Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-31
SCATTERING SHOTS.

this season, there has not been such a reduction
in the price OF milk as housekeepers had Q right
to expect.
-" Zoopholists" is what newspaper men pro-
pose to cali Members OF the Society for the
Proven ion of Cruelty to Animals, in order to
reduce the expenSe Of type-setting.
We have at least square stand off with
Canada, and it any thing we are q little ahead.
She gave us the epizootic, and in return we
taught her the credit mobilier trick in building
railroads.
-Bellew, who has been giving "farewell
readings in this country for the last three
months, has finally read his passage ticket and
gone aboard ship. 1t was good wind for Bellew
that bellew him to our shores.
- The great and good watterson of the Louis
willie Courier-JouiRdl has been in Europe .or
two weeks; but, equally to the surprise of him
self and the qualification of his lacuns tenens, the
readers of the paper hav'nt ye. discovered his
at sence.
- alsted of the Cincinnati Commercial "a
champiOning the cause OF fee beer. Lager for
three cents glass! is his battle cry. And the
most curious feature of the thing is that his
heart (Which most people thought he hadn't
any, seems to be in it.
- This time he lives at Memphis. Heis print
er by trade, named Holden, and the value OF the
English estate Ito Onc-third o. which he has
just had news that he has fallen heir) is about
100000 in gold. OF course legal expenses
will reduce his share a little, but not much.
"A Matchmaking woman OF Cincinnati has
been fined one hundred dollars for sending a
letter threatening exposure, &C., to an old gem
tleman she thought she had "a point on unless
he would loan her fifty dollars until fall. This
will be good news to great many old gentle
men.
1t doesn't seem right to have doubts as to
the success of anything calculated to benefit
Washington; but really We can't see how an
enterprise that has to worry along under the
name of ''Le Droict" can ever amount to much
lie DrOictl What does it mean, any how? and
why is It spelled that way?
Almost has bad as LcDroictis ''Terra Gotta
City," which name has been chosen for the first
station out on the new railroad line west. Wny
didn't they call it Palsy, or wedgewood?
Either would have been short, SIMPLE, eupho-
NOUS, and appropriate.
- The question whether Mast made Harper's
Weekly or whether the Weekly made Mast i.
| just now actively discussed by our exchanges
The truth, as in most ca.es, lies between. The
Weekly had large circulation and Mast a wide
reputation before they came together but both
were increased and good deal of money M AIDE
iOr each by the oriunction.
- The propriesors Of the New York Tribune
have engaged Messrs. A. q. Riddle and f. l..
Stanton to defend it in the matter of the Camp
LIBEL suit, audit is understood that if it is pushed
to trial the proceedings will go forward to lively
| music. Meanwhile the Tribune doesn't scare a
bit On the other hand, it loses no opportunity
to fire shot at Camp, and there is every indi-
hpfOra he raal frnp q
Will have equally good grounds for half dozen
more suits. We don't believe he will bring them,
though.
What senseless thing is fashion, and from
what absurd and Inappropriate beginnings do
styles often spring! For example, one of the
hats now most worn by young ladies, called the
| "Ragabas," was the creation Of the notorious
prostitute, "COra PEARL" In a drunken freak
she made wager that she could make fashion
able the most outre looking hat possible, and she
won her bet by takirg a soft felt hat, ham mer
ing it out of its original shape, tricking it gu;
| with few feathers, and ribbons, and wearing
| 1t on the street day or two, after which it be-
came all the rage, as she predicted The short
stock sun umbrella with the enormous knob
for the hand had its origin in the necessities OF
| rheumatic hump-backed old dowager, at one
OF the European watering places, who in that
Il
| with the Octagenarian invalid's walking stick
Now al the young misses in the United States
| think they must have one swinging from their
| waist belt. The absurdly large IAN which young
ladies In this country consider essential to full
| evening toilet first came into use at a Spanish
| seaside resort, where it was invented to serve
| the double purpose Of fan and sunshade while
| loungiRg on the beach. In proportion as it was
appropriate there lie it out of place in parlor;
| yet it is the rage all the same with the blind
! followers Of fashion, who never think Of con-
| .idering the fitness OF things.
And men are nearly as big fools as women
| in the matter Of following fashions; though. to
their everlasting credit be it said, no gentleman
will allow his person and clothing to become
dirty and disgusting to keep up with any STYLE
as n ost Fashionable ladies do in the wearing of
lOng-train walking dresses, greasy false hair
waterfalls, etc. Still, they occasionally suffer
themselves to be imposed on outrageOusly SO far
As expense Is concerned. For instance, for the
last decade 1t has been considered the proper
thing In getting suit of any kind to have ones
coat and vest made from the same piece of
goods, whether the trousers be Of the same or
different material. AS matter OF course, the
vest does not wear out nor soil near so quickly
as the other two garments, and the result is that
nearly every gentleman who makes any pre-
tension to dress has about trunk full Of these
articles partly worn, with no other garments to
match. And yet he will 60 on, season after
season, ordering three or four more vests every
year, at an expense of from eight to twelve dol
lars each, simply because his tailor tells him
that the style requires it. Isn't it 80, young
man?
The Great Fire I'm Boston Yesterday.
SOME ISCIDkNTs OF THE CONFLAGRATION-
| LOSS ONE AND QUARTER MILLIONS.
ne military at the Boston tre yesterday rem
n. Of the 9Th regiment, who were In the process
SION Tor the decoration parade at South Boston,
left the line and proceeded to the scene of the
coDfagration, and did good service in keeping
back the crowd so that the firemen could work.
ABOUT the same time company of marines
| from the Charlest0wn navy-yard, drawing a
| h0ee-carriage, appeared on the scene, and were
greeted with cheers. The Western Union Tele-
graph company has lost fifteen wires by the fre.
and communication is interrupted. fhe Fire,
mans National Bank had not opened their