The Washington critic., 1889-05-06
MATTER WORTH READING.

somewhat delicate subject to remark
uron, is so extraordinary that we must
forget our bushes and contemplate IT,
! refer TO the excessive development of
the bust among nearly all French
women. According TO our ideas about
the formation of true beauty, this
amounts TO almost dcformity II is
q most surprising thing to see spin
die legged girl tripping along the ave.
nue. with torsol protuberance for all
the world like n pouter pigeon. And
what Is still more surprising Is the
thought that, rs q rule, this Is entirely
az Hdturel. | scarcely know how to ac-
count for this phenomenal growth of
the Parisienne, unless II Is that so
many OF these girls that we see on
the streets and at the theatres are the
daughters of country women, who
were accustomed TO working in the
fields and bearing loads on the
head Their children have inherited
the fine development of the neck and
shoulders induced by this muscular EN-.
ploymcnt However much of truth
there may be in surmise of this sort,
the fact remains that the girls here are
extraordinary in the matter of busts
have often marveled at the shapes of
French women as we get them in the
comic papers. | now see the basis of
the caficature. am very often com
PEELED to smile at the sight presented by
q girl rs she bobs along the boulevard
like bird, with the chest Of an hussar
and the limbs Of sand piper. Il From
Clara Bellies Letter.
Broken-Down Omce-seekers.
Among the many office seekers who
haunt the hotels and the White House
! notice one who was once worth mil.
| lion dollars. Another once sat in the
Senate of the United States and was
talked of for the Presidency A third
| gave up lucrative law practice in a
Western State some six or eight years
ago to enter politics. He carried his
district for Congress and was twice re-
elected. To maintain himself politi.
cally in his district and to cut the
social figure which he and his family
thought indispensable here in the Capt.
tai, he spent while in Congress over
and above his salary the sum Of S45,-
GOO, or all he had in the world. He is
now without property or income and an
aspirant for $4,000 job, with no Ger.
tainty of getting il. Ex-Gov-
| ornor Carnenter of Iowa N man
who once Ind ne bright nrosnects
as any nblic man in his State
;s another tvne of The nolitic,ll unfortn.
nate In tIe nnrs,,it pf fame he sacri.
fced a comfortable fortune and now is
n small farmer with q mortgage on his
nlaco and a nand;da,o co., nSs,nnas,or
h ,nwn ybera tho seloru IL h,t i;,tIa
more than st 600 n year Ex.Sena,or %
Snancer % Of North Coroi;ra ia now a
cIerL in the Intnr;or Danartment az G
tbo mon now in Wash;ngton Iooling
for emnlovment in tho 1nbjic service
fully one half are ex-somethinp or
other-judges, Congressman, Senators
or foreign Ministers. Il Washington let
Ter to Philadelphia News.
Big Price for Book.
prohobly ,bo b;choot ,,r;,o oyor ,,o;d
for n boot was 90 0OO Given hv Tho
German Government for a nissal form !.
erIv oiyen hy pone T.en Y m King
Tcnry VIII of Engiord o,onc With q
narcbrosnt confer,;n@ on ,hot sovord; rm
tho rirbt ~ oss,,rn;nS tbo t;,ie of "De'
fonder nf tho Eo;tt :, Lorna avar .;nco
bu IN no,i;ot L,nrs 7, mos ella a, ono
,;on snn,o roars ono Tha bonL which
sec,,red Tho h;ghast offer was Uebrow
R;hia In tbe nossass;nn ~ tbe vatican
In 1s,o the Jeyys ~ Vonice ,,ronoscd 70
Pone Jrl;ns TT 10 INV the B;hle ond ~
nav for Il its weight in cold T II was m
co obeoyv ,hat 4, renn;rod two man ~
carry n Indead n watched ao5 rounds
tbue renreeent;ng Tho value az haIf a
million of francs (eoO o0M Tbongh
be;n~ ,nucb nreessS for ,nore,, Il, orjsr
10 keen up The Holy League" AGAINST
King Louis XII of France, Juiins TT
declined to part with the volume
Chicago Herald.
A Bridal Chamber Secret.
must warn the visiting br;deoroom
10 speal, lower. not long ago he ocou.
MED room next 10 thai which be.
longed 10 wicked and wilv newsnane,
man. abont q o'cIock in The mnrnino
the N. M was awakened bv the noise
of somebodv taking n cold hath III
had been ont late trvinc N find ont
what the exact nosition oi the Presiden,
toward Ouav was and he said nangbtv
words about be;ng disturbed Soon h,
heari a woman,s voice call "Chorl;e ),
and remind him that his razor case wa.
in the b;o Trunk nndar hor hiue sijk net
ticoats After Charles had searched
s,ccessfulIv and found what he wanted
he came IN from the denths Of ths
trunk and In voice accustomed IN !
free. wide sweep of country. he in
quired, Baby. won't you have cock,
tai? 2" This was too much for the N
NJ; this combination of the sentimental
and the material was the finest he had
ever heard, and It was worth while fol
this to have his morning nap disturbed.