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The Washington times., 1894-10-28
JUST BOUGHT SOME TICKETS.
low Man and His Wife Determined

| low a Man and His Wife Determined
Upon a Place 10 Spend Vacation In.
One man in this town, who works very hard
when he does work. found when his vacation
arrived, month ago, that he mad made no
plans for It. He simply wanted to get away
/ somewhere and be frivolous. It didn't much
matter where he went, says the New York
sun. Nor had his wife made any plans or ex-
pressed any preference.
MAKE your arrangements TO be gone a
month said the man to his wife, "and we
! viii start tomorrow"
"But where are We going?" she asked.
Don't know. said the man, "bur we are
! going somewhere, anywhere. and we can de-
! eide on our way TO the train
But they couldn't decide. and when they en-
| tered the Grand Central they had no plan.
''Nnat are we going to dor" SAID the man.
| 'MY vacation begins to-day, and we must 90
| somewhere. Shall we 80 TO the mountains or
! the seashoreG'
suit yourself. my dear, said bis wife.
Il shall be suited anywhere
"Nel, flip coin 10 sec which it shall be.
the mountains or the seashore, suggested the
1 wife.
but don't you see. said the man. that
nothing would be settled then? Ii would
simply limit our choice a little
Then buy ticket and We will go any
where
The man beamed on his wife with admira-
ti0n. THAT positively the best thing vet.
he said. Then he walked ap TO the ticket
Office and looked through the window at the
racks where the tickets are kept.
GIVE me two OF those tickets" he said,
pointing. "No, not there; those just below
yes, that's it. And when does our train
star.'
"What did you get?" asked his WIFE,
"Dont know. said the man. land dom t
want to know until we get on the train. We
start in haif an hour, and 1 think, judging
from the expense Of these papers, that we
shall be landed some distance from New
York"
The man and his wife returned yesterday.
I They viii Try the same scheme next year.
''It was simply great he said. when we
got started looked at our tickets and found
that they We're for town in Canada of which
we had never heard. selected them in the
ticket Office because there was dust on them.
This town is unknown to summer boarders
and We enjoyed it immensely. Found a queer
old hotel and some interesting people. STAYED
there month and here / am, ready for work
again and happy.
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marble. Or indeed any Cupid at all might
be used.
The game begins with dialogue.
Miss AS love affair will now be decided.
is Miss A present."
Il am here. replied Miss A.
'Ape you ready to know your fate in love?"
81 am ready"
Cupid reveal your knowledge
Instantly 10 a musical tinkle of a silver bell
or chime if it can be arranged, the curtain
goes back-and there stands the marble
I Cupid. Upon him plays a clear blue light
aud the audIence is hushed with admiration,
while all the time the bells tinlile most
sweetly.
Miss A. you will be very fortunate in love,
and before the year is ended you will have be-
come engaged to the man of your choice, who
will be paragon OF manly peFfections.
The bells tinkle until the curtain has closed.
| Then comes the dialogue over again. This
time it is addressed to Miss b.
When the curtain goes back it is to the
sound OF Il thin, shrill bell that rings in q
monotonous way. There is no music in the
The bell continues until the curtain is drawn
over the unhappy sight.
Miss b, YOU will love q man who adores
! you as well. but is extremely jealous. His
/ jealousy viii mar your happiness"
While Miss B. s friends are advising her
/ WHAT 10 90 Win u JcdiouS man, Miss -. -
/ called ana Cupid appears again This time
there is a tolling Of the bella very deep toll
/ ing-and poor Cupid is flooded with deep
! yellow light
"Unrequited Lowell" announces the master
! of ceremonies.
A lovely white light plays upon Cupid at
4 Miss D. S name And the Interpretation is,
"Wnl remain heart whole and quite fancy
/ free"
4 All the shades Of color are shown, accord
4 ing TO their meanings, and the delighted au-
/ dience openly regret when no moro Cupid
/ dreams are TO be seen. To arrange the col
ored lights the rooms must be darkened.
gas-iet back OF the audience must be supplied
/ with pipe with a large gas-burner upon it.
Ia front of the burner there are regular cal
cium-light slides Of ali colors, easily taken
] out and replased.
! All Halloween games must have the element
! OF luck introduced. Nor can they possibly be
1 without love. But by the skillful blending o
/ these two qualities a Halloween entertainment
/ may be Interesting to all. even 10 those with
/ tins worlds love affairs already decided. IL
Z the affair Of this kind surprises are always il
! order, and the more Of these the merrier.
! A. P
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p Suffolk Str66f
Halloween.
An OCTOBER ROMANCE.

Civilizing people in poor and bad quarters
of great cities, through the medium of gentle
and agreeable surroundings, is one of the
specialties of Theosophy. Suffolk street did
not exactly resent civilization. but it took
coldly at first to the reading-room and board
ing-house for working girls Theosophy set be-
fore it. Such things, being good, they might
stand, was its silent decree; and then it went
on calmly reading its Russian and Polish, and
Italian and Hebrew, and all the other Ian
guages necessary to its multicolored taste and
requirements. 1t was entirely owing to the
witeheries of Halloween and the inconsist-
encies of trifiing little god called Cupid
that Iheosophy got its first boom on Suffolk
street.
That morning the young lady OF the new
reading-room had said TO Anita, the fruit
seller, that she would give little Halloween
entertainment in the evening If she were only
certain Of a few guests from the neighbor-
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candle extinguished by the jumping would be
the month OF matrimony. II they put out
none at all, that would be sign they were 10
be old maids.
The reading-room girl jumped first and was
at once laid on the shelf of single blessed
ness. The young lady In pink knocked over
two candles, which proved she was 10 Dc
married twice.
And then it came Emily's turn.
Emily had been holding back, LOOKING on
with the ghost OF laugh about the corners OF
her divine mouth; and now, without bend,
she stood up and gathered together the
simple folds OF her brown dress. Poor Dave,
lovesick TO the ears, famed red as peony.
"One, two, three" counted somebody, and,
with running jump, the Madonna wnlsked
over the month of March.
'0h, Miss Anderson" said the girl In PINK,
as the smoking candle lay on the floor, you
will be married in Eve months.
The reading-room girl kissed her without q
word. and Dave again changed color but
this time from red to white. Then somebody
else declared that the claret mulling In the
kitchen would be ruined, and after they had
all run out to see, Emily said quite simply TO
Dave: "That's all right, Dave"
''You see," she explained afterward to the
reading-room girl. her fast friend by now, 1T
was like this. I knew there'd be duckinR for
apples at Sullivan's and going down the eteps
backward, and all the things to put men In a
temper when they've took on too much beer,
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hot-tempered and spree-loving Dave had lost
the madonna's respect, he had still warm
place in her womans heart.
At $50 in the evening, true to her word
Emily went back to her boarding-house, but
with big, brown. good-looking young man
alone. Who, but Mr.. David Finn, the plumber
himself. The rowdy, broken-with, discarded
sweetheart!
She presented him coolly, and without other
comment than that ''the rest of them would
go to the Sullivan dance, she fell into silence.
The reading room girl and the tall young
lady in a fashionable pink drebs, who had
come in to help with the Halloween festivi-
ties, tried to draw her out in vain. She
would say ''Yes" and mo, and then go back
to her thinking, looking all the while like
scme holy picture.
The disgraced Dave, on the contrary,
proved genial guest. and with a surprising
! talent for roasting chestnuts and apples just
to the point. He was winning rascal, too,
on his own account, with a curly. brown
head and big boy guffaw that would have
touched a heart of stone. Yet at 10 o'clock
Emily was still strangely silent.
She did not even smile, not until the second
masculine guest of the evening arranged a
| long row of twelve candles in little tin props
on the floor, and lit them.
This gentleman had come all the way from
Harlem to keep the peace on Suffolk street, If
it should be necessary; and he now informed
the ladies that they were to try their fates by
jumping over the candles. These represented
| In rotation all the months OF the year, and th
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ingness to have the curse-where won't a
woman's curiosity lead her?-and finally,
after Aunt Chloe had read my fortune for as
many days as you have fingers. she decided
that my luck is so exceptionally good that
even knowing how to read the cards will not
harm me.
That is how 1t happened that one cloudy
night found me in Aunt Chloes room. with
the windows and doors fastened securely and
the curtains all drawn, lest inquisitive neigh
bors should learn what we were about. l had
brought pack OF cards with me. but to my
distress Aunt Chloe informed me that they
would not do, and l was forced to take nv
first lesson in card reading OF her paek-a
dingy and decidedly greasy set, thumbed by
half the unknoYable people in town. They
were printed in such way that all the spots
on a card pointed in the same direction, while
my spotless French pasteboards were double
headed, so that it was impossible to tell
whether the even-numbered cards were up
side down or not.
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EouaIitY of Sex.

1t is natural for woman to resent the i'm
putation that the feminine mind is not SO
strong as the masculine, and this spirit of in
dependence was early manifested in school
girl living In a Massachusetts town. She
had, too often, perhaps. been made to ac-
knowledge the superiority of her brothers.
One day her mother remarked upon the ap-
parently utter lack OF intelligence in hen.
You can't teach hen anything she
said. "They have ruined more of the gar
den than drove of cattle would. You can
teach cat, dog. or pig something, but hen
-never"
"H'ml' exclaimed the child, Indignantly.
II think they know just as much as roost-.
ers I''
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and I just made up my mind Dave shouldn't
20, and maybe get in shindy and be showing
up at Essex Market Sunday along with fan
tan Cinnamon and Dagoes. Any woman can
keep a man straieh ht if she wants. and there
amt many In the world as good as Dave, So,
when l seen him in the street that night just
calls out Hello, DaveI You wanter go TO a
Halloween entertainment Don't IT, he
says. And then wouldn't speak another
word but just 10 come along; and l don't
think I'd have married him on earth II
hadn't come here and knocked over the
March candle"
And SO, though the whole of Suffolk street
has not yet been tanned, two loving and di-
yided hearts are made one, and Halloween
and Theosophy are without doubt good things.
NINA FITCH.
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Mornen.s Mort and Maaes-

The great controversy about women's work
has, am glad to see, brought out two def
mite facts-the one that women can, win, and
must work; the other that unskilled work is of
no value in the labor market, and that where
women do equally good work with men their
wages should be the same. Not long ago /
was shocked 70 hear the editor OF leading
paper say that he employed a good many
women on his staff. not from chivalry. not
from a sense OF justice. but simply because he
could get a refined. educated woman TO do
the work of a common, uneducated man at
the same wages,
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COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN
Some Pretty and Fanciful Gowns Suit
able for the Festival.
HOW TO DRESS FOR THE FETB
The Picturesque Froeks Brunette, chatain
and Blonde VIII Wear to a Hallowmas
Party-How to Woo the Witches Into Pro-
viding You with a Suitable Husband.

Halloween, perhaps. more than any other
fete, supplies possibilities for picturesque and
effective gowns, and the end-of-the-century
girl is not the one to let them sip by
A very fashionable wardrobe now owns,
along with other dainty evening toilets,
Halloween supper frock, which may be made
in any mode, but which. to be Just the thing,
should suggest, in some way, night itself.
Tints vague and intangible, limiting of dark
ness or the white. cool moon, are preferred
over glaring dark eOlors.
As to ornament, there may be some curious
jeweled night fly fastened somewhere, per-
haps spangled in the hair; and, if flowers,
are used, they, too, must propitiate the
powers Of night in wanness and thick per-
fume.
The dread witches, who on All Halloween
have the threads ofiate in their keeping. are
said to be difficult ladies TO please, but some
how one hopes they will smile on the Wearers
OF the three charming gowns here sbowns ana
provide them suitable husbands. The origl-
mails of these dainty costumes, which were
suggested by three famous French pictures,
were all made by animble-fngered New York
girl for Halloween supper. They are to %
worn by herself and two sisters, three dis
tinct types; and along with their exceeding
effectiveness, they have the merit Of having
involved comparatively little expense, being
all fashioned from materials at hand, some
lengths Of a marvellous Chinese drapery,
few yards of thick liberty satin bought in bet
ter days, and thin, scant old tambour mus
lin slip, relic OF long dead great grand
mamma and tea cup times.
FoR A BRUNETTE.
The first dress shown was for the dark,
| handsome elder sister Of the little Cinderella
| dressmaker-the type that goes with stiffness
and stateliness and rustling textures It was
Of the liberty satin in dim luminous tint.
too blue for gray and too gray for blue. and
that will show OF the wearer's rich matskln
to perfection. The girdIe drapery Of gradu-
sting ribbon lengths and bows was Of faint
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dead tea rose color. This subtle and delightful
unt. together with black, repeats itself N the
simple but decorative embroidery a. the bot
tom Of the wide skirt The tiny chsnise
CAMP is Of white null and the short balloon
sleeves are stifTened with tariatan. To be
worn with the dress. as well as the next one,
both of which were entirely UncrinC.ined,
were petticoats Of hair cloth. with tucks OF
large round organ pipe pIaits, 10 hold the
skirt out in the present approved fashion.
The second gown, though perhaps not
quite so enchanting as the first, was more
suggestive OF the Witcheries OF Halloween Il
was Of the Chinese silk drapery, in tone COP
per red, and with a fantastic patternlng OF
black bats. The gird!e and low neck decora-
ton eof black velvet, and square Jet buckles
fasten the latter down az intervals.
The very daintiest feature OF this paniered
gown. however. which in style recalls some
what little befowered Dolly Warden. is the
undersleeves, made TO show OF a rounded
Young arm and drive envy 20 the soul OF
womankind. For every woman who IS a real
woman has a weakness for lace, and these
adorable undersleeYe5 we're made Of the
charming old net-lacs embroidery in back
stitch long ago.
1t came. ike the tambOUr muslin. from
grandmammas garnet, where, when Hal
loween is over. Il is TO be hoped it viii be
carefully put back.
GOWN FOR BLONDE.
The third and last dress, a tiny hint OF the
directoire period, is the tambour muslin slip
itself. sinfuIly modernized. Once white, it is
now evenly meIIowed to a soft caressing ysE-
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fireplace IN rags. Her shoes show the need
OF a fairy godmother; and adown her tear
stained face the tears are still falling. A little
histrionic talent and some knowledge Of stage
effects might not be disadvantageOus here.
The next tahleau, No. g. may show
the fairy godmother with her arms filed
with nnery for Cinderella. while that young
lady. with her back TO the audience. leans
toward her godmother. This would typify
that young lady No. viii have trouble tho
beginning of '95, but that love viii clear a
way before the year has ended.
The curtain rolls back and No. sees her
self seated before a mirror giving the last
touches to her face with powder. puff and
rouge pad. There are tiny half moon patches
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ROYAL Bracelets.

The German Emperor wears two bracelets,
in accordance with an old royal custom, and
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg wears one that is his
betrothal bangle. The Prince of Wales put on
his when he went to India many years ago. and
it has not left his arm since. There is con-
siderable sentiment in this custom, and
though its steadfast nature is scarcely in
touch with the modern laxity of the marriage
tie 1t might not be a bad idea to cultivate it as
a corrective if not preventive of divorce.
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TIE VEIL IS LIFTED.

We seated ourselves beside a small table,
and Aunt Chloe, after muttering charm
which all my coaxing could not make her ex-
plain, shufied the cards. Then she laid four
OF them face down on the table from left to
right
ITO yoah self. to yoah house. to yoah wish,
to yoah business" she said, make q wish,
honey"
pondered moment over what TO wish.
and finally decided to wish for good fortune
in general Aunt Chloe dealt out all the
cards till they lay in four equal piles the four
cards she had first laid down each beneath a
pile. She turned the piles over.
Honey" she said ''yoah fortune is GER
tainly good, en- l kin show you how the eyards
rum"
The cards had turned up all hearts and dia-
monds, and Aunt Chloe. relieved of all fear OF
the consequences of knowledge TO me, went
on TO show me the cards and to answer all
the questions l put to her. l wrote 1t all
down as she told 1t to me, so you may rest as
sured that every word | shall tell you is abso
lutely true-or as near the absolute truth as
anything in this vain world ever is.
In reading over the list of the meanings OF
the various cards you must remember that
only very few of them have fixed meanings.
The significance of most of them is determ-
ined by the run of cards near them, The face
ctTuS are people, Ol cOuI5c. Spdues are tHo
darkest people, diamonds the lightest, or as
Aunt Chole puts it, the "brightest' people.
Clubs run for people who are darker than
hearts. yet no so dark as spades A dark-face
card, however if surrounded by light cards
may mean a blonde worried or in trouble so
that the same person may be represented in
two hands by heart and spade. knaveS
are unmarried men, kings, married, and spot
cards of low value next a card denote youth.
queen near deuce or tray or next knave
is an unmarried woman usually.
DEUCEs ARE KISSES.
Hearts in general are good. The ace is
always house. The deuce and tray usually
run for kisses, though the deuce may mean
pair of shoes. and the tray a surprise The
five runs for ride, the six for stolen silver or
jewels, seven for marriage. eight Tor money,
and nine and ten for good luck and your wish,
though the ten reversed means blood.
If the fortune is told at night, climbs usually
turn up where hearts would by daylight. The
ace means knock at the door. The deuce
usually signifies a present. the tray ride
The seven means a restaurant or hotel-near
any four it means the latter. The nine stands
for a change, and the ten across water. Clubs
in general mean journeys and petty disap-
pointments.
Diamonds are all for money, happiness, and
brightness. The ace is always letter and
the rest of the suit signifies money or final
good fortune after bad.
Spades are evil, hopelessly so. The ace Is
unmistakably prospective child. Upside
down it is an insult Tho deuce is liza
false" is Aunt Chloes word for it-and the
tray tears. The four is wagon, reversed a
hearse. The five nearthe ace OF hearts is q
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snoon in a Child,s Mouth

cines by the spoon that the child cannot swal-
low as long as the spoon isin the mouth The
handle should be raised so as 10 depress the
tongue and the spoon Immediately withdrawn.
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Chrvsanthemun Conarettes.

Chrysanthemum eollarettes are one Of the
.hautes nouveautes Of the season. They are
folded collars Of crepe, in pink, blue. cream,
or black, with double rosettes on the sides
and one ut the back, the arrangement OF lace
or chiffon varying to suit the requirements of
the dress. Made in velvet, with belt to
match, they are very effective, and give
pretty finish TO any bodice
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A Fa ashiOu Note

1t is whispered about among the select
fashionable circles of Willie boys in London
that side whiskers are to be the correct thing
in face foliage as the season advances.
The morning call., 1894-10-28

~ Trinity Church, Cor. Cough apd
eF~S Bush sts--Rev. Geo. Edward Walk, rector
St- Simon and ST. Jude's day (twenty-third
Sunday after Trinity. Sunday-school at $3.50
A. NJ. Rector's Bible class at 10 O'CLOCK.
Morning prayer, sermon and Holy Comma-
MON at IL O'Clock. Evening prayer and
mon by the rector at 7;45 O'Clock. The following
music viii be rendered; Nenite. double chant
(Rohtnson); TIE Deum in (Berg); Jubilate in +
(Berg); kyrie. ancient chant (Anon.); OffertOry,
"Lift Thine Eyes Unto the Hls'' Orlo from
ment),
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f. second Unitarian Church, Capp
E~S and Twentieth Sts.-Rev. Leslie w. Sprague,-
pastor: residence and study. Hotel st. Nicholas,
1880 Market ST. Sunday-sbool at 9:45 A. NJ.
Preaching at II A. and z :45 p. n. Young Peo-
pies meeting 80 P. N. The pastor will preach:
morning subject "Benefcent DEATH; evening
sermon 81 he Church and the Ineater." All
cordially invited. All seats free.
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RS Calvary Pres byterian ChurcN. Cor.
~ of Powell and Geary stS.-Rev. John n Hemp
hill, u. D., pastor viii preach at II N. and ;45
P. NJ. Praise service at 80 81. Evening topic.
''Genesls and Geology; the Six Creative Days"
sabbath school at ~ 80 p NJ Young Peoples So
ciety OF Christian Endeayor alto 80 P. NJ. Strang
ers and friends cordially inYiIed- ]
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SUNDAY MEETINGS.


EFS Professor Fred Bell, LiberaIfst
G~0 at the Metropolitan Temple tonight, sub
Ject OF lecture not the "HeayenIy Twins" but
fThe Earthly Twins, Brain and Brawn'" Miss
Rosfna Rosin, one or the best cuntraltos heard in
TINS city for some time, aud Professor Bell will
sing solos; also in duet, Ginning Bel s OF Long
Ago" Admission 10c. No reserved seats Doors
open at T. Commence at sharp. ~ B-Tbe
Tribune more alive than ever, for sale at the
doors cents per copy.
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RS DIR. Il. Robbins VIII Lecture To-
80 night on Where the Dead ?" Mrs
Hovet the new. wonderful medium, W III give con-
vincing tests from spirit friends The sick healed
by splrlt power Washington Hall. 35 u Eddy ST.
2. n. Admission 10 cents.
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r ID f L K. EXPERIENCED IN ALL
branches OF gardening; understands care of
norses. mllk COWS. ETC.; German, single. aged 81,
wlshes situation in private place. Address Il.
box 81. Call once. oc25 5ts
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- DR.. Rin-es' Spiritual Meeting.
Es>S 9091a Market ST., Sunday, and P N.
Circle and platform tests. Mines Dunham
Seely, Lad Finican. Bird. Henderson. Fix.
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A MEXICAN WOMAN. THOROUGHLY COM
n petent for general ork, cooking and sewing
desires position as working housekeeper for a
wid0wer with a family country hotel. Call at
35lA Minna st.
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.

~ Dividend Notice Office of the
~ Bodie Consolidated Mining Company room
62. Nevada DOck, 309 Montgomery ST., San Fran
cisco, Cal. october 20. 1894 At meeting of the
Board OF Directors of the above named COMPANY
held this day, dividend (No. 21J OF tweDty-fYe
cents (25c) per share was declared on the capital
STOCK of the company, payable Monday. n oyem-
Der .; 1884, at the transfer agency, room II, 81
broadway, New lork, only stock issued from
the transfer agency in that city. and at the san
francisco ofice only on stock issued here Trans
Ter books will close on Thursday, october rs
1854 at O'CLOCK p. n. NJ. E. WILLIS,
oeZI I'd Secretary