Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1895, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. GOINGS ON IN SPORT The Coming Inter-Club Gymnesium Contest. PRES. YOUNGAT WORK ON THESCHEDULE — Progress of the District Bowling Tournament. AQUATICS AND BASE BALL Semenans Sot at home, for three days," was the sign posted up at league headquarters yesterday. It was learned that President Young has retired to his country home— @ la President Cleveland—to prepare his annual message to the league clubs, which comes out in the shape of the playing schedule, at the February meeting. In bese ball circles the report of the president of the league on the playing schedule is locked for with interest equally as keen as that with which politicians regard the President's annual message to Congress on national affairs. Under the recent practice President Young has been assigned the task of preparing the playing schedule. He has been over- run with suggestions from the various clubs, as they all want to open with big drawing cards and they also want the best attractions on holidays. It requires the tact of a diplomat to so arrange the sched- tle that even-handed justice will be dealt cut to all the clubs. Of course it is not supposed that the original schedule will be adopted, but it may be trimmed and touched up here and there when the schedule committee gets hold of it so that its framer may not be able to recognize it without a formal introduction, In order to get away from all petty annoyances, President Young decided to go into sec! sion for three days to labor with the schedule. Ned Hanlon, chairman of the committee on rules, has written to some of the um- pires on the league staff for suggestions as to such modifications in the playing rules as they may have to offer. This is a wise move, for the umpires can and do look upon the subject with greater impartiality than the interested magnates, who naturaily are looking for the best of it for their respective teams. It is cluimed thaf the existing rules are sutiictently broad to cover almost any of the sugges- tions -put forward as the subject for new legislation, but there is a decided opposi- tion to the strict enforcement of the rules from various influential quarters. If an umpire should attempt to enforce the Tules strictly in every instance he would not last long. In many instances the umpires are instucted to refrain from enforcing cer- tain rules unless the point is raised by the opposing captains. This charge has been made before, but it has invariably been denied. This time it comes so direct that there is no good reason for doubting its accuracy. IN LOCAL ATHLETIC. CIRCLES. What is Going on Among the Athletes md Boating Me ‘The announcement that the board of governors of the Columbia Athietic Club has decided to give a series of indoor ath- letic contests has had already a notice- able effect in the athletic world. The pros- pect of prizes has brought a number of jocal athletes out of their shell, and in the coming week candidates for the various events in the athletic associations will te Picked out and preliminary training started. There are in the city six organizations that will probably have one or more en- tries—the Columbia Athletic Club, Carroll Institute, Washington Athletic Club, W. L. L. ©. Athietic Association, Young Men's Christian Association and Young Men's Catholic Club. Of these the C. A, C. and the Y. M. C. A. are the better known, and the main struggle will be between them. The others have never entered a competi- tion, and can be judged only by their gymnasium performances and in the in- dividval contests that have taken place. Active work arranging for trophies and various necessary details will begin in a short time, and when the program is fully determined upon the contestants will get down to hard work. In Boating Circles. As the time for the meeting of the re- gatta committee draws close at hand spec- ulations increase regarding the chances for the formation of a Potomac river navy. ‘The committee is composed of Messrs. Fischer, Whitney and Benner of the Ana- lostans; Grant, Stinemetz and Bivins of the Columbias; Doyle, Roulette and Nolan of the Potomacs. cussed, and then when a new president is agreed upon the navy question will come up for discussion. ‘From present expectations some sort of an agreement respecting the river navy will be settled upon and reported back to the Individual clubs. A plan much dis- cussed and favorably commerted upon by experienced oarsmen makes the office of commodore elective for the first year, and | then after that he is to be appointed by the organization whose crews win a@ selected race, such as the senior, inter- mediate or junior eight-oared. This plan ‘was in operation over at Baltimore in the Patapsco river races, and in other cities, and has been found to operate very satis- factorily. It has the advantage of a great incentive to rivalcy, the life of everything, and is besides a very just meens of who shall be commodore. The question of who should be commodore for the first year would be the stumbling block, but when that was satisfactorily arranged @ constitution and committees could be chosen without trouble. The oarsmen realize that Wash- ington has excellent water facilities, but know full well that it can never become well known in rowing circles until an or- ganization having general oversight over all the clubs is formed. For that reason it is likely something will be done one way or the other very socn. ‘The Potomacs at a recent caucus nomi- nated Fred. P. Blair for captain, vice J. Hadley Doyle, and will elect bim at the annual meeting in May, when Mr. Doyle's term expires and the annual meeting takes place. Georgetown College Athletics. ‘The defeats which the Georgetown foot ball eleven suffered last fall have made the students of the college determined to regain their laurels by means of the base ball hine. Some of the players are already practicing in the cage, and small as it is, have been enabled to get in some sort of condition. The hard clay of the campus is being covered with soil, and when that is completed, probably the first par: of February, the candidates will get out on it for open air practice. Negotiations are under way with two pro- fessional coaches for the services of one of them, but until he is selected Manager Nelson fs handling the men. The men that have appeared for practice are: Catchers, Sullivan, Mahoney and Rend; pitchers, Car- mody and McCreary; Mahoney, first base; Mahoney, second base; Murphy and Reardon, third base, and Harley, McCarthy, O’Laughlin and Scanion in the field. Of the new men, Rend played last year on the Notre Dame, Indiana, team, and Scanlan on the St. Louis University. ‘The others, Reardon was on the Holy Cross nine, and © Lagghiin Is well known In the local base ball world. Dates are be- rg arranged with all the leading college teams, and in a few days the complete schedyile will be published. COLUMBIAS WON TWo. A Phenomenal Team Score Made by the Winged Arrow Bowlers. The Columbias won two games lest night and broke two records in the match with the team of the Washington Athletic Club on the C. A. C. bowling alleys. The winged- arrow bowlers made the phenomenal team score of the “diamond star” order, making 007 pins, which Is an average of 181 2-5 pins per man, and Ricker of the same team masle the great individual run of 227 pins, which verifies the prediction of ‘The Star of last night, that Henry Laue’s run of 215, made the previous evening, was lable to be beaten at any time, but the mark is placed a little higher now by Dr. Ricker, and will not be so easily reached. Reports of the regatta | last summer will be turned in and dis-/ Frenk Stone bowled down the greatest number of pins (1) of the evening. Capt. Jake Jones executea several of the yaost brilliant shots for difficult spares ever witnessed on the C. A. C, alleys. Fuller howled down the greatest number of pins (49) for his team, and also made 193 pins for the highest single run for his team. First Game. W. A.C. Kidd Fuller Shlesias Polley HH. Storey. Scores. 128 3. A.C. jones stone Mason Shlesinger Bester Polley Ricker H. Stor ‘Total . Total ..... Game. Cc. A.C. Scores. W. A.C. Scores. Jones Kidd : Stone Fuller Mason Shiesin; Polley H. Sto ‘otal . es ‘Total Standing of the Tea‘ Won. Lost. a a2 Is 13 iu 16 w uo ‘The next m: will be rolled on_the' Jeys of the Carroll Institute next Monday evening, and the team of the Buena Vista Club will be the opponents. Individual Records. + The following shows the average and highest’ made by each player to date par- ticipating in four series of three games: tt Me C. To Play. Carrolis .. “466 Teams. Games. Averages, . Mason 52 Armstrong . Sehulteis 221 - Jake Jones». 2. Rieker 140 13-2 139 11-24 134 5-25 130 Not a Favorite Won. mirteen bookies comprised the field at the Alexander Island track yesterday, and they all finished ahead of the talent, hands down and with lots to spare, not a favur- ite landing the money. Three second choices and two outsiders slipped in first, one of the outsiders paying 20 to 1. The going was very heavy, and all the events were at five furlongs, the circular track being unfit for use, even by the stock now engaged at the course. Fennimore varied the monotony by failing from his mount near the finish, but was not hurt. T' S| winners were: Bolivar, 2) to 1; Paragon, 7 to 5; Juliet, 6 to 1; Grampian, 3 to 1, and Doc. Birch, 8 to 5. Jack Dempsey Ensily Whipped. ‘The fact that “Jack” Dempsey, the “Non- pareil,” was to again make an effort to demonstrate that ke was still in the pugi- listic swim, by meeting “Tommy” Ryan of Chicago, in the roped arena, attracted fully 4,500 devetees of the manly ari to the Seaside arena at Coney Isiand last night. The first bout was called at S: Announcer Fred Burns informed the crowd that ‘Tim’ Hurst, the base ball umpire, would reteree all the houis. In the third round Jack got mad and / ran ‘or his man, but Ryan stopped him and foresd him to the ropes. Ryan hit Dei sey whenever he wished, on the mouth and in the face, and in response to the fre- quert yells of the spectators the gong sounded ont, and the fight was stopped. The announcer said that Dempsey’s frierds had requested that the fight should be stopped, and although Derapsey seemed to be anxious to go on the referee gave the tight to Ryan. Dempsey was in ni con¢ition to fight, and his “throw down" to his friends and admirers may do much tow:.rd the dowprfall of boxing in the vi- cinity. Ryan covld have knocked Demp- sey out in the first round, but he let the once famous “Nonpareil. . —+e+-— AN ALL-NIGHT MEAL. The Indian's Appetite Held Ont as Long as the Meat Lasted. From the New York Sun. “for feats of downright big eating I'll | back the North American Indian against | the world,” said a Colorado man. “I recall | in particular an Arapahoe Indian who vis- ited our camp by the Fortaine qui Bouille | river one night. We had Killed a buffalo | calf that day—a good sized, fat calf, four or five raont?.s old—and having skinned and dressed the carcass, had hung it up on a} wagon pole. We had carved enough off of one shoulder to go along with mountain trovt, bacon, bread and coffee for our party of four at supper; the rest of the ment was all there. The Indian came rid- | ing up after we had eaten and he looked pretty tired and empty. He had evidently traveled a long way with little to eat, for he was dusty, haggard and thin as a shoe string, and there was no doubt when he asked by signs for food that he wanted it badly. We pointed to the buffalo calf, and with bis knife he cut off some slices of mezt, laid them on the embers, and as soon ravenously, and began again with the calt. “He was till cutting and cooking meat and eating when we went o%f to sleep, and so far as we could tell he spent the entire night in that occupation, for whenever one cr «nother of us wcke up enough to look arcund the Indian was either cutting at the calf or eating by the fire. When we turned out in the morning we found that all that was left of that buifalo calf was its skeleton hanging from the pole. The Indian had not carved away its joints and ribs as a white man would have done, but pad hacked the meat off in small pieces till ail was gone. The Indian looked like another person. His all-night feed had fattened him up so that he looked well filled out, and he moved about with a different air. He greeted our rigiag with a ‘How,’ and sat stolidly by the fire until one of us gave him a tin cup of coffee, which he took with another ‘How.’ as they were a little scorched, ate them | While we were at breakfast he mounted his horse’and slipped away so silently that we scarcely noticed his going.” ———___+e+- WHERE PALMS FLOURISH. The Way They Should Be Treated In Private Homes. Fiem the Baltimore American. Palms at home have a peaty soll, but will do well and probably live longer in a mix- ture of sandy loam and well-decayed ma- ure, with a sprinkling of charcoal to keep it sweet. The soil must be well drained, ani the tub or pot should fit close about the roots, says the Philadelphia Press. Palms are easy to grow in the conditions of the ordinary dwelling, and nothing ap- penrs to greater advantage at so little cost. ‘A suceessful grower of palms ordered her pleats from a distant florist. The plants, when they came by express, had a good bali of soil about the roots; this, wrapped first about with burlaps, then with strong paper. The pots for the plants were five inches more in diameter than the thickest part of the roots. In the pot were first put broken pieces of crock and charcoal to the depth of three inches for drainage, then a half inch ef potting material, and upon this the root was rested. The earth was then packed in firmly to an inch of the top. The dmount of drainage and eart® under the root was determined by the size, the rule being to have the stem of the plant meet the surface of the soil. The secret of suc- cessful palm growing is in the watering; not too much, and yet the surface of the soil never to be dry, and to keep the follage clear of dust by frequent sponging. The owner of these plants, a resident of this city, although ostensibly growing them as attractions for the home, adds considerable to his income every year by loaning the palms for decorative purposes. DAY IN A TENEMENT A Graphic Sketch of the Daily Life of the Other Half. Early Morning Scenes and the Actors Young and Old in the Strug- gle fcr Existence. From the New York Herald. Long before the approaching dawn has thrown any sign of its light upon the inky darkness of night the entire tenement is awake, and at every stove a mother is busily preparing the frugal breakfast from the freshly kindled fire. There are no men there who may saunter leisurely down to cozy offices at 9 or 10 o'clock. They, too, live a life of toll, repaid only with what will barely allow them and their families to exist. The 6 o'clock whistles have but sounded when the clatter of heavy footsteps is heard upon the rickety stairs. The majority are day laborers, with tin cans containing their dinners; some are mechanics, whose rough, stained hands tell the nature of their work, and others are truckmen and longshoremen. Some of the men know each other and call out a bois- “good mornin’.” yez caught onto anything yet, Casey?” shouts a big fellow to a man ne has encountered at the door. “Divil a catch,” says Casey. “I’m goin’ to make another stroike for that ‘lection money this marnin’, an’ I think I'll get three hours’ extra time on the Old Domin- ion pier this afternoon if the boat gets in early, With the men come a scattering of boys and younger men, evidently apprentices of various mechanical trades in foundries and machine shops and errand boys. One di minutive little fellow wears the uniform of a messenger. All,have matured faces, with dark rings under their eyes, and nearly every one puffs vigorously on a freshly lighted cigarette and seems to receive new life and hope in the deep draughts cf the smoke they inbale into their lungs. They like to appear old and manly, and they biow the smoke through their nostrils with the norchalance of # confirmed club- man. in less than half an hour the tenement has been deserted by the male population. The only exceptions may be the few men who are out of work and have no early morning prospects and those who z sleeping off the effects of a protracted pree. Down there they speak plainly and lit a “heavy drunk. Just now the latter conditions are not at all uncommon. In a little while footsteps are again heard on the stairs and in the hallways. They are lighter this time, and the girls begin to appear in groups of twos and threes. Some of them stop at the doorway to wait for a belated friend who works in the same shop or factory. In spite of their tired, sleepy eyes, their faces are bright and clean, their general appearance neat, and they are a refreshing change, and omewhat of a surprise. following so close- ly on the grimy set of men and boys. The Sleep of Toil. One of the girls leans against the door- way and yawns sleepily, remarking: “I'd give a quarter if I could chase me- self back in bed again fer about two hours.” “Well, yer will stay out till four G. M. dancin’ an’ doin’ th’ society,” says one of her friends. “That's whatcher git fer it. Hew was the ball, anyhow?" “Outer sight,” says the sleepy girl,bright- ening up. “Say, I nevec seen Nilsson Hall leek so pretty in all me life, an’ we had all cur good old crowd there. i danced thro every dance they ed, and just as they struck up ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ I got such a cramp in me leg I couldn't walk, an’ we had ter take the horse car. Gee, it hurt, an’ if they’d had another dance I would have had a fit, fer I couldn't of danced it ter save me life.’ Wile the girls dre expressing their pleas- ure that the accident had not happened sooner and their sympathy that it ha pened at all, the belated one appeared, with lids drooping heavily. She had also been to the ball. “Gee, Kitty,” she said, “how do you feel? I'm rear dead. Me feet feels as if the wus goin’ ter drop off, and the ankle what that clumsy jay stepped on hurts awful “Well, you are two vretty society ladies, says the girl who hid scolded the first ker. Then she begins to waitz as she After the ball is over, Just at the break of di Suddenly stopping, she cries ou girls gimme a pain with your talk. Hurry up er you'll have us all docked.” And off they go,chattering, Jaughing, yawning and limp- ing. Tonight they will do it all over again —if they ara invited. Breakfast is over; the voices of women 4 children echo through the dark halls, and the big tenement, like a giant engine, resounds with the busy hum of everyday life. Boys and girls clatter up and down the stairs, whistling noisily and shouting | inquiries pertinent to their doings of the day. Some are on early errands to the shops near by; others bring down ashes to the barrels standing on the curb, and then carry from the depths of the cellar pails of coal or armfuls of wood—perhaps both. In an hour or two they also join the gen- eral exodus, and, with slates and pencils and greasy-looking books, accompanied by their chums and favorite mates, they go trooping off to school. Now the Washtab, In nearly all of the homes the women turn their attention to the washtub. White goods and linens ere scarce in the house- holds, and to keep things clean at all a few hours must be spent every day in washing. This duty is invariably first attended to, because it takes nearly the whole day: to dry the wash, as it hangs in the narrow al- leys, from house to house, so shaded that the sunshine can pay but a brief visit daily. The women meet each other, wash boiler in hand, at the hydrant in the hall, and ex- change the compliments of the morning and the newest bit of gossip they have to offer as early morning morsels. Then, too, the health and condition of the babies is asked, and in cases of sickness home reme- dies and suggestions are kindly given and tender sympathies crudely expressed. If one of the babies happens to be very ill work is laid aside long enough to make a call and see the child, and sometimes, if the little one needs all of the mother’s at- tention, one of her nearest neighbors will allow her work to stand while she goes in and fixes up the rooms, being repaid by the most ardent blessings and fulsome thanks. Some of the women leave the house soon after the children have gone. They carry big white covered bundles, containing neck- ties, cheap shirts or buttonhcle bands,which they have finshed at starvation prices. At shops. they will receive their miser- able pittance and a fresh supply of work. In nearly every case the proceeds are added to the meager wages of the husband to be spent for the necessaries of life. In some cases the women take this work in order to clothe their children, so that they may look presentabie at school, and once in a while the proceeds of several months are used for i times there-is 3,big piece of meat between two of the crackers. This constitutes the mother’s noonday meal. Often two or three of thé women will combine in this deal, and sendy. separately, for two pints of beer. In each case the boy never fails to return with,,all of the material he can gather up from the free lunch counter, and the bartender, who knows that it is gcing to thé‘women, seldom limits him. Early in the afternoon, while the children are at school, two women, neatly gowned in dresses of dark material, stop in front of the house and then boldly enter the door in spite of the fact that they seem strangely out of placa-there. One carries a bundle, neatly wrapped, and the other has a basket. Their mission is one of charity, and they comprise the “distributing com- mittee” of one ef the many societies main- tained by women in the uptown districts. Their first visit, is to the sick rooms, and there bunches of flowers and fresh fruit are given to the invalid, and tiny babies are supplied with warm clothing. Perhaps there are some garments or a pair of shoes for a deserving mother. They receive kindly greetings as they pass through the hallways and out to call at the next house on their list. Salvation Lassies. Two other women on similar missions soon appear. They wear the dress of the slims—course, patched skirts, half covered with gingham aprons, little black shawls and straw hats. They are discovered to be Salvation Army slum lassies only from the little badge they wear at their throats. ‘They, too, visit the various apartments, ir. respective of the religious belief of the in: mates, and when they find a woman weak and discouraged they talk kindly to her, helping her to do her work the while, even to serubbing the floor, and when they are ready to go they simply kneel in silent prayer for a moment, and with a “God bless you” depart. Supper at 6 o'clock finds everybody at the table. After an hour's play in the street the children are sent to bed, the majority of the men seék their companions on the corner, and the young men and the shop girls gather on the steps and in the hall- ways and‘skylark. These are their tryst- ing places, and there they make love and exchange their plans and prospects and talk of getting married when the proper raise in salary comes. Now and then a smothered scream telis of the struggles of one of the girls to prevent her lover from kissing her.. Thereupon all the other girls a ‘Smash him, Jennie!” Break his face!” “Bite him! The boys companions, and then try to follow his ex- ample with their owa girls. At 10 o'clock the mixed ale party in Mulll- gan’s, on the second fioor, back, is im full blast, and the shouts of boisterous songs and choruses, Ied by an accordion and a fiddle, are heard through the entire house. Every one in the house who wants to may go in, the only price of admis-fon being the meney necessary to fill the big pail with the foamy mixture that i:oxicates and then drugs. The Midnight Benting. .It is nearly midnight when a drunken man reels into his room, and a few mo- ments Jater a woman's scream is heard. It is only sey licking his wife. He won't hurt her much, so you better not interfere. One by one Mulligan’s guests fall back in their chairs in a drunken stupor. Perhaps a few of them totter into their own doors, and at midnight the tenement fs asleep. It only takes an hour or two to get so drunk | at a mixed ale party that you cannot drink any more. coc — HUMAN STOMACH. It Bents Tinsfn Resistance to the Ef- feuts of Alcohol. om the St. Eiht? Globe-Domocrat. You would fever imagine that the hu- man stomach “itas more invulnerable to alcohol than iW oyster can, would you?” said F. A. Carter of Loutsville, Ky. The friends thorodghly agreed that their imag- ination wouldnéver run thus far, and the questioner progeeded; “In the whisky concern which I represent there is‘employed an old d@arkey. I sup- pose he is wel advanced in the seventies. The firm is controlled by a typical south- ern gentlemay, who owned, before the war, among other -slaves, the darkey referred to. Therefore, dhe darkey. takes to himseif i the privileges of the favored servitor. ‘Among these is one not allowed to any othe nploye, the consumption of a cer- tain quantity of the product of the distil- lery day by day. But ordinary whisky will not satisfy him. So he procures an cyster can and fills it with what a whisky man calls low wines. These low wines con- sist of what, to use another technical phrase, is deseribed as ‘hot shot.’ That is, they are formed of the condensed steam of the first boil of the material used in whisky manufacture. They are never below 100 degrees in proof. He fills the oyster can with this every morning, coming down to the distillzry even on Sunday for the pur- pese, and sip by sip drains it to the dregs before night arrives. Every week he is compelled to get a new oyster can, for every week one is completely burned through by the alcohol. Yet the old dav key goes on with his drinking. Several doctors have been to visit hin. They all assure him that he will drop dead without a moment’s warning if he does not quit his habit. ‘Never mind, massa,’ he will rept: ‘I ain't never dropped daid yit,’ and teeth shine like a cat's eyes in a coal hole as he says it.” ~s00- The Bore at Moncton. From the Boston Evening Transcript. We had long known that that curious freak of the Fundy tides, the “bore,” or tidal wave, appears at Moncton, N. B. (and at Moncton oply), with every tide, twice a day. As we stepped upon the wharf one of us said to the other; “See, there comes the bore!” and thera it was, three miles away, beyond’ the bend across which we were looking—a long, white, level streak, cutting across the river from bank to bank. Sighting ty houses and trees along the shore, we could measure how swiftly it ap- preached; and in a very few minutes it needed no such help to see that it came roiling on with the speed of a railway train, showing the low, tumbling outline of a broken “roller’ on the beach. Nearer and nearer, with a sharp, hissing rear, we almos: held our breath, waiting for the moment when it chould pass beneath our feet. Ten minutes from the time we first THE PLAIN GIRL How to Succeed if Neither Rich Nor Beau- tiful. The Art and the Importance of Mak- ing Friends in the Case of a Debutante. From the St. Louis Republic. Let the homely girl, who is just begin- ning her first season, make up her mind early in the winter as to what “set” she means to be in. There is no place so large or £0 small that people of like tastes in so- clety do aot tend to congregate and seek each other’s company. Everywhere one is sure to find the fast set and the serious set, the musical, the literary, the relig- fous and the athletic sets; and however she may make up her mind beforehand to keep clear of cliques, she is sure to find, sooner or later, that she has, by natural affinity, selected her special friends from some one of these sets. But there is a wide difference between choosing friends among sympathetic peo- ple and giving oneself over to a very nar- row range of acquaintances and ignoring the possibilities of amusement or benefit to be found outside a small clique. Nat- urally, the plain girl with a nice singing voice, or the ene who loves her piano, is going to be inclined to chum with the other girls who like to go to the concerts, and naturally she would rather accept in- vitations to houses where her talents count for something, and she 1s likely to mest the great musicians as fellow-guests, but she will make a great error if she identi- fies herself so exclusively with the musi- cians that when a party is being made up to go and hear a popular le:ture and come back to a little supper afterward, where there is a lot of clever talk and fun, she is left out because the people with literary tastes think she cares only for music. And though she may be a girl with serious re- ligious views and anxious to be of use in the ‘Sunday school or interested in some of the city missions, it is a pity to be so absorbed in being of use to others that she loses all sight of the uses of her own youth, and to get left out of all the inno- cent larks and fun of the other girls be- cause they think “she's ro deadly pious and grave. A Grent Temptafion. To the ordinary looking debutante, who is full of health and high spirits, and eager for pleasure—as, thank heaven, the aver- age girl is—the greatest temptation of all is to join tho fast set; the set whose only pursuit and interest is pleasure, and, therefore, seems to her ignorant little eyes to have the best time of any of them. She sees mamma shake her head when the names of some of the leaders in that xet ure mentioned, but when she meets them for herself, they seem to her to be only more than usually jolly and kind, and not at all different in behavior from girls whom mamma approves of, and the men of that set are livelier and dance well and say such admiring things to her that she jumps at the conclusion that the fast set are quite as nice as anybody and much more amusing. After awhile she hears them say, and sees them do, some little thing that shocks her rather, but they are so good-tempered and cheerful about it that she hesitates to take offense at it, and day by day she sees and hears and gradually grows accustomed to things that would have shocked her terribly at first nad she known them all at once. Day by day she grows to “not mind” coarse jokes and vulgar deeds, and from thinking they are no harm she simply passes into imitating their behavior; the decline in her delicacy and modesty being so gradual that she does not perceive how far she has gone. She would be horrified and disgusted with a girl whose finger nails were black or her hody foul and dirty, but she has lost the power to per- ceive that a black mind and a foul tongue and imagination are infinitely more loath- some. Another set that the wise, sweet-minded young debutante will keep out of is the idle set, who find their only amusements in the feeblest of novels and the Saturday mat- inees. Who fill their empty hours with furious admiration of actresses and sing- ers, who know and care nothing for such addle-pated admirers. ‘This is the set that are always knocking about the streets, taking hours for the smallest bit of shop- ping, dwelling forever upon idle gossip, priding themselves upon their slang and spoiling their digestions with a continued diet of sweets. The girl who lets herself drift into this set will intallibly tind herself influenced by it in time, and acquiring all their languid habits, while the clever girls and the ath- letic girls gradually get in the habit of leaving her out of their pleasantest amuse- ments, because her body is so feeble and her mind so dull that she can contribute nothing to the general pleasure. Conquering Circumstances. Every girl beginning her first season should take stock of herself carefully. A pretty girl, or a rich girl, or a witty girl, is likely to be much in demand, but the girl who is not pretty has a somewhat harder task before her to make her season pleas- ant and successful. For one thing, she should realize that while beautiful debutantes can afford to be a little careless in dress and still look attractive, it behooves her to be always a very pink of perfection in all matters of toilet, since there is a certain beauty and charm in absolute neatness which every one unconsciously feels. Her hair should always be beautifully done, her nails per- fectly manicured, and every pin, pleat and ribbon exactly in place. Whatever gift she may have should be carefully cultivated and developed to its highest degree. It is not always the beauties who are the best partners on the ball room floor, or the best musicians, or horsewomen, or golf players; and wherever such accomplish- ments count the beauty may have to give place to the girl who knows how to do something well. A clever, witty girl finds most things plain sailing, but a girl without such gifts can charm almost as much with sweet saw it the moment came. a new dress for. the grown-up daughter. | The mothers never seem to think of any such things as new dresses for themselves. ‘They grow to feel that their duty is to stay at home all the time, and as they do not have to go out to be.seen by other people, they patiently bend all their energies toward keeping the other members of the family decently clad. Rushing the Growler. With a rush and a shout the children ap- pear at the noon hour,and scamper through the halls like rats, disappearing through the doors as if by magic. Few of them enjoy the privilege of sitting at the table, for the noon meal is invariably a scant affair in the tenement, and in a few min- utes they are on the street again, with big slices of bread, covered with molasses or a few daubs of butter, and in the sunny corner of the doorway they devour their luncheon and talk as well as they can be- tween mouthfuls. Then the girls, with feminine dignity, push the boys away from the stone steps and begin their piay at jackstones. The boys, obedient, take to the pavement, where they shoot marbles, in the chalked ring on the smoothest flag- stone. ‘At intervals a woman's head is thrust frcm one of the upper windows, and a voice screams at one of the children to come up stairs.. The child thus designated reluctantly departs from the game, and in a few moments comes bounding through the door, carrying a tin pail. The errand is either to the corner saloon, for a pint of beer, or to the grocery, a few doors away, for milk. More frequently it is the former. He knows his duty well, for he returns with the beer and half a dozen big crackers and a piece of cheese. Some- Looking down upon it, what we saw was a head of water, es though from a broken dam, stretching’ straight across the chan- nel, and rolling, tumbling, foaming as it raced along, just as a great breaker races up the beach after its fall. Before it the surface of thé river was low, quiet, rip- pling gently downward toward the sea; behind, the water level was nearly three feet higher, and coursing up from the sea with the speed and. fury of a miniature Niagara gorge. At the sides the foam was brown with mud torn from the banks, and all the plunging current that came after was turbid and dark. We watched ‘that magic white line reced- ing twisting ind turning as the channel curved betweén' the wastes of mud flat, and moment by moment the level of the racing flood belew us climbed higher on the piling., A group of boys who had been playing until the last possible second out on the flats scattered into trailing lines of black dots making for the shore. At iast, when the white line had grovn quite in- distinguishable.in the distance, we turned away. We had seen the bore. Te To. Reduce Flesh. From the San Frincisco Chronicle. An’ authority on foods prescribes for those women tyho take little exercise and accumulate flesh rapidly green vegetables growing above the ground, like peas, spin- ach, and asparagus, and plain green sal- ads, unmixed, with poultry, meat, or fish, such as lettuce, celery, and cresses, with a French dressing. Very little starch food and white meats should be eaten, as chick- en, lamb, or mutton, but there should be consumed a great deal of fruit, toast, and whole wheat bread. Avoid sweets, it is further advised, and use few stimulants, the best being Sauterne and Rhine wine in moderation, For brain workers the same authority advises red meats, particu- larly beef, with starchy foods taken in the form of rice and whole wheat bread, all green vegetables that grow above the ground, green salads every day, with French dressing containing plenty of oil, fruits in abundance, and no sweets. —_—__+ee_—__—__ Duplicity. From the Detroit Tribune. “So you think she is two-faced?” “Certainly. I have seen her when her own showed through.” temper and careful courtesy, and cheerful willingness to be of use to other people. The rich girl, too, can, without much The Child The Epicure dotes on it. it. All grocers sell it. Do you eat it ? Loves It. The Dyspeptic demands STORIES OF CUSTER. John A. Bingham Tells How He Gave Him a West Point Appointment. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Gen. George A. Custer, whose terrible death shocked the nation in its centennial year, was born near Cadiz, Ohio. He was appointed to West Point by John A. Bing- ham, who, after long service as minister to Japan, is still living, and it is one of Mr. Bingham's -proud -memorles that his pro- tege achieved fame and justified the ap- pointment. ‘The story of Custer’s career is almost a romance, tragic as was its end, but never | before has the history of his entrance into | military life been told in print. Some time ago an Enquirer correspond- ent had a talk with Mr. Bingham on the war between China and Japan. During the conversation the name of Custer was mentioned, and the old orator was at cence full of enthusiastic reminiscence concern- ing the “boy” who owed his career ard greatness in part to John A. Bingham. “I was not long in Congress,” said Mr. Bingham, “before I received a letter from a boy. It was a boy’s letter, but not like the letters of most boys, and it captivated me wonderfully. “Though that letter was written nearly forty y2ars ago, I can remember every word of it as if it had arrived in this morning's mail. Somewhere packed away among n:y | letters and papers I have it yet, but ‘here is no need of looking for it. I know tt ky heart. “It read like this: ‘Dear Mr. Bingham: I am told that you can send a boy to West Point. I want to go there, and I am told you don’t care whether a boy is a democrat boy or a re- publican boy. I am a democrat boy, and I want you to send me there. I want to be a soldier. GEORGE A. CUSTER.” “Such was the letter, written caretully in a boyish hand, but firmly and legibly. I was struck with the originality and blunt honesty of the letter and was captured. I wrote back that the consent of his parents must first be obtained. In that day there was none of the miserable machinery that we have now to prevent appointment cf worthy applicants. I had but to make my choice and send the boy to West Point, where he could stand examination. “The mother of George Custer objected, as a fond mother would. He was a beau- tiful child—as beautiful as Absalom, and her mother’s heart possibly had a presenti- ment of the terrible fate which befell him twenty years later. George insisted on be- ing a soldier, and finally she consented. “He went to the academy. I had never seen him and was so engrossed with polit- ical cares at Washington that I almust forgot him. Then the war came on and all the senior cadets of West Pomt were mus- tered into the service without graduation. The nation needed every one of them to drill the raw recruits, who were rushing from the north to defend the nation’s cap- ital. So it happened that my protege came into the command of men while he was yet a mere bey, with his long yellow curls hanging down to his shoulders. “TI heard of him when he came to Wash- ington, but did not see him until after the first battle of Bull Run. “In the report of that miserable fiasco he was mentioned for bravery and was promoted on the field. A leader was need- ed to reform some troops and take them over a bridge held by the enemy. Like Napoleon at Lodi, young Custer sprang to the front and led the charge. The bridge was taken and my protege was a hero. “I read all this with pride, but hunted several times for my boy without finding him among the soldiers. One day a young soldier came into my room without the formality of sending in a card. He was out of breath, and with some hesitation declared: “‘Mr. Bingham, I am the boy you ap- pointed to West Point. 1 have fought my first battle and I tried hard not to be a coward. I think it is my first duty to make my report to you.” “Brave boy! How manly and beautiful he looked that day in his uniform of blue, with his golden curls hanging loosely down his back. “His breast was bare and he was every inch a hero and a soldier. What wonder that I was proud of him then and thence- forth, and I watched him go up to the rank of brigadier general, and then the ingest major general in the army. ever shall I forget the day when he came to me in full uniform, bringing his bride. “They came into my parlor, and he was a proud, happy boy as he said to me: “Mr. Bingham, I’ve brought my wife to see you and to thank you for what you have done for me.’ “And so there they stood, those two young people, beautiful in their youth, Mrs. Custer, good, beautifu:, noble and pure woman, took me by the hand and there was the struggle of emotion in her vuice as she said: a “‘I want to thank you, Mr. Bineham, for transforming my husband from a wood- chopper into a general of the United States army.” “I was touched deeply myself and re- sponded with pride, for I was proud of difficulty, command a following, but the poor girl has a harder time. Yet the poor girl who shows no envy, who takes her deprivations cheerfully, is not always standing upon her dignity, and knows the art of being a charming guest and ac- cepting gracefully and gratefully many favors she cannot return, is in a fair way to do away with many of the disadvan- tages of circumstances. This sort of girl never places herself in rivalry with those better off than herself in matters of cx- pense. She makes no attempt to imitate with cotton velvets and gery furs, of imitation jewels, the beautiés of the toilets of the richer girls. She makes herself con- tent with the single daintinesses within her-means, and, when she entertains, makes her hospitable good will and merriment take the place of costly dishes or expensive flowers. —___+0-+_____ The First Doyley. From the New York Telegram. The word Doyley, now a familiar one with ladies, is derived from the name of Robert D'Oyley, one of the followers of William the Norman. He received a grant of valuable lands on the consideration of a yearly tender of a tablecloth of three shil- lings value at the feast of St. Michael, Agreeably to the fashion of the time, the ladies of the,D’Oyley family were accus- tomed to embroider and ornament the quit- rent tablecloths; hence, these cloths be- coming curiosities, and accumulating in the course of years, were at length brought in- to use as napkins at the royal table, and called doyleys. —__—__+e+____ ‘New Tactics. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘At the session of the school for non-com- misstored officers of one of the compantes stationed at Fort Wayne, the following question was asked of Sergt. —: “What is strategy? Give me an instance of it.” After studying for a moment or two, the sergeant gave the reply: “When in battle, and you are out of am- munition and don’t vant the enemy to know it, it is good strategy to keep right on firing.” ‘The captain gave the school a vacation till the first Monday ir January. them both—he so beautiful and brave, and she so beautiful and pure, as I know she is now and will be until she leaves this world. “One day months afterward came the re- port that Géorze was killed in one ef the Wilderness battles. I rushed to the War Department and into Stanton’s office to learn if the terrible report was true. ‘Killed? No!’ thundered Stanton. ‘He was hemmed in by rebels, but he cut his way out with his own sword and covered himself with glory.’ “Oh! so like him, my brave boy! 1 hur- ried to the home of Mrs. Custer. I found her alone, with pale face and sad eyes that could not find relief in tears. She, too, bad heard the repert, and the newsboys were calling out beneath her window: ‘All about Custer killed!" and no message had yet been borne to her denying the rumor.*Fiven my presence seemed to alarm her, as if she feared that I brought confirmation, But when I told her that her husband was alive, that he had covered himself with glory, she broke down and cried like a child. “Alas! that my brave boy, George Custer, should survive the war and then be cut to pieces by those miserable savages on the western frontier!” And even the stoical John A. Bingham had a tremor of emotion in his voice as he closed the chapter concerning George A. uster. —+e+_____ Some Costly Stockings. From the New York Times. Grand dames in Paris have gone a step further than stockings with real lace in- sertions, that have been their extrava- gance this season. Some of them are now wearing hosiery made entirely of the cost- ly fabric, with an embroidery of seed pearls on the instep. These real lace stock- ings are as fine and ccbwebby as a vell or scarf, and are as expensive as they are dainty. — Highly Plavorea. From Dorfbarbier. Lady—“Are you sure this tea is genuine? It has a very peculiar sriell!” Dealer—"Very possibly; gunpowder, no doubt; they're having war in China just now.” GEN. MILES’ ESCAPE. An Indian’s Bad Aim Is All That Saved Hix Life. Interview with Gen. Miles—St. Louis Republic. “My narrowest escape? It was at the time of the capture of the Indian chief, Lame Deer. It was almost in the midst of a charg> I rode up to where he was standing, and we shook hands. Suddenly he drew back his hand, and, seizing his rifle, stepped back a little, leveled it di- rectly at my head and fired. Owing to his excitement, doubtless, he missed, and I was unhurt. But a brave soldier boy, a little to one side and back of me, was in- stantiy killed. I do not think that the In- dian chief premeditated this act. He Goubt- less thought that, having been captured, he was sure to be killed, that he was surely bound for the happy hunting grounds, and he might as well take a white chief with him. Yet I, or rather my Indian scout, had told him that he would not be harmed if he surrendered then and there. He did not trust us, tor he would not have kept his word with me if he had given it in similar circumstances. The man who can- not be trusted never trusts. Lame Deer was afterward killed.” “Which would you rather fight, Indians or white men?” “Well, when you are fighting Indians you know exactly wnat to expect. If you do not whip them they will kill you surely. They give no quarter. You cannot make terms if you surrender. They pay no at- tention to the rules of war observed by civilized warriors who will not use pois- oned arr»ws or poisoned explosive bullets. The Indians torture and mutilate prison- ers. They will even violate a flag of truce. I came near being killed under a flag of truce once whe: I was holding a confer- ence with Sitting Bull The plan was dis- covered in time by some of our folks and frustrated.” +04. UNCLE SAM’S FLAGS. Interesting Details From the Worke sbops Where They Are Made. From the Boston Globe. Before a man-o-war is completely equipped she must be supplied with a varied assortment of the flags of ell na- tions. The flag lockers of a cruiser like the New York will contain more than 200 dif- ferent ensigns. ~ All the flags for our navy are made in the equipment building at the Brooklyn navy yard. The floor of the flag room is covered with lines representing the exact measurements of the various ensigns, and it is no easy matter to turn out a flag which will be exactly according to pattern, both as tc design and measurement. ‘There are eight colors used in flags—red, white, blue, orange, yeilow, green, brown, black and canary yellow. The canary yellow is used instead of white in flags used for signaling. This is because it is found that, when signaling at a distance, a white flag or a device on a white ground blends with the horizon and becomes almost invisible. ‘The largest American flag made is called No. 1. It measures 34.86 feet in length and 13.12 feet in breadth, and is very rarely used. ‘The size called No. 2, which is consider- ably smaller, is the one generally used by warships. Cruisers carry the stars and stripes in seven different sizes, but only the Min- neapolis and the Detroit fly the gigantic No. 1 size. ‘The most difficult flag to make is that of San Salvador. This flag requires all the colors, and Costa Rica runs it close, re- quiring all but brown. Our own flag is by no means an easy one to make. The forty-four stars in their blue field have to be accurately arranged, and the stripes mathematically exact ac- cording to the official pattern. The stars are made of muslin, folded twenty-five times and punched out by a steel punch, which cuts a dozen or more stars at each operation. There are used in the navy yard 50,000 yards of bunting annually, which is all made in the United States. Before being made up into flags the bunting is put to a very severe test. From each lot a sample is taken and steeped in fresh water for twenty-four hours. After that it is thor- oughly scrubbed with strong soap and then rinsed and dried. It is then exposed to the direct sunlight for eighteen hours, and if it shows no fading in color it is accepted. The industry gives employment to a great many men and women. ——__+e+______ Reason for Vagueness. From the Indianapolis Journal. _ “By the way,” said the editor to the new man, “we don’t credit statements to a well- known citizen on this paper. You must sive his name.” : “The trouble is,” explained the new man, “that he is so well known that the state- ment would be discredited if his name were given.” ES art Se Irrevocably Gone. From the Detroit Free Press. “I set four’ples out on the window sill te cool,” said Mrs. Hunker to her husband, “and they have all been stolen.” “Then we must number them among the lost tarts,” was the philosophical reply. 7 oLD STORY. MR. W. S. MARTIN OF 1206 30TH ST. X.W. HUNDREDS OF s BCEIVED SIMILAR BENEFITS. Mr. W. S. Martin resides at No. 1306 30th street northwest, but for many years resided at 427 O street ‘southwest. He is a harness taker by trade, and is at present with Kneessi & Sons, om 7th street. He says: I had jgouble with my hose and throat for a $car or more.” My throat felt dry, with a sensation as of a lump im it—it hurt me to swallow—which sensation was almost continual. My nose was stuffed up first on one side and then the other, and when I took cold, which was fre- quent, it always settled in my nose and throat. T took a course of treatment under Dr. Jordan for these troubles, with excellent results. ‘The lump Im my throat bas disappeared; it feels moist and nat- ural. I breathe freely and naturally through my nose and have no pains of any kind. I am perfect- ly satisfied that his course of treatment is the right one to pursue ip such cases. DR. C. M. JORDAN, A graduate of the medical department of the University of the City of New York, 1421 F st. n.w. Specialties—Diseases of the Nose, Throat, Langs and Rar. Office heurs-9 to 11 p.m. Sundays, ® to 12