Evening star., 1896-10-24

General Sherman had more friends
In the ranks In the army than any 9TH
er general who ever commanded II,
remarked an ex-soldier, "and pleasant
stories will forever be told OF him. He
was great for the reason that he was 80
plain In his manner and simple In his
tastes. Though West Pointer he SEEM
ed to have left all the bad points OF that
military school at the school instead OF
carrying them around with him to his dis
advantage. I remember one occasion
when his greatness shone out In great
brilliancy 1t was at the marriage Of
General Barry's daughter at Fort Monroe
Though / was but 4 soldier l was invited
to the marriage, and with another soldier
who was also invited was present Dur
ing the evening a lieutenant who feit his
Importance made some complaint at the
presence ot two enlisted men at the we'd
ding reception Some OF his associates
gave us very cold draft and seemed
to think that our presence there was
fearful social mistake.
Before much of the evening had passed
We began to think so ourselves, and we
man came around and spoke pleasantly to
u.s. He asked us If we were enjoying our
selves, and We told him frankly that we
were not, and spoke of the fact that the
lieutenant felt so bad because we were
present Come over to the punch bowl
General Sherman said. and We will drink
to the health of the BRIDE We did so.and
after the punch had disappeared General
Sherman remarked rather loudly: 'Remem-
ber young mer, that though Lieutenant
objects to the presence OF enlisted
men, the general of the army does not
After that the temperature warmed UP
little, as far as We were concerned, and
we stayed the reception out
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"The foot ball player" said professor
In a local college. has improved consid-
Of hn
contests in Connecticut and Massachu-
setts last week, in which Harvard. Yale
and Princeton men took part. I do not
rean that there Is much improvement In
the way they play, for they follow the
plans of other years. The improvement is
IN the manner they wear their hair. OF
course, their hair Is as long as In previous
years, but they have 1t combed out and
smoothed down.
There was a time when the foot ball
player endeavored to fix up his hair so that
he would look idiotic possible. The
players in the smaller colleges throughout
the country even went further than did
the players in the large and leading col
legeS, and the result was that the ordinary
foot ball players, that Is, a college team,
looked rather rough, to say the least, so
far as their heads were concerned This Is
all changed now. and foot ball players this
season have even gone SO far as to have
their hair dressed In the barber shops lust
before the game My own idea is that the
change in the style will be very agreeable
one
'One of the unusual things In the shoe
business this season." said a dealed, .1s
the frequent calls that have been made so
far for mems boots There was a time
when dealer laid in even a larger stock
of boots, for the fall and winter, than he
did Of shoes Fifteen or twenty years ago
the styles, or at least the demand, changed,
and of late years 1t has been very rare to
have any one call for boots, and even rarer
to sell pair. As far as am concerned
i have not attempted to carry any stock
Of boots for over fifteen years 1 know
some who never wear shoes In the win
ter. but they have their boots made to
order
II am sure the manufacturers did not an
hcipate any demand for boots, Cor they
made no effort whatever to supply it. 1
thought that this sudden desire for boots
was entirely local. but Baltimore dealer
told me few days since that he was hav-
ing similar experience. There was no
very good reason why boots should have
been shelyed, but as they did get shelved
there certainly Is no good reason, at least
am not aware OF any, why they should be
in demand again Shoes are much easier
to handle. cost less and for all practical
purposes afford all the protection to their
wearers ttat boots do"
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said Mr. John Robinson. a comedian. but
was glad enough to get home alive. There
are a number Of good show towns and
cities in Africa. and there is an opera COM
pany carrying over sixty people, which has
been playing there constantly for over
three years, spending from one to five
weeks in the larger cities All countries
are represented in the population about the
gold mines there except America In the
show business there is a feature I had
never seen before. though 1 have been q
world roamer, and that Is that one night
Is set apart in each week for servants, when
the admission Is reduced one-half On
these nights all servants attend and others
as religiousy keep away.
For hrst-claas companies the admission
is from two dollars and fifty cents to four
ooHars OF our money. While the company
or which 1 was member was In Africa
we were surprised to hear that an Ameri-
can man-of-war would soon put I'm an an
peafance 1t came. and after cheering its
We saw 1t was the Lancaster one ~ ~,
old wooden ships Of the past When We asL.
ed why one of the new iron battle shin.
aa mot come the admiral said that he was
sunerlng very much from rheumatism and
tnat iron ships were much damper than
WOODEN ships, so much so that he could
not ride In an iron ship. This was a new
one on us but the admiral was very serious
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me Messfeurs Pyramus and the De
holsehes Th1sbe Of modern times do not as
OF DID, keep their tryst near convenient
chinks in friendly walls. but, according to
reports of last summers "Cupid-a-wbea," -"
IN grateful well houses and near refresb-
ing woodland springs.
There is. cf course. always the danger y,
fne intruding lion. and in one case of cur-
rent gossip the lion happened to be in NOS
session. in the person of the owner OF tho
wen house. who knew the couple intim ,,eIv
In the city, but whose country home w.s
unknown to the wheelers This .roaIn1
dove" relates that hearing the descan,tnS
rattle OF his well chain one dav last s,,-',
mer he naturally peeped from the window
70 See who was there. His well house had
been invaded by two cyclers of the Opposite
sexes, and at the time of discovery both
were busy hauling up the old oaken buckat
and apparently seizing the opportunity to
do as much band-holding as the Occasion
Afforded After the dripping pail had been
nicely balanced upon the brim the folIow
ing pantomime was enacted by PLAYERS ALI
unconscious that well-known ewes were
spying upon them, and that they were NOT
far removed from the haunts Of their in
Inmates:
First she must take drink Of "Ada;n,s
ale" while ne held the cup, and she drank
very slowly, with coQuettish slances over
the top and Sundry dimnIin1 tntar~;c,,on.