Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-07
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

inviting purchase as he took his home
ward way at an unconscionable hour, and
many family split has been avoided by a
basket of those delicious peaches at the
transfer.
On the day of the passing of the stand a
vender in conversation, expressing regret
that he had to go. YES" replied the Ital-
ian, cit was a vera good corner, but pay
fifty dollar month for it.
What, $50 for room under the caves CT
building; how much money do you take
in in the course of a month? I should
think your rent would eat up all the profit.
'Oh. this vera good corner" repeated
dred twenty-fi' to tree hundred dollar every
month. l got nuther corner down town
and most six thousand dollar In bank. but
this vera good corner" and he heaved
sigh at the thought of parting with the
goose that laid the golden egg.
With so much talk about the abundance
Of fruit this year it seemed curious that
Washington should have received only
small and inferior shipments. and in re-
Spouse to inquiry on the subject dealer
cleared up the mystery thus: The western
crop has been very small. as well as the
northern, SO that producers have made
their deals with remote cities where the
demand was greater and opportunities for
larger profits were possible. AS conse-
quence the only fruit received in Wash
ington has been such that would not stand
long journey, and when that was picked
over it was necessary to PUT up the rates
in order to get your money back"
Up town there is a hall dedicated to the
fraternal meetings of the 1. o. G. IT'S
which, being Interpreted, signifies "Inde
pendent Order of Good Templars." The
initials attracted the attention of Farmer
c.,
lounger in the vicinity what they meant.
Il often get tight was the emphatic in
formation, and the farmer treated the
crowd as a reward.
That "love Levels ranks" Is an accepted
saying, but there is still another potent
lcveler that has not arrived at the dignity
of truism, ard that is smoking. There
is no more miserable man than one who
has just extracted a fragrant Havana from
the Utmost recesses of his coat pocket,
poised 1t daintily between his teeth, and
feeling for a match, finds none. In his
strait he accoSts the first passer-by for
some fire." be the good Samaritan of his
class or rot. The other day just such an
oco urrence took place. The dude had the
cigar, silver match case aud the desire to
smoke, but the workman with ms pail
lad lighted pipe, and without II thought
his fellow smoker stopped him, ruffed for
while over the proffered light and went
his way.
The American friends of the present Lady
Beresford. formerly Duchess of Marlbor-
ough and Mrs. Hammersley, excite them
selves needlessly over the fact that Blen-
helm and all its splenGors on which her
money was expended passed out of her
hands with the dukes death, without his
wife's receiving any return of the large
sums used in restoring the estate With
true American enterprise. the duchess at
the time of her marriage persuaded the
duke to have his life insured for her bene-
mt for good round sum, and even If she
had to keep the policy paid up herself she
reaped her reward in a goodly supply of
ducats when she gave up the name and
castle to the young duke.
While the appendicitis scare RACES and
people are fearful of eating grapes lest the
seed should inflict them with the fashionable
ma lady, the device of a clever housekeeper
for extracting the seed without losing the
flavor of the fruit is worth Initiating. She
first presses the pulp out of the skin and
places II on the stove, where it is soon re-
duced to fluid, then by running 1t through a
colander all the seeds are extracted. To this
juice Is added sugar to the taste, and finally
the skins OF the grapes. When this has
stewed for about quarter of an hour YOU
have delicious jam, containing all the
benefits and none of the harm Of the fruit.
very interesting book has been brought
back from England by a recent traveller.
1t is an octave paper volume, containing
full page portraits of all the members of
the royal family. One showing the four
living generations, the queen, Prince of
Wales, Duke of York and infant son is of
especial interest. The Princess of Wales Is,
as always, charming looking. but her daugh-
tiers without their exalted titles would not
q ron of off fo,,
standard Of beauty. A little pardonable
vari ty is exhibited by the male members
of the family having their photographs
taken in Highland costume while visiting
could don knickerbockers without shame.
Taken all in all the queen has every rea-
son to be proud of the appearance Of her
offspring and their consorts, but it seems
questionable taste to sell the whole lot at
a railway station for sixpence.
Madame Romero, whose afternoons are
so largely attended throughout the winter,
was talking this summer about the fatigue
incident to seeing and receiving such
crowds. 'Of course I am tired when it is
all over" she frankly admitted. But
while people are coming and going 1 Thor
oughly enjoy it. 1 am glad to extend
cordial reception to all, for 1 remember
one occas ion when got a snub at 4 grand
house, and 1 determined then that # any
one, even an old apple woman, should seek
my hospitality she should receive it. To
be sure, 1 never expected to be put to the
test literally, as really occurred for one
afternoon l glanced toward the door, and
there peering in. evidently having followed
the crowd, was an apple woman, basket
little plaid shawl and all. Here was my
chance to prove to myself my sincerity.
So stepping forward l gave her as hearty
a greeting as was bestowed on the most IA
vored guest My apple woman was quite a
joke for a while among my friends but she
was pleased and 1 unframed, so 1 rather
enjoyed the fact than otherwise"
Students of natural history, of course,
know all such things, but a chance OBJ
server seeing a string of little birds on a
telegraph wire may notice that they all
face the same way without knowing why.
Lafcadio Hearn in his charming book Out
of the East" receives the information from
his runner that "all birds. facing windward
Sit" but that is further supplemented by
the comment of Washington man that
birds are the dudes of the animal kingdom,
and sit that way to keep their feathers
from getting mussed.
Have you a gentlemans bicycle?" tim
idly inquired lady at one Of the bicycle
agencies in the city. She was contam-