Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1897, Page 13

HE EVENING STAR. _ eee ae PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, W101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 1th St, by he Evening Star Net Company, 5. H. AUPEMANN Pree’ New York Office, 49 Potter Building. is served to subscribers in the eity by carrfers, on thelr own account, at 19 cents per week. or 4% cents per month. Copies at the cen each. By mall—apywhere tn the $ or Cunada~ postage prepaid 0 cents ted Stai per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Ottice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mall matter.) EF-All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. 3 TIAVER BROS. & CO.,2 937-939 F St. 11 Fourbourg Poissonnierre, Paris. Part2. Che Evening Star. Pages 13-24. ® The spring millinery ex- hibit embraces the crea- tions of the most promi- nent Paris, London and New York milliners— dainty, charming Hats and Bonnets—without doubt the prettiest that women will wear all the year round. Chiffon effects, fancy braids and Panama straws are to be the most popular styles this season. The shapes, odd and pretty, include the Anna Held, Geisha, Continental, Beaumont Tiara, Olym- if pia, etc. Violet, Purple, Mouse, Cardinal and Black are the prevailing colors. We haven't space to tell you much about the prices, but we are fully convinced that in no time during the history of the retail business in Wash- ington have such goods 1@OOOO By ke ce) 1) sold at the beginning of the season for prices so low. SHAT SPECIALS. and stk roawce te. $1 AD f shapes In Russian Hatr in back ADC. purchase of a lot of 41% Satin and Gros Grain ir, colors best oe ie. Ribbon, in all nus lity —ersbles Hbbon for... » for those who intend in the tnavgural ball. Sueder, in Nile ‘and’ white, $1 49 An especially choice selec- tion of Evening Fans just arrived in time for the ball. CAN BE TRUE? In These Days of Pretentious Tramps It Hardly Seems So. ¢ Cleveland Plata Deal-r. Some singular things do happen in con- nection with the prevailing distress. Here fs an Incident that seems quite too good to be true, and yet it is vouched for. A disreputable-appearing tramp called at an uptown house one morning last month and humbly begged for a pair of shoes. The lady of the house wes won over by his appeal and his dismal looks, and hus- tled up a really* good pair of feet cover- ings. “There,” she said. “Put these on. And now, if you want to show vour gratitude, just happen around here some mornii From t after a snowstorm and clean off our side- walk.” The tramp grinned and oes. the lady never expected to ear from him again. Rut early one morn- ing she was awakened by a tremendous n front of the house. Hurriedly she looked out of the window. i been quite a heavy fall of snow, lewalk making the flakes of the shoes. He had a el and was polishing off the style. He caught sight of the » window, and after waving his er went on with his task. ed that he would drop back door for a bite of ut he didn’t come. He sim- ply finished his work and went away. Three times since then he has cleaned the walk. and each time he has left with- out making himself known. If this meets his eye he will understand that a square meal awaits him at that back door any time he wants to eall for it. ae = In Harlem—Mrs. Flatt—“This poem is very affecting where the old man ts de- scribed as watching the dying embers.” Flatt—“Yes, but ft could have been made more effecting by describing him as watch- ing the cold steam pipes.”—Puck. hobbled away around hleralds of Spring We've scoured the markets of the civilized world and brought home right here for you their choicest choosings. We're determined that throughout breadth of Washington this establishment will be known as the most popular one for Millincry made goods—the store where women like to go—the store where a woman can always find what she wants—depend on its style and pay a price that goods of equal quality cannot be bought for elsewhere. MILLINERY DEPT. a ee MAYER BROS. 937-939 F St. the length and and Ladies” Ready- PT. Under entirely new management this depart- ment springs forth this season fully equipped to meet every demand a woman of fashion can make on it. No time, energy or expense has been spared in the search of foreign and domestic markets for a stock we think worthy of our pa- trons. Right here we might say you'll find noth- ing that isn’t brand new in the house. Not a Suit, not a Skirt or a Waist that hasn’t just reached us. Every garment is of reliable materials, fash- ioned in the latest style with the most careful touches of skillful tailors. Much of the goods you'll find exclusive with us. raordinary values await you next week throughout the Ready: made Department. W are determined to make this store indisputably the headquarters for Women’s Wear. Your expectations will be more than met with in the values we'll offer. PSSOSOSS O09 HG08 SOSHS98008 000098 ey OH These are only pickings. New “Bolero” Suits, new Suit eT Suits, new font” tailored right up to the top notch of excellence irreproachable unapproacLable In price. of All-wool Fancy Mixtures, in sh: silk lined. . f Yule Blue, with the latest trimmed” with black vel- f-silk Mined. A $8.98 will sell fe Jacket nt with’ change- for . aaa Black and Bu: and s] able cut. $14 Suft, SILK W 1@OODS OOS OG FS OOOSODSHIOGOO DOSS iS AIS ck Taffetas, ything that a Waists. Here's Silk Walst, fn the apple, ete. : 4.49 UNDERSKIRTS. g8c. to $9.98 is the range of prices. An end- less variety to choose from Black and Colored Silk Skirts, also Moires and Satteens. All with cord- ed and dust ruffles. Cut ~ in the very latest shapes. & CO., OOS82 OOS SSOHSSOHHSOSOS 9CO | 58688568 Am Eye Opener. From the Detroit Free Press, It was the well-dressed rounder talking to some of his congenial fellows as they sipped hot Scotches in deference to the de- Pressed state of the thermometer. “You all remember that fellow from New York that visited me,” said the rounder, as he slowly turned his glass on the table and watched the changing colors of his tipple In the electric light. “You know how he used to patronize us, tell us how they made the elephant go ‘round in New York, and intimated, whenever there was an openiag, that Detroit was decidedly pro- vinctal. He lamented that there were not go and ginger enough here to warm his blood. “One night, when I was not feeling quite up to the usual spin, he urged me to keep my room while he went out and had some fun with the imitation sports who thought they knew the ropes. “About 3 a.m. there was a racket like a herd of Texas steers trying to get upstairs. I seized a revolver and opened the door to meet a grinning policeman with our Gotham high roller in tow. He was limp, weary, disheveled and humble. ~ “It was too hot for me, old man,’ he ad- mitted with a groan. ‘They did me at dice, did me at cards, threw me into the air on a fake bet, and made a “Rube” of me gen- erally. As a grand windup they gave me a big wine supper, and before the last cork was popped they skipped out, leaving me to settle. Just to make sure that I had no conceit left, some follow held me up on my way to your room, and it was all I could do to persuade him to leave me my clothes, I haven't enough left to buy a cigarette. Just ship me back home. There's lots for the New Yor! under to learn, and I've had my lessor —~—~——+e-__ ‘The Proper Method. From the Chicago Recon’. ; “Do you lose many valuable books by lending them?" < “No; I always lend the books that I want to lose.” WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. “CIRCULATION” THAT I8.A KNOWN QUANTITY. Facts About the Distribution of The Star Brought Out by an Expert Examination. The facsimile printed below speaks for itself. The Star has for many years printed weekly a sworn state- ment of its circulation, and with The Star “circulation” means the ‘papers which are actually distributed to bona fide subscribers. This is done in simple justice to the advertiser, who is as much entitled to know the actual measure of the publicity he is receiving for his money as the purchaser of any other article is to know what he is getting for his outlay, whether the same is sold by the pound, yard or number. But ex- tent of circulation is not the only measure of value. Quality is of equal importance to the advertiser. There is a vast‘difference between the bona fide circulation of a newspaper like The Star, which reaches the homes and families, and the duplicated circulation of those sheets whose chief fields are ash heaps, junk shops and rag and paper ware-houses. The certificate of the Advertisers’ Guarantee Conipany here given shows that a thorough examination of all books relating to the circulation of The Star has been made by one of their sworn experts, and that under a bond for $50,000 they guarantee that the circulation shown is the actual paid circulation of The Star for the month of January. These figures correspond exactly with those given from week to week in The Star, and they show a circulation nearlv if not quite twice as large as that of any other paper, morning or evening, in Washington. of ihe. is 16 to it ify, 7-and the AVERAGE SUNDAY PAID CIREULATION on the That the AVERAGE DAILY PAID CIRCULATION 77 5 spre by our expert, examiners, and determined This Report is guaranteed by the Advertisers Guarantee Company of Chicago, Il., and by the bond of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, to Advertisers, tn the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), bond Deposited with the First National Bank of Chicago. HIRING DRESS SUITS How Swallow-Taila Are Supplied on Short Notice. ee AT THE INAUGURATION BALL A Tailor Who Does a Thriving Business. WHENCE THE SUPPLY COMES HE PRACTICE OF renting out dress suits for special oc- casions, such as the inaugural ball, has grown to such an extent in this city of recent years that it has become a recog- nized part of the business with many local tailors and clothing houses, and no small portion of their receipts comes from this source. One of the leading merchant tailors sald to a Star reporter this week that at the ball at the second inauguration of Presi- dent Cleveland more than four hundred male guests wore suits that were rented from him. This meant to them the tidy sum of $2,000. The practice grew up in a very natural way, at least with some of the tailors, who now go in for it to quite a heavy extent. A local tailor whose custom is confined almost entirely to the class of men who like to dress in the height of the fashion, and are able and willing to pay good prices for their clothes, found himself some years ago with several dress sults on his hands. Occasionally one of his regular patrons would drop in and remark to him that he’ had a friend in town who had come on a hurried business trip, but had been invited to a big dinner or reception, and was very’ much embarrassed by the fact that he had left his dress suit at home. The ““‘sarto- rial artist’ would offer to lend one of his suits if the man in question could be fitted. “But,” said the tailor, “I soon found that I was getting into the business without meaning to do so. I came to the conclusion that this courtesy on my part hardly paid, for I had to send the suit out, send for it, and then have it pressed and cleaned. So it came about that I began renting out dress suits at a fixed price. 3 The Supply. “Where does the supply come from? From lots of sources. In the first place, we are all the time having suits left on our hands. Sometimes it’s because they don’t fit, but, of course, that rargly happens. More often they are the suits that have been sent to be repaired or cleaned, and’ their owners forget to send for them or. leave town before are finished. Then, too, much te do we make a few sults for this particular purpose. We also buy dress suits. I don’t mean by that that we are inthe second-hand clothing business, but: sometimes, you know, our regular custom- before they a ers outgrow their dress suits are worn out, and when we make them new suit we often buy the discarded one: We have ft cl altered and prv ssed, so that in point of style and generai ap- pearance we claim it is a great improve- = when our workmen have nothing : OS NN an SS A SRE SE ce ment on the average ready-made sult even when it ts quite new. Well Represented atthe Ball. “Four years ago I had several hundred suits at the ball. These did not all come from my establishment, for I do not claim to carry anything like that number. For weeks before the ball I made a canvass of all the near-by cities and got a corner on rented dress suits. Our price for the ball is $5. That's a good price, but then you see we are very careful as to the sort of people with whom we do oun business. We do not accommodate every one that ap- plies to us by any means, and we only rent to the very nicest sort of men. is carefully gone over before it is used again, so that each user is just about as well off as if he had a new suit of his own.” Tailors in Washington generally say that the business is not what it was a few years ago. The “dress suit habit’? is much more general than it used to be, ‘and now there are very few men indeed who go out at all who do not possess this important factor in the male wardrobe. There are, however, @ good many men, some in ‘public life for that matter, who are instinctively opposed to the “‘spike-tail,” and regard the broad- clot frock coat as good enough for any one. Once in awhile, though, they run up against a White House reception or'a state dinner, that makes the c itiondl even- ing dress am absolute necessity. Then they are met with the alternatives of renting or borrowing, and it is much easfer to rent. Renting the Suits, All classes, of men are ta-be found among those who are occasionally compelled to hire their evening clothes, and the prices vary quite as much as the aoelal positions of tMe wearers. For instance, a pretty good sort of a suit-can be had for $1.50. It is a curious fact that the cheaper the suit the more careful the owner is when it comes to renting it out. When a suit rents for $1.50, the tailor usually requires a deposit to the extent of a half or three-quarters of its value. Ordinarily the suit would not be worth more than $10 at second-hand prices, so the deposit is not a very heavy one. On the other hand, the man who rents a $5 suit is usually known to the dealer or is a guest at one of: the high-priced hotels, so the owner takes his chances and lets the suit go without a deposit. He very rarely makes a mistake. pur Didw’t Have to Walk. From The. Sketch. Banks—“‘And becaus2 you couldn’t find a penny to pay the fare aid .me conductor make you get off and walk?” Jenkins—“No, he only: made=me get: off; I could have sat on the soad all day if I'd wanted to.’ —————Se Too Dum.” From Judy. i 5 “A great many people. sleep between these walls,” sald the g—ide, showing the visitor through the ancieat.Englsh church where the noble familieg.weresinterred. “Same way over in our counry,” replied the visitor; “why don’t. you get a better preacher?’ z The Decetwer. « From the Indianapolis Journal, “How in the world cout yourtell that old Mrs. Vidder that she @ied a complexion that remin@ed<yau of’ a peach?’ “I meant’ dried peach.” . ar at e _- No Living: Expenses. From the New York ‘Tribune. va cttde One good thing about. Philadel- phia.” 3 ‘tnoney, wux he? What | Sneek Thiet Sam—“Coimtag” sliver. dol- Every suit | A RIGHTEOUS RECKONING. Catching a Snide Workman and Mak- ing Him Act on the Square. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This ts the hour of begging frauds. They crop up everywhere. Their stories are so plausible, their appearance so pitiful. One of them recently walked into an East End factory. “For the love of heaven,” ke said, “give me a little work to do. Anything that I can turn my hand to.” The proprietor looked him over. He was decently dressed, young and intelligent, and had evidently seen better days. “I have some work,” said the propriet “but it is of a rough sort.” “Anything, anything,” cried the unfortu- nate man. So he was set to work sorting bolts, but he hadn't really started the job when he was noticed to ‘stagger slightly. ‘ou must excuse me,” he sald brokenly, “but I haven't tasted food for twenty-four hours.”” Thereupon the proprietor dipped his hand into his pocket and brought up a 50-cent Piece. “Take that,” he said; “get yourself a square meal and then come back.” The fellow took it, but he didn’t come back. A day or two later the victimized man told his story to a fellow manufacturer. The latter remembered it, when, the very next morning, a young man came into his office and remarked: “For the love of heaven, give me a little work.” “All right,” said the proprietor, “take oft your coat.” Off came the coat and as it was hung up the owner worked in the same old slag- ger. “I haven’t touched food for twenty-four hours,” he gasped. “That's all right,” sald the proprietor, grimly, “you'll get no food until this Job is finished.” ‘The fellow cast a longing look at his coat wae it SS beyond his reach, so he ent to work. It was a hard Tatehee it ard job, but he “There,” said the proprietor, your coat. You've aan “there's earn 'y,cents, which I will now inclose in this envelope and send to the man you swindled the other day. That's all right—no thanks—good day.” And the crestfallen scemp sneaked off. ——--+e- ‘Where His Memory Failed. From the Cleveland Leader. They picked him up at the bottom of the stairs, and, although a hasty examination sbewed that no bones were broken, h painfully bruised and partially uneonselous, At last he drew a long breath and asked to be taken home. Then somebody inquired nore had happened. He sntiled sadly and “I went up to see the editor.” ae er inz” “He was. Placed a sheet of = fore him and requested him to pendant I had written upon it. H hen yertaat una! le wanted to know “And did you tell him?” “I said it was a ™m mow te poem on the beautiful ‘{{And what happened then?” “I don’t remember, b He aes ut I guess he did ——_-o-_____ Trouble With His Notes. From the Chicago Tribune. It was an hour or more after midnight. There was a furious ringing at the door bell. A few minutes elapsed and then a head was thrust out of a second story window. “What do you want?” “This is where Mr. Speecher lives, isn’t it?” “Yes, I am Mr. Speecher.” “You delivercd an address before the Advancement of Man- a ere this on Dead of uu sald that at the age of’ twenty-seven entered the ‘ministry a ce A ., 5° mue' to Gooa Meet heeds Strangers are most Will Interest, Welcome to visit eet our store. Printers’ Ink (the fittfe school: master of adverfising), saps: Jt is cfarmed for te Washington Star, and proBabfp trufhtulfp cfaime?d, 1Baf no offer newspaper in fBe counfrp goes info 60 fargt @ vercenfage of aff te Bouses tiffin a radius of fwentp mifes =| from t§e office of puffication. Spring Season in Ladies’ An opening on Monday of Ladies’ Ready-majle Suits, No formality about it—but a grand display of the best creations that our long experience and wide knowledge can produce. Never mind whether you are ready to buy yet or not. styles—study valucs Waists, Skirts and Jackets. You will be ready to study sibilities. verdict. ¢ Suits. New in style—of new ma- terlals—new trimmings—new Ideas—new — cverything—and Suits & Wraps & Waists--} The social demands upon you this coming week may re- quire that your wardrobe be reinforeed—and if such is the case the opportunity lies before you here. We are proud of the showing, and are | Separate Skirts. AT: study pos- anxious for your Tan Ke with ty -front wiasome they are. Our ar- More newness—more rich- 5 tists have dune themselves ness. If you have ever credit—added fresh known what satisfaction in x to thelr already Dich rep- Skirts ix you will find tt tn etal 67 SO + utatlon as originators, Ladies may rest assured actual cost they are unarke that the types here seen are Perhaps the largest assort- | exclusive. The prices are ment in town Is remarkable for such ich val Brown, Blue and Green Mixed “Tweed Sults, with ta oye English fiy-front jackets, wba rhgep Maed all” through” with | had “with weiter bindiney | changeable silk: new style Worth $4.50—for irt. nea mth Janey pe © Speelal $3 mind with vel- : * priee— 2 Eyen if we di Special price D8. Tan and Novelty Suite, with box § toning on fiy, u Ladies’ Bi. Cloth PPO ME ELLE IVIL ALI IIE PION INNER OOOO SSS pric Tan ind Gray t Ladi Cloth ‘Suits, with fy-front Shier box jacket, lined” with our own eh ble taffeta silk; mew with the sleeves and — buck; "skirt perealine and Mined with percaline and pa Velvet bound — Special Speelal price, ‘itl $12.75. : - Black Motre Ladies’ Brown and Pum lined with Mixed Tweed Suits, with fly oun. t box lined with a th bound with ve “it $13.50. y I through English fly front Jacke witi Black taffeta sill sleeves and b: new style — skirt, Hned with’ Black taf- enna feta” silk—the usual $25 wey value, - Spectal $17.00. price, Plum and Green Etamine Suits, with bolero 8, trimined in military “fashion and Mned with Black taffeta ; mew shape skirt, with girdle of moire silk, lned all through with percaline— POLLO LOLOL LLL LAHAINA ALAA LEE LAA LEEEEEEPE_LRIFV PN FV these—and see how clos: ly none that is any lect—or desirable. ul $4, j orth $6— for $4.50. ain 1 ‘a—Worth $1 —for veul'$5.50. | * Brocade Silk ross cut on patterns of designing; best fh $10 for with pr ound with velvet ee! $12.50. Ladies’ Jackets. to | k Serge Skirts, { k Figured Mo- eee aia te alae eis ie style, lined to find som Yound | mee th S850 waist « ere won't be expecting any Seortment mm will tind. with bound with |, We wan ck Brill ined with ound with Navy Hlae Special price, $5. lined of with quality hound $7. Velour Skirts, percaline and Black Taffeta Sik whih Tull toont i ints, eavy Reception Garments. ‘The Inangaral Ball crea Sreviat $18.50. —— a ned ¢ Pete, esc Jaunty and useful. Don't satisfactorily sujply from Ladies’ Brown, et p Of epectally dexign- Pl try to Ive throngh the | cur line of specially design with box jacket, new see? fickleness of spring without ed € and backs Oe Tay with | @ Light-weight Jacket. by changeable taffeta silk and These will argue thetr own | quin, + Sao way into your favor. The | duit 3 Special quality in them—the style— Tt isn't often price, $18.50. the perfect good taste—and dargains in suc 3 We have a large varlety of very low prices are con- prodactions—but we wre of- Bolere Saket eaits ss ae vincing facts. Exclusive fering these at LESS ‘THAN you, made up in the most z nia fashionable cloths Tes effects—marked low enough, HALF THE Cost or iM- tly trimmed and fal el PORTATION. santly, time surely. PORTATION. “ ” NINTH AND THE AVENUE. Established 1840. Telephone 995. Soe COLORADO MOUNTAIN SHEEP. the veriest Munchausea of hunters. When The Day Not Far Distant When, Like the Buffalo, They Will Be Extinct. From the Denver Republican. Mountain sheep appear to be increasing in Colorado, and, stranger still, the rare and timid arimals are leaving their dizzy haunts among the high‘ mountain peaks and drawing nearer to the habitations of man than ever before.-In the compara- tively low lands, near the town of Jeffer- sen, there is now a flock of fifty or more mountain sheep. Jefferson is on the South Park railroad, about eighty-one miles southwest of Denver, in Park county. It is an old-fashioned community, and has near it the well-known summer resort, Jef- ferson “Lake. The vicinity, disturbed by the rumble of trains as well as the sounds of human life and industry, is not at all a quiet one, It has none of the characteris- tics which usually mark the natural home of the almost extinct mountain sneep. And yet for several days past a band of at least fifty of the soft-eyed, large-horned native sheep of the Recky mountains has been calmly grazing around the town of Jefferson and close to the railroads. It is said that the sheep do not display any nip of fear of the Jefferson people. them come in open dayligit within easy pistol shot of the ces. do noi ron away. uz 801 pi tries to ten Fees years past the sight of a a lone sheep was seen it ususliy d/sappear- ed from view at the slighte Considering these things, at fifty sheep upon the town of Jefferson, as though they had formed themselves inte an excursion party somewhere « mountains, docs not look plainable. The general theory ter cold and deep snow: the higher tudes drove them downward, and that th joined together for mutual protectio they traveled from peak to k. Killing mountain sheep is absolutely prohibited by reg in peetricg is a close-l season all @ year round with the animals, just is with buffalo. satel ——re2—_____ Plenty of Reaso: From the New York ‘Tribune, The Judge—“Have you anything to say why the sentence of the court shovid not be pronounced upon you?” Teddy O'Reiily—“Faith, yer honor, Oi have siven distinct raisons, iny wan of which would convince mesilf if Oi was only yer honor.” ——— +e+-__ __ . Making It Homelike. From the Indianapolis Journal’ “Whew!” said the drummer. smells like a drvg store.” “Fixed it thataway on purpose,” said the barkeeper. “Lot of Kansas fetlers in town, and we want to make it seem home-like to *em.” the des “This place ——_—+ 0+ Fond Recoliections., From Puck. Brown—“Jones doesn’t forget his alma- Robinson—“He doesn't, eh?” Brown—“No, indeed! He's to t his baby the college yell. shige Leck aemes