Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1890, Page 11

THE CRADLE OF ART. studio Artists Who Have Begun Their Ca- we reer in Washington. ENCOURAGEMENT RECEIVED. Even in the Early Days the Copital City was the Home of Culture and Kefinement—Fu- ture Possib‘lities as an Art Conter—Parnell.s Grandmother and Her Eccentricities, ——_-__—_ ‘Written for The Evening Star = vast improvements whic® have made Washington so beatiful will soon have ac- complished all that can be done by labor and art, and time must complete the work designed by man. but finished by the great beautifier of nature—age. In the meanwhile other and grander attractions are being developed which will render the city the resort of the student, the seeker after knowledge and the lover of the fine arts. Here all will find what they cometo seek. The universities which are now here, and those to be built, will bring class of highly cultured resi- dents, who will find in addition to those seats of learning the various institutions where the highest cultured can obtain information hardly to be found elsewhere in this country. The Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum and the other depositories of knowledge in every branch of science offer such an accumu- lation of discoveries, the results of expeditions and invostigations carried on under the differ- ent departments of the government, as will make this city » Mecea to those whose love of knowlege can here be gratified. comple- tion of the National Library will in a few years mits Faat stores of books to the public many them only to be found within its walls, that will attract scholars from all parts of the world, whoss pursuits, literary and scientific, require the mental pabulum which this wealth of knowledge will supply. Students in the whole range of educational pursuits can obtain all_needed sources and means of information. The fine arte, of which the goverument. through Congress, becomes every year a more appreciative buyer and « more liberal patron, will find such tists will be drawn here and an will be fonnded as in other capi- by the examples of the best pictures of the coun th will eventually find . a8 all roads lead to that mode of embel- : x of Washington the our nati homes here. ARTISTS OF FORMER DAYS. I can remember when Vanderlyn had a pano- rama on the reservation opposite the National ‘Theater, corner 13th street, and in some of our old families there are portraits painted by him while he resided here. They are now of a value like unto that which pertains to the Copley. | Jarvis and Stewart pictures. Mr. Vanderlyn, after he secured the commission to paint the “Landing of Columbus,” went to Europe and there he executed the order of Congres. Mr. J. G.¢ i city. One of them he has made imperishable by introducing her in his picture of the “Bap- tism of Pocahontas.” The figure and face of the Indian queen wax painted from sittings given Chapman by Mise Gardiner, the daughter ef Col. C. K. Gardiner. who was for years audi- tor of the Post Office Department, quently city postmaster. Miss Gardiner mar- ried Gov. Mouton of Louisiana, who was Sena- tor from that state. She was one of Carusi’s May Queens, who were so libeled by that cross old crank, De Bacourt. How gross the libel was may be judged by the eweet fice and graceful carriage of Chapman found in transferred to canvas. Mr. inted — his icture of “The Mayflo~7:r” at Wes: Point, I lieve, where be was for many years professor of drawing end painting. “Powel! spent « good deal ited some por- of his time here, and P traits, one of which I remember with pleasure was a full length of Mre. James Cortland of Baltimore. 1 met him years ago, a young man then almost unknown, who came to enter the contest for dilling one of the panels of the rotunda, He wes unheard of except locally, coming from Ohio, then a —, far western state, but his admirable address and manner soon made friends for him. He exhibited to the committee of the library. charged with awarding the contract, a painting he had executed for Mr. James Brown, the banker, but little more than a cabinet in size, “Columbus Before the Coun- cilof Salamanca,” = beautiful picture, which obtained universal praise. I remember it dis- tinctly, though it has been @ good while ago. The painting of DeSoto, which this picture Piecured him the order for from Congress, has very severely criticised, but it passed the ordeal of the Salon in Paris and obtained high praise there. The foreground and the still life inted there would redeem more faults than ts severest critics have found in it. The white horse, about which at the time much fault-find~ ing was indulged in, was modeled from the Arabian steed of Abd-el-Kader, then a prisoner in Paris, where Powell was painting c= ture. Congress showed its appreciation of him by giving him an additional amount above the contract price and awarded him the painting of “Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie.” His native state. Ohio. ordered a replica of that Painting, which adorns the enpitol at Colum- Lore 7 at these government orders voted himvelf to portrait painting and for years his studio was seldom ‘wfibent sitters. LEUTZE AND IS FRESCO. Leutze was a well-known figure here in social His painting of “Westward the Star Em- pire Takes Its Flight” was, of course, painted here, as it is fresco, and while engaged in that Work, a great one by the by, he was a resident for over ayear. He worked with wonderful rapidity, never, that I saw, retouching a figure after he had seemingly dashed it in. A perfect draughtsman and an unrivaled colorlet, his work came from his hand perfect in every de- tail, but without the painful finish which takes so much from a picture. The painting exhib- ited by him at the Capitol, and which obtained the order for the one I have spoken of, was his “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” It was almost the first of that class of pictures comi from the Dusseldorf school, and it created & veritable sensation in the art circles where it was seen. It was purchased by Mr. James Lenox, who consigned it to that mausoleum of artand learning from which the world was excluded until his death. When the mag- nificent art gallery and library he donated to the eity of New York were completed they were opened to the public. For years he had gath- ered at vast expense the rarest volumes extant and manuseripts of great value, amon, them the original of Washington's’ farewe! address, letters of Byron, Scott, Burns and griginal poems in manuscript of other authors Copies edition of Shakespeare ever issued, rare and the most costly missals, illumi- nated manuscripts of the early ages, one of which, the most exquisite, was added recently at a cost of £15,000. The’ gallery contains the finest examples of the English school of the present century and our early painters, from anti-revolutionary days to about the time of Leutze’s W: m. While that paintin was on exhibition here a youth, then I think in the patent office, Wm. D. Washington, exe- cuted it in fac simile in colored crayon on the walls of the room in the patent office where he was employed. ‘The attention of the public Was attracted by a display of suchartistic talent and Leutze when he saw it invited young Wash- ‘ington to accompany him to on hi return and to pursue his art studies in his studio. Obtaining his of hi notably “Cromwell and His Daughters,” in the Corcoran Gallery, and another i the eame gal. ry-—a scene of ‘the period of the Roundhcade and Cavaliers. His success was, I think, an assured one, but he died quite Foting about’ the amples of his talent WASHINGTON THE CRADLE OF DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS. ‘Washington has been the cradle of some artiste of distinction whose names rank on the roll some of the . When ¥ yt Hid ad r, i meourage- | exquisite examples the; fone of then, a ringle figure of mall sold last winter in New York at the were of his geni size, I saw sale of & worker. In his handsome parlor, with countless paintings, I recognized in cab- inet size his charming “Savoyard,” of which Mr. Frank Riggs has the original life size, and it is masterpiece. ‘& SNOW BUST OF JUDGE OTTO. In 1861 we had a very heavy fall of snow, and | *31 at that time, and in the condition of Washing- ton streets, it was a very formidable enemy to encounter, but a boy then about sixteen years old modeled out of that perishable material « bust of the then assistant secretary of the inte- rior, Judge Otto. It was modeled from memo: and placed ona pile of snow in front of hi father’s residence on F street near 11th, and was so perfect a likeness and so artistic in exe- cution that it attracted almost universal atten- tion. As the weather turned very cold it re- mained intact for several days, and_really be- came the talk of the town. Judge Otto was so well known that the bust was recognized by every one. So much talent was displayed on this transient work of genius that his father, Mr. James P. Ellicott, was induced to devote the boy to an artistic career. Mr. William H. Powell was here and had just obtained the order to paint his picture of Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, and he was intrusted with his art education, in drawing, &c. The boy soon made a reputation in the art school of the Academ d under such in- structors as Lieutze, Huntington and Palmer he rapidly advanced a drawing of Canova's Boxer, | submitted by him in competition and which ob- | tained a written approval of these gentlemen, | and admission to the life school at a very early | age. Te Stan at that time, noticing the talent | of the boy. in a great Henry J. Ellicott, the sculptor, 1861. He is a descendant of Andre he engineer and surveyor who, with Major L'En- fant, laid out the ten-mil Tux STAR relied very graphically ago. His | map was the one accepted by Washington and | Congress as the official one. Lieutze said of | the drawing alluded to, “tin th | made in the academy and i | entitles him to admission in the Here he stndied for ten year ognition in the or: | chusette, Pennsy | bury. of Col. Cameron, at Rea and Philadelphia. STORY OF 4 BUST OF DICKENS. His bust of Charles Dickens was a great suc- | cessandastory of it is interesting. Mr. J. | Ray Mould, the eminent architect, said he would | | like Sir. Ellicott to execute a bust of Dickens, and he would arrange for sittings on his ar- Hival. An enterprising photographer had pur- chased from Dickens’ ‘managers the right to ortray him. a monopoly in iact, but Mr. Mould Proaght Sr. Dickens to’ the studios ‘The buet well advanced by the use of photographs a Mr. Dickens exited and said: “I don't see | that you need me—you have me already in Tam sorry Teainot sit for you, as Tem bound not to sit to any one while in America, but a cat can look at a king, and you must make the most of this visit; but mind, Iam not posing.” | ‘The next day, and before the clay was dry, the bust was purchased with the right of re- production and thousands were and sell | today in London and this country. Mr. Elli- | cott has returned to his home from which he went forth thirty years ago, cucouraged by the | kind expressions of ‘Tue Stan and other jour- nals, and ischief modeler and designer in the office of Mr. Windrim, the architect of the Treasury. Anterior, before Eastman Johnson, Washington or Ellicott had trod this mundane sphere, the court painter, he might be called, was Mr. C. B. King, whose studio, a very 6 cious one on 12th street near F, was the resort of lovers of art. He was the portrait painter of the day and many of his portraits grace the homes of our older citizens.” He painted all the Indian warriors who came to Washington and the early cabinet ministers, many of whose life- like portraits hang inthe” government offices, He lived here many years and bequeathed i is nati I think, Newport, one of great telent was Joseph Wood. His pictures are heirlooms and are priceless. He painted in water and oil, but excelled in miniatures on ivory. Those ex- tant rank with Malbone’s and are exquisite in finish, as are also his cebinets. He rarely painted life size, and I recall an example of each style, which have not been equaled. since iis day—a cabinet of Maj. Wheaton in oil in | revolutionary uniform, and of his daughter, vod, Mrs. Anderson, on ivory. His son, Joe W jr., was an admirable tainiature painter. The ‘examples to be found now exist only in our old resident families here. Why cannot, through our art association, a loan exhibition be gotten up of the family portraits and pictures painted here since Washington became a capital’ SAM CHARLES AND HIS WORK. Following the Woods’, if he was not a pupil of the elder Wood, came another Washington boy. whose brief life was full of artistic talent. He began life as a tailor, but soon displayed | Such genius for the pencil that his services in portraiture were eagerly sought and he ob- tained the means and encouragement to abroad, where he remained several years. On | his return he found ample employment for his talent and he painted in oil and water on ivory oF on canvas with equal success. I remember when the old American Theater was remodeled by Mr. McKenzie, who married into the Jeffer- son family—it must heve been about 1838-9— Sam Charles, as everybody called him, painted for the panels of the boxes portraits |of the actors of that day—ooth, ° Forrest, | Jefferson, father and son, Cooper, Gus Addam: which were admirable. What value they woul bor and reached the United States ship commanded, by Co Btewart, be was secreted in the « sailed soon after, and when some Naples Mrs. Stewart informed the commodore Dresence this person on the ship. The Stewart, an from i ¢ i r iH Hi \ded too highly. not know when Mrs. Stewart left this city, as she had but few associutes, and her absence would only be observed by her well-known fig- ure being missed on the avenue. Judging from the actions of the Irish leader he seems to have inherited the unyielding obstinacy of his grand- father with his name and the eccentricity of his grandmother. NO PARALLEL BETWEEN PARNELL AND HAMILTON. ‘The press of the day have sought to find a parallel between Hamilton and Parnell, but none exists. The cases are entirely-dissimilar. Hamilton's confession and his tender of his resignation was an act of genuine heroism, of immolation, but this recent case is a defiance of public opinion, which no man has ever been successful in overriding. Its quiet, potent and ywerful effects cannct be evaded. Recall e men of 1848, whom I knew so well, John Mitchell, Richard O'Gorman, Smith O'Brien Duffy, John Savage, Thomas Francis Meagher and the rest. They were men of pure lives, unsullied private charactersand they exalted the Irish nation even in defeat, being true re] resentatives of the race for which they suffered. I believe, in looking back over the long line of Patriots ‘who have suffered, and fonght for re land, not one can be named who didn’t go | to his grave with an untarnished na from any moral delinquency, and it is this fact which weighs so heavily aginst Mr. Parnell. There was ample charity awaiting him in the future had he sought it by retirement until the pablie sentiment ‘had been propitiated. “Take our own citizens who are active in the cause of Ireland. I don't mean those blind adherents toa man, but those who look beyond « leader to their country's future, and not one but will agree with every word in your editorial of Saturday last. Joux F. Corn. a een The Bombazine. It’s everywhere that women fair invite and please ny eye, Mint ‘ont dress I lay much stress T can't and shan't deny; ¥; ‘The Engtish dame who's all aflame with divers colors bri nt, ‘The Teuton belle, the ma’molselle—al give me keen rY And yet I'll say, go where I may, I never yet have bee dress that’s quite as grand a sight as was that Dombazinel be Now you must know ‘twas years ago thix quaint ut noble gown Flashed in one dy the usual way upon our solemn town; "Twas Fisk who sold for sordid gold that gravely Rerummptuous thing Jim Fisk! the man who drove @ span that would have joyed a king! And 41 eyes fell with @ sigh upon that sheen— somber And graupa’s parse looked much the worse for grandma's bombuzine! ‘Though ten years old, I never told the neighbors of ihe gown, For gr: sald: “This secret, Ned, must not be its in town!” ‘The sitting room, for days of gloom, was in adread- mess, ‘When that quaint dame, Miss Kelsey, came to make wondrous the dres ‘To fit and baste and stite! in between) Is precious slow, a8 all folks know who've made @ vombazine! With fortitude dear grandma stood the trial to the end— ‘The nerve we find in womankind I cannot compre- en And when ‘twas done, resolved that none should guess at the surprise, Within the press she hid that dress secure from prying eyes; 4 For grandui knew thing or two—by which re~ mark I mean ‘That Sundays were the days fof her to wear that bombazine! ' waist (with whalebones T need not state she got there late, and, sailing up the aiste With regal Brace, om grandma's face reposed a con- sclous sin , It fitted so, above, below, and hung so well all Tound ‘That there was not one faulty spot a critic could have found. How proud I was of her because she looked so like 4 queen! And that wes why, perhaps, that I admired the Dombasinel 2” PPS But there were those (as you'd suppose) who Scorned that perfect gown, For ugiy-grained old cats obtained in that New Eng- jand town! ‘The Widow White spat out her spite in one: “It doesn’t ft ‘The Packar kirls (they wore false curls) and gig- gled like to split; Sophronia Wade (the Sour old maid) she turned a jous green When she descried that joy and pride, my grand- ima's bouibasinel | 277 054 : But grandma knew (and I did, too) that gown was wondrous fine— ‘The envious sneers and Jaundlced Jeers were con- clusive sign; Why, grandpa said It went ahead of all the girls in town, And, saying this, he snatched a kiss that like to burst that gown; But, blushing red, my grandmagaid: “Oh, isn't grandpa mean!” ‘Yet evermore my grandma wore Ais favorite bom- azine! And, when she died that somber pride passed down to needless heirs— Alas, the day "twas hung away beneath the kitchen possess now. I recall from the long ago of the | early forties a portrait painted by Charles of ‘Jim” Wills, a famed comedian of that day, and presented to him on the occasion of a ben- efit. “It was a portrait of him as Nipperken, in “The Sprigs of Laurel.” It was an admirable work of art, the likeness faultless. It hung for some years in the lobby of the National Theater and shared the fate of everything within its walls when it was burned in 1846. Lookin, over the files of the National Inteitigencer o some yeurs ago I find an advertisement of “Pacificus Ord, miniature painter.” That was loug before ‘the artiet had ascended the judicial throne. He has returned here, where he began his artistic career, which he ndoned for the law. These samples, which Washington has contributed to the world of art, entitles her to u more extended field of art eulture than existed anywhere in this country at that early day, and the Corcoran Gallery now furnishes the educational advantages in art which was undreamed of of that period. The government has scattered through its build ings here some urt treasures, especially in the ¥ of portraiture, which itis hoped will find a suitable home where they will form an ad- mirabie galler} PARNELL'S GRAXDMQTHER LIVED HERE. The attention of the whole civilized world being attracted to the Parnell name it might interest your readers to know that in the past his grandmother resided here, und im another way was as much an object of remark and comment as her grandson is now. I cannot say when it was that Mrs. Commodore Stewart resided here, bat my memory of her is very fect. She was a yery handsome woman, as recall her, but eccentric in. ap e and in her general intercourse. I to see her almost every day on the avenue, and she walked with @ very queer gait, hardly lame, Dut like one wearing tight shoes which were inful. There were two daughters living re with her who shared their mother's pecu> liarities. One of them I remember distinetl w ras known as Miss y Stewart, and one I cannot recall. Whether either of the ladies was subsequently Mrs, Parnell 1. do not know, but it would not surprise me, as any the fainily would be liable fo indulge in the eccentricities which have 80m remark of late. Mrs. Commodore Stewart, as the memory of her comes back to me, Rot a recluse seems to have had but few ten of while aawo- They (Mrs. Stewart and her da: Sir daily webs batal mp ters) ys alone. stairs! ‘Thence, in due time, with dust aud grime came foes on foot and win And made their nests und sped thelr guests in that once beauteous thing! ‘Tis 80, forsooth, Time's envious tooth corrodes each human seene— And so, at last, to Tain passed my grandma's bom- azine! Yet, to this day, I'm proud to say, It plays @ grate- ful part. ‘The thoughts it Dringw are of such things as touch jeart and warm my he This gown, my dear, you show me here, I'll own is passing fair, Though I'll confessst's no such dress as grandma ‘used to Weary Yet wear it, do-—perchance when you and I are off e KENE, Our boy shall sing this comely thing as Zthe bom- ‘aaine! nen ene —Eugene Field in the —2ee FAULTY WAYS OF TEACHING. Artificial Methods Which Discourage and Mislead the Pupil. , When the young teacher faces real children, says Harper's Bazar, instead of studying their actual minds, she proceeds on a method previ- ously arranged. Perhapsit is a stuffed bird which she holds up ling | The freed | before them. She says, as she has been taught to my, “Children, what is this?” One boy shouts, “It's @ jay.” Another says, almost simultaneously, “It's a blue Then the teacher explains to them that this is not the proper answer at all. They must answer first, "A bird;” and then they must go on, with due surprise, to the information that it has two legs, and has wings, and, by and by, after plenty of systematic preparation, the: may goon to the fuct that « bird is a jay, an even a bluejay—all this being something which they knew perfectly well already, but must not be permitted to recognize in any’ unmethodical HS craseqnance thet bright and obser. children who ought are deadened and # bird unseemly as to pro- uifed object sbcojy unl ae had led them up to it by ® and + +r ____ How to Saddle a Horse. ‘From the Kansas City Times, “There is only one way to put a saddle on a horse,” says Col. Kearney. “I learned it whe Iwasa member of the Texas rangers. It's a little thing, but it is worth i jat my blanket on and it OUR MONTE CARLO. riod On in the District, RESORTS OF THE BOOKIES. How the Work ie Carried On—Races Run by ‘Telegraph—Winners and Those Who Gets Bets—-The Classes Who Patronise These Resorts, ——<——— ‘Written for The Evening Star. ‘OT until President Harrison's veto of the bill to permit gambling on horse racing in the District of Columbia, perbaps, did @ ma- jority of our people know of the existence in their midst of a locality known as “Monte Carlo.” Nevertheless there exists today, and there has existed for several years past, a lo- cality so known and designated, a neighborhood wherein are maintained certain resorts devoted to “bookmaking” and similar forms of gam- bling on horse racing. By an act of Congress passed a very few years ago the making of books and the selling of pools on horse racesand on contests of every other kind was prohibited ‘‘in the cities of Wash- ington and Georgetown,” while throughout the remainder of the District the bookmaker and pool seller might carry on their business unrestrained by law. So it is that on the south side of Florida avenue or Boundary street such Practices are illegal, while on the opposite side of the street they may be legally carried on, of such an apparently inconsist law po aed ‘toand was beenght beat by the fol- lowing circumstances: Immediately _ pre- ceding the enactment of this law, gam- bling in the city on horse racing had be- come such a notorious evil that Congress determined to stop it. At that time the famous National Jockey Club was in ita prime, and every spring and fall held a race meeting on its beautiful coarse at Ivy City. This club, leerning of the intention ‘of Congress in the matter, succeeded in having the act soamended as to legalize such gambling outside the cities of | hor Washington and Georgetown, thereby ‘rmit- ting the club to continue the enjoyment of its principal source of revenue. For it must be understood that all racing organizations owe their very life to the revenues they receive for what is known as “the betting privileges.” WHERE MONTE CARLO 18. Upon tie passage of the above-mentioned act the pool sellers closed their resorts in this city and immediately proceeded to the neigh- borhood just above Boundary street at the head of 7th sireet, and there they remain to this day. Anticiparing the approval of the bill paned last summer they removed to Jackson ity, at the Virginia end of the Long bridge, but upon the President's veto of the bill they atonce returned to their abandoned resorts. These resorts are open for business every day of the year excepting. of course, Sunday; for, since the establishment of winter racing in New Jerwey. there is racing in this country every day but the Sabbath. ‘There are some three or four of these resorts now in operation, but they are so similar that a description of ‘one will ‘answer for all. Tim- agine, then, a long room, the walls of one «ide of which are converted into immense black- boards. ‘These boards are so arranged and ruled off as to accommodate not only the name of every horse:in six or eight different races at one racing point, but also for events at even two or more distant tracks. At this time of the year, however, there is racing at but one track each day. Raised some three or four feet above the floor runsa platform on which the marker of the betting stands. The betting is thus marked: WOW THE BETTING 18 MARKED, | St. The figures on the left reprosent the odds offered against the hore winning, while those on the right represent the odds offered against the horse securing “a place,” ‘a place’ mean- ing « position in the race as either the winner or second. For inetance, upon looking at the board, we find that the “bookie,” as the book- maker is termed, will wager 3 to 1 that Punster, jr., will not win, and1to 1, or ever. money, that he will not’ run either first or second. Supposing that vou desire to back your faith in to the amount of 5. You then step ‘losure protected from intruders by sand wire screens, behind whi y sit ac , & ticket writer, a crier of the all odds, the telegraph operator and perhaps the Proprietors. “Give me Punster, jr. handing him 25, “to win. Is you out a curd or “ticket” to that effect, his assistant immediately recording the transaction on a large sheet suitably ruled. ‘The “ticket” you receive is as follows, the fizm name, serial letter and number of ticket being here imaginary: " ou say to the crier, Smith & Co. Punster. WAITING TO WIX. Having made your bet you now await the re- sult of the race. The room is connected by wire with the race track over which the race is to be run, and you are not only enabled to so learn of the result but also of the race as it is Tun. This telegraph wire is an endless source of information to the patrons of the room, which information is promptly shouted out of placed upon the board. First, the state of the weather und of the track is placed: next the “scratches” or horses withdrawn; next the names of the jockeys; then comes the first track betting, the second and finlly the third. A very few minutes after the third track betting is marked up tick, tick, tick goes the telogra f instrument, and the operator eries: “At the ost.” ‘That means that th ve Jo the starting post. A few late beta are hati made and the crowd in the room gathers about the little inclosure. Several minutes of t waiting and the operator cri en, at short intervals, tick, k, tick goes the instrument, and a deserij tion’ of the entire race is cried out: “At Malf, St. James by a, length; Loantoka second, half length ahead of Belwood. At the three- quarter, Loantoka by two lengths; St James second, a length ahead of Punster, jr.; Belwood. close up. In the stretch, Loantoka by half a length; Punster, jr., second, a neck in front of Belwood. | Winner’ (and an ageravating wait follows, during which the probable result is discussed by the excited, impatient crow nervous, low whispers)—“Punster, jr!” The silence of t race, 2.30. ‘The result is at once marked on the the fortunate winners step up to the cashier's window to have their tickets cashed and bet! on the next race is begun Your faith in Pune ster, jr., having been sustained you step the ‘cushicr and hand in your’ ticket, ‘That ofticial carefully acrutinizes the record sheet be- fore him; ascertains your bet to have been di made; then, corner of the marki a ring arousal the ‘number om the and hands over to you $20—the 5 you put up nd the $15 bet against it COMBINATION BETS. : | front. gambler, loud of dress and ‘well-known business man, neglecting business and all its interosts in & desire to. ‘catch » winner;” here a gov- ernment clerk, wasting a day of leave in the vain pursuit of winn’ if, & dollar by other means than by working for it; there a young lawyer, here a young man of means; there & school’ boy, here a ragged bootblack; there a known criminal, here a common “vag.” All Sem go % mato up the crowds which day after day throng these ‘resorts... Every now and then some familiar face is seen loss fre- quent and finally is seen there no more. Its isappearance is noted, for there is a strange feeling of Kinship between them all, and with shake of the head the one general given—“knocked out!” To those sult ia hardly possible, for in the end it is either a case of financial ruin or a realization at last of the fact that “you can’t beat ‘em !” HORSE RACING IS 4 BUSINESS. To no one does the writer of these lines ac- knowledge a greater regard for that “sport of kings,” horse racing; but the writer, like every one else acquainted with the facta, knows that the horse racing of today is a business, not a sport; and a business, too, sustained in a far froater part than, the yorid imagines, by the ting ring and the pool room. ‘The business may flourish for a time, but no pursuit so sus- tained can hope to last. Already are some of our noted tari writers crying out against the consideration paid the betting ring and point- ing out the fact that it isa matter of future life or death for this noble sport. The city pool room is undoubtedly the worst enemy this great sport has or could have. Such resorts attract and arouse the gambling instinct which exists in every boy and man, reputations are. blasted ‘by _the mes are darkened and saddens and temptations to the commission of crime made hard to withstand. Instances of results are known here in Washington, and Congress can do the District no greater good than to enact alaw under which such resorts would be impossible. ‘The bill last sum- mer was a commendable one and should be re- enacted with an amendment to the effect that a tax of 5 per cent of the receipts of any and all race meetings held in the District of Columbia shall be collected and equally divided among the various charitable institutions of the Dis taict. By the passage and approval of such a law these resorts for gambling would be wiped out of existence and the preservation of our | ds; Jockey club secured. ee EVENING WRAPS, Some of the Latest Designs From Redfern’s Show Rooms, Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New York, Dee. 4. Of late years the demands of fashion’s vota- ties in the matter of apparel and personal adornments have been increasing at a rate that is rather appalling to all but the lucky million- aires. The elegantly attired members of New York society now spend thousands of dollars on their wardrobes, when their immediate ancestors found a few hundreds sufficient. The men use silken underwear at from $30 to $50 a set, shirts at €60 a dozen, handkerchiefs at €30 and all the other items in proportion. And as for the women, even thongh one ignored their jewels altogether it would still take a whole Page instead of a single column of a news- Paper to tell of their magnificence, to which that of Sheba’s queen was but as the flicker of A firefly to the dazzle of an electric light. Much bas already been written of the various dotgils of a fashionable outfit and the various bonnets, street, calling, traveling and evening gowns, ‘the cloth and fur coats and various other wraps which are now considered in- dispensable for the winter's campaign. But one very imporant item in the ball and opera goer's paraphernalia is what the French call the “sortie du bal.” | The following are sketches of Redfern's latest ideas in evening wraps. Here is one which isin fancy doiman shape, with full cape sleeves. It is of pearl colored matelasse, with figures in shell pink and turquoise bluc. An eiige of darker blue velvet is visible as a border to ‘the sleeves and across the front, and the ides are ornamented with an appliqued design of the velvet touched with gold fancy braid. A full ruche of pink ostrich or marabout fea! ers, enc’ throat and extends down the va|VAIN SITTING BULL. The Airs He Put On Before a Sen- ate Committee. SENATOR LOGAN'S REBUKE. How the Wily Medicine Man Tried to Break Up ® Council—His Pretensions to Chief- taincy Denied—He Was Told Tha: He Was ‘Only » Common Indian. eee a was s time, and that not so long go, when Sitting Bull hed an enormous opinion of himself, and even now he imagines | there are within his mortal frame the elements of a truly great chief. He was completely into the condition of Indian tribes in Montana and Dakota. It was in Angust, 1888—on the 224 day of the month and at Standing Rock agency— that Sitting Bull had his controversy with the great soldier. The Bull was in the worst kind of humor when he was asked by Chairman Dawes if he had anything to say to the commit- tee. “Of course,” responded the redskin, “I will speak to you if you desire me to do so. I sup- Pose it is only such men as you desire to speak who must ray anything.” Senator Dawes said the committee would be glad to hear any Indian who bad anything to way. That stirred the Indian up. He looked | 3 scornfully at the chairman and said: not know who I am, that you as you do?” Senator Dawes replied: “I know that you are iting Bull, and if you have anything to say we will be glad to hear’ you. “Do you recognize me?” shouted the Bull; “do you know who Tam?" “T'know that youare Sitting Bull.” “You say you know I am Sitting Bull, but do you know what position I hold?” By this time Senator Dawes was somewhat nettled, and he replied to the effect that he did not know any difference between Sitting Bull and the other Indians at Standing Rock. SITTING BULL'S PRETENSIONS. ‘Then said Sitting Bull: “Iam here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by His will I am chief. My heart is red and sweet, and I know “Do you ou say you do not know who Tam. I want to tell you | that if the Great Spirt has chosen any one to be the chief of this country it is myself. “In whatever capacity you may be here to- y,"" said Senator Dawes, “if you desire to say anything to us we will listen to you, other- wise we will dismisg this council.” At this the wrath of the gentleman with the bovine appellation bubbled over. “Yes, that | is all right,” he “You have conducted | yourselves like men who have been drinki whisky and I came here to give you some vice.” That broke the council up, for at a signal from Sitting Ball every Indian in’ the room arose and went out. SITTING BULL APOLOGETIC. At the solicitation of several Yankton chiefs turber, Sitting Bull, made hi more and addressed the committee as follow: came in with a glad heart to shake hands with you, my friends, for I feel that I have dis- leased you; and I am here to apologize to you for my bad ‘conduct and to take back what I said. “I will take it back because I consider I have made your hearts bad. I heard that you were coming hero from the Great Father's house some time before you came, and I have been sit- ting here like a prisoner waiting for some one to release me. I was looking for you everywhere, and I considered that when’ we talked with you it was the same as if we were talking with the Great Father, and I believe that what I pour out from my heart the Great Father will hear. What I take back is what I said to cause the people to leave the council, and want to apologize for leaving myself. ‘The “ple acted like children and I am sorry for it. Pras very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and entirely different from what I supposed they were. Now, I will tell yon my mind and I will tell you everything straight. I know the Great — is looking down upon me from above and will hear what I say; therefore I will do my best to talk straight. * * * ‘When we sold the Black Hills we got a very small price for it and not what we ought to have received. I used to think that the size of the payments would remain the same all the time, but they are growing smaller all the time. * * * I consider that my country takes in the Black Hills and runs from the Powder river to the Missouri, and that all of this land belongs tome. * *'* “When the Great Father told me to live like his people I told him to send me six teams of mules, because that is the way white people meke ‘a living, and I wanted my children to have these things, to help them to make a liv. ing. Lalso told him to send me two spans of horses with wagons, and everything else my childzen would need. I also asked him for a horse and buggy for my children; I was a vised to follow the ways of the white man and that is why I asked for those things. I never ask for anything that is not needed. I also asked for a cow and a bull for euch family, so that they can raise cattle of their own. “I asked for four yokes of oxen and wagons with them. Also a yoke of oxen and a wagon for each of my children to haul wood with. It is your own doihg that I am here; you sent me here and advised me to live as you do, and it is not right for me to live in poverty.’ I asked the Great Father for hogs, male and female, and for male and female sheep for my children to raise from. did not leave out anything in the way of animals that the white men have; I asked for every one of them. * * * ‘Now, I beg you to have the amount of rations imcreased so that our children will not starve, Dut will live better then they do now. I want clothing, too, and I will ask for that, too. We wantall Kinds of clothing for our people. Look at the men around here and see how oorly dressed they are. We want some cloth- ing this month, and when it gets cold we want i m the weather. F and to do you kind- ness. And I am glad to say to you that in your presence Sitting Bull, with all his vanity, came before this committee and ired for the insult he had given them. say to you that we came to do you and not to do you harm: and to Sitting Ball I want to say that inasmuch as he gare & the committee we accept his same time notify him that he must never re- peat an offense of this character again.” SETTING DOWN ON SITTING BULL. Sitting Ball was anxiously awaiting an op- Portunity to make a few remarks, and after Chairman Dawes had given the assembled In- dians a little good advice, the old savage broke in with: “I wish to saya word about my not being « chief—have no authority. Iam proud and consider myself a great man in general.” But the pationce of the committee was ex- hausted. Gen. Logan had done his share, and then Senator Dawes, with the authority of « presiding officer, suid: “We do not care to talk any more with you tonight.” ‘The redskin was persistent thongh and in- “I would like t ¥ indepe a very great man “You have made your speech,” ssid Gen. Logan, “and we do not care to have you con- led to stop the garrulons ol derer, who went on: “I have just on word to say. mur- more Of course, if a man is a chief and z Jd be proud and think Then Chairman Dawes dropped the crushing brick. “We do not care,” aid he, “to have any further conversation with you in regard toyour authority. ‘The great father considers you like any other Indian here; and so long as you obey the law you will be treated well, but authority here than any dyou must understand dis- ve no right to give orders to himself a great ma: You must obey the authorities here or you must suffer punishment for dis- obedience.’ “+0. ABOUT THE WADSWORTH FAMILY. Some Interesting Keminiscences. ‘The death of Roxalana Wadsworth Sawyer, wife of Capt. H. B. Sawyer, U.S.N., calls to mind some reminiscences that may prove in- teresting regarding the history of the Wadls- worth family, which in its Washington branch is represented so repntably. Roxalana and Laura, the two daugh‘ers of George Wads- worth of Burlington, Vt., were belles in 1830, Roxalane marrvin, i. Sawyer and Laura marrying Comlins y of Plattsburgh, N.Y., and both slaiming an sllustrious dosceut from the father's side dating from the time when Wm. We isworth landed in Boston harbor in 1632, bearing the cout of arms gained by the ntry of his forefathers in England's battles in France, when in the battle of Agincourt the shield the coat of arms was won bearing on motto “aqulla non does not catch flies In the history of New England the name of Wadsworth was prominent; memorably #0 when Capt. Joseph Wadsworth ordered the drums to beat to drown the voive of Gov. Fletcher, the new governor, and the governor ordered “silence.” » Capt. Wadsworth ‘told him if he interfered with his orders again he would make the light shine through him in « moment. At the same time the lights were extinguished, the charter of Connecticut saved and hidden in the oak tree! During the revolutionary war the name was prominent wherever danger called, from Bunker Hill through. Col. Peleg Wads- worth was in command of a detachment that was ordered to throw up entrenchments at Dorchester Heights. He was afterward made eneral and put in command of the coast of faine and with a force of 600 kept the tories and enemy under control. jeut. Henry Wadsworth was killed before Tripoli in 1804 whilst running a torpedo boat into the enemy's fleet. His last words in his journal were: We are in daily expectation of the commodore's arrival. Then Tripoli be on thy guard!” When Old Ironsides fought and took the British frigate Guericrre Licut. Alex- ander 8. Wadsworth was ou board the. victori- ous ship, and the citizens of Portland, Me., pro- sented him with a sword in commendation of his bravery. John C, Wadsworth of the 17th regiment, U.S.A., fell on the bloody field of Gettysburg, and Gen. James Wadsworth gave his life to his country in the bloody battle of _ the Wildern oan, ‘Where the Ostrich Made a Mistake. While Sitting Bull was delivering his harangue Senator Logan was manifestly im- patient, and as soon as the Indian had con- Gluded the Mlinoisan turned to the interpreter said sharply: “want to may something to that man [pointing to Sitting i) before he sits down, and I want you to tell those Indians ‘to listen to all that I say to him.” ures darting through the air, the clicking of snap hooks, and the fire pany was ready. This is what a reporter Tue Stan saw happen in exactly fifteen ondsas he sat ina fire engine house the night. Every one in the house the alarm came in; even the horses stretched out in their ager ors bed of rye straw over two feet deep, ing stirred the stillness save the regular ormck, crack, of the steam as it came from the boiler in the rear of the house and entered the fire engine. The watch bad just been relieved, when the scene changed. It secmed quicker than thought, and reminded one of @ panto- mime where the harlequin waves bis magic = wand. But the most wor- derful part of the change was that in which the ores figured. A minute before these noble animals were ap- rently fast fog ehognr 4 ‘indeed © wonde: co before the sus- funtencd were all impatience and watched for the street doors to cnloe ‘ope to ows rea Toe ie 4 fire horse is full of excitement and they seem to enjoy it thoroughly. HOW THEY ARE TRAIKED. But how are they trained to answer alarms, ‘even when they are Chief Parris ex- plained the matter to » Stam reporters few daysago. He anid: fully peculiar, and a horse must be intellectual to become one of us. You would be: x Lorses from an intellectual it we get hold of a horse now and etupl man being the man would be set down We call these ‘dummy horses,’ and send them sirce assuming charge of the fire department to pay strict attention to the purchese of horses. trial before accepting one. BUSING 4 HORSE. he wants to sell. Firstof all I inguireas to his age, height and weight. To come up to the re horwes, like human beings, are wonder- he added, “what a great difference there is that were the sume stupidity shown in back tothe owner. It has been my plan ever Ido itall myself and insist upon « thorough “For instance, a man in Virginia hase horse lard he must not be less than five nor more a Placing him ine stall one of the men stands with him and. he is led out to the and the harvow> adjusted several times, “But that is not all, by any means,” continued the chief; “his disposi d endurance must be studied tho same as in the case of a race horse. After you thoroughly know your horse and have Tound out his bad points and corrected them youcan let him respond by himself. A good horse has a wonderfully retentive memory, and after he once learns his drill never forgets, THE RULING PASSION. “As an example of this I remember some Years ago an old fire horse was condemned and sold. He was bought by milkman. Several months bad elapsed since he left the service, itend owner him, but the old horse was in for ‘tlet up until the scene of the fire was reached.” to stop wouldn’ CARING FOR THE HORSEA. “How many horses have you in the service, chief?” asked the reporter. “At present we have forty-four regulars and six extras. They are all sound,” he added, “and as they be? best of care and food is given them, and they fare a great deal better than the men. Whena horse returns to aire he is thoroughly rubbed down and ex- amined carefully all over for bruises, lame-~ ness, loose shoes, projecting nails, &e. ‘At the first indication of a horse being out of his nor- mal condition the weterinarion is sent for and. an extra horse putin his place. No matter how late it is the men have to groom thom be- fore turning in for the night. When morning comes they are again groomed and fed regu- larly three times a day. Their food is cleaned of all impurities; the hard wood floors of their stalls are bad upon their feet, so te koop their pedal extremities in good condition the hoofs are packed twice a week with Gauseed meal and salt made into a paste. THE LENGTH OF SERVICE. “Three years of active service is generally enough to make them useless. The first of weakness generally come in the back. You see the heavy strain of the apprratus soon wears them out. “What becomes of them then? Why, they are turned over to the property clerk of the Dis- trict and be generally sends them to the alms house for use on the farm. It is about theaame with fire horses as with men. When their use- fulness is gone they go to the poor house. Amd they know that it's all over with, that the hardest work is yet to come.” ‘THE INTELLIGENCE OF HORSES. “Do you believe horses understand what you say,” queried the scribe. “That's just what I do believe,” rejoined in an mee of fire horses. The wonderful courage tnd endurance of the horse who pulled his beet