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But eclipsing all the others were four
whose boldly original costumes and SUI
perb personal beauty made them I'M
questioned queens. All the others have
been forgotten: but the renown given to
these four is lasting.
They were Immediately placed at the
head of the procession by unanimous con-
sent. First was Mile. Roger, nicknamed
Sarah Brown. the celebrated model of
Rochegrosse, in his Fall of Babylon,
girl of dazzling beauty, representing
Cleopatra. Reclining in a luxurious at
titude, her threat encircled by pearls, her
body partly covered by a large-neshed
network of velvet. she was borne aloft
on a palanquin by student Africans.
while two of their number attended her
with gorgeous Egyptian fans.
BY curious coincidence. second Mile.
Roger, known in the studios as ''Yvonne,
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haired professors and fame-honored ar
lists applauded with the others. and no
one was embarrassed. Artists are a
chosen set of natures creatures. and trip
merrily on where coarser mortals hesi-
tate to venture. And thus the fun pro-
ceeded joyously until the gray light of
dawn crept in.
All would have ended as gayly every
year since had not Partisan Anthony
Comstock laid information against the
costumes Of the four queens. This was
the already aged Senator Beranger, still
living today: and the trial of Sarah
Brown, Yvonne Roger, Marion Lavotte
Susanne DENIES and the organizers Of the
ball caused the terrible students. riots
which every one remembers.
. The Latin Quarter won. Are NOT its
students the future rulers of France?
In no year since has the Quat'z-Arts
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seek out the character of historical
epochs.
But the silks, brocades and veIvets.
how they pale in presence OF that divine
tissue. the fabric Of nature. All the
Splendcr OF embroidered stuffs of satins,
the most soft and luminous is ut but for
Its framing, Here. here only may the
painter and the sculptor observe freely
that which ought to be the greatest OF
his StudieS-the nude seen in movement
1t cannot be denied that, even in
France. misunderstanding still exists on
this topic. Last summer famous ar
tist was in lower Brittany. One evening
conversation fell upon IL, and the village
moralist delivered his opinion.
1T is very well for female models to
go draped or undraped. as in pictures"
he said: but as for you men, | don't see
why you do it,
but hold his indignation and patientlv
explain that the masculine academy"
has never been permitted. never refused,
because never thought of.
Great artists and sculptors who honor
the Quatz-Arts ball by their presence,
men like Francois Flameng. Paul Chabas,
Bonnat, Laurens and Ferrier declare
that ample excuse for it's annual existence
lies In this spectacle of technique which
IL affords to young artists
4
dite Here are young men devoted TO
great art. who are TO offer to the blue
sky the sole costume whose fashion never
changes. and Yet they have never seen
the human body exercised in freedom !,
This necessary sight has not been given
them by the schools. They have Ii once
year In the Quat Z-Arts ball, created by
themselves"
1t is a great mistake to imagine that the
nude predominates. On the contrary each
year some historic period is decided upon
beforehand, and every individual admitted
to the ball must be in a costume appro-
pirate to ii.
One year 1t was early middle ages.
Iseult. Auduvers. Emilda. Tiphans. Melu-
sine. the queen of the fairies, and the
princess of legend walked or rode. at
tended by young pages or fierce-bearded
knights. The Julian Academy presented
Gothic castle afloat in which twenty-five
female models defended themselves from
| the attacks Of robber barons.
Another year 1t was the Discovery and
Conquest of America" and the first prize
for composition was carried off By the
Return of Christopher Columbus of the
j. p. Laurens Academy.
At times the fancy of the committees
favors somber and bloodthirsty recon-
structions like THE Terror of the French
Revolution" or the Period Of the Bar
barians.' displaying captive maiders hud-
died in rude cages slung across the backs
Of horses behind barbarian warriors. In
the former the 'Defile of the Terrorists"
of 1893 was a strange mixture of blood
and laughter. STERLING HELLO.
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The Sleeping.

while the bridegroom tarried they all
slumbered and slept You will observe
that the virgins were not censured for
sleeping. They were weary with their
preparations, the hours were long and
sleep was natural. Besides, the coming
of the bridegroom would be announced by
the messenger who always went before
him. And as the virgins were supposed
to be prepared to meet the bridegroom,
it would be wisdom in them to refresh
themselves by slumber. The spiritual ap-
plication of this phrase Is by no means
difficult. Says the Cambridge Greek Tes-
lament: ''Sleep represents the ignorance
as to the time Of Christ's coming: it is
not to be interpreted of unwatchrulness.
it is not a guilty or imprudent Sleep
The truth taught by this phrase is SIM
ply this: There is great uncertainty as
to the time when the bridegroom will
come. With many long years may inter-
vene. This period Of slumber is one In
which the waiting one gives himself to
other concerns. Business is sacred. 1t
may seem to have no relation to waiting
for the bridegroom, but in reality it Is q
part Of 1t. The farmer. the merchant,
the lawyer may find his business to be
the waiting.
For the time, the man is not thinking, it
may be of the bridegroom, 1t is state OF
slumber; but 1t may be condition OF
the entire preparation Tor his coming. All
slept. They lay side by side. The observer
would be unable to detect any difference
between them. And SO, in the rush and
hurry Of business life We may often be
unable to see any difference in the lives
Of men. They were honest and moral,
truthful and kind, and yet, as with these
virgins, there may be an untold difference
between them. The time Of slunber is the
time between the preparation of the soul
and the coming of the bridegroom. 1t is
not a time of idle looking and expecta-
ton. Our one business is to meet the
bridegroom, to be always ready to join
in the procession and to contribute to the
pomp and splendor OF the occasion. But
the preparation made. our conduct re-
speeding the final coming may be as that
of slumber. BY this is not meant that
these sleepers have no thought or con-
Germ about the coming Of the bridegroom.
AS Marcus Dods says, Dream would be
chasing dream, they would be seeing
bridal professions, gorgeous with all the
gay and fantastic adornment which the
closed eye SO clearly sees. And IL you
would look upon them you would see the
lamps firmly grasped, and if you would
try to unclasp those slumber1ng out faith
full fingers every faculty is at once on the
alert" In all their slumber they are wait
ing for and expecting the summons to go
forth to meet the bridegroom.
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opened by a march of the studios in
order. The only spectators of this array
were the small coterie of celebrated ar
fists and professors and about a hundred
other specially invited guests. The doors
were closed to the outside world, and
art students and models, in a spirit of
comradeship, ran riot to their hearts con-
tent.
A stage had been erected in one end of
the hall for competition of beauty poses
by the models. One by one the admirable
specimens of womanhOod assumed the
attitudes (being already in the costumes)
of great paintings for which they had
posed, guarding them resolutely for five
minutes. amid the appreciative applause
of artists and art patrons, many of
when had actually bought the original
pictures.
Then came the dancing. The gray
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ball been molested Ever increasing in
magnificence and influence, IFS card OF in
vitation in the hands OF an outsider is
the parchment of a kind OF hereditary or
Self-won loroShip in the arts after the
style of Maecenas.
The young students who raised Cain at
that first Quat'Z-Arts ball have become
great masters in their turn. Moderately
bald and prosperously stout, they still go
to see the pageant and give il their moral
support
But alas for beauty. The Ouat Arts
ball must have young fresh projections!
Where are TIL, gypsy princesses. the Turk
iSh houriS. Grectan HelenS and minstrel
| maidens who triumphed in 1858? Some.
heavy matrons, take the air in their own
carriages. Some are raising children TO
small shopkeepers Some sell newspapers.
And many went to unmarked graves.
Sarah Brown. whom rumor twice had
dead married an English nobleman, ran
away from him and has long been the
peaceful proprietor of a snug little cafe
along the French Cornche.
Yvonne Roger has a students lodging
house in the Latin Quarter.
| Persuaded by the young fellows. who
are devoted to her. she looked up the three
| other@ to plan kind OF return from
| Elba'' for one night only. Marion Lavotte
was round living on small annuity III
! a Passy sanatorium, and Susanna DENIES
| seems to be vaguely in the pictorial post
card business.
In word. the four original queens OF
| the Quat'z-Arts agreed to revisit the
scenes Of their youthful triumph. The
management welcomed the idea with tact
| full warmth, and gave them a car OF
| honor. They are women of taste who
would have no thought to reappear in
| their original costumes.
| j: +
Now, to pass over it rapidly. Every
one agreed that no four women ever
showed so much Of the kindly philosophy
supposed to belong to the good fellow
ship of men. Dressed as queen mothers
| they beamed on the multitude. and grace
fully received the duty of 1.-THE young
beauties. But the Quat' z-Arts was nc
place for them. Little by little their
court melted. Even the loyal young
student dodgers Of Yvonne Roger for
got her. No master painters. their CO.
temporaries. kept them sentimental COM
pany. Those fat, bald-headed men, were
off paying compliments elsewhere. Only
men, of any age, remain young at the
Quat' z-Arts ball!
And a priest of Aphrodite, in false
white beard. that hid his own gray hairs.
| rose up and made their apology.
Under the color of ball. he said.
| I'VE make an artists feast of serious joy.
( We fill our eyes with the marvellous spec
tacle of 1900 costumes, each of which
| has been, during weeks of unique pre-
occupation of men whose trade it is to
! assemble colors. drape rich fabrics and
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The Coming Bridegroom.

He comes. The waiting is. at an end,
and the time for slumber Is past, 1t Is
midnight. The deep sleep is broken and
the summons breaks upon the still air.
THE bridegroom cometh, go We out TO
meet him." The bridegroom has been
delayed. The virgins have sunk into
profoundest slunlber. Everything In
vites to rest. and the sudden blast Of
the trumpet is as summons to judg-
ment And SO it Is. 1t was so to those
virgins. and it will be so to us all.
The spiritual significance OF this is OBJ
vious. Remember this is picture drawn
dom OF heaven, i. e., Of those who con-
stitute the visible church. The coming
is at death. And how true it is that this
is an hour that none can foretell. I'm
such an hour as We think not the Son
of Man cometh." The coming is certain
The apparent delay will end, and the re-
suit may be appalling.
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,a~sa,a<a1s eeeA,2s,as ,2eea-.2.s2-
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
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BY all means use sometimes to be alone;
Salute myself; see what thy soul doth
wear. -
Dare to look in thy chest; for it's thine
own
And tumble up and down what thou
find'st there.
Who cannot rest till he good fellows find.
He breaks up house, turns out Of doors
his mind. -. 49,
George Herbert
Technical perfection is valueless to an
unresponsive soul. Wood.
Forces Of civilization: Strong arm of
government; ministry of religion; hui
MANNING work of education.
-Mahil
Qualities of a good woman: High We
racity: delicate honor in her dealings;
Difference to others; refined personal
habits.
True education rests on these two
foundations: love of the truth and cOur-
age to do right. Hiity
In striving to advance the race toward
the ideal one is himself realizing tuat
ideal in his own person. La Conte.
New York boasts fifteen of the Chinese
temples the remainder being scattered
over ten states. mostly in the west. The
Chinese Buddhists have only one priest
in this country and conduct no recognized
system of worship. There is no record Of
membership; they have no sermon. keep
no Sabbath and have no religious service.
The only use for their temples is as
places at which individual devotees may
consult their patron saints. Three deities
are recognized in the American temples
the God Knan. a mighty duke of ancient
Han dynasty: the Goddess Of Fortune and
the Goddess Of Mercy.
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Berwyn Presbyterian.

The annual election Of officers of Berwyn
Presbyterian Society resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. John Hail. vice presi-
dent, Miss Hazel Brelsford: recording
secretary, Miss Amy Beall: correspond
ing secretary. Miss Elizabeth Miller;
treasurer, Mr.. William Rock: chairman
prayer meeting committee, Miss Florida
w. Engel: lookout. Miss Jessie Van
Valkenburg: missionary, Miss Alice NJ
Ridout; social. Miss Matte Burch;
music, Miss Hazel Brelsford: flower
Mrs William Rock: intermediate super
intendent. Mrs. Gilmore Power.
The Berwyn Young Peoples and In
termediate Societies held joint meet
ing last Sunday, with Mrs. Elmore
Power as leader. The attendance was
large, and the program contained many
interesting short talks on different
phases of denominational mission work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01
Takoma Presbyterian.

Takoma Park Presbyterian Society
held successful and inspiring rally
meeting last Sunday evening. Special
music was rendered by a chorus. which,
with cornet accompaniment, made the
music a most enjoyable part Of the
meeting. After the reading of the les
son of the evening Mr.. Horace NJ. Gill
man, secretary Of the District Union,
gave talk which was enjoyed by all
present. Rev. Thomas c. Clark, pastor
Of the church, also spoke words Of cheer
and advice to the members Of the So
ciety.
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Trinity,

Simultaneous with the corporate COM
munion service at Nashville arrangements
have been made for similar service to
be held at Trinity Church, corner Sd and
c streets northwest, tomorrow morning
at 7:3O o'clock, with the rector of the
parish, Rev. Richard P. Williams, as
celebrant, and tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock in the same church, a service in
memory of the late Mr.. Houghteling will
be held. with memorial sermon by the
Rev. Clearance w. Whitmore Both of
these services are for the Washington
members Of the organization unable to
attend the convention, notices having
been sent to the leaders of all the senior
and junior chapters in the city by Trinity
Junior Chapter, under whose auspices
both services are being held.
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The Waiting.

But there must be period of waiting
The bridegroom will come. He does
come. in all great commissions. Christ
comes to turn and to overturn, to check
the progress Of wrong and to enthrone
right. He comes to each one at death,
but the final coming Of which He speaks
in the parable is at the end of the dis
pensation.
Meanwhile. the present life has its al
lurements Pleasures beckon, riches in
vite and honors entice. The glory Of the
eternal is eclipsed by the spacious but
transitory splendor Of the temporal The
old world moves on in it's accustomed
course. Its temptations are ever present
We find it more and more difficult to
realize the invisible. We wait but not
with expectation. We come to repeat the
language of the old Jews: "All things re-
main as they were from the beginning"
But this IS not waiting. Waiting is the
act Of one who waits or stays in eXpec-
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| Quarters terrible riots to win the right
! to hold an annual so-called private ball
| of it's own kind.
| For q week in 1893 the Latin Quarter
lived bloody. flaming nightmare. ell
acting over again the CHASTITY scenes of
the commune, barricades, broken gas
mains. dark streets, burning tramcars
and newspaper stands, cavalry charges,
| the clang of fire engines. brushes of terri
| fled people. shrieks of trampad women,
pistol shots and wounded students and
police in drug stores,
And all because four beauteOuS models,
costumed as they posed for Famous paint
ingS now in great American galleries,
danced at the first Quat Z-AliS pail and
got arrested for it.
That first Quat z-Arts bail. like its
seventeen annual successors. was held i'll
the celebrated Moulin Rouge and or
ganized by the students of the BeauX
Arts the national art school. i'll the
four divisions of painters. scuiptors, en-
gravers and architects. From this fact
it received it's title of .Quat' the
slang expression for quatre arts-the four
arts.
The tickets were supposed to be strictly
limited to students. with their models and
girls. and the ball was to begin at l
o'clock in the morning. after the regular
evening festivities at the Moulin Rouge
had finished and the hall mad ceen
cleared.
All. without exception. were to wear
costumes. and the most elaborate prepara-
lions were made to make the affair the
most bewildering and artisticaiiy splen-
did that Paris had ever beheld. Tor the
especial superiority of the effects, chief
reliance was naturally placed in the beau
tiful models, the most physically superb
houris that admiring eyes could gaze
upon Many of the leading French
Talquiere, Mercie, among the number
fered up treasured costumes from their
studios and went to the ball with the
rest.
The hour of meeting was fixed at mid
night before the Sorbonne. the national
university in the heart of the Latin Quar-
ter. At midnight all the students of the
Latin Quarter awaited curiously the ar
tistic triumphs of the Quat z-Arts. AS
each studio came in sight, preceded by
torches and a band of it's own number in
costume. followed by its historical crea-
ton, it was greeted by ovations.
There were gypsy queens. Turkish
houris, African beauties, the Grecian
Helen, with draperies of white, SO deli
cate that they seemed to blush in contact
with the lustrous skin they covered;
Pocahontas unrestrained in the beauty of
her movements by soft doeskin cein-
ture: minstrel maidens. Arabs, and
coquettish little japanese witch with
tiny feet and a skin of marble.
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Gunton-Temple Presbyterian.

The Gunton-Temple Society has adopted
the plan of having the prayer meeting
leaders for the ensuing month gather and
discuss their meetings in advance. This
arrangement will be tried in preference
to the preparing before
meeting plan. An effort will be made
by these Endeavorers to win the banner
Monday at the Union meeting.
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LILO n A / r E
Americans offered
great sums, In
trigued and begged
in vain Of very
poor Americans this
summer in Paris.
The poo, Ameri-
cans, though up-to-
ears in debt and
a ! m O st ragged,
were cultured paint
ers. sculptors. en-
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/ Travelled once a rock road.

weary yoad IL was to go;
With burdens. too. a heavy load
And where it led did not know.
weary road. with rivers high;
Wild beasts were standing on the rocks;
And clouds came drifting through the sky,
Fnpd deep with fires and thunder shocks.
But through the clouds. and through the fame,
And foamnc foods as on went,
voice of hope and cheering came,
Fear not 20 90 where God hath sent"
That voice is ringing In my ears;
Let mountains rise. let oceans how;
II matters not. Away with fears.
II God doth send me. let me go.
Thomas c. Upham.
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local assembly officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: President,
William B. Dent of Ascension Chapter:
vice president. James A. Loundsbury of
st. Adams Chapter; corresponding sec
rotary and treasurer. Clifford v. Church
Of st. Johns Chapter; recording secre-
tary, Allen H. Grosh of Trinity Chap
ter: chaplain. Rev. C. W. Whitmore,
vicar of st. Agnes Chapel.
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Reformation Lutheran.

At the September business meeting of
the Society of the Church of the Reforma-
ton, held at the home of Miss Ruth
Pate, fall and winter work was dis
cussed, and plans were made to in
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crease the missionary offerings and
membership Of the society, and to- try
for the banner at the union meeting.
A part Of the meeting was given over
to games and a social time.
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| tation. Waiting for the coming Of the
bridegroom is expecting and anticipating
forgetfulness. The one business of these
virgins was to meet the bridegroom at
his coming and to increase the splendor
of the homeward procession. This was
their one business, and to this all other
serVient.
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To Begin Fall Work.

The Fourth Presbyterian, New York
Avenue Presbyterian and Church of the
Covenant Presbyterian societies will all
begin their work for the winter with
meetings tomorrow evening.
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convention now in ses-
sion in that city Is at
tended by an unusually
large number of. the
members Of the organ
ization from all sections
~ tho oo,,rfrx, Ton,o,..
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Calvary Baptist.

Calvary Baptist Young Peoples So
ciety will turn their next Tuesday
meeting into rally, and many friends
of the society will join in the social
feature OF the evening.
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National Council Member Here.

Mr.. Paul w. Gardner Of Scranton, Pa,
National Council member for the diocese
Of Bethlehem, spent several days in
Washington during the past week en-
route to the national convention.
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EOR Admission to the Ball
i of the Four Arts-The
Greatest Annual Pageant Of
the World Misunderstood
Twenty Foremost American
Families of Art Patrons Rep
resented-Mere Wealth Need
Not Apply-Pathetic Reap
pearance of the Four Queens
of 1895.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R.
Banner Attendance Contest
to Be Decided at Monthly
Meeting-Union Meeting
in st. Paul's Lutheran
Church Monday Evening.
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Considerable interest is being manifest
ed by Christian Endeavor societies in the
banner attendance contest to be decided
at the monthly meeting of the union
Monday evening at st. Paurs English
Lutheran Church, 18th and H streets
northwest. The award is to be made to
the society having the largest percentage
of it's members present at the meeting,
and the fact that the banner Is to be-
come the permanent property of the win
ner is making the rivalry very keen. A
large attendance is expected. Features
of the meeting will be roll call of the
societies with appropriate responses. and
the announcement Of the details of the
Lehman campaign. There will be spe-
cial music and Rev. Lloyd c. Douglas,
pastor of the Luther Place Memorial
Church, has consented to close the meet
ing with a brief address.
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North Carolina Avenue.

North Carolina Avenue Methodist
Protestant Society has chosen for the
year beginning october 1 the following
officers: President, Miss Myrtle Scho-
field; vice president, Mr.. Morris Sands;
treasurer, Miss Sue Hess; recording
secretary, Miss Mary Allen; pianist,
Miss Helen Jefferis.