Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26

far from the old-time newspaper row which
Is presided over by genial and talented
Irishman who is not a stranger him-elf to
literary work. For a number of years this
establishment has been a sort of Bohemia,
being frequented by scores of newspaper
men who appreciate the rich and racy
repartee and rosy "reminiscences of the pro-
prietor as fully as they do his rich and
rudy draughtS of old Irish whisky and
other liquors. For short the men of the
press address the happy proprietor as Sir
Dennis, and many is the good story that is
snapped for a better one in the coy cor
ners of the local Bohemia.
Being as how this Is a resort for brainy
men," said one of the patrons of the pace
to Sir Dennis not long ago, you should cut
out sauer kraut and sausage from your
free lunch menu, and incorporate some
brain food"
Excellent idea said the proprietor. land
1t occurs to me that the Scotch claim that
herring are the best of food for Inc intel
lect."
So Scotch behring's galore with dainty
crackers were exposed on the free lunch bar
thereafter. One day tough looking turn
pike tourist" who was looking up the best
free feeds in the city drifteu into Bohemia.
He went up against the Scotch herring and
crackers. and was devouring them by the
handful when Sir Dennis glanced over at
the hungry fellow and remarked:
BE careful, my good man. Do not eat
TOO many of those herring. They are not
for the hungry particularly. They are fish.
and fish is brain food and are intended for
the intellect
They are, are they?" said the grmy
tourist, looking Sir Dennis full in the eyes.
Thin, begorra, If fish are brain food. /
wud advise ye to ate a whale
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Men of scientific minds" said club
man recently, .'are prone to deride fashion.
1t is a mistake. Fashion has been falsely
defined: She is not a mere initiative and
serVle copyist she Is creative; she makes,
invents. produces, metamorphoses. 1t is a
subject worthy of erudite scrutiny that
fashion controls the human figure and
sculptures at will the form she. for the
moment, admireS. She can do anything.
There is story told in Germany to the
effect that after pronounced Juror in
favor of the dachshund during which the
land became a waddling, waving mass of
poodles the fad suddenly died. Mysterious
ly and almost momently the INSTRUCTED
streets were cleared and a dachshdnd was
not to be discovered even by connos-
seur. There was clearly not pedal
abbreviated dog in the kaisers dominions.
The seasons succeeded Some royal per-
son desired the non-existent What will
hunder were created. They were sought.
They were found, and Germany looked her
self again.
But while dogs might be essayed," he
continued fashion might be expected to
balk at women. Not bit of it.
only yesterday woman was swan-necked
and Rossetti-eyed. She had sloping Shout
ders and willowy figure with sinuous
gait. COlored like a flower she moved with
delicate lightness and swayed like an
anemone. The recollection of her mother s
figure was forgotten. the lines of her an
Cestors were erased. the ideal of the Ken
tuckian that her waist be encireled by his
hands and her hips be the size of a wash
tub was mathematical. Whatever had
been, was not. The tall was shortened and
the short elongated; breadth was conceived
and hulk conveyed No pnvSfpriaa n the
toilet could or can explain it, no subtleties
of couture, manicure or massage attain 1t.
All female flesh is fluid. At the decree of
fashion it pours itself into the accredited
mold and comes out with the stamp, Made
in Paris e.. -,
To-day dowager. mother and daughter
are literally TRANSPORTED. The fiat of fash
ion has done IL. There must be broad and
decided shoulders, there must be throat
statuesque. coiumnar there must be a
straight-front and there must be. and they
all have II, la poitrine bombee. Every
woman is today robustious as an alder
man. Men should give attention to this
matter. 1t Is deserving of discriminating
study"
"of course. had plenty of good things
to eat during the holidays at home in
Mississippi" said Representative Gambler
to group of friends, 'and whenever !
eat turkey ] am reminded of what the
late Gov. McNutt used to say about the
bird. McNutt was a great eater. One
day some friends were discussing the
merits OF the turkey as food. when Nc
Mutt said:
d" i think l am a pretty fair judge of
good things to eat-from possum and
tateTs to terrapin and champagne-but
confess | don't go very heavy on turkey.
1t is such an inconvenient kind of bird
just little too much for one man and
not near enough for two.
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II takes the small towns of the great
western country to show real enterprise in
lunch stands near the railroad stations +"
said local travelling man the other day.
The real competition shows in the matter
of signs / saw one the other day which
amused me, and at the same time con-
WINGED me that the Chnaman is keeping
abreast of the times. The train had just
pulled into a small town and as the stop
Was for about ten minutes. many of the
travellers stepped on the platform to stretch
their legs. An elderly colored man, with
small boy, also left the car and made
FOR the first lunch room. The proprietor
bod in the door as IL he did not care to
sell The old man looked over the door
aud there was the sign Open all night. He
went farther along the platform till he
came TO another stand with the sign Never
closed. Here again the proprietor did not
seem especially pleased when he glanced
at the prospective customers. Farther
down the platform stood a grinning China
man in the door OF his lunch room, and