Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-02
THINGS ss3PRD AND SEEN

| Washington, and e6ncerning which heard
a young nation gfieving a few days ago.
| and with reason too. why is it." she
| said. that some speople who are such
| charming ho4tsa or hostesses always ap-
| pear bored tcdeat,f at other peoples func-
tons? If 81 to their houses 1 find them
| smiling. charming. hospitable; but when
| they come to1mtnes tn spite of my best eff
forts, nothing even entertains them, let
| alone giving them pleasure Don't say
| maybe try too hard" she continued. "for
| the habit people have got into of desiring
| only elaborate entertainments, and society
| doesn't seem to be influenced half as much
by the wish to be happy in the intercourse
| with ones friends as 1T IS by the effort to
| outsh!ne the humber sparkle of It's ac-
quaintances."
| plaintiff. Il might leave them out of my
| affairs altogether but don't want to do
that. for l like them very much, and they
do give lovely parties; but 1 wish 1 knew
manners to appear amused and gay at
other peoples homes as we'll as their own,
even If they are not having so good time,
| just to deceive the public"
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Such a revolution as has taken place in
women's shoes never was seen, for the
''needle-pointed" denominations were not
wholly unexpected when they took the
world by storm, and they had at least the
advantage of making madame's feet look
slender and assume virtue If they had it
not. But just as every feminine foot has
evolved a fine cereal crop on each pedal
extremity and public taste has reached
| point Of endurance. if not delight in pinched
! toes there is a revuIsion of feeling, and
the shops show only broad "pear-shaped''
monstrositfes.
Lured, rather than warned, by the amaZ-
ing cheapness of narrow-toed footgear.
several bargain-seekers have laid in stock
| find that they hopeIessly behind the
| times. and that all the women who are any
| body at all have adopted the widespread
vamp and projecting sole
Its just a dodge of the shoe men," ex-
claimed one of the unfortunates. .'They
knew this change was coming, and then,
Just for spite. they tempted US with their
slaughter sales, and here we are with
all these back numbers on our hands, in
stead of theirs"
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Ante-election economies are being prac-
| ticed to an amazing extent. and no less a
person than Chief Justice Fuller has Joined
the retrenching party. Talking a few days
| ago to one of the northern Senators, he
gave his judicial opinion that there is a
great deal of unnecessary waste In the
matter of visiting cards INDUCED in by the
tinued. that when we moved into our new
house there was bushel basket of cards
from the women of your household and l
am sure that If you took the trouble to
amount from mine. Now, l propose that
We collect these bits Of pasteboard and send
them' back to their respective starting
points and am sure We shall be in pocket
to considerable extent"
:. .l...-..-ss ~ 4d-H
George Fred Williams of Massachusetts,
and Sherman rHoar were very close
friends in the Fiftysecond Congress. But
that friendship has been severed George
Fred Is candidate of the silver democracy
| for governor, and Sherman Hoar is a gold
democrat This would not have blighted
the friendship II MI. Hoar had not made a
remark about George Fred-a remark which
SHOWS that ne belongs to the family capa-
bic OF saying good things Williams is of
German descent. a fact that has been al
luueu 10 IN previous campaigns when he
wanted the German vote. AS soon as he
came out for the white metal and became
an aspirant for governor sherman Hoar
| referred to him as my friend, George Fred
w iHfams, the German silver candidate"
This was more than friendship could stana
| and George Fred considered It the most
! cruel stab of an exciting campaign.
| Il = x *
/ + have dog that is confirmed tobacco
| chewer," said L. A.. Collier of Nashville
| Tenn, at the Riggs. II first taught him to
| chew tobacco as a joke. in order to show him
| off to my friends. 1t affected him as it does
| boy, he was sick and dizzy, and had no
| idea he. would touch It again, but ne did,
! and In a few months the habit became fixed
| so that he could not do without it. He Is a
valuable pointer. and did all in my power
to break him, but to avail. He would
| not hunt unless he had chew of tobacco
| In his mouth. He holds 1t under his tongue
| and has now advanced to a point where he
| uses 10-cent plug in two days / have
| kept tobacco from him for several weeks at
| time, hoping he would recover his energy
without it, but he becomes thin, whines and
refuses to eat enough food when the tobacco
| IS withheld, and rather than lose the dog
have given up all efforts to reform him, and
now keep him supplied with tobacco"
| ---- x X r., SO r.,-5rt-r.
| While coming into Washington I heard
| conversation on the train that amused
| me-" said c. R. Bullock of New York at
| the Riggs. Immediately in front Of me
was q lady holding dog. Across the aisle
from her was another lady with child
| about two years of age. The infant at
| tracted the attention Of every one by her
| artless prattle and playful ways, and the
| lady with the dog looked at her. The
! mother said, Isn't she playful Yes. in
deed was the reply. She acts as though
| she was spoiled, continued the mother.
She isn't q bit. replied the lady with the
| dog. which answer won the mothers heart.
No. 1 don't thiRk so. Isn't she pretty?'
| Just the prettiest ever saw. and so play
fun Yes. she will play all day and never
! give any one a bit of trouble. She was
| always that way. I don't think more
| perfect creature ever Iived,' went on the
| fond mother thinking she had found a
| Kindred spirit. Why, what are you talk
I Ing about?' asked the lady with the dog.
My baby. Of course oh, 1 don't know
| anything about your baby; I thought you
were speaking of my dog And they spoke
no more"
| X X X
Down on the Ouchita river in Arkansas.
| near camden, they have gnats known as
buffaloes." said H. p. Thorndike of Little
Rock at the Ebbitt. mo one ever calls
them gnats, and no place in New Jersey
can be found where the mosquitoes are
more numerous than the buffaloes along
the Ouchita. 1 was stopping with farmer
and after supper he read the county paper
aloud in drawring tone that nearly put
me to sleep. when Suddenly he slapped the
paper and juhfped'iup Jerusalem wife
he exclaimed'o"thss paper says the buf-
| faloes are all egonesfrom the west and the
government fellers dont know where there