Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1890, Page 10

10 = -THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.-C., SA'TTURDAY. SEPTEMBER , ’ BEHIND THE CABINET. Men Who Smooth the Path of the ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. How Business in the Departments is Managed— Division of the Daties—Men ©f Wide Experience Who Help Run the Government Machine. _—— N ALL the government departments are officials who rank next to the cabinet offi- cers, upon whom devolve most of the work of administration and in the absence of the Secretaries are frequently called ‘Upon to bear all the responsibilities of the head ofadepartment. This week Tax Stam adds to its portrait gallery of the assistant secretaries. The gentlemen whose faces and biographies sppear below are now ongaged in an effort— and 4 very successful one—to smooth out the Official paths of the Secretaries of State, War, the Navy and Agriculture. Inthe State Department there are three eesistants—ranked first, second and third. The first tant is the main factotum in diplomatic affairs in the absence of Mr. Blaine. While the Secretary is here he takes from his shoulders the burden of receiving callers who have eyes ont for consulships, either for themselves or for others, and he also hae sapervision over the general executive busi- ness of the department. The second assistant watches over such matters as relate to the cor- respondence of consuls. The third assistant is the law officer of the department, and. together with the solicitor, passes upon claims for money and redress ‘by American citizens or by foreigu nations and upon requisitions from other governments for the extradition of criminals. In the War Department there has never been an assistant secretary since the war until the passage of a recent bill providing for such an Oficer again. The duties of the sssistant in ment conform very closely to those ‘etary himself. fe does not receive but does a large amount of hard work in the examination of ail matters relating to the file of the army applications from private soldiers for ali sorts ot things—pardons, dis- eharges, promotions, complaints go to him to proved or disapproved, thus saving the Secretary a vast amount of routine labor. The assistant secretary of the navy simply helps the Secretary to bear the wear and tear of executive business of the department. he bureau officers about matters con- nected with the service, talks tothe less im- portant cailers about patronage and places and signs a large amount of mail matter to give his chief more time. In the Agricultural Depart- ment the assistent secretary has control of the scientific policy nd operations of the follow- ing sections and divisions: The botanical divis- ion, the section of vegetable patholo; the mological division, the microscopical divis- jon, the chemical division—except the sorghum sugar experiments—the ornithological division, the forestry division, the entomological divis- fon, the silk section and the office of experi- Mental stations. ISTANT SECRETARY ADEE. Alvey A. Adee, second assistant secretary of state, has been in cle: macy along time. He is a short, bright man, with quick, nervous ac- tions and aslight deaf- ness that necessitates bis near approach to whoever talks to him. A student of classical ture and —— minds in the govern- ment. His accomplish- 7 ments are numerous, the chief one being an ie adeptness with the camera and its accompanying chemicals that bas given him the reputation of being one of the best amateur photographers in the country. He is also a deep student of Shakespearcan subjects, andas such has achieved a promi- Bent rank among the members of the New York Shakespeare Society. He has, moreover, ® wide acquaintance with the wa; of diplomacy and his wide experience in the department renders him an invaluable assist- He was born at Astoria, er being Surgeon Adee of the United States navy. He received a good technical education and equipped himself ass civil engineer. In 1569 he received an appoint- ment as secretary of the American legation at Madrid, which post he filled with marked ability for eight years, In 1877 he was trans- ferred to the department in this city as chief of the diplomatic bureau and from that posi- tion he was promoted to be third and then second assistant secretary of state in the same y He has served continuously under Sec- ies Evarts, Frelinghuysen, Blaine, Bayard snd Blaine. His duties involve a constant supervision over the reports of the consular and ministerial officers and the conduct of cor- respondence between them and the department, He frequently acts as secretary in the simulta- sence of both Seer y Blaine and Mr. Adee is a bachelor and his library forms an attractive center for numbers of his acquaintances of kindred tastes and pur- suite. ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOORE. John Bassett Moore, third assistant secre- tary of state, is a native of Delaware, having been born at Smyrna, Kenty eounty, in that state, on December 3, 360. His father was a ph Feceived his early edu- cation at private schools at Fulton. Del. In 1877, when sixteen years of he went to the of Virginia, st Chariottesville, where he remained for three years, devoting his tim to general history and literature, moral phil- Osophy and logic, and the cl In the au- fumn of 1380 he was registered asa student at law in Wilmington, Del., in the office of Edward G. Bradford, 4 member of the bar in that city. Here be pursued the study of the law for three years, as required by the rules governing the profession in Delaware, and in the fall of 1883 was admitted to the bar, and began to practice fn Wilmington. He remained in Wilmington Until the summer of 1885, when he was solicited by Mr. Bayard, then Secretary of State, to enter thet department. There being no va- Sancy outside of the scope the civi: service law, Mr. Moore entered a civil service exami- Qation at which thirty other persons were examined for admission to the Department of Btate and stood at the head of th it in the etaminstion on law. On the 2d of July, 1885, he was given a temporary commission for six Months under the civil service law as a clerk Ste salary of $1,200, which commission was made permanent in the following January. For some time Mr. Moore was associated with Mr. Adee in the office of third asuistant secre- tary and with Dr. Wharton, the solicitor, in the distinctively legal branch of the work.’ Upon the death of Mr. Hunter, the second assistant secretary, in August, 1536, Mr. Adee was aj ited to the office thus left vacant and Mr. loore was promoted to the position of third assistant secretary, which be now holds. When the fisheries conference met in 1887 Mr. Moore was chosen to act a the secretary on the American side and discharged that function with —_ until the Compre of the confer- ence in February, 1583, le also ‘ticipated im the Samoan conference between the focre- tary of State and the British and German min- (eters in Washington in June and July, 1887, and prepared all the protocols of that coafer- ence as they have since been pul Mr. Moore is # diligent student and an ex- fee terme ape and constant worker. In per- forming daties of EH i long article tn the Be e i Hi the American Law Review of Mr. Moore is also the author of a report to the international American conference on the sub- Ject of extradition, which contains a statement of the law and practice on that subject m many countries. He is also s contributor to the du Droit International Prive. His duties are almost exclusively confined to the examination, together with the solicitor, of claims against the government by foreign par- ties and to the conduct of extradition matters, ir. Moore was married last April to Miss Helen ances Toland of this city. ASSISTANT SECRETARY GRANT. Gen. L. A. Grant, the assistant secretary of war, was born in Bennington county, Vt., Janu- 17, 1829, and re- ceivedan academic edu- cation at Townsend and Chester, of the same state. He was thrown upon bis own efforts when quite young and commenced teaching winter schools at the age of cighteen as a means to assist in his education. When twenty-one he went to New Jersey and taught there one year and afterward tanght one of the grammar schools of Boston about two years. He studied law with Hon. W. Stoughton of Chester, Vi was admitted to the bar of t! iy at Woodstock, May, 1885, and afterward he en- tered upon the practice of law with Mr. Stough- ton at Bellows Falls. The breaking out of the war in 1861 found the law firm of Stoughton & Grant engaged in a large and lucrative prac- tice. Grant was appointed major of the fifth Vermont infantry August 15 and lieu- tenant colonel of the same regiment Septem- ber 25, 1861, and colonel September 16, 1462. In February, 1863, when only five months old as acolonei, he took command of the second brigade, second division, sixth corps, known as the Old Vermont Brigade and as one of the best brigades in the army. He led his brigade in nearly all the battios of the Army of the Po- tomac and waa wounded at Fredericksburg, December, 1862, and also at Petersburg, April He was promoted to brigadier-gen- eral April 27, 1864, and breveted major general to date from Ovtober 19, 1864, which was the date of the battle of Cedar k, at which time he commanded a division—the only division of infantry Gen. Sheridan found engaged on his arrival upon the field- Gen. Grant's brigade was selected to go to! New York at the time of the draft riots. aad it came to Washington with the rest of the sixth corps and assisted in driving Early away in the summer of 1864. At the close of the war Gen. Grant went west and settled in Des Moinos, Iowa. He was appointed by the President lieutenant colonel of the thirt: xth infantry of the regular army in 1866, which appoint- ment he declined, preferring civil life. The im- mediately became an active business man in the practice of law and in real estate transac- tions, and was for seven years the president of the New England Loan and Trust Company which company did and still is doing a large business. in 1882 he sold his interests in Des Momes and went to Minneapolis, Minn., and immediately identified himself with the growth and enterprise of that thriving city. In 1883 Gen. Grant spent much of his time in travel in this country, in the cast and in the west and on the Pacific const. In 1889 he visited most of the countries of Europe. The iaw creating the office of assistant secretary of war was ap- proved in March, 1890, and on April 4 he was nominated for the position by the President. He received his commission and entered upon the duties of the office April 12, 1890. ASSISTANT SECRETARY SOLEY, Congress did a wise thing when provision was made in the late naval appropriation bill for an assistant secre- tary of the navy, for now the Navy Depart- ment is placed on the same footing as the other executive branches of the gov- ernment. Heretofore naval officer was de- tailed to act Secre- tary in the absence of that functionary, this resulting im frequent unfortunate compiica- 4 tions inspired by the hereditary —_jenlousy between the line and the staff. The last civilian who held the office of assistant secretary of the navy wa Mr. Fox, who served during Johnson's ad- ministration and was “frozen out” of office by because of his tendency to change al spots. When the office was re- established in July the President appointed James Russell Soley of Massachusetts, professor of mathematics in the navy, assistant secre- tary. Mr. Soley was born in’ Roxbury, Mass., October, 1850, le graduated at Harvard in 1870, became assistant professor of English in the United States Naval Academy in 1871, and in 1873 was placed at the head of the depart- ment of English studies, history and law, where he remained nine years, In he was com- missioned a professor of the United States navy, and in 1878 he was on special duty at the Paris exposition. He also examined the systems of education in iropean naval col- leges, and on his return made a lengthy re- port, In 1882 he was transferred to Washing- ton, where he collected and arranged the Navy Department library, and since 1883 he has superintended’ the pub- lication of the naval records of the civil war. He has been a lecturer on international law at Naval War College at Newpcrt since 1835, and bas also delivered courses before the Lowell Institute, Boston, on ‘American Naval His- tory” ane “European Neutrality During the Civil War.” Mr. Soley isa lawyer by profes- sion, but an author by inclination. He has published a “History of the Naval Academy,” “Foreign Systems of Naval Education, Blockade and the Cri ‘ 12." He edited the “Autobiography of Commodore Morris” and contributed to the ‘Battles and Leaders of the Civil War” and to Justin Wi “Narrative and Critical History of America.” His most im- CS work, now nearly com for the press, is ‘‘International ASSISTANT SECRETARY WILLITS, The Agricultural Department is in the same grade with the War and Navy departments, for Secretary Rusk has but one assistant to help him conduct the affairs of state in the interests of the farmers of the land. This is Hon. Edwin Willits of Monroe, Mich. who was born at Otto, Cat- taraugus county, N.Y.,¢ August 24, moved to Michigan in September, 1836, grad- uated from the Michi- gan University at Ann Arbor in June, 1855, and located at Monroe in April the next year. He studied Jaw with Senator I. P. Christiancy, was admitted to the bar in December, 1857, and bas practiced law ever since at Monroe, In 186C be was elected prosecuting attorney of Menrce county and was re-elected in 1866, holding the position twelve years. He was on the commission to revise the constitution of the state in 1873, and was appointed postmaster of Monroe, January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lin- coln, being removed by Andrew Johnson Oc ber 15, 1866. He was editor of the Monrve Commere’al from 1856 to 1861, was elected to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses and was re-elected to the Forty-seventh Congress as a republican, receiving 18,945 votes against 16,- 807 for W. H. Walby, demoerat, and 1,179 votes for F. T. Chester, greenback candidate. Upon bis retirement from Congress he became prin- cipal of tl tate Normal School of Michigan, which position he resigned to accept the pres- idency cf the Michigan Agricultural Coliege. ‘This institution was the first organized and is the largest distinctively agricultural college on this continent, After four years of service at the head of this institution he resigned it to ac- cept the position of assistant secretary of agri- culture, tendered him by President Harrison. i Written for Tur Evexrxo Stan, “Perpetua Luceat.” May the shades of death which hover Round thy pall, and gently cover ‘Thee in dusky, cold embrace, Roll from round thy lifeless frame And a glory thee enflame ‘To illume thy dear, sweet face. May a giory lasting ever Enclose thee now and, fading never, Shine through time perpetual; And thy sonl resplendent rise ‘To the arching, azure skies, Brer through Time's eternal thrall. May the incense of thy deeds Bhed ts fragrance where the nee@s WOMAN AND HER DRESS. How the Modern Garments Have Been Evolved From Savage Costume. PROF. MASON DISCUSSES WOMAN'S GOWNS FROM AN ETHNOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW—THE BR- GINNING OF THE PETTICOAT—THE CORSET AND ITS ORIGIN—HOW STOCKINGS CAME TO BE WORR. © TRACE the devel- opment from their primitive origin of women's garments, as they are worn today, is very easy,” said Prof. Mason at the National Museum to a writer for Tue Stan. “You can see the original of the petticoat even now among sa} peoples all over the world in the shape of the uni- versal waist cincture, with pendant drapery of bark or what not. The most beautiful il- lustration of this is to be found at present among the Indians of = the northwest coast. The female among those tribes ties a cord around her waist and hangs therefrom innumerable strings of shells, beads, pine nuts and all sorts of things that aro pretty aud make a jingle. So sacred are these ornamented girdles considered that when the girls join the white schools and are obliged to adopt civil- ized clothing, it is very usual for them to con- tinue to wear the garments under their skirts behind doubled up. Many anthoritier aver that this is actually the source from which the notion of the bustle was derived. “The cincture I have described reaches only from the waist to the middie thigh. As to the upper part of the body the Indian maiden of the northwest wears nothing for a covering, except in cold weather, when she puts on the tanned skin of some beast, simply tying it over the windward shoulder and under the other arm with strings. Thus you have an admirable example of the most primitive female costume. The next step in the development of the upper garment is made by cutting holes through the skin to accommodate the arms, and in this shape you find the primitive and’ earliost form of jacket, AMONG THE POLYNESIANS. “Take a big jump over to the islands of the Pacific aud yon find the savages making cloth- ing for themselves out of muiberry bark, which they beat with mallets and wash until all the soft part of its substance has been taken out of it, leaving the textile portion, which serves in that shape for a softand strong cloth. A picee of any size ean be made by hammering tho edges of many pieces together until they unite so perfectly that thatit is difficult to find where they join, " If'is believed that the largest piece of this mulberry cloth in the world is at pres- ent in the National Museum; it is six fect long by twenty feet wide. Among the rich islanders it is the custom for a woman to wrap as much as thirty or forty yards of the staff around her body, below the breasts, which are left exposed. ‘The simple lengthening of the primitive waist om makes the petticoat as we tind it to- . “In ancient times it was the fashion to wear an outer and an under garment, the former be- ing removed when one entered the house. When the Bible speaks of David's ‘dancing naked before the Lord,’ it does not mean, as most people suppose, that David was nude, but that he had removed his outer garment, which garment is now, through process of evolution, what we call the overcoat. The tunic of the ancient Roman woman has in like manner be- come the chemise of today, “A tor the jacket of which I spoke, its most primitive form was that of a skin tied over the shoulders, Next the skin became a blanket, and soon a hole for the head was cut through the middle of the blanket, as im the Mexican cloak called the ‘poncho.’ You will find the Arabs even now employing the same device, with the addition of holes for the arms, by the time you have got this far the jacket is pretty nearly complete. All it needs to become entire is sleeves and cutting to the figure. THE consagE, “Corsets have always been worn in one shape or another by people who were at all civilized, the necessity for some support for the bust be- ing obviously the occasion for them and not fashion, to begin with. Women of ancient Greece and Lome wore a cloth bandage wrapped about the body, mere or less tightly, beneath the bosom for the purpose. In the time of Queen Elizabeth the corset, as you are doubtless aware, wasafar more formidable thing than it is now, in stiffness and sizo almost like a piece of armor, Nowadays women wear corsets because they make their figures shapely, and that reason is suflicient to constitute a certainty that they will goon doing so for an indefinite time, notwithstanding the howls of the dress-reform agitators, who them- selves wear corsets in the shape of so-called ‘waists’ and other such contrivances, “As for stockings, you know yourself they are of the most modern invention, as may be judged from the fact that Queen izabeth was centured for her extravagance in procur- ing afew pairs of silk stockings for her own use. To discover the origin of the stocking you have only to consider the fact that the people in early times, finding the simple sandal uot very comfortable, wore it as a sole for a soft foot covering separate from it, which was the first attempt at luxury in footwear. You see that it was only necessary to stitch the dal to the softshoe in order to make what was to all intents and purposes the shoe of the present day. But the men of those early times found it convéhient to wear for hunting purposes leggings to protect their limbs from the thorns and burrs, Hence have been devel- oped what we know as breeches or trousers, Recently there has reached the museum a pair of ancient leggings of the sort described at- tached by seving to the soft under-shoes, Here you have what ig doubtless the original form of stocking. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RIBBONS. “Nothing is more closely identified with women’s dress today than ribbons, What, then, is the origte of ribbon? You can discover it very simply by looking at the long fringe of strips into which the primitive savage cuts the deer hide or other skin that forms his garment or his tobacco pouch or whatever else of fi mental possessions you please. Why does the savage go to the trouble of cutting the beast's hide into such strips? It is because the eye ia pleased by waving curves, When savage fashions merged into civilized fashions this idea was retained. and so at present we find weavers and makers of stuffs manufacturing their fabrics into what we cali ribbons, TI! are adopted peculiarly by women in this age, when the masculine sex eschews ornament in civilized life almost wholly, “The hat, in its origin, is a thing purely ornamental, Except in arctic climes, where as much as possible of the body must be covered to keep out the cold, savages have never thought of protecting the head. With us itis ® matter purely of cultivation, the necessity for a head covering growing out of the habit of employing it. The beginning of the hat was what you find it among savage peoples today— a tuft of feathers, a bunch of porcupine quills, or what not. Every race takes the manuer of its head covering from whatever ornamental watertal is produced naturally by the country itinhabite, Thus you find South Americans using for the purpose the bright colored plumes of the birds which find in the tropical | goblet of that continent their habitat, Per- aps the most beautitul of all head coverings ever devised is that worn by the Indian chief who is decorated on oceusions of ceremony with a sort of turban set with a crown of eagle's feathers, which = only encircle his cranium im right royal fashion, but descend to the ground ina fringe at right les with his vertebral colume. . on lee Smyrna the Beautiful. From the London Daily News, Here are some striking facts about Smyrna, According to Consul General Holmwood’s re- port the population numbers 210,850. But of this total only 52,000 are Mohammedans. The Mohammedans are largely outnumbered by the Greeks, who count 62,000, exclusive of 45,000 “Greek subjects.” The railways ere wholly under the British management, and have been constructed by British capital. The gas light- ing of po ieed is the work of a British com- pany, but d here comes the irony of the situation—“the municipalit Smyrna — ay com; vem oul sum up n, Smyrna population goes, a Greek city;as far as public works, with their apa concerned, lope hia Po as government, a ig orna- HISTORIC HOUSES. Homes of Washington About Which Rare Memories Cluster. WHERE EMINENT MEN LIVED. Changes That Have Occurred in the City—Recollections of the Old King- man Mansion—John Quincy Adams’ Houve and Other Noted Structures. —_——— Written for Tae Evextxe Stam. HE changes in Washington have been #0 often commented upon that is like a “twice-told tale” to speak of them in more than general terms. The few old homes which remain, however, should be kept alive in the memory of our citizens, that those who succeed us and the new resi- dents who come to find a home amid the cbarming surroundings of our lovely city may be reminded of those who made Washington famed for the refined, genial hospitality which prevailed in those early days. The wealth which now displays itself in such lavish ex- penditure on decorations had no existence then. California had not given up her hidden treasures, The liquid light was undreamed of which has yielded up its milliovs, The virgin forests of the great northwest were untouched by the ax of the lumberman. The great rail- roads, producing millions, had not yet bound the Atlantic to the Pacific nor added the fabu- lous wealth which they have bestowed upon their owners, There was no such overweening wealth here then. Gen, Van Ness, Mr. Benja- min Ogle Tayloe and one or two others were re- garded as rich, but the citizens gener- ally were in the enjoyment of a competency. ‘The social life of Washington was made up of the officials of the government, the army and navy officers and their families, with the Senators and Representatives in Congress who resided here, many of them the greater part of their terms. The forcign legations of course added a most charming attraction to the social hfe of that day. Iam speaking now of fifty years ago, when I first remember that life, whose impress has never left my memory. Re- inrning to the old homes 1 find so few of them left it eaddens me and renders me unwill- ing to admit they are modern improvement under which generic term many innovations creep in. Wandering round the city, en- tranced with its beauty, I find but very few of the time-honored homes, around which cluster 80 ¥ delightful memories. The Decatur House, which Gen. Beale has had the good taste not to modernize. The house Clem Hill built and which must surely re-echo the sounds of merriment with which it was wont to ring. Com. Shubrick’s, Mr. Corcoran’s, of course, and the next door toit, where Mr. Thomas Richie lived, and Senator Slidell, and, by the bye, Mr. Benjamin lived and entertained most gener- ously in the Beale house and Mr. James L. Orr resided there when Speaker. On the otker side of the square the Ogle Tayloe house unchanged, where Senator Cam- eron lives, and the Blaine mansion, redolent of Mr. Lincoln and Seward and the period eo full of sadness. The house where Mrs. Madison and Com, Wilkes lived,on the corner.now a club house, though it is somewhat unchanged is un- like my early memory of it. Where now the Shoreham rears its many stories, on the corner of H and 15th streets, stood the house built by Sam Harrison Smith, the founder of the National Intelligencer, and then out 14ti street, the house of Mr. Charles Hill, on the corner opposite the Thomas statue, now, I be- lieve, the “Newport.” At the time I am speak- ing of there was cnly a house or two between Mr. Hill’s and the Columbian College and the race course. Yes, there was one which lives in my memory, and time can never efface it, THE OLD KINGMAN PLACE, The rambling old home of Mr. Kingman. Like himself that house was “‘sui generis,” Mr. C. C, Willard, who owns the property and lives there, has exhibited a generous regard for that dear old home, and only improved it with ex- cellent taste, not destroyed it, He has pre- served all its quaintness, its originality, and in doing so he has endeared his home to those who in the long ago found there so much en- foyment. There is not a house in Washington which is so redolent of delightful memories as that queer old house, where all the men of distinction in every walk of life who visted Washington or resided here found the most enial welcome. Sunday especially was the lay when the house was crowded. There I have met Mr. Seward, Mr. Cushing, Mr. Robt. J. Walker, Reverdy Johnson, Cost Johnson, John P. Kennedy and his brother Anthony, represented Maryland in the Senate, Mr. Man- um, Mr. Webster, and Clem and Charley Starch and George Ashmund and George Evans of Maine and others of that period, and later on John Mitchell, Thomas Francis Meagher, Jack Savage, Alexander Dimetry, Albert Pike, Assistant Secretary of State Wm. Hunter, Rob- ert W. Johnson, John Brougham, Murdock, Barry Sullivan, Forney, Forrest, and indeed every celebrity who came to the city in those days naturally gravitated toward Kingman’s, How quietly and with what cordiality he dis- pensed his hospitality. The old home was neutral ground. The most antagonistic ele- ments met and mingled round his generous board, MR. KINGMAN'S PARROT. Mr. Kingman had a parrot which was a great favorite of his and was, I believe, nearly his age. Mr. Kingman was astaunch democrat, but entertained every one, and no political differences were alluded to. During the im- peachment trial Mr. Wade and others of the impeachers found themselves at Mr. Kingman’s, The thoughts which were ected) in the minds of all of them remained unspoken, and at dinner they talked only upon general objects. In @ pause at dinner the parrot shouted “Hurrah for Johnson!” “Hurrah for Johnson!” ‘1! discnssion was opened by the bird. Mr. Kin; man was -in the habit of going down into wine cellar to look after -his wines, and he had a very fine collection, too, but as he grew feebler Mrs, Kingman objected to his going there, fearing he might fall, One day, while Mrs. Kingman was up- stairs, he went into the cellar. Coming down stairs Mrs, Kingman opened the door and looked in. The parrot yelled, “Old Kingman in the cellar.” Mr. Kingman wae a8 ® newspaper corre- spondent the cotemporary of Nathan Sergeant, who wrote for the Philadelphia North American, Mr. Joseph R, Chandler's paper, under the cognomen of “Oliver Oldschool," and also of Matthew L, Davis, the friend and_ biographer of Aaron Burr, and who wrote under the nature of the “Spy in Washington.” For ye Mr. Kingman contributed to the Baltimore Sun under the signature of “Ion,” which be- came so well known frequently letters came to him addressed “Ion.” That race of correspondents died with him. He was the last, I would almost expect to meet my old friend on the threshold if I entered the door, it seems so little changed, but alas only two others re- main to cherish the delightful memories with which the old home teems. AROUND THE EBBITT HOUSE. Coming back to the old part of Washington, for 14th street is all so new and beautiful, I come to the “Ebbitt” House and its additions. Classic ground, every foot of it. Next to Eb- bitt, as it is now, where the two-story brick and another smaller house stands, was a house which was set back from the street some dis- tance, and built by Mr. Clotworthy Stephenson, who was a contractor for opening the streets L'Enfant com- of foo yale ops Maj. negro mence: r Washington's vel the fan whieh has singe boom sarried cutee it 80 di bly. Inthe Gazette, published here in ie ESS for , but sul uently gar Mrs. Cummi and here the eminent it, Father Cummings of St. Stephen's Church, New York, was born, In Burr also resided when he contested the presi- pelobn aoe built by Mr. Johneon Heltec the nephew of Mr. John Quincy Adams, who lived Opposite, where now the Adams stands, . i ft i much of his time, has been ‘ved intact. From its windows the Capitol could be seen, no houses intervening to obstruct the view. Mr. Adams was a familiar figure on the streets of Washington. He was in the habit of bathing in the Potomac every morning, going to “the Sycamore,” as we called it, below the Washington monument. Among the foreign ministers of that period was Baron Straisburg, or something like that, from Sweden, I think, who was addicted to staying out ail night Some years after he had returned to Sweden he met our minister, Mr. Christopher Hughes, and in the course of conversation said he re- garded Mr. Adams as the best bred man he had seen in America, “for he met me frequently going home at daylight and never recognized me.” In the Intelligencer of the 8th of Septem- ber, 1841, I find a poem of twenty-four stanzas by Mr. John Quincy Adams on the “Wants of Man.” Mr. Adams also wrote an essay on let, One of the peculiarities of Mr. Willard, and which bespeaks an extraordinary modesty in a millionaire whose tax bill is next to Mr. Corcoran's estate in amount, is that he has not changed the name ofasingle building he has bought, as, for instance, the “Ebbitt House” retains the name it had when Mrs. Smith kept it as a boarding house with hotel proclivities. The Hooe building retains its name, though owned by him, and in the Adams building the imposing structure wil! carry down the name of Adams to future generations, when Wasb- ington will contain a million of people. The building on the corner of 1th street nowa Part of the hotel was a grocery store kept by r. Reed, and on the opp: side of the street was a little fancy store. There were no other stores there, aud going down F street next to Mr. Merrick’s residence Abraham Butler kept a tavern. Elexious Simms kept @ grocery store on the corner of 13th street, and Opposite Mr. Merrick’s two handsome three- story bricks had been built, and next there stood an old frame building, which was old when I first remember it with ite gable end toward the street. OTHER HOUSES ON ¥ STREET. In one of these brick houses Mr, Johnson, then chief clerk of the Navy Departm sided, and his son, the eminent artist, Johuson, introduced into his painting “T Kentucky Home,” the rear of this old build- ing and that back yard. Next to Mr. Adams, on the east, Mrs. Corcoran kept a boarding house, where Mr. Calhoun boarded for some years, and opposite, in the house owned by Maj. Wheaton, Mr. George McDuffie, the colleague of Mr. Calhoun, resided. In the aame row, and next to Mrs, Corcoran’s, lived Dr, Thornton, who was commissioner of patents in the sarly days of the organization of that department of the Rovernment, His wife, an admirable lady, was the daughter of Dr. Dodd, who was ex- ecuted for being concerned in the forgery of Bank of England notes. He was a man of high standing, and every effort was made to save him. Dr, Johnson, the famed lexicographer, wrote an urgent letter to the king in his behalf. ‘These incidents connected with the long past seem to bring us near to it. Thomas Law, who married the daughter of George Washington Park Custis, was brother to the celebrated Lord Elienborough, chief jus- tice of England and viceroy of India. Mr.Law lived on Capitol Hilland was a very large prop- erty holder bere, Another instance takes us back to the age of Byron. Mr. H. J. Fox, who was British minister here and who died here in 1846, was a contemporary of Lord Byron. In his journal, under date of Naples, Byron says: “I have just met Henry Fox, who has been very sick, and so changed he says his oldest cred- itor would not recognize him.” Mr. Fox was_the nephew of the celebrated Chas. James Fox and was said to be a very able diplomat. He appeared on the avenue in the atternoon nearly every day dressed ina blue coat, with acollar reaching to his ears, broad-brimmed hat, and, if in summer, a pair of nankin pants, He never rose until after- noon and then would take a walk generally to the Capitol and return to breakfast. One evening a gentleman who knew him met him there about o'clock andasked him to dine with him, as he lived near there, He excused himself and said “his people were waiting breakfast for him.” His repugnance to pay for anything was remarkable—if a package came for him and there were any charges on it he would let it lay at the door unless one of his servants paid for it. He left a large fortune. DISTINGUISHED TENANTS. Revenous anos moutons the Ebbitt House encroached on 14th street, taking in the tall brick next to the old double house which was years ago “the Occidental.” In this house the Hon. John Bell lived when Senator. Subse- quently Jefferson Davis, while Secretary of War, occupied it, and Mr. A. T. Stewart, when he came on to take a place in Grant's cabinet, occupied the second floor. On F street between 14th and 15th Mr. Nicholas Callen resided for years, and beyond him was the “Hopo Club,” where Gen, Gibson lived, andon the corner, in a large double frame, Jim Johnson kept a restaurant. On F street beyond 13th Gen. Jesaop lived, and opposite, where the Bank of the Metropolis was formerly located, lived Mr. Asbury Dickens, Down 13th street,same block, lived Mr. Francis P. Blair when editing the Globe, and round next the the- ater (now Shoomaker's) Mr. John C. Rives. The boys who pervaded that neighborhood, not adding to its quietude, were Frank Blair and his brother Jim, who was subsequently in the navy, the Dickens boys and Parson Laurie's Bons, Blair, Alic and “Shep,” not one of whom survives. THE OLD WILLARD'S. The old Willard Hotel can take rank as “a home,” for how many thousands have found bed and board there since the days when Azariah Fuller kept it as the ‘City Hotel” and when the rival stages of Stockton and Stokes and Beltzhoover dashed up to the door with the few passengers to be welcomed by Ned Ful- Jer and Jack Chaney. Some of “the old in- habitants” may remember those days and the excitement which was occasioned by the shoot- ing of Ned Fuller by Capt. Schaumberg, the father of Mrs. Hughes-Hallet, whose recent matrimonial troubles in London have furnished food for gossip. Capt. Schaumberg was cap- tain of cavalry in the old army and was dis- missed or in some way dropped from the roll and he spent several winters here seeking to be restored. He boarded at Fuller's, and some dispute about his bill caused Ned Fuller to post him as a swindler, and the captain shot Ned on signt. He lay in jail a long while, but Ned re- covered and the matter ended. After Fuller came the Willards, They mod- ernized the old house and made it about what it is, and at the opening of the hotel George Washington Parke Custis presided and Edward Everett responded to the toast to the Willards. Under their management it took high rank as ahotel. There Mr. Peabody entertained most lavishly and grand bails were given there, I recall one given to Lord and Lady Napier. It was @ very brilliant affair. All the world of Washington society was there, and many per- sons came from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York to say good-bye to the very popular representatives of her Britanic majesty, ‘The Willard brothers, with the exception of Ed- ward, are with us yet, and I remember Caleb Willard ae far back as 1849, then a modest, quiet boy, and somehow he has always seem to me the same. I cansee little change in him— enalty of age, I suppose—but the icng years ave left him almost unaltered as the quiet, unassuming man I have known for forty years, despite his large share of this world’s goods, which Iam sure no one envies him. ary Willard has held official position under the city jovernment as a member of the board of pub- lic works, and the elder brother, Joseph Wil- lard, devotes himself to the care of his estate. ‘THE VAN NESS MANSION. ‘The most sadly neglected home of the olden time is the residence of Gen. Van Ness. It was painful to visit and seo, the change time and neglect have made, ‘The grand old mansion is in the last stages of decay and abuse. The halls, baronial in dimension and decoration, as Ihave known them, are now echoing te the orders for lager and other liquors given by the colored brothers who hold ion. The old cottage of David Burns, one of the roprietors of this city, remains ina most de- dated condition. Asa relic of the past, of one of the owners of all that is nowso beauti- £ this house Aaron | gelf. for many years, Capt. Thos, Carberry, who had held all the offices of honor his fellow citizens could confer. Lord Balt came over with Ligeti od 8 2 ii Cat i : i iF rl if ul ut ae ¥¢ ? H i f ii et fF Hi heroes of the war of 1812, and afterward pay- — The house is ~} mue! changed: the large portico remains and serves to identify it, and here Sir Gore and Lady Ousley resided when Sir Gore Ousiey came as a Aes conclude the Ashburton treaty with ‘ebster, then Secret master general. Mr. Ousley was the daughter of I thi scene of the ners and ball! Succession. All round that jon were houses: where hospitality reigned—simple, generous and refined hospitality. The lavish Gisplay of coef was impossible in that period. Here lived Aaron V. Brown when Postmaster Gen- eral, Jacob Thompson and Jefferson Davis when 1890—SIXTEEN PAGES, of Rtate. ‘Van Ness and the sister of Mrs, Judge Roosevelt of New York. While they remained, several mopths I think, the Towson house was the ost rous hospitality. nd lunches followed in constant Senator and others of like eminence. DINNERS OF TEE OLD TIME The first innovation made on the usual din- ner was by Gautier, who about 1850, I think, began to provide dinner in a more lavish style than had previously prevailed. To the old re- ime it was somewhat awkward unless re- I remember an amusing incident which occurred ata dinner provided by Gaa- tier at Marshal Hoover's, Col. Stambaugh, so well known in those days, wasone of the andarrived after the soup, and at his ited him, by the mall gluse of frozen ‘Arabian pr The colonel his host, and, taking his seat, Spreading the punch over his oysters. 1 sat earsed. gueste, Taw oysters awhite substance. next to him and said, that is frozen punch. thought it was horse radish.” A very andible smile went round the table, and when dessert was brought—something new for us then was bisquit giace, done up beautifully in paper boxes—the colonel, when helped, asked: “What the —— is this, Coyle?” ‘I thought it might be shaving soap. There are so many new-fangied ideas he think could he be Permitted to see and enjoy one of the swell and he said: nowadays,” affairs of today? What would #0 “The “Colo! it is, THE OCTAGON HOUSE. for at that early da Georgetown, Langs. under Frene! ferent times Brace. The “4 dolph ly the story of ADIES WISHING TH up in first-class Fren 610 to 720 ft y dw AS, 9UB Oth Dyed a ekin Jacke CUNNINGHA a QRONTS! FRO! Always in order LE. wie ven building buildings” were the residenc: tinguished men in Congress, Mr. Clay lived in one of the Seven buildings when Col. Benton called the night before the duel with Mr. Ran- to see if he could in any pg. In his “Thirt 8 CUTIE & spec at MADAMA VALMON1 Nis. ODISTE, Hae removed from the due J EIR FL eh sty at. NCH ACCORDION PLAITING RE ea; Old Skirts Keplaited; Kuife Plaitine, a Pivkimg, 1, Faswion Journal ~ " NTS by Importer of Fine French Hair Goods, Hairdressing. 3y22-2m* MENCH DYEING ING ESTABLISHM? iret-class Ladies’ tion. Plush, Vei AND CAROLINE “ANTON. IN FISCHER'S DEY Cli LISHMEN] AND DYE WOKKS, z ‘Ladies’ and Gent's Garments of all Kinds cleaned aud yed without being mpped -Bye years’ ex pecialty. I birt) je. Goods & A a4 yed @ good mourning 120. and Gents work t and kvening Dresses LERCH, iormerly with a. and Maiscn Yriese, Paris -WOOL GARMENTS, MA black. & N ain combing at M. J. PRANDI'S, n.w. (Mrs. Harrison'sh On New York avenue stands the old “Octagon,” uninhabited oxcept by the ghosts which have for so long held possession of it, When I was a boy—and that’s @ pretty long time ago—I went to see and hear the ghosts, ey were in full poss sion. Ouce and awhile some one ventur rent it, but they don’t stay long. Here chance for believers that ghosts do not “re- visit the glimpses of the moon” to be con- vineed. They can readily obtain permission to spenda night or two there, PRomiment home now, the Woman's Hospital, believe, stands on the bill just this side of The house was built by Tench ld, who was marshal of the District adison or Monroe. Here hived the Russian and English ministers at dif. the last being Sir Frederick and the “Six if the most dis- nw. of every de Ni DE UP OR RiPreD, Din- cde of plogized to ‘commenced I told him, One more y prevent the Years” he tells most and its fortun- we AUCTION SALES. = NER AUCTH under Metrp BIS Day jot Yawntr Pledges, Guid aud Silver Watchen, Geuuine Works of Art. <7. ot SX apivenie tre. FUTURE Pars. Rue. DAKR & CC., Auctioneers, B20 Pennsylvania ave CONTINUATION AND CLOSING SALES STOCK OF DRY GOODS LADIPS' AND GENTLE MEN'S FURNISHINGN MOLIONS, MILDONE, Bo. AT AUCTION MONDAY, . AT TEN on Bow. the balauce of the #! BATCLIFY 05-2 HOMAS DOWLI TRUSTERS SALE OF VALUABLE RFAL FSTATE IN GEOR Ww, D. IMPRE " VED HOUSE ON PSTRERT NOKTHWeST at . Auctioneer. VALUABLE IMPROVED PROVERTY IN BREW. ERS EX | NOKTRDA AUCIION UESDAY, SEP VEMEFN PCLOCK PM. in neomt j hast, “Adcpositet 8100 will be fe *4dkds) THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. RATCLIFFE, DALE & 60, Auctioneers, NEW TWO-STORY SEVENROOM PRICK HOUSR WITH ALL MODERN IMEKOVEMLN CS. come CRETE COLLAR, BEING NO. 2320 M STRELE NOKIHWIST AT AUCTION Op TUPSDAY APTENNOON, SPPTEMBrR NINTH, Ad FIVE O'CLOCK, we will seal au front of the preuhises, T 12, KOUARE M t Detween and 24th Ath + fe port s New Seal. | The Misses sn and two years roms day of sale, RUSTEE SALE BETWEYN KONTSI WG GST.N.W Fvening Dresses rience. Prices mod- ed. «ia PIANOS AND ORGANS JK RARAUER PIAN by people of CULT URE and « © 53 EMPLE LWAYS SELECTED SOOD JUDGMENT IC, i2uy Bb Lever, ‘ubn's T JF MUSIC, “Fine Tuning and Kegulsting.” SSs TIIT EEE EFF FFP gs THT HF & F "ss. fT 1 ER oP FP ‘eS f i kee f & T Prize Medal Paris Exposition. reed by Over 100 music schools and colleses for Old Pianos tuken inexchange The only t cab take the place of a Grand. EIFFER & CONLIFE, 516 ilth st aw. indor a 3 sy peda PRELE 200 first premiums; Leapixe 1 NSTRUMENTS, MODEKAT and Repairing. ESTEY ORGANS. E PRICES, EAS! 1EKMS, Old instruments taken in’ part payment Tuning PIANO® 29. ‘We close at O o'clock during July and A) BANDEKS & STAY 934 F street northiwest; PIA UNEQUALED IX TONE, attentior EsT DECORAT country, in thorough repair, fow firaies. SPECIAL INDI fn prices and in terma,which ALMEN 1's wien desired. MONTHLY INSI. ND DURABILI Special ition of “Purchasers” rNg™ Arustic Styles.” Anished in designs VE AKT. Pianos for ren! c large _assortmns comprising almost every well-known make in ‘Will be closed out at ver, UCEMEN 1's offered bot i be arranged on EAB! will eae) AN, ML KNABL & CO., ‘ORKMANSHIP invited to their ” HIGH- cry S17 Market Svace. TY, LBS. BEST CREAM CHEESE, 250, FOUR boxes Sardines, 25e.: 2 boxes Linported Sardines Sie bets Swe, quart boitie Catawbe Wins, "ig bot 3. 20c.: je Cataw Bae; b bi bottles Vinwibis Claret @1. Green Ginger, O'HARE’, gyll-2m* 1245 7th atm. MEDICAL, &._ Di. ied) eon isan free of charge. LOBB, 329 N. 15TH Twenty years’ ex) taining full 8 1eLce. PHILADELPHIA, Beud for book tor HOME = * JROFESSIONAL MASSAGE CAN reference ‘with best of medical st. n.w. BE OBTAINED by applying at 1S aur-zm° at her residence, ¥O1 T st. u.w. to p.m.; with Ladies only. FO! '» LONG-ESTABLISHED AND reliable Ladies Fi be sulted vas iain jy7-2m* EAD AND BE WISE,—DK. BROTHERS, before me and ‘2%. ap] ‘oath 906 B. thstbes at aw. PROFESSIONAL ME rine cee with caul, bas wonderful $uAlueky dots, Don's 10, 9107 st nw, Bours, 9am 08:30pm Sendayatwo pm Sittings, 500, Parlors, 503 12th ot. 2.w. ed Lot., aul6-160 eof a docren of 1 IMPROVED iMERL-STOKA BRAC a One-thii ud bearing swtere Payabve sen on the property tsold, or all A deposit of #100 cu each requir om Bola. Ali conveyancing wud recording at purchaser's at option of pur cont. If all the property be not named. the sale will be continust following, aud from dey to day hour and place until all of said iv UGENE CAKUSI, WILLIAM J. NU 4 UiKinne ve Dw. WALTER B. WILLIAMS &OU., Aucts.— sS-dkde W427ER B WILLIAMS & CO, Auctionsera PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED BUSINESS PROPERTY, SOUTHWEST CORNER OHIO AVENUR LOUISIANA AVERNUB SLVENTH STREETS y above MONDAY Ho SIkrET ST, ALSO. \ S(XTH AND HWES One-fonrth of the purchase money ft tallments notes of the pu factory deed « cash at the chasers, and all at the cost of the g ya ‘ urchaser or purchasers. i fa At the of sales as herca! On TUESDAY, SEVTE O'CLOCK P.M., we or atated MBEK NINT iin fro H, at FIVE n ‘That is to ery, beginning for the rane corner of said Lot eu: erly bya avenue, tweuty- awa ve oh due vorth by and with the line ace of of ead street, twenty feet (20) to the ing, With the improvements the three-story Lrick building, soutt Street and Ohio svenue ‘north Selected for she new Fost. O it of $500 wil Pon, WEDNESDAY FIVE O'CLOCK P. bumbe: tight (405), with improvements therecu. copsimting Of ‘Four-story Brick Builing, So. 045 Louisisna Avenue northwest (known as the National Union Fire Tnsurance bUlding), A deposit of 8500 will be re Quired at the time of aale. ibis property «Lowid command theattention of capt talists and those im search of tnvestiuenta, belus cen tray abd wel) adayied for buainess purposes WALTEN b. WILLIANS & Ob. s2anie Auctioncers, DNCANSON BROS. auctioncers, ie Anctiongth and Deta. nw, ATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers. (pTeiuises