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10 _THE SERVANT GIRL. A Subject of Great Interest to Every House Keeper. A@ PLEA FOR EMPLOYEES. a A False Opinion About Domestic Ser- Vice—The Treatment of Hired Girle— What Humanity Suggeste—What is Expected of Employers. —_—__. OUSEHOLD DUTIES—not “new every morning and fresh every evening,” but the same day in and day out—are omni- present and come with the regularity of the tides. For the performance of these duties, where hired help is depended Upon, there are two classes of women—com- monly called girls—white and colored. Ordi- narily there is no difference between the work expected of the two, but there isno denying that distinctions are to be drawn ander certain § conditions. These conditions arise from the birthright, early associe- tions and family standing of the white girl who goes out to service. The colored woman, as Fale, is born of parents performing menial Gaties and is indoctrinated with the idea of doing a certain class of work and rarely aspires toany higher motive, though she may ha’ good schooling advantages, When a colored girl raised under more favorable auspices than ber sister of the masses completes whatever educational training she desires or is to re- ceive she isa rara avis if she is willing to go out to work other than asa teacher, “sewing lady,” a fashionable lady’s maid or hair dresser or some such kindred light and easy “‘occups- tion.” The ordinarily educated or highly re- — white girl who finds it necessary to ® portion or ail of what is to be done to- ward her own support finds herself confronted with a choiee of two openingsthat is, those nat qualified to fill positions demanding profes- sional training—one is to ter the crowded arena filled by the store, “shop” girl, as she is called, or to take service as a domestic. A FALSE OPINION PREVALENT. Just here is wheres large number of girls make ® great mistake by entertaining a false ion with regard to domestic service—a ig that it is essentially degrading. It is not s whit more so than employment in a fac- , unless the subject itso. Serving a customer hind @ counter. or running # sewing machine in a factory, are not a particle more honorable or ennobling than cooking a r_sweeping a room. Needlewomen as they sit day by day for small pay are absolutely stabbing them- selves to death with their own needles, and shop girls are worked thin and pale and get almost nothing for their tread-mill services. And when they are without the homes of kindly parents to shelter them to what kind of homes do they go when their hard day of labor is over? To what sort of meals do they sit down? What has either left to dress upon after her rent, board and doctor's bills are paid fro © slim weekly wages? Too often the ith better dressed associates, or the coming in constant contact with gaily and fashionably attired shoppers, or the handling of fine and utiful fabries generates fancies for dress and show with the shop girl far be- yond wnat the wages earned will admit and serious consequences follow. The girl who PREFERS DOMESTIC SERVICE and wiil go at her work cheerfully and stick to 3% patiently displays far more wisdom, earns more money on less pay, lives happier, has better health, sacrifices none of her self-re- spect and stands every grain as well in the estimation of her employer and public opinion as girls who adopt what they mistake for higher and more dignified callings. The household domestic, if she is with people who have the self interest and good judgment to treat her humanely, will enjoy a comfortable room herein to rest when weary, fare no worse in hat she eats than her employer and will have her entire wages to dress on or to contribute when necessary to the support of an aged or invalid parent or relative. TREATMENT OF DOMESTICS. “If she is with people who have the self inter- est and good judgment to treat her humanely.” ‘What @ sermon in that little “if!” A great deal of gossip is indulged in by housekeepers about bed servants aud all that, and not without cause, but there is not the least doubt in the world that that cause lies largely in the bad management of housekeepers themselves. Most of girls, white or colored, go out to serv- ice when yo! and inexperienced and it is then they get their first impressions, and the faults or good traits of the employer are the mold by which they are gov. forall time “De not housekeepers hel o not too many house engage with the idea that they are employing - machine and that it is a bounden duty to get their money's worth of labor every hour in the day? When the girl finds that out she resolves, very naturally, to give as little as she can for what she is to get. How many are pa- tient with their help? As stated in the preced- ing article on this subject, a thoroug! of Patience 1s needed—unlimited pa It the demanding housekeeper could for a mo- ment fancy herself in her servant's place every time she gives an order or finds fault some of the discomforting results might be avoided. It is not necessary to send them neatly printed requests tied with blue ribbon, understand, or beg them with tearful eyes not to do a wrong ‘thing a second time any more than it is neces- sary to speak to them when giving orders ina brutal manner or fly off in a passion at a mis- bap and abuse them. Firmness and directness sre absolutely essential—so are kindness and consideration for their feejings and their comfort. Without these adjuncts firmness may as well be thrown to the winds. Every housekeeper hasan individual idea or system of her own and it is not always the fault of the girl—a new one especially—if she fails to readily adapt herself to strange ways at once and that inharmonious conditions arise. It resching for the impossible to expect servants to absorb new methods without time to grow gradually into them, and the woman who ex- pects it and is ever striving to attain it is con- stantly —a servants, is half the time without any at all and never supplied with an efficient one. This lack of sympathetic ad- Justment in the RVERY-DAY DEALINGS WITH A SERVAXT is doubtless the fundamental cause of the greater portion of inharmonious relations be- tween mistress and maid, especially during the first mouth or two of service, when the foun- dation for the success or failure of the en; ment is practically contracted for. It must remembered—and how few do—-that a servant who has been trained under one routine and fm time finds employment under another and a very different one requires time and con- eeasions upon the part of the employer to work herself poor the old and wpe order of things, and many s good an omising girl has ton humiliated and then Ee to indif- ference and fiusliy to defiant rebellion by the a = impatience — bad _ jeme: rw ough well meaning, of her em or at Deginning of her engagement. — WHA? HUMANITY SUGGESTS, A young girl just starting out into domestic Service—especially one suddenly thrown upon her own resources—is ata time of life ther is, can @ matron expect efficient service from her ifshe manifests to stay nights—in other words live there. How many housekeepers eet apart a cold, cheeriess,scantily furnished hole in the cellar or dreary corner in ‘the attic without an invi! feature about it for them to sleep in. Neither a parior nor s downy couch is expected, but humanity suggests comfortable, decent piace for rest after their day's labor. and those who do not afford it will be disappointed if they expect efficient and faithfui service. And how many scantily fed servants are there im Washington today? Servants who rise early end work bard and and are fed on scraps end remnants are ae dissatisfied and ey do not demand goon seck another ¢ they need good whole- some food, such as the family eats, and plenty of it. Isis not at all necessary for » family to makes servant a e of themselves, that ‘would be disastrous, but it is necersary to look oatcarefully for her comfort and to wecure @ reciprocating interest in househoid ‘THE WHOLE FABRIC OF DOMESIC SERVIOR is one of interwoven dependence and it is just as necessary to be a good employer as to bes good employe—the latter will certainly not be so independent of the former. For work, faithfulness and civility there is due in addi- , consideration serv: rant girl who is ef- ficient, trustworthy and —— it does not thended and practiced the Tolaen vuln, Tat the housekeeper who talks se ave about the =o of the —— ent Some hes ent i ‘801 or — which produce another and jomestics, y of them, are incorrigible—hereditarily on of mean or decd com) s - cali eaderstanfing s method, bot te majority are good or bad justasthe mold is for them by their employers, LAWS IN BEBALP OF SERVANTS. Neither the law nor well adjusted public opinion regard the word servant as derogatory —it is equally applicable to the public officer, the clerk in s store, the shop girl, the la slike. A maid servant is bound by to do her work well and her employer may dischs her if she does not, but if allowed to remain employment she must be paid the agreed rate of wages and the plea of inefficiency will not hold Among valid legal reasons for abandoning her saaplover before the expira- tion of the contract time are: Fail to pro- vide sufficient and wholesome food, or suitable and comfortable lodgings; — ren her life uncomfortable by improper treatment; ye or refusal to pay wages; requiri her to or improper services; ing. her; undue threatening her, or fact, prejudicial to ber safety, or morala, ht causes are not sufli- cient reasons for breaking an agreement on either side. Whether the reasons for dismissal are sufficient or not the employe must leave peaceably on being ordered to do so, and if full pay is refused the courts will see that she obtains what is justly due her at the employer's expense, same is true if she leaves for —— reasons and payment in full is re- WHAT IS EXPECTED OF EMPLOYERS. The employer is bound to see that the em- ploye is not exposed to any extraordinary dan- ats and materials k with and the place she is to work in are in a safe condition, If she is in- jured by reason of a neglectof any of these juties the employer is liable. If an agreement is made for a certain sum of course that fixes the item of wages and that amount must be paid if the girl is competent, but if no agree- ment is entered into girl can demand a fair price for such work as she performs or the customary or usual price for such work at the time and in the locality in which the work is done. A WORD ABOUT REFERENCES, It is all well enough to require good refer- ences, and they often perform good service, but the best of help is often engaged without references. Asarule the differences between tress and mai: upon personal points, and references are neither asked for nor given. With or without reference a girl is catechised astowhatshe can and is willing to do, and told what is expected to be done and what wages are to. be paid, and if ideas are con- cordant an engagement is made. Reference amounts to but little when » housekesper is hard to aataty. have it all to ref- the very outset. To be too exacting is worse than being too indulgent, Half of the letters of credit, while seemingly eulogistic, are non-committal and can be made to read differently between lines. Some house- keepers do not hesitate to give letters which are perfect gems of references when the ser- vant is considered perfectly worthless and un- desirable from their standpoint. Others give od letters in the softness of their hearts to exacting housekeeper. without regar erences—their efticency is crippled at jet the girls off easily when, as s matter of fact, they couid not get along amicably at all. A girl’s address and manner of defining her abilities are good references and a trial with good treatment for a given time the best test of efficiency. —— Very Neat Puzzles. ‘From the New York #un. The printing trade journals have bothered the printers lately by publishing two guzzles that exercise the faculty of acme Wiaike with the eyes. The first bas straight lines only, andthe puzzle is to guess, by eye measure ment only, which is the longest and which is the shortest of the three lines marked AA, BB and CO: &, In the other are curves for confusing the Measurer: The puzzle is to look at the cut and without measuring say which is the greater distance— across the top of the hat or from top to bot- tom. Then put your own hat on the table, about a yard fa front of you, and carefully re- consider the problem. When you have made up your mind, take a foot rule and measure your hat both ways. —————_+2-—____ Sprats, Whitebait, Sardines. From the Cornhill Magazine. Nothing is more common than to hear it asserted that sprats are only immature herring. This isa complete mistake, Believe it not. Sprats area very distinct specigs of herring genus, and they never grow much bigger than when they appear, broches, at table. The largest adult sprat measures only six inches, while full-grown herring may attain as much as fifteen, Moreover, herring have teeth on the palate, always wanting in sprats, by which means the species may be readily distinguished atall ages. When in doubt, therefore, do not play trumps, but examine the palate. On the other hand, whitebait, long supposed to bes distinct species, has now been proved by Dr. nther, the greatest of ichthyologists, to con- sist chiefly of the fry or young of herring, To complete our discomfiture, the minent suthor:ty has also shown that the pilchard and the sardine, which we thought unlike, are one the same fish, called by different names according as he is caught off the Cornish coast or in Breton, Portuguese or Mediterranean waters, Sucn aliases are by no means uncommcn among his class. To say the plain truth. fish are the most variable and ill-defined of ami- mals; they differ so much in different habitats, so many hybrids occur between them and varieties merge #0 readily by imperceptible stages into ene another that only an expert can decide in doubtful cases M us atleast be thankful that w! t as nice; that nce has to breathe agi + their lemon, and that whether they are really the you: of Clupea harengus or not the supply at Billingsgate sho: tom of falling short of the demand. it by any ” Editor—‘Well, ‘then, insert ‘Second Edition’ som’ers about the head of the first page, an’ et her jam.” —————e@e——______ The Prince of Wales’ Residence. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. A Lively Demand for Options for F Street Property. COL, STRONG'S LARGE INVESTMRET AND WHAT HE THINKS OF THR PRESENT PRIORS—FRO- POSED NEW STEAM RAILROADS TO CONNECT THE CITY WITH TER SUBURBS—OTEER MATTERS, STREET PROPERTY is again at the front as an interesting feature of the real eatate market. In the movement in busi- ness property, which came over to the fall season asa legacy from the spring season, there have been certain distinctive lines which have marked the course of sales, For example, a wave of sctivity swept along F street and then subsided, Presently people were buying and selling property on the side streets, and then the boom, as it is more gen- erally termed, struck G street and spread ont to the north, Theentire section between 9th and 15th, Pennsylvania avenue and New York avenue, has been pretty thoroughly harvested, fo use another figure by the industrious real estate agents and it is safe to say that there is no owner of pro} in that section who hae not had a chance at to give sn option on his Property. There have been a good number of and corner lots and eligible inside lots have changed hands times. The prices have been going steadily up, turprisingly high dgures, havo been paid for ourpi ety FO} During the few days there bebe aes fest an renewed vinterent stree! roperty, and owners have been ‘approached: ith offers which, to say the least, were extremely te: With one or A notable sale was, however, made in the traas- fer of two pieces of property at the northwest corner of lith and F to Col. Henry St The corner property, where Criswell's store is located, was sold about five months ago to M. M. Parker and Charles Baum. They paid what was regarded as an enormous price, namely $45 per square which was then the highest figure ever paid for property on F street. Itis. wer, & Very com ground and contains not » waste only a frontage of 16 feetand a depth of about 55 feet and contsins 888 square feet. Col. Strong, however, paid @55 per square foot for the property and in addition a bonus of $9,000 tothe tenant for his lease, which made this Piece of property cost him $58,000, or more than @65 per square foot, ‘This is the highest po per foot ever paid for business property this city, and goes far beyond the highest _ price, which was $48 per square foot, ‘his latter was the conside: mn paid by the Traders’ Bank for the west portion of the Ver- non building, at 10th street. and Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. M. M Parker in speaking of this sale said that he was told when he ht the property five months ago that he would never get his money back. He believed then that the Pryce! was fully worth the money, and he is of the opinion now that if he had held on he could have secured # higher price then Col, Btreng paid, but he did not wish to stand in the way of a handsome improvement, which he knew Col, Strong intended to make. ANOTHER GOOD PRICE PAID. Col. Strong at the same time secured the ad- joining piece of property, No. 1103, by paying the owner, John A. Stephenson, $86,000, This property has the depth as the corner piece, but is one foot wider. It contains 044 square feet and the price per foot was there- fore about $38. Col. Strong paid also s bonus of $9,000 to the tenant holding a lease of this property, which, as in the case of the corner Property, bad several years yet torun, It therefore eost Col. Strong over @47 per square foot. The combined | presters gives him « front of 33 feet on F street by a depth of about 55 feet and contains 1882 square feet, It cost him $103,000, which is,at the rate of about $56 a foot. No higher price has ever been paid for property in this city. The property, however, must be worth the for the reason that it was secured by ng, who is ashrewd investor and has ide and varied experience in real estate investments both in this city and in other parts of the country. Hecame here several years 0 as other men of wealth have come and are sult coming and, liking the city, be decided te hi home here and built a fine residence at the northeast corner of 16th and L streets, ‘as not long in foresecing t! the business of the city which is He bought property on th. betw 12th ect frontage of bought if he could owners to sell. He, howe ditional pieces of property on that has made handsome improvements. erecting spacious residence on K street, be- tween 16th and 17th streets, Col. Strong hag shown his faith in the future of the city ina Very substantia! and practical manner, COL, STRONG TALKS, In talking about real estate here he is rather conservative, if not bearish, in tone, Toa Stam man, who asked him the other day after he had made the purchase of the property at Lith and F streets what was his opinion of the present activity in business property he said, in his quick, decisive manne: almost entirely speculative. The prices that are being paid for business erop rty are too high. At the prevail- ing figures the property will not pay 8 per cent upon the money invested and in somo cases not 1 Coa cent. I understand that @30 per foot is asked for G street property. Such prices are excessive, There is only @ix months of the year when business is done here. This city is not like Chicago, where there are large establish- ments that can afford to pay big rents. Here, if a man secures 20,000 feet of ground and pays €20 per foot for it there is an outlay of 400,000 for the groun: dded to this 1s $200,000 for a building and there is an investment of $600,000, It is necessary to secure a rental of about $50,000 per year. How many business estab- lishments here can afford to pay such a rental? There is not business enough here to pay such Ha and, as I said before, prices are too high.” Col. Strong stated that he had made arra ments to lease the building which he intended to erect at the corner of 11th and F streets toa New York jeweler. MB WARNER'S VIEWS, Mr. B. H. Warner, who has been in the real estate business for more than twenty years,was asked for his views as to the activity in busi- ness property and the high prices recently paid; and whether, in his opinion, the move- ment has been lar .ely speculati or not the prices remain fixe ner sai “As you know I was one 6f the early advo- cates of business property. It is the choicest kind of investment and far less liable to fluc- tuation than any other securityginto which capitalists can put their mon other classes of investment pay interest and people of limited means, naturally desire as great a return as possible, are willing t ept the additional risk inci- dent for the sake of getting a larger income; but men of means who want to avoid annoyance and have certain incomes prefer stores and office buildings. Many years agoI thought I foresaw the future of F street and testified to my faith by erecting a building which was then very generally voted to be an unwise invest- ment. In fact I had several people tell me I would never get my money out of it’ The total cost of property was $35,000. Two days ago I i offered Maar ea two — ent people, but of course propert, not fe t aD) rice, as it is my plane of busi- e I expect to remain to help build up ital city. Fors numberof years the 88, Ww this ca) i property on this street did not — ple of large means who have located made permanent investments of considerable magnitude, there have been heavy rs ers of business ty located near every one wi This class of chases amounts to a consider- able item an increase in vol- will, of course, in practically unlimited; they can bay anything Taracie, “The growin of Wasagion has’ wot lux doubtedly just commenced. People outour own country are becoming with its great attractions in Ser ! The £ i : in some instances several | }, at NOVEMBER §8,.1890-SIXTEEN PAGES, & i f & 4 i | i i Z rie residence city, for it is so possess: wonderful natural advantages as a business center, and from its to) bical peculiarities asiness sections will naturally be divorced that portion of the city most suited for residence pur; Within next five years we will have five new lines of ruilway into the city. Put down this prediction and sec if it does A reps 2 pee I Pignns give yeas 8 os man: an res ri statement but Rave time at prese: ay PROPOSED NEW STEAM RAILROADS, Reference has been made in Tus Sra to the purchase by a company of well-known citizens of the charter of the Washington and Western land Railroad Company. Mr. Edward J. Stellwagen, the senior member of the real e: tate firm of Thos. J. Fisher & Co., is now th of the company and Mr. Thos Dow! uctioneer, is secretary. By the terms of the charter the company is authorized to build a steam railroad from a point north of the Aqueduct bridge between the head of the canal and the Potomac river to the District line, and thence north and west to Williams- [ent The District of the line must be uilf by March 1, and it is announced to be the purpose of the company to in the construction of this section of the road at an early date. Since the canal was lost in the front flood of 1889 that portion of the suburbs been without facilities for communication with the city. It seems eae however, that before long this defect will be remedied, and if all the schemes now proposedare carried out there will be ap abundant supply. The canal is also to be restored, so the repre- sentatives of the bondh: rs of 1834,say,and,as it is it the Baltimore and oad own the controlling interest in ds, that powerful corporation will back the movement that has now the authority of the courts of Maryland and of the District toward the restoration of the canal as a water way. Incase the canal is not restored the Nowiegien and Cumberland railroad stands ready with authority from the Maryland legis- lature to purchase Toe canal property and to build the bed of the canal a steam rail- road to Cumberland, In addition the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company has now « bill pending in Con, asking for authority to builds railroad from the District line to Georgetown, se as toconnect the proposed Metropolitan southern branch from Linden on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio with this city. i TO GANDY SPRING, The charter of another proposed steam railroad to connect this city with the adjaccut country has recently changed ownership. The Rew com) bas chosen as president Mr. Ed- ward J, Etolwegen of this city. Mr. Aloert Gleason, one of our energetic business men. is the vice president. The company has two years yet4n which to begin the construction of the Foad and the officers say that the building of the road is a settled fact, The general route of the road is from the head of New York avenue north to Bendy, Spring. & distance of about fifteen miles. @ importance of this road lies in the fact that it will pass through that portion of the country between the Metropolitan and caatagiee branches of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and will taps rich agricultural country which is now legen shut off from communication with thiscity. The extension of the road from Sandy Spring to Frederick form a part of the plans of the company. AN IXGRNIOUS HOUSE PLAX. Asegeneral thing it is impossible to intro- duce much originality in the plan of a city house. There is s front and rear to s city house and whatever variations can be intro- duced between these limits is open to the choice of the architect and the owner. Prec toes all city houses ar ‘ich the architect, . M. Poindexter, is building for his home. This house is located on the west side of Con- necticut avefiue between Q and R streets. The lot is 25 feet wide witha depth of 100feet. Ow- ing to the natural grade of the ground the front of the lot is 5 feet higher than the part in the rear. The parlor. floor will be 4 feet higher than the street level, so that it will be 9 feet higher than the alley level. Mr. Poindexter intends to build the main part of his house 56 feet deep with a back building 21 feet deep. ‘The balance of the 100 feet in depth of his lot he will cover with a building which will be his le will be covered base ill erase id be planted, Ono of the results of this plan will be that the back yard will be on s level with the parlor floor. The stalls for the horses will be under the back no and the carriage house will be under the itchen. A staircase leads from the back yard to the alley. In this Mr. Poindexter secures a large and commodious stable, and at the same time he will have a garden which will be one of the features of the parlor floor. There will be three rooms on the first floor and four rooms on the second floor, and as this gives ample room for his family Mr. Poindexter will builds two-story house. The front will be plain and finished astraight cornice. A featare of the front will be a recessed h on the first story, or rather» porch with the roof formed by the second story. This porch can be inclosed with glass in the winter and used asa conservatory. The material used in the front will be buff brick and stone. —S DERIDING THE “CO-EDs.” Male Students in a Medical College Making it Unpleasant for the Girls. Three women, who are students in the Bt Louis College of Pharmacy, have preferred charges with the faculty against the male jun- iors Of their class. The trio, who are running ‘the gauntlet of an unchivalrous hazing, is com- posed of Mrs, Marie D. Amour, whose husband is a graduate of the same college and a prac- ticing druggist; Mra. N. T. McClain and Miss Augusta A. Bock. The male students are indignant at an inva- sion of their profession by women. It is said that when any one of the three female juniors @ppears in the class room ata time when the lecturer chances to be out she is greeted with derisive cat calls, shouts of “hello, girls; ab, there; my female druggist,” and various other humorous sallies not calculated to make her feel ye eorngy at home. When the women ask a question during the lecture, secking s fuller understanding of some knotty point in armacy, their frank confession of ignorance ted on by their 100 classmates with ring sarcasm or drowned in a chorus of laughs and general feet shuffling. And when one of the ambitious young women rises to re- cite the chi light brigade voices its un- mistakable hostility to female competition by hissing throughout her recitation. The faculty assert that they had no knowl edge of the persecution. ‘Will Cross the Line to Lay Eggs. ‘The heavy duties imposed on Canadian eggs the McKinley bill has resulted in the build- frontier of a large poultry bern, be fed on the frontier to lay their eggs. pivenseenenienien Seon tie Hall, in Newark, N.J., was the scene THE WEEK IN NEW YORK. —— After the Election the World Wags on ‘ as Usual. SOW THE KEW BALLOT SYSTEM WORKED—JOEN MORY'S EXPEXSIVE XEW YORE QUARTERS—TER SXRIBITION OF THE NEW YORK WATER COLOR CLUB—WASHINGTON ARTISTS REPRESENTED, Correspondence of THs Evanmre Stan. New Yong, November 7. ELL, the election bas come and gone and now the city will jog along much as it has done for the past two and the past ten years, We have had all sorts of edministrations—boses government and machine government and reform govern- ment and non-partisan government and, as Oliver Wendell Holmes says about another phase of taxation, “and very hard it is to tell which of the three is worse; but all of them are bad enough to make a body curse.” We are only sure of one continuing kind of govern- ment in New York city and that is bad govern- ment Of one feature of the day Iean speak in terms of patriotic praise. There is in the average American citizen a certain instinct of self-government which is unique. This saving grace of good horse sense came out strong on Tuesday. The new ballot law was no slight test of intelligence and adaptability. Is in- volved quite program and called for consider- able mother wit. Even such a manas Dr. De- aed blundered for all his ready wit, and had to shut up in the closet like a bad boy for the second time till he learned his lesson right. There was something quite oppressive in being labeled by a number, then marching up to a desk and getting a sheaf of ballots, all exactly alike except for the names, and then sent intoa closet where, under the law, you must stay three and could not stay more than ten m: utes, in which time you had to find the right ballot and foid it in precisely the right way and then fold all the others in precisely the right way and then emerge without “let on” in any way what you had been about and march- ing up to the ballot box, where you gave the votes you wished to cast toone man and the votes you didn’t want to cast to another man. IN THE CLOSET. After I had been pent up in solitary confine- ment, as numbered gentlemen so often are, with very plain surroundings and policemen outside, a certain nervoueness developed as to when my term would expire. The moments seemed to fly past. Perhaps some of your readers have indulged in an old-fashioned and innocent game called the elements, where a penaeeronae is —— at random — one to another in a group, the one tossing it naming one family in the animal kingdom, the re- cipient being obliged to name some species in the family before the thrower ean rapidly count ten. The fun of this very hilarious game consists in the utter idiocy into which the per- son so summoned to speak is thrown. I was strongly reminded of this game by my sensa- tions in the booth. ‘There before me in English and German was the law in very legible black and white, there on the sheif were the twelve sets of tickets and there just outside the door were the two policemen. ‘The tickets exhausted the combinations on about twenty officers, the candidates crossed and re- crossed in a political net work. If I chose the one that had on it the right member of Con- gress I found that two names below it com- mitted me tothe wrong mayor and so ad in- finitum. Then, when I finally struck the right combination, came the question of folding, They must be folded lengthwise from the lett, and then turned up from the bottom so thats duplicate stub at the top could be torn off by a perforated line without disarranging the bailot, and it must be done right the first time be- cause the lawsaid that destroying or muti- lating any of the ballots one guilty of ® misdemeanor, and there Police- men were standing just outside the door, However, having been accustomed to folding papers from my youth up, I performed function properly and was about to issue triumph when, to make assurance doubly sure, I peeped into the ballot I had laid aside to vote id found, to my horror, that it was entirely wrong. It had already seemed long overdue, but I hurriedly unfolded ali the tickets and, after much groping and ous fluttering, finally found the right one at the bottom of the pile. What followed was more like ordi- mary voting, and soon the ballot had been de- posited and the ordeal was over. Aiter having thus nobly done my duty I asked, with perhaps some conscious pride, whether people in general had been as smart as Iwas or whether there was some friction and bother? “None at all,” replied the inspector of the pe Sih en bas gone along as smooth as oi ‘And it was this reply and the eviden and satisfuction that prevailed everyw! gave me the sense of safety and of which I alluded at the start. The bi voters were men of very ordinary cay and thousands were of a very dograded tgp, and yet almost out exception they proved themselves to be capable of exerci their Political rights with intelligence and cy. Coz¥ BUT cosTLy. The dashing gentlemen of theGuards, whom Ouida loves to portray, have always blonde mustaches, seven fees of height, giant strength, absolutely irresistible charm com- bined with extreme rudeness of manner ands pegadnd facility of conversation in’ all known nguages—not observable among English gen- tlemen elsewhere than in that lady's not too realistic works. Besides these gifts these favored gentlemen invariably riot in silver bath tubs, turquoise hair brushes, ceilings painted by Bouguereau, cigar holders cut cut of s single emerald and other expensive trifle. To the plain American citizen this luxury has usually seemed slightly Arabian Nightish, but there are a few citizens in New York who can almost live to the novel hero's standard. Among them is Mr. John Hoey, who is not a guards- man and does not even belong to the nobility try, re imply the presi of a plebian express tompan! is gentlem as is well known, lives at Long Branch, of which resort his is the show place. But occa- sionally be finds it convenient for business or social reasons to stay in town over night On such occasions does he content himself with the ordinary comforts of a hotel, is he satisfied to pay the modest tariff of the Hoffman or the Windsor, or to have the more exclusive lux- uries of a swell club house? Nothe. The best only 18 good enough for Mr. John Hoey. For the occupancy of these chance nights he kce all the year round a snite of irtments on the corner of Broadway and 28th street, Two men servants are there and the rooms are always perfectly ordered, well d and lit, on possibility of their owner's appearance. The suite is of five rooms and there are scarcely five rooms ity more beautifally tur- nished and daintily kept up. This item of the necessities of life costs Mr. Hoey about €12,000 year, a sum on which a thrifty person might with management contrive to a ew 8 fal >. even in New York and with McKinley prices, THE WATER COLOR EXHIBITION. The art season may be said to have opened on Thursday evening by the reception at the American Art Association galleries, the occa- sion being the view of the first annual exhibi- tion of the New York Water Color Club. As ire distinctly fashionable, the g rilliant one, and the art side was quite as distinguished as the social feature, ‘The very effective suites of apartments belong- ihg to the association were charmingly utilized by the exhibit, and the visitors sauntered from level to'level and through passage passage amid the daintiest vistas, glimpses, as it were, into ideal worlds, as one graceful scene was joined to another upon the walls, Washington was represented in the artistic display by De ees Gill with two ex- * o ” e that ide to of the The Buyer of the “Angelus.” Edward Brandus has received Kaussroazty Srraxma Kause why? K—Knocks ‘em all out, "twas the Kountry. find us 0 Kon al questions particularly the 9m which wo are Keused all Kompettons to hucck under and Kontess ‘e@billia—Fast color Lot 4706—Dark Cashmere Suita for men, neat stripe Coat, ent, offered to. EQUITABLE | CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, OFFICE: EQUITABLE BUILDING, 1003 F STREET. Assets, $1,155,208. 21. The is from the last statement, spewing the increase and volume of the business transacted, and what has been accomplished by the members with the advantages and opportunities afforded them in this association: Total receipt: $5,878,132.49 Receipts, past 12 months. 1,061,055.34 Monthly average receipts, Past 12 months. 88,421.2 7 a Amount of advances to shareholders. $3,704,300.00 2,673,932.01 $1,030,367.99 $2,740,260,10 _1,772,653-52 $967,606.58 Advances held by shareholders........ Amount of dues on stock, at $2.50 per share. Amount returned to shareholders.......... Amount of active stock... Amount of net earnings. Amount of earnings paid shareholders. Net earnings and surplus on hand... —% 147,056.92 Assets Each Year Since Organization: | Withdrawal value of Shares in each issue: . + $450 09 - 399 25 18 15 278 oo Fifth issue 258 37 Sixth issue. 239 OS Seventh issue. 220 02 8 Eighth issue. ~- 201 30 701,576 26 = Ninth issue. 182 &7 $11,892 28 Tenth issue.. 164 7. 971,539 64 Eleventh issue... 146 92 1,119,062 77 Twelfth issue. 129 40 feeicag Thirteenth issu 112 17 3,155,208 21 Fourteenth issue... 95 25 oe Fifteenth issue. sq 62 : , Sixteenth issue. 2 30 Maximum yearly increase $159,647 36 Seventeenth issue 46 27 Minimum yearly increase 36,145 44 Eighteenth issue. 30 55 Average yearly increase 105,018 2 Nineteenth issus Total Active Shares, 14,024.1 The 20th New Issue of Stock is Open for Subscription. The First Payment—November, 1890. Shares $2.50 per Month. Tuomas SOMERVILLE, Pres. G. W. CasILEar, 2d Vice Pres. DIRECTORS : LAWRENCE GARDNER, FRED W. Pratt, Jos BARNARD, A. J. SCHAFHIRT, Vice Pres. jJxo. Joy Epson, Secy. Benj. F. FULLER, ELLs SPEAR, Gro. W. FIsHER, H. H. Twomsry, Marcus BAKER, Joun W. SCHAEFER. FOR PAMPHLETS, explaining the object and advantages of the Association and for additional information apply to Jxo. Joy Epson, Secretary. Orrick Hours: 9 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. Case Ox Crzvr. Our fall stock of Furniture, Carpets, &c, is now complete, and if you contemplate purchasing any- ‘hing in our line it will be to your interest tocallom us before doing #0, a8 we are confident wecan save Fou from 10 to 25 per cent on your purchase Below we mention afew of our many bargains and advantages ‘We will sell you s handsome SOLID OAK ANTIQUE FINISHED BED ROOM SUITE, 3 pieces, for 617 cash or $18 on credit We will sell you a 7-piece PARLOR SUITE, solid walnut frames, upholstered in tbe best hair cloth, for $28 cash or €30 on credit, We will sell you = 7-piece PARLOR SUITE, solid walnut frames, upholstered in plush, combination ‘colors, for $28 cash or $30 on credit c ‘We will sell you agood WOVEN-WIRE BED SPRING for $2.25 cash or $2.50 on credit ‘We will sell you a good quality BRUSSELS CARPE? for 6c. per yard cash or 6c. per yard on credit. We will sell you a good INGRAIN CARPET for 35a, Per yagd cash or 40c. per yard on credit We Sew and Lay all CARPETS Free of Cost anddo bot charge for the waste in matching figures, ‘We will sell all CARPETS, MATTINGS AND OIL CLOTHS on Credit at an advance of 5 cents per yard on the lowest cash price. EASY WEEELY or MONTHLY PAYMENTS taken “Toney” trades- on all credit sales, and no notes required, CABH DISCOUNT allowed on all accounts settled im 30 days. x foe Konjurer, ape hs the test—Kont in Konsequently we stick to & and you will -MADE. RING BEADY- CLOT! = pre-eminently perfect—iusving ity to Kope with us—Here's a sample of our Lot 4625—Durk Plaid Cass Suits, for men, heavy weight, sightly and serviceatle, Lot 4655—H Plaid Suits, for men, al ois eater ett ee Lot 4672—Dark Gray ‘wool, juita, for men, strictly all 7-50. Lot 838—Skating geSvcin and Vesta Blue Chin- and very heavy, . 33 1170—This lot rl the test bargain appa ames ihe erie! teres of Pure French blastique. ta, lived throughout with Skinner's Heaviest and ish of these garments can- not be excelled, Twenty-five dollars would hardly be ‘s fair price tor them, but you can have them for this omiy at 616.50 for Coat and Vest — and 405 1—He Plaid Overcoats for men. Sites 37nd 38, only $2.75. Lot 3120—H Blue Chinchills Overcoats, piped Padded, will wear until yuu tire of teu, words Lot Eete 2088 and . ‘Bot only bi ‘ash ana dressy. but their woar- FesistiDg qualities are unequaled. $15 is the usual Retail price. We nell om. Lot 5200A—Heavy, Black Dis Overecats, known to the trade a8 the “Daisy"* Overcoat, Very Uopllat, Very stylish and altogether lovely. meu demand $20 for such a garment, but wegive “ous” to our trade by tou.ung down the price to ‘Lot 2751—Children's Overcoats, with eapes, What's the matter with them? Nothing. Only the price is a paralyzer to those who charge @4 for’ gar meuts of like quality. PR GkoGan sll-3m ‘739 and 741 7thet. nw. Conta, vests and iene pants ate 12 to 18 years, #4-50—Upward. De Loose N'S PANT. iN = #2, 9225, 9? BOER ooo $3.50, 03.75, ‘Has resumed bis practice and removed his office te e412, 25—Up Dis residence, AT HOME e Toeverybody every week day from 7am, till 7 p.m 1411 K ST. H.W. VICTOR E ADLER'S —_ ‘Ten Per Cent Clothing House ‘Hats, Caps and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, 927 and 929 7th st. n.w., cor. Massachusetts ave, STRICTLY ONE PRICE, Open Seturday until 11 p.m. EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF QONSUMPTIOX. If a person has an obstinate cough, which com- ‘menced without any obvious cause, a cough which is at Gret dry and backing, and subsequently attended for a time with frothy or Lucilaginous-looking expeo- toration, accompanied by wandering pains slout the chest and loss of flesh, even to a slight extent, he isia OF ALL DESCRIPTION AND SIZES ‘We make a specialty of these goods and import them Girectly from our house in Constantinople. We have the largest and most superb stock of ORIENTAL RUGS and CARPETS, HANGINGS, &c.,in the city. It will surely be to your advantage to examine them If, im addition to these aymptoma, the tions evoke 8 few clicks of @ @ry and cracking sound, or if the voice becomes permanently weak aud hoareq there can be little goubt that the person is sudering 1.0 person, free from dysentery, and whohasnotre- sided im tropical climates, suffers from obstinate diar tho, which goes on month atter month, wi before buying elsewhere, ae our prices and goods will have no comparisun. D. K VABZHABEDIAN & CO., Principal Store and Exhibit Gallery, 1022 Connecticut sven. w. Branch, 620 14th st. n.w. 028-Lm where or Spresrance we should advise an immediate examine- tion of the chest and ® prompt resort to treatment Atan early stage of consumption 8 radical cure How To Wax it t ‘Never lean forward when walking. Move at a brisk ‘vance which the disease is allowed to take the fora perfect recovery diiuinish correapapding!y. TeeGere m Ust bear in mind that the most e&uliul ‘ecient treatment can do bo more than to make: end useful asmuch of the lungs as is present st ‘me when the progress of consumption becomes pended. No means on earth can replace the lune sue which bas been destroyed by the ulcerated bbieiiliat 3 H [ ZAR, NOSE, THEOAT 4XD LUNGS | df

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