Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1894, Page 19

WARM AND NOT WARM Hence the Need Just Now for Wraps of Medium Weight, SOME OF THE TAKING NEW DESIGNS The Tendency Toward Sash Effects is Quite Decided. A WALEING COSTUME Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. oW THAT IT Is N to lay aside the heavy wraps and yet hardly warm enough to entirely dispense with those necessary articles of wearing apparel, one natural- ly wonders what can be worn to take the place of the first and fill the requirements of the second. Some clever artists have been busy during the past few months on designs Intended to wolve this problem; and it seems that so far as style and beauty are concerned they have done so with flatteringly successful re- gults. Take, for instance, the first illustra- tion; could anything be daintier, more sty- €sh, or better calculated to show off the charming lines of madamoiselle’s graceful figure? The materials used are heavily cord- Covered. With Lace. ed black bengaline, and quantities of black Jace. The foundation or body is made of the silk, perfectly plain, and reaching from throat to arm holes, and from there to waist line, tapering slightly all the way @own, both front and back. A full Marie ‘Antoinette ruff of lace takes the place of a wollar, and if you are so fortunate as to possess a long lace scarf, now is just the time to use it; tie the center into a large bow and place this at the throat, letting the ends fall over the opening to the waist, where it is caught up in a large rosette from which the scarf ends are left hanging. Double epaulettes of silk are then made |nd sewed to the foundation; care being faken to make them very wide on the shoul- Gers and then tapered sharply to the waist line; under these two full ruffles of lace are made to take the place of sleeves; in Jength the lower one should fall just short of the elbow. In the back the foundation Feaches the belt in a much sharper point than the front, and should have the lace placed in rather scant folds from the throat Fuffle to the belt; where a moderately sized bow of lace gives a pretty finish, and con- ceals the “point of union” between belt and foundation. Velvet the Feature. The next sketch is equally pretty, one of Sts most attractive features being the velvet collar. This should be very high and sl; ed in the manner indicated; after which each point must be wired and lined with some color becoming to the wearer and con- trasting to the velvet. The collar and yoke are made in one piece, the latter coming down on the front and back in sharp points, with straight ribbon- pieces extending over the shoulder seams. The belt is also of velvet, and closely confines the silken Dedy, which ends in a full square ruffle at the back, producing a basque effect, and Jong sash ends in front. The bretelles are very full lace ruffles, made the entire width of the lace on the shoulders and narrowing sharply to the belt. From under each of these falls a wide, double ruftie of silk, and under these and reaching a trifle below are Placed two others of lace, ahoulkier. Particularly Geacetul. fhe next sketch !s one of the most graceful eape designs I have seen. The whole gar- nent was made of warp henrietta cloth, @ccordicn pleated. » illustration shows @o exactly ow it ts made that further de- acription seems hardly necessary. It is svltable for a mourning wrap, e the buckle should be of finely in pattern, stylish ‘ortable for chilly 4 A Stylish € Another -1pe-gracef ppearance fm appea @ays dur and com one on each} ing the summer—is shown in the | fourth sketch. The original model ‘was de- veloped in a rich shade of crimson ladies’ cloth, lined with black China silk and trim- med with narrow black silk braid. In mak- ing this the under cape should be sewed to a rather deep yoke, which is concealed ne Deseret cope: anes Peer eens ing, by the “Worth collar,” which that the cape and collar are made in one Piece. The fifth sketch pictures an utterly de- lightful general utility coat. It is pretty made up in any material, but if to be worn en the mountains or at the seashore some rich bright color ts preferable. The model was made of fawn-colored cloth, trimmed with gold braid and lined with crimson silk. In making these pretty wraps inferior silk, either for the outside or lining, should be avoided,notwithstanding the temptations which are being so liberally offer in the way of “bargains in silk." A garment which is so conspicuous a portion of the dress should always present first-class ma- terial and workmanship. There is a detided | tendency toward all sash effects; whether | they be placed at the back, front or side | they are equally stylish. The bow Is also a prominent accessory in all the stylish tol- lets. For generously proportioned women, who cannot wear waists that define their | size, there are very pretty and stylish coats | of serge, hopsacking and cloth, with skirts | to match. These coats do not have the out- lining hip seam, but show contintous breadths fitted to the waist, then widening out into what Is known as the bell back. ‘The fronts fall straight and open, with long shawl revers, to which a collarette is usu- ally added. The skirt is gored, but not too closely about the hips, and is trimmed only at the foot. The vest may be close fitting and double breasted, but the preference for summer gowns is for a full vest of silk. Quite as much attention is given to the decoration of the backs of dresses as to any oth¢r portion, the following illustra- tion giving a very good idea of one of the most popular fancies. A Popular Fancy. The last sketch shows a very charming walking costume made of Scotch cheviot in black and white effects, The revers, facings, ete., being of heavy black benga- line, and the buttons of smoked pearl. The pattern of this skirt is unusually graceful and sure to be popular. The front and sides fitting with perfect smoothness, with a very slight flare at the foot, and the back made with a full set of ‘gigot pleats, stiffly interlined from band to hem with buckram, — hats with the trimming placed high in front still continue to be popular, and very deservedly so, for they are very chic and, as a rule, extremely becoming. Judging from the many styles and quali- A Walking Costume. ties displayed in the stores, black net is to be as stylish this season as it was last. | When made up over black silk it is ser- viceable as well as stylish. | A great deal of brown ts to be worn this season in various shades, but principally the light tobacco color, biege, chestnut and a reddish brown. Black is usually intro- duced in the trimming in some way, and a gown need by no means be confined to two colors. Dark greens are also fashion- able. For walking gowns, tweed, cloth, fancy woolens and hop sack serge are liked, plain faced cloths being considered the most stvlish. One of the prettiest materials seen this spring {s “Faetta,” a light weight woolen goods with silk finish. It drapes beauti- be tightly B. V. K. fully and yet is firm enough to fitted. ———— +00 ______ The Value of Etiquette. From the Ladies’ Home Journal. Too much cannot be said in favor of social laws. They make life smoother, and they surround all womankind with a cirdle of homage that is respected. The woman who recognizes this is the one who makes friends rather than enemies, for her world is a large one, and she undefstanjs that in different places different rules obtain, and that to he liked she must invariably do in Rome as the Romans do. The young girl | invited to receive with an older woman— | that young girl who is simply a visitor in | the city where her friend lives—is asked by |a considerate hostess kindly, but with in- | terest, as to the gown she is going to as- sume. If she has made up her mind that she will wear a pale blue silk cut low in the neck and having short slceves she is told by her hostess that although the gown is pretty it is not just what is worn in the city, afd it is suggested that she wear an j equally becoming but somewhat simpler one. Later on she realizes what a kind- ness has been done her, and how she would have been the only one in the group who was over-dressed. The woman not much used to going out, and who doesn’t realize that ten, or, at the most, fifteen minutes is sufficient time to devote to one house, is never made conscious of this fact by a well-bred hostess, but she learns it by dis- covering that the people who came long after she did have left, and that she is making a mistake in prolonging her visit. Punctuality, which is the politeness of kings, makes you arrive at a house where you are to dine at the time for which din- ner is announced. By doing this you do not reach the parlor before your hostess is down, nor do you keep her waiting. There is a very old bit of advice which says: “There is no excuse for breaking an engagement to a dinner party except that; of death, and even then a man should send his executor.” I do not advise the acceptance of an in- | vitation that says by word of mouth,“‘Come and dine with me at any time.” It is pos- sible that you will arrive on the very day | when your presence is least desired, and | then, too, there is, after all, but little con- | sideration shown to one in the giving of | such @ vague invitation. No mattar how | Well you know people, if you wish them to dine with you, even if you ask them ver- bally, set the day and the hour, THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES. BEAUTY ANALYZED Language Helpless When It Aims to Describe a Charming Woman. FEMININE POWER OUE 10 FASCINATION Men Like Women Who Take an Interest in Them. SYMPATHY APPRECIATED Written Exclusively for The Evening HE I8 TRULY A beautiful woman!” The remark was made by an old bach- ‘elor, and bore refer- ence to the wife of one of his acquaint- ances. “What is a beauti- ful wonman?” asked the person to whom he was speaking. The old bachelor hemmed and hawed, and finally frankly confessed that he was not able to define a beautiful woman, although he knew one as soon as he saw her, The woman he was speaking of as beautiful may be described as a very fair sample, and, perhaps, the reader will notice how flat a description of a woman ts when it is cleared of all the superfiuities of poetic growth. In height she is about five feet eight inches. She weighs about one hundred and thirty-five pounds, which makes her neither stout nor thin. She carries herself erect, with the head bent forward at a slight angle from the body. Her hands are of medium size, the fingers being thin and the veins visible un- der the skin. Her eyes are dark gray, changing in certain lights to almost black. dt is difflenlt rot to grow a little enthu- siastic whea describing those eyes.) Her hair is black, with a few hairs of white, and she wears it loosely knotted at the back of her head. Her complexion is pale, but near the cheek bones there is a slight tint of red. Her face is oval, but the mouth and chin are larger than !s commonly the case. The nose is straight. There, you have one that is pretty generally admitted to be a beauti- ful woman. All of her features and physi- eal characteristics are good, but the eyes are remarkable, ang they make her singular among women. She is thirty-five years old, and sixteen years ago appeared in the world @ beautiful girl, but a little awkward. She is simply an instance of what is not at all unusual—that 1s, gggirl of come beauty developing into a woman of rare beauty. They Were All Beauties. There was a ball given recently in Wash- ington at which there was not a single girl who was not pretty. It was a small party and the young man of the house determined that there should be such a beauty show as never was seen before. as the household knew everybody in the city, this was picking and choosing care- fully, The ball was a sight to behold. There were blondes and brunettes, and women who can rank under neither head. There were little girls and big girls, and girls of medium size. There were noses Grecian, hoses Roman and noses snub, but unless a man, some individual leaning for some indiyidual reason toward one of these girls in particular, !t would have puzzled him to say which was the most beautiful creature there. One was the most beautiful because of her brilliant coloring, but another had the best profile. A third had eyes that flashed so brilliantly that they distracted Hae attention, until you were enraptured y the tawny hair of a fourth beauty. Yet, while this party was at its height, one of the men was heard to sigh to an- repner that he only wished Miss Blank was ere, and, he said, he was willing to wager something handsome that if she were there she would receive more attention than any of the beauties in the room. Yet Miss Blank is not beautiful—not even pretty, and is simply ranked as an_interesting-looking girl. But there is an indescribable some- thing about her that wins attention where beauty only attracts it for a few minutes, About the beauty the men flutter like but- terflies, but when they meet the really fas- einating woman they fly no further until she bids them do so. _ Beauty Versus Fascination. There is always, by the way, a tendency to confound a fascinating woman with a beautiful woman. Cleopatra ensnared so many men that she must have had extraor- dinary fascinations; but poetry and prose, written, however, by men who aever saw her in their lives, have combined to im- Mortalize her as beautiful, yet the best re- searches of modern scholars rather tend to show that she was not an extraordinarily beautiful woman at all, but that her power depended upon something else beside her looks. For the matter of that, among the famous women of the world—the women whe have wielded great power and left gref, names—there have been few beauties. George Eliot was simply and positively ugly, Queen Elizabeth was no beauty, Madame De Stael was plain, Harriet Marteneau had a heavy, homely face; Catharine the Great was not bad-looking, but she could never have ranked as a handsome woman, and so on through the list The women who were great philanthro- pists were usually better looking, because, perhaps, their good works gave them a Sweet expression, and the face of Florence Nightingale and of Mary Carpenter are pleasant to look upon. But even they were not beauties. However, it is not the philan- thropic woman that attracts many nale ad- mirers, but the woman who is fascinating. A young man was talking not long ago to a girl who is noted for her fascinations. Fimally he said to her bluntly that you are so fi “Am I fascinatin, a smile. “Why, you know you are,” he replied. “Perhaps, I am so beautiful—that may be the reason,” she said. “Oh, but you are not beautiful,” said the man. “You know you are not, too, and that your charms depend upon something else.” This was hardly very gallant, but she seemed to understand him, and did not ob- ject to what he said. “Well, now,” she sald, “do you think I like you?” “Yes,” he said, “I know you do.” “Don't be too certain," she replied. “But, to tell you the truth, I do like you, and that's the reason why I am fascinating to ‘But, do you like all the other men who about you, too?” ‘That would be telling everything,” she replied. And she would submit to no more questions as to the secret of her power, The Power of Sympathy. But the cause of her fascinations is ap- parent. She makes men believe that she likes them, and the way she does this is simply by liking them. She sympathizes with them, and does not lump them to- gether under the generic term men, but treats individual cases in an individual way. With one who is an artist she has only the soul of an artist, with another who likes public life, she is a born poli- ticlan, with a third who cares only for travel, she can make imaginary trips all over the world. Of course, she must have @ many-sided nature to keep up this sort of thing, but so she has a many-sided nature, and she has cultivated it by read- ing and conversing with intelligent people. There are some men who don’t like her, others who positively dislike her, and this is due to the fact that she can’t sympathize with frivolous youngsters, who are grown up only in years, or with those dull com- monplace men whose minds are vacant, and yet who cannot forgive a woman who passes them by for more interesting com- panions. She is not willing, in fact, to waste the time that she feels is so precious, and that can be used to such advantage, Nobody on earth can tell a woman how to be fascinating, any more than he can tell her how to be pretty, but, if a woman has |her choice in the matter, she had better | choose fascination than beauty. The two |do go hand in hand frequently, but not al- ways, by any means, and if there is a con- test between two women for the possession of @ man, the woman who is fascinating gets him rather than the woman who is beautiful—that is, if the man is worth hav- Fon, she Is a beauty, isn’t she?” sald a man at a ball recently, pointing to a girl | who was really startlingly pretty. “I don’t About fifty girls | were. asked and twice as many men, and | krow of anything finer than to look at that girl, or to dance with her.” “Then why don't you go up and talk to her?” his companion asked. Sweet as a Wild Bird. “Ah, there’s the rub,” he answered; “she can’t talk connectedly, you know. If I was @ younger man, I would like nothing so much as to play tag with her, or blind man’s buff, or something of that kind, but when it comes to sitting down beside her and conversing for a half hour or so, why, she can’t do it. Yet, it isn’t lack of intel- ligence that produces this state of affairs, for I think she is cleverer than most young women of her age. It is simply because she has so much animal spirits that she flies from topic to topic and won’t keep her mind or body in one place for longer than a few minutes at a time. I have no doubt that, after she is married, she will di p into a sensible, well-informed woman, but at pres- ent she is like a wild canary bird and won't sing unless she can fly from tree to tree at her own sweet will. Perhaps she would lis- ten to a man, if he made love to her, in fact, I am quite sure she would, but as Iam not prepared to do that, why, I am content to look at her, ss a few jokes with her, dance with her and pass on.” Of course, a pretty girl of that kind has not got the time for serious or prolonged conversation. That will come in time, and will follow the days when she is enjoying her youth. At present she is thinking too much of pleasure, is having, perhaps, two or three little love affairs and looking out for two or three more. Until she gets mar- ried she will not have time to think of anything else. She will be formed after her marti: and woe unto her husband if he forms badly. If he is a bad hus- band, she may make a beautiful martyr of herself, but she may, on the other hand, mete out such punishment to him as will use him to grind his teeth in anguish all the days of his life. It is a terrible re- sponsibility that a man takes upon him- self when he marries one of these girls, for almost everything depends on him. If one could marry one of these beauties after she had matured it would not be so dangerous, but, unfortunately, they are quite certain to marry when they are quite young. ——~+—-+0¢ BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REWARDED. What the Man Who Came to the Store at Midaight Wanted. From the Chicago Dally Tribune. “The trouble with us,” said the druggist thoughtfully, “is that we don’t keep open late enough. There is lots of late business at a drug store, and a man will patronize that store in the daytime that he is obliged to patronize at night. It would pay us to keep open later and not rely so much on the night bell.” The partner was a little doubtful and call- ed attention to the extra expense for gas and a clerk, but he finally gave in, the main argument being that the late sales would certainly pay the extra expense, and that the number of patrons secured would result in @ profit. Both stayed up the first night, one en- thusiastic and the other skeptical. One ex- plained that, of course, they couldn't expect a customer to drop in the first thing, and the other remarked that he would be sur- prised if they sold enough in three nights to pay for the gas burned by one jet in half an_hour, They watched the people who occasionally passed the store, and the partner shrugged his shoulders and said “See?” every time a man went by. It was pretty nearly time to close up when a boy came in and bought a ten-cent pack- age of cigarrettes. The druggist would have enjoyed throwing the boy out, as he heard his partner laugh, but he refrained. It was nearly midnight and the extra two hours they had remained open had resulted in a profit of a cent or a cent and a hait. Then a man came hurrying along the street. He saw the light in the window and made a bee line for the store. “Here he comes,” exclaimed the druggist joyfully. “Some one sick, sure. I tell you we ought to keep open for humanity's sake | if net for profit.” | “George! I was afraid I wouldn't find you | open,” exclaimed the man as he entered. “We intend to remain open till 12 or 1230 after this,” explained the druggist as he went around behind the counter. “It's a good thing, a good thing,” said the |man approvingly. “One can never tell when | he may need something from a drug store. Give me three two-cent stamps, please.” Not a word was said as they closed and locked the doors. The druggist did not feel like saying anything, and the partner thought it dangerous. And the néxt night they closed between 9 and 10, as they had formerly done. AX i EL UNAWARES, ANG On This Occasion, the In- surance Agent Was Welcomed. From the Detroit Free Press, An insurance agent, albeit a useful and jat times attractive person, is not always a welcome visitor. To some people, indeed, he is a decided bore. One of this class owns a handsome residence, and even the thought of an agent provokes his ire. One evening recently he was enjoying his otlum- cum-dig. when a man walked in on him very uncermoniously. ‘The visifor was a total stranger to him, and before he had time to throw an inkstand at him or to ask him to sit down he began quite calmly and in @ most businesslike tone to talk, “Have you any insurance on this house?” said he. Well, Mr, Otium-cum-dig. was afire in a minute. “What do you mean, sir," he stormed, “by breaking into my house, sir, in this manner—breaking into my house, with your infernal insurance business? It is no con- cern of yours, sir, whether this house is in- sured or not. Get out, or I'll throw you out.” ; The visitor was as calm as a May morn- ing. “It's no concern of mine whatever,” he replied, “but I thought—" “You have no right to think about what doesn't concern you, sir,” interrupted the house-owner. “I want no insurance agents forcing themselves upon me, sir. “I understand that perfectly, and I am no insurance agent. 1 13 merely passing your house, and I observed that it was on i in herd rear, and it occurred to me that you had no insurance on hal ou did not wish it to burn down. *P® ¥ That's what the visitor said, but Mr, Ottum-cum-dig. didn’t hear it all; he had gone to the fire, and the visitor smiled and followed him. —roo High Heeled Boots, From the New York Recorder. It has been stated that a young lady went one day to an oculist with a trouble in her eyes which threatened frightful results. She was already in a state where reading was out of the question, and other enter+ tainment was fast becoming a torment. The oculist looked at her with his profes- sional wisdom, asked her various questions, and then suddenly amazed her by asking her to put out her foot. The foot, in its kid boot, with a wicked little high heel, was thrust forth. The doctor eyed it a moment with a stolid face “Go home,” he sai “and take off those heels. Keep them off for a month, and then come to me again, and we'll see how the eyes are.” In a month the eyes were well, and the young lady learned by her experience and a little wise talk how near she had come to having no eyes at all It serves to show that there is the possibility that with that instrament of torture constantly at work in the center of the foot, where so many dell- cate nerves and tendons lie that are so in- timately connected with all the other deli- cate nerves of the body, there must pres- ently come disarrangements and disease that may work fatal mischief with the health. ————coe______ Conversation at a Fashionable Re- ception, From Demorest's Magazine. Mr. Smalltalk, having been introduced to Miss Dittotoo, says: “Very nice assem- bi: ‘va ery; and quite literary, too.” very. You are fond of literature, I pre- sume? “Ah, very! I dote on it.” “You like Shakespeare, I h, Very much! Do ? very fond of him; I like Burns, too.” “So do 1; very much indeed.” “Do you like Goldsmith?” ze “Very, very much. Do you like Byron?’ “Think he's grand. Do you like Pope?" ‘ “Oh, yes; very much, you like Shel- ley ?"" “Oh, yes; he’s good. Tell you a good writer.” 'Who?” Milton.” Yes; he’s very good indeed.” Since then Mr. Smalltalk, in ing of “she is wonder- the young lady, says that fully well read; and she, in speaking of “Oh, he has read almost every- dare say?" A SPEAKER'S POWER NEW MEMBERS AND RECOGNITION They First Get Vexed, but Finally Submit to Custom. THE TITLE OF CZAR — Written for The Evening Star. HE CHEER THAT went up from the Gemocratic members of the House of Rep- resentatives when Speaker Crisp made the announcement that he would abide by the action of the caucus and count a quorum was an ex- pression of gratitude from the other rep- resentatives of Mr. Crisp's party for his generosity in letting the majority of that party carry out ‘ts wishes. The greater number of those who read about the pro- ceedings of the caucus may have wondered that it was necessary in settling the affairs of the House in the family councils of the dominant party to obtain the consent of oné man to the program agreed upon. It is @ fact that if Mr. Crisp had been willing to put his own judgment above the judg- ment of his party associates they would have been powerless to carry on the busi- ness of the House except as he wished to have it conducted. The title of “czar” was not popular when Mr. Reed sat in the Speaker's chair. But it is a title applicable to the Speaker of the House since the es- tablishment of Congress. Mr. Crisp and Mr. Carlisle were “czars,” and if they were not known by this title {t was because they chose to carry out their ideas of gov- ernment in the House in a less aggressive way than Mr. Reed saw fit to adopt. When Mr. Reed was Speaker of the House of Representatives I had some conversa- tion with him about writing an article for @ syndicate of newspapers, and I suggested as the subject for it “The Power of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.” Mr. Reed shook his head. He was perfectly willing to write for the newspapers; but not on that topic. He believed that it was unwise to direct attention to the enormous power for good or evil which lies in the Speaker's hands. a Criap Not So C ms Mr. Crisp in a conversation which I haa with him on the occasion of his re-elec- tion to the Speakership was less guarded: He admitted that the Speaker virtually con- ‘trolled the business of the House and ar- gued that it was necessary that there should be some such brake on legislation or the majority might take the bit in its teeth some day and run away with the treasury or do something equally undesirable. The House, said Mr. Crisp, could consider only @ small proportion of the measures brought before it. It was necessary that some one make selection among them. of the Speaker, Mr. Crisp said, was a great wine for which the House held him to a ict accountability. Speaker has control of legislation in dozen different ways. In the first place, he has so many ways of showing favor to members that they hesitate to anger or displease him. In the second place, when he appoints the members of the House to committee places, he can constitute a committee so that it shall be opposed to a measure which is pretty sure to come be- fore it or so that it may favor that meas- ure. In the third place, as a member of the committee on rules, composed of five members, he holds the balance of power. | In the fourth place, a member who desires to call up @ measure must obtain the Speak- er’s permission or he cannot even claim the floor. : ‘The New Member's Experience. ‘The new member of the House, unfamiliar with its customs, is very likely in the ex- uberance of ignorance to rise and address the chair for the purpose of obtaining con- sideration for some bill in which he is in- terested. He is pained as well as surprised to find that the Speaker invariably recog- nizes someone else. Perhaps he goes di- rect to the Speaker. Why wouldn't you recognize me this afternoon?” he says to the Speaker, with. some feeling. “Recognize you?’ says the Speaker, in great surprise. “I did not agree to recog- nize you.” “Must I have an agreement with you?” says the new member, a little angered at this infringement of his independence as a legislator. “Certainly,” says the Speaker. “If you will come to me tomorrow morning I wiil tell you whether I will recognize you or not.” The new member goes away indignant. But he realizes his position after a time. There is no way to compel the Speaker to recognize him, as he learns by a study of the rules, A member without recognition z @ fifth wheel to the legislative cart. So u new member pockets his indignation and to the Speaker the next day before the House assembles. I have come to make that arrangement,” he says. ‘Arrangement?” “Yes. To be recognized, you know. I Would like to be recognized this morning when the House meets.” “Oh, yes,” says the Speaker; “well what do you want to call up?” The new member looks something pro- fane. Perhaps he says it. He is thinking, at least, in the familiar vernacular of the It’s none of your ibly he restrains his I tell you what h, yes,” says the Speaker. “If yoy don’t tell me I will not recognise you.’ Then the new member goes away all by himself to think the matter over, and again his helplessness appeals to him. So he goes back to the Speaker's room just before the House is called to order, holding a copy of @ bill in his hand, “I want to call up that bill,” he says. The Speaker examines the bill carefully. Presently he says: “I think that this ts @ bad bill. I think that it should not be passed. I will not recognize you to call it up.” Then the new member wants to know if he has any rights as ar Amezican citi- wen and 4 representative of the sovereign people, and he finds that in this Heular matter he has not. And he exhorts his fellow-members to rebellion against the whole vicious system, which gives to one man the right to control the action of 855 others. And the other members la’ at him or reason with him. And in time he mes. accustomed to the hopeless situa- tion, and grows silent. But he is not Peconciled to the condition of affairs until he has become one of the old members, or possibly is Speaker of the House himself. The Seri enn of the Position, The seriousness of the position of the House becomes apparent to you when you stop to think tbat all legislation relating to thé revenue must originate in the House, and that the control of the conduct of the House is virtually in the hands of one man. As a member of Congress commenting on the situation remarked recently, the Speakership in the hands of a corrupt man could be made the weapon for immense evil, To be sure, the power of the Speaker is largely negative. He can prevent the passage of a measure which is obnoxious to him, but he cannot force the House, under ordinary conditions, to pass legislation which pleases him. Still, there is an immense coercive power available. ‘he future of almost every man on the loor of the House is in his hands, The Speaker of the House has ruined men who opposed his wishes. All of the older mem- bers of the House can recall the unfortun- ate missteps of promising new members in years past, who antagonized the Speaker, and for their temerity were denied recogni- tion for the i:emainder of a Congress. A ew member cannot explain to the people of his district why his voice is never heard in debate, or why his measures never be- come laws. e fact that the Speaker “is down on im" means nothing to them. It is not to be inferred that the Speaker of the House—looking over a line extend- ing back through many administrations— has ever gratified a petty spite against a member va refusing to recognize him. For- tunately for the country and for the fair Rame of the House of the Speakers for many neat sen ie democratic rule, The Quorum-Counting Rule. ‘The contest which has resulted in bring- ing about the adoption of the quorum- counting rule has placed Speaker Crisp in @ new attitude before the House. It was said at the time he was re-elected to the speakership last summer that the republi- cans were glad to see him chosen again; that if they were bound to sit under a dem- ratic Speaker they Sir. Crisp in the chair thas page. Since the contest ing quorum was Publicans Mr. Crisp has made himself ‘unpopular with 5 4 i a pleated of the sheasams steeeneny, Carlisle. Mr. Carlisie was one of — that ever occupied scl . Republicans unanimously fied to his and courtesy. Mr. Blaine was probably as popular; but it was not because of his eminent fairness so much as from his ae > manner. Mr. Holman, of Mr, Blaine not long g it ry & ——~——_ FASHIONABLE FADS. Some Few That Were Brought Out of @ Sewing Circle. had @ supplementary meeting last Wed- nesday to wind up the affairs of the so- ciety for the year and finish and ends of sewing that Mrs, Bibbs sat in a big was putting a band on a diminutive flannel petticcat, and talking as besides. Bibbs. nothing was talked ‘of ridge-Poliard suit, and where had some personal regard to one of the prin: disgusting affair. Such trance of pretty Miss Sonnette, a belle from the far west, who is spending her first sea- son in Washington. She came up to Mrs. Twiggs, @ towel in her hand, and ed that she wanted to hem it, if only Mrs. Twiggs would please needle for her. She didn't know how. This was too much for Mrs. Bibbs, whe is plain spoken ve all things. ‘Why, Mabel Sonnette,” she cried, “how you taik such nonsense? You know very well you always made every stitch you wore before your father got hold of thet big mine, for your mother told me so. Iam ashamed of you.” Miss Sonnette did not apparently relish these remarks, and joined another having led an ac- how- quaintance. Her advent had ever, to furnish Mrs. Bibbs with a new theme of conversation. “To me,” she said, “this fashion that has come up in the last few years for girls to pretend to be perfectly is disgusting. Yes, I. know t is yg strong word to use, but I mean it. There is that girl who has just left us, who is an expert rar . who says she cannot t is a perfec ” said Mrs. Twiggs, “and it only knew the effect cannot even man: to hor + hou 101 age use it! it @ regular housekeeper. A told me iast evering that she did not know the differ- ence between mutton and beef! How could I marry such a butterfly? I asked who the girl was, end found that it was little Maude Browne, who has kept house a at mother 3 sitlce she was ixteen, a1 always does marketing that big family!’ 4 “it “Isn't it queer,” said Mrs. Boggs, “that F professions, w common and talking ‘sponte Gress reform, such Perhaps ft isa sort of senctea ene: a sort reaction large a dose of the practical.” se edhe ——_ ~ -+0- CARING FOR THE CANARY. If It Mopes and Has Homesickness Let It Have a Looking Glass. From the Burlington (lowa) Gazette, The following interesting story of how a canary was cured of homesickness was told by a St. Louls man: “Not long ago my wife purcMased a canary at @ bird store. It had been accustomed to compan- ions of its kind at the store, but at our house It was entirely alone. The pretty lit- tle songster was evidently homesick. It would not sing, it would not eat, but just drooped and seemed to be pining away. in vain. My wife was on the point of rying the bird back to the store when day @ friend said: ‘Give him a piece looking glass.’ Acting on this si she tied @ plece of broken mirror size of a man’s head on the outside cage. The little fellow hopped his perch almost immediately, and, 4 close, looked in, @ceming deligh: el of his time before the glass, and when he goes to sleep at night he will cuddle down as yg ws s ay 2 can, thinking, ve a ne A = i® Setting near to the —__+ e+ —____ Eugenie and the Bat. From the Cutcago Evening Post. In one of the letters of the late Octave Feuillet to his wife, recently published in Paris, there is an interesting anecdote of the Empress Eugenie. At Fontainebleau one evening while the empress was scrving tea to @ party, of which the author was one, @ bat flew in at the window and a gentleman promptly knocked it down with @ cane. At Bugenie’s request the stunned creature was brought to her and laid on ,desk. The empress began to fondle the bat, stroking its ve breast with her delicate fingers and stretch: out its wings. Then she opened its mouth, thrust & straw in and blew into its lungs to re- imate it. “But the loveli mouth in the world blew in vain,” says Feuiliet, and courtier that he was he the oppor- tunity to say that “the bat, to be insensible to such an ‘or, must be dead indeed.” of Poppies, From the Chicago Inter Ocean, Where blaxing bigh Fintcere the eatth with Waite ba, Where through the bean the rabbits run, Gay ‘Sauuts The bountlde ‘pulwee with a bit, Saahing bright as eastern gems, gue buds an ‘ way on SI I have strewn thy pillow with the buts Frew from you momy bask within the stoeae And they, rest's mossengers, shall wh! low Of valleys where the pleasant ti io And ‘aticing gleaine of sunshine come shd'go. Ot golden noontide sun and pailid mood Teaning to Kies the languid Sips ae I) is Tage Pate With thetr own passionate beauty. This shall be Breathed by the drowsy popjq- to thee. On: poppy, drift thy slumber-buds above ee et a ita none 10 ‘unqule' Bring The tds magic hath caresoed patty tua te peated hats ot set if Ht put divided skirts on Uncle him “Auntie,” will not man ha’ Species extinct in the process Or do you fancy he may ing problem in feminized land to be set aside for his the figure of the government Lil if wl f 5 ‘ ad fit Hil Sympathy for I suppose if I had lived contemporaneous with him I would have become attached the mastodon or icthyosaurus—association counts for so much, At any rate, for or some other reason, I am man, siles fe : FH g a‘ it F if gels i if & did newspaper work because vanity and permitted her badly disciplined nature to riot in Bohemia. She had originally intended to marry. She explain ed the Incident, however, saying it was @ I af Ex ih di i necessary he advancement of humanity. So they pardoned this first offense. But the baby was a circumstances not as easily extenuated. However, used it so scientifically in conversation— said she looked upon herself merely as the vehicle of its creation, that she had “4 sense of property in it, regarded it tn a8 &@ means of the development of nature. Moreover, she went right on her career, and though serious vatled for a time, it soon came erally admitted that she had a spite the fact of the baby. She would go to her office every Iike a man, and all the while the 3 grew more solemn and more wasn't sad exactly: he was ee was serious. In his little pale face was unfathomable seriousness of a he understood perfectly the conflict between the unreality of life and stern neceasity of being. he was doubtless no more tion seer and soft nothing is at the conjunction of finite which we call birth. egotism of a mother’s love, that transform a great mystery into y familiar bit of flesh in this one. So grew constantly less and lees the more and more of the mystery. As the weather became warm wheeled up and down before @ great deal. When his mother would in sight I have seen him invol throw up his smal! hands and laugh: instant); still. If she paused a jhis ca: as she did sometimes, to speak to him, those horribly of his would gaze unmoved through beyond her, A woman whose i 3 iy e the world lies outside of her hoodwink everybody else, but ret i fhe i Hi i iste it Ie i a fool her baby. He knows when is wandering. One day the nurse came me, saying she didn’t know wi matter with the baby. I neither could the doctor. His we not get home till it was all over. out of town, attending a convention. sure he didn't really believe she would there. Of course, it sounds like to say a six-month-old baby has or longings or anything of sort, one after another was coming into and drawing near his bed, it di there was a gieam of something like @m- pectamcy in those grea’ gleam that gradually er id not come, and finally went out for ever in the sphinx-like stare of death. And his mother? She wrote an sonnet on “A Dead Child.” And his fat iy hog for some time had found e other woman. ee PAULINE PRY. ;