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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Raid on Tight LacinG.

Tight lacing, that crying sin of our
grandmothers. has gone out of fashion
Hour-glass shaped figures are no longer
considered beautiful and very few wom-
en- sacrifice health to the desire for
small waist That instrument of tor
ture. the broad leather belt, which many
women wore next the skin 100 years ago.
in order TO compress the waist to the
sylph-like proportions regarded as es-
sential to female beauty, and which was
wetted before putting on in order to
make II tighter, is altogether unknown
to the American girl of the present gen.
Grafton.
Women have learned that tight gar
ments make a stout figure appear still
stouter by giving it a stuffed appear
ance and that in addition to more Sc
rious results red noses and hands are al
most sure to be the effect of tight lac
int.
Very few mothers put corsets upon
their daughters Until they are well in
their teens-the corded waist being con-
sidered sufficient for even stout girls.
and nature thus left to herself the fig
ure develops naturally and gracefully.
The corded waist is all that is needed
for slender women, those who are fleshy
need support for their figures; but the
modern corset is a flexible affair very
different from that Of twenty-five years
ago. which was almost as stiff as O
corselet of steel.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13

In a warm place, away from any FIRE
and don't water too frequently, as pine
apples lives on air as much as soil In
a year or two the plant will look very
pretty, and IL properly cared for will
fruit
There are about twenty varities OF
pines growing in Florida, but the
most successful are the Porto Rico,
noted for it's immense size: the Alb
baka. the Smooth Cayenne, the Ripley
and Egyptian Queen and the common
or Red Spanish.
The general season for shipping Is
from May until September. but fruit
can be gathered in some instances in
small quantities all the year around
The larger patches generally employ
expert negro pickeTs, those from the
Bahamas preferred. as they know q
matured apple as well as Georgia
negro does a ripe melon. The pickers
have long canvas gloves, and by a
dexterOus twist Of the apple. sever 1T
from the fruiting stalk. Then IL is
thrown to two or three negroes in line
and loaded in large baskets and carted
to the packing houses. where, after
cooling for a few hours. it is wrapped
separately in paper and packed in bar
rel crates for shipment.
A packing company has been organ
pose of reshipping Bahama apples
from Florida. Heretofore most Of the
Bahama shipments arrived by steam
er at Baltimore, but owing to the in
crease of duty over the old rate, which
was cents per crate and 81 per thou
sand, to the present rate Of lI1e cents
per crate and 81 per thousand. the
Spanish growers in the Bahamas are
figuring on shipping their crop this
Summer by steamer 10 southern Flor
ida. then repacking and shipping the
same as Florida fruit. IL the BroSiuS
pure food bill becomes a law the prac-
tice of packing foreign fruit will re-
ceive it's death blow. Under the pro-
visions of the bill it will be a punish
able Offense 10 ship from one state 10
another any falsely branded article or
food.
A popular way of eating the fruit in
Florida is 70 take a Bipe apple and peel
carefully. taking pains to dig out the
small eyes. as they viii make the
tongue sore If eaten. then place the
apple in a deep dish. stabbing the top
with a silver fork TO hold il firmly, then
with the right hand use a similar fork
TO lab in the sides and top until the
meat commences to fall apart In this
way the Juice OOzes out and the meat
becomes very tender and can be eaten
with a spoon.
JOSEPH II. GUNNELL.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Why Our Feet Spread

We all know that our feet spread, and
take 1t quite as a matter of course, but 1t
seems that after all there is no necessity
for their doing so. They spread because
we do not know how to rest them proper
". The feet do not grow. but by resting
them in the wrong way the muscles have
been permitted to take a wrong direction
and the foot flattens. When woman
finds that the instep of the foot is tired
she should change her stockings for thin
ones and put on slippers with totally
different heel from that of the shoes she
took off. either higher or lower. as the
case may be. Then she should lie down,
turn upon her face and place pillow I'M
der the insteps of both feet so that every
inch of the breadth of her feet should rest
upon the pillow. When this is done the
foot is at ease: The muscles rest ana
strengthen and the beautiful arch of the
fnstep is preserved
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
The Etiouett. of Cards.

When invitations are received to after
noon at homes and any distinct feature
is mentioned on the cards music" the
atricaIs.' "recitations,' etc, which de-
notes, generally speaking, that the gath
erings almost amount to receptions as re-
CARDS numbers invited-cards should be
left by acquaintances within the week,
but not so in the case of smaller at
homes" cards not being left after these
latter Again, at large at homes" if
guests have come from a considerable dis
lance. It is quite permissible to leave cards
in the hall on departure. to avoid long
drive being taken for this purpose during
the ensuing week; indeed, this is now gen.
orally done. The same rule applies TO
garden parties. At large functions of this
order cards are also left In the hall on
departure, while at small garden parties
this is not done, and guests are not eX-
pected to leave cards afterwards. Ii Is
needless to say that invitations to al
ternoon teas do not call for cards being
left afterwards; on the contrary, the ac-
ceptances of these invitations are looked
upon in the light of a call.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
POSES
and SMlRKS
Artificial Manners at Social
Gatherings.
An Abandonment of the Fair Sex for
Their Slavery to Forms ana
Customs.

This business of trying to be social
success is woman's undoing writes Dor
othy Maddox 1t means that the mo-
ment she steps outside the four walls
of home the little originality she pos
sesses is dropped, and artificiality shoyes
her into all sorts of uncomfortable So
cial crannies.
She puts on her fine manners with her
fine clothes for the fine folks she Is TO
meet. Her smile Is sugared. her glances
softened. her tones oiled and she is ready
for action.
I never find myself one of feminine
crush, doomed TO suffer from that re-
fined mode of torture, tea" that L
am not reminded of the days when in
my mothers gown | pranced and smirked
and giggled with my playmates. We took
such delight in mocking the grOwn-ups.
i can get just about as much fun these
days over maturer efforts 10 run this
game If anything IL is funnier. for the
women are all in such sober earnest
The most comical thing about the way
we manage our trains, our voices, our
eyes is our self-consciousness. Occasion
ally a whOle-souled. breezy creature in
petticoats drifts into midst She
laughs as If she had some sense of hui
NOR; she sits as IL she did not care a
ballyrag about curves; she talks with
out being afraid of the sound of her
voice She is a blessed relief to my
eyes, and just as | am on the point of
saying so, l hear some one, an authority
on matters of social Importance. whis-
per: $50 crude!' The other women
Immediately look at the delinquent as If
she were an escaped museum freak.
Don't pity this mistaken one who i'm
AGNES that a crowd Of women get to-
gether to have a good time? Why, we
could not have good time If We wished.
We are frightened to death of each other.
In a throng OF women who dares walk or
sit or talk or eat or drink or look as
her Creator intended she should. The
entire set act like set of geese follow
ing a leader. They cackle and waddle
to a woman, alike. ConventiOnalty is
their leader. What a squawking OF So
ciety's voices and a Tapping of society 5
wings takes place If anybody gets out
of line.
1t is so healthy to be perfectly natural.
II We would tie ourselves to Dame Ma
lures apron strings we could soon cut
loose from our slavery TO forms and GUS
toms. Women, social leaders they would
dearly love to be called eye askance
spontaneous naturalness. They haven I
any earthly use for companions who
think for themselves.
And so day by day We. who would
long to be ourselves, slip and slip a lit
tie more and still little more into an
easy running groove. After a time we
have neither the energy nor the inclina-
ton to get out of II.
We drown our sparkle. our vim. our
go in teacup inanities. Sometimes l feel
as II one more "teaing" experience would
drive me to drink of stronger kind. On
II We might only be given a change,
Could We but allow the heart and not
the head to control. thi, social desert OF
ours might blossom like rosei
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Heroism of Nurses.

In the Bombay Gazette there is a full
account of the terrible fire at the plague
hospitals erected at Modykhana. One Of
the most striking features of the fire was
the heroism displayed by the young Eng
fish nurses. They We're so engrossed in
the hard and dangerous work of rescuing
their patients from being burned to death
that they were entirely regardless of their
own losss. They were to be seen carrying
the patients in their arms to places of
safety, and doing it all with quiet pres
ence of mind that was beyond praise. One
of the number when reminded that her
belongings were being destroyed. said: 7
cannot leave my patients to die merely
because of that" Miss Snowden was par
ticularly noticed carrying one patient UNI
der each arm. with strength that seemed
given her for the occasion, while the
flames were leaping around her. I'VE
only have what We stand up In" said one
of the nurses when asked whether her
property was safe.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Bewitched n the Seashore.

Though any number of people are con-
tent with the Boardwalk at Atlantic
City, the out-and-out lover of old ocean
doesn't feel that he has really expressed
himself until he has got as far from shore
as possible, by way of the pier. So out
he goes Though masculinity by no means
monopolizes this little weakness) to this
end. and there proceeds to deyour the
green seas with his yearning eyes, having
seated himself on a pile of lumber. Some
how. when we rest we stare, so resting
and being in love amount to about the
same thing for in either case the vic
Tins stare. stare at something or moth
ing but stare. Here they have the beau
tiful sea for an excuse. Even little
sprinkle is not disturbing. until it so far
forgets itself as to dash down as if trying
to encourage the crops. But, even, in
that case, all there is to do is to meander
half way back and under shelter pretend
to watch them with their fishing. What
horrors the skates are, And why in the
name of any and everything Psychological
are they called skates?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
womas.s Matterborn Garments.

The famous woman, Annie S. Peck, who
has been noted as having scaled the Mat
terhorn and broke the record on Mount
Orizaba, going 5000 feet in the clouds.
wore flannel undergarments, waist OF
serge. a wooden sweater, knickerbockers
and leggins of sage green duck canvas
which she made herself. She wore the
heaviest kind of winter boots, and shoe
maker in Switzerland put an extra piece
of heavy leather over the whole lower part
of the shoes, toes. and heels, and then
nearly covered them with nails. In many
of her trips she has worn fur-topped
gloves, but for the MatterhOrn she wore
wooden mittens. A substantial canvas
hat tied on with ribbon, and ven, as Wen
as smoked glasses, complete her outfit.
She takes the precaution to put cold
cream on her face before facing the Sc
we're weather.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
THE STUDY OF ONES SELF.
Points on Our Eccentricities Obtain
ed From Neighbors.

Probably no one in their right mind
ever echoed the poets wish to see them
selves as others see them, says the New
Orleans Picayune. Nevertheless, We're it
possible it would be a wholesome and
salutary discipline for which we should
all be much the better. A hall of mir
rors in which we could see on every side
our uncouth attitudes. our awkward
gestures. our grotesque grimaces. would
conduce not TO vanity. but humility.
To really know ones self and realize
ones possibilities and limitations is per-
haps too much to be expected 1t Is only
our neighbors that we perceive. How
often must everyone have wondered
what possessed such and such woman
TO buy an article so utterly unsuited for
her-swhy fat women will wear plaids.
and thin ones stripes, and sallow ones
affect art green shades. and elderly ones
sailor hats We sigh at their mistakes,
and think that If only they could see
themselves as others see them. these sins
against taste would have been so easily
prevented.
IT is the same way in the other az
fairs of life II only we could realize
our limitations what successes might
We not achieve, what humiliating tall-
ures might we not be spared, Who has
not seen some elephantine girl playing
AZ being kittenish and longed to say,
NV dear. you are majestic, and lmpos-
ing, and handsome, when you are dls-
nified When you giggle, and attempt 10
DO GOV and cunning, you are simply
ridiculous Study yourself and you VIII
find what you can do, and what had bet
ter be left undone'
Another absurdly pathetic sight Is 20
behold people who are pretentious. ana
so. insufferablc. They affect to be liter
arv without having any knowledge;
they pretend to he artistic and bunSle
art terms in kind of jargOn they pick
M: they pose as musical and applaud
in the wrong places; they interlard their
conversation with misused and mispro-
nounced quotations from foreign Ian
ruapes Alas, one cries. If only they
would come down to plain United States
and talk about butter and eggs, and pa
per patterns. or whatever il is they
know. how interesting they might real
IN be- Why can't they know themselves
well enough to know they can't do
that?
The trouble is that in our besotted van
ity we all believe ourselves capable of
filling any role In life. and so we go
laundering on. If we would only sit
down and study ourselves we should
know that we are not all young and fair
enough to wear chiffon, or have enough
spirit and verve to be piquant. but that
these are not all that is in life. There
are other things. There are places that
we may all occupy with credit to our
selves and to the admiration of our
neighbors if only We will find them,
and not persist in the impossible feat
of fitting a round peg into a square hole.
The best advice ever yet given to a
woman is still Know myself" and try
to get your neighbors' point of view on
your eccentricities and abilities.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
The s,yeet-scented Violet.

The violet was adopted by the Bona
parties as a family badge.
This little flower seems to have been
Shakespeare favorite flower. He men,
tions it no less than eighteen times. 1t is
the violet he makes 'sweeter than the lids
of Juno's eyes. - The sweet-scented vio-
let is said to grow very abundantly round
about Stratford-on-Avon.
The violet is noticed by most poets,
from Chaucer down, and by all with affec-
ton. Milton gave the violet a chief
place in the beauties of the "Blissful
Bower of our first parents in Paradise.
In German folk lore the soul is supposed
to take the form of a flower after death.
Probably it is to this notion that Shakes
peare alludes in Hamlet" where Laertes
wishes that violets may spring from the
grave of Ophelia (V. L.:
The botanical construction of the violet
is very curious. 1t produces flowers both
in the Spring and in the Autumn. but
they are very different; in the Spring they
are fully formed and sweet-scented, but
produce no seed, while in the autumn
they are very small, with no petals and no
scent, but produce abundance of seed, and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
INCIDENTS OF WILL POWER.
Self-ContrOl n Great Factor I'm Com
fortfng Humanity.

What a great difference Ii makes
whether or not we take the right view of
things. Did you ever notice how much
pains an artist takes to have you see his
picture i'm the right light? There are 9TH
er things, plenty of them, besides oil
paintings, that may be spoiled for us
by looking at them in the wrong light.
1 recall two little incidents which illus
trate what l mean. They made a deep
impression, comments a writer in the
Ladies' World, upon me when they occur
red and have been since then the text for
a good many sermons mentally preached
over my work, with myself alone both
preacher and audience.
A friend of ours moved to a distant
town where her husband had found the
best opening he had been able to secure.
How does Mrs. S. enjoy her new homer
/ asked of one of her most intimate
friends, some time after she had gone.
Not very WELL was the reply. '-She
went there with her mind made up not to
like 1t, you know" And yet in most
things she was strong, sensible woman.
1t seemed strange to me that she Jailed
to see what was so evident to her friends.
She had come upon her new home pre-
pared TO see il in poor light was IL
any wonder she found it unattractive?
A gentleman who lived near us died
after a long, painful illness. His wife,
who had been untiring in her devotion,
tainted as soon as his life was over, and
there was no longer need of vigilance; she
was with difficulty restored to conscious
ness. and we were quite uneasy about her
health. The day after the funeral | called
to see II / could do anything for her or the
baby. / found her composed and APP
parently we'll During my call expressed
my pleasure at finding her so well, and
told her we had been afraid she would be
sick.
no" SIZE answered. with a tone Of
quiet self-control II am not going TO be
sick"
And / knew she would not.
Some years afterward when she was
about to move away, l babe her good
by. / said | hoped she would like her
new home.
Thank YOU" she replied. with smile,
81 intend to like it,
Ii would be almost impossible for wo-
man like that to fail to be pleasantly sit
uated She carried her atmosphere of
cheer with her. made her own good
light" and studiously looked at her sur
roundings from the most favorable point
of view
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
warm Words of welcome.

From the New York Mail and Express1
Welcome home to Fitzhugh Lee, patriot
Diplomat and fearless defender of Ameri-
can principles and American rights! He
returns to his native land after long and
brilliant service in one of the most deli
cate and dangerous positions ever occu-
pied by a diplomatic representative OF
this Government, and the people of the
whole country gratefully salute him as
a noble exemplar of American tact ana
courage. New honors and higher distinc-
ton await this brave and loyal gentleman,
but none of his future achievements can
outshine the luster of his personal and
official conduct amid the perilous condi-
tons which surrounded his work as con-
sui general in Havana.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13

although the flowers in the Autumn are so
small they have the power of throwing
out their seed to an extent of two or
three feet.
AS a medical plant 1t was formerly in
high repute. PIiny said that a chaplet
of violets prevented headache, and 1t
still holds a place in the pharmacopOeia,
while the chemist finds the flowers a de-
licate test for detecting the presence of
acids and alkilies. Gerard says, in speak
ing of March yiolets:" They admonish
and stir up a man to that which Is comedy
and honest, for flowers through their
beauty, variety of color and exquisite
form, do bring liberall and create man
minde the remembrance of domestic, COM
Iinesse, and all kinds of vertues."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
The american Colony Extended.


IFr0m t1e FnII1utIpIIId LtuetI.I
Mexico gives some signs Of advancing ciYiliza-
ton. The customary bull fight was given in
Mexico City on sunday. and two fierce hons were
introduced to add rest 20 the occasion. but when
the bull had vanquished both lions the governor
interfered and stopped the entertainment before
human lives had been imperiled. This was GER
tainlv better than a continuation with human
victims would have been But We americans
cannot reproach the Mexicans too severely for
their fOndness for such dcbasing sport. since the
dispatch adds that although it was a bull fl ght
and on Sunday, "the audience included the whole
American colony"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13

The newest cigarette cases-for feminine
smokers-are made of cork, and in spite
of delicately designed incrustations of
gold or silver are as light as feather
and a great Improvement on the clumsy
gold, silver and leather cases which I'M
til now have served the same purpose.
The more elaborate of the cork cases are
set witt rubies. emeralds. amethysts, and
diamonds. With the slightest pressure a
cigarette appears, thus saving the fair
smoker the trouble of opening the case.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
what Constitutes Home.

To majority Of people feeling of being set
tied is necessary to success. Very few men can
have this feeling without home. The student or
cIer has his room or his den; the military officer
has his quarters; the sea captain, his cabin; the
herdsman, his ranch; associated men have their
clubs societies and lodges; but, without wom-
an home is practically unknown.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Zen MIIf.a-

(FrOm the Chicago News)
By the way. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was right
when. two years ago. he told Congress how
weak this country was in the matter of war
defenses- The general was laughed at and sneered
at for his pains but he is too much II a soldier
and a gentleman 70 say now, ike old woman:
Il told you So"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13
Different Views.
From the Chicago News.)

(from the tmcago NeNs.)
ssAfy son." said the philosopher, ''you know
the adage. don't you9 Never put all your eggs
in one basket. Then il an accident happens,
only A portion of them viii be broken. 80 with
Your money. Don't put IL all in one bank
eyes" returned the son, who knew rev
things too: but in scattering your money
around among banks. YOU only increase the
chances of getting left by cashiers"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-13

The advertisement Louis daily paper OF
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produce dreadful headaches that notwithstanding all the outdoor
vocation and the latitude allowed to
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Constipaon- often compelled to
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be In 1892 while
of Ell Pa Tex Rpans Tabues brought
used them with marked Nowadays
such of constipation and the violent
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times though myself for period
become slightly consated but by taking the Tabues
according directions bowels perform their functions
pleasing manner"