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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

A Young Woman Who Was Married
During n Play on the Stage.

During Play ON the Stage.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
There is a charming little woman in town
who doesn't know whether she is Miss Inez
Mercer or Mrs. f. B. Wescott, and the I'M
certainty has grown so intolerable that she
has asked the superior court to put end
to 1t by adjudging that if she is Mrs. r. s.
Wescott she never meant to be, and that
she shall be no longer In May she took
hand in amateur theatricals i'll Portland
and so did gay young swain named Yves
colt. AS the playwright had it there were
two lovers in the drama, and as the adj
vance agent mapped out the case. he and
Miss Mercer were these two lovers. Ac-
cording to the play the lovers had the usual
stormy time of it, but In the last act ev-
cry thing turned out beautifully and the vii
lain was completely foiled.
The hero and heroine tripped along to the
strains of wedding march in the last act
the parson appeared AMI the friends offer
ed the Gus tomary congratulations. Then the
curtain went down. Everybody laughed
and pronounced the show excellent Wes-
colt left Portland few days later. and the
lady in the case dismissed the play from
mind and went along with her painting and
her music. But one afternoon she heard
that She had been led into q trap by the
lover of the play and that the marriage
ceremony had not been a sham.,
1t transpires that prior TO donning his
wig and stage clothes WesQott procured
marriage license and arranged to have an
ordained clergyman ofticiate at the altar.
The parson actually attended and went
through the marriage ceremony in due
form, she and Wescott making the usual
responses. The young woman ascertained
Wescotts whereabouts and wrote to him
in reference to the matter. 81. 20
few days later, she declares. she re-
ceived letter from him in which he ad-
dressed her as his dear wife" Shortly af-
ter receiving this letter Miss Mercer-or
Mrs. Wescott-removed to this, city, where
she has since resided Now she wants the
court to investigate the whole muddle to
learn for certain whether the ceremony
was or was not licensed aAd whether an
ordained clergyman performed the cere-
nony. If her information as TO the situa-
ton is found to be correct, then she wishes
a decree adjudging the marriage invalid
Ii is said that she expects soon to be
participant in genuine nuptials with gen
tleman of this city AMI that this is one
reason why she is eager to have the I'M
certainty as to her name and status clear
ed aWay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
NOT FOR CHICAGO,
She Tried to Be n Gibson Girl, but
Gave 1t Up.

Gave 1t Up.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
Here is the interesting experience of q
would-be Gibson girl of Chicago, who says:
What have been trying to do lately is to
model myself on the lines Of Gibson's girls
and all have learned is that pride goeth be-
fore destruction. You know how those girls
look-knees In, toes out shoulders back,
arms limp, chin up, eyes on the armament Il
out OF doors, or the chandelier If in the
house. Well. tried it. got down stairs by
counting the steps. boarded car and never
took my eyes off the ventilators in the roof;
gave the conductor a dime rather than look
at my pocketbook.
You don't know how lofty and superior
felt. The throng in State street was dirt
beneath my Queenly feet that scorned to
know what they were treading on. When
crossed Madison street heard people Yelling
around me, and in a moment policeman
had pulled me from under grip car
haven't tried it since, but have gone back to
Chicago style. hurrying and lodging and
getting strabismus trying to look six ways at
once and wink a cinder out of my eye at the
same time. Gbsons girls may do for the
Acropolis at Athens, where the marble gods
run over them. but they won't do for Chica.
co..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
dinped in resin and other conbustible in

dipped in resin and other combustible in
gradients.
A patent is also granted for little paper
cones filed with resin, coal dust and chips
of wood. A patent dating very recently is
for treating the burrs Of sweet gum trees
with a solution made of resin and turpen-
tine. The whole is afterward rolled in saw
dust and mounted on handle of wire.
Balls are also made of wood, paper and other
waste matter rolled together and coated
with infiammable liquids.
A Garbage Destruction Plan.
But why rot have a garbags crematory
of your own, thus keeping warm and
healthy comparatively? Carriage, in the
opinions of several inventors, may be con-
verted into both cheap and excellent fuel.
AS spt Gifted in a very recent patent the
garbage should be first sprinkled with va
rious acids to "neutralize the offensive
odors." 1t is then fed to a press, which
converts it into a dry pulp. The pulp is
mixed with combustible material made of
refuse from petroleum stills. At last it is
nodded into cakes and is ready to be shov-
eled into the stove. An economic Canadian
sin ilarly provides a fuel formed of gar
| bage, manure, ashes, coal dust benzine, pc
trolerm, sassafras oil and common salt
A pa tent is also given for converting the
refuse from distilleries, breweries. sugar
and starch factories into fuel
But here is the cheapest Of all meth
DDS of creating warmth. That Is if you
have the proper machinery. The problem
of focusing the suns rays so as to give a
steady heat seems to give the American
| inventor much food for thought. Many pat
ents are given for solar boilers, in which
water Is heated by focusing sunlight
upon the surface of metal vessels.
progressive inventor has recently pat
| ented several devices for keeping the solar
focus in one spot, although the king of
planets continues his regular rounds. A car
bearing 4 system of mirrors runs on cir
cular track at a speed regulated to keep
the focus stationary. Other ingenious souls
| would box up the suns heat during the
day. into insulated vessels and use it for
heating purposes at night. Indeed, If this
Were practicable there could be no cheaper
solution of the problem-how to keep warm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
A Thanksgiving Song.
Frank L. Stanton in Chicago Times Herald

Frank L. Stanton in Chicago Times Herald.
It's comm -Thanksgivin', with Its pleasures
and its joys
An were all a-lookin forward to the meetn' with
the boys;
An Sue will come from college, an Jimmy won't
forget.
An we'll all feel mighty thankful that we're all
alvin yet!
The turkeys been a-sprcsGn' of his feathers-fat
an fine,
An his .'gobble, gobble, gobble' seems a-darin us
TO dine;
But the verdict's been gin him. an his execu
tons set,
An he makes us feel RICH: happy that we're all
alvin yeti
There's folks will from Texas, from Illinois
and Maine:
New York will send US Billy. an Hampshire'n give
Jane;
Well have great handslakin when all the friends
met,
An won't we feel right happy that we're all a-liv
in yet!
It's comm 'long-Thanksgivin', with all Its love
an light,
Its dinners in the daytime, its melodies at night;
The turkeys fat and juicy-the table siivers set.
An were feeln mighty happy that we're all u
Twin yet!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
SEPARATED by FATE.
The Futile Attempts of Husband
and Wife to he Reunited.

and Wife to he Reunited.
From the San Francisco Post.
A well-dressed woman walked into the
Crocker building yesterday afternoon and
took an elevator. Her husband saw her
from across the street, and, hurrying over,
took the hext elevator. He went to the
office where he knew his wife had business
and found that she had stepped in and out
and gone down in the next elevator. The
elevator dispatcher said to her:
Your husband just went up the elevator.
1 think he is looking for you"
The lady took the next elevator up.
Just then her husband came down. He
looked all around, and then inquired of the
elevator man:
Have you seen my wife here?
y es, she just went up this minute"
The man took the next elevator and he
was no more than out of sight till his wife
came down again.
Your husband has just gone up again"
said the elevator man.
Il guess he'll wait for me this time so
I'll go up And up she went
Down came her husband second after
ward.
Did my wife come down againT' he
inquired
thought you would wait for her"
well, I'll wait here"
He waited about five minutes, and then,
stairs. She had been waiting for him and
came down again just as he disappeared.
Well, will wait for him and catch him
this time" said she
After standing in the corridor several
minutes she decided to go upstairs and
| find him. AS she was whisked out of sight
he stepped out of another elevator
Your wife has just gone up" said the
elevator man.
The husband swore a little under his
breath and started to leave the building.
AT the door he hesitated, changed his mind
and took the next elevator up. Down
came his wife at the same moment Hes
Just gone up again." was the elevator
mans answer TO her weary look of in
quiry, land he's mad as hornet"
Ihen had better go right up and catch
him. said she.
Up she went and down he came
man.
I'm darned If I'm going up again." said
ne III wait right here" and he sat
down on the stairs. Half an hour later he
was still sitting there, and his wife equally
determined, was waiting for him upstairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
She Put 1t on Ice,
New York Herald.

from tne new 1Ofk
A New York woman who frequently re-
ceives game and other good things from
western friends received notice from them
the other day that box was on it's way tc
her. Always in a chronic state of hunger
this woman charged her janitress to put the
box on ice upon its arrival, being absolute
" certain that something very good was
about to tempt her appetite.
Imagine her surprise when the janitress
brought up the box, with many apologies
for having forgotten it fer two days. but
she added: I've kept 1t on ice till the bot
tom almost dropped out, and I'm sure it's
flowers: it is too light for game" The
colarette of plush, that has not yet found
the warmth it was intended to convey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

drink new wine at
one end and eat cold
waffles at the other.
They go to the flower
show at NJ e u d o n
drink the beer of
Saint German in the
old forest by the cas-
tie, ride through the
woods Of rich SUBJ
urban tow n 8 like
Maisons-Laffitte, or
pla mt themselves to
watch the bicyclists
no matter where, so
there be place to
8 t r e t C h upon the
cwaI6 av0n In tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
The Drama.

From the Detroit Tribune.
"Horatio," whispered the heroine, 1.-The vii
lain still pursues u.s."
"Ha." exclaimed the lover. "But fear rot
See thou the ravine that intervenes between
US and him?"
Yes, Horatio, but the bridge. He can
cross yon bridge at a bound"
Fear not, 1 say He has got to stop in
the middle of the bridge and do song and
dance. Courage!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
A Conditional Reward.

From the New York Weekly.
Woman-"My husband has disappeared
and may be dead. 1 want to offer a reward
for his body"
Chief of police-"Yes, madam A descrip-
ton will be needed, and this, with the re-
ward, will no doubt prove effective. He may
be alive, you know, in which case we may
soon be able to return him to you.
Woman-"I shant pay a cent of reward
unless he is returned dead. just remember
that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
Laid Up for Another Day.

From Pearson's Weekly.
His mother-"What are you moping about
the house for, Tommy? Why don't you
go over and play with Charley Pinafore?"
Tommy Cause 1 played with Charley
Pinafcre yesterday. and don't s'pose he's
well enough yet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

~ - ~ =
churches are open all
d a y S IL n d y, a s
through the rest OF
the week. So are the
museums. the gal
leries, the parks. the
horticultural and ZOO
logical gardens. the
cafes, music halls and
theaters, the eXposi-
lions. the monuments
and the resorts Of the
environs. Only, as
Sunday cOmeS hut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

Sunday lunch-which means lunch in a
restaurant.
With some of these lunch lasts two hours;
for the whole family sits and chatters,
fingers over little cuts of sausage or pink
radishes with butter fingers over fish with
wonderful pink sauces, dalles with the
frugal epigramme d'agpaau on it's bed of
turnip PURGE, play with their little peas,
phenomenally green and sweet and tender,
cooked with little onions white as pearls;
skip the expensive roast to plunge into ex-
pense with the sweet dish, the fruit the
cheese, the coffee and the little glass of
Chartreuse, gLnting like melted emerald
Then the father gives his school-boy son a
cigarette-for Sunday-and they rediscuss
their plans for afternoon.
All the morning the parks have been full.
You may watch the dignitied old gentlemen
who promenade, the smart wet nurses, glor-
ious with ribbons and bright cloaks: decor
Gus children. too well bred to play before
the afternoon; the promenadng common
soldiers who have fun though not possessed
of money, the old ladies with their social
lap dogs. the young mothers with their
Understandable is exactly "kid''-the peo-
pie coming back from church. the senti-
mental ladies who sit reading. those who
feed the birds and those who make ac-
luaintanceS and chat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
A Possibility.

From the Detroit Tribune
She started violently from her slumbers
There's a man in the house, she
shrieked.
She glared wildly about her.
No she finally moanad, Il am mis-
taken"
She was not yet fully accustomed to her
new womanhood, and being naturally some
what timid, she was forever frightening
herself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
Hard to Answer.
From st. Paul's.

From st. Pauls.
The Cross-eyed Waiter (after the collision)
why don't you look where you're 60
tng?"
Second Waiter-"Why don't you go where
you're lookinS7"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

appear tndI no one
with a few dollars to
spend on luxury has
any excuse for a
SILVER or a teeth
chatter in these pro-
gressive days. Cold
hands and feet are
out of the question.
What W o uld you
think Of the PROPOSE
t 10 n to line y gu I
clothes with steam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

From Life.
''You say that horse isn't afraid Of any
thing Can my wife drive him?'
II don't know. sir. I've never seen your
wife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

Johr-'pli your wife go to the country
this year,
Tompkns-''Y she spent the summer
with friends at Blue Point
John-''You must have been pretty lone
some?'
Tompkns-"Yes, I was; especially satur-
days and Sundays
John-"Why couldn't you arrange to spend
those days with herr"
Tompkins-'I did"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
Glimpse of What the Day in Ono
Continental City is.
OBSERVED AS A GENERAL HOLIDAY
Some Leave the City and Others
Visit Places of hmusements.
IT ALL COSTS, MONEY

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS October 10 IL!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
HOW TO KEEP WARM
Devices Of Amusing Ingenuity to
Outwit Jack Frost.
WARMTH EVEN WHEN SLEIGHING
Hands and Feet Guarded and Street
Cars Heated.
T II E KIT G H N FIR E
T HE KIT HEN FIR E

TVROM THE PATENT
Id office files it would
III appear that no one
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-24
Court Notes.

In Annette Freimann vs.. P. G..
Camarinos and Geo. Lycurgus de-
murrer has been filed. Petition for
probate of A. McIntyre's will has
been filed and temporary letters of
administration granted to L., A.
Thurston and A. f. p. Mcintyre.
The estate consists OF homestead
valued at $4,000 and personal pro-
perty $3.50. The final account of
S. X. Aki in the estate of Naholowaa
is on file. Defendants demurrer
in the case Of w. Kalaehao VS.. w.
@. Achi and Lam Achi is on file.
Application has been made by
guardian to sell real estate in the
matter of Robert Lspaela Fuller,
minor. Ohera VS.. Alderman, bill
in equity for specific performance,
was heard and submitted. An order
appointing q. A. Davis attorney of
record in place Of Judge Davidson,
in j. r. Silva VS.. j. w. Kuaimoku,
has been made. j. A. Magoon makes
affidavit in the Medeiros bankruptcy.
The answer of Manuel Bronco in
the matter of @. Bosse, assignee, VS..
M. Bronco and j, A, Alfonso to set
aside mortgage, is on file. De-
PENDANTS have answered in A. S.
Cleghorn VS.. Sun Wo. Co. and Wong
Sing Wal Co., eiectment. Papers
in re fencing dispute between j. P.
Mendonca and Wong Kwai in Kai-
lua have been fled.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-24
KISSING.
1t is Neither Dangerous Nor Dis
agreeable.

IT is Neither Dangerous Nor Dis
agreeable.
Sometime ago portion OF the
Medical fraternity of the Hawaiian
Islands met. The doctors who had
INDUCED in rather heavy dinner
the night before-were "down" on
kissing. DR.. Emerson considered it
most dangerous and pernicious
habit and the other doctors agreed
with him. None Of the young
doctors were around except one who
was "too young.") For the purpose
of assisting the learned sons of
Aesculapius an opinion on kissing
given by high authority is printed
below:
An Englishman has just advanced
theory in medical journal that
will be hailed with delight by at
least the younger generation of this
country and probably by the youth
of all the world. He has delivered
scientific opinion to the effectthat
kissing, once the object of much
medical disrepute, is an altogether
wholesome and healthy exercise;
that it is not the dangerous prac-
tice which it has of late been
painted, and that, instead Of being
avoided as being fraught with bac-
THEOLOGICAL menace, it is to be en-
couraged as one of the best of all
exercises for the human system.
This may be putting it little
strong, and, perhaps, stronger than
the scientific gentleman intends that
his opinions should be taken, but it
is cheering, nevertheless. 1t was a
deadly blow that was levelled at the
art of OSCILLATION when the medical
world declared that kissing from lip
to lip tended to introduce into
either one of the two systems that
were thus engaged-and sometimes
not engaged-new forms of animal
life that were deleterious to health.
One or other of the kissers were
supposed to be always fairly tenn
ing with bacteria To kiss meant
sure, though, perhaps, slow death.
A shudder ran through the amative,
sentimental world, and the market
rate of kisses fell with a thud.
Hitherto affectionate couples became
distant, preserving radius of mic
robial safety, as it were. When
fears were overcome, and surrepti-
tious kisses taken, the apprehension
fingered that great danger had
been faced. 1t cannot be denied
that the average kiss grew shorter
in duration and diminished in fire.
quency. But the latest scientific
opinion has probably checked the
tendency to sidetrack the kiss. This
opinion is to the effect that in the
kissing persons encounter only the
benefcent organisms, and that the
advantages of kissing far outweigh
its infinitesimal risk.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-24

The new woman intends to aban-
don "fuss and feathers" She won't
do it if she calls at the store of L. b.
Kerr and inspects his selected stock
OF Feathers, Flowers and Hats.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-07-24
Partnership Change.

OMAN KEE THIS DAY RETIRES
" from the Firm of KwAN Tone HING
q COMPANY, doing General Merchandise
Business at 3l5 Nuuanu Street, in Homo
lulu, on the Island of Oahu, and Chan
Nun Kah enters the said firm in place OF
the retiring partner, the firm now consist
ing OF Chan Young and Chan Nun Kah.
(signed) CHAN KEE,
(" CHAN NUN KAH.
Dated June 20, 1895. 1l-3w
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-08
THE CHAMP OF STYLE,

Stylish suits of tan and gray duck have heavy white vests.
 The tartan crazc has attacked parasols ns well as shirt waists.
 Rih'rnn garniturcS arc again the pronli- ncnt features of summer gowns.
 BrrtcllcS are again popular, made of the dress material CT n different trimming.
 Blue serge suits arc madc with box plaitrd hodicr>, the plaits edged with de- tachahlr nrcdlcwurk frills
 One k hardly in tho swim at all without q nccdlcwork and insertion front of some sort These pile the counters of the shops in literally dozens of styles.
 The box plaitcd front for waists is in high favor. It is so very common that for the woman who will have only one or two waists it is wise to select another style.
 Sleeves are lightly lined for midsummer wear and droop gracefully. Skirts, too, arc losing the starched, ungraceful effect that camc from too much stiffening. They are still voluminous, but have no longer the wooden folds of recent date.
 From Paris comes word of a decided novelty in the shape of real flowers pre- served by Snino process. These will, 1t is alleged, rc. n all their original beauty for at least IL. months and aro used with artificial leaves to trim summer hats.
 Pretty lowered lawns and muslin for young girls ArO trimmed with two inch striped ribbons, As neckband, holding a puff in the sleeve above tho elbow, and in smart Pcrkish bows each side of the slight fullEeSS in the bodice front.-New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-08
PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTS.

Women have colds in the head less fro qucntly than men because they are not ac- cuStomcd to heavy head coverings.
 The incisor teeth nrr sharp and the mo lars are blunt because the former are de- signed for cutting and the latter for grind ing
 People smell better with their mouths shut bccause all the air for the use of the lungs must then be drawn through the nose.
 When an artery has been severed, the blood comHsin jets because the heart throws it dirrctlf to the point where the artery has been cut.
 The checks become pale from fear be- cause the mental emotion diminishcs the action of the heart and lungs, so impcdcs the circulation.
 The most sensitive nerves are in the nose, tongue and eyes, because in thesc or ganS gr,atcr sen>itivrneSs iS needed than in any other part of the body.
 Deaf people place their hands behind their cars bc>s:Isr the hand thus placed acts as an ear trumpet and conveys lar ger volume of sound to tho ear.
 Many diseases cause pallor because in wasting diseases the number of red cor
  this fact is apparent in the color of the skin.
 The term thick headed" as applied to stupid people has its foundation in a fact of nature. It often happens that the brain shrinks, and as it does so the skull some times thickcns.
 The form of the skull may be changed, as in the case of the flat headed Indians, without injury to the brain, because this body adaptS itself in shape to the cavity it is designed to fill.
 A German scientist says that the eye should never be rubbed save with the cl- bow, meaning that 1t should never be rubbed at all. for the reason that this most delicate organ should always he handled with the utmost grntlencSS.
 The sense of touch is most acute when the skin iS warm because then the circu- lation is good. MuffS were formerly used by doctors in order to keep their hands warm and crable them properly to judge of tho pulse If their patients.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.