Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1889, Page 6

WHY WASHINGTON WAS CHOSEN. Remarkable Advantages of the National Capital for the Great Exposition. MANY REASONS THAT INDUCED THE CHOICE OF ‘THIS CITY AS THE PLACE—A CITY NEUTRAL IN COMMERCE AND PROVIDED ALREADY WITH A ‘NUCLEUS FOR A GREAT EXPOSITION. In an interview last night with Secretary An- derson, of the Three Americas Exposition Board of Promotion, Tux Star reporter se- cured an advance copy of an important state- ment, which he had just completed to send to boards of trade and others throughout the country, in regard to the remarkable advan- tages of the national capital for the great ex- Position of 1392. It is as follows: “Thus far in the progress of the movement for a Three Americas exposi- tion, to be held at the national capital in 1892, the national and international features have been kept at the front, and comparatively little had been said about the remarkable advan- tages of Washington as the site of the exposi- tion. “Such a statement has, antil now, seemed unnecessary for the reason that the press and public have, with marked unanimity, consid- ered the location as settled in favor of the Bational capital. “But the recent attempt by parties in New York to capture the exposition, which a national board of promotion has during the past three years planned and developed, suggests the pro- Priety of a brief statement of important facts. “Washington is the city of the nation and of all the states—the national capital of over 60,000.000 people. It is, therefore, a city in whose adornment all American citizens have an equal intercst and pride. “As it is neither a manufacturing nor commercial city it has no foreign commerce, hence New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Fraucisco, Nashville, Richmond, Savannah, Kansas City, Pittsburg, Baltimore, and other industrial cities will derive the trade benefils of the Three Americas exposition. With the expo- sition located at Washington, which is neutral ground, the various cities mentioned will have an equal chance in competition for Spanish, American trade, which is one of the funda- mental ideas of the movement, whereas if loca- ted in a manufacturing city that place would have an undue and unfair advantage. “At the national capital there is an ex- position nucleus, or plant, to commence with, which has already cost over $50,000,000. I mean that the National museum, Smithsonian, Washington monument, the capitol buildings, the patent office. and the various department buildings, with their relics, treasures of art, and practical workings of the government, are all practically an exhibit and a constant source of attraction to visitors. It is much more dig- nified to keep these valuable relics and ex- hibits at the seat of government than to further engage in the traveling-show business by Periodically depleting the National museum and departments in order to take governmental exhibits to temporary expositions in other cities, as has frequently been done. “Whatever money may be appropriated for exposition buildings at the national capital will be a safe investment, for the build- ings will be needed for all time for govern- mental purposes, and are not to be torn down and the material sold at a great sacrifice. In brief, the expositian of 1392 can, and should, be made the means of enlarging the present Natioual museum into a Three Americas or con- tinental museum. containing an exhibit of the history, antiquities, natural resources. art, and industries of the new world since its discovery by Columbus 400 years ago. t the close of the New Orleans expo- sition a few years ago it was the sentiment of the press that the next great exposition should be governmental in its management. In harmony with this idea the board of pro- motion, in its first memorial to Congress in advocacy of the Three Americas exposition of 1392, said: “To prevent any possible misunder- standing it may be well to state, at the outset, that we who are advocating the proposed cele- brations and exposition at the national capital desire that they be entirely under the auspices and control of the general government. th the magnitude and dignity of the project forbid its management by a private corpora- tion.’ “Washirgton is the capital of the old- est and foremost of the nineteen independ- ent sister nations of the western hemisphere, and, for this reason, the appropriate place for an exposition under the joint auspices of the governments of said American nations. This idea was eloquently expressed by Hon. A. M. Soteldo, late mivister at Washington from Venezuela, who said: ‘The four hundredth anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of the new world could not be better celebrated than by the inauguration of this exposition in this grand metropolis, where all the nations of the American family would be found, as it were, clustered together around the Washington monument.” “It has an easily-accessible park of 300 acres within the heart of the city, extend- ing from the capitol to the Washington monu- ment, to which is now being added 700 acres by the reclamation of the Potomac flats, mak- ing @ total area of 1,000 acres. This park is so accessible to the leading hotels that not even a street car is needed to reach it. To this can, if necessary, be added 200 acres of comparatively unimproved property, extending from the State, War and Navy building to and including the National observatory, which is soon to be removed. “Its trai tation facilities are ample both by rail and river, and it hasa surrounding population within ‘a radius of 200 miles, or one night's travel, of 10,000,000 souls. “It is surrounded by scenes of great historic interests, such as the birth-place and tomb of Washington and other places dear to the Amer- ican people. “It has magnificent and broad avenues and streets, paved with asphalt and lined with beautiful shade trees, making it the city above allothers for the military and civic which are a prominent feature of na- tional and international celebrations. “Itis centrally located between the north and south and the natural meeting-place for en industrial exhibit of those two sections. “A prominent feature of great world’s fairs is the educational advantages, and no other American city has so much to offer that is in- structive in the line of American history as Washington. “As the exposition of 1892 will be held during the next Presidential campaign it will naturally be freer from _ intrigue and influence if located in Washington, which is a disfranchised city, than if located in state which is the battle-ground of American politics. “Washington is accustomed to great na- tional and international gatherings, and is for that reason very elastic in accommoda- tions for guests. In addition to its present hetain, andl many more to be erected, nearly the whole city is accustomed to being trans- formed into # boarding-house on great occa- sions. “As Philadelphia had the centennial ex- position of 1876 and the constitutional cen- tennial of 1587, and New York the centen- nial of the inauguration of Washington last spring, the national capital should now have its turn, and the voice of the American people favors Washingtog city for the exposition of 1892. “For more than fifteen years Congress has appropriated large sums of money for expositions at the capitals and leading cities of Europe. This policy should now be re- versed and the outside world be invited to an exposition at our own national capital, where it may see the greatness, grandeur, and glory of America and her institutions. Failure to do so is a discrimination against our own country. “In conclusion it may be added that the movement for the Three America’s expo- sition at the national capital in 1892 has, during the three years it has been under way, been earnestly indorsed by the governors of 40 States and territories, the mayors of 59 leading cities, 176 presidents and secretaries of boards of trade throughout the United States, and the masters and secretaries of most of the state | and territorial granges. all have, by formal letters, accepted of promotion which has charge of the mover of whic! charge o! move- ment. In addition to this it has been com- mended by most of the Spanish-American min- isters at Washin; has been earnestly in- dorsed by most of the leading national couveu- tions held during the past three years, and during last Congress received the unanimous indorsement of the foreign affairs committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. More recently (di the ew two months) 36 boards of trade of the leading cities thro: eut the United States have, at their aouthy meet pointed _ this subject. tings, ap} mittees of five each on — October the Three —_— com- mercial congress, composed of delegates from == ——— American — = tions, assemble at Washington, and at same time will meet the Three Americas Expo- sition Board of Promotion,composed of govern- ors, mayors, officers, and committees of boards @f twade and others. Then they will see of whom The Tasks that are Imposed Upon the Mistress of the White House. A CORRESPONDENCE ALMOST EQUAL TO THAT OF GOWNS CUT UP TO SUPPLY SCRAPS. The post of presiding Indy of the executive mansion is, in the minds of most people, associated with gorgeous social hospital- ities, a self-satisfying consciousness of supreme rank, and an unceasing round of enjoyment. It never enters into the romantic popular idea of life at the White House that it has a prac- tical side. The mostcare-oppressed and hardest-worked woman in the land is its first lady. In addition to her duties at the head of the household of the President and the direction of the domestic administration of the mansion she is beset with every conceivable demand upon her time and energy from directions which have no re- lation to her sphere as wife, mother, house- keeper, queen of the drawing-room, or social leader. These duties would in themselves ab- sorb about all the time compassed within the waking hours of any woman, but they do not complete the full measure of daily experience of Mrs. Harrison as wife of the President. HOW MRS. HARRISON'S GOWNS HAVE GONE. The most exacting time-consuming and labo- rious portion of the daily routine of the chief lady of the White House is her correspond- ence. If this confined itself to r- sonal friends it woald be manageable, but, embracing within its scope every nook and corner of the land and every detail and diver- sity of subject, it assumes the proportions of a burden which no woman could « carry, not even one so painstaking, conscientious and indus- trious as Mrs. Harrieon. There is a humorous phase to this toilsome drain upon the time and energies of the wife of the President. One of the principal subjects of correspondence in Mrs. Harrison's mail is the requests for sam- ples of her inaugural ball costume. They come from feminine sources, of course, and in the appeals for the coveted fragment of the silk-woven homespun textile the acme of epistol: composition and logic is often reache In the kindness of her heart Mrs. Harrison has gratified many of these simple ene from the fabricators of crazy quilts and patch-work, but not to the extent of demolishing the historic gown in which she looked so queenly at the great ball in the vast corut of the pension building, but from garments which had seen services in church- going and household tent aay and social duty in times of senatorial dignity and in the retire- ment of home life at Indianapolis, In this fragmentary form the dresses of former days have disappeared, leaving a decided void in the wardrobe of the first lady, The sources of supply have long been ex- hausted, while the demand continues un- abated. This presents an emergency which can only be met by calling upon the looms of the manufacturers for an output sufficient to supply the popular appeal. The fair relic- hunters of the republic do not stop at samples of inauguration ball dresses, but intersperse their well-intentioned epistolary requests b asking locks from the bounteous tresses which lie in wavy brown masses threaded with gray upon the head of Mrs. Harrison. There limit to the possibility of nature, and, not standing her wealth of the treasured article sought, these bik ge are respectfully declined or are committed to the silk-lined paper basket, where they belong. If even a moiety of the appeals for locks of hair for charity or a were gratified the residing lady would long since have been iven to such expedients to replace nature's supply known only among the tonsorial mys- teries of the wigmaker gee trap errmily PEOPLE WHO SEND RECIPES. Another fruitful theme of epistolary com- munication between the outside world and the inner circle of the President's family springs from solicitious grandmothers and thrifty ma- trons who make the care of the inner man their chief delight and study. There have been received recipesenough for bodily ailments, | particularly in the infant stages of humanity, to constitute an invaluable pharmacopeia for White Household practice, but with possible consequences for which no one would care about being responsible. Reams of stationery have been thus traversed by chirographic efforts which might be a sufficient guarantee | of the simple-hearted and good intentions of the writers, but advance little encourageme nt upon which to basea very high estimate of | their medical learning. Another field of epistolary effort, and one well worked over by the indefatigable wiseacres of a thousand households and communities, is that which blooms in the self-constituted advisory relations of the writer. This would make an- other chapter of horrors to which the first lady | iscompelled to submit. She daily receives} directions sufficien: to run the domestic and social affairsof the White House into the ground without haif trying. APPEALS FROM OFFICE SEEKERS. Not the least feature of the first lady's corre- spondence is the appeals of the office-seekers, not only from themselves, but through their lady friends. Remarkable as it may seem, these appeals are not confined to personal friends or acquaintances, but come from entire strangers. As Mrs. Harrison has never been in | the habit of interfering in her busband’s affairs she naturally gives-this portion of her exten- ndence a silent passing by. ient features of the mail of the pre- siding lady of the White House only represent a glimpse of its contents. In the number of | letters received, for weeks Mrs. Harrison's mail was quite as large if not larger than the private | mail of the President, and has from the begin- ing involved a degree of labor which it would have been impossible to perform had it not been for Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Harrison's elder sis- ter. This estimable lady has been of invalu- able assistance to Mrs. Harrison in her exacting and unending duties at the executive mansion. Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Lord was born at Oxford, Ohio, also the birthplace of her sister, Mrs. Harrison. MRS. LORD AND HER FAMILY. The young ladies attended the Oxford female seminary when they reached sufficient years, and before that received their tuition from their mother in the home circle and in the younger schools. Elizabeth Scott, at nine years of age, visited her grand nts at Washing- ton, Pa., where she also attended school, but returned to Oxford, and, with her sister, com- leted her education unde- the instruction of = father. Miss Scott was married in 1849 to Russell Lord, of Honesdale, Pa. Mr. Lord had long been indentified with the development of that mining region, and was civil engineer on the Delaware and Hudson canal, which he assisted in building. He was a native of Rome, |. ¥. Mrs. Lord’s son, Walter Scott Lord, civil en- gineer on the Delaware and Hudson canal, in charge of the railroads of that company at Al- bany, New York, was one of the most promising young engineers in the country. His death in 1884 termimated a career which’ promised to be of exceptional distinction. Mrs. Lord’s daugh- ter, E th, was educated at the Oxford Western female seminary, and in 1878, at Princeton, married Lieut. Jno. F. Parker, U. S. N. Lieut. Parker was assigned as naval tache of kent Berlin — ong and is now traveling in wi wife, ing to return if the fall” hire: Lords Younger daugh- lonesdale, the est son of the late E. Dimmick, of Honesdale, attorney-general of Pennsylvania, 1873-5. The gratuitous and laborous assistance ren- dered by Mrs. Lord to her sister, valar! in her ndence, would suggest the emi nent Propriety if not public necessity of addin, THE EVENING STAR: WASHIN floral tributes by the children. Col. Mosby, of Washington, was among the persons present. Gold medals were awarded to these graduates: Misses Mary Murphy, of Centralia, Pa.; Sarah C. Dixon, of Chambersburg, Pa.; Anna Nolan, of Reading, Pa., Mary McLean, of St. Louis, Mo. Miss Pauline Mosby was awarded a medal for dra’ and a similar honor was conferred upon Miss Baullof for —_ sewing. The students of St. John’s literary institute here last night tendered their master, Prof. Wilby, of Worcester, Mass., a Richard P.’Row is home from college at ofthe Frederick sondomy, P e pal, took place to-day. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. A number of serious accidents have occurred here this week: Lewis Summers, employed on the farm of Col. J. Columbus O'Donnell, Pe- tersville, had his right hand caught in a reay ing machine aad sete’: throegit and. thrvena by the binding needle. A team of horses on farm of McGill Belt, near here, ran away with a reaping machine; one of the men was thrown in front of knives and ly lacerated. Chas. Lewis, of Frederick, in at- tempting to ford the Monocacy, wasswept from the wagon and compelled to swim for his life. A team of horses ran a with Harry Golds- borough and Wm. Poole at Walkersville; Golds- borough was badly cut and bruised. Josiah Flook. living near New Baltimore, this county, was thrown from a spring wagon bye runaway horse and was cut and bruised; his right col- lar bone was fractured. Ira Young, eighteen years old, living near Burkittsville, fell thro the floor of a barn a distance of 15 feet and ceived serious internal injuries. A GREAT SOCIAL EVENT. When Mr. John Vinton Dahigren brings his bride of to-morrow to the handsome country home of his mother, on South mountain, this county, he will be royally received. Prepara- tions for the event are now in progress and are of an elaborate nature. The guests will be numbered by the hundred and the bagg= festival will continue for the space of a fu week. The floor of the large barn on the place has been waxed for dancing and the walls handsomely decorated. It is a fine building, more like a house than a barn. Refreshments will he served in the carriage-house, which is being gaily decorated for the occasion. It will be filled with tables. It will be the greatest social event that has occurred in Maryland for years, ADJUDGED INSANE. One of the saddest incidents that has oc- curred in Frederick for some time is the case of Francis Brengle, esq., prominently connected with the Frederick bar for a number years. He was adjudged insane by # jury de lunatico in- quirendo, held at the court-house here Wed- nesday, and yesterday the verdict of the in- uisition was ratifie wv the court;and Mr; rengle’s brother, Dr. Wm. D. Brengle, ap- pointed trustee of his affairs, with power to commit the unfortunate man to some proper institution. Francis Brengle is a son of Hon, Francis Brengle, member of Congress from the sixth district of Maryland in 1843, and was in 1870 appointed state's attorney of Frederick county to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge John Ritchie, who resigned. He was a noted republican orator. MONTGOMERY MIGERAL AND MINING CCMPANY. The incorporation of the Montgomery min- eral and miaing company was effected here yesterday by Spencer C. Jones, of Montgom- ery county; Dr. Lloyd T. MacGill, John C. Motler, Wm. Wilcoxon and Charles F. Markell, of Frederick. The capital stock is $50,000. The object of the company is to develop what are believed to be rich deposits of asbestos in their 500-acre tract near Gaithersburg. INTEREST IN POLITICS in Frederick county is beginning to develop in spite of the present oppressive condition of the atmosphere. There are a number of aspirants for the sheriffalty, which is now held by a re- publican incumbent. The most prominent of these on the republican side is Captain L. M. Zimmerman. The democrats are said to have a dark horse, believed to be Mr. Luther Derr, who was immediately succeeded in the office by the incumbent. He is considered the poaboe dee among the democratic candidates. For the other positions on the ticket few names have been presented. Dorsey H. Etchison, a young democrat, wants to go to the house of delegates. Changes among the gaugers and storekeepers have already commenced here. C. H. Eckstein andFrank Willard, gaugers and store- keepers at Ahal; and Horsey’s distilleries, in | Petersville district, will be succeeded Monday | next by i Charles B. Slifer and Geo. W. Swank, ot Berlia, There are stilitwo more places to be filled. one at Price’s distillery and one at the distillery in Emmitsburg district. Asa H. Welsh is located at the former and Granville T. Crouse at the latter. James Harris and J. C. Riggs are after the pisee at Price's, and the other post is desired by several. The deput; internal-revenue collectorship here, which now held by H. J. Krise, will probably go to Thaddeus Wastier, of Sabillasville, this county. 8. N. Young, of Middletown, also wanted the place. AN ADVANCED TAX RATE. The board of county commissioners held a special session here to-day and fixed the county tax rate for the year 1889 at 70 cents on the one hundred dollars. This is 5 cents in advance of the rate last year, due to the heavy losses sus- tained by thé county during the recent flood and the reduction of at least $700,000 in the | taxable basis. The basis for this year is $23,- 949,982. Of the tax of 70 cents at least 8 cents has been levied on account of the loss of the county bridges, PERSONAL AND GENERAL, Anew church is to be built at Utica Mills, this county, by the Reformed and Lutheran congregations of that place.—The officcrs of the Maryland Institute for the Deaf, this city, to-day received for the general uses of the in- stitution the sum of $2.600,the amount of a le school by Miss Susan Veasey, of itimore.——It has been ascertained that suf- ficient money and supplies have been received by the flood sufferers along the Potomac, and + further contributions will not be needed at this time.—The merchants of Frederick have signed a petition, presented by their em- ployes, to close their stores early during the summer months, commencing next Monday, ——A large and brilliant meteor was seen to fall here on Wednesday night.—P. W. Seeny, of the Supreme council, Temple of Honor, is in Frederick county in the interest of the temperance cause.——Misses Sallie and Rena Lappington, of Frederick, are visiting in Vir- ginia.—John W. Neipold was in Washington to-day.——Mrs. Robt. and Miss Maggie Clarke of St. Louis, Mo., are here.—Miss Isabel Miller is home from New York and Brooklyn. —David English is home from a trip to South Carolina and Tennessee.——Spencer C, sera rom Baltimore.——Chas, A. Buhrman and family, of Frederick, are visiting Hon. Up- ton Buhrman at Vavclevesville,W. Va. F. M. ——__ The Valkyrie’s Victory. At the Largs (Scotland) regatta yesterday, | the Valkyrie made the first round in 1:5108; the Irex in 1:54:18; the Yarana in 1:54:42, and the jorie in 1:56:50. The Valkyrie won; time, 5:26:17. ‘Phe others came in as follows: Trex, 5:30:04: Marjoire, 5:34:41; Yarana, 5:41:35. see. —---—_ Cholera In New York. Michael Deemis, a waiter, thirty-two years of age, of 153 East 23d street, New York city, died at Bellevue hospital Thursday night from what is believed to hove been ca cholera, IN. fornia, a former student in the College. It represents St. Peter's at Rome and the Vatican — on a fete day, Sey ane deeleg people grouped in the vast plaza. It is not only a perfectly faithful representation of the scene but a veritabie artistic gem, in drawing, perspective and color, and is without doubt the finest and most valuable work of its class in this country. The treatment of the jets of waterdn the two great fountains, show- ing the fallin; spray swayed by the wind, is particularly lifestike and ee Col- le Iso ases a splendid o' 'y — a vo entitled “The Calling of St. Matthew.” It is a most valuable canvas, and would command favorable attention in any col- lection of old masters, — The committee of artists, selected for that Purpose, to-day awarded to Miss Marietta Min- negerode the Corcoran Gold Medal, as having, in the opinion of its members, made the greatest improvement in drawing from casts in the gal- lery during the year ending with the close of this month. There were twenty-three competitors for the prize, and many of the drawings showed 8 high and very near! a order of merit. This of course mede the duty of the commit- tee an exceedingly delicate and difficult one, and, aethe aumber Of drawings considerably exceeded a hundred, the task was also somewhat arduous, As is always likely to be the case in such contests, there was probably considerable disappointment and sadness over the result as announced. The high character of the gentle- men composing the committee affords, how- ever, ample guaranty that the award was in- telligently'made, and the decision will doubt- less be generally accepted as just. There could, indeed, be no op; yor i for favorit- ism, had any been intended or desired, as the contestants were ali unknown to the committee, and the drawings were submitted by letters or numbers only. The gentlemen acting for the Gallery this year were Mr. Worthington Whit- tridge, landscape painter; Mr. Edgar M. Ward, poeate and,genre, and Mr. Charles H, Nie- us, sculp' ~~ ¢@e—__+__ THE CRONIN MYSTERY. Indictments Expected To-day Under the Merritt Conspiracy Law. It was reported in Chicago last night that in- dictments against Alexander Sullivan, Lawrence R. Buckley, of the executive committee of the Clan-na-Gael, and Lawyer John F. Beggs would be presented to the court by the grand jury to-day. They are framed under the Merritt con- spiracy law,which was passed by the legislature immediately following the execution of the anarchists. Under its provisions if a man be killed in California, yet the individual who, in Illinois, has expressed the opinion that the victim ought to be put out of the way or re- moved, is liable to be indicted for his murder. Mrs Eames, a young lawyer and friend of Beggs, endeavored to secure his release on a writ of habeas corpus yesterday afternoon. | Judge Williamson, however, refused to listen to the application. The hne of investigation followed by the grand jury yesterday was toward uncovering the outer circle of the plot. Some thirty Clan- | na-Gael men were summoned and the questions put to them were all framed with a view of inding out, if possible, who is responsible for spreading the malicious report that Dr. Cronin | Was @ spy. AN ATTEMPT TO TERRORIZE ‘YOUNG CARLSON. Young Carlson, whose parents own the cot- tage in which Dr. Cronin was murdered, and who has been prominently brought forward by the police in various attempts to identify sus- pects, says that an attempt was made Thursday afternoon to terrorize him. He declares that two men came to the cottage, and distinctly threatened him with death if he should iden- tify Martin Burke, now under arrest at Winni- eg. ¥ x “Cronin memorial meeting” was held at | Central Music hall last night. About 2,000 per- | sons were present, of whom it is estimated one- | fifth were Irish. | Resolutions were adopted by the meeting | denouncing the murder of Dr. Cronin, and de- mandiug that justice be meted out to all who were guilty. { coe AS TO MENTAL SHOCK. Showing How Life-Long a Sudden Im- pression Can Become. From Longman's Magazine. The effects of a mental shock on the mind in causing permanent bad health of mind are easily inflicted in the period of infancy, early life and school life, of which let one illustra- trasion suffice, A gentleman who for many years was under my observation as a confirmed mental invalid, a strong man in many respects, but utterly irresolute, and in the end of dis- ordered mind altogether, acquired his mental disease from sudden distrust. He had in his childhood an innate dread cf deep water, and he had at the same time a tutor for whom he held the warmest affection, coupled with the most absolute trust and confidence. In a thoughtless and wing moment this tutor became d with the idea that he would break his pupil's dread of deep water by pitch- | ing him into a pool where they were accus- tomed to bathe together at the deepest part. There was no actual danger, for the depth was really not great, the pool was calm, the boy could swim a little, and in an instant the tutor, a strong and skillful swimmer,was in the water himself rendering succor and support. The lad was brought to shore safely enough, but the mischief to the mind was inflicted beyond repair. The surface of trust was obliterated and a fixed distrust in the mind of the youth was set up forever. If a skillful physicl could have discovered the seat of trust in t youth, and could have destroyed it mechani- cally, he could not have inflicted a more severe injury nor one more determinately life-long in its effects, ————_-or-—_—____. “Like T’other Reegiment.” From the Memphis Avalanche. When the first western soldiers penetrated into the hilly sections of eastern Tennessee they were not a little disappointed, for the ‘East Tennessee Unionist” had been glorified in the northwest till he seemed in fancy like a superior being. The boys pronounced the swig te! os - D. C.. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES: aaine of Art,” 1880. Rew York: Cassell & Co. Washington: Brentano's. THE LAST OF THE VAN SLACKS. A Story of Today. By Epwarp S. Van ZILL, author of “Wanted—A Sensation.” Series, No. 31.] New York: Cassell & Co. [AN ILYITCH, and Other Stories. Count aE heme Translated from. 4 THE CHILDREN, AND OTHER VERSES. 4 CHaRLEs M. DICKINSON. New York: Cassell Co, Washington: Brentano's. HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL: Nature Unmasked. A ' for Every Woman. By Teresa H. Dean. T. Howard. ELI_AND SYBIL JONES: Their Life and Work. By Rurvs M.Jonms. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. ——_—e@e_______ IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. Things that Struck the Eye of a Great Freneh Artist. Benjamin Constant in Boston Transcript. It is hardly necessary, I think, for me to say how greatly I was impressed with the ladies of America, not only with their personal charms —for of those I had heard much before leaving Enrope and had also seen something among my American female pupils and the visitors to my studio—but with their mental qualities and accomplishments, With them culture is, in many instances, carried to its highest point. The husband may be, and usually is, absorbed in his business or his profesion, but his wife, im the midst of her household cares and her social occupations, finds time for collecting and appreciating all that is beautiful and note- worthy in art. The American woman is, in wy f a first cousin to the Parisienne. She has the same power of quick assimilation of new ideas, and also the same taste in dress. One point in American female beauty that greatly struck me was the fine mould and pro- Portion of the ladies’ arms. Superb in form and faultless in coloring, are worthy of immortalization in the marble that they so resemble. ELEGANT FURNISHING IN HOUSES. Another detail that greatly pleased me was the elegance and the artistic style of furnish- ing to be found, not only in the mansions of the American millionaires. but in the homes of persons of comparatively limited means. Taste and refinement rule supreme in the choice and in the arrangement of the furniture and the decorations, But, in proportion as the American interiors are charming, the exterior of the houses is dreadful. It would be a blessing to New York if some incendiary should set to work and ut- terly destroy the whole of Fifth avenue! Those long rows of houses, all in the same gloomy hue of dusky brown, always gave mea fit of depression whenever I looked at them. An American, no matter how colossal his wealth, does not seem to care about the outside of his splendid home. The result is that those “brown stone fronts” look like gigantic cakes of chocolate. But within the ‘delighted visitor | finds all the treasures of an art museum, in- | cluding rarities that might be coveted for na- | tional galleries like that of the Louvre. ARCHITECTURAL PROGRESS. I was told that new ideas respecting archi- tecture were rapidly making their way in the United States. The American pupils of our own school of architecture are also introducing | elements of progress that cannot fail to make themselves evident before long. In art, as in all other respects, America is a land of pro- | gress. Her superabundant vitality impels her | children along a thousand roads, every one of which tends upward. In no respect is this progress more visible than in the private art collections of the United | States. Those formed a quarter of a century | or even twenty or fifteen years ago, contain, as arule, a few masterpieces among a large pro- portion of weak and worthless works. But of ‘late years Americans buy not only with dis- | crimination, but with admirable judgment. They seek Yor the best works of the greatest European painters, and are satisfied with noth- | ing infericr. The change in the art ideas in | the United States may be exemplified by the growing demand for the works of Delacroix. a = An Awful Lot of Practice. From the New York Tribune. Chancey Depew spoke one evening during the last campaign at a town in the iuterior of this state which it is not necessary to name, The next morning the chairman of the local committee took him in his carriage for a ride about the place. They had reached the sub- urbs and were admiring a bit of scenery when | # man wearing a blue shirt and carrying a long whip on his shoulder approached from where he had been piloting an ox-team along the middle of the street and said: “You're the man that made the rattlin’ speech up at the hall last night, I guess?” Mr. Depew modesty admitted that he had | indulged in some talk at that time and place | specified. “Didn't you have what you said writ out?” went on the man. “No,” replied the orator, “You don’t mean to say you made that all right up as you went along?” “Yes.” | “Jess hop; right up there, took a drink 0’ | water out TP the pitcher, hit the table a whack | pal waded in without no thinkin’ nor noth- “Well, I suppose you might “Well, that beats me. You'll excuse me for stoppin’ you, but what I wanted to say was that your speech convinced me, though I knowed all the time it was the peskiest lie that was ever told. I made up my mind to vote your ticket, but I'd’a’ been willin’ to bet a peck o’ red apples that no man could stand up and tell such blamed convincin’ lies without havin’ ’em writ out. You must ‘a’ had an awful lot o’ practice.” yut it that way.” YOUR HAIR. A hair coloring so harm- less that it can be used on the eyebrows or eyelashes is what you want. To show you just what can be done, if you will send to the IM- PERIAL CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO, 54 West 23d street, New York city, a sample of your hair, we will restore it,free of For sale in Washington by Edward P. Merts, 1014 F st. come off or Bake the face shine. Sam- ple of Powder sent free, RECAMIER MEDICATED SOAP, a per- fectly pare soap, inte which are in- corporated many of the balsams and other besling ingredients used in Re- camier Cream, CAUTION.—Beware of Swindlers. I employ ®© agents; the secrets of my formule are unknown outside my laboratory. RECAMIER MANUFACTURING ©O., . 52 and 5# Park Place, New York City. HARRIET HUBBARD AYER, President. a —————————— A Fovsra Or Jur Eienosad Yoon Sour ie ee A ARE OFFERING: Br A THE WINE MERCHANT. «| 60 BBLS, HIGH GRADE PATENT PROCESS FLOUB at 65.600 barrel, 96 FULL QUART CANS MAPLE SYRUP, at 230. scan. 1,000 LBS. EXTRA FANCY CREAMERY BUTTER, ata Very Low Price. One Ton GENUINE MANDHELING JAVA COFFER, Toasted fresh every morning. There isno coflee grown in the world equal to the Real Mandbeling BENTS WATER CRACKERS, direct from the Manufacturer. BENTS GRAHAM WAFERS (without sweetening.) direct from the Manufacturer, NEW YORK PATENT WATER BISCUIT. ‘The finest thing of the kind ever offered in Washingtom. SECOND—I want to reduce my stock, which now stored iu four storehouses to # minimum before I remove from my present temporary location. Before closing this oration I want to tell the Pablo something else. and I want that same public to inve= tigate my assertions before believing me implicitly. Tt is a weil-known fact that wines made from thor oughly mature grapes do not turn sour as easily as those made from unripe grapes. Thave the sole agency for the “PASADENA WINE COMPANY'S” Wines and Brandies. This Compeny’s Vineyards are located m Los Angeles County, South- ern California, Now, it stands to reason that the grapes from Southern California, with its genial and equal temperature, mature and ripen much more thoroughly than those of Northern Califor nia, which is not blessed with such a genial elimate. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, 19 428 NINTH ST. BET. DAND E ‘The creditors have decided to accept 30 cents on the dollar for the entire stock of FINE MEN'S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHING contained in store 912 F st., 6 doors from 9th. Itis for this reason that the majority of the better-| Thirty cents on the means 2 suit that cost a a District | Wholesale $10 will be sold at $3.30; pants that cost $6 socengo aerate: Oe Tiilfgo at €1.83, aud eo on in proportion, advise their patients to come to me if they wants pure and strength-giving American Claret, Burgundy, Port, Cherry, Malaga, Muscatel, Angelica, Hock or Brandy. If, for any reason, oneof my cus- tomers makes one or two purchases elsewhere he inva- riably returns with the statements that my wines are the purest and best and do not turn sour for days after bottle has been opened, which is not the case with other wines, I give below the reduced prices of someof the Pass- Ye form some idea of the tremendous: being made by the following uuentoued prices: actignis,All-woo! Suits, formerly sold at $15, now go Children's Baits ti cold at OS, now goat 6 87. Yemen to 18 years, $2.37, 62.50 and Flannel Coats and Vests, 99 cents, ‘Sale to continue under order of the court until cred- dena Wine Company's California Wines: tors. Original Reduced | “jezi-im" 912 F st., 6 doors from 9tb. perOsk percel 11 00 0 BO 138 “138 Unspnecenexten Arrnacrios: 5 ig i3 OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED 200 1 60 oe 33 «OSS LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. 100 30 — a1 80 Incorporated Legislature for Educational 2 oO 320 end Chari p 44, and ite sr. made & 5 00 200 | partof the present State Constitution in 187%, by an Ti beige ago ‘ MAMM RAWINGS take Semi- Bo BO apwaaily. ee uber), and ‘its GRAND 400 320 | SINGLE'NUMBEK DRAWINGS in euch of the other teu wonths of the year, and are all drawn, 150 130 | im public, st the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La Bottles and demijobns extra, AMED FOR T x FOR INTEGRITY FAMGF ire DEAWINGS) AND PROMYE Pay. MENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows: j superviee the arrange "We do hereby certify that want, always in stock. ‘and Semi Annual Drewinpeor The finest Sour Mash Whisky in the city. Fie Lewimana ste Compe. an" vine s.anage und controt and. H. A. SELIGSON, the same conducted with honesty. /aurness. 3026-1 526 near torcard al! partes, and we authorize the Se. 12th ot nw, near. _ | Snr to tse thts oprtstccta, wah Farcetmules 7 eur p= Sane So mse ehh enregioats. wen Surat GGG. Leg Ex ft Exe @° BLP bs E% Heh Me | EER Pre A £ A §&% & G PPP AA AA 3 Ee P Ms £. 4 GS = Comminsionera $14 Seventh Street Northwest. in We, the roderatonrd Pants and Bankers wili pay alt Xo branch store; be sure yougo to KING'S PALACE | Prizes drawn ae 814 7thst. nw. Store extends from 7th to 8th st. We offer the following special bargains: ed tn The may be presented a! vurcvwiters. Bank be, M. W. ‘Y, Pres. Louisiana National Pibiny LASACX. Pres. State Natiousl 2 3 A BALDWIX, Pres’ New Orjeaue Nstictal LADIES’ YACHTS OR SAILORS IN ALL cotors,| CAL KOHN, Pres Union Bau wpe GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING, 7 23 AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS H = So TF TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1889. th Em GS F * CAPITAL PRIZE, €300,009. CHILDREN"! SAILO! 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars esch: Halves, 5 pgeeenos agai eiort ‘Quarters, ¢5, Tenths, 62; Tweutietha a “ cog TIIT 12 POTS 9 - mn “e ce a RB. RB. BONNETS, POKE SHAPES, ALL COLORS, AT a TrrT 13 °Ts i i th Sx Go FE “5 Our entire stock of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS must be sold regardless of at EX RE ge? Bk RkN 6 co e%& H Rin “Gdd Be A E A §3 BE PPP AA £4 8.8 ll a | a ow 9 a % = 814 SEVENTH STREET 4.W. Remember Name and Number. my7-2m (te are recoguized sical f= Inetintion whowe chartered rigs ere rec oR Sons orsnonymews ecbemen” ONE DOLLAR is the price smallest part SECRET EVASION. | o traction of a Ticket ISSUED BY US in any Draw- That we will be to have you visit im Our uame offered for less than ® HyevPiRadl trom: the West rgd = ae alles eeersens, McMouus * ELIXIR OF OPIUM “hire terres The large - which ite injurioms poet sre eros AT $7.50 A SUIT properties are retained. 1t possesses all the sedative, and ‘Opium, but pro alight tna injustice wil be a post- | costivenees, no headache. In acute nervous disorders SALT? ool “Ballor” Suits for Children, nena a NR : a 91 a surr, Sora re caused quite a scramble among parents for first “ mee (372 Pearl ot, New Youk, ‘Sfeet ant pertoct stag. AT $12.25 SUIT. Re nL Toe ADLERS*