Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1893, Page 13

OUR LOCAL ARTISTS. A Little Group That is Growing Steadily Larger. WHAT THEY ARE DOING THIS FALL A Glance Into Their Studios Dis- closes Great Activity. MANY MEN OF PROMINENCE. Written for The Evening Star. ASHINGYTONIS rapidly becoming a favorite rendezvous for American artists, containing, as it does, advantages unequal- ed by aimost any other city, from a Practica! as well as an artistic point of view. Perhaps the best known artist whose permaneat residence is in che city is Mr. ©. F. Andrews, whose paintings of Martha ‘Washington and Dolly Madison in the east room of the White House are so well known throughout the United States. Either one of these portraits would estab- ish an enviable reputation for eny artist. In addition to these, Mr. Andrews hes painted a large number of the presidential Portraits owned by the Corcoran Ar: Gal- lery. Since returning from urope in Sep- tember Mr. Andrews has completed an ex- cellent portrait of Miss Armsiroag of t city, and a full-length canvas of Senator Voorhees, and he is now engaged on a} eharming ideal head, treated ‘n the most | @aring Titianesque manner. The unusual | scheme of color makes this study a re- | | E. F. Audrews. markably attractive one. It represents a fair-complexioned girl, crowned with ruddy masses of hair. against a blue background. As director and teacher of the Corcoran Behool of Art, Mr. Andrews has also dis- tinguished himself, having given it his al- most undivided attention during the three years of its existence, raising it during that | time to an equal footing with the New York | ateliers. Mr. Jerome Uhl, another Washington ar- tist, divides his time alrzost equally be- tween this city and New York, where a large number of his patrons live. Mr. Uhl is an impressionist of the most decided kind, treating his subjects with a breadth of handling and daring in color that is most audacious, yet with almost unvarying success. His portrait of Mrs Francis) Hodgson Burnett's youngest son, Vivian, created quite a sensation when exhibited about a year ago, as did also Mr. Uhl's por- trait of President Cleveland, which was painted during his former administration. Other works by this artist hang in the Cap- itol, treasury and Art Gallery. One of our most successful brush wield- ers is Mr. Max Weyl, whose work follows the general characteristics of Daubigny and/ ‘Corot, though more ideal than the first, and More truthful than the latter. Mr. Weyl is just now finishing a delightful transcript of nat entitled “A Bit of Beechwood,” which nas been purchased by Mr. C. B. Tanner of the War Department. The artist ent the summer in collecting sketches and jotes” to be utilized later as subjects for elaborate canvases. Mr. Weyl expects to have an exhibition of his works later in the winter, which will excel in extent and vari- ety of subject the view which last year gave so much pleasure to lovers of art in Wash- ton. Richard N. sir. Richard > ttist who has = Poss brooks. 2 appreciated the pictorial bilities of our colored populati jf lery, sents a phase of life hitherto almost sly overlooked by the American public. le of painting is broad, without being tic. Speaking about the latter h has of late years been carried to an almost ludicrous extreme by some of our ambitious young artists, Mr. Brooke says: “Impressionism, so called, is merely the extreme appiication of principles | long known in a and still contested by | the great majority. There have always been | two side: in painting, the optical and the| sentimental; the mode of expression and the thing to be expressed. There is a well-de- Gned point where the former or the senti- ir. ‘Thos. Hovenden mental Is carried to the extreme. The con- tention of the majority of conservative art- ists is that extreme impressionism tran- scends the point where sentiment in its highest form must yield to the optical.” Mr. Brooke commenced his artistic career in Philadelphia, going from there to Europe, where he studied for some years under Bonnat and Constant. He is rather an idealist, painting much of the time without models. A large canvas which is almost completed is entitled “The Drinking Pool at Laren.” It will be exhibited at the spring exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists. Another of this artist's most interesting studies is now being exhibited at the Fis- cher Art Gallery. Among the younger artists Mr. Harold MeDonald holis a pro sition, the ori lity i reck? with which he treats nis subj lacing him far beyond the point us ssigned to “the younger fon.” Some of his ul portraits are of Mr. Carter, to Hawaii; the late Willam L, Brooke is perhaps the only; THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1893—-TWENTY PAGES. Scott, Secretary Gresham and the late Sec- retary Windom. Both the latter were or- dered by the government and hung in the treasury. Mr. McDonald is at present put- ting the finishing touches to an ideal figure study, to be used for exhibition purposes. Several of Mr. McDonald's paintings were exhibited at the world’s fair and attracted much favorable criticism. Perhaps the most eminent artist among the non-residents is Mr. Thomas Hoven- den, whose marveious figure paintings are familiar to all lovers of art. Mr. Hovenden has recently settied in Washington, giving as his reason for doing so “because it is the most utterly delightful and perfectly paintable place I know of.” He is most enthusiastic over the city and its environ- ments, and expects to remain for some time. Among the various paintings exhib- ited by this artist at the Columbian ex- Position was “Breaking Home Ties,” a pic- ture too well knowr and universally ad- mired to need a description. Mr. Hoven- den is an academician and a life member of the American Water Color Society, and is a great acquisition to Washington's artis- tie fraternity. Mr. Ellicott. Another artist ranking high in the pro- fession is Mr. Henry J. Ellicott, who de- signed and executed the life-sized eques- trian statue of Gen. George B. McClellan, which was unveiled in Philadelphia last September. The statue is now in bronze and is mounted on a massive granite pedes- tal. Mr. Ellicott’s designs were accepted by Gov. Pattison and the Memorial Associa- tion of Philadelphia as soon as presented, although a number of other prominent ulptors had also submitted models and specifications. statue is considered among the finest ever erected in this coun- try. Mr. Ellicott is just completing a model for the Spinner Memorial, which is to be placed in front of the treasury. Mr. Dunbar. Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar’s work is so well known that a description of it is hardly necessary, although a recital of his present engagements may be interesting. A life sized bust of Martin Van Buren speak: most eloquently of the artist's ability. The bust is to be cut In marble and promises to be one of the sculptors most successful ef- forts. Another clever thing is a model for the statue of the late Senator Kenna, which 1s to be submitted with a number of others in a competitive examination soon to be held in Charleston, West Virginia. The suc- cessful competitor {s to receive an order for @ seven-foot marble statue to be placed in one of the government buildings. Mr. Dun- bar's work is always clever and often mas- terly in style and finish. J. W. Wallace. We also have Mr. J. W. Wallace of New York, whose specialty is portraiture. Mr. Wallace received his artistic education in Europe, and during the past few years has traveled and practiced his art in various parts of the United es. One of his best productions, “The Rug Seller,” received hon- orable mention in the salon two years ago. ‘Though a young man, as an artist he ranks among the first. Much of his best work was done while in the west. He displays an artistic vigor and strength which comes only after years of intelligent study and ap- plication. i's work is also unusual- ; though lacking many of the op- portunities enjoyed by other artists. Mr. Randall has so utilized his American pre- tives that his work—particularly in por- ure, compares most favorably with that of older and much more experienced men. Much of his work is in North Carolina, where he has distinguished himself by his portraits of prominent state officials. He -sized painting of the late Chief Ju state, and al 1 bert, daughter promises to be productions. The studio of Mr. T. J. Fisher is crowded, al, this winter with the artist's work ils. ‘anvas of Miss Her- Terbert, which one of his most successful sher’s most striking por- that of the late Gen. Pike. The color and likeness are well reproduced, and the entire painting is carried on in the ar- tist’s happiest Fisher, ably as- ed by his wife 0 is also an artist, as one of the largest painting classes in the city. POLICARPO BONILLO Causes the Hondurian Government Very Much Trouble. VASQUEZ REGRETS HIS LENIENCY. Good Comparative Honesty is Enough for Some Folks. AMERICAN OPPORTUNITIES. Written for The Evening Star. There was the unmistakable flavor of revolution in the Tegucigalpan air when 1 reached the long-named city; strange whis- perings, cautious glances and yet public disavowals—something to be felt, not heard or distinctly seen. As 1 entered the coun- try at Amapala a few days before, Policar- po Bonillo and e small party of adherents were leaving it under orders of banishment. Complimenting Gen. Vasquez on the len- fency of: this act, contrasting so favorably with the too frequent political executions in Spanish American countries, he was frank enough to express to me his grave doubts as to its wisdom, for, said he, with true prophetic vision, “He will return, stir up the country, and hundreds of good men now happily enjoying life will be Killed be- cause of it.” It is not feasible within the limits of a newspaper article—nor perhaps of sulll- cient interest to us now—to enter into the details of the passing troubles in Hondu- ras. The old, old story, again and again, self before country! At the bottom of it all the two gravest crimes against the prosperity of humanity—violation of the ot box before election, official corrup- tion afterward. Where these twin curses are tolerated—whether in this free land of ours or in Honduras—the eternal law of compensation sooner or later visits with an absolute precision the guilty people with all the sanguinary penalties. Policarpo Bonillo, a popular young lawyer of the cap- ital, being defeated—or counted out, as he ciaimed—seems ferociously determined to be president or to so devastate his native land as to leave it worthless for any one else to rule. Hence his several savage invasions from neighboring territory with murderous re- sults. Always defeated, he returns again, and other victims to his cruel ambition are piled up in this depleted land by the slaughtered hundreds. This is the man whom Gen, Vasquez, now president, tried so determinedly to take from the Pacific mail steamer, the Costa Rica, at Amapala (in Honduranian territory) recently, Bonilla owes his life first to the clemency of Gen. Vasquez and now to the sheltering protec- tion of our Mag, and when we realize that his errand past the threshold of his own home is witnout a reasonable doubt to re- visit it at an early day with fire and sword from a new direction, it seems a pity that such a vexed and bloody problem was not solyed—in some way and sorecen_wnes an opportunity was so temptingly near! Mrresident Domingo Vasquez was military commander of the federal district—which includes the» capital, Tegucigalpa—at the ume of my visit. He is a man of striking- iy handsome presence, about forty-five years of age, medium height, slim and erect, refined and intelligent gentleman of sev- eral years of European education and ex- perience, and undoubtedly a brave and talented soldier. But he is more and great- er than all this, he is an advanced and pa- triotic ruler, sionately determined to entorce by every possible means the pro- gress and improvement of his beloved coun- try, and the model nearest his heart is our great republic, for which he has the su- premest veneration. During the past year he has become president as a logical se- quence of the continued confusion of law and order originating in remote causes 's|deeply rooted, but directly personified by Bonillo’s present fury to rule or ruin. Pres- ident Ponciano Leiva, whose election de- feated Bonilla, and who is now succeeded by Gen. Vasquez, an old and faithful officer, somewhat similar in manner and personal appearance to our own Senator Proctor of Vermont. He is a man of un- questionabie personal probity and patriotic life, but doubtless wearying, at his advanc- ed age, of the thankless and dishearten- ing task he had assumed, he was probably only too glad to relinquish it to a younger and more vigorous man, with what result Gen. Vasquez has yet to prove. But after long and frequent conversations with him and knowing his unswerving patriotic reso- lutions, I am satisfied that if his life be spared and he fails to very greatly improve Honduras it will be a forlorn undertaking for any successor. And it is a country well worth elevating to the attainment of its highest destiny! The ablest Central Amer- ican authority has truthfully written that it is “An epitome of all other countries and climates of the globe. High mountain ranges, isolated volcanic peaks, elevated table lands, deep valleys, broad and fertile plains and extensive alluvions are here found grouped together, relieved by large and beautiful lakes and majestic rivers; the whole teeming with animal and vege- table life, and the precfous minerals, and possessing every variety of climate ‘from torrid heats to the cool and bracing tempera- ture of eternal spring.” Two Hundred Years Old. Columbus, in 1502, first set foot on the main land of this continent in Honduras, where Cortez, less than twenty years later, founded the present city of Truxillo, and ixty years before Jamestown was found- ed and nearly one hundred years before Hudson sailed into the bay of New York, Honduras had its large and flourishing cities!” Tegucigalpa is perhaps two hun- dred years old, and is by far the finest and most advanced city I have yet seen in Cen- tral America, as indeed, at that age it ought to be. It has in the neighborhood of 20,000 inhabitants, is beautifully situated among the surrounding mountains, a large river flowing through it, crossed by the famous old stone bridge of ten arches, and by rea- son of the elevation above the sea—3 feet—is always of the most delightful tem- perature. Its streets and sidewalks are regular and well paved, houses substantial and many of them of quite superior struct- ure, while the refinements and luxuries of life under almost - prohibitory conditions are simply astonishing! When we reflect that every particle of freight of every de- scription used in Tegucigalpa is brought a hundred miles on the backs of animals or men, the liberal exhibition made in this im- prisoned capital of pianos, large and costly mirrors, even statuary, elegant furniture and other gratifications and comforts of civilization, can but excite wonder and ad- miration. “The roads of Honduras are mere mule paths, often conducted, to avoid large and rapid streams, over the steepest and roughest mountains, where in places they are so narrow, abrupt and obstructed that the stranger recolis in despair of ef- fecting a passage. The loads carried by mules are necessarily light, and the ex- pense of transportation becomes so great as effectually to prohibit the exportation of the more bulky products of the state,*except from places near the coast. All articles of importation, also, which cannot be packed on mules, require to be transported on the shoulders of men; and the pianos, mirrors, and other foreign articles of bulk and value in use in the large towns of the interior have all been carried in this manner from the sea ports.” This, written forty years ago, is as true now as then, but the rest- sess spirits of hope and progress are stir- ring vigorously over the land. The long contemplated interoceante railway, between Puerto Cortez on the north and Fonseca bay on the Pacific, two of the finest harbors in the world, will certainly be constructed within the present generation. The distance is less than 1%) miles, over far easier grades and at much less cost than many of our railroads here in the United States, and when finished will not only be one of the most valuable pleces of commercial property on the American continent, but also one of vast business and political sig- nificance to the people of this country, An- other railroad. certain to be bullt, is already surveyel and located from Tegucigaipa south to Fonseca bay, with the ultimate intention of extending it to Truxillo on the northeastern coast, and when these, or a part of them, are built, with their result- ing branches and spurs and a fair rein- forcement of wagon roads inaugurated, nothing can prevent the sudden leap for- ward into wealth and consequence of this marvelously rich and favored country. Good Soctety. Several days were spent in Tegucigalpa most pleasantly, one of the evenings at a reception of the chief social club, at which there was as full a proportion of lovely ladies and handsome gentlemen (and equal- ly as elegantly dressed) as at any reception I ever attended elsewhere. Visits, dinners and social entertainment made welcome the visitors from afar, and the time passed merrily and rapidly away. Old Mr. Lasso, a@ Massachusetts Yankee who had lived here nearly forty years, was, naturally, a very interesting companion. In 1855, then a young man, he accompa- nied Mr. W. V. Wells, the author, on his notable trip from Tegucigalpa eastward to Olancho as guide, interpreter and artist, very finely illustrating the valuable volume published by Mr. Wells as a result of the journey. On the Fourth of July the Ameri- can consul, Mr. J. J. Peterson, an excellent officer, gave an interesting reception and ball at his residence, and it was surprising to note how very numerous “Old Glory” was throughout the city and at the consul’s that patriotic day! Excellent music, beautt- ful ladies and companionable gentlemen made for all of us a most enjoyable night, nor must we forget a variety of punch bowls, &c., &c., of divers nationalities, but all speaking—or singing—one universally understood and frolicsome language! Mr. Louis Bier of New Orleans, one of the brightest young men permanently located here, has married the lovely young niece of Cabinet Minister Planos—who is now reported to be on his way to Washington to settle the Amapala incident—and is most happily situated. Honduras is the paradise for Americans. In no other country have I found them so affectionately welcome, so carefully pro- tected in their rights, so advanced in busi- ness, aided in failure or patiently tolerated when unworthy. Any sensible American of fair ability, good habits and a little capital visiting that country can accomplish more in less time, I believe, than in any other place upon the globe. It is a land to be pre-empted by such men now, for a general rich development under the progressive president, Vasquez, is impending, and cer- tain to furnish ample results in the early future. It is a country surpassingly rich in gold and silver, in excellent cattle, rub- ber, and the rarest woods of commerce; wealthy beyond description agriculturally; coffee and the best of bananas and tropical fruits in unlimited quantity may be cheap- ly raised and exported from the north coast—in short, “it has a variety of climate adapted to every caprice and a temperature suitable for the cultivation of the products of every zone. * * * It has the greatest diversity of surface and of elevation, fertile valleys and higher plains and mountains terraced to their summits, collectively af- fording every possible lety of climate, soil and production. These are conditions favorable to nourishing and sustaining a large poulation and point unerringly to the development here of a rich and powerful state.” He Only Stole Four Mill he Several things are requisite—first and in- dispensably—honest government. The prob- lem of Central American prosperity is only to be solved by official honesty, so savagely maintained and enforced that violations of it will be as unpopular as dangerous. A few administrations of such a character by so bold and brilliant a man as Gen. Vasquez will forever establish halcyon days for any land so fortunately ruled. As an illustration of the indifference bred of long existing familiarity, a strange con- versation I had with a little coterie of prom- inent merchants and citizens is suggestive. Never mind the country—it wasn’t Hon- duras—they were lamenting the good old days of a former president, now living luxuriously abroad, with many a fervent wish for his return and their renewal. They recalled eloquently his arrival from a for- eign land to assume control of the state, his progress to the capital one glorious triumphal ovation, his utterances and proc- lamations almost pathetic in their benefi- cent aspirations; one of them so piercingly harrowing as to induce a well-known gen- eral to dismount in the plaza of a distant city and declare with hot and passionate heart, “Thank God! we have at last an honest president! Here, 1 stole this horse and now, inspired by his burning decree, I yield him up again! Henceforth and for- ever the watch cries are ‘honesty or death.’ Now, I happened to know something of this president who protested so much and thun- dered so loudly in the index, and so 1 asked if they would really make him pres- ident again if they could? To their eager affirmation that, undoubtedly, they would, I put the question: “How much did he steal? Six millions?” ‘o,”” they answered, “only four!” The very suburbs of profanity would have to be invaded to properly char- acterize such criminal lunacy as these men wished to be guilty of. Here was a coun- try with an empty treasury, unable to pay its ordinary domestic expenses or financt uly preserve itself from any swashbuckler who chose to amuse himself with {ts tranquility, and yet a tacit desire existed in influential minds for the four-million-dollar robber to return and steal all he omitted before, in- cluding climate and scenery! The seccnd requisite is peace, with none to molest or make afraid. And it will fol- low honest government as “the night the day.” And in fact in all the internal dis- sensions the foreigner is never molested other than by the attendant commercial de- pression. Desirable immigration and pass- able roads are vital necessities, and either one will bring the other, both running hand in hand with peace and good government. Some of the colonization attempted in Hon- duras, as elsewhere, has been criminally absurd, no sagacious element of fitness being considered or included. Stupidity, poverty and drunkenness are of as little avail there as here at home. But let any man or set of men go there with fairly mixed proportions of character, brains, energy and money, and the important con- cessions to be had instantly, with every favorable condition, are beyond computa- tion as to value. Ready to Move On, We have discharged our mule train for its return to Amapala, and are organizing another for the journey west to Comaya- gua to visit President Leiva. Capt. La Cruz and Abel Reyes will not desert me, and I am extremely fortunate in the gen- erous offer of Mr. Manuel E. Vasquez, nephew of the general, to accompany us. He is a brilliant young man of some twen- ty-seven years of age, educated in Columbia College, New York, speaking better English than I do, and thoroughly versed in all the history, legends and traditions of his ro- mantic country, an all-round glorious “‘com- padre,”” whose delightful fellowship made the remainder of my stay in the “Land of Depths” one “vast, substantial smile!” And how we weny to Comayagua and Stayed there several weeks, how it was in- sisted from first to last, in spite of ve- hement protestations and bashful disclaim- ers, that I was a secretly accredited mes- senger (“El Ministro") from the United States, and how a party of us finally escaped through the smugglers’ mountain passes into San Salvador, are all matters of future relation to those who care to read “an- other story,” as Kipling would say. DANIEL MACAULEY, 00 BEAUTY AT THE BAL . GAMES. What Means the Presence of Women at Foot Ball Contestst From the New York World. Girls at Springfield wearing bunches of roses and waving red flags; girls wearing violets and flaunting blue banners. Girls at Manhattan Field staggering beneath the weight of their yellow chrysanthemums and black and orange streamers. What does it all mean? Is it possible that the gentle maids of America love to behold fierce con- flict, delight to see heads battered and limbs broken? Can it be that the same passions are rampant in the feminine heart that stir- red the Roman matrons at the gladiatorial contests and make the Spanish women draw aside their lace mantillas, the better to be- hold the fierce bull fights? Of course it is possible to maintain that the young women who attend inter-collegi- ate games take a warm interest in the scientific part of the game, whatever that may be. But they don’t. They haven't the faintest glimmering of a notion as to what it is all about. They can no more distin- guish between a half-back and a center rush than they can fly. The scientific prin- ciples of the game would be Greek to them. They only see mad scrimmages, brutal bat- terings, the resolute knocking of heads to- gether, But they sit there, the gentle crea- tures, with eyes wide open and ablaze with excitement and voices tremulous with emo- tion. They hear shouts and cheerings, and they breathlessly demand: “Oh! Mr. Cambridge, what does that mean? Who has done anything, and what has he done? And has our side won?” That is the intelligent sort of interest a woman takes in the game of foot ball. She would have given her eyes to attend had attendance on easier terms been denied her. And what does it all mean if not that the love of beholding conflict is inborn in the feminine heart? Is not the young woman of America with her higher educauon, her clubs, her philanthropy, her class at the mission and the red rose or the blue violets in her gown extremely like the benighted Romen ladies to whom colleges and clubs were denied and whose only recreation was the contest? Are the ladies of Spain, whose soft *yes kindle and whose faces flush when they behold the enraged butls, so very un- like the Boston or New York girl w! watches with eager interest her brother’ chun being battered into shapelessness” Or is it, perhaps, only that the American girl has the charming characteristic of be- ing able to interest herself in whatever ner brothers find all absoroing? ‘B| jeweled penknife. is United States Academy MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 807-809-811 14th Street N. W. between H and I Sts., WASHINGTON, D. C. A PERMANENT INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED FOR THE TREATMENT AND CURE OF NERVOUS and SPECIAL DISEASES. 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ES AND CORRESPONDENCE FACREDLY CONFIDENTIAL. arcs! OFFICE HOULS: 9 TO3 AND 6TO 8; SUNDAYS, 10 T 230,d5&9 a JEWELS FOR CHRISTMAS. Many Kinds of Novelties in Precious Metals and Gems. Wreaths and Crow yhe Fad in Brooches—Emerald the Fashionable Stone—Pearls From Wisconsin. Written for The Evening Star. There are ever so many beautiful novel- ties in jewelry this year. Emerald is the fashionable stone for rings. A single gem of this kind set with two diamonds of the same size has an exquisite effect. Ruby and diamonds arranged in the same manner would be popular, but for the great cost of the ruddy gem. Rubies are more expensive today than ever before. A perfect one of a single carat is worth $1,000, while the value rises so rapidly with the weight that a stone of a carat and a half may fetch $5,000. The finest rubies, the jewelers say, come from Ceylon, as well as the best opals, sap- phires and cat's-eyes. For a man there is nothing quite so swell just now as a ring with a cat’g-eye and diamond. Fortunately, diamonds are not as costly as rubies. A fine white stone of one carat can be bought for $100. The new tariff bill rai: the duty on diamonds from 10 per cent to 15 per vent. The change will encourage smug- gling. Hitherto the duty has been kept low, because, if it were higher, Uncle Sam would get nothing. Brooches in the shape of wreaths and crowns a l'Empire are the very latest in that line. Some of the crowns are beauti- fully jeweled. Sword pins are even more in style than they were last year and are made in more beautiful patterns. One kind ig in rather fanciful imitation of George Washington’s sword. Some are in the shape of scimitars. These swords are for hat-pins and lace-pins; also for hair-pins, with tortoise-shell blades and gold hilts. New Things in Brooches. Bow-knots have gone out to a great ex- tent. A wreath of gold is the proper thing from which to suspend a small enameled watch, One new style of brooch is in the form of a golden snake with a diamond in its head. Another has the shepe of a lizard, which is a popular design in jewelry this year. The lizard has three rows of gems along its back, the middie one of diamonds and the other two of emeralds and olivines. This gives a very pretty effect. Turquoise and diamonds are a popular combination. There is a passing fancy for American pearls from Wisconsin, which are set for scarf-pins and otherwise. They are from fresh-water mussels, and most of them are of odd and irregular shapes. The only proper bracelet is a chain and padlock, the former quite massive. The padlock may be jeweled. Long chains for carrying muffs, watches and lorgnettes, to be worn around the neck, are decidedly a fad. Some of them have at intervals pearls, turquoises, or even diamonds. The pearls may be of different colors. This idea in jewelry has been taken from the chains of honor conferred upon knights and noblemen. Though fine and delicately made, they run up in price to Speaking of pearls—the proper scarf-pin for a man is still the single pearl. It may be white, pink, bronze, or black. The fancy colors are mere expensive, but a handsome white one can be got for $200. Pearls also “re most correct for evening dress studs, running in price from $15 for a set of three to $1,500. For $2,100 one can purchase a set one pink, one black, and one white—each one as big as a large marrow-fat pea. For such a purpose it is requisite that the pearls shall match perfectly in respect to luster, shape and size. One of the prettiest novelties is a cut- glass vinaigrette with gold and jeweled top. Around the top are set six gems which spell a word—ruby, emerald, garnet, ame- thyst, ruby again, and diamond. Spell out the initials and you have “Regard.” A simi- lar bottle has a Cape ruby, which is a fine kind of garnet, in the center of the top, set about which are the following stones—dia- mond, emerald, amethyst, ruby, emerald, sapphire and tourmaline. Spell these out and you have “Dearest.” The price is only $125. Suitable Gifts for Men. Link-buttons for men’s cuffs still hold their place as the only style possible. Watches have diamond backs and run up in price as high as $2,000. Diamonds of all colors are in style, especially the brilliant canary hue. These are most effective in clusters. Even the useful thimble is beauti- fied with gems set round the lower part. Sometimes the stones spell words. Occa- sicnally pearls are used in the settings. Pearls of all sorts of colors are more popu- lar this year than ever before. Platinum has gone out of use by jewelers to a great extent for the time being, whereas not long ago it was made up with gold in ever so many designs. For men silver and gold-mounted suspend- ers are suitable gifts. They run up in price from $ a pair to $100. Some of them have jeweled buckles, or a monogram in precious stones may be inscribed on the buckle. For the ladies lorgneites of silver and gold may be purchased. Some of them are jeweled. One pattern with glasses about twice the usual size is intended for the theater. A spectacle case in solid silver or gold is an appropriate gift for an aged aunt or grand- mother. Quite a: novelty is guimpe pins of French make for fastening the backs of | babies’ dresses—some of gold and others of | enamel. | More things are made nowadays of gold | and silver than ever before in the history of | the world. The demand for those precious metals in toilet articles and appliances of every sort for personal use is steadily grow- ing. The unpretentious traveling flask of old times is now reproduced in cut glass, with cup of solid 18-carat gold, screw top of | the same metal and upper part covered with | lizard skin—price only $75. If a child does | not happen to be born with a gold spoon in | its mouth indulgent relatives can obtain knife, fork and spoon in that metal for use in the nursery. A handsome gift for a man is a gold and Perhaps, however, he would prefer a gold match box, a gold cigar- ette cause, cr a gold key ring with gold chain to fasten it. Garters have gold clasps | with monograms in dizn-onds, and even the umbrella strap may have a gold clasp. The URDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 9. newest hat marker is of gold, bearing the Tame of the owner, so that anybody who steals the hat get: vay with a valuable marker also. Another gift for a man is a gold cigar cutter. Silver has diminished so much in value that articles made of it have gone down 25 per cent in price. Silver- backed brushes, worth $20 last year, can be purchased this season for $15. A new idea is to make whist counters out of sliver dollars, the coin being used as a case for a revolving wheel showing nut bers. To evade the law forbidding mutil: tion of the currency, trade dollars are em- ployed for this purpose, because they are not current nor legal tender. Prayer books and likewise hymnals are made in solid sil- ver bindings. One such prayer book for a bride has a blank marriage certificate in the front part. Razor strops are mounted with silver. Solid silver gilded appears in many beautiful articles of use and ornament. It has all the appearance of pure gold, being used in the shape of fruit dishes,” finger bowls, dessert spoons and pastry forks and knives, &c. Pin cushions for men are made in the shape of little jockey caps of silver and plush, the latter showing the colors of Princeton, Yale and Harvard respectively. For a foot ball player of one of those col- leges such a gift would be particularly ap- propriate and not very costly. Match boxes of silver and gold are made this year with little flags in enamel on them, bearing the name of one college or another. In fact, the difficulty of finding a suitable present for a man has been practi- cally done away with. The trouble is to choose within one’s means among all the beautiful things made expressly to tickle masculine taste and vanity. Handsome sil- ver cases are actually made to hold boxes of patent-leather polish; bag tags are for sale in solid silver, and wire cutters have silver handles. Manufacturers have ex- hausted their ingenuity in the invention and prceduction of novelties in the Precious metals for the use and convenience of the ae = Not least interesting among the articles for Christmas exposed for sale in the jewel- ers’ shops are things in leather. The leath- ers o: fashion have multiplied of late, and the most remote parts of the world have been called upon to contribute the skins ot strarge animale hitherto unknown to the tanner. One of the victims of this new fad is the boa constrictor. Another unfortunate is the so-called Java lizard—a reptile with fine scales and a peculiar grayish mottled color. “So large is it that a single furnish half a dozen card cases. oe —-ceo— Written for The Evening Star. At Life’s Evening. (From the German of Radolf von Gottschall.) To its death the day is faring, Weary, soon in shade to part, Yet not fainting, not despairing. Fresh as morn in mind and heart. Sunward soar, ye eagle pinions, As ye toward the light once few; In Eternity’s dominions, Time, the cheat, has naught to do. Faint, the tapers on the altar, Burning low, may lose their light; Inspiration lets not falter, In the heart, its bearth-fire bright. From the wreath falls many a tender Flower, stripped off in Time's career, Yet there opes, in eve's late splendor, Many a blossom sweet and dear. May the heart's warrh glow fail never, Memory’s dusky dreams among! Though Age to the old clings ever, “Tis the new that keeps him young. What ts old, for him still liveth, New, a precious profit is, Beautiful, that each day giveth, He with youthful joy makes his. Every wish may not quite perish— Like a withered leaf decay— ‘Though, as heir of all we cherish, Death stands wat ‘ing on our way. Every chance is no vain story, Nor @ fitting theme for scorn; Goethe's and Anacreon’s boary Heads the wreaths of Love adorn. —W. L. SHOEMAKER. ————+e+—____ Christmas Table Decorations. From the Ladies’ Home Journal. in planning for Christmas festivities the question of table decorations is of real im- portance; therefore, suggestions for a unique and artistically arranged dinner table may be of service. The covers may be laid for as many as may be desired. In the center have a square bed of holly, from the middle of which there may rise a small Christmas tree suitably decorated. At either end of the table stand the candelabra, which for this occasion should have red candles and red shades. At each lady’s place have a corsage bouquet of bright red flowers tied with red ribbon, and for the gentlemen boutonnieres of mistletoe. Have suspended over the table a little above the tree a large bell of red flowers, from the top of which, reaching to each plate, may hang red rib- bons about an inch wide, held in place by the weight of the dinner card, which should be perforated near the top, allowing the end of the ribbon to pass through and tie in a bow. On the upper side of the card should be written the guest’s name. os A Fearfal Charge. From Puck. Dilly (in a horrified whisper).—“Mama, Willy is an infidel.” Mam ‘An infidel?” Dilly. Yes; he said there's any Santa Claus.’ ,,ne don’t believe ~ SUITABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. About this time you are probably puzzled to know what to buy. We beg to call your attention to the following articles, many of which we are sole agents for, and any of which are very appropriate for # Christ mas gift. STEWART'S CELERRATED BANJOS. WASHBURN GUITARS, MANDOLINS AND BANJOS. GLIER VIOLINS. AUTOHARPS OF ALL KINDS. REUMUTH MUSIC FOLIOS, MUSIC ROLLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. FINE LEATHER CASES FOR BANJOS, GUITARS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, AUTOHARPS, &, PIANO STOOLS. PIANO COVERS. MUSIC CABINETS. MUSIC BOOKS, WITH AND WITHOUT WORDS, MUSIC BOXES FROM 50 CENTS UPWARD. FLUTES, FIFES, FLAGEOLETS, ACCORDEON® CORNETS, BATONS, BUGLES, POST HORNS, DRUMS, MOUTH ORGANS, AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL MERCHANDISE AT THE LOWEST ROCK BOTTOM PREVAILING PANIC PRICES. Please call and examine our stock whether you purchsse or not. Store open this Week until 7 p.m., next week until § p.m., and the following week until 10 p.m. John F. Ellis &Co., 937 Pa. Ave., Near roth St. d6-16t IT’S YOURS FREE OF COST! If there is = solitary thing that you mee@ to make your bouse more cheerful and eom- fortable GET IT—-and get it of US. Your Promise to pay is just as acceptable to us a8 a handful of money. ALL THE CRED YOU WANT. Not a note to sign—not a penny Interest- Pay us when you get pald—once a week ot ‘once & month. Our suites of Parlor Furni- ture range in price from $22.50 to $200.— Bed Room Furniture from $13 to §200.— Surely the intermediate grades will con- tain something to please you. Our lender in Parlor Purniture ts a seven-piece suite, upholstered in plush or hair cloth, at $22.50. Our lender in Bed Room Furniture is a suite in solid oak, with bevel glass in bureau— price, $18. Our Carpets are just as ex- tensive ip variety and just as rich and ele- gant in coloring as you'll find ANYWHERE. Splendid Brussels Carpet. 50 cents a yard— Good Reliable Ingrain, 35 cents a yard. We have always MADE and LAID every yard of Carpet sold by us—and we are DOING IT YET—name ancther house that docs as MUCH. We sell a Six-foot Extension Table for $3.50—Forty-pound Hair Mattress, §7— Woven-wire Springs, $1.75. If you need a Stove—it’s HERE—any size you waut—heat- ing or cooking. Six big double floors of House Furnishings to choose from—and your CREDIT ts always GOOD. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, $19, S21, 823 TTH ST. N.W., BET. H AND I &Ts. a We close EVERY evening at %, A FEAST FOR LADIES. W2 HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER LARGE LOT OF LADIES’ SAMPLE SHOES AND SLIPPERS OF THE CELEBRATED MAKE OF A. F. SMITH. THIS IS THE FINEST LOT OF SAMPLES WE HAVE EVER SHOWN, AND WILL CERTAINLY PLEASE THE LADIES WHO WEAR A 3 OR 3% A, B OR C LAST. aS USUAL, WE SRALL SELL THESE SAMPLES AT LESS TRAN COST TO MAN- UFACTURE, WHICH WILL BE A SAVING TO YOU OF FROM $1 TO $2 ON EVERY PAIR PURCHASED. THE WARREX SHOE ROUSE (GEO. W. RICH), 7 The People’s Resort for Genuine Bargain An Xmas Gift Ofa Set of Teeth To one in need of a wet could not fall of being bighly appreciated. The sets of teeth made by us Were awarded the “Highest Pre- mium" at the World's Pair and we could not give you a better set if we charged you double their price. Best Teeth—$8 set. No charge for consultation. Cour Elegant teous parlors, lady endants. Extract ing,25e.: wi ere ee ee es ere ee . . . . . . ere ee ee ee . . . . . . . . . . . . G0-.; cleaning, Te.; The.: gold, . BEST TEETH, $8.00 set. Crown and bridge work « specialty. Dental o Ass'n, COR. 7TH AND D NW. BALTIMORE OFFICE, No. 1 North Charles st. ° a“ 1S THE ONLY PHYSICIAN IX THE CITY Practici Dermatology eaciusively. Eczema, Tet- ter, ry Pimples, Blackbeads, Freckles, Red- Ress of the Noce aud Checks, Birthmarks, Moles, air and ail diseases of the Skim, Hair and Scalp skillfully and permanently sw moved.