Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1891, Page 9

Lf THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. SPRING FASHIONS. Some Handsome Costumes for Street and Indoor Wear. THREE DRESSES A WEEK Will Make Any Lady Always Be Seasonably Attired—Dresses for Ualls and Afternoon Teas—Some Pretty Deshabilles — Natural Flowers Musi Be Used as Garnitare. ‘Written for The Evening Star. {Copy ¥ PURCHASIN twenty pairs of trous- philosoph- © upon the ject of men’s at- tire, you can easily succeed in prevent- ing that é cable bagging at the knee. And I feel constrained to give a bit of advice of the same nature to those ambitious la- dies who aspire to be always seasonably dressed, by saying: You only need tohave three dresses for every week in the year, for I can almost not supposed to et winter wraps fe very c Jeand fare manifest no desire to be wrapped up in ante-moth paper laid away for the season. ow last we only a flurry. ine which followed. Th. fore would T en Fashion: sprin eapotes of Jet, 5: no; but the bi is time look out for the ‘tmean the little toque and oon OF passemen' Ob, big hat of gauze, crepon, latten frame with flow —flowers that bloom in the spring, bright blues. The 1 indications fail, | herself, and the ee: ve a footman behind | y . but to keep the | er hat from flopping over her ears. ere is still some dancing to be all thiscomes to pass. I have always noticed that the Lenten season is fol- lowed by a mild reaction. It may be that the dancing man has a languid air about him and that he doesn’t waltz with the same fervor which he dixplaved at the height of the season, but, nevertheless, he looks upon the supple- mental season as part of the scheme of gay life which must no? be neglected. SOME CHARMING BALL DRESSES. Some charming ball dresses will be seen be- tween this and May day. The initiol illustration pictures one of them with great correctness of detail. It is a combination toilet of pansy surah i Ivet garnitured with silver galloons te displ Ik gauze with pelisse effect, producing an ensembie of very rich and refined character. ‘The exact manner in which the galloon is ap- plied is so correctly set forth that one may jorm a very good idea of the brilliant result at- tained by the use of it hi ‘There was a flurry of | d served to | oting from tie Almanac of | ing a very graceful effect to the garment. A high collar of plain white satin completes this extremely dainty deshabiile, which, I must admit, needs to be seen to be fully appreciated, so dependent is it upon the delicacy of the fabrics and the drapery effects which defy the deftuess of the artist's pencil to reproduce. | A very pretty deshabille and one quite expen- | sive may be made of any figured delaine, say | 8 pink ground with brown or dark blue flow- | ers. The corsage opens upon a pelisse of white | surah or crepe de chine and revers embroidered | with twist and set witha volant which takes the form of a round collar at the back. The bonf- may be solely made of the surah or crepe de chine, or they may have front half of the sleeve in the figured delaine. | They end jnst below the elbow and are finished with a deep rutile of the surah or crepe de lchine. There is a pelisse ceinture or a scarf of surah or erepe de ething very serviceable and very pretty in the line of deshabiile blofses may be made up in striped flannel, the back fitting the fig- ure and the front more or less loose and belted in with an old blue faille ribbon. There is a | pleated yoke of the fiaunel, only the pleats t sleeves f LAN ‘The fronts and lower edges of this blouse are scalloped and worked with bine silk. The cuffs are ornamented with a scalloped band reversed. The fronts of this blonse have only one dart and aro gath- ered on the yoke. ‘The turn-down collar also has scalloped edzes. Still another house dress of ahalf negligee character may be made up in some dark green or old red woolen stuff and a cream crepe de chine with green or red dots. ‘The woclen wsterial, which iscut in a wrap- per-like style with’ Medicis collar, opens its full length upon adraped waist and front of the crepe de chine. ‘The sleeves are of the woolen material, mace deep and bouffant, epaulets of the crepe finished with bands; cuffs of same material, both bands and cuffs being trimmed with the galloon, which also borders the front edge of the woolen material, where it opens upon the crepe de chine front. NATURAL FLOWERS INDISPENSABLE. Inced hardly mention the fact that whether you be in deshabille, in street costume or in reception dress, you must display natural flowers asf garniture. They are indispensable, and they’ must be—so far as possible—the flowers of the season, by which I mean, of course, spring flowers, such as grow in the open air witen the gentle showers of April, that tearful month, awakens the pale lily of the valley and the golden dandelion. If you give a dinner your table must be decorated with white Lilies, hyacinths, jonquils and pansies, and there must be roscbuds for In the second illustration you will find represented another ch: d of this article. It consists n, pale green and white striped surch, with satin revecs eaught up by old «il- ver bu and white tulle draperies. The | tablier is draped over an under gown of white satin. White satin ribbon bows are worn as epaulets and the ceinture is in antique silver. The gloves are silver g: This costume is one of striking beauty and originality and in Tespect to tones is the perfection of harmony. hose who haven't given a small dance to mark the ciose of the Lenten season make up for it by an afternoon tea—a most mystifying and altogetuer misleading term this “afternoon tea." One goes in a plain street dress expect- ing to find many in the same unpretentious rb, when, lo! one comes face to face with a undred or more fashionable ladies airing their Easter bonnets and wearing lovely com- binations o: silk and velvet or cloth and velvet, y embroidered, or long jackets in light blue cloth and d blue velvet, opening upon 8 V-shaped plastron of ivory faille, framed with cacher trimming, which rises at the back like a Medici collar. ELEGANT INDOOR COSTUMES. Atsuch wa afternoon reception on Easter Monday the lady of the house wore a superb silver gray velvet sheath skirt, demi-train, sleeves tight below the elbows and very Bouffant above, neck cut out round and com- pletely framed with a volant of pale blue gauze, making ups most picturesque and distinguished Dit of house attire. erior dress seen ata swell evening son uotown last week worn by the mamma Mf the debutante. It was also a silver gray vel- ‘et combined with white pongee xilk, embroid- silver designs. The pelisse ccllaret in white lace aud the front drapery was reitured with a deep silver fringe, while a road bar:l of geiloon, mixed silver and gold. applied as represented, resulting i mbie of jreat richness and ning reception dresa comes the lady guests and white pinks for the gentle- men. Said Chateaubriand: “Among the ancients, wreaths of flowers were set upon the drinking cup and also upon the white hairs of genial old age.” But alas! our old, yes even young, men are bald, so the crowning must needs be omit- ted, but'poesy is eternal and flowers still hold their place at the festive bourd. Still no flowers in the hair of the lady guests! As many as you please at the throat, in the corsage or in the hand, but fashion decrees, and very wisel too, I think, that a woman dressed in it3 own beauty only. PLAYED STRIPPERS ON HIM. hair’ shall be A Card Sharper Suffers for Playing an Old Trick on a New York Drummer. From the New York Herald. “No, siree,” exclaimed my friend “Buck,” who isa traveling salesman for a large Broad- way importing house, “you don't often catch us drummers asleep. We're wide awake to the tricks of most all trades, I can tell you. “The last time a sharper tried to down me was at Cleveland, Ohio, a few weeks ago. He tried to work the stripper racket on me. I was seated in my room early one evening when a little terrier dog ran in through the open door and began snifing about. Pretty soon a well- dressed young fellow appeared at the door, and apologizing for the intrusion, asked if I had seen a stray dog anywhere around. ‘Ah, there you are,’ said he, espying the canine; ‘always running away from me int other people's rooms,” he explained. As might be expected, one word led to another, and very soon We were engaged in general conversation. The talk drifted to cards and then the stranger produced a pack. He had just learned a new trick.which he would show me. jow take a card and look at it,’ said he. I id as directed, selecting the ace of clubs. ‘Now put it back," he said, handing me the pack. He then requested me to shuffte the cards well which I did. He then took the pack.” ? ‘WILLING TO BET ON rT. “There is your card,’ he said at once, pro- ducing the ace of clubs. ‘Very good,’ said I, ‘but I don’t think you could do it again.’ I then called his attention to a picture in tho room, while I hurriedly examined the pack. ‘No,’ said I, “I don’t think you could do it again: not for $20." T'll see you,” said he.producing the money. ‘All right,” ‘said I, and the bet was made. “I then selected a curd—the ace of spades. He handed me the pack, requested me to replace the card and shuitie them as much as I pleased. Now, Iean handle the ae myself, fn so while Iwas shuttling I just fixed the cards on the sharper so that he couldn't tell one card from another. ‘There,’ said I, handing him the pack, ‘where's my card “He took the cards with a smile of confidence and began to run his fingers over the edges. ‘Then he began to look a trifle nervous. ‘Come,’ said 1-“produce the card or I take your money “Well, sir, after he had fumbled over the pack for a few minutes I just pocketed his §20. ‘Now, see here," I said to him, “you've been try- ing to play strippers on me, haven't you?” “He never said a word for about two minutes. He then rose to leave the room. ‘Say,’ said he as he was about to leave, ‘you're a New Yor drummer for another twenty.’ ‘I'm not mak- ing any more bets,’ said L “I know it,’ he re- marked as he left the room.” “stripr Why that's a pack of cards made slightly narrower on one end than the other. An almost imperceptible difference. Yet enough tobe distinguished by the touch. “When you select a card the sharper hands ‘ou the pack so that you replace it upside down, broad end among the narrow ones—see? n then ‘snake’ it out without any trouble. 8a neat trick and hard to detect unless you have been initiated. “Of course | knew what he was up to when he handed me the pack. I put the card in as he wanted it and then, while I was shuilting, I quietly turned it around so that the ends were alike. “Did it cost me anything to learn that trick? Well—but I'm not giving myself away. I got | €20 out of it back at any rate.” MINISTER RUDINI. ITALIAN POLITICS. b from season to season kas in in elaborateness of make-up of material until now it is undress Women should cultivate the ligce more than they do. Most of us look n interior garb and ite richness er necessary to apologize. for ration represents one of those ¥ #, to the beauty and style of hb women so artfully call attention by pre- ims that for some mysterious reasor. they n't made any toilet. ‘True, this particular is rather an elaborate creation, but it will ® to materialize the idea which must {* animate the deshabille, to wit: loose, 1 effects in soft delicate tones, accentu- Sy ribbons and iace. It consists of white *Swith panels of white satin, embroilered Shorts and trimmed with large knots of wA,tin boritered sh gold beads, as shown im Miustration. The bodice is softly dray witiants of English point forming a kind of fon the shoulders and extending, cas- cod, down the front of the skirt, impart- “Coming down with the dust.” ‘The After Effects. Thin dices of bres and thick in slices of bread, sirup cream make an English combination called “thunder- and-lightning sandwiches.” Di Rudini Took Office Under the Cry of Economy and Retrenchment, THE ARMAMENTS OF EUROPE. Crisp! Said They Were Working to the Ad- vantage of America—Heavy Taxation of the People of Italy—The Silent but Powerfal Clerical Party. Written for The Evening Star. (PEE MaRQuIs DI RUDINI, WHO Is now premier of Italy, is thought by some well-informed people to have recalled Baron Fava in hopes of gaining favor for his own cabinet at home. This would scem to show that the successor of Crisp: is willing to stantl criticism from without for the sake of a tom- porary support from the parties in Italy. More recently still have come the cable dis- patches showing that the cry for economy in the government has been renewed more strongly than ever before. It is especially in- teresting to Americans at the present time to take a glimpse at the political parties of King Humbert's peninsula, : When Signor Crispi fell from power about two months ago the watch cry of his successor was economy, and particularly did Di Rudini declare himself in favor of » retrenchment in the expenditures for the army and navy. In his speech before the chamber of deputies he said he was in full sympathy with the triple alliance, and also he favored such a reduction of military expenses as “will not affect the num- ber or efficiency of the soldiers.” ‘This was not very different from the wishes, if not the acts, of Signor Crispi. ONE OF CRISP!'S IMPORTANT UTTERANCES. One of the last important utterances of the latter was made last September in an interview with correspondent of the Paris Figaro—an interview that was all the more remarkable since it was held with » representative of a newspaper that has always opposed the person- ality and the policy of Crispi. He said, in peaking of the large standing armies of Europe: “These armaments will end by ruining Euro for the advantage of America. That is the problem of the future, unless some statesman will propose disarmament.” France, he de- clazed, was responsible for the enormous armics of Italy and Germany, since she alone. hi grievances on account of the loss of Alsace-Lor- raine and wished for an opportunity to restore these provinces to herdomain. For himself ho wished most heartily that disarmament were « possibility for Italy, but her position between the two principal belligerents rendered it out of the question. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TALK AND PRACTICE. To talk economy is one thing; to practice it when an army and navy of enormous propor- tions must be kept up is quite another thing. The people of Italy grow threatening under their heavy burden of taxation, Perhaps a little quarrel with a far-off country may frighten them into being quiet, as they may be brought to believe in the necessity for their military force apart from considerations which affect them in E A European quarrel might result seriously; but @ quarrel with America can be easily ‘patched up without any real fighting. Who knows whether the cry in Italy for decrease of taxation may not have prompted tue tilt with Mr. Blaine? ‘The Italian govern- ment has a task to | rae oe that is so difficult and the present cabinet holds office by such a slender thread that it is put to the exercise of every ingenuity. The population of Italy is almost entirely agricultural. The incidence of taxation per head is about 35 percent of the annual income. ‘The individual land holdings are not large and the agricultural depression that has been #0 universal of recent years has fallen with a heavy hand upon the masses in Italy. To de- duct the taxes from the earnings of the people is to leave them in an impoverished condition. Yet under the circumstances to lighten the taxes is hardly possible, and this is due to the ique position that the nation occupies in Eu- ‘THE ITALY OF TopaY. The Italy of the present day cannot be said to have had its beginning before the year 1871, as it was not until that year that territorial and leg- islative unity was accomplished. Since then she has taken her place among the nations of Europe, aud demands to be treated on terms of equality by nations which are easily her su- periors in resources and power. She is like & man of moderate means who associates with millionaires and preserves their outward atyle of living. The thing may be done, but it is’ at the sacrifice of domestic ease and comfort. Italy insists upon ranking with the six great nations of Europe. ‘The consequence is a tre- mendous strain and the heavy burden of taxa- tion upon the people. It was hoped that the sale of the railways, which had always been un- der state ownership and which had cost the nation a large expenditure, might lessen these burdens,and,xccordingly, in 1835 they were sold, but while ‘their trunsler to private com: panies lessened the complications of govern- ment administration, it did not lighten taxa- tion. In that year deputations came to wait upon the ministers aud ask for a release from the burdensome dazio e consumo (the tax paid on entering the city walls) and Minister Negli- ani put the case before them with a force that admitted of no reply. He compressed the le difficulty in a single sentence. ‘You insist.” he said in effect, “upon an effi- cient army; you clmor for big ships, and plenty of theta; you choose to have compulsory and gratuitous elementary education—then you aaust pay tor it all.” it is very easy for the Marquis di Rudini to talk of economy, and doubtless in Italy, as in every country on earth, there is room for re- trenchment of expenditure in the public offices. ‘The same results can be obtained for less money. But such a saving is a mere drop taken from the bucket. How can he keep the army and navy up toa degreo of strength dis- proportiona‘e to the resources of the country unless the taxes levied upon the people are out of proportion to their ability to pay? ‘THE IRREDENTIST FACTION. It is noticed that the new minister did not say anything in his opening speech about irre- dentism, and yet it is undeniable that this idea has many adherents among Italians. Crispi, in the Figaro interview alluded to above, called it a folly, yet he was once an irredentist him- self. This faction—for it is a faction rather than a party—first asserted itself strongly in 1878. Its purpose is to bring into the kingdom of Italy and unite under one government those districts which now lie without it but contigu- ous to it, where the population is largely Italian. Especially do the, trredentists consider as un- med Italy, ‘Trieste and Istria, the Canton of Ticino, Nice and Malta. If the object were to evolve an ingenious scheme for fighting the greater portion of Europe no better project this could be conceived. To session of Trieste and Istria would, necessitate ‘8 war with Austria; to get Ticino, Switzerland would have to be conquered; France would fight against the annexation of Nice, and Eng- land would bring her flcets and _armies to hoid Malta. Irredentiam is a wild idea and no gov- ernment in Italy is likely to be so insane as to attempt to put it into practice. ‘THE PEOPLE NOT FOND OF YoTING. Italy is a government of the people,’ but, strange to say, the people are not fond of vot- istence and for that matter ha’ not enjoyed — until ‘quite recently. . Up to hada fall ti 1882 but a pond oo! “ape in ject over twenty-one years of age who can read and write and who pays direct taxes to the amount of 19 lire, 80 centesimi (about 84). Thus at one stroke the electors were increased to 2,050,000. Yet so accustomed have the become to the passive existence they endured under old Italy that not more than about » half of the electors have as yet taken part in the elections. A CHANGE OF MEN, NOT PRINCIPLES. The more important parties of the chamber of deputies are the conservatives or moderates, the ultra-radicals or extreme left and the pro- gressists. The democratic party, composed Tiainly of radicals, doubtlees. {creases in numerical _strei or Crispi himself once belonged to it—but is not revolutionary, & fact that 1s chiefly due to the liberal policy of King Humbert, who has given the impres- sion that he would not wish to rule over a natibn that did not desire him for king. Ithas been suggested already that there is not much real difference between the policy of Crispi and that of his successor in office. The change was a change of men, not of princi- ples. "The differences between the tenets of e parties among the deputies are not radical. hey aro all factions of the liboral party. From 1860 to 1876 (the year of Cris; great tri- umph) the country was under the moderates. ‘Then it passed into tho hands of the progress- ists. But the moderates are not conservatives or tories in the sense in which Englishmen use those words. They aro merely less radical pro- gressiste, ‘They are for church and state, but they have uniformly abandoned the eburch when they feared that it might reassert its temporal sway. THE SILENT BUT POWERFUL CLERICAL PARTY. Among the masses of the people interest in Parliamentary government and parliamentary parties is faint, a fact of which the feeble exer- cise of the right of suffrage is conclusive proof. This has been explained upon the the- ory that few of the laws passed affect the le in their daily life. But outside of par- liament there exists a strong party and it is to this party that liberal Italy is unalterably and unitedly antagonistic. ‘The motto of the party known 'as the clericals has always been, “Neither elect nor be elected.” ~The organiza- tion is thus a silent one, but it is none the le Powerful on that account. It depends for it ultimate triumph mainly upon foreign influ- ences. Its policy was woll described in 1886 by Signor Bonghi, himself one of the most pro- nounced members of the moderate party. “The pope's policy beyond the Alpe,” he wrote, “is quite a different thing from his pol- icy on this side of the mountain frontier. Nay the gentler it is there the bitterer it becomes here. In fact, in all the pope’s conduct it is difficult to discover a single sign of recone tion with Italy, of acceptance of the conditions which the kingdom has created for the papacy. Leo XIII does not pour out on the kingdom the wordy torrents of Pio Nino, but his ani- mus toward it is in nowise changed and, as the Years pass, this becomes ever clearer. * * * The kingdom as it is constituted, and as alone itcan be constituted, cannot allow the pops fas sovereign, to possess a single crumb of Leal: ian soil, but the pope does not conceive now, any more than he did in the past, of the independence of his spiritual power un- accompanied by some span of territory of hi own. * * * Among the reasons that i fluence the pope's trans-Alpine policy stands foremost the desire to create for himself a favorable opinion among foreign governments and foreign peoples which shall support him in a future revindication. He is convinced that some day or other the impossibility of the free exercise of spiritual power apart from tem- poral sovereignty will be made so clear to gov- ernments and peoples that it will be restored to him by common accord. This conviction of the pope and the Curia is as strong today as in times gone by.” CRISPI AND DI RUDINI FOES TO THE CLERICALS. Against this party Signor Crispi has always been bitterly opposed. “What,” said he in a speech delivered in 1883, “what can you oppose to this vast creation, which has no earthly limits and which pursues men even into the heavens?” His successor is equally its foe, but it has a stronger enemy than either of these in the king. His utterances on the subject hay been such as to leave no doubt as to his posi- tion. He isa Catholic. ‘The queen is a most devout member of that religious sect. His subjects are Catholics, but he is not willing to yield to the head of the spiritual world any temporal power over his subjects. Italy is liberal. The clericals on one side and the irredentists on the other will neither of them triumph in our day unless an extraordi- nary change takes place in the temper of the people. But Italy is, after all, the newest nation in Europe, and a broad national spirit has not yet had time to blossom and bear fruit. In the meantime the salvation of the people rests in disarmament, and this cannot be ac- complished unless the other powers of Europe agree to pursue the same course. ‘So much brietly for the country of the Mafia, whose premier measured swords with out remier. It is a country not only interesting ecause of its antiquities, but because of its politics. All America has always taken an in- terest in the former, but it is only recently that the country has ever been called upon to take any account of the latter. AN INGENIOUS BOSTONIAN, Electricity for Home Use Drawn From = Leaky Street Car Wire, From the Boston Post. There is one man in Boston to whom the West End Railway Company is @ great con- venience outside of the advantages he derives from the organization in the way of transpor- tation. This worthy citizen resides in the Rox- bury district and almost directly in front of his dwelling is one of the large iron guy posts which supports the trolley wire. Now, it is a well-known fact that the overhead system of the West End Company is so constructed that a large amount of the electricity generated at the different power stations is lost before it reaches the point where it performs its work by reason of defective insulation. ‘This is caused by leakage of the current down the wet whenever there is a rain, or, indeed, to a large extent when there is moisture in the atmox- phere. It is estimated that over 50 per cent of the current generated goes to waste, and what is more, the company has tried in vain to rem- edy the trouble. Now, the ingenious citizen above referred to was one day handling the water pipe which runs into his house, and was surprised at re- ceiving quite a severe shock. ‘This led him to investigate, and he discovered that the water pipe entered the building very near the guy post of the electric railway. Here was an op- portunity not to be lost. He purchased some storage batteries, and after making a few ex- eriments, which he was enabled to do by a limited knowledge of electrical science, he proceeded to equip his house with wires, lamps and other contrivances. He then connected his storage battery with the electrified water ‘ipe; and he soon had the battery fully charged. 'rom the battery he lights his house from top to bottom and in the morning before going down town to business he simply turns on the water-pipe connection and when night comes the battery is ready for itsevening’s work. He has been so lighting his dwelling for some time, at no inconvenience or expense and in addition he operates an electric fan, a system of cail bells and a burglar alarm. ‘The west end people are by no means igno- rant of the fact, but as theclectricity thus used would otherwise be wasted and as the company is in no way affected by the draught upon its dynamos the clever scheme is not interfered with. ‘There is at least one man in Boston who considers the overhead electric system a grand good thing. ——_—_+e+—____ “The Find” Sociable. From the New York Herald. “Compliments of Miss Dollie Dutton for Wednesday evening, March 11, at8 p.m. Find sociabl “Now what,” mused I, “may be the naturo of a ‘find sociable? ” As one lives tolenrn I bethought me that it might be as well to find out by experience. When the guests had all assembled in’ Miss Dollie’s spacious and pretty parlors they were informed that twenty small articles been hidden in various places in the hall and a list of them was road consisted of various toys, scissors, knives, watch whistles and a number of small’ boxes with tiny bonbons. ‘There were two iirst prizes, one to be given to the lady. the other to the gentleman finding the greatest number of For the first was a quaint little coffee oles ‘spoon, with gold bowl and curiousl: ht oxidized hae 8 photograph hok roy reward like skill on ‘t of some gentlema: Should any one fail to Rnd a single article be or she was to be rewarded with a booby prize. From a WONDERS OF DREAMS. Curious Facts About a Mystery That Has Never Yet Been Solved. VISIONS OF THE NIGHT. ‘What Lies Beyond the World That is Seen in the Unexplored Territory of Dreamland, Where All Have Traveled, Though No One Can Give a Good Account of the Country. ee 66\HE FURTHER ONE PROGRESSES through the region of knowledge the nearer one scems to approach to the wall which shuts off the mysterious unknown,” said a dis- ciple of psychical science to a writer for THE Stax. “Curiously enough, one appears to come most nearly to climbing the wall and investi- Gating the territory on the other side in what we call dreams. “No one has ever yet determined the precise nature of a dream, and it is not likely that = fair understanding of the phenomenon will ever be arrived at, for the simple reason that no one’s recollections of his own dreams are relia- ble, and facts to work upon are, therefore, lacking. “There is plenty of evidence, however, to show that the condition of sleep removes the barrier which exists in the waking state between the two conscious beings that make up each human individual. Who is there that is not aware that he has within himself s dual entity? But of this I will have more to say presently. THE SHORT DURATION OF DREAMS. “Every one who has ever dreamed has ob- served how widely different is the estimate of time passed while dreaming from the actual time covered by the period during which the dream has lasted. A Turkish fable tells of an infidel sultan of Egypt who used to laugh at » miracle declared in the koran to have been per- formed by Mahomet. But, conversing one day with a learned doctor, the latter said that he would quickly convince the unbelieving poten- tate that a thing so extraordinary might easily be true if the latter would place himself in a tub of water. This wasdone, and the sultan ina tub, surrounded by a circle of his minis- ters and officers, was bidden by the wise man to plunge his head into the water and draw it up again. 0 sultan thrust his head into the water and immediately found himself at the foot of 1@ seashore. Ho began to rage gainst the doctor for this piece of treachery and witchcraft, but at length, perceiving it in vain to be angry, he set himself to think on proper methods for gaining a livelihood in this strange country. Accordingly he applied to some people at work in a neighboring wood, who conducted him toa town that stood at a little distance from the wood, where, after some adventures, he married s woman of great beauty and fortune. He lived with this woman so long that he had by her seven sons.and seven daugh- ters. Subsequently he was reduced to great want and was forced to adopt the occupation of a porter for @livelihood. One day as he was Talking alone by the seaside, being seized wit many melancholy reflections, he threw off his clothes with a design to bathe. Upon his first plunge he no sooner raised his head above the water than he found himself in the tub, with the freat, men of his, court about him ‘and the learned doctor at his side. They assured him that he had not sticred from his in the tub and that he had only dipped his head into the water and immediately taken it out again. INDEFINITELY RAPID BRAIN PROCESSES. “This curious fable gives a not inadequate or untrue example of the manner in which im- pressions, by the succession of which one ordi- narily estimates time, are often crowded to- gether in dream. Such thought impressions in the waking state can only succeed each other at intervals limited by the delays of mechanical brain processes; but in dream there seems to be no such retardation, and the processes may therefore follow each other infinitely fast, thus conveying to the perceptive faculty the notion of an extended period of time. Under the in- fluence of opium De Quincy bad ao cording to his own account, of ten, twenty, sixty years’ duration—some even which seemed to exceed all limits of human experience. For centuries together—ail in a single hour—he was entombed in the pyramids, or shut up in sar- cophagi in the cold embrace of clammy croco- diles, of which reptiles he had an inexpressible horror. “In one of the histories of Mahomet it is re- lated that the Angel Gabriel took the old boy out of his bed one morning to give him a sight of all things in the seven heavens and in hell, which the prophet took a distinct view of, and aiter having held ninety thousand separate and lengthy conferences with the Deity was brought back again to his couch. All this was trans- acted in so brief a time that Mahomet on his reiurn found his bed still warm and took up an earthen pitcher which was thrown down at tho very instant the angel carried him away before the water was all spilled. DREAMS OF A DRAMATIC CHARACTER. “There is a certain sort of dreams which may be classed as of a dramatic character. They lead up toaclimax, just asa play might do. For example, the psychologist Maury was sick in bed and dreamed about the French revolu- tion. Bloody scenes passed before him. He spoke with Robespierre, Marat and other men of the time; was dragged before the tribunal, condemned to death and carried through great crowd of people, bound toa plank. Th uillotine severed ead from his shoulders. (e woke in terror to find thata rail over the bed had got unfastened and had fallen upon his neck like « guillotine, and, as his mother, who was sitting by him, declared, at that very moment. “Take another instance from my own expe- rience. Ihad apparently a very long dream, toward the end of which I lost myself in a long gallery of an extensive building. There came toward me from the other end of the gallery a lady with a rustling train. In my dream I re- membered having been introduced to her in some time past. As I passed I saluted her, but caught my foot in her train, at the same mo- ment waking with a nervous spasm in that foot. “A friend of mine once in a dream had a most disagreeable dueling experience. An in- sult was passed, the challenge followed, a meet- ing was arranged, and in the encounter he was wounded in the ealf of the leg. He awoke and a flea was biting him on the spot. “All such dramatic dreams lead so regularly and naturally to their conclusions that to im- agine the latter to be terminations merely acci- dental is ont of the question. Their only pos- sible or conceivable explanation is that the conclusion suggests the cause. The flea bite creates the entire drama of the duel, in the mind of the dreamer, which ends with the wound in the spot bitten. Likewise the fall of the rail over the bed, which summons up in an instant the tragedy of the guillotino and the reign of terror. In ehort, beyond the threshold of consciousness which separates the waking life from the dream life thought impressions uccced each other with a swiftness apparently ilimitable, and in the merest fraction of a mo- ment we may, perhaps, go though the events of years, as it secms. Other causes may give riso to similar conditions, as when a drowning per- son reviews his whole life in a minute or two of suffocation, recalling in sequence and vividly the smallest events, WE ENCOUNTER OUB DOUBLE. “It is in dreams that ono encounters the double of his own self asan actor in the play of simulated life. He sees this other self pro- jected as upon a stage, and with it he is apt to have most. interesting Funnily enough the alter ego is apt to be the cleverer of the two. Boswell tells of one of Dr. John- son's dreams, in which the philosopher was en- gaged with another in an argumentative con- tention and found himself much vexed by the superiority of his opponent. The celebrated Van Goend relatos e dream of bi phrase, but he could not construe it, cudgeled his brains to the utmost. He the “boy next to him atience—e proof that he knew t length the instructor said to the second pupil: Upon which the latter : perfectly. “It must have been every $ to who has thought on such subjects that scious working ego is distinct from his friends dreamed that he surprised his be- loved in the arms of a s! man and that he was about to attack the offender, but, observing that the latter had his own form and aspect, he consoled himself with the thought that it was the same as if he had kissed the maiden himself, “It is very curious to observe in dream how ‘one becomes alternately actor and spectator. At one moment one is an active participant in what is going on in the sleep drama, while an = Nar helooks on to eee himeelf com- te the scene. But, supposing that there is ‘& colloquy, as 80 tient clean Tpetweun es dreamer and his other self, the latter is always the =e ‘and amusing participant. He says such droll things sometimes, so witty and oe ted, that one is awakened with ughter. “This other self, beyond the threshold of consciousness which removes, is a very interesting creature. It would be most agree- able to cultivate a greater intimacy with him, if one enly could. Is he the spirit which flies away when one’s other self is dead and whither no one can surmise? As for the apparent duration of dreams, it may be asked, what is time, any- sway? It hae no existence. ’ What we mean by it is the decay of thi ‘Think of all this when you go to bed tonight and you will feel more interest in the extraordinary phenomena which await the observation of the mind that watches beneath closed eyelids.” isocan seem SPRING STYLES FOR MEN. ‘The Correct Thing in Dress for the Coming Season. From the New York World. A notable feature of the spring fashions for men is the tendency toward lighter colors. ‘The deep-black effects which were so promi- nent last season are now in the background, and will not meet with any favor among good dressers. It is claimed that the transition is significant as showing a decided leaning toward English ideals. Some of New York's exclusive tailors who set the pace for the Beau Brum- mels on this side of the pond contend that the tints and patterns of mon’s clothes should be decided upon in London since the best clothes are of English make, claiming only for America the prerogative of shaping and constructing the best garments in the world. ‘The double-breasted sack suit introduced last season will be popular this spring, but it will be made in materials of new design and color. ‘The most si midway between a brown and a gold, with coat, yest and trousers alike. This suit’ should be worn without a top coat. In order to secure tho effect of contrast a neck scarf of pronounced hue and red-tan gloves should be worn with it. Another effective material, and one which wili doubtless be the vogue of Easter, isa Scotch plaid of large figure with plenty of " brown and stone blue in it. The cout should close with three buttons, and both coat and vost should have a wide opening at the throat for the sake of the neck scarf, which requires full display. ‘The edges of the coat are hemstitched and all the pockets are covered by flaps. The coat is designed to fit rather loosely, and in the back is slightly on the box order. The fate of tho double-breasted cutaway coat is settled beyond doubt, notwithstanding the efforts of ultra-fashionable men to bring it into opularity. It appears this season in a greatly Improved form, ‘and the prophets of fashion say it will either triumph or fall into a state of innocuous desuetude. That it is not suitable for business wear is conceded by all, yet, for this very reason, its claims for adoption 'as a promenade and’ demi-dress garment are the more strongly urged. Fault is constantly found with Americans for a lack of discrimination in the etiquotte of dress. Indeed it is said of them that they have but two garments—the sack coat and the swallow-tail—while English- men affect no less than four styles of day dress in addition to the con- ventional evening costume. The most stylish material for the double-breasted cutaway isa worsted of rough finish. The coat is made with deep lapels, faced to the seam with silk, and the collar is large and loose fitting. ‘The edges are bound with silk braid of narrow measure. The collar hasa medium roll. The skirts of the coat are an inch longer than the gle-breasted cutaway and two inches shorter than those of the Prince Albert. The coat should be worn with trousers of a light shade and with a fancy vest. Under no circumstances should the coat, trousers and vest be cut from the eame piece. ‘The jauntiest thing in the way of business apparel is the single-breasted cutaway sack suit ik English chook fesign of largo patiern.. ‘Lhe trousers are of medium width, with latitude for the display of taste in the direction of fullness. ‘The cout is finished with hemstitch and cioses with three buttons. The top button is well w on the breast and the lapels are rounded an narrow. Only a small portion of the necktie is displayed. ‘The side pockets of th require lapels. ‘The favorite materials f suit are worsteds and cheviots, and the popular color is gray with stripings in black or dark brown. It is not every man who can wear a light- colored top cost, yet fashion decrees that that is the correct caper for spring. The decree is all the more peremptory if a dark-colored coat be worn beneath it. The fashionable fabric is a worsted of wide-walo and the coat should be faced with silk to the bottom. Asa matter of fact spring top coats are not supposed to be buttoned at all, hence the propriety of the great display of ‘silk lining. Top coats this season are shorter than those worn for several years past. They sould not extend beyond a int three inches above the knee. With a Feght-colored spring overcoat should be worn dark cutaway coat, light-colored trousers and a faucy vest of bright hue. Instead of sameness in the coloring of dress harmonious contrast is the rule this season. With an overcoat a silk hat should be worn. If aderby is used it should be black or, at any rate, of a dark shade. In neckwear there isa wide range for the exercise of taste, but the prevailing colors are light. One of the most fashionable shades is Foe Ses apes Auother is heliotrope. The shapes of neck- scarfs have unde®gone modifications without radical changes. ‘The four-in-hund and Ascot of moderate dimensions are the most fashion- able. ‘The large puff scarf of a year ago has been reduced in size. It is now oily a second favorite. For full dress wear the plain lawn Vow is in the lead, although black cravate con- tinue to have many admirers. The general rule is that all neck scarfs should be tied by hand. ‘One of the new shades in gloves isa gray blue. It is intended for the devotees of ex- treme fashion. The best thing to wear, accord- ing to the dicta of the rank and file of’ fashion designers, is tan in its various tints. Except for the purpose of sharp contrast with light- colored clothing the deep red tan of last year is not in good form. A better shade is light yel- low bordering on old gold. ‘This will bo the correct fashion for Easter. ‘There is no material change in the styles of collars forspring. ‘The straight standing collar writh points bent by hand ia the style prescribed for men of taste. For men with short necks, however, the most sensible fashion is the collar with bent ears. The turn-down collar is grow- ing in favor and may be worn by all to whom it is becoming, without criticism. Link cuffs, with either square or rounded points, are the cuffs of fashion, Never was the patent-leather shoe so popu- lar as at the present time. All the indications point to its continued popularity. For etreet wear the soles should be considerably heavier than those worn on full-dress occasions. As to hats, no general rule can be set down. The most that can be said is that those who can wear silk hats without appearing top-heavy should do so. Embroidered shirt fronts are on the wane. The exemplars of fashion do not wear them now, and all authorities in the opinion that’ they will not be the for the coming spring. Plain piques, however, are growing more and more popular. ‘Where the Scare Was. ‘From the Springfield Homestead. A little three-year-old boy was carrying his father's lantern and dropped it. His father, seeing his frightened look, said to him: “Did it ES nees are any ° fool that way? THE PIG IN THE CAR New Game by Which a Boston Schoolma’am Teaches Manners. There is one woman in Boston who is de termined that her sex shall not debar her from patting a heavy mark on the next generation. She is a school teacher, and one of the few who do not undervalue their position and its influence. Sho has suffered a deal in her time for the bad ‘Mauners prevalent in public places, and every Year she has about fifty boys and girls betweon the ages of seven and nine in her power between she thinks that it will go hard if she does not do something toward inculcating manners into them—and at the same time hitting the parents ‘® side elap which may not be without ite results. Home Journal: Once a week balf an afternoon is given to recreation, and she invents games for the amusement and instruction of her class, 0 that while they think they are playing they are really learning something. One of these games, the one, in fact, which the youngsters enjoy most, is called “street car.” The central Sisle of the class room, with its row of seats on either side, becomes the electric car. A boy is chosen for the motor man. This post is given tom boy who has been very good for the week, and in @ simple way the teacher makes the class understand how the electricity runs the car. . nd they bay checks for fares. The’ other children Paper are all passengers. business men returning home to dinner—and it is impressed upon them that they are very | tired and very anxious to read their and women who have been shopping or to the matinee. One by one the children the conductor rings the turns bis crank, the passenger enters, walks down the aisle and takes a seat. Finally all seats are taken, and to point the play the bet- ter most of the boys enter first and take the chairs. Then the girls board the improvised car. The boys, being impressed that they are vety tired, politely rise one by one and civilly offer the girls the scats until every one is up but one boy, who is known in the game as the “pig.” Then the teacher enters. She plays her own part, and the children are supposed to be her old pupils, who are glad to sce her, andall, the girls even, are anxious that she should take their seats. and still the “pig. glanced at with surprise by all the children, the car, and the motor man lar with the class, but no one enjoys boing pig.” The teacher says that she already notes the great improvement which her pupils show in manners. They are most anxious to do civil things for one another, “and,” remarks the teacher, “do you not think that they tell this story at home? Do you not think that the ‘pig’ gets shown up by those little ones in his true colors? Ido noi know if the papas and older brothers are shamed by it, but Lam sure that I hope they are and I mcan them to be. ——$7- —____. OVERLAND TO THE POLE, The Plans Made for Engineer Peary's Arctic Expedition. From the New York Times. The preparations made by Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary of the navy for the journey he is soon to undertake in northern Greenland indicate that this enterprise will attract its fall share of the interest likely to be aroused in arctic exploration during the next two years. Mr. Peary, who has been for some time on duty at League Island, and who is aided by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in his present project, is no novice at this work. In 1856, five years after entering the navy, he utilized a short leave of absence by making an exploration with one companion, Maigaard, of the Greenland service, from the head of Pak- itsok fiord, Disco bay, in latitude 60 degrees 90 minutes north. Attacking the ico at the bot- tom of a notch four miles from the fiord and 1,155 feet above the sea, they scaled the glacier face for 00 fect more, then moved due east, and after traveling ten miles at 3,000 feet reached dry snow. Five miles further they ssed the last pond, put on their skier and End'an unbroker surftoe of snow for a high- The thickness of this layer of snow y increased until at a distance of a hun- dred miles and at an elevation of 7,500 feet it was over six fect deep and perfectly fine and dry. On the return the ponds and the snow sat- fed by water were encountered about twenty miles from the edge of the ice, having advanced five miles into tho interior during their absence, twenty days, and also in a subsequent trip, near , Torsukatek, of twenty-five or thirty miles in ; eighteen hours, which he made alone, con- tion of the hi latitudes to which the north- ern terminus of Greenland may extend. Over its unbroken surface the traveler with snow shoes and skie: can lay a straight course, hav- ing no cracks to bafile him, und each step is clear gain toward the point aimed at. A large arty is not needed for such aa expedition; in Rect, many of the great eu-ceasse have been with parties of two, tree or four. Mr. Peary ore ambitions quest will take and be joined by two or three Greenlanders, and the advance party will be still fewer. Leaving Philadelphia in May his expedition will be taken north by a St. John's whaler, landing on the west coast of Greenland, Whale sound, between latitudes 77 and degrees. ‘The rest of the year will be occu- pied with preparing ledges and other appa- | ratusand in making short experimental trips, rticularly northward to Humboldt glacier. rom a buse of supplies established at this latter point, in about latitude 79 degrees, the main party’ will proceed next spring by suc- cessive stagesas far northeast as the unknown coast of Greenland will permit and fix its ter- minus. Should it not be checked by the shore it may hope to go much further toward the pole than the most advanced point yet at- twined. —_—_+02 —____ 4 HAREM IN AMERICA. Four Wives Brought to This Country by an Uxorious Turk. From the New York Recorder. A queer-looking party of five landed at the barge office yesterday from the steamer La Gascogne from Havre. One wasaman, a bearded and turbaned turk, and the others were four closely veiled women, his wives. It was, in fact, a genuine Turkish harem en route to the Sandwich Islands, ‘The party came from a little town in Galicia, Asia Minor, called Mons, where Ohan Solyman Gaidjikhan, sheik, had been engaged in the manufacture of sugar and Tarkish confections. He is going to anew home on the islands of the Pacific, where he has purchased a sugar Finbreidored Turkish oosbusne; his jockst being embroi costume, his thy-bloe cloth braided with gd. Se About his waist he worea broad sash of white silk, through which was stuck a Turkish yataghan’ with a richly jeweled hilt. On his pers of red His wives were dressed entirely im white, their clothing being of fine camel's hair eloth and being of the costume generally worn by Turkish ladies, with loosely trousers. were veiled to the eyes. but it was seen that two of them had blue eyes and straw-col- ored hair. Two women ing black five and six hours five days out of seven, and | This is one of her methods, says the Boston | They are supposed to be | i sticks to his seat. Now, this gameis very pop- | ‘The experiencs gained in this journey of | Vinced Mr. Peary that this interior snow of Greenland forms the best route for the explora- WRITING UNDER PR SURE, Authors Whe Look for Daverable Condl- tions and Those Whe Do Not, From the Continent. | “tis carious thing.” remarked Smith et | the Unconventional Club the other even'ng, | “but unless all the conditions are fevorabse I | am absolutely incapable of writing.” “That is because you are an author instond | Of a journalist,” euggested Dixon. “If news Paper men waited for «pecially favorable ‘eau- | ditions’ before undertaking to write I'm afrsid there would be precious few newspapers. be | Journalist has no time to apend in thinking | sbout this matter of “favorable condition,’ end it is fortunate for him that he hasn't. He gen- erally is called upon to write at the «pur of the moment, and often under very distracting cir- | cumstances, and to be able to do this he mast cultivate rapidity of thought and expressior | “He must be able to concentrate all she | activity of his brain upon the matter in hard; | be must learn to work amid all kinds of via: tractions, and under all conditions of phywcal | discomfort. A new per cannot defer publication of an art ie fora because the man whose duty it is write that article does not ‘feel in the mood” for writing at the thae; if he cannot control his “mood,” he must give | place to aman who is not subject to those can- | Bitions or my part,” observed Channing, a yolk inous writer for the editorial page of « leads daily, “for my part I do my best work think, under the spur of circumstances. Wren T have to write an editorial ina very limited time, in order to catch the presses, it seemr to me Ican express myself with a degree of 'm- plicity and clearness that often I cannot ecu mand under what would seem to be much more favorable conditions. Perhaps the necessity of an unusual degree of concentration enables tae tofix my mind upon the subject with a stronger be able to exert under said Kemble, a book reviewer for one of the weeklies, “that the short «tories that appear in the daily’ press, that evidentiy have been written under inspiration (on the spur of the moment), often are far more brig original and ai than the more caref | finished short «tories that appear in the maga- zines and that have the names of well-known Writers attached to them “Naturally they should be better.” anid Rar- | ton, an artist l returned from Paris. “Any work that is under astrong impulse ss brighter and better than work by the me man done at interval after he fancies he has studied the subject exhaustively. In the | first case, be will not try to give a complete | description of every detail, but will endeavor | to present the subject as a whole g impression, fail of » ility bas some he sets out to doin + buteven the best lite short of success from Realiy, paradoxical pressiuist is far sion than is the to convey standpou.t, he im- ntic in his expres 1 the reason for this is that he does not attempt more than it possible for a man to # ». ‘The maa who studies out eve abject, ei in art or literature, accumulates a mass of tail that is very likely to swamp him, expecial:y if he is not an excellent judge in the selecting the essential por those which are no: Strange Endurance After an Accident. Last Tuesday evening, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, an engineer on the Northwestern road found ® buman arm lying beside the tracks at the intersect: It was turned over to th to Klaner's undertaking waukee avenue, w of Artesian avenue, police and was taken ablishment on Msl- it @till reposes on ica, y surrounded the finding of the arm. A search was insticuied, but uo one was found @ misting member. Two detectives we J two whole days with- out avail. The « could not be found. At first it was thoucht that it may have cone | from some surgical college, but the fact that i was mutilated at the elbowjoint led to the be- lief that somo one bad been ground to death. beneath the wheels of the cars. A thorough search was made, and for nearly two days the country for miles round was scoured toas certain from whence the mutilated member came. Wednesday night the West Chicago amba- | lance was calied to a saloon on Clybourne place anda man was taken to the County Hi pital suifering from © number of cute a bruises. His left arm wax gone at the elbow He was beastly intoxicated, and could not ot would not tell where ho had met with his acci dent. It developed on inquiry that he hed been around to a dozen different raloons in the vicinity soliciting drinks. He would enter a place, and throwing the mutilated stamp of | his arm on tho bar, all ec with clottes blood, would implore the bartender for a drink. Thus he got his lond of whiskey. Yesterday his arm was amputated at the sboulder at the | hospital. He survived the shock all right, but it will probably always remain a mystery es to how the acciient happened. «i ——_—_—oo—____ The Critic's Irae Function. From Scrilmer's Magazine. Your individual self-perfection is the most laudable thing in the world to strive for, but asthe nulouso? a gospel itis insipid. ‘Fro- quent the busy haunts of men who occupy themselves with kindred pursuite—not literally of necessity, but sympathetica nation. Itisin union that there is strength. Remark tendencies, try to sum them 7 point out their significance and direction. Rew men can be Iiuskins—et encore! And do not imagine that you can permanently at- tach and benefit your kind by the mere force of correct, gentle and chaste diction on the one hand, or of setting an example of repose and serenit cus even literary eriti ons of more robustness and reali this sphere preaching by specific’ precept is far more efficient than preaching by general example. And the most important of ail things is to be in harmony with one's time and environment. Be sure, 0 critic! there i» something magic in thix, however it may tra scend consciousness. ¢, for instance, how much finer is Mr. Woodberry’s essay on Brown ing—a piece of real criticism —than are his lu- cubrations about “the ideal Lif - Tees mages Oman, A lady who resides in the West End related today the strange confession of « milkman, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. For some time past she had suspected that the cream left at her house was diluted. Although it hed plenty of foam on top, it did not seom to be equal in quality to good milk. She determined to interrogate the milkman, and so she watched for him. “When became she informed him of her suspicion. At first be insisted that te cream Wasas good as any sold, but when she persisted in her statement that ‘she had drank country milk that was far better he weakened “soon yon beap 2 Well, to tet “Can you ‘8 secret, mum! you ts pth, Som. Gocmum pen gb ant éream at all. "The foam that is on top is mado from the white of eggs aud is put there to make you believe you are getting ‘the genuine arti- cle. But you are right in suspecting that you ain't, mum. It's nothing bute del and maybe you might say a shame, too. ri don't kn Most people never find out the om the warfare of other, be- difference, and as os don’t know us a Electrical Air Ship. ‘From the Street Railway Review.