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The Washington bee., 1902-08-09

with her paris model" pique that she
looked mighty stunning in it.
On the following Saturday morning
Mrs. Gethunk, from her kitchen win
dow, heard Mrs. Howsad, who was in
her back yard, attending 10 her flower
beds, tell the young woman in the next
yard that she intended going 10 the
White lot that evening to listen TO the
Marine band concert.
When Mrs. Gethunk heard this her
eyes sparkled.
1T will cost me SIS, the price of the
dress" one can imagine her murmur-
ing to herself, but it Will be worth
the money"
Lily" she said aloud to her likely
looking yellow maid servant. I've
bought a nice new pique dress for you,
and l want you TO wear it TO the White
lot concert this evening"
Lily executed the appropriate grin
of delight, which changed to ecstacy
when Mrs. GethUnk brought the un-
worn dress downstairs and handed it
over to the servant. Lily slipped up
10 her room and tried the dress on,
and it fitted her 10 a T.
Your beau has half a day off on
Saturday, hasn't hep" inquired Mrs.
Gethunk of the colored girl, and the
reply was in the affirmative. Lily's
beau. as Mrs. Gethunk knew, was a
ragtimey-looking young yellow indi-
vidual who drove doctors buggy,
and who arrayed himself like a cake
walker during his leisure hours.
We'll, get him to take you TO the
White lot concert. then" suggested
Mrs. Gethunk, and Lily hustled out to
nail the young colored person TO the
appointment.
That afternoon Mrs. Gethunk helped
To tOg Lily out. She even fixed the
flowing green veil around Lily's hat,
for she knew that Mrs. Howsad was
addicted TO the green veil habit, and
would wear hers to the concert.
1t went through magnificently. and
Just as Mrs. Gethunk had arranged it.
Mrs. Gethunk, very neatly clad, was
on the White lot, with her husband,
waiting for Mrs. Howsad to see the
dusky Lily in a makeup identical
with her own. She saw the meeting
between the two. Except for their
difference in color il might have been
thought that Mrs. Howsad and Lily
had dressed so as to be taken for
twins.
Everybody saw it, and of course
everybody grinned over it and chuck
led over it. AS soon as Mrs. Howsad
came full tilt into the grinning Lily
she flushed many tints of scarlet,
and raced of the lawn for a car
She hasn't worn her pique model
dress since. but Lily is more than
reveling in hers.
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DEER PARK HOTEL, DEER PARK
MD MOST DELIGH rEUL
SUMNER, RESORT OF
THE ALLEGHENlES

Swept by mountain breezes, 1850
reet above sea level. Absolutely free
from malaria, hav fever and mosqui
tos. Reac ed without change of cars
from all principal cites via Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. Every modern con-
venience. Rooms ell suite with pri
vate baths. Electric Lights, Long
Distance Telephone, Elevators, Turk
iSh B tths, Swimming Pools. Golf
Links, Tennis Courts, Bowling Allevs.
Billiard Room. Magnificent Drives,
Complete Livery Service. Annapolis
Naval Academy Band. Hotel remodel
ed with addit onal convenience and
renovated throughout. All cottages
Nave been taken for the season. Open
from June 2ISt to September goth.
For rates and information address
w. f. BURwELL, Manager,
b. s; O. Central Building, Baltimore,
Md until June Ist, After that time,
Deer Park Garrett County, Md,
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MIGHTY MEAN DEAL.
Engineered by the Champion Mean
Woman of Washington.
Her Dearest Enemy Got the Dress She
Wanted Herself and Then She
Bought Another to Get
Even with Her.

The address of the champion mean
woman of Washington doesn't make
any difference. but for the sake OF con-
venience she is designated in this story
as Mrs. Gethunk, by the Washington
Star.
Mrs. Gethunk's dearest feminine
enemy is another young matrOn who
lives next door in the same row OF
houses. Mrs. Howsad VIII about lit
her for the purposes Of this narrative.
\ few weeks ago Il Washington de-
partment store exhibited for sale IL
one Of its windows couple Of Paris
model" pale blue pique dresses. They
were mighty tidy looking affairs, both
Of the dresses. One Of them was d
little more elaborate as TO the bottom
+ the skirt than the other, but they
were both distinctly handsome and
stylish, and, being samples, they were
marked at sacrifice figure.
Oddly enough, Mrs. Gethunk and
Mrs. HOwsad, next door neighbors and
perfect loves of enemies. contrived TO
make a dead heat or il III getting into
the department store after those
gowns. They both wanted the one
with the more elaborate trimming
around the bottom of the skirt.
The wrangle waged pretty tiercely,
but as Mrs. Howsad had crossed the
wire, as it were. just a fraction Of a
second ahead of Mrs. Gethunk, she got
the slightly more desirable gown.
Mrs. Gethunk must have framed her
little scheme mp then and there, for
she took the other pique dress.
But she didn't wear il. She watched
for Mrs. Howsad To emerge with hers.
and she was bound to confess TO her
self when Mrs. Howsad did appear
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WOMEN AT WORK.

In the British steel pen-making trade
there are over 5000 women employed.
nearly ten times the number of men
who work in this industry.
The office of postmaster in Hobart.
Ind, has been held for four years by
Miss Jennie Spray. Recently, when
some politicians put up male candi-
date TO replace her. the town rose in
protest and large delegation secured
Miss Sprays reappointment.
AS a modeler of children's portrait
statuettes Mrs. Sarah Greene Wright
has earned an enyiable reputation.
Mrs. Wright received her first inspira-
ton while watching some children who
were playing in the Luxembourg gar
dens. She has a studio in New York
city and has the distinction of being
the only woman who makes chiIdren's
portrait statuettes from life.
Miss Henrietta Aiken Kelly. of
Charleston, has gone into silk culture
at her South Carolina home. She ba.
studied silAworms for years at various
places in Europe, especially on the
estate Of the due de Litta Visconti-
Arese at Milan, Italy, where silk cuI-
ture has been carried on for about SOC
years. Her project has attracted the
attention Of the national department
OF agriculture, for which Miss Kelly
VIII prepare manual for public distri.
button.
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GRAND ARMY HONORS.
60 to Gen. Stewart, of Penn
syINRnia, This Year.

= Pennsylvania candidate, Adjt.
Gen. Thomas j. Stewart. is considered
a certainty for commander in chief of
the Grand Army Of the Republic. The
encampment will meet in Washington
IN October, and in the meantime the
friends of Gen. Stewart will make an
active canvass for delegates, Of whom
there are 1900.
Gen. Stewart is the only aspirant
for grand army honors who has been
indOrsed by the state encampment.
In addition TO that support the general
has received hundreds of letters and
voluntary pledges from grand army
leaders and delegates. HIS candidacy
last year was defeated by Gen. Stew
arts absence from Cleveland because
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HARPER'S FERRY, PICTURE
SQUE AND BEAUTIFUL, WAS
CAPTURED OR RECAP IUREI
EIGHT TINES IN THREE YEAR
HARPER ) FERRY. The GATE
TO THE SHENANDOAH VAL
LEY.
PICTURE

Whers the three States of Virginia.
West Virginia and Maryland come to-
gether; where the Potomac and
shenandoah Rivers unite; where the
towering sleeps of the Blue Ridge end
abruptly, frownlng upon the heights
Of Maryland and Bolivar Heights in
West Virginia, lies the quaint historic
town of Harper's Ferry, John Brown
bapuZed il in blood IN 1859, when he
captured the town and the u. ). Arsen
al and made ms final and fatal
stand in the engine mouse (knOwn
afterwards as Joan Browne Fortl,
alongside the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road A plain shaft, simply inscribed,
now marks the location.
Again IN 1851, grim vlsaged war
ScleZed the village and hell II ught la
its grasp for nearly four years. The
deeds that were done, and the tales
that are told cOnC.Tnlng Harper S
Ferry fill volumes.
The heights at Harper's Ferry gu trd
ed IN Shenandoah Nalie,. II was a
most important strong hold TO be de-
sired when some great ca npaign was
planned by either army.
From Harper'S Ferry the Shenan-
dOah Division Of the Baltimore & Ohio
K. r. extends southwark to Charles
town, Winchester, HarrisOnburg ard
Lexington. Battletields surround the
village in all directions.
Send stamp for Battlefield Map, D.
B. Martin, Mgr. Pas'r Traffic, Balti-
more, Md. B. N. Austin. Grn'l las +
Agent, Chicago, Ill.
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City Items.

LAWYER w. Frisby was unanimous
elected President of the Baptist Sun
day School Union.
If YOU want a good cool glass Of beer
call and see Mr.. Samuel u. Stewart
You all know him as one OF the most.
popular men in the northwest.
Attorney E. A. Johnson, OF Raleigh,
n. c.. author Of .Chool History OF the
Negro Race" and "History of the Ne
gro Soldiers in the Spanish American
War" was in the city on Monday Oh a
visit. Attorney Johnson took a good
observation of the courts aud places OF
interest.
LAWYER w. c. Martin is receiving
numerous congratulations by letters,
cards and verbally upon has election
as permanent chairman OF the delega-
tion which will represent the twenty,
seven subordinate lodges OF the GTanu
United Order Of Odd Fellows IN the
District Of Columbia IN the Eleventh
B. NJ. c., which convenes at New
Haven, Conn, Oct. 9TH next.
The many friends of Mr.. f F. Broad
US will be pleased to learn that he has
been appointed Postmaster at Dean
wood, d. {. Vice r. L. Mann (whlte)
resigned. Mr.. Broadus is fitting up a
new and commodious place on his own
premises for the post office where the
patrons can be much better acCommo-
dated. He has ordered new and I'M
proved mali boxes from Baltimore.
He will enter upon the duties Of the
off ce September Ist. Mr.. Broadus IS
on e ofthe most intelligent and pro-
gr essive men Of DeanwOod and as
Po stmaster VIII doubtless give general
sa tisfaction 10 pau ons OF the office.
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of illness. Ell Torrance. who was
elected commander in chief. is Gen.
Stewards friend. and the same forces.
1t is expected, will be back of the Penn
sylvanian this year.
Since the organization of the grand
army Gen. Stewart has been promi-
nently identified with it. He was com
mander of Zook post, No. II, of Nor
ristown, in which town he lives. He
was assistant inspector general in
1880 and assistant adjutant general
10 Commander in Chief Robert B.
Beath in 1883, and also to Commander
in Chief J. P. 5. Goblin in 1897. James
/. Sexton and w. c. Johnson in 1898,
and Albert D. Shaw in 1899. He was
Pennsylvania department commander
in 1897.
During the civil war Gen. Stewart
served with the One Hundred and
Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania volun-
teers, enlisting when 10 years Of
age. In civil life he served as a men,
ber of the house of representatives in
1885. He was elected secretary of in
ternal affairs in 1886, and was reflect
ed in 1890. He was appointed adju-
tant general by Gov. Hastings in 1895,
which post he has filled since.
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Watson's Park.

There is always a fashionable crowd
at Watson's Park every afternoon and
evening. This is one Of the best sum
mer outing parks in the city. Music
and dancing daily. There was an un-
usual large crowd on last Sunday and
Notwithstanding the heat IN the city
Watson's Park IS always cool.
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IONES' PARK.

The political barbecue at Jones
Park Monday September 18th will be
one of the largest political gatherings
that has ever assembled in that sec
ZION of MARYLAND. Ifyou want good
country dinner go TO Zones, Mr.. L-w-
is manager.
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R. s. q. r K. WEEK END SEA
SHORE EXCURSIONS.

Tickets good and on all trains FRI
cay and Saturday, returning until
Tuesda, following, at rate of $500 for
the round trip TO Atlantic CITY, Cape
May. Sea Isle City and Ocean City,
n. J.
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SIMMER BOARDERS.

IF YOU want to spend a pleasant
summer in Virginia, where you-will
have first class meals and enjoy fish
ing, Address Miss Tillie Fletcher,
Box p Lincoln, Va.
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BOSTON BAKING CO.

Ifyou want good and healthy {RsEiag sI
purchased from the Boston on, If tbs
Co.. II9 to I2q Ist street TI;. lg4' s he
United States Capitol, I,'I ,1 goot
best bread in the city -"
antilles use this bread.
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CHARLES STElFF.

This is one Of the best known piano
manufacturers and sellers in the
United States. ifyOu want first cIas 5
instrument don't fail 10 call on him
See advertisement ia another column,
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
THE RIVER QUEEN.

The River Queen under the Man
agement of Mr.. L. J. WOollen is open
for business. Co at once and select
yOur I,ATE.
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The whole Thing again.

"Bixby seems TO think he's the whole
thing as an expert authority on sport
ing matters"
"Yes. He appears to regard himself
as pretty nearly big enough TO wear
golf links 10 fasten his shirt cuffs. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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"He's an exceedingly gallant and SEN
sible young man. heard him say that
q man is as old as he feels and a
Boman-'
"Oh. that's ancient"
Watt till I'm through, And that a
woman is half as old as she looks. -
Chicago Post.
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LAWYER w. Frisby was unanimous
elected President OF the Baptist sun
day School Union.
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If you want a good cool glass Of beer
call and see Mr.. Samuel q. Stewart
You all know him as one OF the most.
popular men in the northwest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

silver is the most commonly used, but
the result in any case is not SO perfect
as to deceive anyone into the belief
that the hair is natural in its hue The
dye must be frequently applied, and at
its best gives the hair dirty look,
which is far from neat or nice.
There are other things about the hair
that are not nice or neat and that are
worse than dyeing 1t in the long run,
because the result may be a more or
less total and permanent loss of hair.
Dandruf is one of these, in reality a
disease due to lack of cleanliness. Peo-
pie who take q hot bath once a week as
religiously as they would go to church
on Sunday think once month is enough
to give the head a bath, and some do
not indulge in that necessity as often as
that. AS a consequence the natural oily
secretions collect upon the scalp around
the hair and sebaceous follicles and more
or less dust or dirt adheres to this greasy
coating. The pores become clogged, and
thus the free and healthy growth of the
hair is interfered with. The person no
tees that more hair than usual is comb
ed out, and finds more or less white or
grayiSh scales upon the coat collar, proof
positive that the head needs bath.
Under normal conditions a good sham
poo with hot water and soap, once a
week, should keep the scalp healthy and
the hair vigorous and profuSe, but this
should be aided by a vigorous brushing
with a moderately stiff brush night and
morning, the bristles stimulating the
skin to healthy action. Under no condi-
tons should fine toothed comb be used
for 5nis irritates the scalp and brings
about the conditions which it is desira-
Bile to avoid. Even If dandruff has
shown it's presence it may be removed
and the scalp stimulated to healthful &C.
tivity by this simple means of washing
and brushing. But in most cases heroic
treatment is necessary. If the dandruf
has continued for some time the scalp
should be well smeared with sweet OIL or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

ing papers and similar contrivances
around which locks of hair are twisted
and confined during the night Injuries the
hair in the same way by constructing
and bending it. AS for hot irons for curl
ing, they, too, are injurious, because they
scorch the hair and interfere with eircu-
lation.
There is another cause of falling out of
the hair which cannot be- prevented
That is old age. The badness begins at
the top of the head and extends forward
and backward, but often leaves a little
sprinkling Of hair at each side This Is
usually due to a wasting away of the
tissues in the scalp so that. the hair is
not nourished as it should be; in other
words, the soil becomes barren, 50 to
speak. Naturally there is but little, If
anything to be done in. such cases, al
though stimulating lotions may do some
good. Cdntharides is common remedy
III such cases or where a stimulating
lotion is needed. The following formula
is good for a hair tonic: Cologne, two
ounces; tincture of cantharides, two
drachms; oil Of Lavender and oil of rose
mary, of each ten drops. This may be
used once or twice a day.
Badness, by the way, occurs earlier
in persons of g. nervous temperament,
or those who are Ngaged In mental
work, while those working at manual
labor keep their hair on longer And
the same applies to turning gray"
People who are nervous or emotional
have gray hair earlier than those Of a
more even disposition. In fact, the
mind has marked influence over the
color and condition of the hair, and
scientists now admit that ones hair may
turn white in single night from fright
or emotion. Calling it gray, however,
IS a mistake, although it appears gray
or white. 1t is really colorless, but the
air that fills it makes 1t appear gray
or white. There is no remedy that viii
efTectually turn the color. Dyes are the
only remedies, and Of these nitrate of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09

full of dash and vim. The lymphatic per-
son, on the other hand, had lighter hair,
and was Characterized by a sluggish cir
culation and action; they said of such an
one that his blood had turned to water
he was slow of movement and thought
and had less vitality; hence very light
hair is said to indicate a delicate con-
stitution. The bilious person had black
hair, often curly, and dark eyes, with
swarthy complexion. He was supposed to
be surcharged with bile, and as the
Greek word for bile was chole, the bilious
man was called choleric. He was and is
a man of moods, but of bulldog per-
tinacity. The melancholic temperament
was also a bilious one but a black one.
He was surfeited with so-called black
bile, and this made him melancholy,
given to introspection and retrospection,
brooding over real or fancied wrongs,
and on the border line Of insanity. At
his best he was and is dreamer, plan
ming good works, but lacking the energy
to accomplish anything. His hair is black
but straight, and his hue is muddy or
sallow.
Anything which disturbs the consti-
tutional health, no matter what the
temperament, alters the condition of the
hair. Thus during a severe fever the
hair often falls off and does not resume
a luxuriant growth until after health has
been fully restored. During chronic
disease the same thing may happen, as
in consumption, in which falling out OF
the hair is a common symptom. This is
dut, probably, to partial cutting of
| of the blood supply, from a distur bance
| of circulation, the result being that The
| hair does not receive a sufficient amount
| of food for its growth or by an alteration
| of the skin the hair may be CONSTRUCTED
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ting the vessel containing 1t in another
larger vessel filled with hot water and
set on the stove. After dt has melted SET
1t aside, and after it has settled pour off
the clear liquid which will be on top 1t
may be perfumed as desired with any oil
or essence If any oil is desired the sim
pier 1t is the better. The celebrated Ma
CAESAR oil is a good form. 1t ds com
posed of one pound of olive OIL colored
with alkanet root and enc drachm Of oil
or origanum. This was in great repute
in the days when it was thought high
tone to plaster the hair down with grease
and it is to this oil that we owe the
tidy, which the lady Of the house
spreads ostentatiously over her best par
lor furniture; the originals being called
"anti-macassars, their purpose being to
protect delicate upholstery fabrics from
the macassar oil that every one Of social
importance thought necessary as an adj
junct to his or her toilet.
On the other hand, there Is a prepara-
ton known as Eau de Portugal or Por-
tugal water, the purpose Of which Is to
remove grease from the hair This con-
tains: One pint Of orange flower water:
one pint of rose water; half a pint OF
myrtle water; quarter Of an ounce Of
distilled spirit of musk; and one ounce
of spirit of ambergris; shaken together.
This is applied by lightly dipping the hair
brush in the fluid and then brushing the
hair. 1t removes the oiliness and leaves
80 60 Leon Noel.
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at it's root so that the vital fluid can
not circulate through the hair; hence
the hair dies and falls out Possibly
the disturbance may not be sufficient to
make the hair fall out but it may be
such that the hair cannot be nourished
throughout it's whole length, that is there
is not force enough to throw the nour-
ishment fluid to the end Of the hair and
hence it splits. This splitting at the ends
is a sign of a weak constitution or pos
sibly actual chronic facilitating disease
and the remedy is to take constitutional
remedies such as cod liver oil or other
tonicS, perhaps iron in some form. Cut
ting the hair short will also have a good
effect as there is no doubt that long
hair is weakening if the vital capital is
small. For this reason it is better to
keep a child's hair short than to allow
it to grow long as it has some and per
haps decided influence upon health and
strength
Even the style Of dressing the hair has
marked effect upon its condition. Nat
urally the hair in the front of the scalp
grows forward; that in the middle zone
more or less straight; that at the back
| backwards and downwards. Combing the
| hair back or otherwise, changing the nat
! raj direction interfereS with the circula-
! ton in the hair by pinching it at its base
| just as bending rubber tube wih make
| a kink in it and check the flow Of fluid
/ through it, 1t may even cause pain and
| headache, and change in wearing the
| hair from one style to another will often
| cause the women a severe and continued
| headache until the hair gets used to the
/ new way.
Plating the hair or twisting it into var
| ious shapes interferes with the circula-
/ ton and causes the hair to lose its
| strength or even fall out. Tying it close
! to the head cuts off the circulation of
many hairs in bunch. The use of curl
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vaseline at night, and a night cap put on
for cleanliness. The next morning the
head is to be washed with soap and wa
ter, or what IS far better, spirit OF soap,
composed of equal parts of sapo viridis
and rectiied spirits of wine, digested to-
gether twenty four hours and filtered. A
little of this spirit of soap is rubbed
over the head and then the head Is rub
bed with @ piece of mOiStened flannel or
a brush, the lather being washed off with
warm water. This cuts and dissolves
the grease and leaves the scalp perfectly
clean. Then when the hair has been
dried apply little vaseline or some SIM
pie oil to keep the hair and scalp supple.
AS rule grease of any kind is injuri-
Gus to hair as it fills up the interstices
between the cells and destroys the natu-
raj action of the tissues composing the
hair. Bears grease at one time had a
great name as a hair invigorator, prob
ably because the bear was a woolly ami .
NAL and his grease was supposed to make
the wool grow. Much of that sold was
not bears grease, except in name, and
vaseline. or lanoline, Is just as good, II
not better. Even this should not be
srneared on lavishly; take bit not larger
the palms; then rub the greasy
hands over the hair, rumpling
1t up thoroughly, so as to get
little of the grease on every hair. That
ought to be sufficient for a week, the
time of applying it being Immediately
after the hair has dried after the
weekly shampoo.
If a person likes fluffy hair even this
slight amount of oiling is not necessary,
for nature supplies a certain amount of
oil herself, sometimes too much. so that
the shampoo is necessary to remove 1t.
For this purpose the spirit of soap is
good or an essence of soap may be made,
containing two pounds Of CASTLE soap
shaved or cut into small pieces; three
pirts of spirit of wine, and two ounces
of potash. This should be melted by put