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HELPS TO THE VOCALIST.
me knowing Eye, the Glad Smile
and the Innocent Hand

me Knowing Eye, the Glad Smile
and the Innocent Hand.
From the New York SUM-
1t has been observed that all the pupils
OF certain singing teacher in New York
have. when singing. bright happy ex-
preston OF coHntenance, as though the art
of vocaiizing was productive of the great
est delight.
A young woman pupil. when asked why
this V SO, replied:
our master teaches US that for the pro-
duction of FULL bright, ringing tone. three
thlttgs are necessary: The knowing eve
the lad smile and the innocent hand II"
What in the world does he mean nv
that? asked her questioner. land what
how?'
Il shall tell you as we'll as l can As re-
CARDS the facial expression the pupils all
imagine at first that 1t is taught with the
ldea OF Its visual effect upon an audience
mat Is by no means the case. although it
Is OF course, always more pleasant to see
singer with an agreeable expression than
one with a distorted Visaga. However an
alert, intelligent eye seems to commune
cate its feeling somehow to the throat; one
1eels surer of the pitch, and the tone is
altogether better Try singing with such
an expression, and again with Il heavy,
hstiess eye, and see .he difference.
Now for the glad smile 1t is such a
Sillle as eNteUuS from the lips to the eyes,
and, in fact, affects the whole face. By
1t the interior of the mouth, Just back of
the teeth, is rounded, the passage from the
windptpe to the lips is made perfectly clear,
and the sound emitted becomes bright,
gladstone and ringing. Oh, that smile Is a
wonderful help, particularly for those notes
above ID in the STAFF
Il understand that pretty we'll" said the
interlocutor, but how about the innocent
hand? That sounds like the nonsense"
Not at all. The hands should be held
clasped gently together; or II sheet of
music is used it should be held lightly be-
tween the fingers. This is important. Some
singers have habit of knotting their
hands together, or clutchilS their music as
though they feared 1t would get away Now
the muscles which knot these fingers are
away up in the arm, contiguous to the
muscles of the chest, and not far from
those of the throat The strain upon them
affects these other muscles interferes with
breathing and tires the throat.
Now, does it sound so mich like nom
sense? j tell you they are great things,
the knowing eye, the glad smile and the
innocent hand; 1t wasn't Until mad learn
ed their value that 1 was allowed to sing
in public, and to them 10 L attribute nuch
of my success"
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TO TEST SILK.
A Few Simple Rnles for the Inex-
perienced Purchaser.

perienced Purchaser.
From Harper's Bazaar.
To know good silk from bad is, the ex-
pert tells US, among the few things that
are easier done than said. But here are
few sample rules derived from the knowl-
edge of one of these same experts, that
may help to save the inexperienced from
the goodly outside which SO often false
hood hath in silk.
Especially black silk, the dear delight of
the economist, the widest extravaganza of
the spinster. AS there is no other fabric
so much the livery of gentee1 poverty, SO
also there is no other in which it is less
safe to invest your money without due and
proper care The first, the greatest safe
guard is never to let yourself be beguiled
INTO buying very cheap black silk, no mat
ter what pretext may be set forward to
excuse the cheapness. Though 1t is barely
possible that bankrupt sales may now and
then furnish genuine bargain in the
fabric, the possibility is so very slender as
to warrant the advice of going without If
you cannot pay fairish price.
Costumes, though Is no guarantee of ex-
cellence. good plan is to buy an eighth
yard and test it in the leisure of your
home 1t may seem waste to those who
need to count every penny, but will prove
an excellent investment IL 1t prevents
bad bargain. The first thing to do is to
try and tear it, both lengthwise and cross
wise. That is, catch them with both hands
about an inch apart, give a quick outward
jerk and note the force necessary to break
them. Then try to tear the silk along the
lines that the threads came out Of If il
parts so difficulty that there are Fuckers
along the tear, 1t is proof that it will wear
decently well.
The supreme test of all, though for
either weighing or adulteration of fiber, is
TO burn fragment of the stuff and also
some rawlings of it. If it is pure and
properly dyed, it will take fire with diff
Guilty, even when held directly in flame 1t
will go out almost as soon as the fame is
Withdrawn, leaving ashes that are nearly
jet black.
ON the other hand, weighted silk is al
most dangerously inf1ammable 1t takes
hre readily. and once burning will smolder
through the piece, leaving ashes that keep
the shape of the cloth, and are of a light
yellowlsh-red color. II there is cotton mix
ed with the fiber. the smell of the smoke
will betray it.
The requisites of thoroughly good silk
are strength, smoothness, luster and rich
ness, without weight, no matter how thick
the texture. Aduiteration Invariably causes
a marsh feeling. In heavy weaves, such as
brocade, 1t Is particularly important to see
that the foundation Is of sound, firm silk.
as otherwise the fabric will not repay the
cost OF making
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be near her mother, Kenmore in the
suburbs 1t is still in a fair state of pres
ervation, and is one of the "show places"
OF Fredericksburg. In it, according to
Mary Washington's great-granddaughter,
Mrs Ella Bassett Washington. Mary Wash
iugton died on August %. 1885, although
other authorities place the death scene in
the Mary Washington cottage. Not far
from the Kenmore grounds is the hitherto
reelected grave of the first Presidents
mother on a gentle knoll, crowned by
some gray boulders. whittier she often re-
tired with her knitting or her Bible.
On this sacred spot the new marble ODE
iisk is placed, and hither, doubtless, to
this sanity shrine of noble womanhood
will countless bands of pilgrims repair for
centuries to come-American sons and
fathers well as mothers and daugh-
ters-to pay deserved tribute to the mem
DRY of her who produced and reared the
founder of this nation.
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known throughout that region as the rose
OF Epping Forest and as the belle Of the
northern Neck" and that. as a grown
malden. she was sensible, modest and low
ing, with hair Ike fax, cheeks like peach
blossoms and eyes OF cloudless blue The
tradition Is current among them. too. ex-
pianstory OF the fact that she married her
husband in England. that. having been TAX
en- there by her brother Joseph after the
death OF her widowed mother, she resided
with relatives in the village OF Cookharn. i'm
berkshire when a gentlenans travelling
chariot was upset in front OF the house and
The gentleman himself brought in seriously
injured, and was nursed TO recovery by her
he proved to be a fellow VlrginIan and
nelShbor-Col. Augustine Washington of
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"Ah, marquisl' said she, You have come
to see an old woman, But come in: I can
make You welcome without changing my
dress. / am glad to see you. / have of
ten heard my son George speak of
YOU She preceded him into the in
ner hall. conducted him into her Giving
room. and after seating him, laid aside her
straw nat and placed herself opposite tn
him. Erect as at eighteen, her eyes unfad-
ed, she listened with calm delight to the
pane$Frlc upon her son poured forth by the
eloquent French'nan, in which her George
was lauded as the miracle of his ace as
greater than Caesar or Alexander or Han
nfbal, and more modest than CincinnatIIs-
the one immortal hero whose fame would
outiast time Her characteristic and COM
prehensive response was simply: Il am nov
surpi lsed at what George has done; he was
always a good boy"
Fredericksburg tradition further relates
with homely kindly humor, that Madam
Washington mixed with her own hands
Tor her distinguished guest a mint iulen
and offered ii with a plate of her own
homemade ginger cakes" which he ac-
cepted with graceful courtesy. pronounc-
ing both delicious. Then, rising to take
his leave, he begged her blessing ere he
embarked for his native land. She looked
up TO heaven. folded her hands and in
sweet thrilling tones. prayed that God
grant him safety. happiness prosperity
and peace. With tears the foreigner bent
to kiss the withered hand. thanked her
fervently and departed. Returning to
NiOuHt Neluoi as w aSnlngtOn s guest La
fayette reported. Il have seen the only
Roman natron living at this day."
Kenmore.
Here. also, George Washington. at the
age of fifteen attended school at the same
academy in which two subsequent Presj-
dents. Madison and Monroe. were prepared
for college-rowing himself across the river
and back from his mothers plantation on
the other side. Likewise. here in Freder-
icksburg. a stones throw distant from the
Mary Washington cottage, is the old man.
sion known as Kenmore, the residence of
her daughter Betty. When built by Col
lir,rr in hot Ia L..
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Westmoreland county, Wa gentleman of
historic British stock, tracing his ancestry
back six centuries in England. They were
married on March o, 1130. he being wild
over with three young sons The Freder-
icksburs folks can tell you also all that is
known about the birth of George Washing
ton, their oldest child. in Westmoreland
county, IN 1882, of the life of the family at
Wakefield on the Potomac, OF the fire that
destroyed that little homestead, of the sub
sequent removal to Pine Grove, across the
Rappahannock from Fredericksburg of the
death there of the father, Augustine when
George was but eleven years of age and Of
the WIDOWS brave. energetic, positive and
methodical character and life with her chill
dren-three sons and a daughter-at the
FERRY Farm, until her young eaglets scat
tered from the family nest.
A Roman Matron.
Probably 1t is owing to the fact that
Mary Ball Washington, the widowed moth
er by the untimely death of her husband,
had the sole respor sitility of training and
rearing her children, and particularly
George, that people seldom hear or speak
of WaShington's father, and that even the
name of his father Is unknown to so many
Americans otherwise well informed But
In this training and education the mother
Is acknowledged to have achieved her chief
greatness and Won her lasting renown.
On this point there is no disagreement
whatever among historians and biog-
raphers. Respecting her Washington him
self declared sOlemnly: IAN that | am
owe to my mother" Lafayette, after an
interview with her, said: II have seen the
only Roman matron living at this day"
Count Rochambeau is reported to have eX-
claimed after meeting her: IF such are the
matrons of America, she may we'll boast
of illustrious sonsY'
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UnsuccesSfuf Attempts.

The previous attempts to discharge an
obvious duty in this respect have been
many but all unsuccessful. Projects were
agitated soon after Mrs. Washington's death
to mark her burial place by a stone to be
paid for by the government, but in the con-
fusion attendant upon the organization Of
the new nation they were successfully for
gotten, revived and forgotten again. In
1926 Mr.. George Washington Parke Custis
Washington'S adopted son, issued stirring
appeal to the country. and wide interest in
the matter was excited for a time, but II
bore no fruit until 1888. when Hon. Siias E.
Burrows of New York offered TO bear the
expenses of constructing stately monu-
ment. The design of this, however worth
lily conceived. was ridiculous from an artis-
tic standpoint. Eight Grecian columns
were set in ernbraZures upon a square ped
estal and over these were perched four
eagles. Above tapered an obelisk. sur
mounted by a bust Of George Washington,
and upon the bust was a fifth eagle with
outstretched wings.
The cornerstone of this fantastic concep-
ton was laid with great public pomp by
President Andrew Jackson on May Z, 1893.
in the presence Of a vast crowd of citizens.
strangers, militia and Masonic societies. The
romantic tale is told here that lovely
southern girl who had won the affection of
Mr. Burrows consented to marry him on
condition that he build the monument as
proposed, and that she Tilted him before 1t
was DONE whereupon he abandoned the en-
terpriSe. The real fact. though, IS that MT.
Burrows meeting with financial losses,
postponed the work until he should be able
to continue it, and died before accomplishing
his design. At all events. the structure, as
Il was left crumbled with slow decay and
gradually fell Until last fall. however. por-
tons OF the pedestal, buttressed corners.
monoIith and recessed columns still remain
on the ground in a ruined pile. weather
worn time-stained and more or less mu-
tilated by relic hunters, forming a melan-
choly sight When the new shaft of the
National Mary Washington Memorial AS
ISOLATION was put up. severe in simplicity
and beautiful in symmetry, and worthier the
noblest American matrOn, the ruin was de-
molished, that it might no longer be an
eyesore and a mover of sad reflections on
the vanity and weakness of patriotic senti-
ment In a republic.
EppinE Forest birthplace
However remarkable the lack of informa-
ton elsewhere respecting Mary Ball, wife OF
Augustine Washington and mother of George
Washington, everybody in Fredericksburg
knows all about her and glories in her his
tory. They know the year and place Of her
birth-the year OF grace. 1906, and the place
Epping Forest. down the Rappahannock, in
Lancaster county. Va. which, nearly two
centuries ago, ives the plantation home of
her father, Col. Joseph Ball. son OF Col
William Ball. rOyalisJ Englishman of gen.
tie lineage. who emigrated TO America away
back In 1851. They know. that as Mary
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buried The ceremonies are to be conduct
cd under the auspices Of the National Mary
Washington Memorial Association, by
Ehom the marble shaft has been reared
the first instance in history. 1t lis believed.
of a monument to woman erected excu-
sively by women. Unmistakable evidences
of universal revival of sentiment and in
terest in the event are being received from
all parts of the country. President CIeve-
land and his cabinet, with their wives,
Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson, Chief
Justice Fuller, Gov. OFerran of Virginia
and host of other notables from all parts
or the Union have accepted invitations TO
be present, including various chapters Of
the Daughters and Sons of the American
Revolution. Senator Daniel of Virginia
and Mr. Laurence Washington, a iineai
descendant OF Washington's mother, are
booked as the orators Of the day, and the
United States Marine Band has been de-
tailed to come down from Washington and
furnish music for the occasion. The dedi-
cation ceremonies will be followed in the
evening by a Masonic banquet and ball.
The Monument.
The monument is beautiful obelisk Of
plain white marble. fifty feet high and
eleven feet square at the base, bearing an
Inscription in embossed letters, simply,
Mary. the Mother Of Washington" 1t
was executed in Buffalo. n. T., and was
set in position December % last. The
whole fabric cost $1,000, raised entirely by
the ladies of the National Mary Washing
ton Memorial Association, and the monu-
nent is in itself credirabIe alike to the dis
tinguished woman whom it commentaries
and to the patriotic American women who
have honored themselves by thus honoring
her. The association was formed only three
years ago, and IL may well be subject OF
qualification with its members, and indeed,
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The Heavenly Bodies as They Now
May Be Seen.
FOLLOWING THE PATHWAY CT THE sun
The Consultations and the Planets
in Their Order.
HINTS TO STAR GAZERS
Written for The Evening Star.

AGING THE SOUTH
at about y o'clock
Sunday evening, or
between Z and =
o'clock near the close
of the month,we shall
have directly in front
Of US a broad region
of the heavens, ex-
tending from the
horizon nearly half
way to the zenith, in
which, unless the
evening Is exceed
ingly clear, not a
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nj ENSlN T. HREHA-
rations are making
already in Freder-
tcksburg for the great
event to take place
here on the 10th of
May, when tardy JUS
tice will be done to
the memory of Mary.
the mother Of Wash
ington. by defeating
a handsome monu-
ment to her on the
long-neglected spot
where her body lies
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While the name
and fame of Mary,
the mother of Wash
ington, rightfully be-
longs to the whole
nation, this quaint old
shipping town of
Fredericksburg claims
and holds it as a par
ticularly local hertz
age. Just over the
Rappahannock from
here lies the old Fer
ry farm or Pine
Grove, where the her
oine-mother reared
her three sons and
daughter-the oldest
by virtue of her
teaching and trans
mitted force of char
acter, chosen as the
deliverer of his strug-
Cling country, crea-
tor of the American
republic, its most
glorious soldier and
it's first President.
Right here in the
heart Of the town on
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Charles street, still stands the inter-
esting old wooden house which Mary
Washington purchased for residence. at
the suggestion of her illustrfous son, when
the revolution broke out, and where she
passed fourteen years at the close Of her
benefcent life. 1t is, perhaps, the most
esteemed relic in Fredericksburg, which is
full of Washington mementoes and other
objects of more recent historical interest.
AS originally built, II was of the cottage
type. but later it was enlarged to Its pres
ent proportions. 1t is of two stories in the
center and one at the wings. with half
story attics lighted by dormer windows.
There are four windows of uniform size on
the first floor. and three on the central
second story, over the portico entrance.
On the side street there are also four
windows Of unequal size. In the detached
building at the rear are the kitchen and
servants dormitories. Behind this is a
spacious ba ok yard, which in her day Mary
Washington kept beautiful with blooming
dahlias. sunflowers. calycanthus. holly
hooks and other old-fashioned blossoms of
our great-grandmothers time. Here, when
the revolution was fully on, she received
from her son, the commander-in-chief,
dispatches from time to time by special
couriers, giving tidings OF the strife as 1t
progressed.
The Fredericksburg Residence.
Here also. when Yorktown had been won
and the fate of the war decided triumphant
ly for the colonies. and the allied French
and American troops entered the town on
their way to Philadelphia. she received her
son alone, who had made his way unat-
tended through the streets vocal with his
name to the corner cottage. where she
tremblingly awaited him, after an unavoid-
able absence of eight stormy years. On the
next evening, November IL, ISL, she proud
ly issued thence, hanging on her sons arm
and was conducted by him with loving pride
to the town hall, where, in public. as the
hero's mother. she presided over the peace
lull fv1 49,
liberty-arrayed in black silk gown and
snowy kerchief and cap. and received with
placid dignity the compliments of the home
and foreign officers, holding delightful court
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LOTTERY DEVICES
Sharpers Who Use the Mails for
Purposes of Fraud.
LOTTERY BUSINESS HAS FALLEN OFF
The Stamp Collecting Mania and
the Columbian Issue.
COSTLY STAMP COLLECTIONS
Written for The Evening Star.

FRAUD ORDER"
will issue imme-
diately from the Post
Office Department
against the so-called
Louisiana State Lot
terry Company Of New
Orleans and Kansas
City, directing post
masters to deliver no
registered mail and
to pay no money or
ders to that concern.
This is a fake" en-
terprise, which has
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A Coup de Theatre.

From Life.
"Jobson made quite hit when he made
his first appearance on the stage"
What was his Dart?"
THE ghost in Hamlet He appeared
five mir utes ahead of time, and the effect
Hamlet was very fine"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07
Not Lost.
From Harper's Bazar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
why, baby. what has become OF IN.
pretty gold pin you had on? Have Won los,
it?"
NO. mamma: / lhwopped Il for q tbtick
Of peppymint at Sunday thhool."
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MARY WASHINGTON
The Monument in Memory of the
Mother Of the First President.
How IT WAS BULL 7
Former Unsuccessful Attempts to
Do Her Honor.
HER DOMES TIC LIFE

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, April 6, $50.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

with all Americans. that the heroine-mother
of our first President should at length, one
hundred and four years after her death,
have a suitable token of respect raised
above her unheeded grave, since the lack
of such a fitting memorial has, until now
been a standing reproach to the whole
nation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-07-24
CORRESPONDENTS:

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-17

iOus attempted assault on two little girls.
aged of very tender years. One of the
children was little Jessie Huichinss,
daughter of w J. Hutchings. the patent
attorney, who resides aud has his office In
the Firebaugh building on Market street
This little child was but four years OF age.
The other little girl was Lille Hrnel.
whose mother also resides in the same
block
The defendant was arraigned in the DO
lice court Yesterday Afternoon aud entered
the plea of hot guilty, aud the case was
continued until Monday. October at
o clock D. M, the defendant being placed
under 500 bonds in defaalt of which he
was committed 10 the county Jail.
At the trial Yesterday there was no eyi-
denee introduce and the statement OF the
case here given was learned from w. j.
Hutchings, the father of the youngest
child, which in substance Is As follows:
''On Sunday evening my little girls and
Mrs. Henel's child came running To US IN
u fri ghtened manner saying that BIZ
nau had been talking very vulgar 10
them That he was talking 10 two little
girl, " hen be was overheard by the eldest
little girl who Is almost 10 years of age.
Milen, the eldest child Was Indignant at
the conduct of the man, and informed him
that she would tell papa. l Immediately
began the search, but he Was not found
until Officer Wood made the arrest last
night at a dance in the north part
Of the city. When we brought the chill
rem TO the station, that man, (poioting
II Johns on WAS placed in the room with
eight other men, aud the children imme-
dintely picked him out as the man who
had so ou,rageously insul;ed them. My
wife also recognized him as the same man
who had watched her Very sharp on the
street, aud of whom she felt an inward
dread, but had never spoken Ia her. He
has been hanging around for sometime.
and if the statement of the children is cor
large"
The prisoner made no statement what
ever for publication. He is represented by
Joseph Henley, and is IL large man who
wonlG weigh at least 200 pounds. He APP
pears to be about 40 years of age.