Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1893, Page 5

WOODWARD & LOTHRO 1TH, TH AND F STS ¥.W. —— (@Closed at 1 o'clock today. Other dsys at 5 until September 1. WE INVITE ATTENTION TO OUA Complete and Perfect Stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Travel- ing Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, And the Thousand-and-one Requirements for the Season. PRICES GUARANTEED THE LOWEST IN THE UNITED STAT FOR LIKE QUALITIES. - RETROSPECTIVE JURE~PROSPESTIVE JULY AND AUCUST. June was s month of great retailing—s good month for us, better thanever. The ‘sales of every department show s inarked advance over the corresponding month of last year— ‘Triumobant even over the unpropitious elements and the current reports of dull times, advertise these facts for business, not boastful reasons. But there isa TRADE ARGU- ‘MENT in the fact that we want to emphasize, WHAT MADE THE BUSINESS? WHY THIS UNUSUAL STATE OF AFFAIRS? ‘The reasons are obvious—merely the best service—the beat goods m the greatest variety and at the fatrest ponds AS advertised quantities wnrestricted—the closest attention to the wants and nests of our patrons—no expense or afort too great for the aecommeodation and convenience of the public. That'sthe whole story. Thanks are due for your approval of our business methods—your quick responses to our announcements. Of course what is tu your interest is to our ultimate advantage. HOW FOR THE DOINGS OF JULY AND AUCUST. ‘We want to keep busy and to hear the merry music of briskness kept up without cessation. We wore never in such s favorable postion for great merchandise transactions, and have good Feasoa to believe that many of the things to be offered will not be sold at the same low prices elsewhere. : July Opens the Outing Season. Iemeans thoussndsof vacations, lasting sday, a week or longer. It means active bust- ‘nees for onting headquarters—that's here—and we've msde special preparations for the crest trade that has already come and is sure to continu». Be your destination EUKOPE, THE WORLD'S FAIR, THE MOUNTAINS, THE SEASHORE-IF YOU ARE NOT GOING aWaT AT ALL—we have everything imaginable for your comfort, pleasure and enjoyment. Every Department in the House Issupplied with s FULL, COMPLETE and SPLENDIDLY ASSORTED STOCK OF FRESH, SEASONABLE GOODS, covering every summer requirement, and with staple practical articles —the kinds which every family needs day after day. We ate going to keep the assortments com- plete throughout the summer months—this isn't the way generally, but {t's our way—so come ‘dere with the assursnoe that you'll find whatever you need—no matter bow trifitng the article. ‘Things that are getting a little unseasonable—any merchandise not usable just now—of ‘course you'll find marked as it should be—at @ reduced price. You've s certain amount of summer shovping that must be done whether you so ‘away or stay at home. Special things needed for comfort and conveniencs. Maybe you don’t know just what We've made it very easy for you, whether you Know oF don’t know—the right things to see and people to tell you all sbout them—and the prices in every instance will be right and as interesting as the goods—GUARANTEED THE LOWEST IN THE UNITED STATES FOR SAME QUALITIES. Should you nob find this literally true in every instance, kindly notify us—for we mean that it shall be— aod we'll make it so at ones Enough of General Information. ‘Visit us daily; don’t wait for the advertising. for some of the “‘special” lots may be too small to msy go im a day. The papers will give you sugeee tious from time to time. 9 EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY AND VICINITY, ‘Having never so little money to expend on summer wearing apparel! and things for comfort an4 pleasure, fa interested in what we print today. and will print in the following days during this month. MOXDAY—IN UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT, A MANUFACTURER'S SAMPLE LINE DOWN CUSHIONS, SILK, SATIN AND SATINE COVERED, ALL SIZES, (ath floor. DOSSSOSSOSOSOSSOO THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. JULY 8, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES, 5 Or... Sanche’s “Oxydonor Victory. “Oxygen by ~ -|WEARING APPAREL Antiquity of Some of the Articles Now in Use, Absorption.” A HANDKERCHIEF HISTORY. A CURE FOR DISEASE WITHOUT MEDICINE. Wasursetows Ost Acexr, Miss Lula Leonman, 929 F Sx. N. W. 5pm ‘Corea Plour at your crocer's--we only wholesale it. Wx. M. Garr & Co, Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers,” Corner Ist st and Ind. ava n.w. 1t 0 0000000 oO No Trusses. ? {s no longer incurat ‘Trusses have outlived 1 ‘Ress. Dr, Chan. E- bee a auld jis forms new treatment : Gaba hn erat age = ety ‘daily Work and isnt! board ‘Quandt, OOOSOOSOSoeeso 0000000 0000000000 Sof azine, business: . fitting all Corsets without extru charge, guaranteeing satisfac: Hon, ‘retunding the money, be. War SaceniliaeeGe T, —Notion and dery Stores for Corsets when mach a Ener Biosk ctoce’ Bremusite™ Cort Eetabitaementt The week's M. Cc. Waruxs Corser Exvoricx, 1003 F Sx. Ostx:No Braxou._1y7 MONDAY—IMPORTANT SALE WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ Suet Wass, Scuuer Gowns, Travetixa Cosromrs, Sux Waits Axp Oop Preces Or Hicx—Crsss Woorzx Dress Srorrs For Seastone, Movxrars Axo Counrax. ALL AT REDUCED PRICES. FIGURED SATINE WAISTS, | RED SURAH AND INDIA SILK WalsTs, Serpentine styie. — Reduced from $6.75 and $7.50 to $3.50. — —Reduced from $2. 50 to $1.50. — BLUE TWILLED FLANNEL ETON SUITS. —Reduoed from 88.75 to $5.75.—§ STRIPED JAPANESE WASH SILK WAISTS, ‘Fall bertha ruffle, fall sleeves and pointed girdle. —Redueed from 87.50 to $6.75.— FINE INDIA SILK WalsTs, serra Point de esprit |. DARK BLUE STRIPED BATISTE WAISTS, ‘With collar and cuffs, foar-in-band tie to match. —Reduoed from $1.75 to $1.00.— PLAIN COLORED CHAMBRAY WaISTS, ‘Stiff collar and cuffs. — Reduced from 82.50 and 82.75 to #1.50.— WHITE INDIA LAWN WAISTS, ‘Pail front and full sleeves, **Eulalie” tie to match. -—Reduced from $1.75 to $1. 50.— — Reduced from $16.50 to $8.50.— PINK-STRIPED MADRAS SUITS, Tight-€tting waists, full skirte, ——Reduced from $14 to 87.50. WHEES INDCA LODO WAteTe. FIGURED ORGANDIE SUITS, ‘Fall handkerchief ruffle. empire sleeves of dotted ‘Handsomely made and lece trimmed. é swiss. Reduced from 82.75 to $1.50.— LACE STRIPED MADRAS WAISTS, ‘Handkerchief raffle and emptre belt. — Reduced from $2.75 to $1.50.— SMPORTED CUSTOM-MADE CHEVIOT WAISTS, ‘Yoke beck, lsundered collar ana cuffs. —Reduced from 83.50 to $1.50.— FINE FIGURED SILKOLINE WalsTs, Serpentine style, very latest. — Reduced from 83 to $1.50. — PLAIN PINK AND BLUE MADRAS WAISTS, Soft Suisbed. tucked snd plaited back end front, turn-back cuffs. ——Reduced from $275 to $2.25, DMPORTED FIGURED PERSIAN MULL Walsts, Fall berths ruffle. ——Reduced from $16 and $18 to $10.-— ORGANDIE AND FIGURED SWI88 SUITS, Ribbon and lace trimmed. ‘J ——Rednced from 818.50, $20 and 824 to $13. HIGH-CLASS CHALLIE TEA GOWNS. —Reduced from $10 and $12 to $6.75.—— MISSES" FINE INDIA LIMON GUIMPES, ‘Tucked yokes. full sleeves, embroidered collars and cuffs, Sizes 4 to 10 years. —Reduced from Oe. to 38¢.—_ MISSES’ FINE INDIA LINON GUIMPES, Some with shirred yokes, others trimmed with’ double embroidered ruffles over shoulder. Bises 410 10 years. —Reduced from $1.75 to $1.— MISSES’ DOMESTIO-GINGHAM DRESSES, To be worn with or without gulmpes, neat patterns, | ‘embroidery trimmed. Stsos-4 to 12 yeara, — Reduced to $1.25 and 82. — MISSES’ FINE DRESSES iN —Rednoed from 84.50 to $2.75. ‘atnotans ‘DARK PLAID SILK WAISIS, pabroaer renner | [Bh emda 4 to 12) Plain and ruffled fron*. years. ‘ Reduced from: $8.50 and $10 to $3.50. — —Reduced from 85.75 and $6.75 to $2 — BA floor... .-11th st. building.) Odd Pieces Dress Stuffs, Arr Woor Fresca Crarus. 20 parts of pieces, navy. black, brown, white and grousds small effects. ‘Were @0c. and @5c. Now 500. Asx—Woor Barisre 2 parts of pieces in dvileate shadings of tan. ‘Were $1.00. Now50e. Fuexca Noverrs. 3 parts of pieces—all this season's production—' cream serge grounds, with narrow colored stripes 3 inches apart, small firures between, very stylish 2d just the thing tor seashore and mountain cos- Were $1.50. Now 500. Au—Woor a Crsroxs Axp epextixe Corps. 6 parts of pieces in light tans. Were $1.00. Now 0c. Au-Woor Desrene ‘paris of pieces in pretty shades of gray and tan.” Were #200. Now Ste. Tae “Crrrron- Gawrse Macurxes, $19.50, 20TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. aT Shoe Cost. SATURDAYS and MONDAYS are in- variably CHILDREN'S DAYS at EDMON- STON'S. Magnifcent special bargains in CHILDREN'S SHOES are always to be had, but here ‘are some offers that ‘cap the climaz:" Children's Russet Shoes snd Misses’ Low Bhoes woat cost tomorrow and Monday. ‘You can buy :— Child's Russet Oxfords for. .85 CTS. 1. 15 Boys’ $2 “Ironclad” Lace Shoes for.-81.70 Bore 2.50 Russet Lace Bluchers ors. Infants’ French Kid Ankle Ties for 65 CTS. And dozens of other bargains just as ea ee eee = EDMONSTON xew 1334 F Sz. N.W, stone ora Sigh BIDY. URING OUR REC! 0 the New York IL) we secured a “job” of ut 0S te reduction” from Temnlar’ prices. "We ‘will share our good fortune with you oy marking it Gnstesd of 50c. ag {t should be) epactly of. price, ie. — 250, Pex Yano. Some Big, Waist Values:— Waiste, doy front "box plaits tack and Irent, “SS, lies? ite and Fancy Irish Lay Bask ind front whe tox, pinta yo Fine” geticen”Wansts; 750. Almost, Half Price For ae as "Now 15¢ Pep Yano. Carhart & Leidy, 928 Tra Axo 706 K Sx. N. W. If Lt. Peary —the arctic explorer—had simply, been in search of “‘cold region” instead of promoting science we would have referred him to the in- terior of one of our famous EDDY REFRICERATORS fee in {t for Corded Pig a co hours. The Eddy Refrigerators keop cold longer, use less ice, have a drier temperature and many other advan- tages over all other refrigerators, We are sole agents for the “Eddy.” M, W. Bevszwor, 1215 F Sx Remodeling And REPAIRING of RANGES, FUR- NACES and LATROBES have slways Deen specialties of ours. Through our ex- Pert attention, hundreds of house-hoat- offering will be @125 | * Its Origin 1s Lost in Obscurity — The Cus- tom of Carrying It Began in Italy — The Frock Coat an English Invention—We Owe the Hat to Asia. —_-—__. ‘Written for The Evening Star. HE HANDKERCHIEF, in one form or another, exists in nearly every portion of the glober but just whon or how ithad its origin is in- volved in obscurity. Nevertheless it has quite a» history, and many interesting facts surround thisindispens- able article that tends to add to the comfort of all mankind. ‘The Greeks and Romans had no pocket hand- kerchiefs, but merely a cloth called “sudor- tum,” to wipe perspiration from the face, which was usually carried in a fold of the tunic or loosely tied about the neck. The Athenian and Roman swells, themen about town, inaugurated the fashion of carrying one such ‘‘sudorium” in the hand and another in the girdle, but these were never used as we use handker- chiefs. The ancients had a profound respect for absolutely clean noses, but only children and old persons were allowed to blow their noses in ublic. For a gentleman to have done so would ave been considered a breach of man- ‘and for a lady to appear in public with » ne handkerchiot was sufficient for her to forfeit all claim to respectability. Husbands could di- Yoree wives who were compelled to use pocket handkerchief. It is even on record fat in me aman before martying made it a point to ascertain if the lady had & nose that could ordinarily dispense with blowing in public. About the beginning of the seventh century the archbishop of Seville issued instructions that every monk should be provided with a “facialis” (face cloth), which probably an- swered all the requirements of an ordinary handkerchief. The famous Alouin, the coun- selor of Charlemange (804), mentions a cloth called “facitergium,” which the clergy carried at the left side and with which they wiped eyes and nose during services in church. It is somewhat singular that the custom of carrying pocket handkerchiefs began in a coun- try whose reputation for cleanliness is none of the best—in Italy. The Emperor Frederick II (1209-50) ordered one of bis Sicilian stewards to give all the young girls and children of his estate a pocket handkerchief. MANDEERCHIEYS FoR KNIGHTS, ‘The noble ladies of the middle ages were in the habit of giving to their knights and lovers not only searfs and bows, but also embroidered handkerchiefs. About the same period the Italian passion for perfumes began to prevail and the two articles ran to extravagant figures. Fashion prescribed that handkerchiefs like gloves should be perfumed, the scented waters used serving at the same time for beautifying the complexion, In Jean Nicot, French ambassador at the court of Portugal, presented Queen Kath arine de Medicis with’ the first tobacco leaves ‘ever seen in France, and this event was de- cidedly an important one in the annals of pocket handkerchiefs. On the French stage the pocket handker- chief was not named, much less used, until 1829. The occasion was the representation of “Othello,” which Alfred de Vigny had the courage to present to » French audience, re- taining for the handkerchiof the important role given it by Shakespeare. ‘The Empress Josephine gave >= reat impetus to the general use of elaborate and costly hand- kerchiefs. She suffered from an exiremely Por tet of teeth, and to conceal the defect, was the babit of holding » delicate lace handker- chief as much as possible in front of her mouth when engaged in conversation. Indies of the court naturally followed ber example, and costly little squares of fine material leaped at once into high favor. ; ‘The Chinese have their own har custom governing the use of the article handed down ‘om tho mistiest ages of that ancient king- dom. ‘They carry in their pockets little silken cloths, each of is used once and thrown away. The Japanese follow much in the same m, substituting for silk small four-cor- Rered pieces of rice paper, which are carried in ‘their wide flowing sleeves, The once des; pocket handkerchief has lived down ail the old prejudices and today oc- cuptes s Prominent position among the essen- of this life. A French military journal lately deveribed in detail a handkerchiet for soldiers, designed by a retired French offcor. On a brightly colored ground were delineated different woapons, with clear and elaborate in- structions for using them and rules of military tactics. The ingenious idea attracted the atten- tion of the minister of war, and an order was issued ordering ® sufficient supply for all the forces. An enterprising Yankee conceived the idea of publishing & paper printed on cotton cloth. Its title is the Pocket Handkerchief, ite name sufficiently explaining its object, SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES. A word regarding snuff and snuff boxes may not be without interest to the reader, although scarcely coming within the scope of this article. Although the origin of snuff taking has not been recorded, smoking takes the precedence and has outlived the snuffing habit. Gradually {t was discovered that the wder of tobacco an agreeable odor; f was used as a:pertume about the year 1702: ths early snuff takers carrying with thom'a small grater with which they reduced the tobacco to powder. Snuff boxes, of course, sprang into use with the spread of the habit, which re- ceived « fresh impetus from a discovery made by accident. A Dublin tobacconist named Lumdyfast bad bis shop accidentally destroyed by fire, and while gazing at the ruing noticed’ that his poor __noighbors were — gatl the snuff from the cannisters. He tested the snuff and found that '{ the fire had largely improved its Pungency and aroma. He secured another store, built « lot of ovens, subjected the snuff toa hosting Proc eas, best upon ita taking name and made afortune. Snuff boxes were popular with the second empire. The proceeding possessed cer- tain Napoleonic flavor, and bonated of imperial tradition. Napoleon’ was seldom without » snuff box, and took pradigious quantities. George IV'carried a box, but only pretended to apply the powder to his nose. At the regi- mental mess tables of the time snuff boxes were sont round with the decanters after dinner. It will probably be s matter of surprise to the meral reader to learn that the petticoat was irst worn exclusively by men. In the reign of King Henry VIl the dress of the English was so fantastical and absurd that it was difficult to distinguish one sex from the other. In the in tory of Henry V appears s “petticoat of red damask, with open sleeves,” re is NO men- tion of a woman's petticoat before the Tudor period. In the matter of costumes the China- man is notable for the length and capacity of his skirts, while his wife and daughters ead not infrequently dis Bilk and satin are his favorite materials for clothes and the handsomer the pattern and more heavy and showy the embroidery the bet- ter dressed he considers himself. A necklace of beads forms an indispensable adjunct to the full dress of every mandarin and a fan is xarely out of his hand. ORIGIN OF THE FROCK COAT. The frockcoat is unquestionably an English invention, and ite first recorded appearance is in 1640, in the reign of Henry VIII. It is described as “a cont of velvet somewhat shaped like a frock, embroidered all over with flatted gold of damasks." ‘The waistcoat has always been o ment of minor consideration. It appeared and dina ‘according to the requirements of the varying costumes in earlier times, and first had official recognition under the reign of Charles IL It was in 1666 that Peppys makes mention of the waistcoat in his diary: “This day the king began to put on his vest, and I 41d seo several persons of the houso of lords and commons wearing a long cassock close to the body,” &c. While ‘there have been many changes in the styles of coat and waistcoats trousers havo come down to the present not greatly changed, Diodorus Siculus says of the Belzic Gauls that “they wore close trousers, which they called braccae.” The Roman invasion brought bare legs to Britain and the braccae of the Gauls were discarued for the new order of things. When the Romans took leave and were suc- ceeded by the Saxon the braccae were compro- mised by a style of short drawers reaching half way down the thigh and stockings coming =p to meet them, ‘The drawers were called breec or hose. ‘Ibe time of covering of a man’s leg develop uous part of the attire of » gentleman, ‘The t | black with a white stock, or else in the livery of cavaliors wore what were termed the petti- coat breeches and knee breeches followed the absurd petticoat pattern. Trousers for Jinfantry were introduced into the British army September 12, 1812, while queues and ppeared by general order July 20, . ‘Trousers came into use for general wear with the French revolution. The gentle- men, the supporters of royalty and sound con- stitutional principles, wore breeches. The “sans culottes,” who denounced every one who wore breeches, finally went beyond their op- ponents aud wore twice as much cloth around their legs, in a word, adopted the modern trousers and made them the badge of a party, Napoleon, who was too thin at one period of his life and too stout at another to look his best in small clothes, nevertheless wore them on state occasions after he had been crowned emperor. His army was the first that-wore trousers, and they kept progress step by step with the march of French legions. ‘The French trousers were seen in Egypt, in Spain, in Italy, in Germany, in Poland and in Russia, ‘and with them the neat gaiter. People thought that the manner in which a great conquered nation clad its legs was the correct model, and when the trousers wearers marched over the wearers of pigtails and knee breoches at Jena and Auerstadt a decision was given from which the world did not care to appeal. “Linen was first made in London asan indus- try in 1253, and blankets followed in 1340, and came into general use at once. WE OWE THE HAT TO ASIA, ‘We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in that country that the art of felting wool was first known, and from the most remote periods the art was carried on by the orientale. In India, China, Burmah and Siam hats are made of straw, of rattan, of bamboo, of pith, of the leat of the Tallport palm and of aa variety of grasses. The Japanese made their hats of paper. The modern hat can be traced back to ‘the petasurs, worn by the ancient Romans when ona journey; and hate with brims were also used by the earlier Grocks, It was not until after the Roman conquest that the use of hate began in England. A “hatte of biever,” about the middle of the twelfth century, was worn by one of the nobles of the land. Frais- sort describes hats and plumes which were worn at Edward's court in 1340, when the Garter 01 was instituted. The merchant in Chau- cer's “Canterbury Tales” had ‘‘on his head a Flaunderish beaver hat,” and from that period onward there is frequent mention of “felt hates.” In the thirteenth century the use of the scarlet hat, which distinguished cardinale, was sanctioned by Pope Innocent IV. Through- out medimval times the wearing of a hat was re- as @ mark of rankand distinction. Dur- ing the reign of Charles I the Puritans affected asteeple crown and broad-brimmed hat, while the cavaliers adopted lower crown and a broader brim, ornamented with feathers. In the early part of the reign of Henry V_ hats became to be popular, and in the time of the wars of the Rose, all men, of high and low degree (with the exception’ of ’prentices, who wore caps) wore hats. ‘The cocked hat made it appearance in the reign of James LI, andcould beconverted into a variety of shapes.” It was known under several names, as the Brigadier, the Ramilies, the Regent and the Frederick. Even to the present day the naval full dress is incomplete without the cocked hat, and on the continent many functionaries, civil as well as military, continue to wear it. Our old militia, line and field officérs, of forty years ago, used to wear them ont of immense proportions. The round hat, such as Ben ‘Franklin wore, was taken to ‘Paris from this country by ‘the young officers who fought for our independ- ence under Rochambeau and Lafayette. It met with great favor there. Tho red cap of liberty had a very prosaic origin. Instead of being the “‘phyrgian bonnet”’it is just the galley slave's headgear. ‘Tho Swiss of the Chateauroux regi- ment sent to the galleys for their share in the Nancy riots were releaved and came into Paris with the red caps still on their heads. “They are the victims of despotism,” said the people, forgetting the circumstances of the riot, and the red cap became the favorite with the ex- treme party. Red and blue, the old colors of Paris, linked by Lafayette with Henry IV's royal white, ma the tricolor. A man's dress showed his party; the patriots wore light coate with black waist- coat and trousers; the royalists dressed all in Artot’s oat with rose-colored collar. ‘The little V-shaped nick at the juncture of the coat collar and lapel is said to have had its origin as follows: When the first Napoleon gave way to his ambition ho tried to implicate Gen. Moreau in Pichegru's conspiracy. Moreau had been Napoleon's superior and was very popular, but under the circumstances it was not safe to express publicly any sympathy with Moreau; so luis aimirers secretly agreed to nick their coat lapels to show who they were. It shows the outlines of the letter M upside down. LACE MAKING. Lace making is by no means so old an indus- try as most persons suppose. ‘There is no proof that it existed previously to the fifteenth century, and the oldest known painting in which it appears is a portrait of a lady in the academy at Venice, painted by Caspaccio, whe | died about 1523. legend. concernin, origin of the art is as follows: A young man of the Adriatic was betrothed to @ young | and beautiful girl of one of the ‘sles of the | lagoow. Indastrious as she was beautiful the | girlmudeanew net for her lover, who took it with him on board hie boat. The first time | he cast it into the sea he dragged therefrom an ) exquisite petrified wrack grass which he hastened | to present to his fiancee. But war breaking out the fisherman was pressed into the service of the Venetian navy. The poor girl wept at the departure of her lover and contemplated his last gift to her. But while absorbed in fol- lowing the intricate tracery of the wrack gr: she began to twist and plate the threa ybted with small beads which hung around her net. Little by little she wrought imita- tion of the petrification and thus was created the bobbin lace. The history of Inco contains many curious facts, and while casentially a womanly adornment in its earlier development was almost exclusively appropriated by the sterner sex. Cing Mars left at his death more than 300 sets of {aco collars and cuffs. It 1s stated that desiring to produce an extraordinary collar for Louis XIV no hortebair sufficiently delicate could be obtained and the workers employed in- stead some of their own hair. The beautiful fineness of the ontlines of point de Venice and int de Alencon results from the exceedingly ft use horsebair, over which the tiny stitches are cast, and tho same little secret method gives the delicate crispness of its loops and points, Embroidery has a great antiquity and an authentic record extending back to the Phrygians, but the Sidonians excelled in the art, and it is mentioned in 1491 B.C. Tho first mbroidery machine is said to have been in- vented by John Duncan of Glasgow in 1804, THE GLOVE 18 OLD. It might be readily supposed that the glove was an article of modern luxury. On the con- trary, these hand coverings date back almost as far as history itself. Homer mentions them in his writings, and Xenophon also, stating that the great Cyrus once forgot his gloves on an important occasion. From the earliest times the manufacture of glover has been an impor- tant trade in France; and in 790 Charlemagne granted an unlimited right to the abbot and monks of Sithin to make gloves from the skins of deer they killed. The word glove being of Anglo-Saxon origin, it is conjectured by some that the Saxons introduced the trade of glove making into England. Gloves do not appear to have been worn in England before the end of the tenth or beginning of the eleventh century. Long kid gloves were introduced in the reign of Charles II, consequent upon the short sleeves then fashionable for ladics’ dresses. Gauntlets were introduced in the reign of Edward I. The glove was anciently used a token of investiture in a bestowal of lands a1 dignities, and two bishops were put in posses- sion of their sees in 1002 by each receiving a love. It was considered a deyredation to be Xeprived of the glove, and. Walsingham says that among the indignities heaped ou the Earl of Carlisle, conde:nned to die as a traitor, was the taking of his glove. To be struck with the glove was also « deadly insult; and the young ince, son of Queen Margaret, being captured by Edward IV at the battle of Tewksbury, 1471, was struck by that monarch on the face with | his gauntlet, which was the signal for his death. | ‘The giove has served many purposes, such as the award of honor, token of love, payment of service and gift of gratitude. It ‘once, wi ulso, the signal of mercy, the dropping of the | royal glove before a culprit under punishment securing instantancous release; and from eariy times it has also served as a challenge to dead| combat, Tho habit of presenting gloves w kept up even unto Puritan times, and finally | grew into such an extravagance that the legis- | lature of Massachusetts forbade the lavish glove gi of £20 fine. The glove has served an imp tant part in the world’s history, and many | interesting facts concerning its history could | be recounted if space permitted. ‘The antiquity of the fan in the east, particu- larly in Asia, extends far back beyoud the pos- | bility of ascertaining its date. In China and | India the original model of the fan was the wing of a bird, and at one time was part of the einbiems of imperial authority. ORIGIN OF THE FAX. The origin of the fan in China is said to have sprung from the following incident: A royal princess, very beautiful, was assisting at the feasts of lanterns, her facecovered with a mask, as was usual. The excessive heat com) her to remove it, and in order to features from the common gaze she moved it quickly toand fro in front of ber face, thus simultaneously hiding her charms and her brow. The idea was at once ad throughout the kingdom. Catharine de ici carried the first fan from Italy ever seen in France, and in the time of Louis XIV the fan, covered with jewels, was worth a small for- tune. Fans were used by the Pharaohs as stand- ards in battle, they appear on the tombstones of Thebes,and Terener, the dramatist, who lived in the second century B. C., makes’ one of bis character#say, ‘Take this fan and thus a little air.” Fans have played in political history. In 1827 the Dey of in an altercation with the French consul, struck him with « fan whieh he carried. The cireum- stance was ‘ted to Charles X, hissov 5 and the result wes an expedition to “Africa, 8 end of which was the deposition of the’ dey and the annexation of Algiers and its adjacent territory asa colony of France. France leads the world in fan making, and one was once made for the Empress Eugenia which cost $2,400 and one for the Princess of Wales valued at $1,600, Ladies will ve interested as tothe subject of mirrors, and the first record concerning them dates back to the daysof the venerable Moses, and they were made of brass, When the Spaniards landed in South America they found mirrors of polished black stone in use among the natives, In the fifteenth century the first gies mirrors wore made in Germany by s blowpipe and Were convex, The first manufactory of glass mirrors for sale was established in Venice early in the sixteenth century. In the reign of James I men and women wore glasses publicly, the men as brooches or ornaments in their bats, and the women at their girdles or on their bosoms. A great many curious facts could Be recorded regarding foot gear, but only an allusion canbe made to the subject. Boots are supposed to have been the invention of the Carlans. They were mentioned by Homer 907 B.C. Grecian women possessed ‘twenty-two kinds of footgear, which may be cladsed as those which cover all the foot up to the ankle and those which simply | P®** tied on the top of the foot with wide nibbone ex | 2oRis straps. The practice of shoe and sandal wear- ing can be traced back for some thousands of years, and is probably of eastern origin. Fre- ‘quent mention is made of the aboe in the Bible, from the book of Exodus to the Acts, and there | 1°" is mention made of a shoe atchet as carlyas the time of Abraham. The most splendid pair of shoes on record were those worn by Sir Walter Raleigh on great court occasions. They were of buff leather, covered with precious stones, and valued at £7,000. FEATHER BEDS. Asa matter of record to the curiously in- clined we willadd that the ancients lept onskins and that beds were first made of loose rushes, heather orstraw. ‘Tho Romans are said tohave first used feathers, Feather beds were in use in England in the reign of Henry VIIL Little things are not without » certain amount of in- terest, and as come under that head ladies may be interested to learn that 4,200,000 are used up daily in the United States alone, most of which come from Redditch, England. In the Smithsonian Institute are shown bat pins with big round heads more than twenty cen- turies old, also pins and thimbies of bronze. Walking sticks desorve at least a brief aliu- sion. Probably the patriarch’s staff was first adaptation of the walking stick, and from ite first inception to the present day it hae under- gone almost endless changes. In 1701 footmen Attending gentlemen were forbidden to swords, being replaced by a porter's staff. Thirty years later gentlemen were forbidden to carry swords, biit allowed to carry large oak sticks, Before many years varnished and woods with ornamental heads came into use, and in one form or another have held their own in public popularity, HD. Bs Se UNKNOWN LABRADOR, A Vast Territory Which Two Canadians Will Endeavor to Explore. From the Boston Herald. Two members of fhe geological survey of Canada have just left Quebec on one of the longest, most important and most perilous exploratory surveys ever undertaken into what is now generally supposed to be the wild, in- hospitable territory in the far north of eastern Canada, known as the Labrador peninsula. The expedition will be absent from civilization for neatly two years, and before its return to Quebec hopes to have solved the engmas both of the great Lake Mistassini and of the cataract of the Hamilton river, concerning which such fabulous tales have been told. It expects to traverse the very interior of Labrador from south to north, as well as from west to east, and to visit alike Ungava bay, in the extremenortb, and Rigolet and Hamilton iniets, in the ©: treme east. ‘The expedition is ted the ge «i survered Mistessini lake, de- about 100 miles in length, but b ly ited claring it to be his report has been dispute] by other Cuna- dian surveyors, by the Indians who roaui over ard principally by Mr. W. H. HK (Adirondack) Murray. the et So bas y of an English explorer, that be bas found on the Hamilton river gigantic falls over 2,000 feet high. ‘These alleged fentnros of the great Labrador ninsula will, no doubt, be thoroughly exam- ined by the expedition, though the object of its mission is rather to report upon the course, CHILDREN AT THE GAS TANKS, her | They Come to Inhsle the Fumes for the Cough. Care of Whooping From the New York Sun. A group of little children were clustered one day last week around one of the buge purifier tanks in the old gas house in West 80th street. Old Ed Reilly, the boss of the purifier room, hitched the huge lid of one of the tanks to the chains of a giant iron derrick, and an instant later the lid was hoisted in the air and swung away from the tank, whon the derrick was yanked along the elevated tracks built over the tank. An intensely disagreeable odor filled the room when the lid was lifted. ‘The little folks held their fingers to their noses, and, stepping up to the edge of the tank, opened their mouths and gulped down the impregnated ait that ascended from the bed of discolored, erashed oyster shells piled in the purifier. They stayed there for five or ten minutes. Other children came and went through the tnd Yar a whole hour the liameling fees were allowed to wii “What on earth are those youngsters senegal whe ed enced at curiosity, as with » perfumed nik ‘bandkerchiet over his nose and mouth, “Why, don’t you know?” the veteran keeper of the purifier room sald in “They are taking an old-fashioned cure for whooping cough and for colds, and it's Sebo teow ows +d What one of the best who lives near a Fay eet i & ak tbe E bles and flowers, Thousands of children have been cured cough in thie, room since this was built, and thousands more will It'sa regular resort for te whenever whooping is why I don't like to Unusual Sunshine and Drought in England ‘Has Almost Ruined All Crops. ‘From the London Ty re ge F. Hi ij & as condition and character of two vast streams, Prodi worth the East Main river, running west into James snerrangdl pad ps eprom § stock bay, andthe Hamilton, running east in the | have been turned into The chance of « same latitude into Hamilton inlet, which it is | fair second growth of grass or clover is now (ees . —_ etal hedged very one. As has been inted ougdary of Province uel om ramen chatge suggested will give to. the province an | of tho Miniocd Say Scotland ss got Tre- additional strip of territory 250 miles in width at its western extremity, and including the whole of Lake Mistassini and the Rupert river and surrounding country. it Main river, 300 miles from its mouth and in the cen- ter of its course, is 1,100 feet in width. Near the source of this river, and not very far from that of the Hamilton, is Nichicoon post, where Indian hunters yearly assemble with the pro- duce of their chase, as well from Hudson and Ungava bays as from the shores of Labrador and the 8t. Lawrence. No white man has yet made the Journey mapped out for Messrs. Low and Eaton. and few can imagine the dangers and difficulties Labra- they must encounter in the interior of dor, where the flies in summer are larger than horse flies and bury their larve deep in the flesh of the reindeer, causing them go migrate from the woodlands to the Darren wastes every year. ‘The surveyors will winter with the Eskimos, probably at Fort Chimo at Ungava bay, moat northerly fort of the Hudson Bay Co1 pany in eastern America, where in winter there is but four hours’ daylight in twenty- four. Next year they will ascend the Koksoak river from ‘the fort into the interior of the peninsula, and then descend the Hamilton i milton inlet, whence they ex; te find their shortest way home by Hudson Bay Company steamer from the Labrador coast to London, and thence across the Atlantic to Quedee. Not only is it surmised that the great inland waters of Labrador abound in fresh water fish of commerso, but the promoters of railway from Lake St. John to Mistassini, and thence to Hudson ly ing the report of the expedition to Judge of the possibility of connecting the great bay by rail- way with Quebec and bringing here the product of the northern whale fisherien, As an instance of the extent of country to be | explored by Messrs. Low and Eaton, it may be mentioned that Moose Fort as far away from the easterly rador coast as it is from Wi terra incognita, as truly so as when it was, in popular betief, the home of of dwarfs, of giants, of headless men” and semi-buman monsters. It has always beon, as it were; beyond the line of accurate knowl- sage. Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Can- ada, narrates that the Indian king, Donna- cona, told him that he saw there men who did not ‘eat, but who lived on liquids; that in another region were men who had but one leg and thigh, witha very large foot, two bands on the tamearm, the waist extremely square, the breast and ‘head flat and a very small mouth. In 1717 a young Eskimo girl was captured in Labrador and seen in Quebec in 1720 by Fr. Charlevoix, to whom she said that in her coun- try she had seen men of monstrous size and thers resembling those of whom Cartier wrote, who were amphibious, and could remain on James bay, is olnt of the Lab- mn It is a y | under water three-quarters of an hour at a time, so that the Eskimos employed them to fish up the fragments of ships lost on the coast. She also averred that around Ungava bay was a people entirely black, with large lips,» broad nose and straight hair; that these men were very wicked, and, although badly armed, bav- ing only knives and axes, without any iron, the had rendered themselves a terror to the Eaki- mos. Nobody supposes that any of the people so described will’ be discovered by Mesere, Low and Eaton, but the result of their exploration is expected to cast an interesting light upon a mysterious and entirely unknown country, and the races of people inhabiting it, land are much better than those just referred to, but everywhere an abun-ent rainfall is now badly wanted, and even if it comes speedily the crop, where it is best, must be deficient. in Kent the outlook for a general fruit crop is most disappointing, excellent as it was earlier in the season. There is « fair show for apples PI Gooee- currants again are abundant, tions, though « failure iu others. But the dam- son trees ta pearance, being bial ts short and strawberries currants are very short are failing for want of rain. There i# a good show of but growers say that showers are essential to the proper develop- ment of the fruit, and that the crop is infested with maggots. ‘Cob nuts, are fairiy thick, are beginning to drop off in consequence of the drought, One large frait x to love £8,000 this year a declare that is the market growers profit, In and bi ering from the worst attack of the “fy” ever known as early in half of June. As a rule, dry and sunny weather checks the vermin, but this year, in spite of Tepeated washings, the cannot be kept Apropos of marching, Col. Hutton reminds us that the marching value of an army is that of its worst regiments rather than of its best, for we cannot afford to march so as to out- march our worst regiments and thus deplete them of their men. The rate of marching laid down in the infantry drill, 1892—that is, 120 paces of thirty inches per minute—gives rate of three miles 720 yards per hour, or, in- cluding five minutes’ halt, three miles 230 yards Perifty-five minutes. ‘This pace is, in the opinion of this officer, obviously too great for the movement of larger units of command than a battalion, or perha out baggage train. It is universally accepted by continental authorities that the rate for marching under campaigning conditions 1s two and one-Laif miles per hour, including five. to ten minutes’ halt. Tho French. who have the tradition of being the best marchers in Europe, Jay down ia pr form the rate of march for their infantry at two and forty-eight one-hun- dredth miles per hour, =p) ten minutes’ halt, giving. therefore. two and forty-eight one- hundredth miles in fifty minutes, or eighty- seven and five one-hundredth yards per minute, The Alpine Chasseurs—the pick of the French infantry, who take «pecial pride in their march- ing powers—march at the rate of five kilometers or thece miles and one-tenth per hour.including ten minutes’ halt, or three and hundredth miles in'fifty minates. ———+ee. Good for the Purpose. From Trath. Willie—“Papa, give me some money to buy some punk with.” Slimson—“Use those for me the other day.” ————+e+—_. His bonor—““Have vou snything to say be- fore sentence is ry you? The convicted—“Yes, your honor, I ave one simple request to make. In sentencing mc, Please don't say that I was convicted by a jury ‘Of my peers.”—Life, one one- cigars your mother got as are cherries also, and plums in some planta. | 10: of a weak brigade with- | LONDON’S GREAT BURIED STATION, Electric Lighting Ways for Passengers and Pipes. ‘From the London Daily News ‘The most remarkable piece of London will ere Jong be found beneath the Most crowded of all spots in the city, We refer to the large space in front and about the Man- sion House, including in this the wide em ‘trances to Queen Victoria street and Mansion House place, together with the corners of Princes streot, Lombard ‘street, King William street and Cornhill, and the paved open ground chief social event since I last wrote wad 4 farowell dinner to Mr, John Lockwood Kipe ling (father of Mr. Rudyard Kipling)and Pedre Dale. ‘The former is going for good, and the latter on two years’ farlough. “Old Kipling,” ‘a6 he is always and lovingly called, is end base been for El at F asftHiel Fest of judgment, and imposed a fine of $250. ‘Mrs. Gallagher asked for time to pay the fine or abe wanted the court to suspend sentence ‘until the Commissioners acted upon ber applis: cation for a pardon. Jadge Miller deciined to grant either request sand then abe took her money from her pocket} BORN. Li % ERCH. Te Mr. qnd Mra. Robt. I. Larch, gu, MARRIED. BOVER—HARPER. On J) MEY bs Raw 8 Oe wale GERVAIS BOVE Weetneton p. Gikts Lotise HakrEs eee ‘| vited Departed this lite J voun Ig gaara of in Carraia felleed Caso, tiem Foon SU iy piace Ment Sorchweee Bev Guy B Berkley. pastor wee BOWDEN. On July 7, IG. at 2-350 m., THOMAS KUSSELL BO = Soa RSS a BOYNTON. Thureday evening.June22,_ ELIZA | x, sp ly, C Boynton, 1 Suriseifast Soy Uke acme boa | CASHELL. ly, on Thureday, July 6, GEORGE CASMELL: teloved oe SRE See ne, May he rest in pesce. * Funeral from his late resdence. 10 E street d west, 81 ', Serclock p.. Rock’ end “ pm pring | 1416 On virent northwest The resides of weeks | a WILLIAMS, widow of will be eiven hereafter. 7} DARXE. 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