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no BLOONRRS FOR HIN.

~ ANDY, the famous Paris mOdiste, re-
| 4 fuses to make bIooIncrs, for his Gus
toners. Asked 10 give his reason.
he said:
Tie quantity of cloth makes the
bloomers unbearabie in hot weather. and
1t IS Impossible TO keep them clean. The
dirt and dust come in between the piaits
and folds. neceSsitating inCessant brush
ing, and they never look really clean, es-
peCially when made in dark coIors on
the wheel they neither improve a bad
figure nor show off a good one. The
rider with small limbs and hips looks
ridiculous in them, while the rider with
large hips, who takes to the bicycle, to
reduce her weight, dressed in boomers
is bad advertisement for her tailor or
d ressmaker, and the 1aughing-stock OF
people of good taste. No woman with a
good figure should hide it in bloomers,
and there is hardly first-cIass tailor that
would willingly undertake to make them
for figures, good or bad.'
The morning times., 1896-05-12
Freak Gloves.

Freak gloves are atrocities. To the freak
class belong all the vulgar denominations in
crushed strawberry, pale green and vivid
blue. Tans OF the softer shades, fawus,
biscuits and grays, with the eyer-present
dressed women. despite the noisy bids for
popularity Of orange color aud heliotrope
The morning times., 1896-05-12

A the ball game and tea Saturday after
noon at Chevy Chase. Miss Mcmillan was
one of the most acknowledgements women
present. She Wore a Partisan costume Of
yellow tuile striped with black lace over
yellow silk, and black picture hat with
black plumes. Miss Mcmillan is one of
occasions. The Misses Ffoulke, who will
Washington's best gowned women on all
The morning times., 1896-05-12
The Glass OF Fashion

Fashionable women are interested in a
new mirror on the market. 1t has long
handle which is thrust into clamp on the
back Of chair. The chair stands before
a dressing table, aud the dresser is enabled
20 get view OF her back hair without
strainiug either her neck or arms.
The morning times., 1896-05-12
YOUNG SOCIETY PEOPLE
At The COUNTRY CLUB
Gay Party Entertained at Tea by
the Misses Boardman.
Dinner by Mrs. Stetson-MarriaSe
of Miss Cespides-We edding
of Miss Stevenson.

Despite the extreme heat yesterday
crowd of gay young people gathered at
the Country Club at the invitation oil the
Misses Boardman.
Tea was served on the lawn, and the
groups of prettily dressed girls with their
attendant SWANS Cbatted merrily over
events past and schemed for the coming
summer campaign.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Carroll
Shipman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John
j. shipn,an, to Mr. Charles Wyllys. stetson,
viii take place at noon today Only rela-
tives and intimate friends will be present
at the ceremony. which will take place at
he residence Of Mr.. and Mrs Shipnan
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Mrs. A. R. Stetson entertained at dinner
iast evening in honor OF her niece, Miss
Davies of New York. Those present were
Miss Mott, Count Vinci. Mr.. Cushing Stet-
son, Miss Davis and Mr.. Harris Lindsey.
The table was decorated with sweet peas.
The morning times., 1896-05-12
AN UP-TO-DATE WEN.

IT HE little daughter of a certain I'D
vanced'' woman remarked tha she did
love Christmas, not because Of the
gifts that she received herself, but because
it was the only time in the year that one
could give to the poor without danger of
pauperiziug them.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

The Mississippi \ Association Will meet
Wedne sday evening, May 13, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Pegram, No. 1115 Rhode
Island avenue northwest. A full attend
ance of members is desired, as final ar
rangements viii be made for the picnic
which the association will give May 80
The program for t. morrow evening is:
Piano solo, Prof Arnold Meyer; paper.
Mrs Hena ndo Money; recitati on, Miss
Corrine Hay; banjo solo, Mrs. w. NJ Harris;
vocal duet, Mrs y. Roland and Mr. W. H.
Robeson; reading. Mrs. Roberts; paper.
Majors W. E. Pegues: piano solo. Mrs. lice
DashieIl: echo song, Mrs. D. Roland and
Mr.. W. H Robeson.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

The Columbia Chapter Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the Ebhitt
House this evening. This is the last meet
ing the chapter will have until October
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Miss Gloria de CcspedeS and Mr.. Charles
Abuon de Lima were married in New
York yesterday in the presence of many
Cuban patriots and their friends. who are
temporarily residing in that city.
Miss Cespedes. now Nine. de Lima, is
The only daughter of the first president
of the Cuban Republic, Carlos Manuel de
cespedes, who lost his life in the struggle
for Cuban independence about twenty-five
years ago. Mr.. de. Cespedes. her brother,
IS now governor OF a province OF the island
and was unable TO be present a his sisters
marriage. Justice Pryor performed the
ceremony.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

MI and Mrs. W. b. S. Clymer and maid'
George Ciymer and Mrs. Clymer or wash
lngton sailed on the steamer Lain yesterday.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Miss Edith woodward leaves this weeE
for Woodburn, Md, to visit her sister
The morning times., 1896-05-12

The engagement of Miss Ord OF London
10 Mr.. David Wells of the American embassy
at that court is announced.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Miss Taylor of Old Point is the guest of
her cousin, Miss Alice Owings on K street
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Mr.. Grip. the Swedish minister, will EN-
tertain at dinner this evening.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

His Excenency Pom Kwau Sob, Korean
minister, and Mr. Jennings, his secretary,
nave returned from New York. The min
.ster stopped at the Waldorf while there,
The royal Corean embassy to Russia. who
left for st. Petersburg, Saturday, being
az that hotel.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Auction sale of jeweiry at Cole Bros,
400 Seventh street. Quarter aud half
prices for fine jewelry.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

not be formally presented to society until
next winter, also attracted much attention
by their beauty, and it is predicted they
will be the bellies of next season.
The morning times., 1896-05-12
The Belt Fad

The Belt Fad
is craving just like all fads do.
We have the finest and most varied
line OF Ladies and Mems Leather
Belts IT town. excepting none.
Lad es' Belts, all shades OF leather,
from I5c 20 81
.. Mems Belts. all shades Of leather,
from &c 10 s..
KneeSsi, 425 Seventh ST.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

aud baroness Thielman will occupy the
Oliver cottage at LennoX this summer.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Mrs. NJ. L. Welles is the guest of her
son, Frank L. Wellcs. at No. 1873 Twelfth
street Mrs. Welles is among the national
organizers of the w. C. I. [. and has
many friends in this city.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Miss Georgia Aldrich, daughter of Repre-
sentative T. H. A Idrich of Alabama, aud
Mr.. Heron will be married May p at the
Grafton. The couple will make their wed
ding tour abroad.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Invitations for the marriage of Julia,
eldest daughter of the Vice President and
Mrs. Stevenson, to Rev. Martin D. Hardin
Of Kentucky, at New York Avenue Church,
Tuesday evening, June 2. have been Issued.
Miss Letitia Stevenson, sister OF the bride
elect, Will attend her as maid Of honor,
and the Misses Scott, her cousins, and the
Misses Hardin Will be bride smaids. a recep-
,ion at the Hotel Normandic viii take place
ater. The pastorate OF Mr.. Hardin, at
Bowling Green, KY, will require his pres
cnce during the summer, but in the fall tie
Young people will go abroad.
The morning times., 1896-05-12

Mrs. Wilson and Miss wilson wife of the
Postmaster General, have left the city for
the summer.
The morning times., 1896-05-12
Made to Order.

Window Screens
The morning times., 1896-05-12

for a regu1ar-size window.
Larger and smaller sizes in
proportion.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-23
FOOD IN THE FAR NORTHWEST.

Fort Resolution is one of the most i'm
portant posts in the country. Though it
has not so many claims to distinction as
Chipewyan, its natural resources for food
are much greater; for near by is the most
productive fishery in the country; the
Dog-Rib and Yellow Knife Indians gen.
orally keep it supplied with caribou meat
in winter, and geese and ducks are fairly
plentiful in spring Furthermore, it is
the only post that secures any quantity of
the country luxury-grease; though the
Indians never bring in marrow, which is a
very palatable tidbit. The grease they do
bring in is the fat from along the back and
around the joints of the caribou, which is
called hard grease, in contradistinction to
the marrow, that is soft. Both of these
are used in making pemmican, which is
made of dried meat pounded into shreds
and mixed with grease, and rolled into
balls or made into square or round slabs.
Pemmican, however, is a rare article
nowadays, and not to be found anywhere
south of Resolution, and only there on oc-
casion This is chiefly because caribou are
not so plentiful as they were formerly, and
the Indians keep most of the grease for
their own consumption. Nor do they
make pemmican to any great extent, their
substitute for it being the pounded meat,
which is carried in little caribouskin bags
when travelling. and eaten with the
grease--a pinch of pounded meat and a
bite of grease | must confess that a
plate of pounded dried meat and several
good-sized Jumps Of clear grease were about
the most tempting morsels had set before
me at any time ON my trip. One never
gets enough of grease in the North land it
is eaten as some in the civilized world con-
sumo sugar; in fact, / developed craving
for sweets that even grease did not satisfy,
chiefly, suspect, because the supply was
so limited, and somewhat notable in my
case for the reason that ordinarily seldom
if ever touch sweets The absence of
bread and vegetables, and the excessive
cold undoubtedly combine to excite the
desire for both grease and sweets.
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The Peasant, the Horse and the oadi.

One morning as the Peasant went to
the shed to harness up his horse for the
labors of the day, he was met by the
declaration
''Look here, my dear man, have been
thinking this thing over for some time past
and | have finally come to the conclusion
that it isn't fair shake. "
'sWhat is the matter with you? asked
the astonished Peasant
AJust this Iwork from morning until
night, day in and day out, and all l re-
ceive in return is three meals per day.
Am | to understand that you kick p
''Most emphatically p
''Let us take the case before the Cadi,
who is wise man and will do us both
justice, said the Peasant, and the Horse
being agreed they set out in company for
the village in which the Ruler resided.
When they had come into his presence the
facts in the case were made plain, and the
Cadi said TO the Peasant
''Do you feed the Horse well and give
him comfortable shelter?''
so, Cadl, l do, was the reply.
Have you any complaint of being
over-worked or under-fed ? he asked of the
Horse.
ssNone, o, Cadi.
"As l understand this case, said the
wise man, after taking a Whit at his briar-
root, the Peasant exacts a certain amount
of work from the Horse in exchange for
feed and care He has not sought to give
less-he can give no more and come out
even. The Horse is dissatisfied, however,
and it is my decision that he be allowed to
90 his way. From this time on he must
take care of himself" "
'sBut it is winter, o Cadi, and there is
no pasture by the roadside 7 protested the
Horse.
Eyes, I know.
''If am deprived of corn and hay l
shall suffer r
II don't doubt it. =
And shall have no shelter at night.
[ may even freeze to death =
ssQuite possible; but it is fundamental
rule of law, philosophy and justice that no
one can get something for nothing
Moral And as they logged home
ward the Horse said to the Peasant
Say, old man, | guess we'll continue
to hang together and hope for better
times?
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poetrp.
WHY NOT BEFORE ?
By Helen Strong Thompson.

By Helen Strong Thompson.
ers
The lily-white flowers you strew on my bier;
You will come at the close of the long, lonely
hours,
And show how you loved me when am not here;
When the long watch is over and life is no more;
But why not before, friend o, why not before?
You will bring of these flowers the best and the
rarest,
To lay on my easket in beauty and bloom.
You will whisper my name mid the proudest and
fairest.
And tell how my going has left you in gloom,
When nothing comfort the heart that is sore:
Then why not before, friend: o, why not before?
You will come to my grave with heart almost
broken.
And think of the kind words you oft might have
said;
You will WISH o. how keenly, the words could be
spoken
That now can not I'LL the dulled ear of the dead,
When your voice can not reach me on Lethe's dark
shore;
Then why not before, FRIEND o. why not before9
You will sing of my songs you will tell of my story
And weave the bright garland of praise round my
name;
Your will crown my cold brow with the laurel of
glory,
When vain is the glory and useless the fame
When the poor heart is still and the longing is DER
Then why not before friend; o, why not before?
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sign on the journey from La Biche to Reso-
luton BY which | knew we were approach
ing our destination. On the two occasions
when speech with my guides was possible,
the only information could elicit in reply
to my inquiries concerning distance was
that it was either little or big ''piece''
off. As little piece meant anywhere
from FIVE miles to day or day and
half travel, and big piece from day
and half to three OF four or even more
DAYS, | was never able, until learned to
interpret the signs of shanging costume,
to form any idea of our relative location.
When arriving at or departing from post
the Indians invariably clothe themselves in
their most highly omamented moccasins,
nlittens, and leggings, and whip the dogs
into their fastest pace En- route, how
ever, these gay trappings are exchanged
for more sombre ones On the morning
of the trip s last day the decorated leggings
are again put On, but the best moccasins
are not brought forth unless the post is to
be reached before noon, and the mittens
not before the journey is within few hours
of its end, sometimes not until the last
pipe-which is filled and lighted during a
day running about once every hour and
a half-as was the case when we halted
for our first look at Great Slave Lake,
whose glistening surface stretched away to
the west far beyond the range of sight.
1t is always customary, too, to stop for
a pipe when they come within sight of the
journeys end-no matter if it is only a
couple of miles away and everybody and
the dogs are faint with hunger and worn
with fatigue. They are true to the
philosophy that deems anticipation better
than realization And so we stood and
looked at Resolution and its little line of
cabins struggling along the lakes northern
shore, six miles away, while Mercrede ar
rayed himself in elaborately beaded mocca-
sins, and | warmed with thankfulness too
deep for words that the final stage of my
900 miles was completed, and the outfit
ing post for the Barren Grounds in view
at last.
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Longevity and Activity.
From the National Popular Review.

Great men usually carry their full men
tai yigor and activity into old age. NJ.
Chevreul, NJ De Lesseps, Gladstone and
Bismarck are evidences of this anthropo-
logical fact. Plus TX, although living in
tempestuous times, reached great age in
full possession of all his faculties, and the
dramatist Crebillon composed his last dra-
matte piece at "a, while Michel Angelo
was still composing his great canvases at
SO, and Titan at 80 still painted with all
the vigor of his earlier years. The Aus
trian General Melas was still in the saddle
and active at 80, and would have probably
won Marengo but for the inopportune ar
rival of Desaix. The Venetian Doge
Henry Dandolo, born at the beginning of
the eleventh century, who lost his eye
sight when young man while on an en-
bassy to Constantinople, through the
treachery of the Greek Emperor Manuel,
was nevertheless subsequently raised to the
highest Office in the republic, managed sue
cessfully to conduct various wars, and at
the age of SO, in alliance with the
French, besieged and captured Constanti-
nople. Fontenelle was as gay-spirited at
SO as in his fortieth year, and the philoso-
pher Newton worked away at his tasks at
the age of SO with the same ardor that
animated his physical prime. Cornaro was
as happy at 80 as at so, and in far better
health at the age of 95 than he had en-
joyed at 80. These cases all tend to show
the value and benefits to be derived from
an actively cultivated brain in making a
long life one of comfort and of usefulness
to its owner The brain and spirits need
never grow old, even if our bodies will
insist ou getting rickety and in falling by
the wayside, but an abstemious life will
even drag that old body along to eente-
marian limits in tolerable state of preserva-
lion and usefulness. The foregoing list can
be heightened out with an indefinite num-
ber of names, but it is sufficiently long to
show what good spirits and an active brain
will do to tighten up the weight of old age.
When we contemplate the Doge Dandolo
at 83 anirnating his troops from the deck
of his galley. and the brave old blind King
of Bohemia falling in the thickest of the
fray at Crecy, it would seem as if there
was no excuse for either physical, mental
or moral decrepitude short of the age of
| fourscore and ten.
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Take Care of the Chest.
From the New York Sun

Take care of your chest, says physi-
cal culture teacher, 'and the rest of your
body will take care of itself The chest is
the chief thing to be remembered. Keep
it well raised and your head, spine and
shoulders will involuntarily assume their
proper positions without any effort on your
part The cry from parents and teachers
used to be, Throw your shoulders back :
But this mistaken notion is now completely
exploded The shoulders have nothing to
do with correct posture. 1t is all the
chest, and its elevation or depression will
regulate the rest of the body. The chest
is the seat of all things spiritual, elevated
and ennobling. Bring it into prominence
and you bring into prominence the best
qualities of your nature.
at has been said that whatever psy-
Geological attribute is most marked in
human being is correspondingly most
marked in his physical being. If he's
glutton, his stomach is most in evidence;
if a scholar or brain worker, his head is
sure to be thrust well forward; but if he
preserves proper intellectual balance he
walks with his chest in advance of the rest
of his body.
1T is curious, too, how one may really
influence his own mental condition in this
way. Just try and see how impossible it
is to say, '0h, how happy | am with
sunken chest and spent breath. One in
voluntarily lifts his chest and takes good
long breath when he says anything opti-
mistic and brave, for if he doesn' he might
just as well say Have mercy on us miser-
able sinners. The effect is the same.
There is no surer cure for the blues or
like maladies than merely lifting the chest
and taking a good, long breath, Itscares
away all the bugaboos of pessimism,
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Horse-shedding a Witness.
From the washington, D. c. Post.

- -
II can imagine where Senator Elkins
obtained his authority for the explanation
which he gives of the origin of the express
sion 'horse-sheddin said Representative
Grosvenor. The origin of this famous
expression was as follows:
SIN days gone by the Ohio courts held
sessions at different county seats at certain
periods known as court terms. To accom-
modate the large crowds of lirigants and
witnesses who would flock in from points
for miles around the county seat when
court was in session, the county authori-
ties erected sheds near the court house,
where the litigants and their witnesses
could tie and feed their horses while they
attended court, and these sheds became
known as horse-sheds. Now, owing to
the limited space of the court rooms, the
lawyers, who always travelled with the
court, were unable to hold a private con-
sultation with their clients and witnesses
inside the walls, and so they used to take
them under the horse-sheds and there talk
matters over with them.
"Among the attorneys who attended
court at Chester, the county seat of Meigs
county, on enc occasion, was Tom Ewing
and Samuel F. Vinton The Court was
ready to go on with the case in which the
two noted attorneys were retained as op-
posing counsel, when it was discovered that
Yinton was not present. The court looked
carefully around, and then asked:
q Where is Mr.. Vinton?'
go don't know, your Honor, said
Ewing, rising to his feet; 'he is not here,
but he is probably outside horse-shedding
his witnesses.
''The remark raised general laugh, and
thereafter the word horse shedding a wit
ness passed into popular parlance. .
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DIvERIoNs OF suB-ARcrIc TRAVEL.

On the morning of the fourth day we
came to the cabin of Carr and Duncan,
the only two white trappers in the coun-
try. 1t was a joy to hear English again,
and comfort to get indoors before fire;
and when 1 left they had braced me up
mentally and physically by their hearty
welcome and the heaping plates of lynx
meat they set in front of me, and which
is very tender and savory, and tastes lit
tie like veal 1t was just as well that
did eat plenteously here, for one of my
stupid Indians, when repacking the sledge.
left out our small sack of provisions, and
that night, and for the remainder of the
trip, we shared some wretched dried fish
with the dogs.
The last half of the journey was exceed
ingly trying, because the storms violently
disputed our progress, and the dogs were
tagged by the depth of snowfall. 1t was
on one of these last hard days that, as |
opened my notebook in the morning to
write of the day before, l was reminded Of
little dinner given me just on the eve of
my departure from New York, at which
FIVE of my nearest friends had sat, and
pledged my health and success, and prom
ised to drink to it again on Washington S
birthday And as wrote February 22d
in my journal that morning, that delightful
evening seemed so long ago; but with the
storm bowling about me drank their
healths in strongest tea, and felt sure they
100 had drunk mine.
1t was one o clock of the fifth day when
we came to the end of the (about) twenty
mile portage which connects Great Slave
River with Great Slave Lake, and carries
the Uoyag,ie,. over the last stage of his
journey from Fort Smith to Resolution.
The wind had subsidized and the atmos-
phere cleared of flying snow as we toiled
through the heavy going to the timber 5
edge, flanked on either side by closely
growing and winter-bemantled pine; and
when we finally reached the open, and the
great frozen lake lay before us. the dog
were stopped for spell, while the indians
got out their best mittens, relaeed theiI
moccasins, and lighted pipes.
These preparations were always an in
fallible and, for most Of the time, the only
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The Queen of Servia, while indulging
in all Of the Injuries due to her rank, es-
chews soft bed and the tempting down
pillow. She sleeps on narrow divan
with hard and unyielding mattress, and
without the vestige of headrest; the con-
sequence is, that her figure is perfect, and
the carriage of her head stately and nat
urai. The royal family of Servia had
never been permitted, as children, to in
dulge in the pillow habit, consequently the
absence of it is no deprivation to the beau
tiful queen.