Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-03
IN HOTEL CORRIDOR S

IT could never understand how 80 many
women OF refined and really arosc; .%@~
are willing to become fypewrlters anu
shorthand writer's and slave like serfs Tor
barely enough tc keep body and soul TO-
gether and yet turn up their noses In hne
disdain when 1t is suggested to theh 10
embrace dressmaking for q hvehhood.
There is no business In which a cultivated
woman in poor circumstances can secure
ease and comfort quicker" continued the
speaker, who was Joseph A. Armstrons'
formerly with a big New York dry gooas
end millinery establishment, ana now tIa'r
cling for another He was talking with
group of friends at the Ebbitt. With all
due respect to the dressmakers OF today
there are few of them who have IDEAS Oh
their own. They are mostly seamStresses
who have learned their business by rote
and who depend entirely on the regularly
issued fashion journals for their lnteiieC-
tual stock in trade. bright woman Win
an eye for the artistic and a sense OF mar
mony In color and the faculty OF giving
grace to the folds of drapery or the loop
of a ribbon can fairly coin money clothihe
her sisters. Such q one can command soou
prices and as her custom Increases her OPP
portunities for profit increase. venture
the assertion that not hrst-class oress-
maker in this or any other city pays a
cent for the Innings she puts IN her Gus
toners dresses and which she charges
them for substantially. What do l mean!
Merely that the dry goods houses give
them to her fer nothing in return Tor the
trade she sends them. All well regulated
establishments keep the leading dresSfnak-
ers supplied with samples OF their newest
goods and the latter advise their customers
about what to get. In many cases the
dTessmakers get a percentage on the sales
they influence In this manner, besides
beirg provided without cost with lining
hal and
numerous other necessary things that 'tn-
derlie woman's gown. suppose giri
can't sew nicely? Bless your SOUL hrst-
class dressmaker don't sew-she employs
others to do that. All she does Is think.
and l am speaking of the opportunities IN
the business for women or brains.
THAT was an interesting story In your
column last Saturday about the idea of
hell cherished by the Ute Indians" said
s. r. Barker of Helena at the Arlington
last night when the Hotel Corridor man
shook hands with him. THE belief in the
deluge Is just as strong among the Shosh-
ones and they tell you about 1t with much
detail II you take the pains to lead them
I'D to 1t. Some years ago l was living In
the Shoshone country, near Salmon City,
Idaho. The formation out there is in many
respects remarkable. At frequent places
in the mountains, apparently high above
the possible water line of any former sea
historic times, you will come across basin
like sinks in the solid rock filed with sand
that has been worked by time into almost
solid rock itself. This sandstone, when
broken into, will be found to contain nu-
merous fossils of fishes and animals. The
old Shoshone Indians will quickly tell you
how they got there If you ask them. /
knew an old fellow at lamb, whose name
In English was Two Black Bears. lie said
that when his grandfather was q very
young brave, the whole country, mountains
and all, were covered by a great flood that
lasted many moons and drowned every
thing that didn't have a canoe, or didn't
manage to hang on to floating trees and
timber. When the water went down. said
Two Black Bears, the fish and animals, and
the sand and mud 1t had stirred up, were
caught in the basins l mentioned. When l
asked him how such thing could have
occurred in his grandfathers time he eX-
planned by saying that the flood didn't
come when his own grandfather was alive
but way back as many grand fathers as
there were needles on a big pine tree. 1t is
such legends scattered through all tribes
and races of men which convince me of a
common origin, or at least, of a common
starting place where the innate belief Of
mankind became inspired by series of re-
markable events"
"a certain famous fishing club gave a
banquet quite recently, at which many Of
the guests were of International promi-
at the Riggs House this morning. Among
them were three or four gentlemen of less
notoriety, and who drank more Of the
toasts than they spoke to. When the feast
was over and the Intellectual pyrotechnics
had scared, spluttered and gone out, two of
these individuals fell into an argument re-
specting their skill at cards, and both eio-
Quently eXpatiated upon their superior skill
at casino. Their friends, to humor them
and, as it turned out, to have some fun
with them, suggested a game to settle the
contention, and both essented to the propo-
sition with much satisfaction. They also
thought 1t a good thing to steady their
nerves before the combat with generous
bumpers of the strongest tea punch ever
concocted After an eleven-course dinner,
with the appropriate liquids and ioZen
toasts with their accompanying wetness,
tea punch is calculated to make men wuzzy
to a superative degree, and the combina-
ton worked as usual In the case of The
players. They began the game with q
splendid assumption of sober gravity, and
proceeded with labored care and dignity.
When the cards had been pretty we'll dealt
out a wag in the Unlocking party slipped
sixteen extra cards on the deck. Neither
player noticed 1t, but the dealer continued
to serve four cards to his opponent and
himself. Again the deck was added to
without discovery, and at last eight tens
of diamonds were placed on it. The deal
er, who had been growing more and more
helpless, and whose eyes were blinking,
rapidly dealt the cards. His opponent
and himself skinned their hands over to-
gether. The player opposite the deck rub
bed his eyes and his forehead, heaved a
deep sigh and laid his hand. face down, On
the table The dealer gazed at his. and
seemed lost in thought. His eyes stared at
right angles across his nose.
HT made he hiccoughed. re big cashiner
twish already, I'll shwear an heresh TO
mo-. Itch either er cole deck er tn Jim
jamsh.'
Then he toppled over and went to sleep
before he could decide the important ques-
ton"