Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1889, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, MR. WEBB AND MR. CO The Commissioner Tells How he was Assisted in Purchasing Sites. ‘FEE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MR. TAULBEE’S Com- MITTEE YESTERDAY—MR. WEBB THINKS HE GAVE A FULL ANSWER TO THE COMMITTEE'S LETTER— ‘MR. BEPETTI'S ACCOUNT OF TWO SALES, At the afternoon sessson yesterday of the Taulbee committee, Mr. George R. Repetti, of the firm of Weller & Repetti, was ex- emined. He testified first substantially es Mr. Weller had done respecting the sale of Mr. George Francis Dawson's lot on 5th street sontheast for aschool site. Mr. Early, he said, had made an agreement to buy the property at 30 cents a foot, paying a deposit of $100. He never saw J. A. Taylor to whom the prop- erty was sold. Mr. West came and asked to have the deeds delivered to him. The Commissioners could have bought from them at 30 cents. He could not see any reason why the Commissioners should pay the price they did (36 6-10 cents). Mr. Early said he required forty-five ys to complete the sale. Before the forty-five days expired he received a letter from Mr. Early stating that his client had been suddenly called south and would not be able to return in time to consum- mate the sale and asking for an extension of time. After two other communications of the i y, the witness took on himself the responsibility of extend- ing the time fifteen days. In the meantime the fact that the property was intended for a school site came out, and witness consulted Mr. Dawson, who said he had no objection. The firm, however, objected to closing the negoti- tion! They did not care to share their commission under the circumstances. He told Mr. Early that if his (Mr. Early’s) cli- ent was not willing to pay a commission the firm would not sell, an rty "that if ‘the pro} was sold to the Commissioners within thirty days at the same price at which Mr. Early got it the firm would hold themselves ready to pay him half of the commission. ‘The witness said this property had been on their bulletin for nine or ten months at 35 cents. Property was not always sold at the bulletin price. A lower offer was made in this case; they submitted it to the owner, and he accepted. In reference to the sale of lots on 9th street northeast, for the police station, he said Mr. Cox called to see him, asked the price of the property, and ifhe sold it whether witness would share commissions with him. Mr. Repetti told the story of the transaction substantially as Mr. Weller had—the transfer to D. 8. Pickreil for 3734 cents and the transfer from Pickrell to the District Commissioners for 42 cents, the payment of the Commissioners’ check for $2.400 to witness, and his payment of $323.44 by check to Mr. Cox. the difference between the two prices and the part of ‘THE COMMISSION DUE MR. COX. He thought Mr. Cox might be entitled to what he could get for the property in excess of $734 cents. His judgment was worth some- thing to the person for whom he was acting. He thought the Commissioners paid an exces- sive price for the lots in view of the fact that the price fixed by the association owning it and lithographed on their plats was but 37'¢ cents. Prior to Mr. Cox’s negotiation he would not have hesitated to have made the same bargain with the Commis- sioners as he had done with Mr. Cox. The witness was questioned regarding his opinion as to the reasonableness of prices paid by the Commissioners concerning other sites in East Washington. As to the Giddings school site. for which 50 cents was paid. the witness thought 40 cents would have been a fair price. MR. ROBERT ©. HOLTZMAN, real estate dealer, was next examined as to his opinion respecting the prices paid by the Com- missioners. He did not think, he said, as a whole. the prices were very unreasonable. Of course. he said, the difference between the prices paid by ‘the Commissioners and that paid by Mr. Cox was excessive. He regarded that as excessive, still he did not believe the Commissioners could have gone out and done any better than Mr. Cox did, on account of the ction to station houses, engine houses and He did not thirk they could buy property from a man who would still own any property adjoining.. Ifa man did not own the adjoming property he did not know why the Commissioners should not buy as cheap as Mr. Cox. Sould they find out until they tried?” asked Mr. Rowell. “No, sir; they could not,” said Mr. Holtz- man. In answer to a question by General Lee, the witness said in relation to the lots where he thought there was an excessive price paid, | he did not know whether in such cases the | Commissioners could have bought the prop- erty as cheap as Mr. Cox did or not. COMMISSIONER WEBB ON THE STAND. About 20 minutes to 3 Commissioner Webb went onthe stand. His examination was be- gun by Mr. Rowell. He began by a prelim’ nary statement that in the division of duties among the Commissioners he had full charge and responsibility for matters relating to the ublic schools. hen he first had spoken of uying school sites his colleague, Jadge Ed- monds, told him of oe that led him to believe that they could buy property for school sites only through a third person. He there- upon spoke to ir. ex, wile whens he had had business when practicing law. “I simply called him to my assistance” said Mr. Webb. “He was simply engaged by me to go and as- certain the location of the lots, who were the owners of the property and at what prices they were to be had.” “You say employed by you?” said Gen. Lee. “No, sir.” said Mr. Webb. “He was engaged by me in this ashe might be engaged in any other matter.” THERE WAS SOME WAY. He did not remember having any conversa- tion respecting Mr. Cox's compensation. He knew it was customary for real estate agents to | divide commissions. He felt satisfied that there was some way in which he would be com- pensated. Mr. Webb then went on taking up the differ- ent school site purchases, beginning with the Bradley site, bought December 10, 1335, which was the first purchased by him. He had no knowledge, he said, of what part of the sum [em went to Mr. Cox. When asked by Mr. Rowell in reference to the Weightman school site and Dr. Fardon’s letter Mr. Webb said: *-I may have given that letter immediately to Mr. Cox. I see a note on it that it was referred to | the inspector of buildings.” ‘id you answer the letter?” No; I don’t answer letters,” said Mr. Webb. “It should go to the secretary.” The secretary should have answered the let-| ter, he said, in due course of time. He said | the offer for 99 cents a foot was made by Mr. | Cox, as attorney. He consulted the building | inspector and others respecting the values of property. He had much confidence, also, in| | | ‘Cox's sadgment. This site, he said, was | ay = iy school trustees before par- | ane © Mr. Taulbee, who took up the examination at this point, called attention to the letter and statement prepared by the Commissioners in answer to the inquiries addressed to thein by the committee before the committee began its open sessions. “Did consider,” asked Mr. Taulbee, “that the Commissioners fully answered the jairies?” a 80,” — Sannin - “Were vou cognizant then . Cox’s con- nection with these sales?” ej es, sir.” ‘ou think you knew facta?” ‘es, sir,” said Mr. Webb. “Also with the facts of Mr. West's connection with this matter?” “Yes, sir.” THE COMMISSIONERS’ LETTER. Mr. Taulbee read from the letter of the com- mittee which made inquiry ‘as to whether each or either of the purchases were made through persons designated or employed by you; the amount paid and by whom paid to such persons so employed; the names of the ie District of Columbia, or to any such ag: or persons 80 employed or designated by y: also asked in respect to each site, “the price paid therefor, of whom purchased, and whom such payment was poll 9 The letter of the Commissioners stated “With reference to whether any such pur- chases were made through persons designated or employed by the Commissioners, the Com- missioners have to reply that no persons were employed by them for the purpose indicated, as Was no appropriation from which such Persons could be remunerated. The Commis- sioners are unable to state what compensation ae nae 5 ora gregpe who sold iF property to ict to any person who negotiated such sale.” i adie eet eae cates wie middlemen were employed gave the name of the mi as the from whom the property was purchased, but not of the owner ‘who conveyed the to the middieman. Did you understand that this letter fully answered the uiries?” asked Mr. Taulbee. “I did,” said Mr. Webb. Mr. Taulbee a what facts the letter ve Fang. oy profits of the person mak- Air. Taulbee asked if he were not cognizant joining in the deeds of conveyance to | of the facts as to the manner in which Mr. Cox was compensated, Mr. Webb said he wa: not; that he had never talked with Mr. Cox about his compensation. He said he did not remember the words used in conversation with Mr. Cox when he asked the latter to assist him. He did not consider Mr. Cox as his it. He had merely asked Mr. Cox to socket bia. When asked what Mr. Cox's custom was when he went to negotiate for property, he said he could not tell whom Mr. Cox went to sec. The trustees of the schools would first designate the location where they wanted a site. SETTLED BEFORE THE OFFER WAS MADE. Mr. Taulbee asked Mr. Webb if heNat any time “declined to accept any property that Mr. Cox submitted to you?” Mr. Webb thought that in one or two in- stances he had. He could not state any case, however. ‘As a general thing,” he said, “the lot was settled upon before an offer was made.” Witness did not go and find out at what prices the owners held the property. “That,” he said, “was what I employed Cox to do—or asked Mr. Coxe do.” “Was it your understanding.” asked Mr. Taulbee, “ that Mr. Cox should turn the prop- erty over to you at the same price at which he archased it?” “No, sir,” said Mr. Webb. “Mr. Cox never purchased any property. We purchased prop- erty.” . Mr. Cox, he said, helped witness by exam- ing the property. ‘Then Mr. Cox would submit an offer. It was not the custom of the Com- missioners to go behind the price that Mr. Cox submitted if it was a fair one and was so re- garded by the building inspector and others consulted in the matter. EXAMINING THE TITLES. The seller, he said, furnished an abstract of title that was then sent to the attorney for the District for report. Mr. Webb did not remember any case in which Mr. Cox submitted the rity to him concerning which the attorney's office failed to report upon the title. Mr. Taulbee then called for the papers in the case of the sale of the 9th street police station site. Mr. Weob examined the abstract and attorney’s report at Mr. Taul- bee's request. Mr. Taulbee called attention to the fact that the abstract furnished by a title company did not cover the title further down than the trustees of the real estate association who conveyed the lots to Mr. Pickrell, whose name was nsed by Mr. Cox in making the purchase, It did not affect Mr. Pickrell’s title. There was an order on the papers by Mr. Wheatley directing audit in the case. Mr. Webb explained that the validity and sufficiency of Mr. Pickrell’s title was certi- fied to by the attorney for the District, Mr. Davis, in a letter to the auditor attached to the papers. Mr. Taulbee read from the papers, to show that the audit was ited August 2, whereas Mr. Davis’ letter was dated December 6. Mr. Webb said that the deeds referred to were inclosed in the papers. Mr. Webb was questioned about other transfers and the reports and abstracts. In the case of the Weightman school site, 23d and M streets, the abstract was not included among the papers brought to the committee room by the Commissioners. In the case of the Phelps’ school site, Mr. Webb said it was purchased on an offer brought to the committee from Mr. Huyck by Mr. Cox. Mr. Taulbee submitted the Congressional Record, containing the letter of Mr. Webb, respecting the purchase of school sites, read by Gen. Henderson on the floor of the House. ir. Webb identified the letter as having been written by him. The committee then adjourned till to-day. In Mr. Stellwagen’s testimony yesterday he referred to Mr. B. Crane as a member of the firm of Crane, Parris & Co., of this city. Mr. Early informed a Sran reporter to-day that Mr. Stellwagen was in error about this, Mr. B. Crane is not a member of that firm, ———— as Upholding Premier Floquet. A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IS PASSED BY THE CHAM- BER OF DEPUTIES—FLOQ UET'S POSITION. In the French chamber of deputies yester- day M. Jouvencel interpolated the govern- ment regarding the measures it intended to take to arrest the progress of Boulangism. The speaker attributed the change in public opinion chiefly to the insults ,that have been daily heaped upon the government and to the indifference of the ministers toward their re- il The liberty of the press and liberty of ‘h had been allowed to degenerate into nse. Premier Floquet, before replying to M. Jouvencel, asked leave to introduce a bill re- establishing the scrutin d’arrondissement sys- tem of election. Some confusion followed, but the president finally called the members to order and decided that the house must hear M. Floquet. M. Floquet held that the establishment of the scrutin d’arrondissement would in no way assail universal suffrage. If his policy obtained the approval of the republican party he would pursue it with greater authority. but if it was not approved would resign. The government, he said, did not think that measures ought to be taken against the liberty of the press, but they were bound to legislate against those who | were seeking to overturn the republic. The existing laws dealing with hostile combinations were inadequate, while the increase of mediums ofcommunieation and the growth of wealth furnished persons having criminal designs with means of action which could not be foreseen by the framers of the penal code. The govern- ment would. therefore, propose fresh measures for the repression of attempts against the se- curity of the state. A great change had oc- curred in electoral proceedings. Universal suffrage had become the tool of all sorts of commercial combinations through syndicates operating through paid bands of agitators, e government would also introduce a bill for the modification of the press laws regarding placards and colports After a general explanation of the govern- ment’s policy Floquet concluded his speech by saying that if a majority of the members of the chamber of deputies were discontented or thought a near approach ought to be made to the policy of the right or the left the chamber must seek other ministers. In the m he asked the house for a vote of confi M. Paul de Cassagnac reproached M with attacking universal suffrage. Universal suffrage commands; it must be obeyed. * Dis- solution” had practically been made the test- word. The situation for the ministers could be summed up in the phrase, “Get out.” M. de Cassignac concluded by intimating that he would vote for the present ministry, since its continuance in office would be the best means that couid be sought to overthrow the repub- lie. The sitting of the chamber was then sus- pended. When the chamber reconvened M. Hubbard demanded that the government proceed against Boulanger with acts, not words. M. Laguerre (Boulangist) reminded the house that the Boulangist propaganda was supported by thousands of citizens. These citizens, he said, desired an honest republic. ‘They desired a republic open to all French- men, in contradistinction to a republic gov- erned by a parliamentary clique. It was an in- famous slander to say that Boulangism was supported by funds received from abroad. M Clemenceau held that, although Paris hadf made a demonstration that displayed ita dis- content, no reason existed for a change of gov- ernment. M. Montaut then presented this motion: “That the house, confident in the firmness of loquet — government, passes to the order of the The motion was accepted by the government and adopted by a vote of 300 to 240. Gen. Boulanger did not appear in the cham- ber during the debate. soe Back in His Old Position. THOMAS M. KING ACCEPTS A VICE-PRESIDENCY IN THE BALTIMORE AND OH10, A Philadelphia special to the Baltimore Amer- ican says: Thomas M. King, who was second vice-president of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road company under Robert Garrett's adminis- tration, and who took « prominent part in se- curing an entrance for zs road into this city, is about to return to the management of the bigcorporation, President Mayer and Director James Sloan, of the Baltimore and Ohio, came up from Baltimore on Wednesday and stopped at the Lafayette hotel, but didn't register. A telegram was sent to Mr. King to meet Presi- —— — fo agg he came to the city irom Germantown. ntlemen dined | gether at the Aldine, and’ had « le ponents | talk. The Baltimore and Ohio officials asked | Mr. King to resume connection with his old company as vice-president. After sleeping on the proposition over night Mr. King met Presi- dent Mayer again this morning at the Aldine. Another long conference followed, at the end of which Mr. King gape sete the offer. and it was arranged that he should be elected vice- president at once and given charge of the in- terest of the road at Philadelphia, It is rumored in Baltimore that the Baltimore , y has made an alli- ance with the Lehigh Valley railroad, so that the former can have a way into New York. ‘The Lehigh Valley's road would be from Beth- ‘abor pies, parallel to the North In ‘Iphia the Lehigh would use the Baltimore and Ohio's terminals, and also get a route to the south for its hard coal. tance. One was frightfally injured, and die, The others were both injured, the one who was the pay for his foolishness his THE CROWN PRINCE’S DEATH. Reporte Still in Circulation That it Was Not Due to Natural Causes. Notwithstanding the medical report that Crown Prince Rudolph’s death was undoubtedly due to heart disease, contrary rumors are still prevalent in Europe. A Paris dispatch gives to a rumor that the crown prince was shot by the husband of a lady who was staying at Meyerling, the chateau where the prince died. The Vienna Neue Freie Presse has been confiscated for publishing report that the crown prince was shot at Meyerling. Great crowds witnessed the arrival of the funeral cortege at the Hofburg in Vienna yes- terday, The crown princess placed the first wreath upon the coffin. Afterward her daugh- ter, Archduchess Elizabeth, brought a wreath of moss roses entwined with white ribbons. At an early hour the emperor and empress went to the room where the dead crown prince hes and silently prayed. Prince Leopold, of Bavaria, and Archduchess Gisela, son-in-law and daughter of the em- peror, arrived at Vienna yesterday. The soon es received them at the railway station with profound emotion. Suksect to the sanction of the emperor, the eral ‘vill take place at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The emperor desires that the ob- sequies be simple. e cortege will take the shortest route to the Capuchins’ church, in the vault of which the remains will be laid. ‘The coffin will be removed on Sunday night from the Hofburg to the parish church, where the body will lie in state. The public will be ad- mitted to view the remains. All the great thoroughfares of Vienna are draped from end to end in black. The period of national mourn- will be three months. In the lower house of the Diet at Pesth, yes- terday, the president announced that the death of the ‘crown prince was undoubtedly due to heart disease. The house adjourned without date. The house of magnates resolved to at- tend the funeral in a body, and instructed the president to present to the throne a memorial expressing sympathy and sorrow. The mem- bers of both houses were clad in mourning. The presidents of the reichstag and landtag, at Berlin, in addressing those bodies yester- day, feelingly alluded to the death of the crown prince. They referred to the dead prince as the friend of the kaiser’s youth and be son of a ruler who is arma allied ba rmany. Messages of s} thy were sent by both houses to the Austri =i Speke At the opening of the pire: J everal members privately suggested that the house abstain from business as a mark of sympathy with Austria, The president, however, ignored the suggestion, ‘The king and queen of Belgium have gone to Vienna, The chamber of deputies adjourned after adopting an expression of sympathy with the Austrian crown princess, and the royal families of Belgium and Austria. The St. Petersburg Grashdanin, commenting on the death of Crown Prince Rudolph, alludes to the untimely death of the late Emperor Frederick, and says: ‘It wouid seem that fate, with regret the words are written. is disinclined rLimha @ philosopher to ascend or occupy a one.” ean os igi LINING FOR THE STOMACH. A Little Lecture to Those Who Crave and Eat Rich Things. From the Boston Globe. Ah! you live for your stomach do you? I cer- tainly pity the person who lives for no loftier purpose than eating and drinking. Upon second thought you conclude that your confes- sion should have been taken with a grain of al- lowance. There does creep over you now and f then a conviction that you live for something besides your stomach’s sake. Very good. You | are on the road to happiness, I knew a man once who often amused his hearers by putting some queer phrases into his prayers, He would pray that the nerve tissues of his stomach might be made more enduring, his taste more keenly enjoyable, and that his appe- tite might be tempted with the fat of the land, in order that he (the earthly fellow) might live many, many more years and take comfort as he went along. That man was eternally having coldsores upon his lips, and if the gout has not overtaken him by this time I have lost my guess. Why cold sores and gout? you ask, Right, my fellow sufferer, ask all the ques-. tions you care to. Why do you so often get all stuffed up with a “cold,” so culied, about which you go prancing over the neighborhood, asking’ everybody if, in the name of common sense, they can tell you how or where you “caught it?” You got it by eating. Hard thing to believe, isn’t it? Rich food, fats and highly- seasoned viands have done the business for you. The body isa queer machine. It gets clogged, and when it can hold out no longer it revolts. The brief warfare which follows, the wheezing, the aching bones and running nos- trils are simply evidences of nature's efforts to recover her equilibrium. Then how vain of you to dose yourself with drugs, instead of giving the Great Healer time to cure you! This is my theory: The system needs certain nourishments and requires them regularly. Uncautiously you have given ittoomuch. Here | slips in a curious trick of nature. A morbid | craving for food alittle richer seizes you—a | sort of dull longing for something you know not what. Nature's mission is to try you and see what kind of metal youare made of. Now, follow me closely. That longing coies straight from your carnal soul though you have digni- fied it with the name of hunger. It is nothing | more than an undue excitement of the nerves | of the stomach. ‘To the cook-book you tly and con it over to find something tempting. y | wholesome foods have failed to fill the bill, But, my friend. had you the correct under. standing you would pass that craving by wait. a ture 8 ready to join with you in a little self-discipline us she was to pus the obstacle in your way. A slight tiff of self-deniai will do wonders sometimes, Self-denial? Certainly; | why not? You shout with vehewmence that vir- | tues of that order have long since become unpopular from disuse, What a brazen imyo- | sition would be a table without enough dainties to match the silver and china, please, Mrs. Biank. I would prepared a lite brandy sau to-day. I abominate food w in itto tempt a fellow’s paiat So off tties | the cook at your peremptory bidding, lest she may have done something io forfeit her posi- | tion. and sends you up—realiy, she puts before | you a dish which the test epicure can dote | upon, Such, you say, is life, It is not life is death. There, you have dropped your knife and fork in dismay that I shouid say a thing so | terrible. These are facts, my friends, Niagara’s Water Power. A CHICAGO ENGINEER WILL ASK THE NEW LEGISLATURE FOR AUTHORITY TO UTULIZ C. B. Bartlett, a Chicago engineer, will, ac- | cording to a Chicago special, apply to the Ni York legislature for authority to undertake the work of utilizing the water power of Niagara | for manufacturing purposes. His scheme pro- | poses to tunnel a series of tail races from the ' river bed at the foot of the falls to 600 feet up | the river on either side. Then excavation will | be commenced on a direct line to the upper bed of the river. Big copper balls will be em- ployed until a tunnel 42 feet wide has been ex- cavated from the Canadian shore. ‘Yen feet below the girders a water-tight reservoir wiil be constructed extending from shore to shore. Six feet below the reservoir a workroom will be built on another set of girders, also mor- tised into the rocky side of the passage. From the working floor a double row of 5-toot iron pipes will be located 16 feet apart throughout the entire length of the tunnel, extendin; from top to bottom. The interior of each will be equipped with turbine wheels, and each of the pipes will connect with the reservoir by means of 10-inch pipes supplied with valves to regulate the flow of the water. ynamos will be placed at the bottom shaft. By opening the valves a flow of water of in- calculable force will pass through the pipes, starting the turbine wheels, and the power thus applied to the dynamos is transmitted over wires tes Lg point within a radius of fifty mies, where it can be utilized as a cheap substitute for steam or other motive agency. If the right of way is secured in New York and Canada a company witl be organized to develop the invention and the prelimin: work upon the excavation will be commence ‘The work, it is claimed, can be concluded and in operation wit one year, ~ svat ews Aone How Americans Rush Through Life. From the Buffalo Courier, | If. on the other hand, a girl is not quite satis- } oth | | princi | pieces for luck into the on method of securing them an equally | uncomfortable and unhealthy fashion of buck- ling a narrow leather strap t afound the TAMED BY POETRY. How the Young Duke of Burgundy Was Reclaimed by Fenelon. Pilato thought that boys are the most untam- able of wild beasts, and his opinion has had eminent supporters. Pope probably meant much the same thing when he said that school- boys have no character. In view of this opinion the story of Fenelon and the young duke of Burgundy has a pecu- liar significance, says Chambers’ Journal. There is, indeed, no more signal example of the im- mense importance of well-conceived, well- directed methods of education that the trans- formation which Fenelon wrought in his royal pupil. Amore intractable sub; probabl; exercised the wits and La Bo of his in- structor. Before he was placed in the hands of Fenelon the duke was in simple truth much more of a wild beast than a rational human ly never ing. ‘One of his chief pleasures was in kicking and biting all his ‘attendants who approached him. At times he refused to speak a word for hours. On other occasions he would not eat, though = with all the triumphs of the royal cook His grandfather, Louis XIV, had been at in- finite pains to obtain for him the most judi- cious attendants and tutors, but all had given up their charge as hopeless, At length Fene- Jon was called in. Fenelon was not without ex) e in deal- ras with young people,and he had already written a book on tte: but his peculiar fitness for the task he had undertaken was that ofacharacter unique in charm and sympa- thetic insight. In Fenelon’s dealings with his pupil he had one leading idea, to which, perhaps, educa- tionists have not given the importance it de- serves. This idea was, that for every individual there is one poet who above all others appeals to the deepest instincts of his nature, and is, therefore, fitted to be one of the highest forces fs ae the best qualities of mind and 6 Fenelon had not been long with his pupil be- fore he discovered that with all his ungovern- able passions he had a ‘Virgilian soul”—in other words, that in the depths of the boy’s na- tare there was that which responded to the grace and tenderness which distinguish Virgil above all other poets, Virgil accordingly was made the instrument through whom he sought to effect his ends. The result exceeded his hopes. Virgil did indeed become the duke’s favorite poet and the chief formative influence of his brief life. Shenson , EDUCATIONAL. rE nk ns FEBRUARY 1, 1889. ‘fe1-im G. T. Kuss ° EXAMINATIONS FOR E! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. APPAENS, WAVERS RICHARDS 8. 3. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, 2 hy Rehool, 020 H street northwest, GL. M x 70. 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A Dealer Tells How these Articles are Adapted to the Wearers. Fram fhe New York Sun. Mr. Dazien, on Union square, is the savant who knows more about the philosophy of tights than Edison has learned concerning electricity. “How do we fit tights?” he said as he tossed down a pair of flesh-colored silk that cost $12. “Well, in two ways. Sometimes we fit the girl to the tights, and sometimes we fit tne tights to the girl. In either case she is measured for them as a man is measured for a coat. Tights come in assorted sizes, like stockings, and cost all the way from $1.50 up to $25. The cheap ones are cotton, in all colors; we have woolen tights for $3.50, lisle thread of varying prices, and then the silk ones, costing all the way from $10 to #25. Tights are always furnished by the management, and most priticipals, dan- cers, and some chorus girls have them made to order, If a girl has a symmetrical leg we sim- ply fit a pair-of tights to it as other girls fit on their stockings. but if the leg is too slender the silk tights are worn over heavy cotton ones. fied with what the Lord has done for her, we fit her out with a pair of ‘symmetries,’” and he tossed down a pair of stockings long enough to fasten around the waist. of heavy cotton webbing with silk feet. In the inside of the webbing was woven tufted Australian lambs’ wool, soft and fine, wherever a deficiency in the leg occurred. “Do many people wear these garments?” “About seven out of ten on the stage. though they cost all the way from 312 to Some times they are all made of silk. We invented them ourselves, and there's nothing like them, the girls say, to defy detection. We keep the measurement of every leg we have ever fitted, and get orders from all over the world for them. The German opera people have taken them to Berlin, and we get a great many orders from there now. You would be surprised at the diversity in legs. Sometimes the padding 1s only required in a little place outside of the knee, sometimes inside, sometimes one leg will be smaller than the other on the same woman. and all sorts of freaks—but the lamb’s wool never fails to supply the deficiency.” “How long will a pair of silk tights last?” “That depends on the persons who wear them. [have known girls to wear a pair of tights a year, and others can't wear them a month, just as some people are harder on hose than others, They have to be very nicely taken care of, for if astitch breaks away it goes to the very toe if it isn't caught at once. After they have been worna little while they have to have the runssewed up almost every night, the threads get so frail.” Tights are put on like stockings, so far as the feet concerned, and a girl sits down to do it, and puts on her slippers before she gets up. Then they are slowly rubbed on, like a pair of new s.up to the waist. where they are secured ina variety of ways. Dancers are the most particular, and never can get their tizhts on tight enough, They ap a little wad of bit of the tights around it at p wth one end of a long tapey bind the rend of the tape tightly around and around the waist, and ¢acn pull the heavy cot- ton webbing woven in the top of the tizlts up through this. This is the most interesting part of the ceremony, for the shining jegs are curved and kicked into a hundred graceful lines of beanty before the danseuse ix quite sure that every wrinkle issmooth. ‘Then she p' webbing over the tapes with sefety-pin». flutters into her gauze frills, and piroaettes out before her admirers with the consciousness that the al part of her costume is on to stay. ris tie buttons audi pennies or gold webbing to fasten the strings, but in either ease this method of pro- cedure is extremely peinful and injurions, particularly when some kind of heavy armor is worn a8 a co Burlesque girls are. next to the dancers, the most concerned about the fit and fastening of the tights, and add to the Nome waist, and pulling the webbin to be pinned over in the same — see The Challenge. 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