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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
THE DEAD RIDE FAST.
The Pneumatic High Pressure Of Lon.
don Society.

London Correspondence. t.-
The accelerated raphiity of motion IL hurting
the season on its vertiginous career, with ever
increasing impetus. Stacking the pace, swcrv-
ing from the track, escaping from the gear of
the painting machine, has become as impossible
as for an exhausted swimmer to breast the
stream. The unstemmed current whirls along
with resistless force, carrying onward jaded,
worn and breathless crowd. No amusement
Is ended. no spectacle fully seen, no performance
attended to the close; amorsel here, chip there
taste, q look. passing contribution, and on,
on to something else, in everlasting rotation.
"The dead ride fast" says the legend The
living phantoms go faster still, bearing, how
ever, q strange resemblance to the weird and
ghOstly hOrsemen. Through all the excitement,
the turmoil, the feasting and riding and driving,
the rushing to and fro, their faces wear a sort
of weary impassibity, of mechanical adapta-
tlon to their surroundings an automatic atten-
ton; their absence of mind Is imperfectly dis
guised under the artificial smile and languid
courtesy. They move, come, go, listen and re-
appear in their faultless dress and sumptuous
equipments, as If In niesmeric trance, uncOn-
sciOusly, as it were, actors in a saturnala which
they do not understand. The laugh is forced,
the talk thin, the wit bald, the flirting shadOwy.
me tones are low and weary, the accent monot-
0n0us the gaze wandering, the smile vacant.
The bodily presence Is there-a perfect, ele-
giant, correct presentment OF man or woman of
the world; hands are pressed in seeming cor
diality, polite Inquiries, congratulation or con-
dolence is exchanged, but no serious. lasting
meaning Is attached to either formula Poll
tics becomes along drawn thread Of personal
abuse, art the pedestal for prOtege, science a
name to be eschewed till the winter, scandal a
mere pi'nierto to touch up the tasteless condi-
ments. They move like opium eaters, COM
PEELED by the recurring excitement Of the drug
to an involuntary exaltation, and when that ex-
altatfon varies with the hot rays of the summer
sun, they awake from it and put away the hallu-
cinations it has evoked The pneumatic high
pressure at which they live exhausts Intelligence,
heart soul and health
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
When Lady" when sSWOman.,,
From the Pail Mali Gazette


What distinction should be made between the
terms ''lady" and woman" This question
arises not unfrequently In London, where in the
slums every costermongers wife Ia described
as the lady next door and in France 1t 10 at pres
ent one Of the vexed questions Of the day. Paris
ians, 1t IL said. no longer acknowledge the
word lady. With them every member of the
other sex is always woman; while the squires
OF the provinces are offended II their wives are
called women. Where. then, should the line be
women Of the ballet" or 1.-The women of the
corps diplomatique;" but It would be equally
unfamiliar to say "a virtuous lady," or "a
pretty lady" Iftown and country cannot agree
on the point 1t would perhaps be well that the
French Academy should speak decisive word,
and lay down rules for the correct use of the
disputed terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
A Wise Parent.

From the Philadelphia Call
Irate rttsburg parent: 'This thing has got to
stop"
Sweet Sixteen: what, PAP"
'You have been allowing young Nicefellow
70 kiss you"
"Oh! pa"
eyes, you have: you need not try to fool me- 81
"But, pa, why do you think"
81 don't think; know; He kissed you all
over your mouth and on both cheeks"
'Why, pa you were not there. and"
"No, was not there, but am here, l see
that there isn't bit Of SCOT left on your face
below -FOUR forehead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
DumPy Women.
From the London Lancet

From the London Lancet
Women, especially those Of the upper classes
who are not obliged to keep themselves In con-
dition by work. lose after middle age, sometimes
earlier, considerable amount Of their height,
not by STOPPING. as men do, but by actual COL
lapse, sinking down, mainly to be attributed to
the perishing of the muscles that support the
frame, In consequence of habitual and constant
pressure of stays and dependence upon the arti-
fetal support by them afforded. Every girl who
wears stays that press upon these muscles and
restrict the free development of the fbers that
form them. relieving them from their natural
duties OF supporting the spine, indeed incapaci
tating them from so doing, may feel sure she is
preparing herself to be a dumpy woman. A
great pity! Failure Of health among women
when the vigOr OF youth passes away Is but too
patent and but too commonly caused by this
practice. Let the man who admires the piece
of pipe that does duty for the human body pic
ture to himself the wasted form and scanned
skin. Most women, from long custom OF wear
Ing these stays, are really unaware how much
they are hampered and restricted. A girl of
finest specimens, gravely assures one that her
stays are not tight, being exactly the
same size as those she was first put
into, not perceiving her condemnation in the
fact that she has since grown five inches
in height and two in shoulder breadth. Her
stays are not too tight, because the constant
pressure has prevented the natural develop
ment Of the heart and lung space. The dainty
waist Of the poets is precisely that flexible
slimness that is destroyed by stays. The form
resulting from them is not slim, but piece of
pipe and as infiexible. But, while endeavoring
to make clear the outrage upon practical good
sense and sense Of beauty, it is necessary to I'M
derstand and admit the whole state of the case.
The reason, if not necessity. for some sort Of
corset. may be found when the form is very
redundant this. however, can not be with the
very young and slight. but all that necessity
could demand and that practical good sense and
fitness would cOncede. could be found I'M strong
elastic kind Of jersey, sufficiently strong, and
even stiff, under the bust to support it, and suf-
ficiently elastic at the sides and back to injure
no organ and impede no functions Even in
the case Of the young and slight an elastic band
under the false ribs would not be injurious, but
perhaps the contrary. serving as a constant
hint to keep the chest well forward and the
shoulders back; but every stiff. unyielding ma
chine, crushing the ribs and destroying the fiber
OF muscle, will be fatal to health, to freedom of
movement and to beauty; it is scarcely too much
to say that the wearing of such amounts to
stupidity in those who do not know the conse-
quences Qor over and over again warning has
been given) and to wlckedness in those who do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
Carry Him Out.

From brakes Travellers Magazine
do you know, Miss Smithers," remarked
young Featherly. ''that there Ii something very
peculiar about your father7"
something very peculiar about my papa?''
repeated Miss Smithers who loved Featherly
passonately, but purely.
Eyes, that young man went on, Every pecu-
liar.'
and what lis 1t, prayi"
at lies In the fact that although he il not q
grandfather. he has grand daughter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
Right and Left.

From the British Medical Journal.
NJ. Delaunay. of Paris. has made an extended
and careful investigation to ascertain IL in the
majority OF cases the right upper and lower ex-
tremity be crossed over the left or the left over
the right and which side most persons incline
to when in the sitting posture. According to
N. Delaunay certain breeds Of dogs, terriers.
NewfOundlands and poodles cross the right foot
over the eft. The Chinese and japanese cross
the lett over the right; Europeans cross the
right over the left. NJ. Delaunay observed, in
the "crecnes and sale dasiles." that infants I'M
der three years of age cross the left arm over
the right Older children crossing the right over
the left. sixty per cent doing SO at six years of
age. Robust children cross the right arm over
the left; the idiotic and weak, including those
who are incapable of working. cross the left
over the right. The Calmucks and Arabs cross
the right over the left like the Europeans. A
great many women cross the left leg over the
right. Among the opera dancers some cross
the right leg over the left. but not one the left
over the right; the majority cross the left over
the right or the right over the left ndfYerently
Robust children cross the right leg over the left
earlier than their weaker playmates. Persons
who cross the right leg over the left lean
toward the left when sitting; those who place
the lett uppernost lean to the right.
Hence, consistently with what might have
been expected from what Is observed in Children
WIFI iesaro 10 crossing Ie2S. untll SIX years OF
age Children lean toward the right. and after
ward toward the left. French schoollnasters. it
would appear. try to prevent their pupils from
assuming this position, believing that scollosis
results; hence they encourage or enforce the
use of elbOw-rests (accOudoirs). which oblige
the children to sit straight a useless measure
according to NJ. Delaunay. as the position they
choose is in conformity with the process of evo-
luton. Tailors affirm that the back of pair
Of trousers is always more worn on the left side
than on the right. Left-handed people always
sit toward the right. N. Deaunay concludes
from these observations that the left brain de-
velops previously to the right, and finally the
right predOmirates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
This Life is what We make II.

This Life il What We Make II.
Let g oftener talk Of noble deeds,
And rarer Of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days,
And none about the sad ones
We were not made to fret and SIGH
And when grief sleeps to wake Il:
Bright happiness Is standing by
This life Is what we make It.
Let Is find the sunny side OF men,
Or be believers In 1t;
A light there is IN every soul
That takes the pains to win It.
Oil there s q slumbering good in an
And we perchance may wake 1t;
Our hands contain the magic wand
This life Is what We make It.
Then here s to those whose loving hearts
Shed light and Joy about them!
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We ne'er had known without them.
oh! this should be happy world
To all who may partake 1t;
The fault g our own II 1t Is not
This life Is what we make 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19

We are prepared 70 furnish excellent quality a
fres wood burned Lime TO the trade 1T reasonable
rife can he Washfngton, IN quantity Alao
Keep on hsnd Al Of the best brands q imported and
Eilns md Ofe: 10Th street and Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal d. q Telephone No S63-l2
srzi-Sm CA0THRIGHT & JOHNSTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
In the Same Line Of Business.

Frofn the chicago News.
Banana Skin lay on the grocer's floor.
What are you doing there:" asked the Scales.
,eepiug over the edge of the counter.
''OJ. I'm lying in wait for the grocer"
''Pahaw. said the Scales; I've been doing
hat Tor years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19

III SEVENTH STREET NV III
vAPoR sTovEa
The latest out New Twin Burner vapor Stove etvinS
double the heat Of 9 single burner. Two-Burnc$
Stove equal TO an ordinary Three Burner Do not fad
70 cali and see them - also immense assortment Of
other makes.
- We have several new and second hand vapor Stoves
mat we oner ut very low prices 10 clean them
full line of Cook Stoves Latrobes Slate Aantels kc
Danforth Fluid constantly on hand
jel9 VS. jerks 90
TQEsT QUALITY GASOLINE FOR SUMMER COOK
- Stoves at JAMES G. HAYS CO.'S. S2l Br;deS
and HousefurnishingR 1R7-lms
Tm CELEBRATED
PEERLESS REFRIGERATOR
IArHe Assortment
GEO WATTS son.
Cole AGENTS for the District Of Columbian.
my1 Sll 7th st.. 6doors above Penn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19


washed with borax. This helps to remove soil
anu stains without removing the color also; 1t
should De added 70 the water In the proportion
of tablespoonful to a gallon of water Pow
cefed t0rax may be purchased at any drug store;
II should be dissolved in very hot water For
very delicate colOrs il is well To dissolve table
spoonful Of alum In enough lukewarm water to
Wet the dress thoroughly; rinse il up and down
several times, then rub Ii gently In warm not
hot. suds; rinse Thoroughly in cold water into
which you have pat a small handful of salt; iron
II possible before il becomes dry: but If it should
Cry more speedily than YOU expect iron IL un-
der damp cloth. Many OF the fashionable
fabrics now used are intended to be rough-dred
ard simply sroOthed and simply pulled straight.
Never use very hot starch in colored dresses
Philadelphia Ledger.
MELONS (TO PREsERyE.)-M edium-siZed mel
ons are better than very large ones for presery-
ing, and they should not be over-ripe Peel
them and press the juice from the pulp and seeds
which should be taken from the melons with a
silver spoon Wash the melons after this and
add the water ID which they have been washed
10 the juice obtained from the pulp and seeds
The melons should be cut lengthwise into ejpht
pieces. II possible using a silver knife; allow
them to soak day and night In cold water
with little salt and vinegar, in the proportion
of teaspoonful OF salt and two Of white vine
gar TO half gallon Of water throwing q clean
cloth over during the time to keep out the dust
IN the meantime prepare syrup with the Juice
.iVn '"' pup anu sceus oOlilnx pound OF g0oQ
loai sugar Tor 10 minutes to every half pint of
the Juice. and then letting IL stand to become
cold After the pieces Of melon have soaked for
"a hours-eare being taken that they have been
quite under the water all the time-place them
in preserving pan and add the cold syrup as
prepared; set II on the fire. and after 1t comes
TO the boil, let IL simmer for about quarter of
an hoar. Swimming 1t during the time: then re-
move the slices OF melon into q bowl, taking
care not TO break them and pour the syrup over
them. For three successive days pour of the
syrup. give II a boil up and pour 1t over again;
on the third day place the slices Of melon In
wide-mouthed bottles, adding some bruised
ginger TO each; dill the bottles with the hot
syrup, let them remain until cold. and then tie
tightly down with bladder.-N Y. Tribune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19
SUMMER RESORTS

HOTEL COLUMBIA A.
IL OCEAN BEACH Nj NAS
NOW OPEN lt.kH 1
Desrably located within $50 feet Of surf
Large Psrlors. Halls and Music Rooms
Splendid Bathing.
Orchestrafrom July LIST
Circulars at Star Office
For terms &C., address
je6 to LIST aug. FIRED Z. FOSTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19

A Blunder i'm Giving Dinners.
From the Caterer
The same generous impulse that creates the
dinner giver often causes him to blunder in the
manner OF his dinner giving. Expense, Of course,
is something that must be expected and can't
De avoided: yet, where this is unnecessarily
lavished upon an overprofusion of dishes, the
policy Is not to be commended; and this is true
whether the party be large or small one. It is
all very proper for the host to have q we'll
marked suf1iciency, for to have less would be to
broadly insult those whom he has invited to his
table, But to FOLLOW up course after course,
each one more attractive than its predecessors
and all too tempting to be resisted, is not the
plan to be adopted If he desires to reach the
the reason is plain. A guest may owe his pres
ence not to any particular friendship the host
may have for him, but to a certain qualification
he may possess-wit, perhaps or general con-
vocational powers, or other attribute fitting
him for such an occasion. Now these may be
entirely upset by over-indulgence, either in eat
ing or drinking. or, at least, they may be so
clogged and smothered under the load as to
show nothing deserving the invitation they had
caused their pOssessOr to obtain.
1t may be said that diners should know when
to stop, unless they are beasts and not men.
There may be force in this proposition vet one
may be lured beyond the bounds Of prudence
by multiplicity of dishes so tempting In their
excellence as to be irresistible, and yet be a
man. and not beast either. A skilful cook
can make man hungry and keep him so until
he has swallowed his last mouthful and then
tantallze him with delcacies which he will long
for with eagerness and yet have no further ca
pacity to accommodate. The dinner-giver, If he
be wise one, will look to this, especially if
briIIiancy in his guests be an object with him.
The cOrking process answers well enough in
preserving the life and sparkle of wine, but it
is death to the exuberance Of wit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-19

To Measure the Height OF q Tree.
From the Youths Companion.
There is very simple way of measuring the
height Of a tree which can be practiced by any
one on a sunny day or In bright moonlight
All the apparatus that is necessary is straight
stick Of any length. Draw a circle with radius
(haif the diameter) Of little less than the length
of the stick. This will be done by holding one
end Of the stick, say two inches from its end,
and moving the other end around, making the
circle with knife or chip. Then place the
stick in the ground exactly In the center of the
circle, perfectly upright, and press 1t down
until the height of the stick is exactly the same
as the radius of the circle. When the end of
the shadow Of the stick exactly touches the cir
Gle then also the shadow of the tree will be
exactly in length the same measurment as its
height. OF course. in such case, the sun win
be at an exact angle Of IS degrees. Measure
ments of this character can be best effected in
the summer, when the sun is powerful, and has
reached to q good height in the heavens, and
when the trees are clothed with living green SO
as to cast dense shadow. To many to whom
this idea may not have occurred it might be
made annually matter Of interest thus on
warm summer days to take the height of promi-
nent trees, and go to compare growth from year
to year.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-28

Nuestros amigos los Diputados
orovinciales sefiores Brunet, So
Ter, Aquenza, Manoz y Perez, tu-
vieron ell gusto de visitar, en- su
oalacio de Santa Catalina, al
Excmo. Sr. Gobernador General,
4uien les recibio con sumo agrado
Y particular deferencia.
Segun tenemos entendido, en-
dicho acto Sc trat6 de asuntos
importantes y beneficiosos q la
Provincial, entire ellos de una
revision en- los presupuestos mu-
nieipales, algln tanto recargados,
con ei fin de introducir en- los
mismos las posibles economics.
El senor Gobernador, animado
lie los mejores deseos en- pro de
10, intereses morales y materiales
de la Proyiacia, ofreci6 todo su
apoyo d los se1ores Diputados; y
estos d su vez le brindaron su
frar-ca y leal cooperation. parti-
cular y colectivamente, en- todo
asunto de interes general.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-28

Adn hay mas; para que en- to-
do brillasen las reg.as de la ma
cstricta justicia, va fin de causar
los memories gravamenes posible>
i los presuntos deudores, en- Gu
ba Sc se1al6 un tempo para hacer
reclamaciones, que resuelve y ia
LA una eomisi6u compuesta de
altos fnncionarios de Ia A lminis-
TRACTION de la Isla, con representa-
ci6n de In clase contribuyente
Esto, a la par que garanti. d,
acierto, .era un auxilio poderosc
para ell mas breve dcspacho de los
expedientes respectivos.
Con todos estos antecedente>
volyemos d inSistir en- la misma
defensa que en- diversas ocasione.
hemos heclo, no dudando que
nuestra ceIosa Autoridad econo
mica escuchara una vez mas nues
tros clamores en- favor de los Mu
nicipios, hoy bastante agobiado,
por criticas circun,tancias.
Mucho celebrariamos tambier
que ell Gobisrno lIamase hacia s
los antecedentes de todo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-28

huestes en- multitud de fraccio-
nes opue,tas entire 81 V tan solo
conformes para hacer Ia que
ira, aunque en- vano, a su vi,:to
rioso adversario ell partido espai1ot
incondicional. va enarbol6 Ia
bandera federal victore6 a la
repdblica, va Sc llam6 simplemen-
te reformiSta 8 meramente rail-
cal, va Sc fue a los campos de la
autonomia Y lego a la asimilaci6n
pasando de aqui a la ldentidAd,
para caer de nuevo en- la an
tonomia Y rozlrse con Ia IL
quierda, por la razbn, segln con,
tesi6n propia, de ser ell partido
legal mas avanzado de cuanto~
militan en- la Peninsula. Hoy
mismo ese sonaio partido, que
decIararOn muerto suS prlnclpa
les ap6stolc5, V en- quien no pare
ce slno que un nuevo Cristo pre-
frn|r reprodncir el mlIagro de
LII. m resuritado, vive sin nom
ore y sin JEFF, sin cabtzt Y in
pies, sin credo flo, sin band IA
ieterminada, como NJ SCI aq,e
LA dc los h0riz0ntPI, como DIS.
pcr7o Y errante Y dlsemInado por
h supcrticie dc e>tl Lila, 4 la
manera qu3 10 estd {! pueblo
aluel de qnien, como Va o'ra
vez indicamos, dijo eI profeta
Oseas: Z" Mucho1 dias viyiran lo-
hijos de Israel sin rey, sin princi
pc, sin altar, sin trono, sin minis
tros Y sin sacerdoteS."
Porque, a>i como a los tayo,
de la civilization cristiana cave
ron rotos por el suelo los idolo,
paganos, aSi tambien, d In vista
de ese gran partido incondicional
huy eron los doses refornistas,
dejando libre el paso a la nuevs
salvadora idea.
lEs csc el partido liberal refor-
mista de que nos habla el peri6
dico de la calle del C,isto? Pue,
otro no conocemos nosotros nj 10
conocera nadie, como no sea uu
sonador o visionario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-28

Con las siguientes lineas dice
H Lmparcial algo que implica un
rayo de luz en- nuestras incerti
lumbres acerca de cuando vendra
q quedar VICENTE ell Tratado en-
question.
He aqui la opinion del colega:
Este convenio necesita de la
aprobaci6n de las Camaras norte
americanas, y 81 la election PIE
sidencial modifica radicalmente la
polftica en- aquel pals, corremos
el riesgo do que no llegue a po-
nerse en- vigor ell tratado.
Por 10 que hace d Espafia, hay
lulen cree que Ia authorization
concedida al gobierno no lie facul.
ia para ponerle en- practica sin la
aprobaci6u de las Camara,".
Deplorable seris desde luego
que el cambio que ahora va a SUI.
trir la politica de los Estados-
Unidos con la election de nuevo
Presidente viniese a entorpecer 8
a poner obstaculos al tan apeteci
do Tratado.
No 10 esperamos.
La Naci6n norte-americana e.
altlmente practica, Y como co,
noce Y ama su5 intereses, no deja
de yer que 81 ell Tratado de Co
nerclo brlnda grandeS ventaJaS a
nncstras Antiilas, brindalas tam
bien, V enormes, a la Union.
va dlmos noticia hace POGO del
immense comercio que con los L =,
| tadoS-U nidos sostienen nuestras
Antilla>; mas que todas las re
pdblicas hlspano ,americanas jun
tas.
ESQ sin ell Tratado que acaba
de frmarsel
Considerese 81 aum antara aque
cuando Sc declare VICENTE el Ira
tado &c la Union con estas islaS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-11-28
CON . e.

Nosotros no nos negamos nj
nos hemos negado nunca dis
cutir la administration que lla-
man de los Alcaldes incondicio
males comparandoIa con la bre-
sisima, por fortuna, de los repu.
blicanos de 1873.
No hay por que temer, antes
Il contrario, creemos que sea una
gran temeridad de parte de nues-
tros adversarios ell intentarlo.
10 que nosotros hemos dicho
es que no queremos sea de nuevo
perturbado ell pals con odiosos
recuerdos v reminiscencias de SUI
cesos va pasados; hoy necesita-
mos todos unir nuestras fuerzas
para fines mas altos
Mas podrfa suceder que entra.
'enSss en- Gimp ia, entonces la
re pan-s sbiHdad sera de los adver.
~arlos 1ue nos concitan.
Conste.