Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

MunyOn 8 cures, ana II you are NOT Oe0e.
6ted your money will be refunded
they beat the customs regulations of the
&C untries they visited.
A member of one party OF tourists tells
how the souvenir spoon epidemic broke
out and ragged among the band. especially
in passing through the Italian cities. where
they were so very beautiful and cheap that
one could really not help buying.
But the buying" continued the speaker,
was the smallest part of the monetary
transaction. for at every custom house
duties out of all proportion to the valve OF
the articles were demanded until we one
and all determined to get the better OF
such extortion. We kept our spoons In a
convenient place, and at the first warn
ing of danger every woman showed her
package of spoons down the neck OF her
dress, the men following suit. behind their
shirt bosoms-'swallowing spoons, we call
ed the performance.
my little son. who accompanied me. was
very much disturbed about the ethics OF
the matter, until one day he came to me
and remarked, solemnly, Well. mother.
suppose 1t Is all right for us to swallow
| our spoons. for yesterday when we crossed
the French frontier noticed that all the
ministers in the party swallowed theirs,
too This silenced the whisperings OF the
tenderest conscience. and We continued to
purchase and swallow spoons throughout
| the rest of our pilgrimage"
Prof. Max Nordau, in his remarkable in
stances of degeneration, has entirely over
| looked q most striking example OF the
doctrine which he promulgates with SO
| much force. and that is the humble po-
| tato There was a time when it was re-
garded as the most nutritious and healthy
article Of diet, and to small children and
weak invalids alike 1t was fed with uni
versal approval. Now. so has science adj
vanced or degenerated, as the individual
| may find. the first prescribed article OF
| diet after consulting physician 10 the
potato.
sweet potatoes eschew as you would poison,
| for they are the most indigestible article
| of food in the world" And IL you have
| been brought up. as most every one is. to
regard a potato as one OF the props OF
| existence you are in bad way.
| If DR.. Nordau would kindly diagnose the
cause OF the degeneration of the potato as
an article of diet he might possibly give
the world some valuable information as to
the reason of the wholesale falling on OF
vigor in the human race which he so YER
bosely deplores.
| Washington girls are not to be outdone
| in originality of design in carrying out the
| latest craze of midsummer. They have
| their roof gardens, just like all the rest Of
| the world, and, what is more fun, they ar
range ttem themselves and invite whom
| they please to enjoy them The other night
| a particularly delightful roof party" as
IL was called, was given by some stay-at-
| homes. and the charming details are
| worthy of imitation.
| On emerging through the trap door,
| which, as a means of entrance. afforded q
great deal of fun, the fiat tin roof was
discovered to be for the first time In its
| existence a thing Of beauty. Over 1t were
spread pretty rugs; flowers and growing
plants transformed 1t into a garden; ham
mocks and easy chairs invited rest and
comfort, while the whole was lighted by
rows OF japanese lanterns swung In fan
tastic manner, apparently In midair. In
the magic of transformation the chimney
was not forgotten, for with multitudinous
gay cushions piled up around it 1t formed
a support for divan of oriental luxury
and was the favorite spoony corner
| throughout the evening. Ices and cooling
drinks were served, and, with the tinkle
seemed as If the roof garden had reached
its height of artistic development.
The statue of Lincoln down in front of
the city hall is always a favorite object of
interest to the colored people of the COM
munity, and the other day when a party,
of country cousins were visiting their city
relatives one of the first sights to be shown
| was "Massa Linkum." AS the little row
| of picaninnies gaZed at the countenance
of their emancipation, with its prominent
cheekbones and we'll defined jawbone one
| of them plucked hold of his mammy's
dress and said: Say, nanny, who Is dat3"
Oats President Linkum. what made
you free man fore You was bawn," an
| Swered NANNY.
But, nanny, he looks so po what make
him look so po?' continued her aspiring
son.
''Sho', child. cause he bin dade so long,"
| and the sightseers went over into the park
| to eat their luncheon.
There win soon be an opportunity for
| some one to write a comic opera with The
Island of Trinidad for name and for the
scene of one or two Gets, with. perhaps,
| the other laid in Washington. Trinidad
and the count who is just now represent
ing his illustrious highisess James I Of
Trinidad, formerly Baron Harden-Hickey,
| together with some of the other characters
which have figured prominently in the af-
| fair. would certainly make interesting
story, and. when set with music and APP
propriate scenery. ought to be equal to the
Isle of Champagne" which Seabrooke has
made famous. The count has issued COM
missions and decorations to Mr.. Rouzer of
New York Times and Mr.. Hosford Of tho
Detroit Free Press, who, so to speak, are
enrolled in the great projects of his mas
ter. James /. These men have been dec
GRATED. knighted, and are now members Of
| the illustrious order Of the knights of Trim
| idad. and entitled to wear the cross Of his
| gracious majesty, the ruler Of the island.
Then. there has already been an appli-
cant for the post Of minister to Trinidad.
This applicant has said in his request for
the appointment that If he should be Sc
lected for the responsible post minister
plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to
the court of his royal highness. James I.
King of Trinidad. he would so con-
duct himself as to establish the most
friendly relations between other foreign
countries and the United States through
the distinguished diplomats he would meet
at the regal court Of James. He sholld
also endeavor to secure the most friendly
understanding between n
idad and the United States, and to form
defensive alliance between the two great
nations.