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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Over the Sea to Skye.

rom the Pail Mall Budget
Sing me song OF lad that is gone.
SAY could that lad he I?
Merry OF soul ne sailed On day
Over the sea TO Skye.
Null was astern, Egg on the port,
Ram on the staraoard bow;
Glory Of youth glowed in his soal.
Where is that glory now?
Sing me song Of a lad that is gone,
Say, could that lad be II
Merry of soul he sailed on day
Over the sea to Skye.
Give me again all that was there,
Give me the sun that sbonei
Give me the eyes. give me the soul,
Give me the Lad that's gone!
Sing me sorC Of lad that is gone,
Say, could that lad he i?
Merry of soul he sailed On a day
Over the sea to Skye.
Biliow and breeze. islands and seas,
Mountains of rain and Sun,
All that was good, all that was far,
Ali that was ne is gone.
ROBERT LOUIS Stevenson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

and have not been. the vogue in Paris.
Moderately large sleeves and gracefully
narinS skirts, not excessively wide, have
prevailed ard are still la mode, and are
likely to continue also to be favored by the
most celebrated ateliers in France for
me nthS to come"
Think of that, will you? After we have
fairly bankrupted ourselves in the purchase
of material to make dress skirts,and broken
our backs carrying the weight of goods
around, 1t is just too mean for anything!
Furthermore. American modistes are telling
their deluded customers that skirts are
growing yet wider for spring and summer
wear. and that eight yards around will be
a modest limit. The text of this celebrated
French authority and it's Illustrations do
not agree. however. and the women are
pictured in petticoats that flare like those
of ballet dancer. Truth to tell. women do
not pay a great deal of attention TO the let
ter of fashion anyhow.
They take the suggestion and dress 1T up
to suit their individual needs, and that
makes American women the best dressed
In the world. American women, as class,
have not worn the excessively wide skirts
complained of by the French authority.
The weil-groomed woman has too much
sense to go to the extreme in anything.
She leaves the ultra styles to the woman
who is not quite sure of her position; who
longs to be talked about and knows that
the last new fad in dress carried to the
limit will bring the desired end quicker
than any other method she may adopt.
1T is true that the skirts are going to be
wider the coming season, but have you
seen the fabrics that they Will be made of
Why, they are so sheer and fine that you
will he able to draw the whole Skirt
through your finger ring, and unless wo-
man wants to give the impression of carl
caturirE Go1iva. she has got TO wear wide
skirts. The stores are full OF them, the
new summer goods. OF course. that gives
one the cold shivers. but now is good
time to study over the question of summer
gowns, when II is too cold to do anything
else. Organdy will be the craze, If the
counters tell the truth. and anything pref
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16


Attractive Decoration.
Most of the designs are large. but few
are small and delicate. A single violet, or
n long-stemmed crocUs with n leaf or two.
The purple Iris is one of the favorites. and
an exquisite half-blown moss rose is an
other that attracted universal attention.
These organizes are to be worn over color
ed slips. and will have great deal Of rib
bon garniture, and quantities Of lace. By
the way lace will be more worn during the
summer than ever before. The always ia
vorite Chantilly will be in the fore front.
1t comes in beautiful new patterns for
be dices and for spring wraps. and some ele-
CANT pieces of jetted Chantilly and net laces
are shown already. For the organdies and
mulls, some delicate white laces are ex-
hbited. which have net tops, with borders
Of alilanese. Spanish and Pompadour pat
terms interviewer in bewitchinS designs.
The Vandyke laces will be much in de-
mand as ever. but will come In the soft
Chantilly patterns.
Tho new French lawns are as charming
as can possibly be imagined. They come
in very fine quality and at reasonable
prices. The flower tracings take one back
to great-sra 1dmother'S day, and it seems
as though there ought to come from them
the lavender and sandal wood scents that
used TO cling around her garments. Deli
cate shades of green predominant, aad
pink. real blush rose pink, comes next.
Helictrope in it's varying shades will be
as much worn as ever. and blue seems to
have taken a new lease on life. too. OF
course the silk mul5 and dotted Swisses
are out in force. They VIII have colored
slips also, to match the ribbons worn with
them, or can be worn in all their virgin
purity IL so desired. To wear with these
organizes and lawns. and with sheer white
goods are ribbons with bouquets of flowers
embr oidcred on them. At least, they look
TO be- and some others look as though they
had been done in water Colors they
exquisitely lovely. II 1t were possible to
make ribbons any more the vogue, these
pretty tiower-Sprinkled designs would ac
complish it, but as ribbons are already
worn on everything everywhere. one can
only say that q new phase Of them has
been added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Women I'm Politics.

From the New York Evening World.
At a banquet in Denver. given in honor
of the women candidates for the legisla-
ture. a local wag offered this toast: ITO
the women Of Colorado-God bless 'em,
Formerly our superiors; now our eQuals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

There is a decided change in sleeves. They
drop-or they droop-just as you like to
state II. For bali gowns, they simply slide
RICH: off the shoulder. as In the design,
which represents bowkrot sleeve of hsse
caught in the center. with a flower or any
fancy thing you like to put there. This
sleeve may be said to drop" for though
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Pauline Pry Asks Some Interesting
and Pertinent Questions.
AIMS AND RESULTS OF EDUCATION
In Regard to the Future the Girls
Don't Mention Marriage.
W E 1T DIDO Peep E
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

HAT SHALL WE
do with our girls?" is
a conundrum that
has recently been en-
gaging the attention
of the United States
Senate.
During the progress
of the dictate on an
item Of the District
appropriation bill to
provide 100000 for
the erection Of a
business high school,
a DISTINGUISHED Sem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
FOR HEADACHE AND INDIGESTION
Use Horxfords Acid Phosphate.

A prominent physician Of Buffalo, n. T., says Of
it: Il have severe headaches. and 1T relieves
them. / am fond Of the pleasures Of the table,
and as a consequence of my indulgence there, ]
me- Indeed it Is indispensable article to me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
A Mothers Duties More Important
Than Public Work.
FHE PRINCIPLE OF home BUILDING
New Tangled Heresies Divorcing
Mothers From Their Families.
LEFT TO THE SERVANTS
Written Exclusively FOR The Evening Star.

HAD A CALL SAT-
urday from a woman
who is devoted 70
public work, politics,
foreign missions and
cooperative house
keeping, with a dash
of the higher educa-
ton for women, and
so forth and so on,
to the utter eXclu-
sion of her own af-
fairs. The list of en-
Eagements which she
i 1xrIivNstad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Chilly to Think About, but Summer
Goods Are Here.
VARYING And DELICATE COLOR SHADES
Crepon is the Gown Goods and is
Likely to Be.
T A IL o MADE Cow S
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

ERE is AN ITEM,
culled from a cele-
brated French au-
thority. that will ere
ate some little con-
sternation in la mode
circles: ut will take
American women the
usual six months to
discover that the pre-
eminently h u g e
sleeves and the i'm
mense faring skirts
they hear such fairy
stories about are not,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Seeing and Hearing Plants Grow.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Replblic.
There are several ways of rendering the
growth of plants both audible and visible,
but the modus operandi in the --latest i'm
proved" experiments is follows: In or
der to make the growth of very vigorous
plant visible, a fine platinum wire should
be carefully attached to the growing part.
The other end of this wire should be at
tached to pencil pressing gently against
a drum which is being driven by clock
work. If the growth be uniform straight
line is marked on the paper, but the very
slightest increase is shown by inclined
tracing.
A slight modification Of this arrange
ment renders the growth audible. In this
experiment the drum must be covered with
platinum foils Of certain width, and sep
arated from each other by spaces about
one-eighth of an inch.
These strips of platinum should be made
to complete the circuit of galvanic bat
terry, to which electric bell is attached.
In this case the bell is kept continually
ringing while the plant is growing the
height of the width of the strips used, and
is silent while the pointer is passing over
the spaces between the strips of metal.
The growing of corn may be heard direct
by means of the microphone, and there
are those who declare that they have heard
1t without any artificial assistance what
ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
To Wash Silk Underclotb.np.

From the New York Evening World.
Wash the silk underclothing in warm mot
hoO. water and preferably with soap; soak
ing and very hot water will inevitably dis
color and shrink the garments. Moreover
they should be washed alone and never
boiled on any account. If they are much
soiled, few drops of ammonia may be
added to the water with advantage. The
great secret about the washing of silk is
to do it as quickly as possible without
rubbing. Rinse in lukewarm water, and at
once squeeze the articles gently and let
them nearly dry, but do not use pegs in
hanging them up; simply spread them over
a line or horse. While still damp they
should be laid on a table, carefully pulled
into shape and rolled in a clean cloth. If
the clothes have become too dry, this cloth
should be evenly damped. Iron carefully
all along the thread of the material. Cold
rain water is always good to use for deli
cate substances, and for white silk it is
especially good mixed with one part of
ammonia to twelve of water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16


was positively appalling and I have not
even a speaking acquaintance with the
objects of half Of them!
Between the care of my family and
entertaining, 1 had no time at all for out
side work." she confided to her friends.
And so 1 induced my husband to give up
the house and take a fiat where you have
no care concerning coal and water and
gas and such mundane things. 1t is quite
like living. 1 assure your
Il believe the boys are quite WELL" she
replied to my question. II saw the nurse
for few moments before going to the
Geographical Society last evening. She
said that Rex had a slight cough but she
had taken him to the doctor, and there
was nothing serious the matter with him.
Lowell left note ON my dressing table
this morning asking if nurse might take
them sleigh-riding today, SO I presume
they are hearty, as boys usually are"
"And the girls?' I asked.
Il sent them to my sister for the winter.
She is so very domestic and has chill
dren of her own. So she asked me to let
the girls go to her. and she will send them
to a good school in Philadelphia, where
they can be with her at night. 1t was
quite care off my mind. 1 assure you.
1 SO seldom saw them when at homo, and
they are really getting too large to be kept
in the nursery any longer L shall hail
with delight the era when boys and girls
are made wards of the nation, and put in
to government schools. and cared for till
they are old enough to take care of them
selves. 1t will give mothers who have an
idea above a cook stove and cradle an
opportunity to grow. l can manage quite
nicely now, for my husband eats at the
club most of the time, and l take my
meals wherever 1 happen to be. We have
cooperative cooking concern in con-
establishment. L
get some of my meals. but the nurse does
not like it. so she gets up her own and
those of the boys. You see 1 am quite
free of care concerning the house and my
family now, and can devote all my en-
ergies to ameliorating the condition of my
less favored neighborS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Attractive Decoration.

with bouquets of blossoms that are so real
looking you almost think you can smell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
Why Marriage Is n Failure.


necessary to quote her. Now. I wonder
how many mothers who read this are go
ing to let heresies of this kind divorce
them from their families. Somebody said
not long ago that the principle of home
building has become dissipative, and not
Commemorative. We give morals over to the
church. intellect to the schools, neglect
physical culture il the main, and then be-
gin to discuss Is Marriage q Failure? y
Under such conditions 1t seems to me that
the whole institution of life is failure.
AS this woman was unfolding her scheme
of living l couldn't help wondering whether
she intended when she married to make
her husband live at the club. Or. II he
supposed when he made her his wife, and
set up new hearthstone, the time would
ever come when his children would be
given over to the care of servants and
himself shut from the comforts of home,
that his wife might study Buddhism and
Barneson contracts, teach the Digger In
dams to eat green's instead of grasshopperS
and cannibalS to wear corsets.
l have no quarrel to pick with emanci-
pated women. If they use the term in the
sense that they Rave freed themselves
from womanly attributes they have my
profound sympathy 1t is to mothers that
1 am talking: mothers whose social and
financial position are such that they
might make their homes veritable cor
ners in Eden, if they would. yet who fail
to have the slightest conception of the
trust that is vested in them. You seldom
hear any nonsense from the middle-class
mother about her children. She may re-
greet that the new mouth to feed will
make the portion of the others smaller,
but she loves her little ones cares
for them herself without complaint
and protests vigorously against any in
fringement on her mothers right to so
care for and educate them after her own
fashion. You can't make her believe that
a great big institution, presided over by
hired nurses and teachers, is n good place
for her little fodder. who is just begin
ming 10 lisp her name, and runs like
frightened partridge to the shelter of her
arms when a stranger anpearS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
A Mothers Place.

She wants her growing girl under her
own eye, and her boys where she can put
her hands on them any time of the day
or night She may be-nay, she probably
is-uncultured and unlettered but she
feels in her heart that there is no crea
ture on earth so endowed that it can take
the place of ones own mother. Even the
Indian mother, blanketed and unciviliZed,
has this same feeling for her offspring,
and one of the saddest sights l have ever
seen was an Indian mothers sorrow over
the loss of her two little ones, who We're
taken away from her at the tender age
of five to nut them in herd of three
hundred others at an Indian school, hun
dreds of miles removed from her. And
more tragic grief was never expressed
than YOU will find in the dormitories of
these same schools, when night comes on
and in the quiet of the long white-walled
rooms those little ones sob out their lone
ly inconsistencies.
AS I have said, it is only the woman
who has educated motherhood out of her
heart and relegated her sacred duties to
her servants that I have a grievance
against To such women the word home
represents place to cook and eat, wash
and sleep and, incidentally to keep the
children till they can be disposed of else
where
The woman who gives up her home du-
ties to engage unnecessarily in business
n,
1iherately puts away the clinging arms of
her children for career" is committing
a crime against nature, and as surely as
the sun shines she will have it to answer
for in some way The influences in the
home have everything to do with shaping
the future of children-daushters, as well
as the sons. Boys can't be expected to
grow into home-loving. women-reverenc-
ing men. whose mothers never kissed
them goodnight or tucked them in bed
when they were babes. They are sure to
form their ideas Of womankind on those
" no have to deal with them in youth,
and if it were to come to a choice be-
tw cen mother and nurse, ten chances to
one If nurse doesn't win the day And
why not? Nurse feeds him when hungry
soothes him when hurt, consoles him when
in trouble.
Left to Servants.
Knowing nothing of the power Of educa-
ton herself, she elects to remain ignorant.
ard, sympathiZing with her charge she
helps him to shirk his studies also. Her
lower moral plane exactly suits him, be-
cause 1t is less trouble to keep I'D with
it.; her unschooled freedom of manner is
much more charming in his eyes than the
stilted culture of his cold mamma; nurses
friends represent to him all that is worth
knowing Of life: in fact, her sway over his
plant mind Is absolute, and he enjoys it.
1t is easier to drift with her than to climb
with his teacher.
With no stimulus at home, in the shape
Of parents who are interested in what he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16

tier than organdy can
scarcely be men,
toned. 1t comes in
all the daintie5t and
most delicate shades,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
FOR A JEWISH TEMPLE.
Citizens Appointed on the General
Committee for the Fair.

Citizens Appointed on the General
Committee for the Fair.
A plan is being formulated among the
Hebrews Of this city for the construction
of Jewish temple that shall be worthy
of the national capital. The Jewish con-
gregation of Washington owns the struc-
ture now in use, the temple of the wash
ington Hebrew congregation on Sth street.
the property being valued at 10000. 1t Is
probable that this will be sold, and the
proceeds used in the erection of an edi-
fee in a more central location, the desire
of some members being for building on
a col lot.
1t will be necessary to raise more money
than the congregation now has in sight,
however, and to this end fair will be
given in Odd Fellows Hall, 7th street.
February 10 to ~, inclusive. The execu-
tive committee met last evening at the
temple and reports were made from va
rious subcomInittees showing that good
start had been made in the preparations
for the fair. The executive committee con-
sists of II. King, chairman; S. NJ. Myer
secretary; S. Bieber, treasurer; lsadore
Saks, Charles Baum, Isaac Cans, l. L.
Blout, w. Hahn, S. Ganss. r. Harris. Max
Kaufman. L. Abrahams. Henry Adler, ST.
mon Wolf, Harry King. Max Weyl. M.
Loeb. Max Goldsmith. With this commit
tee is associated a ladies' committee, of
which Mrs. Lizzie Kaufman is the chair
man.
A general committee has been appointed
as follows: Henry King, jr, 1sadore Saks.
Gustav Lansburgh. Henry Franc, Charles
Baum, NJ. Goldsmith, Christian Heurch,
NJ. G. Emery, r. Goldschmid, Henry Stras-
burger, Clarence Norment, Ernest Mayer,
Robert Portner, q. ,Strasburger, S. Ben
singer, S. Wolf, Samuel Cross, Albert Car
ry, S. Bieber. l.. r. Vinton, Henry Adler,
Jesse B. Wilson, w. Nordlinger, Frank
Hume, Max Kaufman, Charles Mades, E.
Berlinger. Charles Graft Meyer Strasbur-
ger Carl Auerbach. J. J. Appich, B. Gus
Blout, Louis Barr, R. Harris, Christian
Xander B. Solomon J. r. Major. George
J. Suefferle, J. c. Parker. George c. Hen
ming, B. H. Warner, William A. Gordon,
John Joy Edison, Leon ~Tobriner, John w.
Ross. C. A. Brandenburg, Beriah Wilkins,
Osborn, Charles c. Conn, P. A. Hoban, c.
A. Sauter, NJ w. Beveridge, Randolph
Smith, w. Fielmus. A. Lisner, Julius Lans-
burgh, Lewis Eiseman, David Strauss, S.
E. P. Mertz, A. Herman, William Craig,
William P. Harding. ]. c. Addison, c. Dis
mer, W. G. Moore, c. c. Duncanson, N.
B. Larner, A. a. Birney, Samuel c.
Palmer, George Gibson, Peter Grogan. c.
w. Handy. DR.. A. Behrend. A. Morris,
Henry Bauer w. G. A. Wheatley, S. w.
Woodward, A. NJ. Lothrop and S. En-
mons Smith.
The press committee, of which Mr.. Isaac
Cans is the chairman, will publish a fair
journal to keep the project constantly be-
fore Washington.
A member of the committee remarked to
a Star reporter that this was the first time
the Hebrews of the city had made any
thing like call upon the public, although
they had contributed generously time and
time again to other causes. For that rea-
son they hoped to receive liberal re-
Spouse to their appeals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
TO GREET TWO AUTHORS.
Large Gathering Assembled IL
MetzerOtt Hall Inst Night.


The authors reading at Metzerott Hall
last evening, for the benefit of the restora-
ton fund of the University of Virginia, was
a social as we'll as financial success. An
audience of large proportions, composed of
representative people in official and social
life was present and gave an appreciative
reception to the two well-known authors,
F. H5pkinson Smith and Thomas Nelson
Page
The stage was set as a parlor scene and
was adorned with flowers and foliage
plants. On the ledge of the boxes on each
side were magnificent punches of roses and
violets. Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by
Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, occupied one
of the boxes, and Mrs. Page and Mrs
Hearst the other. reading desk had been
placed in the center of the stage, and be-
hind it a large chair, which was oc-
cupied by Postmaster General Wilson. He
made a few Introductory remarks, which
We're graceful and appropriate touching
not only upon the history Of the university
and the Importance of the work of restor-
ing the recently burned building, but refer
ring to the two distinguished literary men
who had rendered their services in such a
cause in such terms that the audience
broke forth in applause, which We're ac-
knowledged by the beneficiaries with mod
est bows.
The first selection was read by Mr. Page,
and was humorous sketch, entitled How
jimmy Eased Her Mind which was thor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
National Union Officers.

At the last regular meeting of Fraternal
Council. No 5l9, National Union, officers
were elected as follows to be installed at the
next meeting of the order: Alvan T. Tracy,
president; j. B. Austin, vice president;
Charles S. King, financial secretary; ].
Harry Jones, secretary; Charles C. Moth
ersead. treasurer; Clinton j. Ashton,
speaker; Preston C. Day, usher; Gustav
Herrle, chaplain; H. W. Smith. sergeant-at-
arms; Arnold Cleeves. doorkeeper trustees,
J. II. King, J. u. Austin~and E. L. Bugbee
delegate to cabinet, J. Harry Jones; delegate
to Immediate Relief Association and Dis
trict of Columbia Association of Fraternal
Benefit Societies. Alvan T. Tracy.