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This brings out the muscle in the forearm
The movements are much the same as in
ordinary calisthenics. The thumbs, wrists
and fingers each have an exercise of their
own.
AS AttiIa explained the exercises, the
pupil that is, the Saudowa that is To
be, took the various positions, all Of
which are the soul of grace. The bust
developing exercise, consisting OF ro-
tary, alternating motion OF the arms,
similar TO the motion OF the man who is
desirous OF warming his hands by whip
ping himself in the winter time. 1t churns
the bust, and is warranted TO produce firm
ness OF the flesh. The tweuty-fifth exer-
else is one that is calculated to test sup
pleuess and strength. Sandowa lay supine
on the floor, aud then, without moving
the feet or hands, lifted her body from
the waist upward until she was sitting
upright Another method OF reducing the
hips is that of standing firmly with heels
together and knees stiff, and then bending
the body over until the hands touch the
floor.
After having gone through the entire
list Of exercises, Mile Sandowa lifted a
hundred-pound weight straight up at arms
length over her head several times and
performed various feats of strength that
Illustrated the pTacticability Of the five
pound dumb-belI practice.
do you recommend any special diet?"
was asked OF Attila.
81 insist upon every ones eating just
what they want, the same as they always
have done. 1 do not approve OF wheat
bread. 1t has no life in 1T, and l recon-
mend in it's place Bohemian bread, the
blacker the better. 1 always eat it my
self After an hour of training, my pupils
are rubbed down with alcohol. I believe
there are few diseases where one has a
clear mind aud good muscular system.
Pure air and exercise are the ouly physicians
that ever attended me-
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GERMANS FoNDNEss FOR CAKE.
Vast Quantities Eaten MT Iuncbeon
Without Annarenf E1il Rosnl4.

vast Quantities Eaten mt Luncheon
Wlthont Apparent Evil Results.
Ihere is vast consumption of coffee
and cakes at the luncheon hour over in the
German quarter, says the New York Sun
tbs, indeed, the land o. cakes, though not
or the Scotch kind Vienna is famous
town for cakes and pastry and many of the
residents OF the German quarter are from
that city. Hence, doubtless, the rage for
cakes. This rage is confined to no one
age, sex or occupation. 1t seems to be gen.
eral; the quarter is of one mind on this
subject. You see the grayest spectacled
Germans of gray boards and vast bulk
munchlng cakes at insignificant little cafes
along with shop boys rough young fellows
and pretty girls. There is somewhere a
theory touching the correlation of tastes
tnat teaches that whenlonce man has set
tled down TO genuine adult fondness for
beer. Wine and tobacco he loses his joy in
sweetmeats. but the German quarter is a
standing disproof of the theory, for the
cake-eaters smoke pipes and drink both
beer and wine.
The number and variety of cakes dis
played in bakeries and cafes is appalling
TO one imbued with the modern belief as
TO the EMBELLISHMENTS of sweets You
may easily count in such places thirty or
forty different kinds of cakes besides
zweiback, plain bread, crescent rolls. rye
bread and several kinds of pie, though pie
is not speciality, is consumed in mod
crate quantities and Is always eaten with
knife.
The chief thing that saves the whole Ger
man quarter from dyspepsia in its reckless
consumption OF sweets is the fact that there
is no such thing as quick lunch over
there. lf man eafs-oply half a dozen
slices of cake or asl many crescent rolls
with his MONDAY coffee he fingers over it
a proper time reading the paper or a
volume of Goethe. or. perhaps, playing
cards or dominoes with his table mate
! The pale downtoYner, who bolts the
| sweets OF quick lunch in four minutes
| and hastens back to work, deservedIy
| pays for his sins with disturbed liver and
! damaged digestion. The German, who
fingers thirty or forty minutes over his
light luncheon, is fat, rosy and of good
! conscience.
1t must be said for the cakes of the
German quarter that they are as harmless
| as good cakes can be made. They are light
| to dizziness, not over sweet and cooked
through and through. There is one other
| thing that helps to render the German
immune from his terrible luncheon, aud
! that is that he seldom drinks with il
anything cold. The quick luncher down
| town takes cold milk with his luncheon
doubtless because it can be gulped with
| out delay. The German has hot coffee, tea
or chocolate or hot milk always with two
| or three Jumps of sugar. Hot milk is 6
| cure for almost any disorder OF the stom
| ach. so that the Germans luncheon con
| tains both bane and antidote OF course
| the German never insults his inner mar
| with ice water, and it is seldom served
| save by request OF untaught strangers.
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the prowess of the woman every time.''

the prowess of the woman every time.
"Theu you think the new woman viii
be a fighter"
81 don't know about the new woman as
different from any other woman, but /
would have them all developed physicallyif
l had my way about it. and then they could
fight when it was necessary.
my systeln?' Ahl that is easily ex-
planned. 1t is all brought about by means of
the five-pound dumb-ben practice. There
is no muscle that requires any other tool for
its development. Sandow was made what
he is by my plan, Of which 1 am the sole
inventor.
Attila's system of culture is one that
is within the scope of any woman to follow
out in her own home. The body should be
clad in a loose gymnasium suit, consist ting
of short skirt and blouse, and no corset, so
as to allow absolutely free motion of the
body. A two-pound dumb-bell is best to
start with ,and later fiye-pound dumb-bell
may be substituted.
'.Iu practicing with the dumb b-bells, said
the modern Samson, "all exercise with the
arms or legs or shoulders should be made
alternately and never together. There are
twenty five different exercises, and by
the time each has been learned to perfection,
every muscle in the body has been called
into action.
Exercise number one is simply an out
ward motion of the arm from the elbow.
Take the dumb-bel in the hand and bend the
arm double, placing the hand at the chest,
and ndthenalternate the movement downward
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
A Difference of Feeling.

"Ikin almost make out this feller's poem, F"
said Uncle 81, laying down the magazine his
niece had brought to the farm, but not
Read it, uncle" said the niece.
''It goes this way;
Low in the West there sullen lies
A cloud portentous, black, with tongues
of flame;
A strange thrill brings the teardrops to my
eyes,
A subtle feeling permeates my frame '
ssWeIl, what is there you do not under
stand? Itseemsa cleareXpositiono OF MOODS
produced by a coming storm"
II understand the storm part OF IL all
right, but what can'tgit at from his verses
is whether he feels it comm in his rheumat-
les er his corns. Some folks feels it one way
ana some the other, you know. ."-Cincln
natl Tribune.
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AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN.
She Belongs to an Old Family and tn
Smart Set" Doesn't Trouble Her.

She Belongs to an Old Family and the
Smart Set" Doesn't Trouble Her.
Perhaps, from asocialpoint ofview ,oneof
hemostconlfortably acknowledgements in
the world is the New York woman ofmoder-
ately independent means, who, secure in a
long line of unimpeachable Knickerbocker
ancestors, is completely satisfied with her
position and who viii never know or for
one instant imagine that she is irreverentIy
called one of the 'frumps'' by the smart
set" says the New York Tribune.
The members of this smart set welcome
new people without hesitation, always
providing that the new -comers are rich.
up-to-date, and have the necessary tact
and savoir faire to adopt the shibboleths
OF the set The genuine old New Yorker
is, however, very conservative, and the
opinions of the aforesaid set trouble her
but little, for her position, she feels, is
founded on rock, and though storms may
beat and waves break against the struc-
ture, it is, she believes, as secure as anything
can be in this mortal life. She is also apt
to be very independent, and if her income is
small has no fear of public opinion in car
rying out her economies. She will take a
'bus'' or car for a dinner or ball with as
great sense of dignity as IL she were step
ping into her carriage attended by her foot
man.
Don't Ietustaketh that opencar, mamma, :"
pleaded the daughter lof one of these Spar
tan aristocrats. 1T is so common"
My dear" said her mother, ''if we do it,
it is not common" and in she got, reluc-
family followed by the girl who, unluckily
for her, had not inherited her parent equi-
poise. Gell
When this independence is united with the
artistic temperament-tHe results are some
times little eccentric. A certain member
of well known family who feels that her
actions are quite upassailable, calmly
boarded Fourth avenue ear not long ago
with a large clothes basket Wishing to
spend a few days in the country with
friend and finding thata handbag would not
hold her requirements, while a trunk would
beimpossible for herto carry, she packedher
belongingsin big ordinary clothes hamper
with handles. tied sheet over the top and
took it herself from her house uptown to
the ferry.
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IN woMAN's WORLD.

Mrs. George Parsons Lathrop is in ia,
maica visiting her brother, Julian Haw.
thorne
Miss Gertrude Hall VIII soon publish q
volume Of Paul Verlane's poems trans
lated into English.
Nine. Augier, the widow Of the cele
brated poet and dramatist, Emile Augier
died in PaTIs recently.
Miss Emerson, of San Francisco, was
appointed commissioner of the United
States court OF land claims few dayI
ago
Helen Prince, the granddaughter of
Rufus Choate, has written a novel. II
is called The Story OF Christine Roche
FORT
Mrs. Margaret Deland has a passion fol
dogs She owns several thOrOughbreds,
among them a particularly tall and stately
mastiff, who strides sOlemnly behind ha
mistress in her walks about Boston
The doctor who pulled the old Ameer Of
Afghanistan through his late illness "a
young woman OF Ayrshire, Scotland,
Miss L. Hamilton, who took her medical
degree three years ago in Brussels, anc
practiced in Calcutta before she went "a
Afghanistan.
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knocked Her Painting silly

The other evening an immense crowd got
TANNED in a theater lobby and some women
grew hysterical.
"oh. / shall faintg' exclaimed stout
blonde. looking piteously at her escort
Men on all sides glanced at her sympa-
thetically, and those nearest made frantic
effort To give the stout blonde more rooIh
Her escort looked down into her face ten
derly.
II am going to faiut!'' she cried, and she
got ready To fall gracefully into his arms
..WelI, faintr' shouted robust lady at
ber elbow. "For heavens sake, faint and
be done with it, for the rest of us want TO
get out"
Some people glanced at her 1ndi gnantiy,
and others Uttered. but the stout blonde who
1-as about TO faiut braced up suddenly and
concluded she wouldn't. No sniff of salts
could have done the business quicker or
moro satisfactorily y-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Just In the place sightseeing were so Inn
pressed by his luck that they risked goodly
sums playing just as. he played. All the
regulars were in his wake, and soon the
whole house were pldying his cards. This
made the proprietor mad. They gave
sheedy very hard1caB down, and told
him to take his winnings and leave.
Almost tearfully they said to him. you re
not satisfied TO win yourself, but you want
to see everyone else. win too" AS soon
as Sheedy left, the bank began TO get
back some of its money from the other
players, who were alE at sea without
their leader.
All the big betting of the world has not
been confined to the present generation.
Hundreds Of years ago many odd wagers
Were made, as q hunt through a number
of old books showed
BET ON NAPoLEoN'S LIFE.
The old English law forced bettors to
pay their debts A remarkable action
was brought in 1912 by the Rev. B. Gill
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

the regulars let the race alone A rev
men. TO pick up some sure money, put up
81 200 TO win S1O0, or $500 to win $50.
This is the kind OF bet that Mike Dwyer
faucies most. ''Circular Joe" Veudig,
his betting man, made several tours of
the ring, and at post time had placed
$50 900 to win So 900. 1t seemed like
coming money, and when the horses got
off aud ran evenly for the first half mile
the shouters agreed that Old Bones would
walk in. Rounding the stretch, Raceland
forged ahead, and people turned away as
if the race were over. But at the last
sixteenth pole Tristan came again under
whip aud spur, caught up with aud beat
thezold horse at the wire short head.
This was one of the most sensational bets
in turf history, owing to the immense
sum put against a comparatively small
one
Mike Dwyer was the partner in another
bet OF stupendous nature. 1t was during
the Cleveland Harrison campaign OF 1892,
when Richard Croker made his last political
coup. Dwyer put up the money, and
Croker the information, to the tune Of
$40, 600, and as they gave odds their
winnings aggregated $4,000. They bet
even on a Cleveland plurality In New YORK
State of 10000, and made bets of 81 900
to $500 that he would carry the State.
Every night for two weeks prior to election
Vendig visited the Hoffman House cafe,
where all the betting was done. One
night he placed $3S 600 in various bets.
In the afternoon, before the betting be-
gan, he and Mr.. Croker would have a
talk in the little back room of Tammany
Hall, and there the chieftan would give
him the figures to bet on for the night.
Many people have often asked the question,
Where did Croker get the money to buy a
racing stabIe?' He got $45, 900 of it
in election bets, and soon after the close
of that campaign he began to accumulate
fine stable.
ONE WAY OF GETTING EVEN.
Prince Hatzfeldt, the sonin-law of Coils
P. Huntington, has made some large bets.
The one which attracted the most attention
occurred something over two years ago at
Saratoga The Prince went against
the roulette game in the big club house, and
as he was known to have a rich paiu-law,
he was allowed to play heavy on memo
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

For the fifth week Of the comedy season
at the Grand Opera House, beginning to-
morrow evening, Frederic Bond and com
pany viii present the three act farcical
comedy, Pink Dominos," with the fol-
lowing cast: Charles Greythorne, MIR. Bond;
Sir Percy Wagstaff, Mr.. Able; Joskyn
Tubbs, Mr. Fmdlay; Henry. Mr.. Shirley;
Brisket, Mr.. Gregory; walters, Mr.. Lalor
and Mr. wallace; Lady Maggie Wagstaff,
Miss Curry; Mrs Sophia Greythorne, Miss
Holland; Mrs Joskyn Tubbs, Mrs. Findlayy;
Rebecca. Miss James; Miss Sparrow, Miss
johnson.
Pink Dominos' is a comedy adapted
from the French and had its first produc-
ton in Paris years ago, where 1t was Tor
long time a reigning success. Later 1t was
produced in London and had It's nrst
presentation in this country in the hands
of A. NJ Palmer's Union Square Theater
Company. The translation of the play
from French to English has lost for 1T
none of it's sprightly dialogue, and in the
hands of the Grand Opera House Stock
Company it win undoubtedly repeat its
former successes.
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PRIZES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

The "woman's Edition" of the
washington Times, TO be issued July
a for the benefit of the Home for In
curables, offers three prizes to the
scholars of the High Schools and pub
lic schools of Washington who VIII
furnish the largest list of subscribers
10 the paper.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
year.
Second Prlzc-COsmopolitan Maga-
Eine-one year.
Third Prize-Mcclure's Magazine
one year.
Send subscriptions, with subscrib-
er's address, TO business Managers.
Woman's Edition. Times Office.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

bert against Sir Mark NJ. Sykes The bar.
onet at a dinner party in his own house
IN the course of conversation on the
hazard TO which the life of Bonaparte was
exposed, Offered, on receiving hundred
suiiieas' TO pay one guinea day as long
as Napoleon should remain alive Mr..
ulioert closed with Sir Mark, and sent
the hundred guineas, and the latter con
tlnued TO pay the guinea a day for nearly
three years
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
The regular annual comedy season of tn

The regular annual comedy season of the
New National Theater viii be inaugurated
on Monday night The company contains
the names Of nearly all the old favorites,
and with the addition-of the new members
makes it the strongest in the history or
the New National Stock Comedy Com
pany.
The names include Charles Coote, Charles
Bowser. Charles Mackay, Joseph Wheelock,
ir.. Percy Brooke, Alfred Hudson, Percy
Winter, Mrs Fannie Addison Pitt, and the
Misses Lillian Lawrence, Mary Sanders,
Frances Stevens, Margaret D1oden, ana
Helena Chalmers. t'Nita's First, the COM
edy chosen for the coming week, was
big success in London, and is in every way
a fitting vehicle for the introduction OF
these clever comedians. "a Love Game,
a two-part curtain raiser, VIII introduce
Miss Mary Sanders and Mr.. Joseph Whee-
lock. IT., in one of those charming love
plavs that have been a favorite feature
in past seasons.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
A Far-seeing Doctor.

A young doctor, starting a practice on
his own account, put forth a very moderats
scale of charges with one exception. Fol
attending a case OF cancer he demanded a
hundred guineas down.
why do you put that forward?" asked
a friend. You VIII frighten folks :"
Just what I want to do" replied ths
young doctor. IF didn't do so they would
be sure TO bring me an incurable case OF
cancer, and should lose my reputation. -.
Pearson s Weekly.
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waning for the Bounce.

In a certain village hear Cork few years
apo two Irishmen were repairing the roof
of a cottage, and one of them, who was
on the roof, wanted some bricks. There
being no ladder, he shouted TO his mate:
"Pat, shuna un will yer catch me IL
1ump?'' On receiving the answer THAT
he would he jumped, and Pat missed
him ON asking why he did not catch
him. he said: .Bedad, I was waiting till
YER bounced. Limerick Journal.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
Almost Everything.

Mandy" said Farmer CorntosseI, as he
set down q bucket of spring water and
leaned against the doorpost, "ain't the God
dess of Liberty female?'
- Course"
"Ain't Queen Victoria lady?"
Certainly"
"Ain't all outships called she?"
Invariably"
"Ain't the statoo of Freedom in the femi-
nine gender?'
s'It is."
"Well, what do you 'manicpated women
want, anyhow-the earth?"-New York
Mercury.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
He Did Not Tumble.

She had now become desperate.
Your family has a grand name, he OBJ
served.
II would prefer almost any other she
rejoined with promptness sufficient to
suggest that she had given the subject
thought
After a tim she sat as oBein a trance and
wondered what would be the chances Of
his tumbling if wheat elevator Were
to precipitate itself upon him.-Detroit
Tribune
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

from the ranks of the social, the musical
and the artistic world women are seeking
him. The probabilities are that the new
woman will supplement her shrewdness
and other mental qualifications with a
physical development that viii fit her
TO meet the world militant on its own
ground.
-Four years ago." said this trainer of
the modern Samson, ~ inaugurated the
strong man fad in London, and / became
an individual more talked about than the
Prince of Wales himself. / am now start
ing the strong woman fad, and If the fair
sex is not as well able TO defend itself
physically as man then it will not be my
fault
The professor is fine-looking man,
with well-knit frame and great lunches
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
Literally True

Mrs Houser-How dare you kiss the ser
want girl before me?
Houser-Excuse me. I have been kissing
you off and onfOr several years. Ihave Just
begun with her. 1 didn't kiss her befoa
you.-Phnadelphia Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
Up to Date.

Street Railway Magnate-sorry, but 7
can't give you pass.
AssembIyman Easy-PaSsl don't wan
pass. 1 want stock in the company.-
New York World.
The Washington times., 1895-05-26
His interpretation.

She-Why are people making such a fuss
over this woman who survived the Elbe?
He-Don't you see? She didn't drown,
and that shows she must have known how
to keep her mouth shut.-Courier Journal
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

The attraction at Kernan's Lyceum
Theater next week beginning with the
matinee on Tuesday win be made up of
a number OF high class speciality acts
and scientific sparring contests. The
speciality artists win include Mons. Grigal
and Mile Ortiz, Miss Dorothy Drew,
Smith and Champion, johnson and Mack,
Miss Nellie seymour and the Heely Brothers.
The feature of the matinee performance
viii be battle royal of ten rounds between
two Baltimore feather-weights and two
Washington boys OF the same class.
The feature of the night performance
will be a ten-round bout between Howard
Wilson, champion feather-weight of the
District, and Joe Cans, 125-pound cham
pion of the South. On two occasions
these men have fought draw oftenand six
rounds, and as each is confident of his
ability TO best the other most interesting
contest may be expected.
Each performance during the week
VIII furnish a special contest of ten or
more rounds. This department viii be
under the personal direction of Mr.. F. C..
Stewart, manager OF Monumental Amphi-
theater, Baltimore, where he has sue
cessfu lly conducted a series of two
hundred contests.
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HE modern San
dowa is yet to be in
troduced, and she may
come from the ranks
of the cultured-none
can tell. Prof. At
tia, who was the
trainer of the strong
man, Sandow, finds
his most promising
field of labor among
the pentler sex and
The Washington times., 1895-05-26

John P. Smiths colossal spectacular
DUncle Toms Cabin Company will ap-
pear at Buffers Bijou Theater all next
week. All tbe orphans in the city will
ATTEND one Of the afternoon performances
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COMING TO THE THEArERs.

Ibe Programme arranged for the benefit
performance to Manager Eugene Herman,
at Kernan's Lyceum Theater on Monday
night. contains all the features which the
habltues Of variety theaters regard as
highly interesting.
Nothing has been left undone to make it
an ideal variety entertainment, and so far
as talent Is concerned, there is every as
surance that the effort will be crowned
with success. The cake walk is special
addition. which is calculated to prove
entertaining. A very commendabe fea-
ture OF the performance is that the pro-
gramme is made up entirely of professional
artists. number of whom VIII come di-
rect from New York city to participate
and Others who have volunteered their
services are Wasbingtonians who are at
home for the summer months.
Among these may be mentioned Mr.. L..
A. Roginski in his famous exhibition OF
Art Cycloidotrope; George Graham, the IA
yorite monologue artist, late OF Hopkins
Trans Oceanic stars, and paster Solly
Goldsmith, the juvenile character artist.
The New York contingent Will include
Mon. Cngal and Mile. Ortiz, who are de-
scribed as the pscycho-hypnotic models; the
Heeley Brothers, eccentric acrobat come
dians; Nellie Seymour, character vocal
ist; johnson and Mack, the Kings of Ire
land; Dorothy Drew the charming little
vocalist and dancer, and Smith and Cham
pion, refined sketch artists.
The music will be furnished by Prof. Rich
ard F. Wagner, with augmented orchestra
from Local No. 6, of the National League
of Musicians The performance will con-
clude with a grand cake walk, in which
twenty-five couples viii participate and
Peter Barnes Will act as master OF cere-
mouies.
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N6W Woman
With Big Muscles
GENTLER SEX CAPABLE OF DE-
VELOPING GREAT STRENGTH.
Sandowa's Wonderful Ability
and How She Attained It.
Methods of Training.

Copyright, 1895, by Bachelor, Johnson &
Bacheller)