Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1894, Page 19

THE FASHION PLATE Some of Its Fallacies Are Exposed in Detail. TRUE STATUS OF THE How Male Attire Should Be Artis- tically Described. RUE AND FALSE EXPRESSIONS From the Clothier and Furnisher. ‘There has been recently in the public Prints, here, there and everywhere, a diffu- sion of writings on men’s fashions that are at variance with the well-settled mandates of the apparel code. These statements as to important and recognized amenities are calculated to mislead the large percentage of well-to-do men, who can buy the correct Styles and garb themselves within the con- fines of good form. There are proselytes by the ten thousand that would sit at the oracle’s shrine—a great legion that wish to make a good appear- @nce, which is, in truth, the synonym of self-respect. They desire to know authori- tatively what to wear and when to wear it. The publishment of detrimental articles con- taining false and incompetent directions is @ retarding factor to the understanding and furtherance of the right details which char- acterize the attire of the man well dressed. The True Status of the Dresser. The scribes who refer to this or that Prominent personage in the social whirl as ® “good dresser” are in this category of haphazard arbiters that do not know even the rudiments of attire, and doubtless glean their information from the votaries of mer- chant tallordom—such a one as exploits a fashion plate in his window. The fact that the word “dresser” is so universally used by these untutored scribes indicates of itself an association with this Yery ordinary artisanship. The “dressers,” so please you, Messieurs fashion fakirs, means the good “valets,” or, more Particularly, it is the valets of the stage celebrity and star which are called “dress- ers." Lester Wallack had a dresser, whom he kept in his employ long after his use and efficiency had passed. Edwin Booth elways had a “dresser,” Henry Irving has @ “dresser,” and all the star players in the @estume plays have to have a man to lay eut their repertoire for the different acts and to pack and to unpack the trunks from Place to place. These are the “dressers.” The amenities and fixed rules of the ap- Parel code are unknown to these fashion writers who send forth invariably misguid- ing statements, coupled with unauthentic drawings, by which the general public, who read eagerly the articles dealing with men's Gress, are misled, and distrust is propagated that takes time and the scrutiny of the right advisement to overcome. The talk about the leader of fashicns is the veriest rot. There will not be a fashion leader, but the advanced fashions neverthe- less will be wrought out and kept apace of the deportment and exigencies of the times. The individualisms of the practiced ex- emplars of swelldom—that are the out- growth of careful, conservative, consistent consideration—are the germs from which the correct ensemble attained. It may be said that a conserving of the fashion applies aptiy to the American amelioration of the lish originals, from which emanate many of the accepted in- novations. Meanwhile, the watchful eye dy pen of the true arbiter are alert ze any pernicious violations of the Further along there ms and fresh evi- to sat! canons of good form. Will be found veri dences that there ements and pro- prieties in the prevailing regime. The illustrati that ‘accompany the pseudo-fa screeds—by which is meant the so-called fashion articles that get into circulation—are as untrustworthy as the diction. They are invariably gleaned from the fashion plates, which exploit an aggre- gation of inanity and wax imagery in im- @ginary figures—garbed in conflict with every principle of the current vugue. It Tands to reason, then, that the writings Sthich extol these fallacious fashions must be in the same iieient trend. ‘They are the single-breasted, semi-formal, for afternoon wear; worn with evening t of current wear. plicit delineation Jong-skirted cutaway ti se must b contra of the fashic colorified garishnes iow Impracticable. the true curriculum i the fashion plate it is nothing but the could do justice cism which ac- worn by this shion plate, that are of the three impor- $ current in the ns. e that wears the mal cutaway coat t, the long skirts— so pro- srsonalities in all their Reprodu To those that e scrutinize al tints and f: » flagramcy of the sol ation init ha nd below the calf of don model, which has followed. The waist irt is in the wrong s cumber- vercrnate. The necktie the scarf pin being n having no util- > cad. The waist- ng ago, a fancy, rown. Fur- example is coin a much describes the said Mr. d look at —whether 4 personag ire. according to the quality r—you can gamble that he has of nlook got something on The Sanctioned Cutaway Coat. the inadequacies | that they flap about | overwide, | this appurtenance, | gar- ment, which is only worn by the Van Gilder type until the followers of the advance got on to it. If this sprig of swell- stand slightly sidewise it would fasbion dom did not the most advanced maestros of custom clothing who worked out these finishing | touches in collaboration with the Van Gilders of fashiondom, and who executes their wishes with an artistic affiliation that realizes connoisseurship. That is the word to apply to the master craftsman that facill- tates the precedence of the American fash- ions. The second fallacy to be exposed is the double breasted frock coat, which in the fashion plate is shown in the back view. The designer has erred, as before, in follow- ing the London fashions as to the length of the skirt. But the fashion plate figure has nothing of the better element of the Eng- lish model, with its easy hang, being one of those precise fitting garments which happily exist only in the fashion plate. | The hat is one of the prettitled type. The trousers, as usual, are over wide. Indeed, there is that triteness and ordinarianism about the figure at which the fashion plate projectors are adepts. Superlative Blundering. The fashion plate top cape of evening dress misses the primal factor that stamps it as a true exemplar. The sportsman-like type—ill chosen to show such an intended diplomatic garment—provides the usual handicap, in this instance, and of course makes more positive the infallibility of the fashion plate sponsor in going wrong. There is a two and a half inch velvet collar | surmounting a fulsome cape in dark biue close curled chinchilla—which is not the cor- rect color nor fabric. Whereas, the collar should be made with the stand-up effect and the turn-over semblance, as shown in the authentic illustration. The fahion plate pro- viders show the futility of all their efforts to get out of the groove of ordinariness—a niche that seems to have been specially al- lotted for the fashion plate conceptions. The two siits, one on each side, which were recently introduced, are unknown to| these false fashion framers of the current mode, and the back number Inverness still figures in a group of three, replete with misleading ingredients. The trousers of the dress suit are over wide, the hat is on the bell, but it has the prettified stigma. The figure, however, is made by the draughts- man to show both gloves in the right hand, , that is exposed outside the folds of the cape. One is worn and the other is held—doubtless to show that there is a bona fide pair. But as a pair of gloves are always worn simul- taneously by right-minded men there is aroused a suspicion from the fact that there Was no suggestion from the arm under the ccat that it was there—that the figure had but one arm. This was the superlative fashion plate blundering. Achieving a Fine Courtly Tinge. In contradistinction to this counterfeit presertment is the cavalier top cape worn by men of swelldom. It takes a goodly qventity of black broadcloth to make rightly this most recherche top garment of the re- pertoire. It is lined with rich black surah, and has an ample stand-up collar of velvet, with turn-down effect—achieving a fine courtly tinge—coupied with a silver clasp of antique design—seen at the horse show— fastening the collar well up under the chin, and with silken cord and tassel, which give an added zest to this fetching addenda of fashionable toggery. The close hooking of the collar does away with the muffler. Cane Wearing Ethics, The gentleman that knows the later day mandates does not wear a cane with even- |ing dress. Yet this is one of the favorite | “breaks” of the fashion plate curios. The reason for discarding the cane is that one | must have both hands at his disposal, for the bouquet, fan, wrap or opera cloak, the lorgnette or opera glasses of the ladye fayre. It was not until some apt sprig of the social guild suggested that an undis- | cernable slit be introduced on each side that this distinguished garment got a fair start. Of course, the new top cape for mild weather in spring and autumn, and fills a leng felt vacuum as the evening dress top covering on the cool summer nights. For the zero cold temperature and the snowfall of winter the fur-lined greatcoat is, of course, utilized. ‘The wearing of one glove and the carrying of the other can only adduce one conclu- sion—that the glove carried is saved, so that when the glove worn is soiled that glove will be carried by the glove put on. It were apt to dwell on this, for there is a more general wearing of gloves, and there are well established amenities that cover all the phases of their wearipg. Selle eee A Strange Discovery im Africa. | From the Mlustrated London News. Unlocked-for things have been found in unlikely places, but there has probably been |no discovery more remarkable than that of Balzac’s dressing gown in the possession of the King of Dahomey. Monarchs are rarely | literary, and his dusky majesty, one would | think, was the very last of them to have } set much value upon the personal relic of a | novelist, however distinguished. Neverthe less, the French found it in the royal apart- ment at Aborfey. There were some inge- nious theories founded upon this circum- | stance. One of the Amazons,it was thought, might have been a novel reader, and had |sent to Paris to secure the interesting me- mento, and on the affair coming to the knowledge of her sovereign, had hastened to say she had purchased it for his own | shoulders. For, indeed, he always wore it upon state occasions. It was not a dressing gown such as literary persons in this coun- | try are wont to wear (of second-class flan- |nel, worn at the edges), but of purple vel- | vet embroidered with gold. As a matter of fact it had been given to Balzac by some of | bis admirers, and after his death had been bought by a dealer in curtosities, who had | placed it, with other showy articles, on the | West African market. It is sad to think how a plain taie will “put down’—that is, The accompanying illustration of the | destroy—the materials of a fine romance. ee LIVE LIKE SWELLS What is Expected of Army and Navy Attaches Abroad, UNCLE SAM 1S OF A DIFFERENT OPINION Important Information Gleaned of War Methods IN TIME OF PEACE aise inane alidetin ‘Written for The Evening Star. ~, NITED STATES military attaches will ‘\ ff { soon be assigned to duty in various South American cities -if Congress can be per- suaded to appropriate the necessary money. Already officers of the army acting in that capucity aré stationed at the principal capitals of Europe, their bust- ness being to gather all possible information about forelgn war methods. But, thoush their work is ex- ceedingly important, no adequate pro- vision is mate for their support. They are obliged to live like lords, while receiving only subalterns’ pay. One consequence is that these positions—exceedingly desira- | ble frora the point of view of anybody who has social ambitions and is attracted by pomp and pageantry of courts—fall to the lot of men who are rich enough to bid for them. Poor officers cannot afford to hold them. You see, we have all Europe to work for us in the business of military experi- ments. Over there is to be observed the spectacle of a number of nations constant- ly In fear of confilct. Thus the spirit of military progress is in a constant state of tension. Those countries are continually trying new guns, fresh types of projectiles, novel explosives, improved equipments, &c. They even practice war for us at the great autumn maneuvers in Germany, Austria and France, when entire armies engage in mimic campaigns. What they learn and invent is mostly at our service. Their cost- ly ideas we get for nothing. But Uncle Sam is so severely economical that he will not give living wages to our attaches abroad, whose task it is to gather all this cheap information, What He Must Live Up to. The military attache abroad is obliged to lve at great expense. He must have an office, and a clerk to copy and translate. He must buy books, and subscribe to all the leading papers. He must entertain, and maintain himself in the top current of society. He must appear customarily in full-dress uniform, which is rarely required here. He must live up to his position, ac- cording to European ideas, and not accord- ing to American notions. He must not go officially on foot, but must have a proper carriage. He cannot afford to occupy an ordinary stall at the theater, but must have a box. He must beiong to the most fash- fonable club, and must give occasional dinners, without regard to cost. He must be very scrupulous in making visits, omit- ing no one from whom he may receive a service. The attache is not merely an officer of the army, he is the representative of the military wer of the United States. His business rs a certain analogy to that of the commercial agent, who must put up at the best hotels and expend money Uberally,* in order to obtain customers for the goods he sells. The attache must be in the swim, else he will be considered a no- body, and will fail to accomplish his mis- ‘sion. It is required of him that he shall play the grand seigneur, and be on terms of intimacy with the great. He must have money to travel—to visit gun factories and pewder works, for example, in order to gain knowledge as to materials and methods of production. He must attend the great autumn ma! euvers for the purpose of ob- serving those wonderful spectacles which correspond to our militia encampments, though on a gigantic scale. Expenses That Are Not Allowed. At these maneuvers the military attaches representing all foreign governments are guests of the sbvereign. They must live in such style as befits generals commanding. They must have servants, orderlies and horses. They mess with the staff officers of the commander-in-chief. On occasions of this sort their expenses are . necessarily great, a big item being tips to the servants of the mess by which they are entertained. At a European capital the attache cannot board; he must have a house at a rental which js hardly Iikely to be less than $5,000 per annum. He may live at an hotel, but in that case he must have a private suite of rooms. His business office must have a reception room attached to it. That is ab- solutely required by etiquette abroad. No foreign dignitary receives people in the room with his desk and stenographer. To meet all these expenses Congress al- lows to the military attaches not one cent. The army officer acting in this capacity abroad has no more money than on de- tached duty in this country. In addition to his pay he has the ordinary allowance of $15 a month per room. A lieutenant is en- titled to two rooms, while a captain may have three. There was one year when an appropriation was made allowing $10 a week to each attache for contingent ex- penses, but this was cut off. The attache makes necessary disbursements out of his own pocket and sends his accounts to the Secretary of War. The latter prunes the items and sometimes allows them, though often otherwise. The attache cannot buy a magazine for business purposes without consulting the War Department and obtain- ing its permission. Our new military attache in London, sent thither a few months ago, reported that the office provided for him was one shabby little room with a desk and a few chairs, He asked permission to purchase a neces- sary typewriter, but it was refused. The quartermaster general cuts the attache’s accounts to the quick for fuel, lights and forage for horses. It must be reraembered that the officer acting in such a capacity requires two or more horses, whereas one might serve here. If he wants a clerk, he must pay for the luxury out of his own pocket. No provision is made for the ex- pense of copying and translating. Ac- cordingly, the work cannot be properly done, and much of the information gather- ed is sent to Washington in the crude shape of public documents as they are issued by foreign governments. If not in €nglish, such parts of them as are consid- ered useful are translated here. Cheap for Uncle Sam. By this highly economical system Uncle Sam gets hold of the ideas of foreign na- tions as to the art of war. They spare no expense in the encouragement of this branch of scientific achievement. Each Eu- ropean country must have the best possible arms, equipments, maps, etc. It tries to render its own military organization as perfect as may be, at the same time en- deavoring to learn all that may be learned about the doings of its neighbors and rivals. Regarding the United States as a neutral power, with which they are never likely to come into collision, the continental govern- ments particularly are disposed to commu- nicate to us much information which they keep secret from each other. They some- times send to the War Department at Washington documents and maps under confidential seal. If Congress could be persuaded to furnish the necessary money our War Department would gladly imitate the methods adopted by European governments in gathering mil- itary information. This work is carried on most thoroughly by Russia and Germany. it is said that the latter country actually possesses better maps of the United States than we have—particularly as to our strat- egic topography. The so-called great ge: eral staff of the German army makes p business of collecting all obtainable facts that have to do with war. To begin with, it keeps up to date a complete and exhaust. ive description of Germany and her re- sources. In case of an emergency it is known where to look for supplies of grain, where for horses, where for meat, and where for coal and iron. Accurate esti- mates are always at hand as to the trans- portation facilities of railways—how many ae they could carry and in what length of e. War-Like Data. The great general staff has a war with every possible country ready plan- ned out on paper in every detail. On its plans Germany is divided up into a certain number of sections. It is positively known how section would sub- sist. et down as to the condi- tion of all bridges. If it were necessary to large army at short notice tribute in the shape of supplies. Thus, it would be known beforehand what would have to be done to meet every conceivable contingency. The location of every soldier, every gun and every pound of ammunition being recorded, the mobilization of millions of men could be ac ished in an as- tonishingly short space of time. “ Such information would have beef of in- calculable value to the United States at the outbreak of the civil war. When that event occurred this government did not know where to look for anything. Uncle Sam did not know where to find ammunition, cloth- ing, or any sort of raw mat He had only a few arsenals, some of which were al- ready selzed by the enemy. Months of prec- ious time had to be spent in collecting ma- terial and in making a fair start. Such facts as those mentioned are most import- ant not only to facilitate operations in our own country, but to prevent an enemy from marching in. So far as foreign nations are concerned, we do not want keys to their fortified positions and their to: sys- tems, ete. The possibility of our invading their territory is too remote. But, if any one of them has an improved gun or a bet- ter powder, we ought to have it. All such matters as these are well worth sti by properly-paid agents abroad. How It is Done in Europe. Circumstances sre very different in Europe. The great general staff of the German army tries to secure every possible bit of information about neighboring coun- tries. It knows the best and quickest route to every city In territory that might be hostile. Data are set down as to the source whence that city gets its water supply, and as to how the latter might be most easily cut off. All available facts,are obtained as to the numerical strength of other armies, the arms they carry, the nature of their equipmente, their un! ‘ms, their battery organizations and their tactics. Each nation has its own way of fighting. Our own cavalry, for instance, fights dis- mounted, deploying as infantry. It em- ploys the revolver to a considerable extent as a weapcn. e have no mounted artillery, such as they have abroad. In foreign services every gunner is on horseback usually. Here we mount cur gunners on the caisson of the gun-carriage, thus making as much more weight to pull. Some nations still use the lance. Germany has great con- fidence in it as a weapon, making it of hollow steel, though France has discat The sword or saber, which still sur- vives as a cavalry weapon, is likely to be dispensed with before long. To wield it with effect on horseback requires a strong and skilled arm. Many horses have lost their ears by ill-aimed sword-strokes de- livered by their riders. matter In future wars will be the supplying of ammunition to the firing line, Repeat- ing rifles and guns which throw showers of bullets require immense quantities of cart- ridges. It will be a great point in tactics to cut off the ammunition supply ‘of the enemy, and to destroy the small-arms amrnounition columns. Not as a Detective. Some people suppose that a milithry at- tache is expected to employ all sorts of de- vious ways of obtaining information, the only requirement being that he shall not be found out. This is absolutely incorrect. The harboring of such agents of foreign govern- ments is a manifestation of a friendly in- ternational spirit, and a betrayal of the con- fidence thus given would be regarded as highly dishonorable. The army officer dele- gated for such duty performs it openly and bove board. He makes no attempt to get at secrets. The facts which he may gather legitimately are sufficiently varied and val- uable. Recently Uncle Sam wanted to know how the widows of soldiers were pen- stoned abroad. Through the attaches it was ascertained that they were better pro- vided for over there than they are here, ex- cepting the relicts of high ot rs, who are most liberally treated by our own govern- ment. The duties of our naval attaches abroad correspond to those of the military attaches. They gather information of all sorts about navil matters. Though each of them gets @ special allowance of $100 a month in ad- dition to his pay, his total remuneration is less than that of a military attache. The pay of the United States navy is much less than that of the army, though no reason for the difference exists, save such as may be found in the inscrutable wisdom of Con- gress, Foreign governments give to each of their attaches, as a rule, a contingent fund of $5,000 a year for entertaining and other expenses. With them the appoint- ment of attaches carries with i a high brevet rank and corresponding remunera- tion. Their accounts are never questioned, and in all respects they are treated in ac- cordance with the dignity of the positions they hold as representatives of the military a naval power of their respective coun- ies, ———_+ 0+ ____ DARLING LITTLE WILLIE. A Doting Mother’s Threat of Condi- tional Punishment. From the St. Joseph News. “Madam!” exclaimed the indignant neigh- bor, “your little boy has got a hatchet, and he’ won't give it up.” “Oh! well, let the little darling have it,” replied the fond mother. “But he’s brandishing it about his head and chasing the other children around the yard.” : “He's crying, ‘Ugh! Ugh! Whoop! isn’t her?” “That's exactly what he’s doing.” “Yes, my pet likes to play Indian. Does he cry, ‘Me scalp paleface?’ “Yes, yes; but don’t you see—” “Oh, let the little fellow enjoy himself. He takes such pleasure in the sport,” said the fond mother. “But he'll hit one of the others!” cried the indignant reighbor, frantically. “Not intentionally,” returned the fond but he does sometimes, and it’s dan- gerous, madam—it’s dangerous.” “Perhaps it is," said the fond mother, thoughtfully. She went to the window and called out: “Willie, if you hit any of the children with bar gestae T'll whip you and put you to A most important) THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1 | READY TO LEARN An Tnteresting Talk With the New Georgia Senator. MR. WALSH WILL ATTEND REGULARLY A Believer in the Future of the j South. > 6. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS —_——_—. Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. CALLED ON THE Hon. Patrick Walsh, the new Senator from Georgia, at his hotel, @ few evenings ago. I found him busily en- gaged receiving the members of the Geor- came to Washington. Not less pleasant has been the acknowledgment of the tele- grams and letters of congratulation which have poured in on him from every part of | the United States. Looking for a newspa- per which had been mislaid, Mr. Walsh's hand ran against a big bundle lying on his mantel. ‘Those are some of the telegrams I have received,” he said to one of his vis- itors. And then he added, the newspaper instinct still strong within him: “I've got lots of advertising out of this at least.” No one who has visited Augusta and met Mr. Walsh needs to be told why he is popu- lar. He has been for years the standing reception committee of that thriving Geor- gia town, No stranger has gone through hs gates and come within the sound of Mr. Walsh's voice without taking with him on his departure an exalted appreciation of the place. No stranger has known the warmth of Mr. Walsh's hospitality and not gone ded away with a soft spot in his heart for the genial Georgian. Aside from a personal in- clination to hospitality, due, perhaps, to na- tive good fellowship, Mr. Walsh is an earn- est believer in hospitality as a means of winning friends for the home of his adop- tion, AS @ great many public men and newspaper editors and business men have visited Augusta in the last quarter of a century, ard as most of them have met Mr. Walsh and partaken of his hospitality, it is not surprising that his appointment should have brought a congratulatory response from every part of the United States. The New Senator Described. Mr. Walsh is a man of medium height, of rather portly figure. He has a strong face, but slightly suggestiv of his Irish parent- age. His silvery hair is brushed straight back from a high forehead. It is still thick; but for its color it might belong to a man of twenty-five. Mr. Walsh has a slight gray mustache, but no whiskers. The new Notwithstanding Mr. Walsh's outline of his political principles when he the appointment et Governor Northen's hands, there has existed a belief on many a cisepeien 2 paged abe i is it cy, would follow the New York Senator in his vote on the uestions before the Senate. When I Mr. Walsh this, he paid a strong tribute to Mr. Hill. But of himself he said: “I remember a fe~- i cratic party on the tariff, and question, I am not views of my own to writings a letter to a man in Philadelphia— I don’t his name—who democratic paper and who was so his criticism of the democrats that and the majority of the party held another, he said to himself that his judgment was only fallible; and tf the majority was against him, he must be wrong. I believe that if the majority of the democratic party is for a measure, it is my duty to vote with the majority. go for the present. I have much to learn, and it is my intention to be in my seat in the Senate every day so as to get as much knowledge as possible. No matter how about them when he comes to Washington.” I asked Mr. Walsh to tell me something of himself—of his early life. Something of His Career. “I entered a printer’s office when I was ‘As she resumed her seat, she said to the | twelve years old,” he said, “and served an indignant neighbor: “You need have no fears. I hate to pun- ish Will, but I promise you that I will if he hits one of the children.” apprenticeship for five years. During all this time I was going to night school. When I had served my apprenticeship, I And she cannot understand now why the | Worked as a ‘sub’ in a printing office—I neighbors will not allow their children to play with Willie. ———_~+ 02+ _____ Not Penetrable by the Male Sex. From the Detroit Free Press. The man’s wife had asked him to go up- stairs and look in the pocket of her dress for @ key she thought was there, and be- ing a man willing to accommodate, he had done so. It was a long time until he re- turned, and when he did there was @ pe- culiar look in his eyes, guess you know what that is—for three nights in the week and went to day school regularly. In 1869 I had saved some money and I came here to school at Georgetown. I remained here until April, 1861. ‘Then, on account of the war, I returned to my home in Charlestown; and a year later 7 went to sta, where I worked as a printer on the Constitution, I was made local editor and news editor of the paper after a time. At this time I was publishing a weekly pa per called “The Pacificator.’ It Gid not out- last the war. In 1866 1 was made business of the Chronicie and Sentinel. manager “I can’t find any key in the dress of your | Then I became associate editor, editor and pocket,” he said, with a painful effort. “Why,” she retorted sharply, “I left it there." ; “I say I can’t find any dress in the pock- et of your key,” he said doggedly, is tone seemed to disturb her. ‘You didn’t half look for it,” she insist- I tell you I can’t find any pocket in the key of your dress,” he replied in a dazed kind of way. This time she looked at him, “What's the matter with you?” she ask- nervously. ‘I ,” he said, speaking with much ef- fort, “that I can’t find any dress in the key of your pocket.” She got up and went over to him. * she groaned, “have you been drinking?’ He looked at her leerily. “I tell you I can’t find any pocket in the dress of your key,” he whispered. She began to shake him. “What's the matter? What's the mat- ter?” she asked in alarm. The shaking seemed to do him good, and he rubbed his eyes as if he were regaining consciousness. “Wait a minute,” he said, very slowly Indeed. “Wait a minute. I can’t find any dress in—no; I can’t find any key in the dress of—no, that’s not it; any—any—any pocket. There, that’s it,” and a flood of light came into his face. “Confound it, I couldn’t find any pock Then he sat down and laughed hysteric- ally, and his wife, wondering why in the name of goodness men rai: such a row over finding the pocket in a woman’s dress, went upstairs and came back with the key in two minutes, then proprietor. After a time we bought out the Constitution and consolidated the r. Walsh has held elective office four thmes—once as a member of the council and three times as a member of the legislature. He has never been a candidate for an ap- pointive position though, and never a can- didate for any other elective position. He came very near being Senator from Georgia fourteen years ago. This is how he tells the story: “We had one of the hottest conventions the state has ever known. It lasted eight days. I was in charge of the forces of Mr. Colquitt, in his candidacy for the Senate. It was the field against Colquitt. When the fight had been going on for some time, the leaders of the opposi' Proposed that I be their candidate. They offered me their support. But I refused to abandon Mr. Colquitt and would not allow my name to be used. I was not a candidate therefore, ee possibly I might have been nomi- nated.” Mr. Walsh is an ardent advocate of the development of the south. His tongue never tires of that subject. He has treated it in a hun different ways in newspa- T articles and public speeches. Mrs. Watsh tells me that when he was taking a vacation at Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va., last summer, he wore out writ- ing letters on the subject of the south and her future. The letters were posted on the bulletin board of the hotel for their pos- sible missionary effect on the northern tourist. I found Mr. Walsh with a hand- ful of proof sheets of an article on the new south, which he had just been writing. Resources of the South. “I bold,” he said, “‘that there is no coun- 894—-TWENTY PAGES. try in the world comparable to the south in mineral ton 5 8 o i i if : i i ! H g g EE g F 4 ; : i af 5 § 8 F i § i : PEELE EDE Haete is : Fy § 3 Hit al : i | s i) fy] | é i 2 ie EF ap 5 3 3 i B : H i By egy xf i i i att | f How a Lawyer Who Was Engaging a Clerk Tested a Boy’s Fitmess. From the Brooklyn Times. the barn — away. The first shot set on fire.” Cong the barn burn?” said one of the ys. lawyer, without answer, continued: “And seeing the barn on fire the farmer seized a pall of water and ran to put it ou “Did he put it out?” said another. “As he passed inside the door shut and the barn was soon in flames. When s ag ent xt: ra o x6: 1, bh wee i a asrriat sgl BS 3° e the hired girl rushed out with more | Ox ‘The lawyer went on without answer: | Sunt “Then the old noise and confusion and everybody was trying to put out the fire.” a any one burn up?” said another. The lawyer said: “There, that will % you have all shown great interest in the blushed, grew uneasy and stammered out: “I want to know what —— of that squirrel; that's what I want ow.” by a confusion and bul , and the hired girls and water pails. You have kept your eye on the squirrel.” e+ THE PRICE OF A BRIDE. 1 ian Saewene Sonanibbis Galina onact \ Wouldn't Have It. Gays ago,” remarked Esquire Hause of Jeffersonville to a Louisville Commercial | Nor ~ + tele oe | = ti Virginia inte; man. “They were the most rural-looking | couple I ever saw. There was hay whiskers and she had the appearan having ridden hard all day on a plow. They came all brier patches of ae al A ee Fe Ss § had tied knot the groom asked me what I one 5, tek am. the. semnl See wan O2. He; argued that ‘they were very plain people, that it had taken but a few moments of my time and that the woman was far from being handsome, accordingly he thought $2 was a trifie steep for such a wife. I| might have got only a dollar out of it had not the husband referred to his new wife’s personal appearance disparagingly. At this she flew into a passion and declared that there wasn’t another girl that he ever kept company with that could touch her as to looks. She referred in cutting terms to some of his old sweethearts and swore she was worth every cent of $2 to| him. If he did not pay it she said she) would apply for a divorce at once. She was determined, and her husband finally had to shell out the other dollar.” Heavy Villain Gn melodrama)—“Hist! 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