Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1893, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. EASY AND GRACEFUL. Suitable Costumes for Little Skirt Dancers. MATERIALS AND TRIMMINGS. The Popularity of the Dance With Children Nowadays. WITH TIGHTS TO MATCH. Written for The Evening Star. P INCE SKIRT DANC- ing seems to be so popular and is being taught in all the dancing classes ft will not be out of place to give a few modes for making the dainty costumes suitable for chtidren who thoroughly en- joy this graceful and easy dance For children up to tenor twelve years the ‘The skirt dance is varied by pretty Span- ish dances much on the same order. The . She wears a skirt of pele China silk. It is made very full, Dlaited. Skirt dancers generally made in the latter fashion. It has vest of corn-color silk and an em- broidered overjacket of the blue. A deep girdle of dark garnet -elvet en- circles the waist and there is a bow of the Just above the waist jine a tiny bows of clear green velvet en- waist. The neck is cut -trcular flar chain of bows is added. The short, and, as usual, accordion ‘The stockings, of pale’ blue, which with this costume are embroidered in The next cut shows a girl of sixteen clad fm an odd costume of pale lavender with trimmings of plaid silk, the most prominent colors in which are lavender, black and cherry. It is made short waisted and with @ wide pointed vest of the plaid. which 's shirred crosswis oblong silver buckle. A narrow band joins skirt and waist. shirred The latter is toward the center to an| made short waisted with reveres of lace, which fall over the Josephine puff sieeves, ‘These latter are made of the plaid. The ma- terial for this dress is "un’s veiling. The skirt, which is plaited, reaches to the ankle. ‘The fifth energetic young lady is clad in a gown of entire white. Body and skirt are made of soft, white silk and the sleeves, bretelies and Tose quilting about the waist are made from pure white brocade. This costume is cut square neck and {s made full with a heading. The breteiles come from the waist and extend over the shoulder. White silk tights go with this dress. The skirt is not an accordion one, but is very | full and stands out, making the wearer look | like a veritable little white rose. Several very short full petticoats are worn with this and should be trimmed in lace. Many chil- dren wear no underskirts at all with these costumes, simply having long tights to match and the dress skirt made in accord- ion plaits. Others wear single petticoats plaited the same way and made entirely of lace. Another method ts to have a long filounce of lace sewed around a skimpy, short divided skirt, which is not gathered at the knee. This flounce reaches from the waist to the hem of the overdress. Another comes from the waist to within a few inches of where the last one reached and so on until the upper flounce is only four or five inches in length. Some dancers have the lace sewed in the same manner simply to the tights, thus giving no additional weight. ‘The sixth child wears a pretty pink gown comb‘ned with heliotrore velvet. It is made short-waistei and with a very long skirt. ‘The body is shirred several times at the neck and has a ruching of white lace stand- ing up full. ‘The neck is cut square. A of lace forms sleeves and goes in a cascade down the front of the waist. A full qui of hellotrope velvet ribbon goes over the snouiders and forms a point in back and front at the waist. The skirt has a border of heliotrope, pink and white. ‘The seventh little dancer, waiting rather impatiently, I fear, for her turn, wears a silk gauze dress of ruby color. It is made father on the surplice order, and is cut down low in the neck in the back and flares open in the front. Bretelles of ruby, black and gold chiffon and the slight sleeve of the same make this little flame more of a winter fairy than a summer one. Loops of black velvet ribbon with Jong ends are placed about the waist and hang down around the skirt. Black silk tights are worn with this and ruby and black slippers or sandals. A ruffle of the chiffon added to the skirt will greatly !m- prove it. This young lady wears several Plaited petticoats of black lace. Cut eight is supposed to wear a gown of cloudy black silk. It is low-necked, short- sleeved and is short-waisted, with a long accordion skirt. This gown is simple and effective and is very becoming to its golden- hatred wearer. An accordion ruffle, very encircles the neck and another the les, hanging loose and unconfined at other edge. The body is full and has @ chain of black velvet rosettes about the waist. The long accordion skirts need no extra underskirts beneath them and the wearer of this gown simply wears the long black tights to match her gown. The ninth girl wears a graceful gown of lemon yellow crepe de chene. It is made with @ tight fitting foundation waist which reaches just a few inches below the arm- holes. A straight piece of goods is put in at the armholes in front and is gathered slightly, it goes across the front and 11 ered tight in the center of the front, a large black satin bow is placed. The neck is cut square and is edged by black satin ribbon tied in a knot at each corner. Bre- telles edge the sides of the neck and stand out over the short Josephine black satin sleeves. The tenth picture represents two chil- dren dancing a popular Spanish dance, called the Cachuca. The right hand girl wears a gown with a skirt of white lace made over an equaily full skirt of pink. The open front of the tight-fitting little bodice is felled in with silk, and the sleeves are formed of alt ate ruffles of silk and da which stand out like flower beds. The vet bodit is of a golden brown color and is laced across with cord to match Golden brown tights and bronze slippers are worn with this. ‘The lett hand child wears a pale blue gauze dress, trimmed with bow knots of a shade darker. pointed bretelles of white lace rise f-om the shoulders like wings. The body is tight fitting and has | several tucks back and front. A chain of |bow knots goes around the top and an- | other around the bottom of the waist. These are made of satin ribbon of a light indigo shade. e tights which go with this suit are heavily embroidered across instep and lankle. ‘The eleventh and last young lady wears a startling costume of black and yellow striped satin. The skirt is very short and full, and has seve-al black lace skirts be- neath it. The body is full and has a plait- ing of solid black satin about the low, square neck. The wide black sash and el- bow sleeves are also of the solid satin. ‘These sleeves are made with a small upper puff, a larger second one and then flare out in a wide rufe, which ts lined with yellow. ‘The under side of the sash is also solid yel- low. Black silk tights and shiny patent leather slippers complete this gaudy little costume. M. E. 8. ee THE HORO OF HER SEX. ‘The Tramp Servant Who Flite Frem Place to Place and is Constant Only to Beer. From the New York Sun. It was in May that the significant ex- Pression, “No objection to the country,” | first fell like balm on the ears of suburban | housekeepers. Now, however, the mild joys | of country life are beginning to pall. The surburban housekeepers are left desolate. ‘The servants are coming to town. While there are plenty of girls who, like the swallows, make these two annual filt- tings, but are otherwise “steady,” there is another class whose migratory powers are positively hoboesque. is is the tramp servant, a creature so restless that Han- quo’s ghost would have seemed sluggieh beside her. To the tramp servant life is one long round of “ ;* the more the better. ree weeks out of four you will find her at some time during the week at the intelligence office, for she rarely stays at one place more than three or four days. Sometimes her visit of inspection to her | new place does not please her, and she de- parts within the hour to join her cronies, iso of the tramp species, in the back. room of some saloon. ere is a deal of fraternal feeling between different tram) servants, and she is always sure of a wel come. “Hullo, Annie,” is the greeting. “Shure an’ I thought ye'd took a piace.” “Humph! You'd ought to seen it! An’ what do you think she wanted me to do? up coal from the cellar! She did that! Shure’ “You don't say so! The idea! Some o° these people is awful. But you didn't do it, “Well, did I? It's not me that'll stand that sort o’ thing. I don’t think I'll go back to work this week, Say weg. 3 ween: ed four days last week, ‘an’ I'm tired of it.” “That's right, Annie! Shure an’ if you don’t look out for yerself no one ls ain't agoin’ to. Let the mistress try it over th hot stove awhile an’ see how she likes it. And so they talked over their beer, and a week later they will be there again with a new experience to relate. ‘The greatest sufferers from the whims of the tramp servant are the cheap restau- rants. The girls there come and yo almost as frequently as the customers. They never stay long enough to make {t worth while to find out their names, so they ure called “Mary” with a beautiful tmparclality which does not offend. They are chronic complainers, and don’t. think anything of leaving at a moment's notice, even ff it be in the midst of the preparations for dinner. Drink is their great curse. They. work just enough to keep them eligible to a “spree.” that fs all. Many of the women are queer characters, and most of them have traveled all over the country. Apropos of the servant question fs a re- made by the British consul in Rraztl. this It appears that not 1 per cent of the male or female servants will sleep In thelr master’s house. They insist on leaving at the latest by 7 o'clock in the evening, and wil not return before 7 or 8 in the morn- ing. For this reason some houses have a pane of glass in one of the windows taken Out, through which the baker and milkman pass their goods on their early morning rounds without troubling a member of the family to get up and open the door. It is said to be quite common for a go04 “ook to insist on the family dining not later than 5 o'clock, so that she may be able to it the kitchen in order and go home early. if these or other demands are not granted the servant leaves without any notice, there being apparently no law of master and servant in Brazil. The wages average #2 to & a month with food, and the serv- ants, as a rule, purloin enough every night to provide @ supper at home. Thes= serv- ants are negroes or mulattoes, and sre nearly all freed slaves. oo —__ FOUR FORTUNATE DAUGHTERS, Whose Wise and Wealthy Moth ‘Trained Them in Usefal Arts Handicratts. From the New York Sun. ‘There was once a wise mother. This does not mean that the species is now extinct, though some cynical people, whose top hair 1s somewhat thin, support the idea. The wise mother was the wife of a prosperous father, who was a successful Liverpool merchant. She was also a descendant of ne of the oldest and proudest families in England. ‘Associated with this father and this mother in the business of family life were four daughters. There wasn't, the least prospect that any one of the four woul ever be called upon to earn her livelihood, but it was right here, nevertheless, that the mother’s wisdom asserted itself. The eldest daughter received a musical education, which in itself would have brought her a good income. In addition to this she served an apprenticeship to a confectioner and pastry cook. She paid a heavy premium for it, but the things she learned to make would have warmed the heart of the cold- est critic to praise. The second daughter was initiated into the mysteries of clear starching, so that her laces and kerchiefs and other dainty fabrics were the envy of all her friends. This wasn't enough to satisfy the wise mother, however, and this daughter, In her turn, “‘served her time” at a large outft- ter's, whose business was almost entirely with India and the colonies. In that busi- hess success depended not so much upon the workmanship of the goods as upon, the manner in which they were packed. ‘This wise woman's daughter learned how to pack everything, from a tailor-made gown to Venetian siass ware. Incidentally it may be mentioned that, in packing for long transit, gloves were put into bottles and sealed up with wax, like so much catsup. This is use otherwise the thread would become rotten, causing the gloves to rip. : ‘Thus were two daughters armed against fate and fortune by. the forethought of their wise mother. But there remained two more to be cared for, and one of these was delicate and threatened with the loss of her eyesight, She was encouraged to study vocal music. This was to strengthen her lungs, ‘and as she could practice ail day long if she chose ina darkened room, It did‘not tax her eves. ‘The fourth daughter, much against the will of the wise mother, was as bent on studying tobe a governess as the fa- mous frog who felt a settled inclination toward wooing, The mother. wanted her daughters to be proficient in directions where thelr talents would. shine with a peculiar luster because of the scarcity of competitive lghts. But if her daughter was determined to be a governess she should be one whose right “to supremacy none would dispute, so a special tutor was engaged to coach the young woman in university. studles. Music. and. drawing were added, not as accomplishments, but as means to an end, ‘Of course, all of these four daughters might have found thelr lines Iving always in pleasant places, and in that case the extreme wisdom of their maternal training would not have been so palnable. But it happened that the governess, after a lapse of some years, found it Necessary to earn her own living. She at once secured a post- tion at a salary double the usual amount paid. This was followed by teaching. the congregated childre of several families who sought for superior services, until finally she had one of the-finest schools In that part of the country. Thanks to the wisdom of that mother every one of her daughters could have made a good livine had the necessity arisen. Ex- cept in the one case it did not arise. But the ee they Loe received was by no means lost, even in the fortu that fell to’thelr lot. a From Demorest's Magazine. An historical tapestry hangs in the Tili- nois building at the exposition, the first of the kind painted in America by an Ameri- can. It represents Gen. Logan's rally at Atlanta, Ga. The tapestry is seventy-four inches wide and ninety-two inches lone. ‘The border is composed of the badges of honor conferred upon Gen. Logan and the corps flags of the Army of the Tennessee. Soon after Miss Jane Stevens of Washinz- ton, D. C., began to paint this tapestry she broke her right arm, but with undaunted courage she taught herself to paint with her left hand, Miss Stevens is represented in the woman's building by the purple clemacis design painted on purple velvet, for which she was awarded a prize in England. ODDITIES OF AMBOY. A Quaint Jersey Town and the Fun to Be Found There. HOW TERRA COTTA IS MADE Ornaments for Buildings Made Out of a Geological Deposit. HAWK AND CURLEW HUNTING PERTH AMBOY, N. J., August 30, 1893. Nobody supposed that a boom would ever strike Perth Amboy. The town was dead, people used to say. Having been the seat et New Jersey's colonial government, it was for a long time a place of great im- portance. As years rolled by it sank into ® sort of sealle deerepitude. But, to the surprise of every one, it has been recently passing through a process of resurrection, figuring as an extremely lively ghost. it has become the seat of new and important industries, such as the manufacture of terra cotta, ofl and whiting. Chemical works here produced enormous quantities of chloroform at a price so surprisingly | low that Perth Amboy 1s likely before long to supply the markets of the world with that anaesthetic preparation. The population of the town has increased during the last tén years from 4,500 to 10,500. This increment of more than 100 per cent 1s mainly composed of workmen who have come hither to take part in the new indus- tries aforesaid. Nearly all of them are Hun- garians, Poles and Italians, who are im- ported into this country because they are content to labor for smaller wages than American workingmen. Thanks to their Patronage, Perth Amboy has now more saloons in’ proportion to its population than any other town or city in the United States —one shop to every sixty ple. Perth Amboy produces the Rmest’ terra cotta in this country for architectural pur- poses. This is the most interesting of the manufactures carried on here. It depends for its supplies of raw material on a pecu- Mar ical formation, which lies alonj the Raritan and eh rivers, extending entirely across the state in a southwesterl direction to the Delaware. ‘The formation in question is of cretaceous origin and cov- ers 360 square miles. Driving about the country in this neighborhood every now ‘atin gautig ala eh eatce™ Fac . wit X SSS water. These The Peculiar Clay. Millions of years ago certain sediments, which had their origin in the washing away of conglomerate rocks far to the northward, were brought by water and laid down over this part of New Jersey. From age to age the character of this material changed ac- gording to the source from which it was fetched. Thus, on digging into the soil hereabout, one finds it arranged in layers Uke cake. First, the spade will turn up a red brick clay. This deposit will extend to @ depth of 3 or 4 feet perhaps. Beneath it will be a stratum of clay quite different in appearance and speckled with iron. Un- derneath the latter is a layer technical t fire clay No. 1,” and below this is “fire clay No. 2." Next comes a “‘seamy” stratum, and finally a layer of what is called “extra sandy,” which is at the bot- tom of the formation. of these clays are useful, being ap- piled to various purposes, according to character and quailty. They go through Processes of grinding and refining in the factories, by which they are freed from impurities and made smooth and perfectly Plastic. Such is the raw material, which is eventually turned out in most’ beautiful shapes for decorating houses and for other purposes of architectural ornamentation, ‘nis work at present employs artistic skili of the very highest order. The designs arc made by sculptors of the first rank, who consider it not beneath their dignity, any more than did Michael Angelo, to expend thelr genius upon the adornment of butld- ings. In fact, many of the objects of art in terra cotta, which now grace private dwellings and ‘public edifices, seem almost heen closely enough 10 be ndmived as they ly enough to mired as the; deserve. if But the designer of such works has one satisfaction which 1s not accorded to the sculptor in marble. His productions are susceptible to multiplication ad infinitum, so that the same statue or art object ma! Mlustrate his talent on ever so many dl ferent bulldings. Of course, however, most of the things made in terra cotta are purely conventional and not much originality is Fequired in executing the models for them. ‘They are made after drawings, which are either supplied by the architect or turned out at the factory. In any case, after the model in clay has been produced, it is next necessary to obtain a mold from it in plaster of paris. For this purpose a sort of box of plaster is built around it and per- mitted to hecome hard as rock. Then liquid ae is poured in and allowed to jen. nally the plaster is sawn apart to pe mit the clay model to be taken out, and thus the mold is formed. Reproduction Eas; Now, by means of this mold, as many copies in clay of this clay original can be obtained as may be desired. The process Is very simp'e. A workman takes the mold and covers the Inside of it with clay, which he forces into every contour and crevice by ashing handfuls of clay with all his strength against the interior surface. Hav- ing thus covered the whole of the interior with a layer of clay two or three inches thick, he fastens the parts of the mold to- gether and leaves the clay to dry. After three or four days the mold, still locked, 1s carried to the kiln to undergo a sort’ uf cooking process termed “firing.” A notion may be got of the gigantic scale on which this industry is conducted from the fact that one of the factories described has forty kilns, each of them sixty feet high. Each kiln is twenty feet in diameter at the base and Leckey the conical in shape, ter- minating at the apex in a round chimney. All around the bottom of each kiln are cosl furnaces which are kept burning night and day. The interior of the great cone is hollow, save for the cylindricgl chimney going up through the middle. The space in- side is entirely filled up with the terra cotta objects which are to be fired. They‘are ar- ranged on temporary shelyes composed of fire-bricks, which are stacked up in much the same fashion as children stack bullding blocks, thus affording support for successive layers of the articles of terra cotta. Then the fires are lighted in furnaces beneath. From one to three days are required for the firing. By the allowance of time for this process, and by the manipulation of the clay, various colors are secured in the final red, product, such as old gold, yellow, speckled and white. Firing makes the clay shrink, thi the evaporation of the moisture that ft. Accordingly, an allowance for this ts made in all measurements, which must necessarily be very exact to satisfy the ar- chitect. For examiple, a panel that ts to be two feet in length must be twenty-six inches long in the raw clay. Being mere hollow shells, these objects of terra cotta have the advantage of light- ness, Though not so enduring as stone, they withstand fire much better. Before they are sent out of the factory they are carefully fitted together according to the original drawings. If any mistake has been made, it is discovered then. Of course, terra cotta is enormously cheaper than stone for ornamentation of bulldings—hence the extensiveness of its employment at The large designs, after being modeled complete in the clay, are cut up into sections, which are moided and fired separately, to be put together subsequent- ly. By using the same mold over and over again, a section of ornamental paneling only two feet long can be extended in a continuous ribbon around an entire build- ing. The heads of lions and other animals in terra cotta are very popular nowadays. A Miner: Substance. The fire clay, from which fire bricks are made, is quite an elaborate mineral sub- stance. One of its principal ingredients is alumina--the ore from which is obtain- ed the wonderful metal aluminum, at pres- ent favored by the populists for money. Since every clay bank {is a mine of it, everybody might be rolling in wealth, if only Uncle Sam would go into the business of coining aluminum. Already it has down in the market to $1.25 a pound, sale, Other constituents that go to make up fire clay are magnesia, lime, potash, soda, ferric oxide and quartz sand. Vast quantities of petroleum from the wells of Pennsylvania are retined for mar- ket at Perth Amboy. This business is rapidly destroying what has been hitherto the most important industry of the place— namely, the oyster fishery. The oyster beds of Raritan bay have always been fa- mous for the quality of their molluscan product, which has been worth $100,000 an- nually. Seed oysters obtained from New- ark bay and the Raritan river are scat- tered every summer in Raritan bay. They attain marketable size in about two and a half years, when they are gathered with tongs, loaded on sloops and shipped to New York, where they fetch an average price of $1.30 a bushel. But the waste of the of] refineries poured into the waters is spoll- ing the flavor of the oysters. There are a many odd and curious things about Perth Amboy which excite the attention of the casual visitor. In the yard of a house on High strect yesterday your correspondent observed a donkey. It present. differed from other donkeys in but one re- spect—namely, that it wore a pair of yel- low plaid trousers. This garment afforded @ covering for the animal's fore legs, being held on by means of a pair of suspenders fastened over the shoulders of the donkey. The spectacle of a four-legged jackass in trousers was so remarkable as to elicit an inquiry, which produced a very simple ex- ition. ‘The donkey was troubled by which made sores on his’ fore legs, though he was able to keep them off other pare, of his person, so to speak. Hence “pants.” Lightning Followed Him. In a terrific storm the other day the house of a resident of Amboy named King was struck by lightning. The surprising fact in this case is that Mr. King has lived im three houses during the past year and in the same period each of those dwellings has been struck by a thunderbolt. How- ever, his experience was more than equaled by that of a citizen of this town well Known @ few years ago, though now de: funct, named Bloodgood. He was reputed to have been struck by lightning three times. On one occasion the writer asked him if this was really true. ue!” he exclaimed, “Well, you kin bet. I've been struck by lightnin® four es, und the last time me and my family was all stunted together in the house.” These instances have nothing to do with the familiar “Jersey lightning,” which ts Joved for the enem(es it has made among the temperance people. Bloodgood was an ‘old sea captain. It was he who made the historical remark with reference to a boat along shore which had had the name “Psyche” newly painted in big letters on its stern. Hé paused, gazing at it with disgust for a moment, and then said: “That is a h—1 of a way to spell fish!” Another peculiarity of Amboy is its jolly funerals. Being a Very ancient town its old families are so widely connected that a death in one of them calls for the attend- ance of a host of relatives and friends from elsewhere. Many of them come from dis- tant places and may not have seen each other or the afflicted family for years. | After the burial lunch parties are organ- ized and the visitors are carried off by the hospitable residents to their houses, where jollification follows. Amboy weddings are apt to be a trifle slow and melancholy, but Amboy funerals—oh, never! Opposite the house in which this letter is written is St. Peter's Church, with an an- cient burying ground. ‘One of the tomb: stones marks the grave of a man who was born In 168. Another, at the northwest corner of the church, is in memory of Rob- ert Thorp. who died in 18%, aged eleven months and twenty-five days. The in- scription reads: Happy the Babe, who Privileged by To Shorter Labor and a Lighter WEIGHT, Received but Herterday the Gift of BREATH, Ordered Tomorrow to Return to DEATH. The father of this fortunate infantile pe ‘was a grocer, over the counter of whose shop on Smith street, sixty years ago, was painted in bold characters the following legend: Since man to man is so unjust, T cannot tell what man to trust. - Unique Bookkeeping. Not long ago the official accounts of the town of Perth Amboy got into a snarl. An expert from New York was obliged to go over the books and set matters straight. | found no difficulty except. with one {tem of $59,000, which was recorded as an ‘asset.” On inquiring where this $59,000 was, he was informed that it had no actual existence, but was put down for the sake of convenience “to balance the books. Perth Amboy was founded in 16%, In that year fourteen’ houses were built here. ‘The Village was named Perth in honor of James Earl of Perth. The suffix is from the In- dian name Ompoge, as the point of land was called on which the town stands. At the outbreak of the revoluion it had be- come a place of importance. It was the seat of the colonial government_and the residence of the principal royal officers. It was also regarded as of consequence on account of its commanding military situa- jon. For many years past it has boasted the possession of the longest an? finest tron “draw” in the world, connecting Perth Am- boy with South Amboy. There are lots of mosquitoes just across the Kil yon Kull, in Staten Island, but people here declare that New Jersey’ has less malarial disease than any other state in the Union, deaths from that cause averaging under 10 tn 10,000, or less than one per cent, while in some other states it runs up as high as 1,400 In 10,000, Near by is Cheesequake creek, famous in river and harbor appropriations. It is re- puted the best place for hawk shooting in the country. Every spring, along in Aoril, there will be three or four days with a strong west wind, warm and sunny. This fa the kind of weather that hawks love to migrate in. New. Jersey es directly in the path of their spring migration from the Middle Atlantic states. ‘Now, New Jersey is cut half way in two in the middle by Raritan ba: Hawks do not like to crozs broad water, and thev sag off in their flight toward the coast. follow- {ne the south shore of the bay until they reach South Amboy at the head of the bav. ‘This carries them across Cheesequake cree’ near ite mouth, and here as many as 9) hawks have been shot In a Gay. Hawk hunting is thus an annual sport. Strange to say. the birds, so wary at other season: do not seem to be much afraid of man while migrating and are easily potted. ‘Another sort of shooting pooular in this nelehborhood is for curlew. Tt in practiced in the meadows, where shallow ponds here and there afford feeding places for the birds, being natural breeding spots for such smali animal life as these wild fowl are fond of. The hunter employs decovs—ma‘te to imitate the curlew, of course, and mounted on lone sticks—which he pokes {nto the muddy hottom of such a pond ax has been described. ‘Thus the artificial birds are “planted” and appear to be feed- ine, Next, the sportsmen maker for him- self a sort of blind by vlucking tall rushes and sticking them into the ground. Crouch- ing behind this shelter, he counterfeits the call of the curlew by whistling. Presently a flock of they) comes wheeling over the meadow, to settle down bv the decors. thus affording as they are about to alight a Carital shot. They are so stupid th standing the danger, until haps are killed. It is rath ——es- A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. A Little Man Spot Had Discovered the Prize Thirst Producer. From the Ruffalo Express. ‘A little man with a bald spot on the back of his head and a general air of las- situde sat at a table in an uptown cafe and drank. He ordered all sorts of drinks and made away with them without turn- ing a hair. ‘After he had been pouring liquid into him- self for half an hour a man who had been watching his irrigation walked over to the fable and said: “What in blazes are you trying to do, drink yourself into a state of tnsensibility?” ‘The fittle man ordered two gin fizzes, cautioned the waiter to tell the bartender to make them long, and replied: “Nix, I'm utilizing a great discovery. I found out yesterday how to make a thirst that would be the envy of every man in town If he knew of it. It's a bute. Why, I've been drinking all day, and I'm as thirsty as | was when I began. I've got a thirst that's fit for a kinj “How'd you get it?” asked the other man. “Easy as falling off a log. When I think of all the time I've gone around without @ thirst when I might have had the cuckoo T've got now it makes me weep. I'm a great discoverer. Stanley isn’t in it with me. He benefited some of his fellow men, perhaps, but 1 bring a boon to every man who wants to relish Hquor in whatever shape. I can create a thirst in an hour that it will take days to satisfy. Simple, too. Yesterday [ walked azound in the sun and got sweaty. Then I went over to the gymnasium and exercised a while until I was dripping. Then I went down to the bath end sat for half an hour in the hot- test room. By that my pores had exuded about a gallon, more or less, of water. Then I took a plunge and went home. “But where does the thirst come from?” asked the other man. “Got to get that water back somehow, haven't I?" asked the little man. “It leaves you with s thirst that's worth thousands. Waite:, bring me a sherry cobbler, a claret punch and a bottle of Bass. Thirst? Why, I won't get it quenched before Wednesday. I will be the envy of the community.” And half an hour later the little man was negotiating for cut rates on a bottle of lime juice and a tankard of Pilsner. Foot Bail Terms. From Lite. Touchdown. WORLD'S FAIR LUNCHES. Independence Exhibited by Many of the Visitors. They Carry Their Lunches With ‘Them and do not Patronise the Cafes or Restaurants. Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August 20, 1893. He was sitting on the grass in the shadow of the Illinois building surrounded by his family, and they were opening the baskets and boxes in which they carried their lunch. He appeared to be a man about | forty-five years of age and not particniarly poor, for he was well dressed and so were his wife antl two children. He had, more- over, spent some money on that lunch. Out of the first box he took a small spirit lamp, then he took a little bottle of alcohol and he filled the lamp and set it going. His though they were on Robinson Crusoe’s Isiaad, 1,000 miles from cafes or restau- rants. The rest of the lunch consisted of half a chicken, a pot of pickles, nalf a dozen boiled potatoes, an entire mince pie, a jar of preserves, some cake and a small loaf of bread. There were a few sundries beside. On one side of the party was a res- taurant, where clams are the chief things sold; on another side a place famous for its onaS auil further a general cating room, and si ra gen a piace. ‘Yet these places were all despived by this independent party, who preferred to bring !ts lunch from home. Gathering up the Debris. There are hundreds of men employed at the world’s fair whose sole duty it is to parties. They go about picking up the Papers and boxes and various scraps and put them all in little push carts and carry them away. If they were all to be dumped in one place there would be such @ moun- tain of paper and pasteboard by the end of the fair that any one of the peaks of the Rockles would be dwarfed if compared with it. Of course this refuse is all destroyed or goes to the junk dealers, who are able to make profitable use of it. ‘These world’s fair lunches are really re- markable things. In the city of Chicago they are regularty sdvertise’ under, 2 t name, as though they were entirely 4 eat from any other lunches, And so they are, for they are usually of larger propor- tions and are made up of a greater variety doughnuts, sausages and pie—anything, in short, that can be got into a basket or a box. “They are eaten anywhere and every- where. It is a common sight going into the that stretch down the center of the inain aisle eating their lunch. The scraps aud boxes are thrown down and the attendants | are ready at hand to gather them up. ‘he | consequence is that the piace is always tidy. In the same way the line of benches on the lake front are largely occupied at certain hours by lunchers,.and they extend own on the beach up to the very waters of the Jake itself, sitting upon the stones when no softer resting place is available. It is a regular picnic for these people, except that the men cannot build a fire of logs, but | must be content to do without cooking, un- less they resort to the spirit lamp, as the man did who is described above. Are Mostly Americans. fair in large numbers, generally resort to of boxes and bags and baskets is being car- ried about all day. There is 20 reason for supposing that a bundle you see marked ine shoes” contains shoes, for if you will wait you will see sandwiches and cold meat extracted from it when the prover hour comes, but It is somewhat surprising to see a man open the leather grip sack he carries from the drumstick of a chicken. Yet this is what you may expect to find in many of the gripsacks. “World's fair lunches put up here.” The cry being wafted to a visitor when he was within a block of the grounds he stopved and asked the vendor what a world’s £ lunch might be. “Anything you want,” said the fakir, “where are you from?” ‘The visitor answered “Virginia.” “Here you are, sir,” said the other, filling a box at the same time, “know weil what you want, sir,” and he handed over a lunch of fried chicken and corn cake. When the next purchaser came by he pursued the from Massachusetts was given brown bread and ple. You can very often tell by a man lunch what part of the country he comes from, but it 1s not always that a visitor can obtain the food he has been accustomed to at home, so that the rule cannot be said to always hold good. Eaten at All Hours. ‘These world’s fair lunches are eaten for the most part at noon, when the whole world generally feels the necessity of satis- fying the pangs of hunger, but they begin long before that hour and last Jong after !t. ‘These columns have before alluded to the fact that visitors may be seen euting cn the way out to the fair, that they >at lunch or breakfast frequently before 9 o'clock in the morning and that they continue the busi- ness far into the night, but the fact that the lunch basket and the world’s fair note book usually go together is a fact that has thus far escaped notice. Yet it is true. The thrifty nature that prompts a man or wo- man to carry lunch prompts him or her to note down what has been seen. There are others, too, who carry the note book, and no school ma'am 1s ever seen without one. An assortment of these mem- oranda would be strange reading. One was picked up in the machinery hail not long since. This is what it 2ontained: “Sew spouting engines, also band of music ricing on a traveling crane; also candy made by machinery; drank orange cider; eat ice cream; got type for nothing; saw a :ntchine making Grover Cleveland in alk." The rest of the book was of the same ienor. Few of the note books contain comments. ‘the ob- ject sought appears to be simply to jot down the things seen, so that upon return- ing home the visitor may be able to say he saw something. Another way that accom- plishes the same end is to check off on a catalogue what you see, but this method is too apt to impress upon you what you keve not seen. ———_ A CURE FOR SUNBURN. Persons With Light Complexion Will Find It Effective. From the New York World. ‘One of the annoyances of having a light complexion is that if you are fond of any outdoo> sport you are sure to be sunburned. ‘One or two good doses of sunburn will spoil half the pleasure of a summer. Many per- sons are so sensitive to this affiction that they have been obliged to give up yachting, fishing, swimming and every other amuse- ment which would take them on the water. People who have a dark or olive com- plexton do not understand what sunburn means. They only get tanned the longer they are exposed to the rays of the sun, and scoff at people who compiain of sun burn, which they t-eat as an imaginary all- ment. One of their favorite recommenda- tions is to say:"Get well burned at the be- ginning of the summer and itwill not trouble ou again.” This ts the purest delusion, for the new skin which comes with the first burn is more sensitive than that which it replaced, and the second burn is Mkely to be worse than the first, swelling up the hands and face and destroying sleep and comfort for three or four days. ‘Then again, a thousand substances are recommended’ as “cures for sunburn. These are usually ointments and salves. They allay some of the pain of a sunburn, but do not prevent it. This summer, how- ever, a preventive of sunburn has been dis- covered. It is nothing more or less than the ordinary bismuth powder sold by eve-y druggist. If you have a light compixion and hav suffered from sunburn in previous years get 10 cents’ worth of bismuth powder and apply this to the hands and face be- fore you go out on the water. Rub it well into the skin and wash off after the sun down. People who use it get tanned, it never burn. Gave Herself Away. From Harper's Bazar. “What nonsense this all ting on their knees when they propo: said Mrs. Parslow to her dear friend. “M: husband didn’t do any such absurd thinj co- Properly From the Todianapolis Journal. Contractor—“Do you want man?” ‘The man—‘No, but I've got a lot of hard work to sell if you want to buy some.” work, my wife produced a tin kettle and a bottle of | tea. They proceeded to make tea just xs | gather up the debris of these family tunch | of articles. They include sardines and) same course, except that this man being) manufactures building at noon to see tong | rows of people sitting on the wooden chairs | A strange thing about the family lunch | parties is that they usually consist of | ,, Americans. The Germans, who come to the | ed | the cafes, and #0 do the other foreigners, | See rpwnr but the Americans are thrifty and. carry | P. their lunch. A strange looking assortment | tm. in the District of Columbia. | | slung over his shoulders and take there-| | | | | quence FOURTH, 1803, same bom AUCTION SALES. AT AUCTION. On FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 1883, AT HALF-PAST POUR O'CLOCK, in of the premises, we shall sell two-story G7 L ‘street southeast, with water. ylmmediately after. four three-story residences. with all modern fi GOS, 610, Gi2 and 14 I'strect routheast, ‘Terms easy and made known aui0-2t"" THOMAS DOWLING @00., Ancta, THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED. of the rain, antil MONDAY, ad 7 : DWLING & OO. i _sel-d&as THOMAS DOW! ‘THOMAS RESIDENCES | FRO AVENUE AND RL STREET. BELG pte meen! the premises, we shall public above very valuable property, lofted side of Marsiand avenue raning through to 'F street between 12th and 18th streets morthens!, = Sy ere most de: sirable investmaent in that sect 1210, Seboatt required "on sacs property i me 0) time Of wale. au26-4t ‘The above sale tx tponed, 'WEDNESD, SEPTEMBER SIXTH, coer bay! ning sol-abas "RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers. TRUSTPE'S SALE OF VALUARLE LOT ON Pay py OF he preminen, ¥. euctt a on AY. Siesta tn eee ma all that lot of cround in the city of Washing- 3 of lot sixty-seven (67) in subdis square four bandred and forty-eight (44%), beginning for the same at the point eight (4%) feet north from a fifteen feet wide ‘and on the line of seid lot and lot sixty-six (@) and running thence west one hundred and five (105) feet to am alley: thence south sixteen (16) feet; thence east one Runteed gak Soe Gl) te aah Guan © Se iat Seat, Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance tn one and two years with six per cent semi-annual in- terest secored by trust om the property, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A depesit of $100 required at time of sale. at cost of purchaser. If terms are not with tm ten (10) days from day of sale the tr St acieuiting purchaser.) nS Tae nd . WILLIAM A. GoRDOX, au26-Akds FITCH, FOX & BROWN, Real Estate Brokers, 1406 G st. aw. TRUSTERS’ SALE OF VALUARLE Teta AND NS SEREETS, WEST TON, DC.” By virtue of @ certain deed of trast Deceniber 24, “iid, and recorded in follo 280 et seq, of the innd Tecorts District of ‘Columbine ‘and ‘at. the party "secured ‘therehs, we will Rac front of tees, new “twheern. o'clock aE ‘OF Till WASHING- date ‘No. ot of ‘the Bg. rEnbEr Fe 3 3 & 1687, in trent of the oo WEUSTSDA TWENTIETH DAY at el > q te fol foning-deecribed naa, vente fa fe syst Wh r—% Gediguated r= act eh numheted Tt apd anes, Aya subdivisions of square folio 260, of "the inbd ree aE humbia. point 2: tect secant oe at lot 18, on D at west © foxt oe maid D feet; thence east 40 feet, ie AJ the place of beginning. all oe sto ee Pree “ie sare: Ms rg ena years, icith’ betes, 2 eat, par ie ee be w trust on the Property sola.” or 4 of the purchaser, 2) re * at of ting an force —a ae in fifteen otherwise, Teserve the ro ‘to resell: C3 Sivertiemeat of suck f-X-4 Published in Washington. * . _seldeas a ou ¥ u 1883, AT ELEVEN OF {our auction We shall seli the above Delcaeing to the nid : i i i ft Es #8 un il 4 i ff i j : 5 if ii HH = Gay (now street slaty-five: Soa ier ate Ge ot sixty-five (5) feet to the west Setee ie anew i, Siory trick sonre ant deling “Rea Sie Sate a pS Be Sa yee ese Soe pe ea pare cured by of trust on the cash. st the option of the a i Sereda i Ett Cane Sh th within ten da; rhe a eock ress Sea Sh et it aif fect itt a8 A] iW i Te CHARLES 1. BELL, WALTER HIESTON, _DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. au20-cots GRO. W. STICKNEY, AUCTIONEER, TRUSTERS: SALE OFT CSTERS SALE PROVED _PROUERTY, EAST BETWEEN E AND F STREETS. sna ate the Stat duheae Sate Ae an corded In Liber No. flo 44 et a Ergperty, sitante iw lumbtaand known subdivision af . folio 102," the anid @ stx-room and cells ling hovse. Sold sarbjest te Reariy new frame dws tro deeds of Crust securing in the aggregate $1,500 and Interest. of kale: AN cash ip excess of sald deeds of trust and accrued interest to day of sale. A Gevoait of $100 will be required when the prgverty All convesances and ait chasér's cost. “Terms of tale to he nd with inten days from. the date of aale, otherwine trustees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost Of defaalting porches aw. HENRY WEX, ___Trastoon, DUNCANSON BROS, AUCTIONEERS. TRU By SALE OF BUILDING LOT EL ENTH STREET NEAR THE CORNER © STREET NORTHEAST. By ‘intwe of a deed of Liber Tok folie 80" “et feet ot tbe, penton en am, NINE ont of tl mises op TUESDAY, Ti MINI TRENTH ‘Dado SEETEMBEI: As 10. 188. AT PAST FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the foile wed. Ind rentiaea tints im the iy District ot part ot original ered 964,” trcinaiug ‘on she ibe rert_at the southeast corner if tia. we will sell in 33 4] £ i # ty i il s is 4 i : ing thence north om anid treet 3D Weg: thence went 110, feet 4 1-2 Snchea: tees south SO feet T inches; thence east 110 feet 4 1-2 inches to the ce of beginning, tagether with all aid singular” the improrementa, maya, vamem att, Fights, privileges. a ners to the “same i angering appertaining. Terma, One-Uird ash, balance tn ope and two years, notes to be given bearing © per ceut per Aa Bom interest, ‘pnrahirssemi-annnily, and tats a deed of trast on the ae ail cash, at the option of the purchaser. "A depoalt sod rrcordlng at parchaarr's' rast. eres ut ane sod recording . : tobe ‘complied with In IS. das ot am, Stherwise the right ls reserved. to resell ch Drop” City. at the risk’ and cost of defaniting purchruncr. ioe ve dare Gtertinemeat of each fy some newspaper pub im Waxhtngton, ig “ALBERT Aw Wits JOHN LARS Trustees. , Anetioneers, Oi Ese am, THOMAS DOWLD TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE HANDROME THREE STORY AND BASEMENT. Pack EXT TO THE CORNER OF LINDEN STREET. day of February, 1 aber No. 1780. follo 344, ree~ ords of the District rethon of ‘the arty secured thereby, Lindenctened | Trustees ‘will seil_at public auction on WEONES. | DAY, SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH. 186, AT FIVE vy lo iB | dese when he asked me to marry him.” Se % Xo 18, m1 | “He did when he proposed to me,” said | Dro! 1 restore and | basement brick residenc 10 the dear friend, without thinking. oe ie Hg — es ‘K, in front of the premises, the following | ed property: Late 47. a 4%. in Barr | and being Nos. 325, 327 T street. Le Droit Park. ry each house at the time of sale. All conv: and recording at purchaser's cost. Terms Known at sale, H._ BRADLEY DAVIDSON, Gbo, E FLEMING, eu31-dids WASHINGTON, D. @ SS NOTARIES PUBLIC. ree ‘soux DEEDS and U. S. Commissioner REALL. 1221 F et. om CHIROPODISTS eel PROF. J.