Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17
unconscious that he had startled the whole
front part of he church.


There is a lawyer In town who had some
extra fine whisky sent him by New York
club man.
One day the cook an old family servant,
was caught in pad rain storm, and got a
drenching.
The lawyers wife, with her natural
kindness went to the last bottle of whisky
and poured out modest drink.
The old colored woman eyed it obviously.
deed, Miss Mary. if you want dat er
drink to keep me from takin' cold. you bet
ter fill it up
The lady poured some more in, and know
ing the old woman was not opposed to
taking a "wee nippee," told her she had
never drunk such fine stuff in her life, and
she had better drink it slowly.
The woman took it, In this case, 1nstead
or going down like velvet, 1t went down
like water. Not even a SILVER accompanied
Then the old woman looked sympathiz-
ipgly at her young mistress.
"Lor', Miss Mary, you don't call dat hne
whisky George dun got some at nome
OATS lots finer'n dat. Why, when l takes
it. it burns my throat and then my som
ach, and then it seems to burn al! over
till I thinks I bus wide open. Dat nne
whisky" and a convulsive shiver went
through the old woman at the recoiiectioh
of 1t.
whisky in that house.
A young woman well known made an
after-dinner call on young married couple
the other evening
1t proved to be a most novel visit.
The servant said they were upstairs,
just come right up.
There being nothing unusual In their
being upstairs, she promptly assembled.
The servant took her up and up. When
they reached the attic stairs the young
woman began to be frightened and thought
the servant had turned lunatic. But she
smilngly volunteered the information that
they were on the roof. The young VISITOR
stepped out, and novel sight met her eye.
1t was ordinary level tin roof, but
a pretty wooden fence had been put all
around it. In one corner was a mass OF
growing flowers. with the awning drawn
back from them. Pretty mating rugs
We're spread under each easy chair. A
wicker table had a pitcher of cool lemon
ade, plate of dainty cake. box OF Huy-
lers candy and a box of cigars.
There were her friends, each in favorite
easy chair, with books and papers.
Indeed it was an ideal porch scene and
very much cooler than the average porch.
The young wife says she just had to
fix up some comfortable spot out of doors,
as she didn't propose to go off to the noun
tains and leave her husband behind.
One of the returning signs of good times,
as announced by a man whose business
it is to deal in statistics of commerce
and trade, was the increased trade in to-
bacco. Tobacco, he says, always shows the
first sign of returning prosperity. This
may be accounted for in the fact that la
boring men and others who are out of en-
ployment cconom.Ze by using less tobac-
co or giving it UP entirely, and resume
again when they secure employment or Sc
cure increased wages. The man who OBJ
serves this tobacco sign says that there are
good times approaching abroad as we'll as
in this country.
Amateur photography has got to be a
great fad now, and it is no uncommon
thing to find that about every tenth man
and twentieth woman INDUCES in the
amusement to more or less extent. Quite
number of army and navy officers are
more or less dabblers in the pcture-taking
art. At least one Of the engineer officers
Of the army illustrates his annual report
of river and harbor improvements by use
of the camera, and he shows, more
over. that he has become an accomplished
artist Pictures by naval officers of the
scenes they visit are not uncommon, and
several officers have a pictorial history of
their different voyages.