Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-30

Bits OF Gossip CaiscA sos READER. o,
THE Eveusaa Ntar-

SOM PHASES or rHE RsrrBficax Nopr~arrovs
MADE AT cHIcsoo-TnE SEASON oF PAR.sots AM
now WOMEN usE THEN-THEarKIcAL GOSSIP
CHURCH CITE WHICH CAUSES rALk
corrcspOndsnce Of THE Evts1So sr.u 4
NEw YoKk June n \
The nomination Of Harrison by the republican,
convention al Chicago was a big surprise 20 fhe
class OF worthy citizens. The men who make cam
paign badges 10 pin on ones vest or coat lapel
weren't prepared with negatives Of the nominee
Tor President They were nNei all right as 90
Morton's photograph. and Tuesday morning street
vendors In the business portion N down town
were actually selling vest pins with Morton's face
at the left side while the night side was blank.
Those good republicans who BOUGHT and wore
these pins were subjected % a lot OF guying from
their democratic acquaintances. who pretended &c
assume that the pin was purposcly made that way
20 indicate that Harrison wasn't of much account
ln the campaign, ana that Morton VS. IA rraiIty
the only hope of the q. a. 2. nv Tuesday after.
noon, however Harrison AMY face became, frnIn
the space res 'rNed for his picture on the pins
one house ia this city supplies nearly the whole
country With Its campaign pins. both democrattc
ana republican. and IL Is wonderful with What
rapidit! they are turned out % meet the immense
demand. Although unprcpared with the proper
dies, negatives &c., Of one of the chicago n0ini-
neeS THIS house by Tuesday night had pacNaf
hundreds OF thousands OF complete r,pabIican
pins for shipment 10 the West and south
The republicans in ana about New YORK son
Unused" more over the result OF their convention
than the democrats dld over the nomination OF
Cleveland. There are a good many "Nouns Mems
Republican Clubs" In this city ana the suburban
places and Monday night they had meetings aud
speeches and fireworks and cannonading untu
wei along toward midnight But this seuthuSi-
asn' Was OF the cut-and-dred order. ani d would
nave been ust a. noisily displayed over any other
man Jhan tue chosen one OF the chicago Canyen-
ton. To the rank anu Me Uf the parry IN this
city 1t cannot b. denied that Harrison a. an un-
known, and this class Of republican, doesn't ha,i-
tate 10 ma fault with the convention for passing
10y such weIl-known men as sherman, GRESHAM,
aud others 10 select a name with which they ara
comparatively unfamiliar
one OF the New York society papers announced
last week that Sir Lionel sackyille West was son
TO "be relieved OF his duties as British ambassador
20 this country" and that ms successor would
probably be lord RowtOn, BENJAMIN Disraelrs
former private se1retary." There u plenty OF IN
teresting gossip In every one OF tiothan- society
journals but &c won't always do 10 accept Il as
news.
What wonderful thing r. woman's parasoli
just now. before everybody goes TO tie seaside or
The mountains. the parasol Is exhibited IN the
erilliancy OF It's various hues on our streets.
walk ON 5th avenue ana part way through the
PARK THIS week with a lady who knows a thing or
TWO about shopping posted me pretty well IN the
matter oi parasolS Some OF the very prettiest
anu nedtest We saw were parasols that could bs
I Ia
trance for her little srand-daughter, 80 maryel-
ohsy cheap were they. My companion tod me
they were made OF satin, pOngee, satecn or plain
ordinary calico, aud that nifty cents WAS a fair
/ average price for them And they We're li,rht
bfisnt-hued, cool looking, ana dainty But they
Won't wash That Is, they won't stand a ram
shower OF the oceans spray, but they are
Just me thing for Knocking about In
me country, ana one can buy "A new one every
week, they are 80 cheap. The ladies' we met Who
carried higher priced parasOs had them made OF
, enahseaole silks There were combinations q
-ll .rraE tara
dcdUou and black, ana several others besides
plalds, Inquired silks and long stripes And every
paIdsol, from The DOC. ones 20 those that cost
almost as many dollars, was decorated with rfi-
OOhs-flDOOns at the top, n possible but at any
ray - rioVphs on the handles aud plenty Of them,
50 mat lhey hung ali about like streamerS
Without her paraSDl a woman Is lost nowadays.
Win ~ poised at an angle OF A. degrees she stops
hYrse-cT. With ITS point sticking out rum
under her arm when closed she makes A clear way
ia crowd Under It's shady protection She steals
sly glances all unobseryed She filrts win n sbs
gesucu!ates with Il. and she rrightens cross dogs
Win ll-when she i compelled o.. have seen A
woman beat her husband with clUscd parasoI,
anu she dld II Naiantly, too, Ia front Ot the
Academy u Music when he stepped out
OF cab with woman that he pre-
ieIieu W JUS VIE. When parasol handles were
great HOOKS Ike shepherds crooks I remember
mother who kept her spirited youngster within
reach Dy hooking her parasOl handle around MS
neck have heard OF a belle who DANGEROUSLY
denuded her rival VI ''faise front" ury golden
oahss Win an apparently accidental nllip OF q
parasol top. have seen a woman Occupy three
adjoining seats IN elevated Train by sitting In
one ana laying her paraSOl across her lap over the
other I~o have stumbled over paraso.s In Doh-
tall horse-cars. have lodged behind them at the
races and have grown 90 fear them and dread
them nearly as much as respect them for their
manllold uses The parasol Is a great invention.
and men as well as women viii carry them wnea
they come 10 appreciate their utility.
Among other things that theatrical people are
gossiping about is the recent bent among stars
Tor doubling up" Robson and Crane started
THIS business In the legitimate. Booth aud Bar
rett doubled up last year with success and are 90
ing at IL again next season. Joseph Jefferson il
talking OF combining with some one next year as
Joint stars. John = Clarke and Wilson Rarr,tt
nave Joined forces for an American tour, ana the
gossps nint that Gouble up between Nat Good
win ana Francis Wilson, OF the Casino, may be
expected Ia the fall. Thus far the male stars are
the only ones VINO are alleged % have gone into
combinations, ana IL Is looked upon as an impOssi-
billy now and forever for female stars 10 pay
at one time on one stage and sustain aiucable TO-
lations with each other.
Plymouth church over Ia Brooklyn Is furnishing
much talk lately Mrs Beecher's recent allegations
concerning DIR. Lyman Abbotrs treatment OF her
late husband, and her opposition TO Dr. Abbotts
occupancy OF the Plymouth pulpit, have been ma
terial enough for all summers church gossip. IL
would seem. But now another matter provoca-
i've oi much discussion concerning Plymouth
churcn has arisen Ia the shape OF a club, a world
~ carnal club that Is 10 nave a billiard roon and
card room and dancing hail, ana which Il TO
hold IT'S standard Of elglOilty up 20 one requisite
namely, Inc mbcrship In Plymouth church. VI
course the orthodoXest of the church folks II the
CITY OF Churches are properly scandaliIel at such
a church club; and VI course the most liberal
CHRISTIANS hall The innovation as a movement
Oh much wisdom and q source VI much en- JoymeuL
H. H. sOULE.
The Political Disease.