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1t would be quite handsome enough for
almost any at home affair. For q young
lady something the Grecian order,
made Of soft white or striped silk in col
ors, with girdle of black velvet and puff
ed sleeves, would be girlish and pretty.
The pieces that fall from the shoulders in
trent are simply loose widths of silk that
come to the floor.
For real solid boudoir comfort. however,
this charming neglige Is fashioned. 1t Is
of warp-woven striped China silk, and is
sion. 1t is so nice to wear when you have
just a few moments to slip off your dress
waist to rest. A perfect love Of a gown
for getting into quick, and comfort after
it's two fastenings are joined is the semi
empire gown, which may be made of any
soft silk or challie. The short belted
waist and the cute pulled sleeves make 1t
a quantity lovely gown, suitable for maid
or matron, If the fabrics are wisely chosen.
OF course, you know that the blouse
waist Is going to be the most popular ar
jacket. At present most of these blouse
waists are made with a lining and have a
plain back. Later in the season, when The
lawns and muSlins and dimities come to be
made up, the lining will probably be left
out, and more frillS and furbelows put On
them. Here Is a charming design for a
thick blouse; one made of surah or henriet-
ia cloth or a lightweight taffeta. The
back is perfectly plain but for one plait
with the narrow girdle across the back
slightly rounded in the center. The cuffs
ruffle, and the lace finishes the edge Of
the yoke in front. There is a box plat
down the middle of the back and the waist
faStenS under that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
Seed Wheat Bonds.

Grand Forks N. D., dispatch says the
question of seed wheat for the coming sea-
son Is becoming serious one to many
farmers in some parts of North Dakota,
and the idea Of bonding townships to Sc
cure seed wheat has been and is still being
agitated In some townships the scheme
Of bonding meets with more or less oppo-
siticn. There are some townships that is
sued seed grain bonds in 1891 that have not
as yet been paid in full by the farmers who
received assistance at that time. The citi-
Zens of Foreman, the judicial seat of Sar-
gent county. considering the present con-
dition of the farmers in their Immediate
vicinity, have commenced to agitate the
question of bonding certain townships, and
elevator companies have made known their
willingness to aid all such farmers by fur
nishing wheat at low rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
THE VISITING CARD.
The Etiquette That Governs the u
OF the PastebOard

The. Etiquette That Governs the Use
of the PastebOnrd
What remains to us, therefore. in the in
ability to meet personal demands, is the I'M
satisfying interchange of cards. writes Mrs.
Burton Harrison In the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. Whatever stops, cards must go on fly
ing between the houses Of acquaintances
who have not time to be friends. The
simplest method Of harmonizing all diff
culties in this matter is for the house mis-
tress, once in season, to send q card to
every one upon her list. and state upon
what day or days she may be found at
home. This done, there is really no claim
upon her to do more, either in the way of
chooses to single out No one can reason
ably be offended with her. II. as we are
presuming, she be wife. mother, patroness
of many charities, and DESTROYS of claiming
a few hours Of her daily span for her own
personal uses.
The rule for sending cards would seem to
be simplified by remembering to return one
of a lady's and two Of her husbands for
every invitation of q general nature re-
ceived. After the envelopes containing
these have gone into the mail there is a
sense Of complacent virtue Of the most
fortifying sort. To especial Invitations, to
dinner, luncheon, dances, and all enter
tainments where favor Of an answer is
requested or expected, the sending of cards
is quite out of place. A sheet Of note paper
containing written regret or acceptance
is thing of necessity.
After weddings or on the receipt of we'd
ding announcements, now SO common, cards
are sent both to bride and groom, and to
the elders in whose name the announce
ments have gone out. Cards left at the
door are generally considered sufficient
after bereavement in family, the writ
ing of notes on such occasions being gov
erend by the extent of intimacy, or the
amount of feeling excited. Perhaps 1 may
as well repeat in this connection that the
rule in leaving cards on all ceremonial oc-
casions is that one of the wifes shall be
accompanied by two Of her husbands, UNI
less the lady to receive them is a widow
or an unmarried person, in which case one
card of the husband accompanies that Of
his wife 1t is going out of fashion to turn
cards down at the corners to express call
in person. A young man. visiting alone,
generally leaves two of his cards, one for
the lady of the house and one for her hus-
band.
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dress fits, nor how comfortable 1t feels, it
wears on one to be trussed up in one of the
tailor made cloth or velvet creations from
dawn to midnight, and without doubt helps
to make q woman more nervous than she
would be otherwise. Frock builders have
been overrun with orders for negligee
gowns for the last month, intended for the
informal affairs that will tighten up the
long afternoons or evenin's." as they put it
In Washington. Of the Lenten season. Some
Of these gowns are dreams Of beauty,
scarcely less elaborate than ball gowns and
built along the same lines. except that they
are usually made in one piece, so as to be
easy to slip into. and are loose.
Loose? Aye, there's the charm Of them
for woman. She can don teagown and
curl up on the couch, or bury herself with
her magazine in a big, sleepy, hollow chair,
and II a caller is announced, all she has to
do Is to spring to her feet and shake her.
self little like dog that has been in
the water, and the folds of her gown fall
into place at once and she doesn't have to
even stop to look in the mirror to see If
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Some Other Day.

There are wonderful things we are going to do.
Some other day;
And harbors we hope to drift Into
Seine other day.
With folded hands and oars that trail,
We watch and wait for favoring gale
To fill the folds of an idle sail
Some other day.
We know We must toll If ever we win
Some other day,
But We say to ourselves there's time to begin
Some other day;
And so. deferring, we lOiter on,
Until at last find withdrawn
The strength of the hope we leaned upon
Some other day.
And when are old and our race is run,
Some other day,
We fret for the things that might have been done
Some other day.
We trace the path that leads US where
The beck0nng hand of a grim despair
Leads yonder. out of the here,
Some other day.
ALFRED ELLISON.
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A Curious Hobby.


The German emperor, whose hobbies take
various directions connected with engineer
ing-marine, locomotive and military-pos-
sesses a splendid working model of rail-
way, with engines, cars points, signals
and stations. This he works ostensibly for
the amusement Of his children-in reality
for the pleasure and recreation it affords to
himself. The designing and working Of
small steam or oil launches Is another Of
the German emperor's favorite pastimes.
OF these he possesses large number. He
has recently given an order to q famous
Thames builder for a little electric launch.
furnished and speedy little a craft as
floats. In the palace at Berlin the whole
floor space Of one great room is frequently
the arena for the make-believe maneuvers
of whole troops Of toy soldiers. with mimic
cannon, artillery, ammunition wa ons,
tents fortresses and all the pomp and
panoply Of modern warfare.
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course. There are few navy blue and
black ribbons printed with bright colors,
but they are not half as pretty as the light
ones.
Black crepon gets crazier In effect every
new Importation. 1t comes now in kind
of wiry silk gauze, with perfectly I'M
mense creases in it, only equaled by the
awful price of the beautiful stuff. or
course, the handsomest is black. There are
colored crepons but black Is the richest in
effect, and it is SO wide that, after all. 1t
does not cost so very much more than mar
rover silks. The bodices are usually Of
something else, and the fancy of the hour
is to wear black all by itself. That is, to
not mix other colors with it, not even white
lace. Black will be very popular all season.
Black silk, the old favorite peau de sole,
and brocade satin. and even gros grain,
will be great deal worn all through the
summer. The wash silks come in an in
fnity Of colors. and so cheap that every
body can afford them. In fact. they are so
cheap that one wonders If they will wear
well.
But, to get back to tea gowns, an ex-
tremely elegant one for more ceremonious
wear can be fashioned out of black satin
with a white satin front and garniture of
Vandyke lace and black satin ribbons.
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Friction In the Kitchen.

L GU Sc a sassy Niger.
"You'se no good black trash"
The housemaid and the butler glared at
each other. The deadly insult had been
passed What would happen next?
Such was the inharmonious situation of
affairs in the culinary department OF a
residence on Massachusetts, avenue one
morning last week. Nobody knows exactly
how the dispute began. The cook said that
the colored gentleman in charge of the
pantry was somewhat addicted to flirta-
ton. and this, Notwithstanding the fact
that he was married man. When lady
is employed as help in domestic es-
tabliShment, having beaux of her own, she
doesn't care about receiving attentions
from person who is well known to be a
grass widower.
Whether this theory of the cooks be
correct or not, it is certain that the mis-
tress of the house, while sitting In the
library, was much surprised to see the but
Ter and housemaid enter the room to-
gether.
said the housemaid. E +.
She called me sassy Niger" said the
butler. d..%
The mistress of the mansion opened her
eyes very wide and inquired:
what is all this aboutg'
The houserlaid put her thumb in her
mouth and made no reply, but the butler
spoke up and said:
I've come to see which OF us you are
goin' to discharge" =
The situation was delicate one. The
mistress looked thoughtful for a moment,
and then she replied:
Fanny, you are a good maid. William.
I find no fault with you as a butler. Go
right back to the kitchen both Of you, at
tend to your work, and let me not hear
another word of squabble between you"
William and Fanny did as they were bid.
Honor was satisfied, and they returned to
business amicably. No further trouble is
anticipated. And the moral of this small
story is that tact is valuable possession
to a housewife
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It makes people well!

It makes people well!
It builds up the weakened shattered nerves; It
sends life and blood through the arteries.
Where everything else has failed Paine's celery
compound-the greatest achievement of that giant
among men. the ablest physician Of this genera
ton, Prof. Edward 3. Phelps, Md, LID. Of
Dartmouth-this wonderful Paine's celery compound
has in thousands Of cases cured disease.
1t has freed old age from many Of its infrmi-
ties. 1t has made thousands Of lives worth living
that were once a burden. 1t has proven itself so
easily the greatest Of all spring remedies. making
the weak strong and the inilrm well, that in the
big cities. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton st. Louis and the rest the leading newspapers
making their canvasses, have found that the
demand for Paine's celery compound is enormous,
far SURPRISING that Of any other remedy us the
curative power Of this great compound does in
disputaby surpass that Of any other.
For Paine's celery compound is not patent
medicine. 1t is not ordinary tonic sarsaparilln
or nervine. It Is superior to them all that they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
WRITING A NOVEL.
Marion Crawford Describes
Method OF Work.

Method of Work.
From McClure's Magazine.
What" 1 asked. sis the germ Of novel
for your"
1T is a character. and not a situation.
which generally suggests a novel to me.
1 think that in most cases my characters
are portraits of real people in imaginary
situations; that is why they cannot be req
ognized by the originals. because they are
out of their usual environment There are
two exceptions to this way of conceiving q
novel; as have already told you. The Tale
of Lonely Parish and 'Marzio's Crucifix'
were suggested to me by the real back
ground
Wont you tell me-" asked. "how you
go to work to construct one of your novels;
do You see the end from the beginning. and
work toward it?"
Since my first novel or two, always see
the end Of the story from the start When
l have thought 1t over in this way, 1 take
large sheet of paper, and. having decided
on the size of the book. make up my mind
that it shall have-say twenty-four chap
tiers. Along the left margin l mark the
numbers of these chapters, one under the
other, a line for each. If it is to be in
three volumes. as most of my novels are In
England. 1 place a horizontal mark after
each eight chapter numbers. That indicates
the volume. Then. after the manner OF a
playwright choosing what he calls his
mating incident in each volume. and also de-
eide in which chapter it shall fall, and
place catch-word indicating that situation
on the line with the chapter number. Then
fill in for the other chapters. a catch-word
CIR phrase, which indicates the minor incl
dents in succession that eliminate in the
major incident. OF course all these things
do not come at once, and may fill in, from
time to time. after have begun the novel.
But when the skeleton is comparatively
complete, begin to work. Along the right
hand margin l write down the calendar of
the novel, as 1t may be called, from day to
day. II it is a novel in which the action
takes place in very short time, ! write
down not only the day of the month and
week, but the hour Of the day, SO that The
action of the story may move logically.
With this skeleton Of the novel before me,
l write with great rapidity. Indeed, have
found that if l write a novel slowly, my
conception Of the leading characters may
change from week to week, so that in the
end the novel is not artistically so forcible
or SO complete as those written rapidly.
You will understand. of course, that after
the novel is begun. 1 may have to shift
the position of the leading incidents, snd
alter the general arrangement"
do you ever dictator" asked.
Il dictated one novel under stress Of cir
cumstances. and do not think that shall
ever dictate another, for I consider Il q
relative failure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
MARCH, april, may
Paine's Celery Compound
Makes People Well!
ltMakesStongNe andPure
Blood; ItCures Disease!
It is the One Remedy That All Schools
Of Physicians Prescribe.
The Demand for It is Tremendous;
It Never Fails to Benefit.
Nothing Was Ever So Highly and
Widely Recommended!
First Prescribed by Americas Greatest
Physician
1t Has Become Blessing to the Entire
Country
Men and Women in the Highest Stations Publicly
1t Has Become Blessing to the Entire
Country.
Men and Women in the Highest Stations Publicly
Recommend It.
Grateful People Everywhere Heardaly Endorse the
Famous Remedy
are not even good imitators.

are not good imitators
Paine's celery compound positively and perrna.
nently cures nervous debility and exhaustion. Neu-
ralgia, sleeplessness, meancholia, hysteria and
these troubles directly traceable to the one
cause-poorness Of the blood and poorness of the
nervous tissues.
For kidney troubles It Is the most infaIlible Of
remedies. 1t owes its unfailing power to check at
once the progress of this breakdown among the
tissues Of the kidneys to its remarkable nutritive
efficiency.
Just as soon Us Pane's celery compound begins
Its Strengthening work there is at once a rallyng
Of all the important organs of the body. The APP
petite improves, the spirits become more hopeful,
the dull pains Of disease lessen, sound refreshing
sleep returns, that tired, wornout feeling de-
parts, and the sufferer knows, without being told
by a physician, that he she is getting WELL
The season Of March, April and May-the spring.
time when IL one can do SO he must recuperate his
lost strength and get back the health that nature
intended for him-that season Is here. 1t behooves
every man, woman and youth to get well. And
Paine's celery compound makes people well.
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High Prices of Postage Stamps,

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Some high prices were realized at . two
days sale of British, foreign and colonial
postage stamps. Just brought to a close at
st. Martins Town Hail. The principal
items were as follows: Ceylon I'd, rose,
imperforate. unused, with original gum, {
magnificent specimen Of great rarity and
f130; Mauritius, postpaid. I'd. blue, with
large margins on piece OF original, fo2I
Cape Of Good Hope. wood blocks. Id. Ger.
ror" blue. with I'D. blue the latter torn,
EOS; Cape Of Good Hope. wood block. "er.
ID blue, E35; Natal, first issue. I'd. blue. f26I
Tuscany, lire. dark yellow, EDO; Madrid
1852. reales. red. unused, f20; Madrid,
1851. reales. red. unused. ES2 The q.
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tiny sprigs of forget-me-nots and bits Of
heather and heliotrope; now and then a
running vine in tender green, like smilax,
and few patterns have long fine spray
Of fern. You never see dimity with big.
coarse flower on it, like poppy or a chrys-
anthemum. To go with these beautiful
fabrics are gauze ribbons. Gauze ribbons
look as though a breath would blow the
blossoms that are embroidered on both
sides alike right off the fiimsy thing; yet
1t isn't a bit flimsy, but is firm and fine
The great grandmothers of the present
generation used to wear it, and the colo
NAL danes probably paid a pretty penny
for 1t, as it is all imported even now, If
price tells anything. You might most as
well trim your gowns and bonnets with
greenbacks, and done with it. The flower
printed ribbons grow in favor for the long
floating sashes that now adorn most of the
house and visiting frccks-the light ones, Of
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her bodice Is twisted away from the center
Of the folds in the back, or pulled up from
the skirt band at the sides. She wouldn't
dare lounge about in a stiff-boned gown.
Every whalebone in 1t would be snapped,
and the st1ffening crushed, beside being so
combining to the limbs as to make 1t ex-
ceedingly uncomfortable to be anything but
prim in it.
For dainty teagown that is inexpensive
and yet dressy, this one in wash silk Is
pretty enough for any woman. 1t is lined
throughout with thin cheesecloth, and Is
dark blue and white, with front of white
silk, at the foot of which is a ruffle of
cream lace, and just above the belt Is
band Of the lace let into the silk. The side
fronts have border of white lace The
sleeves are the new kind that slip down off
the shoulder. The style Is so simple that
1t might be used with good effect for sum-
mer gowns, to be made Of the pretty
French and zephyr ginghams that come in
such charming colors, with embroideries to
match.
By the way, gingham both the silk and
cotton, will be worn as much as ever the
coming season, and the quality Is almost
as fine as linen. The colorings are simply
exquisite, and are warranted to wash. May
be they will, but more likely they won't.
The dimities that came back last year,
looking as though they might have been for
a hundred years in the old oak chest of
''mistletoe bough" fame, will haunt every
woman again this season with their sheer
prettiness. The colors are so very lovely,
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Smuggling by Pneumatic Tires.
ron, Black nd Nhita

BRICK anu W lite.
The modern smuggler carries on his ne
farious enterprises by daylight and scorns
the lugger and the cave, choosing rather
to put his trust in that harmless and
necessary bicycle Of the sort called
Safety"
Fate, however, has dealt hardly with the
young man who landed at Dover. England,
and a lynx-eyed customs officer possessing
that subtle intuition common to the race,
viewed certain pneumatic tires with grave
suspicion.
His doubts proved only too we'll founded
and inspection showed that the tires were
inflated, not with air, but fine Turkish to-
bacco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
Some Of the Latest Ideas in Neglige
Toilets.
ABOUT GINGHAMS AND DIMIFIE
The Odd Effects Of Crepons, Both
Black and CoIored.
HE BLOUSE W AIS T
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

AAN - AA&1AS Ab
and with 1t lassitude.
For the nonce at
least about all that
a woman wants to
think of Is a house
gown and the heav-
emily restfulness of it's
becomingly loo 8 g
folds, after the mad
whirl Of "best gown
+ u n c tion g" that
marked the dast week
of the season. No
mattar how we'll a
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HEN I GROW TO
be a man like my
papa, I am going to
beat my mammal
That was the as
founding Information
Impaired to me by
the son of a friend
as I sat waiting for
her to appear. Just
then she came In and
the lad, a boy Of five.
struck at her with
his toy whip, leaving
o long red mark
across her hand,
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He Ctenderly)I can't Quitting his arm
around herr.
She (yielding)-Stop! You have no right.
Hell can't, Louise.
She (sobbing)-Oh, don't leave me! Don't,
don't, don't! Buries her face on his
breast) L. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
Some of the Difficulties That Parents
Must Overcome.
LACK OF TACT and OF PATIENCE
Mothers Who Are Good, but Not
to Their Sons.
F q TU RE GREATN E S S
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

~ MM/be a man like my
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tCgetherD 49, .
anywhere! It is my wedding present.
Goes on examining it, GREATNESS with ex-
citement Hollingsworth watches her mar
rowly for some time)
He Ito himself, sadly)-Ah. was mis-
taken! 1 would have done better If had
stayed away. (Aloud) Well. must go.
She (stfll examining the necklace)-Go!
He ebitterly)-oh, don'N Why do you
make things harder for me? Yes. I must
go. am afraid that 1 have been wrong
ing YOU by some suspicious that I had
about you.
She-What suspicious?
He begins to speak, but stops in hesita-
tion).
She-Don't go until you tell me.
He-It would do no good.
She-How do you know?
He-No: must go.
She (still looking at necklace)-Win you
tell me something before you go? Why did
you never write to me after you left me
last November?
He-Because the first letter should have
come from you.
She-You forbade me to write to you, and
I obeyed your wish.
He-Ah! it was not that which prevented
right to do as you liked; and what good
would it do now for me to repeat to you
my suffering? But before I go I will ask
you tc forgive me for suspecting you of
weakness and of not knowing your own
mind. These were the suspicious that
spoke of Just now. I can only say, in ex-
cuse, that thought that detected, be-
tween the lines CT the letter you sent me
telling me Of your engagement, IA cry
for help-yes. nothing less than thatl GShe
drops the necklace and turns with flushed
cheeks toward him. He falls on one knee
before her and continues): Louise, Louise,
my darling, once more ask you to hear
me. I cannot go without telling you frank
" that do not understand how you can
be in love with-with this old man, and his
diamondsl
She-Ah! how dare youI
He Cakes her hand and covers It with
kisses).
she-Please leave me. Leave me, sayl