Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1888, Page 2

CITY AND_DISTRICT. ‘THE COMING CENTENNIAL. Ceremonies which Mave Here A CONSTITUTIONAL CELEBRATION AS A PRELIMINARY ‘TOTER “TUREE AMKRICAS” EXPOSITION—THE PLAN PROFOSED—THR MATTER XOW BEFORE CONGRESS— ‘THE PERMANENT EXPOSITION. ‘The projected centennial! celebration in this city f the adoption of the United States Constitution {and peru.anent exposition to celebrate the discov- ery of America has recetved the earnest endorse ‘ment of maay of the leading commercial bodies of ‘the country, besides the promised co-operation of ‘al the states and territories, It has been agreed ‘Whaat Ube Senate select committee on this subject ‘shall graat a hearing to the board of promotion at @n early Gay. At that bearing the general plaa ‘Will be outlined, and after that the detatis will pe @rranged. There are bills pending in Congress Providing for (be preliminary organizauions, mak Ang appropriations, &c., but, of course, Congress ‘MsyJ see ft to make some changes hetogoar RSS it 18 expected that the constitutior cent ial will bepth thea th h Of April, 1880, as the 4th Of Mareh, the precise anniversary, Would be too rly In ‘the seasoa to expect pleasant weather. ‘While nothing definite as co the nature of the celebration can be known tn advance of Congres- Slonal action, the prevalent idea isto make the centennial purely a civil celebration. It Is ex- red that the president, chief Justice, and the omacie minister to this country of each of the ‘Spanish American republics wiil represent those governments, and that our repuolic Will be repre- seated by the President, both Louses of Congress, ‘the Supreme Court, and the governors u forty-six states and territories. At least that is ‘contempiated by the pending DIL ‘A COMMISSION TO BE APPOINTED. ‘It will be necessary for Congress to commit the ‘work of preparation to a commission of some sort, ‘Which will no doubt be so constituted as to repre- sent different branches of the Government, ‘The celetration will probably continue through weveral cays and the details of the program, so as ‘to make it interesting, must be «i ined here. after. One of the features will consist of orations, c., and @ resolution has been intro- the Chief Justice of the Frege ezpreens and oxpounder of the Constius- Hon. Thi tatives of U a wul pernaps be invited to explain the origin and provisions of their constitutiuns, ow they were Staten oD and modeled on that of the United phy Centennial Sean saan Si cu tates oases An the er-ction of ine necessary buildings other preparations ma rea szrerie, ‘There isa bill pending in Congress which pro- ‘Vides that space for the buildings for the perma- ent exposition shall be set apart on the reserva- ‘uons of this city, and it contemplates that for the state and territorial bulldings the states and terri- Voriesof the Union will provide money; that for eects es Sao Rot ay ‘various colonies & North, South and Central Amer. Sano aeeraae eee tocome from thoes who would make exbivitions, ‘The Spaniso-American republics are Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Coste Salvador, Hion- auras, the United Staves of Bolivia, Peru, Chill, U paraguay, ‘Ecuador ‘and thé argentine ic. " The projected enter- ‘Was sturted by 4 meeting of jot Wash- and Baluimore. At that meeting a commit- Wee was 4 ed. That committee a convention of @ national character, The latter organization as follows: President, Hon. Wm. -Claflin, of Massachusetts; Sice-presidents, Hon. A. A. Ames, of Minn; Hon. ¥, Jno. Elits, of Louisiana; Hon. ‘Amor Smith, jr., $f Onie; Chae. D. vaher, cia. of Maryland: A. of Pennsylvania; ‘Hon. A. P. Williams, Sr eaiiiordla: secretary. Alex. Dy Anderson, es of District of Columbia; chairman executive com- paittes, Hon. Wai B Webb, of District of Co- ‘THE NATIONAL BOARD e@onststs of $12 members, representing 45 states and territories, viz: Governorsof 36 states and ter- Mitories, mayors of 52 leading cities, 151 presidents and secretaries of boaras of trade t the Vawed 33 masters and secretaries of state and territorial granges, 29 officers of state agricul tural societies, tains, &¢. ‘The regent and 1 Fogents of thé Ladies’ Mt. Vernon Association of All of these members have signified their accept- ance of the duties imposed in letters earnestiy ap- Lhe and promising their best ef. Korcs tS ts buccsaa Intadaition to tue letcers of counclis have resolutions strongly indors- Ing the movemet jational Board of ‘Trade, Na- ‘Monal Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, Aleri- cam Bar Association, International Medical Con- Bey, American Bankers’ Ass.clation, Carriage om, ‘Yon of Agricultural Colleges, United States Pot- tery Association, Amefican Shipping and Indus mayor aud tty council ot, Mobile, Los Angeles mayor ai job Board of Trade, Richmond Chamber of Cummerce, Business Men’s Association, general assem- Diy of the state of Maryiand, Kansas City Com- Baltimore Commercial and ot Trade; Baltimore (efy’ Assovtation, Lynch! Tobacco Association, Zanesville, Board of ‘Trade, New, Orleans — Portland, Board of and terrivories have been received ng good v8 ved expen ‘will for the ent "Though the movement can scarcely be said to have reached the potat of = Sece metor ener cord.al support ot tne, American, people, in embracing the citizens a cen America, Every day adds to Cafetais, and private chazens ‘Central of ‘The reporter consented, and soon found’ himselt at the dancing academy, where a class of about fifty young ladies and gentlemen, in squads, were ‘Detng put through the preliminary movement of rising On thelr toes together and then slowyy al- lowing thetr heels to descend to the floor. The be- inners found some acuity tn, doing 0 Dnt the older puplis moved with precision. Unity, as it would assist them gbacefully. The class then ‘Practised (he waitz step. “Which sex makes the most apt pupils?” asked ‘Tux Stax reporver of the teacher. “Latins,” she replied, “learn more readily than gentlemen. not because they are lighter, or more some, “twat tt is impos mia Die i6r cerca.n persons to hecoine graceful dancers Tean point out to you ladies And gentlemen in this room. who, when they frst toy clase were as awkward 4s cOUld Well constant practice they ‘are Yoday s graceful as any dancers that can be in thiscity. Thad one pupil who holds & Jucrative position in one of ont Government der Bartiments Who, aithough ie ‘ad an. iordinate ‘to learn to dance, at frst found it very Gift. a fact, Be was about to givo'up in deepal, ouFaged bim and gradual wercame all obstacies and is today an artist” bat. the most popular dance this winter?” The glide-waltz by all means, was the reply. first-class dancers might c feel the eects ot ie" Se OF £ fa nt, i it H et THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, iG THE mal Members of Congress whe are Inter= ested in Weather Changes. ‘THE SIGNAL SERVICE WEATHER MAP IX THE HOUSE LOBBY—ANXIOUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM BACK DISTRICTS—SNOWED UP FOR AN INDEFINITE PE- BIOD—HOW CEANGES ARE [XDICATED. “Thirty-four below!” “I wonder if Jane Ann’s new pitcher's cracked.” “Thirty-four.” He stood looking at alittle spot on the great map of the United States that fs stuck against the Wall of the House lobby. ‘The little section of the map on which bis gaze was fixed was way up in ‘the Northwest where the Ditzzards prosper. Right im the middie of it was ittle b-ass hook, and from the hook hung a little piece of paste-board, on which was written the figures “34” with a mi- Bus mark before. fle had an air of proprietorship ‘about him that indicated that he might bea new Representative, and his whiskers and hair hud a Tuflied up appearance that showed his district to be in the land of the bitzzards. “She's @ forgeutnl sort of woman sometimes, Jane Ann is,” he added, as the Signal Service man continued banging up the Litle paste-board discs with the numbers on them. “Just as like she left the water in the pitcher. If she did 11's froze solid.” Tien his eyes wandered a bit over the surrou..ding country and he began to calculate about how the Weather would lu=t, and bis thoughts seemed to spread out over a little more space. SNOWED UP. “Thirty-four below, and snowing. She won't be able to get to the hen house for three days. The Show ‘ll be banked right up against the kitchen door and running in over the window silis. Iex- Pect Jane Ann ’s snow locked!” He paused for a mowent, and then questioned the weather man about the prospects, und his eyes wandered down to the warmer clime of Florida, and the 48 plus startled him. “Why they could cook beans in the sun down there,” he exclaimed, and his eyes again turned to the littie bleak spot Up In the “biizzard’s own.” “Fd soft 0’ like to know how them pigs are coming oo. If they ain't been looked after they Won't thaw out ‘fore spring. I expect Jane Anu ’3 setting close up to the fire! ‘Then other memberseame up and to look Over the isp, aud each one wanted to know the temperature ‘in a certain little spot about which his interests centered, DAILY INSPECTION. Every morning the members gather about this map, It isa very large map and It tells each one Just how the weather Is in bis distant home. It 1s, Just stuck upon the wall witha board back and ho frame, in the corridor of the House lobby, so that merabers puss It in going two the Speaker's Toor, the post-office, of the Sergeant-at-arms’ office. ‘The face of the map, from the Pacific coast to Mune, Is covered Wit litule brass hooks, @ short distance apart. On each of these hooks hangs the interest of some member. But what they are intended to wold ts 4 litle dise of paste- board on each, of color and number to indicate the ehange of we weather. The color indicates whether it 13 clear or cloudy, snowing or ralo- ing, and the number indicates’ the temperature. A humber with Ube plus sign in front of it, oF just the number with no sign, shows that it fs that much above zero, and it 1s quite eheering toa man from the cold regions of the West. Sut @ minus sign ts threatening. When a member finds a minus 5 or a minus i0 hung to his home hook he louks on with some degree of complacency, but when there 13 a minus 20 or 25 oF a minus 34 he involuntarily turns up Lis ‘Then be begins to tink about how things muse BS 2 about must Saari ‘neighborhvod, FIXING THE Mar. Every morning at about 10:30 the Signal-Service man comes with a Ussue paper chart for his wuidance, and shifts and changes the Iittle bits of card-board on the map. He takes off the old ones and hangs up new, Some days nearly all the it~ Ue discs are blue, then again they will be red, then. Tedand white. ‘Another day they be all Wulte, or again black and white, or all black. AnoUier Lime they will be blue and white, or they may be blue all along the coast, and white or Diue, and white up in the Western region. Each ebange indicates a change tn the weather that inverests the members. When the weather man arrives a number of members will gather about him to ask questions and to note the changes he makes on Une map. He uas the little card-boards ina drawer, andconsuiting his chart, ne picks them out one by one and hangs them on the hooks, He may take a 34 minus from a hook way up in tue land of blizzards and hang in its place a zero ora 5 pius. He may ligutes the Whole map with Sunshine, ovefeast it with clouds, deluge i” with Fain, or mage it bidck With heavy storms, with minus Marks in the track of the wind, WHY THEY WATCH. ‘The members watch for these changes. Some of them have shipping interests along the coast, and dread tue storms that sweep the Atlantic. Some have cattle or other stock inthe West that may be swooped down upon by a blizzard. Others merely feel an interest to know how the weather is about Weir homes. ‘Ihe first thing they do whea they get to tue Capitol in the morning ts to ‘get thelr inal at the post-office, and then to iook atthe map. ‘They nearly ail find out “now itis bout home” before getting at the work of the ‘There are several members who are always on hand when the weather man arrives, and who Will spend hours each day in studying the Weather and making comparisons of temperature 4m various parts of the country. ‘They have got Uo be experts and like to make predictions. Quite @ familiarity has grown up between ese tem- bers and the weather man, and they chat and compare notes while the weather signs are being adjusted, One member has acquired 80 much wisdom as to we weather that he takes pride in making predictions nnd Yery often looks over te ‘and exclums: “Didn't I tell you so?” He is then referring to his pre of the day, Before. The weather man always says “yes,” aud the member rubs his hands and swells out his cueeks with satisfaction. Some members never pass the map without stop- ping, and nearly any Ume of day some one may be ‘seeu'in ront of 1t. Sometimes two will come up arm-in-arm to look over the field, and will get into @ controversy about the weather before they leave. From tume to time during the session mem- bers will come througi the litte biue-cloth swing- ing doors from the Moor and take a look at the map. WEATHERWISE CONGRESSMEN. ‘Mr. Knute Nelson represents more cold weather than any other Member of Congress. The ther- mometers in bis district settle Gown below zero ‘great deal of the time. He takes a great interest im the map. He is there every mornlug. He notes ‘the vem: whether it is snowing or clear, ‘and which way tne wind blows and how fast. Gen, Weaver, the greenback democrat, 1s one of {he beat weattier propuets Iu the House. He comes every to look at the map to see how it is at “bloomiield.” He Ukes to talk to the weather man, and generally has a prediction to make after he has carefully studied tue map. “He 1s mighty good at predicting,” the weather man says, Mr. Hatch, of Missourt, Lakes a farmer's interest in the weaiher map, and makes asaretul survey Of it each morning before getting to work on inai- ters of legislation. ‘Mr, Randall sometimes takes a hasty glance at the map or asks the signal man about the weather as he hurries by to mis committee room. But he never dgrolcs any time to the Weather nor asks after tt Witu any regularity His colleague, Mr. Hurwiér,on the contrary, takes adeep interest tn the subject. His big diamond SRIFE stud casts a. ray of light across the map every morning. After investigating tne Phila. deiphia Weatuer he tracesout the way of the wind and the track of the storm, or rejoices in the sun- shine throughout tne land! Mr. Fiood, of New York, 18 so much interested in the subject that ue wisi sometimes spend half an ‘our oF more Lu front of the m Mr. Gueather and Mr. Hud are weatherwise, and neituer ever falls to look at the map in the morning. ir. Peters, of Kansas, ts another member who | ts interested in tuts suuject. ‘There is not a memver of the Michigan delega- oa Who does uot Watca Lhe Weather, and the men from Iiinots and Texas are ali scudeuts of meteor ology. Mr. Milis stops to look at the map on his way to the ways and weans committee room, as Mr Mor. Rison used t do. Mr. Symes, fom Colorado, and Mr, Milliken, f Maine, stand side by side & the map’ some Most of the members have many questions to ask, and the Weather maa is there long expressly lo answer them. bes Not to Escape Hangii OSCAR ¥. BECKWITH TO BR SENTENCED A SIXTH TIKE 10 THE GALLOWS. At Hudson, N. ¥., yesterday, a new trial was re. fused by the court of appeals wo Oscar F. Beck- with, convicted of murder in the first degree, and be will soon be taken before the court of oyer and terminer, now in session, Judge Edwards presid- ing, when the sentence of death will be pronounced upon him anew. Beck with'scrime was the Ruling ‘Simona. Vai x, Of Austerlitz, Colum! County, in January, iss. ‘Bok men wee woe ‘and quarreied over a su Tine near the town, The “victim was found ia Heckwith’s but, it i 5 i | i i E Fe I rate i i me i a i 2 / & Fed FF ; rid Ut ii i a; D. C.. SATURDAY f CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Shall the Gallows be Superceded by Electricity? DIFFERENT METHODS OF EXECUTION—THE EFVECT OF ‘BANGING ON THE ORIMINAL CLASSES—THE DISTRICT GALLOWS—CRIMINALS WHO PRETEXD TO BE RELI- GIOTS—TOO MUCH DEFRKENCE AMD CEREWONY. ‘The question of the best method of executing a condemned criminal 1s just now occupying public attention. People who are opposed to capital punishment, and many others who are advocates of it, think that some means should be devised to carry out the dvath sentence that is less revolting than hanging by the neck, ‘The report made by the commission to the New York state legislature ‘on the subject of capital punishment, suggests that the use of electricity would be more humane than the galiows, for by it tue brain ts par- alyzed the ‘subject is dead before the nerves can communicate any sense of shock. The commission gives a sh that the gallows is the guijotine in ten. musket two, axe one, one, and sword nineteen, and in twenty-nine the executions are public abd 1n aayen In private, In this country the gallows is the uBi instru ment, .nd for murder and rape the rope is often brought into requisition without ceremony. provided, too, inn arly all the states that the executions shall not be public, and the law re- stricts the number f spectators, THE SCAFFOLD. ‘There is no particular pattern of scaffold tu use, bi. most of them have the drop supported on volts, and worked by trigger pulled by cord or pressed by a button under foot. In all cases tlie preparations are made with the greatest care th t there may be no accident, the hinges to the aro are olled as well as the béits, that they may worl ‘smoothly, and the rope ts carefully stretched to fet all tne Kink out, so that when the culprit is at the end tuere may be no spinning. In some of the country the gallows are very primitive affairs A few years ago one was used where the drop Was a plank 8 by 1 foot, worked precisely life the leat of « table, In another place some bricklayers erected & scaffold for four on their own plan, and it did its work well. ‘That which ts al- Ways ready for use ia the District jail ts looked on ‘884 model one, no accident or hitch ever having occurred in the ten times it has becn brought into service, ‘TRE PHILOSOPHY OF HANGING, it 18 claimed, ts that if the rope 1s properly ad- fe peng is, the slip-knot placed behind the left ear and drawn so asthe siuall finger can be squeezed beneath it, that when the drop is sprut and the culprit fails, the knot will tighten an lodge directly on the spinal column, forcing the head quickly forward. In thig way the neck 1s dislocated, or a stroug pressure is brought to bear op the medula oblongate, and causing instant death. While it is true that in some cuses tn the executions here the neck has not been disiocated, there is po instance in which the physicians were of the opinion that the cul- prit suffered, and the general opinion among them ‘was that when the rope was stretched they were past feeling. There is no doubt but that the subtle agent can do its work cleaner and with more expedition than the old-time gallows; but ‘the question fs an open oae whether if “Jack Ketch” is supe seded by an operator who simply presses a knob, the “execution” will have the saine effect on the ‘criminal classes a8 if the mortal coll was shuffled off by means of 8 hangman’s noose. ‘THE THEORY OF THE LAW 1s that punishment 1s not infiic:ed on the individ ual solely on his account, but to deter others from the commission of crime, Many people think it is somewhat difficult to conjecture, on this theory why, in most of the states, executions take place in private. If the object be to lessen crime, they that the scaffold should be bullt out’in an open field, where all might see who wished. But to have executions jucted in private, and car- ried out with elaborate pre} often with addresses from tne cond who, if their words are Lo be believed, regard the p as Lhe threshold Of beaven, aud all details published in the papers, the object of lessening the ition to crime 13 not attained, espectaliy if the culprit goes off in a paroxysin Of praying and shouting. AN INSTANCE. Indeed, it s known an execution in the old Jail yard (4th and G streets northwest) was witnessed by a colored man in & tree on the outside, who, only the week after, committed a stintlar crime— murder and robbery —in Alexandria, and was hung Tor it, It ts thought that some of the lower order of criminals regard the culprits who are hung as noble examples, because of the preparations made and the deference usually shown him 10 bis last days, It cannot be sald, however, that hanging ‘has no good effect beyond ridding the communly of a dangerous character, bul the question whether 4 means can be adopted that would have stili more effect upon the criminal classes 1 to be decided. ‘A Stak reporter talked with a number ot persons Who have been latiuately connected with execu- Hons, and instances were Cited showing the public effect of hanging. ‘A GOOD EFFECT. About ten years ago Judge Lynch presided over acase in Maryland. Within a space of less than 20 by 10 miles there had been some ten or dozen outrages committed within a year, A brute was arrested for one of the crimes, made & confession, asmall band of citizens, impatient at the law's de- lays, attacked the jall, rode him out of the capital Of the state on a hand car and placed him on a ‘horse, With a rope around his neck. The horse started and he soon expiated his crime, for the other end of the rope had been made fast to the overhanging limb of a tree. ‘The effect of this ex- hibition of Judge Lynch’s law has been very per- cepuble, for since that time no such cases have occured within double that extent of the territory. A LYNCHER’S ADDRESS. How the private citizen often regards the slow course of the law and the execution of a criminal is shown by the following address made at a lynching atthe Point of Kocks some eight years ago. ‘rhe subject was a colored boy of nineteen years who, having committed an outrage in Fred- erick County, Was arrested in West Wasuingion and taken to Frederick by two police officers. AS ‘the train neared tue Point of ks the officers were overpowered, the prisoner seized and carried toa small tree and bung. ‘Tne crowd of 60 or 70 men #tood in a rain storm in a circle watch dangling body, and an old man stepped to within @ tew yards ot the body and said: “There you hang, you wicked rascal. You thought that you were, going to Frederick, didnt your’ But you didn’t get there. Well, if ‘they had got you there they would have put in in @ house and kept you fal, ‘Then they would have put ull the day of twelve men in @ box, the lawyers would have made speecnes over you, the J would have talked to the jury, and they would have just said one word. ‘Then they would have taken you back to the big house, the preachers would have come to see you und pray over you, the ladies would have seni to you nice Juicy’ beetsteaks, ‘oysters and fruit and fattened you. ‘Then on an appointed day the Judge would have sentenced you to be ‘and the people would nave taken holiday and thé soldiers turned out und you would be dressed 10 along white shroud and placed ona platform, and after they had sung and prayedover you you would finally be hung by the neck. You didn’t get there, did you, and you now know that God Alinighty makes just as good trees to hang men on as any scaffold the state of Maryland can ‘THE RELIGIOUS CRIMINAL, It ts a question, too, whether in some instances, when the culprit makes a loud profession of re- ligion, if it 1s not all animal emotion. Tus Stan reporter was void of the case of Brice, who was convicted of the murder of a comrade at the Balti- tore and Potomac depot, and sentenced to be ung. On What he supposed to be his last night on earth He was singing and praying Ul past 3 O'clock, but wien the news came a half hour later that be would have lis sentence commuted the Jey on his prospect of liviag longer on earth ex. veeded that shown when he had a prospect of heaven, ‘The uext morning de was ail siciles, and laughed at those wing caine down to see fntm drop, and when he started for Albany he met at the depot ou- of the witnesses, toward whom he showed that he had no kind feelings, It ts the opinion of many here that the less science used aud the more hideous the gallows is made to look and the suppression of ali talk which would tead to make the culprit look herole the better would de the effect, Se eee, Help One Another. “Help one snother,” the mowflakes ‘As thiry ciddled Gown in thelr fleeey bed; One ot Us ere would Hot be fell Que of ua here woald-auiexiy welt: fF help you ad you" nd then what s big White drire we il seo," “Help one another,” the maple spray Said bolts hllow leaves ouptasyt The wun would wither ine here alone, Lona ugh ere the day fe gone aT jou and youl ‘And then what apleudl. shade there'l be!" “Help one another,” the: Becitls auogher deg} ‘nat gbould be ge And fl help ‘And well “Hel "8 sand Sila to sucther grain jast at bands Beith tccae reat oe has» be y f i | THE TASTE FOR ETCHINGS, ‘The Wonderful Way in Which It Has Developed im a Fow Years. ARTISTS WHO WORK WITH THE WEEDLE—STCHING IN RNGLAND—THE RECENT DEMAND FOR SUCH PICTURES IX WASHINGTON—COLLECTORS WHO ARB FREE BUYERS AND GOOD JUDGES. “The rage for etchings has grown to be some- thing immense within the last few years,” said @ leading art dealcr to & Star representative, “It is now the great feature of the art trade, which it has almost revolutionized, especially in this coun- try.” “When did it begin?” the reporter asked. “It has ‘up almost entirely within the last ten years,” the picture-dealer answered, a8 ‘his faoe took on a reminiscent expression, and be leaned refl-ctively against the counter. “In 1878 I went out trom New York with a folio of etch- Jugs and visited the principal cities ot New Eng- land and the Eastern states, By a folio I mean about a thousand etchings. I had lsts of people tmeach city who were known to the New York’ trade as picture-buyers and collectors, These People I invited to inspect my etchings at the hotels where I stopped in the different towns. Well, actually, many of them—most of them, in fact—did not know whether they were coming to see cats or dogs, or » new kind of gas-burner. They had never heard of etchings In Philadelphia and Baltimore I found itile more encouragement, and s0 I gave it up and went “In those days every one wanted oll OF ‘steel engravings, and dint know the difference between an etching :.ud @ chromo, Since then here bys been a wonderful change, Fitty etchings are sold nowadays toone ating or engra’ ‘There 1s a demand for them in every city of the country, and few houses with any pretensions to eleguned are without an etching or two.” “What bas caused the sudden change in public taste?” asked the reporter, HOW ETCHINGS BECAME POPULAR. “Well, the writings of Hamerton and Haden and other Englishmen and Americans turned at- tention to the beauty and hign artistic value of the etching. soon a demand sprung up for them In New York, as tt had already done fa Hrance and England, and artists who had found no great for- tune in’ oll sought it In acid, and ald down the brush to take up the needle. ‘Then a bly firm of art dealers in New York turned their atiention to the publication of American etchinga. In England an amateur, Seymour Haden, did a great deal to educate popular taste to an appreciation of the Deauties of the etching, and himself produced some of the greatest works that have ever been done by the use of the needle, In this country, (oo, etching owes much to the efforts of an ama- teur, Dr. Yaie, Who has done some very successful Work, and aided materially in establishing the New "York Etching Club, which at once gave the ractitioners of the struggling art a rallying point End an easy and certala’ means of rescblng Ue public. ‘THE RECENT CRAZE. “But it has been within the last four years that the big craze for etchings has developed,” the gentleman continued. “Some of the best artists in America have gone into tt almost exclusively, giving up altogewuer their work in oll Among these are the Morans, Thomay Peter and Mary Nimmo, Peter Moran is one of Gur most success ful cattle paluters, but nowadays he is devoting Par ther tO etching. F. himself nearly churen, Hamilton Hamtiton, Gifford, Gay and Share are others who are doing the saine, some of them reproducing in etching their own works in oll, and others even buying thelr plovures {oF re- Pfoduction instead of painting, them themselves, hen starved out with my lttle folio of etch- ings in 1878 there was only one well-known re- productive evcher in New York. To-dvy, it is safe to say, there are a hundred ariists of good stand- ing in'that city who are engaged more or less in the work, ‘The men Whose names I have men- tioned have gone into it, of course, because they Mind it more profitable than oll work, and now it is bread and butter to th m. “Ob, New York is the center of the etching trade tn Unis couutry,” he sald in answer toa question, “Its the art center of this country. IN ENGLAND. “But besides the great number of etchings turned out in this country, probably a8 many imore come here from England and France, The best work 18 being done in England, and etchings have there, asin Unig country, usurped the place of the oll Painting in popular tavor. In England the trade is systematwzed by the Print Sellers’ Assoclauon, to which the arusts sell tueir plates, ‘The associa. Uon circulates the etchings in all parts of tne world through its agents ina thorough and regu- jar manner. In France most of the artists work independently, printing teir own etchings, and they thus do not secure the same wide circulation for them which 1s obtained by the more business ike English metnod, ‘The greatest artists in France, you know, including Milluls and Mets. sonter, are eichers, but for tue reason I have given tuelr etched work Is not as weil knowa as it might be. WASHINGTON'S DEMAND FOR ETCHINGS, “Is the demand for etchings as good in Wash- ington as it 1s in other cities?” the reporter in- quired, “There is a good demand for etchings here,” the dealer replied, ‘and it has nearly all been created In the last three years) When I turned my atten- Uon Lo etchings three years ago [do not honestly belleve there Was a proof worth $30 1m any s.ore in town, I doubt if tuere was a proof etching of any kind in the bands ot a Washington dealer, some of whom hardly knew the difference between an etching and a Wood cut, When I placed in my store window some fine ts in price trom $24 to $75 J was laugned at. I was told I could find no market tor such fine pictures here, But I felt that I was rigbt, aod ¥o it has turned out. ‘There is always a “market for a really good thing. Now there are TWENTY CQLLECTORS of etchings in Washington, most of whom I have started in their careers myself. Five of these col- lectors are what I call first-class, Thats, they can be depended on to buy every really pic. Uure that 1s published, and I wouldn’t offer them anything that wasn't good. “It would be no use, in fact, tor Uney have become connoisseurs, and will have nothing not first-class, These men are pre- pared to speud a couple of thousand doliars a year indulging their taste. The other collectors whom J have mentioned dy not buy everything good that comes out, but they may be depe! On to take a high-class picture now and then. “I unink the next change will be toward fine-line engrat ” the dealer suid iu conciusion. “When I was in Europe last summer I learned that several Well-known artists, who have of late been devot- {ng themselves vo etching, were engaged on plates Of Mne-line engravings. These will soon be put on the market, aud in a couple of years, when the etching craze begins to Wane, as I suppose iLmust, fine-Line engravings will come to the front.” eee Nee AN OLD-©TIME SHOEMAKER. An Ingenious Method to Advertise His ‘Wares—Foot-gear for President Madi- son and His Wife Dolly. Mr. Henry A. Willard, in looking over some old Papers the other day, found a letter which was written to a relative, Gen. Bradley, the first United States Senator from Vermont. The writer was a Quaker named Eben Breed, and the letter ts dated Lynn, Mass, December 30, 1811, and 1s quaint in language a3 well as in ideas, The following extracts are of interest: “{ have taken the Ilberty to make and send thee afew pair gentlemens slippers, two pair of them are marked for thyself which I ask thee to accept, ‘two pair are directed to Dr. 8. L. Mitchell to whom Ihave wriiten, and ask the favour of thee to hand ‘them to him, one pair for Thos. Law, Esq., which thee will have the gooduess to hand to him, and with a view to exhibit to the President of the U. States a spectman of the manufacture of the ‘Town of Lynn long kuown a8 @ famous place for shoemaking, I have sent him two pair slippers for himself and three pair for his wite, the former I made myself ..nd the latter I gotmade in Lyon, 1 mentioned to several of our ~ le thee and the President and others, for the exam- ination of the leading characters of the nation and ‘they approved of It, and asthou art well acquainted with us, and what high opinion and regard the people of Lynn have for the President it is wighed Unat thee will present them in such s manner us thee shall think propper, so that it 18 understood as a small, or simple testimony of the sincere regard and approbation of a people who tho’ they Crows, enterprising ‘ad. firm supporters Of te u enter and firm si . resent adiinistration—thy slippers and one lor tue President (the light colored of American skins, si I chose this in order show to what perfection the manufacture of article has arrived, but_a few years ago the would bring only 6 w 10 conte, now worth from 40 t0 50, and when are of which the slip § sue ii English kid, 1t 1s handsome and and we an excellent substitute for kid if they are : Bit} i i A it i i li it Hit ie WASHINGTON WAEELMEN. LETTER-CA! ERS OF OLD, JANUARY 21, 1888-DOUBLE SHEET. ‘What the Washington Cycle Club has| Hew the Penny Post was Started | The Apartment House Pinn and Meé- ‘Milllonairce of Gotham whe Drees hi- Done and What its Prospects are. one We Cycle Clud was organized as ‘an ‘old man’s club,’” said Mr, Frank Pelouze, the club chronicler, to a Stax reporter recently, “in the spring of 1883, nearly five years ago. The original members were Wm. C. Scribnet, E. T. twenty-five years of age could belong, won for it this title among the younger wheelmen of the city. ‘There was no racing allowed, and the object was to promote good assoctation among the cyclists rather than ‘The growth of the club ‘was slow, and iike afl other organizations. ft had tudes. couple of months the meet- asap ization. In February, 1854, While we were stillin the 11th street house, tbe age limit was lowered trom twenty-five to twenty- one, There was at this time a great desire on the Part of most of the members to make a and so Scribner, the captain of the club, and the chief consul of the L. A. W. of the District, was sent to the board of officers ‘meeting in New York 10 ex~ tend vo the league an invitation to hold its annul meet in Washington, which was unanit ace cept d. There were ‘two or three c.ties convend- for the prize, but when Scribner told thove fellows about our asphalt and our wide streets ‘hey fell in love with the pictwe he painted and ‘Voted tocome, THR LEAGUE MEET. “The meet that was held on the 19th and 20th of May, 1884, while not the largest or most ex- travagant, was certainly the most successful one the I had ever held, and the arrangements were all made and the mect engineered turough by the Cycle Club, with about ten live members. ‘Tne mee. ing was Held in Ford's Opera House ou ‘Monday, the 19th. ‘There were over six hundred ‘Thesis in line inthe Parade on Tuesday. Whe ap) jub turned out and made a magnificent show, with about ninety wheels, After ihe parade came’ the races, which were deciared by all vo be the most successrul ever held by the league. There Were some handsome prizes given, The Willara’s Hotel cup, “donated by Col. Staples, was awarded to B. W. Hanna for th~ best, duile time. There was great en- thusiasm and the feliows took Hanna and carried them on their shoulders, He is a Capital club man. A grand banquet at Willard’s Tuesday night, at which there were about 225 present, wourid up the meet, “After this event the club fell into a state of ‘in Rocuous desuetude,’ and there was even a move- ment toward disbanding. But this had the effect of Waking the men up and the enthusiasm was re- rented aid as‘ result the present quarters were ec ‘THR REJUVENATED CLUB. “We first appeared in uniform on the occasion of the Capital Club’s races in 1883, when nine mem- bers turned out, seven of them wearing the new suit, dark green, with gold trimminga. ‘There are now about thirty members, and at times a great deal of enthusiasm is shown. ‘The club went to Hagerstown iast June and took the town by storm. ‘There are three or four good racers in our ranks, and on that occasion they made lively by winning everything. Last September a few of the members went to Norfolk, riding down, and Look & few prizes. During the driil week last’ ‘the Glub'rept open hoube and envercalned a Large sum. ber of Visiting wheelmen whom we discovered among the ranks of the soldiers, There were ‘about forty whevis rolled over trom B.ltlmore on ‘Thanksgiving, and we made it pleas.nt for the ‘visitors at our house. We give @ series of hops each winter and strive to have an enjoyuble time aside from our athletic work. The aim of the club, however, is improvement, physically, and Wwe are in no danger of surrou! revives With such luxury that we shall forg-t ogee “ihe only one of the original members left tn the ranks,” sald Mr, Pelouze, “4s &. T. Pettingill, who bas been elected president three or four orrtuat omtce. ‘Yes, the Washlagton ‘cycle Club at office. Yes, the Wasi ye UI ‘SUll exists and is in & rly ‘fourtshing condition, Good-by" MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. ‘The Object of the Investigation of the Labor Burean—What Commivsioner Wright Says, * An important Investigation 1s now in progress under the direction of the Commissioner of Labor. He has had for several months bis agents at work | throughout the country collecting tbe statistics | of marriage and divorce. ‘The examination of the | records or dockets of 2,700 courts is a part of Unis | work. The inquiry covers the period of the past twenty years, “The investigation that 1s being made,” said Commissioner Wright tn conversation With a STaR reporter, “1s not confined merely to ascertaining the number of divorces and marriages during Unis period. It is broader than that. Such figures Would prove to be of little value unless the condi- Uon of divorce laws was known. In some states divorce 1s confined to the Bibiical cause, namely, adultery. ‘There is no other cause recognized. in other states there is greater latitude aliowed. You can easily understand Why it is necessary” that. such facts should be brought out in connection with the statistics of marriage and divorce. Tne same principle is illustrated in the statl.ties of crime. In Massachusetts drunkenness 18 classed as a crime. In Virginia it is not recog- nized a8 such. The criminal statistics of tbe former state, given without any statement of the peculiar laws, would be apt to give erroneous views relative to the condition of society in Massa- chusetts as compared with the showing made by siinilar statistics in Virginia, Statistics, as you may percelve, lead to very deceptive conclusions or justify such conclusions unless you are very carefu.. The staustics of marriages 1n some of the wtates would in this Way prove to be unrell- able. Asan illustration 1t might be found that ata ceftain tu some state Uke Tinos, the Ruimbgr of divorces granted show a large increase as With ® preceding or even a subse- luent period, Upon further inquiry it may be found that at that time the laws were ch: 50 ‘as Lo increase the uumber of the causes fur which divorces could be obtained. ‘The change in the laws should have due weight in reaching any conclusion founded upon such figures.” “TAB ANOTHER EXAMPLE,” continued the Commissioner. “‘as tilusteating one of the odd features of statistics. The figures ob- tained, say from the eastern part of Pennsylvant., inight show that for a certain term of years there Was 8 great Lailt ‘off in the number ot marriages. ot rht be afforded by the know! had been increased, and in consequence the young ple had fallen ‘into the habit of crossing the Rite'into New Jersey to be magried. ‘There Was DO record, Of course, in Pennsylvania of such mar- rages, and the figures might warrant con- clusions not at all favorable to tue morals of that Dart of the country. In this investigation we will endeavor to give figures which have some meaning. It 18 no part of our business to draw couclusions. That is for other people todo. We simply supply the material.” CAURES OF DIVORCE. “In connection,” Le Went on, “with this work we will at the same Ume give the causes of divorce, the amount of allmony granted, or whatever the ditions may be of the decrees granting the Givorve, ‘This is the Arse attempt ever made to coliect statistics of this character covering the entire country. I did it once for the state of Massachusetts, and the result was a surprise to ‘the public, While I am not prepared at present to say What the statistics, now nearly collected, will show, yet I have no doubt they will afford RELIABLE DATA and divorce statistics, The talk so commonly heard of the decrease in the number of mari the gradual destruction of tne family, and decadence of pubiic morals, can be affirmed or de- Doriod of twenty Feara. Lexpect that the repre wen! will be ready for tranamissiun to Cougress at the it session.” P%Gol. Wright sald thas the credit. of this ins i dee Bitte ‘The annual report of Rev. Sam’l W. Dike, corres- Ponding secretary of the league, states as to this investigation that $10,000 was appropriated by the 3 al i i : te s i Es a i E “ i i i i d a i E if 5 i i E 7 f meaning to the back door. ‘solved to hunt up dispatch. As and collect the mone; ie oraingty { ald so. aa New Here Half a Ceatury Age. DATS WHEN ONE CARRIER (CITY—RRCOLLECTIONS OF OLD EMPLOTES OF THE (CITY POST-OFFICEH—BOW PRESIDENT PIERCE WEXT TO THE OFFICE FOR MIB OWN Mall, ETC. Tt Was about 1830 that the letter-carrier system ‘Was established in this city. Dr. Wm. Jones was then the postmaster, and the late James A. Ken- nedy was the pioneer letter-carrier. Washing- Yon was, indeed, at that time, a city of magnif- cent distances, “The houses ‘for the most part formed little clusters, city there were stretches of nearly half a mile of ‘open country between these clusters. In some Places old-fashioned rail fences flanked the road- ‘Ways that were in summer overgrown with weeds. Mr. Kennedy was allowed a fee of two cente for each letter or parce! delivered. This was the ap- proximate value of tne English penny at the time, and heno: the utle “penny post” was tothe carrier service. “Ag ext $150 per aGoum was also allowed jue carrier. He In many portions of the ven ‘An extrs com) (on of Undertook the work of supplying the entire city, and to factlitate it he built, with his own b. a — ity pds, ‘Wagon in which Ube mali matter was placed, wagon, which Was painted a Dright yeLow, was drawn by @ fast horse. Mr. Kenne- y's ent Proved a success, and, as a reward for his industry, he was taken 1ato the office as & cerk. ‘Then tie city was served by Siesrs. Benj. & ulttings aud Geo. Venabie as peony postmen, abd next by Jonn George Adains and Joha N: ‘Trook, Who entered the service in 1837, DIVIDING THE CITY. ‘The city was at that Ume divided into two de- livery district, Mr. Trook is still living at the good old age of eighty-four. “Seventh sireet,” he sald toa Stan reporter, “from the Crossed Keys, the old tavern at the’ head of 7th street, to ihe Tiver, was the dividlug Une. I had the lower or eastern district, and Mr. Adams tue other, which Included ali the departments, We got ot eariy in the morning, a8 soon as the mails were dis- tributed, aud Bo such loads as are carried to-day. "A stnall bag carried all the mall for a dis- trict. “I might say the malls received at the Wasb- {ngton oMice then compared Lo Unat now received was like a wheelbarrow load beside the load of @ Taliroad car. ‘The Capitol then wasin my division, and I used to carry the mail Lo nuinbers of Sena- torsand Representatives, espectaliy to those who lived in my division, I''weil remember Calhoun, Beaton, and other distinguished men of that day. Mr. ¢.lnoun lived in the Old Capicol Tow, on “ist street, and often when he saw me coming be would come out and meet me. If 1 had & few inoments to spare we wou.d have a pieasant chat. So it was with Mr. Benton and Mr. Preston, Indeed, in those days there was a simplicity about Our gréat men seldom if ever seen now. “Next the city was divided up into four districts and the force increased. Messrs Dauiel E. Kealy, Joseph W. Davis and Dan’ F. Harkness and my: Self Were the carriera, When J had the eastern section, a3 you may well suppose, it Was an all- day Jou to go over it, and of course I could make but one delivery, I would start out at 8 o'clock and return from’ to 7 o'clock in the evening 10 dinner, After serving yome Ume as letiercar- rier I was Laken in on the Moor of the office, and there served twenty-five years, till Mr. Lincoin’s administration, when I resigned. During my tm the postmasters Were, after Dr. Jones, Col. Gard- ner, who served under President Polk; Wm. A. Bradley, under Presidents Taylor and "Filimore; Col. Betret, under President Pierce. ‘Then Dr. Jones came'in again with Buchanan's admiatstra- ion.” AN OLD-TIME ROUTE AGENT. Mr. F. J. Bartlett entered the Washington post office in 1845, in President Polk's time, first run- ning as a route agent to Richmond. “The mail,” he said toa Stax reporter, “was then carried on tue steamer Au © Acquia Creek, and thence by ralito Richmond. It left Washington at 4 a M@., arriving at Ricumond about¢ p. m. Subse- quently the steamer Powhatan Was pla-ed on tne and le Fae Ee) with M a Took, Kealy, and J. T. C. Clark, aud'subsequent obtained a position ‘on the Moor,’ that ts, in tue office. Then Jno. B. Kendall, Jacob B. Gardner, Lambert Tree, W. J¢ M. P. Callan, Ricua d Lay, Jas. A. Kennedy, three or four I do not now remember, were in the Office. The work at Unat Ume was very laborious, although the matis were not near so heavy as at present. Then there Was but one mail from the Souta daliy, and not more than three from the North. Robert Ball, Vincent R. Jackson, and Jno. F. Tucker were lel. ter-carriers in 1853, and Patrick Ryrne and Patrick Sweeay were on tne floor of the Office about tuat time. I well remember how President Pierce use to come ww the office, which was then the lower floor of the three did buildings on Tun street adjoining the General Post-OMce—the portion of the General Post-Oftice buliding on E Street was the ouly part erected at that Une, wr, Pierce Was oue of the plainest and most affable men Lever met, Lie usually came in the evening, and would alWays bave some pleasant remark ou the ‘workshop of the Goverument,’ as he calied the office. ‘I declare,’ he would say, ‘here you are always busy,’ and thén add, “I will take my private leiters, if you please.’ The letters in his box wouid then nl ng him and he would select such as he d after making some comuent when he identified the chirography. Sometimes he would reach the office after it had been closed, When the clerks on duty heard a knock after office hours, if they were busy they wouid call out ‘go round.’ One evening about 9:30 a gentle tap was heard on the window and tue attendant sang out as usual ‘so ‘round,’ ‘The tapping was re peated and the atiendant sung out rather em. phatical.y ‘why dou’t you go ‘round as I told you?’ ‘The la: ter, however, being near (he door, opened the upper half when he was struck With Astonish. ment by seeing the President; but recovering bis composure, h« bowed and apo.ogized out them iL For some days, however, the official Was: and handed prekensive that his command to ‘go ‘round’ Cost him his office.’ ” “> $75,000 Lump. HOW IT FEELS TO DRAW THAT BIG SUM IN A LOTTERY. Being on the steamer plying between Baltimore woul and Chestertown, Md., recently, a reporter of Tar ‘Stam learned that among his fellow passengers was Mr. Harrison Vickers, a resident of the 1ast- named ‘place, Who Was represented to have held one-fourth of the ticket which drew the grand prize of in the drawing of the Louisiana State Lotiery on the 6th of December lust. Being curious to know the senstions of a person coming suddenly and somewhat unexpectediy Into po-ses- sion of $0 large a sum of money, the Te- and make thé acquaintance of the fortunate gentleman aud learn such facts as he could in regard to his grand strowe of luck. Ac- cordingly the friendly services of one of the officers Sr"the ‘boat were secured. "Ab introduction fore lowed, and this was iollowed, in ‘urn, by afew polnted interrogatories on the part of the re- . Pade Vickers seemed to be somewhat disturbed by the inquiry, but finally sald: “I. 1s true that Tin vested §5 in the Louisiana Lottery Co. in December ‘and have received $75,000 for i. 1 went to New Orleans and collected ihe money, persoually; but ‘At thesame time I Mled a written protest with the company against any agveriety connecting news- Papers with me or me with bewspapers.” Ter icesne pan Nes eas, ne was merely inquiring tm the interest of an euter- rising newspaper, and had no interest in tne Pottery Company whatever, and thereupon pressed Rim for & fuli account of Uie affair. “Well, I don’t, I repeat, like tis notoriety; but since the story’is out, the facts may as well be kuown, To make a long story short, in the latter part.o November, I sent $5 ln, settér to New Or- sang with @ request for one-fourth of a ticket in the December drawing. In due time I Tecelved the ticket," looked = at_ the number, laid {t away’ and thought no more Of it until the newspapers came | containing the Mrst account of the drawing. I was busy down stairs, and, my wife, who, hed been reading the paper, called down to me that the capi rize had’ been drawn in Chestertown. I cuiled ck lo her for the number, ‘and she that it was 53,458 Ikuew iny ticket be- gan with 53, but bad forgotten the hundreds. I Contupued my work, and did not even look at my Uicket until the next, day, when T found my nui. Der to correspond with a As Twas about felleave for the south. rivate business, I conc! go ‘New Orleans, as it was as short a rouce 1p person. west on by way ly | most FAMOUS HOTELS OF THE CITY—A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSES TO BE ERECTED—INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE RIVER. ‘The suggestion, recently made in Tam Star in the interest of comfortable living tor people of moderate incomes, that buildings should be erected with apartments thit can be leased at a low rental, has eliciied some comment. A man, Who Is am extensive builder of houses, said to 8 ‘Stan reporter that @ house only three stories high, with each story arranged as a flat, would Undoubtedly prove a good investment. “There is an objection, however,” he observed, “to houses of this Kind. All the tenants would be compelled to use the same staircase and hall, People would be apt to find fault with such an arrangement, and the property would probably degenerate into an ordinary tenement house, Run up such @ house Wo or three siories higher, place an elevator in the Uulldiag, and the Laveatment would prove to be very profiiable, 1 Delleve that you will see buildings of \uls character erected here tn the near fucure. There is a great field for them.” ‘The opinion was SXp ened DY other men of experience, with w Bom 4 Stak reporter Luiked, that the apartinent house, toa Inextent, Was the solution of the caeap reut question. They were unanimous in the be- Let tat caplial could be invested in this way ould @ large percentage upon money exp nded, of 4 ‘THE COREAW'S EMBASSY HOME IN THIS CITY. The Corean embassy are “at home” now. ‘They have rented the house 1513 © street northwest and have furnished it in American style. ‘They are very pleasantly located in a fasiionable neign- | borhood near Scott Circle, and they will have an opportunity Of studying tie domestic lite of uneit newubors, They have already sou idea of the Of living in Unis country. They had expected {) rent a furnished house and they also had con- cludea to pay a8 much ws $1,000 a year. It Was hot long before they discovered that even that Sum could not procure the appolatuents which Uhe home of the representstivesor a foreign bation Should have, So tuey conciuded to rent ab wafur- Bished house, They pay monta, RIGHTFEN NEW HOUSES, An extensive improvement is contemplated in Corcoran street, Mr. T. F. Scuneider has purcnased through Thomas J. Fisher & Co. eighteen lots on that street, between 17th street and New Ham Shire avenue, Ten of the lots are on the north side Of the street, and eight are located on the south side, Itis the Intention of Une purchaser to im- ove Uuls ground by Lhe erection of three-story jouses. The work of building will be begun as Soon as the weather permits. This improvement nay be considered as the initia; movement. in tiie ing activity which usually commences with the opening of spring. 4 FAMOUS OLD wOTEL. One of the notable bulidings in the city will Probably be removed before long to make room for 4 more modern structure. Proceedings have been begun in the courts tor a partition between the owners, J. C. Willard and il. K. Willard, of the property know: Willard’s Hotel and" Wiuard Hall. ‘This hotel 1s one of Lue famous hostelries of the country, It was built by Mr. Joun Tayioe about Che Year 1818, and Was known first as the Mansion House, In’ 182% the proprietor was Bazil Williamson, and he tuforined tue public that bis Rouse contained 100 rooms Taree years later Azariau Fulier became the jetor, and the hame was changed from Williamson's Mansion House to the American Hotel. Subsequentiy une hotel was knows as The City. When the old Blodgett Hotel building, on E between 7un and Btn streets, occupied by the mice De- arument, was "burned, in 1836, the City Hovel juilding ‘was renied by Uke Government for the use of the Department, Five years iater, the south front of tue present commodious Deparument buliding having been completed, the omices were removed from the hotel w the new quarters. E. D. and HA. Wi in the year 1847, renued the hotel property, and 1t was once more opened to Ye public. ‘A lew years later the firm was changed to J.C. and H, A. Willard, and tn 1853 they purchased ihe property from the Vayloe ucirs. “The ownership has remained unchanged from that time down to recent date, The hotel butiding has, however, undergone many changes, and has been inatenaily en Ad the Ume the Witlards became the owners the building had the same frontage on the travagaatty. SERVED THE WHOLE | THR CORRAN EMBASSY RENT 4 MOUSE—ONE OF THE| JAY GOULD AND BIS BAOTRER—THR VANPSRETLT FOTS—HANDSOME GEORGE KEMP--MEN WHO SPERD PORTCNES IN THEIR CLOTHES—THE-RERT PRESKED <MEX IX NEW YORE AND OTHER CITIES Special Correspondence of Tur Evextwe Stam New You, Jan. 20, 1888, Thad an interesting chat yestorday with some of Lhe moat fashionable tailors of the @ity about the Pecullarities of some of New York's militonaires and noted men in matters of dress. The tatlor who makes Jay Gould's clothes tells ‘me that that gentieman ts a racher extravagant Grewer; he never asks the price and seldom any Other questions when he gives an order wouit, of clothes. Mr. Gowid cousiders is time more val- able than Money, and tt Is bis habit to visit his tailor and tell him to make so many sults of clothes, “I guess you'd better make me about four suits of clothes this time,” Mr. Gould would say. Then he will stroke huis Whiskers, look and di, “Possibly you'd better tuase we belt & dower ‘soon as you suite this Ume; bave them done as can, and if they do not prove want I lik heim to my brother.” MK GOULD’ WaRDRORE. Mr. Gould leaves everything to his tatlor’s ynag- ment; that person also selects Mr. Gould's neck- es and underwear. The millionaire says himself {hat be hasn't time to bother with such. sm: tails. His tallor explained to me that Mr. Gould’ brouber, whom be referred to, ts rather Srotaer mone. for 3 weiter doom he know how 0 taake {The wil. Honaire seldom trusts him wiih very much money, Dut be has carte blanche tO go WO any of hit brot vers trades people and get Whatever he may need. He's exactly the sam? sive as his brother, and @ suit of clotues tbat Mts one is equally sult able for the ot Sometines when Mr. Gould orders half a doren Sults of clothes, and they are sent home to hit Uhere may not ‘be one suit that he likes, and b Aunmediately gives an order for another halt dozen SUILS. He dors noteven think Uo ank the price, and never finds fault with luis Lalor. Bis tailor Says there are few men in New York that dress betier than Mr. Gould, People only think about ‘him asa money taker, and pay bo attention to his attire. ICs estimated Chat Mr. Gould spends About $8,000 a year ob his Wardrobe. Young’ Gea, Gould does not spend over $1,000 a Fear on clothes. He ts very modest in bis taste, and always selects good, plain lou, put he is very parucular regarding the Mt. Mr. Gould's other ‘son, Edwin, is more of a dude than his brouber and is tne wt 7 ygd more liberal customer ‘THE TAILORS’ mow. If the average New Yorker was asked who spent, the most money in clothes they would answer Berry Wall, the King of the Dues. But the lead- Ang tallors laugh at his, and say that his highness 4s almost coarse in his laste. It ts seldom that he orders over two suits of clothes. They say that the tan Who spends the most ou bis w.cdrobe is a. Person Who is seldom heard of, ai several Unes a millionaire. He is Geo. Kemp, who owns @ great deal of real estate in New York, and 18 one of the land-owners in Florida. 1 am told that he spends over ten Thousand doliars a year. He ts a large, than, Whose vandsome figure, wien clad in a very ordinary sult of clothes would attract attention anywhere, Since the death of ex-President Ar- thur, Mr. Kemp ts nearer the hearts of the New York tailors than any one élse. When be tries oa & sult Of clounes, before giving an opinion as to the t,he will go out and walk around the block, and when he recurs he ts able to detect every tault there may be in the sult. It’ a common Uning for hima vo give an order for thirty pair ot trousers and a dozen coats and vesta. Iam told that Were is no other geatiemen In Uils coun Uhal spends as much as Mr. ki although: Stokes possibly did before ‘he killed Jim Fiske. Now there are plenty of men in New York work- ing on Salaries who spend more money for clothes (han Mr. Stokes, “Half a dozen sults of clothes a Year now satisfy his wants. Another man Who used Wo spen: | isJohn M. smith, the owner of But of late days’ forvune bas not. g im to be more ita, and necessity bas compelled modest in matters of dress, ] VANDERBILT DOVS are good dressers, but not extravagant when thelr avenue as at present, but it extended only a short distance up 44th stfeet, ‘The new owners con- Unued tne Whuding up that street on tue property owned by tue widow of Dr. Johu A. Kearney, U.8.N., Who had a garden connected with bet house, dnd beyond to the green house, which Was located at the cornet of 14:h and F streets Willard Hall was built in tue early years of the city by a congreg tion of Presbyterians, and tne F Street church, us it was known, was one of the umineut reilgious organiza‘ions in the city. Rev. Dr, Lowrie Was Une frst pastor, and during tue pasiorate of Kev, Dr. Guriey the church roper.y Was sold and the ‘congregation erected, n 1858, the Duliding Bow occupied by Uke New Yors Avenue Presbyterian church, The Willard's became the owners of the oid chureh building. LAxp on THe vincrNia SIDE. “In the steady advance of real estate in and around this city,” observed Mr. T. H. Sypherd, a Teal estate dealer, to a Sran reporter, “the adjoin- tng county of Alexandria has not been left out. This county consists of about 36 square miles, aud Was originally a part of the District of Columbia, but was recroceded to Virginia ik 1848 and 1s a beautiful strip of country extending from the Chain bridge, on Uhe north, along the west bank Of the Powomae River to Alexaudria city on the South. Since the building of Lie mew treo bri ‘Was Commenced by tne Government across tie river in Ue place of the old Aqueduct toil Bridge land bas greatly advanced, aud many purchases have been made by gentlemen of Unis city, whom are Generals Curtis and Burdevt, EW. Fox, Frank Huwe, Judge Willoughby, ex-Gor. H. H. | Wells, Randai Hayner, N. S. addy, W. S. Abbott, | Abrauh F. Barker, General L. Iblaguam, and others. Tue proxuuity "to Washingwoa, Ue beautital Duliding sites, and prospecuve free bridges gives {Wo Luss once neglected section a greatly enaanced value, aud its lands are belng rapidly bought up.’ oe A Study of the Recent “Blizzard.” To the Eaitor of Tux Evexino Stan, ‘The weather-map 1s a record of meteorological facta. We have no power over the forces of na- ture to change these facts; they aro inexorable. selves against the severity of these attacks of na- ture, bul to think of regulating or curtailing the forces that produce the terrtule effect is most ab- surd. Under date of January 16, 1888, tne Teports a severe “blizzard” throughout the commencing on the 11th and conunuing 14th inst. ‘Tue morning of the 11th at St. reported very fine. ‘The storm began on tne aft-rnoon of the 11th, and by 5 O'clock the thermometer was 15° below zero. This “blizzard” was a fine met dy. To the student of the map It was no surprise, he saw by Lhe movem-nis and juxtaposition of “nighs” and “lows,” even by ube 10th, that ‘storm Was indicated. On the 10:h the map stood; the old “low” passing the Great Lake Region, with nothing (im the U. 8.) less tian 30.3, ’ pressure to the westward. This nortu “low” and relatively southern « made tne fine Weather, spoken of, on the first Of the 11 By afternoon this “low” had moved farther away, and the “wig” Was rushing in upon its trall, con- VerUing what motsture there was ready to preci; Late Into fue snow. sanuary 11, “ow” had travelled rapidiy; the was near the mouth Of the St, Lawrence; a 20'.7” **high” was over Min- nesota; at Fort Totten tie temperature was 40> below zero. A new “low” appeared iu the norun West, bringing more storm with it, which locally made tt appear like one an the same storm as the preceding “iow.” January 12, “high” 30'.9" (very “high” )centred nortn of Lake Erie. The new “low” traveiled rapidly, and in a soutaeast direction, car- rying snow With'it, January 13, continued rapid movement of “iow,” first east abd then northeast; anew “high” In Ule northwest right venind 1t, January 14, the air so coid frou these “1 precipitation takes tue form of sno “iow” followed the general line of whe pi ‘one, and op Lhe 15th Was central in the north Dut'at the center It Was only 30’. A 30.9” south as the 4 ———_ Tuts , Dut wil ‘uways happen wich tas coud. Gonand reiadion of “uigh" nd. siow'=a Stow® sufliciently near Lo give Lhe precipitation, ana ‘ube Y the 23 not often Bear “hgb” lo give the low temperature. till be seen that tue lsotwermal itnes wealth is taken Into consideration. Cornettus is | the best dresser of them, but he rarely ever or ders more than three or four suits of clothes at @ | me. ‘Their father, Willtam H., xpeut « great deal | of money with Ube tations, and he was a very bard | man to please. If he had been & poor man be could not have Ween more particular about the price. | CHAUNCEY x. DErkw 1s a handsome dresser, but not an extravagant | One, Possibly $2,000 a year will cover the amount | Spent on his Wardrobe, He always buys the very best of clothes and ke usually visits the tailor | half & dozen Umes in ordering one suit. His | taste ts excellent. He is very careful in making | Bis selection of a piece of cloth A MODEST DRESSER. George William Curtis presents such a magnifie cent appearance that one would suppose that be is inclined to be extravagant in mMALLErS of dress; Dut he is not. He 1s very easy on clothes, and cam w ult for a long tine Defors It looks old. “On an average he does not order over Unree suite of clothes a Year, but tiey are of tke very Dest. Mr. Curds says that if ne was to appear before Ue public frequently he would dross better, Dut, as he leads a rather secluded life, wien he Goes” a | pear before Lue pubbiic no owe suspects but Tat aS a large wardrobe. James Gordon Beunett used to be a very extras | Yagwot dresser, but he ts now in Europe all tue | Ume and gecs tits cloUkes Where. | IN OTHER CITIES, | ‘Twoof the leading tatlors of this city, who do | business all over the country, tell me tust Phila | detphia people do not spend a great deal of money ‘on clothes, although as a class they are considered, Weil dress". Boston is a litue better Ulan Phila- deiphia. The ltue city of Buffalo has a number Of men Who are extravagant dressers Ambrose J. Butler, the brother of Lue man Who became famous over the country as the “discoverer of Grover cle d & small fortune on clothes, He 8 comes to New York regularly once a mouth to visit his tailor. chicago are better than they used to, are a number of gentiemea tere Who Will average fifty suils a year. Probably ‘Ube most extravagaut dresser in that City s Gea, S. Everhardt, the Shop king. St. Louis tas some Well-dressed men, and tue ost prominent among them in this particular is Col Wm. B. Nave. For its size Denver has the best-dressed citizens Of any piace in the West. Edward T. Woolcott, Tho ts candidate tor Cavied States Renator trust Colorado, gets clothes made in New Yora, ‘and Chey'cost lin $5,000 a year. Haney Watken, ee - Cigars at $1,000 a Thousand. PERFECT SMOKING BUT NOT WORTH 4 DOLLAR A PIRCE— TEN CENTS DOESN'T BUY A GOOD CiGam ‘From the Chicago News, “The highest priced cigars handled in the regu- lar trade,” said the Chicago representative of a noted firm of cigar manufacturers, “are worth $500.8 thousand. We have filled a few orders at Unat Mgure, and more at $400, $350, and $300. The trade in goods like these is not large. A $500 would have to be sold for a dollar straig! a $300 cigar brings 50 cents at retail. “Ine wade in such goods is chiefly about the holidays for presents. The most costiy cigars 1 ever beard of Was a iol which our house inade for the Crows claim that Value cannot be putin a cigar that is Lo recall at 75 cents or adoliar. Not ope man out of Len Lhousand can tell Whe difference betwern & Toe gee 4 * F E Were nt fur the if Import duues tae in this country for nickel, and i sold nL g i i Fs ane : i A Nhe ? i i fe a ii i § i EE 4 Faevsee i HE ' i i