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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Not Always Smiling.

A very thoughtful girl who loved a
compliment, as all girls do. but who sell
dom got one, was once surprised by the
sudden remark of a man as thoughtful
and as preoccupied as herself. Il have
been wondering what was so pleasant I'm
your face he said. with blunt naivcte.
Il see now, it is that you do not smile
every time you speak, Was il a doubt
full compliment? l think not. We say.
How do you do?" and then We make a
grimace. which has i'm il neither good
nature nor merriment. We venture a re-
mark on the weather. and we smile from
ear to ear. II is meaningless. and only
once removed from the palpabIy idiotic
Then, when the birthdays begin to come
too close together. We wonder vaguely
why We ever got those queer lines about
eyes and lips. and why these perpendicular
ones on either side of the mouth. We for
get that We have been screwing UP our
poor faces until we have stretched and
strained and creased them beyond all
PREPARATION. Besides. we look so silly
We sound so. too. for the smile usually
ends in a giggle. Than which nothing is
more wearisome and annoying. The
beauty classes wherein women are
taught to laugh gracefully and well ought
to succeed, if only they do not overdo
the thing. Women have seldom the gift
of moderation in full, and to change from
a grimacing monkey into a laughing
hyena would not make much for progress
sion. Hearty. real. sincere laughter is
delicious, but the guffaw is a crime
against good taste, irrespective of the
fact that it often destroys the lines of the
prettiest face Some laughter is cruel
some sadder than weeping. and who
among us does not know some friend who
is altogether lovely in repose, but trial
when she begins to emit the shrill,
creaky sounds which she fondly believes
to be an evidence of merriment? There
is no occasion to be somber. but for
goodness sake do let us emulate the girl
who didn't smile every time she spoke -
Excessive smiling is ridiculous.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27

sions and lean purses who find his serv-
ices a drain on both their pride and their
pocketbooks- One clever independent fem
mime person whose diminutive es-
tablishment, high up in very expensive
apartment house, is rendezvous for
many of the rich and great declares that
one has TO live up to ones butler, and
as he is usually not only a judge but a
pitiless critic of wines and viands and
the social standing of ones guests, he is
too expensive a-luxury for persons whose
income is no larger and whose prospects
are no more certain than were those of
Becky Sharp. And" she added, with
something between sigh and
laugh, we are a numerous class in So
ciety."
When Jeames is deposed neat-handed
Phyllis will preside over table and door.
In order to retain some of the dignity
and splendor which the presence of
Jeames lends to festive occasions the
economiZing hostesses are going to try
the experiment of putting their maids
into livery based on the heraldic colors
OF the family or to match the decora-
lions of the house, and cap ribbons Will
lend atmosphere" For instance, when
madame entertains her club members at
luncheon, the maids could wear plain
black frocks with club colors on the peck
cts of their muslin aprons and on their
white caps; when the dinner decorations
are pink flowers, pink calico gowns and
pink cap ribbons without touch of any
color in their costumes would be quite
as pretty. and blend in with the surround
ings as tremendously as even the black
coat and immaculate shirt front of the
pompous Jeames.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27

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past three years there are not many
houses left to burn and the presumption
is against such a theory.
At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning there
were in plain sight four separate fires
To the far east there were two white
clouds not far apart, but evidently arising
from different sources.
The coast line was almost lost to sight
at that point. and it was estimated that
he fires must have been seen at Matanzas
province. probably in the vicininty of
Corral Nuevo and MelinOs. two small
towns inland and not far 10 the west
from the city of MatanZas.
To the west. and back some distance
from the shore, was q tremendous fire,
which must have spread over the country
for a mile. The smoke was black, and
kept spreading TO the westward. The
location must have been very close to
the town of Gunabe, which is situated
about four miles back from the sea on a
little river, or about twelve miles from
Havana.
Still further toward the east another
column of smoke could be made out, and
as the yacht drew nearer it became ap-
parent that the fire was within four or
five miles of Havana and in very close
proximity to Gunabacoa, on the other
side of Havana.
Close down the shore was yet another
cloud of smoke although not of such di-
mansions as those already mentioned.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Bu,pt Crust. Make Beauty.

In the days when our grandmothers
were little girls they were told that the
eating of burnt crusts of bread would
make their compilations as fair as the
lily. Today science corroborates the
statement. The only secret of this mag
ic recipe for lilies and roses is the fact
that well-baked bread is easy of diges-
ton. while that which is soggy and
slack baked lies in the stomach like a
lump of lead and causes all the horrors
of indigestion. of which leathery COM
plexion is the least.
The proper browning in cookery is of
such great Importance that it is high
time this much-neglected art should take
the place that rightfully belongs TO it,,
and it needs to be exercised equally
where 5tewing is concerned, as in bak-
ing, frying and roasting. In the max
ing of soups in general-oxtail in par
ticular, for instance-if the onions be
Drowned to rich color before being
used, wonderful difference in the fla
vor of~the soup is noticeable. There is
a brown thickening which fine cooks who
command big salaries keep always on
hand which transform the most tasete-
less stew into one of fine flavor and APP
petizing appearance. 1t may be kept in
the icebox ready for use, and is made
by melting half pound of butter and
stirring into it a pint of sifted -four. Be
careful not TO burn, but allow it to
brown gradually. stirring occasionally
until il is light mahogany color. When
cold make ii into a roll and put IL in the
refrigerator. A tablespoonful will be suf-
ficient to brown and thicken a good-sized
stew.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
INTERESTING EXPERIENCE
OF an IcWa Lady Who Was Cured Of
Dyspepsia After Suffering for
Nenty-FiNe Years.

Mrs. Sarah A. Skeels. an estimable la
dy residing at Lynnville, Jasper County,
Iowa, was for twenty-five years a suffer-
er from Dyspepsia, and her complete res
toration to health is so remarkable that
we present the facts i'm the case for the
benefit of our readers, many of whom
have doubtless suffered in the same man.
ner. and viii. therefore, be interested in
learning how all stomach troubles may
be avoided and cured. Mrs. Skeels says:
Il used only one package of StuaTts
Dyspepsia Tablets, and | received such
great and unexpected benefit that ] wish
to express my sincere gratitude. In fact
IL has been six months since / took the
medicine and have not had one particle
of distress or difficulty since. And all this
i'm the face of the fact that the best doc
tors | consulted told me my case was in
durable. as l had suffered for twenty-five
years. I want half dozen packages to
distribute among my friends here. who
are very anxious to try this remedy. Tru-
~ yours,
Mrs. SARAH A. SKEELS."
The reason why Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are so successful in curing irsdi-
gestion and stomach trouble and the rea-
son why it>never disappoints those who
need II and use il is because nothing is
claimed for ii except what It will actually
perform. IL is not cure-all and no such
claims are made for il. 1t is prepared for
the sole purpose of curing Dyspepsia and
the various forms of indigestion.
There is scarcely a patent medicine
made but what is claimed to cure dyspep-
STA as well as a hundred other troubles.
When. as matter of fact, a remedy TO
cure Dyspepsia must be prepared espe-
ciaIly for that and nothing else; and
among all the remedies. patent nostrums,
bitters. etc, so extensively advertised you
will find that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets is the only one advertised as a cure
for dyspepsia and nothing else. The REM
edy is prepared by the Stuart Co, of Mar
shall, Mich, and for sale by all drug
gists at 50 cents per package. and If you
suffer from any form of stomach de-
rangement or indigestion a trial will not
disappoint YOU
A little book on stomach troubles mail
ed free. Address Stuart Co. Marshall,
Mich apr25-27-29
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
A TORY PROFESSOR.
Harvard Tutor Promptly Called Go
Order by n student.

Cambridge. Mass. April 37.-Prot. Charles Eliot
Norton one Of tae beSt-known -nsus5erS OF tfe
Harvard College faculty, in an adj - 20 ue
students yesterday deprecated the st,5U'le 1t TIC
American people, when, h SAD. had bIO a-ht
about a war as a means OF settling q jifi.uity
with a weak and inf=,;or H1t.su. AMI said tntie
was no call for stu1a1is % enlist, and tue
patriotism in their doing
G.. l.. Richards a stuls 1t II the sciCntfc
school. who has lived in Cibl. ta1E executions
10 Prof. NortOn's statements. and ON being given
permission % speak delivered bts'ed appeal fpf
the punishment Of Spain by the United S'-ItrS.
Prof Norton said last night ti-t hr " she'd
merely to advise the students III to enlist. hc
said that as this war does not threaten the ma
tionsi life it would be foolish fHr ~lsEs men
to Law down their lives on the h1f -s-tfld- That
would be a mistaken conception 81 PATRIOTS
:hc truer patriotism would h O. spend their
lives in the service OF the nation
Harvard's attitude j. decidedly IN support II the
war President Eliot advises stud MS MT H. en-
list but wants them to drill ,aiy On the c-ils re
grounds that they may be in "a line--. 10 tbs
end he i to have better facilities fSv nj tsTy
drill instituted. and the study -" military sri
ence will be given prominence at once At the
law school lectures are being sIFen Jpor th' laws
Of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
BEsTEN BY SOLDIERS.
Assault on Farmer by Coiored
Troops Distarts Camp BoyRt0n.

Chattanooga. April Z7.-The sensation
of the day at Camp Thomas was the
probable murder of a farmer by four
negro soldiers late Monday night and IL
is not improbable that a court martial
at Chickamauga will soon be trying
United States regulars for their lives
Pope BEDFORD, an old white man living
near Chickamauga. visited the camp
yesterday and had a quarrel with some
members Of the Twenty-ffth Infantry
(coloredD II is said the farmer incur
red the enmity Of the soldiers by refusing
to give them a bottle of whisky. Red
ford was attacked as he was leaving the
camp and so badly beaten il is thought
that he will die. Suspicion points strong
~ to four members Of Company d.
Twenty-ffJh Infantry. Arrests will
probably be made today
Organization work continued at the
camp yesterday. and the infantry organ
ization has been practically completed.
The division is under the command of
Col. James Van Horn. Eighth Infantry.
and consists of two brigades The first
Twelfth and Twenty-ffth Regiments. The
second brigade viii consist of the Sec
ond and TWenty-fourth Regiments. and
others that are expected.
Eight batteries are now on the field.
They are Battery X. First Artillery.
Lieut.. Lassiter; Battery y, Capt. Grimes;
Battery f. First Artillery. Capt. CaprOu:
Battery F. Second Artillery. Lieut.. Gre
Bile; Battery +. Fourth Artillery, Capt
S. W. Taylor; Battery d. Fifth Artil-
lery. Capt Thorpe; Battery r. Fourth
Artillery. Capt. Anderson. and Battery F..
of the Fifth Artillery. Capt. Reilly. Two
batteries from the Preside, San Fran
cisco. which are expected today, will
complete the artillery forces here
1t is probable that the ten batteries
will be organized into two DattaliOnS Of
five batteries each. Majors Lancaster
and Dillenback are spoken of as the
probable battalion commanders Two
troops Of the Second Cavalry from Fort
Wingate. N NJ. arrived this afternoon
Battery X, which arrived from Calves
ton early yesterday. disembarked at
o'clock and marched TO camp.
1t was definitely decided 10 build
track from the Western and Atlantic
road at Ringgold 70 Chickamauga. a dis
lance of several miles. for the quickes
handling of troops. While II l. almost
certain that the greater part OF the Ar
my here will remain several weeks. the
rufnor that Gen. Brooke has been ORDER
ed 10 be in readiness 10 dispatch about
1909 men 20 Cuba at a moment notice
continues TO be persistently circulated.
The troops from East Tennessee are
concentrating here and will go into camp
today, preparatory to the expected order
10 move to Nashville where all the
Tennessee troops will be modified.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Economy rs IN FEenchwOman Sees II

You are going to. economize because of
re war;" said the little Frenchwoman,
with an indulgent smile. Why, my dear,
ze Americans do not know how to econ
omize. Zey have not re facility. Zey are
hongry sometimes-yes. but Eat is not
economy. Economy is having e best of
poor Americans, zey do not know re art
of being poor. When ze monnaie so low
zey will suffare!
II look into re cuisine of my friend.
She is called ware good 'ousekeepers
She buys barrels of flour and sugare, and
tons of coal and pounds of cheese and
buttare. In France re wife of re poor
man has comfort and 'appiness. She has
good things to eat, too. She has salade
and soup and wine always, but she econ
-ti-fullee! he rich wife does
re same. She like nice tings, but she save
ze waste. In the kitchen gas or char
coal makes Ze fire. When re dinner is
cooked Re fire is put out. re charcoal is
wet wiz watare and saved for re next
meal. B-r-r-read is nevar baked in re
'ouse, and -four is bought by re ounce
Buttare comes wrapped in green leaf
and re butchare will sell one chop. lie
French woman wear pretty dresses. but
she does not buy new dress every week.
She fix her hair pretty. but she does not
spend much on her benet. Economic?
Oh, Re pauvre Americaines, Zey do not
know how
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
MISS WILLARD's METHODS.
The Magic Spell She Cast Over He
Audiences.


writer in the Christian Endeavor
World relates this incident in the life
of Miss willard:
1t was a university town, and Miss
Willard had consented to speak on the
only evening at her command in the
largest available church. 1t so happened.
however, that. some weeks before. the
students of the university had engaged
the church for that evening for a
Shakespearean reading. for which they
had been making elaborate preparations.
The Temperance Union women tried to
persuade them. to change their entertain
ment to some other date. but they were
unwilling to do so. and some bad feeling
was aroused in consequence. Miss VIII
lard was then comparatively unknown
and the students felt affronted by the
effort to get them TO change their plans
and give the right of way TO a temper
ance crank
AT last it was arranged for the Shak-
spearean reading to come off as expect
ed, only shortened somewhat. and that
Miss Willard should then have an OPP
portunity to speak to the same audience
Many of the students yielded to the
proposition with little grace, and were
determined to express disapproyal. as
students can, when the lecture should
begin.
The elOcutionist himself. feeling that
he was being thrust into a corner made
several iIl-natured illusions to what
would fellow after he was through.
The friends of Miss Willard sat with
no little apprehension through the read
ing, but she remained calm and self
possessed as If no storm was brewing.
When the time came for her address.
and she was introduced by the pastor
Of the church. with quiet dignity she
stepped to the platform. and in a voice
clear and musical. with a distinctness
and power far surprising that of the
professional elOcutionst who had pre-
coded her, began:
And what else said the myriad-mind
ed Shakespeare? %. thou invisible spir-
it of wine, II thou hast no name 10 be
known by, let US call thee devil
Never did an orator capture an audi
ence more suddenly or more completely.
In an instant the silence was almost
deathless. Not another aiiusiOn was
made to Shakespeare, and not word
about the embarrassing circumstances.
But so gracefully was the transition
made from the subject the audience
had been thinking about TO that which
filed her soul. so calmly did the speaker
face the situation and speedily become
master of It, that not Ii ripple of disap-
proba ton was heard. Her magnetic per-
sonality cast a spell over the large au-
dience of students and with character
istic gallantry they acknowledged their
defeat and declared allegiance TO the
conqueror.
For nearly an hour Miss Willard held
that audience with a thrilling eloquence
which. ! am sure, even she rarely sur
passed. She seemed to recognize her OPP
pOrtunity. Few in that audience saw as
she did. the demon in the wine cup, and
with a tender eageTness and magnetic
power she pleaded with those young men
and women as for their lives.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Mar TnX en- Club Women.

1.-The proposed war tax on clubwomen
has pleased a great many men. and dis
pleased a great many women says a
prominent clubwoman. we are willing
and anxious to do what we cam, she
added. but we do not appreciate the
cleverness of the long-headed politicians
in imposing a tax upon us because we
dare do things ours grandmothers did
not. This is certainly an added taxa
ton without representation. and | doubt
not that the hundreds of thousands of
clubwomen throughout the country will
resent il. 1t is not necessary to tax us
to aid the country during war We want
to aid t.. and will do all that lies in our
power"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Is SPAIN RUNNING CUBA.
Great Fires Continue To he seen
Along the Coast.

Key West. April 25.-There are fires on
the line OF the Cuban coast as far along
as the American ships have patroiled.
Large areas are apparently covered by
each confagration.
The smoke rises sometimes in great
white clouds. Sometimes in dense black
columns.
The fires are so far inland that il is
impossible TO tell what is burning. but.
as the woods and fields are very dry this
season of the year. the probability is that
they have caught fire. although they may
have been lighted by the Cuban insur-
gents or the Spaniards for purposes of
their own.
1t has been surmised that the Spauiards
have already begun To burn all Cuban
towns in anticipation of defeat or for re-
Venge aEinst the insurgents. but there is
no way in which To learn positively
whether such is the case
However. as the country has been pretty
well devastated by the Spani1rds in the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
WIVES SHOULDN'T BE MENIALs
A Conjueal Lesson. Portrayed fn
Suit for Divorce.

sun tYT .DiNOTce.
Among the applicants for divorce In
the Kansas City courts last week was q
woman who told a pitiful story of tho
Sights and indignities, she had endured
at the hands of her husband. The offend
er in this case seems to have been pro-
foundly skilled in all the sins of omis-
sion and of commission that are effect
i've in causing the course of conjugal love
to turn aside from a smooth AMI even
channel and seek a rough and tortuous
way.
The court would not allow to the unfor-
the occasions on which her recreant liege
had tarried away from home with ribald
companions until dinner was cold and
spoiled: of his devilish ingenuity in an
noying his wife by keeping her waiting
when she wanted to get luncheon over
and the dishes washed. to be in time for
the meeting of her club; of the sarcastic
illusions which her tormentor constant
ly leveled at her diligent investigation of
the encyclopedia i'm the preparation of
her papers, to be read before the socie-
ties with which up-to-dase women asso
ciate themselves, for the purpose of
keeping pace with their husbands; of
the jibes and jeers which she had en-
dured in the attempt to invest herself in
raiment that would enhance her charms
and be well-pleasing in the sight of her
captious spouse; and. more cruel than
all. the lack of praise or the bestowal of
off mt Vx-hi r IN
had been crowed all the pride of a loyal
heart and the earnest intentions of in
experienced hands.
These injuries. oft endured, constituted
in the opinion of the just and humane
judge a full and sufficient cause for sep
aration. but one feature of the testimo-
ny offered by the petitioner appears TO
Indicate that she herself is not wholly
blameIess for the humiliation which she
has been called upon to endure. The
admission was made in the open court
by the ill-used wife that she was in the
habit of cleaning and backing her hus-
bands boots. That of itself must have
gone long way toward dethroning her
in the affections of the man who had
sworn to pro,ect and honor her. No man
can be expected to hold in high esteem
a woman who will consent TO perform for
him mental service. This same wife
will probably be ready TO acknowledge
that she would have entertained a more
hearty contempt Tor her former hus-
band than she now feels had he taken
upon himself the task of cleaning her
shoes. The rule works both ways.
In matrimony. as in all of the other
relations of life those people fare the
hes; who require the most. That IL
thoroughly understood by all shrewd
women. and no wife is so perpctually
coddled and humored as she who early
perfects herself in the art OF pink and
white tyranny. The women who wear
the fine cothes, who live in ease. who
neither toll nor spin. who travel when
they like. who keep the house full of
help. are the idols Of their husbands
who have been. in manifold cases. the
oppressors of former wives. who wore
themselves out trying 10 scrimp and save
AMI be helpmate to the ungrateful crea-
lures. who forgot them before they hau
been in their graves n week.