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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

formance-not unless you think you are
able to put me to sleep, YOU can't?'
The music OF the orchestra served to
drown the little ripple of applause from
all the neighboring seats. No. { tried to
look very ferocious, but only succeeded In
looking very silly. He sat down and bit his
nails during the rest of the play. But he
remained in his seat until the play was
over.
Always Come Late.
The men and women who make it a point
to arrive at the theater late are named le-
gicn. it must be col fessed, in Washington.
These people are also well handled on the
other side of the sea. If they arrive at the
tkeaters of continental Europe after the
curtain has risen on the first act, they are
not permitted to take their seats until the
curtain has descended upon the first act.
The late arrivals rarely or never have
seats upon the aisle, so that when they
show up at the point when the maid with
the feather duSter Is fortelling the whole
plot of the play in her Irritation with the
stage butler-vltal information for the au-
dience TO have at fnger-endS to properly
understand what comes after-their seat
taking and wrap-removing and general
settling III their places Is a distraction that
the rest of the audience never appreciates.
1t has been observed that the late arrivals.
especially the feminine late arrivals. are
always rather sumptuously appareled.
Wonder mas occasionally been expressed
as to whether there is any psychological
connection between this fact and their tar
dineSS.
The young woman who knows all about
the play, and tells all she knows in Hi
bernian whisper between the acts. is not
unknown to Washingtonians. She was
here on Monday night, but 1t was so per-
fectly splendid that she had to come again.
Wait till the third act! Perfectly gor-
geous! Sir Reginald. the hero, has a ra-
pier duel with the villain. and gets wound
ed. and. Min. honest. it looks just like sure
enough blood on his shirt! But he goes on
with the dueEjust the noblest thing you
ever saw!-and runs the villain through!
Absolutely awful! N then Gladys the he
rome. comes in, and sees the horrid blood
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of liberal width at the hips. and will taper
in strais hit lines to the bottom. which will
be moderately narrow. They will generally
average about 10 inches in width at the
knee and IL at The bottom though some
OF our leading tailors are making them
wider at the knee, and giving to them a
decided pegtop effect.
Tweeds and cneviots, generally in over
paids, but not infrc9u 7ntly in plain mi;s
lures, will be the favcrite materials for
the suit: but unless we are greatly mis-
taken, several varieties OF black and white
striped cheviots and worsteds will be fire.
quently seen. The vest. however, will very
often he CT a Tattersal vesting, OF a fancy
mixed silk and wors;ed. of moleskin or of
corduroy. 81 metires the coat and trou-
sers will be made frcci Shetland, and the
vest from white corduroy; but gun-club
be used for the. entire suit. The newest
material. and one that promises 10 become
popular. is fancy whip cord for the coat
and trousers, to be worn with a fancy
mixed silk and worSted vest.
The sack suit, though more conservative
than the one we have just described, will
be more generally worn. The coat is
shorter and more bobby in appearance
than it was last season, and has broad.
high and well-rounded shoulders, which
strongly contrast with the nigh and square
shoulder corners of the English-ra lie gar
ment. Our transatlantic cousins COW make
the style of shoulder which they ridicued
for years as the American shoulder"
style that has not been fashionable N
this country for a generation; but they
seem never to have discovered the fact
that 1T long ago ceased to be a character
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fstic of American tailoring. The sack Is
shapely in the back, seeming to taper from
the shoulders to the waist, and it is mod
erately close-fitting about the hips. TIE
roll is broad and moderately short, and
the fronts, whether they close with three
or four buttons. are not much cut away
below the lowest one. The artistic tailor
enGeavors so to make this coat to give
to the wearer as tail. broad-shouldered and
athletic an appearance as possible. There
is no outsid" breast pocket, as rule; but
there is a growing tendency to replace this
pocket in garments of this kind. The vest
and the trousers for this suit the same
as for the business cutaway frock suit al
ready described.
The conventional three-button cutaway
frock will, of course, be frequently seen, as
it is, strictly speaking, a morning dress
coat. This coat is of medium waist length,
and has skirts which average one inch less
in length than the back length 10 the
waist. The shoulders, like those of it's
half-brotEer, the business cutaway and
those of the sack. are broad. high and well
rounded. The favorite materials for this
coat are soft vicunas, rough Shetlands.
lambs woods, gray thibets and unfinished
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I HAS COST THE
government owe +
three millions of dol
lars in speed pre-
miums to verify by
performance the cal
culations Of the de-
signing bureaus OF
the Navy Depart
ment: but hereafter.
by means Of the ex-
detrimental m o d e
tank at the navy
yard. in this city, the
possibilities of the
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strictly speaking. half-dress coat for af-
ternoon wear
The double-breasted frock is now made
with skirts to fall to the knees. with only
q very moderate amount of drapery. The
shoulders, as for all other coats are
broad, though less so than for business
coats. and are high and round. The silk
generally extends to the buttonholes only.
but II is sometimes carried to the edges
As rule. the edges are blind-stitched, but
narrow. fiat braiding is increasing I'm pop
ularity.
The favorite material for this coat is q
rough black or gray tweed in a terrapin,
basket or diagonal twill: but cheviots.
rough Shetlands, vicunas and undressed
worsteds are also well liked. For street
wear the collar is sometimes of velvet. but
as rule IL is Of the same material as the
body of the coat.
ed. as previously described. but the latter
will always have a notched collar. II may
be made in either style from the same ma
terial as the coat. or from a fancy vesting,
but fancy silks are more popular than ever
before The trousers. as for morning dress,
are loose at the hips. tapering with bat
slight shape to narrow bottoms. and they
are made from the same class of trouser-
irgs.
The cutaway frock is made from tho
same materials those just named. and Is
the same style as for morning dress. the
correct vest and trousers TO wear with IL
frock.
For Evening.
No other suit than that of full evening
dress can properly be worn at any social
function, after 6 O'Clock in the evening.
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coat. bat and cane. all the time laughing
tremendously. and walked out the center
aisle. fairly bawling. followed by the ap-
plause OF the whole house, and cries of
Come back
But 1t is probably better to laugh at the
theater than 1t Is to weep. There is weep
ing a-penty at the Washington theaters.
The young man who does not enjoy the
sight Of red eyes and pink noses is learn
lEg In his day and generation not to take
MS sweetheart to see such plays as
Camille" for instance. Perhaps the young
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on Sir Resinald's shirt-one of those cute,
ruff1ed shirts, y'know-and she falls in his
arms, fainting-perfectly exquisite!-and
the fourth act, Gladys father finds out
that all the awful stories about Sir Regi-
maids gambling and drinking and all that
are the awfulest stories-all made up by
the villain. y seen Sir Reginald comes
back from India. just too handsome for
anything. with his hair all silvered around
the SIDES and temples, n he meets Gladys
accidentally. n they
And SO on. forever. The men sitting in
the vicinage of the garrulous girl with the
Hibernian whisper may grind their teeth.
and the ladies with them may dart their
glances of flame. but all to no avail This
young woman, by the way, belongs to the
mere handful of members of her sex who
still persist in wearing big hats to the
theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
TYPICAL NUISANCES
A Few Drawbacks to the Enjoyment
of Theater Goers.
BESIDES THE GIRL With TEE Big bat
There's the Man Who Always Goes
Out Between the Acts.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS
BESIDES THE GIRL WITH TEE Big bat
"H AFTER AUDI

enceS are as differ
ent as children OF
cities. Famous &C.
tors and actresses
have maintained. at
the beginning Of a
weeks engagement
in Washington, that
they fairly loved
Washington a u d ! :
ences. 1t is freely
admitted here and
now that Washing
ron theater audi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

with one exception.
which is merely toi-
Grated. Ii is not quite
a sartorial crime to
wear a Tuxedo.if the
wearer has been or
is going TO a stag
dinner.
The dress coat Is
now generally made
with peaked lapels:
the shawl-roll style
being seldom called
for even 10y young
men. though IL is still
unimpeachably cor
rect. II has moder-
ately broad shoulders,
which are a trifie
less high and round
ed than for day
dress, and is OF
medium length. eS-
tending to just above
the bend of the
knees. The peaked
lapel style is silk
faced. a. q rule 10
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The favorite material with the "exclu-
sives'' for the coat and trousers is a black
angora-a very attractive novelty in this
material is black with a gray thread run
ning through it-but worsteds with a fine
twill, undressed worsteds and thibets are
chiefly used. For the vest, fancy dark and
fancy light silks are very popular. but
Erocaded silks. mostly plain, though some
times fancy. are in large demand.
The Tuxedo will generally have peaked
,apels, silk faced to the edge and some
times IL will have the collar of silk also;
but the shawl-collar style will be consid-
erably In evidence. with, of course. an all
silk roll. 1t is not considered quite good
form, by some who rank high in the world
with this coat: but so many do 1t that
the practice cannot justly be considered an
offense either against good taste or propri-
ETY..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
The Man Who Laughs.

ut is to laugh is a phrase that is thor
oughly understood hy Washington theater-
goers who have heard the cachinnatory
gy mnastics of a bald-headed man of great
stature and girth who has been attending
most Of the humorous pieces at the thea
tiers of the capital for the past two or
three years. He las laugh that has
frequently broken up the performers on
the stage. During the performance of a
comic opera here recently he had a seat
in the front low. He did not get well under
way with his laugh during the first act,
although he emitted several tremendous
outlaws that riveted the attention of the
house upor hi H. But the second act cap
tured him, horse, foot and marines. and
lis laugh became an avalanche from the
rise of the curtain. 1t was huge, Gargan-
tuan. the vast believing laugh of a giant,
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out the light of good Judgment and looks
bigger than life or death, or wife or child.
The facts are that i'll health very soon putt
Q stop to q mans money making powers
and turns them into money losing dis
abilities.
When q mans digestion is out of ordez
and his liver sluggish, his brain gets dun
his muscles sluggish, his blood impure and
every organ in the body-brain, lunpI
Eeart, stomach, liver and kidneys-becornes
crippled. A man with a crippled lung,
liver, heart, brain or kidney, is a worsa
cripple ten times over, than a man who ID
minus leg or an arm. The man who i
crippled ontside may live a long life but the
man who is crippled inside is taking a shon
cut to the grave. DR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures indigestion, makes the
appetite keen, the liver active, the blood
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II makes blood and builds flesh up to thu
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wish to say to those who suffer from kidney
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
TO BE IN STYLE.
The o...ect Attire for Men Who
Dress Well.
S0ME INVI0LABLE RULES
Popular Patterns for Morning, AZ
ternoon and Evening.
AND MATERIALS

From the Sartorial Art Journal.
Between correct morning attire and either
afternoon or evening dress. there is as
marked difference as there is between a
silk hat and a derby.
A suit which will be much in evidence,
and also. perhaps. more distinctly swell
than any other, is the busness-cutaway
frock suit; or, as 1t is more frequently
termed. the morning suit. The coat Of this
suit Is long WASTED and short skirted gen.
orally has whole back. and. as a rule.
has long and wide flaps on the walst-seam
which cover pockets. though frequently the
flaps are placed slantingly below the seam;
occasionally, however, it is made without
flaps. The roll is heavy, but of medium
length, and the fronts. which have four
buttons. though they close with three only
are but slightly cut away. The shoulders
which are very broad. are HIGH and round
ed in effect: the edges are double stitched );
the seams are Tapped and single stitched
wide; the sleeve finish is a two or a three
button vent, and the
buttons are of horn. L
The vest will some @
times be double and ~
sometimes single ON
breasted. The form Il NN
er VIII have broad. NlYl IN
well pointed, seweJ- Ih/ IN
on lapes, AMI the AE<lEf1
buttons win tie Set X<ak i.HH1
wide apart at the HA WEi.H kLNI
end of the roll. but "a 49, l"
much closer together VIZ 4 EM
at the bottom. The ,My8 4 \WMJ
latter may have a ,WS,4 Il kUlll
notched collar, or be lIHhNM III IMl
collarieSs; the no-co,- liz VIII n M
lar style, which has III "a
u short opening. is III VA
very popular, AMI its M
popularity is rapidly Hi
increasing. Whether III
double or single HI Isl
breasted. the pockets
may be finished with M ~
either Flaps welts W
The trousers will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
SHIPS IN MINIATURE
To Be Tested in Big Tank at the
Navy Yard.
OF GREAT VALUE 10 DESIGNERS
In the Matter Of Fixing Upon the
Most Desirable Models.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS

Written for The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
@SH ! !: :,
MHIS If men wou1
q only realize ths

II men would
only realize thsf
i'll : health robs
them not only
of life, but q
their fortune 40
well, there would
be fewer penni-
less widows and
orphans TO drag
out cherries
lives. When o
man holds a dob
lar close up DO
his owes IN cy,vsu
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the latter material.
In either case IL has
a wide shield-shaped
opening. The single
breasted vest has the
e d z es ornamented
with one or two
, rows of fancy braid.
If the material is the
same as for the coat,
b ut ( he double
breasted vests are
& e n orally single
stitched. The trou-
sers are much more
shapely than for day
dress. and have the
side seams finished
with one or two rows
of braid, as a rule,
though a perfectly
pla in fnish is
correct, and is pre-
ferred by many
whose taste Is con-
Serva
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the edge. and has a self-covered collar. hut
the collar and lapels are sometimes all silk
and frequently the silk extends only to the
buttonholes. The skirts are moderately
wide at the bottom. and the edges are gen.
orally blndstitched, though cording and
narrow binding are sometimes used The
roll concave on the edge, so TO expose a
wider expanse OF shirt bosom: but this
style is not yet popular. The vest may he
either single or double-breastei. and Of the
same material as the coat of a dress
vesting. AS a rule IL is single-breasted IL
of the former, and double-breasted If OF
lntt OF. al
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lations to the form Of the hull about the
stern where the water runs into the screws
and also to tell what proportionate part of
the total resistance of the model is due to
friction OF the underwater surface, what
to wave resistance and what to edd.es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

dress can properly be worn at any social
function, after o'clock in the evening.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-24
THE FASHIONS.

Attrautfve Additions to Feminine Goa
TUNES for the season
Bonnets this season are very mucn
more attractive than the cOnglomerate
creations called hata.
In compliment to the queen OF Eng
land there is a resemblance among
many Of the imported models TO styles
popular early in the Victorian era
Some of the new tailor costumes have
bolero fronts and narrow position
backs. The vest is fitted blouse OF
fancy silk laid in soft folds across the
front. or else tucked to form . deep
yoke. -,
The crossed or supplied blouse Will
be highly favored this summer IN max
ing up toilets of rosebud organizes,
Louis XVI. striped muslins, printed
lawns, soft India mulls and similar dla@
phanous stuffs. On some models the
folds end at the belt under q fancy belt
with a very handsome bnck'c, or e1se
a girdie made to match the dress trim
m;urs. II other cases the folds termin'
ATE in long scarf ends that ore various
" ad;ustd at the side, o. c1ten coos,'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-24

to him q memorandum proposing
Prince Uchtomski for promotion and
for the appointment as chief Of new
department. The czar read the memoir,
and then, with q sarcastic smile, re-
marked: "Oh, you are suddenly appre
ciating Uchtomali's inertia"
M. Dournovo became perplexed and
terribly embarrassed. ~heseupun the
czar commanded him to leave it on his
desk. Uchtomski received the appoint.
ment in question, but held 1t only for
few days, resigning it in order to as
sumo the presidency Of the newly or
ganizedRusso-Chines bank at St. Pc
tersburE, to which he had been nomi-
mated by the czar, and which Is in
trusted with the management of the
extensive financial relations between
the two governments. The czar like
wise authorized him to become the
editor in chief of the now important
daily newspaper. the Viedomosti. which
derives its Importance from the convie-
ton that it reflects the personal views
of the czar, and which distinguishes it.
self for its championship of Russia's
interests in the orient.
The prince holds the appointment of
chamberlain and master of ceremonies
to the czar, so that he is able to obtain
access to his imperial friend and patron
ct all times. It may be added TINT one
OF his brothers is naval attache to the
Muscovite embassy in London. while an
other, Alexander by name, created "A
tremendous sensation about year ago
by suddenly turning his back upon his
club and associates, and entering the
monastery Of Kazan as monk. No one
knows exactly the reason for his aston
ishing act, but it is believed that there
10 q woman in the case.-Detroit Free
PreaA.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-24
CUNNING OF THE LEFT HAND.
0o00 ~ the Advantages Possessed By
the AAbidextrOus.

00N0 o9 the Advantage Possessed ~
the AAbidextrous.
Ambidextrous men and women, or
those who can use either right or left
hands with equal facility, are not near
ly 10 frequently met with as might at
hrst be supposed: in fact, they are
quite rare. This double faculty is, how
ever, much more frequently met with
among butchers and sailors than in any
other walks of life. Left~handed butch
ers are numerous, as . walk through
any Of our large market houses will
quickly demonstrate, but it is a very
interesting study to watch any of them
who will cut. chop, saw and handle his
meatswithout once changingi it from one
side to the other on the block or chang
ing his own position.
In view of the many advantages de-
rived from the ability to use both hands
equally we'll, many people have often
expressed surprise at the action of ed
ucational authorities in insisting on the
use Of only the right hand, instead of
trying to develop an equal skill in the
other. They all stick to the right-hand-
ed idea, however, and an old resident of
Frankford, noted for his ambidextrous-
ness, is still mourning the loss of prize
at school through the use of his left
hand in writing, although he was equal
ly skillful as penman with his right.
The benefits derived from the use
of both hands were excellently illus
trated in the experience of two car
penters who lived in Frankford some
years ago. Their names were Cross and
Walton, and the former was right-hand-
ed, the latter left-handed. AS one was
also very tall and the other very short,
they made a curious couple, but they
always worked together laying floors
and putting up joiners' work in build
in9s. g..
They could take jobs OF this character
cheaper than any other, because they
could work from either end toward
each other 30 handily. Cross would
square q floor board at one end and
Walton would "scribe~ and cut it off
to At at the other end and then nail
down, working together from opposite
ends.
Left-handed machinists are always
at disadvantage, - machinery is in
variably adapted to people who work
richt-handed, but the ambidextrous
man or woman is always at home in
whatever work In undertaken.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-24

A writer who has been engaged for
nine years in ostrich farming in South
Africa, Mr.. DOWNRIGHT Schreiner, cor
rects = prevalent misconception con-
cerning the manner in which these
great birds run. It is generally stated
that, when running, the ostrich spreads
out its wings, and thus skins lightly
along the ground, but, according to Mr..
Schreiner, this is not correct. ':When
bird really settles itself to rum" he
says, "it holds it's head lower than
usual, and little forward, with deep
loop in the neck. The neck vibrates
sinuously, but the head remains steady,
thus enabling the bird, even at top
speed. to look around with unshaken
glance in any direction. The wings lie
along the sides about on a level,*ith or
. little higher than the back, and are
held loosely just free of the plunging
thigh. There Is no attempt to hold
them extended. or to. derive any assist
ance from them as organs of flight
.Zoolo9ist.