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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

A Driving Coat and . Spring Gown Dssigs~<
.by Redfern.

We are becoming 80 luxurious and extrava-
CANT in our tastes this winter that the materials
which our foremothers would have considered
rich and costly for gowns we utilize With TIE
utmost nonchAlance ~ gown hninga Satin
marveilleux is the latest extremity 10 which
fashionable prodigality can so in the mstfer OF
skirt Innings. The garments in question hang
better with this soft pliAble material AZ lining
than with the somewhat harsh corded silk OF
few weeks back. II may be thought by the in
experienced in such matters that cloth gown
is q cheaper investment than the velvet or silk
reception gown. which is usually deemed an ex-
pensive article but cloth Of the kind which fash
ion condescends TO admit within her realm this
season is quite as expensive as materials which
tradition SAYS 10 the apparel OF the rich In
stead OF purple and fine linen the modern Ira
Dives clothes herself in fur and broadcloth-
Brocade Is used for petticosts and h equally
popular rs Innings 90 simple house gowns. The
only economy which is ready practicable N In
the quantity Of material used. for skirts are
still gored and scanty, trains. though certainly
cutting into q little extra material not reauir-
ing half the amount which the drsperies or
three years back hid in their voluminous folds
Complaints and grumbles still continue about
the obstinate trains. without which no stylish
woman considers herself IN faultless attire. For
those fortunate people who can trail in and one
of carriages and limit their pedestrianism 20
Turkey carpets and spotless marble pavements.
oak staircases and polished foorings. these
has not lately been offended by those wesrers
who sweep the dusty streets with their gowns.
the charwomen OF the metropolis" e. some
caustlo wit describes them.
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HAWTHORNE'S BET,
He Won Barrel of Madeira by Not MARI
ing Eariy.

He Won n Barrel of Madeira by Not Marry
ing Early.
From Harper's Monthly.
Although Hawthorne while a collegian rarely
sought or accepted the acquaintance of the
young ladies of the village, he had high APP
probation of the An early marriage, how
ever, did not enter into his plans of life. The
evidence of this fact is among my papers and
runs thus:
BowDoIN COLLEGE, Nov. IA, 1924
If Nathaniel Hathorne is neither a married
man nor Il widower on the fourteenth day of
November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty-six, 1 bind myself upon my honor to
pay the said Hathorne barrel Of the best old
Madeira wine.
Witness my hand and seal.
IL. C.l JONATHAN C1LLEY.
BowDo1N COLLEGE. Nov. IA. 1924.
If am a married man or a widower on the
fourteenth day of November One Thousand
Eight Hundred and 1hirty-si bind myself
upon my honor to pay Jonathan Cilley a barrel
OF the best old Madeira wine.
Witness my hand and seal.
In. d. NATHANIEL HATHoRNr.
This instrument shall be delivered to Horatio
Bridge and ii Hathorne is married within the
time specified he shall transmit the intelligence
to him immediately, and the bet-whoeyer shall
lose it-shall be paid within month after the
expiration Of the time.
JONATHAN CILLEY,
NATHANIEL HATHoRNE.
This very formal agreement was Enclosed in n
closely sealed package, Endorsed in Hawthornos
writing thus:
'Nr Horatio Bridge is requested to take
charge Of this paper and not to open it until
the 10th day of November, 1886, unless by the
joint request Of Cilley and Hathorne."
On the designated day broke the seals and
notified Cilley that he had lost the wager. He
admitted the loss and, after the delay Of q year
or more, was making arrangements for its pay
ment and meeting to taste the wine, when his
tragic death in the duel with Graves settled the
account.
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A Young American Abroad.

From the New York sun
Henry Resented, the young American who's
heavy play and large winnings have been the
sensation Of the week at Monte Carlo, 10 an
extraordinary character. HIS home is in
Chicago, where his brother is Q well-knows
business man, and he 10 one Of the heirs Of
Michael Reece, the famous ten-foli millionaire
Of San Francisco. Rosenfeld attained his ma
jority and his fortune about four years ago Since
that time Chicago has seen him three times. his
longest visit being OF ten days duration, and
on each occasion he arrived from the west and
left for the eastward, having been each time
around the world. He varied the monotony %
this trip last year by buying an interest in the
Cleary London Opera Company. that left here
In July 10 make tour along the east aud west
coasts OF South America, and accompanied that
organization for the fun Of the thing. He for
sock the opera company in the Argentine Re
public, however, and went on TO Chile TO sec
the war but arrived in Valparaiso the day hos
tilities ceased. He got back to London about
three months ago, and left for Paris and Monte
Carlo soon afterward- He is now en- route for
Egypt and Japan and thence for San Francisco,
Chicago, New York and London once more.
Rosenfeld, who is srnooth-faced- paliid and
slight, does not look twenty-one years OF age
but he is considered one of the coolest gam
blers in Europe, either with cards or at q rou-
lette table. Last year he was one Of the four
players at Monte Carlo who put down the MAXI
mum at the same table at every turn OF the
wheel and gave the bank a bad scare.
He left Monte Carlo a loser by 80, 900, how
ever Today he is reported 10 be betweea
SIS 600 and Sl00. 900 ahead Of the game
Although Rosenfeld spends three or four
months each year in London, where he keeps
apartments the year round, and a month OF two
each year in Paris. he has never been inside
Westminster Abbey or the tower picture
gallery, nor visited the Panthe on, Notre Dame,
the palaces, or any other plsres of historic i'm
terest. Ii Is doubtful even n he ever thought
of asking who was premier of England presi-
dent OF France. On the other hand he knows
where TO find tho best cooks and the rarest wines
in every European city and a great many
oriental capitals. and Possesses xIert knowledge
concerning the places that are open al night u
the principal cities OF the world
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President; there were seventeen of these
nltci States. the state OF Maine was not in
existence; New England lad thirty-nine Repre-
sen;atlvrs IN Congress. ore-iogrth of the House:
Ohio hal but one Congressman. VrrpiD1,
twenty-tOur; New York. seventeen: Nassachu-
sets. twenty. and the entire Ni,-i~sippl valley
consisted Of Orleans and Mississippi TERRITORY
eacn represented ty a DELEGATE IN Corr-ess
A. soon ~ Baby Morrill, was old enough to under
stand the tax 81 the day he heard frequent
meEtiJu OF q terrible man rameI NapoI.ou
Na0 was feariully whipped IN battle
called Waterloo and died on barren
rock IN the Atlantic ocean when the little Yer
mont boy was eleven. The Senator can r,-
M mbe- when Byron. Humboldt and b. ethoven
died He has not forgotten the anvil firing on
that Fourth OF July when Jefferson and Adams
passed away. He read the novels Of Walter
Scott while the nlustrious Scotchrnan VS.
living He can recall the beginnings OF steam
boat navigation and railroad travel. while the
intr~iucuOn Of tie electric telegraph is to him
recent event He remembers even when
Seorge III died in a private mad house.
HIS DAILY LIFE.
Every day Mr.. Morrill, goes from his pleas
ant home on Thomas circle to the CAPITOL
and performs the duties OF his place with a
head as clear and a manner as vigorous as
would mark the man OF fifty. In person he Is
tIX Feet tai and now somewhat stoop shouldered.
HIS manner - that OF the polished gallant of
ntty years ago In conversation he Is bright
ana drylE humorous He has a handsome face
the profile OF which il cut as sharply as a cameo.
lie was the first man in the Senate to make a
speech this session and Is good for n great
number more. There is no ADLER exponent
OF nigh TART; doctrine in public life today than
tle vermont Senator.
PROM VERMONT TO WISCONSIN.
When Mr.. Morrill, was six Years old and bav-
ing gloriously good time getting spruce gum
and Wintergreeas in the woods. going to see the
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MYSTERY IN A CAVERN.
Does 1t Contain Booty Secured by Once
Notorious California Bandit?

Does 1t Contain Booty Secured by a Once
Notorious California Bandit?
From the Oroville Mercury.
On the north side of Table mountain and
near its top is an opening in the lava that has
since early days been known as the '.lion' s
den." 1t was SO named from the fact that for
years it was the lair of band of ferocious Cali
fornia lions that, when this country was de-
voted largely TO sheep raising. made nightly
depredations upon the focks and caused the
owners much annoyance and loss. When pur-
sued the animals would seek refuge in this den
and no hunter would dare enter it.
The ground about the entrance to it was
covered with bones and remnants of sheep and
other animals. With the increase OF popula-
ton the lions have gradually disappeared al
though as late as last spring two OF the animals
were seen to enter the cave. Strange to saw
no man has ever penetrated to its fullest depth
The mouth Is about four or five feet high and
three feet wide, and the opening descends with
sharp incline for about 200 feet. Further
than this it has never been explored.
Now, however, a party of young men have
made arrangements to explore it, and, if pos
sible, penetrate to its bottom. That it is OF
great depth is certain, for one can stand at the
opening and heave great stones down the
declivity, and the sound will gradually die
away in the distance. The young men have
procured several hundred feet OF rope, IAN
terms, torches and ladders, and will thoroughly
explore the cavern.
What adds peculiar interest to the expedi-
ton and gives zest to the explorers is the we'll
known fact that in the heyday of his career as
a bandit Joaquin Murietta and his band of
faithful followers made the recesses of Table
mountain their base of operations in this Sec
ton. From there they would swoop down on
the miners. and then laden with gold dust, re-
treat to the mountain. Search as they might
the officers could not locate them. 1t has been
supposed by many that perhaps in this same
cave was where the famous outlaw secreted
himself. 1t may be, too that down deep in the
bowels OF the earth Joaquin hid the greater
portion OF his ill-got:en, but nevertheless Just
as potent wealth.
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The second sketch is dainty spring gown a

The second sketch is a dainty spring gown q
pale gray-green faced cloth. braided in the
English style The little coat Is an open cut
away, the revers being silk faced like mans
dress coat: portion of the rever is decorated
with braiding. The sleeves are half cloth and
half silk. A full silk blouse of old gold il worn
with this coat, pretty chiffon cravat il tied
under the rolled collar and ''rucked" belt OF
the cloth is carried up like a corsage. small
turban of green straw is worn with this gown
with the inevitable bunch Of spring violets &C
the front and back
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commission The sixty SENATOR wAsHBURSE
year-olds who were the babies Of 1881 are:
Congressman Baker of Kansas, Senator FRYE of
Maine, Sam Stephenson, the millionaire lum-
herman, who represents the northern PEN
insula of Michigan in the House; William d.
Washburne of Minnesota. Gen. Walthall of
Mississippi, Congressman Grady OF North Car
DINA, Mr.. Shell OF South Carolina and Senator
Proctor Of Vermont.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN TEN YEARS
OF Senators and Representatives born be-
tween 1881 and 1871 there are just 15O-a host
too numerous and indistinctiv to mention.
After lS41 we are getting down to a time when
any Of us might have been born and the dis
tlnction of old age ceases. There are 2O2 men
In this Congress who were born later than
lo4l-and some were born a good deal later
Some of our legislators are growing younger
as time passes They shout and joke like BOYS
They throw their arms around one another and
make the welkin ring with their hearty % ais of
laughter. Nothing suits them better than the
stir and excitement of busy session, and a
deadlock, with its all-ni2ht features, is welcome
as feast. The leaders Ill DO n houses are elderly
men. Upon them fall heavy burdens. which
they accept and bear safely and well for the
common veal of the people, their masters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Lord Salisbury, who has been confined to
his room with a severe cold, was reported much
better yesterday.
The Marquis Of Lorne has been selected to
succeed the late Prince Hohenlohe as constable
of Windsor castle.
There were 954 cases of influenza and fifty
seven deaths from that disease in Copenhagen
during the past week.
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n bMhA<l
In 1927 the crop of
great men fell off again.
But four were con-
tributed to this Con-
gress from that output.
These were Senators
Platt of CONNECTICUT,
Voorhees, of Indiana,
Stewart Of Nevada and
Representative Green
leaf OF Rochester. n. Y.
Platt is one of the
ablest men in Congress.
He says little, but
his knowledge of the
law and his unerring
common Sc n s g are
priceless factors in the
work of the Senate. The
tall Sycamore of the
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SENATOR DAWES.

Mr.. Sawyer was born
September %. 1916. Six
weeks later. on October
80, Senator Dawes of Mas
sachusetts was born in
the state he has so long
represented in G o n
gress. Unlike Mr.. Saw
yer, he enjoyed a thor
ough education, gradu-
ating from Yale. He en-
tered Congress in 1857,
at the age of forty-one.
and his service h a 8
been continuous since.
MIR. Dawes is the sue
cessor of Charles Sum-
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A Curious Mental Study.

The death OF David Glassburu, teacher
Of the Mines School in Bullskin township
near Allentown, Pa, recalls q singular cir
cumstance. About q year ago Glassburn's
skull was fractured by tho kick Of a
horse, whereupon he forgot all his previous
knowledge, and it required years hard study
for him to get o teachers certificate. The
mental strain Of this application ultimately
caused his death.
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that time bv anv Presi- SENATOR PALMER.
dent or prominent public man. having visited
Detroit. Monroe did not know what fine old
fellow had come into the world that fall in that
pioneer home in Kentucky or he would have
possibly gone down there 20 pay his respects to
the infant. 1t was Just fftv-one years ago last
month that Gen. Palmer was admitted to Il Q
bar. His biography would in itself be an ex-
cellent history Of the politics Of the last half
century.
To look at Mr.. Edward scull of PENNSYLVANIA
no one would dream that he was born before
the Missouri compromise. He is seventy
three. He stands six feet tall and wears long
gray patriarchal beard. A score of men were
living in Pittsburg when Mr.. Scull was born
there who witnessed Braddock's defeat. He
has for forty years been editor of the Somerset
Herald He Is level-headed republican poll
tlcian who seldom makes speech, but has
strong voting influence.
THE AUTHOR OF ''BES BOLT"
Thousands upon thousands of Americans
have sung the good old song of ben Bolt"
who will be surprised to learn that Thos. Dunn
English. who wrote it. is democratic member
Of the Fifty-secOnd Congress. He is almost the
only literary man in this Congress. Medicine
and law both claim him as an able and hon
ored practitioner. but authorship and journal
ism have been his chief pursuits. He is seventy
two. 1t is over forty years since Dr. English
gave to the world his famous song and the
story of Sweet Alice" but with his gray hairs
he Is still as mellow and poetical in feeling as
ever.
THEY CROSSED THE LINE TOGETHER.
Senator Pugh of Alabama and Senator Bar
bour of Virginia crossed the line a year ago.
They were born, one few days before Christ
mas the other little after, in the year 1920.
Mr. Pugh was in Congress before de wah''
and resigned when Alabama drew out of the part
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN TEN YEARS.


A fire occurred in the six-story factory
building. Nos. 492 to 500 Cherry street, New
York, shortly after midnight Wednesday night
and caused a damage to the occupants and the
building Of 100000. About 100 girls we're at
work when the fire broke out, among whom
there was panic, but all finally escaped with
out injury.
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BORN IN 1880.

In the 1880 clan are
Barnes Compton of
Maryland, Judge Chip
man of Detroit. Senator
Paddock of Nebraska,
Senator Jones of Ne
vada. Zeb. Vance of
BuncomLe county.
North Carolina; Mr..
Warwick, who has
Governor Mckinley s
seat in the House; J. d.
Taylor, also Of Ohio,
and David Culberson of
Texas. whom Mr.. Har-
rison besought to go on
the interstate commerce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Aspecial Thursday mig from Shepherdstown,
W. Va, Gays: Pretty Susie Terrell. aged
was shot and killed about 80 this
evening by Harry Shoots, a disappointed
suitor. The couple had been out watching
coasters. when suddenly Smootp grabbed her
by the arm while he pressed revolver to her
head and fired. The girl fell dead at his feet
Shoots was arrested short while afterward
and lodged in Jail at Charlestown, W. Va,
threats Of iynching having been heard here.
Great excitement prevails"
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Senator Stewards state
has but $4,000 popula-
ton. and this fact. it is
claimed, is one of the
strongest arguments in
favor of the present
agitation for an amend
ment TO the Constitu-
ton providing for the
election of Senators by
the people under some
reasonable apportion-
ment law. Mr.. Green
leaf is one of Gen.
Banks old officers, and
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soldiers on training day.
making maple taffy "a
soon a. the sap would
run in the spring. there
came into the world an
other little yermonter.
who is second 10 him in
seniority. This is Phile-
tus Sawyer. who at sew
enteen concluded Yer
mont was a good state
to move from. and paid
his father 500 for his
time. In New York he
saved up $4,000. buying
savlogs when the times
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NOt of Much Account.

From Babyhood.
mother was calling the attention of her
little boy to the moon, which was to be seen
clearly but pallidly in the early afternoon.
why, you can't see the moon in the daytime ~
replied the youngster. 'Oh, yes, you can
there it is over the trees!" The little fellow
looked, and had to admit the fact that he saw
it, but he added: ''Tain't lighted, ANYHOW"
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can make a better
speech than any man in
the Senate, but is apt
to be rather long than
strong. He talk four
days against the force
billlast winter. Colquitt
of Georgia, whose
father before him sat in
the Senate, was an 1924
baby. So, too. we're Gen.
Thomas j. Henderson
of the Illinois delega-
ton in the House and
Mr.. Randall of the New
Bedford and Fall River,
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T OF THE MFy OF SEVENTY

snow white.
THE YOUNGEST OF THE MEN OF SEVENTY
and more is representative Charles O'Neill Of
Philadelphia. who is now serving his fourteenth
term in the House and is as active as any other
whose kindly heart forever forbids word or
deed that would make an enemy, and his popu-
iarity includes every member of tine House.
Judge Holman. whose recent personal
triumph in the House is still subject of con-
graduation among his friends Is sixty-nine
He was a handsome young man with soft
brown beard when he entered Congress thirty
two years ago He is still hale and vigorous
and does the work of two or three men every
day of his life. His experience justifies the
faith OF all ages in old men. He has the
cunning Of the fox. the sagacity of weasel
the courage Of a lion. No man in public life is
more accessible or kinder in heart. His policy
OF Cbstructing large expenditures of public
moneys comes from his acquaintance and SYM
pathies with common people and strong de-
sire TO do for them he would be done by
VETERAN OF TWO WARS AND EIGHT CONGRESSES
comes next on the roster OF old men and WISE
This is Gen. VIM. Henry Forney, one of the
mainstays of the House committee on appro-
priations. He was a first lieutenant in the
Mexican war and surrendered at Appomattox.
wearing the rank of a brigadier. John Sher-
man will be sixty-nine in a few days before the
Minneapolis convention will meet. His politi-
Cal career began as a wing during the Mexican
war and he entered Congress seven years later
He has been elected to the Senate six times
Ezra Il. Taylor. Garfeld's successor in the Ohio
delegation in the House. is few weeks younger
than sherman He is in his seventh Congress
and is an able member of the Judiciary commit
tee, of which he was chairman in the last Con-
gress.
IN THE 1924 CLASS
is Leland Stanford, who may be seen any fair
day walking down Connecticut avenue. John
/. Morgan Of Albania is also in this year. He
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HeT III TIE senate.
The year 1917 was well
along in the sere and yell
low autumn when the
bright blue eyes of John
NJ. Palmer. Senator from
Illinois. first saw the light
amid the blue grass mead
ow5 of "Old kaintuck.
That was the first year of
the administration OF
James Monroe and the
new President WAS then
returning to Washington
from The longest western
journey ever made up to
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from business twenty
years ago andenjoys his
life in the House as he
would a picnic. Eli
Stackhouse. q new men,
Der from South Caro-
lima. was born where he
has lived and toiled at
farming all his life. He
fought under Long
street, and since the
war has kept out OF
politics and devoted
himself to farming and
writing for agricultural
papers. In this 1924
clan, too, comes Vice
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Of North Carolina, whose martial statue and
snowy cuffs have long made him conspicuous
in the Senate, and Congressman George ID. Till
man of South Carolina. a bluff. honest old men,
Der, who has served his party well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

A stylish gown and one which is cheerful and
seasonable is q russell brown tweed trimmed
with pheasant's plumage. This is made quite
simply with jacket, bodice aud demi-trained
skirt, cravat OF coarse yeliowish lace being
the only extra punishment This gown was
seen IN Paris lately, and though SO simple had
many warm admirers.
A driving coat has just been designed for .
lady who is rather addicted TO this particular
amusement and who likes to appear in some
thing swell. This smart coat is OF fawn -colored
cloth, neatly stitched, with tight-ftting waist
coat cut a little low and loose fronts which can
be buttoned over at will shirt and tie are
worn with it. The most telling point Ia the
stitching across the shoulders and back, which
is a complete and correct imitation of a mana
and will therefore recommend itself 70 thoss
who like to affect little nasculipity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Wabash is beginning to show his age Now
and then some unusual theme arouses the
old fire and eloquence, but not often
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COLUMBUS LIFE HISTORY.
How II VIII He Told In the Exhibition ss
Chicago.

oBJFcr LESSONS THAT WILL TEACH HrsroRY-rHr
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO BIZ FrrLY REPRE-
sENrEp-rHE OPINION OF An ENGLISH AUTHOR
IrY ON THE WORK IN PROGRESS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

Henderson Is an able-bodied republican with
fine war record. Dir. Randall is a beneyo-
lent. white-haired old gentleman. who retired