Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1891, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: EARHAVEN QUARTET. | WEITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR TEE EVENING STAR BY RODNEY CLARKE “Grand event of ‘he season! The Bearhaven Quartet ‘will give s concert in Town Hall, August 3, at $ O'clock. This quartet is famous for its fine rendering | Of College Souss, Nexto Melodies, popular airs, &e. Admission, 15 and 25e."" ‘TSE ABOVE POSTER, PRINTED IN FLAM- ing red and black letters, appealed to the | passer-by from every available fence in the | sleopy old town of Wiledon, while minor posters of similar impor windows of its three principal stores. Wiledon was really a pretty village. Mein street was arched by huge elms, which shielded man and beast from the scorch ‘s of the summer | san and lent a picturesqueness to the quaint old houses which stood behind them. The lower end of the street was devoted to the | erciusive use of the post office, Murray's grocery establishment and two rival shoe stores. What could not be purchased at any of the Stores was for sale at the post office, from dry goods to drugs. At the extremity of the street stood the railroad station. Dwelling houses, mostly of satique architecture, but of perfect neatness, with hers and there s cottage of Queen Anne style oF im: of recent date, occupied the upper | ortion of the thoroughfare. A shady rcad | | eae 2 off from the post office and found its | at the wo miles 4 | tors bad lad out beautiful grounds and erected handsome | houses, which were left unoccupied during the winter months. In one of these residences Mr. Verisse, bis danghter Mabel and his sister, | Mrs. Menton, spent the months of July and August, finding a quiet enjoyment in the cool breezes and delightful bathing afforded them by Wiledon and its heach. Once in a while a very warm day would make its appearance, and then it was that Miss Venisse would en- sconce herself in her hammock on the front porch and would con the pages of some novel or caze dreamily out over the blue waters half @ mile beyond. ek picture, too, she made, with her auburn hair coiled loosely upon her white neck, her deep, large brown eyes, which always greeted you with a smile in them, and her white lawn dress, gathered at the waist with a pink sash. She was an only daughter and perhaps a trifle spoiled, but she Was pretty, winning, altogether irresistible. Mr. Venisse was a merchant of high standing fn the city of R He married when very oung a beautiful girl who was taken from im when his little daughter was born, leaving him a broken-hearted man. His grief was so severe that it required all the tact the phy- sicinns covld command to remind him that his ebild must be cared for, but when he recov- ered at last from his paroxysm of sorrow he sent at once for his widowed sister, Mra. Men- ton. who lived with him and brought up the motherlese girl as carefully and tenderly as if she were her own daughter. After the death of bis wife Mr. Venisse centered all his affec- tions on bis little one, who bad now grown to be a lovely girl of eighteen, witty in conver- sation and a belle everywhere she went. She found Wiledon rather quiet, there being no beaux there to do her homage, and thus it was that any little entertainment which visited the sicepy old place was always incomplete unless the “pretty miss from the beach road” was among those present. It was the morning of the 3d of August, and Miss Venisse turned the corner by the post office and drove along Main street in her pony phaeton, past afence whereon one of the posters had been fastened. It caught her ere and it was but @ few moments before she slighted at Town Hall, purchased two bright blue pasteboard slips with “admit one” in- scribed upon each, and returned to the post oftice; and, having got the mail (a daily excite- mert to the Wiledon folk), disappeared down the beach road. Several’ people had now cbeved the instructions of the bill, and the Villege felt that it would rouse up and beenter- tained for anevening. CHAPTER IL “Well, here we are at last.” The speaker was @ tall, handsome fellow of about twenty-one Years of age, and was accompanied by three other young men, who followed him closely as he walked along the shady street from the sta- tion the evening previous to the concert. “It is certainly quiet enough.” remarked one of his companions. “I hope there are a few people awake and are of the kind upon whom mu: can exert its charms.” “Don t worry,” replied another, “excitement of this kind 1 a crowd in a place of this caliber. year round their motto is, ‘Do nothing in the morning, do anything inthe afternoon and go to bed at night” until an entertainment is an- nounced, aud then they turn out in such full force that you wonder where they all came frora.” “I guess this must be the hotel,” said the first speaker, and the four paused before an old-fastioned building with an inscription over the door announce e fact that this was the “Acorn,” where “Shelter and Goode Feede” were promised to “Guests and their Steeds.” ‘The Bearhaven Quartet, ing vigorously with the old bi were ushered into the parlor, which smattered | of the hard bare decoraticn of the puritanie eycle, which stood out in gloomy contrast to \@ present. represented by the visitors. After | waiting a while in an awed silence, broken only by the ticking of a large clock, they were shown to their rooms, where we will follow the ex- ample of the landlord and leave them to go back a little. The Bearhaven Quartet consisted of Frank Bainbridge, the handsome fellow before alluded to, and hiv three classmate McDonald, John monly known as month of July at F ® young c'ty about sixty miles from Wiledon. Finding that they were well fitted fora quar- o-ganized under the name of the Kearhaven, with Frank as ieader, and con- eluded to spend the remainder of ‘their vaca- tion in giving concerts, thereby combining Pleasure and profit. ‘The home of Mr. bridge wasa happy Rome as well as a beautiful one. Mr. Bain- bridge himself was a jolly person, such as one likes to talk toa while to get brightened upa bit. He was rich, but generous almost toa fault, and every one who knew him loved hira. His wife, a delicate lady of a beauty, whose prin- cipal charm wasa kind, sympathetic expres- sion, presided over the household, the icolized other of Frank and his younger brother, Joe. Mary Stusrt, an orphaned cousin to whom Frank had been engzzed since his twentieth birthday, completed the family party. It had been a sort of established fact that Prank aud she were tbe married sometime, for the two kad been brought up together, but no real love beyord a cousiuly affection ever bad ex- isted between them. She was a girl of quiet mien, al cool and collected—exasperat- ingly so at times—and devoted to painting, at Which she was quite an adept. She was rather | Pretty—thet is, periodically, as she was some- what chang: one day appearing ins most becoming attire and another day wesring a ress that caused her to appear absolutely plain, for dress made a wonderful difference with her. She was a good girl, too, but not the sort that Frank Lainbridge would fall in love wi I | | beach, panions after supper on the stoop e did not appear as bappy as ce was haunting him. The morn- ing after his arrival, while he was standing | near the dcor of Town Hall, a lovely girl had | entered. Who was she? What lovely eves che hac,” How came she in such a place as Wile- | don? Would she herself come to the concert, thought Frank almost aloud, and then checked himself, for what did he ‘care about pretty facws anyway, beyond admiration of the beau- tif ‘Cheer up, old fellow,” ‘Chub,” “we sball have « fall house, I ‘th and then the four strolied toward the hall, afew rods from the hotel, humming snatches’ from the songs they were to sing or criticising the vi and its inbabitants, some of whom were wending their way 4 the same direction, bound for the tination. oi CHAPTER TIL “Come, bu: , Mabel, dear, PP Noe ‘Up, Mabel, dear, or we shall irs. Menton, opening the front door and peering dow: rem ? e carriageway. “Is the carriage ready, aunt maid Mabel as she descended the stairs. am_ I, too,” she an- | swered as Mrs. Menton nodded in the af nha tive. “Do you know, auntie,” she said, ag the: drove along, “E think it will be such’ fan te | night. Lalways did love q tthe door when I bought the tickets, talovely night itis. Do you think many wil be there? What funny people sometimes Come to the Wiledon entertaiamente,” and Miss Venisse laughed as she thought of some of her former vis:ts to Town Hall. When they arrived they found the hall crowded, but making their way to the front discovered two vacant seats near the side,which th-y immediately secured. At a few minutes after 3 the quartet appeared and sang one of | those college songs eo familiar to the American | public. “Look, auntie, there he is,” whispered Mabel to her aunt, as Frank, turning his eyes, at once recognized the face ho hoped to see, yet wished not come. “He is looking right at us, | she continued. | ‘Whom do you mean, my dear?” replied Mrs. | Menton, glancing unconsciously in exactly the direction. | Why, the man I saw standing at the door | this mo: is singing first tenor,” ing. He is and Miss Venisse sighed a little, for| would like to mect him, he was £0} guished looking. The concert proceeded piece reccived a liberal applause. the midst of a touching ballad, the | rang startlingly through the build- | one had noticed how very close was the jamp over the doorway to an old flag which decorated the interior of the entrance. The | lamp had been burning very high and gradu- ily the bunting had stecumbed to its heat un- some reputation, zealous and persevering in whatsoever ke undertook. “He took Jong walke with Miss Sttart, rambling through the beauti- fal woods around Bearhaven, and often the two made sketches together, comparing their re- spective stylos and giving each other hints and suggestions. Had Frank boen a jealous lover he would have seen a dangerous intimacy springing up between his fiance and her artist friend. But he saw nothing, and only worked drearily on, brooding over his hard lot and trying toconceal his trouble from others. One day in the early part of July Mary came to him very nervous and greatly agitated. “Frank, she faltered, “I have something I must tell you. Don't, please don't be uakind, or think harsh! of me, Frank.” A great hope surged throug his being, which he crushed. “Go on, Mary,” he said, quietly, “T will belp you if I'can in any way, and rely on mo never tla tongue of flame seemed to leap from the | tobe unjust.” corner nearest the. light, rushing along its on- | “Dear Frank,” continued, “I—I—Mr. tire length, spreading with astonishing rapid- | Delaney has—bas asked me to marry him— ity. | It was at this point that the cry of alarm | and—andI love him. He—I—O Frank, don’t thrilled through the listening assembly. A | think hardly of me, I have always been fond of general panic ensued. ‘ Windows were imme- diately thrown open and to these a struggling, writhing, screaming mass of hamanity drifted. A few nearest the door escaped by that exit, but now the whole front of the building was in flames. “Hold! have you lost your reason?” Tang out ® voice, which caused a momentary cessation in the ‘movement of the crowd. “Clear a way here,” commanded Frank Bainbridge, as he and his friends, using their experience in the rush line of the college eleven, struggled to the window by the stage. ‘Ned, Charlie, get out there and be ready to receive those whom we hand out to you. Stay here, John, and help me with these people.” “His firm voice and air of evident superiority had the desired effect, and it was but the work of a moment to pick’ up the two nearest women and hand. them ¢ the boys outside, a fow fect below. In this manner the hall was rapidly being emptied, for others had taken the hint and were carrying on the same process of abandonment. But a few now and the exhausted boys had just ma minds to get themselves out, for the nd heat were by this time insufferable, faint ery emanated from the center of Inan instant Frank was back again, making his way gasping toward the epot whence the sound came. He could barely see, he w: almost suffocated with the smoke, but he staggered on until he tripped over a prostra form. He stooped down, picked it up, and found his way, how he never knew, back 40 the window, where he passed his burden gently to those below and. “Feel better, old man?” said John Farley to Frank as the latter opened his or @ mo- ment, and when the answer “Yes” faintly passed his lips John almost cried for joy. It was about half an hour after the scene above described and Frank was now in the hotel, rapidly recovering under the watchful care of the three boys. ““I thought I should never get you out,” he continuad, and Frank opened his eyes again, pressing bis friend’s hand warmly. . . . . . Mr. Venisse had heard the alarm of fire about o'clock. He was reading his paper, settled cozily in the big armchair by the fire. He started up and, ordering his horse and buggy, hurriedly drove to the scene of disaster. Upon his arrival he hastened to leave his conveyance and offer his services. But he saw he could do nothing but wait in an agony of suspense until his daughter and sister should be brought to him. Mrs. Menton was soon rescued, and as more were saved, but not his daughter, he Cold drops of perspiration stood upon his white face as with streaming ey he watched those who were being taken from the burning building. “O God! she is lost, my daughter. O can’t some one save her?” sobbed the stricken man as seemingly the last of the audience had been rescued. Just then a light figure was handed out of a window. which the father recognized ashis child. She was un- conscious, but revived quickly in the open air. Her rescuer was then brought out ina much more precarious condition, but the overjoyed man warmly thanked those who bore him, ob- taining his name and address, and promising to visit him personally next morning. Mr. Venisse was as good as his word. Frank was much better and received the praises and acknowledgments of the happy parent with be- coming modesty and accepted an invitation to dine, in compuny with his friends, should he be able, that afternioon. Accordingly at 5 o'clock 'y drove up the carriageway of the sion, the other two membersof the quartet having ‘declined Mr. Venisse’s hospi- tality, preferring to see something more of the old town and its beach. It is unnecessary to enter into particulars of the dinner. That Frank and his companioa enjoyed themselves is beyond a doubt, Mr. Venissé and his family doing all in their power to entertain them. And that Frank should be astonished to find that he had rescued her by whom he had been 80 strangely fascinated, and that Mabel herself lighted to discover in her rescuer a col- lege man and the handsome tenor, is quite be- yond a doubt. . Everything pleasant in this world passes quickly, and Frank and his friends found them- selves back at the university, where the former Was unanimously voted a hero and enjoyed the worship generally bestowed upon such per- sonagos. | CHAPTER Iv. It was January, three years later. One bright afternoon the windows of a hand- some residence on avenue in Washing- ton were screened from observation by their protective blinds, and were it not for the row of carriages drawn up before the door, the sser-by might have wondered why the warm ight of the sun should not have been permitted to flood its many apartments. Within, however, was a paradise of artificial briliianey. The spacious parlors were beauti- fully illuminated by electricity, while large mirrors of the finest glass reflected the light into ezery corner. Vases of great value and rare beauty adorned the mantels, and flowers taste- fully arranged throughout the rooms didused a delicious perfume and completed the beauty of the scene. A large laden with salads and ail the delicacies of ason, oceupied the rear portion of the dining room, and around it, chatting and partaking of the refreshments, hovered many persons well known to Washing- ton society. Five charming young ladies per- formed the graceful duty of serving the guests, while in the front parlor Mrs. McDonald, | earnest ‘on, but- i “Mai ,” he interrupted very gently yet very “I release you from the engagement which has been but a burden to us both. Let us come toan understanding with each other now and put an end to this miserable farce which hasbeen acted between us. I have not loved you asa lover ought, but could not tell youso. Mr. Delaney is congenial to you and will make you a much more loving anda truer husband than I, andI am glad for you. And 8 for me, why I will tell you asecret.” And ther he told her all about his love for Mabel Venisse. And when they parted—she in her new-found happiness and he in the restoration of a strong hope of future bappiness—they Doth felt that at last they had been guided safely from the reef which had nearly wrecked their lives, Tt was the morning of the $4 of August, just four years later than the date of the memo- rable concert in Wiledon. The sun beamed brightly down upon the little village, the air was redolent with the scent of wild flowers and the shady old street by the post office afforded &cool refreshment to the pedestrian. Along the beach road a solitary wanderer pursued his way. He was a young man, handsome and stylishly dressed, and he walked with a light, quick step, bespeaking buoyant spirits. He ascended the steps of the Venisse mansion and was soon ushered into the handsome parlor. Frank, for it was he, looked remarkably well that morning. His face wore a look of hope which had been a stranger to it for a long time. As Mabel entered he rose to greet her with something of his old happy manner. “How nice it is to see you again, Mr. Bain- bridge,” she said cordially. is just four years ago tonizht since you saved me from that dreadful fire?” “Yes, I remember very well,” replied Frank. “It was a terrible affair, but ‘then the people were so stupid.” And so they talked and chatted until Frank was ebout to go. “Miss Mabel,” he then said—and here he grew a little pale—do you recollect last winter that you asked me to call upon you after the tea at Mrs. McDonald’s and that I came very, very often, and that I found it hard, so hard, to go away? MayI tell you why? 'May Igo on?” he asked eagerly. But she only blushed a little and smiled assent out of her brown eyes. “Well, it was because I loved you. I could not tell you then, bocause of an unhappy engage- ment which forbade me, but now I am free. I tell you that I love you with all my heart, more and more dearly every day. Will you be my wife, darling? Will you try and love me just a little?” ently, as he folded her “Yer,” she answered to his breast, “‘I think Ihave loved you all the time, dear Frank.” ‘Do you know it HOME-MADE THERMOMETER. How Any Person by Attention to Small Things Can Make a Weather Recorder. From the New York Herald. Acurious thermometer can be made by any bright boy out of a few bits of paper and wood anc several strands of horsehair. If made according to the illustration it will re- cord the changes in the temperature quite accu- THE HORSERATR THERMOMETER. rately, and will besides be a great curiosity to those who have never seen anything of the kind. The strips A and B are made out of thick, brown wrapping paper, that of a coarse texture giving the best results. Cut A one inch wide and thirty inches long and B the same width, but only twenty inches long. Buttonholes are cut in the ends of each, as shown. The piece C isof thin wood, about one foot long and the hole shown is cut four inchos from the large end, ‘The hand Dis cut from very thin and light wood and smoothed down to a point at one end and a circle sawed at the other. The main thing to remember in making this part is to have the pointed end just overbalance the other, just enough to have it drop of its own weight, but formerly of Bearhaven, received the new-|no more. A little pulley is glued on the ¢ireu- comers and introduced them to her young | lar part to fasten the hair threads to. cousin, Miss Venisse, who was making ‘her a| Now select a suitable place on some wall and sisit, and in whose honor she was giving Thurs- day teas through January. “ah, Mr. Bainbridge,” as that young man entered, “delighted to see you. Do you know it always makes me think of dear old home again to see any one from Bearhaven. Your father, quite well, I hope? Yes? And now let he prevent you to my cousin; Misa Venisee, inbridge.” i—I think L have had the pleasure,” stam- mered Frank, as he almost stared at Mabel now looking lovelier than ever in her whit silk gown, with scarcely an ornament save diamond pin in her lovely hair. “O yes,” she said, “Mr. Bainbridge and I are guite old friends’ He once rendered me service which I shall never forget.” And th she and Frank chatted a few moments until more guests arrived. “And you will be sure and come to see me, Mr. Bainbridge, won't you?” she urged as Frank was about to take his departureafter a brief journey throngh the rooms. “Indeed I shall, with the greatest pleasure,” answered Frank, and he meant it with all bis heart. During the three weeks more that Frank was in Washington he was very frequent visitor at Mrs. McDonald's. He found Mabel more d more attractive, her wit and beauty leading him gradually along unconsciously until about three days before his departure for Bearhaven, for he had finished the business which had brought bim to Washington and affairs at home demanded his attention, be suddenly awakened tothe fact that he was deeply in love with Mabel Venisse. The thought that he must leave her in a day or two pained him so that he was now fully aware that it was no longer, on his side at least, ' merely @ warm friendship that existed betwoon them. He set down the night on which he | CY made this discovery and begun to think things fasten up the top piece © by means of a smooth wire nail through the hole. Bytton on the st Band, with the top piece perfectly horizontal, puta tack through the buttonhole in the lower end of B into the wall. Now button on Ato the other end of C and into the other end loop three or four strands of coarse horsehair. Bring these strands down about six inches and fasten to the under side of the pulley on D, asshown. Then fasten D into the wall by another sinooth nail through the center of the pulley. The hands and top piece must work perfectly free and easy on the nails to insure success. Mark a scale at the point of the hand and then watch for changes. ‘When it is cold the paper and hair will con- tract and run the hand down. Warm weather will bring it up again, and degree marks may be made to show these changes. A very slight contraction or expansion of the paper and hair will move the hand over a considerable space. ‘Killed by Lime. Dr. Philip Wales in the St Louis Globe- Democrat says the most common cause of death is fat and lime. Microbes are mere accessories in causing death. Take myself as @ case in point. When younger I could lift my leg on a level with my head. It isan effort for me to get it half that distance now. It is only a few days since that I performed a post-mortem on the remains of a distinguished journalist who died in this city at an advanced age. When I reached his heart I took my knife, and on rub- bing it over that organ it sounded as if it were being rubbed over a rough stone. The was inirly encased in lime. Thave now under my care a over. He could never marry Stuart, for ie ; a born. he did not, could not love her, and to marry a Wis 5 ee Se on Seve) Cort Siri whom be did not love was against his sense | Tt and wo die. ls there enptht SETURL , Better far to tell her so than to make | Shout that? "Man is likes troe, He ives Ine Rote dives misscebie toying tonet up toan sf-| 55. then catiieen dace, atsi.- Whee we fection which he did nc’, foal and which a lov- | Sat’ ive leariod sracsthey conchae we SS oe pa eg seein | enough to prolong the Life of man, bus by x wr good-bye without betraying his cher hie secret was the task ho most dreaded. "Hesaunt | Teasou of the materials of ——_ brace himseif for it, however, and what should he say to Mary when ho arrived home? He cari not tell her the truth now; he ayust put trou Mary Stuart worked on quietly with all the spring, and Frank treated her with same deferential attention that had always marked their intimacy. A friend of Mr. bridge’s, an artist, visited while and took a great interest Mr. Delaney was a locking, but of the Interesting From the Bethel (Ohio) Union. ‘The difference between a man and woman they speil it, not in the nature of things. How really arbitrary spelling is is well illustrated by the London cockney who was asked to spell Naitch, hand bao, Nand Ba'iay, Rand 8 ‘and h’a b’ar, h’and b's h’ess, b’and h'a Woe, band ‘there you h’ar, ’orse.” col ropriates most liberall; t- | COnsTeas ae re 'y WASHINGTON, * D.C, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. CHILI’S REPUBLIC. Soimething About Its Laws and How They Are Administered, A REMARKABLE PROGRESS. Its Constitution Modeled Upon That of the United States—Liberal Inducements to 1m- migrants—Spread of the Common School System—The Typical Chilian Politician. ‘From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Coquimeo, Cum, March, 1891. ‘HEN MOST OF US WENT TO SCHOOL there wasn South America both a Pata- gonian and a Terra del Fuego; but nowadays there are no such countries—at least none with an autonomy of their own. Some years ago the stronger republics immediately to the northward, Argentine and Chili, took forcible possession of the whole territory, including all the outlying islands, and then divided it mong themselves. The line of division cuts in twain what used to be Patagonia, and runs straight down through the middle of St. Charles Island, the largest on the Terra del Fuego archipelago; and, by the way, there is likely to bea war in the noar future concern- ing these boundaries, becausn aggrossive little Chili, though she secured the lion's share in the first place, now demands more from her big, slow neighbor. TO THE TIP EXD OF THE CONTINENT. This brings Chili's domain down to the very tip end of the continent, extends it southward to the southernmost limit of the farthest island and takes in on the west a vast number of other islands, every one of thom a mountain— scattered remnants of the great Andean systom, which here finds a termination befitting its grandeur. Between these heights the winding ocean passages known to seamen as Smyth's channel and the Strait of Magellan present scenery that baffles description—the magrifi- cence of utter desolation, wild, gloomy and awe-inspiring. All this, including the Tar paca territory wrested from Pern and the bit of Bolivia acquired at the same time, gives Chili a length of considerably over 2,000 miles, while its breadth is barely 120 miles. ‘The sum- mit of the Andes forms its eastern boundary, their slopes on the Atlantic side belonging to tb ¢ Argentine Republic and their western slopes SEPARATED INTO NINETEEN PROVINCES. The long, ribbon-like country, stretching be- tween the snow-covered Cordilleras and the mighty Pacific, is eeparated into nineteen prov- inces, counting Araucania, the desert plains, dark forests and deep mountain gorges occu- pied by the still unconquered Indians, whom the early explorers described as a race of giants, and Sir Francis Drake reported as “Menne of such bigginess that it seemed as though the treese of the forest were uprooted and ‘walking away.” Most of the provinces reach from the mountain tops to the sea, and are separated from one another by some ural boundary, such as a river or a chain of transverse hills. The provinces themselves are divided into departments according to their size and population. Thus the province of Coquimbo has six departments; those of Valdivia and Lanquihue only two each:Santiago, the most densely populated of them all. has five, and Valparaiso four. ‘The departments in their turn are divided into townships, of which there are upwards of four hundred, and these townships are again divided into districts, which are the sroallest political divisions. curLr's constiTCTIO¥. Chili’s constitution was patterned after that of the United States and closely resembles it in the letter of the law if not in the spirit of its administration. There are four distinct powers of government—the executive, invested in the president; the legislative, in two houses of con- gress; the judicial, in the judges of the various courts, and the municipal, whose influence is confided to the provinces. The president, however, exerts a controlling influence over them all, or is supposed to do so, in times of peace, the tendency being strongly toward cen- tralization and unification of power. A pre; dent is chosen every five years, and in 1871 the law was passed which makes him ineligible to re-election, except after an interval of one or more terms. He has five cabinet officers and is otherwise assisted by a council of state, composed of eleven members, five of whom he names to suit himself, the other six being elected by congress. The president's sal- ary is $18,000 per annum in Chilian silver, which is worth a good deal more just now than the paper of the country. There is no “White House" set apart for the executive and his family, but they are permitted to reside in the treasury building, a portion of which has been luxuriously fitted up for the occupation of ili's rulers. The inet officers each re- $6,000 a year, while the members of con- ress serve for nothing but glory and “tind themselves.” HOW THE PROVINCES ARE GOVERNED. Every province is governed by an intend- ente, who is appointed by the president to be at the head of municipal affairs and mayor of the capital city of his section. His power is extremely limited, he having no authority in any matter independent of the will of the presi- dent. His salary is $4,000 a year, with resi- dence furnisl The departments are presided over by gov- ernors, who are also named by the president. Some of them receive a salary of $2,500 and others not more than $1,000 per annum, ac- cording to the wealth and importance of the department. The townships are presided over by the subdelegates, appointed by the governors, and the distrie inspectors, appointed by the subdelegates—all serving without pay. The members of congress serve three years and there are 108 of them, elected from the va- rious departments. ‘The senate is composed of 87 members, elected by the people of the prov- inces—or rather by the comparatively small roportion of them who can read or write and Tiave an income of not lens than €200, perannum, no other persons being permitted to vote. THE JUDICIARY. The six judges who compose the supreme court reside in Santiago and are mostly occu- pied with cases concerning real estate, war claims and criminal affairs of magnitude. The municipal authority, composed of the inten- dentes and city councils, is so limited that they have uot the power to expend $100 without the cousent of the president. Every department has one or more justices of the peace, who are dignitied by the title of “judge,” and some de- partments have five or six of them, according to the population. There are but four courts of appeal in the whole country—two in San- tiago, one in Concepcion and one in Serena. There are upward of 2,000 miles of railway completed in Chili and more in process of con- struction, ‘There are 257 post offices, over 6,000 miles of telegraph lines and a cablegraph from Valparaiso connecting with the United States and Rares via Panama. Eighteen daily reapers and no end of weeklies*are published in the republic, or, rather, there were before Presi- dent Baimaceda temporarily shut up most of them until the present political storm blows over. ‘WHAT THE LAST CENSUS SHOWED. The latest census gives Chili » total popula- tion of 2,250,847, of which number only 47,000 are allowed to voto. According to the previous census there were in Chili only 415,898 male and female, who could read and write, all these, of course, belonging to the upper classes, But there is no country in the world where greater efforts are being made to bring educe- Ela within reash of ths poorest, ene. year for the town there are free schools ‘oxpressly for tho poor, besides many excellent colleg es, seminaries and. public libraries Tho ‘Common ‘school system’ ia as nearly perfect as can be made, combining the best cdupational dees of all atta aot ago the government sent an envoy to the United lates and every country’ of purpose, ever world; the United States next; Russia next; Germany, France, and Italy, in order named. The most beautiful school houses have been built in @ ‘town and city, ‘cost, and com! ae ermconvenience The % is loan for eight years without interest. More- over, when the emigrant first arrives in the country, they keep him one month, free of charge, if he so desires, in one of the several inns which the government has erected for that express purpose, and he will be transported on the railways, gratis, wherever he wants to go, in order ‘that he’ may look the field over thoroughly before deciding where to locate. In y, don’t do things of this sort “by halves” in Chili, and the unknown it, without a dollar in his pocket or an ancestor at his back, is infinitely better off than many ‘an impecunious aristocrat! A largo number of energetic and industrious German Peasante have taken advantaze of this unex- ampled liberality, and in time their presence in the country ‘may considerably alter its statistics. In those sections where they settle the mental and moral characteristics of the coming generation will un change as their complexio few decades even thrift and industry may be- come honorable. A Chilian not born of the lower classes would starve to death before he would degrade himself by manual labor; and nobody works if he can possibly avoid it. There isa demand for skilled Artisans of every sort, and masons, carpenters, &c., find employment at good wages, soon as arrived. . . THE TYPICAL CHILIAN POLITICIAN. Asarule, the typical Chilian politician isa man of dignity and woalth—never » rascally wire puller nor corner grocery guzzler. He enacts only such lawsas he believes will be for the Welfaro of his beloved country, and expects to see them obeyed. Those swindlers who daily perpetrate frauds upon the United States gov- ernment would here be branded as trait ors and driven from the country, if they were not sent to the “Hill of Death,” or place of public executions. For many years the Chilian government has been officered by the best and purest men in the nation; and so proud are they of their rapid advancement and so jealous of the national integrity that all matters of Jurisprudence and civil service are watched with faithful and sacred interest. The same spirit of loyalty to Chili, if not slways to the men who are temporarily administering its af- fairs, as in Balmaceda's case, is manifested throughout all classes of society. ‘The dark- skined peon, whose rags flutter in the wind an who is too ignorant to tell the time of day, would cut the throat of any man he heard speak sneeringly of his beloved country. They may “revolute” now and then, but by some process of reasoning make themeclves believe it is through pure patriotism. GREAT CHANGES WITHIN TEE LAST DECADE. There have been great changes in Chili within the last decade or two. ‘The passage of the famous cemetery bill, which occurred » few years ago, is one of the many eignificant examples. Previous to that time the Romish clergy had held control of all the public ceme- teries, and collected a death tax of $8 upon every corpse, but utterly refused to permit any Protestant dead to be buried in consecrated ground. After a bill which compelled the authorities to inter the dead of any religious faith in the public cemeteries had passed both houses of congress and was awaiting the execu- tive signature to become @ law the president was visited by a delegation, 300 strong, of the wealthiest and most influential ladies in the country, who implored him to veto the bill. They were the wives and daughters of senators and churchmen of highest —_stand- ing, and it is said that the Jewels they wore on that occasion were worth more than # million dollars. The president re- ceived them with the greatest courtesy and listened to all the to say, but the ob- noxious bill was duly signed and became a law. So much importance was attached to this litical interference with church affairs that for a time nothing else was talked of, and the Good bishop of Concepcion, the most influential lesuit in South America and aman of power- ful physique, fell dead from the shock when he Was told that the new law had gone into effect. ‘Then the wealthy Catholics commenced a whole- sale removal of their dead from the desecrated cemeteries to the churches, and even to the courts of their houses, but were stopped short by the prompt enactment of another law, which made it crime to disturb those already buried. RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN CIVILIZTION. In order to illustrate the rapid advancement which Chili has made in the scale of civiliza- tion, let mo cite one or two things which oc- curred here less than a century ago. The condition of darkness that existed prior to the country’s emancipation from Spanish rule almost su belief. There was no trace of the commerce, culture, free thought and educa- tion that prevail today, but the population, which numbered less than three-quarters of a million, was as densely ignorant and supersti- tious as even a Spanish monarch could desire. ‘The same spirit of intoleranca that had charac- terized Spain since the days of Carlos V—the spirit that sent an army of butchers to hang, irown, burn and flay alive half a million people whose only crime was a desire to worship the gods of their fathers—prevailed in her Ameri- can colonies. Ail the ports were closed against vessels of every description except the Spanish war boats. and any attemp: to communicate or trafit; with foreigners met with severest punish- meni. FORMER FEAR OF FOREIGNERS. Toward the end of the eighteenth century a North American vessel sought refuge in on of the Chilian ports, to make some needed repairs and secure a supply of fresh water. _Communi- cation was most difficult, but when their wants were made known the captain and four men were at length permitted to land, after the guns of the battery had been turned full upon them jthe governor of the port having first aatisfed himself that they had nothing for trade, and taken every precaution that they should not ascertain anything concerning the condition of the country. Yet for having practiced so small an act of humanity the governor was arraigned by Ambrose O'Higgins, father of the celebrated patriot of later years,and the crown lawyer con- demned him to’death! AN INSTANCE OF TREAOHERY. Shortly after this occurrence two other North American vessels entered the harbor of Coquimbo seeking nothing but supplies for their famishing crews; but they were ordered to leave, without being granted any succor whatever. Some years Inter an English eap- tain, emboldened by the prospect of gain, an- cho vesse: in a Chilian harbor with a cargo of merchandise valued at $400, succeeded in selling a portion of i was suggested to him by some tradesmen that becoull do better ins port farther south Thither he went, greaily elated, and was met by a government official of high rank who in- ited the unsuspecting captain and his officers tocome ashore to attend feast which had been spread in their honor. While seated at the banquet in marched a band of regular sol- diers and murdered them every one. ‘This happened within the nineteenth century. and I relate it to show what an amazing change has since taken place in Chili, which (barring resent troubles, which will soon subside since maceda’s successor has already been named and will be, inaugurated on he 18th of next September), is really the most le, pros- pecan law-abiding as well as the moat en: ergetic and hospitable country in all South America. Fansite B. Wagp. ‘The Man With a Suspicion, From the New York Sun. It wasa general southern store, ran by a white man, but a very mean, small store and stock, and the owner was an ornery-looking specimen of humanity. Ihad gone in to get out of the rain, and found him all alone. After some conversation he turned to mo with: “Stranger, do you drink whisky?” ‘No, sir.” “Thought yon didn’t. Do you know whisky when you ooo it “Reckoned so. Can you tell a good article from a bad one?” “41 think so.” “Could you tell common good stuff from T believe I could.” “Well, now, I want you todo mes turn. I bought ’a barrel of ‘Old Kentucky’ last fall. Purty fair demand fur whisky among the nig- gers yer, and of co'se I it— made about fo’ barrels out of one.” “That's in this county.” “OF co'se itis, but the whisky got low, the roads was bad and I filled up the bar'l, a in some acid and other stuff and kepton ; t some left yet. Niggers kind o’ hemmed and hawed and gulped over it and the demand kind 0’ fell off alittle, but there's @ little sunthin’ doin’ all the time.” Wall there's bin heap o’ . Yebin = , since I Iwish you'd take o nip and give me your "He some fn 8 mug. It didn’t look or smell like whisky, and the sip I took burned mouth like boiling water. It was stuff might be warranted to kill a life long tramp st sixty yards through a big bill, 7 Mhink it's the hisky, a8 you call 34" 1 said as soon as I could “Bur suab?” Yee “Well, as I said, P've had ane aero sush. I won't and charge the others "t in’ out to BOYS AND GIRLS. How Children May Be Easily and Rationally Entertained, TO MAKE CHILDREN HAPPY. Let Them Play Unrestrained for Certain Hours—Exclte Their Sympathies by Giving Them Pets—A Lesson in Jugglery—The Best Kind of Games. ‘Written for The Evening Star. (Oopyrighted. r THE LIFE OF MME. SNETCHINE WE read the following account of the amuse- ments of a clever child: “The occupation of « courtier did not pre- vent Mons. Soymonof from bestowing the most assiduous care on the education of a dsughter who for six years was his only child. He was struck by the progress of her young intellect. She showed am aptitude for languages, music and drawing while she developed firmness of | Bal: character, a rare quality in a child “She desired a watch with an ardor which transpired in all her movements. Her father had promised her one. The watch oame and was worn with the keenest enjoyment, but sud- denly a new thought seized upon the little Sophia. She reflected that there was some- thing better than a watch. To relinquish it of her own accord she hurried to her futher and restored to him the object of her passionate desires, acknowledging the motive. Her father looked'st her, took the watch, shat it up ins bureau drawer and said no more about it, HORROR OF THE MUMMIES. ‘M. Soymonof's rooms were adorned with 'd | bronzes, medals and costly marbles. Sophia was on terms of intimacy with these personages of fable and history, but she felt an unconquer- able repugnance to a cabinet fall of mummies. The poor child blushed for her weakness and one day when alone opened the terrible door, Tan straight to the nearest mummy, took it up and embraced it till her strength and courage gave away and she fell down in aswoon. At the noise of her fall her father hastened in, raised her in his arms and obtained from her, not without difficulty, an avowal of the terrors which she had hitherto eoncealed from him. But this supreme effort was as good for her as a victory. From that day the mummies were toher only common objects of interest and curiosity. “Studiousas was her education, M. Soy- monof did not banish dolls. His daughter loved them as friends and preserved this taste be- yond her childish years, but elevated it by the admixture of an intellectual andoften dramatic interest. Her dolls were generally of the largest size. She gave them each a name and PArtto act, established connected, relations tween the different individuals and kept up animated dialogues which occupied her imagi- nation vividly and became a means of in+truc- tion. Pl dolls was for her an introduo- tion to ethics and a knowledge of the world. A SUCCESSION OF CONTINUAL FETES. “Catherine's court wae a succession of con- tinual fetes. The fairy pantomimes performed atthe Hermitage were the first to strike the imagination of the child who, as yet, could not relish the tragedies of Voltaire. She composed a ballet which she called ‘The Faithful She herdess and the Fickle Shepherdess.’ She writes in her sixtieth year: ‘One of the livelicst pleasures of my childhood was to compose festive decorations, which I loved to light up and arrange upon the white marble chimney piece of my school room. The ardor which I threw into designing, cutting out and painting transparencies and finding emblemsand motives for them was something incredible. beat high while the preparatior progress, but the moment my illam: gan to fade, an ineifuble devouring melancholy seized me.'” ‘This extract is invaluable not only for its historic importance, but for the keynote which it sounds to a child's nature. the noble little Russian girl at the court of Catherine of Russia only found those pleasures lasting ich came from herself and when she could invest the fairy pantomime with her own personality. A FAIRY PANTOMIME. A fairy pantomime is possible to the poorest | P% child if some supreme intelligence, an older sister or aunt, will lend her help. The fairies can all be of pasteboard with strings as the motive power There can beno cheaper “corps de ballet” nor any so amusing. And the story 0? the watch ie significant as showing that the wish once gratified ceased to bea wish. She desired with a child’s caprice to give it back to do something else with it. “You have done much for your child,” we often hear. “You have hada ‘nurse,a nurs- ery governess, a fine pony for your boy, you take your children often to the play, and’ give them dancing parties, and yet they are not happ: ‘This is the sincore regret of many a mamma that she cannot make her children happy. Yet ina large town ina house shut up trom our cold winter blasts what she can do? A good dog and a kind-hearted set of servants will solve the problem better than all the insellect in the world. Grandmamma brings a doll to the little girl, who looks it over and says: “The dolly carnot be undressed; Ido not want it. Ivis the dressing and the undressing which are the delights of her heart. LET THE BOY MARE A NOISE. A boy wants to makea noise first of all things. Let him have a large upper or lower room, a drum, a tambourine, a ball, and there he should be allowed to kick out the effervescence of early manhood. Do not follow him with all manner of prohibitions. Constant nagging and faultfinding is an offense against a child's par- adise. Put him in a room for certain hours of the day where no one need say: “Get down, don’t do that, don't make so much noise.” Let him roar and shout and climb over chairs and tables and tear his gown and work off his exuberance, and then he will be very glad to have his hands and face washed and listen to a story or come down to meet papa with a smil- ing countenance. Children should be allowed to have pet birds and kittens and dogs, as much live stock as the house will hold: it develops their sympathies, And when a bi i the floodgates of the poor little heart are opened sympathize with him. It is cruel to laugh at childish woe. Never refuse a child sympathy in joy or sor- This lack of sympathy has made more ng criminals than anything else. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE CHEATED. Ctildren should never be cheated either in the taking of medicine or the administration of knowledge. One witty writer a few years ago spoke of the bad influence of good bocks. He declared that “that Tommy was a good joy and Kept his pinafore clean and rose to affluence while Harry flung stones and told fibs and was carried off by robbers” developed his sympathies for Harry, and that although he was naturally a good. ‘bo: hatred of the virtuous brim and helped a bad bo; cat, and then he went home and wrote a prize composition called “Frank the Friendless, Honesty is Best.” All this was because the boy saw that Tomm: was a prig: that his virtue was of that kind mentioned in Jane Eyre in which the charity child was asked which she would rather do, learn a hy “learn a hymn,” whereupon she received cakes as a reward for her infant piety.” Chil- dren cannot be humbugged, they can be mado ping hypocrites, however, by too many good PLAY aT BEING “two Mme. Snetchine’s fear of the mummies has another lesson init. Children are born with pet aversions as well as with that terrible passion of fear which is so much horse or stumbling horse by being badly trained. or misunderstood when he was young. How true this is of human nature! How many villains are developed by an un! child- h How many scoundrels does boys’ hall turn out! We must try to find these skeletons in the closet, this imprisoned specter which haunts the imaginative child and lay the ghost by sympathy and by common sense. Cultivating the imagination—not over-feeding it or starving it—that would seem to be the ht way, "ile is not well to starve a child »er too good books much entertainment can be de- rived from scientific teaching. The pi tateur, dear old Signor Blitz, who used to rabbit jump out of an orenge and a big gob- bier go up through the ceiling, was the first of these, even if he did not do anything more than to tell us how easily our senses could be deceived. ATTRACTIVE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS. Perhaps there is no better way of entertain ing children than by a puzzle, the magic lan- tern and other well-known scientific experi ments. We use the term advisedly. Jugglery was the eldest of the sciences. Aaron and Moses tried it. One of tho most valuable #o- for an invalid child, we will say with « broken leg or some complaint which necessi- tates bed and quiet,is an experiment in natural magic. simple tricks is called “The Procure a bottle, cork it and in the cork place a needle. Take another cork and cut aslit in itso that the edge of « dollar Will ft into it; then put two forks into the BEPer cork. Place the edge of the coin (which holds the upper cork and forks) on the point of the needle and it will revolve without falling. ‘This will amuse an imprisoned boy all the after- Boon. The revolving image isanother most amusi ntleman. Let poor Harry make this himsel! ‘ut # little man out of a thin bit of wood, only he must end in one leg like a top instead of in two. Give him a pair of fong arms shaped like oars. Then place him on the tip of your finger ard blow: be will stand there and rotate like an undecided politician. ‘THE SPANISH DANCER. The Spanish dancer is another nice experi- ment. Cut afigure outof pasteboard and gum one foot on a watch glass on the inverted side, then place the watch glass on a Japan waiter or 4 clean plate; hold the plate slanting and they Will slide down, but drop a little water on the Waite: or plate and instead of the watch glass Sliding it will begin to revolve and continue to revolve with increased velocity as the experi- Mentalist chooses. This is because in conse- quence of the cohesion of water to the two Surfaces @ new force is introduced. These ex- periments are endless and will serve a variety of Purposes, the principal being that of enter- ning. ‘To take children to the pantomime at Christ- mas is the universal law in England. We have not the pantomime here very much. We have the circus, the menagerie and the play. Pa- rents who do not object to this very Bealthy amusement can now find matinees everywhere, #0 that the children need not be kept up late. ‘The real play is better for children than the burlesque, and it is astonishing how soon @ child can understand even “Hamlet.” - A DOUBTFUL PRACTICE. To allow children to play themselves in @ fairy tale of “Cinderella” is « doubtful prac- tice. The exposure, the excitement, the late hours, the rehearsals, are all bad for young nerves: but they can play at home if it isin the daytime. When boys and girls get old enough for danc- ing parties nothing can be more amusing than the ‘sight of the youthful follower of terpsi- chore. It isa healthy arausement and if kept within proper hours and with alight supper is the most fitting of all children’s amusements. Do not, however, ke little men and women of them too soon. "That is lamentable. | _ As for ruses and catch games like the slave despoiled, the pigeon dies, the sorcerer behind the screen, the knight of the whistle, the witch, the Tombola, one should buy one of the | cheap manuals of ‘games found at any book store and a clever boy should read up and put himself in touch with this very easy way of Passing an evening. GAMES REQUIRING WIT AND INTELLIGENCE. ‘The games requiring wit and intelligence are many, as the Boquet; the Fool's Discourse, which has resemblance to Cross Questions, the Secretary, the Culprit’s Seat. All these need a good memory and a ready wit. All mis- takes to be redeemed by forfeit. Of the games to be plaved by_ pencil and per none is funnier than the Narrative, in which the leader decides on the title and gives it ont to the company. It may be called “The Fortunat: and Unfortunate Adventures of Mise Palmer.” The words to ba used may be his- tory. reading, railway, accident, nourishment, pleasures, four-in-hand, &¢. The paper has a tine written and folded, is handed thus to the next, each writer giving Mies Palmer whatever adventure he pleases, only bring in the desired word. The result is incoherent, but amusing, and Miss Palmer becomes @ heroine of ro- mance. There are some children, as there are some grown people, who og oe talent for games. This isa uj ip in entertaining children, to get hofd of born lender. THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS. The game called “The Language of Animals” is one for philosophers. Each player takes his pencil and paper and describes the feclings, emotions and passions of an animal, as, for in- | stance, the dog would say: “I feel anger like a human being. 1 em sometimes vindictive, but generally forgiving. I suffer terribly from a. My envy leads me to eat more than wart, because I do not wish Tray to get it. Gluttony is my easily besetting sin, but I never got drank in my life. Ilove my master better than any one, and if he dies I mourn him to death. “My worst sorrow is being lost, but my delights are never chilled by expectation, so £ | never lose the edge of my enjoyments by over- raised hopes. I want to run twenty miles a day, but 1 like to be with my master in the evening. I love children dearly and would die for any boy. Iwill seve him from dro I cannot wag my tongue, but I can wag my to express my emotion.’ The cat says: “I am «natural diplomatist and Leary ona great secret service that no- body knows anything about. I do not care for my master or mistress, but for the house and thehearth rug. Iam very frugal and have ver; little appetite. I like to kill mice because dislike them, not that I like them for food. Oh, no! give me the cream jug for that. Iam al- ways ready to do uny mischief on the sly and so if anyone else does anything we say, ‘It twas the Cat” I have no hears by waich f os. cape much misery. I have a great advantage over the dog, as he lives but s few years and has but one life. I have a long life and nine of them, but why the number nine is always con- nected with me I do not know. Why cat-o-nine tails? Why a cat has nine lives?” &o. chaotic. Perhaps the story ‘watch conve: children wit mn oF receive a cake and she said | than he H 4 & a g H i ; Pan a Ve Hi f Ha H 5g ii oe ‘Three Young Men Toxs Up for the Right to Court « Girl. Prom the Des Moines Lasder A wedding is announced for this spring be tween two well-known young people of Des Moines. There is an interesting story con- nected with the event and it would be unfair te call names. Four years ago the prospective bride, then quite young, was receiving the attention of three gentlemen. They, too, were young, little more than boys, and just entering upon the different lines of work which ghey had adepted for life. Two of them, indeed, were still students. Matters ran along without much change with the four for some time. They each understood Nothing in the girl's manner the situation. ttle. Finally the three met on: by accident. In some way the young lady's name was brought Up, end after consideration it was decided to match pennies to see who should withdraw from the contest. It was stipulated that the winner should be in honor bound to devote himeelf exclusively to the young lady in the future, and to win her hand if possible. The losers from that moment were to withdraw from the race compictely. The losers were farther pledged to act as guardian brothers to the young lady and see that tl 5 mat to the and the giri was never told why two of her ad- mirers so suddenly retired And #0 after these oars, she is at last to be come the wife of him whom luck Good-Kye, Winter, Upon the back yard gate full soon The lovers will be iondis swinging, And to the young man’s picme “pants” ‘The durdocks will be Ughtly claging. ‘The blazer, tn all shades and striece, Wil strike once more ont inortal Wiahom, th tales of fish, ‘Wil be held up to our derision. er sun wil maiden outskirts of the fray Young Cupid, as of yore, will hover. And as upon the beach we ait int {suite and cheviot colara, that al ut ten dollars. nihver and Purntsher. eee Surprising the Bank Teller. From the A man hastily entered « La Salle street bank yesterday and, approaching @ teller's window, carelessly threw down « check with the ro mark: “I would like to deposit that; please credit the amount to my account.” The teller glanced at the check and winked very hard and. vigoronly if fouvince himself that ts eyes were still all right. 4 called for £463,000 and why pt, of one of the most powerful eyndicates in this country. It was accepted wit word enti the depositor left the bank within one minuie from the time he entered it. ntered @ down-town T that she would hie to make a deposit. i can't open an account with you,” aid e ung man bebind the window, “unless you well,” quietly remarked the visiter, “I don't want to be both ved to carry thisaboud town, and the certificate will do very well un- Ul I can find some institudou that will open en. eccount with me.” The expectant young man opened his certia- cate blank book and dipped his pen in the sak well before Lim. The satchel was opened and from it came—not a black purse or a few du! lars tied into a knot ina haudkerchief corner but United States be . the face value « which aggregated more than €2(%,000. The certificate was not filled out. An account wos opened. ——~e-_____ A Matinee Talk. From the New York Sun. The conversation matinee, lasting Just ore hour, is among the latest. The young Indy Giving the matinee chooses subjects that sbe thinks will please the largest number of her friends, and these subjects may vary fro:a dancing slippers to Browning's poetry. Toa and tiny sandwiches are served during the rhetorical display, and if the subject deals wi: millinery the hostess is expected to use @ aunples of her wardrobe to emphasize ber ongament. ‘he best description of the proceedings at» conversation matinee yet heard was given by a youth ataclub in 5th avenue. He explained that as he was passing the door of his sisters boudoir during a seance he stopped and bea¢d the foliowing Lrilliant conversation, which La repeats in imitation of the various feminicve Voices engaged in it “Trimmed with old point and—” “Danced six times with him and them wound Bhan, The loveliest feather fans and—" ‘onsense, Mande, I never! Why, he's mar- didn’t you know —" “Kelcey’s moustache is too— loulf_she would only fix her hair eo as ts _“T'vo got on black this weck because my pug ou— “They were reported engaged at Newport, you know, but now they——" “Really, L couldn't promise. Ihave my Jap- anese lesson at 11, and then I must—" “She wears # dark red riding habit, and < say it's—”" { “They say he was tipsy and fell into old Mra. Fusser's—" “Oh, I love baccarat. It's so——" “Do you like the way she has that cord trim- ming fixed over—" “if Mamie doesn't rerve the cocktails pretty soon I don't know what—" ——_+e- —_____ A Possible English Ruler. 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