Evening star., 1896-11-28


smokers" said an F street dealer. ''for n
smoking tobacco that will Iot bite the
torgue. To be honest with them. l have
to tell them that there is 70 tobacco which
is smoked in pipe which viii rot b:te the
tongue, more or less. OF course, some kinds
OF tobacco bite more than others, but all
bite some. Tobacco manufacturers strive
hard to produce a combination: which does
rot bite, but they fail to fill the bill. Ii
they make it too mild, they at the same
time make it unsatisfactory, and it burns
away without givir any of the quietiEg
effects that the weed produces, ard for
which it is sought. TIE general effect of
a smoke is of a sedat:ve character. In
little WHILE however. the biting qualities
dis appear ard before the bag is half
sme kcd out, there is but little complaint Of
that kind The tongue tougttns by the
Use of the tobacco and that is all there is
o. IT. Some smokers, however, continue to
h' flnicky about their tobacco, and keep
on changing. Though they are never sat
isfled exactly Some brands are more of
a favorife than Others
Mr.. j. NJ. Barrie, tie Scotch rovelist who
spent couple of weeks in this city recent
Y, formed many pleasant Impressions
during his stay here and did not
hesitate to express them to per-
scnal friend. In speaking to one of his
friends he said: Il have learned a lot of
things during my visit to this country. AMI
many of them are of the most pleasant
Character. 1 saw considerable of home life
III New York and other cities, including
Washington, " and one thing struck me more
fercibly than l can express. That is the
aclg away with the parlor or drawing
room, as We call it on the other side. I
fi.ld that the people of this country have
less formal ideas of what a parlor should
De. 1 do not mean of the mansion, for
u ere the parlUr is, as it is with us, place
WI the children can never enter unless
tr. an occasion where formalities have to
De r1Sidly Observed. In the ordinary homa
py TINS. L suppose, 1 mean the home of the
mlddie. classes, L have observed that it is
70 great crime for children to enter or
even pay IN the parlors. l was very glad
to see this. for 1 think 1t means much more
pleasure for the little ones
ne IDEA of having the largest and best
furnished room in the house reserved
Tor lnirequent callers instead of allowing
the children of the household to enjoy it,
was never pleasant one to me- 1t was
cnce told by bright boy that he seldom
was allowed to enter the parlor of his
nome unless 1t was during a funeral cere-
inony or something like that This NAV
have described the situation too strong. bur
II was much nearer to the truth than 9TH
efwise- WHAT our grandfathers and grand
tho ugEt Of when they allowed such state
CI thinSs to exist, for it does exist even
today, In many homes. is more than I can
ifaSine In my own home have purpose
y ie1t the parlor out In its place we hays
reception room. which, While it is good
enough to receive even the lord mayor
shoUid he honor us with a visit is not too
gcod for the chidren. young or old to play
OF iomp IN. Under these circumstances one
can realize how glad 1 was to learn thai
there are many persons like myself in this
respect"
x II Il
For over five years the work on tho
frieze around the wall of the .o:unda of
the Capitol has been at a dead stand st,u..
said neighbor of Constantine Castiginn1.
the artist, who is supposed to be engaged
in finishing it. "Mr. Castiginni is ready
ard exceedingly anxious to complete the
frieze. but is not allowed to touch 1t. or
course he IL busy all the time with other
work, having just completed, among other
things, set of the stations of the cross
for one of the fashionable Catholic church.
IS of New York city, but ne would much
rather resume work the rotunda than
anything else, although the other work
pays better. The trouble has been as to
what shall be painted in the remaining
two spaces. The original idea was to have
ore of them depict the driving of the last
spike of the railroad which connected the
Atlantic with the Pacific. and the last
one to give a general idea of the centen-
nial exposition. which siglaiiZed the hun
dredth year of our country. Then the war
riors broke in upon the plan. They want
war and the bloodiest kind of war given a
chance so that future generations will see
that We could not round one such CEN
tennial without fighting each other to a
finish and inc curing a debt that 1t will
take us at least another hundred years to
pay
X
Barriers do not hesitate to give their
views on almost anything" volunteered
barber who was shaving Star reporter,
'but they are always rather slack about
saying much about the tricks in their own
trade. AS they handle a razor hundreds.
and in some cases thousands. of times
when the average man handles it but one
time, it is not stretching it to say that they
know more about them than others do.
Lots of people would prefer to shave them
selves, but the Lord has not been good
enough to them to tell them how to keep
their razors in shaving condition, and they
are forced to come to ua. For those. how
ever. who persist in shaving themselves, 1
wouldn't mind saying that the ordinary
shaving lather Is the best thing that l
know of to brace up a razor Strop. 1t can
be kept in proper order by applying lather
from the shaving cup. Put 1T on both
Sides for it will do the canvas side as
much good as it does the leather side. The
lather should be put on the strop at least
two hours before it is used, for 1t won't
nelp the edge of a razor much unless 1t Is
dried in To those who shave every day,
the lather should be applied to the strop al
least twice in each week. Once a week
though. Ia much better than not at all, as
shavers will soon find out"
y
II the diplomatic corps would only con-
sent to meet every day some place and
wear all their uniform and fxings, we
would guarantee them a fine audience
daily" explained one of the guides who
fingers near the gate leading to the Execu-
tive Mansion. II have been a guide so
long, and have met so many people who
are shy on Information about things in
Washington, that don't mind 1t any more,
but for the life of me cannot understand
where they get such peculiar ideas. There is
scarcely a day when we have ladies in
charge that they do not ask us where they
can see the diplomatic corps. They have
the idea that the diplomats gather each day
at the State Department or somewhere
else, attired In all their traps, and that
they can be seen for the asking. And,
what is worse they won't believe us when
We try to disabCse their minds In regard to
II Only few days ago i had an old maid
from Philadelphia In charge. I took her
over the usual round, but 1 noticed that
she was not satisfied FINALLY aslad har