Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1891, Page 8

WASHINGTON SOCIETY upon and receive soviety rather than the tinsel and fisunt of Mr. Don M. Dickinson Says a Good | "> Word for the National Capital, ABOUT THE SOCIAL SEASON. Merit and Trae Manhood Recognized—Tip- pling Days Gone By—Mere Wealth Does Not Cotmmand Social Recognition — Washing- ton's Refined Permanent Society. Correspondence of The Evening Star Derrorr, March 24, 1891. A charming lecture was delivered in this city Bfew evenings ago by ex-Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson on social life in Washington. fn bis lecture Mr. Dickinson gracefully wove together the early history of Detroit and Wash- ington and told bow, when Detroit was laid in ashes by the fire of 1804, Augustus B. Wood- ward, « judge of the territorial smpreme conrt, appointed by Jetforson from the District of Co- lumbia, laid oat tho town upon the plan of Washington. Woodward and L’Enfant were great frien and Woodward was one of the few men who ap- preciated L’Enfant’s dream of beauty, and to that keen appreciation Detroit owes its own Deanty. Both Washington ‘and Detroit were for years ridiculed for their magnificent dis- tances, bat have grown to be among the tmnd- somest cities of the world. “It may be said,” said Mr. Dickinson, “that Detroit was modele? after Washinj We ington after Ver-nilles and Versnil fg to abd report, wns modelled after a cobweb. oceeding then more directly to his subject Mr. Dickinson said: ‘As Washington was a mud hole and a morass and, with her boasted magnificent ¢ tances, was a by-word and a scoff as the capital of agreat ie, and as she bas now come to r. taken for all and ich have claimed tegy. ted of all the capitals of MEAIT AXD TRUE MANUOOD. ‘Im reflecting upon the fairly just eritfeizms of our manners and customs br Moore, Dickens and other English visitors of the earlier days it is something of compensation to be able to a; id to say truly, that our social conditions have improved as society become more demo- cratic in the best sense and by seperation from the English model, from artificial clase disti tions and from the evils of arbitrary caste; and this does not imply a severe, much less an abu- sive, of that Euglish model. Our capi- tal ‘cultivated an exclusive circle, but it was guly when that circle was broken, by the force or ressing intelligence, lucation aud, above all, by a seif-appteciation and. the faller comprehension of the value, dignity and re- lity of citizenship, i believe that the ‘good Y were the bad old times.” SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF OLDEX ThIEs. “Up to Inckson's time and still Inter duelling pistolswere a part of every gentleman's equi “T am one of those who old times’ the dara of beings, whom no man ought unless with a pair of tongs,’ and who, “Ae late as Van Baren’s administration, Mr. Gilley, a Representative in Congress from Maine. for a criticiem fan oditor, was chal- lenged by the editor, sent his message b; Mr. Graves, a Representative from Ki + af who had no acquaintance with Mr. Cilley. Mr. Cilley declined to receive the communication from the editor, with great courtesy, however, to Mr. Graves,'wherespon he was’ promptly challenged by Mr. Graves, and was shot deat the duel that followed. George W. Jones, who was the last delegate in Congress from the ter- ritory of M: was Mr. Graves’ second in that fight, end Mr. Jones always came to the defense of Mr. Graves, when public opinion gondemned him. by saying that Jones’ friend, Mr. Cilley, was fairly killed, and that Graves Was without fault. MR. REED'S READY TONGUE. “We have ugly debates in these days, but the use of such language as was then used on the floor of either house would now not only lend to the censure of the offender, bat would pnt him beyond the pale of social recognition. Bevere things are still said, and i remember to have beard a thrust of Mr. Reed of Maine distinguished democrat on the floor which greatly amused me. Mr. Reed was in his seat, apparently writing, while the democratic ora- tor was addressing air. The orator had rounded a period with this somewhat stale quo- tation: ‘Mr. Speaker, I would rather be right than be President.” ‘Reed looked np instantly and commented in bis rasping Yankee voive that could be heard in every part of the Repre- sentative chamber, ‘Waal, you'll never be late as Jackson's time it is said that when je were nimitted to the White House re- ceptions, where punch was prepated for their entertainment Is, they mind: smear the food given them upon the floors panels_and would stand upon the sa are. Times vi now one of the most decorous and teresting receptions at White House is that of the people, whe a term from Fngland, all Stand shouldor to shoulder: but one often artimn or one who woull be land the yeoman is of more d Subbed and gentle manners than the mitit sire who jostles him and crowds too far to the front. Ita tra t the White House, and at all aments the coming of the poo-er | numbers is sincerely welcomed oR gratifies the host. aud always SOCIAL TIPPLING DAYS GONE pt. “The good old days of social tippling ap to ‘and past the line of intoxication have xleo gone never again be seen in mm when a distingumhed statesman seeind prestige drink Lim- ie fellow aparticulariy bad hole the conch jolted and be was pitched from Lut eeat om the outsite into the mul. His fellow kawete alighted with the driver to go to his re- hel. Gathering himself together he said. bad upset, wasn't it? ¢ did not upset, Senat rejoined, ¥ friends suid he ‘with a puzzled sir, “if 2d known that [wouldn't have got out.’ ‘WERE WEALre DoEs Sor commaxD SocIaL nE- the | i ‘| in the early part of this centary, | e with | That is “Washington society, unlike a certain ele- ment in New York, which, let it be said, is not representative (I refer to that element which turns up its trousers when it rains in London), does not run after titles. It is certainly true that a duke or a lord does not get the tribute of @ seeond look from the t and per- manent residents of Washington’ While tor- eign distinction in literature, in the arts, or fdvancement and civilization of mankind will gather a levee abont him where- | ever its represeutative pauses in that eirele, | there are no traditions of the idioayneracies of | rank or of manaers of my lord this, or marquis that, or prince the other, who may have been connected with of | visited the city in other dai | pleasant thi 5 | who held no secre- tary of is uncle af inte ae 1820. ‘This mam bas since attained tecoznition as Lord Lytton, rice- roy of India, and a still wider famese Qwen edith. A Iavorite with all who knew him, he is still spoken of by the older residents of the capital city, and his memory’ is fragrant, “ke the faint smell of the jasemine flower’ of his verse. WASHINGTON'S, PERMANENT SOCIETY. “Of course it is understood that, apart from the constantly changing official life in Wnah- there is a permanent society there of oli families, who are cultivated, unostentations and refined. ‘They are people of moderate means, aud it is generally recognized tint tobe received into their homes.on terms of frien ship is a compliment and a distinction. There is less display of the evidence of wealth in dwellings aud in entertaizinents than in New York or evenin Detroit. Where wealth exists d and we have many homes here of far nce, in the sense in which we make use of the term, tha: now in Washingto “The typical American home at Washington has little or no evidence of the presence or of the expected presence of the pul The roots are all living rooms and by far the most most acoeptabie of hospitalities is the small dinuer party, not to exceed eighteen, while twelve is Considered , better. TNR TYPICAL) AMERICAN GENTLEMAN. “The typical American gentleman, as drawn from life, is familiar figure at our capital. He may come of a long and distinguished line- age, but he does not vaunt it. He is» demo- erat in the broad sense, believes in his country and her future, is proud of her progress and feels a responsibility as a unit of the sovereign people with a public duty todoassuch, He is a man of wide learning and information, and his reflective mind makes constant use of its treasures of knowledge. ‘They are not per- mitted to mold or to rust. A man of the world and a student of mankind his charity for the foibles and sins of humwnity is broad and his judgments gentle. Never t, cen- sorious or intolerant in discussion, he wins opponent by respecting his opmion’ white di fering from him and sends hin away iu a spirit of reflection rather than of controvers; row his own apothegm he never ‘mistakes rudeness for courage or violence for strength.” He clothes his idens in garments of apt expres- | sions, felicitous, beantiful and always Anglo- Saxon. There is nothing of the pedant about him. His diction is pure, like his heart, and is unmarred by profanity or slang. He is’ defer- ential to all women. “An unconscious dignity freezes impertinence and closes the mouth of vulgarity,while his gentle manners and winning countenance give confidence to the em! | and loosens the tongue of the modest or the mid. Hecares nothing for mere rank in his intercourse with manly men—with true Ameri- can manhood—and you feel at once, as he ffupe your hand and greete you, thet with im ‘The rank is but the gui ‘The man’s the gold for a’ that. “To enter his home, to partake of his hos- pitality in the place where he lives, is a_privi- lege and a delight. This man by healthful exer- cine keeps his body sound as the depository of his sound mind. His physique is athletic and ‘igorous. A scholar, a statesman, an American | gentleman, tis figure is not an ideal one, and I | personify the type, with which my description Inust but poorly impress your minds, when I name Thomas F. Bayard. THE SOCIAL SEASON. | “What is called the social season at Washing- ton lasts from the opening of Congress i | December until Lent. Within this period are held the weekly receptions at the cabinet homes om stated days, and the similar recep- | tions of Senators and Representatives and of justices of the Supreme Court. At these all | the people are welcome as they are at the | general receptions at the White House, where in addition to these are the distinctive recep- tions of the diplomatic corps, the justices of the Supreme Court and the C of the | United States Interspersed with these enter- | tainments are the state dinners given by the | President, by prominent officials and others, nd card ‘receptions, dancing parties and the ke. With Lent comes peace and quieter din- | ners and entertainments. The official life changes substantially fonr years, and yet every administration wit | its retainers setiles down as if for life at the | beginning of every four years. But at the end | many disappear from the places that heve known them and which they have distinguished, never to return again.” | What, you've been here 1t and Laven't been to the high ehurch. Who's the THE SAGE AND THE BOY. A Detroit Free Press Fable. A Boy who had his hand wrapped ap in a Pandage called upon a well-known Sage and j sa vied: “O, Sage, I am but « young and innocent A, and I Desire to be made Wise.” “What wonldst Thoe. my Son?” queried the Sage as he crossed his Legs and cut off a Chaw of Plag Tobaec “Yesterday { Picked up © Horseshoe in Blacksmith Shop.” “It was red hot.” | ence between x Hot and a Cold Horseshoe, that I may not get Blistered agein. ‘My Son,” quoth the Sage, as he io ont of holliug off Picked the nearest window, ‘is as eusy as «Log. Wait until some other Boy the Shoe, and then you will know all about it free of Cost.” 4 With the stomaeh, intestines or liver. The jtongue occars most frequently in fever $ DESIRABLE EASTER GIFTS. ett Former Presents of Carols and Slight Trinkets Now Not Up to the Requirements—Gifts ot Jewelry or Decorated Work are Expected— Some Good Suggestions. LL which is ouly second to Christmas ful season, marked by exchange of gift among | families and friands. + The preparations for it are ona large scale among the shops of all kinds, and especially those where spring gar- ments tire bought complete or in detach- ments. The fashion of present-giving at Easter has gone quite ontside the significance of the day like those and Christmas. Comparatively few have any real appropristeness for the occa- sion. There are ig plenty things specially in- tended for Easter. bnt they are generally ig the line of trifles for children, pretty little conceits for confectionery, or booklets, or cards with Baster verses and spring flowers combined. With ail the variety to select from there & wide choice in Faster sonvenirs. To friends in town, a growing plant is always a pleasnre-giving token, and if the jar ia inclosed im a pretty basket or case of some kind its at- tractiyenese is incrensed. I have spoken of the thitred covers which could be made for flower pots, but they involved some trouble, which every one might not care to undertake. Now *the “supply has come in answer to the | demand und silk covers with elastie ran in top | and bottom to fit them easily to ajar ean be bought at some of the shops. Somie of them are ia . ht, rieh, red and golden | yellow, for instanee, the shades in a tulip. PRETTY JARS OF POTTERY. Pretty jars of pottery in different coloring are always to be found at low prices which very much set off any plant put in them. | Taw an odd little one the other day at only 35 cents on the “bargain counter” of @ china de- partment in one of onr stores. || Tt was with open work, sides of white, with | blue rim, and was evidently Japanese. ‘For a | small maiden hair fern it veald be very suit- | able. Maiden hair is so gracefully spreading that ina small pot nothing is #0 effective or looks so well in an outer jar. China is always in order for gifts, for Easter or otherwise, and oue can never go amiss in of- | fering it. Never has there been more or pret- | tier to choose from then now, whether for | mere beauty and ornament or for use as well. | Among the latter ucticles are the charming jlittle “ individual dishes for —_ serving creamed lobster, or sweet breads or fish. We have proved the utility of them by using the little plain white ones so extensively, but now we can get them—that is, for $12 adozen— decorated in the dearest of tiny flowers, three | festoons tied with blue bows on each dish, a | little wreath on the rim and a few scattered flowers inside, surely 4s dainty in the small size and fine decoration as anything could be. NOVELTIES IX DRESDEN CHINA. Little oval baskets in two sizes with sprigs of flowers and gilded edges and handles are novel- ties in Dresden, and can be used for a number of things. I was told at a very large establish- ment lately that it was not possible to keep a full assortment of Dresden on hand, it was so wuickly bought, especially anything novel in Sapo or decoration. The prettiest bread-and-butter plates I have ever seen were at this same and were of Dresden, with a little open work in the border and lavishly ornamented. Amateur china painters can find prettier shapes now than ever before on which to ex- pend their labors. Little trays or platters with wo stationary egg-shaped cups in which to lengthwise two boiled is a piece that is pretty to decorate in len style. Little Turkish cups are quite novel, the saucer having stationary open work standard for the eup, which is without a handle and fits into it’ The cup has a slightly faring risp, and this is a very effective piece to paint. Little pepper or rather salt boxes of cream white ware are in a pretty shape, with twisted lines on the sides and between, like Venetian glats. Sach boxes have been inade in common ware alr decorated in cheap style, and one might not care to paint ver, them as salt holders. A novelty, howe’ would be to gild the . lines, tiny bonquets on the plain stripes and uso them for individual sugar sifters for waftles or hot cakes. A half dozen would make a pretty gift and the labor of decorating would not be great. PERFUME BOTTLES FOR DECORATORS. Some stores making a specialty of china for decorating. show tiny perfume bottles to be decorated like the little imported ones, which people often bring home in their collections of pretty trifles. One such has been painted in gold, which is in lattice work over each side of ¢ bottle, which is flattened a good deal; the fold is put on so as to leare an open space in the middle in which on one side is tiny bunch of forget-me-nots, and on the other a pink rose with leaves and’ buds. The little stopper is painted in tiligree gold, as are the narrow ends of the four-sided bottle, and in decoration it quite resembles the imported ones, and is a pretty little oddity to have about. One of the glass-topped tables, which are such an acquisition to any drawmg room, is a good receptacle for specially small and fragile ther articles too int of china as well aa of ighly prized to be trusted to mantel or table top. tables are exquisite in themvelves, with the linings of plush in lovely shades, eal culated to enhance the attractions of whatever they enthrine. Some of the tables have only a top of glass, while others have glass sides also, which further display thecontents. Fans, miniatures, anything which is pretty enough to be admired, even if a fragment, can appro- priately be kept in such a table. ANDSOMELT DECORATED TAPLES. Other tnbles, smail and for drawing room use, are deoorated with flowers painted on | them and some are intended to’ stand against | the wall and have an upright slab like that back of a washstand. which’ is also painted. Large flowers scem to predominate on thess tables, huge roses, peonies and fleur de lis. Thave seen a lovely little dressing table of this same style, with swinging mirror and two drawers, and all with these big, natural-look- ing flowers. It waa an extremely odd and pretty piece of furniture, but it would prob- | ably be impossible to find any other article of bed room furniture to correspond or even har- monise. Among new things in china already deco- rated are the so-called bouillon sets, consist- ing of small tray, bouillon cup with cover, suull salt dish and pepper box aud a little rack for toast. as this is wi invalid outfit, and as pretty as possible. Bouillon cups this season have only one handle instead of two, and have covers and sit in saucers. Some y ¥ ones among others of the less expensive kinds are of Cope- |land ware with quite gay bunches of towers, | several different colors in a» bougaet. Those are about €12 a dozen, and bright and attrne- ittle oval dishes for salt, one for each per- and a solid color combined, each dish having a For satisfactory | every-day use nothing -has been found better | than the little ent glass ailver-topped | salts, which one does not ‘of 60 ¢00n as | the ones of china with muel i Sais toons cera ania sa ie Fetiet ng | ‘are s favorite confection. now tnt Easter that will be the ab- thought and for Easter entertainments most ee The ‘season ya ® delightful one in and the coming one bids fair to equal any of its pretiecessors. —————_+e+ —____ HEALTH AND PLEASURE. Latest Designs in Riding Mabite by Red- fern. ‘When Dasie Nature bestire herself to pnt every growing thing into its new spring suit of green and the sky grows blaer overs day, then fair women who “sway the reins -with dainty finger tips” make pictures of themselvenin the morning that by means of seh healthful ex- ereise they may shine out still fairer at night. For we all know now that there is no real beauty in that appearance of fragility whieh was our grandams’ ideal, that « free, upright eafriage, a springy step, bright eyes and a glowing check are the charms to conjure with. and that they are only obtainable by plenty of sanshine, air and exercise. And so it follows that riding is becoming each year more poplar and that the’ number of eqnosiriennes is constantly aug- mented with new recruits. For those who are not enamored of it for its own sake con- sider it the proper thing becanse it is so ex- tremely English, and others rejoice init becanse it allows of, or rather demands, a most becom- ing costume. And that's e most potent argn- ment in feminiuc estimation always. Of course there are habits and habits, but the woman who knows what she isabont recoguizes the Redfern habit, which by constant changes and improve- ments is now as near perfection as anything can be. The spring models are exceedin, several of them show the new coat basque, h is considerably longer than any worn of late years. ‘The vest of differing maierial and color is also one of the new features. In the above sketch it is of checked kersey, while the rest of the habit is of fawn-colored cloth, the basque buttoning twice just below the notched lappels. The jaunty little silk hat is worn with this habit. ON AND OFF THE STAGE MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL Doom of the Farce Comedy—Why Photo- graphs of Actresses are Striking—The Se- Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New York, March 28. DWIN BOOTH IS THE TALK OF THE theatrical town, That the ittustrious trage- dian ia at the end of hisstage career is regarded somely thtongh the final week of his season here with repetitions of several of his famous | roles, delivering the blank verse of Shakespeare | blankly indeed, and presenting so weak a sight physically as to be pitiful. He omits whole lines from his parts, and epeaks with only an echo of his former eloquence of elocution. He és so uncertain on his legs that he walks sham- blingly and can hanily get up froma knecling attitude without help. “He is drank,” isan uncharitable bat com- | mon comment of the witnesses of these exhibi- [tions But that is not so. He is abstemious | nowadays, His residence is at the Players’ Club, where he nses the second story of the | fine hoase which he gave to the society. He | arrives there prostrated after every perform- ance, and deci: | go through with ‘obody except his p seems to know wha ‘The sarmises are many, and « malicious. The inc mtabi however, that he ix a not act after this engagement. THEATRICAL PEOPLE EXCLUDED. The theatrical people are exciied by being shat ont from the spectacle of the disabled Pooth’s final straggles for histrionic life. Or they are compelled to buy tickets if they goin, and that is tantamount to exclusion. of the Inte Lawrence Barrett's last ae:sas partner and manager of Booth was to order an utter abolition of the dramatic free list. No matter how well known the actor or mannger might be his card was not to be good in lien of « ticket. That rule has been rigidly enforced. ‘and anger are the result. “The reason for our action,” suid one of the business managers, ‘is a good and simple one. The show folks came here, sw the dimbility of Mr. Booth aud went away to spread reports of it. If they lad been content with merely tell- ing what they actually saw and heard we wouldn't grnmble; but they have started sto- ries that Mr. Booth is insane; that he ison long spree; that he is an opium eater; that he has paresis, and the Lord knows what else. $0 we simply shut out this horde of ungrateful, unsympathetic, gossiping people. We have them back at every performan many as 100in one day. They shall not e in here to bray ata dead lion.” 18 THE FARCE COMEDY DOOMED? Something that can be spared from our stage much better than Booth is that form of enter- tainment commonly styled “farce eomed, but which might be called farce circus more ay propriately. So extremely prosperous have exo slightly dramatic variety shows been throughout the present season that they will be multiplied for next winter and the ontright variety field has been hunted high and low for grot talent. At one of the Brondway the- aters this week that kind of a “play” hi been given newly. It was not an untried en- terprise, but had won a whooping success in several other cities. ‘The company included a careful and costly selection of i men and enchanting women. These performers did the best of the ‘acts which bad made them famous separately. Thus all the condi- tions of farcical success were there. But, to the amazement of the actors and and even to the gratified astonishment of the carp- ing critics, a considerable portion of the audi- ence departed in disgust at the end of the first set, While a second Aapletion took place at the next fall of the curtain. While was trne that the gallery remained crowded and delighted to ‘the end of the evening, the lowor part of the house lost well- nigh half its assem! and few of those who remained were pleased. This seems to mean that upper Broadway has had enough of farce that is merely an incoherent conglomeration of variety show acts. No other deduciion ean be reached from facts as here accurately given. And if that be so there is good season for the panic that followed among owners and rojectors of similar ventures for next season. Discusion of the siteation is rife in all the ter with him. of thom In is other model we have a dark skirt, worn with a light coat and vest, under which the white shirt front is revealed. The hat is a derby, the color of the skirt. ——<0 THE TOUGH AND THE DUDE. A Very Brash Bam Goes Into an Invol tary Sleep. From Peck's Sun. Probably one of the most surprised bullies thet ever a'tempted to make game of a man now nurses a black eyeand a broxen nose down onthe south side where he lives. He was nding in ‘tho doorway of a Grand avente tore a few nights ninco talking with another tough man and leeriag at every main and womin that chanced to pass that way, when uniler the elestrid light which bids the weary wa:farer weicome in front of tho Plaukiugton House he saw wat he was pleased to call a dine comiag in their direction, smoking cigar. "Eibiye see ther Ande comin’, Nisby?” he anid to his companion. “Yea, an tink it’s n dirty shams dat he is spoilin' dat nice cigar when he is only fit to smoke cigarettes. Dat's a fact, me boy, an’ I'm blamed if I in- tend to atand i See! “What you going to do about it! “Just watch me an’ if E don't have] datfeigar Inside of w minute, den 111 ext me hat, dats As the yong man drew near, the bully step- | Son. are beautiful, decorated with mach gold | ped from the door and approaching the unsas- tf lestriun, said: es Tee Ea Ta she tas’ Sone cigar, ah ‘The young man, thinking that the fellow de- Trea a yy knocked the ashes off his weed, and handed it to the stranger, who, with « amile, it between his teeth. “What do you mean The little 3 g Hi i H i F i i i by that?” asked the as- torilshed young fellow ashe saw the use his cigar had been put to. “Oh! dat’s right, bub,” said the tough ‘man, “dis it little way dat I have when time hange = Run Qu home now or your mother will be worried. ng ink that I see,” the hewoppad ep in frost of seem, may t Hi p & ft i i E I é i j > Hg places where managers meet. ONE CURIOUS EFFECT is that the market quotations for grotesque comedians have taken a drop. Until this week the demand for such ectors had been so brisk as to raise salaries to high figures. Men who used to be glad to do two turns a wight in a va- riety show for forty or fifty dollars a week com- manded easily a hundred. Negro minstrels, ‘hese line of business has been of late, years ago. Bat the slump has come. and all in consequence of the failuge deseriled. It may be that this is what the doctors would eall. i ter of physical sickness, a wporadie case, and that no fatal disemse is to become epi- demic among the “farce comedies.” Anyhow the managers of that sort of thing have gon too far in preparations for the next sea: back out, and so their sinmbers. will be turbed awhile by nightmares of disaster. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEATRICAL WoMEN. It isa well-known fact that theatrieal women take far better photographs than those out of the profession, and the rather stapid question is often asked why this should be. A Broad- way photographer was complaining of the Tronble he hea with hile unprofossions! cus- tomers because he failed to make as striking jotures of them as he did the stag dis pi ¢ beanticr. “Tam tired of explaining to ladies,’ said he, “that as long as they.do not look like actresses out of a picture they should not expect to in one. You will fiud ‘chat the very woman who would disdain to have a theatrical appearance on the sires: is set on having it ina photo- hb. She wishes to look dashing, assertive and passionate, and is never satisfied when I producc her own sweet self. Now, I cannot pose ordinary women asI can an actress the reason that they haven't the ability to fall into ‘the attiude I want. Then, again, they are usmally unable to throw the particular expreasioninto their faces that they wish to have there, and this an actress can do. Above all, a lady hot of the profession seldom makes up her face when she is photo- graphed, or, if she does, it is badly done. I always touch up a woman's face a bit crayon if she will allow me, but she usnali; won't. The skillful actress makes a pronounced manner, her eyes heavily owed and her lips, . mide © Lio! Ican gotten where I cainot accentuate in finishing a picture, and @o when those cxag- gerations of the actress are toned down her eyes merely look large and beautifal and her mouth ay wl — oi the same way with men. Au actor knows how to pose, to with, und asa general thing he inakes hey oy Tace, as he invariably does on the stage. ‘There is really no ‘nse 0 men and women in private life hoping to get graphs that will be as striking and sa: ‘as those of actors and actresses, unless they are willing to take a course ‘and study the art of of making up. Tam guna" ED Set Stat sat Seat ms epee Mees make the simple the clerk Of these people are wearing me ont.” about a supper that ie eet down for midnight sent Ei for Went eee ts Hill gavesnch a Er ‘be one of rate ba} i y o ct ; 7 § 7% ascertain. He has gone weariedly and weari- | he will not be able to | of | swered. | Only for men j umplete wreck, and will $ ‘4 ig a i a mi Oh, yes, I belong to the Astor family—Tony Astor, yon know, ‘bat out of consideration to their feelings I put the P. close alongside Astor. } Ah! Jenny is on her feot. Jeuny is a wonder. | five if a day, and ay ugly as sin, for she's strongly pockmarked. She is the dar- Ving of the London Alhambra. Nhe ean make the nobbies roar with laughter or fill their oyes with tears. Jenny's songs and dances | and sketches aro often just @ wee bit off af stipend is £300. ker. Naturally « in’ country. “You call this a froe country.” she said, turning to | ‘Pony Pastor, who sat on her left. “but I never | shall forget the look of horror in Mr. Pastor's face the day I reached New York. 1 was very thirsty and TF must confess I'm very fond of @ glass of beer. So I said: ‘Mr. Pastor, let's step | into one of these public ‘ouses and get a glass ‘They're only for men, he an | restanrent aud order somethin; preposterous, my friends. Dcesn'ta woman's | throat get dry? Must a woman, merely be- came she ts wor & re 8 jer lens gallantry aud a and, w Innt to women, bat fy miere beer ‘ | ude of the clock marked | the hoar of 4 in the me ng and the guests be- gan to grow uneasy, there woud only be time tor forty winks, as early rehearsals would cause many of them to turn out at 8. it isa hard life, this thoutrical profession—verr exacting, very fatiguing, very wearing; but in no walk can Zou finda more soulful, generous and kind- arted lot of people, always ready to do a favor, and useful members of society, too, are pec nneneer ars they. A PUZZLE. ‘How Can It Be Done? This puzzle appeared in last Saturday's Stan. The object is to trace the design as above with- out taking the pencil off the sheet, without crossing and without retracing a line. DO THESE SOLVE IT. KE. B. of Herndon,Va., says: “Give usa hard one. It can be done in « variety of ways, but this is the simplest: “TI have elaborated it a little in the follow- ing, but the principle is of course the same.” ANOTHER ANSWER, J. G. T. sends in this figure as an answer. Bet o Mog at All, but WHR an Rye for ‘Weather All the Same. (ORN. GREELY DoRSK'? BELIEVE Ix HIM AXD TAR SCIENTIFIC MEN TAKE No STOCK IN BIS KNOWL- EDOE OF TEMPERATURA, BUT HE SKRM TO VERIFY THE PROVERNS LX REGARD TO KIM. ay His YEAR THE PREDIC- for his shadow as usual. The fun was shining brightly ‘and 60 be saw it; whereupon he knew that there was a long period of cold yet to come, and accordingly re- treated into his burrow for a further period of “hibernation. There he still Temains, according to last accounts, All the exme Gen. Greely of the signal serv ice has no faith én the groundhog asa meteorol- ogist. Said be yesterday to a Sram reporter who called upon him: i, for ene, do not believe that the lower ani- mals are wiser than man about the weather. The supposition that muskrats build t winter quarters differenti Doubtless the groundhog comes oct of its hole when there ix warmth enongh to thaw it out, and not before.” SCIENTISTS DON'T ENTFUSE OVER THR GnoUND- Among the scientific men not much entha- sian, was felt respecting the groundhog. no telling where the superstition Brown Goode. “Its For ail that any one t pag: . on in Burope as well as in thi coantry. Said Librarian Spofford: There is no legendary lore rv beyoud t the day you mention and goes back again for an extra sleep if t superstition prevails all over Europ weather on th of February i Jong continuance of winter and bad crops to come. while foul weather is 4 good omen.” N r Ostoolog ng the gear P @ny acquaintance worth meutioning with ‘oundhogs, although they disclaimed any ful sentiments with relation to the beast’s faculty of vaticination. PROVERNS RELATING TO THT SUBJECT. So the Stan man looked np the creature in various books, and he managed to find two or | that'll +tretc roverbs relating to the subject. One | Men to turn it. three was German, and it said that a shepherd would rather sce a wolf enter his stable on | !ege thirty-five years ago Candlemas day than the sun.” Another was Scotch, though ‘originally from the Latin. SI Camstemen day be ay a1 Theat o waters to une tae If Candiemor day be wet and ioul, ‘The bait o" winter's gune at Yuie-* Mr. True; curator of mammals et the Na- tional Museum, was asked regarding the hibe: nating habits of the groandhog. “Thev all depend,” he said, “upon the lati- tude. animal is common ‘all the way from Hudson's bay to North Carolina, and whereas in the far north it doubtless remains in a com atose state all winter, farther south the hibe: nation is less complete; its term is shorter and the beast comes out of its hole during «pela of warm weather. As far down as North Carolina it is very likely that it does not hibernate to any extent worth mentioning, though 1 am not WHAT THE GROUNDHOG 18. An inspection of the natural history book showed that the groundhog was a genus of the squirrel order. It is from sixteen to twenty nehes long, without counting four inches of tail. body is*brownish gray above and reddish brown below, and the feet and tail are & blackish brown. The animal is fond of sitting erect, as a squirrel does, and it assumes that at- titade when eating, holding its food in its pawa. It cleans and combs its fur like a squirrel, lick- ing and smoothing it down as a cat does. Most | of the day, whes not hibernating, it sleeps in its burrow, occasionally coming out and taking alook around. In the evening it goes out to feed upon grass, as wellas fruits and vegeta- bles, to which it often docs much damage. In the ‘Aaytime it nevor goes far from its burrow. When angry or alarmed it makes a gurgling or chattering noise with its mouth and sometimes it utters a shrill whistle, which has given it the name among tho Frenen Canadians of the “sittieur” or whistler. ‘The bite of the ground- hog is severe and it will mal against a dog. ¥ merly used for whip laches. The fur is of no value and the flesh is flabby and rank, though the latter, when cooked like roast pig, can be eaten by a persomi who ha: a first-rate appetite. WHEN If BECOMES TORPID. The groundhog, or “woodchuck,” as it ix more commonly called in the north, becomes torpid during the latter part of Ootober in Maryland. Unlike the other varieties of mar- mot, it is not grogurious in its habits, each family keeping to itself. It burrows on the slope of a hill or by the side of a big ste i ti Jor feet, C; . chamber, where the groundhog family siceps and brings up its young. ‘The little oncs arc born three to eight at atime. New Eugland farmers make a practice of drowning ground- hogs out with ,water. One story was found of & woodchuck that was kept tame in akitchon, making its bed in a box ful corner. Nevertheless, when the cold season ar rived it curled itvelf up with its little nose stomach and thus composed itself for a winter's sloep. Some weeks iater it was put on the floor by the fire and gradually thawed out, but, when put back in its box, nt asleep again for six weeks more, The burrows of the ground- hog.are always so coustracted that no water eau flood them. is: the san sbios on Cai iiemas day, the suow biow ix afure May.” Oundjemas Theo a ” Daylight being uificient by that time, you see, Yet other proverbs are: When Can Temas da) ome and ‘The saow won't ing Upou hot stone. 370n Candiecnas day sf the thorns hang a~<drop, ‘Then you are sure of x ood pea crop.” —_ Written for The Evening Star. BINTS TO LAI WHEELWOMEN, A Eider Tells Her Sisters How to Ride Com- fortably and Gracefully. Ladies who ride the wheel in Washington can be counted by the hundreds, just bow many handreds there are would be hard to say, but that their ranks are rapidly increasing is an assured fact. Of those who ride many do so gracefally, ont there are some, not a few, who sit their wheols in a manner so ungainly as to draw the atten- tion and comment of the e belief that it comes ont of | | The | public affairs, Col. Th 1 a bers of Congress. oO" TRE THREE FIGURES WHICH HAVE . loomed up from the grasthopper country as the most conspicuous representatives of the great farmers’ movement in the next Congress not the least picturesque ix Senator Peffer. To eet off with proper contrast his own indi vidual simplicity the new Senator from Kanwas ie surrounded m Washington with « gorgeous- ness almost spectacular. His rooms on fash- ionable K street, in the house formerly occa pied by the California millionaire, Stanford, are carpeted w: jinitely frescord, and the rustic of lace upon the silk of the window curtains recalls agree- ably to the ocoupant the sound of the breeses blowing through the tassels of his native eorm Gekis. But in the adorament of hie own per eon Judge Peffer exbilite no taste for the der. orative. He wears no necktie, because he has whiskers. Theaspect of the Senator is sad. He speaks in a melancholy way of his electic and when @ Rrar reporter saw him yeeterday he said: “Nothing conld delight me more sham that Jobo Janice lngalis should be in my place if only his political views were different.” ‘The Kansas delegation tellsa funny story about Jerry Simpson. Et eeeme that @uring recent ressional campaign im Kaneas Mr. Simpson's opponent was Cal. Hallowell, « man of fine physique and given to wearing handsome clothes--in fact, a good oe swell. A joint debate was arranged between the two and the sockless one spoke first. He At once proceeded to comment upon his adver- sary personaily—not by any means im an of- feusive manner, but, on coutvarr, im the compliment. - e colonel and bim- a sci he told the » an plinh own oratorical p poorest. After referring to his rival's conspicuous war record he called the attention mparison between the insigniticance of 4 appearance and the superb physic aspect of the colonel. Finally. having’ pald a | tribute to the colonc!’s massive intellect and ness, bimeelf ig his voice to a confidential um- own dertone. ‘ sud, between vou and me, when it comes te lowell ix an awe— a d—d hore to wipe np the floor with his carcass. ADOUT JORN DAVIE, ‘The very antithess of the Hon. Mr. Simpson his newly-elected colleague, John Davis is probably the greatest student in public li He has always been a bookish man, and his lite rary and scientific attainments are considerable Some people cali hima crank. Oneday this werk a Congressman who is nota friend of his was } politics it | hea | growing of { | | | to put him to sleep. | pli asked if this cha was justified. “Crank! was the reply, “why, be has « handle on hina across the. street; it takes two |, When Davis was student at an Illinois col- a ago he became interested for fencing prairies with , which J. B. Turner, a profesor at the institution, had formed. ' Turner had « small farm, known derisively in the neighborhood as “Turner's Folly,” which he devoted to the non bushes of every conceivable | prickly description, many of them imported From al for experimental From this beginning was developed cessful enterprise. Hedge ing was con- tracted for at so much a mile, and millions of scree of prairie were inid off in this way, though, | now the thorn hedges are being replaced with barbed wire. Later on John Davis devised another scheme, which did not pan out to any great extent, for watering the arid lands | Means of artificial rains producet by explo- sof gunpowder. All the ame, it was he who drafted 0 i in a wchenn |ides sprany the whole eystem of agricuitural colleges, which now exist in every late in the | Union and which receive money aid from the | United States government. 4 SOBER DELEGATION. Ever since Kansas was admitted asa state her delegation in Congress has been distin- | guished for the sobriety of ite members. The | prohibition spirit of the grasshopper region has found expression ina virtuous horror of and other forbidden delights on the part | of the contingent from thence. John Davis ie | no exception to what has been the rule. He | has but one dissipation, although he may be said to pursue that toexcess, At all hours he | keeps at his elbow a glass full of lumps of eugur. At the end of each writing, he eaten lump. Fi mp when be gets up in the morning and when he wakes at night his hand steais forth for n Inmp It is @ fearful passion — of astrong and otherwise he: the one passion virtuous man. hcnnatieannits HOME MATTERS. Seasonable Suggestions and Every-Day Hints to Practical Housekeepers. To Duive Nas on Scnews into hard wood dip the points in oil or grease. Taste Lovex Smoutp we Darwen with the raveling from a strip of damask. Iris Wext To Vanwisu ax Orcvora twice « year, and, if you do, a good one will last you as long as vou want it to, Srors or Gnease May Be Errecroacur Re MovED from the most delicate fabric by the ap- ation of dry buckwheat flour. Ixpian Meat Mixep Wire Lemow Juice or ood cider vinegar is said to be very soothing for ands rougiened by cold or labor. Tus Torrcnous Hivor Cax Be Rexpene Nowuness by the use of a black lead pencil of the softest number, the point rubbed into ‘of straw ina warm | all crevices of the hinge. A Very Goon Larariox or Grouxp Grass is produced by dissolving three tablespoonfuls of Epsom salts in a pint of warm water, and applying it to the glass with a common paint brasa. ‘This answers admirably when a aort of wanted. The solution must be applie:! Je of the glass which is not exposed t. the weather. Fora uvous Heapacue the best remedy is a teaspoonful of spirits of camphor mixcd with sugar and hot water, like @ toddy, and drank immediately. It produces’a perspiration and relaxes the whole system. If camphor disagrees a toddy of whisky and very hot wa’ may be substituted. Either mast be followed by some hours of rest in adarkand quietroom. ‘Tax Brst Wax in which tocleanbair brushes, says the Pupuiar Science News, is with spirit: o' @MMOUIA, as its efiert it immediate. No rubbin is required and cold water can be used just as snecessfully as warm. Take a ammonia in a quart of water: dip the hair of the brash without wetting the ivory and in & mowent the grease is removed: then Finse in cold water; shake well and dry in the air, bat not in the sun. Soda and soap soften the bris- tarn ivory yellow. Gauxtmnrs Waren Tasrercucy Usp add infi- nitely to the appetizing effect of a dish. ' —— For Neoratora mm tar Tewrves.—Take o piece of brown paper, saturate it in a teaspoon E | | | i 1} fh : ef § it | Hl iit f rity Hi il sa aff | ie