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Evening star., 1895-11-02
CURTAIN CALLS.
In Some Thenters They Go by Fixed
Rules of Etiquette.

In Some Theaters They Go by Fixed
Rules of Etiquette.
From the Boston Herald.
There hangs in the green room of the
Berliner Theater the following: members
of the company will bear in mind the fol-
lowing directions for curtain calls:
First call, Herr Barnay alone
Second call, Herr Barnay and Frau A.
the leading woman)
Third call, Herr Barnay and the entire
company. The members of the company
will take care to leave Herr Barnay alone
in the center of the stage during the call,
taking positions at some distance on each
side"
the exigencies of the play, what the posi-
tion or the value of the scene, this order
Is enforced rigidly.
This etiquette of curtain calls has it's rules
in this country, but they vary somewhat
with various companies, and with various
plays. As rule the first call is taken on
the picture at the fall of the curtain, and
the second by all the people in the picture,
standing in line. the leading people, of
course, in the CENTER and in some cases the
subordinate actors standing up stage. A
third call is taken by the star of an or
ganizaticn alone, and any others as the
star may dictate, while in a stock company
the leading man and woman, If they are
both in the picture share the call; if not,
II IS taken by whenever one was in 1t.
There are organizations where the star
takes it all, there joint combinations
where the two people share it. and where,
no matter what the will of the public,
neither will retire.
Many English actors have tried to do
away with the curtain call as incongruous
No one made q greater effort in that direc-
tion than did E. S. Willard, who used to
alter his picture at each call of the cur
tain, but rarely came out of his part to bow
conventionally to the house. But it must
be owned that the result of his method
was not sufficiently good to inspire others
to follow his example. He believed that
there was something ridiculous in stepping
out OF the play TO respond to the congratu-
lations of the audience. TO get round that
he used to make series of pictures for
curtain calls, but the result was almost
disastrous
There are certain questions of taste to be
considered always in such matters For
example, watch Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry take a call on the church scene in
Faust" 1t would be incongruous to see
Faust and Margaret taking a call side by
side SO they always keep to the opposite
sides of the stage, with the shrine Of the
Virgin Mary between them. In the same
way in Louis XI," when Irving always
shares the call at the end of the third act
with the actor playing Nemours they al
ways come on at the opposite sides of the
stage, but not together, each following the
other. alternating, as ii were, on the scene
no matter how many calls there are
Evening star., 1895-11-02
THE GOOD-LOOkING MAN.
He Tried to Make an Impression in a
Street Car.

Street Car.
From the New York World.
He knew that he was good looking. He
twisted up the waxed ends of his mustache
and smiled on her. Then he shrugged his
shoulders and smiled again. He adjusted
the ends of his cravat and gave her side
long glance. He said 'Ahem"' He hung on
a strap and smirked languishingly. There
was room at the other end of the car, but
he was interested in making conquest of
the young woman in the corner, and the
young woman in the corner merely stared
straight ahead, blankly.
He wore large checked very English
trousers, and there was carnation in the
buttonhole of his frock coat. His soft Fe-
dora hat was creased with painful exact
ness. He was the handsomest man in the
Broadway car, and he knew IL. But sne
never looked at him.
He jostled against her at the curves and
nearly knocked her hat off reaching for the
strap. He said, pray, excuse me-" elab-
orately, but she was not to be lured from
her abstraction. Then he began a sys-
tematic course of fascinating tactics. He
leaned over her and pressed her left foot
gently. No response. Still more noticeably
he pressed it. Then he walked over her
right foot by way Of attracting her atten-
ton. She did not wink an eyelid, but If he
had noted her from the point of vantage of
the passenger opposite he might have seen
a determination coming into the lines OF
her chin and a cold, calm deliberation into
her unfaltering eyes. But he did not see it,
he merely pressed her feet more tenderly
and repeated, Pray, excuse mel" with a
killing glance.
The young woman in the corner arose
She looked dangerously pleasant
pray, take my seat!' she said to him
with alarming distinctness, so that every
one in the car heard, and also those upor
the platform. pray. take my seatw with
emphasis upon the ''pray'D. As she swep,
to the center of the car two women op.
with extraordinary politeness to offer her a
seat
But the handsome man had bolted for the
platform, and he swung off at the next
stop, while the dangerously pleasant young
woman sat down again, smiling a serene
little smile.
Evening star., 1895-11-02

Tile tobacco match and gunpowder monopo-
lies are in the hands of the government.
These. in addition to the post Office depart
ment, afford multitudnous employment -or
females. All require the brevet elemen.dire
even from the most elementary beginners,
and the great majority demand that much
more formidable document, the dreaded bre-
vet superieur. Following the official exam
pie always all the non-state railway COM
panies, all the great corporations. all the i'm
portant employers of girl clerks. typewriters
bookkeepers, copysts and what not in the
mazes of French routine, ask for the brevet.
To He Railroad Clerk.
Example: know of girl who three years
ago was employed in one of the freight ac-
count departments of the P. l.. NJ. paris
-Midi-the trunk line from Paris to
Marseilles). She received so cents day for
copying, comparing and pigeon -holing pa
pers put into her hands by superior clerks
In order to obtain this employment she had
gained her brevet elementaire. But that was
not enough. In order to keep the employ-
ment (and incidentally be in the line Of pro-
motion, for this is the first principle of all
French corporation clerkships) she must
within given time Uwo years., OBTAIN the
second brevet! That is, being out of sch Dol
and working for her living, she must study
Stll at nome of nights if she were in
school and ultimately go up for examination
at one of those peculiar seances called "ex-
amens de PHotel de ville," which form so
picturesque feature of the Latin quarter
life in mid-July, when all the students are
away upon vacation, and then again in mid
october, when the quarter huns
The students, goddess, hairy savages with
moving neckties of gay hues and baggy pan
falcons, mayhap of velveteen @, are not like
college men, al home. They collect in some
thousands round the old Lobau barracks by
the river during the weeks of these anna
teurish girls examinations, to make faces at
the poor young things and frighten them as
they go In and out accompanied by their
mothers To come back to the little clerk
who had to pass to please the P. L. NJ She
failed to pass and so lost her employment
with the p. l.. NJ. 1t discouraged her.
Another Class.
There is still another class of Paris girls
who come to these examinations, which,
Deg leave to repeat-are not of school rou-
tine. but something quite apart These are
girls educated in the countless private and
religious schools of the great capital In
France the social lines are tightly drawn
by politics. and are mixed up with religion.
A religious family will not send its daugh,
ters to one of the "athestical' government
public schools. nor will a family which has
social aspirations. This is even the case
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Personal Color Selection.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Every woman, whether she knows it or
not, has a color or colors that are hers by
right of suitability, and, however much her
eye may be captivated by other tints, she
should not be led astray by her fancy.
Again, certain shades of a particular color
are often as unbecoming to a woman's
complexion as others are the reverse. Thus,
not only colors, but shades, have to be
studied and understood if harmony In
these and the becoming in dress are to be
attained. Some women only get far enough
on the road of good taste in dress to choose
colors and materials that blend well or
contrast better but not far enough to take
into consideration the more important
question of whether the choice made is one
that will conduce to their personal advan-
tage,
Evening star., 1895-11-02

go. my girl-go-I will be waiting for
you al IL o'clock"
Yes, mammal
And the brigand Latin quarter students,
standing round to mock and compliment,
NEW with affected voices: 'Yes, mama"
The Elementary Examination.
The examinations for the brevet elemen-
taire are divided into three series df there
were no subdivisions they would not be
French).
The first series "comprehends" four writ
ten exercises. A dictation for spelling. A
page of handwriting. An exercise in
French composition and problem in arth-
metic, requiring "reasoned-out solution
The second series includes two subdi-
visions. A crayon sketch of any usual
Evening star., 1895-11-02

n FRANCE THEY
pass government ex-
aminationS un peu
pour tout. in order to
be sailor. soldier.
priest, painter, musi-
can, horse doctor.
government clerk, tel
graph operator, po-
ceman-ln a word, in
der to be anything
( dignity. Some day
ley will be passing
1vernment eXamina-
ions to become shoe
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Like Mother Used, to Bake.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cfncinnat Enquirer.
1t wasn't really her fault that the biscuits
burned little on the bottom, and he ought
not to have raised so big row about It,
IT suppose such thing never happened in
all your mothers cooking?' she said, sar-
castically. Never" he asseverated. "Oc-
cesionally she used to get them so light
that they would float up to the top of the
oven and get scorched that way, but they
never burned on the bottom
Evening star., 1895-11-02

Ii "A - "A - ~ Az ~
chat the o t h e r
night with Shelby
NJ. Cullom, United
States Senator from
Him noi s. He is
one Of the m o s t
interesting takers
among o u r public
ner. Plain and SIM
lie in his ways, there
re no frills nor fur
CLOVIS about either
aimself or his con-
versation. He calls
Evening star., 1895-11-02
His Opinion.

From the Hudson Register.
James: rs Miss SNOWFALL a graduate of
vassar?
William: "She is.
Il thought she was. I heard her ask IL
the muzzle of gun was to prevent it going
off,"
Evening star., 1895-11-02

object which the examiners may choose
to set up. and the execution, under the
surveillance of appointed ladies, of needle
work.
The third series comprises five oral trials.
The explanation of the meaning of given
Piece of prose or verse, together with its
con struction and grammar Mental arith-
netic and the metric system, elementary
French history and geography, with map
drawing on a blackboard. Very elementary
questio and exercises of solfege. Ele-
mentary physical and natural science.
Evening star., 1895-11-02
A Hasty Remark.

From Tit-Bits.
Mary and John sitting on the sofa
| Mary-"Cease your batteries, or I will put
my hands over my ears John (wshing
| to be complimentary)-"Ah, your lovely
hands are too SMALL
Evening star., 1895-11-02
A GREAT NERVE TONIC,
HOrsfOrd's Acid PhOsuhate.

DIR. I. HARRIS HALL, State Lunatic Asylum,
great nerve tonic
Evening star., 1895-11-02

Huyler's Pure, Delicious Cocoa and Chocolates are
sold by all grocers Ask for Huylers and take 10
other.
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Civil Service Examinations Required
by the French Government.
FAILURE MEANS NO EMPLOYMENT
Running the Gauntlet of Students
in the Latin Quarter.
HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, October -, 1895.
Evening star., 1895-11-02
In Chicago.

From Exchange.
Ambitious Musician--"I have fame at las,
in my grasp"
"How sop
"You know Mendelssohn's Wedding
March helped amazingly in making hi:
fame?"
"Well, what of it?'
II am going to write divorce march,"
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Senator Cullom's Experience Teach
ing School at $l8 Per Month.
HE WAS INTIMATE WITH LINCOLN
His Position as Presidential Can
didate illustrated by a Story.
IS SSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN

copyrighted, 1895, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Evening star., 1895-11-02

and by fall had ren}A quarter section
of land from my fatA&, and was putting
it in crops. AS winter came on, I grew
restless. I told my father he could have
his land again, and that I was going to
Springfield to study law"
The morning times., 1895-12-08

forming, and now he has got the option
for himself"
"Yes, he has," said Won Brent. ~ may
say / am very sorry. indeed, for the turn
affairs have taken. OF course, as / Lave
told you, had no idea how the land lay.
You see, you had placed no deposit with me
and had to look after my own interests.
However, the option is open tor few days
more, and will not turn the mine over to
them till the last minute of the time hasex-
pired. Isn't there any chance Of your get
ting the money before them"
mot the slig htcst."
"Well, you see, in that case, cannot help
myself / am bound by legal document
to turn the mine over to them on receipt OF
the eco, 900 the moment your option Is
ended. Everything Is done legally. and l am
perfectly helpless in the matter"
Yes, / See that" sad John. "Good-by."
he went to the teieg raph office and sent
cablegram.
Wentworth received the dispatch in Lon
don the next morning. 1t read: I'VE are
cheated. Long worth has the option on the
mine in his own name"
ITO be contIuuedl
The morning times., 1895-12-08

arranged to her liking she glanced up q
him. ..Stili you said you were sorry,
and that's all q man can Bay-or woman
either, for that's what said myself when
I came In. Now, II you will pick up those
things from the flpof-thanks-we VIII
talk about the mins.'
wentworth seated himself in his chaif
again and said:
''well, what is 1t you wish to know about
the nline?'
Nothing at all"
"But you said you wanted information"
"What funny reason to givel And how
man misses all the fine points Of conyer-
sationi No; just because asked for In
formation, you might have known that was
notwhatI really wanted"
I'm afraid Pm very stupid. i hate to
ask boldly what you did want, but would
like to know"
''I wanted q vote OF confidence. told
you was sorry because OF certain episode.
I wanted to see II you trusted me, and
found You didn't. There"
~ think that was hardly fair test. You
see the facts did not belong tn me alone"
Miss Bre wster sighed and slo WY shook her
head.
"That wouldn't have made the least
difference, il you had really trusted me-"
"Oh, sayl You couldn't expect man
to -
"Yes, could"
"What merely friend?"
Miss Brewster nodded.
"Well, all 1 can say remarked Went
worth, with a laugh, " Is that friendship has
made greater strides In the States than it
has iii this country.
Before Jennie could reply the useful boy
knocked at the door and brought in tea tray
which he placed before his master, then ST.
lently departed, closing the door noiseles essly.
'.May offer you cup of tea?'
"Plcase. Whata curious custom this drink
ing of tea is In business offices. / think
/ shall write an article on "A Nation of Tea
Tipplers.' Ii were an enemy of England.
instead of being ITS greatest friend, would
descend with my army on this country be-
tween the hours of and 8 in the after
noon, and So take the populat ton una wares
while 1t was drinking tea. What would you
do If the enemy came down ON you durin &
The morning times., 1895-12-08

picious; then you. wouldn't be trlckcd as
you have been"
mo. The trouble is have been too
suspicious. but that is past. ! won't be
again." it,
"Wbat are you talking about?" she said,
looking quickly up at him.
A.Don't you know you'll lose the mine
if"
Hang the MINER he cried, fiinging
| his wrist 4fsee and clasping her to him
before she could step back or move from
her place. .'There is something moro
important than mines or money"
The parasol broke with sharp snap, and
the girl murmured '.oh," but the murmur
was faint.
Never mind the parasol." he said,
pulling it from between them and tossing
1t aside. I'm get you another"
Reckless man!' she gasped. "You
little know how much 1T cost. And
think, You know, j ought to have been
consnlted-in AMIN an affair of this
kind-George.'
"There was no time. l acted upon your
| own advice-promptly. You are not
angry, Jennie, my dear girl. are you?''
Il suppose I'm not, though / think
ought to be, especially as i know only too
well that / held my heart in my hand the
whole time, almost offering 1t to you. /
hope you won't treat it as you have treated
Tie 6unSnaQe."
He kissed her for answer.
lyon Sec" she said putting his necktie
straight, II liked you frcm tie very first,
far more than krew al the time. II YOU
I'm not trying to justify myself, you know
but if-you had well-1ust c0axed me a
little yourself. would never have sent that
cable message. You seemed to give up
everything, and you sent Kenyon to me.
and that made me angry. expected you
to come back to me, but you never came"
Twas a stupid fool. i always am, when
II get fair chance"
''Oh, go, ynu're not, but you do need some
one to take care of you."
She suddenly held him at arms length
from her.
You'd ont imagine for a moment, George
Wentworth, that l came here today for
for this"
Certainly not" cried the honest young
man, with much Indignant feryor, draw
ing her again toward him. -.
.'Ther it's all right. 1 couldn't bear to
| have you think such a thing. especially
well, II tell you why sorne day. But ]
do wish you had a title. Do they ever
nnobleaceountantsint in this scountry ,GeorSe?"
NO they knight only rich fools
"oh, I'm so glad of that, for you'll get
rich on the mine, and I'll be Lady Went
worth yet.'' ssgse
She drew his head dow until her laugh
ing lips touched his
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p Woman Inf8ru6n66

courage to overcome. Every man has, and
with most men 1t is q fight until the
head is gray and the brain weary with
the ceaseless struggle. The world is ut
teriy merciless; il will trample you down
relentlessly il 1T can, and If your vfgi-
lance relaxes for a moment it will steal
your crust and leave you to starve. When
/ think of this tncessant, suilen contest,
with no quarter given or taken, shud-
der and pray that may die before am
at the mercy OF the pitiless world. When
came to London saw for the first time
in my life that hopeless melancholy prom
enaile of the sandwich men. human wreck
age drifting along the edge of The street,
as If they bad been cast up there by the
rushing tide sweeping past them. They
they seemed to me like a tottering process
sion of the dead-and on their backs was
the announcement OF q play that was max
ing all London roar with laughter-the
awful comedy and tragedy of it! Well.
/ simply couldn't stand IL! / had to run
up a side street and cry like the little fool
l was right in broad daylight"
Jennie paused and tried to laugh, but the
effort ended 10 a sound suspiciously like a
sob and she dashed her hand with quick
1mpatience across her eyes, from which
Wentworth had never taken bis own, watch
ing them dim as the light from the window
proved too strong for them, and finally
LII as stie cesseu 10 sitdk. SehrcuiiS III
effectually about her dress for handker-
chief. which lay on the table beside her
parasol, unnoticcd by either, Jennie went on
with some difficulty.
"Well, these poor forlorn creatures were
once men-men who bad gone down. and III
the world is so hard on a man, with all his
strength and resourcefulness, think-think
what it is for a woman to be thrown into
Observation-Disclosures woman with
out friends-without money-flung among
these relentless wolves-to live If she can-or
to def she can.'
The girls voice broke and She buried her
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face in her arms, which rested on the table.
wentworth sprang to his feet and came
round to where she sat.
"Jennie," he said, putting his hand on her
shoulder.
The girl, without looking up, shook off the
hand that touched her.
go back to your place!'' she cried In .
smothered voice. Leave me alone!"
"Jennie," persisted Wentworth.
The young woman rose from her chair and
faced him, stepping back pace.
Don't you hear what / say? Go back
andsi down. Icame here to talk business;
not To make fool of myself. It's all your
fault, and l hate you for it-you and your
silly questions"
But the young man stood where he was,
in spite OF the dangerous sparkle that lit
up his visitors wet eyes. a frown gath
cred on his brow
Jennie he said slowly, 'are you play
ing with me agaln?"
The swift answer that blazed up in her
face, reddenins her cheeks, dried the tears.
How dare you say such thing TO me-"
she cried hotiy. DO you rlatter yourself
that because 1 came here to talk business,
] have also some personal interest in you?
Surely even your self-eonceit doesn't run
30 far as tbat?'
Wentworthstoods silent, and Miss Brewster
picked up her parasol, scattering in her
haste the other articles On tie floor. II
she expected Wentworth to put them ON the
table again she was disappointed, for,
Thoughts were far away upon the Atlantic
Ocean.
81 shall not stay here to be iDsulted," She
cried resentfully, bringing jWentworth,s
thoughts back with a rush to London again.
sit is intolerablc that you should use such
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''DO you think this Is a courteous trent
ment of a business partner?"
an expression to me. Playing with you,
indeed!'
AZ had no intention of insulting you,
Miss Brewster"
"'what is Il but an insult to use such a
phrase? 1t implies that I either care for
you Or"
And do your
do / what?'
.Do you care for me?"
Jennie Shock out the laco fringes OF her
parasol and sDloothed them with some pre-
cision. Her eyes were bent on what she
was doing, and consequently they did not
meet those of her questioner.
II care for you as friend, Of course"
she said at last, Still giving much atten.
tion TO the parasol. 'If had not looked
on you as friend would not have come
here to consult with you, would II"
No, / suppose not. Well, am sorry I
used the words that displeased you, and
now, II you will permit 1t, we viii 20 on
with ths sconsultatidn.'
1T wasn't a pretty thing to say"
"Pmafraid 1 am not good atsay ying pretty
things"
You used to be-" The parassl being
The morning times., 1895-12-08
BY ROBERT BARR.
Copyright, 1895, by Robert Barr,

Author nf THE Face and the Mask" "ln
the Midst of Alarms" &C.