The Washington bee., 1891-09-12
voHE1ss Saws AND GOSSIP.

One Of the most eminent English ply.
uicians recently said that every modsra
house ought to be destroyed after it bad
been built for 80 years.
The shape Of some Of the new clothes
for Frenchmen Is eccentTict IN the ex-
treme. Oae sort Of jacket is worn but
toned at the waist, with skirts like q
frock coat, and . very low crowned and
broad brimmed hat makes the Parisians
look like English curates.
The decline Of French cookery is said
30 have begun about 1859. The restaur-
ants then began to deteriorate through
the Parisian diner losing his esthetic
sense and many Of the best chefs being
attracted to London by - high offers oS
the English nobility and clubs.
Must an English housemaid wear a
cap? has been determined judicially ia
the negative. Although caps are Gus
tomary, a London Judge has decided
that a servant could not be discharged
for not wearing one, nothing having been
said at the time Of her engagement.
A gentleman desiring to test the sndur-
ance Of horse, drove one !, 1000 miles t.
. dog cart, the cart, passenger, and bag
gage weighing over 800 pounds. Ths
journey was done in 19 9conseeutive days
an average of over 50 miles day. The
longest distance, 66 miles, was covered
on the last day. The road was selected
nt random, and led from London 70
York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Carlisle.
Nottingham, and London again. Tbs
horse was IS hands high, what is called
EwA bred, and returned home, accord
ing to the report Of the veterinary, NO
worse for the journey.
Antoinette Sterling, the well known
contralto, who used TO sing in Oratorio
here and in England, and who has lately
Joined the Quakers, created an unusual
sensation at meeting at LegtOnstons.
After the meeting had sat for a long
time without the spirit moving anyone
to speak, Mime. Sterling got up and sang.
Singing is unheard of in Quaker's meet
ings, but she sang Rest in the Lord"
without interruption. Afterward one
| of the elders approached her and said:
"Thee knOwest, sister, that it is against
the rules, but il the Lord telleth thee u
sing thee must.
%Can hypnotized person be made to
commit erin. ?" was very emphatically
answered in the affirmative by Dr.. Vol
sin, of Paris, in paper delivered before
the British Association. He suggested
TO subject under his influence TO com.
NIT acts Of incendAaEism while hypnotic.
ally asleep, and there was obedience ID
each case. More than that, woman
was recently sentenced in Paris for
succession Of acts Of robbery. It was
ascertained that she had been habitually
hypnotized, and upon Investigation il
was discovered that she had robbed IN
der the suggestion Of outside parties.
The Swiss watch trade has undergone
q complete Transformation during the
past Is years, owing to the work being
done IN large manufactures instead Of 81
tho homes of the wstchmakers. The re-
suit Is that there are much better watches
At less cost, and greater sales. Therssrs
schools for teaching matchmaking al
Geneva. Neuchatel. La ChauI des Fonda,
LOcle, Bione, st. Imier, and Porrentruy
In the last six years the number Of
watches exported from SwitzerIand rss
increased from 2, ,734, ,234 in 1885 TO 4, lOl,.
S01 last year, these figures not including
the works and cases exported separately.
Altogether, the value of the exports last
year is calculated at $50, 100000.