Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1897, Page 21

NO JOKING MATTER French Families Take Courtahips Very Seriously. SENTIMENT WITH COMMON SENSE The Plainer the Girl the Greater Must Be the Embellishment. SAVING UP FOR THE DOT —_—_>-__—_. Special Correspcndence of The Evening Star. PARIS, May 25, 1897. HYBICALLY, Ine does not please you, it’s understood. Now we will see what your father has to say of his position. That will perhaps embellish him.” It is, of course, a mother chatting se- riously with her daughter. It ts again, of course, in Paris where they talk so L reasonably. The daughter may, indeed, be pleased ‘with the physique of the “pretender” (there @re fine men in France as elsewhere), in which case his future “beautiful mother” (“idiotisme” for mother-in-law) need but hint at embellishment. Then, in the lan- guage of the daughter, he will be “exactly that which I had dreamed.” “If you knew, my dear,” a French girl Just affianced to a young physician recent- ly confided to an American boarding school chum; “if you knew how nice he Is; exact- ly that which I had always dreamed. And then mamma is very content, because she eays: ‘If we are sick, we will no longer need to pay the doctor!’ ” A virtuous mingling of prudence with the rapture of love's dream need not nec- essarily impair the rapture. It-is a ques- tion of usage. And even if, as fresr wraidens may insist, there is a lack, it is like going second-class upon a transatlantic liner; the hardship only is for those who have already gone first-class. The French girl does not know the difference. On the side of prudence there are cer- tainly some benefits. The problem may be thus put, coldly. Who will choose the like- Mest husband for a timid little mouse of seventeen, the palpitating, fluttering young thing, ignorant alike of young men and herself, or her keen-eyed, world-battled, crafty mamma, armed with every resource, even to the point of the private-inquiry cf- fice. If it be retorted that a marriageable girl is not a timid meuse, nor palpitating, the answer is—she is!—at least in France. A Slight Misunderstanding. There was once an extraordinarily pret- ty American girl who lived with her moth- er, her grandmother, and her sister in a second-floor apartment on the Rue Carnot. A brilliant pianist and a promising pupil of the Conservatoire, she took naturally to Peetry, and when a young “symbolist” poet (though as yet unpublished) begged leave to write her words for her own song com- positions, her enthusiasm for the sister- ™yse grew boundless. How could the yeung symbolist do other than make a natural mistake? In the welcome of the fair American, her mother and her grand- mother, he saw the symbol of that which cailed him to confide it joyfully to his own widowed mother, for the girl was rich. And so one right he brought his parent with him, to the only momentary mild as- tonishment of the easy-going, good-natured American quartet. And, will you believe it, they continued so obtuse as to be really shocked, surprised ard pained when told by better-posted friends the truth—that to the poct and his mother the affair was as 8 concluded, needing but a formal ap- Plication and acceptance? It was really herd to break it to them. Why had they admitted the young man to their intimacy? Had he not called on Ida Ruth night after night, and sat and talked with her alone? Had this not been continuous? And, loyal- ly, @nd at the proper juncture, had he not fetched his sole surviving parent, the arbi- ter of his young destiny, to show, by her mere coming, his permission to wed and be wedded? Here was the vital thing, the coming of the young man’s mother; to be ignorant of whose role in courtship and merriage is to know nothing of French ways. The young man who cannot produce his mother, as evidence of good faith, at a very early When All is Arranged stage of the game Indeed, a dan ous fraud. Until the age of thirty years no man may marry without the written permission of his parents, ai tho yt ‘U is to be avoided culiar lawsuit, seldom r he respectful ‘summons s Is carrot be followed up ed in France, all unsuspecting, for g is too absurd. Where is his mother? On the other. nand—and this is where the law must justify itself—sus- ceptible adolescents “caynot be entangled, “No Doctor’s Bills to Pay.” carried off ard married in haste by vora- lous petticoats. The angel with the flam- Piles will eure your piles. No Knife—no pain—no detention from business. Price, Hundreds of HeMonubepia. CO.” 505 Mth ot. aw., Wasb., D. C e For example, your father may go courting for you, of your mother, or the proprietor of a matrimonial agency; or, most fuxurious, the girl’s peo- ple may come courting you. But in all cases—and this is a point in favor of the French, no one will doubt—the “‘assidui- ties” are plain, open, above-board, busi- nesslike. “Jules, it is time for your eister to marry,” a mother will say to her grown- up son. “Look around among your ac- quaintances for a suitable young man.” In this way every ‘girl gets a chance. Item, it isa girl's right to havea husband found for her. She may properly reproach her parents or guardians for neglect of it. Naturally, 2s even the fondest parent can- not go out with a club or gun, the plainer the girl, the greater must be the “embel- lishment.” And here enters the French “dot,” which every one knows all about. “We'll Sce What Papa Say: A feature of French civilization oftener praised than imitated by our Anglo-Saxons, the dot is popularly supposed to be sim- ply a substantial sum of money going with the girl; and this is quite correct. Only it teHs nothing of the sweet early planning, managing, self-denying and extra hustling of this maiden’s now prosaic middle-aged parents in the first years of their own married bliss. No French almanac is com- plete without its interest tables showing “How to Dot Our Daughters and Establish Our Sons” by the putting away of 1 cent a day, 5 cents a day, 10 cents e day, or as it may be. So little funds accumulate eternally in the thrifty land. The govern- ment iteelf in gcing into the life insurance and arnuity business in connection with its old age pension scheme, has been as thoughtful of this side of family providence; and in lavish leaflets, scattered broadcast through each post office of France, plans simple and complex are urged upon the people, combinations wondrous in their scope, within the reach of all, to the ac- ceptance of a l-cent postage stamp, which may be pasted in one’s bank book and go to one’s credit—and one’s daughter’s dot. No Jokes or Errors. And {s a sweet young girl the less ac- ceptable because her parents have been saving up for her from the beginning? Or a plain girl? Or any old girl? There are less old girls in France than in our Eng- lish-spéaking lands; and, by the way, “old girl—“vielle fille”—is the French “‘idiotisme” for “old maid,” as “‘idiotisme” is the French for ‘idiom’ and no joke or error. Jokes and errors! Are there many errors, and is French courtship to be joked about? “My Best Friend, Monsieur Dubois.” Brother Jules comes in from his gunning expedition, bringing a well-looking young man with him. “I present to you my best friend, Mon- sieur Dubois, an artist of great ‘talent, painter and musician to the finger tips.” The family: “Heu! heu” (inaudibly). “Which has not prevented him from having realized 540,000 francs in the rabbit- skin pulse-varmer trade.” ‘The family: “Ah! monsieur, what a beau- tiful and seductive art is painting!” But is it only in France that the suc- cessful business man {s preferred in mar- riage to the impecuntous artist? Is it not, perhaps, that in our own dear land it is the ho says ‘‘Heu! heu!”—the French for while here in France it ts ‘the STERLING HEILIG. Only Southern City Never Under the Confederate Flag. From the Buffalo Courter. A man who recently has returned from Key West, Fla., says the first impression a stranger gets of that place at the present ume is that the city has gone on a per- petual holiday spree. Bunting. flies from almost every housetop, and the colors are about evenly divided between “Old Glory” and the emblem of the Cuban republic. People of all classes and ages wear pins or other symbols bearing the motto “Cyba libre.” This far southern city, lying almost within the tropics, is the only town of importance below Mason and Dixon's line that was never under the stars and bars of the confederacy. The population is about evenly divided between white Cubans, colored Cubans and white Bahamians. There are not more than a score of real American families resident on the island, but notwithstanding this fact the great mass of the people are loyal to the Union first and to Cuba next. It is curious, though true, that of all the houses, dwell- ings, stores, hotels and other buildings that dot the island from one shore to the other, not one of them’ has a chimney or any. thing that will answer the purpose of a chimney. Handsome residences and lowly hovels are alike in this respect, and from an eminence, gazing out over acres of roofs on all sides, one is struck with the want of something to complete the sym- metry of the picture. Wood and coal or fuel of any kind are unknown quantities, as ‘the tropical atmosphere furnishes at all times of the year all the heat required, and for cooking purposes sticks of carbon are used, which are sold by peddiers, who hawk their wares aLcut the streets, There are few stores, as we understand such thin; nd no markets. Sign boards in Spanish will tell you where the barber shop is located, or where ¥o buy coral orna- ments. There are no more than half a dozen stores conducted on the American plan tn the island. Instead of a market there is a dally auc- tion near the government dock, where everything in the way of provisions, fur- niture and fruit is knocked down to the highest bidder. Bananas, alligator pears and pineapples are the commonest articles of purchase, and here ships from Jamaica, Cube and Nassau, in the Bahamas, unload their cargoes and dispose of them at ruin- ous rates rather than risk a voyage at this time of year to more northern ports. - ———— gee Filial Appreciation. From Harlem Life. Economical and Wealthy Father—“Do you know, my son, what strict economy would do for you?" Robert—“I_ know what {it has done for me, father, and I respect you for it.” “A baby,” remarked the observer of men and things, “mgy not have as much sense as a man, but I Lag wi tells him she loves him.”—Detroit Journal. ae ean If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. A Planisphere, showing ‘the principal stars above the horizon June 5, at § pin. S THE SKIES IN JUNE Matters of Great Interest to Amateur Astronomers. WITH THE AID OF A SMALL GLASS Antares is Verging to Extinction as a Luminary. STUDYING DOUBLE ——— STARS Writtea for The Evening Star. Y 9 O'CLOCK THIS evening the splendid array of stars which form the Scorpion and the lower part of Ophiuchus will be well above the hori- zon in the southeast. Although but one of these stars, Antares. the Scorpion’s Heart, is cf the first magni- tude, they make up in number what they > lack in brilliancy, and their combined effect is to render this region of the heavens hardly less resplen- dent than that which centains Orion and his retinue of first magnitude stars. The Scorpion is one of the most striking decorations of the summer evening skies. Like Orion, it is situated on the border of and partly in the Milky- Way, and like Orion again, with whom it is associated in mythology, if this is indeed the very Scor- pion that caused the boastful hunter’s death, it is one of the few constellations that we can make something of. A slight effort of the imagination will enable one to make out the curved group of stars at the right of Antares a pair of scorpion claws, while the tail may be traced curving down- ward on the left. The tail terminates in a pair of third magnitude stars, which form the sting. The figure is so striking that no one, with these hints, can fail to make it cut. One will, therefore, be somewhat sur- prised upon consulting a chart of the heav- ens to find that the stars out of which he Fas formed the claws do not belong to this constellation, but form a part of Libra, which precedes the Scorpion on the west. The fact 1s, astronomers, for purposes of their own, have not scrupled to rob the Scorpion of its really characteristic fea- ture. The constellation Libra, the Balance, though apparently a very old constellation, was dropped from the zodiac, or perhaps contracted in dimensions, by the Greek as- tronomers, and when it was restored, as one of the astronomical honors accorded the Emperor Augustus, it was made up of stars taken from the Virgin and the Scor- picn, between which it lies. For a Small Telescope. The whole of this star-bespangled region is rich In objects suitable for a small tel- escope—double stars, star clusters and neb- ulae—and even with an opera glass one may pick up here many a tittle gem in the shape of a star cluster which eludes the vision of the naked eye. Turn the glass first upon Antares and observe how strong is the contrast between its distinctly red color and the prevailing white of the sur- rounding stars. Antares is, according to the view now generally held by astrono- mers, one of those suns which haye passed their halcyon days and are verging to- ward extinction as luminaries. While stars like Sirius and Vega, which shine with a bluish-white light, stand at the highest point in the scale of temperature, their spectra being characterized by the promi- nerce of the hydrogen lines, and the yel- low stars, of which Capella 1s a typical ex- ample, and of which our own sun {is one, ere at a lower temperature, and are sur- reunded, as 1s shown by the spectroscope, with atmosphere largely charged with the vapors of metals, the red stars give evi- dence through their spectra of being al a lower temperature still. Their atmospheres are richly laden with the vapors of the carbon compounds. It is to the absorption of their light by their dense atmospheres, not less than to their actual loss of bri Nancy, that their ruddy color is to be at- tributed. In the course of time they will deubtless cease to emit any light and will Join the host of “dark suns,” with which, as is known from evidence of various kind: interstellar space is prcfusely sprinkled. A Double Star. The third star from Antares on the left, | Mu Scorpionis, may be seen to be double even with the naked eye. It is a very pret- ty object for the opera glass, and it will give one who has not access to a largér instrument an idea of how a double star appears through a telescope. The lower of the two components of. this star, known as Mu 2 Scorpionis, has recently been dis- covered at the Harvard College observatory to be a “spectroscopic binary,” that. is to say, it consists of two stars, or suns, re- volving one about the other, but so close to cne another as to be inseparable with even the largest telescope. The discovery was made by means of photographs of its spectrum, which show a periodic doubling cf its dark absorption lines, a doubling which is interpreted to mean that the spec- trum is really the superposed spectra of two stars, which alternately move toward and from us as they circle in their orbits. Upon this suppositicn the doubling is easily accounted for, and upon no other. This is the third star discovered to be binary in this way, the first being Mizar, the mid- dle star in the harcle of the Dipper, the second Beta Aurigae, the star in the right shoulder of the Wagoner. Still more re- cently a fourth, a star of between the fourth and fifth magnitudes in the constel- lation Pupis, too far south to be seen by us, has been added to the list of these remarkable discoveries, not the least won- derful, perhaps, that have been made with the spectroscope. In all these cases the period of revolution is short, being in the last instance only three days and about three hours. The Serpent Holder. Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder, is, if we include with ‘him. the wriggling ser- pent which he holds, one of the largest of the constellations. It now occupiés—at 9 o’clock—nearly the’ whole region of the hegvens between east and southeast, to @ height of two-thirds of the distance from the. horizon to the senith.. Ophiuchus is an old constellation, dating back at least to the time of Homer, and, though there is nothing striking about the figures of ether the man or the servent, both can be made cut, with the aid of a little imag- ination, as they were probably seen by the ancient constellation maker. The head of the Serpent is formed by a small tri- angle of stars, of which two are of the third and one of the fourth magnitude, about 10 degrees southeast of the North- ern Crown. The head of Ophiuchus is marked by a bright second magnitude star, which will now be found very nearly in the east, midway between the Crown and the horizon. It lies at about three-fifths of the distance from Antares to Vega, the bright star now to be seen in the northeast. The left shoulder is marked by a notice able pair of third magnitude stars, and the left hand by a similar pair, rather more brilliant. The Serpent Holder stands with his left foot in dangerous proximity to the Scorpion. With these hints and the aid of the sketch given on<the Planisphere the consiellation. should be located easily. It is worth noting that“Gphiuchus» is al- most exactly opposite Orion on the celes- tial sphere, and, like Orion, is Dartly in the northern and partly in the southern hemisphere. Kneeling Hercules. In mid-heavens in the east is Hercules, an old-timer, Uke Ophiuchus, and about equally. shadowy. The head of Hercu- les is close beside that of Ophiuchus and is marked by a variable star, which ranges from the third to the fourth magnitude. This star is also a double star and is a very pretty object for a small telescope, one of its components being green. The feet of Hercules are toward the north. The old demigod is represented as kneeling, and, indeed, the old Greek name of the censtellution, Engonasin,~. signifies’ On Knees or the Kneeler. The figure sketched on the planisphere can easily be traced, though not very conspicuous, and may be Pretumed to be the original of the constel- lation. Note that the body, formed by a trapezium of four third magnitude stars, lies midway between Vega and the North. ern Crown, This and the left arm, formed by a@ line of five fourth magnitude stars, are the most striking parts of the constel- lation. ercules contains a vi eautiful st cluster, a globular masd of ‘finy stars, To: cated on the western borderof the trape- zium referred to, at the t indicated on the _planisph: It is visible through a good field, as a small nebulous spot, though to :bring out its ful! beauty is work for a large telescope,: Itsiias frequently been photographed, and-#t ‘has been found to present a very remarkable arrangement of stars, as if they were whirling among eta in corkscrew orbits. Hercules Is also interesting from, the fact that with- in this-tenstelation ilée;accordine to Sir Williany Herschel, the point toward which the sun and its family of planets are trav- eling-in space. The “point fixed upon by Herschel as that toward which we are moving is near the star Lamba, in the left arm, and is indicated on the planisphere by a small-eircle and the letter H. Sev- eral other determinations of this “apex of the sun's way,” as the point in question 1s called, have since been made, and while all agree in locating it somewhere in this region of the heavens, its precise position is still in question. Photography is expect- ed eventually to enable its position to be fixed with a fair degree of exactness. The principle on which it may be determined is the simple and familiar fact that when we move in any direction surrounding objects appear to move in the opposite direction. If the stars, scattered through space, were absolutely fixed and motionless, while only the sun moved, the problem would be stm- ple enough. But this is not the case. Bvery star has its own “proper motior as well as the sun; all are moving, aud in various directions, so that ft is only by taking a sort of general average of their movements that the direction of our own can be judged. The latest determination, made by Herr Stumpe, places this apex very nearly at the center of the Lyre. Toward this point we are traveling, accord- ing to this astronomer, at the rate of about eight miles a second, or 150,000,000 miles a year. The Planets. Mercury is a morning star, and will con- tinue such throughout the month. It will be at its greatest elongation west from the sun—about 23 degrees—on the 15th. Venus is also a morning star. She shone with her greatest brilliancy as such on the 3d of this month. : Mars is an evening star. He is in Cancer, about midway between the Twins and Regulus, in Leo, easily distinguishable through his well-known ruddy light. Jupiter is still a splendid, evening star. He is in Leo, five degrees east of Regulus. Saturn also is an evening star, and by 9 p.m. is well above the horizon in the south- east, appearing as an orange-yellow star of the first magnitude. He is about J0 de- grees northwest of Antares, and fornts, with Arcturus and Spica, a large right- angled triangle, of which two sides are nearly equal. Saturn was in opposition to the sun, crossing the meridian at midnight, on the 17th of last month. The rings are now widely open, and the planét makes a fine show in the field of a good telescope. Uranus is but a little more than 2 de- grees from Saturn, a little west of south. On the 18th the two planets will be In con- junction, Uranus directly south of Saturn, 2 degrees and 3 minutes distant from tt. Uranus now shines as a star of the sixth magnitude, and is, therefore, just within reach of the naked eyé., With an opera glass it canbe seen easily, There are sev- eral stars of ‘about the, same brightness here, but observation f ew days will detect the planet by its"movement. On the 20th, at 11 p. aphinston mesn time, the sun will en’ cer, and the tropical summer will bej Brewery. 13 An Easy Exapfhgtion. From the Utica Observer. %"y The faculty of Hamfifgy to be embarrassed over 4 a aminatione in ‘photography, 3This 1s an op- tional study, included*Sumder the head physics, and taught by Prof. Samuel J. Saunders. Last year, Mr. Saunders gave notice to his pupils that fhere would be no examination. He knéw iow thuch progress they had made and they were all well enough informed to passegsily. The facul- ty, iater, sald there must bean examina- tion, and there was. The paper was made out in the usual form, but it contained only three questions: 1. How many photographs have you taken during the term? 2. Do you like photography? 8. Would you take @ photograph with a camera or a telescope? The faculty wishes to insist on an exam- ination this year, but does not quite see how to previde-such an examination paper as it wishes to see used. : ollege is said question of ex- ‘QUAKE TO YgUR SHES rollén, smarting instantly takes the ‘ottt-of Fonsi: corns and-bunions. It’s test of the age. Allen's Ser ns fee lng or en gabon fen shoe 5 | Tho Senate is a Popalar Place With Now Representatives. WHEN THE TARIFF DEBATE 18 ON Frequently Have the Chance to Enjoy Flights of Oratory. LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES Written for The Evening Star. For two hours the representatives have been trooping over to the Senate chamber. It js the day for the opening of the tariff debate. Here is Governor Dingley with his battered silk hat, walking in his precise manner, saluting whoever accosts him. Here comes McMillin, playing with his watch chain and talking volubly with a constituent. Next comes. Serene Payne, broad-shouldered. and jolly, joking with sturdy James Shermaizof Utica. Col.. El- Hott of South Carolina passes with a mill- tary air, recalling -the werk of his battery at Antietam. Mr. Dolliver of Iowa is in the procession, dark-haired and full-eyed, walking at the side of an orator from his own state, full as brilliant as himself, Rob- ert G. Gousins. Behind them moves one of the Speaker’s ablest, lieutenants on the floor, John Dalzell of Pennsylvania. He is about half the size of Sereno Payne, but has a mind as active and alert as his body. Nor are the populists lost in the proces- sion. Jerry Simpson and his spectacles are in the stream of statesmen. John C. Bell of Colorado, tall and brawny, is at his side. Behind them comes Milford W. Howard of Alabama, breezy as a southern pine, and fuliy as straight. Nor is the southern democrat unrepre- sented. Claude Swanson of Virginia, marches through the rotunda, like an old- time cavalier. William A. Jones, sturdy and stanch, is near him, with the same de- termined air that made him a figure in the Chicago convention. Gen. Meyer of Louis- jana is in the throng, and Dr. Strait of South Carolina, whose pleasant face al- Ways attracts the attention of visitors. The stream pours through the main en- trance to the Senate chamber. All the sofas in the rear of the desks are quickly filled. The galleries are crowded. It is a field day, in sooth. All seem eager for the fray. The democratic representatives nat- urally group themselves on the democratic side of the chamber, while the republicans go to the right. Each representative greets the senator representing the state from which he comes.. Every courtesy ts shown, for the representatives are always wel- comed to the floor, except when the doors are closed in executive session. A Favorite Lounging Place. The floor of the Senate is a favorite lounging place for members of the House. ‘The new members are especially delighted with it. As no committees have yet heen appointed in the House, they are at sea as to its methods and usages. The Senate being thoroughly organized, they watch its proceedings with much interest. Its im- perturbable gravity impresses them. There are none of the turbulent scenes which mark the action of the House, whether or- ganized or disorganized. The routine of the Senate is humdrum and uninteresting, but occasionally~fires of patriotism burst into flame, and discussions ensue replete with eloquence and argument. There are senators who are heard with breathless in- terest. y Senator Gorman of Maryland is one of these. He is the recognized democratic leader. Cool and impassionate, he states his propositions with precision and clearness, and never wastes words. He has his match on the republican side of the chamber in William B. Allison of Iowa. Each is ex- tremely courteous, and each carries great weight. Allison is the recognized leader of the republicans. » I have stated that Gorman is cool and impassioned, but at times, like finely tem- pered stcel in friction, he becomes heated. Allison's seprersnine, however, is always the same. It does not vary one degree in a whole ten of service. There is no trace of excitemefft in his manner, and he carries less heat than a plaster-of-Paris bust. Then the new members of the House who frequent the chamber are occasionally greeted with magnificent displays of ora- tory. There are very few speakers on this continent who equal Roger Q. Mills of Texas in brilliancy of diction and clearness of enunciation. He speaks rapidly, but every sentence is polished and finished. He warms up with the earnestness of his con- victions, and in'a ringing voice proclaims them to all the world, regardless of conse- quences, Recalls Horace Greeley. Far different is Senator Hoar of Massa- chusetts. In face and figure he recalis Horace Greeley. His voice at times has a high treble, as had that of the grcat editor and philosopher, but it is attractive rather than repellant. Metaphorically speaking, he handles an opponent with gloves made from the skins of mountain kids, and yet at times a stray needle may be found in one ofthe gloves. He has been so long in the Senate that re scems to the manner born. Never dces he lose his dignity, and never does he lose an opportunity to assert it. He seems to live in a little world of his own, yet not hedged with thorns. Every thing within appears bright and attractivi and the senator apparently takes delight in welcoming his friends within the sacred inclosure. The junior senator from Massachusetts is also worthy of the study of the visit- ing representatives. Those from the south regarG him with awe and curiosity, as he was the author of the Force bill, the de- feat of which was due to Senator Gorman. Mr. Lodge is a model sneaker. His thovghts are apparently carcfully conned #1 “Oarlosity is, and has been ever since the creation, @ master passion.” COMPULSORY SALE Has excited is marvelous, inciting great crowds to attend the sale daily, who find that their curiosity has led them into a mine rich in the most wonderful values. $1.98 BICYCLE SUITS $1.98 ALL wooL, Men’s Suits. Men’s Suits. erie 08 CUTAWAY COA’ Sab OMe EGS. 98 ALL Wi 235 34s, 358 cag 92.98 Stat, ant BROWNS” Men’s Suits. ter _ goods. Children’s Suits. Boys’ Long Sizes 4 to 8 prs. Pants Suits Black , Navy, en een] an uits. Blue, Lins, $6, wool ‘Sizes Plaids, heviote, 48 all St hee yrs. A artery or Black ‘and J Chev-$6.98 | Catchy Piaids, C. tterne — junt 00 3 ad anv Doub ledreasted, ac E hefty, e at this sale— = $7,50 faite “Tacs = 3 that to keep. 98c CASSITIERE PANTALOONS 08c WHEELMEN Will find this a migh HOSE, CAPS, &e Tee place to buy their SUITS, SWEATERS, is COMPULSORY SALE means a POWER- FUL saving to buyers of all kinds of MEN’S, YOUTHS’, BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS AND FURNISHING GOODS, TRUNKS, SATCHELS AND VALISES. 10c. OFFICE. COATS--Fast Black- 50c. Kind--10c. Give your curiosity a little SWING. VICTOR E. “ADLER OUTFITTER TO MEN & BOYS, os Seventh Street N. W. % CORNER MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. E27 WE CASH PENSION CHECKS. jetzt end fresented in pleasing attire. His voice is geod, and his manner excellent. Al- though a comparatively young man, he is the representative of Massachusetts in the disposal of the patronage allotted to the state by the administration. And there are other attractions for the visitcrs from the House. Senator Quay, cool and thoughtful, occupies a front seat. He seems to pay little attention to the bus- iness of the Senate, but let any matter come up involving the interests of the keystone state and he is on his feet in a moment. He talks well, and long, when necersary. No man can wield a parlia- mentary cleaver with greater ability. A Master of Sarcasm. Missouri has a choice tid-bit in store for novices in legislation. He is a chunky lit- Ue gentleman, with sharp blue eyes and a tongue as keen as a Damascene blade. He is Gecrge G. Vest of Kansas City. When thoroughly aroused he becomes meteoric, and the display is more magnificent than a shower of falling stars. John J. Ingalls is said to have been a master of exquisite sarcasin; if so, however, George G. Vest was his teacher. A new member might travel over to the Senate chamber for two months without hearing Vest speak, but when ke did hear him he would feel well repaid, and resume his journey afterward for two months more. Then there is the leonine senator from Illinois, Wm. E. Mason. When he shakes his shaggy mane and begins to roar the spectators are spellbound. There is a di- rectness and a bluntness about him that attracts the galleries and rattles the dry bones in the valley. The newspapers re- ported an earthquake on the morning after his speech on Cuba. There might have been an earthquake in Spain. If so, it was un- doubtedly caused by the echoes of the Ill- inois senator's speech, and not by subter- ranean fires. There are others equally as interesting. Gen. Hawley, calm, dignified and sound- headed, speaks like a statesman of the .olden time, and his colleague, Senator Platt, is a representative of the manufacturing interests whose opinions are always re- plete with information. And Wisconsin possesses an intellectugl treasure far superior to Vilas in the person of Jonn C. Spooner, his successor. He re- turns to the Senate in the halo of brilliant achievements in that body years ago. His speeches recall the days of Doolittie and Matt. Carpenter. In the Front Rank. The young state of Utah has upheaved a star of the first magnitude in Senator Frank Cannon. His speeches on Cuba and on (the tariff have placed him in the front rank. They were flowery, yet logical; met- aptorical,- yet argumentative; sympathet- ic and direct. They were Gelivered with- out notes and in extreme good taste. On the democratic side stands John W. Daniel of Virginia, whose Roman face is indicative of the eloquence of a bygone age. Virginians see in him a worthy suc- cessor of Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee Then there is Senator Morgan of Ala- bama, a beacon light that steadily illumin- ates our foreign relations, and Tillman of South Carolina, brandishing his pitchfork like Mephistopheles and creating almost as much terror. These and many others awaken interest in the breasts of the fledgling legislators, who tramp from the silent halls of the .| portance to their interests. House to the noisy Senate chamber. Above them all towers the form of Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. He has no elo- quence in store, nor does he ever resort to iridescent imagery; but he bristles with facts. He is the leader of the fight be- tween the Senate and the House over the tariff schedules. Whether victory or de- feat crowns his efforts, he is making a fight that will be felt for years to come. He has made the tariff a study for a long time, and the Senate amendments are sup- Posed to embody the result of his investiga- tions. The eyes of the manufacturers and business men of the country are fastened upon him, as the result will be of vital im- Their anxiety is shown when you reflect that circulars sufficient in number to bury the Capitol have been sent to congressmen since the bill was reported to the Senate. But the Senate will draw the real lines of battle. It can make the bill to please it- self, but whether it will be ons that will please the House time and a conference committee alone can disclose. AMO! the breast of smil oon lie, And round ser yet is faint perfume Of violets Just goae bys Green is her gown, with "b oldery Of bicssomin: meadow. graws, ‘That ripples lke a flowing sea ‘When winds and shadows pass. Her breast is belted by the blae or Buccors, like the #ky, and heart's-ease clasps ber, t6® And F growing high; Laced is her bodice green with vines, int dew the gam has Kiesed fewels her scarf that fuintly shines In fold: of morning mist! The buttercups are fringes fair Around her xmall white fect, And on the radiance of her hair Fall cherry blossoms sweet; ‘The dark laburnum’s chains of guld pine triste about her throat; rched on her shoulder, blithe and The brown thruch soubde bie note! 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