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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
WHAT MONTH IS YOURS:
See Whether 1t Tells Your Disposition
Alright.

From Harrison's Monthly Magazine
An old astrological prediction gives the
character Of girl according to the month
she was born in, as follows:
If girl is born in January she will be a
prudent housewife given to melancholy, but
good tempered and fond Of fine clothes If in
February. an affectionate wife and tender
mother and devoted to dress; if in March, a
frivolous chatterbox, somewhat given to
quarreling and connoisseur in gowns and
bonnets: If in April, inconstant, not very
intelligent. but likely to be good looking
and studious of fashion plates; if in May,
handsome, amiable and given to style in
dress; If in June. impetuous will marry
early, be frivolous and like dressy clothes
If in July, possibly handsome. but with a
sulky temper and a penchant for gay at
tire; II in August, amiable and practical
likely to marry rich and dress strikingly
If in September. discreet, affa5le, much
liked and fashionable dresser; If in Oc-
tober. pretty, coquettish and devoted to
garniture; If in November, lib
eral, kind, Of a mild disposition and an ad-
mirer Of stylish dress; If in December, we'll
proportioned, fond Of novelty. extravagant
and student Of dressy effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

1t has often happened that a particular
model has made the fame of an artist Be-
ing very beautiful the artist has used her
face again and again in a hundred cos
tunes. The people want it, Under such
circumstances the artist is very careful
TO let nobody else get hold of her. He can
AFFORD to support her handsomely, and her
family with her. even when he is not using
her. Sarah Brown cher prosecution for her
share in the students ball last year helped
to cause the bloody students riots) did a
great deal In this way for Rochegrosse.
who painted her again and again Still.
she is not a very great model, and has
posed i'm all the academies. which is not the
greatest kind of work. She is little passe,
and her chief virtue as a model is her mag
nificent hair and the beautiful shape of
her head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
necessary in an artists model as in any

necessary in an artists model as in any
other field of usefulness.
SO far / have only spoken Of the higher
Kind OF artists, men Of standing and sue
cess. have the friendship of several such,
and there Is not one of them but practically
supports some model, even when he does not
need her. This Is because of the girls intel
1gence. good taste and dexterity. If the
artist wants a certain costume, the model
will hunt 1t up for him around the shops
II he wishes to find a little boy to pose as
a cherub she goes out and finds one. And
she knows how to give his work criticism
that Is both honest and intelligent, and Diff
ferent from that Of the prattling ladies of
the great world. model of this kind will
often remain a model-and an honest wo-
man-in spite of great temptations. Such
ones learn to love the atmosphere of the
studio. They begin to have opinions on the
various schools, to finger chalks and pencils
lovingly. and many actually take to draw
Ing. When such a one shows the slightest
talent. the artists who employ her push
her on with incredible patience and good
nature. giving her solid instruction and as
sistance. Other models save up their money
and take some little business, like the set
ting up repertoire of costumes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
SACRED sCARABs IN EGYPT.
Curious Combinations of Chrssss..
and Heather Symbolism Found Re-

Curious Combinations Of Chrfstt..
and Heather Symbolism Found Re-
Gently.
one or the most interesting exhibits I'm
the museum at Ghizeh is the jewelry of
queen Abotpou of the seventeenth dynasty
tabout b. c. l1JO taken from her majesty,s
person when her mummy case was opened
by Marftue Bey. says the Cornhiu Maya
zine. Among the most beautiful objects In
this very ancient collection is a gold chain
or necklet with a scarab pendant as it's CEN
trail ornament. On the other hand IL the
kings had their names engraved on sacred
beetles. the sacred beetles in return gave
their names to mighty kings. The very
Word for beetle was so holy that It enters
INTO the composition of many royal titles
Just as elsewhere great princes described
themselves as lions. or wolves. or bulls, or
deerhounds. so in Egypt they described
themselves as beetles of the sun god
strange to say, some Of the latest scar
abs bear Christian emblems. Several of
them are inscribed with the cross. and
one in Mr.. Loftie's collection is adorned
win well-marked crucifix This queer
gumpiln% up of Christian and heather SYM
Dousm may seem incredible to those who
90 not Know Egypt or early Christian art
Dug 10 students OF the first few centuries
u Nhristendom IL is no isolated example
IN the Ghizeh museum there are many
otner works OF the transitional period quite
as strangely mixed as theee-paintinCs
With the ankh or crux ansata the symbol
OF immortality, combined with the veritable
CHRISTIAN cross: emblems of which IL is
nara TO tell at first sight which are
heathen and which Christian; Maaonnas
that can hardly be Disseminated from
Isis with the infant Horus: ana the
isises that fade of by imperceptib.e stages
INTO Madonnas and Bambinos. The fact is
scarabs had been buried with corpses in
Egypt for centuries Till they had become
as IL were, part of the recognized ceremo-
NAL of burial; people no more liked 20 dis
pense with them as marks of respect to the
dead than our own people would like to
dispense with plumes and mutes and all
the other wonted accompaniments of CHRIS
tan burial So, when the Egyptians felt
they must adopt the new creed in place OF
the old, they endeayored to Christianize
and convert the scarab by inscribing him
with a figure of the crucifxion, just as the
priests in Brittany have Christianized and
converted the cd heather standing stores
py putting cross on top TO which the
modern worshiper now nominally, at least
directs his prayers. There is more of this
substitution everywhere i'm Europe than
most people suspect: a large part of what
passes as modern Christianity is nothing
more than very slightly veneered antique
paganiSm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
MONkEYING WITH NATURE,
The Man With the Ginger Beard
Draws a Moral From a Windmill.

From the Indianapolis Journal
An agent from the city was trying 20 sell
the grocer a new self-winding clock There
was a small storage battery connected with
II, and ii was intended that the battery
should be kept in operation by means OF a
small windmill placed on the roof of the
house. The agent had about persuaded the
grocer to buy, when the man with the gin
ger beard. who had been watching the trans
action with the deep interest that comes SO
natural to a man with plenty of spare time
on his hands. Clipped in
Sometimes it pays to monkey with ma
ture and let her have the Job of dom all
your work while You air loafin' around the
county court house ten mile away. and
sometimes it DOM" said he Il knowed a
Teller out in Kansas at had one OF them
windmill contraptions that was the ruin of
him."
There never was one of these clocks sold
In Kansas at ALL" said the agent with
some wrath.
This here wasn't clock" said the man
with the ginger beard, AN 1 defy any man
in the crowd TO prove L said anything
about clock. L jist said windmill contrap-
tlon- rms mere was a pump. You see, this
mere Teller was sort of market gardner
an as ii Is dry in Kansas, as fur rs the
weather is concerned he lowed to rig I'D a
pump arrangement that would water his
garden. SO he fixed up a wind pump but
that wasn't enough. he next goes to work
and makes kind of swivel ARRANGEMENT
that would keep the hose movin back and
forth and up and around tin the whole
patch was sprinkled- Did all the work IT.
self, you see. That left him free to 20 down
to the grocery and talk about Mrs Lease
all he wanted to-or all he dast to- at least
We'll he goes away one mornin', happy as
clam, and comes back at night to find HIS
garden all ruint Now, what d'you suppose
had did it?'
Hogs got NJ" ventured the clock prent
hawgs! You make me sick Hawys
nothin'. One OF them playful breezes thai
Kansas sometimes gifts up had come along
ana had worked that there windmill pump
SO dern fast that the water was made bilin'
not py the friction. and his whole patch Ct
truck had been scalded 10 DEATH
That was pretty tough" said the seept
On. L don't KNOW" answered the man
with the ginger beard. las soon as he cot
broke he went into politics. and now he Is
gift n a good Twin at the expense OF the
state IF IL hadn't been for that accident
in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

The Wholesale Destruction of Edel-
weiss Stopped by the Little Republic.

The WhOlesnle Destruction Of Edel.
weiss Stopped by the Little Republic.
Every traveller in Switzerland is familiar
with the tender star-shaped flowers of this
curious plant, whose sage green blossoms
are stuck into the hat of every guide and
collected with rare ingenuity by the impor-
tunate little rascals who race the carriages
on the road, or start out like rabbits from
the bushes the pedestrian begins his
solitary climb. The plant Is scarce and very
partial. 1t is found in the Engadine, sell
dom in the Bernese Overland, and has par
ticular corners and mountains that it loves
to affect. This scarcity and Partially gave
to the edelwess a somewhat unhealthy no
toriety, according to the Philadelphia Times.
The rarer 1t became the more ambitious
were the excursionists to obtain a sprig
Some years ago every cockney hat was
adorned with the curious bloom, feathered,
as its botanical name applies like an old
mans beard, and 1t was no longer a sign OF
patience AID endurance to wear this pref
ty badge that hitherto had denoted a long
climb and a patient search. When tourists
began to brand their alpenstocks down in
the valley with the name of mountain
whose base they touched, but whose top
they never attempted to reach, then was
edelweiss sold by the handful at Interlaken,
Chamounix and Grindelwald, and the guides,
POk tCiS anu DOyS were tempted TO rlI1e the
mountains of their peerless flowers. When
the rage for art green's came upon us in
full force esthetic young ladies fiattered
themselves that a wreath of these soft pet
ais would look becoming in the hair, and
some went so far as to appear at fancy
balls in the character OF The Alps" smoth-
cred in edelweiSS.
AS for the flower ITSELF 1t refused to be in
any way gracious at the touch Of a botanist
and sternly declined to be transplanted
The more obstinate was the edelweiss the
they purchased 1t by the root, carefully
tended 1t during the journey home nursed
1t across the sea. watched 1T at every rail-
way station and handed 1t to the family
gardener in order to hear in a few DAYS
that the plant, sickening and signing for
its mountain home, had refused to exist
in England with the aid of any artificial
process. There have been only one or
two rare and exceptional cases where the
edelweiss was induced to live and give
forth flowers in England. and then the re-
ing that would have worn out the majority
Of botanists.
AT last the Swiss government determined
to put down by law the wholesale destruc-
ton of this popular flower. 1t was rapidly
disappearing altogether from the country
when an enactment made 1t penal to take
plant up by the roots. The dignity and
Importance of legislation gave a new i'm
petus to the interest that was attached to
the plant, and going in search of the edel-
weiss became as attractive a source of dan
ger as any to be found in Switzerland. I'm
accompanied by guides, and straying from
the beaten tracks, more than one tourist
has risked his life, and several have been
killed in the quest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

1t is here that the element Of the models
own good taste. experience, quickness and
docility comes in, to make her a success or
a failure. Take case the writer has some
knowledge OF. 1t is a young girl, extremely
pretty. and still young. Beginning life as
a nursery governess, she failed; graduated
to the Jardin de Paris and the Trouville
boardwalk. she failed; coming back to re-
spectability as copyist and addresser of
envelopes. she failed. Now under good aus
pices. she Is starting as an artists model
and VIII fail; for she has not one of those
faces which insist on being copied-not one
pretty girl in fifty has such face. And as
Tor the qualities lacking in her-patience
courage. docility and the rest-they are as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
PEANUTS As FOOD.
4 Receipt for "a Fine-Elnvored soup
That May he Made ,:r. nm Them.

From the New York Times
The value OF peanuts as food is not OF
recent discovery. To eat a tow has been
recommended for Indigestion. but this view
of their efficacy is not exactly borne out by
experience. The trouble is to eat the few
peanuts having a seductive quality. like pop
corn which invites continued munching.
German medical journal has recently
called attention again TO the food value of
the goober, or peanut. The writer OF the
article. an eminent German physician. be-
leves the nuts would be an especially valu-
able article of diet for corpulent diabetes
and those subject to diseases of the kidneys
who must avoid food containing much ami
NAL albumen.
While on the subject. a peanut soup which
has certainly the merit OF novelty, is suy-
gested by an exchange. with the additional
accredited value of being full of nutrition
shell a pint Of peanuts. remove the red
paper-like covering and roast the nuts, or
you may roast them in their shells. Grind
the nuts to a fine -four, or powder, in a NOR
tar. or by rolling them on a board Use IN,
powdered nuts In cream soup. made from 2
pint of milk and pint Of water, a small
tablespoonful OF flour and a large one OF
butter. rubbed together. and season with
salt and white pepper to taste. The soup
may also be made without milk using a
quart of water. and serving with a thin
slice or two OF lemon I'm each dish. Add the
sliced lemon TO the soup, just IL goes &c
the table. and serve hot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
Justice.
From Boston Home Journal.


An English lady, walking down the Lung
'Arno in Florence. missed her purse. The
suspicious movements Of a man in front
made her boldly demand the stolen prop
erty. Too amazed to refuse. the thief actu-
ally handed over the purse. Indignant at
such broad-day robbery. the lady stopped
an elegantly dressed man, and in excited
tones, began to pour out her grievance
Merely waiting to hear THAT man stole nv
purse" the gallant italian rushed after the
thief, who promptly took to his heels They
had a good run before the thief could Dodge
his pursuer. The sun of summer day did
not help the polite Florentine to keep cool;
so, red faced and out Of breath. he turned
back to meet the English lady with pro-
found apologies.
Madam. am very sorry. l did my best,
but your purse is gone"
"Oh, nor she replied sweetly; IT have
my purse. l got it back from the man."
Got your purse back! Per Bacco! What
did you want them
Want! Why, 1 want Justice
1t was too much even for proverbial Ital-
ian Urbanity, and, almost choking with sud
den vexation, he gasped-
Justice! To think l should have run N.Y.
self into perspiration for justice!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

for the Phi!istines'' or Elisha Criticised by
Little Boys"-he must have the figures be-
fore him.
In last years competition at the Beaux
Arts for the Prix de Rome the subject
given out was Samson at the mill. You
may be sure that the young art students
were not content to imagine what the mill
should be like; but that they studied, in
the museums in books of eastern travel,
and every other source, to arrive at some
sensible approximation OF Philistine mill
1t is right that the archaeology should rot
be wrong: it is essential that the emotions
coming through the eye should be aroused.
You must have Samson. the betrayed pa
friot, still the strongest man. The artist
must make you see the strained muscles,
the harness wearing deep into the flesh,
the outraged bravo dragging at the beam.
This the artist himself must see before he
paints it, With his model posed before him
some coal HEAVIER or suburban bully-the
artists trained Imagination viii undoubt-
edly see more than you or lin fact. more
than Is there. There are some things, how
ever, imagination cannot do. Undoubtedly
TO paint Samson you must have a Samson
posing, and otherwise you will be smiled
at by mere fourteen-year-old girls, who are
but the blameless nudity of street car
horses For 1t is not to be believed that
the (ancienO PhiliStineS were of modssty
sufficiently high-collared to dress the giant
up in coat and vest before they swatted
him with loaded thongs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
THE LUNCHEON.



Which should Not BE Overdone.
From Harper's Bear.
ladies' luncheon is peculiarly an Amer
ican function. Breakfast parties are given
ABROAD but We have instituted the lunch.
III is said that in the far west any meal
which is served at an odd time is callec
lunch, but the ordinary hour for this re-
past is one O'Clock pm. Among ones
numerous acquaintance there may b
charming women whom one wishes 10
see at ones table, but whose husbands
one may not care to entertain. To a lun-
cheon these ladies can be invited. and AZ
Is convenient ana pleasant way to DAY
social debts
The midday meal shoaid not be elaborate.
but IL should be substantial as many per-
sons follow the continental custom of
simply taxing cup of COnee for their
early breakfast. In Ihis. as IN many other
respects. We are apt 10 run INTO extremes,
and the lunch becomes SO ella bJrate q meal
that III as hard 10 distinguish between 1.
and dinner. Course after course is served
beginning with oysters and ending with
black coffee, several vines Including
champagne. are offered. the ta5le Is eialnDr-
ately decorated with flowers, and iavors,
sometimes Of great expense az. given 20
the guests. luncheon was gwen only q
day or two since which cost twenty-five
dollars plate without the wine. This Is
all wrong as d matter 4: taste No one
enjoys long menu at lrat hour Of the
day, the various wines "p~ct ones dice
ton, and the entire scheme Is AN orense
to nature.
The luncheon should consist OF four
Courses at the outside; but such a spirit
OF emulation exists In the mind of ths
housewife that because Mrs. A. had four
courses at her lunch on Monday Mrs. y
must have six at hers on Friday. One
rises from the table unrefreshel and tired
instead Of having enjoyed the hour or two
spent with congenial friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

AS to ordinary models, they simply 20
and come. Some one knocks at the ate
lier door, "Entrezr' do you want a
model?' Not today. I'll put you on my
book" And the artist writes the name,
address. complexion. style. &C. Il will
write you when 1 need you" And the
model must walk out into the mud and
rain of Paris in the winter or take the ON
nibus across the city and go through ether
Ike scenes. perhaps for the whole day,
and not a penny earned.
The artists relations with his models are
regulated by strict business. Like a bark
cashier, whom familiarity has taught to
look on hundred-dollar bills as only so
much paper. SO the artist pushes, pulls and
poses all this beauty. A primrose by the
rivers brim a simple primrose is to him,
and IL is nothing more.s
Requisites of n Model.
The first requisite of young female
model is undoubtedly her face. 1t must be
something fine. sentimental or taking
something nice to copy. A face that Is real
ly charming, that has an individuality, does
away with the need of invention on the
artists part and il suggests IDEAS Con-
trary to a general impression N the lay
mind. the face is the fortune, and the fig
ure comes afterward. There are a great
many models who never pose for the nude
Posing in costume is quite as important
and what 1 have heretofore said about the
necessity of nude models is not modified
by this consideration. Simply, drapery and
costume are SO exceedingly important that
all the trouble taken with the nude b. fore
hand is simply that the drapery may be
right afterward. When models with de-
sirable faces are difficult and will not bose
for the figure also the artist must have i'm
some cases two models. And then. ten to
one, the highly virtuous model will sheer
at the figure of the other girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS STORY
Mary E. wilkins in Romance.

HAVE T A U G H T
s C h DOL forty-four
years. Now I have
delivered the keys of
my school house to
the committed have
packed away on the
top shelf of my closet
a row of primers and
readers, Biographies,
spelling books a n d
arithmetics, a nd I
have stopped W or k
for the rest of my
.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

But the good and rosy face of Senator
Morgan is discerned quite clearly
Two dollars a day is considered good pay
by Paris model. The business Of a model
IS not necessarily a complete livelihood.
Some are content to take dollar for three
or four hours sitting. On the other hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

druStS lnOuel grows
and fiourishes where
artists flourish. W hen
an artist goes to
paint a landscape he
chooses out his point
of view and makes
a sketch of what he
sees. The landscape
poses Cor him. When
an artist has to paint
in figures - - a m =
son Grinding Grain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17
THE ARTISTS MODEL
A Curious Side of Life in the French
Capital.
fHE QUESTION OF THE NUDE IN ART
A Painter Must Have the Figure
Before Him.
HOW THEY ALL LIV E

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-05
Interesting Event in Due West.

The Inter.denominational Sunday School
Convention or Abbeville county held its NTH
annual meeting at Due West on last week,
Aug. 2sth and 29th, and the meeting was In.
was In many ways the best convention We
have held in some time.
The attendance was larger than usual and
unusual interest was manifested.
The discussions and speeches were very In.
along tie line Of Sunday School work.
As 10 the singing We would note that 1t was
the best we have had at any convention yet.
In fact, Due West is fine place 70 hold con-
vention. The people we're very kind and hos.
pitable, and took care Of us finely. Hard
times seemed 10 be q stranger up there for
there were no lack of fried chicken pies, Gus
| tards and all the incest delicacles imaginable.
We really had q fine time, as we'll as profita.
BILE meeting. and wish the convention would
meet oftener In Due West.
Out Of the forty Sunday Schools In the
county only eighteen were represented. The
Sunday Schools do not appreciate the import
ance OF sending delegates to this convention ;
for through this convention we have direct
touch with the great International Sunday
School work.
Mr.. E. B. Ezell from Spartanburg was pres
ent and gave several instructive lessons on
! woman teaching in the Sunday school. This
| 10 new feature in the sunday School, but q
very much needed system,
| Mr.. w, A. Templeton was our president
and did great deal 70 make the convention
The minutes In full will appear In the Pres
|byterian.
The State Inter demon minational Sunday
School Convention will meet in Union thit
week.
this work az 1t Ia great, grand and glorious
| C. P. Hammond. Secretary.