Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1892, Page 12

12 a f THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D.C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES: ONTHECLOTH OF GREEN The Miniature Mcnte Carlo on the Other Side of the River. JACKSON CITY'S VISITORS. ‘The Games They Play, Win or Lose—How Gambling Became Confined to This Local- ity—The Character of the Crowd That Plays the Races— Typical Scenes—The News From the Track—Gambling in Virginia, VER AT THE OTHER G end of the Long bridge markable communities toe found anywhere past few years there has grown up around the fF ® collection of houses —, at to = <=" that are now pi SSF that is strictly fordid- oa den within the city constitute this unique settlement there is only one that is used for legitimate pur- those who follow fickle fortune on the green daize cloth, so that now Jackson{City is better for gamblers and those who are identified im one way or another with gambling houses. an attachment to Washington and the bill re- cently introduced in the Virginia legislature, son City, has aroused @ new interest in this Most curious corner. is one of the most re- In the course of the = south end of the bridge service in s business limits. Out of the nine buildings that poses. The other cight are given over to known, perhaps, as Monte Carlo, and isa resort There are those who do not admire this ort of aimed to = ‘astop to the enterprise of Jack- fi J Li MR sen it SSG eek % '@ Poet! TSS JACKSON crrT. For considerably more than « year past the business that is the mainstay of this small town has been no secret, and there are fi people in Washington who do not know whe and what Jackson City is. At one time it w thonght that there might grow up there speetable and attractive, village, but all hope has long been abandoned. The town was duly laid out years ago and named in honor of the illustrious President, but it failed to grow, and for many years there was but one building to be seen on ihe iong level stretch of land that Funs along the Virginia end of tue bridge. JACKSON CITY'S SUDDEN GROWTH. Suddenly and as ifin a night there grew up ® mushroom village that, to say the least, has already made itself famous. The reason or its being was.a simple one. When the pod! shops were run ont of the city for the first time it ‘was a comparatively easy matter for the book- makers to move their shops out on 7th street just beyond the Boundary, and there for some considerable time they did a thriving business, selling pools on the various races at the differ- ent race tracks, and many a poor man and young clerk on a small sulary has had to walk me for the simple reason that he did not have the price of a street car ticket left aiter he RUSH FOR THE TRAIN. horses. Then a bill was passed in Congress forbidding the selling of pools on the races Within the District, except in connection with legitimate racing at the local tracks, and once more the men who draw their revenue from those other mea who think ther know what horses can go the fastest were forced to betake themselves to pastures new. The laws that govern pool selling in the Old Dominion are none of the strictest and nothing could be more simple than for the enterprising bookmakers to hie themselves across the Potomac and with the aid of a blackboard and plenty of odds for Plungers to open up for business at the new stand. This was exactly what they did, and it was not long before things were running at full blast and with ail sorts of accompaniments in the way of other little games calculated to Prove bevoud a peradventure the truth of the Old adage that refers to the fool and bis money. ‘THE VARIOUS Games. If you are not fond of faro then it is an easy Matter for you to take your pick of any of the @ther games that are knowr to the sporting gentry, for they are all to be found at Jackson City. If you are not an expert at crap then you are at liberty to satisfy all your wishes with chuck-a-luck, and if by any possibility You have any money left after you are through Playing the races there is nothing to prevent PLATING CRAP. from disposing of it all at raffle or sweat. these are to be found im abundance and any from a dime up can be placed on the turn card or the roll of the dice. In truth, it is very nice place, especially for those people who ave more money than they krow what to do with and are anxious to get rid of it as soon as i ‘And yet some persons express sur. that Capt. Mushbach, member of the leg- ture from Alexandria, should attempt to put ry to such a laudable industry by means of pi. SA legislation. EAST OF ACCESS. Being on the other side of the river Jackson City is of course out of the jurisdiction of the District, but its patronage is made of those who sees | atti i F i i ett FEE Hl Hl Ferrel HY Ee i not too late for the races that are ran on the “winter tracks,” and from which telegraphic reports are received at all the pool rooms in this part of the country. There are two such tracks where races are run all through the winter when the tracks are not too deep with snow. One of these is at Guttenburg that an- swers for the sports from New York, and the other is at Gloucester and doesa like kindly service for the Quaker bo Acab headed toward Jackson City in the afternoon is, in the choice dialect of the fra- ternity, “‘a dead give away.” and any number of remarks were overheard on the way to the effect that those inside were going over in style, but that the chances were they would to walk back. Such remarks were, of course, rude and uncalled for, but the number of people who were to be seen on the bridge headed toward the city and on foot showed that under differént circumstances the comments might have been not without foundation. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MONTE CARLO. There is nothing particularly imposing or attractive about Jackson City and the average visitor is not likely to carry away very pleasant remembrances mingled with his feelings of re- gret. On the left-hand side of the wagon road AT FARO. tun the railroad tracks and on the right is a straggling line of two-story buildings. For the most part they are of frame and on the outside look not unlike the ordinary road-house sa- loon. | Inside things are quite different, though very few of the houses are without the bar at- tachment. From within may be heard the merry rattle of the chips and the mellifluous tones of the marker as he calls out the odds on “that fine horse, gentleman, that ran such a good race at Guttenberg last week and is very likely to pull out a winner today. Step up, gentlemen, and make your bets, for the horses are at the post and all bets will close m a minute. ‘There is no deception here and no effort is mavie to conceal.what 18 going on inside. There is no lynx-eyed keeper at the door to scan the applicant for admission and pass upon his merits a8 @ member of the charmed eircle. Such an institution may be a necessity in gambling rooms in the city, but across the river all is open and above board, and nothing more substantial than a swinging door sepa- jes those within from those without. All are welcome, and one man's money is just a8 good as any other's. PLATING THE RACES. There are reveral places where books are made upon the races, but twoof them are larger and better equipped than the others, and these have the call on popular favor. Back of that part in each where beer, whisky and other beverages are dispensed~in orthodox fashion runs a large, weil lighted room,wh : are played fo they are worth and more. Along one side of the room is placed upon the wall a big biackboard, and on this are writ- ten the entries and the odds on each at both the tracks where winter racin is carried on. It is cold work going to the races in mid- winter and lots of people who follow the sport for revenue only find it much _ pleas- anter to do so in a big warm room than at a bleak and dreary track. In tact it has often been charged that these Winter tracks are kept at work in the interest f the pool rooms, and the character of the § itself is not always above reproach. Still it all goes and these rooms are never de- serted. It is a lively sight and a curious one. THE crow. There are no distinctions made on account of class or color, and the dapper government clerk or the clubman out jor an experience stands a very good chance of brushing up against the boy who blacked his boots earlier in the day, and the one is as likely to “make a Winning” as the other. There isa vast deal of good humor shown on all sides. It is a happy- go-lucky sort of a crowd and there is little of that tense subdued excitement that one is familiar with in story book descriptions of gambling houses. ‘There is no visible feverish greed for gain, though occasionally when the wrong horse is telegraphed as the winner one rs remarks about “oing dead broke again, or words to that effect. There is a good deal of talk abuut probabie winners, and when aman has a sure thing he goes way up in the estimation of thecrowd. Sometimes his money goes with it and he mutters some remark about his hard luck and starts to work to pick his horse for the next race. No sooner is one race run than the betting on the next one begins, and there is something to do all the time. ‘The interest is not allowed to flag for a moment. FROM THE RACE TRACK. Off in one corner of the room is a telegraph ticker with a wire direct from the track, and by this means the crowd in the pool rooms know just as well what is going on at a Gutten- erg and cester as if they were there in person. They know the condition of the ea # MARKING THE RACES. weather and of the track, and they are able to follow the race in’ detail from the sme the horses are called to the post un- til the winner and the time are an- nounced. At this time of the ear the tack is pretty sure to be either hard from frost or in a very muddy condition. This is the odds, and after all the tickets for the race have been bought and the books closed ne ticker begins to get in its work and the ta in with operators’ monotonous voice st: the story of i hundred mil they're off, with Mackintosh in the lead.” Then he follows them around the track and gives the position of the horses at the different quarters, while all the crowd stand quiet and listen with earnest atfention. Then comes the final an- nouncement, “Overshoe wins, Umbrella second and Mackintosh third.” That section of the crowd that had the foresight to provide them- selves with tickets on Overshoe, always a good enimal, move on up toward the desk and cash their tickets, while those that Sa up their money on’ Umbrella wish they played him for place. ‘The winners on Over- shoe are just as likely to lose all their winnings on the next raco, so it is all the same in the end, and it is@ noticeab’e fact that the book- makers are the best dressed men in the crowd and most of them wear diamon: GAMES WITH CHIPS AND DICE. The races are not the only attractions ot Jackson City, however, and all the rooms sre fitted up with various kinds of tables whereon one may woo the fickle goddess th the medium of ivory chips, Games antennae fee igi fis ite i ait evening. Despon jot often. Most of them will go back again next week and try it all over again. FARO AND ROULETTE. Above one of the pool rooms is a large apart- ment where the more ambitious may struggle with the tiger in his lair at faro and roulette. Here the smallest chips retail at 25 cents apiece and the game is considerably more respectable from the standpoint of size. ‘The room is com- fortably furnished and light and a large sideboard at one end of it is stocked with liquors that are at the service of the Patrons of the house. This game is the one Most popular with the late stayers and with those that come over from the city in the evening to while away a few hours and dollars. When Tnx Star man went in things were rather ict, for the evening's fun bad not yet begun. here were two men playing faro ut the time. Apparently they were mechanics, but they were not green hands at the game and what they did not know about it could not be learned for a dollar. A few minutes later in came a young man, about twenty years of age. He was well dressed and seemed to be a young fellow who was just starting out in the world and was rather new at this sort of thing. Some day he will either be @ respectable and substantial citizen or he won't. The choice lies with him and he probably means well. He bought five dotlars’ worth of chips and by conscientious playing and strict attention to the game he managed to lose it all in about ten minutes. Then he got Up and started to leave, for it was all the money he had. a “Won't you have a drink before you go?” said the dealer, politely. “Thank you, I think I'll not take ie I don’t know, though; believe I will take a little Nhisky.” The sablo attendant jook « larg: i ttle and a small-sized glass out of thi sideboard and the young man poured outa drink that would have answered every pur- pose for an old drinker. He drank it down and water came into his eyes, for it was more than he had ever drank before. ‘Then he started back on_his long, cold walk home, and he wished he had never gone to Jackson City and he vowed that he would never go again. But he will. ——__ HELPED BY THE TELEPHONE GIRL. How the Wrongs of a Chicago Man Were Avenged. From the Chicago Tribune. He hated the business man almost as much as he admired the pretty telephone girl. He had been trying to devise some method of mak- ing trouble for the business man—of torturing | jos the skeleton of the feast-menn, decora- him as a man only can be tortured in acivilized country in a civilized way. Barbarians do fairly well in their rough, ignorant way, but it takes a few centuries of civilization to bring people | up to the most fiendish torture. “Pve thought of several plans,” he said to the telephone girl, “but none of them is quite horrible enough. My revenge must be com- plete.” “Let me see,” she said. “His number is—, and he has a telephone on his desk.” ‘es. I've seon it there,” said the young man. “Leave it to me, George,” she said as she looked up into his eyes. “I would hesitate to do it ordinarily, but if he has wronged you, | Gvorge—if he has wronged you—I will steel myself to the task. Ask me no questions, but wait!” ‘The next a the business. man’s telephone bell rang, and when he said “Well?” a sweet voice replied: “What number, please: “don't want any one,” returned the busi- ness man. “0,1 thought you rang,” came pleasantly over the wire. Five minutes later the bell rang again, and the following conversation ensued: “What do you want?” “Nothing. What did you ring me up for?” “[didn't What in thunder did you call me up for?” “I didn’t, you inspired idiot. Ring off if you don't want’any one. “Ring off yourself, you essence of lunacy, and make sure of your number next time before you call for iti” man's bell started again. Ho nearly made hi self hoarse yelling “Hello!” before he was softly asked: re vou waiting?” ° Vaiting!” he roared. “Waiting for what?” “Weren't you talking to a man in Hyde Park?” “I don't know where he was, but he didn’t want me and I didn't want him.” ‘O, it must have been a mistake, but you should have rung off.” “Say! Hi! hi! Hello!" But there was no answer. He gave the bell a vicious ring, firmly resolved to have the last word, and when “Hello!” came over the wire ina feminine voice he biurted out: “See here, I've had enough of this!” - “Sir!” returned the feminine voice. “OQ, none of that!” he roared. “You needn’t try tosmooth me down! Til report you!” the feminine voice was sharp as the reply came: “How dare you talk to me that way, sir? I'l find out who you are and my husband —’ There was a click as the connection was cut off, and a soft. pleasant voice asked: Did you get vour party, sir?” “Did I get—did I" ‘He was too fall for utterance, and before he was in « condition to talk intelligently he was suddenly switched onto a iphone through which some one was ordering “those groceries” sent up at once under pen- alty of losing some trade. ‘The perspiration was pouring down his face ashe made one last wili attempt to get “that girl at central office” and found himself talking toainmber merchant on the West Side, and— well, the revengeful young man and the tele- ephone girl are to be married, while the bus- iness man is booked for the Detention Hospital if the young man doesn't get the telephone girl out of “central” pretty soon. ——_—_+e-_—____ Written for The Evening Star. Seif. However good a man may be— Or noble, brave or kind,— However great his charity, Or sacritice designed, He acts for seif and self alone, And not for man or friend; To pleasure gain or pain disown Is but his seldish end. —CLIFFoRD Howarp. ‘Washington, January 30, 1692. eae CRUEL MOCHERS-IN-LAW, In India s Wife is the Slave of Her Hus- band’s Mother, From the Indian News. ‘One hundred and forty years ago « Bengali poet sang of the love of Vidya and Sundara. His work is « mine of information on some of the social customs of our country in his time. Ina certain scene he describes a number of Hinda women bewailing their miseries in do- mestic life—one curses her fate as the victim of “s tigress mother-in-law,” and ofacruel nanada (husband's sister). * The great prevalence of the mother-in-law's persecutions nowadays has obtained for such ‘sone the sobriquet of Bouksutki, or the tor- of neighboring familics ber relations, It is only when the condact of « Boueutd] culminstes in serious acta of violence, mu: homicide or mur- der, of when it leads to suicide that in rare notice and under A Famous Club to Hold ite Seventh Anni- versary Dinner Tonight. 4 BOARD AROUND WHICH MEN CAN TALK WITH- OUT FEAR—NEWSPAPER MEN AS CONFIDANTS— ‘4 SKETCH OF THE CLUB—DISTINGUISHED MEN ‘WHO SAVE BEEN ITs GUESTS. The great black fing bearing a white gridiron which flew over the Arlington today meant that the famous Gridiron Club would hold its seventh anniversary dinner at the Arlington this evening. The Gridiron Club has given many brilliant dinners, but that which is to occur tonight promises to be the most remark- able in ite history. This unique club has learned in its seven yeags' life how to give the most Unique dinners in the United States, and this year the preparations are under- stood to be more careful and elabo- rate than at any former time. The club entered upon its eighth year most pros- Perously. Started most teniatively in 1885 after other dining clubs had failed, especially those founded as this was by Washington cor- respondents, it sopmed not at all unlikely that the predictions of failure made for it by cer- tain prophets would be justified. But it grew with what it fed on from year to year, until it is now one of the institutions of Washington than which there is certainly none better known the country over, for it has challenged the curiosity of the United States. Ite secrecy, which is perhaps its most important characteristic, se- curing, a8 it does, absolute freedom to its guests, and therefore securing their wisest and wittiest contribution to the table talk, has piqued the national curiosity, at the same time ang it impossible for any one who has not been at a Gridiron dinner to comprehend all its delights. When it is remembered that its fort members are all newspaper men witl a keen professional appreciation of the great interest which the public would take in what is said by the famous men, who sit around the Gridiron board the fact that the confidence of the club has never been violated is an eioquent answer to the loose state- ments sometimes made that newspaper men, like women, cannot keep a secret. Ax a matter of fact, offcourse, all the secrets of Washington, like all the secrets of the rest of the world, are sooner or later in the minds of newspaper men, who have proved by @ thousand instances that they are om moresecret than ever. NEWSPAPER MEN WHO KEEP SECRETS. As confidants newspaper men are rivaled only by the confessional. So it was not difii- cult for the Gridiron to accomplish the para- dox of giving a public dinner privately. What- ever self-denial was involved has been richly compensated tor by the eloquence, the wit, the humor, the reminiscences which ‘have flowed so frecly under the rose. It is, of course, to be regretted by those who have en- joyed these delightful dinners that an invisible phonograph could not have recorded all that was said for the benefit of posterity, for there would probably be no better way of giving the twentieth century an idea of the clevcrest table talk of our time. As it is, about all the gen- eral public ever knows is’ that there has been a Gridiron dinner, for all that ever appears in the newspapers about it is at the tions, music and the namics of guests. Another and only less important characteristic ot the club 1s indicated in the other branch of its un- written law, “the ladies are always, the re- porters never, present at Gridiron dinners.” For the Gridiron protests, not ouly against the tedious formalities of conventional dinners, ust ail the old dinner traditions which stories that are as broad as they are long.” ‘There is much tun at Gridiron dinners, but it is fun pure and simple. It is not strange that such a sucessful institution, which gives dinners perfect from every point of vie should have many imitators throughout the country, but none of them really ri the licen, which continues to be sui generis. Most of its rivals iduige in practical jokes as well ax formal speeches, all of Wisich will be published in the ‘morning news- rsthe next day. ‘Their entertaiments very fanny, very picturesque and ve teresting to read about, but they ere not like the Gridiron dinner, The Gridiron idea is to project the cleverest private diner party on thescale of a public dinner party, keeping it stili private, and adding to its witty and humorous table talk conventional and uncon- Yentional music—all carried on with grace us weil as genuine vigor;and this is the way it is done at the sign of the Gridiron. ‘The Gridiron Club has no other avowed object than the “promotion of good fellowship; yet, periaps, because of that it has uu influence such as no other similar’ Srganization has ever had, and = = which ~ has enabled it to’ render signal and —_ substantial service not only to the whole corps of Washington correspondents, but to news- paper men everywhere, by tue promotion of better relations between publie men and the press. Itis not too much to s: nsidering the importance of these relations, that it has fulfilled a patriotic duty to the whole country by so do: The club as a club makes no such pretensions, its only boast is that it gives the best dinuers in the country, its only ambi- tion to give better ones from year to year. It ig in the line of its pleasure that it hay accom- plished its duty. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CLUB. Since February 28, 1885, when its first dinner was given at Welcker's, with Vice President Hendricks as the guest of honor, Maj. Ben: Perley Poore presiding as its first president, it has met on the last Saturday of every month during the year except June, duly, August, Se tember December. with a few isi for special reasous. Maj. John M. Vico president during tue first yeur. second year Mr. Fred. dent and Mr. George They were followed in th In the erry Powers was presi- Adams vice president. third year by Maj. | John M. Carson as president and Mr. A. W. | Lyman as vice president, and they in the fourth year by Mr. Fred. Perry Powers as president and Mr. M.G. Secheudorff as vi In the fifth year Mr. Fred. once more president, with Mr. Pr as vico pres.dent, year Mr. Fred. D. Mussey was president, with Mr. Henry BPM: Last year Mr. Macfarland was elected presi- deat by acclamation and Mr. Jounson In December the oficers tor arer, Mr. George H. Walker; executive committee, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Mr. E. G. Dunnell, Sir. W. B. Stevens. MEN WHO HAVE BEEN GUESTS. Among the more prominent guests enter- tained by the club during the past seven years have been Vice President Hendricks, Speaker Carlisle, Speaker Reed, Speaker Crisp, Secretary Bayard, Secretary Fairchild, Secretary Lamar, Secretary Vilas, Secretary Endicott, Attorney General Garland, Postmaster Geuetal Dickin- son, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Secretary Win- dom, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, Gen. Greely, Secretary Foster, Rear Admiral Balthazar de Silviera of Brazil'and suite, Mr. Henry Watter- son, Mr. Wi . Singerly, Mr. Melvin E. Stoue, Mr. William V. McKean, Mr. Walter P. Phillips, Mr. Geogge Alfred Townsend, Mr. Frank A. Richardson, Mr. 8. H. Kauffmann, Mr. William Dorshermer, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, Mr. Jesse Meteaif, Mr. R. S. Howland, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Geo. B. Loring, Dr. M. L. Ruth, Mr. Beriah Wilkins, Mr. Henry Wolcott, Mr. Melville E. Ingalls, Gen. Fulier- ton, Gen. Putnam, Gen, MacCauley, Major J. W. Powell, Mr. Linden Kent, dr. John W. Thom Commissioners Webb aud Douglass, Mr. Hugh 8. Thompson, Mr. Wm. L. ‘Trenbolm, Mr, A. Leo Knott, Mr. Adtai £. Stevenson, Mr’ John B. Henderson, Mr. E. W. Halford, Gapt. John G. Bourke, Mr. William Morrison, Dr. John B. Hamilton, Speaker J. W. Husted, Gen. Russell A. Alger, Mr. Warner Miller, Mayor Grant of New York, Gov. Francis of Missourt, Col. Oscar F. Long, Speaker Wm. E. Barrett, Mr. George L. Dougiass, Dr. Ed- ward Bedloe, Col. E. W. Sumner, Mr. ‘T. C. Crawford, Mr. J. Lowrie Bell, Mr. Sevellon A. Brown, Mr. John ‘Tweedale, Capt. PF. C. Ains- worth, Mr. James S. Clarkson, Mr. Charles 8. Bradley, Dr. George O. Glavis, Mr. Daniel N. Ransdell, Dr. F. O. St. Clair, Mr. John Addison Porter, Mr. Geor W. Bo; Mr. James L. Taylor, Dr. W. Hawkes, Mr. Richard T. Merrick, Commissioner Colman, Judge Mont- wt ‘Max 0’! "Mr. L H. Maynard, Mr. Wm. k'Day, Col. M. V. Shoridan, Bir. W. A. Freret, Mr. "Edward 0. Graves, Lieut. J. i. Carson, jr., Mr. W. J. Lampton, Bir. James W. ‘Allison, “Bir. Philander “J. Mir. OM Pepper, Gen. de Mexia, Senor Valente, Presi- dent Patton of Princeton. Solicitor General Taft, Senators Benjamin Harrison, Sherman, Teller, ‘Hiscock. Frye, Vance, Eustis, Sabin, Jones of of Maryland, Hancb; mM ‘Spooner, Felt Howie, anderson, Wali. Fin Delph. presen ives Cabot Lodge, Sami . Randall, W. C. P. Breckinridge, John D. Wm. McKinley, J. G. Cannon, Springer, Adams of Illinois, Breckiuridge of Arkansas, ‘Wm. D. Kelley, Hitt, Herbert, Butterworth, Bayne, Sandelph ‘Tucker, Scranton, Norwood, Seccce eae | them every di Massachusetts, McComas, Cui Gear, Roswell P. Flower, Geo. Will- Byoum, Boutelle, Dolliver,Greenbalge, v.. FS hd rs oy Morse and Chipman. Gridiron Club has been entertained by the Clover Club, by the Senators and Repre- sentatives who had been its guests up to 1388, by Gen. Felix Agnus at his country place, “Nagirema,” near Baltimore; through its repre- sentatives by Rear Admiral Balthazar de Sil- viers, at the dinner he gave in return for all the courtesies extended to him; at Squantum, Narragansett bay, by the Squantum Club on Jaly Tlast; on ip Spree at New Xork November 14 last, and it has received other invitations which it has been unable to accept. THE PRESENT MEMBERS. The following are the resident active mem- - Carpenter, John M. Carson, 8. N. Clark, H. C. Clarke, Wm. E. Curtis,J. A. Corwin, P. V. DeGraw, E. G. Dunnell, A. W. Dunn, Louis Garthe, E. J. Gibson, F. A. G. Handy, M. P. Handy, Frank Hatton, Perry S. Heath, Frank Hosford, 8. E. Johnson, Francis E. Leupp, B. M. Larner, Henry B. F. Macfarland, R. latthews, Fred D. Mussey, D. R. McKee, Richard Nixon, Crosby S. Noyes, J. J. Noah, Fred Perry Powers, AL @. Seckendorff, J. & Shriver, O. O. Stealey, W. B. Stovens, A. J. Stofer, jr., G. H. Walker, Henry L. West, E. B. Wight, R. J. Wynne, James R. Young. The following are on the “limited” list: Edwin B. Hay, Hub T. Smith, John Phil Sousa, Herndon Morseli, Marshail Cushing and Henry Xander. a 4 DOMESTIC EPISODE It te Better to Keep Down Upon Your Own Level. From the Detroit Free Press. “Kitty, what have you beon doing all the morning?” ‘The young housekeeper had invited few friends to take dinner in the new cozy little home. It was hor first experience in a com- Pany dinner and as for Kitty she had no ex- perience whatever and had to be drilled im do- mestic tactics like a raw recruit. ‘The wedding silver was brought down for the first time, taken out of its pretty cases and laid upon the sideboard. Thon the little housewife went to decorate and straighten up the parlor. It was fascinat- ing work and she lingered over it. In the meantime Kitty, left to herself, pro- ceeded to inspect the silver. When the young mistress returned to the re- gion whero the one family servant #as sup- posed to be making things happen and found nothing doue as she had ordered, Kitty said: “I had to scrub that dirt off the spoons already.” ‘She had scoured off the oxide from the wed- ding spoons. \ At was interesting to see the young husband taking soup that day. He raised the spoon to his tace, then looked at his wife, who sent him ttle telegram under the table, a kind of sub- domestic communion of souls which he was just beginning to understand, somewhat awk- wardly, as is the way of a man. ‘The dishes for the different courses had all been arranged for Kitty to bring on at the Proper time. The moment the little bell on the dining table rang Kitty seized the pile of disies nearest her hand and, rushing with them into the dining room, held them up be- fore her, and with a questioning nod of the head from the lady to the platesand back again she ascertained if they were the proper ones for that course. After this pantomime had been enacted sev- eral times, the mistress answering by nodding yes or no, as the case required, trying at the e time to couceal her annoyance aswell as her amusement, she finally broke down and made a clean breast of it.” here's no use trying to be quality and have a dinuer in courses with such aservant. Imay Just as well ‘let you in,’ as the boys say, to the tun of it.” preupon there was a jolly good time, and husband declared that their first company dinner as housekeepers would live longer in history than if it had been according to the regulation and no mistakes. ‘The spoons were sent to be reoxidized. OUTLINE WORK. Good Drawing Exsential to Successful Art— Allston’s Advice. From Seribner's A painter may be blest with every gift of na- ture, but unless he has acquired the art of de- sign he can never express himeelf. If you would not be tormented by a consciousness of having noble and beautiful conceptions to which you cannot give birth, you must give much of your time to drawing. For this pur- pose I should recommend a course of study scmewhat different from what is generally pursued. I would devote my attention prin- cipully to outline. It is perhaps well enough tolearn how to make a finished drawing, but when you have once done that your time had better be spent in making drawings of the figure in highly studied outline only. “My own practice is to make a finished outline always before touching the brush to canvas. I draw the out- lines of such figures as I intend to drape, mak- ing out the figure as nicely as if it were ‘to be painted naked. 1 take a large, rough piece of common chali, which makes’a broad mark, and then with my finger or a bitof bread [can rub out a portion and thus get a little more or little less much better than by using a fine point. When I have arranged the contour of my figure or head I trace the final outline with umber. I would recommend your studying your outline as highly as if 1t were not to be disturbed, but when you paint use your brush as freely as if you had no outline to go by. ‘Tlas is the only way to avoid the hardness of effect which is apt to arise from a close study of the outlin frequently paint my figures over the outline and let my background en- croach upon the contour of the figure again several times in the course of the painting. The process of shading with chalks or pen- cils is, more strictly speaking, painting, but it is painting with the very worst of materials. I know of no better exercise in drawing than the ady of Piaxman’s “[lustrations;” and I would make it a rule to copy two or three figures from y. ihis, of course, I recom- mend as an initiatory study. After you have acquired a readiness of giving the air and spirit Of the figure, preserving the proportions, you will then have recourse to naturo and the an- tique with great advantage. —+e+ Needed Rest. From Judze. In Paris. “‘Shall we go to the Wagner opera this even- ing?” I have been inspecting a big boiler fac- tory ou the Seine this afternoon.’ The Parrot and the Parson. From Jude. Bold Push of Senator Hill to Capture the State Delegation. ‘318 POWER OVER THE STATE MACHINERY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMPLETELY MANIFEST— CLEVELAND MEN LACK GUMPTION—COMMENT ON THR OCNILEAN INCIDENT—FAST BAILROAD- ma, New Yor, Jan. 29, 1892. The bold push which Senator Hill is making to capture the state delegation in the demo- cratic convention is the leading topic among ‘the politically inclined here to the exclusion even of the Chileanembroglio. Rarely, if ever, has there been such an open and defiant effort made by the candidate to crush down all oppo- sition and even discussion. However we may regard the merits of the Senator's candidacy we have to acknowledge the extraordinary ability he shows as an organizer and leader. Tho most astute and powerful democratic poli- ticians of the state find it impossible to make headway against him, and perforce do his bid- ding. There is a great amount of “curses, not loud but deep,” but these, probably, Mr. Hill would regard ‘simply as complimentary and would not be annoyed by thera, unless they be- game practically inconvenient,’ The dinner of Tuesday night at the Manhattan Club proved Hill's strength, while at the same time it dis- closed certain elements of weakness which may make themselves felt later on. The absentees were almost as significant as the company pres- ent. All the Cleveland element, with very few exceptions, stayed away, but itis x question how much this lack of attention ‘and failure to do obeisance on theiggpart really means. If the Cleveland men state have genuine political strength th ly are effectually isguising it nowadays. ~ * CLEVELAND MEN LACK GUMPTION. As Butler said of the Knight Mudibras, Torey atershe ins Te may be that thd, nd managers will get over their invineittle shyness and do some- thing, d Hill's gdag, but they have not a moment's time to and they must show more “gumption” than heretofore or their efforts will come to naught. They must reai- ize by this time that they have one of the most subtle and audacious opponents which political warfaro has ever developed. It looks now as if Hill would go before the convention with support of the New York state delegation. e state convention meets in three weeks, and the Cleveland forces are still unorganized, while Hill's machinery is in porfect working order. ‘THE CHIEEAN INCIDENT. The peaceable outlook in the Chilean. matter is accepted here as practically closing the “in- cident.” As I wrote a fortnight ago, no one here has really talked war or believed that hostilities were imminent. A few “hot heads” have tried to inflame public sentiment, but Bele hee lack of success. 1 have yet to hear a single man say that he wanted war’ with Chile, and Iam sure that any such war would be profoundly unpopular. ‘The universal ex- Pression is that Cuile has taken a line of con- duct which we must respect, and which puts her betore the world in fully ag satisfactory @ light as our own government. ACCELERATING PAMSENGER SCHEDULES. ‘Two or three weeks ago I spoke of the prep- arations which the Trunk lines were making for accelerating their passenger schedules. The latest development in this line came to the surface today in a dispatch from Washing- ton, saying that Vice President Webb called upon Mr. Belito say that th were willing to putona mail trai time schedule from Buffalo westws mean an average speed of fifty two miles an hour, not counting stoppages, and would push | the last. of angen Pine | ber of illustrations which add gr the record aad of anyching done yet. only thing to compare with it would be that short spurt over the Jennsylvania system, to which I referred in my previous letter. ‘the fast express service between New York and Buffalo has proved compietely successful. ‘There has not been at accident of any sort, and the motion is not dis. agreeable. ‘the service is well patronized and evidently the schedule is popular and destined to become a permanent feature. We may, therefore, regard ourselves as within the epoch when a mile a minute is the standard rate for the best express service. As I re- marked in the previous letter this is by no means regarded us the acme of speed, as ali the Great ‘Trunk lines are considering seriously the practicability of an eigity-mile-an-nour speed, while a speed of 100 miles an hour is no longer regarded us absolutely absurd. ROMANCE ON A MUD scow. ‘We do not look for much romance on a mud scow, but the adventures of the poor wretches who were blown out to sea in last Tuesday's gale on the “Dumps” were as thrilling as any- thing which Clark Russell could imagiie. ‘The rescue of some of these poor fellows made the whole town happy today, but there is the great- est anxiety to know about those who are still missing. ‘The probability is that some, if not all, are lost. Even if they are finally ‘recov- ered, their sufferings will long remain a tradi- tion of horror. A leeshore is supposed to be the most dreaded danger to the seaiaring man, but it now appears that an off-shore gal its victims as well as one that flings the sailors on the rocks. A LABOR OASIS IN THE NORTH Woops. Quite a group of capitalists, newspaper men and others leave tomorrow night for Dolgeville, the picturesque little village on the south face of the Adirondack wilderness, where Alfred Dolge has developed his wool-felt industry and put into practice his famous views on the dis- tribution of surplus wages. Every year about this time there 1s a notable gathering at which Mr. Doige announces the resuit of the year and distributes his awards with a kind but discrim- inating hand. For it is the very foundation of the Doige system that the laborer must earn his extra wage by superior excellence in the performance of duty. It is just here that s.r. Dolge carefully discriminates between his own system and what is known as profit sharing, he taking the ground tat under | the latter system the indolent and ignorant share in the rewards due to their more indus- trious or capable co-laborer. He has there- fore devised a science of wages which rewards the laborer according to his record, and the re- sult has been quite remarkable. The system, however, does not depend entirely upon indi- Jual merit, as it is supplemented by commu- nal features, such as public schools, museums, and the like, which, n Mr. Dolge’s own phrase, are part of capital's insurar ainst labor deprec The Adirondscks are scarcely a pleasure resort in midwinter, yet this annual gathering is so unique aud so important as to collect generally quite a notable company. Mr. Dolge himself is one of the most interest- ing of men, having risen by his own character and industry from a poor and obscure immi- grant lad toa place among the great captains of jabor. The location of Dolgeville was chosen because of the superior quality of the ing boards of pianos, so that it is true, as was lately said, that often, did we but know it, the winds of ‘the Adirondacks breathed in’ the vounding boards of the grand pianos which give out harmonies in our drawing rooms, the memory it must be remembered that mem- ory is not, as used to be supposed, an indo- pendent faculty of the mind that in some mys- ‘ne i Central | ever, which | Of interest to tourists of all nation: should make the time between New York and | Scidmoro does uot attempt to Chicago in seventeen and one-haif hours. | but contents herseli with descriptions of the | Practically, this would be to extend the present | country, its people aud their dail 1. Itwould | herein’ lies the charm of the bou ———— NS NEW PUBLICATIONS, JOURNAL OF THE JOURNEY OVER THE MOUNTAINS, BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, While Scrveying for Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in the Northern Neck of Virginia, Deyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-5. Copied from the Original, with Literal Exactness, and E:i- ited, with Notes, by J. M. Toner, M.D. Albany Joe! Munsell’s Sons. THE MANUALOF AMERICAN WATER-WORKS. Compiled trom Special Returna, | Containing the History, Distribution, Consumption, Rev- enue, Ex} Cost, Debt and Sinking Fund, ete., of the Water-Works of the United States and Canada. svi. New York: Engineering ‘News Publishing Co. THE HORSE: A Study in Natufal History. By WILLIAM Henny Flowgn, C.B., Direc British Natural History Museum, or of 1 ete, A MILITARY GENIUS: Life of Anna Ella Carrol! of Maryland. Compiled from Family Records And Congressional Documents. By Sakan Fi LEN BLACKWELL. Washington: Woman's Suf- frage Society. HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR. By Gen- eral Capuvs M. Wrucox. Compited by his niece, Mary Rachel Wilcox. Washington: The ‘Church News Publishing Co. THE HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE. By Mrs. HUMPHRY Waxp, author of “Kobert Fismere.” New York: Macmilian & Co, Washington: H. Lowdermilk & Co. THE FORGING OF THE SWORD, AND OTHER POEMS. By Jvaw Lewis. ‘Illustrated by Charles Bradford Hudson, Washington: Wooa Brothers, WOMEN MUST WEEP. A Novel. By Eps: Fawcerr, author of “An Ambitious Woman, etc. Chicago: Laird & Lee. NEW FRAGMENTS. By Joun Trxpatt, F.RS. New York: “D. Appleton & Co. Washington: Robert Beall. A CROWN OF THORNS. By Fuona Harxes LousuEaD. San Francisco: C. A. Murdock £ Co. ALL POETRY. A Selection of English Verse. Ty Guastow Coutins, “ Cincinnail: The Traddies Some More Washington Books. The History of the Mexican War by Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox, referred to in these col- ‘umn not long ago as shortly to appear, is now before the public, and proves to be a valuable contribution to our historical literature. Gen. Wilcox devoted to the work many years of faithful labor, including a careful comparison of the official records of both the United States ang Mexican governments, and inspections of the principal battlefields and scenes described init. A perusal of the book cannot fail to awaken fresh interest in that «tiring contest, of nearly half a century ago, of which the present gencration knows so little, but whose fruits Were of such vast advantage to our country. But this is not its only nor its chief value. What will especially interest the readers of the present day is Gen. Wilcox’s graphic account Of the subsequent career of the young ofix who participated in that struggle, follow their course faithfully from that ‘time until they won new &nd wider reputations as leaders of the opposi forces in the late etvil wa The volume is profusely illustrated with po: traits of the principal perticipants, and pians of the several battle fielus, and contains, more- over, a complete roster of ali the American offi- cers engaged in the contest, whether im the | regular army, the volunteer forces or the navy. Miss Scidmore, whose book on Alaska has become an inseparable companion of ever: body who visits that wonderful country, has furnished in her “Jinrikisha Days in Japan” a volume which bids fair to be equally useful and | attractive to travelers to that most charming of ad | #ll the countries of the far east, and which is year becoming more and more an object if , Which is tand entertaiuing from the first page to Its value is enhanced, too, by a numm- iy to the je index. br interest of the text, aud a cow A substantial service has been done to his- torical literature by Dr. Toner in the publica- tion of Washington's Journal of his Journey over the Mountains of Virginia, while survey- ing for Lord Fairfax, in 1787-8, The task Dr. Toner set himself was to reproduce the Journal with literal exactness as to abbreviations, the use of capital letters, punctuation, spellin, ete., and it bas been performed with intelli gence and fidelity, and che vaiue of the work is greatly increased by copious notes, which bear evidence in every line of patient research and a thorough comprehension of the matte; in hand. He was fortunate, too, in finding a uublisher so capable of seconding the purpose Fe had in view. so that the volume is attractive in a double sense—for the matter it contains, and for the manner in which it is presented, as well. A charming little volume, in literary style as well as in typographical appearance and illus- trations. is One Summer in Hawaii,” by Helen Mather, an accomplished lady, now visiting in Washington. The author spent several mouths in the Sandwich Isiand group, with exceptional facilities for secing its scenery and studying its people, and the result isa ‘series of graphic and delightful pictures of life in that attractive “cluster of emeralds, rimmed in by turquoise seus,” where, like the fabled land of the iotos- eaters, it seems always afternoon. An unique cook-book bas been published by Wimodaughsis—the National Woman's Club of this city. It is not the product of one mind, nor is it made up of the extravagant fancies of professional gourmands, but contains the favor- ite recipes of well-known ladies of this countr: ineluding Mrs. Horrison, Mrs. Morton, the wives of the several cabinet ofiicers, "Mrs. Potter Palmer, Frances Willard, Pundita Ramaiba, Lady Henry Somerset, and others hardly less prominent. be eaten MIGHT WKECK THE TRAIN. A Place Worn onthe Wheel May Throw the Car Off the Track. From the Bradford Era. “There's a flat wheel on this truck under this end of the car,” said an Erie official who sat in the back seat of the rear car of a passenger train, “That must be taken out. It might wreck the train “What's a flat wheel?” asked the scribe. Listen,” said the railroad man. “You bear that rapid pat-pat-pat of the wheel? That's caused. by the flat wheel. On a spot on the surface of the wheel a flat place is worn, It may be done, and is generally, by setting up a brake so tight that the wheel slips on the rail. Let it slip but the least, yet a small place no larger than a vilver dollar will be worn on the wheel. The ne: me the brake is set up hard the whecl stops with that same place on the rail and it is worn larger. “By the time it is a couple of inches in diam- eter it begins to pound every time the wheel turns. Instead of running true circle as ‘t revolves the wheel strikes flat on the rail when the flat spot is reached. The cousequence is that when the flat spot has grown to be three us or four inches across it is a very the junk track to be cast into new machiner; : y aged by ihe ‘uasaitiated 83 nce be one of the sections will not be heard from till June next. work of enumeration in these far-off dis- tricts is very laborious and entails a lot of trav- pm Silage ame tome | tho Cassiar and river sections of British Columbia the enumerator had to to Alaska and travel inland to the Canadian 3 MAUPASSANT’S MADNESS, Indications of Ite Progress Traced tn the Novelist’s Later Writings. Dr. Paul Garnier, an eminent specialist im nervous diseases and a legal expert in insanity cases in the courts of Paris, has made a curious analytical stady of the mental aliens- tion of the novelist Guy de Maupassant, which culminated recently ina violent outbreak of sticidal mania. To Figaro's questiop as to whether the unfortunate author's later writ- ings presented to the practiced eye the pre- monitory marks of @ disordered mind, Dr. nier had no hesitation in replying: “Ales, ‘The principal stories in this melancholy category, that is to say, which have come from Maupassant’s pen during the pasttwo years, are “Notre Cour,” “La Main Coupee,” Eiant ree" and ‘Le Moria.” It is from the st named that the specialist draws bis Most striking ilh that evil spirit, haunting prese fers, wi tratioty, the “Horla” being \t pha of terror, whose ce the tormented author trane- marveious power of language, tothe Lingrewsome tale. Regarding that pro- on Dr. « ‘Not that I think it would be impossible for a sane mind to evoke and puten scene similar phenomena of hallu- cimation, but only on condition that these he veloped themselves outside the author ing—that Le had studied them in some otber person, or that this latter had dictated them to him Such dees not seem to be the case with Maupassang I believe, on the contrary, that he bas found his model an himself. There is tale of the “Horla’ an incomparably in- ‘scription of the hallucinatory delirium, y intoxication. No clinical vale have detaile more accurately the ‘he terror, the illusions of this condi- ning iowing passage induced ist coul cited apeciall shades of evening draw on « #ingt- of inquietude takes possesnon of the night covered a terrible menace. prewsed by fear that is vague, vet dread of my very ely within my chamber I double lock the door and push the bolts. 1 am afraid f what? Lopen the wardrobe closets, peer ter the bed. I lisen—for what? An invisi- &. a spirit, is under my roof, within yes, and comes at water from my pseession of my woul and ¢: ‘The vietum of this drend hallucination finally flees from this haunted dweilinj ned in his inv 3 ks to destroy Then—1 shall have to kill myself!” Such is the prophetic ending of Maupasant's sinister story, which he bas just “lived out” te the letter in attempting first to blow out bis | brains, then tocut his throst, to escape the ‘Horia” of his diseased imagination. From the time of the publication of the book, Dr. Garnier declares, 1s autho fate could have been, in fi whispers, predicted.’ And that for lunacy’ was the more alarming from the etciking Contrast preseuted by this outre worl to the works which had preceded it from the same pen—so sane, so robust, so abounding im lite calm obrervation and thought. “Whence this sudden and pitiful mation’ From intoxical ment,” Dr. Garnier saya “such the fatal price of unnatural produ aid of stimuls table re tinuous lasting of the brain to tury ambition. It as well transfor- jou and over excite= dinuster is known that t, like Baudelaire before him, ware ides having for some years ther asa remedy for more or less y ills, ious to notesin the writings of au- d upon the use of tome stimu- alcool, opium, cocaine, hashish inative tours de force ty, of strangeness and de whack perhaps nd charm. Here, ty which gives to ue ney of a . But it ix not the out- rebral co thors who ¢ |lants, whet torn fr« of a normal « le the sensibility exalts ite ary it becomes per tion is that of deran, an i m nt. esung psychological im sts, whether the ae quiry, the spe thor’ depicting talk, and act n. Whether he is not simply embodying his own individual seusations and ideas? Ia other words, is not the pretended fiction a transerip- tion of is own soul’ and, in essaying the por- trait of an imaginary madman, has be not given kis own mored photograph? The case of ugar Poe, to zo no further, would certainly go te out this thesis, evertheless, he concludes, it is unsafe to lize: while difficult, it may not be amy . for wliterary work of pure— that is to say, suno—imagiuation to presents true and exact picture of mental alicuation. ~— 200 An American Lady's Enterprise, From the London News, An American lady, « Californian artist, bed the proud distinction of being the first to enter the pit for the opening performance of “Henry VIII" at the Lyceum. Arked how she accom- plished this feat, she replied: “I and «friend weut with our camp stools ard took our places next the door at 10 o'clock in the morning. We were provided with a volume of “Harper's a skeich book, writing paper and a fountain pen, caricatures of Henry Irving and much patience. A newspaper spread under the feet and a Japanese muff warmer, with and a bottle of wine, kept us com- wo iadies were the next comers and acrowd began to collect. Keal amusi as, but not very elegant, After about two hours Mr. Bram Stoker came aud bad « look at us, said the barrier should be put up, and chtered our hearts by telling us Yhat tea would be served from the neighboring s.loon (publie house). A newspaper man enlightened our neighbors on the misery and immorality in the Bowery at New York. Finally I mustered up courage to say, “Guess you didn't ree many Aincricans the No,’ he was forced to reply, at which I smiled triumpbandy. At last ot ¢ o'clock we were rewarded for our patience by getting seats in the front row. ‘The play was sup and the audience—well, every one looked ‘as if he bad dove something. ————_+eo-_—___ The Origin of the Tug-of-War, From the Providence Journal. The origin of the tug-of-war is clouded in the mists of the past. The popular idea has beea that it originated with the Greeks, and Nathan- ie] Lee's oft-used expression, “When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug-of-war,” has always been accepted without questioning. ‘These lines must have been inspired by false hypothe- sis, or else the author took advantage of the liberties of poctie license. Nathaniel lived and wrote about 1655, and, as there is no abrolute record of a tag-of-war until fifty years Inter, atcould hardly have been handed down from the inhabitaots of Golden Hellas, through whose patrician veins athletic blood’ coursed. The tug was doubtless known in Nathanicl's time, but the first record of s com tion is one between two boat crews of his wmajesty's brig-of-war Titania, coutested in the navy yard at Portsmouth, England. An old writer, evi- dently an admirer of the sport, waxes entha- siastic over the result: “When with «long pull altogether the boatswain’s team drew the captain of the marines and his men first to their feet, and then along thor stomachs, nor ceased until they bad all let go of the rope and surrendered unconditionally.” It is not bard to believe that the sport originated in the nave. Ite character would indicate that itdid. Bat, be the origin of the tug what it may, the once established, rapidly gained favor, ularly with colleges and universities, and the entire history of amateur athletics in institu- tions of learning, particularly throughont Eng- land, Ireland, Scotland, America and Canada, is fall of bright of great decdsof strength and endurance in the tug. Hi