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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

Mis- Van Norden. the bankers daughter who
has joined the salvation Army. was seen YES
terday morning. but she refused point blank TO
give any Of her reasons for taking this extra
ordinary step.
Her father, Mr.. Warner Van Norden. seemed
20 feel the notoriety al the sfisit keenly
lit H. true tina; my daughter has Joined
the Salvation Army. ne said. ',Our
immediate friends aud family have known
OF this for several weeks. ] see no
reason why il should b. discussed in
public. IL was my daughters feryent
desire 10 become n member of the army. and
We did not oppose her. She still lives at home
with Us. and wear- her fun uniform only when
fulfilling her duties. l would rather not talk
OF tins matter any more
Mis-. Van Norden ha- now renowned all con-
nection with her former church. In fact she
dedicates herself eniirels to the army and its
meetings.
Miss Van Norden's duties so far. however,
have been confined entirely to tn. ball snere
meetings are beng held She is a fluent speaker,
aud her strong personality he said 10 have Q
great effect upon her hearers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

From the London Graphic.
suggestion has been made by an ingenious
writer which deserves the sympathetic atten-
ton of all who are interested in the personal
appearance of the metropolis. Though lucid
intervals Of sunshine occur IN which "the
ancient Strand" takes on a glory such as that
described by MIR. Henley in his London volun-
taries," We have now reached a season in which
the prevalent aspect Of our streets is one of
well-nigh unrelieved gloom. So long as the
weather Is dry certain amount Of variety is
infused INTO what one may call the streetscape
by the hats and dresses of our wonlankind.
But when the rain comes down and ladies STAY
indoors almost the only cheerful objects to
meet the eve are what Homer would have called
the ruddy-cheeked omnibuses and pillar posts
Why, asked the writer, cannot this idea be
elaborated in the cause of art and cheerful
ness?" And he goes on to plead
eloquently in favor of the introduction of
merry mackintoshes'-s orange. sky-
blue, emerald-green and purple-and brightly
tinted umbrellas. The idea certainly deserves
a trial. At present, with that utter absence of
ali sense of proportion which characterizes the
actions of civilized humanity in regard to
dress, we don our gayest garb when the sun il
brightest and reserve our most sober habIli-
ments for days when the sky is overcast and
the sun invisible In other words, we enter
into vain competition with the all-sufficing
radiance of nature. and strive to accentuate
her gloomiest moods Rather. in the interest
of happiness and Inrth. should we endeayor to
counteract the depressing influence of fog and
damp by a lavish display of bright and ex-
hilarating color. Armed with an emerald
green mackintosh-painted in luminous paint
ness even In the midst Of London particu-
iar.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
The Best Story,

From Harper's Bazaar.
We were discussing the wonderfully short
time In which very long dream may be
dreamed by a dreamer whose creamery is in
good order and geared up for fast work
Tho city editor had worked off the ancient
Egyptian chestnut Of the philosopher who acci-
dentally tipped over a small water bottle Just as
he dropped asleep and after dreaming forty
eight-column- uonpariel dream awoke to find
the water not yet all run out.
/ had told my famous story Of the man who
was overcome by slumber Just as the clock was
striking midnight, dr. AIMED a long. complicated
dream that it took him half Of the next day TO
tell his junior clerk who couldn't get away. and
awoke to hear the last three of the twelve
strokes.
Cooper had sat silently listening: but now he
braced up manfully. and with q look of desper-
ate resolve he began:
81 had an even more wonderful experience
than those you have been relating gentlemen,
myself. had been out interviewing strikers,
and when got into the Office and handed in
my last bit of copy was dead beat OUT came
over here to my corner and dropped into this
chair and was asleep before | struck the cush-
Ion. straightway began to dream. | lived a
whole lifetime. from little babe to Old age
Every step of my education. every difficult les
son, was reviewed in detail, even to intricate
geometrical problems. / fell in love, courted
and married three different girls, committed a
murder. lived through every incident of long
trial ard served a sentence OF twenty years.
every day of which was distinct and iull of
minute incidents of prison life; sailed on a
three years voyage around the world, and in
the last month of the last year was wrecked on
a desert island, captured by cannibais, nearly
crushed by a Demonstration, rescued by the
Russians, only to be sentenced to Siberia, from
which | escaped AID wandered through the
arctic regions for months; did splendid work as
reporter on a morning newspaper for several
years. and the city editor just about to
make me his assistant, when suddenly awoke
Some one placed pin i'll that chair and / had
dreamed that entire dream between the mo-
ment when started to sit down and when l
struck that pin"
And the city editor and arose, put on our
coats in beaten silence, and went home to
bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

The drum Is the chief instrument of torture
IT Is constructed Of light, tough wood and is
about the size and has much the appearance of
beer keg minus slaves and hoops over the
top and bottom cowhide is tightly drawn A
rutie of the cowhide is left about the top, and
the whole concern Is giddily painted with Chi
nese hieroglyphics. The drumsticks are big
unwieldy affairs and produce peculiar boom
ing noise, most annoying. This drum costs
s12.
The cymbals are handsome affairs of ham,
mered brass usually highly ornamented with
etchings. They are much larger than those
used by American bands and are warranted
champion noise producers. They cost about $50
and would be much more pleasing speared to a
parlor wall than in an orchestra. Their princi-
pal mission in life is to emphasize with a
vibrating clash those passages in the play
where Chen Kee. the hero collars Iu Ling the
william and misses Liar or some other
equally damaging addition to his patronymic
They offset the hiss admirably. Cymbals origi-
mated In China, and the best ones in use in the
world come from China and Turkey These two
countries seem to have a MONOPOLY on the
manufacture, as all attempts to discover aud
initiate the composition have failed. The
cymbals are termed military instruments Of
percussion, and as the notes for cymbals are
all placed on the same line or space in
rhythmical succession it would seem that mos,
any kind of metal hattened into Jelly tin shape
would fill the bill. For some inscrutable
reason, however. Chinese cymbals seem to have
the call as tympanum tormentors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
Sentiment.

fitting the impending tragedy.
A Chiness band is limited as to number. Ia
this respect it has perhaps little the best of
the average American band. The Chinese
band consists Of ten pieces only, but it makes
up in volume and vigor what 1t lacks in guam
tity and quality.
Each member of a Chinese band is a soloist.
The particular instrument upon which he labors
is the only one he knows anything about. He
Is educated from child TO play 1t. and he
plays 1t like an adept, with utter disregard of
the time and tune of the other members of the
band. Each one of the ten PLAYERS has the
score before him-thst ia, his own particular
part of it-snd each one renders II according Ia
his individual Interpretation. The result can
neither be described nor imagined. The stu
dent OF the Inferno" might possibly have some
conception Of il, but il is doubtful.
The ''outtit' for Chinese band l. not costly
considering the suffering 1t is calculated 20 pro-
duce. For the information Of any one whose
lot has been cast in the neighborhood Of hi
nese band the statement If cheerfullv made that
II In the frenzy Of desperation stick of dyna-
mite has been placed in competition with the
soul-murdering sounds it will only cost about
so to reproduce and replace the whole celestial
choir.
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through him that the Samoan treaty made.
and he has been very largely influential in get
ung oar beef. corn and pork iato Germany.
He h'- a standing With the emperor which no
minister from America has ever lad before.
aud be - ~ close today to CSprivi "a he was 70
bismarck when he was chancellor. The friend
ship Of Prlnc" Bismarck and Mr. Phelps was
ycry marked and rhs two were actually chGmmy
during B.-mAr = re-ideuCc IN Berlin. and they
often dInsd together. Young Herbert Bis
narck vas a. fond - Phelps was the old
prince. and the ;so families frequently met
around the timer table. Mr.. Phelps tells
me that Bismarck is q delightful con-
NrrsatiDnslist and that bis home life IL
Charming. lie j. entirely free from o.ten:a-
ton and Do ! in reality man Of yery tender
feeling. he = especially fond Of his big dogs
aud Minister Phelps le4csIbed an incident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
His Well-Trained Coachrnan.

From the Troy Times.
He had his private carriage and q coachman
He was more accustomed to all-night hacks
than private carriages and more familiar with
the ways Of laxative cabbies than well-bred
coachmen, but he had made money and his wife
wanted a carriage, so he got one. Furthermore
he decided to use the carriage occasionally him.
self and 30 one night ordered it out to take him
to the club.
He was rather impressed with the appearance
Of the turnout as it drew up in front Of the
house, although he thought few more buttons
on the livery might give it q more striking ap-
peaIance.
Take me to the Bon-Ton Club" he said to
the statue-like figure on the drivers seat.
Now, that statue-like figure. being a we'll
trained coachman, made no response In fact
there was not even an inclination of the head
to indicate that the command had been heard
1t was repeated, but still without any appar-
ent effect.
"Understand?'' asked the owner of the car
riage.
The well-trained goodman was looking
straight ahead.
"Bon-Ton Club in a hurryr" shouted the
owner. There was a moments silence and then
he climbed over the wheel and caught the as
touished coachman by the collar
"Look herel' he exclaimed, I'm boss Of this
concern and l want it understood that when
speak some one has got to jump lively. II
you're going to get your head so swelled that
you won't speak to me because I've put you in q
blue coat with tin buttons on it, vel part COM
psny right here. want to go to the Bon-Ton
Club-understand?"
'Y-yes, SIR"
"All right. Now. climb down and open the
carriage door for me-"
"But, sir"
''None of your butts. Attend to your bust
meas Wly any atr0at coruer cahhv kuoua
enough to do that"
1t took his wife three days to convince him
that he was spelling really well-trained
coachman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

The third instrument in importance in Chi
nese band Is the gong. One kind of gong ism {
enough, SO Chinese bands have two. The most
important is of Handsomely ornamented brass
and is shaped like tsmbourine. IL makes al
much noise a fire bell and is much less must
cal. 1t costs abou: SIS The other gong Is
concave in form and is Of very thin brass. Ii
gives out a queer tintinabulating sound that
makes each particular nerve stand on edge in
angry surprise. 1t is quoted at So and Is dear
at anv price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

Infur.ated husband-"Ycs, talk on, talk on!
know you wish me dead and buried. II
wouldn't be six months before you would send
word TO that fool Of a lover Of yours in Chicago
to come on"
She (sweetly) Hardy ~ long a. that, dear
jack. / should probably kill two birds with
one stone; ny simply adding 70 your funer
TO be 20 quick In taking hints. LIZA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

FIND " IL LA VI
Walter Phelps very
popular here in Berlin.
He hls raised the
American legation to
the FIRST rank In diplo-
matte circles and he is
one % the most infu-
ounAi q the foreign
miaIstors In Germany.
Ills work here shows
that It paws to send
good men 10 our for
C.rr. m .-l0ua IL Wac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
More Of Them Needed by the Gen
eral Government.
THE MUNICIPAL OFFICES
Should Be in = Distinct Building Especially
Provided for the District Government
Some of the Rented Buildings and Their
Insecure Condition at Present.

HE DISTRICT COM
missioners have clam
ored long and loud for
a new municipal build
ing Of greater size and
8 o m e pretensions to
architectural beauty.
Other District Commits
sioners preceding them
have done the same
thing, and that is all the
effect there has been
upon Congress, or is
likely to be, for Ahat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

The majority in the French chamber Of
deputies that on Thursday voted confidence il
the government after listening to the minis
terial declaration consisted exclusively of re.
pubicans. The minority included the Boulang.
lists and some Of the members of the party Of
the right and the extreme left refrained from
voting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
A CHINESE BAND.
The Instruments Which Make Music
for the Celestials.
WHAT THEY ARE LIKE.
Not Numerous. but Very Noisy-How They
Are Played and What They Cost-rhe Home
of the Cymbals-InterpretingF Passion and
Sentiment.


n r. y Music. heavenly
maid. was young.
While yet IN early Greeos
she sung."
she never dreamed q.
anything as inharmcni-
ous as a Chinese band
or she would have cried,
ar did 0risino:
III Csnch) music BE- IN,
food q love. pisy on:
Give ule excess OF Il. that
surfeitns
The appetite may sickeu
and die"
n sad sacrifice. but be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

A locl cotton compress at Waco, Texas,
Thursday compressed 1.S40 bales in nine
hours and five minutes, against the GAL
weston record Of !, 2S2 bales in ten hours This
beats the worlds compressing record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
A Crazy Sioux for Sc. Eriu.b.th...

Hard-Hearing-Fool, q Rosebud Sioux Indian,
was taken Thursday from the county jail at
Sioux Falls. s. D., to be sent to Washington,
where he viii be confined in the government
insane asyinm. Young Fool il mildly crazy and
was the FIRST Sioux ever taken to An insane asy-
lum by the government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
FOR ELDERLY WOMEN
Their Dress Should Harmonic With
Gray Hair and Wrinkles.
GOOD TASTE IN OLD AGE.
II 10 Just as Essential as in Yosth-The Mis-
take Of Trying 10 Look Youug-Discard
Hats After Middle Age-A Hopeful Look
and Correct Carriage.
HY IN THE WORLD

HY IN THE WORLD, -
said the elderly mstron
to The STAR woman,
"oon't some OF you peo-
pie who write for the
newspapers now and
then get up a fashion
article applicable to US
who are in the sere and
y elbow leaf"
"Now, don't contra
dict me-" she went on,
as THE STAR woman
began a demur, II know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
MINISTER DUTIES.

/ have spent some ;ime at the american lega-
tioa here during my stay at Berlin, and the
Oil duties which an American minister has to
perform ] find very interesting. There are
n thoIsaDd and one things outside of ,lipio-
matte negotiations to be attended to- and Mr.
Phelps has his hands full. Every now and
then be has to marry an American couple and
dining his STAY he performed the marriage
service of Miss Bowler Of Cincinnati to MIR.
John Livingston Of New York. He acted not
long ago as godfather to the baby of the
Countess Pappenheim, and every now and thsn
he has To settle the cases of American citi-
zeH- who were born in Germany, bus who left for
America without taking proper leave OF the
army. lie has 20 60 10 all sorts of exhibitions
and charity fairs. and he has entertained to a
greater or less extent every prominent Ameri-
can vho comes 10 Bertha He watches the in
terests Of American com panies in Germany and
the insurance companies and the Standard Oil
Company get considerable attention from him.
He tends 10 the little things well as the big
ones and he got permit from Chancellor Ca
priyi for Buffalo Bill to take his snow through
the empire, and he is called upon to maze
speeches at all sorts OF gatherings, from a
presentation to the emperor TO Thanksgiving
meeting Of the American ritismen in Berlin.
When the Empress Augusta died he made an
eulogy upon her before the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, and not long ago he delivered
speech before the medical congress when it
met here.
The consulate to Berlin is almost as i'm portant
as the legation. We do an immense business
with Germany, and the greater part OF that
which comes through Berlin must pass through
the Amsracan consulate. Some Of the busiest
ofSees OF this city those OF our consul gen.
eral. AID corps OF clerks is kept at work here
ma.ins out invoices and attending to the mat
Ter. which come before our consular officers
The consul general. William HAYDEN Edwards
Is one Of the old officials OF the consular service
and practical business American. He is a
man o. means and Of social position, his wife
being the daughter OF Dutch noble. He
knows all about the city. he is, judge about
forty-fve years of age, and he is one of the few
Americans in our diplomatic service who have
been able to hold their po.itions for long time
aud not become EuroPeanized.
PRANK q. CARPENTER
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drawn 20 its utmost tension caltskin GOVERNS.
From one side OF this earions affair projects .
small soap dish kind % protuberancs Of hollow
light wood about ten INCHES square over which
calfskin is tightly drawn. The ing instrument
when struck With she long slender chopsticks
gives oai deep bass sounds and the smaller ons
enaits kind Of tapping tenor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
THE MATTER OF Wells.

"Another becoming addition to white hair
and an old face, when attired for going out, is
little thin white veil. 1t has a softening effect
on the harsh outlines of age, just as Indian sum-
mers blue veil Of haze softens passee and leaf
less nature. making you feel while it lasts almost
as II November we're as pretty as May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

Scarcity of Coal In the Northwest.
Reports OF suffering from a scarcity Of coal
comes from all parts of South Dakota, northern
Nebraska and western Iowa as a result Of the
blizzard that swept over the northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10

A celestial Jdd.c looks lac a disabled croques
mallei The handle l. uot quite long PER-
hap, and l. fs;t,u,d a. the lover end,
being an inch or more IN Nilth and quite thin.
There are two key- IN the UPPER part 81 thu
handle. TO which are fastened two strings q
horse hair ~ Catgut The other ends are wouud
about the mallct heal. shiCh j. set on the side
OF the stick instead ~ the oud. The how u
shaped like those carr.sa ~ Indians and has
q single string ~ catCuf Ialk about the AR
Eansaw Traveller and li- fiddle with string,
His melody was
LIS" srft-st music - at'-tatnF rars-
compared with that made by the eddie 81 Ga.
fowery Kingdom orchestra. Tho thing costs
about .. and Their" Isnt an American who
wouldn willingly give sN00 10 Keep Il out u
ear-hot ~ his reservation
4 Chinese flU;e isn' half had. becauze il /.
really very hard o. make fluts that Is not
sweet toned. hgt several chinese futcs In at
tempted concert we'll. the impression pro-
ducci ON the sensitive ear T. aka g. that a.
rcri"nccd when the dentist h. delviug for IN
hiu>iye nerve. II J. made II bamboo 80 hight
wood and Is usually Handsomely oTuamented
with silver. IL has ten duger holcS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
THE MASSIVE DUTCH STOVES.

The stoves Of a house like this are one of its
Prettlest features. They are Of tho massive
Dutch order, made of porcelain, and as beauti-
fully coiored and shaped as though they were
ornaments Tor dinner table rather than heat
ing machines These stoves take the place of
our manteis and many OF them have shelves on
which are set pictures and bric-a-brac The
stove III the parlor must be twelve feet high.
IL 10 Of rich dark polished green, while that
IL the yellow room, at the corner lie of a cream
hnd SKY blue, touched up with gold Mr.
Phelps tells me that these stoves keep the house
very comfortable aud that they do very well in
place of Il furnace. The floors OF the house are
waved and they are of fine woods and upon
them lie rare old rugs which Nh. Phelps bought
al Constantinople some years ago. From the
floor OF the parlor II dado, about five feet
high, runs around the room, and this with
shelf at the top, forms resting
place Tor photographs and piacques and the
thousand and one curios which Mr.. Phelps has
gathered from different parts of the world.
Upon thc walls are many hne pictul es. There
l. one, copy from that of the British Museum
which represents the trying of Charles /, and in
which john Phelps, one OF Mr.. Phelps auces-
tore, was the clerk. lie is a stiff -Iooking old
fTesbytrfia seated before desk III the midst
OF Ihe court room, and William Walter Phelps
Gays Tie - proud of him because he had the
nerve 10 write his own name boldly at the end
OF each page of the record of the trial, while
most of the other men connected with il were
afraid OF future consequences. Near this there
are pictures of the Emperor of Germany and
the empress, and beside them photographs OF
PRESIDENT and Mrs, Harrison. there are many
me water cOlOrs, and one which noted was by
The most famous water-color painter of the
World. Mr.. Phelps pointed out to me and told
NE faeetIously that 1t almost good enough
" be a chrome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-10
AMERICA IN BERLIN.
How the United States is Represented
at the Capital Of tie Kaiser.
THE BERLIN MIS- SION

Minister fhsIp. and Prince Bismarck-How
He-marvk prsuk kmsriran whisky Ia
Honor of the nited state--An American
Rome la G.rusny
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greatest OF German generals, Mr.. Phelps sits
srd works, and here yon may find him at al
most any time in the day. There is no red tape
ABOUT the Office and all Americans are welcome
and Mr. Phelps in his treatment of them shows
tha. be il an American to the BAG xboue There
are something like 1000 Americans in Germany
aud II Is safe TO say that he has entertained
nearly every one CT the large Berlin colony
In addition 20 his diplomatic services in other
ways he has done great deal through his
entertaining and he has done much for American
corn beef and pork by having them served on
his own dinner table TO his guests, to his
brother diplomats and to the German officials
vLo had 20 do with the admitting or prohibit
Ing The introduction of these products.