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The Washington times., 1894-09-16
FERDINAND.
STORY OF 4 FEW BOARDERs.

Now that September has come. and they
have gone. and the pug-dog has gone, and
be canary. has gone and life begins TO look
sweet again. 1 have a feeling that it will be
pleasure and a relief if tell some things.
Last year Mrs. Spslding. who lives in the
new house on what we call the avenue. So
took a few boarders through July and Au-
gust.
She said they were Just as' agreeable as they
could be, and never looked down on her, and
paid large price, so that they. the Spald-
ings. bought new set Of purple rep for
their parlOr. in the fail, after their guests"
had gone.
We did not want purple rep. but we did
want a new J. on the back Of the house.
We knew that 10 live on farm in a town
where there is no railroad near. and 10 keep
4 few hens. and cow and a Gordon setter
is not the way to get money enough 10 build
an J.. Mrs. Spalding's example was before
us. Early in june we began TO advertise for
G few quiet boarders, who could be accommo-
dated ia a large. old-fashioned farmhouse.
shaded by gigantic trees.
For the first week no one replied. But the
answers began TO come very rapidly after
that Nearly all the notes were written by
people who wanted hot and cold water in
tlelr rooms. ana VINO desired TO De on the
same floor as the bathroom. il seemed
superfluOus 10 take any notice Of such let
ters. But ] was much pleased with a note
that came from Boston. 1t was so sweet
told my sister, who is joint proprietor OF the
place That ] hoped this person would come.
The note was signed Flora X Billings. Il
said she wanted utter quiet.
She ionged for perfect stiffness as a salye
Tor wounded seDsibilities. She should need
no society whatever. save that of d pet dog.
who went win her everywhere. and who was
the only being who understood her Her
tastes were perfectly simple. She liked 10
breakfast on fruit and sup on bread and milk
She should be out Of doors most Of the time.
communing with nature; therefore her room
\, ,uU.4 uoJ make much difference-onlv a
place in which to rest weary head when the
sun had sunk in the west and the burning
stars were in the skies.
] do not know why il was that Catharine.
that is my sister, did not approve Of this note
She said she knew it was sweet; she was
afraid that Miss Billings was too sweet. But
Rs she did not require hot and cold water and
electric light, we were only too grateful to
have her come.
She arrived early in July. She said she
could not endure the noise of the Fourth in
town. She was not as young as thought she
was But. then, she was younger than Cath
arine had thought. In point Of fact, it was
Impossible TO gRess her age.
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Catharine had stopped beating eggs to hear
what our boarder had to say. She now re-
piled that Miss Billings might have 4 foot
bathtub for Ferdinand's use, if she wished.
Miss Billings looked at her in cool SURPRISE
as she heard this response. She did not speak
for several moments and my sister resumed
her work. The lady put the glittering end Of
her penholder to her lips, and appeared 10 be
shocked. At last she said that she never
washed Ferdinand herself.
Catharine said 'IndeedI' and I rolled out
pie crust
Where boarded last year and the year
before" went or Miss Billings, ''the washing
of Ferdinand was thrown in"
Catharine again said "Indeedr' and
nipped an edge to my crust l mentally de-
cided to let Catharine deal with this person.
"It is his day for a bath" repeated Miss
Billings. Il don't know what would happen
if he should miss his bath on the proper day"
Perhaps he would have more fieas, sug-
gested Catharine with great suavity.
The face of the mistress of Ferdinand
flushed deeply as she heard these words. She
announced with asperity that dearest Ferdy
never had had a flea in his life.
I'm sure congratulate him." replied my
sister.
Miss Billings was again silent. If woman
so stylish and so sensitiye-she said she was
full of sensibility-could pe said to ''hang
around, InaJ Is Wnat S0e Ola IN our Kitchen
for the next quarter of an hour, and it was
very hot in that kitchen.
do you feel disposed to throw in Ferdy's
bath?'' she asked, finally.
When she found out that we did not feel so
disposed she burst into tears, and l felt like
hard-hearted wretch. If the pug had not
had such way of swapping l think 1 should
have said then and there that | would be his
maid. But my sister was firm She said
with decision, that if Ferdinand were washed
while in that house the washing would PROP
ably be done by Ferdinand's mistress.
When Catharine had made this statement
Miss Billings dried her eyes and left the
room, taking the pug in her arms, after she
had put her pen behind her ear. The dog
looked over her shoulder at us. and his eyes
were very watery, as if with grief.
Il suppose we shall lose that boarder," ="
said I. despondently. "Catharine, couldn't
you have made up your mind TO wash Ferdy?"
Couldn't your" she asked.
But did not reply. was absorbed in pie
crust.
I'm afraid we eshan't have the l., remarked
my sister, after while. She added emphati-
cally that she did not believe that anybody
ever threw in the pugs bath.
The rest of the day passed calmly. Ferdi-
nand sat, as usual, at the open door and
snapped at flies and at passing ankles If
you have never been obliged to go frequently
very near dog that snaps at your ankles you
can have no idea into what a nervous state
you will fall
My duties called me often into that hall and
near tie door--in fact, the hall was so small
that you could not go into it at all without
going near the amiable brute who was sta
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ARTISTIC TACT.
A Painter Who Knew How TO Get Along
with the Fair Sex.

Painter Who Knew How TO Get Along
with the Fair Sex.
A young woman once went to the studio Of
the artist, Mr.. Healy, with her face so COW
cred with paint and powder that every char
acteristic line was obliterated. He was, of
course, in dilemma He could not order the
girl to go and wash her face. He would lose
his commission, and he was too polite gen.
tleman. He could not lay the same paint on
canvas that there was on her face. 1t would
not be satisfactory to her family. When the
sketch was lined in he rose from his seat, sat
down beside his subject and kindly asked her
if she was feeling as well as usual. Surprised,
of course she replied that she was. But,
Miss Jones, you walked from the hotel did
you not?" Yes" "And you came up stairs
hurriedly, without stopping to rest" "Why,
yes, OF course"
"Ah, Miss Jones, but. you see, though you
may not be feverish, you have exerted your
self so severely that there is so much color in
your face that l fear it would mislead me.
Now tomorrow, If you will be SO good, please
bathe your cheeks in water the last thing.
Come in n close carriage and stop and rest
yourself upon sofa you will find on each
landing. If you do that / am sure we shall
have no moro trouble" The faint flush on
her face the next day was perfectly natural
and did not at all retard the picture.
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THE ART OF MAKING up"

Partisan Reautifier Reveals Some Se-
crets to an Inquisitive Young Person.
First of all" said madame, seating herself
upon one of the divan-like lounges, II must
ask you not to mention my name in your pa
per- l shall be pleased TO tell you anything
you want to know, but do not think my cli-
ents would like to find that l had been talking
about them. do not object TO talk to you,
simply because l have no secret methods.
Neither | lor my daughters make any pre-
tense of turning ugly women into beautiful
ones nor do we make a mystery OF our pro-
cesses. What we claim to do Is to teach
women to take care of their beauty, to in
struct them in the art of making-up, where
they are in the habit Of doing it; and we can,
by the use of good cosmetics properly ap-
piled, improve the features where the features
are good, and where there is beauty already,
add to it"
You have a large number of clients, 1
understand. madame"
''Yes. Dozens. l might say scores. You
see, very few women, indeed. know how TO
make up properly. Nine out of ten Overdo
it. / teach them refinement Of taste. OF
course it is very difficult for an inexperienced
woman to make up well. Very few women
possess a true artistic sense of color and pro-
portion. For example, only two days ago a
well-known young lady, moving IN the best
society, came to me. What was she llke?"
exclaimed madame, with a shruS OF her
shoulders and a look of disgust Horrible!
Two vivid spots of rouge, hard, and as accu-
rately defined rs If put on with stencil,
glowed upon her cheeks-in the wrong
place." continued madame, with a plying
smile. "for her type of contour. Her lips
were too red (onlv pale, plump. fair women
should indulge in hibiscus red. as | call it,,
and spoilt by careless outlining Her eyes
were blackened far too much: her eyebrows
heavy and badly shaped. Too much powder.
blanc de peple; to much everything, except
art. None of that. alasi
II washed it all or said madame with
laugh. land told her that she should let her
maid do the making up for her or II she
could not, then send her to me for a few les
sons. 1t was because l saw so many badly
made-up women about Paris that five or six
years ago l adopted my present profession.
Well, 10 resume, made up the young lady till
she was lovely as she ought to be, for she is
exceedingly beautiful. She was delighted,
charmed. why. am positively pretty she
exclaimed. when l had finished. Lovely,
mademoiselle should rather say, / added.
In less than a week her maid came to take
lessons, and now mademoselle is made up as
she should be. Oh. yes, l have numbers of
ladies' maids who come to me for instruction,
and some young ladies who haven't maids
come to learn the art themselves.
II suppose your chief clientele, however
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toned there. 1 used to wait in the kitchen
or upstairs each time until had screwed up
my courage and then | would make dash
through the place; but | always heard the
teeth snap together rs l brushed by. At last
l would almost cry when l found that must
go there: it seemed mean to ask Catharine to
take my place.
Nothing but the thought of the l. sustained
me during those days. 1t was not soothing,
either, to see the edge of Miss Billings frizzes
outside and to know that she was sitting there
and enjoying herself while was so unhappy
Mr.. Heaton had seen me on these skirmishes
many times. He was a middle-aged man,
who was quite stout. He had large face
adorned by a small grizzled mustache He
had answered our advertisement because he
wanted great deal of fresh milk He drank
two or three quarts daily and said at break
fast each morning that the milk did him q
vast amount of good but as that confounded
pug boarded in the same house with him that
fact neutralized all the benefit, so he really
was not any better off than when he left the
city,
When he would say this Miss Billings
would remark that dearest Ferdy was her one
comfort in this world, and she could not see
why people were not willing he should live.
Mr.. Heaton would then sniff and say with
great contempt that he should try and not be
the cause of removing Miss Billings sole COM
fort but he could not swear that he should
not some time kick that pug into the next
world.
The three other boarders would try to
laugh as if these remarks were pleasantries.
Occasionally. Mr.. Marks, a very young man
who said he had not drop of Jewish blood
in him, would break out into indignant words
addressed to Mr.. Heaton. but the elder gen
tleman withered him directly.
Miss Billings would cast an expressive
oil of tha ar6p ut fba
derstood that Mr.. Marks was an admrer of
Miss Billings. He had even been known to
carry Ferdinand for her. in spite of his groTl-
ing and grinning all the time. She would
walk beside and pat him-the dog, you un-
derstand-and tell him that thes darling
petsy ought to know his friends. and she must
punish him if he did not. But she never pun
ished him. That pug was almost as bad in
the house as a modern child would have been
not quite so bad, for nothing is as bad as
tho modern child. So my sister and l used
to tell ourselves, and try to be thankful that
we had dog instead of child.
For" said Catharine, one day. in conf
dence. and in burst of gratitude, "a pug
may be poisoned, but little boy or girl could
not be treated in that way"
Not that we ever dreamed OF poisoning
Ferdy.
Mr.. Heaton seemed to wish to be very kind.
He had witnessed, As have'said, my transits
by the pug. One day he appeared in the
kitchen with a long-legged pair of hunting
boots in his hand. He said he hoped would
excuse him, but he would suggest that l put
on those boots when I went near that con-
founded little beast. He said they would give
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DIED.

BEALI-On September Is, 1924, at the home Of
her parents 90 II street northwest, MARIE IRENE
BEAiL only daughter Of Joseph and Annie C.
BealI, aged six years.
Funeral from parents residence tomorrow
CMonday) at 9 g. m Please omit flowers.
GROSS-Cn september IS, 1894, at 1880 o'clock,
GEORGE A GROSS, aged one year, three months
and three days
parents residence, No Al Six-and-a-haf street
southwest Friends and relatives are respect
fully invited 10 attend
THORNTON-Departed this life on September
IL ISql FRANCES. wife OF Moses Thornton
Funeral from Third Baptist Church, corner
Fifth and q streets northwest, to-day Sunday,
Septem Der 10. at l o'clock p In Relatives and
friends are invited 10 attend
WARE-Departed this life September 10, leg4,
at IL 20 a. m, ELLA WEES CELECA WARE the
beloved daughter of James l. and Charlotte y
Ware aged three years and nine days
Funeral from parents residence, No o2+ Iwen-
tieth street, {to-morrow) Mond ay at P. n 49,
wIISON-On Friday, September, II, 1921, at
Highland, Howard county, Md, LORENZO u
WILSON in the seyenty-eighth year OF MS age
baltimore papers please copy-I
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ing feature. They are extremely expressive.
1t is understood here that they can talk with
them By an almost imperceptible alteration
of the muscles above and below their Orbs OF
vision the expression OF their faces undergoes
complete change. Their features are small
and regular, their skin Opaque. so that rush
OF the blood to the face does not change the
comp mplexiou-that is to say, they do not blush
but whether or not this peculiarity may be
attributed 10 qualities in the cutce or 10 lack
OF artificial means adapted 10 cleanliness, is
debatable Their teeth, as a rule, are almost
perfect. In form and motion nature, on her
behalf, has added grace TO symmetry. but
limited her perfections IN this regard to but a
few years She natures at the age OF thir-
teen to fourteen, Is seen n her best az from
sixteen to seventeen. at twenty she begins 10
fade. and at twentv-three or twenty-fOur she
is old The word old means much 10 her.
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.GROGAN'S
MAMMOTH
CREDIT HOUSE,
s19-s21-s23 7th Street Northwest,
Between Il and Streets

"She is not doing IT," said. "It is Mr..
| Marks who is doing it. What thing IT must
De to be truly loved, Catharine do you think
If were as old as Miss Flora K Billings, and
had pug. and boarded where his washing
was not thrown in-dO you think any one
would love me as much as
But my sister was moving rapidly tow ard
the house.
where are you going?" I asked, hurryins
after her.
u want to be near In case he needs help"
''But you can't get in. replied
The hour went by and still the kitchen re-
manned closed. The thought OF supper be-
gan 10 worry US. When a half hour mora
had rassed we knew we must get in, for
boarders must have their meals.
Suddenly we heard a voice close 70 the
door leading into the woodhouse, where We
were waiting.
I'm going TO unlock it" said Mr.. Marks.
But do wait minute before you come in"
We Obeyed When we entered we stepped
in pool of water. and we kept on walking in
water. which had been very ineffeetively
sopped up by my apron. This apron was ly-
ing in a wet wad In the middle OF the room.
There were fragments of silk scattered
about. l recognized these fragments as parts
of the necktie Mr.. Marks had worn when I
had last left him.
On the kitchen table. near bowl OF cream,
which / had forgotten in the confusion Of
finding the young man in the kitchen, was
Ferdinand. very wet and shiny. and showing
his teeth and growing. But he was washed.
Catharine Immediately went somewhere
and brought back Miss Billings to take her
dog away.
"Oh, YOU precious. precious cried that
lady, gathering Ferdy to her heart and carry
ing him out of our sight.
Mr. Marks did nor come down to supper
Late in the evening yentured to knock at
his room.
He did not let me see him, but talked to me
from behind the door. as he held il little
open.
He said he had n good many scratches on
his hands and his under lip was torn. other
wise he was perfectly we'll He though, how
ever, that he should 60 back to Boston by the
train that started at O'Clock in the morning,
and he would send for his trunk.
He handed out the money for his board
through the crack between the door and the
wall. He thanked me for my kindness. He
said if ever wanted that cursed brute shOtto
send for him.
Miss Billings left US before it was time to
wash Ferdy again. She explained that she
went because she was so sensitive that she re-
quired frequent change.
The lady who had the room after Miss Bill
ings brought a canary who neves stopped
singing from the time the sun rose until IL
set But, as Mr.. Heaton remarked, there
were times when the force Of contrast made
even a singing canary seem blessing.
Perhaps ought to state that we are going
TO have the L.-Maria Louise Pool In the New
York Tribuna
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w. kT0CEC AND
2. lVEOOIO SONS.
llth and F SITS. N. w.
AN AMBITIOUS CHICKEN.
II Called Out tho Fire Department, bu
Was Badly Demoralizcd.

II called but tho ire department Cur
Was Badly DemOTaliZcd.
"An obsrreperous chicken succeeded in
calling out our fire department not long
since. said Henry T. Swangate, of Savannah.
Ga.. at the LindelL 1t was a male bird of
The game persuasion. and had acquired the
gery bad habit Of flying away from home and
mounting TO an extraordinary height for a
domesticated bird. On one occasion, when
chased by some boys. it got badly scared.
and. flying up rapidly, struck some wires,
and col tangled up in them hopelessly BY
some means OF other il shook or disarranged
a wire which notified the department of a
fire. and every effort was made to gel
promptly 10 the scene Of the supposed out
break.
"No FIRE being discovered. it was evident a
false alarm had been turned in. but the con
.inued struggle Of the rooster sent in further
alarms and caused a general decentralization
Of the electric service. When the cause Of the
disturbance was finally located the bird was
nearly dead and its handsome appearance
had entirely vanished This is. l believe. the
first case on record Of a chicken upsettinC
electric service in this way. but the bird. al
though quite a small one succeeded in doing
tie work quite e1fectiyely.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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THE DIURNAL FEMININE.

Tho reason why ] daily make
My sacrifice of pennies,
Is merely for columns sake
Which scarce, perhaps, for men Is,
And yet it elevates, retines,
1t stirs the noblest passions,
That article whose moving lines
Are headed --latest Fashions"
What Joy TO ascertain in print
The latest mode il dresses,
To learn the new artistic tint
Adopted by princesses,
To roam the galleries with her
Whose euloGies and structures
To hats and dresses alone refer,
And never deal with picturesl
Let troubles still oppress the state
With all their usual riGOr,
Let politicians still debate
With undminished yigor,
OF such the common person reads
But give tO me the pa pers
That chronicle at length the deeds
OF milliners and drapers!
london Punch.
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circumstances. but did Rot know but such
an observation might 1rritate him, and did
know vet know how mad he was.
Now he asked me, point blank, II would
lend him that apron.
"Yes." I said to myself, as went for the
article. ''he Is mad. He may ask for the
carving knife next, and must not refuse
him."
brought him the garment. He timidly
asked il would assist HIM to put it on. l
did so. l was sorry for him. When he had
the apron on and buttoned all the way up be-
hind he glanced az the door leading into the
dininS-room and inquired if had any OBJ
lection to locking that door, for some one
might como in. l was frightened, but L
locked the door.
Mr.. Marks was very slight in build and did
not look strong. l thought that in a hand TO
hand conflict I should perhaps, stand as
good a chance for victory as he would. There
was another door leading into the woodshed.
| casually moved round so that l was near this
means of exit Glancing at the door, l was
horror-struck to see that there was no key in
that lock-where was that key? l did not say
these words aloud, but Mr.. Marks answered
my look.
HIS whole appearance indicated such men
tai wretchedness, and his gingham apron was
so unbecoming, that l was to-mented by a
conflict of emotions.
You see,' he said desperately, II told her
I'd do it,
l stared Eelplessly He went on.
'.She seemed so unhappy about it; and you
did not feel as if you could fling it in
''Oh.' l said, a light breaking upon my
mind.
Yes he continued; 81 want you TO let me
have the foot-bathtub. She said you said she
could have that, and want the doors kept
locked, and don't want YOU to say anything
about it, and, ;" still more desperately, don't I
let anybody come in while wash Ferdinand. -
1 brought the bathtub to him. instructed
him about the warm water in the tank on the
stove / brought also an old sheet in which
to wrap Ferdy when he came out of the tub
Then L asked him where the dog was. He
opened the woodhouse door and showed nc
the pug asleep on the mat, with n string going
from his neck to the latch.
At the earnest desire of Mr.. Marks, 1 left
him. L heard him turn the key as l walked
into the woodhouse.
/ went back and. with my lips to the key
hole, l told him l should want the kitchen in
an hour.
He replied that if he had not washed
Ferdy in an hour he never should wash him.
l strolled down into tho orchard. where
Catharine frequently sat during our leisure
time in the afternoon. told her that now 1
knew that Miss Billings was truly beloved, for
Mr. Marks was IN our kitchen. and in my
apron, and was washing Ferdinand.
She rose from her seat in considerable ex-
element
Poor boyI" she exclaimed "He will get
bitten; perhaps he will have hydrophobia.
How can she do it?"