Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1891, Page 12

a 12 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. ON AND OFF THE STAGE Theatrical “Matters of paren to Everybody. BOUCICAULT AND BROUGHAM The Disputed Authorship of London Assur- ‘ance—Anna Dickinson's Strange Hallucina- tlons—How Sara Bernhardt Looks to an Actress. Written for The Evening S! New York, March 21, 1891. FP DION BOUCICAULT AND JOHN Brouzham were alive today they would be at liberty to divulge ase tofsilence made fifty years ago has expired by limitation. The bargain between those two act wrights and managers related to the dispnted authorship of “London Assurance.” That famous comedy was first acted at the Covent Garden Theater on March 4, 1341. Tbe prior announcements had named nobody as the dramatist. Boucicault and Brougham were very young men, and both had done n little in the way of acting and composing, but neither | had made any reputation at all. The late Charles Matthews acted a part and directed the rohearsile, and the youngsters were in close attendance during the preparations, but it is doubtful if even Matthews knew positively who had written the pisce. At the conclasion of the trial performance the andience called for the author. Boncicault and Brougham stood to- ther beside the prompter, when Madame festris, the Lary Gay Spanker of the original cast, remarked that the time secmed to Lave come to divulge the identity of the suecessfal person. On the instant, Boucicault stepped outin front of the curtain and held its edge Debind him, close to the side of the proseeniam, a0 that Brougham could only have joined him before the audience by using force. “These par- ticulars of Brougham's exclusion from the honors were given by Matthews, during his last visit to this city. tos friend: but when Mat- thews was asked who really wrote the comedy he replied emphatically that he dia not know.,. The general public has all along been aware that, while Boucicault’s sole authorship has never been formally dispnted, Brougham has been credited by many with part of the work— with all of it by some of his ardent admirers. ORIGIN OF “LOXDON ASTER: Not many years before John Brougham’s death he and Boncicault met by appointment im the office of George Lewis, the noted Lon- er, and there passed from the latter rmer the sum of £10,000. Boncieault had just made a great zmount of moncy out of “The Shaughraun, © and Brougham Y his last venture in theatrical here in New Ye having failed. A third man present was Paul Paret. It is a divulgence of this meeting. upon the authority of an old member of the Lotos Club (of which Brougham was once pres- ident) that can now be made for the first time, and which goes far toclear the mystery away from the authorship of “London Assuran ‘The basis of the play was three one-act F pieces ofa farcial character. like those which Maddison Mortu ted” into the n English farces bearing his ns 1 been printed in Psris and tea 3 there many years before. But the third was in the manuscript of Jean Paui Paret’s father. and was bous y cheaj by Boucicaalt, mated it with the others, the result * How clever he ort pieces into a long one onstrated so late as “Forbidden Fruit,” manufactured out of two French which he farces of two different au had an eqnal band with b: ». however, in thus nee.” The exact poration cannot now fact is positive that joint author. ‘The bargain was that the secret should be kept for fifty Fears from the date of the first production. Now that it i he parties to the compact are dead, th hted play bas no mone value ° interested in the rights and wro: about the subject a ANNA DIENT Anna I a “enongh of an actress to get actor's fand now that she is poor and erazy. It isa curious fact that Miss Dickinson has never believer! that «he did not succeed artis tieally in her brief ventureon the stage. The absurd fiasco was, to her thinking, a brilliant achievement. Even at that time tie must have been demented a little, for she talked vehe- herently of a plot to ruin her aces. She declared that men of the political party opposed to her own had con- spired, in rezaliation for her rostrum eloguence against them, to thwart her stage ambition. One of her delusions was that « large fand bad deen contributed by these enemies to bride the dramatic critics of all the big cities, and she construed every published article in which the futility of her essay and acting was described as just so much evidence of corruption. To her Je thut a great orator could t player. the veteran critic of the Tribune. had long deen an intimate acquaintance and he tem- red his condemnation with the utmost possi Tie Kindness: yet sbe included him among, ber suberned foes and rated him soundly. Stage folks are at once 40 sensitive and conceited snd ber hot temper was so well known that her wild talk passed for an ebullition of disap- tment, but the belief is now that her mind was disordered. who has visited her in the asylum says that her imagination is now filled with enmity to Mra. Leslw Carter, and that her fluent tongue is employed in uttering it, She regards Mrs. Carter's sudden con- spicuousness on the stage as a personal outrage ‘and voices her resentment in mad addresses to imaginary audiences. FADS OF POLITE SOCIETY. Polite society approves only of polite places of amusement, yet deari; likes to venture into resorts of quite another kin. Carmencita was an illustration. As long as our Murray Hill belles had to be taken to a concert hall of bad repute in order to see her dance and thus “go slumming,” or else bring her to their home as- semblages asa hired entertainer. and so prove their ability to buy costly amusement for their guests. the Spanish wriggler and twister re- Musinedafad. But she is dead now. She at- tended her own funeral this week af a matinee benefit of the Sherman monument fund. A big Broadway theater was crowded. Carmen- cite made ber first public appearance outside of abeer garden. She was a distinct aud com- plete failure. The spectators cared very little about her. The same dainty ladies who had deemed it good fun to make up parties for the garden and there sit in the smoke and smell of tobacco and beer. in the presence of the worst women of the town, found Carmencita only commonplace ander clean circumstances. But they have chosen a successor in Jenny Hill, « rough and tough example of the London music hall vocalist. Jenny i forty-five years old. ier face is ugly and her form is poor. She is Ret without ability in mimicry of a violent, caricaturing kind, but her voice is in tone with the filing of a saw. She impersonates Lond: types of girls, Who are almost unrecognizable dy Americans and whore language is mostly cockney slang unintelligible here. But she is so Baglish, you know! Therefore our Anglo- maniacs dote on her. Her first audience here, however, contained few sympathetic witnesses of ber efforts, und the English woman realized ist once that che had failed ym: Brouginam was but she “Cawn't please you tll Te learned “ow,” she said, in a speech. “but I'll stroive to learn ima urry, don t yab know—— Then laughter stopped her on account of the | “don't you know” phrase, which we use as a casntoall whick had no such intention in don’t yab kno It was Jenny's cockneyism, and the fact that she was a London concert hall pot, that turned her bed start into a winning tinh. She meant to give up these imitations of Whitechapel chsracters which the first New York audiences rej and try to substitute others which would bg comprehended. but before the end of ‘the ‘were coming in carriages to the variety show where she is engaged, and now the lower part of the house is tiled nightly b; the same fashionable folks who mado a passing fad of Carmencita. They are don't-yah-know = they find Jenny is delightfully REALISM ON THE #TAGE. Artis not thesim of those who provide theatrical amusement. Even those who preach against the debasement of the ideal are prone profession se = produ er of plays and es; expert in making the most of realistic them. It was he who worked the water into melodrama, who ar- wana in E E He real the boo: , 50 from the | William Winter, | | in stage craft, and perhaps would prefer to de- | vote his skill to Shakespearean productions (Marie Wainwright's ‘“fwelfth Night” was one of his achievements), but he gets big prices for | making practically effective the inventions of | dramatic realists. He was found ir his office today with a scenic model before him. “What is this?” he echoed. when asked what | he was working at. “This is evidence to con- dramatic eritie of insincerity. He fre- tly publishes, in one of our loading deily | his condemnation of realiam in plays. | Nevertheless, this isa model of an invention | which he has made and patented for ri | senting a dramatic epicode | fashion. He pomts his opinion that realism is | detrimental to the esthetic interests of the | stage, but he patents his device for a piece of « alism likely to be of great practical value to his pocket. Moreover, he has been utilitarian enough to protect it so fully that | nobody can use it, oranything like it, without his authority. He gets a liberal salary as a writer, Fam told. but his invention of this thing—this complete refatation of his theory | that realism doesn’t belong in the drama—is likely to pay him more money in a season than j he can carn in a dozen with his pen.” | The model was a winter view in miniature, | with a frozen lake covering part of the stage j level as well as extending pictnresquely into | the painted distance. ‘The snow and ice were carefully simulated. Under the stage was a | tank of water, such asis commonly used in what j are called “tank dramas;” but, for an original novelty, this was covered with an imitation of smooth ice, so contrived as to break into pieces under pressure. In dramatic use a skating scene would be used; and, at the suitable time, the support of the ice would be with | person or persons would break thr | the water and somebody would brave | him, her or them from among the floating | chunks of ice. | “It will make a thrillin, mpressive cli- said Mr. Teal. “What is to be done with it? Oh, I believe the critical theorist with | a truly practical turn of mind when it comes to | being a patentee thinks of putting it into a comedy with comic circumstances, and also into. melodrama with serious surroundings. Anyhow, you may be sure that he intends to fish a prize out of the condemned tank.” NOTES OF PERNHARDT. | ‘Things an actress noticed at = Bernhardt | matinee and communicated to your corre- spondent: How little rouge she uses! Almost none on the cheeks. Her lips are scarlet and thickly painted, and her eyes heavily lined. The lines are made in order that the length of the eyes may be emphasized, and that they may seem like crescent shadows in the face. The eyes are reully not very large. She either does not mark her eyebrows at al peneil on them thet exactly match Her finger uails are deeply reddened, especially for Cleopatra. For that role her feet are gloved; thet is, the stockings are made so that each toe is ited. ‘Then the toes are reddened. I fancy, too, that the stockings are padded to the Square plumpness of the natural foot. Did You ever notice how she uses a handkerchief? It is rolled into a wad and she utilizes it very much on the sly. She seems to have handker- chiefs secreted all over the stage. I certainly saw her poke away and leave the necessary wad in places like corners of couches several times, but I uever caught her getting a new o Her stage “maids” (two of them are almost al- ways with her in “Cleopatra,” ) seem to have « supply of wads, which she takes from them as she needs them and retarns most dexterously. These maids also attend to her skirts, making her slides from couches gracefully possible. and freeing her dainty sandled feet when the soft skirts get wound about them. Sarah never seems to forget herself. I have seen her re- move a hulf-loosened bracelet and hand it to her “maid” when the scene in “real life” would have rendered her oblivious to jewelry. Her rings are chiefly turquoise and seem to be d is by no means “a blaze of jewels, pws are so heavily and closely em- roidered tha: they have anything but a rich or striking effect. Nor are they wrapped about her bedy and pinned with jewels. They are gowns: that is, they have places made for head and arms te come out. ‘The wig she wears is very munch like the wigs actresses too mature for juvenile parts so o1ten put on. soe JOHN WILKES SOOTH'S BODY. Lawrence Gardner Tellsof His Visit to a Monitor and Its Identification. 66] UNDERSTAND THE GOSSIPS ARE still discussing the question as to whether J. Wilkes Booth was ever captured or not,” said Mr. Lawrence Gardner toa STaR reporter yesterday. “Some of them insist,” said he, “that the marderer of President Lincoln es- | caped and that another man was captured and mistaken for him. That cannot possibly be true. In Tue Stanof March 6 there appeared acard from Dr. Wm. May in relation to that matter. Twason the monitor at the nav; yard when Dr. May and his father came on board and can corroborate the doctor's testi- | “How did I come to be on board the moni- tor! That's not along story. Very early one morning the assistant secretary of war, Gen. Thos. J. Eckert, drove to my father’s residence and asked that he prepare at once to go with him to the navy yard on asecret mission. We had for two or three days previous been ex- gaged in making photographs of the different prisoners who had been arrested as suspects in | relation to the assassination of President Li ‘olu. Thad been aisting my father, Alexan- der Gardner, and Taccompanied him’ on that occasion. On the way up Capitol Hill Gen. Eckert informed us of the capture of Booth; stated that bis body was then at the navy yard, and he aiso told us that they proposed placing } On i jenter’s bench and ed by a tarpaulin lay the body of Booth. | Shortly after reaching the monitor we were joined by Surgeon General Barnes and one or two other medical officers. On board the boat, according to my recollection, were Baker, chief of the secret service, and one or two of his prominent otticers. On removing the tarpaulin trom the body we were ail struck by the lack of nee to Booth. We had a number of photographs with us and endeavored by rison to find a likeness between the pho- tographs and the body, but there was no re- semblance. The hair was very black and the | cheek bones quite prominent, and these were about the only things that gave it any sem- blance to the photograph. “On the face was quite a growth of beard, probably that of a week or ten days, and it was evident from the features tha: there had been great bodily suf- fering. {bad seeu Booth but once in my life and that was at the National ihe«ter for a mo- ment on the aiternoon of the assassination, and i must say I could see but jittie resemblance to the man {met on that day. His face was very much freckled, a result of exposure. “Lhe object ‘of my father s visit to the mon- itor was photography and the body in question was to be the subject. Did we & pietmrer |No! After everything had been prepared Gen. Eckert concluded that inasmuch as there was so little likeness in the remains to the photo- graph in existence of Booth perhaps it would be best not to make the picture and the plan apdoned for that reason.” ‘as it Booth’s body?” “Ot course it was. There could be no ques- tion about it. On one leg of the body was a cavalry boot and on the other foot az army | shoe; the bootiess leg was bandaged. It having | cove n | been stated that Booth s imitials were marked | on one of his arms, 1 unbuttoned the shirt cuit ow lus left arm and displayed, on the forearm, | the ietters J. W. iS, surrounded by a wreath of jatars. Uhst was suilicient testimony, but the conclusive evidence was uncovered by Dr. Frederick May. “For wome time previous to the ‘assassination Dr. May had been treating Booth for # carbuneie, which was located ou the lower part of his neck, ou the shoulder. At the time when this carbunele was most puinfal Charlotte | Cushman wus playing “Meg Merril Booth was ove of the comput | the performances Charlotte = | spoiled the carbunele, “The result was a slow= heaisng wound. Dr. May described ihe appear- auce of this to Surgeon General Barnes and when the garments were cut open the sear was found. ‘bat wade the identincation complete | and all those present were sutistied. | “Lreuained aboard the monitor during the | time of the post mortem examination, and in the afternoon the remasne were rolled m an | army blauket anc taken off in a small boat. | The same afternoon we made « photograph of Herold, who bad been captared with Louth, and while the picture was being made be gave utier- ance to some remarks about the death of Booth | which suow couclusively that he was present at | the time of the shooting und kiew that the bouy | ou the forward part of the monitor was that of Jobn Wilkes Booth.” eeeiger A Queer Bank From the Detroit Free Press. ‘Two young ladies met on a street car, when one said to the other: “Going shopping, Nellie’ “¥eth, Kitthy, going to thop thome.”” uck Booth and “Mercy, Nell, what @ cold ia your head; EASTER IN THE HOME. Social Customs Attending the Great FLOWERS OF THE SEASON. Easter Weddings and Easter Dinners—Caudle and How It Is Made—The Easter Egg and Legends Concerning It—The Marriage of Marguerite. ‘Written for The Eveninw Star. ‘N THE EARLY DAYS OF ECUMENICAL councils it was a mooted point wher Easter should be celebrated. The converted Jews kept the feast on the came day as their pass- over, the 14th of Nison, the month correspond- ing to our March or April, but the Christian church observed the first Sunday following this because Christ rose from the dead on that day. It was not until the fourth century that the council of Nice decided upon the first Sunday after the full moon which happens next after March 21. The contest waged long and heavily, but the western churches were victorious vote settled it. Perhaps this victory decided the later and more splendid religious ceremonials of Easter, which are now much more observed in Rome | and in all Catholic countries than those of Christmas. Constantine gratified his love of | display by causing Easter to be celebrated with | unusnal pomp and parade, Vigils and night | watches are instituted, people remaining all | night in the churches in Romo and high wax tapers being carried through the streets in processions, People in the north, glad of an escape from four months of darkness. watch to sce the sun monan Easter morning. This is a super- stition which comes from Egypt and is akin to the legend that the statue of Memmon sings when the first ray of the «un touches it. QUEEN OF FEASTS. It is the queen of feasts in all the Catholic churches the world over. ' In early days the fasting of Lent was restricted to one day, the Friday of passion week, Good Friday; then it extended to forty hours; then to forty di showing how much fashion even in churehly matters has to do with these. One witty author | says “that people who do not believe in any- thing will observe Lent, as it is the fashion.” Certainly the little dinners of Lent in fash- ionable society are among the most agreeable of all entertainments. For the creme d'erivisse, the oyster and clam soups, the newly arrived shad, the codfish a la royal and other allureble dainties are very good, and the dinner being | small and at 8 o'clock, which gives a long | twilight for the drive in the park, all are very enjoyable. A pope of Rome once offered a prize to. the man who wonld invent 1,000 ways of cooking eggs, for eggs can always be eaten in Lent, and let us hope that he found him. The greatest coxcomb of all the cooks, Louis Ude, who was prone to demand a carriage and five thousand a Year, was famous for his “little Lenten menus” and could cook fish and eggs marvelously. The amusements of Lent have left for us om i pwiork. ‘Theroller skates, thena very fashion- able amusement for Lenten afternoons, now gone ont, had taken Irving Hall for their pl ground, an ina Lente” (hasten slowly for their motto, a very witty motto, but some wise malaprop remarked: “What a very happy selection: festivals of Lent However, Lent passed with its sewing circles and small whist parties, the digestion of the | boiled peas whict the ‘Iabor-suving pilgrim | wore in his ‘shoes; then comes. the Brilliant Easter with its splendid dinners, its weddings, its christenings and candle parties, its Indies’ lunches, Meadow brook ‘hunt, its asparagus ' purties and the chickens of gayety which are hatched out of Easter eggs. It is a great day for the confectioner. In Purix, that city fuil of gold and misery, the splend and luxury of the Easter egg Vonbonnicre is | fabulous. A few years since Paris house fur- nished an Exster egg for a Spanish i which cost eight hundred pounds EASTER DINNER: Easter dinners can be made delightfal. They are simple, leas heavy, hot and stuify than those | of midwinter. ‘That enemy of the female com- plexion, the furnace, is put out. It no longer | sends up its direful sirocco behind one’s back. Spring lamb and mint sauce, asparegus and fresh dandelion salad replace the heavy joint and the canned vegetables. A foreigner said of us that we havs everything canned, even the canvas-back duck and the American opera. Everything should be fresh. Primrose din- ners, the ice cream man devises allegorical | allusions in his forms, and there are white din- | uers for young brides and roseats dinners for debutantes. For agorgeous ladies’ lunch behold @ menu. This is for Easter Monday: Littlé Neck Clams. he or Conzomme in Cups. “Cotelettes de Cervelles a la Cardinal” Cucumbers. Little Ducks with Fresh Mushrooms. Champagne. Artichokes. Sweet Breads a la Richliew, Asparagus, Hollandaise Sauce, Claret. Roman Punch, Pate de Foie Gras. Roast Snipe. Tomato Salad, Lettuce, Lijueur. Form of Nighti Sngar F-uit, Nougat Coffee. Of course a séason of such rejoi ‘hristians stand praying ench in an exalted titude with outstretched hands and uplifted faces expressing joy and gladness” is thought to be vers propitious for marringe. There is generally « wedding every day excepting Fri- day during Easter week. hhe prettiest flower for an Easter wedding is jattodil, which can be massed reat : With delightful effect. Lilacs, lilies of the valley, white roses and wild flowers are all appropriate. We have not the primrose, unluckily, that darling of England, for an Easter wedding. A favorite spring traveling dress for an Easter bride is fawn-colored cashinere with a little round hat and bunch of primroses. EASTER WEDDINGS. A number of choir boys singing an epi- thalamium walking up the aisle before the bride is a new and very beautiful Easter fashion. A favorite entertainment for Easter is a christening. Christening parties are becoming ‘very important — func- tions in the art of entertaining Koman Catholics are many of them xo X1OUS for the salvation of the little new sou! that they have their children baptised a4 soon as possibl bat others put off this important ceremony ut til mamma can go to church, when little mas- | ter is five weeks old. ‘Then fricnds are invited | to the ceremony very much in this fashion: “Mr. and Mrs. Hainilton request the pleas- ure of your company at the baptism of their infant daughter at the cathedral Monday, March 30, at 12 o'clock. At home after the ceremony, 14 W. Ellicott square. ‘Muny wealthy Roman Catholics now have private chapels, where the ceremony could be performed earlier. of godfathers and Tee Cream it Strawberr The election mothers is in the Roman Catholic and Episco- pal churches a very important one, as in. both these churches the godparents are expected to fll the places of the parents if there is any lows by death. In the honor of being chosen godparcnt, the friend receives a note in the first person, men- tioning name. If for the godparent a very handsome present is usually made by that in- dividual. All the godfathers and godmother ¢ a present—a silver cup, a porriuger silver coral tuoth cutter, the christening dress, generally very handsome. Old-fashioned. peo- | ple give the baby salt and an egg for good inck | snd beg that he may be carried upstairs betore he goes down stairs and that when he goes out first he shall be caged to the house of some relati ave heard of one wealthy godfather who left 100,000 in the baby's cradle. Edward the Sixth and his sisters were all baptized when only three days old and the ceremony took place at night by, torcblight. ‘The baby i» always shown off in a grand robe trimmed with laceand is much disturjed, it is to be feared, by all the pomp, pride and cumstance. " Presents are sent to the mamma of flowers and boubonnieres shaped like an aitar, a cradle, a powder box, and may be gold tea scoops, pap spoons and a caudle cup. CAUDLE. Caudle isa very succulent porridge mado of oatmeal, raisins, spices and rum all boiled to- gether for several days until it becomes s jelly rhere did you get it?” ish proceéding was forbidden by the doctor “It ithn't a colth. Ith streeth car fare ig | and now it is the excuse tor a sometimes my mouf. Hadn't roomth for it snywhere | two or three months after the Gifts of a RE old Dateh silver with the fanciful “Wel never,” was wondering com- | true lovers’ knots inevixable posy or ment of Miss Kitty, as she gazed at ber| couplet ure very favorite gifts for the baby friend. aud mamma on these i | cise origin of the custom of offering eggs ut the | dancing to the music whilst catching the frail The candie cup designated by Albrecht Darer for some member of the family of Maximilian ia atill shown. The eaudlo cards are very often stamped with a cameo resemblance of these cups and the invitation reads: Mas. Janes Hamrttox, At Home ‘Thursday, March 30, from three to six. Caudle. “I MUST TAKE THE ERL ‘That fs What Mrs. Smith Said, and the Re- ‘Was Most Remarkable. From the New York Sun. “My aunt, Mrs. O. P. Smith of St. Louis, started east a few days ago to visit relatives of her husbend’s in Duchess county,” said one of those relatives, a well-known railroad man. ““fler direct route was by the New York Cen- tral’s system to Fishkill, and that was the way the trip had been laid out. Half an hour before starting, however, Mrs. Smith surprised her hnsband by saying that she intended to go by the Erie route. That would necessitate a round- about way by New York city or by Newburgh and across the Hudson, and her husband tried to argue her out of her sudden and unreasona- ble determination. She stoutly insisted, how- ever, that she must go by the Erie. “‘Tcan't tell you why I have such an inclina- tion to go that way,’ she satd, ‘but Ihave that | feeling and do not believe I could bring myself | to go any other way “Of course, her husband gave in to her whim and put it down to woman's caprice. My annt isa native of Richmond, Va.. and during the | war, being abont sixteen, her only sister died, and her brother was killed in the defense of Richmond. ‘This left her without « known rela- tive, unless the oldest one of the family, 9 brother, who had gone to California in 1855, was living. She found a home, however. with a Richmond family, who moved west after the | war, where the orphan girl, whose name was Allixon. subsequently met and married my | Uncle Smith. She was ten years old when her brother went to California and he was then twenty-five. She had never heard anythin, from him since the war broke out. Althoug) her father died when she was but eight, she re- tained a vivid remembrance of his face and manner. “At Meadville, Pa., tne next morning after ‘Those do not require an answer. Very pretty tea gowns are worn by mamma and the ladies of her family for this entertain- ment, but the guests come in bonnets and | street dresses. There is no objection to having the afternoon tea table with its xilver tea kettle, alcohol lamp. pretty silver tea set and plates of bread and butter; little cakes also ready for | those ladies who prefer tea. Caudle is some: times added to the teas of a winter afternoon by the remnants of old Dutch families even when there ix no little master asa “raison d’ etre,” and delicious it is. | MARGUERITE’S MARRIAGE. ‘There isa pretty account of the marriage of Marguerite of Austria with Philibert, the hand- some Duke of Savoy. It is called ‘Marriage | aux ceufs.” She had come to the castle of | Brae, in the charming district of Bresse, lying | on the western slopes of the Alps. Here th rich princess kept open house and Philibert, who was hunting in the neighborhood, came to pay his court to ber it was Enster Monday and high and iow danced together on the green. The old men drew their bows on a barrel filled with wine, and when one succeeded in planting his arrow firnuy in it he was privileged to drink as much as he pleased “jusqu’ a merci.” A hundred eggs were scattered in a level spuce covered with sand and a lad and la holding each other by the hand, came forwa to execute a dance of the couniry. According to the ancient custom if they succecded in finishing the braule without breaking » = egg they became ailianced: éven the | leaving St. Louis, my aunt kept her berth. will of their parents might not avail | Whffe she was making her toilet the porter had to break their union. ‘three couples | made up the section. When she returned and had already tried it unsuccessfully ind | sat down a sprightly but elderly man eat down shouts of langhter derided their attempts | in the other reat of her section and said: when the sound of a horn was heard and Phili- | «+Exeuse me, madam, but D'll just drop down bert of Savoy, radiant with youth and happi- here while the porter fixes up things in my ness, appeared ou the scene. He bent his | section. I'm only going to the next station, knees before the noble chatelaine and be-! any way.’ sought her hospitality. He proposed to her to | ‘My aunt opened her month to reply, but try the egg fortune. “She accepted, their grace | she didn’t » She simply fastened Ber eyes and beauty charmed the lookers-on, and they | on the old man opposite. He was. tall and sacceeded without a single crash in treading | bright eyed, with e silver-gray mustache and the perilous maze. | goatee, the latter long and pointed. He wore “Savoy and Austria!” shouted the crowd. | a wide-brimmed felt hat. iy aunt's manner And she said: “Let us adopt the custom of | seemed to nettle him, and he exclaimed,rising: ; fl “If annoy you, madam, I will go to some ere married and enjoyed a few years | other seat” of exquisite happiness; then the beloved hus-| “My aunt managed to loosen her tongue band died. Marguerite survived him long, but | then and putting out her hand begged him to never forgot him. She built in his memory the | be seated. He sat down again and. my aunt pretty church at Notre Dame de Brot. ‘Trav- | looked out of the window, or at least she says elers go today to see his and her magnificent | she tried to, but she felt herself drawn. irre- tombs. | sistibly to look covertly at the gray-bearded THE FASTER ECA. | Mranger. | When the porter had arranged the The egg bas been in all ages and in all coun- | #tranger’s section and he arose and went to it ore A x my aunt’s eye followed him. She tried to speak tries the subject of infinite mystery, legend | to him as he went from her seat, but she dkin't aud history. ‘The ancient, Finns believed that | seem to be able to get out the words she wanted a mystic bird laid an egy in the lap of Vaimni- | to say. The next station was Union City. It non, who hatched it in his bosom. He let it fall | We only half an hour's ride from Meadville, in the water and it broke. The lower portion | and as the train drew nearer to it my aunt sa of the shell formed the earth, the upper the | She could hardly breathe, her heart beat so, sky, the liquid white became the sun, the yolk | ud she felt as if she must speak to the old man the moon, while little bits of egg shells became | or die. But somehow she could not. At last the star j the train whistled for Union City. The gray- Old English and Irish nurses ‘instruct the ; bearded man took his valise and prepared to children when they have eaten a boiled egg to | leave his seat. The train began to slow up. push the spoon through the bottom of the shell | The old man walked toward the front end of inorder to hinder the witches from peaking a = car, me hele pang onde pes bout of it. It is dificult to ascertain the pre- | She pressed one hand on her ‘thumping heart . is Pino | and, alaost choking, she touched the strangers: | arm and gasped: | , isn t your name Allison?” “The man looked. surprised and said: ‘Why, yes, my name's Allison. harles Jasper Allison?” festival of Easter. ‘The Persians, the Itussians and the Jews all follow it. Among the Romans the year began at Easter, as it did among the Franks under the Capets. Mutual presents are exchanged and as an egg is the begin- ning of all things nothing better could be ‘Yes.’ said the stranger, looking still more foun nbolic meaning is | surprised. eas striking. nds all the blessings ‘Didn't your sister Carrie used to call you Juss? ‘She did !" he exclaimed; ‘but why —’ ‘Oh, Jas! Im your sister Carrie! ex- claimed my aunt, and her arms were around the old man’s neck and he was holding her to hie breast, whil: both of them sobbed like a couple of children. The long-lost brother did not get off at U: ity. He was the very mnage of her | father when he died, my aunt said, and that is | why she felt from the very first that he was her brother Jass. The brother is still a Calitor- | nian, an extensive vineyardist, and while in | Chicago he suddenly remembered that an old friend of his was in or near Union City, and he | resolved to visit him before returning to the coast. This had occurred about half an hour before the train he was to. take left Chicago and he was just able to catch it by an extra jetfort. The old man will stay east for some {time now and. talk. over ‘old days with bis strangely found sister. “Suppose my aunt hadn't suddenly taken that whim to travel by the Erie? Or suppose her brother hadn't suddenty bethought hint of | his old friend in Union City? And how do you | account for it all, anyhor 0+ A‘Woman of Nerve and Business Ability, From the Atianta Constitution. Mrs. A. H. Perrine, the Alabama woman who helped capture the Fulton county murderer, Jim Richardson; in Alabama about a week ago, is a remarkable character. She owns and runs contained unter thut fragile shell whose fragil- ity represents that of happiness here below. ‘The Romans commenced their repasts with an egg: hence the proverbial phrase “ab ovo aque | ad mais,” or, as we still sy, “beginning ab ovo. Another reason given for the Easter egg is that about the fourth century the chureh for- bade the use of eggs in Lent, but as the hereti- cai hens would go'on laying, the eggs acew lated to such a they were boiled hard and given away. They were given to the children for playthings and they dyed them of color in cerinin churches in Belgium the priests at the beginning of a glad anthem threw the eggs at the choristers, who threw them back again, eggs, 50 they may not br GERMAN CUSTOMS. In Germany, where means are more limited than in France, the Easter egg bonbonniere rare. None of the “eight hundred pound | kind,” which was made of enamel—on its in- side was engraved the gospel for the day and by an ingenions mechanism a little bird lodged in this pretty cage sang twelve airs from so | many operas. But in Germany to make up for this poverty they have transferred the hare into an. ovipa- rons animal and at the pastry cooks’ windows | one sees this species of hen sitting upright in a nest surrounded by eggs. I have often won- dered if that inexplicable saying, “A mare's nest” might not have been “A hare’s i pa nest” us a luctus, nm non. lucendo ic |® Plantation of 4,000 eae Tandall county, would have done as well. When a Ger- Ala.. in the very heart of the negro belt. Her man child at any on ot the year | executive power is something wonderful. There sees a hare run across the ticld he says: “Hare, are few men who could successfully and profit- ood little hare, lay plenty of eggs for me on ¢ - y bly take her place as manager. She rules like Easter day.” It is the custom of German | *YY 5 families on Easter eve to plice sugar and real | 8 dictator. Last year she ginned 600 bales of eggs (the former filled with sugar plums) in a! bes ie Pd ee senae ae sith hest.'then to conceal it with dried leaves in | Notably Handsome woman, ead weeealice ta the garden, that the joyons children may hunt | * Tce indicating ee ene eee es for them tuorning. |= - ven ; It isa superstition all over the world that one |, She never has serious trouble with the turbu- should wear nev clothes on Esster day. Dad , lentand auruly negroes upon the plantation, is luck will follow if there is notut least one article | thoroughly familiar with every detuil of tarm Wo Stnweou, ’ | work, works herself und personally supe tends all the labor and makes one of the most succenful planters to be found in the state. Her promise is good for an order of £5,000 at the store, and her business obligations are al- ways discharged promptly. “I didn’t think it would do much good to ask an unknown woman to help arrest a negro murderer,” remarked Sergeant Ozburn, yester- “but she fooled me. I have seen police soe Hats and Shoes. | co Herald. of the funniest sights in London at pres- ent is found in the hats worn by the young women, At various times the hat of the ) York female has dwindled to humorously small proportions, but never has it faded to the | aii gctectives before, but I newer ase ne ioe atomic size of this present hint of head cover-! could beat her. ing now fixed upon the head of fethinine Lon- | “L kaow very little about her except that her ey i | note is good for almost any amount down there, so ana amelance oF HERE i also fachfonable | fod she is the nerviest woman 1 ever saw. Nok at just this time, and w se giaee (ter | one man in 10.000 could manage those laborers plate arrangement lapped at a sharp angle ax she does. At work on the plantation, they recisely on the front of a great bush of frizzed | tell me, she wears short skirts, reaching to her locks the young women seen about are better knees, and rides and works like a man. She is than anything in the current burlesques, An- | plain spoken and rather masculine in ber ideas, other peculiar feminine fashion of the day is | but she bears a good character im every way of the iow shoe. ‘ihe choicest firls in May- | and is respected by her neighbors. feir wear only the low soe in the sloppiest and | “nhe isu mystery. She lives on her planta- coldest weather. The sensible walking shoe of | tion apurt irom the world and don't usk any the British maiden is one of the myths that are | odds of anybody. Sue is a remarkably hand- plentiful in the records of the English, for | some woman and would attract tavorable at- while she exposes her ankles to the gaze of man / tention inany crowd. You certainly wouldn't and the breeze of the north she makes a sad- | think, to look at her picture, that she run the dening attempt to utilize the hi Freuch heel | engine last year and ginned 60U bales of her and pointed toe, which, considering the | own cotton. uational fuiling, i y large job for her to | - sucessfully accomplish. the hat and the shoe of the West End beauty are the only conspicuous distinctions that exist between her | to contract for excursions for the coming sea- and her American cousin. Her garments are | son to that most delightful Washington ex- similar to and as attractive as those worn by | cursion resort, which is being greatly improved the belles of Murray Hil and beautified, Bay Ridge on’ the Chesupeake. 200 Bay Rivag oy tre Cuesarrake. 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HOt i HOLD “FURNIT EE | S deed NEAINED IN TH 5 . 25 SECOND STREET CONSISTING IN PART OF ' ‘uniture, Walnut and Cottave Chamber Fur- st, Wanbetands ahi Beaten > Tecordiny at purchas mhI9d&is pRUST ATCLIPFE, DARE & CO ni Lasy Rockers, Sotas ant int Marnie Top ‘Sideboards jming Table and Cuairs, Two ? Cases, Marble Top Tables,” Mattres: Featlier, Fijlows and Hoiste Carpets for Parlor, Library, Di bers, Hulls and Stairs, Kis, i,” MARCH TEN O'CLOCK A.M,, Twill sell Fesidience, 26 Second street northeast, all the Fur niture contained therein and partly mentioned above, to wuick I invite the attention of deaiers and persons Pefurnishing. TWENTY-PtFTH, LOCK P.M, vestate,situate tt: the Tum H. H. GUILFORD, iam F. Guiltord, Deceased. ATOLL 30 mb20-d "[HOMAS DOWLING, Ai RY VALUABLE, BUILDING LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STODDAKD OR Q STREET, TO CLOSE A BUSBNESS PARTNERSHIP, AT AUCIT AY, MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH. 1891, DGK. Twill sell ou the premises the | a dejith of 120 teet of Jot No. 2%, mJ. | uy of square 4, sitnated on the south | ‘street, between 30th and 31st balance in one and two years, with interest atid secured Us a deed of trust on the property sold, of all cash, at’ the option ot pur: chaser Al Senveyanicinwe anit recordiue ‘at cont of irchaser. st Teanired at the tine of sale. Mirsdeds "THOMAS DUWLING, Auct, Wun LOWENTHAL, Auctioneer. BUI R. TRACY, Troste. _iuhlSd&as _DUNCANSON RAtcHrre, DARK & co ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF FOUR He SINGLE AND DOUBL SCULIIVA TOL CRUSHED. STONE. F MOWING MACHINE, AbOUT OF HAY, &e.., & By virtue of aii order passed on the 'S, “JOHNSON'S, COX'S, "CAR March, INOL, by the Supreaee Court THER GOOD MAKES, WILL BE | OF- ‘bia. bola ~ erus $ AS SPECIAL SALE. 1 WILL ALL | Covumbla. Boldin wilt sell by WENTS-SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, A.D. inl? E O'CLOCK M., on the FARM OF THE GEO. H. BALDWIN ON THE HAMILION Hoad ve > ATTENTION TO THIS SALE, IRE STOCK WILL BE SOLD: SALE PEREMPTORY. FIXTURES TOBESOLD. me and a quar ASYLUM, vu RATCLIFFE, DAER & CO., Auctioneers, ceased, and te Which ORIENTAL ART EXTRAORDINARY. we RATCLIFE IMG + Auctionvers, MAKCH TWENTY. aAAM sa one R E, DAKE & Oo, DESIRABLE OUNIMPROVED Property iy TOUD AND BROWNS SUBDI\IsioN OP PLEASANT. PLAINS ON STEUBEN STREET AFAR SHERMAN AVENCE AY APLERNOON, MARCK TWENTY. HALD-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, we ofer incl WIth. ih Bifteens Any. vsell they TMs purchaser dD STATES MARSHALS BALE o ni eall the rath, am aad AM DAS At x a Line J)EXCANSON BROS... Auctioneers EXECUTORS’ SALE OF ALU ALLE BE Et oN F STH Pen wSts NOW Mev EST INTHE OTT OF WASHIN By wel FOSTRERT. PR: ‘ + HOLS. AND NOKTHWEST, S | SALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS Dy OATIRINATE SALE WILL BE 4a BY OS UPTO THE DAY BerOke Te MEISGPRERLD AT POBLIC AUCTION, HENED WISE GARNET E, Executor, 4006 Sth wt. show SAMUEL P. BELL, Execw CABLE IMPkOVeD WEST OORN. rtrude weil te the WEDNPS MA oon the w Tania thayrowed by Lot lot 4 Tromte 4 feet on 4% street shape amd coutaius ww proscribed by the dectve Ome third A depomit sold. “it the THOMAS DO" Rereurre TKUSTER'S SALE ¢ Auctioneer DARR & ©0., UNIMPROVED RPAL BS. {ATE ON FiGh TH STKEET BETWEEN E AND F STREA Auets, The scith west COPner « ae fromtinus ake back WHR, sud jot Bruning tue Mth street LL tevt 44 samme width the Whole de: atsix, tweive red pay duet to eee tired 13 to be Com ‘Convey anette at pi THOMAS 3 1022 Connecticut avenue northwest. OWING TO MY EARLY DEPARTURE FOR MY ANNUAL TOUR THROUGH THE ORIENT pong ty mgs Tecords of the District of the party’ secured thers: tees will offer for scie at yb Drewines, on 1 DAY UF “MAL sil. AN, FOUR O'CLOCK the followings described 1 und preimises, situated in the city ot Weslinzton, trict of Colts t: Al thst certain piece OF Thave determined to dispose of my lange and well-as- sorted stock of ORIENTAL RUGS, CARPETS, parcel of land and ss ee ont iniogs —| HANGINGS, EMBROIDERIES, &., By PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS, eae streets tsene hurt me ce thence east seventy-seven (s7) feet mine ( thence south civht (*) seet six (G) ches, erly in by et ORIENTAL ART GALLERIES, ‘No. 1022 CONNECTICUT AVENUE N.W., 5 sale: One-half of the purchase ‘nd the balance im une (1) sea the rate oF six (G) per cent per a interest payable seuii-cunually ; note to be scared bi deed of trust upon the property sold, or ail cas ophon of purchaser or purchasers. it ‘of sale. Couveyancing, recording, ‘scost Sof sale to be complied with in ten (10) day: otherwise trustees reserve the rlt to Beginning MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY-THIRD, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M. AND THREE P.M, and axain on WEDNESDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH, and FRIDAY, TWENTY-SEVENTH, AT SAME HOUR, end on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS OF EACH WEEK AT ELEVEN A.M. and THREE P.M. UNTIL ALL 18 SOLD, pubushed in Wastun WALLAAM HO COLLTS JAMES NELSON, 8 BROS... Anctic OPENING EXHIBITION SATURDAY, MARCH TWENTY-FIRST, and EACH TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY DUKING THE PROGRESS OF THE SALE. A. H. Miller & on will sell at waction_on WEDNES- DAY. MAKCA TWENT\4IFTH, Inn. AT ALY- PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK, at tiie Teal Estate Px chanwe, No. 3 Liberty strect. New York cls. of the te ot these Dearie wx jer intercat. Ravine an gption Of Conversion. ni stork Whenever authority shall be conferred on the company tOimake the exchange. tuhi9-thsat,tu. ‘My stock is the most complete in every-detail of any ever shown in this city, and aside from being especially Deposit ot 8100 | br >t STAMER “WARES ——————— +) Leaves sth st. waarion MONDAYS, THURSDAYS rent Rbays Be am, Keturning 1 ESDAL, ici >. Cleuneuts Bay, abd. Claas” W. RIDLEY, Genin. manor ‘DRY GOODS. w Srrixo Goons, We are daily né-eiving our spring supply of Novelty Dress Goods iy all the mew tsbrics in spine effect, Ficured and Plan China Silks, French and Seoteh Ginzaams, Wool Henriettas, in the new shades .aiso « ull line of Table Damaske and Napkins, all grades, Linen Sheefings and Pillow Linens, Hemstitebed Linen Sheets aud Pillow Cases, Panask and Huck ne BOOE, BRO. & 6O., | ter7-tu,tm.satiim 12 Fat. |__ GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. _ ——_ oo Liberal terms to Sunday schools, church so- The farnicrs are handicapped every way. | cieties, lodges and organizations. For dates Even the sap docs not begin to rnn trom their | call at city passenger agent s office, 1351 Penna” mople tre I long after the market is amply supplied with “new maple sugar.” —Bos- ton Transcrip:. “Bromoprxe” cures headache. 250.—Adet. selected for the finest retail trade of this market, con- tains many rare and choice specimens from the most celebrated RUG-PRODUCING CENTER OF THE EAST. mb19-0t DUNCANSON BitOS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY IX GEORGETO® WN, D. By virtue of acertain deed of trust to us, bearing date on the 7th day of May, AD. ISS, and duly re- conded in Liber itd, folio 248 et sey. of, the Tend records Dist Columbia, and west HOMAS DOWLING, aaa Sra pinmeancasndy eres tana yEE'S SALE OF REAL FIRST front preininos. ae i sat! a oo THhty-tist ‘Dat Or MARCH, AT. HAL. STREET €AST BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA | PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the following de- Property, sit facton) "District ‘of Covtanie ned . en (ent Wan anton} mu ‘No. 30 (thirty), in square or bloek No.0 AVENUE AND D STREET SOUTH, BEING part of jot lings tee, \UTHEAST, WASH- | 9 the subdivision of Georzetw" -C.. the sane pee salecae cha amt Pies opting ad teet ant Mt atrent Gortcels Heide tet) INGTON, D.c. | = ‘on 2th: street 1o— = hic mipeatii i ferns ox sais? Deseret neo feed of, defpaid in cast and valance i 4 She Dintrict ot Co: gute: of party secured ‘ot the p ScLoow Bat A ot Yor eleven (ii)"'by the dej a [aired at time of sale. seven hum red and a ‘and recording at coat. pears on the ground Terus.o: sale to be ‘with dn ten. (10) days, ‘with the iampro' yige trustees reserve the right: ‘at risk of ‘Terms of sale: x cash, of which $100. $3, LIRLIAMSON, Trustee, ro NSLON, Trustee, creates per cent ‘Office, SAA) Sth wt ne. aut. Srock OF FOREIGN COATINGS, VFSTINGR, SUITINGS, OVERCOATINGS AND TROUS EKINGS RECEIVED. GENTLEMEN WHO ADMIRE FIRST-CLASS TAILORING AREIN- VITED 10 3NSPECT. ALLGAKMENIS CUT BY. D. BARK, LLL KA. AVE, AKE GUAR ANTEED 20 20s sine Commend STYLE | } Gorse W. Kens. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WASHINGTON, D. C, w. s oN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 1 hai, 9s Dae bess Wankiangton: D.C. Residence, 4001 V8 = a MANICURE. AbAME PAY MANICURE AND CHTROPODIST, . ‘S 15TH ST. N.W., BI7-Om Over Thompson's Dray Store. J HORGES & SON. CHIROPODISTS. LADE + Memicure an cttendance. Georges’ Gunion tLieias reweve | 4b astoutly : ‘and sore rominent yasociaus: Pesci Ibis te eve. ours ae PS toe pw. Suiuaye, viol pas aise . WOOD AND COAL. Cou. & Woon.