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Evening star., 1896-12-31
Central Union Mission

In conformity with its annual custom a
watch night service will be held in the
auditorium at 622 Louisiana avenue, this
evening from 7:3O to II O'Clock Special
music. with orchestral accompaniment, un-
der the direction of Mr.. G. W. Havell.
Change of leader every hour. Solos by
Mr.. Perry of the Crittenton Rescue Band
Miss Kimball. Miss Carrigan, Mr.. Evans
and others and quartet. Public invited
Evening star., 1896-12-31
Prices: IS cts. and rs cts. per bottle.
OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND
MINERAL WATER DEALERS.

Full Analysis and additional Testi-
mony and Information supplied by
CHAS. GRAEF & CO., 32 Beaver
Street, New York, Sole Agents of
THE zAPOLEINARIS CO., LID.
See that the Label bears the we'll
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CHURCH NOTICES.

WAUGH NJ. E. CHURCH. I'D AND A Sta Ne
Watch night services commencing 030 O'Clock
Sermon by Rev. DIR. Luther b. Wilson. Reception
by the ladies' from to pm. tomorrow 1t the
hurch. II
FOUNDRY II. +. CHURCH, l4TH AND G sTS-
Watch night service begins Mt 10 pm, and not
at pm Address BY the pastor, Rev. DR..
WESLEY CHAPEL, COR. 5TH AND + STS NV
Watch night service At 10 o'clock. Everybody
welcome II
GRACE CHURCH 9TH AND D SIS SW.. REV
II. Fields Saumeng In eharge.-Eyensong AMI
sermon THIS Thursday NIGHT at IL o'ciock its
ST. MARGARErS.-FEASr OF THE CflCTiSi
cisionl. Service and holy communion, II an
Rev. Richard Lewis Howell. rector. Strangers
cordially welcomed. Id
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CastOria
For
Infants and Children.
For

CAsTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION. ana over
comes Fiatulency. Constipation. snr Stomach,
Diarrhoea and Eeverishntss. Thus the child /,
rendered healthy and its aleep NATURAL. CAS-
foRIA contains % morphine other narcotic
property.
'cAsToRIA b % veil adapted to children that
! recommend It - superior to any prescription
Known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, Md,
III b. Oxford st.. Brooklyn. n. Z.
For several ysars ! have recommended Casto-
ria.' and shall aIways coatinue to q a. ~ It has
Invariably prodacea benshcial tesaita"
EDWIN y. PARDEn, ND.
l3stA q. an1 7th ave. New Yesk eity.
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CONDUITs BETWEEN TRACKS.

An Idea for Economically Installing
Underground TrOllcys.
10 the Editor of The Evening Star:
While the question of rapid transit on
the Belt and lexington lines is under con-
slderation, would 1t not be worth the while
OF those Interested in those roads to con-
slider modern plans fos underground con-
dLits? ii 10
The Star has stated heretofore that the
cost per mile of the Metropolitan road bed
was rot far from 100000. Presum-
ably this refers to single track, since
receiver Schoepf in bis estimate for the
congressional committee, STATED that il
would cost over s2,00O,Oo0 to put down that
system, as against $50,00O for air motors
Evening star., 1896-12-31

Weather conditions and general forecast
The barometer has risen over the lake re-
siors and the Saint Lawrence valley, and
has fallen over the southern states and to
the west of the Mississippi; it is highest
Forth of the lake regions and lowest over
Montana and a second depression covers
northern Texas and Indian territory.
1t is decidedly colder in the Saint Law
roroe valley and north of the lake regions
The weather is generally cloudy this
morning in the southern states, with heavy
rains in the southwest. Light local show
ers are reported from the lake regions and
south Atlantic states. The weather con-
tinGes fair in New England and the middle
Atlantic states.
The Indications are that the weather will
be generally cloudy, with showers from
western New York southwestward to the
lower Mississippi valley Fair weather will
continue on the Atlantic coast until Friday
morning, but the cloudiness will increase
Evening star., 1896-12-31
Held ms Accessory.

Lizzie Williams has been held as an ac-
cessory- to the attempted poisoning of the
Young family of Unity on December q at
Rockville. She was given hearing be-
fore Judge Henderson. On writ of
habeas corpus the judge held her in
default Of $500 bail to await the action
OF the grand jury. The evidence did not
bring out whether she knew what use the
James girl was going to make of the Paris
green she gave her or not
Evening star., 1896-12-31

Two radical changes in the procedure of
the pension office have been made. All
claims for increase, save in extraordinary
cases, hereafter will be sent direct to the
medical division of the bureau without hav-
ing to be passed upon by the board of re-
view. as has been the custom for years.
This action is taken on the ground that
most of the increase cases involve only
medical action.
Hereafter there will be no necessity for
cases before the board of review being
passed upon by three or four examiners.
This has been iong-continued practice,
but Commissioner Murphy has fixed the
number of the examiners who must review
each claim at two.
Evening star., 1896-12-31
NEW YEAR WEATHER.

Fair Until Noon, but Rain in the
Evening OF Night.
Forecast till 8 pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland, fair until
Friday noon. threatening weather and rain
Friday evening or night; slight changes in
temper ature; winds shifting to easterly.
For Virginia. fair tonight; Friday fair,
followed by local showers; winds shifting
to northeasterly.
Evening star., 1896-12-31
Send Ii to a Friend.

There are lots Of people who would rather
have visit from the Saturday Star fifty
two times In the year than any other holi-
day remembrance you could think of. 1t
can be sent to any out-of-town address In
the United States FOR the whole year 81
for one dollar.
Evening star., 1896-12-31
Capital: One rIiIlion Dollars

SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT.
Rents safes inside burglar proof vau,ts at
- per annum upward.
Securities, jewelry, slverware and vaIuables
OF all kinds in owners package trunk or case
taken on deposit at moderate cost.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. ..a-'
Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward
and interest allowed s. and above
Loans oney real estate and cola teral
security. Sells first-class real estate and
other securities in sums of $500 and upward
TRUST DEPARTMENT
This company is legal depository for court
ard trust funds. and as administrators.
executor receiver assignee and executes
trusts OF all kinds Wills prepared by a
competent attorney In daily attendance.
OFFICERS:
1FNJAMIN +. SNNDFR.-. President
TEOMAS HYDE. First Vice President
w. RILEY DEEBLE.. Second Vice President
THOMAS II. JONES. ........ Third Vice President
e. FRANCIS RIGGS. GGS...................Tr Treasurer
GEORGE HOWARD. .-...-... Assistant Treasurer
ALBERT l.. STURTEvANT. Secretary
CHARLES e. NYMAN. Assistant Secretary
dcl2
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FINANCIAL.

I'm the
VAULT Department
of the FEREPROOF
WAREHOUSE of the
Ar1ERTCANSECURlTY
AND TRUST CO..
40 Fifteenth Street,
SlLVERWARE,
Jewelry and vaEuables
of every description are
received on deposit and
stored with full guarantee
against loss.
special wagon provided 20 ron,e,
SUCH Deposits TO and from the vaults
free Of charge.
Expert and responsible mon furnished
70 jack wedding prcssnts ,,lna mi
glass, pictures, furniture. etc. Il
Evening star., 1896-12-31

APPROVED BY THE
ACAD DEMIE DE MEDE ECINE. PARIS.
Evening star., 1896-12-31
What Better Holiday Gift

Than either 1896 PATTERN RAMBLER at
Sixty Dollars q rand new, late product and fully
guaranteed. or NEW 1897 RAMBLER-elual
TO any would-be 500 bicycle in the world-and
sold at only $50!
Twenty dollars saved equals twice that
earned"
Cheaper Bicycles. IL you looking for them
too-aI the way from SIS up. Largest stock and
hest assortment In the south. Open evenings until
after the holidays.
Gormully s JefferyMfg. Co.,
1851 l4th st. Down Town Agency,
dl9-csd 429-31 10th ST. NV
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A SALUTE.

marriage is dreadful. deep-seated fear
of not having a family and allowing,
in this way, the family name to be-
come extinct. Centuries of Buddhism
have made the perpetuation of a fam
lily name of vital Importance, and a
mans first duty to his ancestors. No
greater misfortunes can befall a couple
than to be childless and to avert it
marriages are arranged early in life;
proving barren a divorce follows, an
other marriage is arranged and so on,
until the family is of sufficient size to
avoid all possibility of such a calamity
An old maid or bachelor is unknown in
japan. The girl has no voice in the
matter of selecting a husband, an alb
surdity largely responsible for the ex-
istence of one divorce ito every thret
marriages.
THE MATRIMONIAL MIDDLE MAN
All is arranged by the middle man.
or 'Nakado," whose Importance can
not be over-estimated. He is not only
consulted as to the adaptability of the
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formed into several waves and mounds
She sleeps on wooden pillow. ma
kora," on which the neck alone rests,
and as her nerves are of iron, the hair
once dressed has a fresh appearance
for several days. The shaving of the
cheeks, nose and eyelids are but a
part of the hair dressing process.
LOVE MAKING AND MARRIAGE.
Mild f1irtations are not one of the
pastimes of the Japanese maid. She
may go to the theater, flower shows and
festivals, but the acquiescent chaperone
of America is here superseded by
stern father Her acquaintance are
only her own sex. She smokes tobac-
co as generously as an American girl
chews gum, but her grace enables her
to inhale from a long, slender pipe in
a manner that does not strike one as
unfeminine. While she is aware that
her ways are not your ways, she can
not discriminate. She sees no impro-
priety in arranging her toilet, stripped
to the waist, before a foreigner. When
seen this way she faces a western stare
with modesty. This may not seem an
appropriate term to the mind that
makes the common mistake of asso-
ciating modesty more with her raiment
than the thought that prompts her ex-
preston. But in this case it is.
Affection, position or love of money
are little considered in Japanese mar
riages. The fundamental principle of
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almost anything that met with his dis
Approval. Concublnage was seldom
made grounds for a divorce FOR the
woman. She could, however, declare
herself divorced as freely as he, but
by so doing she lost all claim to social
recognition, as we'll as her home and
her children. Statistics show that but
one fourth of the divorces originate
with women. A law enacted in 1893
brings the divorce law into close con-
formity with European usages. Even
before then divorces were confined al
most exclusively to the middle and
lower classes.
A POOR CREATURE.
Not until old age does woman come
into the free reward for her many
years of hardship and patience. Her
declining years are called the Coin
kio-Sama, and during them every COM
fort the family purse can provide is
given her.
While her lot is the least degraded of
the Asiatic women, it is still a pitiable
enc, and made more conspicuous by
the civilization that surrounds it.
From childhood she is taught perfect
obedience, first to father, then to hus-
band and husbands parents; and when
widowed to a son. Considered an infe-
count outside of household matters.
Although tender gentle, womanly,
there is no romantic homage for her,
nor are her smiles ever mans Incentive
to the performance of valient deeds.
But with Japan's rapid progress in 9TH
er lines the emancipation of woman is
bound to follow.
One of Japan's proverbs reads: ''Not
to know is to be a Buddah." Ignorance
is bliss" expresses the same thought
to us. In it is the secret elf the con-
tentment plainly depicted on the faces
of the women here. She has prescribed
privileges, and demands no rights At
present in her childish ways she is the
picture of sweet submission. Of her
Chamberlain quotes the following com
parison, evidently from some one under
the SPELL How sweet the Japanese
woman is. All the possibilities of the
race for goodness seem to be concen-
trated in her. 1t shakes ones faith in
some Occidental doctrines If this be
the result of suppression and oppres-
sion, then these are not altogether bad.
On the other hand, how diamond hard
the character of the American woman
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partakes of the nature of an agreement,
and can be Terminated by joint consent.
The bridegroom is seen kneeling alone
at one side of the room, where he is
joined by the bride, "Nakado," and
members of the immediate families.
They kneel facing each other, and the
bridegroom hands the bride cup of
sake a mild rice wine, from which
she sips and returns to him. Nine times
these toasts are drunk to the accom-
paniment of string music from an adj
joining room, and their meaning is,
that henceforth the husband and wife
for they are now legally married
VIII drink from the same cup whether
it be of adversely or prosperity. The
wedding party is now joined by the rel
atives and the banquet follows.
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outdoors is her playground, and her
rope jumping. battledoor and shuttle
cock and ronlps in the parks deVe4op
an understood but well-knit woman.
True to the instincts of nature, the
girl is more modest than the boy. She
is invariably polite and knows no such
things as disobedience to her elders.
Although she may inherit precOcity
from bright parents, mental develop
ment is denied her. Her education is
little else than the essential parts OF
etiquette poetry the various lessons of
flowers and rigid rules regarding ODE
dience to man. At fourteen she bursts
forth a full-bloomed cherry blossom,
rosy checked, velvety eyes with the
bright as day, yet dark as night.
Like all her sisters she has an olive
complexion and beautifully tapered
fingers While her face is pleasant to
look upon it denotes little intelligence.
Her forehead is too broad and the
cheek bones too prominent to meet the
requirements of the European idea of
beauty. Her teeth are invariably regu-
lar and of pearly whiteness.
QUESTIONS OF COLOR.
Becoming accustomed to accepting
the topSy-turVy of things japanese one
thinks nothing OF blue that in western
being the universal color for these
dainty brunettes. Her dress varies in
texture and design according to her
station in life. Those who can afford
it wear long flowing kimono of silk
Or soft-toned Grape. which falls in
graceful folds to the feet, and is held
in place by a cord around the waist.
over the cord and holding it is an
enormous sash or obj" ten inches
wide and twelve feet long, wound many
times around the waist, and tied in an
enormous bow at the back. 1t is of
silk material, woven with gold thread,
and is the woman's chief ornament
When covered by the "haori'' or outer
winter coat the obj is the only de-
feet in an otherwise very becoming gar
ment, for it is apt to give the wearer a
hunth-backed appearance.
The trim little body of the Japanese
woman has not yet been subjected to
the steel stays of her supposedly more
civilized western sister. A thing of
beauty while sitting or kneeling, the
illusion is dispelled when she walks
With several pounds of wood In her
shoes and her toes burned in all pos
sipility of a graceful carriage is pre-
cluded. Her raven black tresses are
every few days subjected to a bath of
rapeseed oil. and with the assistance of
innumerable pins, combs and wads are
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LOUIS G. STEVENSON.
GEMS.

The heavy day hangs in a heaven of lead
Sick-hearted, like a blind hurt beast as
tray
On the paths where light scare Hghtened
ere it fled
The heavy day.
The hollow darkness holds the light at
bay;
Cloud against cloud, reluctant, yet makes
head;
Hour against hour. wing-broken. yet
way.
Time hath no music in his darkening
tread.
The wind no heart to wall, the sun no
sway,
Ere night with starry shadow swathes
her dead,
-Algernon Charles Swinburne.
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young people, but in turn interviews
all the relatives of both as to their
preference, carries on the counting, Of
ficiates as master-of-ceremonies at the
wedding, and finally acts as moderator
in all questions of discord between
husband and wife.
He is the court of final appeal in all
family matters; has power to grant di-
vorce and arrange the settlement of
property and all details. He brings the
young; couple together for the first
time, the girl submits to a brief in
spection, brief conversation follows
and if she proves satisfactory to her
future absolute lord and master. all Is
well. If not, the man simply leaves.
With an engagement there is an ex-
change of gifts of clothing, flowers,
etc.
WHEN A BRIDE.
On the wedding day the bride covers
her face with a thick rice paint,
rouges her lips and dresses in gar
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ment of white-the mourning color-in
order to signify her death to her
fathers family All her belongings
are sent to her mother-in-law and, af-
ter her departure, the house undergoes
a thorough cleaning. another indica-
tion that she is no longer of the
household
Formerly the fathers parting gift
was short sword, with instructions
10 the child-wife to use it on herself
should she fail to please her husband.
The marriage is held in the house of
the mans parents, and at sunset the
girl is escorted by the "nakado" and
changes her white kimono for col
ored one provided by the lover.
The house is tastefully decorated
with flowers.
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The japanese well understand the
charm of simplicity In all their floral
arrangements the individuality of
each plant is retained. There are no
monstrous bouquets of inharmonious
colors In fact, they were as natior
far advanced in esthetics when our
ancestors wore Unframed skins and
fed on acorns. The lotus, the emblem
of purity, is freely used; the pine, en-
blematic of a faithful heart. and other
shrubs and flowers. each with it's own
significance, are sparingly distributed,
In one corner of the room in which
the wedding occurs are two wooden
figures
dressed as an old man and woman, a
rather odd manner of wishing the bride
and groom long life.
JAPANESE NUPTIALS.
The marriage ceremony is most SIM
pie Religion has nothing whatever to
do with it, and the law little more. 1t
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YOKOHAMA, Feb. 5.-The life of a
woman of the middle class is the most
striking of the many differences be-
tween America and Japan. Her adj
vent in the world is often heralded
several weeks in advance of the event
by gaudy flag from the house top.
On the seventh day after birth her
head is shaver and kept partly so I'M
ill she reaches the age of six. During
infancy she makes q pretty picture with
her little bald head bobbing about
while strapped on the back of her Lii
putian grandmother or elder sister
always some one too old or too young
to perform manual labor. Later, all
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CHENILLE oRooHEr WORK.

Among the novelties that will be sent
out from Paris soon in the way of
fancy work are some beautiful speci-
mems of crochet done with fine che
mile This is new and quickly and
easily worked, and will be adapted to
many purposes for which cotton is not
suitable. There is too, a great deal
of crochet worked with shaded silks,
and many specimens in which the
colors are arranged in iheraldic designs
or form raised flowers and leaves
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The guests departed, the bridal cham
Der is sought, and again nine cups are
emptied, the husband this time being
served by the bride, who makes many
low obeisances and otherwise indicates
her belief in her husbands superiority.
1t is the beginning of a life of servitude,
for from now on the husbands power
is supreme. No OSCILLATION is INDUCED
in, and there are no terms of endear-
nrent.
Instead of wearing ring as a sign
of marriage vows the woman makes
herself as hideous and unattractive to
other men as possible. This is easily
done by blackening the teeth and shaw
ing the eyebrows medieval mutila-
ton now rapidly going out of practice,
and only done by those who least need
it.
She also changes her couture and
style of her dress as an Indication Of
marriage.
WHEN A WIFE.
The honeymoon of a Japanese bride
is the most unhappy period of her life.
Custom wills that she become the slave
not only to the caprice of her husband,
but to an exacting rlother-in-law as
well. After the birth of her first child,
especially if it be a boy, conditions
change somewhat and she receives a
degree of consideration.
Until recently the husband could at
will divorce himself. He had but to re-
ill-tempered, barren. jealous, or, in fact,
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becomes under the idolatry Of which
she is the object. In the eternal order
Of things which is the highest being,
the childish, confiding, sweet japanese
girl or the superb, calculating, pene-
trating Occidental Gree of our more ar
tiffcial society, with her enormous pow
er for evil and her limited capacity
for good. Sweetness and gentle nature
go far to cast the lotus spell upon
those who journey to the shores of the
Dali Nippon.
T,OTTTS r. STEVENSON
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HE WAS CONGREGATIONS.

az cannot deceive you.' faItered the
man accused of killing his wife and
children"
He sobbed aloud, while the sweet youns
girl with violets passed to the next cell,
where was confined the confessed muir
derer of his great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tribune.
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HUMBLE WIVES.
JAPANESE GIRLS AND BRIDES DIS
CIPLINED FOR DOCILITY.

At Fourteen Years of Age jap
nnese Maid Bursts Forth Full
BIOomed Cherry Blossom, Rosy
Checked, VeIvety Eyed, an ORR
entail Flower Full of Sweetness
and Charm.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-07
MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

William Lester, formerly an elevator oper-
ator at the Lumber Exchange building, has
been declared insane, and will be committed
The new town which certain lumbermen Of
Minneapolis are laying out on Leech lake will
be called Walker, in honor Of T. B. Walker,
of this city.
In response to the letters sent out Wednes-
day requiring wholesale liquor dealers to take
cut licenses, G.. S. Bracket this morning ap-
piled to the city for the necessary document.
The funeral of Robert Thompkins, Of 110e
Twentyfourth avenue north, will be held to-
day at 2:30 p. m. from the Highland Park
Presbyterian church, Emerson and twenty
first avenues north.
Custodian John Henion, having been author
lied by the treasury department at Washing
ton to do SO, is about to advertise for bids for
the rearrangement Of the basement of the fed
eraI building.
Mrs. H. H. Mandigo, of 110 Twelfth street
north, died Wednesday night from the effects
of cancer. She was III for over year pre-
yicus to her demise. The funeral will take
place later at the First Baptist church.
Sunday evening the John Stapleton company,
under the direction of GustaYe Frohman will
begin weeks engagement at the Metropoli-
tan, presenting Belasco and De Miles charm
Ing comedy, 1.-The Wife, which will be given
the first four nights Of the week.
pretty, quiet wedding took place Wednes-
day evening, which united the lives of Miss
Marie E. Evers and E. C. Bates. The wedding
took place at the home Of the bride, 3107 Sec
ond avenue south The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. s. e. Price,
The Taxpayers League of Minneapolis will
be called together this evening at the cen
mercial club for the purpose of making the
organization a permanent one. A complete set
of officers will be elected, and large additions
to the membership roll are expected.
Seventy-fve Italian residents of this city
nave organized a society to be known the
christopher Colombo society. Organization
has been perfected, and arrangements are in
progress for a grand ball, to be given March