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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-14
HE OFTEN THOUGHT OF SUICIDE.
BAD HEALTH CAUSED ny CATlRRH
MADE HIN DESPONDENE

WILLIAM George DennisS, Who Handles Al re
Siircr IN the Hotel Victoria, Tells Reporter
Ho,r Drs. Mccoy anil WiIdmdn Have Made
Life Worth the Lifting.
William George nennisS handles all the tilverEAre In
the oel Victoria where tirOver Cleveland Ieeidsd I'm
lnediately after his retirement from the Presdenoy
Mr. Dcnniss has responsible position and nhnns hiRh
IN tue estimation OF the hotel management; hehves
ut O Ehas 3lst st Mr. nennisa Is an bnRliahman ana
comes from Maidstone, Kent near London, Mr. Dem
Mss In an Interview with reporter the other even
lmE tod MIN tho foIInNnw a,n-N.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-14

Tes,ic Il. wns considered the good thing of
the last race, but .Ionn Atwood and mpire
King Arthur uuIbbler, AMI Village Maid had
the race 10 themselves from the start. Umpire
and Vengeance falling at the quarter pole,
turn. In whipping finish old King Arthur
won by a head. with Village Maid second. n
neck In front Of Little barefoot. third. Buck
stone was left at the post.
Purse $3.50 Of which Slu second and $50 to third
selling allowances. i've lur OnRA
q. LYnChs br. T. King Arthur aged, by GlenlyOn-
Lou LRnirT ~ Cullen ...,.... 80. ........... l
Jerry Dunns CHI ~ ll!aIo Matt T. 1850. SacE.... 2
" g. DalySb Little Barefoot T. 10 LaniOlSyL...,.
Ruckstone John Atwood, ksssio Red I'm, America,
Harry krgsrl lie, AltheA My Quibber, Warsaw, Ven
ReAuco, aud lmpire also started
Time %
Post Betting Against BesHie X. Sto !; Umpire, 70
]; John AtwoYd Buckstone each $40 Little Barefoot
10 to Red Elm Harry Russell, America each IL TO
lie - 10 / Village Maid, AtheA My each 30 TO |
YovAy, Quihbler each 80 l. warsaw. King Arthur,
each 100 TO !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
You Couldn't Fool Him.
From the Seattle Press.


The presence Of the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught in Victoria reminds the town crier
OF an incident that occurred in Victoria on the
occasion Of the visit OF the Marquis of Lorns
to that city nine years since. There was pro-
cession, among other festivities, and in the
crowd of celebrants was o long, lean Young
man who was born in Yamhill county. Greg
and who was away from home for the first time
He had heard that Lady Lorne. the wife Of the
Marquis OF Lorne, was the daughter OF the
queen, and was very anxious to SEQ her.
Finally some one in the crowd said when the
Marquis of Lorne and his noble wife swept by
in an open carriage drawn by four horses:
'There's the marquis and his wife. the
daughter of Queen Victoria, sitting alongside
OF him."
Where! wherer' said the excited Ysmhiller.
at the same time pulling four cards out of his
pocket, aud gazing ut Mrs. Lorne and the four
cards alternately.
why, there in the carriage"
oyer can't fool me. She's no queens darter
won't have it. Why, she don't look bit like
any one of these. She would If she war a real
queen" he exclaimed. angrily, at the same
time Haunting in the face of the spectators the
queens OF hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds.
taken from common pack Of playing cards.
A patriotic Euglishman argued with the
young Yamhiller for . half hour, and when
he got through all the satisfaction he could
get was:
~ know queen when see her; you can't
fool me. I'm no ijeet, il l am from Yamhill."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
LET YOUR FACE ALONE,
There Are No Harmless Complexion
Powders Made, So There.

From the New York Evening Sun
woman who writes health articles for O.
leading syndicate says that every mail brings
her letters, anywhere from one to ten from
Young women, asking her to recommend some
harmless face powder that may be used with
out danger of inducing roughness Of the skin
and salowness
Will women ever learn that "there amt no
SIGH thing, as Betsy Prig would say if she
were led to discourse upon the topic There
isn't any such thing stopping up the pores
OF the face with powder of any kind without
paying the penalty for it in a roughened and
discolored skim The health of the skin de-
ponds largely upon Its ability to discharge its
appropriate excretory functions and if the
pores are filled with solid substance this is
practically impossible Now, it IL well known
that the inactivity of an organ tends directly
to an atrophy Of that organ, as the fishes in
Mammoth Cave have only rudimentary ewes.
And so with the constant clogging up of the
pores resulting from the use Of powders is in
duced greater and greater Discrimination for
Its normal work that finally results in thick
ened and diseased skin
From time to time we hear marvellous tales
OF old ladies who have used powder from the
days OF their infancy, and whose skins at 80 or
~ or l0O-for these wonderful old ladies 90 on
living in frightfully reckless way-are soft as
baby's." But has any one ever seen one of
these marvellous baby skins ON any old lady2
Really seen for ones self We trow not For
nature cannot be cheated. She always ends by
her. And they pay back with usurious inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
A GOOD GIFT.
The Warder Public Library at Spring.
field, Ohio.

Mr.. B. H. Warder of this city has erected at
the corner Of Spring and High streets in
Springfield. Ohio, his old home, public IL
brary in memory Of his father and mother,
who were early residents of that city.
The building is in the Romanesque style OF
architecture and is planned in the form of the
letter L inverted, the arms being OF different
lengths, and in the angle formed by their
junction stands an octagonal tower, IS feet 4
inches in width, the top Of which is sur
mounted by a terra Gotta final. the total height
from the ground being 20 feet.
The grounds are lOOx150 and on the inner
side OF the High street l. is a porch and
cloister. Three massive arches supported on
detached columns, together with the mosaic
work above in three varieties of stone.
form distinguishing feature Of the
exterior, which is enriched by the
carving from the architects designs
The building has granite base course at the
ground line and is faced with Ohio buff stone
from the Amherst quarries. The dressings are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
Another Woman and q Tiger.
m the 81 I nnia Rannllic

CEOiu tue 81. Louis lbepuuuc.
The other night lot of people were
talking about Sidney Rosenfelds play "The
Stepping Stone" Frank Stockton was present,
and somebody asked him what he thought of
it. He said: well, will tell you story. In
q far-of country, we won't say where, and
we won't say when, there was a railroad
station where there was just q box for the
ticket Office and a long, straight platform
Now, there whole party of people, we won't
say who, waited to get on the train. After q
while they discovered they had missed it, and
had to stay all night ON the platform They
consisted OF thirteen young women and thir-
teen young men and an elderly lady ~ chap
eron. She didn't know exactly how to arranse
her charges for the night, and she was Q bis
nervous, because she knew there were great
many tigers roaming around ready to chew up
people who looked a. il they might taste good
She did the best she could under the circum-
stances. The thirteen young men were all
laid down in row like wooden soldiers, then
came the thirteen young women, then, at the
extreme end, the chaperon. However.
after they were all fixed, and Just as she
was closing her eyes, she thought II Z tiger
should come he would probably eat the person
on the end, so she got up and placed herself
Just in the center between the young men and
young women, and slept the sleep Of the just,
feeling that her duties as a chspsron had been
properly performed. When she awakened In
the morning she discovered that the tender
young woman at the extreme end had been
gobbled up by Q ferocious tiger during the
hours Of the night! Nov, just the way that
woman felt when she realized that she might
have been decorating the interior of tiger is
the way felt when Il dswnsd on me that ] had
not written THE Stepping Stone"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
THE RIGHT TITLE.
How Young Lady Should be Addressed
in Writing.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
All women out of their teens are entitled 10
be styled Mistress" says a recent writer.
Miss" is merely diminutive and il properly
confined to young girls, just as Master" is
commonly confined to schoolboys says the
New Orleans Ptcayuae. In the days of Pope
Mrs. was the common appellation of un-
married ladies. Sir Walter Scott, too. speaks
OF Joanna (unmarriod) as Mrs. Joanna Battle.
There are nowadays plenty of spinsters-and
young spinsters, too-who insist on being ad-
dressed as Mrs." and at one or two places In
Sussex, curiously enough the married lady
Is Miss, and the unmarried lady receives the
title of Mrs" The same custom liz found in
many parts OF Ireland. The form Mrs was
at one time applied indifferently to persons AT
ali ages. Nowadays our servant girls expect to
nave their letters addressed as Miss" though
there are Few that have more sense There
Is a story told of q certain maid worL wbo
transferred her savings, upon the advice of her
mistress, to the Post Office Savings Bank and
she was asked how she did it. The Young
lady gave me book; maam," she said. s.to
write my name in. and her wrote nv mama IN
another book and her says to me: Are Won
Mrs. or Miss Neither, am SAYS: Il am a
servant That young woman respected her.
felt and her calling. She had not been edn.
Gated at boarding school.
Among servants generally the cook. whether
married or single, expects to be called Mrs +"
SO do housekeepers, though unmarried. In
point Of fact, Mrs. or Mistress is a title of re-
spect that the plain Miss is devoid of. WHY
actresses who are married women should seek
to disguise that fact by allowing the misle ad-
ing prefix of Miss to be attached to their
names is mystery that admits of no intelligi-
BILE explanation. Are they ashamed Of their
husbands? There are many well-known ex-
ceptions to this habit Of disguise and mas
querade, but 80 per cent OF the theatrical
Misses" are entitled by Law and custom to the
term generally recognized as distinguishing
the married women Only about per cent Of
the entire profession admit that they are mar
rled and are not ashamed to publicly own 1t on
the theatrical programs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
A Family lar


"orland Brown, come right in here, I'm in dread
I've lost the evening paper, and now it's nearly
Tho cook is cross, the rolls won't rise theren be
family lar
Unless when father gets back here he finds his
EVENING STAR"
Her prophecy was soon fulfilled; her husband from
afar
Cried out: Fetch me my slippers and bring THE
EVENING STAR"
And when he found it missing proceeded "Cain"
to raise;
He slapped the boy and 'jawed, his wife for all
her careless ways.
The cook gave warning on the spot, and said she
thanked her star"
She knew of places to be had where no such man
ners were.
And now appeared upon the scene Miss Angelina
Brown,
Who'd been to see some bargains at 'tother end of
Dear me, I've got the paper; I'm quite ashamed
of pa;
could not find my bustle 80 used THE EVENING
STAR.
took one peep within 1t, and saw such bargains
there
couldn wait minute, but own it WASH fair
smiles, kisses, harmony restored; the cook was
bribed to stay,
And papa saw his railroad stocks had all gone IN
that day.
my dear. this paper tells me that silks are now
quite cheap;
Make up your mind what kind YOU want before
you go to sleep"
The evening light of other stars is mostly lost in
space,
But every ray of this one lights up some dwelling
place. Mis-. BROWN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
What q Donkey Can Do.
From the Philsdelphia Times.

FROM the Philadelphia Times.
The Prussian General Ramin was disliked for
the severe treatment Of his soldiers, aud there
was hardly any one In Berlin who would not
have liked to give the general q token Of re-
membrance for it. One evening the intellect
uai and amiable Prince Frederick Of Brunswick
say AZ card table with several princesses, when
Gen Ramin came forward to greet the ladies.
GU have an excellent music corps In your
regiment, general" said one of the princesses.
Il enjoyed their playing very much this morn
kamin proudly stroked his mustache and
nodded, saying: Your royal highness should
nave heard the music corps when received
command OF the regiment At that time the
playing was not fit to be Criticised lint + made
each one Of the players ride wooden donkey
until he could play better"
You see, ladies" Prince Frederick chirned
In, smiling, what donkey can do"
The rebuks was coarse but mat ana sv.rv.
body vss pleased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
Confronted by a Memory.
rom the Lewiston CMe.) Journal.

From the Lewiston (Me) Journal
Apropos Of the movement TO furnish books
to the prisoners IN Auburn Jail, a Norwegian
lady, resident in Auburn, tells ia her pictur-
esque way an episode which occurred in
Charleston, sc. Years ago mother took her
fve-year-old boy into prison when she went TO
see his father, committed for some trihing
ofense. The little fellow stepped into the
adjacent cell, having over it the num-
Der 6s. To tease him the warden
smut the door, but quickly opened 10
at the little fellows screams. HIS mother
soothed him, saying; Nobody shan't ever shut
my little boy up in dark prison. Years passed.
The boys father and mother died. His uncle
helped him and gave him money to get 30 New
York. He fell in with bad company, squan-
dered his money and in sheer desperation at
tempted to commit burglary IN his uncle's
house. That relative was 90 enraged he
handed over his nephew TO the authorities
Looking At the number OF his cell 20 his horror
he saw ''6s" and he knew that il was the SELF
same cell that had inspired his boyish terror
Then his mothers words came back, Nobody
shsnt ever shut my little boy in Q dark cell"
and he wept as he had not since her death, for
he had loved that mother. The war
den's wife found him in melted
condition. He told her his story and
she gave him the utmost sympathy and
kindness during his long term, shortened by
his good behavior. As he left the cell and
took q last look at those terrible numbers
''6s. he determined be would make o man Of
whom his mother should be proud. BY his
trade, learned in prison, he pursued an honest
and lucrative trade, and his taste for literature,
also formed by the warden. provided for leisure
hours. Ten years sfterward he called on the
warden's wife and she could hardly believe
MAT u vas hs who had occupied "a"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21

OF Worcester stone from quarries in Massachu-
sets. the backing being of local limestone and
bric'- The main roof, together with that
over the tower, are covered with red
AKRON tiles and purpose-made Gaping for the
ridges. The length of the building from north to
south is 81 feet inches, and from east to west
10 feet inches. The gable end toward High
street Is set back from the sidewalk a distance
OF 40 feet aSd has a carved panel in the apex
representing the arms of the state.
From the porch paneled and nodded oak
doors, five feet six inches wide, open into the
entrance hall, which is Immediately under the
tower and contains the staircases. Proceeding
another pair Of folding oak doors open directly
into the spacious lofty and well-lighted read
ing room, which is n feet 6 inches in length by
So feet 4 inches in width. The walls have pam
eled oak wainscoting feet inches high. and
above that they are plastered and finished with
a nodded cornlce in wood at the intersection
with the roofing.
The roof of this room is open timbered in
Georgia pine, with nodded and chamfered king
post trusses, having wrought-iron bands and
straps. An immense chimney piece in Ohio
buff stone, being II feet 6 inches wide and IL
feet high. is at the south end of the room.
The book room is 40 feet long, q feet
inches wide and has a height of 16 feet 8 inches
to the plaster ceiling. and is well lighted. hav-
ing large windows on three sides The walls
have an oak wainscot the top OF which is level
with the window board The room accommo-
dates from so. 900 to GO, 900 volumes.
The inside furnishings of the reading and
book rooms possess the pleasing quality of
elegant simplicity. In the reading room are
six paper racks six rectangular reading and
two reference tables and three round tables
All are constructed of quartered oak, finished
in the natural color of the wood and highly
polished. In the book room are located four
teen book racks of black walnut. The floors
are waxed and polished with almost the bright
ness of mirror.
In the entrance to the reading room has been
erected a granite tablet bearing the following
inscription:
This Library Has Been Erected
in Memory of
Jeremiah and Ann A. Warder.
II Is given u the People of Springfield
for Their Free Enjoyment
And Is Left i'll Their Charge Forever.
Dedicated June IL, 1880.
The library was dedicated June II with pub
lie exercises, Mr.. Warder making a presenta
ton speech and Judge Shellabarger delivered
an Grafton. Mr., Warder's parents became res
idents of Springfield in 1880, and we're prominent
there for their good works. Mr.. Warder in
giving the library to the city asked that it be
kept open Sundays for tho benefit of working
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21

Clark University, Worcester, Mass, has es-
tablished q department of education and placed
at the head Of Il DR.. w. H. Durham, Hsrvard
graduate Who spent three years of post gradu-
ate study at the Johns Hopkins University.
Pressure is being brought on Senator Calvin
8. Brice to secure his retirement from the
chairmanship Of the democratic national COM
WitteA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21
the money that his companion had obtained
from his victim. They were each sent avsv
for three years


the money that his companion had obtained
from his victim. They were each sent avay
for three years.
HOW WOMAN WAS DEFRAuDKD.
Il remember another case Of a confidence
game in this city," said the detective. (which
was played 20 the tune of So, 600. The victim
was the sister of prominent citizen. She
Kept n boarding house at the time and among
those who secured board at her house was the
uSual good-looking gentleman. This young
man did not attempt to work his game for
some weeks. When about the house he was
pleasant and always showed desire to do what
ne could for the comfort of the proprietor
ana her guests Finally he gained the conf
dence OF the landlady and accommodated her
TO the extent OF paying her bills. The lady did
not dream of his being dishonest and she found
1t a great accommodation to sign checks in
blank and have her boarder fill in the amounts
to settle her bills. He filed them out, but In
stead OF putting in the amounts of bills pre-
sented, he put in 5000 each time until the
lady's $4,000 in the Central National Bank had
disappeared. The young man also disappeared.
de was indicted, but thus far he has succeeded
in Guiding arrest.
HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED.
Confidence men as a rule are pretty intel
hgent, and when arrested they claim all their
legal rights. Above everything else they pro-
test against being photographed. Cap Tay-
Tor, one OF the most prominent men of the
confidence workers and bunco steerers, was
arrested in this city and. like all the others he
protested against sitting for a picture. l got
down the handouts and told him that he
would be cuffed and placarded and made to
parade the avenue and then he agreed to sit
for "A picture. An excellent likeness of him
was obtained and it was the first obtained by
any police force. Applications for copies of it
were received from police departments in all
parts Of the country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21

simmer opera are not paid so highly for the
same work as they are in winter, for the very
simple reason that audiences are not so big and
prices for seats are customarlly much less.
Those who take principal parts get little more
than half-pay may be. while the 'ladies and
gentlemen of the chorus" who receive from
els to SIS a week during the cold months, must
content themselves with sl2 to sl5 N the warm
season From this state of affairs springs an
advantage for the public. which enjoys the
best talent at very much reduced rates. A
few stars who earn wages up in three figures
for seven or eight months of the year can
afford to loaf for the rest of the year aud amuse
themselves: but. as a rule, actors are forced to
toll for bread and butter through the heated
term.
ORGANIZING SUMNER OPERA COMPANY.
A summer opera company is usually made up
during the winter as to ITS principal singers.
who are contracted with for the season Be
fore they are hired. however. the intending
manager cOnsults with the gentlemen who are
to be respectively stage manager and musical
director. and the entire list of operas for the
summer Is made out, with the characters re-
quired to be filed in each &c Performers
suited for those characters are selected and eff
forts are made to secure the services of such
as are chOsen-always keeping in mind the ne
cessity of employing only men and women who
TO be produced. summer opera company
cannot afford to let any of its people lie idle
even for a week.
When the time draws near for the starting
out of the company the manager goes to one
OF the regular dramatic agencies in New York
city and picks out from the people always
listed at such an exchange as many girls and
men rs he requires. Then come rehearsals
for a travelling summer organic alton of this
sort must arrive at Its first stopping place with
not less than three complete operas all ready
to present Costumes for all the operas deter
mined upon for the season are rented from the
great New York cOstumers who make a bust
ness of furnishing everything requisite. or
course there are companies which are got up
on what is termed i'll theatrical par,ance a
flake" basis, and which do everything as
cheaply and badly possible. raking their
costumes out of the rag-bags of other operas,
so to speak. and SO on.
REHEARsISG FOR THE FOURTH
The day after its first performance in the
first town paused at the opera troupe begins
rehearsing for its fourth opera as well as re-
hearsing for the cOminl, week. IL is a business
necessity that fresh opera should be pro-
duced each week to satisfy the exacting sum-
mer theater-gOers. An opera company of the
kind described Is at present spending a season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-21

In London just now there is a joke going the
rounds OF the clubs under the libelous guise of
an American joke. They tell of the cremation
OF . certain Yankee, who, just before yielding
up the ghost, expressed the wish that his dead
cordingly, therefore, the corpse was duly con.
veyed to the crematory and in the presence OF
q large concourse of bereaved friends. con-
signed to the glowing chamber in the midst of
the roaring furnace. The corpse had been in
me furnace halt an hour when the Borrowing
friends, tmpelled by . morbid curiosity, sIyly
opened the door and peered in to see how the
melancholy work Of cremation was progressing
Thereupon, to the surprise OF all, the corpse
SAT up IN the coffin, stark, blue and shivering,
and cried out: "Please shut that door-you
know very well I never could stand draughtr'