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Electricity in Photography.


One of the electric wonders of last
year was series of views of men and
animals in motion. A number of photo
graphs that had been taken in rapid sue
cession were presented to the eye with
great rapidity by the action of an electrical
attachment, and the result was that the
figures took on the appearance of life.
Animals could be seen walking or run
ming, and men exhibited the characteristic
motions Of fencing, boxing and many other
exercises. The quickness necessary for pro-
curing the rhythmic succession of pictures
was made possible by electricity. Edward
Muybridge, whose name has been dsso-
cllIei with this branch of photography,
of the accepted ideas of the actions as
sunicd By animals in motion were CHROME
Gus, and. under the auspices Of the Uni
NeIs.ty of Penns. lVania, he was enabled 10
work out some most valuable developments
IL this line OF WORK. An Enclosure OF about
10 feet square was made into an outdoor
Ia b0ratory.
An Idea of the exhaustive nature of Mar.
MuybridSe's Investigations may be gath
cred from the fact that during one sum-
mer alone $4,000 photographs were taken.
These comprised athletes in all branches
OF sport, babies. artists models, hospital
trades, and innJInerable animals, wild and
domestic. Subsequently. all the animals
in the Philadelphia Geological Gardens were
photographed, well as many of the most
famous horses of the day. Many were gall
Looping or trottiEg at full speed and ii was
atterward possible 10 analyZe the action of
each ard determine its special character
istics Means by which these results were
obtained We're strikinSly simple. Thirty
six photographs, twelve full views, twelve
with a fore-shortened view and twelve end
views Were taken of every object the cam
eras being divided into three batteries of
twelve each. Specially prepared plates were
used, and the exposure made by each cam
era was one four-thousandth part of a
second.
The shutters of the camera We're closed
against strong tension and kept in place
by a magnetic catch From this ran a
wire to cylinder revolved by clockwork.
AS this cylinder turned II caused the wire
connected with each camera to release the
magnetic catch that held the shutter. Three
l2-wire cables. each running from one Of
the batteries of twelve cameras. We're so
connected with the cylinder that as it re-
volved three wires zone wire in each of
the cables) were brought into circuit SIM
ultaneously, and the same operation was
repeated until all the wire had been con-
nected with the cylinder and used for regu-
lating the clock for the succession of pho
tographs and also for keeping a record
of the time in which each set of the pho
tographs was taken. As each shutter was
released it was recorded by the chrome
graph.
Before a photograph was taken the time
in which ii was desired to make the sue
cessive exposures would be determined and
the clockwork would be adjusted accord
ingly. When the object had come into focus
the operator pressed button, twelve sharp
and regular clicks would be heard and thir-
ty-siX photographs were taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10
COURT CLOTHES IN CHICAGO.
The Gorgeous Suit Which an Irish
nun Once Wore.

From the Chicago Record
An ancient suit of court garments worth
1900 is OH exhibition in the windows of a
West Madison street clothing store. 1t in
cludes coast. waistcoat, knee breaches
and three-cornered hat, which arrived
from Ireland less than two weeks ago. The
suit was once the property of J. J. O'Riley
of County Caven, who wore it in the
Irish parliament in 1114. The coat is of
heaviest broadcloth of a deep maroon color
and is richly embroidered in solid gold bull
lion Tara's harp. surrounded by a wreath
of shamrock, is embroidered on each side
of the front, with vine of the same en-
broidered around the full long skirts of the
garment. Another harp is wrought on the
back. Gold braid an inch in width finishes
the edges. The UaiStcoat is of the same
material and finish as the coat. The knee
breeches are of deep yellow plush. thick
and of very fine texture. The buttons are
marked "P. White, Dublin" The three
cornered hat is a black beaver, covered with
gold lace and hung at the corners with
gold taSSelS. The girth Of the coat proves
the owner to have been a man of Iordly
proportions. The pale yellow silk Innings
are somewhat soiled from wear, and the
yellow plush garment bears evidence of
gold is entirely untarnished. This relic and
heirloom was brought into the West Madi-
son street store by one j. j. ORiley, a
namesake and direct descendant of the late
j. j. ORiley Of County Caven. Ireland
This man is a day iaborer, and the present
hard times have forced him to attempt the
sale or the ancestral regalia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10

Behind the students come the cars of the
lavoirs. packed fui1 of gay bar.bbon ned
washer irls. cars. cars. and cars until the
hearts of the spectators sink for fear that
the procession VIII Eeve- end. But at :
o clock in the afternoon 1t has all pass ed
by. The Boulevard. half wrecked, ankle
deep in coloreI paper. sinks to something
almost like lull. In the crowd there have
been some accidents. But, in general, the
measures taken to prevent accidents have
been complete and fully successful. in spite
of The Scrat crowd, and medical posts are
set up in all the crowded localities. There
was never safer Partisan holiday. Night
sees the merriment begin again, With q
prumiscuous promenade which choEes the
Boulevard. Ev-n The policemen are pelted
with confetti, aud qE.te new toy of this
yea---the ciach "f my rlot!sci in -&w-maiSeS
the noise of the street the more astounding.
At the opera there is Il ma sked bail. and
the crowd ana noise on the streets keep up
till O'Clock in the morning Then mi
careme is over. STERLING HELLO.
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Boys and the Cigarette Vice.

From Harpcr's Weekly.
The use of cigarettes is not merely the
use of tobacco. it is a vice by itself In re-
forma tories where the cure of the opium
alcohol and cigarette habits is a busiHrss
smoking cigars or pipes, which are re-
garded as comparatively harmless. The
cigarette works a special evil of It's own
which tobacco in other forms does not
effect. This evil result may be due to drugs,
or to the paper wrappers, to the fact
that the smoke of cigarettes is almost al
ways inhaled into the lungs while cigar
smoke Is not. AS to that. let the experts
decide; about the fact OF the effect there
is no doubt, and no dearth of evidence: No
other form of tobacco eats into the will as
cigarettes do. The adult man can carry or
a good deal of poison of one kind or an
other without disaster, and his duty being
fixed and his will formed, he is usually able
to make his minor vices subservient 10 his
more important obligations. And SO ii hap
pens that II Is a matter of constant o,D-
servation in clubs, and wherever there are
intelligent men who allow themselves sll
the creature indulgences that they dare,
that these experienced persons are CON-
stantly swearing off, cigarettes for longer
or shorter periods and smoking cigars m
stead The cigarette fetter begins to gall,
and they fling 1t off. But young boys do
not do that. They have not discretion
enough, for one thing, and, for another,
cigars cost too much for them and canno:
be smoked surreptitiously in a spare mo-
ment 1t is the internal! cheapness Of the
cigarette and its adaptability for conceal
ment that tempt this school boys callow
Intelligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10
INHABITED MOSTLY BY LUNATIcs.
Inc Town Of Gheei, Flanders, and It's
Curious Treatment.

There are cities and towns built unon
.Ae water or rather raised above the wa
Ter. IKE Venice, Stockholm and the "pile VIII
lases or the Orlnoco and Venezuelan coast.
out according to the Pittsburg Dispatch
the most curious town on the earth's sur
race Is Gheel, in Flanders This town A
not strange because OF its peculiar archt-
lecture or location. 1t is a thoroueh-goina
rlemlsh town, consisting Of a struggling
group or houses and lazy heed-no-tomor-
row, semi-almost-purely AGRICULTURAL mona.
iaSoh; ne reader will naturally ask: Then
why is IL stranger IL is because Of its
population. Gheel is not populated as a
any other city OF the universe II is a lit
ne place OF some 5000 people; but OF this
o.Vvo. IN 1892 2Ol1 were lunstics. The pc
culiarity OF the treatment of these insa ne
is that they are allowed to wander around
uhconlned. as though under no surye.l-
lance whatever. They mix with the town.
people, partake in their amusements and
festivities, and not infrequently assist them
in their daily vacations Lunatics az every
sphere In life are found in Gheel-princes.
mobiles, merchants. peasants-and the inha b.
itants board them according TO their ability
70 paw 1t Is well to explain that in this
unique town the insane are located or domi-
ciled among the nhabitants and not con-
hned in an asylum. OF course violent ma
uents are not allowed 10 dwell in the cot
tages OF TIE people. There is an institu-
thoritles OF Gheel do not invite such pa-
lents, ana. "a a consequence, very few
violent maniacs ere found either in the
town or asylums Of Gheel. The govern
ment has Instituted a commission for this
purpose. This commission also uses the
power OF Vetoing the admission of the In
sane into the commune of Gheel They
10 not desire intractable or incura HE ma
uents-no matter what be their station IN
NE. And. having received a patient into
the community, they a vigilant surveil-
lance over his or her movements whether
Il be necessary to have the lunatic Confined
IN The asylum or allowed TO board among
the Inhabitants. Because of this commits
sion. which consists Of the most famous
doctors In luaacy in Northwestern Europe
violence undue excitement and ali Kinda
or improprieties among the patients are
well guarded against. and.as a consequence
The little community lives on in its Ian
existence in peace.
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1t is half-past l o'clock before the march
Is under way. 1t has first to go around and
pass the presidents house president Carnot
contributes 500 to the expenses of the
p2rade). Then it takes it's course through
the densely packed Boulevard past the
Grand Hotel. alive with Americans and
English at the windows. throwing such
shooting comets of rapidly unrolllng colored
paper ribbons that the bare boughs of the
Boulevard are soon festooned like Christ
mas trees. and such showers of gay confetti
that Veritable snowstorm RACES in every
color of the rainbow. One year ago the
Jockey Club. on the other corner is said
to have spent 1000 francs on the serpentines
alone The Serpentine is nothing but a roll
OF ribbon paper, such as is used by teleg-
raphers in these old-fas honed countries
where they do not read by sound When
thrown, with one hard still grasping the
outside end of the ribbon. it unrolls, de-
scrbing the curve of a paraboa or ii NAV
be allowed simply to float down from a high
window in a SPIRAL or ii may be mischiey-
ously wound round the body of a lady or a
gentleman, so as to wrap them up like
mummies. The effect produced is charming
1t WAS hrSt used from the offices of the
Agence Havas. the great telegraph news
concern. one of ;he directors had the idea
of giving the new attraction to the Casino
de Paris and to the opera ball; but il soon
found it's way on the streets and now on
these days Of carnival it Is for sale at all
the newspaper stalls. Originally the paper
was blue. Ike that of ordinary Paris tele-
graphic dispatches, thin slips and printed
But now it is made III every color. which
gives q prettler effect. After the festivities
the streets of Paris, especially the trees. are
full of them. Some chronic grumblcrs have
even complained that they prevent the bud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10
TOOK THE CAR.
How Two EngIishmen Succeeded N
Getting Lower Bertha.

From the Los Angeles Herald
There is a decision and energy about
Englishmen sometimes which arouses adnni-
ration. A case In point occurred on Mon
day. Two men. whose clothes. monocles
and accent forcibly announced their nation
atty, called at the ticket Office of the South
ern Pacific railroad and asked for two low
er berths on the train to San Francisco.
They are all gone. You can have uppers
though" was the response.
oh, no; doncher know me friend is beast
ly III. and he cahn't go unless he has a low
er berth. He must have one, donchsr
The agent was sorry. but as he only had
upper eerths. he could do nothing Then the
spokesman insisted on seeing Mr. Crawley
ana that official again explained the absence
OF any lower berth. only to receive the ro-
ply: Aw. yes; but We must have a lower.
doncher know"
"All right. IL you must. YOU must" an
swered the official They will cost YOU 1ust
A2oS We have an extra car here and can
put IL In for you at that figure AZ upper
berths are not good enough"
Aw. Yes. thanks awfully"
lhey paid the money, the empty Pullman
was coupled onto the train, and the bows al
the depot say that before the cars left the
Englishmen had made the porter make up
every berth in the car. They said they had
paid FOR each OF the sections and they pro-
posed TO come as near as possible TO eettinS
their moneys worth
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nave done all the talking. The silent per-
son mas really enjoyed il. for II is very
hard Tor person to dissemble in these
matters. Sometimes this can be done how
ever. The reader may recall the anecdots
OF Mime. De Stael, who conversed with one
OF these silent men for two hours and then
went away and pronounced him a very
clever man before she had discovered that
he was deaf as a post and had not heard
single word that the distinguished lady
had addressed to him. But he had sat
silent md gave every appearance Of beinr
interested. which was quite sufficient
When the silent but sympathetic person
is woman the charm is irresistible. II "a
then that you are likely to turn your heart
Inside out as IL were. and tell all your
secrets. There is no use In talking about
ORDINARY AFFAIRS with woman Of this kind
There are SO few of them that when YOU
meet one who is willing to give you her
iull attention you are very apt 20 be drawn
along by an almost Irresistible impulse into
SAYING perhaps more than you had intend
ed to say. You realize this afterward-
realize in an uneasy sort of way. that you
nave talked too much and told too much.
But II is very likely that the lady foreives
you. since you have done the very thing
that she intended to make You do.
Conversation OF Women.
Necessarily what has been written here
reiates TO conversations among men or
among men and women What women saw
TO each other when there are no men about
10 hisstery winch men can only guess al
Or set secondhand, and possibly they do
not get the whole of it, For one thing how
ever, IL is probable that they talk moro
ABOUT DOCKS than men do and for the very
gooo reason that they read more than men
40 AND they talk more about domestic AZ
Ialrs' Tor they are more familiar with them
tidn lhelr husbands or brothers are When
man alludes to the fact that the family
cook mas left he does it by way of COM
PANT, but when a woman tells her friend
ABOUT II IL is with a view TO getting another
COOK. There is a good deal in this idea and
II must be admitted that women's conyersa-
tlon is apt to take a practical turn. II A
SAID tnat they talk great deal about dress
also, but II is in order TO gather ideas or
impart them, and, inasmuch as they are
the real artists of life, dress is more inn
Ip, oItdnt 10 them than IL is to men. They
ulscuss one another. roo but the less men
say on this point the better, for some of
them are gossips OF the first order. and are
never so much tickled as when they are
nearing good story told at the expense az
some man that they do not love.
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These blanchisseuses comprise a quite i'm
portant corps in the great army of the
Paris workingwomen From their higher
classes. washers of fine linen, repasseuses
droners) and tuyauteIrs Qiuters). down to
the humber bleachers and the drunken
femmes de lavoir. they count up some 90
900 souls. Every Frenchman who has stud
led them, from Emile lola down to Octave
Czanne, reports two universal Characters
tics First. all blanchisseuses have we'll
formed. pretty hands. a thing quite unex-
pected; and, second, these young women
are given over. as q class in Paris (as if
their occupation fostered it,, to what the
latter student calls "a crazy perversity'' in
the use of Incredibly gross expressions
although in actual living they preserve a
fairly average honesty. That is to say
they are a coarse and sturdy set of fiirts.
Frerch literature. especially of the lighter.
pcetic-journalistic sort. abOUnds in comic
ard ser timental apr ecia lions of these girls
who are declared to Get their fate in TAX
ing home the wash to bachelors They are
set down in the Partisan mind frank and
free hard workers. not averse to take a day
OF now and then. They seem e Srade above
the common working girl in cheerfalness
and cleanliness: a grade below her in pre-
tention. bat yet more grateful to the eye
and the imagination, being unaffected and
ooHtented.
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The Beglia Monster.

From the ST. Louis Globs-Deuocrat
They say that there is a beneficial uss
for every created thing" said +. r.. How.
land, at the Lindell But 1 would like 70
discover some useful purpose that the
beglia monster serves. i never saw but
two or three Of them, but they did not
create any desire upon my part TO see any
more. They do not have to bite or sting,
but can kill by simply blowing their pol
sonous breath upon a victim, and in this
way they kill anything that comes within
the reach Of the effects OF raeir poisonous
breath. An Indian in Arizona will run for
miles IL he sees one of these reptiles, ond
hardly considers himself safe until in his
own wigwam. They are found in but one
place. i believe and why this locality
should have been selected TO produce such
a monstrosity 1 cannot imagine. Those
have seen have only been a very few inches
in length, but / would rather take my
chances with a boa constructor or even Q
python 20 feet long"
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Next come the Latin Quarter students.
Last year, which was their first, was also
their most successful turn. out for many
years Their first group repr esented the five
faculties of the university, with their at
tributes" Among the most abomina bly,
funny of these We're the medical schools,
with papier mache legs and arms, and bur
lesque surgical Instruments borne on poles
like trophies. with truSses, injectors, splints.
bottles and giant stothescopes Next came
historical cortCge of the Paris students of
all ages. from the time of Abelard and the
BaSoche to the present age AS for Abel
ard, they had tabicau of him, and the
canon with pair of scirrors
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Fa mily Prayer.
From the Boston Herald.

bachelor pastor in a suburban city gave
up his pulpit one Sunday to a missionary,
whom he invited to dine with him. Very
soon after they had entered the minister
study the visitor asked for the hosts fam
lily.
Il have no family" was the reply.
NO family.' exclaimed the missionary;
why don't you pray for one?'
The story was too good TO keep, and the
pastor, in telling it. remarked that he
thought the missionary had good reason to
feel confidence in his method. as he was
then living with his fourth wife.
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acceptance, sense of the tableness Of
socialism, that tiEctures Paris life today,
the educated and uneducated. And this,
perhaps. is why the students and million
people on the route Of the procession see a
special joke, special prettfness. or special
sarcasm according they are disposed) in
this strange mixture of the washing tubs
and Latin grammars.
At 10 O'Clock in the morning the aspect of
the boulevard is dull. From the Rue Drouot
tc the opera house-always the most con-
gested section-there is bare look, with
but a few thousand pedestrians an alb
sence of cabs. and with the old ladies' of
the newspaper Mosques placidly pottering
around their stalls. For this one day they
have added extra articles of commerce to
their usual trade. These are stout bags and
baskets full of finely cut paper. like minute
gun wads. of all colors, and rolls of colored
paper ribbon. like that which comes out of
the Geographic stock-reporting "tickers''
in American brokers' offices. These are the
confetti which will be thrown in people 9
faces and the "serpentfnes'' with which to
lasso the passers-by, when the crowd has
gathered.
The blanchisseuses are coming!
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HE NEW WANDER
bilt houses on 9Th
avenue are forts in
disguise. Their own
ers, Cornelius and
William K, ara two
of the richest men in
the world. The an
nual income of either
of them runs into the
millions. Their mon
ey, in dollar bills,
sewn together, would
carpet half Of Man.
ha attain Island nh air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10

What have the students of the university
TO do with washerwomen? Why should the
budding aristocracy of art and letters make
conrmon cause with them. as they have
done fer two years past. and go parading
with them through the Paris streets be-
Meath their very fathers eyes, their moth
ers, sisters and their future wives, who
smile indulgently down on them from their
balconies, with all of Paris in compact
mob along the route? One answer is. we
are in France. French logic and a siInian
activity push Latin quarter students into
demonstrations of their socialism. Why do
IbeIs and ToUlouse-Lautrec. whose clever
ness approaches genius. give deliberately
and constantly the full power of their pen
ellis TO pCrtrayins scenes of misery and
singing social inequality? Why do the
younger poets. artists. journalists and all
Bohemia sneer at the middle class, the
bourgeosie. from which they spring them
selves, and say. I'VE are workingmen?"
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HOW TO CONVERSE
Instances Where the Wrong Leading
Question is Put.
LEISURE is THE FIRST ESSENTIAL
To the Production of a Good Con.
versationaIist.
HOW TO LISTEN WELL

RE YOU FOND OF
dancing?"
This was the remark
overheard by the
writer for The Star at
a party the other
night. There was
nothing eXtraordi-
nary in the question,
except that IL was
put by a young cir.
to a man a good dea.
older than herself. tC
whom she had only
inst haen introduced