer quality. Extremely handsome and expensive draperies are in bad form when the other conditions not equally as handsome and expensi art of discrimination has been educated greatly by the continual advance- of fabrics and & visitor will correspond- ‘lor or recep- ‘attempt at ja fast, however, manufacturers ‘art of dyeing has fy the desires of the and tasteful luxuries in aperies an@ furnishings it is also true that their consummate artfuluess has led them to provide for those with moderate incomes the same in leas costly but equally as rich in rare and beautiful designs and materials, and th: too, which when appropriately selected and artistically fashioned will uo less captivate the critic's eye or afford as pleasing impressions as brics. THE WINDOW CURTAIN. While lace and muslin draperies for windows retain their old-time popularity, and doubtless always will with the majority of people, yet there is s constantly increasing number who realize that the effect which they produce in a room is not as agreeable and soothing as when the glare of the light is toned down by assist- ance from some delicate shade of color. In consequence, madras, India silk, cream lace and colored muslin is much more in vogue now than formerly. For a while no curtain met with so much favor or arose in so short a time to such popularity as the sash curtain, In many instances they entirely superceded and did away with the usual draperies, but this was not intended—but was an innovation adopted by over-admiring patrons or as a matter of econ- omy. They will be used considerably this com- ing winter, and the goods for the purpose can be found in endless variety from Indis silk down to cottons or cheese cloth, bright, pretty and attractive. THE PREFERABLE STYLE ‘will be those suspended bys brase or nickel rod running through » shirr casing at the top, bound on the inner edge with tasseled fringe and draped to the side bya neat silken cord, the bottom scarcely reaching the window sill. The sash curtain, howe:«.has reached its climax, and the coming season will pass upon its future and ite further usefulness. Pretty indeed it is, and dainty when marked by a show of refinement, but ite permanenvy as an institution is impaired by the disastrous effects of the hot sunshine mee mn the delicate colors necessary to a pretty ittect, causing them to fadein an uneven and most aggravating way. LONG WINDOW DRAPERIES are generally suspended from poles of metal or wood in various designs, which harmonize or should with the wood trimmings and other farniture of the room. The popularity of black walnut poles and fixtures, with their somber effects, have sadly waned. Here and there we find a set of old-fashioned cornices, but either in possession of some family who cling to them in memory of other days or of some partisan patron of the antique who has rescued them from the junk shop. Poles afford admirable advantages in adjust- ing the folds of the curtain, the fullness of which is usually disposed in side plaits held firmly by hooks or pins. Where fine lace, madras or muslin is used, the more popular way 1s to shirr two or three times across, com- mencing halfan inch from where the top is turned over and making the shirrs about hegre inches apart. The turned over part can be al- lowed to fall straight or it can be —_ eyo up red the shirring about eight inches from edge in a fan-shaped adjustment. Batiste or scrim curtains still retain their pularity for boudoir or chamber. of es and insertion trimmings it became fash- ionable a year or so ago, and it is stillin vogue, to have threads drawn in spaces an inch wide, ona in a of two or three and ril the threads in the spaces, and when looped back @ ribbon of the eame color in « broader width is used, ABOUT PORTIERES, Portieres are usually of heavy materials and are generally suspended from poles resting within the door frames. This way looks qually well from both directions, but when is necessary to use portieres to exclude possi- ble éranghls of cold air it is better to rest the poles upon brackets outside on the frames, ‘after the fashion of long window curtains, It is a matter of taste whether portieres are left to hang in straight folds or sopen back and fastened with metal chains, heavy cords and tassels or ribbon, In any event they should pod touch the floor — not lie on it, soloed oer wlice adrdng mgd Portieres, Sometimes one hanging is of In silk or silk brocade and the other of velour, plush or some other heavy material The former in this case is draped and the intter allowed to hang straight in graceful folds. Velour, which greatly resembles chenille, is beautiful as well as durable, All draperios seem to have AN AFFINITY FOR DUST anda propensity for catching it both from within and without doors. Consequently to have curtains, portieres, &c., keepa fresh ap- pearance one must be on the alert So anoles it or prevent it from settling. draperies being suspended by taker down when & room is or hi can Be easy matter to pin them up with large safety pins and enclose them in a dust coves, Cheap calico makes the dest dust covers and will Inet 2 long time. LE = it “Es » desirable draperies indows, dreas ing tables, Bch of chambers ay ‘Bow TO RENOVATE DRAPERY. Neither lace nor muslin curtains should be rubbed on a wash board, nor should the latter de put to with the general wash. as is oftem done. Indeed, they can be done eo and 20 quickly and so well at tne A 5~4 better to send them there. best home wash- ers often make no discrimination between the Process of washing white end cream solored lace curtains, and the general result is that they are both the same color when finished Cream lace curtains can be kept the same color lor by tarch of weak coffee im or other light alk © should be care! ly washed wi! the luke-warm suds made of pure white rinsed two or three times in clear Then wring them ont, fold and _—= a dry cloth, but do not let Just Ovexen_ TWO CAR LOADS or CHAMBER FURNITURE, im Antique Oak and 16th century finish, ranging @ Price from $1050 TO #40 4 SUITR WE ARE SHOWING A CHEVAL SUITE IN OAK AND ALSO 16TH ORN- TURY AT $32.50, WHICH I8 A GEM. Some splendid values tm finer euite, Parlor Furniture must be seen to be ap Preciated. Come and get our prices IX CARPETS WE HAVE ALL THE GRADES AND BEST MAKES OXLEY, apd ere headquarters for BOTTOM PRICES. REMEMBER, THE CASH BUYER CANNOT AFFORD TO PASS UB BY. The really great business of the autumn be gins this week. The Dress Goods show thelr beads like spring crocuses, and quite as beauti- ful, all over the main floor. The old statement can be made again, only more so, namely: You may search the shops of London, the gramd magazines of Paris, the large stores of New York or Chicago, and yet you will nct find an equal choice of Dress Goods with that which we will yw this season. They are coming au merously and placed on sale rapidiy, Already we can bewilder you with variety. Go much for the general fact. As stripes and piaids this season appear to daily gain favor we have made them aspecialty, where worth, beauty of style, tasteand richness in blending of colors are combined. PLAIDS—Our direct importation, @ tremen- ous variety, very rich in colors and styles, 73¢. Stripes in the same line of goods, 750 Just Teceived an extreme uovelty in CLOTH, with Astracban Plaid, very handsome, 61 60. BOURETTE in handsome Camel's Hair, & ve. Fiety of colora, There goods makes bandsome aud very serviceable drees (imported), @1. Our Fall and Winter Stock in Closking was ever more varied, handsome or extevsive. It consists of 54-inch Fuglish Kerseys in Checks and Stripes, €2. 54-inch All-wool WATERPROOFS, in Plaids, 61.50. An selecting your dress materials be careful in the selection of your CORSETS, buying ony the reliable makes and the proper lengths. Our CORSETS all come in four different lengths— extra long, long, medium and short. We keep all the best makes of CORSETS, such as the CR, P.D., R.& G., THOMSON'S, WARNER'S, HER MAJESTY'S, and all the forme and ‘waists now in use. We are closing out a line of the P.D. OOR- BETS, which we sell as follows! Brand No. 18— Were Brand No. 157—Were Brand No.107—Were This isa nice saving on ® good Corset. Cam you appreciate it? ‘Cau we intyrest you in the Wrapper line? We refer tothe CALIOO, GINGHAM and SATTERM WKAPPEKS, which we have specially market out this week to make the sales of that depart. ‘ment heavy. LADIES’ CALICO WRAPPERS with Princess Back, Mother Hubbard front, cout sleeve and ruffte on the bottom for $1.25. PERCALE WRAPPERS with Princess Back, Fedors front an@ leg of mutton sleeve for $1.48. GINGHAM WRAPPERS, all colors, withsolid color Fedora trout, tight back and flowing siceve, im all sizes. Oniy 81.68. LADIES’ BLACK AND WHITR FRENCH GINGHAM WRAPPERS, with full Fedora front and princess back, e224. FANCY SATTEEN WRAPPERS, tight back, full skirt, Fedora vest and leg of mutton sleeve, $2.98. ‘We are the only authorized agente for the fale lowing goods for Washington : Dit. JARGER’S SANITARY UNDER- WEAR POSTER'S KID GLOVES—none bettes, DIAMOND SKIRT DRAPER Price 62.99. STANDARD FASHION PATTEENS PATENT EYE-GLASS POLISHERS. Price 5c. OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE ean make our store their headquarters when tm the city andcan shop by mail when home All anail communications will receive the same com screnticts Consideration es if JOU eame im pam an. LARIS= BURGH | & BRG. 420, 638, 496 426 TTH ST. SEXD FOR OUR NOTION PRICE LION of