Evening star., 1897-01-30
G U r r ENT EV ENTS

calling her. TO her great distress is I'm
washington She is however, apparently
not in great need, and so far has made no
application to the central relief committee
! Tor aid. In fact, Mrs. Dominis is travelling
WIN considerable retnue. is stopping at
the Shoreham. and has with her above all
MI JULIUS NJ Palmer of Boston Mass, L.
.. A. VINO acts as her private secretary.
Mr.. julius Palmer is a whole royal retinue
| In himself. From s to 3 in the afternoon
ne appears in dress suit, his lovely white
| tie fastened with big brooch An aav
long he aliases himself before ROYALTY.
without throne. Mr. Palmer capnot saw
now Iohs Mrs. Dominis will stay in WASH
instoE. because his gracious lady" has not
delgned to inform him. and he would NOT
dare to ask. He is uncertain about poinr
TO Honolulu himself as her majesty" has
no. YET expressed her commands on the
su1Jeet. me only thing certain with Mr.
Faimer IS that whatever her majesty the
gracious lady. wishes, he will carry ont
| If he has to walk on his hands and knees
to do it, Mrs. Dominis appointed a time
| the other day to meet the newspaper cor
respondents, and several hundred women
who would not know a proof sheet from
cold boiled potato. crowded into her apart
ments and gracious ladie6" and your
ma)estied the deposed queen for two solid
hours There is something really admir-
able about Mrs. Lydia Domnis when COM
pared with f1unkies who have kissed the
mem OF her gown during the last week
There is a good deal of comment Just
now'as to the right or the wrong of the
expenditure of some S300,O0O by New York
society people in the giving of masquer-
ade bail. Ministers have rushed into the
preach and denounced the expenditure of
so much money for pleasure as a crying
shame when the poor are suffering so
greatly. The controversy brings up the en-
tire charity question in its broadest aspects
1t is not question of the expenditure of
this 100000 for charity or it's use for a
masquerade ball, but a question of its use
Tor TINS ball or not at all. Poor people are
not suffering from lavish expenditures by
the rich for pleasure, but from the fact
| that the rich are not spending money at
all. beyond their bare necessities: and
| above all things what the poor wish is not
charity, but work. The expenditure of
S3O,oW in New York for a single event
means the employment of a great many
people for short period, and the con-
sequent circulation of money through all
sorts of channels, suffering now from want
OF nourishmcnt. If every man, who could
AFFORD 1t, would give work to other men
Wherever possible, during hard times, it
would be mighty sight better than wait
| ing until people were starving and then
contributing to a charity fund. If every
| householder in Washington, for instance
| had paid somebody to clear the snow off
! his sidewalk during the past week it would
| have meant food and warmth to hundreds
| in this city. Instead of discouraging the
expenditure of money by those who can
afford it, they should be urged during these
times to spend money for almost any pur-
pose that will give work to men and wo-
men,
Judge KimbalI naturally resents the state
n'ent that he might be charged with mall
feasance in office for the taking of personal
bonds. Doubtless, as the judge says, there
are many cases in which the taking Of per-
sonal bonds is the only means of prevent
Ing great injustice to prisoners. At the
same time. there is something approaching
farce-comedy in this personal bonds bus-
ress. Over 1900 were taken last year. and
in good many cases this was about the
scene:
Clerk-"You are charged with being va
grant, with having no visible means of sup
pert and likely to become a charge on the
District. Are you guilty or not guilty.
Trarnp-'Guess I'm guilty, Judge"
Judee-'If release you will you promise
to leave the city?'
Tramp-"Judge, 1 swear I'll be out of
town in twenty minutes.
Judge-"I will give you half an hour.
Take his personal bonds'
Clerk-"You acknowledge yourself to be
indebted to the District of Columbia in the
sum of 500, to be levied on your goods and
chattels, lands and tenements, on condi-
ton, nevertheless, that you appear in the
Police Court from day to day until this
case Is finally disposed of and do not depart
the court without leave, SO help you God?'
Tramp-'I do"
Exit tramp. having sworn to the judge to
leave town in twenty minutes and to the
clerk to appear from day to day and not
| to leave the jurisdiction of the court on
penalty of 500, to be levied on his goods
aud chattelS.
| Gen. Porter has appointed Mr.. d. d.
Woodmansee marshal of a division of the
| civic. portion of the Inauguration parade
and assigned to that division all of the
republican league clubs. This Is good
deal like saying that Mr.. Woodmansee is
to command a part of the civic division
and his part shall include all republicans.
part caLnot be greater than the whole.
but in this case 1t will be equal to the
whole. On second thought, though, there
are the Irdians. The Indians hardly
be classed as republicans, and if they are
assigned to the civic end of the parade
somebody else can command them, unless
Mr.. Woodmansee induces the braves to
join the league prior to March 4.
There will be no society functions in the
Lowery ma nsion while the Vanderbilts are
there"
Only fifteen words telegraphed from New
York, but they have been fifteen pieces
of lead to weigh down the hearts of local
butterflies.