Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1892, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE VILLAGE OF THE OLD MAN'S WOOING An Interesting Ceremony Among the Alaskans. CHIEF STEPAN’S GUESTS. How « Visiting Chief Came for = Bride for His Son and Changed the Program—Old ‘Tate-le-tuchten’s Speech and Dance—Alas- Kan Hospitality. Written for Tux FYENIne Stan REAT ACTIVITY WAS | being displayed among the people of Chketuk village, on Cook inlet, Alaska, one fine Sep- tember morning—a dis- guished arrival was hourly expected, the old chief from Kusta- tan, on the west coast of the inlet, @ man of | years, possessed of | everything that consti- tutes wealth in the eyes | of the Tnaina Indian and correspondingly in- | fueutial among his somewhat degenerated tribe. The visit was looked upon as oue of | ceremony and asa proper occasion for a dis. | glance in his direction. The fat old chief, j however, ceased talking, surveyed the girl's exuberant charms, watching every turn and | Motion of her deit fingers as she served the steaming beverage. and gradually appeared to | be growing thoughtful. With the advent of darkness Iemps and candles were lighted and the floor swept in preparation for the crowning event of the festive occasion—the dancing and distribution of gifts. First the men got up to dance in the center of the circle. ‘They stripped themselves of ail onter clothing and tripped around in a Ting, one following close upon the other, while the women sang and boys beat time | With sticks. This monotonous performance was kept up for some time until the tired men allowed themselves to be re- Meved by the women, who, however, retained their garments, and were soon suffering in pro- fase perspiration—victims of an advanced civi- lization. "While the fair ones were tripping the light fantastic in rather a solemn mauner the men did the singing and beating of time. At last old Stepan declared his intention to dance. This was the most excitmg feature of the en- tertainment and all busied themselves getting play of the most profuse hoepitality. including an “‘igrushka” or “potlateh’ (distribution of gifts) by the chief | Stepan of Chketuk. A thread of | romance was interwoven with the occasion through a silent understanding that the son of | old Tats-le-tuchten, the Kustatan chief, was to ask the band of one of Stepan’s daughters in marriage. For days the big boys had been out early and late shooting ducks and ptarmigan, while the little ones and the girls had been packing OLD TATHNE-rUCHTEN. home baskets upon baskets of berries from the | surrounding marshes. Now the women were | carrying wocd and water, and those in the | chiet's house were sweeping the rough plank | flooring with eagles’ wings and spreading clean, new grasé mats of wonderful pattern. The house in good trim, they devoted themselves | to personal adornment and had barely finished when the excited yells of the youngsters out- side announced that the expected visitors were in sight. | From far away over the glassy surface of the | inlet a little tleet of canoes was approaching — one, containing the chief. a little in advance, followed at a respectful distance by five others. As they drew nearer men could be discerned standing up in their ticklish craft, dressing and alorning themselves, And now old Stepan came down to the beach with his people to receive his guests. Fi came the women, dressed in their gayest cali- coes and shawls and kerchiefs of glaring colors, their black tresses glistening with oil of not | the sweetest odor. The men followed, clothed in a grotesque mixture of Russian, American | ‘and savage finery aud carrying drums of bear and seal gut drawn over circular frames like tambourines, which they beat with their fingers, id © Stepan, who was leading them, was nearer to the ridicu- Jous than to the sublime, in our eyes at least, with a huge pyramidical hat adorned With beads, tassels and plumes, rattling strings of bears’ claws and eagles’ beaks and bright cotton handkerchiefs. The women moved | their upper bodies more or less gracefully in | unison with the beat of the drum and the horus. In the meantime the visitors had stepped ashore and advanced up the beach until met | by their venerable host and his followers, who finished their dance and song and then silently and solemuly escorted the new comers up the grassy slope through the garbage-strewn vil-| lage street and into the large inner room of the | chief's residence. The whole party passed in silently and seated themselves on the mats in a Cirele around the room; the seat of honor THE cuiee’s maT. facing the door was assigned to the chief from Kustatan—a jolly old rogue, about sixty years Old and very fat. ‘The silence remained unbroken until a brace of boys made their appearance with the open- ing course of the feast—huge wooden bowls with pieces of dried salmon floating in oil. The host then arose, and,bowing profoundly, asked bis to partake of such humble fare as he could offer. “That was the sum total of con- versstion, for Tnaina etiquette strictly forbids @ visitor talk until he has refreshed Dish followed dish in rapid succes- and though the oily and high-tlavored | would scarcely find favor with us, no wus offered by the hungry Tuainas, went at their task with swift iingers and gleaming, white tecth. At last the of ps and crunching of bones came and the savory remnants of the Femoved to the intense satisfaction assemblage of women, children and Hid | Ey t R ii if 4 f ik rush f at will, The neither deafening nor irre- iF Tnaina language is but ill o gushing or ‘spouting.” When balf big, fat consonants, chiefly gutterals, ‘Up a poor little balf-emothered i SHEDAMDA SERVING TEA. together such articles of valneas they intended to sacrifice during the coming “gilt game.” The chief, in the meantime, was being dressed for his “task by hiv two wives—an old one, the mother of the children. anda young one acquired but lately to cheer his declining Years. He first put on a | shirt and drawers of cotton cloth and daintily embroid- ered moccasins and then hung uyon this chaste fou ornament alver another: beads, belts and collars ef costl e taken from various odd-shaped ceptacles and donned, the whole being finally crowned by a bat of great dimensions and gro- design.such as the riotous imagination of n milliners gone mad couid not have ualed in conception. Its wide brim was cov- ered with ermine skins, the heads and tails of the little animal fringing its outer edge. inter- spersed here and there with brass Dells and tufts of swan's down. From this foundation Tose the first story of the structure consisting of the stuffed heads of four animals, two foxes and two lynx, their ears touching and their noses pointing to the four quarters of the globe, with strings of birds’ claws and beaks festooned from mouth to mouth. Above this rose the second story of the hat, a eylin- drical frame work covered with fishiskin and profusely ornamented with tassels of feathers and sea lion whiskers, while the whole was crowned with a plume of eagles’ feathers and porcupine quills. As soon as the old chief had donned this little museum of nataral history he advanced into the cirele of spectators, and the Young boys and women began to sing a lively’ tune, the men beating time with sticks and drums. This was an affair quite different from the tame walk around previously indulged in. | With the first few notes all traces of age and feebleness seemed to leave old Stepan. He jumped and tripped and shufiled and skipped, shaking his rattles of inflated bladders and shouting and puiling at intervals, while the bells were jingling in his hat. After having danced a short time he threw down in the center of the ring a “length” of gaudy calico (ten yards—a dress pattern) and con- tinued his exercise. The chief from Kustatan, with a grunt of satisfaction, followed suit, throwing down a foxskin. "The dance in the meanwhile was growing more wild and fantastic every minute. and as the admiration of the audience was excited donations began to rain down upon the pile on the floor. The old man now exhibited signs of exhaustion and retired to a corner, where his wives assisted him in wiping off the perspiration and donning clean shirt and drawers. Ina few minutes, however, he was to tue fore again, repeating | and improving upon his first performance, with the same substantial results. When the old man finally retired to recuperate another man took his place, to be followed in turn by others, and though’ not every one succecded in exciting the audience tothe donation point there was a goodly pile of valuables upon the floor when the performance ceased. ‘The chief, having recovered his breath, now stepped forward, and in accordance with the directions of an old blind woman, ealled in for the purpose. began to distribute’ the articles among the wudience. At the end of it all tea was served again, with accessory trifles, @ch as hunks of blubber, dried fish and seal oil, brought in and offered | by the prospective bride aud other maidens. Did Tats-le-tuchten, who had enjoyed the ame” as much as any youngster, again grew thoughtful as be watched Shedahda's deft fingers and the gleam of her white teeth as she | daintily It off a small piece for each guest from the huge cake of boiled sugur to sweeten | the tea. He pondered aud pondered until at last, when his seventh tumbler of the scalding-hot beverage was but half consumed, he solemnly declared his intention to make afew remarks. The host at once re- peated the announcement to the audience, and the hush of expectation fell upon the assembled men and women; but, deliberately sipping his tea, the old man kept them waiting tor some time. At last he begun. not with the deluge or the crusaders, but with allusions to grand- father and father, who had been great hunters and men with “good hearts.” “He then en- large upon his own virtues without any false modesty, finally bringing down lis rambling discourse to the son who had accompanied him. He seid hisson wasalsoa mighty hunter, equally athome chasing the grampus in his swift canoe and tracking the savage brown bear into his lair. “but,” he continued, “my son has abad heart, a very bad heart, indeed. Why, is heart is so bad that when he meets a bear on the trail he does not get behind a tree or log, like a good-hearted man, cautiously send- ing one bullet after another into the beast from a distance. No, bis heart is too bad for that; he goes right up to the bear and attacks him with knife or spear. Now, what would a man like — that, with so bad a heart, do with a young little wi a mere child, who would be afraid all day long that ber husband was lying dead and torn te Pieces somewhere in the forest or upen the hills? He shouid have a wife big and strung end older than himself, who can werk and take care of bis house anc clothing. ‘There may be such a woman in this vilizge: if not, Lknow of one or two at home. I have spoken.” Amutmur of approbation came from the audience, extolling the great wisdom of the aged chief. The boy with the “bad heurt” said ncthing, but he looked as if bis fathers talk bad “wade him very tired” After a brief pause Tats-le-tuchten signified bis intention te speak again, and the host at once informed his guests of the treat in store for them. “It may be," continued the fat old chief, “that the girl feels disappointed, which isa very bad feeling for such a young thing to in- | House WHO WILL BE CHOSEN Women Who May Rule at the White House. MISTRESS OF THE MANSE. ‘Wives of Distinguished Men Who Are Named 98 Presidential Possibilities—Senator Hill's Bachelor State—Some Interesting Facts About Well-Known Women. HO IS GOING TO SUC- ceed, Mrs. Harrison as Yirst Indy of the land? Which will it be— Mrs Harrison herself, or will it be Mrs. Stan- ford, or Mrs. Cullom, or Mrs. Rusk, or Elkins, or Mrs. Alger, or Mrs. Robert ‘T. Lin- coln, or Mra. John Sher- man, or Mrs. McKinléy, or will it be Mrs. Cleve- land, or Mrs.Gorman, or Mrs. Palmer, or Mrs, Whitney, or Mrs. Carlisle, or Mrs. Boies, in case our national politics take a somersault, as some think they will. If not any of these women, will it be the wife of the dark horse, or will that sable-hued animal have a wife, or not, having a wife, will he wantto wed? Anybody with a correct solution to this puzzle will supply = great public demand by stating it. The only promi- nent bachelor in the field is United States ator David B. Hill. Just because he is in that lamentable condition his ease can be dis- Posed of first. If Mr. Hill comes to the White House we are going through the same delight- ful experiences that preceded Mr. Cleveland's wedding day. It will not make the slightest difference whether or not Mr. Hill exhibits the faintest desire for feminine company, he ill be the daily object of |’ sus- picion, and of course. he will do Just as the other gentleman from New York did and in due senson tuke to himself awife. ‘That point settled, will: the object of his affection young or old? Well, he need not leave Washington to make an excellent choice a one that would do his own taste and the good repute of the nation infinite credit. If it is to be President Hill what w quantity of feminine etotions will be squandered iu the direction of the Executive Mansion. So far, how Senator Hill has any weakness or an} mental regard tor the society of woman! has kept it locked up in his innermost soul since he came here to live. He yikes his home at the Arlington Hotel, and when not en- gaged in his senatorial duties he is talking Politics with his friends, or sleeping, or eat- ing, or waiking about’ the streets, for he certainly is not going a courting. "A good many Senators’ and other officials’ fam- ilies are at the same hotel. Some of the wives are good looking and young and charm- ing, and nearly all are fond of society. They pth, have had piles of fun all winter trying to get | acquainted with Senator Hill. Their husbands have presented him and they have enjoyed many fetching little talks, and, lo and behold, when they met bim agaiu he never seemed to kuow them. ‘Ihey Low and smile and are always rewarded with a profound “Good morn- ing, madam,” and that is as fur as they ever get. ‘The Senator has been conspicuons by his absence from any and all sorts of social occa: sions wince he came here, So if he has an romance tucked away around his heart it is safe to say that there is not in Washington any woman able to point ont the direction of his flattering regard, aud there is evidently a wide sea of conjectureas to the personnel of the lady who may sit opposite President Hill at future state banquets. Now for the Indies named and a good many others who may feel that they might have been mentioned with equal propriety. For verily and indeed the writer of this may sce in the light of subsequent events cause to guash her tooth and muss her front hair with consuming rage that she did not have sense enough to do so. Some of these ladies are as actively in the race as their husbands, and « few make no secret of their ambitions and hopes in that direction, for, think they, nobody is as well posted as their wives on the qualifications these gentlemen possess for the best gifts the people can shower upon its idol. ‘The most of these ladies, however, keep securely locked up in their own minds any rosy visions in which they may indulge on the quiet, and no amount of adroit questionigg could tempt them to make the slightest comment on the political situa- tion so far as their own aspirations are con- cerned. Ina city and at « time like this, when the political stockpot has been put on for a long boil, it requires a pretty well-guarded tongue to keep from airing one's knowledge of turns and moves that look #0 innocent on’ the face. For the social world the politics of a President does not spoil the flavor of his din- ner parties, and, sad enough as if may sound to the serious observer of current eveuts, the din- ners and dances of an administration are as Likely to live as long in history ag its foreign treaties. ‘MRS. HARRISON, Mra. Harrison and Mrs. Cleveland are the only ones able to view the situation from the mount of experience. Mrs. Harrison has known also the hard work while the struggle is pending, as well as the delight of the victory. Her career as mistiess of the White Honse will make a bright page in its history. She brought to its duties all the influences of thoroughly good heart, a well-stored mind, a graceful dignity and a willingness to serve others before she consulted her own conven- jence. She has kept all her old friends, no matter what were the variations of the political thermometer, and sue has made hundreds of new ones. Two ladies were sitting opposite her one day lately at a luncheon. One more serious minded than usual said: “Do you know what Iread in that face? A wonderfully clear con- | ception of what is right and a strong, earnest determination to do it.” Her iriend’ replied: “Do you know what I see? Itis a simple thing, but it is very rare. Mra. Harrison may have more bonnets than when she came to the White House, but they are the same size.” The nation is justly proud of the good example she sets in her home hfe. Her patriotic impulses have Jed her to make such improvementsand changes in the White House that its future mistress will call down benedigtions on her name, no matter whether that lady will arrive one year or five years from date. Not omitting o single duty that the public by reason of long custom could expect of her, sire has done more in # sociai way and on a more liberal seule than | any of her predecessors. No President's wife has shown a deeper interest in our local insti- tutions nor a greater willingness to see and be seen at any and all times by the people of this city. In her marvelous good sense, as well asin her graciousness of manner, the younger ladies of the household, Mra. McKec, Mre. Russell Harrison, Mrs. Dimmiek and dirs, Parker, have cach shown themselves quite as gifted. "Mrs. McKee's group of intimate friends in this city has widened until it has grown to the dimensions of geat host. Never was a President's daughter more frequently or more handsomely entertained by the official and private residents than she has been, and with equal truth, it may be added, few have recipro- cated all these flattering attentions with the same pleasure and grace. MRS. CLEVELAND. Should Mrs. Cleveland return to the White will probably look at things in a much different light from what she did when she came there to be married in June, 1986, or when she left there in March, 1889, to return to private life. There certainly never was a queen who created any more popular enthusiasm at every public appearance and of whose move- ments the most trifling details were read with more avidity. Just in the height of national interest in himself Mr © 4 took to him- self a wife. All the world loves a lover and his bride, and if the eagle eyes of the feminine journalistic fraternity of this city let any little picturesque detsiis of their daily life pass by without « pleasantly worded paragraph it was only because they forgot it. Sometimes the gallant sex took a hand in writing up the Cleve- dulge in. Butshe must nos feel bad. I will marry her myself tomorrow. We ean all go up to the priest together With me she need not worry nor want for ariything. My son and the juires both effort Was soon ¢: gradually and gently old Tate-le-tuchten led the conversa- thon to one of the ob; of his visit, the selec- wife I shall give him will look out for the house and keep us supplied with food and clothing, and besides 1 have an oid wife at home who works about the house. Shedahda will have nothing to do but to sing and ply her needle. I have spoken.” And, with s sigh of satisfaction and S glance at the girl to note whether she was overcome with the honor in store for her, the old man subsided into a dignified silence. On the following day the little fleet of canoes again crossed the inlet, returning to Kustatan. Snugly stowed away “between decks,” as it iy Shedann, the uewiy made Dice, dreaming lay newly 6 of what?” Inthe forward hateh of the the lying me’ Iand home life. The history of that period establishes the fact that these domes- tic sketches were not as acceptable seading for Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland as the Uniformly kind and well put things which day after day were evolved from the peus with « Woman's hand manipulating them aud fairly throbbing at the same time with nervous anxiety to get the results into print. Mra Cleveland many times expressed her apprecia- tion of these attentions, and has often re- ferred to it since, showing conclusively that Mrs. copied in this country. If it is going to be President and Mrs. Gor- juan one of the most interesting, family groups in America will have the bright, ficrce iil t that beats about a throne let in on them. Mrs. Gorman has many fine traits of character, but sho has that rare faculty of making her home 40 attractive that nothing short of stern duty will get her husband after his day's wori: to leave his own fireside or would permit his chil- dren to let him go even if he were so minded. Father, mother and children are chums. ‘They are all willing to do their full duty by so- ciety there is nobody's latch string more responsive to a friend's touch, but the home life gocs on in its even, happy tenor. The fam- ily Las two idols, Senator Gorman and his only son and namesake, Arthur P. Gorman, jr. There are five daughters, Ada. Daisy, Hattie, Bessie and Mary. ‘The three eldest are in s0- ciety and the others have a year or two yet to spend in school. These young Indies, in addition to all their other accom- Jishments, are practical housekeepers. | They now how to cook a meat and not only to pre- pare all the plain or substantial food, but also to get up in the daintiest way the entrees, the salads und the most tempting dessefis. Lately their skill was shown in some of the nicest dishes served at one of their mother's lunch- eons, There is a standard of the completencss of a girl's education that ought to be widely Senator Gorman has a new home rapidly approaching comp.ction out in Laurel, m which the family expect to spend most of the coming summer. They have loads of friends who would like to see them go from it to the White House. MRS. ATANFORD. Mra. Stanford is one of the busiest women in America. She has her homes, her charities, her every-day interest in all the work of the university erected in memory of her son and still finds time to entertain elegantly in her home here aud to pay hundreds of visits ever; senson. At home in California she has ull the same duties to perform, with the additional obligations that come of closer ties. Still with | ail this she is a constant reader of oid and favor- ite works, new books on serious subjects and all the daily newspapers. She is used to lib- eral methods, and her plans, no matter what they are, are always on a magnificent scale, far-reaching in their scope aud the result of a quick intnition as well as a clear, common- nse and always practical comprehension of ils. Mrs, Staniord is well informed on every topic of general interest, and her ac- quaintance with California affairs is as wide as her loze for that state is deep. She has gone hand in hand with her husband m every great work of her life, and her judgment aud com- mendation was tle foundation of his first suc- cess. ‘Lhe Stanfords have many homes in Califor- nia, but the five that they go to the most ire- quently are those in San Francisco, Sacra~ mento, Menlo Park and on their great Vina and other ranches. Ali of them are in charge of competent servants and ean be placed in aciness for the family ina very short time. heir first California home is a tiny two-story cottage, still standing in cl ento, Mra, ntord never goes to that city without going to see tho old house for the sake of the pleas- ant memories clustering about it. There is a wide contrast between it aud their mansion oc- cupied by them when Mr. Stanford was gov- eruor of the state. This house is larger than any private residence in this city. Last fall Senator and Mrs. Stanford spent several days there while attending the state fair. ‘this house is a sacred place to them, as it was there their only child was born. Jor this reason ave never been able to part with it, al- though the state is anxious to buy it for a gubernatorial residence. It will be most likely, after their death, and perhaps sooner, ahome for crippled children. Their Nov Hull | Mansion in San Francisco has more room in it athe White House. In ull probability that be given to the city for 4 tree public li- brary. “Ineir country house at Palo Alto, to which their hearts turn mest lovingiy and which they always leave most regrettully be- cause near it their son lies buried, will, when they have passed away, become the residence of the president of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Mrs. Stanford's mail is ap large and often- times larger that that of a public official. Her well-known churities are, of course, one reason to make the burden of her correspondence so heavy. Her kindergartens in San Fraucisco and at Menio Park and the orpban asylum and day nursery in Albany, which she has built and endowed in memory of her parents, are some of her practical ways of helping the masses. Senator and dirs. Stanford's present visit to Calitornia is for the purpose of spending # week or so at Palo Alto revising the plans and awarding the contracts for two large hotels and otker buildings where the students can live at whatever price they are bext able to pay. These hotels will be conducted Ly outside parties, Ly the third year of the university's existence its founders liope to have 1,000 students. There are 49 there now and 600 ‘applications are on file. Ms. WHITNEY. The wildest flights of fancy seem to fail one in trying to imagine what White House life would be if Mrs. Whitney was first lady of the land. She made a niche for herself in the social his- tory of the Cleveland administration, and it “is extremely doubtful if she’ will ever have to be pushed to the wall for anybody else. She entertained hike a princess, and Washington never before or since saw her equal. In New York she is in the front row of fashionable matrous, and there docs not seem any possible honor further that she can achieve in that field of social she or Mrs. Stanf¢td could or would. Every ev. would be a memorable one. No doubt of that. Whitney will be President yet, his admirers if not in 93 then the next time. ‘Then ¥ Dorothy will be making her formal debut society. While Mr. Whitney has been in hirgton many times since he closed his vy Department portfolio, 1118 a mgnifleant fact that Mrs. Whitney has not come here at all. How upper tendom would enjoy seeing her drive right up the avenue to the White House when she does come again! MS. ELKINS, Mrs. Elkins would make a queenly first Indy of the land. She ix probably the youngest of any in the list and bas just the perfect health, happy disposition and social tastes that would fit her for this high honor. Nature has been kind to ber in munyways. She is endowed with good looks, good temper aud a good heart, Mer figure is as youthful as any youag girl can boast of and her gowns are dreams. She bas four young sons anda young daughter, who would make the White House a lively place if their father was President. ‘They now keep the cobwebs of everybody's heart at their big K street home. ‘They have no tastes or pursuits, unless it be playing tag or bicycling, in which their mother does not tke She is their ide, philosopher and friend. She helps them ¢ with their lessons, encourages their tastes for solid aud instructive readingand when play time comes does not object to their noise or pranks. The three youngest boysureat home — Siephen, Hieherd ‘aud “Buine, Master Davis Elkins being at college this year. Mise Kath- erine Elkins does not ict her brothers get ahead of her in any fun, that is going on. She plans attacks on the paniry or tue kitchen in smiling ce of the butler and the cook and generaliy conquers, She aud the small boys study at home the care of a govern All the public buiidings and the National Muscum are made object lessons for these youngsters and there will uot be many places left here that will not have been thor- oughly explored. Miss Elkins, the grown daughter, ix a bright, attractive’ young lady and a real help to her’ mother in the extensive hospitalities of their home. in contrasting the social customs of this city and New York, where Mrs. Elkins spent her “young ladyhood, sh thinks that the greater warmun and co-dial manuiested here among comparative strang is much to be admired. She never could y used to that ion of Auglo-mauia which | does not permit a hostess to introduce persons who are not only casual visitors, but ulso specinily invited guests. She says’ that fre- quently at dinner partics even in New York she has not been imtroduced to the person who sut next her at table, and while of course conver- sation was mutual still there was something lacking. It is her custom here to always intro- duce her guests to each other, and especially at her little informal receptions. ‘This trait 13 reaily one of the charms of going to her house, as the most diftident person will be at once set at case, re mms. SHERMAN. Mrs. Sherman is known the length and breadth of the land, and in this city her many yearsin official life has made the home of ‘Senator and Mrs. Sherman like that of a perma- nent resident. No one better understands the demands of society and few are better uble to acquit themselves of all its manifold obliga- tions. ‘Therefore many know her intimately and think is the happiest privilege of their lives to be able to say so. Few women are better acquainted with national events than she is, ana fewer still whose ripened judgment would carry the same weight on aimost an: ic of general interest, ln manner she Lobe Bectted but quiet, and perhaps alittle ladics and gentlemen temporarily residing in the White House are pretty steady readers’ of all news: matter in which their names appear. Now, all this to prove that if Mevana Mrs Cleveland were tule to hoop ‘the on Long reserved, bh always a fluent talker and Sn hy ati With those she kuows well. Senator und Mrs. Sherman have but one er, Miss Mary Sherman, whose ehild- ‘was spent in this city. uns. M'KINLEY, Mrs. McKinley is not known in Washington because her te health rarely allowed her to take part in any social affairs, s MRS. CULLOM. Mrs. Cullom is one of the most agreeab! hostesses in the senatorial circle and has a wide circle of admirers in this city and many more of them home in Iilinois_ who would like to get ‘notes from her dated from the Executive Man- sion, although Mr. Cullom has announced he has no ambitior in that direction. Mra C Jom keeps pace with her husband in her know! edge of public measures and the ups and down of politics. “She isan accomplished womap in Many respects, but in none, perhaps, are her characteristics better displayed than in her eping. At home she is thoroughly a her servitors include each and every member of her household. ‘the family is small, except- when the married daughters, Mrs Ridgely and her children and Mrs. Hardie with their husbands, are at home fora visit. Mrs. Cullom’s sister, Miss Fisher, makes her home with her: and is@ valuable assistant in all her social duties. cue wns. RUSK. If it's going to be President Busk everybody else as weil as the farmers can congratulate themseives in the personnel of his family Group. Mrs. and Miss Rusk would be charming hostesses in the White Louse. ‘Ihe Rusk house is u pleasant place to visit and each member of the family contributes alike to make it so. Mra. Rusk is # thorouzh housekeeper. Her tastes are quiet and domestic, but sbe pleasant woman to meet in society, aud certainly none Of the cabinet ladies have ‘acquitted themselves better of their social obligauions than she has. Goth her formal Wednesday afternoons during the gay season nud Ler iniormal days at home during each full and spring have given all the Pleasure of making her acquaintance. Her ners and luncheons through each season have brought together around her table many of the detightful people in both official and private life. Miss liusk inherits all the charin of her parent’ re naturalness and ha pressed herself upou every one as one of the sew girls that no amouni of flattery could spoil. An every way she is her mother’s Fight hand. MRS. CARLISLE. There are shoals of people right around hero who Would like to see Mrs, Carlisle mistress of the White House, 2nd who also believe that if she settled her mind rightdown to securing the presidency tor her husband that victory would be theirs.” The way they argue is that she never has failedin any contest in which she was inivrested heart and soul, She lias always ac- companied her husband on his political cam- paigus, and if there were auy changes in the current she was just as quick to see them as he was. ‘here never was a woman more devoted to her husband's constituents and as ready to lay aside all her pleasures to entertain them during their visils to the capital She is an accomplished womnain many ways, serupuious in attention to all demands ot her position, cousiderate and kindly in manners to all with whont she comes in’ contact and firm and unswerving in her frieudships. She is a devoted wife und just as devoted a mother. Her eldest son is married and lives in Chicago. He has two lovely children, who tind their grandparents utter slaves to all their baby notions when they are here on a visit. The younger son, Libbon Logan Carlisle, lives here With Lis parents. airs. Carliste is justly proud of the beautivul women of her state, and it is very seldom but that two or three young ladies froin Kentucky are her guests, MRS, PALMER. The wife of the Senator from Illinois, Mrs. Palmer, is a delightfully cheery little lady, who has made many triends during her brief resi- dence here. She is thirty-tive years the junior of her husband. She was a widow before she married Senator Palmer. She has six grown- up and married stepchildren and the grand- children in the tamily are very numerous. Mrs. Paluer has found much to entertain her here the past winter and las mingied considerably in social life. Miss BOIES. Ifthe presidential aspirations of the gov- ernor of Iowa are realized then the future mistress of the White House will be Miss Boies, his daughter. She is twenty-six years old and & good specimen of a progressive western Woman. She is xood looking also and need not have been Miss Boies so loug if she were not so minded. She has a great dgalof tuct, consider- able knowledge of political “affairs, no fads nor crazes, but plenty of general, all-around cul- ture. She is devoted tochurch work; believes in temperance and prohibition for those who want it. Her Christian name is Jessica. Gov. Boies has un elder daughter by his first mar- riage, Mrs. John Carson, who has a family of young children who may be having birthday parties in the White House some day. His two sons are Lewellen, thirty years old and his father's law partner, and Herbert, only twenty- three aud still a student. Rice. —— i IMMIGRATION FROM CANADA, This Government Endeavoring to Have Re- strictions at Dominion Ports, Col Lay, consul general at Ottawa for the United States, bas lodged « complaint with the Canadian government regarding the large number of undesirable immigrants who find their way into the United States by way of Canada, and bas re- quested that the American government be permitted to place inspectors at the chief im- migration depots in Canada where immigrants land tor the purpose of reporting their condi- tion and enabling the American government to make a direct aud pronounced remonstrance, should it be justified by the reports of the i spectors. No reply has yet been made by the government. —— Mra. Osborne Not to Ke Freed. Tn the house of commons Thursday Mr. Campbell asked whether, in view of the condi- tion of Mrs. Florence Ethel Osborne, who is serving a nine months’ sentence in connection with the great “pearl case,” and the danger to her unborn child, a pardon would be granted her. Mr. Matthews replied that he was aware of Mrs. Osborne's ies eee but it was not the rule to discharge female prisoners unless there were special medical reasons, which did not exist in the prisoner's case. er The Formidable Mustache, the Plate of Soup and the Unexpected Expedient. From Puck. HAZARDOUS WORK. 24,851 Railroad Employes Killed or Maimed in 1891, FOR AUTOMATIC COUPLERS. Perils of Coupling avd Uncoupling—An In- terview With an ex-Brakeman—An Avoca- * ton That is eset by Discomfort and Dan- ger on Every Side. OME TIME SINCE about 2.000 representa- tives of the railway em- ployes of North America | | assembled in conven-| | tion in the New York | |] Academy of Music and | if raised their voices in 4 protest against the al- most criminal parsi- | “2S, mony or indifference | zee which leads therailways | v “SS to slaughter or maim | many thousands of rail- | way men yearly. According to the report of | the interstate commerce commission which | Was quoted at that convention 24,851 railway | employes were killed or injured on this conti- | nent in 1891. Of this number of casualties | | bout one-half were due to the primitive and | j old-time barbarous mode of coupling cars. In other words, ten times the number of that en- tire convention of railroad men are sacrificed every ycar by causes that are easily preventable. The principal work of the convention was the unanimous adoption of a resolution asking for the passage of some law that will lessen the frightful sloughter of huaan beings by re- quiring that ail railroads shall equip freight with automatic couplers and power brakes. THE LAW PKOPOSED. As are-echo of this resolution there was re- cently introduced in the Senate by Senator Cullom a bill covering these requests and it was referred to the committee on railroads. Atarecent meeting of this committee William E. Rogers, ex-member of the board of state railroad commtssiouers of New York and now 4 member of the committee on safety appli- auces, appeared betore it and spoke in favor of prepared by him and introauced by ator Cullom. He said, among other things, that the representatives of 125,000 out of the 160,000 miles of railroad in the country were | in favor of the bill, and the switchmen, be said, had also approved it. _ The representatives of the railroad corpora- tions claim that legislative interference is not needed, as the matter will adjust itself of its own accord in time. It isclaimed on the other hand, howe present rate of equipping frei rs with patent couplers and air brakes it will be three years at least be- | fore the work is concluded, and, further. tat | by granting the railroads the permission of taking their time in the matter the enor- mous number of about 20,000 innocent lives will be sacrificed. ‘The saving of the lives or bodies of nearly 20,000 men and heads of families, it is held, is an end of more impor! than any dividends or interest on railway stocks or bonds, The visit to Baltimore last Saturday of a sub- committee of the House to inspect the scar works of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at | Mount Clare, to make practical observations on the subject of car couplings, suggested to a Sak reporter the idea of interviewing a mem- ber of that great army who,would be benefited by the passage of the pending Dill An | intelligent looking young = man was | found at a raiirond crossing with the city limits working the lever that lowers the gate which protects passersby from passing trains. He used but one hand at his work, for the reason that the other, with the arm to the shoulder, was missing. A knowl- edge of railroad service by the reporter led him to believe in advance that here was an object lesson in the daily service of a railroad brakeman. Upon inquiry this surmise proved correct. A GATE TENDERS sTORY. After the train gad swept on and the gate had been raised to ite” proper position the reporter followed the gateman into his little cabin. “Yes, I lost my good right arm,” he said, “coupling cars. ‘That occurred some four years back. Had it not occurred 1 would be earning €75 a month now instead of $30. A rotten deadwood did the work for me. i had pussed throngh that stage of a brakeman’s life wherein he*uses a stick to hold up the coupling link and considered myself an expert. This confidence on the part of railroaders causes one-half the accidents. Ihad two apparently sound cars to put together and went in between them as invocent as you please. They came together slow and easy like, but the deadwood, that supports the bulinose, to which the ilinks coupled, crumbled beneath the pres- sure of the cars that were backed up and Twas caught. They pulled me out as quick as pos- sible, but my arm was mashed to a pulp up to the elbow aud the doctor said six ribs were broken. No, railroaders don’t die easy. In four weeks I' was walking about and shortly thereafter was assigned to this post and I have ‘been here since. HKather hard to have to work for the remainder of one’s life at 30 amonth. ButIm not kicking. I knew the risk 1 was taking when 1 went on the road, but being a farmer's lad thought the work easier, and so paid the penalty for deserting green fields and the flavor of new-mown hay. TUL RISKS RAILROADERS RUN. “Not one person out of a hundred compre- hends the risks of a railroader’s life. Were all the appliances perfect, the exposure to the coid of winter and the heat of summer, to say noth- ing of protecting the company’s property from tramps, would call for service enough for the compensation granted. “When a green hand first tackles railroading he will usually provide himself with a short stick with which to lower or raise the link, so as to alip it into the smail opening in the bull- nose. In this way he protects -lis hand, but the ridicule of the older employes is too much for him and he soon discards it. As weeks pass by and he comes through all right listle safeguards that a careful man wiil always look aiter are forgotton and then his time comes. Perhaps it is ona night when the ground is slippery under his feet and the darkness so deep that the light of a fellow-brakeman’s lamp a short distance up the track lochs like a firefly flickering about onasummer’s night. As the cars come to- gether he loses his ‘oothold on the ,crossties, falls forward, and lucky is he if only an arm or leg is lost. “Zhen, again, on a frosty morning, the brake- man, with gloved hand, grasps the coid link as the cars come together, und, as the link enters the builnose, he ‘puils his hand away or tries to. But the frost has frozen the glove fast. it ig only for a fraction of second, but that lit- 4 die of the brus pas | graph tubes for mo: tle time has cost him a hand or an arm. THE OVERLAPPING PLATFORMS, “One of the most deadiy traps a brakeman has to contend with is the over and under buffer or platform of a freight car. One road builds one size of car and another road has a different standard of size. When these cars come together one platform overlaps the other. You can sce the deadly effectiveness of this combination. In the da: this mixture of standard sizes is ail right and harmless, but at night can be depended upon todo horrible work. Ihave seen men almost torn in two by this overlapping. The Car Builders’ Awsociation has remedied this evil to 8 great extent within the last year. BETWEEN TUE CARS. 6 “Many people believe that it is unnecessary for,a brakemun to go between the cars to couple up. ‘They are woefully mistaken. Un- der the present conditions of train service passenger cars are the only kind completely equipped with patent couplers. About one freight car in fifty is supplied with them, and there is no other way for a brakeman to make up a train thau by going in between the cars. | From Puck. “Another danger in coupling and uncoupling cars is the liability to catch the feet —— in the track. ‘This is peculiarily the case when the uncoupling must be done while the train is in motion. These accidents are generally con- fined to freight yards or where a great number BOTTLES Wr u PLorLe rMEry. Filled by Millions With Veer, Ginger Ale and Lemon Pop. if OTTLE WASHING IN THIS DAY HOLDS tank asa sdfence. This is the ng but tles, Man har been var “tool-using animal, de. but he might bett ottle-using anim: when heavy drinkers 1 spoken of admiring!y as ~ men, but tho have enormoxsly multiplicd thousands of years pass race before the primitive aaly def ak numa eavaco how to make « bottle. It | wonderfal achievement and marked an im: portant «tage in the procress of the world. The firet bottles of clay must have required great labor in their manu! Now | are made by thousands of us year! cheap ® rate that of them are t away as soon as they have been emptied of their contents and are never used @ second time. BUSINESS OF COLLECTING Roti Es. Nevertheless there are concerns which make a business of collecting great quantities of second-hand bottles and selling them to various trades by which such re. employed. ‘The great bottling con all their own bottles and use th over agait and getting ti bottle which goes often to the cx broken sooner or later, so that bottle may be said to have a nat ever, no com has yet been insuring the lives of bottles to here in a bottling extabii street just off Pennerly many thousands filied daily. ‘The process is quite an interesting one. MW THEY ARE CLEANED. These bottles are for hold: ale, sarsaparilla, lemon atively innocent bevera comes in empty, is adjusted for a moment ton muchine with «rubber brush, #hich enters U gluse flask with tremendous rapidity, loosening ali particles of dirt which may adhere to the insiae, Through the » a tube atthe same time a streat o! end revolves vial. So swift is the gyration that if oniy afew drops of beer eban to remain in bottle the latter lookw immedis it were filled with milk. This it is removed from the dropped into a huge vat of hot water stand at the vat, fish the bottis waterand stick them botte is of cold w y id up and the lig seen the botile ex the process again, EASILY FILLED AGATS, As fast as the botties are cleansed they are put into wooden cases holding two dozen supposing that they are for lager be cases are placed on the floor ben on winch isa row of beer keg tapped snecessivi and un conducted into th des b which splits up veral none workman shifts the tubes nt between icle of dirt is to k and the to bottle as fast ax they are filled. E case of filled bottles is carried & corking iuachine, which —eeals flasks hermetically with rubber the rate of about fifty a minute. re all ready ‘Lat is a business by itself and any b: facturer who did attempt to do would be likely to antagoni trade to.an extent that age interests, The boitlers buy the beer outrig from the brewers and sell the bottled product on their own account. WITH MILD DRINKS So far as the washing of the bottles is con- cerned, precisely the same methods apply to those which are intended for ginger ale, sar- saparilla end lemon pop. Lut the process for putting these beverages into the Vials is neces- sarily very different, because they have to be charged with carbonic acid gas. They are all made out of nothing more than charged water and sirup. The manutacturer keeps in stock great jars full of sarsaparilla sirup, ginger sirup and lemon sirup. He makes them all himself. For making the gas-charged water he bas a big copper veel of immense strength. Above this vessel is a receptacie filled with sulphuric acid, which drips drop by drop into the copper vessel be- neath. The latter contains a quantity of mar- bie dust. Now, when the sulphuric acid comes into contact with the marbie dust violent chemical action 1s set up, the result of which is to separate the carbonic acid from the lime in the shape of gas. ‘This gas has enormous ex- pansive power, and it is for that reason that the copper vessel bas to be made so strong. CHARGING THE WATER. The gas thus generated is allowed to pass into other copper tanks filled with filtered Potomac water. Inasmuch as these tanks are hermetically sealed the gas forced into them by its own expansive power permeates the water and charges it. i same way that the so-called “soda wat manufactured for distribution in air-tugit ve It is in precisely the is sels to apothecary shops. In this case the | charged water is conducted out of the tanks through a pipe that is counected with a very ingenious machine. Each botile to be filled is attached to # spout, and @ turn of a swall lever permits ene ounce and no more of sirup to run into it, Then another lever is pressed and » gush of charged water fills the bottle, be ougiily mixed with the sirup at ti By a curious arrangement the cork, wiic Leen hung from the neck inside of ' the bottle, is simultaneously forced up by the expanding gas into the neck and the vial MANUFACTURING SIRUPS. Not the leagt interesting part of the bu. For composing ginger sirup a quan dered ginger root is put into a big vessel with water and permitted to weeks, ‘Lo give the product lat half 4 dozen handiuls of small red are added, Next the liquor is strained off aw: stirred in another large jar with enough suge: to bring it to the proper sirupy cousisiency. Lt is now icady for use. Sarsaparilla sirup is made in a somewh ilar fashion out of winter; t and some secret ingrs with sugar. Lemon sirup is sug flavored with oil of lemon peel with citric acid. To make these prey foam when poured into glasses a suiall quantity of a gummy material known as “gum soam’” as added. Mauy fancy drinks made out of unferm earthenware uk: a d © names, suc pagne miss,” and are consumed in large qu Tics at the sod, water fountains of apotnecary shops. ‘The bottlers put these upin the shape of sirups, to which soda water is added for im- prompta absorption. They procure the un- fermented wines trom California and prepare the sirups from them. ——. The First Bluebird. Just rain and snow! and rain again! And dribble! drig aud biow! ‘Then snow: and Uluw! aud slush! and Some more rain aud suow! ‘This morning I was "most afeared ‘Yo wake up-—Whet, 1 jing I seen the suu shine and heerd "The first viuebird of spring! phen— ‘Mother she'd raised the winder some; And in actost tlie orchard come, Soft as a angel's w A breezy, treczy, beesy’ ham, ‘Too sweet fur dnytaing: ‘The winter's sirond was rent a-part— ‘The sua burst forth in glee— And Wen tha: divevird sung, my heart ‘Out’ bed with mee —Jaues Waircous Rizey. 4 bottles are washed aud re- | 0 through | Ly Maces Tie Dear Hoan | | Is cocess Ov A Nover Lxernomext. TOKATION OF DEAR- ow {rae myers s kn SESS BY AN UNSEEN DEVICE TUROKIES STUCCESSFULLT APPLIED. | arime th past tow years there have tee msm ered beyond cit present knowiedseof the esr to make ® pract CruIDeNt Of the kind, Commgnen' when t was first invented not much a be sane, ae it wae wold enemy im a rejadl < moat plysicians and auriets ov rumeut and seem pleased yelled until, at the present kindly wpom 2 the succes it ie & recentZinterview Mr. ie statement that to had Wales made the remark. ts hnowielgre th ce whieh, ever talind where relief wae of caem that it will stop are towach an ea Rares Exrexenise, 2241 Lith st we pening and Fxhibition SATURDAY, MON. PUESDAY, April? 4and 5. Ali the new. Jean Millinery aud other no Our sty lew } bal season under the supervision of Miss MAMIE DOING, late of Lord & Taylor's, Ni York, Sprine 0} xt Deranrstest. Sailors, 25c. Exhibition price, Ie. Mixed Sailors, 37ige. Exhibition 100 Laces’ Straws, Bewest for the season, 50c, Ex- | hibition price, 2tc. 500 Moruing Glory Wreatha, 39e. Exhibition price, 300 Loves, large sprays, 2%, Exhibition price, 100, Career Deranrwenr. 50 pleces Fancy Matting, Ise. Exhibition pric, 5) pieces 4-4 Olicloth, Z5e. Exhibition price, 17. 100 Axnunster-Moguct Rugs, 1.00. Exhibition mee, 81.19, 0 Smyras Rugs, $2.49, Exhibition price, €1.08. 100 Smyrna Ruge, 7c. Exhibition price, 2c. Lisex Axp Waurre Goons De PARTMENT. B0dozen Towels, Ge. Exhibition price, Be. 100 dozon Towels, 5c. Exiubition price, 1230. pisces, Fancy Curtain Sorim, 10e. Exhibition bicces Fancy White Nainaook, 12ige, Exhibition Price, Se. Unxorewean Deranrwenr. 2% dozen Ladies’ Chewise, Se. Exhibition price, 300 pieces Embroideries, fe. Exhibition price, #e. Nonox Depanzaesz. 200 dozen Spool Bk, 100 yards, ¥o. Exhibition Prive, 2c. 000 pairs Madame Warren Hose Supporters, Ic. Exh. Usearsia Deranrwexr. 500 Gioria Umbrellas, 61. Juv Gloria Unorellas, oxidized Landes, @L60. Ba hibition price, We. Diess Goovs Deranruext. | 10 piece Colored Mohair, 50c. Kahibition pric, 20. 10 pieces Cheviot, mewest styles, 60c. Exhibition price, abe. 10 pisces Gatin Rhazwere, $1. Exhibition price, Ste. 20 pieces Ladies’ Cloth, (ie. Exhibition price, 49s. Corser Deranruent. 20 dozen Diack Satine Corsets, Tie. Exhibition *, ave. > dozen Madame Warren Corset Waiste, 60c. Rx- hibition price, 180. W dozen Summer Corset, Toe, Exhibition prion, | aie. i» Hosiery Deranraesr. 50 doz. Children’s Bisck Fuli Recuiar Hove, 250, | Exhibition price, 1239. | 20doz. Ladies’ Lisle Hose, Tan, Mode, Zhe. Exbi | bition price, 12e. | doz. Meu's Hose, 25c. Exhibition price, 123go. Reaxast Deranrwest, 2,000 ys. Black Luce Striped Grenadines, 250. Ia- hibition price, te. 2.00) yds. Lace Striped White Goods, i2ige. Exh bithon price, 7 hye 2.000 sua. Fyrured Beiges, 88 tn., 12%40, Kabibition Price, $c. W maP Deranruest. 500 Clildren's Keefers, @1.u¥. Exhibition pric, é1.10, | 200 Beaded Shoulder Capes, 63.00 Exhibition price, SLO, | SU Ladies’ Jackets, $5. Exhibition price, 62.09. Suoe Deranrwenr. 5 pair Hand-sewdd Shows, opera and 0.8, @4 Ex Conrasx Derarruest. 50 prirs Lace Curtains, Svc. Exhibition price, 480. 2S pairs Lace @urta.as, €1.40 Exhibition price,@e. Hasoxexcr . Deranrwenr. 109 doz. Ladies’ Embroidered Handkerchiefs, S50. Exhibition price, 123¢. Rares Riana 1241 Lith st. o0.. apise ‘Leader of Low Prices. Thave been before you, throweh The Star, every day fortwo years. I have strenuously avoided saying suything caiculated to misiend the most reader. Ihave cndeavored to impress au read ny advertinowents that wuatever make is aancred pledie to the people, Ident Ww give you sometiang sor mothing. 1 Gon't article beiow cost and best yo ob smother. Wernish over Coubtial statements, bUL g1¥e AD every Mintatice, NOW READ: Fix-tt. Fatension Table, oat, $3.08. Fix-tt. Exvension Table, luster lag, Gh Feather Filo (uot ebicken), 0a Yaru-wide Carpet, 11 to 500, Brussels Carpet, 45, Cie, @e ly itil ‘SC-piece Fancy lea Set, 2.08, Toilet Sete, €1.0 wo 610. bia Tumb.ers, 1c Buves. J orks, Spoons, Kitchen Ware, &e. Wecandurnish your Lowe from top to bottom, es cept Ptcves. Jf you doo's want anything yourself tel peur treads abouts oRasTrs 1510-12 7th ot., bet. Pend Qaw. ‘Nothing on credit. If you can't pay cash mo usete come. Load