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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Mothers Strangely Equipped.

From the Johannesburg Standard.
The author of king Solomon's Mines" and
"Allan Quartermain" has had much laid to his
charge-from plagiarism to downright lying,
but as time goes on it becomes every day more
apparent that the only South African roman
cist has considerable modicum Of truth at
the bottom Of his seemingly most bizarre con-
ceptions.
Take, for instance, the Mapai, a small tribe
Of bush people living between the Kaverezi
and Yankotoi, who, among number of other
curious habits, slit the skin over both shoulders
in the form OF loop and which, by being up
held, permits a second cuticle to grow beneath
A corresponding slit is made on each side Of
all the young ladies Of this interesting people,
the loops, when the girls develop into woman
hood, forming four natural resting places
for a child, either at the breast or back, the
straps Of flesh on the shoulders being for the
hands or arms and the others for each baby
leg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

In America the minimum bet accepted by
bookmaker is usually IS. Here it is five francs
or about 81, and even this may be SO hazarded
as to cover two chances. That is. two and one
half francs may be laid that the horse named
Will win. and the remaining amount that he will
be placed" that is. come in second
1t cannot be that all the petty gamblers win
or that all can afford daily stake OF even FIVE
francs, but so far as / have been able to OBJ
serve, the same faces are at the same cafes
every day when the agent sits down over
his coffee and cognac to register the bets.
II is no uncommon thing to see a
woman with a hucksters cart stop
pushing and bawling her wares long
enough TO enter what We would call in New
York saloon, here 'cafe," and place five
francs on a favorite racer: or the wife of the
proprietor OF the same cafe come from behind
the bar during lull in business to back or op-
pose her husbands play; or two or three kits Of
tools slowed under tables while their owners
are knitting their brows over records and an
nouncements- Where these get their money,
or what proportion of il goes annually to swell
the purses OF the pool sellers we do not known
and cannot surmise. 1t is evident simply that
largely Of gaming.
cannot imagine in France that typically
American scene, several thousand people gath
cred In the open air to witness a game of base
ball 1t is not that there is no base ball game
here, but that II does not seem probable that
Frenchman could be persuaded to sit for an
hour watching a contest for the simple love of
the game. There Is betting on our games OF
base ball, foot ball, lacrosse, &C., but after all
the vast majority Of the crowds are present to
enjoy simply the sight Of play. Here even
pleasure-giving exercise is rare and wholly IN
organized Some Of the wealthy men have
yachts, but there is no general interest in
yachting as there is in all seaboard and lake
towns III America. During the summer months
young men paddle about the Seine in little
boats, usually with a sweetheart along.
an accompaniment hardly conducive TO
racing or the development of oars
manship. There are shooting boxes Oh
wealthy estates scattered abou. France, but
nothing like the interest In them that prevails
In England or in the annual shooting seasons
In America Once in while cavalry officers
stationed IN the country get up game some-
what similar to our 'hare and hounds or
paper chase" the chase in this instance being
conducted on horseback. The only physical
exercise really cultivated that might be in
cluded in sports is fencing. The military at
mosPhere of Europe keeps that excellent di-
version alive, and now and again it gets
pretty excuse for being by means Of a duel.
There are, too, actual tournaments with the
sWo1t under government patronage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
TWO WILD WESTERNERS.
Taking Lessons From an English Ex-
pert with the Walking Stick.

From the New York World.
Col. John Atkins of the Rocky Mountain
Ne,cs and Major E. B. Sopris, the Denver coal
baron. who are stopping at the Fifth avenue
hotel, have hired AN expert Englishman to
teach them the art of properly carrying big
silver-headed canes with a view OF doing the
SWELL on 10th street, in Denver, when they re-
turn to the Rockies. They have purchased two
of the heaviest handled canes that they could
find on Broadway ard take lessons daily. They
are now 30 far advanced that they can readily
tell mans weakness by the manner in which
he carries his stick. A gentleman passed
through the rotunda of the Fifth avenue yes
terday Carrying light cane by the middle in
horizontal position.
There, now," said Major Sopris, that man
you can see is accustomed to carrying bum
dies"
man with his cane sticking out of his
pocket caused the major TO remark that he
must have once driven a stage. In like COM
ments the two westerners manifested the infiu-
ence of their studies Of the English walking
stick.
"we've got SO far now that we can hold the
stick at the proper angle" said Major Sopris,
but We can't make it carry us along vet"
You see, said Col Atkins, illustrating the
idea with lead pencil, when you take the
stick by the point, with the big end hanging
will pull you right along and you can't help
following it,"
There must be a little mud on the ferrule, I"
said Maj. Sopris.
"0h, yes, you must have mud on it." reiter-
| ated Col. Atkins, land you must take hold of il
right close up under the mud"
Wrap lavender kid glove around it," sug-
gested the major.
Exactly" said the colonel, "and have a
glove on your hand besides, but you must not
soil the glove-that's where the science comes
in"
Then you stick your arms out this way"
and the major illustrated the angle with his
own arms.
''And begin to pump" said Col Atkins.
"And try to fall down. but the stick holds
you up, you know" Major Sopris added.
Il have seen them balance it on the outside
curve of the thumb, but you've got to be away
up in caneology to do that"
The westerners wait for nightfall to bring
out their sticks and take their lesson. Major
Sopris had young man pointed out to him
who was said to change his clothes twice day.
| Immediately the major ordered ten suits from
| tailors in the neighborhood.
None of these ducks are going to get away
with u.s." he said proudly to the clerk at the
hotel desk. We'll give EN- three suits day
| if necessary, and as for those big-headed canes,
| we'll paralyze Broadway with them after our
| little Englishman gives us q few more lessons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
No Chance for Hankinson.

From the Chicago Tribune.
"You have thought me presumptuous in
seeking your-your friendship, have you, Miss
McGinnis?"
The proud beauty shook her head and the
costly diamonds in her ears sparkled and
flashed in the mellow light like an arctic aurora
boreaiis, with the radiant dog star for a center,
whirling and glittering in jeweled kaleido-
scope. The sight daZzled the eyes and dazed
the brain of Marcellus Hankinson. and confused
images of a paradise luminous with rainbows,
shimmering sunsets, the glory of melting black
eyes, and pervaded by an intoxicating perfume
of musk, patchouli aud cinnamon essence
danced before his vision.
mo, Mr.. Hankinson," she replied.
"Ah-er-thanks!'
The young man ventured to take her hand.
"Asphyxia McGinnis," he said in a rich
baritone tremolo, 'in all the eleven months
and sixteen days during which I have enioyed
myself otherwise than with the utmost respect,
have II"
"You have not, Mr.. Hankinson."
81 have never seemed to-aw-feel my oats
as it were?' he went on anxiously; never
stayed later than II o'clock on ordinary nights
nor later than o'clock when we were reading
Browning or Schlegel?"
81 think not. Mr.. Hankinson."
ave have seemed to coincide in our views Of
philosophy, the tariff, the Schleswig- Holstein
rious foods as regards nutrition" persisted the
young man, "while in the matter of dialect
stories we have-we have always jibed
exactly"
He edged himself little farther forward in
his chair and proceeded:
"In view of all this, Asphyxia. and moved by
resistless passion that-that yanks me right
along on its tempestuous bosom, am embold-
ened to"
''Please say no more, Mr.. Hankinson," said
Miss McGinnis, haughtily. 81 did not at first
apprehend tho bearing Of your remarks"
rs it possible that you did not know what
was going to sayp Do you pretend Asphyxia
McGinnes," he demanded, hotly; ''that you
were not encouraging me-that you didn't egg
me on?'
81 certainly did not. sir. Such an idea never
entered my head. / may as well tell you, Mr..
Hankinson, that my heart is not free. may
as well tell you"--the proud heress of mil
lions breatheda tremulous sigh, the naughty
look faded from her eyes and her voice sank to
sa ,ow arsamy murmur like the echo Of dis
week to buy me a prince"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
A King Burns His Sisters and Brothers.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

The Church missionary society have received
news from the Uganda mission up 10 September
2. Mr.. Macksy states in his letter that the
revolution in Uganda of October, lsss, which
drove Mwanga from the throne and the mis-
sionaries from the country, had continued in
termittently, and that disaffection was incress-
ing among the people as the result Of Arab in
fiuence at the court of Uganda. After his ex-
pulsion Mwanga had taken up his quarters at
Ckumbi where the French priests had settled,
at the south end of the lake. After a time he
was induced TO remove to the northwest corner
of the lake, where, at place called Dunno, he
was Joined by several thousand of his adhe-
rents many Of them native Christians, and
Others from the disaffected Waganda- Embold-
eued by the possession OF this force. he attacked
Kilema, the relgning king Of Uganda, and de-
feated the kings troops; but in a second attack
Mwanga was himself defeated and retreated 10
one of the Sesse islands Kilema was 90 en-.
ragged at his defeat, and fearful that the Chris
tians with Mwanga would follow up their VIC
tory and secure one Of the princess, with a
view to placing him on the throne, that be had
every one of both princes and Processes (hn
own brothers and sisters), as well his own
and Mwanga's children, burned 20 death in the
huts where they were confined a. prisonerA
Mwaaga had sfterward established himself on
an island near the mainland, and was awaiting
. chance 70 renew his attack On KlemA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Actresses and Corsets,

New YORK Letter to Chicago Herald.
find that very few actresses wear corsets
upon the stage. Fanny Davenport is guiltless
Of them, as one can easily discover when seeing
her in ''Tosca." Modjeska wears an invention
of her own sort Of cuirass of buckskin that
comes up to the armpits and down over the
hips. Cora Potter never wore q corset and Miss
Eastiake told me she had never had one on.
She wears instead whaleboned waist Jessie
Mliiward wears bandage below the belt
Bernhard wears flannel waist not for sun.
port, but for comfort. This is all very well for
women with perfect figures, but who would
wish to see our fat friends going about without
stays2 However, there are plenty Of women to
buy corsets and this article Of feminine attire
grows more beautiful and expensive. What do
you say to white brocaded satin corsets. Dor
dered with real ostrich feather trimming,
which sell for $40 apiece? Pink is a favorite
color just now and these rose-hued corsets are
certainly lovely to look at and cost pretty
penny. Pale green satin 10 also much in vogue.
Black is a bit passe, though many ladies will
cling to black corsets and underwear for the
sake Of contrast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
What Tickled a Hoosier.

From the New York sun.
One day was riding along highway in In
diana when / came upon pile Of bedding and
articles of crockery and hardware in front OF a
farm house, and seated on the horse block was
a corpulent old man with a very red face
Naturally enough / asked him what had hap
pened, and he went of into laughter which
lasted full minute before he could reply.
Them buds belong to Ben and Mary"
"But who are Ben AID Maryg"
"Ben's my-my-ha ha. ha! I've LATED till
I'm almost dead. Ben's my son, and Mary is
his-ha! hal ha,-wife."
But who tumbled those things out there?"
Il did"
"And where are Ben and Mary?"
''She's gone home and he's broke for the
woods. Stranger, excuse me, but I'd have to
laff if there was a corpse in the house. Its too
burned funny for anything-ha! ha! haI'
And he yelled and whooped until he could
have been heard half mile. When he sobered
up little l asked:
"Is there joke in this somewhere"
lis there. Whoop! should say there wasl
Go into the house and you'll ind the old
woman nigh dead with lafing."
well, what is ity'
.'You see, Ben got married about three
months ago. Purity good boy, but inclined TO
be tricky. He married a purity fair gal, but
she's drefully ambitious. They cum home
to live and about a month ago wanted men
the old woman TO deed over the farm to them
and be taken keer OF the rest of our lives. We
didn't like the ide, but they hung to il, and 80
last week made out a deed and handed it
over. II wasn't deed describin' this farm.
but some other farm, though it all looked
reg lar huff.
"You doubted their faith, eh?'
II kinder did, and so-hal hal hal Say,
stranger, don't think hard OF me, but I've got
to Ian or bust just tickle me way back to my
shoulder blades"
He went of INTO another ct and when he got
his breath again he continued:
This mornin' was the sixth day since they
got the deed As soon as breakfast was over
Ben said they'd concluded to git along without
our valued company, and suggested that as it
was nine miles to the poor house we make an
early start. He intended to turn us smack out
doors without dollar, but he got left told
him he'd better look into the deed a bit and be
went to town and diskivered the trick had
played. You orter seen them two when they
come backl Why, why"
And he laughed again until had TO pat him
on the back TO prevent a catastrophe.
"They were the humblest, down-troddenest,
used-upest, gone-to-pieces pair you ever sot
eyes on. Ben got plug Of terbacker and q
tied a wet towel around her head and hoofed il
fur her fathers house. I've brought out their
duds and piled EN- up here, and if they don't
send fur 'em before noon they kin 60 TO the
dogs"
well, they deserve it,"
"Yes. they do, but il was a narrer escape fur
me- If that deed had bin al right mel the
old woman would be paupers today. But 1t
wasn't all right, and-and-"
And had driven at least half a mile before
lost the sounds of his laughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

These things recorded, all sports in France
might be dismissed from consideration we're it
not for billiards. No account is taken, Of
course, OF the games Of the green table, but
the mention Of billiards tempts me TO admit
that the French have a national game, but they
can hardly lay claim to it inasmuch as it was
Invented long before France was known and
has since become universally cultivated Bill
iards, however, Is cultivated more systematic
cally in France than elsewhere, and there are
doubtless q greater number Of good PLAYERS
here than In any other country, yet the atmos-
phere OF gaming is as dense about this game
Is II Is about the race track, and in this as in
other things the French appear to think first
OF the wager and second Of the game
One Of the most interesting institutions in
Paris is the school of billiards kept by the great
NignauI. Any lover Of the game who should
come here would naturally inquire for Wig
nauxs hall He would naturally expect to be
directed to q large, elegantly appointed room,
containing many tables, all as magnificent and
attractive, at least, as similar places in America,
Kept BY such noted players as Slossou
schaeffsr and DAILY. II incidentally to his in.
guiries he should hear of the yignaux school,
his interest would be deepened and / am certain
his expectations heightened.
SO much the greater his surprise and disap-
pointment Vignauxs school is in the Pass..g,
des Psnoramas, an intricate narrow covered
alley leading from the Boulevard Montmartre.
The building II dingy outside and dingier in
side. The nrst room entered from the passage
Is less than twenty feet wide and perhaps fifty
feet long. One billiard table is in the middle
OF the room lighted by two lamps with big re-
Electors TO distribute the light evenly over the
table. At one end Of the table are tiers of
benches Tor spectators; at the other q few rows
OF chairs. Along each side of the room runs A
raised bench and q row of chairs, interrupted
on one side by a desk for the cashier and on
the other by blackboard for the marker This
Is the exhibition room, to which We viii return
later.
Leading out from il at one end 10 another
room in which il q table used almost ex-
elusively for pin pool. A placard conspicu-
ously posted declares that ''wagers are abso-
lutely forbidden" but no pin game 10 ever
played without at least one silver franc for each
contestant on the middle pin. and whenever
that pin is knocked over in any but the reliable
way the unfortunate player adds another franc
b. the pile. saw one game between two good
players that passed with so many missdventures
that the original two francs on the pin had
been increased 10 twenty before they fell from
. proper stroke and we're Pockstsd BY the
player.
A narrow, dirty stairway winds from this
icon 70 the upper door Of the ssheel An ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Albert Victor's Marriage.
From the London World.

From the LONDON World.
An imaginative London correspondent an
nounces that Prince Albert Victor's marriage
is now definitely arranged for next May or
june" although he is not able to give the
name of the bride. As matter of fact Prince
Albert Victor is not now likely to return from
India before the summer and there is really
no serious idea Of his marriage at present, but
the queen has always wished that he should
marry his cousin, Princess Alix of Hesse. A
great deal OF nonsense has been talked and
printed about Prince Albert Victor's NEW
house" in ST. James palace; but he is merely
to occupy the apartments of the late Duchess
of Cambridge, which are to be redecorated and
refurnished for him, and the interior of the
house is being reconstructed, as it is very badly
arranged, all the rooms opening into each
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR
PARIS, December 5.
In one sense the French know nothing Of
sport; in another they are passionately de-
voted TO it. They have no national game, no
athletic clubs or tournaments; yet sport is one
of the few English words adopted directly and
placed with its various derivatives in the vo-
cabulary Of everyday French. Sport in
French applies almost exclusively to horse
racing, nearly that an occasional exception
10 not worth noting. Every little cafe is an
agency. or the headquarters of an agent for the
pool sellers at the race tracks; so are many OF
the barber shops, and in some cases a street
corner. with a doorway convenient in case OF
rain. answers the purpose Of the book maker
and his patrons. At every agency, whether II
be cafe. corner or barber shop, the man with
the book is expected daily at a certain hour,
and his customers always on hand. They
comprise every ozder of human being, women
by no means excepted. Those who have time
and money 10 spend in going to see the races
reserve their bets until they meet the pool
sellers at the course. The vast majority find
their diversion and their daily hope in the
brief call at the cafe where the reports Of yes
terday's events are posted. in the careful weigh
ing of probabilities and the placing of their
money. If they were successful yesterday they
also experience the satisfaction Of cashing their
tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
SummuIn Bonum.

All the breath and the bloom Of the year In the bag
of one bee:
All the wonder and wealth OF the mine In the
heart Of one gem:
In the Of one pearl all the shade and the shine
Of the sea:
Breath ami bloom, shade ana shins--wondsr,
wealth, and-how far above them
Truth, that's brighter than gem.
Trust, that's purer than pearl
Brightest truth, purest trust in the UNIVERSAL
were for me
In the kiss q one girl
-RoB.RT BRowNua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
Paving Them On.

from the Philadelphs Record.
Managing Editor-"Did you pay the artist
who illustrated that great poem Christmas
Chimes on your first pager"
Secrstary-'Yss sir. Sent him check Tor
1250"
''Good How much did you pay the en-
graver?"
II sent him CTS" -r-
''Yes. L. any mcaey left2'
"About II cents."
.svsry vsiL send il 70 the man who wrote
he peen~" -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

Maud-''And 20 you are going to marry
Charley Demare. It was only month ago that
heard you say you positively hated him"
Belle-"Yes, know, but that was when he
was going with that hoxrid jenkins girl"--
ReorMsv Enferpriss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21
vIGNAUx's BILLIARD SCHOOL.
II is In AN IIl-VentiIated Resort I'm q
DiDgy Partisan Alley.

sroR-ISe LIFE IN PARIs-EUeESE CARRIERS EX-
rERIEScEs-DNLT GAMES BETWEEN PROFESS
SIGNALS on WHICH LARGE SUNS ARE wAarRED-
TIE FRENCH IDEA OF SPORT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

Yes, champagne IL elsvating, bat Ike the sls-
vators in . public building, 10 brings down
quite - many men - IL uplfss.-Bosiow Zran-
sr;p&