Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1884, Page 2

n —— C., SATURDAY. JULY 19, 1881-DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT. OUTDOOR PASTIMES, The Wont Clubs Preparing for the Po- tom, Uegutta—What the Ba! ines are Poing—Notes Among the Canoe Men. Rowing. tals an assured suc- | ess, so faras the home ctubs are concerned, | and it be doubted that the unusuaj array of h. meand valuable prizes olfered Will attract quite a number of crews from other cities, The entries do not ciose until the 2d ablic.v then. vat already four entries Is understood that | elabs) will Lover a! for the Mason cup, which ly be awarded to Washington aud Balti- a The Du whisky company, 1a set of medals for instant and will p It is known, how have t vive one of the § Junior four to can ¢ more elu of Ba’ on work in < their oarst The Potomaes are d . handles the men he and feel conident th as in charge, | t they will make a good record. The Potomac crews will be selected and assigned their seats next week. The ¢ re all In fine condition, and most of crews rew in excellent form. The Analostans are devoting their attention junior four-oared race. | hop was given at the Potomac | boat house last night. A large number of young people were in attendance and the affair was in every respect decidediy successful. The com- mittee in charge of these hope are Chas. G.War- den, H. W. MeNeal, James N. Davis, Dorsey Mohun, Ernest H. May, and Oscar P. Schmidt, criticises yper this wee i ot Court rut to boy attempt . the Clipper says, two 0 : tal in putting him ina y King ten men { row with one whom | the pavlic some time age came to believe would not row any iy | Canertng. Mr. J. A. Cole made eight excellent photo- | gtaphs of the canoe t week, from one of the Rive t company’s barges near Anal island. There were nine can in A we camp will be pho- . some time this month, with eamp fire, canoes drawn up on the beac, with tents | S. Flint ex- among the lak ja,” will be eek. and thence to @ river, tor the American Canoe tion "will bri the Littie en Meir way. The commodore the rapids and. fall of ther taking « vwn a2 h, but can Hase Ball. is continue to <i _are likely to improve. | tu be secured, and by | there y | t here and livan’s piteh- Other games Thetetmting mote Tie Hiouy ciate t in tests up to date: 1 Won. Le » $3 15 Domestic 23 Harrisbarg 2 Alle 25 Monu! wo | ci “ssn Choi PRKOELEM, sessional Appro- priations ~~ } NG Star: the hands of the Presi- | dat ion for a and mitivation of cholera, The can this money be best ex-| It has been sugested to the President that a | of tis money be offered as a bonus for the | se on the cause, cure and prevention | Twenty-tive thousand dollars would | that is known on the subj Thea, | low fever is also. immin } aiv on that sub | nothing as been anse, cure or be correct, | rmis the objec: ~ ninption. N find the germ in the i: oF, if attempted, the etfort ment and h make no | s Possibly | are mistaken. Th ot a cause: and If an sea. Cures may be | “sso powerful that they or they may check all tuné- m, until the virus has ishardly science. The st operate in harmony with ef causation, and until that law is | it ts all mere The Academy of Sc of $20,000 on the cholera; a legacy, and so far Unclaimed. An annual award of the interest is made for meritorious contributions. In this way the French get the sum of all known and new aiscoveries at the lowest cost. States and local boards of health are competent to look after local protection. One hundred thousand dol- {ars amounts to nothing for the whole country, Unless applied in this way, and I may add, no other use of national money ts legitimate. This makes it enure to the whole country. What does the public answer? 5. B. Wourr. Close Partners, From the Chicago News. An enthusiastic Denial was looking in the nooks and corners of Wall street. “Lost something?” asked a tall, siim Shadow that had just come from Trinity Church spire. “Fm looking tor my partner. Last I saw of Bim he was running down this street, and I don't liketo have him veing about alone. He's lik et into t And then, besides, ‘ther so long that I iz Sout o° wy sight.” that big, agly- | vost every | | kn back a first | J | & cost of $2, | pointed | appointe | ones would enjoy the THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. What Is Going On in the Dull Stimner Months, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S FIGURES 48 TO THE EXTENT OF BUILDING LAST YEAR—GOSSIP ABOUT THE IMPROVEME:! IN MOUNT PLEASANT— BUILDING NOTES. The extent of the building operations in thé District during the present season can only be apppreciated, as has been stated in Tag Star, by a reference to the number of houses erected, rather than to separate instances of the erec- tion of magnificent and stately edifices. It has been emphatically a season of small houses, while last year was a season of large houses. The annual report of Building Inspector Entwistle will show that there were 1,059 new dwellings erected during the past year, 917 of which were brick. There were also 1,063 repair its granted, and 190 new sheds were ected. The value of the 917 brick dwellings was $2,701.740. being over $400,000 in excess of last year’s new buildings. The value of the 142 Irame dwellings was $732,360, making the total valuation of all the new syeliag houses $5,434,100, a large increase over that oflast year. IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNT PLEASANT. Mount Pleasant. which isa very picturesque and pretty little village, 1s being improved by the erection of quite a number of houses. The new honses are now being erected on the home- stead of S. P. Brown, which has recently been subdivided and. placed onthe market. These houses front on what will be 16th street ex- | tended. Mr. A. B. Chatfleld Is building a very pretty little cottage at the corner of 16th street and Howard avenue, two anda half-stories high, which will cost $1.900. A Queen Anne cottage Is being erected onan adjoining lot by Mr. A. A. Lipseomb, at a cost of $2,000, and in the same vicinity Mr. Calvin 8. Montague is building a cottage ata cost of €2,500. Mr. E. C. Seward has erected a Queen Anne cottage on 17th street extended, to the west of the honses above mentioned, and Mr. J. G. East- wood is building near by a cottage at a cost of | 2. All these cottages are in the pictures- Gue modern style of arehitecture and have been built by the owners for their own occupancy. Two other houses are to be built at once. one by Mr. R.€. Gwynn andthe other by Captain J. B. Tanner. Mr. J. Harry Danforth has | bought a lot at the corner of Park treet and 16tii street, and all the lots facing on 16th street have been sold with but oneexception. As may be | seen, this part of the village, which’ Is termed the “West End” of Mount Pleasant, Is not only being beautitied by the erection of handsome houses, but isto receive valuable accessions to the solid citizens of the place. The Deputy pnd Controlier Mr. Delano. the ex-commis- ner of patents, Mr. Ellis Spear, Mr. J. W. Buher, Mr. John Waggaman and’ other well 1 citizens are now occepying fine resi- dences in this v Mr. Charles Wright and | Mr rge Fallon have recently- erected very | pretty cottage: on Howard which they are mow ocenpying | venue. Mr. -Joln W. Carson has vted avery nice cottage on Park and Mr. Warren J. Lown has recently veted a ine country residence on 14th street, ‘avenue. The fluest suburban res- iy_has been erected in recent years, possibie exception of Mr. A. L. Barber's ant stone re: nce now being built on Col- umbia Heights, is the villa mansion which Col. H. L. Cranford has built on Park street. The houseis surrounded by afine lawn and has a brick stable inthe rear! This honse with its pleturesque gables and Broad piazzas, reminds one ot the private’ Tesidenees seen in the vicin- ity of Long B ‘The District government | along the entire extent of | how proposed to grade it. | Pleasant and | KW nd it is w run out to Mount ul new stone church is being erected 1 the residents of Mount Hleasant poiat with | de to these progressive signs, BUILDING NOTE: S. Bates is building a three story and t house at the corner of 17th and N } ar dwelling is being built on K, between Ist and North Capitol streets, at a cost of $3,200, by Mr. John Newman. Nr. Michael O'Brien is building two two-story uses on G strevt, between Ist and North Cap- at a cost of $1,500. in L, Voxt, the confectioner, 1s build- | ry store on 7th street, between D t ac 000, a Mobler is building a two-story | on North Capitol and P streets, at a | 500. | -and-basement houses are being B. Groff, on North Carolina e. between 9th and 10th streets, at a cost 10,000. Mr. James O'Brien is building four two-story | houses on Champlain ayenue, Meridian Hill, at GOD. A two-story-and-basement dwelling is being iit on Gay Btreet, between High and Congress, | ‘orzetown, by Mr. M. Plater, at a cost of | 000. Ten two-story houses are being built by Mr. Thos. E. Waxzaman, on 10th street, between W and Boundary streets, at a cost of $6,000. = ~ MONTGOMERY COU MD.) NEWS. Personal and Political Items—G. News, Etc. eneral | Corespondence of Tit EVExIxe STAR. Rockvitir, July 19. . jt., wife, and Miss Gough, ali of ston, are located at the Corcoran Wm. Lai West Wash A.V. Zany, U. S. N., wife and child are guests at the Montgomery house. On Sunday night next an addgess on temper- will be de 1 by Mr. H. B. Moulton, of ton, at Boyd's Station. st a colored woman living in ood of Darnestown, named Never- 1 to death in.attempting to light | of coab-vily who has filled the post- ctor for the thth district for s¢ “ned on Tuesday last, and Mr. was appointed in his place. uic, of this piace, has been ap- ate to the national prohibition convention at Pittsbarg on the 23d inst. Mrs. Olivia Caroline Wootton, relict of the late Dr. Turner Wootton, died at the residence son-in-law, Thomas Anderson, this on Wednesday night. in her 77th year. Mrs. W. oceupied a prominent position in soc life, and was hivily esteemed ‘im the commu- nity. She was the mother of Dr. Edward Woot- ‘on, this county, and Hon. Henry Wootton, of Howard county. . Since the opening of the national bank, two weeks ago, $52,000 have been deposited in its vauits. According to the late levy the taxable basis of the county amounts te $8,617.560, upon which a tax of 864 cents on the #100 was as- 5 e amount levied for the support of i¢ schools was $23,150, public roads 47. court house and jail $10,625. The rporated towns of the county receive the wing amounts: Rockville, $1,461.45; ersburg, $330.41; Poolesville, $394.61. Win. Magruder, of Potomac district, raised this season a stalk of rye with three fully developed heads well Blled with grain. k. Harry Stokes, of Frederick City, has been teller of the National bank at this d. On Th Mr. D. H A Cleveland and Hendricks campaign club | has been organized in the vicinity of Slizo, with Hon. A. L. Graves as president, and P. W. Avirett secretary. A large crown from the county will attend the democratic ratification meeting in Washington when it comes off. It is probable that no meetings will be held in the | county until after the congressional nomina- tion—August 6th. A large and pleasant social party was given at Avanel, the residence of W. W. Rapley, on Friday evening last, which was well attended. Mr. Henry Whalen, of Potomac district, who was stricken with paralysis three weeks ago, still lies in @ precarious condition. A canning factory is about to be established at Silver Spring. The Potomac Gun club will meet on the 25th instant to compete for a gold medal. Mr. John McDermott and family, of Washing- ton, are now at their country residence, Fair View, this county. Miss Ada Caldwell is spending the summer near Knowles’. a A Couple of Suggestions. To the Editor of Tux Evextxe Sram: Would it not be a good thing to have pond lilies growlag in the basin of the fountains of Franklin square and Iowa circle? Particularly Towa circle, as it cannot be urged, as it other- wise might, that many prefer the beautiful, clear water, for the water is slime; it would surely be much prettier and more healthy if it were covered with beautiful white pond lilies; and the spray falling on them would be very beautiful and Dales Tam sure the little lies as much as their elders. Another question I would ask you, which is, ought not theseatsin fowa circle be kept in such a condition that one can use them? Last week it was impossible to sit on the benches, they were in such a horrible condition. It ud take a man a short time, perhaps twice a day, to keep these benches clean, and It cer- laluly ought to be attended to. MB. rst Bhd pnavouw')\vnat Mr. Edmonds Expects Will be| srow the State on TH nN GE oF THE CIry. Ose Tn Sane Accomplished. THE PRESIDENT’S TABLE. at the White Ho! pared, * [5 THE COMPLETION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM TO! HOW PRESIDENT ARTHUW: IMPROVED UPON THE MAKE THIS CITY THE BEST DRAINED AND HEALTHIEST ON THE CONTINENT—A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM—HOW THE CITY WAS DRAINED FORMERLY. The subject of sewerage is one which at this time greatly concerns the District Commission- ers. The liberal appropriation recently made PRACTICE OF Wis PREDECESSORS—ELEGANT AND COSTLY DINNERS PREPARED IN THE WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN SOMR,.PARTICULARS OF THE METHODS FOLLOWED -IN EVOLVING A GOOD DINNER—THE P&ESIDEST'S WINES, CIGARS, President Arthuf'has fat surpassed all his pre- by Congress to complete the sewerage system | decessors in the niattey df entertaining at the has placed upon them the great responsibility of securing the best results from so large an ex- penditure. Commissioner Edmonds told a Star reporter yesterday that no pains would be spared by the united board to show to the people and to Congress the wisdom of its action in making this appropriation. “‘ It will,” he said, “give to the people of the whole country an abiding faith that the national metropolitan city is not only to become the most beautiful, but the most healthful city on the continent. To secure a thoroughly good sanitary condition of our city is, of course, the great object of this work. This expenditure, together with the restraints over the plumbing regulations, now strictly enforced, | both for public and private work, will insure nearly perfect system. The work will receive watchful superintendence in its progress, and nothing will be left undone to make It just what was intended by Congress. THE SEWER SYSTEM now adopted by the District authorities, and for several years recognized in making public im- provements, Is the result of much study and thought by the officers of the District engineer department, and there can be no doubt of its superiority above all others tor this District. There can be no doubt that the committees of both houses of Congress were impressed with | the plans adopted for the drainage of the city, as the appropriation was willingly made with hardly any opposition. When Mr. Shelly's bill was Introduced all the members seemed to have knowledge of the whole situation relative to sewers in this District, and all voted under- standingly.” Inreply to asuggestion interposed by Tar STAR as to the provision in the bill requiring the Dis- trict to pay interest on the amount advanced by the government, the Commissioner said: “That is all right. The District will be more than compensated In having the benefit of the im- provement; and besides the interest will prob- ably be calculated only on the excess of the Dis- trict’s half of the appropriation over the aggre- gate balances standing to the credit of the Dis- trict in the Treasury department. This will make the interest Nght, and it will be paid promptly with the annual payments tlxed by the law, which are $50,000.” ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM. In speaking of the materials to be used and the quality of the work to be performed, Mr. Edmonds said he was not particularly favorable to using so much pipesewer, but great improve- ments had been made in Its manufacture, it be- ing thicker and harder than formerly, and none but persons skilled in the business will _be em- ployed in laying it, so when the work is finished, all the trap connections made and proper venti- lation secured, the work would be to the city what a Job of good eanitary plumbing isto a household. Another advantage wiil be that every purchaser of alot of ground can inform himself just what sewer capacity he has, and | wherg to find it. The surface or street drainage ‘i “tof through these pipes, empty their contents into the ers, and they in turn flow into the intercepting sewers, and so on along to the river channel. Pertect sewerage is the first and most important requisite for a healthy city, and in some ot the old countries of Europe is the first condition in establishing a village or ci In the larger and most populous cities the cost of the underground work equals, and often ex- ceeds, that of the surface work. Napoleon | more lasting glory and renown In. co! acting the ers of Paris than by all his ‘The many advantages of perfect ar: is city, Mr. Edmonds said, ean hard over-estimated. Contrast the present system | with that in use TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Up to the time of the organization of the! ‘dof public works the city had received but | ittle attention as to sewerage. Most of the ‘ize emptied into an open ditch known as | now filled up or covered over. The | tof water, it is said, in this ditch, de- pended on the ebb and flow of the tides in the | river, whic ier Insufficient to carry off the deposi at the outlets of the sey- eral sewers which from time to time had been constructed by the old city goveruments, and | the canul is said to have become so offensive as | to threaten p htly as to | diszust every beholder. The beard of public} works built an intercepting sewer on the site of thia canal, from 7th to 17th streets, and from 6th street west to 3d street, the former empty- | ing into the river at the foot of 17th street, and the latter into the T arch on 38d street. These vary in diameter as they approach their outlets. “Tiber Creek sewer drainage east of 6th st a street and north to New York a) intercepting sewer was built several years azo, running from 7th and K streets to 15th street, thence down the latter to the south of Penusy! vania avenue, thence diagaually across, the:! White Lot into the mouth of Tiber. greek. -Otbar large sewer arteries were constructed and many | lateral branches, all of which, when merged | with the present system, will help to make one of the most fectly drained cities in the Union. These great public improvements in this Dis- trict, Mr. Edmonds said, are objects of national as well as local pride. and are so regarded by the executive and legislative branches of the government. iis THE OLD SEWERS. The old-fashioned way of constructing sew- ers was to arch over natural water courses and floor them with plank. Many.of these sewers have become worthless by change. of grades, which leaves them below where they are wanted. In Georgetown these old sewers are represented to be in a wretched condition. Especially is this the case where the grades are steep, and the water rushes down through the sewers, sweeping the debris and gullying the bottoms, undermining the walls, and leaving great caverns In the ground far below the surtace. zineer departinent has to a great extent the last tew years repaired these sewers by taking adv: f dry seasons, and carry- ing the materials necessary up through the mouths to the defective places. Many new and large ers have been constructed, both in| Georgetown and Washington, by the’ enzineer department. Tiber sewer extends from the in- | tersection of Maryland avenue and 3d street northwardly to FE street at its Junction with North Capitol street, where it is diverted to the center of that street. This is a very large sewer, from 24 to 30 feet Inside diameter, and has proved to be of sufficient capacity to supply all demands made upon it. It has been con- tinued through North Capitol street to K street, along K street to Ist street east; thence along Ist street to Boundary. A branch sewer, nine feet in diameter, has also been constructed along 8d street northwest to Qand along Q to 8th street, into which flows many of the lateral sewers east of 14th street. An additional branch sewer of nine feet diame- ter has also been constructed on the line of F and G streets in the northeastern part of the city to drain the valley, between E and the Boundary, but the immense Boundary sureet sewer now in course of constructian will relieve all the pressure brought to these sewers besides: preventing the hayoc heretofore made by the storm-water from the county outside of tlie city limits. THE “SLASH RUN” SEWER. Another large sewer artery is what is known as the “Slash‘Run,” deriving its name trom the old natural water course, entering the city in several small branches at the northwestern boundary, turning southwardly to the corner ot L and 17th streets. thence westwardly by a cir- cuitous course to Rock Creek. The ‘Slash Run” sewer foliows the line of this water-course and is emptied into Rock Creek. Another sewer extends along L street to Vermont ave- nue, intersecting that portion of “Slash Run” south of the main sewer and proviaing drain: for that portion of the city between K and streets. It is said a buggy could be driyen through this sewer. Besides these main sewer arteries about 70 miles of tile sewer was laid by the board of public works. Many extensions ot the sewers have been made from time to time by the District under direction of Capt. Hoxie. “Colored Citizen” to Mr. Brooks, To the Editor of the Taz Eventye Stan The reserved difference by Mr. Brooks, as between relatives by marriage and blood, will not relieve him of inconsistency in retaining so many of his relatives by m: n teach- ers foll and dropping. Others “fot related ter cause two or more of their family were teachi in the bys ees te Franklin and Sumner school verify statement made by a oe CoLorep Crrizen. rr __ Some one has discovered that the high-heeled shoes worn by women produce softening of the brain. It was not generally known that the brain o — ideas wear Conroe was located so iow; but seems pluusible enough.—Norris- town Herald, F ? Cabinet, * ber of guests are White House, and tas fet an example of excel- lence and‘elegance $n table appointments which will be dimcult for ils suctessorsto follow with- out going pretty détp intd their pockets. Since the President first entered the White House he has entertained his guests most hospi- tably, but it was nof udtjj the past winter that he gave a series of gtate dinners which excelled any similar occasions at the White House. Besides giving the customary diplomatic, and judicial dinners, all the Senators and Representatives in Con- gress, with thelr wives, were Invited to sit at his table. Thus It was that nine expensive and elegant repasts were served in the state dining room, the guests in each instance numbering from thirty-six to fifty-four. They were very elaborate and formal affairs, and Senator An- thony, who isa recognized authority m such matters, pronounced them perfection. ‘The Presi- dent is not particularly given to “the repairs of the table” himself, but he is very particular always to have before him and his guests the best the market affords. In former adwinistrations it was customary to give the state dinners in a sort of picked-up style. There was a steward anda cook, of course, but when it became ne- cessary to give a dinner to the representatives of foreign governments—critics from the best tables of Europe—they were unequal to the task, and outside assistance was always re- guired. Thus it was that Jacobs and Crutchett, of culinary fame, for years superintended the preparation of the state dinnera. The cooking Was nearly all done outside and carried to the White Houge in big hand-barrows. This way of doing it looked too much like having your meals sent in; there was naturally haggling over the contracts and adanger of imposition and unsuccessful dinners. PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S PLAN. President Arthur determined that all enter- tainments given at the White House should be gotten up in his own household. He secured as asteward Mr. Howard Williams, who was for twelve years with Roscoe Conkling, and whose ability as a manager he well knew. Mr. Wil- liams is a colored man of yery fine personal ap- pearance, well educated and has madeatriumph ot his stewardhip. The President also recognized the fact that a French cook Is indispensable to a big dinner. enough for every day, and_in many respects can’t be beaten, but only a Frenchman can de- ise the variety and the extensive ornamenta- | tlon necessary on state occasions. Chef Fortin was brought from New York to superintend the White House kitchen, and receives a salary of $1,800. He was cook for John Jacob Astor, Jay Gould and Pinard, in New York, and 1s truly a chef. MAKING ROOM FOR MORE GUESTS. Before President Arthur's time no more than thirty-six people had ever been seated at the table in the state dining room. The room would not permit of an extension of the table length- wise, and a very Ingentous plan was hit upon to Increase its seating Capacity. The original width was retained in the center, where the President sits,opposite being the seat of the hostess. From these points the sidés werd given an outward curved shape In either direction to the corners, where the extreme width was reached, some: thing like an hour elas. By this means room was obtained for fifty-four persons, whose seats were so arranged that they would all nearly face oneanother. “The way In whien this large num- seated without confusion or mistakes is very simple. Each gentleman upon arrival is presented with an envelope containing | a card, upon which is written the name of the lady he is to escort fo the table. On the reverse of ‘the card is a diagram of the table, with the seats numbered, commencing at the entrance and running to the right. The numbers of the seats they are to oceupy are checked upon the diag . and Knowing that the lady is to sit on. his right, the proper places are generally found at once and without farther cnidan THE COST OF THE DINNER: The series of dinners of last season referred to cost at least 210 per plate. In nearly every in- stance there were fifty guests at the table, so that the actual cost of the nine dinners was about 5,000. This was not the extent of the President’s hospitality, however, for there were quite a number ot private dinners given during the season to prominent persons or personal friends. The following bill-of-fare will serve as a sample of the state dinners of the last season, being the menu for the dinner given to the dip- lomatic corps on the 6th of February last, the guests numbering flity: Huitres, en coquille—Chablis. Consomme, a la d’Orleans—Sherry. Hors d’oeuvre—Pet tes Timbales a la Nilsson. Poisson—Filets Rouget ala cardinal; olives, Pommes Parisienne ockheliner. *Releve—Selle de Venaisor, sauce cherand, héircots verts, au Beurne—Grau Larse. Entrees—Filets de Pintarde, supreme aux truffes—Perier Jouet & Co. Terrapins a la Maryland. Chand froid d’oiseaux a la Pinard. Punch—a I'Imperial. ish pheasants au cresson—Cham- Salade—Mayonnaise de celery. Le Asperge au bratiches, sauce hol- landais. Rameynins a la Parmoesane. Entremets—Gros Baba au rhum. Gelee—Knbance. Glace—Tutti Frattt. Gateaux—sortis. te—Cognaec, &c, The &c. meaning lquers of five kinds, Chartrense, Maraschino, aAnisette, Curacoa and Kirsch-Wasser, THE WINES. By the above menu it will be seen that there were over a dozen different kinds ot liquor with the dinner. When it is remembered that the wines are estimated at one-third the whole cost, it will be seen. that they form no | small item of expense in enter- taining in what is called the proper manner. President Hayes, as is well known, never had wine at his table, He had a number of small State dinners during his administration, and in each of the last three years he gave a diplomatic lunch. The guests were iuvited to meet tne diplomatic corps, and nearly a thousand family invitations were issued. The refreshments con- sisted mainly of cold dishes, such as salads, cold meats, etc., coffee, chocolate, cake, ice cream, etc. Those who attended these lunches did not consider them very elegant because of the crowd and thelr push and greed. These three entertainments were very expensive, on account ofthe number fed, though the fact that there was no wine in the bill lessened their cost con- siderably. Said an official of prominence, who has had world-wide ex lence in such matters, to a Srar reporter, “The question of whether a President ot the United States has a right to abolish wine from his table on state occasions is rather a delicate one, I think he has not. In the first piace heis fillinga public position, and hasno right to let his personal or private prejudices enter into the rept ‘He deals directly with the representatives pf forelgn governments who are supposed to know the proprieties, and to leave wine off would be next to an insult to them. They are tomeéd to wine as you are to water; they can’t enjoy a meal without it, and they won't come to such a meal if they can help it.” They were caught at Hayes’ first lunch, but not afterwards. I often eaw them between the courses at the next two entertaiments walk juietly to a dark corner ayd regale themselves m a flask in the; insidepocket. They don't like it for the youngest nation of all to lay down the regulations as to what is proper and what is not, and there are a good many Americans who think the same way although strongly opposed to intemperance.” A VISIT. TO THE KITCHEN. A Star reporter ran across Steward Williams at the White House the other day and asked to be shown through the culinary department. The steward kindly accompanied him. There are two kitchens, one much larger than the other, with mammoth ranges and boilers. The walls are hung with copper cooking utensils of every character, bright and In order. In the center of the big kitchen stands a permanent zino-covered table, at which most of the: manipulating is done. Chet Fortin, about as broad as long. was stand- ing at it hard at work. _He speaks English ve weil, and kindly assisted in explatnine’the pe ner of doing business in his department. “‘How much warning do they give you when astate dinner is to be prepared?” asked the re- porter of Mr. Williams. ‘About tour days, to give us Plenty of time to get things in shape. Lots of preparations, too, are necessary. In the first place, the orna- ments are to be made, and the chef here likes to make an early start in that branch.” “What do = make them from?” “Grease. Yes, we take old candles and melt them over time and again and mould figures, &e., of various designs, The chef tells me that such ornamentation is largely taking the place of flowers in Europe, particularly where flowers are scarce. We endeavor always to have a good An old time Virginia cook is good | supply of both and the effect is very satisfac- tory. MAKING A GODDESS OF LIRERTY. The chef was busy with some broken orna- ments when the reporter entered. These he meitéd and poured into a plaster of paris mould. Placing this ina pan of ice water for a little while, it was vpened and an excellent goddess of liberty was produced, looking as well as many of her marble sisters. “You see,” continued the steward, “such figures are made the center-pieces for dishes of cold meats and the like, which are usually served ina sort of pyramid. One of the rules is that no dish must be served fiat. It must be raised up in some way, and there are various plans followed. A base of rice is sometimes made to raise the birds or meats or whatever is tobe served. Sometimes they are well raised, and then are so well concealed by tallow orna- ments and disguised that it is pretty hard to teil where to start in, I have seen some of tl western Congressmen, when such a dish js passed, look all around it kind of uncertals- where to strike, and then shake their heads and let it pass. That Is not saying anything against the gentlemen. I couldn't do any better if I hadn't seen such dishes prepared time and again, for they are very deceptive.” “How do you go to work to prepare a big dinner?” asked the reporter. “We get word that there is to be a dinner for 80 many pales? on such an evening. I know that the dinner is to be the best that can be pre- pared, and 1 go to work accordingly to procute the best, not only that the Washington market Sore but that can be secured in New York, where I tek ph at once for the choicest came and other things that can be obtained. The President gives carte blanche and never grum- bles at expense, 80 we are never hampered. The chef always has an assistant on such occasions, and they first go to work on the tallow orna- ments, and Mr. Pfister begins on the floral orna- ments. Great care must be taken in ornament- ing not to obstruct the view of any of the guests, and while floral designs are intended to be characteristic of the occasion, they are either suspended so that the guest can see under them or else raised on pillars farenough apart not to obstruct the view. At the judicial dinner last year the chief floral piece was a temple of Jus- tice, with the book of laws in the taterior. It taxes the Ingenuity of all of us to secure a variety, and, at the same time maintain excel- lence in all branches. The menus must be en- Urely different. Nota dish is broaght on the table that appeared at the previous dinner, so you see we have to keep scheming.” “How many persons does it take to serve a state dinner?” asked the reporter. “If there are fifty persons at the table or a tew more or less it takes twelve servants.” “Why 0 many’ “Well, there are five services for every course; by that I mean that five dishes of every- thing are served at once. If the course Is fish five plates of tish are served simultaneously and. so on through the dinner. This is to prevent delay. So you see there are five of the ser- vants engaged in serving the main dish of the course, each one helping about ten persons, and | five more follow with the yegetables or the ac- companying dish. Two more waiters are kept | busv serving the wine which belongs to the course.” “The whole dinner is prepared here in the White House, is it not?” “Everything but the ice cream; that we get outside. Of course we haven't a large enough force of servants regularly in the house to serve the dinner, and so haye to get outside assist- ance. but the dinners are truly White House dinners.” Outside the kitchen are two refrigerators, big enough for a mammoth hotel, but they do not suffice, and a@ new one with all the modern improvements Is about to be built. Mr. Williams has a comfortable office in the basement, from which opens the President's wine cellar. The stock of wines has not been replenished since the season’s gaieties were over, but the shelves are pretty well filled yet. A LETTER FROM ‘‘UNCLE SAM.” The attention of Tae Star reporter was attracted by a letter which was tacked to the shelf containing bottles of choice Madeira. Upon examining it he found that it was an autograph letter from the lamented Sam Ward to the President, giving the history of the ighboring Madeira, which he had sent to the | President in 1881. The letter was written in the famous epicure’s characteristic style. He went on to say that during Sherman’s march to the sea the Charleston Jockey club buried their old and choice Madeira wine, and thus saved it. Some six years previous to the date of the letter the wine was exlumed and sold to a member of the house of Baring & Co., of London, and was shipped to England. Through English ignorance of the proper treatment of such wines It never Tecoyered from the voyage, and its owner grew | sick ofhis purchase. Learning three years later din Keene purctrased tt, and by proper treat- ment restored the pristine glory of the. wine. Mr. Ward presented several demijohns of it to | the President. Owing to the loss of the original | catalogue, the exact age of the wine could not | be ascertained, but none of it was less than 40 | years old, and’ most of it over halfa century. Mr. Ward gave directions how it should be bot- ued and stored, and subscribed himselt “Yours, affectionately, Uncle Sam.” THE PRESIDENT'S CIGARS. One shelf was devoted to cigars, and all the boxes of various brands bore the customs stamp. At the beginning of the season enough cigars ‘are purchased from the New York importers to last for a good while. The President never of- fers any but imported cigars to his guests, and is as hospitable with them as he is with his wines. Everything in the culinary department is ran upon a well-arranged system, and any demands made upon it by the President wiil be responded to promptly and satisfactorily. He never knows anything about the details, but settles the bills without a murmur, well satisfled, as he cannot help being, with the way his guests are enter- tained. ———_—__+2-—_____ MECHANICS? LIEN. | Objections Urged Against the New Law-It is Said to Benefit the Law- yers More Than the Clients, To the Editor of Tar Evextno Star: Relative to the “Lien Law” recently enacted and published in your paper on the 14th inst., it 1s certainly the desire of every upright man that the laborer, mechanic, and all others, who work upon, or supply materials to build- ings should receive their honest dues, and a law carefully framed to reach that end is com- mendable, and beneficial alike to the honest builder and owner, but 1am afraid the recent law, like most of the enactments for this Dis- trict by Congress ia faulty, unsatisfactory and annoying. In the first place what is the meaning of the proviso in the first section, *‘That said lien shall not exceed or be enforced for a greater sum than the amount of the original contract, &c.” { trust that some one ‘‘learned in the law” will explain this proposition. Suppose the original contract to build is $1,000, and the owner pays the brick mason through the contractor $500, and when the building ls completed, and before other payments are made, the carpenter, plumber, and painter each file for €300 for work actually done. How much does the owner then have to pay to discharge the liens? Section 2 provides that liens may be filed dur- ing the construction, or within three months after the completion of a building or repairs. When, how and by whom, is the date the completion to be decided. ' Suppose a building is practically finished in April. but a latrobe mentioned in the orignal contract is not put in until it should be needed, say November follow- ing, will it not furnish fees for lawyers to settle the date of completion? Section 7 provides that any person entitled to alien may commence his suit to enforce the same at any time within one year from and after fillng the notice * * * butno final adjudi- cation shall be had until all persons who shall become interested inthe building subject to such lien shall haye an opportunity to be heard in raid suit. Now, will not the effect of the law be that after the date of the completion of the building shall have been fixed that the estate will be practically bound up, encumbered or its title clonded ff lien is filed (no matter how illegal or fraudulent it may be) for a period of at least fifteen months and perhaps much longer by legal contests, appeals, delays, &c? While it may be said that there ls a in the law the owner of the building to file a “written ut withtwo or more sureties who shall be worth double the amount of the demand, &c., such proceedings do not fally “‘uncloud” the property with the most sol- vent of owners and sureties, while if the owner epee aera he is worth in the building In litigation will it not oftentimes be impossible for him to secure sureties and protect and use his a property by a written novicA eer ere are many other objecticns to the law which space will not permit me to notice. The bill seems to have been drawn by or enacted for lawyers without clients with the desire of in- creased litigation, that tees might come to them. Ifthe law provided that liens should be filed within thirty days after the material was fur- nished or the work performed, and then that suit must be commenced within thirty days after for the enforcement of the lien, some of the prominent objectionable features Re the bill provision would haye been removed, » Be | that the whole lot was for sale Mr. Ward and | LETTER FROM LAKE GEORGE. The Senson—Personal Mention—Polit- cal Points—Single Candidates—Lake George Storms, Etc. Correspondence of the EVENING STAR. = CALDWELL, LakE Gronae, N. Y., = July 17th, 1894. t With the middle of July all watering places in this state show large accessions to their pop- | ulation daily. Especially is this true of the re- sorts on the islands in this lake, scarcely one of which of sufficient size to accommodate a camping out of a dozen or more will be uninhabited by the end of the month, and in their unique and beautiful features, these istand camps in this picturesque lake. On some of the islands cows are kept, who goto the mainiand to graze, and it is curious to see them come swimming across in the evening to be oe oer folks = org milk em in a pump will per- taps be eurprised to learn that the Lake Gesege cows can carry theirs through water without affecting its richness. But Lake George is a wonderful place in all its fascinating rural features by the presence of city comforts and conveniences. and the inva- sion of the railroad, seems to be all the time pares nearer to the great centers of popula- jon. PERSONAL MENTION. Before leaving here, as she did this week, to go to Seabright, N.J., with her family, Mine. Preston received a letter from her husband, the Haytien minister in Paris, written on July 3d, and it reached hereon the 13th, so Lake George is only ten days by mail from the great capital of France. Mr. Preston mentioned that he had seen there Justice Blatchford, Count Hoyos, formerly Austrian minister at Washington, and the wife of the latter, the former Brazilian min- ister at Washington, Senor Bouges and his wife and many others whom he had known in New York and Washington. Mme. Preston will probably be at Seabricht until just before she goes to Europe in September, except while she takes her family next month on a trip to Sara- toga, Niagara and Newport, of which she wishesthem to be able to speak Intelligently when they hear them discussed in Europe. Mr. Preston is still suffering from the injuries he re- ceived two years ago on the railroad at Little Silver, N. J., at the same time Mr. Wm. L. Gar- rison and others were fatally hurt. Strange to say, although he was picked up unconscious in the water and was Ill for some time afterwards, no mention of his being one ot the victims of that serious accident has ever before been made In print. He and his family were then spending the summer at Spring Lake, N.J. They are very fond of the New Jersey sea coast. The night before thelr departure from the Fort William Henry hotel, in which they had passed four weeks, Mme. Preston's sons and daughters gave a moonlight excursion on the River Queen, the charming little steam yacht, to Bolton and back. The party was mainly com- posed of young people and was very lively; the echoes of their merry voices resounded over the lake. This agreeable family has been greatly mi sed siuce their departure, and the young folks find it hard to be reconclled to losing qe as they were the leaders in all the pas- mes. A private letter lately received here from Sen- ator Mahone’s wife says that after traveling through Ireland and Scotland she and her daughter and Misa Dwight, the daughter of ex- Representative Dwight, are in London, where they have taken a handsome suite of rooms, out of a hotel, all the hotels in which they care to live being crowded. They do not expect to re- turn until after Christmas. Washingtonians who have known Count Lew- enhaupt, the Swedish minister, and his wite, will regret to learn that he is really to go to Paris (and soon, too, probably), as minister. Mr. Preston will be next above him in seniority in the diplomatic corps there, as he has been in Washington, and the Portuguese minister will be dean of the corps in our capital when both Mr.’Preston and Count Lewenhaupt have gone, and yet Viscount das Noguciras has not yet been here quite six years. To-day (Thursday, the 17th) M Wilson, the well-known artist, wiv in painting the portraits of public men in the United States began as early as that of any one now living, if not earlier than any of them, is celebrating his birthday here, haying attained the age of seyenty years. He painted, in 1538, a portrait of Ephraim Blaine, the father of ex- Secretary Blaine, which the latter bas always | had with him in Washington. Mr. Wilson was introduced to Mr. Ephraim Blaine, who was | then living on the old Cumberland road, not far Mr. Wilkins, who was afterwards Secretary of War In Tyler's cabinet. and who married a sister of Vice’ President Dallas. Mr. Wilson also painted the portrait of the latter, which is in the Vice President’ room at the ‘Capitol, and those of Secretaries Welles and Stanton, and of Postmaster General Dennison, which are in the departments of which they later became the heads. Those of Stanton and Dennison were both painted In Ohio, where the former, as well as the latter, was then living, a long time before either was much, if any, known in public life. Mr. Wilson introduced the latter to the lady he married. Some of Mr. Wilson’s friends and rel- atives, including his son, came from a distance to apend his birthday with him at Peerless Point, on this lake. Lake George, as will be seen by the above, has been very way this week. On Tuesday even- | ing there was a german at the Sycamore hotel, | on Green island, and yachting parties, such ag those above described, daily start off from this end of the lake. POLITICAL POINTS. Just before T left Washington 1 heard Repre- sentative Hiscock discussing the democratic state convention, which met at Saratoga to bet his democratic colleague, Representative Arnot, a dinner for six that Cleveland would not get the nomination at Chica would be Bayard or Slocum. Mr. Arnot insisted that it would be Cleveland, and Mr. Hiscock was surprised that, in view of the personnel of the delezation sent from New York to Chicago, he thought so. Theard Representative Seymour, of Connec- tient, say he thought Cleveland would run splendidly in that state, and Represeutative Arnot thought his strength in New York beyond question. Representative Singleton, of Mississippi, also, in talking with me about’ the prospect of his nomination, said he thought he would be strong in the south. SINGLE CANDIDATES. Why should some who have commented on the fact to which attention was called when Logan was nominated, viz: that he was the first married man the republicans had nominated in many years for Vice President, insist on includ- ing Andrew Johnson in the list of widowers. He never married but once, and his wife, the mother of his full grandchildren, was with him while he was President, for I saw and talked with her more than once at her daughter's puvlic recep- tions, in which she took no part except to sit on one of the sofas in the Blue parlor. and talk pleasantly with all who approached ber. Her husband and children were devoted to her, and very proud of her. Many jn Washington must Temember her. In connection with unmarried nominees on a Presidential ticket, I am moved to wonder if the fact that the year for electing a President and Vice President is always coincident with Leap Year, has anything to do with the practice which has prevailed with both of the great par- ties for some years back, of always having at | least one aoe parti on its ticket. mean a pun there.) This has usually been the nominee for Vice ident, Tilden and Cleve- land being the only unmarried men since Buch- anan who have been run by republicans or dem- ocrats for the highest office. I am sure Washington ple of all political creeds must feel sorry when: contemplating the possibility of the success of the democratic ticket that, as compared with that of the repub- licans, it is numerically so weak in respect to its femine side, having but one lady, Mrs. Hen- dricks, nearly connected with it. hile, as all who met her in Washington when her husband was Senator are aware, Mrs. Hendricks is a highly edueated and most lady, she has never shown much taste tor gay society, or ambition to lead therein. So should her hus- band become Vice President she would proba- bly find the duties which would fall to her in consequence of the President being unmar- ried very onerous, though, no doubt, she would endeavor to discharge them. I hear that Governor has had no lady to pee, for him at the executive mansion in Al- Washington letter-writers, if he is can again amuse themselves whenever news is dull by announcing that he is engaged, or about to become so, to marry some one to whom he has shown some slight attention. I observe that a romance of Cleveland’s lite, giving reasons why he has never married, told in different way in different localities, is being 5 dear! Is that sort of thing to go on forever: Similar stories in to Buchanan have printed at RSg through all of August. They are almost idyllic | pleasant particulars, and while losing none of | from Pittsburg, but nearer Brownsville, Pa., by | that week, and had concluded its deliberations | when the conversation occurred, and he offered | but that it | been | man to lea&t once a year since he was Presi- | one of our greatest nuisances—the old tin cans dent, and last year when his life was published ! ju our streets and alleys? Xours, W. 0. D, I was in hopes the subject was exhausted. The last one about Cleveland seems to be Buchanan over again with names and dates - On the other hand the biican ticket has five ladies who willbe very prominent a* the White House should Messrs. Blaine and ogan elected to the twohi offices—Mrs Biaine, MS Logan, Mrs. Blaine’s two eldest daugit@s > irs. he and Miss Maprte—ant Miss Dodge (Gail Miton). It will be something quite new to have a dent with so many ladies of bis own family, for since the expiration of Johnson's ‘term each of our Presidents has had only one daughter, and that one too young when he was elected to go into society. This was trae of Miss Nellie Grant, who grew up just as her | father’s first term was over, and married at 18 in the second year of his second term. LAKE GEORGE sToRMA. We had another sudden and ylolent storm at | Lake George last Sunday, and again the iight- ning struck In Caldwell. That made twice within eight days that objects were struck in this town by lightning, and I am told that trees, |honses and other inanimate objects are yi | frequently struck by lightning here; yet no one remembers an instance of a human being sue- taining any injury from that souroe in this neigh- borhood. " On Sunday the lightning struck t dwelling of Captain Lee Harris,in which his | wife and their daughter then were, butalthough | the bricks were knocked off the chimney, the | floor torn up in some of the rooms and doors wrenched off and windows shattered, neither of the inmates were in the least injured, even by the shock, and, et to say, were not m frightened, in spite of the loud thunder and the rattling of the broken parts of the house. Evi- dently New York lightning is a better and safer variety than its ni nelghber in Jersey. Miss GRUNDY. ——__ ++ GREAT TIMES AT SCONSET. | That Primitive Fishing Vilinge Sadly | Modernized —Street Lamps, Fire De= and a Railroad — High parte Jinks at the Opening of the Latier— A Native Wedd! | Correspondence of Tae Evestvo Stan. Siascon: Nantucket Istanp, | July 14, 1854. Sconset during its long slamber since last | Season has been visited by many horrible night mares,—among them street lamps, modern oot- | tages. a fire department and the railroad. Last Tuesday was the eventful day on which the | golden spike was driven by William Clarke, or, as he is better known, “Billy” Clarke, the town crier. The bluff cottages, porches and piles of | Sleepers that had not been used were dled with an enthusiastic audience of natives and visitors, waiting for the train that should bring the band and the hero of the day. The train comes with many littleshirieks of thewhistle and much puffing | and blowing, and brings with it every variety of specimens of humagity, from the “fat boy” to the wiry spinster, with corkscrew curls and the inevitable satchel, umbretia and eye-glass. The band are soon discovered, as their head adornments are white, and then we see the drum. The town-crier madly plunges trom the car, followed by the band to the spot where the golden spike is to be driven, and before realiz- ing the situation the band has surrounded him and begun to play. The tune is flaally recog- nized to bethat untamiliarair, “Yankee Doodle,” and the spike is driven in to the time of it, amid the loud hurrabs of the multitude and the ex- losion of an enormous fire-cracker by an eater- prising Nantucketer. THE “GOLDEN SPIKE.” The next movement ts to tnyestigate the nal, which has bad most of the gilding nammered off by the blows. And the train leaves in a most triumphant manner, minus the band, however. The curiosity of the natives was excited by the machinery of the engine, and every part was in- vestigated during its stop. One of them, who returned with the train, was seen to appear at each window in the two cars, on the platforms, in the freight ear, and, finally, rode off, holding the repe on the platform, and waving his hat, | as though he were the great mogul, and through his efforts this gizantic feat had been accom- plished. The officials of the railroad company dined at the Ocean View, the principal hotel, and then there were speeches, and the band played psalm tunes. The cottages were decorated w s, banners and lauterns in a festive mauner. The route is by way of Suri Side, where there is a large hotel, andalongthe beach, giving a view of the water most of the way. In “old tines” large omnibuses of visitors e out trom Nan- | tucket, but now the train brings them. It | starts on schedule time, but will stop for any obstruction, as there is no other train to be en- countered, and, therefor, no danger of collision. A few days ago the conductor dropped his plug of tobacco, and, immediately, stopped the train, picked it up, and started off again. OLD SCONSRT NO MORB, In former days each eottage hung ont its own | beacon light, but now we have arisen to the dig- | nity of street Iamps and alamplighter. Sunset Heights has had half a dozen or more cottages built, among them notubly that of Prot. Wilder, of Cornell university. The hotel bas bad an annex furnishing 40 additional sleeping rooms. The fishermen are enjoying avery successful season, catching large numbers of blue fish, which, after supplying the village, they ship per railroad to town, and from there to the mainland. The fire department consists of am engine house and an engine and fire tanks. - Bverrmale | in the village is a-member, and early fn the season, every other Saturday nigut, a tank was played off for excitement. A SCONSET WEDDING. There has also been a wedding here, one of of the seven daughters of a native. When asked if she would take the man to be her wedded husband, the bride replied, “Yes, sir.” The rope has been put out, and the lively at eleven o'clock with bathers, many frantic efforts to learn the art of swim- | ming are made. ‘The flowers that are gladdening the hearts of many are the white and yellow daisies, wild roses, swamp pinks, orchids and water lilies. The “vegetation man” announces that since the | railroad has been built there will be “‘a great composition in vegetation this summer.” The afternoons are spent on the beach and all unite in— amid books, Here, where the sunny waters break And ripple this keen breeze, I shake All burdens from the heart, all weary thoughte away.” aW. —__e.—___ A Modern Arcadia. To the Editor of Tae Evenrxo Stan: After a noisy, soul-harrassing week of busi- ness cares I embarked on the Arrowsmith Sat- urday evening last for the new summer hotel at Colonial Beach, Nature lent to the trip the charm of a beautiful moonlight illuminator, and @ refined and appreciative company of paasen- gers participated in the enjoyment of the occa- | sion, In due time we arrived at the beach, but | the temptations of the beautiful panorama of | nature spread out before usas we stood upon | the upper veranda of the hotel rivetted many of us the scene till long after midnight, smoking the contemplative cigar, and wonder- ing why we had not enjoyed this pleasure before, This place is pre-eminently a resort for a refined and educated taste. The richnessof the charms with which nature has endowed it, the splendid bathing. and the appointments of the hotel, all constitute attractions, and yet these are en- tirely free from the nolsy shams of a fashionable watering place; and while children revel here in delight upon the shaded lawn or silvery beach, tne educated and mature mind finds here that quiet, real enjoyment which so many seek and so few find. The company who have projected Ci did not | this new enterprise represent a number of the best citizens of Washington, and it truly de- serves the commendation and patronage which they bave already began to enjoy. E. W. B. ——_- Written for Tax Evaxnve Stam ‘Tho’ mourned the friends who ‘round us die, ‘Yet others fill their place anon; But ah! we unavailing try ‘To fill 4 mother’s place when gone, No soul can feel as hers has felt In sympathy with joys we knew; ‘No heart 80 80on in sorrow melt, ‘When dire disease or cares pursue. No eye, a8 hers, 80 quick to learn No ear 80 quick to us to turn; ‘No hand 80 prompt to give relief. No lips the syllables of love, Can utter in so soft a tone; No smile 80 efficacious prove, ‘To lull our fears and cheer us on. Mother! well may the poet make ‘The term akin to that of Heav'n: ‘Of all the tender words we speak, ‘To none ts more of fullness giv'n. —CHARLES M. TEXLEY, —___+-o-____—_ How to Get Bid of the Tin-Can Nul« sance. . ‘To the Editor of Taz EvExIs Stan: The following item Is afloat in the newspapers: “Old tomato cans sell for fifteen cents a hundred in Newark, N. J., where they are put into a and rolled out to be used by ” Why not suggest to some enterprising cojored do the same here, and thus get vid of 4