Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1892, Page 8

SUMMER AND STYLE. Raiment Which Will Heighten the Charms of the Summer Girl. HINTS FOR THE SEASON. Harmonies in Dress—A Love of a Jacket—A Pretty Afternoon Costume - Lace for Bodice ‘Trimming—The Care of the Hair in Sum- Y STRICT ATTEN- tion to a smail business many large fortunes wave been made, and ‘by @ careful attention to the details of per- sonal adornment many & woman has acquired the reputation of being always fashionably and well dressed. In other words, I would warn you that the day has gone past when a man can acquire the fame of a Beau Brummel, as Benjamin did on the strength of a single coat, or when ® woman can make her name in the fashionable world as Queen Sheba did with @single gown. To deserve the proud distine- tion of being well-dressed woman calls for quite as much montal effort and physical wear and tear as it does to acquire and maintain the reputation of being an intellectual woman. Her gowns are her poems, her wraps are her sonnets, her bonnets are her short stories; whe Inbors to achieve a harmouy, just as the iatel- Jectual woman lies awake to perfect a plot. ® 418 DRESS. And, speaking { barm nies, the jacket is a ery good form o «x uss of im striving to compose something new without taxing the brain too heavily. A pretty jacket has so much Style that it often makes one forgivé an unbe- coming bonnet. It is by far the most practical of the day, either in its indoor or out- Set tores.. By grvctical I mean that it to a fort of ready relicf for an old gown. In fu # you have a good stock of ingennity yon may twansform an old silk bodice. if of bright cotor, fatos pretty jacket by the addition of Inc and 8 lace bertha, Striped velvet Makes a pretty jacket when trimmed with surah matching the lighter stripe and fitted with a surah vest. For outdoor wear the shade of cloth should have deeper velvet collar with lines of stitching on the revers. cuffs, pockets and around the Or you may pleat the rovers, that is, them loose im caseade style. and em ider them with a small pattern. The inevit- Sble Watteau fold lends an air of refined eie- team outdoor jacket. It should be fiat, ie be embroidered down the center. STYLISH JACKET. Im the initial illustration is shown a very jacket made up in sevres blue cloth, lace jabot. The directoire revers are stamning and should be in dark blue of bengaline, and be edged with gold or falloon. There is also a plastron beneath Jabot, the pearied passementerie trimming where the basque flares. The must be made up over the cloth materia), shows at the edge. The sat toothed pock- are trimmed with the galloon. The cuffs must be finished in a manner similar to the and the straight collar be garnitured marabout or feathers. > ECRU CLOTH AND BLUE SILK. Ip my second illustration you will find pic- @ very ehatming aftetnoon costume in a material just a little darker than ecru made up on a light blue silk foundation, which shows on one side, as indicated. The deep ceinture is of the silk, as is also the veet aud the cuff, The fronts of the bodice are trimmed with real of imitation marabout or feathers. ‘The princess form will Very prettily imi- tated the coming season by the combination of a ort bodice and tight- fitting skirt. It is nota difficult matter to fit an umbrella skirt over one of these short bodices, provided you cut them about an inch and a half deeper than re- quired, in erder to se- - eure a good inlay be- skirt. Then fellon 4 strip of gal- or to keep the of the skirt andeven. Asa geueral thing you trim top of the skirt to correspond with the bor only ina narrower width. Wherever the opens the band opens. and if you fit the well it is only necessary to fasten it back front with safety hooks. The edge of the ye must be kept ax thin and flat as pos- and merely finished with « thin binding. sh must be made a little tight and be Pressed. STYLISH REDINOOTE EFFECT. being in a adjusted uniter line im strong material, ning with hooks in middie and cover Qt the top with putts of the silk gathered at the feck and at the bottom @ad hooking toget! @ith the corselet to the _ the left sid at back Ie basques have a box-pleat in the , LACE Gansiteae. You can’t go fa. astray if Wenetian guipure for Lediee trimmin Pome charming black dresses delig: ne of with In faet, b to be extren this sens I noted as old rose, light green and s' In my fourth illu tion I present a style of lace garniture which will help yoa out in trimming “s dancing gown this summer. The jabot effect is used in this particular case, reaching down at the Wack to the waist and > pd crossing in front. On @e shoulders there are bows of ribbon and the Tace is arranged iu the guise of epaulets. In @eder to bring out the full effect of this lace | @taament you should make it up on Buslin or tuile. ‘We always get a foretaste of June sometime $B May aad at once our thoughts revert to foilets for the outing seasou. This advance strip of gnu of summer aif calls up visions of life at! ‘We sensitte aad at the springs. and hence you ‘Will doubtless be giad to catch « gliny of the summer girl as she is to be, full of charm- fing abandon and dispiaying her beautiful eol- @reand graceful outlines as ifshe were quite (nconscivas of the admiring glances following Ber from a seore of envious eyes. In my last Gllustration I present two types of the sumnier girl—one a bit steady and dignified and in no ‘Wise exaggerated im dress; the other the very embodiment of the spirit of modishness, the who dresses with the same idea in view amanthor or artist has, to wit: to draw @ommendation from her fellow creatures, for i werd which falls to the lot fitting gored skirt was trimmed at the bottom THE ENGLISH PRESS. Its Utter Ignorance of Affairs in the United States. SENSATIONAL NEWS ITEMS +] Are the Most Used Mm Newspapers on the Other Bide—Why This is so--The Lord Chief Justice Presiding at the Assises—-Of Interest to Cyelers. en tncintinaeacitin Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. “Laveapoot, April 28, 189%, MERICAN CITIZENS ‘who have lived in Eng- land for any consider able period know that John Bull and the peo- ple in his island, with some notable excep- tions, have not, aed never have had, an ordinarily decent opin- iom of Uncle Sam and people and things on his continent, the elap. trap of visiting preach- ers, netors, fecturors and other ax grinders to the contrary notwithstanding, This is said in no spirit of malice toward the “mother country,” for Ihave very pleasant recoliec- tions of many years’ residence in it and am a incere admirer of some of Sts institutions, as 1 hope to prove in later letters. This English coutempt of American institutions is riue to the amazing ignorance of the lower and middle teel trimming. Frills, ruches edgings are often fashioned from material as the gown itself with the different colored trimming oy = it In en owns it is quite the thing to seam ap SC ile back and make the opening at the side like a trouser’s pocke' and a smail pocket is pla dat the opening on the right side. ‘The materia! is simply cut down the required depth and one edge has a false fly, on which the buttons are placed, The bell cuff and oversleeve will be accentuated as the senso advances, They are certainly very stylish, CARE OF THE HATR IN SUMMER, There is one thing the summer girl is most careful about, and that is her hair, for she knows that it can’t help being aven from nape to brow. Hats are oftener off than on, and the outdoor up every defect. The tendency seems to be to retain the waved effect as mest graceful for top and sides of the head, classes, and even otherwise well-educated Britishers coneerning the new world, and the blame for such ignorance must be in’ great | measure laid at the doors of members of my own profession, both American and English, American news in English newspapers is con- spicttous by its almost total ebsence in sharp coutrast tothe complete English specials in eat Atnerican dailies and the excelleut daily nglish budget served by the Associated Press ad the United Press. Some of the papers here ding head line, “France, Italy and United States,” and so on, but oniy news 6 latter country of the mout sensational jer seems to be sent or published. Ac- counts of lynchings, with the horrors grossly j exaggerated—and heaven knows a lynching is horrible enough—are always leaded and given conspicuous positions in journals that are not But They Set All the Singers to Thinking | otherwise at ail sensational,and simultaneously With Softened Hearis, ix published a long editorial abusing the From the’Boston Herald. United States fgr tts condition of barbarism. It was almost closing time in the busy down- = is always ong eS the sou, zen belated di that is blamed. Your English editor, usually town restaurant. A half dezen belated diners | 1 aboermpinhed ‘Goulloaten ‘of polished styl lingered at the tables and counters, and as| Sho writes editorials by the yard, finde so many girls were waiting for the checks and | much difficulty in mastering the intricate si plicities, if I might o call them, of our Consti- tution as did the Italian journalists during the New Orleans affair. For instance, one of the Sirst papers I picked up on my arrival in Liver- pool was the Pictorial World, and conspicuous in it was an account of a lynching in Texar- kana and an editorial calling the United States ply to account. After lynch- murders have the call, and more space and comment will be given to one of these horrible murders than to one equaliy as hortible in the paper's own city. Train rob- beries rank next in popularity, and then come fearful accidents, such as earthquakes, train wrecks, floods and cyclones, What is the result? The British newspaper reader believes that America is a laud where lynchings and the events named are of daily occurrence, where wealth is abundant, where statesmen do not exist, and where every poli- tician is a bold, bad man. In addition to the blood-and-thunder stor; a feature of the sensational ‘family” news- paper and the wild western penny dreadful i always in demaud among the youth of this country. Outside of London few American plays are produced, but those of the most sen- sational kind—“On the Frontier” is bemg played at a leadmg theater in this city as I write—and they are looked upon as typically American, but the thing to strive for will be curious twists and turns given to the little curis on the fore- head, rts of attitudes id inclina ns, t being to impart an arch and piquant expression to the face. Ant last, but far ir sent sunshade, a weapon of attack and repulse in the hands of the summer gitl; atiack, when unfolded used to cast its becoming tints over the faci c, when shutting out ua- weleome glance I have noticed two charm- ing styles, on <inal red brocaded with black, and the other a cream-colored gauze ornamented with Pompadour flowerets, trim- deep rutile of the same material, The handles will be in the naturai woods. A FEW OLD SONGS, It was a bohemian company, such as affects Inte hours, good cheer and periodical frugality. Suddenly one of the girls started the old familiar meiody of “Speed Awi Another joined at the second measure, and several more came in on the chorus, “Wait for the Wagon” found atenor in the ex-member of the Harvard Glee Club, who was discussing achop at the counter, while “We Love Our Old New England” brought out the bass of the shoe drummer, who used to teach singing school in Maine. At the “Old Folks at Home” the baritone, who used todo a song aud dance act, added his somewhat stagy intouatious, and when the former schoolmisiress started “Auld Lang Syne,” supported by the recent star soprano of a.good old New Hampshire church choir and the contralto of a variety chorus, the herdic men and overstocked ‘newsboys began to gather ma little knot on the sidewalk to see what was going on. The singers went on from one old, well- Worn tune to another, finishing, “Be Kind to Thy Mother” and “Do They Miss Me at Home?” out of fast-gathering oblivion. And when at last the odd conjunction of singers closed with “Home, Sweet Hiome,” the tenor resolved to ruu out and see his mother you make use of | | mer months, for there is wher | supply of ice. Wherein is the American journalist blai able? you will ask. In that, as was pointed out to me by an English editor, it is invariably an American who supplies the highly colored sensations, Nearly a yeat ago Allen Forman in the Juurualist, speaking on this subject vised the proprietor of a cable news company to curb the exuberant imaginations of some of his brilliant young men and let their dispatches gain in accuracy what they would lose in sen- sationalism. Ihave no doubt the good sense of the English public, if not of Eng.ish Jour- ‘There is a remarkable ice shaft not far from ualists, would welcome the change; and I am this piace. It isa freak of nature formed in | Meee Cslumas of the Seetbehan here an abandoned shaft sunk by miners in old New | Nouia be gladly opened to the pabtication of York guich in Meagher county. facts concerning the literature, the wonderful ‘This gulch was very rich for drift diggers in | resources, the enormous strides in commercial ext day; the basso cancelled his poker engage- ment and the baritone concluded he'd better not go by any of thoverbrilliautly lighted places that night. And the sopranos aud the altos put on their wraps in a hushed kind of way and Went straight home, full of the memories of other faces and the thought of other scenes, _ An Ice Shaft in Montana. ‘New York Letter iu the Ch: fo News. ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. 0. c.. SATURDAY, “MAY 7, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. _—_—— How the Relations Between a Fox and the Biacksnake Were Determined. ‘Oorrespondence of The Evening Btar. Huwtixapox, Pa., May 5. ‘The recent death of old Hiram Ross, the famous hunter and trapper of the Bear Meadows, deprived ‘this region of one of ite most interesting and remarkable char- acters, He was a real backwoodsman in the old-fashioned sense, quaint, un- tutored naturalist, a regular “old settler.” His log cabin, built among the rockicst and ‘most inaccessible fastnesses of Stone mountain, where Huntingdon, Center and Miillin counties come together, is a veritable treasury of odd souvenirs and hunters’ relics, A big jar fall of rattlesnake rattles adorns the rude mantel over the wide fireplace, bear skins cover the floor, deer antlers hang from the walls, gnd a thou- sand odd traps and queer knicknacks, memen- toes of the chase, besides countless boxes and cages contaming living pets, captured in the woods, litter the whole establishment from top to bottom. There Hiram tived im peace ‘and quiet, enjoying an ideal hunter's life, far from the madding crowd, with bat few wants and innocont tastes; fishing at will in tho Standing Stone creck, which fairly swarms with trout, aud hunting in the surrounding wilder- ness deer, bear, wildcats,” foxes, rabbits, tur- keys and all other sorts of game native in the heard until be t of the crowd. queer ceremony, but the same form had bee e through for many hundreds of years. saw it there came to my mind another exit from his court room of a chief justice, not a Jord nor a subject, but acitizen, “It was that of Chief Justice Fuller. He was nibbling at an apple as he ran to catch a street car. PITHY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY. + Lord Coleridge, I understand, takes more than s passing interest in the American bench ‘and bar, which interest dates trom his visit to the United States, when he was the guest of the late Chief Justice Waite. I had seen him about ten years ago, und therefore could observe that Father Time had dealt gently with him, He looked as comfortably fat and jolly as the monks im certain popular pictures, Lord Coleridge's marvelous fund of legal lore com- mands the admiration of lawyors everywhere. Ho is one of the wits of bis profession, and “hi thy and pointe instructions — to fosee have been the models for many lesser lights of the bench. During the assizes I saw him handle all sorts of cases—aaw him in his merciful and his merry moods, when he cajoled with the bar and had ® laugh with the jury, when his paticnce seemed well nigh inexhaustible and when, in ringing, scornfal accents, he made a wretch’ in the dock cower ns he pictured to him the enor- mity of his crime, and then gave him the fall penalty of the law. Ina very funny breach of Promise case the defendant, a farmer, was put on the stand. He laughed ‘all the time in a stupid sort of manner and evaded the counsel's questions. His lordship scored him in sum- ming up with the characteristic conclusion: “Now, gentlemen, he has had his laugh, Just tell him what it is wort! And they did, at a lively figure, One caso heard before Lord Coleridge was remarkable to me for two things—-the great scope allowed by the judge to the prisoner, who dofended himself, and as illustrating how little the English newspapers know about real news, cven when it walks right up to their Yery doors, for the press box wuts full of report- ers. The case was of an indecent character; but an altercation between one witness and the prisoner wontd have becn seized on by an American hustler for two columns at least, and would subsequently go the round’ of the exchange editors. Few unprinta- ble words’ wore spoken during the altereation, which was uprontiously funny, and rehearsed — the family quarrels of a neighborhood. ‘The prisoner's cross-ex- amination was one of the most unique in the history of the bar, but next day's papecs gave it only a few lines, while they gave 2s much space to a selling-without-a-license case, It ras daring this cross-examination that T no- ‘ticed the patience of the judge. It lasted over an hour, five minutes of which were not given to the case proper. I might add here that the prisoner proved the truth of Lord Coke's fu- Not fong ago Hiram trapped two live foxes, a maleand a female, fully grown, and confined them in an improvised iron cage of his own construction. “The pair soon became recon- ciled to their captivity and acquired a stron mutual affection for each other and a marked fondness for Hiram. Tho latter kept them well supplied with birds from the neighboring woods, and with fruits, nuts und occasional ra- tions of meat. They ‘seemed perfectly” catis- fied with this regime, but Hiram nevertheless constantly sought out new delicacies for them. A SCOTCHED SNAKE. Early in April, accordingiy, when rambling on the mountain, he surprised a big black snake curled up cozily on top of a flat-topped boulder basking in the sweet sunshine, the thought struck him that maybe the foxes might relish a taste of fresh live black snake. Hiram had often speculated as to the relations existing between foxes and snakes in general, and here was a good chance to experiment; so, picking up a ‘forked stick, he quietly ap- proached the boulder and, with a dexterous movement of his right hand, pinned the black- snake down by placing tho forked stick over it, close behind the head, while. with his left hand, he seized the reptile by the back before it could recover from its surprise and deftly poked it in his game bag, buckling the cover down tightly to secure his prisoner, When he gothome he deliberately dropped the writhing snake into the foxes’ cage and waited to see what they would do. Instantly their bright eycs sparkled with delight and their luxuriant brushes vibrated aloft with aS aumation in proof of their picasure. male fox, although he had hitherto shown an astonishing degree of gallantry toward his mate by denying himself many « dainty morsel in her favor nt feeding times. immediately for- got himself and sprang like a flash at the snake. early daya It paid as high as €400 to a four-| Progress, the drama and the socicty of the : i be well also 1 foot set of timbers, which two miners could | peyvte of ihe United teen sow tats coucts easily put in with a day's work. Several years | Pitti better. ago two miners sunk a saft along one side of the gulci, about three miles above its mouth, or where the guich empties into Trout creek. | an unfair picture of English life. Ihave never The shaft was put down about fifty-five feet eninan American newspaper a picture of below the surtuee of the gulch, and it was well | "©¢ timbered from the bottom to the top, with a| British viciousness among the lower clusses, good, stout ladder to go down on. except im the form of interviews with British ‘The miners struck the rim of the guich and | Philanthropists and Christian workers. But if missing the pay streak they abandoned the | Such were the pabulum that American corre- shaft, as it was of no more use to them. spondents bere cured to servd up, what a store- ‘There has since formed about midway of the | house rich im vice could be drawn upon in this shaft a solid mass of ice clear around the shaft, | Civilization of & thousand years, is city of with the exception of a small air hole in its | Liverpool, for instance, isa grand one in many center. It is frozen to the timbers of the It 8 a great commercial link between ‘There is no water dripping from the | the old and the new world, and it is us cosmo- nd none in the bottom of the shaft. But | polttan as London or New York. On every there isa solid body of ice at the bottom. | bandare to be seen the evidences of a most What seems very strange is that the ice in the | bountiful philanthropy and of the lavish ph- shaft is more abundant and forms faster in the | fentalism of its splendid city government, Its Warmest summer weather than it docs in the | business people ato remarkably progressive. wanter mentha, Free libraries, day and night reading rooms ‘The mass of ice in the center of the ghaft, | for all classes, museums and picture galleries or about half way down from the surface, is | Tich in educational material, splendi about six feet thick, with an air hole through | 88d inspiring public monuments about the center that will permit the passage of a MATERIAL FOR SENSATIONALISM. T have néver seen in an American newspaper and yet an American Zola, spending even a week . , here, would not have to dig very deep beyond ‘s body. By putt z ig very deep bevon aun ae ae ee crust of its daily life to find material for A streng, cold current of air continually | ™4py pictares of an ugly nature. comes up from below. It isso cold in the shaft] It may be argued, and justiy, that this ele- that a person can stay in it bata shore time, | Met of vice and fudianism i brqsascrrten| and even then he must be dressed in his winter | he usual concomitant of great commercial anneis to keep from freezing. ‘The ice in the | Citées. I only seek to show where the shoe shaft melts away a great deal in the coldest could be made to pinch on the foot, We are ne summer months not meit at ali, zes on the rounds of the suaft, © ou the ice top rounds of the ladder three or four of the warmest summer without melting any of it. In the winter will ali melt off the top rounds. Though the shaft was of no use to the miners who put it down, it is of great use to the fami- lies around the town of York in the warm sum- they get their ions of ire cream are iy in the warm weather the shaft, not, perhaps, less vicious in the great commer- cial cities of Ameriéa, but there we seem to ave mastered the art of, to @ great extent, concealing our sores. Here the page is open. The ragged, the Althy std the bestial aro not confined to any slum sectiou--you mect them at every turn. | ‘The unlortuuate classes min- gle with the passers by on every street. Poverty iifts its wail at frequent intervals, The law- less element tracks your footsteps at every op- portunity, but the great numerical strength of the police force holds it incheck. Men and women drink together at every saloon, and in most saloons or bar rooms there ia a section of the bar set apart especially for women. ‘The number of drunken women seen in the stree! Many is in itself a temperance lesson of the strong- tkind. I have seen scores of young gir with faces fair enough to people heaven, stag- gering under their weight of alcohol, their mouths, which nature hid kissed into beautiful form, ee with the vilest of oaths, This on the stree When the barman or barmaid calls “time” at 11 p.m. the saloons threw into the streets as many women as men, and these saloons are not like the low dives of America, nor are #1 in slums of back alleys, They include tho finest gin palaces in the city and are on the most popular streets, Scenes such as I mentiofied are of common occurrence nightly {in Lime stfeet, opposite St, George's Hall and near the Walker art business streets, The liquor traffic—I am nota temperance crank— are to be seen here, and I witnessed niany of ite disastrous resulte daring the recent assizes whou Lord Chief Justice Coleridge e trial of all the criminal cases, CHIEF JUSTICE COLERIDGE fx count, ‘This ia something that will strike the Amer- cars past there has never becn a time when there was not enough ice in the shaft to sup) twice the size of York. Any resident of York can verify the statement am regard to this singular ice shaft, ae ‘The Care of Seal Skin, From the Laies’ Home Journal. It is said with truth that the moth which ex- terminates docs not enter seal skin. ‘This is | quite true, but in his piace comes an insidious little worm, which eats his way through and is a hundred times more objectionable. He is the result of dirt. You look indignant, and yet many of you put your seul coats away while they ere absoiutely dirty. Now,the proper way todo isto get out your coat, shake it thoroughly, hang it on the clothes line and | beat it cul nota particle of fluff will com | from it, them jet it sun for half the day, after | this fold it carefully, not doubitng it o allowing it to lay out its full ‘engtit: over it very closely coarse muslin; over this pin heavy kheets of newspaper; then having jined your box with byt ae 4 im the weer-shaped package, cover it with news- bs Put the lid on, and be sure that it ia | mOst Ofdiuary crittinal eases that had been tie it with a good strong cord, mark | #ent up from the police court and out what is in the box and put it in a dark closet. ek t-3. 3 ae OS mee ~ 4 Use newspapers in preference to any other | Pom remony Characteristic kind. hy purting your. cout away so that it | courte of law. It was in striking coutraat with is air tight, in utter darkness and thoroughly | the sitplicity of Cg Eo cleay, it will come out whem you need it as | lord chief justice th trailing good as new. For the trimmed coats a some- | offices, by high fane! what more elaborate arrangement is necessary, | ered with lace: the xfeat Of course the trimming must have a special | talent at the bar in wigs cleaning, and you must be sur to literally | wing fotee of a bang out ail moth eggs in it if any are | Costumed ~ h pea? his own lawyer has woman who dresses there. For if you puta coat away in which | us steel spears, stationed these tiny eggs are you might just as well court count it as eaten up, for they will hatch and cae trimming will be greedily absorbed port and the pritel orat, phase or tig | shall mous remark that ‘the man who 1 his own counsel has a fool for aciicnt.” He got four yeara, PERSONALLY CONDUCTED CYCLIXG TOURS, An item for cyclists, It took twenty or thirty years since the general appearance of cycles before thé numberless uses to which these graceful machines, at first considere: dangerous toy, could be devoted been realized, but until now nobody, so far as I am aware, has started the happy thought of adopt- ing in relation to cycling tours the principles and practices which ure usually associated with the names of Mr. Cook and Mr. Gaze. In other words. the genius who is to “personally conduct” parties of lady and gentlemen riders around the country has only just dawned on a. surprised and delighted world—not in the United States, where everything else novei and useful has originated, but here in Eng- land. The plan is duly set forth in a program emanating from a gentleman in Dover, who, in a few days, will start a couple of parties from tnat place. These parties will tour slowly and gracetully through the south- ern counties of England at an inclusive tariff of fourteen shillings aud sixpence per head per day. Itcannot be said that the charge is exorbitant, considering that for this sum the tourist is promised that every railroad fare which is needed will be paid for him, that his “luggage” will be forwarded each morning to the place which he will reach at night, and that first-class hostelries alone will be patron- ized, where he will revel in hot breakfasts, hot or cold luncheons,dinners of three courses, ‘with dessert,” and’ excellent bed rooms, Wites and spirits are to be an extra—by the way, this is a great country for “extras”—and this arrangement is undoubtedly u wise one, because cycling produces in some constitution fits of inordimate thi Prospective patrons.and patronesses of the Dover gentleman's novel undertaking are in- formed that the route selected will probably include such places of historic and scenic in- terest as Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, and by the south coast to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight: then back to Winchester, Chelten- hain, Stratford-on-Avon, Coventry, Banbury, Duustable, and so on through St. Albans to London. The average spin for each day is set down at from thirty-five to fifty miles; and it is added, in the highly figurative language of the professional cyclist, that no “scorching” will be allowed. ¢ wheel tourists will amble along at a comfortable rate of progression, and halts will be made for examining interesting objects and for taking photographs of scenery, POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCHEME, It isimpossible to say what further develop- ments of this fruitful idea may not be seen before the century closes. If the promoter's “personally conducted” parties be found to be popular in England, why should he not extend the sphere of his operations and finally arrange for social spins around the world? In due course we may expect to hear of “cycling” coupons being issued which will entitle the holders to enter Asia at beyrout and come out of it again—or fail to come out of it—some- where on the coast of China. Mr. Cook has his fleet of dahabeahs on the Nile. ‘The Dover gentleman's parties might accompany them along the banks, waking the echoes of Philm with their horns and bells, startling the honest fellaheen and paralyzing the follower of the mahbdi with astonishment. At presemt, how- ever, the idea has to be regarded as limited to England, though I have no doubt it will im- mediately find many imitators in the land of what Mr. Boucicault cailed “goahcadiveness.” It may be noticed that the originator of the seheme confines his tours to the southern counties aud does not ventpre to load his merry men up to the manufacturing north, He evi- dently desires that the holiday shall be taken in rural surroundings, as far xs possible, and he will avoid what Mr. William Morris calls “the be ep of the hideous town.” That the locomotive power of w properly bailt cycle driven by an average pair of lege is considerable is shown by the mere fact that the accomplishment of some fifty miles a day is described as journeyin; ‘easy tages.” No doubt the professional racer would laugh at such a record for a day on wheels; but, on the other hand, it would be far more than men on « walking tour could keep up day after day. it may be added that there 1s not the smallest prejudice on the part of country hotel keepers against the advent of the eyclist troupe. Quite e contrary, for the wheelmen, both here and in the United States, have put on their legs again many and matly a decaying old house of eall for the coach tno longer run, Who will bo the first American imitator of the gen- tleman from Dover? Francis J. O'New.. A Matera ‘The Proper Way to Bit. From the Ladies’ Home Journal A proper sitting position requires that the grabbing it in his teeth close behind the head. At almost the same instant the female sprang likewise, with the sumo intent, but she was a moment too Inte and missed her m: In- stead of striking the snake she gave her liege lord and mate a sharp bite on the left side of his jaw, inflicting a pamful wound, from which the blood spurted profusely. ‘Then there was family war, A SCRAMBLE Fou THE FEAST. With «howl of rage the male dropped the snake and turned savagely to punish his erring spouse, The spouse, however, was spunky and demonstrated her spirited resentment by snapping at him furiously. The fur flew in little tufts from both of them, and vicious squeals and discordant yells reut the air. Over and over they rolled,exactly as dogs do in deadly combats, while the black snake, despite its broken ‘back, hastened to take advantage of the opportunity by wriggling out between the bars of the cage. Old Hiram meantime looked on in childish glee and hugged his fat sides with laughter. In a few minutes, however, it scemed to occur to both foxes that they were wasting valuable time, for they suddenly suspended hostilties and ‘looked eagerly about in search of the snake, the innocent cause of their quarre!. It had succeeded during the melee in getting all its body out pf the cage except the tip of its tail Quick as a thought the male spied it, and, seizing the retreating tail in his mouth, whipped the reptile back into the cage again. The next moment the female had snapped upon the head and then both foxes began to pull for dear life in opposite directions. The body of the snake stretched out marvelously, but it had to give way somewhere and finally parted, about one-third from the tail, ‘The male fox turned to one corner of the cage with his smaller portion, while the female, evidently dreading lest she should be cheated by her partner out of her share, proceeded with frantic haste to dispatch the remaining two- thirds before he could finish his, She suc- ceeded, and in o twinkling the whole snake— head, tail, seales, every bit of skin and every shred of Hesh—had vanished utterly out of sig! Old Hiram had demonstrated to his entire satisfaction that the reiations between black s and foxes are decidedly amicable—on the part of the foxes, —— The National Flower. ‘To the Editot of The Evening Sta Among the standing committees announced by Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of the board of lady managers of the world’s fair, 1s that on “national flower.” It is understood that a yote isto be taken during the progress of the fair to determine the choice of the people for a national representative flower. ‘There has been considerable discussion of thé subject in some of the states and the vote of the children of the public schools and certain associations taken tor the selection of state representative, but in no instance has the sub- ject reached the dignity of a popular canvass, + the choice of the states be what they may, anationai one is of far greater importance than will appear on first thought, as the fayor- ite, whatever it may be, will havo Prominence in the future decoration of our public buildings and be employed largely in decorative design. Any flower that cannot be so employed in the delineation of art that it may readily be recognized by all would serve to little purpose as a national representative. First, however, let us inguire how a decision of the question is to be reached that will prove satisfactory to the whole country. What restriction are to be made in regard to eligi bility of clectors? Is the question to be determined only by those citizens of the coun- try who visit the fair, or will the sentiment of nation be voiced by the formation of sociations, each taking the name of tl orite, as the daisy, clover, rose, lily, national flower association of -—— town, county, ——— state, empowered to register every eligi- ble applicant who is not a member of any other like asso¢iation and forward the same, certified by the officers of their re- spective societios to the committee at Ciricago, under such regulations and at such date as shall be promulgated by said committee? A vote taken as suggested would go far toward econo- mizing the labors of the committee in deter- mining the total return, Another question of importance should be promptly decided—th limit of age. If the children are to have voice—and we believe they should—let the limit be fixed, say, at twelve or eweet sixteen. For the purpose of a widely extended and suc- cessful canvase it would seem Important that definite rules should be published at an early hat, then, boys and girls, maidens and lovers, artisis, architects, poots aud patriots, shall represent this great nation us its national flower? It remains for you to decide. But in time of peace you should prepare the soil for the generous growth of your favorite. Or- our Daisy Chains or kindred societies ag, ‘in every city, town, vi age — it, ‘These organizations, aside from the main Ce ape eee or and spice to ‘soc! ol coming summer season. Remember, above all, this quéstion of the choiee of a national flower is oue of no small siguificance for the fature glory of our country, for the of citizenship, fa> beautiful and purity of sentim: rch to rank with needed for the upper part of the body be felt in the right place. Thereforo, sit se farbaek as possible in the chair, so that the lowerend of the spine shall: be braced against the back of the seat. If this back is straight the shoniders will also rest against it; if uot, they will have no point of and it will bo found tint th it. This tion makes no si z t i il Ris seat ia 6 car while » woman was standing.’ ‘THINGS ON THE ROAD. An Engineer Who Says Hogs are Dangerous— Running Over a Flock of Geese. “Of all animals that wander along therail- Toad track,” declared a veteran locomotive en- gineer yesterday, ~‘goats are the most irritat- ing. It’s next to impossible to kill them, and that’s not the least tantalizing featare about them from the stanapoint of our profes- sion. No matter how fast you may be running or how quietly you steal down upon him, Mr. Goat will see you out of the corner of his eye and manage to get away just in time to miss the coweatcher ae the engine rushes by him at lightning speod. Cows and horses are generally disposed of with ease, though som times they get under the whcels and cause a bad wreck. But they're so large that the pilot gets under them und throws them off to one side. The goat, thongh, nearly always suc- ceeds in getting us worked up toe high pitch of nervousness and then contrives to got off without a scratch, and that's what we don't like. LAST DAYS OF A BRAUTIFUL WOMAN. ‘More Than Twenty Years Spent In Absolute Seclusion and Darkness. From the Chicago Tribune. The Counters de Castiglione, who will remain ‘on record in history as the most perfectly beau- tiful woman of the present century, has once more attracted public attention toward herself and again become the topic of conversation on the banks of the Seine, writes the Marquise Fontenoy. Most people have hitherto been under the impression that she was long since dead. Nor were they altogether mistaken; for the life which she has been leading for the last twenty- one yoars has been that of one who is entirely dead to the world. Shortly after the conclusion of the commune jon she took up her residence in aa apartment in one of the corner houscs of the Piace Vendome, and there she has lived ever since until a fortnight ago, when the oxpita- tion of her landlord's lease and the acquisition of the house by the government for adminis- trative forced her to move. She has iiterally never known what it was to see the light of day during-all these twenty years, The blinds of her apartments wore kept bermeticaily drawn even in the bottest summer, and the oniy iight permitted was fur- nished by softly shaded lamps and v Every evening when the weather was darkness bad se: in she would emerge from the house, closely veiled, and walk several times around the square. The object of ail this has been to prevent anybody irom seeing the ravages which time had made upon her once glorious beau A PLEA FOR PLEASURE BOATS. ‘The Potomac and the Grand Opportanities It Offers for Recreation. “1 @on't seo why it is,” said « prominent yacht designer the other day, ‘that there are not more private pleasure boats on this river. You have here one of the most picturesque sheets of water in the country, the famed Poto- mac, extending far enough to give scope to any Jerigth of craiso, but on a visit to the river I did not vec a pleasure boat of any sort but row boats, aud learned that there are only afew sail boats and less steam launches, while this ix really the ideal place for the latter, Take an cightecn of twenty-foot launch for instance, It would cost in the first place only about five hundred or six hundred dollars, according to style and fiuish, by using & coal oil outiit, which really gives the best satis- faction in the end, the actual expense of ran- ning the boat would not be more than 5 or 10 cents am hour, and to be able to glide along at seven of eight miles with some pleasant com- ONS I8 Not A recreation to be sneered at by jong olds. Aroand New York. Boston and other places yachting has taken a fast hold as A summer sport there are numbers of these smail launches, and the conditions for using them are ni favorable as th are here. ‘The naphtha launch has many. dente. ers om account of not rn a heensed en- meer to ram thy ng to pans the botler imspectors have a mus- The authorities uo desire to mterfere with any one's pleasure, but only to protect them ia their THE DANGEROUS HOG, ‘Speaking of striking animals on the rail,” continued the engineer, “the one thing most dread to meet on the track isa hog. Nine chances out of ten the hog’ll throw you. He is tough and greasy, you know. and if an engineer has anyshow at ail, it’s best for him to stop the train as quick as it ean be done and drive the animal off the track. ‘When the pilot of the engine hits a hog it usally knocks him down, and then roils him ; | mode of taking it, and atter a boilor has bea fora few yards before the trucks strike him; | She is determined to retain her piace in the | ™ hace eee oe oe and when they do there's great danger of their | memory of her frieuds and of tho public as | MaPected no ope need be atraid of st, and leaving the rails, The drivers are almost cer- | she was formerly, and not as she is now, alley Fos 4. nag tain to follow the trucks and you're lucky if| it was this ment which has hkewise led 1 such a launeh on the coal oi! sy the best makers put out. The boilers are of the water-tube type, and even if they should de, which is almost in.possible aud could t only from gross carclessness, the only you don't go down the bank. So you sce what havoc one pig can make with’ @ railroad. Another disagreeable thing about a pig is that he uever stops squealing from the time he is hit until he is stone dea: her to refuse to receive any One whatsoever and to keep her doors rixorousiy closed aainst everybody. Her life has been altogedber tant of a reciuse, Napoleon III, as well as many of his minis- - ld be to stop the engines, and any ‘Sheep are the most pitiful of all animals to | ters, wasat her fect, and she was the object of “y eee ran Aowk ‘hey sosal ts tenlive tho danger | sottesl waxy, dresses oameeake'et princess al ee ee cone ae they're in and huddie together between the | on the part of Empress Engenie. more than five minates’ attention to get up railsawaiting death. Their innocent cye€stare | _ It isof her that is related the story of the | \ am enh stest an eiher ce th Gabee at youso mournfully and sadly that they haunt | Water nymph. care of itself; almost a the button and we do the rex: ties of such a boat ure great, you fordays to come. A locomotive seems to take asavage delight in destroying sheep. It throws them in every direction and will kill a whole flock in an instant, GRESE AND FEATHERS. “Tstruck a flock of geese once,” proccedod She had appeared at @ fancy dress ball at court in costume, which, but for her statu- esque style of beauty, would have been inde- cent in the extrem: It consisted of but little eise than gauze, which was of a sea-green color and spangicd with iver to represent the foam of the waves, it one; the engineer. “Well, I never thonght there | was trimmed of various kinds of ‘seaweed, and | j28,% 0fice al barren ge Ad de Wero so many feathers in the world. Icouldn't | what there was of the dross was cut exceeds | in"t with thee rechten te hence be up and see anything but feathers for ten minutes, and = oe bare feet were covered with | Koop him heal And with steam to help we i ba calor val travel is cf Meat she had received a cous of tat eed | Meeting Prosper Merime st the ball she | 2% slong the range of travc\ is mach greater and the chances of getting back the time is up are certainly better than when a” asail or paddie are to be depended on, with much less work, too,” Written for The Evening star The Arrival of May. ow i the sanliht gleam, aya aco were wot ‘The earth, we ed from her winter dream, ome when et hum aud asked how he liked her ress, “Very much,” he rej intended to represent? hy, a water nymph, of course!” exclaimed the beautiful countess. “At low tide, I presume,” murmured the old wit, as she took the arm of the emperor and passed on. feathers.” Here the engineer's eyes began to sparkle, and he stopped taiking to hold his fat sides shaken with suppressed laughter over a funny recollection. ntioning feathers,” he ex- plained after a pause, “recalls to my mind a comical experience I had a few years ago running a fast limited passenger train over the ‘ania main fine from Pittsburg to Phil- lied; “but what is it adelphia, We'd gone through the town of Hunt- ———— May -thive has beaan ingdon,on the Juniata, without slacking up, and The Yiginvotham Burglars. ‘Tho western wind, May's trumpeter, had whirled safely around the base of the ridge | From the Detroit Free Pross, Ambounces ah: romuines her Feisa: cast of there, when we struck a little stretch of straight level, between high dirt banks, known as Snyder's Cut, I cast my eye And loyal Leges w hee Iu Dudding wood and grassy plain, It was 8 o'clock in the morning when Mrs. Higinbotham shook her husband. i Ugh,” he responded unconsciously, ‘The p:ar-teves, thick with blumome white, on ahead as we scndded along to a wagon road : - Seen wreathed with flakes of feathery enows crossing near the lower end of the cut. Just ‘Hiram! Hiram!” she exclaimed in whisper. The ay pie trees are lovelier dicut With dainty blooms that blush-like glow, The bees are issuing from their hives— How soon they know that May bas comel= Rejoieing in their Vusy Liv ‘Sweet asusic in their ceaseloss bum, as we approached it a two-horse team was driven down from the turnpike the right side, apparently with the inten- tion to cross But instead of crossing the team stood still. Two men were in the wagon, and they seemed to be having an She gave him another shake, “Hiram,” she whispered, “there's robbers down stairs.” Ugh?” he ventured again, this time with a rising inflection, indicating that he was grad altercation as to whether they should cross oF | ally ubsorbing ‘the idea ‘that something was ge a erg tye stat perme go back. Ax a compromise they just stood | wrong. Pomme yh per how there on the track, 1 reversed the engine and And gather moss and garlands vay. She trem: hak whistled down brakes, but it was too late, We {ype yo eo She May of tnvapenr eowtsthames Ugh,” he struck the team square in the middle, and then —ob, my!" tung a ‘what im thunder’s the row, Maria?’ up; he clapped her hand over “y mouth. —sh- @ whispered, “there's bur- glars down stairs,” tat Amz, he stowied, « are not upstai he fell back to the pillow. “Hiram, I tell you, other shake, “there's m stairs. I heard them. You go down and see what they wan! “Maria,” he protested, “I'll do nothing of the sort, If ‘they don't see what they want they can ask for it, That's business,” But you shali go down, Hiram, and see,” she urged and pleaded at the same time, I won't, I tell you, Maria. Because your father owns a dry goods store us no sign that I believe it is no‘ trouble to show goods, and ! repeat, madam, if those burglars want au thing they've got to wait ou themselves. It's after business hours, anyway. You must think werun an all-night piace. Go to sleep, I teil you.’ Mrs. Higinbotham gave a sudden clutch at his arm. There,” she nearly screamed, “I hear them coming upstairs now. “Well, dear,” iae said soothingly, “you'd bet- ter jump up and put on a dress, It will never do in the worid for you to receive strange gen- tlemen in your present attire.” be murdered in our beds,” she ‘Wheir kindred are the dauctug brookas Their biood the wandering impulse shareag AN ODD COLLECTION. They apy rare charms in ferny nooks, Here the engineer laughed without restraint, ‘Then he resumed. “The men in the wagon were evidently farmers returning from town in boisterous humor after a day's marketing, carrying homo with them a qucer cargo of ‘store goods,’ Curious to relate, they weren't hurt in the least, nor were the ‘horses, ‘The wagon, until we cut it el in two, contained a feather bed, akeg of nails and a barrel of whisk; ruck them all at the same instant. Sounds iike a tmkiing silver wire, Prejusive; soon {rom mau) « throat ‘Will love's own strains rie high and highes, Avon there'll be a mixhty eur In eward aud tree, in bush and brake, When every w.uged artificer A couch for coming broods will make, May comes, “tue deiicate-footed May," ith “Augers filled with leaves and flowemg To creet her every heart grows way, And, hopeful, dreains of happier hours. Though loug my spring of Life has passed May, mild euchantress, braues to me, ‘With thoucht of things too fair to last, The Muse and biythe Euphrosyne. Beauty, and joy. and happiness Are never dead—ihey do but sleep: Sharp pain, grim waut, and vale distress On earth no stay perpetus! keey On earth —is there Ley oud the tomb: ‘Now,we The nails flew 'way up in tho sky, as it seemed, dame down with a peppering rattie over e roofs of all the coaches in the train for at least five minutes. ‘The feathers scattered far and wide through the air like « driving snowstorm and seemed tocome from a thou- sand bursted feather beds instead of one. The whisky got mixed with the feathersand spurted high up in every direction, falling in a fine principally over the engine, the tender and the first couple of coaches. The whisky and feathers clung to the tops and sides of the cars und against the window panes for the remainder of the trip, and the passen- gers, as L was tol afterward, all got thirsty With vain longings from sniffing the rum-soaked atmosphere, It was altogether the funniest mess 1 ever was in, and the strangest combin in. Think of it—nails, whisky and feathers— all fying through the air and following us for miles and miles. Oh, my!” And the joily en- gincer lauged again ‘and again, until he actu- aily cried, at the picture he had in mind, siiaanar andor sa Written for the Evening Star. Simplicity. Around the board in childish stare She watched the cuests with thoughtful face Bow low their heads, as if iu prayer, To say their solemn s lent gra And folding then her little hands While meekiy drooped her ¢ She, too, as one who understands, Spoke softly to herself and sal “Now I lay me down to aleep,— I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep.” CLIFFORD HOWARD. The Absent-Minded Art Connoisseur. From Pucks Awaits us some diviner May ‘May 1, 1892. W. L. SHOEMAKER, ve a FAVORITE ‘Supper Was Late, but What He Desired. From the Detroit Free Pross. Mrs. A. J. Dauds of Canton, Ohio, relates an anecdote of Gen. Washington, told by her grandfather, Nicholas Fringur of Tarrytown, id., who was owner of the mill an question, and which illustrates the plainness of Washing- ton’s diet. During the administration of Washington he found it necessary to take a business trip of @ few ways’ daration, accompanied by his staff, It having become known to the citizens of Tarrytown that he would pass through there, arrangements were made to give him a royal reception, and the proprietor of the village tavern at which he would take supper prepared to serve a menu fit for a king. Everythi almost in the iine of eatables that one think of was secured and placed in readiness to be served on short notice. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the eventful day the distinguished party arrived and | Was driven to the hotel. Upon being told when to have supper ready, the host sent word to Washington's room asking him if be would state what he would like best. He was greatly surprised to learn that Washington desired only mush and milk. in the attempt to have everything convement those in charge Lad not thought of cornmeal. ‘The nearest place where itcould be obtained was at the mull of Nicholas Fringer, some distance from the village, How- ever, one of the villagers, a friend of the land- lord, offered to go after the meal and a minute later was astride a horse acd galloping toward the mill, The much desired article was quickly secured, and the horseman was soon back to the tavern. Although supper was a little late, Washington had his mush aud milk, and later the party resumed its journey. HI Washington DISH. le Got wailed. ‘Do you really think you will?” he inquired some interest. 'm sure of it, Hiram,” she sobbed. “Suppose you get out and lie on the floor, Maria, and then you won't be,” heartlessly, “I'm willi here in bed, where it's Mrs. H. began to ery. “What's the matter, Maria?” Mr. H. asked as ae had just that moment discovered her 8 ‘ou're @ mean, horrid man, Hiram Higi botham,” sho said in her natural voice, and she began to get out of bed. — are you going, Maria?” he inquired, uneasi! ‘Down stairs,” she answered heroically. “As between you upstairs and the burglars down stairs I prefer tho burgiars,” and down stairs she weut, and the black cat an the preserve closet upset four jars of her finest quinces in its mad effort to excape. She screamed, but Hiram Higinbotham made no sign, He knew he had forgotten to put tho cat in the cellar when he shut the house up for the night and reported to his wife that every- thing was all right. ead, May 7, '92. Electricity in Agricultare, From the St. Lon:s Giobe-Democrat. The introduction of the electric motor in farm work will inevitably inaugurate a new era in western ngrieulture. Not long ago a writer on this subject pointed out the great desirability of employing electricity as a general motive power in agricultural work. and showed how, by the uso of the electric motor, larger crops could be sown and hi vested than arc now possible, and at a greatly reduced cost, The truth of these statements has been emphatically verified by the results of experiments carried out by the Sterling de- partment of agriculture, under the super- vision of Proi. A.A. Denton, Prof. Denton states that in operating a _five-horse- Power motor the anticipated difficulty with the movable wire connection of the motor to the dynamo was found to be inap- preciable, and in actual practice the motor ean arses -_ How the Nations Laugh, From the St. Louis Kepubiie. All the world Inaghs, though the nations who must either see good reason for # ‘or be surprised into it, In Persia a man laughs is considered effeminate, but free liconse is given to female merriment. Oue reads of the “grave Turk” and the “sober Egyptian,” but it is i i in New England. Rhode Island is the only one of the New England states where the colored people were, in 1890, over two per eent of the t j ili i it it z Hi H