Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-27

viii never admit that she's ola or approaching
old age. Some OF them. because % their reachv
complexions and light hair. retain What they
consider their beauty 10 q remarkable DECREE,
AID don't they hammer this fact into you By
their apparel % fashion IN vogue With pn.4s-
ems. with their looks. which b-oaihe with .se-,
glance and not well preserved aud beautiful
and their gidcy caperings In general Bat t1ev
fade quickly. and when the blonde starts D. 20
20 pieces. she slumps like pan % dough. This
is where the brunette has en- b. thu bangs aud
she rejoioeth accordingly. honae- are too
kittenish. They require too much petting for
q busy man. II she ion pettcd just . much,
she sulks. and a snlkv blonde l. verse than =
yixenish brunette. You can club the latter iuto
subsection. but a mans natural tendencies TO
be humane and decent caused him to pause be-
fore he stands the shrinking blonde on her head
IN the corner. Another grave fault With
blondes Is that they will blue. blonde
without something Of blue tint about her y a.
{ unlikely rs rose 2 a snoVhAnk. Ia harmouiKss
with their complexion just rcd enhances tho
oriilancy and general eject Of my beloved
brunette. Mond-s artfully coy. too.
They drop The fringed curtains 60 slow music
over their cerulean obs and thea ring them
up TO fas; music 40 suddenly that ~ gives one
hyrerirophy % the heart ON the spoL Then
blondes do the baby act Co perfection. They
appear 50 guileless AMI suCarv sweet that the
nnsophistcated wonders whv tho wings don't
! sprout instanter. Vet beneath this innocnons
superficial veneer are concealed artiaces and
schemes that would wreck a ship. Blondes arc
brides OF brilliant NArieca;ei tropical plum
age but they are deep 'uns. are BLONDES, dsah
boy"
The red-headed drummer admitted that his
swearing Of had resulted from New Year
! resolution.
The pudGy-faced drummer declined 10 eir.
his reason, but the others knew that his heart
had about determined to stop work from fatty
degeneration and pressure Of hogshead Of
adipose tissue. and that a good. glorious ola
drunk would place him where the dAnOdo~n-
dillies bloomed.
The weak. timid, retiring, ofIeminA:e. DELI
cate drummer murmured something about Q
mothers PRAYER.
The hard-headed drummer. with the buIl-
dog jaw, said that emotional. sentimental rea-
sons had nothing to do with his resolution aud
he Was willing to bet the drinks four time.
| around that for cold pracucHl.ty 70 couldn't be
Duplicated "One night. be said. ii entered
saloon for my usual night cap. The barten-
der turned n l5-ceut check Out % the machine
throwing it down on the bar Then he
looked at the whisky in my glass. IL was q
| Good-sized drink. lie grabbed mp the check,
| turned the crank and threw down one mArkel
I p cents. That was all right. for 1 Was aluEy.
ready 20 pay for good whisky. But the .n-
change OF tickets Ma done in most insult
ing. offensive manner. such a. bartender
/ might bestow upon ragged tramp who had
beaten Inn ont Of drink instead Of a man
whose personal appearance denoted an Ohhty
10 ouy share IN the place. Not word vas
said, but inwardy boiled. When I left tho
saloon swore d never go there again. The
more nursed my anger the madden became.
The incident, iriiirg a. il seems. opened
several trains Of thought. which. while moi new,
had never appeared m such iorcible light
before ls~ore dnever touch another drop 81
lquor again, and I've kept NV word and DRANK
| II by the glassfull. VIVA. will il be this timeg'
! The captain ls the autocrat OF his shin and
properly so, because he bears the responsibility
and is there because he has earned his coveted
command" said traveller To THE STAR repre-
sentative in uptown hotel this morning,
''but sometimes his judgment is in error.
Both Of these points we're well illustrated to me
on trip down the Pacific coast some time ago.
We made Port Hartford. the port OF san Loui.
obispo. California, at noon. 1. in company
with some friends, were on the forward upper
deck watching the landing. The captain was
on the bridge on the hurricane deck. The first
mate was on the upper deck with us. As ths
/ big steamer. bow on slowly approached the end
OF the long Pile pier. it appeared 20 u- that she
would strike rauarely in the center. Evidently
/ the first mate o; the same opinion. But he
was not in command and he knewit He looked
at the pier, then at the csptsia aud his features
and manner indicated anxiety The steamer
neEred the pier, the collision appeared more
apparent to U.s. while the mate glanced nerve
ously again and again at the captain, who,
I from the bridge above, had his ewes, too,
I riyeted on the pier. At last the
mate yenturee in a tone Of rising infection to
emphasize that his remark was only a sug-
! Gestion.-'A bi: starbor q, sir' The captain
gave him no heed. but rang the bell TO back
her. IL was too late. The sharp steel PROV CUT
Its way into the Welding wood like n knife IN
a cheese and sliced of a wedge--haped piece Il
! the pier about ave by fifteen feet. sending the
splinters living. The mates ewes twinkled .
second under mis- bushv broWs. the captain gave
as little attention to the faulty landing as 10
had TO the mates suggestion, while the ac-
cident afforded us a topic the rest OF the uay
down the coast. The docking OF boats re-
| quires great skill and nice calculation OF dis
| tauces. every traveller knows. To the IN
! experienced eye il always looks N the boat
would surely crash INTO the pier, but it
generally makes il all right. This time, how
ever, the captains calculations wrong.
slight turn OF the wheel 10 starbosrd would
have clearedrhe pier. and one of those fine
I landings, which arouses a landsman's admira-
ton. would have been made. You see. the
vessel was swinging around to starboard, and.
in the captains Judgment, she would just clear
| the wharf