Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-09

THE New York World is responsible for
he statement that Sin the really great world
OF farls, eTtravagance has at last been def
nitely voted vulgar" and that this great re-
form may ere long be expected to reach our
shores. Upon reading this, we began to
cream OF an era OF universal prosperity TO
follow the abandonment by American n-en
of their costly tastes in cigars, wines, horses
betting and other eXtravagaat amusementS
whlle women appeared in simple attire; but
our fancleS came 10 an abrupt conclusion as
we reached the second para graph and learned
what indeed might have been expected. that
men are not Included in this scheme of re-
form. Women alone are TO practice self
DENIAL ana bring about the millennium OF
simplicity and frugality. But partial good
VIII be better than nothing at all i'm these di-
rectloDs. Can IT be that we are to see an end
OF excessive characterization in dress Take
notice. ladies. great princess, duchess aud
marchloneSS in her own right. lately went TO
a concert IN Paris. and made a sensation.
too, attired in a costume which cost less
than two dollars of our currency. and which
was made by her own maid instead OF
Worth. The three infantaS of Spain at
tended the races IN the Bots de BOulogne in
simple dresses of gray mOhair, and al a ball
given by the Duchess de Chevreuse, the tot
lettes OF the ladies were remarkable for their
simplicity as well as beauty. Costly and
elaborate dresses are abandoned TO the demi-
inonde.-Irorjde'tceJ Journal.
A FREE TRIP TO RUSSIA FOR MEprrys.
Mr.. Alexander Aksakof, councillor of state
in the imperial chaucellery of ST. Peters
burg, has issued formal address and invi-
tatlon to American mediums. On giving
sufficient prima facie proof OF medium
powers these persons may. If they see tit
travel Tree OF charge from the capital of the
United States 10 the capital of Russia, there
to undergo examination at the hands of "A
committee, appointed for the purpose by the
society OF EXperimentalists in Physics,
attached 10 the University of st. Peters
Durg. 10 cut short the projects of a host OF
ingenious persons who might otherwise pro
nj by this opportunity To visit the empire of
the Car without laying out farthing in
travelling expenses, the claims of persons
styling themselves "mediumS'' are To be i'm
vestigated beforehand by a local committee
at New York. Those, however, of the medi-
uns VINO really pass the preliminary test
examination Will be shipped for Russia.
Then those mediums who succeed in proving
beyond all doubt their connection with an
other world Will receive a diploma, and will
moreover be decorated. This proposal from
one of the scientific branches Of the Ac ademy
OF ST. Petersburg seems TO be based on the
superstition that no regular inquiry into
called spiritualiStic phenomena has ever
been made in the United States.
A CHERRY STONE TAXES LApY's LIFE.
The recent death of Mrs. Maltby, of Walling
ford, Ct, was caused in a singular manner,
as post mortem examination showed. The
New Haven Palladium says that eleven
years ago the lady accidentally swallowed a
solution OF potash, which caused erosion and
Inflammation OF the oesophagus, ending in
permanent construction and lessening of its
cslibre at point about two inches above the
superior end Of the stomach On account OF
this structure she was compelled 10 exercise
great caution in eating, as but a small
mouthful well chewed would pass il. She
claimed TO have swallowed a cherry stone
about two weeks before her DEATH which she
believed lodged in the narrowest portion of
the 0sophagus. From that time until her
death no food could enter her stomach, and
she died CT starvation. The examination
after death showed that she was right i'm her
conjecture, for the cherry stone was found
closely Milling up the tube, so that nothing
could pass il.