PROMPTING AN AUDIENCE UCKY LAST LOOK ECCENTRIC WAGNER. English Actors Give a Signal When It’s 1 A Glimpse of the Famous Composer In Timo to Laugh. One of His Moods. “Nothing Illustrates the difference Richard Waguer. the couqioser. need­ Preserved the Declaration of between English and American wit ed a good deul of managiug. and Frau more, probably, than the manner in Cosima was always tactful, according Independence In 1814. which playwrights write their lines,” 1 to Judith Gautier's “Wagner at said Rupert Hughes. "There are few Home." When tbe author hesitated people who realize the Intricacy of the before accepting Wagner's invitation ¡AVED IT FROM THE BRITISH. science of writing a 'laugh'—that is. a to an excursion she says Frau Cosima line capable of producing a laugh from made signs to her aud. coming nearer, said in a low voice: "Do not refuse, Precious Document Would Havo an audience. “A man may write one of the fun­ tie would be angry. And let him man­ Been In the State Department When age It all; let bim take tbe lead, if you It Was Burned but For Pleasonton's niest lines ever given to the American do not wish to grieve him.” stage and see it Ignored by an audi­ S Final Glance Around the Room. Later on she gives auother curious ence because of some act on the part H comparatively few of the present of the producing company or one mem- scene: “Behind the bouse. In that court ^Generation know bow near to being-her of that company. I have seen the which formed a part of the garden, H>e Enemy entered Washington. Mr. Mon Britain.1 he continues. “Something dizzy and trembling, the master con ■roe. then secretary of state, James must be done when a 'laugh line' Is eluded it would be wise lo create n Kadisou being president, mounted bis spoken on the English stage to give diversion. He ran rapidly toward the ■horse, rode to Benedict, a small village the audience an lnkliug that the witti­ house, and by tbe aid of tbe shutters, loti tbe Patuxent, where tbe British cism has been completed. Then you the moldings and protections of the stones, be climbed nimbly up the side ■forces were being landed, and climbed get your laugh. “Not so. on the contrary, with Amer­ and. reaching tbe balcony of tbe floor Ian eminence within a quarter of a mile icans. I remember of bearing of an lot tbe village, in order to ascertain above, leaped over it "He had obtained the desired effect ■ tbe strength of the enemy. Being con- incident Involving one of Olga Neth- Irinced. after his inspection, that we ersole's first appearances in this conn bnt In replacing one evil by another Ihad no force available that could suc- try. Several times during the perform­ Trembling with anxiety. Cosinin turn Icessfully resist them, be sent a note to ance the celebrated actress walked to ed to me. saying uuder her breath: [Mr. Pleasonton by a vldette. advising the sides and exclaimed to the stage ‘Above all things, do not notice him: I him to see that the best care was tak- manager: 'What’s the mattef? Are do not look surprised, or you can never len of tbe books and papers of the state they going to hiss me off? Why. they tell where he will end.’ ” applaud before they hear the end of I department I Acting at once upon this authority. the lines.’ In each instance she was HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY, I Mr. Pleasonton purchased some coarse told that the audience was quicker I linen and bad it made into bags of than the audiences to which she had Th* English Method of Dealing Out suitable size, in which be. assisted by been accustomed to playtng. She was Supplies by the Week. others in tbe office, placed tbe books told the Americans grasped the mean­ In the matter of small savings and ing and the wit of her lines when she I and other papers. watchfulness of expenditure the Eng 1 While engaged in this work General had spoken only half of them. The llsh housewife is ahead. Eor example, Armstrong, then secretary of war. actress, although she received all kinds the English housekeeper deals out to passing the state department on bls of applause during the performance, her servants the week's allowance of way to bis own office, remarked that seemed disheartened." — Washington sugar, rice, flour, coffee and all other he thought they were unnecessarily Post. household provisions that are kept iu alarming themselves, as be did not quantity, and requires an nccouut of think the British were serious In their A Wig and a Tragedy. It all to be reudered. the thing having Intentions of coming to Washington It is just as well that our enthusiasm been brought to so flue a point that Fortunately Mr. Pleasonton was of a for oriental curiosities should be fem she knows the exact amount of each different opinion, and observed that it pered by discretion. Eastern antiqui­ article requisite for her family, allow was the part of prudence to take meas ties may lie picturesque and with all ing so much to each individual and tires to preserve these valuable papers the charm of mystery, but nt the same that quantity being sufficient. as she of tbe revolutionary government. Had time they may have a history that, if knows by experience, two ounces of Mr Pleasouton delayed but a few known, would consign them to the tea. for instance. Itelng regarded as tt days, bud be followed tbe advice of stove without benefit of clergy. Fieri- week's supply for each single indivld the secretary of war. an irreparable is a story bearing upon the point and ual. one half pound of sugar, three and loss would have beeu sustained. For with its obvious moral. A young and one-half i>ounds of meat for a woman the papers which Mr. Plensonton had extremely pretty girl went to a fancy and five and one-fourth for a man­ placed In the coarse linen bags com dress ball in Chinese costume The facts which the housekeeper probably prised tbe secret Journals of congress, triumph of her makeup was a real learned from her mother before her— .¿3 then not published; the correspondence oriental wig. and she wore it proudly. knowing, moreover, the greater vari of General Washington, bis commis­ Some time after a strange mark ap ety of the simpler kinds required. sion. resigned at tbe close of the war; peared ou her forehead, and this was All of these stores she sets down in tlie correspondence of General Greene treated as a trifling skin affection. But her housekeeping book as she gives and other officers of tbe Revolution, us It refused to disappear; in fact. It grew them out. and she does not fail on the well as laws, treutles and corresfiund- larger, and then the specialist was next dispensing day to consult her ence of the department of state from consulted. It was leprosy.—Argonaut. dates and if anything t>e left over In the cook's hands not accounted for to the adoption of tbe constitution down subtract that from the amount to be to that time. Color of Lightning. Mr. Pleasonton bad the bags carted The color of lightning is almost en­ newly issued. And in England serv to a grist mill, which he selected as a tirely due to the nature of the sub­ ants expect this. So far from belug suitable depository. Tbe mill, which stance in Its track that Is made in­ Indignant with It they would feel as was unoccupied, belonged to Edgar candescent. The blue. red. purple or If there were no guiding band behind Patterson and was situated on the silver tints, which are ordinarily much them if left undone and they given Virginia side of tbe Potomac, beyond more brilliantly marked In tropical their head tn an overflowing store­ the Chain bridge, two miles above countries than they ever are In this room. as servants are with us. In fact there is no saving which the Georgetown. latitude, are due to the same circum­ The last load bad left, aud Mr. stance as that which produces the housewife across the water considers Pleasonton was jukt quitting the va­ color designedly commuulcated to the too small to practice or as beneath her dignity.—Exchange. cant rooms when, glancing back sud light of different kinds of Oreworks. ffetily to see whether anything had Each different foreign ingredient that beeu left behind, to bis consternation floats in the air has Its own proper Sir John Rose at Great Length. An accomplished English barritter be saw the Declaration of Indepeud hue. which It can communicate to the eoce. which bad been overlooked, lightning. The vapor of Iron has one was Sir John Karslake In height he hanging ui>on the wall. Fie hastily kind of shine and the vapor of sulphur was six feet four Inches A provincial newspaper In reporting cut It out of tbe frame and carried It another.—Harper's Weekly. a case In which he was engaged on clr away with the other papers. cult laconically described the opeuing He then began to be uneasy about Stolen Eloquence. •lie place he bad chosen, for If the for the complainant «« follows: “ It 1» better to be silent" «aid a "Sir John Karslake. as soon as the British took Washington, which be prominent clergyman, “ than to be elo defendant's case was eoncludi-d. tosc firmly believed they would do. and very soon ttt that, they would in all quent by unfair means. at great length to reply " "There wa« once a divine whose good probability detach a force for the pur­ pose of destioylng a foundry for tbe wife said to him: Very Simple. “ 'James, dear, the Rev. Dr. Tenthly making of cannon and shot In the •Tve been working two or three has made over »200 by the publication nelglilsirhood and. of course, would evenings making an umbrella stand, consider a grist mill too valuable a of a volume of sermons You preach says the man who has taken up arts thing to be left standing In a country much l>etter than Dr Tenthly, dear and crafts endeavor •“Two or three evenings!“ exclaims they meant to subdue. Mr. Ple.-tson Why not print a few of your sermonsT “•My love.' the man whi«|>ered the other man. “Why waste all that ton therefore visited some of the Vir hoarsely, they were all printed loug Fici.i farmhouses, whose owners were time? Why don't you lean it In a ~or _________ ner or stick it in the groundT -Judge. only too willing to loan him wagons ago'” •a which to convey the dauments to A National Mistake. I*esburg. a distance of thirty live I The Trouble. *1 wonder why tue English people ml'es. There they were deposited In “What’s the troubler Inquired the have taken the rose as their national »a empty bouse, tbe keys of which judge . »ere given to Rev. Mr. Littlejohn, who flower? “This lady lawyer wants to make * “Why ootr ____ ’•'•* ,.ne of the collectors of Internal motion.” explained the clerk, “but her “Judging by the way their peerage gown U too tight-'—Washington Her fevenoe. Worn out with bis labors. Mr. Pleas- hnnt American fortune». I should aid. ________ *ntou states In a letter, be ▼ti'-ed ear think a more appropriate floral enables» would be marygold."- Baltimore Amer ­ >J to bed that night and «lent soundly _____ _ Next morning be was Informed by tbe ican. l*«Hle of tbe little tavern where he Dad Was Horsey. *“ld stayed that evening that they had “Pa. what did Herodotus do?” •*vu during tbe night, tbe same being “Ob. 1 think be woo a puree that ’ -1th of August, a large tire In tbe •