Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19

Nothing seemed impossible to this political
genius. He knows everything. he can do any,
thing, thought the onlookers But in the last
few weeks bismarck has proved that there was
something that he did not know how 70 do. He
does not know how to fall. In his misfortune
this great man has become almost small. He
does not know how to accept the inevitable
and since his fall he seems TO have
lost his dignity IS completely as his place.
He passes his time in fault-fnding, in
prophesying misfortunes and in giving adj
wee which is no longer asked of him; he
unposoms himself to every inter viewer. In
TACT, from Bismarck the taciturn he has
turned into Bismarck the laxative. He has
as he says. stepped down OF the stage into the
pit, but whereas he was . frst-rate actor he
makes but q noisy, discontinued pittite. He
should have returned to some romantic spot
70 end his days in peace cum dignitate, with
MS beer and his pipe. which he still enjoys
Napoleon was grander at st. Helena than at
Austerlltz. Gen. Hoche was grander at the
conciergerie than on the battlefield II Bis
marck objects to these models on patriotic
grounds history supplies others. equally grace
full and dignifed. He could not adopt any
more undignifed pose than his present one, un-
less ne came Poaching on our preserves by
writing pamphlets and taking to the lecture
platform.
ENGLISH COOKS.
Mr.. Labouchere in this weeks Truth gives q
pathetic incident OF the difficulty of getting
good cooks in England. friend Of his, whom
he met looking very sad. accounted for his
wretched mlen by explaining that his cook was
about to be married and that he had not sue
ceeded in replacing her. He added that if ever
ne should find her equal again he would marry
n In himself to make sure of her remaining
Happy the bachelor, / fancy / hear a hundred
married men exclaim, that such possibility is
open to him. When we find a culinary treas
ury 1t Is only salary of twenty, thirty, fifty
pounds we can offer. and that, what is it? What
Is the chink OF our gold when the guardsman
chlnks his sword and his spurs make music on
the area steps? Or what is plenty and perks"
when contrasted with the back parlor OF the
green grocery round the corner, with the 'orse
and traps for Sundays.
MArRIMoNY THE ENGLISH GIRLS DISTINCTION
Cookery schools increase and multiply, but
good cooks remain as scarce as ever in this
land OF bad ones. very rich lady, wife of a
member of parliament, but not an English
woman, told me that she was three months
keeping house in this country before she could
OBTAIN properly cooked chop from her own
kitchen. The fact is the girl of the lower
classes In England does not set to work to learn
everything thoroughly. Matrimony is her
destination, and, il she takes up cookery, it is
as temporary makeshift to supply her with
dress money. The rare few who remain old
maids, not having learned their business in
youth, rub along in the old haphazard way,
and continue to waste and spoil the substance
OF one master after another. Their wasteful
ness is proverbial Things have perhaps
slightly improved since the day when Soyer
SAID that there was enough food wasted in Lon
don every day to feed hundreds of poor fami-
hes; but this has nothing to do with the cook;
IL Is the result OF an increase of knowledge in
the mistress.
CAN'T MAKE COFFEE.
All raw material is to be had in perfection in
this wonderful worlds mart, yet how poor are
the results obtained. Take the case OF coffee
Is there one English cook out Of fifty who can
make it well? And yet all that is required for
the operation is little nicely and Intelligence
what could be easier, for instance, than the
making of coffee the Arabs do il? And what
more delicious? Despairing of ever getting
coffee mt to drink, in spite of having provided
coffee pots various to suit the demands of each
fresh queen of the kitchen, we have gone back
to the simple saucepan Of the Arab and been
rewarded with many smile of appreciation
from friends who have tasted the beverage to
say nothing of the comfort of having good
coffee every day. In case any of nv readers
should be as curious as my personal friends
may as well explain that the process is this
Measure the water and make it boil in a sauce
pan that it will not FL. Have ready two tea
spoonfuls of freshly ground coffee and one OF
| sugar to each coffeecupful of water Throw
this into the boiling water and stir for a
moment. Watch the coffee, and Immediately
1t begins to bubble and rise lift off the pan for
half minute. Give one stir and put it on the
, fire again. When on the point of boiling re-
move it again. 1t must be five times brought
to the boiling point in this way and then
poured into cups and allowed to settle. The
frothy creaminess that caps each cup contains
| all the perfume of the coffee. For morning
| coffee serve in a jug and allow it to stand five
minutes before pouring into cups with hot
milk.
AGAY SEASON.
The present London season has been a very
gay one up to now. The metropolis is still
crowded with the rich of all nations prominen,
among them in numbers and everything else
OF course, being Americans. The American
dude has been plentiful this season, having
come over in unusual numbers But fancy he
is not great favorite. OF all the interesting
varieties Of the species he is really the least
interesting. The French gommeux is a frivo-
lous creature, dressed in the extreme of fashion
but he is generally witty and amusing The
English variety is also tailor-made man. but
he is man, and, though he may not have any
thing remarkable to say when he leaves off suck
at any rate. l suppose it is the fact of his
coming from u country where the men are so
manly and such workers that makes the
American dude seem such an unsexed creature.
This tailOr's block has nothing original in his
folly. He is content to copy the British CHAP
pie" and to fix his ambition on the acquire
ments of an English lisp.
Definition OF a gentleman: A man who has
such control over himself as never to say: II
have heard that joke before" MAX O'REL1.