Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1891, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR: ’ WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE LADY OF FASHION Her Proper Abode is in the Town and Not the Country. STYLISH FALL COSTUMES. Draped Corsages to Be Very Popular—A Handsotne Mourning Toilet in Delaine and SiIk—styltsh Afternoon Dresses—A Country Club Toilet. Special Correspondence of The Evenine Star. New York, October 2, 1891. UMMER IS OVER AND Tam glad of it,” wasthe remark of a fashionable friend upon whom I enlled the other day to welcome back to town. “Yes, glad of it,” she continued, “for now my life will be blessed with some pri- vacy—a thing almost unknown in the coun- try, where rooms are small, partitions thin and corridors narrow. In one week's time every secret of your toilet becomes known, ‘and woe betide you unless you have a good stock of natural advantages. The moment you resort to the petty tricks and devices #0 neces- sary to the woman of forty who sees her hair growing thin and her complexion losing glowand smoothness that moment you are a marked woman. They discuss you at the breakfast table, they gossip about you in the lor, they stare at you on the veranda. k heaven I'm back in my own apartments again, with my deep bath of soft water, my founge, my stand, my plor glass, my boxes, bottios, flacons, atomizers, my wrappers and disnabilles, my slippers, my cushions and my baseocks. There is no gainsaying the fact that the town fs the proper abode for the genuine lady of fashion—by which expression I mean the indy whe wears costumes and not clothes, who braves the and penalties of neuralgia in order to display the latest creation in bonnets, or defies the deadly draught by wearing a cut- ut dress to the theater. Draped corsages promise to be very popular. Seceke tom nothing could exceed the ex- quisite taste displayed in the bias effects seen in some of the autumn gowns. : Wiostration yon have such a corsage. The eorsclet ceinture goes admirably with sch make up. At times, however, it ie only simu- lated by veivet ribbon. In the same way. too, Yokes and fgaros are stylishly outlined on thered waists by velvet ribbon of harmo- nions of contrasting tone. Isee many draped 2 ebarmingly set off by pointed cein- passementeric. the cormgey tures and shoulder pieces of embroidery on the bottom. The corsage cor sists of a chemisette of pleated crepe de chine reaching to the waist, sewed on the lining, and closing by hooks in front. The chemisette is at the neck and waist. There i ribbon belt. The jacket is made in the ord! ary way. The embroidery must not be ap- plied until the fit is complete. The basques fare lined with silk and there is a straight collar, while the revers form a rolling one outside of it—all inall.a very charming toilet, which may, it should be borne in mind, be made up inany cioth material of modish color, such as tho chev- roued vicuna, im which darker ctripes are made to figure the stuff with large and small chevrons, the embroidered pekin, chamois and light blue with white ‘dots, or Brittany cashmere, gray ground shaded with gray, blue or black stripes. Plain gray vicuna aud pearl gray amazon cloth will also be much worn, and I need hardly add that boas, Pierrot collars and lace ruches will continue to vie ‘With feather boas for a place round the necks of oar female exquimtes, and that feathe: trim- ming, too, will make its appearance on street costumes, anew combination being corn-col- ored cocks feathers intermingled with green of peacock ch is very new, way setuland very ersensive, Andon t07 hats, look out for felts in Marie Stuart style or round, always of the color of your costume. The woman of fushion must busy herself studying harmonies in cclor, so ‘hat from top to toe she may not dispiay a discordant tone or uilty of = false color chord. ly third illustration presents a very pret! morning dress, a white batiste delaine arran; fm combination with gray silk, the latter being ‘MORNING TOILET IN DELAINE AXD site. yy of the delicate tones. A navy biue hat trimmed with | Wesks ere she will again be able to longer to be permitted to circulate. We must then be withdrawn, canceled and laid on the sheif. I rejoice that this ridiculous man raised this inane. "It gives me the very op ty I have longed for, to wit: To grand mission of modes, which is to eqnal- ize -the effect of these dangerous gifts, youth and beauty. Fashion steps in and by the touch of her magic wand rescues the plnin- looking and the faded woman from scorn and neglect Wearing the beautiful uniforms of Queen Fashion, these women, always in the great majority. are enabled tocurb the haughty and willful spirit of youth and beauty. Hence we view the groat necessity of modes. Strange as it may'sound to male cars, fashions have been a potent factor in enfranchising woman. So long asshe had but one style of gown to rag she could not help being more oF less of a ve. Long live modes! ‘TWO VERY STYLISH ATTERNOON DREssES. You will find in my fourth illustration two very pretty toilets. The one on the left pic- tures a costume in white batiste delaine, bor- dered with indigo silk, set off with rove yellow and gray striped surah. The hat strict harmony. The corselet cetnture is in ray silk. Gray gloves compiete the costume. Fic isdy on the right wears, strikingly bend: some costume, a combination of black «ilk, white galloon and gray surah, the skirt being of pale gray woolen stuff made in flat pleats. I see many elegant parlor toilets made up in white, which color seems destined to hold to its popularity this coming season. One in par- ticular which was intended for « young mar- ried woman seemed to me unusually beautiful. Corsage and sleeves in white tulle, gracefully draped over the bust and in two large bouffante, one on the shoulder the other roaching to the elbow, and the remainder of the sleeve being tight fitting. ‘The front of the skirt was made up of four flounces covered with lace, and there was a redingote of white brocaded crepe de chine eut away wide in front and ending ina full train. The neck is cut pointed in front ‘uusa broad turn-down collar in gold passe: menterie embroidered with turquoises; a broad belt of the mime material with deep point on lower edge. This elegant costume has # most and distinguished air about it. st illustration sets forth « very pretty nation costume in pale yellow crepe de chine with gray stripes, the bodice having a Jow corselet in gray silk and a chemisette collar. With it is worn a stylish Jacket in dark navy blue sezge with very pale yellow galloon. A gray luat trimmed with white, gray and blue feathers and zigzag striped ribbon completes thiseharm- ing costume for the autumn entertainments at the country clubs, which, by the way, prom- ise this season to draw out some exquisite toi- lets during October. One such costume, tended for indoor tennis, struck me as being full of style and distinction. It wasa mauve foulard gown with little leaves in green velvet. The skirt is made plain and flat, while the cor- sage, somewhat cnt out at the neck, has a chem- isetto in mauye mousseline de soie. The sleeves, couNTar CLUB TO:LET. very bouffant above, are perfectly tight below the elbow. ‘The skirt was made on mauve mous- seline de soie, which hasaruche of Mechlin lace, and, as every motion displays the under- skirt, this is made up in crepe de chine set off with'an insertion of Mechline With this dressy costume you must wear a big hat tied down over your ears, baby style, and at the front there must be» huge knot of green ribvous harmonizing with the brocaded leaves. To help hold tue hat in place you may make use of along gold pin headed with an amethyst. This big bat will serve most coquettiahly to set off a pretty, fresh face and bring oat the quality of your complexion and the gleam of your eves. Ishould add that several of the country clubs have during the summer corapleted spacious and elegant teunis courts, completely covered in, which” are intended to serve for banquet and asscmably rooms, as well as to give the guests am opportunity to play tennis re- ardless of the state of the weather. Naturally, the spectators will be expected to affect bril- linnt outdoor costumes, just as if the games were on veritable greensward. a Four Styles of Reportiny From the Boston Transcriyt. ‘TUE VOLOATE. A lady slipped on a banana skin on School street yesterday afternoon and broke a leg. THE STACCATO STILE. It is a job for the surgeon. A banana skin did it. There was a slide, ascream and a dull thud. The atmosphere was full of lmngerie, frou frou, hair pins and bric-a-brae. It was laughable. But only to a few. Adozen men gallantly rushed to the rescue. It was a woman who had fallen. Horror! A nether limb was broken. She was in agony. And all becuase of somebody's careless- ness. Saul has slain his thousands. The banana skin has slain its ten thousands. TUE FLORID STYLE. Tripping lightly down School street yester- day afternoon, her face aglow with health and her every muscle, nerve, vein and artery in har- mony with the invigorating autumnal at- mosphere, a gepresentative of the sufter sox was scen suddenly to deflect from the perpen- dicular, and in another instant this one of God's last and best gifts to man came with crushing force to the hard, uuviclding pave- ment. ‘The immediate cause of the unfortunate lady's downfall was the greasy envelope of that now common tropical fruit, the banana, which some thoughtless if not mialicious individual bad cast upon the public sidewalk. The victim of this carelessness or worve had sustained a fracture. of a limb, and it will be man; erect blue ribbons is worn with this costume, the | #24 stately as heretofore. oun shade being gray. _ Ghemicttes and cuffs are daintily season with passementeric, usually rune in two colors; for instance, “old, of, biue and sllver, but some- ly of silk in two shades of blue. ture of this character ur. It consists of flowers ‘THE FACETIOUS STYLE. She will be careful how she treadson banana skins hereafter. She didn’t know it was loaded, Dut it fired her. It is only a broken leg; not much comfort to her, but a good thing for the IN SOUTHERN CHILI. Some Interesting Soenes Witnessed at a Lianisto House Raising. AN ARAUCANIAN FEAST. The Women Do All the Work and the Men Eat, Drink and Are Merry—The Menu of the Banquet—A Novel Way to Gain = Bride, et ‘From the Star's Traveling Commissioner. Varpivia, Cart, August 29, 1891. N THE SECOND DAY OF OUR DETEN. tion in the Lianisto territory, the swollen, bridgeless streams still keeping us close prison- ers, we wore honored by an invitation to attend & house raising on the morrow—which in Aran- cania is made the occasion of prolonged festiv- ities and many ceremonies. We were informed that a grand feast would be the especial feature of. each day's doings, and that every guest was expected to contribute thereto something ed- fhle or drinkable. What do you suppose was our contribution? In this case necessity was the mother of invention, and we sacrificed to the omergency our last sack of self-raising flour baked into large griddlo cakes. Those, when cold, were spread with a thin coating of canned peach jam, and were piled one above another all the y of tho party; but tho impromptu was a pro- nounced success, and we afterward lenrned that the Indians looked upon it as the white man’s staple article of food. rly the next morning the great chief came to eseort usin person to the distant clearing where the new dwelling was to be erected, and as a mark of especial condescension we “‘squaws” were permitted to follow in the rear. So gorgeously was his greasy highness gotten up for the occasion that it mny truly be said even Solomon in all his glory was never so ur- raved. He wore the yellow leggins and double crimson bed blanket intely presented to him by our leader, with my silver soap case bung around his neck by a blue ribbon, where it rattled against a triple necklnce of teeth, human and animal, while his bushy hair, in which sts of red flannel were braided, was crowned by a tiara of brilliant feathers and bung with long strings of birds’ bones. Far in the respectful distance trotted his several wives, bearing his beloved pipe, gnanaco robes for him to sit upon and his choicest heritage, the time- worn ekulls that serve for drinking vessels, without which no feast would be compiete. THE GUESTS ASSEMPLED. Arrived at the spot we found most of the vil- lagers already assembled, and every dusky face wore a look of the most perfect happiness I ever beheld on human countenances. At one, side, where the squaws were mostly collected, we noticed several young sheep, yet living, Ising bound among scores of chictia pots and bags of green corn, und as new guests arrived additions were constantly made to the store. Whenever a donation was handed in the fol- lowing dialogue invariably took place between the donors and those appointed to euperintend the feast: “I beg you to accept a mere trifle as an offering to this great occasion.” ‘How very generous! Nothing of the kind was expecte and you ought not to have brought so much.” it is but a poor trifle, not worthy so grat feast, but I pray that you will not disdain i Presently some squaws began digging holes in the ground close by; two young women seized one of the bound sheep, stretched it across a log, and while one held ‘it the other turned over its head and ran a knife into the large vein behind itsear. Itsoon bled to death, and all the blood was carefully saved for pud- ding. Uy the way, is it not strange that among these Indians the blood of a lamb is considered an emblem of safets? Whenever they go t0 war a jamb is killed and its blood sprinkled upon the arms of the warriors, asa sign that vengeance shall not overtake them. When they make a treaty of peace the slain lamb is again bronght | into requisition. Each of the covenanting rties drinks a little of the blood and eats a | it of the raw flesh to prove that what has been sealed by the blood of innocence cannot be broken. THE WOME DID THE WORK. ‘The men’s part of the day's labor consisted tirely in eating, drinking and giving orders. When the squaws had dug the holes and | rinkled in each a tew drops of the sheep's | Hood, chicha pots were circuited nnd alldreak | An hour afterward—chichs ad libi- | tum in the interval—some posts, tull enough to | form the four corners of the house, were pianted | by the women in the holes. After another hour | or more of home-chewed chichA and cheerful conversation, cross-pieces were firmly bound to the posts with thongs of rasrhide: and the rais- ing for that day was completed. ‘The interpre- ter told us that it would require not less than a week to finish the house. The next day th would weave in the smaller poles for the walls. On another day put up the rafters, and so on, nursing the job ns long as possibie—becouse | time, being “made for slaves,” is no object to | these independent Araucanians. We witnessed | only one day of it, as on the following morning we started anew for Valdivia—but that brief glimpse was sufficient. THE BANQUET READY. Promptly at high noon the squaws announced that the banquet was ready. The green award served for a “festive board,” and the men seated themselves contentediy upon it m a wide engaged in their favorite the girls stood watching them In imira- Eat’ boon, Seay engaged i alanine wie ry short distances aj until Ln) was formed. perhaps forty feet wide by three hun- dred feet long = When ready for the fray half the young men retired to the wooda After « Nttle time those that remeined behind set up a fearful tooting on instruments made by the in- sertion of a cow’s horn into a hollow cane, and answering notes came back from the rival band secréted in the forest. This waa the chailen nd reply toa trial of skill, and prosently enemy came dashing through the forest wil deafening shouts. ‘Tho Araucanian game of lican differs little from the sport so common in England known to school boys as “hocky” or “shinty.” It is played with o small wooden oFToRelled along the ground by stioks curved at the lower end. ‘The oppos- ing sides have their bases at the two extremes of the alley; the ball is placed ina hole half way betwoen the bases, and over it are stationed, one from each party, other players are scatteredalong the 8 ‘two bo: while the alloy, each armed with «stick. | When all ready the two in the middle strike their stic together in the air and commence a rough and tumble fight for the ball, each striving to knock it toward the other's purty. ‘Ihe object of every one is to drive the ball through his opponent's bave, or, in defense of his own, to knock it sideways along the bordcring line of twigs. In the latter case the trial is put dowa a8 drawn and recommences. Each game is duly notched on a stick, and the party first tallying a certain number gains the victory. In this instance some fifty players were en- gaged, who prepared for battle by stripping themselves to a poncho about the loins. ‘There was much shouting and scuilling, many a hard tumble and occasional cracked shin, but the greatest goodwill reigned throughout. THE GAME OF AAs. Meanwhile the older and more dignified war- riors engaged in the game of avas. This ap- pears to be somewhat like dice and is played with eight beans marked on one side aud ten small sticks used as tallies. A blanket is spread upon the ground, upon which the players sit, facing one another. Alternately they take up the beans, shake them in the hand and throw them down on the blanket; the spots turned up ¢ counted and the one wins who first reaches a certain number. ‘The players seem to be- Heve, with Pythagoras, that beans have souls, for they kiss them. talk to them, rub them on their breasts, ail the time shouting at the top of their lungs, impioring good luck for the selves and evil for their opponents. The a resounded with a discord of wild voices, w! knives, blankets, wives and ponies were staked and gapidly changed owners. le the Arauca- Like other uncivilized peopl nians are excessively fond o' gambling and They have a game of habitually indulge in it. chance which ia played with a four-sided teeio- tam and are expert in several games of skill, one of which is said to resemble chess. Mans an Indian has staked his all upen the turn of a bean and returned to the bosom of his family with little more covering than that furnished him by nature. The fate of prisdners of has frequently depended upon the caprice of a téetotum, aud when disputes have arisen among: the wise men grave questious of state have often been devided by the game of pelican, DRESS OF THE WOMEN. But we must not overlook the indies of Arau- cania, especially on such an occasion when decked in festive “gaud and gear.” Most of them have good figares and ngreeable faces with luxuriant black hair, pearly teeth, small feet, inclined to toe ward, aud be fl arms, but their diet of raw m renders them gross at an carly age, thirty they are flabby old erones.” No belle of civilization is more addicted to faec-painsiug than they, but here white powders are not Fogue, the colors used being black and red. ‘Two epecies of earth supply these cosmetics, which are mixed with grease to prevent them from being easily washed off. ‘the red is put on ina broad belt from cur to ear, over the checks, eyelids and nose. The black ‘is used to Rive effect to the eyebrows, which are pulled Out 0 as to leave only a fine line, while the lids quid lashes are tipped in the same mauner that henna is used by women of the east. This d fashion is rigidly obscrved, but in- dividual fancy sometimes viries it « little, as, , by two black tears nuning down nd black scallops outlining the red band across the fuce. ‘The glossy hair is divided into two long braids, Wound around with strings of bright bends, connected at the ends by another string of brass thimbles or tiny belis. Ordinarily the bead-bedecked braids are twisted around the head like two snakes, the euds falling down over the face or sticking out in front like horns, but on great oceasions, such as a house raising” a head dress, large asa hand towel. composed entirely of beads of various colors wrought forehead and hang down bebind o the back and shoulders. The bottom is frix ged with a row of brass thimbles or bells and it is really an effective article of drees. ‘The neck is encased in a regular dog collar, mude of leather studded with silver. The bosom is covered with a great profusion of beads, in all the colors of the rainvow, suppie- mented with as many thimbles, bells and silver coins as the wealth of the wearer will allow. All the women wear bracelet: and anklets of beads and hollow bones, and the chiofe an wise men, us a distinetion of rank, sport ani lets of bright-nued woolen threuds twisted to- wether. A woman's drese consists of two blankets, not uplike the “ponchos” of the men. One of them 16 wrapped around the body, fail- ing to the knees, und is pinned up over the shoulders, leaving the arms free, while a broad leather belt with silver buckles coutines it at the waist. The other biauket is thrown over tie shoulders like a cloak, fastened in front with a silver pin, the head of which is often the size and shape of a ten plate. These garments are mostly of home manufacture, dyed black European red flannel. With the addition of circle under the shadow of the trees, while the | women who were not enguged in waiting upon them remained fasting, dutifuily willing to partake, hours later, of whatever crumbs and bits their lords might leave for the dog them. First, some raw clams were brought in huge wooden tronghs, and ou the top of each trough was placed one big red pepper. Every Indian, in tura, took two or three clams, and then the pepper was passed from lip to lip, each one sucking it and handing it on to his ueigubor. ‘This preliminary ceremony, we were toid, was in token of lasting friend: and very warm such love must be, judging from the teurs that sprang to every eve. When the clambs had been devoured, the chicha jars circulated freely. passed from mouth to mouth in the most confidential manner. Then came kettles of cooked corn, steaming hot; thea more chicha. Then quantities of raw mutton, cut in small chunks and piled on wooden trays. Then ears of roasted corn; and last, but by no means least, our own contribution of ¢old, jam- besineared ‘pan cakes, whose sticky sweeiness so pleased the chief that he uegotiations with our leade: purchasing afew “white squaws make them. Between every course chicha flowed freeiy. The braves gobbled raw sheep and corn til! full to bursting, and aiter « short rest they re-| turned to the charge and ate and drank, drank and ate, again and egaiu, til ni could endure no more and ull’ sank into a heavy sleep. ‘This was the hungry squaws opportunity, and so well they improved it that the remaining store of provisicus, which in the morning we had thought sutticient to last the whole community a week, disappeared like dew before the sun. 4 GAME OF BALL. About snnsct most of the younger men bav- ing overcome their gluttoaons stupor bestirred themselves for a game of ball The ball was made of strips of rawhide, covered with many pieces of woolen cloth so that its force might not injure the moceasined foot. There ap- peared to be no rules regulating the game, its whole purpose being to see how often and how far each warrior could kick the ball. ‘They laughed and yelled aud jostled one another in the good-natured scramble like « lot of noisy school boys. ‘The moon being at the full,it was determined to keep up the fun till midnight. But first sup- per must be had and the devightful news soon spread thatasan extra treata dish of nnchi would be served. What under the moon was “nuchi?” Even the half Indian interpreter could not tell us, s0 we resolved to wait and see. It wus not the first time that we have bad cause to regret the curiosity that hesled women into unpleasent situations from the days df randmother Eve down to her latest de- to whe could 7 massive silver eardrops dangling to. the shoulders, and dabs of red paint ou the lips, the picture is compiete. HOW MARRIAGES ARE MADE. While a girl of Araucanis 1s not put up for sale like an oriental hoari, she is none the less an article of merchandise, to be paid for by him who would possess her, and has no more voice in the choice of a husband. Y young man makes up his mind to ma goes first to his friends for asvistance in the car- Tying out of the object. If he is pour, each of his friends, according to his means, agrees to contribute toward the expenses—one giving a fut ox, another a horve, the third a pair of sil- Ver stirraps and so on. A dark night is elected anda rendezvous named. At the appointed hour she lover aud his friends,all well mounted, congregate 2s egreed and in silence the caatiously approach the resideuce of the bride. Hait a “dozen of the best orators enter and wake up the girl's father. to whom they explain the object of the visit, net forth th merits of his wouid-be son-in-law, and form: usk his consent te the match —which is usually granted with readiness if the offered price be large enough. Meanwhile the enamored swain hans been searching out the resting plece of 1: Daleinen; aud she, however willing, screams joud for protection, asin duty bound. Theu a tremendtons row ensues. The women rise up en marse, art themselves with clubs, stones and missiles of every kind und rash ‘to the maiden’s defense. The fricnds interpose to give the lover fair play, eudeavoring with soothings and gentie violence to disrm the fierce viragoes; but the © not to be ap- peased, und happy is the man who escapes without some bleeding memento of the fight. It ie @ point of honor with the bride to te: with all her might, until at iength the impa- tient bridegroom grabs her by the heels or the baie and dragy her slong the ground to the open door. ‘Then he springs to the saddle, still firmly grqsping his screaming captive, and yelling in triumph starts off at full gallop. The friends sally forth, still pursued Ly the out- raged matrons, end follow fast in the track of the fugitives. “Having gained the woods the lover es into the tangled thickets, while the friends considerately pause on the ont- skirts until they are satisfied that no one is in Pursuit, when they quietly disperse. ofurther marriage ceremony is required andufew days afterward the happy couple emerge from the depths of the forest as has- band and wife. ‘Two or three days more are allowed to pass and then the friends call uj the bridegroom. each bringing his promised contribution. Driving before them and carrying thp skins, bags of corn, &c., the whole party repnir to the residence of the bride. ‘There the ts are handed over to the father, who, if sattefied that he has received his daughter's value, manifests ex- f ts. Nuchi, it seems, is the greatest lux- ary of which the ‘Lianisto mind can conceive ne ie ee ees eee cen Take din full-grown, fat shee) hang it up b; five tors looktnstenl of by the hind fost ae ax surgeon. There's money in it. People who throw awa Denana shins choad be, ceretal $0 so throw them that they will iand with the ry side down, unless they are in league ‘From Harper's Bazar. Brown —"Old Cobwigger is remarkably super- stitious for @ man of his intelligence. Law him pick up an old horseshoe the other day.” Merritt—“Yeu He nailed it over that $5,000 ‘Srowa---"Did bring him goed tuck?” “Did it Merritt—“it fell down aud broke the vase.” dont of, te which the blood talt into. the froature ia soon eg a animal, cut in slices and served up warm. treme pleasure in the mutual cou- gratulations are ia order. of while | into figures, is arranged to fall low over the | or dark biue; but are sometimes ‘made of | ‘Written for The Evening Star. DISTRICT SHADE TREES The Poplar is of Rapid Growth and Dense Foliage DIFFERENT VARIETIEG OF THIS TREB—THE XKCK- BACK, THE SILVER OR WHITE, THR LOMBARDY, THE TRENDLING ASPEN AND Tite TULIP TaEE— WHERE THEY WAVE DEEN PLACED HERE. MONG THE MORE COMMON OF THE city shade trees are the poplara These have the advantage of rapid growth and far- nishing dense shade. Some four species are found on our streets. One of the handsomest, as well as one of the commonest, is the nocklace poplar. This is easily fecognized | by the dense and glossy bright green foliage and its wide branching. As shown in our fignre, the leaf is sharp pointed and has a few obscuro notches on the mar, is compresed just below the blade, so it hangs in @ condition of unstable equilibrium, and is in al- most continnal motion. NECKLACE POPLAR. The main objection to the tree for city streets is that when the immense amples of this ean be seen on Istrect near Sth northwest and on 17th street above Massnchn- setts avenue. Some of the specimens of thi tree grow to be very large, two specimens in the Department of Agriculture grounds being each nearly ten feet in circumference. THE SILVER POPLAR. , not so common, however, is the silver or white poplar. This differs from the previous species in the form of the leaf, the notches being larger and more irregular. It is silvery white be- neath and as the peti- ole is not very much compressed the leaf does not “tremble” to any extent. One great objection to the tree is its habit of throwing up shoots from the roots on all sides, These frequently ap- pear many feet from SILVER PorLan. the parent tree and will continue to sprout long after the tree itself has been cnt down. It biooms late in the spring, the flowers being very smalland hanging in stiff catkins. It is not desirable asa shade tree on account of the habit of sending up shoots mentioned above. LOMBAEDY POPLAR, A third species is the well-known Lombardy poplar. ‘The leaf of this is simi the necklace poplar, of which it isa near ally, but it is broader in pro- portion to its length, and does not “tremble” so much. Its strict, erect growth renders it unsuitable as a shade \tree, but it is admirably yadapted for ornamental urposes. Unfortunately it 8 not long lived. having a tenderey to die at the top at a com: tively carly age. It 1s remarkable in being grown entirely from LOMBARDY POPLAR. slips. Itis probable that every tree in this country, numerous as they are, originated from a alip. No plant here has ever been known to produce seed, and even in Italy this is nota common event. THE TREMPLING ASPEN. The large-toothed trem- bling aspen is another one of the poplars occasionally planted. The leaf has Targe notches in the mar- gin and the petiole is com- preswed laterally so much that the slightest breeze is sufficient to set the leaves in motion. Allof the species here mentioned can be seen in a clump near the pond in the north- west corner of the De- partment of Agricnitare grounds. The trembling aspen looks very pretty 18 {its leaves fiutier in the wind on a sunny day. THE TULIP THEE. Still another tree, which, thoagh not a mem- ber of the same family as the foregoing, is yet known by the common name of “poplar.” Strictly speaking it should be called the tulip tree, this name being iven from the large, winsome, tulip-like Seer | SO \ Dlossom. “The leaf has the form shown in our ~ figure and is so peculiar NO “4 that no other leaf can be \ ~ ae LARGE-TvoTHED ASPES. confounded with it. The wood is soft and light and is largely used in cabinet work. Its chief objection ix a tendency to warp. Itcan be seen on many strects in the city, 15th, 16th, Rhode | Island avenue and others. In the rich bottom lands of the Ohio vailey it attains an enormous size. There is a record of one eleven fect eight | inches in diameter and 240 feet high. It was, for it has been cut down now, without alimb for sixty fect and estimated to contain from 15,000 to 20,000 feet of lumber. BUT TWO LIVING SPECIES. Not the least interesting part of this tree is its past history. There are but two living spe- cies—one in North America and the other in eastern Asia, There are, however, numerous forms known in a fossil state. Some of these occur as early as the eretaceous period. In the tertiary age are found others—some so nearly like the living forms as to be scarcely separable from them. In former times the genus oc- curred in many parts of Europe as far south as Italy. It has boon found in Switacrlang, in Secland, in G: nd and in various places in 8 west of the Mississippi of the extinction of these in the ice age, a time when an ice sheet covered North Atnerica as far south ak New York and Cincinnati and Europe as far south a the north of Itly. Previous to that period thix genus and many others flourished all round what is now the arctic cir- cic. Subsequent to it there were compara- tively few survivors of the ancient races, = ee Buoyed Up by Hope. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘There's a nice clerk in a certain Detroit mu- sic store who is not only a dreamer, but of late he has become very religiously inclined. The oiber day a pretty girl from the country came into the store. ‘Good morning.” he said, politel: “Good morning,” she responded; ‘White Wings?’ ” “I beg your pardon.” he stammered. “Have you ‘White Wings?’ ” she re] “Not yet,” he answered, meekly. fully, “but I expect to have some da; The girl looked at him for a riedly got out. have you cae en ho) = ‘isa. and bur- bee? Mr. Onkey—‘No. Dat son ob, mine_brang me a ral foot fer luck, an’ ‘fore I foun’ out hit was cnt off'n a cat I done fell dowa d’ well en got all broke up.” been standing up in the aisle of the car, as he wedged himself down by the side of a mfan who } “I have not, sir,” answered the not, grafly “I's an in country,” rejoined Fo ae ‘The stem | mass of foliage begins to fall, us it is doing | now, it paves the street from eurb to eurb. Ex- | r to that of | A KENTUCKY PICN MY SISTER'S DEVICE. A True Sketch of Life in the South at the Close of the War. Nothing but a Brass Band and a Lynching Would Bring a “Colonel” te Town. From the Philade!piia Pross, Twas riding along the dusky road leading south from Manchester, Ky., and had loft that town somo three miles in my roar, when I truck the house of a backwoodsman, built on the edge of a deep forest The house, which stool a little back from the Toad, surrounded by about haifan acre of land, was built of rough hewn logs. It contained but ‘one room proper; but just where the peak be- Ran @ ceiling of some cast off boards had been ‘Written for the Evening Star. O\pe 80 IT PROVED WITH BELINDA'S half dollar. It was after the war, and, of course, all of our confederate money was worthless. But for that Belinda would not | have felt the necessity of putting her wits to | Put up, thus making « sort of loft or second stor; which was reached by moans of a ladder ructed of fence rails, ee, in some way, was crowde: * family, consisting of b his wife and six children, ranging in age fro three to thirteen; the latter seampered s different direetions as I drove up. Topened the convermtion by drink of water. “Sutinly, «ab,” replied the head iy, who jay tched out on a bench at the joor. “Sarah, bring a dipper of watuh fer the gent'iman.”” While T was drinking the water the Ken- ickian surveyed me lazily from head to foot. eW minutes silence, ne asked. | work toearn what proved to be our deliver: | ance from poverty. Our pecuniary situation | was this: We had plenty of the worthless cur- rency and a silver 50-cent piece, which was Be- linda’s. Our old honse, with its dilapidated furniture, our scanty wardrobe, a few books and the silver piece made up the earthly poe | sessions of John, Belinda and myself. i | _And now how were we to better this state of affairs? We talke@ over our position one lovely | balmy night out in the open air, assisted, of | course, by our old mammy. She was almost a mother tous, a friend, a monitor, who raled | Bsand told as ourduty in a truly maternal | i manner. | After an exhaustive research into everythinj asking for a the fam- y up thar in particular quired, without raising from his 1 position. “Weil, yes,” I answered, “things are quite | which seemed to offer even the remotest likeli- | lively up there th: hood of being proutable, we came practically ‘Be thar? Wha é to no conelasion. As soon as John had left us “They Lad holding " Sail that she had a briitinnt idea, and, | yy “!tul, as hed oe the first of its kind, she would tell mo | ot. sense the wah. Nu’ Accordingly the next day she sallied forth to | 1 said, samming up the carry out the aforesaid ideo, whatever itmight | i= Ns mind, “there be. “I watched her wondering what the | P child intended to do. I had aot long to wait, | |” for she soon returned, carrying in her hand a | Of the yeab. sunll parcel, which, after some hesitation, she | t© # sale ‘thout money. slowly unrolied and reveatod to my startled | Wbar I am. oes oe | “Lam afraid there will be trouble between “Belinda,” I gasped, “what does t¥is mean? | 52™ Ruggars and Col. Clayton,” 1 said. trying Did you epand ‘four monay for these worthless | £0 find oom sterest my host > What a! ‘on going to do with the: * led Huggare a whisky “Make bodics for them and dress them.” — St Eee eens “Then play with them, I suppose,” I returned with withering scorn. ng events to be a sale on Judson's ‘That's the fifth sense the fust t guess thar's euy use goin’ “Reckon i'm best jiet snnel this mornin, | him up with the in sight.” Dear old mammy here broke in: “"Deed’n I eden = shoot. I'm best whar I = " i H » yes! our Tepresentative, Samuel male Pan ee Deere Toee Swine | passer. & euing to deliver on eave this otter | Hoon at the court house ‘Whut! Sam Roarer? Settl inda intended to do, . We lived in Charlow ton, S.C. As every one knows, that city b always boon « great health resort and the visit- | | OTs Were ever in search of amusement, of some hew interest, however emall. Belinds's iden was to make bodies for the | heads, dvess the dolls and sell them at one of | the hotels. As the child bad spent her money there was nothing to be done but to make the best of the inatier, so Laid not express my dis- Is he agoin’ ter blow Now I do stay just whar I Sam can't hit it. He talks too an’ sense he's bin to Washington he t take a drink of whisky "thout water. ‘And they are going to havea band at the it! but, mister?" he shouted, springing bench and gazing earnestly into my hut did you say they was goin’ to approval, but sat down with her, and in « = short time the busts were fitted with bodies. A brass band—. . picture of Highland Mary aud a bit of gay plaid ‘houted the Kentuckian, ‘an’ ped us to produce w Scotch lassie. A binck ; velvet bodice over a white dress with chains 3! By the way,” I said. “‘do you re- and ornaments of steel beads transformed the | Member Pete Dascher, the horee thief | other inte a Swiss poasaut, Mammy was proad | ,. "Do I remember Pete Dascher ! of them and of us. She volunteered to carry | tf. b them to the hoiel und try to dispose of tuem. | the momentous question arose—whiat are | [they ‘worth, or rather, what can we get for them? After some hesitation we decided that + tar? Mammy should ask €2 apiece, but that she | eg din | should take what she could get. Sac 1 | rad short time her broad shining binck | fovea | face appeared at my door wreathed in smiles, | °° while iu her hand she held €6 Union. money. | 2b, no. ? : “ Shrewd old mammy had taken advantage of | powcr p it! Reclton Tl live to stand Sam | the iXimiration, ‘expressed for our handiwork | Soir ent for ple glen demng = and raised the price. This was fortune in- ‘He lyne ™ —— a Oh, the bliss of eucceat the delight of | {Purself up an’ bring my meetin’ coat an’ hat. it! But better was to come. Mammy had or~ | "¢ Pe a-Roin’ ter town, er bust. ders for four more and said that if she had | ¢.At1 drove off he shouted: “Thanks, mister, taken a dozen she could have sold the er a peae This is the first picnic we've had “Them northerners certainly is jes’ ma 3 money, day is,” she chuckled. “A little missy wants a doily jes’ like me.” Here wae a dificulty. White heads were te = be bad, but where to find black onca. ‘That | The Title to the “Little Dominicker Roos- pazzled us. However, in rammaj through | ter” Still Unsettled. some of the old Shops the next day we found | Prom the Atlanta Journal. two India rubber heads which could be made In Americus the other day I witnessed the to answer our purpose. One of these was taken | fy, ni, ; . for mammy's ‘order from the little srl seg | funniest trial in a justice court that I bave Was a great success. With the other we made | **uck yet. & waiter, just like thore at the hotel. Thesc, | Justice Oliver was on the bench and the With two. white dolls dressed as fashionable | court room was crowded. All the young law- Young ladies, were carried off by mammy, who | yers and a number of the older ones were in brought us back €12. So the total earnings | Soe four days work wesGi8. Pretty good | the case cach bad many adherents und retain ere present. A little dominicker rooster, whose for beginners. And so Belinda’s helf dollar grew and multi- | comb was just sprouting, was the cause of con- tention. plied as long as the hotel senson lasted. Bat when the warmer weather came the Aunt Srlvy Gibson was the plaintiff and Mra. Patsy Solasoa the defendant northern people gradually departed for | ~Let the court come to order, now, and if you some shouted the now thoroughly 2. “A brass band an’ @ chin’ in one day. You be'int GEORGIA JUSTICE, their homes aud our new enterprine was at | janend. I bad, however, saved ali 1 could spare from actual expenses and iad quite a snug lisde sum. This I determined sueuld be de~ | little body, shore,” remarked the e, we he Voted to the use of my darling Belinda. Sb is ; judge, ae hi | and Jack Spencer bad long been fcngaged to | Changed sides with a quid and settled himecif jeach other, and, as Jack's prospects were | i"! sacar ES att her alte oa brightening, they hoped before very long to be | Pri percent epee id attorney, married. ‘Ihe sum I had saved would buy | he court on what you base your claim to this Ueto wong deer. ruc mall reo | a ltt ote bom, ese | to have. my plan ahe would | 5 “1 - thin, bees, | not consent at first, but I finally overeame | 40”'t hatter claim. Dat's my’ rooster. Dat same dominicker rooster wus hatched unner my baid—" “Taint no such a fing, Mars’ Oliver,” said rs. Johnson, “ease I dun foteh up dat “Order in court and shet up, Patsy, till the her objections, and we entered into | deiighttul discussion of the wedding outfit. While we were thusengaged our brother rashed | into the room and informed us delightedly that | he lad at lat a chance of eecuriug employ- | g_ Term Court ar ment, something which the poor fellow bad | . been in daily search of for along time. After | "Well, Ll hush, ef I bleged to, but de Lawd telling us that the position was that of con- | KDows dat’s my— ductor on the railroad to Gummerville he left |.) %2 tin't, Pats you knows it, too. us to see "the directors of the company. When | Didu't I see de hen w'en she laid dat aigg in he had gone Belinda sat in thoughtful silence | te little han'le basket unner my baid, in my fora minute, then sho. suddenly asked: se | °¥D house, an’ don't I Lnow the daddy o thet conductors have to buy their own uniforms?” | Tooster. wy. Murs’ Oliver, he des de ve'y spit Limaiediately saw whst wus in her mind. She | Ue de mouf o' his pa, an’ 1 fotch de chicken intended t let John tave the money that we | UP» an’ 1 Knows it, au'I ain't gwineter tell a had m imagination so delightfully disposed of, Alas! her misgivings proved well founded. Poor John came slowly home, cast down and Gisxppointed. to teil us that as he could not bay his outtit he could not have the place. ‘Then Belinda walked quietly up to him. and utting the purse which 1 had given her in his | Fund tola him that it was hin” The contents | | astonished him. Where had 1t come from?” We liad not told him of ‘our enterprise, and he, after the mauner of his kim oy i noi i ak Fag euuenl’ peg on Mirae meen evens | Sane ar Gana, eee A. ae ones not tell him for what purpose the money had | P°2u’ ter set, wedder or no, I borried free been saved, so that we bud little dificulty in in = . eee aoe “Dar now, didn't T tell you so? She claim ‘This was the beginning of our good fortune. | Se know who dat chickens pa Mare Oliver, John rose rapidiy trom the position of con- | 4d You see now how sho borried sigge! ductor to one of greater trust and higher cal-.| Humph! i tell you bit teks smart folk« ter ary, and although Belinda was not married so | tell who is dey pa, much tess'n er little of” soon as we had expected the waiting did nce wo | eusinicker rooster, w'at ain't got noupurs pit; harm. I warned ve to shet up, and I tell you 1 look at my sister, beantifuland bright, with | 0uc¢ for all if you interrupt the witness again ness and comfort, and say-—Helinda’s half ee Till set the hair’ on you shore enough” doligs. "Tlook at Johu, one of the high and |. “Well, Mare Oliver, wen dat hen sot de time trusied Officials on the road, and smy—Be- out she fock off nine chickens, six pullets an’ linda’shalf doilar. I look at mammy, free from | Tee TOosters, an’ dey was free aiggs rotten. See care and happy in her old age, and sy, as T dar, now, Mis’ Johnson? Wiat ye. gwinter do have said before—Belinda’s Laif dollar.’ For | *#4 dem free rotten aiggs? Say, ‘ewan? that small amount furnished vs in our time of “Oh, thunder and biazes. I'm tired of this need, the origin of everything which afterward | f00lishness. Here, Tobe Cobb, I put that ere made us prosperous and happy, and tai rooster under bond to appear ‘before me at the to dospive nothing, “tho' ituiaall appear’ "| next regular term, the second Monday in Oc- ie EJP. tober, and I pint you bis bondsman. Court's COULDN'T SEE IT. ‘It's Really Amazing How Many Sach Men There Are in Massachusetts, From the Bostcn News. ‘They were sitting on the forward deck of the Lore Standish the other day, driuking in the fresh and bracing air by the bucketful and put in Patey, | ivy ever since freedom died and de wal brake. “Shet up, [tell you Patsy; or TM shore set the hair on you b: % rou, an’ its De she wat mammy 0” dat rooster, aiggs, she did, an’ den she com- Blue roses have hitherto been ranked among the things unuttainable. By the most modern method of culture, however, all difficulties are said to vanish. For example, water a pare | white rose bush continuously with a solution eee ae yon all sides. They were | of, Prussian blue: and the buds will not together, however, these two men, but | MKCon" ooh grecn fare oh rr ond finally one of them stepped across the deck to fora similarly satisfactory reeale Will the other and suid: ‘ban gardeners plesse report progress? “Beautiful afternoon, isn’t it? So clear and ee Ponies Plenty and Choap. From the Portland Orezonian. Cay use ponies are seldom seen here now, but they have mot become extinct by any means. Gn a large range opposite Umatilla are some 5,000 or 6,000, owned by one man. ing tention of shooting him on | attendance and the plaintiff and defendant in | don’t keep quite 1 shall set the hair on somo- | And It Ie Also a Jag That Can Be Acquired From the Phiiateintiia Record. To that great army of mon who refrain from imi deoply, principally beeawse of the uncomfortable feeling which takes possession of one an the “morning after, will be a mat- ter of interest to know thet ot leant one method whereby they can enjoy all the ex- hilaration of a regular “jag” wit convenience of 2 swelled hea. or derangement of the e truth of this © ered a short time aco b | the prominent hot @ lending ecadde te- |sort. Itwashis daty each morning to draw hquore from the caske 7. and to the fumes of Ly occupied twenty min but that was sufficient Five him what might be cailed a “dry drunk. | Then he would sucak up the back staircase to his room, where a few hours sleep would fix aving ham, ation Chostaut street Thomas Mek having kromt #hape » the | shore rank” scheme P rotracted apree, dur- lost a leg in - upon the “dry A way to indulge his appe- it hurting his conscience. He ts em- 1 every night before he tieular pains in clean lie devotes about twenty nghole of 4 barrel rly strong brand of Stagkers homeward wit Gil the symptoms of a regular “howling jag.” FROULTY. Didnt Gow A NORTH Cent on reams, From the Chicago Tribune It happened on the North Side. A young man whose name may be given as Reginald Grim- | show, because it is neither Algernon MoStab nor Patrick Fitz-James, was looking through the young Indy's album. Ho saw the photo- Sraph of a strange tace and inquired “May Task whose portrait this ix, Miss An- nabel?” “That is Mr. Means of Buffalo.” “Hum! He isn’t a bad-looking fellow.” ~You never would gues what a queer dream I had about him not long ago.” Ne No. Idreamed he had come all the way here from Buflalo toto propose tome. 1 was otherwise engag A-a friend bed eflcd just as—as you have, Keg —Me. Grim- | shaw. you know—and II instrycted the serv- ant to say I was not a home.” i shaw turned pale. He bad never ¥ peril of this kind before. | should —er—eall while know,” he sad, a [if his Lat was within reach, ~ be—" “But I'm sure he won't, Reg Mr. Grim- shaw! Bu® if he should, you know, young man, pushing his ch. wouldn't be ‘selfish enoug! mu kno ’ et take up your time, Mise Annabel, you Know. Berides, I ‘Well, sir?” don’t go @ red cent on dreams, any- he cold, sepulchral silence that ensued the young man melted somewhat out of tho house, and if this showld meet the eye of Air. Means of Buffalo it will convey to him the as- surance that Miss Annabel Ogleberry of the North Side will be at howe to Lima at any time. . — — Our Ignorant Legislators. President Pict tu the Foran n idence of taxes is one of the most how difticult eubjects in political economy and very few American legislators know anything about it. More than that, professic mat it. very few Americans in or walk of life know anything The colleges and universities of the tly to blame for this condition 8 never began to teach political in any serious way until about twenty years ago. ‘The gencration of men in ther e cather never studied any political econ- or studied it in one small text book 5 hours a week for perhaps half a yenr at school or college, or they picked | up a few notions about it in the intervals of pro- fessional or business occupation after they bad entered upon their life work. The number of living Americans who have any thorough and systematic knowledge of the principles of litical econo ineluding thé incidence taxes, is absolutely insignificant, and those fe are mostly either professors or’ business meu who have also been students. The aver- | age business man and the average professional |manhave never given auy attention to the science, except perhaps to some little of it- ike the coctrine of protection which temporarily had some political interest. ~ see A Lucky “Impression.” From Pack.