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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

tiny first shoe. all doubled over and musty
from being tied up with a bit OF dainty
linen shirt and diminutive stockings, a
long, embroidered skirt and a scrap Of a
lace cap. But there is no use in hiding
them away thus. i saw recently a unique
Illustration of young mothers devotion TO
the memory OF her first born, whose little
life was cut short before the second birth
day. The first button boots OF the child
were made into a pincushion and Jewel
case and were always in use on the moth
ers dressing case.
The shoe used for a pincushion was but
toned. and then stuffed with cotton until Il
was quite hard. Over the opening at the
top a covering was made OF a piece of one
OF the chtld's dresses. and a quilting of rib
bon was put about the edge. The toe of the
other shoe was stuffed back to the middle
or the lnstep; then a piece OF stif paste
board was made round. SO as to slip into
the ankle OF the shoe and hold II stlr II
was lined with silk, and from the top was
an extension of the silk with a draw
string; the edge Of the shoe was finished
with ribbon quilting, like the other The
SHOES had been red kid, and the mother had
kind OF red varnish with which she COL
cred them when they seemed TO grow rusty.
The two shoes were firmly gummed to the
little china plate which the child had al
ways used, and the whole thing made a
dainty memento of one SO dearly loved
III the shoes have been black they can he
renewed with shoe varnish; IL they have
been white, you can clean them with gaso-
line, and any one handy with a needle can
fix them up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

up the middle with white pearl buttons
and the same decorate the coat front
The gloves are white suede. White broad
cloth tailor-made dresses will be great
favorites this summer for seaside wear
Miss Letitia Scott, the namesake of her
aunt, Mrs. Stevenson, has a white broad
cloth gown, strictly tailor-made, in which
she presents a remarkably stylish appear
ance. and II Is by all odds the most elegant
gown of its kind in Washington. A modiste
told me the other day that she had orders
for three white broadcloth tailor-made
suits, which are to be lined with white silk,
and stitched with the same. 1t takes a
very fine figure to bear off white broad
cloth.
A semi-made tailor girl is, perhaps, a
novelty; but lady whom 1 met recently
described her new gown a semi-tailor af-
fair! She explained that she was so angu-
lar and so large of stature that when she
donned the regular-made tailor gown she
looked like a grenadier, and so had to COM
promise on one with the effects, but less
severe in its outlines. She chose a dark
the same shade. put on In overskirt fash
lon, and the sleeves are Of the same The
revers are of yellowtsh tan and she has
deep tan cuffs. The high military collar is
of the light braided with dark silk braid
The picturesque hat is in two shades of
brown straw, with brown MORE ribbon and
mignonette garniture.
The Eton girl still fiourishes, but she has
changed her style a little. If one had di-
vtnely fashioned form and ones dressmaker
didn't make a mistake and scoop the dear
little jacket up a thought too much in the
back, making ones shoulders look as though
they were deformed, the Eton was a very
pretty vagary. But most of US are not per-
feet In figure. and most dressmakers did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
THE BABY'S SHOES.
A Pretty Way to Make Them the
Mothers Constant COMPANION.

Pretty Way to Make Them the
Mothers Constant Companion.
The little half-worn shoes, stubby and
shabby and old" You have seen them
on many a mothers table close by where
she is working. where she can look at them
every hour Of the day IL she wishes; some
times her gaze seems to pass them and
you know then that the small white feet
that once filled those shoes have found
fower-lined paths over the mountains in
the valley called Peace" The presence
OF the little old things seems to bring a
sad sort or comfort to sore hearts, and the
wee wearer does not seem to be so far
away; often the mother tries to cheat her
self into thinking that the restless feet are
only in the other room" and the baby
will come clamoring soon for some favor
that Will not be sighted of as such trou-
b!esome little demands were wont to be
when the small shoes were new.
There is such a pretty way to make these
shoes ones constant compa nion; both those
OF the baby that has gone away and those
Of that wonderful first baby that gets all
the spelling and the benefit Of ali the ignor-
ance of young parents, who, OF course
think that its like never before was known
There is hardly a home that was ever
frightened by baby that can't produce a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

suspicion OF wave in the close lying bands
and coiled or knotted just at the middle of
the back Of the head. Flying locks on a
tailor-made girl would be as much out Of
place as red necktie with a dress suit
Then, OF course. the linen must be i'm
maculate, and the tie hand made" and as
dainty as the wearer. The skirts are al
ways short enough to escape the ground
and there IS no dust kicking against the
spick and span trousers OF the man who is
walking with her. 1t is awfully trying to
q man to have anybody throw dust on his
new trousers Then there IL her jacket
have you paid any attention to the latest
importation OF styles? They are the most
fetching things yet. And the hat! That
accentuates the whole thing. It is as trig
as yacht under full sail. So Is the
girl, for that matter. She fascinates you
and you can't help yourself. / think one
reason why the tailor-made girl is so at
tactive IS because her ideas are as sensible
as her dress. Then anybody knows, who
knows anything at all about a woman's
dress, that a tailor-made girl is as sweetly
wholesome as she looks, for. il she were
not, she could not be tailor-made. The
woman who is not as neat a new pin
does not elect to wear tailor-made gown.
One Of these altogether charming dresses
has just been completed for young woman
who viii wear IL on a good many pleas sure
trips this summer. 1t IS SO very stylish
that It Ii worthy OF reproduction. 1t is of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
SPRING CLEANING.
The Time When Every Mans House IL
Not His Castle-Need Ii be ThusF

wv SaStlc-Nee0 lie IhuOy
From the Lewiston Evening Journal.
A famous lawyer said that "a mans
house is his CASTLE but IL there is one
time more than another when a man feels
he is not monarch OF all he surveys surely
II is during that annual upheaval which
recurs with such relentless regularity-the
spring cleaning! But is there any reason
why spring cleaning should be the terrible
bane that IL is?
1t is because this enemy is such a very
ancient one that il does not enter into
ones calculations to fight it. We have
been trained from our youth I'D to look
upon the yearly spring cleaning as a nee
essary evil. The mistake underlying the
whole system, as rule, is the endeavor
to do too many things at once. Why should
there be this tremendous upheaval of home
life? Is there any logical reason why ali
the rooms in the house should present the
same ghostlike appearance together?
one room at time is surely the better
plan. or course, according to the size of
the house and domestic staff, this rule must
be varied to a couple or even three rooms
al a time. The objection to this plan will
doubtless be the length Of time occupied
before the whole is complete, but IL would
be found that the difference in the long
run would not be so very great while the
amount of comfort gained would most out
weigh the few extra days.
1t Is at this time of the year also that the
methodical housekeeper takes a good look
round her establishment to ascertain what
articles OF furniture require replacing.
which rooms need new carpets. which car
pets must be remade for smaller rooms.
etc.
Now here is an excellent opportunity for
a woman to exercise her originality Do
not replace; alter. The variety gained by
rearrangements is not only restful to the
eye, but greatly enhances the value of GER
tain articles. The new things required
will be different from those to be replaced.
as you VIII have in all probability left a
fresh nook vacant that is CAPABLE OF totaIx,
different treatment
Is new couch needed? Have a COW
corner instead. Does the study require a
fresh overmantelf Try instead an arrange
ment of bookshelves surmounted with china
to about half the height above the manteI-
shelf. with pictures above. II a bedroom.
formerly covered with carpet. needs a new
one nave the boards vanished and strew
the floor with rugs or the dressed ,kins
Of animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

the favorite black and white. The dress
that can be worn at any function imagin-
able. The skirt Is black serge, as fine as
silk. and IL about four yards around the
bottom; unlined. of course. At the foot are
two two-inch-wide bands Of white broad
cloth, put on with a black satin cord on
each edge. The long Prince Albert coat Is of
serge. lined with thin India silk. The wide
revers are bordered with bands Of white
broadcloth. also corded with white satin
The waistcoat is white broadcloth fastened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
The Scarlet Poppy in the Field Of
Wheat,
UP-TO-DATE GIRLS EAST AND west
CarameIs and Soda. Slang and
Cigarettes the Fads.
THEN THE MODERN GIRL
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

We BEEN SOME
two years now study
ing the genus "girl
up to date" You
may think that two
years is a good while
to devote to a single
subject, but try the
"up-to-date" girl and
see II you can know
her in less time. APP
piled mathematics, to
use her own expires
sion, is not ''in it"
with her. l didn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

, and suspicious liking for horses, and dogs
end-a-wen. man stories that are not too
ewfu bad you know-why not indulge ones
taste Tor all these and dress ones part, just
as the swell gambler does his In loud
trousers and q short sack coat with its
straight two rows Of buttons7 The spec
tacular effect Is everything nowadays, and
scenic accomplishments are expected with
sil the modern improvements. else the play
u pronounced mo GOODS
The Modfste,s Girl
On the other hand, the modiste's girl Il
probably one Of the shrieking, swooning
kind. who runs at the sight Of dog with
Its tongue out, and would probably faint II
= horse were to put its nose Familiarity on
her shoulder. For the one girl. the plain
elegant cloth gown. with its neat stitching.
strapped seams, military collar, and cx-
quisits fit, seems entnently proper While
for the other who probably Tolls around in a
hammock or cuddles down on the grass IN
der the trees, and goes into OBSTACLES over
flowers. herself the fairest flower among
them. the fluffy, floating, nnist-like organdies.
lawns and shimmering summer silks are
purposely made. And 1t would be an awful
mistake to put the wrong clothes on the
right girl
The tailor-made girl will be as much In
evidence this summer as ever. She changes
her style just little each season, but you
know her the minute you set eyes on her.
Clothes do make change In ones manners
and there Is no mistake about 1t. In a
tailor-made dress one feels so at peace with
the world, because there is nothing to get
out OF place about ones clothes. The hair
IL evenly parted and put back with just a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Written for The Evening Star.
In shadow Land,

In shadow land wander far
Without the clasp OF that dear hand
Whose mothers love was like a star
In shadow land
Her soul has reached the shining strand.
Where waves that roll from Deaths dark bar
Lapse into light and music grand,
In shadow land
She dwells where darkness cannot mar
The hills Of God by glory spanned
roam where Griers gray memories are,
In shadow land
W. E DRANE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
The Girls Discover an Old Autograph
Album.
SONORA SARA AND THE WRITERS
Some Individual Histories Briefly
but Graphically Traced.
STRANGE CHANGES OCCU r
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

X N e w T H e r q
would be trouble in
the choir when / was
SO indiscreet as to
tell the girls about
Katharine's memory
album, but l thought
the idea 30 pretty
that they ought to
know about 1t. ! was
not, however, pre-
pared for the energy
with which they en-
tered into a search
For coron0 nf THAR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
FOR INDIGESTION AND DEBILITY
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

On. Leonard zspp. Westminster, Nd SAYS: Il
have used 10 IN cases Of deranged digestion az.
tsndsd Ftfh nsrvous debility, with satisfactosy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

ton was certainly an odd one, but there
are possibilities in 1t beyond the average
IDEAS of gowning. I think that Il was
Meredith who said that the world was too
big and the age too complex for zone man
alone to embody its purpose and hold It
close shut in the palm Of his hand" He
also said. with equal force of expression.
that:
HE who seeks one thing In life. and but one,
May hope to achieve II before Life be done.
But he who seeks all things wherever he
Only reaps from the hopes which around
him he sows.
"A harvest Of barren regrets"
Now. you know those young ladies are
working out the practical suggestions made
IN Mr. Meredith's poem They don't pro-
pose TO scatter their efforts. They are 60
ing to be one kind OF q girl or another and
by concentrating on a certain line Of &C
ton are going TO come out winners, each In
her own field And why not? II ones
talent lies In being a trim, stylish, tailor
made miss with q rather mannish swing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Bright as q Dollar.

So much for one view Of her. Mentally,
she is most complicated. She has been to
the very best boarding and finishing schools.
but beyond the writing Of very 'swagger''
note she has absolutely no book learning"
What she did with her time besides smok-
ing cigarettes at night and smuggling for
hidden novels into her room I am at loss
to say. believe a large part OF 1t was
spent in casting sleeps eyes at the young
man in the hotel across the street. She ad-
mits 1t, quite fearlessly But what she does
not know of life is simply not worth know
ing. The depth of her knowledge makes old
women Of the world gasp. She Is shrewd to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

Always have your address on your card
It is most annoying for a lady who lie a
stranger in the city 10 have TO look UP in
the directory the addresses OF the ladies
who have left their cards on her table
Half the time the address is not in the d.
rectory, and ther the sighted woman who
is not called on because she can't be found
by ordinary means goes OF and says hor-
nd things about a very nice woman who
would like to do her duty by her callers II
they would give her half a chance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

~
be tailor made or
\ modiste gowned this
SUMMER" That was
the rather startling
question I heard one
young lady ask an
other recently, and
exigencies Of the case
were such that It was
impossible for me to
stand around and
find the solution Of
the problem thus
presented. The ques-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

A nice breakfast dish Is made by sIic1ng
three or four ripe bananas In a dish and
squeezing over them the Juice Of q good
sized lemon. Then put over this a gin Of
ice water and half a cup OF granulated So
gar. Stand where IL will get good and cold.
and after half an hour IL will be ready 70
serve. The lemons take away the naturally
insipid taste and are healthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

the table look Ike embodied sunshine n
you have q cover Of yellow silk or stlkaline
and in the center q bowl Of daffodilA 4
service of white and gold win help ths
golden effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

Crackers that are not perfectly fresh
should be busted free Of the cracker -four
and then put In a hot oven for three min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

Don't sit around on your backbone
bowling about lack OF opportunity You
may be destined 70 shine a Napoleon Of
finance, or to be President Of the United
States. but you have got to get up and dust
IL you expect people to accept your theories
concerning 1T Make opportunities. Those
that go round hunting for somebody 70
adopt them are not worth the having a. .
general thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

II you are inviting an informal company
do not neglect to inform every guest OF the
exact proportions OF the affair. And do
not change your plans afterward and make
a more formal AFFAIR of IL. 1t is annoying
for those who have taken you at your word
that II will be a "small and early" and
worn attire BETTING such a function, TO
And that all the other people are in fun
dress 1t is not an agreeable experience
and Il is thoughtless 10 subject ones friends
TO such needless annoyance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

and Nora read with much declamatory en-
ergy from the next leaf, SO wreathed with
MOWERS and scrolls that 1t was hard to
decipher the faded writing:
MY hand is lonely for your clasping, dear;
My ear is tired waiting for your call.
l want your strength to help. your laugh
Heart. soul and senses need you, one and
all.
I droop without your full frank sympathy.
We ought to be together. you and T.
Now, whatever do you think of that?'
she asked, mischievously. Sara, you are
q good bit Of a fraud. you are. There are
three distinct declarations, and we have
not got started. 1t Is awful! And to think
Of the way you have lectured us girls
about letting the men make love to u.s.
/ Her First Lover.
OF course, had to acknowledge the corn,
and 1t did not make 1t any better to tell
them that this youth was my first lover. 1t
would have destroyed the illusion, however,
II had told them that he forgot all about
me In less than a year. and that after three
matrimonial adventures he now lives with
number four. a Mexican, and has a brood
Of dusky children. His ear grew tired wait
ing for my call several times, 1t would
seem, and they do say that his wife's call
is even less needed since he got his fingers
on her fortune-one Of those fabulous land
grants Of the Spanish America That
shows how much faith one can pin to the
average man! While l was musing over
this, not sadly, If you please. but gladly,
Nora found another rhyme. which greatly
disturbed the risibles of the seven who read
1t to me. individually and collectively, with
all the embellishments:
"True trends are few,
Friendship is usually frale,
But believe have found in you
A friend who will never fale!
Truely Thine, ALPHONSE.
They were SO busy with their jests that
they did not see the pin that was rusted in
the page, and / smiled a little sadly as
saw that the blue bells it once pinned there
were brown dust between the leaves, and
only the impression of the delicate blossoms
lay like a shadow over the wretchedly SPELL
ed sentiment. The girls would hardly be-
lieve me when l told them that the writer
OF those lines is at the present time a sue
cessful teacher of modern languages. on
the opposite page the yours truly" and
dashing signature of a hero who won his
stars at Donelson spoke much to me, but
did not attract Nora's bright eyes. over
the leaf she paused to spell out a printed
verse. The rudely formed letters were made
by little fair-haired girl, one of my child
ish friends. who worked for hours to print
the verse she had found on a Sunday school
card:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-22
The Letter j.

In the prison the cell blocks run A
to X, with the exception Of the letter J,
which is omitted. In the army the
companies run from A to X, being
left out. In the printers case OF caps
the J is away down in the bottom row
and in the lower case it is not in line
with the rest as it should be. Can you
give me any reason why the letter is
not in the swim with the rest?
I and ] were formerly regarded as
the same letter and in many English
Dictionaries, words beginning with these
letters used to be classed together. The
distinction between them was introduc-
ed by Dutch printers. The distinction
is not observed by medical practitioners
whose prescriptions will be often seen
Vi. vii etc. The letter is derived from
the Latin and by the Latin from the
Greek iota, ] not being found in either
the Greek or Latin alphabets. This il
illustrated by the initials often seen in
front Of alters: / H S, or Iesus Human
Drum Salvador, Jesus Saviour OF men
The two letters when in script are sc
much alike one might often be mistaken
for the other, hence the frequent lapse
of J, in the matter referred to by oul
querist.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-22
1T is NOT SLANG.
The Term "Gent" and Its Modern Ap-
plication.

The Term "Gent" and Its Modern APP
plication.
The word gent" nowadays seems to
wear it's hat cooked on one side Of the
head and to walk with caddish swag-
ger of vulgar self-importance. But
know worthy old lady in the country,
writes Edward Eggleston in Century,
who calls her husband the "old gent"
sing it as title of respect, and such
it was in her childhood and long be-
fore. In 1854 Rev. Samuel Davies,
afterward president of Princeton cof
lege, travelling in England, describes
Rev. Dr. Lardner as "a little pert old
gent" epithets that would not be fat
tering to minister to-day, nor even
dignifed for minister to use. Pert
here has the sense of ''lively"-much
as Kentuckian might use ''peart" or
New Englander ''perk." Indeed, I
suspect that Davies gave the word the
sound of "peart" That Davies used
''gcnt" as term of respect is shown by
his Characterization of another rev.
erend doctor as ga venerable, humble
and affectionate old gent" 1t will not
do, therefore, to account a word recent
because of its slanginess. When a
smoker processes fondness for .sthe
weed" he does not dream that he is
using an epithet applied to tobacco by
King James I. in 1920, and that nearly
two hundred years earlier than James,
in the reign of Edward VI, the hop
plant just coming into England was
called "the wicked weed" What
plant had worn this title of contempt
before the hop do not know.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-22

One Of the sporting fraternity remark
ed that men possessing some sense ap-
pear To lose it when they enter the pool
rooms. There are those who would not
dare put up dollar if cross eyed man
happened in the room and if the cross
eyed man had the misfortune to have
red hair the poolroom fiend would make
a bee line for the door. Others have a
horror Of hump. backed man putting
his hands on them; others will leave
the room if black cat is in sight.
Others will withdraw their money should
another touch it after it is placed on the
cashiers window This too, no matter
how strong tip they have had on their
favorite horse. Others carry rabbits
foot for luck; others have been seen
carrying horse shoe in each pocket.
Others could not be induced to remain
in the room while the races are being
called it matters not what they have at
stake.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-22

Work on the electric line from Man
chester to West Union and Winchester
seems to have been abandoned. Holli.
day and Heald, the promoters, have
traded the franchise for $4,000 worth
of stock in Michigan railroad which
runs semi occasionally, during the prop.
er season, to summer resort. They
are out about 500 in cash, and probably
couldn't realize dollar ON their north.
ern purchase. There was not, in the
first place, any call for an electric line
between distant settlements in noun.
famous region. The three towns COM
bined have scarcely the population OF
Hillsboro and could not reasonably be
expected to support an electric road
over twenty miles in length.