Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13

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straight a countenance as he could keep.
that marriages In this country are not
made in sections. but on the permanent
plan, and that IL they were not willing to
be mated for life they had better think 1t
over for a while. They departed with visi-
BILE disappointment and great solemnity of
manner. holding each others hands, and
when they returned an hour or 50 later the
man told the magistrate that he thought
he could endure, at q pinch the presence
at his side for life OF his Christine. and
they were duly united in the bonds Of matri-
mony.
Bryan and the Publishers.
The book publishers of New York appear
to be roofing most industriously for the
reelection Of Mr.. Mckinley.
1.-THE book trade said one OF the pub
fishers to the writer the other day. sis the
first to feel the effects of and the last to
recover from panicky financial conditions.
1t Is easy to understand why. Books be-
long to the category Of luxuries. Folks
can get along without new books when
they feel the necessity to retrench. And
they do get along without them, with
vengeance, when they experience the ne
cessity for retrenchment. There are some
Of us who believe that the probable f1nan-
cial scare that would result from the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Bryan is being considerably ex-
braskan's success would have a disastrous
effect upon the book trade. Even the pos
sibility Of Mr.. Bryan's election now is hav-
ing its effect, as 1t had four years ago.
Publishers with notable books in press are
waiting to see the result of the election be-
fore issuing the volumes. A large number
Of important books of all sorts, fiction, sci
entific and historical, that were issued dur
ing the progress of the presidential cam
paign four years ago fell decidedly fiat,
and that taught the publishers a lesson
It doesn't make any difference how we
publishers feel with reference to politics;
we can't afford to be politicians. 1t Is our
business to sell books. and as many OF
them as we can, and II 1T is true that the
people OF the country are going to take to
cover, so far as spending their money goes,
ton, then we want Mr.. Mckinley to win.
OF course We do. A beautiful study. poll
tics-but business is business, as dare say
you have heard before"
Doomed to Blindness.
Charles Broadway Rouss. the millionaire
Broadway merchandise assumed Broad
way as his middle name, by the way, out
Of his love for the great thoroughfare on
which he gained his wealth-rather pathet-
ically announced the other day that he had
abandoned all hope of ever regaining his
eyesight. and withdrew the offer. which he
has had standing for number Of years
past, to pay 81 ,OO0, 600 in cash to any ocu-
list who could succeed In restoring his
vision. Mr.. Rouss made this offer after he
had totally lost his sight as a result of
his extraordinarily close application to his
business for many years, during which he
was never known to take so much as
days vacation. When he began to go blind
he was examined by most of the most emf
nent oculists Of the world, all OF whom told
him that his case was absolutely hope
less. He did not despair, however, and
made his $1,OO0,OOO offer in the hope that
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to phenomenal exertions in the effort to
find some remedy for the disease from
which he suffered. His offer did, in fact,
have this effect, but all to no avail. The
oculists who strove for the great prize did
not experiment with Mr.. Rouss himself.
Blind as he was, he could not spare the time
from his business to permit of that. The
scientists cast about and found a man
whose blindness was Identical with that of
the millionaire merchant, and upon this
man they made their tests. Mr.. Rouss took
the subject Of their experiments into his
own home and gave him a luxurious life
as he will continue to do until the man
dies-whiie the oculsts were trying their
various plans Nothing that they could do,
however, was Of the slightest avail in i'm
proving the case Of Mr.. Rouss' proxy. and
1t was when the oculists recently notified
the blind merchant that they would have to
give his case up that the millionaire surren-
dered himself to the thought of spend
ing the remainder of his days in
attends to business at his great establish
ment every day, spending many hours in
having his mail read to him and In die
tating letters in reply thereto. He Is In
years yet His charities are as unostenta-
tious as they are unusually large.
, She Nabbed the Thief.
The value OF physical culture for women
was partly demonstrated by an incident that
happened here early in the week. In the
window all the time. She was in the win
way was, and is, handsome girl of about
twenty, both willowy and buxom. and as
straight as a string, a perfect picture Of a
rugged. hardy, pink-cheeked. athletic
American girl Of today She was attract
Ing trade by giving exhibitions Of her skill
at pulling the weight machines, using the
clubs and bells. punching the bag. and so
on, and she had large crowds about the
window all the time. She was in the win
dow. with the usual crowd In front, when
Tuesday afternoon was waning into the
darkness of twilight, when, happening to
turn her back to the window and with her
face in the direction Of the store, she
caught sight Of a brawny sneak-thief en-
gagged in tapping till at the rear of the
store The people who were watching her
were aStounded at the suddenness with
which the young woman bounded out of the
window and made for the back Of the store,
but they were considerably more aston
ished when they peered through the front
uooF anu Sd" neT HdTnHleTlHB a dig Cnap
who was half a head taller than she as IL
he were punching bag. He tried to fight
back, but he was distinctly and decidedly
outclassed at every point of the game. and
when she had finished with him she dragged
him by main force to the sidewalk and
handed him over to policeman who just
then came UP. She waved the clerks in
the store aside when they made as If to
help her. and altogether she gave an exhi-
biton of pluck and nerve that caused the
crowd to give her three cheers and a tiger
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COMMANDER RASSIEUR's STAFF.
Chief of the Grand Army Makes Sew