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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
INDIANS IN A BIG HOTEL.
Standing Rear and Ills Companions Startled
by Elevator Trip.


From the chicago News Letter.
Grim old Chief Standing Dear Of the Sioux,
Black Eagle, Lost Horse and the rest OF them
had some experience on their arrival NJ San
Francisco that made them more stoical than
ever. As they stepped into the Baldwin Tues-
day night, feathers aWry and vermillion on
their faces. they were at once conducted TO the
elevator, as Clerk Hardenburgh had assigned
them to rooms on the fourth floor. The oleva-
tor door slammed, and the lift proceeded to get
in its work. Then il was that the ewes Of every
individual Indian started from their sock cts.
The ssvages gave come big gasps and held their
hands over their belts. Not a groan escaped
them, but il was plain 10 a Netns Letter man
that they were as near surprised as Indians
could be. Chadun, thirty miles from Pine
Ridge. having been the biggest town they had
been familiar with, the elevator system was new
TO them. and they let il be known that thoy
were not positive as TO the safety Of the ''houss
which went up and down in the air." the first
they had seen.
When the chieftains got ready 10 20 TO bed
they examined the mattresses and pillows criti-
cally and finally concluded IL was utterly i'm
possible to sleep upon them. SO, after throw
ing open every window till the night breezes
played about like a whirlwind, they dismantled
completely the bedsteads, stacked up the mat
tresses, pillows and coyerlets against the walls.
and then, wrapping themselves only in the
blankets. retired on the floor TO be comfortable.
Next morning when they went in 20 breakfast
the walters showed them the bills of fare. Each
warrior scanned his carefully and seemed 20 be
lost in thought. 'Give us plenty meat, coffee.
bread" at last said ola Standing Bear. "There
make Indian fat He want nothing else"
Plenty OF each was brought, and the red men,
discarding knives and forks, sailed In with
their fingers.
The program has been pretty much the same
ever since. A book could be written about
Standing Bear. Only illusions have thus far
been made 20 him in any Of the daiies. Prop
erly speaking he is not a sioux, but q Northern
Cheyenne. With Crazy Horse, Hunting Hog
and old Chief Gall he has been at the head %
nearly all the notable Indian wars for twenty
years. He routed the Pawnees and once killed
ten white in lonesome canyon single
handed. On another occasion he dehed and
defeated alone thirty cavalrymen. II WIS
Standing Bear.who, under Sitting Bull, routed
the United States forces when Custer died ON
tbs Little Big Horn.
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The question Of wearing mourning a. all was
discussed by party of brainy women in the
presence OF the writer. and three out of the
five defended the practice. The gist of their
arguments was that a true mourner could not
feel respectful of her dead If she did not wear
black. Usage and right sentiment alike. they
urged, demanded black toilets for the grief
stricken The fourth debater on the fence
She thought that mourning Carmen : might
well be worn by genuinely deep mOurners but
on others they were a false pretense. She told
Of a truly conscientious widow who wore Grape
at her husbands funeral because. though he
had been her senior by twenty years, she re-
sPected him greatly. But In marrying him she
had thrown over a devoted lover, who was still
a bachelor, and who. her heart knew well
enough, would be sutton for her hand as soon
as propriety would permit.
And how long did she wear mourning?' was
asked.
''Six DAYS." was the reply. "She felt that
she was a humbug until she laid il aside. In
six months she wns a wife again. and no doubt
If her present husband should die she would
feel ike wearing mourning a year at least, for
she loves him"
The fifth woman although she spoke tenderlv
ard respectfully Of those who outwardly mourn
their lost ones, attacked the custom vigorously.
Most women are il favor of morning"
she said. yet IL Is evidently pernicious Gus
tom IL is not good taste. for one thing to call
lar, whether happy or not. Again. the outlay Of
money Is almost wicked. since no good il at
tanned for any one. The wearing Of the dismal
garb tends 10 keep the mind upon the shadoved
side OF ones bereavement. and that Is, to saw
the least. uncIvi.ized. VIII. then do women
favor the custom: have made few inqUi-
mes guardedly, Of course. Now prepare to
see your castles and ideals tumble. oh, mourn
ing is 20 becoming cried one pretty little
blonde 1T gives one distinction in a crowd
another dainty frien,4 Of mine explained. which
meant in Jain English that il gave q woman an
opportunity to do what in her soul she always
wants 10 do-tO take the world into her conf
dence about her private affairs. Only the most
rigid custom of Nell-bred folk prevents women
from wearing white, even on the street that the
whole world NAV know thew are brides
woman has hardly learned the color OF her
child ewes before she yearns to take IL out all
by herself, that the world NAV see she has q.
baby. Ii l. quite the same when some one dies
She desires distinction in the crowd and she
delights IN the chance to grasp il, even though
IL Il by putting on black and letting the world
know that she has lost some one. Then. too,
mourning Is. after all. lot OF unexpected new
clothes and new clothes, even under the most
depressing circumstances, are new Clothes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
ANIMALS WITH QUEER INSTINCTS.
White Mice. Blind Kittens and Wolf Pups
and Their Pulling Ways.

White Mice, Blind Kittens and Wolf PUPS
and Their Pulling Ways.
ssDID YOU EVER KEEP WHITE MICE?"
~ said naturalist to writer for TEE
STAR. "Never did, Ell? Well, they are very
interesting creatures, but they exhibit one
freak occasionally which has puzzled me a
great deal. OF course you know that they are
albinos-that is to say, lusus nature. Now
and then among ordinary gray mice one or two
white ones will be born. 1t is the same with
rats. Because they are odd and pretty such
albinos are sometimes preserved and pair of
them bred from. Naturally, they tend to re-
produce albinism in their progeny, but some
Of the latter from generation to generation are
gray, reverting to the original and normal
color Of the stock. The gray ones, however, are
destroyed always by the fancier and at length .
pure strain Of white mice is obtained. Pre-
cisely the same thing is done with white rab-
bits, which likewise albinos. All white cats
are apt to have pink eyes and to be nearly or
quite blind. As for the mice, even in a race Of
white ones that has long been cultivated by
selection a gray specimen is ikel- to turn up
occasionally"
"Al gray, like the ordinary mice2"
Exactly SO. Now, i: is just here that the
puzzle speak Of comes in. Take a litter of
Il U
ones and you will find that the beha vior of the
gray mice is altogether different from that of
their white brothers and sisters. Whereas the
white ones show no fear Of human beings what
ever, having become accustomed TO them
through many generations, the gray mice from
the earliest infancy exhibit q dread of man. In
fact, they behave precisely as small wild mice
in nest would do. Evidently in reverting to
the color of their untamed ancestors they have
at the same time resumed the instincts Of the
latter. Is not that very strange? No, cannot
pretend to account for it. 1t Is q psychological
problem, too deep for science to do more than
guess at. For reasons which We are not
able to comprehend there is a certain relation
between color and disposition in animals. For
example, 1t is well known that white horses
are the most gentle. Did you ever see wolf
pup
"Of course, many Of our finest breeds Of
dogs are descended from wolves. But take
newly born wolf pup and procure its adoption
by dog for nursing. 1t takes kindly to its
foster mother and usually thrives, but actually
before its eyes open it shows fear of human
beings. 1t is the same way with blind kittens
Before they have opened their eyes they will
spit and bristle up If anything that smells Of a
dog be brought near them. That is what is
commonly termed instinct" But what is
instinct 1t is inherited experience. The
kittens are afraid of dogs though they have
never seen one, for the reason that their pro-
genitors for thousands of generations have
recognized the canine tribe as hostile Beasts
have the same kind of intelligence as is DOS
sessed by man, though less of it, but they have
great advantage mankind in this in
heritance of experience. which human beings
enjoy scarcely anything off,
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why We feel so relieved when we get ont of
doors after having been in some houses-we are
no longer disconnected and confused by lot
Of colors."
But you've only mentioned blue room az
yet in your house, and you maintain that that
is only fit for a blonde2" said THE STAB re-
porter.
THE PARLoR THE AUTUMN ROOM
THAT might be called my summer ROOM"
she replied. when skies are blue, you know;
but wait till you see my parlor, which is an
autumn room and furnished In dull reds and
dull yellows The effect produce while there
VIII quite cancel any bad impression gained BY
having seen me In my blue room 1t has duh
red, soiio color, Wilton velvet carpet; and let
me tell you right here, IL your rooms are small
don't make them look any smaller by putting
figured carpets on them or big rugs with bor-
ders. solid unbroken color in both carpets
and portieres will give an expansive look to the
smallest rooms-dull yellow plain portieres
and the chairs and dlvan each different uphol-
stored in dull yellow and dull reds. And then
my library might be called my spring room, as,
since 1t Is papered In old rose put several lit
tie old rose rugs on the floor and old rose cur
tains to the book CASE
oh, home OF your own is lovely thing to
have" she said, as she gave a piece Of meat to
the boarding house cat. Every one needs
one-a place where one can rest. don't mean
bodily rest exactly; that Is, Of course, to be at
tanned anywhere that you can get a chance to
lie down, but freedom from what call inward
friction-that is if you choose to be alone the
consciousness that no one is going to call you
peculiar-for to call a person peculiar is ex-
actly the Same thing saying he is disagree
able-or, If on the other hand, you feel gre
garious, why the comfortable knowledge that
no feelings will be injured II you select your
company after your own inclinattons
"Was that ringing for 10 o'clock" she inter-
rupted as a clock chime reached her ears from
an adjoining room.
Even So" responded THE STAR man, look
ing at his watch.
We'll, won't get to church at this rate"
said she, rising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

This is . season for formal visits. for going
n picture exhibitions. for attending outdoor
sports and. therefore, for the display Of what are
called calling costumes. One of these Is pictsd
In the third cut A. worn AZ the time the
sketch was made IL In E,wn crepJn the
left side % the bodice being Of fswn silk en-
brOidered In old gold. terra Gotta hat trimmed
with o.,rseh tips % the same shade and bow OF
mos--green veivet
Have shell on a handsome pebble rock pol
f-hed and engraved With a summer date, and
Nssport, or Par Harho-. or Mt. Desert Charlie
OF DICK or something like that NAV be added.
Have this put on your umbrella stick for -
handle IL Will help people 90 believe ycu
really did 80 out u town. Some girls have
come home With pebble ''friend hip" rings A
pebble they, OF a she puts II. we picked up
together. She does not say who I'VE Is. bat
on the gold band % the ring i Lar Harbor
August II, Charlie such rirgs don't cost
much and II looks vel o. have two or three Of
usm-sort q ''seAlps' 20 show for the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
A Word for the Pullman Portsr.

From the st. Louis dlobe-Dsmocrst.
"The worst abused man In America IL the
sleeping car porter" said z. II. Reid at the
Southern. "The would-be wits, having wearied
the world with the mule and the mother-in-law,
have seized upon him a. . substitute. One
would suppose, to read the far-fetched quips,
that the sleeping car porter was . black brig.
and, soulless and shameless. In reality he ID .
pretty clever fellow, who earns infinitely more
than he gets. Not one man in ono thoussnd
gives him more than two bits in return for .
ishine,' brush down and . score Of Ittle a.
tsntions conducive 10 comfort. The average
fes q dino, and hundreds give him nothing st
al. Few women ever think Of feeling the por-
Ter, no matter how much trouble they cause him.
have seen millionaire toss him uickel after
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ride"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

ERE We ARE AGAIN
at the time for capes.
and a modish one is
shovn, back and front,
in these pictures Itis
q double cape. with
embroidery trimmings.
The model was in gray
cloth. with trimmings
OF black velvet and
ribbons. The double
cape l. pointed at the
back and goes down
TO the edge Of the
pelerine. diminishing
in breadth. The '
has a double collar,
quilted and sewn back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
GOING TO KEEP HOUSE
How to Fit Upa Home IneIpensively
but Comfortably.
COLOR TONES IN ROOMS.
The Mistress Bed Room Should Harmonic
With Her style-The Parior the Autumn"
Room-Where Economy is Unwise-Na-
lures Example-Anticipated Pleasures.

o, YOU WON'T SEE
me much longer at this
table," said The STAR
mans feminine fellow
boarder as they two
still fingered over their
coffee last Sunday
morning after the de-
parture of the others,
"for I'll be in my own
house before the week
is out"
"Do l like to keep
house! Why certainly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
he WAS WALKING

HE WAS WALKING
up Connecticut avenue
on one OF the bright
afternoons that have
blessed us lately and the
writer for The STAR
followed on behind OBJ
serving her ways. OF
course. the ladies who
read this would like to
know how she was
dressed, but they must
take a walk themselves
up our beautiful prom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

wen ths dspsndent Orhament and Inc Wtartr
then What does 10 look like? Why nothing but
. tail.
Nov We have taken 10 wearing our jevelry in
our hats. and an insecure feeling it gives one.
That 10 what 10 means when girl suddeul
looks half scared to death and begins Ia claw
a; her hat Ii l. that jeweled pin she has in
the bow and which. Of course she cannot find
BY Just clawing for IL. IL was bad enough to
wear leweled pins in the hair. One likes TO
have ones valuablcs in view. but the hat fad l.
worse. Every woman who would have a
ieweled buckle in her hat and peace at the same
time IN her mind should provide herself with a
Doc kef mirror.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

The nett Of the fashion plates shows q prom
snAde costume. The ssirt il Of faille, the
blou-s u sursh and tho vest is made a, the back
of the same stuff a. the skirt and in front Of
wooden material lined with silk The skirt Is
In the ordinary -tyle and lined with silk or
satesn- he middle seams back and front are
sloped In such q ~ay that the stripes form
potnt-. The twO back breadth- are q little
rsi-cd 81 the top, 80 A. 10 make graceful folds
In f-oai the darts are made quite near The
stripes on top and are lost in the latter The
pleHts AZ the bacs are lat The bodice Il
fa-tsnsd o. TIE middle. the fastening being hid
dsn b. the foids ~ the wAistcoat. The breast
dart- are only made IN the lining. over which
the surah l. stretched The back and sides are
stretched The jacket l. open behind giving
Q vies Of the folds u faiile the stripes con-
verge toward the top. The corsage is all in
on" With the vest. which j. sewn In at the shout
DIR seam aud al the sides under the arms The
belt 10 of siik. fastened In front by a bow and
hept In Place behind BY passing through q strap
Of the material The part VI the vest forming
shttle w.a-tcoat u sewn to the vest on one side
and fastened on the other. This waistcoas IL
ornsmenssd by buttons Of passementerie. II
lined Win muslin and silk. The sleeves are
mad and tighthtting. the underneath Part be-
ING Of the sane stuff the dress, faile. over
vhieh ths pufied upper sleeves are adjusted, &c
Indicated by the Illustration Pieaied surah
collar and sslk ersvat are added I'm gentle modi-
nes'ion Of the masculine fad. which h now
shafin-
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so much responsibility! Well, do you know
that the responsibility or even the actual work
would not tire me as much as being obliged to
be constantly associated with people one does
not care for, as is the case in boarding-present
company always excepted" she quickly
amended as q shadow passed over THE STAR
mans face.
Yes; have fairly haunted furniture stores
this week, she went on; shave thought carpets
and furniture by day and dreamed draperies
and dishes by night, and it is no wonder, in
deed, since an entire house with its contents is
a big weight to have on a small thing like my
mind, and today being Sunday feel If
Othelio' occupations gone since actually can
not look at furniture again till tomorrow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
THE TINE FOR CAPES.
Fashions DEGREES in the Styles for
Fall Costumes.
THE MOURNING TOILET.

The Brace Of Ribbons tn Re Discarded
J.veIry In Hats the Latest Fad of Society
Calling and Promenade Costume.-The
Mourning Costume.
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SD
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not at all uncommon for dude 90 strike IN.
own nose with the brim Of hi- hat when h. was
lowering IL There are various other wrinkle
OF fashion in bowling that very Young men are
often ruilty Of. To adopt any OF these forms
Is 10 divest the art OF bowling OF its meanings.
To remove the hat in one way means one thing.
60 remove IL IL another way means something
very different When you lifi IL mp IN the AIR
and carry az slowly shout fourteen inches away
from y91r head You are bowling to some one
older than yourself Tor whom you want 30 dem
onsirEte respects when YOU simply raise IL q Few
inches from your head and put IL back again
soon Is possible YOU are bowling very care
lessly 20 some one whom You know
very well or whom You don't think IL
worth While 20 take much trouble 90
please; when you take it OF and then give IL
semi-oircular sweep toward the ground YOU are
doing the hes; you can and are showing that
You think her worthy Of = most efusise bow.
These bows, Of oOurse, are generally for women.
Tor American men are not apt 20 take their hats
on when they bow TO each other. although . few
do SO, ana well-maunsred Young men are quite
apt TO do II In Washington. People who have
been 20 Europe always speak OF the difference In
this particular. There IL Is usual Co a group %
Young men al lift their hats 10 each other whoa
they separate. II must be rather @ nuisance,
and in cold or wet weather would be likely 20
result in paoumonia-s disease. b. the wav,
that popular Washington man did actually
contract. because OF the frequency with which
he bowed when he out walking one cold
raw day. Since HE recovery be has declared
that he will adopt the style Of Beau Brummcl.
who never removed his hat when he was ont
walking. because he had arranged lite angle aud
had planned the symmetry Of the hat and Wig
80 carefully that ne could not have them disar-
ranged for any purpose Whatsoever. The bow
ing Of this famous beau comprised simply
wave Of the hand and an inclination Of the
body.
LEARNING THE ART.
There used TO be in old times regular teachers
of the art Of bowling. and AZ the present day
the dancing master instructs his pupils how TO
incline their heads and bodies when they extend
Z invitations 10 dance. but bowling in the street
I is a science that must be learned by obsersa-
/ ton. and after a man has thoroughly mastered
/ it's theory he can put its shades ~ meaning iu
practice But he must be careful. lie can
MORALLY offend by the way he mods or takes a
his hat. And as For cutting. that Is villsinou,
practice that gentleman IL ever guilty OF
unless he means and wishes 10 fight. OF course
an abseEt-minied man may pass You and not
bow because he does not notice you. and a for
/ getful man may have entirely forgotten who
I you are, but IL a man notices signs Of recogni-
tion the part of another he ought 20 bow,
/ for IL Is far safer TO bow 20 n man you don't
Z know than il is not 70 bow to a man you do
| know. And when a man whom you have for
gotten bows to you don't return his saluts ton
with vacant, questioning air, but try to pre-
tend that you remember him perfectly well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
MEANING OF THE BOW
The Expressive Methods of Recog-
milton on the Street.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BOW

A Connecticut Avenue Young Lady and How
She Greeted Her Acquaintanoes-Her Feel
ings Indicated by the Manner Of Nodding
Her Head.
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enade and probably they will see her, and they
can observe her costume to please Themselves
1t is sufficient to say that Its effect pleasant,
and that she carried her train in her hand in a
graceful way. She evidently knew a great
many people, for she bowed a great many times
between K street and Dupont Circle. Her
bows were all different. To one person she
nodded oarelessly, 20 another she bowed gra-
ciously, to another coldly, to one man (happy
mortal she gave O lingering. inviting bow and
to another man (wretched feilowD she tossed
an inclination Of the head that was at once con-
temptuous and renellant
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p~ci>l corr~spond-nos Of The Evening Star

NEw YoEK. October IA, 1892.
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ABSURD 1AsHIoNs.

But among some young men there are fash-
ions Of bowling that are the height Of stupidity.
some yearsago Il vas considered evidence Of
being On fait 70 remove the hat rapidly and 70
bring IL down low straight in front of you.
This w. carried 10 such IN extent that Il w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

"And then, too, nature sets u an example Of
the one color theory-her rooms are gotten up
on that plan. Isn't the delicately tinted spring
. different color from high midsummer, and
midsummer from red and gold autumn and
s~,m white and brown winter? That l.