The Washington Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1894, Page 4

TIME TO GO AHEAD. ‘Signs That Told an Observant Girl That She Was Betrothed. ned to meet in a State bese ae aie other day and they had a conversation which sent one of them away with floods of light illu- *minating her soul. She was one of those girls who are adored by old ladies, and constantly invited to tea by them to meet bachelor sons, and ‘who can count all the beaux they ever had on the fingers of one hand. The other—well, she was different; she was one of those maddening crea- tures who are always mysteriously sup- plied with roses and bonbons and es- corted to the theatre on first nights, in spite of the fact that all the other girls are agreed that “there is abso- lutely nothing in her.” The latter young woman was meditating over some silks when the other greeted her. “I suppose you are trying to decide between the old rose and the pale ”” she said. ‘ “Well, no,” replied the other girl frankly. “You see, I am getting my wedding things, and I think I'll have both.” Then she looked down to blush end Jooked up to see the effect of her woils. aes “Is it possible? I”—— “Yes, dear, and you can’t imagine how nervous I am.” “I only hope you”—— ] “Will be happy? Of course I shall; why, I can always make him do just what I choose.” The other gir! pursed up her lips and looked virtuous. “Oh, I shouldn't like that at all. The man I marry must be one that I can obey.” “Not at all, my dear. It is all very mice to talk that way to the men—they Nike it and it sounds pretty, besides doing no harm until you are really go- ing to marry one of them, when you want your own way, just like any other sensible woman.” “Well, do tell me how he”’—— began the other girl dreamily. “Proposed? Oh, but he hasn’t done it .. “But I thought that you”—— “Were selecting a trousseau? So I am, goosie. You see it is just this way: He will call at 8 this evening, and by ® at latest we will be formally en- “But how do you know?” helplessly asked the other girl. “Simply by precedent. When a man asks you in an anxious tone if you think a married man onght to give up his club you may know that his in- tentions are serious; and when he fol- jows it up a few days later by asking you if you don’t think a man has a right to smoke all over his own house it is high time to decide whether the wedding shall be at home or in church.” * “My goodness!” “Yes, but that wasn’t what convinced ‘Oh, do tell me about it.” “No, it was simply this: I met him @ the street yesterday, and he was reading a paper so intently that he didn’t even see me until I spoke. Then be blushed violently and in great con- fusion thrust his paper into his over- coat pocket. Well, he went home with me and—now you must never tell this es long as you live.” “I never, never will.” “Well, I was so curious to see what be had been reading that confused him so, that I made an excuse to slip out into the hall where his coat was hang- ing and take the paper out of his pock- et, and what do you think it was?” “Oh, I can’t imagine.” “It was a household paper, and the article that he had been reading was one which proved conclusively that two people could live a great deal | more cheaply than one. Now, do you see why I am commencing to select my trousseau?’ she asked trium- phantly. . “Yes, I do,” meekly replied the other girl—Chicago Daily Tribune. { wr. Hate on the Crash of 1893. In 1884 Dr. Edward Everett Hale's Bevel of “The Fortunes of Rachel” was @rst published. The novel runs to the end of the century, and, in the year 1900, Tom Poore, at Washi , Te views the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. He says in this review: “The shares rose again stead- ily for five years, when I sold again. 6 crash of 1893 came, and every- body supposed manufacturing was at an end. At the lowest depression I bought Stocking shares again. * * * When the company wound up two years ago (in 1898) the shares yielded $6,050, amd here it is.” We reprint the passage from the novel, which is not so well konwn as it should be, for the benefit of investors in “the crash ef 1893.”—Boston Commonwealth. Uncle Zeb’s Suspicion. “Uncle Zeb,” said the magistrate, \"this is the third time you have been arrested this month.” “Yessir.” “How do you explain it?’ “Well, sah, dar’s a new p’leeceman on our beat.” “Has that anything to do with the ease?” ' “I dunno, sah; on’y it sut’ny hez jseemed ter me dat may be was kinder usin’ me ter practice on.” Yet He Meant Well. The young clergyman had consented at the last moment to act as substi- tute for the venerable man who was accustomed to go to the bridewell Sun- \day morning and preach to the prison- \ers. i “My friends,” said the embarrassed young man as he rose up and faced the assembled toughs and vagrants, “it rejoices my heart to see so many of you here this morning.”"—Chicago Tri- une. Zz Se Disappointing. “Sister,” said the little boy, “will you please make me a lot of uit like those you gave us for breakfast the, ‘other day? Sister was touched. They were the ‘first cheering words Johuny had spok- en to her in a long time. “Certainly.” she answered. “Are you going to ha a party?” “No; L wanted to try them in my eg slungshot.”—Washington Star. Unselfish Love. ] He—If you loved me you would mar try me while I am poor. She—You do me injustice. I love you tov much io & your precfous health risked by ag. Wait until you eau ulford to keep servants.—Lite, two vacant rooms, bu bed turned for porter Mr. Den to turn the bed in the gentleman's room so that the head would be to the north. The guest followed the porter upstairs, and as nothing further was heard of him it is presumed that he retired and slept the sleep of the blessed. fwants any CRANKY GUESTS. Experience of Hotel Clerks in Dealing With Some of Them. “JT cannot sleep io that room,” said a guest at the Hotel Denechaud last { svening as he walked to the desk in the office and threw the key upon it. “What is the matter with it?’ asked Mr. Justin Denechaud, who was be- aind the desk at the time. “There is nothing the matter with it ‘xcept that the bed is in the wrong alace,” the guest replied. “For more han twenty years I have slept in a xed with the head towards the north, ind it has become such a habit with ne that it would be actually impossi- gle for me to sleep in a bed with the aead in any other direction.” “It will be impossible for me to give you a room containing a bed in that gosition,” said the clerk, as he ran his aye over the list of rooms. ‘The hotel S well filled to-night, and I have only I will have the ou,” and calling the aud instructed him “There is no accounting for tastes,” said Mr. Denechaud, turning to the re- porter, “and the funny experiences we have in the hotel business would fill a volume. You noticed that gentleman just pow who demanded that his bed be changed with the head towards the north. Before the night is over we may have calls for beds with their heads turned to eve compass, and of cour: to accommodate every one. I remem- ber an instance like this several years ago. A gentleman, slightly under the influence of liquor, came into the hotel one night and, producing a pocket compass, said that he wished a room where the head of the bed placed to the northeast. We sent two boys with the man and they placed the bed as requested. The joke about it was that the compass was furnished with a little stop, whic cator in a certain pos' happened that the gentleman’s bed, which had been carefully placed di- rectly northeast, according to the com- pass, was in reality so placed that the jhead was directly to the south. The gentleman discovered his mistake the | i next morning, and I presume was cured of the fad.”—New Orleans Times. point of the > we are obliged should be held the indi- on, and it so The Best He Could Do, The seedy individual, blear-eyed and unkempt, slipped into a cheap restau- rant near the Michigan Central Depot the other morning and sat down at a table in the corner, where the waiter discovered him. “How much is a cup of coffee?” he asked. “Five cents.” “And a steak?’ “Ten cents.” “Fried eggs?’ “Five cents.” “Potatoes?” “Five cents.” “Bread and butter?” “Five cents.” “Do you charge anything extra for knife and fork and plate?’ “Oh, no.” Then he ran his hand down into his | pocket. “Well, bring me them,” he said, shak- | ing his head. “I guess I can’t do any better this morning than go th the motions.”—Detroit Free Press. rough Her Sarcasm. “John,” she said after some silence. “What is it, my dear?” “Men say that women talk a great |deal, don’t they 7” “I believe they do.” “And they also think it proper to make jokes about her alleged difticulty in making up her mind.” “Yes.” “John?” “Well, dear?” “Are there any women in Congress?” “No.” “And yet, just look at it.” She Tried to Help. He (devoted but bashful) — There’s been an awful lot in the papers lately about political combines and rings and such things. She (determined to help him out)— Yes, I've noticed. Do women ever get mixed up with them? He—Certainly not. Why do you ask that? She (with a “now will you tumble?’ emphasis)—Because I feel as if I would like to get into a ring of some kind myself. No presents.—Buffalo Courier. Why He Was Dropped. Ethel—Why didn’t Henrietta have anything to do with that noted young writer when he came? She said she was going to. Maude—Yes, but during their first talk he said he had never met a pretty woman who had any brains. So Hen- rietta dropped him, considering it a personal insult. Ethel (amiably)—Why, which does she think she has, Se Good Advice. “She has discarded me,” wailed the young man. “I have half a notion to shoot myself.” “When you entertain such an idea jas that,” replied the sage, “you are | underestimating your affection.” “Don't you mean overestimating?’ “Well, you may be overestimating its inten: but not its quantity. Just you Ww: have love enough left for half a dozen girls.”—Indianapolis Journal. a while and you will find you SS See sed ce mn His Principle. Brown—Is Black a man of principle? White —Decidediy. | Whenever he iskey he sends Jack Todd for it. principles @ould a’t allow him to be seen in a liquor shop.—Boston Transcript. Ce ee Of Adult Size. Tommy—Pa, why do they say that “a note matures” when it falls due. Pa (worrying over his debts)—Be- cause it’s generally so blame big, I suppose.—Chicago Record. Chops for One. Johnnie (with an ax)—Papa, what is a chophouse? Papa—It is a house where they have chops. Is it anything THE IRON JAW. Stength of that Kind Can Be Acquired by Long Practice. The iron-jawed performer in a cir- cus now doing some eastern cities was visited by areporter for the New York Press recently. She is a rosy-cheeked Woman with smiling blue eyes, and no one looking at her two rows of even, white teeth would imagine that they could) possibly stand the strain to they are daily put. Y ordinary person,” said she, “ought to lift thirty or forty pounds with his jaw, but I have lifted tive weighing altogether 700 pounds. developing the muscles of the jaw and neck a person of ordinary strength 200 pounds with the jaw.” “Is an iron jaw a gift of nature?’ s asked, “or is it acquired?” he answered, “one mus ith am iron jaw in order to do such a performance as I do, although strength of that kind can be acquired. I began by lifting twenty-pound Weights with my teeth, and then used r weights, until I could lift an object as fheavy as myself. I have been in the business nine years now, and can sustain more than five times my weight with the strength of my teeth and jaws. Holding up and spin- ning around a heavy man with my teeth is about the same as holding up a barrel of flour in that way.” “Is that slide you make down the @ a dangerous feat?’ she was ask- Ww ed. “Well, no accident ever happened to me,” she said. “I have no fear in doing it. Ordinarily I do not even use a netting under my trapeze, but here the law obliges me to. I shall not use one when I go out West.” “What are your sensations In gomg down the wire?’ “Well, I see nothing; my eyes are turned toward the roof. I hear a loud zing noise made by the wheel that goes over the wire. The cushion at the bottom is so arranged that it gives three or four feet when I strike it. If it did not I probably would have broken bones. In the Paris Hippo- drome I used to slide down a wire 320 feet long.” ‘Are you yourself a foreigner—per- haps a countess or a duchess?’ No, I am an American gi T was born in Pittsburg. The qualifications ury for such a busin Tam e nerve, courage and extraordin- y strength. The circus business is one in which a woman gets as much Wages as a man. Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lilly Dever eux Blake and the rest of the strong- minded women are always publicly admiring pluck in their sex. I think the circus women have it above all others.” Sand Gardens for Children. At a meeting in Boston recently of the Moral Educational Association, . Kate Gannet Wells spoke on and Gardens,” which have proved such godsends to the children of the very poor. In Germany, says the Bos- ton Advertiser, the sand gardens have long since become the favorite resorts not only for the poor children, but the very rich as well. For seven years the school gardens in Boston ‘have been open, and in three years the Charlesbank Garden, with its grass, trees, flowers and glorious view of the river, has ‘become a paradise not only for the hundreds of children, but for the weary mothers, who ‘either leave their children in these gardens, under wise asal watchful care, while they go to work, or else they carry their mend- ing and sun themselves while the youngsters play. 3 These bank: e also educational. During the ll of Babylon,” for in- stance, it was enacted with the aid of paper soldiers from morning till night and Grecian history was as fam- iliar to the children read and but- ter. There is many a pathetic story of the little crippled children who drink in pleasure and sunshine to gether. They are distinctly not kin- dergarten, not indv nl and not de- nominational in religion. The poorest of the poor come. The great work is carried on by voluntary contributio. $1,400 will take care of = dren. This is a distinct hygienic education in city life, with a wonderful moral influence. The Art of Getting On. The best equipment that either men or women could have is definite knowledge, if it be only of one thing. The first question I a those who come to me for advice, a writer in Lippincott’ “What can you do?’ If the answer is—as it almost invariably proves to be—‘“Anything,” amy heart fills with despair for the applicant. In the money-making world “anything” mea nothing.” It is overrun with a v: army of in- capables ready to rush in and under- take “anything.” What is needed is some one who can do something as opposed to any one who can do any- thing. Competency is the only equip- ment that is worth anything now-a- days. A Memorial to the Poet Keats. Edmund W. Gosse writes to the Lon- don Times announcing a proposed Eng- lish memorial to the poet Keats. He says that an Americon committee has been engaged during the last five years preparing it, and that the details have been kept absolutely secret, even in the United States. The movement was due to the energy of Mr. F. Hol- land Day, of Norwood, Mass. The avork is now accomplished. Mr. Day has arrived in England with a marble bust of Keats, which will soon be un- veiled in the parish church at Hamp- stead. An English Corn Cure. Here is a recipe for a paint suitable for either the hard or soft species of corn; it shouldbe applied with a camel's hair brush on five or six suc- cessive nights, at the end of which ‘time the upper portion can be easily, removed, after the foot has been soak- in warm water. In the case of an old } enemy, the treatment should be re | peated until the growth has entirely { disappeared. Thirty grains of sali- ‘eylic acid, and five grains of Indian hhemp. to be dissolved in half an ounce ‘of fluid collodion. $ A “Corner” in Stamps. Stamp collectors say there is a “cor. ner” in stamps, one firm in New York having bought in practically the whole issue extant of Columbian stamps, That firm must have a big warehouse, ed NAPOLEON’S HOME LIFE. He Used His Fingers for Forks and Some- times Took His Soup After Dessert. “After “Napoleon et le Femme industrious and indefatigable M. eric Masson has now given to the ] lic another entertaining and gossipy volume entitled “Napoleon Chez-lui.” which is published in Dentu. Her the author shows us thé Great Con- queror at home, the interest of the descriptions being heightened by M. de Myrbach’s amusing illustrations. including Napoleon in bed, an impe- rial shave and His Majesty at table before one of those meals—chi consisting of chicken and pastry— hed down by well-watered Cham- M. Masson neglects nothing. He follows the emperor from morning to night, tells how he wore his slippers until they were utterly dilapidated and how he had himself brused down with eau de Cologne every day, valet work as if he w donkey. At 6:30 ever, king the x Con- stant—the chief valet—entered the Emperor's bedroom and flung the win- dows open. Meneval presented the | jetters and a servant brought in a cup of tea or orange flower water. Cor- visart on entering was usually salut- ed with the wi “Ah! there you are, you great quack! Have killing many people lately having a warm bath, after Con had related the gossip of the ¢ Emperor listened to Meneval maries of the newsp S, x lowed the levee, or “ o'clock the special audience and at 11 dejeuner. At this meal the Emperor frequently used his fingers as forks and cared little for the order of the service, sometimes eating soup last. He liked green har: always afraid of finding hairs in them. The meal was oceasionally rather in- ternational in composition. Bonaparte being partial to many of the dishes popular in the countries wherein he had conducted campaigns. Thus, after Egypt, he became very fond of pilaff and dates. He was, however, most in favor of Italian frittered food and liked chicken in every; cooked form. As to his oceasional cal diers’ soup and comm M. M. m believes that Napoleon only sumed his taste in that diree- tion for parade purposes. He was known on one occasii ulow a plate of military soup after having a pulled out of it—but then the sol diers were looking on. Had his cook, Dunan—a worthy descendant of Vate¥ bouillon before him at the 1 Napoleon would probably have flung the plate and its contents at the head of the chef. Dunan, by. th ay, Was once about to rr T De= e the Emperor refused to eat cre pinettes de perdreau twice in one month, but he remained on at Du- roc’s suggestion, and mollified his anighty 1 ar by a dish of roast fowl. Now and then the dejeuner lasted longer than seven or eight min- utes, but only when Napoleon had morning guests, like Talma. David or Isabey. M. Masson has also a good deal to »out Bonaparte’s enormous capacity for work, which caused ‘him often to m the offi dinner hour, and to rise at 3 o'clock in the morning in order to study bud- gets, ministerial reports and army re- turns. fter his second mz there was less freedom in ‘the Cov Etiquette was more strictly enforced than ever, and the Emperor became more inaccessible and Olympian. M. Masson modestly says that his book is only intended to provide contribu- tions to history. In any ease, it is far more interesting reading than many a work of fiction—London Telegraph. Woman’s Ingenuity Rarely Women, who, for various reasons, do their own dre: aking, well know the trouble and difficulty of properly fit- ting a waist. The draping of th irt is more easily accomplished, even if Aunt Abie’s method of calling in the hired man and draping it upon him to be adopted at last. A woman set her wits to work recently. and hit upon a unique idea. She took waist that fitted her to perf which buttoned down the She buttoned it, then sewed the bution- holes all tight and cut the buttons off. Then he took a piece of cardboard the size of the neck and sewed it in as a cover, and upon th sed a pin cushion by mes nd saw dust. The sleeves wer t off at the elbow and tightly tied. and then the figure was inverted and tightly pack- ed with sawdust. This was allowed to settle for two days, and was then again punched and pounded until every crevice was rammed tight. Then another piece of dboard was cut to fill the bottom orifice. and this was sewed in, and the whole figure cover- ed with muslin to prevent the saw- dust leaking, and to afford a good pin hold. The model is now the exact shape of the individual the dr is intended for, and all she needs to do fs to place the model on the table, put on it a pair of corsets and fit the ma- terial over these. When the model grew “flabby” she tightened it by forcing the sawdust out of the arms fnto the bust, and refilling ‘the arms with fresh sawdust.—Ladies’ Home Journal. ‘ails. His Honor Gets Even. “The charge against this man, honor is drunk and disorderly,’ the officer. “I don’t deny it, judge,” said the prisoner. “I got pretty drunk, I guess, but it was my first offence, and I know when I’ve had enough. I shan’t do it again.” “In thait case.” said the magistrate, “I am disposed to be—but haven’t I seen you before?” “I reckon you ‘have, judge. I live right across the strect “You do, hey? Have you a lawn mower?” You get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run it till ‘breakfast time, don’t you?” “Yes. That’s the kind of a man I am. 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