Evening star., 1898-08-06

''The straw hat after all, is the hat that
expresses more of the character of men
and women than any or, indeed, all others,
remarked a philosophical observer to a
Star reporter Somehow the individuality
OF the wearer shows itself more in the
straw hat. The careless man or woman is
bound TO show il, just as the tidy and prim
does by the kind of hat they wear. This
has always been the rule, and this sum-
mers hats are no exception. The digni-
fed man wears digniiied hat and a hat
that stays dfgnifed. The fop has his nice
little jaunty hat with its red, brown
blue band. He never wears a black band,
and the enthusiastic man and woman find
the straw hat just the vehicle to display
their red. white and blue colors. The war
with Spain, OF course, is the cause for so
much red white and blue in the way of
hat trimmings. and it is a nice way TO
show patriotism without appearing to do
so The widower never shows his desire
to be of the world again palmer than he
does with his straw hat The clerical gen
tleman and the student of theology or scho-
lastic somehow picks out hat that marks
his calling and ambition to certainty, so
that who sees it can by any possi-
bility make mistake. The politician, the
barkeeper. the prize fighter and the would
be sport are inStinctively marked by
their straw mats as II tney wore q
their coats indicating their professions
The retired politician, the eX-congressman
who is out of Congress temporarily, and Is
kept in Washington attending TO some mat
ters for some friends, gives himself away
completely by his hat. as do the cardplayer
and the follower of horse races. The pic
Eic and excursion man or woman or the
summer man or girl has hat which shows
it. Even the members of the diplomatic
corps are recognized by their hats. Some
of these are new hats and others have done
service for a couple of seasons. EX-Secre-
tary Sherman wears the same hat he has
worn for three or four summers. Secre-
tary Alger although he has a war on
his hands. does not betray it in his hat
though the same cannot be said of Secre-
tary Long The Secretary of Agriculture
does not farmers hat by any means.
nor does the Attorney General wear a hat
indicating the great responsibility that
rests upon him; but they neat and
wsll-shaped hats, looking more like those
that bankers and brokers wear. The in
surance men have a strictly insurance hat,
showing that they deal in risks; and some
of them appear to be running some risk in
wearing it, The departmental clerk wears
all kinds and styles of hat, but there is a
something about it that shows discipline
and regularity of hours of working. it mat
ters not what color it is or how it is trim
med There are, of course, some excep-
tiOns to all of this but the exceptions are
very much fewer than person might sup
pose. as little observation will convince
any one
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Physicians are not all agreed on the
treatment for snake bites" explained
leading physicians to a Star reporter, "and
especially as To administering unlimited
draughts of whisky to the person suffer-
ing from the bite The fact of the matter
Is that though there is very general dread
Of the bite OF snake, there are few, very
few. persons ever bitten by them In a
practice extending over thirty years seven
years of which was in the country district
l have had but three snake bites 10 atte,d
10. and in one of them l was not entirely
sure that it was a snake bite at all. The
three cases L had I cauterized the flesh
with nitrate of silver. Any other strong
caustic would probably have done as we'll
but the nitrate of silver or lunar caustfc
was handy | gave whisky in small guam
titles. but at frequent intervals / know
there is a very general impression in ex-
lstence that whisky should be simply
poured down the bitten person a half mint
or SO al a time, the theory being that the
poison from a snake neutraIizes the effects
that whisky ordinarily causes. l am free
20 say that L would not dare to give per-
son pint of whisky under any crcum-
stances. and would not feel safe in giving
a child as much a quarter of pint
Tablespoon doses. given at intervals of a
hdlf hour for two three hours will be
all that IS needed. though in cases where
the person used stimuants frequently l
would not be SO careful about for a large
quantity might not Go them any harm.
feel sure. however, that haIf-piut drinks
of whisky liable TO do more harm than
q snake bite. 1t is much safer in NV iudg-
Inent, 10 administer the whisky hypoder-
1nically- The effect is produced much
quicker and more satisfactorily"
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Capt Frank ". Crosby, writing to a
Star reporter from Turin. Switzerland
says: Americans never held I'D their
leads in Europe as they do now. I walk
SO erect as TO lean slightly backward. OF
course. II is all because of Dewey's- and
Schley's Victories. This old world has
walked up to the fact that there is a giant
IN the west to be reckoned with hereafter
Ihe mightiest power here Will think twice
DeIore measuring strength with Uncle
sam EnperOrS, czarS and kings aaya
been taught a lesson. The sympatbics of
the common people here are with us bDt
lne driSJocratS would like TO seq Snaip ,-;o
torious. l can say this after a ratbar ex
tenslve tour through France, ItaIy and
SWltzerland-Washingt is the focus the
pohtical hub Of the world and moro y
..eard OF II Just row than of all the cities
In the World 0,'-e'
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Shoruy after the death of Sir Edward
Burne-Jones. the English artist, a we'll
known Washington man was talking in a
party Oh the time that Sir Edward appeared
as witness in the famous suit brought hv
whistler against Ruskin for libel.
Il remember he said, the Joke on an
Enghsh commission appointed to buy a
genuine Titan for the benefit OF students
studying cclor and cClorng Some oues-
ton arose as to the comparison of a
Whistler picture with a Titan. when Raror
HuGdleston said the Titan would have 20
be genuine Mr.. Bowen said he could prove
II Which reminded the baron of the story
o. INC commission, which was great a
JOKE that even the court laughed 1t seems
that the commission, with ali its general
kne Wedge Of art and of it's particular
kLoWledSe as to what was a genuine
1iuan, bought the picture for a large sum
ana when Trey proceeded TO rub the pic
ture down 10 learn what the finish was. a
red surface was discovered. and they
thought beneath this lay the secret bur
on removing it they found an Old portrait
OF George III"
Everybody laughed except the heroine of
this tale.
Why she said innocently, 'I don't see
Inuch OF a joke in that Artists paint over
other pictures very often. don't they and
why shouldn't Titan have pain,aJ o,-ar