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Professionalism. for which it stood a symbol.
The centuries rolled on. The revolution
came. and the great Napoleon, deeming the
Ccrday stove-ppe too good for women,
started it on its true French career, at the
same time giving a new impetus to its ten
dencies throughout the rest Of Europe. Ma
poleon was the first Frenchman to wear
stove-pipe hat
Whether the present high hat is as un-
esthetic as artists, poets and critics say
or not. 1t at least has the merit Of being
IN harmony as a cylinder with the double
cylinder In which brave men continue to
encase their legs, to the envy and imita-
tion OF the bicycle girl and others. 1t Is
not so tnconvenient as Its enemies say.
1t docs not cost dear and can be used at
any time Of day and night 1t 10 the hat
or mon In hurry. who leave home in the
morning to como back only at night and
wish during the day to engage In business
and pleasure alike, to make visits, to go
to their office. to a funeral a marriage, and
all without loss Of time In changing In
cab or street car II may be inconvenieut
to the unpracticed or the somnolsnt-but
such need a lesson.
Coming to the symbol OF 1t, the high hat
Is less beautiful than the felt hat with
feathers. According to Jules Lemaitre. Il
Is ignoble. and all our costume IN the same,
Among animals u 10 the malo who has
what Zola says belongs to youth gallant
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the meeting. Different artists met together
at ths School of the BeauX Arts. | believe
they had FOR president Cerorne who was
then quite youre man. They discussed a
great length every part Ct mans costume.
They passed in review every possible form
cf head covering without being able TO come
to an understanding concerning it, All at
orce Hamon, the painter of idylls. arose
and. with a loud voice. asked TO be heard.
Gentlemen. said he. you have had re-
view of all heaGgear. No kind has gained
your votes. Let me propose 10 you
which. I hope. will please you. l propose
beaver-without fur There was no more
question of reforming mems costumes"
For that matter, il does not seem that
the high hat, as revived at the end of the
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SHE NEEDS A TEACHER.
knowledge Gained by Pictures fa Not
Always to BE Relied On


From the Detroit Free Press
NO flight Of imagination would have suy-
gcsted this story, and the excuse for writ
ing it is that it is absolutely true There is
one family in Detroit that has a very effi-
clent servant, and that is saying a good
deal III these degenerate days. If she has a
fault. 1t is that of ambition. She has a
yearning for knowledge, and Is as indus
triousiy seeking an education as though
acquiring one.
Ihls servant learns by the object lesson
system She knows a tomato, peach or ear
or corn at sight and she knows a picture
OF II when she sees Ii on tin can Through
this means of study she has become quite
prohcient in spelling the words most COM
monty used in the culinary department of
the household.
There is another bit of knowledge that
she has acquired by tradition. 1t is the old
medicinal trusm that like cures like The
other day her bones ached as bones will
ache when the air is full of moisture and
the wind Is In the east. In the pantry was
a bottle on which skull and cross bones
made the most conspicuous figure. Now
see how true her course of reasoning The
tomato the peach and the golden ear of
corn. as portrayed by the artist told the
contents of the can on which it appeared
This medicine a which she looked must be
distilled from the bones plainly in evi-
dence on the label. Her bones ach he'd there
fore the cure before her. She took a
dose. Soon there was a scene of confusion.
The doctor came on a hurry up call. A
stomach pump extracted the bone madi-
cine and now the good woman of the
house has undertaken the education Of the
good servant.
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Ancient Map Ia Found,
From the Chicago Chronicle.

rFou the SnclRO chronicle.
Information has been received at Supe-
rior. Wis. of a find which will undoubt-
edly be Of great interest to those inter-
ested in ancient Egypt and the Holy Land.
In letter to a friend in this city, Rev,
Putnam Cady. Edwin 8. Wallace, the
United States consul at Jerusalem, tells Of
an important discovery of map of that
country made in the fifth century. Mr..
Wallace. in referring to the find, says In a
letter dated February s:
Il have been on a five days trip east of
the Jordan. There has been a valuable
archaeological find at Medeba, a town an
hour beyond Mount Nebo. The find is an
old map, laid in beautiful mosaic-a map
Of Egypt and Palestine, made in the fifth
century. All the names Of the places are
given. AS soon as I heard of 1t and could
get away I went to Medeba. hoping to
photograph the map, but the men in charge
wouldn't let us do 1t. However, they let
US look at 1t all we wanted 1t Is a great
find. In my opinion. and would have been
greater had the ignoramuses not allowed a
lot Of 1t to be destroyed before they
thought 1t worth while to preserve it. Most
OF Palestine Is intact. and 1t may have
great effect upon the settling of some of
the reputed holy places"
Consul Wallace has been long in his no.
sition and is conversant with the merits of
such discovery.
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SOCIETY INITIALS.
Something Tint Mny Happen Any
where to All of Us.

Something Tint Mny Happen Any
where to All of us.
From the Kansas City Star.
They had barely exchanged greetings
when the man In the ulster exclaimed:
II say. George. I'm mighty glad I me.
you. We're just organizing new society
the r. T. Y. and U.-and I want to give
you an opportunity of getting in on the
ground floor"
What do the initials stand for?" asked
the man with the fur cap.
Stand for"' exclaimed the man in the
ulster. Stand for. Why. they stand for
the society. of course. We just put the
alphabet In a hat and let blindfolded man
pick them out-the regular way, you know.
II you speak up quick may he l can work
you in charter member"
Has the society any particular aims:'
"A book full of them. 1 don't recall any
out and intend to have them printed when
we get money enough. It's to be one of
these fraternal organizations to nelp one
a1other-help one another entertain each
other. my wife says. and that isn't nalf
bad fer woman. You'd better join
Il don't believe I can do it," replied the
man In the fur cap. doubtfuly. You know
I'm a ID. F. G. H. now
"Oh. well, that doesn't cut any figure
I'm a c. v. B. and L. 1. o. of p. myself
| squared 1t all with MY wife by getting
her interested and she has now Joined the
T. G. b., the X. s. w. q. and the T. j. NJ
I've also promised TO join the 1. X l.. and
the w. D. V. L. next week.
Still the man in the fur cap shook his
head
My wife is already Q. S. c. and D. X.
A.. he said. but she said when | joined
the Y. J. o. r. K last week that that made
the sixth and six was enough for man
OF domestic habits. You see. this doesn' t
include the card clubs. ard II is really be-
coming quite difficult to keep track OF them
ALL
On, well. If you feel that way about it,
all right. said the man in the ulster. Most
or US don't think ten or Twelve any TOO
many. but 1t Is your right to draw the line
at less If you are not progressive enough
10 Keep up with the times. When it becomrs S
inc proper th1ng for man to affix the :ni-
lais or his societies to his name however
as some scientists do now, you'n feel
mighty small"
Evening star., 1897-03-20
Salaries In the Church of England.

From the Chicago Times Herald
AS matters now stand it costs a pretty
penny to maintain the pomp of that church
of which the queen is the supreme gov
error on earth"
The salary of the primate (Archbishop of
Canterbury is the goodly sum of s75.OOO
per annum, punctually paid. The Arch
bishop of York has $4,000; the Bishop of
London, 10000; the Bishop Of Durham,
S'.ooG: the Bishop of Winchester. So, $50;
the Bishop of Bangor. sol 900; the Bishop
of Bath and Wells. $4,000: the Bishop of
Ely $1,000 of Gloucester. $1,000: of
chester. 81. 900; of Exeter. $2l.000; of Here
ford Lichfeld. Liverpool. LANDAU. Man
chester. Ripon. st. Asaph. 81 900 EACH of
Carlisle Lincoln. Norwich, Peterborough.
st. David's, ST., 500 each: oxford. Salisbury.
Worcester, $4,000 each; Newcastle SIG. 900.
Rochester, $1,000; ST. Albans $4,000; So
dor and Man, $1,000: Southwell. SIT 500:
Truro. $1,000: Wakefield, $4,000, and then
think of the army of deans, bishops suffra-
gan. canons, etc, and one may infer that
the Church of England Is an expensive in
stitution representing a very high average
Oh cost for each soul brought to grace
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plumage." In olden days our fathers tried
to keep = for themselves. In modern times
pretty plumage is Judged best for women.
while the costume of man is "ignoble." Is
not this sign of revolution?
Nature. Schopenhauer says. would
never have allowed If 1t were hindrance
to her designs.
The gifts Of the spirit are nowadays pre-
feIred to exterior advantages. The high
hat Is the symbol Of the victory-even in
love-of mind over matter. Men no longer
have need of gallant plumage. And The
shirt waist? Is that not sign Of hopeful
plainness for the others?
1t Is the curious prose Of Stephane NAL
larme which best points out. without ex-
planning. the height and depth of this
symbol
1T frightens me to touch on such a SUBJ
ject! AS you have remarked-it has not
escaped you-the contemporary wears on
his head something somber and super
natural This mystery you have the fine
daring to exhaust, perhaps. in newspa-
per column. To me it furnishes. almost by
itself. for much time back my meditation:
and l calculate that not less than many
tones of compact, abstruse work, the
science to resolve the mystery and pass
beyond it, You could, believe me. omit
here all disquieting philosophy of the en-
gine or adornment or whatever 1t may be
tkat is presented by this darksome me;eor
and restrain yourself to a hatters talk.
following some excellent interview ques-
tions. For example. does this modern COM
pit-HitHl Vi d man Cdleu HlSn seem ike
ly to haunt the aurora of the twentieth
century? Why. 1t begins only in its fu-
rious spread to NOW down diadems. feath-
ers and even hair: it will continue.
''Messieurs q add in a whisper). from the
fact that it exists at this human date On
heads 1t shall exist always. Whose has
once put on Its like can never rid himself
or 1t. The world will finish. not the hat.
Probably even 1t existed from all times, in
the Invisible state. Today does not each
one pass beside 1t without perceiving 1T?
Nevertheless 1 ought to say that l con-
sicer 1t, upon another. with whom 1t seams
to me to be Of one piece-and, IL they sa-
lutte me with it l do not separate it in mind
from the individual: l see it his. still, dur
ing the politeness. Immutabiy.
Once appeared, the object agrees with
man. evident as we'll as unexplained. neith-
er ugly nor beautiful escaping judgments.
A sign. who knows? solemn with super
icrity and. for this reason. a stable insti-
tuition"
Such Is the high hat in Paris in the late
winter or early spring of the year of grace
1897, and such-to render your life gayer-
Is the faithful translation of a character
istic bit Of prose of the chief of the SYM
bolst poets. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1897-03-20
Good Health at Sixty EIGHT.
Mrs. Blair Tells the secret Of Her Re-
covery From General breaking
Down Of Her Health
From the L. rider. CIev.land. ohio.

In Geauga Lake. Geauca county Ohio who're
farming comprises Tie principal industry Of the
h'hLbitanis. Mrs. ). y. Blair pr,sidrs over m
aira II eo fertile acres. h~ritarc frm DE-. Ia,,
husband She sip"rintenls TIN wurA ing af "a.
farm and the sal. -: it's proucis anl though .lr,
Is tis years DID, she performs easily the work ,,a
would tire a mu N younger woman Iudr,.I Mrs
Elair's app 'araroe bclirs her age and she -r..-s
TO bc much farther away than two ycar, t. IN
thc allotted three AMI ten.
Mr. Blair si,k for eleven n.,ntlts I....,-,.
he died.. Mis Blair began in rrla;ias h.r st..,
and vas almost constantly at his t-,,i>ie i1.1-
isi'.rinS Ia his wants. ani trying 10 uaIS. MIN
back to strength ard ,igur. IIs death l..it rt,
about ruih"d IN hr9lth. tlin rnaciipn uf ih. tau-
siant attcnianr" during hls ilin.S> came after Dr..
was iald away aud was completely pp'stfatsi.
WIS u"uh'ei with vi"lrnt hrIda,hrs Al nrsi. ia-
srih'r with general pitstratiun. 1E,t ,STac Il,u-
matt matt m nr-t IN "a', I'ao" aud Then IN another.
Nervous pH,siras"n followed. and I too wax
10 stand alone also lad Il severe and acute
My Physician advised mo TO Use pr. Williams
I!nk lfl.S, saying they rNt,.ilcnt rem, ,iy
l followed his advice and began To take th"ni
ih"y were lust as good IN" do.tar DECLARED
vous n"fdition began 10 disappear eiooe l had
used the pills wck- and grldun, left
tisy- felt myself growing stronger rN"rr day.
and Al thr .1d OF two m"tfhs WAS sufliri"iitly
improved 10 take trip east. on my tourney and
during my visit away from home o0E.tinurd 80
tahe the pills. ahi when returned 10 my farm
herr had completely recovered | Was we'll .nl
strong again as I had lccn previous Ia my Hls-
hand Illness and death. rnd have remained 50
ever since.
II can truthfnlly say that Dr Williams Pink
ltils have prolonged my life and mad IL possible.
for me at the ~ ~ years to manage this large
farm AMI Do much of the work / lave IA. e
grSwn-up children one. n son. Who Is cs,nn..1 ID
with the First Nltirnnl Banks NJ Nourl.slpvn
olio. and two mlrriod daughters. All have homes
of their own L have recommended pr. Williams
I'nH Pills Z" fnhy " my Arghi-orS and they have
used Them To their advantag,.'
1r. Williams Pink Pills contain In n condensed
trll All III" elem, nis necessary give new life
and RI hness Ia the blood and restore shafi.-.-i
rerves They also srecihc for tror,l.s pc
cuiiar 10 males. such supprcssiors Irregular
ities and all forms "f weakness. They build up
ne biss. ANA r,-strr" the glow ~ health TO male
and sallow chNcks. In they effect a radi al
cnrr IN ell cases arising fprr mental worry over
work or eNcesses Of whatever mature Pink pals
are sold in boxes ,never In loos" bulk az cef.,s
a box. or six hovcs for 81 80. and NAV nc had nr
All druggists, direct by mail from pr WIiiams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, y. \.
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se!f-eIaninstion. when I was Young -
says Zoia. and growing up in full roman
tic lyricism. ! much regretted the tender
co.cred l:oubIets and pluned head gear of
Obi times. But today he ambitions them
no more Whereby one learns more of
lola than Of the high silk hat.
When VI. Jules Lemaitre. essayist and
Critic, was asked what he thought of the
gloomy meteor. h. was the only one 10 re-
fuse 70 crafty The public with supple
r!entary souvenirs of his infancy or details
OF his present state Of soul The chapeau
haut de forne is ignoh!e ard the whole
modern costume equally. Voilar' adding.
OF ". In repentant parenthesis: Il refer 70
that Of men
PUvis lie Chavdunes. who helped to dec
orate the Boston public library. forgot his
hat completely in the sorrOwtul contempla-
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ton OF his many years Let me say 10 YOU
that touch 50 near TO the day when |
shall have no longer TO dress myself that
r-st d little Indifferent to all these mat
ters''
Gl.stave I.arroumet. the professor of the
SarJorn". most believed of the fashionab bile
ladies' who go lecture-running. docs not
Ike the high silk hat, though noted almost
He does no: Ike IT, but would not change
IL IL agrees with the equally urdec-
"Fative modern costume. which, in turn
agrees well with our present civilization in
the clement Jf equality" jules Claret.e
finds The high har ugly. inconvenient.
heavy, Eeaaacay-" Yet. after all ii has
together wi,H tho modern costume. its
cW: character EertiE's froCk coat III the
Evening star., 1897-03-20
EngIand'. Waning Industries.

s. NJ. D. North In the Forum.
Machinery is the single item of manufac-
lures in which English exports show an in
crease during these twenty years. Even in
machinery the Germans have iatterly dis
covered that they can make better arti-
Gle than the English: while in the iron and
steel industries generally the English no
longer dispute German supremacy. In 1884
the English Iron Trade Association sent a
deputation to Germany and Belgium TO dis
cover on the spot the reasons why those
countries We're extending their export trade
In iron and steel 50 much more rapidly than
England The report of this deputation en-
phasized the superior character of the ma
chinery and labor-saving appliances found
i'll TIE Gzrman and Belgian fouudries; show
ing a remarkable advance as compared
with the best appointed works in the Mid
lands. 1t attributed this advance and 9TH
ers to the great attention paid to technical
education during the last half century, and
concluded with the announcement that Ger
man superiority rests upon its merits rather
than upon any adventitioUs circumstances
The London Times, commenting upon this
report. remarked that it was fairly to be
inferred that the days of the South Stat
icrdshlre iron trade. with the exception
perhaps CT the sheet iron branch are mum
btred. Four years prior to this report the
United States had succeeded in wrestling
from England the place of honor in the iron
industry by producing a larger quantity Of
pig iron. On the basis Of the statistics of
the last ten years it will not take more
than four years longer for Germany TO
drive England from the second place-into
which the United States has forced her
into third position. Iron is called the ba-
rometer OF industry: and ii is not necessary
tc follow the exports of England into other
iines to establish the point that her foreign
trade is declning-not rapidly but none the
less sureiy-whie that of Germany ia ad-
vancing and advancing at more rapid
rate than the decline in England. 1t Is an
elementary mathematical proposition that.
II these processes continue. the time Is not
far distant when German trade will exceed
English trade.
Evening star., 1897-03-20

deep-seated. waist-tucked pantaloons. the
fearsome swalowtails cut up almost to
the arm pits. the cloaks the capes. the
shawls and all the heart-breaking array of
the delusions of an age. but one step less
Grotesque than ours. There is that to be
said for the high hat. Because of it's sim
plicity. aggressive to no other part of the
dress. grateful to the squat and the attenu-
ated alike. bringing volume and import
ance to the nobiest part of man. that is to
say. his head.
The Beaver.
Apropos of the difficulty Of replacing so
useful a hat. the painter CaroiusDuran
tells this story: 1T was in 1S4S. l was not
there. but 1 have heard 1t from several
persons. among others my great friend
Francais, the painter of landscapes. and
another who was the cause of breaking up
Evening star., 1897-03-20

The only coinure that would not look
negligent" To realize the truth of this
observation. the illustrator has only to
picture stout university professor (buili
OF Henry VIII of England) in the great
plumed feutre Of Louis XIV. or a dude in
a smoking jacket with the coQuettish vel
vet toquet of Henry II. an uistered COM
merctal traveller In the fiat ruffied GAZETTE
Grisd egg of the time Of Francis l.
The recent attempt of young French
roJalists to wear the western broad-brim-
med felt which the Marquis de Mores
brought back from his American ranching
experience demonstrates the futility of such
sewing of new patches on old garments
The high hat. on the other hand-and this
Evening star., 1897-03-20
An Astutc Jurist.

From L'Ilustre de Poche.
The judge, addressing himself to wit
ness of the female persuasion who is Wis
ibly afflicted with at least forty years:
'.Madcmoiselle. your age. If you please"
(After "a long and interesting hesitation)-
'-rwenty-four. your honor"
(ro the clerk)-"You may now administer
the OATH
She takes the oath
And now. madeEloiselle, remember that
you must tell the truth"
Evening star., 1897-03-20

making of such hats was begun In Italy, al
Florence. carly as 1860 and brought to
France the very next year by one M. Pre-
vot. But three centuries before the Flem-
ing Van Eyck, he who invented oil paint
ing, had put cylindrical high hats :he
figures in his pictures. Rembrandt and the
Dutch masters did the same in their time,
" hiCh would show that the Dutch had them
as carly as any From the Dutch the Eng
Gsh Puritans took the idea, and the French
Marshal de Gran1ont speaks of the tall
round hat. adorned with a feather, as hav-
ing been worn by the generals in the thirty
years war. Thus in its early period 1t did
not succeed in France, because ii came of
Evening star., 1897-03-20
Change of Heart.
From the New York Weekly.

Socialistic Mob-"Bring him out. Hang
him, Down with monopoly"
Inventor quitting his head out of the win
dow)-'GooGness me, What does this
mean?"
Mob Spokesman-"You n,oost die, We hear
you invent a machine vat DO de work OF
Won hoondret men. You dake breat out off
tieir mouths: you"
Inventor-.Ths machine of mine is an
attachment for breweries. and viii bring
beer down to one cent a glass"
Mob lwildly)-"Hooray"
Evening star., 1897-03-20
Animal Intelligence,

rIUW tHe IntfHHdpOiIS JOurnAI.
THAT was a queer story about a man in
Minnesota being treed by wolves while on
his way to be married." said the shoe clerk
boarder.
Most remarkable exhibition Of animal in
telltgence know off, said the Cheerful
Idiot.
Animal intclligence?'
Eyes. They must have realized how ten
der he would be at that time"
Evening star., 1897-03-20
What It Costs to Travel in . Private
Car.
From Scribner's,

B.
Travelling in private car is luxury that
may now be enjoyed upon most American
railroads by any one who will pay eighteen
railway fares, and for eighteen berths. and
bear the cost OF the cook, meat and drink:
but /. Is most frequently enjoyed, free Of
cost, by those who can perfectly well at
ford to pay for 1t. The charms Of this
method Of getting about may be greatly
overrated; and have one friend who rides
IN a special car and tells me that to travel
In that way Is not always agreeable.
Evening star., 1897-03-20

From It'd Bits.
II would like my bill paid" said the tailor
to an impecunious customer.
do you not owe any one anything?"
asked the debtor.
mo. sir, 1 am thankful to say I do not"
Then you can afford to walt was the
answer, as the customer walked away.
Evening star., 1897-03-20
A Quietus.

From the Chicago Record.
BILLY got even with tho bookkeeper who
Is always talking about seeing the frst
robin"
what did he dor
"He brought his cuckoo clock down to
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may DISCUSS it-hUt one must respect It.
DO you not see in the nigh silk hat" asks
S"phane Mallarne. the symbolist. some
thing Of the sornber and the supernatural
sort of dark and gloomy meteor, tena-
brous. prodisious. portentous. ominous?''
Indeed there would seem to be tacit un-
d,Israndiug-by no means lacking in mys-
tery-that the high silk hat is to fulfill its
Evening star., 1897-03-20

; y "A Il = w T.
know nothing about
Cuba. crete. Nc
kinney or the Indian
faI1ine. ParisianS
have their own sub
jects. their own SEN
50 tionS. At the pres
ent moment there is
nothing but the high
silk hat.
1t is not TO he abol-
ishcd. modified or
changed in any de-
tail of its use One
Evening star., 1897-03-20

the new men who
took their seats in
Congress this week.
Men in all walks of
life battle every two
years for seats in
Congress. Rich men,
many Of them mil
lionaires. leave or
neglect lucrative po-
sitions to become
senators or repreSen-
Evening star., 1897-03-20

II You want anything. try an al. In The
Star. II anybody has what you wish. you
will get an answer.
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= rtra:t By lnCres is admirable And do
You not remember that Diderot found
!Fzhtful and unpicturesque the eighteenth
century costumes which to US seem de-
!i.:ouS2 Henri de Regnier the young poet
wao has just married Cuban belle. the
daughter Of De HeredIa the poet-acaIenli-
can regrets only hat the high hat does
not go well with wigs, 80 neeGfui as me m
crow Old While the painter Carolus-Du
ran lays an uEcrring finger on the vital
point. 1t is horrible. the chlpaau haut de
icFIne; but, given our present costume, IL
is the only couture that would not look
negligent"