Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1894, Page 20

20 AT THE WHITE HOUSE The Cleveland Babies Will Enjoy a Ohristmas Tree. Ht WILL BE A HOME CELEBRATION Santa Claus in the Homes of the Cabinet Officers. BOME FAMILY REUNIONS Christmas at the White House is going to be of the regulation kind, a day devoted to home cheer, and the most of it given to the enjoyment the two babies of the house- hold are sure to find in the surprises in store for them. Last year’s program will undoubtedly be repeated with the addi- tional pleasure in the knowledge that the Uttle people are now getting quite inter- ested in such things as Christmas trees and other evidences of juvenile holiday bliss. The Christmas tree which is to blos- scm in its shiny beauty on the day before Christmas will be set up in the library and adorned with all manner of glittering tin- sel and appropriate fixings. It is probable that the President's children will enter- tain a company of their little friends and playmates on Christmas eve, when thev will be shown the tree and its gorgeous surroundings. The observance of the holi- day, the family dinner, to which a féw friends far from their own hearthside may be invited, has become the custom for President and Mrs. Cleveland—and will hold good in their program for the ap- proaching holiday. During their previous residence in the White House they set the plan which they have carried out since. Mrs. Cleveland has the reputation of being prodigal in Christ- mas gifts to her friends, and her presents are rarely those made by her own hands. In the old days she used to enjoy ali the delights of Christmas shopping, as ladies usually do, but for the last two years she is rarely seen on the streets walking, and very seldom indeed in the stores. Not but what she ts continually buying, but the things are more frequently sent to her for approval and choice. ‘The President's little daughters will not, theréfore, have the ex- quisite satisfaction of flattening their baby noses against the windows of the toy and pastry shops choosing what they want as is the happy privilege of other children, Children Make the Difference. In some respects a child of the White House is not to be envied, but these very small drawbacks in the way of joys un- known will hardly weigh against all the rest of their advantages. It is understood that President and Mrs. Cleveland exchange gifts at Christmas, and when they first married the gossips would have been de- lighted with the exact description of any of these elegant trifles. But the head of the nation and his wife are no longer persecut- ed by this intense and detailed interest in the happenings of their domestic life, no doubt much to their own satisfaction as to that of the always sensible public. Yet the personality of little children is always such a pleasing thing that if it were possible for the world at large to catch a fleeting glimpse of a real Christmas celebration in the White House, the inter- est aroused thereby could not be considored entirely unwarranted or impertinent. The fact is that precious little can be found in the annals of the White House of any Christmas celebrations, unless of the times when sounds of childish enjoyment and baby prattle were heard there. No Presi- dent seems to have departed from the popu- lar notion of making the day essentially a home festival. ‘The only innovation, therefore, is a Christmas tree. Baby McKee of happy memory had his very first tree there on December 25, 1480. The oldest habitue of the house could not remember any having preceded it for years back, if at all. In fact, the presence of the Harrison grand- children quite changed the whole atinos- phere of the house from what it had been for years. When Nellie Arthur lived there she was too big for enjoyment of that sort. The same could be sald of Nellie Grant, who was beyond the age when pleasure of that kind was necessary, and Tad Lincoln did not care for that sort of thing at all. His idea was to have the privilege of romping through the big rooms with his own boy friends, and he got all his Christmas out of that and bis toys. ‘The Harrison Children, There was more known to the public of the childish doings in the mansion during PIN AT THE with their grandparents, and are anxious to come again, which is pretty good evi- dence that the Christmas bration is all they desire. Mr. Carlisle and family will be here by the 2ist of this month. Secretary and Mrs. Lamont have no trouble, either, in arranging what their Christmas will be; the young people are the main spirit and reason for it. While Mrs. Lamont is rarely without guests, she will probably have no one outside the family staying with her at Christmas, and the holiday will be spent, as all her holi- lays are, quietly at home. For New Year she is sure to have guests, who will be suc- ceeded by others throughout the winter. The many hospitalities which were to have been given in honor of the Secretary and his wife last spring, and which were un- avoidably postponed, are now daily hap- Penings, and, in consequence, this couple rarely ever dine at home lately. Various Plans. Postmaster General and Mrs. Bissell are also looking forward to @ quiet time of it around Christmas, with their own house- hold, of which their little daughter, Mar- garet, is the bright particular star. Mar- garet was to have had a glorious Christ- mas tree celebration last year, but it was prevented by her illness, which occasioned her parents some days of great alarm at that time. This year she is all the better able to enjoy the coming of Santa Claus, a big tree and its surroundings of gifts and toys, which will be provided in great plenty for her. The Postmaster General is spend- ing this week up in Buffalo, where he thought the vigorous climate would all the more quickly strengthen him after his late illness. Only for his visit there at this time, he and his family would have gone north for the holidays, which they now expect to spend in this city. The Secretary of the home circle sutticiently large to make Christmas typical one, with children about him, and the only drawback to the joyful celebration of Christmas at the home of the Secretary of the Interior is that Mrs. Smith is not in her usually vig- orous health. Miss Jackson, whg will spend the winter here with the family, and Mrs. Smith’s mother are very pleasant additions to the household, and, with the usual hos- pitable way, their Christmas dinner is very apt to be enlarged by the presence of sev- eral other friends. ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Gresham, if in town for Christ- mag, will in all probability accept some of their invitations to dine out, and the Sec- retary of Agriculture and Miss Morton are likely to have a family gathering, made up of the Segretary’s sons and their fam- ilies, it being their custom to spend the day together. Attorney General and Mrs. Oiney are looking forward to the enjoyment of a real New England Christmas, of which a heavy snow fall would be the proper out- ward condition. They have their daugh- ter and her young son with them for the winter, and the hospitalitles which they are always so glad to extend will com- mence by an evening reception on the 2ist. —————— vy hasn’t a HOW TO TALK TO MEN. A Socially Successfal Woman Advises Certain Conversatio: Methods, From the St. Louis Republic. There is a Turkish legend that gives a good index to this part of social ethics. A mendicant was dying. He called his son to his bedside and said: “My boy, you must go through life trusting to yourself now. I can leave you no money, but much wisdom and this mirror. Carry it always with the back to your face, presenting the mirrored surface to the world.” Years passed on, and the boy mendtcant became a rich merchant. Gold had poured into his coffers as he walked through the world, his shining shield reflecting all he met. Contentment came with th riches, then curiosity. Why, he thought, am I so loved? What do I do that men should call me fair and agreeable? What occult mag- netism do I possess to so easily compel this flow of riches? And he turned the mirror for the first time toward his own face. He was charmed. It gave back his features beautiful ‘and glorified. He saw himself in its shimmering surface a crea- ture fair to behold, agreeable to be with— a laughing, enchanting picture! Lost in rapture and love for himself, he paused in his way thereafter to gaze into the ex- quisite depths of his father's gift. Gold there was none left People passed him by unsmiling. He wondered, when not absorbed with self, why this condition 4vas, and he died, poor and forgotten. The legend is to societv as the laws of the Pundit to the Brahmans. It explains all. Go through life reflecting people, not as ther are, but as they wish to be, and the good things of the world are yours. Why present to any man an ugly image of himself when his faults can be ignored and his virtues pleasingly presented with- out seeming ostentation or flattery? Some veritist may exclaim that such an attitude is not a fair one—but now prove lis theory. There need be no “toadying,” no cringing, no “playing for favors,” but the brighter side of each man’s life sug- gested to him by conversation. Another claim to remembrance ts this: the Harrison regime than ever before, and oe = Cestet heer or Lae tee Ber 3 act and quantity of ‘friends, whom certainly since. Gen. Harrison and his| Cveried as to her social tactics: “I have a wife were devoted to their grandchildren, and did not care if the world knew all about it. They practically made their Christmas one great frolic for the young- sters. Mrs. Harrison was fond of feminine employments, and especially so of her paintings, at which many of her happiest hours were spent. She decorated china with much skill and taste, and her favor- ite remembrance for her friends at the Christmas tide was specimens of her own work. When Mrs. Cleveland lived at the White ore she was greatly interested in Children’s Christmas Club dinner, which was then in the height of its popu- larity as a means of bringing holiday cheer to firesides where the little folks knew by practical experience very ttle about it, and the spirit cf which has been continued plan—possibly not original, but certainly successful—of ignoring the especially pleas- ant thing a man necessarily knows about himself. Each one has a particular ac- complishment that this world invariably ‘tacks’ to Ms name. He is pleased, of course, to possess this one accomplishment, but, rest assured, he secretly wonders if it can be the sum total of his attraction. So I try to discover some other quality. I find if he has the virtue of dressing well—then I also discover some immensely clever re- mark of his. I make a point of mentioning it to him. “If, on the other hand, he fs clever, then I particularly admire a certain suit clothes, or the fashtor in his ties. If he dances well, then I find that he has male some good business deals. Be perfectly sure, my dear, he will think you vastly in The ening Star's Christmas Club. | ore appreciative than any other wor: Mrs. Cleveland used to attend the dinner | #"d the undefined gratitude he feels at the and entertainment, and was a mest wel-| bright side of himself you have reflected come guest. | Lack brings you many a delightful atten- Their home celebration of the festival tion.” And she conclude: ‘Tnis is not and the vadisturbed enjoyment of their | hypocrisy in me, nor silly vanity In him. children's pleasure will be the more at-|1 love to be treated after that manner my- tractive, 2s immediately afte holi- ? _and my gratitude is equal to the See ee ee ee Pid thie padut: tes tol -vewmernbat 6 ay ir official entertainments, and for the |, x 2 ‘ememher, . sacch tioants which there’ oven te ctean | Dm hat a man talked most interest! must give up the more seclude? life | O° © wae bs you abou ithe Ta: me which {t is their privilege to indulze at | } Senate th est In a most sub ether times, and which is currently sup- | Naturally this is no e: pesed to be more to their taste. Dy ees eee eee ip lon the winter Mrs. Clevela will ente tous cemsinie to canucatee tha con friends from out of town from fed gs oa tae eee the re time, and It :s also more than p in ponst ae chao Ge a bh tiloemoancagiongt iahghe siemge ge it man or woman. It {s useless to deny tuk Weider. Gis Which forite that for human nature the first person sin- In the official prosr gular is the most agreeable conjugation is dnt one pabd ; in g1 mar. And this brings up a final noon reception note Thursda as ae | bit of advice which is one of the well- been selected as White Hous: preys ros known arts of conversation—paradoxical as been selected ae White House night for | it may secm—be @ patient, sympathetic t gene gwen Poesy and the | listener. For tt is essentially true that length of the season rer have or f these affairs each we except one instance. The season, there- fore, need aot be as tiresome to the head of the nation and his advisers as it was last winter, when all the dinners and re- ceptions followed each other so quickly. Cabinet Christmas Trees. it possible to y one o he who proves you a clever talker by his attention will impress you more with his cleverness than had he talked. = Y OW This is an Age of Individaal Environ- ment. NGS.” of | The cabinet familics are looking forward to pleasant reunions of their own circles during the holidays. In the houses where there are children the plan of procedure is no trouble at all to map out. The crop of cabinet Christmas trees will be undi- From tae New York Times. * “Say, mamma, John’s got my spoon. Can't I have it? It's mine.” “Oh, just look! Susan's playing tea party with my dessert plate. Make her stop. She'll break it.” minished. Seme of them in years past have | Sh« been beauties. The Christmas of 1889, when I wish you'd find my pepperbox. This Mrs. Whitney was at the lead of the social | !sn’t mine,” proclaims the head of the whirl, she gave orders to have the largest tree which could possibly be set up in her ball room and at the same time one that would be as near perfection in shap end follaxe. One might think it an easy task enough, but it was far from it. The country around was searched and nothing meeting the description was found, ex- cept one in a grove of pines on the hill, now Euclid place, where the old Columbian | He always sits the other side for reading. University once stood. The best tree in the | From the drawing room the voice of the avenue was bought, and it cost nearly $75, | elder daughter is heard saying: “Oh, no, house. “It's mighty queer these servants can’t ever remember my things.” In the itbrary Uncle Jim ts twisting and turning and looking daggers at the uncon- scious caller who is sitting in his special chair. One member of the household is on the wrong side of the table, and the right paper knife is on the left magazine. cut down and turned into a shining won I couldn't endure those ‘portieres. The after it was dressed in the W | colors do not suit my style, you know. I room. One afternoon Mrs. made a fuss, and mamma took them in all the children of her soc | her room. 1 feel color in every nerve.” and each carried away a fine French toy} Such ts what the fashion for having indl- or some beautiful souvenir. The next day | vidual things has brought upon the house- the little ones from St. J 's Orphanage | hdid. We have the individual furnishings, sang Christmas carols around the the schemes of hangings to bring out the enjoyed the same charming hospitality and | individual beauty of my lady’s eyes, the went away laden with substantial and | tint of her hair or the gleam of her shoul- pretty tokens from one of the kindliest of | ders, and on the other hand—perish the women. That was a Christmas tree which | thought—to sink the individual in the use- ful! Have we not the special clfair and footrest, candlestick and cushion? Small wonder then that the practical, will always be a delightful memory. ‘This year a Christmas tree will attain speedy growth at the home of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, because Mrs. Car- fe housewife exclaims: “I wish we Usle expects her son, William Carlisle, and go back to those early Christian days family on from Chicago fer a visit. The | when they had all things in common. I Le- children usually spend the holidays here | lieve I could bear it even with towels!” EVENING eae m aT “STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1894—~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. How a Young American Was Trusted in Germany. From the New York Tribune. They were discussing race peculiarities. It was a cosmopolitan gathering. There were Englishmen, Germans and Americans. Probably most cosmopolitan of the crowd was American—a New Yorker, who had lived many years abroad, and ac- quired that indefinable air of the man of the world which can only be acquired by mingling with people of different national- ities. He had visited every nook and crook in Europe which Baedeker had—or had not —mentioned. A scar across his nose—to those who knew him well—told the story of @ duel at a German university, fought vic- toriously against a man who had insulted his country. He was the leader in the dis- cussion—which took place in a well-known club house—as his companions felt that he was their superior. “There are no people in the world,” said the American replying to a remark of the Englishman, “more honest than the Ger- mans. I could tell you a number of in- stances to prove this, but I shall limit my- self to three. The first begins at Heidel- berg. I had been at the university for sev- eral semesters, when the time came to go up for my examination. It was in the mid- dle of the summer. My father had always sent me a good allowance, and I had saved as much a3 possible to pay my examination fees, not wishing to tell him that I was to go up for my examination, fearing that I would not ‘pass.’ He had written me, how- ever, that he would meet me in Bremen about the middle of August, and would therefcre not send me so mfwch money as usual, as it would be unnecessary. I man- aged to get through all right with a little money left, and started for Berlin to await a telegram summoning me to Bremen in a few days. But the days became weeks, and when the telegram came I had only 20 marks left. After purchasing my ticket I arrived in Bremen with 4 marks, about $1. I went to the best hotel, where we had planned to meet, took a good room and dined. While at table a telegram was brought to me, dated Brussels, and read- ing: ‘Meet me in Amsterdam,’ naming the hotel. You can imagine my fe gs! I had never been in Bremen. I hus never seen the hotel proprietor; my father w, then on his way to Amsterdam, and I hi 4 marks, which I already owed to the hotel man. But I went to him with a bold face. “ ‘Sir,’ I said, ‘Il have been a student at a German university, and just passed my ex- amination. I expected to meet my father here-——.’ I got no further. The man inter- rupted me by asking how much money I needed; would 100 marks do? I took fifty, and the man who had never seen or heard of me declined to take a receipt for it or to retain any of my property for surety! Well, I met my father all right, thanks to the trusting hotel man, and when I told my father, who is a banker, the story he wish- ed to travel to Bremen to see the proprie- tor. Of course, he got his money the next day, as I did not wish to destroy such faith in human nature, even by an hour's delay. ‘At another time, when I was a student at the University of Berlin, I entered a res- taugant where I had never been. I ordered a fire dinner with wine. When I went to pay, I found to my embarrassment that 1 had not a cent with me, having changed my clothes. I offered to leave my watch ull I returnag but what was my surprise when the walter said, opening his pocket- book, ‘Not at all, sir. May I have the honor to lend you something until you have time to return?’ I thanked him, of course, and gave him a good fee when I paid him. “A third instance was when I first ar- rived in Germany. 1 had spent all my change, and, arriving in Cologne, not know- ing a soul in all the country, I was obliged to have my draft cashed. The draft was on Leipzig. I entered an express company’s office and presented my draft, having no one to identify me. to Weimar. The manager gazed at me a moment and said, ‘Well, sir, you look hon- est. I Shall risk half of this draft.’ He paid me $20; I went on to Weimar. A few days lacer I received the rest of the money, about 50 cents having been charged for the trouble.” No one in the company had had such ex- periences, and they voted the Germans, after the story, an honest nation. NOISY BAR A Gotham Charch With Committees to Care for Them. From the New York Recorder. Dr. Wilson's baby committee had plenty | to do yesterday. Indeed, it is becoming a unique teature of his church. Ever si that energetic and progressive preache: ganized the pretty young women of Bible class into several corps of five each to look out for noisy babies during service Episcopal Chureh has been a Mecca for methers with little ones in their arms. So there ere two services In the chure now every Sunday morning and ever Surday evening—the service upstairs in the main body of the church, where Dr. Wilson stairs—the baby ‘service with the 1r cheeke] Bible-class girls as ministe: preachers and mothers and playmates and jolly good fellows, all rolled into one, for the berefit of their tender chare Miss Agnes De Hart, a motherly youn; woman, with bright eves and pretty f and high standing in the Bible cla “2 of the baby corps. She is a Dr. Wilson’s daughter. has isted The five of the rps whose turn it is to play little moth- ers arrive at church early for each service and linger about the pews till the mothers ccme in with their JitUe ones, which the readily release to the gentle arms of the young worear after a bit of kissing and fixin’ up” and t metimes the bh: Dies scream when ers, but they soon hegin to coo with d FBible-class ‘mother front stairs into the cl There are plenty of ¢ and all that in the room, which is warm nd cozy, and the girls bring rattle boxes nd picture books and all sorts of things to make the babies good than three of the bable as yet, although, 2 lay, It’s all that the worsen can do to keep | corps of five you three babies smi EARLY BOOKSINDING. When the Art Was First Practiced nnd the Old Forms. From the For ly Rev It was only when writing was made up- urate pieces, or sheets, of a pliante able material that binding proper mted to hold the pieces or sheets together, and give strength to them and protection and beauty. But here, again, we must distinguish. ‘vhe pliable written sheet may be either rolled or folded, each giving rise to a form of binding peculiar to itself. The rolled sheet is bound by fastening each sheet to the other sideways, and rolling the whole from end to end, the last sheet serving as a cover to all the rest. This form of bind- ing is no doubt the more ancient of the two, and it was for a long time in general use. It was used, for example, by the Egyptians—it was’ probably invented by them—and it was used by the Greeks and by the Romans, and great lbraries of rolls existed for some time after the Christian era, and many industries were engaged in contributing to the perfection of the bind- ing. It has, however, been superseded for many centuries by the folded form of literature, the invention of which 1s at- tributed to Eumenes, King of Pergamus, (from whom, too, comes our parchment, or skin, prepared for writing on), tn the third century before Christ. But, if the form has disappeared, the terminology of the roll has survived, and the word “vol- ume,” originally a thing that is rolled or wound up. i. e. a roll, is now applied in- discriminately to its substitute, the book of folded sheets. The folded sheet, or section, as It ts called, 1s bound by simply sewing or other- wise fastening the parts of the sheet to one another at the back crease or fold. and a number of sections are bound by fasten- ing each of them to some common support at the back, so that when all are sewn or otherwise fastened they may yet be free to open and shut at pleasure at the front or “fore edge.” ‘The invention of the folded sheet thus gave rise to the invention of modern bind- ing, which in its essence is the union at the back of the folded sheets, which to- gether constitute the folded book, or, as I may say, despite the latent contradiction, the folded volume. I was then on my way / time the West Eighteenth Street Methodist | orsails the evils of corrupt government, and ably indorses and seconds the efforts of Dr. Parkhurst, and the meeting down | | kind gent to put me up de price. | waiter, s | and cushions | SNIFFLES MEETS A FT MARK, a? FOR NERVOUS PROSTRATION, Hysteria, Brain ‘The Adventure of a Benevolent Young | Fag, Hypochoniria, Nervous Dyspepsia, Melan- Man With Glasses in & Beanery. cholia, Locomotor Ataxia, Insomnia, Epilepsy and Down in the little Park ‘row restaurant, | FOR Functional and Organic Affections of the irreverently called beanery, the great topic | Spinal Cord, TAKH MEDULLINE. now is the way in which a benevolent | In Depression of Spirits and Melancholia, due to young man with glasses bought a dinner |e weak state of the Generative System, Impo- for an urchin of the type that sells “papes” | tence, Atrophy of the Organs, Spermatorrhoes, &c., or “hines” in the City Hall Park, and the | ysg ragrivm, peculiar events following. The benevolent! yor wunctional Weakness of the Heart, re- young man had never been seen in the | ,.1 s beanery before. He hasn’t been seen there en se tee eens ot © ; q Organic Disease, when the action of the Heart since. As for the urchin, he is known as “gniff_es to all Park row and the police, | Teeures to be strengthened or rendered regular: and, to use his own expressive language, | Dropey, Bright's Disease and Anaemia, TAKE he can “work de con game when dere’ CARDINE. In the latter condition Cardine acts mud on the moon.” By which it is to be | with great certainty in increasing the quality of the red blood corpuscles. understocd that in adversity Sniffies can a] upon hi bil icitor 0! oe FOR Myxocdema, Goltre, Ecsema and Obesity, TAKE THYROIDINE, alms. On the night when the benevolent young man met him Sniffles was in adversity, “up agin it,” as he told his benefactor, and ruggling to get enough money for a hake down,” 1. e., a meal and a night's lodging. The benevolent young man was rather new at benevolence. Perhaps he had been reading about it or somebody had been telling him stories. At any rate, he decided to give Sniffles a lift when Sniffies gave him a “brace.” He was also new to Sniffies. But he didn’t find out the full extent of his ingenuousness till later. “Certainly, my Httle man,” is what he said, beaming mildly through his specta- cles at Sniffies, when that acorn of hu- manity had concluded a tale of woe with a request for the price of a dinner. “Yo look hungry. Come right along with me." He led the way to the beanery, only a few steps away. There Sniffles and the amateur philanthropist seated themselves, and Sniffles was permitted to select any- thing he wished. Not quite realizing the gorgeous possibilities before him, he or- dered a repast of “coffee'n cakes.” “Brown the wheats ‘n draw one In the dark,” shouted the waiter, who was an old acquaintance of Sniffles, having received from him the tip on the policy gig 4—li—44 the morning it was found in a dead man’s pocket, and having pocketed a considerable sum when the gig won in the morning's drawing for the first time within the mem- ory of man, Snifiies’ Story. So interested was the benevolent young man in the waiter’s peculiar phraseology that he quite forgot to question his com- panion until the order arrived. Then he began, All amateur philanthropists ask questions. Naturally his first was: “What is your nam ¥ *Snif—Joseph Sullivan,” amended SnifMles, giving the name which he had adopted on the occasion of his last arrest for general rascality. “Where do you founder of the feast. “Oh, any ol’ place,” responded Sniffes, in a voice somewhat muffled by two-thirds of a griddie cake. “Hey, Barney, trot us up another hunk 0° sweet, will yer?” When the desired sirup had been obtained the youngster settled down to business, and, having finished his cakes, started in on the bread which stood near, when he was interrupted by another batch of questions, inquiries as to his past life, parentage, and other like matters. “Well, y’ see,” said Sniffies, In an easy, conversational tone, putting a slice of bread into his pocket in'case he should need it later, “de foist I know I was livin’ down roun’ de docks. I don't remember havin’ no ol’ woman, but de ol’ man uster work ‘longshore. He got on de booze an’ got de shakes, an’ one day he croaked, He never done nothin’ for me, any way, an’ I come up t’ Cityall Park an’ went t sellin’ papes. When I got de price I gets a shakedown at de Newsboy’ T ain't 1 sleeps in de post offic er where no fly cop ain't comin’ make me chase meeelf. Sec? An’ Women FOR Congestion of the Ovaries, Chronic Inflam- mation of the Ovaries, imperfect development of the Ovaries, Neuralgia of the Ovaries, Amenorr- hoea, Chlorcsis, Hysteria, Neurasthenia and dur- ing the Climactric or change of life, TAKE OVARINE. Above are the indications for the use of THE Animal Extracts, . Prepared according to the formula of Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, In his laboratory at Washington, D. ©. The uniform dose of any of the Extracts ts 5 drops (minitas) two or three times daily. 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Before beginning operations dust a little powder into each glove, for this will cause them to slip on more easily. Work the fingers well on before putting in the thumb; then work that in slowly, adually smoothing the kid on the hand. When the glove is carefully put on pull it well down and button the second button, and any others that there are with the ex- ception of the first. Leave this first button until tNe last. If the hands are hot remove the gloves and then turn them inside out, pulling them carefully into shape and leay- ing them in the air for an hour or two. In the preparation of new gloves for wear a glove stretcher will be found of the greatest assistance. This, however, must be used with descretion, for a gtove that is too large is quite as annoying as one that lis too small. It ts well in buying gloves to provide yourselves with a spool of mend- (ing silk or linen exactly the color of the gloves. ‘To clean gloves is not always The gloves should not be allowed to t roun’ An’ I eats w’ere I kin. w’en I goes broke,’ concluded Sniftles with a very sanctimonious air, “I asks some See? Deep thought on the amateur philan- thropist’s face as tls monologue proceeded was succeeded by a look of earnest deter- | mi .ation, “Here, waiter, bring this boy a piece of | apple pie,” said he. Then he added: “I'll setile for all this. I’m going cut for a min. ute, but I'll be right back. John, you wait | for'me here.” ' How He Tumbled. No trust, no bust, is the motto of the | beanery. In the mind of Barney, the walt- er, there was no intention of letting Snif- fles’ companion out of sight until the reck- oring was paid. The waiter hastily seized his hat and followed the philanthropist, | who led the way into a neighboring hotel where there was a public telephone. The nding outside the box, heard the " Mlowed by 2 Well, th al ding-a-ling, Is this the Ge U ry 8 a very sad cease down little bey | become almost black with soll before be- named John Suilivan, who has no home.| ginning the cleaning process. All light I'll Keep him here until you come. Come | gloves—especially white ones—can be clean- to — 's restaurant, Park row, Who, {2} ea in benzine or naphtha. Wet one glove I'm Mr. Jon Mr. Jenkins knows me. | at a time, of course. Dip it into a basin It's all. rig' HN send a man? All) containing about a cupful of the benzine, right. Thank you. Good-bye land shake it and squeeze it until some of Before the finish Barney had_ heard | the dirt is washed out. Then lay the glove enough. He ran back to where Sniffles was | on a clean towel or piece of muslin, and, sitting slowly and luxuriously absorbing | with a muslin rag, rub from the wrist to the finger tips. When the glove is still moist pull gently on the hand and rub y that mug wat's blowin’ p Barney. again with a rag moistened in benzine, * returned Snifiles. “I never seen | cleaning the finger tips, thumbs and palm him before. But he’s a soft mark, he is.| well. Remember that if you want your A good ting an’ a lot of it.” gloves to look at all well you must always “He's a good t'ing—nit!” retorted Barney | rub one way, from the wrist up toward the with emphasis. ys Mes, he's goin’ | fingers. Repeat the same process with the to do youse d se know w'at giove, and place the pair in the f? He's doin’ a talky-talk wid | open air for an hour or more, letting them Sow fer th’ Prevention of|rest on a clean towel. When they are Christian Indeayor to Childrin, an’ wan | thoroughly aired, lay them away In violet of them hummin dog catchers ‘Il be down | or heliotrope orris, and your gloves, when here in the wink of a eve U run youse in.” | you are ready to wear them, will look like niffies next seid was from the in- s of his heart, and was ex- | pressed with a picturesqueness of diction not to be equaled in modern lit e. He concluded by asking Barney what he had better do. “Feed yure face wid that ple advice of the astute servitor, “ What § most reces: new and will smell far sweeter than when they were purchased. = soo THE JAW’S ANGLE, h Why « Blow Delivered There Knocks a Man Out. was the ait till he ‘comes back, an’ give him a folly an’ | prom the Taltimore, Sun, then a bit of a roast. nen youse fly th’ peasy : 5 coop,.an' lave me t' collect th price from |, “Why 18 9 blow upon the angle of a man’s | nis Shpectikles.” | jaw—the knock-out blow of pugilists—so Presently the philanthropist thus fr- | effective, and what 1s the immediate result ; everently designated returned and seated ch-a bl The enthesiastic I wicls ony | te ae cecette Suite ae ed | of such a blow? there are alout twenty who bring | (ne nearee to the: door, He cnleavored | 18 View of the resent death of Con Rior- their babies to church at one time and an- | a ie ronverss t Suit. after a boxing bout with Champion other, ‘The bahy committee hasn't had to mito, 1 Sp oeereation Tuat niet 227 = . | th the 7 e somethin iffles’ bene Fitzsimmons this question was put to Dr. B. Merrill Hopkinson, himself an athlete, and the president of the Baltimore Ath- more to eat?” actor. “Barney, gimine anoth r slab o' dat | jetic Club, Dr. Hopkinson has given study rough on rats wid apple flavorin’,” request: | to anatomy and physiology in their rela- ed the urchin, after a brief calculation of | tion to athletic exercises. He said: time o P yhat difficult, without enter- Three bites of this he took. Then he | ing inte wrnnicalitien, to descr ing into technicalities, to describe properly thrust what remained in his pocket and ock-out blow. The skull rests upon pate a si ie : tebtae of the neck. The articulation or Be ie ay agar ign | joint is simply by means of a contact of voice of concentrated fury, he a | the condyles or protuberances at the base . ve tour-6eed Gacdao to noir of the skull with two facets on the atlas. "The deor slamined and Sniffies wae gone, | This arrangement is most favorable for His alana and SUteARe: banetaote "j | Movements of the head, but is susceptible to dislocation. “Immediately at the base of the skull is the foramen magnum—a great hole— which forms the passageway between the skull cavity and the spinal canal. Through this pass the spinal portion of the central nervous system and vertebral arteries. “A blow delivered upon the angle of the abou to follow, when the muscular arm of Barney broveht him to hiinself and a realization of the fact that the bill was yet unpaid. “For-r-rk out,” commanded Barney. The amateur philanthropist forked out— three times the proper amount if he only had krown it. But he didn't. He was thinking—thinking hard as he walked up Park row. From the shadow of the post office came a cobble stone. landed near the amateur philanthropist, bounded up and struck him on the knes, so startling him that he dropped his spectacles, It was Snimles’ farewell to his benefactor. ——_-e- + Hope for Spelling Reforms in England Henry Labouchere in Truth. From the alpha of the Engifsh dictionary to the cmega the accepted modes of spell- ing are a chaotic jumble of inconsisten-' cies, barbarisms and etymological errors. They are mainly the results of accident, fashion or .affection, and only the most irrational prejudice stands in the way of a sweeping reform of the whole system, if system it can be called. The object of spell- ing is to represent spoken sounds, and the only question in regard to it worthy the attention of any reasonable being is how this object can be obtained in the most simple and unambiguous manner. In Italy no question can arise as to the speiling of a word, and children learn to read and spell correctly in a few months, while: with us many are often unable to spell after devoting to the subject long years of labor and tears, which might have sufficed for the acquisition of really useful information. For this reason, when I meet @ grown-up Englishman who cannot spell correctly, I am always prejudiced in his favor. It may be, of course, that he is a fool, or a mere dunce, but the chances are that in his reading he has given his at- tention to something better than the con- ventional mode of selecting and arranging the letters. jaw is, of course, given directly at right angles to the passageway between the body and brain, through which passage run the wonderfully delicate structures. Now, owing to the slender joint of the skull with the spinal column, resistance must necessarily be very weak, and a blow, even though a light one, ts capable of producing so great a shock that a man can readily be rendered unconscious by its effect. ‘An experiment is very simple. Let any one strike himself a quick blow just at the angle of his jaw, and he will find that he is dazed just in proportion to the amount of the force applied. That it is possible to kill a man by such a blow has been demon- strated more than once, and more is the pity that such a thing can be recorded in the recital of the so-called amusements. “I do not believe that a man in good physical training, with healthy beart and arteries and weil-nourished nervous sys- tem, could be destroyed by such a blow from another man who is his physical equal, but it would not take a sledge-ham- mer blow delivered upon the angle of the jaw to produce a thrombus or blood clot at the base of the brain of a man whose heart, arteries and nervous system had been weakened by alcoholic or other ex- cesset “Temporary knock-outs occur dally and fatal cases are of rare occurrence; indeed, the proportion of deaths as compared with horse racing or foot ball is ridiculously small. Any man entering the pugilistic ring is liable to receive a blow which will ‘put him to sleep,’ and the duration of unconsciousness is altogether proportioned to the science of the delivered blow, the position of the man struck and the amount of force used. A PRESCRIPTION FOR YOU. Wonderful progress has been made by the medical profession the past decade. There are certain remedial Agents pre- i scribed by all physicians daily in their prac tice, and for which the sum of one and two dollars is charged. The most common ailments flesh is heir to are stomach disorders, such as Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation. These are all cured by a certain regular prescription, which is found in RIPANS TABULES. ‘ You can save the cost of a prescription when you are troubled by any of these dis- orders by simply remembering the worg Ripans, which contain the best prescription you could use. 50c. Box At All Druggists. Wholesale Agents: F. A. Tschiffely, Washington, D. C. E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, Alexandria, Va. Sane ALL IN PENNIES. A Locality Where the Struggle for Ex- intence is Hard. From the New York Herald. Cherry Hill 1s shrouded in the somber glocm of approaching dawn. It is always dark in the narrow street after sundown, but the lights which steal from the stained windows of the saloons and tenements on either side offset the grewsome shadows of the dark and yawning alleys in the early night. Now they are gone, and the silence is broken only now and then by the groans and mumbling of a drunken wretch who has fallen helplessly in a doorway. A brisk step is heard at the corner. The figure of a man passes swiftly up the street. He pauses at a small grocery stors, unlocks the door, takes down the shutters and lights the gas inside. His Teutonic features are bright and shining, and his fair skin bears a glow that betokens a recent application of cold water and a coarse towel. It 1s 6 o'clock, One by one the tenement windows reflect the light of lamps and candles. Cherry Hill is waking up. Those who live in the haunts of hunger and pri- vation are preparing for the toil and hard- shfp another day is bringing to them. Hardly has Herman begun his task whon a frowsy-headed boy, half-dressed, and with shoes unlaced, stumbles through the doorway. He carries a small tin pail. “Say, Herman,” he cries, as he walks toward the counter, “gimme t’ree cents wort’ er milk an’ half a dozen rolls. Hully gee, it’s cold! De ole man nearly broke me nut draggin’ me out sayin’ the little Cherry Hill grocery store 1s open for yer? Ar-r, you're er stingy bloke.” He slaps eight cents the counter, icks up his rolls and e of milk, and Burries out whistling “Sweet Marie,” with variations according to his conception of the melody, and—the little Cherry Hill grocery store 1s open for the day. As you look around you see a little of pretty nearly everything else you can think of that human beings have to use, and covered boxes and barrels denote the presence of other things you would never even gue: The shelves are brimming over with sorts of boxes and cans, with tomatoes, baking powders and washing compounds leading in point of classified numbers. 3 A frail little woman, clasping a thin black shawl tightly about her shoulders, enters notselessly. The cares of mother- hood and a Ife of ceaseless toil are stamped upon her features. She brings to view a smail pitcher, with spout and handle gone, and places it on the counter. “Good morning, Herman," she says. “Three cents’ worth of milk this morning, and three cents’ worth of coffee.” To this are added two slices of fresh pork and roll ‘Three, six, sixteen, twenty-one,” counts Herman briskly. Then hands her four pennies change, which she places in her mouth. Breakfast for four! “Good morning, Mr. O'Mara,” says Her- man, as a thin, sparely-built man comes in. What will you have? “Ten cents’ worth of potatoes, two cen! worth of onions and a paper of tobacc: He gets the tobacco first, and then, lean- ing against a barrel, stows away a gen- erous fingerful. Herman writes up the charges in a greasy little account book, black with age, that came from the man’s és pocket. ‘Is that all, Mr. O'Mara. “Well, no,” 1s the reply. “I wanted some —but never mind now. I'll come down for it after awhile.” ‘That is the way they shop tn Cherry Hill. So Herman hands the book over without a word. Even then O'Mara remained in the store over an hour, talking politics with Herman during dull spells and chatting with the customers. The “Tough Girl.” With a loud “Hallo, Herman, how's t'ings?” the type of the east side “tough girl” enters. Not a bad girl—simply nat- urai and in keeping with her surroundings. Born on Murray Hill, she would be an in- genue. The dummy makes a mock attempt at kissing her. Her fist lands on his neck, sending him spinning, and he laughs coarsely and pretends he is hurt. “TH wage=} “Get out, you bum!” she says. the same breath, the incident entirely for- yer dizzy if yer come near me.” —S—=—=== gotten, “Say, Herman, gimme two cents’ = uk starch.” e flips two pennies on thi makes a Jab at Herman as he ‘hands het the package, and is about to leave when she spies a basket of apples. ‘Say, Herman, gimme an apple?” She Picks one up and is about to bite it. “Cent apiece,” says Herman. “Well, you won't get no cent from me."* “I'l put it down.” “Ar-r, if yer put it down I'll crack yer “Yes, 1 will.” She throws the apple back, and gets as far as the door. The temptation is too great. She comes back, takes the apple, bites a big piece, and says defiantly: ell, put it down if you want ter. Wat do I care?” The apple is charged, and the incident serves to strengthen rather than break the business relations of the two. At this point the young wife comes in with @ cup, and gets the mustard from the brown stone Jar on the butter chest. The next customer, a pleasant-faced woman of middle age, greets the man leaning against the barrel: “Good morning, Mr. O'Mara, and how's the wife and little ones? I haven't seen much of her lately. “I keep her in now,” says O'Mara. afraid of losing her.” “Well, good citizens are scarce these days,” she replies with a twinkle. “And so 1s good money,” retorts O'Mara, As the shadows of early evening deepen, Herman finds time to become communica- tive. “Do they pay their bills? Yes, indeed, most of them do. The accounts are ‘not allowed to run over $2, and must be set- tled at least once a week. You see, we know all the customers pretty well, and we only refuse persons who are trying to cheat us. ‘The biggest trade is in coal, potatoes, bread, ham and milk. Most of the ham ts sold by the slice, and yet I sell about two cooked hams a day, and some- times more. ‘The business amounts to about $30 a day—in pennies. ses AGAINST HOTEL BRAT: A Scheme That ts Designed for the Protection of Proprietors. From the New York Herald. In one of the large downtown office buildings is an elaborate suite of offices. On the glass door at the entrance Is this inscription in gilt lettering: “The Hotel Men's Confidential Agency.” The presifient of the concern represents himself as the agent of his hotel patrons. From certain data furnished him by the several hotels on his list he compiles @ reference book, containing the names, oc- cupations and general descriptions of such persons as have left the hotels in arrears for board. This is how the scheme fs worked: Suppose John Smith of Chicago registered at the Fifth Avenue. The clerk consults @ Uttle blue book at his side. Perhaps @ knowing smile may spread over his feat- ures. All this, however, {s lost on Mr. Smith, who proceeds to his room. When he calls for his mail the next day he is somewhat surprised at the receipt of @ letter, reading: Weare a confidential agency for hotels. Our patrons include the principal hotels >| the Pnitea States. We keep a@ record of hotel debtors and furnish reports of same to subscribers for their confidential use, including the name, address, description, ete., of those reported to wi TO protect ourselves against error we write to all who are reported to us, giving them an opportunity to deny owing or ta make any explanation they may wish which we will gladly include in our re ports. Your name has been reported to us as & debtor to the —— Hotel, in the amount of $. If you wish your name withdrawn from our records we respectfully urge you to kave the hetel instruct us.” Mr. Smith may become indignant and demand an explanation from the hotel latter tells him the proprietor hotel at which he stayed prob- ably took exception to his manner of leay- ing and, therefore, informed” the confi- dential agency. Mr. Smith's transactions, so far as hotels are concerned, are there- after conducted on a cash basis. pee cath Fone A Wine Girl. From the London Globe. A little girl is reported to have written in her examination paper: “The Arctic vg) is used chiefly for purposes of exploration,’