Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1894, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1894—TWENTY- FOUR PAGES. 17 SOME BRAINY WOMEN aie The Important Work That is Dofie by the Wimodaughsis. AN ORGANIZATION OF AND FOR WOMEN Their Home on | Street as a Center of Activities. A WIDENING FIELD URNING FROM the bustle and busi- ness of 14th street down the shady and serene boundary of Franklin Park, an ) observer is attracted \ by an unusual name standing out in large }sold letters upon the facade of a substan- \\ tial three-story brick \\\ butlaing on the south \\\\\\side of I streot, fac- \ing the square. A stranger is sure to pause and Inquire or think out the significance of this sign— “Wimcdaughsis.” To residents the name is familiar enough, as the corporate title of a society of wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, abbreviated to Wimodaughais. Out of a void and a need sprang this club and its home. Previous to 18 there was in this city no afsociation for educa- tional, sociological and beneficent purposes to whose membership and benefits all women were eligible. Private clubs there for sundry exclusive purposes, so- literary or charitable. The demand something broader and higher was deeply felt, especially by ladies who came here as strangers, and found themselves isolated, in a city full of intellectual and warm-hearted women. Strange as it may seem, there was not a library or read- ing room in this city where a woman might freely spend an hour in the evening, in company with books, magazines and friends. A few earnest women took the initiative in the foundation of the new enterprise, and it was organized as a joint stock cor- poration, under the laws of the District, June 2, 1890, and under the name of Wimo- davghsis. The incorporators were Anna H. Shaw, Lucy E. Anthony, Mary De Sha, Mrs. Havens. Fanny N. Edwards, Adelaide Johnson, Eliza T. Ward and Emma M. Gillett. Rev. Anna H. Shaw was elected president and ag M. Gillett treasurer of the corpora- n. A furnished house on G street, known 2 as the annex of the Riggs House, was first home of the club, and here was begun the work which has so encourag- ingly developed. One of the organic ideas of the society was to provide a national headquarters, or general and particular rendezvous, for associations of women, visiting or resident; and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Natlonal-American Suffrage Association, and the District Woman-Suf- frage Associetion early engaged quarters with the «>, and placed their signs and banners + its walls. Growing out of purpose and propinquity is the fact numbers of the stockholders of Wimodaughsis are members of one er more of these other societies. nbership consisted of ownersh'p of a e of stock, and the sale of sto. < went merrily that the idea of the purchase anent home began to permeate phere. The Educational Work. Classes had been organized in all branch- es for which there seemed to be a demand, at such rates as made them attainable and at such hours as made them avail: ble to ladies occupied during a large por- tion of the day. tablished schools or colleges entered into the spirit of this work. Girls who had leisure and means and desired a thorough Howland. education, Mrs. Dickerson, under customary dis- ne, were d to pursue a sys- curriculum at the best school: At the same time, Wimodaughsis emp! only first-class teachers, and rendered it possible for a lady who had only le or taste or means for some sp branches of cultivation to pursue these under agreeable and advantageous circumn- stances, and with the most attractive en- a series of “mothers* which have con- ture of the meetings” was on tinued to be an werk. This winter they have thus far taken the form of lectures on physical sub- jects, prepared and delivered by Mrs. Dr. Kent. and illustrated by a mannikin. Last y sections w special pursuits and somewhat less arbi- trary than the classes. These have proved Dr. Winslow. tive, and the magazine section, Miss Katharine Garst, is one mth circles in the cen- Wm. Birney. very attrs of the most tral clatic Th zine x Lis well p offered to purc range tronized. t, on Fra > transaction the club ity and use- <Q the work e become asses have en 500 pupils have beea the receptions given st attende are the most intellectual and culti- ed people of this city, lunches and on- hospitably’ conducted, are by the best citizens, and the is now recognized as one of t and most beneficent influences which has its roots in Washington soil. Urder its constitution, the so governed by a board of dire: vhic! annually elects its officers. The following sons have been members of the board » No competition with es- | ts also a promi- | and officers of the society, besides the criginal incorporators already mentioned: Mrs. Carrie E. Kent, Dr. Caroline B, Wins- low, Miss Emily Howland, Mrs. Eliza Wright Osborne, Mrs. Lizzie L. Lamb, Mrs. Emma Dean Powell, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Mrs. Ada G. Dickerson, Mrs. Jennette M. Bradley, Mrs. Emma E. Cam- eron anc Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens. Rey. Acna H. Shaw, the first president, is too accustomed an occupant of pulpit and platfoim to need identification any- where in the United States. She is now vice president at large of the society. Miss Emma M. Gillett, the second pres- ident, is a member of the District bar, is favorably known in the business co! munity, and is distinguished for her ex- ecutive ability. Mrs. hb G. D. Havens, now president, is well known in journalistic circles, and is an enthusiast in all progressive move- ments of and for women. She graduated in law with Miss Gillett, in 1883. Miss Adelaide Johngon, the sculptor; Mrs. Carrie Kent, the wife of Rev. Dr. Kent of the People's Church, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of cuffrage fame; Dr. Caroline B. Winslow, one of the ploneer women in the realm of medicine, and Mrs. Ruth G. D. Hevens have been, successively, vice pres- idents and valued officers of the society. The present occupant of the office of vice president, Mrs. Mary L. Bennett, has long been an active participant in the or- ganized work of women, and is largely the reliance of the association for the ex- ecution of its social functions. Miss Emily Howland of Sherwood, N. ¥., is one of the most faithful friends of Wimodaughsis. She was attracted to the club by its broad and comprehensive prin- ciples, and it has been by her willing and practical financial assistance that it has tided over some of its critical junctures. Miss Fanny N. Edwards has been an en- thustastie laborer in the society from its incorporation. She has invariably been elected to succeed herself on the board of directors, and undertakes all the disagree- able duties, which the others dread, and “makes believe” she enjoys the role. Mrs. Ada G. Dickerson, as trustee and Rev. Aunna Shaw. Dr. Edson, chairman of the house committee, is the dependence for the practical suggestion and executive action so essential to the smooth working of a large establishment. Mrs. Jennette M. Bradley, the present treasurer, is a most systematic ‘ount- ant, and‘ one of the best possible “all round” helpers, and a bright, intellectual woman. Mrs. Emma BE. Cameron, one of the board, has un- or. Mrs..Anna M. youngest members of th usual ability as an origi The recor etary Is and ac Hamilton,a thoi teach- er of the class in English literature. She, as well as the treasurer, are r bonds. Mrs. Caroline Lacy, the corresponding secretary, is a gentle, thoughtful woman, aud a useful offic i The classes ure under the direction of Mi and the care of their organi- zation maintenance, and the selection of te in harmony with the work, in- Yoives much thought and discretion. The superintendents of tie home have | been Miss Emma Woodward, whose de- clining health, marriage, and swift folio ing death, form one of the most spe thnatle Ella 8. M. tion to study medicine tinguished herself in her classes; and the present incumbent, Miss Ada L. Smith, a faithful and capable assistant of the so- ciety. The first man who ventured to become a stockhelder in Wimodaughsis was Gen. William Birney, whose name and ancestry possess national reputation. The youngest member of the society is Margaret Merry, who was made the own- ‘and hes since dis- Emma . Gillet. er of a share of stock a two months, and has performed all the duties expected of her with entire fidelity. Some of the elderly ladies of the society —women who will never grow old—bear honored names, and have been known in pioneer work for women for half a cen- tury. Among these may be mentioned Dr. Susan A. Edson, physician and nurse of Gen. Gariield; Miss Harriet Dame, “mother of army nurses;” Dr. Caroline 'B. Win: | low and Miss Clara Barton of “Red Cros: fame. Among members well known for their j active educatioral, charitable and reform work in other tlelds are Mrs. Lucy 8. Doo- little, Mrs. Mary L. Bennett, Mrs. 8. D. LaFetra, Mrs. Clara B. Colby, Mrs. M. A. McPherson, Mrs. Bessie R. Cheshire, Mrs. Ruth C. Denison, Mrs. Martha P. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. M. ‘G. Emery, Mrs. Annie M. Edgar, Mics Mary H. Wiiliams, Mrs. Ann M. Purviss, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, Miss Anna Tolman Smith, Mrs. Helen R. Tin- dall, Mrs. N, V. Hughes, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, H. B. Moulton, Mrs. Lizzie L. Lamb and Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood. In the list of members are found names familiar all over the land: Mrs. J. C. Bur- rows of Michigan, Mrs. Join Sherman of Ohio, Mrs. Don Cameron of Pennsylvania, Mrs. J. H. Gallinger of New Hampshire, Mrs. 8. M. Cullom of Illinois, Mrs. John W. Noble of Missouri, Mrs. Jos. R. Hawley of Connecticut, Mrs. B. W. Perkins of Kan- tas, Mrs. Thos. Palmer of Michigan, Mrs. Eliza Wright Osborne of New York, Mr | H. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota, Mr: | RP. Pettigrew of South Dakota, Mrs B. Ailen of Washington, Mrs. F. E. Wa ren of Wyoming, Mrs. W. F. Sanders of Montana, Mrs. M. Adeline Thomson of Philadelphia, Mrs. Ellen J. Newton of this city, Mrs. Henrletta M. Banker of Brooklyn, Mrs. C. MeC. Everhard of Ohio, Mrs. Jean Brooks Greenleaf of Rochester, Rachel Foster Avery of Philadelphia, Isa- bella Beecher Hooker of Hartford, Edward Roby of Chicago, Mrs. Loutse Southworth of Ohio, Mrs. Elizabeth Schoonmaker of New York, Susan B. Anthony and Fran- ces Willard. The business community is represented | by the names of Dr. Grace Roberts, Jo- pha Houghton, Dr. Clara McNaugh- ‘on, Mrs. Mary 'S. Lockwood, Hannah J. Devoe, Ida A. Green, M. Effie Hunter, Ho: tense Keables, B. H. Warner and Wood- ward and Lothrop, E. E. Barton, Dr. Em- | ly Pardee, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, Mrs. | Mary Lewis, Mrs. C. C. Case, Dr. ‘A. P. Fardon, Grace Thomas, Dr. Ida Helberger, Mrs. S.C. Matlock, Sarah A. Green, Miss Belle Morris, Dr. Mayne M. Pyle, Marilla M. Ricker, Dr. Cora Bland, Adene Wil- liams. One learns In talking with the enthus- fastic leaders of this society that their work is but just begun. Their ideas and plans, their projects and ambitions, are legion. Lately a circular issued, offer! some inducements to writers for essa on subjects immediately concerning the interests and industries of women. The list of topics is suggestive. Among them are women as policemen, women as un- | dertakers, women as stepmothers, women | who borrow. women who are too proud not to work, women who are never so happy as when miserable, and women who want the earth. A society within the c’ to be called the Academy of Forty, and to exist for ellectual and social purposes, and also ' the carrying out of the Wimodaughsis | central idea, is in process of organiza | tien. The membership will be lmited to forty. all of whom will also be members of the central association. It ts part of the plan to provide, in the rear future, a substantial addition to the ent building. including a hall for the fectures, physical culture classes and en- tertainments of the society, gymnastum, hath rooms, art exhibit, labor exchange, te. a _ oe; Teacher—“You surprise me, Willie! You think the turtle dove a bad, dangerous bird” Willie—“Yes’m. Worst fall I ever had was when I was tryin’ to git @ mest o° dove’s aigs.”—Chicago Tribune. PAULINE FENCES She Finds That It is the Thing to Do, AND DECIDES 10 BE IN THE SWIM An Exhilarating Sport and at Times a Trifle Exciting. ARNICA THE NEXT DAY Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. ON’'T YOU DARE displease me from this time on or I'll challenge you. I have been taking fencing lessons of the prof eur d’armes who is teach- ing the science of dueling to Mrs, Al- lister MeWard. But wait a minute. Right at the start I want to ask John L. Sullivan and every cther true American who chances to read this story to excuse the French accent with which I am bound to write through- out. It is absolutely unavoidable, as any- body must admit who will follow me through the harrowing details of the latest society sensation—“Blood in Boudoirs,” or how the women in the smart set of Wash- ington are learning to fence. You see, in the first place, the professeur @’armes is a r’r'real Frenchman, late pro- fesseur d@’armes of the National Military School at Joinville near Paris (pronounced Paree), and he speaks English with even more difficulty than our American girls who are educated in Paris. Also, he is the protege of the French embassy, which fact, of course, enlists as his patrons the ultra- foreign element of Washington women,who adore anything French, from a poodle to a count, and never neglect an opportunity to converse with either exclusively in its native tongue, ‘Thus, I have been brought by fencing under such induence, until for the time be- ing I am embarrassed in speaking En- glish myself. Indeed, I may say honestly, I am em- barrassed in speaking at all, when I con- template the unutterable glory of fencing in high life. ‘The Diplomats Fence. For a curtain raiser, here is the thrilling spectacle of two foreign ministers, repre- sentatives of two of those potentially py- rotechnical powers of South America, that today are republics and this time tomor- row are revolutions—here are these great and glittering men “en garde.” Now watch their royal garters and crown jewels flash as they execute the chain- lightning movements of le salut. death! See their eyes snap as their is click and clash, BI'blood! did, isn’t it? But on with the la- dies. The scene shifts. The stage setting ts superb. Great wrought iron gates guard the entrance to the palatial abode where twice a week, Mrs. Allister McWard as- sembies her dueling devotees. Within the iron gates swing massive oak doors that—“open sesame"—admit the vul- gar gaze to penetrate a spacious hall, from which rises a grand stairway to sublimer heights of still greater privacy of Mrs. Allister McWard at home. To the left is a library, where a grate fire burns, and such a general air of Eng- lish comfort prevails that involuntarily the beholder’s heart begins to sing “God Save the Queen.” But this outburst of British glee is mo- mentary, and only serves to indicate the cosmopolitan character of our Washing- ton experience. For directly the fencing master enters, the band plays the “Mar- seilies,” and one has all’ the sensations of a Cook tour through France. The professeur d’armes, nice little man, is clad from head to, foot in white duck, and sits gingeriy on the edge of a luxu- rious chair, He is trim as a_black-and- tan, and of about the same coloring. But from the slick swarthiness of his fac with its smoothly combed, heavy black hair and close-cropped, pointed beard, his eyes regard one with the appealing inno- cence of a skye terrier. It seems not only rude, but ridiculous, to ask him if he ever fought a duel. However, I put the ques- tion, The Professor's Story. Presto, change! There's burning sulphur in the air and blood on the face of the moon, “A duel? Oh, out. See that? me through there and there’—showing a couple of scars on his hand—“and I run nim through here and here’—pointing to a spot below his fifth rib, front and back. “No, 1 not kill him. But he get six months to the hospital. “It was in the army. He say, ‘Ah, Francois Darrinlat, you think you fence. Pouft! You think you fence!’ “ *Well,’ 1 say, ‘1 show you what I think.’ hen 1 tell the capitaine. “‘Ah, it ts so, is it? Very well, then. But everything en rogie.’ “So we meet in the salle d’armes. We have our seconds. They are very brave men. When the blood runs they cry, ‘En- core.’ It is not their blood, see? The sur- geon Is waiting with bandages. “Halt! A blood!’ ‘o, that is nothing; that a blood.’ “Eh bien; that’s nothing,’ I say to my- self, ‘Francois Darrinlat, he think he fence not for a blood or two or three blood. It is a mort.’ “Then Louis he hand. N’importe. I was ten year old for nothing. p’s’s’s’t! L have run him through body Then his veins swelling with the fire of these memories, the little professeur d’- armes forgets English as completely as a debutante with a diplomat within hearing and goes on in French to tell me, with fine scorn for our United States notions of jus- tice, that though the arme blanche has lost its utility in war in France, thank God! it still serves in affairs of honor. Frenchmen;*he says, have not acquired the uncommon sense of Americans whereby an affront can be estimated in dollars and cents and courts of law must be sought to appraise and advertise one’s indignity. In Fencing Costume. In the French army, Francois tells me, a “growl” between soldiers is bound to be reported by non-commissioned officers to the superior officer, who promptly orders a duel, and though Paul and Henrl may have kissed and made up by the time the order to fight is delivered, no matfer. There must be a duel as a measure of discipline. Between officers, in the event of a quar- a is not run me through the I have not fence since CTrk— the rel, a duel is practically ordered by the force of public opinion, which demands blood for bruises where one’s honor is con- cerned. The chief of police informally grants his permission, and civil as well as military anthority encouraging the noble | exe! of dueling, it follows naturally that every town in France has its sulle Warmes, where rightmi French youti study the art of fencing conscientiously as they do their catechism. anny—dueling, you know,” I exclaim rancois shi s his shoulders, throws up his hands, elevates his eyebrows, disclaim- ing responsibility for the elemental con- stitution of things, and answers, “May be; A cocoa with rich retaining all the nu producing properties yet not dist ing to the most delicate, can be pro- due Proven in |LLIPS” ™=€OCOO H I don't know. But what would you? It is only so funny as a man’s honor.” And a woman's vanity, I:want to add, but how can I, now Mrs. Allister McWard is to the front in her fenc' tire. Her dress is of velvet, a et and skirt, The jacket is built like the fencing jacket of a man—high in the throat, buttoned on the shoulder and under the arm, and is worn without corsets. The skirt reaches just to the knee. Her shapely legs are in black stockings and her feet in canvas shoes. Upstairs now for the fencing lesson in a long, broad corridor, hung with rare works of art. Verily, lucre: may be filthy, yet it makes life pretty and, one woul fancy, endurable. Yet I recall Hearing that for all the flowery beds of ‘ease on which Mrs. Allister McWard sits every day in the week, sho has lately taken to studying theosophy, and says: Oh, contentment, what is your street and number? Mrs. Allister McWard says that theosophy helps her to be contented. The Fencer’s Outfit. But the fencing master has called time, and the kindergarten fight is on. It 1s not quite as smooth of execution as the duel in which Della Fox engages in the “Little Trooper.” But it perplexes your eye, and altogether baffles your un- derstanding. “Now, then, bend the left leg. No; hold the body erect. Disengage. Thrust—not so much exertion. Don’t clutch your foil. Parry tierce—the hand and wrist only. Well out with the right leg when you thrust; straighten the arm,” etc., etc. The ‘steel of Mrs. Allister McWard cuts the air clashes with the professeur jabs the professeur in vital parts, her little body springs and bends, her eyes flash and her cheeks blaze. Really, the spectacle is so inspiriting 1 must take a hand myself. I am not costumed for the part, but the professeur has all the properties essential to the play, so that I am able to go on with next thing to a dress rehearsal. First the professeur fastens over the right half of my trunk what looks like a bisected chest protector,made thick enough to insure weak lungs against an arctic blast. It is of chamois skin, stuffed with hair, and upholstered with crimson leather buttons, In the center {s a red leather heart... Besides acting a protection against the sword of your adversary, this is a sort of target to score his thrusts. In fencing with foils the trunk of the body only is open to attagk, and a thrust suc- cessfully directed at the red leather heart of the enemy in a fencing lesson counts a “blood. Next, the professor gives me a palr of thick white gloves. Then he puts over my face a cage like the mask of a base ball player, save that it is more secure against flies and has the steel bars covered with two layers of fine wire screening. Then he hands me a foil. At the Sword’s Point. Truly, it’s a pretty piece of steel, and a sudden passion.for it takes possession of me directly I have tested its flexibility and fingered, first curiously, then fondly, its slender, shining blade. “Ha! ha! Villain!" I want to shout at the professor and set to In dead earnest for his blood. But—“I beg your pardon.” For a fact the little man, now I face him to tight, looks as if he were after my blood. I laugh a kind of sickly laugh and “ier—professeur, of course you'll re- rember I’m just beginning. You wouldn't really do anything harsh, would you?” But all unheeding the white fag in which I am endeavoring to w my quaking form the professeur, looking ike Ravochal arraigning Weak-kneed mercy at the bar of anareny, is ordering me in French to take position. Fasquelle, Telemaque, meisterschaft—all my French deserts me in this hour of bitter need, and I’m dependent entirely on my instinct to divine what the proiesseur is telling me to do in order t@ save my life that is wabbling before the point of his sword, I'm standing now straighter than I ever before stood in my life; my feet are at ten minutes of two; my left arm hanging at my side; my right, with the foil clutched at the hilt, extended downward, the button @ bit from the floor; my profile toward the enemy; my anxious gaze making me cross- eyed in my eagerness to anudipate his uext order. [3 “En garde!” € % I have extended my sw prard the eye of my enemy; then=1 alba for a minute or two fireworks'at Coney” Island are not in it with the serjes of fllps and flashes I make that finally bring me up in the most beautiful attitude—you know it— body forward, right leg bent, left’ hand back up in the air, the right arm directing the sword so as to seem clearly to mean business next. But, no; I neither draw the professor's blood nor ‘spill mine. I describe some more skyrocket curves, I tap the floor with my heel, I rest my sword hilt at the center of my chin, smell of the blade an instant and whip the air with my steel. Arnica and Anarchixm, Oh, I'm a fighter uow all over. My blood is boiling. The nerve of my piratical an- cestors is tingling In my flesh, HI! yi! Louder, faster with the music—again and again. There! take that, will you—you red- eyed anarchist. I'm another, and you want to look out for me, or I'll spread your vital fluid all over Washington. “Bravo,” cries the professor, and for a minute I’ve half a mind to kill him in cold blood—it’s such a jar to my nerves thus to be called down by applause from the high horse I was riding into a real duel. ‘The halt came none too soon, however, I learned later. For, glorious as'is the exer- cise of fencing, it discovers muscles one doesn't know exist until the next day when pains and aches in unaccustomed parts reveal them. But a snap of the finger for passing pains and aches! ‘Though fencing lead to rheumatism at the start—yea, though fencing belongs to Mrs. Allister McWard, and I am_ bourgeoise, here's to the arme blanche! Here’s to ar- nica! here's to anarchy! farinca and anar- chy must follow. I’m going to practice fencing right straight along every day un- til the sword is just as mighty as the pen of PAULINE PRY, Written for The Evening Star. E Bach day was drear, each night was long. Unto my heart love's untried grace Lent, in tts gloom, nor light nor song. Ambition rested In its place. Hope slept—until I saw thy face. H. M. Woop. Absolutely Pure THE OLD RELIABLE Sweet Caporal Cigarette Has stood the Test of Time. MORK SOLD THAN ALL OTHER dil-t,t.s | BRANDS COMBINED. Siete te a ee St cdc | DRUNKENNESS OR THE LIQUOR HABIT Post. tively cured by administering Dr. Haines’ Golden Before I saw thy sunny face Specific. It can be given in a ‘cup of coffve or tea, or in food, withoat the knowledge of the patient. It is absolutely harmless, and wil) effect ‘& permanent and speedy cure, whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreek. It has been given in thousands of cases, and in every instance a perfect cure has followed. It never fails. The system once impregnated with the Specific, it becomes an utter iinposstbility for the liquor appetite to exist. GOLD! SPECIFIC CO., Props., Cincinnati, Obie. Partica- lars free. To be had F. 8. WILLIAMS & CO., Oth and F sts. o.w.; 3 F, WARK, under Bbbitt House, Washingtoa, ~~ 040-tu, thés,Sus HOUSEHOLD HINTS How many people will subscribe to the opinion that miserable housekeeping is the chief source of squalid poverty? To begin with, a woman can keep her house clean if she is as poor as the proverbial church mouse; water is cheap and plenty, and elbow grease is the best soap in the world. Yet in the homes of the very poor dirt and filth are generally the one luxury found. In the matter of preparing food or buying the cheaper nutritious articles nine- tenths of womenkind are as ignorant as though it made no difference physically or financially what one ate, just so the ach- ing vold is filled with something. Again, half the housekeepers either do not know or do not care about setting forth “mad dishes prepared from the scraps left over so that they will be appetizing, hence the scraps are thrown away. Such ignorance is criminal. A woman who knows how to the*scraps has proved the old saying, “a Denny saved is two pence earned,” and can make her husband’s or her own earn- ings go as far again as the woman who buys fresh food for each meal rather than take the time and trouble to arrange ap- petizing dishes from the “left overs.” In the kitchen of the careful woman not @ scrap of bread, # bit of meat, a spoon- ful of potato, a drop of milk, ever goes to waste. She knows to the yolk of an egg just how much ts needed to make a cake for four people, or an omelette for six, and she does not throw in the extra one for good measure, for that would be waste- ful, and, besides, make the omelette or cake a feilure. The extra egg will cost 2 cents only, but it will make a sufficient dressing for a salad, an addition to a school lunch, an appetizer for a sick mem- ber of the family, clear the coffee for two or three deys, finish the recipe for a pan of muffins, a dish of hot cakes, a dip for chops, and though it does cost but 2 cents, if the use of it extravagantly emp- ties the egg basket it may leave her in the lurch just at a time when she needs just one egg, and has to prepare a much more expensive dish just because one egg is not obtainable in time. So it is with waste everywhere in the culinary department. The woman who dislikes the study of do- mestic economy commits a crime when she marries. eh a Here is an oyster dish that is delicious. Make a thick gravy of a pint of cream, in which two tablespoonfuls of flour and two of butter have been mixed; season with pepper, salt and mace. Add to this two dozen ' fresh oysters, that have been steamed in their own liquor, stir them up and serve hot, You will like it immensely. 2 ak ee A housekeeper who has been at the busi- ness longer than she cares to tell says that the way to bait a trap for rats is to use a fresh oyster, and that it never fails to do the business. oe . Never salt before cooking any meat that you are going to broil or fry; it draws out the juices which constitute the nutri- ment of the meat. Never stick a fork in a piece of meat that you are roasting, broil- ing or frying, as that breaks the outside searing and lets the juice escape. The whole method of cooking beef, unless for the express purpose of extracting the es- sence, {s to retain all the juices. You might as well eat sole leather as a piece of steak or a chop that has been salted before cooking and speared full of fork holes in turning. se 8 A woman hates to get her nice, new shoes wet, because it spoils them s0, but with care the wetting will not hurt them much. As soon as you can remove the wet shoes do so, and rub them well with a soft rag, to get some of the dampness out and to take off all the mud; then rub them with a cloth saturated with kerosene. Get as much of the ofl info them as possible, and then fill them as full of dry oats as you can and set them aside for a few hours, when apply another coating of ker- osene, The stiffness will have disappeared and the shoe will be in good shape when you want to don it again. Never try to put on a low shoe unless you have a shoe horn; you will be sure to stretch it out of shape in the back and make it ill-fitting. Keep the buttons sewed on your shoes and good strings in your laced boots, unless you want the men to say you are a “slouch.” Have a paste patch put over the first sign of a break in your shoe, and they will keep in shape and last twice as long. Buy good shoes, if possible. Cheap shoes and cheap gloves are a snare for the unwary. They get out of shape, are ill- fitting and do not wear well. It is false economy to buy cheap foot or hand shoes. The very nicest way to serve turnips, which should always accompany roast duck, is to peel and boil then whole till they begin to grow tender; then lift out of the water and slice crosswise; let the slices be about an eighth of an inch thick, Put the slices in a dish, sprinkle with salt, MINCE MEAT Two large pies are made from each package of None-Such Mince Meat. For sale by all rs. Be sure and get the None-Such, MERRELL-SOULE co., Syracuse, N. Y. soannavensanenecanetestetsomesron eenvanoeavtaneenearnannat 1-sew20t THE NEWCOLUMBUS ... Time King made in America. All Jewelers have or will get it, For further Information send to the manufacturers NEW COLUMBUS WATCH CO.,, COLUMBUS, OHIO ai3to2sine DEAFNESS the inventor of the Wil- Drums, will be at the R 20 AND 21, from 9 a.m. to ae ¢ Drums can’ be seen and obtained. Deafness and bead noise RELIEVED INSTANTLY. They can be worn with comfort day and night, and cannot be seen when in the ears, No wirs or string atta for consultation and examinat nent. No charge LOUISVILLE, KY. 412,13,14,15,17,08&19-6t It’s Not Difficult To select Pure Tea if you kee} Rind BURCHELL'S SpiuNG TbaR TEA, ABSOLUT! oRE— which can't be sald of many teas the market. Uhequaled for sti gpd delicious Gavor. Better this year than ever betoie. N. W. BURCHELL, 1325 ¥ BL dl4-14d pepper, and lay lumps of nice, sweet but- ter around over the top of all. Bake in a hot oven till brown on top, and serve as es 8 e ee The motto of Chauncy Depew, or, rather, his “‘key to success,” wouldn't be a bad one to put up in every room in the house and on the wall of every business office. It is, “Stick, Dig, Sri) and as it has brought him wealth and honor, it can do the same for othe: Certainly it is a good motto for a housekeeper whose means are small and worries many. The decayed stump is all that remains of the famous “mother tree,’ the oldest known specimen of the Rhode Island Greening. A few rods southwest of the old limekiln on the northern verge of Fruit Hill, on Frederick W. Winsor’s farm, stands a younger tree. Mrs. Winsor’s great great grandfather, Nehemiah Smith, Planted the mother tree, of which the other is a mb wrenched while loaded with fruit from the parent stock, during King George II's reign, in 1748, and it was therefore one hundred and forty-one years old when it was cut down in 1850-00, and its life from the seed must be nearly one hundred and fifty years. Tho present tree, “the daughter tree,” so-called, is a limb of the mother trunk and was broken off in the September gale of 1815, and Which, from an elbow thrust into the moist, rich soil, took root and be- came independent. F. M. Perry of Can- andaigua, N. Y., a famous nurseryman and pomologist, pronounced the fruit of these trees the finest of the Greening family, and procured hundreds of scions from the stock to introduce into New York and the middle states. The present year the younger tree bore about ten bushels of the finest quality of apples, and bids fair to breast the storms of many a winter yet to come. 100 Wrecked. From the Cincinnat! Tribune. “Is there any history attached to this ragged old hat?’ asked the visitor. “It looks as if it had been in a powder-mill explosio) ‘No; It belonged to a Russian general,” said the museum owner. “Oh! And he tried to talk through it,eh?” ONE ENJ ors Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts genily yet promptly on tho Kidneys, adver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and aoe and cures habitual constipation. rup of Figs is the only remedy i its kind ever pro duced, awh to the — and ~ . ceptable to the spree Cae inn action and truly becate ‘al iw effects, prepared only from the moss healthy an ble substances, its man ecallect qualities commend it ta and have made it the most ular remedy known. sae of Figs is for sale in 50. and $1 bottles by all leading drug- gists, Any reluble druggist who may not have it on ahi will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substi ute. CAL’FORNIA FIG SYRG?P CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, ton viene, Ky. Y YORK. WV. Say So! IF YOU WANT SOMF FURNITURE OR A CARPET—COME UP HERB AND SAY SO— WE WON'T ASK TO SEE THE SIZE OF YOUR POCKET BOOK—ALL WE WANT 18 YOUR PROMISE TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET—A LITTLE MONEY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY. WB WILL DUPLICATE . THB LOWEST CASH PRICES YOU CAN FIND On Credit! WE WILL MAKB AND LAY EVERY YARD OF CARPET FOR YOU FREE OF COST-NO CHARGE FOR WASTE IN MATCHING FIGURES. SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS— GET THE FURNITURE OF US ON CREDIT —NO NOTES—NO INTEREST. PLUSH OR HAIRCLOTH SUITES—CHOICE, $22.50. SOLID OAK BED ROOM BUITE, $13. PARLOR SPLENDID BRUSSELS CARPET, 500. PER YARD. RELIABLE INGRAIN CARPET, 35c. PER XARD. MADE AND LAD) FREE OF COST. SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE, $3.50. #0-POUND HAIR MATTRESS, $7. WOVEN-WIRB SPRINGS, $1.75. HEATING AND COOKING STOVES—ALL SIZES—STANDARD MAKES. YOURS FOR A PROMISE TO PAY. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT MOUSE, 819-821-823 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, Between H and I streets, 411-844 Great Reduction In Perfumes & Druggists’ Sundries. From now until Christmas we wil offer our entire stock of Perfumes Druggists’ Sundries at Rreatly redu Prices, as we do not wish to carry single Xinas novelty over into Janu 3 Bean these prices on Quadruple Ex. tracts—“not ind to be found at Gry goods store: ae * es 's Extracts.400 Best “Quadruple Batracts, ie-pint bot tle, reduced to. ioe x4 2 large bottles Eastman’s Best Cologne, regular 3 % value, reduced to. 90 int Shell Toilet Set, a Silver and Bask: Tupauese Catchalls. German “ Novelty" Pij Holder, Cigar Holder combin Boe. ‘| pnt all pricos. hove is only a taste—largest of Perfuines in Washington—‘'Wee tinal from now until Christ- prices See that trade mark— steer’s head in cotton-plant wreath—is on the pail. N. K. Fairbank Company, CHICAGO, and 114 Commerce St., Baltimore. SOS998C0008 It is that Cottolene makes better pastry than lard, is more reliable than lard, more cleanly. than lard, more healthful than lard, and is superior to lard for frying and shortening. COT= TOLENE is recom- mended by expert cooks and endorsed by scientists. Once used always used. Sold in 3 and 5 Ib. pails. 6S Clearance List 1894. Second-Hand and Shop- worn Wheels. PNEUMATICS. PRICES, NET CASH. 2 No. 8 Diamond RAMBLERS, Nos. 4227 and 5135, each.. $65.00 (in ‘good condition entirely new. 1 “IRWELL," No. 2 matic tires, (Brand new,si . 1 Ladies’ “Lovell” Safety, G. ‘x J. tires, en- tirely new and guaranteed every way; shop- worn; price reduced from $110 to.........- 80.00 1 eugene 26-in. pneumatic aie “2ahand, Ust, $50. 2 CENTURY COLUMBIAS, “98 pattern, “94 G. & J. tres; Nox. 9989 and 15068; newly refinished; each. + 65.00 1 DART, G. & J. pneumatic tires, ‘94 pat- tern, 30-in. wheels. 1 No. 1 DIAMOND PNEU: G. & J. tres, fue shape. CUSHION TIRES. 1 RUDGE, Model “D,”" No. 7981 fine shape; cut from $140 to. 1 PSYCHO, very strong and durable wheel; new and in formerly $140; now cut to.. 40.00 1 GIRL'S IDEAL RAMBLER, No. 4352) al- most new; cut to. + 25.00 1 COMB, CUSHION RASIHLaR, good. con SOLID TIRES. 2 JUNOS, Ladies’ wheels, cut from $65 » Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., 1325 14h St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 43-754. Football Is IN DISGRACE Baseball I8 OUT OF SEASON. Racing Is IN BAD ODOR— Hence we must rely upon the Representatives of ‘the nation, in CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, For oar WINTER SPORT, And as thelr antics are an unknewn quantity, you must put yourselves 4n proper shape to meet any emergency. We can furnish you with an All-wool Cheviot Suit of any size from 34 to 42, inclusive, OF A TOP OOAT AT.. wee ° ‘A Single or Double-breasted Sack Suit, short, medium or extra length Frock Suit, at, Ap All-wool Homespun Overcoat at. An Oxford Mixture, a Tiger Silk Mixtare, a Daisy Diagonal, an English Serge, a Black Cheviot, a Gray Tweed, a Gray or Brown Melton Overcoat at. A Campbell's Kersey, a Blue or Black Castor Cloth, a Biue or Black Cheviot Overcoat, with silk and satin facings and sleeve lin- ings, at.... Men’s Butts of Clothes that were $17.50, $16, $15.50, $15 and $14.50 at......+.810 Boys’ Long Pamix Suits, all wool.....$2.30 upward + 518 Boys’ Short Pants Suits. -$1.00 upward Men's Pantaloons...... + $1.50 upward Men's Pantaloons that were $7.50, now. $3.98 Boys’ Sbert Pants. seseeees ede. Upward The “Shriekers” are abroad. Pay tribute to them if you will. ‘That fs your privilege. But if you want the value of a dollar for every buadred cents expended it would be wise to investigate. You cat begin with us, if you will. In that event the strong probability is that you will end with us. “The prophets of Boal are not ‘to it’ " “Truth and righteousness must prevail.” Victor B. Adler's 10 Per Cent Clothing House, 927 and 929 Tth st. u.w., corer Massachusetts aven Strictly One Price. During the whole month of December this store will be open evenings until 9 o'clock. Saturday until 11 pm. 44-1004 Still a Chance You and Baby our portraits made in time for a never yet disappointed a customer foe Fotografer, PA, AVE. AND 11TH ST. FL UNION SQUARR, MEW, YORK. Diamond _|Rings, $5 =Beautiful Solid Gold Genuine Dia Ring, “Tiffany” setting—olegant gift a lady. Only $5— of those $12.50 Solid Gold. V atcheb. Geo. W. Spier, 310 9th St. dlt-isd