Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1892, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY! JULY.-9. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. EVOLUTION OF DRESS How Men Set the Fashion in Olden Times. THEIR VANITY OF ATTIRE. When m Alone Wore Shirts—Silk Stockings and Gloves Worn First by the Sterner Sex—How the Ptolomies Were Cos- tumed—The Fashions of Succeeding Ages. Written for The Eventing Star. EN MAKE MERRY over the fads of women's fashions, when the fact of the matter is men have set the pace in all times and all genera- tions, and women sim- ply find the trail that men have blazed. In the beginning of time men and women started even in the mat- ter of dress, for Holy Writ says “they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.” It must have been quite early in creation’s bistory that the line of demarcation began, for Moses saw fit to object to the interchange of styles and the Levitical law declared agai “The woman ¢ball not | gas passion nearly rained the honor of ngiand, when @e legislature interfered. It | must have been very funny to listen to those | bewi and lords discussing the begowned | depth and width of a “lawful” tunic as Con- | gress does saddle blankets for West Point, or ‘objecting to the enormons expenditure for wigs and peaked boots ala Mr. Holman and the con- offices. The writers of the day inveighed bitterly against the extravagance, and the church buried horrible anathemas from the pulpit. A STREET SWEEPER, wear that which pertaineth toa man; neither shall » man put on a woman's garment.” | Thie was perhaps a little hard on women, for | the men of creation’s dawn were the Inxurious ones. Their attire was of fine linen with dyes of Tyre and goid of Ophir. It was the favorite | son of the oriental who had woven for him the coat of many colors. Herodotus wore fringes | and chains of gold and Cambyses sent beauti- | ful purple robs and neck chains and bracelets of gold, in exquisite design, to the King of Ethiopia. Among savage ant} male who —— the rbarons nations it is the ins and rings, earrings, Dracelete, anklet, feathers, paint, shells and Dead and the staffs. ' In Persia only the hing and hi may wear bracelets. ‘Their women dress plaly. THE OLDEST EEPRESENTATIONS of the creature man are found among the effigies on Egyptian tombs. If they are true ra isto be commended for her in secking a lover outside of Egypt. To Cesar bad passed the half century and had epileptic fits, him the sole right h crown of laurel rm, albeit somewhat © the ample folds of the with purple border. It $2 imposaib ‘eve that under any circum- stances he could have been worse looking than thie kin«man of the siren of the Nile, for any- thing uglier the historic relics of Prolemies could scarcely be conceived. wn, PTOLEMT. ‘This Mr. Ptolemy differs from most of his eompanion effigies, for he wore trousers! They seem tohave been of indifferent fit and no erease in them is perceptible. The earlicct name for them was bracce. The Romans called them bragns and the Celts brigis. The common-sense Arm: n calls them “‘breeches” 2b “culchaw” of re. in common par- had not time to the Esyptian tailors 1 small regard for the propor- The bracew con- ly garment. uilt on some- n's blazer suit, ler rs of today. in keeping that place. Ou state occasions his ed by a shortsearf and jeweled d anklets and chafn, with in the Ptolemy nd ig the “Life y both sexes and over these belted £ the flimiest ganze and gold embroidery and en- which ¢ ped but did not The dress and the deeds of d doth belonged to the conceal the form the day conformed. 1 age of which Catullu love. brief day i Re morrow, Suns m: TEE EARLY PniToxs Woreashort skirt of the skins of animals, fastened toge!her with thorns, is where women got the with pin an art gulle- fhe exposed por: himself fearfally is enreer. W of Drocaded idea fabrics. A BRITON cosremE. ‘The dress of the Briton after shedding bis thins leaped to the other extreme. He wore elum+y shoes of tanned skins and wide trouser tied at the ankle, with ruffies trailing on the ground. Over that was thrown a tanic of ample width, beited. and on top of that a big mantle, which the Mosnic law called a" vesture™ and commanded that it be trimmed “with fringe on the four quarters.” The bloomers of ‘the early sixties must have been a modification ef chis transcendant costume. The Anglowaxons ‘wore much the same attire, profusely embroid- ered with gold. WHEN WOMEN WORE SNIRTS. ‘The shirt, which men seem to regard as their especial property, was for several centuries recognized as belonging entirely in the woman's 1¥ appro- Priated it, emabroidered it elegantly and wore it Tidha gindis. Soin adopting the bioems wasn Rassias blouse and blazer shirt women are alum’ returning to thelr own. \variety, but there is costly furriny Women sweep the streets with their trains now, but in the time of Henry IV the men were the aggressors. Thomas Orcliff wrote in that day: “In my opinion it is an evil to sce men walking in gowns of scarlet twelve yards wide, with sleeves reaching to the ground and lined with fur. Now, would to God thia waste of cloth and pride were exiled from us forever, for now we have little need of brooms in the land to sweep away the filth from the street, be- cause the side sleeves will gather it up if it should be wet or dry.” Another says: “The men are besotted in excess of apparel in wide | sureoats reaching to their loins, some in gar- ments reaching to their heels, close before and strutting out on the sides, so that on the back they make men seem women, and these things they call by the ridiculous name ‘gowns."” And still another: “So much waste of cloth in in their wns.’ So much pounding of chisel to make Beles. 80 much bagging of shears, with the sue perfluity in length of aforesaid gowns trailing in the mire, on horse and also on foot!” IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY men donned tights, which even then were con- sidered unseemly and immodest. One leg only was giddily embroidered. With the tights the corset, blouse and enormous puffed sleeves were worn. With this the long mantle, as well asthe short furred capo of today, was also vrorn. ,Walpols lever this “description of the wardrobe of one gentleman: “A short gown mado of two ydsand % of crimsy cloth of gold lyned with 2 yds of blue velvet; a long gowne made of VI yds of crimsy cloth of gold lyned with 6 yds of damask; a short gown of 2 ydo % of purpell velvet lyned with 2 yds 6 of grees damask: « doublet and stomgcher of two yds of blue satya and a bon- ett oF purpell velvet.” Rather stunning for male attire! The “stomachers,” “bonetts,” “doublets” and ‘gownes” were enriched with lace of gold and silver and studded with gems. A poet of that extravagant day says: An old chronicler of that time exclaim: how much cost is bestowed nowadays w our bodies and how little on our souls! many suite of apparel ha‘ furniture hath the othe n THE TRUNK Hose. Under Charles I “trunk hose” appeared. The thing was well named. It answered all practi- cal parposes of trunk, bag and dressing case. About that time women wore a horrible extension business called a ‘‘verdingale this style was sometimes called ‘‘verdingale breeches.” The “funny man” of that period says: a onstage, ‘Why jerking and thy Jargon 7 Colom GooD FoR sHOPLIFTERS. A law was enacted against the wearing of the “trunk hose,” because gentlemen were not above “appropriating” articles from their friends and hiding them in the capacious depths. A culprit brought into court was over- hauled and the justice abstracted “a pair of sheets, two table cloths, ten napkins, four eee romp meee suggested to women the feasibility of em | gling things in their bustles. gee 4 Sometimes the stuffing was of bran. A courtieson bowing low before some, indies felt something give way, and, on straigh . found that Ke ‘hed Gollapesd like & tor balloon and was ankle deep in bran. King Charles had a suit of trank hose of white uncut velvet, studded diamonds. all over with nail heads turned ‘them; Ince side. silk and lace which women wear now on everything from « breakfast sacque to an even- various Louis’ have each to this ‘season « style or its but noth- mach the Louis XV coat. If “Louis” were back on earth he would hardly e the garment, but he hae the honor of naming it. Ho wore it with ribbons and streamers on the right shoulder, ribbons on his hair and wide ruffles at the hand, and enongh “bombast” in it to make it stand ‘out. floppy trousersof the The jackets and ruffies an: shirt are in vogue for woman's attire today. ‘That hat, too, with different adjustment of plumes, ‘is worn. This particular creature is supposed to be attired for horsebuck riding. wr the wearing of spare of gant patter ox was the of spurs ni on Al" oceasions. “One writer complains that he THIRD PARTIES. oni pee a Those That Have Appeared in the Political Field, |TWO ONLY SUCCESSFUL. And They Only to a Limited Extent—Brief Sketches of the Organizations That Have Come Between the Two Great Political Par- ties, Both Before and Since the War. ‘Written for The Evening Star. HE APPEARANCE OF third party in the coming presidential contest may, and no doubt will, add to the uncertainty of the re- sult of the election in November. As a gen- eral thing, judging by the past, third parties rarely exercise more than @ temporary influ- ence in an election for President. It is too early to undertake to prophesy the influence of the new element which has been projected on the political field. The conditions of the states where the strength of tho new party lies and where they look for votes and proclaim their ability to carry them in the November election are hardly understood at this early stago in tho contest for the reins of government for the next four years. The uncertainty which hangs over an unknown quantity awakens appreben- sion, and will be a subject that will be fally dis- cussed and anxiously watched by both of tho | great national parties. Neither party can look | foran avalanche ora walk over, and neither can afford to lose even one of the states con- ceded to it. This intruder, therefore, upon ‘ound considered sacred to the democratic ax THE LOUIS XV COAT. found them quite inconvenient, as he con- stantly caught them in the lace on his wrinkled boot tops and tripped himself up. ‘THE FIRST SILK STOCKINGS. Anglomaniacs will no doubt be delighted to learn that Henry VIII wore the first silk stock- ings introduced in England. So noteworthy a fact went into the court record thus: “One pair of black silk and gold woven together, one of vurpell silk and Venice gold of open net work fined with blue silver and edged » with lace of purple silk, and gold wrought at Milan. A pair bf white silk aad gold hose, knit; six pairs of Dinck silk hose, knit.” ‘Ihese pieces of bric-a- brac were never washed. MEN ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OLOVES. ‘They were first worn by laborers and were called “digitalis.” Then gentlemen of high de- ee took them up and made them very costly ieces of furniture. They were elegantly em- roidered and jeweled to boot. Henry III set the fashion of wearing gloves at night to keep PETTICOAT BREECHES OF SEVENTEETH CENTURY. his hands soft and had a cloth dipped in_ per- fumed cream placed upon his face in order to improve the delicacy of his complexion. He also dyed his hair, painted his eyebrows and ro his cheeks and lips. His wife's dreas- maker could not please his royal taste, se he planned and cut the dresses and robes of the queen consort. Hair dyesand bleaches, rouge, powder patches and perfumes were as commonly used by men ‘as women, and in the reign of Elizabeth men wore corsets of boue and steel! A GALLANT OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. The following is a poetical picture of the gal- lant of the eighteenth century. Lata well eiseied wie Ue ool ef iroms i well ‘wis be set off from his face With powder quite gray then is heed ie complete; hivn, no on eee ee With cobweb allt stockings Two a Saeeaes his a With ‘hes in winter wo ‘one to ‘pair of surart punips made up arsine? tex fo thin he can't ventare to tread on, ‘His buckles Hike diamonds must. srvined leather, ‘a feather, itter ‘Should they cost fifty pounds: not ae ter Graham which he ‘reveals, Petre Aba php a te with musk his spirits ~ae. scents the whole room ‘Bo soul can too A it ane, no matter for blade. word Tibbon to answer Siose sempictay wie psrith capac of Ince. Thus fully PI end for ow If women are over fond of laces and silks, jewels and furbelows they can set forth most excellent precedent for same, since men we made thete things popular from the be- ‘ing of time. Indeed old saying might changed to read: “Ob, vanity, thy name man and woman.” = Seen A Photographer Who Conquered Chicago A photographer on the West Side, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is building a costly six- story building which may yet be pointed at as ‘& monument to its owner's power of observa- tion and his ¢aculty for turning it to account. Incidentally the handsome structure will bear testimony to the prevailing vanity of woman. ‘The photographer is wealthy. How he made with of small and élegant fect sho gener- ally liked to place herself so that her fairy-like uj were just visible, while the lady with the large, mi a hoofs, and bulky hoot canes out of sight time. From this he inferred that the latter’ © republican party “must give us pause.” This third party claims to be abi to carry states in the south heretofore considered as certain for the democratic nominee. If the claims are jus- tified by the result the solid south, the reliance i of the democratic party, will be no longer solid. An inroad ‘will be made there and there is almost a certainty that the votes of the silver states will be cast against the nominees of the two great parties, who are, to use the phrase by which they designate them, | “gold bugs.” I am informed by well-known men from North and South Carotina that the | allianco is dead ‘against them in thoso states, There this element is really formidable, and, if the clement is strong enough to awake appre- hension in those states, we may well expect to find it elsewhere in that section. A glance at the history of third parties in the past, their rise and their fall and the influence upon ihe voters of the country, would seem to be an interesting study while awaiting the opening of the cam- paign, ONLY TWO THIRD PARTIES CARRIED STATES. But two of the many third parties which have existed in our political history ever curried a single state. The anti-Masons in 1832 in the | Presidential election carried Vermont and the electors of the state voted for William Wert, the candidate of the anti-Masons, for President and Amos Elimaker for Vice President. The | state of Vermont continned to be controlled by the anti-Masons for several years. The anti- Masonic candidate, Rittner, was elected gov- ernor of Pennsylvania in 1835 by division in the democratic In tho state of New York this party held an important position in the politics of the state for many years. In the other portions of the country it soon dis- ap] ‘The abolition party rose from a| most insignificant body of voters. In 1889, | when they had nominated James G. Birney for the presidency, they polled but 7,059 votes. In 1844 they put a ticket in the field with James | Wm. L. Scott, = = James B. Walker as President, which received 539 votes. In the cam) nominated James B. Weaver, who vas nomi- nated at Omaha a fewdays ago. They polled in that campaign 307,740 votes, and the prphi- bitionists, with Neal ‘Dow, polled 10,305 votes, In 1834 the national or greenback party, with Gen. B. F. Butler at its head. polled 175,370 votes, but the prohibition party made rapid in- crease, and with Jobn P. St. John as its nomi- nee received 150,369 votes. In 1888 the prohi- bition party, headed by Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, received 246,369 votes, In that campaign there were two labor tickets anda ‘“‘know nothing” ticket. The union labor ticket, bended by Streeter, received 144,603 votes. The united labor (Henry George) ‘gave to ite candidate, Cowdrev, 8,073 votes. The “know nothing” ‘ket, headed by Curtis of Connecticut, re- ceived 1,591 votes and the socialist ticket re- egived 2,068 votes, ‘THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. ‘The organization of the Farmers’ Alliance has displayed more strength and power than any organization which has opposed the old par- ties. They have succeeded in electing three United States Senators and several members of Congress. presence of “greenbackers” in the House of Representatives for several years was secured, by a combination with the old Barty with which, for the time being, th ted. Judge David Davis was a inte of their organization, but his election to the Sen- ate was secured bya union with the republi- cans, who took this method of taking him off the electoral commission, for which he had been selected by the democrats. The organiza- tion has gained in strength within the last year, especially in the southern states. I was told by ‘one of the best informed politicians in North Carolina a day or two ago that the alliance men held the state in their hands, and he said if the election was to take place at present Harrison | #!ong in a high falsettohe punctuated his plaint | he excitedly shouted. would carry the state by 50,000. In that state the alliance will not. Maj. Williams, my inform- ant, sayn, aftilinte with the mon who met at Omaha, but will vote the republican ticket. They are silver men and refuse to be placated by the silver plank in the democratic platform, and | refuse to support the candidate, who ‘they claim isa “gold bug.” When in North Car- olina in 1876 I found Maj. Williams’ knowledge | of the political condition of the state more | thorongh than any one I met there, and there- fore I regard his information of value. There is only a difference of eight or nine thousand Votes in that state. In 1888 the republicans Policd nearly 116,000 votes and the democrats nt little over 126,000 votes. It can readily be seen how slight a defection could disturb the democratic majority. Tho same element is owerful in other southern states, and, as may supposed, draws largely from the demo- cratic party. "Maj. Willinms says the members of the alliance in North Carolina are so wedded to the ideas taught by the organs of the party that they read nothing els, and argument is lost upon them. This danger to the succoss of the democratic party in the eouth is admitted by other well-informed politicians, but they are hopeful . when the canvass opens that some | way of reaching this source of apprehension may be devised, but ite presence is now a menace to “the solid south.” HAVE RARELY LASTED LONo. The past history of third parties can be studied with interest and profit by the political readers of Tux Stax. Up to this period they have been in some instances of rapid growth and for a time exercised a ver; nt influence in the political field, but rarely have they lasted for any length of time. In some instances they | have served as an article of traffic. In 1876 @ man named Ellsworth, representing himself to be the president of the American league or al- liance, or some other concern, having many voters behind him, sold to the national commit- tee of the democratic party, through the late letter. from Mr. Haves accept- ing the nomination of this faction, and it was Photographed and fac similes of it’ clreulated, ut without any effect. Elisworth claimed that Scott had agreed to pay 610,000 for this auto- graph—did pay $1,000 on account, I think—and for several years he fought Scott for a sottle- ment, but ‘his demand was so transparent it found no standing in court, Many such organ- izations are in existence “for revenue only,” but in the experience of the past they obtain but little influence, Jouy F. Coyne. a G. Birney again at its head and that year they cast 62,300 votes. In 1848 a convention was held at Buffalo of free democrats or free soilera and nominated Mr. Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams, and “the Liberty e,” or abolitionists, nominated John P. Hale for President, but he declined in favor of Mr. Van Buren. ‘The banner under which that canvass was fought was inscribed, “Free Soil, Free Speech, Labor and Men,” and the ticket received 291,263 votes. In 1852 the free soil democracy met ‘in convention at Pittsburg on the 11th of August. All the free states and. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky were represented. John P. Hale was nominated for President and George W. Julean for Vice lent. The republican party was organized | before the next presidential election, in 1856, ‘and the abolition party was absorbed by it, and in its ranks fought every shade of opposition to slavery. The native American movement was started in New York in 1544 and elected James Harper, theelder of the Harper Bros.,mayorand four members of Congress, and in Pennsyl- | yania they elected two members of Congress. It was only formidable in thecities,however. In 1852-53 native Americanism was revered and for a time had a large following. The Teligious | element introduced in the ritual tended to its | downfall. It was known as the know nothing party, and even now the evil influence it| exerted extends to those who were members of ty, a8 one of the candidates for Vice ident at the recent Chicago convention was with beinga member of that party, and his friends went to considerable trouble by aftidavite to purge him from the charge. THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY. ‘This party carried a good many states, and the whigs, to beat their old opponent, the democratic party, availed themselves of this new element, which bid fair to sweepshe coun- . It was the most formidable party ever in this country, but it met its Waterloo in Virginia after it had carried cities and states and electing members of Congress. Henry A. Wise fought it in every county in the state. It was too wi read, however, to be crushed in one battle, and in 1856 it met in convention at Philadelphia and nominated a presidential ticket, with Mr. Fillmore at ite head. At that convention every state but Maine, Vermont and South Carolina was represented. The ticket received 874,534 ae ge votes, but carried but one state, Maryland. At the state elections that hat they carried both Maryland and Rhode Island. In the Thirty-fifth Congress, 1857-9, there were five “‘know nothing” Sena- tors and from fifteen to twenty “know nothing” members of the House. In the Thirty-sixta pone were two “‘know nothing” Sena- Kentucky and Maryland and twenty- three Representatives. It soon became power less, however, and in 1860 the remains of the once powerful organization met at Baltimore, loning the engee oagy oaths and advocat- ing naturalization ai twenty-one years, Tennessee for President and Edward Everett taten ten cen ay, = Virginia and , Tennessee, Kentucky and Vi and received 589,581 of the popular vote. This notice of the know nothing recalls an evidence of the intolerance of the organiza- tion, After the laying of the corner stone of the Washington monument tho reigning mon- archs of Europe sent handsomely prepared marble blocks with suitable inscriptions to be inside in the walls of the monument. mong those inscribed testimonials to Wash- {ngton the pope of Rome sent a block taken from some famed spot in or near Rome. One night it was taken from the shed where the kept and, being unable to carry it, | poses. Their convention nominated John Bell of | the: blocks were 5 it was broken and exatintothe Potomac. It was up from resti Ce 01 a litle while ago, Dut it was aad ite romaine were again stolen from the finder. With the war know nothi ceased, and heaven forbid it may over ral te head sgain in this commu- ‘THIRD PARTIES SINCE THE WAR, The advent of the third party movement, after the war had consolidsted the two great parties, was in 1872, when the liberal republi- cans met in convention at Cincinnati and nom- insted Horace Greeley for Bro Nice (President. The demo- u § Hur i WORMS FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR. Many Species to be Shown in the Shape of Models. One of the most remarkable exhibits now being prepared by the Smithsonian Institution for the Columbian fair is an assemblage of worms—not living worms, be it understood, but models of various species found in all parts of the world, Earthworms will figure im- portantly in the collection. Most people imagine that there is nothing interesting about earthworms, but this is a mistake, as is shown by Darwin's account of the way in which these humble creatures have made all the soil of the earth fruitful by passing it through their bodies. Among the species represented will be giant earthworms from India, which attain a length of two feet and a thickness of nearly two inches, Leeches of equally gigantic size—veritable vermicular vampires—from South America will be shown, as well as blood-sucking worms of the same family from every country, and including those kinds which are utilized for medical pur- ot least remarkable will be the land leeches of India, which awarm in the grass dur- ing the rainy seacon and attack people's legs, exacting from wayfarers a sanguinary tribute. Beautiful to look at will be the marine worms, which are the most gorgeously colored of ani- mals, many of them resembling the brightest dlossoms of the field. Some species of them in the collection dwell in tubes buried in the mud, and one kind closes its tube with a stopper when it wishes to retire from view. Another always keeps a pair of live crabs in its tube as boarders. — Still another lines its tube with an exquisite ‘mosaic composed of the prettiest gravel and stones it can find. One species of sea worm has branches like a tree. Another, the sea centipede, is covered with bristles, Yet another, after’ seizing ite mit tesae eertan ny JEFF. DAVIS’ QUARREL, prey, swallows it by turning inside out like a glove finger, its outer skin becoming for the time being a stomach lining. Still another finds its home ina branch of coral and obliges the coral polyps to build a tube to inclose him as he grows bigger. When seeking food these animals ‘wave about in the water brilliantly tinted ten- tacles, vivid with all the colors of the rainbow, and ‘have the appearance of the loveliest flowers. Finaliy, the exhibit described will include greatly magnified representations jous Parasitic worms found in animals. The dreaded trichina will be thus shown, encysted in a piece of muscle and looking like a small white snake in a spherical box. Various kinds of tapeworms will be illustrated in like manner, as well as many other such foes of man and beast. The counterfeit worms,wherever practicable, are cast direct from the creatures themselves; in other cases models aro mado in @ partic fine kind of clay and the casts are taken from m in wax or a composition, to be colored in a lifelike manner afterward. ee ee SINGLE TAX IN HYATTSVILLE. A Little Maryland Community Going to Try George’s Panacea. From the New York Sun. “Three cheers for the first single tax munici- ity Big-lunged William MoCabe, the president, led the Manhattan Single Tax Club last night ins rousing round of cheers for the town of Hyattsville, Md., which has just adopted the single tax. Among the choorers was Henry George. “This little town,” said President McCabe, “«will never beforgotten. Itsname willliveas long as freedom lives, When the rights of all men to Mr. McCabe gave a review of the “‘single- taxizing” of Hyattsville. The town lies just Senator Harris’ Story of Gen. Joe Johnston's Suppression. A MAN WITH A CAREER. ‘Talk With the War Governor of Tennesseo— Two Suspicious Men—What Johnston Had to Say About It—Giad of the Preservation of the Union—Senater Davis’ Company Re- Ita. I CALLED another man was with him, who held in his hand a smoke-covered soft hat and leaned for- | ward and twirled it | round on hir fingers | and talked in an ejacu- latory but semi-snarl- ing voice about the blamed dry | weather that had ni about killed the cottor crap, and how a right | smart of the people would be pow’ful pleased to | have the pos'mastah changed, and as he droned | by using the contiguous cuspidor with much | vivacity and no little skill. Pretty soon, as he licited less and less response, his queralous | voice ceased to vibrate and his fluttering hat to rotate, and he rose and bowed and took them,| both out into the warm July atmosphere. I turned toward the gentleman who dom- inated the parlors, with no little admiration for his patience and endurance, and some of this I Fite my busin be patient and helpful “It ism: enn to and he! when Tear,” he ead. “That's what T ain hore for. People who want let me know it, of course, and I'm sorry I can't help them oftener.” A MAN WITH AN EVENTFUL CAREER. The man before me had bad « career as event- ful as any other living American—perhaps, in all its contrasting elements and episodes, more dramatic than that of any other, and I said: “Why don't you publish a volume of remi- niscences, governor? He uncrossed his legs and crossed them the other way, and took his cigar from his mouth and laughed at the suggestion as a very nidicu- Jous ome indeed. I persisted with “Well, why not?” Ho was Senator Harris of Tennessee, a man of seventy-four, but his trim form, clear eyes, steady hand and smooth face, beard less "save as decorated with a well-groomed Gallic mustache; with ends like awls, gave an impression of not much more than sixty. He loat €200,000 the war and since the war has lost a good deal of ‘the iron-gray hair from his upper scalp, but he still the square, solid under jaw that haé enabled him to outlive most of his companions, recover from all except the capillary losses and ke resolutely at t! front. Atthe beginning of the war as qveneat of his state he led Tennessee out of the Union in spite of the earnest appeals of such men a8 Brownlow, Johnson, Fowler, Polk, Lea, Lewis and John Bell, and he has the unique record of having been in the saddle for four years, present in almost every engagement without a foldier. He was voluntesr aid on the staff of the successive commanding generals, rendering constant service to the doomed cause, and he it accustomed to say that he was “unclassified— the equal of the lieutenant general and of the humblest private in the ranks,” But he sometimes assumed anthority. One day, when the banks of Nashville declined to take confederate money, he walked into one, sought out the board of ‘directors, aat down on the corner of the table and said: “Gentlemen, Fou are Just as good as our folks and no better. Tilgive you twenty-four hours in which to accept the money from Richmond. If y it I will bring a regiment of soldiors and seize your assets and run the bank myself.” Xo RECORD OF HIS PUBLIC ACTS. In reply to my question about a book of reminiscences he now said: “It would be im- possible even if I wanted to parade my life in that way. I have nover saved a scrap of pay concerning my public acta” ve 4 After my expression of astonishment that could have so neglected to preserve an official outins of Riacersscheelfeds ven't enough papers to fill a pocket book. I have been in public life, more or less, for fifty years. I have been presidential elector; I was in the legislature two years, in Congress four years, in the governor's chair and saddle eight years, in the Senate here for sixteon years; have stumped the state a score of times and made thousands of speeches, and I have not Preserved a single speech, order, message, Proclamation or letter, received or of public consequence. I exist only in my vate consciousness—except, perhaps, in pub- Ethea Tecords.” fipped for antobiograpty ae acy man Tove eq for autol ‘as any man I ever heard of, and added: "Se much themore neces. sary is it that you should reminisce for the benefit of others.” He rather objected to the ne wspaper-made sent, that is | Pa the governor found a bitter. briery and cactus- hedge refage there im y after the scheme for a great slave-bolding republic had os oy “Yes,” he said, “I had to pick up some Span- ish in’ order to pick up a living. When I turned my back on the United States I was in an _unutterable condition of disgust and de- | ir. I was ined not to stay and be lictated to by the conqueror. While there is | life there is hope, but It was boginning life anew and I didn't care who led, for Uheld neither ace, face nor tramp.” At this point two other Senators arrived for some sort of conference. THEY DIDN'T WANT To Go. T recently heard Senator Davis of Minnesota tell of that time at a soldiers’ reunion here. “Our Wisconsin regiment had swooped ‘on Mobile and ocenpied it,” he said, “and we thought the war was over and were preparing to go home when astonishing orders came to was darkness abend. own march to Mexico! This was a damper, for the | regiment was very little inclined to chase Dick Taylor, Kirby Smith and Harris down there and fight Maximilinn besides. “One company—my old company—revolted, and the men stacked arms and swore ther wouldn't go on anyeuch wild-goose chase Pearron.a mechanic, an earnest, food fellow and « gallant soldior, but not an orator, was in command, and he went down and appealed to | tbetr Patriotiem and all that. They were ob- | te. enlist to fight for the greasers, and we ain't a-going to! We have put the war clear down and now we are going to trot home to the folk«. We don't like the blamed chapparel nor the dod-binged cremated Mexicans, and the French have always been our friends!” “Pearson got @p in a wagon and addressed “Go where vour bleeding countzy calls! “Do not abandon the Goddess of Liberty in her distress! Strike till the last armed foe expires, strike for the green graves of your sires, strike for your altars and your fires! Why, if you will go ahead without king, you d—4@ ignorant in the Montezumas!” “Nobody knows what the end would have been if the order bad not been speedily coun- termanded and the regiment sent home. A LAST TALK WITH JOE JOHNSTON. minds me that he got the appointment of rail- Toad commissioner for that confederate veteran under Cleveland's administration. I went into his room in the ion office one afternoon carelessly and woke the old gentleman. I tried to apologize and escape from railroad head- quarters by complimenting Gen. Johnston on — your | grandfather, 0, no, my father,” be persisted; “my grandfather was then too old for the service.” What, 110 years ago, general?” I asked. “Yes,” he said; “my grandfather was fifty- two when he married, aud my father was fifty when I was born, so that there was a centurs between my grandfather's birth and mine, and we three seem likely to span almost two cen- turies. When { was. mere child I wanted be a soldier. My father had ran away from college to join Light-horee Harry and fought through the revolution, and my oldest brother was in the war of 1612, half a century before the war for the Union.” OLAD THAT THE UNION I8 PRESERVED. The turn of this last phrase suggested to me the question: “How about the net result of that war for the Union, general? How about the Preservation of the Union? Is the south glad or sorry’ “Gilad!” he exclaimed. Then he rose from his comfortable chair, walked to the window and looked out on the'green and rainbow mounds of colens. “Giad"” He repeated, is preserved, but that slavery is abolished. That's where wo made our fatal mistake. We really thought that the existence of slavery was necessary to our civilization. We did. We all thought so. And how much it cost to correct that delusion! Iam glad that my last official act in the confederacy was to urge Mr. North Carolina, to Statement that Anacostia will have free mail delivery as soon as the appropriation for that branch of the service becomes available. ‘Miss Carrie Golden of Good Hope Heights has recovered. Little Lulu Espey, who was injured by falling from a tree a fow days ago, is improving. ‘Messrs. Fues & Harper are erecting a fine dwelling at the corner of Adams and Jefferson streets. Willie Addison of Garfield is better. Frederick Douglass, jr., Hillsdale, shows no improvement. meeting has been arranged havi the organization of a local council of Order of American Mechanics. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, pastor of Allen Church, Garfield, was given a reception at the Parsonage Thursday night by several members congregation. Mra. Patrick Hardigan and her r young json William, left last evening for New York. After remaining about one week in that city they will begin an extended tour of the Atlantic coast resorts. The journey is undertaken patty on account of the health of in view Junior verb “to reminisce” and said, “I don't know e eft Davi ial Taurvered “and “Jeff. Davis iealways news,” “ you know the story of ‘his quarrel with Joo jolinston, and it has never been published.” DAVI8 AND JOHNSTON. “The difference between those gentlemen,” he said, “did not begin with Davis’ grading of Joe Johnston below Albert Sidney and Cooper and Lee, as many suppose, but it originated long before. the war, and Griginated. i their temperaments. It occurred because they were too much like. I was very earnest in my efforts toinduce a better understanding, but—."” “That's exactly what readers would like to know about." ‘oven . “Now, what earth do you say ‘ag that for?’ I asked hin "No. Ils to bea move forward to 3 outside of Washington and has » population of | % find 1,000, It is ‘a suburb of Wi Tiron the Motropolitan brane’ of the Bait: | more road. Some live $3 g i af i F itty ey § E i i 5. f 5 i i it i I z bi i ti = #8 ae uf Ha [ i i "0 giorians fagt ‘The banner of a land ‘Whose life is but begun— ‘The flag of liberty, Which yet may blessings bring To every land beneath the sun; We speak, hurran and sing Our praise to thee, And here beneath the shaft Raised high in memory Of our beloved Washington ‘We pledge our loyalty! Look up! © beauteons sight! With vapor-shaded sun for ceuter light, Mingling with onr praise, Thus thy beauty shed About this monument, If not in memory of our dead? Aye, of our dead— And as a promise given By Him who sent the dove, A token of his love, Swift-winged from heaven? We hail thee, emblem bright, A rainbow promise that the right And may the stars and stripes, ‘The rainbow and the dove, Encircie ali the world ‘With liberty and love. —A. B. Sarr. ‘Washington, D. C., July 4, 1992. ~**-Note.—Twice during ws ent, the patriotic services sent for landmarks of the past to Plymouth Rock, the cemotery on Burial Hill, and the ma- seum in Pilgrim Hall. No spot is quite so famous as Plymouth Rock. Theetranger is sar prised to find it so small, but it is a veritable é i ig : if itt: : vi nf ‘Seo here,” enid their ringleader, ‘we didn't | three weeks you will be reveling in the balis of | What Senator Harris ays about Johnston re- | toward me: “Not only that the Union | . | accepted and provided for. SUMMER COSTUMES What a Man Should Wear in Hot Weather. S ECCENTRICITY. |ONE | aS | He Wears a Closely Buttoned Frock Coatand | Then Tries to Imagine He ts Cool—How Dudes Im the Britishers in Their Style of Dre | E SAT SWELTERING hin a wasted f frock coat, while ali the rest of humanity were keeping themselves, comparatively speaking, cou} in alpaca and sim flay thin material A writer for Tae Stax vached him and asked a few questions “Do you wear that vy coat from neoes sity or choice” double | Prom cl p, of course,” he answered. But don't you find it a trifle warm in thie weasher “On the contrary it is delightfully cool,” be said, deliberately, and as he the perspire, tion ed. down his face and stood out like large boads upon bis han: “My friend ds said w we You | the heas 1 he of Know, the | mind anc | etronisgly | Itt sarily m: myself t prec mind ws it Tm cool, time thoroagh! with ideas of coolness, were, | don't | “But how about the perspiration “That is natural enough. Tk onjunction with th 1 1 can't prevent the nd its result, bat that doe ¥ wearing « heay Uf that it is coc October really hot make me feel as were good + i would a is, if y clothe AIND CURT ion of the mind cu theory, but it is safe to suy that the citizens of Washington will not be they pr without tating auy abuormal assertion of the supremacy of the maid. The truth és that in the matter of tremes of heat or cold make peo appearan nT and it must be attai | aesthetic effect. this country in winter men wear buffslo over- coats and fur caps coming down over the neck and ears, so that aman driving ina wagon or sleigh looks more like a bear than anything else. In Kussia the rich people use «uch mag- nificent furs that the effect produced ix not so bad. Their winter garments often represent the expenditure of a considerable fortune. A sable-lined overcoat costs 1,000 roubles some- times, a rouble being worth about 50 ceuts, the furs that a Woman wears run up in valu thonsands of dollars. Jnet think of it these days of palm-leaf fans and light flanuels would vou like to have « pair of sn and go hunting for moose? Or do to muffie yourself up in put an astrakan cap on your bead, p robe ur knees and jump ints d smfort, 1 at the sacrifice of In the northwestern parts of ing! Instead of taking « sail down how dovs the idea strike racing drive through the «now in burg? While you are lounging wearily, trying to keep cool, just think of the Eskimo in kis hut and transport yourself to his regions in imagination. Smear yourself over with blub- ber and whale oil, harness up your dogs, takem spin over the ice and say good morning to the polar bears. When the genuine dog dave are Upon us it is only natural that we should long for the far-distant lands and frosty days. OULD NOT DEPEXD ON IMAGINATION, But the costume for the summer should not depend upon the imagination, as in the case in- stanced at the beginning of this article, but pon the actual surroundings. To aay that hot weather is a cold. hard fact is to use a paradox- ical expression, but it isa fact thatemust be Now, let us see | what it is best not to wear. | In the first piace the man isan idiot who | wears a suit that islight im appearance, but | heavy in weight. He may fool other people into a belief that he is cool, but he wou't im- pose upon himself. Yet this is not an infre- quent error. and the people one sees in cream- colored or light gray suits which, upon inspec- tion, prove to be as thick ax heavy blankets are quite numerous. There used to be up to a few Years since a species of insane dude that wore | summer overcoat. On all but the most ex- tremely hot days this minguided youth would appear in a light bob-tailed overcoat. A few people still wear them at times, but nearly all of the original patrons of this garment have melted away. Incidentally it must be remarked with a note of admiration that dudes are fond of showing «contempt for the weather. In very cold weather some of them can- not be induced to weer an overcoat; there is arace of dudes that won't wear strew hats; there is another race that does not carry an umbrella when it rains, and still another that hasn't sense enough tohold up an umbrella when it rains. Some dudes wear gloves when the thermometer is ninety-odd in the shade: others walk the streets in the dead of the winter wearing no gloves at all. Anglo- maviac dudes wear small country caps in «um- mer, which permit the fun to parch their faces and necks ton crisp, while sensible country people are using pith helmets or wide-brimmed hats. As for the Englishman himeelf, he is popularly supposed to be xo thick of skin that he does not feel changes of the term) ture, just as it ix a reasonable explanation of ‘vagaries of taste in clothes to suppose that be is color blind. * THE BRITISHER IN THE COUNTRY. In the city the noble Britfher is on his good behavior and dresses more or less like other people, but when he is in the country he cou- sults his ideas of beauty and appropriateness, snd the result ix something truly wonderfal. To see one of Victorin's subjects in some seo tions of Virginia where they most do congre- gate—one who has recently “come over | scopic pattern is surmounted by an old coat of no pattern at all,a Scotch cap most attractive to sunstrokes, a pair of enormous +hoes full of nails and a ‘thick stick to fight highwaymen with—pictare all that and you have a fair —- i telly clad for LET THE COLLAR WILT. Another thing that is a mistake in hot weather isto try and bold the head in such» Position that the collar won't wil. It makese