Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-18
A Night Rendezvous in Paris.

From the London World.
1t is all over with the gay Saturday evenings
at the Cirque dEte. Horses. clowns, acrobats.
riders, hoops. and baggage have migrated to
their winter quarters on the Boulevard des
Files du Calvaire, where for some mysterious
reason. fashion cannot be seen. In Paris above
all places. fashion is capricious, unf;,thomable
unreasonable as woman. Everybody is agreed
on the question OF dinner But, after dinner
what is to be done? Some folks 60 home and
read book, but this minority is SUSPECTED of
avoiding truffes, coffee, and stimulants of all
kinds. The Cireur. whether he belongs TO the
hnute or to the petite CONNIE, feels bound to do
something with his evening He has the thea
ters the baccarat table at his club the cafe con-
certs: the kadoudIa with the quivering nos
trils. an Algerian diva now In vogue In the
FaubOurg Saint-Dennis. But the rtceur needs
more than this; he needs house OF call, where
he may see and be seen between the hours of
midnight and am. Formerly the riceu,. went
to the Cafe Anglais, the MaisOn DOree the Cafe
de la PaiX. Then little English bar in the Rue
DIES Mathurins had q brief vogue. Now the
rireurs have adopted a German beershOp on the
Fauboufg PolssOnniere- tiruber's. For the mo-
mcnt Gruber's is one of the most elegant rem
devious In Paris-early in the morning. The
CHIC thing TO do is to go there take a seat in
the inner room, and eat sauerkraut har,l-boiied
eggs and drink beer. 1t is stupid of course
but it is a change: and to be able to s'e,.cnnail-
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san FranciscO'O Pioneer Steam Whaler
From the San Francisco Alta
The whaling steamer Bowhead the pioneer
vessel Of her class out of this port arrived YES
terday morning, having made a most successful
voyage, considering that she left here SO late in
the season and entered the Arctic when many of
the fleet were half full She left here April 81 and
with strong south to southwest winds reached
Fox Island IN 10 days. She took her first whale
August IL and her last on september II. On
reaching the Arctic she found the Hunter had
already secured seven whales. the John
Rowland four, the Mary and Susan four. and
the Fleetwing three The vessel, according
to the statement Of Captain Smith. behaved
admirably, whether under steam or SAIL Under
steam she went nine knots, and with steam and
sail both eleven and half. She has been under
steam all the time since she left here, and has
seventy tons of coal left out of 400 she had
when she departed. The biggest days work
was on August 49, when, starting i'm ut $50
a m and finishing at PM, the BOwhead had
three whales in the hold. She caught all her
whales on a lee shore, and went to the eastward
as far as Return reef, and to IL 40 north, and
found the sea open and clear of ice during the
entire season. From September % to OctO-
ber6 1t was blowing heavily and no boats
could be lowered, although whales were
plentiful. There was only one whaling
day during that time. The Bowhead
struck twenty whales in all during the season
and lost three. Taken altogether. the cruise
has been highly successful, and considering that
the vessel sailed from here in hurry and lost
considerable time after reaching the Arctic
cleaning up and preparing for business. her
catch was away above the average and in
striking contrast to that Of others who were on
the grounds the entire season with old staeers
to guide them and old spOuters to "strike lie. +"
1t Is only question of time when San Francisco
will be far ahead of New Bedford I'm the whale
fisheries. We are closer to the prey, and from
stop until they have a 6ne fleet of steam and
sailing whacrs belonging here to bring home
good returns yearly.