Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1892, Page 13

12 THE EVENING STAR: ‘WASHINGTON D. c. SATURDAY. * FEBRUARY 6, 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES the last convention, and the membership of local bodies bas increased from 15 to 260 per cent in the past year. Mr. Mertz says there are many questions of importance to come be- fore next week's convention. He has mu ith in the American tailor and advocates ating a sent TAILORS TO GATHER. The Washington Exchange to Act as the world if cir prod the day is pest Hosts Next Week, oie ES =e the national ¢ nge should publish a fashion A NATIONAL CON VENTION, | Piste for the tise of its members. The local exchange, among its many bless- ings, has none tobe more thankful for than that of a real live secretary, who does a great deal to keep things ac- tively moving. Agreat tof the arduous work required to pre- pare for the coming of the national conven- tion has been accom- phshed by the secre- try, Mr. Owen Owen. = Owen was born in Program Arranged for the Entertatnment of the Visitors—The Local Merehant Tailors’ Exchange, Its Odicers and Its History—The Committees in Charge, &e. OMETIMES THEY are scientists, some- times they are doctors, Wales in 1365 and came sometimes they are to America with his but this time | AX parents in 1871. He i tiie “Wal \ fas resided in Washing- ter what they are. eee they all come to Wash- Years agoto Miss Blake- ington to hold their na- lock, only daughter of the ‘late Blakelock city. Tn 1886, when only twenty-one years of age, he ed a copartnership with the late John C. under the firm name of Siebel & Owen. In 1558 Mr. Siebel died and since then Owen has conducted the business himeelf. Mr. Owen is chairman of the press committee of the Washington exchange and was appointed -| by the presi in of the press com- rs | mittee of the n exchange for the ap- sion ‘Sues-| prozching convention. If the exchange does the € ta not get d good showing in the newspapers it will not be on account of an: dustry on Mr. Owen's part. In addition to | Owen will attend the convention as an riter- ional con ventions. are all eiti7 | glorious country and | ital city belor in part to them a g. Next week the | e » Wash- | n: He says that in this convention the peo- a | il be the | ple of ton will witness the Landsomest ington wm ve wz- | dres: > of best advanced bodies host- T is a native of Ger- ntry in 1863. Three an business on 9th street in a modest ner, which has grown to be one of the largest in the coun- try. He chs member of the Wash xchange is a bedy of con- nity, as in bers on its me class ean be fidered : hs ington excl their trade rela’ 3s first treasurer, after- of men who pe ward presidentand vice S president. In 1888 he was elected for the sec- d ume treasurer and Leld the position since. In 1886 esbauer thought 1 exchange ssity. Ac- ly the question brought up in the xe Ye nas oue of the dele- gates to complete its or ion in Philadel- He has attended every meeting of the ional exchange save the last, 2 ig in th He represents ion exeha the work ering next 3 the right be pleased rest of the Geor: » of the com- orn in Sweden, 1364 he d ‘ome to Amer- ica, and for rome time worked in and other The Washi: member THE c a 2 among the | ia ve been formed into comumit- | }) their natio Iniszy ‘This work bh ers, who sbeen dist «Geo. O. Wool, chairman; Louis un H. Moriarty,£. J. Heiberger, j: Owen Oven. | Mr. Ed er & Wood. Washington exc d one year as name of Sny- ‘he firm became identified with Mr. Wood the —Owen Owen, chairman; Wm. » 1858, nt, and f re b wane ‘or sent serving on ation of the na- sce nothing but | a bright a: lorious fature for the national exchange and rejoices in the good already ac- eo ed. Louis A. Ghiselli was born in Teceived his e < the District, ser, Theo. 0. Woot, Jno. | Glaeser, P.Cur t before ent father's estai to learn his trade be was put through a bus- ess course of instruc. n in the Spencerian ez, W. H. Crausten, LN. . Geo. O. Wood. Printing and t . College. In 1859, having man: Geo. W. I man Koppel, Theo. proven himself worthy Vandoren and T. i. und edicient in every re- Ladies—Jno. H. Be cbairman; speet, h e onan, R. W. his father's business as J. J. Fuller, ~ A year later mecesstul busi- stitied them in no, Jobn A 4,E. Ho Su . J. Heiberger, jr. Washington exeuange. less po » dad. Faller, | and is no | 3 he as im his | Mr. Gb He | tar; ibis city in | of 2 al sociated with the ors’ ex- change since 1883, the “LI. year it was organized. erved two term! Present the board of the # work in_ the interest of 9 crited the 7 y of filling to the ction of the place on the information commit- ne coming week he tells it, ather being a tailor at the en only sixteen years of aud other ger has tre- a the work of nineteen he was sei. h the desire to travel Jattera tour through Scotland and the other countries of the united kingdom he sailed Miss Mary W. Le bas been has twice fil president and was The idea of a - MOWIARTY. ang @ flattering sition a cutter for a e filled for several clinations for the sec- 4 business on his own of the organizers of the was its first secretary, within the gift of that ‘At present he is serving on the execu- rd. 3 experienced a serious fall several 6 which resulted in a broken leg, it is a source of deep regret to himself as well as his friends all over the country that he will be prevented from taking an active part in the ex- ercises laid out for next week. Mr. Edwin H. Snyder of the firm of Snyder & Wood was born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., September 44, 1858. After serving four years as apprentice at tailoring he left his native town for New York city. Having a desire for traveling’ he made a tour of the larger cities, working forrepresentative s houses. In 1878 he came 0 this city, worked as «cont hand a few years, then accepted a” posi- cutter for one of evading houses, At the end of four years he resigned his position to form a copartuership with Mr. G. 0. Wood, EDWIN H. sNypER. under the firm name of Snyder & Wood. In 1888 the firm was elected to membership in the merchant tailors’ ex- change. From that day to this Mr. Snyder has been one of its most active and zealous mem- bers; was twice elected corresponding secretary and Was a delegate to the third annual conven- tion of the merchant tailors’ national exchange held in New York, 1889. He is treasurer of the gates from the W be was When it was t. Louis last year that the next uw of the national ex- ebange would be ! this city the local ex- 0 ed him for the second time as ite His term of office, which expires in April next, has been most #1 al, and his admin- istration receives from the members hearty commendation. Under his leadership eleven new members have been added to the exebange. Besides taking such a deep interest in trade : ons he yet finds time to take an ac- the approaching convention, and believes it weal pave the important ever held and be of great benetit to the craft. Mr. W. C. Mertz has the honor of being vice president of the Wash- ington exchange afd at the same time record- img secretary of the isa Washingtonian by birth, was educated in the ublice schools of the District and wae pprenticed to the auoTing business when fifteen years of age. Dir. Mertz has been successfully engaged in business here for a number of years. He is now serving his sec- ond term #8 recording Woo wens fecretary of the national exchanze and his of- fice bas given him familiarity with the rapid growth of the exchange and of ixterest in its work. The volume of work, be says, bas in- creased 200 fold since he was first elected to the office. ‘There are on the rolls of the national exchange now ten more local exchanges than were on thereli at js Mr. | nsidered, and in the | President Heiberger would have to go oat- side of the membership of the exchange to se- chairman of the ladies’ committee than John . Berens. Hei mon and. pri self on being the only single man in the ex- change. He is well fitted for the duties of his committee ard will no doubt discharge them in @ manner that will bring credit t> the JoRN E. BERENS. Washington exchange. He was born in this city in 1869; began his pro | fession at the foot of the ladder in his fathe:’« establishment, one of the old and respected houses. In 168 he left bis father's store and necepted a position as cutter for a Washington house, holding the same for two years, when he was compelled to resign owing to failing health. Believing another clime would prove beneficial, he went to New York city, leaving a year Inter to fill an engagement in Chicago. ‘After ig in that city for nearly three years he resigned and returned to this city to take charge of the business of bis father, who has since retired. having successfully conducted the same for the past twenty-tive years, Mr. Frane C. Losano of the firm of M. Losano & Son, chairman of the committee on informa- tion, was born in Washington, D. C., on March 16, 1863, his father be- ing Senor M. Losano, a native of Spain.and one of the oldest-established mere! t tailors in this city. During the early period of his boyhood few names were more familiar to the residents of Washington than that anc Losano, phenome- When a child he developed a wonderful tale alist, pos- | the musical purity and yolum FRANC ©. LosaNo. program of a musical entertainment by local talent was not thought tobe complete unless it included a few selce- | tions by Master Franc, and his rendition of | popular songs invariably called forth the most enthusiastic applause of the public and the warmest praise of the musical critics. After recciving a common school education at the Jefferson School m this city he entered his father’s place of business as a salesman; January 1, 1801, he became a partner in. the business, and is today the youngest 1merchant tailor in this city. In i8°9 he was married to Miss Pauline Hersh Ellis, a danghter of Hon. Jobn Charlton Ellis of Gettysburg, Pa. Hixinembership in the does not | date back a year, neverthe member is gradually gaining recog! chairman of the committe. will no doubt fulfil! his duties in a ma Will contribute much to the pleasure and con- Fenieuce of the hundreds of visitors expected ere, rogram arranged for the opening of i convention Tresday is as follow: 3 he Rev. W. H. Milburn, D.D., eb: Juin of the House of Representatives: address of welcome to the city by Hon. John V Douglass, president board of Commissioners the District of Columbia; address by M. ¥ Parker, president board of trade; address welcome by F. J. Heibcrger, jr-, presid Washington exchange; addres | wi nt by 'B. R. Mer- president merchant tailors’ national ex- change. PROGRAM OF ENTERTAINMENT. The members of the exchange have arranged the following program for the entertainment of visitors during the we: Me evening—Reception at the Ebbitt | House in honor of the president of the national excha r. B. K. Merwin and Mrs. Merwin. From $ to 10 p.m. ‘Tuesday —United States Capitol, national Congress in session, United States’ Supreme Court, United States Botani: Garden. | Wednesday—United States Treasury Depart- ment, State, War and Navy Departn | speets to the President of the United S | a body at 12:30 p.m., United States N Museum, Evening—Theater party. Academy of Music, Sth and D streets northwest, Play, Alexander Saivini in “Don Cwsar.” U. 8. bureau of engraving and printing, U. 8. Agricultural Department. U. ish commission, Smithsonian Institution, Wash- ington monument. U.S. Post Office Department, U. 8. patent office, U.S. pension office; at 2 p. pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon on the palace steam Charles Macalester; at 8 p.m., visit to the Cor- coran Gallery of Ar OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL EXCHANGR. The officers of the national exchange are Berkly i. Merwin, New York, president; Lewis F. Lindsay, St. Louis, first vice president; John Bradley, Pittsburg, second vice president; Wm. C. Mertz, Washington, recording secretar: B.C. Notbohm, Milwaukee, corresponding ar financial secretary, and ‘Charles E. Hyde, Chicago, treasurer. Executive board—The officers and Robert J. Walshe, Chicago (chairman): Edwin N. Doll, York (secretary); Robert E, Koch, Cincm: James S. Burbunk, Boston; W. H. Waters, ha Philadelphia. Itisexpected that the attendance will be greater than at any conventicn yet held by the hational exchange. to be considered is that of smuggling and its injurious effects on the interests of merchant tailors. It is expected also. that tion to have a fashion national exchange for the use of members will be discussed and acted upon. ao hae ‘The Fisherman's Wife. Clap your han’s, my bonnie batrnie= Clap ¥) Bing raw-white faem, y vounte bairnie, Clap - 13 's comin’ Kame! Da’ rh ly A’ nicht lang, when you were sleepin’ ‘Snug in bed an’ waria, Dadily's boat In the r. But you smili 2 You were daitin’ wi’ the angels While your mammy wept. Lang I watched for moruin’ dawnin’ ‘rhro’ ihe winnock wee, White the waters lood were rushin’ ‘Au’ the wii's were hie, ry your dad 2 the Lord wad guide his boatle— Guide it safely here. bonnie bairnie— 's boat oc Bis Hultic’s name; Jap your han’s, may Louie ‘Daddy's comin’ hi — ‘The Man Who Picks Locks. From Longman’s Magazine. In the lowest spheres of life the force of in- ventive faculty may be detected. The burglar himself as mechanical genius may be a rival of nature. An honest genius of an inventive kind invents a lock; straightway another in- ventive genius of a dishonest kind picks that lock. A man not a burglar, but a professed lockpicker, picked a subtle lock of a bureau for me because I bed lost the key. ‘The science the man showed, the resource, the ingenuity, formed a study, and bis efforts were soon crowned with success. I was struck by the skill the man displayed, but still more by the ‘hey call the man who invented a gentleman, and they say he's made a tremendous fortune by it, but they gives no credit to them as has larned to pick it; not # bit of it! not they! and some of them as can pick it they calls burglars and gives ‘em years of hard labor, though they was just as Glever as the lucky an who set the thing a-going.” ———+0o _—____ Older Than the Money-Printing Toy. From the Kansas City Journal. if Chief Speers appeared before United States Commissiasioncr Wyne yesterday to show cause why he should retain the counterfeit coin ma- chine which he bas had in his possession ever since it was seized, several years ago. The machine is not used to manufacture spurious coin. Genuine coins are inan inner compartment. Moiten bogua gold is poured into the machine through a little fun- nel. ‘Ihe genuine coin is taken out as if just coined, and the victim is sold a large block of bogus gold and the machine, which apparently coins S10 gold pieces as fast asthe metal is red in. Poinited ‘States Inspector G.W. Burns de- manded this machine of Chief Speers, as ho had some time ago demanded a lot of counte feit coin in the big show cases at police head- quarters. Chief Speers refused to give it up, ud only yielded to_a search warrant, but be- fore Commissioner Wyne yesterday, morning he showed that the machine was not used to make counterfeit It was according! turned over to him, will occupy ite conspicuous place among the curious memen- ‘of crime and cunning at police headquar- i Among interesting topics | GOSSIP OF THE STAGE. Edwin Booth in His Retirement From the Stage. PLAYERS’ SUPERSTITIONS. How a Society Light Endeavored to Secure the Services of the Eminent Tragedian— Booth's Characteristic Reply—How Theat- rical People Are Influenced bySuperstitions. New York, February 5, 1892. DWIN BOOTH HAS done two readable things this week, al- though he has retired into very private and quiet life, almost hope- lossly broken in health. ‘The first of these acts ‘was to decline an offer of ® professional engage- ment. That would not have been remarkable, considering the fact that he quit acting in the middle of ascason that had been enormously profitable last winter, but for the singular natare of theproposition. Madam De Barrioslives in a big and gorgeous Sth avenue mansion. She determined upon giving two entertainments that should, for costliness, novelty and intrinsic worth eclipse all former effulgence in that Now, that was an ambitious undertaking, for resplendent and magnificent indeed had been some of the social occasions at the houses of the Astors, Vartlcrbilts and others of our moneyed clique. THE LADY'S PLAN was to give, in her own private theater, per- formance of “Faust” by members of the Grand Opera Cor:pany now employed at the Metro- politan, and a representation of “Hamlet,” with Edwin Booth in his most famous charac- ter She was willing to curtail these repre: tions to one act of the opera and one of the tragedy, but there acts were to be given as well in every respect of acting. costumes and scenery as though it happened in a public theater. Money will work wonders. In this case it will jarrios to re her sehem the performance is announced for the last Sat- yeveuing inthis month under the man- agenient of the redoubtable Col. Mapleson and With a fine cast. It is said that the expense in- volved will be not less than 25,000 for the stage show, quite aside trom the expenses of the re- ception and ball. But the half of the enter- prise which contemplated an act of “Hamlet,” with Looth in it, has failed utterly Ahusthng theatrical agent, who had been connected at one time ina busine: ith Mr. Booth, was employed as the negotiator to the proposition. “Mr. Booth live: days in the upper half of the Playe: great deal of a recluse, meetiny we triends, and eve pore than his former habitital th isa man oi few words After Bee cancously scrdell offer of an ment to play one night before a smali audience of “society” people, ina private the- ater, he stopped the speker short at the point where the question of remuneration was going to be raised, “There is no use mentioni terrupted. “hat hou enough money to hire me to act in it.” BOOTH'S INTERESTING VISIT. The other thing that Mr. Booth did g0 down tothe Grand Central upon ri afew with them main- was to jing of the sudden closure of that biggest Lotel in New York, to look over the spot where h had made | his “Hamlet.” 1 y by acareiul survey of the property it present condition, aided by Uons, that he could loca sta the long-cestre ‘The memories awakened in the ir dian’s mind can only be guessed at, for he did not give voice to them, and it is donbtful at, even to Brander Matthews and Laurence Hut. ton, his companions, he talked ver: the'subject after their return Clab. y freely on u to the Players’ most forgotten Lefarge Ho- ed into the Grand Central, and entrance for the Win- When the ard enlargi a frontage ter Garden, that theater was under the management of William Stuart, a bril- liant and versatile man, who died « few years ago in abjcet poverty. Stuart had been a matie writer for the /rraid, and thus a studious observer of the actors of the day. He thoaght that he discovered iz young Edwin Booth, who had not yet distinguished himself, a possibility of greatuess. So he gave to the actor his first engagement asa star and introduced him as such in “Hamlet” at the Winter Garden. The success of Louth was immediate and from that \—or at least after the death of —he was without rivalry as the repre- sentative American tragedian. The Winter Garden was subsequently burned and its site Was then given over to hotel purposes, THE OLD PARK THEATER. William Stuart made a considerable fortune through his discovery of Booth, but he lost it in later theatrical ventures, the last of these being that particular Park Theater which stood at Broadway and 22d street and which was burned an hour before Lillie Langtry was to have made her American debut in it. The Langtry venture might have raised his for- tunes, which had fallen very low. An inci- dent comically illustrating the utter disregard of New Yorkers for a show that they don't care about happened only a week or two before this fire. The current pertormances at the Park were drawing scarcely any money at all. One norning the T ound that the previous even receipts had been $13. in grim and di te humor he had « placard lettered: ts for this evening given away frev of ehirge at the box office.” He made & wager with a casual caller, the stake being a good dinner at Delmonico’s, tha: in one hour after this offer was posted ‘not a Person Would take advantage of it. He won the bet. Perhaps the passers-by thought. it was a joke, or regarded it us an enigma which they hadn't time to solve, Lut certain it was that no inquiry was made at the box oftice window. AnoUT BooTE. Ere this Booth had lost all his fortune and sunk himself heavily into debt, by building handsomely and managing liberally Booth's Wheater, unother past-and-gone play house. Looth’s'present health is bad. That is undis- puted. The nature of his malady is not so clear, but it docs not permit him to think of @ return to th Upon his retirement, just about a yes he said in a few words of furewell in a Brooklyn theater that he hoped to be reeuperated by a summer of rest and that he meant to face the footlights again in the autumn. But he could not doso, as everybody knows, and he has made no preparations to re- commence again next season. That we have said farewell to our great tragedian is all but a certainty. ‘ME AcTOR JoNaH. “I make a vow now and for all time,” said Jchn Stetson, the theatrical manager, a few days ago, “that I will nover again hire that actor or engugo any company with which he is associated. He's a Jonuh—a dead sure hoodoo, and be quecrs me every time Isee him!” Mr. Stetson has only one good eye, but half a sight of any disliked object is enough for him. He is superstitious in the extreme. Every theatri- cal manager is, for that matter. ‘Tuere are Thirteen Clubs all over the country, but no theatrical manager dares to join them. It would be tempting a fato_ that bears especiail; hard upon the theatrical fraternity, with whic that dread thing, the hoodoo, is’ now more otent than ever before. The highest and the umblest of actors, the handsomest and the plainest of actresses, the richest und the poorest ‘of managers, all unite in common cause against the hoodoo. When a company 1s in distress and the’ receipts fall far short of the expendi- tares all minds become imbued, as did the sailors with the original Jonah, with the idea | that some one of the party is the cause of their bad luck. ‘There ix a hoodoo somewhere. A Jonah is aboard their craft and. he must be ousted. But who ishe or she? It eannot be bad acting or poor management that is the cause of non-success. Oh, no. There's a hoo- doo with them. The past history of all is can- yaseed. At last they find that Jobn Brown, who is “doing” a small part, has been with sov- eral companies and not one of them but what went to pieces, as this company is vow goii ‘They don't draw straws, but he is set down their minds as the Jonah and pressure 1s brought to bear for his dismissal Ho is thrown over, and hics himself back home. The sails on, and, if business should pick Up, ail give themselves credit for. having dis, red a veritable Jonah in poor John Brown, is blazoned throughout the Union, Siseaee se eagee and so Jeav Bi doet bot kil himself THE CROSS-EYED HOODOO. A person with cross or squint eyes is consid- ered a hoodoo. Woe to the company who car- ies © man or woman with his or her optics in this condition. Disaster dire will surely over- take them. Likewise a lameness, a club foot or a deformed hand will give to the person so afflicted the dreaded title and make it almost an impossibility for him to “strut his hour on the stage.” To have a cross-tyed person look you squarely in the faco is a sign of bad luck for thirty days. AN ANTIDOTE to the effect of the evil eye is to cross your first fingers on each hand and then eject spit- tle three times through the notch thus formed. To turn on your left heel three times and spit over your left shoulder will, it is thought, avert the evil. To whistle in the theater during a re- hearsal is a sign that some one will die or that you are “piping” a member of the company out of an engagement. There is nothing to counteract the evil of this, There is not a player in the land today who will not think twice before signing with a company whose total number of actors will be just thirteen It is considered by all that not ouly will the com- pany fail, but one of the thirteen who start out will come back acorpse. The number thirteen isthe great dread of the protession. A street car, bus, hack or other vehicle numbered 13 will get no patronage from a member of the pro- fession, and as for sleeping in a hotel room the ominous 13 on the door, heaven fore- id the; wit fend! They won't do it. Ask why, will only say they don’t like to Superstitious? Oh, no! Not a bit number i3 in theirs. OTHER SUPERSTITIONS. To rebearso a play on Sunday is a sure sign that that play will not be a success for the manager ordering the rehearsal, and that sala~ ties will bo lost by all who so participate on the Lord's day. ‘To twirl a chair at rehearsal is just as good as betting ona sure thing that a fight will disrupt the friendship of at least two members, and perhaps cause loss to the man- agement for thai week. ‘Ihe raising of an um- Lrella in the theater is also a bad ome business. Witere is the man of fea Who will sing the music of “Macbeth Merriles” other than duction of those play ould he attempt it he will be “sat down upon” in great shape and very hard by the other members of the com- pauy. Of all bad omens the singing of that music is among the worst. ONE SILK HAT ONLY in a company is also a harbinger uf woe, and a new “dicer” for another member is soon bought, or the solitary one is spirited away and the owner advised to buy no more—that aderby suits his style better. To organ y on Friday is very bad, but it requires ® band of stout hearts of the compulsion of empty pockets to tuke the road and make their first stand on ‘They are sure to return ere the si oon ‘in worse condition than whe '¥ started. To turn back to go to tue theater aiter a rehearsal on your way home is a sure sign that you will not’ long remain a member of that company. For a star to peep through the curtain at the “house” will not add to the reccipts at the box office. If the first or “Meg the rehearsal or pro- person to enter the house in the evening after | ‘oors are open isa woman it bespeaks bad | business, A YELLOW CLARIONET. in tho orchestra is a famous hoodoo and be “fired” instanter. ‘fo rub the hair black eat the wrong way will cause rain, and consequently alighter house. Seven years of bad luck foliows the breaking of alooking glass, and should any ons be so unfortunate as to do itin the theater the building will be destroyed by fire in that tim must ofa NS OF GOOD LUCK eodd as those of evil, as the following will attest: To stumble on the stage or stub your toe is a good omen; to getan egg with a double yolk means a rapid rise in the profession; to pick up the wrong bat is iucky (especially if the hat be better than your own); to be struck by a bouquet is a forcrun- ner of luck; to put on by mistake your under- clothes inside out is also good, but you must wear them twenty-four hours in that way; to meet a friend on your way to rehearsal means an early advance in your profession; to touch the hump of a huneliback 1s a luck producer: have a strange dog follow you to the theater’ is 130 good; but the best of all is to work hard, | mind your own business and save your money. his own recoilec- | Luck will follow as surely as light pursuos the sun. ———+e-—____ WHICH SHALL IT BE? A Woman's Temper Trials From Her Own Point of View. To the Editor of The Evening Star: “Keep Your Temper” was the heading of an article in Tux Stara week or #0 ago. I did not read it. Undoubtedly it was a good article, but the title grated upon me, for I was at the time using every effort in my power to get rid of my temper. In truth, I've never found any dificulty in keeping mine fresh and active, especially in dealing with those who reign in the kitchen. There have been times when my amiability was cause of remark among my friends, and I ave myself entertained fears lest I should grow tame and uninteresting im consequence of my sweet disposition, but I was not keeping house at that period. Now I am, and find there is sufficient life in my temper to prevent mr wings from growing, although in my heart I do not think it rendera me more interesting. What is to be done for the ladies who are in the thraldom of the stupendous power of stu- pidity? To keep one’s own brains from soften- ing and find the article for another skull, too! Seed be wise as serpent and harmless as a jove Mine is not an isolated case by any means, for complaints of retrogression in self-contrc} and gentleness are as prevalent among house- keepers as is the grip, and the consequences are as dire, morally viewed. What is a poor woman to do when she knows from past ex- perience that every word she utters to her maid by way of instruction is so much breath lost, that the thing she directs will be done in exactly the opposite manner, in every particn- Jar, from her direction? IN THE MORNING, If, for instance, she indulges in five minutes’ longer sleep in the morning, innocently trust- ing that she may do so without danger, and then hurries down to the kitchen to seo if the breakfast is all right, finds little or no fire in the range, no heat in the oven to bake the rolls, which were ordered, but have not been made, the tea kettle lukewarm with no evident inten- tion of coffee boiling, a chilly looking frying pan with a nondescript mess in it instead of the turkey hash so minutely explained and the clock pointiug to five or ten minutes of the appointed hour for breakfast. "Shall she kee her temper then or dispose of it? “Ihave tried both ways, yet cannot say which isthe better for all concerned. I have really held myself in such perfect control that the delinquent maid had no idea but what it was all right and as I wanted it, but the breakfast put upon the table ‘was of my own concocting, eatable, but noth- ing to boast of or remember with happy thoughts. ANOTHER WAY USELESS. ‘Then again I have stormed; have made that woman fly round the kitchen like a teetotum, not caring whether she was mad or pleased; have told her in the plainest language my esti- mate of her mental capacity; have actom- plished breakfast at the hour appointed and sat down to it weak and disheartened; smiled upon my family while all the time my soul writhed in Paugs of remorse over my want of self-control and my harshness with that poor, ignorant fool. But in half an hour I have heard a burst of song from that fool's throat or the plaintive strains of “Oh, Yes, I Love Jesus.” My soul bas recoiled, but I am none the happier for knowing that what has cost me #o much loss of self-respect has had but a pass- ing effect upon the object of my wrath—so passing, indeed, that I may know of a surety the same sccne will occur tomorrow, same time and same place. WOMAN'S HARD Lor. One must be an angel to bea woman! One who can be calm and serene through all these petty vexations of her life. I do not intend here to dilate Spon that subject, and I instance & woman's trials of vemper because I am one myself and know that point of view best. Of course men have equal difficulty, but are they not most? With the privilege they take to themselves of the safety valve the use of strong language affords they have the ad- vantage of Us, ‘and beside they are not ex- ted “to smile and smile and bea vixen till.” The question is, shall we men and our tempers or not? If wherefore? “Ito, what shall we do with them? Exar. On the Eve of the Engagement, From the Boston Post. ‘Liout. Buttons (just home from the ball)—“‘I say, I'm tired of thiseverlasting society foolish- ness. I'd like to get away where I could have ‘@ chance to smell powder.”” Col. Straps—“By Jove, youngster, I should ay you had already, ‘Thare'se, dab of it on card in her we don’t | beautifier with good result | color with metal threads in it making a fi ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Lururies in Small Things That Are Constantly Increasing. ° DAINTY THINGS FOR MEN. ‘Women Do Not Monopolize the Expensive Trifles—Some New and Novel Suggestions as to Photograph Frames That May Be Made at Home. Written for The Evening Star. F LUXURY IN Liv- ing increases for twenty years longer, in the pro- portion in which at has increased m the past twenty years, the sur- roundings of those who are the children of to- day will be something to marvel at. The grandparents of many of those same children can see much in the way of change in daily life since their own youth, and with the change may perhaps regret that in the com- ploxity of every-day existence at present so much of old-time simplicity is gone, appar- ently never to return. . It is a question whether it is not a detriment tw a child to be so surrrounded with everything to minister to his pleasure, to induce habits of ease and to inculcate the belief in the power of money to procure all the desirable Inguries of life. Wise training is needed to counteract these ideas in bringing up children, and wisdom may still more be needed in the next generation if things go on apace in these same directions. EXPENSIVE TRIFLES. A newspaper paragraph which I just hap- pened to see started my thoughts,in thisstrain. Some novelties in silver and silver gilt were de- scribed and the prices given. Trifles, most of the articles mentioned really are, and yet just such trifles are wiat all the young people are | at least craving nowadays, © wishes may have to goungratitied. Toilet bot- tles of cut glass and siiver gilt from $25 up- ward are mentioned; polished silver jewel trays, tiny things, of course, but costin: and if gilded $68. " Crystal puff boxes, with silver gilt tops or of silver themselves, with a portrait in enamel set in the top. Another thing desig- nated ax a novelty is.@ bath room set in solid silver, bath brush box, soap box, sponge tray and powder box making the pieces comprised in a set. Another paragraph describes a little writing table “with every appointment of the ol English writing equipment perfect,” and th table itself covered with a light brown Spanish altar cloth heavily appliqued with silver and gold, These are the things of every-day living ain many h $ in our land, those whose accompaniments to life fall below this degree of luxury strive, most of them, more or less successfully to attain as much of it as possible for their own. A HOME-MADE TABLE COVER. Speaking of Spanish altar cloths for table covers reminds me of one in this style some- what which Las recently been made by a home The center is a square of fawn-colored satin, 2 inches. This is quite closely covered with, gold. threed embroidery, » pattern of interlacing flowers and stems. A border nine inches wide is on all sides of yellow and brown brocade, a gimp of bi sh where the two fabrics jom and also on the outer edge. Large table covers are quite a fad at Present, and the more lke ‘Spanish ‘altar cloths” they can look the more of a success they are, gold, silver threads and metallic braids aiding in this effect. THINGS FOR MEN'S TsE. The list of expensive small articles for use or beauty is by no means exhausted with theex- amples given; rose vases, two inches hi holding one rose, of silver and cos: #7. Aln as mucii variety is to be found in things in- tended for solely men’s use, such as razor sets in boxes of Louis XV silver and in ivory cases. For them, too,ure the cigarette cases of enameled Russian silver, which cost $50, and the many little ash so daintily modeled ax to seem Worthy of a more noble purpose.” For curio collectors are “Georgian flagons,” tall and slender, with broad mouthpiece. ‘These trifles of imported antique will cost $200, and so it goes—the tendency of everything is to extrava- gant mdulgence in this line. MORE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. Some pretty little experiments have been made this week in photograpk frames, of which there seems no end just now. ‘The foun- dation of cardboard was small, with opening for @ narrow, rather long card. ' The covering was of fine white crash, which was cut the right size, with a good margin, then laid over the foundation, so that the edges might be felt through as a guide for outline, and with a fine lead pencil imple little pattern was drawn upon it. A small four-petaled flower, with a spray of buds coming from it in several direc- tions, was put in each corner and a slighter spray in the center of exch side. A narrow ribbon design was then drawn with many turns and curves connecting them. One frame was embroidered in two shades of clover pink filofioss, while the other had pink flowers with the ribbon in two shades of silvery green. ‘This was for a room where those colors are in all the decorations. After being care- fully pressed the flowers stand well out, while the ribbons are very graceful,with their curves accented by two shades of silk, being used. It is quite a knack to make up these frames neatly, and some practice is required to do it well. “The first one was glued cntirely, but as the glue perversely stuck the fingers ‘tighter than it did the frame, it was found very trying to work with. ‘The second frame was made up differently, and, while it took more time, looked better when it was done. THE COVERING FOR THE BACT. The covering for the back was sewed on in- stead of being glued, and for the front a pad- ding was first cut from a sheet of cotton wad- ding, splitting it so only half the thickness was used. After laying this on, a piece of white muslin was cut and carefully sewed over it, 80 the padding was well in place and secure before the embroidered cover was put on. ‘This was next laid on tightly sewed on the outer edges and corners before the inner opening was cut at all, the stitches beiug caught to the cotton lining. After it was smoothly on the cut was made for die inner was advised to use yellow and brown lin AL ESTATE Gossir, floss for working, but she liked her own idea 3 better, co got the white linen floss in two| Good Prices Wald for Chole Residence aalities, also yellow of medium coarseness. Full ¢ large lily in exch corner was fire with honeycom stitch in the final o THE Lint or vaurre 16 comspcnon @rre floss, and then with the conrser « hea sathraseestece ngecasitegelstd pees ae LTen mene Now TuR CITE yellow thre: is ™ om + onto 00Ts — OTHER outeide the w u MATTERS. were worked inh h with . and a sec: to it, theealys Ok ONVIOTS REA plvily im white ont- ow hem was tarned on eon it ia not easy to row of chain stiteh sai a when the . © ing asa finish, an phen tai : 1 values has guipute or Florent I be pa Pi Ginn condel te beak henry cA ES eetate, Tt wae every ill not be @ work consum ‘ee ral opinion some a ° years that the Limit —— << ] bad been reached and FAN MAN DED. - h z WHAT THE CHAMPION MEAN MAL { i ont Sch ns Gals Ge A Story That Has the Plainest Sort ef = apse ae 3 a likely to go higher. Moral Attached. Sa ME But the limit then From the Chicago Ti - x looked upon as final by She was a pale, who did washing for a liv was paler than usual, a: Her mistr her “I been thinkin’ of a Indy 1 he ouce—out in Colorad She bad suddent an’ they sent for me. The house | to h Was only kind of roofed in, an” the rainy sea- | son was on them. I set tubs to ketch the | water, else it would have dripped on her. feerd tell about her before 1 went about him, too. She was used to back east. Her folks had warr quaint, quiet old woman “twas, re df marry him. When she did, an’ foun r|! foolisuness, she wa to | He was a’ man 0 Jerusalem! never li decent fing “Gere was, "No," he answers cool, ‘it's pense. I'v book b ‘Bimeby the hired xir “What tor dinner, sur, “Graham bread and } ‘s I, seein’ how bad she | ti ata the door. | ked. | to balls, he says. | | iidren wants to know if they | can havea bit o' ham, There's two hams in the cellar * “By no mea Bat 5 en though their | * In your nervous condition! Lam surprised Idella!” thing was the same way. thin be thought mightn t injure | a but crackers an’ wa ‘ have but one hb Jabigone. But his plate was pil would go on it day eho was ‘ Mighiy nice roils they . ‘The @ baby cried. She wen! to it. up another rc vi “Drop thi Why “He was after swallerin’ seven himself in about the time you'd be sayin’ Juck Ko son. “You've been away from the tal minutes an’ a half. Do again? our digests te i'm so hungry, David! 80 good’ — When she comes back she took | wi he eays. ji | she put the roll back. j “Dried corn an’ crackers for dinner, be | says. ‘leant be back intume. I'll take my frugal bite down town.” “1 followed him “She an’'t stron e door. An’ a-nursing that big | baby. What for ner? “What's wholesome fur the rest,’ bo | growls. * But if she lads bit o’ fresh meat—or some chicker: broth: 2¢ awful mad. ane ee TWO ROYAL MIDDIES | Some Reminiscences of the Wales Loys. Afloat Fron: the New York Times. A gentleman whose office is ina Pine street fire insurance company of this city was a ship mate of the late Duke of Clarence and of his brother, Prince George, on board her majesty's ship Britannia. He hasaclear remembrance T vie} ip Britannia, training ship for gen- tlemen cadets, stationed at Dartmouth, Devon, the bugler sounded ‘quarters’ and all hande, in | full uniform, were mustered to receive the two newly appointed cadets, Capt. Fairfax, the head of the gan ant in full dress, and as the steath pin: the royal princes. | ding at n- | came the Prince of Wales. — “Capt. Fairfax, having introduced esch of | t# the ward room officers and all the mstructors to | their royal highnesses, sang out by your right. dress; ¢yes front! Gentic cadets of her majesty’s ship Britannia, I no collectively present you to your new stu their royal highn | pro: Trull soon be provided with the mecesmcy Saaill- ‘Wo pacts, forward, right about, ties “Then began all the usual boyish chaff, of running,’ as I believe it is called at Aunapolis, foliowed by the task of showing our new ship- mates over the slip. As soon as they reached the upper deck the senior cadet captain suid to them: ‘Mates, it isan old custom that each ‘new,’ on joining, shail go aloft, over the tock#, avoiding the mbber’s hole as ke ¥ the bottomless pit. Which of you two wi | sub pur. *“At the sound of the bugle call two venerable farnily retainersacvanced to our new shipiaates, with every outward sign of civilian respect, but no nautical tug of the forelock, to inforin thei that their mess uniform was prepared. A shrill voice culled out “+ Who are your ancient chums, Wales?" “ «Why, don't you see,’ some’ other wit re- | © — ne is the wet nurse and the other the j ry nurse, urb ad sub bou oft mo ot ‘opening and the pieces turned back and drawn as tightly as possibleand sosewed. A smoother, better effect was thus gotten than with sluing the standard for the back was cut from board, and a piece of the white cotton sewed on, neatly covering it. A sht was cut in the back piece of the frame, and an extra inch of the cloth which had been left at the top of the standard was drawn through it and sewed fast. ‘The two parts being thus completed separately library paste was used to giue them together, leaving, of course, sufficient opening to slip in the picture. After leaving under a heavy weight all night it was found to be well fast- ened and neat looking in its construction. The white cotton cloth under the crash made the crash look a purer white than when it was put directly over the cotton wadding and was prettier fur that, as it threw out better the coloring of the flower. One was easily uc- complished in a day and being so quickly done others in different styles are to be soon at- tempted. ANOTHER PRETTY FANCY. Another pretty little fancy in similar frames is to cover them with the finest of white linen, shirt-bosom linen is the quality, and then with jors ing Dresden flowers scat- Seenticrecea cn Sh otgs pao Giaven ber der with gold paint, as Dresden china is fin ished. This last is idoa wi & many trifles of oh any can paint it is much easier to ornament frames fn that way instead of embroidering them, though a touch of fine needlework gives a spe- cially dainty look. A design of bow knots en- = ited in one shade and outlined with a darker tone of silk or with gold makes a frame. — bow knots eee as flowers are scattered, and a ril bon may connect them or not as one pleases. SMALL TABLE COVERS. pattern very large tiger lily in each cor- , with large ‘the pattern for the sides between, At the ‘the purchaser “The main difference between the Wales’ and | the other cadets was that instead of sleeping in | hammocks they bad large cabic.s knocked up | for them ou the main deck, sleoping, dining, | + nd working rooms being provided. They also had a special tutor, who was appointed a naval | instructor, the Rev. J. N. Dalton, who after- ward accompanied them in her alesty’s ship Bacchante in their voyage around the worl “A favorite cadet joke was to get Prince Eddie to ‘stroke a pleasure boat,’ and when the coxswain allowed an ‘easy all’ some one euy coui the useless €x- | was) Theole alongside, the ship's band struck up ‘God Bless = = Recently a lar by Barnes & W ommodate th The a look on the signs of the tim me F respected has not « Bhose judgments y been ex- mote possibility w he ago the er of I6thand Batre been pulang at tion in certain was probe © Brown, Just $4.0 5 ane yerecta fine residence there HIGH-TUCED PROPERTY. er Toot for resi~ > be regarded to come, but hat the lum may be . sm thee so great as property property the tact as yand residences twith aut watal timate of values the read estate t me f this charac “Dye think 1m Vanderbilt? be asks. din the ne “The letter my grandson brought me over | ever. tly-baait just now? Yes, om my niece, who | demand by those who are resuients and there lives out the dead—the sweet, | Were no vu tO the population at w starved little creature! An’ the children—moctiy | be foun re would be aby—[1 1a suddin’ the clothes clean war] | siderable s off im building. The same pion), mind me—ie what I am thinkin | e is illustrated an tie office build that a new office L le this draw: Ww that not . bus the roome an builds i adapted for i and lack y of the ilies of modern office struc- vs have a full quota of teuants. AS ACENTER OF LEARNING. he movement that has been started with the w of removing to this the Lutheran al Seminary now in Gettysbu: no means been aban uat have only of the day they joined the ship and of their recep- | tf. feck epee 1 his eee web tion by their fellow middies. In speaking of | tavor. tion of a site f that event yesterday he said: ports cement in reaching a dec ‘At 8:15 on January 18, 1877, on board her | wiuile several locas a os believed that the interests of jon will be advanced by ite removal yam the ts, but by ber of’ stude the prom: be given on ina place ional as this haw Mered here tor in- ations of learning baw well known, recent ac- al cathedral, ted a few years ago with onl: will soon have a suitable »ophical department. The of that +tructuare will be begun neat and no dowbt the other departments vided for in the scheme of this institution in the way of buildings, THE EXPANSION OF THE CITT. block of ground in the new division adjoining Le Droit Park on the purchased by a syndicate represented er. Its the intention of the chasers to erect a number of houses on this und as soon as the streets are opened and The owners of this subdivision intend wen th aber s to begin an ex- over first?” Over the futtocks and down | cite erica of improvement. five etrects again went the two princes, finally joining ina 8% ved throush their property from Lo Game of towing fhe monkey’ until the bugle | Hroit Park und north from the bounds of the sounded for cadets to put on mess uniform ior | C1) to the site of the proposed reservoir. A. os few years ago Le Droit Park was im the sub- s, but now it has become a part of the city rows of Lrick bouses have beem erected to for homes. This portion of the % the northern affords striking evidence ‘be houses now bes with party walls am yiuer seopects precisely similar in character uo houses put up within the limits of the Lose who prefer the roominess of the try wili be obliged to move further away. ance in the limite of the city is very t, and thove, who are blind to any other of the city’s growth might with pr i the my trom northern bounds of the city. SOME NEW HOUSES. ¥, as well arbs immedi adary of the city's expansion, ed are built of bric Mr. George W. Kern has commenced the erection of three two-story and basement 0 ered 31, $3 and 35 R street would say, *Wales, when you are indeed my | Houses numbered 31, $8 and 00 0 suena ruler I would very much like it if you would ick frovth containing eight room, make mos duke. | with all the Intest improvemen! “Make sous duke, you swab, I'll make you | mo 4 oc finished in nataral wood. Mr. Edward Kera e are! ‘and builder. He would then be taken by the legs and | “Me architec vi a to be erected at ducked till he agreed and gave his ‘royal word | x SCreril OMAR Sn fe orwill build of honor’ that each member of that boat's crew | shoukl be # duke when he came to the throne. \E “Although without the high spirits of bis | ¥- younger brother, a sweeter tempered and more unassamin; diately are Kufus H. Darby ES Judge, editor of the Baltimore Gordon & Bro. | Sotsecticn w house for the occupancy of one ef of this city, Press; cke and C. 8. Northrup of Baltimore. sion & Bro. of this © we in course books of Britannia, and | Be Sr those characteristics he alw: retained. The “A Lady im Waiting.” last time I saw hit was in 1838, when he Was | prom Life serving a8a captain in the tenth hussars at York, cod he guve me the ‘same cordial greet ing that he always had given ten yoars betore, whea we were brother cadets, “A time-honored castom on board the Bri- tannia is that cadets in their first term shall ‘fag’ tor cadets in their third and fourth terms, and that cadets in their second term shall ‘fag’