Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1893, Page 12

» « 1 “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4" 1998—SICTEEN PAGES, FOSTER AND CARLISLE. th and Gossip About the Two Treasury Secretaries. - A LOOK CARLISLE’S HOME. ! Me Pinye¥ vr Pum and Sotitaire While He Works How fle Makes Speeches and Writes Lette About the Next See What Sere ry Foster Says | RE @. spends h prides bome aga. walks, an Capitol he ta street car, and in fact the only exe a going to and from work i ing im the ears. He 1 wil never keep standing, and and give is with his friends a very nverse- tell a jaughter Almost bia He Lea » wi oF work. Speak Senat * card playing he is v tot « 1 he plays this game of cards w is ut work. He is one . " ig the pub- think das he dicta « pack of which to ay that he ch did not at within « rd pars of it and ndrance to his every time. i there is of the ther men a It is as ele once said that Car- Senator Joe He said vd to half as come ont righ day oF #0 be « he can now p °. wh 4 « ; 4 | Bn ed mw oy good ant Pac SMILE OF CAULISLE’S MANCNCRIPT. etady. dig, grub and toil arlisde knows four time- as mac He has all the iedor of the ancien’ d the moderns packed y im his head, an enever he opens his mouth great things and good things natarally voll out of it. He isn't entitled to any credit for them, He can't help it. He was born that “This scene to be fact. No one ever sces Carlisle reading. He bas no library to speak of and by does not pay much attention to books. , | $50. He suid that he wa: | married and, though He reads comparatively little of the ne 8 and he isnot one of the library fiends among the Congressmen who hang around Ainsworth K. Spofford. He does not have alot of clerks getting up speeches for him. He seems to grasp public questions intuitively and when he does read be reads very rapidiy. It is the same in his la¥ as in politics.’ He can take up the pers in a case and master it before other law- xers have got half through the testimony. He seems to read up and down the page instead of across it and he intuitively catches at the important points, He brushes the details aside and knows the law by knowing what it ought to CAREISLE'S HOME WHEN FIRST MARRIED. Andrew Stevenson, with whom he studied admitted to the bar, atest natural lawyer be ng up his cases today le what the law is and sends to get the anthorities upon he is rarely wrong. E MAKES SPEECHES, Senator € has the same clearness in ex- pression that he has in thinking. There is no ue country who can sta! case bet- ly in his professional pridge sai¢ that if his ease he would es but few of his makes a few notes the preparat throws his notes aside and # Hy extemporaneously. He writes but ers and does not like long let- ters should be as brief private secretaries r Carlisle's mind known him to time and never change If, however, I had put ina different had mde the slightes: error he would He distiked to read long letters were often east into pasket. unless the writers were well He writes but few letters him- vis letters he would Bold until aks he waste pwn to him. pres- through his who has a mind remarkably who has been connected father so long in his work that be t how his father would think and act bjects, answers much of his arlish ann a LOGAN CARLE mail without referring it to. hi lis of bis father. t, but itis very fair to presume ti be this father's private secretary when John Carlisle takes his piace at the head of the reasury Department. The speakership duties were not the cause of inl breakdown while he was at the head of the House. The real work of the speakership ytohim The trouble came from his kindness of heart in bemg willing to discuss and advise concerning every individual bill or n that was brought to him. He did so much of this that he became overworked through it. SENATOR CARLISLE AND MONEY MATTERS. Senator Carlisle is not arich man, He has never cared for the making of money. He is nota money investor or a money speculator. Logan Car- » about thirty and he is a very able a | A friend of his said to me last night that Car-) perhaps an Exquimau Who Was Moved on lisle seemed to care more for a cent than a dollar. Said hes “Ihave played poker with him at his house at 5-cent ante and at the close of the game he wonld be just as rigid in exacting that the ac- counts be settled to the last penny as though he were « bank cashier. ~But after the game as over any one could come in and get almost for the asking whatever money he bad in his pocket." ‘ ‘This is the trath, Carlisle will part with bis last cent to help a friend. He has beea often deceived by strangers. Qn one occasion a man went to his hotel and asked him for a loan of Kentuckian and that he was on his way home with his wife and children, but bad been robbed. He represented that his “family were at the depot and told Mr. Carlisle that if he would Joan him #50 he would send him a check for that amount when he got to Mr. Carlisle gave the man the money and a few hours afterward was surprised to see him riding by the hotel in a carriage with a party of bovh sexes. all of whom were in an in- toxicated condition. Senator Carlisle's honesty. No one has ever questioned this, and he is one of the few public men who are honest with themselves as to their thoughts as well as their money. If he finds Limseif wrong he is not afraid to change his opinion. and he always acts on what he believes to be the truth. SENATOR CARLISLE’S HOME LIFE. Senator Carlisle's home life is a charming one. He is very much devoted to bis wife and his two sons. I have already spoken of his son Logan, who is his private secretary. He is un- he is very popular, does Sy MES. CARLISLE. not seem to care much for society. Another W. K. Carlisle, is connected with the id's fair. He is married and has two or three childrea, who are living with him in Chi- cago. Both of these sous are lawyers and they are both bright men. Mrs. Carlisle bas for years been the Senator's helpmeet in ever sense of the word. She watches over his heal and does what she can to aid him in every way. The two are in perfect harmony with each other and the Senator defers to ber in all matters re- lating to the family, and now and then in pub- lhe matters as well. STORIES OF CLEVELAND AND CABLISLE. Senator Carlisle's relations with President Cleveland bave always been close. About a year ago [ had an interview with bim in which on of one, but when he |- Covington. | There is no doubt about | country, and,as was his natare,he went into the contest with all his might.” 5 of Cleveland's confidence in Carlisle he once said to a in who was urging afriend for an important office that the mem- ber sometimes deceived him in such cases. “But,” he went on, “when Mr. Carlisle speaks to me in favor of any int he tells me all he can in the man’s favor, and if he knows any- thing against him he tells me that, too, so that I am in fall possession of the facta.” SECRETARY FOSTER ON CARLISLE, I asked Secretary Foster last night what kind of s Secretary of the Treasury he thought Car- lisle would make. He replied: “I don’t know, bat I think he msy maki good one. He hasa wonderful analytical mind, and though he has not had much to do with business matters he isa good lawyer. He isa very fair man and Ihave always found him honest in his treatment with me concerning ap- pointments. If Tean't do what he wants I tell him why and he is always satisfied with the reason, As far as the intellectual work of the treasury is concerned I think he can manage it, but I'don’t know how he will stand the pound- ing of the o’fice seekers. The democratic party is very hungry and the treasury has many places. . HOW THE TREASURY IMPRESSED FOSTER. “How did you find the department, Mr. Sec- retary?” aid I. “Lt dazed me for the first fow weeks,” was the reply. “I conldn't get hold of things. ‘There were so many branches and so many de- tails. There are a number of things con- nected with the department that have no bu: ness there. Take the supervising architect's IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS! Something About Them and the Customs of the People, PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL. A Delightful Climate, Where the Thermom- eter Has a Small Range—Where Trees Are Always Green—Habits of the Natives—In the Bamily Circle—Traditions and Super- , Stitions. . ———. Written for The Evening Star. ¥F THE UNITED States is going to enter upon a career of foreign acquisition it could find no fairer domain than the little group in the middle of the Pacific, ‘Think of a climate the | outside variations of | which cover not over thirty degrees—trom 60 degrees to 90 degrees on rare occasions. Here trees are always green, taking on a new life while still throwing off the old. There is no sere and yellow leaf—no dying year there, Watch the guava trees, and while on one side the fruit is mellowing into:| yellow ripeness on the: other side will be green fruit interspersed with white blostoms, In all Honolulu there is but one brick chimney and that was built by newly arrived New England missionaries before they had learned to tear out of their minds their bleak winter. ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDES. By going up the mountain eides one can find regions where the character of the pro- ducts alter very distinctly from the tropical to the temperate zone. Of late years the advan- tages of the reciprocity treaty with this country e turned all availabie capital into the chan- nels of sugar production, and the uplands are entirely abandoned. But there was a tinte when pretiy much all of Oregon was supplied with potatoes raised in the uplands of the Hawaiian Islands, and residents confidently as- | } | SECRETARY CHARLES FOSTER. | office. What has thet got to do with the treasury? The bureau of engraving and print- ing you might bring into it by a stretch of imagination, but the light house board and the marine hospital, for instance, seem to have no prone connection with it, T'soou found that would have to rely on other men for the de- tails of the work. I got to know the chiefs who understood their business, and in cases where Thad not faith I appointed others, After a | time I was able to rednce my own work to the | important maiters, and [ have the thing *o systematized now that I get along very well. Tt takes time, however, aud it ix a big job. | are, vou know, three assistant <ecre- | ofthe treasury. Ali iontters should cous to these men fh nd ihe bnsines of the depaciment shonid be ‘itered throazh the most important should As it) now everything secretary drst, and bus to bs sent totuem. Ubave of lnie been getting erin hand, an | daring the past vot had mach troub} + GO TApY FOSTER AS a LoarER, Swul you doatier you Leave the e#b- ai [will do anything,” was the reply. “I think I have earned the right to rest. Lhave never taken a vacation in my life. Ido not go to watering piaces in the summer nor south in the winter. [lave never known how it feels to loaf, but I think I'll try it.” “Wh result of your experience in pub- You have been Congressman, governor Treasury. You have had all the pleasures of a | a ovances government oficial, I want you to tell me whether the game ia worth the candle.” “I don't know that it is,” replied Gov, Foster. tis certainly not ia the money way, but it is | different if youlook at it from the higher | standpoint that Garfield took. He held that the rewards of public tife were greater than those of money making. He held the satisfaction of | soul which arises from the dealing with great | questions, the having the esteem of your friends and the applanso of the world as things not to becompared with money. I think he was right.” Fuaxx G. CanpentEr. —— AN OLD-TIME TRAMP. | 60,000 Years Ago. From the Galveston News, Texas has had its old settlers stretching away | back toward the dawn of creation, the hems of | whose garments tradition does not reach, but | Whose careers were probably as full of wild ad- | venture as that of any Indian or Mexican fighter that has ever adorned the pages of | Texas history. One of those old settlers was | found about ten days ago by D. D. Pittman | while digging a well on his lot on Thomas avenue, Dallas, | Ata depth of thirty-three feet below the sur- face, and after blasting through a stratum of lime stone four feet thick, Mr. Pittman found a human skeleton in the post-tertiary sands, The skull, finger bones and other thin bones, on being brought in contact with the atmos- phere, crumbled away to powder; but some of the larger bones stood the test of atmospheric exposure, and, beyond the crumbling of the articular surfaces, are in a gocd state of pres- | ervation. This is particularly the case with the thigh bone. It in all ather respects resembles the tHigh bone of modern man except us to its anatom- ical neck, which Dr, Armstrong, the city health officer, says is not shaped like that of the present race. However, as nature adupts itself to its surroundings, it is to be expected that there was some difference between the fore and aft movement of the thigh bone that was in use 60,000 years ago and that of the present time. ‘The bone, while as thick and heavy as that of a man of medium height, is only eleven inches long. which would represent a man bout four feet two inches high, or about the stature of an Eequimau; and, taken in connec- tion with the geological formations, those of the second glacial period, in which the skeleton was found, there is hardly any doubt but that it belongs to the Esquimau race. The cold of that period destroyed the north- | ern tribes, except such of their hardiest mem- | bers as escaped south. ‘That there was @ southward movement of Esquimaux in those days is ascertain as that there is tow a winter movement of tramps from the rigorous climate of Jowa and Nebraska to the more genial one ofTexas. Doubtless this poor Esquimau lived between the paleolithic and neolithic periods— the ages of unpolished and polished stone weapons, marking the hiatus in the Bible between Adam and the period where connected history begins, What « wonderful story coula this skeleton tell if it hada tongue! But here the question | suggests itself, had this Esquimau yet reached the origin of language? Did he say “yes,” or did he merely nod his head? How did he string the echoes of his thoughts together? Un- forgunately the skull, that part of it most valu- able to science, has crumbled away. ~~ 00 Signs and Omens, From the New York Herald. When a man goes into “rapid transit” lunch room, selects a seat and leaves his hat init asa ' notice that he has staked out his claim and then hat, it is » sign that he ia careless of his per- | and regardless of matters of dress, It is also a good omen for the hatter. | When a man at the theater hums the airs as | the orchestra plays them |, moreover, marks the time ing with his foot, it isa sign hate isin the lest stages of menial debility Itis a good omen for the proprietor of a pri- vate lunatic asylum. > When « young man talks about the business | berry on a small, dark green, small leaved bush sert that the grains of the temperate zone would grow to advantage ther IN THE VALLEYS. ‘ In the lowlands and tho fertile valleys there is an infinite variety of products, that would be profitably cultivated were there a market as- sured to them. Rice was included with sugar in the list of products accorded tree entry to the United States, As a consequence "the nearby reed-grown shores have been partt- tioned off into trim rice beds, with intervening banks, by the thrifty Chinamen, and their ten- der, vivid green is the brightest feature in the lovely landscape seen from the heights of the neighboring mountain. ‘inere is no finer ric the world than the Hawaiian rice. The 8 are large, translucent and look like verit~ ple pearls, ‘These grain: are as different from mdian rive as thor it ent plant alioge ner, ded valley, will be sees shading the as can be found ou ‘These oranges a seedless, with t flowing with ju rind, aim: led to over- The shade of such a pulp. | clump of trees is a rare resting place ior a siesta di come act fruit, hea’ ngatramp. One is likely also to loaded with its iuscious y nt. In a bend of the stream will be lump of banana trees with groen, fibrous trunk and broad frayed leaves. ‘These trees sometines grow twelve fifteen feet in height. ‘This is the native banana, the frnit of which is coarser and ranker than the Brazilian variety, which is also grown in these islands, COFFEE CULTURE. On tho mountain sides a brilliant scarlet { will attract an observant eye. Break open the berry and imbedded in each lialt will be found a white sced with a line running length~ise through the flat exposed surface. In thie unfa- miliar guixe it will not take you long to recognize coffee, which is indigenous to this soil. Some exports have been made of this prodnet and it ! isfound in the Honolulu groceries under the title of Kona coffee. Connoisseurs have pro- nounced its flavor and aroma equal to the Mocha. It could doubtless be cultivated to ad- vantage. Successful experiments have also been made in the cultivation of the oliv Limes grow in great profusion and toa fin size. Elfortshave been made to raise lemons in the islands. FROM LEMONS TO LIMES, It is curiously asserted that after a few crops of lemons the tree runs into «lime and yields only limes after that! As the lime is the prefer- able fruit this cannot be called an unfortunate tendency. Pineapp!es abound and the tamarind can be had by those who like it. Mangoes.are | pecially plentiful and good. Many other tropicat fruits have been successfully grown here, though not on a large scale, There are plenty of noble groves of cocoanut trees along the seashore, one of the finest being at Waiki the beach near Honolulu. A quarter will in duce a diminntive kamalii (boy) to walk up the slender stem and twist off the nuts from beneath the tuft of graceful palm leaves at the top. Garden vegetables of fine quality are to be had in Honolula all the year round, thanks to the thrifty foresight and labor of the Chinese gardeners, These can | be seen daily with broad pagoda-like basket hats | on their heads, a tough, elastic stick like a long bow across their shoulders with a great bucket of water hy~ging from each end, passing be- tween the rows of vegetables and plenti- fully besprinkling them. ‘They carry these vegetables around from house to housé in flat baskets, which are vubstituted for the sprink- ling baskets at the end of the yoke stick. THE FISH IN TRE ISLA! are remarkably fine and ot great variety. The fish market in Honolulu probably presents as great a diversity in the fish family as could bo found in any similar place in the world. For many natives fish is the only meat diet they have. They swarm in the fish market, and carry their purchases home tied up deftly in » broad, flat leaf 40 as to lenve the stem for a ' handle. The squid or devil fish or octopus is often seen in the market and is considered a great dainty. There are quite a large number of stock ranches on the islands, horses and cattle being raised. In times past there have been large flocks of sheep on Molokai and Sanai, but without a market for wool they have died out. AN IDLE, AMIABLE PEOPLE, Of the people of these islands it can be truly said that they are the most amiable, careless, | irresponsible people in the world. The nearest approach to work of any of them is in their employment as cowboys on the stock ranches. They wonderfully expert horsemen and also become adept in the use of the lasso. A n man, or a native woman for that matter, isn ‘80 happy as'when on a spirited horse, going at hand gallop, decked out with flowery leis and streamers of bright colored cloth, in screaming. conversation with a whole troop of com- ions. They ride their horses to death, they Ei their babies with neglect and improper food, and yet it cannot be said that there isa it of ‘conscious cruelty in their nature, iF are licentious and sensual to an unparal- leied degree, in fact, the most promiscuous and unbridled intercourse is the universal rule among them. Yet there is no record of any violence ever done by them to a woman. A white woman is absolutely safe among them without any protectjon, and is exempt insult or even disrespect, beyond what may come from an unconscions usage of etiquette. Many of them pass the greater part of their lives squatted on woven grass mats before the doors of their huts, chattering ently and eating their mealof fox when the son comes to them. ‘THE FAMILY CIRCLE. he spoke of Cleveland’s ability in the highest | affairs of “our firm" in. pitch of voice that can| The honschotd mats ertund the cala terms. This was six months Before the uomi- | be beard from one eid of « street ear to the nine eahic tages ray ratios nation and he then told me that Cleveland other, it isasign that his wages have been | . paacae tae coald be elected. I asked him if he was the raised to $60 week. supply, bringing them out withan upward and author of ,President Cleveland's free trade mee- | _ When a man’s feet suddenly fly out, from un- outward twist, followed bys downward and in- sage and he told me he was not, Said Senator | der him and he racks his skull onthe | ward twist and to tne haven of the isle: thereby tears a tri- mouth. It is not juently the case that “President Cleveland wrote that message omy ‘of | two mee and one, woman dwell together thus in himself and the credit of it is due to him alone. oF Sar | peaceand Dermeny. Ina family circle there It is true be counseled with his political friends, up and walks is not unlikely to be an old crone who puts in myself among others, and made some verbai force of | almost all ber waking hours in a monotonous changes in it at their suggestion. He fully com- in also.n chant, which is carried on (ag: Ment oy prebended the importance of the issue he was and the family | the clatter of small talk by the others, making and he acted deliberat Ho told me - ‘women are of prodigious informa- that he had noteeriously tariff ques- {tion and have industriously drilled and tions before he came to Washington, but by ‘Diseases, hair tating ‘Teined through early fe in these chante, sending on i with thinkers on both sides not aie frease of poner abagy SNe c+ pd See teadittone at f reform wis the most important before the i“ | ‘archives and take the place that scrolls and , " . . | generation. | clean off at the second joint, eo ee epreeeed te te Gust ven, 4 FLOOD TRADITION. It is an interesting fact that one of the tradi- tions of this people is of a great flood which covered all ‘the earth. They are superstitious ton fantastic degree. Natives are often known to die when informed by » kaknna or that he intended to bring Queen Liliuokalani,died after the appearance of school of small red fish in the harbor, the ap- Pearance of which is supposed to bode the death of a chief. ‘ Evil spirits are supposed to be in the air at night. Sacrifices are offered to Pele, goddess of fire, at the period of a volcaniceruption. One article of diet is raw fish and I have often seen them catch smail fish with their hands and eat them as they came from the water. Their ex- pertness as «wimmers is remarkable. Mothers put their two-y. id babes in « pool of water ‘and watch them la@hingly strike out to swim. A little overa hundred years ago Capt. Cook found this people, numbering several hundred thousands, clean, happy, free from disease. ‘These first white mon planted among them the foul diseases which have rai them ever since with little less ppepliog fect than the drend leprosy itself. They number lose | than 40,000 now and will scarcely last another ation. As their fair islands must then pass into other hands the opportunity at present offered would seem to be particularly favorable for the United States to accept the ptpffered annexation. @vy Srvant Com. 9 dating BOBBY AND HIS FINGER, While Out Hunting for Indians He Manages to Lose a Member. (PEE SURPRISE OF MR. THEOPHILAX Bobbins on becoming the father of a male infant about ten years ago wae unfeigned. He has not got over his astonishment yet. The boy is continually doing things which appear unac- countable to any reasonable person, and his aunts declare that he doesnot exhibit a trace of his ancestry on either side of the family. Of course, a youth of bis age may naturally be con- sidered as representing a reversion to a prim- itive human type. He displays the same sort of unthinking cruelty as a savage, and one sees him actually practicing some of the arts of the stone age, as when he smashes with a rock the nuts which he gathers, < Young Bobby Bobbins never had any feelings, his father cava. Every now and then he plays some prank which proves that he possesses no of the sensibilities which distinguish the civi- lized human being from the savage. Only the other night he failed to return to his home in Georgetown, and the services of half the neigh- borhood were vainly emplored in looking for him. The fact was that he had decided to go bunting for Indians, and, with this eud in view, he bad borrowed ‘his father's ehot- gun and had gone ont to sleep in the woods near b: Conditions were not favorable for shooting In- dians, however, Although the day had been warm, it got very cold in the night, and Bobby coricluded that a more comfortable rest- ing place could be found in the haymow of a barn belonging toa certain Mr. Jones. He bad often Visited that barn, but various mischievous performances of his’ had caused the irate coachman in charge to threaten dire punithment in case he ever came there again, So the discouraged bunter and “dead game “as he proudly (. erept by stealth into the build- He climbed up the ladder which led to fi and Was soon blissfully reposing, un- ns of the anxiety which was caused by e from his own dwelling. the next morning be was awakened by the sound from below of footsteps, which he plainly r first notion was to lie low fora ved to reconsider this de~ pected circumstance. Havir gone to rleep in the dark ue had thrown his eap aside, and it bad fallen from the loft to the floor of the stable beneath. Pretty soon the rightful guardian of the establishment, while aged in do his regular ced upon this piece of headgear and ai ced lus discovery with a profane exclama- tion. Being aware of the fact that a boy will never forsale his hat if he can possibly help it, it occurred to Lim that the owner might be yet within reach of capture. After examining the stalls and the harness closet he started, slowly | | and with many grunts, to climb up the ladder | to the haymow. Meanwhile Bobby had been listening with all his might, and, when he heard his foe ascend- ing to his place of retreat, he qnietly prepared to drop out of a window. ‘There had been a load of hay standing beneath the window the day before, and he expected that this would afford a soft landing. Being eomewhat in haste he did not discover that the hay wagon ‘was gone until he found himself dangling from the sill outside the barn. Nevertheless, being an agile and limber youth, he would probably have escaped broken bones had it not been that, in his hurry, he knocked away the stick which had held up the window sash. The latter fell on the foretinger of his left hand and cut it ‘The sudden pain caused him to relinquish his hold and he fell to the ground. By tht time it was about 7:30 a.m. Bobby didn't ery. He merely gritted his teeth, wrapped his handkerchief around the wounded member and started for the door of Mr. Jones’ house, close by. Mra. Jones came to the door and looked at him in some surprise, wondering what he could want at that time in’ the morn- ing. Please, ma'am,” said Bobby, “I want per- jon to go back to your barn,” What for?” asked Mra, Jones, “I want to get my finger,” insisted Bobby resolutely. é “Your finger?” “Yes, ma'am. My finger is in your barn, and I want to get it.” “This is some now trick you are up to, Bobby Bobbins,” said Mra. Jones, who knew the boy pretty well. " declared Bobby. mi “If you don't | T ain't believe me look here!" With that he coolly unwound the handker- chief from {he stump of his finger and exhib- tad it, stll bleeding, to the lady, who promptly sereamed and fainted dead away. Mr. Jones came running down from upstairs and de- manded what the matter was. An explanation | followed, end Mra. Jon # having been restored her husband consented to accompany Bobby to | the stable, where the missing finger was soon | found. Of conrse it was hopelessly smashed, | 80 that there was evidently no possibility of | “‘sticking it on again,” as the boy said he had hoped might be done. ‘At Mr. Jones’ suggestion Bobby started im- ediately for home, where he was received with | ‘open arms and tears of joy by his mothe: “But what have you got your hand wrapped up for?” she demanded. * “Hurt mv finger,” replied Bobby, briefly. ‘How did you hurt it?” “Well.” said Bobby, “if you won't go and faint like the other woman I'll show you.” Whereupon, having thus broken the news with delicate tact, he undid the handkerchief, showed the mutilated stump and produced | simultaneously the severed finger from the | pocket of his little breeches. “That® all,” he said. Mrs. Bobbins, being a woman of com tively strong nerves, did not faint, though she came pretty near it.’ As for Bobby, he rather felt as if he were a hero on account of his tragic adventure. His father tried in vain to infuse a different idea on the subject into his mind; but he had not the heart to punish him under the circumstances. It was only another instance, his aunts said, to provo that he was ed as those of his enemy, the | “chores,” | | the relief when the Polite Duties Which Mr. and Mrs; Cleveland Must Perform. WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL LIFE. Luncheons for Ladies and Dinuers for Dig- sitaries—What a State Dinner Costs—Some of the Customs Which the President and | His Wife Must Follow—Former Mistresses of the Executive Mansion. HE GLOOM WHICH | death in high places has | recently thrown over | Washington society will | doubtless be broken by | an unusually brilliant | season next winter when | Mra Cleveland will} have resumed her posi- : tion as popular idol | and will lead the gaye- ties from the White House. Of late years the giving of ladies’ luncheons has become an important part of en- |tertaining at the Executive Mansion, Mrs. | Harrison &nd Mrs, Cleveland gave many such | | “spreads,” and the latter is likely to continue the custom. Both women made numerous calls | on friends, though etiquette did not oblige them | to do so; for the President's wife need never return a visit, and she is not even required to send a card instead. The most trying part of entertaining at the White House is the giving of state dinners. To provide these feasts is uduty devolved upon the President by inexorable custom, and be can- not escape from it. He must invite each winter all the Senators and Representatives in Con- gress, the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and the high officers of the army and navy stationed at Washington. To accomplish this six banquets ) are required, costing from $700 to $1,500 each. Mr. Harrison bas had such otticial meals served bya caterer,but Mr. Cleveland prefers toemploy his own chef. The butler of the Execative Mansion, who arranges the dinners, is hired by the government, but the chief magistrate of the nation must pay for everything else out of his own pocket. EXACTING SOCIAL DUTIES. The social duties of the mistress of the White House are exacting and to perform them well Tequires the utmost tact. Sho must piense everybody, for any offense she may give is sure to be magnified a thousand times. Mrs, Cieve- land, when she assumed the position as a youth- ful bride, was the target of national criticism, and how well she bore the ordeal 1s a matter of lustory. But she was not the youngest hostess the Executive Mansion has ever had, Mrs. Bliss, the daughter of President Taylor, was only seventeen when she oceupied thet place. | Mr. Cleveland was the second bachelor elected | | to the presideney of the United States. He lost no time in Tepairing his matrimonial de- ficiency, and meanwhile his sister acted as “first lady in the land.” The sister of Mr. Arthur, | who was the fifth widower to occupy the White House, likewise served as its mistress. His hospitality was made most famous by the “stag” diners he gave to friends who could equally | appreciate a bon mot and a stew of terrapin. DURING THE WAYES REGIME. The hoepitality and open-heartedness of Mra. Hayes made the administration of her husband | a great social success,” She thoroughly enjoved the high position in which she foimd herself, and the White House was always full of guests whilewhe governed it. She kept open house | and was not too proud to entertain humble relatives from Ohio for weeks together. Though attacked for her prohibition of wine, which ill- | disposed people attributed to stinginess, b | dinners were always at receptions, and his bill for the “swarry”’ on one such occasion was $6,000. His wife made calls in very democratic fashion, and her even- ingsat home were most agreeable and informal. During Grant's two terms, likewise, everythin, about the Executive Mansion was homelike and | cheerful, The marriage of Nellie Grant and | | Sartoris interested the public more intensely | than any other event that ever took place there, | possibly excepting the wedding of Mr. Cleve- | land and Frances Folsom. IN EARLIER TIMES, When Andrew. Johnson became President | not much was expected of the administration | in a social way. His wife wasan invalid and her | only appearancein public at the White House was at a party given to her grandchildren. Never- | theless, the state dinners of that regime were | ona princely scale and have never been sur- | passed. The duties of hostess were performed y Martha Patterson, wife of Senator Patterson of Tennessee, She was a young woman of much common sense and she did not hesitate } to snub certain fine ladies of Washingtore when | they attempted to patronize her. Every morn- | ing she rose early, donned # calico dress and | white apron, and with her own hands skimmed | the milk in the dairy. She found the Execu- tive Mansion a wreck inside, the furniture de- stroyed by a vandal rabble, curtains and car- pets torn and cut to pieces and the east room swarming with vermin. Congress appropri- ated $30,000 for repairs, which stm she per- sonally expended. and the present good con- dition of the establishment is due largely to her efforts, . THE FIRST BACHELOR PRESIDENT. Buchanan was the first bachelor President. Nevertheless his was the gayest of administra tions, thanks to his beautiful niece, Harriet Lane. She was a golden blonde, very clever and ac- complished—in short, the ouly great belle who has ever 1d at the White House. Having been with her uncle while he was minister at | the court «f St. James, she had enjoyed every possible advantage of training, and her band was sought by many men of rank and intellec- tual gift. Such accumulated honors as she re~ ceived were never before heaped upon any young woman in the United States. Societies, ships of war and neckties were named after her. Under ber reign the social magnificence of former days in the Executive Mansion was revived, She entertained the Prince of Wales and his suite when they visited this country. | She subsequently married Major Johnston of | Baltimore. j Although President Pierce was an extremely popular man, his administration was very dull Socially, owing to the fact that his wife was mourning for the death of her little boy, an only child, who was killed in an accident on the railway. Mrs. Fillmore was a woman of literary tastes. “She formed the beginying of the White House library, and it was in the library room that she used commonly to receive her friends. Mrs, Polk was the only mistress of the Execu- tive Mansion who was her husband’s private secretary, having entire charge of bis papers. He used to rely upon her entirely for the regu- lation of bis business affairs. She was a coid and formal Puritan, caring nothing for society, and the people of Washington were very glad of of the White House was tuken from her by Xe young daughter-in- law of President Tyler, Mra. Tyler being an in- v PRESIDENT TYLER'S DAUGHTER-IN-Law, totally different from any other member of his family on either side that had ever been heard of before, _ paae SSSR S Written for The Evening Star. Spider and Fly. Hung a web so fine and silvery,— Rainbow-hued where sun's soft rays Touched with daintiest caresses, ‘Silken threads on silken maze. But the monarch of this kingdom, Magic workman—knew no pride, Discontent within his palace, “all the world is drear!"—he oried, ‘Soon, tho’, the unhappy spider ‘Learned to love a little fy, “A new world is here”—he murmured, “And to win it shall try. ‘Ihave bread and I have cheese, dear, I would fain have kisses, too!” ‘But the wary fly was cautious,— “I should fear to marry you!” Darkness comes, the fy is sleeping, And the spider now spins fast Net of silk, that closely holds her, |. His new world is won at last! ‘Strange, forsooth, the fly is happy! ‘You shall hear the reason why,— ‘My Love was the cunning spider, I, mypelf, the little ay! ~ ~Eaaurs J. Wars. This gracetal girl was the daughter of an actor named Cooper, and she Was one of the cleverest women of her time. Men of dis-| tinction hke Daniel Webster, Henry Ciay, John C. Calhoun and Washington Irving were time that President | matrimony while | i | ea | keep country in 1825. Mex Adams’ ball, given when her husband was Secretary of State. on the night of January 8, 1824, was an historical affair, and the recojlection of it bas not yet away. It is chronicled that on that Fimous evening she wore a gown of steal ‘Hama” and ornaments of cut steel. IN ANDREW JACKSON'S TIME. Andrew Jackson initiated a new order of things socially when he became President. He was a widower, having lost his wife soon after he was elected. She was grieved at bis election, having no desire to live in what she called ““that paises in Washington.” Sot came about that niece, “lovely Emily” Donelson, whose husband, Andrew J. Donelson, was his adopted son and private secretary, came to live and Preside at the Executive Mansion. Lest there might be jealousy he said to bis daughter-in~ Jaw, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, jr.: my dear, are mistress of the Hermitage Emily is hostess of the White House.” When people here goesiped about Mra. Eaton, the wife of the Secretary of War, with whose hame scandal was busy, he enjoyed defending her and liked the war that was waged on him on account of his giving her his support and recognition. Young Mrs. Donelson had exquisite taste in dress, and it is recorded that at Jackson's first inaugural ball she wore a gown of © brocaded with roses and vic with lace and beads, describing a scene at the Ex those days, wrote: ‘The large parlor is sean- tily furnished. Mra, Donelson, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, jr., and Mrs, Edward Livingston are | sewing around a blazing fire in thegrate. Five | or six children are playing about, rezardless of | documents and work baskets. At the further end of the room sits the President in his arm- chair, wearing along coat and smoking a long reed pipe—combining the dignity of « pat arch, a monarch and an Indian chief. Just be- bind him Edward Livingston is reading dis- patches. The ladies giance admiringly now and then at the President, who lisiens, waving his pipe toward the children when they become too boisterous. Mr. Monroe was the last of the six aristocrat Presidents, His wife took to the White I the first family of children which occupied th | dwelling, though nearly all of them were gro’ up. Her health was frail, and she did | pear much in society. DOLLY MADISON AS FIRST LADY OF THE LAND, Jefferson bad no liking for social ceremonial, | but becoming convinced that it was necessary for him to bestow some attention on such mat- ters, he asked Jirs, Madison, the wife of his Secretary of State, to act ax mistress of the Ex- etiquette which had made the “drawing rooms” of Mrs, Washington and Mrs, Adams doll and tedious was laid aside, and no stiffness was per- mitted. For all this a cheerful Virginia hos- pitality was substituted. On one occasion the. abundance and size of Mra. Madison's dishes were made subjects of ridicule bya foreign minister, but she was indifferent to such eriti- cism, She used rouge to some extent and was very fond of snuff. At the first inauguration of her husband she wore a dress of bufl velvet, a Paris turban with « bird-of-paradise plume and pearls on ber neck and arms. Withal she w the most popular woman in the United States, and she never forgot the had been introduced to ber. The Senate granted her a seat on the floor of that body—an honor which has never been accorded to ai other person of her #ex. Abigail, the wife of President John Adams, lived in Washington only four months, prefer ig to reside at Quincy, Mass, where she could take care of her bhurband’s estate. She | complained that there was no comfort to be ad in the White House, because it was “on such a grand and superb scale, requiring at least thirty servants to attend to it.” While occupying it she could not get wood enough to the mansion warm, and the most con- ¥enient use she found for the east room, then unfurnished, was to bang up her clothes to dry in it, She was by all odds the most heroic fignre of the revolution, and her letters to Jef- ferson were #o admirable that they have be- come historic. MRS, WASHINGTON'S COURT. Mrs. George Washington, after her husband's inauguration, set up the “first republican court” atNo.$ Franklin square, New York. Its etiquette was copied after that of forcign courts, The rules were very strict, and per- sous were excluded unless they wore the re- quired dress, Access was not eney, and digni- jed stateliness reigned. In the second year of that administration the seat of government was removed to Philadelphia, where Washington took a house o1 larket street between Sth and Mrs. Washington held her drawing rooms on Friday evening of each week, the company assercbling early and retiring before 10:30 p.m. ‘The lady of the mansion ways sat. The President had his hair powdered and did not sbake hands with any one, Al- though all these things have undergone a great change, the regulations which the noble Martha adopted are toa great extent in force toda! Thov&h she was probably nota woman of re- wealth were a great help to the father of his country, and itis not surprising that David Burns, when Washington was bargaining with him fora patch of land south of the White House, should have remarked derisively: “Where would you be had it not been for the widow Custis?” a ONE IDEA OF ECONOMY. How a St. Louis Woman Thinks She Saves Money on Beefsteak. From the Ft. Louis Republic. “Some women have a peculiar idea of econ- omy,” said a well-known merchant. “I live pretty far out in the West End, where corner grocery and butcher shop provisions cost more than they do anywhere else on the present ex- ing 30 and 35 cents each for common, ordinarily good beefsteaks.and everything else in propor- tion. “The other day my wife had occasion to visit a friend in South St. Louis, and on ber return to Broadway to catch a north bound car she passed a meat shop which attracted her atten- tion by reason of its clean and wholesale dfis- play of fresh meats. She entered the place, selected a large steak and bought it. “How much? she asked the butcher, reach- ing for her purse. * Fifteen cents, mum. “*What! cried my wife, fearing she had not heard aright. “Fifteen cents!” “Yes, mum. Or two for a quarter.’ “Two for a quarter?’ “ Yes, mum.” “Then gimme two right quick. I never heard of such in St. Louis.” “Proudly she walked out with her two stenks, but she bad only gone a block—repeating to herself meanwhile, ‘never heard of such prices’ —when it dawnedjupon her that she it to take advantage of the opportunity and Iay in a sort of winter's supply. So back sbe went tothe =. _ jt two more steaks. “Well, thus far everything was right and for several days we fairly reveled in cheap, deli- cious mest. But, alas! her success turned her head. That was month ago. And yesterday she told me with pride in her voice that she had been sending down there every day since for with 20 cents car fare added. “I dare not disturb her dream of economy. Tt was too realistic and too fall of victorious ber on the frugality still of her management—and paying out just the Had Time to Grow. From the Detroit Free Press. piblic excitement over the| A hungry man went into fashionable down, quires an expenditure of 15.000 horwe town restaurant and gave an order for dinner. other dishes he ordered calf's liver and I al Lite! git it i: I Fy ecutive Mansion, assisted by his daughter. He was a widower. ‘Thus the never-to-be-forgot- ten Dolly Madison took the place of “first lady | in the land,” which position she continued to | ocoupy for sixteen vears, her husband ceed- | ing Jefferson. Under her regime the formal | ame of a person who | markable intellect, her social influence and | tent of discovered earth, We have been pay- | one steak—one steak, mind you—for 15 cents, | What People Mast Do Who Sit Behind an Opera Theater Party. HE OPERA IS ROBIN HOOD. A PARTY of eight enters the theater— three young women,four young men andachaperon, They are exactly balf an hour late. Proceeding to occupy & row of seats near the front of the par quet, they remove their wraps and coats ine Yery leisurely manner, meanwhile shutting off | Sfty people from a view of the stage, A beau- tiful song is being sung. Nevertheless, having finally eeate! themselves, they continue a gen- eral conversation so loudly as to entirely drown the music. The Girl with Yellow Ostrich Plumes—“Is that Maid Marian | (Several persons in the seats behind, who want to bear the song, begin to look annoyed. Bat the conversation proceeds as before, inter mixed with giggles ) The Girl with the Large Hat—“Do look af | that girl in the lower box!” tcrocephalic Youth No. 2—“Ain't she oddly a Bat what awfall: eorching. He. And she wears glasses, too—be, be He, he!” je the people in the seats u the neighborhood, hear the song. while the singer is € nm as the music is Con must thank you for carryt nicele Mi may so. ceph No, 3—“Awfully jolly of you to ed, youdo. Asa reward I think I will of my violets —be, be!” “Just bold the vie up so Tecan smell hem—cburies ber face in them) Now, you id them way while J untie the ribbom , t. (che ties and unties them « dozen times high in the aur and then exclaims | with ed pettishness): Oh, vou don't bold them right, at all hard to please. so. Now, try again, and be Don't you see that’ eve: boxes is upon us—be, he? A the ribbon and secared the sts Microeeph No. 3 to bold This te a very elaborate requires more } than ten minutes h the gubbie ts iggios, Oue of the air at losing the best of Hush!” The exclamation ate | tracts the a is led a | and save, of the persons for whom it ‘roceph No. 3 looks around “Thanks, awfully ‘Then the chatter is renewed as bet The Girlwith the Large Hat—"Oh, isn't | Friar Tuck repulsive lookiug!” | Microceph No. 1—“Deucedly so, I should say Why do they have him so ugly, do you suppose: Give 1 up idon’t mean to look at him atall. T aball ook at youwhen he comes on the stage—he, ~Thanks—he, he!” (A murmur of indignation is an the seats in the rear. But the persons compos= jing the theater party do noteare. The ¢ | sciousness that she and her friends are spoiling the enjoyment of a namber of Indies and gentier jmen who have paid toseeand hear the por formance merely intensitine the satisfaction the Girl with the Yellow Ostrich Plumes, Whea | somebody “Hush! titers, | while Microcey around and ret | marks, “Thank you pon the couvers | eation is continued ). ‘be Girl with the Yellow Ostrich Plumes— “Why do Robin Hood's men wear green, I wonder?” Microceph No. 2—“Beastly color. don't you think?” *"Ian't it silly —he-he?” Verhaps it's the fashionablecolor this year.” T guess that's a fact, But why do they have rl xinging love songs?” think i should be « man—be, be!” le,he (It will be observed that one of the you! men in the party, one of the young women | ible from | the chaperon are not a ¥ part of the j talking. In troth, it is pretty evident that they | areas much dingus with the vulgar be- | havior of their comp | The chaperon onght them, but #t ie | not an easy thing toact the part of chaperon well in So the gubble is kept up continuous aah the performance, fn to third act th atiful anvil solo actually dive tracts the attention of the Girl with the Yellow | Ostrich Plumes from the flirtation which has been engrossing her. ) seh" Wost does that man strike the anvil or? Microceph No. 3—“I guess it's because be's the biggest, aud the anvil can't help iteelf.” “Isn't it willy to make such a noise?” Hoo, hoo!” It seems to me that the whole play iaawfany, silly. Iwonder what the plot Caen De you know? (addressing Mierooeph No. 1.) Microceph No. 1—“I give it up.” The Girl in the Large Hat—“L don't think Maid Marian is at all comme-il-fwut—be, be!” Microceph No. 3—"*Hoo, hoo!” The final dropping of the curtain is rather relief to a score of people whose evening's pleasure has been marred by the deliberate dis- regard of their comfort whieh the theater party has manifested. Of course some persons are unable to appreciate music. Some even there are who are born without brains, Never was « | truer remark made than that “want of cou tesy is want of sense.” This sort of behavior in the theater by a certain sort of shoddy so- ciety people has become familiar enough, but it is unfortunate that they should have imported it to Washington. Atall events these were the observations which occurred to one of the #u!- ferers on his way out of the play bouse. His thoughts were interrupted by a voice bebind him, which said in mincing tones: “Weren't those people behind us horribly ra. to say ‘hush’ when we were conversing? I de- clare, Teould have turned around and glared at them for their impudence It was the Girl with the Yellow Ostrich Plames. There is only one effective way for people to protect themselves from pereons of this descrip= hon, who goto the theater to dirt and not to listen to the play—that is, to appeal to the usher, who ts bound to see that order is wai If resort is bad @ fe means of redreet possibly the form of annoyance described may be ebecked in this city. Jt 1 more complained of this winter than ever before. -_ ‘TRICAL SERVICE, What the Potent Piuid WIil Do in the Neat Pature. | From the St. Louls Giole-Demoorat “The day is not far off when we will got heat | and power without the intervention and asnixt- ‘ance of fire,” said Civil Engineer Marston Me- Grath at the Lindell, “The solution will come when we get electricity direct from coal with- out the loss of any part of the wonderful energy that there is in the fuel. I never knew fully the | value of coal as a power producer until I saw it exemplified on a recent trip across the Atiantio in the steamer Majestic. The vessel carric® 2,400 tons of coal —almost enough to gives half | bushel to every family in St Louis—end it used up 290 tons a day to maintain » speed of about twenty-three miles an hour. This seems like an awtul lot of conl, doewn’t ity Majestic is a big bout, 582 feet long, and it one ele, tained in the house. times to thi COMING §! rive it at top speed through the water, “Figure the thing out, though, snd you see that one and a half pounds of coal, which less than a good furnishes one-bore 0 that your one and @ baif pounds of pounds one foot and sustains it fof take this illustration at it Hy ie Ht g HH i i i a i i i i t e i ge ;