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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

up In Pennsylvania. the aunt Of a swagger
youth In the State Department. lis knitting
lovely pair Of Ted wooden mittens for
you. You must be sure 10 have them on
when grandma arrives in Washington
Which Will be a few days after New Year"
Signs of the season
IL Is TO he observed at this season. in al
clifton that the washer lady l. bringing
back the clothes even ahead Of time. in
stead OF being a. during the ma ior portion
OF the War, about three days overdue With
them Likewise. there is Il new note ~
Difference Fl the manner of the STOP and
ASH gem .emau. The Colored boy who brings
the groceries to the basement door IS dis
posed 1" tsisrr In order To show thar he IS
shlNriing Tor the need Of an overclat-fnr
OBVIOUS reasons he l. not wearing the Did
one which he possesses. Th. cook afr..
iahti-s, H. positively throwing hauaspriug>
ana sonierssults In her efforts 20 get m.
dihntr on the table IN schedule lime and
the boy who delivers the paper docs NOS
siam the same aEa3ns. the 'front.' door with
a ehug, bat rings tho basement door barl
by way Of notification
sure enough there is "A tonic in tho Yuia
season that rcgenerateS tho world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
She Didn't larry Long.

FIom TII-BIts.
Mamma Go little daughter)-''Well. how
does my little girl like her new governess -
Little Daughter-"Oh, [ think she's real
nice. She says that 1 am a very pretty
little girl, and that papa is just the incest
and handsomest man she ever knew"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

grande dame of Philadelphia whose hus-
band had said to her: You must go
abroad Go, live in Paris, carry on there
as you please. But if you return to Phila-
delphia. l shall certainly divorce you"
There was an older dame there, too. one of
whose letters went astray one day, was
surprise. .Ma s-i Respe beet q the
the divorce obtained by your husband
1t was from a firm of lawyers up
in Boston. And there was a charming lit
tie Portuguese countess. living to the out
ward eye most irrepTOachably, and yet the
naughtiest one of the whole lot. The Por-
tuguese law does not grant divorce. so she
was passing the time till she could be nat
uralized French.
Mrs. x spoke Of these others kindly,
feeling for them. 81 do not judge" was
her oftenest expressed sentiment. Then
let US not judge her. But it may be per
mitted to look at such a life, so changed.
so typical of the American colony. Her
mornings. when she went out. We're spent
shopping, loading up with trihcs. Her af-
ternoonS-wheu she went out-were taken
UP with teas. When she stayed inland
often she stayed in all day-it was because
il raiued. because the world seemed very
gloomy. because she was 50 tired of seeing
every one she knew in Paris. This is an
other mark of the life Of the colony. to
have 50 few acquaintance who care for
ycu that YOU become fatigued and period
!cdlly cease 10 care for them
Fall Back on Teas.
WI A. Itli DICK on teas, as every
woman Of the colony must needs do if she
be not Very rich indeed. Teas hold this
unreal, makeshift, temporary. non-com-
initial Franco-American society together.
At home we may look on these perfumed,
piuk-lit chattering rendezvous of the
cleaning as something futile In Paris
strong men, full of plans, intrigue for in
vitatioHs to them like 50 many girls, keep
their day books as seriously as dowa-
gers, and sniff the aroma Of the samovar
like dcvotees. Teas. Inexpensive. generous
teas, they link these lonely uitlanders to-
gether. loosely it may be. but still suffi-
cently. For who would be too closely
Iinked-in the American colony?
Like every other. Mrs Y set up her
day" No little limited-eXpense art stu
dent, no scheming Observation-Disclosures
daughters. misery old maid intent on
music, il too poor or unacquainted to set
up her day" She may write "Wednes-
day on her card. or The first Tuesday of
each month: she wills, from 3 to g. or
- to T." and people come or stay away.
But she has her day" Mrs. X ordered
sandwiches Of tongue and pate de fol gras,
little cakes and Candied chestnuts from the
patissere around the corner, got in Malaga
and port at 81 cents the quart and set up
her FURNISHED copper kettle
A Mixed Gathering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Thinks He Is so Foxy.

"Why, look a-here," says-at this season
| the young man to the "one" girl. with a
| clumsy effort at impersonality. I notice
a lot Of the girls are wearing muffs again.
| Sort of a revival. isn't it?"
Hes going to get me a mur," says the
| ''one" girl to herself.
| Well, they are displaying some awfully
stylish ones this year she says aloud.
BY jing. she wants one all right can
see that says the young man to himself.
Girl looks kind o nice with a mUff
don't you think?' he says aloud.
They re just as becoming as they can
Il don't know whether Ia rather see a
| girl with one Of these big chinchilla muffS.
| or with one of the small. collapsbIe seal
| skin affairs. Matter Of taste, l sPose?"
| We'll. the big chinchilia ones are the
more fashionable this year, l believe. Ag
mes Richpa has one that is perfectly love-
BY Jove, III have to see Agnes and have
| man to himself.
Noticed one of those sealsl<in nuffs in
| furriers window the other day. Pretty
! swagger looking thing. Had a small ami
| mails head in the middle of it, and tails
| hanging down, and all that sort of -"
| Yes, but the chinchilla ones are SO much
| prettier, don't you Think"
Yes, think myself"
| Il just won't do thing but surprise her
| when l present her with one of those chin
| chilla muffs, will T. muses. the young man
| on his way home.
| The man who thinks himself the foxiest
| around the Christmas season is only the
| most elephantine-
Pas Slippers.
| 81 saw a fine-looking elderly man on the
| car today, but he had the awfullest big
| feet" exclaimed the young woman of the
| family, when the hanging lamp was lit
| He must have worn No. Is shoes, or some
| thing like that. Isn't that an unusually
big size. pa?"
| We'll, yes, rather" replies the head Of
| the family. Maybe he went barefoot
| good deal when he was a boy"
| What is the average size of the shoes
worn by men-what size do you wear, for
| instance. PAP"
| ''oh, eight and halfs about the average
| siZe-thats my size, any way, and I'm
| just about average size
| We'll. I'm going 10 get a new pair of
| slippers out of the shuttle. anyhow, and
1 need EN-, too muses. the head of the
| household as he resumes his paper.
| Il just can't hold it in any longer!" said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Twas Mean to Tell,

This is the glad anticipatory season, when
the young ladies endeayor to wheedle each
other into telling what mutual friends are
going to give them for Christmas. CONVEX
sation overheard in an electric car the
other afternoon between two beautiful
young shopping creatures:
Please tell me what Etheldreda is going
to give mo-please
''Oh, l can't. Promised not to-
But those are not really-and- truly prom
ises, you know. And m just dying to find
out-peasc!
well, I haven't seen 1t yet. but-now,
really. L don't think 1 ought to tell; do
your"
But I'll simply perish if you don't, Sup
posing she Is going to give me something
that-now, tell me. do,''
We'll, then. she's making you just the
loveliest couch pilIoWi'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
A R NO TIE

On Monday next an exhibition IF tho
work Of Mr.. Lucien Powell will be openad
III the galleries of the Society of Washing
ton Artists, 1920 Connecticut avenue ia
continue for the remainder of the week
Inc pictures shown will comprise almost
all the recent work of Mr. Powell and a
NUMBER OF his canvases loaned nv Mrs
j. b. Henderson, Mrs Gen. Griers Mrs.
Charies Sprague of Boston. Cant. Tanner
ana others. OF late the artist, thanks tn
Mrs Henderson, has been placed in q mo-
Sitioh almost beyond all worry of mundane
aHaifS. ana left free to give his undivided
tiihe ana attention to his art and to de-
Veiop his IDEAS with either elaboratenass
or simplicity just as he wished He has
produced a quantity of work in every way
superior to that by which he is known
throughout the city. Dash, which occa siop
aliy desenerated into splashiness, was for
merry sometimes apparent in the treatment
OF MS Venetian motives. but all thar has
now given place to a breadth which is en-
tireIE unconscious and seems concerned not
at all with technicalities bur sin,n,y with
the conception. His recent pictnras arc
composed almost wholly of Venetian s,,b-
Jects. and are essentially festivals of coIor
and studies of that glow said TO distin-
suish the atmosphere of the Bride of tbe
Sea-. in which the light, Thoroughly DIE
fused and broken into little prismatic sba rts
OIL varying hue, seems to come from ali
points at once and literally saturate canal
shy, gohdolas and buildings. His ideal con.
stahtiy approaches the standard of Turner
OF whom Ruskin said, He went To ~
cataract for its iris, to the CONFEDERATION for
It's names, asked of the sea its intensast
azure OF the sky its clearest gold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Mr.. Victor Fischer has Just added some
very important canvases to his collection
among which the first place would prob
ably be accorded to splendid example of
Rembrandt. 1t Is portrait of rather an
uninterestins type of woman arrayed in the
full glory Of q court costume. The art
displayed In the rendition of the costume
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

mother, who permitted me to spend long
evenings IN her fire-lit sitting room while
smoking cigarettes. Bessie was busy with
her letters in corner. BesSie's mother and
I sat chatting Monte Carlo "reminiscences.
At last the girl came with her letters to
the fire Without ado, just as an ordinary
act. she dumped the whole lot of them into
the dancing flames. How letters do ac-
cumulate" she remarked. simply. Il think
it's better to burn them than to carry them
about when one is travelling" We thought
so too. Bessie. put your necklace on,
her mother coaxed her. Bessie put the
necklace on: and this is how she spent last
lrL - M ,nt.r in Iii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
4 Real Sherlock Holmes.

But what are you going to give me? 81
some men grinningly and tantalizingly ask
their wives around this season.
Il am not going to tell you"
Pipe? I've got million pipes.''
It'll do you no good To-
Not cigars, my dear? (apprehensively)
Merciful heaven, not cigars? You know
what my doctor told me last year when
you-''
Never mind what the doctor said, you
ungrateful creature. | won't tell so there
Il can get another year out of that bath
robe, anyhow"
It's simply ridiculous for you to try to
pump
And I haven't worn that padded smok-
ing jacket you got me more than three
'Oh, you are such clever guesser, aren t
your"
''Oh. know what it is-new rug for the
bath ROOM
such mind reader,''
Those were pretty palms I saw YOU
looking at at the florists the other after
noon"
Lovely"
'If you're thinking of gloves, better let
me pick 'em--''
You are always so spectacularly sue
cessful when you buy things for yourself -
AS for that manicure set you pointed out
when we were walking down town the
other evening, why"
What was the matter with it7 Didn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
REPRESENTATIVE CoIonists.

Tt was in this same Fashionable Paris PEN
sion that Mrs. ". shall I say? of Chica-
go. spent, the same year. her third Christ
mas after being separated from her hus-
band. The pension held other separated
ones. There was the daughter of Phila-
delphian with a national reputation, a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
A Mixed Gathering.

Who came TO take tea with her-in her
boudoir, next door 70 her bed room? All
the separated" ladies of the pension, sew
eral young girls. with or without mothers
also Of the pension, who came to complain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Another decoration that was effective and
simple was the building Of a great open
fireplace at the back of the platform. II
was. Of course merely wood. with the
bricks represented by red ami white paint
but at a distance it looked what il pre-
tended to be. over the fireplace aud around
II We're Christmas greens. while at each
side of the mantel a large stocking was
hung The rest Of The platform was screen
ed with Dutied ferns ana palms. All the
room. except The front was darilrurl. and
promptly Al o'clock Santa Claus cam.
tumbl!ng down the chimney. He had mere
ly slid in from just behind the decorations
but he seemed To have come down th-
chimney. The children clappei their hands
IN delight as the old fellow rubbed his cyts
WITH a great appearance of amAZ.mrut at
their unexpected presence ami remained
with apparent reluctance TO distribute his
gifts, which were brought out by the Of
ncIai distributors from behind the scenes
as # from his sleigh. His assistants passed
about with the candy Will. the children
sang Christmas hymns 10 work of the su-
p-riluyuS excitement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Just Before Christmas.

The weird uncanny goodness of the small
boy at this season is an inevitable nantes
tation. Instead of spending the whole Sat-
urday on the vacant lot playing foot bail
and only coming into the house blowsy and
noisy for his meals. he is pretty liable to
put in goodly portion of the day in clean
Ing up the back yard for his mother and
IN stacking up great piles of kindling wood
against future needs. Instead Of perform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Inc exhibition of the Water Color C1ub
which will continue at the galleries until
MI Powell moves in," has been an nm
qualified success. There has never been anv
question as to its artistic success, as the
names catalogued in the list of member
ship preclude any possibility of a mediocre
show; but the history Of former exhibit
lions Is certainly discouraging from finan.
cial point of view. This year, however
not only has the number of pictures sold
Deen greater than usual, but the receipts
at the door have given fattering and So
isfactory evidence Of the popularity of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
at did you tell me fort"
SeasOnable Secrets.

Likewise. this is the season when the
man of the house is thrown into many
panics by the female members of his house
hold when he innocently goes for a hand
kerchief or some other necessary article
in the chiffonier or bureau drawers.
Goodness gracious me! Don't open that
drawer. Wait a minute. I'll get what you
want. Please go out of the room for a
moment There's something in there that
don't want you tot will be perfectly
shameful if you open that"
This is sort of composite of the talk
bestowed upon the man of the house when
he unconsciousy gets too near lurking
Christmas presents and it usually winds
up by his being incontinently thrust out of
the room until the presents can be secreted
somewhere else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

The salmagundi Club, enc of the two or
gantzations formed from the ranks of the
students OF the Corcoran School Of Art, will
hold costume sketch class every Tuesday
during the winter from to pm, and ex-
tends cordial invitation to ali art students
who wish to get the benefit of the excellent
model that will be furnished. Tuesday, De-
cember ID, Evangeiine will occupy the
model throne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Twas n Great Success.

And yet it was the gayest Christmas eve
that any of those people had enjoyed in
Paris. Other Christmas ewes there had been
dances. but they were the regulation hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

The severe illness of Mr.. Messer a Paxon
this summer threw him back much with
his work that he has been unable to send
anything TO the fall exhibitions. Now
however, he is hard at work again, and is
carrying along toward completion several
large canvases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Good Hints in Preparing for the Festi-
val.
How to Build a Fireplace for the En-.
trance of santa CInus-TabieauN
and Costumes


Written for The Evening Star
The closing Of school before the HOLIDAYS
when small entertainment is usually
given for the benefit Of the pupils. is an
occasion thar taxes the decorative fnra-
huity Of the persons Interested because So
Htt4e money can be- spent. \ Christmas
treat without something to suggest thar
II Is Christmas is as fiat as buokwh,.t.
cake without buckwheat
There is no need to despair. however. So,
long as cotton and hemlock and silver.
paper may be bought
committee OF ladies who had charf,, ..,
the decorating of a small western ,un,,a,.
school last year fitted up the platform from
Whleh the candies and prizes wer. dis,
uipu1'a to represent a winter scene F.
Iiie background they tackled M some dark
LItt paper muslin. This was studded win
mS pointed stars cut from silver u7r-r
Inc platform floor was covered with ..,-.-,
| Fah'f muslin made To present an uneven
| appearance by means OF Old Garnet I'M
"'.rCslN rolled under II. Rough logs re
| scattered about the ground Chrfs.Tll-
HerS wer" set about the scene. ana tr.y
! gre" the most delightful fruit an tn. shane
%! say y coIpred stars and dolls and ..flr-
gifts for distribution '.''-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

MT F. j. Fisher is in Lynchburg directing
an art exhibition that is now open in that
town. One of the galleries is devoted en-
tirely to old family portraits. of which the
majority, those Of more recent date, are,
curiously enough, Mr.. Fishers own handi,
work: Before he returns he intends to
complete number of canvases and is now
busy with sittings from several prominent
people in that vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Mr. Moser Is collaborating with Mr.. VIII
II. Chandlee for the forthcoming board of
trade dinner one of the most elaborate sets
of menus that have ever been done in this
city. Each one is individual, and decorated
with charming water color drawings Mr.
MoSer has several water colors well under
way, which he intends for the exhibition
of the American Water Color Society, to
which last year he had the honor of being
elected member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

Another member of the Washington art
circles who is preparing to leave the home
city is Mr.. Earnest Nelson. who will go to
New York and the wider fields of illustra-
ton in the latter part Of this month. He is
finishing number Of guache drawings in
black and white which. like Mr.. Browns,
are decorative, but in an entirely different
way being aliegorical interpretations Of the
modern poets, especially the pre- Raphaelite
school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

From Leslie's Weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

This week there has been on exhibition in
Brentano's window the original of an Illus
tration Of the Homes of Washington
which appeared in Harper's Magazine. 1t
is of more than passing interest not only
because of the recent solemn anniversary
of the hero's death, but because of its high
degree of artistic merit, and shows the
noble figure of Washington rising at a
banquet table, while around sit the guests,
A j. Kellar, who, by the way, was elected
to the Water Color Society at the same
time as Mr.. Moser, is considered one of the
most promising of New Yorks younger
men, though his strong individuality is of
that type which is liable to develop man
nerism such as Gibson's or Wenyeus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16

ut is a question whether the autumn ex-
hibitions or Miss Juliet Thompson have
been the most unfortunate, for trouble with
her eyes has prevented, her from sending
anything to either the local or out town
displays Now, however, she is once more
at work upon large, almost completed,
pastel portrait of Mrs Stilson Hutchins
The figure is posed gracefully with an iris
held In the hand, while the gown, lace eff
feet over satin, sweeps down and around In
a run curve: The portrait Is very colorful
ana harmonious. as are all of Miss Thomp-
son compositions, end rendered with
stfons, bold realization of chiaroscuro that
lends additional glamor to the striking
beauty Of the subject
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