Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1895, Page 8

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At all deal FASHION IN STATIONERY. The Proper Forms for the Various Social Functions. From the New York Herald. Cream white heavy linen paper, fitted in square envelopes, octavo size, is “de rigeur’’ for all formal correspondence; however, many tints of paper are also chosen. Rob- in’s egg blue and silver gray are very popu- lar, while lavender, cafe au lait and pink have their votaries. A smaller size than the octavo, in similar color and quality, serves for note paper. All formal invitations for weddings and receptions, dinners and menu cards should be engraved upon fine white paper of ex- quisite satiny texture. The ornamentation marking the decoration of the stationery serves several very distinct set forms. The address, simply engraved across the top of the sheet, the monogram in the center, at the top, or the crest or coat of arms above, or in combination with the address, being set above it, with the fac-simile used occa- sionally, describes the prevailing modes used in marking paper. The variety, style and coloring of these different dies form a lucrative branch of the stationer’s art, and at once attests the skill and refinement which he should put into his work. Silver and gold, light green, dark olive and bronze carry the day In markings, hcw- ever. Magenta, blue, pink and buff, besides gaudy combinations of gilt and color find sale. Mourning Stationery. Mourning stationery is of gray paper,bor- @ered with black, the width of this edging decreasing as time elapses; this, of course, is marked in black. Handsome white pa- per is also bordered and marked in black. For the season of half mourning an ultra fashionable woman uses violet paper, bor- dered and marked in purple, while another selects sliver gray paper, edged and mark- ed in slate bronze. The “plain embossed” marking is used by the exclusive, modestly elegant, both in and out of mourning. It is truly refined and lovely in effect if the die has been cut handsomely by a skilled arti- san. The coat of arms, crest, monogram or fac-simile are very rarely used upon the flap of the envelope, as society likes to hide its personality from the vulgar eye. In ‘stationery the paper comes cheap enough even in the best qualities, but its make up, style, decoration and entire finish swells the account at the stationer’s of a fashionable woman well up into the hun- dreds. These figures, however, should cover invitations, cards and dies as well. The ad- dress of the town house or the name of the country seat engraved in old English or script, the mcnogram and fac-simile, all cost from $5 to $10 a die. Crests range from $10 to $15, while coats of arms cost all the way from $25 to $50, according to the amount of work upon the crest, shield and scroll. Special dies, made for clubs, yacht- ing stationery and occasions cost in rela- tive proportion. Exclusive society women usually have two dies; one they leave with the stationer along with their card plates and the other they have set in a silver top or handle, to use as a seal. Seals have by no means been discarded, and the dainty escretoire is not complete in appointments without the tiny waxen taper in a wee silver candle stand, accompanied with small silver snuffers to smother the Hittle light after the perfumed wax has been used. The etiquette and provision of stationery ig generally turned over for attention to the ladies of the household, while the mas- culine mind is absorbed in matters of graver import. Yachting Stationery and Menus. Yachting stationery bears the name of the yacht, its flag, and also the flag of every yachting club to which the owner may belong, fesides, upon its surface. The New York Yacht Club, ‘the Corinthian and Larchmont clubs have all gay flags which fly upon private yachting paper with the private flag, like the decorations upon a soldier's breast. Yachting dinner cards and menus also fly the flags. The menus often have besides painted upon them lob- sters, sea weed, shells, mermaids, ships, anchors and other appropriate devices. Dinner cards and menus seem to have at- tained the height of artistic perfection. For ladies of flowery taste there are cupids, bits of pink and white dimpled loveliness, poised above the card amid fruits and flow- ers. The name is written below in silver cr gilt; then there are butterflies, asparkle in gold and flecked in gorgeous color. These bid fair to flutter into the festivities of the winter, for all the modish importations in gowns, millinery confections and bric-a- brac reveal the gayly developed moth. A humorous concelt presents a donkey's head peering over the edge of the card, as if to announce the name in a “bray.” Placed upon the tourd laden with festal and floral decorations we are reminded of “midsummer night's dream’—but never mind, most of us garland donkeys. For the sage and wise man there are ecards presenting droll little figures im- merzed in massive voiumes that all but conceal them A glimpse of knickerbockers and silk hose and buckles would make us think that the sage belleves wisdom les far behind or quite ahead of us, evidently belonging to the bloomer period, whenever It is to be. Bachelor Dinner Cards. There are cards for bachelor dinners as gay in color as the pink they ought to call to the cheek of shamefaced youth, spicy and dashy and Frenchy. A half masked face, a mascot headdress, a corsage of broken bits of glowing color, surrounded of lace. Another presents whose nimble feet might fetch down the very skies, clad in Mephistopheles scarlet. Then among these one finds sweet primrose maids, pictured for their modest grace, perhaps, set amid such company to prove the ideal playing part versus the real in the whirl cf metropolitan bachelor life. ‘There are Turkish menus made of to- bacco leaf decorated with Turcomans and barem women aglow in oriental color. Shakespearean and brownfe menus are pop- ular, and old fashioned garden posies al- ways have favor. Organizations, clubs and associations appropriate large sums for thelr special stationery oftentimes, and it fs made with much care and forethought. public dinner is usually given to some erson of merited distinction, and especial once Is often accorded this guest upon the menu. The Driving and Riding Club gave not long since ‘‘a hunt ball.” The paper deco- ation for this occasion was exaulsite—a horn, whip, spur and leader’s yoke interset, gurmounting a sly fox's head. The design Was wrought out in witching effect in sil- yer and gold and hunting jacket pink. The invitations, menus and dance cards were all embellished with this sportive device. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. LABOR DAY PARADE Arrangements Completed at the Con- ference Yesterday. >-—_— HOW THE LINE WILL BE FORMED Procession to Pass South of the Treasury Building. THE DEBS RESOLUTIONS The delegates to the Labor day confer- ence yesterday completed their work inci- dent to the preparations for the parade, and adjourned to meet at the call of the chair after Labor day. Mr. C. J. Wells presided as president, and Mr. E. J. Rea officiated as secretary. The attendance was large, more than thirty societies of organized labor being represented. Much interest was at all times manifested in the Proceedings. After some business of rou- tine ch:racter was disposed of, Mr. Bell of the committee appointed to prepare res- olutions expressive of the sentiments of the members of the societies of organized labor in the District as to*the imprison- ment of Eugene V. Debs and others, to be read on the morning of Labor day at the Lincoln monument, and previous to the starting of the parade, submitted the com- mittee’s report. In doing so Mr. Bell took occasion to refer in most complimentary terms to the resolutions on the same sub- ject which, as prepared by Mr. Milford Spohn, were some time since passed by the Federation of Labor. These resolutions would, he said, have been indorsed and adopted by the committee on resolutions, laut for the fact that they were considered to be rather long to be read while the men will be standing in line, and some, at least, impatient to start. ‘The Resolutions. He, therefore, presented the following, which, after some debate, were adopted by an unanimous vote: “The organized workingmen of the Dis- trict of Columbia in mass meeting assem- bled on Labor day, September 2, 1895, de- clare: “That the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs and other officials of the American Railway Union was an unwarranted and arbitrary extension of judicial power, os- tensibly for the maintenance of law, but in reality in the interests of corporate power, which by dishonest methods secured from @ federal court and the national govern- ment legal and armed support in an event which was the direct result of corporate greed and imposition. “It was an act that outlaws labor, an ingenious scheme to defeat the object of labor organizations and render the wage earner helpless to resist the degrading im- positions of combined capital. “As law-abiding citizens of the Ameri- can republic, we solemnly protest against this arbitrary and dangerous exercise of the judicial power—the incarceration and punishment of men without trial by jury or the observance of any of the forms of law guaranteed by the Constitution, and we demand of the fifty-fourth Congress, soon to assemble, such legislation as will unmistakably and for all time define the rights of labor in all future conflicts with the gigantic and powerful corporations which now control the interstate com- merce of the country; therefore, “Resolved; That the legislative commit- tee of the Federation of Labor, in con- junction with that of District Assembly, No. K. of L., be requested to prepare for presentation in both houses at the ensuing session of Congress a bill or biils intended to give legal protection to or- ganized employes of corporations and se- cure them in the future from an arbitrary and unjust application of the law of in- junction under the questionable construc- tion placed upon it by the federal judi- ciary in the case of Debs and his comrades. And be it further “Resolved, That we demand of Congress such legislation as will make clear the status of the organizations of labor en- gaged in the carrying trade, the interstate commerce of the country, and that the powers and the duties of the federal ju- diciary in all matters at issue between the corporations on the one hand and their employes on the other be plainly defined.” After speeches by Messrs. Lawrence O’Dea, Arthur Keep and others, the reso- lutions were adopted. Chief Marshal McHugh was authorized to appoint some one to read the resolutions at_Lincoln monument. Chief Marshal McHugh laid before the conference a map or diagram illustrating the plan for the assembling and starting of the various divisions of the procession on the morning of the parade. This was held up before the delegates by the chief marshal and President Wells in such a manner that {it could be seen from all parts of the room. It was generally ap- proved. ‘The paper was explained by Mr. McHugh, who announced general arrangements as follows: How the Line Will Be Formed. The line will comprise five divisions, the first of which, Mr. Dominick A. Walsh, marshal, will assemble on Indiana avenue. It will consist of the following socletic: Horseshoers, Laundry Union, Machinists, Stone Cutters, Excelsior Assembly, Tin- ners, Steam Fitters, Plumbers, Paper Hangers, Tile Setters’ Assembly, Cigar Makers, Ladies’ Progressive Assembly. The division will be accompanied by Prof. Boyd’s Band and the National Guard Drum Corps. The second division will be composed of printers, and will be in charge of Marshal George A. Tracey. It will form on 41% street, and will comprise the following chapels: Star office, Times office, Post office, News office, government priating office, International Pressmen’s Union, Stereotypers. ‘They will be accompanied by Canton Potomac Drum ard Bugle Corps and the Mount Pleasant Field Band. The third division will be in charge of Marshal M. A. Whitmore. It will form on Louisiana avenue, and will comprise the following societies: Plasterers, Painters, Tailors, Bakers’ Assembly, Bakers’ Driv- ers, Bakers and Confectioners, Protective Street Railway Union, Galvanized Iron and Cornice Workers, Bookbinders. The division will be acgompanied by one section of the Marine Band, Prof. Hansen’s Band and the National Guard Band. The fourth division, which will be in charge of Marshal M. P. Canty, will form on 5th street, and be composed of the Bricklayers, Stone Masons, Eccentric En- gineers, Carpenters. They will be accompanied by the Fort Myer Band and the Kit Carson Drum Corps. The fifth division will be in charge of Marshal Charles J. Wells. It will form on 4th street, and will comprise the following societies: Plate Printers, Cement Workers, Electrical Workers, Butchers’ Assembly, Lathers, I. T. U. Pressmen, Barbers, Plumbers’ Laborers’ Union, Douglass As- sembly Progressive Engineers, Carriage Workers. They will be accompanied by the second section of the Marine Band. The Route and the Cars. Chief Marshal McHugh stated that he had had interviews with the District Com- missioners and Major Moore, superintend- ent of police, in reference to the parade, and he had been assured by them that an ample police escort should be provided, and that also arrangements have been or will be made with Presidents Dunlop of the Washington and Georgetown and Metro- politan railway companies, respectively, whereby there will be no cars of those lines run to interfere with the passage of the procession. The chief marshal also stated that as a result of his interview with Major Moore he had become convinced that it will be better to have the procession on its way west pass to the south of the treasury building, and thence, by way of Executive avenue, to Pennsylvania avenue, as by do- ing so the necessity of crossing the railway tracks more than once will be obviated. He suggested that the route be changed accordingly. There was sotfe little opposition to doing this, principally because it was feared by some that the grade on Executive avenue might be too heavy for some of the floats, but, after the matter became fully under- stood, the suggestion of the chief marshal was agreed to unanimously. The protest of the granite cutters against Mr. D. A. Walsh as a marshal of the Parade was withdrawn, the differences that led to the protest having been ami- cably settled. A rising vote of thanks was tendered to Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, for the use of thelr hall for the meeting Purposes of the delegates. le press was likewise thanked for the full reports given of preparations for the Parade. The conference then adjourned to meet at tle call of President Wells, 4s above stated. - —_—__ WORN BY BICYCLE WOMEN. If Paris Was Under a Government - Founded on Love and Beauty. From the Journal des Debats. A celebrated operetta talks of people who say that they are Spaniards, and who are not Spaniards at all. If the public journals are to be believed, the bicycle, like Spain, has its imposters. There are on our boule- vards, particularly the Saint-Michel Boule- vard, persons who wear tostumes of cy- clists, and who are not cyclists. They are thus disguised “in order to attract atten- tion.” According to the same papers, the police Prefect, moved by this guilty masquerad- ing, has proposed an ordinance by which every woman clothed in what the American women of the Chicago congress called “a divided skirt,” and what we call trousers, shall have to prove on a policeman’s de- mand that her uniform is that of an au- thentic bicyclist, and not merely & new fashion. Other journals assert that this in- formation is erroncous, and that the police prefect has never considered a project to regulate the clothing of “cycle women.” These journals demonstrate that such a Project would have been ridiculous, odious and, finally, impracticable. They ‘demon- strate this with a great abundance of solid arguments. It cannot be denied that it would be extremely difficult to discern the true from the false bicyclists; that the policemen charged with enforcing the law would need rare faculties of tact, sagacity and divination; that, doubtless, deplorable errors would be committed; that French citizens have aiready too little of personal independence; that they are annoyed in most of their actions by innumerable or- ders, and that it is superfluous to make them still more slavish. All this is true; if one thinks only of liberty and of the im- mortal prirciples of 1789, bicyclists have the imprescriptible right to,wear trousers. But if one thinks of aesthetics? Let us dream. Imagine that we are living under a government in love with beauty, or at least inimical to ugliness—a government whose first care is to retain for modern things a little harmony and a little style, and which proclaims, like the ancient Greeks, that “the most religious act is to exhibit pure forms.” That government would be weary of the forms, more_and more hideous, that the French peoplé ex- hibit delightfully to the light of day. It would be weary of the puffed sleeves that overthrow the proportions of the feminine body, destroy the lines and appear to be made to conceal deformities. It would be Weary of the bicycle. Perhaps its use would be tolerated for men, since it serves country physicians, and since, in our utili- tarian age, man is not expected to be hand- some. But the government inimical to ugliness would try to save what remains of beauty in the world, and prohibit wo- men from using that sinister machine which makes geometrical angles of their supple and sinuous curves, breaks their backs, lifts their shoulders and, finally, by the odious alternate motion of their’ as- cending knees, makes them resemble re- molders, dogs in a turnspit, or monkeys climbing, or the zinc automatons which came to us from America last winter. The state inimical to ugliness would rid Paris of these criminally hideous things, and work in its cwn way for street decen- ey. But it would fear to provoke a riot, or, perhaps, a revolution, if its prohibition of the bicycle was made too suddenly. A subtle prefect of police would intervene. He would promulgate noiselessly the ordt- nance mentioned a moment ago. People here are so accustomed to being vexed by the government that persons subjected to this regulation would not protest loudly. But they would be annoyed; inquests of police agents, affidavits, errors, constant watching, would become torments to them. Little by little most of them would abandon trousers in favor of the skirt. They would not stop there; for the skirt is embarrass- ing and heavy, and exacts special. ma- chines, less sure and less strong than the others. Many persons would renounce bi- cycling entirely. There would remain only a few obstinate persons, and with them it might be possible to be successful by sup- plementary regulations, which, for exam- ple, would permit bicycling only to women whose homeliness was dazzling. Thus, ingenious despotism might efface the most execrable assault that men ever commit- ted against aesthetics. What a pity that in this dream everything ts illusion, from the police prefect project to the thought of @ gcvernment founded on love of beauty. ——+e+____ COMFORT IN TRAVELING. Ingenious French Contrivances of Luxury for Railway and Steamer. From the New York Herald. For men’s handbags, pigskin is the fash- fon everywhere, and for ladies’ English shagreened morocco. The ordinary flat grained morocco is out of fashion. At one of the largest establishments in Paris for this style of goods I have seen some very complete dressing cases and traveling bags. The variety of articles in silver and morccco is extraordinary. 1 looked carefully over the chief things, such as a large necessaire trunk and dressing case in crystal and silver; a very pretty set of table requisites, such as vegetable dishes, dishes for eggs, saucepans and porringers in common pottery ware, but all mounted in silver, making a very elegant table ser- vice. I also noticed a handy tea service for traveling, contained in a very small pigskin casket, with a domed lid; it comprised two silver cups, with movable handles; teapot, cream jug, butter dish, box to hold the tea, and two teaspoons—all silver. The box is only 25cm. long, by 17cm. high. Another tea set, much simpler, but very practical, is formed of a small wicker bas- ket, the front of which lets down, and which contains a complete set of tea things, with small copper boxes for provisions. Very pretty, too, is a pigskin traveling bag which opens very slightly. It is ornament- ed with silver gilt and tortoisesheil, and contains within a compass of 30em. by 15cm. three flasks, soap box, a pot of pomade, hair brush, coat brush, looking glass and a case of cutlery. One novelty I greatly admired is a shoe- lace bag. In a small flat deerskin case is a complete assortment of gold tags to fix on the end of shoelaces; also very small baby pins in gold for fastening bows so as to prevent them from coming untied. I found some very complete dressing cases, in black morocco, containing within a compass of 2iem. by 15cm. a soap box, shaving dish, nail and tooth brushes, a flesk, two hair brushes, a looking glass, leather inkstand and set of cutlery, includ- ing two razors. This case can be placed in a saddle bag, and is very handy for officers. The most practical trunks are those which are the simplest and the lightest. We find them in wickerwork, covered with black leather, which seems to me to be very prac- tical. I saw some large trunks for ladies, with drawers and compartments, but I do not find them very practical. The ladies’ and gentlemen’s hat boxes are very well de- signed. ———— Horrors of a Sea Battle. From the Boston Journal. Few people, even naval men, realize what fighting on an ironclad really means. Capt. McGiffin, who was an officer on board a Chirese man-of-war at the battle of the Yalu river, gives an English exchange, however, a most vivid description. He tells, among other things, that the din made by the impact of heavy projectiles against the metal sides of the vessel is awful beyond description. He wore cotton in his ears, but in spite of that is still deaf from the noise. The engineers in the Chen-Yuen etuck to their work, even when the tem- perature of the engine room was above 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The skin of their hands and arms was actually roasted off, and every man was blinded for life, “the sight being actually seared out.” Late in the action, after his hair had been burnt off, and his eyes so impaired by injected blood that he could only see out of one of them, and then only by lifting the lid with the fingers, he was desirous of seeing how the eremy was delivering his fire. As he groped his way around the protected deck a hundred-pound shell pierced the armor about eight2en inches in front of his hand. In a second his hand touching the steel was so burnt that part of the skin was left on the armor. That shows how intense Is the heat ergendered by the impact of a shot, and how rapidly the steel conducts that heat. AFFAIRS-IN ALEXANDRIA ut Impressive Announcement of the Death of Rev. Dr. Suter. mn Effect on the ongregation of Christ Church—Funeral of Frank A, Reed--Other Items. Vise Rev. Henderson Suter, D. D., an account of whose serioug, illness appeared in Sat- urday’s Star, died at the Alexandria In- firmary yesterday exactly at noon, as the result of a cancerated liver. The news of his death reached old Christ Church, where the Rev. Samuel A. Wallis was conducting the morning service, within a very few minutes thereafter, and when it was announced to the congregation there was hardly a dry eye among them, so much was Dr. Suter beloved and so deeply grieved were they at his death. The bell of the church was tolled as soon as the announcement was made. Henderson Suter, D. D., was born in Georgetown, D. C., July 31, 1828, and re- edived his early-education there. ATtter he had graduated he decided to enter the Vir- ginia Theological Seminary to study for the Episcopal ministry. He only remained at the seminary during one year, leaving to take up the support of his widowed sis- ter and her children. He did not relinquish the idea of becoming a minister, however, and later resumed his studies at the above- mentioned seminary, and graduated with honors. After his ordination he took charge of Grace Church, Georgetown, for a short while. The balance of his life was devoted to ministerial work in the state of Vir- ginia, he having had charges at Berry- ville, Halifax, Lynchburg, Wickliffe and Bedford City, from which latter place he came to this city and took charge of Christ Church in 1878. He was one of the most prominent di- vines in the state, and, in fact, the entire south, and at the time of his death was a member of the board of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary, secretary of the Elucational Society of Virginia, and one of the examining chaplains of the dio- cese of northern Virginia. Dr. Suter was not alone highly respected, but much beloved, by persons of every de- nomination throughout the city, and his death will be a great loss to those who had the honor of knowing him in the commu- nity where he has so long and so faith- fully labored. The funeral services will take place from Christ Church tomorrow morning at_10:30 o'clock. The pallbearers will be E. S. Lead- beater, Lawrence Washington, D. N. Rust, William A. Smoot, L. M. Blackford, Hu- bert Snowden, Gardener L. Boothe and John Slater, all of whom are members of the vestry of Christ Ghurch. The remains will be taken to Oak Hill cemetery, near Georgetown, for interment. Dr. Suter's family, which consists of a widow and seven children, all of whom are grown, will in future reside in the old fam- ily home in Georgetown, which is now owned by Dr. Henderson Suter, jr. Mr. Frank A. Reed’s Funeral. The funeral éf the late Francis Avery Reed, whose geath was mentioned in The Star, took place from the Second Presby- terlan Church yésterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, and Wus'‘attended by a large con- course of sorrgwige friends. The services at:the church were conduct- ed by Rev. W. If/McAllister of the M. P. Church, and he preached an eloquent ser- mon. At theligrwve Past Grand Master Wm. H. Lanwert conducted the Masonic services. an ih The following’ mombers of both Masonic lodges in Alexandria acted as pall-bearers: Mr. John R.2Chapman, Mr. Frank Cor- bett, Mr. Walters Whittlesey, Mr. William Reardon, Mr. Henry Field and Mr. Joseph Grimes. wet A Sir Knights John Tisher, James E. Al exander, Cartol Ashby, A, Drummond, Albert Unler, J. ¥. Davis, George Steiner and Eigar Watfiéld, sr., were guards of honor from the. @ld| Dominion Command- ery, Ke T. The‘tbody was-lgWt to rest in the old Presh}térian cemetery.’ At a méeting of the ‘Alexandria board of trade, of which’ Mr. Reed was president, held Saturday night, many expressions of sorrow at his sad end were heard, and resdlutions were passed exp¥éssing sorrow and regret at Mr. Reed’s untimely death, by which this board-has lost an able, a capable and an enterprising executive of- ficer and associate; the community an in- telligent, broad-minded and progressive business man; the city, one of its most useful and progressive citizens; his friends and assoclates an intelligent, faithful and genial companion, and the domestic circle a kind, indulgent and generous- member. That in the deceased were embodied ali the characteristics of true manhood—a man of fine personal presence, a gifted speaker— a mind bright, intelligent and cultured—a heart warm and impulsive, easily sus- ceptible to the influence of his friends and loved ones—a spirit generous and true, ever willing to sacrifice selfish interests for the good of others—prominent in the business community for over a quarter of a century, first in every enterprise pro- motive of the welfare of the city and peo- ple he loved so well; engaged in large and varied business interests, yet always maintaining a character for business sa- gacity, strict integrity and without re- proach. In all things, a true and distin- guished type of manhoed. Sympathy was extended to the deceased’s family, and the resolutions were ordered to be spread upon the minutes. Knights Tempicr Of for Boston. Old Dominion Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, left here yesterday for Boston to take part in the conclave in that city. They will be gone about a week. The following were in the party: Eminent Commander James E. Alexander, William M. Smith, generalis- simo; John H. Fisher, captain general; Ed- gar Warfield, sr., and Capt. K. Kemper, past eminent commanders; EB. E. Down- ham, past grand commander; Charles A. Simpson, senior warden; F. 8. Reynolds, standard bearer; Benjamin M. Aitcheson, Peter Aitcheson, George P. Aitcheson, Wil- liam Allen, H. S. Ashby, G. M. Bastable, B. S. Brockett, Harry S. Brown, George B. Carlin, Charles E. Churchman, Charles 2. Dayis, William K. Davidson,’ George W. Fisher, W. H. Finke, S. Fouche, Sherman L. Fowler, James Grigg, James G. Hudson, Harrison Kirk, Charles G. Sennon, Charles B. Marshall, John B. Padgett, John A. Paul, Thomas W. Robirson, J, R. Tiilet, Albert G. Uhler, F. L. Van Auken, Edgar Warfield, jr, A. A. Warfield, William H. Zimmerman, S. Frank Field and A, Drum- mond. Among the ladies were Mrs. Join S. Towler, Miss Ida O'Neal, Mrs. Alexander McBurney, Miss Ada Thomas, Miss Alice Thomas, Miss Mary Lunt, Mrs. James Alexander, Mrs. Marion Vickroy, Mrs. Peter Aitcheson, Mys. Charles G. Lennon, Mrs. Charles BE. Davis, Miss Maggie Aitcheson and Miss Mattie:Aitcheson. Mr. John S. Fowler, Mr. Fy J. Davis, Mr. Robert Whaley and Mr. Wiiljam Hellmuth were also in the party. THe Police Court. Justice Thompson presided in the police court this mérniig, and disposed of the fcllowing cases: Mat Williams, charged with being drunk’on the chain gang, was given ten days Additional; George Scott, colored; charge, inacy; held for examina- tion; James ‘Drowns, charged with tres- passing on property of Wm. A. Smoot, dismissed; Daniel: Petersen, charged with gesaulting Gettie Piper, forfeited $5; Alice Jones, larceny of $1 from E. M. Mills, fined $7 or ninety days.at the work house; Bertie Stillard, Lizzie Richardson and Nancy Holland, disorderly conduct, fined §2 each; James Washimgt6n, Spencer Raymond and Walter Allensworth, for unlicensed dogs, fined $1 each. z General Notes. William Schmitt, who stole the race horse Reiff at the Driving Park last fall, has been arrested, and is being held at Sagi- raw, Mich. Rev. Frank T. Benson and family have returned from a summer vacation. ‘The scholars and teachers of St. Mary’s Sunday school will give “an excursion to River View tomorrow. ‘The church services yesterday were fairly well attended. It was a quiet day, and but few people on the streets. ———— Bit by a Deg. As Rudolph Stother, a colored laborer living at 17 B street southeast, was going to work Saturday, a big mastiff sprang at him and bit his hand. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Smith cauterized the wound. THE MISSING CARD. Mr. Cook Swallowed It With His Chew of Tobacco and Won $10,000. From the Philadelphia ‘Times. ‘When Denver was but a small place it was the rendezvous for many skilled play- ers, There was a banker there at that time by the name of Cook, who had an abundance of cdésh and who could handle the cards like an expert. Jerome B. Chaf- fee, at one tithe United States Senator from Colorado, with two or three others who used to play with Cook a great deal, concocted a little scheme by which they figured they could have a great deal of fun at Cook’s expense, and at the same time get a champagne supper out of him. So Chaffee and his companions, who had plen- ty of money, and who had suffered finan- cially by being caught in a good many jackpots that Cook had opened, arranged among themselves that the very next time they .played with Cook they would rhow him a trick he would not forget in-a hurry. The scheme was to open a pot, and if Cook stayed, to deal him enough cards to make six in all, and if he stayed on a pair he was to get four aces; then when the pot had reached a goodly size to call him, make him show his six cards, have the laugh at his expense, and, after giving him back his money out of the pot make him set up the champagne. It generally made Cook very mad to lose a pot of any consid- erable size, and they knew if they made this a large one his wrath would know ro bounds. The day at last arrived when they were all together in Cook’s office, and Chaffce suggested a game of poker to while away the. afternoon, which was a stormy one. Cook readily assented, little dreaming of the good time that was to be had at his expense. The cards were dealt and several hands played around, when at last Chaffee opened a jackpot on three kings. Cook stayed on a pair of jacks and called for three cards. He got four aces. It then dawned upon him that something must be up, but he did not quite grasp the situa- tion. Chaffee called for two cards and bet the Nmit. Cook raised him, and they had it back and forth. The others dropped out after several rounds just to swell the pot. The betting continued until at last there was an even $10,000 in the pot, when Chaf- fee called him and made him show ‘own his cards. Cook threw four aces and a jack on the table and started to rake in the pot. The one who had dealt objected, stating that he saw Cook have six cards in his hand. The others at once insisted that they saw him have six cards. “Prove it, then,” cried Cook. .“‘I did not deal; you dealt, and if you gave me six cards, where are they?” Chaffee and his companions at once in- augurated the most rigid search for the missing jack. They looked under tables, in drawers—everywhere a card could possibly get. They made Cook disrobe, which he did without objecticn, and subjected him to the most rigid examination, but the card could not possibly be found anywhere. * This was a stunner. Cook hed not moved during the game, and they were sure of the six cards, but where was the other jack? At all events it was not to be found, and Cook asserted that he had but five cards end expressed the greatest indigna- tion at their doubts, and hung on to the money like grim death. To say the would- be jokers were crestfallen would be putting it mildly. It was not so funny as they had figured it would be. They went out and gave vent to their feelings by first swear- ing and then laughing at the way Cook had turned the tables on them. Cook, as he used to relate afterward with great glee, got the six cards all right, but, under cover of taking a chew of fine cut tobacco, of which he was very fond, got the extra jack in his mouth, chewed it to a pulp, and swallowed it, tobacco and all. He said he guessed he could risk swallow- ing a chew of tobacco and a little paste- board for $10,000, even if it did make him a little sick. At any rate, he thought the other fellows were sicker than he was. ee = A PLAIN CASE, An Old Man’s Successful Plen to Save His Home. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Ex-Senator Spooner cf Wisconsin tells this good story, showing that the bigness of the heart of the late Judge David Davis was big in proportion to the size of the rest of his body: : Judge Davis was traveling on his circuit and while holding court in one of the in- terior towns was impressed with the woe- ful visage of a defendant, whose case be- ing called, arose and said: “Judge, I wish if you could you would put this case off. “Haven't you a lawyer to speak for you?” “Yes, judge, but he ain’t here and I can’t find him nowhere.” “Your honor, we are ready for trial on behalf of the plaintiff,” said an old-mem- ber of the bar, “‘and we insist upon going on with the case.” : Gee said the defendant, “please put it _off.”” The appeal was so plaintive that the court said: ‘Let it go over until tomor- ,and be sure to have your lawyer 2. ‘The next day the case was called again, and the lean, lank defendant arose again. “I'm mighty sorry, judge, but me and mother can't find that lawyer—iarn him— nowhere. We have hunted all over town. They say he is on a spree and won't get over it for a week. But this is a mighty piain case and I can tell you all about it.” The lawyer on the other side made no objection and so the case was heard. The plaintiff, with his attorney, presented their side of the question io the court and jury, and it seemed very plain to all that the defendant under the law must lose his farm. The defendant got up and in a stumbling way, sai “Well, judge, I'll tell you the whole story. Me and mother have Hved on that farm for nigh on forty years. It's all she’s got in the wide world. It wasn't much of a place when she got it, and it ain’t a fancy farm now, but it ts all me and mother have. My father died the year the war broke out and we buried him un- der the big apple tree in the medder. Trice of our big beys went into the war and left me with mether. Hiram, he got killed down in Missouri. T! sent him home, and we laid him under the apple tree. John was shot at Fort Donelson and me and mother buried him. Then Thomas, he got taken prisoner, and was kept in Ander- sonville nigh on ten months until he was nothin’ but skin and bone. Me and mother went to meet him when he got exchanged, and, if you believe me, judge, I did not know the boy, nor mother neither. We brought him back to the old place, how- sumever, and tried to get him well, but ‘twarn’t no good. He sickened and sickan- ed and died, and thar he is under the apple tree. Now, judge, me and mother set a lot o’ store by the old place, and *twould just about kill the old lady, let alone me, if we lese it. Of course, we owe the money, and we'd do most anything to pay it, but I leave it to yeu, judge, and you men on the jury, if they ought to take that farm away frem us.” In telling the story Judge Davis said: “Before that fellow got through almost everybody in court had tears in their eyes. One of the ablest lawyers in the state was counsel for the plaintiff, and there was ro- body except the defendant on the other side, but, by jove, he won the case snd those people kept their farm.” ——_—+ee_--___ How 2 Canary Killed a Rat. From the Baltimore Herald. JIcseph Thompson, a deputy clerk of the criminal court, and at one time a promi- nent candidate for the mayoralty of Bal- timore, has a canary of which he has al- ways been very proud. He is prouder of the little bird than ever now, on account of the {act that last Thursday night, after a despedate fight with a rat, the little fel- low came off victor. Just before the family retired to rest on Thursday night Mrs. Thompson placed the bird cage on the side- beard in the dining room. During the night a half-grown rat forced himself into the cage and proceeded to devour the bird’s food. This was the beginning of the trouble. The canary flew from his perch and the battle began. When Mrs. Thomp- son came to the dining room the next morning she found a dead rodent lying on its back on the floor of the bird cage, while the canary was singing merrily from its perch above. The beak of the bird had peretrated the eye of the rat, entering the brain ana causing instant death. — ss For Tackling a Policeman, From Judge. Judge—What's the charge, officer?” Officer—“Attimpted suicide, sor.” Judge—“State the particulars. Officer—“Well, he wanted t’ sor.”” folght me, MARRIAGES BY WHOLESALE How the Wedding Osremonies Are Oon- ducted in Holland. ctions in All Walks of Life—Bridal Couples by the Score and More. Special Correspondence of The Bveulng Star. AMSTERDAM, August 8, 1895. In Holland class distinction exists along all the walks of life, and even in funeral ceremonies. On all the boats there are first and second-class accommodations. In the trains we find three classes and some- times four—the difference resting solely in the floor-covering and the kind of cushions or no cushions at all. When it comes to funerals, the gradations of class are de- termined by the hour of the day and the number of attendants who are hired to accompany the procession. Frequently one will see as many as twenty black-coated, solemn-looking individuals walking behind and beside the hearse. But when it comes to marriage ceremonies there are several features shich fix the class. Preliminary Arrangements. Before the civil marriage can take place there are a number of documents which must be procured, such as the certificates of birth of the contracting parties, state- ment that the groom has served his time in the army, the names of the parents who will be preseat at the marriage and if the prospective bride or groom be a minor, the consent of the parents must be filed, and if the parents be dead, a certificate of death must be-submitted. It is also said that in scme cases vaccination papers are demanded. These papers are duly indorsed and given with the license to the groom. If he can afford a first-class marriage, he makes ar appointment .with the mayor, and at the time specified goes to the city hall, accom- panied by the parents, witnesses and friends. The ceremony is performed by the mayor himself, and the charge is forty dollars. The Fourth-Class Weddings. At the other extreme, there are the fourth-class marriages. In this class there is no charge except a small fee for re- cording the certificates. All fourth-class marriages are performed on Wednesdays— beginring at half-past nine in the morning. It is a case of first come, first served. The bride and groom, parents and witnesses take seats in one of the halls of the mu- nicipal building—securing the most favor- able position then attainable. The groom turns over his papers to an officer. They serve as a sort of call card. When the hall is full, or when it is known that all of the applicants of the past week are present, the ceremony begins. Assisting at the Weddings. Last week I obtained permission from the alderman—who officiates in all in- stances except on first-class occasions—to “assist.” In Europe “toe assist” means to be present, but in this instance I thought I would be called upon to assist in reality. It was Thursday, the day for the second and third classes, and we were to begin with the latter. When an officer informed us that the room was full we marched in— the alderman, in full dress for the occa- sion, a clerk and myself. We found the hall containing about one hundred people, the retinve of eleven couples as I subse- quently learned. They were sitting on benches without backs—except a few, who for a gratuity had previously arranged for chairs. The floor was freshly strewn with sand and numerous signs on the wall corveyed the sad intelligence “no smok- ing.” At the end of the hall was a plat- form, provided with a table and chairs. A chair was assigned to me with great deference and I at once became an inter- ested spectator. The crier took up the pa- Pers in the order in which they had been deposited, and in a loud voice read out the names of the bride and groom. They Promptly marched forward, stood on the platform in front of the table and ac- knowledged that they were the persons named; whereupon they were told to re- sume their seats. The clerk then read out the names of such parents as had been cited to appear. They acknowledged their presence by rising, then the four witnesses were asked to stand up. The crier then snnounced the names of the second couple, and the program above descrited was repeated, and so on until the list was exhausted. Two police- men acted as marshals and saw to it that there was no delay in coming forward, and no confusion in returning to their places. Married in a Body. The alderman then arose, asked all the contracting couples to stand, and proceeded to discuss the divine institution of mar- riage, the duties of the husband toward the wife and her obligations to him. He then told them to join their right hands. In response to the question whether they were willing to abide by these conditions, there was a chorus of “Ja” throughout the room. Taking up the gavel, which was lying on the table, and striking one blow with it, he said “Echtgenooten,” man and wife, and in that instant twenty-two persons be- came married. No marriage ceremony ig complete with- out this tap of the gavel. It seems to sym- bolize the forging of the marital chains. He immediately left the assembly; each party exchanging congratulations, and per- haps criticising the dress and bearing of the others, while an officer passed around @ contribution box, taking up a collection for the poor of the city. The Second-Ci: Weddings. From here we passed to another room, carpeted and provided with chairs through- out. I was told that we should now have the second-class marriages. While wonder- ing where the candidates were, an officer opened a door and marshaled in a bridal party, telling each where to sit—to the left of the bride her parents, on the groom's right his parents, the witness on the next row and the other friends in the rear. On this occasion the clerk and I were mere spectators. The alderman performed the entire ceremony. He was paid to do so, and the parents and witnesses were not required to stand, as they had paid for the privilege of sitting. The same formula was employed that we had heard before, and a tap of the gavel—this one was ivory-tipped —made them man and wife. The collection was made and the party marshaled out to sign the register. In a few minutes another was ushered in from the waiting room, where they had been nervously waiting their turn, and the ceremony again repeat- ed. There was, of course, some variety. Some of the brides were pretty, some of the grooms forgot to remove in time the glove from the right hand. In a few instances the newly made wife did not have any money ready for the pocr box, and was obliged to make an early beginning in her calls on the husband, and now and then the husband could not find the pocket in which his purse was hidden. The greatest difference was noticeable in the way in which they received the tragie word, with its gavel accompaniment—“Echtgenooten.” Some heard it as the echo of what had for years been ringing in their ears; to others it seemed to sound as the awakening call to life's more serious duties, while not a few showed by their startled looks that not until that instant did they fully realize the importance of the step they had taken. While we had been bu: in these two rooms a number of third-class patrons had been congregating in a third room. They were speedily disposed of, and the signifi- cant fall of the gavel added thirty-four to the married population of Amsterdam. By this time there were two more second- class couples waiting. who soon made the total number of marriages which I had seen solemnized in less than two hours reach thirty-eight. _I thought that might be classed as a large number, but the al- German said he had frequently married sixty couples in a single morning. At first, he remarked, the experience was ; amusing, then it became wearisome, now it is a bit of routine work which he re- gards with the same indifference that he bestows on the brushing of his clothes. The charge for the third-class marriage is eight dollars, and for the second class twenty, and this fee is paid when the pa- pers are taken out—no credit is given nor risk taken for subsequent payment. After the ceremony each party take their carriages—all have carriages, even if each occupant pays his share of the hire— and they go to church for the religious ceremony—that Is, about 70 per cent do— then 100 per cent of them go to a banquet. If the bride's family can afford it they give ——————— the dinner and if their house is not enough it is given at a restaurant. case they cannot furnish the needful repast the groom arranges for it or again they have a “Dutch treat,” each guest paying for himself, but a dinner there must be. 5 a $< THE VALUE OF CREDIT. ‘The Cashier Had a Relief in the Hon- esty of the Depositor. Fiom the New York World. I know in this city a southerner who has’ made his way from nothing to a comfort- able fortune. He was a broker in Walk street, plodding slowly along, living from’ hand to mouth, with a bank account that sometimes grew as big as $800. He met a capitalist who wanted certain bonds, and, with a commission of $2,500 In view, he un- dertook to deliver them. He knew an old bondholder who had them, and his pur- pose was to get them without causing sudden rise in their market value. The old fellow named his price, which was en- tirely satisfactory. The amount was $25,000 for the lot. My friend went to his office, Grew a check for that sum and handed it ver. “Perhaps you krow that it is customa in transactions of this kind to give a certic fied check,” said the borcholder. This was a stunning blow, almost a knockout, for a raan with a bank account of never more than $800, but my friend, begging the old fellow’s pardon for tas oversight, started to get the proper cers tification. He went straight to the cashier of his bank and stated the whole case to him, explaining that he was to deliver the is wi In two hou bonis rs and make a profit “It is an unusual request,” the cashier. sald, with a smile of half pity for the! igrorance of his customer. I know It,” said the broker, “but I can- rot lose this chance of making $2,500. You krow I am honest. I have been a depositor! here for two or three years, and have nevep| before asked for a favor. I will have the cosh here within two hours to make good. the check, or will deposit the collateral.” The cashier hesitated. He who hesitates is lost. He looked the broker straight in the eye and sald: ma Will do it. I know you are an honest n.’ With a certified check for $25,000, the southerner returned for the bonds, much to the amazement of the old bondholder, who’ declared that if he had known nis ability to produce a certified check for that amount he would never have offered the bonds at all. He offered them as a bluff. But the bluff being called he had to yield. Inside of an hour and a half the bonds were de- livered to the capitalist, and a check for $27,500 was deposited at the bank. : My friend has had many transactions with the old bondholder since then, and he rever fails to ask: “Do you want a cere, tified check?" to which the reply is, “Never mind about it; I'll take any sort of checls you give me.” ——~+e+____ THE SIAMESE TWINS. Their Descendants Li in the North Carolina Mountains. From the Flemingsburg Times-Democrat. A few miles from Mount Airy, N. C., were the homes of the famous Siamese twins,’ Eng and Chang, who were born in Siam of Chinese parents in 1811. These twins tray- eled all over the world in charge of their manager and proprietor, Mr. Bunker, whose name they finally assumed. They came at last into Surry county sightseeing; they de- clared that it was the grandest country they had ever seen, and having already, made a decent fortune they decided to buy Property and settle permanently in Surry, ‘They met and fell in love with Miss Ade- laide Yates of Wilkes, an adjoining county, Miss Yates was in an awkward predica- ment, beloved by both, but neither could tell of his affection without the other hear- ing it. Finally the matter was settled by, ‘Miss Sallie Yates, a sister of Miss Ade. laide, consenting to become the bride of one, and Miss Adelaide the other. Th parents of the Misses Yates strenuous! objected to the double marriage, but the young ladies wére not to be deterred, so they eloped, met their lovers on the bank of a ilttle stream on the roadside neap thelr home, and, a preacher being present, they were quietly married. The two coupleg settled within two miles of Mount Ati nd for several years Mved together. O irg to domestic quarrels, however, two homes were found necessary, and’ each built a comfortable home. They lived alters nate weeks at eath other’s hommes and each raised a large family of children, some of whom still live and are among the most prosperous and highly respected people in Surry county. . They were probably the most wonderful of all human phenomena. They lived to an advanced age and were clever, law-abiding men. It is said that they woyld some- times have their lttle pe epidewe) and ont would threaten to kick the other over the fence. In 1874 Eng, who had been in fall- ing health, died very suddenly. Indeed, of awakening one morning his brother, Chang, found that Eng had died during the nigh! Physicians were summoned, but before they, arrived Chang had died, and they were brried as they had lived, side by side. ——_—- see —__-__ SHAKESPEARE OR BACON. A New Way to Settle a Much-Mooteéa Literary Matter. From an Exchange. It remained for a newspaper critic in a small Austrian town to suggest a method of definitely settling the question whether Shakespeare's plays were written by, Shakespeare or Bacon. In his criticism of a very bad perform- ance of “King Lear” this critic says! “There was but one int in favor of th performance. It permits a deci: great Engi al the one who is the author will certainly found face down, as he must have turn in bis grave after this performance.” When Justices Retire. >. From the Lewiston Jovrnal. , Walter Wellman has been having @ smoke and talk with Chief Justice Fuller on the latter's piazza at Sorrento, and wag reminded by his distinguished host thag Justice String had lved longer after leave ing the bench than any man of recent, times. “The rule is,” said the chief jus- tice, “that when a man resigns or retires, from our bench he lives but @ short time.; It has become one of the traditions of our. body that if we want to live to a green ol age we shculd stay in the harness. Justice, Nelson retired in 1872, and died the next) year. Justice Swayne retired in 1881, etl ied three years later. David Davis liv: only seven or eight years after leaving the’ bench. Justice Hunt lived but four years’ after retiring. While it is true that years! go some men lived a long time after giv) ing up thelr seats on the bench, the mody) ern irstances point in the other direction, We have talked about this in the court and have concluded that after a man hag} passed his earlier years amid the smoke’ and fire of court room battles, and tho" after half of his life in the quiet but iné, tense application of the bench, it is dan gerous to cut off all activity and retire to a Ife of idleness. The dry rot of aimless+ ness eats out existence. Probably it is as true of the Supreme Court ag of — fields of activity in this world, that it is w: which gives long life. The records of court appear to prove it in our case least. Justice Strong’s experience is aD exception. He left the bench in 1880, and until recently has been healthy and hap+ py.” —_—_—_+0+___ Some New Roses From Paris. The London Gardeners’ Chronicle calls attention to a new race of roses which have been introduced by some Paris grow» ers. They belong to the Polyantha group | that Is to say, they bear thelr flowers {i trusses. The new roses have the en tage over the others of being “perpetual ami consequently they flower continuously, all through the summer. This advantage they owe to their origin, a natural cross (creisement naturel) observed in the Lyo gardens, between the flowers of the firs! specimens of Polyantha introduced fro) Japan and some hybrid perpetual ros: By repeated and careful selections, a new race of roses has been produced, whi like annuals, germinate, flower and pro- duce seeds in less than a year. The te! “awarf” is justified by the height, whi In adult plants is only about 20 inches. flowers are single, semi-double or doubl in almost equal proportions, and presen} aimost all the variations of color observ in cultivated roses. Flowering commenct in the first year and even a few mon! after sowing. This precocity is one of most remarkable and interesting fea' of this new type.