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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
Cheap and Yet High Art,

"Just imagine furnishing q fat with blue
jean!" said Mrs. Wittikins the other day. "Thst
is just what Peggy has done with her apa, +
ments. Everything In them is blue denim-the
furniture coverings, the window curtains, the
portieres. the mantel draperies, the table
cloths and even the carpets. Just fancy carpets
Of denim! Who would ever have IMAGINED
that it could be pretty? Al a matter Of fact it
Is perfectly lovely. The whole floor il covered
with it, over paper wedding, Of course, Just q
it might have been with flling-in carpet, and
the carpet, you know, 10 admirable. II has one
great advantage over any other door covering I
ever heard of, in that II can be taken up and
put in the washtub when 1t gets dirty. Over
II are strewn q number Of small rugs, and
do assure you the effect IL most artistic The
table cloths and curtains have edges smbroid-
cred with coarse white linen thread In q snowy
outline dedgn and finished vith heavy white
lace. Some Of the furniture b smbroidsred,
too. but most Of II il simply tufted with white
buttons. The dark blue sets OF every biz Of
contrasting color in the room; the yellow aud
pink silk sofa cushions seem twice - gay - any
others ever saw, and Peggy's dark red tea
gown looks too sweet for any thing - she sits in
big high-backed chair. In abort, every one
= raving over those rooms-and denim costs
but - eon1D yard"
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and he Il now going mp the Nile with his FAM
ily. HIS wonderful fortune IL . queer instance
OF American ups and downs Only fev years
ago be was living in q cheap boarding house in
Columbus, clerking for few dollars . week.
He began his career in Chicago as . book
keeper, became eventually partner in the firm
OF Field, Letter Il Company, and whom he re-
tired sold his interest there for something like
IS, 900. He owns blocks in Chicago, rail-
road stocks which are worth millions, and bo
has an income which will enable him to build
his prime and he will probably enjoy his new
home for some years to come. It will cost him
nearly as much as the Presidents salary to
entertain in it. but his income must be some
thing like 500. 900 year and he can stand it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04

visited Mr.. Letters new house the other
day, and in company with the steward
went over it from attic to basement. An army
OF workmen are now hammering away at it and
this, perhaps the most elegant mansion in the
country,is now rapidly approaching completion.
The ground on which it stands cost 500 900. 1t
will cost thousands upon thousands of dollars
to build the house, and the interest on the
money invested in it will annually amount to o
good-sized fortune. 1t is on Dupont circle and
New Hampshire avenue, and it isl massive four
story building of Milwaukee brick, cream white
in color and polished like marble. These bricks
form the outside coating of the house and it
took $50, 600 of them to cover it. The bricks
were all selected ones made with great care and
the process Of selection was so careful that out
Of lot of 20, 900 bricks only 5000 we're chosen.
The effect Of these bricks is that of
marble, or rather of delicate ivory,
and the house is more beautiful than any marble
palace l have ever seen. On the New Hamp-
shire avenue side there is a vast porte cochere
Of white stone upheld by Ionic pillar as large
around as the biggest oak tree you have ever
seen and reaching to the height of three-story
house. Passing through these you come to a
wide entrance way, the staircases Of which are
of polished white marble, beautifully carved
and of the delicate tint of an iridescent pearl.
The staircase leads first to the bas ment. where
are the reception rooms, almost on a level with
tho ground, however, and where the guests walk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
HE WASN'T THERE.
The Course Of True Love 10 Crossed nv the
Small Brother,

The Course Of True Love 10 Crossed nv the
Small Brother.
From the Detroit Free Press.
When the course uf true love does not RIM
smooth it frequently happens that . small
brother Of one Of the lovers is the rock in the
stream.
That was the case with Mr.. Spatts and Miss
Nissan. The young man was waiting for his
adored one to descend to the parlor, when
Tommy came in and observed, curiouslyi
II don't zee EN-"
"Dou't see what?" asked Spatts, mystified
"The two strings"
'What twostrings2''
''Why. the two strings tied to you."
"What on earth do you mean, Tommy"
asked the young man.
Amt you sisters bcau?" demanded Tommy,
who thought the best way to answer questions
was by asking more.
Why" replied Spatts. I suppose that in
couo9uaal terms might b alluded to In that
way"
Then you must b the chap she meant"
'Who meant?.'
'Sister"
"What did she say?"
II beard her tall mamma she had two strings
to her beau"
That Is why, whom Mis- Kissam came into the
parior nve minutes afterward looking Just too
sweet Tor anything, Mr.. Spatss wasn't there.
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WY pRUNkENNEss rs uNconMoN.

The first item Is that people seldom
get drunk in Paris. Drunkenness was never
French vice. There is no tendency to
1t in the blood, as there is with the Anglo
saxon; and the whole temper Of French habit is
against 1t. For one reason. they are too eco
nomical. They will not spend the monev on
themselves: and that generosity which in
America shows itself in indiscriminate treat
ing is r. virtue unknown to Parisians
In the second place, respectable women reg
ularly patroaize cafes in Paris and have always
done SO. They visit them in company with
their male friends and relatives. II Is true that
In these newly popular brasseries the ideal Ger
man life of the family in the beer garden does
not exist so perfectly, and even among the fine
cafes of Paris at the present time il is necessary
for ladies' TO make a judicious choice. But this
Is only to escape their own sex, and not from
fear OF drinking men.
THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN
Of some class, however, is ALWAYS to be found
and this alone would have the effect, if it were
necessary, Of keeping the manners of French
young men subdued to the proper extent One
of the greatest safeguards of the young Parisian
in this matter of drinking as we'll as in many
others. is his personal vanity. which is great
He objects to making complete fool Of him.
self, particularly in the presence OF women
Above ali. he Is anxious TO have the reputation
Of knowing how to live"-savoir vivre A
Partisan Is also dainty in his taste and recoils
from the mere trouble OF having too much
alcohol in his head-just az Q cat objects to
wetting her feet.
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brasserie, or beer-drirking place, was OF no
great magnifcence and scarcely compared at
all with the popular cafe.
The idea OF the cafe has nothing to do with
beer. Essentially it is place for conversation,
for reading and the playing of games. place
that is warm and bright. where the ladies Of q
family are quite rs welcome as the men.
Neither does it require any great consumption
OF Refreshments. Cafe means coffee, and the
true drinks Of cafe are not dissimilar from
coffee; for example, hot spiced wine in winter,
ices and cooling drinks IN summer. hqueurs,
cognac and sweet after-dinner wines like NAL
aga, Marsha, port and sherry, with cakes and
biscuits In a word. the primitive cafe fare in
the good old Paris which people say that they
remember was such light refreshment as would
naturally be taken in nice families between
dinner and bedtime. and the cafe, even today,
Is still very much Of family resort. II food is
supplied the place becomes cafe restaurant or
even taverne, where beer is quite likely to be
had. but does not seek TO crowd out other
drinks
VARIOUS KINDS OF CAFE.
AT the present day in Paris there is not only
the cafe proper ana the cafe restaurant, but
BY the force Of competition-the cafe chantant,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
B E E r IN PAR is.
How the French Brasserie Differs
From the Cafe.
DRUNKENNESS Is UNCOMMON

Frenchrnen Have Become Fond of the Light
Beer, but They DO Not Drink 1t as Amer
leans Dollar Room Evils-The Substitute
for the Barkeep-So PromiscuousTreating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04

style brasseries. with or without the waiter-girl
addition. that beer in the greatest quantity is
being taken By Parisians. The life inside Of
them has its different phases, scarcely to be no
tIced by the stranger. but it differs essentially
in nearly every detail from the life OF the Amer
lean saloon.
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Mr.. LETTERS NEW HOUSE.

down this magnificent marble staircase to take
off their things, and where there are all con-
veniences. At the right Of this staircase and at
the left are two others. leading to the first floor
or the parlors and dining room and these are
immense and they will be finished most gor-
geously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
Written for The Evening Star.

VERY VISITOR TO
Washington will notice
the big residence not
yet completed which
fronts on Dupont circle
at the intersection OF
Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire avenues. II
is to be the homo of
Mr.. L. 2. Letter, who
rented the big Blaine
house on Massachusetts,
avenue for $4,000 a
year for five years. I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04

Mr.. Flora Ellis Stevens Of Chama, N. Il, -
. notary public, recently administered the oath
Of once 70 her husband, VIM I. Stevens, who
- besa slseted justice Ct ~ peaeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
TWO NOTABLE HOUSES
The New Residences of Senator Sher.
man and Mr.. L. z. Letter.
A P A L A TT A L HOM E

A Trip Through Mr.. Letters Mammoth Man.
sion on Dupont Circle-A Palace in Mil
waukee Brick-Everything on the Whole
sale Plan-Senator sherman's K Street
House-His Library Vault.
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PARIS. February 10, 1898.

/. HERE WAS A TIME,
and it was not SO long
!, ago, when most Pa
risians drank beer as X
it were coffee; they
thought one ordinary
glass at a time was SUI
fcient. This beer was
made in France and had
its own character. which
il still keeps, light in
favor and color, light
in alcohol and with a
perceptible but whole
some aftertaste of bar
lev. At that time the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
HOW J|M'S WIFE WENT SOUTH,
By Il. O. LELAND.
Written for The Evening Star,

L WAS AT T Fl E
Oglethorpe Club. in
Savannah, one evening
notlong ago. The quar-
tet Of men in the big
bay window were three
OF them old acquain-
tances, although meet
ing that day in the
southern city by acct
dent. Pond was on his
way to Palatka to join
his coast survey party;
Georgeson had been
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-r-my' himself, and 'wuddens rob soldiers
wife, and the trunk and crib and rocking chair
were piled on the old trap, and the mother and
baby climbed into the musty interior, and the
jolly, gloomy, interminable ride began.
Richmond and pier were reached at last.
and the Irishman and the little woman, both
loaded with baggage, went, as directed, out to
the end OF the pier and across four vessels in
all stages Of lading, until the Sarah Jane was
reached Inc captain was on shore and
the mate was 30 taken by surprise that trunk
and furniture were deposited on the deck and
the hackman was paid and had gone before he
recovered enough to ask what under the sun
she wanted.
Are you the captain Of this vesselY asked
the little woman. And when he said that he
but was expected back soon, she ca mly said
she wait and seated herself in the little rock
ing chair. between trunk and cradle, and
rocked to and fro, singing softly to the baby,
until after while big, round-shouldered,
down-east Capt Grimes made his appearance
:" How de do, mom,' he said, i'm Cappen
Grimes and the boys seq you want to see me
(This was New England twarg the little
woman had never heard before.)
CaPt Grimes. weren't you expecting me?'
And her heart began to sink.
".Wal. no, nom! can't say a exactly
was Then looking at the trunk. You don't
mean TO tell me ~ You calculate to ship with
'..why, was sent for to Baltimore BY Mr..
smith OF the paymaster generals Office, and
he wrote me that he had arranged everything
and that was to sail for Wilmington ON the
sarah jana first thing in the morning And:
nearly ready to cry, the poor little thing stood
there In the lantern light with her baby
tress.
" never cot eyes on your .Xr. Smith and
never hsarn tell Of him and there sin't no
poes,bility for you TO 20 on any such craft =
shis hsrs.' said TIE cid fellow, - you'd jsst
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JOLLY rInrs At JUfTrER ISLtr-oooD srosfrs
asorr sESkroR BRicE AND LARRY" yrnonE-
ENJOYING oooD FISHING AND RAINY BREszrs
WHY JEROME WOULDN'T sISS-So Extra
TROUSERS n rHE CROWD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04

II there 10 one thing peculiar 10 The American
salosa end quite unknown n xusepsan dxiAk-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18

The visible evidences of the mission
of the sap as it ran upward in the pores
of the trees and shrubs has as yet
scarcely become fully developed leaves,
yet the summer is here.
II has stolen upon us almost unawares,
while the cold winds and continued
rains OF the season that should have
been spring has held the screen before
our eyes.
But the late sunshine has charmed
the trees and the bushes into the unap-
proachable ~splendor of the early New
England simmer, and the beauty OF the
woods and the grazing lands is now at
its best and most charming stage, APP
pealing to the love of the work and
processes OF nature as never again in
the year.
The early summer is the type OF the
best growth that we imagine possible
for the buman race in the moments or
our greatest moral exaltation. 1t shows
the vigor and the beauty that we feel is
within the power of ourselves, or at
least was meant to be within our power.
The pure, the true, the symmetrical
growth of the young foliage, unmarried
by the coming drought, uniform by the
tempest, unmutilated by any of the dire
disasters that will befall it, is the real
ization Of the dreams we dream when
we can discharge the mind of the
sordidity of the day and allow it TO
dwell upon the ideal, which is the only
real.
So it has its regrets, this contempla-
tion of the summer as it blooms. Mag.
dalene knew the pure, though she was
not of it. So we all recognize the sug-
gestions of the coming of the perfection
of the early summer, and sigh that they
are not wholly ours.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18

The president has been thinking dur
ing the past two months, SO the Wash
ington dispatches say. This seems to
intimate that he began to think about
two weeks after he was inaugurated.
He started to think somewhere about
the 18th Of March, and hasn't yet ceased
TO think.
OF course he's been thinking about
Reform, and is thinking about Reform
still. He desires to reform the Office
seekers out of mis- sight. Seeing tina,
his experience has been wholly with
Democratice Office seekers we can well
believe that he has thought deeply and
constantly upon his new scheme for
Reform.
However shapely and material his
scheme may be in his own mind, IL
seems to have assumed but a nebulous
form in the minds of the newspaper
correspondents who aid the world in its
search for Mr.. Cleveland's ideas. One
of them has tried to put this idea into
his newspaper, and his effort is honored
with double-leaded type and top-of-
misunderstanding matter position,
and yet we cannot absorb the presidents
idea in all the perfection and consist
ency it evidently seems to him to have
already assumed.
1t is reported that in his own mind he has adj
vanced considerably toward the plan Of employing
in the government service only those who are best
qualified. regardless OF political considerations
The qualifications are TO he asce rtainei by a board
not less removed from partisan influences and con
siderations than the supreme court. The service Is
10 be arranged In grades. and under the best rules
known in the business world. whereby fitness.
moral, intellectual and physical. will be taxi N into
the account; politics never. with mnklnr appoint
ments. save those OF foreign min stsrs and certain
high officials nearest TO the executive. the president
will have nothing TO do; and the tenure will virtu-
ally be for life ana good behavior.
We observe that the presidents mind
has taken a great leap in advance Of his
party. He has been giving himself mp
to Observation-Disclosures and has
come to the conclusion that govern
ment employees should have some quail
ifications for the work required of
them. That this is only n glimmer-
ing in the presidents mind is evidenced
by it's corollary, that he himself will
have no hand in the appointments,
realizing probably that the discovery of
fitness in any applicant for Office is a
species of expert work his training has
not qualified him for.
Mr.. Cleveland is to be congratulated
that his two months devotion to the
pursuit Of thought has resulted in the
capture Of this poor, manned wing.
and the mailing Of it to the presidential
bulletin board. The president has dis
covered that men who are to be put in
charge Of the business of the govern
ment ought to be able to tote up a
column of figures without wetting the
lead of their pencils every time they
carry one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18
O BE PASSED.

Two bills were brought to the atten-
tion of the house of representatives
yesterday which ought to at least at
tract the attention Of all the members.
The first fixes the number of men,
bers Of each house that shall be neces-
sary to constitute a quorum in grand
committee. 1t provides simply that a
majority Of the members of each
branch Of the general assembly shall be
necessary to a quorum. In times past
this majority has always been insisted
upon. although there is no specific
statute dealing with the subject.
The second bill, which was referred
to the judiciary committee. supple
ments the other i'm that it will prevent
wrangling during the organization
Of the lower house. Members elected
to either branch of the assembly are
to send their certificates to the secretary
Of state before 0 o'clock on the morning
Of the last Tuesday in May. From
these certificates the secretary must
make up a list of the members, and if
il is found that no certificate has been
filed from any city or town the name of
the person then holding the Office is to
be placed upon the list. In the absence
OF a member whose election certificate
has been filed the secretary of state s
instructed to place on the list the name
of the present incumbent. The mem
bership list of the house is to be certi-
fed to and returned to the reading clerk
OF that body before 10 o'clock on the
day Of organization. That for the SEN
ate is to be retained by the secretary of
state. On the calling Of the roll any
person holding a certificate Of election
may have his name put on the list by
presenting it TO the clerk or secretary
of state, and only those whose names
appear on the roll a take part in the
organization.
In the house thirty-seven mem
bers will constitute a quorum. and first
business will be- the election of a
speaker. Under the provisions Of the
bill no other motion can DO entertained.
Immediately after organization, and
before any other business is transacted,
the senate must Join the house in grand
committee for the purpose of counting
the votes for state officers, aud If il is
found that there has been no choice the
committee must proceed to elect in ac-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18
PERSONAL.

Frau Cosima Wagner has been stricken
with paralysis. She was a daughter of
Frank Liszt, and, before the great COM
poser married her, was the wife Of Hans
Won Bulow.
Thomas Condor, M. p, who sued a
newspaper In Cork for $1,000 damages for
intimating that he made a hiccoughy
speech, when he was really too full for ut
t%erance, got an award of R5.
Toy Wing Sang. a hustling promoter
has succeeded In getting subscriptions Of
sl4,0oo,0oo from American and Chinese MP
italists for building electric roads and
lighting plants In Chinese cities.
.Gifdercffsis real name, IL seems, was
Rhodope, and she was a beautiful Egyptian
maiden who lived go years before the COM
mon era and during the reign Of Psamme-
ticus, one Of the IL kings of Egypt
Pope Leo Is getting very feeble, but he
celebrates mass every morning at $3.50, and
has to be assisted through the service by
two attendants. He ascends and descends
the steps Of the altar With difficulty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18
THE DUKES u T

The Duke of York, ultimate heir to
the throne of England, has a great
duty to perform. 1t is no less than TO
saw his country from the reign of the
Duff dynasty.
This is not the Nutritious and de-
licious duff Rufus Choate referred TO
In the immortal defense of the sea
captain. No. 1t is the Duff repre-
scented in the person Of "the little Lady
Alexandra Duff" who, IL the Duke of
York were to die childless, would one
day be the queen Of England.
The Duke Of York must not be per
mitted to dio childless, therefore, and
20 his marriage to Princess May of Tech
has been arranged by the bigwigs OF
England, very much ss the breeder OF
the Kentucky racehorses arranges &c
keep up the purity of a certain strain
Of blood.
The dnke Is 10 marry and is to see &c
q that there Is not a Duff dynasty forced
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18

upon England by his inattention to the
wishes of the dynasty architects. A Duff
dynasty, we are told by the Spectator,
"does not strike the imagination" So
the stanch old advocate Of toryism and
monarchy goes on to argue for the vir-
tue of the monarch and the chance that
the approaching marriage may after
all be a genuine love match.
1t is to be hoped that the duke appre-
ciates his opportunity and realizes his
duty. Upon him rests the responsibility
of saving England from that horrible
fate, the reign of the Duff dynasty, and
the preservation of the Tudor dynasty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18
ordnance with the provisions of the con-

cordance with the provisions of the con-
stitution.
The purpose of the bill is perfectly
clear. 1t is to prevent the disturbances
which will follow II the Democrats are
permitted to carry out the plan which
their steering committee has been
working out for a month past.
Even IL there were no pros
pect Of disturbance at Newport the
bill should be passed to meet condi-
tons which may arise at any time, and
for dealing with which there are nc
specific provisions and no guide a v
precedent, for which Democrats have
neither honor nor respect.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-18

THE finding of the body of Pallister,
the escaped murderer of Sing Sing, will
put an end. for a time Mt least, to the
gruesome menu that has been dished
mp to the public fer several months
past. A broad view Of humanity re-
quires that such details be buried from
the eyes of the people as quickly as
possible, since no human agency can
prevent their appearance from time to
TO time,