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urn tree THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY -87, i897 —24 PAGES. 15 CAIRENE FASHIONS oo Mixture of High Breeding and Loud Vulgarity. aes ae TEA OW A OD AHABEAH How Moneyed People Enjoy Themselves on the Nile. ee = SOME STRIKING COSTUMES ——_—_— Special Correspondence ening Star. (Copyright, 189 vndicate.) CAIRO, February 10, 188 AIRO WAS NEVER ayer than it is this ter. It has been fuller, but that doesn’t count. A good many tourists have been kept away because they wished to take Turkey and Egypt in one trip, and Constantinople has failed somehow since last summer's massacres to impress them as wholesome. he cholera scare, quickly made timid folks won- as good campings. But the people who not here are mostly the on to see the east but once in a lifetime and who are correspond- ingly particular about times and seasons. And then, as it blew over, der if Cairo itself too, knocks so loud at fashion’s gate, but it is not yet let in. The waist was made with a blouse turning back in ribbon-edged revers over the shoulders and sleeves and opening in front on a vest of pale green silk. A broad plaided sash of red and green tied in bows at the back of the waist and fell to the deck in streamers. A big hat of gray green straw was trimmed with red roses and green ribbons. _ Of Grass Green Canvas. One other toilet, that of a caller from another dahabeah, tied up under a group of palms close by, was too noteworthy to be passed over. It was a fine grass green canvas cloth made with a round skirt hav- ing a broad band of striped black and white ribbon at the hem. Half way to the waist ran another band of ribbon, giving the overskirt effect rather cleverly. A very high pointed corselet of the skirt material came well over the bodice of green and white embroidered mousseline. A deep col- lar of white mousseline laid in fine plaits furnished a standing ruche for the throat, and three winglike frills coming down on either side over the tops of the sleeves. Black ribbon edged the corselet and pro- vided the belt. The hat was green with pink and white roses. For the Race Course. Dress for the race course is as smart in Cairo as elsewhere. At the second winter meeting of the Khedivial Race Club the other day an Englishwoman who had two horses entered, drove out to the track in a silvery white cloth gown, with a full skirt gauged on to a cord about the hips and trimmed with three rows of rather narrow yellowish brown ribbon. The bodice was made with a white velvet zouave embroid- : ered with silver and edged with frills of lace and ribbon. The sleeves had the shoul- der puffs gathered in to the tightness of the arms by several rows of tucking. Yellow- ish brown velvet made the belt and collar and trimmed the broad straw hat with its wreaths of roses. Another good costume at the track was a fawn-colored cloth, with a narrow ruffle at the hem. The close-fitting bodice had three rows of creamy lace gathered across the bust, with a big rosette of old rose velvet at one side. The broad belt and the stand- ing collar were of velvet also. The hat was TEA ON BOARD A DAHABEAH. They are not the rich people nor those who add most to the gayety of nations. The moneyed crowd to whom a winter on the Nile counts as little and is had as s a spring in London are here Their manners and their and the worst one ever 5 They're a picturesque mixture of high breeding and loud vulgarity. The rudeness of the worst of the English !s led eply by the laughable lapses of most ignorant Americans. Yesterday the best appointed hotel table in the ree handsome women who had been ing their plans for next summer Narragansett Pier for the benefit of the rest of the guests made us Isten also to treir dirner 1eckoning. ‘ow your bill,” said one of them, who was fair, fat and thirty, “is %) piastres and 20 for wine, and mine is 50 piastres and 10 for wine and Edith’s is 5 piastres and 15 for wine, shall ycu give the waiter anything for a pour boire?” And the waiter, who understands English perfectly, stood silently at the ladies’ back while the amount of his fee was discussed at length and afterward bowed them out of the room with oriental politeness and regularly full in fore are the ex the impassivity. Fortunately all Americans who winter in Egypt are not of this type, nor are any of them so fast as the most rapid set among the English, whose pace here makes London ¢ ons seem quite of the slow coach order by comparison. Tea on a Dahabeah. As I said, Catro is gay. One of the pret- tlest and most innocent of its diversions fs tea on board a dahabeah. The day before a boat starts for a pleesure cruise up the Nile it puts on its best clothes. The Arab boatmen scrub the decks, the long, lance-like yards are hung with pen- nants, and rugs are spread everywhere jer the awnings. The dahabeah is tied bly ju nove or bel 2 bridge, and over this for un¢ bringing and women under parasols to taste the 5 stripe en fete, and s pring hi in evidenc2 that it is necessary to make some ro of them. Cairo gets Paris fashions before Paris gets or it has to have straw while Europe is still buying fur. A blonde girl who dreve her own trap wore a combin tion of white and purple. Her dress wa: so e veiling with trim- Her hat was a aw, of a shape that popular. The brim but not acutely. put with rather a the hat was meant to back of the head, in- It was trimmed with nestled at the heart Under the brim 1 the hair it was black, but relieved s in Cairo. ives walk, and this girl velubly that she had art cut with her whip y who was not quick by wagon he had d two or threeof the in tow, y dress of blue chine silk figured green, with little touches of pink here Her waist and throat ribbons nd she carried h of the arcissus { vary. Her a n in front rning up sharp! be- trimming it 1 a wreath of @ pink ribbons, into which narcissus stems. Flowers and a. A Bride's Toflet. honeymoon is passing in ‘© a round hat of green straw. with shape suited admirably the young round face, with its low brow and hair drawn back carelessly in waves. At the back of the hat high loops of cream- colored ribbon stood up in emi-circle. On of th the he brim lay a bunch of pink other curled a black ostrich dress that matched this hat m-colored chine silk, The skirt was full, one fenced | She preferred anything in particular. ide | a large white straw trimmed with roses. Promenade dresses are not common here for reasons already stated. In town one drives: in the desert one rides a horse, donkey or camel. Yet I saw a very elab- orate walking dress this morning. It was of brown cloth braided all over the skirt with arabesques in black silk. The bodice, braided in the same fashion, opened on a chemisette in white mousseline. There were a black silk draped belt, and a black collar with lace frills. The hat was black straw with roses and black feathers. ELLEN OSBORN. ee “The Retort Courteous.” From Herper’s Bazar. In the courtly old city of New Orleans there lived, some time since, a gentleman of considerable intellectual attainment and reputation, who occupied a prominent posi- tion in one of the city colleges. This gen- tleman was possessed of a very sensitive nature, and a still greater absence of mind. One day, as the professor was riding down town in a street car, which at the time was propelled by mule power, a lady entered the car and walked past the pro- fessor to take a vacant seat just beyond him. As she did so the mule quite unex- pectedly turned on additional power, giv- ing the car such a jerk that the lady, stum- bling over the professor's feet, which were none of the smallest, hung trembling in the balance for an instant, and then, in an impetuous and unconventional manner, seated herself squarely in the professor's lap. Just at that moment the gentleman was deeply immersed in some abstruse meditation on the physical properties of immaterial bodies, or something else of equal weight, and paying no attention to his surroundings, was taken. completely unawares by the lady’s evolutions. The lady, as she sat down, however, instinc- tively announced her involuntary approach by the hasty and horrified ejaculation, “Oh, I beg your pardon, sir!” emphasizing the close of her remark by coming forcibly to rest in the gentleman's lap. The learned gentleman, so unexpectedly recalled to matters mundane, felt that the hurried apology demanded some courteous response; but the scientific scintillations of his rudely jostled brain disturbed the usual mentai connections, so, after a moment's hesitation, he seized the first sentiment that came to hand, and hastily exclaimed, “Don’t mention it, madam; you are entirely welcome.”” The remark was intended well, but seem- ed to be ill chosen. The lady rose with in- dignant haste, and, blushing warmly, took a vacant seat in the far part of the car, while the professor, after a momentary re- flection, rose with equal haste, and jump- ing off the car without waiting for a stop, walked the rest of the distance down town. Being New Orleans, the other passengers merely smiled pleasantly, while the mule jogged peacefully along. ge Body, Soul and All. From’ Spare Moments. A bashful young man was Invited to a dirner party, and was paired with the mest handsomely dressed lady in the room. His seat at the table happened to be in front of a rcast fowl, which he was ex- pected to carve and a fried sole. The poor man had never done such a thing before in his life, but wishing to make the best of the situation he com- by asking the lady very politely if She replied that she would take a little of the sole. He had no idea where the soul lay, 50 begar to cut off a slice of the breast. “The sole,” she sald. Then he tried the wing. “The sole,” she repeated. This time he tried the leg. “The sole,” the lady sald, higher key. He, moist with perspiration, tience, stuck the fork into the fowl, saying: “Take it, body, soul and all putting it on the lady’s plate, from which it rolled into her lap, much to the consternation of the whole company. . Phat young man was never invited to a Girner party again. Something to Brag About. From the Chicago Reeord. Dealer—“This is a very accurate ther- mometer, in a still lost all pa- body of the r longer than skirts have been made, and plain. The bodice was plain and close- = also, but almost hidden under a very p lace collar, the tabs of which were so $s to stand out in half handkerchiefs nd. A frill of lace at the neck flar- ing over a collar of pink ribbon and a nar- pointed pink ribbon waist-belt gave the finishing touches. ‘Tea was served on the upper deck under the awnings, and here a couple of white turbaned Arabs, whose feet were noiseless on the mattings, handed it about eastern fashion, in glasses. People who have not been in Egypt would hardly recognize the beverage, flavored as it is with verbena and the juice of small green limes. The pretty sister of the hostess directed opera- tions in a green gray canvas dress trimmed about the skirt with three bands of plaided red and green ribbon. The bands were put on with a deep point in front, and high up- on the sides to simulate the overdress that Customer—“I don’t want that kind. Gi’ me something that’s about five degrees shy in winter and ten degrees hotter in summer.” —+e+____ A Bad Case. From the Detroit Free Press. “You wouldn't believe it, but Grampy hi a bad case of swelled head. - “There must be some mistake.’ “Not a bit of it. Genuine old-; mumps on both sides. een 3 ——_---_____ A Slight Contrast. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “What a stylish dress!’ “Yes, it cost me $30. I had it made wear to the last charity card oa “What, does it cost to go to one of the pal ; “Twenty-five cents,” = elected a vestryman of the church in of Mr..H. A. Lockwood, reatgned. At a meeting of theiMethosiist preachers’ meeting on Monday at Fonadry-Church,, Rev. Albert Osborn, registrar of the Amer- {can University, read’ a paper on amuse- ments, in continuation of the discussion on that subject, whiclt hasbeen -going on zon nome weeks, ae e gentleman wha. ly purchased the chapel located ae the % iersection of Massachusetts avenué’ and street from the estate of the late! Senator Van Wyck pac !UNIVERSITY NOTES IN THE CHURCHES The congregation of the United Brethren Church, corner of North Capitol and R streets, is making preparations to have the reports of the work done during the past year presented to the Maryland annual conference, March 10, at Walkers- ville, Md. The Maryland conference takes Georgetown University. The program of the concert to be given 'by the Glee Club Monday evening Is as follows: Part 1—“Georgetown March,” Banjo and Mandolin Club; “Jabberwack, Glee Club; “Gold and White March,” Man- dolin Club; “Summer Idyl,"” Glee Club; in the District of Columbia and all of the Sco poccupted as a house uf worship by | “Crowd of Coons,” Banjo Club; state of Maryland except the city of Bal-| St. Paul’s M. E. Church, -has to, . As extend the léase on. the’ bmidine “onicy | Black Sheep,” Glee Club. Part 2—“La timore. It embraces 3,200 members. The session is important this year-from the fact that questions discussed at the state con- ference will foreshadow those at the gen- eral conference of the United States at To- Iedo, Ohio, May 10. Among the questions to be discussed will be that of enlarging the boundaries of the Maryland conference so as to include the city of Baltimore. The Washington congregation is looking for- ward to this quadrennial meeting of the general body with a good deal of interest, principally because its pastor, Rev. John E. Fout, is one of the delegates represent- ing the Maryland conference, the others being Revs. G. J. Roudabush and M. L. Martin, and Harvey Thomas, lay delegate. The bishops of the United Brethren Church are elected every four years, but it is not thought that there_yill be any changes this sesgion. Another question discussed will be that of doing away with the presiding elders. : Bishop Hott of Iowa is to preside at the. Maryland conference, but the different bishops take turns in presiding at the quad- rennial meeting. The delegates who have been selected to represent the local church at the meeting week after next are as fol- lows: The pastor, Kev. J. &. Fout, and L. L. Smith and Caleb Cleveland. Arrangements have been made for a union prayer meeting Wednesday evening, the night before inauguration, at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. It is called “a union patriotic prayer meeting,” and to it are invited members of all de- nominations. The theme of the meeting will be prayers for the incoming adminis- Tipica,” mandolin quarte! Mr. O’Cornor and Glee Club; and Gray March,” Mandolin Club; “Alice, Where Art Thou?” Glee Club Quartet; “Green and White March,” Banjo Club; “Sons of Georgetown,” Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club. A large number of tickets have been issued and a good time is an- ticipated. The first public debate of the Law School Debating Society will take place this even- ing at 8 o'clock in the Law School build- ing on E street. The question for debate is, ‘Resolved, That Women Be Granted the Right of Suffrage.” Josepn Chez of In- diana and P. C. Burke of Pennsylvania are the speakers on the affirmative, and Stephen J. Casey cf Rhode Island and J. Raymond Stafford of the District of C lumbia will uphold the_ negative. The judges will be Fernando C. Leighton, Robt. Cecil Lewis and~ Blackburn B. Dovener. The committee in charge is Roy Thomas, Joseph Chez and Alfred S. Dalton. The Mardi Gras celebration will take place Tuesday evening. A banquet will be given in the afternoon, a musical and folly entertainment in the evening, followed by a dance. It is strictly to be an affair of the students. 2 Father Richards attended the meeting of the Philadelphia Alumni Society Wed- nesday, and the consecration of Bishop Prendergrast. The question for discussion by the Mor- ris Debating Society is, ‘Resolved That Vivisection Should Be Abolished.” P. C. Burke will speak in the affirmative and P. J. McLaughlin in the negative. There the congregation holds. Subscriptions are being collected for a ew cWurch building, and it is hoped that by the time the owner desires the use of his property a perma- nent and substantial house of: worship will have been erected. Several desirable building sites have been looked: at, but the only thing decided is that the new chereh will be erected somewhere near the present location. oo ev. George A. ugherty, assis: a tor of St. Augustine's Church. has been appointed to Succeed. Rev. Father. M. F. yan, transferred to Baltimor - inet of schools In this city. Om matinee, reception and musical held Monday afternoon in the lecture ren of Metropolitan Shureh, under, the auspices of the Junior Epworth. League Chapter. Those taking part in the program, which was musical and literary in its nature, rep- |resented George Washington, and distin guished men and women of his time in min- Frank Sewall, pastor of the New Church, and Mrs. Sewall entertained the congregation at a social meeting at their residence Wednesday evening. During the Lenten season Dr. Sewall is to conduct two Bible classes a day and an eyening class in the church study Wednesdays and Fridays. A novel way to raise money for church purposes took place yesterday at one of the large stores in Southeast Washington. The Proprietor of the store gave to the Metro- politan Presbyterian Church 10 per cent of all purchases made by members of the church. The Ladies’ Mite Society of the congregation had charge, and succeeded in inducing a large number to make purchases on this condition. tration. ‘The presiding officer is to be Rev. | Pastor D. W. Skellenger of the Sixth | will also be a recitation by Edward M. Fie we susces ae aaclltre "anda tetas expected Tee er eae aa eee. home | Time pase ball team, under Capt. Joe that, thers, ill e Sunday school for those e . Sees SpE, We ee NE Will rmetnibers (OL the church come ean nel Kane Gre baltimore: ier onthe field’ daily take part in the school, but who are not able, by reason of being too infirm, to leave the house, or for other similar’ reasons. The members of the home department have agreed to study the Sunday school lesson for each Sunday, and their proficiency in during the fine weather. Catholic University. Rev. A. P. Doyle of the Paulist Fathers of New York lectured on “A Discussion of Methods of Prevention,” Thursday after- Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, rector of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, has returned from Asheville, N. C., where he went sev- eral we2ks ago to recover from the effects of an attack of the grip. Mr. Howell has not yet completely regained his strength, but is considerably improved. The ser-| this study is to be tested by a committee, | noon in the public lecture course. The ne i which will visit the me z a vices at St. Margaret's in the absence of | Tosh will visit the members of the depart- | next public lecture will be Thursday, the rector have been in charge of the Rev. v 1 " 7 y. John J. Griffin, Ph.D. Mr. i f St.| The Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of | March 11, by Rev. Jo! L Pause. Tae Gne ee of St-| the First Congregational Church gave a | His subject will be “Epoch Makers in All the portions of the handsome new | S¢Wing meeting and basket lunch Wednes- | Chemistry,” and is to be illustrated by day morning in the church parlors. The society has sent a box of clothing to the family of Rey. H. B. Brown, a home mis- sionary in Oklahoma. “Modern Pictorial Art’ was the subject treated in a lecture by Miss Mabel Foster of Boston last night at the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church. Protracted services are in progress at ‘the Third Christian Church, of which Rev. W. J. Wright is pastor. A preliminary organi- zation of the church has been effected by the appointment of the following business committee: Clerk, John Mullady; financial secretary, W. B. Depue; treasurer, Miss Sudie Summy, and Messrs. Niedomanski, Clark Sorrells, A. W. Kitchin and Mrs. 8. Posey. The congregation of the Keller Memorial Lutheran Church, corner of 9th street and Maryland avenue northeast, of which the Rey. Charles H. Butler is pastor, has de- cided to finish its edifice. When the church was built five or six years ago there was not enough money on hand to complete it, though the building was advanced enough to worship in. Mr. Louis F. Stutz of Stutz & Pease, architects, is preparing plans for the completion of the main auditorium, and when the money,is raised will super- vise the work. It will take a large sum for this purpose, but, the congregation ex- pect to raise enough to hegin work this year. A Luther memorial window will be placed in the Melanchthon Memorial Library, pro- jected by the authorities of Midland Col- lee, Kanses. Mr. George Ryneal, jr., and Dr. W. K. Butler have been placed in charge of the matter, of raising funds from this city. ‘ ! The ‘Vine Branches,” an organization of young ladies of the Western Presbyterian Church, celebrated the tenth anniversary of their organization with a ‘Butterfly Chase Social” on Wednesday evening. Un- der the auspices of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip of the church, the Rev. George S. Duncan, Ph.D., pastor of Eck- ington Church, delivered a lecture on “Robert Browning as a religious Teacher,” admission to whith was‘ by invitation. The Missionary Society of the Sunday School of Metropolitan M. E. Church has altar ordered in Italy for St. Peter's Church, corner of 2d and C streets south- east, described in The Star some weeks °¢0, have arrived, and are being placed in _ os! tion. The altar, which is quite an expensive one, was secured as a memorial of the golden jubilee of the parish, which occurs this year. The original church, standing until a few years ago, was erected on ground given by Daniel Carroll of Duding- ton. The celebration of the jubilee has been postponed to some time after Easter, when the new altar is to be formally blessed in the presence of a distinguished gathering of church dignitaries. Officers have been elected by the Chris- tian Endeavor Society of the United Breth- ren Memorial Church, as follows: President, Miss Annie Annand; vice president, Edw. Kern; recording secretary, Miss Mary. Dulin; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Wash- ington Topham; treasurer, Caleb Cleveland, and organist, Miss Addie Spies. The pastor of the church has been sick for nearly a month, and has only just recovered. A meeting of the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association took place Monday at the Church of the Covenant. The feature of the meeting was an address by Rev. Dr. George N. Luccock of the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church on “A Muddled Min- ister.” Dr. Luccock gave some very good advice as to what ministers should do in emergencies. Bishop Newman of Oakland, Cal., former- ly pastor of Metropolitan M. E. Church, is expected to arrive here the first of next week as the guest of Mr. M. G. Emery. He is to preach at Metropolitan Church Sun- day, March 7. The bishop, at the request of the president of Cornell University, de- pivered) @ special sermon at Ithaca last Sun- ay New officers were recently elected by the Sunday school of Metropolitan Church, as follows: Superintendent, W. C. Eldridge; assistant superintendents, Evert L. Harvey and Miss Wilson; secretary, Clinton Gape! treasurer, George W. Gray; librarian, Wal- ter E. Wright; organist, Miss Mollie Mc- Kee; superintendents, of the intermediate department, Mrs. Woodburn; of the pri- mary department, Miss Purnell, and of the Chinese Sunday school, Miss Sallie Sum- stereopticon. The senior class has begun work in the course on practical conveyancing, under the direction of Prof. W. C. Robinson. The examinations in pleating, equity and evi- dence were concluded this week. A number of friends of the late John Boyle O'Reilly attended the presentation ceremonies of the O'Reilly memorial tablet on Friday evening. Mr. Dukealow made the presentation on behalf of A. Shuman of Boston. The bust of John Boyle O'Reil Ty, which has occupied a place in the di- Vinity library since its presentation two years ago, has been placed in the library of McMahon Hall, and the memorial tab- let will be placed in close proximity. Dr. Conaty, accompanied by Rev. Drs. Grannan, Shahan, Shanahan and Father Carr, attended the consecration of Bishop Prendergrast at Philadelphia Wednesday. On the same day Dr. Garrigan attended the consecration of Biskop Quigley at Buf- falo. The University Club will give a public entertainment Friday evening, March 12, on the occasion of the celebration of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. Manager J. F. Duane of the Athletic Association has about completed the schedule of games for the base ball team, which will ke announced next week. Howard University. At the meeting of the Livingstone Mis- sionary Society last night. a paper was read by J. W. Jacobs on “The Source of Missionary Enthusiasm;” address, J. H. Hughes; solo and quartet, W. R. Payne, W. W. Barham, E. Tart, G. H. West; and a paper by J. W. Neale. The Theological Literary and Debating Soctety Wednesday afternoon discussed “Resolved, That the Man Who Performs the Greatest Work on Earth Greatest Reward in Heaven. cussion was led by F. J. Lee. The program for the sacred song service in Miner Hall tomorrow evening follow: Song, “I Will Sing the Wondrous Stor: full chorus; Scripture reading; invocatioi sorg, “Thy Light is Come,” full chorus; song, “Saved by Grace,” quartet; address, mers. elected the following officers: President, | prof’ G. Cummings; song, ‘Keep Step, The relief of aged ministers is now a|J. A. D. Richards, and secretary and treas-| fyi] chorus; reading, selected; song, “O prominent topic of discussion in Protes-| urer, W. E. Armstrong. The work of -the | Paradise,” full chorus; song, “Tell Me the tant Episcopal Church circles throughout | church during the past year for the mis-| Old, Old Story,’ and “Rock of Ages,” the country. Rev. Dr. Lamb, financial] sion cause is represented by a fund of | chorus. agent of the committee having charge of | $2,800, which will be turned over to the Colsinblan University. the matter, is traveling from city to city | treasurer of the Baltimore conference next Re ee ae gathering funds fcr the purpose and with| week. Te Young Ladies’ Missionary So-| The Enosinian Society last night dis- this end in view has been, talkng to the| ciety of the church gave a “Photograph | cussed the question “Resolved, That the Ges a Ss le a Hoy Crulasant venteracysarening ts Mrs. | church is doing its duty to Christianize the A jubilee service was held at North Capi-| Rev. Fatrer George J. Betts of Goshen, | World.” The affirmative was taken by tol M. E. Church Monday evening. ‘Tith-]N. Y., has just concluded a retreat to} Méssrs. R. Harlan, Jones, Beatty and ing cards representing $5 each, which had been distributed to members of the church and Sunday school, with the object of raising money for the current expenses, were turned in. The program for the even- ing included music by the choir and ad- dresses from heads of different depart- ments of the church and concluded with refreshments. the Brothers of Nazareth at their home on 10th strect northwest. Pending the illness of the rector, the services at the Church of the Incarnation, beginning tomorrow, are to be in charge of the Rev. James S. Lemon, formerly of West Gardiner, Mass. The rector, Rev. William Tayloe Snyder is somewhat im- proved since his severe accident: several Rogers; negative, Messrs. Hoover, Q. Har- lan, Stuart and Biscoe. The News was edited by Miss Ross for class 2, and Mr. Rogers for class 1, and the Bee by Mr. Beatty for class 1 and Mr. Stuart for class 2. The junior law class gave a well-attended dance in the National Rifles’ Armory last evening. Rev. Father M. P. Suilivan, pastor of | weeks ago. In the Society for Philosophical Inquiry St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, has for| Dr. R. H. McKim has returned from | cn Tuesday evening Mr. Bigelow will read some weeks past been preparing a large} Lynchburg, Va., where, in St, Paul's] a paper on the “Philosophy of the Ameri- class of children for confirmation. Car- dinal Gibbons is to confirm this class to- morrow. The Home Missionary Society of North Capitol Church has elected the following oftcers for the ensuing conference yea President, Mrs. Charles L. Pat ‘ice presi- dent, Mrs. J. I. King; secretary, Miss Liz- zie King, and treasurer, Mrs. William B. Creecy. Mrs. Mabel L. Conklin, secretary of the purity department cf the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, organized a White Cross Society last Sunday at the United Brethren Memorial Church. The can Constitution.” The public lecture course being given on Mondays and Fridays is well attended. On Monday evening Dean Charles E. Monroe of the Corcoran Scientific School will lec- ture on “‘Man’s Control of Energy.” The Law School Debating Society tonight will discuss “Resolved, That Alaska should be represented in Congress.” The speakers will be J. P. McCain, W. S. Smith and W. W. H. Robinson, on the affirmative, and I. Q. Halward, C. S, Frost and F. C. Huebner on the negative. Emil H. Myer, Church, he has been conducting a highly successful mission for the past fortnight. Rev. Owen M. Waller of St. Luke's Cas has returned from a visit to New York. —_——-—_—— .. THE MANIAC IN THE CAR. A Drama With a Satisfactory Ending for All but the Nervous Woman. From the New York Sun. It was perfectly obvious that the man in the corner was crazy. At least it was per- instructor in free-hand drawing in the department of fine arts, has arranged to have his class take afternoon trips for the purpose of sketching from na- ture as soon as the weather permits. The thesis af W. T. Gray offered in the school of graduate studies for the degree of master of science has just been publish- ed by the United States Naval Institute It is entitled “The Chronology and Geo- graphic Distribution of Icebergs in the Southern and Antarctic Oceans.” The thesis of C. Leroy Parker for the same degree, entitled “Our Present Knowledge of Argon, with a Partial Bibliography,” has ju&t been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The geological survey has published a volume of abcut 500 pages on “Geology of the Sierra Nevada,” by Henry W. Turner, B. 8, of the Corcoran Scientific School. UNJUST THOUGHTS. In a Confesion of Them to the Per- soms Wronged Advisablet From Harper's Bazar. There are persons with supersensitive consciences who seem to find gurcease from. remorse if they confess to those of whom they have had unjust thoughts the fact that these thoughts have existed. I cannot imagine a more senseless or gratuitously unkind practice than this. If a woman's husband has had, unsuspected by her, bit- ter and unkind thoughts of his wife, why should he, when in a more amiable frame of mind, confess to her the fact of his mo- mentary disloyalty? It does not undo the injustice he has done her in thought, and orly makes her unhappy, and perhaps sus- Picious that the same mental aberration may seize him again. One woman approached her husband in the following fashion: “John, my conscience hurts me dread- fully. A few days ago I was strongly tempted to deceive you and to lie outright to you. You never suspected it.” ut you did not do it?” asked John. “Oh no; but the temptation was there, and it hurts my conscience to remember it. So I want to tell you all about it, dear.” “And I don’t want to hear tt, thank yo was the blunt response. “It will do you no good to tell me about it. Since you did not deceive me, I am satisfied. Had you Ned to me, I might listen to your confes- sicn. Your temptations to sin are none of my business; they are between your God and yourself.” Was he not right? Why disturb a pres- ent peace and confidence by telling what might have been, but was not? Would we not all rather believe implicity in our dear ones ang in their affection than to know that they ever entertained an unjust thought toward us? Thank heaven, there is a vast difference between temptation to sin and yielding to the sin itself! You will be stronger to fight against evil for having resisted a great temptation. Others might not comprehend how you could have ever been tempted to a certain sin, ard may lose confidence in you because you acknowledge the temptation. If we have done anybody a tangible wrong that can be corrected, let us con- fess it to the wronged one’s face, make what reparation we can, and ask for par- don, But if the evil against our dear one has only been in thought, let us not do him an additional injustice by telling him of it, and thus make him unhappy. We may recognize the sin in ourselves, confess it to Gcd, and ask pardon of the One to whom all secrets are known. Then nobody will suffer for our weakness but ourselves, and we will, at all events, be guiltless of the sin of disturbing the peace of mind of an- other. Some people seem to have a passion for seif-humiliation. They cry Peccavi on all occasions, and confess their faults with an ease that betrays long practice. It is to be Wondered if one’s self-respect does not suf- fer by the habit, and there is room for se- rious doubt if the repentance of such a per- son 18 as sincere as is his who confesses less and shows his penitence by his works. coe Something on His Mind. From Pack. Cannibal King—“You haven't succeeded in fattening the captive?” The Chief Cook—“No; he's losing flesh all the time. I think he’s worrying about something.” Not an Unusual Case. From the Boston Qourier. Sageman—“I suppose you have heard about your neighbor, Goldleaf? He is very seriously sick as a result of overwork.” Seeker—“Don’t say! What has he been doing to bring it about?” Sageman — “Trying to thoughts.” —_—_—_-~. mele Allen’s Advice. From the Chicago Tribune. “If you have any tears to shed over the sufferings of the destitute,” observed Uncie Allen Sparks, “don’t shed them until you have sent a bundle of fcod and clothing to the sufferers. And then,” added Uncle Allen, as the idea grew upon him, “you won't need to shed them.” a Eureka. From the Filegende Blaetter. Absent-minded Professor, who has dis- robed himself in his chamber—‘Donnerwet- ter! There was something I was to do. What was it, now?” He reflects for about half an hour. “Ah, I have it. I intended to go to bed.” collect his From Puck. Brown—“Old Stockman has given me a tip on the market. What would you ad- vise me to do?” s Robinson—“If you're going in heavy, put your real estate un your wife’s name.” oo Progress. From Puck. “In our day,” said the man who moral- izes, “the bicycle has replaced the horse; gas has been substituted for kerosene, ani “That's right,” broke in the citizen from Harlem; “and in our flats steam has been substituted for h2at.” fectly obvious to the nervous-looking woman who sat just opposite him in the cable car. It was not so much the mystical serles of wigwag signals which he was making with his handkerchief as the amaz- ing contortions of his face. In the intervals of these contortions he stared intently in the direction of his nervous vis-a-vis, but at nothing in the world, so vague was his look. ‘Then-he would tap the bridge of his nose with his finger, grimace, and screw his features into horrible expressions of malignant madness, f The poor woman didn’t know what to do. Her alarm was so apparent that all the others in the car noticed it, even the man himself in one of his lucid intervals, and thereafter his. performances became more violent thin ever. Every phystclan knows that maniacs delight in playing upon the terrors of those who exhibit fear of ‘them. Perhaps the woman herself knew it; at any rate, her feelings finally reached ah intensity.,such, that when the man half | rose from his seat she shrank into her cor- ner with a stifled squeak. which brought from him a glance ‘af triamph, or perhaps it was surprise. But heonly sank hack again, with an expressign of disappoint- ment, as if his ti nat not yet come, which, indeed, it Hdun’t!#!! Thereafter she held herself gathered close, with every |. muscle strained, ‘remdy to-spring and flee. She didn’t have longsta wait. ' ‘The man looked toward,her with that ter- rible, unseeing glaké. His fists clenched. -|- The handkerchief clenched in one of them jerked in short, sharp oseillations. His eyes began to bulge out. His,face became pur- ple. Beneath his cyrling tips could be seen his teeth, bare to the gunis. He leaned for- ward toward the hdttor-sfruck Woman, his face protruding almost into hers. His sharp, hot breath was on'her cHeek, and jist as his arms went up te clutch she made one bound from her seat shat,fpok her half way down the car. = es Two more leaps landed’ her on the plat-+ form. Thence with a mad yell sheJaunched. herself forth, despite the restraining gfasp of the alarmed conductor, and..wea,for- tunately caught by a policeman, who cs- corted her to the sidewalk, where ehe wept. From behind she heard a mad, gasping rvuar ‘of baffied rage, but the mantze did not-fol- low. } os He adie want to. He sank-pade'n his seat wiped his tearful eyes: ‘Then society, whick is limited to gentlemen, was oragnized with sixteen charter members. After the act of organization the follow- ing officers were selected: President, L. L. Smith; corresponding secretary, Washing- ton Topham; recording secretary, Albert Browning, and treasurer, George Ford. The pastor of Metropolitan Methodist Church, Rev. Hugh Johnston, D.D., has just concluded a very interesting series of ten Sunday morning discourses on “The Lord’s Prayer.” Rev. Dr. Isaac W. Canter of Mt. Vernon Church returned today from near Arundel- on-the-Bay, where he has been spending a vacation of two weeks granted by his congregation. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Methodist Brotherhood it was decided to take active steps at the coming meeting of the Balti- more conference at Staunton, Va., toward the extension of the brotherhood through- out the conference. The brotherhood was organized in this city a little over a year ago and numbers about 200 members, dis- tributed through three chapters—Mt. Ver- non, Marvin and Epworth. Miss Helen Reed has been engaged as soprano soloist of the choir of the Metro- politan Baptist Church. At the annual meeting of Foundry Meth, odist Church this week the following weré elected officers for the conference yea: Trustees, Messrs. Addison Smith, B. H. Stinemetz, Richard Willett, B. S. Morsell, E. H. King, Hiram Price, William J. Sib- ley, Theodore Harding, and W. H. Chand- lee; and stewards, district, E. F. Simpson; recording, L. P. Altschu; James L. Ewin, M. D. Peck, Dr. Winters, D. C. Cissel, Dr, Babbitt, A. 8. Dunham, W. 8. Cowsill, Frank Wileon, Dr. C. H. Stowell, Melville Livdsay and William F. Woolard. The pastor of the church, Rev. Oliver A. Brown, D. D., has served in that capacity five years, and according to the rules of the Methodist Church will be transferred to another charge by the conference, which meets next week. ‘The father of the pastor of Holy Name Church, Rev. Thomas J. Kervick, died at his home in Baltimore the first of this week. Father Kervick has a brother also a priest, and two sisters in religious orders. Dr. Satterlee has designated Sunday, March 14, as the day on which to hold the Lenten ordinations at the Pro-Cathedral. He is to observe the anniversary of his THE PLEASURES From Harper's Bazar. consecration to the episcopate on the 25th | he took-out newspaper arto read. it thi lace, - | It hadsbeen a hard le, “bug it had Hs i a en sen ee ee ended in victory. He ‘got that = “sneeze ‘he new rector of Trinity P. E. Church, | Out. ; Rev. Richard P. Williams, arrived.in Wast- ington with his family on Thursday, and yesterdsy evening met the members of the Brotherhood of St, Andrew of the church, to Be as ar about ca ieee ave The Rich, a. peedia. Mr. William ee : OF SKATING, HOUSEHOLD HINTS In large cities the milk supply of the family is a serious consideration. Not be- cavse milk is hard to obtain or that it is ecstly, but because pure milk is almost an anomaly. A noted Danish physician thinks that the danger of disease from tainted milk is so great that no milk should be used that has not first been subjected to heat of 100 degrees, which would effectual- ly KM all germs. Notwithstanding this, ignorant nurses and mothers leave the family suppiy of milk standing in open vessels in a room which is full of flying germs of disease and feed the sane milk to the baby, and when it shmeks with the colic or begins to pine away all wonder what In the world ails the baby. The grav- est danger that threatens in milk is the turbercle bacilli, cattle being singular!: suscepiible to tuberculosis, and often mii ed when in the last stage of the disease. A wise supervision of this article of diet would resvlt in prefit io the family, be it rich or voor Eminent physicians say that noises in- cident to life in a city are a prolific source of nervousness, engendered when the child is growing up. The blowing of whistles, ringing of bells, the various street cries of the venders of good: i these wear on the nervous system of children, partiou- larly babies, and will often transform a healthy little animal into a cross, peevish, sick child. Too many mothers are care- less of the quiet they maintain when the baby is asleep. It should have darkness and absolute quiet if it ts t : rapidly and develop its f. Tt is all nonsense to talk about “making the baby hard” by subjecting ft to such un- pleasant eS. It is true that some bables seem to thrive under the treat ment, but some bubies are like some pro: ple, born with cast-iron nerves. By far the greater number, however, are ni strong, and the practice of “hardening” them ts better calculated to kill them. An easy but not such a very nice way to make a child throw off its stomach poi- son or anything else it has eaten and should not, is to force luke warm water down it till it can drink no more, then tickle its throat with a feather, and it will throw up the water and the poison mass with it. It is a simple remedy, but effec- tive in most instances. Visiting sick people is always to be done urder the eye of a nurse, and cannot al- Ways be recommended, unless the patient is convalescs if adm.tted to the sick reom the v! r should bring only sun- shine, and should never talk of gloomy or depressing things, or rehearse his per- sonal vexations and petty annoyances. Unless you can carry cheer into the sick rTcom, don't go at all. American women are not well enough versey in “left over” dishes. The French and English woman will live on what the average American woman throws awaj Potted ham, for instance, is considered a great delicacy, yet it costs a good deal, so is not often used, when it might be quite a common dish if the American wo- man knew how to prepare ft. Here is a good recipe. Take your bits of cold bot ed or fried ham with the fat surround- ing them and chop in a bow! till fine as pewder, then pound and press into a regu- liar paste. Season to taste with pepper: red—and mustard if you like. Place in a baking dish and heat in a moderate oven for half an hour, without browning over the top. Press into small glass or stone jars while hot, and pour over the top, clarified butter or dripping almost cold enough to harden at once, so that it will not run through the mass. Put on the lid of the jar and put in a cool, dark place. If properly it will preserve its freshness i Never put the meat In a tin can. This paste makes ex- cellent sandwiches, far better, in fact, than sliced ham, and is very handy in case of unexpected company for lunch. “Left over” fish seems a drug in most households, but here is a very nice recipe for making use of it. To every half pint of fish, picked clear of bones, allow two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, yolk of one hard-boiled ex, half a tablespoonful of butter, tablespoonful of flour, half a cup of cream, tablespoonful of ‘chopped parsley, salt end pepper to taste. Scald tl cream, rub the butter and flour to @ smooth paste, and add to the hot cream, then stir till thick. Add the bread crumbs and stir well for a moment or two. Take from the fire and add the fish, parsley and seasoning. Mix it gently, so that the fish will not be stringy. Grease your shells with butter, fill with the mixture, brush over the top with beaten egg, and sift fine bread crumbs over that. Brown in a hot oven and serve hot. An injudicious father said one day not long ago that if his small hopeful wanted to begin on the “pie” end of the dinner first he shouid do so. The child ate two pieces of pie and wanted nothing else. In an hour he was hungry and howling for more pie. He didn’t get pie, but he got huge slice of cake and some bon bon Now, in the name of common sens would be the condition of an adult's stom- ach if that sort of feeding was kept up any length of time? Yet mothers and fathers keep up this injudicious practice of letting children fill up on the thing that a spoiled appetite craves, adding fuel to the flames of a growing indigestion, that makes of a comparatively healthy child a miserable misanthropic man, whose dinners are @ torture and breakfasts a torment. TRAPPED BY A LAWYER. The Witness Was 4 Forget Ali About the From tbe Chicago Times-Herald. @fhe story of Abraham Lincoln's cons founding an opposing witness with an al- manac record of the moon’s phases, finds parallel in the case of Waterson, recently acquitted on @ charge of murder in an Iowa court. The main witness agZinst him was one Delafield, who swore he was work- ing just outside the window of the accused on the day of the alleged crime, and saw Waterson cpen a cupboard, take down @ bottle, move about as if preparing a po- tion, and then administer the draught to Mrs. Waterson, who died in great agony luter in the day. A lawyer named Bradford, for the de- fense, had asked the jurymen on examina- tion of them as to competence, if they had faith enough in the weather bureau re- ports to attach credence to them, and had found every man on the panel believed the records were fair and reliable. The state had not understood the drift of these ques- tions, but had not objected. When it came to cross-examining, Brad- ford asked the witness, Delafield, what he was doing outside Waterson’s window, and he said he was digging a cistern, en did you begin digging that cis- tern? “November ' 11, the day Mrs. Waterson died.’ iow much did you dig that day?” ‘Oh, about three feet.” ‘No; ‘Work in an overcoat?” o; my shirt sleeves. The day was warm.” “Have anything to drink?” “Had a little pail of water on the ground within reach.” , ‘Didn't it freeze?” * The witness smiled scornfully. Then Bradford offered in evidence a cer- tified copy of the weather bureau report for November 10 and 11, and showed that the temperature had beed below’ freezing the first day and below zero the day of the alleged crime. The jury accepted the official document, and to that extent regarded the witness as impeached, for Waterson was acquitted. o——___ Old Folks’ Obstinacy. From Puck. Clarence—“Wondaw what's worrying Algy, ye know?” Regey—"W’'y his fawther-in-law and his mother-in-law are both living with him, ye know.” Clarence—“W’y, Algy has no house of his =. 2nd they won't leave theirs, ye yw. . ———+ 0+ —____ Pout tio Cant eee It was rather surprising to hear one of his age asking a question about women ip- stead of making an assertion, but the Ecsta t npr 7a ; toate! = eee yeees pees Tete 10 Know whetoer