Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26

| tried to commit suicide" Fancy what an
| American journalist would have made of thisI
The case reminds me of a curious operation
tnat used to possess never tagging interest for
me and my school fellows when was q young
| boy. There was lad in the school who could
| introduce long needles into the calf Of his leg
| and draw them out by means Of the thread
| without shedding drop of blood or appearing
| to suffer the slightest pain. He would repeat
this operation as often as We liked. All he re-
CURED was a fee Of twelve marbles, paid in adj
| vance to avoid MISUNDERSTANDING. Whenever
we wanted him to give us this entertainment
OF which we were never tired, We had only to
raise the twelve marbles among rs and the
| show would begin.
Isuppose Mr.. vicker's Uranium must be AZ
| lnsensibie to pain as was this boys calf, or he
would hardly have got so far as several nails:
| for. though they are described as French and
were therefore, no doubt, superior and we'll
| hammered nails, one cannot help thinking that
one would have been as much a. an ordinary
skull could have stood.
JOHN BULLS CHEEK.
The GOODNESS of John Bull, or his cheek, to
put it properly, is never shown to better ad-
| vantage than in the letters which he writes to
, people who In one way or another have at
tracted little public attention. He takes
such individuals for inquiry offices and natural
and providental banks institutes by Provi-
dence for his convenience. To use the con-
| J.
asked by parents to recommend them COM
Portable lodgings in France at moderate
| charges. Sometimes am asked to translate q
difficult passage of Alphonse Daudets last
| novel or to explain the latest Partisan slang
| phrase.
Clergymen occasionally write to inform me
| that there Is little debt upon their church
still remaining unpaid or that an organ has
been bought and not paid for. Now l cannot
help thinking that such gentlemen set a bad
n or mil nf AL-.S
tions by indulging in luxuries that they have
not the means to pay for. When l want some
thing for my modest home have to take care
that possess the means to pay for it. And
| there Is another reason why l object to con-
| tribute to the organ fund. Instead Of the con-
| tributors being thanked an announcement is
made from tho pulpit to the effect that the
Lord has been asked to provide an organ
and He has done 30, as they knew He
would.
THE CHURCH BAZAAR.
very favorite way Of raising funds for pay
| ing off church debts is to hold a bazaar; but /
| do not think much Of this means either.
have lately been to bazaar held in London
and seen sights there the reverse of pretty; in
f n;cf the role Played at these sales by young
girls struck me as quite demoralizing. The
object OF one and all is naturally, to make as
much money as they can, and especially to
make more than their neighbors. To accom-
pllsh this end they learn to smile STACEY smiles
and some of them attain to a degree Of facility
| In the art that would shame any old leathery
society stager. At this bazaar a number of the
young girls, acting as aids to the stall keepers
were attired in a NEUROLOGICAL raiment that
more expressed than hid' them. Two or
three of them had disheveled hair hang
ing about their bare neck and arms and were
looking as l should think no father would
care to see his daughter look Ono has
heard great deal first andl asst about the free
dom OF the American girl; but my observation
has always convinced nae that there is a type
| OF English girl, who, when she is given her
head, entirely loses it, and goes to lengths Of
liberty which her American cousin, no matter
how emancipated, never aspires to attain. At
times she seems TO cast modesty aside alto
gether. 1t was to me a sad sight to see young
girls OF from seve nteen to twenty making use
| of all the artillery of the femme galante in the
service of tho church; button-hoiing men
and with smiles and wiles unmaidenly trying
to make them buy. Involuntary l pictured
to myself French girl IN one of those clinging
| robes. How she would have managed to look
modest in 1t, and mamma would have taken
care to put touches to it that should prevent
her girl from having the appearance of a Venus
straight from the bath.
COSTLY ROSE.
Going up the staircase 1 was asked by young
lady to have one of the roses which she carried
on tray. With a bewitching smile she
touched the lapel of my coat collar and sug-
gested how nice the flower would look there
AS thought so too che proceeded to fasten it
in for me. They were mere ordinary roses,
such as flower girls sell in the streets for a
penny, and when / had placed a form on her
tray thought the flower well paid for. 1t was
a sight to see the change in the sweet face.
Just as if she had pulled wire the smile
turned into frown of disdan aud the damsel
haughtily jerked OUT "Half a crown, pleasev'
1t was my turn to smile now as added the
extra sixpenco. But it is not at every bazaar
that such amusing incidents occur as the one of
| the fashionable beauty and her ungallant Gus
toner. who took cup of tea Of her. The lady,
upon being asked the price, said: half a
crown; but then have slipped it, you know"
Upon which the purchaser, after formidable
OH replied: Here are five shillings, please
give me a clean cup"
Read on a hotel wine list:
Chateau-Lafhre, fine, 8 shillings.
Chateau affte, superfine, 10 shillings
Chateau-Lafise, extra fine, II shilings.
Chateau-Lafite, warranted natural, Ia shil-
lings.
Chateau-Lafite, authentic growth, 20 shil-
iings. MAX O'RELL.