Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-22

lost. and thas the winnings bs divided. q mnn who has not strength of character enough to refrain from gambling when hs cannot afford it. rarely has sufacient to resent such a dishonest proposition Ths gambler knows this. and h.s propositions are rarely declined. After he has been introduced. he does not win himself. but his friends luck changes and ss be has been heavy loser. tho other players do rot or cannot object 10 bis making heavy winnings After an insroduo- ton to the table. one is always welcome. and consequently the sharp soon has the entre to several games, as he knows his business well, he does not win too much sr often but his winnings exceed his losings and al the erd of seversl games be stands. very handsomely ahead without the others realizing t. One Of these shaxps who can play in two or three games Q week. of this kind can make a very good living although the game may be for comparatively small stakes.
 MANY who go abroad for the first time, meet friends in London who introduce them to the clubs, they are rendered all the privf- leges of the clubs excepting voting and the card rooms. The card rooms they cannot enter, and they wonder. Some years ago some of our sharps went to London and Paris as gentlemen tourists and were allowed the
  They were detected in their work at the card table and to protect themselves the English club men have adopted the plan just men, toned. It is hard on honest club men who are fond of whist, etc., but 1t Is the only safe- guard.
 There is prospect of the establishment in this city of 8 Barber's College, modelled after the famous Ecole des Coiffeurs in Paris. The Il nrrfa ,,> <loT -s, sxx he dne arts which they teach, and the pupils | are trained to feats of skill and to the produc- ton of works of taste and beauty worthy of | the court of Louis XIV. The chief study, of course, lis in hairdressins, especially ladies' | Addressing for showy occasions, and here it Is that the professors rise to the heights that | pierce the clouds. How the hair shall be | dressed for various occasions, or in different seasons, or with special costumes; how the style of dressing shall be adapted to the con- | tour of the face and head how classicisms may be revived, atavism modernized, and TO- mantle or revolutionary fashions encouraged, these are among the lofty questions which ara 1 illustrated by the professors of the Ecole des Coiffeurs. Every year there is a conoours, or Competition of the rival students in which diplomas are given and prize medals awarded. The medals are of three grades, the bronze medal, the silver medal, and the grand gold I given, at whibh professors, pupils and other coifeurs display their skill in the saluta,y art, | If a college madeled after the Paris institution shall he founded in this city, it is probable | that M. Poujoi will be chosen as its President
 The only autograph of Kaiser Frederick III. possessed by the State Department is that written across the commission of Count Arco Valley, the new German Minister. It bears, written in a firm, large hand, Fred \ arfp fa ad hx- Herbert Bismarck as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 No one can mingle among the Germans of this city without discovering that there is vastly more grief in all their circles over the death of Frederick II. than there was over the recent death of his aged sire, William I. En- blems of mourning are to he seen over Ger man club houses and in German meeting places and beer houses where they were ab- sent on the other occasion. Even in some of Inc radical resorts, the German flag may be seen draPed in crape. Stories are told of Germans of the gentle sex in New York weep ing and moaning and fainting over tho news of the good kaiser's death. It,s evident that Frederick was held in rare esteem by Germans all over tho world. Though a stern soldier, he was sentimentalist of unusual fervor, a de- voted lover of poetry and music a friend of children, philanthropist a sympathizer with the poor and the humble. His favorite poets were Goethe and Schiller, and his mind rev. .lled in the enjoyment of their lofty strains in . way that his fathers mind never did. Though Frederick's reign was short, the ad- miration of his name will live for many years, wen among the Germans of New York
 Miss Alice Louise Pond last week achieved the distinction of becoming the only female Bachelor of Arts on the rolls of Columbia Col lege. Miss Hankey, who was graduated last year, took the degree of Bachelor of Letters. Miss Pond pursued her studies at home but passed her examination in competition with the male students of her class, and sustained the competition with honor, standing, it is in- seresting to note, especially well in Greek To reward such a course of faithful and per severinS study with certificate of prof. ,iency" or with anything less or other than :he degree which belongs to it, and the significance of which is universally known, would be an equal injustice to the student and the college, Miss Ponds success ought 70 stimulate other studious young women to pursue the same course in a competition which makes no allowances for sex and in which the proof of proficiency is so unmis- takablc.