IN THE LOBBIES. PEOPLE A Y It Til IMS AX THE door or coxvitMsa. A sat Clara-TUe. Backiton ia ta Crrl dr LluliM af tha DoorSMpena-Taa Old Soldier With Mo Hand! Wka Car rta Cirdi With Dostcrlty-Paa-ea Wha Bops to Heeoiua Otul M Special WashlnetCB Letter. Years ago the lobbies of the Senate were swept and garnished. The appla women and cigar vendors were turned out, and the precincts reduced to order and dignity befitting the place. Now the House seems likely to follow suit Speaker Reed has issued an edict that the huckster within the House wing shall scatter and depart And there is much cosBternation among these long tolerated parasites. Yesterday every member that stepped out of the House was instantly seized upon by one of the humble servitors and tearfully implored to "promise" something; probably that he would try to assuage the virtuous wrath of Reed. The photograph men and the cake and apple women were ex cited and solicitous about their future. The most interesting specimens of hu manity are the liack numbers that are still to be seen In these old familiar places. The card man at the door. "Aunt Clara" at her notion stand in the corridor just off the dome, old "Aunt Hannah, the apple woman, and Mrs. and Mr. Patrick Callahan, with their milk and pie, stand in ths basement Promptly at 12 o'clock old Hannah comes trudging into the House corridor with hc-r basket of red and yellow apples, carrying her little footstool, on which she seats herself in one of the window casements. Old "Aunt Clara" looks exactly as she did 25 years ago whou slie first came to Washington. She was once a prosper ous millinery merchant in New Orleans, although her history runs farther back tlian that She is a French woman, who in her youth, it is said, was remarkably beautiful. One of the most famous American statesman conceived a passion for her, and for many years she enjoyed his fullest confidence and friendship. The war cost her her little fortune in New Orleans, and she came to Washing ton somewhat nmsettled in mind. She used to go into the Senate gallery and wave a small silk flag, making wild ex pressions of delight whenever a strong Union siech was made, Charles Sum ner became her friend and secured for her the privilege of keeping a stand in one of the Senate corridors. From there, a few years later, she was moved over jnto the corridor just oil the dome on the House side, where she is now "on nee dles and pins," she declares. She 1ms rMPORTCSINO A MEMBER. made a handsome living from her sale of notions and has educated her son and daughter as well as they would have been had they been the children of a millionaire. The boy was sent to Yale College and is now living in Europe. Aunt Clara's name is not Clara, and probably there is no one in Washington who knows exactly what it is or what her antecedents were. She seems to be as familiar with the German as with the French language. The pages in Congress are always an interesting lot of boys. The older ones are as bright, shrewd, and well informed as boys can be. The fresh ones are in teresting because of their freshness and their burning desire to learn all the tricks and ways of their older comrades. The fact that several public men, including Senator Gorman, of Maryland, Dick Townsend', of Illinois, and the multi millionaire, Congressman Scott, of Penn sylvania, were at one time pages seems to fire the breast of every boy who gets an appointment with the notion that some time he, too, may become famous and come hack to take a seat in one house or the other as a statesman. Their fa vorite caper is to draw off in a bunch and go through the forms of a mock House or Senate. They show remark able fairness in the distribution of hon ors, and the best politician and smartest boy is generally elected Speaker. Every fellow in turn is given a chance to make a speech, and the previous question is not moved until after all have had a fair chance. The young Websters and Clays ges ture, gesticulate, stride up and down, rant, and make the old chamber ring with their youthful speeches. Now it is the postal telegraph, another time the surplus, and again the tariff that engages their attention. Some of their speeches are very well made, and would do credit to Congressmen of the real sort Alto gether the life of a page of the Senate or House is pleasant and instructive. They learn to be gentlemanly, quick, snrewa, and well informed. It is counted quite a prise among people well-to-do to have their boys put on. the roll as pages for a winter or two, simply for the lake of ex perience. Taw Manna of oconeese- Baauncau i a man baa heU the posusm faoss of Us Tim sank of sM rang any ef the wen at Cat Boose for the to sW wteaa rf a Is a tuiaaaaotni am Far sa star vetr-tm there are 1B saw faces in the , and it (is a very aright man who can re ! member them all at the end of a week's ' sernoe. Besides this, all the old mem- j bers have shifted their seats and are scat tered about the chamber, so that they jean not be quickly placed. But the j doorkeeper must know them all, and so must the official reporters recognize them the instant they rise to their feet It is curious to learn what sort of men seek the position of doorkeeper. For many years at one of the doors of the House gallery there stood a man who had been a major general is the United Eta Us Army. At another deor was an old colonel. Men piomiment in State politics, editors, lawyers, and merchants seek these places. Not infrequent! they are men of more than ordinary in fuence at home, and some of tbein are the best confidants of public men. All of them, of course, are active politicians, and are necessary to the Congressmen who give them their places. ' A.I the re- A BOCbK DOOEKEEPEIU serve gallery of the House there standi this session, where he has stood for IE years. Sergeant Decker, the man with nc hands. He lost his left arm and right hand at Gettysburg, but for all this he it one of the moat eft' :ient doortenders. He has a mechanical contrivance buckled on to the stump of his arm, by which he can take a card as well as any of his com rades. Frank B. Carpenter. THK AKT OF INTERVIEWING. General Ploll'i Flmt Interview Ia Hardly a 8'ucciMiBoftWel! as an Interviewer. The life of James Boawell was a series of interviews, and if interviewers ever have their patron saint he ought to be beatified for the office. In his time in terviewing did not openly avow itself as such. It was performed under difficul ties which will make the present prac titioners of the art smile. General Pa- oli, of Corsica, who little knew that he was the proto-martyr of the interview ing persecution, described the process to Fannie Burney in terms which we may be allowed to quote here in order te show to its present professors how rude the art was in Us first beginnings and how vast the progress is which has since been made: "He (Doswell) came to my coun try, and he fetched me some letters of recommending him, but I was in the bc fief that he might be an impostor, and I supposed in my mind that he was an espy, for I look away from hkn and in a moment I look to him again, and I be hold his tablets. Oh! he was to the work of writing down all I say. Indeed I was angry. But soon I discover he was no impostor and no espy, and I only to find mvself the monster he has come to dis cern." The interviewing reporter, or special correspondent, as we believe we ought to call him for the class stands very much on its dignity, and corre spondent is a very different sort of a per son from a reporter now presents him self quite at his ease, note book and pen cil in hand, when the pencil is not be tween his teeth, and sets about his work openly and with elaborate arrangement Saturday Review. A Sad Calamity. He held her lissome, lithe, and supple form Pressed close against his throbbing heaving brent, Which did Its dally throbbing underneath A brand new, snow-while nlnety-elgut-cent vest She laid her bonny, curly, golden head In playful mood upon that vest so whit. And swore that she, forever and a day. n ould love mm and suck by mm, come what might Next morning, when he looked at bis new vest He vowed he'd have no more to do with girls j He had to par Sing High Ling fifty cent 1o wash oat marks left by her golden carls. Mo Wander. For thousands of years the brute has been In the same old laughable nr. To be made tbe butt of so many Jokes, It's so wonder the mule still kicks. -(Philadelphia Times. Mixed the Baklea tJp. An extraordinary comedy ol errors has just made itself public in connection with work house administration in France. It starts from that familiar ba sis of a hundred plays and novels twe children who were changed in ths nurs ery. Two girls with names almost Iden tical were placed by their mothers about the same time in the institution called Enfants Assistes, Ten years ago one of them was taken home by her supposed mother, given a dowry, and married. Of cotuas she was the wrong one; and the other, having just coma out on ths ent of her majority, claims to have proved her substitute a ohsnglirtg. She demands the dowry, it seams, and may possibly put la a claim for bar hus- It mar prove a nice point of law whether ska is entitled to both, but It ap pears that every one all round has a claim for damages against everybody else, the public authorities the fairies who effected the change coming off the The poor girl who has just emerged from the work house no doubt looks upon the. comparatively comfort able and respects has ctoossataaces to watch aer nsmsaaks has wrongfojly sue- oca m ias sasaa way as m ItoanesxtaomtsgBrwitkatdlss; prospect of weatta and aasne int Thi fltnatina isnflais nas af Mr Bi plot la the 'CfaUdrsa ef Cikwon, there are grass Cl It-tFaMttaa WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT. laahiuB and J-ad. A Bmart lawn tennis suit is of blue aud brown striped material, plainly made, with a coat bodice and a frout of silk. A stylish coat for a little girl is in old rose cashmere triniuiei with black velvet It is appropriate for ladies' olothcamels" huir, serge and other wool materials. The Anglomauiacs aie wearing "garter-shillings, set as broaches. The shilling is enameled with tha I'nioii Jack and bears the fan.ous old motto, 'HouiSoiCetc. Colored trimmings are used on soft finished cambric or French nainsook undergarments even by womeu whose tastes will not accept the colored gar ments noiv so popular. A light and elegant hat has a border trimmed with pleats of maize silk mus lin; the crown is of maize tulle with black spots and a pair of maize wings issuing from the tulle. The fishing girl has a chance to come out strong this season, because so many pretty dresses are made for her use that she is sure to find something becoming if she Ukcs the pains to look about. Tan-colored and pale ecru corduroy dresses for the mouutaius are made with short full skirts and jackets that fit the figure very closely in the back, opening in front over hunters' green or bright scarlet surah blouse waists. Very pretty traveling cloaks, are made in the short round fashion of the Henri Deux capes, to be worn above dresses of plain mohair or other lustrous goods that do not easily soil. A stylish mode is made of dregs-of- wine surah shot with black. A lovely summer tea gowns of creamy white wool crepe is delicately em broidered in pale green, delicate pink and honeysuckle yellow. It Is beauti fully trimmed with cream lace and lines of fine gold braid dotted -a ith jet beads and brilliant paste chirunnirs. That was a mean trick of that dry goods concern." 'What did they do?' 'Advertised 'Circulars given away to dayand all tlie women within ten miles went down to get one. When they got there they found the circulars were priuted ones, and not cloaks." The tailor gcwii of homespun or of checked cheviot is the conventional traveling dress, rivaled only in popu larity by the shirt and jacket of En glish serge, with a washing silk blouse but for short journeys in drawing room cars almost any handsome, plain ly made walking dress 13 entirely suit able. Very swell are the "Louis" coats in which the ladies array themselves for an afernoon's walk. Velveteen Wm the material for the skirt which accompanies the coat and." also for the coat itself. That is. iftim w.-nror of It has a fondness for lookine M if she had just stenned nnr nfn cient picture gallery. Home of the prettiest and most strik- ing growns for young ladies have the ubiquitious basque and skirt flonne made of flowers entangled in grasses and vines. Of course thi ih,i garniture is only permissible with slight figure, but the American girl, a3 a rule is slight aud willowy and suppla ...... bU U I Fashions In Jewels. Turquoise jewelry is in for a run. Chased gold links are a ponidar atvl in bracelets Aluminum salts and peppers are the latest productions in the metal. A copy of a baseball in oxidized sil ver is the form assumed by a new ink well. The moonstone is said to be the ad- proprlate gem for the August born. home attractive candlestick renre- sent fluted columns with leaf work or namentation. Diamond sprays or buckles for catch ing up the fold of the dress are in de mand. A fancy indulged In Is an oval brooch formed by two gold wires spanned by a row of choice diamonds. Here Is an oddity for a scarf pin: A tiny gold lantern with an opal sent half way in a thin crystal. A rosebud made exclusively of gar nets in gold settings is a recent bonnet pin conception. Some fancy combs with but two teeth have cut garnet eabochon tops. wnicn loo wen in light or dark hair. bhot brilliantine is a dressy and ser viceable fabric noted among many of the stylish travelling suits of the season. Feather trimmings are announced for cloaks, coats, caps, dresses, boas, hats, etc., the ostrich and copue leading. Handkerchiefs are very elaborate. I saw some very pretty ones having the centre and hem of different colors that contrasted welL Tha newest things in hosiery an black silk stockings with white Bru. els lace fronts and stockings embroid ered in for get-me-not Bright Miss Kit, who writes so enter II tainingly lor tbe Toronto Mail has no use iorine young man with i She would bava him chloroformed. A youthful toilet of cream colored berege, dotted with bouquets. Tha upper part of tha corsage is of tullt and the riband and girdle are of thistle Annzoim of 111 ''W- Efforts aif Iwu made in threat lint-, a;n to secure legislation that would pro hibit the employment of woman aud girls in the business of making nails, spikes and chains. It ha been said that female employment ulrw-v tion as of compulsion, not of choice-. I'uilanth.iSLS have pictured the dnigr j smithy, with Hi hind Rlar of Uapuu sparks, its jouorou chime of tL fad ing hamm er, and the Untish amadou , with the biceps of an athletic pound- j ing the red hot metaL 1 ve waitiiiK on Vulcan has invoke I the p.y and caress of humanity and funmin d the text for many a political tirade aaiuM the government and civilization that made such conditions a necessity in industrial life. We have nothing to say agaiiU this crusade foi female emancipation, though if the truth be told the auia zons of the black country, with Us countless furnaces and its smoke dark ened sky, aie by no means the serfs they scern to be. We do not believe in female employ ment in such a muscular business as making spikea and chains. The forge is no place for a woman, but if she chooses to swing a hauiiuv-r, who can prevent it? It may be an abnormal predilection, and by no means coinci dent with tho parlor and piano idea of the modern live, tut in an age when woman are captains of Bhips and running the municipal government of cities, no law can annual the right of the gentle sex to make tho shoe or pound tha anviL That there are two sides of this question of female blacksmiths can no longer be doubted, since a delegation of lady ironworkers waited on tlie homo secretary to protest against in terference with their rights. There was nothing savoining of sickness, atrophy or nervousness in this amazou ian deputation. If dry goods were but poorly represented, force ai:d flesh were here in robust conditions. One-of the speakers had reached the modest age of lifty-seven years of which quite fifty had been spent hammering iron, with occasional relapses, during which she had bequeathed fourteen children to her husband's care and the census of the nation. A lass of sixteen years, who weMod a hammer weighing eighteen pounds, pleaded tier Improvement in health as a reason why the law should not inter fere with her business. Appearance justified her logic, for she had the nerve of a lioness and the shoulders of an athletic Age of .Heel. Restaurant Table Maimers. There is nothing quite so demoraliz ing as eating away from home and re lining influences. I do not mean once or twice a week but all the time, as is the case of the man who has no home where he can go. There Is no saying quite so true as the one, "Evil com municatlons corrupt good manners." I have a friend who until ho began to eat in restaurants was tho very pink of propriety. He was very punctilious in regard to his table manners and would uu uiuic i.ujiib. oi umi rising otic or ins chair and reaching over to grab the mustard pot or running his fingers into the salt or pepper bowl than he would think of combing his hair over his plate. And yet feeding in a restaurant. nas so metamorphosed him that nearly ail his charming manners have been worn away by too close contact with the hurly burly throng that make their home in a resteuraut during meal time He will grab a vinegar cruet or the pepper castor with as much alacrity as any one of tha rabble. And the way he can aud does harpoon a slice of br, ad is so artistic and convincing that one's admiration is compelled to find ex preseion of some kind. I took dinner with him the other day and naturally commented upon the chance in his maimers. Hp confessed his faults 1 cause he knew them and at the ssmc time lamented the necessity tha-, com pelled him to lfve in restaurants. "There is nothing," said he. -unit demoralizing to a real gentleman as to constantly mix with men who have no manners or whose polish is of the art ificial kind. It is Impossible for the gentleman's standard of behavior at the table to be Jobaerved and adopted by those who do not know its merit. But on the other hand it is very easy fo the gentleman to forget his own stand ard and to do as the Komans do when they are in Home. Further, we are creatures of habit, and these Utile idio iyncracies of manner stick so closely to us that it is well nigh impossible, after awhile to shake them off. AH of which is as-true as UospeL-t'liicago WuhlTour Fur t Nigh- There are .many girls who retire at night thoroughly tired and forgettin. therefore to wash their fs just be fore seeking their pillows for the much take both oa. account of health and beauty. JSot-only does any particle of dust on the face have time to create havoc before morning, but if cosmetic, hwe been uad It is a disastrous neg tort, the Poiwns or ch emical case iul t .an "f. dMtroy 1U woothnm. well as whiteness and have a clear pores Into the system, u,in . Ulyoi to i before resting, much damage to tbeekln Is saved and muM. -JS w "cnUOl'SAUTO)!ATA. tuiitt or rsxots maqiua The A.U. ArU.-A '" Horn lllwer-Tk u.pi n . -tire if I TbM Mere Wall KrpU-TL. luum llaa Art. CprcuJ yrw York Mlr. t . i ... A,nnt rator of the slight of . HMt " '" hanJ art n-lv quit- " h "I""' mf chauicel tricks a- did their old Urn pred- m-aor. Indd. it WMll'l ir;u.K if with the g-at improvement in me chanic charaeWistic of our aire, tin. I.r.tidigitteurs wen- no', able to em plv mechanical aid to their trick, with startling enoct. . One .f the lrst of niod-rn merhanir.il automata w fat of Zo the drawing eirl eil.ihit.-o W Kellar. This automa ion 'is in th .mi of a Inr doll. tl on a slight hw' nJ draws with the .t.t ea litres, fiiz-es, diagrams, t-U'., on a email blacklwarJ. This picture reri rtwnU Zx. tllH drawing automa ton. The connec tion is made by an iron rod running through the staRv !low, and there worked by the op erator. On the upper and lower end of the rod is fastened sn arm with a crayon. Tha end crayon is plavd ntrniriHt a black- board, and then! tub aitohath-amiw where fhe illusion comes in. The black board is concave, and so but two motions are necessary up and down or right and left to make a drawing. It can clearly be seen t::at the motions of the artist, who has lxihl of the crayon It-low, who is drawing on a convex surface, will bg followed ab-jve. 2 Th Automatic Artist explAineri - A, th urm Joining the rod ; B, tlie rm that ronn tlirmh tl.e lAn; thp arm ork4 hy cm elnl oralor; H turvwl plale iiiuii which ta drawlug 1 maie, AVnoth er p roui i n n t a u to u ta ton in Fn n fare," the horn blower. la this cawi tha little figure nits in a chair on the stage, holding a hum. Tbe oM-rator on the stags places the tulie of the instrument to the figure's mouth, and then thi music oomciMices Tlie explanation of that i quite dim ple, an the drawing will show. Run ning directly up through tlie Ktage And then through a leg of tlie chair is a long tube, and when tlfS mouthpiece is pllihed llgillllnt the lips of Tanfaru" it makes an air tight connection. Tho real player, who sits lielow, blows through tlie long tule, and, us all immit-inriM tiu rat-led wuli valvw of irixtruinentduftsnot litp ruU!? commence until tho through ih? ;m.-o. mr luw passed tho valvue, and it k tho bell of tlie horn that gives the tone. Tha keys aro operated by means of fine wires, pulled down by tlie player below stage. The fingers of tle automaton being fastened (o the valve they naturally follow ths keys down. Another promi nent deception ex hibited is that of Aslarte, or the fig ure that walked. n, nnd turned mersaultd in the air without visible meant of support The ilUmtration will show A start! as she appeared when su. ponded in midair, This was evolved from the old aerial fcUfiiMTmion, which A, wire fr.m. iTtU or U"u ry anrkrta attached ; B, stout pieCU of iron .."Uouarr "" fastened to the belt and arm at tlie bark of lh a,ri i, wore a peculiarly mads corset. In aerial suxpension there were nnlv iwn trilnn. possible. Tho jrirl was centlv lifted bv the feet until she t,v.w n..ii;. r.t . dining upon her eikow on a single pole. nrarw is now shown, the girl stands at tlie back of tlie tae, which Js covered with a curtain nf H.rk ...i and then is raised gently In ths sir. He' hind that curtain is a stout iron fram and from the center of itprojecu an iron arm that can be puhod forward and to the right and left, slits in the curtain be ing mada to accommodate tho move menu The pole is fastened to the girl's belt and the belt is made of .tout l,n grooved and rinirml in mA...n it.. j . ., - vim euu III the arm, which is supplied with a ball, so when the end of the iron arm ta slipped in the wider opening at the back and locked it will be seen tlat she can turn uy direction but forward without uuKiraooe. The draninv nf lm n.i.i t JM no matte, what ths position the silk Will IsUI OTttf an.. ryMil L L.u v fl lh T, Ira , - 'sa ass ueMai, AY0- h!LZ hWtwl to further rhn 4"Pm, had the girl jump rough a rspldly revolving hoop while .ttT; w-boo si basa in shis way: It was not a tree Kfiar r i rvrw ri earwiu 1 the nameruu isUioiit wits hiefc5 l.Kely wrapped. AsUrts h a 01 v ntioo and has be-n lfr- Irl - "A KclUr's Atrte-A. tx-lt iih (Un. t with ball -k,uT ' Mt chauics named Keys and (.1 tI til , (J V'JI n. These illustrations are enough b that Hie modern maRician follow cb, in the fojt3teps of the ancient eitiW' huwjiimiw, auij t.iiav tu an CASel tin eurcm are uuo mnru or lt to Irrigrt No matter how iulricaU the machin used, the secret of tlieir working a x, nimple, and the human bria aod hi really produce tlie effects. Yh, m) duiinn many years inechanicj fi have amused millions, the aerrrt, tlieir construrtion lve been so jlcKir guarded tlmt no public explanation tliein nave oeen nereMore mails. Nearly every modern l'rUiliputwi now adds an exhibition of the HitJor, htani black art to his programme Tk alto use muclianical device, u wrl) apiienring and disappearing bpu The.ie latter illusi(jna aro canted jjmrj, by deftly removing black coverings frwi the objects that appear no mrsWriomlt in the uncertain light or rplaWug gj to cause ui'f dumppearam. Ancient nmgiciani were i-redited mpernatural power. Modern exbibiton of the black art liave made no tori claims, and m view of the stmplkitr many of their trieki it is wonderful thai tho public has been so long mystified m the B'tTi ts no well kept. Jehom, SOCIETY ItT SU1MKK. How Wnnliliigton lMoUt t uiln Ilia Wira Vfava. special Waablnatoo letter. Midsummer in on oa We have hd three t)r four days as hot an mnrimereret brings us. Hli'ds wt while standing in the i-hade. CViflars wilt Ueneral Hpinots lion a dreadfully bedragj;lel l(ik which defies dirrifition. Foliage is no that the pefifile of ahhington hares' m-eti the htars for a month, and ovr ami under all, and in and through all, par A HtLSCT BtPfSS. rolat, eiuil.w, wafts, and ooftly aim iners the liony sweatnem ol th tn&g nolia bloom that bangs aud hid tmry- v. here itf big as a full ntoon. F.irumiotis hither are In full blaat- I mav use that explomo word to deaiit nau Hiich an (jiuaginotM inotitotios as an excurniou. Washington u the gittt Convention city of the Unit'jd Statet AIjouV four big excunriona a day visit from all point of the oompaes, and ai least one National Convention of Somo thiiijr or Other is in nenaion bare eert aftoroxin. Everything oomes here ami holds stwion. There was a Congiws of Hucksters with a big II here hurt week, and tliia week is mors or lew aovoted to a ("on vi n tion of Dancing Minsters. W are exMH'ting a Convention of Boxia rrofeKsors next week. Nobody oomes to WaHhington, but everybody "oonveW here. There b an editorial excursion here atxmt all'the time the ono that ar rive. hipping over upon that which hai not yet departML And aren't thty "received?" V7fl, they arel In no other town in the world, I think, does the reception ripen io per fection. The President and all of his cat 1.'..: .-.vESCTt. net are aniiableand accessible, acd wh they are not shaking liands they MT ini? riirionlv Innkwt at br the hundre that file through the official aprtos and content themselves with an opw inspM:tion. And ia the evening Sena and Secretaries open their parlors ano t t u nl vwltora, luuini, ii. o .... !..,.. m.w,A IrM nraain. SSS ladling out the punch to the omnivorooi crowd. The " season " ia technically at an lint ttfill u.ImI.I.iumiIi Hraff alollg wearyingly. HtUI choice hops and salacj suppers are given, and ths roaad ..l.l . I 4 I. u would OS" Ijrought dehght to the amblUonssoal wife and mother of the Dodd rtmuj. is but fair to add that the tolerant ixr.ui.i i a imiat OB W . - OM1JIIIK tAJM WAS "- " swallow tall mat for evening daiiag unseascuable festivities. A good sjaayj even of the young men, appear to in unceremonious frock coaai af maUrial, and quote poetry weather in extonuaUon of vm ABU uas 1BHIOT WW WW JL the dinner In tbetr Uwn mi -IT ehascias: their shoes and siaalag And the ladies flock la the Ut of extra fame or so. TWossSirs- - I .1 It I ,U n ? KmrT-.' wfi . mum C". colored satin. MwlUpreraUonUac' attqasaaMi ' 00