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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
sings without an Audience.

Miss Estella Louise Mann, of New York
CITY. earns a good living by singing into
the reverberating hollow tubes of a phon-
ograph. Hers is one of the few feminine
voices which have ever made a success
full record for the photograph or graphic
phone Her voice is powerful and her
enunciation distinct and clear or she could
not have remained in the business. TO
sing without an audience is not very in
spiring, but Miss Mann says she knows
in reality that the world is her audience,
SO when she takes her stand before her
monograph every morning she simply
ina ines that she has the world at her
feet. and that helps her to expend her
best effort. She is daughter or e. FL.
Mann. assistant superintendent of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pauy. and a graduate of the Cincinnati
Musical College. Her songs from her
records" can be heard from twenty TO
forty feet from any goOd-sized phono-
graph.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
NinlcfN md Roses.

A physician said not long ago that IL
more women would have some sort of "a
garden i'm which to dig and plant. they
would have better health. The out-of-
door life and the mental rest in caring
for flowers is one of the best of tonics.
Nothing is more satisfactory than a
violet house. ard violet cultivation is an
easy matter. requiring but little time if
one knows how TO manage. First of all
choose a place on a sloping bank open &c
the south IL the house is not too muci:
shaded good place is close against the
outside wall of the cellar. 1t is good
thing to have a window open into the
violet garden. Dig out about two feet
of earth. set in four strong posts and
brace them firmly. Those against the
house should be twelve or fourteen inches
higher than those at the front. glazed
frame should cover these posts. the
best sort of earth is made from sand ant.
decayed wood. or leaf mold from the
woods. because this is the natural SOIL
for violets.
The plants may be put out early IN
Summer and allowed to grow to far
size. Then they are taken up, the run
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
,,ay Her Kind Decrease

A certain beautiful woman who lives IN Ndn
Francisco POSSESSES extraordinary facility IN ut
tering unpleasant truths 10 her friends, with the
most sweetlv unconscious smile mag in'tbe- say
the News Letter She has a fondneSs for enter
tanning which amounts 20 a perfect mania. ant
her friends say that none Of her parties Is sue
ces unless at least one OF her guests IS mo5tilly
Offended.
Just before Lent there was some sort OF d"iHsS
at her house There advanced to greet the hostess
one of the old girls Of society. WHO had long
since abandoned birthdays and all such med aesal
ohsqrvances To her the hostess made one OF
her Characteristic speeches with her customary ar
OF cultivated graciOusness.
ssWhy nv dear Miss Blank. Said the hostess,
With delicious candor what Is the matter
Have Won been i'll? You look at least ten years
older than when ! YOU last.
The guest was speeehless with surprise and ch1g-
rim anil there was general lifting OF eyebrows
Ned Creenway. who always tries TO make every
one feel at ease. and who had overheard the tuN
mas took three steps to the front.
Miss Blank has made herself 80 indispensable.
said the society leader, with rare tact. that
every time she il absent from a function u
seems ten wears since last we saw her!
Then he gave his arm 10 the spInSter. and they
made a tour Of the rooms. narrdtIng % everyone
the remark which had greeted the guest There
was a universal comment. 49,.
Il know who said that-Our gracious hostess!
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21

aparrmeut. Alas. Such consideration
and gentiiity is not characteristic OF Oai
generation. and illness of all kinds Il
referred 10 ad Hbitum- Nothing could
be more distressing than TN" pcrnlclov4
habit Of complaining about that and th.-
had trait OF servants-their virtues u
they possess any are never touched up
on II is n lamentable fact that most
women are aggressive with servants.
and they are constantly looking Tor theit
weaknesses. The subject OF domeSueS
might be considered to the advantage
of both housekeeperS and servants
PhiIanthropic women might Tor exam
ME. start an organization similar TO thr
one in Germany under the guidance OF
E,n,Dress Augusta Victoria. Last year
tho empress found in Germany IL ser
wants women. 10 whom she gave the
golden servants cross for having lived
forty wears with one family. In a new
country ike ours the term OF years
might be placed lower. say ten years
From earliest infancy human beings
strive for rewards of merit in all chan
nels of life from a blue ticket for good
conduct in Sunday school to the Legion
of Honor or its equivalent. To achieve
a medal of any kind fills the soul OF It's
uossessor with something akin To eNaI-
tation. and it is more than probable that
we would have far better and more con
scientious domestics in America II We
were to offer them a gold cross as
badge Of honor for faithful service
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21

A large portion of the kid gloves of the
season match. in pronounced cOiorlng.
all the bright and SNOWY effects III
spring sowning The new dyes are III
conner shades both light and dark
very odd Egyp ian red. a vivid purple.
several tints of green. grading from
very dark laurel to brightest sOrrei
and brass shades. mahogany. deep or
anpe yellow. iris blue. blood orange
and a dark red shade of tan These
are all aggressive and conspicuous out
there is fortunately "a choice, ana only
those who fancy such "a range OF novel
ties (which are uudeniably fashionable
like many other ultra creations OF the
SEASON., need choose them Tor their
wear. for the stores are also reolett
with the quietest and Drettiest sort OF
standard shades in gloves Of both dress
ed kid-stylss which are selected year
after wear by class of conservative
women. Tho never think of tollowinS
La Mode in any of her extreme MOODS
but who vet invariably appear as WON
en- most elegantly and fashionabiy at
tired.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21

BY merely sending your name and adj
dress to the Hazeline Co. South Bend,
Ind, they will send 10 you prepaid trial
package of a remedy that will quickly
restore a sick respondent woman To per
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nor a bad tasting worthless liquid but d
remedy that is placed where trouble Is
and has an immediate action and effect
upon the painful and diseased parts
1t is easy 10 say: try Hazeline and it
will cure you but sick. despairing wO-
man needs more encouragement than any
thing which d newspaper can print as
news. And il is therefore proper 10 re-
fer to the hundreds of ladies who are
now bTight-eyed. happy. Vivacious as a
result Of having tested HaZeline by means
of the free trial package which the Hazel
ire Company generously distribute
Ia Mcpherson. Kansas. II cured iady
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bar suffering was so intense that she
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
Most Grewsome of All Parisian Fads

The very latest fad of Partisan women
! is TO carry a purse or card case made
from the skin Of a deceased friend Shop
windows show novelties made of tanned
human skin. The skin differs from the
tanned hide of other animals only in its
being very finely grained Of more deli
cate texture and unusually soft and pill
able. 1t is stained a peculiar shade of
green. resembling a piece of fine kid.
Unable satisfactorily to explain this
strange new cruel within of womanhood.
the Gossip suggests that it may possibly
have originated in the following curious
experience Of NJ. Camille Flammarion.
the celebrated French astronomer Sew
erai years ago, upon some beautiful
starry night. when he was searching the
skies at his Paris observatory. a small
party of distinguished visitors was an
nounced. Two foreign ambassadors who
We're Just accompanying a lady relative
To ball, allured by the heavens bright
luminaries, hit upon the idea of calling
upon the savant at his astronomical
workshop. With his accustomed cour-
tesy. Flammarion placed his powerful
telescopes at their disposal Himself
bestowing his attention upon the young
iduN- III explaining 10 IitI the surface OF
the planet Mars. he was suddenly en-
tranced by the peerless beauty of his
nearer. whose cloak had fallen from her
shoulders while listening To the inimta-
BILE charm Of the astronomers descrip
ton of the sidereal object upon which
her eyes were fixed. Her neck and arms
were Of such dazzling wilderness that her
admirinG teacher could not refrain from
remarkng that never in his life had he
lady smiled and soon withdrew with her
cavaliers. Poor Flammarion never
her azure veins. her alabaster skin"
again. Some short time since he
surprised by the news of the lady's death
and the information that she had be-
aueathed to him the skin of her a SOU
venir under the condition of having one
of his volumes bound in it. Now copy
Of his Heaven and Earth is bound in
her skin.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
4 Nutshell sermon.

The depression natural TO the heart of
some women is proverbial. They cry it'll
in themselves. My soul refuseth to be
comforted. woman is like a thermOm-
eter-up or down in spirits; now full of joy
or else heartbroken.
girl of twenty-five took her life the
other day because she was depressed
heart broken because her lover, so she
thought had forsaken her.
What are our feelings but creations OF
morbid imagination. There is a class OF
women who Hive butterfly lives. craving
pleasure ethereal. A smile. a word, ia
vor with little or no meaning behind it,.
living most of her life on shadow and
dreams. What is cure for these de-
pressed ones?
Look up see the real things, worthy of
attention. Cod is Love and Truth and
Virtue Live in God in the sunlight of
His everlasting love. resting in His arms,
i'm that highest plane which He intended
for His loved ones.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
An Inventor aud Benefactor.

Miss Jennie Wertheimer. young wo-
man Of Cincinnati, Ohio. can now retire
from business with a small fortune at
her disposal Three years ago she con-
ceived scheme for making commercial
paper which would prevent amounts
from being raised on checks or names be-
ing forged. and she succeeded so well
that her paper is already We'll known.
From the top Of the note to the blank
for the name Of the payee this paper has
the usual thickness. but below the name
il gradually grows thinner, until IT is as
transparent as tissue paper. II the
amount written in has been raised, or If
chemicals have been used, or any changes
made i'm the original draft, this may be
discovered. Immediately by holding the
paper To the light Miss Wertheimer
placed the matter i'm the hands of an at
torney i'm Cincinnati. who procured for
her an offer from Il New York firm to
sell her entire patent to them for $4,000
cash and attorneys fees, and she agreed
TO their proposal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21

cured her so she Is now healthy and
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21

The German empress has been obliged to pro
test against too open demonstrations from her
subjects in public. Women who have been in the
habit OF throwing her flowers as she drove by
have sometimes inflicted uncomfortable wounds,
the wires about the flowers scratching her face
There were only two things to be done-cither
the enthusiasm of the women must he suppressed
or their skill in throwing flowers cultivated
Schools for polite throwing of flowers might have
been established There are schools for almost
everything else do from dancing. speaking.
breathing to thinking: from making proper APP
proacles and salutations to beating proper re-
treats \ child r. even taught how to kiss prop
erly so as not 10 bump against the face or be
awkward or uncomfortably ardent in its deEl-
onstraton. But an accurate and sure aim. so
that dangerous results might he avoided and
proper enthusiasm expressed was recognized. no
doubt as living beyond the possibilities of the
average Woman with missiles of good Will in her
hands. At any rate. il was thought better TO sup
press rather than to cultivate her which. all
things considered, we'll
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
Those DuIcet siIvery Tones.

Voice is habit IL is Influenced by
pernetual mimicry. Therefore it would
~, well worth while to make girl
talk with Sco-chwomen or Frenchwom-
en-. if constant checking proved unavail-
ing to stop the scraping Of the chords.
Maternal perseverance is able to con
otIer mere faults Of phrasing in a child.
Like you did may be cured after
three wears Of s.eady work. and case
of The idea-r Of i'm four. Why. then.
should not a habit of the voice be treat
ed? Yet nobody thinks Of it, Some
mains would certainly be taken to I'M
N-rap the sounds OF the instruments oi
tho orchestra and TO set free the music
of their notes. il he thing were posi-
HE The huSk Of noise that surrounds
tho notes Of brass wind instruments II.
Ia some ears. all but intolerable; ana
the wood instruments have their share
irritating. if not so distracting and des-
nerate. one listeus to a TannhauSer
chorus blessing the music and eNecrat-
imp m. noise This seems to be ire
Inediable. But the aduiteratinG noise
of the female voice can and should be
abolished. We cannot teach the trum-
net the trombone the flute or the
haurbois another habit; but We surely
would il we could
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
wedding Presents.

Af.er-dinner coffee cups of silver are
conspicuous among the wedding presents
which are being showered upon the
brides-to-bc. Some Of these little luxu-
ries are of fantastic shape, fancifully
chased and lined with gold; others are
very plain. narrow silver beading
and stiff. angular handle being the ex
tent of ornamentation. Fluted sau-
GERS. like shells are rather pretty. and
with these the cups have fluted edges.
which look like Elzabethan ruffles.
The fancy for silver coffee cups has
extended beyond the magic circles Of
millionaires. and one can buy six cups
and saucerS with tray and coffee
not of chaste design for a sum out OF
all proportion to the air of luxury
which they give the dinner table when
brought i'm at dessert OF course these
inexpensive SEES are made of triple-plate.
washed with silver. but in these days o.
fabulous wealth it is whispered many
of the rich and great use triple-platc
rather than tempt their servants or live
always in fear Of burglars.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
Her spIendor Grows.

Formerly. when the world was young
4 ladv.s maid who had graduated from an
English ducaI establishment or a French
chateau could shed quite radiance enough
,non the social career of any grand iady
and prove an open sesame 20 the world
which has money To burn. Then. IN time
a private secretary was added To one
household and the radiance and the spien-
dor grew. Now. however things are quite
different. and among your personal pos
sessions. which YOU keep near you wheh
NJ home and when YOU travel carry with
Won like your luggage. you must number
in addition to the maid and the secretary
a musician in regular standing ana Il
French professor
Thus il has been decreed by the queens
of American society that. like the queens
Who truly sit upon thrones. holding scep-
tors in their hands. they must be sur
rounded bv a body-gudrd. Queen Victoria
has her two East Indian attendants IN
nicturesaua dress who are constantly
within call. and ConsuelO. Duchess OF
Marlborough. has an endless number OF
vassaIs but only one constant attendant
the Nubian boy picked up on her travels
Pint it is in America that the new fash
ion originates.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
ro.; inf Female Df.cu.sioE.

Men complain constantly that where
a number of women are gathered tOgeth-
err their conversation consists chiefly OF
fashions. illness and servants All top
les can be discussed to the advantage
of human kind at the proper time But
wise women blessed with merely the aV-
erage amount Of observation will dis
cover that men are always w0efully Dor
ed when such subjects are discussed be-
fore them Fashions should be consid-
cred. for IL is every woman's duty to
her fellow-men to look as well as she
can. Women interpret themselves by
their attire, and serious attention SHOULD
be given to IA wardrobe
Such matters. however, should never
he discussed before men, nor. in fact.
before women. Leave the subject oil
dress to the modiste. Men and women
of the old school deemed il great
breach of etiquette to more than sug-
gest the subject of illness. and children
who dared to mention pain at the dining
table were summarily sent from the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
Women and Municipal Government

There was an unusually large atien-
dance at the monthly meeting of the
Brooklyn Womans Suffrage Association,
held at its rooms. in that city, yesterday
afternoon. The subject for the day was
Municipal Government" and the pro-
gram was in charge of Mrs. Ellen y.
Scrimgeour.
s l. Woodhouse of the Brooklyn Young
Republican Club was the first speaker,
his topic being American Cities: Their
Perils and Their Hopes" He said; There
is something more absorbing at present
than municipal governmental stand self
poised as nation. supporting Presl-
dent who is the most courageous and far
sighted man we could choose. Let us
avoid war if we can. but if we cannot.
let US enter into ii with our conscience
and ability recognized by God and man.
Mr. Woodhouse cited unrestricted immi-
grafton as the greatest danger of the
American city. and mentioned the homes
and public schools as its greatest hope.
An informal discussion followed, led by
Mrs Scrimgeour. and taken part in by
Mrs Noah Chapman, Mrs. Hart and Mrs.
A J. Perry.
Mrs Corneiia X. Hood, the president
of the association. in speaking of the
present WIN spBd'hif 80
fragists stand first for justice; the equal
ity of the human soul that permits each
one to enjoy life. liberty and happiness
The opponents of suffrage say that wo-
men should not vote. because they cannot
fight-no bullet, no ballot-and that few
women can take part in war. Facts set
aside arguments. however, and the fact
should now be recognized that the only
department of the United States Govern
;.I, I,oS at
doing active service is the department in
charge of a woman]argely composed of
women-the noble, efficient Red Cross So
nin
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-21
DER YOUNG 70 MARRY YET.
GIrIhood should he Preserved Until
soIid Sense Is Founded

There is much talk in the press Of Eu-
rope about the marriage of the young
Queen of Holland. 1t is said that she
does not wish 10 change her condition,
but purposes to rule alone. like Elizabeth
of England and Catherine of Russia; and
for this decision there is excellent reason
in the arrangement made for her. that if
she should become the mother of son
she shall vacate the throne in his favor
as soon as he comes of age, If the little
girl has already sufficient sense of the
charms of a career" to foreSee in her
teens how it must feel to become dis
crowned sovereign in the prime of her
years. she must take pattern from the
early hrmness of Elizabeth. who both in
her teens and her early twentieS" re-
fused several good offers on the ground
that by her faith and truth. and as God
heard her. she best liked the state she
was then in and was persuaded there
was no other comparable to ii, and so in
tended Ia continue
But why should poor child be leased
about marrying when she is only seven
teen? Queen Victoria. the type for all
time Of matron monarch, did not. COM
mentS the London Illustrated News
make her choice till she was nearly TWEEN
ty-one. Too early marriages are the
greatest possible mistake for girls. An
apple is no more ready to pluck as soon
as il is fully rounded on the tree than is
a girl To marry because she is womanly
of figure: "A period of ripening and mel
lowing Is vet needed DR. Matthews Dun
can proved years ago by elaborate statis-
tics that from twenty-five to twenty-five
was the best age for the safe and pros
porous entry into wOman's Kingdom OF
motherhood: and. as to the mind, every
mother and teacher Of growing girls
knows that there is period, somewhere
i'm the teens when the Sweet-natured
child has a period of ''cantankerousness.'
a time when she wants to go her own
way. and fails to appreciate LIES bene-
fits in actual possession period out OF
which the rieht-natuTed and well-trained
girl will pass into ripened and sweet wo-
manliness if patience be exercised to-
wards her but which should not Ice in
the hands of an inexperienced young hus-
band to deal with
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ners are clipped on leaving what is
called the crown which is the main root
These roots are placed in the cold frame
in September or October. They are care
fully shaded at first, and given only
enough sun to keep them in good health.
They should be watched carefully ana
the first buds that appear shouH ne
picked of When severe cold weather
comes pads or ma IS of straw ana canvas
should cover the glass. These cover
incs can be removed i'm mild weather.
In a few weeks perfect blossoms will
come. and one can have violets All
Winter