Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1883, Page 2

MES. SOUTHWORTH, THE NovV- ELE ‘The fruth Concerning Her First Story, To the Editor of THe Evestxa Stan. There has been going the rounds of the news- Paper press an article from the pen of a Wash- ston correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, entitled “Mrs: thworth’s first story.” The pondent gives as his authority a perlodl- er in this city. Elther the authority's memory is on the wane, or the correspondent must have drawn largely on bis tmagination. In the National Republican, a few days ago, there appeared a communication signed C.H.B., in which the writer does justice to Mra. South- worth, and teils the truth; but not the whole truth. Still there are many persons here that thank him for his article. “ Retribution” was not Mrs. Southworth’s first story: not even the second, third. fourth, fifth or sixth. There are a hundred and more slv now living in Washington who know this, “THE IRISH REFUGEE” HER FIRST PUBLISHED STORY. I, after an intimacy dating back forty Jears, can speak with perfect knowledge with Tegard to this citted woman and her literary career. Mrs. Southworth’s first story was “The Irish Refugee.” I was one of her most intimate frleads—her confidant—and know when this Was sent through the mail to The Baltimore Saturday Evening Visitor. It was accepted and padlished by that paper. So the honer and credit of first introducing M outhworth to the literary world is due to that paper. [tf she had needed a mediator between herself anda publisher, is it not probable that she would have souzht one among those men that she met “s house; men of whose nal merit all Washington knows—Col. W. Peter Force, George Watterson and Geo. J. Abbott, the latter connected at the time of which I write with two literary journals in Massactiusetts—rather than think of consulting or showing her MSS. to @ periodical deaier. This is said to have happened thirty-toar years before ‘* Retribution” was published. ement that the MSS. @ this or any story of hers was crude and ungrammatical y ridiculous. THWORTH WAS CAREFULLY EDUCATED under the supervision of her step father, Mr. I. L. Henshaw. who is remembered by many of our old citizens ava man of great culture and Iterary ability. Again, before Mrs. Southworth began her literary career, and during the writ- Ing of her first six or eight stories, she was the teacher of the female grammar school of the fourth district, in this city. More than all this, I have it from this periodical dealer's own lips, thi never said to any one that Mrs. Sbuth- worth’s MS. was crude or ungrammatical; nor that I had even read it, for, indeed, I never did read this ‘Retribution’ in MS. or since its pub- lication.” These were his exact words. Mrs. Southworth’s second story was “The Wite’s Victory; her third, “The Wife's Mistake; ” fourth. *‘Neighbors’ Prescriptions;” fifth, “The Thunder Bolt to the Hearth;” sixth, ‘The All of these, except the first, were pub- in The Nationnl Era, Mrs. Southworth hat time friend and visitor in the editor's (Dr. Bailey's) family. WORKING FOR BREAD FOR HER CHILDREN. After “The Test” was finished Mrs. South- worth’s increased cares, her children’s illness, and her own impaired health, forced her to rest literary labors. Just at this period the ve out. Then it was that she yielded to Dr. Bailey’s oft repeated request and dezan “Retribution”—for her children’s daily bread, I might say. This story then, the sof which is known to the world, was school hours, in fact during those hours that shotild have been given to sle The MS. was sent weekly to the Era office, and as seat was published—“from pen to printer.” There are men now in Washington wh e onthe Era at that time, and know tion ittle parlor the most distinguished men iant women of the country. I well re- er on one occasion (when her guests were fewer than usual) drinking coffee and eating oysters prepared by her own hands on the coals in the open grate. And how this was enjoyed, althonzh a great change for some from the usual formality of such occasions. During this Period Mrs. Southworth was souzht out and en- courazed by such men as John G. Whittier, Dr. will Elder, Rufus Dawes, John Howard Payne and Judge Cranch. FROM A LETTER FROM MRS. SOUTHWORTH toa friend in Washington, received a few days ago, I have obtained permission to make the following extract: “Indeed I never even saw tne periodical dealer spoken of In the article sent me until jongafter ‘Retribution’ was published— two or three. years, fully. The only bookstore was well ac- —that weil- I never pos- You know I ‘And as I am sorry a .” in my life. from pen to printer. Uhaye not been to my home in Prospect for nearly nine months, ‘that tall, spare Was, to say the least, a creature of their on, T feel well assured in saying ever was a Ti \reer commenced ess than that of the L.F.H. ADVISABLE. experience in the Departments. In compliance with numerous requests we re- publish below an article that appeared in THe Srar some years azo «iving the views of a com- petent anthority upon the then, (as now.) pro- posed Increase in the number of working hours for government clerks: [From The Erening Star of February 19, 1874.) THE PROPOSED TEN HOUR Law. Elsewhere ex-Postmaster General King con- tributes the benefit of his observations and ex- perience to the discussion of the proposed eight or ten hour law in the depart- ments. He states that the attempt was made years ago in the Post Office depart- ment and other departments to require service from Sor 9 am. to 4 p.m. The experiment “failed utterly.” and was given up after a trial of afew months. It was found that, not only was there no more work done on account of the addition to the working time, but some of the clerks were made sick by the interruption to their meals. At another time the plan was tried of taking an hour or two tor dinner, and returning to work until6 p.m. But this, too, was abandoned as impracticable. He is satis. fied that six hours a day is as longas one should be confined to the department desk; leaving it, however, discretionary with the heads to re- quire extra hours of service as the public inter- est may demand. As Mr. King, when Post- master General. and for years before, when he Was the virtual head of thedepartment, had the reputation of beiag an energetic and systematic Oiticlal, Keeping the work promptly up to time, his opinions on the question are of importance. ‘The Proposed Eight or‘Ten Hour Law. To the Editor of Tue Evexrse Stan. n urved to state my ne attempt once nad- mi etuent, end I thin! rr cient, perhaps, was given fame twas foun thi aore work done on acount lune, but some of the clerks lang to) droge tiroveh the inst At another tan: I believe ° two for dinner ock, and returning to work until 6 p. Was soon abandoned as still more 4 experieuce and observation Je which has generally pre- keeping the cthees open from 8 or 9 a. m. to3 gyand from 9 a.m. two 3 p.m. 10 the incon venience of icr—eal ing on buxt- - 1 would not, however, say that a few ‘shou 4 not dep nt dak — however. discretionary wits the heads to ‘hours of service as the pobl c intwer-atmay Horatio Kixe, ——_+ A boy in Mobile, Ala., burned dowa two build- ings to win two bets aggregating €4, that there would be two fires in the city before certain specitied dates, ‘A indy in Norwich, Conn., 72 years of age, has Just begun to take lessons on the pianoforte, greatly to her own pleasure, however it aad be ‘With the other members of her houseiio WHERE LINCOLN DIED. A Historic House. SOME INTERESTING FACTS. The house in which Lincoln died, on 10th street, opposite the Medical Museum, Is one of the old Washington houses linked with the tion's history. Unlike the rest which, if known, are rarely visited, this house reverberates fre- quently the heels ot the sight-seer. ‘Although it is yet a private house the guide-books, with- out the sanction of its owner, Mr. Louis Schade, bespeak for visitors the privilege of looking at the room in which Lincoln died, and this cour- tesy has been used and abused to such an ex- tent that, as it can readily be imagined, these constant intrusions on a private family have be- come very unpleasant. Tourists from all parts of the country are continually seeking this house in their round of sight-seeing, and their free criti- cisms are something marvelous. They display all sorts of bad manners, and act very much as if they were inspecting a public museum. Many come with the mistaken idea that the Lincoln room is kept as it was the night he died there, and feel very much disappointed at finding nothing suggestive of the scene. Most of them are probably unaware that their permission to enter the house rests entirely upon the accom- modating spirlt of the occupants, who have always manifested the greatest courtesy towards strangers. The desire to see the house seems continually increasing, and it is for this reason that Mr. Schade has entertained any notion of | disposing of the property. as otherwise its loca- tion and accommodations exactly suit his busi- | ness and family. The house is marked on the | outside by a marble tablet, put up by Mr. Rous- seau Several years ago, after the custom of-mark- ing European housesin which famous personages have lived or died. The interior is- spacious, there being fonrteen rooms in all; the back | building in which most of the interest of the house centers having four rooms. At the time of the assassination it was called the Peterson mansion and was occupied by the family of that name. The front parlors were probably rented, and when the wounded President was brought in he was taken along the passage into the first available bed room on that floor in the back building. This room suggests little now of the sad scenes witnessed within its walls that night, and over which the nation haa mourned. It remains materially the same, except for the repainting and papering necessary in that length of time. In addition to the bracket gas Jet which burned that night between the win- dows, the present occupant has had an addi- tional central chandelier put up. The side light is still in place. The room is now used as the play room for the handsome fair haired children ot Mr. Schade, because the three win- dows facing south makes the brightest and cheeriest apartment in the house. BOOTH’S VISIT TO THE HOUSE. Like most of the old boarding-housesin Wash- ington, if the Beaks § of these rooms was looked up, they have probably sheltered many historic persons. John C. Breckenridge once roomed in the front parlors, and it Is said that previous to the assassination, John Matthews, the come- dian, had the same rooms, and used as a bed- room the one In which Lincoln died. An addi- tional link in the ehain ts, that Booth coming to see him one day, actually laid down on the very bed on which his victim expired later. It wiil be remembered that it was Matthews to whom Booth confided in writing his confession on the day of the assassination. A similar interest in the events of that night Invests the front par- lors. In the front room Mrs. Lincoln spent the night during the intervals when she was away from the President's bedside. In the back par- lor Andrew Johnson spent the night, coming there directly after the futile attempt had been made on his own life. WHERE ANDREW JOHNSON WAS SWORN IN. In this room, adjoining directly the room in ; Which Lincoln died, he took the oath of office, administered by Secretary Stanton and at the latter's suggestion. The impression gas been that Johnson teok the oath the mornin® follow- ing the assassination.at the Kirkwood house, on Pennsylvania avenue, where the Pension office now stands; but a gentleman who visited the house last summer told Mr. Schade that when Johnson emerged from that house in the morn- ing he was President. This gentleman, whose name Mr. Schade forgets, was at that time sur- veyor of the port of New York, and was present all that night with other gentlemen in the room with Johnson and Stanton. He says the por- tentious events of the night were talked over, and Stanton advised the immediate taking of the oath by Johnson, as a sate precaution and observance of that ¢lanse in the Constitution Panes suoh actien-on account of the * ina- ility” of the President. Stanton thought that the awful scenes already happening were but precursors of other deeds of assassination, and by his advice Johnson took the oath of office. The gentleman from whom Mr. Schade gleaned this information also described the appearance of the room and the location of each member ot | the group, affirming most positively thet the event as described occurred there. The house will probably be purchased by the government, although the legislation necessary for its purchase progresses slowly. ‘The plan of selling the house to the government did not originate with Mr. Schade, but was started by Representative Henderson and seconded by other members of the Illinois delegation. It has received the endorsement of Secretary’Lin- coin and Senator David Davis. Last month Mr. Singleton reported on the action of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and recommended the appropriation of asum not exceeding $12,000 for its purehase. In the event of the covernment purchase, the main floor will be ntilized as a museum, in which articles belonging to Lincoln will be displayed, and probaoly the original or reproductions of the furniture of the back room will be placed in it. The remaining rooms will be used for offices by the government. ————_.¢.—__ Water Supply on Capitol Hil. ‘To the Editor of Tar Evesie Stan: The recent discussion in Tue Star on the question of water supply for this District re- vives old recollections and awakens new inter- est. In his report to Major Twining of Novem- ber 15, 1878, Lieut. Hoxie states that on the 27th day of May, 1878, he bad informed the Commis- ners that ‘for present purposes a pump caj able of Itting 2,000,000 gallons 183 feet in 24 hours may be located near the corner of 17th and U streets northwest, on the line of the 12- inch main, with a bape pice of sufficlent capa- city to constitute asmall reservoir, say 120,000 gallons on Meridian Hill, to be connected with Capitol Hill by a small in@ependent main.” And he adds: “It was decided to create this smaller high service district, and work is now progress- ing upon the stand-pipe and pumps.” ‘his is what appears in relation to the origin and object of the stand-pipe. Nothing to show at whose Instance this information was furnished or by what euthority or by whose order the work thereon was then already in | syhese: and I have seen nothing since show- ing the cost of the sald stand-pipe ion its work- ing appendages or apparatus and fixtares, or explaining the means by which funds were se- cured and applied for the pr While Captain Phelps is up, perhaps he will supply the missing record and fill in the wanting links in the chain of its history. If the Commissioners had authority to erect the stand-pipe, of course they had author- ity to connect it with the section for the bene- fit of which it was intended;and the supposition that an army officer of the corps of engineers could proceed to incur a large expense for a reservoir and pumps with which to fill it with water, without the requisite means to make it available for the projected purpose of its erec- tion, surpasses ibiiity.- But such seems to have been the fact; and Water Registrar Cox, in his report of the same month in which Lieut. Hoxiereported the work as then “progressin; upon the stand-pipe and pumps” remarked, *) would further recommend that a 12-inch main be tald to connect Capito! Hill with the stand- pipe, which can be done at an estimated cost of $23,800. ‘Therefore, seemingly to correct this remarkable oversight of the District authorities and to rescue the projected improvement of the water supply on Capitol Hill from absolute failure, Congress at its first session thereafter, by act of June 10th,1879, enacted “That the Seo retary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to advance to said Commissioners-the sum of $25,000, to be reimbursed by payment into the Treeaary said sum is pai water main taxes now due District; rant pt. Phelps, as District Cor Capitol Hill received noth pe but detriment and 853.72—has United States MARTIN LUTHER STATUE. . Project te Erect it in Waehington. It will be seen by the following circular that @ movement is on foot for the erection-of a-co- lossal bronze statne of Dr. Martin Luther in front of the Memorial Lutheran church in this city. It ts learned that a meeting will soon be held to consider what steps shouid be taken by the citizens of Washington in the prospect of adding another to the | many art attractions of the national capital: “The friends of the great reformer are appealed to that e etatug of Martin Luther may be the marbles and bronzea of the vital. Europe has many statues of the reformer, this will be the first in the United States, and the 400i birth: rear of Luther, Tt is pi = Son apeiceeees, Steen bol ce cutie sie eee, a ee py recommend the duplicating of ‘central of the world-renowned Worms group it Luther ap- pears in coloesal bronze, about 1154 fect in heig! and standing upon a pedestal of about: at al height. is oad in the ministerial robes of hie time, r upon his left arm a copy of ¥ ford, upon which bis closed right hand reste, whilst with upturned, earnest face he appeals to God for the Se of the cope ‘i bis commandin, ire will cost in Europe $4, | to poles Carlee tng ie bleh n 2 500 for transportation, To the different schools of Luther's followers in the United tates the erection of this statue in the nation’ oS wil prove See of union, — ee «reat mau titude of former's countrymen, our most industricus and thrifty citiz.-n: ‘at the whoe Prot nton, freed: munion, and al: lovers heartily commen: Luther Mberated thoucnt gave freedom World, The crection in our patioual capital of this oo- lowsal bronze of the heroic defender faith is soe Some liberal subscriptions, ranging from $250 each sinaler amouuts, have’ already been voluntarily offered, We desire “the many to hein, and solicit Subscriptions, latwe and small. No paid akencice wil be employed in collecting funds, and every dol contributed will be approp: to the proposd object. Subscriptions may be forwarded to either of the under- waned. to Angu-tus “Kount Bankers, )No. (Jerk cts io douh ankers, way, New York city, AuH. ocker, (banking house John 8. Gittings & Co..) Ma. or to M.D. Harter, (Aultman & Taylor Company.) Mansfield, Ohio. We respectfully that local committees be £ wi ‘an interest {5 felt in the Luther statue, and when so formed that the names be reported to us. Prompt to ———__—_-o.__ About the Water Supply and its Waste. ‘To the Editor of Tux Evgxrne Star. I desire to make a few remarks in reply to certain suggestions about our water supply, re- cently published in Tae Star. Capt. Phelps, “Justice” and ‘Plamber” all would have us believe that the wicked waste of water by the citizens is the cause ofall our trouble. No doubt there are many places in which the water is wasted by letting it run in cold weather to prevent freezing, and still more in saloons and water closets where it is allowed to run day and night, and all such ought to be stopped. But it is not true that the scarcity is due to the fact that such waste is general in the houses of citizens, as these parties would have the public believe. The statement of “Plumber” that ‘seventy-five per cent of all the supply is wan- tonly wasted through defective water closets” is too absurd for any one to believe. It is sim- ply nonsense to pretend that one-fourth of the water used by families is used in the water- closets, much less three-fourths of the en- tire supply. He would have us believe that the general character of the plumbing in dweitings is simply that of open pipes through which the water runs unceasingly. Now I have built six buildings, atan average cost of $10,000, and in not one of them is there, or has there ever been, a drop of water wasted, either by the closets, open faucets or leaky pipes, and I presume they are but a fair average of the buildings erected daring the past ten years. My pipes do not freeze, and consequently I never let it run to prevent freezing. Talways see to it that the water pipes are so located and pro- tected that they will not freeze, and that is what onght to be done byall architects and builders, and the water department ought to have, if it has not, the power to compel this arrangement. In the first building I erected, one pipe did freeze during an unusually cold spell, and which I found was In consequence of the plumber having rua it against an outside wall, in violation of his contract. I had it changed, and since then have never had a frozen pe. y The idea that the citizens actually receive anything near tte amonnt represented ts any absurd. to those who kaow the facts. “Plumber” says we have 150 gallons per capita, and in the Senate, May 23d, 1880. it was asserted that the average consumption was ‘1551¢ gallons for each person.” So, too, it was stated by Com- missioner Phelps in his letter to the senate com- mittee, January 21st, 1879, that each of the 1,500 houses connected with she standpipe were sup- plied daily with elght barrels, or 320 gallons. (Senate Mis. Doc. No. 41, 45th Cong. 8d ses.) In that same letter, Capt. Phelps told us that the standpipe would be found to amply supply both the 1,500 houses in the northwest quarter and Capitol Hill, and Congress, in accordance with his estimate in that same letter, appro- priated the $25,000 asked for to connect the standpipe with Capitol Hill. Now, in view of the fact that the houses connected with the standpipe are not half supplied, how ridiculous the proposition that It would also supply Capitol Hill appears. But without wasting time on that matter now, I call attention to a few facts which com- pletely refute the slanderous statements made against our citizens generally, that they either receive or waste the water us represented. For instance, on the 28th of June, 1879, Col. Casey had the water that entered and flowed out of the reservoir measured. His official statement shows that'thé supply on that day was 25,740,138 gallons; and that amount divided by 180,000, the present population, would give a supply of 143 gallons per day, provided the citi- zens received it; but that they do not is clearly shown by the following facts: His report shows that from 120’clock at night to6a.m., the water flowed from the reservoir at the rate of 970,909 gallons per hour. Now where did that water go to? The citizens Were not using it, because they were in bed and asleep. They did not leave their faucets ron- ning to prevent freezing, because it was in June. Where then did it go? As stated by the water register in the papers, it went through the pub- lic fountains, the horse troughs, the drinking fountains, Babcock lake, the fish ponds. and the departments, mare which were supplied with pipes from four inches upwards, running day and night. a Now when tt is borne in mind that, as stated by Engineer Shedd, of Providence, an ordi kitchen faucet if left open will waste 22,000 gai- lons in twenty-four hours, it is to compre- hend that all these large pi; in the public grounds and departments wor easily dispose of the entire amount which ran from the reser- voir from midnight to 6 a, m_ If, now, it ran through those pipes at that rate during those six h of course it would do so during all the ar hours, and that would make 23,301,816 gallons, thus leav- ing ot the entire supply of 25,740.816 gallons which entered the reservoir during the twenty- four hours but 2,438,823 galions for the citizens to use and That divided among the 180,000 would give but thirteen and a half lons per capita In twenty-four hours, inst the gallons per capita, as stated In the Keay ths e elght barrels per house, as stated y Capt. Phe In his report for 1879 Lieut. Hoxie stated the smount used bythe government inits foun- tains, departments, &c., would average 7,000,000 gallons day, but itis obvious from the fore- going that it is much more than that, and that the amount thus used has been constantly in- creasing, a8 new fountains have been erected, more government buildings built and rented, fish ponds increased, &c. Hence, I say that all such statements as those referred to about the amount of water supplied to and wasted by citizens Is a most unjust and cruel lander. It is nonsense to com| ‘the water supply here with that of any othercityin the count of for the reason that no other Isso sltuated. Here the of the United site until in full, of all coliections of | be rH “OHANGE IN, “HELIS Bor i of the City Now Entitied to _ “7 peohanothiem a reat be. ut G mgnt iimtiie Colored People _ it Has Been Brought Abeut—rhe Practical Benevolence of the Lincoln Mission, &c, Marly of the citizens of the District are aware that® thé neighborhood of the old Contraband camp,’ 12th ‘and R streets, which was thickly setttelt duriilg and immediately after the war by colofed peofile, the majority of whom had been slaves, Décame known by the suggestive name of “Hell's Bottom.” This section was, on ac- count of the character ot many who lived there or frequented it, (for numbers of the most de- graded ot our colored population from other parts of the city made it a loafing place,) was for years looked upon by the police as one of the lowest places in the District. When a thief was wanted by the police, almost tne first place he would be looked for was the “Bottom.” Time, it fs said, rights all things, and what was “Hell's Bottom” once now deserves another name. While fine houses have, to a great ex- tent, thken the place of the ones of shan- ties, there is also found among the colored peo- ple now living in that section as great improve- ment as can be found among any cluss of peo- pleelsewhere. This improvement is attributed to the establishment of churches and schools, and the efforts put forth to elevate the race. Without disparagement to others, the work at what is known as ‘THE LINCOLN MISSION deserves especial notice. During the war the American Missionary Association of New York (a Congregational organization) erected a frame building on R street, between 11th and 12th, as a nucleus for the work, and numbers of colored children were taught in day and Sunday schools established by it. About the time that Howard university was erected a large structure of ‘potent brick was built at the corner of 1ith and R streets, trom the tunds out of which Howard university was built. Here a Sunday school was established, which, like all other human institutions, has had its ups and downs, Up to three years ago the mission building was @ popular place for cake walks, fairs and other entertainments of the same class, and had be- come to the residents, both white and colored, an eyesore. The building being under the con- A trol of a board of trustees here, some of. whom had noted the fact that children had ‘own up in the ere Sunday school and gone into other churches, a suggestion was made that if the proper man was selected as a minister much more good could be accomplished. Mr. J. B. Johnson, of Howard University, and Dr. Presbrey, after cor- responding with the American Missionary asso- clation, induced that_body to send here Rey. P. S. Smith, a graduate of Howard University, then 8 Congregational minister at Athens, Ohio. Mr. Smittr arrived in November, 1879, and en- tered Immediately into the work, preaching regularly Sunday morning and evenings, often to only @ few children, * & CHURCH ORGANIZED. On January 10th, 1881, the church was consti- tuted of eleven members, under the name of the Lincoln Memorial Congregational church, and Rey. P. 8. Smith was duly installed as pastor. Since that time the church has steadily grown, but ag the Colored people are Methodists and Baptists by {ntuition, it has not grown so rap- idly as sonje of the neighboring churches of those dendminations. The communicants do not number over 60, but a large proportion of them are converts, and most of them grown. There‘are two Sunday schools, one held in the mornings, nginbering about 75, and the other in the’afternoon, in which a number of the mem- bers of the First church (Dr. Rankin’s) labor, haying nearly 400 pupils, | SEWING SCHOOLS. In addition to Mr. Smith’s labors, Mrs. Bab- cock, a lady of Boston, is engaged in the work auxillgry.to.church and Sunday school. She has specialoharge of the ‘band of hope,” number- ing about 280 members; the sewing school, in which she is assisted by 15 teachers, in instruct- ing about 120 colored girls in sewing. the gar- ments made being given to the makers; and the old ladies sewing circle, composed of women over sixty years of age. in the Wg schools all are rapidly improt ‘nnd the attendance shows that they appreciate the instructions given. In addition to these berevolent enterprises a night school, at which # nominal sum is charged for tuition,is conducted by H. W. Hamilton, one of the stu- dents et Howard University, at which there is an average attendance of seventy-five. These students are nearly all grown people, quite a number of the men and women wearing glasses. Some of them, after-hard work during the day, spend two or three hours each evening in the pursuit of knowledge, and those who visit the school assert that the progress shown’ is very satisfactory. In addition to these schools a free kindergarten has just been established in the building, To crown all THE DAY NURSERY, established by the Associated Charities, is lo- cated in the upper story of the building. and here every yeek day women, who otherwise would be compelled to remain at their homes to care for thelr children, leave their babies, paylig for the care of them a few pennies a day while they go out to work. In one of the rooms devoted to the nursery are to be found every conceiy- able kind of plaything, with a crib where the infants may sleep, baby carriages, and other. apparatus contribute to the comfort and pleasure of the little ones; adjoining this room is adining room where those able to set at the table are fed, and next to the dining room isa kitchen. Mrs. Willams has charge of this insti- tution, Thus it will be seen religion, education, indus- try and charity all have a dwelling place in the Lincoln Memorial Mission, and it has been found that they all work together, tending to the elevation of the race, Probably no one in- stitution in Washington has been productive of 80 much good. ——_—__-e-_____ ‘The Lovers’ Quarrel. From the Chicago Tribune. “You look ill, Clytie,” sald Mendelssohn Cor- coran at the supper table that evening to his daughter. “No, papa,” was the reply, ‘it is worse than that.” He looked at her steadily for an instant. **Can it be possible,” he said, “that yon and Bertle—" “Yea,” replied Clytie, ‘we have parted for- er.” ever. “Pooh, pooh: "tis Only s lovers’ quarrel, and ee ee cia the git, b as * No, "gai er voice trem- ulous with grief, “it 1s bent ¢ tase’ misfortune bravely, even, though one’s heart be breaking. T love; dearly, and God knows that to tear we should not have lived kapsly together oss we al nol M i he refdsed my dearest wish i Lanett 2 ; Fel he 80! as corset onliiren that when we mae T could not pee Tazor;” aes cheep tet with its coro! sunny cor! on her father’s bosomamid # storm of a “ do you want with a razor?” he asked Loo! Fale tes up to her father, the only one she had inthe wide, wide world, ‘her pretty eyes be- dimmed wittt'tears, Clytie whispered in low ag onized tones “Thave large corns.” =o Bribe Money Rolled in Cigarettes, From the Chicago Herald. As a'villag@ officer of Hyde park gays “Gen- eral” Torreng? compromised the Waldron de- falcation by giving tour ri $50 each, as follows: “On the day when the m over I was at the village “THOMAS THE DOUBTER.” Geerge Alfred Townsend’s Lecture upon the American Presidents. “Gath's” lecture at Willard Hall upon the above sublect drew a good audience, made up largely of prominent public men and journalists. Mr. Townsend, who was greeted with hearty applause on mounting the platform, commenced bysaying that the title of his lecture, “Thomas the Doubter,” was adopted in no spirit of irrev- erence. He had chosen the name of that dis- ciple who longed to touch his Lord, that he might believe, and whem a boy the speaker's mind urged him to go forth and touch those lordly men, our Presidents,and become familiar with their homes and characters. “I have been BRIGHT FANCIES OF THE POETS De Train on de Golden Rall. WHAT THE PLAYERS ARE PLATING—MARGARET MATHER IN BOSTON—THE DIME NOVEL—SIBE- BIA—A WAGNER MEMORIAL, ETC. .—The original Esmeralda Madison Square Company appear at Ford's on Monday night. —tawrence Barrett will begin a week's en- gagement on Monday at the National, appear- ing in his new play of "Frahcesca da Rimini.” —Esmeralda, No.1, of the Madison Square Theater has played to over $160,000 during the past twenty weeks. Four Madison Square com- panies are playing this successful piece. —The Philadetphia Record speaks very iighly of Miss Anna Warren Story's performance of Dis nigger’s hair am turnin’ white like de cotesm, on de stalk, His Umbs am growin’ tecble, an’ ts bard ter me wi ;: But wid ail uv ais Tse happy, an’ wen de gospe train is by Uncle <r ag will be runnin’, an’ will stop fer me Acs 4 Tl be staddin’ at de stashun, wid er through thee an", in han’, An’ doan Kalkeriate tor git of de train dis aide @o promise lan’; Wen er de newsbutch from de kar, his ples will D Kase we'se gwine ter take our own grub of we Bag ter take It cold. . De Will be uy marble, an’ de spikes SF able during a news career of twenty years | Ophelia. It says: “Her most sweet faced silver white, fi to visit the homes of nearly all the Preaidents. | Ophelia was a woman of supreme tenderness, of | Fer de gospel train on de golden rail, will leate Ge Only fifteen miles below Washington, where the Potomac spreads its broad sheet, stands sinner fum sight; gentle love.” | * * “In the mad scene Miss Story | Uncle Remus’ han’ on de throttle, an Ca Was equai to its many difficulties, the in de bagg: ar, the home of Washington, a modest two-story | ment of her volce being especially commen-| won ‘jan’ on tine In We sweet byn’ bye, wid Ge house, now ninety-nine years old.” “Gath” | dable.” Deautiful gates ajar. (Ga) ewe, gave a graphic sketch of the early lite of Wash- ington. In his opinion no more precocious sol- dier or ciplomate ever lived. Like all great Presidents, he was a western man—he fought the Indians in the wild forests when only six} teen years old, and was a pioneer at the Monon- gahela in the early wars with the red ma: At twenty-seven pleat Seen married a widow with 875,000 of her own. He was an affectionate and devoted husband at all times, and the lecturer — The whole Mapleson troupe will return to England about the middie of April. Patti sails on April 8, and will open at Covent Garden, as tor her twenty-fourth season, on June 1. — Mrs. Seguin-Wallace, so well known in Washington, bas almost entirely recovered from her recent indisposition. and her voice has bene- fited materially from her short rest. She is In New York. oe Mother-Love in Heaven. — Once I met a little child In the wet and windy winter street. He'd been wandering (he long, cold dayt ‘On, 80 Weary were his Lilie feet! But a baby of four summers old, In a small straw hat and cotton dress. Et “What's the matter, litte one?” “I's cola® noted Se — passed between the | __ The Southern press are enthusiastic over “Ww ss Va aaa “She's gone Washington had less confidencein France than | Raymond's “Major Bob Belter, sai!” and class any forelgn country, although Lafayette was his | t with his Sellers Un ter ee ee dearest alien friend. Washington always ex-| — Charles Wyndham has a daughter who ex- Then: e pent-up anguish had Its way, ‘And tie bauy's teats fell dowa ike Fam, Once he had been shielded safe and warm, A pet nursling in happy nest. Dreaming not of cold or pain or hatm, In the shelter of a mothor’s breast, Now he had but cold and hireling No one missed him from his HU pressed the hope there would be no politicians in America, and, if so. their differences, he trusted, might be easily reconciled. The Adamees, father and son, the second and sixth Presidents, were next sketched, and the story of thelr rige from humble origin graphi- cally told. The elder Adams had the rare for- tune to get a good wife in Abigail Smith, the daughter of a clergyman, and of all the wives of Presidents Abigail Adams was the only wise one, the only one whose letters were literature. The career of President John Adams from the time he becamean attorney with a meager prac- tice, until his real life began in the Colonial Con- gress, was described by the lecturer. He be- came the great lawyer and pleader of that body of patriots, and as the struggle advanced he be- came the lion of independence. He no wit or remarkable rhetoric, but was bold, 0 er, whose blows struck home fike the hammer on the anvil, For four years he was a power in Congress, and virtually the Minister of War. He was the founder of the American navy. He had the clearest head and the firmest hand in Congress. It was he who said of Thomas Paine that he was better at pulling down than building up. He saw that France was not a proper school- master forthe New World. The experience of Mr. Adame at the English court during a period of eight years, his subsequent presidency of the Tepubilc, his omniverous and persistent reading, and his plain republicanism, were brought {nto vivid review by the lecturer. In characterizing three of the great men of the time Mr. Townsend said that John Adams represented independ- ence, Jefferson, libert ind Hamilton, empire. Thomas Jefferson, the third President, and Madison and Monroe, his successors and dis- ciples, were treated Inrather uncomplimentary st¥le. Jefferson was described as a man of suspicious and feminine nature, without those manly qualities which distinguished nis two predecessors at the White House. He lost his judgment ia his sympathy with France, and thought that Washington was conspiring against his country. In the town of Char- lottsville, Virginia, at the country-seat called Monticello, a great, old-fashioned house, Jeffer- son, the founder of American party politics, came into the world and was reared. He wasthe first of our Presidents born rich. His tomb pects to make her debut next season. = — The Dramatic Mirror says that Mrs. Lang- try will not star In America next season. At least not under Mr. Abbey's management. —‘“‘The Dime Novel,” the music of which was composed by Jesse Williams, will be produced at the Bijou Opera House, New York, March 5, when the present company take the road with “‘Heart and Hand.” —Von Suppe’s charming opera, “Donna Juanita,” now being sung by Miss Jennie Winston and her company, is attracting large and fashionable audiences at the Lyceum ‘Theater, Philadelphia, and is expected to have a long run. ° —At the forthcoming production of “Micaela,” at the Standard Theater. New York, @ brass band will be introduced .on the stage. This seems to be becoming an essential teature of comic opera, although the reason is not readily apparent. — There are 330 theatera in Great Britain, in- cluding 38 London theaters. At these about 150 new plavs were peop in London, and about 115 in the provinces last year. — Herr Ludwig Barnay, the German actor, repeated several of his famous characters at the Thalia Theater, New York, this week. Uriel Acosta aud Hamlet were the attractions. — Mr. James Barton's comic opera company made sucb a success with “Jolanthe” during their recent engagement at the Grand Opera House that they returned to Chicago Monday, and gave “‘Iolanthe” throughout the week at the Academy of Music. — Rubinstein’s “Tower of Babel” was given for the first time in New York at the Academy of Music on Thursday afternoon, and was re- peated In the evening by the New York Orat rio and Symphony societies, under the directi of Dr. Leopold Damrosch. —That absurd person, Mr. George C. Miln, who left the pulpit in order to masquerade as Hamlet, is reported to have fallen upon the on the London stage care; le places No one taught him chiidhood’s holy No One kissed his patient, pleading faoa, Oh, clasp tenderly the itttle hands That no mother’s hand again shall hold, Do not doudt his Angei pleading stands: Mother-teve in Heaven wiil wot grove cold, Be afraid to wrong the motherless: ‘They have guards Invisibe but strong; ‘They bave pleaders in their sore di ‘That will right, with mighty hau thelr wrong. Harper's <———— A Song for Women. Within a dreary narrow room That looks upon @ notsome st aif fainting with the stifting heal A starving giri works out her doom. ‘NOt the less In God's sweet a The little birds sing free of care, And bawthornes blossoni every where, Swift ceaseless toll scarce winneth bread; From early dawn Uli vwilignt f% Shut In by four dull ugly walls, ‘The hours crawl round with murderous tread: ane all the tm 8 wpm sul place, Vhere intertwinin; wags @ ol ‘The blackbirds bulla, ‘Une Mies peak, With envy of the folk who dic Who may at last their jvisure take, Whose longed-ior sleep none roughly wake, Tired hands the restless needie ply. But far and wide in meadows green The golden buttercups are seen, And reddening sorre! nods between. ‘Too pure and proud to soll her soul, Or stoop to basely gotten gain, * By days of changeless want and pain ‘The seamstress 6uros.a prisoner's dole. Wale In the peaceful feids tue =~ J Feed, quiet; and through heaven's biue Geap ‘The Slient cloud-wings stainless sweep, And if she be altve or dead, That weary woman scarcely knows; But back and torth her needle gors. stage at a theater in Indiana and broken one of | In tune with throbbin ig heart and bead. toed Cont ee Daring the his ribs. Mr. Miln is once more an object of Lo, where the leaning alders part, revolution Jefferson was governor of Virginia, | Pity- " oe Sveewe, tine xem and it was the least efficient of any in the colo-| —Mr. Bartley Campbell's spectacular play — —_ s nies. He was never so clear as to what he be- lieved as to what he disliked. He was not a good speaker, but wielded a subtle and acri- monious pen. In his resolutions written In 1798 is to be found the first use of the word “nullify,” which was the weapon of Calhoun some thirty years later. Jefferson was a pas- sionate lover of liberty, but he weakened the state by his unreasonable and extreme views. James Madison, born rich, a federalist, was well educated, was a good student, never hada child, fvas pure as a lamb, and his hair grew white like a good old ewe. When the British burned his capital his Quaker wife proved the better soldier, for she cut Washinzton's picture out of its frame so she might fiy in company witha man! Madison was the subject of Jef- ferson, and did hie bidding at-all times. While Madison was the most scholarly man who ever graced the idential chair, Monroe was the most barren in those attainments. After death his remains reposed in a vault in New York city for seventeen years, and were then conveyed to Richmond, Va., and buried there. Jefferson could not bear to see the son of his old rival (Adams) become President. and Craw- ; ford, who was put up to beat him, wasa strong and good man. The younger Adams possessed many of the fine qualities of his father, and, as a diplomatist, has never had a superior at the head of the government. After leaving the presidency he returned to Congress, and made himself felt more powerfully than as the Chief Executive of the nation. ‘The west came Into power with Andrew Jack- son, who secured a wife atter the manner of the Sabines. He killed his-man in a duel, had been @ negro and horse trader, yet he never was in- sincere, and was one of three men who made the naine of our government terrible to Its ene- mies. He removed 1,000 men from office in one year, and inaugurated the practice, “To the victors belong the spoils.” Van Buren was the first representative of modern business interests in American politics and the first President to r ize literary men. He sent Irving to Spain and put Panld- ing in his Cabinet. He was a refined and éle- gant gentleman, without affectation. His worst fault as President was that he bestowed the public offices as rewards to his political fol- lowers. The lecturer had but little to say of Harrison or Tyler, and said he had visitea the widow of President Polk, of Nashvilie. Her husband is buried-in the front yard of the family residence, and a monument recounts in a far from modest manner his wonderful worth. Hage | the ministration of Taylor, the whig, William H. Seward was the power behind the Executive. Millard Fillmore was a Buffalo lawyer, very anxious to be re-elected, as ev. Vice Presi- roi who has become President Siberia has proved to be one of the greatest suc- cesses of the season at Haverly's Theater, Phila- delphia, and will be continued for one week longer, when it will be withdrawn to give place to Miss Maud Granger in her new “The Planter’s Wire.” oe af — Mary Anderson will wear some of the hand- somest and most expensive dresses ever seen on the stage when she appears as Juliet, Desde- Heer and Julia ut the Cincinnati Dramatic Fes- ivi — Margaret Mather has performed an un- heard-of feat in Boston. Previous to her ap- pearance Juliet was never played in that city more than —_ times in succession. has just given fourteen consecutive representations _ tie pare Oh God In heaven! shall I, who share ‘That dying woman’s Womanhood, haste all Lhe summer's bounteous good, ‘aburdened by her Welght of care? ‘The white-moon daises star the grasa, ‘The lengthening shadows o’er them paseg The meadow pool aoe 4s As Revised and Edited by a “Sanitarian” ‘With what anguish of mind I remember my chil hood, Recalled S. the light of a knowledge sines ined ; Tre mafarious farm, the wet, fungus-grown wi we The chills then contracted that since have remained; The seum-covercd duck-pond, the pigsty close ry The veg yen ‘the sour-smelling house @raim- felt; The aa, haded dwelling, the foul parn-yan@ nigh it— But worse than all else was that heey bs | Aud a old cakes bucket, the m 1 The eer bucket that hung in the — Another new actress, Miss Laura Villiers, daughter of a well-known London music-hall manager, has made @ promising start as a pro- fession: These new London actresses are “coming out” at the rate of five or six per week. It isall Mrs. Langtry’s doing. ~—Mesere. Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson's “‘great show” will open for a short season at the Madison Square Garden, N. ¥., on March 26th. The attractions will include Jumbo and the two baby elephants, circus performances in three rings, two menageries, a museum, races in the hippodrome, and exhibitions of fencing, wrest- ling and boxing. The opening performance will be preceded by a torchlight parade. —Harry W. Semon, special agent of Fore- paugh’s show, nas returned here from the New England states, where he has been for the past eight weeks arranging far the show to appear in the larger cities. He reports it to be greatly enlarged with animals and performers, and the canvasses to be nearly double the size of last season. It will be here in the spring, —Miss Emma Thursby and concert company appeared before a very appreciative audience at the Grand Opera House, Toronto, last Sat- urday evening. Miss Thursby had to repeat carkvoutber au was ree with a very handsome floral offering. The other members of the com were well received, Karl Formes being favored. —Mr.Saalfield will givea ‘Wagner memorial” concert at the New York Academy of Music on Monday evening, March 5, at which the pro- Just think of it! Moss on the vessel that lifted The water I drank tn the days called to mindl Ere I knew what professors and scientists gifted, In the water of wells ty lysis fh ‘The ales, the frog of unusual size The water—impure as the verses of yron— Are Uslngs I remember with tears In my eyes. And to tell the sad truth—though I shudder te think it— Tconsider ¢ that water uncommonly clear, Aud often at noon, when I went Chere to drink % Lenjoyed {Cas much as I now enjoy beer. ardent I selzed it, with hands that were rimy, And quick % the mud-oovered bottom it fell; Then soon, with Ite hydrates and nitrates, ana slimy With matter organic, it rose from the well Ob! had‘! but realized, In time to avold them, The dangers that lurked in that draught Panavet Tested Yor organic germs, and destroyea em with ssic inganate, ere I had quaffed; TRE Parmrsess ‘gir. sy raise g ane mt pe ined It , conden: al 4 portable forsi, with ite ith left belinda. How little I knew of the dread typhus fever, Which lurked in the water I ventured to But since I've become a Ned believer In teachings of science, I shudder to think. And now, far removed from the scenes I'm de- scribing, oe a ee AS revel to my nd I gag at the thought of that In fact, tne slop bucket—that hung in the well No Snakes tn Florida, ‘From the Florida Times-Union. vel com! it desired to “Gath” here dropped into verse to give his Rooted, tho idea of th soso was, He wes e idea e § “He was the most failure of his time.” ‘ance in the program. — Mr. John 8. Clarke 1s cordially praised ASS ae Swell Fashions in London. ‘London Correspondence New York Tribune. The all-round “‘mashers’” shirt collar is begin- ning to mitigate its rancor and turn down just a Nttle bit at the corners. These keep the cravat. down, which otherwise requires a world of | tim, kewerlng down with pins headed with pestis diamonds. Clawheenmer are not silk, facings, and black iH i Th