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The Evening critic., 1884-04-16
Fashion Notes.

Square tables are popular for dining
rooms. Oak Is the wood preferred.
White marble mantels are now never
seen In fashionable houses. They are var
nished and highly polished to look like wal
nut, ebony or oak.
Handsome hand-screens can be made of
old palm.leaf fans, which are first covered
with SILK or satin and then ornamented on one
side with punches OF artificial flowers.
Toilet mirrors framed with plush and
very charming decorative effect. The plush
is not placed on smoothly, but is twisted aud
folded In an artistic fashion.
New table mats are made of Lincrusta-
Walton, which looks like stamped leather.
They are very e1ectlve. Tho gilded wicker
mats are also used. Gilt and china fruit
dishes are now frequently placed on little red
velvet stands.
In regard to gold and silver embroidery,
which hns lately became 80 fashionable, one
has too often unpleasant experience that time
and trouble are frequently thrown away be-
cause the thin brittle material often becomes
scratched, or dull and oxidized.
Among the guests at the recent marriage
OF o Paris belle two styles seemed to predomi-
nate: bouffant drapery, drawn very far back
and looped very high at the sides, and the
Princesse redingote, with the skirt laid either
In plaits or gathered coarsely and attached
close to the waist In cascade form. The
changes we're rung on these two modes In 30 va
ried manner that, while there was evident
1 t'OhcAhJ phONoheot dhg PJooluio
| monotony.
Dressy house jackets TO wear with black
| or grey silk skirts are made OF white croch.
| eted piece lace OF a new kind, and are trimmed
with border OF black lace, that may be OF
4 barbes or ecarfs, folded In soft puffs around
| tho neck, armholes, down the fronts and
| around the hips. jet ornaments catch these
| lace borders at Intervals, and a boxpleated
| scarf gives slight back drapery, which Ia held
| by loups OF poppy-rod satin ribbon. These
jackets arc made without sleeves, but lace
| sleeves without lining may be added to them
| or else they can be worn over u basque that
| matches the skirt.-Lidyper's Bazdr.
Foulards are rivaling the soft summer
| silks. Among the latest importatlons Is cos
| tune OF lightbluo foulard quantity covered
with rich designs, as wandering vines and
| flowers, here ana there n flsh, net, a boy fish
| ing In a little lakelet There are soft masses
| OF creamy Oriental lace wherever 1t can be ap
| propriately placed, and pale.blue satin bows
| The lnely.plaited hounces are edged with
| wide lace, and meet the lace plastron descend
| ing from the neck. One OF Felix's costumes OF
| beliotrope satin, otherwise known as lard
| has plain skirt falling on one side In wide
plaits that are covered, before plating, with
| black lace; there are wide sorbes on the other
| eide, bordered with ball fringe and covered
| with lace. The back Is laid In low classical
| folds. The elbow sleeves Of the satin glowing
| through lace are edged with velvet, and SIR
| and lace. There are also lace draporio5 from
| the back Of the skirt.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-16
A Free Rwimming Rnil,.
10 The Edltor Of me ErenIng Crluc.

10 The Edtt0r of The EUening Urttic;
New York city has eight floating free swim
ming baths, used by over 100000
bathers OF Nth sexes last summer. Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other large cities
have several, and they arc becoming very
common in most cities and even towns. And
yet Washington, with 100000 people, has not
O single one. There have been two pay swlm-
ming baths, but they did not pay and have
been abandoned. The only ones to be success.
ful must be free; and as tho river is too far
distant and the water foul, the bath should be
located on land and supplied with wator from
the mains.
Let n free swimming bath Of one.ha an acre
be built on the northwest corner OF the Armory
lot, or in the opposite corner In the SMITH
sonlan grounds, both locations being central,
opposite tho Centre Market and near tho
junction OF three city railroads. The cost, oc-
cording TO an estimate OF a city builder,w VIII be
$1,000, and the three city railroads could we'll
AFFORD 70 pay one-hnlf the cost, or for attend-
ance, IN consideration for the great travel 10
ana from the bath.
TWO days in each week may be assigned 10
white males and two days 10 white fomales,
one day TO colored males and one day 10 col-
ofed females, while Sunday may be assigned
10 white males only, TO pay 10 cents, 10 accom-
modate those who desire greater exclusive
ness, and who are willing TO pay small sum
Tor 1t, the money TO be used TO pay for attend
hnce, gaslights, &c, &c,
The advantages Of such baths is cleanliness,
comfoft ana health, and by learning both
sexes TO swim thousands OF lives will be- saved
by accidents on tho river or other waters. In
elk weeks the long hot summer Will be upon
us, and the public, presa, the city railroads
bath is built. Let the Commissioners putt
In the Bill In Congress- among the other Die
trict estimates. A.WATsON.
Washington, d. O., April 10, 1884.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-16

EMMA ABBOTT AND HER COMPANY,
The SAFE of seats to Open To.mor-
row.
The delightful seasons OF Engllsh Opera
which arc yearly eiyen by Emma Abbott ana
her opera company are among the pleasant
est musical events in Washington This year
her coming will derive Il still greater interest
than at any time before, as eho brings with
her company strong in lustrous names, and
ono that T. universally praised for producing
operas with a degree OF excellence eurpassing
all her former efforts. The experiment OF
giving Englieh Grand opera Is one that has
been tried time and again by companies, both
before and since Emma Abbott began this
hazardous undertaking. Hers alono has been
successful. Her earnestnees, her unusual
power to please her audiences, and the In.
domitable pluck, which raised her unaided
from obscurity and poverty TO promlnonce aud
af1iuence, have won for her place in the
regard OF the American public which the
most fortunate might envy, and from the hrst
made her operatic ventures popular aud
profitable. The same sort OF enterprise which
Inspired the EFFORT to populariSo English
opera flve years ago is still shown In secur-
ing talented artists for her company and
getting up now. operas and new trans
iations OF old and fevorlto ones.
The present season mas Deen the most brll-
liant OF all, and she Will come here next woek
prepared 10 surpass all former efr0rts-pop-
ular and successful as they have been-both
III lDecnHIhclef OF tne IepettOrY anu luo oA-
cellenco OF her support, which now Includes
Zelda Seguin, Signors Fabrinl, Campobello
and Tagliapiotra, who have boon added this
year, beside Julie Rosowald, william Castle,
Walter Allen and william Broderick, who
have been with her for several yonrs.
The Operas 10 be Presented Are:
Monday - Brilliant opening - The Entiro
company. Emma Abbott In the entlro opera
OF "Sonnambula" also fourth act of "rrov-
atore." Abbott, Rosewald, Seguin, CASTLE Tag.
liapietra, Campobello, Allen, Broderick and
FabrIna.
Tuesday Three prlma donnRs-only time
"Mignon." Abbott, Rosewald, Seguin, Camp
obcllo, Allen and Castle.
Wednesday matinee, with great cast of favor
ltes--"Bohemian Girl"
Wednesday evening, grand revival of Gou.
mods opera-"Faust." Abbott, seguin, Tag.
llapietra, Campobello and Fabrina.
Thursday, Abbott and Tagllapietra's great
suecees-"Rigoletto." Abbott, Seguiu, Fabrlna,
Broderick and Tagliapietra.
Friday, Abbotte "Home, Sweet Home" Elm.
ma Abbotts benefit. Double bill. "Liuda,"
"Pearl OF Savoy"
Saturday, Emma Abbott and Zelda Seguins
matinee. Abbott's "Last Rose of Summer"
"Martha."
Saturday evening, double bill-"Barber OF
seville." Abbott, Rosewald, Campobello, Allen
and Castle. u.eysf"
The Evening critic., 1884-04-16
The old Catholic movement.

The Old Catholic movement In Italy has this
winter received considerable impetus by the
adhesion Of one OF the Pope's domestic pre-
lates, Monsignor Giambattlsta sayarese. He
has lately completed course Of conferences
on the subject in Rome held on Sundays,
which were well attended by both Italians
and English. He and Count Campello (for-
mcrly one of the canons OF st. Petsr's) to-
gether conduct the services In the Old Catholic
Church In Rome. Father Curci, who, unlike
Them, works for reform within the Romish
pale, has come under the Papal censure,
though no has as yet escaped excommunica.
tion. In his last work, "Il Vatlcano Regio," he
sets forth the evils accruing TO the Church
from tho policy pursued atdlfs'Papal Court.
His opinion has all the moreswolght as coming
from one who was for nI{SPyears au ornament
OF tho jesuit orAer iHh which he was cash
Tered not leng af f9fkhe liDerallty Of his opin.
temporal power III cargo heavy eRaEsu 70
sink The bark OF Peter. ssis
Piciures psssf Frames
of all sizes and. .QtpaNty at Yeerhoofr's, All aud
$40 sevelpssneet.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-16

1867 Prizes, amounting s265, 800
Application for rates TO clubs should be made
only to the ofics OF the Company In New Or
leans.
For further Information write clearly giving
full address. Make T.. o. Money Orders payable
and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by
Mail or Express (all sums of S5 and upwards by
Express at our expense) 10
NJ. A. DAUPIlIN,
New Orleans. Ia.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-16
"The Queen's Lace HandISerchier''

" Ihe VuVtH'S NIHCb htNHUNefCnIeI."
Next week, commencing Monday, the 2lst
the finest opera ever written by that monarch
music is the greater element-strauss- bo
performed at Ford's Opera.House by the New
York Opera Company. IL is "The Queen'5
Lace Handkerchief" AND, through arrange
ment OF Mr.. Townsend Porcy, It Will be rem
dered In complete style.
Tho public and the press alike speak OF tho
company in the most glowing terms, pronoun
ing II ono or the most refined and charming
combinations now before the public, EYory
member OF the company Is an artist OF un-
questionable standing. Tho choruses are
II ono OF the foremost ORGANIZATIONS in this
country. None should tan 10 SEQ this charm
ing opera and company during It's stay In this
clly: Notwithstanding tho great expense at
tending the production OF this opera, the
prices Will remain as usual.
hve days In advance.
The Press., 1884-05-15
CHAMBERLAIN.
HOW TO MAKE HOME BEAUTIFUL.

How TO MAKE HOME BEAUTIFUL. Of sprngfed's wel-lznown house fain would sing, Her curtains and her draperies, matchless mirrors
 everything
 That gold can buy, or cunning art produce. To tempt the country lads and lasses, and induce A visit to the largest, best and cheapest ma t, Where love can home adorn, and satisfy the heart. To Maxfeld's mammouth ware house would turn So haply standing slightly near Bridge the street, A distance little from the wide and busy Main, Where crowds thither hourly going from the train To ware-rooms full of lounges, bcdsteads, bureaus, Paror suits and desks sdeboars, stools, mattresses,
 They come and go. To Maxaeds all have been to see His giant stock, his tasteful rooms and Lilputian
 prices,
 He's surely caused 8 rush of trade and Wakened up
 So hurry all, for fear such bargains never more will His parlor suits rarest woods His chamber sets are newest goods; His lambrequins the neatest styles; His draperies the eye beguiles. His dining sets adorn a room; His side-boards bright display bloom Of beauty, as mirrors flashing in the light of day, When sunrise gids the sky with morning ray. Hat-racks tall and bureaus small, With office chairs and chiffoniers, And Sheila cloth and Madra laces, Adorn the poles or hang in folds, And brighten all the places. M While roll-top desks and rattan easy couches Attract the eye and draw the money pouches. While tall and clear, exact and PIER, the polished
 glasses
 Reflect the face enhance the grace and win the asses The latest styles just now dark mahogany chairs Mahogany bedseads, tables, stands in sets and pairs Adorned and finished neatly in shining silken plush AS modest and as pretty as modest maidens blush Do not forget his cabinets and music stands, His rattan bedsteads rattan chairs and pillow shams And when you've seen what all his spacious rooms do
 hold
 You'll say the half his bargains never have told You'll join with me in wishing thousands more could Maxfed's the place where thousands more should go Maxfed, the sire, Maxield, the son, Long may this house, it's glores won, The trade lead on, as they have done, For decades yet and more to come. In homes on distant mountains wild, When song of dame, or laugh of child, Wake ansWring echoes round the walls, As homeward fathers foot-step cheerful falls, May Maxields goods and Maxheld's name, Adorn those walls and give him fame.
The Press., 1884-05-15
HOME NEWS.
Local Notices.

Gall at A. w. Walker & Co.'s, and exam. inc their stock of Parasols and Sun Umbrellas.
 IMPORTANT !-Ladies, would you know that for very reasonable price you can have Per- feet Fitting Corsets, worn without injury to your health. Please examine Dr. Miller's '.Lffe Prsserver," so constructed that the wearer can enjoy perfect respiration and free action of every part of the body, which is al- ways essential to good health and long life. Examine and you will be convinced that all the above statements are true. For sale by Mrs. J. A. Simonds.
 HOUSE KEEPINa.-While in Boston it will interest one to visit the warerooms of Paine's Furniture Manufacturing Co.,, AS Canal street, or send to them for one of their new books of designs of furniture now in factory. They have on hand a very large assortment of Par Tor and Dining room Suits, Live Geese Feath- CTS, Hair Mattresses, Spring Beds, Lounges, Rattan and Cane Chairs at wholesale and manufacturers prices. ;s:a, .r.
 Have you seen that 75c. Black Silk at A. W. Walker & Co.'S?
 -H.C. Wheeler is selling RenfrewGing Dress Styles, at Sc per yd, regular 12Rc goods.
 Remember the exhibition of Oil Stoves, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at A. Adams.
 Bargains at 75c., $1.5O, $2, at Chamber lins shoe store.
The Press., 1884-05-15

A list of the persons who have regis tered dogs in the town of Stafford up to May 1Ath 7S24
The Press., 1884-05-15
TOLLANDs


 Another telegraph line through here has caused another raid on the timber land for poles. Telegraph rates ought to be cheaper with many lines,
 70. Underwood and family are at their summer home again.
 The County House still remains with 8 landlord. MT. Ives is jailor for the pres ent.
 -Deooration day will be observed by the G. A. R. post here,
 The Painters Magazine for May comes out in new dress and under the editori- al management of A. Ashmun Kelly, a practical house painter and decorator of seventeen years experience, and from the contents of this present number bids fair to be more valuable than ever for painters who desire to learn all they can of their trade, and all sueh should subscribe. Re mittanoes made payable to the order of Chas. T. Root, treasurer of the Painters Magazine, 72 William-st., N. Y.
The Press., 1884-05-15

Peterson's Magazine for June has for its principal engraving steel one-s@sWaiting for bite. .'' The leading fashion plate is double in size, printed from steel, and col. ored by hand. There are several patterns in the popular cross-stitch, printed in col. ors, besides nearly fifty wood-cuts of fash ions, embroideries, crewel-work, etc. In the humorous line we have story by 'Jo- siah Aliens Wife," and another, "A Roll ing Stone," a Virginia dialect one, by Mrs. Sheffey Peters. Mrs. Ann s. Stephens continues her capital novelet, "Her Sea. son ill Washington" " and other love-stories are contributed by Frank Lee Benedict, etc., etc. $2 per year. A new volume is an especially good time to subscribe. Specimens sent gratis, if written for, to persons wishing to get up clubs. Charles J. Peterson, 3O6 Chestnut St., Philadel. phia.
The Press., 1884-05-15
NEE CITIZENS OF STAFFORD,

TNHE CITIZENS OF STAFFORD, X And the adjoining towns, Are cordially invited Great DRY GOODS STORE on Main Stret And see the Grand Display Of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods He is making there to-day.
 HIS STOCK IS NOW THE LARGEST, His line the most complete, And with Quality and Prices There none who can compete @# He has so many Articles, sszassz a That to mention all in rhyme 8a We cannot undertake here, @B For want of spacesand time.
 so YOU WILL PLEASE EXCUSE US, If we mention but Few Of the Thousand different Articles Here open to the view Of all in want of Dry Goods, And all who want to know, When they want to see the Largest Stock, Of the right Place to go.
 TWELVE THOUSAND YARDS OF PRINT GOODS Are now in this Great Stock Seven Thousands Yards of Cottons, And PRICES DOWN TO ROGKl Three Thousand Yards of Ginghams, MT. Brown has now in store, And of Ghambres and other Dress Goods, | He has Many Thousands more.
 MEMS sHIRTINGs IN GREAT VARIETY, | Can also here be found; In large quantities abound. Of Corsets, Skirts and Hosiery, He also has share, | And various other articles For Lades' and Misses wear.-2'-
 LARGE LINE OF PAPER HANGINGs, And all so New and Nice, He has in Great Variety Of Quality and Price, But this is growing lengthy And as we narrow down, We will repeat our invitation To CALL ON MIR. BROWN.
 FT CERTAINLY WILL PAY YOU, | Even if you do not buy, | The Display that he is Making Is Pleasing to the Eye. | And will well repay the trouble, l If any it should be, When you are that way passing | To just stop in and see Stafford Springs. JOHN BROWN.
The Press., 1884-05-15
ROCKVlLLE.

W. H. Sill caught five pound bass from Snipsio recently.
 -Rolinson's circus exhibits here June 2d.
 The Rockville B. B, club lost the game with the Willimantics on Friday to Il. Each club has now been defeated by the other on it's own grounds.
The Press., 1884-05-15

A forgotten bit of history is brought to light by writer in the forthcoming (June) Harper's. It seems 1t was not only New England which tried witches, for this pa- per brings forward the records of the trial at Princess Anne courthouse, Virginia, of the witch, Grace Sherwood, who was said to have crossed the Atlantic on an egg shell, and brought rosemary to Virginia- which last would nowadays scarcely be 8 heinous offence.
The Press., 1884-05-15

On Saturday the Rockvilles beat the New Britains, at New Britain, 13 to 5, and same day the Willimantics were beaten by the Meridens, Il to 7. The games yester- day stood-New Britains 10, Rockvilles 6, played at New Britain at Willimantic- Willimatics 16, Meridens 2.
The Press., 1884-05-15

New York Tribune Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll's log-house in New Mexico is said to have cost $8,000. But that is noth- ing. He can make that much in a week by saying there is no God.
The Press., 1884-05-15

QUAKER BITTERs. -Everybody's medicine. No one is so poor that he cannot buy bottle of Quaker Bitters. It may save you many dollars for doctors bills, much pain, and loss of time and money.
 The two-headed girl ought to take hand in double skull race
The Press., 1884-05-15

Total 66, against 153 last year, which must be good news to our farmers, who can now rest assured that their sleep will not be molested< to but slight de- gree, at least, by dogs in their own town.
 MINER c. KINNEY, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1884-05-15

ID EMEMBER; you can get Shingles, sawed \ b from good logs, Chestnut, Pine or Cedar at s 50, g. 25O, $2.75 and $500 per at E. W, BROOKS
 mills,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-02-19
q III 1oirp Bulletin.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1884.
GLANDS or The Pacific"

Considerable sensation was caused in
Melbourne ON Friday by the publication of
the following paragraph in the Agc:-''lt is
somewhat strange that little or no notice
has as yet been taken in Australia of the
recent appearance among us of two French
Government officials of high standing in
this country. Both gentlemen, it is we'll
known, Fare here upon confidential missions
from the French Government, and they do
not deny the fact, nasmuch as they an
nomcc their business upon their visiting
cards. In Europe the arrival of any person
of note in the military or diplomatic world,
IN foreign country, is generally an absorb
ING topic of covclsation Australians, how
ever, do not seem to understand that Il
great European nation does not send conf
dental agents upon special missions without
having some Interior object in view. The
secret is easily explained when the missions
are considered in connection with recent
events in Paris and Sydney. The French
Government is determined to send out to
the islands in the Pacific $4,000 of the
worst criminals. The Premers of the Aus
traan colonies meet i'll Sydney, and an
nounce their determination to resist the
attempt. France orders strong fleet OF
men-of-war to proceed to the Pacific.
Baron Michel, formerly Il naval officer, who
served in the Crimcan war, and is at present
attached to the office of the Minister of
War, is sent to Australia. Then follows
NJ. ColmeauN with mission for the Min
lister of Marine to the colonies. What does
it all mean -
There is a rumour i'll town that M. Coul-
meaN, who is now in Sydney, is proceeding
to Noumea for the purpose of going to the
New Hebredes, and the Islands, to hoist
the French flag; and the French Govern
ment is iustifying its action upon the ground
that England has broken the compact by
having recently taken possession Of the
Island of Rotumah, which is POO miles
distant from Fiji. Several Melbourne
papers are sending special correspondents to
Noumea to watch the movements Of the
French Government agents.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-02-19
A Marriage Maker.

In country like France, where marriages
are far more frequently 'amanged' than IN
our own land, the calling of a matrimonial
agent is by no means an Improbable one
A well-nformed Partisan gave me some IN
teresting particulars few days ago about
M. De Foy, a genius who has amasscd an
enormous fortune in this line of business.
The modus opc,aa& of this gentleman was
cautious i'll the extreme. He carried on his
''profession' in Il handsome suite OF rooms,
ut one end of which was Il mysterious
chamber. so constructed that his clients
could come in and 90 out without ever
meeting one another. On entering the
great mans sanctum the would-be Benedict
or Beatrice was first required to give full
particulars of his or her position, fortune,
prospects, &c. Before proceeding any
further in the matter M. De Foy then took
steps to ascertain whether the information
given was correct, and this being settled,
the client paid him a sum of one thousand
francs as a preliminary fee. The great
matrimonial agent did not condescend to
such vulgar means as showing a selection
of photographs, but having mastered the
exact requirements of his customers, under
took that they should meet their ''fate'' in
the ordinary course of social life. This
end was brought about by his numerous
agents, whose list included princesses,
duchesses, and ladies of every grade. On
the signing Of the marriage contract M. De
Foy received, of course, a handsome COM
mission on the amount Of dowry or settle
ment coming to his client. All his transac-
tons were conducted with such secrecy,
that until a cause celcJJe, some years ago,
revealed his identity, nobody but his clients
knew the nature Of the business which M.
De Foy transacted in hism mysterious chamber
He recently retired into private life, refusing
to part with the ''goodwilP' of his profess
sion to amy successor, but taking with him
to his country scat an enormous fortune and
pretty daughter, This young lady might
at least have married a prince, had her
father set the machinery of his craft to work
on her behalf but | suppose he did not
care to carry his professional instincts into
his private life, and so mademoiselle is, as
yet, spinster.-LJc.