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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

tLondon Letter to the Providence Press.
Probably you have heard Of Whistler's ex-
travaganza In houses. He was engaged to
decorate noble mansion in Belgravia; the
price was no object to the owner-aRd for
that matter neither was 1t to Whistler. One
day friend asked me to 60 over and see one
OF the rooms that was nearly completed, and
hastened to accept the invitation. This Is
what we saw on entering: A very slim. spare
the floor; beside him an enormous palette,
paints, q half dozen long bamboo nsh. poles
resting on line with their butts close at
hand. and very large pair OF binocular
glasses. Whistler, dressed wholly in black
velvet. with knlckerbocker pantaloons stop.
ping just below the knee, black SILK stockings,
ana low pointed shoes, with silk ties more
than SIX Inches wide and diamond buckles,
was nat on his back, fishing r0d In hand and
an enormous eyeglass In one eye, diligently
his brush being on the other end OF the f1sh-
pole. Occasionally he would pick up hts
double glasses like some astronomer peerfng at
the moon, and having gained nearer and bet
ter view OF the effect, he would again begin to
agitate the paint brush at the other end OF the
"Now wouldn't be fool" said he, ito
risk myself on scaffolding and nearly twist
my head OH my shoulders trying to look no.
ward when can overcome the difficulty and
animate space 50 easily thus7 ha gave
Ard such room! one mass OF gorgeous
purple and blue, ornamented solely with an
enormous number OF the eyes Of peacOckS
feathers. 1t was room to make man q 10.
matte In week. 1t was as II all the peacocks
10 Ghilstendom nad settled down upon one.
ana were about to smother one In tail.
feathers. And this was the celebrated "pea-
cock room" about which all London went Wild
not long afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07
Brevftv Not CIcarme...

IL ID c0n monty supposed tnat Dfev1ty q the
essence of telegram, and that the shorter q
message can be the better; that II you have a
thing TO say In ten words 1t is better to say It
In seven; II you have thing to say In seven it
Is better to say 1t In I'VE. This appears to be
the creed OF the general telegram sender. No
doubt. II bis sole object be to swell the revenue,
OF the state his procedure is laudable: but there
are other considerations to be taken into account;
and II he wishes his kilograms TO be rendered
IN sacn guise thas they shall De understood par
wording plain than laeonic Redundancy is,
OF course, to be avoided, but too great brevity
Is equally to be eschewed Laoonic writing. It
security makes 1t impossible for the telegraph
operator to know when he Is sending sense and
when nonsense; and II he has no guide as to
equal that he Will go astray. There Is no doubt
another motive which weighs with some aud
that is the desire that the message should not
hands 1t will pass. But 1t Is short sighted pol
Icy to make the wording obscure In order to
Illustrate. hypothetic OFFICIAL curiosity. II
to use a Cipher. Ia the majority Hy'Oe Of
cases, however, the true plan ia to take the
officials into your confidence. and write
runs NAV read AS an Illustration Of the ,n VINO
nuity with which people will express them
selves as II for the very purpose OF defeating
5 own Object, we may cite the folio wing: A
Send them both thanks" by which She meant,
'Thalk you; send them both"-lLhe both" re.
ferred to two Servants.) The telegram reached
it's destination as ''send them both back" thus
making sense aS the Official mind would under.
stand 1t. but complete perversiOn of the
writer. Nothing was gained by putting 1t In
this way; the cost OF the message would have
been just the same If put differently, and as the
telegraph ignores stops the message as r. stood
read like nonsense 1t happen that 9TH is not
unlike 30" In the Morse alphabet, and this
coupled with the fact that "back" seemed to be
required as the last word fully explains the
errOr.-BGcEtrOOds Magazine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS
How the Pretty Baubles are Man.
uf0Ct0Fed.

uK0Ct0Te0s
Many persons nave no doubt been frequently
struck with the great beauty OF artificial or
imitation pearls. Those who make it their
ton have attained 10 high degree OF perfection
In their art; so much so that in 1862 at the
London Exhibition, Frenchman who was an
adept at their manufacture, exhibited a row
Of large real and imitation pearls alternately,
and without close inspection. we are assured,
it would have been Impossible even for
1udge to have selected the real from the
German works on this manufacture have
recently been communicated to Land and
Water, and from these It appears that the art
OF making imitation pearls is ascribed to one
Joaquin, chRpiet and rosary manufacturer
at Passy, who lived about 1850. Noticing that
the water after cleaning some whltef1sh lieu.
stlvery appearance he gradually collected the
sediment, and with this substance-to which
be gave the name of essence ,d'orient-and
the glass beads OF which he framed his rosarIes
and afterward filled them with wax. The
method OF making the round bead is by heat
ing one end-which has first been c,osed-of a
glass tube, which then. when blown into two
or three times expands into a glo0ular form.
The workman then separates the bead, places
the end which has been heated on wire, and
heats the other end. This process is called
bordering or edging. The best pearls are made
In the same way, the holes Of the tubes being
gradually reduced by heat to the size OF those
Cead on inserted wire, and, by continually
turning them round In the flame OF the lamp
used. they become so true as to be struny as
evenly as the Oriental pearls.
Ihe process OF color1ng the pearl Is con-
menced BY lining the interior OF tbs bail with
a delicate Lay er OF perfectly limpld and co OF.
less parchment glue; and before 1t Is quite dry
the essence of orient Is introduced by means Of
slender glass blOwpipe. 1t Is then allowed to
dry; the pearl is filled with wax. and II In
tended for necklace is pierced through the
wax With redhot needle. The essence OF
orient as it is called, is the chief Ingredient 10
the manufacture OF the pearl. 1t Is very val
liable substance, and Is obtained from the fsh
above named by rubbing them rather roughly
IN 9 basin OF pure water, so as to remove the
scales; the whole is then strained through a
linen cloth. and left for severel days to SETTLE
when the water Is drawn of. The sediment
forms o the essence referred to. 1t requires from
1900 to $4,000 1sh to obtain about pound of
this substance! Besides the French imitation
pearls. az those above described are called there
are the Roman pearls, which are made Of wax,
covered with kind of pearly luster. But these
40 not look SO well as the French pearls; While
In heated room they are apt to soften and
stick to the skin: A very extensive trade is
now done In the manufacture and sale of
French artificial pearls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07
In the House OF Com m 0ns.

The public are excluded from the house while
the speaker is at prayers, but, by one of those
anomalies which give q humorous flavor to some
not recognize the existence OF the ladies' GAL
lery, and by this pleasantly the occupants OF It
are permitted to witness the spiritual recrea-
tons OF the speaker. When It Is announced
that he is in the chair, the strangers gallery
and the speakers gallery are opened, and we
may then enter. From neither OF these can q
good view be obtained, and the visitor f1ads
comfort increased If he has already made
himself familiar with the building itself On one
OF those occasions when 1t is open to the
Stephens Hail and octagon Han and The Sum 3D.
tuous decorations OF the House of Lords have
been seen. the House OF Commons, like the
members Of the lobby, is disappointing; and the
is nearly square, and the walls and ceiling are
panelled with carved oak of sombre hue The
WINDOWS are bordered with stained glass; In
wnlcn tne motto DEN ct mon D''oi is repeated
sideW1se and lengthwise. There Is also large
plate OF delicately- tinted glass In the root,
through which the light falls with grateful soft.
ness. AT the farther end OF the hall from the
entrance the speaker sits In o canopled oak
chair, and in front Of him Is the clerks table,
upon which rests the ponderous mace bearing
the initials C. X. chose OF Charles l. or IL) and
crown. The benches upon which the members
hall from END to end. and are upholstered In
dark leather. Unlike the seats In the Senate or
house OF REPRESENTATIVES, they have no desks
or tables attached TO them; and II the occu-
pants want to write they must use their knees.
The benches on the speakers right hand are
occupied by the ministerial party. and those on
the left by the opposition. They are divided
those on the right and left-by al aisle about
twelve feet wide. and are Interested midway
by transverse passage called the gangWay,"
the members who sit below this, whether they
are on the conservative side OF the house or
the liberal, indicating that they do not give
unreserved allegiance to their party. At the
end opposite the speaker is the bar OF the
house two pillars united BY hollow brass rod
land, excepting the clerks at the table, only
members are admitted within this limit. Even
the sergeant-at-armS and the deputy sergeant
at arms are excluded and sit outside the bar
AID II letter, or telegram arrives for q men,
Der IL Is passed along from hand to hand until
IL reaches him.-Lfppt,ac0trs Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07
Art in Dress.

Art OF late years has improved many things
In Cur homes. Many books have been pub
nshed to aid people in decorating their walls
and selecting their furniture, but no apostle
true that we hear OF some attempts In London
to revive Greek drapery for women. and there
is clique known by the newly coined word
;esthetes" that anecE medieval ecconJr1c itie,
IN QresS ana ecstatic eccentriciJie3 Ia manaer
but We are not aware that any distinct at en-
ton, wise or unwiSe, has been given to the
subject here. Fashions change With the
months, and marvellous Is the Ingenuity dis
played In making new combinations for the
adornment Of the human female figure. but
what thought is ever given to primary art
principles? Who among either makers or
well-flxed laws OF proportion and OF lines to be
ascertained before really tasteful and elegant
articles can be made! Harmony Of color Is not
altogether neglected. but the principle of lines
Is apparently never thought OF, and the beauty
OF simplicity remains almost undiscovered.
ANY one who will consult an authentic book
OF costumes Will be amazed at the succession
ferent times dls1gured lovely woman. The
styles worn by men have often been abomi-
nable enough, but, as whole, devices for feQi-
nine apparel have Outdone them in ugliness
The only way to account for the federation of
the many extraordinary notions that have
come into fashion ia, that, ugly as they have
been, the beauty OF the wearers has fortu-
nately been able to offset them. 1t is com.
mon for people to say that these fashions seem
ugly to US because We are unused to them.
Undoubtedly use familtarZes US to things that
at first are dlstasteful; it has the power to
blind us to its deiormity by gradually deaden-
Ing our sens1bilitles; we may, therefore. gay
that these styles did not appear so ugly to
their wearers as they do to US; but our i'm
preston Is the right and trustworthy one. No
truly good costume, no dress built up uooa
correct artistic principles, can possibly do any
thing else than affect us pleasantly first and
last. Greek drapery, Corlnthian capital, or
Greek statue. flls us with delight always.
The measure OF our pleasure will Increase as
our knowledge enlarges and our tastes be-
come renned, but pure beauty never has to
vindicate itself; It compels admiration In all
countries and in all ages. We all know how
RIDICULOUS person may appear when dressed
up In old ygore toggery, but this is never
the case when the toggery is Of really good
character. We may laugh at young girl dis
guised as Aunt Hannah. with pillow-sleeves, q
poke" bonnet and her waist at her arm pits;
but We could find nothing to laugh at If the
same young girl should appear before US cos.
TUNED as Greek vesual. 1t ia not time, nor
age nor familiarity that makes given style
of dress ugly or handsome, but the presence or
absence OF art principles. -Appletons Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07


The traveller. all fcr.orn, passing through any
city, has no difficulty 10 getting all the new
clothes he wants, but 1t is not so easy to get
little repairs done when shirt button flies OF,
or gloves display tulip nngers, or q seam Is
ripped In gloves or garments. Travelling Fog
hshmen complain OF the laundreSses In Amerl-
can hotels, that they send up shirts with but.
tons remorselessly lroned of and unusable until
the man gets home again. An English laundress
sews on the buttons ana repairs the clothes
that need It, and everybody would be willing
to pay little more for such attention In
time OF need. good custom might De had
for q small darning shop. devoted TO mending,
sewing on buttons, repairing rents and doing
fine and coarse darning. There are places
where laces are darned and repaired. where
marking is done, and some laundresses will DO
20 order this kind of fine work. But for other
mending, such as travellers especially, and
lonely men need, ready thlmble and thread
would be great comfort. There are some
women now who make q sI ecialty OF mending,
and who go out by the day, once a week or
once fortnight, and attack the family mend
ing, which is kept for them. IL some OF the
little trimming stores would add this to their
business, not TO 60 out, but TO be found when
wanted, for either sewing on torn skirt braid
or coat button. or mending glove or torn
out butt0Ih0le OF q Shirt, and to cost just what
stitch In time Is worth, 1t would be good
thing. Some OF them VIII do ii now as favor,
and take no pay, but 1t is q business service
that can be paid for, that Is wanted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07
FISH STORY from the Courier de San Fran

cisco:
A singular history OF trouts grateruls.
rich proprietor at the interior had made to
establish pond artificial, where found them
selves aggl0merated three thousand trouts
This proprietor Ia the father OF gifllng o
from i've 10 six years.
She had taken the habltude of to 60 each
morning to give to eat to the trouts, at the aid
Of crumbs of bread.
These fishes were become so entamed that
they skipped out OF the water Tor to atlrap the
crumbs which the infant held In the crevlce o
her hand.
1t arrived one day that she lost the eQuilib-
rum, and she FELL the head the first, 10 the
pond. OF which the water was enough pro-
found. =
At the cries emitted by the girllng the father
was run himself
But what horrorl He saw his infant ex-
teDde without movement at the surface where
she f1Oated as cork.
What was not the surprise of the father In
seeing that she had been supported by mass
compact OF trouts.
The FISHES had ranged themselves under her
body, as TO sustain and prevent her from TO
drown.
II this history Is truthful the fishes are not
30 much deprived OF the intelligence as one ia
pleased himself to believe.
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The Same Old Round.
tBrOoklyu Eagle


"Could see the editor ?" she asked, looking
around for him and wondering what was going
on under his table.
"Eh! yes, I'm him. responded the editor,
evolving himself and slipping cork into his
vest pocket What can do Tor you ?"
81 am student at Packer Institute" re-
sponded the blushing damsel, land have writ
ten little article on our School Days which 1
would like to have published In the Brooklyn
Eagle. If you think 1t good enough"
Certainly, replied the editor, gazing In I'M
conscious acmtrat1on upoa the beautiful face
before him. "Does IL commence Our school
days! how the words l1nger in sweet cadences
On the strings Of memory! Is that the way 1t
ruLs?'
Why. yes," responded the beamtng girl
Then 1t goes on, 'How we look forward lrom
them to the time when we shall look back to
themr How did you know"
gagiDg smile which has endeared him to the
citizens Of Brooklyn. "After that comes, 80
unshiny! SO g1lded with the p'easl-es that
make youth happy, they have flown into the
only as echoes In the caves o; sweet iecollec
tion.' Isn't that it,"
1T certainly is" answered the astonish"1
know what had written?"
Then 1t changes from the p;anissimo and
becomes more tender: The shadows gather
whitening, but may we not hope that they will
bloom again as We remember the affection that
bound ua here and mace -
"No, you're wrong there" and the soft eyes
looked disappointed.
"Is it Hope on, hope ever?'' asked the
editor.
"That comes In further on. You had it nearly
right. 1t is The sun shadows close around us.
The flowers OF friendship are sleeping, but not
Wtthered, and will bloom again In the affection.
ate remembrance OF the chains that bound us
SO lightly"
Strange that should have made that mis-
take" said the editor musingly. 81 never
'Schoolmates, let us live so that all our days
shall be as radiant as those we have known
here, and may we pluck happiness from every
bush, forgetting never that the thornS are
below the roses land plying those whose hands
are bruised In the march through nfe.'"
That's 1t!' exclaimed the delighted girl
And then comes, Hope on, hope ever"
irg with pleasure, once more on the right
track. "Then 1t runs. And as for you, teachers
dear-"
eyes, yes, you're right giggled the girl. 81
can't see how you found me out! Would you
IKE to print III" and her face assumed an anX-
louS shade.
Certainly" responded the editor. an say
lyn. the daughter of an esteemed citizen and
rank!'
"That finishes tle school commencement at
one swOOp," sighed the editor gioomily, as the
fair vision floated out. Cant see how made
that blunder about the shadows and roses and
friendship. Either I'm getting old or some of
these girls have struck out something original.
Here, sW1peS, tell the foreman to put this slush
In the next tax sales supplement, and the
editor felt In his hair for the cork. and won
deIed what had happened to his memOry,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

Annie Eva Fay, the noted spirltualist me-
dunn, was not informed BY hsr corps OF spirits
that her husband was faithless TO her, and the
nrSt che KIT OF It was when he absconoed
with her money aud jewels.
James P. Halpin, pedestrian, died In Port.
land, Maine, few days ago OF consumption.
brought on, 1t Is claimed, BY overexertton IN
walking matcheA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

THE DUKE AT AN INDIAN SCHooL-The Duke
OF sutherland and party visited the Indian
training school at Carlisle. Pa, Thursday AFTER
noon. They carefully examined the various
features OF the school, and the duke Ia a speech
10 officers and pupils stated that nothing In
and himself more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

The population or Chicago has increased 20
per cent In 10 years, and membership In the
churches only IL per cent.
In North Carolina woman was recently
admitted to the bar because. as the chief JUS
tice said, there seemed TO be no Law for or
against such admission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

Scene at Continental kursaal: Enpltsh marty
st card table" Hello, we are two to two too |,
English party at opposite table-"We ara two
TO Two, too" German spectator, who '.spaaks
language-"Vell. now you see bow dis is. on
you want TO g'fe expression to yourself ia Eng
lish a!l Jou have TO do Is 70 play NIT der French
horn.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

A Cincinnati boy, aged IL. not Only disobeyed
his fathers Injunction not to touch q gun, but
the threatened puniahAent. He committed sui
eide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

Pearl Eytinge Is writing a new play In
which TO star next season. and intends to spend
the summer in the country to noisn it quietly.
When It is done she mad better lock it u and
join some stock company.
Gilbert and SuliiVan'J new comic opera.
Patience was produced In London a week ago
ard appears TO have been fairly sue ceSsful. The
nbTetto Is amusing ana contains some love
ballads Of poetic beauty, bit Mr.. SulIiyar's
music Is pronounced, mot strikingly original,
though OF course 1t has lots OF go" and is rich
with MELODY; some OF the ballads areextremely
pretty, and there Is some taking dance music
but on the whole Mr.. Sullivans work Is called
disappointing, at least by one critic AS is
Known, the horetto Is aimed at the so called
aesthetics school OF idiots happily not numer
Gus here. The opera opens with q scene reDra-
sentlng glade close to an ancient castle, where
20 "rapturous maidenS' dressed 10 se ,uhetic
dIaper1tS, playing lutes and mandolIns sing in
the last stage OF despair, all their love being
concentrated on male p sthete '-Rsginal1 Bun.
thorne." troop OF Dragons come on the scene
OF their former heart conquests, but are cha
gIfIed TO ind their Old sWeetheartS Changed
ard INDUCING In the gushing jargol OF pseuio-
iestheteisn, and refusing TO ltstea TO the suits
character says. that MISREPRESENTATION OF d.,
nIiuIn, that acute accumulation OF supremost
ecstacy, which the earthly might easily mis-
TRANSPORTATION" love In the minds OF the
iapturous Is the embodiment OF purity the an.
stIaction OF refinement, the idealza alton OF utter
feinsbness-" The details OF the plot are not az
Land. but in the second act the colonel 10 aior
ana lieutenant OF the regiment determine 10
teccme 9sihetes with their warriors In order
TO win back their lost loves. By the time this
Is accomplished the girls themselves have
grown tired OF the aesthetic creed and have re-
turned 10 naturalnes5 ana vivacity. Oae OF the
funniest things In the opera is a scene where
the colonel, major aud lieutenant enter In
aesthetic dress. one holding tulip, another a
SUI SLOWER and the third q lily, AMI dr,II In
aesthetic attitudes. In another scene the her
oine plays serenade By moon lit lake, on q
Dig cAss-Vtol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-07

LADIES' LISr-Burrows Oxro,ioe Mrs: Obsse
Hattie Mrs; Canning Martha Eiys: North Helen
nrs; Nolan Fannie Mrs; Kelly Jane Miss Perkins
Gi STLEMIKs LIsr-Bsnn Nathaniel. q:
Carter Willie; Hutton William r; Quinn John.
SCaOUNkR Lists 3 Henry, schr spartan
Il .. 3. AIMaIR, Possmassw.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23

Modern London is built on the debris
of the London of the times of Julius
Caesar and Agricols, and it is by no
means infrequently that 1800-yea old
relics of the Roman town are found
many feet below the surface Of the ex-
isting streets. There was q rich find
recently in the vicinity of Warwick
Square at the depth of nineteen feet.
The most interesting relic that came to
light was hitherto unknown coin, Of
the year so, which lay alongside of
about . dozen urns containing the prod
ucts of cremation. just think Of the
pangs which dying would have inflicted
on those ancients If they had known
that their ashes would be seen and ham
died by an unknown race eighteen cent
uries and half, nearly. after their de-
mise! The most arist0cratic urn was
Of glass and fifteen inches high. Well
executed leaden pots inclosed several
of these repositories, and roofing tiles
the rest. The use of lead, a. well as of
tin. by the way. has great antiquity in
Britain. Herod0tus speaks Of the pro-
duction of tin there. Emblems of more
or less significance touching the future
state appeared on some of the receipts
Giles. Along with the coin Of the year
so were others Of dates between 46 and
800. But the Romans left something
besides these useless things to be re-
membered BY. They introduced into
Great Britain its chestnut, walnut,
peach. pear and cherry tree.