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Evening star., 1896-02-29

Practice in choking rivals.
1t is no wonder that the British adver-
tiser stumbled in his first steps toward the
beautiful. Even his more artistic, though
less enterprising neighbors of the conti-
nent, were slow to learn that the decora-
tion of exterior walls demands a special
talent.
The first really artistic English poster
was that of Fred Walker, in 1871, a wood
engraving to announce 1.-The Woman in
White of Wilkie Collins. So far ahead of
its day that 1t was not appreciated, this
mastery effort deserves remembrance now
that its time has come. 1t was a simple
wood engraving, in black and white-a mys-
terious lady, seen with her back turned,
her splendid figure draped in a shawl, the
half-profile of her backward-turned face
with finger to her lips for silence, as she
opens stealthily a heavy door which leaves
one see starry sky outside. 1t is superb.
And in a way, 1t became later on the model
for many black and white poster designer.
Evening star., 1896-02-29
A Boys Appearance. A
ON the Ladies' Home Journal.


A boys personal appearance should be
good. You owe that to yourself. And
whether it is at the office or when you
are out visiting you should be a clean,
wholesome-looking young man. Cleanli-
ness does much toward godliness, and a
clean body aids clean soul. 1t may not
be in your power to possess a dress suit,
but if you should not, don't borrow one
and don't hire one. Brush up the best
clothes you have, make them immaculate,
and then enjoy yourself and forget your
clothes. Your linen can always be fresh
and clean, and your tie can always be
in good style and properly knotted. Never
wear a loud scarf and never wear imita-
tion jewelry. Gentlemen select plain gold
buttons, and simple gold links and scarf
pins of the most modest pattern. If you
can afford dress clothes, remember never
to appear in them until after dark. You
may wear, as you like best, either a lawn
tie or a black satin one, but the stiff little
bow should be looped by yourself and not
bought ready made.
Evening star., 1896-02-29

When the Magazine of Art was founded
Prof Herkomer of the Royal Academy was
asked to compose an illustrated poster for
that review. The first effort of this great
man was, to say the least, academic
Walter Crane was now beginning to design
a very different kind of poster. early as
the year 1890 He had already begun to Use
coiorS-hiS first nt-Garden Promenade
Concert was a symphony in blue and vel
low on white-and his designs were decora-
i've IN true sense, though with d tend
ency to lean too much toward illustration.
1t was MIR. Dudley Hardy. with his au-
dacity and his gayety. that made the artistic
poster possibility in London. 1t cannot
be more than three years ago-indeed, it
seems but yesterday.that his triumphant
yellow Girl electrified the circulation Of
that new weekly called To-day" Every
one knows his "Gayety Girl as red as a
red. red rose His st. Paurs.' THE
Chieftain,' Savoy Theater'' and pick
Me-Up.' at once simple and lively. and
decorative to the highest degree, struck
instantly and without effort that new note
in English and American advertising
which has made the employment of artis-
tic posters a scramble among busins sss
men, the designing of them a new industry
among artists. and the collecting of them a
new craze among amateurs.
In England host of capable designers
of the new school sprang up as If by magic
Aubrey Beardsley, Maurice Greiffenhagen
i'Wierdsley- -Daubrey." Ravel Hill and the
surprising Beggarstaff stand almost on a
plane with the great french masters OF
affiches. Beardsley and his peculiar work
are well enough known in America. And
all the Others whatever differences the per-
sonal equation may effect in their work,
are Dudley Hardy followers as one man.
The characteristics of this new school
of pictorial advertisement designers are
easy to define and not difficult to initiate.
They give all their attention to getting the
most possible effect from the least number
of colors. With black, red and white gaps
in the paper they obtain an astonishing
scale of color. which draws the eye better
than more complicated system could do.
Their drawing seems little rough. but it
has just the skill which a silhouette de-
mands. Undoubtedly both Beardsiey and
Dudley Hardy have something more than
this, the latter giving to his figures an
astonishing living movement, which has
extorted the highest praise from such
French critics as Jules Roques. the former
imparting to his vampire-ladies weird
and grizzly grotesqueness unparalleled in
the history of bad dreams. yet withal fas-
cinating.
The streets of Paris! All, they are the
streets that have never been diSgraced
with uglneSs in advertising.
The great beginner and popuariZer of
the new mural decoration was certainly
Jules Cheret. So much has already been
written of him and his work that nothing
Evening star., 1896-02-29
POLITICIANS OF BRITAIN.
Tories Arc Mostly Young and Liberals
Mostly Old, and Why3

AOTAcs -ArC NiOStIy ana Liberals
Mostly Old, and Why3
London Cores N. Y. Times
Whenever the tories have large ma iority
in parliament, the spectator at Westminster
Is always amazed at the number of very
young men who enjoy seats in the house Of
commons. 1t Is doubtful whether in all the
legislatures Of the various United States
there could be found so many beardless and
wholly boyish faces as one might have seen
the other day in the members lobby of the
house Certainly the House of Represen-
tatives at Washington offers no sort Of
parallel to the juvenilty on show this sea-
son at ST. Stephens. Often the scene looked
more like some phase of a college COM
mencement than the gathering of the Oldest
parliament in the world. 1 have said that
this was peeuliarity Of large tory majori-
ties. When the liberals are in Office, and in
heavy numerical preponderance, on the COM
mons benches middle-aged and elderly men
are the rule
1t is only rarely that a youngster gets in
as liberal at an English election. Plenty
of young men go to the polls as liberal cam
d1dates. but they have almost invariably
received the nominations simply because
success is hopeless. They are encouraged
to spend their money and time on these
fruftless battles, on the tacit understanding
that by and by the party whips will recog-
nize their devotion and give them chance
prospect of winning. Meanwhile, the safe
liberal seats are practically all in possession
Of graybeards. and in the large lists of
boroughs and county divisions, where par
ties are tolerably evenly balanced, very few
liberal candidates under forty years of age
can get nomination,
The most obvious reason for this is. of
course, that liberal candidates have to rely
upon demonstration of personal fitness, of
individual acquaintance with governmental
problems, and the thousand and one possi-
bilities of reform, retrenchment, and so on,
which is not insisted upon with others. The
sober and thrifty middle classes-the higher
artisans, the small shopkeepers, manufac-
turers and commercial and Industrial work.
ers--are the people who elect liberals when
they are elected. And these people are not
easily captured by the glamor of young
mans smart manner and glbness of tongue
They want gravity, solidity and the evil
dences of mature experience and Judgment
They desire to vote for man who has made
money in his own business, or an estab-
lished position for himself in his profession.
Here and there an exceptionally brilliant
youngster, particularly if he is a journalist
or barrister who is doing well for his years,
and Is a favorite with party leaders, like
Mr.. Gladstone or Mr. Morley, may be taken
on trust by liberal local committee
Evening star., 1896-02-29
A DIsGUsTED PHILADELPHIax
why He Doesn't Want to Find An.
other POcketbOOk.

other POcketbook.
From the Philadelphia Times
A prominent physician of this CITY Will,
hand the next pocketbook he finds to the
police. He picked up purse in the street
few days ago. 1t contained some receints
Tor making cake and preserving fruit, some
samples OF dress goods. and s. % in money.
he advertised the find. and 1t was remark
able how many people there were who had
lost pocketbooks. Each tried to obtain
some idea or what the one found was like
In order to notify friends, but the doctor
was not easily beguiled
FINALLY lady came in and said.
Are you the man who found a pocket.
bonk?" poN
Yes, ma am
well, it's mine"
What kind of pocketbook did YOU lose
and where did you lose it," asked the doc
tor. WV
course l don't know where 1 lost it. If
did Id have gone back and found r. Rut
L want my pocketbook."
only wanted to see if it was the one
you lost" pleaded the doctor
Didn't tell you so? Do Won think I'm
lying about it? If You don't give it to me
now III have the police get it for me-
Madam, II It's yours 1 want you to have
tain?' -o'' ''N-
Let me see. There was some money and
some receipts for making cake, and one of
my mother Tor putting up tomatoe But
1t is none of your business, anyway. You
had no right to open my pocketbook. and
read the papers, even if you did find it,
The doctor was convinced that the woman
owned the pocketbook and showed it to her
rs it yours?"
"Of course it's mine How many times do
you want me to tell you so?" Then she
opened 1T and counted the money
There ought to be dollar more" she
said. Il had 1ve-dollar bill changed and
only bought some little things. 1 don't re-
member what, but it didn't come to over
$1-1o. Well, l suppose one can't expect a
man to be honest, and you can keep the
dollar. 1 hope it will do you more good than
ill-gotten gains usually do" and she left the
office with a look of scorn at the man who
had found the nurse
Evening star., 1896-02-29

a great deal Of work for the Ostend-Dover
steamship line. and Bechmans. who COM
posed the exquisitely simple and beautiful
Liege; these are among the foremost names.
The artistic partnership Of Duyck and Cres-
pin seem to be the greatest purveyors Of
Belgian pictorial posters, If one may judge
by the evidence Of his eyes In traversing
the streets of Brussels. While showing q
great many good qualities, they are not
universally praised by the French masters
of affiche, who, outside their own country,
swear. by the works of Dudley Hardy in
London; Louis ]. Rhead In New York, and
VIII Bradley in Chicago.
STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1896-02-29

bourg "KunstgewerDe museum" and Herr
Lichtwark of the Hamburg City Art Gal
lery, are doing great work in making col
lections of French, American, English and
Belgian posters, in which they endeavor to
interest business men as well as the gen.
eral pubic, and as one result, there has
just been turned out from the design of
Herr Laskowsky. a very beautiful four
color affiche for the retrospective exposi-
ton Of AlSac g. Lorraine.
AS for Austria, the easy-going Viennese
are still in the circus poster stage of pic
torial advertising.
Italy and Spain are also weak in artistic
posters but this is not for lack of artistic
appreciation in the people. What is absent
in these delightful countries is any kind of
advertising at all. If 1t is the pleasure of
heaven that you should drop in and look
at my stock Of goods doubtless you will
find your way to my establishment. I shall
not disturb myself to paste up posters for
the rain to wash off, small boys to tear off
and goats to eat off. The preponderance
of goats over ali other four-footed creatures
in these lands would be in itself a suffi-
cient explanation.
Certainly the only handsome Spanish pos
ter 1 have ever seen or heard Of Is that
of the great Saragossa bull fights in 1895
wherein the bulls are of so threatening an
attitude that any goat might hesitate at
tacking them. So far the only artistic pos
ters of Italy have been those issued by
great publishing houses like that Of the
est of expositiens Oike that of Palermo in
1892 and the Ital.an-American fetes of 1888,
or in important operatic and theatrical an
nouncements. The names are Quarenghi.
De Montalti, Dalbono, Malaria and Pagli-
aghi. Other well-known artists have done
posters, but they rarely sign them-Farra-
guti, Cavallot, Ximenes, Edel, Amato and
Sezanne-and their work is very much
along the old style chromo-lithography both
in conception and color printing.
One must return in the direction Of
France and England to find further con-
tinental enthusiasm for the new style pos
ter. Belgium is forging ahead, and the
streets of Brussels. Antwerp and Liege
show pleasing evidences of good taste in ad-
vertising. Brussels now has its specialists
of the affiche artisiique like Paris. London.
New York and Chicago. Rassenfosse and
Rops, with their beer-drinking and theatri-
cal evocations Of inc diablerie; Leon
Dardenne with his delicious. If very
Flemish, maids and matrons; De Gourve-
loos. who did the fine poster of the Ant
werp exposition; Cassiers, who has done
Evening star., 1896-02-29
Jefferson Special to the Chicago Record.

Jederson Special to the Chicago Record.
Jane NJ. Robertson Of Henry county, KY,
was married in this city today by Magis-
trate Hanse to Garrett Sewall. The bride is
the youngest daughter in family of twen-
ty-one children. and all of her ten sisters
have eloped to Jeffersonvulc in the last three
years and have been married by Magistrate
Hanse. The bride of today is but nineteen
years Of age, and stated that she had heard
so much of Squire Hanse she would allow
no one else to marry her. and she eloped in
opposition to her parents wishes and de-
spite the protests of her husband She en-
braced the squire as soon as the ceremony
was over.
Evening star., 1896-02-29

ployed, and he has made it a rule to see no
visitors unless their business is imperative
and requires his personal attention. Mem
hers of the cabinet are sthe only persons
having unrestricted entree to the Secre-
tary's office. He will not see general callers
if he can avoid it, and even Senators and
Representatives are referred to the assist
ant secretaries on all matters that do not
require his personal consideration. During
Office hours he Is always absorbed with
business, and will give no time for socia!
chat or gossip.
When He Sees the Diplomats.
Thursdays are set aside for the reception
of the diplomatic representatives Of foreign
countries. and they are not expected to ask
for interviews with the Secretary on other
days, unless their business is urgent and
important.
Except on cabinet days, Tuesdays and
Fridays, the Secretary remainE at his desk
Until 12:45 o'clock. when he goes home to
luncheon. Returning promptly at O'Clock,
he works necessarily and industriously un-
til 4 o'clock. During these hours he signs
all his mail and disposes of all the current
Evening star., 1896-02-29
Next to Ice.
From Illustrated Bits.

From Illustrated Bits.
Mr.. Hankerson-"John, did you ice two
dozen bottles of champagne, as I told you?'
The Butler-"No, sorr. The ice-box was
not big enough for more than twinty."
Hankerman-'What have you done with
the rest?'
The Butler-'T set the cook and maids
a-fannin' 'em, sorr."
Evening star., 1896-02-29

T Is NOT so LONG
ago in England that
m ural advertising
threatened to make
itself an unmitigated
curse, by reason of
it's ugliness, / n a p t.
ness and vulgarity.
The type of the Brit
iSh a d v e r tiSer Is
still a d W n right,
limited p e + sonage,
owing his success as
m u C b to his pig
headedness as to his
Evening star., 1896-02-29

train Of this surprising lithography which
the superposition of frank, free. colors
made burst Of veritable olor-freworks,
there came a whole troupe of young
French painters very fine and subtle, all
anxious to produce new sensations by the
means Of very simple effects. Instead of
Evening star., 1896-02-29
SECRETARY 0LNEY
His Rise in Prominence in the Po-
litioal World.
NOW 4 PRESIDENTIAL Possibility
About the Man and His Methods
Of Work.
FOND OF OUT DOOR LIFE
FOND OF OUTDOOR LIFE

BSOLUTE INDIE
pendence In thought
/ and action, and a su-
preme disregard of
precedents and con-
yentionalities when
in conflict Herewith,
are probably the
most striking char
acteristics Of the
premier of President
Ceveland's cabinet.
Mr.. Olney's admins
tration Of the affairs
of the HfOraipn Of
Evening star., 1896-02-29

tional policy which was carried out on that
occasion. He accepted the Office Of Attor-
:1ey General because of its great dignity
from a legal standpoint but when he found
its business warped with political consid-
eratIons he was tempted to resign 1t in
favor OF his more congenial private duties
in Boston. Loyalty to his chief and the
presentation of extremely important legal
issues caused him TO decide to remain at his
post. One Of theseywas the railroad strike
Another involved the constitutionality of
the income tax lawS Ordinarily the govern
ments business before the Supreme Court
is managed by thesssoicitor general In
this case. however, sMr. Oiney took per-
sonal charge of the matter and made the
principal argument for the United States
The Venezuelan Question.
While he was Attorney General he also
made a thorough study of the Venezuelan
boundary dispute. He did this at the per-
sonal suggestion of the President in ord er
to relieve Secretary Gresham, who vas
then engrossed in other important foreign
controversies, and who moreover was In
bad health. Thus it happened that Attor-
ney General Olney prepared an elaborate
argument in favor of the arbitration of the
dispute between Great Britain and Ven
ezuela, in order to determine the vital
question whether Great Britain had not
extended territorial jurisdiction over a por-
ton of the South American republic in
contravention of the Monroe doctrine, which
argument was subsequently submitted by
him in his capacity as Secretary of State
to Lord Salisbury, the British premier in
the negotiations for a peaceful settlement
Of the boundary question. His able presen-
tation of the case also formed the basis of
President Cleveland's patriotic message to
Congress, which resulted in the prompt or
ganzation of the Venezuelan boundary
commission, the prime purpose of which is
to determine whether Great Britain is in
possession of American territory in viola
ton of the Monroe doctrine.
Secretary Olney is a direct descenda ant
from the Puritans on one hand and the
Huguenots on the other. His family is one
of the Oldest in New England. He was
fitted for college at Leicester Academy and
was graduated at Brown University in
1856. He subsequently took the degree of
bachelor of laws at the Harvard Law
School. In 1861 he married daughter of
Judge Benjamin F. Thomas, and associated
with the latter in the practice of his pro-
fession. Before his entry into public life
he was for many years chief counsel of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
and several New England corporations. He
is not what is called in these days a man
0f
Evening star., 1896-02-29
PROMPT in His Engnxement..

He is extremely methodical in all his
habits, and is the soul of punctuality. So
Precise and exacting is he in the matter of
engagements that he has gained the name
among his associates of "the minute man."
An early riser from habit and inclination
he has his breakfast at 8 o'clock, and then
devotes short time to reading the morning
papers. He is invariably at his desk in the
State Department at S:i5 o'clock. Business
at the department is not supposed to begin
Evening star., 1896-02-29
ART IN POSTERS
As Seen in the Various Countries of
Europe.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GREAT ARTISTS
Striking Designs That Please and
Delight the Eye.
A WEALTH OF OLOR
PARIS, February 1S, 1896.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-30
Co m0Wii dziafa
KS. Szambelan WaWrzYniak.

Zacny Gosc z Wielkopol-
ski, Przewielebny KS. Szambe-
Ian Wawrzyniak, przybywszy
do Philadelphia, bra} udzia} W
polskiem zebraniu para6alnem
i oznajmi} tam, zerKs. Kar-
dyna} Led6chowski, zarzucany
listami Ameryki, uskarza-
jacemi sic ma duchowiehstwo,
wydelegowa} go, aby ma
rnielscu sprawdzil, 0 lie te
skargi So uzasadnione.
- Me zwazajcie ma mole
tytuly - m6wil ks. Szambelan
do parahan = ia jestem
synem w}oscianina, ia was
zrozumiem. wypowiadajcie
Smia}o zazalenia przeciwko
waszym kap}anom, jezeli jake
macie. Mozecie do mnie
przyjsc W kazdej chwili, a
przyjme was.
Lud by} zachwycony 60
dzinna NOVA ks. Waw. = W
kt6rej bynajmniej ME po
chlebia} mn, bo zaznaczy}, ze
pomimo okropnego przeSla.
dowania wiecej jest patryo-
tyzmu W starym kraju, anizeli
W Ameryce przy wszelkiej
swobodzie. Wypytywa} szcze-
g6}owo o dochody j rozchody
koscielne i parahalne; przy-
obieca}, re beda zaprowadzone
). nadzory' koscielne; a CO do
Zwiazku N. P.' to rzecz te
zbada, bo po to przyjechal.
Zdziw;la Go zap}ata przy
weisciu do kosciola, j woJsko
koscielne Pedobali Mu
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-30

sic wojacy. winszowal i'm ze
ME zaluja ma uniformly, ale
radby by}, ably brali "a
swych patronow naszych
bohater6w a ME swietych.
Zdziwi} sic, ze W niektorych
parafiach pieniadze koscielne
zabieraja ksieza i niemi do
wolnie roporzadzaja.
= Patrzcie : m6wil = ia
pomimo moich fiolet6w, "a
rabiam ma chleb w}asna praca,
z Koscio}a ME zyje. Nam W
Berlinie pod moja opieka 900
chorych itp. KS. Waw. odwie-
dill lzilku parafian Tow.
Budewnicze. Przyjmowal
pojedyhczyeh parafian u siebie,
s}uchal cierpliwie i wypytywa}
ich 0 ksiezy.
KS. Waw. jest W sile wieku,
m6wi pieknie, nies}ychanie
czynny, z kazdej chwili
korzysta. pe}en powagi i
lagodnosci Zabawi ;wAmeryce
prawdopodobnie 5 miesiecy.
Kazdy pisac mole do niego W
sprawach koscielnych i para
fialnych.
Niekt6rzy ME dowierzali,
m6wiac: ;, to biskup Rzymu
ON bedzie "a ksiezmi Z tip
Przekonali sic jedhakze, il tax
ME jest.
Prev. ks. Waw. odjecha}
we wtorek FL bm. z Philadel-
fiji do Pittsburgh. Nastepnie
uda sic W dalsza drog7, zwie-
dzajac parafie polskie - az
do St. Louis.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-30

ma korzysc tamtejszego
polskiego koscio}a. Czysty
doch6d z tel zabawy wynosil
$3.50: Brazil W niej take
udzia} Francuzi Irisze, a
take ksieza francuscy i
lryjscy. Proboszczem tel
jedynej W Kanadzie zorgani-
zowanej polskiej parafi jest
wielebny ks. Br. Jankowski.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-30

kiego W Stanach Zjednoczo-
nych P6}nocnej Ameryki. .
Oto wyjqtek tego ciekawego
dzie}ka:
W krotkim stosunkowo czasie
stane1o W Stanach Zjednoczonych
dwiescie polskich koscio46w, ale
wszystkie niemal tax pozad}uzane,
re parafanie upadaja dis formal
ME pod ciezarem tych sum olbrzy-
mich, cd kt6rych same procenta
nleraz pozeraja ca}e dochody para
falne...
Czem kto by4 mniej wart mo-
ralnie duchowo, tenn wieksze bu-
dowa} koscio}y, tenn wspanialsze
stawia} gmachy, aby tenn snadniej
uwiehczyt swoje imie "a oceanem.
Jakoz najpiekniejsze i najwspa-
nialsze koscio}y polskie W Ameryce
pobudowali ci, kt6rzy najhanieb-
niej zapisani W historyi koscio}a
polskiego W tym kra ju...
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-30
DrObne Echa.
Z NATRONA, Pa, pisz

Z NATRONA, Pa, pisza
nam, ze korespondencya
ztamtad do toledoskiej JANE
RYk1 przeciw wielebnemu ks.
G6rzyhskiemu napisa1 jedyny
istniejacy ]eszcze W pa
rafli polskiej W Natrona
warho}, mszczac sic "a to, ze
go Proboszcz wyprosi} "a
drzwi, kiedy sam jeden
ostentancyjnie gard}owal ma
zebraniuT I Towarzystwa polskie-
go, ma kt6rem ks. G6rzyhski
nawo}ywa} zebranych do
wstrzemiezliwosci.
WILMINGTON. - x.
Aleksander Michnowski wy
jezdza W Sierpniu do Europy.
jOby ztamtad juz wiecej ME
wroci}! Przyp. Red.
W1ARUsA).
MT. CLEMENS, Mich. =
Tutejsze miasteczko kqpielowe
w ostatnim czasie tax pre-
pelnione by}o goscmi, ze
wielu musia}o po prywatnych
domach noclegu szukac, albo
ma noe do oddalonego ztad
22 mile Detroit jezdzac. Teraz
sic juz potrosze rozjezdzaja,
be prawie codzien deszcz tn
pada, a zimno take, re trzeba
w piecu palic.
w WHINE, " prowincyii.
Ontario, W Kanadzie, odbyl
sic W dnlu "A Lipca piknik