Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1893, Page 14

Be TOTS BY THE SEA. Costumes for Little Ones at Ocean Resorts. SENSIBLE GARBS FOR GIRLS. The Pleasures of the Sand and the Surf. WHERE THE BREEZES BLOW. oe Mise ‘Written for The Evening Sta: OOD TIMES IN plenty are to be had at the seashore, and thither crowds of city people flock for their summer’s out- ing, for a seaside re- sort furnishes for those who wish it the needed rest, while the pleasure - seeking younger or more members of the fam- | fly can follow their | own bent and find en- | Joyment easily. The | whole family delights in the bathing, and | long walks on the hard sand when the tide | is out are another common source ot | amusement. Then the children can dig in the sand, and for the young people there are the ‘numerous dances at the hotels | every evening. The first picture shows one of the last mentioned set. She is resting after a dance gn the broad plagsa which surrounds the te). He: gown is of cream-white India silk, and is cut low in the neck and with elbow sleeves for evening wear. It is made on the surplice pian. being gathered on shoul- ders and neck. Extra fullness is gained by thers at the under arm seam. The whole gathered over at the left side, where it is ended off by two rows of shirring and a double heading. The right-hand side of the waist. over which the right band fastens, is simply gathered slightly at shoulder and neck, but has not the fullness under the arm. A ruffle of white chiffon encircles | the low round neck and follows the part the waist which crosses over as far as heading. A fulled plece with a rosette in back and front finishes off the edge of the waist, which is cut round. The full ‘sleeves are with chiffon to match the waist. and. if desirable. a ruffle may be added to the pretty full skirt. As the seashore Ys a place for general en- joyment, the younger girls are allowed to Stay up as a rule and enjoy themselves Ea on the broad verandas and inside, on the waxed floors. girl shown here wears a blue silk muil dress, made in a pretty, though simple, style and entirely devoid of lace or other ming. The low neck is cut out straight in back and front, not round or square in the usual fashion’ thus making the dress comparatively high in front, but showing the outline of the pretty shoulders. The neck {s finished off by two rows of gathers and a heading. The sleeves are very full, and are caught into the arm by several drawing strings just above the elbow, where a full ruffle stands out in a dainty frill. From the gathers in the neck the fullness is drawn down to the waist, where it ts confined by several more rows of shir- ring. The waist and skirt are made all in one, and a ruffle made with a heading and shirring trims the latter. This is a pretty and appropriate dress, and after being used for summer dances, can be pressed and will look well for the winter parties. The little boy. contemplating his handi- work in the sand, wears a sensible sea shore costume. It is made of blue light flannel, and {s just the thing for a cool or @ damp day. ft is made with an Eton et in front, though the back is perfect- plain. The’ full vest can be made of Plaid silk or of the more serviceable flan- ‘1. The skirt is sewed to a belted pointed Piece which is used instead of a belt. The skirt is not kilted, but is made very full. ‘The sailor collar, jacket. cuffs and belt are edged with rows of Rerrow white worsted braid, and three little pearl buttons — are Placed on either side of the jacket and on either side of the point of the girdle. The younger of the children in the next up a dainty little white lawn ress. It is made with short puff steeves, a short-waisted full body, and a full skirt The only trimming in the neck and sleeves {s a full ruffle which is short enough to re- the low neck, and 4 the sleeves.” Two Te cavae (helittle, bow of ribbon at each ‘over the gathers of the waist, where they are put on to the =! The Uttle girl wears a gingham dress which can either be worn with or without © guimp. Its principal feature is avery le belt which comprises the greater part of the waist. It is sewed at the bottom to the short fuil skirt, and at the top a short full waist is let in. The short, big sleeves and the low neck are edged with a ruffle of very narrow lace. ‘The young girl in the fifth cut is enjoy- ing all the pleasures of yachting. She ts robed in a blue flannel suit trimmed in rows of black braid. and a neat little black silk tie in front. The front of the neck is cut down low to fit the big sailor collar, which is trimmed in braid. The waist is full at both neck and waist line in front, but has fullness at the waist only in the back. The full skirt is sewed to a pointed belt, which supplies the neck of an extra belt’ to cover the one belonging to the skirt. Point, cuffs and skirt are also edged with braid. A jaunty little cap completes this costume. The cool comfortable gown which the child in cut number six wears is of figur- ed lawn. It is made surplice with a blouse effect. A rose quilling of lace bor- ders the neck and crosses over with the surplice to the left side. The edges of the full sleeves are also trimmed in this way. ‘The skirt is very full and is composed of two ruffles, one the length of a skirt, and the other half the length of the first, thus forming a double skirt. A silk shirred yir- dle of dark shade to match the figure in the lawn puts the finishing touch to this little totlet. The seventh child wears a challt dress of solid corn color. It is made Mother Hubbard and the waist is formed by a the dress just below the arms and tied around by ‘@ band of golden-brown velvet ribbon. The neck is cut round and has a finishing off of narrow lace and is also edged with brown ribbon tied in a little bow in front to match the other. The sleeves are very full and are caught in at the middle by a fall of lace fixed similarly to the waist. The eighth picture ts one of a little boy in dress of blue percale. It is cut all in one piece and extra fullness is given to :he skirt by two box pleats that end at the waist. It is made very simply with broad collar, cuffs and sash ends in the back, all of which are edged with a ruffle of nar- yw edging. This makes a nice morning ress or an apron to wear over nicer frocks. It can be made for a boy or girl. ‘The little girl in the ninth picture enjoys seashore life very much and looks very sensible as she stands clad in an outing flannel satlor suit. and the scallops which form the trimmin are of deep scarlet. It is made in sailor suit war It is dull gray flannel the usual with the full blouse and a sailor collar. A broad sash of knitted red silk encircles the waist and gives the ‘ - at Which is caught dows tt | Slue—without which it would be tmpossible THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. dress a picturesque appearance. A red tie and a Tam o’ Shanter cap of either red or gray complete the suit and the young lady stands equipped for either a cold or stormy day, such as we often have when at the seaside. ‘The girl watching by the window wears a dress of combined solid and plaid gingham. ‘The Eton jacket, vest, sleeves and skirt are of the solid while the ruffes, girdle and rosette are of plaid. The dress is made with a short jacket, which is edged with narrow ruffles of plaid. A broad collar is attached to the jacket, which is also of plain with a ruffle of fancy goods. The ‘ull girdle is made pointed, high up in front and comes down to the waist line in the back, where it is finished off by a rosette. ‘The sleeves are full and are gathered in the middle to form two puffs. They are ended off by a wide ruffle. This would look gil In a woolen ‘dress if combined with 1 The last picture, of the boy on the board walk, represents a white flannel suit with | collar, cuffs, sash and necktie of light blue. It is made’ with a sallor blouse and the usual trousers made with three little pearl | buttons above the knee. The blouse can be put on a straight yoke if extra fullness be desired and it is cut low in the neck, where it is tied under the collar with a Viue tie, The sash and tle is of silk, but the cuffs and collar are of flannel.” The front of the blouse hooks and has a doubie row of little pearl buttons on either side of them. Long black stockings and bright patent-leather shoes with shiny buckles make him look very stylish, and indeed he makes a very pretty picture with his long hair, giving him a picturesque appearance. p Haake at? DALY'S THEATER IN LONDON. From Loudon Truth. It is, on the whole, a desirable addition to our London playhouses which has been made by the joint enterprise of Mr. Augus- tin Daly and Mr. George Edwardes, though the handsomeness of the new theater in Cranbourne street has, I think, been some. what overrated. To my own taste, the in ternal decoration of gold upon silver looks | rather heavy, while the garishly colored curtain, on which Miss Ada Rehan, in airy attire, 1s sepn disporting herself with cupids, struck me as horribly vulgar alike in de- "Gn ‘the other hand, the rich oodwork I e other |. the rich woodwork is @ecidedly pleasant to the eye, in spite of its Suggestion of the inside of a Pullman car. The promenade foyer, too, for ladies, Is a | F008 Idea well carried out,’ but I do not see w it can be of much practical use, until more space is allowed between the rows of stalls. Ladies would, no doubt, be glad enough to sp there during the entr'actes, especially if these are long, but they will never do so un- less they have room enough to move in and out of their places without crushing and being crushed In the process. If matters in this respect remain as they are at Daly’s I shall expect before long to see that prome- nade foyer degraded to the use of the in- fertor creatures for whom a walt between the acts means the chance of a cigarette. For the rest, the theater seems well con- structed, both’ for seeing and hearing, and this, after all, 1s a good deal more tmport- ant than the whole of its ornamental fea- tures put together. On the opening night there was not very much upon the stage that was new to see, but there was some- thing more or less new to hear in the sing- ing of “The Star Spangied Banner” by the @ssembled company, and the delivery by Miss Rehan of an address from the ever- Feady pen of Mr. Clement Scott. The form- @r sounded, I thought, a-very undignified PEG hot show wy naerey peutic et natural preju sitting down in the middie of fhe ditty, oo Twas, 2orty to see that some of my neigh dors ir insular cont Patriotism not their own. ae soe. WHAT EVERY MAN IS WORTH. ‘The Chemical Compounds of an Aver- age Voter Are Valued at $15,300. An interesting exhibit at the National Museum shows the physical ingredients which go to make up the average man, weighing 154 pounds, says the American Analyist. A large glass jar holds the 9% pounds of water which his body contains. In other receptacles are 3 pounds of white of egg, a little less than 10 pounds of pure to keep body and soul together—43 1-2 pounds of fat, § 1-4 pounds of phosphate of Mme, 1 pound of carbonate of lime, 3 ounces of sugar afd starch, 7 ounces of flouride of calcium, 6 ounces of phosphate of mas- nesla and a little ordinary table salt. Di- vided up into his primary chemical ele- ments the same man Is found to contain 97 Rounds of oxygen—enough to take up, un- ler ordinary atmospheric pressure, the space of a room 10 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet high. His body also holds 15 pounds of hydrogen, which, under the same conditions, would occupy ‘somewhat more than two such rooms as that described. To these must be added 3 pounds and 13 ounces of nitrogen. The carbon in the corpus of the individual referred to is represented by a foot cube of coal. It ought to be a dia- mond of the same ‘size, because the stone is pure carbon, but the National Museum has not such a one in its possession. A row of bottles contain the other elements going to make up the man. These are 4 ounces of chlorine, 3 1-2 ounces of flourine, S$ ounces of phosphorus, 3 1-2 ounces of brimstone, 2 1-2 ounces of sodium, 2 1-2 ounces of potassium, 1-10 of an ounce of fron, 2 ounces of magnesium and 3 pounds and'13 ounces of calcium. Calcium, at pres- ent market rates, 1s worth $300 an ounce, so that the amount of it contained in one human body has a money value of $18,300. | Few of our fellow citizens realize that they are worth so much intrinsically. oe SAY WHAT YOU MEAN. The Costly Carelesanes: Who Didn't Do It. ‘From Harper's Young People. ‘To say what you mean and mean what you say 1s a good rule to follow always. An amusing story which illustrates the value of this course was told some years ago of an old gentleman who was visiting a rolling mill for the first time. He had heard wonderful stories of the machinery in the mill and was desirous of putting some of them to test: “I have been told,” said he to the ham- merman, as he watched the great steam hammer rising and falling, “that a good hammerman can break the crystal of a watch with that thirty-ton hammer. “Yes, said the hammerman, “it can be done. “I should like to see it,” said the old gentleman, eagerly feeling in his watch pocket. “{ can do it, si “And will you?’ said the visitor, draw- ing out his watch. “Come, I am anxious to see it tried.’ He laid his watch on the great anvil plate, the hammer rose to its full helzht, and ‘the next {natant all tts ponderous weight, with a crushing force that shook | the ground for an acre round, came down | jon the watch. here, sir,” said the hammerman, quiet- ly; “if you don’t believe that crystal ts broken, just stoop down and you can see it, sticking to the hammer. The curious old gentleman swallowed a o whole procession of lumps and gasps be- fore he could speak. “But I forgot to say,” he exclaimed, “that it was to break the crystal without injuring the watch.” “O, yes,” said the hammerman—‘yes, I know; I have heard that rubbish myself, but it’s all gammon. I don't belleve it. But you can break the crystal every tim: If the visitor had sald what he meant h would undoubtedly have saved his watch, but {t must be confessed that if | the hammerman had not been one of the | meanest men in the world he would have saved it anyhow. oo —____ At the Art Exhibition, From the Indianapolis Journal. He—“That is what is called an impres- stonist picture, 1s it? I should call it a mere excuse for a picture. It really is not worth a frame.” She—“Oh, yes, it is. It ts allowable to frame excuses, you know.” eee She Wanted Some of Them. From Truth. Husband—“I saw some nice trout in the ket this morning. ™Wite—"Did you? “Well, I wish you'd go fishing this afternoon.’ | Speaker personally. | the Capitol MR. CRISP AT WORK. The Daily Duties of the Speaker at the Capitol. SECRET OF HIS GREAT POWER. How the Speaker Can Control Legislation. NO HOURS OF LEISURE. CALLED, ON Speaker Crisp at his room in the Metro- politan Hotel a few days ago to ask him to tell ine something of the duties of the Speaker of the House of Represen- tatives. Out of the Speaker's chair the Speaker is little known. To people who are not in offi- cial life he seems to ave a pleasant end a simple occupation. ‘To them he appears sitting in a well-cishloned chair in a con- spicuous place in the House, Istening to the debates and occasionally taking part in the proceedings himself by putting a mo- tion and perhaps standing up, gavel in| hand, to count the members who are vot- ing for or against a proposition. Prob- ably they think ne has very little to do to earn the $8,000 which the government pays him. In fact, however, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is one of the hardest workers in Washington today. His work begins with his breakfast and he thinks that he is fortunate if he finishes it by midnight. Mr. Crisp is as easy of access ordinarily as the member from Podunk. No one who has the slightest claim on his consideration need hesitate to call on him. The door of his apartment at the Metropolitan stands wide open, and the Speaker's friends go in and out as freely there as they do in the office of the Speaker at the Capitol. The apartment which Mr. Crisp occuples con- ists of two rooms, of modest size and in- conspicuously furnished. ‘The first is his sitting room, or office. It is freshly carpeted and the wails are tastefully papered in a gilt pattern. A roll-top desk stands against one wall; the conventional hotel sofa, up- holstered’ In stiff red plush, is opposite. There is one comfortable-looking lounging chair, which {s appropriated to the Speak- er’s own uses. ‘The other chairs are not selected with a view to inducing the visitor to spend the entire evening. They are stiff backed and stiff seated. Mr. Crinp's Greeting. There is no stiffness about Mr. Crisps greeting, though. It 1s unaffectedly cor- dial. It was his pleasant manner as much as confidence in his fairness that led to the selection of Mr. Crisp to be Speaker of the House in the Fifty-second Congress. It was his excellent record as a fair-minded presiding officer that insured his re-election to, the Speakership of the present House. Mr. Crisp is of medium height, rather stout, but active. His face is full and round. His complexion indicates good health. A close-cropped mustache, touched with white, hardly covers his upper lp. His hair, which he parts on the side, Is thinning out at the top, but he 1s not ‘yet bald. Mr. Crisp's pleated shirt is fastened with smail gold buttons. He wears a turn- over collar and a small black bow. His coat is black and cut Prince Albert style. ‘The Speaker's manner ts direct and busi- ness like, but not abrupt. His head is clear and’ he speaks right on without hesi- taney. His voice Is soft and low, with | just a pleasant suggestion of the southern ialect. Just now the Speaker fs entertaining the members of the House who come singly and in delegations to consult him about the distribution of committee places. It is a matter of the greatest moment for a member who comes from a country tribu- tary to the great Mississippi river or the great lakes to be on the river and harbor committee. A member with an agricul- tural constituency 1s usually anxious to serve on the agricultural committee. Each member has his preferences and his am- bitions. If the Speaker could satisfy all of the members of the House he would have to give some of the committees fifty | members and abolish some of them alto- gether. As an old member of the House, Mr. Crisp knew pretty thoroughly the grave question of committee selections be- fore he took the Speaker's chair two years ago. The problem {s somewhat compll- cated this year by the great number of unknown men elected to serve in the Fifty-third Congress. Mr, Crisp must de- pend largely on hearsay for his knowledge of these men. Hence his time has heen much given to interviews with members old and new since he came to Washing- ton two weeks ago. Most of his vistors talk With the Speaker in the outer cham- ber. When he wishes to have a private interview with any one he invites him into the inner chamber or bed room. His Daily Work. In this outer room or office the Speaker begins his daily work. Most of his mail goes to the Capitol and passes through the hands of his private secretary. Some of it he never sees, As he recelves on an aver- age seventy letters a day, it would be physically Impossible for him to give per- sonal attention to all of his correspondence. His private secretary goes over the maii and sifts out the letters which concern the S| All of this is done wf But a great many letters are sent by messenger to the Speaker's hote.. And !t happens not infrequently that there are visitors waiting to see Mr. Crisp before he has had his breakfast. Some business is usually dispatched before he goes to break- fast, and after his morning meal he goes almost immediately to the Capitol. Here he has two offices. The Speaker's room is at | the end of the Speaker's lobby, just behind the hall of the House of Representatives. A messenger stands at the door to take In cards. His chief occupation though is to keep at_a distance those who have no clalm on the Speaker's attention. Members of the House walk into the Speaker's room as they would into the office of the clerk. So it {s necessary that the Speaker, to secure occasional privacy, should have a private office on the floor below. Very few people know where this office is. There is no sign on the door to identify it. And Mr. Crisp is perfectly willing that the public should re- main ignorant of its whereabouts. If the Speaker has private business to attend to he goes to his private office; but most of the morning hours are spent in the Speaker's room. Here he recetves a constant stream of members, most of whom come to ask for recognition. Just now the er is free from this pressure because jouse has not got to the voting stage. But when the business of the House is well under way the Speaker often spends the entire morning listening to requests from members “who have bills to be considered. It is necessary to obtain the consent of the Speaker if a bill is to be considered by unanimous consent; for, as Mr. Crisp says, if fifty members are on the floor at one time demanding recognition, it must rest with the Speaker to recognize one or an- other of them. The Speaker discriminates by learning in advance what bill a mem- ber desires to call up for consideration. Fach member who wishes recognition comes to the Speaker's room and lays his bill before Mr. Crisp. If Mr. Crisp consid- ers it unobjectionable he says that he will put the member on his list. If the bill is objectionable he tells the member so and declines to recognize him. Other members come to see the Speaker about committee business, for the Speaker 1s consulted at every important stage of legislation. Even members of the Senate call on the Speaker to learn what the pros- pects of certain legislation are unt to urge the consideration of measures in which they are tnterested. If the Speaker's time is not taken up en- tirely by the members of the House there are a great many details In the manage. ment of the House wing of the Capitol which he has to consider from time to time. The distribution of the rooms in that wing is In his hands, and he has control of the restaurant. Then once a month he has to sign the %@ vouchers on which the salaries of the members of the House are paid. At the beginning of each session of Congress he has to sign the vouchers for the mileage of members. When the House ts In Sexston. At 12 o'clock the Speaker calls the House to order. He remains in the chair until the House goes Into committee of the whole for the consideration of an appropriation bill or some other tmportant measure. During the sitting of the committee of the whole he always finds odds and ends of business to keep him well occupied until the committee rises and he is recalled to the chair. Of course, It is a relfef to the Speaker in some senses to have the House go into committee of the whole, although Mr. Crisp tells me that the chief strain of presiding over the deliberations of the House is the physical strain of sitting In the Speaker's chair for a long period. The mental strain 1s not great unless there is some knotty parlia- mentary point to be determined, or unless the debate leads to bitter feeling. The Speaker ts often called upon to be a peage- maker in oe ff ‘the House adjourns usually at 5 o'clock. The Speaker leaves the Capitol almest mediately and goes to his hot less than half a mile away. @ light luncheon served in his private room at the Capitol during the day. He takes dinner at his hotel in the public dining room. His evening {s spent usually in receiving members of the House or dele- gations from different parts of the country, who come to urge the consideration of certain legislation. “And I am very for- tunate if I get through by midnight,” said ir, Crisp. ‘This is the busy life of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as described to me by Speaker Crisp in his apartment at the Metropolitan Hotel a few nights ago. The Power of the Speaker. A great dea! has been sald about the power of the Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives. Any old member of Congress will tell you that the Speaker holds the House in the palm of his hand. The new member 1s surprised when he makes his appearance on the floor of the House to find that apparently the Speaker has more to do with passing bills than all of the other 365 members put together. He finds that it is by the grace of the Speaker that he makes any appearance on the floor of the House, and that if he wishes to gain consideration for a measure it 1s not so much to the majority that he must. appeal as to the Speaker. He might have 354 other members in favor of his bill, and if the Speaker was opposed to its consideration It could not be passed. Men who have held the Speaker's chair have been openly charg- ed with “packing” committees to prevent legislation to which they were opposed and with refusing to recognize members who had a claim to the floor because they wish- ed to urge the consideration of obnoxious legislation. I asked Mr. Crisp to tell me in just what this peculiar power of the Speaker consist He said: “The House can consider only small proportion of the business which comes before it in each Congress. Some one must determine what business shall be con- sidered and what shall be put aside. The committee on rules, which determines this question, 1s the Speaker's committee. He holds the balance of power. There are two republicans and two democrats on the com- mittee, and the Speaker is the fifth mem- ber.” I asked Mr. Crisp what percentage of the business before the House was considered by the House. “It is very small,” he said. “There are eleven or twelve thousand bills introduced in the House in a single Congress, and prob- ably three or four hundred of them are con- sidered.’ 1 asked if this power which ts placed in the Speaker's hands could not be abused. “It might be abused in some instances,” said Mr. Crisp, “but not systematically. It 1s a great trust which is placed in the peaker's hands and the House holds him 0 a strict accountability. If he attempted to abuse it he would be called to account very quickly.” Speaking of the difficulties of making up the committees of the House Mr. Crisp said: “The Speaker has to determine what committee places the new members of Congress are fitted to fill. Then he must consider the claims of the old members to places on important committees. There are certain committees, like the committee of ways and means,’ the appropriations committee, the coinage committee and the banking and currency committee, having from thirteen to fifteen members each, with perhaps sixty applicants for places on each of them. The Speaker must choose the fifteen men from the sixty. Then the Speaker must take care that each state ts represente? among the chairmen of the committees.”* Recurring to the charge that has been made from time to time that Sneakers of the House have so arranged committees as to influence legislation which it was known they would have to consider, I asked Mr. Crisp if he thought that the Speaker wes justified in arranging a com- mittee In this way. “The Speak. he sald, ‘is often in- fluenced in making up a committee by what he knows to be the sentiment of a majority of the party on questions which that committee is to consider. The will of the majority in the House is the will of the party to the Speaker. That is all that he can consider.” Mr, Crisp refused to discuss the rules of the House or the possibilities of financial or tariff legislation. He has given utter- ance to several Delphic sentiments on these subjects since he came to Washington, but he has not committed himself in any great measure. Doubtless he feels the responsi- bility which will rest with him in some de- gree for the acts of this Congress and does not wish to assume any of that responsi- bility untilit is thrust on him. GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN. a THE KHEDIVE GROWING RESTIVE. Another Egyptian Crisis That May Require Further British Intervention The return td Cairo, Egypt, of the khe- dive from his visit to the sultan at Con- | Stantinople has been marked by a further tension in the political situation, and a cabinet crisis is now on. The khedive had a quarrel with his prim minister, Ryas Pasha, who owes his po= sition to English influences, and wants a ministry in accord with his own policy, which Is known to be a pro-French one, It was only a few months ago that he disraissed his ministers who were in accord with the English policy and substituted a_cabinet of his own selection. Lord Cromer, the British minister, intervened and forced the substitution of Ryas Pasha as prime minister. The situation between the khedive and his official advisers has since been strained, hi now resulted in another crisis that will probably again call for British intervention. ‘The khedive is only a little over nineteen years of age. He succeeded to the throne as Khedive of Exypt. sovereign of Nubia of the Soudan, of Kordofan and of a Darfour on the death of hia father, Khedive Mehe- met Tewflk, on January {, i892. His title to the throne was confirmed by a firman gues. by the Sultan of Turkey on March eee THE OTHER FELLOW. It is This Which Makes the Old Bach- elor Feel Like a Nonentity. From the Waverly Magazine. ‘The real truth is that we bachelors have no place in society, or at the best we are what commercial men call dunnage stuff, put in to ‘ill up odd holes and keep the val- uable cargo in its place and uninjured, says a writer. We are mistakes—over- sights. Nature abhors a bachelor. ‘The un- married woman, we know, is a valuable element in society. She has a career. If there is not one fit for her we have to alter our laws and habits so as to make one. But no one makes a career for a bachelor. 1 was talking to Miss Nelle the other day (Arthur wasn’t there; I generally happen to call when he isn't there), and I asked her of what use she considered me to be. She looked at me and said with a little laugh: “Oh, you make one.” “Of any other utiltt “Well” she replied, searching her mem- ory, “you bring flowers sometimes; you talk to mamma; oh, and once you took me to the theater—to the ‘Dead Heart. That was an allegory,” I observed. t was.” said she, “just after I found that J had begun to—you know—for Ar- thu “To return,” said I. “If I disappeared would anyone miss me? Would a soul no- tice my absence?” 11 paid this in tones of the deepest melan- choly, “From what he says sometimes,” re- . with a twinkle in those blue 1 think Arthur would.” just it! A bachelor is a nonentity or uw nuisance. I don't mind being a nuis- ence to Arthur; in a way I lke it, But the general truth, and I don't want to digress Into personal ‘matters, remains, Now to be a nonentity is ——— the most annoying thing that can happen to a man, and to be a nuisance—well, at the best it’s ir con- solation; besides, Nellie’s mamma has hint- ed to me most unequivocally that she does not consider it morally justifiable. 1 was lying on the sofa at the club an evening or two ago, looking at a magazine of fashion (we take it because the married ike to know what things really cost), Teddie Fleury sat down besi “Congratulate me,” said he; been engaged.” He obviously wished me to ask who the lady was, but us I knew she would be somebody else next month it dia not seem worth while, and instead I inquired: Why Why?" he echoed in amazement. I waited for his reason. “Well, T suppose.” he sald at last, “that Tm tired of filing up the time til the other fellow comes." “Don’t be too sure that you've seen the last of that.” J} observed, cynically. But Teddy has stumbled on the truth. Dunnage, dunnage! How often have I spent my lovelornest glances on an eve that wan- dered to the door, my most charming com- pliments on an ear that listened for the of another's boots! The other fellow iS coming, or wi expected but not com- ing, which made matters worse still. And when he came—well, I've often wohdered how women can be such bad judges of men. soe Behind the Times. From Puck. “Do you consider the Evening Hoot an entertaining paper?” No! Why, its 6 o'clock edition doesn’t come out till’ nearly 5! os jarber is Deaf and Dumb. Unless the From Truth, Hoster—“‘They say Bingham has to take gas when he gets, shaved.” Willard— “That's nothing. Everyoody Why is It That Soft Shelled Ones Never Come to Market? Seme Secrets of the Sea Told by an Old Fisherman at Asbury Park— ‘The Bother of Stray Cats. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ASBURY PARK, August 10, 1898. “Never seed a soft-shelled lobster? Well, that’s not surprisin’. You see, they never get to market. They’re so good that they always get ate first.” ‘The grizzled old fisherman wrung the salt water out of his whiskers as he talked, having just landed through the surf in his boat with a fine cargo of fresh-caught lob- sters. “A soft-shelled lobster does not turn up every day. even at this season,” he went on. “When I catch one my wife cooks it for our own dinner. Good? Well, you can bet. Fried in boiling lard, just like a newly shed crab, it’s the finest thing on earth in the way of provender. Something like a crab, you know, but a great deal more de- Ucious. Delmonico would give $10 a dozen for ‘em, only that they can't be got for any price. “You see, when the lobsters are shedding they hunt’ for holes among the rocks to hide in. Until they get their new coats they don’t usually walk abroad, but stay quietly in dark crannies where ‘no enemy is likely to find ther. At such times they are not apt to be looking for food and they j don’t get into the pots on that account. There isn’t any animal that is braver than @ lobster when he is in fighting trim, but without his armor he is flabby and heip- less, and it can’t be expected that he should take any extra risk. It’s only a foolish one now and then that strays into one of the traps. “Suppose you had to take off your skin every now and then and wait for a new one to grow. P’raps you'd feel a trifle sensitive and retirin’. That's just the way it {3 with a lobster. His coat is of plate mail. it doesn’t expand as he develops. So the time comes when he must swell or bust. He busts, and, when he comes out of his shell, he is bigger by a con: than he was before. The process is @ great strain on his health and sometimes he dies ip getting through with ft. He has to do the same thing a many tim he gets his full growth, but after that he n't shed any more. eecthis is the season when lobsters shed. Most of those we catch are busters. That is what we call thore that are on the point of changing their coats. To do it, they go ‘way out to sea, so that just now we have to go twenty miles ‘rom land to catch them. It doesn’t take much skill, You see, we find them wherever there is rocky bot- tom. Out where we go > look for them there are great reef’ of r.cks outcropping, at a depth of, neariy 100 feet. There the lobsters make their home in summer, shed- ding their coats people shed’ their clothes to go in bathing along this shore {nm the hot months. Pots for Trapping Lobsters. “Did you ever see a lobster pot? Here is an old one that has got rotten and isn’t good for anything any more. You see, it’s simply a cylinder of ordinary netting made of twine, on a frame. At one end it has a cone-shaped opening. Inside of it half a dozen fish heads are hung in a bunch. The baited pot lies on the bottom, and by and by the lobsters gather about it, attracted by the fish heads. They scrainble around until they find the open- ing at the end. ‘Then they walk in. To do that is easy enough, but it 1s a mighty smart lobster that can get out again. In trying to do so they crawl through ‘this second cone-shaped opening, which admits them to another compartment of the trap. That being the easy way to go, they choose it. Consequently, when we haul up the bots, we find most of them in that compart- ment, from which it is practically tmpos- sible fer them to escape. “Me and my side partner have forty of these pots anchored out on the rocks now. ‘They are in eighteen fathoms of water and about sixty or seventy feet apart. Arrang- ed in that way they cover a pretty wide space. How are they marked?/Oh, by buoys attached to them with small ropes. Though so far out in the ocean, we never have the slightest diMculty in finding the traps. We have certain well-known land marks on shore, such as church steeples and tall trees, which we sight for ranges. With ‘two such ranges a considerable dis- tance apart we can hit any point we want within a yard. “Every morning we go out, haul up the pots, take out the lobsters sink the traps again. The catch is a deal like ambling. Sometimes we will get a good ul, and sometimes very few. On an av- erage each pot ought to take six or seven lobsters every twenty-four hours. — but they are no longer so plentiful as they used to be, and every year they are get- ting scarcer. I have caught as many as sixty lobsters at once in a single trap. No, I don’t often get bitten. There's a way to handle "em that ts part of the business. You take ‘em by the back, so, and they can’t get their pincers on’ you. Because they are fished for so much lobsters don't have a chance to grow to any great size. Not very many years ago ten-pounders were often taken. I have seen a lobster that weighed eighteen pounds, and there is record of ‘em up to thirty pounds and even more. Com Shore. “You understand, the lobsters don’t spend all of the year so far out in the ocean. In the fall they come toward shore, so that we get ‘em within a mile and a half of land. There isn’t anything so attractive as balt for a lobster as fish heads. They would rather have them than the best beef- steak. It doesn’t matter how rotten they are. Lobsters, you know, are foul feeders. It is different’ with crabs, which don’t like decayed flesh. “Me and my side partner have a good deal of trouble with ‘cats that wet on our fishing lines. No, T on't mean catfish, but ordinary land cats. There are about a'in' Mon of them in and about Asbury Park, Summer cottagers make pets of them, and then leave them to shift when they go away. So it happens that many of them run wild. Being hungry they come after the fish and clams that we bait our hooks with. Because we must go out very early in the morning to set our trawl lines, we bait the books the night before and leave the lines ready coiled in tubs. In the morning we sometimes find half a dozen cats hooked fast. Troublesome Cats. “Another way that the cats have of giving trouble is by getting tangled up in the nets It {s not uncommon to find two or three pussies gilled in the meshes, and some- times they get so wound up in them by strugeling that they have to be cut out. Occasionally a stray dog will do the same thing. T have a dog of my own that is a fisherman. He eats nothing but ways goes out in my boat with me, see him fight a lobster is worth a dollar, if he is only a little yaller cur. Eh, Whiskers! Don’t you bark, now!” Five miles south of Asbury Park 1s Shark river, where crabs just like those of the Potomac are abundant. One enter- prising fisherman has set up a number of j pounds there—enclosures in which large numbers of crabs are kept and regularly fed on fish. They are simply water spaces fenced in. Every day the crustacean oc- cupants are looked over, and those of them which have newly shed are taken out and packed for market in seaweed. They are sent to New York to regale epicure’ who appreciate soft crabs in season. From the Chicago Record. ‘The foreigner—“Vair is zat seety you cal oo Yor-rk? I haf nefer been zere.” | [The Brooklynite (gruff “Between Brooklyn and Jersey City. ss ‘That's All. From Truth. Susie (in stock yard)—“Oh, Johnnie, look at that big cow a-sleepin’ over there.” Johnnie (with a show of superior know!. | edze)—“Now, you be careful, Susie, he's not sleeping, he's only bull-dozing.”” A SHIFTED CARGO. As the Bont is Narrow They Connect With the Beer by a Rubber Tube. From Life, eo eos DROOP AND DIE. Mothers Have Cause to Fear. This Weather. Interviews With Local Physcias of all Schoo's, Infant Mortality Credited to Im- proper Food. Lactated Food the Purest and/ Best Diet Happy Washington Mothers Whose Ohil- dren Live on It. ‘The extraordinary mortality from various forms of infantile indigestion this summer has Jed to care- ful inquiry, and the best authorities on the subject in this city have freely expressed their opinions. Several of the best known physicians in Wash- ‘tngton were interviewed yesterday, and the follow- ing questions asked: “In view of the large death rate this summer of infants in Washington, what do you recommend:” ‘The general sentiment of the profession was Voiced in the following statement from one of the most successful practitioners among children. He said: “There is nothing equal to lactated food, and its sion. We find that it is retamed on tlie stomach where other things are not retained. “For cholera infantum I find it most valuable, and I generaily give small portions often repeated wheu called to attend such cases. In almost every case where mothers are unable to nurse their in- fants, I find that lactated food answers well.” Many happy mothers in Washington have used lactated food successfully where everything else failed. ‘They say that this food has kept thelr chil- dren strong and well during the dangerous sum- ‘Mer season, and many of them have recommended Mt to friends, who have had the same happy experi- ence. ‘The principal element of mother's milk ts sugar of milk. This is the basis of lactated food. With {tis combined the nutritious elements of the great cereals, wheat aud barley, and the necessary bone- forming salts. This makes lactated food a perfect ‘and natural substitute for mother's milk. ‘It must be borne in mind that lactated food ts se tnexpensive that it ts within the reach of every family. 150 meals can be made from a dollar Package of the food, and when prepared for the use of infants, !t costs less than 5 cents a quart. ‘Mothers should remember that cholera mfantum: can be more easily prevented than cured. Simply feed the baby with pure lactated food, and the ‘child will keep well and strong. CARHART & L¥IDY, 7th wt. — 7 AO RE po. Best Values In Neglige Shirts for themselves | which we leave stretched at night to dry. | In The City. bg ra the = m a and'‘iripen, which were Pocs’ eek Now 502. Encs. Me cave, Fine. Percale Mestire shires, Now 58 Exon Now $1 Enxcs. pave Usoe 250" reduces So "ibe. “part Carhart & Leidy, 928 Tth—706 K st. YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND AT GROGAN'S. Among the many bitter complaints of dul business snd scarcity of money which has characterized these past three months we can truthfully say that our Patronage has been thoroughly sattafectory in every way. Everyone of thes sultry summer Gays hes found a line of people at our counter waiting to pay Uittle something” on their furniture. We are going io tell you once more that your credit is good bere—any time—and for anything you want. A little Payinent once a week or once a month will soon make Fou “sole owner and proprietor” of s house full of handsome, serviceable furniture. Our credit price ts ‘our cash price—and there are no names to sign. There ts a Seven-piece Parlor Suite here, upholstered in plush—end there's another upholstered in hatr cloth— take sour choice of etther of them for 22. 50—cash or «redit, ‘These are but fro ont of a whole floor full of parlor furniture—Suites in Brocatelle—Witon Ruz— ‘Tapestry, Gilt, &e. Theresa Bod Room Suite here in solid oat—bevel ylassin bureau—and our price ts $13 cash or credit. Our fret floor ts full of Bed Koom Furniture-handsome asany youever saw anyihere— all prices. There'sany quantity of Brussols Carpet bere and our price is 50-cents per yard. Ingrain Car- pet, 3 cents per yard. Every yard of carpet bonght of usis made and laid sree of cost—no charge for aste in matching firures, We sell a Foriy-pourd Hair Mattress for @7—Woven Wire Springs, 1. 73— Stx-foot Oak Extension Table, 63.50. Refrigerators, Mattings, Baby Carriazes and anything anybody ever ured to “honsekoep” with is here—and it's yours for © promise to pay. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, 019, 821, 823 7TH ST. N.W., BET. H ANDISTS AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DA\s THOMAS Dx Large stock tsroceris “auction. MONDAY FOURTEENTH, aT BLE? Teh street northwest. Groceries aud’ Pickied aula THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auctioneers, O12 Est. aw, LOCK, No. ¥ shall well large stook of Goods of every description, TRUSTERS sau DWELLING. a BEING 5 Pag —— aT avcrio 5 cat ate en eet ae t 1, 1802, and recorded in Wher Xo. SS aaite sie een et belie Pa ed ie Sa se hetero t 180, "at PINE O'CLOCK Fat, ie Fa 2. real esta ned tate in Washington cis Distasi Osh wit: Ail that certain. Bleve or pasvel of distingu: South part of lot eighteen (Is) of the division of square tiv ox bupdrnt aud eect ts a aah pa oa | | aS) and One-third cash, balance andro earn with tow heating tweet ae fared crust am the property, old ‘ash, af the eption of the pardianer. & sale are got complied with tm tan Gas" of sale the ‘will be Fewold. at Fak cont “of defaulting "perchaser, Ait coan aot oes ‘at cont of purchaser. A Hoo Tired at tie a a au10-dede ten EEN, LD. SMITH & Ww JOHN McILVEEN, Trostae, No. 9% Main street, Norfolk, Va. (CO., Real Estate Brokers, TRUSTER'S SALE OF VALUABLE Wi Tox, D.C. SUBURB. —— EI AUCTION. By qittue of 2 dent of 1898, from W. T. Hayden | and at the pai 3. J. DUDLEY, ‘Trustene _aul0-4ts L. D. SMITH & ©0., Auctioneers: ——, ASSICNEE'S, SALE OF RELL HANGING PLIES BY AUCTION. By virtue of a deed of STOOK, OF, FLBCTRICATY <W., POR AUGUST FOURTEENTH. AD & STOCK OF ELbCrRicar, ASEMENT FURICK CAPITOL | sTRuceT ON BAST. SIXTH AND SEVENTH STKEETS |B} By virtue of a eed of trast to Gly recorded tu Liver a, TESA at he Bos ee Tee, he Ign ecorde of the District of ox OAK LAWN, WASHINGTOS HEIGHTS, A BEAITIFUL BUILDING SITE IN. FASHIONABLE SBCTION AT AUCTION, CATED IX OAK LAWX, SONNECTICUT AVESUR Anu FERT ON OOLUMBIA. BOA THROUGH TO NI ‘STREET. By order of the owner, we will wuetion. of the desirable site we ‘search of round im this sale thelr attention. ‘hia weighborbood should ‘Those oe Terms made known at time of sale. $250 wilh be required at time of wale. anB dks “sue of trust to the TROSTEFS’ SALE. Oi PREMISES Nos. ACER STuE TNaTON, D. ¢ By virtue of five, JStAFolioe BNte Bio et atq.s of the iant records fe District of Coca, we wi on rat ae 3 wkrr NTR ae wate FIVE O'CLOCK Px. hundred and pe ia CONS AM, 918 and McPherson square; enlarged; y furmtehed and Conclusive 3 Reasons The Evening Star: PAPER OF THE CITY, BEING TAKEN AND READ IN EVERY ROME, BY PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY BY THOSE HAVING MONEY TO BEND. BECAUSE IT 18 PUBLISHED AT AN HOUR OF THE DAY WHEN ITS READEKS HAVE THE TIME AND INCLINATION TO CONSULT ITS ADVERTISING COLUMNS, AS WELL 4S 10 READ THE NEWS BECATSE YTS ADVERTISING RATES ARE MUCH LOWER, IN PROPORTION TO EXTENT AND QUALITY OF CIRCULATIO THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHI PAPER IN WASHINGTON, AND { BECAUSE IT 18 THE FAMILY AMONG THE VERY LOWEST LN ‘suk UNITED STATES. Pa. ave, and 14th st, Wachington, D. Oy ERBITT HOUSE, J WASHINGTON, D. C. CHICAGO HOTELS. FORLD'S Falk HOME, 48 BRYANT AVE. “cag, i, south mide; Aame ‘a expintit Veniont_ thereto; terms moderats ‘& A. TAYIOR, formerly of Philadelphia WORLD'S Fain, WORLD'S PAIN. ctage Grove ave. and Gith sty OTEL Highly indorsed. Superior cafe. Boe Eee ee ea ee 5 , BANCROFT, CHICAGO, FIREPROON; a ey steam beat, baths oa every Soor; first-class Famiiy, hotel: “best location’ tn “CRicase: World's Pau oa to $3 per day. wie Parlte to reserve rooms, NOTARIES PUBLIC. 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