Evening star. [volume], March 30, 1889, Page 9, Image 9

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FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA.
Odd Creatures That Disport In the Fish
(.oinmlMioD Aijuaria.
ol:sif?e? or Lin beneath the oceas wave?
**"?'>* fishes aso Hi PiiMs?imjuctt
ISED IS ABTIFICLAL PBOPAOATtOV?ISTSfcEST
INu lltillt AT TUB OLD AUfOBI KttDUJ.
On* of the most novel and interesting lightt
to the vuitor at the national capital in the
artificial propagation of fish, carried on in a
Urge brick building in government reservation
No. 2. Hu i known among the fish communion as
??Central Station." The station is not nnlike
the twenty or more of the additional stations
operated in the various states. Besides hatch
ing its tiftv million shad, white 6th. trout and
salmon annually, it contains additional features
illustrating the methods of the various estab
lishments ope ru ted in the production of edible
fishes. Its principal work ss a hatching
station lies in the production of shad fry, about
fifty million of which are produced in the
months of April and May from eggs taken
-t the auxiliary ? tat ion at Ft. Washington,
? leveu mile- down the Potomac. Several mil
lion white tish i gm arc also hatched annually
for Lak> Ontario, it being the nearest station to
that lake. When these eggs are in process of
hxtclung they give a very clear idea of the
couduct of such work at the Great Lake sta
tions. in Ohio and Michigan, a table of -U
galiou j irs being a sectional view of a white
Ush station. five mUliou eggs now being
hatched there show the entire process. Some,
being young or comparatively new. have an
amber or pale color, while older ones, with
more red blood formed in the embryo, have a
blackish appearance. The hat. hing fry clear
ing themselves from the shells und pass
ing automatically tlirniiKh tho rubber
and glasa tube* into the collect
ing tanks complete the story of the
white tish eggs. On a long table near by are
?a.mon and trout eggs in similar glass batch
ing jars, aud in shallow troughs are the fry
rec> ntly hatched and hatching. Ihe muddy
Potomac water, however, prevents satislactory
observation. In absolutely clear water, as Tub
Mm reporter noticed, there is a positive bril
liancy in the jars and collecting vessels. but
however muddy the water may be, the attend
ants, who are always handling, cleaning and
sorting, are ready to explain and make clear
anything unseen.* Another feature of central
station is
THB DISPLAY or APPLIANCES
Used, and recently used in the manipulation
of aticky, floating, semi-buoyant or heavy
eggs. On low tables a simple series of the
varions devices are displayed. Labels tell in
a few words the use of each piece, whether for
hatching or transporting the fry. Just outside
the building, on side tracks, lie the special
railway cars, especially fitted np for the whole
sale transfer of eggs and fry.
live visa is tanks.
Another striking display in ceutral station is
that of the live fish in tanks, both of fresh and
salt water species-, in other words, the aquaria.
Each tank is supposed to convey a story or
object lesson, gome contain families aud others
groups. Probablv the most ancient tithes rep
resented in this large collection is illustrated
tn the collection of living types?the gar fishes
and dog fishes. The first of these is common
to nearly all our rivers and obtain an eusy live
lihood by following up the spawning schools of
shad and herring to eat the parent fish after
they have spawned and have become emaci
ated, diseased, and weak. ' Gar broth," said a
keeper who was standing near by. 'ns a dish
much relished and is a culinary product of this
species." The dog fish, lazy, indolent crea
tures, are not classed among th.- edible tish,
although "Uncle Keuben" and ??Sister Lize"
declare that ? they* good tish and follows in
line wid de catfish."
THE SALMON TASK.
A large tank made of state with a glass front
i -nis *o be the most important object of inter
est. I* is the salmon tank and contains a
varietv of species, among them the lake trout
an J white tish of the great lakes, these two
varieties forming the basis of the great com
mercial fishery of the lakes. The trout are
indeed beautiful creatures and a disciple of the
renowned laaac Walton could gaze for hours
witn envious eyes and form schemes of landing
one of these four-pounders, if he had him ou a
line.
TmorT AT DINNER.
While The Stab man was watching the swift
graceful movements of a rainbow trout, com
mon to California waters, an attache of the
commission came out with a net fall of min
nows, the trout*1 dinner. As soon as thev were
emptied in the tank there was an activity de
veloped among the fish, and minnow after min
now was snapped up greedily. Several min
nows, realulug their danger, swam to the
bottom and hid among the rocks. In man? in
stances their hiding places Were safe, but "now
and then a poor little frightened fellow would
be ousted out and devoured.
A tank nearby represent*the catch of winter
seiue* on the Potomac, the yellow perch, jack
fish or pickerel, cattish. Ac. Another tank con
tains a collection of minnows aud other small
fishes, held la storage and used as food for the
larger fishea. Other tanks around the room rep
resent the production of the carp ponds, the gov
ernment breeding station for pond fishes and
other fishes near the Washington monument,
the brilliant gold fish, golden ide, European
lluch, and plants of various species. Some of
the tanks show numerous vearling trout, vora
cious little fellows, hatched and reared at
distant interior stations, and sent her* for dis
tribution m more eastern waters.
aqcatic rum.
All of the tanks where there is standing
water contain living plants to make a natural
balance between oxygen and carbonic acid gas.
Nearly ail of these are placed near or in the
sunlight to produce growth in the plants. Some
of the smaller or drawing-room aquaria pre
*? favorable studies for those who have small
aquaria in their houses. In several of these
small aquaria the water is very rarely changed,
"id the plant* thrive while the fish multiply.
M.iny snails, which act m the capacity of scav
engers. have brought forth families, and the
tiny fellow* are found sticking to all parts of
the globe*.
TB* XACNE AQfABIA
is another interesting sight to be found at cen
tral station. In the several tanks provided for
the reception of salt water fish and plants
i. .uiei ous specie* are found, and they are so
differ< lit from the fish we have been accus
tomed to *e?-. that they are of especial interest.
1 Le water n*ed in th* marine aquaria is not
uiajiutai t ired, aa many people tLink. butis ob
tained near the rape* at th* mouth of the
I hesapeake bay. Mr. A. B. Davis, the son of
i apt. l>u> i*. of th? rfU-arxier Gtorge I-earv,
brings up a fresh supply when it is required!
When the steamer p..?ae* around Thimble shoal
light the engineer puts the large donkeT fire
pump to work and in a few minnt-s a huudred
tin cans used by the fish commission mes
?eugers in carrying fry from the hatcheries to
the river* and lake* are- filled with natural
water from the ocean.
Th:? water lack* several degrees of being as
deu*e a* the water some distance at *ea. but it
answer* the purpose, and the evaporation
which take* plac* in circulation causes it to be
come stronger.
??Do you think that the practicability of main
? taming marine aquaria at a distance from the
sr* ha* been determined?" a*k?d Tn* Siab
man of oue of th* commission.
" During the past year." he said, ??experi
mente have been made with more or less good
results. It is well known that this has Been
accomplished in various countries of Europe,
but only by the expenditure of very large sums
of money. The few public attempts." he con
tinued. "so fsr made in this country have re
? n ted tn failure, from a financial standpoint.
This ha* resulted principally from attempt* to
a. hieve impossibilities. *uch as securing and
keeping whales under conditions wholly inade
quate. and kindred dlfiicult and costly elTorta
of sensational character common to the show
bus-, new*. The ideal aquarium of the biologist
? nd th* lover and atudent of natur*. however,
will be aa nearly a* possible a reproduction or
approximation of natural conditio!!*, with the
plant* and animals proportioned and adapted
thereto, the lowest forms of life possessing
equal interest with the higher in studving the
life hiaturies, habit* anJ metamorphoses of
species."
"X* the ideal aquarium of slow growth?"
"Ye*; I might say it is," was the answer. "It
must be developed by degree*. It is impossible
to wrench the delicate aud beautiful algae, the
sponge, coral, or anemone from their native
rocks amid th* whirl and splash of the billows
aud have them at once to take up the thread of
life under altogether new and changed condi
tional. And yet," he continued, '-we know that
with time and patience this may b? done. As
an example, when a florist take'iuto his green
house a wild fern be expects that its leave*
wid die, but that soon new ones will be put
forth, which will be adapted to the new condi
tion*. aud then it will live and fructify. Bo in
the aquarium. Time is required to adapt or
Oevelop the delicate denizen* of the sea.
ru* aqcaaia
at oentral station are only in embryo. Months
will eiapee before they will be worthy the name
tm its fullest seas*. Enough, however, has al
ready been done to demonstrate the abeolnte
poaaiDuity of mamtaiaing marine aquaria here
? e?n par all rely small cost, and aHording n
means of popular amusement and instruction,
s? well as of art study mid biological research,
to lift it beyond the <loin.ua of experiment and
make it but a matter of time and patience to
develop it to a point of wonderful interest.
SCRPRISISl) RESULTS.
'"In the few aquar^i for >om? months de
roted to marine objects," aaid The Stab's in
formant, "some surprising results have been
achieved. Algai has developed to a length of
several inches; mollusk* have spawned, and
fishes of delicite nature usually difric.ilt to keep
in an aquarium by the sea, such as the butter
fish. sculpin, sea-robin, mullet. 4c., have been
found to live well.''
"Are you collecting marine objects at prttfent?"
ventured the reporter.
"Not now. At this season of tbe year it is
j next to impossible to collect marine objects iu
this latitude. As the tenipTature lowers," he
i continued, "fishes move down into greater
depths?crustaceans, mollusks, Ac., settle down
I into the mud and ooze or creep under rock* or
anything providing shelter and there await
I spring. Tue alg:i- become faded and bleached.
1 and nothing but the sunshine and warmtu of
spring will restore th< m. Although efforts
! have been made, it has been found impossible
to And the necessary material to stock the
j aquaria 111 a satisfactory maimer uutil the r?
; turn of settled warmer Weather. The return of
the commission's steamer. Fish Hawk, from tl;e
' Gulf of Mexico, in April, will uo doub: a>id
many wonderful and interesting tropical and
j subtropical forms."
"Do you think," asked the scribe, "that the
development of marine and othtr kinds of
| aquaria in this city is a success?"
"Ye#, 1 thiuk so." he answered, "and with
I the experiments which have already taken
place, i have little doubt but that it may be the
means of stimulating the great cities of this
country to tbe establishment of aquaria to rnal
those of Europe. You must not forget," he
continued, "that the present attempt is but tho
embryonic stage nnd its development will be
watched villi intercut by lovers of nature."
a new departure.
There are certain original features in the
present attempt which it is believed mark a
new departure and will give it great advan
tage over similar attempts elsewhere. The
? principal one of these is the adoption of the
' green house style of building the aquaria, which
affords au abundance of light and especially of
sunlight, so necessary to the healthy devel
opment of both plant and animal life. Most
uquaria are established in buildings lighted by
windows in the side#, lliese do not furnish suffi
cient light. There are long periods of cloudv
gloomy weatb. r, when aqtmriu will have only
moderate light even with glass overhead,
such u condition has a very depressing and some
times serious effect tipon the tuh and plants.
"What is the present capacity of the marine
aquaria ut central station'/"' asked the reporter.
"About 1,800 gallons, distributed iu i-t
tanks." answered the lish man. "Tbe total
amount of sea water in use, however, reaches
6,00b gallons."
Placed at intervals around the room large
grottoes may be seen, made of papier niaclie,
and lending a novel effect. Insioe ihe grottoes,
ranged lengthwise, are the aquaria, and the
bright sunlight from above wakes a striking
picture. You seem to be under the w^ter. as it
were.
"What are the advantages derived from the
grotto style of exhibiting/' asked the re
porter.
"There are several advantages aside from
picturesque effect. The great volume of light
which is necessary to the success of uquaria is
in this way cut off from the eye of the observer,
except as it illuminates the tank. This is rcBt
ful to the eye and creates the pleasing illusion
of being beneath the waters. It also allows the
attendants to pursue their work without inter
ruption. hides the circulatory system and
eliminates everything of a distracting nature.
It also," continued the fish man, "economizes
labor in the saving of time usually occupied in
fishing out the ground nuts. cake. Ac., so lib
erally provided by an indulgent public."
Ihe study of the display of annual life from
the lowest forms, the sponges, to the highest,
the fish, is very interesting. Each has its pe
culiarities. There are three species of sponges,
all aiive and apparently doing well. The anem
ones are of the species common to the New
England coast. They vary in color from white
and white splotched with brown to yellow and
seal brown. When fully expanded they look
like u b- d of flowers. Unfortunately the
change of temperature from the warmth of the
main building to the grotto anuex has bet n
considerable, and they are not at present show
ing their full beauty. A few days of warm
weather, however, will bring theui out in line
style.
Of molltisk* there are oysters, long-neck
clams, quuhang or little-neck clams, two species
of mussels, periwinkles, crepidiila and whelks.
Ihe egg case* of the whelks may be seen in the
tanks with them. They are long strings of fiat
capsule# of tough integument in which the
young whelk# develop before making their
debut.
OP CRUSTACEANS
there are barnacles, prawns, hermit crabs, the
rock crab, the blue crab (edible crab), the
horseshoe or king crab, lobster, and one or two
smaller species. The prawns are a small spec us
of the shrimp family, quite transparent, and
attaining a length of about one ana a quarter
inches. The hermit crab is one of the most in
teresting members of hi# family. His most
chann ng characteristic is hi# habit of living in
a house and of carrying it about on his back
wherever he goes. Hi# hinder parts being soft,
he lives in the cast-off shell of some mollusk,
and some have been found occupying the bowl
of a pipe or the neck of a bottle. Unfor
tunately such luxurious abodes are scarce with
them. When they grow too large for the house
they bunt around for a larger one. into which
they immediately move. It there happens to
be a natural owner in the shell his time on
earth is brief, for the hermit "eats him out of
house and home." The blue crab, the kind we
eat. is a wary and pugnacious little fellow.
Deviled or a# a soft shell he is very popular.
The king crab presents an admirable 'model for
a snow plough or a road scraper. Thev are ap
parently always busy shovelling sand, evidently
iu search of marine worms.
or fishes
there are quite a variety of species, the short
mamv-chog chub, three species of stickleback
(nest builders), goby*. torn cod. tautog. scutym,
liparis. load fish, mullet, flat fish (flounder),
scuppaug (scup. New England), "porgy," New
Jersey. The minnows are of value only us
food for larger species and as bait for the "fish
erman and angler. The sticklebacks are inter
esting because of the nest building hubit and
the total reversal of the domestic ecoaomv.
The male fish builds a nest of vegetable fiber,
in which he encloses the eg"#, binding the
whole together with 11 thread which he spins
from special clauds just a# the spider
spins its web. The littie fish passe# around
the nest, acting as the needle for the thread,
stopping from time to time to shape the uest
ami add fresh material. A littie orifice is left,
through which the fish draws water by means
of his mouth and gills, thus maintaining a cir
culation and keeping the eggs fresh. The
female fish i# driven away with great fierceness
should she venture near the nest, and the male
rocks the cradle, as it were, without assistance
until the little ones depart to take up life upon
their own hooks, without even the knowledge
1 that they ever had a mother. Ihe gobv# are
small fish which live in the shells of moilusks.
The few specimens now in the aquaria were
I taken from oyster shells which have been out
of water three or four days, an old ovstcrman
sending them, together with several other salt
Water specimens. <0 the station.
The torn cod is a northern fish, of the cod
family, and of some commercial value. The
tautog, kuown a# black fish < perhaps because
they are brown), i# a food fish of commercial
importance, and a favorite with anglers. The
sculpin. liparis. aud toad fish are worthless as
food, but interesting and beautifully ugly. The
mullet, scup and fiat fish are among the valu
able food fishes of America, the scup raukiug
next to the sea bass on the New England coast.
In time the aquaria will contain a repre
sentative collection of the marine fauna and
flora of the Atlantic coast. At any rate, the
time now spent iu visiting central'station is
well employed.
The First Parting.
From tbe Philadelphia Times.
"Come, Eva. kiss mamma good night, and go with
uur?? to tied.
What i? irs? for sname.' a moment since you would
be good, you said:
You're quite loo big a girlie now to sleep In baby's
I'lACt*,
Why soon you will be tall enough to go to school
wlU> (.race;
bo kneel beside me. darling, here, and say your
prayers, and I
Will sing that little hymn you love, of guarding
angels nigh;
And when the birdies wake you up, tell Mary you
may run
To have a romp In mamma's bed; just what
lots of full!"
The mother In the morning came, In longing anx
ious mood;
With throbbing heart and dewy eysa, beside the
bed she stood.
Where Kva still slept soundly, her arms embrac
ing tight
The gown her mother wore when the had klaeed
her pet good night.
Its ribbon# with her silent tears were stained and
limp and wet.
Around the white and dimpled neck an empty
aleeve was set;
While *ary slept she stole away, ere dawn had
lit the sky.
That some hing ot her Idol near her ?'??rn breast
might he,
Unheeded save by Him who marks each grief
endured alone
She sought and found hot solace for the first that
she had known. a m m
FASHIONS AND FI RBKLUVV8.
Chat About Dress and Styles for Karly
Spring.
the latest "coxtkhpora.sbou#"* r?eas is the
WAY Ot rtXRIXt ADORNMENT?THE DEVELOP
MENT OK THE PELISSE? "FISH VETS" A SOVELTT
IS DRESS GOODS?QCEER, QCAIST ASB PKETTT.
IFroni Our Own Corr?!?i>oti<l*nt.l
Sr.v York, March 31, 1889.
One of the things lacking in this country is a
strong, determined influence in regard to dress;
and it is always. therefore, a reflex of the latest
whim, caprice or idea from over the sea. in one
direction or another. The "idea," whatever it
may be, is eagerly seized for lack of another
and to furnish a pretext or pretense of novelty,
! and before it has been put to real use bv the
majority 1ms been iterated until every one is
; sickened of its name.
This is the case with the "directoire" and ''em
pire" styles. which have now quite lost their orig
inal significance and become mixed and inter
changeable, half of those who empiov the
terms not knowing the difference between
I them and accepting the Vi sion which comes to
th in in happy ignorance of its shortcomings.
Empire and directoire ulike have settled down
into a coat with flaps and refers, which is
more or less pronounced, according to the taste
ot the wearer. In the meantime auv number
1 of "contemporaneous ' ideas. so to speak, have
I sprung up. and give variciv to modes, to
| which monotony menus death. The pretty
tucker, the spring j>elisse ure among thise;
and the latter especially promises to divide the
honor* with the directoire costume, and is
inn h easier ami much better adapted to simple
tastes and useful lives.
the pr.r.issE
is a whole dress in itself, but it has lines of its
own and is not so closely cut and shaped as the
princess, or what was formerly called the "Ga
brielle" dress. In fact, the difference is just
tins, that tli*- princess is uu indoor gown, cut
'n,,0lie; 'he pelisse is an outdoor costume,
cut all in one. It wan the "tailor" costume of
i our great grandmothers' day; was made in
fine cloth, a.-, now, and worn with large beaver
j hats and bonnets, with sweeping plumes. To
? day it may be made very distinguished in ai>
[ pearance or adapted to modest needs It is
made in dark green, brown, black, fawn, or
> mulberry-colored cloth, fitted to the waist, but
: with hollow plaits in the back and small, -roll
i "',g collar at the neck, which gives a glimpse
I a aUtl t,e- The front is closed and
usually fastened over on tile side, applied trim
nnng being more appropriate to the design
j than inserted vents, w hile revers are out of
place except as the termination of the small
coat. collar The finest trimming that can be
applied to the pelisse is hand braiding, the de
: signs for which can be made original and artis
, tic. Lut. ot course, the majority are braided
? i>\ machine in conventional patterns or uot at
I . fil1.' J? h"e material, silk or satine. lined and
; neatU stitched and tinishni. in preferred bv
j refined women of moderate income, to masses
I of conventional braiding or passementerie.
A MORNING COSTCME.
I A plain, well-made pelisse of dark green
fawn or mulberry cloth, with toque hat to
match, is au unexceptionable, spring, morning
costume, good enough for calling and useful
for any outdoor purpose, except formal visit
mg, by those who make pretensions to fashion.
One great advantage of the pelisse is this, that
C?ers ''le ?OW11, or ''an he worn iustead of
it. lhere is nothing patchy about its appear
u con,l'"^'. convenient and alwavs
j re*dy. lhis is a feature of dress that is be
coming more and more appreciated bv women
Life is becoming too full Tor them to spend
, one-third of it in making petty changes, re
placing worn odds and end*, sewing up dropped
, 'olds, and carrying about the eternal tear of
something giving way with the strain of work
and dally routine.
"TREAD-MILL" QOWN*?t.
In making up tho spring wardrobe, the im
portance ot the indoor, the everyday dress
should not be forgotten. The majority of
women live in the remembrance of those who
know them, as they are seen everv dav in tho
pursuance of the ? tread-mill routine, and a
good tread-mill dress is of real importance
to heir peace of mind, while a sense of fitness
to daily needs adds to the stability ana har
mony of daily life and character. If business
t.tk. s the wearer out of doors such a dr< ss must
be of wool or worsted; if h-r work is indoors
aud domestic m its character, it should be of
j cotton or covered by cotton sleeves and anion
| A wide apron with square b.b and loose sleeves
gathered into a baud top and bottom, so that
they will hold and protect other sleeves are a
: great saving oi time aud labor for women who
assist Hi the doing of their own housework
J hey were always employed bv our thrifty
mothers and grandmothers, and there is more
reason for their use to-day, for there never was
a tiniu when there was ho much dusting ot bric
a-brac and rubbing of woodwork as is required
to-day. lobe sure we do uot rub our tal.'.j
tops with sweet oil and beeswax and polish
them with "elbow grease" us formerly, but our
wood floors must be kept clean with "ammonia
and smoother by paraffin, and every panel
wiped every day as if they were made ot glass.
cottos and flannel dresses.
The "French" blouse waist, gathered back
and front, with skirt put into a band and fast
ened over the spring at the waist line, is tho
simplest form to which to make a useful cotton
dress. The shirring may be accomplished with
strings and casings, which draw out straight
when the the dress is washed. Suppose the
material be a narrow stripe in two shades of
b.ue or brown, or lilac or terra-cotta. The belt
straight collar and cuffs, into which the nearly
straight sleeves are gathered, may be of silk or
moire ribbon, matching exactly in color: if not
ot plain cotton in the darker shade of the two
stripes, press flannel in piuin colors makes
very useful everyday dresses, but care is re
quired in utting them; and they are best made
with platted skirUand Norfolk jackets, or some
sort of plaited blouse waist, of which
there are many varieties. Very pretty house
dresses are made of tho old-fashioned mousslm
de-laine. A design of lightening-like darts or
slender, irregular lines, showing well upon the
dark grounds. This arrangement of color ,!
exactly- opposite to that of last year, which ex
hibited only dark figures, usually large and
flamboyant, upon light grounds, aud makes
them look like foulards. This dressy effect of
the simple material maybe heightened by col
lar or single revers, crossed from right to left
of plain silk, to match the ground; and a sash
with made bow and long end# of the same If
the bodice ls gathered the revers should not be
used, but silk may be employed for high collar
straight cuffs, and straight sash. '
"fish-nets" asd other sew thisos.
A great deal of ribbon is used this season,
aud is particularly useful in dressing up light
summer materials. Those most available are
satin faille and moire in new. artistic shades
and they are arranged in long lines with looped
ends or with several grouped and forming a
panel crossed, twisted or of different lengths
and finished with bows. Kibbon is also ar
ranged as braces, with bows on the shoulder or
?? ",'k ?r.'?? fr(Jm theJ r,*ht shoulder, crossing
to the left side, and terminating below the
waist line in bows and ends. Very wide ribbon
is used for this latter purpose, and the side
al? velle<1 or partly veiled in drapery
lhe fi?h-net fashion maybe said to have been
invented by Ellen lerry. Hhe required gome
kind of netted fabrics tor classic drapery and
could find nothing that suited her purpose
hhe experimented, or induced some one to exl
periment witu silk and metal threads, aud pro
duced a silver fish netting that made a sensa
tion when displayed in public. Now we have
fish net in ailk, woven, but upon hand looms
and therefore expensive, and we shall shortly
be loaded with imitations in wool, linen an5
cotton m patterns that will be called by the
name, but will bear very little resemblance to
the original fish-net design.
AFTER THE INACOURATIOK.
A great many dinner* and reception* in New
\ork followed the inaugural festivities in
Washington, given to distinguished visitor*
from various parts/>f the country, at which the
dresses prepared for Washington were dis
played. One of these was embroidered upon
the satin petticoat, and upon one side of the
bodice with Jonquils, French poppies, tall
grosse. and daisies, tied with blue ribbon,
through which ran a *ilver thread. The train
was of sage green velvet lined with satin, and
the draped effect* upon the bodice and side of
skirt were executed with exquisite Honiton
lace; used also to tie in the group* of feather
ornamentation and veil the diamond leave* and
sprays which fastened them.
Another dres* which attracted attention was
quite original. It consisted of a train of rich
lustreless, black satin, covered with an irregu
lar water deaign in gold line*, that looked like
embroidery. In reality it wa* don* with a
brush and a pure Japanese preparation of wold
rertlv'hlT* If",! ,n ?oluSj?n- whlch *MOt cor
255* ^.^i^ pamt- The front wu of draped
tulle dotted with fine gold beads, except the
. kodice, where the beads were
arranged a* tiny flower pendants. Long, open
o/Ua'ride of^VSm^nearly to tie Foot
A COSTUME .
ordered by one of the visitor* is a combination
f,wn-colo<,?d cloth embroidered
with silver and a darker shade of velvet and
T*?7?hort on th* back and
with directoire front. A spring Ulster made for
same lady is in a d?U afcMb 1 mpper-col
ored cloth, with two t?pM, the upper one split
on the shoulder and forming wide, sharply
pointed rever* in front, the under one reaching
oulv to the inner seam of the arm and giving
the'effect of epaulettes. They are, in fact, a
precise reproduction of the military cape of
the "Directoire" period, and should be accom
panied by the three-cornered hat. The edge
is outlined with black and gold braid, which
emphasizes the novelty of the form. A great
many spring costumes are made in two shade*
of gray. heliotrope, fawn, copper or ?.
green. "The last-named is very delicate j
in tone, like the darker and lighter
shades of spring lettuce; and the lighter
shade does not enter into the ground of the
material, but is used in the embroidery or in
the paneling, as vest or mounting. The em
broidered pattern dresses in these different
shade* tell really for less than would seem to
be their value, but it is because the design* are
conventionalized and afford little scope for
original or artistic treatment. Machine em
broideries are rarely seen upon French im
ported dresses, except in fine white or colored
cottons for summer morning wear.
THE FINEST FRENCH CASnVF-RFS
i are made up in two or three shades of the plain
material, with email crochet buttons and straps
! over very narrow panel* of striped silk or ben
guiine laid in minute folds. The buttons and
straps of silk cord or braid match the cashmere j
in color; the glimpse of contrast is only ]
afforded by the folds of silk, which are barelv
j visible at the top. but widen slightly as they |
j approach the bottom of the skirt, three of these
panels occupving a breadth upon one side of
the skirt, while the other is draped or laid in
flat folds. Women who study economy as a
necessity, yet like to be well dressed, should
beware of having wraps made to match cos
tumes. They greatly increase the expense of a
street dress, and in our northern climate can
rarely be made available for more than a few
weeks in the late spring or early fall, while
they cannot be utilized for general wear. A
jacket or wrap for between seasons, in black,
tan or fawn shades, w ill be found much more
serviceable and more likely to be satisfactory
iu cut and tit than a mantle suitt, titted by a
dressmaker.
NOVELTIES.
The lace cloak will be the novelty of the com
ing summer. It is a connemara iu black lace,
unlined, which envelopes without concealing
the figure or the dress. It is made without
hood, but with a double ruffle at the throat.
There it is gathered iuto the neck, and is tied
with black ribbon?faille or satin?unless worn
over a black moire and lace dress, and then of
course the ribbons would be water< d. In hand
some lace, over a pretty, well-made toilet, these
j cloaks will be very elegant.
Underwear increases in fineness and delicacy.
The upper part of some robes do uuit and
batiste cliimeses. are composed almost wholly
of exquisite lace insertions, very narrow, and
only st parated by dainty headings, through
I which the narrow ftatin ribbons are run, which
' are ni the faintest shades of pink, salmon, or
i corn color. The finish consists of masses of
loops of the same ribbon, forming a group ftt
neck, wrists aud left of the bust.
Open-wiirked stot kings have reappeared, and
summer will bring the sandal*.
Jennie June.
TIIE OLD COl'RT RECORDS.
Qunlnt and Interesting Entries Fouud
in Musty Old ilouks,
JAIL BIRDS WHO WEKE SET FREE BT THE INVAD
ISO BHITISH?A DEFIANT LKjUoH DEALER?
THE TRANSFER OF THE FAIRFAX ESTATES?
JURIES THAT MKT IN THE CAPITOL.
Tho musty minutes of the old Circuit Court
of the District from which The Stab has
published extracts as successive volume* are
examined, show a gradual increase of the busi
ness of the courts. Home of the records are
rather odd in contrast with the records of the
present day. Iu the first few years of the
century the grand jurors are maked present
but five or six days during the term, but ill
1814 ten days' service is credited totlieni at the
June term, aud iu 1819 fifteen days. The
records for the June term 1814 show but few
trials of criminal cases and sentences "to be
publickly whipped" are rare. The account
of the clerk contains entries unknown at the
i present day. "Released by the enemy (En
glish)'' appears iu three cases, aud the word
j "pardoned' is appended to four, and "not
' guilty" to five. The fact that the British sacked
i Washington in August of that year explains the
| t" ry ''released by the enemy." The jail at
j 'nut time was in Judiciary square in the rear of
?he court-house, about where the watchman's
lodge is new located.
At the January tenn, l?15i the grand jury sat
fifteen days and there were 110 less than twenty
two riniuuil _..ses tried, almost double the
n\im!j? r at the precediug term. Whether this
iurrtaHe was due to a corresponding increase
of population or to tue demoralizing effects of
the w r i? not known. Although there were no
prisoners sentenced to be whipped there were
several cases in which fines of $133.33){ were
| imposed. The next grand jury (June. 1815,)
' sat seventeen days. There were twenty crimi
I nal trials aud in two case* the sentence was ten
lashes.
A LIOHT SENTENCE FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
At this term Wm. Fitzgerald, charged with
murder, was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to a tine of $20 and 90 days im
prisonment. The entry "whipped and dis
charged'' shows that the sentences were ex
ecuted.
The December term. 1815. had 21 criminal
oases to try. and the June term following,
whose grand jury sat but 8 days and bad 18
trials, and in each of two cases 39 stripes and a
Jine of clO was imposed. June 17 Isaac Butter
was tried for the murder of Betsy Butter, and
found not guilty of tho murder, but "guilty of
feloniously killing and slaving Betsy Butter,
otherwise called Betsy Moulder." He was
sentenced "to be imprisoned 18 months and
fined *100," Ac.
October 16, 1816. the marshal was directed
to apply for a room for the court in the
capitol.
At the December term following there were
few trial*. Under dite of January 8 there ap
pears an order accepting the report of the
commissioners appointed November 6. 1809, to
straighten and amend 'he road leading from
George Town to Teuley Town, as appears from
their report of November 29, 1?09, and de
claring it a public highway aud road in lieu of
the old road.
THE FAIRFAX ESTATE.
May 14, 1917, record is made of the appear
ance of Ferdinando Fairfax, jr., in court and
his acknowledgment of deeds from himself
and wife to Wm. Herbert, conveying the tract
in Fairfax county. Va., on the river Potomac,
between the Pohick and Doeg creeks, com
monly called the Belvoir estate. Also to Her
bert the ferry lot and land appurtenant at
Harper's Ferry, aud 2,000 acres of the bhau
nonuule tract lying on the Loudon Bide. Also
one conveying his equity of redemption in
Bock's distillery aud land adjacent, 205 acres.
At the June term 1817 there was increased
criminal business. In twentv-three criminal
cases sentences of 5, 15. 25 and 39 stripe* re
spectively. being imposed in four cases. In one
CH*e a prisonei was sehtenced to be burned
with a letter T in the brawn of the left band
and to be imprisoned eleven months.
A DEFIANT LIQUOR DKAL3R.
At the following term, December 81, there
were twenty-five criminal trials, but there
were few fines imposed. An entry Deoember
30 relieves the monotony of the pages. It shows
that John Beanne made application for a retail
liquor license, when the court informed him
that they would not grant the license without
evidence that a tavern was uecessary at the
place he stated be would make application in
writing, and if licenses were granted to others
be would sell without license. Ihe court for
this defiance of its authority imposed a line of
110 and four days' imprisonment. He was later
in the day released on ilOO to appear in the
morning. The record of December 31 shows
that Beanne made a satisfactory apology and
the order was rescinded. A subsequent entry
?hows that the court issued him a license.
At the June term of 1818 there were but
seventeen criminal cases tried, and in three
cases the accused were whipped. Under date
of June 19 is the certificate of naturalization of
Henry Ould, who declared his intention of be
coming a citizen June 18, 1812. He will be re
membered as a public school teacher for ?
quarter of a century. The habeas corpus pro
ceedings in the case of Major Robert Bailey, a
famous sporting man of hia day, are noted
under date of Jane 27. He had been im
prisoned for debt and sought release, claiming
that he had taken the benefit of the insolvent
laws in Berkeley oounty, Va. The court M to
some of the judgments in the District dis
charged him, but refusing to release him as to
others, sent him back to jail, from whence he
escaped a few months afterward, making bis
way to Virginia.
At the December term following, on Decem
ber 80, Michael Clark was tried for murder and
sentenced to be hanged on April 2. between I
and 3 o'clock. There were twenty-three crimi
nal cases tried and about twice that number of
civil cases. A number of constables were re
moved, but in the oases of two the order of re
moval was rescinded on evidence being pro
duced that the alleged misconduct was not
from corrupt motive*. At the next (June)
term, 1819. there were twenty-eeven criminal
cases tried.
TWO WAYS OF ASKING.
"Tear*, idle tears! Xiobe dissolved! My dear
clu'id. what on earth m the matter/'
Time: Four of a summer afternoon. Place:
A pretty boudoir, furnished in the fashion of
to-day, modeled on the style of Louis Quinze.
with a dash of ''Liberty*' thrown in. and mod
ern accessories, snch as crystal flower rases,
three-volume norels. and photograph stand*,
juxtaposed with Queen Anne silver and nick
nacks, ancient and modern. Pramatii per
son*: A graceful figure in white, tlung with m
air of desolation on the floor beside a sofa, her
charming nuque risible beneath delicious little
rows of golden curls, her frame shuken by sobs;
an older woman standing a few yards distaut,
dark, beautifully dressed, "good-looking
enough for anything" without being distinctly
handsome, aged somewhere within the right
side of thirty, and wearing an expression hslf
compassion, half amused. There is a suspicion
of raillery in her voice, which is felt and deeply
resented by the fair sorrower. Anger is often
akin to sorrow, as pity is to love, and the voice
which responds to the question when reiterated
is decidedly petulant.
? I wish you would go away and leave me
alone."
"I shall not uo anything of the sort." returns
the other. "I am going to talk to yon, and I
do not care in the least whether you are augrv
or not. although 1 had much rather \ou would
take my remarks in good part."
"Oh.'' resp> nils the voice, still smothered in
the sofa cushion*, hut losing nothing of its re
sentful quality. "I know how clever you sre.
and that you think vou can manage every cue's
affairs better than themselves."
She intends this to be a "nasty one." and, as
a matter of fact, it does not fall very pleas
antly on the cars of her iuterlocutor: "hut *he
sits down on the sofa and replies, with good
humor, "Well, my lo\e, I Way confidently say
that 1 could manage your affairs a great de al
better than you manage them yourself, and
that, if I were you, 1 would have Mr. Clement
Lascelles at my feet in a very short time."
"Perhaps you have him there now!" savs the
prostrate one, ceasing to sob and trying to
sneer iustead.
"Will, Dolly, dear, to tell you the truth. I
fail myself to recognize in that young man the
charm w hich I observe he has for?for some
people; indeed, I consider him a poseur, with
an exasperatiugly good opinion of Limself. and,
it you hsk mv candid opinion. 1 think that he
would be all the better tor being kic "
Dorothy flounces up in a moment. "I will
trouble you not to insult my friends," she
cries, with flaming cheeks. "And it is not verv
eaiy to believe your sincerity when he was sit
ting in your pocket all last night, and you were
out walking with him tor two hours this rnorn
, inc."
"In any case." replies Mrs. Dalton. coolly,
?'your remark* prove that I have had time and
opportunity to foitu an opinion of his utilities.
1 don t deny that he is good-looking, out it is
intolerable that he should be so conscious of it.
I admit that he is not without a certain amount
of cleverness, and has been fairly well edu
cated: but I vio ently object to liis thinking
himself able to sit in judgment on people a
good deal Older and cleverer than himself.
" On you, for instance," cries Dolly.
''No. I was not thinking of myself, though I
admit the solt impeachment ttlie one regarding
my age. at least;, and what 1 dislike most of
all is his placing himself on a pedestal to be
looked at and longed for by?by pretty, silly
little girls, who ought to know bitter."
Dolly stiffens her back, and says, with an as
sumption of dignity which sits indifferently
well upon tier. "If you will excuse me. 1 should
prefer not discussing Mr. Lascelles with you.
Vou are perfectly welcome to your opinion of
1 him, and I claim the liberty of retaining mine.''
Then, her majesty suddenly toppling over,
: she says, vindictively, in quite a diff rent voice,
j "Perhaps you think I am such a fool that 1 don't
' see through your mean abuse of him?"
"That 1 may win and wear him myself?" sug
gests Mrs. Dalton. quite good hunn.redly. "No.
| my dear and acute child, believe me. you have
| not fathomed and unmasked my baseness this
! time. I know your dear little heart is set upon
; this fascinating young man. I don't think there
, is really any harm in him. and I am magnani
m j:is enough to be ready to show you how to
ootain his affections, and to make him the sup
pliant instead of you."
"suppliant!" cries Dolly, with fresh flume*
from her burning heart ascending to her
cheeks.
"Yea, suppliant. Every one. my love, can
nee?he, moat of alle-bow vou hang upon his
smiles, and despair when lie is indifferent or
capricious."
Wrath makes Dolly absolutely speechless.
If looks. Ac., Ac., Mrs. Dalton would. Ac.. Ac.
"Dou't be a goose, Dolly," resumes her
friend, not having suffered any visible iujury
from the lightning glances to which she has
been subjected. "Keep your temper and reap
the advantages of my superior age and ex
perience."
"Keep them to yourself," retort# Dollv,
tartly.
' The first I must, whether or no, but the
latter stall be yours. Come, dear child, vou
know I am fond of you; believe me, when I'say
I would not have your euchuuter as a gift, anil
also that I am desirous to see him subjugated
by you. He shall be yours. I promise, and I
will only make one condition."
Dolly seats herself on the sofa and allows
Mrs, Dalton to take her hand, though she looks
rather sulky. Still, she does, poor little girl,
regard Mr. Clement Lascelles as the first prize
in the marriage lottery, and is willing to take
upon herself his part of the contract; to wor
ship him with her body, and eudow him with
all her worldly goods. For in a small way she
is an heiress, though he is not destitute of
money and has au excellent position. Truth
to tell, the young man is not what is called "a
had sort;" he has good looks, good brains, and
good manners, when he is not egged on to tak
ing liberties by the sillv flatteries of the other
sex. Poor Dolly loves him madly and has in
nocently chowu her pleasure in his notice and
her suffering at his neglect. Mrs. Dalton hav
ing paused to give due effect to her words,
Dolly, after a moment, is constrained to say,
rather sulkily:
"Well!"
"You must take the vow first."
"What vow?" with latent irritation.
"The vow never to tell any human being?
Mr. Lascelles least of all?that I, or, for the
matter of that, any one, advised you how to
act towards hiin."
"Oh, of course I promise."
"Promises are like pie-crust." replies Mrs.
Dalton; then, with an air of great solemnitv,
sho goes to a small book case at the end of the
room, and comes back with a Bible. "You must
kiss tbe book," she says.
j "Oh, no." cries Dofly, frightened. For she
knows she never kept a secret in her life, and
is terrified at being put on an oath which she
may break, in spite of herself, a few hours
later.
"Well," said Mrs. Dalton, firmly, "do you
want him or do you not?"
"Yes," cries Dolly, with tears in her eyes, "I
do."
"Then kiss the book."
"But how do I know there is anvthing in
what you are going to tell me?" says doubt
ing Dolly.
-Because I say so. Do I not know the world
and men?"
Dolly take* the book, trembling. "What am
I to say?" she falters.
"Say: 'I swear not to tell Clement Lascelles
or any other person that Marian Dalton ad
vised me how to win bis affections.'"
With a sudden desperate gesture Dolly kisses
the book and repeats the formula. " "Now.
then," she cries, excitedly.
Mrs. Dalton takes up her parable. "'Clement
is really fond of you?ne would be exceedingly
fond of you, if you only allowed him."
"If I allowed him!" gasps Dolly.
'"Tea," repeated her adviser. 'By allowing
him, I don't mean throwing yourself at his
head, and showing him that you adore him;
but by making him doubt your love and his
own capacity for pleasing you. Different men
want different treatment. There is nothing so
delightful to some as to see and know that a
woman cares for them?it adds tenfold to their
devotion for her; but I am bound to say these
men are in the minority. Most of them are
far more stimulated by donbts and fears?the
woman become* more dear aa she seems more
distant, and, aa a rule, when a man is literally
orasy about one of our sex, it is because she
has worried and tormented and kept him on a
perpetual balanee between hope and fear. Now
you, and others like yon, have so hung upon
Clement Laacelles' looks and word*, have *o
positively shown him that he is a great being,
? lofty inteUect, a rival to Apollo, that he is
coming off hi* pedestal to wor*nip hi* worship
en- Your only chance, my dear, is to abandon
yonr worship; to. counterfeit indifference as
beat you may, and to let a gradual und startling
conviction com* over him Uutt you were not
really in earneet, after all."
"It is very easy to talk," pouts Dolly.
"I* is very easy to act, too," returns Marias.
**f you are poitively oertain that your plan of
campaign ia going to be successful."
'?How do I know that it will be?"
"Try it for twenty-four hours, aad *ee how it
works." #
"But I don't know what I aa to dot"
"Yon must be absolutely guided by me, and
not ?ctfor one moment on your own reepoaai
"I daresay it will turn out all wrong," say*
Dolly, ungraciously, "and that I shall lose him
altogether."
"All right," repliee JCr*. Dalton, losing pa
tience and rising from her seek "Do as you
like. After all. whet on earth doc* it m*tt? r
to me whether you ar* happy or miserable. Uo
your own way.
Dolly spring* np and catches her by tin arm. (
"No. no. Marian, don't go; iIob' be angry. 1
will do whatever you tell int'i"
"Then barken and obey. Dirk Wyndham is
coming to-night. Vou know he is rather fond
of you. Talk to him. and to hitu out v. all the
evening. Do not once glance in Mr. Lascelles'
direction; I will keep my eye on bmi. and re
port to you how he takes'it." If he approaches
you in the evening look bored and distrait,
and reply to him by monosyllables."
"I shall never be able to do it." groan*
Dolly.
"Not with such a big htake to win?" (A little
sarcastically).
"Ah! you don't know what it it to love!"
cries Dolly.
"Not as yon do. certainly," retort* Marian.
with an inflection of voice which Do'lv n> not
acute enough to catch.
Dick Wvndham arrive* in time for dirin? r.
He is ratlier fund of Dolly?he ia exceedingly
hard up, and he want* her money ev< u more
thau her sweet self. He is bright Mild amus
ing. lis* a considerable fund of small talk, is
devoted to sport, mid has not Mr. Lasrelle's
esthetic taste or lofty manner of showing su
periority, He has a genuine conu-mj t for a
man who talks art and plays classic music as
Mr. Lascelles ha* for oi.e wiio thinks of n< thing
but hunting, lawn t? ntn? and polo, tiough In
rides tairly straight and is au average shot
himself.
Not a little disgusted is LaeceUes. therefore.
when Dolly, whose sorrowfulness and its caiiw
have grt utly soothed his complacency tor the
last twenty-four hours, st ems to have eves and
ears tor no one but this half-witted soldier at
dinner. She is looking cli.trintig 111 a dress of
a delicious apriedt tint, win, h he h.is not seen
be fore t he in a great counoisse ur of dress i; if
he could only catch her eye he would beam ou
her one of those glancea which have intoxi
cated her maidm soul. But whereaa it bus
betn his wont to meet her lender, pleading
glances every two minutes heretofore, to-niglit
he might be Buuquos ghost aud she one of
Macbeth'* guests, for all she serins to see him.
His memory serves him up various sneering
and saving quotations on the theme of *ouv< ut
femme Yurie. He is so little congenial to his
ueigbbor at dinner that she eij tesses the most
unfavorable sentiments regarding h'.m ia ihe
drawing-room later on. causing Dolly to halt
between the desire to defend him hotly and a
sense of pleasure that some one beside herself
has suffered from his coldness. Mrs. Dalton
makes a pretext for calling Dolly aside.
"'Excellent, my love!'' ?Tie cries in high good
humor, pressing the girl's arui. "He is euragt >1
beyond measure. He scarcely took his eves off
you. Cio on aud prosper'."
llius stimulated. Dolly does go on, and pro<i
Fers exceedingly When Mr. Lascelles and
lick approach siiuultaneously she devotes her
whole attention to the latter, and has scarcely a
word for the former, who presently retires in
tragic dudgeon, and leans against the wall look
ing like llamlet, Lord llyron, or any other
blighted being in the sulks."
In reality Dick is the person most to be pitied,
although ills face is alight with smiles, and his
heart aglow with anticipations of possessing a
j lovely woman, aud satisfying the debtors who,
! metaphorically speaking, take hitn by the
throat, crying, "Pay me what thou owest'." In
nocent creature that he is, he suspects uo
treachery, nor dreams that milk-white bosom
palpitates for the "infernal young prig'' over
the wav. Dolly will play billiards aud law n
i tenuis with him on the morrow; in the after
noon they are to ride together; and. as he sits
smoking, alter the ladies have retired, he re
flects on the inobt approved method of asking a
certain question.
Up to this moment Clement Lascelles has not
seen any necessity for putting hi* fate to the
touch, because he has been absolutely certain
of wiuniug: but now that for the tirst time he
has a riial who is progressing by leaf* mid
i bounds ill his lady's fuvor, he sees that some
I thing must be done. Hi- cannot have b< t n be
) fooled. She lo?es him or?or he, 'he adept at
, reading th< seer* ts of souls, must for once have
! beeu deluded. I'erish the thought!
I With gloomy brow and stately step ho retir*??
i from the smoking-room und seeks the solitude
| of his chamber, but not his couch. The dawn
I has broken ere he courts repose.
'Marian!" cries Dolly a few hours later,
burstiug into her triend's room w hilst that lady
?no early riser at the best of times?still nes
tles among her pillows, "read this!" and slit
st ats herself on ihe bed in a state of great ex
citement, while Mrs. Dal ton languidly pursues
the letter thrust into h< r hands.
"I call it great impertinence;" she remarks,
returning it to Dolly.
"Impertinence!" with wide open eyes.
'"Certainly!" aud Mrs. Dalton, taking it back
quotes from it:
" 'Though I cannot pretend to offer yon th<
! one great passion of a life?sad passages be
{ yond the ken ol' other mortals having tarnished
! the pure luster which 011 e surrounded my sou
I as with a halo?yet, if you will take a hear
weary with the sorrows of the ages, dimmed b_i
the darkling doubts with which an intimatt
knowledge of humanity clouds the spirit. tuk<
me to your tender breast, and let me find
shelter there from life's griefs and disappoint*
mints. What recompense a heart blighted ai
mine has been can bestow- I will strive to tnakt
to your angelic sympathy aud goodness.' "
"Is it not beautitulV" cries Dolly m an ec
stasy. "I wonder what be means? I suppose
some horrid woman threw him over once'/''
'1 thing it is exceedingly impertinent, and 1
hope you will resent it."
"llesent it!" almost shrieks Dolly. "Why, i1
is a declaration!"
?Get my blot ting-book off that tabic." com
mand* Mrs. Dnlton, resolutely. "Sow." slit
says, beginning to write, "you will answer ll
in this way. or I wash my hands of you. and to
morrow he will have reduced you to ubjeel
misery again."
Uhe write* hurriedly for a few minutes, and
then, with heightened color, read* the draft
aloud:
?Dear Mb. Lasckllks: I have received yoni
melancholy letter, and am truly sorry for al
you seem to have suffered. Hut. for my part
I look upon the world as a very pleasant place
and have made up my mind to euioy myself at
much as possible; so, a* I could not consoU
you, and you. with the ideas you express, would
make me miserable, I think you had much bet
ter look out for somebody whose temperament
is more like your own. 1 suppose you meat
me to understand that you have been much
mora in love with someone else than you art
with me, which, to say the least, is not veri
flattering. No! I must have an undivided
heart, or none at all.
"Your sincere friend, "D. 8."
There is a desperate fight between Mrs. Dal
ton and Dolly before the latter can be pcrsuad'
ed to copy Mid forward what she considers ?
heartless and flippant missive. lu the eu<!
Marian triumphs. Mr. Lascelles doe* not
appear at breakfast, and Dolly, though het
soul quakes within her, laughs aud talks tu
Dick.
Later in the morning, when they are playinfi
lawn tennis, Clement Lascelles, feeliug much
smaller than he has ever done in his life, seek*
counsel from Mr*. Dalton. With an angelic
smile she alternately pricks him with daggt rs,
and makes him gulp down bowls of poison,
but she does him an excellent turn by taking ?
good deal of nousense out of hiui. He con
fesses that he adores Dolly. How, oh, how i?
he to win her? Has he the ghost of a chance?
Mrs. Dalton, looking solemn, declares her in
ability to reply to this, hhe hints at Dolly's
youth and love of amusement, She hints too
at Dick's unflagging good spirits and temper.
Aud the upshot of it is that when Dick returns
crestfallen from his afternoon drive with Dolly,
having spoken and received his answer, Cle
ment Lascelles carries off the young lady to her
boudoir on pretence of wanting to be shown
something, and, replacing the melancholy of
Hamlet, by the conqueriug airs of young Love
lace. takes her in hi* arms, swears he has been
a fool, and has never really loved any one but
her sweet self, and that if she accept* him her
life shall be one round of pleasure.
Twenty minutes later, Dolly has passed on
all his embrace* and more to Marian.
"How clever yon are, darling!" she says, ad
miringly,
To which Mrs. Dalton replies, "Now you
know bow to manage him, make good use ol
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