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Evening star., 1900-03-23
The Manaser's disappointment.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
This" said the critic who had been hired
by the great theatrical manager to read
plays offered for his consideration, "is the
worst have even seen," and with that he
contemptuously tossed the bundle of manu-
script aside.
Great David Garrickv exclaimed the
manager, 'ff that is the case why do Won
throw it away? The worst yet is what we
want. Gather 1t up again and let
"Oh," the reader Interrupted, 1T don't
mean that kind Of worst. It's decent
enough"
With sigh the great manager returned
to his correspondents
Evening star., 1900-03-23

MOST OF these lovely insects are found in
Wales coast 0"'
Much attention has been given to the
character of the colonial insect fauna by
.he Linnean Society of New South Wales,
anu lne Macieay collection now in the Sgd
ney University, is one Of the finest AND
most complete in existence. For those who
wish to become acquainted with the insect
fauna OF the colony there exist abundant
laGities G,!i 1or reaching the most favored To-
calitles, and a couple of months will sur
nee to forro a collection which would con-
stltute valuable addition to any Euro
pean or American museum.
Evening star., 1900-03-23

"Oui0 he a Jap.
Next in the order of sitters was a young
woman, apparently from a local variety
| tteater. She had driven to the photosr,-
piers in a cab from the theater seemingly,
for she had a fierce amount of makeup on,
which looked ghastly enough under the
! strong glare from the skylight Her Jet
black back hair was done up in that un-
| speakable roll that has come to be known
: as the Tottie Coughdrop twist" The young
woman unbuttoned a long coat that fell to
her heels, and there she was, in japanese
character, so far the ornate sateen
kimona went. She stuck a couple of tiny
fans in her top hair and was ready.
'Ch-er-is the hair at the back arranged
in-er-exact Japanese fashion, inquired
the artist, surveying the young woman S
rear hair
well. We can pass that" said the ac-
tress. amiahly. It's chinky enough fr
me, and l amt a-goin t have the back of
my head taken, anyhow
In Evening Clothes
Then came along the inevitable young
| man to have his first suit OF evening Clothes
photographed. He brought the duds along in
a palpably new suit case and donned them
| in the dressing room. Oh, he knew he
looked just like Faversham when he mount
ed the stairs all right.
How will you have the suit-er-I mean,
how will you be taken?' inquired the pho
tOSrapner.
The young man had his first crush hat
along with him, too, and he struck a Lord
Algy attitude that he plainly considered al
most too fascinating for words. The pho
tographer smiled when he put his head un-
der the camera cloth, but he negatived the
young man just he wanted to be taken.
I've often wondered said the artist
afterward, why they don't just send the
suit down by a messenger boy and have it
photographed. That would save time and
trouble, don't YOU think?
A Cigar Looks wicked.
Then came soldier from the arsenal,
accompanied by load of sizable dimen-
sions. The soldier thought it would be
about the right thing for him to be sitting
on the edge of rustic gate with his cap
pushed well back to show his curls and Il
large, somewhat broken cigar in his mouth.
At some expense of breath, however, the
operator convinced him that while such a
pose would be dashing and rollicking and
| all that, 1t might not be exactly the real
thing for framing in his folks parior. the
artist was unable to induce the military
man to abandon the cigar altogether how
ever-the solder insisted holding 1t In
his hand or he wouldn't be photogra phed
at all.
There Il lot of young men, said the
operator when the soldier went out, who
think that their clutching of cigar in a
picture makes them look real-er-deviliSh." "
Then the operator went out to lunch.
Mice easy profession-no patience or
anything like that required in it, is there?'
was said to the artist.
"Whatever's in people comes out In them
in photograph gallery" was the photog-
raphers way of putting 1t.
Evening star., 1900-03-23
FILIPINO MOTHERS.
Their Ruling Passion is Their Love
for Their BOY Babies,

for Their BOY babies.
Corr. of the st. Louis Globe-Bemocrat.
She is like no one else in the world-this
Filipino woman. From the white mans
Standpoint she is least like a woman CT
any feminine creature. She will work for
you, sell you things and treat you politely.
but beyond that the attitude of her life, as
it is presented to You, is as inscrutable as Il
bolted door. You can get well enough ac-
quainted with her husband to detest him
cordially. but the nature of the woman is as
hard to fathom as sheet of Chinese cor
respOndence.
1t is never a common sight to see a
mother, who believes she is alone, playing
with her baby. A young native woman
was making love to her first man child.
The two were in the shack next to mine,
but the windows were together. She had
the little fellow in corner and was kneel-
ing before him In a perfect ecstasy of moth
Evening star., 1900-03-23
DOES sG@EIEEE AGREE MILITIA i YOU

II not, drink Grain -O-made from pure grains. A
lady writes: TIE first time I made Grain-O did
not like it, but after using it for nothing
would induce me to go back to coffee" 1t nour-
ishes and feeds the system. The children drink
1t freely with great benefit 1t is the Strengthening
substance Of pure grains. Get a package today
from your grocer, follow the directions in making
1t and you will have delicious and heatbful table
beverage for old and young. 15c. and &c,
Evening star., 1900-03-23

them wage their little warfare, and then he
posed the young woman after his own idea,
to the deep wrath of the subject and amid
the subdued murmurs of dissent of her
party. When the shutter dropped the debu-
tante's forehead was wrfnkled in a most
flo SppWI
Evening star., 1900-03-23
Would BE a Jan,

lures like one of the squaws at a female
Indian school,
Evening star., 1900-03-23
Too Pretty for Anything.

The next subject to mount the stairs was
an exceedingly dolly looking young woman,
very prettily done up in a new tailor-made
dress. She had ideas of her own, one of
which was that she wanted to get all of the
dress into the picture.
But full-length figures are very old
fashioned, and the face is necessarily made
very small in them" said the artist.
The young woman gazed disappointedly
at the nice hang of her skirt at the bottom
''Three-quarters would be pleasing" sug-
gested the operator. But without the hat
the hat would throw a heavy shade over
your face, which l don't think you'd like"
The young woman wore a large picture
hat, and she pulled the pins out of it with
manifest reluctance She. too, looked dis
NAL over the way her plans to include the
hat and the dress had been gently upset by
the artist, and the corners of her dolly
mouth We're sadly drawn down in the mega
tive.
"Well, hope l don't break that machine
o yours was the greeting of the next sit
ter. a stout, gray-haired man, as he reached
the top of the stairs.
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Ladies' Open-face Stem winding Enamel
Watches, in blue, red and green enamel, with
enameled pins to match. Watch and G. GM
Pin worth $12. Now. ~ eWW
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Two Mems lax. Open-face Filled Case Re-
Deaters: strike the hours and S27 Em
quarter hours. Worth s75. Now. 4O eOU
Evening star., 1900-03-23
BEFORE THE CAMERA
Some Funny Things That Happen in
a Photograph Gallery.
PEOPLE WHO FRY TO LOOK PLEASANT
Why the opSrator's Life is Not a
Thing Of Beauty.
THE VANITY OF MANKIND

| Written for The Evening Star.
| The Photographic artists first sitter the
| other forenoon was a young woman with
! colorless hair, no eyebrows to speak of,
somewhat tarnished pink silk waist
| brought to the Photographic studio in a
| newspaper wrapped bundle and donned at
| the expense of three-quarters of an hour
| of time and effort in the dressing room
and quite an unbelievable number of dia-
| mond rings on her left hand. Her shoes
We're bulgy and unpublished, but she was
only going to sit for three-quarter-length
picture, and so the shoes didn't make any
difference.
1.-The waist, of course. will be white in
| the picture" said the operator.
rs that sop inquired the sitter looking
quite grieved over the information. IF
I'd ha' knowed that I'd ha' wore somethin'
else. l thought it 'ud take just like 1t is"
But color photography has not yet been
Perfected explained the operator.
The young woman wanted a real literary
picture taken, and SO the artist posed her
seated at an ornate table, in the act of
reading Buffers Analogy of Religion
In this posture the left-hand, with all the
diamond rings, didn't show up quite well
as the right.
Wait a minute" said the young woman
and she dropped the book on the table and
removed all of the rings from the fingers
of her left to the fingers of her right
hand.
That is immaterial,' said the photogra-
pher. Gems do not show up well in pho
tographs-they are generally the merest in
distinct blurs.'
Inc young woman was so disappointed
over this that her countenance took on an
expression of poignant misery, and thus
she was photographed.
knew What She Wanted.
The next sitter to mount to the artists
eyre was an elderly dowager, with an eX-
tremely sharp hooked nose.
Il want profyle view TAKEN" she said
"Profeel?' said the artist, looking some
what doubtfully at the dowagers remark
ably prominent nose. ''Er-don't you-er-
think a full or three-quarter view would be
better? profeel. you know, has a ten
dency to accentuate and eXaggerate any
er-any-"
"Oh, I know what you want to say,
young man. said the dowager You mean
I've too much nose for a profyfe. How
ever, they're my pictures, and I'll take a
profyle. If my friends don't want a pro-
fyle of me, they can get along without my
picture"
The operator, thus crushed, photographed
the dowager from a ''profeel'' or ''profyle"
point of view, saying afterward that there
are plenty of people who sit before the
camera who appear to take ghoulish glee
in having their malformations of feature
magnified
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Handsome Cut Glass Vinaigrettes IT,
with sterling silver tops. Worth 81 80. lSNs
Evening star., 1900-03-23

i Turquoise and Diamond Cluster Ring
Now 10 diamonds Worth 5000 Sis GefD
Evening star., 1900-03-23

we have made no advance in Diamonds to
meet 'he advance in value So our 25es dis
count really amounts to 500 discount on present
values
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Mems Solid Silver Open-face Amer
sio! ssan s}s~:"'ndns Ss~: Watches Worth $500
Evening star., 1900-03-23

opal and Diamond Cluster Ring; contains
s55 So me SaM Diamonds not chips Worth SgS mn
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Ladies' 14k. Gold-f1ied Hunting
Case Watches, American movements Tn
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Ladies' Solid Gold Hunting Case Stem winding
Worth Worihes So. A8evscan Sew. movements $3.50
Evening star., 1900-03-23

1 Pearl Brooch. with fine dia- cnn mn
mond center. Worth SIS. Now. SQUsWW
Evening star., 1900-03-23
i Miscellaneous Bargains

Hurry as there only a few left Of those
Solid Silver Toilet. Manicure and Desk DIN.
Articles. Worth 81. Choice. ......... ZyG.
Evening star., 1900-03-23
Elegant Clocks.

Handsome S-day Dresden China Clocks IL
inches high. Cathedral hour and ca EM
half hour gong. Worth $7.50 For. pA.SW
Evening star., 1900-03-23

One Gents Elegant Solid lax Gold Repeater;
strikes the minutes and hours. ChfNm nm
Worth SITS. Now ......... - VVsWVV
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Il large Opal Cluster Diamond
Klng, 10 diamonds. Worth $50 q
Evening star., 1900-03-23

One elegant Hall Clock. oak, maruuetri,
sios. siss. ss!sntiy Nsm. shopwoFn Worth $1,000
Evening star., 1900-03-23

One superb Mahogany Hall Clock, 8 feet high,
silver dial, English movement. Conn 6AA
Worth $3.50. Now. ............-.. @SVsWV
Evening star., 1900-03-23

co One NoI Oak Hall Clock. Worth $50. OO
Evening star., 1900-03-23
Half Price for Watches, Silverware, Etc.
Watches,

warranted for % years wear.
american movements. Worth s25. SIP E6N
NOW ~A0sO ~
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Mems Solid Gold Shirt Studs latest patent
packs Worth $3.50 for sets of three. S1 DE-
Evening star., 1900-03-23

L- LH IlI #|T
Evening star., 1900-03-23

i Pearl Sunhurst. with fine dia-
m0nd center. Worth every cent of C6F nm
Evening star., 1900-03-23

large Crescent Brooch 3lz inches wide con-
tanning % large diamonds Superb and rea-
sonable at our regular selling SnsR nm
price of $3.50. Reduced to- pu <S.VV
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Magnificent Diamond Pendant. containing
81 diamonds. selling for Sl5O GnnN mn
grand bargain for. OQWW.VPU
Evening star., 1900-03-23

Mems Solid Gold Scarf Pins. Worth IT,
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18
A NiEh, 81 terror.

"Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn,
han of Machias, M, when tb,
doctors said she could not live
ill mo, ming" wril,s Mrs. s. III
Linc"ld, who attended her that
iearinl night. "All thought she
must die OF ~ enmonIa, but she
begged for DR.. Kns's New Dis.
covery, saying II lad more than
once saved her life. and had cured
her Of consumption. Alter three
small doses she slept easily all
night, and its further use complete
ly cured her" This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Tbrra,. Chest aud Lung diseases.
Only SOC ana 81. Trial bottles
tree at J. T. Owens. Stafford, and
IL. z. Wigh,mai., pIma.
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18

ntinuei on hfr'' oR'
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18
]. r. welker & Cos. Etore
Is the place to buy your goods

Is the place to buy your goods
cheap.
3 papers of pins for DC.
papers of needles for Sc.
inch rubber dressing comb sc.
3 inch fine comb SC.
Nickir plated curling iron for DC.
Child,ens hose supporter for DC.
White collar buttons 90. per
doz.
Crochet and knitting silk, all
colors, Sc, per spool.
Fine bemstitched handkerchief
&c.
Gents scarf pins &c.
Infants trimmed bibs DC.
Ladies belt supporters, DC.
Nice embroidery and insertion
from &c. to 25c. per yard. All.
over lace, in all colors, from 35c.
TO 81 % per ysrd.
Just receives: A fine line OF
ladies and chiidren's parasols, and
ladies black brocaded silk shoulder
capes.
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18
lie retired like whipped cur"

lie retired like whipped cur"
And you did rot explain or apollo
gizeT" slipped almost unconscionsly
rom the lips of the colonel.
Not |. assure you; ha. ha! Apollo
yize TO him! That would have ruined
him forever"
Evelyr gra.ped the hand OF Mrs,
Lancaster, nervously. and drew her
cross the room 10 the players.
Your story. Capt. Winkle," she said,
her eyes flashing, reminds me very
much Of a piece Of fiction have read
omewhere. The circumstances were
!eItIci,..y the same excep, that the Of
Ger ia the story allowed The hero Ia
pumi.iate him by cutting CT the but
ms and shou,der-straps from his uni
oru. / am 20 glad your experience did
,ot end that way. The truth is your
ase was Tar more agreeable than the
iction III The ether"
Capt. Wihk!e paled and iEterlaceG
MS fingers iIshtly on the smooth tcS o.
he mahogany table. For cDe second
,e glartd like II condemned man at the
-peaher ard then the fierce stare Of her
eyes bore his own 10 The ground.
"rerhaps," spoke up MIR. Hardy,
whose jesls were rare and often too
personal. aud who did net admire the
.'aptain. perhaps Capt. Winkie cid not
Iell us az the story after all. noticed
that he was not wearing his logs TO-
day"
Capt. Wrinkle seemed TO have lost his
,peech. And the colonel, fearing that
lis daughter had inadvertently made II
Iisagreeabie comparison, frowned up
II her.
'What are you talking about. Eve
;yn?" he asked sharply.
"Oh. only little story have read"
he said. co.dly II shall try TO look IL
up. II had beautiful moral"
With that parting shot a, the COVER
ng victim OF his own folly. she drew
Mrs. Lancaster again out on the ve-
anda.
"Why. dear. you have almost fright
ned me-" said Mrs. Lancaster. under
ler breath. What did sou mean by
what you said?"
Il mean, TO cut the very soul OF thai
little coward, II he has one" the girl
aid, fiercely. ~ almost feel as if
ught 10 have exposed him 10 he others
efore whom he was posing a brave
nan wien he is no more than"
Evelyn had been speaking SO rapid
Y that her words ran upon one another
md became a jumbled. uuintelligible
mass.
Mrs. Lancaster turned Evelyn's
white, impassioned face towards the
ight of the moon and grasped her rigid
ands. you almost frighten me, dar-
ing" she repeated: "what has wrought
tou up to such a ritch of excitement"
81 think ought to tell you all about
=" answered Evelyn. after moments
CELEBRATION. but it must be in conf.
ence."
"Hou can trust me. dear" the sweet
Id lady assured her.
They sal down in hammock and
,vsIyn kept il in motion with her slip
cred feet us they rested lightly on the
,oor.
"Do you remember the Young man
howed YOU at church that aav?"
"The one" questioned Mrs. Lam
'as'er. "who you said had saved your
iNc?"
ayes: do you remember him?"
quite well; his face made wonder
fuI impression on me, and have
thought, of him hundred times atlei
all you told me OF his struggle 10 bet
ter his condition and educate himself.
! don't think ever saw q hEcr srecI'
men of physical manhood; he had su'
perb face. Were You al.uGing t. him.?
Then in a low voice full Of agitation
rcntinued on h'r' oR'
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18

Car loan oi slaves just arrived
At the Olpey, ljsmS Hardware
Store. 3tf.
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18

A car load of barb wire and
chicken wire has jnst been reaeiv
ed by the Olney, ljams Hardware
Co. Stiff
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18

DR.. W. E. Linldey, rear o.
postofflce. IT
Graham guardian., 1900-05-18
Underwear and blankets at cos
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-19

AZURE, bright eyed. with his hands full Of
sweets AMI little silly toys
What would happen now? he wonder.
ed.
What happened was decidedly the un.
expected.
Come here, Or. Patterson! saw.
Gould, come here! Bring the rest with
YOU"
They all came trooping out of the draw.
ing room-Aure's mother and the guests
and the sister with the spectacles, and
they looked and laughed
That's how the symbols defeat us"
quoth Professor lIieronomus
That's how human joy discounts us"
said Young Professor Rabcoes softly. and
he Kissed Azure.
But that wasn't half so odd MS the fact
that Nurc's sister went up to IIulla ana
Kissed her That was the oldest thing
that ever did happen. II seemed a
shame Ia the colered boys not To sing
considering the circumstances. So they
began all over again and sung their
Christmas songs. They had never heard
of any of the things the learned men had
been talking about, so there was no rea-
son why they should not sing-Chicago
Tribune
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-19

HE wONDERED WHY HE WAS SOT HAPPIER.
Put Santa Claus, he il Is who puts
the gifts In the stockings HAT hang by
the chimney opening"
santa Claus IS n henthen myth. father
says We have never pretended about
Santa Claus"
IIuldas blue eyes rolled h"nycnward,
and for seine reason which she herself
could not have we'll explained she snatch
cd the little boy to her breast aud Rugged
him close When Azure WIS released, he
was afraid no had been crying Just a tiny
bit, aud he was 80 fearful that lluda
would notice it that hr ran away as fast
as hc could He couldn't make out why
he had cried. Something inside Of him
seemed 10 hurt.
drop remark about the present he
would like for Christmas, but he found
lot Of people there drinking tea with
his mother and sister, and they turned
when Azure entered and looked Mt him as
il he were "A curious kind Of bug not yet
classified, and he hurried away as fast
as he could to where Hulda was making
coffee cake, with n rare aroma of baking
cinnamon. Iluda was smiling when he
entered. though she WINS quite alone.
"Aure," said She, Il fink you do not
know it IS l who will have tree. VIII
you come 10 my trceF'
The cinnamon certainly made a deli,
cons smell, and lluldn's eyes were won
dcrfully blue. These or facts Of some 9th
er nature made Aure's heart dance light
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-19

BOGT the only Christmas prac-
I Ia | tiee which these tasteruers seem
- a. have in common with the
tAsSSssSl lC5. MS Of western Europe and
SAs"sAa~S Eu-tlsd is lie cutting and burn
ins of theNu log, sly the Chicago Tnb-
ule. They carry the ding much fur.
ther, however. even today, than The SAY
uus. the famous lovers of good Christmas
cheer. ever did. Ia the Black mountain
there is Il great leg for Christmas" and
there are smaller Logs for each member Of
the family
The AHe log idea is traced 10 the fire
worshperS. The wood must be cut be
fere sunrise Christmas morning The
head of The hause followed 10y his fam
lily. goes l. >eme standing stump and
cuts II down. iIr then takes off his cap
10 the los, turns toward the east, crosses
himself uud offers up n prayer, Give TO
nae and Ia Christmas nhundantly. o God.
II Il hog falls the wrong way. another
must lac cut unless tie family wishes 10
be unluChy for Il year Smaller logs are
then cut Tor he members of the family
The wood is drawn 10 the house aud lean
Cd against the wall, with the cut ends up
permosl If one by mistake Is reversed,
the whole thing must he done over ugHin
er else misfortune Will come.
When the lire is lighted. there Il grent
JOY IN the household, but no one ON any
account must speak of witches nfler the
great log is put on the fireplace. for they
are supposed 10 be flying around on
Christmas night as plentiful rs sparks"
There is a legend, and III fact Il belief,
In the Black mountain, of which research
shows nD traee elsewhere. Every fire
place has hanging in H. directly over th
blaze Al Ereat kettle chain. When iii
IS started. it takes hut II few moments
for this chain 20 become highly hoatcd
en- Christmas night, however, no matter
how brisldy bum the great logs, the iron
chain remains cool and pleasant TO the
touch. There is no Montenegro peasant
but will tell You that this is II fuct and
he knows it 10 be SO. for he has madc
test of it ON many succeeding Christmas
nights. The GOODNESS Of tue chain is ae-
counted for by the statement TINT n sim.
liar chain hung over the fire built OH the
floor Of the stable in bethlehem. and that
ut the birth Of Christ the Virgin Mother
grasPed il for support. 1t became cool
at her touch let it burn the sanity hand
and from that day Ia this there is no tire
hot enough 10 heat the fireplace chain on
Christmas
The iir2 Is lighted by means Of kin@llnr,
DTS u Nees't "a i.rsN1i Hi'ftfftiAs - tia
each member Of the family.