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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
A Preoccupied Pcdant.

from Doetou DfOOt.
Here 10 . story which seems 70 be an Oh
friend yet will bear repeating. An eminent
professor at Harvard. well known for his alb
sent-mindedness, vaa strollins one day With
his umbrella under his arm. his lips purscd mp,
bis gaze steadily fixed on the ground and look.
ing as IL there was nothing in this wide world
which was worth smiling nj or which would
snord an excuse for looking more cheerful
He looked neither 10 the right nor TO the len.
until by and by he knocked against somebody,
which made him lin his hat and say soiemnly,
II beg your pardon. madam"
Bus the professor put his hat back on ~
head with greater alacrity than "a had taken it
Oh. An oxprcssion OF disgust animated sud-
denly his dropping features 10 Vas . large
g. Bernard that he had brushed against, Tie
road. otherwise. vas deserted; only . younG|
scamp was over the way, Who shontcd: s-Hsy,
there! Look cot or the sky will como down on|
your hcad~ The professor increased hss paos.
when the -professor vas returning home vith|
hin ahsosbsd sxpreaason agsxn On his face hi
features locked a. n they never had bssu SOL
cspssble - mobility Of ans kind Everyfh1nk|
was ssiil Whoa suddenly be nut;ersa enS:|
Here, you bsast. you're again herer' Bal
sousshisg uads han pause. He losksd uP|
sd - ~ u3sar anasoDent ~ besss ~ ha1|
buses9 eg.a.s ~ 49, ~ yesty o. -
yesng dalGh>sr - - istisss1s fsissd = ~
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From the United service Gazette nondonD
The American naval officers sent to Spain
to ascertain the details of design OF the three
craft which formel Columbus feet on his vow
age OF discovery. with the design Of having the
vessels built and navigated for the Chicago
exhibition, have been very successful in their
labors, and. indeed. many points Of dispute
have been settled as to the type OF craft, aud
generally the famous painting by Brugada in
the museum at Madrid has been found to be
correct. In the search the log of the admiral
OF the fleet was found, as well As charts and
sketches made by the pilot, Juan de Ia Corss.
Columbus boat was the "Santa Maria and
the escorting craft were named Nina" and
'Pinta." The first named was the largest be-
ing about seventy-five feet over all The keel
was sixty-two feet, the breadth was twenty
feet (only four feet Of length to one Of beam,
whereas now 1t is nine to one) The hold was
about fifteen feet deep and the capacity be-
tween 100 and $50 tons. The crew consisted of
ninety men and they were accommodated in
houses forward and aft The latter extended
70 the center of the ship and consisted of two
stories, somewhat after the style Of the stern of
our old two-deckers.
There were three masts. with five sails In
all, including jib, foresail and mainsail of
enormou. area, with large cross painted on
1t, as was the custom of the Spaniards and Por-
tuguese TO distinguish their ships from those
OF the goddess. Above the msnsail was a top
sail, while on the mizzenmast there was what
might be termed three-cornered lug-sail-
something between lug-sail and a lib. The
mainmGst had a military top; the speed got
was eleven knots an hour She had very small
guns. BY the way, the main flag had four
squares, on two of which was a lion rampant.
and on the others n CASTLE the arms OF Castillo.
Aragon was excluded from this honor by order
'of Queen Isabella. as it refused to contribute
10 the cost The pennant had the initials of
Eerdinanl NJ fhs, rSak oIla
construction of the Santa Maria aud the other
two vessels is TO be commenced forthwith
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WHEN MOST DANGEROUS.
The Fascinating Period Of woman's Life
Beauty vs.. Brains.

The Fascinating Period Of a woman's Life
beauty vs.. Brains.
From Harper's Bazaar.
At what age under the old regime woman
was considered passee 1t would be dangerous
to say-presumably soon after she had quilted
her teens. Swift wrote with cruel candor of
Steila's fading charms. and sent her as birth
day gift rhymed "Recipe to Restore Her
Lost Youth" at period that we should con-
slider the prime OF life. The caustic dean of
st. Patrick's wondering
How angels look at thirty-six'
proves sharp contrast to more modern
writer, Mr.. Lewes, who, in his Life Of Goethe, ~
speaks of SO as a fascinating period OF a
woman's life, being that in which he considered
her to have reached the full dew lopment of her
powers of mind and body
Such q sentiment would once have been con-
sidered rank heresy, yet thirty-thrce was the
age at which Frau Won Stein proved dangerous
to the heart of the poet who had survived the
more youthful charms of a Gretchen, Char
lotte and Lii. Mr.. Lewes' view seems TO be
based Oh the old and honorable position and
limitations. No people, perhaps, appreciate
more perfectly the innocent fiower-like beauty
OF adolescence than tho French. Like the
loneliness Of childhood it is to them joy and
delight to be made much of while it lasts,
and, like that period. it is expected to have
its definite limits. The line between jeune file
and vieille file is in that polite land drawn
with sharper and more merciless hand than
in our own; yet it is the glory OF that French
life, with its cleaS and practical limitations an
its alteration Of youthful beauty. to have pre-
sented the finest flower Of courtesy that the
world has ever known TO women who had lest
the charms of carly youth and ruled the minds
and even the hearts Of men by their wit and
their wisdom, their vivacity and their grace.
1t is impossible to read any description Of
saloon life in Paris without realizing the i'm
mense power that such women as Nine. de
RamEouillet, Nine. Deffand, who could toler-
ate everything but the commonplace; Nine.
Necker, her brilliant daughter; Nine dc stael
and her cherished friend, Nine. d'Houdetot.
exercised in literary and political a. in social
matters
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WHERE CONGRESSIONAL WHELLAES ECET.
Occasionally he meets other members of the
club by Encouragement ON the open plaza at
the east front OF the Capitol, when they all
have a happy-go-lucky race over the smooth
asphalt. Then. after they have sufficiently en-
joyed tine keen air whistling about their
ears, they return to the House in
time to vote depositing their wheels in
convenientnoOks and crypts on the basement
floor. They couldn't have done this in the last
Congress, for there was an infexible rule against
the storage of bicycles inside the House end of
the building. to the discontinue OF the page
boys who had formed the habit Of riding to
and from their daily work.
Chairman Springer of ways and means is an
old hand at the wheel and one of the early
pioneers among Congressman in the use of the
rapid vehicle. Unluckily his late illness has
prevented him from joining his colleagues in
their regular practice. but his heart has been
with them all the same and when be fully re-
covers his health he will make up for lost time.
Representative Washington from the outset
exhibited marked degree of pluck and energy
in addressing himself to the difficulties that
always beset beginners on the wheel. With the
assiduous coaching of Representative johnson,
however, he has become one of the best riders
in the club. He uses very light machine and
discards all the unnecessary appliances.
Ex-sPEAKER REED.
Ex-Speaker Reed, who has the reputation of
riding the biggest upright wheel in the state of
Main, when at home in Portland, is content
here in Washington with low-sea.ed safety.
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Not Satisfactory way to Pay Checks.

Not Satisfactory Way to Pay Checks.
From the New York Tribune.
man in u restaurant the other day, when he
received his check from the waiter, opened his
pocket book 10 pay the amount and then got
into final conversation with friend on the
other side Of the table. A few minutes later
he got mp to 60, when the waiter touched him
respectfully on the shoulder.
The check, please" said the waiter.
WHAT" said the diner. paid it, didn't I?''
mo, sir. I think you forgot it."
''Well, that's funny" said the other. ~ re-
member taking out a bill, placing il on the
check and afterward putting the change back
in my pocket book
II did not see il, sir" said the waiter.
We'll, answered the diner, make me ont
another check. I'm in hurry" and he went
down into bis pocket again. Opening his
pocket book. he pulled out u bit Of paper.
why, what's this?" he said IF il isn't that
check" and he gave the waiter an extra .tip. y
Only another case of the absent minded man.
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REPRESENTArIyE SIMPSON on HIS WHEEL.
he unwit:ingly fell IN with the single tax
apostle. who in due time made him familiar
with the pleasures of the wheel Representa-
tive Johnson likewise recently came under tfc
spell of Georges influence. and ne, too, be-
came a convert TO the bicycle craze. Repre-
sentative johnson happens to sit next
TO Representative Washington in the House and
through his rapturous praises of
bicycle riding. daily repeated. the young Ten
nessean was soon induced TO tempt fate on the
revolving wheel. Ex-Speaker Reed. it is said.
was also prevailed upon by Johnsons eio-
quenee to link his fortunes for sport, at first in
tentative and honorary capacity. with the
budding organization Jerry Simpson was
chosen president of the club on account of his
activity in promoting its growth and welfare
Thus the charmed circle, first formed but
little over month ago. has been gradually but
steadily enlarged until now it is gaining sew
eral new congressional recruits every week.
and promises eventually TO embrace represen-
tatives from every state in the Union. The
expansive streets and avenues of Washington.
paved with the finest asphalt and the smoothest
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Written for The Evening st.-.

Written for The Evening sia-.
When slowly f1N the shadows
Ger the valley sweeIly fair
And softly, ever softly
ihrou9h the dreamy. dozy air
Cones the distant mystic linking
OF The airy fairy bells
ko-ecnoirS ever family
Ihrouga the mountains hia.ien della
Aethinks hear them telling
IN their telling o'eT the lea
he Is coming. he is coming.
He Is coming back TO thee"
Hear them ringing in their swinging
While they're singing meiriIy.
i am coming. yes. I'm cominE
o. Tn coming home for thee"
Twas II the iar-off gioxmiug.
When the world wEs free from cara
That We rs-ted in the valley
In the valley bright and far;
For he said "I'm foiag away,
Far away. my little one.
Far beyond the distant OCEAN
Far beyond the setting sun.
But when you hear the ringing
OF the merry fairy bells
ktmembe-. oh. remember
What the:r melody f0rtclls.
For I'm coming, then I'm coming,
An, TN coming back for tcee
TO live in love forever
In my home beg ond the sea-"
CLIFFORD HOWARD
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STATUES OF COLUMBUS
Monuments Erected to the Great Dis
coverer in Various Countries.
SOME MEMORIAL GROUPS.
The United States Put to Shame by Other Ma
tions in worthiiy Honoring Americas Dis
coverer-Thc Most Noted FulI4Length
Statues-Tributcs by Genoa, Madrid, Bar
celona and meteorological Monuments.

T THE MEETING OF
the Literary Society on
Tuesday evening at the
residence OF Mr.. Mar
tin +. Morris the fol-
lowing paper on the
statues of Columbus in
different parts of the
world was read, which
will be found of I'm
usual interest just at
this time, when every
thing connected with
the great discoverer at
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WHEELING STATESMEN
Representatives Who Find Recre-
alton on Bicycles.
CoNGREssMEN ON WHEELS
The Congressional Bicycle Club. OF which
Jerry simpson l. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Reeds Experiences ON awheei--HowHe Henry
George Has Made Converts Among the
Representatives.

MONG OUR Ma
tioral statesmen the
newest fad Is the Son
sressmen's Bicycle
club" Of which Jerry
simpson Is president.
Ex-SPeaker Thomas b.
Reed Is said to be its
latest acquisition Only
full-fiedged Represen-
taiives are eligible to
membership. August
and reverend Senators
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Mr.. Cleveland's New Home.

From the Now YORK Times
The residence occupied by Mr.. Cleveland in
Madison avenue having become the bridal gift
Of the daughter of Mr.. Marquand, Mr.. Cleve-
land mas taken the house at IL West 5lst street,
which will be his future city home. The house
adjoins the residence OF z. @. Benedict
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pADo WILL DO sT-How TO PREPARE STAINS
ron fLooRs-A CHAIR THAT WILL WORK OFF
NAKRIAaEABLE GIRLS --FIsH NET FOR DECOR
Ar-yE PURPOSES
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IN THE MONUMENT GROUNDS.
II is related authoritatiyely that when he first
essayed to mount the monster in Maine he
dished his wheel twice and broke the delicate
attachments with the same easy grace and
inimitable sang froid that characterized him in
his fracture when Speaker of the parliamenta
traditions and precedents of hundred years.
Representative Reed was a rider when the
modern wheel was almost novelty in WASH
ington. He used to ride wheel Of the pat
tern known as "grasshopper" He
has q strong aversion to riding in
the fierce blaze of publicity which obtains
in Washington, and rarely consents to little
run here, and then only in the least frequented
rendezvous Of the club. The other members
of the club are anxious that he shall excel, for
they have 1t in mind, it is said, to deputize him
to represent them should they be called upon
to annihiiate some outside competitor for
wheelmens honors.
ENJOYING THE SPORT.
Representatives Sperry of Connecticut, DAN
iel of New Hampshire and Scott of Illinois can
be seen on their wheels almost any bright
morning now bowling swiftly over the delight
full bouleyards of the fashionable northwest.
Mr.. Sperry affects a wheel of home manufac-
ture, as does MIR. Daniel, while Mr..
Scott is equally pleased with an imported or
domestic wheel, provided it is good one and
easy to ride. Several of the extremely
young" Congressman from New England and
elsewhere have divided preference for both
uprights and safeties. and are regarded as con-
noisseurs as to best styles and makes.
While the asphalt streets leave nothing to be
desired for ease and comfort in riding the clubs
favorite trusting place is the magnificent drive
way called the White Lot" between the
Executive Mansion and the Washington monu-
ment Thither the Congressman gaiiy repair
after the House adjourns in the afternoon,
and there they enjoy themselves immensely
with comparative immunity from observation
and interruption. The only drawback there ia
the occasional passage of swell equipage or
dashirg equestrian rider. and this tends to I'M
| nerve the weaker brethren" often causing an
| inglorious tumble.
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Flats in London.

FROM the spectator.
very significant change has come over Lon
doners of late years with regard to a certain
form Of residence known as n FIAT" Not MANY
years ago the idea of living in fat was so
little appreciated that apartments Of that kind
could hardly be said 20 exist at all in London.
A few unwieidy blocks Of buildings we're built
after the American fashion. but SO little did
they suit the English taste that for a long time
they remained almost empty and tenantless
Q very low rent to the other advantages that
they offered to their occupiers. Now, during
the last three or four years, the inhabitants Of
London seem to have suddenly changed their
minds and flats cannot be built quickly enough
to accommodate the numbers who are looking
for them.
Whole streets of fats, in some cases, have
been constructed, and have been taken by
eager tenants even before the builders had
vacated them. Indeed, an inquirer for fats
the other day. who was willing TO pay a very
fair rent for very modest requirements, dis
covered that, uniess he could speedily make mp
his mind to take the unfinished article, he had
no chsnce at all of inhabiting the article when
~ was finished. 30 very mnch greater was the
demand than the supply. That the supply is
IL evident to any one who hes lately watched
the building operations in our streets and the
gradual rise of great blocks of red brick bear
ing the premature inscription. ''hssidential
fats to be let" On the whole. we do not think
1t would be an sxaRgeratiop 10 say that what
ever may have been tine increase In the number
of houses in the metropolis during the last
twenty-fve years, the number Of Oats must
have increased more than a hundredfoid.
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1R1ING A SAFETY.
Of concrete blocks, afford ideal facilities for
bicycling, and the club avails of these superior
conditions to the fullest extent
OVERCOMING LOCAL PREJUDICE.
More than an ordinary amount of nerve and
courage is required of Congressman from GER
tain parts of the country in contemplating for
themselves such frivolous, or seemingly friy-
olous, diversion as bicycling in this capital
city Of the nation. where the ewes of the entire
public, so TO speak, are constantly conferred
upon them Indeed, such a deep-seated
prejudice exists In many agricultural COM
munities in the west against bicycling,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
THE FOUR HUNDRED.
Not Those of Washington, but of New
York.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS
How These Exclusives May Be Distinguished
The Opinion OF nm Expert-Thc Inner
Circle Of $50 Not Yet Clearly Defined-The
Women Better Than the Men.

RE YOU IN THE 1902
The question WAS
asked by a writer for
The STAR of a New
Yorker who comes to
Washington ev very
spring, because he finds
the climate SO much
pleasanter. He looked
q little surprised and
answered with the de-
liberate ease of tn Q
heavy swell:
.et-3 fAna ON A
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tennis playing and kindred mild forms
Of ornamental athletics that the
riding Congressmen from those sections, espe-
cially men like the alliance advocate. Simpson
deserve to be heartily congratulated on the
grit they have displayed in joining the club.
The members, while not seeking to conceal
heir fondness for the exhilarating exercise
have not eourted publicity on the subject or
sought to be interviewed to their accom-
plishments on the wheel. A story is told that
down in kentucky a few years ago a certain
eastern capitalist. filed with modern ideas Of
progress and invention, undertook to make the
race for Congress in one of the blue grass dis
tricts, using a bicycle of primitive pat
tern on his stumping tours from place
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SOME or THE ExrE.rs.

Congressman Johnson is the most versatile
rider in the club, despite the fact that he is
Handicapped with fully 800 pounds Of flesh?
lie Is ono Of she most joviAl men Ia the present
House, with rudy. smooth-shayen face, curly
black hair and rotund figure. Unlike Henry
George, who prefers light-runping English
-taachtne, he uses strong wheel of standard
American make. ball-bearings and pneumatic
cushion tire. Notwithstanding his ponderous
aVoirdupois he has mastered the difficult feat
known as the pedal mount" aud in edition
Is able to execute perfectly some of the most
intricate figures Of fancy riding. So enthusi-
asnc friend Of bicycling is he that he has
taught not only his wife. but three of his little
children to ride. and frequently takes his whole
family out for an airing Ion the road"
Representative Jerry simpson, on the other
hand, cares nothing for speed or fancy figures.
bat finds an infinite amount OF delight in can
tering straight ahead at a moderate gait He
rides at any hour OF the morning, afternoon or
evening. sometimes with his friend Hull of Iowa
or johnson of Ohio. but oftenest alone. in soli-
tary meditation fancy free" He turns the street
corners warilv in the most leisurely manner
possible, and i'll general conducts himself
literally like philosopher on wheels. He lives
on ''the Hill'' near the Capitol. and when the
debates in the House happen to grow unboar-
ably dull, as they often do, he slips over home
gets out his cycle aud takes quiet little spin By
way of mental and physical refresbment.
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10 place. He announced to his prospect
i've constituents that he believed in
all sorts of enterprising improvements
and innovations, AID cited bicycles as Illus
trAsion. propbesying that in short time they
would largely supersede the use OF horses aud
mules as mode of locomotiou- Thereupon
the voters, a. might have been expected, grew
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From the Yurnonth ksxister
$50 old Grsbhard. the missr, has got rslis-
ion? Well, well, wonders viii never cssse.
II must have been an eloquent tongue that
reached his heart. Who vas It thas lsd hin y
embrace chrutisnity7"
Nobody: II wss . hymn eeavsrtA hia."
IA hymn"
Yea He was passing he church ous even
ing vhen they we're holding praise nsssiag
He could not let anything % that could b. -
for nothing. % b. vent right in aud got rsIis-
IN - onee. xoa doo't oa1sh - 6rokkn .
letting anytAine paa hin that's efsa.s
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frightened at the prospect OF iosina their lveii-
hood ia raising horses aud mules and took
occasion at the polls 10 snow him cut OF sight
under an avalanche OF adverse votes. Times have
changed seme waas since then. but In these ua-
sealed days Tor statesmen the dear people still
insist on knowing the personal as we'll as tho
public careers, and even the harmless sports,
OF their Representatives in conprers
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He Sat on His Own Jury,

Washington. April ~.
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The capital Of our sister republic, Mexico,
puts our own sadly to shame in the matter of
honoring the memory of Columbus, since it
has long since had in one Of its public squares
a truly artistic monument to the great discov-
erer. II was executed by Cordier, . French
sculptor, and was the gift to the city Of one Of
her sons, Senior Don Antonio Escandon by
large platform OF oasalt, surrounded BY q bal
ustrade of iron, from which spring Ave lam
terms. From the platform rises square mass
OF red marble, ornamented with four basso
relieves. One of these represents the axmg OF
another portrays tho rebuilding Of the mouas-
very II Santa Maria d h Rabtda; he third rep
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resents the discovery Of the Island Of FAN Sal
vador, while the fourth reproduces q fragmen:
OF a letter from COLUMBUS to Baphadi Sauris,
beneath which 10 placed the dedication Of the
by the patriotic gentleman TO whose
munifcence the city is indebted for the me-
o,orial