Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-24
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


man with the paint brush on his chin 10 TIE
STAR representative in an uptown hotel, land
in q hotel lobby one has fine opportunity OF
Judging tiles and the physiognomies beneath
them. It's strange how some men will per-
sis.ently cling tocertsin styles instead Of adopt
ing current modes and,eKemplifyine the ques-
ton about Rome and Romans. Unless a mans
ehapeau is q Ia mode, no matter how correctly
he msy otherwise be attired. he's out Of IT,
This IL true to a very great extent a. TO the
shape Of collar and style Of scarf. IL amuses
me to observe men from the extreme west and
southwest wear these large-brimmed sombreros,
suitable where they are OF service. but gro
tesqueiy out Of place east Of the Mississippi
There goes a man with that stovepipe tile
peculiar to the boulevards OF Paris. You OBJ
serve that his trousers cut in Partisan style.
He's Frenchman. bat has been here for years
and makes an exception Of himself to the rest
OF us. So some men wear hats from the
same block year ate, year to humor an
idiosyncrasy. These men who profess 10
scorn the fashions are really the most vain.
Perhaps they consider that their makeup gives
them distinctive individuality, and il GER
tainly does. lie the same with the fellow who
secretly prides himself on what We may per-
haps incongruously term his careful neglige'
His hair is always artistisslly mussed his
necktie is loosely knotted. be wears clothes Of
his own fashioning, and the more thoroughly
he gets himself up TO resemble an artist or the
typical bohemian the happier be feels. This
class of men generally affects boutonniere and
selects flowers out of season, mainly because Of
their cost and because nobody else is wearing
them. Men who have ill-shaped features some
how manage to wear the b lir on their faces 10
show these to the greatest advantage. The
man with the ugly mouth shaves his beard 70
show it apparently. The fellow with Q we'll
formed mouth hides il in his beard.
The man with a full, round face wears
full beard, the more 10 expand
his features into full moon. while the
chap with the thin Ratchet face shsves 81
smooth. In the former case q mustache and
geatee is q great Improvement. especially with
an aquiline nose. In the latter a beard would
stop up the valleys, round off the mountains
and make good general effect. So the tall
thin man wears a sack coat and the short fat
man wears a ng-taied coat, when the reverse
would better accommodate their respective
figures. Stout men and women should wear
black or dark colors. 1t softens the lines and
conceas the avoirdupois, where light colors
bring it out Many men know this and do
most stout women. That's why they
black dresses so persistenty. / once compli-
mented lady friend upon very pretty light
gray dress. But ] can't bear TO wear il.
though 1 adore light colors, she answered; 1T
shows too much of me- Women are foxy on
the toilet problem"
There is no sentiment in trade" said s. A.
Thompson Of Duluth to The STAR representa-
tive at the Arlington this morning. land If
Canadians will provide a means by which wheat
may be transported from the great shipping
centers on the lakes to the seaboard for FIVE
cents less than it can be transported by Ameri-
can facilities they will control the trade. The
question. consequently, of the proposed canal
Of our own from the lakes through American
territory not only affects the west, but the cas-.
as well. fact lost sight Of is this. Four-ffths
OF the best hard wheat-producing land in the
west lies north and northwest of the American
boundary line in Manitoba The finest hard
wheat ever saw was grown l, 500 miles north
west of Duluth on British soil. When this vast
territory is under cultivation as il soon will be-
for the soil is better and the climate no more
rigorous than in Dakota. the great output will
prove a competition to our wheat which NAV
be easily imagined. In three years the Welland
canal will be deepened and the Sault Ste Marie
canal, connecting Lake Michigan with Lake
Superior, completed. This will complete their
through connection with the st. Lawrence
poris. and Canadians will transport not only
all the wheat from the territory have named
but from our own west Now want to do
this enormous amount of Transporting our
selves; we want our own canals to the seaboard
and we hope eventually to see one of the pro-
posed routes selected by Congress and the
canals built. 1 dispose OF the argument that
they will initiate against railroad interests by
citing the case Of the New York Central rail-
road, one Of the most prosperous railroads in
the United States, which Is paralleled from New
York city to Buffalo by the Hudson River and
the Erie canal. The entire west il unanimous
on this great undertaking and the far-reaching
and incalculabe benefits which would accrue
from its construction afford delightful con-
temptation from patriotic and commercial
standpoints."
"Ihe San Juan mining excitement in nv ter
ritory," said Gov. n. O. Murphy of Arizona to
The STAR representative, sis just now attract
ing attention, but the ell-absorbing topic with
US is our admission to statehood. We are in
every respect of ability to change our terri
torial raiment if Congress viii but give its con-
sent. of which / am very hopeful We have
made greater progress during the past two
years than during half dozen preceding years
Settlers are focking within our borders in sur
prising and gratifying numbers. We are not
the arid barren territorial, Apache-ridden waste
as some people east inclined to imagine
Our soil is very fertile and owing TO the re-
markable results from irrigation, the abundant
water supply and the pouring in OF capital our
best lands are being rapidly taken up. Our
mineral resources are inexhaustibie and rich
Arizona will soon be formidable rival of Cali
fornla in fruit growing, and since we can pro-
duce both citrous and deciluous fruits six weeks
earlier than the golden state one may realize
what we will do when our lands are covered
with orchards and vineyards. The great south
west has not received IN the past the attention
of settlers and capitalists that il has deserved
but our great mineral resources and the agri-
cultural possibilities of which our soil is capa-
bic is now being brought into worthy promi-
nepce."
"Washingtonians," said New York guest in
an uptown hotel TO TIE STAR representative,
''are spared one great nuisance that just now.
and has, for that matter. for long time, greatly
annoyed Goiba mites, namely, the theater-ticket
Spectator. One must suffer at the hands of
this horde of INSCRIPTIONS mercenary pirates
to appreciate what vampires they really are.
At the entrance Of all the theaters conspicu-
ously displayed signs inform the public that
tickets purchased on the sidewalk will not be
received at the door. The delicious irony Of
this placard causes the New York theater-goer
to smile and swear simultaneously. There are
but TWO and possibly three theaters where these
parasites do not beset you The managers to q
man assert that they do not countenance the
imposition. yet with the exceptions noted all
share in the profit, though denying it. The
speculators. and at one Broadway play house